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Vol. 29.
SAN PBANOISOO, SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1879.
No. 52.
Office of (he San Francisco News Letter. Merchant Street,
Nos. 607 to 615, San Francisco.
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GOLD BARS— 890@910— Silver Bars— 6@16 # cent. disc. Mexican
Dollars, 6@7 percent, nom.
jW Exchange on New York. J@l-5 per cent. ; On London, .Bankers,
49£; Commercial, 49£@49$d, Paris, sight, 5 francs per dollar. Tel-
egrams, 15-100@i per cent.
■ Price of Money here,
open market, 1@1£.
@1 per cent, per month — bank rate. In the
demand active.
CALIFORNIANS
"AtThePlay
The proofs of this magnificent work of art are in every way satisfac-
tory, and the admiration of every one has been roused by the accuracy of
the likenesses and the really artistic grouping of the various distinguished
characters, here brought together in a grand composition. The extremely
delicate processes, and the great care to be observed in the adjustment of
the plates, will make it necessary to delay the issue of the picture till the
19th of July. The presses are at work ni ht and day, but the number of
impressions — 50,000— will compel caution and comparative slowness in or-
der to secure thorough finish and effect. Out of 1,435 photographs sent .
in, we have taken, in the order of their reception, 300 for the first issue ;
this number beiug all that the plate would take. We shall follow up
these first, however, with the others arranged in classes, so that due jus-
tice may be done the merchant princes of our city, with the various pro-
fessions, and all those prominent citizens, whose energies and intelligence
have contributed to place San Francisco in the proud position she occu-
pies to-day in the eyes of the whole civilized world.
Beerbohm's Telegram.— London and Liverpool, July 11, 1879.—
Floating Cargoes, steady; Cargoes on Passage, rather easier; No. 2 Spring
off Coast, 43s. ; Red Winter off Coast, 46s. ; California off Coast, 47s. ;
California Nearly Due, 46s. 6d. ; California Just Shipped, 46s. 6d. ; No.
2 Spring for Shipment, 41s. ; Liverpool Spot Wheat, quiet ; California
Club No. 1. Standard, 9s. lOd. ; California Club No. 2 Standard, 9s. 5d.;
California Average — Western, 9s. 5d. ; White Michigan, 9s. 8d. ; Red
Western Spring, 7s. lld.@8s. 9d.; Extra Amount State Flour in Lon-
don, lis. 8d.; Extra Amount State Flour in Liverpool, lis. 8d.; Liv-
erpool Western Mixed Corn, 4s. 2d.; Liverpool Canadian Peas, 6s. 9d.;
English and French Country Markets, generally dearer.
Latest from the Merchant's Exchange.— New York, July 11th,
1879. United States Bonds— 4s, 101§ ; 4As, 105|; 5s. 103§. Sterling Ex-
change, 4 86*@4 88£. Pacific Mail, 15. Wheat, 110@120. Western Union,
— . Hides, 19£@20. Oil— Sperm, 75 @ 77. Winter Bleached, 87 @ 96.
Whale Oil, 35@40; Winter Bleached, 42@49. Wool— Spring, .fine, 20@
30 ; Burry. 11@14 ; Pulled, 25@35 ; Fall Clips, 14@18 ; Burry, 13@20.
London, July 11th.— Liverpool Wheat Market, 8s. 10d.@9s. 6d. ; Club, 9s.
4d.@9s. 9d. U. S. Bonds, 5's, 104§. Consols, 98.
Complimentary to the News Letter. — As we do not meet with com-
pliments every week, we give insertion to the following from one of our
live contemporaries:
Although we allude to the part heretofore taken by the editor of this
journal in directing attention to the advantages to this country of steam
communication between California and the Colonies, we by no means
claim the premier position, which we readily concede to the San Francisco
News Letter. The information contained in that journal on the subject
has been at all times of the most reliable character, and the articles
written were forcible and to the point. —Irish and American Home News.
Young Friedlander. — We are pleased to see that our friend, the
worthy son of Isaac Friedlander, our late Grain King, has made applica-
tion to the Produce Exchange for membership, being the first applicant
under the new rules. It is just one year ago since the death of Isaac
Friedlander.
London. July 11, 1879.— Latest Price of Consols. 98.
PRICES OF LEADING STOCKS AND GOVERNMENT BONDS.
San Francisco . . .". July 11, 1879.
Stocks and Bonds. Bid.
U. S. Bonds, 5-203 1867-63. . 105g
Legal Tender Notes 99J
S. F. City & Co. B'ds, 6a, '58 105
S. F. City Bonds, 7a 105
9acramento City Bonda. ... 28
Yuba County Bonds, 8a 100
San Mateo Co. Bonds, 7s, .. —
S. F. GaaLightCo 84
Naftioual G. B'k & Trust Co. 60
Spring Valley Water Co 86
D. Z. Yost & Co,
Stocks and Bonds.
Omnibus Railroad Co
Central Railroad Co
N. B. and Mission R. R. Co.
Front St., M. & O. R. R. Co.
Fireman's Fund Ins. Co
Union Insurance Co
Pacific Bank
The Bank of California
Central Pacific Railroad
C. P. R. R. Bonds
its, S.E. cor. Montg'y and Calif ornia at
Bid.
30
40
65
115
115
112
Asked
35
46
67
116
116
115
70
THE STOCK MARKET.
The continued decline in the north end stocks has exercised a depress-
ing influence on the whole general market, and with the heavy assess-
ments being levied at this time, there seems to be little prospect of any
immediate recuscitation of values for the present. The balance of the
Comstocks are heavy, and without demand. Outside stocks show little
or no improvement.
London, July 11th. — The scene last night in Committee on the Army
Discipline bill was most exciting. Parnell, member from Meath, accused
the Speaker of a breach of privilege and of one-sided conduct. This
caused an altercation with Raikes, Chairman of the Committee, whom
Parnell attempted to silence by shouting. A tumultuous debate followed,
during which recourse to physical violence appeared not improbable.
Fruits. — Our market is copiously supplied with Apples, Apricots, Ber-
ries of all kinds, Cherries, Currants, Figs, Pears, Peaches, Plums, etc.,
also Oranges, Lemons, Limes, etc. These are all the product of our own
orchards. A few Grapes have made their appearance. The crop is very
promising, and our Raisin and Wine makers will soon have their hands
full.
Wool. — Oregon is now sending forward her spring clip. The steam-
ship Oregon, just at hand, bringing 2,005 sks. The general market is very
slack at the moment. We quote Eastern Oregon, 18@21c. ; Valley, 24@
26c; California rules from 12hc. for Burry, Southern, up to 27c. for best
Humboldt.
The business outlook seems bright and cheering. Political troubles
are practically at an end, the crops are good, the mines productive, and
the revival of trade in other parts of the country must make an impress
on this and the other Pacific States and Territories.
Berlin, July 11th. — It is understood there will be a general election
for the Prussian- Diet in October, when Bismarck proposes to appeal to
the country on questions of financial reform and purchase of private
railways by the State.
From Philadelphia. —The ship Standard, 147 days from Philadelphia,
is to hand, and is consigned to George Howes & Co. She brings a large
and well assorted cargo of hard wood, lumber, demijohns, iron, window
glass, etc.
The steam yacht "Enchantress," with the remains of the Prince
Imperial, has arrived in the Thames, but will lie below Woolwich until
four o'clock p. M., July 10th.
London, July 10th. —A dispatch from Cape Town, June 22d, says:
General Sir Garnet Wolseley arrived to-day and immediately started for
Natal.
Teas. — Owing to the present scarcity and short supply of Japan Paper
Greens, the price of diamond " L" and other choice marks have been ad-
vanced to 35c.
Telegrams received at Cape Town state that the British forces are
within twenty-five miles of Cetewayo's Kraal.
FREDERICK A. BEE,
His Imperial Chinese Majesty's Consul.
Office: 917 Clay Street. Residence: 620 Eddy Street.
Printed and Published by the Proprietor, Frederick Marriott, 807 to 615 Merchant Street, San Francieco, California.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER A> D
July 12, 1879.
PIGTAILS AND SCISSORS.
After deliberating over the matter for many months, the Courts have
at last decided that it is unconstitutional to deprive the imprisoned China-
man of his queue. All right- thinking people will be glad of this. The
quene-clippkig ordinance was amply a bid for the lowest tort of popular
applause on the part of the municipal authorities who decreed it. That
applause was dictated by pure malice, and nothing short of it. While the
matter was in abeyance, the anti-Chinese organs did not hesitate to ap-
prove of the ordinance — and to attempt t<.< "bully the judges 5
it — on the ground that no greater humiliation could "be inflicted upon the
Ban than the loss at hi? "pigtail. M Ther argued that tbK more
than anything else, would deter him from committing crimes for the pnr-
f quarters in j^il. and in this strain they ran on, quite
smcoDSCums of the fact that they were advocating class-discriiui nation and
" bag their unwholesome prejudice? at every word. If they had been
equally anxious that some similar scheme of degradation should be de-
vised for the innumerable white loafer- who make a practice oi
ire hard, then it would have been differ-
ent. But, no ! The whig , ey wouldn't h<
ibey even ■ ' I ; riety and humanity of a chain-gang. Aecord-
ing to tl'.-ir gospel, the rightB of negroes, greasers and vagabond whites
most be rigidly respected, but if any Epedal method of per e
be arranged for the foenent of p I icy would be del ;
As for their talk about queue-clipping being necessary to ensure cleanli-
ness, that they know it. The meanest Chinaman is in-
comparably cleaner in his person than the claBS of Caucasians who are bis
jafl-mates. You see no filthy, matted shock of hair about hirn, either in
.. or out of it. Hi* head is washec en, with
the exception of a little pa ?k. On that patch the hair is al-
lc ■ 3 to gro-v to what length it may — a font or two, perhaps— and being
.". and plaited with the greatest ne :ed out, "ft r :.
of ''style."" with two or three feet more are this
. ■ eature with the unwashed and 1 1 be who await sentence
in the dock with him, and yon wi : :.: the Chinaman ought to lose
his queue for t the Caucasians ought to be flayed
from head to foot with the same object.
THE MALTHUSIAN THEORY DOWN EAST.
From the recently published report of the Boston Eoard of Bcg-
istration many striking facts are elicited suggesting an extensive practice
of the theories of the late Mr. MaltbuF. Notwithstanding the increase
in population the birth-rate has fallen from 11,760 in 1874 to 10,185 in
1878 (in the city of Boston), while in the entire State the annual increase
per 1.000 has fallen from 3G.4 in 1B56 to 24.1 in 1877- During the latter
year 1,233,008 of the native-born people jjroduced 16,897 children, while
418,904 foreigners produced 18,071! That is to say the average increase
of natives per 1,000 was but 13.72, while that of foreigners was 43 per
1,000. A fair rate of births would have been 33 per 1,000. A conrparison
with recent European statistics shows that in England the births per
1,000 average 36 per annum ; in Prussia and Austria, 40 per annum : Italy
and Spain, 30 ; Netherlands, 3G ; Scotland, 34J ; Norway and Sweden, 3L
So it is apparent that in the Old World, where food as a rule is scarce
and dear, humanity prospers, so far as coming into the world is concerned,
vastly more than it does in the most enlightened State in the Lniom In
the neighboring State of Vermont, where the foreign element is compara-
tively smaller, it is noted that in 1877 the native increase was 17| j <er 1,000,
while that of foreigners was 22, so it would seem that the idea had slightly
infected the latter class. In a farming town in Vermont, which, with an
equal number of inhabitants formerly contained five schools, but one
building is now required. As an '-Id farmer put it : "People don't
have many children now-a-days — they kill rem off !" This charge of foeti-
cide has been frequently urged by doctors and clergymen, who knew what
they were talking about, and an frequently denied by self-constituted
champions who either did out knot;- or didn't want to know : but, in "the
face of official statistics it is no longer wise nor prudent for New England
people to deny or disregard the incontrovertible. The same authorities
which we have drawn upon state that when the natives marry it is most
usually a pre-arranged condition that there shall be no children. Is it any
wonder then that New England is in a fair way to see her Anglo-Saxon
stock die out and be replaced by the Celt and German'; Possibly a people
or a nation have as much right to commit suicide as an individual, but as
to the social and political changes foreshadowed, we shall consider them
hereafter.
THE DESERT OF SAHARA.
Among all the great undertakings of the world it seems as if ere
long the Desert of Sahara will be taken in hand by some bold projectors,
so as to try to turn it to some useful purpose. South of the desert is Soudan,
with a population of 50,000,000 of semi-barbarous but not savage people.
They produce palm oil, cocoa nuts, dates, figs, wheat, corn, yams, beans,
tobacco, cotton, indigo, etc. ; and there is a trade with Algiers, by horses
and camels, of $20,000,000 annually, consisting of gold dust, attar of rcses,
gum arable, ivory, indigo and ostrich feathers, in exchange for cotton
goods, cutlery and weapons. In the whole region, however, surrounding
the Sahara there is an estimated population of 150,000,000. and there are
various projects on foot to open up this country by railway communica-
tion, advantage being taken of water transportation by the lakes and
rivers to reduce the expense of continuous communication. The British,
French and Germans are anxious to open up commercial relations with
these vast populations.
The Desert of Sahara is 3,000 miles long and 1,000 miles wide, and,
though called a desert, there is much of it that is cultivated here and
there, and there are occasional high ridges, some of them with a growth
of timber. "When the sea breezes, in passing into the interior, lose their
moisture, the air becomes very dry, though by no mean? unhealthy, and
the soil becomes sterile. It is seriously contemplated to flood the Sahara
from the Mediterranean, and thus bring an inland lake into this dry re-
gion, which would promote moisture, and probably in time alter the
whole climatic conditions of the country and bring into cultivation large
tracts of fertile soil that only need water to be fruitful It is estimated
by a French engineer that the building of a railroad across the Sahara
would be' a much less formidable undertaking thau the Pacific Railroad
was, and there are signs that capitalists are looking in that direction for
new enterprises.
Smith's American Organs, 200 Post street, corner of Dupont.
EXPLOSION AT BODB3.
Bodie, July 10th,— A terrible explosion occurred at 7:30 this evening
of a powder magaziue, near the old Standard incline. The works were
blown to atoms, and everything near. them was blown to the ground. The
Summit works, but a short distance off, were also leveled to the ground,
and the building shattered to pieces. The shock was distinct.lv" felt at
Bridgeport, 25 miles distant. It proved to be the magazine of the Giant
a Company, near the old hoisting works of the Standard Mine,
containing about five tons of giant powder. There were a good manv
building-s, such as boarding houses, dwellings and other houses near the
magazine, which were torn to atoms. The dead number six as far as
heard from : Prank Fyle, blacksmith ; Thomas Flavin, miner ; William
en, miner; Charles Molley, miner ; Hugh McMillan, emnneer. and
John McCarthy. There are others dangerously hurt. The number .of
|, wounded will not fall far short of forty. There will be no cessation of
! work on the Standard Mine, the new shaft being perfectly competent to
aU the hoisting requir
I heard the following amusing story of Mr. J. E. Millais the other
day: He was introduced to a lady whum he was to take down to dinner.
but neither he nor hi- partner caught the other's name. So soon as they
were seated at table the la ewith the usual stock questions.
"Have yon been bo the Academy?" "I have," said Mr. Millais. "And
did you notice thai Millais1 pictures?" "Well, ves, I saw
them, too." Presently the came round. Said Mr. Millais,
with Lis best ■ * fco ask you to take wine with me, and
not a mere sip, bat to drain your glass to me, to strengthen your nerves."
■ The lady pledged hinc : gjy. Then said the artist, quietly: "Now
■ u are fortified. I may venture to tell you that I am the odi
Millais." The lady put up her hands in horror. " Good gracious
all she could find to expre.-s herself. — T. T.,'i/i Truth.
,! Xii-g George IH. -first found his way to Weymouth in 1789. traveling
! by carriage, in a very simple way, with few attendants, and woke up
■:,rcely ever realized that royalty was a
reality. In one of bis excursions during his -first viat, in the hay harvest,
he was passing through a 6el .1 where only one woman was at work. The
:' king- asked her where the rest "f her companions were. She said, " They
oe to see the king. ' "And why did not you go with them?" he
: inquired. "The fools!*' she said, " they have gone all the way into the
and they will lose a day's work by it. That is more than I can do ;
: I've five children to work for." " Well, then," said the king, putting a
piece of gold into her hands, " tell your companions who have gone to see
the king that the king came to see vou."
Emily Faithful, in her last London Express, June 2d, says: " Henry
Ward Beecher's great clerical rival, the Rev. Dr. Talmage, of Brooklyn,
is here. He preached on Sunday at Dr. Davidson's church in Islington,
and somewhat astonished his hearers by observing that some men spoke
in their j>rayers about the sun, moon and stars, and in fact 'gave the
Lord a eread deal of astronomical information that must be very gratify-
ing to Him.' English congregations are scarcely prepared for American
pulpit humor, and Dr. Talmage tried his hearers considerably by further
remarking ' that it wasn't till Job got his carbuncles and a pest of a wife
that he wanted to leave this world.' The congregation did not know
whether to laugh or to be shocked."
Memorial to the late Baron de Rothschild, —An influential com-
mittee is being formed for the purpose of founding a fund and college for
the benefit of widows and orphans of decayed bankers and merchants. It
is proposed that the fund shall be raised to perpetuate the memory of the
late Baron de Rothschild, whose name as a merchant " prince," a states-
man and a philanthropist have endeared him to a wide circle, and thus
renders one and all, irrespective of creed or profession, unanimous in the
desire to contribute to the proposed fund, in order to make it an appro-
priate and fitting tribute of honor to the memory of the deceased Baron,
and also acceptable to his bereaved family. — London City Prees.
Califomians Registered at the Office of Groves & Blackburne,
Successors to Charles Le Gay, No. 1 Rue Scribe, Paris, June 20, 1879.—
Arthur M. Hickox, Mrs. Efiefcpx, Dr. Ellis Martin, James L. Flood,
Luke E. Donnelly, Mrs. Win. Kohl, Miss Mamie Kohl, B. Spreckles and
family, L. Xewfiekl, A. B. McCreary, Chas. McLaughlin, James A. Fol-
ger, Mrs. A- Folger, Miss Lizzie B." Folg-.r, Miss Emily Hochkofler, O.
Schoemann. E. H. Sanderson, Joe Chambers, Jeremiah Lynch, E. J. de
Santa Marina, Henry Schmieden1 and family, Mrs. W. F. Lent and
family.
The Annual Circular of St. Mary's Hall, Benicia, shows a prosper-
ous condition of this excellent seminary for young ladies. Founded in
1870, the school is now entirely in the hands of the Rev. L. Delos Mans-
field, as Hector, and of Mrs. Mansfield, as Principal, with an Advisory
Board, presided over by the Eight Reverend J. H. D. Wingfield, D. D.t
LL. D. Among all the schools in our State there is not one which bears
a higher character or offers more substantia] guarantees for the moral and
intellectual training which go to form a noble Christian character. See
advertisement in another column.
Failures Among English Farmers.— Mr. Richard Seyd, the Eng-
lish statistician, has compiled the following figures : Number of farmers
whose failures were announced in 1870 were 229 ; in 1S75, 354 ; in 1876,
480 ; in 1877, 477 ; in 1878, 815 ; and in 1879 (to June 10th), 614 This is
very clear evidence of the distress among English farmers the last eighteen
months, and Mr. Mecbi, the well-known agriculturist of Tiptree Hall,
stated in the London Times three days ago that the continued rains had
given the finishing stroke to the hopes of a fair harvest in England, and
that further ruin must ensue to English farmers.
Ruffler, in Vanity Fair, June 21st, says : "Baron Lionel De Roths-
child's persona] property has been sworn under £2,700,000 for the probate
of the will. He was always supposed to be worth between £15,000,000
and £16,000,000. The will has been found. Gunnersbury and the house
in Piccadilly are left to Baroness Lionel Rothschild for her life. The
large Buckinghamshire estates will be eventually divided among the three
sons. I hear that Mr. Leopold Rothschild will undertake the manage-
ment of the racing stud.
Smith's American Pianos, 200 Post street, corner of Dupont
July 12, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
SPORTING ITEMS
Soaring.- Kilwanl* and Chambers are at Skajnp»* Springs for a little
relaxation, the hard work they did at tin- California Theater having
somewhat and tbem up.— — Mr. William Kilev received a telegram from
Mike I tanov&n, stating that he would leave Chioaffo to meet MeOlellan
on Monday next, and that he ww in good trim for the match. ^Mc-
Plellan is training very hanl, and appears anxious for the fight. He is,
INrrhajie, a trifle too heavy, but has plenty of time to reduce. «^— Fred.
hub;, the glove maker, has just finished an entirely novel boxing-glove,
which is far superior to the style now in use. Instead of having fingers,
the glove is shaped like an apple, with an aperture for the hand to enter ;
there is a leather rink* inside for the hand to grasp, allowing the fist to be
properly clenched. The great advantage of the glove is, that it puts a
stop to cutting, on account of its peculiar shape. ^^Mr. Harry Mavnard
will open the gymnasium under the rooms of the Y. M. C. A., on Sutter
street, next Tuesday. Harry offers to bet a hundred dollars that in eight
weeks he can make a good "boxer out of any one, besides strengthening
the muscles and improving the carriage of the pupil.
Pedestrianism— The six days' walk now progressing at the Mechan-
ics' Pavilion is the most important pedestrian contest ever held on this
coast, and, in some respects, is ahead of any similar tournaments that
have been held either in America or England. Two of the contestants,
Messrs. Scott and Mclntyre, made over one hundred miles in twenty- four
hours, which is good time for the first of a six days* race. The contest
has already narrowed down, several of the men being virtually out of the
race. At present it looks as if four of the walkers had a good show for
the belt, but, in our opinion, it will go to either Scott, Callahan, or Ed-
wards. Mclntyre looks as if he would not last. Bowman did some good
work the first day, but fell behind, taking longer rests than most of the
men. The race will be finished at 12 p. if. Tuesday next. The six day go-
as-you-please contest, for ladies, will commence July 17th. Mine. La
Chapelle, Bertha Von Berg, Fannie Edwards, and several other ladies are
already entered.
Swimming.— Professor F. Cavill, who called himself champion long-
distance swimmer of the world, left town last Monday, and left several
unpaid bills behind him. His departure was perhaps somewhat hastened
by the challenge that Daily sent to swim him any distance for any sum
from five hundred to five thousand dollars.— We hear that Mr. Wonder-
lich, of the Newport Baths, has secured Mr. Flemming as swimming
teacher.^— There will be a race at North Beach, on Sunday, for the gold
badge, for members of the Neptune Club, and two handicap races. The
Neptune boys are working very hard to make their club a success. We
think they will succeed. Their membership list is nearly full and they
bave splendid accommodations. The club numbers among its members
the best amateur swimmers on the coast.— —Captain Webb left England
for America on July 7tb.^— The Terrace Baths, Alameda, are adding
new attractions each week.
Yachting.— The coming race between the Consuelo and the O'Connor
excites a great deal of interest among yachtsmen. Opinions as to which
is the faster boat are very evenly divided. The yachts have been out to-
gether several times, but never under conditions that would prove any-
thincr. — While escorting the Jeannette out to the heads, last Tuesday,
the Frolic was fouled by the pilot-boat Qeo. Pcahody, and lost a boat that
was hanging from the davits.— —Captain White is building a new
schooner at North Beach.
Picnics.— St. Rose's Sunday School, Badger's Park, to-day (Saturday)
^— Ariel Rowing Club, Badger's Park, Sunday.— Italian Mutual Ben-
evolent Society, Schueteen Park, Alameda, Sunday.^— Centennial Mill
employes, Fassking's Park, Alameda, Sunday.— -Excursion to Cremorne
Gardens, Martinez; the steamer S. M. Whipple leaves Washington-street
wharf at 9 A. m. Sunday. ^^Excursion to Sonoma; steamer Herald leaves
Washington-street wharf at 9 a. m. Sunday.
Rowing. — A barge race has been arranged between the Neptune and
Ariel Clubs, for a silver pitcher, given by W. H. Bovee. It will most
likely be rowed at 10 A. M. Sunday, from North Beach, that early hour be-
ing set because of the Ariel's picnic coming off on the* same day. The
Neptune Club will use their new barge Kate, which is thought to be a very
fast boat. ^— There will be several races at Badger's Park Sunday.
BaBebalL— Games last Sunday : Knickerbocker vs. Reno ; score, 12 to
2.*^— McMahon vs. Franklin; score, 9 to 4.^— Oakland vs. Mutual;
score, 5 to 4."— -Games to-morrow at Oakland Grounds: Athletic vs.
California,-^— At Recreation Grounds : Knickerbocker vs. Eagles.
Racing. — Running race at Oakland Park to-day (Saturday^ ; half mile
heats ; between Mr. Louis' " Sam Brannan " and Mr. Smith's " Stran-
ger." In addition there will be a trotting race, mile heats, best three in
five.
San Feancisco, July 11th, 1879.
Dear Editor News Letter: In last Saturday's issue of your valua-
ble paper, I notice, under the head of " Brilliant Mine Management," the
question: " Who is he, anyway?" referring to the President, Middlemiss.
He can be seen at the Palace Hotel dining-room, leering in the most in-
sulting manner at every lady that enters, and at those who, unfortu-
nately, sit near him during the entire meal. It is fortunate for him that
he has never visited Texas, as there they hang horse-thieves on suspicion,
and his suspicious looking face might condemn him the moment it is
shown, guilty or not, though his own opinion of himself is simply immense.
Yours, .
Dr. Glenn, the Would-be Governor. — This man has been acensed
by a great many newspapers in this State of the crime of employing Chi-
nese. We do not know whether he has or not, but we notice with pride
and satisfaction that, as yet, no newspaper has pitched into his mother,
hts wife or his daughters. This looks as though a period might yet ar-
rive when a decent man can become a candidate for office, as in other
countries.
The School Census of Los Angeles gives the following result :
White — boys, 1,429 ; girls, 1,548 ; black— total, 9 ; children below 5 years,
1,220; children at public schools, 1,404 ; do. at private schools, 365 ; of
American parentage, 2,516.
Bradbury Pianos, 200 Post street. Established 1854.
ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
Bnlllon Mining1 Company— Location ol 'Principal place of
business, San Fraucism, California Location ol works, Gold Hill, storey
County, Nevada— Notice la hereby given that at a mooting of the Board nf Directors,
held on the ninth day o! July, I8TO, an assessment (No. 10) of One and one-half Dol-
lars per nhare was levied upon the capital stock of the Corporation, payable immedi-
ately, in United States gold coin, to the Secretary, at the office of trie Company, 418
California street (Union Insurance Building), San Francisco, California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall remain unpaid on the THIRTEENTH
day of AUGUST, 1879, will bo delinquent and advertised for sale at auction ; and un-
less payment is made before will bo sold 00 WEDNESDAY, the THIRD day of SEP-
TEMBER, 1870, to nay the delinquent assessment, together with costs of advertising:
and expenses of sale. By order of the Board of Directors,
JOSEPH GRUSS, Secretary.
Office — 118 California street, (Union Insurance Building, San Francisco, Cal.
ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
Exchequer Mining- Company.- Location of Principal Place
of Business, San Francisco, 418 California street (Union Insurance Building). —
Location of Works, Gold Hill, Storey county, Nevada. — Notice iB herelty given that
at a meeting of the Board of Directors, held on the 9th day of July, 1879, an assess-
ment (No. 14) of One and one-half Dollars (lj) per Bharo was levied upon the capital
stock of the Corporation, payable immediately, in United States gold coin, to the
Secretary, at the office of the Company, 418 California street(Uniou Insurance Build-
ing), San Francisco, California.
Any stock upou which this assessment shall remain unpaid on the FIFTEENTH
day of AUGUST, 1879, will be delinquent and advertised for sale at. public auction ;
and unless payment is made before, will be sold on FRIDAY, the FIFTH day of
SEPTEMBER, 1879, to pay the delinquent assessment, together with costs of adver-
tising and expenaes of sale. By order of the Board of Directors.
JOSEPH GRUSS, Secretary.
Office— 418 California street (Union Insurance Building), San Francisco, Cal.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Office of the Hlbernia Savings and Loan Society, northeast
corner Montgomery and Post streets, San Francisco, July 7th, 1879.— At a reg-
ular meeting of the Board of Directors of thia Society, held this day, a Dividend at
the rate of six and three-fourths (6J) per cent, per annum was declared on all de-
posits for the six months ending with June 30th, 1879, free from Federal Tax, and
payable from and after this date.
July 12. EDWARD MARTIN, Secretary.
HEADQUARTERS DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
The Candidates on the State Ticket and the Members of the
Committee are requested to attend a meeting of the Committee, to be held
TUESDAY, July 15th, at 1 P.M., at 218-20 Sansome street. Prompt and full attend-
ance is desired. By order A. J. BRYANT, Chairman.
T. M. O'Connor, Secretary, P. O. Box 1802. July 12.
HEADQUARTERS DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
The Chairman and Secretary of the several County Com-
mittees throughout the State are respectfully requested to send their Post-
office address to the Secretary of the State Central Committee.
A. J. BRYANT, Chairman.
T. M. O'Connor, Secretary, P. O. Box 1202. July 12.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Franco - American Savings Bauk. — Guarantee Capital,
$200,000. 428 Montgomery street. — This Bank has declared a dividend of seven
(7) per cent, per annum on Term Deposits, and five and a half (6J) on Ordinary De-
posits, for last six montha, payable July 16th, free of taxes.
July 12. LUCIEN BRAND, Secretary.
BY ORDER OF THE PROBATE COURT,
The Works of the late James Hamilton, comprising Paint-
ings and Sketches in Oil and Water Colors, are now on view to the public and
for sale at SNOW & CO., 20 Post street. July 12.
FRED H. BUSBY,
Montgomery Block , «28 Montgomery street, San Francisco,
Manufacturer of Archery Gloves, Finger Tips, Arm Guards, Boxing, Fencing
and Base Ball Gloves, for Catchers, Long Wrist Fishing Gloves, Belts for Uniforms,
etc. Archery Clubs supplied at reduced rates. Busby's Archery Clubs are the only
ones io the market that win stand service and give satisfaction. July 12.
ST. MARY'S HALL,
Benicia, Cal-
The next Academic Tear will begin August 5th. A Full
Collegiate Course ; Musical Department under the direction of MADAME
HORSLEY, the Distinguished Vocalist; a resident French Teacher; a fine Art De-
partment; horseback and carriage riding constitute some of the attractions of this
School. Address, BEV. L. DELOS MANSFIELD, A.M.,
July 12. - Rector.
Regular Republican Nominee for Governor*
GEORGE C. PERKINS,
Of San Francisco. [Joly 12.
Savory A- Moore, 143, New Bond street, call attention to the recognized
remedy for
Asthma, etc. Datura Tatula. Cigarettes and Cigars, Pastilles for In-
halation, in boxes, 3s. to 18a.
Datura Tatula for Asthma, etc. The entire plant cut and prepared
for smoking ; Tius, 2s. 6d. to 18s. Economical and Efficacious.
Savory A Moore's Datura Tatula in all forms for smoking and inhala-
tions. Medical Testimonial with each Packet.
Datura Tatula for Asthma, etc. Delicate persons use the remedy as
Cigarettes, or as Pastilles f&r Inhalation.
Datura Tatula for Asthma, etc. The words "Datura Tatula" and
*' SAVORY & MOORE " on the labels are the only guarantee against the risk
of imitations.
For Asthma, etc.. Datura Tatula. Prepared only by SAVORY &
MOORE 143 New Bond street, London, and of Chemists everywhere.
' LJuly 12.]
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July 12.
WILLIAMS, BLANC1IARD & CO.,
213 California st.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
July 12, 1879.
THE DEUGHTS OP ENGLISH NAIL MAKING.
EowiW BEsts, June 5th.
I came here to Inquire for myself how much it would cost to deliver
one hundred tons of conl a month by the Howley Colliery Company at
two or three given localities within a distance of ten miles ; and, having
satisfied myself on that point, much to my pleasure I continued my walk
from the coalpit up through the fields to Rowley Old Church. I came to
a place called Bell End, which is apparently a new part of the old village.
Through a small window I ohserved a female head bobbing up and down ;
soon I heard the sound of a hammer ; and, never having seen any rivet-
making done by human hands, I threaded my way through some brick
passages until I came to the little smithy where " Alice was at work.
This was the name by which her father called her, whom I met on my
way, and to whom I am indebted for the following remarkable piece of
knowledge. Alice, I may say, was a young wife engaged in blowing bel
lows, heating pieces of iron in a "gleed" forge, and producing rivets from
an anvil at the rate of 3,000 a day. Tor this manual labor Alice, her
father proceeded to tell me in her presence, gets from the warehouse Is.
0?d. out of which she has to pay for wear and tear of tools Id., can-lap
Id and a like sum for gle-ids, a kind of small coke, made expressly for
nail and rivet forges. On Monday she does her washing, on Saturday her
cleaning up ; so that she only works at rivets four days in the week, and
her gross earnings, therefore, amount to 4s. 3d. for forging 12,000 rivets.
I have said nothing of rent which Alice would pay, and which might
amount to one shilling a week. She was a sedate young woman, well
spoken with very fair hair and a low sweet voice. John Price (Alice s
father) then, at my request, took me to see his neighbors, Edward and
Phyllis Tromans, who lived and worked at making nailB close by. Phyllis
is a handsome woman, with beautiful white teeth and abundance of flesh,
which Rubens might have painted ; it is so plentiful and rosy. This
woman was forging large nails ; and the manner in which she made a nail
with a point and a head an inch and a-half in circumference fly off a
piece of hot iron was marvelous to behold. She works from eight o'clock
in the morning until nine at night, and in four days will forge 541b. weight
of clout nails, for which she will receive the wondrous price of 3s. 8d.,
out of which she has to pay fivepence for gleeds and twopence for tools.
Her husband works "as hard as he can drive " from six o'clock in the
morning until eleven at.night ; and his week's wage amounts to 12s., from
which tenpence forgleeds and f ourpence for tools will have to be deducted, to
Bay nothing of rent. Edward Tromans was only forty-three years of age,
hut looked much nearer seventy. Two other young women were hammer-
ing away at rivets in company with Phyllis ; and never as long as I live
shall I forget that little black smithy. I once traveled many miles to see
"Vulcan's Forge" by Velasquez ; but there was in that famous picture
no figure to equal that of Phyllis Tromans, and I shall remember Phyllis
to the day of my death. That such a woman should he slaving in soot; —
blowing bellows, now with her left, and then wielding a hammer with her
right hand— forging clout nails for twelve hours a day, in order to earn
less than forty pence in a week, is a phenomenon that I would never have
believed as being possible in England if I had not seen it. As John Price
and I strolled into the village, I said: "Why, everybody seems to be
idling." On which John explained that " They were all on strike." The
strike, I discovered, was not for more wage, or against the present rate
being lowered, but against the iniquitous truck system. After the men
and women at many shops had earned their five shillings for the week's
wages, they had to take out the amount in " tommy." That is, they
would be compelled to pay lOd. a pound for American ham worth 6d.,
8d. for bacon worth 3Jd., and so on for butter, cheese, currants, raisins,
and candles in like damnable disproportion. At last the men Btruck, and
they refuse to go to work again unless they can be master of their wages
and spend them as they like. The masters say that they will comply with
this demand after their present stock of ham and cheese, bacon, and other
commodities is exhausted ; hut the men steadily refuse to listen to the
condition. Many of these I saw on the Rowley-road as I walked on to
Dudley. Some were drunk, but playing at marbles like boys at school,
and using language that I could not repeat under any circumstances.
There were also many young women with very pale faces, many of whom
had lost their front teeth ; nor do I believe that the loss is to be attributed
to eating too much sugar in any form, i'arther on, at Tippity-green, I
encountered Thomas Tibberts, a very small old man, aged seventy-two.
He had a childlike smile on his face, and there was a clean crust of bread
peeping out of his waistcoat pockets. I asked him in a loud voice — the
tone of which, however, he could not mistake — "why he was loafing about
there ; on which he gave me a happy, toothless laugh, and said that "they
had turned him off because he could not make 'em [meaning the nails] fast
enough ;" he could earn five shillings a week once ; but all that was over,
and now he got two shillings a week from the parish ; which, he said,
wasn't much, because he had to pay out of it a shilling a week for lodging.
Not one of these people asked me to give them anything, orusedacringing
or even an angry word. One jester, strong in drink, but able to hold his
own, requested me as he saw me writing in my ponderous note-book, to
"put him down for two pounds o' soap." But that was all that passed ;
and when I did leave something for Phyllis, through John Price, and
Tommy Tibberts, by which they were to drink good health to me at night,
they did not seem to be much moved by my presents. It was their way.
God made them to forge nails as He made sheep for the slaughter.
Prom Tippity-green you can Bee the Clent and Malvern hills, and
Halesowen and Cradley, which lie in a valley, frpm which spring a hun-
dred tall chimneys ; and these send out at every heat of a man's pulse
immense volumes of the blackest smoke that coal and bad burning can
make — hiding sun and sky, green grasB and green tree, and clothing the
whole creation with a horrible darkness. This is the sooty sphere in
which ten thousand men, women and children labor day and night for
perishable bread, and for nothing more ; and even that is sometimes de-
nied them, even though they have given their toil without complaint or
stint. — Correspondent Pall Mall Gazette.
On a honeymoon tour, recently, the young husband, going across
from Dover to Boulogne, was suddenly very strange. " Are you ill, love?"
exclaimed the anxious model wife. " Oh! say, Alfred, beloved, are you
ill?" He was afraid of being doubted, and faintly replied, " I think the
shrimps I had for breakfast this morning must have been alive."
Artistic Novelties, manufactured from California quarts, at Ran-
dolph & Co.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
TH0S. PRICE'S ASSAY OFFICE
AXB- CHEMICAL LABORATORY,
524 Sacramento Street, S. I".
Deposits of bullion received, melted Into bars, and returns
made in from 24 to 48 hours.
Bullion can be forwarded to this Qffice from any part of the interior by Express,
and returns made in the same manner.
Careful Analysis made of Ores, Metals, Soils, Waters, Industrial Products, etc
Mines examined and reported upon. Consultations on Chemical and Metallurgical
questions. __
Charges: Gold and Silver Bullion.
Gold Bars on all amounts below $1,600 $2 00
Gold Bars on all amounts above 51,600 J per cent.
Silver Bars on all amounts below S400 82 00
Silver Bars on all amounts above ?400 J percent.
Dore Bars for the Gold $2 00
Dore Bars for the Silver J per cent.
Determination of Gold and Silver in any alloy §2 00
Ores.
Assay for Tin $5 00
Assay for Quicksilver 6 00
Assay for Manganese 5 00
Assay for Chromium 6 00
Assay for Gold and Silver S3 00
Assav for Gold, Silver and Lead 5 00
Assay for Gold, Silver and Copper. . . 5 00
forCopper 300
Assayforlron 3 00 1 Test for any single metal 2 00
Analyses.
Qualitative Analysis of Ores... 310 00 to $26 00
Qualitative Analysis of Water $25 00
Quantitative Analysis of Water 75 00
Quantitative Analysis of Guano 25 00
Proximate Analysis of Coal „ 10 00
Quantitative Analysis of Coal 50 00
Complete Analyses, qualitative and quantitative, of complex substances, at special
rates. Nov. 23.
IN CONSEQUENCE OF SPURIOUS IMITATIONS OF
LEA & PERKINS' SAUCE, which are calculated to deceive
the public, Lea and Perrins have adopted A NEW LABEL, bearing their sig-
nature, " LEA & PERRINS," which is placed on every bottle nf WORCESTERSHIRE
SAUCE, and without which none is genuine.
Ask for LEA & PERRINS' Sauce, and see name on' wrapper, label, bottle and stop-
per. Wholesale and for export by the proprietors, Worcester ; Crosse & Blackwell,
London, etc.. etc., and by grocers and oilmen throughout the world. To be obtained of
Nov. 16. MESSRS. CROSS & CO., San Francisco.
ROWLAND'S
MACASSAR OIL strengthens the Hair and prevents it falling off. The bottles
have a glass stopper, and not a cork.
TC A T/VDOTt, beautifies the Complexion and eradicates Freckles, Tan, Prickly Heat,
Eruptions, etc.
ODONTO whitens the Teeth, prevents and arrests decay, and gives a pleasing
fragrance to the breath.
ETTKONIA is a new and delicate toilet powder.
Ask for ROWLAND'S articles, of 20, Hatton Garden, London, and avoid cheap
imitations. Sold by Druggists, Bazaars, etc., all over the world. May 3.
FOR SALE-SUNNYSIDE RESIDENCE.
I have concluded to sell my Homestead, located in the
pleasant town of Placerville, El Dorado County, known as the SUNNYSIDE
RANCH ; forty-five acres of land, orchard of the choicest fruits, house two stories,
brick cellar, splendid well of water, windmill, in fact every convenience for a country
home ; 2,000 feet above tide water. Placerville is one of the most pleasant and
healthful localities in California; first-class schools, churches and good society. To
be sold at a bargain. For terms address C. B. BROWN, Placerville, or F. A. BEE,
620 Eddy street, San Francisco. June 21.
D. F. HUTCHINQS.
J. Sanderson
D. M. Dunne.
PHCEN1X OIL WORKS.
Established 1850.— Hutchings A Co., Oil and Commission
Merchants'Manufacturers and Dealers in Sperm, Whale, Lard, Machinery and
Illuminating Oils, 517 Front street. San Francisco. Jan. 8.
JOHN JENNINGS
Hooper's South End Warehouses, corner Japan and Town-
send streets, San Francisco. First-class Fire-Proof Brick Building, capacity
10,000 tonu. Goods taken from the Dock and the Cars of the C. P. R. R. and S. P.
R. R. free of charge. Storage at Current Rates. Advances and Insurance Effected.
MME. B. ZEITSKA'S
rench, German and English Institute, Day and Boarding:
School, for Young Ladies, 922 Post street, between Hyde and Larkin. KIN-
MME. B. ZEITSKA, Principal.
F
DERGARTEN connected with the Institute.
Oct. 26.
EDWARD B0SQUI & CO.,
Printers, Engravers, lithographers and Bookbinders,
I*eidesdorjf street, from Clay to Commercial.
CALIFORNIA SUGAR REFINERY,
Manufacturers of the Standard Syrup, a superior article I
put up in barrels expressly for home consumption. Also, Extra Heavy Syrup
in barrels for Export. Refined Sugars at lowest market rates. Office, 215 Front ]
street, up stairs. Dec. 21.
L.E.Pratt. PRATT & METCALFE, J.B.Metcalfe.
Attorneys and Counselors at Law.
Rooms 20, 21 and 22, Real Estate Associates' Building, No.
230 Montgomery street, San Francisco. Accessible by Elevator at No. 230
Montgomery street, or on Laura Place, next New Stock Exchange. Dec. 7. |
JOHN L. BOONE,
Attorney- at- Law and Solicitor of Patents,
Jan. 25.] 320 California street, San Francisco* Cat.
IRVINE & LE BRETON
Have Removed their Law Offices to Ho. 217 Sansome Street.
[March 15.] .
R. H. LLOYD,
Attorney-at-Law, Room 13, Nevada Block.
July 12, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
PACT AND FANCY.
Palace of fancy or attic of fact —
Which will my Imogene visit to-night ?
la it her whim to aee somebody act.
Or witness a i»lay by reality's light?
I am indifferent ; I have no choice— -
Fancy or fact, dearest; which has your voice?
Fancy shows pictures more lurid, perhaps,
Shallowed by passion, by vice and by crime;
Fact counts its misery by the quick taps
Of a hid heart beating agony's time.
Fact lies in darkness and fancy in light ;
Which will my Imogene visit to-night?
You can see trials and trouble and care.
Set off by lustre aud gilding and dress ;
Or you can watch them all hideously bare,
Framed in the pall of their own wretchedness.
Fact often kills, Fancy crowneth the right —
Which will my Imogene visit to-night?
Fact! Do you choose it? Well, fact let it be;
It is the basis of all of our plays,
But the five acts of the dramas we see
Really run throughout numberless days.
You hardly realize what you have read —
"Ten years elapse and the victim is dead."
Here, in this garret, a wife lying ill —
Only a line from reality's page —
You've seen the husband ; you may see him still
Strut any night on a theater stage.
You've scarce observed him— forgotten him quite,
Guest at a ball for a dollar a night.
Just at this moment he's walking about,
Talking dumb show with the girl on his arm ;
Dozens like him wander in and pass out,
Forming the picture that makes the scene's charm,
And his sole thought as he stands in the set —
" Is my poor girl at home lingering yet ?"
She cannot live ; she is past doctor's skill ;
Well as he knows it he smiles and toils on ;
Thinking at times with a heart-breaking thrill —
"Kent-day to-morrow, the last dollar gone."
A single set and a pitiful act,
Curtain descends on the attic of fact.
You do not like it ? I thought not, my child ;
We'll see no more of this terrible play.
Better the flimsiest fancy run wild
Than the dread drama of life's ev'ry day.
Weep at the well-acted woes if you list ;
Soon dried are tears for what does not exist.
San Francisco, July 3, 1879. a. H. J.
KEARNEY AND THE TRADES UNIONS.
At last the Workingmen are being awakened out of their dream of
high wages and of wealth to be acquired by denouncing capital and capi-
talists. For two years they have been talking all sorts of communistic
nonsense, and threatening all sorts of dreadful things. Capitalists were,
by some undefined process, to be compelled to yield up at least some por-
tion of their wealth, and by some other equally undefined process it was
to be distributed among the workingmen. This was regarded by the large
mass of ignorant working people as a splendid programme, and although
they may most of them have doubted its feasibility, still they applauded
it enthusiastically, not thinking of the harm they were bringing on them-
selves. They now find that the millenium has not come, but that in
place of that desired consummation of all things, they are suffering from the
greatest depression of business that California has ever witnessed, and the
lowest rate of wages that the State has ever known. How sane men could
have expected any other result we are utterly at a loss to comprehend. We
have all along condemned the Sand-lot orators in the interest of the State,
but really far more in the interest of labor than of capital. As we have
often said, capital can take ample care of itself ; it is in a San Francisco
bank this morning, and by noon it has been permanently transferred to
New York or Boston or London. Capitalists are threatened with all
Borts of confiscation, and they say, "Let us transfer our means beyond
the reach of this villainous crew of confiscators," and they transfer their
capital to some place where confiscation is not one of the fine arts but
one of the qualifications for a place in the Newgate Calendar. One of our
leading capitalists, a genuine Californian, and owing everything he has to
the splendid opportunities this State offered to him, has made large in-
vestments in real estate in New York because there the communist is in
danger of the State Prison, while deliberate proposals of robbery are alto-
gether out of the question. We have no doubt that this gentleman
breathes more freely when in California at the thought that he has no
fear of the morrow, no fear of learning his property has been burned down
by a mob, or that it is at the mercy of a crowd of lawless incendiaries
and demagogues, such as have clustered around the foul-mouthed impos-
tor Kearney. We maintain that the Sand-lot leaders have done irrepara-
ble injury to the State by causing capitalists to transfer their capital else-
where, and by frightening outsiders from bringing their capital here.
We read the record of the paralysis of business and of the ruin that have
resulted in the number and value of deeds and of mortgages of real estate
recorded in this city in the first six months of the last three years:
First Six Months No. of Amount of Deeds Amount of Mort-
of Deeds. of Sales. gages.
1877 1,880 $12,095,000 $12,660,900
1878 1,268 7,065,300 6,976,200
1879 1,121 4,838,200 4,943,200
The valuation by the City and County Assessor of real estate and im-
provements in this city for the last three years is as follows:
Year, Real Estate, Improvements. Total,
1877 $141,424,870 $49,547,760 5190,972,730
1878 : 140,384,706 50,761,465 191,146.171
1879 123,730,820 43,707,065 167,437,885
If, in the face of such a state of things as the above figures show, work-
ingmen can go on hoping that they are going to benefit themselves by
driving away the capital out of which their wages are to be paid, or that
they have not seriously injured themselves by their violent and preposter-
ous conduct, then we can only say they deserve their misfortunes. The
trades unions, however, are beginning to look at the profit and loss show-
ing of the Sand Lot movement, and they are somewhat bewildered to
see that every step in its progress has been ruinous to them. We say, in
the interests of labor, that the confidence that the Sand-lot impostors
have destroyed must be restored by the action of the workingmen them-
selves ; and they must reassure capitalists of their sense of justice and
prudence by declaring in emphatic numbers against all the Sand Lot vio-
lence and rhodomontade, apa in favor of the co-operation of laborers and
capitalists in developing the trade and resources of the State. We know
that many large buildings are projected in the city which nothing but the
uncertainty of the attitude and policy of the workingmen keeps from be-
ing begun. Everywhere people with means are waiting, wondering how
long this Sand Lot folly is going to last ; how long Kearney, the worst
enemy the working classes ever had, is going to be accepted by them as
their leader ; how much more capital 'they are going to drive away from
this State before they are starved into the wisdom which desires to attract
capital and raise wages. It would seem, at last, as if the trades union
leaders are awakening to the fact that the interests of labor must be saved
from further ruin by a complete reversal of the Sand Lot policy, and the
sooner it is done the better.
BANKS,
THE BANK OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO,
Capital $5,000,000
\VM. AM'ORD President.
THOMAS BROWX, Cashier | B. MIRRAY, Jr., Ass't Cashier
A (TENTH :
New York, Agency of the Bank of Calfornia ; Boston, Tremont National Bank
Chicago, Union National Bank ; St. Louis, Boatman's Saving Bank ; New Zealand,
the Bank of New Zealand ; London, China, Japan, India and Australia, the Oriental
Bank Corporation.
The Bank has Agencies at "Virginia City and Gold Hill, and Correspondents in all
the principal Mining Districts and Interior Towns of the Pacific Coast.
Letters of Credit issued, available in all parts of the world. Draw direct on Lon-
don, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Bremen, Hamburg, Frankfort-on-the-Main, Antwerp,
Amsterdam, St. Petersburgh, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Christiana, Locarno, Mel-
'bourne, Sydney ^ Auckland, Hongkong, Shanghai, Yokohama. Nov. 4.
FIRST NATIONAL GOLD BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Paid up Capital $2,000,000, Gold. President, R. C. Wool-
worth ; Vice-President, D. Callaghan ; Cashier, E. D. Morgan.
Directors :— B. C. Woolworth, D. Callaghan, C. G. Hooker, C. Adolpb Low, Peter
Donahue, Isaac Wormser, Edward Martin, James Moffitt, N. Van Bergen,
Correspondents — London : Baring Bros. & Co.; Chartered Mercantile Bank of In-
dia, London and China. Dublin : Provincial Bank of Ireland. Hamburg : Hesse,
Ncuman&Co. Paris: Hottinguer& Co. NewYork: National Bank of Commerce. Bos-
ton : Blackstone National Bank. Chicago : First National Bank. This Bank is pre-
pared to transact a general Banking business. Deposits in Gold, Silver and Currency
received subject to check or on special deposit. Exchange for sale on the principal
cities of the United States, Great Britain, Ireland and the Continent. Commercial
Credits issued available in Europe, Chii.a and Japan. Collections attended to and
prompt returns made at the lowest market rates of Exchange. Jan. 19.
BANK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter. — Capital paid np, 81,800,-
000 with power to increase to $10,000,000. Southeast comer California and San-
sonie streets. Head Office— 28 Corn hill, London. Branches— Portland, Oregon; Vic-
toria, New Westminster and Cariboo, British Columbia.
This Bank transacts a General Backing Business. Accounts opened subject to Check
and Special Deposits received. Commercial CreditB granted available in all ports of
the world. Approved Bills discounted and advances made on good collateral security.
Draws direct at current rates upon its Head Office and Branches, and upon its Agents
as follows :
NewYork, Chicago and Canada— Bank of Montreal ; Liverpool— North and South
Wales Bank ; Scotland— British Linen Company ; Ireland— Bank of Ireland ; Mex-
ico and South America — London Bank ot Mexico and South America ; China and
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
July 12, 1879.
"PLEASURE'S WAND."
'We Obey no Wand but Pleasure's/1-- Tom Moore*
California Theater. — The present Aitnee Beason promises well. French
opera bouffe, with its light, sparkling music, and its spicy, wicked
dialogue, has found great favor in this moral land. This is Aimee's fourth
visit to us, and she comes this time with a good troupe and an extensive
repertoire. As compared with the former organizations, this company is
not as perfect as those of 72 and '74, but very much superior to that of
'76. As far as can be judged by the few performances this week, its
principal weakness is in the lack of a good singing aecunda. Theater-goers
will afl remember in this capacity M'lle Stani, an admirable vocalist.
The chief merits of this season will lie in the repertoire. It contains sev-
eral operas entirely unknown out here, and several others that have been
presented on our Btage in the butchered style characteristic of Mrs.
Oate's adaptations. Les Cloches de Corneville, as presented on Monday
night, was something so pleasantly different from the garbled version
lately seen at another theater, that a new vista is opened as regards the
charms and attractions of Le Petit Due and La Maryolaine. The opening
ferformance on Monday night was greeted by a perfect crush of a house,
t reminded one of old times, when this community showed more desire
to encourage and help efforts to please them ; efforts made by a manage-
ment far less willing and ready to do its best to meet public favor than
the present one. The energy shown by these lessees, in striving to place
before our public all that is talented and successful in present dramatic
circles, deserves some reeognition,f.and it can hardly be said that they
have received it. In singing, Aimee has improved since her last visits.
The quality of her voice is better, and in execution and general style there
is great progress visible. She has lost none of the charm and vivacity
and thorough chic that serves to make her one of the foremost opera
bouffe actresses. She shows all her wonted vivacity and diableire. In
appearance, a change, and an unfavorable one at that, is noticeable. A
life full of fatigue and excitement leaves its tracks behind it, and age
will finally tell Miss Aimee has lost in the last few years some
of her superfluous flesh, but her features have grown harder and coarser.
The oldfavorites, Juteau and Duplan, met with complimentary receptions.
Jouard is a good baritone and a capital actor, and Mme. Delorme an ex-
cellent bouffe duegre. Mile. Gregoire has a very sweet and sympathetic
voice, but of very little volume. She possesses the knack of, as the
French call it, saying a song. That is, to give the full meaning and ex-
pression to the text, which in opera bouffe is far more important than a
mere musical rendition of the air, with no attention to the words. Mile.
Raphael is a person of rather statuesque proportions, and with a hand-
some face, of the Jewish type. Her voice is a light contralto. In sing-
ing and acting, this member of the troupe is rather tame. Mezieres, the
character comedian, is a remarkable actor. TTia " G-aspard," the miser, is
a wonderful piece of eccentric acting. It is intensely artistic and artistic-
ally intense. The portrayal of impotent imbecility was the handiwork of
a master mind. This artist has quite a reputation in his line, and genu-
ine treats may be expected from him. The orchestra is a very good one,
and the chorus will undoubtedly become so, although it is as yet a little
unsteady. The bill this week included, besides Les Cloches de CornevUle,
La Fifle de M'me Angot and La Jolie Parfumeuse, On Monday we are to
have Le Petit Due, and on Thursday La Petite Mariee, said to be a charm-
ing, spicy work. In criticising and reviewing opera bouffe, it must be
borne in mind that a mere musical rendering of an opera means nothing.
A pretty tune is very well in its way, but the audience must be able to
hear and catch all the witticisms and jokes of the text. The talent of the
artist is to be determined by his. or her ability to do full justice to this
feature, paying at the same time proper attention to the music.
Boscovitz's "Pianoforte Recital."— A commanding display of sur-
prising technical intricacies, which patient and long continued application
can alone insure, seldom if ever arouses the enthusiastic recognition and
justly deserved appreciation which so much implied industry might rea-
sonably enough expect and look for. A Pianoforte Recital might very
easily become the datal basis of some curious reflections, and if it suited
Mr. Boscovitz's purpose to so wish it and go into details, many a doting
mamma's expectations would be blighted. Boseovitz has an activity ana
power of finger that can only be attained by incessant labor for hours
every day, and that, too, for years. Dexterity of finger being a purely
mechanical acquirement, no amount of talent can supersede actual prac-
tice._ His style of playing the piano differs somewhat from the German
routine usually followed, particularly in this country. Having very small
hands, he of necessity shuns the Tarantula scramble mode of arranging
the fingers on -the keys. His motions have none of the High Jinks spider
action so conspicuous in some of his brother artists, and so thoroughly an-
tagonistic to all principle and reason. He does not pound the keys as if
he had studied his mechanism in a stamp-mill ; on the contrary, his style
is free from the dash and seeming brilliancy which some look upon as es-
sential in a display of technical ability.
Clanish in sentiment, his taste inclines to the music of Chopin, who
was physically unsound and mentally erratic. Ever overloaded by a
melancholy induced by disease, as might with everything like reason be
expected, Chopin was never in a proper state of body, or mind either, to
compose great and lasting works, although certain critics would force
them mto domesticity, while they at the same time proclaim that not one
professional m a thousand can discover the hidden beauties in them—
illusive monomaniasm! Fortunate or otherwise, Mr. Boseovitz seems
very much inclined to depart from the fossil schools— the B. B.'s of an-
tiquity. With courage, and sense to back it with, he ought henceforth to
eschew all the worn-out Bach and Beethoven senilities, and, if Chopin
proves unequal to the task, which it hazards little to say he will, there
are plenty of others to draw upon.
Boseovitz, if sometimes fantastic with his hands, is nevertheless an ac-
complished player— the would-be amiable, if sinister hostility of his pro-
fessional brethren to the contrary notwithstanding. At the Recital he
went through a very mixed programme, with very little in it to fascinate.
Besides Dr. John Bull's " Village Bell" and his own two composition?,
there was nothing attractive. Performing under a trio of celebrities he
betrayed no nervousness. At the tail end of his Steinway grand, Ruben-
stem looked a good caricature of a pious nigger ; Chopin, modest and
sickly looking, was supported on the right by Liszt, who appeared fasci-
nated at a butterfly fight on the ceiling above. In the garb and with the
dignity-scowl of an itinerant priest, his attitude and expression are those
of a stool-pigeon or bogus bidder at a Peter Funk auction.
Baldwin's Theater.— In last week's issue justice was hardly done to
the admirable representation at this theater. While the play, The Mar-
riage by Moonlight, is but a weak arrangement of an old-time, improbable
and impossible melo-drama, still it gives an opportunity for the excellent
stock company to do some good acting. The total want of appreciation
exhibited toward Miss Coghlan is something that must remain inexplica-
ble to theater-sharps and connoisseurs. This lady gives us pictures of the
highest order of dramatic art, which should set the town agog with ex-
citement, but they only seem to bring together a corporal's guard of in-
telligent, appreciating listeners, whose faces are all familiar. They are
members of the press, regular first-nighters, and, highest tribute of all,
unemployed actors. Hardly an evening passes but what the intensely
intelligent and natural efforts of this lady meet with enthusiastic ap-
plause and recalls, and still the general public keep aloof. In this play
Miss Coghlan's portraiture of the heroine was something so artistic that
its equal is rarely seen on the stage. There is not a point lost, every lit-
tle, minute detail handled as carefully as the more important, broader
effects, and the result is a finished, perfect impersonation. The different
phases with which the character abounds— warmth, sensibility, dignity of
manner, and mental misery — were all effectively depicted. Mr. O'Neil
gave an intelligent, manly rendition of the character of the hero. His
acting was very strong in the third act, and particularly so in the last
scene of the play. Mr. Morrison was intrusted with one of those charac-
ters in which he is at his best — that of a villain concealed under the
suavity and polish of a gentleman. The part of " Felix" gave Mr. Robin-
son a chance to prove that adverse criticism may result in improvement.
This gentleman has an admirable voice, which he uses with proper elocu-
tionary effects. The rigidity of manner and appearance which mars
everything he does was hardly noticeable in this effort, and the result is a
creditable impersonation. Mr. Bradley does his little bit in his usual
conscientious, merit-deserving way. Miss Corcoran and Mr. Heme repre-
sent an element that robs the play of all its plausibility. They are gip-
sies of an impossible type. Although both of these characters are played
with unusual ability, the utter absurdity pertaining to their presence in
the dramatis personam render them of no importance to the reviewer. The
entre acts in this theater are among the most enjoyable moments of the
evening, through the music of Harry Widmer's orchestra. This is com-
posed of finished soloists, and the selections performed are tasteful and
appropriate. L'Assommoir is announced for Monday next.
Bush Street Theater. — Mr. Locke announces that there will be one
week more of old " Uncle Josh." Another proof of the success of this
remarkably good play. So all of you Yankees, particularly, and every-
body else generally, should lose no time in witnessing this most perfect
representation of American country life. From a national and patriotic
point of view, the picture of the Yankee farmer is a pleasing one. Al-
though possessing features that eauBe regret, in the way of lack of polish
and disregard of conventionalities, it is so full of the nobler traits of
manhood, truth, honesty and integrity that one's heart warms with pity
and pleasure. It is through the natural foresight of Mr. J. M. Hill
that the church-going as well as the theater-going public of the whole
United States are able to see this splendid production, for he was the first
to discover Denman Thompson's abilities, and, by securing a good com-
pany of artists to assist him, completed the success we are all so familiar
with. Mr. Hill is now about doing the same thing with Lawrence Bar-
rett. He has engaged him for two years, and will bring to his support
the very best available talent. The opening piece will be A New Play,
one of the most powerful productions ever put upon the stage, and
the language of which is truly fine. Unless Mr. Hill succeeds in getting
the Fifth Avenue Theater for a year or more, the play will be produced at
the Lyceum, New York. We have not the slightest doubt but that,
with the wonderful business sagacity of this genial gentleman, at the end
of his engagement Barrett will find himself as popular in hia way as
Edwin Booth or Denman Thompson are in their's. Mr. Locke announces
as his following attraction Tony Pastor's Variety Troupe. While opinions
differ as to the merit of variety performances, it is useless to deny their
popularity with a large majority of our people, and this engagement is
made in strict accordance with the policy of this theater to meet the
popular wishes.
Standard Theater. —Notwithstanding the great counter-attraction of
Aimee, the Pinafore is still sailing along successfully with a stiff breeze
of plaudits and ducats. The long run has so familiarized every one with
their respective parts that everything goes off as smoothly as you please.
Several of the good voices in the chorus, not anticipating such a protracted
success, had engaged themselves to the California, and were necessarily
compelled to withdraw, but this loss is not noticeable, with the exception
perhaps of Mr. Harris' basso profnndo. The amateurs have sunk all
manner and semblance of such, and now do their work with the skill and
ability of veterans. The wonderful youngsters continue to daily-increas
mg audiences, and are really a sight to behold. This, Saturday, afternoon
and evening will be the last performances in this city of the Emelie Mel-
ville troupe prior to a tour through the interior ; appearing first at Oak-
land, thence to San Jose, Stockton, Sacramento and San Rafael We
can tell our country friends they have a rare treat in store. The Juvenile
Company will appear every evening next week, and at the matinees on
Wednesday and Saturday.
At the Revels' Masquerade, July 3d, quite a novel feature was in-
troduced, in the shape of a small hand fire-engine, called "New York "
which was loaned for the occasion by the Exempts. On the apparatus was
seated, dressed as a Fire Jake "and carrying a trumpet, the three-year-
old son of P. L Ducasse, the little fellow being a kind of Dave Scannell
^s^^^^j^&r^' and a gladsome sight to
Woodward's Gardens offer, on Sunday only, the wonderful child
vmhmst, Master Mitchell Banner; and to-day and to m^rTow the Per
forming dogs, the great Wambold and Bon in equilibristic acts, the aerial
te^NoC™trar eharglBU,8lay'S ""** *™^™< **>, * ****
T^J<$n'SwreS?5JerianT.t5Urch' Po8t Btreet. between Mason and
Taylor, Key. Wm. A. Scott, D. D., pastor. Preaching on Sunday m usual
at 11a.m. and7i P.M The public cordially invited to attend Com
munion Lord's Supper at the close of morning service SirnrW ^wi
and Bible Classes, 9* A.M. Prayer and Praise Service It o| i ■%? h0<>1
Conservatory Pianos, $350. 200 Post street, corner of Dupont.
July 12, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
Chit-Chat
Bothern's opening piece at the Park will bo Crutch and Toothpick,
■■ "Lilian CleToe Claric* while in Europe, |>nt|>oees to cum pie to her mu-
llah! studies, and it U also likely that she may star (!!!) through England
in Branson Howard's Ba*ka*» lhinyhta\-—{.\\x\o\\i\ Patti will soon be
here.^— Miss Lizzie Harold will spend the summer ftt Gardiner, Maine.
She will Ik- here in time for the new season at the California. — Mi^y De
Belocca takes Miss C'ary's place in Stnkoach's company. ——Miss Thursby
will return to America in September, but goes back to Europe next sum-
mer. ^— Kmrnet threatens to bring over from Ireland for his new play,
Fritz in Ireland, a lot of real Irish men ami women, who will talk the real
brogue. Have mercy, Joe ; are there not enough Micks hereabouts ?—
Mias Cary will not he in Strakoach's tarape next season. Mapleson has
made her an offer for his American tour. The rumor that Miss Sarah
Bernhardt will visit and star in this country will only be confirmed in case
the lady makes up her mind to resign from the Comedie Francais. This,
because the rules jjoverniug this unique organization are perfectly rigid
and stringent upon this point, and are to be made still more so. This rumor
is traced directly to the lady herself, who has announced, it is said, that
she will come to this country before 1881, without fail.-^The French
Courts have legalized Marquis de Caux's opposition to Patti's appearance
in Paris in conjunction with Mr. Nicolini, and the performances announced
at the Gaitie for next February will not take place. ^^Suppe", the light
opera composer, is an Italian by birth, but an Austrian subject — a Dal-
matian. Why does Annie Pixley say she will never return to San
Francisco ?«— •—The highest yearly subscriptions paid to opera houses are
as follows: Paris, 3175,000; Berlin, 8140,000; Stuttgard, $107,500;
Dresden, 880,000; Vienna, 8G0.000.— Byron'B The Girls has reached its
fiftieth performance.— The Lord Mayor of London has invited the
Comedie Francais to a banquet in their honor. -^—George Kignold sails
from Australia to England in August. —— M'lle Anizette used to be the
darling of the Empire, and especially admired by a member of the Impe-
rial family — the present head, Prince Jerome.^— The London Times iB
being taken to task for its rather unfair style of dramatic criticism, which
contrasts strongly with John Oxenford's consistent and judicious way of
writing.^^Looke has signed a contract with Sothern for next February.
Fifty per cent of the gross, and railroading for the company from Chicago
out here and back. Where is the profit to come in ?—— Locke also has
the Colville Folly Troupe, to come out about Christmas time.
REVIEW OF NEW BOOKS.
The Yellow Mask By Wilkie Collins. Appleton's Handy Volume series. For
sale by Billings, Harbourne & Co.
The scene of this story is laid in Italy, a century or so ago. The char-
acters are few, but admirably drawn. The plot is touching and dramatic,
without being in the slightest degree sensational, and the tale is told with
all the grace and simplicity which distinguishes the best works of the
illustrious author.
The Natural Resources of the United States. By J. HarriB PaHon. New
York : D. Appleton & Co., 1879. San Francisco : Bancroft & Co.
This small book is a primer intended to give, in a brief and very con-
densed form, a sketch of the natural resources of the United States.
Within 102 pages it deals with minerals, metals, soil, rainfall, health re-
sorts, climate, products of the soil, the forest and the sea, and numerous
other subjects. If he who runs has not time to read it, he may at least
carry it in his pocket until he finds time. It gives a summary of the lead-
ing resources of the country, which every intelligent person should be
aware of, and will doubtless be found very useful for the young, as well
as for those who in a busy life have not time to read more recon-
dite works on the subjects of which it treats.
The "Portfolio" for June has Mr. McWhirter's "Vanguard," a
striking picture of Highland cattle* under the lead of a bull, toiling
through the snow, Merton College, Oxford, and Albert Durer's famous
"Bitter, Tod und Teufel," besidesthe new College and Castle street, Ox-
ford. Mr. Lang discourses of High Tory Oxford, with gossip of Queen
Anne's time ; and Mr. Hamerton closes his notices of Goya, with what
seems to us a fair explana ion of the extravagant claims made on behalf
of this artist by some continental critics : " It is the thinker in Goya,
and not the artist, who has taken a place in the history of liberal ideas in
Europe." What a temper the old man had he showed when Wellington
sat to him. The Duke made some remark on the painter's style, when
Goya snatched a rapier from the wall and made a thrust, which Welling-
ton only escaped by leaping nimbly on one side. The Albert Durer is the
very best copy of the composition we have seen, and Mr. Hamerton says
its excellence is wholly due to the personal skill of M. Arnaud Durand.
The Art Chronicle has notes of the better pictures in the Royal Academy
exhibition, which seems to be on a higher level of merit than usual. Two
water-color exhibitions are criticised, and there are notices of some ad-
irirable works in the Continental pictures at Goupil's Gallery and the
French Gallery in Pall Mall. Merely to read the names of the artists
represented in these makes one restless. The book reviews commend
Miss Kate Thompson's "Hand Book to the Public Picture Galleries of
Europe " as compact and useful, and Mrs. Jameson's " Memoirs," cer-
tainly one of the most entertaining biographies of the year. Madame
Cadart'B "Annual Portfolio of Etchings," which may be had for a few
shillings, gives a connected view of the progress of European etching.
"The Pacific Medical and Surgical Journal."— The number for
July, like its rival, the Western Lancet, is more valuable for its foreign
excerpts than for the long-winded lugubrations of local authors. It is a
great pity that one really good clinical and sanitary journal cannot be
published in this city. Nothing would contribute more effectually to the
education of the profession and to a better knowledge of the diseases of
this coast. We observe a most careless misprint in the name of Dr. J. H.
Stannard for Dr. J. H. Stallard, the distinguished member of the College
of Physicians, London, whose desire to contribute some portion of his
large experience, should not be discouraged by such a glaring mistake.
The "Commercial Herald" says the bonds of the Spring Valley
Water Works were placed in New York to tue amount of S2,000,000, at
92i. They had been in our market for two years, and could not be sold
on account of the newspaper clamor against the Company; though, now
that New York has secured them, capitalists here see their mistake. The
Herald knows of a lot of $300,000 withdrawn at 92A, for which an offer of
95 has since been made, and it predicts that the whole §2,000,000 will be
floated at par and over.
AMUSEMENTS.
BUSH STREET THEATER.
CUABISS E.I.OCKE Proprietor.
POSITIVELY BUT ONE MORE WEEK!
COMMENCING MONDAY, JULY 14TH, 1S79.
ONLY TWO MORE MATINEES!
This Saturday, July 12th, 2 p.m.; Next Saturday, July 19th, 2 p.m.
tS- SECURE YOUR SEATS. "Si
DENMAN THOMPSON,
— AS —
"JOSHUA WHITC0MB."
[July 12.]
CALIFORNIA THEATER.
Barton &. jLawlor,9fnnag:erH: Barton Hill, Acting" Manager.
AIMEE, the Acknowledged Queen of Opera Bouffe, supported by Maurice
Grau's New and Renowned FRENCH OPERA BOUFFE COMPANY. Sunday, July
13th, last performance of LES CLOCHES DE CORNEVILLE. Next Week— Two New
Operas. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday Evenings, and at Saturday Mat-
inee—First and only performances here, in its original form as composed by the
authors, with entirely new and gorgeous costumes, and a mise-en-scene surpassing-
all previous efforts, LE PETIT DUC (The Little Duke). Thursday, Friday and Satur-
day, Julv 17th, 18th and 10th— First production in San Francisco of Lecocq's very
successful work, LA PETITE MARIEE, performed in Paris over 200 consecutive
nights. In Rehearsal-LA MARJOLAINE. July 12-
STANDARD THEATER.
MA. Kennody, Manager ~ This (Saturday) Evening, Last
. Nifht Positively of the ENIELIE MELVILLE PINAFORE COMPANlf, for
the benefit of the OLD LADIES' HOME. This (Saturday) Afternoon, at 2 o'clock,
LAST EMELIE MELVILLE PINAFORE MATINEE Sunday Evening. July 13th,
Special Performance by the JUVENILE PINAFORE COMPANY. Commencing
Monday Evening, Julv 14th, and every evening during the week, THE JUVENILE
PINAFORE COMPANY. Matinees Wednesday and Saturday. July 12.
THE BALDWIN THEATER.
Manager, Mr. Tnomas Magnire.— This (Saturday) Matinee
and Evening. THE MARRIAGE BY MOONLIGHT. Sunday. July 13th, Ben-
efit of HERNE and BELASCO-THE MARRIAGE BY MOONLIGHT (positively last
time), and RIP VAN WINKLE. Monday, July 14th, the great Paris and London
sensation, L'ASSOMMOIR. J"ly 12.
HASTINGS' COLLEGE OF THE LAW.
Lectures for the Year 1879-80 will commence Augnst 7th,
1879, at the Pioneer Assembly Rooms, 808 Montgomery street. The Middle
Class will meet at 4 P.M.; the Junior Class will meet at 10 a.m. Examinations of ap-
plicants for admission to the Middle Class and members of the present Class whose
examination was postponed, will be held Tuesday, August 5th, at the Pioneer Assem-
bly Rooms. Gentlemen wishing to enter either Class should apply to the Dean and
Registrar. No. 2, Court Block, 630 Clay street. July IS.
MECHANICS' PAVILION.
"VTow Walking. -"Great Six-Day PeUestrlan Tournament,
i^J with the following large list of entries: John Armstrong, W. H. Scott, J.
Abel Wm, Chenowith, James Kennovan, C. D. Thompson. John G. Macfarland, Jas.
A Santos, Frank Edwards, J. Callahan, P. Mclntyre, Harry Newhoff. The Six-Day
Contest commenced promptly at 1 a.m. Thursday. Admission. FIFTY CENTS.
Special arrangement with streetcars to run all night. Music by First Regiment
Band, Uniformed. Remember, just oiif hour after Wednesday midnight.
"MECHANICS' FAIR,
Sail Francisco, California,
OPENS AUGUST 5TH, 1819-
Science, Art, Iminstry and Natural Productions will Be
fully represented Grand Instrumental Concert each afternoon and evening.
Machinery in Motion, Rare Paintings. Fine Statuary, a Tropical Garden, Fountains
and Promenades will make this Exhibition the most instructive and pleasant place
of resort on this Coast. Those desiring space should apply at once. Office : 27 Post
strect. IRVING M. SCOTT, President.
J. H. Culver. Secretary.
July 12.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVALS AND CLEARANCES AT THE PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO, FOR
THE WEEK ENDING JULY 11, 1879.
ARRIVALS.
DATE.
VESSEL.
MASTER.
WHERE FROM.
CONSIGNERS.
July b
.. 6
Seabury
Howland ...
Vorsatz ....
Freeman . . .
Hongkong —
Hongkong
Yladwostock . .
San Bias
Philadelphia. .
Williams, Blanchard & Co.
Wm. T. Coleman & Co.
A. Vignier & Co.
.. 8
.. 8
.. 9
.. 10
Bark F. H. Drews
Bark Helen W. Almy..
Master.
\V. Loarza.
Jones & Co.
George Howes 4 Co.
CLEARANCES .
July 6
!' 8
.. 10
.. 11
St'r Granada —
St'r Zealandia...
Bark Era
St'r Dakota
BarkKalakaua..
MASTER.
ttTIBRE BOIKD.
Cavarly Panama
Chevalier ..Sydney
Johnson Calais
Morse Victoria
Jenks 'Honolulu...
BT WHOM CLEARED.
Williams, Blanchard &Co.
Williams, Blanchard & Co.
O. W. McNear.
Williams. Blanchard & Co.
J. C. Merrill & Co.
Conservatory Organs, $110. 200 Post street, corner of Dupont.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
July 12, 1879.
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Mutua
Berlin, July 4th. — The Tariff Commission to-day agreed to the amend-
ment introduced by Herr Windtbrost, proposing any revenue in excess of
130,000,000 marks be distributed among the separate States.— -London,
July 5th. — The British troop-ship Orontes arrived at Madeira to-day with
the "remains of the Prince Imperial. The remains were transferred from
the JSoadicea to the Orontes at Cape Town, June 15th. -^— Paris, July
5th. — The Chamber of Deputies has passed the first six clauses of Jules
Ferry's education bill. The debate on the principal clause, against the
Jesuits, will take place to-day. The petition against M. Jules Ferry's
bill now has 1,643,000 signatures. -—Paris, July 5th. — Lepere, Minister
of the Interior, estimated that in consequence of the bad crop, purchases
of foreign grain would amount to £20,000,000.— London, July 5th. —
In the House of Commons last night the Government agreed to the mo-
tion of Henry Caplin (Conservative) for the appointment of a Koyal Com-
mission to inquire into the causes of agricultural depression, and how far
they were created, or are remediable, by legislation,— —St. Petersburg-,
July 5th. — Four hundred Nihilists were arrested at Kieff on the night of
June 26th, and a -great store of weapons seized. ^—London, July 5th. —
A Berlin correspondent of the Times transmits a report that the Chinese
are committing outrages in Kuldja, and thousands of fugitives are seek-
ing protection at Russian forts. — — Cape Town, June 14th, via Madeira,
July 4th. — Col. Newdigate has cleared the country between Ilyotyozic
and TJpoko rivers without loss. Intelligence is received of the arrival of
two more messengers from Cetewayo, at Pietermaritzburg, asking time
for a conference. They have been sent to headquarters. It is rumored
that a fortnight's armistice has been agreed to.— Yokohama, July 5th.
— Ex-President Grant and party arrived to-day from China. -^—Vienna,
July 5th. — In the election for members of the Reicbsrath thus far, the
Liberals and 130 Conservatives and Nationalists have been chosen. The
Liberals lost 33 seats. ^— New York, July 6th. — In consequence of the
continued high water, Szegedin cannot be rebuilt this year. The inhab-
itants will live in wooden barracks during winter.^— Nearly200 delegates
representing Hebrew congregations have arrived in New York to attend
the union of American Hebrew congregations.— Paris, July 7th.— The
authorities interdicted the great nfeeting at the Bordeaux Alhambra,
where Blanqui was advertised to speak.— New York, July 7th. — The
Bulletin prints the following: A private dispatch from Callao yesterday
from Grace Bros, states that 850 tons of guano are being shipped daily
from the deposits in the Lobos Islands, and that forty vessels have cleared
from Callao for that port to load guano.^— New York, July 7th.— The
Panama Star and Herald says: Passengers from the south coast report a
battle at Coloma and the capture of that point by the allied forces. The
Chilean losses are stated to be 1,500 killed. —London, July 7th. — A
Berlin dispatch says: The new German Consul-General to Samoa has re-
ceived orders to abstain from interference with internal affairs. The sug-
gestion of certain interested parties that Germany shall annex Samoa finds
no favor in high quarters. The latest official telegram states that the
houses of fourteen out of the fifteen wards forming the most important
Earfc of Irkutsk, Siberia, were destroyed by fire on the 4th, and many in-
abitants are homeless. — Paris, July 8th. — De Lesseps does not think
the expense of constructing the Darien Canal will exceed two hundred
and fifty million francs. The difficulties of the work were not so formida-
ble as those which had been overcome in the construction of the Suez
Canal, as a railroad already existed along the course of the proposed
Panama Canal, with a large town at each extremity. De Lesseps fully
expects commencing work on the Canal next New Year's day, employing
30,000 or 40,000 workmen, some of them Chinese, and 15,000 Brazilian
negroes. —Tirnova, July 8th. — Prince Alexander has arrived. His re-
ception was one of indescribable enthusiasm. ^tt'Boue, July 8th. — The
Diritto announces that negotiations between Germany and the Vatican
are likely soon to result in a general amnesty to transgressors of the May
laws.— London, July 8th,— A dispatch to the Daily News from Rangoon
says: Cholera among British troops at Thayetmyo is spreading.—
Madrid, July 8th.— In the Chamber of Deputies to-day the Minister of
Foreign Affairs stated that he had ordered two frigates to prepare to sup-
port the protest of Spain against the action of San Domingo. Sefior Cas-
telar demanded that the Government insist upon the summary punish-
ment of Puerto Plata.— San Francisco, July 8th.— United States Bank
Commissioner Langford left on the 6th for the East, having completed
his annual examination of the National Banks in this State. The banks
under Mr. Langford's supervision embrace all the area west of the Mis-
s°urL As a general thing they have been found in good condition,
though somewhat depressed by the prevailing stagnation in business cir-
cles. The depression is especially true of those in this State. The banks
as a rule, have been found favorable to the National Bank system.— ^
San Francisco, July 9th.— The Arctic discovery ship Jeannette left here
yesterday. The anchor was hove short about half-past three, and prompt-
ly at four o'clock the ship swung free, the propeller commenced its revo-
lutions, and slowly she moved through the water on her way toward the
Arctic seas. The Jeannette was accompanied by the following yachts-
Consuelo, Con. O'Connor, Azaline, Clara, Magic, Emerald, Ida, Sappho'
Lively, and others. The tugs Milieu Griffith, Governor Irwin, Itabboni and
Rocket also joined the fleet. When off Fort Point, Major Hasbrouck of
the fourth Artillery, commanding the garrison, fired a salute of ten guns
from the barbette. The courtesy was acknowledged by cheering and dip-
ping of colors by the Jeannette.
An ambitious young writer havm? asked, "What magazine will
give me the highest position quickest?" was told, t( A powder magazine
if you contribute a fiery article."
j ?? *}**£ Silverware.— A large assortment of elegant designs at Ran-
dolpn & Co. s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
INSURANCE.
HUTCHINSON & MANN,
INSURANCE AGENCY.
No. 323 & 334 Callforwia Street, Sail Francisco,
Fire Insurance,
ST. JPAUL of St. Paul.
UNION of Galveston.
TEUTONIA of New Orleans.
BERLIN-COLOGNE of Berlin.
LA CONFIANCE of Paris.
GIRARD Of Philadelphia.
HOME of Columbus.
NEW ORLEANS ASSOCIATION
PEOPLES of Newark.
REVERE of Boston.
LA CAISSE GENERALS of Paris.
Marine Insurance.
PARIS UNDERWRITING ASSOCIATION ..of Pans.
LONDON AND PROVINCIAL MARINE INSURANCE CO of London.
Capital Represented : $23,000,C00.
All Losses Equitably Adjusted and Promptly raid.
HOME MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. OF CALIFORNIA.
Principal Office, 406 California Slreet, San Francisco.
Cash Assets, January 1, 1877, $595,291 ; Liabilities, $5,952 ; Surplus for Policy
Holders, §589,339. J. F. Houghton, President ; L. L. Baker, Vice-President;
Charles R. Story, Secretary. R. H. MAGILL, H. H. BIGELOW, General Agents.
Directors.— San Francisco— L. L. Baker, John H. Redington, J. F. Houghton,
R. B. Gray, Robert Watt, John Currey, L. L. Baker, W. F. Whittier, C. C. Burr, E.
M. Root, W. H. White, J. L. N. Shepard, W. M. Greenwood, George S. Mann, Cyrus
Wilson, W. T. Garratt, C. Waterhouse, A. P. Hotaling, A. Block, A. K. P. Harmon,
G. S. Johnson, W. O. Wilson, A. W. Bowman, H. L. Dodge, Charles R. Story. Ala-
meda County Branch— V. D. Moody, Chauncy Taylor, A. C. Henry, Robert S. Far-
relly, Joseph B. Marlin, W. B. Hardy, T. B. Simpson. San Diego— A. H. Wilcox.
Sacramento— Mark HopkinB, D. W. Earl, Julius Wetzlar, James Cardan. San Jose—
T. Ellard Beans, B. D. Murphy, A. Pfister, J. H. Dibble, J. S. Carter, Jackson Lewis,
Jacob Rich, John Auzerais, John Balbach. Stockton— H. H. Hewlett, Chas. Belding,
J. D. Peters, A. W. Simpson, H. M. Fanning. Marysville— D. E. Knight. Grass
Valley— Wm. Watt, T. W. Sigourney. Portland, Oregon— W. S. Ladd, C. H. Lewis,
P. Wasserman, B. Goldsmith, D. Macleay. Virginia City, Nevada— John Gillig, Isaac
L. Requa. March 17.
FIRE AND MARINE INSURANOE.--UNION IMS. CD. OF S. F.
Tbe California iaoyds.-— Established in 1861.— Nos. 41G and
418 California street. Cash capital §750,000 in Gold. Assets exceed §1,000,000
Coin. Fair Rates ! Prompt Settlement of Loses ! ! Solid Security ! ! DIRECTORS.
—San Francisco — J. Mora Moss, N. G. Kittle, M. J. O'Connor, R. S. Floyd, Moses
Heller, Adam Grant, Daniel Meyer, AntoineBorel, Charles Kohler, E. L. Goldstein,
I. Lawrence Pool, A. Weill, Joseph Brandenstein, Charles Bauni, James Moffitt,
Benjamin Brewster, L. Cunningham, W. M. Hoag, Nicholas Luning, John Parrott,
L. A. Booth, Julius Baum, Myles D. Sweeney, Jas. M. Goewey, Edward Cadwalader
Bartlett Doe, Gustave Touchard, J. H. Baird, J. G. Kittle, George C. Hickox, C. Du-
commun, Wm. Scholle, John Conly, Ig. Steinhart, W. B. Stone, J. O. Eldridge, A.
B. Phippa.
GUSTAVE TOUCHARD, President. N. G. KITTLE, Vice-President.
Chart.es P. Haven, Secretary. Geo. T. Bohen, Surveyor. Aug 31.
THE STATE INVESTMENT AND INSURANCE CO.
FIKE AM!) MARINE.
C^ash Assets, 9450,000.— Principal Office, 218 and 220 San-
j some street, San Francisco. Officers : — A. J. Bryant, President ; Richard
Iverb, Vice-President ; Charles H. Cubbing, Secretary ; H. H. Watson, Marine
Surveyor. Board of Directors : — Peter Donahue, James Irvine, C. D. O'Sullivan,
A. Bocqueraz, R. Harrison, A. H. Rutherford, R. Eailey, E. W. Corbert, George O.
McMullin, A. J. Bryant, Frank M. Pixley, E Burke, H. H. Watson, Dr. C. F. Buckley,
P. J. White, E. M. Root, M. Mayblum, Richard Ivers, John Rosenfeld, Daniel
Callaghan. P. H. Russell, Sacramento. John G. Downey, Los Angeles. Win.
Hood, Sonoma County. H. W. Seale, Mayfield. Geo. Rutherford, San Jose. Feb. 16.
TRANSATLANTIC FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY,
OF HAMlil'litt.
Capital $1,125,000, U. S. Gold Coin.
Losses Paid in Gold Coin Immediately Alter Adjustment.
This Corporation holds contracts of fifteen other European Insurance Compa-
nies, re-insuring by far the greater part of every risk, aa soon as accepted in our of-
fice. The combined subscribed Capital which our policies therefore offer to the public,
Amounts to , Of which
$16 .912,500, TJ. S. Gold Coin, | $4,328,750 is Paid TTp,
Besides the Always Available Reserve Funds.
GEORGE MARCUS & CO., General Agents for the Pacific Coast,
__March 15! 30J California street.
THE MARINE INSURANCE CO. OF LONDON, ENGLAND.
__ {ESTABLISHED 1830.]
Whole Amount of Joint Stock and Guaranteed Capital. $5,000,000.
Whole Amount of Capital paid up 900,000.
Cash Assets December 31, 1876 3,71o]ooo!
The undersigned have been duly authorized to issue Policies at current rates on
Freight and Shipments to or from England, Europe, New York, Japan, China Aus-
tralian Colonies, Sandwich Islands, and Northern Coast Ports. If desired, policies
made payable at port of termination. pvn^co
.„„ .„ WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO., Agents,
_±HS- w- 218 California street.
THE SWISS MARINE INS. COMPANIES COMBINED^
SwHt$?*}V$' «f Znricb, Capital 5,000,000 francs; Helvetia.
„,.„,,, ?.a"' C"Ptal 10.»»»,»0» francs; Baloise, of Basle, Capital 5,000,000 francs
These three Companies are liable jointly and severally for all losses that mav be suT-
JSS, V LosSes,n!ade P»jable in all the principal seaports of the world. In the set-
Jh. ,„ H?f- ''"IT u?dw an E"^li3h P01^' these Companies will strictly adhere to
!,™ o " an" CUSt0ms adopted at L,oyds' and submit t0 E"fflish jurisdiction
. June 9' HARRY W. SYZ, Agent, 225 Sansome St., S P
NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL LIFE INSUR. CO. OF BOSTON.
Ha?h,*JTa?Sactea Jhe b«»siness of life Insurance for nearlv
w „. tta^yfye years. Its assets amount to over Fobrteen Million Dollars The
law of Massachusetts makes all its Policies nonforfeitable. It is a Purely Mutual Com
pany, dividing every cent of surplus among Policy-holders Thisis the Oniv S
pany on the Pacific Coast governed by the Massachusetts Spse Law This comnar^
has complied with the new Insurance Laws of California company
Sept 22 , WALLACE EVERSON, General Agent.
— — - 328 Montgomery street.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN MARINE INS. CO. OF LIVERPOOL.^
C Capital 83,000,000. — Agents
J 316 California street, San Francisco.
Balfonr, Gutbrie & Co., Wo.
Nov. 18.
July 12, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
9
FOLDED AWAY.
[BY FIDELIA.]
Day by day, we fold away
Some treasure that our heart holds dear,
Some cherished thing to which we cling
And bless with many a kiss and tear.
A shred of lace may hold a place
That jewels rare rould never win:
With love untold a ribbon old
Is laid our dearest shrine within.
A little tress we fondly press
Unto a heart that aches with pain,
Then, with a sigh for days gone by,
We fold it from our Bight again.
And is there not a hallowed spot,
In memory's casket lying low,
Where day by day we fold away
Our heart thoughts lest the world should know ?
Many a one, now lost and gone,
In sweet day dreamings we behold,
Who, in our sleep, come back to keep
With us their vigils as of old.
And yet, alas! such dreams must pass.
Life's sterner duties must be metl
Quickly we turn and strive to learn
That cruel lesson— to forget !
When from the gleam of love's sweet dream
Our heart's awake in sad surprise,
How dimly burn, where'er we turn,
The lesser lights that meet our eyes!
When o'er the dead our tears are shed,
While on the silent lips we press
The last fond kiss — oh, is not this
The summit of life's loneliness ?
And yet we know though all lie low
Whom we have ever loved or known,
Still we must live and learn to give
To earth the claims it calls its own.
O grief untold! with hearts grown old,
Like flowers blighted in a day,
How fondly then from sight of men
We fold our dear dead loves away!
— Albany Sunday Press,
SYDNEY EXHIBITION.
Editor News Letter: — Since you opened your columns to advocate
the Sydney International Exhibition 1879, reports and correspondence re-
lating thereto have from time to time appeared. The accompanying is a
copy of my last communication to the Royal Commission.
July 8th, 1879. Yours truly, John J. Bleasdale.
Microscopical Society's Rooms, )
120 Sutter Btreet, San Francisco, July 7th, 1879. J
Augustus Morris, Esq., Secretary Sydney International Exhibition, 1879:
My Dear Mr. Morris — I missed writing to you by last mail through
being delayed a day longer than I had anticipated on my return journey
from the State of Oregon, whither I had gone in search of objects for the
Exhibition. Communication had been opened with the Vice Consul,
but only to convince me more strongly of the utter uselessness of depend-
ing on that class of officials to do anything of a public nature requiring
time, care and address, outside of their immediate duties. They have
business of their own, and naturally grudge the loss of time. When,
however, I arrived at Portland, the Vice-Consul did his best to forward
the objects of my journey when he understood what was wanted and how
to obtain it. To him and to Mr. Reid, Secretary of the Board of Trade,
the thanks of the Commission are due, 'for they made every exertion to
induce that body to meet and hear me, but to no purpose, because it
feared to be called upon for pecuniary assistance. I succeeded, however,
in securing an extensive collection of grain of all kinds grown in the
State, both in the straw and cleaned, as well as of grasses and their seeds,
and salmon. There is some little hope of obtaining samples of woollen
goods, leather and tanning materials, as also sections of wood and veneers.
Among the drawbacks of these Republican Governments stands prom-
inent the fact that there is no manner of means of obtaining from a pub-
lic source so much as one shilling for any purpose, no matter how patri-
otic or valuable to local industries it may be. And as to the State Legis-
latures of these two States, when they last met, as they do once in two
years, no money could be got for even so important an object as adver-
tising the States at the World's Fairs of Philadelphia and Paris, while all
the time the mercantile classes, who are longing for an extension of com-
merce, and in no direction so much as Australia, have shown themselves
as mean as the Legislatures. 1 have personally waited upon a number of
the reputedly wealthiest of the citizens, both bankers and merchants, to
Bolicit them to help this Committee a little with their wealth for the credit
of the State and city, and the advancement of commercial relations with
their nearest and largest markets outside of the States of the Union, but
to no purpose. One merohant—and one only— promised some pecuniary
assistance, but even that itself depended upon my first obtaining some
like aid from other parties, which, since I have got none, might as well
never have been promised. Thus far I have defrayed all expenses myself.
Now do not run away with the idea that I tell you this as if I expected
to be re-imbursed by the Commission— nothing of the kind— but that you
may clearly understand that if the display from the Pacific Coast be not
nearly so extensive and varied as it should be, it is not owing to any bung-
ling or want of effort on my part.
In your most important department of Education, the University Cur-
riculum, the system of Public Schools of the State will be shown very
completely, through the courtesy of the University authorities and of the
Superintendent of State Schools, and also of the Superintendent of Pub-
lic Instruction of this city and county. By correspondence with the flour-
ishing University of Michi/au, I have obtained the Curriculum there pur-
sued, as also several interesting educational reports and minor publica-
tions. Theae and whatever more of the kind I can obtain will be sent on
by next month's mail.
Among the rare and valuable products of this State is a kind of marble
(not alabaster), which in some respects resembles onyx. It is a wonder-
fully beautiful substance, about as hard as ( 'arrara marble, of many colors
and shades of color, and capable of taking the highest polish, so that one
may look into it, as it were. As much as £300 apiece are paid for a single
mantel-piece of it. This I have endeavored to obtain, and may now per-
haps succeed, since Lord Loftus told me the other day that he had urged
the owners and workers of it to send samples to the Exhibition. I have
seen many rich marbles, but none, to my thinking, equal to this. But
here again, " surgU amari atiguid" the expense — money out of pocket,
trifling though it be. Had I had at my disposal only £100 to defray the
expenses of packing, freight and insurance, I could have more than
doubled the quantity and value of the exhibits which will be sent. Very
many have expressed their willingness to send goods to be sold at the
close of the Exposition for what they would bring, who could on no ac-
count be induced to incur the preliminary expenses.
By telegram in the newspapers, I learn that the U. S. Government
have at length voted £4,000 towards the Sydney Exhibition, and ap-
pointed a commission of two, and directed that all goods for the future
must be sent via this port, and I have opened correspondence with the
Secretary of the Treasury at Washington to ascertain at whose disposi-
tion the money is placed, and if any portion of it be available for this
State, and when I learn the result I will advise you. But I am told not
to look for one cent coming this way.
Hoping the two ship-loads of exhibits from the Eastern States will make
a good set-off against the paltry show of the Western, and trusting to be
able to judge for myself before the Exhibition closes, I am, as you know,
Yours faithfully and sincerely, John J. Bleasdale, D.D.
REGISTRATION.
Republicans, Attention !
Headquarters Repnblican State Central Committee, Rooms
\os. 4, 5, 6,7, 8 and 9, No. 708 Market street, southwest corner Third
street, San FranciBco, Jane 26, 1879.
The vital importance of immediate REGISTRATION mnat be apparent to every
Republican, when the fact is announced that the entire Registration of this city
and county has been wiped out ; and tliat no one will be allowed to vote at the
September Election unless RE-REGISTERED. The State Central Committee calls
the earnest attention of Republicans to i!i!b matter, and requests tbem, without
delay, to register themselves, eo as to strengthen the hands ol the organization and
place it in a position to win the approaching contest No true Republican will
neglect this most Imperative and urgent duty. By order of the Commit tee.
M. D. Bobuck, Secretary. [June 28.] W. W. MORROW, Chairman,
THE AVERILL MIXED PAINT
Is manufactured from strictly pare White Lead, Zinc, and
Pure Linseed Oil, to which is added Water Glass, which chemically unites the
ingredients and holds them in solution, so they cannot separate. As a house paint
it has no equal, producing a brilliant glossy finish, impervious to the weather, and
Will Last Twice as Long
as any other paint made. It is of pure white, and any Shade or Colordesired, mixed
ready for the brush, so thac any one can apply it.
Our wagon and machinery paints, from the more common colors to the finest ver-
milion, are specially desirable.
Our fire-proof roof, barn and bridge paint, manufactured, from oxide of iron, is the
best and cheapest paint for the purpose that can be produced.
Put up in J, £, 1 and 5 gallon cans, and in barrels, sold by the gallon. Send for
sample card of colors a,nd price list. Address,
CALIFORNIA PAINT COMPANY,
July 13, 329 MARKET STREET, San Francisco.
SWANTON HOUSE, PESCADER0.
This Popular Hotel, together with the detached Cottages*
which are not the least of its attractive features, have been newly furnished
throughout, and are now open for the reception of guests. Those desiring to visit
the most enjoyable of all our sea-side resorts, can make uo mistake in deciding upon
Pescadero.
IT IS EASILY REACHED.
and is unsurpassed in the excellence of its climate, the beauty of its Bcenery. and in
the attractiveness of its truly remarkable sea beach. Those extraordinary pebbles,
among which are to be found agates, opals, sapphires, etc., were never so numerous
as now, the past Winter having thrown Up immense numbers of curiously -shaped
stones,' which for nges have been subiected to the everlasting motions of the tireless
Pacific'. GOOD TROUT FISHING is obtainable in the Pescadero river.
e^~ The hotel prices are fixed to suit the times. [April 27.
FAIRFAX MINING COMPANY,
426 CALIFORNIA STREET, ROOM NO. 2.
President JOHN W. COLEMAN.
Treasurer SEN. O. H. LA ORANGE.
Secretary Ki^rW! O. C. MIIJJ3B.
[October 12.]
ODORLESS EXCAVATING APPARATUS COMPANY,
Of San Francisco.
Emptying Vaults, Sinks. Cesspools, Setrers. Cellars, Wells
JuneT' ExCaVat,°"S '" 5"J,y-tim° With<"" ""ont-e: 432 KEARNY STREET.
DISSOLUTION.
The partnership of Snow A May was dissolved on the 8th
instant. fKANK t . s.nuh ,
W.M. B MAY.
I shall conduct the business under the name ol SNOW & CO. . and liquidate the
affairs of the late firm at No. 20 PoststreeU FRANK C. SNOW.
San Francis,.'. May 31st. JS79. June 14
SHEEP RANCH FOR SALE IN OREGON.
An admirable sheep ranch, well stocked and watered, and
capable ol carrvin* about 20.000 sheep. Substantial residence and improve-
aents on the property. To be sold at a bargain. Apply to
May 2J. EDWAKU J. JACKSON. 209 Leidesdorff street. S. F.
a— -7 ■» a year and expenses to agents. OntOt Free. Address,
(ii June 7] P.O.V1CKERY, AusTUts, Maine.
10
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
July 12, 1879.
THE DARIEN CANAL AND FOREIGN INTERFERENCE.
A portion of the great American people is getting desperately wrathy
because it seems that this country is going to play a very insignificant
part in the Isthmus Canal project. Certain of our military Bombastes
Furiosos solemnly claim that in case of a foreign war the canal would
prove of incalculable advantage to the enemy ; others protest against the
project from a commercial point of view ; but the greater part are simply
savage because the United States government is not foremost in the under-
taking. All of these objections are ridiculous enough. A war between
the United States and an European power would be solely a naval war,
and there isn't a second-class power in the old world that couldn't whip
our puny navy out of sight and lay our defenseless coast towns under con-
tribution without need of any such facilities of communication as the
canal would furnish. If we want to keep our coasts secure, we shall do so
much more effectually and creditably by building decent vessels and
bringing our fraudulent naval constructors to book than by hindering an
undertaking which the interest of the whole world demands. The com-
mercial objection seems to be based upon the belief that the canal won't
pay. Well, those who think so needn't be shareholders. At the same
time, if De Lessep's latest estimate of total cost— $50,000,000— be correct,
there can be no doubt about its paying ; as in that case the tax of three
dollars per ton originally intended would of course be reduced in propor-
tion to the cost. As for saying that "nothing practicable can come from
the present agitation in Europe upon the subject unless this Government
takes the initiative," and that we " cannot afford to allow any foreign
government to strike a spade in this project except under the auspices of
the United States," that is all pig- headed buncombe. The people of the
United States have had abundant opportunity to construct a canal if they
wished to. Nobody would have sought to deprive them of " the initia-
tive " if they had planked down their money and gone to work, or if they
had shown any disposition to do so. Even yet, if they are so terribly
anxious to head the undertaking, they can do so by paying for the privi-
lege. But this doesn't suit tbem. They were quite content to see foreign
engineers and surveyors do all the preliminary work, and they are per-
fectly satisfied that foreign capital and enterprise shall carry the project
through, but they must have all the glory, and must have it *' on the
cheap." And, after all, what special affair of ours is it? What have we
got to do with the Isthmuses of Panama, of Darien, or of Nicaragua
more than any other nation not inhabiting or owning them ? If the pro-
ject had any political significance, why, then our national fowl might clap
his wings and scream about the " Monroe Doctrine" — and his scream has
always been sharper than his talons in that particular, by the way. But
the canal scheme presents no such feature. ' It is not an affair of govern-
ments, but of individuals, and the only change proposed to be made in the
political status of the strip of country through which the artery passes is
that it shall forever be sacredly neutral ground for all peaceful purposes.
" Under the auspices of the United States," indeed ! Under the jobbery of
the United States, we suppose that means. It would be a tine field for our
Blippery government contractors to play their tricks in ; but we somehow
think that they will have to look elsewhere. The down-trodden and
oppressed subjects of the effete monarchies have got ahead of us — as they
always do when science, liberality and the nobler sort of enterprise can
win the race. We are very smart at stuffing ballot-boxes, celebrating
glorious Fourths, patenting jiracracks and mixing drinks, but when it
comes to cutting continents in half, we had better take a back seat. Be-
sides, if the great powers, or any one of them, were resolved to make the
canal regardless of us and our wishes, the formidable question would
arise: What are we going to do about it? And echo would answer,
What?
THE OAKLAND STRIKERS.
There is trouble over in Oakland about the employment of Chi-
nese in filling in the Railroad Company's long wharf. White men were
originally employed at SI 50 per day each — considerably more than Chi-
namen would have been paid, but they struck for $2, and the contractor
now proposes to bring Mongolians on the scene. Hence all the trouble.
The argument of the Caucasians, so far as we can understand it, seems to
be that, since times are hard and business is dull, their wages muBt be
increased, which is rather a queer way of putting it. But a more ludi-
crous feature of the affair is a protest " signed by a large number of citi-
zens of Alameda county," who therein declare that if Chinamen are em-
ployed instead of "the sons and daughters of American citizens " they
will ' ' assert their clainiB as did their ancestors at Lexington, Concord, and
Bunker Hill." Now we will venture to state our belief that not one of
the actual strikers is the son of an American citizen, and that not one of
the signers of the protest had an ancestor who was an American at the
time of the battles mentioned. We are ready to swear that nine-tenths
of the whole " biling " of them are Irishmen born in Ireland, who, jf they
knew anything at all about their " ancestors," which they don't, would
find those worthies in the British ranks if they took any hand in the war
of independence. When you hear men talk so freely about their Ameri-
can citizenship, you may always be sure that they have acquired the honor
very recently, aDd when you hear them jabber about their ancestors who
fought and died in the cause of American liberty, you may wager your
Sunday boots that they are fresh importations from some effete mon-
archy.
CATiTFORNIANS ON WALL STREET.
Wall street begins, perforce, to recognize the influence and power
of California capital, and the names of Keene, Mills and Tevis are be-
coming as familiar to the Gothamites as to ourselves. The agencies of
the Nevada Bank and Bank of California, in New York, command a re-
spect born of their mighty accumulations of the yellow metal. William
M. Lent, whose luck is akm to that of Baldwin, is gradually educating
the New Yorkers to a proper appreciation of our mines, and is ably sec-
onded by a score of old San Franciscans who " know all about it." Be-
sides Keene's wheat speculation, he is largely interested in Lake Shore
and telegraph stock, and has recently been elected a-Director of the cele-
brated Erie Railroad. Mr. Mills is also credited with a penchant for
telegraph stock, and is said to have acquired a large interest in Lake
Shore, by purchase from Jay Gould. Great things are told of the latter's
new Central Union Telegraph Company, in which Messrs. Keene, Tevis
and Mills are also thought to be concerned. One thing is certain, that
our solid men need fear no comparison with the strongest and ablest of
Wall streeters. A graduate of our Stock Exchange has nothing more to
learn — at least, not until he gets to heaven.
FREE TRADE IN THE EAST.
It is somewhat singular that while there is a strong tendency to-
wards free trade in the Atlantic States, where they have amply tested
the absurdities of protection, the doctrine should find favor with so emi-
nent a statesman as Prince Bismarck. The German free trade news-
papers openly avow that in the case of rails the German proprietors are
combined to enforce high prices at home, in order that they, may sell at a
loss abroad, and an instance is given where a Westphalian company has
made a successful tender for the steel rails required by a line in upper
Italy, at £4 19s. per ton, while another company (the Konigshutte) sold a
quantity to the Upper Silesiau Railway at £8 5s., or £3 6s. more for the
German than the Italian railway. The Chancellor's new tariff is evi-
dently aimed at the United States and Russia. The principal articles
sought to be excluded are petroleum, wheat, corn, horses and cattle, meats,
canned fruits, tobacco, cigars, lard and cheese. In contra- distinction to
this short-sighted German policy was the speech or Mr. Foster, M. P. for
Bradford, of which the summary by telegraph, dated 30th ult., termi-
nates : " There could be but one meaning to protection or reciprocity, and
that was a tax on food. The people of England would never Btand such
a tax." The American people have long since discovered that protection
is nothing more nor less than systematized robbery of the community in
order to enrich a few individuals. The excessive competition now pre-
vailing in the Eastern States is due to the premium placed upon competi-
tion by Government, in the shape of a tariff which excluded foreign trade.
So keen had that competition become that our manufacturers were forced
to seek markets for their surplus abroad, even though the prices realized
left no margin for profit. IN othing but our immense food supplies could
have so long sustained such unnatural conditions. Now, when our mer-
chants wish to enter European markets, the Continental authorities feel
inclined to apply the tu{qu.oque argument and say : "You rejected our
trade these many years, now we reject yours!" Fencing in one's own
commerce is very pretty, provided we don't fence out our neighbor's.
Thereby, perchance, we lose many ducats.
A SPECIMEN CANARD.
On the 23d ultimo a certain newspaper of this city published one of
its customary fabrications about a great embryotic revolution in Mexico,
which would infallibly result in the expulsion of President .Diaz and the
succession of General Negrete. By late adviceB from Washington and
the City of Mexico it appears that all such statements were based prin-
cipally upon imagination. Minister Zamaeona stated to a N. Y. Herald
reporter that the names mentioned in the article were upknown to him,
if they even existed, and while denying in toto any danger, present or
prospective, of the overthrow of Diaz, Senor Zamaeona was of opinion
that such revolutionary reports emanated from a class of people on the
border, who, in their eagerness to enforce " claims " against the Mexican
Government, would hesitate at no means to embroil the two countries in
war. One of these people possesses 1,400 such " claims," and they are
usually as worthless as their " owners. Sr. Zamaeona felt assured that
President Diaz would be continued in office by the will of a vast majority
of his countrymen, who believe in his patriotism, ability and conservatism3
The Minister aho directed attention to the fact that imports into Mexico
from the United States have risen from 85,000,000 to S7,000,000 annually
under General Diaz's policy of fostering relations between these coun-
tries. From Mexico the Two Republics (newspaper), of the 14th ult., in-
forms us correctly about Negrete's foolish attempt. At the instance of a
Spaniard, who edited a Bmall sheet at the capital city, General Negrete
issued his pronunciamento in the columns of said sheet. The entire re-
sult was that the Spaniard left the Republic " by request," and Negrete,
perceiving no effect from his attempt, went humbly to President Diaz
and asked his pardon. The self-styled " General " Negrete was the
laughing stock of the Mexicans, and his " army " did not even exist on
paper. It looks as though the "live sheet " had been badly sold, and we
suggest that it now pull "the documents in our possession " relating to
this widely spread revolution !
THE ENGLISH LABOR UNION.
This organization of English mechanics and laborers was formed
about eight years ago, and: now claims a membership of over 3,000,000.
The weekly dues of 2d. from each individual produce a gross annual in-
come of more than £1,300,000. These funds are divided among the sick
bureau, the emigrant bureau and the labor bureau. The emigrant
bureau has assisted upward of 60,000 people in obtaining passage to New
Zealand and Australia, and in placing them after their arrival there.
The labor bureau attends to political affairs and differences between the
masters and men. If wages are reduced below living rates, the men are
advised by their Union leaders not to strike, but to inform the master
that they will not accept the pay, and continue their work. Of course
this places the responsibility of their discharge upon the masters. Once
a lock-out is begun, the Union leaders proceed to investigate whether the
master has been guided merely by avarice, or forced by diminished profit
to close. In the former case, the difficulty continues, but in the latter,
themen being satisfied the master is unable to pay higher rates, resume
their work until prosperous times enable them to do better. There is
considerably more common sense in such methods than in those in use in
America.
GENERAL GRANT'S MOVEMENTS.
By late telegrams from Japan it is promulgated that the ex-Presi-
dent has considerably changed his programme, and that instead of reach-
ing this city within a few weeks, he now proposes to visit the Australian
Colonies and the Sandwich Islands. It is generally understood that this
detour has considerable political significance. General Grant, bein<* a
very prominent candidate for the Presidency, shakes off all the fatigue
and worry attendant upon convention work, and leaves his calling and
election in the hands of his friends. In the meantime he enjoys several
months more of ease and comfort, and successfully eludes, for at any rate
a brief season, the adulations and attentions of the military of California.
It has been hinted that the latter consideration over-balanced all the
rest. Certainly we shall not see the General in San Francisco for some
months to come.
We always thought it was bad enough before, but they've struck tl «
bed-rock at last in Nevada. They call it a Carson complication. This is
the end.
July 12, 187S.
CALIFORNIA ADVKKTISKK.
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"One th»t will i-lfcjr the .1. vil.n.- with yoo."
" H*'d * altnc in hi* tail u ionr *-« * fl»»l.
Which nuJr him crow tn>ld«r &nd bolder."
Three Presbyterian clergymen have gone to Alaska, but, b!m !
only For » time. We ban no ample supply on hand in this city and Oak-
land, and price* rule uncommonly low al thiasaaaonof the your. Tlie com*
luunity has always been somewhat mixed in the far North, but the CaL
vinistic element ban been wanting, and now is the time to introduce it.
The nights are long in that region in autumn and winter, and the stock of
oil unlmunded. Clergymen of the Presbyterian persuasion, being gener-
ally tall in person, mttfht be utilized as wioke ami afford in the process of
combustion, at one and the same moment, illumination for social gather-
ings, aud materials for a future Calvinistic martyrology. It were invidi-
ous t*> select among so many ; but our readers will know to whom the
first place is due in any practical embodiment of our suggestion.
There are fifty-five different ways of spelling Shakespeare's name,
each with authority to hack it, and Dennis Kearney does but pay the
penalty of greatness in being misspelled by everybody, beginning with
hbUBeu. The orthography of even so simple a name as We/lcr puzzled a
learned English Judge on a memorable occasion, and we may therefore be
excused if we ask why people will spell Dennis with one n, and Kearney
without a Cut, A cockney might answer that even one hen was too good
for such a cockerel, and that no passable enr would like to be taken for
one of his family; but after all, why not settle upon a form of spelling un-
til time has dispelled him altogether?
Judge Field's decision in the case of the municipal ordinance requir-
ing the cutting of the queues of Chinamen is a righteous one in principle,
whether technically correct or not. The personal dignity of every man
should be safe in a civilized community. It is the growing conviction of
the sacredness of the person which has suppressed so many of the degrad-
ing punishments foris<?rIy inflicted on criminals, and the ordinance in
question flagrantly violated the very spirit of American institutions. At
the same time, it must be confessed that worse things might have been
done to the Chinese : they might have been compelled to accept nomina-
tions to the Board of Supervisors.
A notorious doctor named Chas. O'Donnell made a complaint before
the proper authorities against the Chinese Companies of this city, on in-
formation and belief. The complaint fizzled out, in the classic language
of the Post. That is more than a charge against Chas. O'Donnell would
do, if anybody could be found to make it ; but the physical impediments
in the way of deposition, while both hands are employed in holding the
nose and the physician's name chokes the wind-pipe, effectually secure the
man of science against being restrained of his liberty. There are situa-
tions in life when one may rejoice in the bounty of nature, which gave
him the polecat for a first cousin.
A more moral stand than that of the W. P. C, on the business of
assessing candidates, it would be difficult to invent in the heat of a cam-
paign. Any candidate who agrees to pay an assessment is to be dropped
from the ticket, because the office should seek the man. The W. P. C.
wander from the point. It is not the office that is sought by these prom-
ising-to-pay candidates, but the unhappy beings themselves, who are sought
out and run to earth by the men who sell offices. And do they sell these
for moral effect ? We trow not. The terms are and will be cash down,
or good collaterals ; and when one W. P. C. looks at another, does he
see any green ?
Mr. Augustine, of Marin county, addressed a somewhat personal open
letter, on Monday last, to Dr. Carr, State Superintendent of Public In-
struction. Dr. Carr does not run with the express train, and has a great
deal of instruction, public and private, to make up ; and these little ob-
stacles may serve to explain the fact that he has so far held his peace.
When he does speak there will be richness, for he has chunks of wisdom
laid away in him, like that intellectual man in theBtory, who sat thought-
fully silent through a long dinner, to break out at the sight of the dump-
lings with this memorable utterance : " Them's the jockeys for I."
Can't some inducement be offered Sig. Rotura, of "Suspended Ani-
mation" notoriety, to visit San Francisco ? Our good city is afflicted
with several unwholesome characters, whom we would be glad to see sus-
pended, without the use of the antidote. Par exemple, the Board of Su-
pervisors could be " sat upon " for a century and a half, with material
benefit to the community; the ghostly Educational conclave could be
Mangled for a spell, without causing a tear; and it wouldn't do any harm
to lay Kearney and the "live paper" on the shelf, where they might
freeze — and forget to " come to."
The daily papers continue to advertise " 250 cats wanted, to kill
gophers, squirrels, etc., wild and of good size ; also female cats, with kit-
tens, at half price." We would respectfully suggest that the latter de-
mand could be most satisfactorily filled by applications at the stock boards
and brokers and lawyers offices. There is a very feline class of females in
this community who could well be spared. They "go for " anything or
anybody, and if transported would get away with the Jersey Farm and
all its destructive animals at one fell swoop !
Mr. King, a newsboy in his youth and a cripple all his life, has just
presented 2,500 books to the Cincinnati Public Library. The moral is not
so clear as it might be, but it must be a good one. If you are a newsboy
you have a fair chance of being crippled ; or if you are a cripple you may
be transported to Cincinnati ; or if your name is King you'll have to give
away your books. There's no seeing through it. But it's a good exam-
ple anyway where pigs are plenty, and so it can have no bearing on this
coast.
A Suggestion, not Untimely. Now that Lotta's fountain is carefully
screened from the public by the ugliest fence on the Pacific Coast, how
would it do for our city officials to go through the washing of their soiled
linen there? It has everything convenient : water in the fountain, afence
to hang the duds on, and whisky galore in the immediate neighborhood to
refresh the mind.
It is a curious and noteworthy fact that nearly all the clerks in the
Registrar's office wear eye-glasses, whereas their clients are mostly natu-
ral eyes'd citizens.
The Gas Inspector has , t tti. city, from May. 1878. to July, 1S7'.»,
$fi,r»99 7i.\ by accurate book -keeping; A healthy sum for the supervision
of wind. ..r noisome air, which we take gas to be. Accustomed jus we are
to the continual Inspection of Riranna bodies, we are devoured with
envy at the rood luck of Inspector Blnomfield, ami think he was not
named in vain. Surely he disports himself In flowery fields and quietly
draws his pay, to the tune of $300 a month, for tryiiurthe bills of fare in
hotels all over the laud. OwlgUus thought lie earned his money when he
eat to bursting for twelve pence ; what can be said of the work the Gas
1 nspeotor does in that way ?
That Michigan lady who writes, we are told, with rare truth that the
thousand and one vexations of di.ily life start the fret, is a wonderful
woman. Her father was Martin Farquhar Tnpper and her mother the
Sweet Singer of Michigan, and she has thrown her beautiful thought into
verse worthy of both :
"Yes, it is that confounded corn that makes me make wry faceB,
And the griddle cakes were spoiled to-day,
and the Call has an affidavit."
General Bumside's statue, lately described as a "perfect likeness of
his whiskers, and with a heroic expression on the face," is to be placed at
one end of the Darien Canal, D. V. {which stands for "De Lesseps will-
ing"). The great engineer, when cautiously approached on the subject,
promptly answered, "Why not? If his countrymen could stand the liv-
ing one; surely other people can put up with the image. At least, that
can't make a fool of itself."
The Virginia City folks introduced a little novelty into the Fourth of
July business. _ A procession, of course, but purely local in character ;
made up, that is, of miners and mining superintendents, Burleigh drills,
Indians on foot and on horseback, and the Sazerac Lying Club. Car-
loads of girls representing the States, and kegs of beer representing
patriotism, identified the business as American; but in other respects it
was wildly original.
Mr. Julian Hawthorne is no improvement on his father, and a good
deal so. Every time that a wildly prancing newspaper man or woman
writes a Moon-Hoax about the Hawthornes, Sir Julian mounts his red-
roan charger and valiantly hurls defiance at the enemy in a couple of hun-
dred sarcastic paragraphs. Like Mr. Charles Reade, he is incessantly
spoiling for a fight; and. also like Mr. Reade, he is fast becoming a nui-
sance and a bore.
He doth protest too much, Mr. Perkins declared on Wednesday
night that he had never, directly, or indirectly, employed Chinese ; that
is, he guarantees that he has never used Chinese tea, or Chinese sugar, or
silk, or bamboo, or lacquered ware, or rice, or camphor, or fire crackers,
or any other thing that is Chinese, selphimgod, and amen. And we never
heard anything quite like it, or hardly ever.
IngersoU's lectures are now offered everywhere at five cents, pathetic
remarks at his brother's grave included. The coincidence in time
between his brother's death and the issue of this cheap edition is one of
those curious accidents which relieve the monotony of life. Where a be-
reavement can be turned to such good account, it seems a pity that Na-
ture has restricted the supply of relatives.
An English resident of San Francisco excused himself for keeping his
store open on the glorious Fourth by remarking to a patriot, who was
remonstrating with him : " Oh, d— n it, ye know, I did not have to wait
for the fourth of any beastly month to get my independence, you know.
Never was a slave, in fact, or any thing of that sort, you know. Pleasant
day tho\ isn't it?"
The Supervisors passed the tax levy over the Mayor's veto by a vote
of 9 to 2. Each one of the nine explained his vote in a way never before
beard of, as extorted from him by his abiding sense of dnty to the public.
And what a comfort it must be to each one of them to think of duty per-
formed, when he snuggles in his little bed! Lesser men never know these
joys.
Mayor Bryant keeps up his stroke. Another veto of the tax levy,
and the general approbation of mankind, in consequence. A fight so per-
sistent should have its reward ; and perhaps it will, if the Mayor gets a
chance to veto anything else. There must be several matters lying about
in which he could interest himself to this extent.
" D. J. T." writes to an evening paper that the " meanest vice of the
polygamist Reynolds is loftier than the noblest virtue ever imported by
any Chinaman in California." If D. J. T. is the virtue aimed at every
one must agree with him ; but if he is the vice here spoken of he lacks
modesty to blow his own trumpet so loudly.
The telegrams say there is danger that the negro exodus may intro-
duce infected baggage into Missouri and Kansas. This unworthy fling
at the physiological distinction of the African race will bring Senator
Chandler to the front; but wise men will keep to windward of him and
his clients, under the circumstances.
Won't somebody do a little to wake up enthusiasm in this blessed
political business ? The town is in danger of dislocating its jaws with
yawning over H. B.s and Pinafore Perkins. A sleepier, more stupid,
more monotonously silly affair never was known, tasteless as warm water,
endless as a Bulletin editorial.
Reform is the order of the day. A vigorous movement was begun on
Washington -street wharf yesterday by a mule ; but it was, like too many
others, a backward movement, and ended in the bay. There has been no
unity of action among these intelligent quadrupeds since they dissolved
partnership with Mr. Pixley.
Denis Kearney went to Stockton on Thursday, but the asylum was
full, or perhaps they just had plenty of him ; and he went further. All
the spice has gone out of this poor fellow ; both his talk and his meetings
are as tame as an Episcopalian canary.
The citizens of Chickeymucksonville are erecting a statue of their
recent Fourth of July poet. He deserved it by losing the fifty-four pageB
of manuscript which he had intended to deliver, and thus does reward
follow quickly on the heels of merit.
Will the Academy of Science inform us what occult law of Na-
ture transforms a hen (at night) into a rooster?
Has the saying, " It takes nine tailors to make aman,"any reference
to Superintendent Taylor? It looks like it
A good name for a female squalling baby is Aurora.
12
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
July 12, 1879.
C. P. R. R.
Overland Ticket Office : Ferry Landing-, foot
of Market street.— Commencing- Monday,
May 19th, 1879, and until fufther notice,
Trains and Boats wil leave
SAN FRANCISCO:
7fif\ A. M. (daily), Vallejo Steamer (from Market
w\J\J Street Landing- — Connecting with Trains for
' Napa (Stages for Sonoma), Calistoga (the Geysers),
and Sacramento. Connecting at Davis (Sundays except-
ed) for Woodland and Knight's Landing, and at Wood-
land for Williams and Willows.
. (Arrive San Francisco 8:10 P.M.)
7AA A.M. (daily) Local PassengerTrainfvia Oakland
• VF\7 Ferry) and via Livermore arriving at Tracy
at 11:30 a. m. and connecting with Atlantic Express.
Connects at Niles with Train arriving at San Jose at
10:15 a.m.
(Returning, train from Tracy arrives at 6:05 p.m.}
8f\f\ A.M. (daily), Atlantic Express Train (via Oak-
•"" iand Ferry, Northern Ry. and S. P. & T. R R.)
for Sacramento, Marysville, Redding, Portland (Or.),
Colfax, Reno (Virginia City), Palisade (Eureka), Ogden
and Omaha. Connects at Gait with train arriving at
lone at 3:40 P.M.
(Arrive San Francisco 5:15 P.M.)
Sunday Ercurttion Tickets to San Pablo and Marti-
nez at Reduced Rates.
"I C\ i w k A. M. (daily) via Oakland Ferry, Local Passen-
J-VJ.^/l/ ger Train to Hay wards and Niles.
(Arrive San Francisco 4:05 p.m.)
3(\(\ P.M. (daily) San Jose Passenger Train (via Oak-
AJVJ land Ferry and Niles), stopping at all Way Sta-
tions. Arrives at San Jose at 5:20 p.m.
(Arrive San Francisco 9:35 a.m.)
3fki\ P.M. (daily) Northern Railway Passenger Train
• "" (via (Jakland Ferry) to San Pablo, Martinez
and Antioch.
(Arrive San Francisco 9:35 a m.)
4f\f\ P.M. (daily) Arizona Express Train (via Oak-
■UU land Ferry, Northern Ry. and S. P. & T. R. R.)
for Lathrop (and Stockton), Merced, Madera, Visalia,
Sumner, Mojave, Newha.ll (San Buenaventura, and Santa
Barbara), Los Angeles, "Santa Monica," Wilmington,
Santa Ana (San Diego), Colton and Yuma (Colorado
River Steamers), connecting direct with Daily Trains
of the Southern Pacific Railroad of Arizona for Mari-
copa (Daily Stages for Phccnix and Prescott), and for
Casa Grande (182 "miles east from Yuma), and end of
Track (Daily Stages for Florence and Tucson).
" Sleeping Car3 " between Oakland, Los Angeles and
Yuma.
(Arrive San Francisco 12:35 p.m.)
A f\(\ P. M.(Sundays excepted) Vallejo Steamer (from
"X.vrvJ Market Street Landing), connecting with trains
for Calistoga, (the Geysers), Woodland, Knight's Land-
ing and Sacramento ; and at Sacramento with Pas-
senger Train, leaving at 9:35 p.m. for Truckee, Reno,
Carson and Virginia.
" Sleeping Cars " between Vallejo and Carson.
(Arrive San Francisco 11:10 A.M.)
4i~\f\ P.M. (Sundays excepted) Sacramento Steamer
- vli (from Wash'n St. Wharf), for Beniciaand Land-
ings on the Sacramento River.
(Arrive San Francisco 3:00 p.m.)
4(~V/~VP.M. (daily), Through Third Class and Acconi-
•^-'.V modation Train (via Oakland Ferry, North-
ern Ry. and S. P. & T. R. R.) connecting at Lathrop
with Train arriving at Los Angeles on second day at
11:55 a.m. (Arrive San Francisco 9:05 a.m.
4DA P.M. (daily) Local Passenger Train (via Oak -
•O" land Ferry) to Haywards, Niles and Liver-
more. (ArriveSan Francisco 8:35 A.M.)
5f\C) P.M. (daily) Overland Emigrant Train (via
•"" Oakland Ferry and Northern Railway) to
Ogden, Omaha and East.
Public conveyance for Mills Seminary connects atSem-
nary Park Station with all trains, Sundays excepted.
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9.00
10.03
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8.50
3.60
3.30
p. M.
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11.03
9.20
4.20
4.30
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p. M.
12,00
9.50
4.50
5.30
3.00 S^
12.40
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10.20
5.20
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11.50
6.50
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A. M.
7.10
6.40
. 7.50
5.00
6.03
9.10
10.20
at 1 p. m.
WestOaklnd.| 1.30
9.00
10.10
B*7.20
B'8.30
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*10.00
^Sundays excepted.
♦Alameda Passengers change cars at Oakland.
Creek Route.
From SAN FRANCISCO— Daily— B5-A0, b8:30, 7.20, 8:15,
9:15, 10:15, 11:15 A.M. 12:15, 1:15, 2:25, 3:15, 4:15,
5:15, 6.15 P.M.
FROM OAKLAND— Daily — B5:30, B6:20, 7:10, 8:05, 9:05,
10:05, 11:05 a. m. 12:05, 1:05, 2:15, 3:05, 4:05, 5:05,
6:05 p.m. b— Sundays excepted.
' "Official Schedule Time" furnished by Randolph &
Co., Jewelers, 101 and 103 Montgomery St., S. F.
T. H. GOODMAN, Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agt.
A. N. Towne, General Superintendent.
Commencing Monday, June 2 J, 1879,
and until further notice, Boats and Trains will
leave San Francisco as follows :
7 1 A a.m., from San Quentin Ferry, daily (Sundays
• -i- ^ excepted), connecting at San Rafael with
Mail and Express Train for Petaluma, Santa Rosa,
Heaklsburg, Cloverdale and way stations. Making stage
connections at Geyserville for Skaggs' Springs ; Clover-
dale for Ukiah, Lakeport, Mendocino City, Highland
and Bartlett Springs, Soda Bay and the Geysers; connec-
tion made at Fulton for KorbeFs, Guerneville and the
Redwoods. Returning, arrive in San Francisco at 6:25
p.m. Passengers goinir by this train will arrive at the
Geysers at 2 p.m.
3.00
M. daily (Sundays excepted), Steamer
'James M. Donahue" (Washington Street
Wharf) , connecting with Mail and Express Train at Don-
ahue for Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Healdsburg, Cloverdale,
and way stations. Making stage connections at Lake-
ville for Sonoma. Returning, arrive in San Francisco
at 10:10 A.M.
Sunday Excursions at Reduced Rates.
8 1 K a.m., Sundays only, via San Quentin Ferry
• X.O and San Rafael, for Cloverdale and Way Sta-
tions. Returning, arrive in San Francisco at 7:55 p.m.
Fares forRound Trip: Petaluma, SI. 50; Santa Rosa, $2.00;
Healdsburg, $3 00; Cloverdale, 34.50; Fulton, $2.50; La-
guna, $3.00; Forestville, S3.50; Korbel's, $3.75; Guerne-
ville, $4.
Freight received at Washington st. Wharf
from 7 a.m. till 2.30 p. m., daily (except
Sundays) .
A. A. Bean, A. Hughes, Jas. M. Donahue,
Sup't. Gen. Manager. Gen. Pass, & Tkt. Agt.
[June 7.]
NORTH PACIFIC COAST RAILROAD.
SUMMER ARRANGEMENT.
In Effect from Sunday. June 8th, 1879,
Between San Francisco and San Rafael.
JSare JSettveen San Francisco and San Itafael
REDUCED TO 25 GENTS.
WEEK DATS.
Leave San Fraxcisco :
7:10 a.m. via San Q'ntin F.
9:20 a.m. " " "
1:45 p.m. " •■ "
4:45 p.m. " " "
5:45 p.m. " Saucelito "
Leave San Rafael :
7:00 a.m. via Saucelito Fy.
8:00 a.m. " S. Quentin "
11:00 a.m. " " "
3:20 p.m. " " "
3:50 p.m. " Saucelito "
5:20 p.m. " S. Quentin "
SUNDAYS.
Leave SAN Francisco:
8:00 A m. via-Saucelito Fy.
8:15 a.m. viaS. Quentin "
10:16 a.m. " " "
12:50 ph. '( " "
3:45 p.m. " , " "
6:00 P.M. " ". "
Leave San Rafael:
8:50 A.M. viaS. Quentin F.
11:30 A.M. " " "
2:15 p.m.-" " "
4:30 P.M. " " "
6:50 p.m. " " "
8A£l A. M. daily, except Sundays, from Saucelito
■TTt-' Ferry, Market street, for all points between
Saucelito and Junction. Returning, leaves Junction
4:00 p. m., arrives S. F. (via Saucelito) 5:40 p. m.
9 9 f\ a. m. daily, except Sundays, from San Quen-
.Li\J tin Ferry, Market street, for all points be-
tween San Francisco and Olema. Returning, leaves
Olema 1:55 P. M., arrives S. F. (via Saucelito) 5:40 p. M.
1A K P. M. daily, except Sundays, from San Quentin
.4:0 Ferry, Market Street, THROUGH TRAIN
for DUNCAN MILLS and Way Stations. Returning,
train leaves DUNCAN MILLS 6:40 A. M., arriving in S.
F. 12:05 P. M.
Sunday Excursions at Reduced Rates.
8:0© A.M., from Saucelito Ferry, Market street,
S:15 A.M., from San Quentin Ferry, Market street,
for DUNCAN MILLS and RETURN. Fares for Round
Trip— Olema, $2; Tomalcs, $3; Duncan Mills, $4.
Above train, returning, arrives in San Francisco via
San Quentin 7:55 p.m., or via Saucelito 8:10 p.m.
W. R. PRICE, Gen'l Ticket Agent.
Jno. W. Doherty, Gen'l Manager. Jun 7.
(imnniencintr Monday, April 21, 1879,
j and until further notice, Passenger Trains will leave
San Francisco, from Passenger Depot on Townsend
street, between Third and Fourth streets, as follows :
8.20 '
a.m. daily for San Jose and Way Stations.
K^1 Stages for Pescadero (via San Mateo)
connect with this train only.
9 0 (~\ a.m (Sundays only) for San Jose and Way Sta-
• 0\J tions. Returning, leaves San Jose at 6 p.m.
1 ( \ A(~\ a.m. daily for San Jose, Gilroy, Hollister,
l-\J*^t\J Tres Pinos, Pajaro, Salinas, Soledad and"
all Way Stations, g^* At Pajaro, the Santa Cruz
R. R. connects with this train for Aptos, Soquel and
Sauta Cruz, ^f" At Salinas the M. & S. V. R. R.
connects with this train for Monterey. J5F" Stage
connections made with this train. (Pescadero Stages via
San Mateo excepted.)
Parlor Car attached to this Train.
(seats at reduced rates.)
3 0A p.m. daily (Sundays excepted) for San Jobc,
■ *^ " Gilroy, Pajaro, Hollister, Tres Pinos and prin-
cipal Way Stations.
g^T" On Satordays only, the Santa Cruz R. R. will
connect with this train at Pajaro for Aptos, Soquel and
Santa Cruz. Returning, leave Santa Cruz at 4.45 a.m.
Mondays (breakfast at Gilroy), arrivingin SanFrancisco
at 10:00 A.M.
^* SPECIAL NOTICE. -On SATURDAYS ONLY,
the run of this train will be extended to SALINAS—
connecting with the M. & S. V. R. R. for MONTEREY.
Returning, leave Monterey MONDAYS (breakfast at
Gilroj-)* arriving in San Francisco at 10 a.m.
3Q f\ p.m. (Sundays only) for San Jose and Way Sta-
• Q\s tions.
4 9 K p.m. daily (Sundays excepted) for San Jose and
,£Jp Way Stations.
5C\C\ p- m. daily (Sundays excepted) for Menlo Park
. \J \J and Way Stations.
H S O P-M,— dailv> for Menl° park and Way Stations.
Excursion Tickets at Reduced Rates
To San Jose and intermediate points sold on Saturdays,
and Sunday mornings, good for return until following
Monday inclusive.
Also, EXCURSION TICKETS to Aptos, Soquel, Santa
Cruz and Monterey, sold on Saturdays only— good for
return until the following Monday inclusive.
f^** Principal Ticket Office — Passenger Depot, Town-
send street. Branch Ticket Office— No. 2 New Mont-
gomery street, Palace Hotel.
A. C. BASSETT, Supt. H. R. JUDAH, A. P. &T. A.
SOUTHERN DIVISIONS.
Commencing Monday, Hay 19th, 1879,
fcS^" Passengers for points on the Southern Divisions
of the road will take the cars of the Central Pacific Rail-
road via OAKLAND, leaving SAN FRANCISCO via Ferry
Landing, Market street, at 4:00 p.m. daily (Arizona Ex-
press Train) , and making close connection at GOSHEN
for Sumner, Mojave, Los Angeles, Wilmington, Ana-
heim, Colton, Colorado River, Yuma, Maricopa and Casa
Grande (182 miles east from Yuma). May 31.
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July 12, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
13
NOTABILIA.
£^
THE
Lawn as white as driven snow ;
Cypress black u <.- 'er was crow ;
Gloves as sweet as damask roses
Masks for (aces and for noses ;
Bugle-bracelet, necklace, amber ;
Perfume for a lady's chamber;
PEDDLERS SONG.
Gold quoii« and stomachers,
For my lads to give their dean ;
Pins and poking-sticks of steel.
What maids lack from head to heel:
Come buy of me.come; come buy .come buy,
Buy, lads, or else your lasses cry.
William Suakbpeare.
Helmbold's Buchu has long been known as one of the most val-
able medicines attainable in certain classes of diseases, such as dyspepsia,
chronic rheumatism, dropsy, and cutaneous affections. As a diu-
retic, it is superior to almost any medicine in use, and the great
care with which it is prepared, the absolute purity of the prepa-
ration, and the diligence used in the selection of the crude material,
have made it known far and wide as a reliable and effective prepa-
ration, and one that can always be used with safety and benefit. The
great success of Helmbold's Buchu has led to the production of many
spurious preparations, which are made cheaply and placed upon the mar-
ket to be sold on the reputation acquired by Helmbold's original prepara-
tion. Parties who desire a really good medicine should be careful and use
Helinbold's only.
"Close to Nature's Heart," said the Rev. "W. J. Smith ; and he
mounted a hard-trotting mule and rode into Yosemite, leaving one in
doubt whether the valley or the mule was so near the heart of Nature.
Ptrhaps this mystery never will be cleared up, or hardly ever ; but there
is one thing certain: The man who takes his coffee and muffins or his
cosy lunch at the Original Swain's Bakery, 213 Sutter street, has gone to
the very heart of the matter ; nature can offer him nothing better, nor yet
can art. Ready service, perfect quiet, comfort and ease, and the best
cooking in town at Swain's.
A little Waterloo Sunday-School miss was asked by her teacher:
" What must people do in order to go to heaven?" "Die, I suppose,"
replied the little one. The teacher did not question her any further.
That terrific tornado in Minnesota, the other day, played some most
extraordinary freaks. It hoisted a Presbyterian clergyman, weighed down
with a sermon under sixteen heads ; and waB seen making frantic efforts
to lift a photograph of the Rev. Jos. Cook. One of Montanya's Union
Ranges was taken by it 800 yards through the air, and deposited in the
middleof a park, where it was found calmly attending to business, and
cooking dinner with the most exemplary steadiness. Not a pot or pan
was displaced, and things were done to a turn.
The " Jeannette" is on her way at last to the Arctic, and speculation
is busy with the possible intentions of her owner in organizing this expe-
dition. The general opinion is that Bennett expects to cut off a portion
of the North Pole and set it up in front of the Herald office with one of
his own bats on top to be adored, a la GesBler. There would be nothing
strange in this if Bennett's hats were furnished by White, 402 Kearny
street, for all New York would be on its knees before such marvels of art.
The Emperor of Japan is learning all the European ways and mak-
ing himself like his brother kings. Witn his beef-eaters and body-guards
he is already quite civilized, and now he is going to have his Opera Com-
pany, at an expense of 2,000,000 francs. This is the way to enlighten the
world j arid it is noticed that all these excellent ideas have come to the
Emperor since he became acquainted with the Gerke Wine, which he has
regularly from Landsberger's, 10 Jones Alley.
The Detroit Free Press looks back with a sigh to its courting days
and says: "Nothing smells of the olden tiineamore than onions."
The style and finish of articles and work furnished by McNally &
Hawkins are unsurpassed. They have just received at their store under
the Grand Hotel, a full assortment of chandeliers and brackets in nickel
and gold, silver, gold, bronze and brass in alt styles, ancient and modern,
and at prices remarkably low. Perfect taste is the distinguishing mark
of these goods.
Dropsy and Dropsical Swellings are certainly cured by Dr. Jayne's
Alterative. It stimulates the absorbents into healthy action, whereby all
watery or calcareous depositions are gradually but surely carried off. It
also increases the power of digestion, and imparts renewed vigor to the
whole system, thus removing all danger of a relapse. Sold by Crane &
Brigham, San Francisco.
Ripe scholars are falling off a little.
"Of all sad words of tongue or of |>en.
Tin- saddest an? AaM it might haw been."
So sings Whittii-r, with profound Insight and exceedingly imperfect six
for rhyme. What would he have said if be had been able to compare the
weak representations of hi? own celebrated face, with a genuine photo-
graph from Bradley <& Rulofson ! It would have been a blow to find that
he might have had a likeness if he hud gone to them.
The very best nominations for office cannot be expected of men
or conventions, unless they are kept np to the very best condition of their
powers by proper nourishment. No man is fully himself when reduced
by living on poor diet ; though even with poor food, corrected and supple-
mented by IP, & P. J. Casain's Golden Plantation Whisky, men do won-
ders. There is more judgment in a bottle of it than in fourteen conven-
tions, stimulated in any other way.
Geologists can tell the age of the stone which David threw at the
giant.
The extension of the telegraph report of passengers overland to
Omaha has been a great boon to those in this city expecting friends. Peo-
ple are now enabled to order their supplies of Napa Soda in time to greet
the thirsty travelers before they enter the alkali plains ; and much suf-
fering is obviated.
Tapestry Brussels, SI per yard and upwards ; fine new patterns. Call
and see them. Window shades, 75 cents and upwards. Window lace, 12£
cents and upwards. Cornices, wall paper, etc. Oilcloths, 50 cents per
yard and upwards. Hartshorn & McPhun, 112 Fourth St., near Mission.
A man picked up an extraordinary communication the other day. It
ran thus: " Dear Charley:— The Nevada Building Association Is under
your management. How much for a chance?" Mr. Peters wishes it to
be understood that his address is at Virginia City, Nevada.
STOCK BROKERS.
Geo. C. Hickox.
GEORGE C. HICKOX & CO.,
E. C. McFarlanb.
Clommission Stock Brokers (San Francisco
/ change, No. 230 Montgomery street, San Francisco.
Stock Ex-
May 4.
J.
A.
RUDKIN,
'!» f ember S
. F. Stock and Exchange Board,
423
California
ItI
street.
STOCKS
Bought
and
Sold on Commission
Liberal
Advances
made
n Active
Accounts.
Oct. 26.
JOYCE'S SPORTING AMMUNITION.
[ESTABLISHED 1820.]
rrike attention of Sportsmen is invited to the following
J_ Ammunition, nf the best quality, now in general use throughout England,
India and the Colonies : Joyce's Treble Waterproof and F 3 Quality Percussion
Caps ; Chemically-prepared Cloth and Felt Gun Wadding ; Joyce's Gas-Tight Car-
tridges, for Pin-fire and Central-fire Breech-loading Guns ; Wire Cartridges, for killing
game at long distances, and every description of Sporting Ammunition. Sold by
all gun-makers and dealers in gunpowder.
FREDERICK JOYCE & CO. , Patentees and Manufacturers,
Sept. 28. 57 Upper Thames street, London.
STOCK COMBINATIONS.
June2t.]
How to Operate Successfully on
TEN DOLLARS.
MARTIN TAYLOR & CO.,
429 California Street.
CUNNINGHAM, CURTISS & WELCH,
Stationers. Lithographers and Blank Book Manufacturers.
Our facilities for making? Blank Books of special sizes and
rulings, Cheek Books, Balance Sheets, Certificates of Stock, Insurance Policies,
etc., are unexcelled. We are always ready to submit to our customers low estimates
fur Fine Priuting or Engraving.
Nov. 16. 327, 329, 331 SANSOME STREET.
THE BERKELEY GYMNASIUM.
A Preparatory School to the University.
The only fully organised Preparatory School o.i the Coast.
The instructors in the Gymnasium consist of refined and educated gentlemen,
who are permanently connected with the institution. Boarding establishment strictly
first-class. Location healthful and accessible. The third school year will commence
on the 14th of July. Examination of candidates lor admission, 11th and 12th, For
catalogues, address JOHN F. BURR1S,
July 5. Berkeley, California.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
Inestancl Cheapest Meat 'flavoring Stock for Sonps, Hade
Dishes and Sauces. March 2.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT
[sa success anil boon for which Nations shoulil feel grate*
f ul. See " Medical Press," "Lancet," " British Medical Journal," etc
F
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF HEAT.
Cautlon—Gennine only with fae-simlle of Baron Ueblgr's
Signature, in blue ink, across Label. " Consumption in England increased ten-
old in ten years. " March 2.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
To be liatl of all Store-keepers, Grocers and Chemists. Sole
Agents for the United States (wholesale only), C. David & Co., 43, Mark Lane,
London, England. March 2.
u
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
July 12, 1879.
CRADLE, ALTAR. AND TOMB.
CRADLE.
Brownstonb— In this city, July 4th, to the wife of Isaac Brownstone, a daughter.
Camfield— In this city, July Oth, to the wife of H. Camfield, a daughter.
Conklinq— In this city, July 6th, to the wife of G. W,. Conkling, Jr., a son.
LAKE-In Santa Barbara, June 29th, to the wife of W. N. Lake, a daughter.
Levi — In Santa Barbara, June 30th, to the wife of J. Levi, a son.
LEDGETT-In this city, July 9th, to the wife of R. IX Ledgett, a daughter.
Meyers — In this city, July 7th, to the wife of J. Meyers, a son.
PiLLMAN— In San Jose, July 2d, to the wife of Wm. L. Pillman, a daughter.
PtfSHOX — In Monterey, June 26th, to the wife of John Peshon, a daughter.
Ppckhaber— In this city, July 7th, to the wife of L. Puckhaber, a daughter.
Raffodr — In Santa Barbara, June 30th, to the wife of L. Raffour, a son.
Reeves— Near Gilroy, June 27th, to the wife of Oscar Reeves, a son.
Kobbins— In this city, July 6th, to the wife of Captain M. Robbing, a son.
ALTAR.
Bates-Kavanaqh— In this city, July 2d, Eugene J. Bates to Anna E. Kavanagh.
Gawthorne-Brows— In this city, June 25th, J. F. Gawthorne to Maggie J. Brown.
Hukter-Kahn— In this city, July 3d, P. S. Hunter to Tillie Kahn.
Hendrie-Carnes— In this city, July 3d, Edwin B Hendrie to Marion Carnes.
Lbax-Johsson— In Red Bluff, July 3d, Wm. P. Lean to Etta Johnson.
Lbvy-Wolf— In this city, July 6th, Morris Levy to Saline Wolf.
Moklet-Webb— In Sacramento, July 3d, Aohn Mokley to Frances V. Webb.
Matfibld-Jetkr— in Lodi, July 3d, James H. Mayfield to Carrie Jeter.
May-Sproules— In this city, July 6th, W. Mav to Miss M. E. Sproules.
McCreecbt-Harvey— In this city, July 7th, George W. McCreechy to E. F. Harvey.
Raskin-Brows— In this city, July 8th, James B Rankin to Sarah E. Brown.
RsicnEN-BERo-KMNE -In this city, July 6th, B. V. Reichenberg to Fannie Kline.
Wuest-Bray— In Winnemucca, July 4th, Peter Wuest to Elizabeth Bray.
TOMB.
Boyle —In this city, July 6th, Mrs. Ellen Boyle, aged 58 years and 2 months.
Carrie— Drowned, in Cloverdale, July 5th, Edwin P. Carrie, aged 20 years.
Gbrdks— In this city, July 8th, Wilhelmina M. Ferdes, aged 28 years.
Hcbbard In this city, July 7th, Frank E. Hubbard, aged 26 years and 5 months.
Hi'XT— In this city, July 8th, Mrs. Fannie A. Hunt.
Hasrahan— In this city, July 8th, Edward F. Hanrahan, aged 4 months.
Kessedy— In this city, July 7th. Dennis Kennedy, aged 51 years.
Keylaher-Iu this city, July 6th, Elizabeth Keylaher. aged 25 years.
Murray— In this city, July 9th, Mary Anne Murray, aged 32 years.
Potter— In this city, July 6th, Frank T. Potter, aged 54 years.
Rice— In San Mateo, July 8th, B. McDermott, aged 50 years.
Tietjes— Ii. this city, July 7th, Heinrich C. Tietjen, aged 2 years and 8 months.
THE CUMBERLAND MINE.
First Report of the Newly-Elected Superintendent, Robert Col-
lins, of the Cumberland Gold Mine, of Arizona.
To the President, George M. Ciprico, Esq., and the Directors of the Cumberland
Mining Company, 417 f'atifornia street. San Francisco— Gentlemen : In this, my
first report, I have great pleasure in confirming Mr. Wm. Craib's report of December
1st, 1878, and agree with him iu his clo-ing remarks of the vast wealth and import-
ance of the Cumberland Mine. I am of the opini-n that this mine, or ledge, will in-
crease in size as it goes down to from 50 to 60 feet wide. My reasons for so thinking
are thatou the south there is a granite wall which forms the foot-wall, and on which
the ledge rests, while on the north, and 60 feet from this wall, is another cropping
boldly up. Outside these walls the country is stony and rough, but between them it
is as smooth as a trarden.walk, with hundreds of small quartz veins running through
it. These veins gradually widen as they go down. Where all these veins come into
the ledge, they will fill up the whole space between the walls spoken of, making the
ledge 50 or 60 feet across.
The Cumberland Mine is a gold-bearing quartz lode from 8 to 10 feet wide, dipping
to the north and running nearly east and west, with well-defined walls. Free gold
can be seen in nearly every piece of ore exposed. There has been considerable work
done upon the mine ; three shafts have been sunk, a good road built up the side of
the hill, two stone buildings erected, aud also a small corral. The ground has been
prospected along the vein, and everything is ready to commence operations on a
more extended scale. The Cumberland ledge can be traced for over one mile, show-
ing the well-defined character of the lode.
There are three large veins, or spurs, coming into the Cumberland from the north,
converging toward each other. The combined width of these veins and the ledge is
twenty-five feet of solid ore. These veins are rich i:i gold. All the ground from the
cap. or outcrop of the ledge, down the hill-side to the wash, or creek,.is rich in free
gold, and tons of splendid float cau be gathered from the surface — all good specimens.
The surrounding country is rich in gold and silver ledges, some of them wonderfully
rich. The Leviathan and Vulture are immense lodes that have been proven to be of
imense value of free gold.
Location. — Cumberland Mine is situated on the south side of the Date Creek
Range, about one and a half miles from Martinez Creek— seven miles from Date
Creek — and from eighteen to twenty miles from Wickenburg, the nearest post-town
and telegraph station. The wagon-road to Prescott passes within one and a half
miles of the mine. The stage passes every day by another road, and meets the rail-
road ears at Maricopa Wells.
Wood and Water.— Water to run any size mill can be got in the Martinez Creek,
or in Date Creek. Thousands of cords of wood can be seen from the mine, covering
the level country to the south and west. Labor is plentiful and cheap, and provisions
at Maricopa Wells very reasonable.
Recapitulation. —The Cumberland Mine is a most splendid property — a large body
of ore, very rich ;. plenty of water at hand; wood within one-half a mile; good roads;
easy communication with any part of the world; labor cheap and plenty, and with a
record of from $130 to §260 per ton. All that I have Been on and around the mine
impresses me with the belief that this is the most valuable property in the Territory.
In concluding this short report, I wish to impress upon the minds of the Directors
and shareholders the value of the Cumberland Mine. It is no wild-cat, but a mine
that must come before the public either now or at some future day. It is only a
matter of time, for I am convinced that the Cumberland Mine will be worked suc-
cessfully for generations to come. The Directors cannot think too highly of the
Cumberland Mine, for it will be worked when they and their childrens* children have
passed away. I have inspected the mine and the country around it, and am convinced
that the Directors have no idea of the immense value of the property they possess.
The mine is so well situated that it can be worked with very little outlay. The ore
can be shot from the shafts to the feeding floor, if required. A mill can be erected
100 yards or less from the ledge, in the gulch below, where water can be had by sink-
ing 35 feet. The mines worked in this Territory have proven that the richest ore
is discovered at the greatest depth yet obtained. I shall forward, in a few days,
some ore from the Cumberland Mine to be tested, that you may have some idea of
what hundreds of thousands of tons, now in the mine, must be worth.
Respectfully yours, Robert Collins,
Superintendent Cumberland Mine.
Cumberland Mine, Yavapai county, Arizona, July 2d, 1879.
-The market for grain sacks continues to be demoralized, under
the influence of heavy stocks and liberal offerings at public sale. Pacific
Jute bags, 22x36, can be bought at 8|c. cash ; Calcutta, ditto, 8£a
Ber g'strom Church. Organs, at Smith's, 200 Post street.
HIGHEST STOCK QUOTATIONS
For the Week Ending July 11th, 1879.
Compileed by George C. Hickox & Co., 230 Montgomery Street.
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appointed Gymnasium on the Pacific Coast, has re-opened under the manage-
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[April 5.]
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[March 1. 1
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A a valuable first-class SALOON BUSINESS, with lease, fixtures and furniture.
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QUICKSILVER.
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Sansome street, over Bank of California. ■ Nov. 16.
ALASKA COMMERCIAL COMPANY,
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in Furs. Sept. 21.
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The Office of the Selby Smelting- and I*ead Company lias
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July 12, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
15
ART JOTTINOa
"Lincoln at Gettysburg ' i- the title of a very large painting just
placed on exbitritioD at the moma ><i the Art Association on Pine street.
It la by A. II. Bicknellf a German arti*t, now resident in Boston, Mass,
The uurk (Judging fp'in the lour <I« t/t-n images explanatory obtained from
the doar4tn«psr) dm bssjn painted with a view u> wiling the engraving,
an outline etching of which bangs near hy, tastefully framed and uphol-
■tend. The visitor to see this immense painting (it is well nigh a, hun-
dred sonars feet in sire) is informed at the outlet that the engraving is
published in connection with the exhibition) and a little further on we
are told that on a mild midsummer day the artist hud availed himself of
the opportunity presented hy the occasion to group around the grand
central 6gure of Abraham Lincoln some of the most prominent of the
statesmen and soldiers of the war period. This is all the artist has had
to do with it, and he has succeeded in placing twenty-one figures on can-
vas in the exact position, with just the expressions we might look for if
they were posed before the photographer's camera. Well does the writer
remember the first time he ever saw the immortal Lincoln ! It was at
Springfield, 111., when Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglass spoke from the
same rostrum; and in a journey immediately thereafter, over one of the cor-
duroy roads of Michigan, with the latter, the great power of Lincoln over
an audience was the subject of many a conversation, and no one who ever
heard him deliver an address could believe that the pose and expression
Artist Bicknell has given him was ever present, except very early in the
morning when no one was around. And does any one believe that, in the
presence of a multitude of people, Charles Sumner would have been seen
squinting at Gen. Butler, or vice versa. Mr. Bicknell is, perhaps, a good
portrait painter, and in this picture we doubtless find twenty-one good
likenesses ; but there is not an element of strength in the work to entitle
it for a moment to any consideration whatever as a historical picture.
The civil war, although its incidents were replete with motiffs for the
painter's brush, has generally failed to give inspiration for any great pic-
ture, and this late comer is no exception. Perhaps it is well that it is so,
for paintings live for generations, and if they are of such a character as
to indicate a political meeting of a quiet character, so much the better,
for those who come after will attach less odium to us for engaging in that
fratricidal strife.
Another new picture on view this week is a large marine, by De Haas,
"Wrecked on aLeeShore." Itisat Messrs. Morris & Kennedy's. Although
not as large as some examples heretofore exhibited by thisnoted artist, it is
nevertheless one of the best. The action of the water is superb, and the
perfect harmony of the lowering sky gives the picture a weird look just
in keeping with such a scene. In the same gallery are to be found sev-
eral accessions, notably a portrait by Freeman, an artist who came to this
city four years ago and went to the country, where he has remained ever
since. Mr. Freeman is a painter of the "old school," believes more in
finish than effect, although the latter is not wanting, especially in ladies'
and children's portraits. A pleasing example of the latter is in the win-
dow over the way at Snow & Co.'s. At this gallery the sale of works by
the late James Hamilton is meeting with marked success, nearly one-third
of the entire number being reported sold during the first three days. But
for the prevailing dullness the entire number would have been " called for"
on the first day of the exhibition.
Tavernier and Rix have gone to the Russian River country on a sketch-
ing tour, and Thomas Hill (to every one's surprise) is again visiting
Yosemite Valley, although it must be said that heretofore Mr. Hill has
depended more upon photographs than original sketches for his Yosemite
pictures. Let us hope that, after a six month's respite from the labors of
the studio, he has again put on the armor and gone forth to interpret
nature on canvas with some of the strength he possessed before neglecting
his chosen and well-suited profession — art.
Hahn, too, another painter, whose works a few years ago were the ad-
miration of everyone, is with us again after a three years' trip to the East
of Europe. Doubtless his sketch book is replete with subjects, the execu-
tion of which will give evidence of the improvement travel affords the
true artist.
And then we have Deakin back, too. We shall soon see what im-
provement he has made while intermingling with the notable painters of
England and the Continent. He has -two works in the Salon at Paris
this year.
The News Letter's picture, "At the Play," is completed, and will ap-
pear with the next number. The London journals, the World and Vanity
Fair, have published similar plates, but not on the scale of this one.
Their efforts partake more of the character of caricatures than would be
agreeable in this country. The likenesses are more typical than realistic,
but their publication has proved a great success to the journals issuing
them, a single edition of sixty thousand copies of the World containing
the picture having been exhausted in twenty-four hours.
The outlook for art at the Mechanics' Fair this season is not encouraging.
On the whole our artists have not been over-industrious the past year, and
ao far, they do not seem to have made any preparation at all for this
exhibition. Liberal premiums, however, may have a beneficial effect in
bringing out the usual number of canvasses,
HOUSES GOING UP?
The last number of the Quarterly Architectural Review> published by
Wolfe & Burnham, contains the following list of projected buildings in
this city the names of the owners and cost of construction ; J. G. Brack-
ett, residence, Pacific street, between Octavia and Laguna, $6,000 ; G. G.
Burnett, residence, California street, between Octavia and Laguna,
$6,000 ; J. G. Ayres, residence, Sutter street, between Jones and Leaven-
worth, $6,000 ; Home for the Scandinavian Ladies' Relief Society, Fran-
cisco street, between Powell and Stockton, $6,000 ; Mrs. Blumenberg,
brick building, Pine street, near Kearny, $8,000; R. James, residence,
* Howard street, between Fifth and Sixth, $6,000; Thomas J. Bergin,
residence, Jackson street, between Octavia and Laguna, $40,000 ; H.
Hedge, residence, corner of Scott and Tyler streets, $25,000 ; Wm. Woods,
residence, Washington street, near Gough, $12,000 ; L. Roffetto, three-
story building, Broadway, between Dupont and Stockton streets, $13,000 ;
M. Martell, four-story building, corner of Commercial and Kearny streets,
$15,000 ; M. Seymour, livery stable, Bush street, near Kearny, $18,000.
An elegant assortment of Gold Watches and Chains at Randolph &
Co.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
Smith's Music Store, 200 Post street, corner of Dupont.
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16
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
July 12, 7879.
A TERRIBLE FOE.
On Monday last a man who had attempted the life of the Czar of
Russia perished on the scaffold. He died, we are told, with firmness ; he
refused all rights of religion. Life for him seemed to have no special
charms ; death had certainly no terrors. The deed for which he suffered
the last terrible penalty of the law was attempted in open day, at an hour
and a spot which insured the capture of its perpetrator. Time and place
were obviously selected without any reference whatever to the safety of
the murderer, hut only with a view to making the blow as certain as hu-
man calculation could make it. He met the doom he courted with the
heroism of a martyr, with the indifference of a fatalist. The apostle
of Nihilism, like the pioneers of Christianity, count their lives as
nought; and though they murder and overthrow where the apostles
of the Saviour built up, their success is greatly due to this absence
of all care for life. The motive is different, the Bentiment is differ-
ent, but the same end 1b attained. The early Christian positively rejoiced
when he was " counted worthy to suffer for religion's sake ; he died tri-
umphing in the arena,
"Butchered to make a Roman holiday;"
he sang hymns of praise amid the flames ; he beheld, as he lay stretched
on the rack, visions of a glorious future. The NihttiBt has no hope ; his
theory of life is pessimist, his view of the eternal world is summed up in
• the terrible words of Couthon : "Apres la mort — le neant." He countB
himself simply a joint in a vast machinery, which is to bring about cer-
tain results ; and he does his work without hope of reward, without fear
of penalty.
Appalling to the moralist, appalling to the politician, is this contempt
of life; for, whether a man meet death as a saint or a stoic, a cause must
have a mighty power over men's minds when it can destroy in them the
first instinct of humanity, the love of life. Its influence over other
minds is overwhelming. The vulgar fail to see the broad distinction
which lies between the cheerful, even joyous sacrifice of life to a holy
cause, and the brute-like indifference of a man who has neither hope of
heaven nor fear of hell. He who carries his life in his hand is a martyr,
be the cause for which he suffers what it may.
But, besides this, the safeguards which ordinarily protect society are
broken down. As a rule, no man not a madman would think of commit-
ing a murder in open day, and thousands of would-be criminals, even in
barbarous States, are restrained from secret deeds of violence by the fear
of possible discovery. The Nihilist is restrained by nothing. If you are
a marked man, seek not safety in the open street, the crowded ball-room,
the thronged church or theater. In any of these places you may be struck
down. A man in au opposite box may shoot you; a man who kneels be-
side you at Mass may stab you; you would not "be safe at the very altar,
with the priests around you. The Nihilist has no belief in God; the
very sanctuary of the church is no more to him than the paving-stone of
the square, or the mud of the alley; he does not care that, as you fall, a
hundred hands will be stretched forth to grasp him. You are to die —
therein lies all with which he is concerned. His own fate is absolutely
ignored by himself and his comrades. It may be Ivan to-day, it may be
Michael to-morrow, whose duty it becomes to murder some high func-
tionary, or fire some town. Ivan dies, and Michael looks on in grim in-
difference, and steps forth next day to fling his own life into the gulf, with
the same stony calm.
How is Russia meeting this intangible, this unconquerable foe? Like
herself. Tyranny gave birth to the monster Nihilism, and tries to slay
her own ill-formed child by trampling on it. But it cannot be trampled
out. The very ferocity of the retaliation shows fear ; fear ever makes us
angry. Sending 10,000 people to the minss of Siberia will not crush
Nihilism ; nor will placing cities under interdicts, and arresting innocent
persons on the flimsiest charges. There can be no peace for Russia, no
escape from the serpent that has coiled around her, until reform is insti-
tuted in every department of the State and jurisprudence. The Russian
rule is a gigantic and irresponsible tyranny, as barbarous as the rule of
Cetewayo, only restrained by a superficial civilization from being as blood-
thirsty. But it is the worst government in Europe, and unless the rulers
can be brought to see the imperative need of reform in time, a fearful
revolution — a complete revulsion — must ere long shake the nation to its
very base. Who can say that the day, and even the hour, is not already
discussed —if not fixed — in the secret councils of the Nihilist 1— London
Express.
HE NEVER TOLD A LIE.
The passenger, a Scotch gentleman, who was going down the Missis-
sippi for the first time in his life, secured permission to climb up beside
the pilot, a grim old gravback, who boasted that he never told a lie in his
life. " Many alligators in the river ?" inquired the stranger, after a look
around. ** Not so many now, since they got to shootin' 'em for their
hides and talley," was the reply. " Used to be lots, eh V '* I don't
want to tell you about 'em, stranger," replied the pilot, sighing heavily.
" Why?" "'Cause you'd think I was a-lyin' to you, and that's sumthin'
I never do. I kin cheat at cards, drink whisky, or chaw poor terbaccer,
but I can't lie." "Then there used to be lots of 'em?" inquired the pas-
senger. "I'm almost afraid to tell ye, mister, but I've counted 'leven
hundred allygaters to the mile from Vicksburg cl'ar down to Orleans.
That was years ago, afore a shot was fired at 'em." " Well, I don't doubt
it," replied the stranger. "And I've counted 3,450 of 'em on one sand-
bar," continued the pilot ; " it looks big to tell, but a Government sur-
veyor was aboard, and he checked 'em off as I called out. Once when we
grounded on a bar, with an opposition boat right behind, the allygaters
gathered round, got under her stern, and bumped her clean over the bar
by a grand push! It looks like a big story, but I never told a lie yet, and
I never shall. I wouldn't lie for all the money you could put aboard this
boat." There was a painful pause. "Well," said the stranger, "you
are a dark man." " I am dark in complexion, but what of that ?" "Why,
you remind me of my native heather," said the Scotchman, " that's all."
"How's that, mate?" "Why," said the Scotchman, "we call them
low-lying moors."
At the recent Army of the Potomac meeting, in Albany, Francis
M. Finch read a " Sheridan's Ride " poem, in which he says: "Ride, ride
with your helmless hair!" "Ride, ride with your streaming hair!"
" Charge, charge, 'tis a banner, your hair! " " Ride, ride, we laurel your
hair! " This may do for poetry; but little Phil always wore a remarka-
bly close cropped head, and was not afraid.
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
Recorded in the City and County of San Francisco, California, for
the Week ending July 9th.
Compiled from t7ie Records of the Commercial Agency, 401 California St. , S. F.
Thursday and Saturday, July 3d and 5th.
GRANTOB AND GRANTEB.
A McCamipky to Jos Sladky . . .
J Melcher to G T Grimes
Geo Taaffe to Ann Taaffe
B P Baillie to Odd Fellows Sav Bk
HPW Hoffman et al to Same
Jacob H Sharp to C Landis
Morris Sharp to Same
Danl Jones to Isadore Merle
JO'Neill to Wm Shields
Terence Bayle to PAEakins
Edwin Whitcomb toC Harriman . .
G W Alexander to Ellzth Stanwood
E A Lawrence to F Reis
City and Co S F to Mary T McKee
Thos Mulloy to City and Co of S F
Mary T McKee to Same
HenryJWinkle Jr to Adam Winkle
Adam Winkle to Henry Winkle Jr
Geo T Hawlcy to Jas E Gordon .
Alex Lamar to Job S Alemany
DESCRIPTION.
Nw 24th and Guerrero, w 100x50
Sw 14th av, 262:6 se L, se 37:6x100
Sw Jonee and Chestnut, w 137:6x137:6.
S Bush, 206:3 w Dupont, w 22:11x63. . .
Sw 7th, 150 se Bryant, se 25x80
E Leavenw'th, 77:0 s Sutter, 8 25x112:6
Same
Nw Natoma and 11th, sw 90x55
N Bush, 137.6 w Montjjy, w 68:9x137:6.
E Dolores. 200 8 24th, b 30x125
W Olive av, 73 s Union, s 27x25
W Scott, 27:8& a Clay, s 25x81:3
Sundry lots in different parts of the city
N 24th, 04:6 e Bartlett, e 23x65
Streets and highways
Same
Se Vallejo and Battery, e 97:6x45:10. . . .
Und % same ,
W Fillmore, 72 n Kale, n 48x81:3
N Hayes, 60 w Polk, w 50x137:6
PRICE
$3,500
100
5
9,772
6,500
8,000
1
100
750
Gift
1
....
1
5
5
5,000
9,500
Monday, July 7th,
Moses Selig to Jas N Block
Ricud Ellbrd to Henrietta Elford
Cath O'Neill to Martha E Ross..
Eliza Harrington to A Comte Jr .
Odd Fel Sv Bk to City and Co S F
J B Harris to Clarissa S Bishop
E B Bishop to Mary E Harris
W F Nelson to Wm O'Brien
Geo Ldwards to Marie Schossow. .
Same to Leon Carran
Leo Ash to Moses Befciman
German Gen B S to G Mc Williams
Odd Fell Crm to J G Farnham
Cath Foley to Barbara Uszynski ..
Jas McKinley to Wm Boyd
D Rogers to Dolores A de Laveaga
Wm B Allen to Wm M Hinton
WHollistoCE Broad
ChasE Broad to J SClnff et al
Aaron Cook to Addie E Vines
H Sanders to Anna E Uaight
Willows Ld Asn to Sarah, DouglaBS
Swlstav, 214:7 seP st, Be 35:5x200...
Sundry lots in R R Avenue Hd
Lots 37, 38, blk 51, Citv Land Asen .
E Steiner, 102:6 n Bush, n 25x81:3
N Army st extension at inter of w line
of Odd Fell's Sv Bk land, s 64 x ne 55
Ne Hyde and McAllister, e 35:6x87:6 ;
n McAllister, 165 e Hyde, e 27:6x137:6
Same
W Fillmore, 125:6 s B'dway, s 12x137:6
NC'ipper, 101:10 e Noe, e 25x114
N Clipper, 126:10 e Noe, e 25:11x114....
S Post, 137:6 eGongh.e 37:6x120
HA 124. 125 ."
Lot 16, California Sec Plat No 1
Nw Cleveland and Sherman, nw 25, etc.
S Pine, 206:3 w Webster, w 25x127:6.. . .
N Waller, 156:3 w Fillmore, 256:3x120 ..
E Florida, 100 n Solano, n 100x100
N O' Parrell; 198 w Steiner, w 22x82:6 ..
Same
N Sutter, 27:6 e Laguna, e 27:6x112:6 ...
S Mission, 137:6 sw Beale, se 137:6, etc.
W Mission, 160 n 19th, n 25x80
; 5
40
450
6,000
32,075
Gilt
100
1,150
1,400
11,000
17,250
275
1,350
1,500
13,500
2,000
5
4,500
8,000
1
2,400
Tuesday, July 8th.
Rosaria Lavilla to F Bruckner
Danl Rogers to Mary Whallen . . .
Wm Alvord to Lewis L Bradbnry
Tobias Stanly to Cornelia A Stanly
O Buicelli to G Giuocchio
Myry Dreibellis to J Schweitzer
Laurel Hill Cem Assn to AE Davis
D Dodge to Helen M Dodge....
Saml P Cole to Antonio Raffo. .
Marg Quinn to Elleu Kelley....
SwNoeandlOth, w 50x86
S Haight, 56:3 w Fillmore, w 25x72....
S California, 137:6 w Scott, 100x137:6 ;
and lots in Hunter Tract
Se3d aud Brannan, s 137:6x137:6
Sundry lots in Bav City Homestead....
Lots 1339 to 1348, Gift Map 2
Lot 2330, Laurel Hill Cemetery
W Stewart, 91:8 s Howard, 22:11x45:10.
W Sonoma pi, 77-6 s Union, a 20x37 ...
E Mission, 212:014 a 26th, sw 23, etc...
I 5
900
5
18,000
650
1,100
270
1
700
"Wednesday, July 9th.
M Weil to Amelia HausBmann....
PSchrieber to J N William*
Wm R Ellbrd to Ann Holmes
N M Gordon to Eliza E Gordon.. .|
V A Torraa to Mas Sav and Ln Bk
S Haskell to Same
Wm Hollis to Emil Krcnz
Same to Carl E Schoeppe
Mary Corcoran to Daniel Jones. . .
J W Morshcad to Meyer Gradwohl
Emil Eugelherg to Wm Helleng...
Danl E Martin to Hulda Sauders. .
Hib Sv and Ln Soc to S G Murphy
Henry Winkle to Edw KatBChoke.
De W L McDonald to S G Murphy
Philip McGovern to Marg Aul
Henry Hiukol to August Wolters .
Jno Satterlee to Lucy H Otis
Same to Same
Lot 63, West End Homestead
Lots 427, 428, Stiver Terrace H'd
Lots 29, 30, R B Av Homestead
S Fulton, 137:6 w Buchanan, 137:6x137:6
W Pennsylvania av, 125 n Butte, 50x100
S 17th, 221:6 w Valencia, w 61x100
EYork, 118 n 25th, n 23x100
E York, 141 n 25th, n 23x100
W cor 11th and Natoma, nw 55x90 ....
Lots 727 to 734, Gift Map 2
Lots lands, blk 21, Excelsior H'd ....
Lot 23, blk 307, Case Tract ,
N Sutter, 24:10 e Jones, e 21x65 ,
Sundry lotB in Silver Terrace H'd ,
NSntter, 24:10 e Jones, e 21x05 ,
Lots 784, 785, Gift Map 2
W Webster, 101 n Clay, n 23.8^^102:6
Nw Washn and Franklin, w 137:6x40. .
1
25
5
,400
,704
550
550
,100
850
&. BARRY, Agent for Naglee's Brandy, is at No. 116
Montgomery Street.
•W.Morris. MORRIS & KENNEDY, J. F. Kennedy.
Importers and Dealers in Moldings, Frames, Engravings,
Chromog, Lithographs, Decalcomanie, Wax and Artists' Materials, 21 Post
street, nearly opposite Masonic Temple, San Francisco. Feb. 4.
July 12, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
17
"The World," the Flesh, and the Devil.
(By a Truthful Penman.]
I saw the Other day. in a newspaper, a fancy sketch of the early life
of Christine NUnaon. Here is the reality. On a remote estate in Sweden
lived a Baton Leheusen whose wife was very musical. Ou these Swedish
estates the infanta were, until within a few years, practically serfs, and
are called Bunde and Torpare. The Bunde have about thirty or forty
acres, and have t«> perform certain obligations to their landlords, such as
tilling his ground with their horses or oxen, etc. The Torpare are cot-
tagers with a small plot of ground, for which they have to pay a certain
amount of *'dagswerke," or day's work, each week. Their food is ob-
tained from the vegetables on these plots, and from about two shillings
per week for the lab r of their free days. Nilsson's father was a Torpare
of Baron Leheusen, and the little Christine used to run about barefooted,
with a short petticoat on full of holes coming down tu her knees. Baroness
Leheusen one day heard her singing one of the old Swedish ditties, which
have been handed down from generation to generation amongst the Bunde
and the Torpare. The Baroness was struck with the sweetness of her
voice, and ordered her to come up to the chateau ; there she gave her
some elementary lessons in singing, and then sent her to Paris, where she
was placed under the tuition of a French professor. After several years
of assiduous study, she made her debut before the Parisians at — if I re-
member rightly — the Theatre Lyrique. With the first money that she
earned, she built up the cottage of her old father, the Torpare, and made
him comfortable, and he is now a well-to-do peasant. — 2Vu(/i.^— I con-
scientiously went to church in May, a recent Sunday, expecting to hear a
word about hospitals. The young gentleman who delivered an excellent
sermon — far above the average — said much about the strait path and the
wrong path, but not one word about what was supposed to be the subject
of the day. I am inclined to think that if I had given the congregation
a simple account of a visit I paid lately to the London Hospital at mid-
night, I could have unfolded a tale of human suffering and anguish that
might have at least doubled the collection — the sum being a miserable one,
dukes and duchesses notwithstanding. I need not afflict the gay world
by dwelling upon the scene I was called there to witness; but if any wish
to be impressed with feelings of charity and humanity, I recommend them
to walk through those silent wards, with the solitary light here and there,
with the night-nurses flitting about, bringing water to the parched tongue
and stimulants to the dying, and then tell me, or whom they like, if they
have not seen a sermon such as they can never hear, and never can for-
get.— Atlas, in the JFoWrf.^— -The end of the Prince of Orange was worthy
of a confirmed Parisian, which he was. He had been suffering for about
two weeks from an inflammation of the chest, which was in a fair way to
recovery on Saturday, the 7th of June, when he insisted, against the pos-
itive prohibition of his physician, in repairing incognito to the Grand Op-
era Festival on behalf of the Bufferers at Szegedin. " I would rather be
in bed for two weeks more than miss such an opportunity,'* he remarked
to his favorite servant-man, in his snug chambers at Rue Auber 19, as he
wss dressing. Every precaution was observed for preventing him from
taking cold again as he was going out after the fete, in the small hours of
the 8th. But the heat was so intense inside the building, and the weather
so damp outside, that a sensation of coolness could not be avoided, and a
complication ensued, which ended fatally.— The last of the Paris Exhi-
bition Lottery. About seven thousand prizes, of the aggregate value of
470,000 francs, or close on £19,000, remain unclaimed to this day. They
are about to be sold by auction in the Pavilion de Flore of the Tuileries,
and the proceeds of the sale are to be deposited at the Caisse des De-
pots et Consignations, there to await properly qualified claimants. —
A social Russian question has been agitating society for the last week.
The Russian Ambassador presented a lady to Lady Salisbury at her recep-
tion. The lady was married, and had come to England accompanied by
her husband, who is a gentleman well-known and respected in St. Peters-
burg. But the lady in days gone by had been divorced. The story of the
divorce grew and grew, until it was asserted that she had at least six hus-
bands. "What," said Lady Salisbury, "introduce this female Bluebeard
to me? Monstrous ! I am insulted, my husband is insulted, my country
is insulted, my Queen is insulted !" And so the lady has left England,
which is to be regretted, as she is singularly beautiful. — Truth, ^^hord
Norreys, in Belling Sir Bevys to Rosthchild, reserved half the stakes of the
Derby, Bhould the horse win the race. Coming home one evening he
found his little daughter surrounded by lighted tapers. The child, who is
a Catholic, had lit them as a votive offering that Sir Bevys might win ;
and so convinced was she of the effect of the illumination, that she re-
quested her father to stake her savings (£3) on the horse. This he did,
and the young lady won £99. — Truth. ——Much regret is felt at the death
of poor old Lionel Rothschild. He had his faults and also his virtues.
Although a hard man in business, he was exceedingly liberal in his chari-
ties. It is curious that only a few days before his death the house of
Rothschild was obliged to announce for the first time that default would
be made in the interest on a loan negotiated by it. So vast was his per-
sonality, that the succession duty which his heirs will have to pay will
materially aid in reducing the deficit to which Sir Stafford Northcote has
accustomed us. — The latest fashionable pastime is paper sculpture. The
requisites for indulging in this art are a pair of sharp-pointed scissors and
pieces of thin Bristol -board. The flowers are cut out singly, and then
gathered into a bouquet, and, after being mounted on a piece of black
velvet, they are covered by a concave glass, and we have a thing of beauty
and a joy forever. Those flowers most desirable for beginners are pink,
trailing arbutus, roses, fuchsias, daisies and blue-bells. ^— Coins bearing
the effigy of M. Gambetta have been struck in Belgium and smuggled
into France.*^— Nearly nine thousand prizes in the Paris Exhibition Lot-
tery remain unclaimed, and are to be sold by auction.
B0DIE MINING BUREAU,
Bodio, Mono County, California.
chari,i:h r. KinriiMii Manager,
Reliable Information tarnished l» regard to nil Mining
M;iit(-rs Minoeaod Mining Claim uunlned, thoroughly reported on rod
briddim, Batlafaotion ffujuunteod, TMrna moderate. AM communications strictly
ooiifldenUft]. liefer to : Anglo California^ Bonk, Mi^rs, w. w. Dodtro & Co.,
w hcaton <t Luhrs, tl. Bairoflhot, the Cutting Packing Company, Kodgers, Meyer &
Co., Professor Thomas Price. F. MacCrelllsh & Co. July 5.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
The Oerman Saving* nml i.»nn Koelety.— For the lml r year
ending this date, the Hoard of Directors of the German Savings and Loan So-
ciety nas declared a Dividend on Term Deposits at the rate of seven and one-fifth
(7 l-.S) per cent per annum, and on Ordinary Deposits at the rate of (6) per cent per
annum, free from Federal Taxes, and payable on and after the 15th day of July, 1879.
**y "rJ«r- GEORGE LfcTTE, Secretary.
San Francisco. June 30th, 1S70, July 5.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
San Francisco Savings D/iHon, 532 Callforn la street, corner
Webb. For the half year ending with June 30th, 1871), a dividend has been de-
clared at the rate or seven (7) per cent, per annum on Term Deposits, and five and
five-sixths (5 6 6) per cent, per annnm on Ordinary Deposits, free from Federal Tax,
payable on and after July Kith, 187i). [July fi.] LOVELL WHITE, Cashier.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Yangtze Insurance Association. ■•- A Cash Dividend of
Thirty-three (33) per cent, upon the net premia contributed during the fifteen
months ending December 31, lb78, has been declared, parable 30th June, 1879.
July 5. MACONURAY & CO., Agents.
D, V, B. Henarie. Edward Martin.
E. MARTIN & CO.,
Importers and Wholesale Dealers in Wines and Liquors.
Proprietors of Miller's Extra Old Bourbon. Sole Agents
for J. H. Cutter's (manufactured by Milton J Hardy & Co.. Louisville, Ky.)
and J. F. Cutter's Old Bourbon and Rye Whiskies,
April 5. 408 Front Street, San Francisco.
HIBERNIA BREWERY^
Howard Street, Between Eighth and Ninth.
Dec. 7.) JMT. NUN AN, Proprietor.
Henry B. Williams.
& CO.,
SHIPPING AND COMMISSION KERCHANTS,
No. 218 California st., S. F. [July 27-
Henry B. Williams,
WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD
COKE CHEAPEST FUEL.
Reduction in Price : Wholesale Price, 50 cents per barrel ;
Retail Price, 60 cents per barrel, at the works of the SAN FRANCISCO GAS-
LIGHT COMPANY, Howard and First streets, and foot of Second st. Jan. 12.
TABER, HARKER & CO.,
IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE GROCERS,
10S ami 110 California St., S. F.
l April 19.]
F. FOLEY & CO.,
Dealers in Hides, Wool, Shecpskius, Tallow and Furs,
Nos. 219 and 221 Drumm street, San Francisco, California. Highest Market
Price Paid. Liberal advances on consignments made through us to our friends in
the East. April 5.
L. BROWN, M.D.,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Office: Corner of First and Alder Streets, Portland, Oregon.
[November 0. ]
THOMAS BOYSON, M. D.,
(University of Copenhagen, Denmark),
T)nysiclan and Surgeon. Office and Residence, 113 Kearny
JT street. Office Hours, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., and <3 to 8 p.
Telephone in the office.
Sunday, 11 to 1 only.
July 13.
DR. R. BEVERLY COLE
Has Returned from the East and Resumed Practice at his Office,
SO. BIS SUTTER STREET. IJune 21.
Removal.
BAGS. TENTS AND HOSE.
NEVILLE & CO.,
So.'s 31 and 33 California Street. S. E. corner of Davis,
San Francisco. [Sept. 21.
L. H.Newton. NEWTON BROTHERS & CO., M. Newton.
Importer** and wholesale dealers in Teas, Foreign Goods and
Groceries, 204 and 200 California street, San Francisco, Cal May 25.
Newton Booth, C. T. Wueeler, Sacramento. | J. T. Glover. W. W. Dodgb, S. F
w. w, dodge & CO.
Wholesale Grocers, corner Front and Clay streets, San
Francisco. AP"' '•
CASTLE BROTHERS,
ESTABLISHED IN THE YBAB I860.
Importers or Teas and East India Goods, Nos. 213 and 21S
Front street, San Francisco. •**"• 13-
S'
JOSEPH GILLOTT'S STEEL PENS.
Gold Mrilat, ParU, 1STS.
old by all Stationers. Sole Audit for the I nlted States:
MR. HENRY HOE, 91 John street, N Y.
Jan. 5.
F
NOTICE.
or the very best photographs go to Bradley * Rnlofson's,
in an Elevator, 429 Montgomery street.
Oct. 29.
18
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
July 12, 1879.
BIZ.
The talk of the street in commercial circles is of Sugar and its
sweetness solidified. It is well known to the trade that for a year or two
past a regular systematic warfare has been carried on between the local
Sugar refiners and the few jobbers who persistently went to New York
and other Eastern cities for their supplies of Sugar and Syrup, the re-
finers in this city claiming their ability to supply the Pacific coast trade
with all they required, and of as good quality and at as cheap a rate and
upon as favorable terms as the Sugar and Syrup could be obtained else-
where ; in fact, aiming at all times to keep prices upon this coast as low
or as cheap as Eastern supplies could be imported and laid down here.
Admitting for argument sake this to be true, one or more grocery houses
persisted in continuing to order Eastern Sugar, claiming that a certain
class of their customers required and would have the treble Eastern re-
fined product. The result of this persistency upon the part of the Cali-
fornia-street jobbing house was a refusal upon the part of the local refin-
ers to sell them Sugars or Syrup at their regular schedule prices allowing
the usual trade discount. This wealthy firm was accordingly ostracised
by the refiners in this, and in other ways and in a manner altogether for-
eign to correct mercantile usages. In fact, other wholesale houses, draw-
ing their supplies from the refinery, were actually forbidden to buy the
Eastern Sugar of tbe party referred to, and were .also prohibited from
selling California Sugar to them. Well, this warfare, single-handed, has
run on for a year or two, with an occasional outbreak, until a few months
since, when two (2) prominent Front-street jobbing nouses were threat-
ened by the refinery and warned not to go East for their supplies, even
claiming that home industries ought to be encouraged and should be
maintained at all hazards. These Front-street houses, having some little
independency of character and wealth to back them up, con-
cluded that, knowing their nights as free American citizens, resolved that
they would do as they pleased, and buy and order their Sugar and Syrup
wherever they could buy the cheapest, and for their interest and conveni-
ence. They, accordingly, some months since, sent orders to the Messrs.
Thurbers, of New York, to send them supplies of their different grades
of Sugar by rail. These Sugar supplies have been coming here for'some
time past and adorning the sidewalks of Clay and Front streets in a man-
ner that was very disturbing to the local refiners, and until forbearance
was no longer a virtue. Then it was that a new programme was issued,
and the wholesale jobbers of the city, accustomed to buy of the local re-
finers, were notified and forbidden to sell any of their Sugars to the three
jobbing houses in rebellion, thus endeavoring to stop, by a regular
freezing-out process, all imports of Eastern Sugar. And to make the rule
the more effectual, prices to the trade have been reduced £c. $ lb on all
grades of White Sugar, the rates fixed being actually below the cost and
freight of Eastern Sugars laid down here. What will be the final out-
come of all this unmercantile fight, we know not. Yet it seems passing
strange that our wealthy jobbing merchants would lend themselves to
such a course of business, it being entirely out of the line of legitimacy.
Following is the price list sent to us, and to which reference is made in
the foregoing remarks: #
California Sugar Refinery; office, 215 Front street, San Francisco (Cal.),
July 8, 1879. — Cash prices from date. No order taken for less than 40
barrels, or equivalent in half -barrels or boxes. Syrup, 30 barrels, or
equivalent in half-barrels or kegs. Remittance must accompany orders
from country. (A) Pat. Cube Sugar in barrels, 9fc; (A) Crushed Sugar,
9^c; Extra Powdered Sugar, in barrels, 10c; Fine Crushed Sugar, 9|c;
Dry Granulated Sugar, in barrels, 9Jc; Extra Granulated Sugar, in bar-
rels, 9c; Golden C Sugar, in barrels, 8£c; C 1) Sugar, in barrels or S. I.
kegs, — ; D Sugar, in barrels or S. I. kegs, 7fc; Extra C, in barrels, 8&c;
half-barrels Jc more, boxes £c. more, for all kinds. S (in diamond") —
Syrup, in barrels, 42£c; ditto, in half-barrels, 45c; ditto, in 5-galL kegs,
50c. ; ditto, in tins 1 gallon each, 60c. Cash on delivery. Prices may be
changed at any time. Discount, 2^ per cent. Prices guaranteed.
Imports during the week embrace two cargoes of Hawaiian Sugar — La
Girondee, with 4,065 pkgs, and the bark H. W. Almy, from same, with
7,421 pkgs. The bulk of this Island Sugar comes under contract to the
California Refinery. Our receipts of Hawaiian Sugars for the first six
months of the current year aggregates 25,089,777 lbs, against 19,876,421
lbs for the same time in 1878. From Manila the past six months we im-
ported only 2,848,822 lbs, against 21,419,118 lbs. Here we find a falling
off the past six months of 18,570,296 lbs. We submit herewith a state-
ment of the Sugar trade of this city for the six mouths ending June 30,
1879:
Stock in warehouses January 1, 1879, lbs 17,707,295
IMPORTATIONS. "
First six months 1878. First six months 1879.
Pounds. Pounds.
Hawaiian : 19,876,421 25,089,777
Manila 21,419,118 2,848,822
Central America 2,318,545 1,239,376
China 1,381,488 310,358
Batavia 6,460,602 2,619,303
Eastern. 4,309,500 2,007,660
55,765,674 34,145,296
Available for consumption , 51,852,591
Stocks in warehouses June 30, 1879 16,837,932
Consumption first six months of 1879. 35,013,659
The great bulk of the Sugars imported here the past two years have
been of refining grades, thus throwing nearly all our receipts of raws
directly into the hands of local refiners. Imports from China have been
stopped since the Hawaiian Reciprocity Treaty went into effect, and so
also of Manila and other countries, sending us heretofore large supplies.
The Sandwich Islands are having and reaping the full benefit of the
Treaty. They are expending large sums of money upon their Sugar
and Rice plantations — resortiug to irrigation largely and erecting mills,
etc., thus greatly increasing the productiveness of the Hawaiian Empire.
As the bulk of the Island Sugar comes here under contract to the Cali-
fornia Refinery, but very little of the very desirable grocery grades of
Sugar are received here, consequently keg Sugar is very scarce, and it is
at all times in great demand. The best is now 8c.
Rice. — Imports from China the past six months aggregate 22,422,741
lbs, and from Hawaii 1,712,882 lbs. These heavy imports cause a
depressed market, China mixed now selling at 4fc, while Hawaiian table
has unexpectedly fallen to 5£c. This decline is owing to the prospective
large receipts of new crop from the Islands.
Teas. — We have now to announce the arrival of the P. M. S. S. Co.'s
steamer Alaska from China and Japan. She brought but few Teas for
this city, only 1,144 pkgs, but for Eastern account, to go forward by Cen-
tral Pacific Railroad, of 5,126 pkgs. At date our stock of Japan papers
is very light; quotable at 30c for standard and favorite chops.
For Australasia.— The Pacific Mail Steamship Zealandia sailed hence
for the Colonies on the 7th inst. carrying her full compliment of passen-
gers, government mails, etc., and for cargo, Barley, 8,225 ctls.; Oil, 8,368
gals. Whale ; Quicksilver, 60 flasks ; Salmon, 350 cases ; Hops, 2,800 lbs,
besides Lumber, CheeBe, Corn, Honey, etc.
For the Isthmus of Panama.— The P. M. Steamship Granada,
hence, carried en route to New York, Brandy, 3,881 gals. Native ; Case
Goods, 650 cases ; Salmon and Fruits ; Wool, 205,306 lbs; Wine, 54,523
gals. Native. To Callao, 100 flasks Quicksilver. To Arica, Peru, 100
flasks ditto. En route to England, Silver Bullion, 813,750 ; for Ham-
burg, $52,309 same. To Central America, Tallow, 5,273 lbs ; Wheat,
4,101 ctls ; also to same the bulk of 1,808 bbls. flour.
Freights and Charters. — But very little business has been done in ships
during the week. Large American ships to Havre or Liverpool direct are
now held at 42s. 6d. , British Iron, 45@47s. 6d. Some ships will no doubt pre-
fer to load Wheat and Flour upon owner's account rather than accept cur-
ent low rates. At present there are but few charters offering, and rates at
best are more or less nominal. The fleet of disengaged vessels in port is now
22—27,260 tons register. On the berth, 16 vessels, 22,641 tons. In sight,
or en route to reach here within six months, 165,000 tons register against
225,000 same time last year. It is now doubtful as to any of the Guano
fleet coming here seeking.
"Wheat ana Flour.— The following table shows the receipts at this
port of Flour and Wheat from the interior of the State, and the exports
of same, since July 1st, 1878, as compared with same time in the previous
year:
Seceipts. Flour, Bbls. Wheat, Ctls.
From July 1st, 1878, to July 1st, 1879. 472,155 10,101,075
From July 1st, 1877, to July 1st, 1878 382,695 4,454,838
Exports. Flour, Bbte. Wheat, Cth.
From July 1st, 1878, to July 1st, 1879 530,549 10,012,220
From July 1st, 1877, to July 1st, 1878 442,060 3,969,728
The following shipments of Flour and Wheat were received from
Oregon:
Flour, Bhls. Wheat, Ctls.
From July 1st, 1877, to July 1st, 1878 98,181 481,325
From July 1st, 1878, to July 1st, 1879 101,763 300,522
The vessels carrying above were loaded as follows:
No. Vessels. Wheat, Ctls. Flour, Bbls.
At San Francisco 140 6,218,284 36,995
At Oakland Wharf 57 1,509,147 ;
AtVallejo 62 2,104,678 82,010
Totals 259 9,832,109 119,005
NATIONALITIES EMPLOYED.
JTo. Vessels. Tonnage.
British 158 195,981
American 80 124,596
French 6 3,878
German 10 9,788
Norwegian .- 3 2,856
Hawaiian : 1 859
Italian 1 867
Totals for 1878-9 259 338,825
Wheat. Per Cental.
Average Export Price for 1878-9 , $1 70
" " " for 1877-8 2 25
" " " 1876-7 1 76
" " 1875-6 2 01
" " " 1874-5 1 58
" " 1873-4 2 05
1872-3 180
There is very little new crop arriving as yet. Shippers offer $1.60@
§1.65 for No 3.; millers pay $1.70@$1.75 for choice No. 1
Barley. — "Very little of the new crop has yet arrived, quotable at 75c:
Old Brewing is held at 95c.@$l per ctl.; Old Feed, 65@70c
Oats.— Little doing, stock light ; quotable at S1.25@1.65 per ctL
Quicksilver— The market is sluggish at 33£c.
Borax. — Supplies will soon be increased ; stocks now exhausted ; price,
6£@8£c.
Coal. — The market is flat at $6 50 for cargoes of Sydney Steam.. West
Hartley to arrive, $7.
Case Goods. — The canneries are very busy putting up fruits of all
kinds. Salmon is now held firmly at 31 15 asked, and $1 12£ bid for
standard brands of 1-lb tins Columbia River fish.
Coffee. — The market is very firm for all Central American Greens at
14£@16£c Imports of C. A. for six months, 9,000,000 lbs— say 66,000
bags — against same period last year of 86,500 bags. Stocks are very light
of all kinds.
The Petroleum Market keeps gaining strength. Transactions dur-
ing the week have been made on speculation account — 55 to 60 cents in
tanks per P. C. O. certificates. Sales for actual delivery have taken
place at 60 to 63 cents. We understand that a good deal of refined has
been sold ahead by Petrolia and London refiners at from 8 to 9 cents a
wine gallon, London freights allowed, delivery according to price, the
earlier deliveries being the cheaper. — Petroleum {Canada) Advertiser.
June 27th.
Bradbury Pianos, Agency SOO Post street, corner of Dupont.
July 12, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
19
LOVES
Who'd ■
When
Or who
INQUIRY.
ii the bush ?
cold I
Nor - Rush ?
Bnt if without thfl mitten we are doomed
To wander lonely on a
■
I spray;
If in tin north, amid wli now,
W« .-■-■ in dr nook,
With voice of birds and river murmuring lov
■! turn we t.- the picture and the book,
o, dear girl, with roses for thy ch<
luthern sunshine in I hy ringing heart,
lien marie speaks,
- that thy smiles tot]
one Bower,
And of thy Summer bud a singli
That I may have at i Bower,
lunlight in a dreary day.
Writ*1 me a Utter, darling, which shall seem
At <>nce a bunch of roses ai i I song.
I hate I me hall a ream —
Be & ■ . it's twenty pages long.
Tell me that thou art fond and faithful still.
That thou wouldst he bo happy at my side;
And mention, also, darling, if you will,
How much your ancle left you when he died!
-Puck.
TERRORIST QUACKS.
The "Western Lancet.'1 for July, contains some original articles
of interest to the medical profession, specially on account of a successful
operation by Dr. W. H. Mays, a gentleman whose able pen has frequently
contributed to the News Letter. There are, also, some selected papers,
illustrating the latest improvements in practical medicine, and many in-
teresting abstracts from home and foreign medical journals. The journal
fairly represents the progress of medical science, and should be in the
hands of all practitioners :
There is a form of quackery which is essentially of the lowest, if not the wicked-
6St, in the whole Geld "f quackery, which in the most systematic manner deals with
the more secret and objectionable of human infirmities — I mean with diseases which
Spring out of sensual indulgence. The men who carry out this line of bad business
are numerous. They are not, as a rule, men who have received any medical educa-
tion. A few of them may have attended classes, and o few may have passed through
their curriculum and failed in examination. The majority are mere ijjnorants who
assume to possess a medical qualification from a medical college of some other part
of the world. They base their claim to be trusted uo the ground of the secrecy of
their knowledge, and the secrecy of their proceedings. The very fact that they
themselves are obscure, hidden, distrusted, is the reason too often why they are con-
sulted by those who, in the matter of their illness, themselves wish to be obscure
and under concealment. Many a youth, who under ordinary circumstances would ero
to the family physician or surgeon for advice and assistance, goes to one of these
men because he thinks he can open bis mind to such a man freely, and communicate
his distress without fear of discovery.
These men do an incalculable amount of evil. They not only directly rob, they
corrupt their victims. Seizing upon minor failings of a physical or moral kind, they
distort or caricature such failings until their victim is literally distraught with the
idea of the life-long misery that is in store for him. Moreover, having raised this
misery, they do no mortal thing to allay it. It is a part of their shameless policy to
keep the mental wound open, to offer temporary relief at the most, and to maintain
silence at the cost of a levying which knows no end so long as the fears of the victim
hold ascendency over the acts of his life.
The respectable public cannot think we do wrong in keeping an eye on quacks of
this order. If the public understood its own interests, if it understood the interests
of those youths who spring from it, and who are to become the backbone of the next
generation, it would give us more than thanks for our vigilance ; it would give
us its earnest assistance —
"To whip these scoundrels naked through the world."
I am glad to say that the very fact of the existence of our Society has largely
checked this class of men. Supported by the public voice, we could put them all
down in twelve months, and relieve the young of their pestilent influence for thi3
feneration. -From Dr. Richardson's Presidential Address to t/ie members of the
ft (Heal Defence Association..
LORD LOFTTJS.
The new Governor of New South Wales, Lord Loftus, son of the
late Marquis of Ely, in the peerage of Ireland, proceeded on Monday by
the Zealandia en route to the seat of his Government at Sydney. He has
just completed a trying diplomatic term at St. Petersburg during all the
war, and negotiations resulting from it between Russia and Turkey — and
both those Empires and the States of Western Europe. And it is no
small matter to think of, that, though advanced in life, his appearance
was that of a strong and healthy man, and one likely to enjoy the rest and
quiet of his delightful new home in Sydney. Among the first of his pub-
lic acts will be the official opening of the International Exhibition. Ac-
quainted as every educated gentleman ought to be with the relative posi-
tions, both geographically and commercially, of San Francisco and Syd-
ney, he naturally expressed his anticipation that there would be a great
display of the results of cultivation and manufacture from the Pacific
Coast, and appeared much surprised at what it is feared the display will
prove to be ; yet he could hardly believe, when remembering the boasted
wealth of the city, and her interests abroad, that the labor and expense
of making a collection of objects for the International Exhibition had
devolved on an Australian gentleman, and that from neither a public nor
a private source had one cent been contributed in any shape for the fur-
therance of so patriotic an object. Of course, he was assured that this
arose out of no want of sympathy to Sydney or her commerce, but was
the outcome of a chronic condition of public meanness ; and illustrated by
the conduct of the State and individuals at the great Exhibitions of Phila-
delphia and Paris.
Uncle Sam Mining Co., Bodie District, yesterday elected Gen. Geo.
K. Vernon as Superintendent. The double compartment shaft, now
down 25 feet, will be sunk to reach the ore body.
200 Post street is on the corner of Dupont.
SIGNAL SERVICE METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. WEEK
ENDING JULY 10, 1879, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Highest aii'l Lmrr.it ltarotnrtrr.
Frl. 4
Sat. 5.
Sun. 6.
soon
Tue. 8.
20.996
29.940
Wed 9.
80.054
29.850
ThrlO
29.953
20.978
20 008
aTaximum and Minimum Thermometer
85
51
63
82
02.5
52 | r,.> | 63
Minn Dally Humidity.
60.7 I 81.7 | S5.8
Prevailing llin.l.
R I \v. | w.
M ind— Mit.fi Traveled.
81 i i ::;i l 189
State of treather.
I Cloudy. | Fair.
Iiainfatl in Twenty-four Hours.
I I I I .01 I
Total Rain During Season, beginning July 1, 3S70
8] 3
w.
I I
Clew.
w.
Clear.
I
I
I
I
I
82
SW.
230
Fair.
| 62
| 78.8
| SW.
| 310
| Clear.
I
..01 inches.
SANITARY NOTES.
The deaths this week number S4,- as compared with 82 for the cor-
responding week last year. Fifty were males, 34 females. There were
3 casualties, 1 homicide, 1 suicide; 10 Chinese. The zymotics were —
typhoid fever 3, diarrhoea 2, infantile cholera 2. diphtheria 2, croup 1,
scarlatina 1. whooping cough 3. The other principal causes of death
were — phthisis 9, pneumonia 5, heart disease 4, brain disease 4, infantile
convulsions 6, cancer 3, Bright's disease 2, epilepsy 2, enteritis 2, cerebro
spinal meningitis 1, dysentery, gastritis, paralysis, peritonitis, septicemia,
1 each. Thirty-two deaths were under 5 years ; 40 were between 20 and
60 years. There were no deaths in the Fifth Ward, and only 1 each in
the Third and Ninth ; 11 occurred in the Eleventh Ward, and 12 in the
Fourth ; the deaths in public institutions were 20. The weather has pre-
sented every variety of climate, all within a few hours— heat and cold,
cloud and sunshine, calm and wind, du>'t and fog, dryness and damp. All
these mixed up in California confusion, and all calculated to make the
citizens supremely uncomfortable, if not positively sick. No wonder
many have gone to the country.
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
he Company's steamers will sail as follow* at 12 M:
CITY OF PEKING, August 1st, for "YOKOHAMA and HONGKONG.
CITY OF PANAMA, July 10th, for PANAMA and NEW YORK, calling at MAZAT-
LAN, SAN BLAS, MANZANILLO and ACAPULCO, connecting at Acapulco with
Company's Steamers fur all Central American ports— calling' at SAN JOSE DE
GUATEMALA and LA LI8ERTAD to land passengers and mails.
Tickets to and from Europe by any line for sale at the lowest rates ; also to Ha-
vana and all West India ports.
CITY OF SYDNEY, August 4th, at 12 o'clock M., or on arrival of English mails,
for HONOLULU, AUCKLAND and SYDNEY. $10 additional is charged for pas-
sage in Upper Saloon.
CITY OF CHESTER, July 19th, for VICTORIA, PORT TOWNSEND, SEATTLE,
and TACoMA, connecting at TACOMA with Northern Pacific Railroad for PORT-
LAND, Oregon. Tickets must be purchased before 11 A.M. on day of sailing, at
Wharf Office, For freight or passage apply at the office, cor. First and Brannan
streets. [July 12.] WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO., Agents.
T
T
FOR PORTLAND AND ASTORIA, OREGON.
he Oreg-on Steamship < 'oninany and Pacific Coast Steam-
ship Company will dispatch every five days, for the above ports, one of their
new Al Iron Steamships,
CALIFORNIA.
OREGON, GEORGE W. ELDER, and STATE OF
Sailing- Days:
July 1, 6, 11, 16, 21, 26, 31. I Aug-. 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30.
A-t 10 o'clock A. M.
Connecting at Portland, Oregon, with Steamers and Railroads and their connecting
Stage Lines for all points in Oregon, Washington and Idaho Territories, British
Columbia and Alaska.
K, VAN OTERENDORP, Agent O. S. S. Co.,
No 210 Battery street, San Francisco.
GOODALL, PERKINS &. CO., Agents P. C. S. S. Co.,
July 5. __^_______ *f2lH. Marliet street, San Francisco.
occidentaFand- omentalTsTeamship CO.,
For Japan and China, leave wharf, corner First and Bran-
uan streets, at noon, for YOKOHAMA AND HONGKONG, connecting at
Yokohama with Steamers for Shanghai.
GAELIC August 15th.
OCEANIC June 17th, September 13th.
BELCIC July 16th.
For Freight, apply to GEORGE H. RICE, Freight Agent, at the Pacific Mail Steam-
ship Company's Wharf, or No. 21S California street.
T. H. GOODMAN, Genera] Passenger Agent.
LELAND STANFORD. President. May 31.
PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
Steamers of this Company « ill sail from Broadway Wharf
tor PORTLAND, Oregon), every 5 days, direct, and tor LOS ANGELES, SANTA
BARBARA, SANTA CRUZ, SAN DIEGO, SAX LUIS OBISPO and other NORTH-
ERN and SOUTHERN COAST PORTS, leaving SAN FRANCISCO about every
third il;i\ .
For Day and Hour of Sailing, see the Company's Advertisement in the San Fran-
cisco Daiiv Papers.
Ticket Office, No. 21-4 Montgomery Street, near Pine.
GOODALL, PERKINS i: CO., Agents.
March 15. __ No. 10 Market street.
MADAME JULIA MELVILLE SNYDER,
/"•'| •> M.tson street, between Bnshand Hatter.— Vocal Mnsie
\y _1_*5 for Opera. Concert or Parlor. Piano and Elocution. Dramatic Elocution
and Voice Culture Specialties. Terms made known at residence. Kaj 25.
Smith's Music Store, 200 Post street, corner of Dupont.
20
SAX FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER.
July 12, 1879.
DIVERTING THE OXUS— RUSSIA AND CHINA.
It is reported that for some time past Russia Has had thousands of
workmen employed in diverting the River Oxus to its ancient bed, in order
to establish water communication between the Caspian Sea and the regions
bordering on Afghanistan. The Oxus, as our readers know, at present
empties into the Sea of Aral, its delta being low and marshy, a very few
of its mouths navigable even for the smallest craft. Formerly, however —
and as recently, some say, as 1640 — it 'flowed into the Caspian Sea at the
Balkan Gulf, where its mouths were free*from obstructiDn. The ancient
bed diverges from the present one at a point only some fifty miles, more
or less, from the Sea of Aral, so that, should the present project succeed,
the river's course from that point will be the exact opposite to what it now
is — namely, southwest instead of northeast — while its length will be ex-
tended by some two hundred miles. The river itself is navigable for
more than a thousand miles of its length, a forms a highway through the
heart of Central Asia. The importance of this undertaking to Russia
cannot be overestimated. With the "Volga flowing into the Caspian Sea
at one end, and the Oxus flowing into it at the other, her troops and mu-
nitions of war could go by water almost from St. Petersburg to Afghan-
istan, through a country dominated from end to end by the Czar.
It is, however, not against Afghanistan that Russia may be expected to
take advantage of this water way. She has had enough of meddling with
that country, and is not likely to try it again for some time to come at
least. But in the steady eastward march of her empire Russia has at
last come face to face with a power which bids fair to give her more trou-
ble than the petty Khanates of Central Asia. That power is China, and
already the impending collision is apparent. Russia respects no rights
which she is strong enough to ignore, but she has got her match in the
Celestials. In diplomacy the Chinese are fully as cunning and perfidious
as the Russians, and can't be overreached like Shere Ah and his neigh-
boring potentates. The only advantages that the Russians possess are
superior courage and military skill. The latter may easily be acquired or
obtained from abroad by the Chinese, and the former is far more than
counterbalanced by the vast superiority of numbers which the Mongolians
possess. There is practically no limit to the armies China can
put in the field, and recent wars have shown that her Gen-
erals and Government take no account whatever of the num-
ber of lives they sacrifice. Then these soldiers can be recruited on
the spot ; indeed, it is the invariable custom of Chinese generals to press
into service the inhabitants of the country through which they pass,
which is looted for subsistence, though very little of that is required for
men who can live on a handful of rice and a cup of water per diem. Rus-
sia, on the other hand, must brin? the bulk of her troops from Europe,
and to maintain an army of sufficient strength to cope with the vast hosts
of the enemy would need an immense commissary and transportation
train. Then, China is rich, or, at least, has shown that she is willing to
spend any amount of money to defend her interests and keep her empire
intact. At the same time her wars are comparatively inexpensive, for she
never dreams of paying her troops at the front, nor, as we have said, of
supporting them. Russia, on the contrary, is bankrupt, and cannot bor-
row money as easily as Turkey. In short, if these two powers should
once come into open collision, the peoples of Central Asia, who have one
after another seen their territories invaded and seized by Russia, would
be likely to have their revenge. Possibly they might find an opportunity
in such an event to rise against their ancient enemy. Nor is it altogether
improbable that John Bull would have something to say in the matter.
But, without any such extraneous aid, it is safe to say that China would
hold her own, especially if she took a notion to avail herself of European
modes and implements of warfare.
ARIZONA.
Continuing favorable reports come from the newly developed mines
in Arizona, and we learn that a constant stream of machinery is going
into the territory, one house alone having forwarded ten quartz mills this
season to various points, and orders for as many more being now filled in
this city and at the East. A gentleman conversant with the productive-
ness of the properties now worked, predicts that this year Arizona will
yield fully §5,000,000 in bullion, and that a year hence the amount may
be trebled. All the signs of the times point to a coming era of unexam-
pled prosperity. New mines are being constantly brought to light through
the energies of a large number of hardy prospectors, some of whom have
already realized handsome fortunes from their discoveries. The Silver
King Mine continues to send forward its valuable concentrations, and
now that the property is being worked upon an improved system, is re-
ported to be capable hereafter of producing some 20,000 pounds per week ;
these have a value of at least one dollar per pound, and it is confidently
stated by an expert miner who has recently visited this wonderful prop-
erty, that there is now in sight in the mine not less than two and a half
millions of dollars at the inconsiderable depth of 260 feet. When we con-
sider the vast shafts upon the Comstock, reaching down thousands of feet
into the heart of the earth searching for treasure, we cannot but consider
that Arizona enterprises, such as many we have described, offer more and
better inducements than these for the investment of capital, especially as
the pay ore appears to be found from the surface down, reaching a high
grade at a comparatively trifling depth. The Tombstone district is taking
its place as one of the bullion producing sections of the territory, and
some heavy shipments have already been made to this city. The new mill
at the Tiger Mine was started last week, and cleaned up some §14,000
after a seven days' run, and the owners expect to run 520,000 per week
when they get to work upon first-class ore. A new gold mill has just been
completed at Yuma from which large results are anticipated. We hear
of a number of Eastern capitalists who contemplate making the tour of
the Arizona mines as soon as the heated term is over. The future of Ari-
zona does indeed look very bright.
An old convict says that he cannot tell how many crimes are arranged
in prison and afterwards carried out, but their name is legion. He pro-
poses, therefore, that we take away the motive from these men by using
the prison as a preserve for candidates; and the suggestion offers such a
ready escape from two difficulties that one is surprised it has never "been
hit upon before. What to do with our criminals need trouble us no longer;
and the necessity for conventions and caucusses disappears as by magic.
First come, first served. Take the convict of oldest date as candidate for
the XJ. S. Senate, and so on down. The thing is as simple as A, B, C,
and has nothing to do with the Legion of Honor.
SOME VERY PLAIN TALK.
The Liverpool "Weekly Courier," of June 14th, has a letter,
signed D. C. M., which gives us some hard rubs, under the title of a
" Little Plain Truth About California." D. C. M. says that the State is
overloaded, and that correspondents are generally dined and wined into
admiration of all our doings and beings. Society he does not think
much of :
" There is no doubt that many people there of wealth and a high social
grade were offenders against the criminal code, who sought retirement
and oblivion in the distant gold hunt. Some of them now wear the dis-
guise of strange names ; and one of them, more brilliant than the average,
achieved a high offite under the State.
As compared even with the worst cities of the Eastern States, San
Francisco is irreligious, immoral, feverish, speculative, dishonest. Drink-
ing saloons, grocery and other stores are open and transact business on
Sunday. Yet, strange to say, it is a penal oSense for a butcher to sell
meat on.that day. Preaching is at a sad discount, and the churchesfare
going to rack.
As to its immorality, there are all the adjunctive vices of fast living.
Drinking and gambling are not confined to men, but are indulged in to
excess by many women of the fashionable element. Nor is even the
opium den without its attraction for the women.
I speak of these things as appearances and facts, wishing to be under-
stood as making exception in point of intelligence, morality and refine-
ment, in favor of many good people whose presence serves to ameliorate
the gross character with which this population is marked.
As to dishonesty, the average Californian in his dealings seems to be
not only devoid of personal honor and pride, but of policy too. It is true
that in almost all parts of the world men seek to trick and beat each
other, but they do it with some discretion and policy, but with Californi-
ans the inquiry is, " Who's to beat?" and instantly the scramble begins.
I said, also, that these people were speculative. That is certainly true,
and it has brought them to grief, and may bring them, as a community,
to ruin. And now the savings banks are overloaded with mortgages.
They speak of Italian skies in California, and there is something akin
to that if we can so compare about four months' steady sunshine, from
the 1st of September up to January, which this year was free from the
miserable typhoons which rule in the summer months. But there is noth-
ing balmy or mellow about this. The very crop itself is a gamble be-
cause of the uncertainty of the rains. The raising of stock is conse-
quently a gamble because of the uncertainty of fodder.
On the whole, I think Oregon is a better country to live in. The soil is
richer, and from year to year the climate is more uniform. The elements
are more prompt and faithful in their ministrations. The harvest is in
steadier proportion to the seed. One may farm there upon 50 acres and
calculate within $100 of the outcome, and that in a manner which would
ruin one in California. In California there are 800.000 people, 600,000 of
whom live in cities and towns. That means three non-producers to one
producer. In Oregon the case is exactly reversed. That State has a pop-
ulation of 160,000, only 40,000 of which reside in cities and towns, show-
ing three producers as against but one non-producer."
THE MINING OUTLOOK.
The Eastern papers continue to devote considerable space to the min-
ing interests of the Pacific Coast, and the subject is one worthy of their
unremitting attention. The New York Daily Graphic has done a large
amount of valuable work in this direction, both in the way of description
and illustration, as have also Harper's Weeklf/und Leslie's Illustrated News.
The New York dailies are not behindhand in the good work, and all the
leading journals of the country bear evidence to the fact that a very wide-
spread interest in our mining enterprises is being gradually but surely de-
veloped. It now remains the duty of those interested in this vast indus-
try to foster it with exceeding care. New York is fast becoming the cen-
tral rendezvous for multitudinous mining schemes. Many of these are
well worthy of the attention of capitalists ; others should be very care-
fully investigated, both as to value and title, before any money is invested
in them. California gold mines, as a class, are good properties. Mines of
this class that are partiftlly developed, with facihties for cheap working,
with wood and water abtfn^ant, and access not too difficult, in our opinion
are almost certain of proving profitable investments. Many such prop-
erties are working successfully to-day that are never heard of in the stock
boards. The Bodie mines are of this class, and it is not going far from
the record to say that the prospects of many other localities are fully as
encouraging as those of that favored district, and only require the touch-
stone of capital to make them give up their hidden trt asures. It is inter-
esting to know that California gold properties are fast establishing them-
selves as favorites with Eastern investors, and from all appearances a
number of these, now idle, will become live and valuable mines in the
very near future. We gladly welcome to our favored State these "wise
men from the East." That they will not regret their investments we can
confidently assure them, if they will only exercise the same amount of
care in selecting their localities for mining that they would in investing in
any other legitimate line of business ; for we do emphatically contend that
mining is legitimate, when properly and economically managed. .
PROSPECTIVE REFORMS.
The Chambers of Commerce of all the principal Eastern cities have
resolved to transact their grain business after 1st September next on the
central basis which has so long been in use in California. There is a quiet
but persistent effort being made on the Atlantic side to practically adopt
the metrical system ; and Government also inclines in that direction. Six
months' actual use would prove its superiority, but the cost of changing
weights and measures is the principal drawback. There is a strong dispo-
sition among the official and commercial classes of Russia to reform their
old style calendar and bring it in accord with that of the civilized world.
The change may be looked upon as a foregone conclusion as soon as affairs
become more settled in that Empire. Creditors and peasants will no
doubt ask, "Who stole the twelve days?" as they did when Parliament
adopted the Gregorian calendar. Last on the list, is an evident desire of
the American Jews to celebrate their Sabbath on Sunday. Some promi-
nent rabbins urge that as they are a thoroughly commercial people, it is a
waste of valuable time to retain their predilection for Saturday. These
things show the tendency of modern thought to favor aU reforms of uni-
versal benefit.
R. R. SWAIN.
THE ORIGINAL
E. R. ROBINSON
SWAIN'S BAKERY
ESTABLISHED 1856.
ICE CREAM, CHARLOTTE RUSSE, JELLIES, ETC.
213 SUTTER STREET, SAN FRANCISCO.
The NEATEST and MOST ELEGANT Dining Room in the country.
The FASHIONABLE RESORT of the BEST FAMILIES In the City.
Ladies, Unattended by Gentlemen, Prefer this Restaurant to all others.
TIHIIE STA.TE
Investment and Insurance Co
FIRE AND MARINE.
Principal Office, 2 I 8 and 220 Sansome si, San Francisco.
A. J. BRYANT, RICH'D IVERS, CHAS. H. CUSHINC, W. H. WATSON,
President. Vice President. Secretary. Marine Surveyor.
THE TERRACE BATHS, ALAMEDA.
HALEY & EDSON, Proprietors.
GUARANTEED THE BEST IN USE 1
IXmE co/s
E"WING
SILK
THE CHSLTiT SIL.IC MA_r>E ON THE PACIFIC COAST
BAKING
Use Only One Teaspoonful to a Quart
of Flour.
ENDORSED BY THE
NEWS LETTER.
A¥ €®A
$7.50 FEB. TON ; - - - $4 FEB HALF TON.
M1DDLETON & FARNSWORTH,
Office and Yard, 14 Post street. Store Yard, 718 Sansome street. Branch Office,
J. MIBDiETGK & SOX, 419 Fine street, opposite California Market.
FHOTOdEAFHIG STUDIO^
838 Market Street,
JONES, RULOFSON & Co., Prop'rs.
Important Announcement in Life Assurance!
The EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY of the
United States make the following announcement to the public :
The dissatisfaction -which prevails throughout the community with regard
to onorous conditions contamed in life assurance contracts and the judi-
cial decisions based thereon, together with the public endorsement of the lib-
eral usages of this Society, as shown by its largely increased business, has led
the management seriously to consider -whether the contract could not be
simplified, and certain conditions erased therefrom which have been the sub-
ject of much criticism and misconception.
After a careful examination of the experience of some of the best companies in
Great Britain, who have shown a greater liberality than has been customary in this
country, this Society feels justified in adopting a form of contract in -which the follow-
ing important concessions are made to policy-holders throughout the United States :
1. Policies will be made incontestable after three years from their date
S. Each ordinary policy will provide for a definite surrender-value in paid-up assurance in
case the policy is forfeited after three years from its date.
3 4 Each Tontine Policy will contain a definite surrender-value in cash, in case of withdraw-
al at the end of the Tontine Period.
4. The contract will be concisely and clearly expressed, containing only such provisions as
are necessary to protect the policy-holders.
5. The above concessions will hereafter inure to the benefit of all policies already issued
and in force after three years from their dates respectively.
WM. D. GA1LAND, Manager Pacific Coast.
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Vol. 30.
SAN FKASTOISOO, SATURDAY, JULY 19, 1879.
No. 1.
Office of the San Francisco News Letter, Merchant Street,
Nos. 607 to 015, San Francisco.
GOLD BARS— 890@910— Silver Bars— 6@1G # cent. disc. Mexican
Dollars, 9@9£ per cent. nom.
*y Exchange on New York. J@l-5 per cent. ; On London, Bankers,
494; Commercial, 49&@49§d. Paris, sight, 5 francs per dollar. Tel-
egrams, 15-100@i per cent.
«- Latest price of Sterling, 488£@490.
t&~ Price of Money here, |@1 per cent, per month — bank rate.
open market, 1@1£. Demand active.
In the
THE STOCK MARKET.
The past week has been one of unusual dullness, and with the excep-
tion of Ophir the entire list shows a gradual shrinkage of values over pre-
vious quotations. The recent heavy assessments levied, together with the
inevitable delay attending operations at the mines, have greatly unsettled
the public confidence as to any immediate change for the better, and un-
til developments are more assured we may not look for any increase of
speculation. Work is being rapidly pushed ahead, with the view of cross-
cutting in Union and Sierra Nevada 2300-level, at as early a day as pos-
sible, but with the usual interruptions, and the trouble experienced from
water, etc., it will be several weeks before crosscutting can be com-
menced. At other points there is nothing of particular interest to note.
The outside stocks participate in the general weakness, and, altogether,
the prospects of the market are anything but cheerful. Bodie continues
to decline under a heavy pressure to sell. The drifts and stopes are not
looking so well, but the winze continues to improve, and at this writing
bdowb better than ever before. Mono, North and South Noonday, and
Syndicate, are looking finely, and promise to develop handsomely. Ad-
vices from Eureka Con. report an improvement in the mine.
MINING SWINDLES.
Four years ago the News Letter began the first crusade in the
State against mining swindles, and the lesson then administered was long
remembered. It stopped for a time the infamous swindles perpetrated
by mining operators and brokers. Lately we observe symptoms of the
same disease breaking out, and we now warn all intending frauds that
there is a rod in pickle for tbem. Soft words avail not against theBe
harpies ; they must be held up in pillory for public scorn. Names, not
fictions, are our password, and some of these swindles must be run to the
earth. The extortionate assessments lately levied on the Comstock and
the fly-traps put forth in Bodie shall merit our attention. The same ser-
vice we rendered in ridding the State of quack doctors will be repeated
in ridding it of quack mining operators. We ask all aggrieved parties to
present us with facts and they can rely upon having justice done them.
It is high time for this community to be relieved from the infamous
leeches that have prayed upon its prosperity.
We note with pleasure the return of E. J. Baldwin from his East-
ern trip, where he has been spending a few weeks with his charming
young bride. While in Chicago, Mi*. Baldwin, who is noted as one of
our most zealotts and liberal patrons of the turf, must have been exceed-
ingly gratified at the victory won by his favorite horse, the famous mare,
Moliie McCarty, in a race for the Garden City Cup, competed for by a
field comprised of many of the most noted flyers of the Southwest. Mr.
Baldwin is one of the citizens of San Francisco whose absence, even for
& Bhort period, is keenly felt, especially in business circles, and we gladly
welcome his return.
Latest from the Merchant's Exchange.— New York, July 17th,
1879. United States Bonds— 4s, 102 ; 4is, 105& 5s. 104}. Sterling Ex-
change, 4 804@4 88*. Pacific Mail, 14^. Wheat, 110(<?11& Western Union,
89i. Hides, 19^(5)20. Oil— Sperm, 75@76. Winter Bleached, 87 <§ 96.
Whale Oil, 35(5:40; Winter Bleached, 42@49. Wool— Spring, fine, 20®
30; Burry. 11@14 ■; Pnlled, 25@35 ; Fall Clips, 14@18 ; Burry, 13@20.
London, July 17th.— Liverpool Wheat Market, 3s. 10d.@9s. 74 ; Club. 9s.
'6d.@9s. lOd. U. S. Bonds, B's, 1053; 4's, 104fc 4.^8, 109£. Consols, 98.
There is not the slightest foundation in the statement that the Rev.
Joseph Cook, of Boston, had sent $100 or any other sum, for his Sunday
eveniug lecture ha. the First Congregational Church, to Kev. Dr. Stone.
PRICES OF LEADING STOCKS AND GOVERNMENT BONDS.
San Francisco July 18, 1879.
Stocks and Bonds.
U. S. Bonds, 5-20s 1S67-BS
Legal Tender Notes
S. F. City &Co. B'ds, Gs,'6S
S. F. City Bonds, 7s
Sacramento City Bonds....
Yuba County Bonds, 8s
San Mateo Co. Bonds, 7s. . .
S. F. Gas Light Co
National G. B'K & Trust Co.
Spring Valley Water Co. . . .
D. Z. Y
Bid
Asked
105|
—
99}
—
105
107
105
10?
28
30
100
—
84
85
60
70
86
87
OST & Co., Brok
Stocks and Bonds. Bid.
Omnibus Railroad Co 30
Central Railroad Co 40 45
N. B. and Mission R. R. Co. 65 07
Front St., M. & O. R. R. Co. -
Fireman's Fund Ins. Co 115 116
Union Insurance Co 116 116
PacificBank 112 115
The Bank of California — 70
Central Pacific Railroad....
C. P. R. R. Bonds -
S.E. cor. Montg'y andCaliforniast.
The extraordinary pressure upon our columns to-day has forced us
to hold back many most interesting articles already in type, among them
an elaborate and most valuable table of statistics relating to Californian
progress. So great is the demand for the magnificent work, now at last
presented to the public, that we feel compelled, however reluctantly, to
sacrifice to the exigencies of its production the advantages we had prom-
ised ourself from the publication of the papers now withheld. Our Chi-
nese mail is also excluded.
From the Orient.— The Pacific Mail steamship City of Peking ar-
rived yesterday from Hongkong, via Yokohama, with thirty-two cabin
passengers, five Europeans and 370 Chinese, and for cargo 43,005 pkgs
mdse, say 3,510 tons, consisting in part, for this city, of 5,967 mats rice,
4,781 pkgs tea, 10 pkgs silk, 1,872 pkgs mdse, 1,450 bales gunny bags, 189
mats sugar, 595 pkgs tin ; and to go East, overland, 27,353 pkgs tea, 467
pkgs silk, 74 pkgs mdse ; a total of 1,979 pkgs mdse, 5,967 mats rice,
32,134 pkgs tea, 502 pkgs silk.
The " American Union Telegraph Company of the United States "
have leased for 99 years from July 1st, all the lines of the Dominion Tel-
egraph Company of Canada, guaranteeing the latter 5 per cent, annually
upon its capital, payable in quarterly advance installments. The Ameri-
can Union is fast extending its lines southerly and westwardly, and ex-
pects to reach the Pacific Coast in four months. A great reduction in
rates is promised, most probably one half less than those now charged.
Freights and Charters. — Our fleet of disengaged vessels now foots up
22, of 27,000 tons register. We have on tbe berth for Europe 21 vessels,
of 31,000 tons, and iu sight, to arrive within the next six months, 165,000
tons. From this it will be seen that about one-half of our surplus grain
crop is provided for. At this date freights are quite firm at 43fa45s. to a
direct port ; Havre or Liverpool at 47s. 6d.@50s. to Cork or Falmouth for
orders.
The S. F. Stock Board's action in regard to the Bullion and Ex-
chequer assessments is entirely commendable, and should lead to good
results. The fact of retaining a stock upon its list carries with it a cer-
tain responsibility for the proper management of the same, and when that
becomes no longer possible, the sanction of the Board should be with-
drawn in the interest of the public
The steamship City of Sydney has arrived from the Australian
colonies, with passengers, Government mails and, for cargo, tin 708
ingots Sydney block; also, from same, about 500 boxes fruit, lemons, etc.
She also brings, from Honolulu, sugar 6.419 bags and 65 kegs, chiefly
refining grades for the California Refinery; rice, 400 bags; banannas, 500
bunches, etc.
Teas from Japan Eastward.— The bark Frank Marion, Capt. Dow,
arrived yesterdav, 30 days from Yokohama, tn the consignment of the
Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company, bringing 14.686 packages
tea, to go East by the Central Pacific Railroad.
To-day we issue the first in the series of illustrations of California's
notable sons and daughters. The others will follow with all convenient
speed. Subscribers to the New* Litter for one year will receive these
magnificent pictures free, as issued.
We have had fifty artist proofs of "At the Play" printed, which
will be sold at the ofiice for five dollars per copy. These are printed on
the finest of plate paper.
The Australian steamer arrived so near the time of our going to
press that \\c Cfm but chronicle the fact.
Printed and Fablishsd by the Proprietor, Frederick Marriott, 007 to 615 Merchant Street, San Francisco, Oaliforaie,
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
July 19, 1879.
CALIFORNIA'S
^TheBlay
To-day we offer to the readers of the Neivs Letter, whose name is le-
gion, and who are confined to no one locality, but are scattered world-
wide over the surface of the entire habitable globe, a souvenir of Califor-
nia that, we are persuaded, will not be lightly regarded anywh< re.C Cal-
ifornia has made its mark in the world's history. Its wonderful yield of
the precious metals during the past thirty years has exercised, and is still
exercising, an influence upon the commerce of all nations, that the future
historian may do justice to, but which may not be fully summed up in our
time. Just when the marvelous developments of trade, resulting from
the general use of the steam engine, demanded an enlarged currency, the
discovery of gold was made in this State, and so many hundreds of mil-
lions of wealth's best representative — i. e., gold— were added to the ever
expanding uses of commerce that the nations have in consequence been
enabled to trade with each other to an extent unparalleled in the world's
history. The treasures of California were discovered just when the whole
earth was about to stand sorely in need of them. For this reason, if for
none other, California is a land of intense interest to all people. Travel
wheresoever you will, the land of gold is eagerly talked about. Its gold,
its silver, its marvelous yield of grain, its fruits, its scenery, its wonders
*of nature, its youthful energy, its abnormal growth, its wealth, its beauty,
its men and its women, are all fertile themes for conversation and for in-
quiry. No child when first it reads of the imaginary discoveries made by
Aladdin and his wonderful lamp, is more interested than is the average
adult inquirer as to the realities of this wonder-land of the far-off West.
The News Letter is wont to tell of these things. It is racy of the soil. It
is as cosmopolitan as are our people. In short it is eminently Californian.
Hence it is read and known everywhere. It is a favorite at home and
popular abroad ; representing, as it does, the vim, the energy, the enter-
prise, the intelligence and the life of the Pacific Coast. Our readers are
to be found in all lands. That we are esteemed a welcome visitor in all
places of intelligence we know from abundant evidences} Understanding
the interest taken in all that is Californian, it is our chief labor to supply
such facts and figures that concern our material interests, as will keep
people everywhere posted about us. Desiring still further to gratify that
keen interest in us which we have but lightly touched upon, we have hit
upon the idea of illustrating our people as they are. We have heretofore
issued faithful portraits of many of our leading men, under the title of
" Men We Know." The process was slow, only one portrait being issued
weekly, so that it was impossible to do justice to all within a reasonable
time. From that beginning we conceived the wider, and better idea,
which finds execution to-day in the really splendid work of art which ac-
companies this number of the News Letter. Three hundred of the men and
women who represent the enterprise, the brains, the culture, the wealth
and the beauty of our State, are most faithfully portrayed. In order to
bring them together, happily and appropriately, they are massed
as "At the Play." Our people love amusements, which are essential to
the strain of our active business lives. Hence we levy upon the world for
musical and theatrical talent ; and nowhere is genius better rewarded.
Prejudices against theatrical exhibitions, which still exist in more Puri-
tanical cities, have scarcely an abiding, place among our singularly cosmo-
politan people. Hence, the Eastern or European reader must not suppose
that any violence is done to the probabilities when the Bishop of the ortho-
dox Episcopal Church is seen in pleasant tele a tete with the unorthodox
divine of the Unitarians, or when the covenanting Presbyter is observed in
happy contiguity with the Jewish Rabbi, and when all together are met
in the auditorium of a first-class theater, where nature and human nature,
and not schisms or creeds, are represented. The picture "At the Play" is
essentially Californian, because it is exceptionally cosmopolitan. In it
are grouped together men and women from all lands, of all creeds and
nationalities, and of varied pursuits and stations in life. They are repre-
sentatives of all that is useful and successful in our midst. The railroad
magnate, the bonanza king, the enterprising manufacturer, the skilled
agriculturist, the successful wine-grower, the able and upright judge, the
eloquent divine, the foremost law-makers, the brilliant and learned lawyer,
the skillful physician, the bright litterateurs who wield a power in the
land, the proprietors of our chief newspapers, our city fathers, our archi-
tects, our artLits and our actors find a prominent place ; and, not to be un-
gallant, a fair display of the women who beautify and adorn our social
circles is to be found. Every picture is a copy from a photograph. The
likenesses are excellent. No resident of our city need be at a loss to name
every individual face with which he is acquainted. For the use of strangers,
an admirably-arranged Xey is supplied, by aid of which the ownership of
each counterfeit presentment may conveniently be determined. It may
be truly said that this work is full of interest. A copy will reach every
household in the State, and our people will spend many an hour in pick-
ing out the faces they know, and in giving expression to the thoughts and
experiences associated with those faces. When the live men and women
In it have passed away, it will serve to make their memories live
after them. Their children and their children's children will treas-
ure it as a most prized souvenir of these times. Such as it is, we offer
it to our readers everywhere as a faithful representation of three hun-
dred of the leading men and women of California. The arranging of
the materials into this harmonious whole has been a work of labor and
expense, as well as one of love. The decorative design is by Gariboldi,
the photographs by Bradley & Rulofson, the drawing by Van de Casteele,
and the lithographing by Messrs. Britton & Key. These artists are all
justly celebrated, and that they find appreciation and profit amoug us, is
no slight evidence of the aesthetic tastes of our citizens. The News Letter
is pleased to have furnished this opportunity for the display of their skill.
We do not intend it to be their sole effort in the same direction. We are
conscious that there yet remain many, very many worthy Californians
who meet "at the play." Indeed, an apology is due to hundreds for
whom this week there is not even "standing room." Further editions
will be published in good time, and in the end we hope to do justice to all.
J. M. Litchfield 8c Co. 415 Montgomery street, rirst-class, way-up
merchant tailors, have just received some elegant and nobby English and
Scotch goods.
CAN'T BE DONE, FRIENDS.
A political party can't be successfully run by a newspaper. That
fact may now be taken to be pretty well established. The thing has been
tried more than once hut has always failed. The Bulletin tried its hand
at it four years ago, only to meet with ignominious failure. It got up the
so-called Independent Party and ran General Bidwell for Governor, but
only succeeded in securing a small minority of all the votes cast for its
ticket. It then wisely retired from the field of party management and
left that business to the experts. The Chronicle ia now trying its hand at
the game, but with even lesB prospects of success than those which at-
tached to the Bulletin. It is floundering in a quagmire of its own mak-
ing in a most deplorable fashion. It is really pitiable to observe the hu-
miliating attitudes into which the "live paper" is being forced. It is
one thing to run a newspaper and quite another to run a successful politi-
cal party, as De Young and Fitch have found out to ther costly and sore
discomfiture. In that line they have proven to be failures both. It is
well that it should be so. The tyranny of a newspaper would be intoler-
able if it could own and run the nominating machinery of political par-
ties. If it could reward its friends and punish its enemies at its sovereign
will and pleasure then the oppression of no king, czar or emperor would
equal that of the newspaper proprietor. There would be an end to inde-
pendence of thought and action. A De Young would issue his mandates
and men would soon come to vie with each other in their eagerness to give
them effect. They would make haste to win the favor of the god of the
machine. It is well that men revolt atthe very threshold of all such at-
tempts at dangerous usurpation. In the interest of journalism we are
glad that they do. We are persuaded that it is not good for the press
that its managers should personally wield the scepter of power. If they
succeeded they would fail as independent critics, and become the apolo-
gists for the wrongdoing and corruption of their tools and creatures.
No ! that power of the press is greatest and best which is more felt than
seen. It may influence, but should not command. It may lead, but can
never safely be permitted to drive. Honestly and wisely conducted it
can mold that public opinion which in the end must control all political
parties. When it goes beyond that and seeks to dictate the mere person-
nel of politics it makes a great mistake, as is being most curiously demon-
strated just now.
MIDDLEMISS, OF THE BRILLIANT MINE,
Middle mis 3, of the Brilliant Mine, is a courageous man. He has
given us an opportunity to ventilate him in the Police Court. On
Thursday he preferred a complaint against the Neios Letter for
libel, and the matter awaits an examination. The difficulty has come
about in this wise : Last Saturday week we had an article entitled
" Brilliant Mine Management," In it we laid bare as impudent a piece
of humbuggery as was ever brought to the notice of the San Francisco
public, which is saying not a little. One J. It. Middlemiss was named
as the President of the mine. If the statements therein contained were
untrue the article was grossly libelous. If they are incontrovertible facts,
as we claim they are, then their publication was a public good. This man
Middlemiss refuses to challenge them. He carefully avoids allegations
that are serious, and lights upon ones that are trivial. The article of
moment against his management of the Brilliant mine he fights shy of.
He declines to try the question of its truthfulness. If silence gives
consent, then he consents that it is true. That article being unchal-
lenged, and unchallengeable he is illy employed when he thinks it worth
his while to bother about the light and airy touches which appeared in
a card published on the following Saturday. A gentleman of high
standing sent us that card, and we published it, and propose to stand
by it. It good humoredly congratulated him upon not being in Texas,
where they sometimes hang men as good-looking as he on suspicion,
whether guilty or not. As he didn't see the joke we now withdraw
our congratulations and wish he really were in Texas. We will leave the
spectators, who may be present in the Police Court, to judge whether we
have not flattered his personal appearance. We trust the worthy prose-
cuting officer of that court will not think that it is through any inten-
tional fault of ours that so dangerous a rival in the manly graces has been
introduced where he, himself, has hitherto reigned supreme. Meanwhile
we tell this man Middlemiss that whilst he refrains from challenging our
serious article upon his management of the Brilliant mine, it is the hight
of folly, if not of impudence, for him to question the pleasant allusions
of our contributors as to his personal appearance.
IOJE,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
In Quantities to Suit, Any Hour of the Day or Wight.
356 and 357 TEHAMA STREET.
Ice Carefully Packed for Shipment to Any Part of the State.
[July 19.]
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saving Mothers and Nurses much time and trouble—
tins, Is., 2s. 5s., and 10s, each.
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and Chemists, etc , everywhere.
ANDREW BAIRD,
Negotiator of Loan and Commercial Paper,
Broker in Local anil State Securities,
No. 312 California Street San Francisco.
[.P. O. Box J,SOS.] July 19.
July 19, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
TO PESCADERO.
Pescadero i* a very pleasant plaoe, and what i< more, the journey to
it from S.m FVtndaoo i* ■ pleasant one also. From the city to Sun
M;tU"> 1>V railway ; from then) to Pescadero a* ROOd :i road Mid U com
modiooa n ooaoh, u smart honma ami rts ti\il it driver a* ever Deed to han-
dlfl the ribbon*— -and riiat is sayiOR a KOod deal Necessarily the nature
of the oountrv we travel over demands time, aa it is not by any means a
ileiwi plain. Hut there is not a mile which is not replete with interesting
variations of scenery : Quiet glens, with crystal brooks purlins through
them ; a luxuriance of ever •enanffing foliage ; quiet hamlets ami farm-
houses, nestling iu picturesque nooks ; hills up to eight hundred feet high,
comroamlim; views of the Hay of San Francisco on one hand, and the
Paci6c Ocean on the other ; then Spanishtown, where we stop for lunch,
and on ior miles, over a rolling country, with the ocean close by on one
hand, with an endless succession of luxuriant wheat, barley ami potato
crops, varied here and there by the beautiful dark blue flowers of acres of
flax, on the other. There is no want of variety the whole way, for some-
thing fresh Ci>mes into view at every turn of the road — and the turns are
legion. Arrived at Pescadero, the traveler meets with all the quiet, ele-
gant comfort he could wish, in one of the best kept hotels. Pescadero is
not a " watering-place " in the ordinary acceptation of the term ; but the
sea is easily approached, and the pebbly beach affords endless interest and
amusement to visitors who can love nature in her beautiful home products —
minerals and oceanic flowers. There is fishing at all times, and wing-
shooting in the season, and, taken all together, a climate neither too hot
to be oppressive, nor too cool to be in the least objectionable ; where all
kinds of European flowers and fruits abound, while the scenery of gently
eloping hills and narrow valleys remind the traveler of the picturesque
scenery of Devonshire and the West of England. To Pescadero by stage
and rail, there and back, $7 is all the cost of travel.
A GREETING TO AN OLD FRIEND.
As we start to-day on a literary and pictorial tour "all round the
world " in a kindly spirit with all mankind, we cannot but pause a mo-
ment before we embark to greet with a hearty hand-shake a journalistic
friend, who, starting on his race for public favor almost before our State
was recognized, has walked by our side these many years. Commencing
an important career with the first rush of adventurous pioneers, full of life
and hope, our journalistic friend has been for more than thirty years a
welcomed visitor in the offices and houses not only of our own people, but
of thousands around the world. From its high character and enterprise
in the days when news-gathering was far more difficult than now, it won
the position accredited to it by the press of the States, of Europe and of
the British colonies, as the leading journal of this coast, and was then, as
it is now, in many of the centers of industry, influence aud wealth, recog-
nized as the sterling authority on all matters of facts, figures, and of
interest to the State at large. As the years have come and gone, it has
maintained, with reputation untarnished and with fidelity to principles,
its high standing in the foremost ranks of the press, and has earned the
earnest approval of the community. Its well-won record of fairness in
criticism of the events of the day, and its labors for the best interests of
the city and State have kept the Alta California close to the hearts of its
friends. Its past career is but a guarantee of its future course. Replete
with the largest and fullest news gathered from all parts of the world,
with calm, able and considerate editorials, and representing in its pages
nothing that can possibly offend the most sensitive mind, the friend of
long years grows daily more and more in popular favor. We wish it a
hearty|Grod-speed in its progress.
THOSE EXAMINATIONS AGAIN.
At the last meeting of the Board of Education Director Sullivan, of
the Committee appointed to investigate the charges against Miss Birdsall
and Mrs. Danielwitz, make a report exonorating those ladies, and recom-
mending that they should not be forced to undergo another examination.
The Board rejected the report, for reasons known, perhaps, to themselves,
but much hidden from the public. All this looks like mean persecution.
The Committee, Messrs. Sullivan, Mountain and Laven, declare that they
have carefully revised all the facts aud have heard additional testimony,
and they find nothing against these ladies ; but here they lie under a mis-
take. Director Taylor is against them, and Director Bacon and Mr.
Leggett and some other pious men, who care for public opinion and are
full of virtue, but take all their information in these matters, by Tay-
lor's own confession, from anonymous letters. Anonymous letters ! And
if they came from near the Board ; from a friend of the Board ? Why
should men be above doing this, whose friends are capable of the infamy
of believing anonymous charges? The venomous persistence displayed in
this business is sufficient to damn the leaders in it, all the more that
these are the very men who quaked before Ewald and ran away from
responsibility. They trust they may be allowed to disgrace these ladies,
■ but they triiBt in vain. No convention will touch them, but exposure
will.
CATHOLIC FUNERAL OBSEQUIES.
As announced in the Press, the solemn requiem obsequies of the late
Madam Jovita Haraszthy, daughter of General Vallejo, took place last
Tuesday at the Roman Catholic Mortuary Chapel, the officiating priest
being the Very Rev. Father Kaiser, now of Mission San Jose, a personal
friend of the family. The attendance of relatives and friends was, as
might have been expected, very numerous. After a solemn Reqxiiem
High Mass, the Reverend Father, in a few eloquent sentences,
spoke of the many unobtrusive public and private Christian virtues
which adorned her life; her devotion to her Creator, her exemplary life as
a wife and a mother, the education of her children, her never failing char-
ity to the poor, and that belief in the Catholic religion which has ever dis-
tinguished her family. Her death was sudden and unexpected, having
been called away at one of those moments which the world deems most
happy, but which to friends always seems the saddest — but " the ways of
the Omnipotent are unsearchable, and His judgments justified in them-
selves/' and He knows best what is best for His own.
Improvement in the manufacture of gas. The London Times of the
20th June says that an engineer of Philadelphia has patented a process by
which it is proposed to increase the production of gas from 7,000 cubic
feet to 250,000 cubic feet per ton of coal. The coal is first pulverized, and
then projected into a heated cupola, mixed with steam.
"The Principles of the Republican Party are Not for a Day,
but for all Time"
REPUBLICAN MEETINBS.
HON. JOSEPH MoKENNA,
Nominee for Congress, Third District,
— AND—
GEORGE T. BROMLEY, ESQ.,
Will Address the People on thr Issues of the Bay, as Follows:
Sterravillo Monday, July 21
Quincy Tuesday, July 22
Taylorville Wednesday, July 28
Busauville Friday, July 25
Ohlco Monday, Jul v 2S
Red Btuff Tuesday, J ul v 29
Shasta Wednesday, July 30
Weaverville Thursday, July 31
Fort Jones Saturday, August 2
Yreka Monday, August 4
Cloverdale Friday, Augusts
Ukiah Saturday, August 0
Cahto Monday, August 11
Rhonerville Thursday, August 14
Areata Friday, August IB
Eureka
Mi'iililsliiirg
Santa Rosa ....
Petaluma ,
San Rafael.
. . Saturday, August 16
. . . Tuesday, August 19
Wednesday, August 20
. .Thursday, August 21
Friday, August 22
Woodland Saturday, August 23
Marysvillo Monday, August 25
Colusa Tuesday, August 20
Oroville Wednesday, August 27
St Helena Thursday, August 28
Lakeport Friday, August 29
Napa Saturday, August 30
Dixon Monday, September 1
Vallejo Tuesday, September 2
County Committees will please make all requisite arrangements for the meetings.
By order of the Committee. W. W. MORROW, Chairman.
M. D. Boruck, Secretary. July 19.
"The Principles of the Republican Party are not for a Day,
but for All Time."
REPUBLICAN MEETINGS.
GEORGE C. PERKINS,
Republican Nominee for Governor,
-AND—
O. A. KNIGHT, ESQ.,
Of Humboldt,
Will Address the People on the Issues of the I>aij, as F
San Bernardino Saturday, July 19
Anaheim Monday, July 21
San Buenaventura... Wednesday, July 23
Santa Barbara Thursday, July 24
Lompoe Friday, July 25
San Luis Obispo Saturday, July 26
Watson ville Tuesda-
Bakersfield Thursday.
July 29
„ 0 n. v 31
Visalia Friday, Aiu-.'-t 1
Fresno. Saturday, Au ■ -6 2
Merced Monday, A:i u b 4
Modesto Tuesday, Aii»m t 5
Salinas Monday, July 28 1 San Francisco Wednesday' Ai:
County Committees will take due notice and make the necessary arrange.uj;ita ..or
the meetings announced. By order of the Committee.
M. D. Boruck, Secretary. [July 19.] W. W. MORROW, Chairman.
NOTICE.
To Bullion and Exchequer Stockholders.
The San Francisco Stock and Exchange Board having been
informed that great dissatisfaction exists among the shareholders of the Bullion
and Exchequer Mining Companies, respecting the management of those properties
by the present Boards of Trustees, have empowered their Executive Committee to
co-operate with those shareholders who wish au opportunity (or the expression of
their sentiments respecting the same. Tbe Executive Committee intends, with such
co-operation, to procure the action of the Courts iu ordering a new election of Trus-
tees of those companies. All shareholders in sympathy with this movement are re-
quested to call at the office of Mr. J. W. COLEMAN, President of the Committee,
Room No. 1, Stock Exchange Building, and sign a petition to the County Court for
its action in the premises. CHAS. S. NEAL,
July 19- Secretary S. F. Stock and Exchange Board.
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SWIMMING TEACHER,
At Neptnne and Mermaid Swimming- Baths, foot ofLarkin
and Hyde streets. PROFESSOR J. C. MOHOR is now prepared to instruct
ladies, gentlemen and children any hour of the day, at the beach, as above. A course
of ten lessons is about all that is required in ordinary cases. Terms reasonable.
Suits, etc., furnished. P. S.— One view of the beach and the precautions taken will
satisfy any one of the perfect safety of beginners. July 19.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Office of tbe Eureka Consolidated Mining- Company, Ne-
vada Block, Room No. 37, San Francisco, July 15, 1879.— At a meeting of the
Board of Directors of the above named Company, held this day, a dividend (No. 45)
of One Dollar per share was declared, payable on MONDAY, July 21st, 1879. Trans-
fer Books closed until the 22d instant.
July 19. W. W. TRAYLOR, Secretary.
ALTERATION OF OFFICE HOURS.
Dr. J. If. Stallard, for twenty-five years a member of the
Roval College of Physicians, London, for thirty-five years a member of the
Roval College of Surgeons, England, and formerly Physician of the Great Northern
Hospital, London, etc., etc., may be consulted at 37 POST STREET, San Francisco.
Office Hours: 1 to i and 7 to S p.m. Sundays, from 1 to 2 only. July 19.
NATURALIZATION ! '
Headquarters Repnbiicau State Central Committee, Rooms
No."s 4, 5, 6, 7, S and 9, No. 70S Market street, suuthwest corner Third.
On and after WEDNESDAY, July 0th, 1879, a Clerk will be in attendance at these
Headquarters, Room No. 6, Cor the purpose of NATURALIZATION. Office Hours,
from 8 a.m. until 9 r.M. By order of the Committee.
M. D. Botu'CK, Secretary. [July 19.] W. W. MORROW, Chairman.
FRED H. BUSBY,
Montgomery Block, 028 Montgomery street, San Francisco,
Manufacturer of Archery Gloves, Finger Tips, Arm Guards, Boxing, Fencing
and Base Ball Gloves, for Catchers, Loner Wrist Fishine QtOTes, Belts for Uniforms,
etc. Archery Clubs supplied at reduced rates. Busby's Archery Clubs are the only
ones in the market that will stand service and give satisfaction. July 12.
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
July 19, 1879.
WARM WEATHER WISHES.
0, for a seat; in some railroad of chilliness,
And a swift engine to bear me away,
Far from the blinding heat, dusty and villainous,
Into the cool of a mid-winter day !
0,ifor a goblet of Amontillado,
With the ice dewing the liberal glass,
0, for a century passed in the shadow
Of breezy trees, with the frost on the grass !
0, for the maiden whose haughtiness freezes you !
O, for a blast of northeasterly wind !
0, for the snow-storm that chills as it seizes you !
0, for the coolies and punkahs of Ind !
O, for a residence perched on a pinnacle
Of the tall Andes, the Alps, Pyrannees !
O, for a yacht with a seat by the binnacle,
And a free swing at the salt-laden breeze !
Would we were mummies ! The mummy don't suffer, he
Beats back the heart from Pyramidal works ;
O, for an antartic voyage of discovery
Where we'd get shipwrecked and cast on the bergs.
O, for a drink in an arbor of shadiness !
Well, that at least we can get in a trice,
And we will have it, too, Ganymede aiding us —
Waiter, two punches, with plenty of ice !
San Francisco, July llth, 1879. G. H. J.
PLOWING BY ELECTRICITY.
Experiments have just been carried out at Sermaize on a new system
of tilling by machinery devised by MM. Chretien and Felix. The^e gen-
tlemen, aware of the remarkable properties of the (ji-ramme machine, con-
ceived the idea of employing the hydraulic forces so distributed in France,
as well as the stationary engines at the various manufactories, to work
powerful Gramme machines, producing electricity in considerable quan-
tity ; and it is this electricity, conducted to distances of 1,000 and even
2,000 metres, which communicates movement to other Gramme machines,
connected directly with the windlasses which move the plow. The
Gramme machines in fact transform motion into electricity, when worked
by any kind of motor, and electricity into motion when placed in connec-
tion with any source of electricity. The loss produced by this double
transformation varies between 30 and 60 per cent, of the initial work, ac-
cording to the distance of the apparatus and the section of the conducting
wires. In practice one may, up to a distance of two kilometres (2,187
yards) from the motor, calculate upon a mean service of 50 per cent, with
conductors 10 square millimetres in section {140*5 mils diam). Thus the
inventors have arranged a set of mechanical apparatus for plowing,
threshing, loading and unloading goods, harrowing, weeding, sowing, and
all the operations of farming as executed in England by means of travel-
ing steam engines.
Two of these sets of machinery have already been established at Ser-
maize, an apparatus for discharging barges laden with beets, and a double
windlass for plowing. The former was worked all last winter, and ef-
fected a saving of about 40 per cent, on the manual labor. It, moreover,
greatly facilitated the unloading of the beets. The plowing windlasses
have been at work only during three weeks, and have brought a crowd of
visitors to the spot ; savants, official functionaries, agriculturists engineers
and others, including M. Duphenieux, prefect of La Marne, and General
Clinchaut, commandant in chief of the 6th Corps d'Armee.
[An illustrated description of the apparatus is here given.]
The electric cables are suspended upon posts like telegrapn wires. The
two windlasses are placed 200 metres apart, and, by means of commuta-
tors, the electricity is transmitted sometimes to the machine of one appa-
ratus and sometimes to the other. As the wire rope uuwinds from one
drum it is wound upon the other. The windlasses are self-moving, trans-
port themselves to their destination, and shift their position as the work
proceeds. One of the prime motors at the sugar-works at Sermaize, 300
metres from the field, sets in motion two other Gramme machines which
generate the electricity. About 8 horse-power is used for this purpose.
In order not to delay their experiments, MM. Chretien and Felix have
used machines intended for the electric light, and have had for the draught
of the plow only 4 horse-power. But they will shortly have much more
powerful machines to work plows with 4 shares, and to penetrate the soil
more deeply than they have hitherto done. At present they use a plow
with two shares for light soils, and one with a single share for heavysoils.
The following are a few data relative to the work : Velocity of the
Gramme machines at the works, 1,600 revolutions per minute. Velocity
of the Gramme machines at the windlasses, 800 revolutions per minute.
Velocity of the friction pullies, 133 turns per minute. Velocity of the
small drum, 14 turns per minute; of the large drum, 27 turns per minute.
Velocity of the motor wheels, 4*6 turns per minute. Rate of motion of
the plow (high velocity), 81 metres ; ditto (low velocity), 50 metres per
minute. The furrows are "275 metre (nearly 11 in.) in width, and have a
mean depth of "2 metre (nearly 8 in). With two shares, about 20 square
metres may be plowed per minute. — Revue Industrielle.
Immigration and Emigration. — The following are the arrivals and
departures with regard to California for six months ending June 30th :
Six Months. Arrived. Left. Gain.
By rail 18,601 11,267 7,334
By Bea 7,367 5,965 1,402
25,968 17,232 8,736
First six months of 1878 25,936 17,940 7,986
Increase 42 750
Decrease 708
The gain of 750 over the first six months of last year shows that Califor-
nia is not at present increasing in attractiveness to settlers. Kearny's
communism has doubtless a good deal to do with this slow immigration.
Sterling Silverware. — A large assortment of elegant designs at Ran-
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July 19, 1879.
CALIFORNIA
fFrrm London Truth.)
AN INTERCEPTED LETTER.
London, Juno, 1870.
It Is sad, but true. Ella; my little remaining faith in the human race
ha« vanished, for Juliet, oar cook, our treasure, Baa proved false. Hence-
forth, let any one talk t-» tin-, if lie dare, about the gratitude of mankind !
No tongue can tell, no pen can -I. scribe what we have done for Juliet, and
to think My dear, the recollection of recent experiences makes me ill.
Indignation, combined with disappointment, has left corroding marks
upon my brow, and given birth to a pray hair ! I asked Aunt Fanny yes-
terday whether she wished me go to an early grave, " You must be mad
to put such an absurd question/' she replied. " Well, then/' I continued,
I give you notice that / shall no longer worry about the house. All I
promise is to engage servants that are total abstainers. I draw the line at
drunkenness. Lying and stealing in moderation, and shirking of work, /
shall not resent, whatever you may choose to do. Life is too short to be
devoted to reforming everybody but one's self.'' Aunt Fanny accepted
the situation, and has even gone so far as to promise to stand at the helm
when future household storms arise, so you'll hear little more from me, my
dear, of domestic muddies. I've been on a strike, and returned to work
ou my own terras. And now I'll tell yon the cause of my deliverance,
which, of course, you already suspect. I was sitting one afternoon by
myself, Aunt Fanny and Bob having gone to a reception, when I was
frightened out of five year's existence by a heavy fall and a series of
shrieks. Rushing down stairs. I found the housemaid rushing up. "Oh,
mum, the cook is dead !" Hurrying to the kitchen, I found Juliet ex-
tended on the floor — not dead, however, for breathing was apparent.
Demanding an explanation, the housemaid declared that Juliet had been
drinking, and, after threatening the servants' lives, had mounted the
kitchen table to dance a jig; a performance abruptly terminated by a
false step, which resulted in her present position. "So she's killed her-
self, mum," said the servants in chorus. " We're not to blame."
" Who's killed, I'd like to know ?" cried the Treasure, raising herself on
one elbow. "The best thing for you to do, mum, is to discharge these
girls. They're a bad lot. They're drunk. They've not been sober for a
week. Killed, am I?" I'll show you whether I'm killed." Suiting the
action to the word, Juliet picked herself up with great effort, and staggered
to the fire, seized the soup-pot, and poured the contents into the fire.
"Now, who says I'm killed?" shouted Juliet, amid the sputtering and
smoke, waving a big iron spoon over her head. The servants again
shrieked, and I, for the first time, stood face to face with a drunken
woman. I had read that infuriated animals are quelled by being looked
firmly in the eye, so I was inspired to try this treatment on Juliet. "Put
down that spoon," I said ; "you are drunk."
"Drunk, mum! Who's been taking away my character? I never
drank more than a pint of beer a day in all my life."
"It is useless to lie to me. Your condition is disgraceful. Go to bed
at once, and we'll settle this matter when you are sober."
"Indeed, mum, it's the hard work, and being over the fire. It's fits,
as I've told you."
"Go to bed, and don't attempt useless deception."
"You wouldn't deprive a poor woman of her pint of beer ?"
"Juliet, if you don't go to bed instantly, I'll send for the police."
At this crisis a huge policeman came down the area steps, thinking
somebody was murdered. " Same old game !" he muttered, gazing upon
the raving Juliet. "I've been watching her for some time, and wondered
whether you knew what she was up to. Why, she's been put out of the
'public' in the next street half-a-dozen times recently. She's an old
hand." Think of it, Ella! Our Treasure, our beautiful cook, "an old
hand ! " It was useless to think of reforming her. She had spent all her
money, pawned all her clothing — even the dresses I had given her — for
drink ! The policeman brought several assistants, who carried her off in
a cab.
The next problem was, where to get a cook ? I once more fell upon the
newspaper " wants," and finding an advertisement that seemed to suit,
drove to the place named. Fancy my amazement on discovering that I'd
been ingeniously lured to a notorious servants' agency, against which I'd
been warned ! The advertisement read as though the girl were in service
as the fashionable address given. Being caught, I went in. One super-
cilious young man was warming his back at the fire ; another was tilted
back in a chair before a desk. Neither changed his position. "What
didlwant?" "Oh,acook." "Whatkind of a cook ?" " Oh, ah, the
one advertised, ' Sarah ?' " " Well, yes; ab, five shillings, if you please."
" But I've not engaged her. I don't tnink that she will suit."
The proud gentleman with his back to the tire smiled pityiugly. " We
— ah — nevare bring our ladies and servants together, ah, until payment
of the customary fee, ah. It's good for three months, ah. Sarah is a
very good cook.
Like a fool I paid the fee, the young gentleman at the desk condescend-
ing to make out a receipt, saying : " When we state that Sarah is a good
cook, we don't guarantee her, you know — oh, not at all. She says she is.
We take her word for it."
_ " Take her word ? What, then, do you mean by this morning's adver-
tisement? You state positively that she is a first-class cook, and sober."
" 0, dear, no ! We don't state anything. She Btates. It's her adver-
tisement; we only insert it."
The mistress pays five shillings, the maid pays half-a-crown, the agency
advertises its address at the maid's expense, and guarantees nothing.
Isn't that a capital arrangement for the agency? Enraged with the sys-
tem, I yet took Sarah's address and departed. In reply to my note I re-
ceivedthe following communication : " Miss Sarah Buggins precents her
cuinplimens an cant think uvnositervashun with late dinnrssundy and no
skitchun made." I exhibited this elegant epistle to the young gentlemen
of the agency, who thought it a capital joke. They grinned from ear to
ear, until, in a voiceTof thunder, I demanded their attention.
" Very unfortunate, I'm sure, but perhaps we've something in the next
room that will suit." The " something" appeared in the shape of a hid-
eously ugly and dirty girl, whose hands were in deep mourning.
"You are a cook?" "Yes, mum."
" How much experience have you had !" " One month."
" That will do." And " something " retired.
" How dare you offer me such a servant ?" I said to the clerks.
"These beautiful cads began to think, from my strong language, that
I must be a grand lady, so they began to apologize.
" Very sorry, we're sure, ah; but, ah, we do, ah, the best we can. Very
nice person just from Ireland. Miss O'Flanigan !"
ADVERTISER. 5
Miss O'Flanigan appeared. She was very tall, very rej-headed, and
sickly in appearance.
" What wagetj do you ask ?"
"Tli.' highest the beet cooks set."
"Oh, then, yon are a professional conk?"
" No, I'm not, mum; I'm a dressmaker, Imt as business is bad in Dub-
lin. I ve come to London to go into service."
" And you presume to demand the highest wages, when you can't cook'
You can retire.
Giving me a withering look, Miss O'Flanigan returned to the inner
room, whence came a peal of laughter. Miss O'Flanigan had undoubtedly
made some pleasing remarks about our interview.
" I'll have no more trifling," I said to the clerks. " Either you'll en-
deavor to send me a suber, good cook, or I'll warn my friends against
your agency." The clerks begged me to see other girls shut up in the pen.
1 refused. No, you must semi me a cook." They promised. A flaunt-
111;;, impudent creature came the next morning, and, on hearing my re-
quirements, declared I would not suit, as though she would ! Again re-
viewing advertisements, I again set out in search of the unattainable, and
was again lured unwarily to another agency, better than the other, but
unsatisfactory. " The truth is, mum," said the woman, "I can't find
good servants. The women who come to me drive me mad. They often
lie, they sometimes steal, and they usually drink to excess. I'll do the
best I can." She did. She sent me an old woman who was deaf and par-
tially blind. After this boon bad misunderstood half-a-dozen orders, put
curry in the soup, pepper in the tarts, and back hair in everything, we
sent her away. Disgusted with advertisements, disgusted with agencies,
I cried aloud for help. "Where, oh, where, to find a cook ? " Go to
Whitely's," said a friend. I did, dear ; and I'm sure you'll rejoice to
know that I breathe again. Yours, ever, Puss
Miss Ella Graham, Fifth Avenue, New York, U. S. A.
FAIRFAX MINING COMPANY,
426 CALIFORNIA STREET, ROOM NO. 2.
President JOHN W. COLEMAN.
Treasurer GEN. O. H. LA GRANGE.
Secretary o. C. MILLEK.
[October 12. ]
DISSOLUTION.
The partnership of Siiow A May was dissolved on the 6th
instant. FRANK C. SNOW,
WM. B. MAY.
I shall conduct the business under the name of SNOW & CO., and liquidate the
affairs of the late firm at No. 20 Post street. FRANK C. SNOW
San Francisco, May 31st, 1S79. June 14.
MECHANICS' FAIR,
San Francisco, California.
OPENS AUGUST 5TH, 1879-
Science, Art, Industry and Whtnral Proilnctions will he
fully represented. Grand Instrumental Concert each afternoon and evening.
Machinery in Motion, Rare Paintings, Fine Statuary, a Tropical Garden, Fountains
and Promenades will make this Exhibition the most instructive and pleasant place
of resort on this Coast. Those desiring space should apply at once. Office : 27 Post
Btreet. IRVING M. SCOTT, President.
J. H. Cclver, Secretary. ju]y 12.
SHEEP RANCH FOR SALE IN OREGON.
An admirable sheep ranch, well stocked and watered, and
capable of carrying: about 'JO, 000 sheep. Substantial residence and improve-
ments on the property. To be sold at a bargain. Apply to
May 24. EDWARD J. JACKSON, 209 Leidesdorff street, S. F.
HEADQUARTERS DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
The Chairman and Secretary of the several Comity Com-
mittees throughout the State are respectfully requested to send their Post-
office address to the Secretary of the State Central Committee.
A. J. BRYANT, Chairman.
T. M. O'Connor, Secretary, P. O. Box 1202. July 12.
L BROWN, M.D.,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Office; Corner of First and Alder Streets, Portland, Oregon.
[November 9.]
THOMAS B0YS0N, M. D.,
("University of Copenhagen, Denmark),
Physician and Surg-eon. Office and Residence, 112 Kearny
street. Office Hours, 11 A.M. to 1 p.m., and 6 to 8 P.M. Sunday. 11 to 1 only.
Telephone in the office. July 13.
DR. R. BEVERLY COLE
Has Returned from the East and Resumed Practice at his Office,
XO. BIS SUITBK STREET. |June21.
Removal.
BAGS. TENTS AND HOSE.
NEVILLE & CO.,
No.'s 31 and 33 California Street, S. E. corner of Davis,
San Francisco. [Sept. 21.
L.H.Newton. NEWTON BROTHERS & C0M M, Newton,
Importers and wholesale dealers in Teas, Foreign Goods and
Groceries, 204 and 'JOC California street. San Francisco, Cal May 25.
Nbwton Booth, C. T. Whbkleb, Sacramento. J J. T. Glover, W. W. Dodoi S. F
W. W. DODGE & CO.
Wholesale Grocers, corner Front and Clay streets, San
Francisco. April 1.
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Front street. San Francisco. Jan. 13.
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
July 19, 1879.
"PLEASURE'S WAND."
11 "We Obey no Wand but Pleasure's.^'-- Tom Moore._
Baldwin's Theater. — The rapid progress made by realism in art, liter-
ature and on the stage is an important and interesting question. Emile
Zola is undoubtedly the most powerful writer of those who seek to por-
tray human nature as it is ; in all classes, with all its ills and ailments.
" L'Assnmmoir " is one of the most remarkable books ever written. It is
disgusting and vile in language and action ; it is true and life-like to the
most minute of its details. The good that a publication of this sort can
do is incalculable. It opens the eyes of those who are able to help their
fellow-men to an existing condition of things little dreamt of in their
philosophy. The evils and horrors that are concomitants of existence in
the lowest classes are, to a great extent, remediable through legislation
and philanthropy, and any writings that tend to keep these subjects before
the world, and public opinion interested, are worthy of encouragement.
The proper field of the stage is more to amuse than instruct, and under
this view, the propriety of a dramatization of such a work as "L'Assom-
moir" is a matter admitting of much discussion, pro and con. Zola's
novel, if it may so be called, does not lend itself to dramatization. It is
not a book with an intrigue or plot— with the necessary good and bad
people, and a happy ending. It is simply a description of life in the low
working classes of Paris, as more particularly exemplified and illustrated
by the career of a couple of beings. The gradual fall of these people from
a comparative state of prosperity to the lowest depths of misery is not the
result of any machination or plot, but the simple consequence of the indi-
vidual vices, and of an outrageous condition of society. The great lesson
it teaches is one of temperance. The language is mostly all of the Paris-
ian Argot, and the scenes and incidents perfectly local, and, therefore,
inexplicable to outsiders. It will be seen that translation is difficult, and
successful dramatization nigh unto impossible. Charles Eeade, under-
standing this, has constructed a play based upon those features of the
book that are illustrative of the evils of intemperance ; and this drama is
creating a sensation in London. Mr. Eeade, through clever management,
succeeded in receiving from Mr. Zola an indorsement of his action, and
this effectually silences criticism as to the propriety of such a proceedii g.
Mr. Eeade, to make the play a play, has written up a plot, with a skillful
use of the dramatis personae. In some instances this results in a total
change of character of some of the individuals. The moral of the book is
also lost. In the play, " Gervaise " and " Coupeau " fall to their abjected-
ness through the hunting and hounding inspired by a spirit of revenge on
the part of "Lautier" and " Big Virginie." The Eeade play is evidently
what the Baldwin Theater is supposed to produce ; but what is being
played is a sort of hybrid between that and a literal translation of the
author's own dramatization. In its departure from the book, in plot and
action, it is Reade's Drink ; in its sketchy nature, lack of continuity,
tableaux, taken here and there from the book, it is a translation.
This performance ought to possess relish for us, satiated as we are with
the everlastingly similar run of plays, It is something so different, so
new that our mental palates ought to be tickled with it. In reality there
are but two strong scenes; the women's encounter in the wash house, and
the terrible delirium tremens death episode. The other seven tableaux,
there are nine in all, fall rather flat, through a lack of clearness, asto
what it is all about. Between some of them there are supposed to be in-.,
tervals of years or months, and there is nothing, absolutely nothing to in-
dicate this. To one who has not read the book, the whole performance is
unintelligible, to one who has perused Zola's pages, it becomes a source
of anger and annoyance at the different changes. Of the acting of Mr.
O'Neill, nothing but praise can be written. This is by far the best piece
of work he has ever done in San Francisco. He seems to have gone into
the part with heart and soul. It is a most carefully studied and carried
out piece of acting. The faults that generally mar Mr. O'NeiU's efforts,
an imperfect knowledge of his lines, and a total disregard of the require-
ments of makeup do not exist in this masterly rendition of " Coupeau."
In appearance, he is a French workman to the life. Every one appre-
ciates Mr. O'Neill's talent, and when adverse criticism is necessary, a too
frequent occurrence, by far, it is always done regretfully. On this occa-
sion he does full justice to himself, and scores a great success. For a hor-
rible realistic piece of acting, I commend you to his death scene. The
delineation of the ravings resulting from mania a potu, is to a certain
extent very difficult. In ordinary cases of dementia, the mind generally
follows one groove, be it sadness or joy. But the wild delerium of
alcohol is different ; there '„he mind, or what is left of it, flits from one
subject to another, from laughter to tears almost instantaneously. It is
a hard task for an actor to portray, but Mr. O'Neill seems equal to it.
Miss Coghlan plays " Gervaise " as she does everything else, admirably.
It is not a character exactly suited to her, for her deportment and manner
of speech are too refined in themselves to fit the unfortunate " Gervaise."
A whole column might be written upon Miss Coghlan's good acting ;
upon the satisfaction produced by all her efforts, and the truly artistic
purity of her school, but it would be like preaching in the wilderness.
Whenever this artiste leaves us, it is to be hoped that her regrets at the
want of appreciation shown her, will be tempered by the knowledge that
there does exist here a small band of friends who admire in her an
admirable exponent of the perfection of dramatic art. The part of " Big
Virginie " was assigned to Miss Lilian Andrews, an Australian actress,
who made her debut on the occasion of Mrs. Judah's benefit. It was
rendered vigorously and intelligently. Mr. Morrison's conception of
" Lautier " may have been a satisfactory one to him, but it is about as far
apart from the author's as the North and South Poles. The management
have spared no expense in scenery, costumes and appointments. There
are some features iu stage settings that are absolutely ridiculous as re-
gards the true rendition of things in France, but this is due to the igno-
rance of the stage manager. It would seem that a simple perusal of the
book was deemed unnecessary, for if it had been done many errors in
dress, get-up, etc., would have been avoided. The wash house scene is ad-
mirably managed ; though it might be suggested that the blows inflicted
by "Gervaise" upon " Virginie," en petit comite, be made more audible.
The audience would probably appreciate them, the peculiar nature of the
punishment, and more fully understand " Big Virginie's " deep resent-
ment. The novelty of some of the scenes is so strong, that a successful
run is undoubtedly assured, or ought to be.
Diplomacy. — Although it is not customary to review benefit perform-
ances, the production of Diplomacy, at the Grand Opera House last Fri-
day night, possessed so many meritorious features that comments are in
order. The individual impersonations were praiseworthy, the ensemble re-
markable. Miss Lewis' " Countess Zicka" is too well known to our the-
ater-goers to require extended notice. It is a powerful piece of acting,
producing a strong impression on the listener, but repeated auditories
brings one to the belief that that is due more to the character itself than
to its delineation. The strength and vividness of the author's creation
carries along the actress that represents it. All this is naturally said
without any wish to detract in any way from the talent displayed by Miss
Lewis. The very fact that this is such an excellent effort on her part
permits of above remarks. Miss Nina Varian was very satisfactory as
" Dora," though her tenderness towards " Julian Beauclerc " seemed to
lack depth and warmth. Mrs. Morris made all that was possible out of
the subordinate character assigned her, and that was of a nature to cause
the wish to be expressed that Bhe should he given more opportunities to
appear on the local stage. As the hero of the piece Mr. Pierey did not
disappoint his admirers. This gentleman possesses qualifications that will
eventually acquire for him a very high position on the stage. He is in
every respect an excellent actor, and his " Julian Beauclerc " was an able,
intelligent performance. His emotion and mental misery was dignified and
manly. That perfect ease of manner and self-deportment, so character-
istic of Montague, was sadly lacking though, and this was a strong blem-
ish on an otherwise faultless impersonation. Mr. Pierey suffers through
being too ardent a devotee at the shrine of Star-ism. Messrs. Keene, Bil-
lings and Morris were as good as could be expected, but to Mr. Max Free-
man special commendation is due. " Baron Stein " was by long odds the
best acted part of the whole cast. As compared to the French and Ger-
man schools of acting the English is but crude and undeveloped, and pu-
pils of the former appearing in conjunction with actors of our stage will
naturally shine. There is a completeness of finish, an attention to by-
play, make-up and dress suggestive of intelligence, that forms a strong
contrast to the utter disregard of such trifles {! !) by our performers.
Mr. Freeman succeeded in investing the character of " Baron Stein "
with all the attributes necessary to make it a perfect picture, and our
native public can now appreciate the high position he occupies on the
German stage. Negotiations are in progress for the production of this
play, with the same cast, for a short season at the Standard Theater. It
is to be hoped that they will be successful.
California Theater.— Le Petit Due, has run through the week to
crowded houses. It is a very perfect performance, and so far superior to
the rendition by Mrs. Oates that comparison is childish. That ease of
manner and genuine tout ensemble, which are the strong characteristics of the
French stage, are possessed by this troupe to a great extent. This work e-f
Lecocq's is more in the nature of an opera comique than any of his other
works, and there is, therefore, a stronger call made upon the musical fea-
tures of the troupe. Mile. Aimee sings and acts the part admirably. The
music of the first act, so sweet and tender in its nature, is sung with
remarkable pathos. In the second act the assumption of a character ot a
regular villageoise is a clever bit of acting. The spicy little verses sung
in connection with this disguise are rendered with true French chic. Miss
Beaudet is a delicious little beauty. She is a Boston girl of French par-
ents, and is supposed to be a novice. Although very young, this seems
hardly possible, for she has all the aplomb and verve of an old stager.
Her voice, though small and thin, is very sympathetic, and even if it
were not the audience would not care, for in this case it seems to be more
a feast of the eyes than of the ears. The different duets scattered through
the opera are very prettily sung by "Mr. and Mrs. Little Duke." The
character of " Mile, de la Roche Tonnerre " is assumed by Mile. Raphael,
and effectively acted by her. With a total disregard of the author's idea,
this character was burlesqued in the Oates version and made ridiculous.
Duplan is irresistibly funny in anything he attempts, and his " Frimousse"
is no exception to the rule. The costumes were remarkably elegant,
thanks to Mrs. Somebody, whose name every paper in town with singu-
lar unanimity has mentioned. The " Minuet de la Cour," as danced by
the bridal pair in the first act, is a pretty, graceful piece of dancing. The
female chorus, on whom falls a great part of the hard work, is not as good
or harmonious as the bevy of beauties that Burrounded the little hoodlum,
and the poor little man did not receive as many encores as was his wont.
But the solfeggio was infinitely better rendered. It is to be doubted that
many in the audience recognized the last act. In the English version it
was almost entirely cut, and it gave a rather abrupt termination to the
part. La Petit Mariee will be produced on Monday. Mr. Voegtlin. the
talented scenic artist of this theater, has arrived in New York, and is at
work on the spectacle Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea." The
scenic effects are said by those who have seen it at La Porte St. Martin,
in Paris, to be wonderful. In all probability it will be produced at the
California Theater in January. Mr. Voegtlin's connection with this
theater has not ceased, be is merely away on a short furlough.
Standard Theater.— The Emilie Melville Pinafore Troupe closed
their engagement to a full house; Having rested for a week, they will
leave on their barn-storming tour this evening. While all the other
Pinafores that were launched were stranded through the inefficiency of
their respective crews, or were carried down in the maelstrom of public
indifference, this nobby little ship sailed triumphantly along to the end
of its journey. That the country trip will be a success is a foregone con-
clusion. This little band of amateurs can be assured of one thing— they
carry with them the best wishes of all those who witnessed their admira-
ble performance. During this week the Juveniles have held the boards,
and have appeared to good houses. Repeated visits deepen the impres-
sion produced by the precocity of these youngsters. Little Flora Walsh
is too cunning for anything. She plays and sings "Josephine" with all
the semblance and knowledge of an experienced actress. There is not an
emphasis misplaced or a point lost. This troupe will continue until
further notice, and any one who attends will be so thoroughly amused
that he or she will surely recommend a visit to his sisters and his cousins
and his aunts. Miss Lottie Chissold, to whom all the credit is due for
the admirable training of the youngsters, continues to watch over them
every evening.
Grand Opera House. — Another effort is to be made to keep this
theater successfully open. On Monday evening a spectacular pantomime,
containing local hits aud features, will be produced. It is entitled Bulls
and Bears. This speculation is under the management of Mr. Evans, and
he promises great things.
Chit-Chat. — Sheridan Corbyn is soon to bring out Jno. Woodard's
great drama, California through Death Valley, one of the most striking
and vigorous of modern plays. The scene of the mirage on the desert is
wonderful.
July 19, 1870.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
Bush Street Theater. Stm.I.iy oighl >f Mr. Thompson's
tnent It 1ms been in every re«| -ful one. The great
■ li <if the play liea in the fact that not only dews It attract and
am ww the regular amuawncpt -aocktng, theater-going people, hut it also
drawi to Eta andienoea ;» olaa that rarely patronise :i regular theatrical
show. Those ol«t->tyU* Poritana that generally content themselves with
occasional visit.-. ti» oonoarta, bell-ringers, Hutchinson, etc., families and
a, have flocked to see the old dowu-Fast farmar, who to them is a
reminiscence of youth. They reconcile tin* infraction of their habits
with their conscience l>y the opinion that " Oncle Josh" is nature itself,
ami tint the work of a play tctor. Hut they :ire wrong, for this very
■ambiance to nature is the qninteesenoe of dramatic :irt. So much has
already been Said in regard to the merits of thi* [lerformance that
further remarks woiiUl be but tiresome repetitions. Mr. Thompson will
continue to star in " Uncle .Josh," under the able and energetio manage-
ment of Mr. Hi!i. to whose sagacity and intelligence a great part of his
success id due. On Monday, Tony Pastor opens with his variety troupe.
Several of the names on the list are those of old favorites; the others new
facts, of whom report speaks favorably.
SPORTING ITEMS.
Rowing. — The race between Leahey, of the Pioneers, and Stevenson,
of Vallejo, tor a gold badge and the amateur championship of the coast,
comes on to-morrow at Lon^ Bridge. The odds are in favor of Leahey.
— —There was a large race at North Beach last Sunday between scratch
crews of the Pioneer, Neptune and Dolphin Clubs. It was won by the
Neptune boys in their barge Kate.-^— Bank of British North America
versus Balfour Guthrie & Co, Saturday afternoon last, on Oakland Creek,
one mile, straight away against the tiJe. Four oared in rigg barges with
coxswains. Bank of B. N. A.( D. Brown (bow), E. Stanger, G.
Westlaud, H. N. Wallace (stroke), G. Moir (coxs.). Balfour, Guthrie &
Co.— F. W. Reynolds (bow), F. C. Beazley, J. G, Heecas. R. D. Gir-
vin (stroke), D. MacDonald (coxs.). After a closely contested race, in
which the Balfour Guthrie had the advantage at the commencement, the
Bank crew won by a length and a quarter. Time, 8 minutes and 3 sec-
onds. -■■The St. George and Columbia Rowing Clubs, of Oakland, have
decided to hold, jointly, a regatta in the latter end of September next.
The proposed races are as follows: First class — four-oared shell (McKia-
lay cup). Second class — four-oared shell, four-oared out-rigged lapstreak,
four-oared in-rigged barge, siDgle shell, ship's boats, duck hunt. The
officers of the Regatta Committee are A. MoKinlay, President; A. J.
Knight, Vice-President; F. C. Beazley, Secretary, and. J. M. Costigan,
Treasurer.
Shooting. — A match was shot at Bird's Point last Sunday between
C. W. Randall and A. Lambert, twelve single rises at 31 yards rise. It
was wod easily by Randall, score 9 to 5. Other matches were shot for
small sums, the averages made being very good — Lambert killing 34 out
of 40, and Randall 30 out of 37. There will be several freeze-out matches
at Bird's Point to-morrow. — At the Presidio, Wednesday, about 200
people gathered to witness the shooting for the selection of a team to
shoot with representatives from Oregon and Arizona, the best shots to
represent the Military Division of the Paciric Coast at the National Rifle
Tournament in September. The men selected were Lieutenants Ander-
son and Jones, who were both presented with a silver medal.
Swimming. — At the annual meeting of the Neptune Club, a gold
badge and the Club championship was won by Mr. Dean. ^— Aquatic
Polo is becoming very popular, both here and at Alameda.— —Daily, the
champion, has just saved another person from drowning at Santa Cruz —
making twenty persons rescued by him since he went into the business.
We should like to see a few gentlemen who are lovers of pluck petition
Congress to vote Daily a medal for his splendid service.
Base-ball.— Last Sunday's games were poor exhibitions, at the Recrea-
tion Grounds, the score stood Knickerbocker 35, Eagle 4.— Franklin
vs. Company B, score 8 to 6.— McMahon vs. National, score 10 to 5.
At Oakland, California vs. Athletic, score 15 to 13. Games to-morrow
at Recreation Grounds, Reno vs. Star. At Oakland, California vs. Oak-
land.
Boxing. — Mike Donovan will arrive in San Francisco by Monday. He
would have been here before, but for the loss of his railroad ticket, which
necessitated a short delay. ^— It is rumored that some sporting men are
getting up a grand boxing tournament, which will probably take place at
the Mechanic' Pavilion, on or about the 24th inst.
MORE FRENCH THAN THE FRENCH.
The Bulletin, of Tuesday last, kindly took the French nation un-
der its wing and commended it as, on the whole, a valuable contributor
to the progress of civilization, and an avant courieur, whatever that may
be. The Suez Canal, we are told, is a French enterprise, and we believe
it, partly because there is some historical evidence to that effect. But we
positively decline to accept a statement, even from the Bulk-tin, that the
Mont Cenis tunnel is a French enterprise, unless we are permitted to say
that because the Chronicle contributes to make people remember the Bul-
k-tin, the Bulletin was founded by the Chronicle. The Mont Cenis tunnel
was a purely Italian enterprise, begun by Sardinia and finished ty the
kingdom of Italy. France came in when she acquired Savoy. The Act
authorizing the work was passed by the Sardinian Parliament in 1S57-
The mountain to be pierced lay entirely within the kingdom of Sardinia.
The engineers— Grandis, Grattoni, Sommeillier — were Sardinians; and
the Minister who urged the matter upon the Parliament, and explained
the plans, and supervised the details, and provided the means, and com-
municated his own energy to every one, was a Sardinian — the Count de
Cavour— of whom even the Bulletin ought to have heard by this time.
"the baldwiiTTheater.
Manager, Mr. Thomas Masiilrc.-Tremeurteiis Hit of the
Paris and London Sensation. This (Saturday) livening, .Inly 19th, and every
evcimi^ production fi\.in models imported direct from the [Theatre Ambigue, Paris,
Where it created the greatest sensation of the century, L'ASSOMMOIR, in nine
tableaux, now playing at the Adelphi and Princess Theaters, London, with unbounded
success, under the title of DK1NK. An Extraordinary Cast \ This (Saturday) Af-
ternoon, at 2 o'clock, PIKST L'ASSiMMQIK MATINKK .Tuly 19.
MECHANICS' PAVILION.
Now Wnlklngr. ---Ladies' Stx-Diiy Pedestrian Tournament.
Priles- The Ladies' Diamond Belt Mid $1,000 ; $750; $i00 ; $"A50. Admis-
sion, 50 cents. Julv 10.
CALIFORNIA THEATER.
BAMTOS ,r LA » l tut Managers.
BARTON HILL Acting Manager.
THE OPERA SEASON I
TRIUMPHANT SUCCESS
-OF-
A. I M E E ,
— IN—
IjS T»mTIT DUO,
Which will be Performed Every Evening this Week, and at the
Saturday. Matinee, with its Extraordinary Cast and
Gorgeous Misa en Scene.
MONBAT and TUESDAY liVIiSlSBS,
First Production Here, with Entirely New Costumes, of an {En-
tirely New Opera,
"LA PETITE MARIEE,"
(Performed in Paris Over Two Hundred Consecutive Nights.)
Wednesday and Thursday Evenings, July 23d and 24th,
Only Performances of
" t,\ GKAIUtE DITCUESSE."
Friday Evening, July 25, GALA NIGHT I
BENEFIT OP HUE. MARIE 1IIEEI
First Time Here, in its Entirety,
"LA MARJOLAINE."
AI1WEE as " La Marjolalue,"
(In which she sings the Celebrated Kissing, Good-bye and Beggar Songs).
f^~ In rehearsal, for speedy production, the following operas: LA BOULANGERE
A DES EENS (The Rich Bakeress). expressly written for MLLE. AIMEE, and orig-
inally performed by her for 100 nights in Paris at the Theatre des Varietes ; LA
BELLE HELENE (first time in five years) ; LA REI.^E INDIGO (Queen Indigo) ;
LES BRIGANDS (flrst time in five years); LE PETIT FAUST (first time in five
years); GIROFLE-GIROFLA ; and the last European operatic sensation, Offenbach's
greatest success, MME. FAVART. July 19.
BUSH STREET THEATER.
CHARLES E.LOCKE Proprietor.
LAST MATINEE TO-DAY!
FAREWELL APPEARANCES
OF
TJTVCLE JOS II,
SATUEDAT and SUNDAY EVENINGS, JULY 19th and 20th
MONDAY EVENING, JULY 21ST,
TONY PASTOR
AND HIS NEW DOUBLE COMPANY.
m~ RESERVED SEATS NOW ON SAXE. "SS
(July 10.]
STANDARD THEATER.
X.A.KENNEDY. Manager.
THIS (SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 19TH,
AND EVERY EVENING,
And Wednesday and Saturday Matinee During the Week,
Until Further Notice,
THE STANDARD JUVENILE PINAFORE COMPANY.
THE GREATEST OF WONDERS I
The Opinion or All !
A MOST MARVELOUS COMBINATION!
Seats can be Secured Sijc Days in Advance.
[July 10.)
Bradbury Pianos, Agency 200 Post street, corner of Dupont.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
July 19, 1879.
"The World," the Flesh, and the Devil.
[By a Truthful Penman. 1
We "were talking, the other day, to a friend of ours who resided for
some time at Natal. He tells us that the Zulu men are good-natured,
cheerful beings, and that the Zulu girls are excessively pretty, most de-
corous in their behavior, but addicted to flirt and joke. If you wish to
marry them you have to pay the father about £40. Should you desert
your wife her relations assegai you, but if she misbehaves herself the rela-
tions, as part of the bargain, kill her. The ijirls go about in bands; when
they see a young Zulu warrior they surround him, and make him tell them
which of them he thinks the most beautiful.^— At Bristol, the other day,
two boys were brought before the County Justices charged with theft.
They were declared by the police to be respectably connected, and noth-
ing had been previously known against them. The offense of which they
had been guilty was that of stealing two eggs which they had found in a
plowed field into which they had wandered in the country. The crime
wa3 not a very heinous one, yet it appears to have been considered some-
what serious by the Bench, for the boys were ordered to pay a fine of 30s.
each or go to prison for a month. Their father pleaded that a short time
might be given him in which to find the money, but the request was per-
emptorily refused, and the boys were sent to jail until the necessary sum
could be procured. Dishonesty should doubtless be promptly suppressed,
but considering the stigma which always attaches to a lad who has once
been sent to prison, it seems altogether questionable in the present instance
whether the punishment has not exceeded the offense.— —There is a funny
story afloat that Mr. Rivers Wilson losti ne good graces of the Khedive
rather through a neglect of Court etiquette than by his financial policy.
In the Egyptian Court it is regarded as a sine qua non of propriety to wear
a fez. Europeans as well as Orientals are accustomed to respect this
prejudice, and fall in with it. Mr. Wilson, however, whether from Brit-
ish obstinacy or a dislike to exposing his eyes unduly to the sunshine, per-
sistently retained his black-silk "top hat," to the great indignation of the
Egyptian Court. So the story goes, and it is probably nothing but a story.
If it were true, however, there is an historic parallel to be found in the
incident. The Emperor Paul of Russia conceived a violent dislike to the
tall black hat, and issued an ukase prohibiting its use under heavy penal-
ties. The Ambassador of one foreign court, however, insisted on wearing
the obnoxious headgear, and was dismissed by the Czar. — Court Journal.
-^There is a good deal of controversy just now about the value of merely
circumstantial evidence. If the following incident has any truth in it,
therefore, it is somewhat interesting at the present time. It is said that
one of the learned Judges has received a handsome ring from, the United
States, accompanied by a letter in which the donor, while concealing his
real name, expresses his gratitude to the gentleman in question. It ap-
pears that some years ago the man who had been rightly charged with
having committed a forgery was acquitted, owing entirely to the favorable
summing-up at his trial. Since that time he has lived honestly, and is
now honored and respected by those who know him. Comparing his
present condition with what he might have been had things gone differ-
ently, he rightly gives the credit of his good fortune to the Judge who
presided, and encloses the souvenir in consequence. It is laid down in a
certain well known book on criminal law that it is more expedient that
innocent persons should suffer than that one guilty should escape. Ac-
cording to the strict idea of administering justice this may doubtless be
the case, but in the case of recent blunders it is even pleasant to be
reminded that the precept has not always been carried out.^—
M'lle Adelaide Montgolfier, a daughter of the inventor of balloons, is still
alive, aged 89 years. She is possessed of a large fortune, and presented
the Museum of the Aeronautical Academy with a copy of the large medal
executed by Houdon, and representing her father and uncle — who was
associated with him in the invention of balloons. This medal was exe-
cuted to commemorate that event. A movement will be got up in France
for celebrating the centenary of that memorable event, which took place
in the month of June, 1783, in the vicinity of Lyons. — Court Circular.—
Mr. Sothern has arrived safely in Canada, and has left for his salmon
river on the coast of Labrador, where he, the Duke of Beaufort, Sir John
Reid and Mr. Florence are to spend two months in salmon -fishing. They
are to live in a frame-house, sent out from New York, to wear Jersey
Bhirts and long hoots, spend days of angling and nights of poker, lay in
stocks of health, and accumulate new experiences.— Cardinal Newman
is still very ill at Leghorn, and can take no food from loss of appetite and
weakness. — A Russian paper, in describing the execution of Nihilists at
KiefF, adds that a young girl, who concealed her name despite the use of
the lash, declared at the foot of the gallows that she was Nathalie Gorts-
chakoff, niece of the Russian Chancellor. ^— Sir Arthur Gordon, the
Governor of Fiji, has been presented with a farewell address by the Abo-
rigines Protection Society, expressing approval of the policy which he had
adopted during his rule over that dependency. Sir Arthur was to have
left England for Eiji about July 5th. — The new Edinburgh waterworks,
at the Moorfoot Hills, were formally opened on June 13th, by the Lord
Provost. The Water Trust and a number of leading citizens visited the
reservoir at Portmore and Gladhouse. The storage capacity of the water-
works is now increased to about two billions and a half gallons. The
principal reservoir, which is about twelve miles from the city, has a stor-
age capacity of one hundred and seventeen millions of gallons.——
Prince Jerome Napoleon is now fifty-seven. He is a man of wide informa-
tion, extensive reading, clear brain, and undoubted ability ; a born de-
bater, he enjoys the by no means inconsiderable advantage of the only
" Napoleonian " features in the family. Of the latter fact, M. Edmond
About once made capital by graphically describing him as a Caesar
declasse. This said, the whole of his chance seems to have been summed
up. He has little or no money, and no personal friends. Indeed, he has
always been celebrated for an unfortunate knack of disgusting his familiar
servants and followers by manners and language amounting sometimes to
rudeness. On the occasion of the Paris Exhibitions of 1855 and 1867, for
instance, which he superintended with undeniable energy and success, he
managed to obtain the dislike of almost every exhibitor through his petty
regulations and unsavory fits of temper.— Is this true — that charming
Thdo is about to leave the stage ? Not for a garnished hotel (she is
honest) ; not for a title (she is married); but the model little wife has her
eye on a confectioner's shop in the Avenue de l'Opera. O, if she makes
the cakes herself, who would not cheerfully give himself an indigestion on
petits fours/ By the way, while her brothers and sisters are teaching us
how to act, I wish Madame The*o would come over and teach us how to
make tarts. British pastry is an unpleasant thing at the best, while the
Parisians — and, still more, the Florentines — have the art of a certain short
crust, neither buttery nor puffy, which is one of the delights of travel.— i
Anecdotes of the Prince Imperial are cropping up. When the news of
the burning of the Tuileries reached the Imperial family in their English
exile, his exclamation was " Quel maheur ! I wonder what they did with
my bicycle !"
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Draws direct at current rates upon its Head Office and Branches, and upon its Agents
as follows :
New York, Chicago and Canada— Bank of Montreal ; Liverpool— North and South
Wales Bank ; Scotland— British Linen Company ; Ireland— Bank of Ireland ; Mex-
ico and South America— London Bank of Mexico and South America ; China and
Japan— Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, and Oriental Bank ; Australia
and New Zealand— Banlc of Australasia, Commercial Banking Company of Sydnev,
and English, Scottish and Australian Chartered Bank.
May 18. FREDERICK TOWNSEND, Manager.
LONDON AND SAN FRANCISCO BANK, LIMITED.
Capital, $5,000,000, oi which $3,000,000 is fully paid np a»
present capital. Reserve Fund, §800,000. San Francisco Office, 424 Califor-
nia street ; London Office, 22 Old Broad street. Manager, ARTHUR SCRIVENER ;
Cashier, WILLIAM STEEL. London Bankers, Bank of England and London Joint
Stock Bank ; New York, Drexel, Morgan & Co. ; Boston, Third National Bank.
This Bank is prepared to transact all kinds of General Banking and Exchange Busi-
ness in London and San Francisco, and between said cities and all parts of the
world. March 30.
THE NEVADA BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO.
Capital Paid "Up $10,000,000.
Reserve, TJ. S- Bonds 3,500,000.
Agency at New York, 62 Wall street.
Agency at Vfoginia, Nev.
Buys and sells Exchange and Telegraphic Transfers. Issues Commercial and Trav-
elers' Credits. This Bank has special facilities for dealing in Bullion. July 5.
THE GERMAN SAVINGS AND LOAN SOCIETY.
Deutsche Spar uiid jLeihbank. Bio 526 Califoruiastreet, San
Francisco. Officers : President, L. GOTTIG. Board of Directors.— Fred.
Roeding, Chas. Kohler, Dan. Meyer, Edw. Krase, George H. Eggere, N. Van Bergen,
H. L. Simon, Claua Spreckels. Secretary, GEO. LETTE ; Attorney, JOHN R.
JARBOE. May 18.
SECURITY SAVINGS BANK.
GUARANTEE CAPITAL, $300,000.
Officers: President, John Parrott; Vice-President, Jerome
Lincoln ; Secretary, W. S. Jones ; Attorney, Sidney V. Smith. Loans made on
Real Estate and other Approved Securities. Office : No. 215 SanBome street, San
Francisco.
Oct. 14.
0&7'77 a year and expenses to agents ^ Outfit Free,
Address,
P. O. V1CKERY, Augusta, Maine.
200 Post street is on the corner of Dupont.
July 19, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
FATE.
0 eyes that mate with mine, of all the earth —
Dear, wistful eye* that mine have never seen!
1 pnuf tut ye may never look my way
Until my RTftVa Ik- (men.
O bauds that would have helped me in my need.
That never would have tlinist mv own aside!
Oh, never tn.iy ye Uracil me till I lio
Too pale lor pride :
O feet in littteninn; for whose coming youth
Went by, while of its leaf-time nime no bloom !
Tis now too late for ye to come, till I
For happier hearts make roum.
O lips that would have found my own most sweet
Of all sweet things that gladden God's dear earth,
Let the world part us until m ne are cold,
And dumb, and little worth.
O heart of all heart?, that was meant for mine,
That somewhere wandereat, weary for my sake,
Will some mysterious sorrow thrill thee through
The day that mine shall break?
— Howard Glyndon, in July LippincotCs.
FLOGS HIS MINISTERS.
The King of Siam is reported to have flogged one of his Ministers,
and public opinion has been thereby considerably excited in Bangkok.
The importance attached in this case to the use of the rod by his Majesty
Somdet Phra Paramindr Maha Khoulalonkorn ist perhaps, explained by
the fact of the flagellated mandarin having been connected by marriage
with an English resident of the capital; for other Kings of Siam have
been, by all accounts, pretty free in their use of the rattan without excit-
ing any remark. His late Majesty, who died of a fever when on his way
to view an eclipse of the sun in October, 1868, was, of course, an excep-
tional monarch of Thai. He spoke French and Latin and English, and
possessed a practical acquaintance with the heavenly bodies which would
have made him an ornament to any astronomical society in Europe. He,
consequently, got the credit of being a more courteous and better man-
nered king generally than the other kings of Siam, and especially of hav-
ing introduced a more polite and gentle system of transacting business
with his State advisers than was formerly in vogue at Bangkok. It is a
question, however, whether he quite deserved the reputation he enjoyed
for being a humane as well as an accomplished prince; and at any rate, if
he spared the rod, he was about the first King of Siam who did. When
Captain Hamilton was in the "land of the free," as Siam is rather mis-
named by its inhabitants, hardly a day passed without the monarch
whipping some minister. The punishment, he tells U3, was administered
with split rattans, which cut pretty deep into the flesh, leaving conspicu-
ous marks behind them- "The greater the marks appear," says the sev-
enteenth-century traveler, " the greater the. honor they take them to be,
and the pretty ladies are not exempt from this flagellation for very small
faults. I have seen some pretty agreeable young gentlewomen with rat-
tan marks on their shoulders, which they are so far from covering that
they expose them to passers-by, seeming to glory in being bo much taken
notice of by the greatest king on earth.' — Pall Mall Budget.
ANDES RAIL THE HIGHEST IN THE WORLD.
A Spanish -American journal gives an interesting account of the
extraordinary route and construction of the Ferro Caril Transaudino, or
Andes Railway, the highest on the face of the globe. A great part of this
line is already in use. It begins at Callao, in Peru, runs along the coast
of the Pacific Ocean as far as Lima, then rises to the Andes, where it
attains at one place to the dizzy elevation of 14,260 feet, or about a level
with the summit of Mount Blanc, and almost double the hight of the line
of perpetual snow in the European Alps. The iron for this incomparable
line was delivered by England, the wood by California and Oregon. In
the huge field of rock between the chains of the Cordilleras the line
passes no less than sixty-one tunnels. Such a railway, traversing hights
once supposed to be inaccessible, necessarily possesses some wonderful
bridges. One of the most remarkable is that of Verragos, which rests
upon two iron columns of 240 feet in hight. The view from this bridge
into the abyss which it spans is said to be truly horrifying, and, as the
train passes over, the traveler may imagine that he is being wafted through
the air on an aerial machine. Some points of the amazing landscape
which are nearest heaven are described as being of "Dantesque infer-
nality " in character. There are places on the line which are never visited
by the light of the sun, in spite of their high elevation, the ravines being
perpetually darkened by the immensity of the "Pics," or mountain sum-
mits, which rise up toward the sky. At San Matto the line passes a spot
which is even named by the few inhabitants who are accustomed to the
terrible gorges and hea\ en-reaching "Pics" of the Andes, the "Bridge of
Hell" — et Pucnte de ClnfcrnicHo. This grand line goes at present as far
as Chicla, at a hight of 7,250 feet above the ocean, and then descends by
degrees to Oroya. The intellectual creator of this stupendous work was
the American engineer Meiggs, who died in 1877, the constructor of the
line between Chili and Valparaiso. As a perpetual memorial to him the
highest peak of the Andes has been most appropriately named "Pio
Meiggs.
French Commerce.— The Imports and exports of France were, in
1859, 2,400,000,000 francs; in 187b" they were 7,830,000.000 francs. The
tonnage employed was, in 1859, 3,036,000, of which 1,473,000, under the
French flag. In 1876 the total was 5,614,000, of which French vessels
represented 2.362,489 tons. In 1859 the steam marine counted 2,616,000
tons; in 1876,6,146,034. The railroads transported, in 1859.19,947,790
tons ; in 1876, 62,131.107 tons. The mails carried., in 1859, 258,900,000
letters, of which 18,456,730 were addressed to foreign countries. In 1876
there were 367,443,307 letters, 45,300,664 of these being for foreign coun-
tries. In 1859 the telegraphic dispatches numbered 698,501, including
144,703 for points outside of France ; and in 1876, 8,080,964, of which
those for other countries were 1,027,249.
Said the Sheriff, as he wedded the two fond hearts : " What God has
joined let no man enjoin" — which was satisfactory, in spite of its irregu-
larity.
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
Recorded in the City and County of San Francisco, California, for
the Week ending July 14th.
Compiled from the Records of the VommvrckH A./aiaj, 401 California St., 8.F.
Thursday, July 10th.
QRANTOR AND GRANTEE.
DESCRIPTION.
PRICE
J O'Tapllfl to Louisa B Taplin....
Sume to Win Patterson
Sumner J Record to J J Hunt ....
Snndrv lots in Prrcita Valley
P V Lots 867 to 27-1
$S,100
7.000
S G Mnrphy to Cornel! QB Dull ....
Jolio B Lewis to S <1 Murphy
7,000
John McColl to John Curry
Lot l, blk 511). Bay View n'd
150
Tlioa Joyce; to Martin Joyce
E Harrington to G E Harrington..
L F Dtmuuil to G P Lou'enu
Win Hate to R H Brodsbaw
Lots 1 to 7, blk 1, West End Map 1
E Webster, 120 n Fulton, n 17:«xl37:6..
8 14th, 275 L- Sanchez, e 25, s> 101, etc...
S Cal'ii, 82;6 w Laguua, w 27:6x107:6...
400
500
10
1
Friday, July 1 1th.
Fred'k Pohley to Benj STurmin..
0 Callahan to Wm B Uoopi-r ....
Frrdk Wolf to Jnlie A B Wolf..
J Marchan t to C Grosgean
SametoM G Cobb
Jane L Case to Elijah Caae..
Elijah Case to Jane L Case..
M Staeh li to L Deely
N Sonnichsen to Maria Ford
Peter J Dunne to Bridget Dunne.
Mary E Brooks to L M Brooks. . .
N O'Farrcll, 212 w Steiner, w 22x82:6. . $5,000
NcortRh and Howard, ne lOOxlti.'j 5
W Webster, 107:73i n Cal, 50x104:3 Gilt
Sundry lots in various parts of city 280
All property whatever for the benefit of
creditors
Sundry lots in Haley & O'N Tract; and
lots in Case Tract. Alameda Co 20,000
Lots 21 to 32, blk 290, H & O'N Tract ;
and lots in Case T ct, Alameda Co ... | 20,000
NCal'a, 25 w Lyon, w 25x80 1,000
Lot 105, blk 105, Central Park H'd 1 ,0(10
W Leroy, 70:6 s Sac'to, s 23x58:9 5
W cor 7th and Channel, nw 240x300 1
Saturday, July 12 th.
P H Magrath to Sam'] F Sinclair.
Citv and Co S F to Anna Roche..
W B Hooper to G AHicks
T S Moffitt to Wm D Hohro
Isaac Swain to Caroline Beals ...
L L Robinson to Santa Clara Coi.
Wm Bryan to Owen Mcllugh....
Ne 20tli av, 225 nw J st. nw 25x100. .. .
E Lvon, 55 n Post, n 27x110
S Chestnut, 206:3 w Taylor, 68:9x137:6
S Clay, 168:9 w Steiner, w 25x127:414 .
E Jones, 92 s Wash'n, s 24:5x68:9
W Sanchez, 165 n 14th, n 203, sw 32, etc
N McAllister, 430:6 w Lyon, 50x137:6
$ 150
10,000
4.000
3,052
6
3,600
Monday, July 14th
CS Preble to Chas B Preble
S Davis to H H Bodwell
J M Barney to Lydia 11 Barney,...
Geo B Bradford to Jas Amhrose. . .
Wm W R Hatch to Chas E Pechin
John A Snook to Jas M Haven....
Sophie Loewe to S Shoenberg
J S Barrett to M Mi^uelajaureguy.
Chas Cameto to John Dipple
Lots Sand !l, blk 291, Haley & O'N Tct
N 26th, 77:6 e Bartlett, e 40x80
Van Ness and Ellis, s 70x109:9
Lot 25, blk 50, City Land Ass'n
N Harry pi, 87:6 e Lagnua. e 25x80
Ne8th, 225 se Bryant, se 50x60
Uudiv ii n McAllister, 105 e Laguna, e
25x137:6. .
N Bdway, 63:9 e Mason, e 34:4«xl37:6
Nw R R av, 53:2 ne 6th av, ne 89:6, nw
105, sw 53, se 119 to com
$2,500
1,500
Gilt
150
2,000
2,000
700
4,000
T. &.. BARRY, Agent for Naglee's Brandy, is at No. 116
Montgomery Street.
THE AVERILL MIXED PAINT
Ismannfactnretl from strictly pore White Lead, Zinc, Burt
Pure Linseed Oil, to which is added Water Glass, which chemically unites the
ingredients and holds them in solution, so they cannot separate. As a house paint
it has no equal, producing a brilliant glossy finish, impervious to the weather, and
Will Last Twice as Long:
as any other paint made. It is of pure white, and any Shade or ColordeBired, mixed
ready for the brush, sc that any one can apply it.
Our wagon and machinery paints, from the more common colors to the finest ver-
milion, are specially desirable.
Our fire-proof roof, barn and bridge paint, manufactured from oxide of iron, is the
best and cheapest paint for the purpose that can be produced.
Put up in I, i. 1 and 5 gallon cans, and in barrels, sold by the gallon. Send for
sample card of colors and price list. Address,
CALIFOKNIA PAINT COMPANY,
329 MARKET STREET, San Francisco.
July 13.
SWANT0N HOUSE, PESCA0ER0.
This Popular Hotel, together with the detached Cottages,
which are not the least of its attractive features, have been newly furnished
throughout, and are now open for the reception of guests. Those desiring to visit
the most enjoyable of all our sea-side resorts, can make no mistake in deciding upon
Peseadero. __ m _____
IT IS EASILY REACHED,
and is unsurpassed in the excellence of its climate, the beaut;- of its scenery, and in
the attractiveness of its trulv remarkable sea beach. Those extraordinary pebbles,
among which are to be found" agates, opals, sapphires, etc. were nerer so numerous
as now the past Winter having thrown up immense numbers of curiously-shaped
stones which for ages have been subjected to the everlasting motions of the tireless
Pacific. GOOD TROUT FISHING is obtainable in the Peseadero river.
^~ The hotel prices are fixed to suit the times. [April 27.
Bradbury Pianos, 200 Post street. Established 1854
10
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
July 19, 1879.
THE WATER QUESTION — MAYOR BRYANT AND
THE BULLETIN.
The Bulletin is nothing if not a grievance monger. It must always
appear to be fretting and fuming over something or somebody. It was
only a short time ago that we were wondering what it would find to make
a special grievance of during the forthcoming campaign. We knew it
couldn't be happy unless it had somebody to worry. "We had begun to
think, most vainly as it appears, that its stock of grievances had about
run out. It had made its peace (piece) with the railroad. Ralston had
been too long in his grave to be again disinterred. Who, and what were
to be its next subjects of attack? We had not long to wait for an answer.
Mayor Bryant and the water question are to serve for this special occa-
sion. The fretting and fuming process is already far advanced. Editorials
filled with lying and slandering, with malice, and all uncharitableness,
make their appearance almost daily. The attack has set in with more
than ordinary Bulletin virulence. Driven by the force of truth from one
position to-day, it breaks out in an altogether unexpected quarter to-
morrow. It is lying by day and lying by night, and lying from the very
lust of lying. It shrieks the word "water," and howls itself hoarse at
the name of Bryant. We are told one day that Bryant has always been
the tool of Spring Valley. Then a more sober-minded and truthful con-
temporary points out the inexorable logic of the facts. It is shown be-
yond peradventure that our worthy Mayor procured the employment of
John F. Swift as special counsel for the city, and that he was in earnest
in all efforts made on behalf of the city as against the Water Company.
Then the Bulletin, driven from that position, suddenly assumes another,
and says : "Bryant has recently changed base on the water question."
The original charge, though disproven, is not withdrawn. An honest
assailant would at least do that before asking people to believe a second
accusation. That Mr. Bryant has in any respect " changed," is an asser-
tion that is unaccompanied by any evidence whatever. Coming from one
who has just been caught in a malicious lie, it is hardly worth a respect-
ful answer. His Honor the Mayor has not changed. The water ques-
tion is at rest, and His Honor will Boon be in the same position, so far as
his official duties go. The Bulletin knows as well as it knows anything
that the Water Company does not want to sell its works. It prefers to
keep them for the good reason that the money could not be better placed.
Bulletin legislation fixed the company's income at 8 per cent ; with that
the company is satisfied if the city is. If, however, the city insists upon
owning its water works, then, and in that case only, the company desires
to sell, as, of course, it would not desire a competitor. But the city is
not insisting upon anything of the kind. So long as it does not stir the
subject no one else will. The fact is, the water question is a dead issue,
and the Bulletin knows it.
WHAT! SO SOON?
Verily it is over early for the Workingmen's candidates to begin
stealing and running away with the plunder. But a commencement has
been made. One R. A. Leonard was and is the party's candidate for City
and County Surveyor ; he was also collector of unconsidered assessments.
What else he was we have no means of knowing. Like most of his par-
ty's nominees, he had the advantage of being unknown. You can't say
much about fellows who were never heard of before. They cheat criti-
cism and defy attack. That was the happy condition of Mr. Leonard,
until the other day. In an evil hour he was entrusted with the money
bag. There was but a trifle of three hundred dollars in it, yet even that
small sum was great enough to tempt his cupidity. He stole it, and ran
away ; and now Mr. Leonard is not as obscure as he was. Through the
medium of the Police records, we are told that he is thirty-nine years of
age, slender of build, dark of complexion, beardless as to face, and with a
head covering of light-brown hair. He was a pet of Kearney's, and a
favorite at the sand lots. He was a nominee for an office, which is gen-
erally supposed to afford more than the average opportunities for steal-
ing. He couldn't wait the realization of his prospective opportunities,
but must needs hasten to go for the first thing in sight. He cleared out
with money collected from the poor dupes of workingmen who follow him
and his kind. That money was intended to help him and his associates
to office. It was a paltry sum, yet his honesty was not proof against the
temptation of stealing it. Is he not a fair specimen of most of the others ?
We do not know for certain whether he is or not. Therein lies the objec-
tion to the whole crowd. They are unknown. They may be all Leon-
ards for ought the general public know. Yet they ask to be put in pos-
session of the city's treasury. A private individual would want some
better recommendations before he would yield up control of his safe to
such people. It is a most monstrous proposition to put the treasury in
charge of men unaccustomed to handling coin or fulfilling important
trusts.
THE POLITICAL SITUATION.
The political situation is so mixed that there is little satisfaction
in attempting to describe it at present. The pipe-layers and wire-pullers
are at work, and until they are through it is difficult to tell how the is-
sues are to be made up, or who the real contestants are to be. The one
thing that is certain is, that the Republican ticket, with George C. Per-
kins at the head, has made a fine start, and that its success seems to be
beyond a peradventure. The party is united, is in earnest, and is happy
in the sure and certain hope of success. On the other hand, the varied,
elements in opposition are wrangling amongthemselvesinamost unseemly
way. There are enough votes in opposition to the Republican ticket to
defeat it ; but as they cannot, it would seem, be united in favor of any
one course of action, the Republicans are likely to have something very
like a walk over. That is the way it looks now. Dr. Hugh J. Glenn
has published a fair and candid exposition of his position, that ought to
satisfy those who have a reasonable desire to be satisfied. In all matters
that may arise between the two noted parties, he will be true to his Dem-
ocratic principles. In regard to all things in which the distinctive princi-
ples of the new Constitution are concerned, he will adhere to the spirit of
that instrument, regardless of party. That is his position, and it is a
clear, distinct and consistent one, notwithstanding the hypercriticism of
his enemies. White, the Workingmen's candidate, is met with an assault
upon his good name that would injure him, if he were nominated by any
other party. But the unwashed' crowd have a way of sticking to their
man all the more because he is a little dirty. They will adhere to Kal-
loch and White sure. By next week things may be expected to take on
a nipre definite form, and by that time we shall see what we shall see.
CALIFORNIA.
Primeval.
Silent and still her mighty reach
Of winding stream and mountain chain,
Of whispering woods and wave - lashed beach,
Of flowery dell and grass - clad plain ;
Her dusky children's step is light —
They are not many in the land,
And though her face is glad and bright,
And though her mien is calmly grand,
She seems halt wistfully to wait
The advent of a nobler fate.
Discovered.
From Southern seas and sunny skies,
Behold! a white sail northward flies;
And, in Spain's name, forevermore
Cabrillo claims the virgin shore.
Solitude reigns again. And now
We see another wandering prow.
It is the knightly rover, Drake,
At whose dread name all Spaniards quake.
No trifler he, with empty boast,
To idly claim a distant coast ;
For, lo ! he boldly comes to land,
Plants England's banner on the strand,
And with due form and seriousness,
Proclaims his sovereign lady, Bess !
Evangelized.
Prom yonder mission walled in white
A drowsy bell peals on the air,
Calling the dusky neophyte
To morning task or evening prayer.
Listless alike at both is he,
And wherefore should he not so be,
Whose life knows neither hope nor care?
The purple grape climbs up the hills,
The fields are gilt with yellow grain,
Rich, lucious fruit the orchard fills,
Fat cattle graze upon the plain.
An exile, learned and refined —
The long-robed Friar — rules the land,
Portly, but pious, stern, yet kind,
The idol of his half-tamed band.
Transformed.
Gone, are Friar and neophyte,
Gone the sleepy days of old,
Conquered by the Saxon's might
California yields her gold.
Waking from her sleep at length,
She arises in her strength,
Brings all races to her feet,
Builds a nation of her own,
Motley-hued, but as complete
As the world has ever known.
San Francisco, July 18, 1879.
THE JUDICIARY IN DANGER.
We have no hesitation in saying that the ticket "put up" by cer-
tain members of the Bar is a menace to the independence of the judiciary
of this city. It is conceived in sin and shapen in iniquity. It is the
result of a wickedly designed arrangement among certain legal firms,
whose desire it is to own our Judges and run our Courts. The possibility
of its success should be looked upon with dismay by all honest citizens.
It is surface reasoning to argue that lawyers are necessarily the best
guides in electing an independent judiciary. Their knowledge as to who
are calculated to make the best judicial officers is unquestionable. But
their disinterestedness is by no means equal to their knowledge. No, not
by a great deal. In short, they are liable to be corruptly interested par-
ties. There are lawyers who like to have a friend on the bench, and it is
worth not a little to the practitioner to have it known that he has such a
friend. Clients will always bestow their favors on the attorney that has,
or is supposed to have, the most influence with the Judge. It is not well
that Judges should be indebted to particular attorneys for their election.
If they are, Justice is not as Kkely to be as blind in such cases as she
ought to be. She will be very liable to see a friendly aide-de-camp, and
to cast a favorable squint in his direction whenever occasion offers.
Human nature is human nature, whether on the Bench or off it. The
mere fact of clothing a man with ermine will not purify him if the es-
sence of the thing is not within him. These general principles are true,
and should make us wary of an attorney-packed Bench. If we were to
descend to particulars, name every nominee on the ticket, tell of his affili-
ations, and explain just why his name comes to be there, we should
demonstrate the terrible danger there is in permitting a few self-seeking
lawyers to foist a judiciary upon us that is conceived in corruption. A
little investigation of this subject is much needed. The more it is probed
the better. If the danger should become more imminent, it will be our
duty to deal with it less gingerly. There are some ugly facts underlying
this business, that must come out if the Bar ticket is persisted in. The
presence of a name on that ticket may almost be taken to be evidence
conclusive that the nominee is a good man to vote against. There may
be one or two exceptions, but we doubt that there is one. We say that,
knowing the motives which got them on the ticket. A few wire-pullers,
for their own purposes, brought the thing about. It is understood that
the innocent majority now repudiate the ticket, and realize its evil con-
ception. It must be defeated at all hazards.
Mr. Frank W. Gross is the nominee of the Republican party for the
office of Clerk of the Supreme Court, and a better there could not be
chosen by any party. The reputation he has made for himself in his
widely-extended business relations, is a most enviable one, and his fitness
for the extremely responsible and delicate position for which he has been
named, will bring forward many active aud energetic friends to work for
him. It is with sincerity we hope so congratulate him in September.
July 19, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
11
THE TOWN CRIER.
"Hear the Oltarl" "What the devtl art thou?
'One that will play the dnU.SU with yon."
" He'd a sling in bis tail as ions as a flail.
W MOO made tutu trow bolder and bolder."
The Pedestrian Fever baa intensified to that extent in this vicinity
that then i$ every indication that the community can hardly recover un-
less Bomathing is done for its immediate relief. Last Tuesday uiorning
than was a general domeetiu sensation over the entire Western Addition.
Over forty boys bad suddenly disappeared from their homes, and in spite
of the industrious search made by their mothers, could he discovered no-
where. Tuesday night came and still the lost heirs did not report.
Wednesday morning the agonised parents besieged the police office, and
specials were sent out in every direction. By Wednesday night the ex-
citement was intense, and with the fate of Charley Ross fresh in their
minds, the distracted relatives BOOUred the city in person for traces of the
juvenile delinquents. Thursday morning, as some of the searchers were
passing a large empty building on a side street, they beheld one of the es-
trays -little Jimmy Dickenson — busily engaged chalking figures nn the
adjoining fence. '* Oh ! you villain !" screamed his mother, " come
home this minute, won't I give it to you ?" " Lemma 'lone, said Jimmy,
still chalking away, " Skinny Briggs has just made his ninety-second in
twelve forty-two, and I must get it down." Say — don't you want to go in ?
Only ten cents !" sang out a snub-nosed urchin at the basement door ;
11 all the walkers now on the track !" The parental delegation entered the
cellar. It was about seventy-five feet long and forty wide. It was filled
with boys, tents, noise and other nuisances. Half a dozen half stripped
boys, almost cut in two by tightly strapped belts, were staggering around
the track supported by their trainers. Others were lying on their backs
with their hind legs in the air, having their blistered feet sponged off and
painted with arnica. The son of a doctor was sawing out a bunion from
the puffy toe of the boy who had taken the first prize for attendance at
Sunday school. Some reptile who had bet no end of glass alleys on
Reddy McShucks, had been detected in trying to poison Johnny Gibson,
the Hayes Valley Champion, with a strong cigar, and there was a pro-
digious row in consequence. Boney liodgers, who wore the South Park
belt, had accused the official scorer, Willie Bazembee, of altering the
record, and the editor of the Peanut was making a speech from the
Judges stand to the effect that unless the sawdust was immediatly sifted
for broken glass and things, he'd write a hole through the whole tourna-
ment in the next issue. By the aid of an entire detachment of police, the
match, which was really to run four days longer, was broken up, and the
boys taken home by main force— that is, all but four — they were taken to
Lone Mountain.
Multitudinous are the tricks of trade, but for mingled ingenuity and
rascality the little dodge of a piano-seller, whose store is located not a
thousand miles from New Montgomery street, takes the cake. His stock
consists of Hale aud Antisell pianos, but, be it observed, the names of
those well known firms does not appear upon the instruments. And why?
Because, to his customers, this gentleman is a great manufacturer of
pianos (he never had one made for him in his life) and therefore it be-
comes necessary that his name should appear upon the workmanship of
others. If a customer wants a "Hale," then, of all pianos in the world,
lie would counsel him not to purchase that particular make. But he has
an article here of hi3 own manufacture, which for finish, tone, etc., ex-
cels, etc., anything and so forth. If an Antisell is required, the same lit-
tle comedy is enacted, and the joke is that in each case the buyer gets
what he asks for and gives all the credit of manufacture to our enterpris-
ing and amusing fraud. Perhaps, if he keeps on in this way, he actually
will be able to start a manufactory of his own some day; but it is the
cheapest dodge for establishing a reputation, without risk or expense,
that has yet come under our notice.
About two months ago two young ladies were assaulted, in the
night, at Wheatland, and beaten almost to death with an iron bar.
There are seventeen persons in Wheatland, including a negro, who lives
by asking for a drink of water and looking at Ida Dunn. AH the detect-
ives of the Pacific coast have been engaged ever since the 1.5th of May,
working up the case, and several have been imported from abroad,
including the famons Smellemoutski, of Moscow, who discovered thirteen
Nihilists in the Czar's private library, done up as folio volumes. New
developments are expected every minute. The iron bar has been ana-
lyzed, and found to consist of 13 parts cyanide of potassa, 47 parts Ru-
moris, 20 parts Unibroe Nigne, and 20 parts Wheatland horror. Some-
thing will Boon be done. Further search shows traces of undue influence
in the wrong quarter, and the village is almost depopulated. The griddle
cakes at the Roddan's yesterday turned up missing, the griddle having
disappeared. The detectives are now out, following up this clue, and the
mystery will soon be unraveled. Ten barrels of beer have been sent up
from town, and men, strong men, weep like children*
H. Ii. Knight, late of Kearney's gang, paralyzes the universe by a
"card," in which he solemnly declares that he has " deemed it just and
wise and proper to rejoin the Republican party," at least until "the
serpent of secession and shoddy" is trodden under foot, and " our glorious
flag, like the serpent raised by Moses in the wilderness, carries assurance
to all that freedom of speech and pen and ballot are secured to them."
We don't want to insinuate that Mr. Knight has snakes in his boots, but,
really, these serpent similes are suspiciously mixed and multitudinous.
It is interesting to know', however,, that the reptile which old Mose set
squirming od a pole gave freedom of speech and pen and ballot to the
Israelites; and, when we come to think of it, a brazen serpent wouldn't
be such a very inappropriate emblem for a political party after all.
R. A. Leonard, nominee of the W. P. C. for City and County Sur-
veyor, has mysteriously disappeared. As Chairman of a Committee to
start a party paper, lie had collected $150. We have known for some
time that the value of city offices is depreciating, but we should have
thought the pickings would be worth more than this, especially when we
consider the risk and trouble of decamping with such a trifle.
A drummer for an Ogden business house was recantly fined $400 and
cost", at Winnemucca, for soliciting without a license. We always said
that Wiunemucca was no slouch of a place, and now we say that Winue-
mucca ought to be made the capital of the Universe. God. bless Winne-
mucca.
Of the three nominees fur Governor, White is accused of having
ruined a family." Perkins of being in league with the monopolists to
ruin the Stat.-, and (Menu is of being a perfect ruin in his own proper
person, morally and mentally. It is unnecessary to add that the truth
of all these accusations is proved beyond a shadow of doubt by the
respective political enemies of the gentlemen in question, so that it
aeems WO have to choose between a destroyer of homes, a destroyer of
communities, and a blamed idiot for our next chief executive.
One of those cheap bits of wisdom out of the cony book is now
traveling round the country, to the effect that this world 'was not meant
for mourning, because the How-era are not black. Exactly ho ; neither
was it meant for dining, because dinner-tables are not sky-blue ; nor for
fishing, because trout don't wear ulsters ; nor for smoking, because to-
bacco costs money ; nor for sensible men, because Martin Farquhar Tup-
per lives in it.
Some persons are very much concerned for the feelingB of honest
Democrats in the present crisis. We have seen them both, and they say
they have no feelings to speak of ; much obliged, all the same. We
have been looking for the honest Republican, but he has gone out of
town ; and the self-respecting Honorable Bilk died last week. On the
whole, we may have been wasting our sympathy, and shall bottle up the
rest of it.
There is an appalling outbreak of initials in the papers. Meet-
ings of the Y. M. U. B., the A. U. U. W., I. O. P. R., and the J. G. A.
are announced without fear of consequences. We mean to stop this by
explaining these dark hints. Your Most Ugly Bachelors, the Ancient
Order of Ugly Women, the Immense Order of Prize Roosters and the
Jackasses G-oue Astray are now unmasked and must seek other disguises.
Murphy has gone. He has " folded his tent like the Arabs and
silently stolen away." Yet stay, not silently. He made a farewell
speech, in which he declared that he had become enamored of San
Francisco. Proudly the Golden City twines this flower of temperance
amid her wreath of grapes, and hopes next time Mr. Murphy visits his
new love, to have a splendid crop of drunks for him to operate upon.
The New York Sun is in partnership with Edison, and is very
cheerful about prospects in the electric light business. Why don't it help
him out, then ? The poor man is stopped because platinum costs so
much, and he can't find anything incombustible to take its place, and yet
there's the Sun, publishing every day statements warranted to stand hell
fire, they're so tough, and never a ribbon of them for his partner.
The Detroit Free Press is witty as ever. It declares that "impeach-
ment can never be_ exercised for a higher or holier purpose than for the
punishment of a chief magistrate who tramples on the laws of his country."
What, never? Almost always it might be better to impeach thei^Yee Pres3
for being as funny as it can, and in hot weather. Lord ! Lord ! so many
fire-crackers thrown away, and so near the Fourth of July !
Voorhees threw at Burnside in the Senate a phrase which we think
we have met before : " Et tut Brute/ " Burnside, stirred up by a brother
senator, demanded an apology for this insult, and Voorhees declared he
never called him a brute "on the floor of the Senate." He said nothing
about any other floor, and Burnside smoothed his heroic whiskers. Les-
seps has not yet apologized for the Darien Canal.
There iB not in all Texas to-day, we learn, a colored beggar, nor one
who is wi hout food, clothing or shelter. The grammar is a little mixed.
First, there is not a colored beggar; then there is not a colored beggar
that is without food, clothing or shelter, but some, presumably, that have
all these. It is a little mixed, but we believe it. Only the statements
are colored in Texas, not the beggars.
The papers tell us that "Louis Jackson, of Coos Bay, after being
stung by a poisonous insect, died of inordinate thirst. Neither water nor
milk would satiate his craving for drink." We have known several men
in the same fix. Undoubtedly it was tarantula juice that hurt Louis.
Why didn't his friends try a hair of the bug that bit him ?
Two young ladies in Los Angeles County got drunk under a gum-
tree. This is the English of an item in Wednesday's papers, and why
there should be such a noise made over it is more than anybody can tell.
If young ladies want to get drunk they could hardly choose a more retired
spot to indulge the freak.
Adolph Armand is his name, and he says Dr. OoggswelFs fountain
is a nuisance, and the Doctor a humbug, and he prays that both may be
abated, and all the people 'say Amen ! But the fountain is good enough
for a tombstone, and Dr. Coggswell ought to be buried under it. We
stick to that.
A telegram to the daily papers says that the counsel of Cox, the mur-
derer of Mrs. Hull, argues in defence of his client that "the deceased
was alive until after the post morUtn examination." This is the first
time we have heard of a person being alive " after death."
An evening paper looks upon the Mayor as a kind of king, and
speaks of his scepter being in worthy hands. The Mayor himself some-
times thinks so. and Fernando Wood always hesitated between May&rality
and MaroyaHy when writing of his official position.
The Postmaster-General says the Dead Letter Office is the proper
place for live toads and bugs of all degrees. We have already forwarded
a choice collection of slugs and spiders, and hope others will contribute
their mites, with or without cheese.
"The man who is always offering to pledge his honor has, doubtless,
had it in pawn many a time."— Alto. What of that, so long as he
redeemed it? Couldn't pledge a scarcer article.
The Papers say Civil Service Frfform is a failure, but we have our
doubts. They have reformed it so well in the public offices out here that
you can't get a civil answer to a question.
Dr. Glenn writes to say that he has not gone back to his native glens,
and the T. C. did lie, under a mistake, when it said so. We gladly cor-
rect the error ; but he ought to go.
The "Pass Christian Gazette" offers this : "If the Louisiana State
Convention will legalize perjury, it will give many who claim residence in
that State great relief."
The Chicago Socialists are impressed with the idea that to be real
sociable they must have guns, and drill like militia boys.
12
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
July 19, 1879.
C. P. R- R-
Overland Ticket Office : Perry Landing, foot
of Market street.— Commencing- Monday,
May 19th, 1879, and until further notice,
Trains and Boats wil leave
SA5J FRANCISCO:
7AA A. M. (daily), Vallejo Steamer (from Market
•"" Street Landing — Connecting with Trains for
Napa (Stages for Sonoma), Calistoga (the Geysers),
and Sacramento. Connecting at Davis {Sundays except-
ed) for Woodland and Knight's Landing, and at Wood-
land for Williams and Willows.
(Arrive San Francisco 8:10 p.m.)
7AAA.M. (daily) Local Passenger Train (via Oakland
."/" Ferry) and via Liveriuore arriving at Tracy
at 11:30 a. m. and connecting with Atlantic Express.
Connects at Niles with Train arriving at San Jose at
10:15 a.m.
(Returning, train from Tracy arrives at 6:05 p.m.]
8AA A.M. (daily), Atlantic Express Train (via Oak-
■ UU land Ferry, Northern Ry. and S. P. & T. R R.)
for Sacramento, Marysville, Redding, Portland (Or.),
Colfax, Reno (Virginia City), Palisade (Eureka), Ogden
and Omaha. Connects at Gait with train arriving at
lone at 3:40 p.m.
(Arrive San Francisco 5:15 p.m.)
Sunday Excursion lockets to San Pablo and Marti-
nez at Reduced Rates.
1 ft ft/V*-M- (dai'y) via Oakland Ferry, LoealPasseo-
J.U.S/1/ ger Train to Haywards and Niles.
(Arrive San Francisco 4:05 p.m.)
3AA P.M. (daily) San Jose Passenger Train (via Oak-
Aj\J land Ferry and Niles), stopping at all Way Sta-
tions. Arrives at San Jose at 5:20 P.M.
(Arrive San Francisco 9:35 A.M.)
3AA P.M. (daily) Northern Railway Passenger Train
• Uv (via Oakland Ferry) to San Pablo, Martinez
and Antioch.
(Arrive San Francisco 9:35 a m.)
4f\f\ P.M. (daily) Arizona Express Train (via Oak-
•UU land Ferry, Northern Ry. and S. P. & T. R. R.)
for Lathrop (and Stockton), Merced, Madera, Visalia,
Sunnier, Mojave, Newhall (San Buenaventura, and Santa
Barbara), Los Angeles, "Santa Monica," Wilmington,
Santa Ana _ (San Diego), Colton and Yuma (Colorado
River Steamers), connecting direct with Daily Trains
of the Southern Pacific Railroad of Arizona for Mari-
copa (Daily Stages for Phccnix and Preseott), and for
Casa Grande (182 miles east from Yuma), and end of
Track (Daily Stages for Florence and Tucson).
"Sleepiug Cars" between Oakland, Los Angeles and
Yuma.
(Arrive San Francisco 12:35 p.m.)
4rtA P. M. (Sundays excepted) Vallejo Steamer (from
■"" Market Street Landing), connecting with trains
for Calistoga, (the Geysers), Woodland, Knight's Land-
ing and Sacramento ; and at Sacramento with Pas-
senger Train, leaving at 9:35 p.m. for Truckee, Reno,
Carson and Virginia.
"Sleeping Cars" between Vallejo and Carson.
(Arrive San Francisco 11:10 A.M.)
4 00 ****** (Sundays excepted) Sacramento Steamer
•vv (from Wash'u St. Wharf), for Beniciaand Land-
ings on the Sacramento River.
(Arrive San Francisco 8:00 P.M.)
4f)AP.M. (daily), Through Third Class and Accora-
■ VV-J modation Train (via Oakland Ferry, North-
ern Ry. and S. P. & T. R. R.) connecting at Lathrop
with Train arriving at Los Angeles ou second day at
11:55 a.m. (Arrive San Francisco 9:05 A.M.
4 0AP.M. (daily) Local Passenger Train (via Oak-
•Ov land Ferry) to Haywards, Niles and Liver-
lnore. (Arrive San Francisco 8:35 a.m.)
/^ An P.M. (daily) Overland Emigrant Train (via
"•"v/ Oakland Ferry and Northern Railway) to
Ogden, Omaha and East.
Public conveyance for Mills Seminary connects at Sem-
nary Park Station with all trains, Sundays excepted.
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♦Alameda Passengers change cars at Oakland.
Creek Route.
From SAN FRANCISCO— Daily-Bb-AQ, b6:30, 7.20, 8:15,
9:15, 10:15, 11:15 A.M 12:15, 1:15, 2:25, 3:15, 4:15,
5:15, 6.15 p.m.
From OAKLAND— Daily— B5:r60. b6:20, 7:10, 8:05, 9:05,
10:05, 11:05 a.m. 12:05, 1:05, 2:15, 3:05, 4:05, 5:05,
6:05 p.m. B-Sundays excepted.
"Official Schedule Time" furnished by Randolph &
Co., Jewelers, 101 and 103 Montgomery St., S. F.
T. H. GOODMAN, Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agt.
A. N. Towne, General Superintendent.
C Commencing- Monday, .Tune 3d, 1879,
J and until further notice, Boats and Trains will
leave San Francisco as follows :
n "I f\ A M., from San Quentin Ferry, daily (Sundays
I • J. \J excepted), connecting at San Rafael with
Mail and Express Train for Petaluma, Santa Rosa,
Healdsburg, Clnverdale and way stations. Making stage
connections at Geyserville for Skaggs' Springs ; Clover-
dale for Ukiah, Lakeport, Mendocino City, Highland
and Bartlett Springs, Soda Bay and the Geysers; connec-
tion made at Fulton for Korbel's, Guerneville and the
Redwoods. Returning, arrive in San Francisco at 6:25
p.m. Passengers going by this train will arrive at the
Geysers at 2 P.M.
3C\f) p. m. daily (Sundays excepted), Steamer
•v-rx-' "James M. Donahue" (Washington Street
Wharf) , connecting with Mail and Express Train at Don-
ahue for Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Healdsburg, Cloverdale,
and way stations. Making stage connections at Lake-
ville for Sonoma. Returning, arrive in San Francisco
at 10:10 am.
Sunday Excursions at Seduced Hates.
8-| K a.m , Sundays only, via San Quentin Ferry
• J-W and San Rafael, for Cloverdale and Way Sta-
tions. Returning, arrive in San Francisco at 7:55 p.m.
Fares for Round Trip: Petaluma, SI. 50; Santa Rosa, $2.00;
Healdsburg, S3 00; Cloverdale, $1.50; Fulton, $2. 50; La-
guna, S3.00; Furestville, $3.50; Kurbel's, $3.75; Guerne-
ville, $4.
Freight received at Washing-ton st. "Wharf
from 7 a.m. till 2.30 p. m., daily (except
Sundays) .
A. A. Bean, A. Hughes, Jas. M. Donahue,
Sup't. Gen. Manager. Gen. Pass. & Tkt. Agt.
[June 7.]
NORTH PACIFIC COAST RAILROAD.
SUMMER ARRANG£9IENT.
In Effect from Sunday, June 8th, 1879,
Between San Francisco and San Rafael .
JPare Setiveen San Francisco and San Rafael
REDUCED TO 25 CENTS.
WEEK DATS.
Leave San Francisco :
7:10 a.m. via San Q'ntin F.
9:20 A.M. " " "
1:45 p.m. " " *'
4:45 p.m. " " "
5:45 p.m. " Saucelito "
Leave San Rafael :
7:00 a.m. via Saucelito Fy.
8:00 a.m. " S. Quentin "
11:00 a.m. "
3:20 p.m. " " «
3:50 p.m. " Saucelito "
5:20 p.m. " S. Quentin "
SUM WATS.
Leave San Francisco:
8:00 A M. via Saucelito Fy.
8:15 a.m. viaS. Quentin "
10:15 a.m. " " "
12:50 P M. " " "
3:45 P.M. " " ■"
6:00 p.m. " ".
Leave San Rafael;
8:50 a.m. viaS. Quentin F.
11:30 a.m. " " "
2:15 P.M. " "
4:30 P.M. " " "
6:50 p.m. " " *'
Q. AK a. m. daily, except Sundays, from Saucelito
w.TTt/ Ferry, Market street, for all points between
Saucelito and Junction. Returning, leaves Junction
4:00 p. m., arrives S. F. (via Saucelito) 5:40 p. m.
Q O f~\ A. m. daily, except Sundays, from San Quen-
^J.^i\J tin perry, Market street, for all points be-
tween San Francisco and Olema. Returning, leaves
Olenia 1:55 P. m., arrives S. F. (via Saucelito) 5:40 P. M.
1/4 £C p. m. daily, except Sundays, from San Quentin
•1" Ferry, Market Street, THROUGH TRAIN
for DUNCAN MILLS and Way Stations. Returning,
train leaves DUNCAN MILLS 6:40 a. m., arriving in S.
F. 12:05 p. M.
Sunday Excursions at Reduced Rates.
8:00 A.M., from Saucelito Ferry, Market street,
8:15 A.M., from San Quentin Ferry, Market street,
for DUNCAN MILLS and RETURN. Fares for Round
Trip -Olema, $2; Tomales, S3; Duncan Mills, $4.
Above train, returning, arrives in San Francisco via
San Quentin 7:55 P.M., or via Saucelito 8:10 p.m.
W. R.. PRICE, Gen'l Ticket Agent.
Jko. W. Doherty, Gcn'I Manager. Juu 7.
AMHPM
Commencing Monday, Anril 21, 1879,
j and until further notice. Passenger Trains will leave
San Francisco, from Passenger Depot on Townsend
street, between Third and Fourth streets, as follows :
8 0A a.m. daily for San Jose and Way Stations.
,U\J ggy° Stages for Peseadero (via San Mateo)
connect with this train only.
9 0 C\ a.m (Sundays only) for San Jose and Way Sta-
• t) v-' tions. Returning, leaves San Jose at 6 p.m.
1 ( 1 4-0 AM" dauv f°r San Jose, Gilroy, Hollister,
J-V7.TIW Tres Pinos, Pajaro, Salinas, Soledad and
all Way Stations. S££r* At Pajaro, the Santa Cruz
R. R. connects with this train for Aptos, Soquel and
Santa Cruz. ggT* At Salinas the M. & S. V. R. R.
connects with this train for Monterey. ^|F~ Stage
connections made with this train. (Peseadero Stages via
San Mateo excepted.)
Parlor Car attached to this Train.
1 (SEATS AT REDUCED RATES.)
3Q/1 p.m. daily (Sundays excepted) for San Jose,
. k> \J Gilroy, Pajaro, Hollister, Tres Pinos and prin-
cipal Way Stations.
g^T* On Saturdays only, the Santa Cruz R. R. will
connect with this train at Pajaro for Aptos, Soquel and
Santa Cruz. Returning, leave Santa Cruz at 4.45 a.m.
Mondays (breakfast at Gilroy) , arriving in San Francisco
at 10:00 a.m.
^~ SPECIAL NOTICE. -On SATURDAYS ONLY,
the run of this train will be extended to SALINAS —
connecting with the M. & S. V. R. R for MONTEREY.
Returning, leave Monterey MONDAYS (breakfast at
Gilroy), arriving in San Francisco at 10 a.m.
O Q(~) P-M. (Sundays only) for San Jose and Way Sta-
4 9 £ P.M. daily (Sundays excepted) for San Jose and
.LtO Way Stations.
rC C\ C\ P. M. daily (Sundays excepted) for Menlo Park
*J*\J\J and Wav Stations.
and Way Stations,
/* OA p.m.— daily,for Menlo Park and Way Stations.
Excursiou Tickets at Reduced Rates
To San Jose and intermediate points sold on Saturdays,
and Sunday mornings, good for return until following
Moi.day inclusive.
Also, EXCURSION TICKETS to Aptos, Soquel, Santa
Cruz and Monterey, sold on Saturdays only— good for
return until the following Monday inclusive.
C5^- Principal Ticket Office— Passenger Depot, Town-
send street. Branch Ticket Office— No. 2 New Mont-
gomery street, Palace Hotel.
A.C.BASSETT.Supt. H. R. JUDAH, A. P. &T. A. .
SOUTHERN* DIVISIONS.
Commencing- Monday, May 19th, 1879,
g^~ Passengers for points on the Southern Divisions
of the road will take the cars of the Central Pacific Rail-
road via OAKLAND, leaving SAN FRANCISCO via Ferry
Landing, Market street, at 4:00 p.m. daily (Arizona Ex-
press Train), and making close connection at GOSHEN
for Sumner, Mojave, Los Angeles, Wilmington, Ana-
heim, Colton, Colorado River, Yuma, Maricopa and Casa
Grande (182 miles east from Yuma). May 31.
July 19, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
13
NOTABILIA.
THE PEDDLERS
Lawn as while as driven snow ;
Cypress black as e'er was crow ;
Gloves iks sweet as damask ruses;
Masks for faces and for noses ;
Bugle-bracelet, necklace, amber;
Perfume for a lady's chamber;
SONG.
Gold quoips and stomachera,
For my lads to give their dears ;
Pins and poking-sticks of steel.
What maids lack from head to heel:
Come buy of me.come; come buy, come buy,
Buy, lads, or else your lasses cry.
William Siiakspearb.
Baron Rothschild's first maxim for success in business was, "Attend
carefully to all the details." This is a golden rule, too often overlooked
by those who undertake to meet the wants of the public, and consequently
they fail, and blame others for their failure. It is at the Original Swain's
Bakery, 213 Sutter street, that one sees the perfect application of the
great banker's rule. Nothing there is left to chance, nothing left undone
that should be done ; and the result is entire satisfaction to every one who
enters the place, and an attractiveness that brings him back always for
his breakfast and lunch and dinner. Swain's are the best and the best
served in the city.
There is no deceiving an old smoker as to the qualities of tobacco.
Your veteran knows that when his throat is left smooth, his tongue sweet
and the last whiff from the pipe, cigar or cigarette has a cool, pure flavor,
he has been enjoying a good, genuine smoke. No argument of favor or
prejudice can bold against what he knows when he has tried the article,
and brought to this test the famous "Old Judge" tobacco is absolutely
unsurpassed, and it seems to be a mere statement of fact to declare it the
best in the world. Every man recognizes with a shudder the reek left
behind by poor tobacco, and the room in which "Old Judge" has been
smoked is as pure and fresh as the outer air.
The moral law is wider than a rifle-range and higher than a hip-
pocket.
Great fault is found, but unjustly, as we think, with our present sys-
tem of Grand Juries. Good citizens lend their best efforts to carry out
the theory of the duties laid upon this body, and, so far as unassisted
human intelligence can work, with a fair measure of success. The short-
comings which we are obliged to admit are the result of insufficient light ;
and the responsibility for this justly falls upon the people, which ought to
insist upon the Grand Jury's being furnished with F. & P. J. Cassin's
Golden Plantation Whisky, one bottle to a man.
The English faith in the banking system of Great Britain has been
severely shaken by the failures in Scotland and elsewhere, and men are
naturally disturbed in their minds for the safety of their ducats. No such
anxieties ever afflict the soul of the man whose house is provided with
Montanya's Union Range. Whatever else may happen to him, breakfast
and dinner are secure beyond a peradventure, and of a quality not to be
had from any other range. Such a man feels that fate cannot harm him,
for whatever may be said of banking, his own system is secure.
The assistant surgeon is not promoted from the rank of lance cor-
poral.
There are two sides to the railroad question, whatever people may
think of G. C. Gorham's onslaught upon Pixley ; but there is one
opinion, and only one, with regard to Bradley & Rulofson's photographs —
the very best that ever contented loving friends. Surrounded with a col-
lection of these, a man is ever in the society of those he loves, and the
faces speak to him even more eloquently than the living lips could. The
mind, the heart, are brought out upon the features by these excellent
artists.
The " Roof of the World " is one of the hyperbolical names given to
the Panier by the Orientals. Finely suggestive and gorgeous as the
rhetoric is, it lacks that more practically intellectual turn peculiar to the
Western mind, where man is recognized as the crown of the world, and
the roof therefore is, necessarily, the hat which covers the crown. And
the true World-Roof is, therefore, one of White's hats, from 614-616 Com-
mercial street.
Mr. Charles Peters is lending all his experience and judgment to the
noble enterprise of the Nevada Building Association, which has but
100,000 shares, and offers extraordinary chances for the charitably dis-
disposed. The headquarters of the Association, under Mr. Peters' man-
agement, are at Virginia City.
Artistic Novelties, manufactured from California quarts, at Ran-
dolph &, Co.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
All good things go to London, as the commercial capital of mankind ;
and the demand for LandeberaeVfl Private Cuvee i* increasing every
week. Not a month :.go one order for Iihi oases was filled for a London
house, and others are coming in almost, tuo rapidly for even the enterprise
of this famous house, [ncreased accommodations are fast becoming neces-
sary, and nothing but the perfect organization of the whole establishment
has enabled it to keep puce so far with the demands made upon it.
No more infallible sign of taste, or the want of it, than the gas fix-
tures, chandeliers and plumbing work of the dwelling; and many, for lack
of attention to these critical matters, have been shamed in the eyes of
their acquaintances. The only safeguard is to put these details in the
hands of McNally & Hawkins, whose long experience is sustained and
enlightened by admirable taste. Their stock at the Grand is simply
unrivaled.
Mr. White, the American Minister to Germany, has commenced to
eat with Bismarck. His friends can decide whether they will have him
embalmed and sent home, or buried over there.
Sure, prompt and thorough are the characteristics of Dr. Jayne's
Carminative Balsam. Its merit has made it known everywhere for years,
as a standard curative for Cramps, Diarrhcea, Cholera Morbus, and all
Diseases of the Bowels ; it is, besides, easily administered to children,
being pleasant to the taste, and is entirely safe. Sold by Crane & Brig-
ham, San Francisco.
"L'Assammoir " is probably the vilest book ever talked about among
decent people, and it has reached its fifty-fifth edition. It is useless to
deplore such a condition of things, wholly due to a lack of Napa Soda.
With an increase in the use of this most wholesome beverage it will be-
come more and more difficult for men to have dirty minds.
Tapestry Brussels, SI per yard and upwards ; fine newpatterns. Call
and see them. Window shades, 75 cents and upwards. Window lace, 12£
cents and upwards. Cornices, wall paper, etc. Oilcloths, 50 cents per
yard and upwards. Hartshorn & MePhun, 112 Fourth st., near Mission.
STOCK COMBINATIONS.
June 81.]
How to Operate Successfully on
TEN DOLLARS.
MARTIN TAYLOK & CO.,
429 California Street.
Geo. C. Hickox.
GEORGE C. HICKOX & CO.,
E. C. McFarlane.
J. A.
(Commission Stock Brokers (San Francisco Stock JEx-
_y change, No. 230 Montgomery street, San Francisco. May 4.
RUDKIN,
Member S. F. Stock and Exchange Board, 433 California
street. STOCKS Bought and Sold on Commission. Liberal Advances
made n Active Accounts. Oct. 26.
CUNNINGHAM, CURTISS & WELCH,
Importing Stationers and Booksellers.
We have in Stock full assortments of the following;: Fancy
PapeUries, Auto, and Photo. Albums, Russia Wallets and Card Cases, Purses,
Paper Weights, Fancy Inkstands, etc. , and the handsomest and most complete line
of Diaries ever offered in this market,
Nov. 16. 327, 329, 331 SANSOME STREET.
FOR SALE-SUNNYSIDE RESIDENCE.
I have concluded to sell my Homestead, located in the
pleasant town of Placerville, El Dorado County, known as the SUNNYSIDE
RANCH ; forty-five acres of land, orchard of the choicest fruits, house two stories,
brick cellar, splendid well of water, windmill, in fact every convenience for a country
home; 2,l>00 feet above tide water. Placerville is one of the most pleasant and
healthful localities in California ; first-class schools, churches and good society. To
be sold at a bargain. For terms address C. B. BKOWN, Placerville, or F. A." BEE,
620 Eddy street, San Francisco. June 21.
D. F. Hutciiisgs.
J. Sanderson
D. M. Dunnb.
PHINIX OIL WORKS.
Established 1850.— Mulchings A Co., Oil and Commission
Merchants, Manufacturers and Dealers in Sperm, Whale, Lard, Machinery and
Illuminating Oils, 517 Front street. San Francisco.
Jan. 8.
JOHN JENNINGS
Hooper's Sonth End Warehouses, corner Japan and Town-
send streets. San Francisco. First-class Fire-Proof Brick Building, capacity
10,000 tons. Goods taken from the Dock and the Cars of the C. P..R. R. and S. P.
R. R. free of charge. Storage at Current Rates. Advances and Insurance Effected.
MME. B. ZEITSKA'S
French, German and English Institute, Hay and Boarding:
School, for Young Ladies, 922 Post street, between Hyde and Larkin. KIN-
DERGARTEN connected with the Institute.
Oct. 26. MME. B. ZEITSKA, Principal.
EDWARD B0SQUI & CO.,
Printers, Engravers, Lithographers and Bookbinders,
Leidesdorff street, from Clay to Commercial.
CALIFORNIA SUGAR REFINERY,
Manufacturers of the Standard Syrup, a superior article
put up in barrels expressly for home consumption. Also. Extra Heavy Syrup
in barrels for Export. Refined Sugars at lowest market rates. Office, 215 Front
street, up stairs Dec 21.
Conservatory Organs, $110. 200 Post street, corner of Dupont.
1. Til Goodman
% Henry K Williams..
:i. Lloyd Tsrta
4. J BUafEjEin
5. Wm T t oU-niun
6. DO Mills...
7. Wo Alvord.,
8. CharKs \\\hb Howard
Gen Pusp Aa*l CPRR
Aff'l PMS8 Oo
...Prea't W v A < ... ■- Bank
I'tipltnlittt
Merchant nnd Capitalist
a CapltalUM
Ex U&yor and Pres'l Bank of Cul
:t. Peier Donahue
in. Wm Sharon
n. John w Coleman
IS. -I W Mackay
18. Jamca K Eeene
14, Hon A A Sargent
15. Hon John P Jones..
Hi. rapt O Eidridge ....
17. J J Valentine
18. Wm BCarr
lft. Wm F Babcocfe
30. John Purrott
31. Thomas Brown
89, Peter Bather
U, Joseph A Uonoboe..
24, Hon Wm Irwin
Hon A J Bryant ,
.Pres'l s V w w
. Prea't SF4NPRR
Capitalist
Capitalist and Stock Broker
Bonanza King
Capitalist
V 8 Senator
U S Sonator
....Merchant and Capltallsl
Gen'l Sup't W 1' & Ca
Capitalist
— Merchant and Capitalist
• • - - — Capitalist
Cashier Bank ot" California
Banker
Banker
.....Governor of California
....Mayor of San Francisco
26. E C Fellows AfiB't Gen Snp't CPRR
27. E J Baldwin Capitalist
23. A. P HotAling Merchant
2!l. John II I(edingtun..Prcs't Red'ton Quickp'rMCo
30. Charles Main .... Main & Winchester, Importers
31. Hon Newton Booth TJ S Senator
32. Sir Claus Sprccklea Pres't Cal Sugar Refiuerv
33. Rt Rev Wm Ingraham Kip Bi?hop DtoceeeCa'l
31 Rev Horatio Stebbins Pastor lBt Unitarian Ch
35. Charles Lux Land Owner
36. Henry Miller Landowner
37. Eil D Heatly D'ckson, DeWolf & Co, Mchta
33. C Temple Emmett Attorney-at-Law
89. Thomas Bell Capitalist
40. Hon Delos Lake Attorney-at-Law
41. Hon S M Wilson Attorney-at-Law
42. Hon W H L Barnes Attorney-at-Law
43. J P Hope Attorney-at-Law
44. Hon Wm M Gwin Ex U S Senator
45. Hon A Louderback Judge Police Conn
4(J. lion Roh't F Morrison.. .Judge 4th District Court
47. F. Marriott Proprietors F" News Letter"
48. C I Hutchinson H & M Insurance Agency
49. A S Hallidie Manufacturer Wire Rope
50. John Beusley Capitalist
51. A W Scott Supervisor
52. Adam Grant.... M, G & Co, Importers Dry Goods
53. D J Oliver Capitalist
54. Wm Lane Booker , British Consul
55. Rev John Hemphill Pastor Calvary Church
56. James Phelan Capitalist
57. Thomas H BIythe Capitalist
53. Fred W Macondray Commission Merchant
59. TiburcioParrott Commission Merchant
6;t. Edward Cahill Stock Broker
61. Stewart Menzies t Stevedore
62. Edward F Hall Stock Broker
6J. Hall McAllister Attorney-at-Law
64. Reuben Lloyd Attorney-at-Law
65. Hon CorneliiiB Cole Ex U S Senator
66. Frank McCoppin Harbor Commissioner
67. Hon Samuel B McKee Judge 3d District Court
68. Hon J S Hager Attorney-at-Law
69. Hon Lorenzo Sawyer. ..Judge 9th U S Circuit C't
70. AW Von Schmidt Civil Engineer
71. James F Houghton Pres't Home Mu ual Ins
72. Fred'k McCrelllsh Proprietor " Alta "
73. John P Jackson Proprietor " Post"
74. Milton S Lalbara Pres't N P C'R RCo
75. R G Sneath Proprietor Jersey Farm Dairy
76. Thomas Acheson ....Supervisor
77. Com Then H Allen Stevedore
78. Wm Non-it* Secretary S VW W
79. James Adams Ex-Sheriff
80. P H Canavan Real Estate Apent
81. Richard L Ogden Capitalist
82. Wm M Lent Capitalist
S3. Philip Roach Proprietor " Examiner"
84. D J Murphy District, Attorney
85. Charles Keating Sup' t Alms House
86. Thomas Reynolds County Clerk
87. Wm Doolan Public Administrator
88. Hon Thod W Freelon, .Judge Munic'l C't of Ap'Is
89. Hon Samlll Dwindle. ..Judgeljib District Court
90. J A Robinson. Deputy .Surveyor-General
91. Tbeo Wagner U S Surveyor-General
92. Hon J T Farley US Senator
93. Charles N Fox Attorney-at-Law
94. Giles II Gray Late Surveyor of Customs
95. Henry E Highlon Attorney-at-Law
96. Romualdo Pacheco Stock Broker I
97. Jasper McDonald Stock Broker
98. Mark L McDonald Stock Broker j
99. Emile Grisar .Belgian Consul &, Wool Merchant
100. A Colman Clothier t
101. C A C Dolsenberg Commission Merchant
11 8 Arpad Baraasthy Wine Grower
IDS. Rev 11 \ Idaver Rabbi
tot. Rev A L Stone Pastor 1st Cong Church
if.*. Rev w E ijams.....Paetoi Green bI Cona Church
100. Rev Isaac S Eallocb .. .Pastor Metrnp'n Temple
107. Rev Wm H Plat! Rector Grace Epiecopa] Ch
ins. Scpr/I Dodge Sup'tUSMinl
109. J II Jones Stock Broker
lin. Horace Hill stock Broker
111. H H Noble Stock Broker
118. James G Carson Attorney-at-Law
113. J B Metcaire Attorney-at-Law
HI. Thomas P Ryan Attorney-at-Law
115. non A C Niles.. .Associate Just ice Supreme Court
116 Judge S Heydenfe:t Attorney-at-Law
117. Jas M Gitchcll Register in Bankruptcy
118. C Warren Stoddard Journalist
119. Charles De Young.. .Proprietor S F "Chronicle'1
120. M H De Young Proprietor S F "Chronicle "
121. Loring Pickering. Prop S F^Call" & "Bulletin"
198. Henry F Williams Real Estate Agent.
123. Henry L Davis Capitalist
124. Eugene L Sullivan Capitalist
125. Fred L Castle Importer Teas
126. MH Hecht....M'frand Wholesale Leather Dealer
127. Jas J Waddell Captain
128. R KNnttall Physician
129. Gen Scoleld USA
130. Gen H A Cobb Auctioneer
181. Gtn JamesCoey Postmaster S F
132. Gen John McComb Editor"Alta"
183. Wm P Humphreys City and Co Surveyor
134. Chas Hubert City and Co Treasurer
135. J Henley Smith Supervisor
136. D A McDonuld Enterprise Mills
137. A LMann Sup't Public Instruction
138. Thomas Flint Wool Merchant
139. M Castle Capitalist
140. W W Dodge Wholesale Grocer
141. F B Taylor Oil and Commission Merchant
142. Geo H Bryant N & Co, Bags and Bagging
143. W N Olmsted Insurance Airent
144. EN Fry Stock Broker
145. Donald McLenLan Manager Woollen Mills
146. M G Pritchard Mexican Consul
147. F A Bee Chinese Consul
148. AugBerggren — CoubuI for Sweden and Norway
149. Col Geo W Granniss Real Estate
150. SP Dewey Capitalist
151. James White, MR G S....Ex M P, Brighton, Eug
, Eng
152. Charles Kohler Wine Grower
153. Robert Dickson Manager Ins Atrency
154. Capt Geo Nairn ton Shipping Agent
155. Hon M M Estee Attorney-at-Law
150. Jennings S Cox Real Estate Agent
157. H B Piatt Contractor
158. George Lette Sec'y German Sav and Loan
159. Hon George C Perkins G P & Co*s S S
160 GenO H La Grange Ex Sup't U S Mint
161. R Beverly Cole Physician
162. Thomas Price Assayer
163. George J Bucknal! Physician
164. Hon E D W heeler Judge 19th District Court
165. David P Belknap Attorney-at-Law
166. Henry Casanova Wholesale Grocer
167. James GGauld L&S F Bank
163. T V Walter L&SF Bank
169. EMickle Agent
170. PM Bowen Capitalist
171. E M Miles Stock Broker
172. Samuel Brannan Real Estate
173. John Scott Physician
174. George T Bromley Contractor
175. p J Cassin Wholesale Liquor Dealer
176. Henry Marsh Pianist
177. Thomas Bennett Physician
17S. George Wallace Pres't Cal M'g Co
179. Frank M Pixlcy Attorney-at-Law
180. J S Cunningham U S N Paymaster
181. J M McDuLald Vice Pres't Pacific Bank
182. Alex Cam pbell Attorney-at-Law
183. Col Oscar Woodliams 1st Inlantry Reg
184. John V Plume Banker
185. Edward Curtis Literateur
lSii. Hon James A Johnson Llent-Govcrnor
187. Thomas P Ryan Attorney-at-Law
183. Charles G Toland Phjsician
180. Fred M Somers Journalist
100. CT Mills, D D Mills' Seminary
191. Wm Harney Notary Public
192. Jonas J Morrison Lumber Dealer
193. L L Bullock Real Estate
194. Charles Clayton Grain Merchant
195. C V D Hubbard Mining Secretary
106. 1111 Bancroft... Historian & Wholes'e Bookseller
1!I7. Mrs H H Bancroft
198. Mrs A N Touue
I'M*. A N Towne Gen Sup't CPRR
200. Mrs James G Fair
Bonanza King
...Bonanza King
201. JnmcsOFalr
3h9. Mies Jennie Flood ..
*08, Mr* J c Flood
Wl. .} C Flood
805, Loland Stanford, Jr
206. lion Leland Stanford Pres't'c PR R
2d7. Mrs Leland Stanford
^(is. Mrs Mark Hopkins '..... '
209. Mrs Charles Crocker ....."""!
810. Charles Crocker Vice-PiWt CPRR
811. Miss llattie Crocker
818. Mrs A Maddick of London
213. Alfred Maildiek 0f London
814. stnart M Taylor City and County Recorder
215. E W Burr Capitalist
816. Jt Palmer Wine Grower
217. MrsJCPalmer
218. Hon J C Fremont Governor or Arizona
819. Mrs J Benton Fremont ..
220. MrsO C Pratt '
221. Howard Colt Callers F Stock Board
222. Mrs Lillie Coit
223. Ales Badlam City and Co Assessor
224. Mrs Alex Badlam ....
225. M>-s Joseph Austin •' Betsy B"
226. Joseph Austin port Warden
227. D J Staples Pres't Fireman's Fund Ins Co
228. Mrs D J Staples
229. MrsDZYost ,'.'.
230. Daniel Z Yost Stock Broker
231. Miss CoraCadtic
232. Philip Caduc .....Contractor
233. Mrs John D Yost
234. John DYost Stationer
235. Miss Julia RuthShafter
236. Hon J McM Shaffer Landowner
237. Mrs Joseph W tvjaans
238. Hon Joseph W Winans Attorney-at-Law
239. Geo fire Gedge Captain steamer " Yosemite "
240. Mrs George GedL'e
241. Rev Wm A Scott, D D ..Pastor St John's Pr'eVch
242. Miss Ida Scooffy
2-13. George B Rieman '. Photographer
244. Mrs George BRieman ...
245. H S Crocker Wholesale Stationer
246. TA Harcourt L'tcrateur
247. MisT A Harcourt
248 John Landers Mining Secretary
249. M;s John Landers
250. Frank C Snow. . . .Importer and Dealer in Pictures
251. G G Gariboldi Artist
252. HBSIaven -...Druggist
253. Mrs J II Stallard
25 1. J H Stallard.. Physician
255. Drury Metone Commission Broker
256. Mrs Drnry Melone
257. R B Woodward Prop'r Woodward's Gardens
258. MrsWF McAllister
259. W F McAllister, MD Quarantine Officer
260. Henry R Mann H & M Ins Agency
201. Mrs WmWard
262. Wm Ward Importer Liquors
263. H Channing Beals "Commercial Herald"
264. Augustus Laver (.Architect of S F New City
b ) Hall and Law Courts.
265. Frank H Gaseaway Journalist
266. Louis Low Secretary
867. L S Church Land Owner
263. Mrs L S Church "Vivace" critic
269. Raoul Martinez Belloc & Co.'s Bunk
270. M J Flavin Prop IXL Auction House
271. ECurtiss C, C & Welch, Stationers
272. Wm M Neilson Literateur
273. OLivermore Real Estate Agent
274. Col A Andrews Prop "Diamond Palace"
275. Charles Locke Prop " Bush street Theater"
276. Thomas Magu ire Manager " Baldwin's "
277. Barton Hill Acting Manager "Cal Theater "
278. AlexD Sharon Lessee "Palace Hotel '
279. Frank G Newlands Attorney- u-I,;uv
230. Wm Willis Mining Secretary
281. J BWattlcs Stock Broker
282- D Albert Hiller Physician
283. Giorge Dawson Prop "Pantheon"
284. Mrs George Dawson
235. Gen W S Kosecrans.. .Mining and Civil Engineer
236. A A Cohen Capitalist and Attorn ev-:it-Lnw
887. J Barr Robertean Of London
838. Edward J Jackson Our cor •'London Times"
289. M G Gillette... Sup't Savage MgCo, Virginia, Nev
290. Dr A McMahon ol Si.n Jose
291. EC Macfarlane Stock Broker
292. George Macfarlane of Sandwich Islands
293. John Jennings Com'r Aus Exhih
894. J J Eleasdale.DD Com'r An- Eshih
295. Arthur Nahl Artist
296. Judge J C Pennie Jnstice ot" Peace
897. Charles Mason British Vice Coiun]
208. P B Kennedy Importer Dry Goods
299. Charles Kaeding Importer of Guns
OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP CO.,
For Japan and China, leave wharf, corner First and Bran*
nan streets, at iiuon, for YOKOHAMA AND HONGKONG., connecting at
Yokohama with Steamers for Shanghai.
GAELIC August 15th.
OCEANIC Tunc 17th. September 13th.
BELC1C Jul y 15th.
F..r Freight, apply to GEORGE II. RICE. Freight Agent, at the Taeine Mail Steam-
ship ComiHiny's Wharf, or No. 21S California street.
T. H. GOODMAN, General Passenger Agent.
LELAND STANFORD, President. May 31.
Smith's American Organs, 200 Post street, corner of Dupont
PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
Steamers of this Company will sail from Broadway Wharf
for PORTLAND, Oregon), even- 6 days, direct, and for LOS ANGELES, SANTA
BARBARA, SANTA CRl'Z, SAW D1LGO, SAN LUIS OiJlSPO and "ther NORTH-
KRN and SOUTHERN COAST PORTS, leaving SAN FRANCISCO about every
third day.
For Day and Hour of Sailing, see the Comjiany's Advertisement in the San Fran-
cisco Daily Papers.
Ticket Office, No. 214 Montgomery Street, near Pine.
GOODALL, PERKINS & CO , Agents,
March 15. No. 10 Market street.
Smith's American Pianos, 200 Post street, corner of Dupont-
16
SAN FRANCISCO l^EWS LETTER AND
July 19, ?879.
AT THE GATE.
And where were you justnow, Mabel? The gate is by the road, Mable.
Where have you been so lon|_
The moon is up, and all the birds
Have sung their evening song.
I saw you loitering down the path
So lonely and so late,
And idle folks go by-
Nor should a maiden brook the glance
Of every stranger eye.
Besides, I thought I saw a cap —
I'm sure you had a mate ;
Beyond the well and the lilac bush, So tell me who was with you, child.
And hanging by the gate.
I love to hear the birds, mother,
And see the rising moon;
And oh! the summer air is sweet
Beneath the sky of June.
Just hanging at the gate.
Now, you know just as well, mother,
'Twas only Harry Gray.
He spoke such words to me to-night,
I knew not what to say;
My cow is milked, my hens are cooped And mother, oh ! for your dear sake,
And washed are cup and plate, I only bade him wait;
And so I wandered out a while And mayn't I run and tell him now?
To hang upon the gate. He's hanging at the gate.
— Harper's Magazine for June.
AUGUSTINE TO AUGUSTA.
Almost all the new dresses are made rather lower, and are more
open at the neck, therefore guimpes, and fichus of lace, crepe, tulle,
blonde, soft Indian, and other thin muslins are much in request. The
forms of these fichus are very varied, the most fashionable at the present
moment being the scarf shape, with broad ends, and the Marie Antoinette
fichu. If a flower is worn with these fichus, it is generally a single rose
at the left side of the neck.
A great many eccentric costumes were to be seen last week at the races,
and at the flower show ; among them being a coat of mail worn as a
casaquin, and a conspicuous Parabere dress, with five paniers covered
with Malines lace.
The costumes most in vogue for the country are composed of plain
batiste, printed linen, calico and foulard, the paterns being either the
Pompadour detached colored flowers of stripes, or the shawl paterns ;
plain and striped bareges, Voile de veuve, plain cashmere, and, for more
elegant visiting dresses, changeant, or shot silk ; grenadine and velours
Ze'phir are the most admired. This Ze'phir is a silk gauze with narrow
velvet stripes, and is chiefly employed for a tunic, fourreau or polonaise
over black or dark colored dresses ; for instance, over a skirt of violet faille
or satin, a tunic of Ze'phir with paniers, or a dress of black striped Ze'phir
with pointed bodice opening over a high waistcoat of lotus blue. Walk-
ing or country dresses are made with short round skirts ; the foulard is
often composed of half plain ground and half printed foulard ; for in-
stance, the first skirt plain silver-gray, with two flounces, one of which is
plain, the other of the Pompadour pattern on the same gray ground ; the
second skirt, draped up slightly over the first, with an apron front of
Pi.mpadour pattern; tunic of the same pattern, drawn up at the sides,
panier style, and forming a slight half train behind, with border of Breton
lace ; and bodice of Pompadour pattern, cuirass shape, with plain broad
turned-back collar, also bordered with lace.
Kid shoes, and also varnished leather, almost half-boot shape are worn ;
the toe is much more pointed than a few weeks ago ; these shoes are laced.
One of the newest bonnets, or rather hats, is the Clarissa Harlowe ; it
has a high crown of light-colored satin and a straw border ; the strings
are of foulard, and very broad ; the ornamentation is a cord of gold or
silver round the crown with full tuft of feathers or a bouquet of flowers in
front. It looks well also in black straw, with crown of ruby-colored
satin. — Auyustine, in Truth.
DICKENS' LAST LETTER.
Mr. Charles Kent has sent a last letter of Charles Dickens to the
British Museum. A gentleman claims to have another letter written by
Charles on the day of his death. It is as follows :
Gad's Hill Place, Higham, by Rochester, Kent, 1
Wednesday, 8th June, 1870. j
Dear Sir : It would be quite inconceivable to me, but for your letter,
that any reasonable reader could possibly attach a scriptural reference to
a passage in a book of mine, reproducing a much abused social figure of
speech, impressed into all sorts of service, on all sorts of inappropriate
occasions, without the faintest connection of it with its original source. I
am truly shocked to find that any reader can make the mistake. I have
always striven in my writings to express veneration for the life and lessons
of our Saviour, because I feel it; and because I re-wrote that history for
my children — every one of whom knew it from having it repeated to them,
long before they could read, and almost as soon as they could speak. But
I have never made proclamation of this from the house-tops.
Faithfully yours, Charles Dickens.
MARRIAGE A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
It may be of interest to know how they arranged marriages a hun-
dred years ago. An old paper has the following description bearing upon
the subject : "Married, in June 1760, Mr. William Donkin, a consider-
able farmer of Great Tossin (near Rothbury), in the county of Northum-
berland, to Miss Eleanor Shotten, an agreeable young gentlewoman of
the same place. The entertainment was very grand, there being no less
than one hundred and twenty quarters of iamb, forty-four quarters of
veal, twenty quarters of mutton, and a great quantity of beef, twelve
hams, with a suitable number of chickens, etc., which was concluded with
eight half ankers of brandy made into punch, twelve dozen of cider, a
great many gallons of wine, and ninety bushels of malt made into beer.
The company consisted of five hundred and fifty ladies and gentlemen,
who concluded with the music of twenty-five fiddlers and pipers, and the
whule was conducted with the utmost order and unanimity."
Extract from the sermon of a prominent revivalist: "I feel that
my Saviour wants me. Now, even now, do I pray that he take me to His
bosom. Oh, would that He would take me now ! Would you mind clos-
ing that window, please ? I fear it will give me cold." Fact.
A naturalist has discovered that crows hold solemn court at which
offenders are tried — a sort of crow-bar. We presume no bird iB tried
without caws, and that a true bill is necessary in every case.
General Spinola finds no difficulty in heating New York city at
present.
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[June 23.]
July 19, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER,
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LONG AGO
Twa< Spring tinit*. ami all Nature stirred,
Tlie MMonVi joil!*'' vu vounp;
On bnrating bongtia fit 1 1 many i» bird
His can leas carol rang.
Beneath the Interlacing shade
AH wiinl-Mvavi <| to and fro,
A gracious youth and gentle maid
Swore fealty lnng ago.
The years had passed, the years had flown,
Sweet Summer filled the air:
There walked within the covert lone
Brave man and matron fair ;
And round them, with a joennd glee,
There danced, in life".-* full glow,
A troop of children fair to aee
In days now long ago,
Twas Autumn next, the year grew pale,
The farmer reaped his grain ;
Now walking slowly down the dale
Behold the pair again.
Their forms are bent. See in the hair
Some silver touches show ;
Childless and sad they wander there,
And dream of long ago.
'Tis Winter. In the churchyard lone
The snow lies white and fair
Upon the simple mossy stone
That hides the aged pair.
They have their rest ! Tis Spring again !
And in God's Land they know
A love not dimmed by age and pain,
Like that of long ago.
— Samuel Pascoe, in the London Graphic.
SHORT SERMONS TO THE PEOPLE.
Every political, press and pulpit demagogue in the land, seeking
profitable popularity, acts on the same line of thought. First, praise the
dear people's honesty of purpose, and credit them with virtues akin to the
angels! Second, select a scapegoat to bear the sins of the world, cast
upon it the rocks of denunciation, and let it be accursed here and here-
after. The plan is very simple and works to a charm, but it begins to
lack novelty, and, as a matter of common justice, it is well sometimes to
reverse the operation, although the task is perhaps an unpopular one, be-
cause all good Christians prefer a vicarious atonement to answering in
their own proper persons.
By what right do the people of this Republic denounce their chosen
representatives upon a simple presumption of guilt, or merely upon the
baseless assumption thereof? Yet so it is that official life is made dis-
honorable, and popular sentiment considers every man in office a thief,
because, dear fellow-citizens, as you tersely put it, if a man has a chance
to steal, and does not, he is a fool. That is your logic, and proves your
own corruption — deny it if yoti can. From the very circumstances sur-
rounding official life you have made honesty therein stale, fiat and un-
profitable. You demand short terms, low salaries and a price for your
voices out of proportion to their value. You surround officials with every
temptation to dishonesty, and, with a strange inconsistency, blame them
for yielding. On the other hand, how do you reward the faithful ones ?
Experience answers, with ingratitude, poverty and neglect. He who pan-
ders to your prejudices or depravity is the god of the hour, whilst whoso
Bpeaks the truth you consider a superserviceable ass. Life, with you,
13 a fever of speculation, and the almighty dollar is the deity .to whom you
sacrifice friendship, love, truth, and all the virtues. Your government,
good people, is but your self-incarnation, and you cannot accuse it with-
out self-condemnation. Thus, whenever you feel disposed to crucify some
public functionary, examine your conscience, as the Catholics say, and
ask yourselves what you have done — or omitted doing — that this atone-
ment is necessary.
There were but four just men in the Ark ; there was but one good man
in Sodom. Hence, when we hear the self-vaunted virtues of the people of
this Republic, it becomes a matter of cynical speculation how many
could stand the test of Fire and Water.
SALE OF A NOTED HOUSE.
Gad's Hill Place — the house that will be forever associated with the
name of Charles Dickens— is in the market. Mr. Dickens gave £1,790 for
the house as it originally stood. But it will bring at least five times that
sum. When Mr. Dickens died, a reserve price of £10,000 was put on the
property. In addition to the associations connected with it, Dickens
practically rebuilt the house, and added considerably to the land origin-
ally pertaining to it. Among many other things he did for the house was
to make a well, the progress with which was a somewhat serious matter
to him. He used to say — " It is quite a railway terminus : it is so iron
and so big." He also made underneath the famous tunnel which connected
his lawn with the shrubbery, in which was placed the still more famous
chalet presented to him by Mr. Fechter. The last thing he did was to
build a conservatory, and it was only on the Sunday before his death that
he had the great satisfaction of seeing this completed. He said to his
daughter — " Well, Katey, now you see positively the last improvement to
Gad's Hill." There used to be in the late Mr. Dickens' time an illumin-
ated scroll which stood on the first floor landing, by way of greeting to
all visitors. It ran thus— "'This house, Gads Hill Place, stands on the
summit of Shakspeare's Gad's Hill, ever memorable for its associations
with Sir John Falstaff in his noble fancy — 'But, my lads, my lads, to-
morrow morning by four o'clock, early p t Gad's Hill ! There are pilgrims
going to Canterbury with rich offerings, and traders riding to London
with fat purses. I have vizards for you all ; you have horses for your-
selves. ' "
Fresh, (anxious about his rank} to Professor of Mathematics : " What
will be my rank for the term?" Professor: ''That is not easily deter-
mined ; it is less than any assignable quantity."
An elegant assortment of Gold Watches and Chains at Randolph &
Co.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
Bullion nininur Company Location of Principal plncc of
business, Ban FranalBco, California Location ol works, Gold Hill, Storey
County, Nevada Notli e Is u< robj given that at a meeting of the Board of Directors,
held on the ninth d ■>■ of July, 1879, an auossmonl (No*, w) of One and one half Dol-
lars per share waa loi led upon the capita] stuck of the Corporation, payable immedi-
ately, in United States gold coin, to the Secretary, at the office of the Company, 418
Calif ornia street (Union insurance Building*), San Francisco, California,
Any stock upon winch this assessment shall remain unpaid on the THIRTEENTH
day of AUGUST, 1871), will be delinquent and advertised for Bale at audio,, ; and un-
less payment is made before, will i cm. hi on WEDNESDAY, the THIRD day of BEP-
TEMBER, 1879, to pay the delinquent assessment, together with costs of advertising:
and expenses of sale. By order of the Board of Directors.
JOSEPH GRUSS, Secretary.
Office— 418 California street, (Union Insurance Building, San Francisco, Cal.
ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
Exchequer Mining' * 'ompniij .—Location of Principal Place
of Business, San Francisco. 418 California street(Union Insurance Building).—
Location of Works, Gold Hill, Storey county, Nevada —Notice is hereby given that
at a meeting of the Board of Directors, held on the 0th day of July, 1879, an assess-
ment (No, 14) of One and one-half Dollars (Ij) per share was levied upon the capital
stock of the Corporation, payable immediately, in United States gold coin, to the
Secretary, at the office of the Company, 418 California street(Union Insurance Build-
ing), San Francisco, California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall remain unpaid on the FIFTEENTH
day of AUGUST, 1879, will be delinquent and advertised for sale at public auction ;
and unless payment is made before, will be sold an FRIDAY, the FIFTH day of
SEPTEMBER, 1879, to pay the delinquent assessment, together with costs of adver-
tising and expenses of sale. By order of the Board of Directors.
JOSEPH GRUSS, Secretary.
Office — 418 California street (Union Insurance Building), San Francisco, Cal.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Office of the Hibernia Savings anil Loan Society, northeast
corner Montgomery and Post streets, San Francisco, July 7th, 1879. —At a reg-
ular meeting of the Board of Directors of this Society, held this day, a Dividend at
the rate of six and three-fourths (6$) per cent, per annum was declared on all de-
posits for the six months endiog with Juue 30th, 1879, free from Federal Tax, and
payable from and after this date.
July 12. EDWARD MARTIN, Secretary.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
The German Savings and Loan Society. --For the half year
ending this date, the Boj.rd of Directors of the German Savings and Loan So-
ciety has declared a Dividend on Term Deposits at the rate of seven and one-fifth
(7 1-5) per cent per annum, and on Ordinary Deposits at the rate of {0) per cent, per
annum, free from Federal Taxes, and payable on and after the 15th day of July, 1879.
By order. GEORGE LETfE, Secretary.
San Francisco, June 30th, 1879. July 5.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
San Francisco Savings Union, 532 California street, corner
Webb. For the half year ending with June 30th, 1879, a dividend has been de-
clared at the rate of seven (7) per cent, per annum on Term Deposits, and five and
five-sixths (5 5 6) per cent, per annnm on Ordinary Deposits, free from Federal Tax,
payable on and after July 16th, 1879. [July 5,1 LQVELL WHITE, Cashier.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Yangtze Insurance Association. — - A Cash Dividend of
Thirty-three (33) per cent, upon the net premia contributed during the fifteen
months ending December 31, 1878, has been declared, payable 30th June, 1879.
July 5. MACONDRAY & CO., Agents.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Franco - American Savings Bank. — Guarantee Capital,
$200,000. 4"2S Montgomery street.— This Bank has declared a dividend of seven
(7) per cent, per annum on Term Deposits, and five and a half (5AJ on Ordinary De-
posits, for last six months, payable July 15th, free of taxes.
July 12. LUCIEN BRAND, Secretary.
B0DIE MINING BUREAU^
Bo die. Mono County, California.
CHARLES F. KIRCHNER Manager.
Reliable information furnished in regard to all mining
Matters. Mines and Mining Claims examined, thoroughly reported on and
sampled. Satisfaction guaranteed. Terms moderate. All communications strictly
confidential. Refer to : Anglo California^ Bank, Messrs. W. W. Dodtre «fc Co.,
Wbeaton A Luhrs, H. Barroilhet, the Cutting Packing Company, Rodgers, Meyer &
Co., Professor Thomas Price, F. MacCrellish & Co. July 5.
D. V. B. Henarie. Edward Martin.
E. MARTIN & CO.,
Importers and Wholesale Dealers in Wines and Liquors.
Proprietors of Miller's Extra Old Bourbon. Sole Agents
for J. H. Cutter's (manufactured by Milton J Hardy & Co.. Louisville, Ivy.)
and J. F. Cutter's Old Bourbon and Rye Whiskies,
April 5. 408 Front Street, San Francisco.
~~ HIBERNIA~BREWERY~
Howard Street, Between Eighth and Ninth.
Dec. 7.] -ST* JUVJfAJBfi Proprietor.
Henry B. Williams.
WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD
SHIPPING AND COMMISSION
No. 213 California st..
Henry B. Williams.
& CO.,
MERCHANTS,
S. F. Muiy 27-
COKE CHEAPEST FUEL.
Reduction In Price : Wholesale Price, 50 cents per barrel ;
Retail Price, 60 cents per barrel, at the works of the SAX FRANCISCO GAS-
LIGHT COMPANY, Howard and First streets, and foot of Second st. Jan. 12.
TABER, HARKER & CO.,
IMTOJITERS JLVB WHOLESALE OBOCEBS,
108 nml 110 California St., S. F.
I April 19.]
NOTICE.
For the very best photographs go to Bradley * Rnlofson's,
in an EIev*tor, 429 Montgomery street. Oct. -9.
Smith's M!u3ic Store, 200 Post street, corner of Dupont.
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
July 19, 1879.
ART JOTTINGS.
"Sarah Bemhard" is the name now uppermost in art circles. It
matters but little whether the conversation turns to art on the stage or
in the studio, Sarah Bernhardt, a lady of uncertain age, who, since 1862,
has been connected with the French stage, is sure to be its principal sub-
ject.
She has been associated these many years with the troupe of the
Comedie Francaise, a theatrical institution under the patronage of the
French Government, and consequently we are prepared for a little of the
claque accorded this late light of the (art) world.
Of all people who cater to the popular taste, the French take the lead,
and when they were coaching M'lle Bernhardt for her London engage-
ment, it is little wonder that they did not forget the sister arts — painting
and sculpture, — and it is to be noticed how readily she has fallen into the
English custom of private entertainments at one hundred guineas per
night. Four of these she gives each week, appearing the remaining
nights at the Gaiety. At these private soirees she takes her easel,
sketches, chats and recites. Her efforts at art are usually portraiture,
and she succeeds, according to good authorities, in executing an execrable
daub, having some little resemblance to the subject, but none whatever to
a work of art. But she has succeeded in taking London by storm. Her
evenings are all engaged, and they cry for more. The same people who
pride themselves on their Royal Academy and admire the works of the
JR. A.'s, although it is well known that many of the worst daubsters in
England are among the numbers, are now going daft over this shrewd
woman from over the channel. Sarah Bernhardt was never married, yet
she is accompanied by her son, aged 13. He is her constant companion.
She is received into England's drawing-rooms. The nobility vie with
each other in doing her honor. Lately she preceded Lady M in going
to the Salon a Mange. Nothing was said of it, however. In olden time
charity did wonders; in our day cheek does it — nearly all. The London
Truth has this to say of M'lle and her admirers : "Anent this same
Sarah, it strikes me that any one who gives this clever young lady some-
thing like one hundred guineas for performing in private with one or two
of her comrades a little piece de societe, intended to prove to the unbeliev-
ing world that she can model, is paying about eight times what he ought
— unless, indeed, she be used as a bait to attract fashionable people to a
house, in which case the investment may be a judicious oiie." Doubtless
Miss Bernhardt is clever, and any clever woman can, with the aid of the
artists we have seen from time to time connected with her name, soon
learns to manipulate paint and mold,, clay into some sort of a likeness,
and happily for such talent, the great art centres are overflowing with a
class of connoisseurs who pretend to see great merit in every pretentious
daub, and prophecy a brilliant future for the perpetrator of it. In due
course we shall doubtless have this " Jennie at all trades " with us.
There seems but little to say of local art just now. About all the art-
ists are out of town, or doing nothing if at home. Miss Strong has on
view, at Morris & Kennedy's, a Scotch terrier, which in many respects is
quite equal to anything she has yet done. The drawing is good, the pose
and expression both excellent. The color is, however, a little faulty, and
the hair fails of having the right texture. At the Art Association two
new paintings are on view this week. One is an example of the old
Dusseldorf school, as interpreted by Paul Weber ; the other illustrates
the Innis school, as exemplified by George Innis. We have a vivid recol-
lection of how a wealthy connoisseur of this city, while in Rome, gave
Mr. a commission for a large work, how in due course it arrived,
was entered at the Custom-house with an invoice for a large value and
consular certificate attached. This high value and an examination of the
painting by Uncle Sam's art sharps led to the belief that the Innis paint-
ing had been stolen in transitu and a worthless daub substituted. In their
dilemma, before reporting the loss to the owner, other authorities were
consulted, who promptly decided that the picture was, saiis doubt, genu-
ine, as no other artist could paint such a work, and probably no one
would if they could. Nor can there be but little doubt, very little, that
the owner has many times wished his valuable picture had excited the
cupidity of some one and induced him to substitute something for the
daub, which would give him some sort of pleasure to look upon, which
this high cost work cannot have afforded him.
Now, to our remembrance, this huge canvas, at the art rooms is a coun-
terpart, so far as color and manipulation are concerned, of the one before
referred to, and possesses uo merit whatever, except an atmospheric effect,
produced by the use of such colors as we find here. As to the other large
picture, it has many good qualities. The distance is well handled, and
many parts of it are strongly painted, but the style of the work is decid-
edly behind the age — dowdyish shall we say. At any rate, there is none of
that erispness which should belong to a subject such as this. Perhaps these
pictures are interesting as exemplifying the extremes of two dogmas in
landscape painting, the painfully realistic and the equally absurd imagi-
native.
Mr. Wm. Hahn has placed on exhibition, at Snow & Co's, a work con-
taining a large number of figures, " Street Scene in New York." From a
cart on Union Square they are selling the evening papers to the news-
boys, who are seen in lively strife to obtain the earliest papers. This
style of subject has ever been Hahn's forte. He does not execute his pic-
tures with the nice finish of J. G. Brown, of New York, whose " Passing
Show" will be remembered, but they are equally as effective and true to
life, if not more so. Hahn does not paint a dirty face different from
what it is, or clean old and patched clothes with his brush; in other
words, he never tries to improve upon nature.
At this gallery there is also on exhibition a painting of " King Lear
and the Fool," by August Schaner, a German artist of note in his own
country. The picture will be interesting to students of Shakespeare, as
illustrating an interesting episode in the life of that good but unfortunate
monarch. Of course, the type of face in " King Lear" is German, and
somewhat different from the usually accepted English interpretation of
it, but it is nevertheless one which speaks plainly to the beholder, and is
unmistakably that of a lunatic, as is also that of the other figure a fool's.
He is seen whispering to the old man, and telling him of the doings of
his unnatural daughter till he exclaims, in the anguish of his heart:
" How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is
To have a thankless child !"
The artist has twined a wreath of flowers in the poor old King's hair,
as he wore them when near Lover, when Cordelia first beheld her father,
and in her agony said to the physician :
T
"Alack, tis he ; why, he was met even now
As mad as the vexed Bea, singing aloud ;
Crowned with rank fumite and furrow weeds;
With harlocks, hemlock, nettles, cuckoo-flowers,
Darnel, and all the idle weeds that grow
In our sustaining corn."
The work is a good example of the modern Munich school, and must be
considered one of the best yet received here from that section of the art
world. It is not obtrusively German, from the American standpoint,
which counts several points in its favor. Such a large number of the pic-
tures brought from Germany are so strongly Teutonic in their character
that the American public have, in great measure, sickened of them.
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
be Company's steamers will sail as follows at 12 M:
CITY OF PEKING, August 1st, for YOKOHAMA and HONGKONG.
CITY OF PANAMA, July 19th, for PANAMA and NEW YORK, calling at MAZAT-
LAN, SAN BLAS, MANZANILLO and ACAPULCO, eonneoting at Acapulco with
Company's Steamers for all Central American ports— calling at SAN JOSE DE
GUATEMALA and LA LIBERTAD to land passengers and mails.
DAKOTA, July 28th, for Panama and New York.
Tickets to and from Europe by any line for sale at the lowest rates ; also to Ha-
vana and all West India ports.
CITY OF SYDNEY, August 4th, at 12 o'clock M., or on arrival of English mails,
for HONOLULU, AUCKLAND and SYDNEY. $10 additional is charged for pas-
sage in Upper Saloon.
CITY OF CHESTER, July 19th, for VICTORIA, PORT TOWNSEND, SEATTLE,
and TACOMA, connecting at TACOMA with Northern Pacific Railroad for PORT-
LAND, Oregon. Tickets must be purchased before 11 a.m. on day of sailing, at
Wharf Office. For freight or passage apply at the office, cor. First and Brannan
streets [July 19.] WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO., Agents.
FOR PORTLAND AND ASTORIA, OREGON.'
Tbe Oregon Steamship Company and Pacific Coast Ste nn-
ship Coinpanj- will dispatch every five days, for the above ports, one of their
new Al Iron Steamships, viz. : OREGON, GEORGE VV. ELDER, and STATE OP
CALIFORNIA.
Sailing Days:
July 1, 6, 11, 16, 21, S6, 31. I Aug. 5, 10, 15, SO, 25, and 30.
JLt 10 o'clock A. Mm
Connecting: at Portland, Oregon, with Steamers and Railroads and their connecting
Stage Lines for all points in Oregon, Washington and Idaho Territories, British
Columbia and Alaska.
K. VAN OTERENDORP, Agent O. S. S. Co.,
No 210 Battery street, San Francisco.
GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Agents P. C S. S Co.,
July 6. No. 10 Market street, San Francisco.
CUN4ED LINE.
British and North American Royal Man Steamships be-
tween NEW YORK and LIVERPOOL, calling atQUEENSTOWN, sailing from
New York EVERY WEDNESDAY.
SCYTHIA July 16.. Aug. 20.. Sept. 24.. Oct. 29
ABYSSINIA July 23.. Aug. 27 Oct. l..Nov. 5
BOTHNIA July30 Sept. 3. .Oct. 8.. Nov. 12
GALLIA Aug. 6. .Sept. 10. .Oct. 15. .Nov. 19
ALGERIA Aug. 13.. Sept. 17. .Oct. 22
Passage can be secured and all information given on application to
WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO.,
July 12. 218 California at.
REGISTRATION.
Republicans, Attention !
Headquarters Republican State Central Committee, Rooms
Nos. 4, 5, 6,7, 8 and 9, No. 703 Market street, southwest corner Third
street, San Francisco, Jnne 26, 1879.
The vital importance of immediate REGISTRATION mnst be apparent to every
Republican, when the fact is announced that the entire Registration of this city
and county has been wiped out ; and that no one will be allowed to vote at the
September Election unless RE-REGISTERED. The State Central Committee calls
the earnest attention of Republicans to this matter, and requests them, without
delay, to register themselves, so as to strengthen the hands oi the organization and
place it in a position to win the approaching contest. No true Republican will
neglect this most imperative and urgent duty. By orde1- of ihe Committee.
M. D. Bortjck, Secretary. [June 28.] W. W. MORROW, Chairman.
BY ORDER OF THE PROBATE COURT,
The Works or the late James Hamilton, comprising- Paint-
ings and Sketches in Oil and Water Colors, are now on view to the puhlic and
for sale at SNOW & CO., 20 Post street. July 12.
~~ THE~BERKELEY GYMNASIUM.
A Preparatory School to the University.
The on y fully organized Preparatory School o«. the Coast.
The instructors in the Gynmanium consist of refined and educated gentlemen,
who are permanently connected with the institution. Boarding establishment strictly
first-class. Location healthful and accessible. The third school year will commence
on the 14th of July. Examination of candidates tor admission, 11th and 12th. For
catalogues, address JOHN F. BURRIS,
July 5. ^^_^__ Berkeley, California.
F. FOLEY & CO.,
Dealers in Hides, Wool, Sheepskins, Tallow and Fnrs,
Nos. 219 and 221 Drumm street, San Francisco, California. Highest Market
Price Paid. Liberal advances on consignments made through us to our friends in
the East. April 5.
IRVINE & LE BRETON
Have Removed tbeir Lav Offices to No. 217 Sansome Street.
[March 15.]
QUICKSILVER.
or sale— -In lots to suit, by Thomas Bell & Co., No. 305
Sansome street, over Bank of California. Nov. 16.
F
ALASKA COMMERCIAL COMPANY,
No. 310 Saiisome street, San Francisco, Wholesale Dealer
iu Furs. Sept. 21.
Smith's Music Store. 200 Post street, corner of Dupont .
July ID, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
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JAMBS W. MARSHALL, THE DISCOVERER OF GOLD
IN CALIFORNIA.
I Drawn by our tvell-hnowii artist , -I. AaJtl. from a daguerreotype
in the possession of' Mr. H. IE. Bancrofts supposed to be the only
existing portrait of Marshall — at all events, as he appeared in >4ft.]
As the Newa Letter furnishes its readers this week with the portraits
of the cream of San Francisco society, it is only fitting that a special
place should be given to the man whose lucky discovery made our country
and our people what they have grown to be in the brief space of thirty
years. It is true, Marshall's discovery was a piece of sheer luck, and was
made without any effort or forethought on his part; we may, indeed, truly
say that there is not a man in the picture accompanying this issue who,
as an individual, has not done more for the advancement of the State
than the original finder of gold ; but this will not make less interesting a
brief sketch of the blind instrument of that chance to which California
owes her present position.
James Wilson Marshall was born in Hope Township, Hunterdon
county, New Jersey, in 1812. His father was a coach-builder, and he is
said to have been brought up to the same trade ; but he was a born me-
chanic, and by no means confined himself to any particular branch of
work. Being of a restless disposition, he left home when 21, and for
some years wandered over the Southern and Western States, generally
supporting himself by working as a carpenter. While in Missouri he
first entertained the idea of coming to California, and forthwith, in May,
1844, he joined a party which had been organized with that object. The
party divided at Fort Hall, and Marshall joined the portion which de-
cided to enter California by way of Oregon. In that Territory he passed
a Winter, and in the Summer came down the Sacramento Valley to Sut-
ter's Fort, where he arrived in July, 1845. Such an ingenious mechanic
as Marshall was a great prize for Sutter, who at once took the wanderer
into his employ. With the exception of occasional fights with the In-
dians, his life was now monotonous enough until the Bear Flag Party,
under Fremont, hoisted their flag and declared California a free and inde-
pendent State. Marshall, of course, espoused the cause of his country-
men, and after doing good work under the Bear Flag, was enrolled as a
volunteer in the United States forces when that queer standard was re-
placed by the Stars and Stripes. He took part in all the important military
operations which followed, and in March, 1847, received his discharge —
but no pay. He then returned to Sutter's Fort, and resumed his more
peaceful occupations. At this time Sutter had great need of a saw-mill.
He had the resources wherewith to build it, aud Marshall had the skill,
so they agreed to set about the work as equal partners. After several in-
effectual attempts to find a good site, Marshall at length hit upon a
suitable place, at a spot called by the Indians Coloma, on the South Fork
of the American River, some thirty-five or forty miles from Sutter's Fort.
At that time Sutter had in his employ a number of Mormons, who had
formerly belonged to the Mormon Battalion which had served the U. S.
during the warin California. Several of these men anda number of Indians
were placed under Marshall's orders, and work was at once commenced at
Coloma. By Jan., 1848, the mill was nearly completed. It had been built
over a dry channel, into which the water from the river was diverted, in order
to save the labor of excavation. But the tail-race had proved not deep
enough, aud at the time we are mw speaking of the chief work on hand
was to deepen it. This was done by throwing out the heavy stones and
loosening the gravel during the day, and at night opening the sluice-gate
and letting the rush of water carry away the lighter stones and soil.
Mmshall used to go down to the race every morning, after the gate was
shut down, to see what had been accomplished during the night, and, as
all the world knows, it was on one of these occasions that he discovered
the first glittering particle of gold.
The matter wasn't long a secret at the mill, and a closer search revealed
more of the precious metal ; but nobody seemed to appreciate the impor-
tance of the discovery except Marshall, and many doubted its being gold.
To satisfy himself on this head, Marshall went down to the Fort a day or
two later, and, in a private interview with Sutter, tested the yellow stuff, :
and established its genuineness. He aud Sutter wished to keep the whole !
thing secret, at least until the mill wras finished and they had acquired
a clear title to the gold-field. Rut though the workmen promised to keep
silent and prOCMd with their work for six weeks, the secret leaked out
through the indiscretion of a Swiss fceameter. This man was sent from
the Fort to Coloma with provisions. At the mill he obtaiued some of the
gold, and on Ins return he offered hi* treasure in payment for a bottle of
whisky, at a store kept by Sam Brannan, After 'this, it was not long
before the n-ws reached San Prauctsoo - then a little hamlet, containing a
score or bo of houses. The excitement and rush from every corner of the
earth which followed, is a story too familiar and too long for repetition
here. To return to Marshall. When the rush had fairly set in, he sold
part of his interest in the sawmill, and went to prospecting for new dig-
gings ; but luck deserted him, and he failed to find any of value. To
make matters worse, the miners somehow got an idea that he secretly
knew where the gold was, and when, after dogging him from claim to
claim, they failed to catch him unearthing the hidden treasure, they
reviled him, and declared that he was purposely deceiving them. Ill-
feeling ran so high against him, that he was finally compelled to go to the
Southern mines, where he was not so widely known ; but still he met
with no success. In later years, when the diggings gave out, he returned
to his old stamping ground at Coloma, where he lived, and, perhaps, is
still living, in poverty and obscurity. Hargreaves, the discoverer of gold
in Australia, was rewarded with 875,000 by the British and Australian
governments. Marshall has never received a cent, but has been actually
persecuted, plundered and left to rot in his old age. Such is briefly the
history of the man and the event.
DEATH OF WILLIAM MITCHELL.
This well known and highly respected gentleman, Tax Collector of
the city and county, died at his residence on Saturday last, after an ill-
ness of but a week's duration, the result of a cold which ended in pneu-
monia. Mr. Mitchell was a native of Sydney, N. S. W., and a Califor-
nian since May, 1850. He had been connected at various times with the
city press, longest with the Evening Bulletin, where he rose to be cashier
and business manager. This position he resigned two years ago, to enter
public life as Tax Collector, winning in every situation, public or private,
the respect and esteem of all. The news of his death cast a general
gloom over the city, and the expressions of sympathy with his afflicted
family were general and heartfelt. The funeral took place from King
Solomon's Temple, under charge of the Masonic fraternity, and was
attended by the various societies to which Mr. Mitchell had belonged, and
by an unusually large concourse of citizens anxious to honor the memory
of a good man.
THE GREAT CLOTHING HOUSE.
Colman Brothers have achieved the enviable reputation of being the
largest and most important house on the Pacific Coast in the clothing
trade, which draws to it so many enterprising and vigorous minds. In
this city they have two establishments— thewholesale one at 107 Battery,
and the retail business at the corner of Bush and Montgomery. Besides
these, they have the largest and finest clothing store in Sacramento; and
these advantages, supported by the resources of their immense factory in
New York, 134 and 136 Duane street- one of the wonders of that won-
derful city— enable them to distance competition and maintain their
place in the front for excellence of material, style and finish in workman-
ship, and moderate prices. The unvarying courtesy aud affability of this
house are as remarkable as their untiring energy and enterprise. They
are representative California men of the best type.
Private library to be sold by auction, on Tuesday nest, July 22d.
R. D. W. Davis <fc Co. will offer at their rooms, 209 and 211 Pine street,
a remarkably fine collection of books in the best departments of litera-
ture. Among these are a set of the " Delphin Classics," of which but
two are known to be in the State; the large edition of "Cook's Voyages,"
in ^perfect original binding, the much-coveted " Walpole Letters,"
"Knight's Shakespeare," an exquisite copy of the large paper " Percy's
Reliques," and many other varities. Such an opportunity btit seldom
occurs to obtain the finest literary editions of standard works, and it is to
be feared that prices will fall below what a real book-lover could wish to
see rule.
" Atthe Play." Just one fact more in connection with this superb
collection of portraits will doubtless be of interest to the general reader.
As most of our male subscribers have reason to know, the Gentleman:s
Furnishing firm of Carman y & Crosett, No. 23 Kearny street, supplies
the bulk of what are technically termed "Jinc " gents' goods to our better
class of purchasers and society men generally. A review of the above
picture made by that firm elucidates the coincidence that of the 250 and
odd gentlemen represented in the engraving, 186 (or over two-thirds) are
regular customers of Messrs. C. & C. A better testimonial to the class of
this popular firm's custom could hardly be imagined.
ST. MARY'S HALL,
Beuicia. Cal-
Tbe next Academic Year will begin Aii-hsI 5th. A lull
Collegiate Course ; Musical Deportment under the direction of MADAME
HOASLEY, the Distinguished Vocalist; a resident French Teacher; a fine Art De-
partment; horseback and carriage riding constitute some of the attractions of this
School. Address, REV. L. DELOS MANSFIELD, A.M.,
July 12- Rector.
Regular Republican Nominee for Governor,
GEORGE C. PERKINS,
Of San Francisco. [July 12.
W.Morris. MORRIS & KENNEDY, J. F. Kennedy.
Importers aud I>ealers( in Moldings, frames, En^rnvluKtt,
Chromos, Lithographs, Decalcomanie, Wax and Artists' Materials, 21 Poat
street, nearly opposite Masonic Temple, San Francisco. Feb. 4.
J. C. MERRILL & CO.,
Shipping and Commission Merchnuts, Agents for the Sand-
wich Islands Packet Linus, SW California street, S. F. April 13.
Conservatory Pianos, $250. 200 Post street, corner of Dupont.'
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SAN" FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER.
July 19, 1879.
"AT THE PLAY."
Short Sketches of some of the Notables in the Drama of
" Life in California."
T. H. Goodman, General Passenger Agent of the Central Pacific
Railroad ; perhaps the most accomplished accountant in the whole army
of railroad officials.
Lloyd Tevis, a born diplomatist. Not only is he one of the shrewdest,
and most wealthy business men on this coast, but he is one of the beBtand
brightest talkers to be met with anywhere.
J. B. Haggin is Mr. Tevis' partner, a cool, clear-headed man, who can
dispatch business with lightning rapidity.
Wm. T. Coleman, a merchant Prince, who distinguished himself at an
early day as President and leader of the Vigilance Committee, which
saved San Francisco from the rule of the mob.
D. O. Mills, for many years President of the Bank of California and
one of the " solid men" of California. His wealth is estimated at §15,-
000,000.
Wm. Alvord, Ex-Mayor of San Francisco and now President of the
Bank of California. A cultivated, high-minded gentleman.
Charles Webb Howard, President of the Spring Valley Water Com-
pany. A rapid and sagacious business man and eminently fitted for the
high financial position held by him.
William Sharon, for many years the partner of the late Wm. C. Bal-
aton, and now U. S. Senator from Nevada. He is the largest hotel pro-
prietor in the world. He owns the Palace Hotel, the Grand Hotel and
the Cosmopolitan Hotel of this city, three first-class institutions, which
together have capacity for accommodating over 2,000 guests.
A. A. Sargent, for twelve years an honest representative of California
in the Counsels of the National Government. Both as a member of Con-
gress and U. S. Senator, Mr. Sargent was distinguised for his indus-
try and ability. He was probably the most influential representative in
Washington California has had for twenty years.
J. J. Valentine, the accomplished Superintendent of Wells, Fargo &
Co's Express. A position he has held for many years. He has probably
no superior in the line of business he follows.
John Parrott, the eminent financier, worth $6;000,000, and all acquired
by his forethought and business sagacity.
Newton Booth, the " scholar in politics." A graceful orator and thor-
ough student, he fills the position of U. S. Senator from California to the
satisfaction of his friends.
Claus Spreckles, one of the leading sugar refiners of America. In ad-
dition to his immense refineries in this city, he owns large plantations in
the Hawaiian Islands. For his enterprise in- developing the resources of
Hawaii, Mr. Spreckles has recently had conferred upon him the order of
Knighthood by King Kalakua.
William Ingraham Kip, the Right Reverend Bishop of California, and
a distinguished author.
Horatio Stebbins, the successor of Reverend Starr King, of sweet and
immortal memory. As Pastor of the First Unitarian Church of this city,
Mr. Stebbins is known far and wide for his learning and eloquence.
Charles Lux, the largest land-owner in California, and a gentleman of
great business ability. He is a genial, kindly man, as well.
Henry Miller, the partner of Mr. Lux, is also distinguished for his
superior talent in conducting large business transactions.
Thomas Bell, an eminent merchant and banker, and does a large busi-
ness with Mexico.
W. H. L. Barnes, an orator, scholar, wit, poet, soldier and famous law-
yer j one of the shining lights of San Francisco. He can probably do
more things, and do them well, than any man in the State.
William M. Gwin, whose eventful life would make a history of itself.
As U. S. Senator, Dr. Gwin made a national reputation. He was a
statesman of commanding influence, even in a Senate where sat Douglas,
Seward, Sumner and Fessenden.
John Hemphill, the distinguished Pastor of Calvary Church. Though
still a young man, he is eminent for his eloquence and learning.
Thomas H. Blythe, one of the large real estate owners of San Fran-
cisco. A bachelor millionaire.
Stuart Menzies, distinguished as one of San Francisco's most efficient
Supervisors;
Edward F. Hall, a leading stock broker, and formerly a partner of
James R. Keene. Mr. Hall is a bright business man of high social
position.
Hall McAllister Btands in the very fore-front of the San Francisco
Bar. He is a born lawyer, and ranks among the leading attorneys of the
United States.
Frank McCoppin, the distinguished ex-Mayor of San Francisco. Both
as Mayor and State Senator, Mr. McCoppin won an enviable reputation,
and is considered one of the handsome men of this city.
Fred. McCrellish, the popular proprietor of the Alta.
John P. Jackson, editor and proprietor of the San Francisco Evening
Post. A bright and accomplished man, who has made a success of every
enterprise he has undertaken. He has been a lawyer, railroad builder,
stock operator and editor, in all of which occupations he has made a name
to be envied. Cal. Jackson is still a young man.
Wm. Norris, Secretary of the Spring Valley Water Company, and for-
merly President of the Oregon S. S. Co., stands deservedly high in com-
mercial circles. He is a lover of books and pictures.
Philip Roach, one of the editors of the Examiner, is well known all
over the State. He has been a State Senator, and was appointed by
President Buchanan Minister to a Foreign Court, Mr. Roach is a man of
high character, and speaks fluently several foreign languages.
J. T. Farley, the newly elected U. S. Senator from California, is one
of the " powers that be " in the politics of this State. As a manager of
men he has few equals. Of tine personal appearance, and a ready de-
bator, he will, no doubt, take high rank in the United States Senate.
W. H. Piatt, the celebrated rector of Grace Church, is noted for his
profound scholorship and eloquent discourses. He was a lawyer of high
standing before he took to the ministry.
Charles De Young is the talented and enterprising proprietor and .
managing editor of the Chronicle. His paper has a very large circulation,
and was the principal journal in the great contest in favor of the New
Constitution.
Loiing Pickering, the great antagonist of the De Youngs. His two
papers (both daily) are a power in the land. Mr. Pickering is part pro-
prietor in the Bulletin and Call, both of them leading journals.
John McComb is a handsome Brigadier-General, and managing editor
of the Alta. He is a genial and popular gentleman.
Thomas Flint has been State Senator from the counties of Santa Cruz,
San Benito and Monterey. He is one of the leading wool-growers of the
State, and is an educated and accomplished man.
Donald McLennan, the founder of the great Woolen Mills at the Mis-
sion. An enterprising and public-Bpirited citizen.
Frank M. Pixley, formerly a lawyer of extensive practice. He has
been Attorney-General of the State.
Edward Curtis. In the Mail Bag magazine we found the following
attempted description of Mr. Curtis: "The trouble, when a fellow has
so many sides and all of them good, is to tell where to begin. An accom-
plished writer and a well read man, who knows how to marshal his knowl-
edge to the best advantage, he is equally good at a joke, a recitation or a
speech — a pleasant companion, any way you take him. When you dis-
cover that our friend is all these things, you begin to think you know
him. Never was there a greater mistake. You have only seen as much
of him as he has cared to show you. The rest you won't learn this year,
nor next either." For his scholarly attainments Mr. Curtis has had the
title of L. L. D. conferred upon him by the University of the city of New
York.
James A. Johnson, the genial Lieutenant-Governor of California, was
formerly a member of Congress from the Sonoma District. He is uni-
versally popular and an able man. Few men in public life have more
personal friends or a larger political following.
CVT. Mills, a Doctor of Divinity and founder of the celebrated Mills'
Seminary, is a well-known gentleman, with a mind well stored with the
treasures and graces of a ripe scholarship.
H. H. Bancroft, the historian of the Pacific Coast, is a hard student and
a terse writer. He has already published several volumes of his invalua-
ble history.
A. N. Towne, the famous General Superintendent of the Central Pa-
cific Railroad, is beyond question one of the master railroad operators of
the age. He manages the trains on over 2,000 miles of iron roads, and a
fleet of steamboats besides. No transportation companies in the world
are more ably handled than are those under the immediate control of Mr.
Towne.
James G. Fair, a man of prodigious memory and wonderful success in
the development and management of large mining properties. He was
the Superintendent of the great " Bonanza Mines " when those immense
ore bodies were discovered, and superintended them in person during all
the years when they were paying dividends of ©2,000,000 a month.
James C. Flood, a man of original ideas and good address. Has all
his life been an apt student in reading men. Few persons are better judges
of character than Mr. Flood. He is withal a natural gentleman, correct
in his habits, very fond of his home and family, and an exemplary citizen
in every way. In his business he is punctual and always keeps his word.
A king of the stock market and San Francisco manager of the " Big Bo-
nanza," he has necessarily made some enemies. No man doing such an
immense business could do otherwise. His transactions in the Stock Ex-
change are supposed to amount, during the past five years, to over three
huudred million dollars. Mr. Flood is also part owner of the Nevada
Bank, the largest banking institution in the United States. He is one of
the wealthiest mine-owners in the world.
Leland Stanford, the word-renowned President of the Central Pacific,
is a man of blood and iron. In his veins throbs the energies of a thou-
sand ordinary men. He has with his partners built more miles of rail-
road by far than any four men in the United States. Vanderbilt, Gould
and Scott acquired their great railroad properties by Wall street specula-
tions or by purchase, but Leland Stanford built nearly every mile he now
controls, and this constitutes the wide difference in the achievements of
these illustrious railroad magnates. As Governor of the State, before he
became President of the Central Pacific, Mr. Stanford made for himself a
great name by the statesmanship and ability he displayed as Chief
Magistrate.
Leland Stanford Jr., the only son of Governor Stanford, though only
eleven years of age, has already displayed decided talent. He is an ex-
cellent engraver on wood, and has mechanical genius of a high order. He
naturally takes to railroads, and is fond of studying the peculiarities of
new inventionss, especially when they relate to locomotives, cars and other
railroad paraphernalia.
Charles Crocker, who so ably superintended the whole work of construc-
tion of the entire overland road from San Francisco to Salt Lake, is now
President of the Southern Pacific. At one time Mr. Crocker had under
him 14,000 men— railroad builders— an army greater than that with
which General Scott won his grandest victory in Mexico. Probably
through his hands has passed more than one hundred million dollars dur-
ing the past fourteen years, a large portion of which has been paid out
for labor. Mr. Crocker has a faculty of dispatching an immense amount
of business in a very short space of time. He can handle an army of
men and millions of money aB easily as many men can handle a company
or the contents of a grocer's till. Associated with Governor Stanford
from the commencement of railroad building in California, he has won a
national name in the great enterprises with which he is connected.
Stuart M. Taylor is the present City Recorder of San Francisco. He is
a graceful orator and a popular gentleman.
Joseph Austin is one of San Francisco's Port Wardens and an old and
highly respected citizen of this city.
D. Z. Yost was formerly private Secretary to Governor Stanford, and
is now a successful and brilliant member of the San Francisco Stock Ex-
change.
T. A. Harcourt was formerly one of the editors of the Overland .
Monthly. He is an accomplished literateur; in fact, one of the best
writers in the State.
G. G. Gariboldi is the celebrated artist and musician. The fine work
in the great houses on Nob Hill is, much of it, from designs originated by
Mr. Gariboldi.
H. Channing Beals is the well known editor of the Commercial Herald,
the best statistician in the State.
Wm. A. Neilson was for eight years a distinguished member of the
Australian Parliament, and one of the leaders of that body. Since he has
made California his home he has been engaged in literary pursuits. He is-
one of the most terse and effective writers on the press.
Frank G. Newlands is the son-in-law of Senator Sharon, and is a young
and rising lawyer.
July 19, 1879.
SAX FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER,
July 19, 1879.
THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL.
There are signs of revival in this fragrant garden of the administra-
tion. The director* have come up Fresh and hearty from their vacation,
whether enforced «r voluntary, with lnrye collections of new documents
and flnt-olasf witnesses for and against the teaohera who have beeu, or
are, or are about to Ik-, suspected "f something. Ctmtnmacinns teachers,
steadily reviled for six months as porchasers of questions which nobody
sold, are hauled on nirain and aaaianoualy nagged in public by the cour-
teous Leggett and the unfailing Bacon. It does not yet appear what
nominations these good men are in search of, though some little promises
have been made in conventions, in a manner perhaps only conventional;
but one thing is clear, for whatever offices these gentlemen may be
named, it will be found that their views are eminently practical. They
do not sell positions in the School Department; but neither do they run
about hunting for midday at 2 o'clock in the afternoon.
General principles are fitly illustrated by particular cases. President
Blester, for instance, when lately requested to nominate a person as jani-
kress, wasted do words. The applicant was not rich, but she had a cow.
Tradition affirms that this was all she had, and also that President Hiester
was in urgent need of a cow to reiuforce the incessant drain upon his
milk of human kindness. The secret sympathy which brings two hearts
to beat as one is not without a certain power over the mind ; and it will
not, therefore, surprise the philosophical reader to learn that the quondam
owner of the cow is now a janitress in one of the public schools, while the
useful animal herself chews the cud in President Hiester's back yard. It
is not given us to know where or in what manner the President of the
Board of Education himself chews the cud, but the fitness of the whole
arrangement inclines one, like Mrs. Skewton on a similar occasion, to
fold one's hands upon one's breast and say with those wicked Turks :
11 There is no What's-His-Name but Thingummy."
Money is no object with any of these gentlemen. They are not paid,
and they give their time to the interests of the public, knowing that all
good things will be added to them that love the Lord. Nor can we suffi-
ciently admire the mystery of godliness, through whose working alone it
has come to pass that one of the Board of Education has been enabled,
since hia election, to change his residence, previously discreetly hidden on
the back lot of a more pretentious house, for a most stately mansion on a
wide street, and to distribute the family cares among several hired do-
mestics, in a household long unacquainted with the brisk energies and
vigorous methods of Bridget. We see and wonder, how by worrying
teachers and throwing dust in the public eyes, men turn away attention
from their own questionable proceedings, and the unmolested Ewald.
The combination syBtem of investment in stocks, as managed by
Martin Taylor & Co., is remarkably successful. It has been carefully
studied out, after a long experience in the handling of stocks, and recom-
mends itself to the judgment of all as a plan free from the defects of
other attempts in the same direction, while it brings together all the
elements of security. The risk of an investment is reduced to the lowest
possible point when able operators, thoroughly and constantly informed of
even the slightest variations in value, are on the watch, with ample
means to seize the critical moment, which makes in these cases all the
difference between triumph and ruin. The small investor, by this method
of combination, reaps all the advantages hitherto exclusively belonging to
the capitalist. The three or four hundred dollars separately applied to a
purchase by the owner, who is almost entirely in the dark, cannot, even
at the best, achieve more than a trivial success ; but merged with similar
amounts from other investors in an imposing sum of §100,000 or S200.000,
all the weight and force of capital are put at the service of each small
proprietor, and the result is almost infallibly profitable to an extraordi-
nary degree. It is in the power to bring together and to handle with effi-
ciency these isolated small amounts that M. Taylor & Co.'s services are of
incalculable value. Intending purchasers should ponder well and deeply
this truth, so well put in the circular of these gentlemen : "To be suc-
cessful, one must be prompt, active and decisive —seize opportunities at
the right moment, and go with the tide." And this is exactly what they
are able to do for their customers. Combinations are constantly forming,
and terminate every seven, fifteen and thirty days. They are always for
a specified number of shares— 100,000, 50,000, 25,000 or 10,000. The first
two are more generally advantageous as investments, because tbey are
larger. In every case the purchaser of shares can see his liability before-
hand, and calculate almost with certainty his chances of gain or loss ; and
while the former almost surely surpasses his expectations, the latter is
under his hand from the beginning.
Mrs. Lewis' Fashionable Dress-making Parlors in Thurlow
Block, Kearny and Sutter streets, are the resort of those who lead in so-
ciety, and meet there to discuss the latest styles. Everything new and
distinctive from the Paris artists is immediately brought before the criti-
cal eyes of San Francisco by Mrs. Lewis, and passed upon en petit comite
in her magnificent rooms. There may be seen such marvels of taste and
skill as cannot be met with elsewhere in the city. One dress alone, or-
dered for a grand ball at Vallejo, and now displayed in the outer parlour,
could have been produced by uone but the most accomplished artists,
working under the eye of a faultless critic. The richness and beauty of
this perfect robe and train affect one like a symphony, so exquisitely do
colour and form blend and melt into harmony. With such a guide as
Mrs. Lewis, our San Francisco ladies cannot fall below their reputation
as the best dressed women in America.
The Equitable Life Assurance Society, one of the best known, and
indisputably among the soundest and most powerful companies in the
country, has adopted a new form of Simplified Incontestable Policy,
which gives tne insurer all the certainty of an investment in the public
funds. The agency of this standard company in this city is in the hands
of Win. D. Garland, at 240 Montgomery street, and under his administra-
tion many policies have been issued throughout the State, and large
awards have been paid to survivors, without a contest in a single case.
To (joint out the advantages of a life assurance at this late day would be
entirely surperfluous. The one thing needful is, that the business man
taking out a policy shall feel confident of the company's strength and
sound management, and in these respects the Equitable is absolutely
beyond reproach through its long history.
J. M. Litchfield & Co., merchant tailors, 415 Montgomery street, are
making very nice suits as low as §40 and $45.
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SAN PRANOISOO, SATURDAY, JULY 26, 1879.
No. 2.
Office or the San Fraueisco News Letter, Merchant Street,
Hoa 007 to 615, San Francisco.
GOLD BARS— S90@910— Silver Bars— 6@16 # cent. disc. Mexican
Dollars, 94(5(10 percent, nom.
■ Exchange on New York. §@l-5 per cent. ; On London, Bankers,
49|; Commercial, 49§@49|d. Paris, sight, 5 francs per dollar. Tel-
egrams, 15-100® j per cent.
S&- Latest price of Sterling, 485@487.
*y Price of Money here, f@l per cent, per month — bank rate. In the
open market, l@l£. Demand active.
PRICES OF LEADING STOCKS AND GOVERNMENT BONDS.
San Francisco July 25, 1879.
Stocks and Bonds.
U. S. Bonds, 5-20s lSt>7-63
Legal Tender Notes
S. F. City & Co. B'ds, 63, '53
S. F. City Bonds, 7s
Sacramento City Bonds. . . .
Yuba County Bonds, 8s
San Mateo Co. Bonds, 7s...
S. F. Gas LightCo
National G. B'k & TrustCo.
Spring Valley Water Co
Bid. Asked
105j
—
suit
—
105
107
ins
107
28
100
30
a*
85
60
70
86
87
Stocks and Bonds.
Omnibus Railroad Co
Central Railroad Co
N. B. and Mission R. R. Co.
Front St., M. & O. R. R. Co.
Fireman's Fund Ins, Co ... .
Union Insurance Co
Pacific Bank
The Bank of California
Central Pacific Railroad
C. P. R. R. Bonds
30
40
65
116
116
112
D. Z. Yost & Co., Brokers, S.E. cor. Montg'y and Californ ast.
Asked
35
45
67
116
116
115
70
FLOUH AND GRAIN.
Report of Flour and Grain (crop of 1878) remaining in the State of
California on July 1, 1879, as taken by the San Francisco Produce Ex-
change :
San Francisco and Oakland
Wharf, including Wheat
afloat in harbor
Northern Coast, Petaluma,
and Russian River.
Napa Valley Railroad, Val
lejo, and California Pacific
Railroad
Sacramento Valley and Sac
ramento River
Lower Sacramento, Lower
San Joaquin, and Suisun
Bay
San Francisco Bay landings,
east side
Western Pacific Railroad,
from San Leandro to Liv-
more
Stockton and San Joaquin
Valley
Southern Pacific Railroad,
from Redwood to Hollis-
ter, including Alviso
Salinas and Pajaro Valleys..
Southern Coast
Flour. Wheat. | Barley.
Bbls. Otis, j Ctls.
16,381
2,015
6,300
4,958
1,000
1,000
600
Totals.
174,758
11,360
32,730
34,458
3,210
11,424
30,105
2,000 222,350
2,0001 47,000
520 17,406
1,112 8,450
37,780i 593,251
238,560
3,400
12,900
25,426
4,875
90,730
76,000
31,963
56,0001
136,811
129,900
Oats.
Ctls.
21,258
1,040
500
836
600
500
750
1.000
Corn.
Ctls.
42,944
2,030
4,000
75
227
Rye.
Ctls.
10,176
98,720
806,565! 26, 484J 148,002 22,237
11,061
1,000
W. H. Walker, Secretary San Francisco Produce Exchange.
Latest from the Merchant's Exchange.— New York, July 25th,
1879. United States Bonds— 4s, 102 ; 4Js, 106i; 5s. 104. Sterling Ex-
change, 4 85@4 87. Pacific Mail, 143- Wheat, li0@116. Western Union,
90J. Hides, 19J@20. Oil— Sperm, 75@76. Winter Bleached, 87 <S 96.
Whale Oil, 35@40; Winter Bleached, 42@49. Wool— Spring, fine, 20@
30; Burry. lift 14 ; Pulled, 25@35 ; Fall Clips, Walls : Burry, 13(220.
London, July 25th.— Liverpool Wheat Market, 8s. 8d.@9s. 8d. ; ' Club, 9s.
7d.@9s. lOd. U. S. Bonds, 5's, 105J; 4's, 109J; 4i's, 109J. Consols, 981-16.
London. July 25, 1879.-Latest Price of Consols, 98 1-16.
THE STOCK MARKET.
The past week has witnessed a succession of breaks, culminating,
however, yesterday morning, and since then a sharp reaction has set in,
showing a marked improvement along the whole line. The sales for
account of margin buyers have been unusually large, though we are in-
clined to the belief that the principal sacrifices have already been made.
Little or no information can be derived from the mines, and operations
are based almost entirely upon the appearance of the market. Ophir
seems to be coming to the front as a favorite gamble, and throughout the
break has stood the slaughter bravely. Bodie took another tumble during
the week, and atthe^ close shows but little signs of recuperation. The
news from the mine is particularly unfavorable, the north winze having
failed to show the anticipated improvement, while the northeast crosscut
is not looking so well. Mono, however, shows an improvement in the
east drift, while the stock is well sustained. At the close the general
market was considerably better.
Beerbohm's Telegram.— London and Liverpool, July 25, 1879.—
Floating Cargoes, quieter; Cargoes on Passage, rather easier; Mark Lane
Wheat, steady; No. 2 Spring off Coast, 43s. 6d.@44s.; Red Winter off
Coast, 48s. ; California off Coast, 47s. ; California Nearly Due, 47s. ;
California Just Shipped, 46s. 6d. ; No. 2 Spring for Shipment, 42s. ; Liv-
erpool Spot Wheat, rather easier; California Club No. 1. Standard, 10s. ;
California Club No. 2 Standard, 9s. 7d.; California Average— Western,
9s. 6d.; White Michigan, 9s. 9d.; Red Western Spring, 8s. 2d.@9s.; Ex-
tra Amount State Flour in London, 12s. 6d. ; Extra Amount State Flour
in Liverpool, 12s. 6d. ; Liverpool Western Mixed Corn, 4s. 2d. ; Liverpool
Canadian Peas, 6s. 9d. ; English Country Markets, quieter; French Coun-
try Markets, tone easier; Weather in England, fine — on Continent shows
signs of improving; Liverpool Wheat, 8s. 8d., 8s. 9d., 9s. 7d., 9s. 10d.;
Cotton, quiet; Consols, 97 15-16; Orleans, 6g; Uplns, 6 9-16.
San Franciscans Abroad— July 3, 1879.— Paris : A. Kohler, Mrs.
A. Kohler, J. Tevis, Mrs. J. Tevis, Samuel Tevis, S. W. Sears. London :
T. M. Ames, H. E. Teschemacher. Dresden : Mr. and Mrs. Crocker,
Miss H. Crocker, Miss L. Tevis. Berlin : Mrs. H. M. Lent. Copen-
hagen : Mrs. Coit, Mr. and Mrs. Hitchcock. — Continental Gazette (Paris).
Baden-Baden : J. A. Folger and family, Miss E. A. Hochkofler, O.
Schoemann. Florence : George L. Massey. — Continent and Swiss Times
(Geneva), July 5th, 1879.
It is with much regret that we announce the sudden death of a son
of Mr. W. H. Bovee, the well-known real estate agent. This most prom-
ising youth, after partaking of a hearty meal, indulged in a swim. The
sudden immersion of his heated body in the cold water brought on con-
gestion, the cause of his untimely decease, at the early age of fifteen. The
family have our sincere sympathy in the great bereavement.
The New York Dramatic News contains a blackguardly attack this
week on Frank H. Gassaway, and incidentally mentions him as the the-
atrical critic of the News Letter. The attack itself is shameful ; still,
in justice to our theatrical critic, and as information for the " News,"
we have to state that F. H. Gassaway has not written a line of theatrical
criticisms for this paper the past two years.
Mr. Joseph G. Eastland, we are glad to announce, returned on Mon-
day last, from his absence in Europe and the East, greatly benefitted in
health, and full of the old time vigor and energy. The presence of such
men among us gives courage and confidence, and we feel that there's life
in the old land yet.
Correction. — In last week's notice of Colman Bros, great business on
this coast, we inadvertently stated that they had, in addition to their
houses in this city, the largest clothing store in Sacramento. This was
an error. What we should have said was that Messrs. Colman supply
the largest house in Sacramento with goods.
New York, July 24th.— A parcel of 1.200 bbls. refined sugar sold
here yesterday, for San Francisco. To-day, by reason of a decision by
the Secretary of the Treasury, the price of crushed sugar has been ad-
vanced Jc.
Washington, July 25th. — Among the nominations made by the
President for appointments of Second Lieutenants is Francis Fremont, of
Arizona.
Col. Harvey Lake, a veteran of the Mexican war, died Thursday
night at Maricopa, Arizona. The telegram gave no particulars.
Printed and Pablished by the .Proprietor, Frederick Marriott, 807 to 616 Merchant Street, San Pranduo, California,
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AInD
July 26, 1879.
IiATJRA'
Laura now doth sigh and languish
In a fit of woe and grief,
And the dewdrops of her anguish
Gem her pocket-handkerchief.
Wherefore should this breathing
flower
Feel the arrows of despair?
Wherefore should she but an hour
Feel the throes of pain and care ?
S PAIN.
While perfume is to her blowing
From some swaying purple bell,
Still her tear-drops keep on flowing
From her soul's artesian well.
She'll not soon with "Yankee Doo-
dle"
Make the parlor walls resound —
This is all because her poodle,
Clytemnestra, is in pound.
WINNING COMMERCE.
Our people should make the most of the land behind them, and of
the water in front of them; by which we mean that they should fill up the
interior of the State with thriving industry, and venture out on the broad
Pacific in quest of markets. That is the way to create a great commer-
cial port, and build up a permanent and wealthy city. Wheat-growing
will not last forever, neither will the Comstock Lode. Both are good in
their way; they have done much for San Francisco in the past, and they
will, let us hope, do more in the future. But we stand in need of manu-
factures and of markets, especially the latter. It behooves us to culti-
vate commercial relations all over the Pacific. It is in that direction our
commerce must extend, if it is to extend at all. We have promising
fields in Mexico, South America, China, Japan, Australia, New Zealand
and in the isles of the Pacific. Up to the present, it must be confessed
that we have not made the most of our opportunities. China was to
have been, and ought to have been, a perfect mine of wealth. We were
to have supplied the teeming millions of that empire with pretty nearly
all that they import. Yet, up to the present, we have hardly made an
appreciable inroad into their trade. Their orders are still supplied by
way of the Suez Canal. The same is true of Japan. With Mexico we
are doing a trade that might easily be increased. With South America
much more might be done. With Australia and New Zealand
the opportunities are immense. They are great importing coun-
tries. Their population of three millions of English-speaking people
absorb a large amount of manufactures. We have much to sell that they
are ready and willing to buy. A more intimate acquaintance would show
many opportunities for reciprocal exchange of commodities. The colonies
were well represented at the Philadelphia Exposition. California ought
to be equally well represented at the forthcoming exhibitions at Sydney
and Melbourne. It is the experience of these times, that if you would
sell your goods you must exhibit them to customers ; it is also true that if
you would sel1, you must also buy. The Australians ask that we should
take their fine wools, and offer to take in return American manufactures.
Their offer is worthy of all consideration. It means business, an exten-
sion of trade and commerce that will advantage this city. We should be
on the look out for just such opportunities. That is the way to win com-
merce. That is the way to build up an enduring prosperity. Better far
the trade of a Liverpool than, all the mines of Peru, or even of Califo.nia.
THE JEWS AT HOTELS.
The uproar made last year over the exclusion of Jews from a hotel
in the East seems to have advertised the business as well as could have
been expected. Another publican has taken up the same line this year,
and is likely to find his account in it. Two of the New York papers
have fallen into the trap and given the establishment a very effective,
gratuitous puffing. Henry Ward Beecher has not yet come out for or
against the offending landlord, but, if the thing is dexterously managed,
even this strong support will not be wanting. Except as an advertising
trick, one is at a loss to see the meaning of this sudden warfare upon a
religious community. Considered as a method of bringing oneself before
the traveling public, it is worthy of the greatest commendation; and it is
a little surprising that a people so keen to see the commercial aspect of a
case should play so confidingly into the hands of the ingenious hotel-
keeper. How he must smile as he reads of the Jewish indignation meet-
ings and the wrath of the high-minded American journals ! For his
shekels are safe— they will come in upon him like a flood, and he will
spoil the Egyptians. An inquiry into the family history of this enter-
prising man would reveal, we cannot but think, a closer relationship with
some Biblical traders than he suspects. It is difficult to treat
this matter seriously; and yet it is proper to say that the Jews
show too little sense of their own dignity in taking any notice whatever
of such gross devices for attracting custom. We recommend to them the
following true story, which they can apply for themselves: Five or six
years ago there was displayed for many months, on a house in Powell
street in this city, a sign to "this effect: "This house to let, or for sale, but
no member of the First Baptist Church on Washington street need ap-
ply." Whether the house was let or sold, we never knew; but the sign
was seen and read for a long time by thousands of people, many of them,
no doubt, Baptists, and yet there was no indignation meeting, no
upheaval of that sensitive religious body. People who have serious ob-
jects in view cannot waste time on lunatics or peddlers.
Baron Ferd. von Mueller, Government Botanist of Victoria, Aus-
tralia.— Among tlie news items by the last Australian mail I find one as
pleasing to myself as I think it will be to all lovers of the blue gum tree,
which adds so much to the avenues and landscapes of California, viz. :
that the introducer of them over the world — Dr. Ferdinand von Mueller,
already a Baron of the German Empire, and decorated by nearly all the
crowned heads of Europe, has been created a Knight of the Royal British
Order of Knights Companions of St. Michael and St. George. His emi-
nent services in benefitting the world with the results of his labors, ren-
dered Sir Ferdinand von Mueller one of the greatest benefactors of man-
kind in modern times. Whole countries that had been malarious swamps
for centuries have been reduced into healthy and productive lands by the
results of his disinterested labors. Long may he enjoy his honors.
John J. Bleasdale, D. D.
Two Memphis politicians have had a duel, and missed each other.
The people of the district have our heartfelt sympathy in their disap-
pointment. Let them cheer up. Perhaps the yellow fever may yet suc-
ceed where the recreant bullets failed.
Artistic Novelties, manufactured from California quartz, at Ran-
dolph & Co.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
SIGNAL SERVICE METEOROLOGICAL REPORT, WEEK
ENDING JTJLX 24, 1879, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Highest and Iioioest Barometer.
29.960
29.923
Sat. 19
29.950
29 909
Sun. 20
29.959
29.925
Mon 21
29.953
29.933
Tue. 22
Thr24
29.9C(i
39.926
Maximum and Minimum Thermometer.
I S I
61.5 I 64 63 67.5
53 I 52 53 51
Mean Daily Humidity.
81.7 | 75.7 | 80 | 78 I 84.3 | 83.3
Prevailing Wind.
W. | W. | W. | W. I W. I w.
Wind — Miles Traveled.
318 | 471 | 393 | 299 | 293 | 307
State of Weather.
Fair. | Fair. | Clear. | Clear. | Fair. ] Fair. | Fair.
Rainfall in Twenty-four Sours.
Ill III
Total Rain During Season beginning July %, J87B 01 inches.
w.v
333
SANITARY NOTES.
The deaths this week number 84, as compared with 64 last and 93
for the corresponding week last year— males 52, females 30, Chinese 8.
There were 5 suicides and 5 accidental deaths. The zymotics were :
Typhoid 1, diarrhea 2, diphtheria 2, scarlatina 1. The other principal
causes of death were : Phthisis 8, heart disease 6, pneumonia 4, cancer 3,
paralysis, enteritis, liver disease, of each 2. There was 1 death each of
infantile convulsions, diabetes, epilepsy, hcemoptysis, hepatitis, lung con-
gestion, old age, peritonitis, syphilis, urcemia. Infantile mortality was
unusually low. There was no death in the Third Ward, and only one in
the First and Fifth. There were 12 in the Twelfth Ward and 13 in the
Eleventh. Nine persons died in public institutions.
Deplorable Accident— The many friends of Mr. B. W. Reagan, the
Arizona capitalist, will be greatly distressed to hear of the terrible acci-
dent that occurred to him and his wife, while driving a restive horse at
Oakland, Thursday afternoon. The animal took fright, the phaeton was
overturned, and both occupants were thrown out and severely, if not
fatally, injured. Mr. Reagan had four of his ribs fractured, and sus-
tained serious injuries about the head, and has not yet recovered con-
sciousness. His x^hysicians despair of his recovery. Mrs. Reagan was
badly cut about the head, but her wounds are not necessarily fatal. Mr.
Reagan is part owner of the Silver King Mine, and one of the most en-
terprising citizens of Arizona. His many friends there will keenly feel
his loss, should his injuries result fatally.
Denis Kearney isn't much of a hero, after all ; indeed, he seems to be
imbued with more than an average share of cowardice. How his legs ran
away with him at Santa Afia is a matter of record. Yesterday he appeared
to prosecute one Davis for an assault with a deadly weapon. He failed to
prove his charge, though he gave up sundry engagements in the country
and hastened to San Francisco for that express purpose. According to
his own showing he cut a sorry figure, was knocked through a baker's
window, was "struck on the mouth," and was badly used up generally.
In response to all of which, he appears to have turned the other cheek to
be smitten also. That may have been amiable, but it is exceedingly inap-
propriate on the part of the redoubtable General of the W. P. C, who
was so loud in blood and thunder threats.
In cock-pits and at dog-fights Con. Mooney and his gang are,
doubtless, very fine fellows, with very fine ideas of fair play. That is to
say, it probably would not occur to them to set four or five rough-and-
tumble bulldogs upon a pet poodle, or to pit the same number of game-
cocks against a barn-door rooster. But beyond the narrow limits of their
legitimate and highly reputable sphere, these gentlemen seem to reverse
their code, and to consider four to one to he about the correct odds in
favor of the sporting fraternity, when an inoffensive citizen is to be
bounced.
The " Stock Report " might find some better occupation for its wit
than sneering at Bret Harte's pecuniary obligations left in California.
Mr. Harte is not the only man, in or out of this State, who has debts,
and if he owes anything to the owners of the Stock Report it would be
more manly for them to try to reach him in some less offensive way. It
does not look brave to make use of one's own paper to attack a man be-
hind his back. The business is a small one.
The Khedive's Summing Up.— "Abdication or Deposition. Such
is the alternative offered to the Khedive by the Three Powers. The
intervention of Germany has brought matters to this decisive issue." —
Egyptian Telegram.
Abdication is vexation,
Deposition's twice as bad;
The Rule of Three it bothers me,
And Bismarck driveB me mad ! — Punch.
"If the ring carry the primaries all is over." "Go to the primaries
and work," and much more of the same twaddle fills the papers day after
day. Every man who writes in this way knows perfectly well that the
men who live by politics carry and pre-arrange the primaries as much as
they do the general business of nominations and the working of the ma-
chinery. Where are your records of better men chosen since the inven-
tion of this grand cure for all evils ? What honest man has a chance for
a nomination on any ticket merely because he is fit and honest ?
It is loudly proclaimed that the attempt at intimidation of a judge,
made by a morniog paper, is not creditable to journalism. We believe
you, my boy; but will you please mention anything that is creditable to
journalism ? Excepting, of course, what modesty forbids our naming.
July 26, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
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"CALIFORNIANS AT THE PLAY."
Short Sketches of some of the Notables in the Drama of
u Life in California.**
The "News Letter's'" faithful portraiture of Califbrnianfl is meet-
i log with gratifying nppreci ttion. The resources "f t ' i i ^ office have been
i taxed t-> th-'ir utmost daring the week to supply the demand for copies
of the picture entitled "Cakfornians al the Play." An edition of fifty
thousand has already been exhausted, and the printers are again at work
striking off mora copies. This is a sale unprecedented in our city. Our
prediction that the picture will find its way into every household in the
State is being rapidly verified. Moreover, it is being mailed to all quar-
tern. A more welcome souvenir to sen. I to friends in the East ami abroad
c»mld hardly be imagined. Last week we gave as much space as we had
then available to short sketches of prominent men who appear "at the
play." We continue that pleasant duty :
A. J. Bryant, Mayor of San Francisc >, Chairman of the State Demo-
cratic Committee, and • business man of energy and enterprise, is a truly
representative Californium Whole-souled ana in dead earnest about
every thing hia hand finds to do, he knows no such word as fail. Twice
elected Mayor of San Francisco, he has held office during an exception-
ally trying time, with credit to himself and advantage to the city. His
capacity for work, great as it is, has been tried to its utmost. Excep-
tional and unusual duties have at different times been imposed upon him
by the Legislature, he being made President of the Water, New City
Hall, Police, and some half dozen other Commissions. He will leave of-
fice at the close of the present year. As the newly chosen chief of the
Democratic Party in this State, it ia expected that he will play an im-
portant part in the Presidential campaign of next year. His great energy
and executive ability peculiarly fit him for the position. Observing men
predict that the future has still higher honors in store for A. J. Bryant.
James R. Keene was born in London, and though at present one of the
largest stock operators and speculators in the East, is essentially a Cali-
fornian. It was in San Francisco that he made his money. Starting as a
" curbstone " broker without capital, he soon worked hia way to a com-
manding position as a stock operator. He accumulated money rapidly,
and was understood to be worth about six millions of dollars when he left
here two years ago. Since then he has operated largely in New York,
Chicago and other Eastern cities, and with success. His local reputation
for conceiving and executing bold and successful enterprises was great,
but he has rather increased it by his successes in the wider field he has
chosen for himself. Mr. Keene is a warm-hearted, generous man of noble
impulses, who is held in high esteem in California.
John W. Mackay is an Irishman, and one of the Bonanza Kings. He,
with his partners, Flood, O'Brien and Fair, discovered and largely opened
the great ore body found in the Con. Virginia and California mines. He
is one of the proprietors of the Bank of Nevada. A few years ago he
was a working miner ; to-day he counts his wealth by the tens of millions.
He is believed to be worth not less than twenty millions of dollars.
The Hon. John P. Jones is United States Senator from Nevada. He
was born in Wales, but came to America at an early date. Like J. W.
Mackay, he is a successful miner. His discoveries in the Crown Point
mine made him a millionaire. Senator Jones is a man of culture and
taste above the average. He has made his mark in the councils of the
nation. On the subject of finances there is no higher authority in the
United States Senate.
E. J. Baldwin is another of our very rich men who owes his wealth to
the gold and silver products of the Corastock lode. He is a successful
operator in our stock exchanges. His money has been largely invested in
enterprises beneficial to our city. He is the owner of the large hotel
known as The Baldwin. His splendid stud of race horses has just won
celebrity at Chicago.
His Excellency John C. Fremont, Governor of Arizona, has a name
and fame that are world-wide. His early association with California will
pass into history. His presence here antedated the gold discovery. He
crossed the continent literally cutting his way through forests, and win-
ning for himself the name of "The Pathfinder." He, with William M.
Gwin, were the first United States Senators chosen by California.
The Hon. George C. Perkins is the Republican candidate for Governor
of this State. His party justly claim that he is a strong nominee before
the people. His friends enthusiastically support him, and the chances all
Beem to favor his election. His career is highly creditable. He came to
California a sailor boy. On his arrival he wended his way to Oroville,
where by honest industry he achieved a foremost position as a merchant.
He most creditably represented Butte County in the State Senate. He
subsequently became a partner in the firm of Goodall, Nelson & Perkins,
the steamship proprietors of this city. He is the active business man of
the concern, and in that capacity is esteemed by the mercantile and trav-
eling community.
His Excellency William Irwin is the present Governor of the State of
California. He was elected, four years ago, on the Democratic ticket.
His administration has been well meaning, economical and honest. He
will leave office, a few months hence, deservedly respected by all parties.
The Hon. Lorenzo Sawyer, Judge of the United States Circuit Court.
A ripe scholar, and an able and upright Judge.
A. W. Von Schmidt, the great civil engineer of the State, who has
done many things and done them well. Perhaps the most notable under-
taking was the removal of Blossom Rock, long a formidable obstruction
to the navigation of our harbor.
Judge Samuel Bell McKee is Judge of the District Court of the Third
Judicial District. He has been nominated, on the Democratic ticket, for
elevation to the Supreme Bench. A man of pure life and high resolves,
he is greatly esteemed. Though a Democrat, he has always been elected
to his present position in a district overwhelmingly Republican.
A. A. Louderback has for many years filled one of the most onerous
and difficult positions in our city. He has been Police Judge. He has
had to deal with the hoodlum and criminal elements during a most trying
time. That he has done his duty firmly, fairly and honestly, is the gen-
eral verdict. He has been several times re-elected, aud is undoubtedly
the right man in the right place.
The Hon. Samuel H. Dwindle, Judge of the Fifteenth District Court.
A man who loves the good things of this life — all of them. He has a
sunny, equable, judicial temperament.
General C. I. Hutchinson, a pioneer honored and respected by all who
know him, has carried out several large enterprises, and is the present
head of the largest insurance agency on this coast.
t plonel A. Andrews, the prince of Jewelers, as all in the business are ready
to acknowledge. A man of the most varied personal experiences and
accomplishments; he speaks Ml the leading languages, and has practiced
his profession in every country of Humpe. Colonel Andrews displays the
most i fertile fancy and the most admirable taste in design. All his pro-
Suctions are his own in conception, as in execution. He is an authority
on diamonds and^ precious stones, esteemed as one of the best in America.
In California he is the pioneer jeweler, and his pride has led him to estab-
lish what is conceded to be the most magnificently brilliant establishment
of its kind in the world. There is nothing equal to it in Europe, from
Paris to Moscow. A courteous and polished gentleman. Colonel Andrews
has made a host of friends on this coast. He is a member of not less than
twelve orders, and in the last campaign he was General of the McClellan
Legion, and chosen by thirty-seven different clubs as Grand Marshal of
the grandest procession ever seen on the Pacific. His store is one of the
sights of America, and all strangers are equally charmed with the splen-
dor of the establishment and the cordiality of the proprietor, who wel-
comes every one, whether an intending purchaser or not. His fund of
information is always at the service of visitors, wnom he treats in every
case as if they were his private guests.
The Hon. Delos Lake, an able lawyer of extensive practice. He has
been United States District Attorney, and Judge of the County and Mu-
nicipal Courts. His handsome and characteristic face is very noticeable
in the picture, "At the Play."
The Hon, Samuel Wilson, one of the ablest lawyers in the State; was
a member of the late Constitutional Convention.
Henry E. Highton is also one of the luminaries of the Bar. His ad-
dresses to juries are forcible, perhaps sometimes a little heavy and pon-
derous, but always logical and effective.
Reuben H. Lloyd is one of the best known men in the city. A lawyer
of large practice, he is as bright as a new pin, and as sharp as a steel
trap. The client who intrusts himself to Mr. Lloyd's guidance must. have
an exceptionally bad case if he does not come out ahead. Educated to
his profession in San Francisco, Mr. Lloyd is well able to hold his own
with lawyers of Eastern or foreign training. " Reuben," as he is famili-
arly called, is quite a popular society man among us. He is unmarried.
James Adams, a city father, and an ex-sheriff of San Francisco. A
sturdy, honest citizen, whom to know is to respect. He has won the
sobriquet, by which he is perhaps best known, of " Honest Jim Adams."
Honesty with him has had its reward. He is wealthy, and, as a conse-
quence, is " comfortably fixed."
Wm. Lane Booker is British Consul at this port. He has held that
office for many years, aud having had the benefit of an extended official
training, he is well versed in its duties.
Charles Kohler is one of our most esteemed citizens of German birth.
Broad minded, large bodied, he is essentially a big man every way you
take him. Kind, genial and generous, he has a clear head and a culti-
vated judgment. San Francisco has not within her borders a more
estimable citizen. He is one of the foremost representatives of our great
wine growing interest.
Thomas Acheson, a member of the Board of Supervisors, is a most
active and useful citizen. Possessing considerable executive ability, he
has made a worthy city father.
Henry B. Williams, of the well-known mercantile firm of Williams,
Blanchard & Co. A merchant in the best sense of the term. As man-
aging agent of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, he controls a vast
business. The company's steamers run hence to Japan, China, Australia,
New Zealand, Hawaii and Panama.
John W. Coleman, capitalist and stock broker. Mr. Coleman made
one of the most efficient Presidents the Board of Brokers ever had. He
has many warm friends, and is justly popular.
Captain Oliver Eldridge was agent of the pacific Mail Company in its
palmiest dnys, and in that position won the respect of the business com-
munity. He is one of the Commissioners charged with the improvement
of Golden Gate Park, for which position his aesthetic tastes well qualify
him.
William B. Carr has been for several years one of the most influential
managers of the Republican party of this State. He is the owner of a
large tract of land in Kern county, which he is making fertile by means
of extensive irrigation works.
Emile Grisar, Belgian Consul, is a merchant prince, the wool trade of
the Pacific Coast being largely in his hands.
Wm. F. Babcock is the managing member of the mercantile firm of
Parrot & Co. As President of the Spring Valley Water Company, which
supplies the city of San Francisco, he exhibited executive ability of the
highest order.
Thomas Brown, Cashier of the Bank of California, is one of the best
known men in the State. He fills the onerous position he holds with dis-
tinguished ability.
Peder Sather is a well known banker, and a most estimable citizen.
Joseph A. Donahue is senior partner in the banking house which bears
his name. He is manager of the Mariposa estate. As a capitalist, who
is always concerned in solid investments, he is a power in the State.
E. C. Fellows, Assistant Superintendent of the Central Pacific Rail-
road. He is the able assistant of A. N. Towne in the management of
the great lines of railroad under his control. It is safe to say that Mr.
Fellows is one of the foremost railroad men of the country.
General James Coey, a brave Union soldier, who bears the marks of
battle still upon him. He is a warm personal friend of General Grant's.
General Coey is the Postmaster of San Francisco, and is remarkably effi-
cient. Many improvements in our local postal arrangements have been
introduced during his period of office.
Samuel Brannan is a California pioneer par excellence. He came over-
I land prior to the discovery of gold, and has ever since been closely associ-
ated with the State's progress.
Wm. P. Humphreys has been elected again and again our City and
County Surveyor. Few men are better known, and none more respected.
The city owes to him some of its most important improvements.
R. B. Woodward is a singularly energetic citizen, whose many enter-
prises have enriched him and benefitted the city. The What Cheer House,
owned by him, feeds a thousand mechanics every day. The Mission
Street Railroad, which is also his, carries thousands of people daily to
their homes in the more distant portions of the city. Woodward's Gar-
dens are the popular resort ot our citizens. They are admirably managed,
affording recreation and pleasure to thousands.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
July 26, 1879.
Mrs. Lillie Coit, a lady of refinement, of culture, of pleasing manners,
and of a noble nature. She has long been intimately associated with all
that is good in the society life of our city. No reference to our repre-
sentative men and women would be complete that did not include her
honored name.
The Hon. J. McM. Shafter, a large land-owner in Marin County, a
learned jurist and a most able man. Should the Republican Party carry
the State he would have strong claims to the United States Senatorship.
He was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention.
Augustus Laver, architect. He is the designer of the State Capitol at
Albany, New York, and of our new City HalL As a draughtsman he has
few equals, and no superior, on this continent.
The Hon. Joseph W. Winans, an accomplished scholar, an able law-
yer, a pioneer, and a most estimable gentleman. He was a delegate to
the late Constitutional Convention.
John H. Redington is President of the quicksilver mining company
which bears his name, and is the largest importer of drugs in the State. A
man of enterprise and worth.
D. J. Murphy, District Attorney for the City and County of San
Francisco. He is a most able criminal lawyer, and as prosecuting officer
he has well served the people. He has been a terror to evil-doers. Genial
and of a kindly disposition, he has a host of warm friends.
Arpad Haraszthy is an enterprising gentleman associated with the
wine-growing interests of the State. The wines of California are taking
rank with those produced in the south of France. They are fast winning
fame, and to that result Mr. Haraszthy is a principal contributor.
Fred. W. Macondray, of the well-known mercantile house of Macon-
dray & Co. His firm is one of the oldest in the city, its good repute is
known in many lands. It is largely engaged in the China trade.
Hon. Charles Clayton, grain merchant. Mr. Clayton faithfully repre-
sented San Francisco in Congress. He is an esteemed and popular citi-
zen. He is being urged just now to become a candidate for the nigh office
of Mayor of the city.
Charles Main, ol the firm of Main & Winchester, importers. An
enterprising business man. His sterling qualities of head and heart
endear him to a wide circle of friends.
A. P. Hotaling, importer of liquors, does a large and successful busi-
ness.
Theodore "Wagner fills the important office of United States Surveyor-
General with incorruptible fidelity and signal ability.
A. Colman, master clothier, who, from wielding the needle, has
worked his way to the front rank of manufacturers.
Edward Cahill, the honest and genial stock broker, who has borne a
reputation without fear and without reproach that dates from pioneer
times.
REMENYI CONCERT AT DASHAWAY HALL.
Whether for his own pleasure or our gratification it might be a
hard matter to determine — either or otherwise — Remenyi has paid us a
second visit. "While it may not redound to our hypothetical assumption
of great classic renown to admit it, it is nevertheless a stubborn fact that
as an accomplished, if somewhat eccentric violinist, Bemenyi is a great
favorite with our musical ladies, and we are not without many such in
San Francisco. If Remenyi was less capable he would be more charita-
bly dealt with by a nationally biased cliqueism, from which little ema-
nates that is not the immediate issue of bigoted, clannish idolatry and
dog-in-the-manger selfishness. As a fingerer we have not seen his equal
here, and for brilliancy of execution this is the datal essential. His
staccato and arpeggio bowings are ever masterly, and although his double
stopping may on rare occasions be doubtful, his single runs cannot for
correctness be surpassed ; while with harmonics, for certainty, clearness
and power there has been no one here at all to be compared with him.
His tone altogether is not of the ordinary fiddler type, but of a finished
order. As to sentiment and feeling, let us be truly tba.nkful he has little,
if any, of the order manufactured by Spohr, which was nothing but pre-
tentious silliness simmered down to incipiency. To such an extreme did
Spohr carry mere mechanism that he had himself and strongly advocated
others to permanently divide off or sectinnize their bows, so as to play
certain passages in certain divisions of the stick. For elemental drudgery
and general soundness the German musical system will hold its own, but
of dash, fire and brilliancy it is innocent. Of the greatest permanent
opera companies in the world — London and Paris— the orchestral leaders
have never been Germans. It is curious that in London, the professional
hot-bed of German idolatry, with a prolonged succession of Viottis, Spag-
nolettis, Moris and Tolbeques, never once has a German been leader of
the opera orchestra; and the same may be said of Paris, but this may be
reasoned thus : The French crown-head has never been German and able
to dictate taste to a rich and effeminate aristocracy. "While it is a signifi-
cant_ fact the^ greatest violinists that ever did exist, like the greatest
pianists, have in neither case been of German nationality, however mixed
up that may be, so Remenyi may rest content in the satisfaction that his
detractors (and he has some) do not in general belong to the order with a
natural aptitude to judge dispassionately, or command the native-born
talent to lead public sentiment. With capabilities so conspicuous, how
comes it that Kemenyi keeps on repeating himself, and that, too, in a
very_ hackneyed and worn-out channel? He has so far touched upon
nothing profound or masterly — of uncommon efficacy and grandeur — as a
display of proficiency in violin playing. Of the pianist, Dulcken, he no
doubt fills the bill satisfactorily enough. As a performer, he is in no sense
pre-eminently unusual. We have in this out-of-the-way place some little
(though they may be old) misses who could give him odds and then lead
him in Chopin idiosyncrasies. Miss Thurston does her best, and disarms
comment.
Says Kalloch: "With my politics
The name of Jesus Christ I'll mix;"
And never dreams that suoh vain tricks
Will some day hurl him into Styx,
Where he'll be in a pretty fix,
The victim of the devil's kicks
And lusty licks from fiery sticks,
But that's what will happen to Kalloch.
Spring is so mild now that dirty tramps can lay on the grass of public
parks, dreaming the happy hours away, while honest mortals are working
for a living.
MORE PROPER SCHOOLING.
Crops may fail, Kearney may fizzle, and the dove of peace brood
over H. B.'b and Republicans and Democrats; but one thing changes not,
is not to be made straight, rejoiceth not in the truth, but abideth forever
in the crooked and the dark way. Though the earthquake swallow us
up, it will reject this indigestible Board of Education. Nobody can en-
dure the Board, and nobody can purify it; nevertheless, it is not wholly
useless to speak, for the sake of the Republic. The scandalously misman-
aged investigation, which wearied and disgusted all the State last Win-
ter, is not yet laid away in its tomb; and it seems likely to be present at
the perpetual interment of the men who conceived and nourished it.
These are Messrs. Taylor, Bacon, Leggett and Hiester. Most of the
teachers, whom these Directors could bully, have been bullied and dis-
graced and pardoued, out of the infinite mercy of the great men; but
there are left two, against whom some secret venom stirs up all the
wrath of these minds, but little less than celestial. Mrs. Danielwitz and
Miss Birdsall were charged by anonymous letters with having purchased
the examination questions; and these four Directors have prevailed with
the rest to compel these ladies to undergo a special examination, or for-
feit their places. There is no fault found with the record of these teach-
ers. It is acknowledged that they have done their duty; there is nothing
to show dereliction on their part. But the anonymous letters accuse
them ! Certainly, and such letters can be had to accuse anybody of any-
thing. The writer has seen, within three weeks, anonymous letters con-
taining charges against Directors Taylor and Bacon; but it does not
therefore follow that the one is a thief and the other a swindler. A letter
without a name, it seems to be necessary to tell these gentlemen, may
have been written by any one of the Board, and even by any one of the
four we have named. That is the way the public look at the matter. It
is naturally concluded that men who can attach importance to anything
so infamous and so cowardly, are quite capable of originating it. Inno-
cence has no safeguard, if such documents are to be accepted.
There is not a man, not a woman, not a child, in this city, of life how-
ever blameless, against whom anonymous letters could not be written. Is
any one of these Directors ready to hare his wife or his sister attacked in
this way, and forced to defend herself against the most villainous imputa-
tions, because men called respectable disgrace themselves by urging them ?
And what is the conduct of these respectable men in the discharge of their
solemn trust ? Take a case : A lady, desiring a position in the School
Department, called on a Director and offered him $250 to have her nomi-
nated. The Director told her she had made a mistake ; he did not do
that kind of business. The lady withdrew, but she was shortly after
nomiuated by Director Taylor and through his influence elected, and she
is now teaching in one of the public schools. Men cannot help putting
two and two together. It might he different if one of the twt * kept out of
the way.
It is to be hoped that Mrs. Danielwitz and Miss Birdsall will resist alike
the threats and the cajoleries of these four men, or the two, who specially
put themselves forward, Messrs. Bacon and Taylor ; for there is yet a
remedy before the courts for injustice like that which these Bmall tyrants
are trying to carry through.
A BOHEMIAN LION HUNT.
The Bohemians are after Mr. Whitelaw Reid, famous as the most
elevated editor on this continent. That is, his editorials are written at a
greater elevation than any others on this side the Atlantic, the tower at
the top of which the Tribune sanctum is situated being thirteen feet {by
actual measurement) higher than the roof of the Herald building, which
in its turn looks down upou every other newspaper establishment. As
soon as the name of this exalted representative of journalism appeared
in the list of passengers westward bound on the overland train, the Bo-
hemians were on the qui fire. Certain " members of the press " (whom
Psalm Williams does not recognize as of the most immaculate standing in
the guild) resolved to get up a dinner, or a dejeuner, in honor of the distin-
guished visitor. Three or four of these obscure beings (who have never
enjoyed the felicity of writing for the Bulletin, or received the seal of
Deacon Fitch's imprimatur,) proceeded to tender the lofty young editor
a dinner for the|next ensuing Sunday, in the name of "the Press of San
Francisco." He of the tall tower accepted. Then the gophering engi-
neers of the'job, who had elected themselves a committee to manage the
affair, with full power to appoint sub- committees and run the banquet
generally, commenced issuing invitations to such of the writing fraternity
of this city as they deemed worthy of putting on a wedding garment and
sitting at the feast. And then the agony began ! Were the scribblers of
the Sunday papers "members of the Press?" Could proprietors who
never mount the tripod, and do all their editing vicariously, come under
that classification ? Should Deacon Pitch and Brother Loring be invited,
and should Charley and Michael of the "live paper" be sandwiched be-
tween them? Would Parson Bartlett consent to invoke a blessing on a
spread where Horsey Boruck and Pagan Seabough glared at him with
eyes of irreverent mirth ? At latest advices these and similar rugged
conundrums were vexing the tired brains of "the committee." The
model young editor had accepted the hospitality of " the Press of San
Francisco. " But, alas! the d — 1 was to pay, and the big committee,
aided by all the little committees, were still struggling despairingly with
the grievous problem : Who are the Press of San Francisco, anyway?
George P. Bragg.— This well known and universally respected citizen,
a merchant of many years' standing among those prominent on Front
street, died on Friday, the 18th inst., of pneumonia, contracted but a few
days before at the grave of his wife's father, Mr. Dupont. A long, quiet,
honorable and useful life has been brought to an end suddenly, and, as his
friends cannot but think, at an untimely age, for Mr. Bragg's temper-
ance and activity should have kept him, for many years to come, an orna-
ment of the large circle which now mourns him.
Valedictory.— We notice, among the departures for England, that of
Mr. H. W. Hammond, after a visit of a few weeks to this Coast. Mr.
Hammond is interested in the wire-rope business, and has, we under-
stand, taken large orders from Nevada and elsewhere. His purpose of
establishing an agency for this business in San Francisco at the begin-
ning of the next year will, we trust, be carried out, and to the success
it deserves.
Life is a " Mr."y to a sober man, and a " mizzer "y to a drunkard.
July 26, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISE! i.
THREE NAPOLEONa
"1821.-1873 1879/'
Three men, three deaths, fclmmt within our times,
Ami even we who sin; n( lighter wnvs
Of life, must pause ami listen j in these days
Sad fancies hurst their ways into our rhymes.
It seems to us a strange decree of fate
That as wuh time came fur these men to die,
England, like Death's sad envoy, should watch by
These three, who hear the name that one made great.
Not always sorrowing as now in tears ;
For once her face was stern and grave of mien,
The night she watched the lonely dying scene
Of her Great Prisoner in the by - gone years.
The broad - browed Corsican, whose eagles spread
From snowy Russia down to sunny Rome,
On a lone English Isle had found his home,
And dying captive, bowed his crownless head !
Time passed : again we hear the wondrous name,
Again the scepter rests within their hands,
And clear and loud there rin^ throughout the lands
One word, Napoleon I through the trump of Fame.
Again a death - bed watch must England keep,
Yet now no longer by the far - off wave ;
But where her sweetest flowers guard his grave
The exiled Emperor sleeps the eternal sleep.
How strange that while the Emperor's dying breath
Should end thus peacefully, if in sad wise.
His sword but half unsheathed this boy - Prince dies —
Alone of all his race — a soldier's death !
No glory of a conquered world for pall,
Or victories won o'er hot seditious strife ;
Only the glory of a stainless life,
Of gentle manhood passed before us all.
— Vanity Fair.
THE MOVEMENTS OF POPULATION.
The City of San Francisco contains three thousand people less than
it did a year ago. A contemporary bewails this as a sign of evil omen.
In our view it is a fact that is by no means to be deplored. It indicates
that three thousand people have had the good sense to go into the coun-
try. They have probably ceased to be mere waiters on Providence, and,
having put their own shoulder to the wheel, have surely ere this made a
new and promising start in life. They no longer live on the industry of
others, but have become producers. They are adding to the wealth of
the State instead of eating it up. They have done just the right thing.
In no other way could they have done the city so much service. They
are placed exactly where they will do the most good, not only to them-
selves but to the city and State also. If one-third of our city population
would go and do likewise, the whole State would soon be in a much more
prosperous position than it now is. The truth is, our city is too large; that
is to say, there are too many people in it in proportion to the number in
the country. Over one-third of the entire population of the State is found
crowded within some half dozen square miles of city sand dunes, whilst
thousands of square miles of fertile country lands furnish homes only for
the squirrel or the jackass rabbit. No idle, or even unproritably em-
ployed men are an advantage to the city. By going where they can pro-
duce more than they can consume they will be doing the right
thing exactly. They will be placing themselves where they can do
the most good. It is a fact worthy of note that the inflow of
population into the United States from Europe is on the increase. The
number of immigrants that arrived in New York during May is given at
18,100, as against 12,213 for the same month of last year. The total
arrivals of immigrants during the year ending May 31st were 92,801, as
against 71,091 for a corresponding period ending in 1878. The statistics
in the Land Office show the emigration to the Western country to have
been unprecedentedly great. As many as 1,200 entries of public land3
were lately made in six days, which is said to be equivalent to the taking
up of 192,000 acres of Government laud. The movement of population
has been principally in the direction of Kansas, Dakota and Minnesota.
It is a pregnant fact that California, with all her boasted advantages of
soil, climate and productions, does not attract one tithe of the stream of
population that is pouring into the cold and comparatively inhospitable
region of Minnesota. We are all talking politics just now, but they are
petty, miserable little pot house politics, to be sure. If there were but a
dash of statesmanship introduced into them, we should be concerning
ourselves about the important problem of attracting people to settle
throughout the State. We want more people, but we want them placed
in the country. We have enough and to spare, for the present, in the
city.
A charming story of a hair has recently been told as having occurred
at Vienna, A poor girl with beautiful hair went to a barber to sell it.
He tried to make a close bargain, saying hair was plentiful this year, and
declared he could only give her eight florins. The little maiden's eyes
filled with tears, and she hesitated a moment while threading her fingers
through her chestnut locks. Finally she threw herself into a chair aad
said, " Then take it quickly." The barber was about to cut off the fair
treBses, when a gentleman sitting in one of the chairs interrupted him,
and spoke to the girl. "My child," said he, "why do you sell your
beutiful hair?" " My mother has been nearly five months ill. I can not
work enough to support us. Everything has been sold or pawned, and
there is not a penny in the house." "No, no, my child ; if that is the
case, I will buy your hair, and give you one hundred florins for it." He
gave the girl the note, the sight of which dried her tears, and he took up
the barber's shears. Taking the locks in his hand, he selected the longest
hair, cut it off, and put it carefully in his pocket-book, thus paying one
hundred florins for a single hair. He took the poor girl's address, in case
he should want to buy another at the same rate.— Court Journal.
A " Pacer." — Dissipated Tramp : " You'll know me ag'in, Guv'nour!"
British Workman (who had certainly looked at him): "Not if you washes
yourself, I sha'n't !"— Punch.
STATE DEPARTMENT.
Office >>v tub Secretary to the IT. S. \
Com mission a to the Australian Exhibitions,).
July 1, 1879. j
The following Regulations for the conduct of the proposed Exhibi-
tion at Sydney, Australia, have been issued from the office of the Com-
mission, Macquarie street, in that city. The attention of American ex-
hibitors is invited to them. The rules adopted for the subsequent exhi-
bition at Melbourne do not materially differ from those here presented,
and will be published in due course. CHRIS, O. Cox,
Secretary of the U. S. Commissions to the Australian Exhibitions.
UNITKO STATUS KXIUBlToilS
The following instructions are issued for the information of the United States ex-
hibitors :
Congress having mode no appropriation for the payment of freight upon the goods
sent to the Australian Exhibitions, and having assigned no Government vessels to
the duty of transportation, tlie United States Commission will assume no direction
whatever of the movement of goods either to or from Australia.
It is suggested, however, that they should be strongly boxed, distinctly marked,
and shipped according to carefully prepared invoices, of which copies should be pre-
served by the shippers, and at least two copies in every instance be furnished the
United States Commission.
Upon the delivery of the goods within the Exhibition buildings at Sydney or Mel-
bourne, and the payment of all charges by the exhibitors, the United States Commis-
sion will see that they are properly assigned to the space allotted the United States,
and that they are catalogued.
The expense of installation must be borne by the exhibitors, aud the United States
Commission will not be responsible for expense of any kind in connection with the
handling, storage, or the loss or injury of exhibits.
Exhibitors will be permitted to select agents to unpack, have charge of, and watch
and repack their exhibits, their authority to said agents to be filed with the U. S.
Secretary of the Commission. Their appointment to entail no expense to the
United States, and to be revocable at any time by the U. S. Secretary of the Com-
mission.
No agents shall be recognized in any way until their authority shall have been filed
with the Commission.
itST Postscript. — It has since been decided by the Executive Commissioner of the
Sydney International Exhibition that exhibits will be received up to the closing, in
March, 1880, and it will be arranged with the Victoria Commission to have them
sent on in time for the opening of the Melbourne Exhibition in that year.
John J. Blbasdale, D. D.,
Acting on behalf of the Royal Commission,
120 Sutter street, and New City Hall.
REGISTRATION.
Republicans, Attention 1
Headquarters Republican State Central Committee, Rooms
Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, No. 703 Market street, Bouthwest comer Third
street, San Francisco, June 26, 1879.
The vital importance of immediate REGISTRATION must be apparent to every
Republican, when the fact is announced that the entire Registration of this city
and county has been wiped out ; and that no one will be allowed to vote at the
September Election unless RE-REGISTERED. The State Central Committee calls
the earneBt attention of Republicans to this matter, and requests them, without
delay, to register themselves, so as to strengthen the hands of the organization and
place it in a position to win the approaching contest. No trne* Republican will
neglect this most imperative and argent duty. By order of the Committee.
M. D. Bqeuck, Secretary. [June 28.] W. W. MORROW, Chairman.
dividend' notice.
Office of the Hibernia Savings and Loan Society, northeast
corner Montgomery and Post streets, San Francisco, July 7th, 1879.— At a reg-
ular meeting of the Board of Directors of this Society, held this day, a Dividend at
the rate of six and three-fourths (6$) per cent, per annum was declared on all de-
posits for the six months ending with June 30th, 1879, free from Federal Tax, and
payable from and after this date.
July 12. EDWARD MARTIN, Secretary.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
The German Saving's and Loan Society. --For the half year
ending this date, the Board of Directors of the German Savings and Loan So-
ciety has declared a Dividend on Term Deposits at the rate of seven and one-fifth
(7 1-5) per cent per annum, and on Ordinary Deposits at the rate of (6) per cent, per
annum, free from Federal Taxes, and payable on and after the 15th day of July, 1879.
By order. GEORGE LETTE, Secretary.
San Francisco, June 30th, 1S79. July o.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Yangtze Insurance Association. --- A Cash Dividend of
Thirtv-three (33) per cent, upon the net premia contributed during the fifteen
months ending December 31, 1878, has been declared, payable 30th June, 1879.
July 5. MACONDRAY & CO., Agents.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Franco - American Savings Bank. — Guarantee Capital,
$200,000. 423 Montgomery street.— This Bank has declared a dividend uf seven
(7) per cent, per annum on Term Deposits, and five and a half (5£) on Ordinary De-
posits, for last six months, pavable July 15th, free of taxes.
July 12. LUCIEN BRAND, Secretary.
EDWARD B0SQUI & CO.,
Printers, Engravers, Lithographers and Bookbinders,
Lcidesdorff street, front Clay to Commercial.
HEADQUARTERS DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
The Chairman and Secretary of the several County Com-
mittees throughout the State are respectfully requested to send their Post-
otfiee address to the Secretary of the State Central Committee.
A. J. BRYANT, Chairman.
T. M. O'CossoR, Secretary, P. O. Box 1202. July 12.
'SHEEP RANCH FOR SALE IN OREGON.
An admirable sheep ranch, well stocked and watered, and
capable of carrying about 20,000 sheep. Substantial residence and improve-
ments on the property. To be sold at a bargain. Apply to
May 24. EDWARD J. JACKSON, 209 Leidesdorff street, S. F.
"removal.
BAGS. TENTS AND
NEVILLE 4 CO.,
No.'s 31 and 33 California Street, S.
San FRAXC18CO.
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corner of JDaTls,
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
July 26, 1879.
W# ®$MM TMi FMf^
T H Goodman Gen Pass Ag't CPRE
Henry B Williams Ac't PMSSCo
Lloyd Tevis Pres't W F & Co' 8 Bank
J BHaggin Capitalist
Wm T Coleman Merchant and Capitalist
DO Mills Capitalist
Wm Alvord Ex Mayor and Pres't Bank of Cal
Charles Webb Howard Pres't S V W W
Peter Donahue Pres't S V & NPRR
Wm Sharoo Capitalist
John W Coleman Capitalist and Stock Broker
J W Mackay. Bonanza King
James It Keen e Capitalist
Hon A A Sargent U S Senator
Hon John P Joues US Senator
CaptO Bldridge Merchant and Capitalist
J J Valentine Gen'l Sup't W F & Co
WmBCarr Capitalist
Wm F Babcock Merchant and Capitalist
John Parrott Capitalist
Thomas Brown Cashier Bank of California
Peter Sather Banker
Joseph A Donohoe Ban ker
Hon Wm Irwin Governor of California
Hoa A J Bryant Mayor of San Francisco
EC Fellows Ass't Gen Sup't C P R R
E J Baldwin Capitalist
A. P. Hotaling Merchant
John H Kedington. .Pres't Red'ton Quicks'rM Co
Charles Main Main & Winchester, Importers
Hon Newton Booth US Senator
Sir Claus Spreckles Pres't Cal Sugar Refinery
Rt Rev Wm lugraham Kip.... Bishop Diocese Cal
Rev Horatio Stebbins.... Pastor 1st Unitarian Ch
Charles Lux Land Owner
Henry Miller Land Owner
Ed D fleatly Dickson, DeWolf & Co, Mchts
C Temple Emmett Attorney-at-Law
Thomas Bell Capitalist
Hon Delos Lake Attomey-at-Law
Hon S M Wilson Attorney-at-Law
Hon W H L Barnes Attorney-at-Law
J P Hoge Attortiey-at-Law
Hou Wm M Gwin Ex U S Senator
Hon A Londerback Judge Police Court
Hon Rob't F MorriBon . . . Judge 4th District Court
F. Marriott Proprietors F"News Letter"
C I Hutchinson H & M Insurance Agency
A S Hallidie Manufacturer Wire Rope
John Bensley Capitalist
A W Scott :. .Supervisor
Adam Grunt M, G & Co, Importers Dry Goods
D J Oliver* Capitalist
Wm Lane Booker British Consul
Rev John Hemphill Pastor Calvary Church
James Phelau ?,... Capitalist
Thomas H Blytbe Capitalist
Fred W Macondray Commission Merchant
Tiburcio Parrott Commission Merchant
Edward Cahill Stock Broker
Stewart Menzies Stevedore
Edward F Hall Stock Broker
Hall McAllister Attorney-at-Law
Reuben Lloyd Attorney-at-Law
Hon Cornelius Cole ExU S Seuator
Frank McCoppin Harbor Commissioner
Hon Samuel B McKee Judge 3d District Court
Hon J S Hager Attorney-at-Law
Hon Lorenzo Sawyer. . .Judge 9th U S Circuit C't
A W Von Schmidt Civil Engineer
James F Houghton Pres't Home Mu nal Ins
Fred'k McCrellish Proprietor ' L AI ta "
John P Jackson Proprietor ,lPost"
Milton S Latham Pres't N PCRRCo
R G Sneath Proprietor Jersey Farm Dairy
Thomas Acheson ....Supervisor
Com Then H Allen Stevedore
WmNorris Secretary S VWW
James Adams Ex-Sherift"
P H Canavan Real Estate Agent
Richard L Ogden Capitalist
Wm M Lent Capitalist
Philip Roach Proprietor " Examiner "
D J Murphy District Attorney
Charles Keating Sup't Alms House
Thomas Reynolds County Clerk
Wm Doolan Public Administrator
Hon ThOij W Freelon. .Judge Munic'l C't of Ap'ls
HonSaml H Dwine)le...Judgel5th District Court
J A Robinson Deputy Surveyor-General
Theo Wagner US Surveyor- General
Hon J T Farley U S Senator
Charles N Fox Attorney-at-Law
Giles H Gray Late Surveyor of Customs
Henry E Highton Attorney-al^Law
Romualdo Pacheco Stock Broker
Jasper McDonald Stock Broker
Mark L McDonald Stock Broker
Emile Grisar , .Belgian Consul & Wool Merchant
A Colman Clothier
101. C A C Dtiisenberg Commission Merchant
102. Arpad Haraszthy Wine Grower
103. Rev H Vidaver Rabbi
104. Rev A L Stone Pastor 1st Cong Church
105. Rev W E Ijams.....PaBtor Green st Cong Church
100. Rev Isaac S Kalloch .. .Pastor Metrop'n Temple
107. Rev Wm H Piatt Rector Grace Episcopal Ch
108. Henry L Dodge Sup'tUS Mint
109. J U Jones Stock Broker
110. Horace Hill Stock Broker
111. H H Noble Stock Broker
112. James G Carson Attorney-at-Law
113. J B Metcalfe Attorney-at-Law
114. Thomas P Ryan Attorney-at-Law
115. Hon A C Niles.. .Associate Justice Supreme Court
lltt. Judge S Heydenfelt Attorney-at-Law
117. Jas M Gitchell Register in Bankruptcy
118. C Warren Stoddard Journal jBt
119. Charles De Toung... Proprietor S F "Chronicle"
120. MHDe Young Proprietor S F "Chronicle"
121. Loring Pickering. .Prop S F "Call" & "Bulletin"
122. Henry F Williams Real Estate Agent
123. Henry L Davis Capitalist
124. Eugene L Sullivan Capitalist
125. Fred L Castle Importer Teas
126. M H Hecht....M'frand Wholesale Leather Dealer
127. Jas J Waddell Captain
128. R KNuttall Physician
129. Geu Sco3eld USA
130. Gen H A Cobb Auctioneer
131. Gtn JameB Coey Postmaster S F
132. Gen John McComb Editor"Alta"
133. Wm P Humphreys City and Co Surveyor
134. Chas Hubert City and Co Treasurer
135. J Henley Smith Supervisor
130. D A McDonald Enterprise Mills
137. A L Mann Sup't Public Instruction
138. Thomas Flint. Wool Merchant
13!t. AI Castle Capitalist
140. W W Dodge Wholesale Grocer
141. FBTaylor Oil and Commission Merchant
142. Geo H Bryant N & Co, Baps and Bagging
143. W N Olmsted Insurance Agent
144. EN Fry Stock Broker
145. Donald McLennan Manager Woollen Mills
146. M G Pritchard Mexican Consul
147. F A Bi>e Chinese Consul
148. Aug Berggren Consul for Sweden and Norway
149. Col Geo w Granniss Real Estate
150. SP Dewey Capitalist
151. JameB White, M R G S.. . .Ex M P, Brighton, Eng
152. Charles Kohler Wine Grower
153. Robert Dickson Manager Ins Agency
154. Capt Geo Nannton Shipping Agent
155. Hon M M tistee Attorney-at-Law
156. Jennings S Cox Real Estate Agent
157. H B Piatt Contractor
158. George Lette Sec'y German Sav and Loan
159. Hon George C Perkins G P & Co's S S
160. GenO H La Grange Ex Sup't U S Mint
161. R Beverly Cole Physician
162. Thomas Price Assayer
163. George J Bucknal! Physician
164. Hon E D Wheeler Judge 19th District Court
165. David P Belknap Attorney-at-Law
166. Henry Caeanova Wholesale Grocer
107. James G Ganld L&SF Bank
108. TV Walter L & S F Bank
109. EMickle Agent
170. PM Bowen Capitalist
171. EM Miles Stock Broker
172. Samuel Brannan Real Estate
173. John Scott Physician
174. George T Bromley Contractor
175. P J Cassin Wholesale Liquor Dealer
176. Henry Marsh Pianist
177. Thomas Bennett Physician
173. George Wallace Pres't Cal M'g Co
179. Frank M Pixley Attorney-at-Law
180. J S Cunningham U SN Paymaster
181. JM McDonald Vice Pres't Pacific Bank
182. Alex Campbell Attorney-at-Law
183. Col Oscar Woodbams 1st Infantry Reg
184. John V Plume Bai.ker
185. Edward Curtis Literateur
180. Hon James A JohnBon Lieut-Governor
187. Thomas P Ryan Attorney-at-Law
188. CharlcB G Toland Physician
189. FredM Somers Journalist
190. CTMillB, D D Mills' Seminary
191. Wm Harney Notary Public
192. Jonas J Morrison Lumber Dealer
193. LL Bullock Real Estate
194. Charles Clayton Grain Merchant
195. C VD Hubbard , Mining Secretary
196. HH Bancroft... Historian & Wholes'e Bookseller
197. MrBH HBancroft ,
198. Mrs AN Towne
199. AN Towne.... GenSupHCPRR
200. Mrs James G Fair
201. James G Fair Bonanza King
2.2. Miss Jennie Flood
203. Mrs J C Flood
204. J C Flood Bonanza King
205. Leland Stanford, Jr
206. Hon Leland Stanford Pres't CPRR
207. Mrs Leland Stanford
208. Mrs Mark Hopkins
2i)9. M rs Charles Crocker
210. Charles Crocker Vice-Pres"t CPRR
211. Miss Hattie Crocker
212. Mrs A Maddick of London
21 3. A I f red Maddick of London
214. Stuart M Taylor City and County Recorder
215. E WBurr Capitalist
210. J C Palmer Wine Grower
217. Mrs J C Palmer
218. Hon J C Fremont Governor of Arizona
219. Mrs J Benton Fremont
220. MrsOCPratt
221. Howard Coit Caller S F Stock Board
222. Mrs Lillie Coit
223. Alex Badlam City and Co Assessor
224. Mrs Alex Badlam
225. Mrs Joseph Austin "Betsy B"
226. Joseph Anstin Port Warden
227. D J Staples Pres't Fireman's Fund Ins Co
228. Mrs D J Staples
229. Mrs DZ Yost
230. Daniel Z Yost Stock Broker
231. Miss Cora Caduc
232. Philip Cadnc. . . : Contractor
233. Mrs John D Yost
234. John OYost Stationer
235. M iss Julia Ruth Shatter ,
236. Hon J McM Shaffer Landowner
237. Mrs Joseph W Winans
23S. Hon Joseph W Winans Attorn ey-ut-Law
239. George Gedge Captain steamer " Yosemite "
240. Mrs George Ged;re
241. Rev Wm A Scott, D D ..Pastor St John's Pres Ch
242. Miss Ida Scooffy
243. George B Rieman Photographer
244. Mrs George B Rieman
245. HS Crocker Wholesale Stationer
240. T A Harcourt L'terateur
247. MisT A Harcourt
248. John Landers Mining Secretary
249. Mrs John Landers
250. Frank C Snow.. ..Importer ardDealer in Pictures
251. GGGariboldi Artist
252. HBSIaven Druggist
253. Mrs J H Stallard
254. J H Stallard Physician
255. Drury Melone Commission Broker
256. Mrs Drury Melone
257. R B Woodward Prop'r Woodward's Gardens
258. Mrs W F McAllister
259. W F McAllister, M D Quarantine Officer
260. Henry R Maun H &M Ins Agency
261. Mrs Wm Ward
262. Wm Ward Importer Liquors
263. H Channing Beals "Commercial Herald"
MM. Augustas Laver } ^KA^S^
265. Frank H Gaesaway Journalist
206. Lou ia Low Secretary
207. L S Church Land Owner
203. Mrs LS Church "Vivace" critic
209. Raonl Martinez Belloc & Co.'s Bank
270. M J Flavin Prop 1XL Auction House
271. ECurtiPB C, C & Welch, Stationers
272. Wm M Neilson Literateur
273- OLivermore Real Estate Agent
274. Col A Andrews Prop " Diamond Palace "
275. Charles Locke Prop "Bush street Theater"
210. ThomaBMaguire Manager " Baldwin's "
277, Barton Hill Acting Manager "Cal Theater"
278- AlexD Sharon Lessee "Palace Hotel !
279. Frank G Newlands Attoruey-at-Law
280. Wm Willis Mining Secretary
281. J B Wattles Stock Broker
282. D Albert Hiller Physician
283. George Dawson Prop "Pantheon"
284. Mrs George Dawson
285. Gen W S Rosecrane.. .Mining and Civil Engineer
2S6. AA Cohen Capitalist and Attorney-at-Law
287. J Barr Robertson ..Of London
288. Edward J Jackson Our cor "London Times"
289. M G Gillette.. .Sup't Savage Mg Co, Virginia, Nev
290. Dr A McMahon of San Jose
291. EC Macfarlane Stock Broker
292. George Macfarlane of Sandwich Islands
293. John Jennings Com'r Aus Exhib
294. J J Bleasdale,DD Com'r Aus Exhib
295. Arthur Nahl Artist
296. Judge J C Pennie Justice of Peace
297. Charles Mason British Vice Consul
298. P B Kennedy Importer Dry Goods
299. Charles Kaeding Importer of Guns
OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP CO.,
For Japan and China, leave wharf, corner First and Bran-
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Yokohama with Steamers for Shanghai.
GAELIC August 15th.
OCEANIC June 17th, September 13th.
BELGIC July 15th.
For Freight, apply to GEORGE H. RICE, Freight Agent, at the Pacific Mail Steam-
ship Company a Wharf, or No. 218 California street.
T. H. GOODMAN, General Passenger Agent.
LELAND STANFORD, President. May 31.
Smith's American Organs, 200 Post street, corner of Dupont.
PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
Steamers of this Company will sail from Broadway Wharf
for PORTLAND, Oregon), every 5 days, direct, and for LOS ANGELES, SANTA
BARBARA, SANTA CRUZ, SAN DIEGO, SAN LUIS OBISPO and other NORTH-
ERN and SOUTHERN COAST PORTS, leaving SAN FRANCISCO about every
third day.
For Day and Hour of Sailing, see the Company's Advertisement in the San Fran-
cisco Daily Papers.
Ticket Office, Jfo. 214 Montgomery Street, near Pine.
GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Agents,
March 15. No. 10 Market street.
Smith's American Pianos, 200 Post street, corner of Dupont.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
July 26, 1879.
"PLEASURE'S WAND."
" We Obey no Wand but Pleasure's."--2V>m Moore.
California Theater. — The relative merits of Offenbach and Lecocq as
composers admit of but little discussion, for the superiority of the latter
is undeniable. Opera bouffe of ten years^ a#o was the quintessence of
musical buffoonery. The plots and situations of all of Offenbach's were
of a nature to allow of any exaggeration or eccentricity in acting. In
fact, there was no limit placed upon the actor or actress' individual comi-
calities. The school of to-day is vastly different. The popular craving is
still for the humorous, but it desires to be more legitimately moved to
laughter. The librettos of Lecocq's works and of the late productions of
Offenbach are in the required style. La Petite Mariee is undoubtedly one
of Lecocq's most felicitous compositions. The music is charrniDg through-
out. The plot is spicily French. For an English or American audience,
it contains too much dialogue to become a favorite. The plot is in no
sense conveyed to the auditor by the action, and this renders the per-
formance uninteresting. I have rarely seen eveD at the Bouffes-Parisiennes
or at the Varietes anything so well played or mounted. The chorus was
a little weak, it is true, but everything else went off swimmingly. The
costumes were remarkable for their tastefulness and picturesqueness.
The one worn by the " Podestate," in the second act, was so handsome as
to deserve special mention. The leading characters were acted with that
care and desinvolture which forms the great charm of the French stage.
M'lle Aimee, as "Graziella," though rather mature in appearance for the
character of an innocent young bride, was as usual the life and spirit of
the performance. She sang all the numbers of her score remarkably
well. Jouard, the baritone, is a good actor, but has a flat voice and
moreover sings badly. Juteau, Mezieres and the rest were as usual per-
fect in their respective parts. In the Grande Duckesse this company gave
proof of more talent than in anything else so far. This is one of the
earlier opera bouffes, extravagant and comically ridiculous in the extreme.
To my mind, it was the best performance of this somewhat hackneyed
piece ever given in San Francisco. M'lle Aimee is irresistibly chic as the
peculiar sovereign ; the oiteslm she sang with true feeling and tenderness.
Jouard is a most remarkable " General Bourn," and along with Mezieres
as "Baron Puck" must be seen to be appreciated. Juteau plays ''Fritz"
very much as Dupuis, the Paris original, did, and this is sufficient praise.
Poyard, though a rather indifferent singer, has proved himself one of the
very nest actors in the troupe. His " Montefiasco," in La Petite Mariee,
and his " Prince Paul " in this performance, were both excellently played.
The text being rather sketchy, opportunity is given the actors to fill it
out, and they did this very wittily and cleverly. Taken all in all, it was
a most amusing performance, and will undoubtedly bear repetition. La
Marjolaine was played last evening for Aimee s benefit, too late for
review. On Monday La Botdangere a des Ecus will be produced. An
opera bouffe ball will shortly be given at this theater, under the auspices
of this company. It was first announced for August 2d, then postponed
until August 9th, but it has been finally decided to hold it on Thursday,
August 7th. All details will be announced soon, and the management
will spare no efforts to make it a complete success. It remains with the
public to insure this. Let it recognize the enterprise shown, and this will
be sufficient.
Baldwin's Theater. — The sensational intensity of some of the scenes
in the play now running at this theater, coupled with the lesson of tem-
perance the whole drama conveys, have excited public interest, and the
audiences have been large. But the great merit of the performance lies
in the individual efforts and acting of several of the cast. Mr. O'Neill's
"Coupeau" is a masterly performance, deserving of unstinted praise.
"Gervaise" is a character one would hardly suppose Miss Coghlan would
care or like to play. She must feel that, however admirably from an
artistic point of view she succeeds in acting the character, still the innate
refinement of her manner, speech and appearance, is in the way. Miss
Coghlan is a handsome woman, and the blonde wig of "Gervaise" be-
comes her well. The new-comer, Miss Lilian Andrews, is a decided
acquisition to our local stage. She is effective without exaggeration. One
of the best bits of acting in the whole cast is the delineation of the old
croque mort by Mr. Jennings. This favorite actor has evidently read
Zola's novels, for in make-up and conception it is true to the author's
idea. For characters of this kind Jennings seems to possess particular
qualifications. Mr. Morrison continues to play the French dandy work-
man, after the pattern of a Happy Valley hoodlum. There is not the
slightest tinge of Gallicism about this impersonation; and it is greatly to his
discredit, for Mr. Morrison in other instances gives proof of talent and
intelligence. Where, O where, did Mr. Billings discover what he seems
to think is the uniform of a Paris sergeant-de-ville ? Leaving aside all
other considerations pro and con, this performance deserves encourage-
ment. It is a terrible phillipic against the evil of intemperance, the
national sin of this fair land, and on this ground alone is worthy of public
patronage. Steele Mackaye's play, Won at Last, originally produced at
Wallack's, and since revived at the Madison Square Theater under the
title of Aftermath, is to be the next novelty at this house. This is a very
chamr'n ; play, rumor says, and will undoubtedly be done justice to by
Miss Coghlan and the rest. It will receive its initiatial performance on
Thursday, the 31st of July.
Bush St. Theater. — Tony Pastor's Troupe has been playing during the
week to crowded houses. Taste for variety performances is strong in this
community. Mr. Pastor's present organization is the best of its class that
has ever performed here. Among those who deserve special notice for
the artistic manner in which they render their acts are Sheehan & Jones,
who give anew sketch, called the Ash-box Inspector, which almost con-
vulses the audience with laughter. In their terrific combat, a Ta Donny-
brook, they display a mixture of fighting, wrestling, facial contortion and
brogue that would make a Quaker meeting smile. John Morris gives a
series of costume and character changes in full view of the audience, who
are puzzled to know how he does it. Thatcher's funny speeches have the
merit of originality and a freedom from the least tinge of vulgarity that
makes him a great favorite with the audience, who seem never to have
enough of him. The French sisters, who, by the way, are English and
not related, are very pretty, and do some neat song and dance business.
Niles & Evans, two young men just brought by Tony before the public,
are very good in a burlesque on the typical English swell, and will in
time rank high in their profession. Tony Pastor sings a budget of popu-
lar topical song*, and seems a greater favorite than ever. The closing
piece was very tame, the characters being poorly sustained. We were at
a loss to tell whether it was comedy, farce or tragedy. Mr. Locke in-
tends in August to completely renovate this theater, besides making some
important alterations in the entrance. This will be a great improve-
ment, and can but augment the already great popularity of the Bush St.
Theater.
Standard Theater. — The children have been playing Pinafore during
the week to good business, and close with the performance to-morrow
(Sunday) evening. It has been a most amusing spectacle, and those who
have not seen it should not miss the few opportunities left. Children on
the regular stage are generally parrot-like in their speech, and too artificial
for anything in their action. Nothing like this is visible in this gallant
little crew. It may be for want of contrast on the same boards with big
folks, or else from the fact that the little ones feel moro at ease being by
themselves, but whatever the reason, these youngsters have all the
self-possession and naturalness of their older confre'es. Last evening the
performance was for the benefit of the fair instructress, Miss Chissold.
The house was large, and the attractions enhanced by several novelties
on the part of the children. Miss Lottie Chissold has given proof of pa-
tient talent in teaching these young people, and deserves all praise. On
Monday the Diplomacy Combination commence an engagement, which it
may safely be expected will be a successful one. At one time it seemed
as if through the exorbitant demands of one of the cast, this proposed pro-
duction would fall through, but all difficulties have been smoothed over.
Diplomacy is itself a very strong piece, and these ladie3 and gentlemen do
full justice to it. The cast includes Messrs. Piercy, Keene,JBillings,
Freeman and Morris, and Miss Lewis, Varian, Young and Morris.
Grand Opera House.— Pantomimes, when well gotten up and well
Eerformed, are very attractive spectacles, and the boxing-night shows in
iondon are among its principal theatrical attractions. The performance
at this theater is, without exception, the most wretchedly bad I ever saw.
Everything goes wrong— the tricks fail, the scenes won't move— in fact, it
is a perfect fizzle. How any sane man could ever have for a moment en-
tertained the idea that this performance could draw paying audiences, is
something past belief. Still, the pantomime is amusing from the fact
that it is a fizzle, and I confess to hearty laughter at the failure and
breaking-down of even the simplest trick.
Pinafore. — The Emelie Melville Troupe have appeared, since our last
issue, at San Rafael, Sacramento and San Jose. In all of these places
their performances were completely successful. It is possible that they
may make a more extended tour, and this would undoubtedly be a good
and profitable enterprise. The powers that be have not as yet decided
upon this question.
Chit-Ghat.
Frank Mayo is playing Davy Crockett in London. -^Lizzie Harold,
our coming soubrette, is in Philadelphia on a short visit to "pop" and
"mom."— Patti will open at the Gaiete". Paris, on February 16, 1880.
^— The Williamsons have paid Boucicault $5,000 for Australian rights in
his new play.— — James O'Neil gets $200 and Miss Coghlan $250 a week.
——A New York manager has offered Faure, the French baritone, @200,-
000 for a seven-months' engagement in the United States, the cash to be
deposited in advance in the Bank of France. All expenses of traveling
and living for himself and family are to be paid by the American impres-
sario. Faure has not yet accepted the offer.— Ha verly's Lyceum, with
the Georgia Minstrels, is the only New York Theater open. ^—Arthur
Sullivan has just been created Mus. Bach, by Oxford University. ^—
Sarah Bernhardt has written a comedy called VEpingle d'Or, of which the
heroine is a certain Miss Mary, an English can I atrice.— London has
found out that Miss Kellogg is so modest that she never forces herself to
the front. Strange nobody ever observed that here. -^— It is announced
that Mme. Theo, one of the three leading stars of the Paris stage, will
soon retire and open a confectioner's shop in the Avenue de l'Opera.^^
Mr. Coghlan has been engaged for the Court Theater, London, and will
open in September. ^^The fuss the London critics and public are making
over Sarah Bernhardt is simply nauseating, and has had the effect of caus-
ing everybody in Paris to remember her defects.-^— It is proposed to open
a monster variety show in Paris at the Cirque Am ericain building. —
The leading man at Booth's is to be John Clayton, Boucicault's son-in-
law,— Neilson opens in Brooklyn October 5th, and then plays in this
country continuously (only five nights a week) until May. This will be
her last engagement in the United States, as it is not expected by her
physicians that she will live two years longer.— -The Union Square man-
agement expect to score another one hundred nights' run with the pro-
posed revival of The Two Orphans.-^— Drink and the Comedie Francais
are still the furores in London.^— After their tour through the interior,
the Melville Amateurs will give a farewell week at the Standard. It is
not true that on the opening Monday they will make a street parade.
A GOOD PLAN.
Anybody can learn to make inoiiey rapidly operating in
Stocks, by the "Two Unerring Rules for Success," in Messrs. Lawrence &
Co.'s new circular. The combination method, which this firm has made so success-
ful, enables people with large or small means to reap all the benefits of largest cap-
ital and best skill. Thousands of orders, in various sums, are pooled into one vast
amount and co-operated as a mighty wlwle, thus securing to each shareholder all the
advantages of the largest operator. Immense profits are divided monthly. Any
amount, from §5 to $5,000, or more, can be used successfully. N. T. Baptist Weekly,
September 26th, 1878, sajs : " By the combination system §15 would make §75, or
5 per cent. ; §50 pays §350, or 7 per cent. ; §100 makes §1,000, or 10 per cent, on the
stock, during the month, according to the market." Frank Leslie's Illustrated
Newspaper, June 29th : " The combination method of operating stocks is the most
successful ever adopted." New York Independent, Sept. 12th : "The combination
system is founded upon correct business principles, and no person need be without
an income while it is kept working by Messrs. Lawrence & Co. Brooklyn Journal,
April 29th: " Our editor made a net profit of §101.25 from §20 in one of Messrs.
Lawrence & Co.'s combinations." New circular (mailed free) explains everything.
Stocks and bonds wanted. Government bonds supplied.
July 26. LAWRENCE & CO., Bankers, 57 Exchange Place, N. T.
ANDREW BAIRD,
Negotiator of Loan and Commercial Paper,
Broker in Locil and State Securities,
No. 312 California Street San Francisco.
[J?. O. Box 1,208.] July 19.
Conservatory Pianos, $250. 200 Post street, corner of Dupont.
July 26, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER,
SPORTING ITEMS.
Boxing.— The sparring uhibition, held «t the Mechanics' Pavilion Ust
Wednesday evening, was tl-<- beet shorn of the kind ever given on this
coast. Not only was it u pecuniary Bacceaa. but it was conducted with a
deoonun UnnanaJ aft exhibitions of the manly art, anil it will ili> much to
make sport popular and respectable. The first set-to was between Ed-
wards and IdoCleUan, both men looking in good condition, though too
In the first round they did g i work, Edwards showing great
in avoiding the powerful blows of McCIellan, and making goud
r bits. The second round Edwards got in a good face hit that
brought down the house. Mri Italian replied by an upper cut that Bhowed
him to 1><j a man not to be trilled with. This round was in favor of Ed-
wards, who made the most clean bits. The third round McCIellan forced
the work, hut got no special advantage, Edwards parrying his blows clev-
erly and countering in good style. He showed, however, that the work
was severe enough to weaken him a little. Hogan and Haggerty were
the next, Hogan seemed to lose his temper, striking wildly and getting
the worst of the encounter. Donovan then set-to with Chambers, male
ing a pretty exhibition. In spite of his superior hight and weight, Dono-
van got no advantage in the first round, Chambers stopping most of his
blows and putting Donovan on his mettle to avoid cross-counters and
body blows. The second round Chambers, finding it difficult to reach
Donovan's head, rushed in, planting his left in good shape, but failed to
get away quick enough to avoid a clinch, which resulted in his getting
bis head in chancery. The audience disapproved of this so strongly
that they hissed, though we are at a loss to see any cause for complaint in
Chambers being overweighted, or Donovan proving that he understood
bis business. Next on the programme was a set-to between Riley and
Maynard. Riley broke his thumb a few days ago and consequently could
not do himself justice, being unable to upper cut, or, in fact, use his right
hand at all ; but he proved that in good condition he would make a
hard fight with his antagonist. Sharp and Toland then insulted the au-
dience by giving a "set-to" that would disgrace the veriest tyros. They
left the impression on the minds of the spectators that they had been
paid for their work in advance, and did not care to earn the money. The
"set-to" that followed, between Edwards and Chambers, was the best
match of the evening. Both men are perfect masters of the art, and did
their best, proving themselves worthy of their Eastern reputation. Dono-
van then came on again and " set-to " with Sharp, who got enough in the
first round and wanted to quit, but was prevented by Billy Jordan, the
M. C. The evening's entertainment finished with a "set-to" between
McCIellan and Maynard. The latter bothered his opponent a good deal,
and displayed great cleverness and wonderful activity. McCIellan fought
a little too hard at first, striking blows that would have knocked May-
nard out of the ring had he not evaded them ; but when McCIellan settled
down he showed his skill to better advantage, and fought his man into the
corner, getting him on the ropes, but declining to take advantage of it.
Mike Donovan goes across the bay to train for his coming fight with
McCIellan. He is under the charge of Joe Winrow and Fred Gotobed.
He will probably be seconded by W. Riley. —McCIellan trains in town,
making Maynard's gymnasium his headquarters. He has not yet selected
a trainer.— ^There is <?reat probability of a fight being arranged between
Harry Maynard and Arthur Chambers. Both men express themselves
as desiring the meeting.
Rowing. —The St. George and Columbia Rowing Clubs will hold a re-
gatta on Oakland Creek about the end of September, of which further
notice will be given. There will be seven races, the principal one being
for the McKinley Cup, four-oaied shells ; a race for second-class shells,
race for four-oared lapstreaks, single scull race, four-oared barge race, race
for ships boats, and duck race. The regatta will be governed by the rules
of the Pacific Amateur Rowing Association, no entries being admitted
except from clubs belonging thereto.— The single scull race, between
Dan Leahey, of the Pioneers, and Stevenson, of Vallejo, was won by the
former. -^— There will be a single scull race to-morrow, at 10 a.m., be-
tween Leahey and Ed. Nelson, for SI, 000 and the championship, over the
usual course. —Balfour, Guthrie & Co. have challenged the Bank of
British North America for a return match ; the race to come off on the
16th of August next. The challenge has been accepted.
Pedestrianism. — The first bona tide six days' walking match for ladies
ever held was won by Madame Exilda La Chapelle at the Mechanics'
Pavilion last Tuesday. The distance made was three hundred and six
miles and fi ve-sevenths. ■ ■ A match is talked of between Frank Edwards
and Mclntyre for $2,000, the one covering the greatest distance in six
days to be the winner. It will be managed by the Olympic Club.-^Some
sporting men of this city are about to get up another six days go-as-you-
please match for men, to take place within six weeks.
Shooting. — The Cosmopolitan Shooting Club had their first shoot at
Milbrae last Sunday. Some good shooting was done by Messrs. Ault,
Brooks, Cord, Villegra and Maskey ; Ault winning first prize, a barrel of
flour. Grand sweepstakes match at Bird's Point, Alameda, to-morrow,
at 10 o'clock a. m. Fifteen members, at $10 each. Prizes, S75, $40, $25,
$10 ; twelve birds each ; ties, single birds at tweuty-six yards ; entries to
be made on the ground. Freeze-out and glass-ball shooting after the
match.
Baseball. — Games at the Recreation Grounds last Sunday : Reno vs.
Star ; score, 7 to 4. Gatling vs. Cadets ; score, 17 to 10. National vs.
Company B ; score, 6 to 24. Eureka vs. Eagle, Jr.; score, 27 to 21.-^—
At Oakland : California vs. Oakland ; score, 8 to 2.-^— Games to-morrow
at the Recreation Grounds : Reno vs. Eagles.^— At Oakland Cricket
Grounds : Knickerbocker vs. Athletic, for a purse of $500.
Picnics. — French Ladies' Relief Society at Shell Mound Park, Berke-
ley, Sunday. Special perform Mice by the Ajmee Troupe.— —Columbia
Lodge, No. 127, at Srhuetzen Park, Alameda, Sunday.^— Excursion to
Cremorne Gardens, Martinez, Sunday. Steamer Whipple leaves Wash-
ington-street wharf at 10 A. M.
Yachting. — The race between the Con. O'Connor and the ConsucJo, for
$1,000 a side, was won by the former, which made the distance over the
regular course — twenty-eight miles — in three hours and twenty minutes.
She was Bailed by Mars ton, the Consudo being sailed by Captain Turner.
It was a fair test, no mistake being made by either boat.
Fishing. — There is excellent trout-fishing at Cloverdale and Sulphur
Creek.— — A gentleman recently from San Andreas Lake reports an aver-
age daily catch of sixty. —Around Sacramento cattish are very plenti-
ful.^— Several shad were taken in fyke nets, near Freeport, last week.
PEDESTRIAN INSANITY.
Pedestrian insanity is now epidemic in Sun Francisco. The par-
oxysm vasal its hight week before last, when thousands of infatuated
Bpeotaton, high and low, rich and poor, old and young, gentlemen and
lames, assembled to witness the termination of as poor a contest as ever
graced thea annals of pedestrianism, and to crown with laurels a set of
used-up uripples, whose best claim to public reoognition was the patience
and endurance with which they carried out their miserable task. Never
was seen in public arena a nmro melancholy spectacle of used-up human-
ity after so short a tramp. With the sole exception of the winner of the
belt, not a single man had been adequately trained and cared for. The
commonest precautions against the ordinary contingencies of pedestrian
contests appear to have been neglected. Men were taken directly from
their work and urged by injudicious friends to efforts destructive of their
strength. It was enough to draw tears of pity to see the noble-hearted
Mclntyre painfully crawling round the track, vainly struggling to
maintain his place beside the well-trained Edwards, who alone retained
bisvigor to the end. One man was crippled by obesity; another was
ridiculously old. Bad shoes, bad food, bad care, made good men fail and
weak men worse. Scarcely a man knew how to carry his body properly,
use his muscles to the best advantage, and to economize his respiratory
movements while securing perfect aeration of his blood. And to think
that it was for this that the theaters have been deserted and the homes
forsaken. If we are to have struggles of this nature let us at least have
the best. We believe in the physical improvement of mankind, and in
the wholesome desire of every one to prove his skill and test his powers
to the uttermost, but we protest against exhibitions got up by selfish
speculators to entice decent men from their peaceful avocations to enter
upon contests for which they are totally unprepared against one or two
professional candidates able to walk away early with the chief rewards.
BUSH STREET THEATER.
Brilliant Success of the Inauguration of a Limited Engagement of
TONY PASTOE
AND HIS GREAT DOUBLE TROUPE!
Composed of the Very Finest of Variety Artists.
SS- MATINEES SATURDAY AT2.-5S
[July 26. J
THE BALDWIN THEATER.
Manager Mil. XH03TAS MAOUIRJE.
EAST NIGHTS OF E'ASSOMMOIR!
Positively Last L'Assommoir Matinee, this Saturday, July 26th.
Thursday Evening, July 31st,
Production of
WON AT LAST.
ROSE COGHLAN in her original character of GRACE FLEMING.
JAMES O'NEILL
as JOHN FLEMING.
CALIFORNIA THEATER.
Bar ton & Lawlor, ltKuuagers ; Barton Hill, Actiug Manaxor.
AIMEE the Queen of Opera LJouffe. Sunday Evening, July 27th (by special
request), and positively last time of LA PETITE MAR1EE. AIMEE (positively ap-
pearing) asURAZIELLA. Next Week— Two New Operas. Monday and Tuesday,
July 2Sth and 29th, LA BOULANGERE A DES ECUS (The Rich Bakeress), written
expressly for AIMEE. Wednesday Evening, July 30th, the Event of the Season !
First time in this city of the reigning European Sensation, MADAME FAVAKT.
Thursday Evening, August 7th, Grand Opera Bouffe Masked Ball, under the auspices
of MLLE. AlMEEand all the Artists of her Company. July 2(j.
BUSH STREET THEATER.
Charles E. Locke, Proprietor. --Graaul Muccessfnl Inaugu-
ration of TONY PASTOR'S ENGAGEMENT. Standing Room Only. Greeting
the fresh appearance of TONY PASTOR and his Great Double Troupe. The Best
Coniimnv Tony Pastor has ever brought to this Coast. TONY PASTOR himself ap-
pearsi at each performance FAMILY MATINEE SATURDAY. July 26.
of resort on this Coas
J. H. Culver, Secretary.
STANDARD THEATER.
MA Kennedy. Mtninser.--I.ast Nights or the Standard
JUVENILE PINAFORE COMPANY. The Greatest of Hits. This (Saturday)
id Sunday Evenings, July 26th and 27th. Saturday Afternoon, July 2i;th, at 2
o'clock LAST MATINEE OF THE JUVENILES. Monday Evening, July 28th, DI-
PLOMACY, with its Great Last Seats at the Box Offiie July 26.
MECHANICS' FAIR,
San Francisco, California,
OPENS AUGUST 5TH, 1S19.
Science, Art, Industry and Natural Productions will be
full V represented Grand Instrumental Concert each afternoon and evening,
Machircr'vin Motion, Bare Paintings, Fine Statuary, a Tropical Garden, Fountains
nd Promenades will make this Exhibition the most instructive and pleasant place
f resort on his Coast. Those desiring space Bnoul^gJ|j"M^g^^^!^oi*
July 12.
MADAME JULIA MELVILLE SNYDER,
f*1 O Mason street, between Bush and Sntter.— Vocal Mnsie
1)1.) (or opera Concert or Parlor. Piano and Elocution. Dramatic Elocution
and Voice Culture Specialties. Terms made known at residence. May -5-
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A ppetite. Strength and Weight are increased, and digestion in all
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T»ancreatic Emulsion is proscribed bvthe Medical Profession in all parts of
JL the world, and is prepared by
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' ' [July 26.]
Conservatory Organs, S110. 200 Post street, corner of Dnpont.
10
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
July 26, 1879.
lThe World,
[By
' the Flesh, and the Devil.
Truthful Penman.]
Captain Barry, just returned from Australia, has "recognized" the
Claimant as Thomas Castro, and the Claimant has "recognized" Cap-
tain Barry. This last is a truly prodigious effort of memory. The Claim-
ant has been in prison nearly six years, and left Australia somewhere
about nine years ago, so thai the "boy" must have been very young
when he saw him last ; yet, he knows him at once! A black boy, too!
We have known men remarkable for their quickness in physiognomy, who
have declared the almost impossibility of recngnizing black men after
even a short period. Yet the Claimant, who forgets so many things, re-
memhers this nigger, who must have passed from childhood to youth
since he beheld him in the happy Wagga-Wagga days. Unfortunately
for the Claimant, we are not all Guildford Onslows and Quartermaine
Easts. ——A few weeks ago a young gentleman whose friends live near
Chislehurst arrived from the Cape. It was intimated to the Empress that
if she cared to see him he would wait upon her. She was delighted, and
listened with rapt attention to all he had to tell. When he described the
assegai \ised by all the Kaffir and Zulu tribes she expressed a wish to see
one. They were in the hall, and were forthwith produced. The Empress
all but fainted at the sight of them, and then burst into a flood of tears.
lDo not think me weak,' she said; ' but until I saw these terrible wea-
pons I never realized the danger my son ran." At that very moment he
had been killed by assegai wounds, seventeen in number.-^— "Honor
among thieves " does not always hold good. John Kelly, a footman, rob-
bed his mistress, residing in Cumberland street, S.W., and one Shread,
another thief, robbed Kelley of part of his booty. Both gentlemen have
been committed for trial, though how it can be robbery to abstract from
A what wasn't A's at ail. but B's, is a moot point, we should say. — Lon-
don Express.— Victor Emmanuel, son of King Humbert of Italy, has
just been subjected to eight days' arrest, the withdrawal of his honors at
table, and the forfeiture of military salutes. The offence committed by
the little ten-year old Prince was the utterance of a threat while playing
with the Marchesa Montereno's daughter. " As soon as I am king I will
have your head chopped off," cried the heir of the House of Savoy, in a
passion, and his father deems it wise to administer a salutary lesson be-
times.— Ibid.^— The frequenters of Hawkesbury Station, England, are
mourning the loss of the clever fox-terrier dog, who used to ring the bell
on the approach of the train, to the great amusement of the passengers.
Poor "Pineher" performed this feat for the last time on Sunday evening;
he then imprudently left the signal hox, got upon the line, and was cut to
pieces. -^— The Court Circular's correspondent, "Flaneur," says: "I see
that American ladies are reviving the fan drill, a kind of amusement upon
which Addison dilated in the Spectator when he spoke of private meet-
ings to exercise fans. The American ladies, it would seem, however,
practice in public; for I see that at the recent "carnival of authors,"
celebrated in the Horticultural Hall of Philadelphia, a squad of charm-
ing young ladies performed the following evolutions: Entrance march ;
the audacious flirt; handle your fans ; unfurl your fans; flutter your fans;
the majestic wave ; the scornful wave ; the coquettish flutter; the bash-
fuljflutter ; the angry flutter; the merry flutter ; the amorous flutter; the
repellent flutter ; gossip ; salute ; present your fans; shoulder your fans ;
carry your fans ; furl your fans ; charge your fans ; discharge your fans ;
ground your fans; march; retreat; triumph; surrender; recover your
fansj; the greeting ; farewell ; salute ; the Parthian retreat. This would
be rather amusing at a ball, and the gentlemen might take it easy and
look on at the manoeuvres.^— The Freemason says there are about 14,580
lodges in the world. In the United States and Canada the Freemasons
number about 7,00,000, and we feel sure, from clear calculations, that in
Europe they may be estimated at about 300,000 more. If we take South
America and the East into calculation, we probably arrive at a grand to-
tal of something like 1,300,000, and with that "tottle" we must be con-
tent, eschewing fabulous legends and mythic millions. Probably the next
few years will witness a rapid increase of our Order, and it is not impos-
sible that, in the year of light and grace 2000, the Freemasons in the
world may reach 3,000,000.-^— Vanity Fair, says: We continue our re-
view of the results which would have been attained by those who took
our advice, given under this head in 1876, as to twenty different invest-
ments." Vancouver Coal, which we next recommended, is an instance
showing that even the best of commercial companies are liable to depre-
ciation from circumstances over which they have no controL The output
of this company is at present much larger than it has ever been, but so
extremely low is the price of coal at San Francisco, that instead of pay-
ing, as it used, ten per cent., it just now barely makes its ends meet. But
this depression is no doubt only temporary. We had at the beginning of
the year 1876 recommended our friends to sell Hudson's Bay shares (26,)
which were then at 2\h ; and on 3d June we remarked, "We recommend
holders to sell them " even at the price." The shares have since suffered
a further decline. They have for some time past been marked in the
Times with the ominous asterisk, and they can now only announce a beg-
garly dividend of 8s. a share. —The British Trade Journal, in noticing
the Trade Frauds of California depicted in the columns of the News Let-
ter, says: "There is hardly an article of food consumed in the United
States which is not adulterated with impunity. Colored clay is made to
do duty for coffee beans, cayenne pepper is adulterated with red lead, al-
most every description of pickle is charged with poison, " probably half
the vinegar sold is rank poison," and "several mills in New England, and
probably many elsewhere, are now engaged in grinding white stone into
powder for purposes of adulteration." The stone powder is sold at £c. per
pound, and mixed with soda, sugar, or flour. Flour is also adulterated
with plaster of Paris, bone dust, sand, clay, chalk, and other articles. In
short, the catalogue of adulterations given by this Boston authority is so
gruesome as to make one thankful that one lives in a land where some
slight check is imposed upon wholesale poisoning. Wine, for example,
appears to be often pure poison as sold in the States, and the practice of
teetotalism is therefore necessary to the preservation of life."
"The Principles of the Republican Party are Not for a Day,
but for all Time."
REPUBLICAN MEETINGS,
HON. JOSEPH McKENNA,
Nominee for Congress, Third District,
— AND-
GEORGE T. BROaiLET, ESQ.,
Will Address the People on the Issues of the Day, as Follows:
Sierraville Monday, July 21
Quincy Tuesday, July 22
Taylorville Wednesday, July 23
Susauville Friday, July 25
Chieo Monday, July 2a
Red Bluff Tuesday, July 29
Shasta Wednesday, July 30
Weaverville Thursday, July 31
Port Jones Saturday, August 2
Yreka Monday, August 4
Cloverdale Friday, August 8
TJkiah Saturday, August 9
Cabto Monday, August 11
Rhonerville Thursday, August 14
Eureka Saturday, August 16
Healdsburg Tuesday, August 19
Santa Rosa Wednesday, August 20
Petaluma Thursday, August 21
San Rafael Friday, August 22
Woodland Saturday, August 23
Marysville Monday, August 25
Colusa Tuesday, August 26
Oroville Wednesday, August 27
St Helena Thursday, August 28
Lakeport Friday, Auirust 29
Napa Saturday, August 30
Dixon Monday, September 1
Vallejo Tuesday, September 2
Areata Friday, August 15
County Committees will please make all requisite arrangements for the meetings.
By order of the Committee. W. W. MORROW, Chairman.
M. D. Bqruck, Secretary. July 19.
"The Principles of the Republican Party are not for
but for All Time."
a Bay,
REPUBLICAN MEETINGS.
GEORGE G. PERKINS,
Republican Nominee for Governor,
-AND—
G. A. KNIGHT, ESQ.,
Of Humboldt,
Will Address the People on the Issues of the Hay, as Follows :
San Bernardino Saturday, July 19
Anaheim Monday, July 21
San Buenaventura... Wednesday, July 23
Santa Barbara Thursday, July 24
Lompoc Friday, July 2f-
San Luis Obispo Saturday, July ~~
Watsouville Tuesday, J uly 2
Bakersfield Thursday. July 31
Visalia Friday, August 1
Fresno Saturday, August 2
Merced Monday, August 4
Modesto Tuesday, August 5
Salinas Monday, July 28 1 San Francisco Wednesday August 6
County Committees will take due notice and make the necessary arrangements for
the meetings aunounced. By order of the Committee.
M. D. Bordcr, Secretary. f July 19.] W. W. MORROW, Chairman.
NOTICE.
To Bullion and Exchequer Stockholders.
The San Francisco Stock and Exchange Board having; been
informed that great dissatisfaction exists among the shareholders of the Bullion
and Exchequer-Mining Companies, respecting the management of those properties
by the present Boards of Trustees, have empowered their Executive Committee to
co-operate with those shareholders who wish an opportunity for the expression of
their sentiments respecting the same. The Executive Committee intends, with such
co-operation, to procure the action of the Courts in ordering a new election of Trus-
tees of those companies. All shareholders in sympathy with this movement are re-
quested to call at the office of Mr. J. W. COLEMAN, President of the Committee,
Room No. 1, Stock Exchange Building, and sign a petition to the County Court for
its action in the premises. CHAS. S. NEAL,
July 19. Secretary S F. Stock and Exchange Board.
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SWIMMING TEACHER,
At Xeptune and Mermaid Swimming? Baths, foot of Earkin
and Hyde streets. PRoFriSSOR J. C. MOHOR is now prepared to instruct
ladies, gentlemen and children any hour of the day, at the beach, as above. Acourse
of ten lessons is about all that is required in ordinary case3. Terms reasonable.
Suits, etc., furnished. P. S.— One view of the beach and the precautions taken will
satisfy any one of the perfect safety of beginners. July 19.
"NATURALIZATION !
Headquarters Kepnblicau State Central Committee, Rooms
No.'s 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 aud 9, No. 703 Market street, southwest corner Third.
On and after WEDNESDAY, July 9th, 1879, a Clerk will be in attendance at these
Headquarters, Room No. 5, for the purpose of NATURALIZATION. Office Hours,
from 8 a.m. until 9 p.m. By order of the Committee.
M. D. Bqruck, Secretary. [July 19.] W. W. MORROW, Chairman.
FRED H. BUSBY,
Montgomery Block, 028 Montgomery street, San Francisco,
Manufacturer of Archer> Gloves, Finger Tips, Arm Guards, Boxing, Fencing
and Base Ball Gloves, for Catchers, Long Wrist Fishing Gloves, Belts for Uniforms,
etc. Archery Clubs supplied at reduced rates. Busby's Archery Clubs are the only
ones in the market that will stand service and give satisfaction. July 12.
F
QUICKSILVER.
or sale-— In lots to suit, by Thomas Bell A Co., No. 305
Sansome street, over Bank of California. Nov. 16.
ALASKA COMMERCIAL COMPANY,
. 310 Sansome street, S;tn Erancisco, Wholesale Dealer
in Furs. Sept. 21.
Nc
Smith's Music Store, 200 Post street, corner of Dupont.
July 26, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
11
A WHITE ROSE.
There was a tiay when from my hair, unhindered,
You might have I
Its lush re.l sinter, or pink apple blossom*,
Freshly wind-ehaken.
Ah, that «me tiny that was] I may not, even
For its street sake
Give yoo the pandea thnt are thought's dear solace,
In lone heart-break.
In all the train nf Ways it hath no double —
Yet we unthinking.
Unknowing, blind, adown the heavens aaw its
Sun go sinking.
Into our calm today its ghost conies gliding —
Known all too late!
Take from my hand its emblem, and the emblem
Of our strange fate.
Silence! its pale lips say: the snow-white silence
Of you sad stone.
Yet — lingering joy — the sharers, even of silence
Are not alone.
THE CHINESE SITUATION.
It is not assuming too much to say that all the signs of the times
tend to prove the incontrovertible fact that the Chinese people located in
California are a most important factor in her labor system, and that the
eyes of the entire country are centered upon her, mildly wondering at the
sanguinary language of the Kint* of the Sand Lot and of the daily press
of the State, when dealing with this question. Then our friends of the
East turn with inquiring minds to the maps of the State of California
and Oregon, and find a vast area of territory all idle, only awaiting labor
for its development; they find many old worked-out river-beds, not
worthy of the attention of while labor, utilized, and their hidden wealth
saved by the work of the patient Chinamen ; they see a continnental rail-
road, with branches extending north into Oregon and south into Utah
and Arizona, and elsewhere, traversing vast plains and deserts, pioneering
into new countries, with the end in view to build them up, yet knowing
that years must elapse before the requisite expenditures in the enterprises
can come back, in the shape of interest or dividends — roads that could not
have been constructed with any but Chinese cheap labor. Island mo-
rasses, looked upon as valueless, have, through this same patient labor,
been leveed and reclaimed, and now are among the most valuable proper
tie3 in the State. The farmers cannot depend upon the vaunted white
labor for the harvesting any more than the Southern planter can upon
the negro for the gathering of the crops. Without the balance-wheel of
the Chinese, California in many of its most natural interests would suffer
vitally, and the common sense view of the situation should not be over-
looked in the desire to cater to the taste of the "man who votes."
Recent advices from Washington report the safe return to Peking of
Hon. George F. Seward, U. S. Minister to China, and it is now promul-
gated, from the State Department, " that he carried with him special in-
structions from Secretary Evarts to obtain an interview with Prince
Kung and his associates, notifying them that the United States Govern-
ment desires a modification of the Burlingame Treaty, to the end that re-
strictions be placed upon Chinese immigration to the United States. His
instructions are of an urgent and specific nature, and he is directed to
leave no room for doubt as to the earnestness of this Government in thus
desiring to place some limitation upon Mongolian immigration to this
country." We believe that the very sensible Chinaman will come here,
treaty or no treaty, as long as our needs demand his presence and he can
get value received for his labor. When white labor can develop the
worked out river beds and low grade placer claims of the State, can build
railroads and reclaim lands for reasonable wages, without "striking"
three or# four times whenever they get the " bloated bond-holding em-
ployer" in a tight place, then the influx of Chinese will very rapidly de-
crease.
Aside from the national aspect of the situation, the employment of
large numbers of the Chinese in the cotton fields and sugar plantations of
the Southern States is one of the possibilities of the future. The negro
"continues to exodus," and thus opens wide the door for the only labor
known that can work, and live, in that section of the country. The Chi-
nese are^ naturally tillers of the soil; they grow cotton, sugar, rice and
tobacco in tbeir own country, and know how ; they are not afraid of the
broilng rays of the sun, for they can stand 115 degrees in the shade with-
out a cover on their heads ; and as for yellow fever and other climatic
epidemics, they " have no fear." What if the Chinese should go South?
Were a steady and persistent effort to be made, they might be induced
to take the overland trip, and if wages could be promptly paid, would work,
and work faithfully and well, with an average result at the close of the
season equal to the best in the old slave times, and their labor would be
low enough to insure to their employer a very handsome return on his
investment. Sooner or later, we believe that a new era of prosperity will
be brought about in the South through " Chinese cheap labor," for we
know from actual undertakings that white labor in that region has sig-
nally failed.
We hear that Natchez is fast becoming a manufacturing center, and it
is hinted that two large cotton mills now building there are to employ
Chinese labor. In New Orleans several of our Chinese companies have
branch stores, and elsewhere the Chinaman is taking root. Only yester-
day we learned of three who went to Indianapolis, and others to St. Louis.
We are firm in the belief that the Chinese are a most valuable element in
the labor of the whole country, and well worthy of the most thoughtful
consideration. General Grunt has visited the land of the yellow man.
His impressions will be valuable to a large mass of the American people,
and we feel sure that Sand-lot sentiment will not find any indorsement
from him.
Says the London World : " The Daily Telegraph ought to be well
posted up in its Old Testament, anyhow. Yet it informs us that the sub-
ject of Sir Frederick Leighton's great picture is Jeremiah fed by an
angel I"
An elegant assortment of Gold Watches and Chains at Randolph &
Co.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
INSURANCE.
No. 382 .1
HUTCHINSON A MANN,
INSURANCE AGENCV.
32* California Street, Man 1'rniiclnco,
Cnl.
„,„.„„ Fire Insurance.
'■II.AKD o[ riiihuklphta. ST. I'.U'L
HOME ofCohmibm.
NEW CHILEANS ASSOCIATION .
PEOPLES of Newark.
RE< ERE ,| Boston.
LA OAISSE GENERALS [ Paris,
otSt. Paul.
WHOM d! Galveston.
TEUTONIA of New Orleans.
BERLIN-COLOGNE of Berlin.
LA UON FIANCE of Paris.
Marine Insurance.
PARIS UNDERWRITING ASSOCIATION of Paris
LONDON AND PROVINCIAL MARINE INSURANCE CO '.....of London
Capital Represented $23, 000, COO.
Ml Losses Equitably Adjusted and Promptly Paid.
HOME MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. OF CALIFORNIA.
Principal Odice, -106 4 allforuia Street, Man Francisco.
Cash Assets, January 1, 1&77, $G95,291 ; Liabilities, $5,952 ; Surplus for Policy
Holders, $58i>,339. J. F. Houghton, President ; L. L. Baker, Vice-President ;
Charles R. Story, Secretary. R. H. MAG1LL, H, H. BIGELOW, General Agents.
Directors.— San Francisco— L. L. Baker, John H. Redington, J. F. Houghton,
R. B. Gray, Robert Watt, John Currey, L. L. Baker, W. F. Whittier, C. C. Burr, E.
M. Root, W. H. White, J. L, N. Shepard, W. M. Greenwood, George S. Mann, Cyrus
Wilson, W. T. Garratt, C. Waterhouse, A. P. Hotaling, A. Block, A. K. P. Harmon.
G. S. Johnson, W. O. Wilson, A. W. Bowman, H. L. Dodge, Charles R. Story. Ala-
meda County Branch— V. D. Moody, Chauney Taylor, A. C. Henry, Robert S. Far-
relly, Joseph B. Martin, W. B. Hardy, T. B. Simpson. San Diego— A. H. Wilcox.
Sacramento— Mark Hopkins, D. W. Earl, Julius Wetzlar, James Carolan. San Jose—
T. Ellard Beans, B. D. Murphy, A. PGster, J. H. Dibble, J. S. Carter, Jackson Lewis,
Jacob Rich, John Auzerais, John Balbach. Stockton— H. H. Hewlett, Chas. Belding,
J. D. Peters, A. W. Simpson, H. M. Fanning. Marysville— D. E. Knight. Grass
Valley— Wm. Watt, T. W. Sigourney. Portland, Oregon— W. S. Ladd, C. H. Lewis,
P. Wasserman, B. Goldsmith, D. Macleay. Virginia Citv, Nevada— John Gillig, Isaac
L. Requa. March 17.
FIRE AND MARINE INSURANT-UNION INS. CO. OF S. F.
Tbe California Lloyds.—- Established in 1861.— Nos. 416 and
418 California street. Cash capital $750,000 in Gold. Assets exceed §1,000,000
Coin. Fair Rates ! Prompt Settlement of Loses ! ! Solid Security ! ! DIRECTORS.
—San Francisco— J. Mora Moss, N. G. Kittle, M. J. O'Connor, R. S. Floyd, Moses
Heller, Adam Grant, Daniel Meyer, AntoineBorel, Charles Kohler, E. L. Goldstein,
I. Lawrence Pool, A. Weill, Joseph Brandenstein, Charles Bauin, James Moftitt,
Benjamin Brewster, L. Cunningham, W. M. Hoag, Nicholas Lulling-, John Parrott,
L. A. Booth, Julius Baum, Myles D. Sweeney, Jas. M. Goewey, Edward Cadwalader
Bartlett Doe, Gustave Touchard, J. H. Baird, J. G. Kittle, George C. Hickox, C. Du-
commun, Wm. Scholle, John Conly, Ig. Steinhart, W. B. Stone, J. O. Eldridge, A.
B. Phipps.
GUSTAVE TOUCHARD, President. N. G. KITTLE, Vice-President.
Charles D- Haven, Secretary. Geo. T. Bohen, Surveyor. Aug. 31.
THE STATE INVESTMENT AND INSURANCE CO.
F1KE AND .HAKIM;.
Clash Assets, 8430,000.— Principal Office, 218 and 220 San-
J some street, San Francisco. Officers : — A. J. Bryant, President ; Ricuard
Ivers, Vice-President ; Charles H. Cusiiing, Secretary ; H. H. Watson, Marine
Surveyor. Board of Directoiis : — Peter Donahue, James Irvine, C. D. O'Sullivan,
A. Bocqueraz, R. Harrison, A. H. Rutherford, R. Bailey, E. W. Corbert, George O.
McMullin, A. J. Bryant, Frank M. Pixley, E Burke, H. H. Watson, Dr. C. F. Buckley,
P. J. White, E. M. Root, M. Mayblum, Richard Ivers, John Rosenfeld, Daniel
Callaghan. P. H. Russell, Sacramento. John G. Downey, Los Angeles. Wm.
Hood, Sonoma County. H. W. Seale, Mayfield. Geo. Rutherford. San Jose. Feb. 16.
TRANSATLANTIC FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY,
OF HASIBUKG.
Capital S1.I25.000. U.S. Gold Coin.
Losses Paid in Gold Coin Immediately A J ter Adjustment.
This Corporation holds contracts of fifteen other European Insurance Compa-
nies, re-insuring by far the greater part of every risk, as soon as accepted in our of-
fice. The combined subscribed Capital which our policies therefore offer to the public,
Amounts to i Of which
$16 .912,500, TJ. S. Gold Coin, | $4,328,750 is Paid Up,
Besides the Always Available Reserve Funds.
GEORGE MARCUS & CO., General Agents for the Pacific Coast,
March 15. 304 California street.
"THE MARINE INSURANCE CO. OF LONDON, ENGLAND. ~
[ESTABLISHED 1836.]
Whole Amount of Joint Stock and Guaranteed Capital.. $5, 000, 000.
Whole Amount of Capital paid up 900,000.
Cash Assets December 31 , 1876 3,710,000.
The undersigned have been duly authorized to issue Policies at current rates on
Freight and Shipments to or from England, Europe, New York, Japan, China, Aus-
tralian Colonies, Sandwich Islands, and Northern Coast Ports. If desired, policies
made payable at port of termination.
WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO., Agents,
Aug. 10. 218 California street.
THE SWISS MARINE INS. COMPANIES COMBINED.
Switzerland, of Zurich, Capital 5,000,000 francs; Helvetia,
of St. Gall, Capital 10,000,000 francs ; Baloise, of Basle, Capital 5,000,000 francs.
These three Companies are liable jointly and severally for all losses that may be sus-
tained. Losses made payable in all the principal seaports of the world. In the set-
tlement of all claims under an English policy, these Companies will strictly adhere to
the conditions and customs adopted at Lloyds, and submit to English jurisdiction.
June 9. HARRY W. SYZ. Agent. 225 Sansonie St., S. F.
NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL LIFE INSUR. CO. OF BOSTON.
Has transacted tbe business of Life Insurance for nearly
thirty-five years. Its assets amount to over Foi'RTben Million Dollars. The
law of Massachusetts makes all its Policies nonforfeitable. It is a Purely Mutual Com-
pany, dividing every cent of surplus among Policy-holders. This is the Onlt Com-
pany on the Pacific Coast governed by the Massachusetts Lapse Law. This company
has comr>'led with the new Insurance Laws of California.
WALLACE EVERSON, General Agent.
Sept. 22. ] 328 Montgomery street.
"BRITISH AND FOREIGN MARINE INS. CO. OF LIVERPOOL."
ClnpiCnl 85.O00.O0O..-- Agents: Bnlfonr. Gnltirie A Co., No.
J 316 California street, San Francisco. Nov. 18.
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
July 26, 1879.
CUTTING THE CONTINENT.
Ferdinand De Lesseps is evidently in dead earnest. He means busi-
ness. The payment of $100,000 to secure the franchise has been made. The
great engineer is coming himself to America in November, and he prom-
ises that the first sod of the cutting shall be turned on the first of Janu-
ary next. Application for laborers has been made to the Emperor of
Brazil. No doubt Chinese can be usefully employed, and we shall not
be surprised if the work is almost wholly performed by them. They will
stand the climate better than Caucasians. It is eminently fitting that
they should be engaged in an enterprise the completion of which will
bring their country so much nearer to Europe. There are those who be-
lieve that John Chinaman has a great destiny before him — that he is
bound to become the workman of the world. If that be so, it is proper
that he should have a hand in a work that will afford him a new and
nearer route to the industries of the earth. He will be simply clearing
his own way to his forthcoming conquest of labor. In a short time De
Lesseps will open subscriptions for eighty millions of dollars, and it looks
as if he will get them. The money assured, the canal is only a matter of
a very few years. The Eastern press is still indulging in absurd opposi-
tion to De Lesseps because they do not like the route he has adopted.
The United States sent representatives to the Paris Conference ; the
question was fully considered, and a decision dispassionately arrived at.
There can be no doubt that that decision is a wise one. The Nicaragua
route, favored by certain New York papers, is objectionable in many
respects. It would require from twenty to thirty locks, which are unde-
sirable for a ship canal. Moreover, earthquakes, which are of frequent
occurrence, would be likely to injure the locks, and possibly destroy the
entire work. The route adopted follows the line of railroad extending
from Aspinwall to Panama. The line is a little over forty-five miles in
length from sea to sea, which is about half the length of the Suez Canal.
In its course there is a granite mountain which rises to the height of 295
feet above the sea level, and is four miles wide. But M. de Lesseps is by
no means frightened at this obstacle. He proposes to cut an open trench
clear through it. That accomplished, the remainder is comparatively
plain sailing. We are persuaded that many a man already advanced in
years will live to see this continent cut in twain by means of the Darien
Canal. The work is one that dwellers on this coast will wish. " God-
Bpeed." Its effects upon the world's commerce will be immense. It will
marry the Atlantic to the Pacific, and bring the east and the west
together.
■WANTED, TWO MILLIONS.
The generous souls who consent to manage our mines want two mill-
ions this month. They have levied assessments to that amount, and have
published the usual notices that if payment is not made within the next
thirty days our shares will be sold. Well, now, it must be admitted that
two millions are a pretty considerable tribute to pay in one month, especially
as times go. We howl ourselves hoarse over the burden of the city's tax
levy ; we declare that it is too high ; we plead that times are not what
they were, and demand that the city government in all its branches should
be run at prices to suit the times. We kick at paying some four our five
millions for a whole year of city government, but submit with the docility
of lambs to the payment of two millions in a single month to mine man-
agers. For the one we get education, police protection, light, safety from
fires, administration of law, street improvements, and all the other bene-
fits of good government ; for the other we get well, what do we get ?
It puzzles us to tell just what substantial consideration is ours for those
two millions. There -are no dividends, and no prospects of any. It is
true that we get a few gay and festive mine managers, a la Schultz, who,
verily, are dear at the price. We get a system of gambling the most un-
equal, as against the non-dealer or outsider, that the world ever saw. But
it is just that gambling game, and the love we have of it, that makes us
submit to the payment of two millions a month. We expect to win, who
ever else loses, and so we put in our stakes with a light heart. If we lose,
we try again, and keep on trying until there is nothing to try with. That
is the history of the business in a nutshell. When people are content to
accumulate slowly but surely, when they make up their minds to eschew
the gambling spirit and stick to their legitimate callings, then, and not
until then, will business be on a sound basis, and not until then will pros-
perity be general and widespread. Those two millions a month mean a
great deal. They mean depression of business, hard times, heart break-
ings, want, sorrow, and a thousand attendant evils. But then, we are a
wonderful people. Where is the other city in the world that has the
temerity to throw two millions monthly into so many valueless holes in
the ground? There are signs that these people are getting just a little
restive at the operation. They are going to investigate Schultz — that's all.
SUPREME JUDGES ON A STRIKE.
The July tenn of the Supreme Court has just commenced, with a
calendar of some 500 cases, but the Judges appear to have gone on a
strike. Anyhow, they have resolved to take up no cases, except a few
criminal ones that will not permit of delay. Why this determination has
been arrived at, the public have not been informed. It is an unfortunate
resolve, that shows supreme indifference to the interests of suitors. It is
believed, in well informed quarters, that their Honors mean to do little,
if anything, more during their term of office. They are reported to be
soured in temper, and deem themselves a discredited body, having but
little power for further usefulness. That is a distorted and an unhealthy
view of things, which ought to be dissipated forthwith. It is a morbid
sensibility to slights that are not intended. If their Honors will start in
to work with vim, and a determination to clear their calendar of the
crowd of business that encumbers it, their digestion will be improved,
their tempers mended, and they will better deserve the respect of the
people whose servants they still are. We are of those who regret that
the present Bench has been legislated out of office. We do not think that
it is likely to be improved upon. At present the chances seem to be all
the other way. Yet,_ if the present Judges undertake to leave a whole
half-year's accumulation of work to their successors, they will lose many
friends, and their enemies will say that the fact is evidence of the wisdom
of their removal. When the Constitutional Convention had not decided
the future, their Honors worked like heavers, and cleared their calendar
for the first time in years. If, now that the future is decided against
them, they go on strike, while regularly drawing their salaries, they will
pass away to a merited oblivion. As warm friends of the present Judges,
we urge them to make no such unworthy record.
INFLUENCE OP HARD TIMES ON THE ELECTION.
It may be taken for granted that in a normal state of affairs, with
the working classes fully employed and contentment generally prevailing,
the Kearney movement and the adoption of the new Constitution would
have been simply impossible. They were, as might have been expected,
the natural results of the dissatisfied condition of the laboring element,
and unless conservative men desire to see the lesson of the 7th of May re-
peated in September, they should profit by past experience and take away
from the demagogues their most potent weapon — the cry of Hard Times !
It is admitted on all sides that, notwithstanding our great crops, trade is
extremely depressed, and mechanics and laborers are, as a rule, living
from hand to mouth. It is useless to appeal to the principle or patriotism
of hungry or penniless men — they invariably gravitate to the side which
magnifies their grievances and unsparingly denounces the presumed
authors of their woes. Now, what in reality is the present aspect of
politics ? The Democracy does not exist as a political factor, and may be
counted out of the fight. The Republicans, while apparently strong and
hopeful of victory, contain many discordant elements, which are apt, at
any time, to jump the track, and either abstain from voting or go over to
their opponents. The H. B.'s and the Workingmen are practically pull-
ing together, excepting on their State tickets. Now, should they secure
between them a sufficient majority in the Legislature, they will possess all
power requisite to their ends, and will not be scrupulous in using it. The
whole question in a nutshell is, shall they be permitted to gain that posi-
tion when prevention is possible ? The idea is this: let our capitalists,
manufacturers, and solid men generally, inaugurate without delay enter-
prises to give employment at living rates to the now discontented and un-
employed workingmen. Assume that better times are coming and appeal
to their self-interest to assist in bringing them about. The money spent
in labor will return to circulation, stimulating trade and adding to your
profits, whereas, now, by shutting up your funds, there is a positive loss.
Money is like ice — it does not remain stationary, but must either increase
or diminish. The content arising from employment will make the em-
ploye' much more tractable, and, confidence being restored, we shall
resume our normal prosperity. Else, it must be remembered that the
11,000 majority in May will be found difficult to overcome, especially with
the considerable increase since then of " the dissatisfied."
■WHERE BLOOD AND MONEY GO.
This age is boasted of as an exceedingly utilitarian one. The knight
errantry, the false heroics and the improvidence of past times have, it is
alleged, departed, never more to return. This is claimed to be a cool,
calculating era of common sense. Life is deemed of all things the most
valuable. Money comes next. How best to preserve our blood and our
coin is a matter of supreme consideration to every man. Yet when we
look at the frightful loss of both that has resulted from war during the
past twenty-five years, one would imagine that life and gold have no ap-
f reliable value. The St. Petersburg Gazette calculates that the Crimean,
talian, Prusso- Austrian, Mexican, Franco-Prussian, Russo-Turkish and
American wars, have cost 2,548,000 lives. This does not include deaths
from diseases inseparable from war, nor the thousands of mangled and
disabled men. The total cost in money is estimated at £2,473,000,000,
Even then, says an English paper, the estimate falls under the actual
figures, for the services of millions of men engaged in those conflicts were
lost to their countries and to the world while they were engaged in cutting
each other's throats, and, of course, the dead men produced nothing more
for the benefit of their native land, which put them to so bad a use. If
that money, so brutally wasted, and the services of those men, so badly
employed, had been utilized in great enterprises, hard times might have
been wiped from off the face of the earth. Africa might have been sur-
veyed and opened up to population as perfectly as England ; lines of rail-
way might permeate it in every direction ; the Dover Tunnel would have
been bored ; the Darien Canal dug, and yet the two and a half thousand
millions scarcely touched ! While we encourage wars at home or abroad,
it is the wildest nonBense to speak of this as an age of common sense.
THE BOTTOM DROPPED OUT.
The bottom has dropped out of the Bulletin's raid upon Mayor
Bryant. Daring the past three weeks there have been editorials almost .
daily. The city was to be defrauded out of untold millions. Possible and
impossible water rights were to be purchased, and taxpayers were to be
committed to an enormous expenditure. The process by which the gigantic
swindle was to be accomplished did not appear, yet the thing was to be
put through. The Bulletin swore that it was, and everybody was, in con-
sequence, expected to yield an implicit belief, notwithstanding the evi-
dent improbabilities, and even impossibilities of its assertions. The Mayor
had entered into a corrupt bargain to buy sundry water supplies at three
times their intrinsic value. The thing was to be hurried through. Un-
der the New Constitution, which the Bulletin opposed, no such robbery
was possible. Hence it was necessary to put the job through before the
end of the year. It knew just what was going on. It spoke with au-
thority. It seemed to be on the inside. It told how the Democratic
Convention was run in the interests of the Spring "Valley Water Com-
pany, and how the New Constitution party was pulling the same way.
It was a huge, infamous and unparalleled job — that it was! Mayor Bry-
ant was the rascally engineer of the damnable conspiracy. More shame
to him ! These are but faint echoes of what the Bulletin told us evening
after evening. Now comes the denouement. The water commission, of
which Mayor Bryant is a member, has held a meeting and unanimously
declared that it has no intention of buying any water rights whatever.
Thus, in an instant of time, the bottom dropped out of the Bulletin's won-
derful story. Verily, it still lies by day, and lies by night, and lies from
the very lust of lying.
Judge Morrison has delighted the community by stopping the trade
in Readers; but the Board of Education answer his decision by a circular,
calling for a little discretion on the part of teachers, since the Board will
have authority to decide upon text-books in January next. No doubt;
but not this same Board, and therein is the point. What "discretion"
means the Board do not say, neither does it matter. If the charge of
text-books could have been carried with a high hand, it would have been;
and perhaps there may be a few teachers who know too much about the
juggling business. If these were recommended to be discreetly silent,
there was some meaning in the circular.
July 26, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
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THE TOWN CRIER.
"Hwriho Ortarf" "Wbtl the l#rtl »n ttionT
" On* that will pUy the devil, at.- with joo."
" HrM • stoic in his tail as ions; at * (Uil.
Which nift.ir him crow bolder and bolder.'*
Since our picture, "At the Play," appeared lost week, this office
has been perpetually beaksed by parties who indignantly want to know
why they weren't among the audience. This sort of thing has got to stop,
as our time is valuable, Thoee who don't appear may consider thera-
selvefl to be behind a pillar, or making a maafa behind the .scenes ; or, may
be, they have gone out to get a clove ; or, perhaps they took a seat among
the gods that night, in which oaae their portraits are about three inches
above the up|>er edge of the picture, l>oubtless, too, a good many will
find themselves in the vestibule by holding the sheet up against a strong
light ; while some sat so far back that they went clean through the paper
when the picture was printed, or were driven so far into the lithographic
stone that they can only be recovered with a cork-screw. Let no one,
therefore, fail to take advantage of the last opportunity of buying the
picture on the ground that bis phiz doesn't appear in it. By prospecting
with a pen-knife, most people can find themselves somewhere, and those
who think the bar-room a likely place will discover that resort by sinking
a shaft under the left wing of the curtain.
Superintendent Mann was the first to discover the wisdom of Provi-
dence, long cunningly hidden from the rest of us, in making parents of
both sexes. One shudders to think what might have happened if Provi-
dence had been caught napping about the time when parents were in-
vented. But 'tis Mr. Mann who said it, and it's greatly to his credit.
And he, or some one else, says likewise, that if Bennett, Jr., had not had
a father he could not have done what he is doing ; which seems reasona-
ble, but one would like more light. Mr. Mann himself, for instance ; is
he willing to lay his hand upon his heart and swear {or affirm, as the case
maybe,) that, if he had had a father, he could have done something?
This is an extremely serious business, and no man should trifle with it,
even if he is a double-ender. Providence was no less wise in this case
than in that of the parents, and effectually barred all Mr. Mann's pre-
tensions by creating him out of Director Leggett's eloquence and the air
of Sacramento.
Monarchs retired from business are not so entirely without resources
as one might at first imagine. Each one of them is still the Lord's
anointed and the fountain of honor; and as a matter of fact, they all do a
snug little trade in titles and patents of nobility. In every country of
Europe are thousands or men — counts, barons, marquises, etc., — who have
bought their title of distressed sovereigns, and only occasionally betray, by
a foolish trick of speech, or a movement of the hand once familiar with
the persuasive napkin, that their first years wefe spent in the kitchen.
Americans have lately learned this royal road to noble descent, and a
small tallow-chandler of an interior town has just burst upon the aston-
ished world as the Marquis de Sebo, a dignity conferred upon him by Don
Carlos for cash in hand.
The Vierra lamp-guides are beautiful to look at, but you have to be
quick if you want to see thein. They lift up in vain their appealing fingers
to Heaven. The remorseless small boy and the malignant tramp drag
them down and twist them off in exactly 26 hourj after their first appear-
ance. To be sure, they are generally accorded a burial in the cemetery
grounds ; but even this brings no comfort to the weeping tax-payer. One
feels like kicking the men who invent these senseless things, and the
Supervisors who buy them. The plain way is always the one no city
government will take. Why not paint the name of the street on the
corner house, or on the shaft of the iron gas-lamp? These cannot be
twisted round by festive young men in the small hours.
Ever since the collapse of that little speculation in chloral hydrate
the Bulletin has been looking for a patent medicine, without partnership
rights, and seems to have found one at last in a wonderful root, or tinc-
ture, or mixture, chat cures drunkenness quicker than winking. One or
two testimonials have been published which remind us of the retired phy-
sician whose sands of life have nearly run out, and it really begins to
look as if the evening paper had struck a bonanza. Certain mysterious
printed circulars, scattered along Market street on Wednesday, become
intelligible when referred to this new enterprise; and one is filled with
admiration of the ingenuity which turns an honest penny in the very face
of the medical societies and the law.
Statues are now turned out to order, and there is no excuse for our
poverty in this respect. The only thing we have is the sublime Lincoln
on Fifth street, which everybody takes for Senator Bones, with a carpen-
ter's apron in his hand. Could not something be done with Dr. Coggswell,
in a petrified state, on the top of his tombstone. He would make a first-
class lodging-place for pigeons, if his arms were spread out and a scroll
stuck in his mouth, with the words—" Prize Fool of the Century." Even
Honolulu is to have a statue. We must kill our Coggswell speedily, or
we shall be left behind.
Dr. Glenn, it is said, never reads the newspapers. What of that ?
Many great men never read the newspapers. Socrates, Plato, Julius
Caesar, Herod, Josephus and Judas Iscariot never read the newspapers,
and they never wanted to. They couldn't tell you the price of Consols,
or Erie, or Consolidated Virginia ; they never heard of the Zulus, or
Prince Napoleon, or Sara Bernhardt (Lord ! how happy they must have
been !) ; De Lessens would be worse than a Turk to them, and then-
opinion of the coming election wouldn't be worth a straw. Dr. Glenn is
a great man.
The New York Herald's wits have been frozen solid in the search
for the North Pole, and this accounts for its ridiculous statement that
130,000 San Franciscans signed a petition to the President for the release
of a man known as the Truth-Seeker, now in prison. The people of this
city would be glad enough to see a Truth, Finder, but seekers after truth
are common with us as strawberries all the year ; and, moreover, there
are not 130,000 persons in this metropolis that know how to sign their
names.
The Boston wool market is without activity, and nothing is doinc in
the foreign article. Per contra, Southern wool has been inquired for in
Kansas, and there is a lively movement from the Gulf States upward —
mostly iii medium unwashed.
The Reverend Robert Ingersoll baa taken up the obituary business.
and while ha is more diffuse than fcho great Chllds, he can hardly he called
more BUCOuaful. On the whole, we prefer the sweet, soft verses of tho
Philadelphian :—
Our little Josie's gone to Heaven,
Was called away at half-past seven.
The Reverend Robert is more prolix, and one cannot with brief time read
htm. Likewise, his rhetoric is cheap and tawdry, and because of endless
yawning over it, one is like to faint away. It would be a noble deed to
put him in a boat with Mr. Cbilds, and send them adrift to compose obit-
uaries for each other.
How they stand it in Europe nobody can guess, but here every-
body is crying out for a rent from Sarah Bernhardt. We have had
enough of her, and gay and alert as she is there is a unanimous feeling
that somebody ought to snuff her out. She furnishes her living room
with skulls, and she herself is a skeleton in body and at everybody's
feast. Let some one pack her into the coffin, which stands ready in her
closet, and we shall take up a contribution to reward him. It's a wonder
that Abraham don't take her to himself, though perhaps she harps too
much on that little affair with Hagar.
The Darien Canal is done for, gone up, fizzled, flabbergasted, and
whatever else is most significant of almighty smash. The Hastings De-
bating Society has decided that it would be injurious to the commerce of
the United States; and now there is no balm in Gilead, no money in Lon-
don.no laborers in China, no nothing nowhere that can save it. De Les-
seps' name is Ichabod, and the Hastings Debating Society sit, meta-
phorically, on the ruins they have made, and generations yet unborn are
weeping; in point of fact, boo-hooing.
Mr. Tracy Turnerelli (his real name is Tupman), who devised the
golden laurel wreath which has been refused by Lord Beaconsfield, is now
trotting around the country offering the unlucky gift to every man he
comes across. 'Tis ever thus ; the man and the meat are thousands of
miles apart. And yet there should be enterprise enough left in California
to forward the Emperor Norton by Wells, Fargo & Co. to London, and
let Mr. Turnerelli crown him with the wreath of bays.
One of those revenges of nature, which come from time to time to
show that the great mother does not sleep, is now brought to the knowl-
edge of our citizens. The bay is covered with schools of smelts, im-
mensely popular and public, and contrived a double debt to pay, by
suggesting instantly the smells which possess the streets of San Fran
cisco, and the schools we have been holding our noses over for eight
months. The world is full of wonders.
The bravest man of the century is a " Tulare Settler," who writes
to the H. B. organ that he longs to see the "cowardly carcasses of Stan-
ford, Crocker & Co. placed in the front rank of a motley brigade." Pity
such heroism should be wasted. Could not the detectives hunt up this
Achilles from the back office of the organ ? He would be simply priceless
to keep chickens out of a flower-garden, or to slay in single combat the
furious carpet-moth.
"What constitutes a wife? is the latest conundrum. We have
received three hundred answers, varying in length from ten lines to ten
pages, and shall publish them all in small doses between this and Christ-
mas-time. Meanwhile, we offer an infallible test for rough and ready use.
Until further inquiry you may safely assume that the woman a man neg-
lects the most is his wife.
They have a queer population in Vermont. A Dr. Stokes, who
has spent a year in jail on a charge of malpractice, has just been tried
and acquitted by a "jury of his peers," the paper says— meaning, no
doubt, twelve doctors charged with malpractice. In Texas the horse-
thieves let a man off if he promises not to do it again ; but Vermont
rather betters this.
There is great discontent among the Russians in London, and their
noses are all out of joint since the arrival of the Siamese Embassy. The
Stroganoffs and Troubetskois have no chance at all against such names
as ChamuaLaraibhaiy and H. E. Phya Bhashakarawongse. Since these
names were first published the flag has been at half-mast on the Russian
Embassy.
In a decidedly non-committal article in Wednesday's Bulletin, the
public was warned that the fistic set-to at the Mechanics' Pavilion was
likely to degenerate (or improve) into a prizefight. It is hard to say
whether this was a wiley way of advertising the business or a religious
kick from the Deacon. We prefer the former solution.
There is a young woman in Massachusetts dangerous to more than
the peace of mind. She has been engaged, in succession, to three highly
accomplished young men, and each of them, when the happy "Yes!"
faltered from her lips, went away and drowned himself. Here is a chance
for the champion swimmer of America.
Ex-Gov. Rice says that the most imposing buildings in Colorado are
school-houses ; and they do seem to have imposed upon him. We have
much the same opinion of our own school buildings ; but no imposition in
that line is regarded as complete in San Francisco, if the Boards are left
out.
Mr. W. H. Mallock has a great deal to answer for. It is only two
weeks since his new book, "Is Life Worth Living?" reached this city,
and on Thursday a Chinaman said he didn't think it was, and cut his
throat.
The Stock Report, when it looks at the history of England's recent
wars, feels tempted to ask the British Lion : " Why don't you hit a fel-
low of your size?" How can he, when the Report refuses to give him a
chance ?
It must be some time since Mr. Gorham has looked into Dean Swift's
works ; and yet his late chivalrous performance seems to be an effort of
unconscious cerebration, working on the woful ballad of "Duke upon
Duke."
Mr. Willard, a prominent citizen of an Oregon town, was kicked by a
horse last week and had several ribs broken. Served him right ; he
shouldn't be so prominent.
A Connecticut paper declares that the hardest- working man in that
State is an iron molder. Likely enough, for no Connecticut man ever
was suspected of stealing.
14
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AKT>
July 26, 1879.
C. P. R. R.
Overland Ticket Office : Ferry Landing, foot
of Market street. —Commencing Monday.
Kay 19th, 1879, and until further notice.
Trains and Boats wil leave
SAX FBAXCISCO:
7f\f\ A. M. (daily), Vallejo Steamer (from Market
»YJ\J street Landing — Connecting with Trains for
Napa (Stages for Sonoma), Calistoga (the Geysers),
and Sacramento. Connecting at Davis {Sundays except-
ed) for Woodiand and Knight's Landing, and at Wood-
land for Williams and Willows.
(Arrive San Francisco 8:10 p.m.)
7i\i\ A.M. (daily) Local Passenger Train (via Oakland
■W Ferry) and via Livermore arriving at Tracy
at 11:30 a. m. and connecting with Atlantic Express.
Connects at Niles with Train arriving at San Jose at
10:15 A.M.
(Returning, train from Tracy arrives at 6:05 P.M.)
8 AH A.M. (daily), Atlantic Express Train (via Oak-
• KJU land Ferry, Northern Ry. and S. P. & T. R R.)
for Sacramento, Marysville, Redding, Portland (Or.),
Colfax, Reno (Virginia City), Palisade (Eureka), Ogden
and Omaha. Connects at Gait with train arriving at
lone at 3:40 P.M.
(Arrive San Francisco 5:15 p.m.)
Sunday Excursion Tickets to San Pablo and Marti-
nez at Seduced Sates.
1 fl ArtA.lt (daily) via Oakland Ferry, Local Passen-
lv.VU ger Train to Haywards and Niles.
(Arrive San Francisco 4:05 p.m.)
3/1(1 P.M. (daily) San Jose Passenger Train (via Oak-
,w land Ferry and Niles), stopping at all WaySta-
tions. Arrives at San Jose at 5:20 p.m.
(Arrive San Francisco 9:35 A.M.)
3 A A P.M. (daily) Northern Railway Passenger Train
• "U (via Oakland Ferry) to San Paolo, Martinez
and Antioch.
(Arrive San Francisco 9:35 a.m.)
A AA P.M. (daily) Arizona Express Train (via Oak-
tULF land Ferry, Northern Ry. and S. P. & T. R. R)
for Lathrop (and Stockton), Merced, Madera, Visalia,
Sumner, Mojave, Newliall (San Buenaventura, and Santa
Barbara), Los Angeles, "Santa Monica," Wilmington,
Santa Ana (San Diego), Colton and Yuma (Colorado
River Steamers), connecting direct with Daily Trains
of the Southern Pacific Railroad of Arizona for Mari-
copa (Daily Stages for Phffinix and Prescott), and for
Casa Grande (182 miles east from Yuma), and end of
Track (Daily Stages for Florence and Tucson).
"Sleeping Cars" between Oakland, Los Angeles and
Yuma.
(Arrive San Francisco 12:35 P.M.)
4AA P. M. (Sundays excepted) Vallejo Steamer (from
> V»\J Market Street Landing), connecting with trains
for Calistoga, (the Geysers), Woodland, Knight's Land-
ing and Sacramento ; and at Sacramento with Pas-
senger Train, leaving at 9:35 P.M. for Truckee, Reno,
Carson and Virginia.
*' Sleeping Cars" between Vallejo and Carson.
(Arrive San Francisco 11:10 A.M.)
A AA P.M. (Sundays excepted) Sacramento Steamer
^J.\J\} (from Wash'n St. Wharf), for Beniciaand Land-
ings on the Sacramento River.
(Arrive San Francisco 3:00 p.m.)
4(~i(~lP.M. (daily), Through Third Class and Accom-
• ^/^' modation Train (via Oakland Ferry, North-
ern Ry. and S. P. & T. R. R.) connecting at Lathrop
with Train arriving at Los Angeles on second day at
11:55 a.m. (Arrive San Francisco 9:05 a.m.
4 0A P.M. (daily) Local Passenger Train (via Oak-
■OV/ land Ferry) to Haywards, Niles and Liver-
more. (Arrive San Francisco 8:35 a.m.)
K f\(\ P.M. (dailj') Overland Emigrant Train (via
"• *-^ ^ Oakland Ferry and Northern Railway) to
Ogden, Omaha and East.
Public conveyance for Mills Seminary connects at Sem-
nary Park Station with all trains, Sundays excepted.
FERRIES AND LOCAL TRAINS
From " SAX FRAJrCISCO." Daily.
A. M.
BG.10
7.00
7.
8.00
8.30
9.00
9.30
10.00
10.30
11.00
11.30
12.00
p. H.
12.30
1.00
1.30
2.00
3.00
3.30
4.00
4.30
5.00
5.30
6.00
6.30
7.00
A. M.
7.00
8.00
9.00
10.00
11.00
12.00
p. M.
1.30
2.00
•3.00
4.00
5.00
6.00
.„ B*7.00
9.2ola*8.;o
10.301 *1030
11 AR'v*TTAf.
A. M
B7.00
B9.00
B10.00
P. M,
B5.00
ST5
A. M.
B6.10
7.301
8.30
9.30
10.30
11.30
P. M.
12.30
1.00
3.30
4.30
5.30
6.30
7.00
8.10
9.20
10.30
Bll.45
7.00
10.00
3.00
4.30
7.00
P. M.
3.00
7.30
10.30
11.30
P. M.
1.00
3.00
4.00
5.00
6.00
B6.30
A. M.
B6.10
8.00
10.00
12.00
p. M.
Change Cars
To " SAJT FK.VX CISCO," Daily.
S#3
1"
S3
— in
FROM
EAST
OAKLAND.
FROM
FERNSIDE.
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8a
FROM
OAKLAND.
*3S
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(Broadway.)
A. M.
A. M.
A. M.
A. M. 1 A. M.
A. M.
A. H.
p. M.
B5.40
B5.40
7.00
B 5.10: B3.00
B-5.00
B5.20
12.20
B6.30
B6.30
8.00 B5.50.B10.00
B*5.40
B6.00
12 50
8.00
7.30
P. M.
6.40|b11.00
•6.25
6.50
1.20
10.00
8.30
2.35
7.40| p. M.
7.00
7.20
1.50
12.00
9.30
4.30
8.40! B6.00
8.03
7.50
2.50
10.30
11.30
8.25
8.50
1.30
10.40
10.03
3.50
3.30
p. M.
H
11.401
11.03
9.20
4.20
4.30
1.00
P. M.
12,00
9.50
4.50
5.30
3.00
12.40
p. M.
10.20
5.20
B6.30
4.00
"■7.
1.25
1.00
10.50
5.50
5.00
<
2.40
3.00
11.20
6.25
6.00
4.40
5.40
•3.20
4.00
11.50
6.50
8.00
Change Cars
A. M.
7.10
6.40
7.50
6.00
6.03
9.10
10.20
at 1 p. m.
9.00
b«;.2o
West Oaklnd. i 1.30
10.10
B"8.30
b— Sundays excepted.
•Alameda Passengers change cars at Oakland.
SODAYS.
Creek Route.
From SAN FRANCISCO— Daily—nS-AO, b6:30, 7.20, 8:15,
9:15, 10:15, 11:15 A.M. 12:15, 1:15, 2:25, 3:15, 4:15,
5:15, 6.15 p.m.
From OAKLAND— Z>a«y— b5:50. b6:20, 7:10, 8:05, 9:05,
10:05, 11:05 A. M. 12:05, 1:05, 2:15, 3:05, 4:05, 5:05,
6:05 p.m. b— Sundays excepted.
"Official Schedule Time" furnished by Randolph &
Co., Jewelers, 101 and 103 Montgomery St., S. F.
T. H. GOODMAN, Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agt.
A. N. Towne, General Superintendent.
Leave San Francisco:
8:00 a m. viaSaucelito Fy.
8:15 a.m. viaS. Quentin "
10:15 A.M. " " '«•
12:50 r M. " " "
3:45 P.M. " "
6:00 P.M. " ". "
Leave San Rafael:
8:50 a.m. viaS. Quentin F.
11:30a. m. " " I*
2:15 p.m. " " "
4:30 p.m. " " "
0:50p.M. " " "
Commencing Monday, June 2-1, 1879,
and until further notice, Boats and Trains will
leave San Francisco as follows :
7"| A A.M., from San Quentin Ferry, daily (Sundays
• -*- " excepted), connecting- at San Kafael with
Mail and Express Train for Petaluma, Santa Rosa,
Healdshurg, Cloverdale and way stations. Making: stage
connections at Geyserville for Skaggs' Spring's ; Clover-
dale for Ukiah, Lakeport, Mendocino Chvy, Highland
and Bartlett Springs, Soda Bay and the Geysers; connec-
tion made at Fulton for Korbel's, Guerneville and the
Redwoods. Returning, arrive in San Francisco at 6:25
p.m. Passengers goinir by this train will arrive at the
Geysers at 2 p.m.
3f\f\ p.m. daily (Sundays excepted), Steamer
• y-J " "James M. Donahue" (Washington Street
Wharf) , connecting with Mail and Express Train at Don-
ahue for Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Healdshurg, Cloverdale,
and way stations. Making stage connections at Lake-
ville for Sonoma. Returning, arrive in San Francisco
at 10:10 a.m.
Sunday Excursions at Reduced Bates.
8"| K a.m., Sundays only, via San Quentin Ferry
• JlO and San Rafael, for Cloverdale and Way Sta-
tions. Returning, arrive in San Francisco at 7:55 p.m.
Fares for Round Trip: Petaluma, SI. 50; Santa Rosa, $2.00;
Healdshurg, S3 00; Cloverdale, S4.50; Fulton, S2.50; La-
guna, S3.00; Forestville, §3.50; Korhel's, $3.75; Guerne-
ville, S4.
Freight received at Washington st. Wharf
from. 7 a.m. till 2.30 p. m., daily (except
Sundays) .
A. A. Bean, A. Hughes, Jas. M. Donahue,
Sup't. Gen. Manager. Gen. Pass. & Tkt. Agt.
[June 7.]
ft 4-^5 ■*• M- daily, except Sundays, from Saucelito
u' -"-^ Ferry, Market street, for all points between
Saucelito and Junction. Returning, leaves Junction
4:00 p. m., arrives S. F. (via Saucelito) 5:40 p. m.
Q Of) A. M. daily, except Sunda3r3, from San Quen-
t,'^x-/ tin Ferry, Market street, for all points be-
tween San Francisco and Olema. Returning, leas-es-'
Olenia 1:55 P. m., arrives S. F. (via Saucelito) 5:40 P. M.
1A Pi p. m. daily, except Sundays, from San Quentin
.4fct> Ferry ( Market Street, THROUGH TRAIN
for DUNCAN MILLS and Way Stations. Returning,
train leaves DUNCAN MILLS 6:40 a. m., arriving in S.
F. 12:05 P. M.
Sunday Excursions at Reduced Hates.
8:00 A.M., from Saucelito Ferry, Market street,
8:15 A.m., from Sau Quentin Ferry, Market street,
for DUNCAN MILLS and RETURN. Fares for Round
Trip— Olema, $2; Tomales,$3; Duncan Mills, $4.
Above train, returning, arrives in San Francisco via
San Quentin 7:55 p.m , or via Saucelito 8:10 p.m.
W. R. PRICE, Gen'l Ticket Agent.
Jno. W. Doherty, Gen'l Manager. Jun 7.
NORTH PACIFIC COAST RAILROAD.
SUMMER A II At AXGEMKST.
(Commencing Monday, April SI, 1879,
j and until further notice. Passenger Trains will leave
San Francisco, from Passenger Depot on Townsend
street, between Third and Fourth streets, as follows :
8.20 '
A.M. daily for San Jose and Way Stations.
g^T" Stages for Pescadero (via San Mateo)
connect with this train only.
9 0 f\ a.m (Sundays only) for San Jose and Way Sta-
*0\J tions. Returning, leaves San Jose at 6 p.m.
~\ (\ 1() A.M. daily for San Jose, Gilroy, Hollister,
Iv.iU Tres Pinos, Pajaro, Salinas, Soledad and
all Way Stations, gsT* At Pajaro, the Santa Cruz
R. R. connects with this train for Aptos, Soquel and
Santa Cruz. g^T* At Salinas the M. & S. "V. R. R.
connects with this train for Monterey. g>fe~ Stage
connections made with this train. (Pescadero Stages via
San Mateo excepted.)
Parlor Car attached to tills Train.
(seats at reoucbd rates.)
3 0A p.m. daily (Sundays excepted) for San Jose,
■ " " Gilroy, Pajaro, Hollister, Tres Pinos and prin-
cipal Way Stations.
gajf* On Saturdays only, the Santa Cruz R. R, will
connect with this train at Pajaro for Aptos, Soquel and
Santa Cruz. Returning, leave Santa Cruz at 4.45 a.m.
Mondays (breakfast at Gilroy), arriving in San Francisco
at 10:00 a.m.
^T SPECIAL NOTICE. -On SATURDAYS ONLY,
the run of this train will be extended to SALINAS —
connecting with the M. &S. V. R. R for MONTEREY.
Returning, leave Monterey MONDAYS (breakfast at
Gilroy), arriving in San Francisco at 10 a.m.
3QA p.m. (Sundays only) for San Jose and Way Sta-
»*>\J tions.
4 0£T p.m. daily {Sundays excepted) for San Jose and
•«« Wav Stations.
Way Stations.
JX f\f\F.M. daily (Sundays excepted) for Menlo Park
*J*\J\J and Wav Stations.
6.30
p.m.— daily, for Menlo Park and Way Stations.
In Effect from Sunday, June 8th, 1879,
Between San Francisco and San Rafael.
Xare Between San Francisco and San Rafael
KEDTJCED TO 25 CENTS.
WEEK OATS.
Leave Sax Francisco :
7:10 a.m. via San Q'ntin F.
9:20 a.m. " " '*
1:45 p.m. " " "
4:45 p.m. " " "
5:45 p.m. *' Saucelito "
Leave San Rafael :
7:00 a.m. via Saucelito Fy.
8:00 a.m. " S. Quentiu "
11:00 am " " «
3:20 p.m. " " "
3:50 p.m. " Saucelito "
5:20 p.m. " S. Quentin "
Excursion Tickets at Reduced Bates
To San Jose and intermediate points sold on Saturdays,
and Sunday mornings, good for return until following
Monday inclusive.
Also, EXCURSION TICKETS to Aptos, Soquel, Santa
Cruz and Monterey, sold on Saturdays only— good for
return until the following Monday inclusive.
USUr" Principal Ticket Office— Passenger Depot, Town-
send street. Branch Ticket Office— No. 2 New Mont- "
gomery street, Palace Hotel.
A. C. BASSETT, Supt. H. R. JUDAH, A. P. & T. A.
SOUTHERN I>1 VISIONS.
Commencing Monday, May 19th, 1879,
f^~ Passengers for points on the Southern Divisions
of tiie road will take the cars of the Central Pacific Rail-
road via OAKLAND, leaving SAN FRANCISCO via Ferry
Landing, Market street, at 4:00 p.m. daily (Arizona Ex-
press Train), and making close connection at GOSHEN
for Sumner, Mojave, Los Angeles, Wilmington, Ana-
heim, Colton, Colorado River, Yuma, Maricopa and Casa
Grande (182 miles east from Yuma). May 31.
July 26, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
15
NOTABILIA.
'.
THE
Lawn as white as driven snow ;
Cypress black as e'er was crow ;
Gloves as sweet as damask roses ;
Masks for faces and for noses ;
Bugle-bracelet, necklace, amber;
Peri time for a lady's chamber ;
The honeymoon is always spoken of
which one looks forward with hope and on
gretful glance as the years carry him away,
treals at Swain's, 213 Sutter street, has a
fort and serene pleasure, unmarred by a sin,
before him with each day that dawns, and
pictures of the perfect dinners and lunches
the year are honeymoons at Swain's.
PEDDLERS SONG.
Gold quoins and stomachers,
For my lads to give their dears ;
Pins and poking-sticks of steel,
What maids lack from head to heel:
Come buy of me.come; come buy .come buy,
Buy, lads, or else your lasses cry.
William Shakspearb.
as the golden time of life, to
which a man turns back a re-
Yet the man who takes his
perpetual honeymoon of com-
mie cloud. Hope is perpetually
retrospect has none but joyful
he has made. All months of
Men are ready to do anything to keep off the ravages of age, and se-
cure to themselves something of the vigor of youth, while they descend
the hill so quickly. They go to this Doctor and that, they take one tonic
after another, and yet the very essence of youthful vigor and elasticity
is within their reach in F. & P. J. Cassin's Golden Plantation Whisky.
Properly taken, as a gentleman should take everything, it will keep up
strength and vivacity to the last moment.
That was a peculiarly "set" conductor who refused to permit a
gentleman to get his children aboard the horse-car ; the conductor's objec-
tion being that he was putting on heirs.
Dr. Carver has been making the Britishers open their eyes ; and it is
reported that the fragments of glass from the shattered balls are made
into jewels and worn by the aristocracy, amid the envious murmurs of
applause from less fortunate persons, feraasher would have been a better
name for him than Carver ; and, like him, Montanya's Union Range
Bmashesall others, and carves the life out of them. The best cooking ap-
paratus ever known or seen or dreamed of.
A clear complexion and a healthy skin can never be obtained
while the pores of the skin are obstructed or the blood is in an impure
condition. Dr. Jayne's Alterative will, however, restore the purity of
the skin, and will thoroughly dense the blood. It will also remove the
obstinate state of the pores, and free the perspiration from all impurities
and gross particleB. A trial will establish its efficacy. Sold by Crane &
Brigham, San Francisco.
Everyone is enchanted with the grand publication "At the Play."
The crowds gathered at every window where it is exposed are as full of
interest as they can be, recognizing with delight every face of the beauti-
ful, the great and the famous among our people. Only one improvement
has been suggested : that the hats, all from White's, 604 Commercial
street, should be shown, to let us see a fitting finish to so many stately
headB.
The Zulu evening toilet consists of a fan and a ring in the nose. —
Exclumge. What extravagance ! They should be satisfied with the fan
in the nose, and give the ring to the poor.
The political pot boils, and the noise of its boiling is heard all over
the land, and people run to the front door to know what is the matter, the
air is so full of a humming sound. No one knows the meaning of all the
stir, and the strength of the men at the business unless he has seen their
likenesses at Bradley & Kulofson's, the place for perfect pictures and the
headquarters of photographic art.
McNally & Hawkins are the oldest, best known, most popular of all
the gas fitters and plumbers in the city. Established for more than a
generation, they have given their skill and taste to the fitting up of the
finest residences, and their stock of bronze, nickel and gold-plated,
antique, steel finished and burnished copper gas-jets, candelabra and
fittings of all kinds for gas and water is new and splendid.
Lost at sea— The Bight of land.
The reason why Joseph Cook was so speedily cooked in this com-
munity is that our people are clear-headed, cool, intelligent and wide-
awake, as all men are who use Napa Soda. No cobwebs, no metaphysical
conumdrums, no balderdash can impose upon minds kept sound and
clear by this fine beverage.
While claret U the tnio wine for dinner tobies, the steady-goer, the
blood-nourisher. there is m> such beverage for the breakfast as a genuine
white winn. The popularity of the Rhine wines comee from this; end
the Rhine wine of the Pacific Coast in the Gerke, from Landsberger'a.
Even on the storied river tin- fame of this exquisite California vintage is
well known and ratified by general consent.
The saddest reflection at the end of a day is that we have lost it-
have done nothing Rood, kerned nothing ; and all must rejoice when they
see an opportunity like that offered by * 'liurlea R. Peters, at the head of
the Nevada Building Association, Virginia City. It has but 100,000
shares.
Tapestry Brussels, SI per yard and upwards ; fine newpatterns. Call
and see them. Window shades, 75 cents and upwards. Window lace, 12^
cents and upwards. Cornices, wall paper, etc. Oilcloths, 50 cents per
yard and upwards. Hartshorn & McPhun, 112 Fourth st., near Mission.
STOCK COMBINATIONS.
June 21.]
How to Operate Successfully on
TEN DOLLARS.
MAJRTIN TATZXOR & CO.,
420 California Street.
Geo. C. Hickox.
GEORGE C. HICKOX & CO.,
E. C. McFarlank.
Commission Stock Brokers (San Francisco Stock £x<
J change, No. 230 Montgomery street, San Francisco. May 4.
J. A. RUDKIN,
Member S. F. Stock and Exchange Board, 433 California
street. STOCKS Bought and Sold on Commission. Liberal Advances
made n Active Accounts. Oct. 26.
FOR SALE-SUNNYSIDE RESIDENCE.
I have concluded to sell my Homestead, located in the
pleasant town of Placerville, El Dorado County, known as the SUNNYSIDE
RANCH ; forty-five a?res of land, orchard of the choicest fruits, house two stories,
brick cellar, splendid well of water, windmill, in fact every convenience for a country
home ; 2,000 feet above tide water. Placerville is one of the most pleasant and
healthful localities in California ; first-class schools, churches and good society. To
be sold at a bargain. For terms address C. B. BKOWN, Placerville, or F. A. BEE,
620 Eddy street, San Francisco. June 21.
D. F. Hutcuinqs.
D. M. Dunne.
PHCENIX OIL WORKS.
J. Sanderson
Established 1850.— -Hatchings & Co., Oil and Commission
Merchants, Manufacturers and Dealers in Sperm, Whale, Lard, Machinery and
Illuminating Oils, 517 Front street, San Francisco. Jan. 8.
CUNNINGHAM, CURTISS & WELCH,
Stationers, Lithographers and Blank Booh Manufacturers.
Our facilities for making: Blank Books of special sizes and
rulings, Check Books, Balance Sheets, Certificates of Stock, Insurance Policies,
etc., are unexcelled. We are always ready to submit to our customers low estimates
for Fine Printing or Engraving.
Nov. 16. 327, 329, 331 SANSOME STREET.
MME. B. ZEITSKA'S
French, German and English Institute, Day and Boarding-
School, for Young Ladies, 922 Post street, between Hyde and Larkin. KIN-
DERGARTEN connected with the Institute.
Oct. 26. MME. B. ZEITSKA, Principal.
CALIFORNIA SUGAR REFINERY,
Manufacturers of the standard Syrup, a superior article
put up in barrels expressly for home consumption. Also, Extra Heavy Syrup
in barrels for Export. Refined Sugars at lowest market rates. Office, 215 Front
street, up stairs . Dec. 21.
HIBERNIA BREWERY,
Howard Street, Between Eighth and Ninth.
Deo. 7.] M. NUNJJf, Proprietor.
Henry B . Williams. Henry B. Williams.
WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO.,
SHIPPING AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
No. 218 California st., S. F. [Jul? 27-
COKE CHEAPEST FUEL.
Reduction in Price : Wholesale Price, SO cents per barrel ;
Retail Price, GO cents per barrel, at the works of the SAN FRANCISCO GAS-
LIGHT COMPANY, Howard and First streets, and foot of Second st. Jan. 12.
TABER, HARKER & CO.,
IMPORTERS AJfD WHOLESALE GROCERS,
10S and 110 California St., S. F.
(April 19.]
JOHN JENNINGS
Hooper's South End Warehouses, corner Japan and Town-
send streets. San Francisco. First-class Fire-Proof Brick Building, capacity
10.UOO tons. Goods taken from the Dock and the Cars of the C. P. R. R. and S. P.
R. R. free of charge. Storage at Current Rates. Advances and Insurance Effecttd.
NOTICE.
For the very best photographs go to Bradley A Kulofson's,
in an Elevator, 429 atontgoinery street. Oct. 29.
Smith's Music Store. 200 Post street, corner of Dupont.
16
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
July 26, 1879.
THE RESOURCES OP CALIFORNIA.
We cannot convey a better or more accurate impression of the great
resources of our State than by the following tables, which will speak for
themselves: Statement of the amount of the Precious Metals produced
in the States and Territories west of the Missouri River, for the six months
from January 1st to June 30th, 1879 :
States
akd Territories.
Gold Dust and
Bullion,
by Express.
Silver Bullion,
by
Express.
Ores and Base
Bullion,
by Freight.
Total of Gold,
Silver, and
Lead.
§7,680,675
55,916
284,170
27,479
312,715
841,000
201,302
1,260,000
41,500
98,130
1,050,000
8385,017
9,189.344
8350,000
3,125,000
88,415,692
12,370,260
284.170
27,479
606,932
184,217
640,000
1,169,361
725,000
165,000
361,866
110,000
550,000
1,510,000
4,000,000
20,000
450,000
2,031,000
Utah
2,880,663
5,985,000
226,500
909,996
1,050,000
811,852,887
812,819,805
810,115,000
834,787,692
Production of Gold and Silver in the United States west
souri River:
Fear. Gold. Silver.
1870 833,750,000 817,320,000
1871 34,398,000 19,286,001)
1872 38,177,395 19,924,429
1873 39,206.558 27,483,302
1874 38,466,488 29,699,122
1875 39,968,194 31,635,239
1876 42,885,935 39,292,924
1877 44,880,223 45,846,109
1878 37,576,030 37,24S,137
1879 (Jan. to June).... 15,000,000 17,000,000
Exports of Flour, Wheat, Barley and oats by sea from San
Year. Flour, bhls. Wheat, ells. Barley, ctls.
1874 535,695 8.054,670 222,596
1875 497,163 7,505,329 126,188
1876 508.143 9,967,941 351,897
1877 434,684 4,931,437 90,330
1878 489,642 8,062.287 303,969
PRODUCTION OF CALIFORNIA WOOL.
of the Mis-
Total.
851,070,000
53,684,000
58,101,824
66,689,860
68,165,610
71,603,433
82,179,856
90,726,332
74,824,167
32,000,000
Francisco :
Oats, ells.
78,354
5,377
3,721
4,544
31,927
Year. Pounds.
1854 175,000
1855 300,000
1856 600,000
1857 1,100,000
1858 1,428,351
1859 2,378,250
1860 3,055,325
1861 3,721,998
1862 5,990,300
1863 6,268,480
1864 7,923,670
1865 8,949,931
1866 8.532,047
Year. Pounds.
1867 10,288,600
1868 14,232,657
1869 15,413,970
1870 20,072,660
1871 22,187,188
1872 24,255,468
1873 32,155,169
1874 39,356,781
1875 43,532,223
1876 56,550,970
1877 53,110,742
1878 41,862,061
1879 (January to July). . ..20,651,039
The total production of wool in California from January 1, 1854, till
June 30, 1879, a period of fifteen and a half years, amounted therefore to
444,092,880 pounds.
The production of California Wines during 1877 and 1878 was as follows .
Year. Bay. Cottst. Total.
1877 2,208,138 gallons 128,515 gallons 2,336,653 gallons.
1878 2,891,156 gallons 91,980 gallons 2,983,136 gallons.
Increase in 1878—646,483 gallons.
PRODUCTION OF CALIFORNIA BRANDT.
Year. Bay.
1877 108,770 gallons
1878 97,404 gallons
Decrease in 1878 — 22,552 gallons.
IMPORTS OF SUGAE
1876.
Pounds.
Manila 33,629,083
Hawaiian 21,171,133
Batavian 2,795,430
Central American 469,471
China 9,252,716
Mexican 365,033
Peruvian 12,298
East Indian 423,856
Coast.
Total.
17,554 gallons
126,324 gallons.
6,368 gallons
103,772 gallons.
T SAN FRANCISCO.
1877.
1878.
Pounds.
Pounds.
16,974.792
40,8S9,094
21,168,680
36,357,664
7,573,347
6,584,255
901.371
4,823,450
7,357,619
1,640,320
240
37,979
1,395,935
3,655,285
322,924
Totals 68,118,930 57,669,313 92,023,642
The following were the exports of Sugar by sea from San Francisco :
1876. 1877. 1878.
Pounds. Pounds. Pounds.
12,304 460,842 8,826
57,653 57,744 38,593
60,917 255,271 104,622
1,470,301 1,483,217
216,617 345,860
China
Japan
Mexico
British Columbia 581,001
Other countries 1,997,106
Totals 2,708,981
2,460,775
Year. Flasks.
1865 42,469
1868 44,506
1871 15,205
1872 13,089
1873 6,359
EXPORTS OF QUICKSILVER.
Av. Price.
55c
55c
85@90c
90c@81.10
Year. Flasks.
1874 6,770
1875 28,960
1876 41,140
1877 46,280
1878 34,280
1,981,118
Av. Price.
S1.10@1.50
Sl.50@1.65
70@45@55c
45c
45@39c
The total production of Quicksilver in 1877 was 69,886 flasks, and in
1878, it was 62,192 flasks, so that the home consumption is less than the
amount exported. China and Mexico are our two principal customers —
the former taking about two-thirds of the whole export.
RECED7T3 OF NATIVE AND FOREIGN COAL AT SAN FRANCISCO.
Mount
! Vancou-
Austra-
All other
Tear.
Diablo.
Seattle. ver.
lian.
English.
Sources.
Total.
Tons.
Tons. ! Tons.
Tons.
Tons.
Tons.
Tons.
1874
206,2551 9,027
51,017; 139,109
37,826; 88,713: 531,947
1875
142,808 67,106
61,072 136,869
57,849 72,505 538,209
1876
108,078 95.314
100,965 131,695
121,948! 90,388 648,388
1877.
96,172 102,333
102,421 100,513
89,362 85,959| 576,760
1878
122,034
116,008
140,323
131,678
44,005
72,685
626,733
IMPORTS OF COFFEE AT SAN FRANCISCO.
From. 1876— its.
Central America 8,426,320
Manila 1,191.760
Java 1,073,370
Hawaii 106,800
Rio 87,220
Other Countries 58,441
10,943,911
Year. China, lbs.
1873 4,104,972
1874 2,828,570
1875 1,881,651
1876 1,095,800
1877 4,721,858
1878 3,249,082
16,679,452
IMPORTS OF TEA AT SAN FRANCISCO.
15,723,241
Total, lbs.
12,536,776
13,214,901
19,872,229
18,652,036
18,229,116
17,116,668
Total Value.
84,805,687
5,163,238
7,010,294
6,244,871
5,456,099
4,533,094
Japan, lbs.
8,431,804
10,386,331
17,990,578
17,556,236
13,507,258
13,867,586
The Imports of Rice were, in 1876, 54,215,426 lbs. ; in 1877, 42,543,698
lbs.; and in 1878, 48,726,566 lbs., more than ninety per cent, of which
came from China.
The Receipts of Lumber at San Francisco in 1878 amounted to 258,-
814,052 feet, and the Exports to 14,596,422 feet.
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF MERCHANDISE AT SAW FRANCISCO.
Year. Imports. Exports. Total.
1876 835,708,782 831,314,782 867,023,564
1877 32,276,653 29,992,393 62,269,046
1878 : 35,565,139 34,155,394 69,720,533
The San Francisco Mint, organized in 1854, has turned out the following
values in coinage from that time till the present:
Gold 8506,678,657
Silver 64,005,925
Total 8570,684,582
EXPORT TRADE OF SAN FRANCISCO FOR SIX MONTHS,
The following table shows the export by sea of Merchandise during the
six months ended June 30th, as compared with the same period in 1878:
Months. 1879. 1878.
January 82,072,496 81,575,294
February 2,186,511 2,260,725
March 2,439,393 2,256,424
April 2,591,464 1,924,863
May 2,457,774 1,897,382
June 2,852,940 1,511,730
814,600,578 811,426,418
In 1877 the exports for the first six months amounted to 814,782,120, and
in the same period of 1876, 89,976,858.
Of the 814,600,578, the exports to Great Britain amounted to 85,269,767;
to New York, 82,839,340; to China, 81,632,783; to the Hawaiian Islands,
S964.792; to Mexico, S629.719; to France, 8547,618; to British Columbia,
8499,710.
MINING ASSESSMENTS DELINQUENT.
No. of Assessments. Amount.
January to July, 1879 275 88,714,300
January to July, 1878 237 7,848,300
Increase in 1879 38 8866,000
This amount in the first seven months of 1879 is a very large amount to
levy in the present impoverished condition of the people of the Pacific
States.
REPORT OF THE CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD FOR 1878.
The gross earnings of the Company for 1878 were as follows :
Passengers 85,284,914
Freight 10,802,276
Mails and Express 674,595
Other sources 769,073
817,530,858
The Working Expenses, including Taxes, etc., were 8,786,118
Net Earnings S8,744,740
Rental of Leased Lines 82,485,058
Interest 3,954,779
6,439,837
Surplus 82,304,903
Out of which an appropriation for the Sinking Fund will have to be
made. The gross earnings of 1878 exceeded those of 1877 by 81,059,700,
and the total expenses exceeded those of 1877 by 81,011,700.
The principal assets on January 1, 1879, were :
Cost of Railroad and Appurtenances 8134,650,527
Cost of Rolling Stock 7,956,113
Real Estate and Buildings 2,843,041
Other Items— in all 12,624,031
Total 8158,073,712
July 96, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
17
THE PANAMA
CANAL
Xnv York, July 14, 1*70.
The straggle for commercial advancement) for acqaurittan, for soda]
admiration r:»»1 favor ami the responding compensation, have loo often
recalled the sad retrospect that Praed invites iu simple and touching
word* :
44 Many the thoughts that er> unhenrjj
That deep in the bosom tmrn."
Do yon remember a letter I wrote you some ten years since— partly
private, otherwise referring to the Pacific Mail and its prospective
policy? You made an extract and printed it— some forty lines— under
the heading of "An occasional correspondent from New York." The
extract referred to the importance of Pacific Mail adopting a policy that
would lead to a development of the Australian trade, by at once antici-
pating the future and securing against any other line the large benefit to
flow from the growth of that connection. As the State increased in pop-
ulation, hence importance, the business controlled by the P. & O. Com-
pany could be diverted into the Pacific States.
The arbitrary course of the P. & 0. Company would find its compensa-
tion in the loss of business as soon as the merchant could be satisfied with
the stability of the new trans-Pacific line, and the traveling public
assured that the comfort and security alike equal to the Cape of Qowi
Sope.' could be enjoyed.
That prediction of mine has been verified, and when read to some of the
officers at the time from your paper, they laughed at it as the dream of a
benevolent fanatic ! who wanted to use other people's money to confirm
his convictions.
The representatives of the entire trade circles— ship brokers, ownerB of
vessels and merchants — as I appeared '; on 'Change" the day of the notice
of the appointment by the Journal of Commerce saluted me as President
Lesseps, took off their hats and laughed at the joke created by the " wit-
tiest man upon the floor !"
It is unnecessary to recite here the revolution in trade, etc., that canal
has produced.
I see by the papers that there is a disposition to hound Lesseps because
he has the nerve to undertake what no one in this country will do, either
by effort or subscription.
Dexter A. Hawkins, a popular and able lawyer of this city, has been
an earnest advocate, in tact is the originator, of the move for the adop-
tion of educational laws by all the States, and by such means to increase
the knowledge and power of a people who profess to govern their country
by intelligence.
Hawkins, with all of his foresight on this subject, which foresight indi-
cates a preparation upon the part of the masses to prevent after his death,
(and "long may he live"), the union of Church and State, or the suprem-
acy of any particular faith.
Hawkins evidently has not mixed much with our " prominent mer-
chants," or he would give them a lecture that might not savor of sympa-
thy with the Monroe doctrine, but would teach these " trade princes "
that the work to be undertaken by Lesseps will bring more satisfactory
results to the future prosperity of our country than any development since
we seceded from Great Britain.
I hope to see your natural astuteness in an editorial that will shew its
harvest, like to the mustard seed, in advocating aid and support in an
undertaking toward which foreign capital will flow ; and while the inves-
tor will obtain his satisfactory foreign interest, America will, our States
and our people, enjoy the fruit which the distance of foreign countries
cannot pluck.
There is a good deal of " cuteness " in our country, but we are too
young yet to understand the wisdom of age, or to reverence the knowledge
that our inexperience and youthfulness as a nation naturally forbids our
possessing.
A Chicago man, whose lot and store is mortgaged for more than its
value to an Eastern money-lender, will tell you that any expansion of
this country or excessive growth of other cities can undermine the
value of his property or diminish its future.
With equal confidence and a surer future, you, as an old Calif ornian, can
tell your people, and those here who decry the merit of De Lesseps, that
the glory of their commercial strength will only begin to shew its charac-
ter when De LesBeps completes the Darien Canal,
The whole subject, i. e. the direct and indirect benefit to your State and
whole people, and the future acquisition of Mexico, which will follow the
construction of the Darien Canal, is too exhaustive to take up in such an
informal manner.
I cannot believe, with your admiration for Friedlander, the Grain
King— yes, Brain King of the cereal production and wealth of your coast
— I say, I cannot but believe you will take up this subject and let Cali-
fornia appear as the first State to advocate the construction of the canal.
I may be quite young "to pit" my convictions against the wealth of
our merchants, or the "finessing" or brains that have forced its accumu-
lation, or even the underlying mental forces that daily ridicule such an
enterprise, by refusing to keep it or calling upon political wire-pullers to
insist upon a respect being paid to the Monroe doctrine. But I hope you
will live to see the blunder bear its bad fruit, if any other policy except
that of co-operation or approval have its sway.
I remember, as a boy, often riding or walking to the top of the hill
behind the Presidio of San Francisco to see the sun set "in" and beyond
the Pacific Ocean. I can remember the alternate bright and dull sky
overhead all day, culminating iu those scattered, fleecy clouds directly
opposite to the Golden Gate, and as the sun went from sight of the eyes,
the rays of the sun's reflection rested upon and gilded them. I fancied
the picture then because I was young. I saw nothing in the phenomena
to impress the mind. But I am satisfied now, to paraphrase Milton :
"From whence a voice,
From midst a golden cloud, thus mild was heard :
* Servant of God, well done !' "
Will be said as you look out upon the same scene of earlier years later on,
and know that the Darien Canal is finished by Lesseps.
Superintendent Mann says the standard of scholarship has been
raised in the schools by the frequent examinations held. We should like
the remark better if it were not near election-time ; and, furthermore, not
one of the scholars examined has shown any acquaintance with the great
truth, discovered by Mr. Mann last winter, that parents are providen-
tially of different sexes. Does he call this progress ?
NEVER MORA
O sweetness that can never more return !
Thou art passed out of life and whither flown?
The hard-pruned bough may heal, and Bprout anew.
And some light hearts may all too quickly learn
lo spare the brave and live without the true.
But as some painter that yet seeks in vain
The long-wooed color of his hungry eye,
And dreams it woven on some foreign loom,
To wake and find it missing 'ncnth his sky,
So have we lost a glory to the tomb.
Spring shall come round, and all her sounds be dear,
And sweet her lips with all-ambrosial dew,
The wooing sun shall set enrth'a heart astir,
And she rejoice, and we have rapture too,
But one hushed chord Bhall no more answer her.
Out of life's sunny woof one thread is drawn,
Death's face hath bleached for ns her fairest dye ;
One flower that bloomed is fallen— later flower
Will never shine as sweet against our sky,
Fill this blank place, that fragrant scent restore.
Ah, painter! take thy brush, for life is short,
And use the colors left thee— they are fan? —
But carry still the hunger at thine heart
For that which is not there.
Henceforth upon thy pallette and my life
One unfilled place lies bare. — The Spectator.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVALS AND CLEARANCES AT THE PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO, FOR
THE WEEK ENDING JULY 25, 1879.
ARRIVALS.
DATE.
VESSEL.
MASTER.
WU ERE FROM.
CONSIGNEES.
J'ly 20
2°
St'r Newbern
Metzger ....
J. Bermingham.
.. 22
Blouchard . .
Yokohama.. ..
A. Cheeseborough.
CLEARANCES.
DATE
VESSEL.
MASTER.
WHERE BOUND.
BY WHOM CLEARED.
J'ly 19
.. 19
.. 19
St'r City of Panama. . .
St'r City of Chester
Connolly ...
McK ee ....
Humphreys.
Marston
Winding . . .
Cook
Victoria ....
Honolulu
Queenstown . .
Queenstown...
Williams, Blanchard & Co.
Williams, Blanchard & Co.
.. 19
. 19
.. 22
Bark Lady Lampson . .
Bark Forest Queen
Welch & Co.
Williams, Blanchard & Co.
.. 24
G. W. McNear.
GEO. STREET, Agent News Letter, 30 Cornh.Ul, E. C, London.
IN CONSEQUENCE OF SPURIOUS IMITATIONS OF
LEA A PKKKIXS" SAUCE, which are calculated to deceive
the public, Lea and Perrins have adopted A NEW LABEL, bearing their sig-
nature, " LEA & PERRINS," which is placed on every bottle of WORCESTERSHIRE
SAUCE, and without which none is genuine.
Ask for LEA & PERRINS' Sauce, and see name on wrapper, label, bottle and stop-
per. Wholesale and for export by the proprietors, Worcester ; Crosse & Blackwell,
London, etc., etc., and by grocers and oilmen throughout the world. To be obtained of
Nov. 16. MESSRS. CROSS & CO., San Francisco.
ROWLAND'S
MACASSAR OIL strengthens the Hair and prevents it falling off. The bottles
have a glass stopper, and not a cork.
KALYDOR beautifies the Complexion and eradicates Freckles, Tan, Prickly Heat,
Erupiions, etc.
ODONTO whitens the Teeth, prevents and arrests decay, and gives a pleasing
fragrance to the breath.
ETJKONIA is a new and delicate toilet powder.
Ask for ROWLAND'S articles, of 20, Hatton Garden, London, and avoid cheap
imitations. Sold by Druggists, Bazaars, etc., all over the world. May 3.
JOYCE'S SPORTING AMMUNITION.
[ESTABLISHED 1820.]
rrilio attention of Sportsmen Is invited
the following:
Ammunition, of the best quality, now in general use throughout England,
India and the Colonies : Joyce's Treble Waterproof and F 3 Quality Percussion
Caps ; Chemically-prepared Cloth and Felt Gun Wadding ; Joyce's Gas-Tight Car-
tridges, for Pin-fire and Central-fire Breech-loading Guns ; Wire Cartridges, for killing
game at long distances, and every description of Sporting Ammunition. Sold by
all gun-makers and dealers in gunpowder.
FREDERICK JOYCE & CO., Patentees and Manufacturers,
Sept. 28. 57 Upper Thames street, London.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
Inestaud Cheapest II eat 'flavoring Stock for Sonps, Made
Dishes and Sauces. March 2.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT
[s a success and boon for which Nations should feel grate-
ful. See " Medical Press," " Lancet," " British Medical Journal," etc
F
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT-
Cantion--6cnnine only with fac-simile of Baron Uebig's
Signature, in blue ink, across Label. "Consumption in England increased teo-
old in ten years." March 2.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
To be had of all Store-keepers, Grocers and Chemists. Sole
Agents for the United States (wholesale only), C. David & Co., 43, Mark Lane,
London, Englaud. March 2.
200 Post street is on the corner of Dupont.
I
18
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
July 26, 1879.
THE PLAYGOER'S PIPE.
BY G, EDWARDS.
Ho ! Keeper of the boxes' keys, just list to me to-night ;
Come, pop me in where I may smoke, and quickly bring a light ;
And mind that you conceal me well from managerial view ;
Here's guerdon for thy trouble, slave— I'll pay for what you do.
Thus spoke I to a harpy on the outlook for his fees ;
Theatrical attendants, if you pay them., strive to please ;
The rules and regulations they'll permit you to defy,
And knowing this, I thought to have a whiff upon the sly.
He took the bribe, he popped me in, but 'ere I struck a spark
He asked a special favor — "Would I please to keep it dark?"
Their rules, he sairl, were very strict — infringement might upset
His rfianager, who never smoked, and put him in a pet.
Thus cautioning, he went away. The play at once began,
But as it started, in there came to me a shrivel'd man ;
His face was lean and wither'd, and his dress was black and tight.
What was it made me shudder so? what filled me with affright?
"It's very cold," I muttered, as my blood quite chilly ran.
"D'ye think so?" was the answer bland of that same shrivel'd man ;
"I don't feel cold" — and as he spoke a glow lit up his face —
" Come, if your not unwilling, sir, I'll gladly talce your place."
We shifted seats, and then again I keenly scanned him o'er;
I saw that he was not so aged and wrinkled as before.
His cheeks were round and ruddy, and his hair bad changed its hue,
And as I looked I felt quite sure 'twas some otie that I knew.
Instinctively I pressed two hands on what I thought my brow,
And then I saw — oh ! horrid sight, methinks I see it now —
That they were withered, shrunk, and lean — forget it ne'er I can —
That he was mey that I was he — / was the shrivel'd man/
To shout I tried, but found my voice was harsh, and cracked, and thin ;
"You thief, give me ray body !" — all he gave me was a grin.
"Call louder if you like," he said ; "I neither care nor fear,
For 'mid this din that voice so thin no mortal well can hear."
" Nice body this of yours," he said ; " it fits me to a T ;
The arms a trifle short, it's true, but that don't trouble me ;
A front tooth loose — perhaps you find that spoils a pleasant chat — ■
Now, when you get your body back, pray don't say I did that."
"Talking of arms, just let me ask you'll not throw mine about
So wildly, they are fragile, and perchance you'll wear them out.
Talking of teeth, just let me beg that mine you will not grind ;
We have no dentists down below — in surgery we're behind.
"And now, perhaps, you'd like to know what 'twas that brought me here ;
Well, give me close attention and you very soon shall hear :
A smoker all my life, I loved tobacco or cigar —
Virginia, Birds-Eye, Golden-Leaf, beat all the joys there are.
"'Ere I was ten I used to smoke — at school I learnt the trick —
Sometimes it castigation brought, sometimes it made me sick j
Yet toffee, apples, sugar-plums, nor jam had charms for me
Like those of surreptitious pipe — I weary you, I see.
"No ? Shall I, then, recount its joys ? Would you through life have pax?
Would you avoid half human ills ? Forget y our income tax ?
Of toothache be oblivious? or grim poverty despise?
Find quick relief for any grief? Try 'bacca — you'll be wise.
" Ten pipes a day on earth I smoked ; now, by a hated law,
For twice five years I have not had a single blessed draw !
Down there to smoke is not allowed, unless the smoker first
Puts on a body — curse the rule, I'd break it if I durst !
"Quite recently we have resolved that smoking ghosts, who get
Permission from their owners, may — now, pray don't fume or fret —
Put on their bodies for a time — of course, they're only lent " —
" You fiend !" I cried, " you know right well you ne'er had my consent."
"It's vulgar to call names, my friend," the smoker quick replied;
" If I, like you, were angry, I should tell you that you lied !
You must remember, surely — I'll not overstate the case —
You gave consent most willingly for me to take your place."
And as the fiend thus rambled on, my anger higher rose;
I clenched his fist, I felt inclined to strike him on the nose.
Proverbial wisdom stayed my hand — discretion, we define
The better part of valor, and / kneio that nose was mine !
Just then, in tones familiar, came the words, "Good-bye; best thanks;
For you I would do, if I could, as much. Excuse my pranks !"
I was alone. The ghost had gone through roof, or 6oor, or crack ;
I cared not how; 'twas joy to know I'd got my body back.
Next morn a summons I received ; was brought before the beak,
Who heard my story, smiled, and said that my defence was weak;
And then remarked that if I would with ghostly folk hob-nob,
I might expect to come to grief — he fined me forty bob.
RULES FOR ACQUIRING WEALTH.
Be Honest. If Satan tempts you to defraud your neighbor, it is only
that he may rob you of your ill-gotten gain in the end.— Be Temperate.
Liquor has made more paupers than all other vices combined.— Be Indus-
trious. Improve each day as if you expected to die on the morrow. In-
dolence, Debt and Disease are brothers. — Let your word be your bond.
Good credit is a fortune to begin with. — Limit your expenses by necessity
and comfort, leaving a good margin for balance saved. — Invest your funds
carefully and intelligently. Beware of the brilliant bubbles that are
blown up to tempt ingenuous speculators. — Give your personal attention
to your business. To do this keep brain and body healthful.
A malicious Bcribe in Western Massachusetts declares that a Boston
woman with a son in college, alarmed by some startling reports of the cold
weather at Williamston the past winter, actually wrote to President
Chadbourne to see if something couldn't be done about it.
Sterling Silverware. — A large assortment of elegant designs at Ran-
dolph & Co.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
Recorded in the City and County of San Francisco, California, for
the Week ending: July 21st.
Compiled from the Records of the Commercial Agency >, 401 California St. , 8. F.
Tuesday, July 15th.
GRANTOR AND GKANTEB.
C Peterson to S & L Soc'y
S & L Soc'y to Michael Bogue...
Mtiry E Collins to Eugene Colline
Solomon Jacob to SanTl Patek . . .
C A Hooper to Augusta W Ames.
W C Little to same
J G Werlin to John Pforr .
DESCRIPTION.
W W Thompson to D F Riordan .
TH Hyatt to Lily L Ransom
KS Baker to J H Wise
P Tourquet to Sophie Duchesne..
Sophie Duchesne to E E Tourquet
H A Jones to Isabella M Jones . . .
Tbos B Bishop to Albert Miller ..
Sarah E Bourn to R Sherwood ....
N M Gordon to Eliza E Gordon . . .
J McMeuomy to Anne McMenomy
Nellie T Mnlony to Mary Jones . .
Camillo Martin to La Soc Franc'e
Same to same..
Same to same..
Same to same..
Lots 326 to 335, Gift Map 1
Lots 3-26 to 334, Gilt Map 1
Lot 6, blk D, RRH'd
S O'Farrell,45:0eLarkin, e 23x90
E Taylor, 103:6 8 Jackson, s 34x137:6 ;
e Taylor, 137:6 s Jackson, 6 4x137:6..
. ..!E Taylor, 103:6 s Jackson, s 34x137:6...
E Battery. 60 s Jackson, s 30x67:6 ; nw
Stevenson, 295 ne 4th, ne 15x70
E Shotwell, 105 n 26th, n 25x115
S 20th, 230 e Dolores, e 50x114
Nw Waahu andLeavth, 137:6x137:6....
N Geary, 175 e Dupont, e 20x122:6; and
ePair Oaks, 61 n John, n 61x117.6...
Same
W Webster, 45:6 s Fulton, e 23x82:6....
S Hill, 380 w Valencia, w 25x100
Sundry lots in various parts of city
S Sacto, 137:6 w Scott, w 137:6x137:6...
Nw Jessie, 436 bw 5th, sw 23x80; se
Mission, 140 ne 7^h, ne 45x85; and sw
Corbett and Oapp, s 110x32:6
Se Jessie. 297:6 sw4th, 6 \v 22:9x70
Por O L Bike 1018, 1047, 1046, 961, 962,
1025 and 1020
Sundry lots in P N and WA
Sundry properties in various parts city
Por O L Blks 973, 964, 965
PRICE
$ 500
1 ,375
300
5.000
Gift
Gilt
11,000
850
500
5
1
1
Gift
10
23,000
5
Gift
5,000
Wednesday. July 16th.
C Wiley to A T Green !
R H Rogers to S F Savs Union
Conrad Berghofer to Henry Saal .. ]
Marcus Hart to J P McGonigle...!
BMcNnlty to PA Fiuigan J
Pat'k Noonan to City and Co S F.|
A H Rutherford to A Weill
City & Co S F to Jno Wright et al
Jno Wright et al to City & Co S F,
People* Hd Aasn to Jos Myrick ..
Chas Foster to Muni Murphy .....
Wm Eblcrt to JGiizabelh Ehlert
Wm L Hopkins to J C Wagner....
T A Hopkins to Wm L Hopkins . .
L B Maetick to Frank Otis
Katie Whitney to Wm Benuett....
W R Sloan to Wm Sinon
Sw24th and Vicksbnrg. w 25x102:8....
Nw Mission, 320:6 sw 4th, sw 18:6x90..
Sundry lota in various parts of city,
subject to mortgage for $5,000
SeFolsom and 22d, s 35xl22:G
Lotl,blk33, Excelsior H'd
E PolBom, 325 n Piecita PI, n 26xlOJ . .
N Pine, 81:3 w Buchanan, w 25x110
Nw Sacramento and Polk, n 67:4j£x53:3
< Streets and highways
]Sundry lots in People's Homeatead ...
:N Hurry pi. 247: • e Laguna, e 27:6x80..
|Nw Du Boom, 100 ne 2d, ne 21x80
Sundry lota in Golden City Homestead.
Same
N Valiejo, 124:6 e Van Ness, e 25x122:6
SClay, 165:6 w Powell, w 28x71:6
W Hyde, 71:6 s Filbert, s 33x137:6; and
other lots m same part of the city....
10,100
5,500
350
1,100
5,000
"l
115
510
Gift
300
900
Thursday, July 17th.
R E Associates to Wm Hollis. ...
S 0 Armstrong to M Greenwood . .
Nevada Bunk to City Cab & T Co.
City Cab & T Co to F Mar^eston..
Pac R & Buln Ex to Selbv S & S Co
City & Co S F to Win O'Brien....
Jean Encloses to J P Verges
T B Valentine to A Oomte, Jr
Wm Mitchell to Cath Mitchell ....
Sarah Baer to C Rehrake
C Rehmke to J Spruance .....
Camillo Martin to Geo Hyde..
Same to same ,
A Durand to La Soc Francaise ..,
S and L Soc'y to Elizth Cavanasjh,
S Clay, 187:6 oLeav'tll.e 27:6x114
S Washn, 229:6 w Maple, w 33:4, etc. ..
Sundry lots in various parts ol'city
Same
Sundry lots in various parts of city....
S 23d, 25 e Columbia, e 25x105
W Dolores, 51:6 n 29th, n 25x100
IE Steiner, 102:6 n Bush, n 25x81:3
N Lombard, 137:6 cStockfn, 27:6x137:6
W Hteh st, 405:6 s Ocean House Road,
ae 00, sw 108:6, etc
Same
PorO D Bike 963, 961, 965
Por O L Blks 1048, 1047, 1046, 961, 962,
1025 and 1026
Se Valiejo and Front, e 137:6x137:6....
N Day, 80 e Church, c 50x114
$2,750
450
500
1
Gift
1.0(10
300
5
5
5
700
Friday, July 18th.
TWJacksontoG B Bradford
CH King to John Woll'e
Tyler Bench to Frank Barnard
De-ea Todd to J M BowerB
Lot 8, blk 532, Bay View H'd
N Clav, 225 w Deviado, w 27:6x137:6...
E Landers, 185 s 14th, s 25x125
Se 'IVuama, 150 ne 6th, ne 25x80
J Kittredge to Hyam Joseph iW Frout, 20 s Wash'n, s 4-1x68:9 .
Geo Grant to Bertha Goldstone..
I Wilaon to C A Burgess
A Pastene to Henry Casanova .
D Giovannini to M Lordan ,
A Ludemann to W Ludemann
J Humphrey to J Dahoney
S F Sav Union to Osrur Foss.
D J McCarthy to Owen McCabe.,
S Geaiv,220 w Steiner, w 2>x«2:6
S Ellis, 83:7^ c Hyde, e 27xS7:H.
Sw Tyler and Fillmore, w 137:6x137:6.
subject to mortgage for $15,5U0
N Army, 185 w Church, w 27x114
Und % n O'Farrell 74 w L"kin, 63:6x120
S Brosnan, 185 e Guerrero, e 50x30....
Nw Mission, 320:6 sw 4th, sw 18:6x90
Lot 172, Precita Valley Lands ,
I 2ro
5,000
500
3.O00
26,750
4.0U0
7,000
2,000
1,000
5
1,000
5,000
100
Saturday, July 19th.
T J Gallagher to Mary Gallagher. . :E Van Ness, 63:10 s Sutter, s 73:Sxl09. .
JMComerford to Mary E Brandt. N Duncan, 151 w Church, w 23:6x105..
Thos Magee to P F Dundon |W Scott, 77 s Geary, s 33x96:6
Pat Meloy to Rose Meloy |Lot 4, blk 123, Mission V H; lot 47, blk
I 50, City Land As'n
A Parrottto H McSherry iNe Greenwich and Octavia, e 100x38:9.
A JMcPhail to Eugene Moriarty.. S Waller, 131:3 w Webster, 25x120 ....
Arthur Paul to Ida Precht ^Sundry lots in various parts of city....
S 1
1,700
1,200
500
1,000
1,000
2,500
Monday, July 21st.
G W Frink to J T Wayne..
Wm O'Brien to City and Co S F ,
Ricka Cole to Julie Loewe
Rosa Haberer to same ,_ _
W H Culver to Mas Sav & L Bank
A E Head to Bank of Cal
Thos Farley to Hugh Farley...
City and Co to Geo Barstow
Ross Avery to Lanrence Cotter —
Se Pt Lobos ave and Henderson ave, s
116:4X, o25. etc
Streets and highways
Und l-60th n McAllister, 105 e Laguna,
e 25x137:6
Und H same
N Jackson, 68:6 e Mason, e 23, etc
Ne Spear, 276 nw Harrison, 137:6x137:6
Nw CheBtnut and Van Ness, n 275x55. .
Sw Bdway and Fillmore, w 68:9x137:6 ;
s Bdway, 68:9 e Fillmore, e 6S:9xl37:6
Lot 53, Gift Map 3..
$1,000
1
46
233
15,000
1
Julv 2(», 1879.
CALIFORNIA A=
CRADLE, ALTAR, AND TOMB.
CRADLE.
i'-i-tini, a daughter.
Gwi in (hi* - in. Xolj tt'th. (.. tba wife of I] s. Oniy. » •tougMw.
■1 .1. u Ooldrtone, :* too.
Hot, l<> the "if,' nf I*. Jortrviiscn, twin sons.
■In Ib'i city, Juh ITlii, (■• tba wifa r»l u. C. Maroo, * daughter.
>!\ lii tlii- dt*, July '.'I"!, t.< (In- wife ol .1. din McCarthy. B
btorov- In this city, July fib, to ilu- wife "f Uie l*u- Hurry Herton, n son.
Nrwwx— lu this dtj, duly loth, t<- the wif« ol John Newell, a bod.
r.'iu f\ In this iit>. July 13th. lotbewtfi of J Pohlej, ft son.
Buuhmoi la *hfa> eftj, Juh I8U1, totbewifuot H. E. Simmons, a daughter.
S4.-imoF.DFR In this city, July Slat, to the wife ol Loobi w. Bobrooder, a sou.
TiEkNET In this city, July *2d, U> the wife ••( P. Tieroey, a daughter.
ALTAR.
BrnxETT-TairP- In Sacramento, July 10th, Richard Burnett to Mrs. Louisa Tripp.
BmiWii Oiuki1 In thai city. Jnh llvi, Wilson 8. Bender to Jennie v.. Qualt.
Ilw-os-H uua— In Ihla tatj . .luh ISth, Win A Hudson l*» Elizabeth S. Harris.
Noi.cs M uiLiN- In Ban Lorenxo, July 20tb, M. •' Nolen to Josephine Harlin.
KofsE-iJBABNER- In S;u T.uneiito, July EOtb, w '.irreii A. Bouse to Carrie Grabncr.
Tiklwann-mter- In Nua City, July 17th, Bcnrj Tielmann to Susanna R. Suter.
N'AroiiN-O.RKKNLEAK— lii W e.ivervillc, July ISlh, W. Vaughn to Maria Groenleaf.
Wiute-M. Kail — In tlii? city, July liitli, James White to Annie McKail. y
TOME
Anderson -In this city, July 21st, Johan Anderson; a<red 45 years.
BOVBB— In this city, July 2::d, Cnint K. Bovee, aged IS years
Id tun— In this city, July 83d, John Joseph Butler, aged 17 years.
Cocoas— In this city, July 20th, Ann Googan, aged 53 years.
Cari.is — In this city, July 10th, Mary D, Carlin, aged 82 years.
Cook - In this city. July 33d, Mary P. Cook, aged 47 years and 9 months.
DofoiiTY- In this city. July 10th Fannie B. Doughty, a?ed 45 years.
Dittos— In this city. July SBd, Henry Dutton, aged 69 years aiid 3 months.
Fitzubnry — Iii this city, July isth. Michael Fitzheury, aged 53 years.
Jouns-tos — II this city, July 18th, Captain Henry W. Johnston.
Kbbllkb— In this city, July 21st, Bridget Keellcr, aged 34 years.
LofDox— In this city, July 21st, Maud E. Loudon, aged 18 years and 3 months.
Lineii w — In this city, July 22d, Dennis Linehan, aged 62 years.
Mat — In this city, July 19th, George B. May, aged 39 years and 8 months.
HcDOKOOB— In this city, July 23d, Catharine McDonogb, aged 45 years.
Powell— In this city. July 23d, J. Iv Powell, aged 54 years.
Si'LLivAX— In this city, July 17th, Kate Sullivan.
Troy— In this city, July 22a, Sarah Ann Troy, aged 23 years.
Talty— In West Oakland, July 22d, Thomas P. Talty, aged 21 years.
M. DE LESSEPS* CANAL.
Vanity Fair, the well-known society paper of London, states the fol-
lowing facts regarding the Panama Canal : It says that M. de Lesseps
will within a short time issue proposals for a first subscription of £16,-
000,000, and that the work, it is reckoned, will cost altogether £32,000.000
sterling. The money, it thinks, will be forthcoming, because the Suez
Canal shares, which were issued at £20, are now worth £30. The canal
will follow the line of the railroad, the distance being a little over 45
miles from sea to sea, that is, about half the length of the Suez Canal.
The highest elevation is 295 feet, and M. de Lesseps intends cutting an
open trench through this part about 300 feet deep and about four miles
long. Vanity Fair says, among other advantages enumerated, that the
canal will give a shorter route to China and Japan, and place within
easier reach the great corn-growing districts of those Western States of
North America which now find so much difficulty in transporting their
grain.
M. de Lesseps has, we are informed by telegraph, incorporated a com-
pany, with a capital of 400,000,000 francs, or £16,000,000, "though in all
probability this is an under-estimate of the total cost, regarding which
exact calculations have not as yet been made. We would remark, how-
ever, that the Panama Canal will not shorten the route to China, nor, we
believe, to Japan, as the Suez Canal route has the advantage of shortness,
and convenience in having so many porta of call both in Europe and
Asia. As to bringing grain from the Western States of North America,
which must mean the Pacific States, as California and Oregon are the
only wheat-growing States that it can possibly affect, we do not place
much importance on the canal. Expensive modes of transit may suit
with tea, silk or indigo, articles of great value ; but wheat, worth from
one cent to two cents per pound, must go by the very cheapest mode of
transportation, and that, we believe, will continue to be by the clipper
ship going round Cape Horn. The line of the route through the Suez
Canal touches on countries with about two-thirds of the population of
the world ; the line of the Panama Canal passes by a few paltry islands
in the West Indies, and then to the west coast of South America or the
Pacific States, or over the comparatively uninhabited Pacific Ocean to
Australia. It has no field of business at all to be compared with the Suez
Canal.
BUSINESS FAILURES.
City of San Fzancisco :
First Six Months. No. of Failures. Liabilities. Assets.
1879 122 $3,918,964 $2,438,271
1878 116 1,827,627 81,150,968
Increase in 1879 6 $2,091,337 $1,287,303
The State of California, outside of San Francisco :
First Six Months. No. of Failures. Liabilities. Assets.
1879 156 $1,801,314 $912,029
1878 139 1,343,607 863,942
Increase in 1879 17 $457,707 $48,087
State of California, including San Francisco :
First Six Months. No. of Failures. Liabilities. Assets.
1879 278 $5,720,278 $3,350,300
1878 255 3,171,233 ■ 2,014,911
Increase in 1879 23 $2,549,045 $1,335,389
It is evident from these figures that the improvement in business that
has set in at the East has not yet extended to California.
Cast your bread upon the waters, but be careful how you throw
lighted matches into the river when an oil pipe has burst.
. ADVERTISER.
21
THE COSTA RICA RAILROAD.
The Government of Costa Rica is engaged in constructing a lino of
railway from Port Lituon, on the Golf side, to Puots Arenas, on the
Pacific, passing through San Josd, the capital city of the Republic. The
tine "ill be completed In about eighteen months, ami will form a strong
opposition to the Panama Railroad! The finances of ( lonta Rica are in a
healthy condition, its annual revenue* being upwards of -S.'i, 0011,000, while
the expenditures arc 81,800,000, and its credit abroad is considerably
higher than that of most of the republics to the south of us. The most
difficult portion of the road is already built, and in running order. There
fe A very profitable field in Costa Euca for the extension of California's
commerce, and whoever takes time by the forelock will reap abundant
profit. Already our imports of coffee from that country are of the first
importance; but there is every reason why our capitalists should invest
some of their surplus cash in the coffee plantations, and realize the benefits
of production as well as of importation. The Sandwich Islands invest-
ments afford a good example of the wisdom of this theory.
In Stanstead, Canada, a man sold ten-cent packages, "warranted
sure death to potato-bugs ; no risk of poisoning animals, as with Paris
green." The packages were not to be opened until time to use them. One
victim having three, opened one, and found two square blocks of wood, on
one of which was written: "Place the bug on this block and press
firmly with the other."
BANKS.
THE BANK OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO.
Capital 85,000,000
WM. AI/VORD President.
THOMAS BKOWN, Cashier | B. MIIBBAY, Jr., Atts't Cashier
Agents :
New York, Agency of the Bank of Calfornia ; Boston, Tremont National Bank
Chicago, Union National Bank ; St. Louis, Boatman's Saving Bank ; New Zealand,
the Bank of New Zealand ; London, China, Japan, India and Australia, the Oriental
Bank Corporation.
The Bank has Agencies at Virginia" City and Gold Hill, and Correspondents in all
the principal Mining Districts and Interior Towns of the Pacific Coast.
Letters of Credit issued, available in all parts of the world. Draw direct on Lon-
don, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Bremen, Hamburg, Frankfort-on-the-Main, Antwerp,
Amsterdam, St. Petersburg, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Christiana, Locarno, Mel-
bourne, Sydney, Auckland, "Hongkong, Shanghai, Yokohama. Nov. 4.
FIRST NATIONAL GOLD BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO, CAL
Paiil up Capital $2,000,000, Gold. President, K . C. Wool-
worth ; Vice-President, D. Callaghan ; Cashier, E. D. Morgan.
Directors :— R. C. Woolworth, D. Callaghan, C. G. Hooker, C. Adolph Low, Peter
Donahue, Isaac Wormser, Edward Martin, James Moffitt, N. Van Bergen.
Correspondents— London : Baring Bros. & Co. Chartered Mercantile Bank of In-
dia, London and China. Dublin : Provincial Bank of Ireland. Hamburg : Hesse,
Neuman&Co. Paris: Hottinguer& Co. New York: National Bank of Commerce. Bos-
ton : Blackstone National Bank, Chicago : First National Bank. This Bank is pre-
pared to transact a general Banking business. Deposits in Gold, Silver and Currency
received subject to check nr on special deposit. Exchange for sale on the principal
cities of the United States, Great Britain, Ireland and the Continent. Commercial
Credits issued available in Europe, Chii.a and Japan. Collections attended to and
prompt returns made at the lowest market rates of Exchange. Jan. 19.
BANK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter.— Capital paid np, $1,800,-
000, with power to increase to §10,000,000. Southeast eorner California and San-
somestreets. Head Oftice--2S CornhiU, London. Branches— Portland, Oregon; Vic-
toria, New Westminster and Cariboo, British Columbia.
This Bank transacts a General Banking Business. Accounts opened subject to Check
and Special Deposits received. Commercial Credits granted available in all parts of
the world. Approved Bills discounted and advances made on good collateral security.
Draws direct at current rates upon its Head Office and Branches, and upon its Agents
as follows :
New York, Chicago and Canada— Bank of Montreal ; Liverpool — North and South
Wales Bank; Scotland— British Linen Company; Ireland — Bank of Ireland ; Mex-
ico and South America— London Bank of Mexico and South America ; China and
Japan — Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, and Oriental Bank ; Australia
and New Zealand— Bank of Australasia, Commercial Banking Company of Sydney,
and English, Scottish and Australian Chartered Bank.
May 18. * FREDERICK TOWNSEND, Manager.
LONDON AND SAN FRANCISCO BANK, LIMITED.
Capital, $5,000,000, of which 83,000,000 is fully paid up as
present capital. Reserve Fund, S3o0,000. San Francisco Office, 424 Califor-
nia street ; London Office, 22 Old Broad street. Manager, ARTHUR SCK1VENBR ;
Cashier, WILLIAM STEEL. London Bankers, Bank of England and London Joint
Stock Bank ; New York, Drexel, Morgan & Co. ; Boston, Third National Bank.
This Bank is prepared to transact all kinds of General Banking and Exchange Busi-
ness in London and San Francisco, and between said cities and all parts of the
world. March 30.
THE NEVADA BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO.
Capital Paid TJp $10,000,000.
Beserve.TJ. S. Bonds 3,500.000.
Agency at New York, 6a Wall street.
Agency at Virainia, Nev.
Buys and sells Exchange and Telegraphic Transfers. Issues Commercial and Trav-
elers'* Credits. This Bank has special fa'-ilitics for dealing in Bullion. July 5.
THE GERMAN SAVINGS AND LOAN SOCIETY.
Deutsche- Spar and Leinbnuk, So 526 Califoriiiastreet, San
Francisco. Officers : President, L. OOTTIO. Board of Dihmjtoks.— Fred.
Roeding, Chas. Kohler, Dan. Meyer, Edw. Kruse, George H. Eggers, N. \ an Bergen,
H L "Simon, Claus Spreckels. Secretary, GEO. LETTE ; Attorney, JOH> K.
JARliOE. Ma-r 18'
SECURITY SAVINGS BANK.
GUARANTEE CAPITAL 8300,000.
Officers: President, John Parrott: Tire-President, Jerome
Lincoln ■ Secretary, W. S. Jones . Attorney, Sidney V. Smith. Loans made on
Real Estate and other Approved Securities. Office : No. 215 Sansome street, San
Bradbury Pianos, 200 Post street Established 1854.
18
SAN FRANCISCO 1=
!WS LETTER AND
July 26, 7S79.
THE PLAYGOER'S PIPE.
BY G. EDWARDS.
Ho ! Keeper of the boxes' keys, just list to me to-night ;
Come, pop me in where I may smoke, and quickly bring a light ;
And mind that you conceal me well from managerial view ;
Here's guerdon for thy trouble, slave — I'll pay for what you do.
Thus spoke I to a harpy on the outlook for his fees ;
Theatrical attendants, if you pay them, strive to please ;
The rules and regulations they'll permit you to defy,
And knowing this, I thought to have a whiff upon the sly.
He took the bribe, he popped me in, but 'ere I struck a spark
He asked a special favor — "Would I please to keep it dark?"
Their rules, he said, were very strict — infringement might upset
His rtlanager, who never smoked, and put him in a pet.
Thus cautioning, he went away. The play at once began,
But as it started, in there came to me a shrivel'd man ;
His face was lean and wither'd, and his dress was black and tight.
What was it made me shudder so? what filled me with affright?
"It's very cold," I muttered, as my blood quite chilly ran.
"D'ye think so?" was the answer bland of that same shrivel'd man;
"I don't feel cold " — and as he spoke a glow lit up his face —
" Come, if your not unwilling, sir, I'll gladly talce your place"
We shifted seats, and then again I keenly scanned him o'er ;
I saw that he was not so aged and wrinkled as before.
His cheeks were round and ruddy, and his hair had changed its hue,
And as I looked I felt quite sure 'twas some oue that I knew.
Instinctively I pressed two hands on what I thought my brow,
And then I saw — oh ! horrid sight, methink3 I see it now —
That they were withered, shrunk, and lean — forget it ne'er I can —
That he was me, that I was he — I was the shrivel'd man!
To shout I tried, but found my voice was harsh, and cracked, and thin ;
"You thief, give me my body!" — all he gave me was a grin.
"Call louder if you like," he said ; "I neither care nor fear,
For 'mid this din that voice so thin no mortal well can hear."
" Nice body this of yours," he said ; " it fits me to a T ;
The arms a trifle short, it's true, but that don't trouble me ;
A front tooth loose — perhaps you find that spoils a pleasant chat — ■
Now, when you get your body back, pray don't say I did that."
"Talking of arms, just let me ask you'll not throw mine about
So wildly, they are fragile, and perchance you'll wear them out.
Talking of teeth, just let me beg that mine you will not grind;
We have no dentists down below — in surgery we're behind.
"And now, perhaps, you'd like to know what 'twas that brought me here ;
Well, give me close attention and you very soon shall hear :
A smoker all my life, I loved tobacco or cigar —
Virginia, Birds-Eye, Golden-Leaf, beat all the joys there are.
"'Ere I was ten I used to smoke — at school I learnt the trick —
Sometimes it castigation brought, sometimes it made me sick ;
Yet toffee, apples, sugar-plums, nor jam had charms for me
Like those of surreptitious pipe — I weary you, I see.
" No ? Shall I, then, recount its joys ? Would you through life have pax?
Would you avoid half human ills? Forget >our income tax?
Of toothache be oblivious? or grim poverty despise?
Find quick relief for any grief? Try 'bacca — you'll be wise.
" Ten pipes a day on earth I smoked ; now, by a hated law,
For twice five years I have not had a single blessed draw !
Down there to smoke is not allowed, unless the smoker first
Puts on a body — curse the rule, I'd break it if I durst !
"Quite recently we have resolved that smoking ghosts, who get
Permission from their owners, may — now, pray don't fume or fret —
Put on their bodies for a time — of course, they're only lent " —
" You fiend !" I cried, " you know right well you ne'er had my consent."
"It's vulgar to call names, my friend," the smoker quick replied;
" If I, like you, were angry, I should tell you that you lied !
You must remember, surely — I'll not overstate the case —
You gave consent most willingly for me to take your place"
And as the fiend thus rambled on, my anger higher rose;
I clenched his fist, I felt inclined to strike him on the nose.
Proverbial wisdom stayed my hand — discretion, we define
The better part of valor, and / knew that nose was mine I
Just then, in tones familiar, came the words, "Good-bye; best thanks;
For you I would do, if I could, as much. Excuse my pranks !"
I was alone. The ghost had gone through roof, or floor, or crack ;
I cared not how; 'twas joy to know I'd got my body back.
Next morn a summons I received ; was brought before the beak,
Who heard my story, smiled, and said that my defence was weak ;
And then remarked that if I would with ghostly folk hob-nob,
I might expect to come to grief —he fined me forty bob.
RULES FOR ACQUIRING WEALTH.
Be Honest. If Satan tempts you to defraud your neighbor, it is only
that he may rob you of your ill-gotten gain in the end.— Be Temperate.
Liquor has made more paupers than all other vices combined.— Be Indus-
trious. Improve each day as if you expected to die on the morrow. In-
dolence, Debt and Disease are brothers. — Let your word be your bond.
Good credit is a fortune to begin with. — Limit your expenses by necessity
and comfort, leaving a good margin for balance saved. — Invest your funds
carefully and intelligently. Beware of the brilliant bubbles that are
blown up to tempt ingenuous speculators.— Give your personal attention
to your business. To do this keep brain and body healthful.
A malicious scribe in Western Massachusetts declares that a Boston
woman with a son in college, alarmed by some startling reports of the cold
weather at Williamston the past winter, actually wrote to President
Chadbourne to see if something couldn't be done about it.
Sterling Silverware. — A large assortment of elegant designs at Kan-
dolph & Co.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
Salmon.— Case goods are lower. The demand for Columbia River
Fish very sluggish. Last sales reported, 5,000 cs. Hume's at $1 12£ $
dozen.
Fruits, Sauces, Etc. — Our canners are having an abundance of
choice Fruit for canning purposes, and have accordingly reduced their
prices from 25 to 75c. $ dozen.
Barley. — Our crop is coming forward nicely, very bright and of choice
quality. Australia has been buying some few hundred tons of Chevalier
at or about $1 60 per cental ; while Chicago is in the market for Choice
Brewing to go by sail via. Cape Horn. The price paid, 75@85 cents per
cental. This grain is now the cheapest article in the market.
Hops. — Eastern and European crop returns are unfavorable, and this
has caused a large advance in New York and elsewhere, and caused ship-
ments hence to Liverpool by sail and to Chicago by raiL Our crops will
be good, but prices are not yet established.
HIGHEST STOCK QUOTATIONS
For the We 3k Ending July 23th, 1879.
COMPILBED BY GEOUGE C. HlCKOX & Co., 230 MONTGOMERY STREET.
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T. A.. BARRY, Agent for Naglee's Brandy, is at No. 116
Montgomery Street.
"ITk. prior,
112S Market Street and 21 Tnrk Street-
The Oiliest Established Steam Gas Fitting antl Plninbing
Establishment on the Pacific Coast, where a complete assortment of new pat-
terns of Gas Fixtures and Plumbing Material are offered at greatly reduced rates.
Messages sent by American District Telegraph Company free. All jobbing promptly
attended to. Established 1852. July 12.
LAVER & CURLETT,
Architects,
Furnish Plans, Specifications and Superintendence for the
Construction or Renovation of Dwelling Houses, and every description of
Building. Office : 19 S. F. Stock Exchange Building, Pine street, San Francisco.
[Take the Elevator.] June 15.
July 26, 1870.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER,
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LAND IN GREAT BRITAIN.
There was recently u excellent article In the Stati* upon tho pros-
pecU of ftfrioolton, from which w« mc tract the following statement of
the erthn-ted toai by the ownen fend occupien >'f land riuringtne lost year:
...• Value «>f Crop, £300,737,600; Redaction, £68,353,
Now, a redaction <>f 83 per orat, on groa return meana an absolute loss
on net return. The km, hldeed, is nearly eqtta] to the entire return of
the tannere' profits, the in come- tax retains. The cjtpit.il In-
vented in burning is £667,000,000, ac wrdins t«> Mr. Giffen, and it is very
dear that if £58,000,000 per annum is to disappear from the previous re-
turn on this capital, it is only :i question of time when the entire capital
will he swallowed op. Loral Derby says that as there are now more farms
than farmers, the latter may make their own terms. This is true ; but it
seems to me that these terms will be, throwing up their farms. The dif-
ference between the value of an acre of farming land in the West of
America ami in England ean only be the difference of carriage to the
London market, Besoming the productive capacity of both acres is the
same, the requisite working capita! is the same, and the cost of labor is
the oaoii1. In all these matters, however, we are at a disadvantage, for
whilst the cost of labor may be less with us, this is neutralized by the
Americans being far ahead of us in the use of agricultural machinery on
a huge seale. The fall, therefore, in the value of agricultural land in En-
gland is not owing to mere temporary cause?, but to the natural result of
the equalisation in the value of all land by advantage being taken of
cheap transport. And the sooner that our land-owners realize this the
better for them. This fall in value will tell very hardly on those who
have inherited estates either heavily mortgaged, or with other heavy
charges on them, for it will in many cases entirely absorb the margin on
which they are living. It, however, will in no way alter the fact that
every acre taken into cultivation, or used as a grass farm in Australia and
America, and every new railroad made in these countries, will tend and
must tend to diminish the letting value of English land. I say letting
value, because it is obvious that eventually the loss must fall on the own-
ers and not on the tenants. People are so very apt to imagine that what
has been and is, always will be, that they have a difficulty in realizing
anything different. They are like insects during whose whole brief life
the tide has been coming in, and who therefore fancy that it never can go
out. We have for so many years seen land alter in value by going up, or
by remaining stationary, that we have believed it is due to some eternal
and immutable law ; whereas land is precisely like any other commodity.
Its value is fluctuating; for along time the discovery of gold in California
and in Australia hindered the effects of free trade and of cheap interna-
tional communications being felt. Consequently, free traders were able
to persuade themselves and their disciples that prices in an open market
must be the same as in a close market, although the notion is in reality
childishly absurd. Free trade may have been, and I believe was, a neces-
sity, but that the value of land would not suffer by a fall in the value of
its produce has been as ridiculous a fallacy as ever was palmed off on a
nation. — London Truth.
ARIZONA.
Philadelphia appears to take the lead in the East in Arizona enter-
prises. Ex-Governor Safford lias established himself there, and is push-
ing forward successfully several valuable properties. The stock of the
Tombstone Company has been listed on the Mining Board there, and is
selling at S6 to $8 per share. The Orion Company's sells at SI 25. Late
advices from the Silver King inform us that the iedge has been struck in
the new working shaft, at a depth of two hundred feet, and moreover,
that it is exceedingly rich — literally bespangled with pure virgin silver, and
of even greater value than anything heretofore found in this wonderfully
rich mine. This shaft is over two hundred feet northwesterly and down
the hill from the present working of the mine, and is specially important
to the district, as it inspires confidence in other claims located north-
west of the Silver King, many of which present very favorable prospects.
Capt. John W. Gain's has discovered a valuable silver-bearing lode half a
mile from the Silver King, and is now actively engaged in its develop-
ment. The mine has already yielded considerable quantities of rich ore
of a character quite similar to that of the Silver King. He calls it the
"News Letter.' This gentleman is a trusted friend of ours, and we wish
him every success, and shall always be glad to further his interests, thank-
ing him for the compliment implied in the name he has adopted for his
property. The shipments of bullion to Philadelphia from the Tombstone
Mine during the past two weeks are upwards of $59,000. The mill is now
regularly running, turning out from $2,500 to $3,000 per day. The
Clifton Copper Mines are now producing some 8,000 pounds of black cop-
per daily, and this is shipped to Philadelphia to be refined. Labor is so
unreliable that the manager of these mines has recently taken fifty China-
men from San Francisco, finding it impossible to keep his works running
otherwise. It is to be regretted that some conflicting title claims are sure
to letard the working of the celebrated Ojo mines. It is hoped, however,
that these may be all satisfactorily arranged at an early day. At the
present time, when capital and labor are both turning from the over-
crowded East to seek new fields of employment and investment in the
undeveloped West, Arizoua is attracting a very large share of public
attention, and the flattering discoveries of new regions and valuable prop-
erties serve to strengthen the interest. We are firm in the belief that the
near future, has in store for Arizona an era of unexampled prosperity.
Recent American advices state that "contracts have just been
made in Chicago for the delivery of fresh meat at Liverpool at a cost of
Is. 5d. per 100 lbs. This will permit the sale of meat at that port at
2Ad. ana 3Sd. per lb. The price of beef at Chicago is now a normal one,
and carriage upon it might be considerably higher and yet allow a very
sound and profitable export trade. American beef has practically no
other competitor in the English market than British home-raised meat.
It is believed that the price of beef in the West can be considerably
reduced by more economical methods of production, and care; but at
prices named, or anything like them, demand will immensely increase and
results will be satisfactory. The new business has all the elements of
success and permanency in it, and this is the conviction of those who
know most about it and are putting their money largely into it now."—
British Trade Journal.
If you use Odonto you will never have to exclaim to a dentist, "0,
don't, O ["—Fun,
THE COSTA RICA RAILROAD.
The Government of Costa Rica is engaged in oomtructmg a line of
railway from Port Lituon, on the Golf side, to Pnuta Armas, on the
Pacific, passing through San Jose\ the capita] city of the Republic The
line will be completed in about eighteen months, and will form a Strong
opposition to the Panama Railroad The finances of Qosta Rica are in a
healthy condition, its annual revenues being upwards of $3,000,000, while
the expenditures are $1,800,000, and its credit abroad is considerably
higher than that of most of the republics to the south of us. The most
difficult portion of the road in alreaUJ built, and iii running order. There
is a very profitable field in Costa Rica for the extension of California's
commerce, and whoever takes time by the forelock will reap abundant
profit. Already our imports of coffee from that country are of the first
importance ; but there is every reason why our capitalists should invest
some of their surplus cash in the coffee plantations, and realize the benefits
of production as well as of importation. The Sandwich Islands invest-
ments afford a good example of the wisdom of this theory.
In Stanstead, Canada, a man sold ten-cent packages, "warranted
sure death to potato-bugs; no risk of poisoning animals, as with Paris
green." The packages were not to be opened until time to use them. One
victim having three, opened one, and found two square blocks of wood, on
one of which was written: "Place the bug on this block and press
firmly with the other."
BANKS.
THE BANK OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO.
Capital 35,000,000
WM.ALVORD President.
THOMAS BROWN, Cashier | B. MURRAY, Jr., Ass't Cashier
Agbnts :
New York, Agency of the Bank of Calfornia ; Boston, Tremont National Bank
Chicago, Union National Bank ; St. Louis, Boatman's Saving Bank ; New Zealand,
the Bank of New Zealand ; London, China, Japan, India and Australia, the Oriental
Bank Corporation.
The Bank has Agencies at Virginia City and Gold Hill, and Correspondents in all
the principal Mining Districts and Interior Towns of the Pacific Coast.
Letters of Credit issued, available in all parts of the world. Draw direct on Lon-
don, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Bremen, Hamburg, Frankfort-on-the-Main, Antwerp,
Amsterdam, St. Petersburgh, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Christiana, Locarno, Mel-
bourne, Sydney, Auckland, Hongkong, Shanghai, Yokohama. Nov. 4.
FIRST NATIONAL GOLD BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO, CAL
Paiii up Capital $2,000,000, Gold. President, R. C. Wool-
worth ; Vice-President, D. Callaglian ; Cashier, E. D. Morgan.
Directors :— R. C. Woolworth, D. Callaglian, C. G. Hooker, C. Adolph Low, Peter
Donahue, Isaac Wormser, Edward Martin, James Moffitt, N. Van Bergen.
Correspondents— London : Baring Bros. & Co. Chartered Mercantile Bank of In-
dia, London and China. Dublin : Provincial Bank of Ireland. Hamburg : Hesse,
Neuman&Co. Paris: Hottinguer& Co. NewYork: National Bank of Commerce. Bos-
ton : Blackstoiie National Bank. Chicago : First National Bank. This Bank is pre-
pared to transact a general Banking business. Deposits in Gold, Silver and Currency
received subject to check or on special deposit. Exchange for sale on the principal
cities of the United States, Great Britain, Ireland and the Continent. Commercial
Credits issued available in Europe, Chii.a and Japan. Collections attended to and
prompt returns made at the lowest market rates of Exchange. Jan. 19.
BANK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter.-—Capital paid up, #1,800,-
000, with power to increase to §10,000,000. Southeast corner California and San-
some streets. Head Oftiee--2S Cornhill, London. Branches — Portland, Oregon; Vic-
toria, New Westminster and Cariboo, British Columbia.
This Bank transacts a General Banking Business. Accounts opened subject to Check
and Special De|Ki3its received. Commercial Credits granted available in all parts of
the world. Approved Bills discounted and advances made on good collateral security.
Draws direct at current rates upon its Head Office and Branches, and upon its Agents
as follows :
NewYork, Chicago and Canada— Bank of Montreal; Liverpool— North and South
Wales Bank ; Scotland— British Linen Company ; Ireland — Bank of Ireland ; Mex-
ico and South America— London Bank of Mexico and South America ; China and
Japan— Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, and Oriental Bank ; Australia
and New Zealand— Bank of Australasia, Commercial Banking Company of Sydney,
and English, Scottish and Australian Chartered Bank.
May 18.- FREDERICK TOWNSEND, Manager.
LONDON AND SAN FRANCISCO BANK, LIMITED.
Capital, $5,O00,O00, of which $3,000,000 is fully paid up as
present capital. Reserve Fund. syiiO.OW). San Francisco Office, 4-J4 Califor-
nia street ; London Office. 22 Old Broad street. Manager, ARTHUR SCRIVENER ;
Cashier, WILLIAM STEEL. London Bankers, Bank of England and London Joint
Stock Bank ; New York, Drexel, Morgan & Co. ; Boston, Third National Bank.
This Bank is prepared to transact all kinds of General Banking and Exchange Busi-
ness in London and San Francisco, and between said cities and all parts of the
world. March 30.
THE NEVADA BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO.
Capital Paid TJp $10,000,000.
Reserve, XJ. S. Bonds 3.500,000.
Agency at New Tork, 63 Wall street.
A.genc{i at Virginia, 3'cv.
Buys and sells Exchange and Telegraphic Transfers. Issues Commercial and Trav-
elers''Credits. This I -lank 1ms special foci lilies fur dealing in Bullion. Ju?y *>■
THE GERMAN SAVINGS AND LOAN SOCIETY.
Deutsche Spar ntiil Leihbauk, No 526 California street. Sun
Francisco. Officers : President, L. GOTTIG. Board ok Directors.— Fred.
Roediug, Cbaa Kohler, Dan. Meyer, Edw. Kxuse, George H. Egger?, N. Van Bergen,
H. L. Simon, Ciaus Spreckels. Secretary, GEO. LETTE ; Attorney, JOHN R.
JARBOE. May 18.
SECURITY SAVINGS BANK.
GITARA>TEE CAPITA!. 8300,000.
Officers: President, John Parrott : Vtee-President, Jerome
Lincoln ; Secretary, W. S. Jones ; Attorney, Sidney V. Smith. Loans made on
Real Estate and other Approved Securities. Office : No. 215 Sansome street, San
Francisco. 0rt- »-
Bradbury Pianos, 200 Post street Established 1854
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
July 26, 1879.
A LOVER'S QUESTION.
A litle mole is growing1, John, And I will be disfigured, John,
Just underneath my chin ; For life, I sadly fear.
It gives me so much grief, dear John, And so I want to ask you, John,
I'm growing pale and thin. Will e'er your love grow cold ?
Another one is coming, John, Oh, answer me at one, dear John,
Just here beneath my ear, Will you love me when I'm moled ?
BOOK NOTICES.
The Christ of the Apostles' Creed. The Voice of the Church against Arian-
ism, Strauss and Renan, with an Appendix. "By Rev. W. A. Scott, D.D., L.L.D.
New York : A. D. F. Randolph & Co.
In this volume the reverend author states, with great ability and fair-
ness, the argument of the Orthodox Church for the received theories of
the personality and the mission of Jesus. The Apostles' Creed, as Dr.
Scott well puts it, is common to all believers in Christ; and the discourses
here brought together illustrate with vividness and eloquence this immor-
tal document. The scriptural learning displayed is wide and genuine,
and the years have not diminished the venerable writer's force or dimmed
his natural enthusiasm in the cause of his Savior. The appendix treats
the aspect of modern thought on this vital subject with remarkable tem-
perance and courtesy, and recognizes, with a robust intelligence, the ser-
vice done to the deeper studies of criticism by the scholarship of Strauss
and Renan. It is no doubt by an oversight that Dr. Scott allows himself
to say, on page 412, that the age of Augustus was the age of Josephus,
Tacitus, Cicero, and Seneca: a collocation of names which cannot, by any
permissible license, be brought within the Augustan age.
The Fortnightly* s most noticeable articles for July are the "Simple
Way out of the Indian Difficulty," " Modern Parliaments," "The Col-
ored Man in Australia," '* Agricultural Prospects," and the leader on
" Cardinal Newman." Mr. Lowe's cure for the financial troubles of In-
dia is a paper currency, redeemable in gold; and he argues his case with
great ingenuity. Prof. Pearson shows that the initiative in political
thought has passed from within the parliaments of to-day tu the public
outside ; the chief function left to the legislature being the discussion of
details which have been thought out and ratified elsewhere. The Colored
Man in Australia is not the man and the brother, but our friend John
Chinaman, and Mr. Wisker describes the measures adopted to exclude
him from the Colonies, with a general approval of the feeling against him
as, on the whole, an undesirable immigrant. One argument in answer to
the claim of the Chinese for a place in Australia we do not remember to
have seen before. "If," says Mr. Wisker, "China is crowded with peo-
ple and must seek relief, why do not the Chinese found colonies of their
own, instead of settling where they rouse a fierce hostility ?" The Earl
of Airlie considers that the drift of the Agricultural changes and difficul-
ties in England is towards measures to facilitate and cheapen the transfer
of land; measures which he thinks would be advantageous to all classes.
The book review|is chiefly concerned with Theophrastus Such and Mr.
Robert Browning's " Dramatic Idylls." The question of popularity has
been already decided against both of these, the general public consenting
to take George Eliot's psychology only when mixed in with a story ; and
Theophrastus Such, like the knife-grinder, has no story to tell : while, at
the Bame time, Browning's scorn for grace and beauty and perverse diving
after unfishable pearls weary most readers.
Practical Boat-Sailing: A Concise and Simple Treatise on the Management
of Small Boats and Yachts under all Conditions, with Explanatory Chapters,
etc., supplemented by a Short "Vocabulary of Nautical Terms. By Douglas
Frazar, etc. Boston : Lee & Shepard. 1879. A. L. Bancroft & Co., San
Francieco.
This little volume is excellent. The language is direct and easily intel-
ligible, and there is no waste of words. AH the essentials of boat man-
agement are so treated that the beginner may have a certain confidence in
approaching the practical application of the principles here laid down.
More than this no book could give, for there is no making a seaman
without wind and water. Yet something may be learned on land— for
instance, the making of knots, as explained by Mr. Frazar and illus-
trated by diagrams ; the steering and sailing rules ; the handling of bal-
last, and other details. Practice is needed in all cases ; but a yachtsman
who begins his salt-water life with a comprehension of this treatise begins
with great advantages, and our San Francisco amateurs are constantly
recruiting and adding to their number. With our glorious bay and the
long stretch of coast outside, we have a boundless field for the cultivation
of this most manly and healthful recreation.
The Coast Review, for July, is full of suggestive facts. The legal
status of the co-operative companies, and their extraordinary mortality as
compared with that of regular life insurance companies, form the subject
of three articles. The fire record for the first four months of 1879, for
the United States, is a singularly gloomy one, as shown by this com-
parison :
Fire Loss. Ins. Loss.
1876 §23,227-900 §13,239,900
1877 21,608,000 12,700,700
1878 21,828,500 12,776,800
1879 32,381,600 19,662,300
The marine disasters for the six months ending June 30, 1879, are
recorded as not num rous but important.
Captain Codman's New Book.— One of the finest books of the sea-
son is a volume of travels entitled " The Round Trip," by Captain John
Codman, the celebrated litterateur of Boston. The author of this charm-
ing and instructive work describes the country he saw and the people he
met in his journey of 10,000 miles through Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Califor-
nia and Oregon. There is a vast amount of information hid away in this
modest volume, which will amply repay any man for reading it through.
For sale by Billings, Harbourne & Co., No. 3 Montgomery street.
■Western Addition Music Hall.— The third series of entertainments
to be given at this hall will commence Friday evening, August 1st, with
Led Astra)/. The cast embraces some of the most talented amateurs iu
San Francisco. New scenery has been painted, and no expense or pains
spared to make it a success.
There is a Mr. Langtry attached to the household of Mrs. Langtry,
the English beauty. He attends to the photographs.
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PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
be Company's steamers will sail as follows at 12 M:
CITY OFFERING, August 1st, for YOKOHAMA and HONGKONG.
DAKOTA, Jul}- 28th, for PANAMA and NEW YORK, calling at ACAPOLCO, also
SAN JOSE DE GUATEMALA to land passengers and mails.
Tickets to and from Europe by any line for sale at the lowest rates ; also to Ha-
vana and all West India ports.
CITY OF SYDNEY, August 4th, at 12 o'clock M., or on arrival of English mails,
for HONOLULU, AUCKLAND and SYDNEY. $10 additional is charged for pas-
sage in Upper Saloon.
ALASKA, July 30tb, for VICTORIA, PORT TOWNSEND, SEATTLE, and
TACOMA, connecting at TACOMA with Northern Pacific Railroad for PORT-
LAND, Oregon. Tickets must be purchased before 11 a.m. on day of sailing, at
Wharf Office. For freight or passage apply at the office, cor. First and Brannan
streets. [July 2d.] WILLIAMS. BLANCHARD & CO., Agents.
FOR PORTLAND AND ASTORIA, OREGON.
The Oregon Steamship Company anil Pacific Coast Steam-
ship Company will dispatch every five davs, for the above ports, one of their
new Al Iron Steamships, viz.: OREGON, GEORGE W. ELDER, and STATE OF
CALIFORNIA.
Sailing Days :
July 1, 6, 11, 16, 21, 26, 31. | Aug. 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30.
A.t 10 o'clorfc A.. 31.
Connecting at Portland, Oregon, with Steamers and Railroads and their connecting
Stage Lines for all points in Oregon, Washington and Idaho Territories, British
Columbia and Alaska.
K. VAN OTERENDORP, Agent 0. S. S. Co.,
No 210 Battery street, San Francisco.
GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Agents P. C. S. S- Co.,
July 5. No. 10 Market street, San Francisco.
CUN4RD LINE.
British and Worth American Royal mail Steamships be-
tween NEW YORK and LIVERPOOL, calling atQUEENSTOWN, sailing from
New York EVERY WEDNESDAY.
SCYTHIA July 16.. Aug. 20. .Sept. 24. .Oct 29
ABYSSINIA July 2:).. Aug. 27 Oct. l..Nov. 5
BOTHNIA July 30 Sept 3.. Oct. 8.. Nov. 12
GALLIA Aug. 6. .Sept. 10. .Oct. 15.. Nov. 19
ALGERIA Aug 13.. Sept. 17.. Oct. 22
Passage can be secured and all information given on application to
WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO.,
July 12. 218 California St.
CALIFORNIA AND MEXICAN S. S. LINE,
For Cape St. JLucas, La Paz, Mazatlan and Guaymas,
touching at MAGDALENA BAY should sufficient inducement offer. — The
Steamship NGWEERN (Wm. Metzger, Master) will leave for the above ports on
TUESDAY, Aug. 5th, at 12 o'clock M., from Folsom-street Wharf. Through Bills
of Lading will be furnished and none others signed. Freight will be received
on Monday, July 28. No Fieigbt received after Monday, August 4, at 12 o'clock «.,
and Bills of Lading must be accompanied by Custom House and Consular Clearances.
For freight or passage, apply to J. BERM1NGHAM, Agent,
July 26 No. 10 Market street.
ST. MARY'S HALL,
Benicia, Cal-
The next Academic Tear will begin August 5th. A Full
Collegiate Course; Musical Department under the direction of MADAME
HoRSLEY, the Distinguished Vocalist; a resident French Teacher; a line Art De-
partment; horseback and carriage riding constitute some of the attractions of this
School. Address, REV. L. DELOS MANSFIELD, A.M.,
July 12. _ Rector.
FAIRFAX MINING COMPANY,
426 CALIFORNIA STREET, BOOM NO. 2.
President JOHNW. COLEMAN.
Treasurer GEN. O. H. LA GRANGE.
Secretary O. C. MILLER.
[October 12]
BRITISH BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF CAL.
Attendance, tlaily, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., by the under-
signed, to receive subscriptions aud donations, and to furnish all information
relating to the Society. J. P. McCURRIE, Secretary,
Oct. 23. 730 Montgomery street.
REMOVAL.
he Office of the Selby Smelting and Lead Company has
been removed to No. 41G MONTGOMERY STREET. June 28.
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JOSEPH GILLOTT'S STEEL PENS.
Gold Medal, Paris, 1S7S.
old fry all Statiouers. Sole Agcut for tbe United States:
MR. HENRY HOE, 91 John street, N Y. Jan. 5.
FOR SALE,
In a thriving- city, situated iu one of theSonthern counties,
a valuable first-class SALOON BUSINESS, with lease, fixtures aud furniture.
For full particulars apply, by letter, "A. B. ," News Letter Office Dec. 14.
Regular Republican Nominee for Governor,
GEORGE C. PERKINS,
Of San Francisco. [July 12.
MORRIS & KENNEDY, J. F. Kennedy,
W. Morris.
Importers and I>ealers iu Moldings, Frames, Engravings,
Obromos, Lithographs, Deealcomanie, Wax and Artists' Materials, 21 Post
street, nearly opposite Masonic Temple, San Francisco. Feb. 4.
J. C. MERRILL & CO.,
Shipping and Commission Merchants, Ageuts for the Sand-
wich Islands Packet Lines, 204 California street, S. F April 13.
BY ORDER OF THE PROBATE COURT,
The Works of the late James Hamilton, comprising Paint-
ings and Sketches in Oil and Water Colors, are now on view to the public and
or sale at SNOW & CO. , 20 Post street. July 12.
July 26, 1879.
CALIFORNIA APVEKTISFli.
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MISCELLANEOUa
M. Hyacinthe Loyeorj has been ftrivoc*tinrtlw practice of confession
■o strongly in his conferences at the hall in the Boulevard des Capucines
th.it many of hi.- Eriends believe he i- retrognuuog towards the Church of
Koine.
The Clothworkers1 Company have voted £105 bo the guarantee fund of
the committee for establishing the new SomervUle Hall, for the higher
ednoationol women, at Oxford,
D Beadon, of North Stoneham, S-Hithnmpton, who waa believed to
be in his L03d year, died on June 14th.
On June Uftfa the Lord Mayor and T^uiy Bfayoress entertained at
luncheon at the Mansion House the members of theCnmeaie Francaise,
now playing in London, and several ^ntlemen and ladies connected with
the English dramatic profession.
It 2,000 miners are out on a strike in the Tamwortb District in
consequence of a notice from the colliery owners that it would be neces-
sary to enforce a reduction of wages. The strike was followed by a wan-
ton destruction of property by organized gangs of the miners at several
of the pit*. .
The remnants of Temple Bar, which have stood opposite a portion of
the new law courts during the past eighteen months, have at last been
removed, and not a stone of the structure is now left as marking the
boundary between the cities of London and Westminster.
The first shot from one of the 100-ton guns was fired at Woolwich on June
16th. The experiment, which was one of much interest, was conducted
under the supervision of General Younghusband, R. A,, the head of the
gun factories, and President of several scientific committees. One shot is
said to be sufficient to sink the strongest ironclad.
There is every probability that the Gothard tunnel will be completed
by the end of November. The point now reached on the Airolo side is
L281 meters, that on the Goeschenen side 049 meters from the center of
the mountain ; and it is expected that the junction of the two galleries
will be made some 300 meters from the center, on its southern side.
The cost to the London Corporation of freeing Epping Forest for the
use of the people for ever has amounted to close upon £40,000, nearly
half of which has been absorbed in legal expenses.
The honorary freedom of the city of London has been presented to Sir
Rowland Hill.
Twice during the past week there was neither charge nor summons for
hearing at the Mansion House, and kid gloves were presented to the pre-
siding Alderman on each occasion.
A man 110 years of age is reported to have arrived at Portadown, hav-
ing just come across from America to revisit the country from which he
emigrated in the eighteenth century.
The Emperor of Austria has just been presented with a suit of clothes.
The wool from which the garments were made was upon the sheep's
backs eleven hours before the suit was completed. The same thing was
done at Newbury, in Berks, last century.
In consequence of the reduction of the number of lashes to be inflicted
in the army, it has been decided to observe the same limit in the Royal
Navy. — European Mail, July 5th.
The wealth of Arizona is beginning to come to light. In a com-
munication dated July 17th, from Mr. Robert Collins, Superintendent of
the Cumberland Mine, it is stated that an interest in the Leviathan,
which is seven miles from the Cumberland, and said to be on the same
ledge, has been disposed of for §500,000. On the 23d (last Wednesday)
we were informed bv Mr. Irelan, the assayer, that Gen. Fremont has
succeeded in effecting a combination of capital, to the amount of several
millions, for the purchase of property in and around the Cumberland and
Date Creek districts. He said, further, that a portion of the Leviathan
had been sold for half a million. This corroborates the statement made
by Mr. Collins, though, to those who know him, there can be no need of
additional testimony. A gentleman, inquiring about the Cumberland,
said, when he heard the name of the Superintendent, that he needed
nothing more to assure him, so high was the reputation of Mr. Collins
in Australia for ability and probity. The ore received from the Cumber-
land continues to show richer and richer; and the Superintendent's report,
which has excited such eager curiosity regarding the mine, will soon be
supplemented by publication of the assays from the office, 417 California
street.
The " Wilderness."— Native Indian butlers, especially those attached
to regimental messes, are great in the nomenclature of their menus. We
remember orce to have been somewhat puzzled by the occurrence of the
word "wildtruess" toward the end of our dinner bill of fare. Master
butler was summoned, and it appeared that his dictionary gave "wilder-
ness " as a synonymous term for desert (the extra s was of no great
moment), and the former word having a more noble appearance, he had
boldly employed it, In the jungles we had as a rule no "wilderness,"
but we were once reduced to making our entire dinner off a plate of rice
and the remains of a tin of black currant jam, and on another occasion
off a cocoanut and some brown sugar.— Eraser's Magazine.
There is no change in the money market. Rates, according to the
Comma-cud Herald, are nominally 9@10 per cent., and there are but few
transactions. In miscellaneous stocks there is nothing doing, and the
mining share market remains depressed, with free assessments. The
Herald sees the good time almost at hand for this coast, crops of all kinds
being abundant and good, and all conditions favorable to a solid pros-
perity. The failure of the wheat crop in the East, and in various
European countries, including Russia, our great rival in the markets,
will secure good prices for our surplus grain this year.
No feature is more attractive than a good set of teeth, and the one
condition which secures this is regular cleaning with a pure dentifrice, like
that prepared by Dr. J. A. W. Lundborg, Geary and Stockton streets.
This preparation is soft as velvet, pleasant in flavor, and leaves the mouth
perfectly clean and sweet; and Dr. Lundborg should feel it a duty to
bring this tooth powder within reach of the public, by putting it in every
drug store.
St John's Presbyterian Church, Post street, between Mason and
Taylor The Rev. Dr. Scott, pastor, will preach on Sunday at 11 a. M.
and 7.^ p.m. The public cordially invited. Sunday School and Bible
Classes, % a.m. Prayer and Praise Service at 6£ p.m.
THE AVERILL MIXED PAINT
Is inunulM. (ur« -<l from sirlitlv pure White Load, Zinc, and
Purs Unseed CHI, t.i which Is idded Water Glass, which chomlcalh unites the
Ingredients sod holds them in solution, so thai cannot separate. As a house paint
it has no SQual, producing a brilliant glossy (bush, Impervious to the weather, mtU
Will Last Twice as Long
us any Other paint mado. It is of pure white, ii ml any Shade or Color desired, mixed
read] (or the brush, bo that any one can apply it.
Our wages and machinery paints, from the more common colors to the finest ver-
milion, are specially desirable.
Our Bro-prool roof, barn and bridge paint, manufactured from oxide of iron, is the
besl and cheapest paint for the purpose that can be produced.
Put up in J, £, 1 and 5 gallon cans, and in barrels, sold hy the gallon. Send for
sample card of colors and price list. Address,
CALIFORNIA PAINT COMPANY,
July IS. 829 MARKET STREET, San Francisco.
SWANTON HOUSE, PESCADERO.
This Populur Hotel, to^othcr with the detached Cottages,
which are not the least of its attractive features, have been newly furnished
throughout, and are now open for the reception of guests. Those desiring to visit
the most enjoyable of all our sea-aide resorts, can make no mistake in deciding upon
Pescadero.
IT IS EASILY REACHED,
and is unsurpassed in the excellence of its climate, the beaut;* of its scenery, and in
the attractiveness of its truly, remarkable sea beach. Those extraordinary pebbles,
among which are to be found agates, opals, sapphires, etc., were never so numerous
as now, the past Winter having thrown up immense numbers of curiously-shaped
stones, which for ages have been subjected to the everlasting motions of the tireless
Pacific. GOOD THOU V FISHING is obtainable in the Pescadero river.
' The hotel prices are fixed to suit the times.
[April 27.
THE BERKELEY GYMNASIUM.
A Preparatory School to the University.
The on y folly organized Preparatory School o.i. the Coast.
The instructors in thy Gymnasium consist of refined and educated gentlemen,
who are permanently connected with the institution. Boarding establishment strictly
first-class. Location healthful and accessible. The third school year will commence
on the 14th of July. Examination of candidates tor admission, 11th and 12th. For
catalogues, address JOHN F. BURIUS,
July 5. Berkeley, California.
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DISSOLUTION.
he partnership of Snow *v Af ay was dissolved on the 6th
instant. FRANK C. SNOW,
WM. E. MAY.
I shall conduct the business under the name of SNOW & CO., and liquidate the
affairs of the late firm at No. 20 Post street. FRANK C. SNOW.
San Frailoisco, May 31st, 1879. June 14.
D, V. B. Henarie.
Edward Martin.
E. MARTIN & CO.,
Importers and "Wholesale Dealers in Wines and Liquors.
Proprietors of Miller's Extra Old Bonrbon and J. F. Cut-
ter Extra Old Bonrbon and Kye Whiskies.
April 5.
408 Front Street, San Francisco.
L.H.Newton. NEWTON BROTHERS & CO., M. Newton.
Importers aud wholesale dealers in Teas, Foreign Goods and
Groceries, 204 and 206 California street, San Francisco, Cal May 25.
Newton Booth, C. T. Warbler, Sacramento. | J. T. Glover, W W. Dodge, S. F
W. W. DODGE & CO.
Wholesale Grocers, comer Front and Clay streets, San
Francisco. . April X.
CASTLE BROTHERS,
ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAR 1850.
Importers of Teas and East India Goods, Ncs.213 and 215
Front street, San Francisco. Jan, 13.
DR. R. BEVERLY COLE
Has Returned from the East and Resumed Practice at his Office,
XO. BIS SVTTER STREET. |June21.
FREDERICK A. BEE,
His Imperial Chinese Majesty's Consul.
Offlce: 917 Clay Street. Residence: G20 Eddy Street.
L. E. Pratt." PRATT & METCALFE, J. B. Metcalfe.
Attorneys and Counselors at Law.
Rooms 20, 21 and 22, Real Estate Associates' Building?, No.
330 Montgomery street, San Francisco. Accessible by Elevator at No. 2'SO
Montgomery street, or'on Laura Place, next New Stock Exchange. Dec. 7.
JOHN L. BOONE,
Attorn ey-at-Law and Solioitor of Patents,
Jan. 25.] 320 California streets San Francisco, Cal.
~ R. H. LL0YD~
Attorney-at-Xaw. Room 13. Nevada Block.
CLAUDE CITTI,
Engraver on "Wood.
605 Montgomery Street, between Clay and Merchant. S. F.
[March 1. 1
IRVINE & LE BRETON
Have Removed tbeir Law Offices to No. 217 Sansome Street.
r March 15.]
Q'77'7 a year and expenses to agents. Outfit Free. Address,
ijp ii i June 7.) P.O.V1CKERY, Augusta, Maine,
Bradbury Pianos. Agency 200 Post street, corner of Dupont.
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SAN" FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER.
July 26, 1879.
FRANCE AND THE PRINCE IMPERIAL.
Prance has the reputation of being gallant and chivalrous, but the
way in which her Government has acted in the matter of Prince Napo-
leon's death, seems to show that whatever she may have been under
kings and emperors, she has lost those qualities under the coarser regime
of the republic. It is acknowledged on all sides that the death of the
Prince practically put an end to the hopes of the Bonapartists, and left
the Government nothing to fear from that direction. But even had the
effect been the contrary, it was no time to show an ungenerous and mean
hostility. He who had once been the petted darling of the fickle people,
the descendant of men who had made France glorious, even if they had
made her unhappy — lay cold in death and harmless forever. She who
had lately been Empress of the French, and had more than once been
regent of France, was now not only a widow, but childless, hopeless and
heart-broken. At this juncture, when surely even the hottest hatred
might have turned to forgiveness and pity, the French Government
refused to let its President send a simple message of condolence to the
bereaved mother; studiously avoided any demonstration of respect or
mourning; peremptorily forbade all who were connected with it to
attend the funeral, and now, the telegraph informs us, has severely
punished several officers who attended the Requiem Mass at the church
of St. Augustin.
Even the German Court, whose arch-enemy the father was, went into
mourning for the son, and it remained for England, the old foe of the
boy's grand-uncle, to perform the last sad rites for the nephew. The
French Government and newspapers have seen fit to growl at England
for honoring the dead Prince and comforting the anguished mother, but
every growl they utter sinks them lower in the estimation of the world.
Old England has ever been a safe refuge for the exile, whether friend or
foe, and the polite Frenchman has much to learn from blunt John Bull
in auch trifling matters as magnanimity and true nobility of heart.
While President Grevy scowled at the bereaved Eugenie, Queen Vic-
toria was condoling with her in private— the widow comforting the
widow, the mother lately robbed by death of a daughter, consoling her
who had just lost a son. While the French nobles, who would fain be
loyal, were indecently withheld from the funeral by threats of disgrace
and banishment, the English Princes of the Blood Royal were bearing
the coffin to its grave.
SCIENTIFIC SUICIDE.
A dreadful case of suicide was discovered this morning (says the Bris-
bane Telegraph of the 28th May), at Graves' Cafe" P-oyal Hotel. A man
named JL S. Stevens, who had recently arrived from Sydney to endeavor
to find employment under the Education Department, was found in his
room with his throat cut, perfectly dead. The unfortunate man had for-
merly been employed as a school teacher at Nanango, and had been in low
spirits ever since his arrival. He had been heard to express a wish that
he could return to his family. This morning, when a servant went to
call him, no response was given to the summons, and on looking into the
room through the skylight, he was seen lying on the bed deluged with
blood. The police were communicated with, and the door was forced
open, when it became evident he had been dead some hours. Some bot-
tles of chlorodyne were found, which had been apparently emptied into a
tumbler and consumed, with the exception of about a teaspoonful, while
the razor, with which the fatal wound was inflicted, lay close by the bed.
Several papers — such as certificates, records of promotion, etc., — were
found. Dr. Hobbs was called, and pronounced that death was caused by
a severe gash under the left ear, which had severed all the arteries.
There is little doubt that the unhappy man was insane at the time of the
deed. A letter was found, which stated that the writer was not mad, but
far from it. As a student of Huxley, Darwin, Tyndall, Clifford and
Bain, cum myitis allis, he had come to the conclusion that man was sim-
ply the apex of the animal kingdom, and that, therefore, when tired of
life, he had a perfect right to leave it when he chose, and that he was
aware that his body would pass into various gases, and become part of
the cosmic whole. It is also stated that he merely wrote the letter so that
there should be no misconception as to how he died.
NATURE'S SOAP FACTORY.
On Smith's Creek, in Elko County, says a Nevada paper, there is a
most remarkable stratum of steatite resting horizontally on a steep bluff
of volcanic matter, which flanks the eastern side of Smith's Creek Valley.
The stratum of steatite is from three to ten feet in diameter. It is easily
worked, and is a veritable soap mine. In fact, the farmers, cattle men
and sheep herders in that region, all use the natural article for washing
purposes. Chemically considered, this peculiar clay is a hydrated silicate
of alumnia, magnesia, potash and lime. When the steatite is first dug
from the stratum, it looks precisely like immense masses of mottled Cas-
tile soap, the mottling element being a small percentage of iron oxide.
Prof. Stewart received a sample of this natural soap, prepared by a firm
in Elko, who have undertaken to introduce it into the market. It is
similar in ax>pearance to the Castile soap sold in large bars. Nothing is
added to the mineral but a trifle more alkali and some scenting extracts.
Its detersive qualities are as powerful as those of any manufactured
soap. — Arizona Sentinel.
Important Discovery in Gardening.— Peter Henderson, the vete-
ran gardener, made a very significant statement during the course of his
remarks here before the Convention of Nurserymen and Florists. This
statement embodies the remarkable fact that if garden seeds, when
planted in the Spring, are firmly pressed when under earth by the ball of
the foot at the time the gardeners are putting them in the ground, they
will invariably grow, drouth or no drouth ; and, what is still more impor-
tant, they will spring up earliest, and grow faster and mature better than
any of their kind which have not been subjected to this discipline. The
same rule of pressure, he says, holds true in regard to transplanting trees,
shrubs and plants. Henderson said that though he had been extensively
and steadily engaged in the business of gardening for more than a quarter
of a century, yet he had not made and proved this discovery until a few
years ago. — Cleveland Herald.
From South Africa.— Cetawayo is reported to have said that his
opponent is correctly described by the names of three islands, to the
neighborhood of which he is advised to return — viz. : Stilly, Wight,
Man. — Judy.
THE IMPENDING CONFLICT.
It is somewhat singular, but nevertheless true, that the great conflict
between labor and capital which has so long been expected in the civilized
world should begin in California, one of. the outposts of civilization.
With the adoption of the new Constitution the contest was fairly inaugu-
rated, and there is now no retrospection on either side. If labor is to
rule, its triumph must be upon the ruin of capital j but if the latter is to
come out victorious, it means such a subordination of labor as will make
it impossible for the conflict to be renewed. It is useless to disguise the
fact that the vote of 7th May has had an influence coextensive with the
Union, and that influence will continue and gather strength unless it is
met in the September election by a negatur as decisive as that which
elected to continue the agitation. In the face of these things, why do
men hesitate to make up their minds on the side of conservatism. To
hesitate is to lose. As yon make your beds, so shall you He upon them.
A good story is told of a London city merchant who lost a gold
watch, quietly advertised for it, and paid for its recovery £10 to a man
who confessed that he had stolen it. Being anxious to know how it had
been done, this condoner of felony asked for the story. The thief, having
the ten sovereigns safe in his pocket, stated that he had run up against
him in Bow Lane, and so abstracted the watch. With admiring atten-
tion the owner of the watch showed the thief out of his house, and
returned to congratulate himself and to tell the story to his wife, When
he got inside again, however, he found the watch gone a second time, and
the £10 with it.
The twenty-fifth anniversary of Calvary Church is to be celebrated
to-morrow (Sunday). This Church was founded in 1853, by the calling of
Rev. Dr. Scott from New Orleans to the pastorate, and over which he
presided with great ability and success until the breaking out of the war,
when he resigned and went to Europe with his family. After this he was
again called to this coast as pastor and founder of St. John's Presbyterian
Church, of which he is still the earnest, faithful and laboring head. Dr.
Scott is yet in the sixties, but is uncommonly vigorous for a man of his
years.
One would scarcely have imagined that it was possible for one
man to realize as much as £70,000 out of paper collars and cuffs, consider
ing the short time they have been in vogue. Yet this is the amount left
by the late Mr. Francis Stephen Foley, of Enfield, a well-known paper
collar manufacturer, who recently died. His business goes to his eldest
son, and as the popularity of "paper linen" is still as great as ever,
there is no reason why he should not make another £70,000 out of the
concern.
Mr. Donald Mackenzie, the well-known African explorer, sailed
from Bristol in the steamship Corsairy Captain William Reed, bound for
the new trading station of Cape Juby, which he has lately fixed upon.
In accordance with the treaty lately entered into with the chiefs of that
part of the continent, he expects to open up a large trade with the interior,
with a view to which he has purchased from a Bristol firm the well-
known trading brig Amazoniat and dispatched her to the same point to
serve as a tender to the expedition.
Four Chinamen have committed suicide in as many weeks past. This is
a new departure for John to take, and it looks very much as if he pre-
ferred Hell to California under the new Constitution. If this sort of
thing should keep on Kearney's occupation will be gone, and he will either
have to return to his dray or cut his throat and follow the heathen to
Hades, where he might agitate against the Devil's monopoly of souls and
protest against the employment of Chinese to make hot fires for Irish-
That distinguished star of trie fashionable world, Mrs. Langtry, has
taken passage in one of the White Star liners, and will shortly leave Lon-
don for New York. The lady is understood to seek rest in a trip across
the Atlantic and a quiet tour through the States. In all probability she
will visit California and Vancouver's Island.
Young.ladies who use hair dyes should take warning by the death of a
girl at Manchester, Eng. , who, in order to keep level with the fashion of the
day, bought a bottle of hair dye for the purpose of turning her black hair
into a golden hue. She used the preparation for some time, but very
soon fell ill, and at the inquest the evidence showed that her death waB
mainly due to blood poisoning, caused by the hair dye.
Only thirty to hear Kearney speak at his last meeting. This calls for
action and a heroic treatment. Santa Aria fired up the lagging zeal ;
Davis, on Hayes street, stirred the embers. One more beating might
help the agitator to subside with a show of submission to destiny. Now
he is petering; out.
One of Mr. Irving's female admirers (says the World) petitioned for
the chain which he had worn as " Hamlet " for a hundred nights. She
sent him another in exchange, which is also to pas3 to a devotee, after a
hundred more nights. Beautif ul feminine romance ! Another lady leaves
a boquet morning by morning at his door.
There is great danger of the collapse of the W. P. C. If that body
goes in, who will go out? Only D. K. Suppose both events came to
pass — could we survive it ? We should then have upon our hands the
broken and dishonored fragments of a once-glorious, etc. And what
could we do with the Sand-Lot?
A lisping boy was out in the back yard pounding on a tin-pan. The
father came home tired and sullen, and being disturbed by the noise, cried
out : " What's that turned loose in the back-yard— a wild animal?" The
little fellow answered, " Yeth, thir j it's a pan-thir."
The total of the nation's liabilities is, according to the June state-
ment, §2,349,567,482. The debt has been decreased in the last year
$8,579,575.
The current number of " Les Missions Catholiques" contains an
account by Pere Schmitt of a journey to Loango, in Western Africa.
The Maharajah Dhuleep Singh is writing music for an opera. Did
any one ever hear the Maharajah Dhuleep Singh?"
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SAN FBANOISOO, SATUEDAY, AUG. 2, 1879.
No. 3.
Olllce or the San Francisco News Letter, Merchant Street,
Nob. 607 to 615, San Francisco.
G
OLD BAKS— 890@910— Silveb Babs— 6@18 tf cent. disc. Mexican
Dollars, 8£@9& per cent.
" Exchange on New York. J per cent. ; On London, Bankers, 49jJ@
49£; Commercial. 49$@50d. Paris, sight, 5 francs per dollar. Tel-
egrams, 15-100@j per cent.
■ Latest price of Sterling, 483i@485£.
"Price of Money here, |(p
open market, 1@14. V*
per cent, per month — bank rate,
emand active.
In the
PRICES OF LEADING STOCKS
AND GOVERNMENT BONDS.
Stocks and Bonds.
Bid.
102J
105
105
28
100
90J
50
Asked
107
107
30
91
55
83^
Stocks and Bonds.
Omnibus Railroad Co
N. B. and Mission K. R. Co.
Sutter St. R. R. Co
Fireman's Fund Ins. Co. . . .
Bid.
so
40
65
23
115
115
112
Asked
35
S. F. City & Co. B'da, 6s, '68
Sacramento City Bonds
Yuba County Bonds, 8s
45
67
25
116
116
The Bank of California , ,
Central Pacific Railroad
70
National G. B'h & Trust Co.
Spring Valley Water Co. . . .
Andrew Baird, 312 Califo
mia st
reet.
THE STOCK MARKET.
At the beginning of the week the market took a lively tumble,
after which a sharp reaction set in, infusing considerable activity into the
leading stocks, but the advance was short-lived, and stocks are quietly
settling back again to old figures. The rise was occasioned by the myste-
rious whisperings of favorable reports from the drillings of the 2,400 level
of Sierra Nevada, and the heavy orders from the inside gave a color of
truth to the rumors, which had the effect of thoroughly demoralizing the
shorts. Nothing definite can be known regarding the condition of Sierra
Nevada and Union until cross-cutting takes place, which cannot be for
five weeks at least. In the meantime, the market will probably remain
quiet and tend towards a lower range of values. Of the outside stocks,
Bodie iB not looking so well as at our last writing. The stopes are getting
poorer, while the indications in the winze are not at all favorable. At
the close the market showed a slight improvement.
Beerbohm's Telegram.— London and Liverpool, Aug. 1, 1879.—
Floating CargoeB, steady; Cargoes on Passage, steady; Mark Lane Wheat,
firm ; No. 2 Spring off Coast, 43a. 6d. ; Red Winter off Coast, 48s. ;
California off Coast, 47s. ; California Nearly Due, 47*.; California
Just Shipped, 46s. 6d. ; No. 2 Spring for Shipment, 42s. 6d.; Liverpool
Spot Wheat, quiet but steady; California Club No. 1. Standard, 9s. 10d.;
California Club No. 2 Standard, 9s. 7d.: California Average— Western,
9s. 4d. ; White Michigan, 9s. 9d. ;|Red Western Spring, 8s. Id. <a 8s. lid. ; Ex-
tra Amount State Flour in London, 12s. 6d.; Extra Amount State Flour
in Liverpool, 12s. 6d.; Liverpool Western Mixed Corn, 4s. 2d.; Liverpool
Canadian Peas, 6s. 61.; Liverpool Wheat, 8s. 5d.( 9s. 8d., 9s. 6d., 9s. 10d.;
Cotton, quiet; Consols, 97 15-16; Orleans, 6 9-16; Uplns, 6£
Sydney International Exhibition, 1879. — An inspection of the ores
of Bilver, gold and quicksilver, which Dr. Bleasdale has collected for the
Sydney Exhibition, is the most extensive and varied ever exhibited in San
Francisco. It will be on view at the Pavilion during the Mechanic's
Fair this month, and will be forwarded to Sydney by the October steamer,
together with the wines, brandies, etc. There will be on view the samples
of grain and grass sie Is, which the Doctor obtained at Portland, illustra-
tive of the produce of Oregon, and alougside of it a somewhat similar col-
lection of California grain. These and the numerous other miscellaneous
articles, such as eggs of birds indigenous to the State, shells, butterflies,
paints, oils, gums, etc., will form a new and separate feature in the Me-
chanics' Exhibition.
The Pacific Mail Co. 'a steamer City of Sydney sails for Hawaii,
New Zealand and Australia on Monday next. She takes a full compli-
ment
C. C.
£jl.li;tUU HIIU A.USl>rillUt «>" Hiuuunji iic.il. uu>s vorvto « >u*i bouifu
5 of passengers, also a number of articles for the Sydney exhibition.
. Cox, the Secretary of the American Commissinn, is a passenger.
CALIFORNIANS
At The Play
We regret that it -will not be possible to add to the number of
our first issue. A few copies have been reserved for visitors to the
Industrial Exhibition, with difficulty, so great is the interest mani-
fested in this work, both at home and abroad. Six other issues will fol-
low. Details of these will be given ir. future numbers.
Latest from the Merchant's Exchange.— New York, Ang. 1st,
1879. United States Bonds— 4s, 102J ; 4£s, 106£; 5s. 102. Sterling Ex-
change, 4 83@4 85. Pacific Mail, 14§. Wheat, 110@118. Western Union,
90£. Hides, 19£@20. Oil— Sperm, 75@76. Winter Bleached, 87 @ 96.
Whale Oil, 35@40; Winter Bleached, 42@49. Wool— Spring, fine, 20@
30 ; Burry, 11@14 ; Pulled, 25@35 ; Fall Clips, 11@14 ; Burry, 13@20.
London, Aug. 1st. — Liverpool Wheat Market, 8s. 6d.@9s. 8d.; Club, 9s.
6d.@9s. lOd. U. S. Bonds, 5's, 1053; 4's, 105; 4J's, 1091. Consols, 98 1-16.
Bullion into Bank of England, £58,000.
Washington, August 1st— The debt statement shows the increase of
debt for Jnly to be $6,086,344 ; cash ia Treasury, $282,905,273 ; gold cer-
tificates, §15,240,700 ; silver certificates, $2,785,850 ; certificates of de-
posit outstanding, §40,330,000 ; refunding certificates, $6,058,350 ; legal
tenders outstanding, $346,681,016 ; fractional currency outstanding, $15,-
814,823. The increase of debt is due to payments on account of arrears
of pensions and from United States notes held for redemption of frac-
tional currency as provided by the act of June 21, 1879.
It is strange that our daily city papers have not chronicled the fact
that J. C. Henderson, who signed the contract for the new and largest
steamship ever built for the Pacific Coast, in New York last week, is our
old and well-known friend the popular engineer of the steamship Oregon, _
of the Portland line, which vessel he also superintended from the time the
keel was laid until she was finished, and engineered by him to this port.
The Thames and Mersey Insurance Company, of Liverpool, is
a sound and substantial association, with a capital of $10,000,000, and
well known throughout the world. It is now represented here by Mr.
Wm. C. Harrison, 413 California street, who has just been appointed
agent. His nomination to this responsible office has given great satisfac-
tion to his numerous friends, and cannot but be advantageous to the com-
pany. |
Alluding to the amulet found round the Prince Imperial's neck, the
Voce della Verita tells us that it had belonged to Charlemagne, and that
it had descended from king to king until it came into the possession of
Napoleon I., whose family it had not afterwards left.
Personal property taxes for county purposes will become delinquent
on the 5th. The office of the Tax-Collector will be open this (Saturday)
evening to accommodate those who cannot attend at any other time.
San Franciscans Abroad— July 10, 1879.— Paris : H. H Maynard,
W. Sears. London : Mr. Spruance and family. Geneva : W. Ch. Suth-
erland.— Continental Gazette {Paris).
The late Khedive's dinner and breakfast services cost £919,000,
and they were purchased while his people were dying of hunger.
The funeral of the late B. W. Reagan will take place to-morrow (Sun-
day), at 2£ o'clock, from his late residence, Telegraph avenue, Oakland.
Treasurer Hubert reports a cash balance for August 1st of $1,052,-
800, of which over $740,000 belong to the various Sinking Funds.
A jeweler advertises that he has some precious stones for disposal*
adding that " they sparkle like the tears of a young widow."
Duties paid at Custom House, for seven months, to August 1st,
were, in 1878, $3,688,023; in 1879, 53,361,020.
The steamer " City of Peking " yesterday took for China $107,600
treasure, and 3,050 flasks quicksilver.
Printed and Puohatied oy tne Proprietor, Frederics. Marriott. 607 to 615 Merchant Street, San Francisco, California.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Axis*. 2, 1879.
SPEAK SOFTLY. ■
Speak softly, sently ever ! Speak softly, gently ever ;
There is no wiser part ; There is no better plan —
For harsh words pierce like steel For angry words can never
The yearning, loving heart. Effect what kind ones can. '
As gems reflect in brightness For, oh ! a soft word spoken
Every flitting beam, May move the stubborn soul
Let words reflect in kindness That still would prove defiant,
Love's sunny, love-lit gleam. Should words of thunder roll.
Speak softly, gently ever !
Words breathing naught save love !
And soon our blighted. Eden
Will bloom as realms above !
For faith and fond affection,
In true love-knot entwined,
With firmer cords than temper'd steel
Each happy heart can bind. — Public Opinion.
MTDDLEMISS AND MINE MANAGEMENT.
Mine management in San Francisco too frequently passeth all under-
standing. A trustee appears to be an individual who may do what he
pleases with other people's property. That is what Scbultz did, and a
high-toned grand jury held him harmless for doing it. The case of the
man Middlemiss, in his management of the Brilliant Mine, exemplifies
how the thing is done. The facts are extraordinary. A president, secre-
tary and treasurer run the institution. Middlemiss is the president.
Since February they have levied §30,000 worth of assessments. They pay
themselves salaries. A friendly but nominal superintendent is employed.
They have voted themselves $25 for each and every meeting they hold.
At that figure it is perhaps not to be wondered at that their meetings are
frequent. We look at minutes and see how the thing is done. Here are
fair average entries : " May 30th, 1878. Present, Middlemiss, Smith and
Stone. Minutes read and approved. Adjourned to May 31st." That's
twenty-five dollars' worth. The next day they come again, and the fol-
lowing entry appears: "May 31st. Present, Middlemiss, Smith and
Stone. Minutes read and approved. Adjourned to June 2d." That's
another twenty-five dollars' worth ! Similar entries follow on ad infini-
tum. For meetings thus held they need more office accommodation, for
the secretary appears as authorized to engage it and "furnish it suitably."
At this point it is proper to ask what these men manage ? One would
suppose from the high salaries, the frequent meetings, the engagement of
additional office room, etc., that there is something tangible to manage.
Well, there is. The assessments need to be legally and regularly levied,
carefully collected, and duly distributed. That's all. The company is
carrying on no other operations that we can learn of. It has no works,
no miners employed, and has not even a hole in the ground. It has, or is
supposed to have, a mining location at Gold Hill, Nevada. The presi-
dent would appear to have been in doubt about that the other day ; any-
how he drew §500 to go up and see. He is good at drawing coin, for the
books indicate that his personal account is overdrawn some S900. One
would suppose from that fact that the company is in good funds. Quite
a mistake ! The president has just been authorized to negotiate a loan of
$3,000. Evidently another assessment is in order. The reader will be at
no loss to see that these men have a soft thing. We allude to these facts
now not for the first time. They meet with no explanation and no an-
swer. The man Middlemiss has thought it worth his while to try conclu-
sions with us in a libel suit, but not because of our description of his
imprudent management of the Brilliant Mine. That music he dares not
face. He prefers to go upon some comparatively innocent banter, which
appeared in a card written by a valued correspondent. While he is silent
about that which is really grave, he need not be so loud about that which
is merely gay.
SEVERAL THINGS TO BE EXPLAINED.
At Western Addition Hall, on Wednesday evening last, Colonel
Withington, an old "college chum" of Mr. J. W. Taylor's, made a little
speech to the effect that the Republican nomination for City School
Superintendency was due to the old chum of Colonel Withington ; and he
wishes he may get it. Perhaps he may ; but there are several things to
be explained before even the Republican nomination can save him. What
is the true inwardness of that little affair of $250, offered to another
Director for a place by a lady, whom Mr. Taylor put in the School De-
partment? What is the reason that people persist in associating Mr.
Taylor with the mysterious and timely disappearance of John A. Moore ?
Why does every one say "Ewald" whenever Mr. Taylor's name is pro-
nounced, and a trip to the East spoken of ? Why his fervent zeal for
investigations, up to a certain point, and his lukewarmness when that
point is reached ? Why does lie especially favor anonymous letters, and
why do they flow to him as naturally as water goes down a waste-pipe ?
For what reason did he make such a bitter fight in the Board last Decem-
ber to regain the chairmanship of the Committee on Furniture and Sup-
plies, which he had lost ? The dead-lock which he occasioned at that
time interfered with the discharge of public business for several weeks ;
and the public has not forgotten it, and would like to hear his reasons for
it. At the same time, it might not be amiss for Mr. Hiester to give us a
little light on his circular to the teachers, asking for their influence with
the Republican Convention to have him nominated as Sheriff. Mr.
Hiester is in an exceptionally good position for explaining himself, since
he has control of a newspaper and frequently blows his own trumpet
therein, to the edification of mankind. A few solid reasons for election-
eering among the teachers would give dignity to the circular, and, per-
haps, rally two or three votes to his support. But, in any case, Messrs.
Taylor and Hiester have the floor. What with cows already come, and
nominations that are to come ; what with purses of S250, offered to
somebody, and by no means lying around loose ; what with dead-locks
and the perpetual Ewald, there is the material for a little eloquence from
each of these gentlemen. We are all ready to hear them.
Martin Bulger, the efficient Superintendent of the Pacific Mail Com-
pany, is a rough diamond in his way, as everybody knows ; but he some-
times meets with his match. An employe", most industriously engaged in
painting the stern of one of the company's steamers, indulged himself in
whistling a lively air. Bulger was on the deck, and at a loss for some
time to tell where the souud came from. At last, discovering his man, he
said, brusquely, "Say, young fellow; do we pay you fur whistling?"
" No, sir, said the man ; " that's thrown in for nothing."
THE JUDGES OF OUR CRIMINAL COURTS.
Under the new Constitution the present classification of our Courts
is abolished. There will be no Municipal, Criminal or District Courts,
but all will be merged under the one general title of Superior Courts, for
which twelve Judges have to be chosen at the forthcoming election. The
fact ought not to be lost sight of, that two or three of the twelve require
to be specially qualified for the conduct of the city's criminal business.
Judge Blake, it is understood, declines to be renominated, which is to be
regretted, for he has made a careful, painstaking and firm expounder of
criminal law. It will be difficult to fill his position with an equally com-
petent official. Judge Ferral has been nominated by the Workingmen;
he will be indorsed by the Democrats, and in that event will be elected.
Judge Louderback, it is understood, will receive the Republican nomina-
tion, and good citizens of all parties will vote for him. His re-election
ought to be beyond a peradventure. He has filled the position of Police
Judge with great fidelity, and distinguished ability. The experience he
has gained must not be lost to the public service. No man has done such
service as he in dealing with the hoodlum and criminal classes. Firm,
resolute, and yet fair beyond question, he has proven himself the light
man in the right place. He ought to be one of the twelve Judges elected,
undoubtedly.
A child drank concentrated lye on Tuesday last, and died, poor little
thing. Patriotic citizens take theirs in every style — concentrated, diluted,
compounded, amalgamated and mixed — and it seems to make them fat,
which shows that patriotism has its uses.
WAKELEE'S AUREQLINE
Produces the Beautiful Golden Hair so Much Admired.
SUPERIOR TO TBE IMPORTED ARTICIE
—BY REASON OF ITS—
FKESHNESS AND CARE USED IN ITS PRODUCTION.
PRICE, LARGE BOTTLES. (J2.
Manufactured by H. P. WAKELEE * CO..
Montgomery and Rush streets, S. F.
Druggists, comer
[Aug. 2.
HEADQUARTERS DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE,
319 BUSH STREET,
Rooms Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
T. M. O'Connor, Secretary. [Aug. 2.] A. J. BRYANT, Chairman.
MITCHELL'S MAGIC LOTION.
Qnick and sure care for brnlses and sprains—relieves the
pain instantly ; perfectly harmless ; will prevent the eye turning dark after a
blow ; good for aching feet ; gives instant relief from soreness after horseback riding
or any over-exertion ; very serviceable as a gargle after speaking or singing. Mr. A.
W. Hussey, Stock Broker, says : "After my runaway accident, my eye was much
discolored and I could not bend my knee. The next day after using your Lotion, my
knee was as well as ever and the bruise marks nearly gone from the eye. It is won-
derful stuff and everybody ought to know about it." Sold by all Druggists and by
GEORGE H. MITCHELL, 507 California street. Price, 25 cents. Aug. 2.
HASTINGS' COLLEGE OF THE LAW.
Lectures for the Year 1879-80 will commence Ang-ust 7th,
1879, at the Assembly Rooms of Academy of Sciences, southwest corner of
California and Pine streets. The Middle Class will meet at 4 p.m. ; the Junior Class
will meet at 10 a.m. Examinations of applicants for admission to the Middle Class
and members of the present Class whose examination was postponed, will be held
Tuesday, August 5th, at the Pioneer Assembly Rooms. Gentlemen wishing to enter
either Class should apply to the Dean and Registrar, No. 2, Court Block, 636 Clay
street. * Aug. 2.
ZAMLOCK.
THAMES AND MERSEY MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY,
(Limited),
Of Liverpool, England.
Capital $10,000,000.
W. C. MARRISON, A.gent,
Aug. 2. 413 California street.
PIANOS AND ORGANS.
W S "1 4\4\ Pianos only §233.50: $370 Organs only $96.35;
M&JLjA"" §325 Organs only $73.75. Tremendous Reduction during the
Midsummer mouths. Having been elected Mayor of my city and intrusted with its
bonds should be sufficient proof of my responsibility. Latest Circulars and Illus-
trated Newspaper free. Address, DANIEL F. BEATTY,
Aug. 2. Washington, N. J.
DiviDEND~llOTiCE.
Office or tbe Bodie Consolidated Mining Company, Room
62, Nevada Block, Sail Francisco, July 10th, 1S79.— At a meeting of the Board
of Directors of the above-named Company, held this day, a Dividend (No. 1) of One
Dollar (SI) per share was declared, payable FRIDAY, August 1st, 1879. Transfer
books will be closed Friday, July 25th, 1879.
Aug. 2. WM. H. LENT, Secretary.
J.M.Neville. REMOVAL. Geo. H. Bryant.
BAGS, TENTS AND HOSE.
NEVILLE & CO.,
J'n.'s 31 and S3 California Street, S. t:. corner of Davis,
San Fhancisco. [Aug. 2.
MILLS' SEMINARY.
The next Term of (his well-known Institution will com-
mence on WEDNESDAY, Julv 30th, 1879. For Circulars, giving particulars,
address REV. C. T. MILLS,
Aug. 2. Mills' Seminary, Alameda county, California.
T
HAPPY CHILDREN.
be ro<*y-cheeked children ofSnu Francisco is the evidence
the JERSEY FARM DAIRY has of the purity and richness of its milk.
Au«\ 2. Citv Depot : 837 HOWARD STREET.
MADAME JULIA MELVILLE SNYDER,
&* A 6* Mason street, between Bush and Sutter.-- Vocal Music
\J_L*5 for Opera, Concert or Parlor. Piano and Elocution. Dramatic Elocution
and Voice Culture Specialties. Terms made known at residence. May 25.
Aug. 2, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
HONORABLE, HUMOROUS. HUMBUGGING BILKS.
A more pestilent gall wh never displayed than that of the BUk
organ and it* party. tlTancing for a moment at the prim humor of nomi-
nating a land monopolist on an uti*mrmopoly platform, one i* next struck
with the glaring Inoonaifttanoy exhibited in selecting u candidates f"r
office men who were Mowed opponents of the New Constitution. Of
course these jwrverts avow their reoonatrnction. but like the cry of "any-
Ihing to beat Grant" such tactics seem like "anything to get office."
Tlon their daim "f pOSMSsing all the virtue extant perhaps does not run
counter to the true inwardness of a party which professes its willingness
to share everything belonging to everybody else. It must be amusing to
BepobUaana, Democrats and Workingmen to have themaolvea deuounced
as disreputable liars and scoundrels in one breath, and in the next to he
implored in the name of the American Eagle, Saint Patrick or any other
man, as they value their lives, their fortunes and sacred honors, to save
the country by voting the Bilk ticket. As for their Mongolphobia, that
deceives nobody. Poor, patient John has only to retaiu the Bilk "duds"
to force the party into liquidation in more senses than one. Your gain is
too transparent, good Bilks. " Thou hast pared thy wit o1 both sides, and
left nothing in the middle." Kearney has been " heard " several times
since the 7th of May, and the Sand-lot is not yet squelched. The Repub-
licans have vigorously bounced you out of camp, and the fierce Democ-
racy have decapitated your ticket. There was an instance once where a
headless rooster existed for sometime, but it was also a fact that he was
neither ornamental nor useful. Now this party of Headless Roosters, it
will be found, made a mistake in living after they should have died.
There is yet time to rectify the omission, but in any event the Bilks will
bilk only themselves. They are too well known to make anything else
THE "LOTTA FOUNTAIN."
Among the many striking displays of taste and skill of which San
Francisco may justly boast, the most remarkable is, beyond question, the
"Lotta Fountain." The design of the structure was very bad — it could
hardly have been worse — but so long as its color was dull brown, or a far-
away imitation of bronze, its defects were scarcely noticed ; now, how-
ever, since it has been painted in all the colors of the rainbow, with vari-
ations, its deformity has become painfully evident. The object in
painting the fountain like a barbers pole, "only more so," is a mystery.
Of course the painter was permitted to work his own sweet will in the mat-
ter, as no sane and sober man in authority could ever have instructed
him to do what he has done ; and the question arises, why did he adopt
the harlequin style? It may be that he was a man of taste, and that he
intended to bring upon the fountain the ridicule it richly deserves ; or,
perhaps, he felt sure that such a monstrosity would not be endured, and
that he would be called upon to re-paint it, thus securing another profitable
piece of advertising. Perhaps the intention was merely to perpetrate a huge
practical joke at the expense of the residents of the city ; but if that was
the idea, the painter has abused the license awarded to practical jokers.
At all events, although the fountain, in its present condition, would be a
great success in Central Africa or the Fiji Islands, or, possibly, among
remote tribes of North American Indians, it can only excite ridicule
where it is, and give strangers visiting the city the impression that the
taste of our people is peculiar, to say the least. It is safe to say that
nothing to be -compared with this fountain, as it now appears, can be
found in any other city in the civilized world ; and the sooner some
painter, less gifted than the genius last engaged upon it, is employed to
re-paint it, and return it, as far as possible, to its former state of semi-
obscurity, the better.
TREASURERS ANNUAL REPORT.
Treasurer Hubert has filed his annual report in the office of the
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors. The Treasurer says : The amount of
money on hand this year shows a larger balance then ever before, which
is accounted for by the fact that all outstanding loans have been called in.
The statement of receipts and disbursements is as follows :
heceipts. .
Balance to credit of City and County on June 30, 1878 $425,771 24
Receipts during the year. . . , . 6,775,518 08
Total $7,251,287 32
DISBURSEMENTS.
Demands paid during the year 5,528,352 71
Credit balance $1,722,936 61
In conclusion, the Treasurer says: "It gives me pleasure to report
that I have been able to call in bonds of different issues for surrender, and
it is to be regretted that all the bonds issued by this city and county
under the different Acts passed by the different Legislatures are not issued
on the same principle. It would save the city and county considerable
money, which now always has to be provided for and paid out for interest
due semi-annually.
THAT CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Committee appointed by Congress to inquire into the causes
of the depression in trade and industry, began its initial labors in Chicago
on the 28th ultimo, and if one were to judge by the telegrams, the afore-
said committee is simply being made the means of puffing the unparalleled
prosperity of the metropolis of the lakes, and advertising its altogether
superlative advantages to the outside barbarians of the Union. Every-
thing is couleur de rose, as might be expected in such a phenomenally
gigantic city, which counts New York and St. Louis as mere suburbs, to say
nothing of JDuluth. It is, of course, nothing to the point to say that New
York and Boston hold a death-grip (otherwise yclept mortgage) upon all
that is worth owning in Chicago, and that the debts arising from a certain
conBagration some years ago have not yet been wiped out. Indeed, one
brash farmer asserted that all the farms in Wisconsin were mortgaged to
their full value, and we believe a similar state of affairs would be shown
to exist in Illinois if the average Chicagoan did not have such a (perhaps
natural) antipathy to telling the truth. For boldly asserting and plausi-
bly maintaining a transparency, we commend Chicago to the world, and
confidently expect on Judgment Day to see its people classified amongst
the goats. We, of course, will be found amongst the sheep. That com-
mittee must change its ground speedily or degenerate into an advertising
medium for Chicago. P. S. — No charge for this " ad."
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVALS AND CLEARANCES AT THK PORT OP SAN FRANCISCO, FOR
__ THE WEEK ENDING ACQ, 1, 1879.
ARRIVALS.
J'ly 26
.. ar
.. 2
. %
.. 2ll
.. 31
Aug 1
Biirk Duncraig.
si'i- Oolima.
ship Qilroy.
ship New xork.
Ship Choosoborough.
Ship Templar.
Ship Hospodar
HA8TBB.
Storm .. ...
So ii i<.' .
Leslie .....
Butrhefi ...
Dinsmore. .
Armstrong
Whitmnre .
CLEARANCES.
WllKKK ritOM.
Bydneg . , .
Panama ...
Dundee .. .
Liverpool. . ,
Callao ,
New York.
Newcastle..
CON8IONKKS.
Parrot & Co.
Williams, Blanchard & Co.
Henry Lund.
Dickson, DeWolf & Co.
A. ChccsebtirniiLTh.
Williams, Blanchard &Co.
Dickson, Do Wolf & Co.
DATK.
VESSEL.
MASTER.
WHERE BOUND.
BY WHOM CLEARED.
J'ly 28
.. 28
.. 28
.. 2S
Scabury ....
Dawes
Brown
Trask
Tavlor ,
Baraloux...
Tliorndyke. .
Bark
Queenstown . .
S. J. deGuat'e
Williams, Blanchard &Co.
0. W. McNear.
Schleiden & Scholle.
Ship Matchless
.. 29
.. 30
Ship Bohemia
Queenstown...
Victoria ....
Queenstown...
Melbourne ...
Tahiti
Yokohama
Queenstown . .
Parrot & Co,
Williams, Blanchard & Co.
.. 30
.. 31
.. 31
Bark Delphine Metallic
Dempster & Keys.
Aug; 1
.. 1
.. 1
St'r City of Peking
Ship Baring Brothers. .
Ship Francis Thorpe..
Williams, Blanchard & Co.
Rodgera, Meyer & Co.
G. W. McNear.
TO MEDICAL MEN.
A man named J. Linstrom Burrows, or J. Burrows Linstrom, is go-
ing around among medical men inquiring as to their diplomas, and creat-
ing the impression that he is so employed by the News Letter. We repu-
diate him. He is not authorized by us, and we know of no good purpose
that can be promoted by what he is about. Medical men should show
him the door without ceremony, for he has no authority to busy himself
about affairs in which he has no concern ; and when he does, he obviously
raises the presumption that he has a motive, which is probably not a dis-
interested one. The police are now actively engaged in enforcing the
anti-quackery law, and they are doing it, we believe, with reasonable effi-
ciency. To them the work properly belongs. They are very capable of
carrying it on without the interference of this questionable busybody.
We recommend them to make strict inquiries into the doings of this man
Burrows, with a view to learn whether or not he is legitimately making
money by his interference in what is exclusively their business. We shall
be glad to hear from medical men upon whom he may call, and will take
care that his doings are duly investigated. We have some good reasons
for these suggestions. Burrows is of middle hight, with sandy colored
hair, and whiskers.
Business continues to be depressed, with the exception of the jobbing
trade for the interior. The Commercial Herald calls attention to the
remarkable contrast between this state of things and the activity which
prevails in New York, and can see no valid reason for the stagnation on
this side. Is not the lack of competition one among several reasons? If
we had a Boston and a Philadelphia pushing us hard, should we not be
more wide-awake and more energetic ? There has been something of an
improvement in miscellaneous stocks, and prices are rather on the rise.
Mining stocks are variable, with smaller transactions. Money is plenty,
with rates unchanged — 9@12, nominally. The Herald undertakes to teach
the Cincinnati Enquirer the difference between real money and fictitious ;
a fruitless task, fur the Enquirer belongs to the class of journals which
love to argue wrong-end-first. A banker's daughter runs away with his
coachman, after resumption ; therefore, resumption made her run away.
The Enquirer talks foolishly of finance, after resumption ; therefore, be-
cause of resumption. But to admit this were to fly in the face of nature,
which denied the Enquirer a commodity of brains.
The "Templar's " long and perilous voyage of 320 days from New
York has finally terminated by her arrival here July 31st. She belongs,
we believe, to the Bellingham Bay Coal Company, having been purchased
soon after leaving New York: In the north Atlantic the Templar expe-
rienced very heavy weather, receiving damages that compelled her to put
into Rio for repairs. While there the captain was taken with the yellow
fever and nine of the crew died of it. After the recovery of the captain
and the ship had received necessary repairs she resumed her voyage for
this port. When but a few deys out from Rio the " yellow jack again
made its appearance, this time Captain Armstrong, his wife and daugh-
ter, and several of the crew being very sick with it. The captain's wife
and two seamen died and were buried at sea. In addition to all this mis-
fortune, June 24th the first mate fell overboard and was drowned. The
vessel has now been quarantined and will be thoroughly ventilated and
fumigated before coming to the wharf.
During the week there have been large sales of Gas from 88 to 90,
and now 90£ is bid, without finding sellers. The stock of the Bank of
California has also been freely dealt in, and is in demand at 69$ as we
write, in anticipation of the effect of the proposed reduction of her capi-
tal stock from 85,000.000 to $3,000,000. The stock of the National Gold
Bank and Trust Company is offered freely at 55 without finding buyers ;
whilst that of the two other local banks, the " Pacific " and the First Na-
tional, is freely sought for, but as there are only about twenty stockhold-
ers in the list of each of these two corporations, it is easy to see that the
stock is very difficult to buy, and equally so to sell. Spring Valley Water
stock is offered rather freely at §83£. There is a large amount of money in
private hands seeking employment, but holders are very cautious in the
selection of collaterals.
The Great Chiarini Circus opens shortly. A treat is in store for all
circus-goers, who well know Mr. Chiarini's wonderful faculty of horse
training, as well as the great aggregation of talent he presents.
Conservatory Pianos, $250. 200 Post street, corner of Dupont.
SA_T FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Aug. 2, ?879.
THE LITTLE WOMAN.
Don't talk to me of OlyrapuB' maids,
"Divinely tall and fair" —
Of Cleopatra's imperial form,
Of Juno's stately air.
Those miffbty dames, with redoubted names,
May erst have held their sway:
'Tis the little woman — bless her heart!
Who rules the world to-day.
With her wilful, winsome way3,
Her artful, artless smiles —
Her airy grace, and her fairy face —
Her wisdom, wit and wiles,
She mocks the pride and she sways the strength,
She bends the will of man,
As only such a despotic elf —
A little woman — can.
Though her pathway may lead through the darkest ways,
She always finds a light ;
Though her eyes be dazzled by fortune's rays,
She's sure to see aright ;
Though her wisdom be of no special school,
Her logic "just because" —
The first has settled a kingdom's fate,
The last has made its laws.
'Tis the little woman that goes ahead
When men would lag behind,
The little woman who sees her chance,
And always knows her mind —
Who can slyly smile as she takes the oath
To honor, love, obey,
And mentally add the saving clause,
"In a little woman's way."
Would the diamond seem such a perfect gem
If it measured one foot round ?
Would the rose-leaf yield such a sweet perfume
If it covered yards of ground?
Would the dew-drops seem so clear and pure
If dew like rain should fall?
Or the little woman be half so great
If she were six feet tall ?
'Tis the hand as soft as the nestling bird
That grips the grip of steel ;
"Tis the voice as low as the Bummer wind
That rules without appeal ;
And the warrior, scholar, the saint and sage,
May fight and plan and pray,
The world will wag till the end of time
In the little woman's way.
THE EX-KHEDIVE OF EGYPT.
The following extract from a private letter has been sent to us, and
will be interesting to our readers:
" My dear , . . . Before leaving Egypt, of course I went to
see the Khedive— the ex-Khedive as he is now. Subsequent events have
made the interview interesting, so I will send you my notes of it. It was
two days after Mr. Vivian, before going on leave, had told Pharaoh that
he (Vivian), speaking quite unofficially and as a true friend, was sure that
abdication was a necessity if he wished to avoid deposition and keep the
rule in his family. It was the day before M. Trieou conveyed the same
idea, by no means in the same friendly language, and without the same
justification of old and pleasant acquaintance ; so I fell upon troublous
times. I was not kept long waiting at the palace. Bankers, or people
who in Egypt are called by courtesy bankers, were hanging about, but I
was received at once. There was the same pleasant smile, the same em-
pressemcnt, the same cordial greeting ; but the ex-Khedive looked worried
and his face at first was very grave. You know what he is like, I have
often told you: a little man, middle aged, dressed in a black official coat,
black trowsers, and a red fez, stout, short-necked, with big ears, and a
very plain face until he begins to talk, and then the intelligence makes
you forget the plainness, and you go away thinking him good-looking.
He produced cigars from his breast-pocket, called for coffee, and settled
himself down for a talk on the sofa by the window, taking even more care
than usual that he should have the light at his back. Nobody was in the
room save ourselves. We first talked of his palaces. He said he lived in
the country at Gizeh Palace, but he came into town for business ; his
work was long and hard, he added — he began at 6 and ended at midnight
— but ' short sleep means good sleep.' When I said G-izeh was very pretty
and ought to be very camfortable, he said it was ; but he grumbled bit-
terly at the cost of it. All the palaces, he said, took a lot of money and
returned nothing. The grounds of the Gezireh garden he had partly con-
verted into a kitchen garden to lessen the cost, and he had got rid of all
his wiUi beasts there. (Some of them starved first for want of food).
Gizeh cost him annually above £9,000 more than its cultivated land
yielded. 'And the figure was right,' he added; 'I examined the ac-
counts like a chef comptabh de premier force.' ' It was machinery that did
it,' he added ; and he doubted whether steam pumps, with their cost of
maintenance, were advisable at all in Egypt. And then he got on to one
of his great hobbies, irrigation and agricultural progress in Egypt. High-
level canals tapping the Nile in Upper Egypt, and a vast barrage at the
head of the Delta, spreading the waters all over the Nile valley, would,
he said, double the productiveness of the country; 'bais comment faire,
mon cher, l'argent manque,' he ended with a sigh ; and his face grew
grave and he smoked hard and silently. In a minute or two he began
again, talking rapidly and filling up the gaps when his French failed him
with his well-known 'comme 91, comme 9a,' etc. It was Gordon now he
talked of, ' the greatest and best of my officials.' News of the final sup-
pression of the slave-dealers who were in revolt in the Bahr Gazelle dis-
trict had just reached him by telegraph from Khartoum, and he was de-
lighted. Then he told me anecdotes of Gordon's bravery: how he never
went armed, and how once he went into the camp of the Darfur King to
parley and refused any guard whatever: ' Et il avait raison ; c'est 1'audace
qui gagne ; depuis lors personne n'ose le toucher.' When I chimed in
with the commonplace that just confidence in oneself was a great force,
he replied with a sigh: ' A quoi bon cette confiance en soi, mon cher, quand
vous avez tout le monde contre vous— il vous faut aussi des bommes et de
l'argent.' He then changed the talk to Zululand, and made me describe
minutely the cause of quarrel, the number of men engaged, the position
of the territory, and so on. Next he went to Afghanistan, and asked if
the fighting was really finished. Then he passed to Burmah, and seemed
surprised when I said there was nothing in that 'scare.' After thinking
a little, he said: " Yes, but you have too many colonies ; they are a weak-
ness ;' and when I assured him all sensible English folk would have no
more, he laughed and replied that that was all very well, but then I was
in the Opposition at home, and it was not the Opposition that would de-
cide. ' But you are quite right to criticise,' he added, ' and abuse all ag-
gression as unjust.' And then he ended the audience. I went next day
by invitation to breakfast with him ; but between the two interviews,
M. Trieou, the French Consul-General, had been and told him his abdica-
tion was necessary. This was the second warning. He was almost ab-
solutely silent ; ate little and only drank water ; and as I took leave he
apologised for his silence, saying he was busy and preoccupe.
That is the last I shall ever see of Ismail Pasha. A week afterward
his son was reigning in hiB stead."
BANKS.
THE BANK DF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO,
Capital $5,000,000
WM. ALVOB0 President.
THOMAS BROWN, Cashier | B. AEtTRBAT, Jr., Ass't Cashier
Agents :
New York, Agency of the Bank of Calfornia ; Boston, Tremont National Bank
Chicago, Union National Bank; St. Louis, Boatman's Saving Bank; New Zealand,
the Bank of New Zealand ; London, China, Japan, India and Australia, the Oriental
Bank Corporation.
The Bank has Agencies at Virginia City and Gold Hill, and Correspondents in all
the rincipal Mining Districts and Interior Towns of the Pacific Coast.
Letters of Credit issued, available in all parts of the world. Draw direct on Lon-
don, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Bremen, Hamburg, Frankfort-on-the-Main, Antwerp,
Amsterdam, St. Petersburg, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Christiana, Locarno, Mel-
bourne, Sydney, Auckland, Hongkong, Shanghai, Yokohama. Nov, 4.
FIRST NATIONAL GOLD BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Paid up Capital 93,000,000, Gold. President, B. C. Wool-
worth ; Vice-President, D. Callaghan ; Cashier, E. D. Morgan.
Directors :— R. C. Woohvorth, D. Callaghan, C. G. Hooker, C. Adolph Low, Peter
Donahue, Isaac Wormser, Edward Martin, James Moffitt, N. Van Bergen.
Correspondents — London : Baring Bros. & Co. Chartered Mercantile Bank of In-
dia, London and China. Dublin : Provincial Bank of Ireland. Hamburg : Hesse,
Neuman&Co. Paris: Hottinguer& Co. NewYork: National Bank of Commerce. Bos-
ton : Blackstone National Bank. Chicago : First National Bank. This Bank is pre-
pared to transact a general Banking business. Deposits in Gold, Silver and Currency
received subject to check or on special deposit. Exchange for sale on the principal
cities of the United States, Great Britain, Ireland and the Continent. Commercial
Credits issued available in Rurope, Ch_a and Japan. Collections attended to and
prompt returns made at the lowest market rates of Exchange. Jan. 19.
BANK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.
Incorporated by Boyal Charter.— Capital paid ap, $1,800,-
000, with power to increase to $10,000,000. Southeast corner California and San-
somestreets. Head Office— 28 Comhill, London. Branches — Portland, Oregon; Vic-
toria, New Westminster and Cariboo, British Columbia.
This Bank transacts a General Banking Business. Accounts opened subject to Check
and Special Deposits received. Commercial Credits granted available in all parts of
the world. Approved Bills discounted and advances made on good collateral security.
Draws direct at current rates upon its Head Office and Branches, and upon its Agents
as follows :
NewYork, Chicago and Canada— Bank of Montreal; Liverpool— North and South
Wales Bank ; Scotland— British Linen Company ; Ireland— Bank of Ireland ; Mex-
ico and South America — London Bank of Mexico and South America ; China and
Japan— Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, and Oriental Bank ; Australia
and New Zealand — Bank of Australasia, Commercial Banking Company of Sydney,
and English, Scottish and Australian Chartered Bank.
May 18. FREDERICK TOWNSEND, Manager.
LONDON AND SAN FRANCISCO BANK, LIMITED.
Capital, 95,000,000, of which $3,000,000 is fully paid up as
present capital. Reserve Fund, §360,000. San Francisco Office, 424 Califor-
nia street ; London Office, 22 Old Broad street. Manager, ARTHUR SCRIVENER ;
Cashier, WILLIAM STEEL. London Bankers, Bank of England and London Joint
Stock Bank ; New York,- Drexel, Morgan & Co. ; Boston, Third National Bank.
This Bank is prepared to transact all kinds of General Banking and Exchange Busi-
ness in London and San Francisco, and between said cities and all parts of the
world. March 30.
THE NEVADA BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO.
Capital Paid TTp $10,000,000.
Keserve.TT. S. Bonds 3,600,000.
Agency at New York. 62 Wall street.
Agency at Virginia, Nev.
Buys and sells Exchange and Telegraphic Transfers. Issues Commercial and Trav-
elers* Credits. This Bank has special facilities for dealing in Bullion. July 5.
THE GERMAN SAVINGS AND LOAN SOCIETY.
Deutsche Spar and Xelhbanh, No 526 California street, San
Francisco. Officers : President, L. GOTTIG. Board of Directors.— Fred.
Roeding, Chas. Kohler, Dan. Meyer, Edw. Kruse, George H. Eggers, N. Van Bergen,
H. L. Simon, Claus Spreckels. Secretary, GEO. LETTE ; Attorney, JOHN R.
JARBOE. May 18.
SECURITY SAVINGS BANK.
GUARANTEE CAPITAL, $300,000.
Officers: President, John Parrott ; Vice-President, Jerome
Lincoln ; Secretary, W. S. Jones ; Attorney, Sidney V. Smith. Loans made on
Real Estate and other Approved Securities. Office : No. 215 Saneome street, San
Francisco. Oct. 14.
BRITISH BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF CAL.
Attendance, daily, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., by the nnder-
aigned, to receive subscriptions and donations, and to furnish all information
relating to the Society. J- P. McCURRIE, Secretary,
Oct. 23. 730 Montgomery street.
Aug. 2, 1879.
CAtlFORNIA ADVERTISER.
'ALT A
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE EDITOR OF THE
CALIFORNIA,' SAN FRANCISCO.
Nkw York. July 10th. 1879.
Dear Sir : — I have read with much iiiiimbn your adttoruu «>f Tuesday,
July Nth, hooded " M. L«mpi and hia Proposed Canal." You Beam to
liavt- put aside the good rasulta to flow toward your nun State and your
mm country l>y the construction of the Darian Canal, simply to deal in a
paraonal attack upon a man of M. Leasep's distinguished position, The
world at large, a* yon know and understand, accepts individuals and en-
tarptiast by the success that accompanies them. Kven admitting that M.
Lesse m might have concei veil the project of the Sues Canal, from the
fact that earlier races had already been engaged in a similar work with
less extensive length and less cause for commercial facilities ; even admit-
ting that he was opposed by the strongest European Governments from
political suspicions and objections, and that the interests which aided its
completion almost despaired of success ; still he risked his reputation,
and accepted the doubts of the selfish and short-sighted diplomats and
business men as only incentives to the prosecution of the work. The very
nation that feared political drawbacks lias become the chief patron, and
this great work. i. e>, Suez Canal, has changed the entire character of her
marine, with attending advantage* to other countries nil over the globe, and
made Kgypt the gateway to the Indies, and placed Eugland in the fore-
ground as the barrier to the Russian advancement for the control of more
territory.
Do you suppose that the projected railway from Syria to the Indies,
with Cyprus as a monitor, would have been proposed unless the Suez Ca-
nal had changed the relations of the countries bordering on the Indian
Ocean to the varied interests of the European continent? Do you sup-
pose that England alone is to be bene6tted by this grand onward march
of civilization and the material development of sections of a continent
which the Monroe doctrine forbids us to join in, but does not interfere
with our competing for a portion of the trade? If our peacefulness de-
pends upon distance from such an enterprise, possibly we may be gener-
ous and let other countries enjoy the profitable results of any trade flow-
ing from an investment of capital, that our Monroe doctrine induces us to
keep here.
When you take up a theme like the " Darien Canal," and make it the
cause for creating personal and national prejudice against a man whose
zeal and persistency have overcome obstacles, and invited the most
thoughtful reflections upon the future political interests and conflicts in
connection with the Government near to and far away from the Suez Ca-
nal, I fear you are losing that manliness of action and freedom of thought
that gave your paper its position during the memorable Vigilance Com-
mittee days of 1856. You object to Mr. Lesseps' route for the Darien
Canal, and almost demand that our Government should resist its con-
struction because the money expended by our Government in surveying
for a route has not been considered aa an equivalent for the selection of
that preferred by our officers. If our Congress for years has been op-
posed to any appropriations for internal improvements, by which our own
people were to be benefitted, do you suppose they will appropriate money
either for their own offices or Mr. Lesseps to build the Darien Canal ?
If the capitalists of our country would invest no money in the Suez Ca-
nal because it was too far away, and our far-seeing merchants ridiculed
its construction because they saw no immediate use for it, you will soon
discover that they will take the same view of the Darien Canal, but, after
construction, will be delighted to use it and pay the transit fees, because
it will be economy for them to do it. If your Monroe Doctrine means
that at some future time the Americans (of the Unitad States) are to ex-
tend their domain to Patagonia, I do not think you are wrong in protest-
ing against Mr. Lessep's ambition.
If you believe that the enormous tonnage yet to seek the Pacific should
go via Cape Horn, because Mr. Lesseps, and those who accept his faith and
judgement, is and are willing to put up their money to carry out the pro-
ject, you also know that the tonnage will continue to pass around Cape
Horn, because neither tlie United States nor its people will subscribe. The
construction of the Panama Railroad is the best proof of that statement,
and in place of the men who gave their personal means, aided alone by
foreign capital, and their abilities, being honored by their country and its
people, as Lesseps has been throughout the continent, they are left to the
memory of their families only!
I suppose my old State has been benefitted by the Panama Railroad
Company to the same extent that Clipper ships via Cape Horn improved
upon ox-teams from the Mississippi River to San Francisco Bay ; to the
same extent that the Transcontinental Railway has advanced the State's
interests, and reacted in a similar measure upon the country this side of
the Sierra Nevadas — " the great American Desert!" The American Press
should rally to the support of Mr. Lesseps, and not intimate interference
unless the route laid down by our officers should be adopted: unless our
Congress and our people intend to construct it! Mr. Lesseps does not in-
tend to conciliate thiB country unless the finances of this country con-
tribute to the Canal, any more than you will concede your convictions in
the management or editorials of your paper unless the "marplots" pay
for it!
The construction of the Darien Canal means the conquest of Mexico!
It means the extension of the State of California, unless you prefer
Lower California to be under another local government. I do not believe
there are many Americans who would care about living south of Mexico,
if they knew as much about the country as some of us who have crossed
the narrow Central American strips of land. It will be a long time be-
fore this country need have any anxiety about any disregard for the
Monroe doctrine, and to insist that foreign Governments and foreign cap-
ital should respect it, simply means that we have or intend to establish
protectorates, which is not the policy of our Government or its people!
When you refer to the Canal as a "swindling scheme," you must remem-
ber that you have not surveyed all the routes, nor has the Canal been
finished and proved a failure ; and your words are mis-used and you mis-
lead the ignorant. You cast aside by such irrelevant language all the
future prospective good that will belong to your coast and your city by
the enormous increase of trade that will flow into your harbor from purely
economic reasons.
Every progressive step by labor or capital is a benefit to toe masses,
and, with the Darien Canal completed, San Francisco becomes to Asia
what New York is to Europe. Let De Lesseps' name be withdrawn from
the construction of the Darien Canal, and the project will fall as readily
to the ground as the Panama Railroad would have done save for the nerve,
resources and influence of Aspinwall and Chauncey.
Give your paper to Indorsement and not to carping! Respect the rapid
changes that are acting as ■ Revolution upon all obstructive rules and
policy. Let a future generation take care of the Monroe Doctrine, so far
as it relates to Central American countries, because, long before that
period arrives, our nation will have been tried by the forces Macauley has
predicted will arise, and, passing through them, we can dictate terms to
the stockholders of the Darien Canal, and De Lesseps will have been
glorified. Yours truly, Advocate.
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.Aug. 2, ?S79.
"PLEASURE'S WAND."
" "We Obey no "Wand but Pleasure's."— Tom Moore.
Baldwin's Theater. — So much has been said about the merits of
Steele Mackaye's play of Won at Last, that its production was awaited
with curiosity. It enjoyed a long run at Wallack's, and was lately re-
vived at the opening of the author's own theater. It seems incredible
that the play at Baldwin's should be the same thing, for it possesses so
many faults that its success cannot be imagined. The subject is an ad-
mirable one. The story is that of a perfectly blase, phlegmatic man of
the world, who marries, at his dead father's testamentary request, a girl
who loves him passionately, and who believes her affection is returned.
On the wedding day the confiding girl discovers that her husband is per-
fectly indifferent to her, and her mental anguish is hightened by the ap-
pearance on the scene of a former Parisian mistress of bis, who has mar-
ried an American, and pursues him with her love. The gradual awaken-
ing of the better feelings of the man, hardened through attrition with the
world, the love for his wife, a noble and virtuous girl, which is slowly but
surely creeping into possession of his heart and soul, and the final happy
culmination, form a beautiful story, and one can easily imagine a good
play based upon it. But, as written by Steele Mackaye, it is absurd and
farcical. The lines are either stupid or ridiculous— some nf them so
much so that it is past belief that an educated, sensible being could ever
have written them. There is the usual American dramatist's error of
introducing exaggerated, impossible characters, but this seems to be the
peculiar idiosyncrasy of that class, and must be endured. Mr. Mackaye
pretends to follow the French school. This play is, in treatment, utterly
at variance with the teachings of that school. Plausibility and truth to
nature are cardinal principles with modern French writers, and these
canons are magni6cently violated in this play. Mr. Mackaye, with this
story, so pathetic and true, had an opportunity to write a good Ameri-jan
play, but failed to grasp it. I cannot believe that, in its present dress.^
with its childish," idiotic lines and ridiculous business, Won at Last passed
the gauntlet of New York critics. And still an evening passed at this
theater is a very enjoyable one. The stock company is an admirable one,
and in the last play some of the talented members have good opportuni-
ties. Won at Last was excellently well acted. Miss Cogblan, as the
heroine, was all that the most captious critic could desire. In the first
act the girlish, inexperienced confidence she feels in a perpetual honey-
moon, and the true modesty of her manner and demeanor, were admira
bly portrayed. The next act allots to her conflicting emotions difficult to
represent. The struggle between the dignity and pride of the woman,
the trampled-upon but still existing love, is one requiring talent and
intelligence to depict. By simply saying that Miss Coghlan fills every
requirement of the role, all possible praise is awarded. Every new char-
acter this lady appears in substantiates the opinion expressed at her first
appearance — that she is by far the best actress in her line that ever came
to this city. O'Neill has a rather thankless character on his hands, but
plays it in his usual manly style. This gentleman is doing intelligent,
conscientious work now, a strong contrast with his former careless, don't-
care way. • Jennings played the character of an old Professor with rare
delicacy. It is a part suited to his prominent peculiarities of voice and
manner, and this, coupled with true artistic acting, formed a very satis-
factory picture. The little scene at the return of his supposed lost-at-sea
son was a touching bit of pathos. Miss Corcoran surprised the audience
again by her clever rendition of the Frenchwoman, "Mrs. Bunker." The
vernacular was properly pronounced and spoken, and the dialect faithful
to nature. This little lady is brim-full of talent, which is rapidly matur-
ing. The house was good on the opening night, and ought to continue
so, for Miss Coghlan's acting is a rare treat, and it is to be feared she
will leave us soon. The New Babylon is underlined.
Bush-Street Theater. — The strong hold that variety entertainments
have on a majority of our people is well evidenced by the throngs that
nightly fill this theater. Tony Pastor has brought with him a company
which, iu its peculiar bine, is truly an admirable one. To me there is a
certain sameness and staleness about all the jokes and acts of perform-
ances of this character ; but, after all, what is the difference if one laughs.
It is better in all things to refrain from analyzing the causes that move
our feelings or emotions and accept the effects. For the appreciation of
the fun and humor of a variety show, no particular amount of inherent
intelligence or of momentary mental taxation is necessary. In this way
it has attractions for both the refined and vulgar. To the latter it is the
quintessence of fun and amusement ; it is wit to the hight of their un-
derstanding. To the intelligent and intellectual it is a relaxation from
the mental activity and worry co-existing with a highly developed condi-
tion of the brain. In this must lie the causes of the popularity of variety
performances in this country — popularity so great that managers become
very rich, and song and dance and speciatty people command salaries that
are ridiculous in their magnitude. In this troupe there are some very
clever people who deserve special mention. George Thatcher is a droll
and humorous genius. He tells his jokes and anecdotes in such a dry,
mirth-provoking way, that he is nightly received with shouts of laughter
and applause. The French sisters please through very pretty faces and
skillful manipulation of the clogs. Bryant and Hoey, who are old favor-
ites, repeat their laughable musical act in a slightly altered form. The
troupe is strong in Irish dialect artists ; the two teams, Sheehan and
Jones and Kelly and Ryan, being very clever in their particular line.
Tony Pastor himself sings the usual kind of songs, the merit of which
lies solely in their perfect {if I can coin a word) apropos-ness. The bill is
to be changed weekly, and several novelties are in reserve. Political al-
lusions are hardly in place on the stage, and such idiotic gags as some of
the performers indulged in during the week should be excised by the
stage-manager.
The Fourteenth Industrial Exhibition of the Mechanics' Institute
will be opened on Tuesday next, August 5th, at 2 P.M., by Exercises at
the Grand Opera House, Mission street. The public is learning to expect
these displays every year, and to count upon them for a season of mingled
pleasure and improvement ; and there is every reason to believe that the
attendance at the opening will be worthy of the untiring exertions of the
managers. The programme includes an address by the President, music
and singing, a poem by Miss Julia C. Jones, an oration by Dr. Guard,
and an Exhibition March, composed for the occasion.
Standard Theater. — The revival of Diplomacy has undoubtedly been
a judicious move in the history of this theater. The audiences have been
large and seemingly well pleased. This play is without exception one of
the strongest comedies on the modern stage. It is admirably constructed,
the different incidents, exciting and interesting as they are, seem so true,
and follow in such natural sequence, that the whole play is as a picture
from real life. The easy, conversational tone is the one that this tri-
umph of Sardou's ingenuity requires for proper development and execu-
tion. The great merits of the performance given by the Montague party
was in the proper appreciation of that fact. The tout-ensemble of that
troupe wa3 perfect. The present combination lacks this feature, but
makes up a little for it by the stronger individualization of some of the
characters. This performance is deprived of the care and finish of the
other party, but is, nevertheless, very creditable. The compliments and
favors that have been showered upon Miss Lewis for her impersonation of
the " Countess Zicka " have produced the usual result of exaggerated
praise. In her efforts to improve a good piece of actiug she has only suc-
ceeded in making more prominent those particular points that were the
blemishes of the former representations. In tone and gesture she is now
at times extremely exaggerated, and her play of features has become, if I
can so express it, more sardonic. All these defectsare of a nature that per-
mits of easy improvement, especially at the hands of a woman of talent,
and no one can deny Miss Lewis' claims to this title. The principal char-
acteristics of poor Montague's acting were a certain indescribable aristo-
cratic ease and gentlemanly self-possession that was very agreeable to be-
hold. If the part assumed by him required such points, it was a success-
ful piece of acting ; if not, it was then readily seen that Montague was
but an indifferent actor. His " Julian Beauclerc " was, taken all in all, a
charming picture, but lacked the essential of manliness. His emotion, as
portrayed in the great trio scene of the second act, was weak and effemi-
nate. Mr. Piercy's conception and carrying out of the character is a
decidedly preferable one. More particularly in the above mentioned
Bcene does a comparison inure to his credit. The grief and sorrow ex-
perienced by a man wounded in his love and honor is depicted by Mr.
Piercy in a manly, honest way, pity -inspiring" in its truthfulness to na-
ture. If study can efface two faults that this actor is afflicted with, he
has undoubtedly a promising future. These faults are : a too marked
self-consciousness that imposes itself, and a nasal twang, noticeable only
when the pitch of the voice is raised. Mr. Max Freeman plays " Stein "
with all the ability and talent this genial actor possesses. In all the de-
tails and adjuncts, Mr. Freeman gives evidence of intelligent study and
proper discrimination. At his hands the character receives all the atten-
tion possible, and becomes one of the most prominent figures in the play.
The audience nightly testify their appreciation by a recall to Mr. Free-
man. All the other characters are in good hands. The setting of the
play is neat and tasty. The children's Pinafore is still produced in the
afternoons to fair houses. It might be proper to suggest to Mr. Keene
that in polite society it is not customory upon introduction to a lady to
encircle her waist familiarly.
California Theater. — Aimee and her company have produced, since
last issue, La Marjolaine and Mme. Favart. The Alice Oates troupe
familiarized us with some of the beauties of the former operetta, but, as
usual, failed to give us the correct thing. This work of Lecocq's is replete
with pretty airs and elaborate instrumentation. Though this company is
musically weak, it is so strong from a point of view of acting, that that
weakness is lost sight of in the admirable tout ensemble presented. Little
Beaudet was as cute and cunning as ever. The peculiar charm of this
little girl lies in the combination of perfect youth in appearance, with
great maturity in the rouerie and chic of a bouffe actress. That she is a
pupil of Aime"e is evident from her every move and gesture. Aim^e, her-
self, was at her best, and sang the "Un petit sou " plaintively and pa-
thetically. The admirable acting of Mezieres and Duplan made this pro-
duction greatly the best so far. They are both good comedians. Mezieres,
in his line of character impersonations, stands very high, and there are
but few actors on our own stage his equal. A good word is deserved, as
usual, by Juteau Jouard, the latter for his acting only, as his singing is
anything but artistic. The voice is hard and flat, and shows great ten-
dency to getting out of tune. Mme. Favart is Offenbach's latest composi-
tion. Annoyed and aggravated by the success of Leeocq, who, through
richness of melody and elaboration of harmony, had entirely supplanted
him, he sought to reassert his rights and regain his position by the com-
position of this operetta. It is an evident attempt at the comparative
higher style of opera bouffe music, but is, as such, a failure. Offenbach's
peculiar talent is the writing of rollicking bouffe tunes, coarse and vulgar,
musically speaking, and admirably adapted to the text set to them. Here
and there sprinkled among his many operas you will find bits of delicious
harmony classically pure, but they are few and far between. In 1866 he
made an attempt at something of a higher order, and composed Robinson
Crusoe. This contained some pretty numbers, but as a whole, proved
that he could not cope with the requirements of opera comique. Addi-
tional proof of this fact is given by the music of Mme. Favart. The few
things in it that are pretty are those composed in his old style, and they
are but sparse in number. The rest of the score is an imitation of Leeocq,
and a poor one. The subject of the opera is a rather interesting one. It
was admirably performed by this troupe. Aimee and Juteau sang their
respective parts neatly and acted them well. The latter remark can be
applied also to Jouard. Mezieres gave another one of his remarkable
characterizations as "PontsableV' His impersonation of the senile, de-
crepit, but still lecherous old man, was an artistic performance. It was
actually disgusting in its apparent truthfulness. These two operas were
produced with all the wealth of costume this company possesses. They
are remarkable for beauty and elegance. La Boulangere a des Feus, was
played last night too late for review. Next week the bill is a varied one.
On Monday and Wednesday GirojU Girofia, on Tuesday Les Brigands, on
Friday La Belle Helene, and on Saturday Le Petit Faust. This will make
thirteen operas produced during this season — a rather extensive repor-
toire.
Opsra Bouffe Ball. — In New York the masked balls given every
year by the Avion Lieder Kranz and Cercle de VSarmonie are notable
events, looked forward to from season to season. The ball that takes
place next Thursday is of a similar character, and will undoubtedly have
the corresponding sweets. The rules adopted governing the maskers are
admirably adapted to further all jollity and fun. On the floor, masking
will be compulsory with the ladies and optional with the gentlemen. This
is a remarkable good feature of the ball. A woman under a mask adds to
Aug. 2, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
all her other charnu that of mysterv, anil tpvew Impetus to the mo«t agree-
able of tamtioiu imagination, Maniced, a man baonmea more heavy
mul kelpie*.*, an<l oata but a sorry figun -. Tin* above rale aiuarec
At the door, (fenUemen a minx io will be required t>> show their
-, bat tlu- masked secrecy of the ladfai wilt remain inviolate. The
armii^--ii,, nts for decoration, music, ^i;i>ikt, cloak moms, droning rooms,
etc., »-t.'., ur- all »f the st i*>rtV<jt kina. The music will boa particular
feature, ami tin- H-t large nml r>«omy. The scene will be a brilliant one.
All the pPStamw at tin- command of the different theater* will Ik- brought
inV> requisition. To many of us, who have silent winters in Paris or new
York, this hall hrimrs up jolly recollections of nights at the Qrand Opera
or Academy of Music. If the people out here would once get into the
habit of these things, they would wonder how they ever pot along without
them. So all of you bring costumes, and a general rendezvous is an-
nounced for next Thursday evening.
The Grand Complimentary Testimonial tendered by the legal
profession of San Enuidsco to the estimable gentleman and actor, Mr.
Samuel W.Piercy, is certainly the most notable theatrical testimonial
ever given in ti,i> city, inasmuch as this gentleman is almost a native of
this city, having arrived herewith his parents at the age of six months.
He is so widely and thoroughly known id San Francisco that words of
commendation seem almost superfluous. Mr. Piercv left us a mere
novice in the profession which he early espoused. He has returned
full of honors and with a reputation which has been fairly earned. He
will appear as " Fago" in Shakespeare's play of Othello, and the cast will
include Mr. T. W. Keene, Miss Jeffreys -Lewis and several members of
the legal profession, including Eugene N. Duprey, John M. Chretian,
Lueian Tewksbury and James H. Ryan. We feel assured in predicting
the Grand Opera House will be crowded on the evening of Friday, Au-
gust Sth, the time fixed for this grand testimonial. Miss Lilian Andrews
plays " Emelia" for Mr. Piercy's benefit.
Chit -Chat.
The Ballet girls for the new spectacle at Niblo's will be mostly Ital-
ians. They are already en route from Italy. ■■■— Capoul is advertised to
appear with Paola Marie September 11th, but his coming is still in doubt.
—Linda Dietz canceled her engagement at the Union Square to be near
her mother, who lives in ill-health in London. Miss Dietz will join the
Haymarket company.— — Boueicault makes occasional visits to Brighton
beach. ^— Henry Ward Beecher will lecture at Cape May.-^— Neilson
has been gambling at Monte Carlo.— —Joe Polk will have a new play on
the road next season.— Katheiine Kogers is spending the Summer on
Lon? Island with her four daughters, who are at school on the Hudson.
^—Raymond was so affected by the heat in New York recently that he
refused an offer to match half doll&rs. ^—Fatinitza is to be done in
Philadelphia by children.— Pearl Ey tinge will act a short engagement
in this city in September.— —ISAssommnir has been translated into Flem-
ish.—— Mapleson agrees to pay Gary $75,000 for five months.— Little
Willie Deutsch swears he will bring back Pat ti.— ■ Eastern papers pre-
dict that Currie, the Texas murderer, will never hang.— — When Sarah
Bernhardt stands alongside of David Davis she will look like a punbeam
shining upon a haystack.-^— Emmett and Mayo are big successes in Eng-
land.^— Henry Irving will not come to this country this season.— Alice
Harrison has received an offer in London and will remain there.— Sam.
Piercy may possibly belong to Steele Mackaye's Madison Square Thea-
ter next season. —Off the stage Juteau is a small, very dark-complex-
ioned man of 45.— Aimee is worth §200,000. After the local engage-
ment she returns to Europe. Her age is about 38.— The great attrac-
tion at the California for baldheads, etc., is the plump Chartre with the
rosebud mouth. ^^On the second night of La Grande Duchesse the role
of "Gen. Bourn" was assumed by Vinchon, the chorus-master of the
troupe, and he made an instantaneous and wonderful hit. It was an ad-
mirable effort.
BUSH STREET THEATER.
TONY PASTOR
AND HIS GREAT DOUBLE TROUPE!
Another Entire Change of Programme for Monday, August 4th.
&& MATINEES SATURDAY AT 2. -£»
Monday, August 11th, the G-reat JSurlesque,
CANAL BOAT PINAFORE.
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Will commence their lirsi season in San Francisco since
his return from his tour around the world on
THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 7TH.
—ON THE—
Mammoth Circus Zot, corner of Mission and Seventh Streets,
with thoGKEATEST AGGREGATION OF TALENT ever presented in this city. The
Company that will appear in this Great Show consists of EQUESTRIENNES,
EQUESTRIANS, ACROBATS and GYMNASTS, selected by Signor Chiarini from
among- the Best Talent to be found in Europe and America, and the
TRAINED ANIMALS,
consisting of Signor Giuseppe Chiarini's MAGNIFICENT STUD OF HORSES, which
have been the theme of universal admiration, augmented by the engagement of
Mr. G. Bartholomew's STUD OF MARVELOUS BRONCHOS.
PRICES Ol'1 ADMISSION:
Private Boxes, with Six Chairs 55. I Gallery 50 Cent
Dress Circle Chairs SI. | Children Half Price,
Seats can be Reserved without Extra Charge.
Performance Every Evening- at 8 o'clock.
MATINEES : Wednesday and Saturday Afternoons at 2 o'clock.
pg~ Doors open one hour previous to the commencement of the performance.
[August 2.]
COMPLIMENTARY TO MR. PIERCY.
San Francisco. July _»:m, IS79.— Samuel W. Piercy, Esq.**
UUR Sift ; Understanding thai rou are about to rattirn to the Eastern States
tofuiflila professional engagement, Hio nndcrsljrned, members o! the bar of Ban
Francisco, desire to testify to vou Uralr appreciation of she Industry, ambition and
patient study which have brought to deserved prominence as mi actor, one who first
ml iptod the law as i pursuit We remember with pleasure your debut as "Iago," and
respectfully request you Lo repeal Lha performance at an early day, that wo and the
public may lubstanuallj express our appreciation <<f your merit as an actor and your
character as a man Tours, etc,
\V, 11 1, R.mixkh, GkohkK O. \V. IIOOB, JOSBPII NArilTALLY,
Gkokqk f. Sharp, it. il. Lloyd, Jos w. Wixanb,
E c. Marshall, Hall McAlustisr, Josr F. Godoy,
Walter F. Lkvy, And fifty-three others.
REPLY.
Gbntlrmbx:— Allow mo to express my heart-felt thanks from your complimentary
letter. 1 am happy in your favorable upiiii.ni, and I can assure you, that by careful
study and cose application, I shall endeavor to justify it. In reply to your kind and
flatteting request, permit me to name Friday evening, August 8th, 1879 (the anniver-
sary of my birthday), as the time, and the Grand Opera House as the place, for the
performance of OTHELLO. Respectfully and gratefully,
To Messrs. W. H. L. Barnes, Ilall McAllister, and others- [Aug. 2.
ZAMLOCK.
STANDAR0 THEATER.
MA. Kennedy, Manager.-- -An Instantaneous Success!
fl This (Saturday) Evening, August 2d, and every evening during the week,
will be presented Sardou's Greatest Success, DIPLOMACY, unanimously pronounced
to be a Play perfect in construction, grandly acted, magnificently mounted, and of
absorbing interest from beginning to end. With Scenery, Costumes and Appoint-
ments entirely new, <md a cast including Miss Jeffreys Lewis, Miss Nina Variau, Miss
Florence Wood, Miss Belle Chapman, Mr. S. W. Piercy, Mr. Max Freeman, Mr. Felix
Morris, Mr. A. D. Billings, Mr. Walter M. Leman, etc. Only DIPLOMACY MAT-
INEE on Saturday, August 2d. Box Office open daily from 8 a.m. Seats can be se-
cured six days in advance. By general request, the JUVENILE PINAFORE COM-
PANY every afternoon (except Saturday) during the week, when many new features
will be introduced. Aug. 2.
ZAMLOCK.
CALIFORNIA THEATER.
Barton A Lnwlor, Managers : Bartou Hill, Acting Manager.
Positively the Last Week of AIMEE. Monday, Auffust 4th, Benefit of DUPLAN,
(also Wednesday, August 6th), UIROFLE-GIROFLA. Tuesday, August 5th, Benefit
of MLLE. RAPHAEL-LES BRIGANDS. Thursday, August 7th, no performance
on account of the GRAND OPERA BOUFFE MASKED BALL. Friday, August 8th,
Benefit of MEZ1ERES -LA BELLE HELENE. LAST AIMEE MATINEE "SATUR-
DAY—LES BRIGANDS. Saturday, August 9th, Farewell Night and Benefit of
MLLE. GREGOIRE— LE PETIT FAUST. Seats at the Box Office. Aug. 2.
ZAMLOCK.
THE BALDWIN THEATER.
Manager, Mr. Thomas Mag-dire. --This (Saturday) Evening*,
August -2d. Enthusiastic Reception of J. Steele Mackaye's New York (Wal-
lack's Theater) success, WON AT LAST. Mr. James O'Neill, Mr. Lewis Morrison,
Mr. J. W. Jennings, Mr. C. B. Bishop, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. A. D. Bradley, Miss
Rose Coghlan, Miss Katherine Corcoran, Miss Jean Clara Walters, Miss Mollie Revel.
FIRST '■ WON AT LAST" MATINEE on SATURDAY. Aug. 2.
ZAMLOCK.
BUSH STREET THEATER.
Charles K. Locke, Proprietor.--A Particularly Brilliant
Success. TONY PASTOR and his GREAT DOUBLE COMPANY, every eve-
ning (including Sunday) and Saturday Matinee. Novelty Programme No. 2. Every
Act, Song and Sketch jNew. Entire Change of Programme. Ladies' Matinee Satur-
day. TONY PASTOR appears at each Entertainment. Aug. 2.
GO AS YOU PLEASE.
Grand Pacific Coast Six-Day Pedestrian Tournament,
Commencing About September 20th, 1879,
Under the Management of Messrs.
W. S. LAWTON and D. R. McNEIIX.
These gentlemen having for many years been thoroughly
identified with amateur athletic sports in this city, the citizens of San Fran-
cisco, who arc desirous of witnessing a six days' contest which they are satisfied will
be conducted with good faith to ail, have solicited them to take the management of
an Entertainment of this kind, and feeling- assured that they have the confidence of
the public and that their personal guarantee will he accepted that the programme
will be carried out as represented, they have decided to conduct an Entertainment
of this kind, and have eng-aged the MECHANICS' PAVILION for that purpose, and
now offer the following inducements to Pedestrians. One-half of the net proceeds
will be divided among the contestants, as follows :
The contestant accomplishing the greatest number of miles in the 142 hours shall
receive 50 per cent, and a diamond and gold medal valued at $350, to be known as the
Pacific Coast Champion Medal.
The second man will receive 30 per cent, and a gold medal valued at §100.
The third man 12J per cent, and a silver medal valued at .
The fourth man 7J per cent.
The medals will be the absolute property of the winners. All other contestants
accomplishing 350 miles will receive SlOO ; 375 miles, §150 ; and 400 miles, 5200. As
a guarantee of good faith, an entrance fee of SlOO will be charged, and must be paid
as follows : 25 per cent, on entry; the balance on or before September the 10th,
when the entries will close. Contestants are requested to enter their names as soon
as possible, in order that suitable arrangements may be made for their accommoda-
tion Any other information required may be obtained by calling on or addressing
W. S. LAWTON,
Aug. 2. Olympic Club Rooms, 119 Post street, S. F.
ZAMLOCK.
MECHANICS' FAIR,
San Francisco, California,
OPENS AUGUST 5TH, 1879,
Science, Art, Imlnstry and Natural Productions will be
fully represented Grand Instrumental Concert each afternoon and evening.
Machinery in Motion, Rare Paintings, Fine Statuary, - Tropical Garden, Fountains
and Promenades will make this Exhibition the WC^t instructive and pleasant place
of resort ou this Coast. Those desiring spaoo should applv at once. Office : 27 Post
.,f^....f IPVIVf: \t sti-HTT Prot-.iilput.
street.
J. H. Culver, Secretary,
IRVING M. SCOTT, President.
July 12.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Aug. 2, 1879.
"The World," the Flesh, and the Devil.
[By a Truthful Penman.]
The following story of the loves of two girls tends to show that fem-
inine affection may be carried too far. Miss Lillie Over and Miss Ella
Hearn were both pretty and attractive, and they resided at Pokomoke,
Maryland. They had been " classmates at the same seminary, where
they both graduated with high honors," and they became intimate friends.
One day Miss Over requested Miss Hearn to accompany her for a walk.
What followed is related by the latter young lady before her death:
" Lil got awful mad, and came up to me and said — ' Before heaven, Ella
Hearn, if you don't go into the woods with me to-morrow, I'll never ask
you to go anywhere else. ' Next day Lil came around ; I was sewing.
Lil got up to leave two or three times, and snatched my work from my
hands. My ma told me to go to the door with Lil. Lil turned back,
shut the door, and asked me would I take back what I had said, and
attempted to kiss me. I pushed her down and then laughed. Lil said I
hurt her a little. When she got up she commenced talking. I told her
to go home. Lil then asked me if I loved Ella Forster better than her,
and I answered: 'Yes.' Lil stepped back and said: ' Repeat that and I'll
shoot you.' " And this threat Lil carried into effect with so fatal an aim
that Ella Hearn died of her wound. Lil is now being tried on a charge of
wilful murder, and she " insists that the shot which put an end to the life
of Ella was an accidental one, and that this ill-starred friend died of
chloral* administered by the physicians after the shooting. "— — At a ball
at Paris the other day, ladies were given a sort of cheque-book with
counterfoils. On these cheques were printed: " Good for -dance."
These they gave signed to their intended partners, and then wrote the
name of the partner on the counterfoil. By this means all mistakes were
avoided.— —Depression in the diamond trade is undoubtedly a bad sign
of the times. We know a fashionable diamond merchant in the west.
For June last his sale transactions amounted to only £4,000. In June
1878 they were £14,000, and as compared with an average of £20.000 in
the same month of preceding years. — London World.—— Another story
about the Great Sahara (Bernhardt). That a Personage went behind the
scenes and was introduced ; that the Personage removed his hat and re-
placed it ; that the Great Sahara turned to a number of admirers who
stood bareheaded by, and said with exquisite moquerie, "Couvrez-vous,
messieurs!'— —An interesting experiment is being tried at the London
Zoological Gardens. Eggs laid by an ostrich have been cunningly painted
to resemble an emu's, and placed under a male emu to be hatched. Should
they come to light and life all right, fancy the feelings of that emu when
they develop! One can foresee domestic broils. —The exact date of the
Prince Imperial's death was not the 1st of June, as generally misstated,
but Saturday, May 31st, at four in the afternoon. We gather from a let-
ter from the seat of hostilities that he was slightly lame, owing to an
abscess in the hip, and this may have prevented him from vaulting into
the saddle with his usual alert skill. He was very active, and was a noted
runner at the athletic sports of the Woolwich cadets. But the quickest
and lightest of men are not always in form.— —Roman loungers were
treated to a rare spectacle lately on the Via Appia; a bicycle race between
two ladies, who both belong to the best society, and are celebrated for
their beauty. They appeared on their iron steeds arrayed in the most
coquettish of Spanish hats, vests and tights. The fair winner was Madame
Le Ghait, the wife of the First Secretary of the Belgian Legation.—
We shall be much surprised if the ball recently given in Mr. Gladstone's
old house by Lady Olive Guinness be surpassed by any entertainment
this season. The hostess's sister-in-law, Mrs. Guiness, had what may be
called a floral fete of marked brilliancy only a week before ; but on this
occasion the flowers were, in beauty and abundance, hitherto unheard of
in London, though perhaps to be equaled at Rome or Nice. There were
festoons of real roses, banks of gardenias, and mantelpieces of stephanotis ;
while here and there towered huge blocks of ice, with hot-house blossoms
frozen into them. The effect was admirable ; but we are not surprised to
hear that it was attained by an expenditure of rather over four thousand
pounds. What chance has the commonplace ball giver after this ? Mrs.
White of Ardharroch must look to her laurels. — World.— At Hurling-
ham he said to her: " Yes, the sky is overcast, and there is no sun. But
the good people tells us there is always something to be thankful for, so
we must be thankful that there is any sky at all." She, languidly:
"Yes ; I suppose we ought to be thankful for that. If there were no
sky, we below would see the legs of the saints — and there is a Lord Cham-
berlain.— World.^— Marceline Guiot, twenty-six years of age, has just
been condemned to death by the Court of Assizes of the Vienne for one
of the most abominable crimes on record. She forced her stepdaughter,
a little girl of eight, to take with her soup sixteen pins, two needles and
some pieces of wood, and the unfortunate child perished in the most hor-
rible torments. There could be no recommendation to mercy even from
a French jury in such au atrocious case.— It is pleasant to hear that the
Whyte-Melville Memorial Fund is progressing. So greatly was the late
Major Whyte-Melville liked in the hunting-field that Northamptonshire
farmers have sent up half-sovereigns, while hunt servants, many of whom
had never seen him, but only knew him through his books, have given
their humble half-crowns.
It is argued that the sale of beer favors the cause of temperance, in
that it crowds out stronger liquors. A man with a small keg of beer in
his stomach has no room for a bottle of whisky.
Sterling. Silverware. — A large assortment of elegant designs at Ran-
dolph & Co. 'a, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
Ode to Spring — A grudge for not coming sooner.
INSURANCE.
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INSURANCE AGENCY,
A 324 California Street, San Fraiiclsco,
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BERLIN-COLOGNE of Berlin.
LA CONFIANCE of Paris.
G1RAKD of Philadelphia.
HOME of Columbus.
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PEOPLES of Newark.
REVERE of Boston.
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LONDON AND PROVINCIAL MARINE INSURANCE CO of London.
Capital Represented $23,000,100.
All Losses Equitably Adjusted and Promptly Paid.
HOME MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. OF CALIFORNIA.
Principal Office, 406 California Street, San Francisco.
Cash Assets, January 1, 1877, ^90,291 ; Liabilities, §5,952 ; Surplus for Policy
Holders, S589.339. J. F. Houghton, President ; L. L. Baker, Vice-President ;
Charles E. Story, Secretary. R. H. MAGILL, H. H. BIGELOW, General Agents.
Directors. — San Francisco — L. h. Baker, John H. Redington, J. F. Houghton,
R. B. Gray, Robert Watt, John Currey, L. L. Baker, W. F. Whittier, C. C. Burr, E.
M. Root, W. H. White, J. L. N. Shepard, W. M. Greenwood. George S. Mann, Cyrus
Wilson, W. T. Garratt, C. Waterhouse, A. P. Hotaling, A. Block, A. K. P. Harmon,
G. S. Johnson, W. O. Wilson, A. W. Bowman, H. L. Dodge, Charles R. Story. Ala-
meda County Branch — V. D. Moody, Chauncy Taylor, A. C. Henry, Robert S. Far-
relly, Joseph B. Marlin, W. B. Hardy, T. B. Simpson. San Diego— A. H. Wilcox.
Sacramento — Mark Hopkins, D. W. Earl, Julius Wetzlar, James Carolan. San Jose—
T. Ellard Beans, B. D. Murphy, A. Pfister, J. H. Dibble, J. S. Carter, Jackson Lewis,
Jacob Rich, John Auzerais, John Balbach. Stockton — H. H. Hewlett, Chas. Belding,
J. D. Peters, A. W. Simpson, H. M. Fanning. Marysville— D. E. Knight. Grass
Valley— Wm. Watt, T. W. Sigourney. Portland, Oregon— W. S. Ladd, C. H. Lewis,
P. Wasserman, B. Goldsmith, D. Macleay. Virginia City, Nevada— John Gillig,Isaac
L. Requa. March 17.
FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE.-UNION INS. CO. OF S. F.
Tbe California Lloyds.--- Established in 1861.— _Tos. 416 and
418 California street. Cash capital $750,000 in Gold. Assets exceed §1,000,000
Coin. Fair Rates ! Prompt Settlement of Lose3 ! ! Solid Security ! ! DIRECTORS.
—San Francisco— J. Mora Moss, N. G. Kittle, M. J. O'Connor, R. S. Floyd, Mosea
Heller, Adam Grant, Daniel Meyer, Antoine Borel, Charles Kohler, E. L. Goldstein,
I. Lawrence Pool, A. Weill, Joseph Brandenstein, Charles Bauiu, James Mofhtt,
Benjamin Brewster, L. Cunningham, W. M. Hoag, Nicholas Luning, John Parrott,
L. A. Booth, Julius Baum, Myles D. Sweeney, Jas. M. Goewey, Edward Cadwalader
Bartlett Doe, Gustave Touchard, J. H. Baird, J. G. Kittle, George C. Hickox, C. Du-
commun, Wm. Scholle, John Conly, Ig. Steinhart, W. B. Stone, J. O. Eldridge, A.
B. Phipps.
GUSTAVE TOUCHARD, President. N. G. KITTLE, Vice-President.
Chakleb P. Haven, Secretary. Geo, T. Bohen, Surveyor. Aug. 31.
THE STATE INVESTMENT AND INSURANCE CO,
FIKK AND MARINE.
€1asb Assets, 9450,000.— Principal Office, SIS and 220 San.
J some street, San Francisco. Officers : — A. J. Bryant, President ; Richard
Ivers, Vice-President ; Charles H. Cusiiinq, Secretary ; H. H. Watson, Marine
Surveyor. Board of Directors : — Peter Donahue, James Irvine, C. D. O 'Sullivan,
A. Bocqueraz, R. Harrison, A. H. Rutherford, R. Bailey, E. W. Corbert, George O.
MeMullin, A. J. Bryant, Frank M. Pixley, E Burke, H. H. Watson, Dr. C. F. Buckley,
P. J. White, E. M. Root, M. Mayblum, Richard Ivers, John Rosenfeld, Daniel
Callaghan. P. H. Russell, Sacramento. John G. Downey, Los Angele3. Wm.
Hood, SonomaCounty. H. W. Seale, Mayfield. Geo. Rutherford, San Jose. Feb. 16.
TRANSATLANTIC FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY,
OF HAMBURG.
Capital $1,125,000, TT. S. Gold Coin.
Losses Paid in Gold Coin Immediately After Adjustment.
This Corporation holds contracts of fifteen other European Insurance Compa-
nies, re-insuring by far the. greater part of every risk, as soon as accepted in our of-
fice. The combined subscribed Capital which ourpolicies therefore offer to the public,
Amounts to 1 Of which
$16 .912,500, XT. S. Gold Coin, | $4,328,750 is Paid Up,
Besides the Always Available Iteser^ve Funds.
March 15.
GEORGE MARCUS & CO., General Agents for the Pacific Coast,
304 California street.
THE MARINE INSURANCE CO. OF LONDON, ENGLAND.
[.ESTABLISHED 1836.}
Whole Amount of Jo nt Stock and Guaranteed Capital. .$5,000,000.
Whole Amount of Capital paid up 900,000.
Cash Assets December 31, 1876 t. 3,710,000.
The undersigned have been duly authorized to issue Policies at current rates on
Freight and Shipments to or from England, Europe, New York, Japan, China, Aus-
tralian Colonies, Sandwich Islands, and Northern Coast Ports. If desired, policies
made payable at port of termination.
WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO., Agents,
Aug. 10. 218 California street.
~ THE SWISS MARINE INS. COMPANIES COMBINED^
Switzerland, of Znricb, Capital 5,000,000 francs; Helvetia,
of St. Gall, Capital 10,000,000 francs ; Baloise, of Basle, Capital 5,000,000 francs.
These three Companies are liable jointly and severally for all losses that may he sus-
tained. Losses made payable in all the principal seaports of the world. In the set-
tlement of all claims under an English policy, these Companies will strictly adhere to
the conditions and customs adopted at Lloyds, and submit to English jurisdiction.
June 9. HARRY W. SYZ, Agent, 225 Sansome St., S- F.
NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL LIFE INSUR. CO. OF BOSTON.
Has transacted tbe business of Life Insurance for nearly
thirty-five years. Its assets amount to over Fourteen Million Dollars. The
law of Massachusetts makes all its Policies nonforfeitable. It is a Purely Mutual Com-
pany, dividing every cent of surplus among Policy-holders. This is the Only Com-
pany on the Pacific Coast governed by the Massachusetts Lapse Law. This company
has complied with the new Insurance Laws of California.
WALLACE EVERS0N, General Agent.
Sept. 22.] 328 Montgomery street.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN MARINE INS. CO. OF LIvERPOOLT
L lanital $5,000,000 Agents:
J 316 California street, San Francisco.
Balfour, Guthrie _ Co., No.
Nov. 18.
Aug. % 1879.
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WEAVING THE WEB.
" Thi» mnrn I will wain my ireh," tlu Bald.
• Ai ihfl itood bj the 1.V..1H in thf rosy liK'ht,
And her young eyes, hopefuMv glad and clear,
Followed afar the swallow's HUM.
" As *m»d as the day's first tasks are nflOO,
While yet I am fresh and strong," iaid she,
"I will hasten t«> weave the hvautilul web
Whose pattern is known to none but me.
M I will weave it fine, I will weave it fair,
And ah! how the colors will glowl she said,
" So fadeless and strung will I weave my web
That perhaps it will live after I am death"
But the morning hours sped on apace ;
The air new sweet with the breath of June;
And young Love hid by the waiting loom,
Tangled the threads as he hummed a tune.
" Ah! life is so rich and full," she cried,
" And morn is so short though the days are long!
This noon I will weave my beautiful web,
I will weave it carefully, fine and strong."
But the sun rode high in the cloudless sky ;
The burden and heat of the day she bore ;
And hither and thither she came and went,
While the loom stood still aa it stood before.
" Ah! life is too busy at noon," she said ;
" My web must wait till the eventide,
Till the common work of the day is done,
And my heart grows calm in the silence widel"
So, one by one, the hours passed on
Till the creeping shadows had longer grown ;
Till the house was still, and the breezes slept.
And her singing birds to their nests had flown.
"And now I will weave my web," she said,
As she turned to her loom ere set of sun,
And laid her hand on the shining threads
To set them in order, one by one.
But hand was tired and heart was weak ;
" I am not as strong as I was," Bighed Bhe.
" But the pattern is blurred, and the colors rare
Are not so bright or so fair to see!
" I must wait, I think, till another morn ;
I must go to my rest with my work undone ;
It is growing too dark to weave," she cried,
As lower and lower sank the sun.
She dropped the shuttle, the loom stood still ;
The weaver slept in the twilight gray.
Dear heart. Will she weave her beautiful web
In the golden light of a longer day?
BOOK NOTICES.
Classical Writers. Edited by J. R. Green. Milton.— By Stopford A. Brooke.
D. Appleton & Co., New York. A. L. Bancroft & Co., San Francisco.
If the growing generation does not know the great men of the past, it
is not for want of information to be had. What with Primers and
Handy-Books, such as Appleton is publishing every day, one needs to hide
himself if he will not learn. These books are almost always well-written
and by competent critics. Mr. Brooke's Primer of English Literature
has made him a kind of authority with the public, and the present vol-
ume on Milton brings together all that is needed for an introduction to
the reading of him ; for therein lies the real value of these publications.
Unless they rouse a desire to know the authors treated of, at first hand,
they have failed to do their best ; and Mr. Brooke's judgment is so far
independent and manly, even in the presence of the great poet, that a
Btudent should go to the Poems from the perusal of this essay with some-
thing of a fair conception, both of the genius and the character of Milton.
Money. A Tale. By Jules Tardien. D. Appleton & Co., New York. A. L.
Bancroft & Co., San Francisco.
One of the handy-volume series, and a very entertaining little thing.
Pierre Roland, a journalist, has money left him by a rich baroness, who
admires his high sense of professional honor. He sends for an old friend
and his daughter from the country. On the way down the daughter,
who is extremely pretty, of course, saves the life of a child playing on the
railroad track, by signaling to the engineer, and then gives him a bouquet
tied with her handkerchief. The engineer is the Bon of a rich man in
Paris, and, after many mystifications and small tangles, Marguerite and
Paul are happily married, and everybody feels better. The translation is
a little forced and stiff.
The "North American," for August, has no great variety, and the
editor does not seem to have exercised his power of discrimination in an
entirely laudable way, when he admits such padding as an article by
Wendell Phillips on Garrison, and Mr. Jno. L. Stephens' superficial talk
about Mehemet Ali. Phillips has worn out the patience of the most
long-suffering, and never can, by accident, speak a reasonable word ; while
Stephens was a mere tourist, without education of any kind to fit him
for understanding serious matters. Mr. Freeman's article on " The
Power of Dissolution " is full of information and suggestion. " The
Work and Mission of My Life," by Richard Wagner, iB immensely enter-
taining, with its unconscious vanity and reckless misstatement of tenden-
cies in life and art. Why must patriots, political or artistic, be perpetu-
ally whirling their hats in the air? The "Diary of a Public Man,"
wisely left anonymous, ia of no significance to anybody. It notes down
the mere rumors of the day, trivial, even if they were well-founded. The
" Future of Resumption " is one more contribution to the much be-written
money problem, and does not dispose of it. Mr. Jno. Fiske's notices of
" Recent Works on Ancient History and Philology " are extremely inter-
esting and well-considered.
" Appleton's Journal," for August, is full of most interesting articles,
many of them permanently valuable. Matthew Arnold's study on
Wordsworth, Francisque Sarcey's account of the Comedie Franoaise,
Morison's " Mirabeaus," the few vigorous translations of the yet untrans-
latable Theophile Gautier, Schopenhauer's Thoughts on Men, Books and
Music, and Mr. Macdonald's Cornfafa Saunter are papers one wants to
keep. \\ itl. theee an- sketches, and sporting papers and novels, and the
Book Notices, alwaya veil 'inn...
T. A. BARRY, Agent for Naglee's Brandy, is at No. 116
Montgomery Street.
GEO. STREET, Agent Xews Zetter, 30 Cornhill, E. C, London.
IN CONSEQUENCE OF SPURIOUS IMITATIONS OF
LEA *v PERKINS' SAUCE, whlck are calculated to deceive
the public, Lea and Perrins have adopted A NEW LABEL, bearing their sig-
nature, " LEA & PERRINS," which is placed on every bottle nf WORCESTERSHIRE
SAUCE, and without which none isgenuine. .
Ask for LEA & PERRINS' Sauce, and see name on wrapper, label, bottle and stop-
per Wholesale and for export by the proprietors, Worcester ; Crosse & Elackwell,
London, etc., etc., and by grocers and oilmen throughout the world. To be obtained of
Nov. 16. MESSRS. CROSS & CO., San Francisco.
ROWLAND'S
MACASSAR OITj strengthens the Hair and prevents it falling off. The bottles
have a glass stopper, and not a cork.
KALYDOR beautifies the Complexion and eradicates Freckles, Tan, Prickly Heat,
Eruptions, etc.
ODONTO whitens tbe Teeth, prevents and arrests decay, and gives a pleasing
fragrance to the breath.
EUKONIA is a new and delicate toilet powder.
Ask for ROWLAND'S articles, of 20, Hatton Garden, London, and avoid cheap
imitations. Sold by Druggists, Bazaars, etc., all over the world. May 3.
Asthma, and difficult breathing arising -from affections of
the Respiratory Organs, promptly re'ieved and paroxysms averted by
Datura Tatula Inhttlatious, for which purpose the plant is prepared In
all the usual forms for smoking, and also as pastilles and powder for burning
on a plate or censer. In
Asthma and Analagons Diseases the superior efficacy of this plant,
prepared as above mentioned, has been for the last 40 years recognized by the
Medical Profession and the public in all parts of the world. Prepared only by
Savory A Moore. 143, New BonoSstreet. Testimonials accompanying each
box of Cigarettes, Cigars and Pastilles. Tins, in the economical form of tobacco,
and also in powder for burning, from 2s. 6d. to 21s. Of chemists, etc., everywhere.
[June 2 1.]
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
lnestand Cheapest Meat 'flavoring Stock for Sonps, Made
Dishes and Sauces. March 2.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT
[s a success and boon for which Nations should feel grate-
ful. See " Medical Press," "Lancet," " British Medical Journal," etc.
F
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTBACT OF MEAT-
Cantlon-.Geunlne only with fac-slmile of Baron Lleblg'a
Siguature, in blue ink, across Label. "Consumption in England increased ten-
old in ten years. " March 2.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
To he had of all Store-keepers, Grocers and Chemists. Sole
Agents for the United States (wholesale only), C. David & Co., 43, Mark Lane,
London, England. March 2.
Nbwton Booth, C. T. Wobbler, Sacramento. | J. T. Glover, W. W. Dodge, S. F
w. w. dodge & CO.
Wholesale Grocers, corner Front and Clay streets, San
Francisco. April 1.
CASTLE BROTHERS,
ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAR 1850.
Importers of Teas and East India Goods, Kos.213 and 215
Front street, San Francisco. Jan. 13.
DR. R. BEVERLY COLE
Has Returned from the East and Resumed Practice at his Office,
■ JTO. BIS SVTTElt STJtEBT. Uune 21.
FREDERICK A. BEE,
His Imperial Chinese Majesty's Consul.
Office: 917 Clay Street. .Residence; 620 Eddy Street.
R. H. LLOYD,
Attorney-at-Law, Room 13. Nevada Block-
IRVINE & LE BRETON ~
Have Removed tbeir Law Offices to Ho. 217 Sansome Street.
[March 15.]
ALASKA COMMERCIAL COMPANY,
>. 310 Sansome street, San Francisco, Wholesale Dealer
in Furs. Sept. 21.
N'
$777
a year and expenses to agents. Outfit Free. Address,
June 7.] P. O. V1CKERY, Augusta, Maine.
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SAN FRANOlSCO NEWS LETTER AND
Aug. 2, 1879.
KALTjOCH and cox.
Kalloch and Cox are fitting candidates to face one another. Parsons
both, they are both blatant political humbugs, who bedraggle the cloth to
which they belong in the mire. What has San. Francisco done to be
cursed at home and disgraced abroad by these unsavory candidates for the
chief magistracy of our city? We are told that these men are put for-
ward as an offering to the religious sentiment of the community. It is
Btated as a fact, and there is some evidence that it is- true, that the church-
going portion of our people are ranking themselves on the side of Kalloch,
and believe that morality and religion will, in some unexplained and mys-
terious manner, be promoted by bis election. We have many good rea-
sons for our opposition to this man, but perhaps the most weighty one is,
that his candidacy is a slur upon religion and an insult to good morals.
We can imagine nothing that is mere calculated to bring religion into con-
tempt than the nomination of this bad representative of it. His record is
not that of a man of average cleanliness. It is impossible to discuss him
without befouling one's mouth. The giving of most exceptional promi-
nence to his name cannot be for the advantage of the Church. Moreover,
there is surely something unseemly in a Christian minister wallowing up
to his neck in the filthy pool of politics. Partisan strife and the doctrines
of the meek and lowly Jesus do not go well together. There is an unfit-
ness in the combination that ought to strike religious people above all
others. The manner in which this man Kalloch is conducting himself
evidences the incongruity of his position. Here is a specimen : " Mr.
Kalloch said the day he was nominated he drove down to Union Hall and
engaged it for the night before the election ; also, all the streets around it:
A few days ago the Republicans went down there and said : ' We want
the hall.' They were told they couldn't have it, for Kalloch had engaged
it. 'What!1 said they, 'that d d preacher.' Well, I got ahead of
them, and they will find that that d d preacher will get ahead of them
all the time. Three cheers and a tiger were thereupon given for Kalloch."
That was a speech a'ddressed by Kalloch to Kearney and his followers.
Kalbch has evidently been converted to blasphemy and vulgarity by
Kearney. Will any well-wisher of religion say that the spirit or language
of such a speech is calculated to favorably impress non-religious people ?
Bah ! We apolgize to men of sense for arguing thus seriously with fools.
If the religious sentiment of San Francisco demands Kalloch, then hea-
ven save us from the religious sentiment of San Francisco.
EMPLOYING CHINESE.
An eleventh, commandment has been added to the decalogue, more
patent than all the other ten. It is that employment shall not be given
to a man if he happens to have been born in China. Californians are not
remarkable for their particularity about the other commandments, but
about this one they are of the strictest sect of the Pharisees. That is to
say, they are if we are to believe the daily press. No man must dare run
for office that ever permitted a Chinaman to clean his boots. It is said
that a promising candidate for Governor lost his nomination because,
"being tumbled into the bay by a capsizing yacht, he submitted to being
rescued by a Chinese fisherman. He saved his life, but committed the
unpardonable sin, which forever will deprive him of the right to serve his
country in official position. Seriously, there is a good deal of humbug
about this latest test of official availability. If no man is to be voted for
who has ever had a menial act performed for him by a Chinaman, then it
is very certain that we shall have to send elsewhere for our office-holders.
The rule, rigidly enforced, would exclude us all. White had a Chinese
cook, Perkins collects fares and freights from Chinese, and Glenn permits
them to save his falling grain. Yea, even the sand lots are not free from
their touch. Boots are made, cigars are manufactured, and shirts are
washed for sand-lotters by the "moon-eyed lepper." Even our babes
drink the milk that is drawn from the cow by John Chinaman. Query :
Would that disqualify the child in after life from receiving the votes of
free and independent emigrants from the Emerald Isle ? Great heavens !
where is this evil to stop ? Who is to be free from the contaminating
touch of honest John, all the way from China? Begorra, if we don't
stop the hathen coming here, even the blue-blooded Patrick from Ireland
will lose his conspicuous and manifold qualification for office-holding.
The thing is getting serious and must be stopped — that it must. If a
revelation of the eleventh commandment is to send us to perdition, who
among us may expect to be saved ? In that case, there is none good — no,
not one. Even Kearney had his child carried to the grave, the other day,
in a hearse, the owner of which employed a Chinaman. He should be de-
posed from the Presidency of the W. P. C. forthwith.
ATTEND TO THE ELECTION OF THE JUDICIARY.
There is danger that the next Judiciary of this city will be the weakest
ever chosen to administer the litigation of the most litigious people on the
face of the globe. One cause for this, perhaps, is that the salary has been
reduced to a point at which it ceases to attract men of the requisite talent.
It is a huge mistake to underpay judges. It is false economy. Bad de-
cisions will inevitably cost more money than would suffice to procure the
services of the very ablest men as judges. But low as the salary is, better
men are obtainable than many that seem likely to be elected. The truth
is, too little attention is being given to the election of the Judiciary.
There are so many offices going, and so many people scrambling for them,
that attention is not sufficiently focussed upon the delicate and difficult
task of selecting honest and capable judges. Party spirit is rife, and
purely partisan tickets are likely to be successful even in the case of the
Judiciary. This is a misfortune that can be, and ought to be, avoided.
Judicial talent is the monopoly of no one political party. We sincerely
trust that no independent voter will vote a straight party ticket for the
Judiciary. The nicest discrimination should be used in choosiugthe very
best men from all the tickets, and a Btnrdy resolution should be formed
to vote for such men, quite regardless of party nominations. If that pro-
cess of seeking the survival of the fittest is diligently pursued, we may
get a fair Judiciary. It is the only sure way that remains to us3 now that
purely partisan nominations all round are decided upon. It looks as if the
Republican State ticket will be elected, and yet it would be a calamity
for all the Republican nominees to be chosen to our next Supreme Court.
On general principles it would be an evil to have that body filled from one
political party. Moreover, on that ticket there are two of the very worst
nominations for the Supreme Bench that have been made by any party.
Who, for instance, believes that Wheeler ought to be elevated to the Su-
preme Bench? A weak lawyer, and a dubtfal man in everyway, his
name ought to be scratched by every thoughtful Republican. The party
can gain nothing by his election. The choice of an honest Judiciary
should engage the very best attention of all good citizens.
A LITTLE SISTER OF CHARITY.
[An Actual Incident of a Hotel Reading-room. 1
A gambler and a rake was he
Whose days and nights were wild,
A wan and weary midget she,
A crippled- beggar - child,
Reclining at his ease he lay,
When, lispingly, she said :
" Please give me somethin', sir ; all day
I hasn't had no bread."
But he is moody with the fumes
Of a prolonged debauch ;
And drink the appetite consumes
Like flax beneath the torch.
He speaks the truth, then, when he says,
Turning impatiently :
*( Tve eaten nothing these three days ;
Go, brat, don't pester me !M
She goes— poor, shivering little one —
luto the cold, dark night j
Unheeding her, the man broods on .
In comfort, warmth and light.
An hour goes by — he feels a touch
Upon his folded hands ;
There, leaning on her tiny crutch,
The baby - beggar stands.
" Please, sir, take this, (a copper cent),
I'se sure that you must be
(Her eyes were filled with wonderment)
Much hungrier than me."
"Three days! Why I can hardly keep
Alive a single one !
No — take it, please, I'se goin' to sleep,
An' shan't feel hungry then."
A flush of shame sweeps o'er his cheek,
Hot tears bedim his eyes,
His quivering lips refuse to speak,
Then, kissing her, he cries :
" Thou tiny minister of grace,
A woman's heart is thine j
Lift up thy blessed little face,
Let thy lips hallow mine."
" I'll keep thy copper for thy sake
Until my dying day,
And thou, sweet child, my gold must take —
To-night I shall not play."
A SPEECH TO BE REMEMBERED.
A great deal of twaddle is being uttered at this political campaign.
Issues are being discussed that have more of buncombe than good sense in
them. But there was one notable exception the other night. The speech
of Mayor Bryant, because of the practical subjects it discussed, stands
out in bold relief and in striking contrast with the insufferable bosh of
these times. The stump was never so weak as now. It spouts and spouts
in one everlasting wish-washy flood. It spends its best efforts upon
Glenn's farming, Perkins1 sailor-boyism and White's Kearneyism — just as
if the destinies of cities and States depended upon such trivialities. The
people are much more concerned in knowing whether their government is
efficient and economical. To those questions Mayor Bryant applied him-
self, and in doing that dealt with telling facts and figures with the weight
of one having authority. He showed just what the city is paying for
good government, and whilst the expenditure in the different depart-
ments is still a matter of close scrutiny and criticism, with a view to
greater economy and efficiency in the future, the broad fact remains that
the administration of affairs during the past four years will bear compari-
son with that of any former period. Many substantial improvements
have been made, a considerable portion of the city has been permanently
paved, the Channel street nuisance has been abated, the new City Hall
has made progress, new Bchools have been built and an increased number
of children educated, the people's park has been greatly improved, a free
library has been established, and nearly one million has been added to the
Sinking Pund to pay off the city's indebtedness incurred by previous ad-
ministrations ; and while all these things have been accomplished, the
total of the city's tax levy of last year was only a trifle more than that of
1875, divided, as it is, among a larger number of people, and spread over
an increased area of property. That is the showing which the facts and
figures justify. An ounce of proof is worth a pound of assertion.
Mayor Bryant has made a most important contribution to the discussion
of public affairs. He has shown just what the city gets and what it pays,
and in doing that he has supplied the best possible justification of his own
administration. He has now given a most practical turn to the considera-
tion of city matters. If future discussion will keep in that groove, and if
candidates will vie with each other in suggesting economies, and how to
promote efficiency, they will be engaging themselves, like business men,
with the matters that really concern us at this time.
THE NEW TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
Since our former notices of the American Union Telegraph Com-
pany, and its possible effect upon Western Union, we note that the stock
of the latter corporation has declined ten per cent, in the New York Stock
Exchange. The indications are that it will go down to at least 50, if not
further, and such a result is to be expected, when it is borne in mind that
the new company expect to complete their lines at a cost of about one-
fourth of the capital at which Western Union is stocked. Late improve-
ments in telegraphy are given as the prime reason, but we suspect that
the watering of stock is the principal factor in the movement. Some
leading California capitalists are said to be large investors in the Ameri-
can Union. We shall eagerly watch the progress of this scheme, which
promises a great reduction in rates and superior facilities for business men
and newspapers. It cannot be completed too soon.
Aug. 2, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
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THE TOWN CRIER.
"Hear th« (Mart** "■ What ;h» <t»Tll art ItaooT
*Oa« tbat will play tt>» d«*ti«an with ycu."
" Ha'd a itine in his tail an .on* aa a flail.
Which made him crow lx>U»r and bolder."
Dramatic authors dont always haw a fair show at the outset, what*
ever tho managers may aay. At least that is what a young friend "f our?
— who wriw* plftj* because hii name happens to be Bucks tone —thinks,
and these are the facta he put in evidence : He says that he called at
one of the Hush street theaters the other morning, and said to the mana-
ger : "Well, sir, you bold me to call in ■ couple of weeks for your opinion
of that play I left with you." "Play —play !" said the manager, robbing
his care -corrugated brow, "what play!" " Why, mine ; don't you remem-
ber—realistic California play, Snorter Jul*, or The Dat/g of '49?" "Oh!
yes, of course. Well, what about it? " " Well, as it's been here over two
months, 1 dropped in to know whether you have accepted it." "Well,
the fact is," said the autocrat of the boards, shutting the door and assum-
ing a confidential air, " the fact is, your drama is a remarkably strong
work, my dear sir; remarkably Btrong, but it needs — it needs pruning."
"Does it?" "Yes; and then there's the third act. The action all through
it needs livening up some, and the tableaux at its end isn't strong enough."
"Want something more striking?" " Exactly, and then you'd better
introduce a comic character or two ; and — leni me see — wedge in a song or
something." " How would a clog dance strike you?" "Well, I don't
know about that. But by all means try to kill the heavy villain earlier
in the last act — kill him with poison, if possible, pistols frighten the ladies
in the audience, you know." " Think so, do you ? Is that all?" " Ye-e-s,
that's all I can think of just now. Here's the manuscript," fishing it
out of a pigeon hole. " Just oblige me by opening it," said the author
gloomily. The manager did so, and it disclosed nothing but a few quires
uf blank paper. And with an unearthly scowl the dramatist stalked out,
leaving the astounded manager as much confused as one of his craft was
ever known to be. And yet we talk about the encouragement of native
talent.
The public will be glad to learn that Mr. Skithers, the eminent clog-
dancer, who last appeared at Mnguire's old theater about fourteen years
ago, is to have a benefit next week. Mr. S. is rather old to do much
dancing, but then he slipped down on a banana peel last week, and his
friends immediately arranged for him a Grand Complimentary Testimo-
nial. Miss Aurora Malone will also benefit next week. Miss Malone, it
will be remembered, was the young lady who made an unsuccessful debut
here in a minor part, some two years ago. Miss M. is suffering from a
bad cold, and it is to be hoped that the public will respond liberally. It
will gratify the great body of our theater-goers to learn that Tommy
Skidmore, the eminent young lemonade seller in the lobby of the Cali-
fornia Theater, will be the recipient of a testimonial benefit on the thirty-
third of this month. This is tendered him by a long list of our promi-
nent bankers and merchants, as can be seen by announcement in another
column, and over forty brokers' clerks are now selling tickets. Mr. Bud-
weiser Boothe, the eminent shoemaker, will take a benefit shortly at
Piatt's Hall, which has been hired for the purpose. Mr. Boothe is not a
distant relative of Edwin Booth, as is erroneously reported, but has con-
cluded to drop the final " e " from his name, which entitles him to a ben-
efit. The public can find no worthier object for their generous patronage
than Mrs. Pat Slushey, the eminent seamstress, who will take a benefit at
the Grand Opera House this evening. Mrs. S. is not strictly a profes-
sional, but she sprained her ankle badly while coming out of the Standard
Theater last week. Little Mike Slushey will sell his mother's photo-
graphs during the act — ankle, sprain and all. These photographs are
cheap at 50 cents. Come one, come all !
The Loudon correspondent of an Eastern paper represents that
the "fashionable world of the British metropolis" was thrown into a
state of excitement recently by the startling piece of society intelligence
that " at an aristocratic dinner party the host led Sarah Bernhardt down
to dinner first" in a company where " there was a Duke," and where
" Marquises and Earls were as thick as Generals and Colonels in Arkan-
sas," It is no wonder that Buch an outrage against the conventionalities
Bhould have produced a sensation in the British metropolis. Of course,
all intelligent Americans are -too familiar with the laws of precedence
which govern the etiquette of the English dinner to require to be told
that the host should have offered his arm to the Duke, and taken him in
first. The Earls and Marquises should have come next, arm in arm, in
the order of rank. As for M'lle Bernhardt, she having no title, the cor-
rect thing would have been for her to go in last, with the butler. The
slighted Duke seems to have acted with great moderation under the cir-
cumstances; for, as every one knows, he would have been perfectly justi-
fied by the British social code if he had rebuked the host for the indignity
of giving precedence to a plebeian woman by drawing his revolver and
putting a bullet into his abdomen. That is the usual course pursued in
cases of this kind by all high-spirited English noblemen.
It comes over us like a breath of the sweet South to read that the
negro Williams, arrested on suspicion of having passed near the Roddan's
house, at Wheatland, at the time of the distinguished outrage on an iron-
bar, five or six years ago, will soon be called up for examination ; that is,
some time between this and the year 1887. The energy of those Wheat-
land people is appalling. They are on the track of the cup of cold water
said to have been asked for by the negro in April or May last, and if the
heavy fogs continue, they believe that one or the other of the girls may
wink with her left eye before long. Needless to say that if any corner of
the State is green in the dry season, it is not Wheatland.
Alas! Grant isn't coming! And now the question is, What will
Achilles A. Tudor— we beg the poet's pardon, Hector A. Stuart— do with
that " Ode of Welcome ?" After these painful months of incubation the
result shouldn't be lost to the world. By the bye, the Hon, Barney P.
Moon, ex-Alderman of New York city and a prominent ward statesman,
is announced to arrive here next week. Could not the high-descended
bard adapt the ode to the occasion ? Ulysses S. Grant! Barney P. Moon!
There are about as many poetic feet in the one name as in the other.
The Glasgow "Mail" says that Taluiage wants earnestness, and
originality, and knowledge of effect. For a canny Scot the Mail is
singularly dull. Nothing of all these does Talmage want ; he only wants
the coin of the realm— and he gets it.
The official iuquisitor of the Washington Herald having recently
brought his boring spparatui to bear upon one A. O. Buell, suddenly
struck oil of an unusually rich quality. Mr. Basil, as soon a* tapped,
deolarsd that the country was not only going to the devil, but was almost
there. The American people wore ail oynioa in polities; they expert no
good of their public men. If they find a man sincere, they call him a
Fanatic; if they find him honest, they call him a d— d fool. The Ameri-
can character, so far as there is any,'1 save Mr. B.. " i* a compound of the
bad manners of the English and the bad morals of the 1'Vench, both made
worse than the originals by awkwardness in the copying." This is
trenchant, if not truthful. But, in addition to these graces, it ssemsthat
" we [the Americans) have begun to absorb the hoggish traits of the Ger-
man race," and to " drink in at once the beer and the venality of the
Dutch." Mr. Buell seems to be a typical American. The bad manners
and the hoggishness are apparent, and we may safely assume the rest:
" For he himself has said it,
And it's greatly to his credit."
The Boston " Post " states that the Duke of Argyll was actually
permitted to pass through the Hub without a municipal demonstration !
No brass band dogged his footsteps. The Common Council did not cor-
ral him in a hotel parlor and compel him to shake hands with all the
bores and bummers connected with the Government ; and the Mayor did
not inHict upon him his windy eloquence in a half-hour speech. These
singular facts would seem to warrant the cheerful conclusion that snob-
bery is dying out in the American Athens. But, alas ! later advices
destroy the pleasing illusion. It appears that the Common Council had
gone off to a clam-bake, the Mayor was laid up with a sore throat, and
the Boston bands are so high-priced that in these hard times nobody
could be found to pay the piper. But 0. W. Holmes will send the
Duke a poem.
"Pull Dick, pull devil." Hallelujah Cox for Mayor! Reverend
S. Kallawag for Mayor! How happy could we be with either, were
t'other dear charmer away! Reverends to the front! Why not choose
the clergy, in a lump, for everything ? They make such a mess of religion
they ought to do better in politics. Let's vote for them all. The Bishop
of California would make a good Governor, Bishop Wingfield Lieutenant-
Governor, Hemphill for Chief of Police, Stebbins for Auditor — no, that
won't do, he wants others to hear him. We might make him the Board
of Education, and Dr. Stone would do to run with the machine as Fire
Commissioner.
The Califoraiau " Historian of the Future " will be apt to rub his
eyes when he comes to chronicle the first political contest in the State
under her new Magna Charta. When he begins to study up the current
literature of the day in search of material, he will find it demonstrated
that Perkins, the " Black Republican " candidate, voted against the Fif-
teenth Amendment ; that White, the " Workingman's " candidate, never
did a day's work in his life ; and that Glenn, the candidate of the Anti-
Monopoly, Anti-Chinese party, is a land-monopolist on a prodigious scale,
and tills the 55,000 acres of his monopoly by the aid of Chinese labor!
We are authorized to state, and in point of fact have seen the docu-
ments, duly certified, which prove that George C. Perkins never did
charge ten dollars a dozen for addled eggs to a lone widow sitting by the
shore of the sounding sea ; and Farmer Glenn, we are also in a position to
affirm, did not hunt down with Cuban bloodhounds and crucify on a red-
wood tree three innocent white laborers, because they were not Chinese.
These infamous falsehoods, which are making the tour of the world and
startling the remote Botocudo in his wilds, will henceforth excite only the
loathing and contempt of those who have any to spare.
The Trustees of the Public Library, at their last meeting, had an
" informal discussion," in which they wrestled strenuously with the conun-
drum : What is the correct manner ofpresenting Library bills to the
Board of Supervisors? The Hon. J. S. Hager was in the Chair, and he
ought to ha\e an opinion on a point of social etiquette. For ourselves,
we are clear that the correct thing would be to present the bills on a silver
salver. The Supervisors would appreciate the elegance of that style ; and
if the messenger were a strong man, armed to the teeth, he might be able
to get out again with the plate.
An Italian riot is expected to occur in New York every minute. It
Beems that the residents of that nationality erected in Central Park
a statue of Columbus, holding the globe in his hand. The very next
morning it was discovered that some infamous advertising man had
crawled up and painted on the globe, "Use Skidmore's Pills." All the
New York militia are under arms as we go to press.
An interesting collection of bald-pated old fogies, calling themselves
"The National Board of Health," recently resolved, in solemn conclave,
that their Secretary should be forbidden to " furnish any information to
the press." The fun of the thing is seen in the fact that the reports and
bulletins of this bumptious and exclusive "Board" are made up entirely
of items collated from the columns of the newspapers.
An Englishman, just returned from Cairo, informs Truth that the
donkey-boys name their beasts after European celebrities ; and that the
most satisfactory jackass he found was the Bishop of London. If ihis
Briton will take the trouble to come to the Pacific Coast, he will find rev-
erend jackasses that can give the Bishop of London odds and leave him
out of sight or hearing.
Zadkiel does the prophecy business for Great Britain and Ireland, and
Benner for the United States, with general applause. When he declares,
however, aa he does in the last issue, that fat hogs will rule low this year,
he takes an unfair advantage of the public, since he can bring his own
prophecy to pass at any moment by throwing himself on the market.
Bro. Pickering commences a leading editorial in his issue of Thurs-
day with the important announcement that " This office is now in com-
munication with one of the heaviest raisin houses of Malaga, Spain."
From this we infer that the business of Bro. P.'s paper is no longer to be
limited to peanuts. Henceforth it will be " peanuts and raisins. "
Mrs. Bazenbee, of Hayes Valley, has applied for a divorce because
Mr. B. came home late the other night, fearfully "set up," and, holding
a string of salt mackerel over her head, solemnly assured her that he had
been to Saucelito all day fishing.
It is contrary to the law to cut down trees in Cyprus, and if G. W.
had tried his little hatchet there he would have saved young America a
great deal of trouble and disgust. The ways of Providence are in-
scrutable.
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Aug. 2, 1879.
C* 'm R« ft ■
Overland Ticket Office : Ferry Landing-, foot
of Market street. --Commencing Monday.
May 19th, 1879, and until further notice
Trains and Boats wil leave
SAW t'KAX«SfO:
7(\f\ A. M. (daily), Vallejo Steamer (from Market
• \J\J street Landing — Connecting with Trains for
Napa (Stages for Sonoma), Calistoga (the Geysers),
and Sacramento. Connecting1 at Davis (Sundays except-
ed) for Woodland and Knight's Landing, and at Wood-
land for Williams and Willows.
(Arrive San Francisco 3:10 p.m.)
7C\f\ A-M- (dailv) Local Passenger Train (via Oakland
•"v Ferry) and via Livermore arriving at Tracy
at 11:30 A. M. and connecting with Atlantic Express.
Connects at Niles with Train arriving at San Jose at
10:15 A.M. ■
(Returning, train from Tracy arrives at 6:05 P.M.)
8fif\ A.M. (daily), Atlantic Express Train (via Oak-
•"" land Ferry, Northern Ry. and S. P. & T. R R.)
for Sacramento, Marysville, Redding, Portland (Or.),
Colfax, Reno (Virginia City), Palisade (Eureka), Ogden
and Omalia. Connects at Gait with train arriving at
lone at 3:40 p.m.
(Arrive San Francisco 5:15 P.M.)
Sunday Excursion Tickets to San Pablo and Marti-
nez at Reduced Rates. __
1 r\ (\(\A..M. (daily) via Oakland Ferry, Local Passen-
J-U. \J\J ger Train to Haywards and Niles.
(Arrive San Francisco 4:05 P.M.)
3nffc P-M. (daily)San Jose Passenger Train (via Oak-
.UU land Ferry and Niles), stopping at all Way Sta-
tions. Arrives at San Jose at 5:20 p.m.
(Arrive San Francisco 9:35 A.M.)
3/\ P.M. (daily) Northern Railway Passenger Train
• Uv (via Oakland Ferry) to San Pablo, Martinez
(Arrive San Francisco 9:35 A M.)
and Antioch.
4f\f\ P.M. (daily) Arizona Express Train (via Oak-
•UU iand Ferry, Northern Ry. and S. P. & T. R. R.)
for Lathrop (and Stockton), Merced, Madera, Visalia,
Sumner, Mojave, Newhall (San Buenaventura, and Santa
Barbara), Los Angeles, "Santa Monica," Wilmington,
Santa Ana (San Diego), Colton and Yuma (Colorado
River Steamers), connecting direct with Daily Trains
of the Southern Pacific Railroad of Arizona for Mari-
copa (Daily Stages for Phconix and Prescott), and for
Casa Grande (182 miles east from Yuma), and end of
Track (Daily Stages for Florence and Tucson).
"Sleeping Cars" between Oakland, Los Angeles and
Yuma.
(Arrive San Francisco 12:35 p.m.)
4AA P. M. (Sundays excepted) Vallejo Steamer (from
• vU Market Street Landing), connecting with trains
for Calistoga, (the Geysers), Woodland, Knight's Land-
ing and Sacramento ; and at Sacramento with Pas-
senger Train, leaving at 9:35 p.m. for Truckee, Reno,
Carson and Virginia.
" Sleeping Cars " between Vallejo and Carson.
(Arrive San Francisco 11:10 A.M.)
4(\f\ P. M. (Sundays excepted) Sacramento Steamer
,\J\J (from Wash'n St. Wharf), for Beniciaand Land-
ings on the Sacramento River.
(Arrive San Francisco 8:00 P. M.)
4f\ f\ P.M. (daily), Through Third Class and Acconi-
•"jr-' modation Train (via Oakland Ferry, North-
ern Ry. and S. P. & T. R. R.) connecting at Lathrop
with Train arriving at Los Angeles on second day at
11:55 A.M. (Arrive San Francisco 9:05 A.M.
4 Or) P.M. (daily) Local Passenger Train (via'Oak-
• O" land Ferry) to Haywards, Niles and Liver-
more. (Arrive San Francisco 8:35 a.m.)
5f\(\ P.M. (daily) Overland Emigrant Train (via
•V^V^ Oakland Ferry and Northern Railway) to
Ogden, Omaha and East.
Public conveyance for Mills Seminary connects atSem-
nary Park Stat.on with all trains, Sundays excepted.
FERRIES AND LOCAL TRAINS
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♦Alameda Passengers change cars at Oakland.
Creek Route.
From SAN FRANCISCO— Daily— J^-AQ, b6:30, 7.20, 8:15,
9:15, 10:15, 11:15 A.M. 12:15, 1:15, 2:25, 3:15, 4:15,
5:15, 6.15 p.m.
From OAKLAND— 2?az^— b5:30, b6:20, 7:10, 8:05, 9:05,
10:05, 11:05 A. M. 12:05, 1:05, 2:15, 3:05, 4:05, 5:05,
6:05 p.m. b— Sundays excepted.
" Official Schedule Time " furnished by Randolph &
Co., Jewelers, 101 and 103 Montgomery St., S. F.
T. H. GOODMAN, Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agt.
A. N. Townb, General Superintendent.
Commencing Monday, Jane 2d, 1879,
and until further notice, Boats and Trains will
leave San Francisco as follows :
7 1 A A m., from San Quentin Ferry, daily (Sundays
• J-" excepted), connecting at San Rafael with
Mail and Express Train for Petaluma, Santa Rosa,
Healdsburg, Cloverdale and way stations. Making stage
connections at Geyserville for Skaggs' Springs ; Glover-
dale for Ukiah, Lakeport, Mendocino City, Highland
and Bartlett Springs, Soda Bayand the Geysers; connec-
tion made at Fulton for Korbel's, Guerneville and the
Redwoods. Returning, arrive in San Francisco at 6:25
p.m. Passengers gointr by this train will arrive at the
Geysers at 2 p.m.
3OO p" M* daily (Sundays excepted), Steamer
• ^J^J "James M. Donahue" (Washington Street
Wharf), connecting with Mail and Express Train at Don-
ahue for Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Healdshurg, Cloverdale,
and way stations. Making stage connections at Lake-
ville for Sonoma. Returning, arrive in San Francisco
at 10:10 a.m.
Sunday Excursions at Reduced Hates.
8 1 p? a.m., Sundays only, via San Quentin Ferry
»1»* and San Rafael, for Cloverdale and Way Sta-
tions. Returning, arrive in San Francisco at 7:55 p.m.
Fares for Round Trip: Petaluma, SI. 50; Santa Rosa, $2.00;
Healdsburg, S3 00; Cloverdale, $4.50; Fulton, $2.50; La-
guua, $3.00; Forestville, $3.50; Korbel's, $3.75; Guerne-
ville, $4.
Freight received at Washington st. Wharf
from 7 a.m. till 2.30 p. m., daily (except
Sundays) .
A. A. Bean, A. Hugues, Jas. M. Donahue,
Sup't. Gen. Manager. Gen. Pass. & Tkt. Agt.
[June 7.3
NORTH PACIFIC COAST RAILROAD.
S1MIMEK ARRANGEMENT.
In Effect from Sunday, June 8th, 1879,
Between San Francisco and San Rafael.
Fare Between San Francisco and San Mafael
REDUCED TO 35 CENTS.
WEEK DATS.
Leave San Francisco :
7:10 a.m. via San Q'ntin F.
9:20 A.M. " " "
1:45 P.M. " " "
4:45 p.m. " " "
5:45 p.m. " Saucelito "
Leave San Rafael :
7:00 a.m. via Saucelito Fy.
8:00 a.m. " S. Quentin "
11:00 a.m. " " "
3:20 p.m. " " "
3:50 p.m. " Saucelito "
5:20 p.m. " S. Quentin "
Sli\I>AYS.
Leave San Francisco:
8:00 A m. via Saucelito Fy.
8:15 a.m. viaS. Quentin "
10:15 a.m. " " "
12:50 PM. " " "
3:45 p.m. « " "
6:00 P.M. " ". "
Leave San Rafael:
8:50 a.m. viaS. Quentin F,
11:30 a.m. " " "
2:15 p.m. " " "
4:30 P.M. " " "
6:50 p.m. " " "
Q AfC A. m. daily, except Sundays, from Saucelito
t-J,^tt-' Ferry, Market street, for all points between
Saucelito and Junction. Returning, leaves Junction
4:00 p. M-, arrives S. F. (via Saucelito) 5:40 P. M.
9 0fj A. M. daily, except Sundays, from San Quen-
""*-' tin Ferry, Market etreet, for all points be-
tween San -Francisco and Olema. Returning, leaves
Olema 1:55 P. M., arrives S. F. (via Saucelito) 5:40 P. M.
1A PL P. m. daily, except Sundays, from San Quentin
.4tO Ferryi Market Street, THROUGH TRAIN
for DUNOA-N MILLS and Way Stations. Returning,
train leaves DUNCAN MILLS 6:40 A. m., arriving in S.
F. 12:05 p. m.
Sunday Excursions at Reduced Rates.
8:00 A.m., from Saucelito Ferry, Market street,
S: 15 A.M., from San Quentin Ferry, Market Btreet,
for DUNCAN MILLS and RETURN. Fares for Round
Trip— Olema, $2; Tomales, $3; Duncan Mills, $4.
Above train, returning, arrives in San Francisco via
San Quentin 7:55 p.m., or via Saucelito 8:10 p.m.
W. R. PRICE, Gen'l Ticket Agent.
Jno. W. Doherty, Gen'l Manager. Jun 7.
C'lomiiieneinv Monday, April SSI, 1879,
j and until further notice, Passenger Trains will leave
San Francisco, from Passenger Depot on Townsend
street, between Third and Fourth streets, as follows :
a.m. daily for San Jose and Way Stations.
g^f Stage3 for Pescadero (via San Mateo)
connect with this train only.
9 0A a.m (Sundays only) for San Jose and Way Sta-
. O \J tions. Returning, leaves San Jose at 6 P.M.
8.20 '
1 f'\ AC\ AM. daityfor San Jose, Gilroy, Hollister,
lv.xv Tres Pinos, Pajaro, Salinas, Soledad and
all Way Stations, gap At Pajaro, the Santa Cruz
R. R. connects with this train for Aptos, Soquel and
Santa Cruz. £gp At Salinas the M. & S. V. R. R.
connects with this train for Monterey. %?&~ Stage
connections made with this train. (Pescadero Stages via
San Mateo excepted.)
Parlor Car attached to this Train.
(BEATS AT REDUCED RATES.)
3O f\ p.m. daily (Sundays excepted) for San Jose,
,0\J Gilroy, Pajaro, Hollister, Tres Pinos and prin-
cipal Way Stations.
g^T* On Saturdays only, the Santa Cruz R. R. will
connect with this train at Pajaro for Aptos, Soquel and
Santa Cruz. Returning, leave Santa Cruz at 4.45 a.m.
Mondays (breakfast at Gilroy), arriving in San Francisco
at 10:00 a.m.
6^= SPECIAL NOTICE, -On SATURDAYS ONLY,
the run of this train wilt be extended to SALINAS—
connecting with the M. &S. V. R. R. for MONTEREY.
Returning, leave Monterey MONDAYS (breakfast at
Gilroy), arriving in San Francisco at 10 a.m.
3 9 f\ p.m. (Sundays only) for San Jose and Way Sta-
• Qyj tions.
4 9 £T p.m. daily (Sundays excepted) for San Jose and
• AO Way Stations.
5AAp.m. daily (Sundays excepted) for MenloPark
*yjyj and Way Stations.
I* 0(~\ p.m.— daily, for Menlo Park and Way Stations.
Excursion Tickets at Reduced Rates
To San Jose and intermediate points sold on Saturdays,
and Sunday mornings, good for return until following
Monday inclusive.
Also, EXCURSION TICKETS to Aptos, Soquel, Santa
Cruz and Monterey, sold on Saturdays only— good for
return until the following Monday inclusive.
%W~ Principal Ticket Office— Passenger Depot, Town-
send street. Branch Ticket Office— No. 2 New Mont-
gomery street, Palace Hotel.
A. C. BASSETT, Supt. H. R. JUDAH, A. P. & T. A.
SOUTHERN DIVISIONS.
Commencing Monday, May 19th, 1879,
f5g~ Passengers for points on the Southern Divisions
of the road will take the cars of the Central Pacific Rail-
road via OAKLAND, leaving SAN FRANCISCO via Ferry
Landing, Markfit street, at 4:00 p.m. daily (Arizona Ex-
press Train) , and making close connection at GOSHEN
for Sumner, Mojave, Los Angeles, Wilmington, Ana-
heim, Colton, Colorado River, Yuma, Maricopa and Casa
Grande (182 miles east from Yuma). May 31.
Aug. 2, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER,
13
NOTABIMA.
THE PEDDLERS SONG.
Lawn as white as driven snow ;
Cypress black as e*er was crow ;
Gloves as sweet as damask roses ;
Masks for faces and for noses ;
Bugle- brace let, necklace, amber;
Perfume for a lady's chamber;
Gold quoips and stomachers,
For my lads to give their dears ;
Pins and pokitig-s ticks of steel.
What maids lack from head to heel:
Come buy of me.come; como buy, come buy,
Buy, lads, or else your lasses cry.
William Shakspearb.
It is very properly declared that the United States cannot rest con-
tented with anything less than a complete neutralization of the Darien
Canal, with guarantees entirely satisfactory to this end. Nothing else
could have been expected, for we ourselves nave said it and its greatly to
our credit ; and it is equally sure, or even more so, that entire neutraliza-
tion of hunger and thirst and the consequent ills of life is the lot of those
who are fortunate enough to take their breakfasts and lunches at Swain's,
213 Sutter street. The very best dining-rooms in the city, and the
choicest of all things, in or out of season.
There seems to be some danger of the disappearance of the old
Irish language aa a spoken language, and scholars are deploring the fact,
while they seize and preserve every distinctive feature of it before it
fades into the limbo of forgotten things. The death of a national speech
is a mournful event, and touches the thoughtful observer like the loss of
a friend. For this latter there is happily a compensation. No one whose
photograph has been taken by Bradley & Rulofson can ever pass away
from this world. We may meet him no more, but the very light of his
face remains with us.
The man who composed " Take Me Back to Home and Mother," is
playing a banjo in a concert garden at Vicksburg.
The advent of the mysterious and colossal helmet in the courtyard
of the Castle of Otranto has never been explained to the readers of that
thrilling romance ; and irreverent suggestions have been whispered that
the author himself did not know where it came from, or what to do with
it after it was landed. In plain English, he is said to have been smothered
by the head-piece he invented. The exact opposite of this is true of
White's hat3, from 614 Commercial street. These are so essential to
the finish of the man, that one feels lost without them.
The destruction of houses by fire in Russia is most appalling, if
we are to believe the published statistics; and there seems to be no reason
for doubting their correctness. One reflection forced upon the mind by
the contemplation of so much ruin, is that nothing of the kind would
have been possible had the plumbing arrangements of these houses been,
confided to such men as McN/ally & Hawkins, the oldest house in San
Francisco, and the best-supplied with every improvement in water and
gas pipes, chandeliers, faucets and lamps.
The "Liebig Extract of Meat Company" has its great factory,
covering 20,000 sq, ft. on the Uruguay Riveryin the midst of the count-
less herds of cattle that roam the Pampas. The consumption in the sea-
son is often 1,000 to 1,200 head in a day ; all well-developed, sound ani-
mals of at least four years of age. Every tin of the extract is tested at
the factory, and again on arrival at Antwerp, and the standard of purity
is inflexibly maintained. One pound of extract represents 45 lbs. of best
beef, and the uses to which it is applicable in household economy are
every day extending. '
A small boy threw a lump of ice at another boy on Market street, and
came very near being arrested for carrying congealed weapons.
It Is thought that the new Cerman tariff will greatly disturb the
currents of trade, especially for Austro-Hungary, which must hereafter
largely depend upon the wearisome navigation of the Danube. But why
Bhould the navigation of the Danube be so wearisome, when every one
knows that the river is a noble one and the scenery on its banks most
striking? The answej is plain: F. & P. J. Cassin's Golden Plantation
Whisky has not yet been added to the resources of the steamers, and
life is dull, uncheered by this admirable stimulant.
The report of large purchases of war supplies on account of the rev-
olutionary party in Mexico is not generally credited in New York, where
every inquiry has failed to bring to light the "tried and trusted " person
who is said to have been acting for the principals in the matter. The
case is very different with Montanya's Union Ranges, which have been so
thoroughly tried that they are trusted in every part of the country, and
cannot be kept out of sight. People will have those and no others ; and
people know what they want.
No exercise more decidedly strengthens the lungs and expands the
obeat than swimming, and u, indulge in this properly one requires the
open air and sea. At the Neptune ftbd Mermaid Swimming Baths, foot
of Larkin and Hyde streets, Prof, Mohor, who is a most accomplished
teacher, nvet every care and assistance necessary to inspire confidence
even in the moat timid novices. The beach is natural, and the waveB
come indirect from the ocean, 80 that the conditions are exceptionally
good, whether for beginners or f<-r those already skilled in the art. The
supervision is strict, and everything is done to make the establishment
worthy of public support.
The Chilian Government is making very large purchases of arms
and military goods of all kinds in the Kost, to the great delipht of man-
ufacturers ; and all purchases are paid for, cash down. This is the right
way to do a wrong thing, for the amount of money wasted on these tools
for killing would restore and preserve harmony and kindly feeling between
Chih and Peru if it were invested in Landsberger's Private Cuve*e, the
most exquisite and ayreeable wine known to men.
A young man talks only the more when he gets down on his lip.
Cramps, Colic, Cholera Morbus, Sour Stomach, Diarrhea and Dysen-
tery are speedily cured by Dr. Jayne's Carminative Balsam. It removes
all soreness of the Bowels, quiets the Stomach and restores its natural
action. As a family remedy for many Affections of the Bowels, prevalent
among children and adults in the summer months, it is especially recom-
mended, being prompt in its operation, perfectly safe and easily adminis-
tered. Sold by Crane & Brigham, San Francisco.
Next to the duty of providing: for one's family, is the obligation to
aid the suffering wherever they may be. Charity begins at home, no
doubt, but it does not end there, and Mr. Chas. Peters is doing all that
even his energy can accomplish to make a success of the Nevada Building
Association, at Virginia City, with its 100,000 shares.
The Zulu force has been wiped out of existence by telegraphy.
Yellow fever, like every other fever, may be controlled if the system
is kept cool and sweet. There is nothing more certain than that neglect
in this direction is dangerous, and the beverage supplied by nature in the
Napa Soda is the very corrective needed. Fever of any type is impossi-
ble if one drinks this.
Tapestry Brussels, $1 per yard and upwards ; finenewpatterns. Call
and see them. Window shades, 75 cents and upwards. Window lace, 12£
cents and upwards. Cornices, wall paper, etc. Oilcloths, 50 cents per
yard and upwards. Hartshorn & McPhun, 112 Fourth st., near Mission.
STOCK COMBINATIONS.
How to Operate Successfully on
TEN DOLLARS.
MARTIN TAYLOR & CO.,
June 21.] 429 California Street.
FAIRFAX MINING COMPANY,
426 CALIFORNIA STREET, ROOM NO. 2.
President..'. JOHN W. COLEMAN.
Treasurer GEN. O. H. LA ORANGE.
Secretary O. C. MILLER.
[October 12. ]
Geo. C. Hickox. e. C. McFarlakb.
GEORGE C. HICKOX & CO.,
('lommission Stock Brokers (San Francisco Stock Ex-
J ehange, No. 230 Montgomery street, San Francisco. May 4.
J. A. RUDKIN,
Member S. F. Stock and Exchange Board, 423 California
street. STOCKS Bought and Sold on Commission. Liberal Advances
made n Active Accounts. Oct. 26.
Henry B. Williams. Henry B. Williams.
WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO.,
SHIPPING A\'I> COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
No. 218 California st., S. F. [July 27.
COKE CHEAPEST FUEL.
Reduction in Price: Wholesale Price, 50 cents per barrel ;
Retail Price, GO cents per barrel, at the works of the SAN FRANCISCO GAS-
LIGHT COMPANY, Howard and First streets, and foot of Second st. Jan. 12.
TABER, HARKER & CO.,
IMPORTERS AJfD WHOLESALE OXOCEXS,
10S and 110 California St., S. F.
(April 19.]
JOHN JENNINGS
Hooper's South End Warehouses, corner Japan and Town-
send streets, San Francisco. First-class Fire-Proof Brick Building, capacity
10,000 tons. Goods taken from the Dock and the Cars of the C. P. R. R. and S. P.
R. R. free of charge. Storage at Current Rates. Advances and Insurance Effected.
NOTICE. ~
For the -very best photographs go to Bradley * Rulolson's,
in an Elevator, 429 Montgomery street. Oct. 29.
HIBERNIA BREWERY,
Howard Street* Between Eighth and Ninth.
Dec. 7.] ilf. XUXAJf, Proprietor,
200 Post street is on the corner of Dupont.
14
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Aug. 2, 1879.
ART JOTTINGS.
Mr. Geo. H. Burgess, a painter whose specialty heretofore has been
portraiture in oil and water colors, has just placed on view, at Morris &
Kennedy's, a large painting representing "Changing the -Shift." The
artist, in signing the picture, says that it is "partially from a painting
by Frenzeny." Some years since, a water-color picture was executed by
that artist, and from this, or a photograph of it, Mr. Burgess has pro-
duced a work of which he ought to be thoroughly ashamed. In referring
to Mr. Burgess, as a painter of portraits, it should have been said that
he is better known as a retoucher of photographs. For many years be
retouched in India ink, later on in water colors, and stilllater in oil. It is
little wonder, then, that, in attempting a work such as "Changing the
Shift," he should have made so disgraceful a failure — copy, though it is —
for a work of this character requires the very highest grade of artistic
skill. And to think that a painter, who ought never to aspire to any-
thing outside of retouching, except it be to paint a miniature on ivory,
should for a moment consider himself competent to arrange forty figures
on a canvas of this size, and produce therefrom a work of art. It is as-
tounding ! And to think, too, that a man making any pretensions to art
culture, either as an artist or connoisseur, who has resided for so many
years in what is usually known as something of an art center, should
paint such a work and be in blissful ignorance of its execrable character.
The painter has generally followed the original drawing, or sketch— for
such it was — and little mistakes in pose which crept into it, as they usu-
ally will in hastily executed drawings, have been elaborated in this pic-
ture to a painful degree. For example, in Frenzeny's drawing too much
and unnatural motion is given to a brawny fellow who has just emerged
from the shaft, and is making his way hastily to the door. In Mr. Bur-
gess' picture this fellow appears to be running. The chap sitting on the
timber, Frenzeny had in an exceedingly easy attitude, lighting a pipe.
Mr. Burgess seats him in a most painful position. Of course, in a large
painting the faces had to be more elaborate, and such a looking set of be-
ings as one sees here does away entirely with any idea he may have had
regarding the perfect physique of those Comstoek miners whose labors
have given so many millions of coin to the world, the past few years.
These fellows not only look like criminals, but they appear to be near
akin to the early visitors of sidewalk beer-barrels.
And when we come to texture, there is no difference whatever between
that given to the accessories and the figures themselves. The iron floor,
the wooden ceiling, the huge timbers, the men's clothing, and even the
flesh itself, are all alike, so far as distinctive quality is concerned, and one
can only be discerned from the other by the form. The shirt on a man's
back, in this picture, is, of course, supposed to be of a textile fabric, but
the painter has rendered it just as if it were of wood. A same-
ishness of color pervades the entire picture ; the painter seems to have
mixed it with no confidence in himself, and he has hit upon such tints as
make it all but impossible to render au object with any degree of
luminosity.
There is just one spot in the picture which may he considered good,
and that is CoL Fair's portrait. The striking and violent contrast be-
tween this and the rest of the picture is seen at a glance, and tells but too
plainly in what direction Mr. Burgess' talent as a painter lies, and the
very fact of his having rendered this one figure so conspicuously, when by
its position it is not entitled to it, must be taken as conclusive evidence
that the painter is quite ignorant of the most necessary quality in a genre
work of this character— relative position.
The painter says after his autograph, "Partially from Frenzeny's
sketch !" What does he mean by this? Ffpm what is the other part of
the picture taken — from nature? Is he not aware that, although a figure
may be changed here and an object there, it is a copy pure and simple ?
The few changes, even if they were an improvement, does n.ot, can not,
redeem it. It is safe to say that there are not six artists in the United
States who could treat, to a successful conclusion, a subject such as this,
upon so large a scale; and why a painter of practically no experience with
such subjects should make himself ridiculous by attempting it, is truly
marvelous.
It will be remembered that some years since a large photographic pic-
ture was made of the officers and attache's of the Bank of California. The
photographs of each figure were pasted to a large canvas in the desired
positions ; the whole was then retouched in India ink. This was done by
Mr. Burgess, and a most excellent work it was too, of its kind ; but the
artistic ability to do such work is of quite a different character from that
called for in the picture under review.
Wm. Keith has on view at this gallery a superb work, "Landscape
with Cattle." It is the first work we remember to have seen by this art-
ist where he has rendered cattle so successfully, although they are not as pro-
minent as in many of Fred. Voltz's or Van Marc's pictures. They, however,
compare favorably with the efforts of these masters, while the landscape
could not well be excelled by any one. Mr. Keith is busy at work upon
a sketch taken during his recent southern trip, and which he believes will
be the greatest success he has yet achieved.
Rix has returned from the north with material for several new pic-
tures, which he purposes pushing to completion at an early day.
Art at the Fair this year will be about as usual. At any Tate, under
the present management the galleries will not be farmed out to any East-
ern dealer in the "queer," and, of course, such stuff of home manufac-
ture would not be appreciated. The fact is that, even admitting the ad-
visibility of making an art display at a mechanic's fair when we have a
public art gallery capable of displaying twice as many paintings as are
produced, the gallery is altogether too large and barn-like. Even a
work of exhibition size is lost in it, and for small pictures it is still worse.
Mr. Bicknell's group of portraits ought by all means to go there.
Charles Kertell has completed a bust of Toby Rosenthal, which for a
wood carver, whose works heretofore have afforded more amusement than
instruction, must be considered a success. The likeness is unmistakable,
the expression tolerable, but the pose is bad — too dramatic. Toby Rosen-
thal carries himself with an easy and cultured mien.
A. A. Conen has pronounced White an honest man. There, that set-
tles the question. But what is A. A. after now ! Slapping the Chronicle
in the face and patting Kearney on the back means something. If
White had paid A. A. as he paid Casserly — i. e., greenbacks for gold — we
wonder how A. A. would have pronounced then. Eh ?
A country cannot be called peaceful when its Congress is in session.
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
The Company's steamers will sail as follows at 12 M:
CITY OF TOK10, Oct. 4th, Dec. 27th, March 20th-CITY OF PEKING, Nov.
15th, Feb. 7th, May lst-for YOKOHAMA and HONGKONG.
COLIMA, August 5th, for PANAMA and NEW YORK, calling at ACAPULCO,
SAN JOSE DE GUATEMALA, LA LIBEKTAD and PUNTA ARENAS.
Tickets to and from Europe by auy line for sale at the lowest rates ; also to Ha-
vana and all West India ports.
CITY OF SYDNEY, August «h, at 12 o'clock M. , or on arrival of English mails,
for HONOLULU, AUCKLAND and SYDNEY. $10 additional is charged for pas-
sage in Upper Saloon.
CITY OF CHESTER, Aug. 9th, for VICTORIA, PORT TOWNSEND, SEATTLE,
and TACi iMA, connecting at TACOMA with Northern Pacific Railroad for PORT-
LAND, Oregon. Tickets must be purchased before 11 a.m. on day of sailing, at
Wharf Office.. For freight or passage applvat the office, cor. First and Brannan
streets. [Aug. 2.] WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO., Agents.
FOR PORTLAND AND ASTORIA, OREGON.
The Oregon Steamship Company and Pacific Coast Steam-
ship Company will dispatch every five days, for the above ports, one of their
newAl Iron Steamships, viz. : OREGON, GEORGE W. ELDER, and STATE OF
CALIFORNIA.
Sailing- Bays:
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At, 10 o'clock A.. M.
Connecting at Portland, Oregon, with Steamers and Railroads and their connecting
Stage Lines for all points in Oregon, Washington and Idaho Territories, British
Columbia and Alaska.
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Aug. 2. No. 10 Market street, San FraDCisco.
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For Freight, apply to GEORGE H. RICE, Freight Agent, at the Pacific Mail Steam-
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tember 13th, will continue on from Hongkong to Liverpool, offering superior accom-
modations for Tourists en route Around the World.
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touching at MAGDALENA BAY should suiHcient inducement offer. — The
Steamship NEWBERN (Wm. Metzger, Master) will leave for the above ports on
TUESDAY, Aug. 5th, at 12 o'clock M., from Folsom-street Wharf. Through Bills
of Lading will be furnished and none others signed. Freight will he received
on Monday, July 28. No Fieight received alter Monday, August 4, at 12 o'clock m.,
and Bills of Lading must be accompanied by Custom House and Consular Clearances.
For freight or passage, apply to J. BERMINGHAM, Agent,
July 26. No. 10 Market street.
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BARBARA, SANTA CRUZ, SAN DIEGO, SAN LUIS OBISPO and other NORTH-
ERN and SOUTHERN COAST PORTS, leaving SAN FRANCISCO about every
third day.
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Ticket Office, STo. 214 Montgomery Street, near Pine.
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THE BERKELEY GYMNASIUM.
A Preparatory School to the University.
The on y fully organized Preparatory School o.. the Coast.
The instructors in the Gymnasium consist of refined and educated gentlemen,
who are permanently connected with the institution. Boarding establishment strictly
first-class. Location healthful and accessible. The third school year will commence
on the 14th of July. Examination of candidates tor admission, 11th and 12th. For
catalogues, address JOHN F. BURRIS,
July 5. Berkeley, California.
DISSOLUTION.
he partnership of Snow A May was dissolved on the 6th
instant. FRANK C. SNOW,
WM. B. MAY.
I shall conduct the business under the name of SNOW & CO. , and liquidate the
affairs of the late firm at No. 20 Post street. FRANK C. SNOW.
San Francisco, May 31st, 1879. June 14.
FOR SALE,
In a thriving city, situated in one of the Southern counties,
a valuable first-class SALOON BUSINESS, with lease, fixtures and furniture.
For full particulars apply, by letter, " A. B. ," News Letter Office. Dec. 14.
J. C. MERRILL & CO.,
Shipping and Commission Merchants, Agrcnts for the Sand-
T
wich Islands Packet Lines, 204 California street. S F.
April 13.
Bradbury Pianos, 800 Post street. Established 1854.
J, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADYKimsH*
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SPORTING ITEMS
PedeatriAnlam — Wt-M^n waa presented *ith * handsome niece of
plate Hii'I * k'"l»l watch ami chain at the Alexandria Palace, near London,
July 6th. Sir John Aatlay and G. A Sala made the presentation.—^
'I'M.- *i\ day's «*alk at Agricultural ll»t I, l..ndon, walking time limited to
14 hours a day, was won by Vangnan, who Dtaoa 390 miles; McCarty,
■acnnd. ;*77 mDea; IVttit. third, ■"■'''I miles. — ■— 8tave Brodle, known aa
the New York Neweboy, arrived here last Tuoartajr He comes to the
eonat to watt Frank Edwarda for the California, belt The match will
probabably ooqm off in September. ^—» Mr. Lawton, Superintendent <»f
tlie Olympic Clob, ami Mr. McNeil, of tin* ('Mcdoni.ui Club, have made
amngementa faraaix day go-as-yon- please nalob, to take place at the
Mechanics' Pavilion on or about September 20, lS7*.t. Valuable medals
an* offered, and in addition, 50 per nut. of the gate money "ill he divided
aanonginj the winners. This ia as it should he. and we are glad to see two
•nofa well known and highly respectal.le gentlemen as Messrs. Lawton
and McNeil undertake the niamuzeujent ol the contest. The reason that
aport in California baa languished so long is that hitherto gentlemen of
meaus and position have held aloof from professional contests, and as a
natural consequence such contest* have almost invariably been gate
money fizzles. ^—George Hazael has deposited £25 with the publisher of
Brf/'s Life t-> walk Weaton for the world's championship, or join a sweep-
stake with Rowell and Blower Brown. -^— A six hour's walk will take
place at Saratoga Hall, Geary street, on Monday, August 3d, commencing
at 12 M. The contestants are H. Williams, L. C. Straus, L. D. Swil-
ters, M. Goldsmith and A. BUingbouse, all of whom are under 17 years
of age,— **LoHrX>N, August 1st. — Six members of the London Athletic
Club and six other amateurs have given notice of their willingness to go
to America.
Fishing.— Good pike-fishing along the Feather river.— Young stur-
geon are reported to bite freely in the Sacramento river, near Bannon's
Slough. " Big Meadows, Plumas county, is one of the best places in
California for fly-fishing. Streams are numerous, and have enough large
pools to allow the angler to use as much line as necessary. — The Gwal-
hallo and its tributaries are at present the best trout streams near the city.
A party of San Francisco gentlemen, who spent a week on this stream,
caught over four thousand fish — one gentlman taking eighteen hundred
alone. They report that the fish are in splendid condition. The easiest
way to reach this stream is by rail to Duncan's Mills, thence by Btage to
the river, where there is a good hotel, in which first class accommodations
can be had for one dollar and a half per day.— ^Fly-fishing on Lake San
Andreas is now very good. The fish are abundant, and take the fly raven-
ously, both casting from shore and trolling. Pilarcitos Lake also affords
good sport. —-Lake Chabot, at San Leandro, is a paradise for fishermen,
the trout being large and in full flesh ; in fact, they are the finest lake
trout in the State, both for sport and the table.
Rowing. — The single-scull race between Leahey and Nelson for an ad-
vertised SI, 000 and the championship was rowed at Long Bridge last Sun-
day. The course was from a stake-boat off Channel street around a stake-
boat off the Powder Works beyond the Rolling Mills, a distance of one
mile and a half, and return. The start was made at 11:05, Leahey going
to the front at once, pulling thiriy-eight to the minute, and keeping the
lead all through. At the Powder Mills he was six lengths ahead, winning
easily in 27:05; Nelson's time being 27:40. —Leahey has telegraphed to
W. Cottsworth, of Victoria, B. C, accepting his challenge for SI, 000 and
the championship, and offering to pay his expenses here in the event of a
match being made.— The sailing race for Whitehall boats, last Monday,
was won by Henry Hoyt, in the Captain Ouion, Sea Gull second, Jabez
Howes third. -^— A telegram has ju3t been received from Mr. Cottsworth,
stating that he will not row Leahey unless boats with stationary seats are
used. Of course, this puts all chance of a race out of the question, and
entitles Mr. Leahey to the championship of this coast.
Boxing. — Arthur Chambers and Harry Maynard signed articles on
July 30th to fight a fair, stand-up, 'glove contest for a purse of $1,500 and
the light-weight championship; the meeting to take place within two
weeks from (jate. Both men have gone into active training. W. Ed-
wards will second Chambers, W. Riley will most likely second Maynard.
It is highly creditable to the pluck of Harry Maynard that he should
have arranged a meeting with so redoubtable a champion as Chambers,
and we think a lively fight may be looked for.—— Mike Donovan and
W. McClellan are both training very hard for their coming battle.
Mikes headquarters are at Joe IMeves' Three-mile House, San Leandro
road. McClellan stays in town, but keeps very close.— Since the above
was set in tvpe, the match between Maynard and Chambers has been de-
clared " off."
Baseball. — Games last Sunday at the Recreation Grounds: Reno vs.
Eagles— score, 20 to 2 ; Gattling vs. Franklin — score, 13 to 9. At Oak-
land last Saturday: Oakland vs. Athletics — score, 9 to 4 ; Knickerbocker
vs. Athletics — Bcore, 11 to 1. GameJ next Sunday at the Recreation
Grounds: Knickerbocker vs. Star. At Oakland: California vs. Mutual.
— —On Sunday, August 10th, the Knickerbocker and Omaha Clubs will
come together, and, as both clubs are pretty evenly matched, a good
game may be expected. As yet it has not been settled as to whether the
game will be played here or in Oakland. Due notice of the selection of
place, however, will be given next week.
Picnics. — Italian Bersaglic Sharpshooters, Willow Grove Park, West
Berkeley, Sunday.^^California Jager, Fairfax Park, Sunday.^— Work-
ingmen's Benevolent Society, Badger's Park, Sunday.— Caucasian Joint
Picnic, Shell-mound Park, Berkeley, Sunday.^— Columbia Lodge, No.
127, I. O. B. B., Schuetzen Park, Alameda, Sunday.— Excursion to
Cremorue Gardens, Martinez. Steamer S. M. Whipple leaves Washing-
ton street wharf 10 A. m, Sunday.-^— Excursion to Sonoma. Steamer
Herald leaves Washington-street wharf 9 a. m. Sunday.
Bicycling. — David Stanton rode a race against three trotting horses,
at Lillie Bridge. London, July 10th. At twenty-one miles Stanton was
so far ahead that the horses were withdrawn. The bicyclist kept on till
he had made forty miles ; time— 2 hours, 21 minutes and 28 seconds. His
time from twenty-six miles (1 hour, 30 minutes and 2 seconds) being the
best on record.
Harriman, the Maine pedestrian, who was second to Rowell in the
great six days' walk in New York, has just accomplished another pedes-
trian feat. He has walked off with another man's wife. The outraged
husband at present holds the stakes.
Shooting. - Deer hunting in the mountains around Salinas, Santa
Crui and Oloverdale is the i port of the season for our city ■portamen.
Borne of tin- largest bnoka seen for many vears have 1 n killed this sear
•on. Tio- law :.s it now stand*, forbidding tin- killing of does and fawns,
haaa g 1 effect, as it saves m my hundred deer, and bucks are more plen-
tiful every year. At Bin!'.- point last Monday <\ Robinson shot. ;i match
with \\. H. Johnson for 9100 a side. The former won easily ; score, 6 to
4 at single birds, and ;i to l h\ double bird*. H. Parker and Mr. John-
son then shot a draw at six nigh birds, a freeze-out draw by Robinson
Lambert, both killing all their birds and dividing the money. — A target
match was shot at Berkeley last Sunday between Lieutenants MeElhin-
n. y and Jenkins, one hundred allots at two hundred yards. The latter
won ; score, 411 to 406.^— There will be a grand pigeon shooting tourna-
ment at the Sacramento State Fair next week, that will bring together all
the best shots in the State-^— There is Bome talk of matching John Ruth,
of Oakland, against the Utah champion, to break 500 glass balls, Ruth to
use a Ballard rifle and his opponent a shotgun— —Deer are plentiful along
the ridge between Deer Creek and Yuba.— Doves are plentiful a short
distance north of Sacramento.-^Snipe shooting commenced Friday,
August 1st. A dispatch from Reno reports bags of forty at Truckee
Meadows, a few miles from Keno.— Hares are very abundant in the
Santa Clara Valley. There will be splendid coursing when the grain
is cut. A target shoot is now progressing at the Presidio. It com-
menced yesterday and will finish at 12 M. to-day. There are thirty
competitors, ten from each military division of the Pacific coast, from
whom will be selected a team to represent this coast at Creedmoor in
September.
ARIZONA.
Last week the Neios Letter gave an account of the tesrible accident to
Mr. B. W. Reagan, one of the owners of the Silver King mine, and now
we have the sad duty of chronicling the death of this estimable gentle-
man. The news will be most distressing to bis many friends in the Ter-
ritory.
Col. Harvey Lake, an old pioneer of Arizona, who died last week at
Maricopa, was buried in this city on Tuesday with Masonic and military
honors. Col. Lake left San Francisco but a few short days ago, with the
intentiou of mining and shipping the ores of the Ajo Copper Mines,
having entered into a contract with the company to do so.
We hear of a party of seven mining engineers, who left New York on
the 28th ultimo for a tour through Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona.
They make the journey in the interest of capitalists of New York and
Philadelphia, and will doubtless be welcome guests in the mining locali-
ties that they may visit.
The Atzlan Mill, owned by a new York company, was burned by sup-
posed incendiaries on the 19th ultimo. The loss aggregates 812,000, and
is a serious disaster for the Groom Creek and adjacent districts.
The Tiger Mill is running smoothly, turning out bullion at the rate of
$2,000 per day.
The Big Bug mining district has become the favorite with Chicago
capitalists, who have at present some twenty properties bonded and
favorably entertained. The Gross and the Storm Cloud mines are
reported as sold for &16,000. Gov. Fremont having reported favorably of
the Crook Mine, one-half of it has been sold in New York, and early iu
the present month active work, upon an extended scale, will be com-
menced. Gov. Fremont has done a great deal, during his Eastern visit, to
foster the interests of Arizona and to bring them into prominent notice, •
for which his constituency should feel a large share of gratitude. We
expect shortly to see him in this city, en route for the territory. In 1875
or 76 was discovered, some twenty-eight miles northeast from Prescott, a
very extensive copper deposit, the lead croppings being from 12 to 16 feet
wide, with ore which assayed as high as 40 per cent. The owners of the
property have recently begun its development, and their prospects are
most encouraging. Most of the travel to Arizona from the East now
goes by way of the Atcheson, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad, which route,
in comparison with that via the Union Pacific and San Francisco, is
shorter in time and the expense is less. The news from the Silver King
and Tombstone districts continues encouraging, and new mines are daily
being located and developed. The drift of capital appears to be steadily
heading for Arizona, from New York, Philadelphia, Chicago and St.
Louis, and we are much mistaken if these favored localities do not absorb
a large share. The pump at the Vulture mine was, at last accounts,
working well, and the millwas £o commence work on the 21st ult., with
a very large supply of good ore on the dump.
The weather in Arizona just now is intensely hot, and will so continue
for some weeks. When the cooler season comes, we have every reason
to believe that a large number of enterprising men, controlling capital,
will visit the territory.
BILKS IN CHURCH.
Last Sunday was the 25th anniversary of Calvary Church, and the
Senior Elder, James B. Roberts, was called upon to make a statement of
its condition, progress, etc. This he did, showing commendable progress
in every good word and work. But what surprised and grieved us most
was that an Elder in the Church of Christ should stand up before the pul-
pit and an audience of one thousand persons, and, after complimenting
them, declare " that there were bilks in the church !" Not Honorable
Bilks, but men who persistently subscribe literally to the church debts
just to swell the list, and yet who never pay, and, for that matter, never
intended to pay. Hence it was, he said, that the church was now in debt
§10,000. This same Elder went on to say that the sexton had much
trouble in endeavoring to please every one in regard to church ventilation.
A fat woman wanted more fresh air, while others not so favored desired
the windows closed, etc. Then he fell upon the young men who go to the
theaters and stand in the lobbies for hours inhaling tobacco smoke, etc.,
" and yet they come to church and complain of the want of pure air."
Barring these vulgarisms and the Elder's egotism the report was every
way creditable to the church and congregation.
ZAMLOCK.
St Johns Presbyterian Church, Post street, between Mason and
Taylor. The Rev. Dr. Scott, pastor, will preach on Sunday at 11 a. K.
and 7h P.M. Sunday School and Bible Classes, 9^ A.M. Prayer and
Praise Service at 6Jp.ji.
Bergstrom Church Organs, at Smith's, 200 Post street-
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Aug. 2, 1879.
WmDMBom
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S&Utw/au&Safarcfefyi;
St Petersburg, July 26th.— The Minister of the Interior reports
3,501 6 res during June, causing a damage of over 12,000,000 roubles.
Five hundred and eight fires were of incendiary origin. The theater in
Kremlin, Moscow, has been burned by Nihilists.— Paris, July 26th. —
The Municipal Council has renamed a large number of streets, including
the Boulevard Haussman, named during the reign of Napoleon III.——
New York, July 28th. — Argument will be heard to-day in the Supreme
Court by Justice Porter, on the application of the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company for an injunction restraining the city from collecting the unpaid
tax laid on the company in 1S74.^— Washington, July 28th.— The Sec-
retary of the Interior Saturday rendered a decision in the application of
the New Idria Mining Company, of California, for a review of the de-
partment's decision of 1871, which rejected their application for a patent
for 480 acres of mineral land in California. Secretary Schurz concurs in
the decision of 1871, "in holding that a larger quantity of land is em-
braced in this application than was contemplated or authorized by law."
By the decision the New Idria Mining Company, by its purchase of pro-
perty, " did not acquire the right to have or take a patent for more than
160 acres of land."— —New York, July 28th. — At a largely-attended
meeting of the trades, including piano makers, cabinet makers, varnish-
ers, carvers, molders and wood workers, on Sunday, resolutions were
adopted favoring the shortening of a clay's labor to eight hours, pledging
themselves to drop the question of wages, —Seattle, July 28th. — The
fire Saturday evening proves to have been disastrous. The buildings de-
stroyed are all wooden structures, occupied principally by saloons, ware-
houses, shops, etc. Some leading business houses are heavy losers by the
removal of their goods, which were greatly damaged and lost.- New-
ark, N. J., July 28th. — Four thousand Germans, in mass meeting yester-
day, protested against the enforcement of what they termed the obsolete
Sunday laws, which are chiefly directed against Germans, and at war
with the spirit of liberty and humanity.— —New York, July 28th. —
The Report of the Canadian Commissioner of Fisheries presents valuable
statistics of the fishing industries throughout the Dominion. In 1877 the
value of the total catch was 812,029,955. Last year it amounted to $15,-
315,679. Fresh salmon packed in ice represented a value of §306,982,
while the fish in cans was worth S988,576. Of this, British Columbia
represented the larger proportion. On Fraser River 2,500 white men and
Indians are engaged in fishing. Chinese do the work of canning. It is
proposed to stock Fraser River with the young of California. Seven es-
tablishments are devoted to fish culture in the Provinces.-^— Paris, July
28th. — The Senatorial Committee on Ferry's Education Bill has voted all
the clauses except three, one being Article 7, which forbids members of
unauthorized societies from teaching in the schools.— Memphis, July
28th. — Ten additional cases were reported to the Board of Health this
afternoon, six negroes. The special policemen engaged in taking the
census of the city, completed their task to-day. Their report shows the
population of Memphis to be 16,110 ; whites, 4,283 ; blacks, 11,287 ;
adults, 10,551, children 5,559. Of the whole, 8,743 have had the fever,
leaving 5,367 susceptible to the disease.— Paris, July 28th. — In conse-
quence of the ravages of the phylloxera in French vineyards, the Minis-
ter of Commerce and Agriculture promises, as soon as the Government
Commissioner has reported on the question of planting American vines,
he will give immediate effect to its decision.— Versailles, July 29th. —
The Chamber of Deputies, by a vote of 249 ayes to 166 noes, has adopted
the proposal of M. Proust for the demolition of the ruins of the Tuiller-
ies. The site will be transformed into a garden. —San Francisco, July
30th. — The amount of customs dues paid in this port this month is §548,-
453, making a total since January 1st of 83,292,988, against §3,520,845 for
the corresponding period in 1878. There are now in port under engage-
ment to load wheat twenty-two vessels, of 30,000 tons, having a carrying
capacity of 900,000 centals. There are 35,000 tons of disengaged tonnage
in port, and 170,000 tons on the way here.^^ Whole fields of ripening
grain in West Chehalis county, Oregon, have been found to be shriveled.
—The burning of stacked hay in Santa Clara county is of frequent oc-
currence.^— Fires on Willow Creek, Amador county, have burnt much
timber and dry feed. ^^ Battle Mountain, Nevada, will ship over 100,000
pounds of wool this year. ^—Lieutenant Farrow and Umatilla scouts
have discovered the " Sheepeater" Indians on Crooked River, Idaho, 100
strong. Farrow will attack as soon as a position is secured.— Much ex-
citement prevails in Beaver county, Utah, over the discovery of placer
gold on Gold Creek, forty miles from Beaver.
LIVE FOR SOMETHING.
Live so that your virtues will excel your vices, and shine brighter
and brighter as the years grow less and less. Live so that you can look to
the past without regretting that you have done too little in this life. La-
bor for something noble and praiseworthy. Live so that in passing from
this to another shore you will leave behind you
Footprints on the sands of Time.
Live for something. There is no one but what can do some good — no one
who need say, "I can accomplish nothing;" none who need spend their
lives in idleness. Life is a blank book, every page of which must bear
something worthy of record, or a blot that can never be erased. —Social
Notes.
Moscow still holds its own as the London of Russia, in spite of St.
Petersburg and its port and palaces. Moscow commands the commerce of
the Empire, and stands at the top in the Report of Customs Duties,
which it heads with 15,000,000 of roubles in 1878, against 9,200,000 rou-
bles for St. Petersburg, a falling off from 1869, when St. Petersburg
reached 11,000,000 and Moscow not quite 9,500,000. The Russian custom
duties for 1878 were 58,000,000, exceeding those of 1877 by 27,000,000.
An elegant assortment of Gold Watches and Chains at Randolph &
Co.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
Recorded in the City and County of San Francisco, California, for
the Week ending- July 30th.
OompUedfrom the Becords of the Commercial Agency , 401 California St. , S. F.
Wednesday, July 23d.
GRANTOR AMD GRANTEE.
G U Lawlor to Anna P Lawlor. . . .
O P Cem'ty As'n to A Wagner....
Saml Crira to John S Pells
Peter Taylor to Wm J Adams
T C Edwards to L W Kidd
J M Comerlbrd to Jno Heberlan ..
R B Horn to Louis Tauseig
Wm R Dunn to Caih EDunn
L Larsenenr to Edna M Cutler ....
Jacob Bqsb to P Friedrichs
DESCRIPTION.
Cath E Dunn to Wm R Dunn .
E Judson to W R Dunn
W Laidlaw to Same
P Von Renaselaar to R F Morrow
!N Haight, 106:3 e Buchanan, e 60x137:6
|Lot 2, Harmony Division plat 5 of Cem
IW Foleom, 95 8 21st, s 60x122:6
|Sondry properties in various parts city
IS 25th, 101:9 w Sanchez, w 24x114
|N Duncan, 244:fi e Sanchez, 23:6x105..
S27th, 356:5 e Ellen, e 50x114
Sundry properties in Mission Blocks .
Ne Geary and Baker, e 137:6x137:6
Und M e Treat av. 170 s 20th, 50x122:6,
sub to mort $3,300
Sundry properties in Mission Blocks ..
W Guerrero, 250 n 24th, n 60. etc
W Guerrero, 250 n 14th, n 60x140; and
w Maple Court, 250 n 14th, n 30x110:2
Und % sw 16th and Florida, b 40x200. .
Gilt
% SO
5
5
6
1,500
5
6,000
3.250
2,659
6,000
1
1
12,000
Thursday, July 34th.
J V Plume to H Collin. .,
Geo Barstow to City and County..
Lena L Du Val to Putnam Robson
Jno Hunt Jr to J G Kittle
A Dinkelspiel to S Shoenberg ....
H Kreidsheimer to Julie Loewe. . .
Jno Hannan to Terence Caldwell..
J D Hooker to M Landers
Wm Sharon to A D Sharon
Board of T L Com'rs to H S Smith
Masonic Cemetery Assn to Same.
J T Dowling to Wm Irwin
JACardnefl to J Quinn
Sw Burgoyne pi and Pacific, w 60x77:6.
Streets and highways
Nw Folsom. 127:6 sw 12th, 87:6x137:6..
S Berry, 137:6 e 7th, e 47:6x120
Und 2-60 u McAllister, 105 e Lagnna, e
25x137:6
Und 1.12 Same
W 23d av, 230 n Pt Lobos, n 25x120...
S Fulton, 82:6 w Webster, w 55x137:6.
E cor Jessie and Aunic, ne 117:6x68...
Ne 7th, 250 se Howard, ee 25x90
Lot 92, Fountain plot
Scor4tn and Mission, se 80x70
S Huncock, 315 w Sanchez, w 40x114 .
* 1
1
5
300
94
233
350
2,000
5
9
62
58,000
7,000
Friday, July 25th.
J A Stanly to Mars Freeman I
Same to John Glenn and wife
Sav & Ln Soc to Ann'e A Murdockj
Same to Chas Murdock '
City and Co to Geo W Friuk
Same to Same
C P Doe to Wm Schilling
D Mahoney to Hib Sav & Ln Soc.
J B Houghton to E H Black
Geo Hudson to Julia A Travers. . .
Henry Kolin to Alvina Vid'iver ...
Henry Hinkel to H L E Mjyer....
W Noe, 239 n 17th, n 25x105
WNoe, 205 n 17th, u 25x130
N30th,4ii5 w Church, w 25x114
iN 30th, 380 w Ch urcli, w 25x114
INw Haight and Buchanan, 87:6x137:6..
|E Texas, 350 s Yolo, 8 83x100
|WBfiideman,100 n Ellis, n 25x90
I R incho Lagnna Merced
j Sundry lots in Outside Lands
IN 19th, 39:11 w Guerrero, 126 x n 309..
|Lot7, blk 13, Paul Tract Homestead ..
iNwClay and Webster, w 93x33 '.
625
700
400
4()0
780
324039
549
10,000
100
8,000
Saturday, July 26th.
Geo W Friok to City and County . I
O N Plorine to C H Hellstrommerl
S F Savs Union to JL Warren....
S Schoenberg to Julie Loewe
Michl O'Brien to Robert Flatten. ,
W W Thompson tu W Asmussen
F F Taylor tn Winnefred Jennings
Same to A Morgenthal
Christian Reis to Geo Hearst....
HS Ridley to MT Barry
Cath E Quintan to Oatn Sutton ..
Geo Mayes to Wm Coffey
Gustavns Briggs to Chas Rohn....
J Barkhausen to Chas O Zichrtson
Streets and highways ,
N Pine, 206:3 w Fillmore, 34:4)^x137:1
S Sacramento, 180:5 e Pierce, e 29:8, etc
Und 17-60 n McAllister, 105 e Laguna, e
1 25x137:6
1 E Beideman, 100 n Ellis, n 25x90
iNe 26th and Shotwell, n 30x90
Se J st and 36th av, s 600x110
|W35thav, 165uKst, w 100xn55 ...
lUnd % se Irwin, 275 ne 7th, ne 275x210
|N Vallejo, 174:6 e Van Ness, e 25x122:6
Lot 5, blk 2, College Homestead. ..
W Barley pi, 95 n O'Farrell, n 4-2:6x60
S Erie, 123:11^ e Mission, e 104:43$, etc
E Franklin, 100 n Tyler, n 20x63:9..
S 1
2.000
1,720
800
850
1,000
800
100
5
2,300
800
5,000
12,000
1,800
Monday, July 28th.
Peter Schneider to Felice Ghio IN Filbert, 111 w Montgomery, 1:6x137:6
Jno McClellan to O J Callaghan . . Ne Ritch, 75 ow Harrison, nw 25x80. . .
Paul Keyser to F Garabo {Sundry lots in Hudson Garden Tract..
Sav and Ln Soc to E WBnrr IN Br'dway, 121:11 e Franklin, 62x137:6
C Bnhn to Charlotte Schmitt 'S Erie, 123:1U£ e Mission, e 104:4X, etc
Max Davis to Max Wo! fen N Sutter, 82:6 w Sleiner, w 27:6x100.. .
P J Kelly to M Wright Se Turk and Scott, e 32:6x120
Sarah Landers to Michl Landers ..[Lots 11, 15, Precita "Valley Lands
J P Verges to R Bergfcld W Dolores, 51:6 n 29th, n 35x100
David Wooster to Blanch Weems . W Clara av, 723 n 18th, a 24x136
Ellen Marphy to Cors Conahan ...|Se Stevenson, 12o ne 6th, ne 24x70
$ 100
2,750
1
6
12,000
3,400
2,850
2,000
600
Gift
1,000
Tuesday, July 29th.
O C Pratt to City and Coonty .
A Cramer to Jno Wieland
Henry Fisher to 0 Alessio
Henry Armstrong to Geo Edwards
WmD Farren to L E White
C E Woodbury to W E Hiltou
Chas Malloy to Edward Wall
SF Sinclair to Geo E Twitchell ..
A J Snyder to Chas Phillips
Same to Same
Win Jameson to Daniel Jones ... .
Daniel Jones to Michl Donlan ....
S Army, at e line of Kerrisons laud, s
48. e 10, s 49, sw It) to com
W Castro, 71:6 n 17th, n 126, w 425, etc
W H lot 7, blk G, R R Homestead
W Noe, 76:6 n 23d, n 25x105
E2dav, 188 n 17th, n 36x120
10 acres, Woodbury Tract
Sc Tehama, 143 sw 8th, sw 21x80 .. ..
Lot 5, blk 182, University Ex Hd
Se Everett, 125 ne4th, ne 50x80
W Potrpro av, 100 s 22d, s 45x100
.Ne Dora, 130 nw Harrison, nw 25x75 ..
[Same
\ 1
2,000
250
5
2.000
12,000
1,500
400
3,000
1.000
1,9S0
2,300
Wednesday, July 30th.
J S Alemany to F T McCann . ...
W S Dibble to C Holbrook ,
Theresa S French to M B French
C PDuane toSC Hastings
G Baumeister to Emma Beckman
Wm I Wilson to Jno Porter ,
M M Hnmburg to B E Tittle
City and Co to Earl Bartlett
Wm A Ray to F A Ranisell
Wm Fulton to Geo Edwards
Geo Edwards to Chas Brumm ....
Jno Lempke to Francis Fritsch . .
Wm Jameson to Louis Zephyr . . .
Mary A Elliott to L E Bnlkley...
Henry Hinkel to Jno T Evans ...
Same to Hugh Marshall.
S Pt Lobos av, 50 w Wood, w 25x125. .
S 17th, 150 c Sanchez e 60:3x100
Nw Miasion. 450 sw 4th, sw 25x160
Se 4th and Harrison, s 160, e 300, etc ..
N Grove, 100 e Octavia, e 27:6x63:9 ....
Sundry lots in City Land Association..
S Bush, 255 w Kearny, w 20x137:6
Sundry lots in Outside Lauds
W Cambridge, 200 s Wayland, 120x100.
E Chattanooga, 125 s 23d, s 25x117
S Jersey. 100 e Sanchez, e 25x114
Lot 217, Gift Map 3
W 7Lh,105n Harrison, n 50x85
Und 1-7 n Bush, 87:6 w Jones, e 25x100
W Webster, 33 n Clay, n 22x90
W Webster, 55 n Clay, n 24:6x90 ...
Aug. 2, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
17
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CRADLE. ALTAR, AND TOMB.
CRADLE.
BrcHASAK— Id Oakland. July 18th. to tin » il. ( Alexander Buchanan, a son.
DlLL-lothta ii.ii], aw>n.
Doll— In u» the wife of .i w. Doll, * daughter.
Fnni- li -'»ih. lo the wtli i>l Alfred A. Flahtr, a son.
Maiwx hi Mountain View, July 20th, to the wit* cl James 0. Mason, a daughter.
Miami In CkoharlDa, July SOCb, to the wife ,.f J. H. Murphy, a son.
OmnnM- In Alanmla, Julv SMli, to tht wife of Joan OppCDheUDW, * daughter.
\t Portal Bill, July •_> th. t.. tiii- wife "f K. Pcvht, »»on.
-In tins city, July 20lh, t<> tin- wi( ■ ,,( Svdnev O. Robinson, a eon.
Stih.kt«'> In Lot Bum, July Hlb, t" tti.- irifa olB li. Btoektoa, a daughter.
Stki'BXl— In ihiscity. July :lsth, to the *u> ol J. F. Strobcl, a daughter.
Writ— In this city, July 2Sth, to the wife ■■( Win. West, a son.
ALTAR.
Forp-Bowmax — In West Oakland, July 27th, C 3. Ford to Jennie E. Bowman.
HaCCT-LWCT -In this city, July Ctith, K. W. Hnuse to Ida M. Leslie.
HlUOBnu-ltjLT— In this city, July 27th, Peter Hirscbfeld to Elise May.
Jaksickr-Bkroxass — In this city, Juhj 27Ul, C. .I.ienicko to Susanna Bergmann,
McDehmott-Mi kkv— In this city. Juh 83d, John J, McDermott to Annie M. Murry.
H( I'unald-Cooi'RR -In Sonnma, July 86th, J urns K. McDonald to Emma Cooper.
Woulrr~De La Veoa— In this city, Juh 28th, A. WoMcr to Kosorio De La Vega.
Wina-ns-Draur— In North San Juan, July 84th, S. Winans to Mary F. Drake.
TOME
As tin— In this city, July 28th, Edward C. Ashe, aged 25 years and 10 months.
Berg— in Oakland, July 22d, John A. Berg, aged 74 years and 11 monthB.
Clink— In this city, July 27th, Sine A. Cline, aged 18 years.
Coosiassb— In this city, July 26th, Auguste Cogniasse, aged 52 years.
Cearlky — At Bartlett Springs, July 20th, Cyrus G. Cearlcy, aged 23 years.
Collins- In this city, July 38th, Mrs. Johanna Collins, aged 28 years.
Baoax -In this city, July 28th. Bridget Hagan, aged 68 years.
Human— In Oakland, July 27th, Charles E. Homan, aged 30 years.
Joses— In this city, July 24th, Charles E. Jones, aged 16 years.
Lake- At Maricopa, A. T , July 24th, Col. Harvey Lake, aged 53 years.
Morton- In this city, July 29th, Frank Morton, aged 30 years and 7 months.
O'Brien— In this city, July 26th, Kate O'Brien, aged 35 years.
Pen a -At Newcastle, July 5th, Joseph E. Pena, aged 29 years.
Proctor— In Sebago, Maine, July 2d, Captain Fred Proctor, aged 86 years.
Sheldon— In this city, July 25th, Thomas T. Sheldon, aged 23 years.
Wilson — In this city, July 27th, Maggie Wilson, aged 20 years'and 11 months.
Wall— In Sao Rafael, July 28th, Peter Wall, aged 58 years.
CHARLES MATHEWS AND J. L. TOOLE.
The following letter was addressed by the late Mr. Charles Mathews
to Mr. J. L. Toole. It is still in possession of the last-named eminent
comedian, and it has never been published. It may prove amusing to
many of the readers of the Era Almanack :
" Belle Vue Mansions, Brighton, August 6, 1873.
"My Dear Toole : — Were you ever in a mess? If you never were, I
can explain it to you, having been in several; indeed, I don't mind con-
fessing to you that I am in one now, and strange to say, you are perhaps
the only man who can get me out of it. You need not button up your
pockets, it isn't a pecuniary one. Only fancy, after thirty years' practice
and experience, I have made a mistake in my dates, and for the first time
in my life find myself engaged to two managers at the same time ! Now,
they say a man coDnot serve two masters, but I can — if they will only
come one after the other — only one at a time — one down, t'other come on ;
but to play at Bristol and at the Gaiety on the same night {and keep it up
for a week), I don't see my way to accomplish. In a moment of enthusi-
asm I engaged to begin with Chute on September 29th, and I had scarcely
done so when Hollingshead reminded me that I was booked to begin with
him on that date, and that it could not be altered. Conceive my dismay !
Chute holds fast — 'can't be altered' — so does Hollingshead — 'can't be
altered.*
"Now, Toole — dear Toole — beloved Toole — can't you play a week
longer at the Gaiety 1 Can't you let me begin there on Monday, Oct. 6th
(as I thought I did), and get me out of my dilemma? CAN'T you make
this sacrifice to friendship and put three or four hundred more into your
pocket? Virtue is not its own reward, but an extra week of fine busi-
ness is.
"Now, Toole— adored Tooley — best of men — first of comedians— most
amiable of your sex — burst into tears — throw your arms round my neck
and sob out : ' Do with me as thou wilt — play me another week — play me
another three hundred, and be happy."
" Breathless with anxiety, yet swelling with hope, I await your answer.
Pity the sorrows of a poor old man, and even telegraph 'Yes,' rather than
keep me in suspense.
" What s a week to an able-bodied low comedian ? Child's play. Why,
you'll be wanting to throw in morning performances as well to keep you
from rusting. It is a chance for you — avail yourself of it and bless me,
and I'll bless you, and Hollingshead will bless us both, and Chute will
bless us all.
" With my intermediate blessing, ever faithfully yours,
"C. J. Mathews."
SUPPER AT PEKIN.
The repast waa charming. What dishes, bowls and plates there
were! Birds'-nest soup, sharks'-fin soup, chicken broth, lapwings'- eggs
Boup, and countless other dishes, all cooked to perfection — from the fish,
with sharp sauce, to the apricot kernel milk, and the sweet salad of young
radish-tops. Loutalou offered us, with his chop-sticks, a piece of roast
duck. We reciprocated by taking, now from the dish, now from our
plate, pieces of fowl or pork, and placing them on his. " A preserved
Canton orange for Miss Perfumed Jade," a water-chestnut for another
lady, for each guest, if he wishes to be polite, must pass half his time in
heaping up his neighbors' plates with different kinds of food, and accept-
ing, with many "tching, tching," or "touo shie," all that is offered him
in return. '
An Arkansas paper puts it this way: "We knew a man that won
enough money on the horse race Saturday to hire a negro to hoe cotton a
week."
Artistic Novelties, manufactured from California quartz, at Kan-
dolph & Co.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
THE AVERILL MIXED PAINT
Is niHiiiiirtrl tir. I from ntrlrtly pur«> Willi* l.Olul, Zlnr. find
Pun Untued OU, to which la ...i..u-d Water tita**. which chemically unites tho
[ftmdients and hold* them In solution, SO thuv cannot separate. As tfaouM paint
It has no equal, producing a brilliant Blowy flnl«h, bnparnoiu t.> the weather, and
Will Last Twice as Long
as any other paint made, It Is ol pure white, mid any Shudo or Colordcsirod, mixed
reedy (<>r the brush, k that an] one can apply it.
Our wagon end machinery patnte, (nun the more common colors to the finest ver-
milion, are specially desirable,
Our Bre>prool roof, barn ami bridge paint, manufactured from oxide of iron, is tho
beet end cheapest paint for the purpose that can be produced.
Put up in J, J, 1 and 6 gallon cam and in barrels, sold by the gallon. Send for
sample card of colors and price list. Address,
CALIFORNIA PAINT COMPANY,
July 13. 829 MARKET STREET, San Francisco.
SWANTON HOUSE, PESCADERO.
This Popular Hotel, toother with the detached Cottages,
Which are not the least of it's attractive features, have been newly furnished
throughout, and are now open for the reception of guests. Those desiring to visit
tho most enjoyable of all our sea-aide resorts, can make no mistake in deciding upon
Pescadero.
IT IS EASILY REACHED,
and is unsurpassed in the excellence of its climate, the beauty of its scenery, and in
the attractiveness of its truly remarkable sea beach. Those extraordinary pebbles,
among which are to be found agates, opals, sapphires, etc., were never bo numerous
as now, the past Winter having thrown up immense numbers of curiously-shaped
stones, which for ages have been subjected to tho everlasting motions of the tireless
Pacific. GOOD TROUT FISHING is obtainable in the Pescadero river.
¥&~ The hotel prices are fixed to suit the times. [April 27.
REGISTRATION.
Republicans, Attention I
Heatlquarters Republican State Central Committee, Rooms
Nos. 4, 5, 6,7, 8 and 9, No. 703 Market street, southweBt corner Third
street, San Francisco, June 20, 1879.
The vital importance of immediate REGISTRATION mnst he apparent to every
Republican, when the fact is anaounced that the entire Registration of this city
and county has been wiped out ; and that no one will be allowed to vote at the
September Election unless RE-REGISTERED. The State Central Committee calls
the earnest attention of Republicans to this matter, and requeBts them, without
delay, to register themaclves, so as to strengthen the hands ol the organization and
place it in a position to win the approaching contest. No true Republican will
neglect this most imperative and argent duty. By order of the Committee.
M. D. Bobuck, Secretary. [June 28.] W. W. MORROW, Chairman.
NOTICE.
To Bullion and Exchequer Stockholders.
The Sau Francisco Stock and Exchange Board having been
informed that great dissatisfaction exists among the shareholders of the Bullion
and Exchequer Mining Companies, respecting the management of those properties
by the present Boards of Trustees, have empowered their Executive Committee to
co-operate with those shareholders who wish an opportunity for the expression of
their sentiments respecting the same. The Executive Committee intends, with Bueh
co-operation, to procure the action of the Courts in ordering a new election of Trus-
tees of those companies. All shareholders in sympathy with this movement are re-
quested to call at the office of Mr. J. W. COLEMAN, President of the Committee,
Room No. 1, Stock Exchange Building, and Bign a petition to the County Court for
its action in the premises. CHAS. S. NEAL,
July 19. Secretary S. F. Stock and Exchange Board.
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Importing Stationers and Booksellers.
We havein Stock full assortments of the following: Fancy
Papeteries, Auto, and Photo. Albums, Russia Wallets and Card Cases, Purses,
Paper Weights, Fancy Inkstands, etc. , and the handsomest and most complete line
of Diaries ever offered in this market.
Nov. 16. 327, 329, 331 SANSOME STREET.
LAYER & CURLETT,
Architects,
Furnish Plans, Specifications and Superintendence for the
Construction or Renovation of Dwelling Houses, and every description of
Building. Office : 19 S. F. Stock Exchange Building, Pine street, San Francisco.
[Take the Elevator.] June 15.
D. F. HCJTCUINQS.
J. Sanderson
D. M. Dunne.
PHENIX OIL WORKS.
Established 1850.— Mutchlngs A Co., Oil and Commission
Merchants, Manufacturers and Dealers in Sperm, Whale, Lard, Machinery and
Illuminating Oils, 517 Front street, San Francisco. Jan. 8.
MME. B. ZEITSKA'S
rench, German and Euglish Institute, Day and Boarding
School, for Young Ladies, 922 Post street, between Hyde and Barkin. KIN-
MME. B. ZEITSKA, Principal.
F
DERGARTEN connected with the Institute.
Oct. 26.
CALIFORNIA SUGAR REFINERY,
Manufacturers of the Standard Syrup, a superior article
put up in barrels expressly fur home consumption. Also, Extra Heavy Syrup
in barrels for Export. Refined Sugars at lowest market rates. Office, 215 Front
street, up stairs. Dec. 21.
QUICKSILVER.
In lots to suit, by Thomas Bell A Co., \o. 305
Sansome street, over Bank of California. Nov. 16.
Tj^or sale
Smith's American Organs. 200 Post street, corner of Dupont.
18
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
An*. 2, 1879.
"BIZ.
Money continues to be superabundant, yet securely locked up— idle
for want of employment. Interest rates here, as well as elsewhere, are
lower than ever before known. There seems to be a want of confidence
in the future. Improvements going forward in the city are very meagre,
but few buildings being erected, yet building material is cheaper tfian
ever, and the cost of erection far below any previous period in our his-
tory. Recently there seems to be an increased inquiry for Real Estate in
desirable localities for residences. This is particularly noticeable upon
California street and other streets traversed by cable railroads; California
street property seemingly having the preference by reason of its altitude
and the superior birds-eye views obtainable as one glides along in the Pal-
ace Cars that are ever kept scrupulously clean and neat. These cars now
run out to Cemetery Avenue direct, and are attracting much pleasure
travel in that direction.
The Bag Ring, with its fifteen millions of Burlap Grain Sacks under
lock and key, continues to call forth considerable comment upon 'Change
and elsewhere. It is very generally understood that last year's combina-
tion sold out their entire stock to present holders, and at low figures. It
is said that the Bags are being carried at 7£ per cent, interest. Wm. T.
Coleman & Co. are the agents. Lazard Freres are said to be parties to
the lock-up, but whether the Jute Bag Factory Company are entirely
disinterested in the movement is not altogether clear. Out own opinion
is that farmers and interior traders are better supplied with Bags than is
generally supposed. "We know that farmer Glenn, the embryo Governor,
has secured his 340,000 Grain Sacks, and so of Dr. Toland, Parrott, and
other large grain producers. Oregon is also well Btocked, and so it goes.
We are not believers in the Bag Ring combination price — HA@12£e.
Borax. — This month and for the year onward there is to be an increased
output over that of the last twelve months, but not to an extent to break
prices. Eastern orders are here for 400 tons at some abatement from the
prices ruling the past twelve months — say 6£@8&c.
Case Goods. — Our canners are very actively engaged putting up
Peaches, Tomatoes, etc., having had thus far a tine season, good fruit in
abundance, and at low rates. Salmon from the North is coming forward
in moderate supply, but the bulk of the Columbia river catch and that of
Frazer river will be shipped direct to England. Our best customers this
season seem to be Chicago and other cities East of it. Sales of 5,-
000 cases Salmon to go by rail may be noted at SI 12£ for 1-tb. and SI 75
per dozen for 3-lb. tins. The Oregon steamship State of California brought
us 7,400 cs. Columbia river Salmon.
Wheat and Flour. — The arrivals are now steadily increasing in
valume, but shippers are less anxious buyers at last week's prices of @1 75
for No. 1 Shipping, and now only offer SI 70@§1 72-£ for best samples.
The City of Pekin, for Hongkong, carries several thousand bbls. of Flour,
at an average cost of $5. We note sales, this week, of 2,000 bbls. Extra
Genesee Mills for Callao, and 1,000 bbls. of same lor Central America.
The price of Superfine is §4 25; Extra Superfine, &4 50®S4 75; Extra
Family and Bakers' Extra, @5 25@S5 75, the latter rate for Silk-dressed
Extras.
Barley. — The Eastern demand seems to be filled for the moment. The
bark Colusa has sailed for Wilmington to load 1,500 tons Brewing for
New York. The Fr. bark Delphine Melaine has 1,200 tons Chevalier,
for Melbourne. We quote the latter, SI 50@S1 60; Feed, 75@80c, and
Brewing 87£c. for New, SI 05 for Old.
Coffee. — The market continues firm at 15c@16Jc for fair to best quality
of Central American Greens.
Sugar. — Eastern supplies are now coming forward more freely than for
a long time past; several thousand bbls of Refined having been bought for
this market prior to the late advance of ^c per pound in New York. All
this could and would have been avoided by a little good management. It
is bad business for our refiners, who feel called upon to keep down prices
here much lower than they would otherwise do. We quote Island Raws,
6ic@Sc in bags and kegs : Bay Cube, 9^c(Sil0c ; California Crushed, 93c :
Yellow Coffee, 7£c@8£c.
Kxje.— The stock of China is large. We quote Mixed, 4gc; No. 1
China, 5j^c ; Sandwich Island, 5£c
Teas. — On the 6th inst. S. L. Jones & Co. will sell at public auction
3,500 packages of Comet Oolongs and Japan Greens, of the importation
of Messrs. Macondray & Co., all well worthy the attention of the trade.
MetalB. — The market is sluggish for all leading staples and quotations
are more or less nominal.
Quicksilver.— Holders very generally asks 34£@35c, but the City of
Peking will carry supplies bought at 34@34£c.
Coal. — Supplies from the North coast and from British Columbia are
liberal, selling at low prices. The cargo of Liverpool Steam, 2,300 tons,
per ship New York, i3 reported sold at S6 25.
Freights and Charters.— But few charters have been written during
the week for any voyage. The tonnage en route to this port, so far as
known now, aggregates 165,500 tons, against same time last year of 210,-
000 tons. The disengaged tonnage in port 40,000 tons, against 58,000 tons
same period last year. We have on the berth, at date, 25,000 tons
against 56,000 tons same date last year. The present Spot rate for Wheat
to Havre or Liverpool, direct, 44(S45s. ; to Cork or Queenstown, for or-
ders IT. K., 50s.; or to the Continent, 50(<z>52s. 6d., according to the port
of discharge. Coal freights from the North coast and British Columbia
are nominal at S2 50, but engagements to any extent could not be
secured, even at SI 50, owing to coal strikes at Seattle and Wellington
mines.
ZAMLOCK,
Mr. Julius M. Keeler is likely to be chosen Republican candidate for
the City Superintendency of Schools. Mr. Keeler was the organizer of the
Oregon public schools, afterward took charge of tbe Pacific University,
at Forest Grove, in that State, and later became Superintendent of the
Public Sehools in Portland District. His qualifications are undoubted,
and his record a most honorable one ; and his experience as an officer of
Cavalry during the war cannot have lessened bis executive abilities.
Salvini wants to make another farewell tour of America.
SIGNAL SEKTICE METEOROLOGICAL REPORT, WEEK
ENDING JULY 31, 1879, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Highest and Lowest JBarometer.
20.954
29.865
Sat. 26
Sun. 37
29b39
29.789
Hon. 28
29.902
29.873
Tue. 29
29.935
29.892
Thr31
29.867
29.730
Maximum and Minimum. Thermometer.
76
54
| W.
63 63 64.5 I 64 64 64
63 53 56 | 55 54 | 65
Mean Daily Humidity.
83.7 | 86 | 86.7 I 83.3 | 84.3 | 82.3
Prevailing Wind.
W. | sw. i w. I w. i w. i w.
Wind — Miles Traveled.
284 | 285 | 213 | 270 [ 245 | 303 | 239
State of Weather.
Fair. | Cloudy. | Fair. [ Fair. | Fair. | Fair. | Clear.
Mainfall in Twenty-four Sours.
Ill III
Total Tiain During Season beginning July 1, 1870 01 inches.
SANITARY NOTES.
The deaths this week number 62 as compared with 84 last, and 76
for the corresponding' week last year. There were 6 Chinese. Four acci-
dents, but neither suicide nor homicide. The zymolics were: 2, diptheria ;
3, typhoid fever; 2, infantile cholera; 1, croup. Diseases of the respira-
tory organs are less fatal. There were : 5, phthisis ; 5, pneumonia, and 1,
bronchitis. The other principal causes of death were: 3, infantile convul-
sions ; 3, enteritis ; 3, hearfdisease. Two each of brain disease, Briglit's
disease, debility, and one each of apoplexy, alcoholism, puerperal convul-
sions, epilepsy, old age, pyoemia tumor. There were no deaths in the
Third or Fifth Wards, and one only in the First and Eighth. Ten per-
sons died in the public institutions.
Photography has its disadvantages. A friend of ours who has just
returned from Egypt tells us that the donkey-boys of Cairo call their
quadrupeds by the names, not only of our eminent men, but of the fash-
ionable beauties whose photographs adorn our shop-windows. He success-
ively gave a trial to Mrs. Langtry, Lady Lonsdale, Mrs. Wheeler and
Mrs. Cornwallis West. The first he found very lazy, the second had a
disagreeable habit of rolling in the sand, the third walked well but trotted
unevenly, while the fourth was skittish, and threw her head up in a jerky
manner. Then he hired Sir Stafford Northcote, but this beast, although
sure footed, was slow in his movements, and after riding several other of
our statesmen, he fell back upon the Bishop of London, whom he de-
scribes as a very serviceable jackass. But our friend, who is a very fer-
vent member of the Church of England, was much pained by tbe boy to
whom the Bishop belonged frequently beating him with a heavy stick,
and addressing him as a *' deevil." Our friend suggests that the Foreign
Office should instruct our Consul-General to protest against the names of
English divines and English ladies being given in this irreverent spirit to
Cairo donkeys, and certainly it does seem that, if Lord Beaconsfield is
not sick of his " spirited foreign policy," there is an opportunity for a
stern exercise of his Lordship's Imperial instincts toward the Cairo don-
key-boys.— London Truth.
The Terrace Baths, Alameda, are attracting hundreds of people in
this glorious weather. The water is pleasantly free from chill, and many
remain in the water an hour or more without shivering with cold. It is
always high tide at the Terrace, it being constructed like a dam. The
water is changed nearly every night, and is sparkling and clear, causing
the most luxurious sense of enjoyment. Everything is well-ordered and
respectable ; and there is a separate department for ladies. Last night
there was music for the entertainment of the crowds who went over ;
and we should not be surprised to see 1,000 there this evening, reveling in
the warm air and soft water and delicious moonlight.
ZAMLOCK.
Mrs. Lewis, Thurlow Block, corner of Kearney and Sutter streets, is
the fashionable dressmaker of the city and State. Her fitter is the most
experienced in the city, and able to tell at a glance, as the celebrated
Worth does, where the dress is at fault or where it needs another touch.
Her dresses give a satisfaction in wearing, and fit with an exactness not
attained in any other establishment. All the fashionably-attired ladies
of our first circles go to Mrs. Lewis, as a matter of course ; and her or-
ders from the interior cities and the coast are increasing with every day.
It is often remarked by visitors to this coast that our California
belles are as remarkable for exquisitely tinted complexions as their fair
English sisters, and their cousins and their aunts, and they are surprised
at the fact, seeing the dryness of our climate. The truth is, and we vio-
late no confidence in publishing it, that M'me Rachel's Enamel Bloom is
on the toilet table of every San Francisco lady, and to its admirable
quality of protecting the delicate skin is due the preservation of the
charms native to our high-bred beauties.
Surprising the Irish. — Price has just finished three of his finest and
most costly sets of famous carvers, for John D. Barbour, of Barbour
Bros., the well-known thread and linen manufacturers of Lisburn, Ire-
land. No doubt they will be as much surprised in Ireland as they were in
England, France and Germany to see such cutlery made in a new coun-
try like California. With all the experience of the Sheffield manufac-
turers, their finest work will not compare with that of M. Price, of this
city.
"The Popular Science Monthly" for August comes just as we go to
press. Some of the articles are : " Removal of Tendencies to Disease,"
"Re-Education of the Adult Brain," "Food and Feeding," Part II., and
" The November Meteors."
Smith's Music Store, 200 Post street, corner of Dupont.
Aug. 2, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER,
19
TEARS AGO.
She wm *t>Rt-«l olon barida dm, "Wm rIm riehr" now that is funny.
<>n a Map-day, faan ajro: 11. .u- -f mine twma long fcgo:
Heart of minayoQ moat not chldo me, Wl .t carad I for lands or money?
I woa but * boy, you know. I wt* but * boy, you know.
Tbnoaacnt, ni reva*] it, Andyoupnitad bow yon missed her.
Heart of mine, twaa long ago: Heart ol mine 'twas years ago: [her.
This lock of hair, if I >li-l steal it. "And vonpraased her hand and fciaaed
I was but a boy, you know.
Wal she pretty ? DM I love her •
Heart of mine twaa years ago;
And that pan? of bliss is over,
I was but a boy, yon know.
"And
I was hut a boy, you know.
Do t love her yet 0, olden,
Preciotia past, thou heart of mine.
See, toil ioi-k of h:\ir is golden.
Anil the head that wore it -thine.
WHO ARE THE ZULUS'?
An expensive English "war. and the murder of the Prince Imperial,
give an interest bo the question, " Who are the Zulus?" The reader who
deairefl a lengthy, detailed and historical answer, will find it in an exceed-
ingly readable book recently published in London, of which Captain
Lucas, of the Bpiisfa Army, who baa long resided in South Africa, is the
author. For the purposes of this article, it may he briefly stated that the
Zulu Kingdom is of comparatively recent origin. Its founder was a
bloodthirsty and ambitions savage, named Chaka, who. hearing in 1813
from some shipwrecked English sailors of Napoleon the First, formed the
insane idea of rivaling the great Corsican conqueror. He had just then
succeeded to the chieftainship of a petty tribe dwelling on the sea coast,
and as he subdued tribe after tribe, they were compelled to take the name
of Zulu, which in their language means "heaven." That Chaka was a
most remarkable savage, and had a great talent for war, is undoubted,
since he invented what may be termed the Zulu Phalanx, aud that pecu-
liar method of fighting which proved so fatal to the British at Isandula.
He saw, with true Xapoleonic instinct, that owing to the scarcity of
cover in Zululand, it was better to fight in the open ground in heavy
masses. Some of these were forty deep. The attack commences at rifle-
range. The center, then, is trained to give way, as though in rapid
retreat, the wings making off to the right and left. Their enemy then
naturally pushes off in pursuit. At a given signal, the Zulus halt, and
wheeling, rush upon the foe with frightful yells, protecting themselves
with their shields, and dealing death with their short assagais. Every
soldier carries three or four throwing assegais, but his chief reliance is the
short, heavy bladed" assegais, for close quarters. During the present war
they have, at long range, made use of the Martini Henry rifle. The
officers march in the rear and communicate their orders by swift runners,
trained for that purpose. In battle, the General, with his staff, seeks
some rising ground, and keeps one of the oldest regiments as a reserve, as
was the custom with Napoleon. From 1813 to 1828 Chaka carried out his
terrible policy, devastating adjacent countries and forcing the inhabitants
to acknowledge his rule. A more cruel monster never ruled even in Da-
homey. His ferocity proved his ruin, for, hearing that his troops had suf-
fered a defeat, he ordered the execution of two thousand of their wives,
among whom were the wives of his two brothers, Dingana and Umlan-
ganc. These conspiring against him, caused him to be murdered while he
slept. The two brothers then fought |to settle the succession, and Din-
gana, having slain his rival, became King of the Zulus. This monster
invited some seventy Dutch Boers to a banquet, to talk over some dis-
puted question, and massacred them, aud suddenly marching upon their
settlement, murdered nearly seven hundred women, children and old
men. TKis treacherous bloodthirstiuess is the foremost characteristic of
the present King, Cetewayo. He has been a terrible scourge to the
Boers on the one side and to the English settlers of Natal on the other.
The British Government could not, in justice to its South African sub-
jects, permit this savage to longer continue robbing and murdering the
settlers. Either he had to be subjected or the settlements abandoned. It
is said that the Chaka family, in some degree, resembles that of Napoleon,
whom the Zulu chief desired to imitate. The death of the heir of Napo-
leon, by the hands of the Zulus, gives an interest to the resemblance.
ZAMLOCK.
SAN FRANCISCO'S MIXED POPULATION.
The following is a classification of voters in San Francisco, as regards
nativity : Alabama, 01 ; Arkansas, 10 ; at sea, 21 ; Austria, 292 ; Austra-
lia, 153 ; Azores, 5 ; Barbadoes, 5 ; Belgium, 37 ; Bermuda, 1 ; Brazil, 6 ;
British America, 4; Buenos Ayres, 3; Canada, 573; California, 1,488;
Central America, 7; Chili, 24 ; China, 5; Cape of Good Hope, 1; Con-
necticut, 401 ; Corsica, 1 ; Cuba, 3 ; Delaware, 50 ; Denmark, 280 ; Dis-
trict of Columbia, 87; East India, 0 ; England, 1,436 ; Fayal, 1 ; Florida,
13; France, 605; Georgia, 58; Germany. 5,644 ; Gribralter, 1; Greece, 6;
Hayti, 1 ; Holland, 02 ; Honduras, 1 ; Illinois, 280 ; Indiana, 172 ; Iowa,
60; Ireland, 10,027; Isle of Man, 7; Italy, 221 ; Jamaica, 25 ; Java, 1 ;
Kentucky, 335 ; Louisiana, 318 ; Maine, 1,334 ; Maryland, 448 ; Massa-
chusetts, 2,591 ; Mexico, 28 ; Michigan, 180 ; Minnesota, 15 ; Mississippi,
53 ; Missouri, 284 ; New Jersey, 390 ; New Hampshire, 422 ; New York,
4,416 ; North Carolina, 54 ; Norway and Sweden, 475 ; Ohio, 740 ; Ore-
gon, 21 ; Peru, 5 ; Phillipine Islands, 1 ; Poland, 132 ; Portugal, 42 ;
Prince Edward's Island, 43; Pennsylvania, 1,229 ; Rhode Island, 255;
Russia, 1% ; Sandwich Islands, 13 ; Scotland, 479 ; Spain, 23 ; Society
Islands, 1 ; South Carolina, 97; South America, 3 ; St. Croix, 2 ; St.
Helena, 1 ; Surinam, 2 ; Tahiti, 2 ; Tennessee, 9S ; Texas, 28 ; Turkey. :> ;
Van Diemen's Land, 2 ; Vermont, 397; Virginia, 306 ; Wales, 80 ; Wash-
ington Territory, 7; West Indies, 34 ; Wisconsin, 147; total, 38,008. Of
these electors, thirty-five States and Territories of the Union furnished
16,911, while fifty-four foreign States furnished 21,097. Of these latter,
the United Kingdom is credited with 12,035, and Germany comes next on
the list with 5,644 ; leaving 3,418 from the rest of the world. These sta-
tistics do not fully represent the cosmopolitan character of our people, be-
cause there are numerous unnaturalized persons from other countries.
Our present population being in excess of 300,000, the registration above
enumerated gives one voter in every eight inhabitants. There are now
upwards of 25,000 children (native born), between six aud seventeen years
of age, attending the public schools, who, as they attain their majorities,
will materially alter the complexion of the ballot.
Bradbury Pianos, Agency 200 Post street, corner of Dupont.
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ST. MARY'S HALL,
Benicia, Cal-
The next Academic Year will begin August 5th. A Full
Collegiate Course ; Musical Department under the direction of MADAME
HORSLEY, the Distinguished Vocalist; a resident French Teacher; a fine Art De-
partment; horseback and carriage riding constitute some of the attractions of this
School, Address, REV. L. DELOS MANSFIELD, A.M.,
July 12. Rector.
Smith's Music Store, 200 Post street, corner of Dupont
D. V. B. Henarie.
Edward Martin.
E. MARTIN & CO.,
Importers and Wholesale Dealers in Wines and Liquors.
Proprietors of Miller's Extra Old Bonrbou and J. F. Cut-
ter Extra Old Bourbon and Rye Whiskies.
April 5.
408 Front Street, San Francisco.
Regular Republican Nominee for Governor,
GEORGE C. PERKINS,
Of San Francisco. [July 12
W.Morris. MORRIS & KENNEDY, J. F. Kennedy.
Importers and Dealer* In Moldings, Frames, Engravings,
Chromos, Lithographs, Decalcomanie, Wax and Artists' Materials, 21 Post
street, nearly opposite Masonic Temple, San Francisco. Feb. 4.
L.H.Newton. NEWTON BROTHERS & CO., M.Newton.
Importers aud wholesale dealers iu Teas, Foreign Goods and
Groceries, 204 and 200 California street, San Francisco, Cal May 25,
Conservatory Organs, $110- 200 Post street, corner of Dupont
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER.
Aug. 2, 1879.
CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS IN LONDON AND IN
SAN FRANCISCO.
England has been passing through a period of severe depression, and
the shop-keepers, more particularly in London, are feeling the hard times
more than most other classes, owing to the growth of co-operative asso-
ciations for the supply of articles of domestic consumption. These asso-
ciations are incorporated under the Limited Liability Act, and to a great
extent the customers are the shareholders. The principle is to make a
large turn-over at a very small profit, and thus to dispense with the shop-
keepers and to save the large profit which the London tradesmen have
hitherto put in their pockets. The effect of these co-operative stores
has been so serious in London that deputations of shop-keepers have
gone to the leading members of the Government and tn prominent, mem-
bers of Parliament, to try to induce them to make it illegal for any per-
son, in aoy position under the Government, to participate in the manage-
ment or directorship of these companies. This step has been taken be-
cause the movement was begun by members of the civil service, who felt
that the profits of shop-keepers were so exorbitant that they were wast-
ing annually a large part of their incomes, which by co-operative action
they could easily save. The straitened circumstances of large classes,
within the last few years, have caused them to resort to these co-opera-
tive stores, where they can Bupply themselves at but little over wholesale
prices; and the shop-keepers are finding that not only are they suffering
from hard times, but that they are being deserted by their former cus-
tomers. _ This has spread alarm in their ranks, and promises to affect
very seriously the value of property, because, in a city like London, good
positions for shops are sought after, and do a great deal to sustain the
value of property. Rents are thus coming down, and, altogether, it is
probable that there will be a re -arrangement of the retail trade of London
on a much more economical basis than hitherto. A saving of probably
ten per cent, on the cost of living will prepare the Londoner to meet the
competition of the world, which is every day growing fiercer.
And now we come to San Francisco, and we offer the opinion that the
rents that have been paid on Montgomery street and Kearny street have
been, all things considered, much higher than those paid in Regent street
or Piccadilly in London, where the principal fashionable shops are situa-
ted. Retail profits in San Francisco have been enormous, though no
doubt now very much reduced ; and we think there is ample room here
for the introduction of co-operative stores, where large business and frac-
tional profits will pay the shareholders, and at the same time make up to
a considerable extent to the bulk of consumers for their diminished in-
comes. Economy must be practiced here as elsewhere, and to be able to
live cheaply by cutting off gigantic profits is to remove a grievous burden
with which the open-handed and extravagant Californian has all along
been handicapped. Every saving to the consumer is a benefit to the
State, and the time has passed in the history of our El Dorado when lav-
ish expenditure could be a matter of indifference. Times are depressed,
all classes are complaining, and it is only through industry and frugality
that general prosperity can be restored. The Sand Lot and the new Con-
stitution have done much to paralyze all business, and now we must suit
our modes of living to our diminished incomes and diminished expecta-
tions of income. In this matter of co-operative stores there is a field for
genuine benefit to this whole city of consumers, and we trust that by
some conjoint action of leading citizens a movement of such vast import-
ance will be begun. If this is the most enterprising city in the world,
and there is no doubt it is, why should this promising field for co-opera-
tion remain unoccupied ?
ENFORCING THE QUACKERY LAW.
The police have recently been engaged in a good work in enforcing the
anti-quackery law. It is meet and proper that so important a penal law
should be put in force by the duly constituted authorities. It is useless
for the Legislature to pass laws if they are to remain a dead-letter en the
statute-book. L*»ws are framed and passed to subserve good purposes,
and are presumably intended to be real, active, live instruments for the
suppression of wrong. The presence of uneducated, impudent, death-
dealing quacks in such large numbers in this city was an intolerable nui-
sance, and a great danger to the many who had no means of discriminat-
ing between the dangerous charlatan and the true physician. The
wretched impostor, who intruded himself into the sink-chamber, who
gained admission to the holy of holies — to the inner sanctum of our fami-
lies— was a rascal whose punishment could hardlyb&made severe enough.
He was a public enemy, who has rightly been placed under the ban of a
most righteous law. It is true that the law might have been a better one.
It has allowed a number of rascals to escape. The setting up of three
fiee and easy examining bodies was a great mistake. There has been a
moat shameless laxity in giving licenses to unworthy and incompetent
applicants. But, admitting this, there yet remains a considerable residu-
um of good in the working of the law. Quackery is at last made illegal,
odious and punishable. The policeman can now lay his hands on the ras-
cally quack. The officer specially detailed to this duty appears to be
attending to it efficiently. Several prosecutions have been successful,
fines have been imposed and quacks are quitting the business. These are
desirable results. We congratulate ourself and our readers upon them.
The News Letter's contribution to this good work will not soon be forgot-
ten. There is now an active and healthy public opinion upon this subject
that will never again tolerate the shameful state of thinfas which existed
when the News Letter began its memorable raid upon quacks and quackery.
The police are doing well. "When they have driven out all the unlicensed
rascals, there are some licensed ones that they may well turn their
attention to. There are several murdering abortionists with shingles on
Kearny street.
A blonde youth, of Bohemian proclivities, runs the Honorable Bilk
machine. He is the Secretary, and exhibits Herculean prowess in re-
porting the progress of country clubs. Conscious that on him alone de-
pends the fate of the Bilks, he said the other day : "I am my own adju-
tant, quartermaster-general, and Heaven knows what all." " YeB," re-
marked a brother Bohemian, " and your own trumpeter."
We always thought that if there was not "a bottomless pit " in
California there ought to be one. It turns out that there is. Why it
has selected this particular period in which to open a yawning mouth is
very apparent. There are too many wicked politicians around. Nature
hath made nothing in vain.
ADMIRAL AMMEM'S CHEEK.
It seems impossible for the American to be connected with any
earthly enterprise, no matter what its nature may be, but what specula-
tion, jobbery and fraud must immediately show their heads. In their
churches their parsons and deacons-are on the make — or somebody is sure
to sa^ they are ; to be one of the^r legislators is prima facie evidence of
being corrupt; their business-men. must have a swindling "corner "in
something. In short, your Yankee sees a " job" in every bush, and, if it
isn't his own, he sets up a howl about it which might wake the dead.
Nevertheless, we might expect that such a dignified and sublime under-
taking as the construction of a canal to connect the Atlantic and Pacific
might prove an exception to this rule, when we consider that the project
is being considered from a purely scientific point of view, and has not yet
assumed a monetary aspect, that it is under the auspices of the first
Powers, and that practically the honor of the civilized world is staked on
its faichful performance.
But the International Canal Congress has not escaped the accusation of
fraud, and, of course, the accuser is an American. That he is an Admiral
in the United StateB Navy and the chief representative of this country in
the Congress itself, makes his offense all the more grievous. Admiral
Ammem sees two parties of " speculators " in the Congress, and to accuse
men, who practically represent their respective governments in a scien-
tific debate, of using their position to speculate on their private behalf,
is the same thing as calling them cheats and knaves. One of the Admi-
ral's " speculators " is Lieutenant Wyse, of the French navy, and ac-
cording to this gentlemanly American tar, no less a man than l)e Lesseps
is the Lieutenant's chief confederate. *( Moreover," says the gallant Ad-
miral, " there were enthusiastic manifestations of approval whenever a
vote of ' Yes ' (in favor of the Panama route) was given, which would
hardly have been the case had the audience regarded the action as de-
pending wholly on the natural conditions or physical causes." The Admi-
ral evidently thinks that if scientific men signify their approval in the
ordinary manner, when their professional opinions are indorsed by a ma-
jority, they must have some " personal interests " to subserve. In con-
clusion, the Admiral recommends that the United States Government ig-
nore the decision arrived at by a vote of 75 to 8 in the European Congress,
and take the whole matter into its own hands by renewing the discussion
in this country. Maybe there isn't any impudence in this proposition.
But, aside from the Admiral, a later telegram treats us to a specimen
brick of bombast from the New York World. Among other things, that
Four th-of- July cracker remarks that " the whole world will be apprised
of the determination of the American people not to permit the establish-
ment on the Isthmus of Panama of a European protectorate over the
commerce connecting the Atlantic and Pacific States." Now, it is not at
all surprising that Smith, Jones or Kobinson Bhould endeavor to earn his
penny a line by scribbling such ridiculous rubbish, but it is a trifle strange
that a journal which pretends to a dignified position should humor the
young gentleman by printing it. May we venture to inquire what " the
American people " are going to do about' it if " the whole world " should
calmly " apprise " this mighty nation of its intention to build a canal
where it (the whole world) saw fit ? To hear these spoiled darlings of the
Press prattle, one would think that the soaring American Eagle had only
to flap its wings in order to flabbergast the universe. But in this particu-
lar matter of the canal, the bird will find itself " out and injured " unless
it stops screaming and behaves better.
NO USE BUCKING AGAINST THE RAILROAD.
The locomotive is barely half a century old. George Stephenson
declared his discovery to an assemblage of English engineers on. the 27th
of October, 1829, and on the 17th of September, 1830, the first railroad
was opened between Liverpool and Manchester. The iron horse did not
come into the service of the world without much opposition, but its mar-
velous power was not to be resisted. The bucking against the locomotive
has always hurt the power that bucked. This result was early foreseen.
George Stephenson foretold it even before he was allowed to make a start.
Said a member of the committee of the House of Commons: "Suppose
your engine were coming along at the rate of eight or nine miles an hour,
and a cow happened to be in the way, wouldn't that be very unfortunate ?"
" Yes," replied Mr. Stephenson, in his broad northern dialect, " vera un-
fortunate for the coo." The Great Engineer was right. The " coo " was
as nothing when pitted against the locomotive. Our own Indian tried to
lasso the thing, but he lost his arms for his temerity. He might be pow-
erful when holding on to a buffalo, but he was nowhere when fast lo a
steam engine. All attempts to stay the triumphal progress of the great
motor have been alike futile. The iron horse has mounted the steeps of
the Sierras, pierced the Alps, and will soon even dive under the ocean
from Dover to Calais; Its onward march is irresistible. In less than half
a century 200,000 miles of railroad have been constructed, enough to en-
circle the earth nearly ten times. The United States alone have 82,000
miles, and are building more every day. It is estimated that the capital
employed in building the railroads of the world amounts to $15,000,000,000;
an enormous capital for a single industry not yet as old as hundreds of
thousands of living men. Here is a fact in political economy never seen
before since the world began. It has exercised a predominating influence
over all human relations, sensible not only in the material relations of
life, but in the intellectual and moral condition of civilized people. It has,
in a degree, annihilated time and space. Railroads have entirely changed
the conditions of production. They, with steamships, have enabled thinly
settled localities of the world, to produce immens; crops upon virgin soil,
and compete with and triumph over the denser population but worn-out
soil of older countries. If fifty years of steam communication have pro-
duced such an astonishing result, what may we not expect at the end of a
second half century ? The locomotive has got a long start on its destined
journey. It is under a full head of steam, and it will now, more than
ever, be unfortunate for any stray " coo " that may get in its way. Yet
there is, hereabouts, some talk of an animal weakei and sillier than a cow,
proposing to buck against the locomotive. They call the creature a poli-
tician. If he puts his carcass on the road he will get terribly mangled,
sure. The locomotive can take care of itself, so can the capital employed
in running it. The fifteen billions of money invested in railroads will not
permit itself to be confiscated by politicians. One per cent, upon that
sum would buy all the politicians that have ever lived, from the days of
Moses until now. No ; Railroads cannot be confiscated, nor can the lo-
comotive be stopped. Its triumphs have only just begun. They are but
fools who attempt to buck against it.
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No. 4.
Office of the San FrnnclHCO Sews Letter. Merchant Street,
Noa. 607 to 015, San Francisco.
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OLD BARS— 890@910— Silver Bars— 6@18 # cent. disc. Mexican
Dollars, 8@9 percent.
" Exchange on New York. J per cent. ; On London, Bankers, 49§@
49£; Commercial. 49£@50d. Paris, sight, 5 francs per dollar, lel-
egrams, 15-100@i per cent.
' Latest price of Sterling, 4S3@485.
19" Price of Money here, fl|
open market, 1@1£. D
per cent, per month — bank rate. In the
emand active.
PRICES OF LEADING STOCKS AND GOVERNMENT BONDS.
San Francisco August 8, 1879.
Stocks and Bonds
U. S. Bonds, 4s
S. F. City & Co. B'ds, 0s, '58
S. F. City Bonds, 7s
Sacramento City Bonds
Yuba County Bonds, 8s
San Mateo Co. Bonds, 7s. ..
S. F. Gas Light Co
National G. B'fc & Trust Co
Spring Valley Water Co. . . ,
Omnibus Railroad Co
Bid.
Asked
1013
102
105
107
105
107
28
30
100
—
100
—
90J
91
48
51
83
83i
80
35
Stocks and Bonds.
Central Railroad Co
N. B. and Mission R. R. Co,
Sutter St. R. R. Co
Fireman's Fund Ins. Co
Union Insurance Co
Pacific Bank
The Bank of California
Central Pacific Railroad
C. P. R. R. Bonds
Bid.
40
65
23
115
115
112
Asked
•45
67
25
116
116
115
70
Andrew Baird, 312 California etreet.
THE STOCK MARKET.
The market for the past week has been one of unusual activity,
and for a time it looked as though the long expected market was at hand.
Simultaneous with the commencement of drilling in Sierra Nevada and
Union the North End stocks advanced rapidly, upon supposed favorable
results of the drill, and the mystification that attended the whole affair
seemed to incite more speculation than the hitherto open method of cross-
cutting. As nothing definite can be ascertained regarding the condition
of the lower levels, the " street " are completely iu the dark as to results,
and the matter remains enveloped in complete mystery. For the past
two dayB it has been apparent that a heavy unloading has been going on,
and at the close a still further unloading is observable. Of the outside se-
curities there is little to note. Bodie continues to look badly, while a
great improvement is noticeable in Mono, the adjoining mine, the im-
provement being in the joint east cross-cut on the line. Stockholders of
the Bonanza mines have been made happy with another dividend of fifty
cents, though it is generally believed to be the final one. At the close the
market was a shade stronger.
The Commercial Herald's review of the import and export trade
for the first six months shows the following : Ships entered, 1,604 ; ton-
nage, 710,518. In 1878 the figures were 1,532 and 697.320; in 1877, 2,006
and 821,592 ; in 1876, 1,955 and 760,182 ; and in 1875, 1,997 and 871,597.
There is a decrease in Bteara tonnage with China and Japan of 14,112, and
with Australia of 3,438 ; and an increase of 8,606 with Victoria, and 2,210
with Panama. Freight money paid in 1879, 81,006,724 ; in 1878, 81,690,-
767. Merchandise exported by sea, iu 1879, 814,210,601 ; in 1878, 811,-
687,776. Receipts of treasure, in 1879, 828,733,648 ; in 1878, 835,519,761.
Treasure exported (exclusive of amounts by TJ. S. mail), in 1879, 89,029,-
321 ; in 1878, 823,530,448. Money paid for duties at Custom House is
less by 822,786, in 1879. The coinage at the Mint was, double eagles,
812,540,000; half-eagles, 8108,750, and standard dollars, 85,500,000.
Money has been in plentiful supply for the six months, and at moderate
rates, but little called for. The Herald thinks the depression has reached
the lowest point, and that we are on the eve of revival.
Beerbohra's Telegram.— London and Liverpool, Aug. 8, 1879.—
Floating Cargoes, quiet; Cargoes on Passage, quiet : Mark Lane Wheat,
steady; No. 2 Spring off Coast, 43s. 6d.; Red Winter off Coast, 48s. ;
California off Coast, 47s. ; California Nearly Due, 47*. ; California
Just Shipped, 46s. 6d. ; No. 2 Spring for Shipment, 42s. 6d.; Liverpool
Spot Wheat, quiet ; California Club No. 1. Standard, 9s. lOd. ; Cal-
California Club No. 2 Standard, 9s. 5d. ; California Average — Western,
9s. 3d.; White Michigan, 9s. 7d.; Red Western Spring, 8s.@8s. 10d.;
Amount State Flour in London, 12s. 6d.; Amount State Flour in Liver-
pool, 12s. 6d. ; Liverpool Western Mixed Corn, 4.s. 2d.; Liverpool Cana-
dian Peas, 6s, 9d.; Weather in England, unsettled; English Country
Markets, steady; French Country Markets, turn easier.
SILVER.
We recur to this subject to note with satisfaction that, according
to official advices from the National capital, one of the greatest obstacles
to the thorough international re-monetization of silver has been removed,
by the German Empire giving in its adhesion to bi-metalism. There is
now no doubt that a conference of the nations will be held, at no distant
day, and we take this opportunity of again calling general attention to
the pre eminent right of the Pacific Coast to be represented in the Con-
ference, and the pre-eminent ability of Senator JoneB to represent it.
The restoration of this metal to its natural place in the economy of ex-
changes means, beyond doubt, a widespread and active prosperity for all
the silver- producing States and Territories. In this connection, we also
note an increased demand in the East for the circulation of the much,
and undeservedly, abused standard dollar.
Quicksilver. — Supplies are light and the market firm at 35c. The
City of Peking, for Hongkong, carried 3,050 flasks ; the Newbern, for
Mexican ports, 242 flasks. Our exports by sea for the first six months of —
, 1878 -x r- -1879 s
To Flasks. Value. Flasks. Value.
Mexico 5,060 8166,930 5,289 $153,589
New Zealand 120 3,854 36 1,067
China 9,124 305,267 19,920 586,130
Japan 435 14,629 625 18,539
Central America 42 1,369 84 2,392
Australia 160 5,482 400 11,887
British Columbia 27 900 8 231
South America 1,000 83,077 640 17,674
Java 1 31
New York 500 13,196
Totals 15,968 8531,508 27,503 8804,736
The French Government and the Coinage of Money.— The
French Government has hitherto had the coining of money done by pri-
vate contract, but the disadvantages of that course have become so
marked that M. Leon Say, the Minister of Finance, has had a bill passed
through the French Senate authorizing the Government to carry on the
coining as a public undertaking. France, Belgium and Holland are the
only countries that have the coining done by private contract. The
French Treasury proposes to discount Mint receipts for the deposit of
bullion, thus making the bullion immediately convertible into cash, as in
England is done by the Bank of England.
Latest from the Merchant's Exchange.— New York, Aug. 8th,
1879. United States Bonds— 4s, lOlf ; 4£s, 106; 5s, 102g. Sterling Ex-
change, 4 83@4 85. Pacific Mail, 14£. Wheat, 105@114. Western Union,
93|. Hides, 19£(S20. Oil— Sperm, 75@76. Winter Bleached, 87 @ 96.
Whale Oil, 35(5*40; Winter Bleached, 42@49. Wool—Spring, fine, 20@
30 ; Burry, 11@14 ; Pulled, 25@35 ; Fall Clips, 11@14 ; Burry, 13@20.
London, Aug. 8th.— Liverpool Wheat Market, 8s. 6d.@9s. 7d. ; Club, 9s.
6d.@9s. lOd. U. S. Bonds, 5's, 105|; 4's, 105; 4^3, 109|. Consols, 97 11-16.
San Franciscans Abroad— July 17, 1879.— Paris : Th. F. Barry,
Mrs. G. Hearst, W. R. Hearst, C. Raymond, Mrs. C. Raymond. Wies-
baden : Mrs. H. Wolter. — Continental Gazette (Paris). Geneva: Mr.
George Jost and family, Mr. F. A. Woodworth. Baden-Baden : Mr.
Lewis Homburg, Mr. and Mrs. H. Schmeidell.— Continent and Swiss
Times (Geneva), Jul// 19th.
Business for the week has been but nominal. Money is offered freely
by private parties, who are gradually competing with the savings banks
for investments, and call loans have been made at rates below those
quoted as current in New York.
At the Baldwin Philadelphia American Works are now engaged
1,900 operatives, who are working night aiid day on large orders for loco-
motives for Australia.
" China as a Field for Future Enterprise " will appear in our next
issue, by G. James Morrison, M. I. C. E.
Fifty cents each will be paid at the counter of this office for News
Letters of April 19th, 1879^
London. Aug. 8th, 1879.— Latest Price of Consols. 97 11-16.
Printed and Published by the Proprietor, Frederick Marriott, 607 to 615 Merchant Street, San Francisco, California.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Aug. 9, 1879.
MR. A. A. COHEN AND THE RAILROAD PEOPLE.
Mr. Cohen is a man of undoubted ability, and has carved out a career
for himself in this State that has placed him to-day in the finest residence
in Alameda county, and in the enjoyment of a large fortune. How his
wealth was acquired we shall not inquire into too closely, but we shall
simply state the fact that he has been brought before our Law Courts on
very serious charges as to the acquisition or the appropriation of money,
and that if the citizens of California were looking round for a man whose
character was without stain or without reproach, they would place Mr.
Cohen very far down on the list of eligible candidates. One of his chief
legal escapades was that in which the Central Pacific Railroad Company,
two or three years ago, accused him of breach of trust in acting as their
agent. The trial was a lengthened one, and Mr. Cohen himself, though
assisted by some of the best lawyers in the State, made a remarkably able
speech, in which he introduced some of the raciest personalities and crit-
icisms, regarding the chief members of the Railroad Company, which
have ever been made in this land of free tongue and free press. Since
that time Mr. Cohen has been the sworn enemy of all the railroad people,
and the self-appointed advocate of public rights against railroad wrongs.
One thing perfectly evident is that Mr. Cohen made the bulk of his own
fortune out of the very system he condemns ; and when he comes before
a Piatt's Hall audience to explain to them how the railroad magnates
made their immense fortunes, and how the people of California ought to
confiscate a large part of that wealth, the very first proposal which he
ought to have made should have been that he was prepared to pay over
to the State his share of what he thought the railroad people had unjustly
acquired. But Mr. Cohen had and has no such sense of consistency, no
such sense of justice and honor. His feelings of private hatred and de-
sire for revenge cause him to try to turn an ignorant and unreasoning out-
cry to his avowed purpose of vengeance ; and from such a man as Mr.
Cohen we cannot expect any exalted idea of private virtue or disinter-
ested conception of public duty. It would have been better for the party
with whom he for the time finds it to be his interest to act, if he had re-
mained in the cool shades of his Alameda chateau, nursing his wrath in
the repose and obscurity which are the natural ending of a distinguished
career in a line of success which does not approve itself to honorable men.
Tfi this community Mr. Cohen is a-strong man in business arts, but when
he moves out of the orbit of his own private devices, he is as thoroughly
alone, as utterly without recognition by all that is best and worthiest in
this State, as if he belonged to a world that shall be nameless. He may
play the part of a guerilla skirmisher in support of a party that are fran-
tically calling Ishmaelites and all other stray souls, whether saints or
devils, to their assistance ; but this same party know very well that the
name of Mr. Cohen is not one to conjure with, though in the extremity
of their desperation they are not unwilling that he should give vent to his
spleen so lung as the party are not called upon to indorse Mr. Cohen
i himself.
With the figures that this gentleman has produced as to the fortunes of
the railroad magnates the public are already perfectly familiar, so that
Mr. Cohen on the railroad question, instead of being a new revelation, is
simply a thirty- times-told tale — full of sound and fury, spoken by an ene-
my, signifying nothing. He shows that these railroad magnates have in
their hands the largest property on the Pacific coast, and the suppressed
inquiry that seems everywhere on the tip of his tongue without his having
the boldness to utter it is : why is this vast property not in my hands, the
great A. A. C, with a few crumbs for some of those Honorable Bilks
that find in me merits congenial to their feelings and purposes? We can
only say to this professional detractor of men who have done so much for
this State and for the Pacific States generally, that every available dollar
that they can command is being thrust into railroad and other enterprises
for the development of the country; and as half of the projectors of this
vast railroad system have passed to their graves while still in the midst of
their gigantic labors, so it seems destined that the remaining projectors
will never relax their immense efforts in the extension of railroad commu-
nication so long as health and strength are left to them. They are no
idlers, retiring or retired from their labors and enjoying their fortunes.
They are to-day the foremost men of enterprise in the State, and what
they can do with their large resources and their extensive connections, no
other men nor corporation can do. What capitalists in the State or out of
it would have built the Southern Pacific Railroad without a subsidy from
the Government? It is easy to criticise, and to sneer, and to detract, but
the responsible people of this State quite understand the advantages of a
large corporation like the Central Pacific people weaving a net-work of
railroads all over the Pacific States, that no other than a large and wealthy
corporation could hope to effect. All the fortunes that they possess have
been acquired by strictly legal means — and that is more, perhaps, than
even Mr. Cohen, the enlightener, can say for himself. At the same time,
the public have their rights as well as the railroads, and we have no doubt
that as between these two conflicting interests, justice will be done by the
Commissioners. It would, however, ill-become the free and enterprising
citizens of this State to act on the advice of a subtle pettifogger like Mr.
Cohen, who has purposes of revenge, not of public duty, to promote.
Amid much selfish action that this State has witnessed, the principles of
justice have always ultimately prevailed, and we believe that with the
exception of the ignorant and unthinking rabble, and of the envious and
unscrupulous detractors and demagogues, the heart of California is still
true to that fair field and no favor that has built up the State and lias led
some men to wealth and left others with but little of this world's goods.
To pronounce the word confiscation is to undo the work which for more
than a century Americans have been proudly building up ; and we do not
think that California is the State that will take the lead in pronouncing
the doom of American republicanism by violating the legal rights and
vested interests of private property. If private envy is to take the place
of public duty, then our institutions will have proved a failure, and all
thinking persons will feel that it would be better to return to monarchical
institutions than be robbed by the sand-lot demagogues and their silent
abettors amons people who ought to know better. We have, however, an
abounding faith in the great good sense of American citizens, and to them
we think the cause of justice may be fearlessly and safely committed.
"Have you any objects of interest in the vicinity ?" the tourist asked
the Burlington man. " I have, I have," eagerly replied the other, " but
I can't get at it to show it to you. It's a ninety days' note, and it's down
in the bank now, drawing interest like a horse-race or a mustard-plaster." j
The traveler smiled as though an angel kissed him. But it hadn't.
ART JOTTINGS.
It is a little singular that so pretentious a picture as " Changing the
Shift" should have met with so little notice from the press. While yet
in Mr. Burgess* studio a very flattering notice of it appeared in one of the
dailies, but, subsequently, and after it was exposed to the public, the
same journal said of it, that "being a copy in all that is interesting, we
shall not criticise it." We understand that the criticism which appeared
in the News Letter last week did not meet the views of parties in interest.
For this we are sorry — very — but that it was just, there can be no ques-
tion. If, however, the artist, or his friends, feel aggrieved, they will
doubtless meet with little difficulty in finding some one to defend the pic-
ture as publicly as it has been defamed, provided, it can be demonstrated
that it is susceptible of defence.
The usual collection of "all sorts " appears in the Fair thiB year, but in
the absence of. a catalogue it is impossible to review the collection with
any degree of satisfaction. The rooms of the Art Association have been
completely denuded for this exhibition at the Pavilion, not a single pic-
ture remaining on the walls of either of the two galleries. The Tojettis
are executing a large canvas there, and it will doubtless demonstrate
their great abilities as decorative artists.
Mr. Bradford is said to have completed his large Yosemite picture, and
it is to be hoped that before long it will be shown to the public. Of all
works produced by an artist, none are so profitable to exhibit as those
painted to fill commissions ; it stimulates other patrons of the Fine Arts
to go and do likewise.
Work on the double compartment shaft of the Uncle Sam Mine
will be pushed forward with great rapidity. Gen. George R. "Vernon, the
superintendent, returned to Bodie for that purpose on Monday last. Gen.
Vernon's report on the mine and its great prospects will soon be published.
A. W. Robinson, Secretary U. S.
The Fall and "Winter styles of suitings have just arrived at J. M.
Litchfield & Co.'s, 415 Montgomery street. Neat and nobby.
COMPAGNIE UNIVERSELLEJK CANAL INTEROCEANIQUE.
Capital Frs. 400,000,000.
800,009 Shares of 500 Francs Each.
President MR. F. De LESSEPS.
The Company is formed ■with the object of constructing- a Ship
Canal through the Isthmus of Panama, to unite the Atlantic and
Pacific Oceans.
An International Subscription to the Stock ofjthe said Company
will he opened on the 6th and 7th of August, simultaneously in
Europe and America.
Referring lo the above, tlie undersigned beg to inform the
public that they are authorized to receive subscriptions at their office in New
York, and also at the office of the
BANK OF NEVADA AT SAN FRANCISCO, .
where further information and printed forms of application for shares may be ob-
tained.
Subscribers will be required to deposit 25 francs (or §4 85) per share on application;
100 francs (at current rate of exchange) on allotment.
The balance to be paid on a previous notice of at least three mouths.
Interest at the rate of 5 per ceut. per annum on the capital paid is guaranteed by
the Company to the shareholders during the time of the construction of the Canal.
New York, July 26th, 1879.
Aug. 9.J CREDIT ITONNAIS, New York Agency.
SYDNEY INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION,
Round the World Tickets.
Tbe Pacific Mail Steamship Compauy Mill issue Round tbe
World Tickets, giving first-clasB accommodations for the entire route, at the
low price of $650. For particulars apply to
WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO., General Agents,
Aug. 9. Corner First and Brannan streets.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Office of the Standard Con. Mining Company, San Fran-
cisco, Cal., Aug. 2d, 1S79. — At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the
above-named Company, held this day, Dividend No. 6, of Fifty Cents per share,
was declared, payable on TUESDAY, August 12th, 1879, at the office in this city,
or at the Agency of the Nevada Bank of San Francisco, in New York.
WM. WILLIS, Secretary.
Office— Room No. 29, Nevada Block, No. 309 Montgomery street, San Francisco,
California. Aug. 9.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Office of Consolidated Virginia Alining Company, Room 26,
Nevada Block, San Francisco, Aug. 7th, 1879. —At a meeting of the Board of
Directors of the above named Company, held this day, a Dividend (No. 50) of Fifty
Cents per share was declared payable FRIDAY, 15th instant. Transfer books
closed until 18th instant. [Aug. 9.] A. W. HAVENS, Secretary.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Office of California Mining Company, S3 Nevada Block. San
Francisco, August 7tb, 1879.— At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the
above-named Company, held this day, a Dividend (No. 33) of Fifty Cents per share
was declared, payable SATURDAY, August 16th. Transfer Books closed until 18th
instant. [Aug. 9.] C. P. GORDON, Secretary.
UNCLE TOM'S CABIN, ~
Fourteen-Mile House* San Bruno.
he above institution will be open on and after Sunday,
August 3d, 1879. I Aug. 9.J AUGUST JENEVEIN, Manager.
T
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
The Home Mutual Insurance Company will pay its regular
monthly dividend of One (1) Dollar per share upon its capital stock on Aug.
11th, 1879. CHARLES R. STORY, Secretary,
Aug. 9. 40(j California street.
FOR SALE.
CL~| A \i\ A second-hand Piano in good order. The party
Aug. 9.
is about leaving the city, and desires to realize immediately.
Address " B.," this office.
Conservatory Organs, $110. 200 Post street, corner of Dupont.
Aug. 9, 1879.
tAUFORNIA ADVERTISER.
;i
THE REGISTRATION FIGUREa
The registration ol voters i- dow - ■ nearly completed that it Incomes
stimate the r | existing parties. The Fact
painfully t" light that tlu- nnrl-lottefl US aneipectedly num. rims.
uu a majority "f the whole. Then will be at least
registered. It lb estimated that ol this number the Work-
iiuiii'-n's full strength will be about 1 1,000 rota, leaving the balance of
twenty-one thousand t<> be divided among the other parties, fbese fig-
urea are Nttmtftad by those who have had the beat opportunity <>f jadg<
big, and we believe them t<> l»e approximately correct. Faking them to be
an, the remit of the very import tion that takes place three
weeks hence i* r idactd t-> a very simple matter "f figuring. That twenty-
niie thooaand votes cannot be divided between three parties in such a way
as to leave one nf them with a majority over the workingmen*s fourteen
thousand, i* pretty certain. The prime factor in the calculation that
ought t-> engage the attention of all good citizens, is that there is a clear
majority of all the voters against the Kearney crowd. The earnest, pa-
triotic endeavor of all thoughtful men ought to he directed to uniting that
majority in favor of ■ capable and honest ticket. The good government
of the city is not a question of party ; it is one that affects equally cit-
izens of all parties. San Francisco has time and time again set aside
mere partisan nominations by uniting upon a Peoples', Citizens' or Tax-
payers' ticket Never wasthe need for non-partisan nominations so great
as now, and, deplorable to say, never was the probability of being cursed
by the partisan ones so imminent as at present. Surely, in the face of
the great danger that is presented of the city being overrun by the Goths
and Vandals of the sand lots, there is practical wisdom, not to
say patriotism, enough to induce honest, thoughtful citizens of all shades
of opinion, to lay aside their little differences and unite for
the common good. The forthcoming election is exceptionally im-
p ut int. Every office in the City Government is to be tilled.
The Judiciary is to be chosen. The faithful and capable administration
of the laws is a matter high above all party considerations. It concerns
every man who desires to be protected in his rights of property and per-
son. It is one of vital moment to every law-abiding citizen. A Board of
Supervisors, with vast powers for good or evil, is to be chosen. School
Directors are to be elected, and obviously they ought to be men imbued
with a deep sense of the value of education. Now, can any citizen, of
good understanding, conscientiously declare that the ignorant crowd of
nobodies, who for the most part constitute the Kearney ticket, offer any
reasonable assurances that they are the right men in the right places ?
They are little known, and what is known of them is not good. They are
ignorant and irresponsible. They are the result of the passion of a class,
and that class the lowest and least cultured. It is the bottom coming to
the top; it is ignoraucce, stupidity and prejudice, against brains, educa-
tion and enlightenment. It is the men who have not, against thoso who
have. It is the unrest of the dissatisfied, against the success of the suc-
cessful. It is an attempt to subordinate the fittest to the unfittest.
In the trial of such an issue, thoughtful, educated taxpayers, ought to be
united as one man ; they ought to be in one fold, and fighting shoulder to
shoulder for the common good. This is no time for a division in the
ranks of responsible men, when the irresponsible ones are joined to do
mischief. The success of the most ignorant class in capturing the city
government in all its departments, would be deplorable in every view of
the situation. We are persuaded it would work dire mischief at home,
and it would give our city an unsavory reputation abroad that would
be most damaging to our future prospects. The mischief can be averted,
and it ought to be. If it is not, we envy not the scorn that in the evil
days which are to come will fall upon the heads of the stupid partisans of
this hour, who have the power, but not the will, to save us from the im-
pending calamity.
OPEN ON SUNDAYS.
The year has brought the regular Mechanics' Fair, opened on Tues-
day last with good promise of success; and once more people begin to ask
why the Exhibition is to be closed on Sunday. It is most likely that
the Board of Managers has not even yet thought of considering this mat-
ter; and it is to he feared that the four or five weeks during which the
Fair is to last will pass away before any decision is come to. Yet it is
high time that the Puritanical opposition to a measure, in every way so
moral and so useful, were silenced. The police arrangements for the
preservation of order in the building have always been good, and there is
no reaBon to fear that they would be found inadequate on Sunday, any
more than on Saturday. What, then, is there to be feared, if the build-
ing is opened to the public on Sunday ? Many Jews visit the Exhibition
on Saturday, without being therefore worse Jews or worse citizens. Why
may not Christians have a similar privilege? If the piety of the former
can endure the contact with the array of industrial efforts and triumphs,
may not even the faith of the Christian survive the Bhock? And if it can-
not, is it worth saving?
We know that the Lord's Day must be kept holy, and we frequently see
it so ; but if people can enjoy an innocent hour or two at Woodward's Gar-
dens, or on the beach, or at the Park, on Sunday, why must they be saved
from the Fair as from hell-tire ? Mauy of the clergy set their faces against
the opening of galleries of art and exhibitions of industry on the Lord's
Day with a reckless fury, which confounds men whose countenances are
more subject to wear and tear ; but, curiously enough, it is never reported
that these shepherds are met with in the neighborhood of the Barbary
Coast on Sunday, trying to seek and to save that which is lost. They
prefer to beat the air from their pulpits and to fight shadows. In all
countries, even the most conservative, innocent and improving recreations
are being offered on Sunday to the general public. Here is a display full
of suggestion, of food for thought, and for intelligent curiosity ; and fur
many, who are obliged to earn their bread during the week, the display is
wholly lost, because the Rev. This and Deacon That decree that it shall
be so, and the managers fear to offend them and their toothless friend,
Mrs. Grundy. We say nothing of working men, because they are now
gentlemen of elegant leisure ; but there are some industrious people, me-
chanics and others, who cannot afford to spend an hour at the Fair during
the week. And, even if there were no mechanics in the community, the
Fair ought to be open on Sunday, and the Board of Managers should
take heart of grace, meet this afternoon, and settle the thing at once.
The young man who loved above his station was always getting out
at the wrong depot.
The Naglee Brandy. Thin RUBIOUS, absolutely pure brandy will bfl
kepi and retailed in the Wine Room nf the Mechanics' Pavilion during
the exhibition. Wa have been shown to day a private letter of i General
H. M. Naglee's to s friend, in which the General says : " I have had all
that 1 conld do to fill I, commencing with August." His
enthusiasm abont his old chtmieatlp pun brandy U now making him its
appropriate return.
The greatest nuisance in a house i* a smoky chimney, and with
bad one] seen the best chimnev will imoke, as if it resented the imposi-
tion put upon it Mr. .1 . McDonoughj 36 Market street, has just received
per ship Qilvoy 2200 tone Hamilton Scotch Splint, the best coal known
tor house ubo. It makes very little ashes, deposits no soot, and burns
with remarkable evenness, making a steady, hot fire, which can be grad-
uated according to pleasure. Full weight and moderate prices have made
ami established Mr. McDonough'a business.
CHIARINI'S ROYAL ITALIAN CIRCUS
AND
PERFORMING ANIMALS
WILL PERFORM EVERY EVENING,
ON THE-
Mamntoth Circus lot, corner of Mission and Seventh Streets,
with the GREATEST AGGREGATION (>F TALENT ever presented in this city. The
Company that will appear in this Great Show consists of EQUESTRIENNES,
EQUESTRIANS, ACROBATS and GYMNASTS, selected by Signer Chiarini from
among the Best Talent to be found in Europe and America, and the
TRAINED ANIMALS,
consisting of Signer Giuseppe Chiarini's MAGNIFICENT STUD OF HORSES, which
have been the theme of universal admiration, augmented by the engagement of
Mr. G. Bartholomew's STUD OF MARVELOUS BRONCHOS.
PRICES OF ADMISSION:
Private Boxes, with Six Chairs $5. I Gallery 50 Cent
Dress Circle Chairs §1. | Children Half Price
Seats can be Reserved without Extra Charge.
Performance Every Evening at 8 o'clock.
MATINEES : Wednesday and Saturday Afternoons at 2 o'clock.
J5?~ Doors open one hour previous to the commencement of the p3rformance.
[August 9.]
BUSH STREET THEATER.
CHARLES E. LOCKE
.Proprietor,
MO.VOAY, AUGUST 11TH,
Positively Last Week of
TONY PASTOR'S DOUBLE TROUPE!
Revival of the "A3h-Box"Inspector."
A. EULL GRAND OLIO PROGRAMME,
And Tony Pastor's Burlesque,
CANAL BOAT PINAFORE]
Produced with all the Original Effects that made it such aGrand Success iu N. Y. city.
1SW MATINEE SATURDAY AT 2. P. M. "SS
THE BALDWIN THEATER.
Manager, Mr. Thos. Magnire.—This (Saturday) Afternoon,
August 9th, positively last WON AT LAST MATINEE. Positively last nights
of ROSE COGHLAN in California. This (Saturday) Evening, August 9th, Farewell
Benefit of ROSE COGHLAN, on which occasion MISS JEFFREYS-LEWIS and MR.
T. W. KEENE will appear in conjunction with the Great Baldwin Company. Tre-
mendous Bill ! A HAPPY PAIR, PLOT AND PASSION, to conclude with the Quar-
rel and Screen Scenes from THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. Notice. -The sale of
scats for Rose Coghlau's Benefit will commence on Monday, August 4th. Sunday
Evening, August 10th, Grand Special Bill ! Monday, August 11th, LOTTA in her
new play, MUSETTE. The sale of seats for the LOTTA Engagement commenced
on Wednesday, August 6th. Aug. 9.
STANDARD THEATER.
MA. Kennedy, Manager.— Saturday and Sunday Eve-
* nings, and Saturday Matinee, positively last performances of H. M. S. PIN-
AFORE. Commencing Monday Evening. August 11th. ZAMLOCH, the Great Aus-
trian Magician, TRIAL BY JURY, COMMODORE NUTT, and GRAND GIFT EN-
TERTAINMENT. One Hundred and Six Magnificent and Costly Presents given away
Nightly and at the Wednesday and Saturday Matinees. Six Principal Gifts at each
Performance ! For display of gifts see show windows of Ackerman Brothers, Les-
zynsky & Bro., Sutter and Kearny streets, and Benedict & Smith's, under Occi-
dental Hotel, daily, commencing Saturday, Aug. 9th. Seats now ready. Aug. 9.
METROPOLITAN TEMPLE.
The World's Woutler, J.Harry Shannon, the Boy Orator,
only Ten Years of Age. Familiar with every Orator of National Repute of the
past two centuries and the present, of either English, Irish or American birth.
MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 11TH.
Reserved Seats $1. I Admission 50 Cents.
&3T Sale of Seats commenced on Thursday, August 7th, at 10 a.m., at Baldwin's
Theater Box Office. ____^_ Aug. 9.
~ BUSH STREET THEATER.
Charles E. Locke, rroprietor. -—Every Night this Week !
Another Grand Gala Programme. TONY PASTOR ! A Great Bill this Week-
Oddities, Novelties, Rarities. MATINEE SATOROAY at 2. Monday, August 11th,
the Great Burlesque, CANAL BOAT PINAFORE. Positively Last Week of TONY
PASTOR. Wednesday. August llth-ACTORS' MATINEE. Aug. 9.
MECHANICS' FAIR,
San Francisco, California,
OPENS AUGUST 5TH, 1879.
Science, Art, Inrlnstry and Ntmtnral Productions will be
rally represented. Grand Instrumental Concert each afternoon and evening.
Machinery in Motion, Rare Paintings, Fine Statuary, a Tropical Garden, Fountains
and Promenades will make this Exhibition the most instructive and pleasant place
of resort on this Coast. Those desiring space should apply at once < ifflce : 27 Post
street. IRVING M. SCOTT, President.
J. H. Cglvbr, Secretary. July 12.
Bradbury Pianos, Agency 200 Post street, corner of Dupont.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Aug. -9, ?879.
SKELETON SKETCHES.
A Tragedy of the Desert.
L Note.— The history of this singular paper is briefly as follows: Some years ago,
a sergeant in a cavalry company stationed at a frontier post near the Colorado Desert
(for the sake of the parties concerned we suppress names, places and dates) disap-
peared suddenly from the Fort. There had always been a mystery about the man.
His educat'o \ breeding and bearing- showed him to be a gentleman, and it was sup-
posed that he was English. But though much liked by officers and men for bis gen-
tle manners, he was too reserved for any to attempt to gain his confidence, and who
he was or what had induced him to enlist in the ranks, is a secret to this day. When
he disappeared it was hard to believe he had deserted, for such an art seemed en-
tirely opposed to his scrupulously honorable character ; but all conjecture was si-
lenced for a time by a still stranger event: On the same day there also disappeared
the daughter of the commandant, a young lady gifted in mindand person far beyond
ordinary women. Nut the least singular part of the affair was, that it never oc-
curred to any one at the Post that they had gone together, for neither had ever been
knowu to speak to or of the other, and all who knew the girl would have scouted
such an idea. Search for both proved fruitless. His name was dropped from the roll
as a deserter, aud she was mourned as the victim of some unusually daring band of
Indians, who, it was thought, had waylaid her while taking one of her customary
long and solitary rides. Some of our readers will doubtless remember the sensation
caused by the matter. Nearly three years later, the bones of both were found to-
gether in the heart of the Desert, aud near by lay an old Russia leather pocket-book
containing the terrible record which we now commit to print for the first time. How
the original came into our hands matters not Suffice it to say that, though the
secret was long kept for her father's sake he is now dead, and the necessity for si-
lence exists no longer. The document is naturally incoherent, fragmentary, and, in
many respects unsatisfactory. The reader must interpret its awful suggestions as
best he can, and decide for himself what portion of it was written under the influence
of delirium. Perhaps onlv tho^e who are familiar with the weird horrors of the Col-
orado Desert can fully appreciate it. J
July 3d. — Now, while she sleeps, I will begin to record as I intended
the Bplendor of the life that is dawning upon us. It is four days since
we left the Fort, and all danger of pursuit is past. Pursuit ? Who
would follow us into the desert? Who would dream that we had ven-
tured into the Valley of the Shadow of Death ? What are its perils to
me ? I am as sure of finding that oasis as I am that Irene loves me.
They say that there is neither tree, water, grass nor any living thing in
the direction I am taking, but I know better. My ancient Spanish Friar
knew more than they. He saw the oasis with his own eyes ; he laved in
its sparkling streams, ate of its delicious fruits, and reposed in its shady
groves. True, that was near three hundred years ago, but so much the
better. The book in which he wrote of his travels would be less rare were
it less old, and others might discover my Eden. I have his distances and
his directions — somewhat vague, of course, but have I not studied them
for months ? We have provisions and water enough to last for days, and
our horses will carry us a long way yet. Yes, I am sure of my oasis; and
there, alone with ray beloved, forgetting all else and utterly forgotten,
the dream of my life will be realized. Forgetting, do I say ? Aye, there
even my past may be buried. I have sought solitude and I shall hud it,
for my Paradise is unknown to man. Even the savages have no knowl-
edge or tradition of it. JUike the white man, they abhor the desert and
fear it. They skirt its hideous borders, but this, its jeweled heart, they
have never seen.
July 5th. — Two days since my last entry, and we have traveled fast,
yet the horizon is still unbroken. But I have been very careful to follow
the Friar's directions, and am content to wait. Sleep on, my poor Irene,
the weariness of which you complain not must end in rest to-morrow.
How I dread to tell you that the second horse has just died !
July 7th. — This is terrible! My darling can walk no farther, and the
water is nearly gone. My God! what have I done! The sight of those
poor little blistered feet and that wan face might turn a devil's heart to
pity. She tells me that she is " only tired," and that I must kiss her once
and then try to save myself. I will die first. Lord, guide us and have
pity on us!
July 8th.— The sun has driven Irene mad, I think. She looks and acts
very strangely. We have dragged ourselves several miles since yesterday,
and she declares that a Shadow is following us — a shadow without a sub-
stance. There is only one swallow of putrid water left. I gave her a
mouthful to-day ; I must keep this for her till to-morrow. Poor child!
poor child! Accursed that I am, I dare not ask either her or God for
pardon.
[This apparently ends the entry for the day, but the dates cease after the
8th. From this point the manuscript often becomes absolutely illegible, though
in other pi actit the writing is firm and distinct. Horrid oatiis and blasphe-
mies, too, begin to appear. These, together with some perfectly meaningless
sentences, we have omitted, hut the curious can see the entire MS. at this of-
fice. The respective paragraphs were evidently written at separate, though by
no means lucid intervals. — Editor.]
I have seen it — the Shadow which Irene saw. It dogged me for an hour
at noon, and then faded out of the sand. For it lies on the sand as the
shadow of a man might. It moves whithersoever it will, and has no visi-
ble cause. Irene has gone. I think the angels have taken her from me.
But a hideous hag, who sings nursery songs and calls herself Irene, hob-
bles at my side and will not be driven away. I know she wants to st^al
the mouthful of water I have saved, but I am going to drink it myself
when she isn't looking.
Last night the hag pointed to the westward, and I knew the Shadow
was coming. She has told me its name, but I dare not write it ; she has
defined its shape to me, but I may not describe it. It crept up to us in
the moonlight, it circled about us, it passed between us, and whispered as
it went. The hag was speechless with horror at the answer I gave, but
when I struck her she wept.
I have heard the Voices of the Desert, and they have told me what I
must do. I tried to conceal it from the hag, but she caught my eye and
knew all and trembled. " Take my blood," she cried, if you will ; but I
am Irene." Then I cursed her, and for the lie she told she shall quench
my thirst. But I am weak and must wait till she sleeps.
I could not wait. She moaned with terror as I crept upon her, but I
gave her no time to struggle or cry out. I am saved. From her blood has
sprung a plashing stream of bright water, with grassy banks. I have
tried once to drink, but stooped and found mouth and eyes full of hot
sand. But I shall be stronger soon, and shall reach the stream and drink
it dry. Ha! What bird is that that dares flap his wings in my very eyes ?
The poor vulture is thirsty
[Here the MS. ends abruptly,]
The dog, afber stealing a bone, is seen to walk off with his s-wag.
BANKS.
THE BANK OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO.
Capital $5,000,000
WM. ALVORD President.
THOMAS BKOWi\, Cashier | B. MURRAY, Jr., Ass'i Cashier
Agents :
New York, Agency of the Bank of Calfomia ; Boston, Tremont National Bank
Chicago, Union National Bank ; St. Louis, Boatman's Saving Bank ; New Zealand,
the Bank of New Zealand ; London, China, Japan, India and Australia, the Oriental
Bank Corporation.
The Bank has Agencies at Virginia City and Gold Hill, and Correspondents in all
the principal Mining Districts and Interior Towns of the Pacific Coast.
Letters of Credit issued, available in all parts of the world. Draw direct on Lon-
don, Duhlin, Paris, Berlin, Bremen, Hamburg, Frankfort-on-the-Main, Antwerp,
Amsterdam, St. Petersburgh, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Christiana, Locarno, Mel-
bourne, Sydney, Auckland, Hongkong, Shanghai, Yokohama. Nov. 4.
FIRST NATIONAL GOLD BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO, CAL
Paid up Capital $2,000,000, Oold. President, R. C. Wool-
worth; Vice-President, D. Callaghan ; Cashier, E. D. Morgan.
Directors : — R. C. Woolworth, D. Callaghan, C. G. Hooker, C. Adolph Low, Peter
Donahue, Isaac Wormser, Edward Martin, James Moffitt, N. Van Bergen.
Correspondents — London : Baring Bros. & Co. Chartered Mercantile Bank of In-
dia, London and China. Dublin : Provincial Bank of Ireland. Hamburg : Hesse,
Neuraan&Co. Paris: Hottinguer&Co. New York; National Bank of Commerce. Bos-
ton : Blackstone National Bank. Chicago : First National Bank. This Bank is pre-
pared to transact a general Banking business. Deposits in Gold, Silver and Currency
received subject to check or on special deposit. Exchange for sale on the principal
cities of the United States, Great Britain, Ireland and the Continent. Commercial
Credits issued available in Europe, Chii.a and Japan. Collections attended to and
prompt returns made at the lowest market rates of Exchange. Jan. 19.
BANK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter.— Capital paid np, 91,800,-
000, with power to increase to $10,000,000. Southeast corner California and San-
somestreets. Head Offiee--28 Cornhill, London. Branches — Portland, Oregon; Vic-
toria, New Westminster and Cariboo, British Columbia.
This Bank transacts a General Banking Business. Accounts opened subject to Check
and Special Deposits received. Commercial Credits granted available in all parts of
the world. Approved Bills discounted and advances made on good collateral security.
Draws direct at current rates upon its Head Office and Branches, and upon its Agents
as follows :
New York, Chicago and Canada— Bank of Montreal; Liverpool — North and South
Wales Bank ; Scotland— British Linen Company ; Ireland — Bank of Ireland ; Mex-
ico and South America — London Bank of Mexico and South America ; China and
Japan — Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, and Oriental Bank ; Australia
and New Zealand— Bank of Australasia, Commercial Banking Company of Sydney,
and English, Scottish and Australian Chartered Bank.
May 18. FREDERICK TOWNSEND. Manager.
THE NEVADA BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO.
Capital Paid TXp $10,000,000.
Reserve, TJ. S. Bonds 3,500,000.
Agency at New York, 62 Wall street.
JLgency at Virginia, Nev.
Buys and sells Exchange and Telegraphic Transfers. Issues Commercial and Trav-
elers' Credits. This Bank has special facilities for dealing in Bullion. July 5.
LONDON AND SAN FRANCISCO BANK, LIMITED.
Capital, 85,000,000, of which 83,000,000 is fully paitl np as
present capital. Reserve Fund, S3S0,000. San Francisco Office, 424 Califor-
nia street ; London Office, 22 Old Broad street. Manager, ARTHUR SCRIVENER ;
Cashier, WILLIAM STEEL. London Bankers, Bank of England and London Joint
Stock Bank ; New York, Drexel, Morgan & Co. ; Boston, Third National Bank.
This Bank is prepared to transact all kinds of General Banking and Exchange Busi-
ness in London and San Francisco, and between said cities and all parts of the
world. March 30.
THE GERMAN SAVINGS AND LOAN SOCIETY.
Deutsche Spar and Leihbauk, So 526 California street. San
Francisco. Offecers : President, L. GOTTIG. Board of Directors.— Fred.
Roeding, Chas. Kohler, Dan. Meyer, Edw. Kruse, George H. Eggers, N. Van Bergen,
H. L. Simon, Claus Spreckels. Secretary, GEO. LETTE ; Attorney, JOHN R.
JARBOE. May 18.
SECURITY SAVINGS BANK.
GUARANTEE CAPITAL, 9300,000.
Officers: President, John Parrott; Vice -President, Jerome
Lincoln ; Secretary, W. S. Jones ; Attorney, Sidney V. Smith. Loans made on
Real Estate and other Approved Securities. Office : No. 215 Sansome street, San
Francisco. Oct. 14.
BRITISH BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF CAL.
Attendance, dally, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., by the under-
signed, to receive subscriptions and donations, and to furnish all information
relating to the Society. J. P. McCURRIE, Secretary,
Oct. 23. 730 Montgomery street.
LAVER & CURLETT~
Architects.
Famish Plans, Specifications and Superintendence for the
Construction or Renovation of Dwelling Houses, and every description of
Building. Office : 19 S. P. Stock Exchange Building, Pine street, San Francisco.
[Take the Elevator.] June 15.
MME. B. ZEITSKA'S
French, German and English Institute, Day and Boarding:
School, for Young Ladies, 922 Post street, between Hyde and Larkin. KIN-
DERGARTEN connected with the Institute.
Oct. 26. MME. B. ZEITSKA, Principal.
CALIFORNIA SUGAR REFINERY,
Manufacturers of the Standard Syrup, a superior article
put up in barrels expressly for home consumption. Also, Extra Heavy Syrup
in barrels for Export. Refined Sugars at lowest market rates. Office, 215 Front
street, up stairs Dec. 21.
QUICKSILVER.
or sale— In lots to suit, by Thomas Bell & Co., Wo. 305
Sansome street, over Bank of California. Nov. 16.
F
Smith's American Organs, 200 Post street, corner of Dupont.
Aug. 9, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTM K.
"STAY."
I night speak .>f my love witbonl blnslimg,
For your proud heart at ImI hu been won.
Yet the blood t.» my hot choelts i> rushing
Afl I think of the .i.-ne.
a thought it premiroption to woo mo
Because of my riobes, forsooth!
Ah. darling] how little you know me
Tf BUob wen your fancy in truth.
Toe avoided me all through last season.
Though vmh loved me I knew it full well;
And I easily guessed %\ the reason
That your pride was too stubborn to tell.
And but night, as we stood by the river.
Ami yon sai.i '* farewell ;*"m you know
Twas a |-artin,- that mu-ht be forever.
Love, how coul.i i bear von to go?
You could tell me with no word of warning
Of the .<te|> yon were piping to take-
But your pride and my own I was scorning
As I sobbed,*" Nearest, stay for my sake.1'
Then your answer came softer and fonder,
As you owned wliLit 1 always had known —
You braved all society's slander
To call me yonr darling, your own.
And yet, though you're mine, mine forever,
This poor heart is ready to burst,
And I wish, with a blush and a shiver
That I bad— had not spoken the first.
Let you go ? No ; that were not in reason,
The ivy must cling to the oak;
Though my blushes charge my love with treason —
You'll try to forget 'twas I spoke.
PRODUCTION OF
COAL IN THE UNITED STATES AND
OTHER COUNTRIES.
United Stales,
1869.
1876.
1877.
1878.
State or Territory
Tons.
Tuns.
Tons.
Tons.
Pennsylvania ( Ar
thracite).
13.866,180
21,430,667
23,619,911
17,605,262
Do. (Bituminous)
7,798,517
11,500,000
12,500,000
13,500,000
Illinois
Do.
2,629,563
3,500,000
3,500,000
3,500,000
Ohio
Do.
2,527,285
3,500,000
5,250,000
5,000,000
Maryland
Do.
1,819.824
1,835,081
1,574,339
1,679,322
Missouri
Do.
621,930
900,000
900,000
900,000
West Virginia
Do.
608,878
800,000
1,000,000
1,000,000
Indiana
Do.
437,870
950,000
1,000,000
1,000,000
Iowa
Do.
263,487
1,500,000
1,500,000
1,500,000
Kentucky
Do.
150,582
650,000
850.000
900,000
California
Do.
143,722
108,078
96,172
122,034
All others
Do.
353,878
1,834,000
2,104,000
1,946,000
Total for United States.. 31,226.716 48,513,826 53,894,422 48,652,618
The above figures are compiled from the Quarterly Report of the Bureau
of Statistics, with the exception of those for California, which we have cor-
rected. The figures inserted by the Bureau are those of the production of
California and the imports from other States and from abroad, amounting
in all to about 600,000 tons per annum ; but the production of the State
is as we have given it above.
The following figures show the .production of Coal in the principal
countries of the world:
Countries. Year.
Great Britain... 1877
United States... 1877
Germany 1877
France 1876
Belgium 1876
Aus.-Hungary. .1875
China 1877
Russia 1875
Total
Tons
of 2.240 Lbs
134,179,968
50,000,000
48,337.950
16.773.779
14,099,281
12,852,048
3,000.000
Countries. Year.
Australasia 1875
Canadian Dom'n. 1877
Spain 1877
India 1875
Turkey
Italy 1874
Japan 1874
l,152,8o0lAll other Countries
285,368,376 Tons.
Tons,
of 2,240 Lbs.
1,250,000
1,000,000
500,000
500,000
150,000
182,500
390,000
1,000,000
A TELL-TALE COMPASS.
Mr. Henry A. Severn, of Heme Hill, has invented a very clever little
instrument called a tell-tale compass, by which the captain or master of a
ship, when down in his cabin, may know whether or not the ship is sail-
ing her course or is wandering from it. He use& the constant position of
the compass-card and the varying one of the ship, so as to produce an
electric contact, which rings a bell in case the angle made by the line of
actual progress with the course to be steered exceeds a certain deviation
on either side ; and he proposes that the bell rung in case of deviation
on one side shall be different in tone from that rung in case of deviation
on the other side. His invention is a veritable symbol of the chief inven-
tions of the age, which are always employed iu superseding the responsi-
bilities of individual watchfulness by mechanical warnings that allow of
intermittent zeal. Even in matters of pure conscience we are very apt to
prefer to trust to the sudden warning that some electric contact with
social feeling is suddenly joined or interrupted, rather than exact from
ourselves a rigid and vigilant scrutiny of our own course. A kind of
social alarm is the fashionable conscience of the age. — Spectator.
The ex-Khedive Ismail Pacha was well known in Parisian high life.
Physically, Ismail is a man of middle night, with wide shoulders and a
greyish-red heard. He is a great lover of the fine arts, especially of
music. Extremely suspicious, Ismail Pacha has for many years been in
the habit of eating only of dishes prepared expressly for him by his
mother in the harem, and brought to him in a locked case of which he
possessed the second key. A similar precaution was also taken with
regard to his linen, which ofen led to extraordinary complications in the
affaires dc menage.
Sterling Silverware.— A large assortment of elegant designs at Ran-
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HASTINGS' COLLEGE OF THE LAW.
Lectures Tor the Year 1S79-80 will commence August 7tli,
1879, at the Assembly Rooms of Academy of Sciences, southwest corner of
California and Piue streets. The Middle Class will meet at 4 p.m. ; the Junior Class
will meet at 10 a.m. Examinations of applicants for admission to the Middle Class
and members of the present Class whose examination was postponed, will be held
Tuesday, August 5th, at the Pioneer Assembly Rooms. Gentlemen wishing; to enter
either Class should apply to the Dean and Registrar, No. 2, Court Block, 63C Clay
street. ■ Aug. 2.
ST. MARY'S HALL,
Benicia, Cal.
The next Academic Year will begin August 5th. A Fall
Collegiate Course ; Musical Department under the direction of MADAME
HORSLEY, the Distinguished Vocalist; a resident French Teacher; a fine Art De-
partment; horseback and carriage riding constitute some of the attractions of this
School. Address, REV. L. DELOS MANSFIELD, A.M.,
July 12- Rector.
THAMES AND MERSEY MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY,
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Capital $10,000,000.
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Regular Republican Nominee for Governor,
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Of San Francisco. [July 12.
MILLS' SEMINARY.
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mence on WEDNESDAY, July 30th, 1879. For Circulars, giving particulars,
address REV. C. T. MILLS,
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he rony-cheeked children of San Francisco is the evidence
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Aug. 9, ?S79.
"PLEASURE'S WAND."
" We Obey no "Wand but Pleasure's."— Tom Moore.
California Theater.— The last week of the Aime'e troupe has been
replete with good things. The patronage has not been up to the merits
of the performances, something to be regretted. La Boulangcre a des Ecus
was a capital performance of an admirable opera bouffe. It is fun and
laughter throughout the entire three acts. Duplan, Juteau and Mezieres
were at their best, and pleased the audience immensely. Mile. Aime'e
displayed some beautiful costumes, and played with all her %trve and chic.
Mile. Gregorie, a name too seldom seen on the bill, deserves especial
mention. The most charming bits of music are in her part, and she sang
with remarkable tenderness and expression. Her voice lacks volume,
but this is more than compensated by its touching sweetness. Girofie
Girofia attracted a fair house. This performance lacked the finish of the
other productions, showing signs of insufficient rehearsing. Considering
the length of the reportoire, this is not to be wondered at. The different
characters were in good hands. The " Mourzouk" of Jouard was hoarsely
sung and not ferociously enough act; :d. Mile. Raphael appeared in the
second act in a gorgeous costume of cherry silk too beautiful for descrip-
tion. Les Brigands was played on Taesday night. Mile. Aimee inter-
polated a new Spanish song, La Paloma. It was a most delicious rendi-
tion. Three encores hardly satisfied the excited enthusiasm of the audi-
ence. Last night La Belle Helen e was given for Meziere"s benefit, and
the season closes this evening with Le Petit Faust. It is Miss Gregorie's
benefit, something to be noted. This opera bouffe season has proved that
such performances possess little or no attraction for our general public.
It is a matter of serious doubt whether a regularly organized company of
this character will ever again visit this coast. This troupe was in all
respects a capital one, possessing among its members several artists of
great merit and talent. Next MoDday evening a young artist with the
solitary name of Imogene will make her first appearance. She is a com-
paratively unknown lady, of the Lotta school, and as they both appear at
the same time, we will have occasion to compare their respective merits.
This actress' appearance on the stage must be ascribed to dillettantism,
as rumor doth endow her with a large share of the world's goods. But
nous verrons.
Baldwin Theater. — Won at Last has run to fair business through the
week. This was to be expected, or rather hoped, for the acting is of a
natixre deserving patronage and appreciation. To-night is a gala perform-
ance— the farewell benefit of Miss Goghlan. The original intention was
for her engagement to last through the winter, but the want of taste dis-
played by the public in refusing to recognize the lady's eminent talents,
have led to a cancellation. The management had a right to expect that a
first-class stock company would be properly encouraged and supported by
our theater-goers. Tbis ha3 not been the case — a fact sincerely to be
regretted, for it is now a certainty that no manager will try and run his thea-
ter on a stock company basis ; and after all, that is the only legitimate sys-
tem, dramatically and artistically. Since her advent, Miss Coghlan has
appeared in many characters, in every one of which she has scored an
artistic success. All her impersonations have the charm of nature, truth-
fulness and plausibility. In the quieter phases of love and happiness, or in
the stronger pictures of passion and emotion, she always preserves the
highest development of true art — truth to nature. Miss Coghlan fills all
the requirements of a thorough artiste, and it is as such that we take
leave of her. May the admiration and appreciation of the intelligent few
compensate her for the neglect and indifference of the masses. On Mon-
day Lotta begins an engagement at this theater, opening in the play of
Musette. This is the little lady's first visit here in Bome years, and she
will doubtless be well received.
Aimee's Opera Bouffe Ball —This event of the season has taken
place, and was in all respects a success. The arrangements on the part of
the management were as perfect as possible, and it only depended upon
the co-operation of those present to make the affair, through personal and
individual participation, a carnival of fun and jollity. At first, there was
a pervading atmosphere of solemnity, which augured ill for the ball.
Over one thousand spectators were quietly sitting and standing around,
waiting for no one knows what. The grand march was a very slim one.
Gradually the stiffness and reserve of those present relaxed, and the scene
became more and more gay. Up to 12 o'clock the success of the ball was
a matter of doubt, but the example set by Aimee and her followers set
everybody agoing, and the verdict to-day is one of unqualified satisfac-
tion. Bal masques are matters of common occurrence in this city, but
there never has been one which so resembled the annual Eastern and
Parisian carnivals as this one. The condemnatory remarks of a morning
contemporary as to the decency of the ball are entirely uncalled for, and
not carried out by the facts. As the small hours of the morning
approached, the fun and excitement increased, but while restraint was
unknown, unbridled license did not prevail. The attendance was large.
There were not many distinctive costumes present, but an innumerable
amount of dominos. We believe that last night has started the fashi<m
of these balls, and that in future they will be of annual recurrence. The
success oi this enterprise is a gratifying one, and none deserve it more
than the California Theater management.
J. Harry Shannon, the Boy Orator, is the latest wonder of this won-
derful age. How a boy, but nine years old, should be able to repeat from
memory many of the masterpieces of the world's great orators, with
correct emphasis and appropriate gesture, is a mystery past finding out;
and it is in vain that the papers throughout the East have appealed to the
men of science to explain the marvel. Science can only confess her weak-
ness, and stand amazed at the fact. His memory is never at fault, and
his speech flows like a river. His first evening in San Francisco will be
on Monday next, the lltb, at Metropolitan Temple, and even that ample
hall will, no doubt, prove inadequate to hold the crowd of intelligent
persons.
Standard Theater. — The children's Pinafore-was revived for this week,
and played to fair houses. The cast was the same as before, with the ex-
ception of the part of the "Captain" — a young" gentleman being substi-
tuted for Miss Lizzie Ayres. Next week these youngsters will produce
Trial by Jury, and judging by the precocity displayed, they will assuredly
repeat their Pinafore success. Little Flora Walsh will undoubtedly do
full justice to the character of the fair plaintiff, and a pleasant entertain-
ment may be expected. Manager Kennedy has a mysterious attraction
in reserve — Zamloch— of which more anon.
German Theater. — The German dramatic season opened last Sunday
evening to a crowded bouse. During the vacation Mrs. Genee has visited
Europe and effected engagements with different artists of talent. The
admirable company of last season has been strengthened by these addi-
tions, and the result is the best stock company in the country, English
speaking or otherwise. The performance Sunday evening brought out
most of the old favorites, and introduced besides Miss Mary Walden and
Mr. Oscar Diehl. They were favorably received and will undoubtedly
add to the general ensemble. Dr. Klaus is a rather amusing comedy, it
has been translated into English, but without success, this due to the
sketchiness of the plot and the excess of " talk," two things the English
stage cannot tolerate. In itself it is wittily written with amusing situa-
tions. Next Sunday (to-morrow) Magda Irschik, a tragedienne of great
repute, will make her first appearance in America. The play selected for
this occasion is Schiller's Maid of, Orleans.
The Standard offers a wonderful bill for the coming week, with the
great Austrian magician, Zamloch, who has an endless repertoire, crowned
by his amazing trip through the Infernal Regions. Commodore Nutt
as " Timothy Tottles." The first presentation of the comic opera, Trial
by Jury, in all making a most capital hill. Every evening and at
Wednesday and Saturday matinees, there will be a distribution of
one hundred and six elegant and costly* presents ; there will be six
principal gifts, such as pros-grain black silk dress, full suit of clothes,
gold watches, silver ice-pitcher, set of China for tea-table, and at the mati-
nees, in addition, a magnificent doll, with trousseau complete. Nothing
more lavishly mounted in scenery and appointments has ever been pro-
duced in San Francisco, and we foresee an unexampled success at the
Standard. The principle gifts will be on exhibition daily at the silk-
house, Sutter and Kearny, at Benedict and Smith's, and at Ackerman's.
Western Addition Dramatic Association. — This combination pro-
duced Led Astray last Friday evening, August 1st. The different
characters were played by some of the best of our local amateurs, and
the whole performance can be termed a success. As a rule amateur enter-
tainments do not call for notice or criticism, but some of the dramatis
persona were so ably tilled in this instance that we will call this an excep-
tion. The different ladies and gentlemen acted with so much ease and
self-possession, showing no signs of awkwardness or fear, that they de-
serve unmitigated praise. We will specially mention Miss Witherby and
Miss Ashley among the ladies, and Messrs. Davis, Doyle, Chandler and
Gilmore among the gentlemen as worthy of the well-merited applause
bestowed by the sisters, cousins and aunts in front.
Bush Street Theater. — Tony Pastor's troupe is a versatile one, with
many resources. The bill this week has been an entirely new one. Shee-
han and Jones give a remarkable Irish sketch, the French sisters warble
and trip, and Geo. Thatcher tells his "And the villain still pursued her"
story. These are the most salient points of the entertainment, worthy
of particular mention. The rest of the troupe are all first-class perform-
ers, and do excellently well in their respective acts. Next week the bur-
lesque, The Canal Boat Pinafore, will be produced, and, judging by the
reports heard from the East, this must be a very laughable affair. It
will be, besides, the last week of this company. These facts are sufficient
to attract good houses, and Manager Locke will undoubtedly be seen
with a face wreathed in smiles.
Chiarini's Circus. — This exhibition opened on Thursday evening to a
full tent. The company is an excellent one in its line, and the different
feats — equestrian and acrobatic — are cleverly done. The principal fea-
tures are the trained animals, which are the best ever seen here in a cir-
cus. The whole performance is a good one,, and will undoubtedly receive
the patronage it deserves. It is a long while since a good circus has
opened in this city, and we all like to see one once in a while, if only for
the sake of our boyhood reminiscences*! The tent is pitched at the corner
of Mission and Seventh, and is large and commodious.
Chit -Chat.
Boucicault will decide upon the title for his new play for Booth's
after the first rehearsal, on August 10th.— DiMurskaandhusband, and
cats and dogs and parrots, and animals generally, have left for London.
—There was a funny incident at Tony Pastor's the other night. Loyal
is supposed to be shot from a canon, and to be caught by Ella Zuila, who
hangs on the other side of the house, head downwards, from the trapeze.
The explosion missed, but the spring went off, and out came Loyal. Zu-
ila, not hearing the explosion, missed her man. He fell into the net, but
was not hurt. The trick is stupid at best.^— Paola Marie, the bouffe
prima, who is to take AimeVs place, is spoken of as being small, thin,
weak, and by no means pretty.— —Annie Pixleyisin Canada.— Blind
Tom summers and bangs at Saratoga. -^Rose Ey tinge has at last ob-
tained a divorce from George Butler. Good riddance, Rose.-^— Nicolina's
mother died recently. ^—Lizzie Harold, who has grown stout, would like
to cancel her California engagement. She has been offered seventy-five
dollars a week to travel with Sothern.-^— Things must be getting mixed,
to judge by the following clipping from Mayfair Gossip: "The Prince
(Wales) has fallen in love with Sarah Bernhardt, and Mrs. Lan-rtry's
jealousy has become a subject of courtly raillery. Even Mr. Langtry
feels neglected, and that the equilibrium of sentiment may be in some
measure restored, threatens to make love to Croizette. But Croizette, I
hear, has fallen in love with Mr. Henry Irving ; and as Mr. Irving's
affections are not at his own disposal, something like a complication of
emotion may be confidently expected. "-^—Oates. little hoodlum, has hard
work to reorganize her company.— ^Scene, Manhattan Beach. Levy
(cornet player) — " Say, Corbin, how about it? Must I git with the rest
of them ?" Corbin — My dear fellow, your better-half is a Christian ;
Minnie saves you. I am happy to Con- way this news to you."^^Mana-
ger Hollinghead, of the London Gaiety, made several thousand pounds
clear profit by the engagement of the Come'die Francaise.— Neilson was
compelled, owing to ill-health, to suddenly close her London engagement.
——The story is that Caponl will get $5,000 from Grau for five perform-
ances a week.— —Over 300,000 copies of "Silver Threads Among the
Gold " have been sold in this country alone. Heavens !— Blanche Dav-
enport, the pretty, black-eyed sister of buxom Florence, is going to sing
in Europe.
St. John's Presbyterian Church, Post street, between Mason and
Taylor. The Rev. Dr. Scott, pastor, will preach on Sunday at 11 A. M.
and 7i P. m. The public cordially invited. Sunday School and Bible
Classes, 9^ a.m. Prayer and Praise Service at 6Jr p.m.
Aug. 9, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER,
A GLANCE AT JUDGE FIELDS POSITION.
Sw P«ah i Ith, 1879l
Dear News Letter: In speaking ««* Mr. TUdena suggestions in re-
int of tho
■ !.■• isi-ns. Mr. .Im-H • ■ Kit-hl were he nominated for Pros-
w..tiM not rvwive the support of California The intimation is
r put forth that thin ,,f Mr. Field's goner*]
I rtewi -'ii the Chinese question, snd th »t -.,, i, views being In opposition to
popular sentiment here, would be justifiable osuee for depriving him of
the rapport of our people. Now, a more narrow-minded inference never
was drawn The writer has not exchanged Ian words with Judge Field
in u many yean, snd i-» not in i its his views nn the Chinese
question. It is, however, a very easy matter to get at those opinions,
] and the chances are nine in ton that Mr. Justice Field is ss much opposed
to further Chinese incursions as is Mr. Denis Kearny, or the most blatant
Hibarnian within our sates. In the queue decision he says :
" \\ e are aware of the general feeling amounting t" positive hostility-
prevailing to California against the Chinese, which would prevent their
further immigration hither, and expel from the State those already here.
Their dissimilarity in physical chi . in language, manners, and
rewrion would seem, from past experience, to prevent the possibility of
their assimilation with our people. And thoughtful persona hope that
some way may be devised to prevent their further immigration. We feel
the force and importance of these considerations ; but the remedy for the
apprehended evil is to be sought from the general Government, where,
except in certain special cases, all power over the subject lies. To that
Government belong exclusively the treaty- making power, and the power
to regulate commerce with foreign nations, which includes intercourse as
well as traffic."
These words are conclusive, and none but the most pronounced unfair-
ness will take it for granted that this queue decision necessitates a belief
that Judge Field is unsound on the Chinese question. Mr. Field is a
Judge of the Supreme Court, and not a weather-c>>ck to veer with every
breeze of popular sentiment. He was put in his place to interpret the
law, and he is bound to do this regard leess of private wishes or of polit-
ical possibilities. The fact of his making this queue decision is one of the
strongest assurances that he is a man not to be influenced by dread of the
effect such decision might have on the popular mind. Judge Field knows,
as we all do, that he is a very prominent possibility for the next Pres-
idency. He knows, too, how unpopular is any apparent leaning towards
the ( 'hiuese in this comruuuity. In event of a Presidential campaign he
would naturally desire to have the support of California. That he had
the moral courage to put forth this queue decision is a practical proof of
his integrity, his firmness and his lofty disregard of anything that might
tempt him to swerve in interpreting the law. Such firmness and elevation
above personal considerations show the very material which would make
a good President, and when these traits, as in the case of Judge Field, are
combined with massive intellect, high culture and most delightful social
qualifications, they make up a sum total almost too desirable to be hoped
for in our next President.
The assertion that the queue decision is "doubtful law " is open to a
wider argument than is here allowable. The writer is no politician, is not
partisan in feeling, and is fully convinced that our State must be purged
of the horrible festering Chinese ulcer that is eating its way everywhere.
But truth is truth, and must be while the world endures ; and to a calm,
dispassionate mind there can be no doubt that the Supervisors exceeded
their power in the ordinance passed on the lfith of January, I860. Having
condemned our Celestial brother to fine and imprisonment, there was no
more right or reason in- obliging him to give up his cherished pigtail than
there would be ^compelling a Jew prisoner to a diet of ham and sausage,
or a Parsee to drink muddy water. To a careless outsider these seem
trifles. To those interested they are matters of religious belief, and hence
of vital importance. We have in our land " many men of many minds."
So long as they assimilate with our ways and customs, let them stay and
be happy. So soon as we find, as we have in the case of the Chinese, that
they cannot conform to our habits and ways of life, the general Govern-
ment must make such laws as will cover the case and remove the incubus
which threatens to smother us. But, until such action of the general
Government is established, we must, in self-respect, deal out strict jus-
tice, and this is all Judge Field has done, unfriendly critics notwithstand-
ing. The Presidential view of the case is a very uncertain quantity to
deal with. One thing, however, is pretty clear. No matter who our next
President may be, he will in no way, intellectually, morally or socially,
be the superior of Stephen J. Field, and in place of attempting to under-
value him, we Californians should uphold his arms and do all in our power
to secure for our State the proud distinction of having furnished a Pres-
ident so creditable to us as Judge Field would be were he placed in the
elevated position he could fill so well. Silex.
DECEASE OF A RESPECTED CITIZEN.
Mr. Charles Washington White, an old tfhd well-known Californian,
died suddenly at his residence in West Oakland, on Monday last, at the
age of seventy-two years and fourteen days. Mr. White was a remarka-
bly active and vigorous man, and had gone home on Friday in his usual
health. Late in the day he was taken with chills, which seemed to be sub-
dued during Saturday and Sunday, but returned on Monday, and in a short
time carried him off. A native of Brooklyn (N. Y.), Mr. White had emi-
grated to Valparaiso, from which place he removed to California in 1849 —
one of the first among the arrivals of that year, and in every sense of the
word a pioneer. He early established himself in the ship chandlery busi-
ness, which he continued to carry on, enjoying the respect and esteem of
all as a high-minded and honorable business man until about five years
ago, when the failure of his eyesight compelled him to retire from active
life. Since that time he had resided in Oakland, where his days passed
calmly by, his spirit being full of a cheerful content and quiet resignation,
so that to those who knew him he seems to have been taken away un-
timely. Mr. White leaves a widow and four children, one of whom is
Mr. Henry White, the hatter, of this city. Had be survived till the 18th
September, he would have been able to celebrate his golden wedding — a
mournful reflection to the widowed heart he has left behind.
A woman reminds us of a railroad track when she switches her t-rail.
Scotland must be a windy place. They have Gaels there all the time.
_ _ a SPORTING ITEMS.
Yacntiug. Tho San i . s wht Club, at a meeting held last
l nursday, do- ided thai tl ,,. , . .... ill. -.,[, and
1 " '■'•-''iiar time .1, to hold the n i itts to day. All the
ary arrangement* have been made. Messrs, Goodall, Perkins* Co.
have loaned one of theii tn*rn for the Judge's boat. The start will bo
in i-l, u follows : At 12 55 i\ m. a -on will hs fired from fJong Bridge as
a warning signal. At 1 r, m. the outside yachts will start. At 1:10 P. m.
the third i lass vessels will -t ,n. and at l:2t» the Becond and drst olass ves
Mis will start, ten minutes being allowed after the signal foreaoh class is
fired for the vessels to cross the Line. The entries are as follows : First-
class [scl ner yachts) Consuelo, Pearl, Black Horse Seoond-olaas (yawls
and sloops)— Frolic, Startled Fawn, Emerald, Clara. Third-class (yawls
and sloops) Virgin, / ivety. Twilight. Fourth-class (catamaran) -Zwtfa.
rhe Con 0 Connor, Fteurdt lis,/, c. Cousins and Confidence will tak it
parties to witness the race. The prizes are as follows : First prize—
1 nze Flag, open for all except catamarans. First-class— Silver Ice Pitch-
er ; Becond-class Marine Gloss ; third-class— Barometer ; outside Bloops
-Fruit Dish ; outside plungers -Silver Butter Dish : catamarans— Prize
Flag and Pickle Dish.
Pedestnanism.—Thu contest for the Astley belt will come off about
the middle of September in New York. Rowell, "Blower" Brown,
Weston and O'Leary are already entered. Some sporting men of this
city have deposited the entrance money for two Apache Indians, who
they claim can go 000 miles in six days. ^— The match between Frank
Edwards and Mclntyre is off. ^— The employees of the Western Union
Telegraph Company, San Francisco office, will compete in a 21-mile walk
at the Bay District Track, Sunday, August 10th, for prizes of $50, $30,
815, $5. Start to be made at 12 noon. Admission to the track free.—
Von Berg and Tourtelott have just finished their six days walk in Vir-
ginia City. Von Berg won by 33 miles. It is stated that"308 miles were
made, but as yet we have no evidence that the scoring was conducted in
such a way as to entitle Von Berg to claim a record. -^Six entries have
already been made for the six days match to come off here in September.
—•Police Officers Bush and Burdick walked to the Cliff House and back
last Monday for $50 a side. Burdick, who claims to be a better walker
than Edwards, was badly beaten.— The six hours walk for boys under
seventeen, last Sunday, was won by M. Goldsmith. Score 31 miles 7
laps. L. D. S witters second, A. Ellinghouse third.
Shooting.— George Routier. of Sacramento, at a bat shooting match
last week, killed 50 birds out of 60.— The Sacramento Sporting Club
will hold a grand pigeon tournament during the Fair, open to all. En-
trance fee, $20 ; birds free. Entrance money to be divided in cash prizes.
Entries to be made before August 15th. ^—Grouse and quail are plentiful
around Donner Lake.— Dove shooting is good at Redwood City, Menlo
Park, Mountain View, Pleasauton and on the line of the N. P. C. R. R.
^— Deer are plentiful around Salinas and Cloverdale.^— The match for
the Chronicle Cup, between W. E. Gerber, of Sacramento, the present
holder, and Chas. W. Randall, of this city, will take place September 7th.
The postponement until that day is caused by Mr. Gerber's other urgent
business engagements.
Archery. —The interior Clubs are doing good work, and will make a
fine showing if another tournament is arranged. — Another Club has
been organized in Sacramento, called the Eureka Archery Club.— —The
Red Cloud Club, of Sacramento, had a shoot for prizes at the Capital
grounds last week. The ladies* medal was won by Mrs. Inwall; score,
114, 30 arrows, 25 yards. The gentlemen's medal was won by Mr. J. Col-
lins; score 57, 30 arrows, 40 yards.— A tournament is proposed to take
place at Sac amenro during Fair week.
Baseball.- Games last Sunday at the Recreation Grounds: Knicker-
bocker vs. Star; score, 15 to 2. MacMahon vs. Company B; score, 10 to
5.— —At Oakland— Mutual vs. Athletic; score, 7 to 1.^— Games to-mor-
row, at Recreation Grounds: Omaha Club, of Omaha, vs. Knickerbocker.
This will be one of the most interesting games of the season. The names
of the Omaha Club are: Cantillion, left field; J. Whitney, pitcher; C.
Whitney, second base; Dolan, catcher; Bailey, right field; Bohn, third
base; Willigard, first base; Hibben, short stop, and Quill, center field.
Rowing. -All the Clubs are getting to work for the coming regatta.
—The Neptune boys are beginning to take more interest in getting a
good crew. They have lots of good material, and ought to make a first-
class showing.— There is some talk of sending Dan Leahey to Australia
to row Trickett.— i— A race between the Adam's and Alaska's barges, for
$200 a side, is talked of— fifteen men to each barge. — The Tuscarora's
gig wants a match with any similar boat in the harbor.
Boxing.— May nard states that he has retired from the ring, but he
professed himself as ready tn meet Patsey Hogan for any sum he could
name.— Chambers has issued a challenge to fight Maynard for up to
$2,000 a side, at any weight be chooses. If the challenge is not accepted
to-day, Chambers and Edwards will leave for the East Sunday. -^The
coming glove contest between Donovan and McClellan is exciting a great
amount of interest.
Fishing. — Shad are caught in the Sacramento river every day. This
looks as if the climate agreed with them, and in a few years they would
be a regular article in our markets.*^— Pilarcitos lake is affording splen-
did sport ; trout are plentiful, and bite greedily.-^— Lake C'habot, at San
Leandro, is full of splendid fish. The trout are the best lake trout in the
State.— Good fiy-fishing in Lake San Andreas— the most dangerous lake
of an afternoon in the State.
Novel Match. — A queer match has been made at Santa Cruz: Johnny
Igo, the splint runner, is matched to run a mile holding on behind a sulky
drawn by the trotting mare Nell Briordy, at full speed. The mare can
trot in less than 2:40.
Bicycling.— Mr. H. L. Cortis, of London, has just won the fifty mile
championship, making the fourth championship he has won this year ;
time, 2 hrs. 56 min. 1.8 sec.
Geo. Stewart is a commission stock broker, doing business at 208
Montgomery street. He recently bought thirty shares of University Gold
Mining Company's stock, on the order of a customer, and paid fifty cents
per share for it. He, however, falsely claimed that he paid sixty cents,
and collected that sum, together with his commission. He, therefore*
beat his customer out of three dollars ; a small sum, to be sure, but one
that nevertheless illustrates a dishonest transaction. A man who would
go for the paltry sum of three dollars would hardly be expected to hesi-
tate if the temptation were greater
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Aug. 9, 1879.
"The World," the Flesh, and the Devil.
[By a Truthful Penman.]
At the Prince Imperial's funeral, the Princess of Wales wrote with
her own hand on the card which accompanied her wreath of violets,
"Died a soldier's death, fighting for our cause." The whole of the in-
scription on this wreath is well worth quotation, since it indicates the
spirit in which the Royal House jf England did such ungrudging honor
to the memory of a cherished and lamented guest of that country. But
first, the words of the Queen, thoughtfully written in French by Her
Majesty and attached to the wreath of golden laurel leaves which she laid
upon the coffin, should be given. Written in the Queen's own hand, the
words are : " Souvenir de vive affection, d'estime, et de profonds regrets
de la part de "Victoria Reg." The Princess of Wales wrote : " A token
of affection and regard for him who lived the most spotless of lives and
died a soldiers death, fighting for our cause in Zululand. From Albert
Edward and Alexandra, July 12, 1879." The gentlemen nearest after the
chief mourners bore wreaths in their hands — the violet wreath, with the
Princess of Wales' card, which she had placed with her own hand on the
coffin ; a wreath of white roses, from "Albert Edward Prince of Wales;"
a white wreath, from " Louisa, Victoria and Maud of Wales," and one
from "Edward and George of Wales," sent by the young princes to the
friend whose daring and skill in manly exercises were specially calculated
to attract boyish admiration. Prince Leopold's offering was an immor-
telle, with the words written by him on the card, "Homraage d'affection
et d'eatiire de la pari: de Leopold." The Duchess of Cambridge sent and
had placed upon the coffin of the lamented Prince Imperial a cross of
violets, with her name and the inscription, "A la mcmorie du jeune et
bien aime' heros, Louis Napoleon."— — M. Clement Buvernois, whose
death has just been recorded in Paris, had tried his hand at more than one
trade before turning first a Minister in extremis of the Second Empire,
and next a convict in the Poissy jail, on account of his connection with
the lianque Territoriale bubble. He had been a journalist in Algeria, a
colonist in Mexico, and a good many other things. Once he came over to
London with a monopoly in his pocket of all the sewer-produce in Mexico ;
he had obtained it from Maximilian, through the medium of the milliner
in ordinary to the Empress Charlotte. He was about to sell it in the city
for a very large sum, when the news arrived of the tragedy at Queretaro.
The Mexican Empire had collapsed, and with it the Mexican Sewer-
Produce Company went to the dogs. Duvernois returned to Paris and
started a newspaper. He was not long in being introduced to Napoleon
III. by his tailor, and became a Minister. He was a man of ready wit
and energetic intelligence ; but somewhat too lax in morals, even in Iris
generation. One of his political aphorisms is worth quoting as a charac-
teristic outburst of Bohemian cynicism: "La politique? Changez
d'opinion quand c'est utile a, votre fortune, et de cafe" quand vous voulez
changer d'opinion."— World.^— An American engineer, who, being en-
gaged in the construction of a railway in China, has had unusually favor
able opportunities of examining the famous "Great Wall" built to
obstruct the incursions of the Tartars, gives the following account of this
wonderful work : The wall is 1,728 miles long, 18 feet wide, and 15 feet
thick at the top. The foundation throughout is of solid granite, and the
remainder of compact masonry. At intervals of between 200 and 300
yards, towers rise up 25 to 30 feet high, and 24 feet in diameter. On the
top of the wall and on both sides of it are masonry parapets to enable the
defenders to pass unseen from one tower to another. The wall itself is
carried from point to point in a perfectly straight line, across valleys and
plains and over hills, without the slightest regard to the configuration of
the ground, sometimes plunging down into abysses a thousand feet deep.
Brooks and small rivers are bridged over by the wall, while on both banks
of larger streams strong flanking towers are placed. Little Annie plays
so hard in these vacation days that she does not become so round and rosy
as her mother wuuld like. Not long since, as she was having her Satur-
day night bath, her mother said: "Ob, Annie, dear, what shall I do
with you ? I believe you grow thinner and thinner every day !" Annie
thoughtfully regarded her mother for a moment, then asked very seriously :
"Am I thin enough yet, do you think, to be mother of a paper doll?" —
Boston Transcript.^^This, from the World, is neat: "We have been
requested to notice the recital of a young American, who is thought to be
a nice singer and a nice pianiste ; only she is thought to be a nice pianiste
by those who hear her sing, and a nice singer by those who hear her play."
It reminds us of Yates' description of a riverside villa, where "in the
summer the river was at the bottom of the lawn, and in the winter the
lawn was at the bottom of the river. "^~ When the coffin of the Prince
Imperial was opened by M. Pietri it was found that the body had
undergone so little change that the face was as recognizable as it had ever
been. The wounds were all clean cut, and the face still wore that expres-
sion of peaceful repose which was noticed when the body was first found. —
Vanity Fair.^—One more interesting scrap anent M'lle Sara Bernhardt,
and this is from her own lips : She has received a commission to execute
a bust of Lord Beaconsfield before leaving England.— —The gunboats for
the Chinese Government have had a satisfactory trial at Newcastle, and
will proceed to Portsmouth, where they will be inspected by H. E. the
Chinese Minister.— —It is difficult in the present day to realize the fact
that wheat was at one time unknown in America ; yet prior to the dis-
covery of the continent by Columbus there was no cereal in America ap-
proaching in nature to the wheat plant. It was not, observes the Ameri-
can Miller, until 1530 that wheat found its way into Mexico; and then
only by chance. A slave of Cortez found a few grains of wheat in a par-
cel of rice and showed them to his master, who ordered them to be
planted. The result shewed that wheat would thrive well on Mexican
soil ; and to-day one of the finest wheat valleys in the world is near the
Mexican capital. From Mexico the cereal found its way to Peru. Maria
d'Escobar, wife of Don Diego de Chauves, carried a few grains to Lima,
which were planted — the entire product being used for seed for several
successive crops. At Quito, Ecuador, a monk of the Order of St. Francis,
by the name of Fray Jodosi Bixi, introduced the new cereal; and it is
said that the jarwhich contained the seeds is still preserved by the monks
of Quito. Wheat was introduced into the present limits of the United
States contemporaneously with the settlement of the country by the
English and Dutch.
GEO. STREET, Agent JTcws Letter, 30 Cornhill, E. €., Zen don.
IN CONSEQUENCE OF SPURIOUS IMITATIONS OF
LEA A PERRUiS' SAUCE, which are calculated to deceive
the public, Lea and Perrins have adopted A NEW LABEL, bearing their sig-
nature, " LEA & PERRINS," which is placed on every bottle of WORCESTERSHIRE
SAUCE, and without which none is genuine.
Ask for LEA & PERRINS' Sauce, and see name on wrapper, label, bottle and stop-
per. Wholesale and for export by the proprietors, Worcester ; Crosse & Blackwell,
London, etc., etc., and by grocers and oilmen throughout the world. To be obtained of
Nov. 16. MESSRS. CROSS & CO., San Francisco.
ROWLAND'S
MACASSAR OIL strengthens the Hair and prevents it falling off. The bottles
have a glass stopper, and not a cork.
KALYDOR beautifies the Complexion and eradicates Freckles, Tan, Prickly Heat,
Eruptions, etc.
ODONTO whitens the Teeth, prevents and arrests decay, and gives a pleasing
fragrance to the breath.
EUKONLA. is a new and delicate toilet powder.
Ask for ROWLAND'S articles, of 20, Hatton Garden, London, and avoid cheap
imitations. Sold bv Druggists, Bazaars, etc., all over the world. May 3.
JOYCE'S SPORTING AMMUNITION.
[ESTABLISHED 1820.]
ri^lie attention or Sportsmen is invited to the following
_I_ Ammunition, of the best quality, now in general use throughout England,
India and the Colonies : Joyce's Treble Waterproof and F 3 Quality Percussion
Caps; Chemically-prepared Cloth and Felt Gun Wadding; Joyce's Gas-Tight Car-
tridges, for Pin-fire aud Central-Ore Breech-loading Guns ; Wire Cartridges, for killing
game at long distances, and every description of Spurting Ammunition. Sold by
all gun-makers and dealers in gunpowder.
FREDERICK JOYCE & CO., Patentees and Manufacturers,
Sept. 28. 57 Upper Thames street, London.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXT3ACT OF MEAT.
inest and Cheapest Hen t-fla voring Stock for Soups, flfade
Dishes and Sauces. March 2.
LIEBIG C3MPANY'S EXTRACT OF MFAT
[sa success anil boon for which Nations should feci grate-
ful. See "Medical Press," "Lancet," "British Medical Journal," etc.
F
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTBACT OF MEAT.
Caution—Genuine only with fac-simile of Baron I/iebig's
Signature, in blue ink, across Label. "Consumption in England increased ten-
old in ten years." March 2.
LIEBIG COMPAfcY'S EXTBACT CF MEAT.
To be had of all Store-keepers, Grocers aud Chemists. Sole
Agents for the United States (wholesale only), C. David & Co., 43, Mark Lane,
London, Englaud. March 2.
DR. R. BEVERLY COLE
Has Returned from the Bast and Resumed Practice at his Office,
XO. Bi 8_S UIXEJt STREET. |June 21.
FREDERICK A. BEE,
His Imperial Chinese Majesty's Consul.
Office: 917 Clay Street. Residence: 6S0 Eddy Street.
R. H. LLOYD,
Attorney-at-Law, Room 13. Nevada Block.
IRVINE & LE BRETON
Have Removed tbeir law Offices to No. 217 Sansome Street.
f March 15.]
ALASKA COMMERCIAL COMPANY,
>. 310 Sansome street, San Francisco, Wholesale Dealer
in Furs. Sept. 21.
Newton Booth, C. T. Wheeler, Sacramento. | J. T. Glover, W. W. Dodge, S. F
W. W. DODGE & CO.
N'
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holesale Grocers, corner Front and Clay streets, San
Francisco. April 1.
CASTLE BROTHERS,
ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAR 1850.
fmporters of Teas and East India Goods, Res. 213 and 215
L Front street, San Francisco. Jan. 13.
J. M. Neville. REMOVAL.
BAGS, TENTS AND
NEVILLE & CO.,
No.'s 31 and 33 California Street, S.
San Francisco.
Geo. H, Bryant
HOSE.
E. corner of Davis,
lAuff. 2.
L.H.Newton. NEWTON BROTHERS & CO., M. Newton.
Importers and wholesale dealers in Teas, Foreign Goods and
Groceries, 204 and ZOii California street, San Francisco, Cal May 26.
MORRIS & KENNEDY, J. F. Kennedy.
"W, Morris.
Importers and I>ealers in Moldings, Frames, Engravings,
Chromos, Lithographs, Deealcomanie, Wax and Artists' Materials, 21 Post
street, nearly opposite Masonic Temple, San Francisco. Feb. 4.
200 Post street is on the corner of Dupont.
Aug. 9, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
BOOK NOTICES.
Putn&ms' Economic Monographs
!"■■■ lion".
r,.
Tht«f Uriel bat prafnuat pfunp that are boiog
by O, P, P itnam'a Son*, of New Yurie, the work <<f disseminAting
micIi « v tii.- New Vork Free Trade I Int..
Tin- y are all written by men who bave. madf a wtcial study .-f 1 1»«* buo-
and nmoi thaantbon we in tha wry front rank of American
mists. Thay ail deai with questions of immediate and pressing in-
tonate to the people, exhibiting in briel uompMB the drawbacks of pro-
tection t" trade and the merits of free ommene with the world, besides
gfriiw valuable Information on other vital economic questions on which
diyare bnt ill informed. This series of pamphlets, published
nally and in very cheap form, constitute one of the very best
means by which our intelligent but very busy people may be enlightened ;
and the merit of these publications is such that it seems to us they are
worthy of being re-printed in a volume or volumes as a standard work.
H una Bavom oa Fisaxi k and Taxation, By Hou. John Sherman. New
York, D. Applaton ft Co.; San Prant isc ■, Billings, Harbourne & Co
This volume of 640 pases contains thirty-nine speeches mi questions of
finance an>l taxation, and two of Mr. Sherman's Annual Reports to Con-
gress in his capacity of Secretary of the Treasury. The speeches were
nearly all delivered in the Senate of the United States, beginning with
that on the " Morrill Tariff Bill," on May 7th, 18(10, and ending with that
on the " Leyal Tender of Silver Coin," on June 8th, 1S7(J. The chief sub-
jects embraced in this selection of his speeches are varied, but they
are topics which, at the time, were of absorbing interest. There are
speeches on the issue of Treasury Notes, on the issue of United States
Notts or Greenbacks, on National Bank Currency, on Funding the Na-
ti mal Debt, on International Monetary Staudard, on Coinage, on Income
Tax, on lie-issue of Greenbacks, on the Resumption Act, on Fractional
Currency, etc. During a long period Mr. Sherman was Chairman of the
Finance Committee of the Senate, and. therefore, these speeches have
considerable importance, as he had ample means of ascertaining the facts
of which they are mainly composed. But when he comes to deal with
economic principles Mr. Sherman shows his weakness, although it is a
weakness common to most American politicians who have drifted into
finance by the force of circumstances and the exigencies of party manage-
ment, rather than by previous training or special aptitude.
Development OF English Literature (Old English Period). By Brother Azarias, of
the Christian Schools: Professor of English Literature in lloclt Hill College,
Maryland. New York, D. Appleton & Co. ; Sun Francisco, A. L. Bancroft &. Co.
This work when completed, for we have before us only the first of three
volumes, will be of inestimable value to students of English literature,
and still more so to professors. Written by a Professor of English, and
intended for professors, the author necessarily avoids minor matters ; still
the style is so clear and elegant, and the chapters so short, and the selec-
tion of characteristic specimens of the earliest English so judicious, that
the work cannot but be interesting and instructive to any one who de-
sires to see how the language of to-day has been gradually elaborated
through ages. The author tells us that '"The present volume traces the
growth and development of Old English thought, as expressed in Old
English literature from the first dawnings of History down to the Nor-
man Conquest. It goes back of the written word to the life, the aspira-
tions and the motives that gave it expression. It seeks in the manners
and customs, the religion and law and government and international rela-
tions of the Old English people, the sources whence the literature of that
people derives its tone and coloring. For this purpose, the author has laid
every available source of information under contribution. Dry land-
grants, antiquated law codes, the decrees of councils, the lives of saints,
legend and history, the researches of scholar and critic and antiquarian,
have all of them directly or indirectly been brought to bear upon the sub-
ject, and have been made use of to throw light upon the purely literary
document." Again: "A people's literature is a criterion of a people's
civilization. It embodies what is most enduring in thought, and records
what is best worth remembering in deeds." The 210 pages contain a vast
amount of interesting information delivered in the most pleasing form
that matter of the kind is susceptible of.
THE DECLINE OF PUBLIC SPIRIT.
It is always an unpleasant, and sometimes an unprofitable task to
say unpleasant things, no matter how true they may be, nor how neces-
sary it may be to say them ; but in the present condition of affairs the
News Letter does not propose to be derelict in its duty, however much it
may be compelled to tread upon the corns of our praise-loving public.
Time was, some fifteen years ago, when any scheme to benefit the city or
State, by whomsoever projected, met with ample encouragement, not
alone in words but in hard cash, from the giants who ruled in tho*e days.
No petty jealousies were allowed to stand in the way of what might ben-
efit the people at lar e, but each man put his hand in his pocket and said,
like old Stephen G-irard: " I sympathize so much," and the result was —
success! Then it was that California's reputation for public spirit was
built up, and spread abroad to the four corners of the world, to our en-
during profit. To be a California^, of that epoch, meant something cre-
ditable, but, alas, how different now! We are simply grubbing along
upon the reputation of the past and doing nothing for the future, In-
stead of supporting our dignity as the third commercial center of the
Union, we allow ourselves to be outdone in enterprise by any inland city
which, with not a tithe of our natural advantages, bids fair to outstrip us
in the race for position by that very energy and public spirit which is now,
bo unfortunately, gone into a decline with us. At Paris we had but a
beggarly representation ; at Philadelphia, California was a by-ward among
the great States, and now at Sydney we appear to be destined to a similar
nonentity. It cannot be charged that the Press have Veen guilty of short-
comings in this respect. They have rung the changes up >n " extension of
commerce," until the subject has become threadbare. J.'he responsibility
rests with the Chamber of Commerce and our merchants. If they are
not blind to their own interests they will speedily devise ways and means
to obliterate the prevailing impression that public spirit in California is
dead. We repeat it: public spirit is dead. Unless there is such a thing
as resurrection— and that immediate—the future of San Francisco, and
of the State, must be far below all legitimate expectation.
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These three Companies are liable jointly and severally for all losses that may be sus-
tained. Losses made payable in all the principal seaports of the world. In the set-
tlement of all claims under an English policy, these Companies will strictly adhere to
the conditions and customs adopted at Lloyds, and submit to English jurisdiction.
June 9 HARRY W. SYZ, Agent, 225 Sansome St., S. F.
NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL LIFE INSUR. CO. OF BOSTON.
Has transacted the business of fuife Insurance for nearly
thirty-five years. Its assets amount to ovcrFoi'RTEKX Million Dollars. The
law of Massachusetts makes all its Policies nonforfeitable. It is a Purely Mutual Com-
pany, dividing every cent of surplus among Policy-holders. This is the Only Com-
pany on the PacificCoast governed by the Massachusetts Lapse Law. This company
has comt.'ied with the new Insurance Laws of California.
WALLACE EVERSON, General Agent.
Sept. 2-1.] _ 32^Montgomery street^
BRITISH AND FOREIGN MARINE INS. CO. OF LIVERPOOL.
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1apil:il 85. OOO.OOO.— Agents
316 California street, San Francisco.
Bitll'oiir. Guthrie A Co., No.
Nov. 18.
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SAN FRAXCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Aug. 9, 1879.
OUR NEXT GOVERNOR.
The signs of the State canvass all point one way. They indicate
that the Hon. George C. Perkins will almost certainly be our next Gov-
ernor. It is true that assertions to the contrary are maintained with
great vehemence. The New Constitution party are an unknown quantity
in politics. Their strength has never been submitted to the crucial test
of an electoral count. There is, therefore, no satisfactory evidence before
us that they have any considerable following. They hold meetings, talk
well, and make loud vauntings of what the interior counties will do for
them. They claim that they will have twenty thousand majority over
the Republicans outside of San Francisco ; but when one asks for the
signs that entitle them to speak with such confidence, no satisfactory an-
swer is vouchsafed. We are thus left to form our own judgment, and not
' being passion- blinded partisans, we think we can reckon the thing up
quite as well, if not something better, than those who are more actively
employed in this terribly lying campaign. Our unbiased opinion is that
the election of George C. Perkins is now almost beyond a peradventure.
It is true that more than three weeks yet remain in which to change
things. In that time there is no telling what may take place. But we
think that nothing that can seriouslj7 interfere with Republican success is
now likely to be sprung. The enemies of Mr. Perkins have about exhausted
their ammunition. He has been under fire for several weeks, and all the
colorable stories that it is possible to invent about him are about played
out. The live paper's stock of lies seems to be falling short. There are
no new one's forthcoming. The old ones are refurbished and trotted out
morning after morning, until the thing is becoming monotonous and
wearisome. We think we are not wrong in taking this as an indication
that the enemy's fire is pretty well drawn, and that Mr. Perkins has
already encountered all that can be seriously urged against him. That
being so, his position from tnis time forth is likely to
improve and strengthen every day. He is making an energetic and
winning campaign. He improves as he goes along. That speech which
he delivered the other night, on his return to the city, was a most
admirable one. We think that, take it altogether, it was the happiest
effort that has been made by any speaker dur ng this campaign. Its tem-
per was charming — he praised his competitors, and laughed his enemies
out of countenance. When a man feels in that humor, when he has done
the worst of his fighting, it is very certain that he is in good fettle for
what remains. Moreover, it is evidence of a consciousness that his suc-
cess is assured. He who wins may laugh. Besides the excellence of its
temper, the speech was strong in every other respect. He touched vari-
ous subjects, and handled them all ably and well. In fact, he surprised
even those who knew him best. The truth is, Mr. Perkins is exhibiting
a daily improving capacity for public station tbat exceeds the best hopes
of his friends. That he was a ready and capable business man everybody
knew; that be could be equally ready and capable in tbe discussion of
large public questions, remained tn be proven. The proofs are coming
more rapidly, and are more conclusive than had been anticipated. He
has already demonstrated that he has the capacity to make a model Gov-
ernor, and we beb'eve he will. His election will be a cause of satisfaction
to dwellers in our city generally. He is one of us, a resident in our
midst, genial, affable and easily approached; we will know more of our
next Governor, and, let us hope, get more good out of him than we have
out of some of our past one?. It is seldom that the Governor of the
State has been selected from San FraDcisco. We are persuaded that
George C. Perkins will so discbarge the duties of the office that country
residents will not hereafter fight so shy of city gubernatorial candidates.
It has been long said that a city man could not be elected Governor.
George C. Perkins will annihilate that belief, and in doing that will
honor himself and reflect credit upon San Francisco.
A PETTY PRESS.
Tea Bulletin and Call are giving all the aid they can to the city
ticket put up by the scalawags of the Sand lots. Their proprietors can
have nothing in common with that crowd. Messrs. Fitch & Pickering
know full well that the nominees they are supporting will not bear exam-
ination. They know that the man Kalloch is a dangerous demagogue,
whose election will bring this city into contempt throughout the entire
nation. They know that men have been nominated for School Directors
who cannot write their own names, and who are likely to be controlled
by influences inimical to our public schools. They know that the nomi-
nees for Supervisors are, for the most part, tramps of low degree, lacking
every qualification essential to the intelligent discharge of the duties of the
very onerous and responsible offices to which they aspire. We say that
Fitch & Pickering know these things. They, of all men, have been pro-
nounced against Kearney, and all his works. Back numbers of their pa-
pers teem with denunciations of the low, ignorant drayman, whom they
would now exalt into a municipal dictator. The motive of their present
course is but too transparent, and it is as ignoble as it is obvious. Anj7-
thing to beat the Chronicle is their motto. We are not lovers of that
sheet, not by a great deal, but we should esteem ourselves recreant to our
duty as journalists, and to the best interests of the city, if we were to
allow our disapproval of a particular paper to drive us into the perpetra-
tion of a great wrong. The support of the Sand lot ticket means a menace
to the intelligence and property of the city. It is whispered that Fitch
& Pickering have an understanding with Kearney that his candidates, if
elected, are to assist in their official positions to punish the enemies of the
Bulletin dL- Call. The appearances are tbat way. Kearney enters their
editorial sactums as if he owned them. He isbepuffed and written up in
the Call as if tbat paper were published for bis special benefit. This is
mean, beggarly, nrlschievious business, but it is in keeping with the rule-
or-ruin policy which Pickering & Fitch have ever practiced.
Mr. W. W. Tiaylor has been nominated as a Candidate for the
State Senate, from the Ninth Senatorial District, by the republican Con-
vention ; and the nomination is most emphatically indorsed by all good
citizens. If all the selections were as good, every man who tares for the
honor of the city and State would vote for the Republican ticket without
hesitation. Mr. Traylor is but little known in politics, his time having
been devoted to his own affairs, which he has attended to with energy
industry and uprightness ; and the public will gain in him, if elected, a
faithful and conscientious guardian of its best interests.
Eve always enlists the sympathy of the gentler sex when they reflect
that before marriage she never had a chance to play off another fellow
against Adam.
A PRECIOUS PAIR.
Quoth a sly renegado named Gorham:
" All my ducats are gone ; to restore 'em
I'll oil up my jaw
And get paid to hee-haw
For the Bilk Party— though I abhor 'em.
" I'll go for the Central Pacific
In a manner that's simply terrific
Till to me they make offers
Of cash from their coffers
Not to let my tongue be so prolific.
" I'm a liar complete, without equal,
And my lies sound as truth, for I speak well,
I'm an iugrate of course,
And devoid of remorse —
What these gifts can't accomplish my cheek will."
This was heard by a party named Gohen,
A Hebrew — rich, nosey and knowin* ;
Quoth he: "Mr. Gorham,
I'll help you to score 'em,
For revenge sake, I don't want their coin,
" Once the Railroad was my admiration ;
Now I wish it the deepest damnation ;
For, though humbly I licked
Stanford's boots, yet he kicked
Me out of his great corporation."
Thus, reader, you scarcely can wonder
At all the political thunder
Which booms from these two —
The Adams-Bank Jew,
Who breeds hate, and the sneak who wants plunder.
FOR MAYOR.
The nomination of Bradford P. Flint for Mayor is an excellent one,
which meets the approbation of all friends of honest, efficient and respect-
able government. A citizen of long standing, of high character, of ener-
getic characteristics and of undoubted responsibility, he is in every way
worthy of being chosen the chief magistrate of this great city. As be-
tween him and the unsavory preacher, there ought to be no question of
the result. Mr. Flint is a prominent merchant, who has been a resident
among us for the past thirteen years. He is known for his business in-
tegrity, his quiet, self-contained demeanor, his firm adherence to his con-
victions, his thoughtful sense of honor, and his general availability for
good and useful work. His party have selected a man whose strength
before the people will increase as the campaign proceeds. He will bear
examination and criticism, and the more of it he gets the more obvious
-will it become that his nomination was a wise one. We could wish that
the other parties may indorse his candidature. There should be a union
of honest, thoughtful, conservative citizens, in order that the abominable
crew from the Sand Lots may not be permitted to wreck our city govern-
ment. We have our say on that subject elsewhere, but we feel that we
cannot too frequently or too earnestly urge the importance of all the good
elements in society uniting in order to defeat the bad ones. The success
of the riff-raff who constitute the Kearney ticket would be an everlasting
blot upon the escutcheon of our city. No citizen, in that event, will care
to admit while abroad that be hails from San Francisco. A city whose
chief magistrate is a Kalloch, whose school directors cannot write their
own names, and whose City Fathers are tramps, would be a cause of
shame and confusion of face to all dwellers therein. With such a man as
B. P. Flint as a candidate, the city ought to be saved from the infamy
which threatens to overwhelm its good name.
SOME REFLECTIONS.
Should the result of the September election be different from what it
might have been bad tbe sound advice of the News Letter, given early in
the campaign, been followed, the fact will then be patent to all, as it has
long been to dispassionate observers, that there is a plentiful lack of
brains in the old political parties, and a boundless disgust with the meth-
ods now in vogue to control public affairs, with the sole view to the mone-
tary aggrandizement of a select few, who have been, and are, willing to
sacrifice the best interests of the State for temporary personal gain. We
have frequently pointed out that the effects of popular dissatisfaction
will remain, until the causes thereof are removed, and with that purpose
in view have urged those in authority to loosen their purse-strings and by
giving employment, by means of necessary works, remove the prevailing
stagnation, set the money in healthful circulation, and so do much to re-
store tbe interdependence of capital and labor. While hoth classes hold
aloof from each other, in an attitude of antagonism, it cannot be expected
that in political affairs they will counsel amicably together for the public
good as of old. It is not yet too late to attempt something in this direc-
tion, and we once more urge the feasibility of renewed industrial enter-
prise. Matters cannot go on forever in this stagnant condition, and the
sooner the ice is broken for a desirable change the sooner will we again
enter upon the highroad to prosperity. And by making an immediate
beginning the good result of this advice will appear when the ballots are
counted.
The political polemics of the New Constitution organ in this city are
slightly monotonous in tbeir character. A RepubHcan spouter urges
Perkins' superior qualifications for Governor. The organ promptly
replies : "The railroad is an overshadowing monopoly." The Republi-
can avers that unless California can be carried in September, a Demo-
cratic President will be elected next year. Answers the organ : " Freights
and fares must be reduced." The Republican flaunts the gory shirt and
deprecates a "Solid South." Reply: "Railroad discriminations are
ruining the business of California," The same marvelous logic is em-
ployed by the H. B. organ in controversy with the Democrat and the
band-Lotter. "Morrison is a better roan for Chief Justice than Ben-
nett," says tbe Examiner. "The railroad anaconda is strangling the
State," retorts tbe organ. " The Chinese must go!" yells the Kearney-
ite. "Stanford and Crocker are sonlless monopolists," bawls the organ.
And to think that the argument is to go on until the third of September !
Aug. 9, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
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THE TOWN CRIER.
"Ro»r the Crier!" "Wbii the 'lertl art Ihoa?
* One tbftt will play tho .lovii, m.- with you."
" IIi-'il * ftiintr in his Uil a? ,onR as a flail,
Which made him erow bolder and bolder."
Ho had never tried it before, but he was naturally a self reliant
man, and felt confident of his ability to do it. Moreover, his wife had
gone into the country. Therefore, carefully selecting from that lady's
work-basket the thickest needle and stoutest thread (as is the God-given
Instinct of his sex), he resolutely Bet himself to the task. Spitting upon
his fingers, he carefully rolled the end into a point, and then, closing one
of his own optics, he attempted to jab out the needle's solitary eye. But
the thread either passed by one side or the other of the needle, or humped
itself against the glittering steel and refused to be persuaded. However,
while he reflected upon the difficulty which must attend a rich man's en-
trance into the Kingdom of Heaven, the thread suddenly bolted through
the eye to the extent of an inch, and, fearing to lose this advantage, he
quickly drew the ends together and united them with a knot about the
size of a buckshot. The button was a trowser one, but he liked the di-
mensions of its holes, and it was only going into the back of his shirt,
anyhow. As he passed the needle gently upwards through the linen, he
felt a mingled pity and disdain for men bungled over such easy jobs ; and
as he let the button gracefully glide down the thread to its appointed
place, he vowed within himself that if ever he married a second time it should
be for some nobler reason than a dread of sewing on his own buttons.
The first downward thrust had the same happy result, and holding the
button down firmly with his thumb, he came up again with all that con-
fidence which uniform success inspires. Perhaps the point of the needle
did not enter to the bone, but it seemed to him that it did, and his com-
ment upon the circumstance was emphatic. -But he was very ingenius,
ana next time he would hold the button hy one edge and come up through
the hole nearest the other. Of course he would. But the needle had an
independent way of suiting itself as to holes ; and it chose the one where
the thumb was. The remarks which followed would have been quite out
of place at a prayer-meeting. Then the needle got sulky. It didn't care
about holes, anyhow, if it was going to be sworn at for finding them, and
the button might have been an unperforated disk for all the apertures
which that needle could thenceforward be made to discover, without
infinite poking and prodding. It always c^ime though when it was least
expected, and never where it was wanted. Still he persevered, and it was
not until he finally discovered that he had stitched over the edge of the
button and had sewn it on the wrong side of the shirt that he utterly
broke down.
The Nicaraguan Government has part of a ship canal ready for
business, and is determined to put forth energy in finishing up the rest.
So the New York telegrams say, and we admire the Nicaraguans. It is
some time since we knew of this affair, but we kept the secret, out of
consideration for De Lesseps. The canal is cut through the solid rock
during the day, by eight-hour labor ; it is then taken in at night and
locked up in the President's bed-room, where fine bulldogs of the best
breed keep watch and ward by turns. The President sleeps in a section
of the canal till the laborers come to rouse him at daybreak, when he
asks them, like the slave in the " Arabian Nights," if they are content.
They hold up their heads and say "Yes," when he blesses them with forty
stripes save one, and the canal is uncoiled and the cutting proceeded with.
The boring-tube is armed with the face of a New York reporter, and the
rock extracted is buried in a hole dug for the purpose. The earth dug
from the hole is swallowed by the Nicaraguan Government to avoid dis-
covery. For the rest of this thrilling romance see New York papers
whenever you please.
Something should be done with these people who force fountains
upon us. It is a most indecent way of calling us whisky drinkers, and we
ought to take it out of them while we can. Robert Apple, who has
left us $10,000 for a pump near the Market-street Ferry, was cunning
enough to see Naples and die ; so that we can't conveniently get at him
until after the election. But Dr. Cogswell we have always with us, and
there is no reason why he should not suffer for his own Montgomery Ave-
nue sin, and vicariously for Apple. If there are Banitary objections to
burying him in the street, he might be dried in a kiln and hung on his
tombstone for a perpetual scarecrow to philanthropists ; or, he might be
reduced to impalpable powder and sent round as snuff to the most promi-
nent reformers of the world.
More horror from Wheatland. They have actually sat upon the
negro Williams, and have marked his excited eye; but it turns out that,
after all, he's nothing to nobody. They found him not guilty, if he will
drink no longer water, but whisky straight. Ida Dunn, when put upon
the stand, said she hadn't lost any iron bar, and she didn't seem to be-
lieve that there was any brutal outrage stowed away in Cora Heslep's
writing desk. The jury brought in a verdict, the judge stretched his legs
and got up, and they all went round the corner to see a man. The profits
of this little horror business to the town in these three months are just
$4,826 ; not a bad speculation in dull times, even though §3,103 of this
sum go to the grocery man.
A telegram from London says that prospects are brightening in In-
dia, and that the rubber crop will suffice to keep the people alive until
rice is ready to harvest— stay their stomachs, as it were; but whether the
India rubber is swallowed, or whether the crop spoken of is a disrespect-
ful allusion to the Hindoo stomach itself, as capable of indefinite exten-
sion and contraction, we are at a loss to guess. _ Anyway, one thing is
clear— that India rubber is what the Indians live by, and manage to
stretch out their days. The stretching done by telegraph operators is of
another kind, and naturally suggests, as a reward, the utilizing of tele-
graph poles to stretch from.
Prince Napoleon's prayer is certainly an affecting one. It does not
lack fervor, hut tested by Professor Tyndal's prayer-gnage, it cannot be
pronounced "effectual." Dr. Cox might meet this skeptical suggestion
by insinuating that it appears to have been addressed rather to the ad-
miration of the French people than to the Throne of Grace.
Mr. Grorham's lower maxillary still wags. The latest victim of the
terrible weapon that once did BUch fearful execution upon the Philistines
is Senator Booth.
The testimony before the Conmort jury that has been investigating
the recent Baltimore boiler expiation, which resulted in a number of
deaths, goes to show that neither the boiler, nor its makers, nor its own-
ers, wen- at all to blame. A number of **practica] machinists" swore
vigorously to the excellence of the boiler. The employes of the proprie-
tors testified, in an equally Btalwart manner, that there was no neglect in
the use and ran- of it. The whole mystery was satisfactorily solved by
an expert, who, being Holy sworn, explained that "the boiler was tricky,
and bad an unaccountable way of increasing the pressure on its gauges,"
besides which " it was not responsive to its safety valve." This, of course,
relieved all parties from an unpleasant sense of responsibility. What
can be expected from a tricky boiler but an occasional exhibition of play-
ful eccentricity?
Oh ! Mr. Murray ! Who'd ha' thought it ? After all that talk about
the Adirondaeks, and the " Perfect Horse," and the Park-street Church,
to get up and get, to mizzle, to absquatulate, to dust, in this unfeeling
way, and leave folks to imagine everything ugly about you and Mrs.
Hodgkins I It's too much. But Mrs. Hodgkins is a brick. She is indig-
nant at the insinuation of an elopement; for she has all the Rev. W. H.
H.M.*s private papers, and understands his business, and he would
rather die than do anything dishonorable. And she will arrange mat-
ters. If anybody can, she can. As for Murray, he was worried with
work, poor fellow; and now something else worries him, and takes all the
snap out of him, and the good man has not a word to say for himself. A
very limp and shaky Rev. Wild Horse Hodgkins Murray.
_ The Jury were entirely right— It was plainly a case of "emotional
insanity, and nothing else. No Kentucky jury could fail to perceive
that a chivalric Southern gentleman like Mr. Buford would never have
discharged the contents of a double-barreled shot-gun into the back of an
amiable and inoffensive acquaintance, had he been in his right mind. It
is true that the shooting was clearly proved, and that the act was deliber-
ate, and apparently intentional. In some unsophisticated communities
the want of immediate provocation would have tended to enhance the
atrocity of the deed ; but in Kentucky, where this sort of thing is better
understood, the logical inference from the lack of sufficient provocation
was, either that the accused was insane, or that he didn't do the deed
at all.
One of Mr. Pickering's young men devotes a brief but able editorial
to the instruction of the British Premier on the evils of land monopoly
and the curse of a hereditary aristocracy, assuring the pupil that Ameri-
cans understand these things much better than in the nature of the case
Englishmen can be expected to do, and adding : " If Beaconsfield wishes
to learn the results of land division, let him turn his eyes to France."
Pshaw ! Why should Beaconsfield turn his eyes to France to learn any-
thing when it is so much easier to consult the columns of his Call?
Dr. Glenn's organs have gradually toned down their denials that he
had incurred the inexpiable guilt of having occasionally given a six-bit
job to a Chinaman. The negatur was at first vehement and sweeping.
The Doctor had never, no never, perpetrated such an atrocity. But now
the never is modified to " hardly ever," and the candidate's official apolo-
gist and next friend solemnly informs the public that " Dr. Glenn repre-
sents his employment of Chinese to have been in most cases involuntary."
Pickwickian, so to say.
We observe that Judge Stephen A. Field is mentioned by the East-
ern papers as among the two or three most prominent candidates for the
Democratic nomination for the Presidency. This must, of course, be
highly gratifying to the Judge, and yet it can hardly be a sufficient con-
solation for the pain he must have experienced in seeing his famous Chi-
nese queue decision reviewed and reversed by one of Mr. Pickering's
young men in a three-and-a-half inch editorial in last Monday's Call.
Jno. B. Gough is 62 years old, has traveled 420,000 miles, delivered
8,000 lectures, and has not spent a day in bed from illness in 33 years ; all
the result, presumably, of cold water. But there's many a fat old whale
that can bang him. We have seen one that was at least 80 years old, and
must have traveled 42,000,000 miles, and spouted not less than 10,000,000
times ; and we don't believe the old buffer ever spent a half-a-day in bed.
A striking illustration of the materialistic and utilitarian tendencies
of the age is to be found in the title of the new song : " Can You Support
Me Darling ?" which is just now all the rage in Eastern drawing-rooms,
and has quite superseded the Pinafore selections. The author is said to
have been a prospective mother-in-law, aud the esoteric rendering of the
question is suspected to be " Can You Support Vs?"
"The style for sleeves is growing shorter and shorter." — Jennie June,
in Fashion Notes. "The mode for skirts continues getting shorter." —
Fashion Notes {half a column further down). Now, the terrible question
suggests itself, what will happen when these two tendencies from opposite
points meet half way ? when Jennie's occupation will be gone, and there
will be no more Fashion Notes?
A man in Sacramento stole a five-cent loaf to satisfy his hunger,
and was sent to jail. Whence many tears of maudlin editors, who have
not cut their eye-teeth. The whole thing was a put-up job of Kear-
ney's, and has been worth, so far, six votes and a half. If the soft-minded
editors keep on puffing, the agitator may lose all but the half.
Longfellow and Fields were once walking together along a country
road, when they met an angry bull. At least, so the story goes ; but we
doubt it, for J as. T. Fields has nowhere mentioned his dear friend, the
bull ; and he would rather have been tossed than miss such a chance.
They are making a great fuss in New York over a man that stopped a
horse on Broadway. If the man was large enough and heavy enough, we
don't see why he shouldn't stop a horse, or any other man, on Broadway.
After all, fat men must have been made for some purpose.
Some men are walking round with an assortment of bets that De
Lesseps will have no subscribers to his canal in this community. We are
ready to bet that De Lesseps may manage to survive even this wintry
neglect and find a few pence somewhere else.
The Alta says the war between Peru and Chile is a foolish and useless
contest ; and yet it goes on ! But then the Alta has been waging a foolish
and useless contest with commonsense and English for at least seventy-
five years. Go easy on Pern and Chile.
Some one says our statesmen are not free moral agents, and we believe
it. We never heard any one of them accused of morality, though tradi-
tions with regard to their free agency in various interesting matters are
not unknown.
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Aug. 9, 1879.
C P. R. R.
Overland Ticket Office : Ferry Landing, foot
of Market street. --Commencing' Monday,
May 19th, 1879, and until farther notice.
Trains and Boats wil leave
SAN FRASTCISCO:
7AA A. M. (daily), Vallejo Steamer (from Market
•"" Street Landing- — Connecting' with Trains for
Napa (Stages for Sonoma), Calistoga (the Geysers),
and Sacramento. Connecting' at Davis (Sundays except-
ed) for Wuodland and Knight's Landing, and at Wood-
land for Williams and Willows.
(Arrive San Francisco 8:10 p.m.)
7f\i\ A.M. (daily) Local PassengerTrain(via Oakland
• \/\/ Ferry) and via Livermore arriving at Tracy
at 11:30 A. M. and connecting with Atlantic Express.
Connects at Niles with Train arriving at San Jose at
10:15 A.M.
(Returning, train from Tracy arrives at 6:05 p.m.)
8f\C\ A.M. (daily), Atlantic Express Train (via Oak-
• vU land Ferry, Northern Ry. and S. P. & T. R R.)
for Sacramento, Marysville, Redding, Portland (Or.),
Colfax, Reno (Virginia City), Palisade (Eureka), Ogden
and Omaha. Connects at Gait with train arriving at
lone at 3:40 P.M.
(Arrive San Francisco 5:15 P.M.)
Sunday Excursion Tickets to San Pablo and Marti-
nez at Reduced Sates. BMHMB^B
1 O i WlA-M' (daily) via Oakland Ferry, Local Passea-
-L "* " " v' ger Train to Hay wards and Niles.
(Arrive San Francisco 4:05 p.m.)
3(\(\ P-M. (daily) San Jose Passenger Train (via Oak-
■ wv land Ferry and Niles), stopping at all Way Sta-
tions. Arrives at San Jose at 5:20 p.m.
(Arrive San Francisco 9:35 a. m.)
O i\i\ P.M. (daily) Northern Railway Passenger Train
and Antioch.
(via Oakland Ferry) to San Pablo, Martinez
(Arrive San Francisco 9:35 A M.)
4f\(\ P.M. (daily) Arizona Express Traill (via Oak-
.UU iand Ferry, Northern Ry. and S. P. & T. R. R.)
for Lathrop (and Stockton), Merced, Madera, Visalia,
Sumner, Mo jave, Newhall (San Buenaventura, and Santa
Barbara), Los Angeles, "Santa Monica," Wilmington,
Santa Ana (San Diego), Colton and Yuma (Colorado
River Steamers), connecting direct with Daily Trains
of the Southern Pacific Railroad of Arizona for Mari-
copa (Daily Stages for Phoenix and Prescott), and for
Casa Grande (182 miles east from Yuma), and end of
Track (Daily Stages for Florence and Tucson).
"Sleeping Cars" between Oakland, Los Angeles and
Yuma.
(Arrive San Francisco 12:35 P.M.)
4f\ A P. M. (Sundays excepted) Vallejo Steamer (from
• V/U Market Street Landing), connecting with trains
for Calistoga, (the Geysers), Woodland, Knight's Land-
ing and Sacramento ; and at Sacramento with Pas-
senger Train, leaving at 9:35 p.m. for Truckee, Reno,
Carson and Virginia.
" Sleeping Cars " between Vallejo and Carson.
(Arrive San Francisco 11:10 a.m.)
41") A P.M. (Sundays excepted) Sacramento Steamer
• w\J (from Wash n St. Wharf), for Beniciaand Land-
ings on the Sacramento River.
(Arrive San Francisco 8:00 p.m.)
4f\ f\ P.M. (daily). Through Third Class and Aecom-
•"^Jr modation Train (via Oakland Ferry, North-
ern Ry. and S. P. & T. R. R.) connecting at Lathrop
with Train arriving at Los Angeles on second day at
11:55 A.M. (Arrive San FrancUco 9:05 a.m.
4 Of") P.M. (daily) Local Passenger Train (via Oak-
• OV/ land Ferry) to Haywards, Niles and Liver-
more^ (Arrive San Francisco S:35 a.m. )
K AA P.M. (daily) Overland Emigrant Train (via
*s*yj\J Oakland Ferry and Northern Railway) to
Ogden, Omaha and East.
Public conveyance for Mills Seminary connects at Semi-
nary Park Stat.on with all trains, Sundays excepted.
FERRIES AND LOCAL TRAINS
From "SAW FRAN CISCO," Daily.
A. M.
B6 10
7. CO
7.30
8.00
8.30
9.00
9.30
10.00
10.30
11.00
11.30
12.00
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12.30
1.00
1.30
2.00
3.00
4.00
4.30
5.00
5.30
6.00
6.30
7.00
8.10
A. M.
7.00
8.00
9.00
10.00
11.00
12.00
p. M.
1.30
2.00
"3.00
4.00
5.00
6.00
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9.20lB*8.10
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B9.00
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B6.10
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9.30
10.30
11.30
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12.30
1.00
3.30
6.30
7.00-
8.10 i
9.20
10.30 1
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A. M.
7.00
10.00
P. M.
3.00I
A. M.
7.30
8.30
9.30
10.30
11.30
P. M.
1.00
3.00
4.00
5.00
6.00
B6.30
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p
A. M.
B6.10
8.00
10.00
12.00
p. M.
1.30
4.30
5.30
B6.30
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West Oakland
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A. H.
A. M.
A. M. | A. M.
A. H.
A. M.
p. M.
B5.40
B5.40
7.00
B 5.10, B8.00
B"5.00
B5.20
12.20
B6.30
B6.30
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12 50
8.00
7.30
p. M. 6.40|b11.00
•6 25
6.50
1.20
10.00
8.30
2.351 7.40| p. M.
7.00
7.20
1.50
12.00
9.30
4.30I 8.40' B6.O0
8.03
7.60
2.60
p. M.
10.30
9.40 1 9.00
8.25
3.20
1.30
1130
1 10.40 1 10.03
8.50
3.60
3.30
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9.20
4.20
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9.50
4.50
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10.20
5.20
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4.00
Efc 1.25 1.00
10.50
5.50
5.00
11.20
6.25
6.00
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5.40 1 4.00
11.60
6.50
8.00
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A. M. 6.40
7.10 7.50
5.00
6.03
9.10
10.20
t 1 p. M. 9.00
B*7 20
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*10.00
b— Sundays excepted.
♦Alameda Passengers change cars at Oakland.
Creek Route.
From SAN FRANCISCO— Daily-B5:i0, B6:30, 7.20,8:15,
9:15, 10:15, 11:15 A.M 12:15, 1:15, 2:25, 3:15, 4:15,
5:15, 6.15 P.M.
From OAKLAND— Daily— B5:'d0. B6:20, 7:10, 8:05, 9:05,
10:05, 11:05 A.m. 12:05, 1:05, 2:15, 3:05, 4:05, 5:05,
6:05 p.m. ^-Sundays excepted.
"Official Schedule Time" furnished by Randolph &
Co., Jewelers, 101 and 103 Montgomery St., S. F.
T. H. GOODMAN, Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agt.
A. N. Towne, General Superintendent.
Commencing Monday, June 2i, 1879,
and until further notice, Boats and Trains will
leave San Francisco as follows :
7 1 A a m., from San Quentin Ferry, daily (Sundays
• JL \J excepted), connecting at San Rafael with
Mail and Express Train for Petaluma, Santa Rosa,
Healdsburg, Cloverdale and way stations. Makiug stage
connections at Geyserville for Skaggs' Springs ; Clover-
dale for Ukiah, Lakeport, Mendocino City, Highland
and Bartlett Springs, Soda Bay and the Geysers; connec-
tion made at Fulton for Korbel's, Guerneville and the
Redwoods. Returning, arrive in San Francesco at 6:25
P.M. Passengers going by this train will arrive at the
Geysers at 2 p.m.
p. m. daily (Sundays excepted), Steamer
' James M. Donahue" (Washington Street
Wharf) , connecting with Mail and Express Train at Don-
ahue for Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Healdsburg, Cloverdale,
and way stations. Making stage connections at Lake-
ville for Sonoma. Returning, arrive in San Francisco
at 10:10 a.m.
Sunday Excursions at Reduced Kates .
3.00
8~B K a.m., Sundays only, via San Quentin Ferry
• J- O and San Rafael, for Cloverdale and Way Sta-
tions. Returning, arrive in San Francisco at 7:55 p.m.
Fares for Round Trip: Petaluma, SI. 50; Santa Rosa, $2.00;
Healdsburg, S3 00; Cloverdale, S4.50; Fulton, $2.50; La-
guna, $3.00; Forestville, $3.50; Korbel's, $3.75; Guerne-
ville, $4.
Freight received at "Washington st. Wharf
from 7 a.m. till 2.30 p. m., daily (except
Sundays) .
A. A. Bean, A. Hughes, Jas. M. Donahue,
Sup't. Gen. Manager. Gen. Pass. & Tkt. Agt.
[June 7.]
Commencing Monday, April 31, 1S79,
and until further notice, Passenger Trains will leave
San Francisco, from Passenger Depot on Townsend
street, between Third and Fourth streets, as follows :
8.20'
a.m. daily for San Jose and Way Stations.
g^5 Stages for Pescadero (via San Mateo)
connect with this train only.
90 C\ a.m (Sundays only) for San Jose and Way Sta-
»OKJ tions. Returning, leaves San Jose at 6 p.m.
IO 4-0 AM' ^ai'yf°r San Jose, Gilroy, Hollister,
-*- V/.t:\_/ Tres Pinos, Pajaro, Salinas, Soledad and
all Way Stations, g^p At Pajaro, the Santa Cruz
R. R. connects with this train for Aptos, Soquel and
Santa Cruz. ggT* At Salinas the M. & S. V. R. R.
connects with this train for Monterey, p^" Stage
connections made with this train. (Pescadero Stages via
San Mateo excepted.)
Parlor Car attached to this Train,
(seats at reduced rates.)
Q Q(~) PiM- daily (Sundays excepted) for San Jose,
"■^J" Gilroy, Pajaro, Hollister, Tres Pinos and prin-
cipal Way Stations.
ggT On Saturdays only, the Santa Cruz R. R. will
connect with this train at Pajaro for Aptos, Soquel and
Santa Cruz. Returning, leave Santa Cruz at 4.45 a.m.
Mondays (breakfast at Gilroy), arriving in San Francisco
at 10:00 A.M.
^= SPECIAL NOTICE. -The run of this Train to
Salinas on Saturdays having been discontinued for the
season, those intending to visit Monterey will take the
train leaving San Francisco at 10:40 a.m. daily.
3Q r\ p.m. (Sundays only) for San Jose and Way Sta-
.Q\J tions.
4 9^ p.m. daily (Sundays excepted) for San Jose and
.AO Way Stations.
!\ (~\f\ P- m. daiIy(Sundays excepted) for MenloPark
*J*W and Way Stations.
/* Q(~i p.m.— daily, for Menlo Park and Way Stations.
Excursion Tickets at Reduced Rates
To San Jose and intermediate points sold on Saturdays,
and Sunday mornings, good for return until following
Monday inclusive.
Also, EXCURSION TICKETS to Aptos, Soquel, Santa
Cruz and Monterey, sold on Saturdays only—good for
return until the following Monday inclusive.
jfi^ Principal Ticket Office— Passenger Depot, Town-
send street. Branch Ticket Office— No. 2 New Mont-
gomery street, Palace Hotel.
A. C. BASSETT, Supt. H. R. JUDAH, A. P. & T. A.
SOUTHERN DIVISIONS.
Commencing Monday, May 19th, 1879,
JSP™ Passengers for points on the Southern Divisions
of the road will take the cars of the Central Pacific Rail-
road via OAKLAND, leaving SAN FRANCISCO via Ferry
Landing, Market street, at 4:00 p.m. daily (Arizona Ex-
press Train), and making close connection at GOSHEN
for Sumner, Mojave, Los Angeles, Wilmington, Ana-
heim, Colton, Colorado River, Yuma, Maricopa and Casa
Grande (182 miles east from Yuma). May 31.
INTER-OCEANIC CANAL
UNIVERSAL COMPANY,
—FOR THE-
CTJTTING OF THE AMERICAN ISTHMUS ,
Under the Presidency and Direction of
M. FERDINAND DE LESSEPS,
President- Director of the Suez Canal.
800,000 SHARES
OF 500 FRANCS EACH.
I ib pursuance of the By-Laws lodged
with Mr. Champetier de Ribes, Notary in Paris,
1U.000 shares are reserved for the civil society of origiual
grantees on account of the concession and surveys trans-
ferred by them to Mr. Ferdinand de Lesseps.
The remaining 790,000 shares are offered to the public
for subscription.
The amount of each share is payable as follows :
25 francs on application.
100 francs on allotment.
The remaining 375 francs will be called up successively
and according to the requirements of the undertaking
upon notice from the Council of Administration, pub-
lished at least three months in advance.
Immediately after the constitution of the Society,
steps will be taken for having the shares officially
quoted.
After payment of 250 francs, the shares may be con-
verted into warrants to bearer by resolution of a gen-
eral meeting.
Every proprietor of twenty shares is a member of gen-
eral meetings.
An interest of five per cent, on sums lodged will be
paid to shareholders during the execution of the works.
The public subscription will be open in Europe and
in America on WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY, sixth
and seventh of August.
The allotment of shares will be made in proportion to
the total subscriptions, without distinction of nation-
ality.
Subscriptions will he received by the COMPTOIR
D'ESCOMPTE DE PARIS, in Paris, at 14 Rue Bergere,
and in the United States through their correspondents,
Messrs. BROWN BROTHERS & CO., New York, and
BANK OF CALIFORNIA, San Francisco.
[August 9.]
it I _. 9. 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
13
NOTABILIA.
THE PEDDLERS SONG.
Iaw.i as white as driven mow ;
Qypran black u «.-\r wu
Gloves as sweet as il;»in;i-k roses;
Masks for faces and for noses ;
Bngte-bimcdat, necklace, amber;
Perfume for a ladv'.- chamber;
Gold quoiw and stomachers,
For my luds to give their dear* ;
Pius mid |<oking-sticks of steel.
What maids led from head to heel:
Come buy of me.eome; come buy ,eome buy,
Buy, lads, or else your lasses cry.
William Shakspeare.
Found at Last! What writers have been looking for, signing for, and
a few, a very few of them, praying for— a pen that will do its work stead-
ily, continuously, without need of inkstand or blotting-pad. The Mac-
Kinnon Pen resembles a handsome pocket lead-pencil, and can be used
with the same readiness. It has capacity for twenty-four hours steady writ-'
ing, needing only to be filled one morning to last till the next. The point is
in iridium and practically indestructible, and the ink flows without diffi-
culty, just as wanted and not more. The stroke on the paper follows the
motion of tbe fingers, and the moment the hand is lifted, the flow of the
ink ceases. Messrs. A. S. Spence & Co., 24 Geary street, are the agents
for this city, and the only dealers who furnish this perfect invention.
According to Mr. Richard Wagner, the Musician of the Future and
the Apostle of the German Idea, the work and mission of his life is to
free mankind from a slavish belief in other things, and make them enter
into the joys of Paradise by worshiping him as the incarnate German
Idea. We all want a little paradise, but not on these terms, thank you,
Mr. Wagner. A mild roasting seems preferable ; particularly when we
are able, by keeping our common sense, to breakfast and dine at Swain's,
213 Sutter street. The mission of Swain is to make people eat better
meals than can be found elsewhere : and he accomplishes it.
The merchant who employs young saleswomen is continually having
his goods miss-represented.
Cleanse the blood of all impurities, and you neutralize the virus of
many diseases at their source. In all diseases of the Skin, the Glands,
the Fleshy Fibre, the Secretive Organs and the Bones, all Scrofulous
Complaints, Cancer, etc., Dr. Jayne's Alterative is a standard curative ;
and while it is a fault in many medicines that before they reach the dis-
ease the patient is prostrated beyond recovery, no such drawback attends
this remedy, for it sustains the strength of the sufferer, while eradicating
the cause of his complaint. Sold by Crane & Brigham, San Francisce.
1 ' Harper's Weekly" " says that it is worth the while of every good
citizen to do what he can to feel sure of waking up in the morning under
the same orderly government which protected him when he fell asleep ;
and General Grant in the White House is that government. Why in the
White House only ? Let Bradley & Rulofson furnish one of their splen-
did photographs of the General to every citizen. They are perfect like-
nesses, even more silent than the original, though speaking, and they don't
smoke.
A lady might as well get her to a nunnery as not to dress in the latest
style, and the only security for wearing a fashionable hat or bonnet is to deal
with Mrs. Skidmore, 1114 Market street. Her styles are always the latest
and most exquisite produotionsof Parisian tasto; and her parlors are always
crowded with the leaders of society. Mrs. Skidmore is now making a
Clearance Sale of her recent stock, in order to receive new importations ;
and everything is offered at cost.
The fellow made a bad bull when he went to steal a squash and
got gourd.
"Corpulent" writes to the New York Star that steamers should have
stronger gang-planks. He weighs 300 pounds, and lately, when going on
board a steamer, found the plank bend like a crescent under him, and
he could get no help from the hands. He says this is a growing evil ; but
if he is not satisfied with 300 pounds, when will he be? The cure is sim-
ple enough : F. & P. J. Cassin's Golden Plantation Whisky would put him
in fighting or jumping trim at once.
The hero of a German Btory says he presed his burning lips to her
rosy mouth, and " she returned my kiss, and my soul was no longer in my
body ; I touched the stars : the earth went from under my feet." But
his hat, which had won the maiden's heart, was of the most exquisite
style, jnst introduced by White, at 614 Commercial street. The original
may be seen there under a glass case.
Bernhardt will wear Sara toga at watering places.
An enthusiastic poeturit.. in a lata Bngliih p*p*r ionic lines to
ndi.ir.lt, in which i i , h*T to
"Say, dost thou feed on milk and honey dswf
Nothitgofthe kind, I smuro yon, dr. Mdlle. Bernhardt merely osot
uma. Kacnele £oania] Bloom, which i« absolutely harmlt
the hue of youth upon hei face. Hut hot we learned direct U
< bus. Langlej a < So,
The Rev. Ed. H. May. rotor of an Episcopal church in Washing-
ton, baa been buying Kentucky lottery tickets for some time, Imping to
wt money enough to build n ■ Imrob : and on the r.th of July he Btrucfc
it rich. Mo. 78,718 was the ti< ket that drew the capital prize, and now be
ran have bweburch or (something else. Hut the man who buys one of
naontanyaa I uion Ranges has no need to wait on Providence. Hi* cap-
ital prize is secured, and briORS him Ul returns three times a day.
During the year 1878 there was an increase in the number of news-
papers published in tbe Dnited States of 460. This vast growth in intel-
ligence coincides with ami is attributable in a great degree to the con-
stantly aumentrag demand for Landsbergers Private Cuvee, which is the
wins intellectual communities cannot do without. Orders are constantly
received from Kurope.
Hickory nuts, containing living curiosities, are not what they are
cracked up to be.
McNally & Hawkins have the largest and most completely assorted
stock of chandeliers, gas fittinus, brackets, lamps, and every article in gas
nttimr and plumbing work, in every style, gilt, bronze, nickel and silver-
plated and burnished. This is the oldest ami most popular house in the
city, iheir new store under the Grand Hotel is splendidly furnished.
*i,MeiP 8ho"ld look not alone on *»eir own things, but each one also on
the things of others, and help one another. This is the way Mr. Chas.
Peters understands charity and practices it. He is now directing the
.Nevada Building Association, Virginia City.
Lawyers in court are always in the " objective " case.
In this season of the year there is no drink comparable for health-
fulness and cooling power to the genuine Napa Soda. In Oakland its ef-
ficacy against the tendency to typhoid fever has made it the universal
beverage, and the demand for it increases daily.
Tapestry Brussels, 81 per yard and upwards ; fine new patterns. Call
and see them. Window shades, 75 cents and upwards. Window lace 12A
cents and upwards. Cornices, wall paper, etc. Oilcloths, 50 cents per
yard and upwards. Hartshorn & McPhun, 112 Fourth St., near Mission.
STOCK COMBINATIONS.
How to Operate Successfully on
TEN DOLLARS.
MARTIN TAYLOR & CO.,
June 21.] 429 California Street.
FAIRFAX MINING COMPANY,
426 CALIFORNIA STREET, ROOM NO. 2.
President JOHN W. COLEMAN.
Treasurer GEN. O. H. LAGRANGE.
Secretary o. C. MILLER.
[October 12. ]
Geo. C. Hickox. e. C. McFarlanb.
GEORGE C. HICK0X & CO.,
(Commission Stock Brokers (Sau Fraucisco Stock Ex-
J change, No. 230 Montgomery street, San Francisco. May i.
J. A. RUDKIN,
Member 8. F. Stock anil Exchange Board, 423 California
street. STOCKS Bought and Sold on Commission. Liberal Advances
made n Active Accounts. Oct. 26.
Henry B . Williams. Henry B. Williams.
WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO.,
SHIPI'INO AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
No. 218 California St., S. F. I.'uly 27.
COKE CHEAPEST FUEL.
Reduction in Price: Wholesale Price, 50 cents per barrel ;
Retail Price, 00 cents per barrel, at the works of the SAN FRANCISCO GAS-
LIGHT COMPANY, Howard and First streets, and foot of Second st. Jan. 12.
TABER, HARKER & CO.,
IMPORTERS AlfD WHOLESALE GROCERS,
10S and IIO California St., S. F.
f April 19.]
JOHN JENNINGS
Hooper's Smith Eml Warehouses, corner Japan and Town-
send streets, San Francisco. First-class Fire-Proof Brick Building, capacity
10, W0 tony. Goods taken from the Dock and the Cars of the C. P. R. R. and S. P.
R. R. free of charge. Storage at Current Rates. Advances and Insurance Effected.
notice!
For the very best photographs go <0 Bradley A Rulofson's,
in an Elevator, 429 Montgomery street. Oct. 29.
Bradbury Pianos, 200 Post street. Established 1854.
14
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Aug. 9, 1879.
TheDayBook
~~^- FRO M iXcrr:
;Sk tun I an f/zSc
Versailles, August 2d.— The Senate and Assembly are prorogued and
will reassemble in Paris the 25th of November or 1st of December. ■—
Berlin, August 2d. — The new law relative to the administration of Al-
sace-Lorraine goes into force October 1st.— Roue, August 2d. — Quaran-
tine is imposed on vessels from the United States, because of yellow fever.
—Cape Tows, July 15th. — Lord Chelmsford has resigned, and is re-
turning to Durban.— New York, August 2d. — A Tribune's Washington
correspondent interviewed Casey Young, Representative from Tennessee.
He says Chinese labor has been tried on some of the cotton and sugar
plantations, and declares that the Chinese are the best laborers that can
be round for the alluvial region of the lower Mississippi. He says they
are quiet and industrious, and do not meddle with politics. He declares
that, on the other hand, negroes are " born politicians," and that some of
them are the best political managers in the South to-day.— — Yrek a,
August 2d. — Rust has made its appearance on nearly all the late-season
grain in Scott Valley, and will lessen the yield considerably. Grasshop-
pers have made their appearance in Shasta Valley in great numbers, but
are too late to do much damage. —Virginia, August 2d. -Work was re-
sumed to-day in the south lateral branch of the Sutro Tunnel. Mr. Su-
tro says he is about to start two mills for the Company, and will soon
have 300 to 400 men employed.— Memphis, August 3d. — Twelve new
cases were reported to the Board of Health, to-day, nix colored. The
death rate to date has been 33^ per cent. The Howards, to-morrow, will
open a supply depot, from which will be furnished nourishment and stim-
ulants to the indigent.— London, August 3d. — A dispatch from Lisbon
reports that a gazette has been issued stating that New York and New
Jersey are considered infected with yellow fever. In regard to other At-
lantic ports, action is suspended.— —London, August 3d. — Sir Garnet
Wolseley's dispatch to the War Office is as follows: " I propose to form a
brigade of artillery and engineers and a squadron of cavalry for Trans-
vaal. I am reducing expenditures. "^^Constantinople, August 3d. —
Contracts for the supply of coal to the British ironclads now in Besika
Bay, mention the Mediterranean ports, Galipoli and ports in the Sea of
Marmora as possible places of delivery.— LONDON, August 3d. — A cor-
respondent at Vienna announces that the Archduchess Christine and her
mother have left for Biarritz, where, it is believed, they will be visited by
the King of Spain. ^—London, August 3d. — A dispatch to the Times,
from Calcutta, says the Madras Government is taking more energetic
measures to suppress the Rumpa Rebellion, and has increased the num-
ber of troops. Cholera has disappeared from Cashmere.— London,
August 3 I. — The Times' Paris dispatch reports that- the Exploration Com-
mittee of the Sahara Railway recommended the Government to send out
Soliellet to visit the unexplored regions between parallels 15 and 25 of the
north latitude.^— Nanci', August 3d. — An enormous crowd was present
at the unveiling of the statue of ex-President Thiers. De Marcere, Min-
ister of the Interior, declared that the Government was resolved to maintain
a conservative Republic and the just influence of France in Europe. Jules
Simon dwelt upon the firmness of Thiers in resisting even his own party.
Simon concluded: " France is saved. She possesses forever a Republican
Government, and liberty to think, teach and write. The definitive form
of the Revolution of 1870 is a conservative, liberal Republic, such as M.
Thiers created."— Vienna, August 3d. — The evacuation of Bulgaria is
completed.^— St. Petersburg, August 3d. — The Golos says the perma-
nent occupation of Merv would necessitate simultaneous operations from
Turkestan and the Caucasus. It is necessary, in view of the English suc-
cess in Afghanistan, to form a base on the Persian border in case England
should wish to take Herat. -^Port Townsesd, August 4th. — The bark
Gem of the Ocean, which left Seattle July 29th, coal laden, for San Fran-
cisco, went ashore in a dense fog on Vancouver's Island, about seven miles
east of San Juan harbor, on Friday last, at 8:15 P.M. The ship lies in an
exposed position, the bottom being rocky. The sails and rigging can be
saved, but the hull and cargo of 934 tons of coal will probably become a
total loss, the latter being very fine, and liable to cake when wet. Cape
Flattery is southwest by west, a quarter west, bearing to the wree'e.
—New York, August 5th. — Francisco Rodriguez Sanabrin, a Cu-
ban, and Joze Benecio Bevelagua, have been arrested here on
a charge of manufacturing Brazilian notes. The police also ar-
rested, to-day, Segundo Lopez, Paul J. P. Donovan and John Mo-
rarity, alias Armstrong. —A Staten Island brewer has large orders
for beer from France and Australia. ^— The Peruvian war ships Huascar
and Union have visited Chilian ports, destroying launches and capturing
the steamer Rimac with an entire regiment of cavalry, besides three ves-
sels loaded with coal and copper.— The steamship Louis David, from
Antwerp for Naples, was wrecked during a fog off Ushant, France.
Twenty-seven persons were drowned.— — Venard de Saint Anne, origin-
ator of the project for bridging the English Channel, estimates that it
will require seven months for experiments, and a million francs to pay
preliminary expenses. ^^Debate on the University Bill has begun in the
House of Commons. — — In Staffordshire, Eng., 3,400 colliers have struck.
—The stipends of the Spanish Bishops have been reduced one-fourth by
the Government.-^— The French grape and beet-root crops will not be
more than half as large as last year. -^— The attempts at revolution in
Mexico have been suppressed.— —New York, August 6th. — Poor's Rail-
road Manuel gives the following: During the year ending December 31st,
1878, 2,694 miles of new line were opened, the total mileage in operation
in the United States at that date being 81,841 miles. The construction of
routes has again been entered upon with activity and spirit. A remarka-
ble feature has been the enormously increased tonnage in the face of a
large falling off ot earnings, due to very great reductions in charges for
transportation. Since 1873, the year in which the earnings of our rail-
roads reached their maximum, the increase of their tonnage has equaled
50 per cent. A reference to the statements of the several roads will show
that at the time at which there has been the greatest complaint of hard
times, the movement of merchandise has steadily and largely increased.
HIGHEST STOCK QUOTATIONS
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MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVALS AND CLEARANCES AT THE PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO, FOR
THE WEEK ENDING AUG. 8, 1879.
ARRIVALS.
DATE.
VESSEL.
MASTER.
WHERE FROM.
CONSIGNEES.
Aug 2
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St'r City of Chester...
Bark California
St'r South Carolina . . .
Ship Lizzie Stroop
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Davison ....
White ,
Corning
Hongkong
Victoria.. . .
Newcstle NSW
Panama
Melbourne . . .
Callao
O. & O. S. S. Co.
Williams, Blanchard &Co.
N.-Bichard.
Williams, Blanchard & Co.
J. W. Grace & Co.
A. Cheeseborough,
CLEARANCES.
Aug 2
.. 2
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Sch'r Caroline Medau.
St'r City of Sydney . .
Bark Penobscot
St'rColima
St'r Newbern
Ship Samaria
BrigElise
Baric Isabel Pera
Ship J. A. Thomas...
Brig Nautilus
Ship British Envoy...
Aubault ...
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Chipman..
Searle
Metzger...
Patten
Pennirn ...
Lema
Rogers
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Honolulu. .
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Cork.
WHERE BOUND.
BY WHOM CLEARED.
Parrot & Co.
Wightman Bros.
Williams, Blanchard &Co.
Balfour, Guthrie & Co.
Panama Williams, Blanchard & Co.
J. Bermingham.
Halfour, Guthrie & Co.
Dempster & Keys.
Uegener & Co.
Cork
G W. McNear.
Tahiti
Freeman, Smith & Co
Rodgers, Meyer & Co.
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
The Company's steamers will sail as follows at 12 M:
CITY OF TOKIO, Oct. 4th, Dec. 27th, March 20th -CITY OF PEKING, Nov.
15th, Feb. 7th, May lst-for YOKOHAMA and HONGKONG.
GRANADA. August 19th, for PANAMA and NEW YORK, calling at MAZAT-
LAN, SAN BLAS, MANZANILLO and ACAPULCO, connecting at Acapulco with
Company's Steamer for all Central American ports, calling at SAN JOSE D& GUATE-
MALA and LA LIBERTAD to land passengers and mails.
Tickets to and from Europe by any line for sale at the lowest rates ; also to Ha-
vana and all We3t India ports.
JAUSTRALIA, September 1st, at 12 o'clock M., or on arrival of English mails,
for HONOLULU, AUCKLAND and SYDNEY. $10 additional is charged for pas-
sage in Upper Saloon.
CITY OF CHESTER, Aug. 9th, for VICTORIA, PORT TOWNSEND, SEATTLE,
and TACOMA, connecting at TACOMA with Northern Pacidc Railroad for PORT-
LAND, Oregon. Tickets must be purchased before 11 a.m. on day of sailing, at
Wharf Office. For freight or passage apply at the office, cor. First and Brannan
streets. [Aug. 9.] WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO., Agents.
Smith's Music Store, 200 Post street, corner of Dupont.
9, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER,
15
COHEN AS A RAILROAD CRITIC
Ho who criticises in.tv h Impel f I • I he measure he
If. A new railrnndl
vi* ariam : a*nrtof latter-day saint mboh the Honorable l»ilk*.
f a bilk than hi* confrere.
I that, a leuf out ■•! .. iv modern history might
:. which would oattainly serve to point a moral and a-l-Tn a tale ;
bat wo forlvar. Wt charitably stay our hand, and mercifully let the-
critic off with loai than hiaown measure of criticism. Mr. Cohen him -
self w ill realist, if othora do not, how much he thus eaoapee ; he will mar-
vel at oar nowan of misting this great temptatlotii and, if duly thankful,
will bloai nil lucky star* that he hit* Wen troatod with a degree of mercy
he hath not to otMIl shown.
Amnestying the pass, then, wa advance to meet the critic on his chosen
grtund. Mr. Cohen has entered the arens <>f public discussion as a rail-
pponent. He has joined the noisy but little band of dissatisfied and
dismissed railroad servants. He is one of them* Gorhun is another, and
!>-• STonng is ■ thin). They have all before teMny met around the same
I "hen knows bow much it cost to humor that useful official,
the Secretary of the Senate. His little epistolary suggestions on that
point addressed to *k My dear Governor," will not be forgotten by him.
Neither will Gorham's most severely cutting story of how the "live
paper" was ruined l>e forgotten by the public, The Chronicle's sudden
splurge with its new dress, press and fixings, will be remembered. People
Wondered how they were obtained. Gorham illustrated the thins ex
actly. The erewbile servant-maid was met tricked out in ribbons and
furbelows that she could not have come honestly by. "Why, dear me,
Mary, what has happened f inquired the former employer. "Oh ! please,
sir : I have been and got ruined !" was the reply. Gorham said, " that is
what is the matter with the Chronicle ; it has been and pot ruined, and
the railroad is the seducer." At that time C'nhen also was feeding at the
railroad crib. He was drawing a big salary for making fat contracts with
himself. As described by himself, it was the most enviable, and at the
same time the most extraordinary employment that ever fell to the lot of
mortal man. Paid ten thousand a year to act as agent for the railroad,
his principal business appeared to be to negotiate contracts with himself
that were of a most profitable character. He bought land at the lowest
price, and sold it to himself, as railroad agent, at the highest. He con-
tracted with himself to receive a sort of royalty on every ton of coal used
by the railroad, aud, under oath, he testified that this was precisely what
he was expected to draw his salary for. His employers differed with him
in that view of his position, and dismissed him. Ever since then he is the
ungrateful dog who seeks to bite the hand that fed him. Such are the
triumvirate that would ruin what they could not rule.
Said an unctuous bilk the other day, who was glorying in the latest
accession to the ranks of his party: " What Cohen doesn't know about
fares and freights is not worth knowing." That is an opinion that may
possibly be shared by many people. But it is an entirely erroneous judg-
ment, nevertheless. He is destitute alike of experience, knowledge and
authority on that subject. It is true that for a time he owned the Oak-
land railroad and ferry boats. But they involved no great question as to
freights, and as to fares he then thought that nearly double the present
charge was a fair one. So little of a railroad man was he, and so utterly
did he fail to grasp the future, that he sold out what has since become
the most profitable of all the railroad's connections. He had his chance,
and missed it, and, now that it is too late, is sorely troubled because he
did. It may be supposed that his subsequent employment by the Cen-
tral Pacific people gave him an opportunity to become acquainted with
the intricacies of fares and freights; but nothing could be further from
the truth. He was never in any way connected with the traffic business.
He is, therefore, no authority in regard to that branch of railroad busi-
ness. He may be a law student, but is very far from being a practical
railroad man, and therefore his opinions are of no more value than those
of any other citizen. Moreover, those who believe in his ability the most
are the firmest in the expression of the opinion that he is not gifted with
that quality of mind which masters the hard, dry facts of complicated
fare tables and freight bills. He is, therefore, not an authority, and by
nature never can be. He is simply drawn to the subject by a desire to
Say off an old grudge, and to get even with those who dismissed him.
ust that and nothing more. Cohen in the role of a reformer, for
reform's sake, is too ludicrous a conception for any one to entertain who
knows him.
His object, as we have shown, is merely to get even. To accomplish
that end he insists upon methods that do vinlentfe to his knowledge as a
lawyer, and to his instincts as a financier. He knows that by the terms
of the New Constitution the question of fare and freight charges has been
submitted to a judicial tribunal clothed with all the necessary powers to
call witnesses, examine accounts, and generally to do whatever is neces-
sary to enable it to form a fair and dispassionate judgment, on the very
large questions of which it is made the sole judge. Its mode of procedure
is clearly defined. It is to " examine the books, paper and records of rail-
roads and other transportation companies, and for this purpose shall have
power to issue sub-pcenas, and all other necessary process, to hear and de-
termine complaints, to send for persons and papers, to administer oaths,
take testimony, and to punish for contempt the same as other Courts."
That is the modus operandi. Its object is plain enough. It is the pro-
viding of means by which a fair, judicial judgment maybe made up.
Violent as was the opposition of the framers of the Constitution to the
railroad, they never dreamt of such violence as that now urged by A. A.
Cohen. He wants no inquiry. In the eager pursuit of revenge, he will
await no judicial finding from those sworn to deliver one. The case must
be prejudiced, and Cohen must dictate the judgment. He has fixed the
figures, and declares them to a fractional exactitude. There must be a
reduction, and it must be to the extent of thirty-three and one-third per
cent. No more and no less. The Railroad Commissioners are to be
pledged to precisely those figures. The plain instructions of the Consti-
tution are to be set aside, sworn officers are to forswear themselves, pro-
perty in railroads is to be confiscated, railroad men are to be " cinched,'
and all because Cohen's revenge must be gratified.
We don't believe that any such thing will happen. The sober thought'
of conservative men will in the end prevail. They will see that if prop-
erty iu railroads can be reached by unreasoning election clamor, that there-
after every other land of property will be reached in the same way, and that
soon the fight will come to be one in which the hand of every man who has
nothing will be against every man who has something. In that logical out-
ttation consist |, ■anets and infamy of such
Uons on the part of a man In \ A ( 'ohen, wh«», to do him justice, knows
with aki He know thai his
talk umply means a division of property an Idea revolting to every
thoU- thil mind. Bui n ■ • ten eyed monster that perverts the
vision of even an educated man. It i- SO Ignoble passion, and never have
we witnessed a more debased exhibition of it than that presented to the
people of California by A, A. < 'ohen,
That Mr. Cohen is not, by experianoe or acquired knowledge, an au-
thority upon railroad mann rtain, 'I hat he is not even e con
Btitutional authority, in the sense of understanding the Instrument of
which his party are the self-constituted guardians, is equally dear. He
betrays his ignorance in his speech. He first insists that the Railroad
Commissioners shall be pledged to a redaction of 384 per cent. The
voters must, see that the pledge is exacted, and " that it is fulfilled." If
it is. that is an end of the matter for four years, the term for which the
Commissioners are elected. But a gleam 'of the possible result is for a
moment permitted to enter even Mr. Cohen's prejudiced mind. He ad-
mits that the demand he insists upon is but "an experiment that may be
found to be too onerous, that it may be too harsh," and that if it is found
to be too great, then it will be right to " concede something." How, and
by whom, and when does Mr. Cohen propose that the concession shall be
made? Four years of "an experiment that is too harsh " may work ruin.
Manifestly the Commissioners cannot make the concession, for they are to
be rendered helpless by a cast-iron pledge. Mr. Cohen suggests the way,
and that suggestion proves our point that he is ignorant of the instru-
ment he so much lauds, and is consequently an unsafe adviser in enforcing
that instrument. He tells us that there will be only eight months' inter-
val between the meeting of the next and the following Legislature, and
that any too great harshness or severity can be remedied within that time
by the second Legislature. Now, the great fact of which Mr. Cohen ap-
pears to be ignorant is that the Legislature, under the New Constitution,
has no power whatever to change the rates that may be determined by the
Commissioner. _ They are the sole and only power in that matter. It is
declared that " in all controversies, civil or criminal, the rates of fares and
freights established by the said Commission shall be deemed conclusively
just and reasonable." Any railroad not conforming to such rates may be
fined twenty thousand dollars, and any officer who shall exact a different
rate may be fined .$5,000 and be imprisoned for twelve months. The ac-
tion of the Commissioners is constitutionally conclusive, and it is a sug-
gestion, born of ignorance, that the Legislature may be appealed to. Ac-
cording to Cohen's cast-iron pledge the Commissioners are to be bound
for four years, and for a gross wrong, which even he admits is possible,
there is no available remedy. To this absurd and monstrous position is an
intelligent man driven who yields his reason to his passion. Cohen
brooding over his loss of employment, valued at ten thousand a year, and
pickings, acts the demagogue in order to get even. That is all there is to it.
JUSTICE WRONG SIDE OUT.
Mrs. Danielwitz, who has taught with a good record in the public
schools for eight years past, was summarily dismissed on Tuesday by the
Board of Education, Her crime was a refusal to submit to a special ex-
amination, in order to clear herself of charges made against her in
anonymous letters. The precedent established by the Board is a deplora-
ble one. Any Director has butj to write several unsigned letters to him-
self, or to others, to get rid of any teacher in the department. The thing
has just been done in the face of the public, which is too busy with the
uproar of politics to heed one of the most monstrous abuses of authority
ever perpetrated; and the thing will be done again, for conscientious
teachers are certain to offend these petty tyrants. There is, therefore, no
hope for Mrs. Danielwitz. She is dismissed, because she respects herself;
and Mr. Taylor, who no doubt knows where the anonymous letters came
from, remains in the Board, because he has no self-respect. Yet it will
be a lasting disgrace to the public if he be not made to see that other
people despise him, even more than he can possibly look down upon him-
self. In the short space of seven or eight months he has attracted the
public gaze :
1st. By fighting, tooth and nail, to keep the Chairmanship of the Com-
mittee on Furniture and Supplies. He kept it.
2d. By running away to the East to avoid answering awkward ques-
tions in the investigation.
3d. By the general belief that he assisted John A. Moore in his hasty
retreat from this coast.
4th. By nominating and securing the election of a lady teacher, known
to have offered another Director $250 for a place just before.
To these should be added, in justice to Mr. Taylor, the history of the
school telephones. The contract for supplying these was given out at
$100 a month, for all the schools. The Bell Telephone Company, by let-
ter, offered to furnish them at S60. The chairman of the committee, be-
fore this letter was acted upon, received a visit from a man who offered to
give each member of the committee $100 if the letter were put in the
waste-basket. The man was dismissed, and within less than two hours
after, the chairman had a note from John W. Taylor, asking for the com-
munication of the Bell Telephone Company. It was not sent, as
requested, and Mr. Taylor knows whether he was disappointed— and
how much.
A man who uses anonymous letters is capable of writing them ; and
when, by a strange fatality, nearly every transaction of an official's car-
reercalls for explanation, and calls in vain, the public should push him
back into the obscurity for which nature designed him.
FOR PORTLAND AND ASTORIA, OREGON.
The Oregon $teani.*tliip Company aii'I Pacific Const Ste m-
ship Company will dispatch everv five days, for the above ports, one of their
new Al Iron Steamships, viz. : OREGON, GEORGE W. ELDER, and STATE OF
CALIFORNIA.
Sailing: Days:
Aug. 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30. I Sept. 4, 9, 14, 19, 24, and 29.
At 10 o'clock A. M.
Connecting at Portland, Oregon, with Steamers and Railroads and their connecting
Stage Lines for all points in Oregon, Washington and Idaho Territories. Brit.sh
Columbia and Alaska.
K. VAX OTERENDORP, Agent l •. S. S. Co.,
No 2io Batterv street, Si n ifrancieco.
GOODALL, PERKINS & CO , *gente 1 C S S Co ,
Aus 2. No. 10 .Market street, San Francisco.
16
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Aug. 9, 1879.
WE TWO.
[BY J. H. ELLIOTT.]
What is life? I ask— and you ? Shall we then give up life — we two?
We who have known its joys and sor- If we fall fainting by the way,
rows, There cometh yet a perfect day ;
Its sullen and its fair to-morrows: We need both sad and bright to-mor-
We who have thought it perfect day, rows.
And fallen fainting by the way, Joys would not be joys without sor-
What use is life to us — we two ? rows,
What use is love ? I ask— and you ? 1 wil1 not &ye UP life— will you ?
We who have reveled in its blisses, Shall we then give up love — we two?
Drunk ourselves drunken with its If it goes out in baleful blight,
kisses, The morning followeth the night ;
And seen its dawn melt into night, There are yet left for us sweet kisses,
Leaving behind but baleful blight ; If we but cherish well its blisses ;
What use is love to us — we two ? I will not give up love — will you ?
What use are friends ? I ask — and you? Shall we then give up friends — we two :
We who have tested them together
In sunshine and in rainy weather,
And find few left when storms por
tend,
And none to stand fast to the end
We have not waited to the end
For those who stand when storms por-
tend ;
Mayhap in fair and cloudy weather
They'll rise and fall with us together ;
What use are friends to us— we two? I will not give up friends— will you ?
What use is hope ? I ask— and you ?*Shall we then give up hope— we two ■
We who thro' many stern denials, We yet may pass, tho' long deferred,
And sickening pain and piteous trials, The threshold of that gracious word,
Have kissed the threshold of the word And rind thro' many pains and trials
To find it still but long deferred — Made glorious all our stern denials ;
What use is hope to us — we two ? I will not give up hope — will you ?
What use is faith ? I ask — and you ? Shall we then give up faith — we two?
We who have toiled and wrought and If we wait patiently our prayer
striven, Will soon be answered everywhere ;
And failed, and prayed to be forgiven. For failure we may be forgiven,
And watched and waited everywhere, Since humbly we have toiled and
But heard no answer to our prayer ; striven ;
What use is faith to us — we two? I will not give up faith — will you?
— Albany Sunday Press.
BRITISH TRADE WITH THE UNITED STATES.
In the midst of depression of trade and hard times everywhere, we
copy from the London Economist the following table, which is of consid-
erable importance :
EXPORTS FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM TO THE UNITED STATES.
1874.
: p =. m
Beer and Ale, barrels
Cotton Piece Goods, yards. . .
Linen Piece Goods, yards
Metals :
Iron— Pig, tons
Iron— Ear, Bult, &c, tons.
Iron— Railroad of all kiuds,
tons
Iron —Hoops, Sheet and
Plates, tons
Iron— Cast or Unwrought,
tons
Iron —Steel, Unwrought,
tons '.
Lead— Pig, Pipe and Sheet,
tons
Wool-Sheep and Lamb's, lbs
Woolen Manufactures:
Cloths, Coatings, &c.,3-ards
Worsted Stuffs, yards
Carpets and Druggets, yds
45,973
105,34 ,120
98,637,250
43,568
4,729
94,491
8,381
20,058
13,562
2,769
930,733
144,476,348
66,630,130!
3,907,3701
18,383
48,891,400
69,080,900
60
53.6
30
32,663
4,698
25
0.7
681
99.3
1,021
87.8
3,194
84.1
4,905
63.8
378
339,635
86.3
63.6
1,465,400
28,492,900
570,100
67.3
57.2
85.3
9,0011+ 1.3
26,262,7001+ 17
43,921,6001+ 7.6
25,2S9;+ 100
1,5011- 06.2
7,
1,059
2,37«
2,833
184
756,700
+1,568
+ 242
+ 140
+ 12.3
+ 43.7
+ 195
12,279,800 - 28.6
103,800 - 51.6
From the above figures it will be seen that while the decrease in 1878
was universal as compared with 1874, in the first half of 1879 there has
been an increase in a good number of articles as compared with the first
half of 1878. The total value of exports in 1874 amounted to £28.240,000,
and in 1878 to £14,B52,000, showing a falling off of 48 per cent. The
figures, however, for the first half of 1879 are decidedly encouraging to
British exporters, and we trust that the revival may continue.
' ' What have yer got there ? " said Jim Burns, a sporting saloon-
keeper who dotes on terrier " purps," to a tramp with a cracker box on
his shoulder. "Rats," said the tramp. "How many?" "Five."
" Give you a dollar and a drink for the lot." The tramp closed the bar-
gain, took his dollar and his drink and departed. Jim called in several
sporting friends, closed the bar-room door and fetched the " purps." In
eager expectation the men and terriers stood round that box as Jim care-
fully removed the lid with a hatchet. The whisk of a bushy tail, an odor
not that of attar of roses, and a general stampede followed the removal
of the lid. Jim had a new suit too highly scented to ever be much used
again, and swears that if ever he comes across that tramp again he will
teach him the difference between rats and skunks.
We understand that the Empress Eugenie feels very keenly the
charges that are being brought against those who were entrusted with the
care of the Prince Imperial, and expresses a strong desire that nobody
may incur censure through the inquiry into the circumstances under
which he came by his death. The Empress regards the stroke that has
befallen her house as having occurred to the Prince in the working out of
his destiny and in the discharge of his duty, and finds a solace in the fact
that he died in the performance of a useful service to the army which he
had joined.
Artistic Novelties, manufactured from California quartz, at Ean-
dolph & Co.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
THE AVERILL MIXED PAINT
Is manufactured from strictly pure White Lead, Zinc, and
Pure Linseed Oil, to which is added Water Glass, which chemically unites the
ingredients and holds them in solution, so they cannot separate. As a house paint
it has no equal, producing a brilliant glossy finish, impervious to the weather, and
Will Last Twice as Long-
as any other paint made. It is of pure white, and any Shade or Color desired, mixed
ready for the brush, sc that any one can apply it.
Our wagon and machinery paints, from the more common colors to the finest ver-
milion, are specially desirable.
Our fire-proof roof, barn and bridge paint, manufactured from oxide of iron, is the
best and eheapeBt paint for the purpose that can be produced.
Put up in J, J, 1 and 5 gallon cans, and in barrels, sold by the gallon. Send for
sample card of colors and price list. Address,
CALIFORNIA PAINT COMPANY,
July 13.
329 MARKET STREET, San Francisco.
SWANT0N HOUSE, PESCADERO.
This Popular Hotel, tog-ether with the detached Cottages,
which are not the least of its attractive features, have been newly furnished
throughout, and are now open for the reception of guests. Those desiring to visit
the most enjoyable of all our sea-side resorts, can make no mistake in deciding upon
Pescadero.
IT IS EASILY BEACHED,
and is unsurpassed in the excellence of its climate, the beauty of its scenery, and in
the attractiveness of its truly remarkable sea beach. Those extraordinary pebbles,
among which are to be found agates, opals, sapphires, etc., were never so numerous
as now, the past Winter having thrown up immense numbers of curiously-shaped
stones, which for ages have been subiected to the everlasting motions of the tireless
Pacific. GOOD TROUT FISHING is obtainable in the Pescadero river.
B3f° The hotel prices are fixed to suit the times. [April 27.
REGISTRATION.
Republicans, Attention !
Headquarters Republican State Central Committee, Rooms
N"os. 4, 5. 6, 7, 8 and 9, No. 703 Market street, southwest corner Tnii'd
street, San Francisco, June 26, 1879.
The vital importance of immedijite REGISTRATION mnst be apparent to every
Republican, when the fact is announced that the entire Registration of this city
and county has been wiped out ; and that no one will he allowed to vote at the
September Election unless RE-REGISTERED. The State Central Committee callt*
the earnest attention of Republicans to this matter, and requests them, without
delay, to register themselves, bo as to strengthen the hands ol the organization and
place it in a position to win the approaching contest. No true Republican will
neglect this most imperative and urgent duty. By orde- of the Committee.
M. D. Bobuck, Secretary. [June 28.] W. W. MORROW, Chairman.
NOTICE.
To Bullion and Exchequer Stockholders.
The San Francisco Stock and Exchange Board having- been
informed that great dissatisfaction exists among the shareholders of the Bullion
and Exchequer Mining Companies, respecting the management of those properties
by the present Boards of Trustees, have empowered their Executive Committee to
co-operate with those shareholders who wish an opportunity for the expression of
their seutiments respecting the same. The Executive Committee intends, with such
co-operation, to procure the action of the Courts iu ordering a new election of Trus-
tees of those companies. All shareholders in sympathy with this movement are re-
quested to call at the office of Mr J. W. COLEMAN, President of the Committee,
Room No. 1, Stock Exchange Building, and sign a petitioo to the County Court for
its action in the premises. CHAS. S. NEAL,
July 19. Secretary S F. Stock and Exchange Board.
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WAKELEE'S AURE0LINE
Produces the Beautiful Golden Hair so Much Admired.
SUPERIOR TO THE IMPORTED ARTICLE
—BY REASON OF ITS —
FRESHNESS AND CARE TTSED IN ITS PRODUCTION.
PRICE, LAROE BOTTLES. $2
Manufactured oy H. P. WA.KEIEE & CO.,
Montgomery and RusJi streets, S. F.
Druggists, comer
[Aug. 2.
HEADQUARTERS DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE,
319 BUSH STREET,
Rooms Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
T. M. O'Connor, Secretary. [Aug. 2.J A. J. BRYANT, Chairman.
MITCHELL'S MAGIC LOTION.
Quick and sure cure for bruises and spraius--relieves the
pain instantly ; perfectly harmless ; will prevent the eye turning dark after a
blow ; good for aching feet ; gives instant relief from soreness after horseback riding
or any over-exertion ; ver3" serviceable as a gargle after speaking or singing. Mr. A.
W. Hussey, Stock Broker, says : "After my runaway accident, my eye was much
discolored and I could not bend my knee. The next day after using your Lotion, my
knee was as well as ever and the bruise marks nearly gone from the eye. It is won-
derful stuff and everybody ought to know about it." Sold by all Druggists and by
GEORGE H. MITCHELL, 507 California street. Price, 25 cents. Aug. 2.
D. Y. B. Heiiarie. Edward Martin,
E. MARTIN & CO.,
Importers and "Wholesale Dealers in "Wines and Liquors.
Proprietors of Miller's Extra Old Bourbon and J. F. Cut-
ter Extra Old Bourbon and Rye Whiskies.
April 5. 408 Front Street, San Francisco.
Smith's Music Stor3, 200 Post street, corner of Bupont-
\ 9, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER,
17
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
Recorded in the City and County of Sun Francisco. California, for
the Week ending August 6th.
Vompiltd from the Rtr*»rd*'> iM.vrMCf.40L California St., S.F.
Thursday. July 31st
OBAMi'U AM" BHUTTO,
DK?rairTiox.
Wm H Sloan to K .1 Le Breton Sondrj loin In dlfnOMll parte of tht* city
11 f nMiHanu (.• RMcCano. Nvr 35<h sml \ ickibDrjr, w ::»xlll
Hiram McLaogbDn \o City and Co Strertu and lllyhwaja
J H Ttagman to L I Baker.... ...1»
'■i 100 v 17, Lagoon Soxvoy
Sondry lota in Fulton Traci Homceteud
. Same
W Hyde, &1-.6 n BIUa.ii 60x187:6.
iDtg Ai ,f I08,etc
. N« Comroercialaad Davie, n 32.0, ale
, ij , IK.'
, E Battery, f»M <= Pacific, s2S:ll,ltfll87:6
. Sundry block* in Outside Lando; and Be
Bryant, 875 neSUt. nefittfcdCTS
.ISandry lots m outside Lands
(Streets md titgbwtya
II t .in \' to II Babdm&nn Loi S9, Callrorota Section Pint l
WmE Dubois to Geo Edwards E Slu-rmsm. 172 n 18tb, II £6x125
Ford, Bona toBojnsn Roblnet I All Int in Estate of Angcllo Bona, deed
l-Yliun Tract Hd :o Emilv Tibbev
Ermlv M Tlbbej to Asflbbey ."
Same to Same
H s Tibbey to sum-
jao Berso i«> Wni B Bourn..- ..
wm b Bourn t«> Roiu Sherwood
\\m J |u n Tay..
D F Baictu-ldcr to JnoBrlckcIl
Elijah C*M to Dan! E Martin.,
.las Thorn 10 City and County ,
raid
\ 6
10
1
7,001)
Girt
340
1
1
4,000
17,000
T2.300
5
58,777
5
5
260
ft
1,000
D Sbeehan to Orar,io BulcelH
J Jameson to E O Deming
W Jaooeson to Snme
Jno Center to J F English
N Landry to L C Babin
P Byrne to J Ambrose
Peter Dean to Haa'c Sav A Ln Bk.
R C O'Connor to C C Clay
Martha S Ferris to Alfred Be Witt,
Jno M Browne to Geo Edwards.. .
Peler Q Pfltret to Martin Kane...
Edwd Pennon toChss Cooper ....
L J Rnftino to Petronia Ruffino . .
P Ruflino to L .1 Ruffino
P R Vignol* to Same
Friday, August 1st.
Nw Clary, 450 pw 5th, bw 25x80
Nw Howard and Mary, w 47x78
Same
W Harrison, 200* 23d, n 15x12-2:6
S Union, 156:6 W Montgomery, 38x57:6
Sondry lots in outside Homesteads
S Ridley, 210:8 «' Mission, w IH), etc ...
ESteiner, 102:3^ n Washn, n 25x01...
Se Stockton aud Francisco— 50 v 1494.
ISw Olmster.d and Oxford, s 95x120
|W Alabama, 50 b 26ih, s 25x100
INw Perry, 177:6 nc 3d, ne 20x60
N 16th. 255 w Guerrero. 6S:10 4-5x137:6,
Same
JSame
$2,700
5
5
itOO
2,500
620
263
3,700
1
5
450
2,000
1
Gift
250
Saturday, August !
Eliza O'Keele to Jas Nolan
M O Barber to Andrew Buckley. . .
J H Gardiner to M A Wheaton
J W Ladd to Sarah F Hiller
Sin-an Andrew? to M McCann
J M Ellis to L Wallenberg
La Soc Francaise to S C Hastings.
J P Medley to C F Doe
C F Doe to J Berustrom
E D Sawyer to Congregational Asn
Sam) Caro to Emanuel Raaa ...
R H Brown to Henry Hinkel...
NPine, 54 e Fillmore, e 27x86:6 i$
£ ... rrtl. nrL.A i '..,-.-, an ■,*.,--..., i
Sw Till, 15Q*e Harrison, se 25x80
N Sacramento, 85:10 w Mason, 50x112:6
E Stanley pi, 225 s Harrison, s 50x112:6
Lot 20, blk 3, City Land Association . . .
W Oxford, 100 n "Burrows, n 100x120...
Se Vallejoand Front, e 137:6x137:6....
Nw Cala av, 360 ne Virginia av, 30x150
Same
Sw 25th av and Sacramento, 8 50x120.
W cor Natoma and 2d, nw 46x75
Nw Wash'n and Fillmore, w 110x127:8^
Monday, August 4th.
Edwd Babson Jr to Same
Henry Meyer to J N Eckel
J J Sullivan to Martin Bulger.
Henry Hinkel to Alex Martin.
H S Dowdall to Mary Dowdall
K Monteleagre to J Montealegre Jr
J Montealegre JrtoM Montealegre
II Hirschfeld to Emanuel Raas.. .
Thos Reilly to Thos McVerry
J S Hill to City and County
Jeanuette Cosgrove to M Harris .
W H Brnn to Wm Prien and wf .
H Pierce to L Cauieto
Sundry lots in Outside Lands
N Geary, 215 w Powelt, w 35x137:6 ...
W Harrison, 7S:8& n 14th, n 50, etc...
W Webster, 79:6 n Clay, n 24:6x90....
S Suiter, 204:6 w Lyon, w 25x95
N Sutler, 137:6 w Hyde, w 28:4x137:6 .
Same
S Bush, 84 e Van Nesn, e 25x120.
N 21st, 160 w Harrison, w 50x100
W Bernal, 245 n Precita av.n 45x116..
S 21st, 203:6 e Sanchez, e 50:11x114 ;
21st, 152:7 w Church, w 50:11x114...
WSteiner.llO s Fell, e 27:6x110
E Stockton, 50 s Francisco, s 25x77:6
20,000
3,500
4.700
Gift
5
5
5
100
2,000
300
1,400
Tuesday, August 5th.
Annie Dott to J De La Montanya
Mary Farregher to Danl E Martin
Cath Moynihan to T J Moynihan
1 N Thome to Cath McNeill
Theo Le Roy to I N Thorne
E F Preston to Julia L Preston . .
Same to Isabel H Preston
Marg O'Rorke to F Monahan
Ciith Monaghan to Same
PG Peltret to Mary Connolly ....
Meiggs Whnrl'Co to A S Hallidie
Geo Edwards to Thos G Spear
Cbas E Paxton to Same
Jog Haine to Maud Uainc
Henry Chester to Wm Rayner.
Wm Stappenback to h Heitmnller
Julia V Lount to Julius Caroir
NTnrk, 165 w Jones, w 27:6x137:6
Nw Stevenson, 75 sw 6th, bw 25x75....
W Jones, S7:6 n Geary, n 25x87:6
N Bay, 206:3 a Leavenworth, w 76:54-100
etc; and com 137:6 w Jones and 137:6
n Bay, s 18:51, nw 23:94. etc
Com 187:6 w Jones and 137:6 n Bay, etc
Sundry lots in Western Addition
TJnd H Same
S Geary 231:8 e Gough, e 43:4x120
Same ,
W Alabama, 25 s 26th, s 25x!00 ,
Se North Point at. and Mason, 275x275
Sw Olmsted and Oxford, s 75x120
Lot 1, blk 144, University Ex Hd
Lot 30x137:6, s Sntter bet Stockton and
Powell
Sundry lots in different parts of city. .
N Geary, 27:6 w Buchanan, w 57:6x100
N Pacific, 22:6 w Hyde, w 23x87:0
10,000
50
5,000
10
600
5
Gift
1
6,500
450
40,000
80
150
10, 000
2,500
1.250
Wednesday, August 6th.
Antonio Pastcne to M Garibaldi.
H S Tibbej to Jno Brickell
Patk Bannan to Thos Ahern
J M Kimberlin to J F Pynch
Geo Mayes to Marv Mayes
Wm Knowlton 10 Danl E Martin.
N Cashman to C G Nixdortf
S F Sinclair to City and Co S F . .
C P Robinson to S F Savs Uuion
Jas L Warren tn Same
City and Co S F to H Blnmenthal.
ii Blnmenthal to City and Co
J H Meredith to Jos Clark.. . ,
City and Co S F to Cbas A Warren
t ' A Warren to City and Co
D G Coffin to Same
J C Bell n ;il to Fritz Uabenicht.,
Hih Sav & Ln Soc to Danl Breelin
N Lewis Place, 177:6 w Taylor, 40x57:6
S Chestnut, 137:6 e Taylor, w 95:2, etc.;
e Taylor, 137:6 n Lombard, n 63:4, etc
Se Solano and Florida, p 60x100
Lot 7, blk 8, College Homestead
N Sutler. 165 e Larkin. e 25, etc
Nc Lalayeite, 105 nw How'd, nw25,etr
N Fulton, 34:4 e Broderick, e 69x137:6.
Nw Jessie, 664 sw 1st, sw 50x62
Lots in Missiou B'ocks 33 and (13
S Sacrameno, 180:5 e Pierce, e 29:8, etc.
jW Hampshire, 175 s 22d, e 25x100
|st reels and Highwajs
|W Chattanooga, 280 s 23d, s 32x125 ...
|W Lyon, 107:6 s Rush, s 80x68:9
Istreets and highways
Same
Lots in 50 vs 501, 506; and W A blk 609
Nc Park av, 317:6 se Harrison, se 20x80
fr.oco
1,700
500
150
Gift
5
7,000
113
4,120
1,575
1
5
1,900
T. A. BARRY, Agent for Naglee's Brandy, is at No. 116
Montgomery Street.
A GOOD PLAN.
Anybody can learn to make money rapidly operating1 In
Stocks, by the "Two Unerring Rules for Success," in Messrs. Lawrence &
Co 's new circular. The combination method, which this firm has made so success-
ful, enables people with large or small means to reap all the benefits of largest cap-
ital and best skill. Thousands of orders, in various sums, are ponied into one vast
amount and co-operate! as a mighty whole, thus securing to each shareholder all the
advantages of the largest operator. Immense profits are divided monthly. Any
amount, from 96 to 86,000, or more, can be used successfully. A7. 1'. Baptist Weekly,
September 26th, 1878, says : " By the combination system *i5 would make §76, or
6 per cent. ; $50 pays $350, or 7 per cent. ; $100 makes '§1,000, or 10 per cent, on the
stock, during the month, according to the market." Frank Leslie's JUvstrated
Newspaper, June 29th : " The Lomblnation method of operating stocks is the most
successful ever adopted." New York Independent, Sept. 12th : "The combination
system is founded upon correct business principles, and no person need be without
an income while it is kept working by Messrs. Lawrence & Co. Brooklyn Journal,
April 29th: " Our editor made a net profit of §101.25 from §20 in one of Messrs.
Lawrence & Co.'s combinations." New circular (mailed free) explains everything.
Stocks and bonds wanted. Government bonds supplied.
July 26. LAWRENCE & CO., Bankers, 57 Exchange Place, N. Y.
ANDREW BAIRD,
Negotiator of Loans and Commercial Paper,
Broker in Local and State Securities,
No. 312 California Street San Francisco.
[P. O. Sox 1,308.] July 19.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Office of the II ibernia Savings ami Loan Society, northeast
corner Montgomery and Post streets, San Francisco, July 7th, 1879.— At a reg-
ular meeting of the Board of Directors of this Society, held this day, a Dividend at
the rate of six and three fourths (6p per cent, per annum was declared on all de-
posits for the six months ending with June 30th, 1879, free from Federal Tax, and
payable from and after this date.
July 12. EDWARD MARTIN, Secretary.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Franco - American Savings Bank. — Guarantee Capital,
§■200,000., 42S Montgomery street.— This Bank has declared a dividend of seven
(7) per cent, per annum on Term Deposits, and five and a half (5£) on Ordinary De-
posits, for last six months, pavable July 15th, free of taxes.
July 12. LUCIEN BRAND, Secretary.
EDWARD BOSQUI & CO.,
Printers, Engravers, Lithographers and Bookbinders,
Zeidevdorff street, from Clay to Commercial.
HEADQUARTERS DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
The Chairman and Secretary or the several County Com-
mittees throughout the State are respectfully requested to send their Post-
office address to the Secretary of the State Central Committee.
A. J. BRYANT, Chairman.
T. M. O'CoxNoa, Secretary, P. O. Box 1202. July 12.
SWIMMING TEACHER,
At Neptune and Mermaid Suimmiiig Baths, foot of I.arli in
and Hyde streets. PROFESSOR J. C. MOHOR is now prepared to instruct
ladies, gentlemen and children any hour of the day, at the beach, as above. A course
of ten lessons is about all that is required in ordinary cases. Terms reasonable.
Suits, etc., furnished. P. S.— One view of the beach and the precautions taken will
satisfy any one of the perfect safety of beginners. _ July 19.
NATURALIZATION !
Headquarters Republican State Central Committee, Rooms
No.'s 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, No. 703 Market street, southwest corner Third.
On and after WEDNESDAY, July 0th, 1879, a Clerk will be in attendance at these
Headquarters, Room No. 5, for the purpose of NATURALIZATION. Office Hours,
from 8 a.m. until 9 p.m. By order of the Committee.
HI. D. Boruck, Secretary. [July 19.] W. VV. MORROW, Chairman.
FRED H. BUSBY,
Montgomery Block, 029 Montgomery street, San Francisco,
Manufacturer of Archery Gloves. Finger Tips, Arm Guards, Boxing. Fencing
and Base Ball Gloves, for Catchers, Long Wrist Fishing Gloves, Belts for Uniforms,
etc. Archery Clubs supplied at reduced rates. Busby's Archery Clubs are the only
ones in the market that will stand service and give satisfaction. July 12.
J. K. PRIOR,
1123 Market Street and 21 Turk Street-
rilhe Oldest Established Steam Gas Fitting and Plumbing
J[ Establishment on the Pacific Coast, where a complete assortment of new pat-
terns of Gas Fixtures and Plumbing Material are offered at greatly reduced rates.
Messages sent by American District Telegraph Company free. All jobbing promptly
attended to. Established 1852. July 12.
BY ORDER OF THE PROBATE COURT,
The Works of the late James Hamilton, comprising Paint-
ings and Sketches in Oil urn! Water Colors, are now on view to the public aud
or sale at SNOW & CO., 20 Post street. July 12.
Bergstrom Church Organs, at Smith's, 200 Post street.
18
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Aug. 9, 1879.
BIZ.
The auction of new crop Teas at the public salesroom of S. L. Jones
& Co., California street, August 6th, called out a very general attendance
of the grocery trade, and was the occasion of very spirited bidding upon
the part of our own and Oregon merchants. The offering consisted of
3,500 packages of Japan and China Green and Black Teas of the importa-
tion of Messrs. Macondray & Co., and of the well-known M. & Co. brand
of Comet Oolong3 from China, and Japan paper Greens. The terms of
sale were very liberal : all sums over S300, ninety days, or three per cent,
discount for cash ; and for all purchases under this sum, cash. The choice
paper Teas, in pound and half-pound papers, sold, say 1,500 packages at
33£@34c ; the Comet Oolongs sold at 52£c, etc. Had the offering con-
sisted of double the quantity of Japan paper Teas, all could readily have
been sold at the very handsome advance over any like previous sale in a
twelvemonth. This sale is the first of the season's new crop Teas, and
will fix and establish prices of this and other standard brands of Japan
Greens at 35@37^c for the season. Our stock of Teas, as a whole, is un-
usually light.
Bags. — The next most interesting subject upon 'Change has been that
of the Bag Combination, and of which Wm. T. Coleman & Co. are the
managing agents. This Bag King seeks to control a stock of some 15,000,-
000 of Burlap Grain sacks. They started in to buy up and control all the
Bags here and to arrive at 9@°4c, then down to 8§@8ic, and, since the
knot was tied, fixing combination prices at ll@ll^c, they have recently
been forced, for self-protection, to enter the open market and buy perhaps
500,000 bags at 10£, 10£@10fc. These invoices are those of recent arrival
per Gaelic from Calcutta via. Hongkong. This steamer brought up-
wards of 1,000,000 Bags. Of these one-half were bought prior to arrivals
and 250,000 since, leaving some 200,000 more Bags outside competing with
the King. Should this Combination prove successful it will be entirely
the result of good management, for the reason that Grain Sacks have
long been selling here in the open market at 9£c to arrive, and at public
auction as low as 8§@8ie ; and at this low range of prices our own and
Oregon well-to-do farmers and others bought largely, and are now be-
lieved to be well stocked with Grain Sacks, thus restricting the probable
demand to a much greater extent than is generally believed.
Salmon in Cases. — This season's catch of fish in the Columbia, Sac-
ramento and Fraser rivers, will without doubt greatly exceed that of any
previous season. The present price of Columbia River Salmon, at As-
toria, is now SI 05 $ dozen for 1-lb cans, and late sales here of approved
brands at SI 10, but at present there seems to be very little demand at
any price. The Eastern demand from New York, Chicago, St. Louis,
etc., has thus far during the season been much greater than ever, and
should this continue, all will be well yet. After this, much will depend
upon present holders. The stock here and North is, for the most part,
well concentrated, and, if they will hold and wait for the English market
to recuperate, all will be well; otherwise disaster must be the inevitable
result. In regard to the success of last year's shipment of Salmon, little
can now be said, but of late no little attention has here been given to
bills of reclamation sent out here from England. It appears that a gen-
tleman here sold several thousand cases of a standard brand of Salmon to
two different houses in this city, for export to England, guaranteeing the
same ''free from swell heads" upon arrival out. One English firm sent
out here a demand for Zh per cent, damage, and the other one of 33^ per
cent. The fish were all of the same brand and quality, and the great
difference in the demand for damages was so surprising that the seller
here transferred the accounts to a well known business firm in this city,
having a branch house in London, for investigation. The English house,
on receipt of the papers, had no trouble in finding intact the entire par-
cel of Salmon complained of as being damaged, and, upon examination
thereof, it was proved that there was a fraudulent demand made upon
the California selling agent of 30 per cent. Now, without calling names,
it is here pertinent to remark that some proper Government expert
should be appointed in London and Liverpool to examine all such goodB,
as to their soundness upon arrival, and give a proper certificate therefor,
with proper vouchers attached, as to the correctness of the award; other-
wise, it would seem as if the Columbia River canners and others are sub-
ject, at any and all times, to claims for damage that do not in any man-
ner exist. In justice to all, names should be given of the parties to this
barefaced fraud, but for the present we forbear.
Coffee. — Our stocks of all kinds are far less than last year at this time
— say 13,000 bags against 58,000 same time last year. At date the market
flags, by reason of free offerings of Greens pressing for sale, but the sta-
tistical position for the Fall trade is good with better prices in view. At
this writing we quote No. 1 Green C. A. at 16@16£ ; Bio, 14£(ail5c. There
is very little doing in other kinds.
Sugar. — Imports during the week have been light, although large sup-
plies are now due here from the Sandwich Islands. The tight still con-
tinues between Eastern and California ReGned ; price, 9f@10c for White
and 7£@8.^cfor Yellow and Coffees.
Rice. — The market is bare of Hawaiian, pending fresh arrivals of new
crop, price 5ic; Mixed China, 4gc. ; No. 1 China, 5£c. The stock of the
latter is very large and the demand only moderate for the season.
Coal. — Owing to mining strikes in Seattle and British Columbia mines
supplies of late have diminished materially, so that at this time of writ-
ing there is not a cargo of foreign Steam Coal to be bought. During the
week, however, a cargo of Sydney to arrive per Sonoma sold at S6.50, an
advance. On the spot the Hospotlar's cargo of Sydney Steam sold at
S6.75, and the Gilroy's cargo of Scutch Splint sold at $7.87£.
Case Goods.— Our canners are having a lively season of it, being en-
.abled to buy the very choicest Berries, Pears, Cherries, Apricots, Plums,
Peaches, Tomatoes, etc., at very low prices, with an abundance of stock
to work with. Tuis has been taken advantage of by all leading canning
establishments, not only in t^his city but in San Jose and at all other pack-
ing points, and the result is their ability to supply the market with Jams,
Jellies, Fruits and Vegetables of a superior quality and at a less price
than ever befm-e known, and these are now being exported in quantities
to all parts of the world.
Olive Oils.— Col. Hollister and a few other parties are now sending to
m irknt pure California Olive Oil, price $5 per gall., or at the rate of $1
per bottle. The quality is said to be infinitely superior to any French
imported.
Almonds, Nuts and Raisins. — California is doing much in these
several articles toward supplying the markets of the United States.
Freights and Charters. — There has been a very manifest improve-
ment in Grain freights during the week, several ships having been char-
tered to load Wheat for Havre and Liverpool at 44@45s. to a direct port,
with the customary additions if to ports of call to IT. K. for the Conti-
nent, etc. We have at this writing a fleet of 30,000 disengaged tonnage
in port, and a very large crop to market.
Wheat. — The receipts are on the increase and prices have declined,
enabling shippers to purchase at $1 65@1 70 $ ctL Millers pay Si 70@
SI 75 for choice No. 1.
Flour. — Exports are liberal at steady prices. The City of Peking, for
Hongkong, carried 12,000 bbls, all in cloth. The Colima, to Central
America, 2,275 bbls ; besides other-shipments. We quote Superfine S5@
S5 25 ; Extra Superfine, S5 50@5 75 ; Extra Family and Bakers' Extra,
S9@5 50 # 196 lbs, all in cloth.
Barley.— Low prices continue to rule ; this grain is, in fact, the cheap-
est article in the market. Good new Feed can be bought at 75c ; old
Coast, 72£c ; new bright Brewing, 85c ; old do, SI 05 ; Chevalier, SI 65@
$1 75 $? ctl. The ship Baring Brothers, for Liverpool, carried 11,024 ctls ;
the City of Sydney, for Australasia,. 10,000 ctls.
Oats, Corn, Rye, etc., continue without any special movement.
Stocks quite liberal.
Wool. — The stock of Oregon and Humboldt fleece, is large for the sea-
son and the demand light. The range of the market for these descrip-
tions, 19@26c.
Hides.— The demand is active at 16@16ic for Dry.
Tallow. — The market is dull and languid at 5@6c.
Butter, Cheese and Eggs.— Supplies are very liberal. Best Butter,
20c ; Cheese, 10@12£c ; Eggs, 25@28c.
Borax. — There is no change in price to record ; stock light.
SIGNAL
SEBVICE METEOROLOGICAL KEPOBT,
WEEK
ENDING A1
Big
7G. 7, 1879, SAN ERANCI
SCO, CAL.
heat and JLowest Daromete
Eri. 1.
Sat. 2.
Sun. 3.
Hon. 4.
Tue. 6.
Wed 6
JThr 7.
29.932
29.780
29.845
29.904
29.935
29.915
29.874
29.732
29.754
29.862
29.873
29.850
29.830
| 29.867
Mnximiim and Minimum Thermometer.
79
69
65 63 | 63
54 54 54
64
1 62
60
60
53
62
Mean Daily B~umidity.
59.7
72.7
75.3 | 81.3 | 80.3
Prevailing Wind.
80.3
| 83
W. I
W. |
W. | SW. | W. |
Wind — Sliles Traveled.
SW.
1 w.
164
200
313 | 318 | 270 |
State of Weather.
244
| 325
Clear.
| Clear.
Clear. | Cloudy. | Fair. [
Clear.
Clear.
Rainfall in Twenty-four Mourt
.
Total Sa
In During Season beginning July 1,
1819. ...
01 inches.
SANITARY NOTES.
The deaths this week number 80 as compared with 62 last, and 77
for the corresponding week last year. Fifty-six were males, 24 females ;
6 Chinese ; 3 accidental, 1 homicide, 2 suicides. The zymotics were : Ty-
phoid fever 5, diptheria 4, diarrhea 1, scarlatina 2. The other principal
causes of death were : Phthisis 7, pneumonia 4, infantile convulsions 6,
cholera infantum 4 ; alcoholism and brain disease, 3 each ; cancer, hydro-
cephalus, old age and paralysis, 2 of each ; and 1 each of apoplexy, aneur-
ism, gastrites, hemoptysis, heart disease, kidney disease and blood-poison-
ing. There were no deaths in the Fifth Ward, and but one each in the
Third and Eighth. There were eleven in the Twelfth Ward, and fifteen
in the Eleventh. Eleven persons died in public institutions.
CUMBERLAND MINE.
(Arizona.)
Startling Discoveries.
Wonderful Arizona, with startling discoveries in silver, copper, lead and
gold mines, that promise in the next few years to dwarf almost to insig-
nificance the mineral agitations of the past, is now holding up to the
world's admiration and astonishment the developing wealth of the Cum-
berland Gold Mine of Yavapai County.
Much has been said in these columns during the last three months of a
laudatory nature regarding this remarkable property, yet each day and
week seems to present new items that eclipse each other in the ratio of a
geometrical progression.
As seen by reference to another column, the assays for July have in-
creased from S65 to $831, and even $2,334 to the ton. This is mostly
gold, and, in the language of the report of the President, Geo. M. Ciprico,
"shows a deposit of extraordinary and unexpected richness."
If these conditions may be regarded as a forerunner of what is to come,
then the Cumberland Mine, with its great size and wonderful situation as
regards the easy access to wood and water, is bound to produce the most
intense mining excitement ever known on this coast, and by no means
dwarfed by any developments yet brought to light in Nevada or Califor-
nia in the last twenty-nine years.
The newly elected Superintendent, Robert Collins, whose integrity and
ability is thoroughly and fully attested to our satisfaction, said in his first
report, dated July 2d : "I am convinced that the Cumberland Mine will
be worked successfully for generations to come." And further he says of
the Directors : " It will be worked when they and their children's chil-
dren have passed away."
Superintendent Collins' report No. 2, received this week at the office,
417 California street, and which we print to-day, concludes in these lineB :
" Should the mine continue to produce ore like that already obtained, the
value of the Cumberland would be beyond calculation ! "
Surely, we exclaim, wonderful Arizona !
; 9, 1879.
CALIFORNIA AI>\ ERTISER,
19
HOW TO DANCE.
If a thing is worth doing it i* worth dotal well, and dancing in an
art which cannot be picked up off hand by the fir**: oonMr. Much of the
Ufa depend* u\-'U ihu «rt, ami it in the doty "f every
om who Meki to thxrv tlu- advanta^o* f cultivated wciety. t»» make him*
aelf d«> far proAdeat that ho may contribute to the general pleasure. It
i«, unfortunately, a common experience t«> find a company put out and a
pleaaant evening marred by the. Ignorant i lumsinejw of two or three ; and
thie teems tho more inexeusAU-- to-day that a few lewons from a compe-
tent instructor would make every *nn able to do hb part properly. Mr.
.T. William Frazer's System of Society lancing baa met with distin-
guwhed success since his arrival in this city not quite one year ago. This
system is Mr. Frazer's own, and has a merited originality. The diagrams
of the dane** are map|>ed out on the floor, anJ the punils are practiced
upon these lines untd they become perfectly familiar with the positions
ami movements necessary; a result generally attained, under Mr. Frazer's
attentive and artistic eye. in from three to five tenons. The student is
then prepared for actual practice without the aid of diagrams. This,
which seems so simple, is so indeed with the help of Mr. Frazer's long
skill anil experienced guidance ; but even with these to direct, but little
can be accomplished, as this thorough teacher well points out, without
regular attendance and steady devotion on the part of the learner. Punc-
tuality is especially ami most properly insisted on. Mr. Frazer makes a
specialty of the class for young persona from seven to fourteen years of age,
these requiring uncommon patience and intelligence on the part of the in
stnictor, even with such a system as that introduced by this gentleman. The
rooms for Public Instruction are at the B'nai LVrith Hall, 121 Eddy street,
between Mason and Taylor ; an entirely new building, with every modern
improvement. Ladies and Gentlemen's Regular Class every Friday, 8 to
10 p.m.; Children's, Saturday, 2 to 4 p.m Private lessons are given by
Mr. Frazer at bis rooms in the Olympic Building, 119 Post street, where
applications for admission and all business must be transacted. Office
hours, 10 to 12 a.m. and 7 to 8 p.m. In the six months ending June 1st,
of this year, Mr. Frazer graduated three hundred Dupils in Round
Dances ; and every one of these, now an acquisition and an ornament to
the social circle, is a living witness to the superiority of his instructor's
method. Among these are some of our best citizens ; and all would
do well to call on Mr, Frazer at his rooms or send for his Catalogue for
1870-80, in which will be found some most interesting facts and informa-
tion relative to his mode of teaching, besides along list of excellent refer-
J. C. DUNCAN'S TRIAL.
The next trial of J. C. Duncan takes place in a few days. Al-
though there are a number of indictments, they have evidently been
passed over by the prosecution, and all centered in one charge ; and on
that, as we have before stated, there has been one mis-trial and two dis-
agreements of the jury. Bail has been given to a large amount, with the
names of prominent citizens as sureties, but the excessive sum demanded
is almost a denial of the right. The friends of the defendant are at work
to obtain the balance. They emphatically deny all the sensational stories
with which the papers have been filled— rides to the Cliff House, expen-
sive dinners, immense treasure on the schooner McKinnon, ruin of a
young girl under his charge, borrowing money from the Hibernia Bank to
erect the Safe Deposit building, etc., etc. When Kearney was describ-
ing those imaginary rides to the Cliff, Mr. Duncan had not even had an
opportunity to see his younger children for nearly a half year. It was
well known that his restaurant bills were not one dollar a week. The
$400,000 story of the schooner exploded of its own silliness. The mort-
gage on the Safe Deposit Block is simply a balance due Howard and
Teschmacher on the lot, and for payment of which one-fifth of the capital
stock was left by Duncan in the hands of Eugene Casserly. The fact
that six hundred thousand dollars of the funds of the Pioneer Bank was
lost in the Safe Deposit building is unquestioned. During the last trial
of the defendant it was shown, without contradiction, that Willie Dun-
can, the son, lost $140,000 of his own funds in sustaining the bank, and
that J. C. Duncan lost $70,000 in real estate owned at its formation.
There is a singular feature attending all these charges referred to. They
appear regularly at the time that a trial is progressing, and when the
accused cannot defend himself. Even pretended scenes in court are given,
to the prejudice of the defendant, for the purpose of alienating his
friends and prejudicing the jury.
CUMBERLAND MINE. --REPORT NO. 2.
Superintendent Collins Reports another Marvelous Discovery
of Rich Ore.
To Geo. M. Ciprico, President, and Directors of the Cumberlaiid Mining Co.,
No. 417 California street, S. F.:
Gentlemen — In my second report I have the pleasure to inform you of
the discovery of very rich ore in Shaft No. 1, showing large quantities of
fine gold with coarse pieces distributed throughout the rock. Ten feet
from the top of the shaft discovered some of the ricliest ore I have yet
seen. This is a body of ore nine feet thick in this place. Specimens of
ore from both places have been forwarded to your office in San Francisco.
I have no doubt I can ship a considerable quantity of this ore should you
think it advisable. The work of development is steadily going on.
Enough has been done to prove beyond a doubt that the mine contains
ore of a very high grade. I would draw the attention of the Directors to
the quality of quartz among some of the specimens forwarded, especially
those in which the very fine gold runs through the dark spots. The opin-
ion of mining men here of long standing is that these ores are as fine
specimens of gold-bearing quartz as they have ever seen.
I intend to explore the ledge at the point where the rich ore was dis-
covered. I am confident I shall be able to give a good account of the
mine in a few days, and hope to prove the Cumberland one of the richest
mineB in Arizona, if not in the world.
In concluding this necessarily short report, I beg to congratulate the
Directors and Shareholders of the Cumberland upon possessing so valua-
ble a mining property. Should this mine continue to produce ore like the
specimens already obtained (and there is no reason that I know of why it
should not), the value of the Cumberland would be beyond calculation.
Respectfully yours, Robt. Collins,
Supt. Cumberland Mine.
Cumberland Mine, Yavapai County, Arizona, Aug. 2d, 1879.
2,000 LBS.
Pkr Ton, 2,000 lbs.
Silver
Total. N
S829.02
3831.66
2,327.30
2,334.84
774.74
777.03
201.98
205.94
642.12
650.04
ANSWER TO THE SLANDEROUS ATTACKS OF THE
" BULLETIN ' AND "CALL."
The fallacy ■<( the article in tht Fv<ning Itulittin .>f Thundaj oonabti En the
MM»uti<tp»ii>' igafoal " Syndicate* " and '• Oomhl nation*."
it olaimi f--r Umm who deal In bio lu iba nine ncurlty thai i Bhyloei domtndswho
Invaett his capital on bond ..r mortgage, or the \ r depositor who oonfldei nil
money to the oar* ol tawing* bank In either cava ■ecarltyb demanded bevond
thai ■■( ■■ persona] tab grit) ." and the proflb on the Investment are comwpondingiy
small, inn even then there ia noi sbs >fnU MOttrita against I"-*, uh the experience ■ >(
Iniinlrvils abundantly testifier
The Hook dealer, however, hat always t-> n-lv upon the "personal Integrity" of
those who operate for him, whether be oonflaes his money *<■ ■ broker who nct«
onderspeeiflc Instructions, or •■■ a firm who aggregate inuui amounts, and operate
the whole Ut mutual benefit at thoir own discretion. AHk thone who huve dualt. in
stocks according t.> the former method, whether they have have had any other secur-
ity than personal Integrity. Do they not oftener lose than win by their operations?
Who does not know that one hundred loss where one gains inthatwav? And how
often do they win on their own judgment, ami lose, at last, by Imperfect knowledge
of their broken, in whose "personal Integrity n they conflaedl Those who have
confided in the "personal Integrity" of Martin Taylor & Co., during the past six
months, have not been betrayed. Midst the general disaster, that has Htrnn.ini so
many richly-freighted barks upon the shoals und hidden rocks of the Stock Market
during that period, those who trusted their treasures to the skillful pilot of this firm
have reached a safe harbor and realised profits on their ventures, on fourteen Combi-
nations that have matured— the last one on Saturday, August 2d. They have paid
an average of SO per cent, profit '. Most of these were returned in 16 days from the
date of the formation, and five of them were operated on a falling markot.
It is true that the funds were invested in an extra hazardous business, and
entrusted to the management of a firm without any guarantee except " personal
integrity "—the same security that underlies all business enterprise— hut who will
not say that they have faithfully administered the trust? The skill and ability of
the administration are equally apparent. Have those who operate with individual
brokers, on orders, backed by "points," been more successful ? And, above all, have
they rested on better security than that they obtained from Martin Taylor & Co ?
The Co-OPERATIVE Svbtbm applied to stocks has met with unprecedented success in
New York and London, but has been opposed by brokers there as well as here, be-
cause it encroaches upon their preserves. In New York, however, the press and
public generally indorse the plan for its successful results ; and here also, we believe,
that even the Bulletin will, sooner or later, become a convert to it. They will see,
on further and more careful investigation, that the great desideratum has always
been to discover how a party operating mi limited capital can stand an equal chance
with men like Gould, Vanderhilt, or Keene. Does not the Combination plan solve
the problem ?
We refer to over 5,000 customers in this city, whose names and addresses we can
furnish. Martin Taylor & Co.
The official assay of five samples of ore from the famous Cumberland
Mine, Arizona, as reported to G. M. Ciprico, Esq.. President of the Com-
pany, t>y Mr. Wm. Irelan, Jr., of the Merchants' Exchange, shows the
following surprising results :
Per Ton
Sample Marked— f
Gold.
Spur 1 , S2.64
Spur 2 7.51
Spur 3 2.27
No. 2 (Shaft No. 2) 6.96
No. 3 (Shaft No. 3) 7.92
The quantities of the precious metals contained in the above samples
were, per ton of 2,000 lbs., for Spur 1 : 2*041 oz. fine silver, 40*104 oz.
gold; for Spur 2: 5*833 oz. silver, 112'583 gold; for Spur 3: 175 oz. silver,
37-48 oz. gold; for Shaft No. 2: 3'063 oz. silver, 9771 oz. gold; for Shaft
No. 3, 6125 oz. silver, 31*063 gold.
Nothing finer than this has been heard of in mining on this Coast for
many years past, and the Cumberland Company is most heartily to be
congratulated on the possession of such a superb property.
The Leader u the most convenient and economical lamp ever put upon
the market. It combines the merits of the ordinary Btudent-lamp with
the latest scientific improvements for regulating and supplying oil ; and in
absolutely free from any danger of explosion. With this lamp, one is
practically liberated from the subjection to gas, which has ruined so many
powerful eyes ; and for mellowness there can be nothing comparable to
the soft light of the Leader, under its shade. O. Lawton & Co., 609
Market street, under the Grand Hotel, offer thiB improved invention,
nickel-plated and of 15-candle power, for $3.
M. Taylor 8c Co., at 429 California street, are very successful with
their system of stock combinations, now proved by experience to be the
only safe method of operating in mining shares. The deplorable habit of
buying on a margin lias ruined thousands of men in this State, year by
year. It needs a full purse to stand the pressure in the market, and by
M. Taylor & Co. 'a plan every investor, how small soever his own means,
has all the advantages of a capitalist through the combination scheme.
The last division of profits made by Taylor & Co., on the 7th inst., was
37 per cent.
Samuel Kellett, manufacturer of plaster decorations, has been long
known as the first artist in his line in the city, and the increase of his
business has compelled him to open a branch establishment at 470 Elev-
enth street, Oakland, in addition to his San Francisco store, at 763 Mar-
ket street. Mr. Kellett's taste and skill have been called into requisition
by J. C. Flood, and he is now engaged upon the center pieces for that
gentleman's stately residence at Menlo Park.
Mr. J. M. Litchfield, the well-known merchant tailor of Montgom-
ery street, is before the Republicans as a candidate for the Board of Su-
pervisors from the Third Ward. Responsible business men, engaged in
industries which add to the wealth of the community, are the best repre-
sentatives of the people, and those to whom their interests can be safely
intrusted. We hope Mr. Litchfield will receive the nomination.
The " Olympian " is a handsome quarto paper of sixteen pages, de-
voted to sports, literature and the arts, and to be issued monthly for the
price of $2 a year. If the succeeding numbers keep up the promise of
the first, the Olympian game is made. Its tone is manly and impartial,
and it has a clear field, in which much good may be done. Fearless criti-
cism, not spiteful detraction, will always win at last.
An elegant assortment of Gold Watches and Chains at Randolph &
Co.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
20
SAN" FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER.
Aug 9, 1879.
FOURTEENTH ANNUAL MECHANICS' EXHIBITION.
During thirteen years the Trustees of the Mechanics' Institute have
held annual exhibitions, lasting one month (six of these in their vast
pavilion on Mission street), to the advantage of all kinds of trades, indus-
tries and products of the States, as well as the entertainment and instruc-
tion of visitors. On each of those occasions nothing was left undone by the
management to render "The Fair," as it is called, a practical success;
and. with tender consideration for both exhibitors and visitors, a pecuniary
success, also. Last year, moderate as charges were, and heavy as must
■have been the cost of the musical performances, nevertheless the manage-
ment netted for the benefit of their institution over 320,000. This year an
effort is being made to render the show and its surroundings even more
interesting than heretofore. The musical department is not to be sur-
The opening exercises took place in the Grand Opera House, and were
attended by a vast concourse of ladies and gentlemen. At 2 p. m. the
first note of the overture sounded.
When this was over, a spirited work, composed by the conductor of
the orchestra, dedicated to the Trustees of the Institute, was given.
An address to the Almighty, explanatory of the objects which had
brought the assemblage together, and invoking a blessing on the under-
taking, was delivered by the Rev. Dr. Bettelheim. One regrets it was
not spoken in the old sonorous Hebrew, also, to delight his co-religionists.
Then the President, Mr. Scott, the well known maker of agricultural
implements, delivered the introductory address, and, in the course of
twenty minutes, descanted with brevity and clearness on nearly every
great branch of practical mechanics, and, here and there, on the under-
lying principles also, as they have been gradually unfolded, from the days
of Tubal Cain to his own, and wound up with a few eloquent sentences
on the dignity of labor and the proud individual assertion: I am a Me-
chanicf More music, and then the oration by the Rev. Dr. Guard.
A feeling of regret comes over us at the thought that this eloquent
oration has not been, like that of the President, printed in extenso. It
was a great effort of oratory, made with scarcely one reference to a
note, showing a mind stored with varied information, wit, happy illus-
tration, poetic imagery, close reasoning and sound, wholesome knowledge,
which wa3 turned to good account.
We can but just touch a few of his leading points, such as: While the
Creator is the center of all existence, and the sun the center of the terres-
trial system, Man is the center of this sublunary planet, with a mission to
subdue whatever there is upon it to his own control ; himself first, and
then according to his gifts and opportunities all nature animate and inan-
imate. Even while starting in comparative darkness, at best only in dim
twilight, it is his to illuminate all nature, raising himself first and slowly
step by step — and unveiling the secrets of nature, and elevating himself in
the scale of social existence in proportion as he achieves the objects of his
mission. Hence the progress and perfection of all science, art, refinement,
and whatever of man's industry lifts the mind above the paltry cares of
daily life.
It is needless to say that at the conclusion the cheers were long and
hearty.
Inside the Pavilion the appearance is more than usually striking, though
until last night there was evidence of incompleteness in several of the
larger departments. The show of cereals and grasses, woods, salmon,
etc., from Oregon, destined to illustrate the leading products of the State
at the exhibitions of Sydney and Melbourne, is very comprehensive and
effectively spread out. Mr. Murray, of the Journal of Commerce, has
this year again a striking display of fruit, growing plants, and a host of
vegetable products. We allude to these because they strike the visitor on
entering. We shall return to the subject in our next issue and attempt a
general review of the exhibition.
THE POLICE COMMISSIONERS.
It appears plain, from the terms of the New Constitution, that the
Police Commissioners go out of office on the 1st of January, and that
thereafter no special Commissions whatever may be appointed by the
Legislature to perform municipal functions. The Constitution is very
emphatic on the subject. It declares that the "Legislature shall not
delegate to any special Commission, private corporation, company, asso-
ciation or individual, any power to make, control, appropriate, supervise,
or in any way interfere with any county, city, town or municipal im-
provement, money, property or effects, whether held in trust or other-
wise, or to levy taxes or assessments, or perform any municipal function
whatever. There is no mistaking that language. It is clear and unmis-
takable. Under it all special Commissions to build City Halls, regulate
the Police, or widen streets, are legislated out of office and made an im-
possibility in the future. The office of Supervisor is therefore more im-
portant than it was. Verily, the impending election is one of grave mo-
ment. It looks as if Kearney may own the police. His followers may
steal everything, and command the officers of the law to keep their hands
off the thief.
Mr. William Fearce, of the celebrated Clyde ship-building firm,
Messrs. John Elder & Co., is a remarkable example of the true energy of
British commercial enterprise. Since his connection with the firm, in
1870, vessels of all kinds, but principally steamships, have been turned
out to the value of upward of £5,000,000 ; and in the extra-busy seasons
of 1871-72 and '73 there were never fewer than 5,000 hands employed.
Some of the finest and fastest steamships on the Atlantic are of this
firm's make; and the well-known A ustralia and Zealandia, plying be-
tween San Francisco and Sydney, are owned by Mr. Pierce. Withal,
this gentleman is now sole proprietor of the firm, and, being in the prime
of life, his career is as yet only in its beginning. — Glasgow Bailie.
At the Newport Baths, Alameda, everything has been done that
could possibly add to the comfort of visitors. A hotel and restaurant on
the grounds off er inducements and conveniences for passing the whole day
on the spot, so that one can choose his own hour for bathing. The water
is changed with every tide, and is fresh from the ocean all the time. The
bath-rooms, being covered in with glass, are always dry and warm, and
the views from the grounds and the hotel are enchanting — the eye ranging
over the wide bay to where the city lies under the western haze, and
Tamalpais stands up against the sunset sky.
Conservatory Pianos, $250. 200 Post street, corner of Dupont.
ARIZONA.
The intelligence of the assassination of two American mine prospect-
ors, on the road near the old Patagonia mines, by a band of roving
Apaches, Bince our last isBue, recall to mind the Arizona of long ago,
before the days of extensive mining operations, and flourishing towns and
villages. We had hoped that the Apache curse had been effectually
tamed, and that the civilizing influences of the white man had forever
done away with any dangers from the murderous followers of old
Cochise. These last bloody murders, however, prove that the contrary
is the case, and in the interests of humanity we demand that thorough
and swift retribution be visited upon the savages and their allies. Such
tragedies can have only a bad effect upon the territory, and the Eastern
capitalist can be easily terrified away by a few such outrages. The blood
of the murdered men calls for vengeance, and it should be meted out to
the murderers, even though Mexican soil should be invaded in tracking
them to their cover. The militia men of Arizonashould be up and doing,
if the military stationed there are too conservative to act.
The mill of the Vulture mine is now running satisfactorily. It began
work on the 26th ult., and twenty additional stamps are soon to be added.
The fourth shipment of bullion has been shipped to Philadelphia from
the Tombstone Mining Company, valued at $25,000. Nearly §100,000
has gone forward from this property since the mill began work, the latter
part of May, and the average run per day is about S2,000. The future
prospects of this property are most promising. The news from the Silver
King is encouraging. Three shifts of men are working day and night,
and their operations are materially assisted by the new hoisting works.
The ore in the new shaft continues to improve in width and value.
The G-olden Era Mining Company, located thirty miles northeast of
Prescott, has j ust received, direct from Chicago, a complete gold quartz mill,
saw-mill, etc., and its erection is now being perfected. Mr. A. MT. Smith, of
Chicago, has taken charge of the property as general superintendent, and
its prospects are bright.
Attention is attracted to the old Accidental mine, now known as the
Lynx Creek property. The mine has been extensively worked in the past
and is valuable, but to carry it on to a success an expenditure of at least
850,000 is necessary.
The reports from the Cumberland mine continue to give this valuable
property a first-class reputation, and assays of newly-developed ore bodies -
show astonishing returns. Mr. Collins, the Superintendent, has ordered a
full supply of tools preparatory to working the property on a larger scale.
During the month of July the Tiger Company shipped to this city some
$36,000. The Peck and Tip-Top each shipped about an equal amount,
making the yield of Yavapai county upwards of $100,000.
A number of rich gold ledges near Prescott are attracting considerable
attention. The quartz contains free gold in large quantity, and, if erected,
a twenty-stamp mill could find plenty of milling ore in the mines already
opened.
The forty-stamp mill of the Central Arizona Company is now running
full force, and at least S60,000 in bullion may be expected by the end of
August, from the Seymour Giant.
" Since the organization of the Territory, in 1863, to the present time,n
the Miner says,, "the prospects of Arizona never looked half so bright as
now. The Territory is fast being spanned by the iron rail, the tele-
graphic communication is complete East and West, immigration of the
right kind is tilling her rich agricultural valleys, and taking possession of
her mountains, filled with rich minerals. The mines are yielding gold and
silver beyond the most sanguine expectation of the 'old-timer.' Farm
produce is raised in quantities to supply the demand from all sources, and
steadily we are becoming greater and stronger and prepared at no distant
day to enter the Union as a respectable State." We congratulate onr
neighbors upon their brilliant and brightening prospects. Grod speed the
day, say we, when Arizona will be numbered as one of the States of the
American Union !
Langley's Directory for 1879-80 is a marvel of energy and indus-
try. The amount of information concerning the city and county of San
Francisco which it contains makes it a complete history of all that has
been done by our busy people. That our growth in population continues
may be seen from the following figures : Arrivals by land and sea in
1878, 50,648 ; departures, 40,330; a gain of 10,318, but considerably below
the average of the last ten years, which is 28,000. The total arrivals and
departures from China and Japan, since 1867, Mr. Langley gives : Ar-
rivals, 142,600; departures, 69,200. The number of new buildings erected
in 1878 was 725, of which 41 were brick. The most important of all these
is the new St. Ignacius Church and College, on Van Ness Avenue and
Hayes Btreet. The number of children between 6 and 17 is 52,182, an in-
crease over 1877 of 2,778 ; and the number enrolled in the public schools
is 35,073. The evening schools, mostly attended by udults, number 3,599
pupils. The scholars in the 100 private schools are 6,551, a decrease of
443 from the year 1877. ____
The Stock Market is inactive, with a better feeling in local securi-
ties. Insurance stocks are hard to obtain, and Gas is in demand. A
sale of $114,000 Santa Cruz County 7 per cents is noted on private terms,
and the receipt of $60,000 from Paris for investment in our securities.
Bullion has been in good supply. Gold bars, 890@910; silver bars, 6@18
per cent, discount ; refined silver bars, 13@13& per cent, discount ; refined
silver in London, 51£d. per oz.; exchange on Atlantic cities, £ per cent,
premium ; telegraphic transfers. 15-100@£ per cent, premium ; sterling
exchange, 49g@49id.; commercial exchange, 50@50£d.; Mexican dollars,
92, nominal.
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and greatly exhilarates the spirits, and is extensively used and recommended by the
medical faculty and used by the elite of London, Paris, New York, Philadelphia, etc.
It is used like ordinary tea, costs only 2 cents per day, and makes a healthy and
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No. 5.
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49$; Commercial, 49J@49§d. Paris, sight, 5 francs per dollar. Tel-
egrams, 2-10@i per cent.
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t&~ Price of Money here, f@l per cent, per month — bank rate. In the
open market, 1@.1£. Demand active.
PRICES OF LEADING STOCKS AND GOV. BONDS.
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Stocks and Bonds.
Oil. St. Bonds, 6V57, (noni)
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Dupont Street Bonds
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Santa Clara Co. Bonds, 7'a
Butte Co. Bonds, lO'Sj'60 .
Ban Mateo Bonds. 7'a
Oakland City Bonds, 8's...
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National Gold
Pacific
California Ins. Co
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THE NAVAL STRENGTH OP CHINA.
Telegrams from London inform us of the arrival in China waters of
four new gunboats from England, and that four more are on the way ;
that each of these have a displacement of 400 tons, speed nine knots an
hour, draught eight feet, with guns 274 and °"8 tons, worked by hydraulic
power. The Times says the power and ranges of these guns are enormous.
They have a superiority of penetrative power of twenty-five per cent,
over the guns or the Dreadnaught, the most formidable of English war
ships. These steamers have been specially constructed upon the Clyde
with the object in view of operating upon the coast of China, and, with-
out doubt, will prove themselves fully able to cope with any naval adver-
sary. It is not generally known in this country that China is gradually
becoming prominent as a naval power. At Shanghai a large fleet of gun-
boats have been constructed during the past few years, in addition to
several first-class men-of-war, three of the lattai being upwards of 5,000
tons burthen, and fully armed and equipped with the most improved
guns and other implements of war. The five arsenals of China, located
respectively at Shanghai. Soochow, Foochow and Nankiug, have been in
operation for years, and have manufactured immense numbers of the
most approved styles of rifled cannon, guns and small arms, obtaining
their models from the workshops of Europe and America. These material
facts are pregnant with meaning, and worthy of the careful consideration
of our ablest diplomatists.
Beerbohm's Telegram.— London and Liverpool, Aug. 15, 1879.—
Floating Cargoes, rather easier; Cargoes on Passage, rather easier; Mark
Lane Wheat, quieter; No. 2 Spring off Coast, 42s.; Red Winter oft' Coastj
47s. 6d.; California off Coast, 47s. ; California Nearly Due, 46s. Cd.;
California Just Shipped, 46s. ; No. 2 Spring for Shipment, 41s. ; Liver-
pool Spot Wheat, dull ; California Club No. 1. Standard, 9s. 9d. ; Cal-
ifornia Club No. 2 Standard, 9s. 4d. ; California Average— Western, !»s. ;
White Michigan, 9s. 6d.; Red Western Spring, 7s. lld.@8s, 8d.; Extra
State Flour in London, 12s. (3d. ; Extra State Flour in Liverpool, 12s. 6d.;
Liverpool Western Mixed Corn, 4s. 2d.; Liverpool Canadian Peas, 6s. 9d.;
English Country Markets, generally cheaper; French Country Markets,
turn dearer ; Liverpool Wheat, Ss. 6d., 9s. 6d., 9s. 5d., 9s. lOd. ; Cotton,
quiet, but steady; Consols, 97 9-16; Uplns, 6|; Orleans, 6 7-16; N. Y. St.
Ex., 82J@844.
London. Aug. 15th, 1879.— Latest Price of Consols. 97 9-16.
DEATH OF MR. COOK OF THE LONDON "GRAPHIC."
It is with tile deepest regret that, after a delightful acquaintance
extending over forty years, we have to record the death, on the 17th of July
last, of Mr. Cook, the managing director and one of the principal proprietors
of the London Graphic. The deceased gentleman was formerly a part-
ner of Mr. Ingram, who was associated with the proprietor of this paper
in founding the Illustrated London News. Both of these celebrated pio-
neers in the art of illustrating daily thoughts and events have, in passing
away, left footprints on the sands of time which can never be obliterated.
The value of the Graphic can be best estimated by stating that a short
time ago a small fractional interest was disposed of for the sum of thirty
thousand pounds sterling ($150,000), and that the owner declares he never
made a more fortunate and profitable investment.
The Stock Market.— The rampse on Union Consolidated, which
started early in the week, has fairly electrified the street, and rumors are
prevalent to the effect that the drillings are rich and extensive. A large
short interest was made to cover, and this, in a great measure, accDunts
for the rapid advance. The whole general market responds to the rise in
Union, though at the close a slight falling off in prices was observable.
Of the outside stocks, Bodie continues weak upon unfavorable news from
the mine. There can be no doubt now that the dividend for the present
month will be omitted. Mono shows quite an improvement in the cross
cut east, though trouble with water is momentarily expected.
Financial Notes. — There is nothing of interest to note in financial cir-
cles. The banks are overloaded with unemployed capital, but there is no
disposition to yield to any enterprise, and at the same time they appear
to withhold the usual support to a very deserving but comparatively weak
class of traders who have been accustomed to it for years, and who now
are siiffering for assistance, which at the moment, above all others, need
it ; for with such traders, shrinkage and expenses at this time is too grave
a test of strength, and, consequently, if some of them succumb, will be a
matter which need not cause surprise, or in any way reflect on the credit
of the community at large.
Latest from the Merchant's Exchange.— New York, Aug. 15th,
1879. United States Bonds— 4s, 101 ; 4k, 105§; 5s, 102£. Sterling Ex-
change, 4 82&®4 82£. Pacific Mail, 161. Wheat, i05@114. Western Union,
91^. Hides! 19i<g:20. Oil— Sperm, 75@76. Winter Bleached, 87 @ 96.
Whale Oil, 35@40; Winter Bleached, 42@49. Wool— Spring, fine, 20®
30; Burry. 11@14; Pulled, 25@35 ; Fall Clips, 14@18 ; Burry, 13@20.
London, Aug. 15th.— Liverpool AVheat Market, 8s. 6d.@9s. 6d.; Olub, 9s.
5d.(3 9s. lOd. U. S. Bonds, 5's, 105*; 4's, 105A; 4Vs, 108J. Consols, 97g.
Bullion gone out of Bank of England, £21,000.
San Franciscans Abroad— July 24, 1879.— Paris : J. W. Brown
and family, J. L. Flood, B. Irwin and family, J. MacLean, W. Newball,
H. M. O'Connor. Mrs. H. M. O'Connor, J. B. Kedfield, Mrs. E. Redfield,
J. Heidelburg, Mrs. J. T. Ellis, P. Haeberle, Miss J. C. Tolman.— Conti-
nental Gazette {Paris). Geneva: Mr. George Tait and family. Hom-
BURG: Mr. and Mrs. Scbmeidell. Baden-Baden : Mr. J. Hecht and
family, Mr. T. Shipley. — Continent and Swiss Times {Geneva), July 2Qth.
Mr. D. L. Smoott has received the nomination for District Attorney
from the Workingmeu, Democrats and New Constitution Party. He is a
sound lawyer and an estimable gentleman. Under the New Constitution,
the office of District Attorney has an increased importance. It is satis-
factory to know that whether Mr. Murphy or Mr. Smoott be elected, the
position will be honestly and ably filled.
Registration. —Monday night, at 10 o'clock, registration at the Ward
precincts closes. After that hour it will be impossible to get on the
Register, and all who fail to get on will lose their votes. Looking to the
importance of the next election, no qualified voter ought to permit him-
self to be disfranchised.
It will give pain to his many friends to learn that C. W. Bonynge,
Esq., of this city, is hovering between life and death at Manitou, Colo-
rado Territory, with typhoid fever, contracted in the Rocky Mountains.
The Boston Consolidated Mining Company have listed their stock
on the San Francisco Stock and Exchange Board. The mine is adjoining
the Noonday, and the stock is active.
Chiccory at Auction.
60@90 days.
-100 casks German, ex Nelson, sold at 6^c,
Printed and Published by the Proprietor, Frederick Marriott, 607 to 616 Merchant 8treet, San Francisco, California.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Aug. 16, 1879.
COHEN'S FALSIFICATIONS EXPOSED.
The advantages derivable from a discussion of public issues depend
very much upon the fairness with which it is conducted. Disputants
should be held strictly to the obligations of truth. Making- statements
that are not in accordance with fact, and quoting figures that are
" cooked " for the express purpose of producing an erroneous impression,
is to practice a most reprehensible imposition upon public credulity. The
speaker who indulges in it is a fraud. He cheats his hearers, deceives
their intellects, and creates a false public opinion. He who is caught in
the act should be deemed a public enemy, should forfeit reputation, and
forever thereafter be denied a public audience. Men are too busy and
life is too short to permit every hearer to verify for himself each fact and
figure that is submtted to him as a basis on which to form his opinions.
He must necessarily take much for granted. He has a right to suppose
that the speaker has duly informed himself of that whereof he speaks.
There must be some trust in these things ; but he who abuses confidence
once should never have the opportunity of abusing it again. He should
be ostracized from the public rostrum by the stern refusal of the people
to give him further time and attention. He is a false light, of whom
the mariner on a voyage in search of truth should beware. He is a
wrecker who would shipwreck the unwary on the shoals of error. He
would create fools in order to use them.
Now, this is the precise indictment which we prefer against A. A.
Cohen. We allege, and mean to prove, that in discussing the railroad
question at Piatt's Hall he wilfully misrepresented the truth, that he de-
ceived his hearers, hoodwinked the people, and did his level best to
manufacture an erroneous public opinion. His speech was carefully writ-
ten out, and the manuscript was given to his organ for publication. There
can, therefore, be no mistake in quoting it from that source. He was in-
troduced as a high authority; we were told that it was a "great speech,"
and that his " strong array of facts and figures " could not be gainsayed be-
cause they were " derived from the sworn statements of the railroad offi-
cials." These are unequivocal pretensions. Let us see what they amount
to : The great burthen of the speech was an endeavor to prove that the
earnings per mile of the Central Pacific are far larger than those of East-
ern roads. To establish that position a most extraordinary falsification is
indulged in. He takes the gross earnings of the Central Pacific and di-
vides them by 1,213, being his calculation of the number of miles of road
operated by that company. In that way he figures out the gross annual
earnings per mile to be $14,003, which he claims is extortionate when
compared with the S10.752 earned by the New York Central. But the
fatal error in his calculation is that his divisor is wrong. The number of
miles of road operated by the Central Pacific Railroad, and from which
its gross earnings are derived, is not 1,213, but 1,783. That makes all the
difference. Take the corrected figures as a divisor and then we have the
true result of §9,800 as the annual income per mile, being S952 less, in-
stead of §3,251 more, than the earnings of the New York Central. In
order to form a basis for his argument that fares and freights can be re-
duced one-third, he resorts to this most amazing falsification. The founda-
tion being knocked away the superstructure falls to the ground. Of the
argument there is simply nothing left. How did this great error come
about ? If it was the result of pure carelessness then Mr. Coheu forfeits
whatever little claim he may have to be esteemed painstaking and cau-
tious in his statements, and must, in the opinion of his fellows, be classed
with the unthinking and irresponsible orators who harangue the sand-lots.
But bad as the excuse of " unconscious error " would be, we fear it would
be unduly flattering to Mr. Cohen. "Conscious falsification" would
seem to be a better name for the act of which he has been guilty. We
are told that he " derived his information from the sworn statements of
the railroad officials." If he did, then he must necessarily plead guilty
to the charge of conscious falsification, for those sworn statements are
totally at variance with his. They fix the number of miles of operated
road at 1,783, and not at 1,213, as indicated by him. If he went to that
source, then manifestly he falsified them. Of the guiltiness of the in-
tent there is this evidence : that he handles the figures in such a way
as to endeavor to hide the error in the calculation. Instead of telling
us how many miles of road he figures upon, he leaves us to find that
out by taking his results and working them out for ourselves. In the
case of the Eastern roads he tells us how many miles of road his cal-
culation is based upon ; but in regard to the Central Pacific he simply
says the gross earnings are so much, and therefore the amount per mile
is so much. When we take his earnings per mile and divide them into
the total receipts, we learn for the first time that he credits the company
with but 1,213 miles instead of 1,783. We therefore think we are en-
titled to claim that the suspicious manner in which the figures are han-
dled is evidence of the guilty intention with which they are employed.
But whether consciously false or only carelessly in error, the broad fact
remains that Mr. Cohen's "great speech" is but an erroneous deduction
from false premises ; as such it amounts to no more than the baseless fab-
ric of a dream.
Nor is the error referred to the only glaring one Mr. Cohen has fallen
into. He tells us that the company received from its own and the Gov-
ernment's bonds the sum of fifty-four millions of dollars. He then asserts,
of his own knowledge, that the building of the road cost but thirty-five
millions, and, from those figures, calculates that nineteen millions of
coin went into the pockets of the directors. Then follow some wonderful
imaginings. The art galleries of Europe have actually been, to some
small extent, benefitted by this great wealth. Now, for the absurdity of
the calculation. It is true that bonds were sold to the face value of fifty-
four millions, hut they brought a very much less sum in coin. It has
been given in evidence that they yielded to the company a net average of
but fifty-five cents, in gold, to the dollar. The total derived from the
bonds was, therefore, slightly less than thirty millions of dollars, being
five millions less than what even Mr. Cohen says the road cost ; which is
very different from being nineteen millions more. The difference is
twenty-four millions, but that is nothing to Mr. Cohen, when picturing
the railroad to a Piatt's Hall audience. He parcels out millions in im-
agination, which never had any existence in fact, and having accom-
plished that to his satisfaction, preaches that rich men should run rail-
roads, not upon business principles, but out of pure benevolence and
charity. Thus this great authority, in a "great speech," goes on giving
facts and quoting figures. Yes ! facts that lie, and figures that deceive.
We have fairly illustrated the thing. We say the falsification is inten-
tional. We say so because Mr. Cohen knows better ; he knows the truth,
and when he distorts it, he does so with malice aforethought that is in
keeping with his known character, and with the vengeful feelings he has
nursed, ever since the railroad people were not willing to allow him, as
their agent, to make contracts with himself, to his great profit, but to
their great loss.
PUBLIC SCHOOL MUSIC.
As a display of unmitigated ignorance and evidence of assumed suffi-
ciency, it would be no easy matter to parallel the musical catechism used
in our public schools, and which has for many years past been the ele-
mentary basis of musical education in those sadly mismanaged and unsatis-
factory establishments. With a title-page authority of "Washington
Elliot," the catechism is not a betrayal of harmless incompetency ; it is,
in all essentials, a vitiation of common musical truths. It is not element-
ary in its inception, for the very first page, which is strictly characteristic
of the whole, is filled up with palpably incongruous absurdities and false
assumptions. Can it be possible to conceive a grosser perversion of com-
monly accepted notions than to have it thrust upon us that " elementary
instruction in music is divided into rhythmics, melodies and dynamics,"
while, catechistically, it appears that "rhythmics treat of the length of
tones," which is in no sense whatever the case. Nor does such a definition
approach correctness, that " melody treats of the pitch of tones," which
is not the case, and is no definition of melody ; that " dynamics treat of
the power or force of tones," which is not so, nor in the least nearer the
truth than the statement that either or all of the three are essentials in
introductory or elementary musical science. Scientifically, these defini-
nitions have neither reason nor truth in them ; yet, this ground-work
treatise or catechism, compiled and compounded as an educational stand-
ard, has, in its elimination, been no inconsiderable burden to taxpayers.
Than a supposition that a familiarity with its contents implies a musical
knowledge, nothing can be more erroneous. In a theoretically correct
sense it is a barbarous imposition, for, with the exception of very few
straggling and secondary truths, the whole thing is but a concentration of
preposterous nonsense, the dissemination of which, by a pettifogging con-
clave of untutored no-bodies, has been for years past, and to the tune of
thousands upon thousands of dollars, to no good purpose whatever ; on
the contrary, with very bad and injurious effect upon such as have a tal-
ent for and desire to cultivate a musical proficiency in any direction.
The Hiester-Du Bois business-tinkering with musical examination
papers is a legitimate outcome of the trickery attending all such things in
this city. Mrs. Du Bois, if she acquired her musical capabilities from
studying the " Elliot " Catechism, is in no way fitted to aspire to supreme
adjudication any more than the man whose mind is bemuddled to such
an extent as to warrant the promulgation of such arrant nonsense. In
this city there are scores of educated men, as well as being educated mu-
sicians, who_would willingly accept office for the current remuneration,
and do the work creditably, which is now, and ever has been, done by the
merest pretenders, who could not, in the profession itself, earn their salt.
THE MORMON PROBLEM.
It begins to look as if the serpent of Mormonism is at last getting
under the heel of the law. Hitherto, when it has begun to feel such pres-
sure, it has escaped by wriggling, but the boot of the United States Gov-
ernment seems to be pretty firmly planted this time, and the filthy rep-
tile will have to fight or perish. The Mormons show signs of favoring
the former alternative, and perhaps it is better that they should. Fight-
ing may postpone their fate a little, but it caunot avert it, and the more
of them that are wiped off the face of the earth in such a struggle, the
better it will be for the morals and the peace of the country.
Although almost any measure which will abate this monstrous evil is
to be approved, still it would seem as if Secretary Evarts might have
adopted" a more reasonable plan than that of remonstrating with the Eu-
ropean Powers against their allowing their respective subjects to emigrate
to America as Mormon converts. Foreign governments are not the guar-
dians of our morals or the conservators of our laws, and it is rather cool
to ask them to become such. It is a fact that by far the greater part of the
Mormon population is composed of foreigners, but if we don't want them, it
is our business to keep them out, not that of England or Germany to prevent
them from getting in if they can. If our constitution stands in the way
of our keeping intending or actual polygamists out of the country, then
the constitution is at fault, and should be set right without delay. The
evil of Mormonism is not one that can be dealt with gently, or with any
great regard for legal quibbles ; it needs a strong hand and a sharp remedy,
and the day is approaching when the Government will discover this with
a vengeance. People who have systematically broken the laws of the
country for a great number of years should he pronounced outlaws, and
treated as such. When we have troublesome Indians we do not make
much fuss if the settlers get up some fine clay and destroy them ; and, in
our opinion, a little of this system might be advantageously introduced
into Utah.
The Western Lancet.— The August number of this journal, so far
as a layman may judge, is of the usual standard of excellence. There is
an article on Medical Consultations and their Ethics, to which the public
may reasonably take exception. When Doctors differ, we know of no
one who has a better right to decide than the patient himself, and the
medical man has but a poor opinion of himself who feels hurt if the judg-
ment goes against him. He may at least console himself with the hope
that in the next case his judgment will go the other way. Why should
Doctors quarrel when they lose a case. _ Lawyers have much more sense.
No Doctor need want to attend a patient whose confidence in him has
passed away, and if he cannot retain the patient himself, who can have a
better claim than his friend, the consulttee. Even friends must differ
now and then, and it is better that they should agree to do so than that
the patient should fall a victim to the Quacks.
Grain Sacks at Auction. — Yesterday S. L. Jones & Co. offered to
sell for cash 10U,000 Standard Grain Bags. Of 60 bales machine-sewed,
each 500, 22x36, only 5 bales sold at $8 85 per 100— balance withdrawn ;
of 20 bales Pacific Jute, 22x36, only 5 bales sold at S9 85 per 100 ; of
50,000 Calcutta, 22x36, only 10 bales sold at $10 10 ; 10 bales sold at $10,
and more offered at same price, but no buyer would take them. After
this, 5,000 second-hand Burlaps, returned from Liverpool, sold at $6 72h.
" The Principles of Light and Color.7' By Edwin Babbitt, D. M. j
For sale by Boericke & Tafel, 234 Sutter street.
Aug. 16, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER,
THE PROSPECTIVE TAYLOR.
School -Director Taylor U a nun ..f murfltm Some of them
in oW end soma en new; and lh« care of the Taenia Mining i lompany
batoaoa old and new, I maybe, this i-* the story: Mr,
ilr. Mark Sheldon t.- pav 5-VW for 1,000 shares of the
Thereaa, to \» v. he swd, Leuis Sons, A. Chabot, of Oak-
land: H others, were largely inter-
Then wen 10,0t» shans to l»> ilhipi— ill «<f for working
capital, and about throe thousand of these remain to be sold; and
then were to be no assessments. Sixty days after Mr. Sheldon
bought, an assessment wee made, end when he went to Weaver, Taylor
& C .. boeeeabont his money, the firm had failed, and he could hear
nothing of Taylor, but his money was never paid to the company. Mr.
Sheldon was called off to the East, and had an attack of illness which
lasted many months. When, at length, he consulted a lawyer about re-
dress, it wjw round that the Statute of Limitations inet barred the claim,
and Mr. Taylor whistles cheerfully when he sees his victim. No doubt,
it wee the knowledge of this ingenious operation which secured Mr. Tay-
lor the unanimous Tote of the Convention this week. Here is a Repub-
lican Convention which had just been washing its face in the Chairman's
tears, over the sorrows of an afflicted family that lives by doing the pub-
lic— a Convention severely virtuous and hopelessly moral, beyond the
suspicion of a wink — and it has nominated for the superintendency of
public schools this man. strongly suspected of collusion with dealers
known to have got money on false pretenses, mixed up with some of the
most doubtful incidents in the most shameful investigation ever known in
the Department, and, by his own confession, capable of sacrificing the
reputation of any one in his power, on the evidence of anonymous letters.
Mr. Jno. W. Taylor is an old teacher, a graduate of Harvard, and has
served the people without reward for two years. So Dr. Simpson says.
Good man! But who says anything about Dr. Simpson? And who
asked Mr. Taylor to make a virtue of going without pay, when he under-
took the duty deliberately, kuowing that there was no money in it for an
honest man? It may be Mr. Taylor's knowledge of his own character
which makes him call attention, vicariously, to the honesty which took
no pay when there was none to take; but an ounce of plain confession
about his motive for insisting on the Chairmanship of the Committee on
Furniture and Supplies, and a refunding of those §500, would be worth
several tons of Simpsonity about his character. There must be magnet-
ism in Mr. Taylor, or, perhaps, like Prince Harry, he makes folks drink
medicines, for here is W. A. Phillips, who has persistently denounced the
Director for a year, now working like a beaver for the possible Superin-
tendent. "Taylor," says Phillips, "gave his time night and day to the
schools, to the detriment of his private interests. He prosecuted the
inquiry till he found a wolf in sheep's clothing, who was watching a flock
of lambs." A sweet picture of confiding innocence, of crafty hypocrisy,
of dauntless courage and sagacious fidelity; but why, oh ! why did Phil-
lips forget to mention that, when the watch-dog Taylor found the wolf
in sheep's clothing, he bought a ticket for New York and went off on the
overland train? These be your gods, to work justice and judgment in
the School Department, and, like Pecksniff, set a moral example to youth.
Taylor himself made a pointed speech to the Convention. He would
see the streets unpaved, the City Hall without a brick, the Park a waste
of sand, rather than see the children go uneducated. The children fall
upon his neck and kiss him, for they feel too good all over when they hear
about him ; but he left out one or two points in his speech. He said
nothing of the lady who offered to pay $250 to director Laven for the
place she afterward got through the pointed Taylor. He did not once al-
lude to the Bell Telephone Company; he did not name Ewald, who regis-
ters his voters for him, or quote from the last letter of the repentant Jno.
A. Moore, now flashing light across the Texan prairies. How should an
old teacher and Harvard graduate, a friend of Dr. Simpson's and a mag-
nanimous forgiver of Phillips, be so forgetful of points? He would
rather see this and that undone ; who doubts it ? But he is a man who
serves his country without pay ; why does he seek an office which carries
with it the disagreeable compensation of four thousand dollars a year?
If he is elected, we lose the Taylor of the past, the Taylor who gives up
time and thought and life for nothing; the Taylor of virtue, the Taylor
who illumines the city of the Golden Gate, like a western BartholdPs
statue of Liberty, with the beacon-light of intelligent patriotism flashing
from his magnificent head, lifted high above the mists and fogs of the
lower level into the glorious sunshine of everlasting investigation and
eternal Chairmanship of Supplies.
SCARCELY WORTH COMMENT.
■With characteristic malignity, the Bulletin quotes a fragment from
a " Paris Letter " (the Bulletin is always as thievishly anonymous as it can
be, you know), presumably contributed to some Eastern paper, concern-
ing the family affairs of the Mackays and Hungerfords at the French
capital. The "letter," we will wager our best boots to the Bulletin's sense
of honor, was written by a woman, and by *n old and ugly woman at
that, it is so frightfully sour and full of envy. But the poor she-devil
who wrote it had to live, and as her face certainly isn't her fortune, we
can forgive her if the vinegar of her soul and visage exudes into her
pen. Deacon Fitch, however, ought to be more worldly-wise than to be-
tray the little soul of him by snapping up such trash for his paper, no
matter how much he might like to gloat over it in private. After a string
of spiteful slanders, provoked, it seems by the fact that the families in
question are in high favor in Paris, the spit-fire correspondent good-
naturedly says: "I suppose Mrs. Hungerford never alludes in fashionable
society — le grand monde — to the fact that only a few years ago she sold a
certain corn salve — a very good salve it was, too — in a well known Ger-
man city. I have by me a label cut by a friend from one of the boxes of
Mrs. Hungerford's salve. It states that this celebrated salve could be
purchased of "Mrs. E. Hungerford, at No. 16 Schillerstrasse, for 5, 10
and 15 gulden per box." It is so becomiug, you know, in American pa-
pers to sneer at the idea of selling " corn-selve." We never— or hardly
ever-'-Btoop to such utter degradation here as inventing or patenting any-
thing by which money might be made. Our traditions teach us to regard
as dishonorable the making of our own fortunes. We never plume our-
selves upon the fact that — but, bah! what is the use of wasting type and
space to show that the writer of such a letter is an underbred, envious
fool, and that, therefore, Deacon Fitch, of the Bulletin, finds her utter-
ances congenial ?
BIDDING FOR THE OFFICES.
.T}ie,offlc1ee of tDe city »nd Btats nam to be put tip just now at a
band of suction. Bids are being mads for everything in sight The rail-
road oommiastonenhipa arc to ™ to men, not bee inse of their experience,
capacity or Judicial Fairness, but beoauae of high bids In favor of tow
fane and freights, ft was in ten led that these officials Bhould take testi-
mony, and make up a judicial judgment, after inquiry, aa to a just and
fair railroad tariff. That Is their sworn duty, under the vaunted Consti-
tution which calls tlu>m into being. But it appears that there is to be no
inquiry, and no judicial determination on the subjeot. The whole thing
n to be settled by a popular bid for place and pay. One party promises
that there shall be a reduction of twonty-five per cent., the next " wees"
that bid, and goes it eight and a half per cent, better. If there had been
anymore party Conventions to meet, there would probably have been
further bids. Only give the party nominees control of the railroads, and
they will promise to run thorn for anything, or even for nothing, for the
matter of that. They stop not to inquire what the operating expenses
are, what the cost of maintenance, and what the interest upon the capi-
tal employed. Oh, dear, no! That method would not buy the Granger
vote, nor permit one candidate to outbid another. Nor is this evil con-
fined to the railroad commissionerships. The city officers are to reduce
water and gas rates, and eauh party is outbidding the others in promises.
The Republicans promise large reductions, the Democrats and Bilks
swear that they will take off at least twenty per cent., and the Working-
men outbid them both by promising that the total income of the company
shall, if they are entrusted with the offices, be reduced from SI, 200,000 to
8500,000 per annum. If that is not confiscation of property, what is it ?
The last Legislature dealt with this subject, and provided "that the com-
pany should pay no more than eight per cent, dividends. That, surely,
ought to have ended the diffiulty. But no, there must now be
further reductions, not based upon any principle, but depend-
ing solely upon the capacity of office-seekers to make promises.
The same thing is going on in regard to gas rates. Existing
contracts are to be set aside, and one promise after another is being made,
until we are not quite sure what the latest figure is. Then again, one set
of candidates offer to fill the offices at forty per cent, less salary than that
expected by other caudidates. Only let Kalloch & Co. get their hands
into the Treasury and they will be satisfied with a little over one-half of
the legal rate of pay. Will they ? They say so, and swear to it ; but
who believes them ? This putting up of public favor at auction, and bid-
ding for it, with other people's property and money is a most monstrous
and dangerous practice. Once commenced, where is it to stop ? Already
we find the Bulletin, that ought to know better, making a sort of tabu-
lated comparison' of the bids, and recommending the acceptance of the
highest. Kalloch's crowd are ahead in the bidding, and for no better
reason than that they are, we are recommended to vote for them. It
is nothing that they are known to be unprincipled and conscionless
bidders, who will promise anything to secure their own election. It does
not matter that they are unsubstantial and irresponsible men, whose
chief desire is to finger other people's money and handle other people's
property. The sole qualification for office at this time appears to be a ca-
pacity to make dishonest promises. They are bad, wicked promises, which
mean robbery, confiscation, Communism, wholesale bribery of the public
vote, and general corruption of the body politic. It is a scandal that men
should be found reckless enough to make them, and it is simply infamous
that their acceptance should for one moment be seriously entertained.
No wonder that times are hard and that capital withdraws itself from the
reach of the spoiler. Whilst there is a possibility of the government be-
ing placed in the hands of men who make the largest promises to confis-
cate the property of others there can be no confidence, and without con-
fidence there cannot, by any possibility, be a return of prosperity. The
truth is, that the sooner these Communistic tendencies are stamped out
the better, and the sooner we get back to good, honest, normal methods
of government, the sooner will capital flow into industries and trade
FAIRLY CAUGHT IN HIS OWN TRAP.
Cohen is nothing if not wily. Yet it is possible to entrap the slyest
of animals. The fox is cunningly cute, but withal be is trapped occasion-
ally. Cohen has been lured to the total destruction of the castle in the
air which he has been at so much pains to build up. In another column
we pay our respects to his false figures, and show conclusively that he is
fairly caught iu a steel trap of his own constructing. We ask a careful
perusal of the exposure of his falsification. It will be seen that in his
labored endeavor to prove railroad freights and fares excessive he has fallen
into a gross blunder, which, when eliminated from his calculations, leaves
fares and freights at the exact figure which he himself says would be just.
He had over-estimated the average earnings of the road per mile at one-
third more than they really were, and, upon that false calculation, pro-
ceeded to show that a reduction of thirty-three and one-third per cent,
would be the exact string. When we correct his calculation and put the
earnings per mile at what they are, we reach an income which is al-
most identical with that which he says it ought to be. In other words,
as he erred in setting down the income per mile at one-third greater
than it is, it follows as a mathematical certainty that when you, on that
basis, reduce the tariff one-third you bring it to what it now is. He
eays that a reduction of one-third, upon tfie figures he gives, would be all
that the most exacting should require. As those figures are one third in
excess of the truth, it results that fares and freights are at present
yielding the precise income which Mr. Cohen says is reasonable. That
is the position he finds himself in. He is firmly held in his own trap. It
is amusing to see so wily a fox thus fairly caught. Quoting figures is evi-
dently not his forte.
The "Chronicle" reporter who applied to an attache* of another
paper for some points in political matters, and got them, is heartily
welcome to the items, though he must be satisfied by this time that he got
more than he looked for. But when a paper prints a column of lies, and
has to retract them next day, it might be better to call the apology any-
thing but a "typographical error."
Minister White has been looking over the situation, and he says that
Germany needs more pigs.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Aug. 16, 1879.
CHINA AS A FIELD FOR FUTURE RAILWAY EN-
TERPRISE.
By G-. James Mokrison, M.I.C.E.
In the following notes will be found some information which, may
prove interesting to those who look upon China as a great held for future
engineering enterprise. My position of engineer and general manager of
the Woosung Railway gave me many opportunities of judging of the feel-
ings of all classes of Chinese, while my subsequent travels in the interior
have given me a fair knowledge of the country.
The real obstacle to the introduction of railways into China is that the
Imperial Government does not want tbern. This might seem a fatal ob-
jection, and would indeed be such, were it not that on this point the
Government does not by any means represent the feeling of the people
nor even of all the individuals of its own body. It is well known that
among the highest class there is a party of progress, a party which is get-
ting stronger every day, and which is fully alive to the fact that China
can no longer remain in her present isolated condition, and that great and
radical changes mu3t take place, and many western improvements, in-
cluding railways, be introduced if the Chinese are to hold even a respect-
able place among other nations.
The party of progress openly expresses the view that the mineral re-
sources of the country ought to be developed, and that the means of in-
tercommunication should be improved by the construction of roads and
railways. So far, no doubt, their views are sound, but they consider that
as they have iron, coal, and other minerals in abundance, the proper plan
is first to develop their mines, and then with their own materials to con-
struct their own railways. To say that this method was followed by
England is to my mind the strongest argument against it. China is cen-
turies behind Eneland now, and if this plan be adhered to, she will con-
stantly remain so. Where would the iron trade of the United States have
been if that people had not at first made a free use of English iron for
their railroads to open up the country ? There cannot be the slightest
doubt that if China wishes within the lifetime of the present generation
to develop her mineral resources, she ought to b&jin by making railways,
not merely local lines for the use of particular mines, but main lines to
open up the country.
When I talk of railways as necessary for the development of mines, I
do not mean that they would always be employed for the carriage of
minerals for long distances. Water carriage would in many places com-
pete successfully on account of cheapness, but railways increase the power
of doing business, and enable as much to be done in a day as could with-
out them be done in a month.
This brings us naturally to the question of money, for financial arrange-
ments suitable for opening up a few mines are utterly inadequate for pro-
viding the necessary capital for the construction of main lines of railway.
It is unquestionable that the Chinese can easily borrow money at a rate
that would enable them to construct railways profitably, and moreover
that so long as they continue to expend this money honestly in such works
their borrowing powers would increase instead of diminish, but it is clear
that any loan must be secured by direct decree of the Imperial Govern-
ment, the interest must be payable in sterling or its equivalent, and the
capital instead of being returned in two or three years must be repaid
gradually by drawings spread over a lengthened period, so as not to oblige
people to be constantly looking out for new investments.
Unfortunately the views of the Chinese Government on this subject are
diametrically opposed to those of western nations. Though most regular
and trustworthy in all money matters, they are recklessly ruining their
credit by the issue of paltry little loans, to be repaid in a few years, and
fenced about with such absurd restrictions as to necessitate the payment
of a high rate of interest to induce any one to take them up.
When the Chinese come to see that these temporary loans are the first
steps toward national bankruptcy, while imperial loans for expenditure
on reproductive works are the bases of future prosperity, then there will
be some hope of railway schemes being undertaken on a grand scale, and I
am, therefore, of opinion that every opportunity should be taken of in-
structing the authorities in a souud system of finance.
The light and cheaply- constructed line so useful in a newly settled col-
ony would be quite out of place in China. She is densely populated, and
there has for centuries existed an enormous trade carried on by sheer force
of numbers in the face of the most appalling difficulties. It has indeed
been urged that the very existence of such trade proves that the canals
and rivers are sufficient for the requirements of the case.
That these views should be held by Chinese who have never seen the
railways of Europe, and by Europeans who have seen little of the inland
waters of China, is perhaps natural ; but when I tell them that I have
traveled up stream on main routes of commerce at the rate of 70 miles per
week, that I have seen rivers where cargo boats cannot go singly, but are
forced to go in fleets of fifteen or twenty, all the men in the fleet com-
bining to pull each boat in succession up the several rapids ; when I tell
them that I have seen boats lying in the Grand Canal, which had come in
with cargo, and had been detained for years for want of water to go out,
most of them will admit that the present system is not perfect. In the
case of the Grand Canal, much might be done to improve the present
means of intercommunication, but I consider it to be no argument against
a railway from Hankow to Canton that it would run parallel to an exist-
ing and much-used line of inland navigation (broken only by a short land
journey of thirty miles at the watershed) by means of which the journey
can now be accomplished in six weeks. The rivers will always carry
a certain amount of traffic, chiefly of the least remunerative description ;
but in China, as elsewhere, there is an immense amount of passenger and
valuable goods traffic which will fly to railways at once, and lines to carry
this satisfactorily must be substantially constructed, and very fully
equipped with rolling stock of all sorts. Special capital on a considerable
scale must be raised for this purpose, and this can be done most cheaply
by borrowing on the foreign market.
In order to collect information, I have made three journeys into the
interior, in which I have traveled over 2,000 miles, on foot or in native
boats or conveyances, from Canton to Pekin, and overland nearly the
whole length of Formosa. In addition to this I have made several short
excursions in the neighborhood of Pekin, Tientsin, and other treaty ports,
and I have availed myself of every opportunity of conversing with offi-
cials, both native and foreign.
Of all the places I have visited, the line of country which appears to me
most suitable for a main trunk railway, is between Canton and Wuchang
{fu) (the city on the south side of the Yangtse, immediately opposite
Hankow), a length of about 700 miles. What may be called the main
route from Canton to the north, passes over the Mei linginto the province
of Kiangsi, and leads by the Poyang lake to Kiukiang. Considered only
as a route from Canton to Pekin, this might be best, but when local traffic
has to be considered, I am decidedly in favor of the route by Wuchang.
The route I suggest is north from Canton to Shao Chow (fu), which is sit-
uated in an extensive coal field. The coal is bituminous, and though most
that has yet been worked is of poor quality, some is good. Thence the
line would keep a little to the west, crossing through the range of moun-
tains in the north of Kwang Tung province by a gorge immediately to the
south of Icheng (hien). This gorge would present considerable engineer-
ing difficulties, but when the expense of this short piece is counted in with
the cost of the whole line the average will not be high. Between Icheng
(hien) and Chen (chow) the pasB is called the Che ling, and is not more
than 1,200 ft. above the sea. After this there is a rather rough route as
far as Lui Yang (hien), and thence an easy route along the valley of the
Siang past Chang Sha (fu) to Wuchang (fu). The line would traverse the
immence coal-field of South Hanan, where fully half a million of tons per
annum must he produced at present. This field produces excellent an-
thracite near Lui Yang, and magnificent bituminous coal near Yung
Hing (hien). There are also extensive deposits of iron ore in this district.
Stone, lime, clay, coal, and almost every requisite for railway building,
are found all along the route, and the trade at Chang Sha in timber is
already very large. Great quantities of tea, of Canton goods, and of pro-
duce and manufactures of every sort, would be carried by this line im-
mediately. To give some idea of the places which would be served by
such a line, I may mention Siang Tan (hien), a large and populous city,
with a river frontage of over 2i miles, crowded with river craft, and Tsing
Sbui Pu, a village inhabited wholly by coal merchants, each in a small
way of business, but whose wharves stretch along the river nearly three
miles.
Of equal importance is a line to connect Pekin with some port open
during the winter. Pekin is the capital of the empire, and may fairly be
called the Chinese terminus of the great routes to Mongolia and Russia.
Tientsin, the present port of Pekin, is closed by ice for more than two
months every year, and no sea-port open during winter can be reached
without crossing the Yellow River. I have examined this river from Kai-
fong (fu) to Tsinan (fu), a distance of 225 miles, and there are many points
where it nould be crossed with ease. A scheme for a railway from Pekin
to Chefoo has been suggested by Mr. Fergusson. I shall only say that
while I believe a line from Pekin to a good seaport to be one of the most
important in the empire, I refrain from giving a decided opinion in favor
of any particular route.
Local lines should be in the neighborhood of Tientsin, Canton, or
Shanghai. Without doubt the best local line would be from Tientsin to
Pekin, 80 miles. The journey is at present accomplished in two days
very hard traveling by land, or three days by boat to Tung Chow, and
thence 14 miles by land to Peking. There would be the Grand Canal to
be crossed by an opening bridge, and three streams by short viaducts.
The country is low, but a bank of a very few feet would make the line
safe against inundations. As regards revenue, there might be so much
goods traffic as to be remunerative without passengers, and so many pas-
sengers as to be remunerative without goods. At Pekin the Tartar city is
12 square miles in area, the Chinese city is nearly as large, and the total
population at least three-quarters of a million. Within less than twenty
miles west of Pekin there is a most extensive coal-field. In this field I
have seen excellent coal sold at the pit's mouth for a dollar a ton, while
at Pekin it cost eight or nine dollars, and there is coal here which has
been declared by engineers, who have tried it in steamers, and by Dr.
Percy, who has tested it chemically, to be equal to any.
The other line in this district is from Tientsin to Taku, 30 miles. As a
continuation of the Pekin and Tientsin line, it has all the elements of
success, but as an independent line it would have many difficulties to con-
tend with.
Near Canton there would be a splendid opportunity for a line of thir-
teen miles, between Fatshan and Hwa Ti or Fa Di, close to Canton. The
creeks between these places swarm with cargo and passenger boats. The
country is quite fiat, the line would be cheap, and the traffic immense.
In the neighborhood of Shanghai two lines have been proposed, one
from Pootung, opposite Shanghai, to Hangchow (fu), 143 miles along an
existing sea bank. The objections I see are that on one side there is no
land, and on the other side not a very rich country to supply local traffic.
The other railway which I think would give splendid results is from
Shanghai to Soochow.
There are two routes for a railway from Shanghai to Soochow. One is
direct about 55 miles through a busy town called Naziang, the other is
more circuitous, about 68 miles, passing by Woosung, and the cities of
Kading, Taitsau and Quinsan.
I will confine my remarks to the one I most approve of, viz., that by
Woosung. The whole country is about the level of extreme high water,
and part of it is subject to inundations, rarely more than a foot in depth.
The line would cross 160 creeks and watercourses. The Woosung Creek
would be crossed nearly two miles nearer the mouth than any existing
bridge, so an opening span might be required. Next to that the most im-
portant creek is at Taitsin, but it is already crossed by a bridge 33 ft. span
and 20 ft. above water level. Most of the other creeks can be crossed by
very small bridges.
The numerous paths present much greater difficulty. There are no real
roads in China, and consequently the traffic, which in any other country
would be concentrated at a single crossing, is here met with at every few
yards, and the difficulty is increased by the country being divided into an
immense number of small holdings. It will probably be necessary to con-
struct roads parallel to the railway and give crossings at a few places only.
As regards receipts I can give no statistics, such things are not to be ob-
tained in China, but a single trip along the main canal from Shanghai to
Soochow, with a walk through the latter city, is enough to convince the
most skeptical that the traffic must be very great. The only example we
have to refer to is that of the Woosung Railway. This toy line with two
engines and twelve carriages, earned 4s. per train mile, and its groBS re-
ceipts from passengers only for the first and only year of its' existence were
more than 11 per cent, on the price at which it was sold to the Chinese,
a price which covered all the cost of construction and all the preliminary
expenses connected with the establishment of the first railway iu a new
country.
It may be remarked that I have not mentioned famines, nor the effect
Aug. W, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVEKTISKK.
°f niU- \u . ilition to mj
H n. piiMishr<.
<}<uM*at Julj :r.U Rhansi in
not in a dcarrity of supplit •>, hut
lifflculty of t!i ircity of
milw.iyu in Shanai. It is a rich mineral
u-f proportion of" tin- in!, .nitantfl were connected with
Mining trad. •-. (0jd t.iko
toe people, a failure of crops would cease to be an overwhelm-
miity.
Ol tin- atehtnan provinces of China there are nine which I have not yet
When I have somewhat extend< 1 the are* of my knowledge, I
may be in .-. pi rition to write an exhaustive treatise on a general system of
railways for the Cbinese Empire. — Condi K'nmmtring. '
WHAT IS THE MONROE DOCTRINE?
Thia much-hackneyed phrase is being mischievously quoted just
now by people who little know its meaning. Mr. Monroe, in 1823,
: " as a principle, in which the rights and interests of the' United
ire involved, that the American continent, by the free and inde-
pendent condition which they have assumi 1 and maintained, are hence-
forth not to he considered :i* Bubjecta for future colonization by an
m power." Instead of the word "colonisation." Senator Burnaide
has substituted the word " occupation," and so has missed the true sense
aud historical gist of the declaration made by Mr. Monroe. By that
declaration it was simply affirmed that the waste and unsettled parts of
tin.- New World were then, and thereafter, uo longer open to colonization
by right of discovery, proclamation and partial settlement in the name of
any European Power. It was in this way that the North and South
American continents had originally been parceled out by the leading na-
tions of Europe. This work of colonization had gone on without let or
hindrance, from the first discovery of America by Columbus down almost
to the beginning of the present century. But by that time the work of
such colonization had practically come to an end; for, although large
parts of the New World were still unsettled by civilized man, it was
claimed by one power or another that its jurisdiction extended over the
unoccupied as well as the already occupied portions of North and South
America^ The undefined nature and extent of these conflicting terri-
torial claims led to frequent disputes between the nations interested in
their assertion, and the history of diplomacy is tilled with discussions on
this topic down to a period as late as the administration of President
Polk, whenthe "Oregon Boundary controversy," so long pending be-
tween the United States and Great Britain was finally settled in a way so
little satisfactory to ardent patriots, who asserted the rightfulnpss of the
claim advanced by our Government to the surrendered property, lying
between 493 and 54° 40' of north latitude. It was judged by John
Quincy Adams, Secretary of State under Mr. Monroe, that the time had
come for promulgating, as a principle of fact and right, the doctrine that
no part of the American continent would thereafter be subject to coloniz-
ation as waste and unoccupied territory. The whole domain was then
covered by the fla£ of some recognized country, and would, argued Mr.
Adams, be henceforth " accessible to Europeans, and to each other, on
this footing alone." This doctrine was first formulated by Mr. Adams in
the course of some negotiations between our Government and Russia,
with regard to the conflicting territorial pretensions of the United States,
of Great Britain, and Russia, in the northwestern parts of America, and
Mr. Monroe did but reiterate and generalize the declaration ot his Sec-
retary of State when he incorporated in his message of 1823 the statement
we haye quoted, which has subsequently come to be called " the Monroe
Doctrine." It was simply and solely a denial that there was any more
unclaimed territory on this continent. The meaning and application of
the Monroe docrine being thus limited by the history of its origin, it fol-
lows that to cite it as being antagonistic to schemes of internal improve-
ment like the Darien Ship Canal, is entirely to mistake its real signifi-
cance. _ It is to conjure with words that have no meaning, and to impose
a delusion on the popular credulity. The Monroe doctrine had a definite
purpose at the time, which it served, for from the date of its utterance no
further European power has ventured to. assume to exercise squatter sov-
ereignty on the soil of the American continent.
We had supposed that all disputed questions with regard to the pro-
posed canal had been sufficiently settled by the Clayton- Bulwer Conven-
tion of 1850, between the United Stated "and Great Britain. By the
terms of that Convention it was agreed " that the Governments of the
United States and of Great Britain hereby bind themselves to extend
their treaty stipulations to any other practicable communications, whether
by canal or railway across the isthmus which connects North and South
America, and especially to the inter-oceanic communications, should the
same prove to be practicable, whether by canal or railway, which are now
proposed to be established by way of Tehuautepec or Panama." The
Clayton-Bulwer Convention proceeds on the assumption that our inter-
ests will be best subserved by the neutralization of the canal — by inviting
all the world to co-operate with us, and England, in holding it " open on
like terms to the citizens and subjects of every other State." This seemed
the true American doctrine in 1850, and it is no less true now than then.
If we have any interests which can be promoted by our monopoly of
rights, of duties and of responsibilities, with respect to the proposed
canal, we would like to hear them formulated. It is very certain that we
cannot decently claim the sole right to construct the canal, and to afterward
control it. Beyond all, we cannot assert those rights for the purpose of
obstruction, having no bona fide intention of entering upon the great work
of constructing the canal. We cannot act the dog in the manger in re-
gard to this business.
A new method of excavating for the erection of telegraph poles has
been devised and put to the test at Titusville, Pennsylvania. A man
drives a crowbar into the ground to the depth of four or five feet, and into
the hole so made drops a four ounce cartridge of so-called " electric pow-
der." The fuse having been lighted, the man proceeds to the sight of the
next pole. In the mean time a dull sound is heard, and a hole about the
diameter of a flour-barrel, and four or five feet deep, has been made by
the exploding cartridge.
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Aug. 16, 1879.
"PLEASURE'S WAKD."
"We Obey no Wand but Pleasure's."— .Tom Moore.
Baldwin's Theater. — Tjotta is playing to full houses, who leave well
pleased and diverted. There is a certain charm about Lotta that is hard
to define. She can hardly be called an actress — she is simply herself.
She is full of little quirks and tricks that are ludicrous and cute. In
" Musette" she has a character just suited to those peculiarities and char-
acteristics on which rest ber fame, and it is therefore natural to expect
her pleasing the public. The play itself has little or no particular merit,
save that it serves as a frame for Lotta's hoydenish pranks. The mer-
curial activity of the little lady is wonderful — she chirps, kicks and skips
along, launching out her childlike impudence in a manner too refreshing
for anything. In La Cigale, which will be produced on Monday evening,
a greater call is made upon her capabilities as an actress, and a more elab-
orate review of her talents will then be in order. Mr. Ed. Marble, who
travels with Lotta as her chief support, develops some good comedian
qualities. Lutta never could sing, nor can this gentleman, and, unless
they can give us something more novel than " Sweet By-and-Bye" and
Pinafore, they should allow their vocal ambition a rest. Jennings plays
an eccentric character, " Timothy Tiltus," and plays it admirably. This
gentleman is a sterling actor, and since his advent here, has done every-
thing intrusted to him with remarkable skill. This little bit of character
acting is a gem. It is clear-cut, consistent and eccentric, without exagger-
ation. La Cigale, the next play to be produced, had a long run in Paris,
due principally to the admirable acting of M'lle Celine Chanmont. This
lady is what we would call a refined soubrette. The character of "La
Cigale" is one which can be made a good deal of, at the hands of a clever
actress, and Lotta has been very successful in New York, in this respect.
The rest of the cast in Musette was, as usual in this theater, excellent.
Harry Widmer, who shows remarkable good taste in his orchestral selec-
tions, played this week a delicious little piece, entitled "Turkish Review
by Michaelis," which received a nightly encore.
Standard Theater. — The entertainment at this place of amusement
has been of a rather mixed character during the week. Trial by Jury is
not an operetta that can be successfully rendered by children, be they
ever so proficient or precocious. It is a satire upon breach of promise
cases, and requires, for proper performance, matured intelligence and ex-
perience on the part of the performers. The music, being mostly of a de-
clamatory character, is a little too much for the youngsters. They strug-
gle through it in a manner that can hardly be called pleasing. Cunning
little Flora Walsh is the redeeming feature of the cast. She is arch, co-
quette and vivacious, and sings true — something the others are not parti-
cular about. Commodore Nutt fizzles through the character of the Judge,
but redeems himself in his Toodles act. In this he is irresistibly funny.
Zamloch is a prestigiator of rather mediochre ability. There is a lack of
cleverness and a superabundance of ill-luck about him that detracts some-
what from the successful outcome of his tricks. But how immaterial and
irrelevant all this, when taken into consideration with the question at
issue: the possibility of returning home with a silver pitcher, a gold
watch, or, perhaps, a black silk dress under your arm. That is what
draws the people and fills the house. We are a community of gamblers-
there is no use denying that fact. It is worth the price of admission to
go in and see the drawing of prizes. The look of pleasant expectation
that each holder of a red ticket wears when he or she is called up to re-
ceive the donation, and the subsequent crestfallen and embarrassed man-
ner noticeable when the prize turns out to be a frame, a paper fan, or a
bell, all this is very laughable and amusing. When the silk dress is finally
won, the amount of envy showered upon the lucky individual would puff
out all the gobblers in Christendom. Pinafore was revived last evening
for a couple of performances. It will be produced this afternoon and
evening for positively the last time, and, as performed at the Standard,
is well worth a visit.
Bush Street Theater. — What is called Canal-Boat Pinafore can hardly
be called a burlesque. It is a parody of a burlesque. A performance
more amusing or laughable can hardly be imagined. It is a sharp and
short condensation of the salient points of the original, humorously
adapted. The performance is given with remarkable vim, and in presto
tempo. The choruses are forcibly sung, and the different characters
remarkably well carried out. Miss Kane indicates how well she would
have done in a legitimate Pinafore. Thatcher, as the "Admiral," is very
funny, and keeps the audience in one bubble of laughter. Morris, as
"Strong Butter Cup," and Kelly, as "Dick Dead-beat," also do very
creditably. The celebrated chorus, " He is an Englishman," undergoes a
change of nationality, and it is good for the blues to see the whole chorus
indulge in the celebrated Pat Rooney walk, whilst singing " He is an Irish-
man." This production has been prefaced with a short programme of
specialties, in which the pretty French Sisters appear at their best. To-
morrow closes this engagement, which has been a very successful one.
The patronage warrants a prolongation, but Manager Locke has other
novelties in store. On Tuesday, Captain Jack will appear in the drama,
California, Through the Valley of Death. (Ha ! ha !) Once more will the
Indian war-whoop and the deadly crack of the Buntling frontiersman's
rifle.jawake the echoes of Bush street, and cause Young America's heart
to beat and his soul to pant. This production is a dramatization by John
Woodard of Sam W. Smith's story, "The Plains." The cast will be a
strong one, including Jennie Arnott, Mary Gray, Emma Grant, Harry
Brown, Bassett, etc. John Woodard himself will assume the character
of "Old Bill Williams, the Trapper." Captain Jack Crawford will play
the young scout, and taken all in all the piece will be handsomely
mounted. A novel effect will be introduced — " The Mirage on the
Desert."
California Theater. — Whatever induced Imogene to adopt the stage as
a profession, particularly to star, is one of those unfathomable mysteries
that abound in this world. She does not possess one single trait or re-
deeming feature ; something that will, as it were, excuse her appearance
on the boards. She does not speak distinctly, is ungraceful in manner and
gesture, and is barren of the very elementary principles of acting. A
more thorough fiasco than was witnessed last Monday evening is some-
thing unheard of. The audience, but very small at first, became gradu-
ally more and more so, as auditor after auditor, disgusted with Miss— I
beg pardon, with Imogene's— total unfitness for public amusement, silently
stole away. Through a peculiar intonation of voice the lady's remarks
are inaudible a few feet away from the stage, and, as her gestures and by-
play are things which to her seem perfectly independent of the dialogue,
the result can better be " Imogened " than expressed. The play itself is
a barbarous adaptation of La Cigale, a very amusing play, written by
Meilhae & Halevy, two clever French writers. It is replete with stupid
dialogue, idiotic puns and childish business. For the coming season the
very best of engagements have been made. Miss Adelaide Stanhope, the
new leading lady, is an actress of whom report speaks in very high terms.
The new soubrette, Lizzie Harold, is a great favorite wherever she has ap-
peared. In all the large cities East her name is familiar as one of the very
best of American soubrettes. Crane & Robson will soon be here, and
supported by the talented company that Messrs. Barton & Lawlor will
have gathered, they will undoubtedly repeat their former success. They
are said to have so elaborated and finished their " Two Dromios" as to
make it a most remarkable performance. This was indicated at the time
of their first attempt in those characters last season.
German Theater. — Magda Irschick, one of the best tragediennes on the
German stage, made her American debut last Sunday eve. Her advent had
been heralded by fulsome advertisements and puffs, aud expectation ran
in consequence very high. Although the claim of her friends and admir-
ers to equal talent and geniuB with Clara Ziegler or Charlotte Wolter is
undoubtedly too ambitious, still she is undeniably an actress of high rank.
She is gifted with admirable elocutionary powers, mobile features, intelli-
gently guided and graceful, and appropriate manners and gestures. The
emphasis and stress, which give meaning and force to language, is prop-
erly and truthfully laid, and to intelligence it is a pleasant task to hear
the beautiful language of the great authors done full justice to. Irschick
is at her best in monologue ; her enunciation and modulations are
equally perfect. In dialogue she maintains too tragic a tone, and she
pitches her voice too high throughout — these are the noticeable defects.
She is an actress of talent, not one of genius, for she possesses the artifi-
ciality of talent and lacks the spontaniety of genius. It is a rather diffi-
cult undertaking to produce acceptably such a masterpiece of language as
Schiller'3 Maid of Orleans, and the company deserve all praise for their
effort. Irschick makes her second appearance to-morrow (Sunday) even-
ing as "Brunhild."
Chiarini's Circus still continues to draw immense houses, many being
turned away several nights during the week. Mr. Chiarini's grand
menage act with his blooded horse "Captain," showed magnificent horse-
manship. He seemed to have his steed in as thorough sympathy with him
and as obedient to the lightest touch of the bit, as the indicator of a tele-
graphic dial to the electric fluid. Mr. G. Bartholomew introduces ten
bronchos, whose obedience to orders and splendidly executed evolutions
entirely disprove the common idea that the broncho is stupid and intract-
able. They form in line, march and countermarch, form platoons, and, in
fact, perform all the manuel of cavalry drill with no other guide than a
motion from Mr. Bartholomew's whip. Miss Lotta, known as the lady
with the teeth of steel, performs some wonderful feats of strength and
skill with her teeth. She holds a large barrel of water by the chine till
it empties. The lady picks $ip heavy chains and tables with her teeth,
and throws them around with much greater ease than a stout man could
with his hands. Miss Nellie Reed appears with a trained horse, called
" Othello," that, under her tuition, can do everything but talk. Mr.
Sylvester's trained dogs perform a number of very clever tricks and dis-
play an immense amount of intelligence. The clowns are good, and we
consider that, in every respect, Mr. Chiarini has the best circus ever
shown in San Francisco.
At the Baldwin, this evening, will be brought out Charles Reade's
great play, Dora, and a varied entertainment, including Pinafore, for
the benefit of Mr. Fred. Lyster, so long and favorably known on the
San Francisco stage, and manager of Baldwin's for years. Miss Lilly
Post will also make her debut. This young lady is a native of our city,
a very beautiful girl, and highly accomplished, and her voice is of remark-
able sweetness and purity. Widely known and admired in society, she
will, no doubt, be greeted by hosts of friends on this occasion. Rarely is
such an attractive programme offered to the public, and we predict an
extraordinary success for both these artists.
Metropolitan Temple. —Master Shannon, the wonderful boy orator,
is not receiving the attention he deserves. Stripped of all tbe exaggera-
tion and nonsense of advertisement, he stands before the public a remark-
able child. In elocution, he is perfect ; the accentuation correct and the
enunciation distinct and clear. The modulations of voice are musically
appropriate, and his whole manner of speech such that fault-finding is
impossible. In gesture he is very faulty, but this is somethingthat is ad-
mitted by his sponsor, who excuses the fact by saying that all efforts to
instruct the boy in that respect have proved futile. It is a treat to listen
to the master works of English oratory so ably rendered.
The friends of the families of the eminently popular and well-known
gentlemen, Messrs. Rodgers and Slicer, who were accidentally drowned in
Lake San Andreas while fishing, on the 3d hist., are actively engaged in
perfecting arrangements to give a joint benefit to the families of the de-
ceased, at the Grand Opera House, on Thursday evening, the 21st inst.
A large number of tickets have already been purchased — the sale reaching
upwards of 700 on the first day — and it is safe to predict its complete suc-
cess. Mr. C. J. Willey, of 427 Montgomery street, is prepared to furnish
tickets.
The charming young Californian actress, Miss Henrie L. Bas-
com, who but recently left us for a tour of study aud practice in the East,
has made, we are glad to know, a most favorable impression in Illinois.
The papers of Bloomington and Atlanta are full of praise of her gifts.
The Argus says: " Miss Bascom's elocution and grace upon the stage will
win distinction for her;" and we feel sure that this will be the voice of
the press wherever she plays.
Miscellaneous. — The performances at the Tivoli and St. Ann's Rest
are witnessed nightly by crowds who seem to take kindly to this combina-
tion of theatricals and Deer. Trial by Jury and Pinafore constitute the
bill at the former place, and The Doctor of Alcantara prescribes nightly at
the latter. This style of entertainment is new in this city. It is common
all over the East, but there draws its patronage from what we would call
the bourgeoise. Here they seem to be patronized by every one indiscrim-
inately. The result is fatal to the theaters, and their empty benches can
be directly ascribed to that competition. What the remedy is, is hard to
tell; it will end probably in several of our theaters succumbing. The
above-mentioned places produce their respective entertainments in very
fair style, and seem to spare no expense to score a success.
Aug. 16, 1870.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
Chit-Chat Tho front of W i r. which bu been shabby
, ..ti-l paints I t\ brick-
I iladelphin Afi
tain* * vil...
fur li'-i.^— ll.irry Palmer leai , uglily valued at SI 20,000.
^— Til i will he n ii
tal it will In- the tineat scenii- display ever
D tlii* country.—— Salribi will play in Amnion in Sl.^— W. H.
Cmne baa returned fn>m Bnrope.^^The annonnoad decease of Dave
WanboldwM a practical Joke! He says he will not die."" 'John We-
igh is nt Saratoga, and sick.— Mrs. Bowwi ami Charlotte Thomp-
son are going t« star together.*— "Edward Speaoar, author of Kit, is edi-
tor of the Baltimore Sun. -« ■Havt-rly will have twelve companies <in the
road, and three thcit- r-.^— Anni.- Firman and John .lack send word
that they have been very BUeceasfu] in Madras.MM>The Majiltnna have in
preparation an entire oha&ga of perf.u in.tnee.— The chiMren are that
way, tOO. A little one who had been the " Josephine" with Ford's Tina-
fore Company, gave a party, and two of her young friends refused to
come because she was on the sta-e.^— -The Sara Bernhardt engagement
is finally settled. She will come in September! 1880. She is to receive
$000 a performance, and $30 a day for personal expenses. Jarrett is to
defray all other charges of every kin 1, including steamer passages and
railroad far—. ' ■ 'He was a disgusted boy; lie had exercised great caution,
and had finally succeeded in crawling, unobserved, under the canvas into
the tent, and he found it was not a circus, but a revival meeting in
progress.
ART JOTTINGS.
For years it has been maintained in this column that an art exposition
at the Mechanics' Fair was quite out of place. We have in this city an
Art Association struggling for existence — it was lately the recipient of
alms from an unknown friend to extricate it from debt ; all the artists are
members of it ; they ought, if they do not, to send all their pictures there
for exhibition and sale. The association occupy elegant, well lighted and
commodious galleries, for which a yearly rental is paid of about Jive thou-
sand dollars ; the membership numbers nearly six hundred, the dues are
from ea<th twelve dollars per annum. And every year comes this Me-
chanics' Fair, and insists upon making an art display. Some years ago
they farmed it out to an itinerant hawker of replicas and copies, named
Gale, from Philadelphia. The character of his stuff was fully exposed at
the time, and the experiment was not repeated.
Since then desperate efforts have been made to make a creditable show-
ing by placing the affair in the hands of the Art Association. A commit-
tee, consisting of William Bradford, M. Straus, Virgil Williams, Thomas
Hill and K. J. Bush, has the exhibit in charge this year, with J. Ross
Martin, the factotum of the Art Association, as superintendent, and it is
safe to say that a more disgraceful display of pictorial rubbish has never
been made in San Francisco. Any stranger visiting the Fair would nat-
urally wonder where the boasted art culture of San Francisco appeared,
since nearly one-half the works on exhibition would disgrace the art
exhibit of a backwoods town. It is true there are a few good pictures on
the walls — about twenty — but the bulk of the exhibit is so execrably bad
that the whole affair becomes a farce. This view becomes more apparent
when it is known that two members of the Art Committee, Bradford and
Straus, have not a single picture in the exhibition, although their studios
are full to overflowing; the other three members of it are represented by
one picture each— all exhibited before.
In the entire lot of one hundred and thirty, not one fresh work of any
merit can be discovered. In view of these facts, it must be concluded that we
have too much "art exhibition " and too few pictures. The artists, if they
are not able to keep a display in their own gallery, should not attempt or
pretend to contribute to another.
The collection is absolutely beneath notice, and is a disgrace to the
committee, who have lent their names and then given it the go-by. Occu-
pying a prominent position, we find a huge canvas called "Chepultepec,"
residence of the late Emperor Maximilian, by August Schoefft — of " Fla-
gellation " notoriety. Nothing could be imagined more ridiculous than
this picture. Another work by the same "old master" (manufacturer) is
Cardinal McClosky ; it is simply villainous. And then we have a half
dozen huge canvases by that figure botch, Kaltschmidt. Why are such
daubs permitted to disfigure the walls of any gallery where intelligent
people are expected to see them ?
There are several, too, by Mrs. A. E. Wilson — one a bald and miserable
copy of one of Toby Rosenthal's earliest works, which the painter labels
" My Boy."
The managers of the huge canvas, " Lincoln at Gettysburg," are here,
too, soliciting subscriptions for the engraving of the picture. It will
doubtless attract more attention in its new position than when on view
at the Art Rooms, but whether the subscription list will fill up more rap-
idly is a question. People are generally sick of any and all pictorial re-
minders of the late civil strife ; the brush and graver can be put to far
better use than that of reminding those who come after us of the fratri-
cidal strife in which we were lately engaged.
We cannot conclude without calling attention to a most fitting contri-
bution to this "art display " by one of the Board of Managers of the
Mechanics' Institute, under whose auspices and direction the Fair is being
conducted. We refer to Nos. 59 and 594, catalogued as "Islands in It-
aly," by Agizen, and "Constantinople," by Bennekenstein. They are
simply German chromos. The contributor seems to be the only member
of the Board who has drawn upon his private collection for the benefit of
the Institute. This show of "Art at the Fair" must be seen to be ap-
preciated,
Tavernier has completed the second of his large panels for the Hopkins'
mansion. It is understood they occupied more time than was expected,
so that the price obtained is but small remuneration. Now, such works
could not have been obtained from Europe for less than three times the
amount paid Tavernier. There is, indeed, but poor encouragement for
artists resident here to paint good pictures, and it is not much wonder that
so little work has been exhibited during the past year.
There is but little new at the private galleries. Miss Williams has at
Morris & Kennedy's a new flower piece. It is executed in her best man-
ner. However, there would seem to be too great a number of full-blown
flowers to make the most desirable composition, and too many of a kind.
Perhaps the best picture of this character ever exhibited in San Fran-
cisco is that now in the window of H. Searing & Co., by Miss Clara
Kru^'-T, a German artist <•( note in the production of flower pieces. It
u done in thai free and mi r, both In composition and exeou*
tton, so charming in flower stibj
was when the finical efforts of such painters u Miss Deidrlok
were all the rage ; but now, happily, snoh work is p taring away, and that
which approaches the crispm -- of nature is taking it- place.
An elegant assortment of Gold Watches and Chains at Randolph &
Co.'s, comer Montgomery and Sutter streets.
CHIARINI'S ROYAL ITALIAN CIRCUS
PERFORMING ANIMALS
Corner or Mission ami Seventh Streets.
Thursday Eveninffi Aug. 14th,
ENTIRE CHANGE OF PROGRAMME!
New Horses ! New Acts !
General Grant, pure blooileil EiikIIsIi horse from Anstrnlln,
presented liv Sigimr li. CHIAUIN1. MISS NKLLIE KEED will present the In-
telligent Belinont Colt OTHGLLO, in n Burp&ssilig act. H. LEE, the Daring Eques-
trian, will appear in his thrilling net. the GRECIANS' SPORTS, on bareback horses.
PROF. F. SYLVESTER will introduce his School of Performing Dogs. The Queen
of the Air, LAURA FERGES, in i Wonderful Act on the Balancing Trapeze. New
Tricks and New Faces hy the Clowns : LEHMAN, 8IEURI8T and DUNBAR. Comic
Levee hy the Entire Company. First appearance of MISS LOTTA, the lady with the
teeth of steel.
STUD OF MARVELOUS BRONCHOS.
PRICES Of ADMISSION:
Private Boxes; with Six Chairs $5. | Gallery 50 Cents.
Dress Circle Chairs .
.SI. | Children Hall Price.
Seats can he Reserved without Extra Charge.
Performance Every Evening: at 8 o'clock.
MATINEES : Wednesday and Saturday Afternoons at 2 o'clock.
f£3gr~ Doors open oue hour previous to the commencement of the performance.
[August 16.] ^_
BUSH STREET THEATER.
Charles E. Locke, Proprietor. —Positively JLost Nig-hts of
TONY PASTOR and TROUPE ! Last Matinee Saturday (to-dav) at 2 o'clock.
Great success of Tony Pastor's Burlesque, CANAL BOAT PINAFORE, preceded by
the Grand Olio Programme. THE ASH-BOX INSPECTOR. Sunday, Last Perform-
ance and Benefit of TONY PASTOR. Extra and Special Attractions. Tuesday Next,
August 19th, CALIFORNIA THROUGH DEATH VALLEY, drama in 4 acts, founded
upon the Mountain Meadows Massacre, by Sam W. Smith, author of " Struck Oil,"
introducing the novel effect of a Mirage on the Desert. CAPT, JACK CRAWFORD
specially engaged to personate the Scout. Note. — Theater closed on Monday Night.
STANDARD THEATER.
M. A. KENNEDY Manager.
Tills (Saturday) Evening-, II. M. S. PINAFORE!
US" For the Last Time. "SS
This Afternoon, at 2 o'clock, Grand "Pinafore" Matinee!
THE BALDWIN THEATER.
Thomas Magu ire, Manager. --Eug'ageiueiit for a Brief Period
of the Peerless and Ever Welcome LOTTA, supported by MR. EDWARD MAR-
BLE and the Great Baldwin Company. This (Saturday) Afternoon, LOTTA "MU-
SETTE" MATINEE. This (Saturday) Evening, Benefit of MR. FRED LYSTER, on
which occasion a powerful and varied hill. Monday, August 13th, Lotta's Successful
LA CIGALE. Notice. — Owing to the immense expense attending the LOTTA En-
gagement, the matinee prices will be the same as at night. Aug. 16.
CALIFORNIA THEATER.
Barton A Lnwlor. Managers; Barton Hill, Acting- Manager.
SPECIAL NOTICE. The pnbiic are respectfully informed that the REGULAR
DRAMATIC SEASON will commence MONDAY, August 25th. when the favorite
comedians, ROBSON and CRANE, will appear as THE TWO DROMIOS, in Shakes-
peare's COMEDY OF ERRORS, to be produced in a style never before attempted
here. The sale of seats will commence Thursday morning, Aug. 21st. Aug. 16.
PLATT'S HALL.
Monday Evening, August 18th, Grand Scientific Boxing
Tournament. W. C. McCLELLAN, MIKE DONOVAN, W. EDWARDS,
ARTHUR CHAMBERS, and others. Admission, S5; Private Boxes, §25. Aug. 16.
THE BALDWIN THEATER.
Saturday Evening, August 16th, Benefit of Mr. Fred T.yster,
and Debut of MISS LILLY POST. Charles Reade's great Drama, in 3 acts,
DORA. A Miscellaneous Entertainment. H. M. S. PINAFORE. Aug. 16.
~ WM. F. SMITH, M.D.,
Oculist and Anrist, 313 Bash Street.
Aug. 16 ]
Office Soars, from 12 M. to 3 P.M.
Nominee of Workingmen's Convention,
ADAM H. MTJRPHY,
For School Director, Eleventh Ward. [Aug. 16.
Regular Republican Nominee for Governor,
GEORGE C. PERKINS,
Of San Francisco. [July 12.
Republican Nominee for Assessor,
ALEX. BADLAM.
[Aug. 16.
For State Senator, Ninth Senatorial District,
W. W. TRAYEOR. [Aug. 16.
Nominee of Workingmen's Convention, for County Clerk,
J. RICHARD FREUD. [Aug. 16.
Regular Workingmen's Candidate for Treasurer*
J. A. SHARER. [Aug. 16.
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Aug. 16, 1879.
KNITTING.
Knitting gaily in the sunshine,
While the fragrant roses blow,
And the light winds stir the petals
Till they fall like flakes of snow ;
Laughing gladly, glancing shyly,
At the lover by her side —
Saucy dimples, coy confessions,
All a maiden's love and pride ;
Weaving in with skillful fingers
Girlish fancies, pure desires,
While the brightness of the future
Flashes through the twinkling wires;
And a young heart's fond ambitions
Tender hopes and golden dreams,
Deepen as the sunlight deepens ;
With its thousand darts and gleams.
Knitting silent in the shadows,
With a drooping, weary head,
Grazing out into the twilight,
Whence the life and light had fled ;
Moving nerveless, languid fingers,
Striving to be bright in vain,
And to still the heart's wild flutter,
Throbbing in its mighty pain ;
Working through the silky texture
All a woman's anguished fears,
Looking out on past and future
Through a mist of burning teara.
Knitting patient in the twilight,
Quiet bearing all her woe,
While the roses shed their petals
In a fragrant summer snow.
Knitting fiercely, in the anguish ■
Of a burning, fiery strife ;
Or quietly in the sunlight
Of a calm heart's happy life.
Knitting heavily and slowly,
In life's last fitful hours ;
Or skillfully and gaily,
Among the summer flowers.
Weaving in a glorious future,
Or a soul's dull aching pain,
With the memory of pleasures
That will never come again.
Thus a woman's life is bounded
By the humble, daily task,
Meekly taking up her burden,
Pausing not to strive or ask.
Ah! how many hearts beside us,
Were we not so worldly wise,
Might we see in gentle moments,
Looking out from wistful eyes ;
And how often, did we listen,
'Neath a gay and laughing tone,
Could we hear the bitter yearning
Of a strong heart's restless moan.
— Chambers' Journal.
LORD BEACONSFIELD AT THE MANSION HOUSE.
It can well be believed that, as the telegraph states, Lord Beacons-
field's speech at the Lord Mayor's banquet, last Wednesday night, was
received with "frantic cheers." In the abbreviated shape in which his
words have just reached us, his speech is, of course, shorn of its original
force and eloquence, but enough of it remains to show that the truths
uttered by the Premier must have been extremely gratifying to the
English people — for it is not to any political party, but to the people of
England, and, indeed of the whole world, that the head of Her Majesty's
Government is understood to address himself on such occasions.
From the beginning of his public career, Lord Beaconsfield has seldom
neglected an opportunity to retaliate upon his political enemies, and he
has never done so more effectually than when upon this occasion he
referred to the state of affairs when he last spoke at the Mansion House
and compared them with the present. As he says, the Government was
then accused of having negotiated an impracticable treaty, and of having
launched the country into a war in Afghanistan, which it was predicted
would be full of disasters. How different the result has been the whole
world knows. Well might the Premier triumphantly point to the fact
that the "impracticable" Treaty of Berlin has been executed to the letter,
in spite of all the ridicule and rage that it excited, and that the Afghan
war, instead of beins a disastrous failure, has proved a complete success.
In referring to the Zulu war, Lord Beaconsfield expressed his belief that
it would soon be brought to a satisfactory close. This war furnishes the
only peg upon which the opponents of the. Government's policy can still
hang an argument, and even then they have to be unfair in order to
make anything out of it. The war has been attended by some ill luck,
possibly also by some mismanagement ; but the ill luck is insignificant
except when compared with the great good fortune which has marked all
other British enterprises under the existing administration, and the Gov-
ernment cannot be fairly held responsible for the mismanagement — if any
such there has really been.
It is not from any such mishaps as have yet occurred in Africa that
England can suffer loss of prestige. They may be, and undoubtedly will
be, speedily retrieved. But, from another source, there seems to be some
danger of her good name being injured. Should Lord Chelmsford or
Lieutenant Carey be made scapegoats by the government or by public
opinion, as at one time seemed not improbable, no future successes can
efface the stain which will forever rest upon the Zulu war. The former
is accused of incompetence and negligence, and the British press has been
very free with the accusation. Yet, so far, no definite instance has beeu
pointed out which, upon investigation, justifies the charge in the slightest
degree. None know the difficulties with which Lord Chelmsford had to
contend so well as the officers under his command, and these unanimously
speak of his efficiency and zeal in terras of the highest praise. It may
have been prudent and even necessary to supersede him ; the temper of
the people and the custom of war demanded such a step; but to condemn
him on general principles, because he was unsuccessful, and, what is more,
to condemn him unheard, is cowardly and un-English. Sir Garnet Wol
seley may be more fortunate, but it by no means follows that he is there-
fore more skillful or energetic. He has been able to profit by the bitter
lessons which his predecessor's experience has taught, and he will encoun-
ter an enemy greatly weakened by that predecessor's efforts.
Lieutenant Carey's case involves similar features and principles. It is
his bad luck and not his fault, so far as is known, which threatens to be
his ruin. All the evidence goes to show that he was no more to be
blamed for the death of the Prince Imperial than the man in the moon —
nor, for the matter of that, was any one else except the Prince himself.
We have referred to these matters in connection with Lord Beaconsfield's
speech at the Mansion House because, in addition to the injustice com-
mitted by all parties in dragging the names of Chelmsford and Carey in
the dirt, the Premier's political adversaries have not hesitated to hold him
personally responsible for the calamities of the Zulu war. They say that
but for favoritism Chelmsford would never have been appointed, and that
but for his appointment there would have been no disaster of Isandula.
The firBt of these assertions is a lie, the second is a meaningless conjecture.
Again, they say that but for Beaconsfield there would have been no Zulu
war, and, consequently, no bereavement of Eugenie. Could any argu-
ment be more feeble, childish, and redolent of malice ?
Sterling Silverware. — A large assortment of elegant designs at Ban-
dolph & Co. 's, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
INSURANCE.
HUTCHINSON & MANN,
INSTTEANCE AGENCY.
No. 322 & 324 Califuruisi Street, San Francisco, Cat.
Fire Insurance.
ST. PAUL of St. Paul.
UNION of Galveston.
TEUTONI A of New Orleans.
BERLIN-COLOGNE of Berlin.
LA CONFIANCB of Paris.
GIRARD of Philadelphia.
HOME of Columbus.
NEW ORLEANS ASSOCIATION
PEOPLES of Newark.
REVERE of Boston.
L A CAISSE GENERALS of Paris.
Marine Insurance.
PARIS UNDERWRITING ASSOCIATION of Paris.
LONDON AND PROVINCIAL MARINE INSURANCE CO of London.
Capital Bepresented $23,000,000.
All Xosscs Equitably Adjusted and Promptly Paid.
HOME MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. OF CALIFORNIA.
Principal Office, 406 Calif or uia Street, Sail Francisco.
Cash Assets, January 1, 1877, §095,291 ; Liabilities, §5,952 ; Surplus for Policy
Holders, §539,339. J. F. Houghton, President ; L, L. Baker, Vice-President ;
Charles R. Story, Secretary. R. H. MAGILL, H. H. BIGELOW, General Agents.
Directors. — San Francisco — L. L. Baker, John H. Redinjrton, J. F. Houghton,
R. B. Gray, Robert Watt, John Currey, L. L. Baker, W. F. Whittier, C. C. Burr, E.
M. Root, W. H. White, J. L. N. Shepard, W. M. Greenwood. George S. Mann, Cyrus
Wilson, W. T. Garratt, C. Waterhouse, A. P. Hotaling, A. Block, A. K. P. Harmon,
G. S. Johnson, W. O. Wilson, A, W. Bowman, H. L. Dodge, Charles R. Story. Ala-
meda County Branch— V. D. Moody, Chauncy Taylor, A. C. Henry, Robert S. Far-
relly, Joseph B. Marlin, W. B. Hardy, T. B. Simpson. San Diego— A. H. Wilcox.
Sacramento — Mark Hopkins, D. W. Earl, Julius Wetzlar, James Carolan. San Jose —
T. Ellard Beans, B. D. Murphy, A. Pfister, J. H. Dibble, J. S. Carter, Jackson Lewis,
Jacob Rich, John Auzerais, John Balbach. Stockton— H. H. Hewlett, Chas. Belding,
J. D. Peters, A. W. Simpson, H. M. Fanning. Marysville— D. E. Knight. Grass
Valley— Wm. Watt, T. W. Sigourney. Portland, Oregon— W. S. Ladd, C. H. Lewis,
P. Wasserman, B. Goldsmith, D. Macleay. Virginia City, Nevada — John Gillig, Isaac
L. Requa. _ ' March 17.
FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE.--UNION INS. CO. OF S. F.
The California Lloyds.-— Established in 1861. — Eos. 416 and
418 California street. Cash capital 8750,000 in Gold. Assets exceed §1,000,000
Coin. Fair Rates ! Prompt Settlement of Loses ! ! Solid Security ! ! DIRECTORS.
—San Francisco — J. Mora Moss, N. G. Kittle, M. J. O'Connor, R. S. Floyd, Moses
Heller, Adam Grant, Daniel Meyer, Antoine Borel, Charles Tiohler, E. L. Goldstein,
I. Lawrence Pool, A. Weill, Joseph Brandenstein, Charles Bamu, James Moffitt,
Benjamin Brewster, L. Cunningham, W. M. Hoag, Nicholas Luning, John Parrott,
L. A. Booth, Julius Baum, Myles D. Sweeney, Jas. M. Goewey, Edward Cadwalader
Bartlett Doe, Gustave Touchard, J. H. Baird, J. G. Kittle, George C. Hickox, C. Du-
commun, Wm. Scholle, John Conly, Ig. Steinhart, W. B. Stone, J. O. Eldridge, A.
B. Phipps.
GUSTAVE TOUCHARD, President. N. G. KITTLE, Vice-President.
Chari.es D. Haven, Secretary. Geo. T. Bohen, Surveyor. Aug 31.
THE STATE INVESTMENT AND INSURANCE CO.
FIStE AND MABISE.
Clasb Assets, $450,000.— Principal Office, 218 and 220 San-
j some street, San Francisco. Officers : — A. J. Bryant, President ; Richard
Ivers, Vice-President; Charles H. Cusjiing, Secretary; H. H. Watson, Marine
Surveyor. Board of Directors : — Peter Donahue, James Irvine, C. D. O'Sullivan,
A. Bocqueraz, R. Harrison, A. H. Rutherford, R. Bailey, E. W. Corbert, George O.
McMullin, A. J. Bryant, Frank M. Pixley, E Burke, H. H. Watson, Dr. C. F. Buckley,
P. J. White, E. M. Root, M. Mayblum, Richard Ivers, John Rosenfeld, Daniel
Callagban, P. H. Russell, Sacramento. John G. Downey, Los Angeles. Wm.
Hood, Sonoma County. H. W. Seale. Mayfield. Geo. Rutherford, San Jose. Feb. 16.
TRANSATLANTIC FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY,
OF HAMEW'ItG.
Capital $1,125,000, V. S. Gold Coin.
Losses Paid in Gold Coin Immediately After Adjustment.
This Corporation holds contracts of fifteen other European Insurance Compa-
nies, re-insuring by far the greater part of every risk, as soon as accepted in our of-
fice. The combined subscribed Capitol which our policies therefore offer to the public,
Amounts to i Of -which
$16,912,500, TJ. S. Gold Coin, | $4,328,750 is Paid TJp,
Resides the Always Available Reserve Funds.
GEORGE MARCUS & CO., General Agents for the Pacific Coast,
March 15. 304 California street.
THE MARINE INSURANCE CO. OF LONDON, ENGLAND.
[ESTABLISHED 1S3G.]
"Whole Amount of Jo'nt Stock and Guaranteed Capital.. $5 ,000, 000.
Whole Amount of Capital paid up 900,000.
Cash Assets December 31, 1876 3,710,000.
The undersigned have been duly authorized to issue Policies at current rates on
Freight and Shipments to or from England, Europe, New York, Japan, China, Aus-
tralian Colonies, Sandwich Islands, and Northern Coast Ports. If desired, policies
made payable at port of termination.
WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO., Agents,
Aug. 10. 218 California street.
THE SWISS MARINE INS^COMPANIES COMBINED.
Switzerland, of Zurich. Capital 5,000,000 francs: Helvetia,
of St. Gall, Capital 10,000,000 francs ; Baloise, of Basle, Capital 5,000,000 francs.
These three Companies are liable jointly and severally for all losses that may be sus-
tained. Losses made payable in all the principal seaports of the world. In" the set-
tlement of all claims under an English policy, these Companies will strictly adhere to
the conditions and customs adopted at Lloyds, and submit to English jurisdiction.
June 9. HARRY W. SYZ, Agent, 225 Sansome St., S. F.
NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL UFE INSUR. CO. OF BOSTON.
Has transacted the business of Life Insurance for nearly
thirty-five years. Its assets amount to over Fourteen Million Dollars. The
law of Massachusetts makes all its Policies nonforfeitable. It is a Purely Mutual Com-
pany, dividing every cent of surplus among Policy-holders. This is the Only Com-
pany on the Pacific Coast governed by the Massachusetts Lapse Law. This company
has complied with the new Insurance Laws of California.
WALLACE EVERSON, General Agent.
Sept. 22.] _ 328 Montgomery street.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN MARINE INS. CO. OF LIVERPOOL^
Clapitnl 85, 000, 000.--- Agents:
J 316 California street, San Francisco.
Balfour, Guthrie * Co., No.
Nov. 18.
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CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER,
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JAPANESE POETRT.
[Trans^tf-l f.,r t -JH.]
II U LAURA.
Farewell.
My li.-.i-i ffM lain uj..n thy Nm»io fair,
Thv warm br«atfa on my cheek. I Uv\ it yet.
My Iwndl h»ve WBntuDed with thy Boating hair.
Thy glorious arms A^ain I ne'er shall see
Attempting vainly * I w cIom riiiltraoe.
As I with heated pulse - n \y to flee
Fmiu the qulcjc passiuD of thy burning face.
The bosom heaving with unchecked deairea
And throbbing wildly with tumultuous throes.
Reveals too surely all thy hi. Men fires
Of ilombVoaa paariona, canae of countless woes.
Again, farewell ; my heart is far too cold.
For the hot love of thy ton ardent race.
My lii"« still tingle with thy kisses bold.
My cheeks are crimson from thy last embrace.
ANOTHER SEA SERPENT.
The accompanying engnringa are /oc similet of a sketch sent to us by
Captain Davison of the steam-hip Kiv$kiu~maru1 and is inserted as a
s|H?cimen of the curious drawings which are frequently forwarded to \\s
for insertion. Captain Davidson's statement, which is countersigned by
his chief officer, Mr. Mclvechnie, is as follows: Saturday, April 5th, at
11. 15 A.M., Cape Satano distant about nine miles, the chief officer and
myself observed a whale jump clear out of the sea, about a quarter of a
mile away. Shortly after it leaped out again, when I saw there was
something attached to it. Got glasses, and on the next leap distinctly
saw something holding on to the belly of the whale. The latter gave one
more spring clear of the water, and myself and chief then observed what
appeared to be a large creature of the snake species rear itself about thirty
feet out of the water. It appeared to be about the thickness of a junk's
mast, and after standing about ten seconds in an erect position, it de-
scended into the water, the upper end going first. With my glasses I
made out the color of the beast to resemble that of a pilot-fish."
A shoi t time ago some very remarkable results were obtained during
a series of experiments made with a 24-centimetre gun manufactured by
Herr Krupp at Essen. The piece itself weighed 18,000 kilogrammes, or
rather less than 18 tons, and with charges of between 60 and 78 kilo-
grammes (132 to 171 lbs.) of powder imparted to projectiles weighing from
136 to 160 kilogrammes (300 to 352 lbs.) a muzzle velocity of 624 metres
or 2,046 feet per second. The energy of the projectile was therefore 2,689
metre-tons ; while the gun itself, although weighing only 18 tons, proved
itself to be a more powerful weapon than the English service 35-ton gun,
or the French 27-centimetre 23-ton gun. Altogether, the performances of
the gun were so satisfactory that it was determined to continue the ex-
periments ; and, accordingly, last month several more rounds were fired
from the same piece. A shell, specially designed for employment against
iron armor, and weighing no less than 215 kilogrammes, or 473 lbs., was
fired with a charge of 75 kilogrammes (165 lbs.) of powder — or with a
charge some 50 lbB. larger than the service battering charge of the English
38-ton gun — when a muzzle velocity of 515 metres, or 1,619 feet, per sec-
ond was obtained ; the energy of the shot being consequently 2,900 metre-
tons, or 161 metre-kilogrammes for every kilogramme of metal in the gun
itself. It is, perhaps, not too much to say that any artillerist who might
a few years ago have predicted the attainment of such a result would
have been hailed as a visionary enthusiast.
FARMERS. AVOID SPECULATION!
An eminent French authonn in the
England, 120,000,000 bu beta ; I i
11000^000; Spain. 24,000,000 ; Italy. 18,000.000; Holland and B.
13,000.000 ; Switzerland, 5,0 .). 294,000,000 bushels, Th« sur-
plus for export, tn meet tho above deficiency, is estimated aa follows:
' nttM State | IHHI.MOll; AuMruli:i, 21.000,-
<mm>; India, 12.000,000; Hmu'.irv, 7,500.000; Danube Provinces, 6,000,000:
Egypt, 8.000,1 rol i). 236 '. 0 000 bushels. Figures are lacking for the
Burplusot the Argentine Confederation, Mid other plaoeq of leas note, aa
well as in regard to the stocks carried over from last year's crops: besides
which American corn is beginning t.. compete with wheat in European
markets, and our immense crop, estimat d at 1.100.000,000 bushels for the
current year, may possibly be called upon for larger quantities than here-
tofore. The people of the * Continent, ..wing to trade depression and other
causes, are unable to pay high prices for grain, and even at present rates
will doubtless stint themselves in accordance with their diminished in-
comes. To supply the European flifflcienoy above mentioned will require,
after the grain has been brought to the different seaboards for marine
transportation (to move 8,800,000 tons) 8,800 ships of 1,000 tons each, and
California's quota will be upward of 500 of these ships, or about one-sev-
enteenth of the whole number. The question of freights is the key to the
present and future condition of the wheat market. It is worthy of note
that Mr. James R. Keene, whose judgment is always remarkably sound,
has recently wound up his Chicago wheat speculations, and has invested
the proceeds in the so-called Granger railroads, which tap the great grain
producing districts of the West and Northwest. The natural inference is
that Mr. Keene prefers the small but sure profits of transportation of the
grain to the Atlantic seaboard, to the very shadowy prospect of any sub-
stantial advance in Liverpool quotations. Fanners can judge from the
foregoing facts and figures whether it will be profitable for them again to
indulge in speculating upon the merest chances, or whether it is not ad-
visable to realize, as soon as possible, upon their crop3 and liquidate old
debts. The saving in interest will more than counterbalance any possible
advance in prices, and it is very probable that after the crops in Europe
have been gathered in, they will, as usual, be found more plentiful than
present expectations indicate. Then prices will recede, and our farmers
will execrate those who advised them to hold on. We say, realize with-
out delay ; pay your debts, and get in trim for next year's operations.
THAMES AND MERSEY MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY,
(Limited),
Of Liverpool, England.
Capital $10,000,000.
Aug. 2.
W. C. HARRISON, Agent,
413 California street.
HASTINGS' COLLEGE OF THE LAW.
Lectures for the Year 1879-80 will commence August 7th,
1879, at the Assembly Rooms of Academy of Sciences, southwest corner of
California and Pine streets. The Middle Class will meet at 4 p.5i. ; the Junior Class
will meet at 10 a.m. Examinations of applicants for admission to the Middle Class
and members of the present Class whose examination was postponed, will be held
Tuesday, August 5th, at the Pioneer Assembly Rooms. Gentlemen wishing to enter
either Class should apply to the Dean and Registrar, No. 2, Court Block, 636 Clay
street. Aug. 2.
ST. MARY'S HALL,
Benicia, Cal-
Tbe next Academic Tear will begin Ang-nst 5th. A Foil
Collegiate Course ; Musical Department under the direction of MADAME
HORSL£Y, the Distinguished Vocalist; a resident French Teacher; a fine Art De-
partment; horseback and carriage riding constitute some of the attractions of this
School. Address, REV. L. DELOS MANSFIELD, A.M.,
July 12. Rector.
MILLS' SEMINARY.
The next Term of this well-known Institution will com-
mence on WEDNESDAY, July 30th, 1879. For Circulars, giving particulars,
address REV. C. T. MILLS,
Aug. 2, Mills' Seminary, Alameda county, California.
HAPPY CHILDREN.
he rosy-ebceteed children of San Francisco is the evidence
the JERSEY FARM DAIRY has of the purity and richness of its milk.
Aug. 2. City Depot : 837 HOWARD STREET.
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JOSEPH GILLOTT'S STEEL PENS.
Gold Medal, Paris, 1878.
old by all Stationers. Sole Agent for tbe United States:
MR. HENRY HOE, 91 John street, N. T. Jan. 6.
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DISSOLUTION.
he partnership of Snow oV May was dissolved on the 6th
instant. FRANK C. SNOW.
WM. B. MAY.
I shall conduct the business under the name of SNOW & CO., and liquidate the
affairs of the late firm at No. 20 Post street. FRANK C. SNOW.
San Francisco, May 31st, 1870. June 14.
FOR SALE,
In a thriving: city, situated in one of theSonthern counties,
a valuable first-class SALOON BUSINESS, with lease, fixtures and furniture.
For full particulars apply, by letter, "A. B.," News Letter Office. Dec. 14.
S
J. C. MERRILL & CO.,
hipping: and Commission Merchants, Agents for the Sand-
wich Islands Packet Lines, 204 California street, S. F. April 13.
EDWARD B0SQUI & CO.,
Printers, Engravers, Lithographers and Bookbinders,
Leidesdorff street, from Clay to Commercial.
HIBERNIA BREWERY,
Howard Street, Between Eighth and Ninth.
Dec. 7.] M. xmrjLX, Proprietor.
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SAN" FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Aug. 16, 1879.
RAILROAD INTERESTS IN THE STATE.
The rapidity with which California has been covered by railroads is
something marvelous, and in no department of industry has the indomita-
ble perseverance of our citizens been shcvn to greater advantage than in
their construction. In this State individual energy has been from the be-
ginning at high pressure, and bold projects have been thick as leaves in
v allambrosa. The consequence is, that the State has shot ahead at a rate
that has surprised the world, and whenever comparisons are made as to
relative enterprise and rapidity of national development, California is the
type of the most advanced and most advancing. It may be that in Kan-
sas or Minnesota population flows in faster, and more lands are cultivated
in these purely agricultural States ; but this is only to say that these
States are increasing their acreage of corn and wheat, just as one might
say the same of Russia. California is not calculated to compete with
these States in mere acreage of crops, or in having so many farms and so
many acres ; but in large undertakings, demanding bold, decisive, fearless
minds and men of great capacity for organization and administration, this
State stands unrivaled. Here there has always been large scope for indi-
vidual effort, great prospects for ambitious men, and to-day, all things
considered, California has more men of world-wide reputation, more men
who have achieved a distinctive position by their own individual efforts
than any other State in the Union. California has arrested more of the
attention of the world for its vast undertakings and its brilliant achieve-
ments than any other State, and yet the whole mighty fabric has arisen
as if by magic in the last thirty years.
The Railroad achievements have been a marvel for such a young State,
and these have been the more readily accomplished that hitherto Cali-
fornia has borne the reputation of a wealthy, enterprising and strictly
honorable State. It is a State that has, until lately, invited all men to
participate in its great opportunities and great speculations. It has in-
vited all capital to its coasts, and has been the most free and most cosmo-
politan countiy in the world. The State had therefore made rapid strides
until the Sand-lot demagogues, urged on by the villainous support of two
rival morning papers, began to formulate schemes of confiscation and rob-
bery, and to lay plans for the capture of the State and city governments.
The great unwashed, by means of universal suffrage and the ballot-box,
proposed to obtain possession of the entire political power, and to control
the State according to their own ignorant will. Then came to their aid
the disappointed and dissatisfied aspirants of all parties, and all the pro-
minent men in the State became objects of denunciation to these place-
hunters and political adventurers, who have nothing of which the deluge,
which may come after, can possibly deprive them. Private animosities
have also found this to be their golden opportunity, and the Central Pa-
cific people have found their former minions and offal hunters, like Gor-
ham and Cohen, men to whom jobbery has been as the breath of their
life, suddenly turned into public spirited patriots, and decked out in the
insignia of the " Honorable Bilks," a name that well describes them,
pompously strutting on the platform, and vainly trying to make honest
people believe that they are the George Washingtons that are going to
save the State. These, and such unscrupulous adventurers, are the ene-
mies of the State, they foment dissension, spread distrust, throw suspi-
cion on the honor and credit of the State, and, we may fairly ask, what
have they ever done for this country except to injure it? No one will
ever hold them in grateful remembrance, and they will be fortunate if
the memory of their past deeds is permitted to pass into oblivion. When
the Railroad magnates contribute perhaps the most remarkable chapter in
the history of the State that California has to show, when they occupy an
honored place among the men who have built up the country, and leave
behind them enduring works of gigantic magnitude to perpetuate their
memory, what will be known or remembered of two such venomous
wasps as Messrs. Cohen and Gorham, who have nothing but their envious
and malicious stings by which to recognize them ? Time will do justice to
them and their ill-deeds, if, in fact, time has not already placed upon them
the brand of their iniquities. But if the State is to continue on its career
of development, the Sand Lot and the class of political parasites and ad-
venturers of the Gorham and Cohen type must be effectually stamped out.
There are enough honest men in the State to demand and compel justice
from the Railroads, but that these men should have to call in the services
of such unscrupulous schemers as Gorham and Cohen would be a confes-
sion of weakness and a belief in dishonesty that Californians are not
likely to be guilty of. Honorable Bilks they are, and will continue to be,
but it is only among that clique of all the political jugglers and mounte-
banks that these two men are welcome. No other party has any faith in
them, and never will have ; and in this State they never can get such a
political whitewashing as will make them anything but political adven-
turers and outcasts.
Out of this contest we have no doubt that the best interests of the
State will emerge triumphant, and that justice will prevail in the end.
But, for the time being, uncertainty and distrust are working immense in-
jury in the paralysis of- industry and suspension of undertakings through-
out the State, and this condition of uncertainty cannot be too soon
brought to an end. We can only call on all the honest and sensible peo-
ple in the State to rally to the standard of justice, and to vote for men
who can be trusted to act prudently and justly toward all interests, both
in legislation and administration. But let them beware of the adventur-
ers and fire eaters, who, having nothing to lose and everything to gain by
anarchy, will certainly use their power — if they have any — to promote
their own selfish interests.
MINES FOR THE EASTERN MARKET.
"We have attentively "watched the signs of the times, and, judging
from the tone of the united press of the East, we are safe in making the
statement that the coming fali will be one of unexampled activity in
mining enterprises in the great money centers of the country. Not only
has the excitement taken a firm hold of the speculative communities of
the great cities, but we hear of sales of properties in a number of cases in
the smaller towns at the East. It is therefore advisable that parties own-
ing valuable mines should take advantage of this new departure, at the
same time keeping well in mind the fact that to effect a sale, or a satisfac-
tory arrangement for developing their properties, that they must not be
misrepresented. Capital to an immense amount is now idle in the Eastern
markets, and, as an act of self protection, it is the duty of the people of
this coast to carefully see that these new friends are not misled in making
investments. The columns of this paper are always open to give accurate
inforn:aL,ion regarding any mines seeking purchasers at the East, and we
cordially invite descriptions and correspondence in the premises.
They say the mob will win
When voting-day comes round,
That ignorance and hate and sin
With triumph will be crowned j
That alien demagogues
Will get the upper hand
TO AMERICAN VOTERS.
Shall we with downcast eyes
Bewail our coming fate ?
Arise ! Americans, arise,
Before it grows too late !
Arise, and rule the land —
'Tis your inheritance.
That lawless swine from foreign bogs Lock shields, and in a solid band
Must rule this goodly land. To victory advance I
Of course they must and will Now is the hour for fight;
If we sit idly down, Gird on, then, while you may !
And let the vagrants vote their fill If every man who has the right
In country and in town. "Votes on that fateful day,
The alien hosts shall melt
Like snow beneath the sun,
And ne'er again the blight be felt
Of foreign Goth and Hun.
THE CITY TICKETS.
We suppose there is nownopossibility of remedyingtheunfortunatefact
that there are to be two tickets run in opposition to the mangy crowd of
Sand-lotters. That is to be most sincerely regretted. This is not the
time for conservative men to be divided into two opposing factions. In
times past they have worked together in harmony for the city's best in-
terest, regardless of mere partisan considerations. It they could do that
in safe times, why, in the name of all that as good, should they refuse to do
it in this, the darkest hour in the city's history, when a common enemy
is menacing every interest ? It ought not, and will not, help the party
that is responsible for it. The obvious duty, which the- politicians have
failed to perform, may very well be executed by the people themselves.
The mass of voters should unite in favor of one of the two conservative
tickets that will be in the field. When both are nominated, it ought not
be difficult to determine which is the best. If anything like a common
opinion can be arrived at on that point, then the solution of a grave diffi-
culty is within easy reach. If the strongest of the two tickets is voted
for by all good citizens, without regard to previous party affiliations, then
the defeat of the communists is certain. But how is the question of the
strongest ticket to be determined ? That is, no doubt, considerable of a
difficulty. But it is in the power of the fusionists to overcome it. If they
will put a ticket together, so exceptionably strong that all men may see its
superiority over its rivals, then the difficulty is solved, and a common
purpose to vote that ticket will be the result. The Republican Conven-
tion has completed its work, and we are in a position to judge of the
whole. The ticket might easily be improved upon. It did not grow in
strength as it grew in length. Several weak nominees are on it. Three
or four of the judicial candidates are absolutely objectionable, and the un-
initiated will find it difficult to tell how they got there. Yet, the ticket,
as a whole, is a safe one, and unless the fusionists put up a better one, it
will be the part of wisdom for all good citizens to vote it. In a few days
the fusionists will have completed their nominations, and then it will be
possible to determine how conservative citizens can best cast their votes.
There is a fine opportunity for the new ticket to win favor by strong judi-
cial nominations. If sound discretion is exercised on this point it will
accomplish much. Judicial nominations that are conspicuously fit to be
made, will give character to the whole ticket, and will do much to ensure
its success before the people. The fusionists have a graDd opportunity.
They may give us a ticket that will surely win ; but to do that, it must
be one of such recognized merit that all good citizens can rally to its sup-
port. Failing that, conservative Democrats may well vote the Republi-
can city ticket.
A LYING CAMPAIGN.
The lying assertions of this election campaign are really beyond
enumeration. If we were to believe one tithe of what is said, we should
be forced to the conclusion that Republicans and Democrats have vied
with each other in a rivalry to see which could scare up the most pro-
nounced scallawag to run as a candidate for the gubernatorial office. Be-
lieve the Bulletin and Call, and then Hugh J. Glenn is a cold, unsympa-
thizing, bad man, whose whole career in the State entitles him to be classed
as a public enemy. Accept the statements of the Chronicle, and then
George .C. Perkins is the sum of all villainies ; his whole thoughts must
run on swindling ; everything he is associated with is a fraud upon some-
body ; he buys land that breeds only ague and rattlesnakes, and he seeks
to sell it to deceived settlers ; he wrongs the pilots, defrauds ship owners,
and practices extortion upon all who deal with him. All this, and much
more of the same kind. We presume no educated man needs to be in-
formed that these allegations are all false. Yet it is to be supposed that
somebody believes them, or else we know not why there should be such a
display of energetic repetition. There are doubtless many ignorant peo-
ple who, because they read these things, believe them. The papers cater
to such readers, and, in doing that, exhibit one of the very worst features
of the newspaper press. They write down to the low level and debased
instincts of the densely ignorant. A better ambition would be to inform
and elevate the least educated portions of the body politic. No wonder
that government is not respected. Such iteration and reiteration must
have its effect, and that effect cannot fail to be highly mischievous in
destroying all respect for the men whom we clothe with the authority to
govern. The two gubernatorial candidates are men high over the average
of their fellows ; they are both men of mark, who have accomplished
something in the world. A man who has the thrift and energy to acquire,
and the executive ability to manage an enormous farm of 50,000 acres, is
certainly a man entitled to respect. Then again, the youth, who, without
friends, lands on a strange shore, and, by his own industry and skill,
reaches the highest pinacle of mercantile success, is a worthy exemplar to
his fellow-men. Instead of decrying such men as George C. Perkins and
Hugh J. Glenn, they should be held up as worthy of respect and honor.
Their thrift, their honesty, their industry and their consequent success,
should be made to teach the best of all lessons to the average sand-lotter
The " News Letter" in London. — Messrs. H. F. Gillig & Co., of the
American Bank in Europe, 449 Strand, London, inform us in a letter,
under date of July 26th, that the News Letteh and Mail Bag will
always be on file in the reading-room at the address given, for the conve-
nience of our friends abroad.
Ang. 16, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVKKTISKK.
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THE TOWN CRIER.
"IlMr tb« Oritl Wh*1 ih» ieril art (hooT
' On« t h»t will pl»j ih« doTtl, «ir with too."
" ll«'d • ttim In hi« tail u tone ** * I*1'.
Which nud* htm stow boldor and boldvr."
Moses O Connor, wh« died the other day, left ?0,000 to his three
brothers, 18,000 tn his wife ami children, and $20,000 to the Church for
tu&l daily ruawes for the repose of bin souL There is some popular
it inn at thin division of gcnuls, but Moses, himself, beat knew what
ft writ of a job it would be to scour up his soul; and we pity the Church.
T" help her good work, we bag leave t<> offer the following, which may be
said (or sung) before the mass is performed :
Oh, Lord ! we pray Thee, for Thine honor
Give peace t<> noses, called O'Connor!
An Irish .Tew, a saint. • sinner,
I>ead-beot in life, in death a winner.
Time failing fast and breath, his eyes
Beheld Thine awful dawn arise.
To save his wretched bouI, he lent
His cash. Don't damn him till it's spent.
The "Alta," noticing the backwardness of citizens in petting regis-
tered for the coming election, frantically asks : " Is it possible there are
10,000 jieople among us who disregard the rights and privileges of Ameri-
can dtiienship ?" Disregard, good Granny, doesn't at all express it. The
highly respectable and intelligent faction enumerated not only disregard,
but abhor, contemn, disdain, scorn and despise those "rights and privi-
leges,*1 because they have become so excessively cheap as to be considered
amongst their valueless assets. And that highly respectable minority
will retain its opinion until the Sand-lotters have taught thera a much
needed lesson of the duty of "intelligence and respectability " to attend
to the ballot if ever they hope for good government. Your Sand-lotter
has a much more material view of voting values. It ranges all the way
up from 25 cents to whatever it will bring in a lively market, and the
market price promises to advance at a lively rate forninst the 3d Sep-
tember.
We always have been taught to consider a live dog superior to a
dead lion, and are now fully convinced, since Judge Hilton asserts that
he declines to pay a single dollar for the delivery of the late A. T. Stew-
art's body, which sundry enterprising body-snatchers appropriated with a
view to compelling an exchange therefor of §250,000 from the executor of
the estate. To be sure, Stewart only weighed 100 pounds at his decease,
and $2,500 per pound is rather steep, but we doubt whether the spirit of
the defunct will feel gratified by Hilton's display of Stewart'B principal
life virtue — avarice. Meanwhile the Stewart Cathedral, wherein his
bones were to be interred, as patron saint, is deprived of that inestima-
ble privilege, and the body-snatchers' industry remains unrewarded by
the cynical Hilton, who says, " Keep your miserable old corpse, and I'll
freeze onto my ducats !" Hilton shan't be^our executor; we'll be crema-
ted first.
The uproar of political discussion is temporarily hushed in the over-
shadowing presence of such all-absorbing questions as, did Sprague actu-
ally exhort Conkling to "git," with the moral reinforcement of a double-
barreled shot-gun? Was it really, now, the German teacher? Is Sprague
a lunatic, or has Mrs. Sprague been indiscreet ? Is it true that Mrs.
Conkling understands and believes in the innocence of platonic attach-
ments, or does she regard Mrs. Sprague as " an improper person," and
has she commenced an action for divorce ? Did Mrs. Sprague write notes
to Conkling in the gallery of the Senate? And, if so, where are they?
Did he answer? And what did he say? And why did he say it, or why
didn't he ? And who cares a toothpick about the whole dirty business, or
the people concerned in it ?
To avoid misapprehension, we desire to say that the wittiest things
in the News Letter are not the work of President Hiester, of the Board of
Education, that gentleman's genius being unable to work in single har-
ness. It is only when he is matched with Secretary Clinton, of the
Board of Examiners, that the funny things drip from them like rain from
a gutter. Either one, alone, would be taken for a mutton-head; brought
together, they shine like blazes. It is not safe to go into the Board of
Education when both are present. We have attended lately the fun rals
of three unhappy men who incautiously ventured into the rooms of the
Board, and we think it right to mention, for the public good, that an
English grammar, worn on the person, is the only safeguard against this
deadly pair of jokers.
She was a strong-minded woman and inclined to be suspicious.
She took an interest in politics, and was firm in the faith that in the elec-
tion of Glenn lay the only hope of rescuing the State from " the folds of
the railroad anaconda." As she opened her Chronicle the hideous litho-
graph of the great anti-monopoly candidate fluttered downward to her
feet. With strong gaze she inspected the half stolid, half truculent fea-
tures in that gratuitous work of art, and shrieked, "Betrayed ! " "What
is it, my love?" inquired her startled lord in meek surprise. '* What is
it, you idiot ! " retorted the agitated fair ; " don't you see that the Chroni-
cle has been bought up by the railroad and gone over to Perkins ? Would
they circulate such a likeness of our candidate as that if they really
wanted to elect him ? "
Brother Pickering seems to have recently experienced a regular
"mash " for the intellectual Kearney, whom he is writing up as a distin-
guished representative of American culture. He reports the great sand-
lotter's stump speeches — which he constantly calls "orations" — with
friendly care, judiciously weeding out as much of the low blackguardism
as he can. On looking over one of these pruned reports, the noble agita-
tor must be ready to swear he was changed at nurse.
Glenn is war, pestilence and famine; Perkins, a soulless tool of the
rich; White, an extremely black man. There is only one way out of it
all. Let the News Letter name the Governor. In fact, we would uuder-
take to save all the worry and expense, and give you a better government
in three weeks than these squabbles of parties, with and without heads,
will ever allow to be chosen. Terms moderate, cash down. No cure, no
pay.
Talking about corpses remind* U of one Patsey MoGeo, a great man
at wakes and funerals, and altogether belonging to the i -harp.
wing along a road he met bfi friend Jimmy Gallagher.
Jimmy, said he, "ouldMulvaneytdead. God rest hiBsowll" "Is.
that m.? said Jimmy. "Aye, is It/' said Patsey, 'and you're to be one
0 the bjya that aits Dp wid the corpse." " Me sit up wida corpse I don't
know! replied Jimmy; "well, that bates Banagher, and Hanagher
bates thedivttl" "Oh, but," replied Patsey, no wise taken abaok, "I've
offered ver services, and " in the most Insinuating accents— "ye wudVt
insult the corpse by refusuV!" It is needless to remark that Mr. Galla-
gher was not proof against such a thoroughly Celtic reason, and the corpse
was not insulted.
There are as many promising young blackguards at our State Uni-
versity as any college can turn out. and we are proud of thera. They hit
straight from the shoulder, they knock down and drag out, they "bust
each other s snoots " and put " heads " on each other with commendable
energy ; and there are no such ruffians on the Sand-lots. The free fight
on Wednesday last lacked only one thing to make it perfect ; a few funer-
als. Whom the gods love die young." Achilles nobly preferred the
glory of a brief and bright career; and loving hands would hang garlands
on the early tombs of these heroes, and pilgrims come to tread with rever-
ent feet the hallowed ground and read the Spartan epitaph : " Died with
his boots on. ' A little killing next time, young gentlemen.
« Th0 "Tw°-headed Nightingale" is, according to the Hartford Times,
_ a double-headed lady, who converses and sings in five languages." Now,
in the name of all the gods at once, what are the White State Central
Committee about? That is precisely the kind of hair-pin that is wanted
here in the present canvass. Why have these talents a curtain before
* i?' and W^y snou^d 8Ucn gifts be hidden away in an obscure town like
Albany, when the people require to be enlightened in regard to the "live
issues?" With such a talent for languages, this two-headed parrot could
jabber Low Dutch and equally low Irish at one and the same moment on
the Sand-lot, so as to make Kearney look almost clean with envy.
When a blasphemer is struck by lightning, or a daring liar wishes
he may fall down dead if he is lying, and gets his wish, all the pious pa-
pers in the country— and this means every paper but the News Letter,
which is strictly religious— improves the occasion as an awful warning to
blasphemers and liars. We have secretly agreed with them, because we
knew what was coming; and now it has come. A temperance lecturer
has just been struck by lightning on Pike's Peak, and converted. He
swears he will do so no more, and Mrs. Pitts-Stevens will please take
notice and tremble the next time she thinks of hauling out that pledge.
A bottle is your only sure go.
It is not an easy thing to take a walk for constitutional purposes
unless a man has a pair of shoes that he can wear ; and the fact is, that
now, after so many thousand years, not one shoemaker in a thousand can
make a boot _ or shoe that is at once handsome and comfortable. When
such a man is found, he is worth more than rubies ; and Mr. H. Frese,
327 Dupont street, is the man. He uses only the best leather, and makes
a perfect fit ; and only the sufferer from tight boots knows the angelic
comfort implied in these two facts. It may be made into a maxim : a
man with boots from Erese's, walks without effort in the straight path of
virtue.
Five violently virtuous young women in Vermont, the other day,
tarred and " ragged" a girl supposed to be immoral, and promised her
feathers if she didn't stop it. Behold, how awful goodness is ! At the
same time, one can't help thinking that these youug persons are wasted
in Vermont, and ought to seek a broader field in Rhode Island, or Wash-
ington, or Montgomery street, though the chances are all in favor of their
having photographs of Sara Bernhardt in their rooms, and the Police Ga-
zette for their favorite reading.
Commerce is the great civilizing and humanizing agent of the world,
and this is the reason why all good Californians are rubbing their hands
and smiling aloud over the news of failing wheat crops in Europe gen-
erally. We suffer when other men suffer, and the miseries of the poor
in England, France, Germany and Austria wring our hearts ; but there
is glorious intelligence from the vine districts of France. Thank God I
there will not be half a crop in most of them. In God we trust.
Signs of returning reason in the telegrams. Friday's papers brought
the gratifying intelligence that one patriot has been found at St. Louis
willing to devote himself for the good of the race by killing his mother-
in-law. In the full flush of our pride in the American name over this heroic
deed, later advices take us down with the statement that the man is a
German ; and we have put the Stars-and-Stripes at half-mast.
The church is rapidly rising towards an equality with the stage. The
various church socials now advertise a "splendid programme," firBt ap-
pearance of the amiable Miss Blank," "intermission," "refreshments
in adjoining parlor," and so on. When we have Messrs. Hemphill and
Stone brought out to sing " Le Sabre de Mon Pere " and " All My Eye,"
it will be near high tide.
When.the French Admiral recently visited the New York naval
station, instead of greeting him_ with the regulation salute of big guns,
they exploded eleven torpedoes in his honor. The local paper, recording
the exploit, does not fail to lay claim to the patent by declaring that this
" was not only a novel, but an exclusively American idea V* Working
back to first principles we shall soon get the fire-crackers and pop-guns.
Henry Thompson says, pathetically, that the art of frying is very ill
understood. To be sure, they know more about it down below ; but there
is a pretty high level of attainment, on the surface of thi3 planet, in the
art of lying, and the two are not without a certain relation.
The daily papers report the arrest of a "dark-colored gamin," who
was sent to the Industrial School; but nothing is said of the gaming,
not in the dark, which never is arrested at all, at all, but goes on under
the eyes of the police and the noses of "the Press.
Springfield, Mass., has four Irish Keeners, women who do the howling
at funerals. We must send for them at once; the home supply will give
out after September 3d.
Reasons why you ought not to vote for John W. Taylor, as Superin-
tendent of Schools. — These reasons are one: He is not going to be elected.
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Aug. 16, 1879.
C- P. R- R>
Overland Ticket Office : Ferry Landing, foot
of Market street. --Commencing Monday,
May 19th, 1879, and until further notice,
Trains and Boats wil leave
SAW FRANCISCO:
7AA A. M. (daily), Vallejo Steamer (from Market
• \J\J street Landing; — Connecting- with Trains for
Napa (Stages for Sonoma), CalistOga (the Geysers),
and Sacramento. Connecting at Davis (Sundays except-
ed) for Woodland and Knight's Landing, and at Wood-
land for Williams and Willows.
(Arrive San Francisco 8:10 p.m.)
7AAA.M. (daily) Local Passenger Train (via Oakland
• \J\J Ferry) and via Livermore arriving at Tracy
at 11:30 A. m. and connecting with Atlantic Express.
Connects at Niles with Train arriving at San Jose at
10:15 a.m.
(Returning, train from Tracy arrives at 6:05 p.m.)
8AA A.M. (daily), Atlantic Express Train (via Oak-
«UU land Ferry, Northern Ry. and S. P. & T. R R.)
for Sacramento, Marysville, Redding, Portland (Or.),
Colfax, Reno (Virginia City), Palisade (Eureka), Ogden
and Omaha. Connects at Gait with train arriving at
lone at 3:40 P.M.
(Arrive San Francisco 5:15 P.M.)
Sunday Excursion Tickets to San Pablo and Marti-
nez at Reduced Rates.
1 C\ AAA-JI- (daily) via Oakland Ferry, Local Passen-
X U. 1/ 1/ ger Train to Hay wards and Niles.
(Arrive San Francisco 4:05 P.M.)
3(\C\ P.M. (daily)San Jose Passenger Train (via Oak-
• "" land Ferry and Niles), stopping at all Way Star
tions. Arrives at San Jose at 5:20 p.m.
(Arrive San Francisco 9 :35 A. M. )
3i\f\ P.M. (daily) Northern Railway Passenger Train
• Uv (via Oakland Ferry) to San Pablo, Martinez
and Antioch.
(Arrive San Francisco 9:35 A m.)
A C\C\ p-M- (daily) Arizona Express Train (via Oak-
T.UU land Ferry, Northern Ry. and S. P. & T. R. R.)
for Lathrop (and Stockton), Merced, Madera, Visalia,
Sumner, Mojave, Newhall (San Buenaventura, and Santa
Barbara), Los Angeles, "Santa Monica," Wilmington,
Santa Ana (San Diego), Colton and Yuma (Colorado
River Steamers), connecting direct with Daily Trains
of the Southern Pacific Railroad of Arizona for Mari-
copa (Daily Stages for Phrenix and Prescutt), and for
Casa Grande (182 miles east from Yuma), and end of
Track (Daily Stages for Florence and Tucson).
"Sleeping Cars" between Oakland, Los Angeles and
Yuma.
(Arrive San Francisco 12:35 p.m.)
4AA P. M. (Sundays excepted; Vallejo Steamer (from
.V/U Market Street Lauding), connecting with trains
for Calistoga, (the Geysers), Woodland, Knight's Land-
ing aud Sacramento ; and at Sacramento with Pas-
senger Train, leaving at 9:35 P.M. for Truckee, Reno,
Carson and Virginia.
" Sleeping Cars " between Vallejo and Carson.
(Arrive San Francisco 11:10 a.m.)
4(\f\ P.M. (Sundays excepted) Sacramento Steamer
• "" (from Wash'n St. Wharf), for Beniciaand Land-
ings on the Sacramento River.
(Arrive San Francisco8:00 p.m.)
4f\ f\ P.M. (daily), Through Third Class and Accom-
■ ^-'-J-' modation Train (via Oakland Ferry, North-
ern Ry. and S. P. & T. R. R.) connecting at Lathrop
with Train arriving at Los Angeles on second day at
11:55 a.m. (Arrive San Francisco 9:05 A.M.
4QA P.M. (daily) Local Passenger Train (via Oak -
•Ov land Ferry) to Hay wards, Niles and Liver-
more. (Arrive San Francisco 8:35 A.M.)
K fjAP.M. (daily) Overland Emigrant Train (via
*-*»"v/ Oakland Ferry and Northern Railway) to
Ogden, Omaha and East.
Public conveyance for Mills Seminary connects atSem-
nary Park Station with all trains, Sundays excepted.
FERRIES AND LOCAL TRAINS
From '
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FROM OAKLAND— Daily— B5:rdQ, b8:20, 7:10, 8:05, 9:05,
10:05, 11:05 A. M. 12:05, 1:05, 2:15, 3:05, 4:05, 5:05,
6:05 p.m. b— Sundays excepted.
"Official Schedule Time" furnished by Raxdolph &
Co., Jewelers, 101 and 103 Montgomery St., S. F.
T. H. GOODMAN, Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agt.
A. N. Towne, General Superintendent.
Commeucing- Monday, June 2 1. 1S79,
and until further notice, Boats and Trains will
leave San Francisco as follows :
7"| A a.m., from San Quentin Ferry, daily (Sundays
* -*- " excepted), connecting at San Rafael with
Mail and Express Train for Petaluma, Santa Rosa,
Healdsburg, Cloverdale and way stations. Making stage
connections at Geyserville for Skaggs' Springs ; Clover-
dale for Ukiah, Lakeport, Mendocino City, Highland
and Bartlett Springs, Soda Bay and the Geysers; connec-
tion made at Fulton for Korbel's, Guerneville and the
Redwoods, Returning, arrive in San Francisco at 6:25
p.m. Passengers goinur by this train will arrive at the
Geysers at 2 p.m.
p.m. daily (Sundays excepted), Steamer
'James M. Donahue" (Washington Street
Wharf) , connecting with Mail and Express Train at Don-
ahue for Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Healdsburg, Cloverdale,
and way stations. Making stage connections at Lske-
ville for Sonoma. Returning, arrive in San Francisco
at 10:10 a.m.
Sunday Excursions at Reduced Rates .
3.00
8.15 '
a.m., Sundays only, via San Quentin Ferry
and San Rafael, for Cloverdale and Way Sta-
tions. Returniug, arrive in San Francisco at 7:55 p.m.
Fares forRound Trip: Petaluma, Si. 50; Santa Rosa. 82.00;
Healdsburg, 83 00; Cloverdale, $i.50; Fulton, 82.50; La-
guna.S3.00; Forestville, 83.50; Korbel's, §3.75; Guerne-
ville, 84.
Freight received at Washington st. Wharf
from 7 a. in. till 2.30 p. m., daily (except
Sundays) .
L A. Bean, A. Hughes, Jas. M. Donahue,
Sup't. Gen. Manager. Gen. Pass. & Tkt. Agt.
[June 7.]
Commencing Monday, April 21, 1879,
and until further notice, Passenger Trains will leave
Sau Francisco, from Passenger Depot on Townsend
street, between Third aud Fourth streets, as follows :
8 0A a.m. daily for San Jose and Way Stations.
• &\J gS?3 Stages for Pescadero (via San Mateo)
connect with this train only.
9 0A a.m (Sundays only) for San Jose and Way Sta-
-0\J tions. Returning, leaves San Jose at 6 p.m.
"] (\ Af\ a.m. daily for San Jose, Gilroy, Hollister,
J-V/.^fc\_/ Tres Pinos, Pajaro, Salinas, Soledad and
all Way Stations, g^* At Pajaro, the Santa Cruz
R. R. connects with this train for Aptos, Soquel and
Santa Cruz. gg^At Salinas the M. & S. v. R. R.
connects with this train for Monterey. &T" Stage
connections made with this train. (Pescadero Stages via
San Mateo excepted.)
Parlor Car attached to this Train.
(seats at reduced rates.)
Q Qfj p.m. daily (Sundays excepted) for San Jose,
*■** " ^ Gilroy, Pajaro, Hollister, Tres Pinos and prin-
cipal Way Stations.
g^r* On Saturdays only, the Santa Cruz R. R. will
connect with this train at Pajaro for Aptos, Soquel aud
Santa Cruz. Returning, leave Santa Cruz at 4.45 A.M.
Mondays (breakfast at Gilroy), arriving in San Francisco
at 10:00 a.m. '
gg=- SPECIAL NOTICE.— The tud of this Train to
Salinas on Saturdays having been discontinued for the
season, those intending to visit Monterey will take the
train leaving San Francisco at 10:40 a.m. daily.
3 0 (~\ p.m. (Sundays only) for San Jose and Way Sta-
.Q\J tions.
A Q C p.m. daily (Sundays excepted) for San Jose and
"X.UU way Stations.
5 00 P. M. daily (Sundays excepted) for MenloPark
■ V V-' and Way Stations.
L* OA p.m.— daily,for Menlo Park and Way Stations.
Excursion Tickets at Reduced Kates
To San Jose and intermediate points sold on Saturdays,
and Sunday mornings, good for return until following
Monday inclusive.
Also, EXCURSION TICKETS to Aptos, Soquel, Santa
Cruz and Monterey, sold on Saturdays only— good for
return until the following Monday inclusive.
g^"* Principal Ticket Office— Passenger Depot, Town-
send street. Branch Ticket Office— No. 2 New Mont-
gomery street, Palace Hotel.
A. C. BASSETT, Supt. H. R. JTJDAH, A. P. &T. A.
SOUTHERN DIVISIONS.
Commencing Monday, May 19th, 1879,
g3|r* Passengers for points on the Southern Divisions
of the road will take the cars of the Central Pacific Rail-
road via OAKLAND, leaving SAN FRANCISCO via Ferry
Landing, Market street, at 4:00 p.m. daily (Arizona Ex-
press Train) , and making close connection at GOSHEN
for Sumner, Mojave, Los Angeles, Wilmington, Ana-
heim, Colton, Colorado River, Yuma, Maricopa and Casa
Grande (182 miles east from Yuma). May 31.
A DEFAULTER'S PARADISE.
Szered, a small town in Upper Hungary,
must, remarks a contemporary, be a charming
place of residence for persons who are addicted
to the fascinating but immoral practice of "out-
running the constable." One part of this burgh
belongs to the county of Pressburg ; the other is
included within the territorial limits of Neutra
county. When a householder of the Pressburg
moiety finds that the Pandburs, or Hungarian
bum-bailiffs, of his own county are after him for
arrears of taxes or dishonored bills of exchange,
he alertly crosses from one side to the other of
the High-street, and, like the famous Amri-Omri
of the comic traveling menagerie, " loudly guf-
faws at his baffled pursuers.' All the legal doc-
uments in virtue of which his person can be forci-
bly segregated from his fellow- citizens must then
be with solemn and time-devouring formalities
made over to the executive authorities of the
Neutra Comitat, which in due time sends its
Pandours down to the Neutra moiety of Szered
with peremptory orders to effect the capture of
the wily defaulter. He, however, warned of
their approach, recrosses the High-street with
more than lightning promptitude, and from its
Pressburg sidewalk smiles blandly at the disap-
pointed Neutra officers of justice. As Hungarian
counties are immensely tenacious of their local
rights and privileges, and are seldom on the best
of terms with one another, any Pandourian in-
fringement of frontier is sure to be furiously re-
sented by the authorities on either side of Szered
High-street. Thus the conterminous Comitats
are kept in a state of chronic litigation by reason
of the professional zeal which from time to time
prompts their sheriff's officers to execute a war-
rant on the wrong 3ide of that thoroughfare.
It is rumored in circles where canards do not
usually circulate, that Captain Carey has been
sentenced to be shot by the court-marshal which
tried him on charges arising out of the circum-
stances connected with the death of Prince Louis
Napoleon. It is further said that Lord Chelms-
ford, not caring to be responsible for the carrying
out of this sentence, has sent Captain Carey
home, under arrest, so that the case maybe dealt
with by the Pield Marshal Commanding-in-Chief.
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CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
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NOTABILIA.
THE PEDDLERS SONG.
Lawn as while as driven man :
Cypress black ns e'er was cnm ;
aweel as damask roses;
Masks for facts and tor DO90B :
Bogle-bracelet, necklace, amber;
Perfume for a lady's chamber ;
GoM qootps and stomachers,
For my lads to give their dean* ;
Tins and poking-stieks of steel.
What maids lack from head to heel:
Come buy of me, come; come buy, come buy,
Buy, lads, or else your lasses cry-
William Shaespbarh,
O. Lawton & Co., '609 to 611 Market street, have brought out a per-
fect wonder of beauty and cheapness in their Royal Semi-Porcelain sets,
complete fac-similes of French China, with the exquisite smoothness and
sharp outline peculiar to that ware, and at the same time as strong and
uniform in quality as can be desired. It is a marvel how this house can
offer beautiful Dinner Sets of the Royal Semi-Porcelain at $7.50, and
other goods at proportionpte rates. If anyone feature of housekeeping
reveals the taste and love of harmony, it is surely the finish of the din-
ner-table ; and this resides above all in the form and style of the china
service. Lawton & Co. have made it possible for every one to gratify an
elegant taste, and cultivate the sense of beauty without wastefulness.
The difficulty between Senators Conkling and Sprague excites the
greatest interest, and bets are even as to the result, while considerable
disappointment is expressed at the plentiful lack of strong talk in both
men. It is feared that Conkling's supply of blackguard epithets was
fired away at Lamar, and regret is felt that the limited area of Rhode
Island affords no room for the spread of Sprague's profanity. However
this may be, it is certain that a little generous stimulant is needed; and
admirers of the Senate are about to forward California's finest whisky
from F. & P. J. Cassiu's stock of O. K. Golden Plantation.
Heyl, the grave-robber of Ohio, has been pardoned. He may be used
for looking up voters at the coming election.
The Long Branch Baths are daily growing in favor with the public.
Here is the largest sheet of water, as blue and clear as the sea of the
tropics, and with a fine, sandy bottom. The pumps force in additional
water after every high tide, so that the depth is always exceptionally great
and regular. The accommodations for comfort and convenience are su-
perior to those of any establishment in the State, and the pleasant tem-
perature of the water makes bathing in them a delight as well as a tonic. Se-
clusion, cleanliness, fresh air and beautiful scenery make this the most
charming resort in the neighborhood of the city.
Every London newspaper is filled with gossip, with guesses, with
reports about Sara Bernhardt. She is the original of the famous story
about the person who was so thin that four looking-glasses were needed to
get one reflection. It is a fact that Sara B. never materializes for less
than one hundred persons at a time ; a smaller battery of eyes being un-
able to seize her outline ; but Bradley & Rulofson, 429 Montgomery street,
have brought their art to such a pitch of perfection that they can pho-
tograph her as she really is, genius, thinness, fascination and all. They
are the only house that can do this.
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At the grand reception, on Tuesday last, the matchless style and
finish of the hats worn by the three belles of our fair city were the theme
of endless comment and admiration. Such exquisite taste and such per-
fect fits have not been general, even in this fastidious community ; and
the ladies agreed at once that no one but Mrs. Skidmore, 1114 Market
street, could have furnished such triumphs of skill and art. The Clear-
ance Sale of her stock is going on with the most extraordinary activity ;
for she must make room for the large importations on the way.
The weather is against afternoon picnics.
De Lesseps says that the United States will not oppose the Panama
Canal, because such a course would bring upon them the censure of the
whole southern population of the New World ; a Solid South worth tak-
ing into account. There is yet another reason for our not opposing this
great work. It will bring us more directly into communication with the
whole world, old and new, and all nations will see for themselves that
Swain's, 213 Sutter street, is the best, most home-like, most comfortable
restaurant on the continent. Service and cooking unequaled.
Napa Soda is the most searching and thorough corrective known, and
the complaints incident to our changeable climate are most readily met
and scattered by this most wholesome beverage. It should form the
daily refreshment of all.
When the flow of inspiration esaso* for « few moment*, m it ooca
rtonaUy will, even in the brain ol u editor, wfa atufoctory .u*
t«. feel that una is Dot obliged to tit with pan in the air. distilling wasted
ink. till the divine i \u,\ thie satisfaction i* his who Harries
» MacKinnon Pen, fat dk, always ready to be withdrawn
from us,-, without wastingth« ibortof adropol ink. Filled in the mom-
tag, the pen is in order for twenty four hours hard writing. A. S. Spenee
& Co., H Geary street, are the agents.
That story about the pear] which Cleopatra drank has always been
dmibted by scientific and truly skeptical mind* : and the plausible e\-
planabonof the story, offered by Von Geschunack, is now generally ac-
cepted. J hm is to the effect that Cleopatra's favorite table wine was bo
exquisitely light and pure that it was called the " Pearl ;" and the name ■
naturally made the story. The Gerke Wine is the modern representation
of this delicious beverage, and Landsberger knows that it is probably su-
perior to its prototype.
The system is often so rapidly reduced by a severe attack of Diarrhea,
or other Affection of the Bowels, as to get almost beyond the reach of
medicine, before the patient can realize the necessity of looking about him
for a remedy. Better keep by you Dr. Jayne's Carminative Balsam, a
safe curative for Asiatic Cholera, Cramps, Dysentery, etc., and thus be
prudently prepared to treat these complaints on their first appearance.
Sold by Crane & Brigham, San Francisco.
Darwin is at work on a biography of his grandfather, Dr. Erasmus
Darwin, who was a connecting family link.
The colored exodus continues, and even seems to grow, and there is
real danger that the people left in the Southern States will starve for
want of some one to do the cooking. Under these conditions, it is the
duty of philanthropists to introduce at once a full supply of Montanya's
Union Ranges, which almost do their own cooking, so perfectly simple, so
easily managed are they. With one of these in the house, a lady can
smile superior to the want of Bridget or the departure of Phillis.
The Mormon problem has exercised the wits of our statesmen for
many years, to the serious damage of the wits, while the problem remains
as healthy as ever ; and yet the solution of it is as simple as two and two.
Messrs. Chas. Langley & Co. have only to supply the Mormon ladies with
Mme. Rachel's Enamel Bloom, and the Gentiles would rush in like the
old Romans and carry off the beauties. In twenty-four hours there would
not be a second wife in Utah.
The ex-Khedive is not to he allowed to return to the flesh-pots of
Egypt, and will have to console himself with the pleasures of Naples, in
the_ bosom of his family, or perhaps we should say, in the bosom of the
regiment. Turk as he is, Ismail has some notions of civilized life. He is
fond of the opera, and of balls ; and he will order his hats of White, 614
Commercial street.
American managers look upon Sara Bernhardt as a future bone-anza.
McNally & Hawkins, Market street, under Grand Hotel, have just
received a large importation of the newest and most striking styles in
chandeliers, gas fittings, brackets, faucets, standard lamps and other arti-
cles in their line. Their store is a gallery well worth a visit ; and they
maintain their position as the Pioneer house, at the head of all in the
plumbing business.
Tapestry Brussels, $1 per yard and upwards ; fine new patterns. Call
and see them. Window shades, 75 cents and upwards. Window lace, 12£
cents and upwards. Cornices, wall paper, etc. Oilcloths, 50 cents per
yard and upwards. Hartshorn & McPhun, 112 Fourth St., near Mission.
STOCK COMBINATIONS.
How to Operate Successfully on
TEN DOLLARS.
MARTIN TAYLOR & CO..
June 21.] 429 California Street.
FAIRFAX MINING COMPANY,
426 CALIFORNIA STREET, ROOM NO. 2.
President JOHNW. COLEMAN.
Treasurer GEN. O. H. LAGRANGE.
Secretary O. C. MILLER.
[October 12. ]
Geo. C. Hickox. E. C. McFahlanb.
GEORGE C. HICKOX & CO.,
Clommissioii Stock Brokers (San Francisco Stock Ex-
/ change, No. 230 Montgomery street, San Francisco. May 4.
J. A. RUDKIN,
Member S. F. Stock and Exchange Board, 423 California
street. STOCKS Bought and Sold on Commission. Liberal Advances
made n Active Accounts. Oct. 26.
FREDERICK A. BEE,
His Imperial Chinese Majesty's Consul.
Office: 917 Clay Street. Residence: 620 Eddy Street,
COKE CHEAPEST FUEL.
Redaction in Price: Wholesale Price, 50 cents per barrel ;
Retail Price, 60 cents per barrel, at the works of the SAN FRANCISCO GAS-
LIGHT COMPANY, Howard and First streets, and foot of Second st. Jan. 12.
QT'7T a year and expeuses to agents. Outfit Free. Address,
ypi • i June 7.] P. O. VICKERY, Augusta, Maine.
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Aug. 16, 1879.
"The World," the Flesh, and the Devil.
[By a Truthful Penman.]
INFLUENCE.
They tell us that each pehhle dropped It may be that with mighty word,
On ocean's glassy breast Like whirlwinds on the deep,
Must make a pulse in boundless deep We stir the hearts of other men.
Whose ripples never rest, And rouse them from their sleep.
But ever sweep through coral caves; It may be that each word we speak,
Or break on distant sands ; Like an echo on the air,
Or kiss cold faces which the deep Thoughscarcelyheededwhen'tissaid,
Holds far from loving hands ;
Or eddy round the treasure lost
Which her calm bosom hides,
Yet still forever ebbs and flows
Upon the changing tides.
Yet leaves its impress there.
Howe'er this be, :tis God's decree
We cannot live alone ;
No one can fold his arms and say,
" My life is all my own."
They tell us that each word wespeak, The life of each is bound to all
Though ne'er so softly said, By cords we cannot sever —
Shall still be throbbing thro' the air A ripple that shall never cease
Long after we are dead ; Upon Time's mighty river.
And that, although we hear themnot, But, like the pulses of the tide,
Around us ever ring Or the air which echoes still,
The laugb and sigh of long ago Must the words and deeds of each of us
The shifting breezes bring. The lives of others fill.
——The Rev. de Witt Talmage is at present starring about the country
under the patronage of various pious lords and ladies, who publicly refer
to him as " the distinguished American divine," " the celebrated trans-
atlantic orator," and the like. As American divines go, he may be a dis-
tinguished representative of the species ; but that he can be called a
" celebrated orator " in any true sense of the word is out of the question.
The only merit of his style is a certain florid, Daily Telegraphic sort of
ornamentation which as soon palls upon the ear as stucco arabesques do
upon the eye ; his voice is coarse and unmusical, and his pronunciation
disfigured by a full-flavored American twang. He drops his final g's in
words ending in "ing," talks of when he was " on the baddle-field," re-
marks that to pious lords and ladies it will some day be said: " Yer did it
ter me," and declares children to be his " larms." Altogether, the Rev.
de Witt Talmage struck us, when we heard him, as being a sort of Yankee
Chadband, who has got a little into society. — London TrutlL^—The
graves of the Bonapartes are strangely distributed. The great
Bonaparte's remains rested for years in the isle of St. Helena, while his
eon the young King of Rome found a tomb in Vienna. The late Em-
peror's father was buried at St. Leu, near Paris, and his mother in Rome.
Napoleon III. sleeps his last sleep at Chiselhurst. At St. Leu also were
interred Louis, who died in 1846, and Napoleon Charles, his son, who
died in 1831. At Viterbo lie the ashes of Lucien, who departed life in
1841, and at Florence those of Joseph, 1844 ; Pauline, 1825 ; Caroline,
1839 ; Charlotte, 1839 ; Jerome Napoleon, Catherine of Wurtemburg,
Jerome's second wife, and Julie, the wife of Joseph. Cardinal Fesch and
Charles Jerome died in Austria. Josephine slumbers in the little church
of Ruel, at Malmaison. Achille Murat left his bones in Florida, and the
grave of the Murat was dug by a gang of Calabrian assassins. Marie
Louise lies at Parma ; and Christine, the first wife of Louis, at Du Pies-
sis, while the last direct scion of the house of Bonaparte has found a tem-
porary resting-place in South Africa. — Melbourne Leader.-' —It is well
known that large numbers of Trichina spiralis have been detected in cured
meats imported into Alsace from America. In Switzerland, too, the dis-
covery has been made that American hams are full of the trichina, and a
government commission has been appointed to decide upon the precation-
ary measures to be taken. The cantonal authorities are recommended to
warn the people against the use of American hams, especially in the half
raw state, and to arm the police with discretionary powers over the Bale
of thearticle.— The New York Popular Science Monthly says: Mr.A.R.
Wallace calls attention to an interesting observation made by Charles
Waterton, which throws some light on the origin of one of the supersti-
tions of natural history. Ever since the time of Aristotle, at least, the
belief has prevailed that the bird known as the "goat-sucker" (Capri-
mulgus) actually sucks goats or cows. According to Pliny, the goat-
sucker "enters the fold and flies to the udders of the goats in order to
suck the milk." The fact that the birds "fly to the udders" of the ani-
mals is confirmed by Waterton, but at the same time he shows how erro-
neous is the inference that they suck the milk. "I am fully persuaded,"
writes that ingenious observer, "that these innocent little birds never
suck the herds, for when they approach them, and jump up at their
udders, it is to catch the flies and insects there. When the moon shone
bright I would frequently go and stand within three yards of a cowt and
distinctly see the caprimuigus catch the flies on its udder." In another
place he writes: " When the moon shines bright you may have a fair op-
portunity of examining the goatsucker. You will see it close by the
cows, goats and sheep, jumping up every now and then under their bellies.
Approach a little nearer — see how the nocturnal flies are tormenting the
herd, and with what dexterity he springs up and catches them, as fast as
tbey alight on the belly, legs, and udders of the animals. Observe how
quiet they stand, and how sensible they seem of bis good offices, for they
neither strike him nor hit him with their tails, nor tread on him, nor try
to drive him away as an uncivil intruder."
J. M. Litchfield, the well-known clothier, is a candidate before the
Republican Nominating Convention for Supervisor of the Third Ward.
Mr. Litchfield is honest and capable. His energetic characteristics and
his business experience ought to render him an exceedingly available can-
didate.
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
Tbe Company's steamers will sail as follows at 12 M:
CITY OF TOIUO, Oct. 4th, Dec. 27th, March 20th-CITY OF PEKING, Nov.
15th, Feb. 7th, May lst-for YOKOHAMA and HONGKONG.
GRANADA. August 19th, for PANAMA and NEW YORK, calling at MAZAT-
LAN, SAN BLAS, MANZANILLO and ACAPULCO, connecting- at Acapulco with
Company's Steamer forall Central American ports, calling at SAN JOSE DE GUATE-
MALA and LA LILSERT AD to land passongers and mails.
Tickets to and from Europe by any line for sale at the lowest rates ; also to Ha-
vana and all West India ports.
AUSTRALIA, September 1st, at 12 o'clock M., or on arrival of English mails,
for HONOLULU, AUCKLAND and SYDNEY. $10 additional is charged for pas-
sage in Upper Saloon.
ALASKA, August 20th, for VICTORIA, PORT TOWNSEND, SEATTLE, and
TACoMA, connecting at TACOMA with Northern Pacific Railroad for PORT-
LAND, Oregon. Tickets must be purchased before 11 a.m. on day of sailing, at
Wharf Office. For freight or passage apply at the office, cor. First and Brannan
streets. [Aug. 16.] WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO., Agents.
FOR PORTLAND AND ASTORIA, OREGON.
The Oregon Steamship Company and Pacific Coast Steam-
ship Company will dispatch every five days, for the above ports, one of their
newAl Iron Steamships, viz. : OREGON, GEORGE W. ELDER, and STATE OF
CALIFORNIA.
Sailing Days:
Aug. 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30. | Sept. 4, 9, 14, 19, 24, and 29.
At 10 o'clock A.* M.
Connecting at Portland, Oregon, with Steamers and Railroads and their connecting
Stage Lines for all points in Oregon, Washington and Idaho Territories, British
Columbia and Alaska.
K. VAN OTERENDORP, Agent O. S. S. Co.,
No 210 Battery street, San Francisco.
GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Agents P. C. S. S. Co.,
Aug. 2. No. 10 Market street, San Francisco.
OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP CO.,
For Japaii aud Cbinn, leave wharf, corner First aud Bran-
nan streets, at noon, for YOKOHAMA AND HONUKONG, connecting at
Yokohama with Steamers for Shanghai.
GAELIC AuguBt 23d, December 6th, February 28th.
OCEANIC September 13th.
BELGIC October 25th, January 17th, April 10th.
For Freight, apply to GEORGE H. MCE, Freight Agent, at the Pacific Mail Steam-
ship Company's Wharf, or No. 218 California Btreet.
Special Notice.— The S. S. OCEANIC, sailing from San Francisco Saturday, Sep-
tember 13th, will continue on from Hongkong to Liverpool, offering superior accom-
modations for Tourists eu route Around the World.
LELAND STANFORD, President.
T. H. GOODMAN, General Passenger Agent.
May 31.
CUNARD LINE.
British and North American Royal Mall Steamships be-
tween NEW YORK and LIVERPOOL, calling atQULENSTOWN, sailing from
New York EVERY WEDNESDAY.
SCYTHIA July 16.. Aug. 20. .Sept. 24. .Oct. 29
ABYSSINIA July23..Aug. 27 , ..Oct. l..Nov. 5
BOTHNIA July 30 Sept.- 3.. Oct. 8.. Nov. 12
GALLIA Aug. 6. .Sept. 10. .Oct. 15. .Nov. 19
ALGERIA Aug. 13.. Sept. 17.. Oct. 22
Passage can be secured and all information given on application to
WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO.,
July 12. 218 California St.
PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
Steamers of this Company wili sail from Broadway Wharf
for PORTLAND, Oregon), every 5 days, direct, and for LOS ANGELES, SANTA
BARBARA, SANTA CRUZ, SAN DIEGO, SAN LUIS OBISPO and other NORTH-
ERN and SOUTHERN COAST PORTS, leaving SAN FRANCISCO about every
third day.
For Day and Hour of Sailing, see the Company's Advertisement in the San Fran-
cisco Daily Papers.
Ticket Office, No. 214 Montgomery Street, near Pine.
GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Agents,
March 15. No. 10 Market street.
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
New York and Panama Line.
August 19th— Steamer GRANADA, calling at Mazatlau,
San Bias, Manzanillo and Acapulco, connecting at Acapulco with Company's
Steamer for all Central American ports, and touching at San Jose de Guatemala and
La Libertad to land passengers and mails.
August 28th-Steamer CITY OF PANAMA, calling at Acapulco.
September 5th — Steamer SOUTH CAROLINA, calling at Acapulco, San Jose de
Guatemala, La Libertad and Punta Arenas.
All these steamers make close connection with steamers from Aspinwall to N. York.
Aug. 16. WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO., General Agents.
SERKYS TEA.
Guaranteed to preserve and promote the beauty and fresh-
ness of youth to the ripest age. It purifies the blood, and is a most wonderful
tonic. It clears the complexion and removes pimples and eruptions. It increases
the appetite and is a certain cure fordyspepsia. It preserves the freshness of youth
and greatly exhilarates the spirits, and is extensively used and recommended by the
medical faculty aud used by the elite of London, Paris, New York, Philadelphia, etc.
It is used like ordinary tea, costs only 2 cents per day, and makes a healthy and
delicious drink. Boxes by mail, 50 cents and 31. Liberal discount to trade.
809 ARCH STREET, Philadelphia, Pa.
g^T" State rights for sale. Aug. 9.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
The Home Mutual Iiisnrn uce Company will pay its regular
monthly dividend of One (1) Dollar per share upon its eapital stock on Aug.
11th, 1879. CHARLES R. STORY, Secretary,
Aug. 9. 406 California street.
FOR SALE.
fiL~l /f|(Tt A second-hand Piano in good order. The party
Aug. 9.
is about leaving the city, and desires to realize immediately.
Address " B.," this office.
QUICKSILVER.
For sale—In lots to suit, by Thomas Bell & Co., No. 305
Sansome street, over Bank of California. Nov. 16.
Aug. 16, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
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If archery c*n be call- rt M*mi« no reason why it
should not !■• Bport of B certain clan nf
AiiuTic.in.". In Biuj own, and when gunpowder
t-x>k Um ptaoi ol the g 1 old English long bow, II oftunnd t<> m ■ vrwpon
of warfare and became an enterl inion. Nearly eTery Eng-
lish town i>f any nott has Iti Archery Clab, nod do mDtiemuV park i*
without its lawn safe aside for the especial pnrpOM of archery. At the
Bactj thanks chit-fly to a few enthosittts, Mich as Maurice Thompson
ami others, it baa rapidly grown in favor anion;,' the better olaM of
Ami k ana, Tin- Pacific Coast, oarer far behind in any matter of sport,
ia fast Uikin^ up the noble jranie, and already numbers ainoni; her tox-
ophoUtea tn ahota who would bold their own in any company. So good, in
fact, WM the average shooting at the late tournament held in Oakland,
that the Stream qnoted them in full, ami compared them most
favorably with those made at the 1
Oakland boasU of two olobfl the Merry Foresters, at the head of
which b Mr. I>. 0*OanneU, and the Bow Club, composed chiefly of the
Havana family. In San Fnnciaco, the Paolfia Clab numbers some forty
odd members, and embraces some tine long- distance shots, besides being
able to boast of having produced the finest lady shot on the coast— Miss
Craig. This bfcdy won the gold arrow at the tournament, and is said to
be improving in her shooting every day. The champion shot of the
united clubs is Frank Havens, of Oakland. At short ranges he scores
frequently 240 out of a iiossible 270, aud at the sixty-yard range has made
as high as 140.
The Sacramento State Fair Association has set aside §300 for archery
prizes, and no doubt auch a sum will call together all the crack long-bow
shnt.s in tne State.
Santa Cruz has a club, and sent two worthy representatives to the
tournament, Messrs. Button — father and son. These gentlemen shot
with bows and arrows of their own make, and carried off a prize each.
San Jose and Sacramento have archery clubs, and numerous member-
ships. As a lawn game for both ladies and gentlemen, archery is far
ahead of either croquet or lawn tennis, and the time is not far distant
when every society lady will be anxious to reckon among her accomplish-
ments the uses of the longbow.
The following are the regulations adopted by the National Archery
Association of America : Targets, 48 inches in diameter, with center of
gold, four feet from the ground. Colors — Gold center, counting 9, and 9 6-10
inches in diameter ; red, 7, and 4 8*10 ; blue, 5, same size ; black, 3, do. ;
white, 1, do. Distances — Either "York Rounds," of 72 arrows each, at
100 yards, 4S at 80 yards, and 24 at 60 j'ards ; or "American Rounds," 30
arrows each, at 40, 50 and 60 yards ; "Columbia Rounds," for ladies, 24
arrows each, at 40, 50 and 60 yards.
MECHANICS' FOURTEENTH INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION.
On all hands it is agreed that on no former occasion have the various
products of the State, or the mechanical appliances and new inventions,
been so extensively displayed as now. There is much more of the active
industries of San Francisco to be seen than in the last exposition. As
one enters, the first objects to arrest attention are a huge display of orna-
mental wire-work, representing nearly all the finer use to which that
material is ordinarily devoted. And here, in limine, let it be remarked,
once for all — and the observation applies with equal force to nearly every
object in the Fair, — why are not tickets stating the retail price of the
objects affixed to them, and the addresses where their equals are to be
found given? The absence of this information robs the show of more
than ( ne-half of its interest. The principal aspect of the show is Utilita-
rian. Naturally visitors expect to find rare specimens of the highest
attainments in the useful and ornamental arts ; but at all times, and
especially at this, they seek to know the cost of what is there exposed for
their admiration. Returning to the gorgeous display of wire-works, there
are sofas which combine lightness with strength and durability, arbors
ready for covering with climbing plants, and a great variety of bird-cages,
etc., etc. Near by, on the right hand, is a large and interesting display
of growing plants, fruits of all kinds "in season, apples, pears, peaches,
olives, oranges and shaddocks, and even tamarinds ! On the higher shelves
are wines and liquors, and the now well-known brandy made by General
Naglee of San Jose*. In the same front line is the grand display of the
leading produce of Oregon. The collection has been brought together by
the Land Department of the Oregon and California Railroad Company,
and is located on the right of the center aisle at the Mission -street en-
trance. It comprises a vast and varied display of the different varieties
of cereals and of grasses, both introduced into the State and indigenous
to it, as well as whole canned salmon, woods available for useful and orna-
mental purposes; some minerals, such as cinnabar, iron ores, pig iron; a
valuable oil for lubricating purposes, obtained from the heads of salmon.
This exhibit will, in a few days, be rendered more interesting to those
skilled in cereals, when the exhibit, now rapidly progressing under the
auspices of the Chamber of Produce, shall be placed alongside it for com-
parison. And, when this has been made, we propose to return to the
subject again. The display of new and improved machinery has never
been equaled on any former occasion, and must be seen in motion as it is
every afternoon, to be appreciated. Touching on the musical department,
all we wish to say at present is, that the generally expressed opinion is,
that it is satisfactory — and that says a good deal for the selections and
execution.
SOUTH UTAH.
This corporation was formed in 1876, and became the owner of the
mine known as the Brooklyn Tunnel, situated between the Sierra Nevada
and the Utah mines on the Comstock, and contains one thousand feet of
ground. The tunnel is in about 330 feet, and must be pushed in about
100 feet to strike the ledge. The shaft is started, and down about 100
feet from the tunnel level. The mine may be worked through the Phil.
Sheridan shaft if it becomes necessary to prospect the lower levels imme-
diately. The company is out of debt, and any future expense will be to
develop the mine alone. The mine is so favorably situated with Sierra
Nevada and Utah, that a discovery of a bonanza in either of those mines
will make the South Utah very valuable, and the possibilities of the stock
are very great. We understand that active operations will soon be com-
menced, and considering the favorable condition of the North End mines,
we expect to hear of the South Utah cumin; into prominence.
AFFLICTED MEMPHIS,
Editor "NewB Letter " In a paragraph In one of your oontatnpo*
raries I rand this morning some remarks on the osvuae of yellow fever,
which! to urns sxtent, I oan <-.>u6rm, by roliablq Information received,
and by persona] observation. The writer assumes what is called the
theory" to account for the phenomena; and to that view moat
modern Invastig&ton are fovorable. While tine specific germa themselves
have probably never vet been revealed by our best microscopes, under the
most delicate manipulation, what seems strongly to fortify the assumption
is the constant presence of a minute, very Low form of life, called bacteria,
in waters where cholera and malignant fevers are common. 'The sugges-
tion of the writer is that whatever the. germs may be that convey the
miasma from person to person .Mid place to place, there was no yellow
fever during the civil war where discharges of cannon and musketry were
prevalent, and he attributes the absence of it to concussion of the air by
the discharges. Now, when the cholera, which swept over Europe in
1883-3, was raging in that notoriously dirty city, Lisbon, in a quarter
lying below Fort St. George, from which are fired nearly every day one
or more salutes by cannon, bardly a case -I have heard it denied that
there was a case of cholera in any house above which the salutes were
fired. In 1837-8-9, each year there was an outbreak of malignant typhus
fever, yet, to my knowledge, the above quarter was quite exempt.
Whatever may be the effect of concussion in destroying miasma, it is cer-
tain that the londest peals of thunder have been unavailable to arrest its
influence. There would, then, seem to remain only the action of the
gases generated in the decomposition of gunpowder. The nature of these
in a nascent state is known to be exceedingly energetic. It certainly
would be worth the trouble and expense to try the effect of discharges of
gunpowder in the infected quarters of the city.
John J. Bleasdale, D. D.,
Of the Central Board of Health, Victoria, Australia.
SYDNEY INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1879.
The following communication has been received, under date of 13th
inst., and shows, not for the first time, how highly the Royal Commis-
sioners appreciate the efforts being made to form a collection of objects
representative of the industries of the Pacific Coast, and how desirous
they are to see for themselves the progress hitherto made by a State hav-
ing many points, both of soil and climate, similar to their own. In
response to an appeal made by Mr. Jennings to the Produce Exchange,
that body has undertaken to form a representative exhibit of all the
cereals of the State as soon as the new crop comes fairly to market. It is
believed that every thing of this nature will be in a position to be placed
in the Mechanics' Fair about next Tuesday, previous to being packed
along with the splendid exhibit from Oregon for transmission :
International Exhibition, 1879, )
Sydsbt, July 17. 1879. f
John Jennings, Esq.,— Sir; I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your
communication of the 0th June, enclosing extracts frnm California papers, from
which I see that the California Committee are still unremitting in their endeavors to
secure a complete and thorough representation from that State ai, the Sydney Exhi-
bition. I beg to call your attention to the Sydney Morning Herald summary, trans-
mitted by the present opportunity, from which you will learn that so far most satis-
factory progress is being made in all matters connected with the Exhibition, and
there is every probability of its proving an immense success. I beg that you will
express on my behalf to your coadjutors on the California Committee the thanks of
this Commission for their public-spirited labors, and the personal obligation I feel
myself under. I have the honor to be, etc.,
P. A. Jennings, Executive Commissioner.
CUMBERLAND MINE.
At the office of the Cumberland Mining Company, 417 California
street, San Francisco, a box of ore has been received direct from the mine
in Arizona. It consists of 53 specimens taken from the face of a nine-foot
cross cut from shaft 1. The assays on this rock, which is the dark quartz,
will run very high, into the hundreds, perhaps thousands of dollars to the
ton. If this body of ore should run all the distance from shaft 1 to shaft
3 (700 feet), the value of this plum alone will be many millions of dollars.
The ore body in this shaft widens, as depth is attained, at the rate of 3
inches to every foot of depth. Surely, Superintendent Collins, in his
Report No. 2, is right when he said : '* Should this mine continue to pro-
duce ore like that already obtained, the value of the Cumberland Mine
will be beyond calculation /" President Ciprico is exultant.
Breeze & Loughran, "Washington and Davis streets, have the finest
hams ever seen in this market — small, not more than 10 or 12 pounds
each, high-flavored, juicy and firm — exactly the hams that a grocer works
off without difficulty, since they suit the times both in quality and price.
All who appreciate what is good should ask for Whittaker's New Cure.
There has been nothing like them, and the demand, among the knowing-
ones, is constantly on the increase. Messrs. Breeze & Loughran will
make every effort to keep up their stock in the face of the demand.
D. V. B. Henarie. Edward Martin.
E. MARTIN & CO.,
Importers and Wholesale Dealers in Wines and Liquors.
Proprietors or Miliar*** Extra Old Bourbon and J. F. Cut-
ter Extra Old Bourbon and Rye Whiskies.
Aprils. 408 Front Street, San Francisco.
CALIFORNIA SUGAR REFINERY,
Manufacturers of tlie Standard Syrup, a superior article
put up in barrels expressly for home consumption. Also, Extra Heavy Syrup
in barrels for Export. Refined Sugars at lowest market rates. Office, 215 Front
street, up stairs. Dec. 21.
TABER, HARKER & CO.,
IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE GROCERS,
10S and 110 California St., S. F.
[April 19.]
JOHN JENNINGS
Hooper's South End Warehouses, corner Japan and Town-
send streets. San Francisco. First-class Fire-Proof Brick Building, capacity
10.UO0 tons. Goods taken from the Dock and the Cars of the C P. K. It. and S. P.
R. R. free of charge. Storage at Current Rates. Advances and Insurance Effected.
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Aug. 16, 1879.
CRADLE, ALTAR, AND TOMB.
CRADLE.
Barry— In this city, August 10th, to the wife of M. D. Barry, a daughter.
Eohlert— In this citv, August 3d, to the wife of Julius Buhlert, a son.
Chandler— In this city, August 9th, to the wife of W. S. Chandler, a son.
CoaR-In this city, August 12th, to the wife of W. F. Corr, a daughter.
Hawe— In this city, August 10th, to the wife of William Hawe, a daughter.
Meagher— In this* citv, August 10th, to the wife of J. Meagher, a son.
Mentz— In this city, August 11th, to the wife of Charles H. Mentz, a son.
Morono— In this city, August 10th, to the wife of Lieut. J. C. Morong, a son.
Minor— In Modesto, August 5th, to the wife of W. O. Minor, a daughter.
Moore— In College City, August 5th, to the wife of P. S. Moore, a son.
Sotcliffk— In this city, August 11th, to the wife of P. B. Sutcliffe, a daughter.
Shirley— In Butte county, August 3d, to the wife of H. Shirley, a daughter.
Walkup— In this city, August 9th, to the wife of W. B. Walkup, a daughter.
Wiener— In this city, August 10th, to the wife of Julius Wiener, a son.
ALTAR.
BiQELOw-HoYT—In this city, August 9th, O. M. Bigelow to Frances R. Hoyt.
Bonkowsky-Tictsch — In this city, August !)th, F. Bonkowsky to Luisa Tictsch.
Cadwell-Fulton- In Carson, Nev., August 11th, F. H. Cadwell to Louise Fulton.
Hirscufeld-Shuman— In this city, August 10th, J. Hirschfeld to Hattie Shuman.
Hynes-Greeley— In this city, August 10th, T. J. Hynes to Tilly E. Greeley.
Losk-Bacon— In Concord, August 3d, Horace Lusk to Annie Bacon.
Rosb-Christ[e— In, Eureka, July 3lst, J. Ross to A. Christie.
Rosenberg-Wolff —In this city, August 10th, L. Rosenberg to Sarah Wolff.
Schwarz-Voqt— In Sacramento, August 9th, Wm. Schwarz to Caroline Vogt'.
Tryon-Leimbach— In Sacramento, August 9th, S. C. Tryon to Amy Leirahach.
Wilson-Cohn— In Healdsburg, August 10th, Wm. Wilson to Hannah Cohn.
Wright-Go urley— In Sacramento, August 5th, C. S. Wright to Kate Gourley.
TOMB.
Bonney — In this city, August 13th, Mary Bonney, aged 5 years.
Fischer— In this city, August 9th, George Fischer, aged 40 years.
Farly— In Alvarado, August 8th, Captain Ebenezer Farly, aged 63 years.
Hunter— In this city, August 7th, De Witt McDonald Hunter, aged 22 years.
Jacobsen— In this city, August 13th, Dorothea C. Jacobsen, aged 4 years.
Jones— In Berkeley, August 11th, Elizabeth Jones, aged 54 years.
Moser— In this city, August 13th, William Moser, aged 4 years.
O'Donnell— In this city," August 9th, Katie O'Donnell, aged 20 years.
Pfaff— In Oakland, Augnst 12th, Jennie H Pfaff, aged 26 years and 11 months.
Parham— In this city, AugUPt 9th, Gracie Parham, aged 4 months.
RiErx— In this city, August 9th, Ernest P. Rieux, aged 45 years.
Wilson— In this city, August 13th, Minnie A. Wilson, aged 19 years.
Whitehead— In this city, August 13th, John Whitehead, aged 54 years.
"Verdon— In this city, August 10th, Thomas J. Verdon, aged 23 years.
ADVANCE OF ELECTRICITY.
Electricity, theoretical and applied, is to the intellect and advan-
tage of mankind in this century what the discovery and practical appli-
cation of steam power was to the last. Through Volta, Torricelli, Frank-
lin, Farraday, Edison, and, last but not least, Professor Bell, the capa-
bilities of this wonderful power of nature have been developed so far ;
but what its new revelations may be who can tell? By the subjoined ex-
tract it will be seen that it has been so applied in America as to double
the working hours at the placer mines at Smartsville, Nevada:
The Electkic Light in Mining. — The first electric light employed in
the Western mines of America was placed on the Deer Creek placer claim
of the Excelsior Water Company at Smartsville, Nevada, on the 10th of
last ApriL A 12,000 candle power Brush machine was put in operation,
and three lights of 3,000 candle power each were placed in prominent po-
sitions upon the claim. Although the night was very dark, the lights
shed a brilliant light around, and enabled the miners to work as readily
as during the day. Until this experiment, the mines had to shut down
during the night, but now the company expects to work both night and
day. Nevada and Yuba counties have many hydraulic mining com-
panies, and several of them have announced their desire to use the new
light if the Excelsior Company is thoroughly satisfied with their machine.
The cost of lighting the claim by electricity is said to be 16 cents an hour.
It will interest our readers to know a few facts concerning the history
of the deep sea lines, and the gratifying pecuniary success which has at-
tended one of the companies at least. Reports by the other companies,
except those of the line across Australia, and its deep sea cable to Banjo-
wangie, are not to hand. It has, however, been eminently successful,
though it was at first doubted whether it would not soon be sawn in
pieces on the rough bottom of the shallow coral sea, and so require fre-
quent repairs. The longest cable ever laid, and which is still in good
working order, was laid from Brest, in France, to St. Pierre Island, 2,584
knots in length, or 732 knots longer than the 1866 Atlantic line. In 1873
a cable was laid from Ireland to Newfoundland, 1,877 knots in length ;
and in 1874 two cables were laid, the one by the Telegraphic Construction
and Maintenance Company, for the Anglo-American Telegraph Company,
1.837 knots in length, from their station at Valentia, Ireland, to that at
Newfoundland ; aud the other by Siemens Brothers, for the Direct United
States Cable Company, from Ballinskellings Bay, Ireland, to Torbay,
Nova Scotia, 2,422 knots in length. Altogether seven lines, representing
about 18,000 knots of cable, have been laid across the North Atlantic
Ocean, of which at present four are in working order, namely: the 1869,
1873 and two 1874. All attempts have failed hitherto to repair any of
the other three.
Their pecuniary success is shown in the instance of the Anglo-American
Company, whose brief report we extract from the columns of the Electri-
cian, July 10th, ult. :
Anglo-American Telegraph Company. — At a meeting of the board
of directors of the Anglo-American Telegraph Company, Limited, held
on th*i 11th inst., it was resolved (after reserving £37,500 for the renewal
fund) to declare an interim dividend, for the quarter ending the 30th
June, of 1^ per cent, on the consolidated stock, and 2^ per cent, on the
preferred stock, both free of income tax, and payable on the 1st of August
to the shareholders registered on the 1st of July. This leaves an esti-
mated balance of £10,000 to be carried forward to next quarter's account.
Frank Davidson was hanged recently in Missouri for murdering a
man at a picnic. Before the execution, a local paper records: "Elder
Isham Tanner, of Johnson county, the man Davidson was working for
when he killed his victim, went to Sedalia and baptized him in the Bap-
tist Church before a small but appreciative audience."
OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.
A correspondent enjoys singular privileges in the plural number.
Nobody knows who he is, why he left his country, what moves him to
write, or who may have kicked him in the foreign, far land where he
rhetorically flaunts the stars and stripes in the face of all creation. No-
body knows any of these things, but any one can guess at the probable
social standing of the person who does the Bulletin's special correspondence
from Japan. In the long letter, published in that paper on the 5th inst.,
is an account of Gen. Grant's reception at Tokio, in the midst of rejoic-
ings and salutes and universal turn-out of the population, delighting to
honor the Lord's annointed. Natives and foreigners were full of smiles
and happiness, all but the sulky John Bulls, if we are to believe this
veracious letter-writer. He says :
" Most of the European men-of-war in the harbor, excepting the English,
fired salutes also. The British Government
has noted with jealous watchfulness the growth of public sentiment, of
late, in Japan and the other Asiatic nations. That sentiment is friendly
to the United States, and hostile to England."
So far as the omission of the salute is concerned, it seems likely to be
true. The English fired away so much powder at home and in India, in
saluting General Grant, that the War Office has been forced to econo-
mize in this direction. It was, therefore, poverty which compelled the
unfortunate British to be silent; and the man who can sneer at honest
poverty is a base wretch, etc.
As for the growth of public sentiment in Japan and the other Asiatic
nations, in the direction of hostility to England and friendliness to the
United States, who can doubt it ? The Japanese have no wits of their
own to observe the cordial American feeling toward the Chinese, greeted,
as they land among us, with discursive brickbats; and the public opinion
of Japan must be strongly prejudiced in our favor by the reports of
native gentlemen, who have been slapped on the shoulder by our polished
shopkeepers, and saluted as "John." No doubt there is in all Asia a
wholesome respect for our naval strength, by contrast with the feeble dis-
5 lay of the arrogant English; and putting these together, how can the
apanese refrain from loving a nation which combines the perfection of
delicate courtesy with omnipresent and over-mastering power?
THE AVERILL MIXED PAINT
Is manufactured from strictly pure White Lead, Zinc, and
Pure Linseed Oil, to which is added Water Glass, which chemically unites the
ingredients and holds them in solution, so they cannot separate. As a house paint
it has no equal, producing a brilliant glossy finish, impervious to the weather, and
Will Last Twice as Long:
as any other paint made. It is of pure white, and any Shade or Color desired, mixed
ready for the brush, so that any one can apply it.
Our wagon and machinery paints, from the more common colors to the finest ver-
milion, are specially desirable.
Our fire-proof roof, barn and bridge paint, manufactured from oxide of iron, is the
best and cheapest paint for the purpose that can be produced.
Put up in J, i, 1 and 5 gallon cans, and in barrels, sold by the gallon. Send for
sample card of colors and price list. Address,
CALIFORNIA PAINT COMPANY,
July 13. 329 MARKET STREET, San Francisco.
SWANT0N HOUSE, PESCADERO.
This Popular Hotel, together with the detached Cottages,
which are not the least of its attractive features, have been newly furnished
throughout, and are now open for the reception of guests. Those desiring to visit
the most enjoyable of all our sea-side resorts, can make no mistake in deciding upon
Pescadero.
IT IS EASILY BEACHED,
and is unsurpassed in the excellence of its climate, the beauty of its scenery, and in
the attractiveness of its truly remarkable sea beach. Those extraordinary pebbles,
among which are to be found agates, opals, sapphires, etc., were never so numerous
as now, the past Whiter having thrown up immense numbers of curiously-shaped
stones, which for ages have been subiected to the everlasting motions of the tireless
Pacific. GOOD TROUT FISHING is obtainable in the Pescadero river.
" The hotel prices are fixed to suit the times.
[April 27.
"THE SAN FRANCISCO MERCHANT,"
A "Weekly Trade Paper.
Published Every Friday Morning. --Especially devoted to
the Grocery, Tobacco, Provision, Drug and Wine and Spirits Trades. The
ADVOCATE OF HOME MANUFACTURES. Able editorials on live topics. Newsy
comments on all affairs appertaining to business. The fullest and most reliable m ir-
ket reports, and the liveliest and most entertaining trade paper published in the
United State. Subscription, Two Dollars a year, in advance (postage included) , and
received by all newsdealers, Postmasters and agents of Wells, Fargo & Co. Sample
copies, free. July 19.
WAKELEE'S AURE0L1NE
Produces the Beautiful Golden Hair so Much Admired.
SUPERIOR TO TBE IMPORTED ARTICLE
—by reason OF ITS-
FRESHNESS AND CARE USED IN ITS PRODUCTION.
PRICE, I.AKIJE BOTTLES. 82.
Manufactured by S. P. WAKELEE & CO.,
Montgomery and Bush streets, 8. E.
JDruggistS/ comer
[Aug. 2.
MITCHELL'S MAGIC LOTION.
Quick and sure cure Tor bruises and sprains--relleves the
pain instantly ; perfectly harmless ; will prevent the eye turning: dark after a
blow ; good for aching feet ; gives instant relief from soreness after horseback riding
or any over-exertion ; very serviceable as a gargle after speaking or singing. Mr. A.
W. Hussey, Stock Broker, says: "After my runaway accident, my eye was much
discolored and I could not bend my knee. The next day after using your Lotion, my
knee was as well as ever and the bruise marks nearly gone from the eye. It is won-
derful stuff and everybody ought to know about it." Sold by all Druggists and by
GEORGE H. MITCHELL, 507 California street. Price, 25 cents. Aug. 2.
ALASKA COMMERCIAL COMPANY,
o. 310 Sansonie street, San Francisco, Wholesale Dealer
in Furs. Sept. 21.
N'
Aug. 16, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
> In the City and County of San Francisco. California, for
the Weak ending August 9th.
VamplUdflvmUu KtrunU of tltt VBmmmial Atmmt,1in California SI., S.r.
Thursday. August 7th.
BU5TOH ANll UIUSTI1.
nK5CIUPTION.
Owrn filll to Sjv anil Loan Soc . .
Pi lerG Pi ;;r, t :,. I) ||srrtn|Eton, .
i cm Ao-ti in 8
r line In Wm .1 Kobinf...
J W Dndsito llrnrr Wq IT
JaDr Kirw.in to M KorraUKllsts . .
Sarab UcUimock to J E a Behu
Hi-li'ii E Lima to adds i" FDrncst
Danl K Manin to Baml SnncWrs ..
.•' Mid wf lo S?inu*
Uvorlctu Bower to S BlamcDburj;
Theo Ilnrttin? to ,hi1iii« Gonrnpy .
.T A HrXaub in loG ETwIrhrll .
Mnry Purcril in Danl Kennedy .. .
M Hfiuicjsty to Bridget Henm ssay
A N \nd>T*onto Richard dull'...'.
lli'ii Bdwardt In.? i; r.i«oe
Sumc lo H 0 Skiner
J M Coawrftud loG A C:\sb
Si»nu- lo H Wendt
Same to Wm Sollman
n Mscdonald lo Pm Mulcahv
(.' N Wileou to Lottie M Wbceler
\V Hollis to Julia Slrans
X» Xatonis. ill Br M. neUzTS
W AUban » a.-.ilim
Lot 14. G i . s. , t plsl >■
N Bosb, i S0llJ7:fl
W Rbodi l-inml, 3nl n Yn'o. n 50x100.
. BO. Exoeurior Homestead
lolpb, BO s arch, w 60x100; and
I Tliiirnton, e 35x100 .
N« O'Parrcl and Btolner, w 88x41.8 ...
Lot M.hlb ;. i .,.,. Tract
Same
bd hi channel, Wisconsin,
Alameda mid Carolina
Snnrirr lo;? In Gin Map 3
Lot 1 1, blk 333, S S F Hd and R R Ann
Ion, loose Bryant, Be 25x75
w Brannaii pi, UK! s Brannan, s 35x60,
N Jersey, 100 w Vtekstinrg, \\ 25x114..
S« -r,U, and D.V.orcs, s 45x101:9
W Dolores, 03 s 25th, s 30x101:0
W Church, 30 s 371b, s 25x80
N" Donean, so n church, w 24x105
IN Duncan, 245 w Church, w 2:1:0x105..
iW Jessie, 185 n 20th, n 25x75
Suudry lots in Ontsidc Homesteads
Is Bush, 185:8 e Fillmore, e 31x137:0
$2,IHI0
l.-.u
110
5
1.250
I. HI
111
1.C80
6
700
100
25(1
400
Gift
Gift
4511
3,250
2.4011
2,200
1,500
1,700
2,750
1
4,900
Friday, August 8th.
G F. Wellinclon to Jean L Vermeil Und J$ se Berry. 275 sw 5th, 45:10x250.
Marg J Brady to Chas H Burton . . IN Union, 120 w Hyde, w 100x00; and sw
I Howard and 8th, se lliOx 10C
JIarv Dalton to R BHine iN Waslin, 101:1)4 rBrod'ck,e34:4Js' .etc
Wm I) Heath to C A Hnntemann .]W Dupont. 1 17:0 3 Greenwich, s 20x160
Danl Toy to Goo D Toy |W Powell, 91:8 n O'Farrell. 22:10x137:6
J II Deerine lo Sav and Loan Soc. 'NY Center and Carolina, e 200. etc .,
i N Geary. 37:(i e Hyde, e 25x87:6.
S Turk, 90 w Scott, w 40x1(10
Ne York and 22d, e 200, n250, se to com
Snndry Outside Linde
Lots 14 to 17, blk 10, City Land Assn . .
, Lots 211 to 215, Gift Map 4
\V Fillmore, 78 n Sacramento, n 25x91:0
N Fell, 165 w Goush, w 27:6x120 ; and
lots 17, 18, blk 40, City Land Assn. . .
W Treat av, 213 n 22d, n 2x122:6
S A Fisher to Richd Hllllis IE Kearny, 59:6 n Suiter, n 20:6x40
Atkins Mnssey to Geo T Marye . ..'Nw Market, 500 ne City Hall av, 25x100
L G McMullin to Jno F Byxbce ... I Lot 6, blk 643, Pt LobosAvBxHd
W Buckingham to Caroline Diinlap
E C Dake to Marion A Duke.
C P Dnane to Jennie Perkins
PSIalcr to Paul Ronsset
Mary F Erwin to Mary A Co»h!an.
J Bridgwood to S J Bridswood
Wm Ilollis toS M B Haley
Hugh J McVey to Chas McVey
Jas H Handley to Michl McCann
15,000
400
2,800
1
2,200
1
Gift
4,000
1,500
50
100
3,000
1
50
1,000
16,000
1
Saturday, August 9th.
Cal Lodge No 1 I O O F to O P Cem
R F Knox to Jacob Bacon
C L Wellcr to L J Lewis
J Docking to G Hesketh
C B Perkins to J G James
A C Splivalo to S F Savs Union
S Mr.Cnllough to Chas Page ...
H A Doming to E M Culler
Tobias Hock to Chas Solari ...
Earl Bartlett to City and Co of S F
J Dulig and wf el al to Same
A Abell to Lodge 212 F & A Mas'ni
Geo O McMallin to City and Co. ..
Lot 1, Sect plat 3. Odd Fells Cemetery.
Lot 12, blk 595, Great Park nomestead
Und Q of 8 acres Ryan Tract
S Filbert, 55 e Kearny, c 27:6x82:6
E Howard, 225 ninth, n 25x122:6
Ne 3d, 75 nw Townsend, nw 50x80
Sundry lots In different parts of city . .
Sundry lots in Ontside Lands
Lots 14, 16, blk 1 , Pioche and Robinson
subs of San Miguel ranch
E Nebraska, 185 s Center, s 30x100
N Precita av, at se cor of Jones land, n
2xe210
W M st, 100 n 15th av, n 30, w 100, etc.
S Army, al intersection of line bet O C
Pratts and B Wellmans laud, n 9, etc
$2,066
125
1,000
1,950
1,250
11,000
18,000
5
1,600
1
Monday , August 1 1th.
W H Patterson to AlbertB Patrick
H Lorentzen to Elizlh F Lorentzen
University Hd Asn to G Edwards .
II B Congdon to Same
Jno McDonough to Peter Gannon,
Cath Henderson to J Maristany Jr
W II Grattan to Wm Q Clark,
Sundry lots in different parts of the city
S Cula, 137:6 e Steinor, e 35:4>£xl37:6 . .
Lots 33 to 36, blk 126, University H'd..
Same
Lotsl to 4, blk 15, Flint Tract H'd ....
Lots 19, 20, blk 17, Noe Garden Hd. . . .
Sundry lots in different parts of the city
A Borel to M Perpoli IW Bryant, 104 s 23d, s 26x100
J J Hayes to Mas Savs and Ln Bk Nw Guerrero and 20th, n 16:6x105
GS Kittredge to Same IW Bartlett, 120 n 23d, n 40x125
Thos Lindsay to Geo Dickson. ...INw Minna, 455 sw 3d, sw 25x70
Henry C Wright to Jno Sullivan. . ISw Devisadero and Tyler, w 275x137:6.
800
3,300
700
10,208
4,336
3,500
4,560
Tuesday, August 12th.
J M Browne to J PCassou
Martin Bulger to Mary A Bulger . .
W B Stone to Jno Hammond
PM Collins to Ellen Barnard
Harry W Taylor to Ellen Murpby.
La Soc Francaise to PDuprey. .
GeoH Barnard to P M Collins ...
Henry W Helms to August Briel. .
Geo Edwards to Tbos G Spear
Michl Blake to Patrick Blake
Geo Rubens to Anna E Reutcr ...
Geo Edwards to Wm L Hansell ...
Sav & Ln Soc to Jas Tompkinson
Lot 2, blk 15, TJosveralty Ex Hd
E Russ, 220 n Folsom, n 50x100
N Geary, 192:6 w Leavth. w 27:6x136:6.
S Linden, 102:6 w Octavia, w 27:6x60 .
E Michigan, 175 n Sierra, n 25x100
N Jackson. 91:6 e Mason, e 23x122:6...
S Linden, 192:6 w Octavia, w 27:6x60 .
S 15th av, 225 e R st, e 25x100
W Amherst, 100 s Mansell, w 240. elc .
Lots 188 and 199, Silver Terrace Hd...,
N Hayes, 112:6 e Gough, e 25x120
S Jersey, 125 e Sanchez, e 23x114
Nw Nat'oma, 212 ne 2d, ne 25x75
$ 200
Gift
5,600
1,600
1,000
5,200
1,61.0
350
125
300
6,500
1,350
2,500
Wednesday, August 13th.
Michl T Barry to Ellen Barry
Mas Sav & Lit Bk to M A Urobilin
Michl Dillenherg to Jas Wynn
Andw Sproule to Joshua Garlick.
Terrenes Burke to Cath P Bolan ,
Wm N Bolan to Same
Jas N Hume to Jno T Brady
Hil) Sav & Ln Soc to H C Wright
Jas E Gordon lo Isaac Ayer
Isaac Ayer to S C Brown
S C Browne to S A Pol ter
L Matthias to Gertraud Matthias.
N Vallejo, 174:6 e Van Ness, e 25x122:6
W Alabama, 130 n 33d, n 26x100
Lots 53 and 54, Gift Map 2
Lot s 305 to 310, Gift Map 3
N Hayes, 04:3 e Gough, e 18:3x129
Same
Sw 4th , 250 se Bryant, se 95x80
Sw Stewart, 275 se Market, 45:10x137:6.
Lot No 27, South Park
Same
Same, snhj to Mortgage for $5,000
Nw Francisco ani Stockton, w 26:3x50
Girt
700
250
1,200
1
5
4,500
14.500
9,000
9.500
8,500
Gift
T. 4. BARRY, Agent for Naglee's Brandy, is at No. 116
Montgomery Street.
GEO. STREET, Agent 2Tew« tetter, 30 Cornliill, E. C, Zondon.
IN CONSEQUENCE OF SPURIOUS IMITATIONS OF
LEA #* PERKINS' SAFCE, wblob are calculated to deceive
the public, Lea and Perrins liavc adopted A NEW LABEL, bearing their sig-
nature, " LEA & PEHKINS," which is placed on every bottleof WORCESTERSHIRE
SAUCE, ami without which none is genuine.
Ask for LEA & PERRINS' Sauce, and see namo on wrapper, label, bottle and stop-
per Wholesale and for export by the proprietors, Worcester ; Crosse & Blackwell,
London, etc., etc., and by grocers and oilmen throughout the world. To be obtained of
Nov. 16. MESSRS. CROSS & CO., San Francisco.
ROWLAND'S"
MACASSAR OIL strengthens the Hair and prevents it falling off. The bottles
have a glass stopper, and not a cork.
KALYDOR beautifies the Complexion and eradicates Freckles, Tan, Prickly Heat,
Eruptions, etc.
ODONTO whitens the Teeth, prevents and arrests decay, and gives a pleasing
fragrance to Lhe breath.
ECTKONIA is a new and delicate toilet powder.
Ask for ROWLAND'S articles, of 20, Hatton Garden, London, and avoid cheap
imitations. Sold by Druggists, Bazaars, etc., all over the world. May 3.
JOYCE'S SPORTING AMMUNITION.
[ESTABLISHED 1820.]
rrihe attention of Sportsmen is invited to the following
JL Ammunition, of the best quality, now in general use throughout England,
India and the Colonies ; Joyce's Treble Waterproof and F 3 Quality Percussion
Caps ; Chemically-prepared Cloth and Felt Gun Wadding ; Joyce's Gas-Tight Car-
tridges, for Pin-fire and Central-fire Breech-loading Guna ; Wire Cartridges, for killing
game at long distances, and every description of Sporting Ammunition. Sold by
all gun-makers and dealers in gunpowder.
FREDERICK JOYCE & CO., Patentees and Manufacturers,
Sept. 28. 57 Upper Thames street, London.
Medicinal Food—Pancreatic Emulsion is the only true
food in
4 lonsnmntion and Wasting- Diseases produced by enfeebled diges*
\_j tion, or hereditary causes.
~JVTediciiial Food—Pancreatic Emulsion supplies the special form of
jjJL nutriment, in combination with the digestive agent required, and is there-
fore the
Natural Food for such Invalids, restoring strength, weight and appe-
tite, and counteracting the tendency to wasting diseases, etc.
Savory A Moore, New Bond-street, London, from whom pamphlets, contain-
ing particulars and the highest Medical Testimonials and recommendations,
may be obtained, gratis, on application, and chemists, etc., everywhere. [July 6.
Savory A Moore, 143, New Bond street, call attention to the recognized
remedy for
A stnma, etc. Datura Tatula. Cigarettes and Cigars, Pastilles for In-
1 halation, in boxes, 3s. to 18s.
atnraTatnla for Asthma, etc. The entire plant cut and prepared
for smoking ; Tins, 2s. 6d. to 18s. Economical and Efficacious.
avory A Moore's Datura Tatula in all forms for smoking and inhala-
tions. Medical Testimonial with each Packet.
D
S!
D
atura Tatula for Asthma, etc. Delicate persons use the remedy as
Cigarettes, or as Pastilles for Inhalation,
Dal nra Tatula for Asthma, etc. The words "Datura Tatula" and
" SAVORY & MOORE " on the labels are the only guarantee against the risk
of imitations.
For Asthma, etc., Datura Tatula. Prepared only by SAVORY &
MOORE, 143, New Boud street, London, and of Chemists everywhere.
LJuly 12.]
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTKACT OF MEAT.
Inest anil Cheapest Meat-flavoring- Stock for Sonps, Made
Dishes and Sauces. March 2.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTEACT OF MEAT
[sa success and boon for which Nations should feel grate-
ful. See " Medical Press," " Lancet," '* British Medical Journal," etc.
F
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT-
(laution—Genuine only with fac-simile of Baron I.iebl§r's
j Signature, in blue ink, across Label. "Consumption in England increased ten-
old in ten years." March 2.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
To be had of all Store-keepers, Grocers and Chemists. Sole
Agents for the United States (wholesale only), C. David & Co., 43, Mark Lam;,
London, England. March 2.
L.H. Newton. NEWTON BROTHERS & CO., M. Newton.
Importers and wholesale dealers in Teas, Foreign Goods and
Groceries, 204 and 20ti California street, San Francisco. Cal May 25.
W.Morris. MORRIS & KENNEDY, J. P. Kennedy,
Importers and Dealers in Moldings, Frames, Encra viu^s,
Chromos, Lithographs, DeL-ak-omanie, Wax and Artists' Materials, 21 Post
street, nearly opposite Masonic Temple, San Francisco. Feb. 4.
18
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Aug. 16, 1879.
BIZ.'
We are pleased to remark a decided improvement in trade circles. The
volume of business with the interior of our own State, Oregon, "Washington
and territories adjoining upon the Pacific Slope, is steadily growing in its
extent and value. Money is very plentiful in all our reservoirs, but the
trouble is to obtain satisfactory and available secureties to draw it out.
Interest rates are lower than ever before upon this coast, but the diffi-
culty is to procure gilt-edge Notes, Bonds, etc., etc., upon which bankers
and others will loan their surplus funds. As for Mining Stocks, the rate
established for loans is far below former averages, and thus holds out
small inducements to operators of limited capital. Real Estate loans are
always in order at the Savings Banks, but they seek for productive prop-
erty in the city with large margins. We think, however, that there is a
better and more cheering outlook before us for Real Estate in desirable
building localities — notably those on California-Street Hill and the lines
of Cable Railroads.
The Hawaiian traffic with this coast appears to be steadily aggres-
sive. The arrivals from the Sandwich Islands since our last include those
of the ship Republic, 24 days from Honolulu, with 3,000 bags of Sugar,
etc. ; bark D. C. Murray, 32 days from same, with 4,716 bags and 557
kegs Sugar, 964 bags Rice, etc. ; bark Ella, from same, with 4,646 goat
skins, 8,072 pkgs Sugar, 270 bags Rice, etc.; also Pacific Mail Steamship
Australia, from Honolulu, with 7,465 bags and 1,568 kegs Sugar, 100 bags
Rice and 493 bags Bananas. In return for this, which comes in free of
duty under the Hawaiian Reciprocity Treaty, we send to the Islands
Flour, Provisions, Machinery, etc. In fact, they draw largely upon us
for all kinds of goods, wares and merchandise, and really to an extent
that we fear the Islanders are over-trading — going too fast.
As regards merchandise marts, we remark a good consumptive de-
mand for Coffee, at fair prices. At auction, 175 bags Rio sold at 15c
down to 14£c, according to quality. The Panama steamer, Granada,
brought up 1,043 bags Rio from New York; also 700 bags of Central
American. Our market exhibits a good degree of firmness, by reason of
light imports, the past six months, as compared with same period in past
years. The statistical position of the market is good for the balance of
the year. Present range of price for Central American, 14@16ic, accord-
ing to quality.
Sugar. — The Refineries make no change in schedule rate, evidently in-
tending to punish those of our grocers who, to keep up assortments, con-
tinue to draw supplies from New York. As before stated, several
thousand bbls. Refined were bought in New York, to come here via the
Isthmus and Cape Horn, although other parcels, but to a limited extent,
continue to come by rail. We quote Whites, 9|@10c; Yellow and
Golden, 8£@7£c. Hawaiian rules from 6 to 8c, according to grade.
Rice. — Imports from Hongkong continue to be large, causing a de-
pressed market. The ship Edith, from Hongkong, was the last arrival,
with 41,000 bags. Price, 4| for mixed, 5£@5&c. for China. Hawaiian
imports of late have been less than was expected — say 3,000 bags — the
week past. Price, o^c for new crop.
Teas. — Stocks are very light for the season. The public sale last week,
and duly noted by us, gives much strength and confidence to holders. We
quote standard Japan paper at 35@.37^c.
Tobacco.— There is a good trade demand for all manufactured stock.
Competition seems to be greater than ever. Several new Eastern competi-
tions, coupled with an army of runners scouring the country, drumming
up customers at low prices.
Coal. — The miners strike at Seattle, "Washington Territory, cuts off a
very large and important source of supplies, and this in turn causes quite
a scarcity of Steam Coals and some temporary advance in price. During
the week we have had several arrivals from the Colonies. Brier Holme,
from Newcastle, N. S. W., with 1,260 tons; Eva H. Fisk, from same,
with 694 tons. This latter cargo sold at S7 25, which is an advance of SI
per ton over previous sales to arrive of Sydney Steam. The bark Re-
becca, from Sydney, is also to hand with 752 tons Shale. Supplies from
British Columbia are continued to a fair extent. The general market for
Coal is strong.
Quicksilver. — The market is firm at 35c, with considerable sales for
the next outgoing steamer to Hongkong, on the 23d inst. Our stocks are
light — the output less than for years past, owing chiefly to the low prices
ruling. The world's consumption has, no doubt, been largely increased
by the low rates ruling for the past year or two; still, many of our mines
cannot afford to run their works to a profit at much less than 45@50c.
To this end efforts are making to advance rates by a co-operation of
interests.
Borax. — There are large orders here from England and for New York,
but the out-put is, by agreement, limited to 100 tons per month. Of refined,
the August and September out-put has been sold for New York. Prob-
ably there are at date unexecuted orders here for at least 1,000 tons for
forward delivery, at prices a shade under fixed rates of 6c to 8c for lots of
10 tons and upwards, but the resident agents refuse to sell, looking for
better prices ere long.
Salmon. — Oregon advices of August 1st estimate the season's catch at
448,000 cases. Our estimate puts it at 440,000 cases.
Shipped direct from River to Liverpool 136,685
Cases , 303,315
Received in this city 131,812
Now in store 40,000 cases 171,503
The steamship Oregon, on her last trip, brought us 11,000 cases Salmon.
These are held generally at SI 05@1 07& per dozen 1-tb-cans, but buyers
generally offer but SI, with no sales. The future of the Salmon Market
now depends upon holders. The stock remaining is thought to be in
strong hands, and it is hoped that the Eastern demand will be quite suffi-
cient to take off our surplus.
Bags. — A week since, an auction sale was held of 27,500 imported
Standard Burlap Grain Sacks, and these sold to one party at 10^c, cash.
Since then, other sales from private hands have been concluded, at 10f@
10£c, which is below combination prices, Yesterday another lot of Stand-
ard Bags was offered at auction, of 100 bales, thus showing a feeling of
restless uneasiness upon the part of holders. The present nominal price
of imported Bags is ll@ll£c, but thus far during the month of August
comparatively little business has been done, showing that the country is
for the moment well stocked with containers.
Freights and Charters. — Tonnage has increased some during the week
by reason of numerous arrivals of deep water vessels. Very few Grain
charters have been thrown upon the market, yet ship owners are firm in
asking 45s. for wood, and 47s. 6d. for iron vessels to a direct port, Havre
or Liverpool, with the usual additions for ports of call, etc. At this
writing, our disengaged fleet numbers 31 vessels of 40,000 tons tonnage ;
on the berth 26 vessels of 38,000 tons register. The fleet in sight to arrive
is 160,000 tons; same time 1878, 159,000 tons; same time 1877, 180,000 tons.
Breads tuffs. — About 1,000 tons of shipping extras have been secured
for the Gaelic, to sail for Hongkong on the 23d inst. ; price, S4 75@$5.
We quote Common Superfine, S4@4 25; Extra Superfine, §4 50@$4 75;
Extra Family and Bakers' Extra, §5@5 50. The market is by no means
active.
Wheat. — The arrivals are quite liberal. * Exports in July, 402,000
centals, against 350,000 ctls. same time last year. Prices during the week
have shaded off from SI 75, the highest, to SI 60@S1 65 # ctl., with sales
yesterday of 1,000 tons for export at SI 65. Millers pay SI 70@Sl 75
for the pick of the market.
Barley. — The market is without special movement. Chevalier com-
mands Si 50@$1 75 for dark and bright respectively. Brewing, S90@
SI 05 for new and old respectively. Feed, 70@75c per ctl.
Oats. — There is no life to the market. Sales, to a limited extent, at
SI 25@S1 50 # ctl.
Corn— Market sluggish, at 75@85c $ ctl.
Hop3. — There are buyers of new crop in market at 20c, and this price
has been paid in Washington Territory for lots to arrive here.
Potatoes. — There has been quite a decided rise in prices during the
week. Sales at 40@-5(b $ ctl. for good to choice. The distillers buy at
15 to 30c for common stock new crop.
Butter, Cheese and Eggs.— There has been a notable rise in Butter
during the week, good to choice Dairy in rolls now held at 22ic@27Ac.
Cheese, 10c@12£e. Eggs, 25c@30c.
Wool. — A few large purchases of choice Northern Fleece have been
made during the week, say 1,500,000 lbs, one half of this taken by the
Mission -Pioneer Mills Consolidated. We quote best Oregon Valley
at 24c@26c; Eastern Oregon, 19e@20c ; Humboldt, 25c@26c.
Hides— Good demand; Dry, 16c@16£c.
Tallow— Market dull at 5c@5£c ; Choice Refined, 8c@8£c.
Fruits. — The market continues to be copiously supplied with Grapes
in Variety, Apples, Blackberries, Peaches, Plums, Nectarines, etc. From
Sydney, by steamer, we received 700 boxes Lemous and 75 boxes Oranges,
and from the Sandwich Islands 500 bunches Bananas, etc. Prices rule
low for all kinds, giving our local canneries a fine show for a big canning.
SANITARY NOTES.
The deaths this week number 70, as compared with 80 last, and 89
for the corresponding week last year. Males, 44 ; females, 26 ; Chinese,
6. There were 4 suicides. The zymotics were : Dyptheria 4, typhoid
fever 5. The other principal causes were : Phthisis 10, pneumonia 6,
infantile convulsions 6, heart disease 3, alcoholism 2, paralysis 2, and 1
each of apoplexy, brain disease, bronchitis, enteritis, hydrocephalus,
jaundice, kidney disease, congestion of the lungs and scrofula. There was
no death in the Third Ward, and but 1 in the Fifth ; there were 9 in the
Tenth and 10 in the Eleventh "Wards. Infantile mortality was very
low. The only prevailing disorder is typhoid fever.
A GOOD PLAN.
Anybody can learn to make money rapidly operating in
Stocks, by the "Two Unerring Rules for Success," in Messrs. Lawrence &
Co.'s uew circular. The combination method, which this firm has made so success-
ful, enables people with large or small means to reap all the benefits of largest cap-
ital and best skill. Thousands of orders, in various sums, arc pooled into one vast
amount and co-operated as a mighty whole, thus securing to each shareholder all the
advantages of the largest operator. Immense profits are divided monthly. Any
amount, from 85 to §5,000, or more, can be used successfully. N. Y Baptist Weekly,
September 20th, 1878, sajs : " By the combination system Si5 would make §75, or
5 per cent. ; $50 pays §350, or 7 per cent. ; S100 makes §1,000, or 10 per cent, on the
stock, during the month, according to the market." Frank Leslie' s illustrated
Newsj)aper, June 29th : " The combination method of operating stocks is the most
successful ever adopted." New York Independent, Sept. 12th: "The combination
system is founded upon correct business principles, and no person need be without
an income while it is kept working by Messrs. Lawrence & Co. Brooklyn Journal,
April 29th : " Our editor made a net profit of $101.25 from $20 in one of Messrs.
Lawrence & Co.'s combinations." New circular (mailed free) explains everything.
Stocks and bonds wanted. Government bonds supplied.
July 26. LAWRENCE & CO., Bankers, 57 Exchange Place, N. T.
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UNCLE TOM'S CABIN,
Fourteen-Mile House, San Bruno,
ne above institution will be opeu on and after Sunday,
August 3d, 1S79. I Aug. O.j AUGUST JEXEVEIX, Manager.
Newton Booth, C. T. Wheeler, Sacramento. | J. T. Glover, W. W. Dodqb, S. F
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W. W. DODGE & CO.
nolesale Grocers, corner Front and day streets, San
Francisco. April 1.
CASTLE BROTHERS,
ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAH 1850.
Importers of Teas and East India Goods, IV o**. 2.13 and 215
Front street, San Francisco. Jan. 13.
J. M. Neville. REMOVAL. Geo. H. Bryant
BAGS, TENTS AND HOSE.
NEVILLE & CO.,
No.'s 31 and 33 California Street, S. E. corner of Davis,
San Fkancisco. [Augt. 2.
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Have Removed their Law Offices to Ko. 217 Sansome Street.
[March 15,]
16, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
10
Shooting
SPORTING ITEMS.
j that quail prorata
ut backward. There
mail, on tl pening <>f the season, until for the gun.
• ill spar.' them. Messrs. Paine 4 Baokwith,
ties, comprising 5,000
ing from Kridg. |..rt on the nurth, • Cordelia Slough at it- outlet
■in Suisun ("reck proper on the east, to the String
west. They have pli a]] over the property, warn
rag all trespassers, both amateur and regular dnst shooting,
arnl intend inf.uving tln-ir rights. Ducks pr unnsuallyplen
tifnl tl many of the migratory ducks, wirlg i
and green- winged t t-.»l. having arrived on our manhee already in quanti-
— ral pigeon in if ut Baxter's laat Sunday. The
first, between Lambert and C. Robinson, m won by the former.
Mews. <'. Bobinaon, W. Hammond and Lambert then shot • freeze-out.
which was wnn by Bobinaon, who «-M also victorious in an eight-bird
match against the same gentlemen. M. Williams and Frank ufaskey
shot at twelve glass halls for $60 n side. Williams won; soon-. 12 to g.
There will he a match to-morrow at Baxter's, for S100 aside, between J.
Stack, of the Cosmopolitan Club, and C. Conrad, of the California Club.
twelve birds each. There are already a number of good shots entered
for the coming pigeon tournament, to be held at Sacramento during the
Fair- Why do not the State Fair Committee arrange an inter-State
ting tournament?
Pedestrianism. -California lias the fever very had. All over the
State matches are constantly coming off, both for medals, glory and gate
money— especially the latter. The members of Company F, Second
Regiment, have arranged a twenty -mile go-as-you-please match, to come
off at the Oakland Knee Track next week, for a purse of .?2n, to be divided
amongst the first three. The Yuma Indians that we mentioned last
week as having been entered for the Astley Belt contest, will give an
exhibition here before leaving for the East. — There will be an amateur
ten-hour go-as-you-please match, for an advertised purse of S100, at San
Jose to-day.— A man named Frank Reynolds claims to have walked a
mile in 6 minutes 41 seconds last week at Redwood City. If Frank will
come to San Francisco and walk a mile under 7 minutes he can break the
city.— There are already eight entries paid for the coming six-day tour-
nament under the management of Messrs. Lawton and McNeil. It is an
assured success. Over twenty are expected to start. ^—Madame Tourti-
lott, who walked against Von Berg at Virginia City, claims that besides
being drugged with a poisoned orange, she was cheated in the scoring— as
much as sixteen miles behig credited to Von Berg for one hour's walking.
It is not likely that a female pedestrian contest will ever again create any
enthusiasm on this coast.— —Entries for the Astley Belt contest close on
the 21st inst. All entrance fees must be paid to the London Sporting Life
by that date, —Callahan, winner of the fourth prize in the late six-day
walk, is matched to walk twenty miles against two amateurs, the race to
come off at Badger's Park, Sunday.— The match between Johnny Igo
and the mare, "Nell Briordy," is off. Johnny had atrial, running behind
a three-minute horse, and found he bad no chance to win.— Freder-
meyer, the wheelbarrow fiend, has been let loose at the American Insti-
tute fur a six-day hippodrome. He finishes to-night.
Yachting. — Last Saturday's regatta was one of the most successful
ever held here. The steam tug Neptune carried the committee (consist-
ing of Commodore Harrison, J. Gutte, E. O. Wiener, H. B. Underbill,
J. M. Sbotwell and J. C. Uhler,) over the course. The Anhenser, Mr. J.
G-utte's new yacht, won the prize flag ; time, 3 hrs. 34 miu. V sec; Con-
suelo second, in 3 hrs. 41 min. <Jh sec; Swan third, 3 hrs. 50 min. 52 sec;
Zarep't, 3 hrs. 58 min. 21^ sec; Magic, 3 hrs. 58 min. 21 sec; Pearl, 4
hrs. 8 sec. ; Frolic, 4 hrs. 13 min. 17 sec. ; Fawn, 4 hrs. 15 min. 17 sec. ;
Clara, 4 hrs. 2 min. 23 sec. ; Lively, 4 hrs. 4 min. 54^ sec. : Twilight, 4 hrs.
5 min. 20 sec, Virgin, 4 hrs. 5 min. 4 sec; Mist, 4 hrs. 20 min. 49 sec;
Mollic, 4 hrs. 8 min. 35 sec. The owners of the Consuelo are desirous
of making a match with the O'Connor for S1.000 a side. They claim that
their boat was not in good trim in the last race.-^There is a prospect of
a race between the Anheuser and the O'Connor.-— There will be a race
for models at Richardson's Bay, Saucelito, to-day, the start to be made
from the San Francisco Yacht Club house at 1:30 p. M. There will be two
prizes given for large models measuring over 44 inches. First prize, $100;
second prize, a silver cup. Also prize for a special class of large models
and for boats under 22 inches. Entries can be made up to the hour of
starting.
Swimming.— Captain Webb is in New York. He is willing to swim
any man in America for a distance of twenty miles. He will most likely
come to this coast before Christmas, in which case Daily says he will give
him a race. The Neptune Club's gold medal was won last Sunday by
Mr. Dean. It will be competed for again Sunday, September 11th.——
W. Beckwith, of London, has just won the 500-yards' championship of
England. He challenges any man in the world to swim, for $500 a side,
any reasonable distance. If his challenge is not accepted in England
before November, he contemplates coming to the United States.— Last
Wednesday Captain Webb swam from Sandy Hook to Manhattan Beach,
Coney_ Island. W. H. Daily will be in San Francisco Monday next,
and will at once go on East to arrange a swim with Captain Webb.
Baseball. — The play between the Knickerbockers and Omahas attracted
an immense crowd to the Recreation Grounds last Sunday. The game was
very exciting, the Knickerbockers winning simply through an over-throw.
Score, 3 to 0.^— The Omaha Club have disbanded, and several members
have entered clubs here.— —Other games last Sunday : Star vs. Eagle,
score 7 to 3 ; California vs. Oakland, score 6 to 1. Athletic vs. Oakland,
last Saturday, score 23 to 5.^— Games to-morrow : At the Recreation
Grounds, Knickerboker vs. Reno ; at Oakland, Mutual vs. Athletic and
Omahas vs. Oaklands. Arrangements are in progress for a match
between the Knickerbockers and Californias.
Pishing. — Anglers complain that the fish in Lake Tahoe are so glutted
with the grasshoppers that jump into the lake that they will not bite.^^
August is the best month in the year for salt water fishing.— Rock cod
are plentiful round Black Point. ^—Campbell's Creek, Saratoga, Santa
Clara county, is full of fine game trout that bite freely.
Bicycling. — John Keen, of London, rode a race of 25 miles with W.
Phillips, of Wolverhampton, July loth. Keen won in lh. 23m. 13s. —
the best time on record by 30 seconds. ^— The S. F. Bicycle Club confine
themselves to road work. They have some riders who would make a good ;
showing if a race could be arranged.
.i R?.w??8' ! '";r'' h ut"« i "'"- '" rowing i
meat. Georges Regatta. Tl : crew, and en
plenrud work. 1 1„. \, ,,,„„,. , ijbd , , r.i ,-t i . .■ every .lay at North Beat b.
- I lie St. Georges crew are in constant practice, i .lav on
Oakland i reek. 1; , ,,t Sacramento during the Fair,
,.,^rch,ery' At i:ilr"-v 'wo clubs US being formed. The Mureka
t int.. of Sacramento, elected officers last week : Mr. Thomas Fish cap-
tain; Mr. M.BjBerry, secretary. Mr. Leftwioh was appointed by
the hacramento ( hd.s to confer with the San Francisco anof other clubs
respecting the coming tournament at the State Fair,
Boxing.- At last the glove contest between Mike Donovan and Will-
iam McUellan ls definitely settled to come ..IT at Piatt's Hall, next Mon-
day evening. \\ . Edwards and A. Chambers have been induced to
remain here to second McClellan, but will leave immediately after the
hght.
THE COMMITTEE ON HARD TIMES.
The Congressional inquirers, who are at present in our city, have
been aptly termed a committee on hard times. They are men with a
mission. They think workingmen are not nearly as prosperous as they
ought to be, and they want to find out just the reason of it. Well, if they
apply themselves to that task without prepossessions or prejudices, but
with a simple desire to arrive at the truth, they will be engaging them-
selves in a good work. Not unnaturally they have extended their inqui-
ries to the Pacific Coast. This is the home par excellence of the dissatis-
fied workingman. It is here that he is in open rebellion against capital.
With us he is organized for mischief. He has begotten a communistic
constitution, and is now struggling hard for power to tax other people's
property, and for control of the City and State Treasuries. He affects to
believe that debasing capital will exalt labor, and he seeks to accomplish
this by controlling the offices. Only let him run things generally, and he
will increase employment and enhance wages. He stops not to inquire
into the connection between cause and effect ; into the relations which
capital and labor naturally bear to each other. He listens only to the
agitators of the Sand-lots, who tell him that the punishment of capital
means the reward of labor. If the Congressional Committee of Inquiry
will ventilate these heresies, and put the workingman's leaders to the ne-
cessity of declaring what they want, in exact language, good cannot fail
to come of it. Evidence ought first of all to be demanded of the work-
ingman that he is really as badly off as he makes out. If he establishes
that position, which we are well assured he cannot, then the duty is upon
him to show that intimidating capital by an organized rebellion against
the existing order of things, is a movement that will inure to his benefit.
Of course he can show nothing of the kind. But to see him struggling
and failing in his efforts to show it, would be an advantage. To explode
a heresy, it is often only necessary to compel the holder of it to formulate
it. By all means let the workingman tell us his disease, and his notions
of the remedy for it, and as a result he will be very likely to end with a
clearer view of the unsubstantial character of his fancied ills.
HIGHEST STOCK QUOTATIONS
For the 'Week Ending Ang. 15th, 1879.
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SAX FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER.
Aug. 16, 1879.
SKELETON SKETCHES.
The "Masher's" Story.
"Well, yes; Ihavehadmytiinewiththewomen,"hesaid — for he had
won my money, and was inclined to be communicative — " and I tell you
that some of them are regular trumps." The firelight, shining upon his
handsome, steel-gray eyes and showy beauty of feature, had suggested to
me the question to which this was the answer. I knew he was a gambler
and black-leg, and that I ought not to be in his company, but as long as
it was too late to ■think of bed, and too early to think of breakfast, I was
glad of even his comrjany for half an hour.
' "Now, I once knew a girl," he continued, gazing into the fire, stretch-
ing out his legs and softly chinking my lost shekels, " who came near
making me wish I never had made a mash. It don't matter who she was
— 'tain.'t square to give the business away, you know — but she came of
first-class stock, and was what you would call a lady, every inch of her.
I piped her off as she came along one morning when I was taking the sun
on Kearney street. She was put up to the Queen's taste — bright-eyed,
clean-cut and fresh as a daisy. That's my game, I said to myself, and —
but you know how we do these things ; or, if you don't, I ain't going to
tell you. We became acquainted, of conrse, and she soon got over her
shyness — with me. It doesn't take long to make the most squeamish of
them tumble to the racket when a fellow knows how to do it. We met"
when they least expected it— her people, I mean. I wasn't fool enough
to come the sneak dodge and make assignations in out-of-the-way places,
or at times that were inconvenient for her. A man's sure to be dropped
on if he tries that game. Not at all. We met in the most public thor-
oughfares, and walked where ever3rbody could see us. Take my word for
it, that's the true business if you want to be safe. I had some trouble to
make her believe this, and she was scared at first ; but after a time it was
all right ; for, do you know, the poor little fool got awfully sweet on me
— on me. She was about the greenest little mortal I ever struck. I told
her all sorts of whoppers — that I was on a visit from Boston, (but the Po-
lice will tell you that's true); that my father was a parson, {and so he may
have been for all I know about him); that I had been a little wild, but
that she was reforming me — and all the rest of it ; and she took it all in
as natural as could be. But you must remember I was on my best be-
havior with her, and maybe I acted pretty much like what I said I was.
There wa3 something about her which kept a fellow in check. I never
looked into her eyes without feeling as mean as dirt. She seemed to fear
no harm, and to suspect none; and I give you my word of — well, my
word for what it is worth— that I did her no greater wrong than defile her
with my company — I dared not. She said she knew it was very wicked
to speak to a gentleman she ' didn't know,' but this was all the evil she
saw. It troubled her though, and she used to ask me to get introduced to
her family, but I knew better than that, and excused myself.
This grew tiresome after a time, of course. She got awfully spoony,
and I had other affairs of the sort on hand, and — well, I didn't want to
get the child into a row, anyhow. I wanted to give her the shake, but
how to do it was what puzzled me. I played the cold and indifferent
game, but she was too patient and loving for that. Then I got cross and
scolded her, but she cried and I weakened. Then I made an appointment
to meet her, and intended not to be on hand — nothing makes most women
so mad as that, you kuow. But I couldn't help going to a place where I
could see how she took it ; and she looked so sad and waited so long that
I had to walk up and lie about being detained. She forgave me so read-
ily that I felt like a brute, and determined that come what would the
thing had got to stop right there. I thought it over that night, and made
up my mind that next time I saw her I would tell her who and what I
was — if that didn't sicken her of me, what would ? It wasn't a pleasant
thing to do, but I knew it was best for her, and somehow I felt as if I
oughtn't to spare myself.
Well, I told her as we walked along the street together— told her that
I was a gambler and a blackguard, that I had associated all my life with
prostitutes and thieves, that I had been imprisoned for forgery, that I
' had deliberately plotted her ruin, that— but perhaps I needn't tell you
all I told her. When I began the confession she laughed, thinking I
was joking, but when she looked in my face and knew I was in earnest,
her hand trembled on my arm and she got white as a sheet. We were
close to G-.'s drug store, and I led her in. G. is a little fond of bucking
the tiger, and owes me several favors. When I told him the lady was ill,
he looked very wise and showed us into the little room at the back of the
store. I gave her a chair and a glass of water, and waited for her to
speak. She looked at me steadily, and presently said, in a strange sort of
voice: "Is this true, John ?" (I had told her to call me that). " It is,"
I auswered, wishing the earth would swallow ras. Then she buried her
face in her hands and sobbed out: " 0, John, John, why didn't you tell
me this before ?" "Because I am a contemptible cur," I replied ; "the
only approach to anything good that I have ever done in my life is to
make you hate me and leave me before it is too late." I shall never for-
get the look that leaped into those wonderful eyes of her's as she rose and,
placing a little hand on each of my shoulders, looked up into my face.
"Mate you? have you! " she said, slowly and softly in her bell-like voice.
" Hate you! leave you! You do not mean that, you do not think that,
John. Not if your sins were blacker than night! not if all the world de-
spised you!> While you love me there is no power on earth can part us."
I hadn't reckoned on this. I thought she would shake me in a flash
when she knew what I had told her. But it made me all the more de-
termined that she should, not suffer through me. She had acted on the
square and I swore to myself that J would. So I explained how impossi-
ble it was that she should link her fate to mine ; that she should leave
home, family, friends, position, everything, to mate with a broken-down
gambler— a branded felon ; and I asked her if she thought me coward
enough to permit it. But she only smiled and held my hands in hers, and
declared that she could make me good, and that she would sooner have
my love than all the world besides.
What could I do ? I saw that she would never give me up so long as
she believed that I had sacrificed my love for her sake. Yet I swear that
it was so. Half an hour earlier it would have been different, but in that
half hour I had grown to lote her as deeply as she loved me. It was my
turn now to suffer for my dastardly conduct, for the very intensity of my
love made me the more firmly resolved that she should leave me. There
was no time to lose and I saw but one way to do it. The wound must
be made deeper that she might be healed — her pride must be cruelly
struck.
You know how I can command my features. Well, I put her from
me and said, with a cold sneer: " Since you refuse to listen to less simple
arguments, I must give you the best reason of all why you should leave
me. In pretending to love you I have deceived you, as in everything
else — and — I am married." You know that I lied, but the lie did its
work. I caught her in my arms as she fell, and the first kiss I ever
printed on her lipswas the last. I laid her on the sofa and left her alone,
but I watched for her coming out, and I followed her weary footsteps to
her home. Soon after that she was sent East for her health; then to
England, for the care of eminent doctors; but she baffled them all, and died. "
ARIZONA.
The news from the railroad front is that extensive preparations are
being made toward pushing forward the track-laying at an early date ;
vast numbers of ties have already gone to the eastern terminus of the
road, and the shipments continue at the rate of S.500 per day, and in a
comparatively short time the locomotive will salute the city of Tucson
with its loud but welcome greeting. The country around the old Pata-
gonia mines is now attracting considerable attention, and a number of new
and rich ledges have been recently located. The natural advantages of
this particular section of Arizona, it being amply supplied with wood and
water, and consisting of rolling hills and fertile valleys, made it in early
times a very favorite locality, and a large amount of money was expended
in 1859, '60 and '61 upon the Patagonia or Mowry mines, and others, by
California and Eastern capitalists, among whom we may mention S. L.
M. Barlow, of New York, Col. Sam Colt, of Hartford, Conn., S. F. But-
terworth, John A. Peck, Sylvester Mowry, John Sime, and others, of San
Francisco. Nearly all of these well-known and enterprising men have
passed away, yet the increasing developments of the mining country in
which they were so largely interested conclusively proves at this late day
that they were fully justified in their estimates of its great mineral value.
Their enterprises were discontinued, because of the insecurity to life and
limb at that time from hostile Apaches and renegade Mexicans. It now
falls to the lot of men of this generation to again take up these chains of
progress, abandoned nearly twenty years ago. We note that the mines in
Richmond Basin are developing very rich ore. The McMorris has ore
running from $2,000 to S6,000 per ton, and the Silver Nugget has found
some §15,000 ore. The Tip Top mine is now yielding better ore than at
any time since its discovery. The mill is running on very rich ore, and
the Superintendent is shipping to this city about $30,000 per month. The
Stonewall Jackson mine produced during June and July upward of §28,-
000. The total yield of the property is $186,000, all silver. About 250
men are at work in the Santa Rita placer diggings, all making good wages.
The amount of work done is very considerable, and it is estimated that
not less than §250,000 gold has been the product during the past two
years and a-half, one operator, Mr. Hefty, having taken out upward of
§40,000. Arrangements have been completed with parties having the
necessary capital for the development of the Ruby mines, located in
Globe District, sixteen miles from Silver King, and the work will be com-
menced at once. Mr. J. W. Kinsman goes to Arizona next week in the
interests of this valuable property. The Silver Moon Mining Company
have organized at Grand Rapids, under the presidency of Thos. D. Gil-
bert, President of the First National Bank of that city, to operate the
group of seven mines owned by Seamen, Buck & Company, and located
twelve miles southwest of Tucson. These properties have a very good
record, and we may expect large returns from them as soon as the new
company gets regularly at work. A New York and Boston company have
just organized with 8200,000 paid up capital, for the purpose of working
the gold placers of Weaver District, Yavapai county, and bringing water
on -the ground. The company have located the ground from Antelope
Creek to the Hassayampa. It is also stated that Gov. Fremont has dis-
posed of one-half of the Leviathan mine, in the same district, for §500,-
000, to New York parties. We learn further from New York that Gov.
John C. Fremont, who arrived in this city last evening en route for Ari-
zona, has made arrangements, during his visit at the East, for the intro-
duction of considerable capital into Arizona mining enterprises, provided
the mining experts recently dispatched to the Territory shall report favor-
ably. To this enterprising gentleman his constituents are largely indebted
for his constant and persistent efforts to bring the vast resources of Ari-
zona prominently before the capitalists of the country ; and the leading
journals of New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago and St. Louis have
devoted considerable attention to the opportunities for profitable invest-
ment there to be found. Gov. Fremont has fully proven himself " the
right man in the right place " during his brief sojourn in the Territory,
and we take great pleasure in awarding to him all praise for his untiring
efforts in its behalf.
SENATOR CONKLING AS A "MASHER."
Senator Conkling does not appear to be any more fortunate in his
affaires de cceur than in the management of his occasional verbal contests
with his Senatorial confreres at Washington. It is notl mg since Mr. La-
mar, irritated by his overbearing conduct and unparliamentary language,
administered to the New York Senator such a stinging rebuke as would
have penetrated the hide of any one with less intolerable vanity. But
when Mr. Conkling had quietly submitted to the even more galling casti-
gation by Senator Schurz, it was, of course, to be expected that the addi-
tional piece of humble-pie would be devoured in silence — and it was.
Now, a decent regard for the fair fame of the lady whose name has been
drawn into this" last unfortunate business, and, as we believe, un-
righteously drawn, ought to have suggested to the Senator the wisdom of
discontinuing an acquaintance which the lady's husband had previously
intimated was undesirable. The blame, which may justly be laid on Mr.
Sprague for the publicly offensive manner in which he has acted, must be
merged in the general censure, nay, reprobation, with which Senator
Conkling's conduct in giving rise to the offense is regarded. It is not by
such actions that American statesmen can regain the sorely-tried confi-
dence of the people, which is fast disappearing before the proofs of the
grossness now prevalent in official life. If this sort of thing is to go on,
public opinion will demand the revival of the " code," as the less demor-
alizing of the two. In that event, however, the Senator's occupation
would be gone, as be has never been credited with a_ superabundance of
courage, either mental or physical, but there is one thing yet left to him :
let him come West and join the noble army of Kearny street sidewalk
" mashers." Barring an occasional boost by the parental toe or a cerulean
eye from the fraternal fist, New York's muscular Senator will not be
much endangered. Nice fix for the Empire State—from Alexander Ham-
ilton to Roscoe Conkling !— from Hyperion to a Satyr !
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SAN FEANOIS0O, SATUEDAT, AUG. 23, 1879.
No. 6.
Office of the Nan Francisco News Letter, Merchant Street,
Noa. 607 to 615, San Francisco.
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OLD BARS— 89O@910— Silver Bars— 8@22 # cent. disc. Mexican
Dollars, 9@9£ per cent. Trade Dollars, nom.
" Exchange on New York, l-5@ per cent. ; On London, Bankers,
49£; Commercial, 49J@49§d. Paris, sight, 5 francs per dollar. Tel-
egrams, i per cent.
■ Latest price of Sterling, 482fc@484£.
*9" Price of Money here, 3@1 per cent, per month — bank rate. In the
open market, 1@1J. Demand active.
FREMONT AND HIS ENTERPRISES.
On the 15th instant Governor John C. Fremont arrived in this city
en route to Arizona, from which territory he has been absent several
months. After a sojourn of four days, be proceeded to. Prescott, accom-
panied by several gentlemen largely interested in the mining syndicate
formed in New York for the purpose of developing Arizona enterprises.
So much interest was manifested in these matters in New York, that
Governor Fremont deemed it desirable to prolong his sojourn there a
month beyond the time he originally intended, and he therefore obtained
a special extension of his leave of absence from President Hayes, and
was thus enabled to complete bis operations. We had the pleasure of
passing an evening with Governor Fremont, and of recalling old and most
agreeable reminiscences of the past. Our acquaintance dates back to
1852, when in Paris we viewed together the beauties of that most delight-
ful city, and from then until now we have ever felt and expressed a very
warm interest in the movements of our friend. To be sure, his hair has
Bilvered during all these years, yet time has dealt with him most kindly,
and we still find in him the firm, elastic step, and the eagle eye undimmed,
that fired the enthusiasm of the nation when he was known far and wide
as its standard bearer and its " Pathfinder." Governor Fremont does not
hesitate to say that he expects grand results for Arizona from his efforts
in the East. The syndicate formed ia New York is composed of wealthy
representative men, who are very willing to invest several millions of dol-
lars in Arizona should the reports of the experts that go out to examine
the properties prove satisfactory. The final decision in the matter rests
in their investigations. Should the expert reports prove favorable, the
capital, to a large amount, will be at once forthcoming. General Fremont
states that he found the New Yorkers very ready for such operations,
that the interest in mining matters was on the increase, and that he looked
confidently forward to seeing a very great activity in mining enterprises
on this coast, through Eastern investment of capital, within the coming
year. The Bodie mines are favorites for investment in New York, and
some Arizona properties are already placed in Philadelphia, New York
and Chicago. The rate of interest all over the East rules low, and in all
the money centers of the country there is plenty of idle capital ready for
any safe investment. There are some fifty-six mines embraced in the list
which the New York syndicate have in view, and they are prepared to
develop all of them if the merit is sufficiently apparent to tempt the out-
lay. Governor Fremont has kindly agreed to send to Messrs. Bleasdale
and Jennings, Commissioners of the Australian Exposition, a selection
of rich oreB from Arizona, to be forwarded to Australia. These will be
all carefully assayed in this city, and will doubtless prove a very novel
and interesting feature in the Exhibition. They will probably reach here
in time to go forward by the next steamer. We shall shortly issue, by
authority, section maps of the surveyed portions of the territory. These
maps will be accurate, every care being taken to avoid in them error or
misrepresentation. We shall carefully keep in view these Arizona enter-
prises as they progress. That a wonderful future is in store for the Terri-
tory we do not for a moment doubt, and it only requires the cool-headed
men of enterprise, and the open sesame of capital, to bring to the front
the hidden treasures. That Fremont has successfully inaugurated a grand
beginning is self-evident, and we congratulate the citizens of Arizona
upon the honor of having a gentleman at the head of her government so
fully competent to administer its affairs satisfactorily.
Tons of Silver for China. — We noticed on California street, Thurs-
day, in line, six two-horse drays heavily laden with bar silver, perhaps
20 tons' weight, but said to be of the value of $800,000, to be shipped by
the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Agency, per Oaelic, hence for Hong-
kong this day. Other like shipments, by Chinese merchants, go forward
by same steamer.
PRICES OF LEADING STOCKS AND GOV. BONDS.
San Francisco August S3, 1#79-
Stocks and Bonds.
Cal. St. Bonds, 6'3,'67, (nom)
S. F. City & Co. B'ds, 6s, *58
3. F. C. & Co. B'ds, 7s (nom)
Montg'y Av. Bonds (nom)
Dupont Street Bonds ....
Sacramento City Bonds..
Stockton City Bonds, 6's.
Yuba County Bonds, S's. .
Santa Clara Co. Bonds, 7's .
Butte Co. Bonds, 10's, (0O .
San Mateo Bonds, 7's
Oakland City Bonds, 8's...
Bank of California
First National
National Gold
Pacific
California Ins. Co
Commercial Ins. Co
Bid.
100
Nom.
105
65
SO
26
90
100
105
90
100
112
Asked
102
Nom
107
70
90
Stocks and Bonds.
Fireman's Fund Ins. Co ... .
Home Mutual Ins. Co
State Investment Ins. Co . .
Union Ins. Co
City R. R
Central R. R. Co..
Clay Street Hill R. R
Mf.rket Street R. R...
N. B. and Mission R. R
Omnibus R, R
Potrero and Bay ViewR. R.
Giant Powder Co
S. F. Gaslight Co (ex div) . .
S. V. w. W. Co. (ex div)...
Real Estate Associates
Merchants' Exchange
Safe Deposit Co
Bid.
110
70
105
115
35
60
Asked
112
80
108
117
40
55
35
145
S3}
There is hardly any alteration in the quotation of local securities this week. Very
little business has been done, and, beyond an advance of SI $? share in the price of
Spring Valley Water stock, there is nothing else worth noticing. Money has been
loaned at 3 per cent, per annum on call, with five days' notice, and more can be had at
the same price. There is no confidence, and now we can see no hope of any until af-
ter the election, which takes place on the 3d prox. Even then we fear business will
not improve, as there is now but one opinion that the result of the election will be a
sort of hodge-podge— a mixture of all classes without a particle of talent in any— and
that the State will, for the next few years, be subject to a conflict between legislators
and lawyers.
Andrew Baird, 312 California street.
Beerbohm'a Telegram.— London and Liverpool, Aug. 22, 1879. —
Floating Cargoes, steady; Cargoes on Passage, quiet; Mark Lane Wheat,
-; No. 2 Spring off Coast, 42s. 6d.; Red Winter off Coast, 46s. 6d.;
California off Coast, 47s. 6d. ; California Nearly Due, 47s. 6d. ; California
Just Shipped, 47s. ; No. 2 Spring for Shipment, 41s. ; Liverpool Spot
Wheat, turn dearer ; California Club No. 1. Standard, 9s. lOd. ; Cal-
ifornia Club No. 2 Standard, 9s. 5d. ; California Average— Western, 9s. Id. ;
White Michigan, 9s. 6d. ; Red Western Spring, 8s. @ 8s. 9d. ; Extra
State Flour in London, 12s. 6d.; Extra State Flour in Liverpool, 12s. 6d.;
Liverpool Western Mixed Corn, 4s. 2d. ; Liverpool Canadian Peas, 6s. 9d. ;
French Country Markets, steadier; Liverpool Wheat, 8s. 9d., 9s. 6d., 9s.
5d., 9s. lOd. : Consols, 97 15-16; N. Y. St. Ex., 82|@84£; London Amer
ican Mixed Corn, prompt shipment, 23s. 6d.@24s.; Weather in England,
fine. •
Latest from the Merchant's Exchange.— New York, Aug. 22d,
1879. United States Bonds— 4s, 101 ; 44s, 105&; 5s, 102. Sterling Ex-
change, 4 82i@4 84£. Pacific Mail, 16|. Wheat, 105@U2. Western Union,
91i. Hides, 20@20£. Oil— Sperm, 75@76. Winter Bleached, 87 @ 96.
Whale Oil, 35@40; Winter Bleached, 42@49. Wool— Spring, fine, 20@
30 ; Burry, 11@14 ; Pulled, 25@35 ; Fall Clips, 14@18 ; Burry, 13@20.
London, Aug. 22<L— Liverpool Wheat Market, 8s. 6d,@9s. 6d.; Club, 9s.
5d.@9s. lOd. U. S. Bonds, 5's, 105£; 4's, 104f; 4i's, 108J. Consols, 97 15-16.
Bullion gone out of Bank of England, £60,000.
San Franciscans Abroad— July 31, 1879.— Paris : Mrs. Wm. Lent
and family, A. M. Hickox, Mrs. A. M. Hickox, W. M. Newhall, J. B.
Redfield, Mrs. J. B. Redfield. London : Mrs. J. F. Ellis. Rome:
Mrs. Massey. — Continental Gazette {Paris). Geneva: Mr. George Jait
and family. Homburg: Mrs. Schmiedell and family. Baden-Baden:
Mr. J. Hecht and family, Mr. T. Shipley, Mrs. V. R. Shipley.— Con ti-
nent and Swiss Times {Geneva), August 2d.
Dundee Bags. — An invoice of 25,000 standard 22x36 grain sacks were
offered at auction yesterday for cash. The sample lot sold at 8.55c, and
for the balance 8c, was the best offer made, and the lot was reluctantly
withdrawn. We are told that 1,000,000 Calcutta bags were offered yes-
terday, in one lot, at 8|c, and another lot of same dimensions at 9c, four
months, spot delivery. This reveals the true state of the market. The
combination looks on and weeps with dismay.
Mercury is steadily rising. It is said at the close that 40c is very
readily paid for spot quicksilver, a rise of 7c per pound since the middle
of July. _
London, Aug. 22d, 1879.— Latest Price of CoubqIb. 97 15-16.
Printed and Published by the Proprietor, Frederick Marriott, 607 to 615 Merchant Street, San FrandKO, California.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Aug. 23, 1879.
R, B. WOODWARD.
A telegram from Napa, yesterday, announced the death of this
gentleman, to the general regret. Mr. Woodward was among the first
settlers in San Francisco, a man of enterprise and business sagacity, and
a most estimable citizen. The What Cheer House, which he opened on
Sacramento street, where it still flourishes, was established to furnish
miners and others with clean food and lodging at a low rate ; and it was a
complete success from the beginning. No woman was ever allowed within
its doors. Even more than by thiB hotel Mr. Woodward's name was
made familiar to all the dwellers on the coast by his Gardens — a combina-
tion of park and pleasure ground, menagerie and tea-garden — which are
always open to the public and always thronged with visitors. The City
Railroad, established by him on Mission street, was among the best man-
aged and most useful lines in developing and assisting the growth of the
suburbs. Mr. Woodward was a man of public spirit, and into all his en-
terprises the element of public utility entered as an indispensable factor.
His death, which was not wholly unexpected, since he had long suffered
with asthma and other disorders, must yet be considered untimely for
himself and unfortunate for the city, with whose interests he was identi-
fied, and to whose growth and prosperity he had so greatly contributed.
KALLOCH AS A FAILURE.
Paradoxical as it may seem, Kalloch's only success in life has been as
a failure. He has repeatedly failed as a teacher of morals, from an inher-
ent and uncontrollable disposition toward sensualities. As a temperance
reformer, he always forgot to begin with himself; his doctrine in that
respect was: "Don't do as I do, but aB I say." As a lawyer, politician
and business man, he speedily went to the dogs, but, in common justice
to thiB many-sided parson, it must be admitted that he is a talented hum-
bug of the Beecher type. In finances, his system of bookkeeping is pecu-
liar— it consists only of receipts; payments are all imaginary, or post-
poned until after the Day of Judgment. Demagogue in all things, and
at all times, he has no settled opinions, excepting on one subject — to look
out for number one, no matter who pays the piper. That such a shallow
humbug Bhould aspire to the mayoralty of a great city is not surprising.
That he should be supported by any but frauds, dead-beats, libertines,
and scoundrels generally, is proof that there is something "rotten in the
State."
THE EXPELLED WEST POINTERS.
The cadets recently expelled from West Point for ungentlemanly con-
duct have humbly, and like so many whipped schoolboys, petitioned the
President to reinstate them. This is something new in military annals.
Officers have been expelled from the army and restored before now, but
the restoration was either voluntary on the part of the authorities or was
obtained through the intercession of third parties. We must remember
that theculprits who in this case sue for pardon do not ask to be delivered
from jail and given another chance to behave themselves in the world, but
asked to be admitted into the United States Army, which it is our pride
to say is officered by gentlemen. The disgraced cadets showed themselves
to be blackguards by the practices for which they were expelled ; they
show themselves to lack spirit as well as decent breeding by their meek
and lowly appeal for mercy. In our opinion the only thing to recommend
them is their cheek.
GRUMBLING BY PROXY.
A guttersnipe telegram says : " The Canadian Government jour-
nals express much indignation aeainst the British Government on account
of the adjournment of Parliament without lending aid to the Pacific
Railroad, and talk of seeking an alliance with the United States." That
this is one of the stereotyped Press lies is evident, because Canadian
" Government journals " certainly would not preach disloyalty, whatever
a few Fenian sheets might do. As a people, the Canadians are loyal to
the backbone, and if Uncle Sam wants their country, he will have to use
some more manly plan than that of continually putting into the Kanucks'
mouths seditions which they never uttered. If the Canadians were as
fretful, and peevish, and fond of threatening to secede as the papers of
the United States make them out to be, the best thing England could do
would be to turn her back on them in disgust, and thank her stars for a
good riddance.
Among the Bodie stocks the "Boston Consolidated" is a great
favorite. Excellent progress has been made on the joint shaft of this
mine and the Last Chance, in straightening and. timbering. The superin-
tendent's letter of August 18th says : " The connection ought to be made
inside of another week." Foundation for the winze is under way, and
the work on sinking will soon be begun. The large quantities of ore in
this claim, much of it extraordinarily rich, while there is none that iB not
fair milling ore, give reasonable ground for expecting great developments,
as soon as the connections are properly made and the shaft Btraigntened.
New Music. — From J&s. S. Smith, "Salomon Levy" Schottische;
from M. Gray, " Homeless," for the piano.
The Arcade, always among the finest of our house-furnishing and dry-
foods stores, has undergone extensive alterations and improvements. The
)ress Department space has been doubled, a measure forced upon the
proprietors by the increase in custom. The space formerly occupied by the
cashier and bookkeeper's offices has been given up to the silk department,
which is now the largest and best arranged to be found in the city. The
floor, from the center of the store to the entrance on Ellis street, has been
lowered two feet and a half, bo that there is now one superb stretch from end
to end of the vast establishment, affording a most striking picture of order
and life and animated business, with the moving figures of the purchasers
and the numerous clerks, and the varied hues of the rich and costly goods.
The newly added half of the grand floor is most elegantly carpeted. The
cashier's and bookkeper's offices are now at the Ellis-street entrance, a
great convenience tp_ those having business with the house. The Domes-
tic counter is twice as large as any other in the city, and affords ample
room for showing blanketB and the larger house-furnishing goods to every
advantage; and one of the greatest improvements is the opening of a
special department for cloaks and Dolmans, all of the newest and most
striking styles. The outlay for these great changes has been very heavy,
and yet the business of the house is carried on as if its capital were
boundless. Countless cases of the newest and most valuable goods are
being daily_ received and opened; and that no pains may be spared, Mr.
J. J. O'Brien is now on his way to the East and Europe, to purchase on
a scale befitting the magnitude of the house. The store is the best
lighted in the trade — a great consideration in the purchase of colored
goods. All the new designs, the elegant additions, and the vast stock of
every kind, will be displayed to the public on Monday next.
The "Philadelphia Record " has a reporter too bright and beautiful
to last. This youth has found the original of the typical American female
face on the Bland dollar, in Miss Anna W. Williams, whose "modesty
has never allowed her to divulge the fact that the design Sb a prototype of
her features." And this does her the greater credit that she must have
been in a pitiful condition, wandering about the Quaker City without a
face till less than two years ago. It may be, however, that this spirited
reporter lent her his own countenance while she was waiting for the in-
vention of her prototype. He surely has an extra supply of face, of a
texture harder, if not more lasting, than brass; and he is fairly entitled to
any number of smiles, bland, if not childlike, from what he aptly calls the
"contour of Miss Williams." Her profile, it seems, is "the most perfect
the designer had ever seen ;" but we are in despair not to know anything
about her mise-en-scene. Perhaps, however, this will be described with
her deutorotype, her tetartotype, her carpe diem and her ex post facto.
Morgan, the engraver, ought to have taken a squeeze of this reporter's
contour, for his prototypes in two hundred years will look upon him as
their noblest descendant.
SANITARY NOTES.
The deaths this week number 77, as compared with 70 last and 73
for the corresponding week last year. There were 51 males and 26 fe-
males. Only 4 Chinese. There were 4 casualties and 2 suicides. The
zymotics were 3 diphtheria, 3 typhoid fever, 2 whooping cough. There
were 13 deaths from phthisis and 6 from pneumonia. The other principal
causes were : Brain disease, 3 ; paralysis, 3 ; liver disease, 4 ; cancer, 2 ;
and one each of ancemia, bronchitis, convulsions, diabetes, heart disease,
lung congestion, old age, pyemia. The infantile mortality was unusually
light, only 19 deaths under 5 years of age. Four persons died above the
age of 80. There was but one death each in the Third, Fifth and Seventh
wards. The Eighth Ward heads the list with 10. Twenty-one deaths oc-
curred in the public institutions.
Increased Importance of the Office of Supervisor. — The City
Father has always been a power. He has had the spending of a vast rev-
enue. Fat contracts were within his gift. Under the new Constitution
his powers are to be vastly increased. No special commissioners are to be
entrusted with any municipal function whatever. Water supply, new
City Hall, street widening, and even Police Commission business, must
all be performed by the Board of Supervisors. Theoretically the change
is proper enough. The representatives duly chosen by the people to
govern the city ought to govern it, and not put the principal duties upon
irresponsible commissions. If the result is evil, the fault is with the
people, for not selecting honest and capable men. Very special care
ought to be taken to choose the next Board. Candidates have been named
that are not fitted for the office. Between this and the day of election
there ought to be some very searching inquiries as to these men.
The ne plus ultra of padlocks is the one just brought out by the
Permutation Lock Company, 318 California street. This has no key, no
opening when locked, and cannot be picked. It iB unlocked by a combi-
nation of numbers, and, as these can be changed 50,000 times, it is prac-
tically beyond being tampered with. For express companies, for custom
and warehouses, for railroad through-freight cars, this invention is really
beyond price, and every one can appreciate the advantages of a lock with-
out a key. The finish is in nickel-plating of the most beautiful kind.
Amendment on Irish Motion.— Vote that the Chairman report Pro-
gress. No. Vote that he report Obstruction. — Punch.
MARTIN TAYLOR & CO.,
Stock Broberst
429 CALIFORNIA STREET.
AND
SOS. 332 and 334 PIKE STREET.
Stocks Bought and Sold and Carried on Margin of 30 Per Cent.
Privileges Negotiated on Favorable Terms,
AT PINE STREET OFFICE.
[August 23.]
WM. F. SMITH, M.D.,
Oculist and Anrist, 313 Bush Street.
Aug. 16.] Office Sours, from IS M. to 3 P.3T.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
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KALLOCH.
It Is really astounding thai thn bad man iboold have the fffnmt^rv
hiaiE face l^'fnrv tb« rbta fdattghtMi <>f
San Francwo*. Tin me, ■ synonym, u il
all that !■ Ulse, bypocritic u, filthy and rile, li ■ defllamenl to ■ raapaota-
bk family papar It b imponiDfa fc» print it without giving birth to
prorianl Yet tin* duty cannot ba avoidad, or Bnirlrad,
iment "f all that is degrading in man. J lis
oocopancv of .1 i Christian pulpit, though » burning thuM and ■ loathsome
•camlal, ndgfat be passed over in silence by t lie eecular press. But that is
the utmost limit t>> which reticence is possible. YVe don't say that silence,
evt-n in that matter, is Aeeinhle, We merely say that, to f:ir as our own
Btnmachs are oonosrnad, ire Im.i rather, in th.it eass, avoid the anpleaa-
anti)--v.s <>f stirring the filty mess associated with his name. It is an alto-
gether different matter, however, when he posse, before the whole people
as a candidate for the high office "f Chief nCagistrato of the city, with
in >st excellent ohaaoss, we regret to say. of being elected. In that oon-
dition ..f aJEsira, it beoomee the urgent duty of the press to call upon all
that is honest and virtuous in our midst to save us from the deep, unut-
terable disgrace of exalting this impostor, this bold braggart, this sum of
all the villainies, to rule over us. It is impossible, it would seem, to
make that call effective without descending to the particulars which ren-
der it urgent. Enough was known, in a k'eueral way, to have sufficed to
prevent his nomination. But it was not prevented, and to-day he looms
up as the probable Mayor of the city. His capacity to tickle the ears of
the crowd is telling in the canvass, and the crowd appear nothing loath to
aid him to accomplish his evil designs. Surely in that crowd there is
some sense of decency left ! It maybe a thoughtless crowd, that may,
for a moment, be taken by the very audacity of the fellow's impudence.
But surely there will come a sober second thought, that will stand abashed
at the depraved manhood of a Kalloch. The fathers and mothers of the
forty thousand yet uncorrupted youths and maidens, that are in our pub-
lic schools, owe it to their offspring that this monster of impurity shall be
relegated to an obscurity more befitting his gross violations of the pro-
prieties of life. They dare not discuss Kalloch 's widely known record in
their families. How dare they, then, exalt him to a position in which his
bad record must be an ever-present suggestion of impurity, and of the suc-
cess which attendsinfamy that is bold, unblushing and pretentious? Hither-
to there has been virtuous force enough in society to drive open vice into the
lanes, alleys and back streets, where it can be avoided as a plague by
decent people. It is something new to place it on a pedestal, and that
pedestal the chief magistracy of a great city. Even in cheap novels vice
is made ugly and punished sooner or later, whilst virtue is adorned and
made to triumph in the end. Public sentiment will not tolerate the beau-
tifying of vice and the deifying of Venus. The writer who would attempt
it would be esteemed a public enemy, and would be prosecuted for ob-
scenity. Yet, here comes a fellow who, over an entire continent, is
esteemed the very personification of lust, of falsehood, of hypocrisy and
of depraved manhood, and it is now seriously proposed to make vice in
his case successful, to raise it to the highest possible position of distinc-
tion conferable by a free city, to flout it in the face of the young, upon
whom this lesson in real life would naturally have more effect than thou-
sands of pretty atories in books of pure morality. A rascal who has stolen
the livery of Heaven to serve the devil in, who has, by common consent,
been convicted again and again of nameless and shameless iniquity, who
has made his nest in many cities and dirtied it in all of them, who has
mixed in the politics of Kansas only to corrupt them, who has preached
temperance and practiced drunkenness, who has taken the shekels of the
church only to drag religion in the mire, who has taught Know Nothing
exclusiveness when it paid, and bids for Irish and German votes when
they are necessary to make him Mayor of San Francisco, who is impecu-
nious to a degree that enables him to avoid the payment of honest debts
by swearing that he is not worth a dollar — this bold, bad man is to be
exalted above his fellows, to be chosen to high station in preference to
good, honest citizens identified with the moral welfare and material pro-
gress of our city! Never, in the annate of free elections, was so deep a
disgrace proposed to be put upon a free people. It can be avoided, it
must be avoided, or San Francisco will be a byword and a reproach to
people everywhere.
THE SUFFRAGE QUESTION.
It is proposed to deny to all persons naturalized less than six months
prior to the next election the right to vote at that election ; and this raises
the question whether or not the new Constitution is in force as to the
qualification of voters, for, if it is, the interval between the time of nat-
uralization and that of the election is fixed at ninety days. The new
Constitution prescribes the qualifications of voters " at all elections which
are now, or may hereafter be, authorized by law," and the instrument
weut into operation, "so far as the same relates to the election of all offi-
cers, the commencement of their terms of office and the meeting of the
Legislature," on the Fourth of July last. It is not doubted that the
Constitution is in force as to the commencement of terms of office and the
meeting of the Legislature, and it will hardly be denied that the qualifi-
cation of voters "relates" to an election ; but it is assumed that, in the
clause requiring that the first elections to be made "at the time and in
the manner now provided by law," the word "manner" applies to voters
as well as to the method of voting. But if it applies to the voters, why
not to the persons voted for? Why look to one Constitution for the
qualification of officers and to another for the qualification of electors, in
the absence of any necessity for so doing? The details of election, Buch
as the form and manner of polling the votes, the superintendence of
voting, etc., are left to the Legislature, and the present law is necessarily
retained, otherwise there would be no law on the subject until the next
Legislature should have had time to frame aDd pass one ; but the suffrage
clause, so far as it prescribes the qualification of voters, is complete, with-
out the aid of legislation ; and there is no apparent reason why it should
not operate at this as well as at any future election — any law to the con-
trary notwithstanding — unless it is restrained by the section referred to,
retaining the present "manner1' of election; and it seems scarcely possi-
ble that the Convention intended to employ a very common word iu such
an unusual cause. It is to be hoped that the Election Commissioners
have carefully considered this subject, and acted under good advice ; oth-
erwise there is reason to fear the late registration may prove to have been
little better than an expensive farce.
DAVID S. TERRY.
The number of prominent Bilks running for office it* somewhat
utonnding, an \ to ■ tnoksr-on it sppesn as if Qui party wen ill head
■ad do t.til all leaden and no following. The substitution of Judge
Terry in place of Mr. Gross, u Milk candidate for State Attorney-
Qeneral exhibits, more than anything else, the paucity of good material
In that party. 1 !•■ is notoriously obnoxious to a majority ox the people of
this State for his career In early days, and will find, to his cost, that,
while the Broderick episode mayharsDeen forgiven, it is not, and never will
be, forgotten. The lamented Senators memory u a standing obstacle to
wesa of the man who so eagerly sought and accomplished his
taking-off. Moreover, Judge Ten I will not be, a citizen of the
Stab ■-' California until January 1, 1879, <U 12 W. His duel disfranchised
him under the old Constitution, and rendered him ineligible to office.
That prohibition remains intact until the day named, and he is no more
entitled to run for office than a foreigner whose naturalization cannot be
perfected until a given date. A merited humiliation awaits him on Sep-
tember 3d.
Where is the Coroner?— And again, where is the Coroner? Noise
enough is made about the appointment to the office when there is an
election on foot. A man named Mason was allowed to die from the effects
of strychnine, in Third street, on the 10th instant, with Dr. Phelan, of
503 Third street, in the room. This life was thrown away through the
culpable^ ignorance of this medical attendant, and we fail to hear of any
inquest into the circumstances by the Coroner. Why, in any civilized
country, except San Francisco, the facts concerning Ins death would have
been^ elicited, the malpractice of the so-called physician exposed, and him-
self in the^ city prison before sundown that same day. What does the
Coroner exist for, and why is the office not abolished as a mockery and a
fraud?
HEADQUARTERS DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE,
319 BUSH STREET,
Booms Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
T. M. O'Connor, Secretary. [Aug. 2.] A. J. BRYANT, Chairman.
M. C. CONROY,
Regular Republican Nominee for State Senator.
Ninth Senatorial District. [Aug. 23.
Nominee of Democratic and New Constitution Parties, for Super-
visor Ninth Ward,
COL. JAMES A. LAVEN. [Aug. 23.
Candidate for School Director,
L. WADHAM. [Aug. 23.
Regular Republican Nominee for County Clerk,
WM, A. STUART. [Aug. 23.
EEGULAR REPUBLICAN NOMINEE.
DR. JAMES D. WHITNEY,
Candidate for Supervisor Fifth! Ward. [An?. 2:
Regular Democratic and N, C. P. Nominee for Sheriff,
ROBERT HOWE,
Of Howe & Mall. [Aug. 23.
For City and County Surveyor,
WM. P. HUMPHREYS,
Nominee of tne Democratic, New Constitution and Municipal
Reform Parties. [Aug. 23.
Regular Republican Nominee for Recorder,
WM. K. DIETRICH. [Aug. 23.
Regular Republican Nominee for Auditor,
GEN'L JOHN McCOMB. [Aug. 23.
D.J. MURPHY,
For District Attorney,
Present Incumbent -
[Aug. 23.
Regular Workingman's Candidate for Coroner,
DR. C. C. McGOVERN. [Aug. 23.
Eor Justice of the Peace,
H. L. JOACHIMSEN.
Aug. 23.
Nominee of Workingmen's Convention,
ADAM H. MURPHY,
For School Director, Eleventh Ward. [Aug. 16.
Regular Republican Nominee for Governor,
GEORGE C. PERKINS,
Of San Francisco. [July 12.
Republican Nominee for Assessor,
ALEX. BADLAM.
LAug. 16.
For State Senator, Ninth Senatorial District,
W. W. TRAYIiOR. [Aug. 16.
Nominee of Workingmen's Convention, for County Clerk,
J. RICHARD FREUD. [Aug. 16.
Regular Workingmen's Candidate for Treasurer,
J. A. SHABER. fAug. 16.
WILLIAM DOOLAN,
(Present Incumbent),
Candidate for Pnblic Administrator. CAug. S3.
Regular Nominee for Superior Judge,
J. F. SULLIVAN. [Aug. 23.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Aug. 23, 1879.
LOVE AT SEA.
BY A. C.
We are in Love's Land to-day ;
Where shall we go ?
Love, shall we start or stay,
Or sail, or row ?
There's many a wind and way,
And never a May but May ;
We are in Love's Land to-day —
Where shall we go ?
Our land-wind is the breath
Of sorrows kissed to death
And joys that were ;
Our ballast is a rose,
Our way lies where God knows
And love knows where —
We are in Love's Land to-day.
Our seamen are fledged loves,
Our masts are bills of doves,
Our decks fine gold ;
SWINBURNE.
Our ropes are dead maid's hair,
Our stores are love-shafts fair
And manifold —
We are in Love's Land to-day.
Where shall we land you, sweet ?
On fields of strange men's feet,
Or fields near home ?
Or where the fire-flowers blow,
Or where the flowers of snow
Or flowers of foam ?—
We are in Love's Land to-day.
Land me, she says, where love
Shows but one shaft, one dove,
One heart, one hand.
— A shore like that, my dear,
Lies where no man will steer —
No maiden land.
A LONDON BEE STORY.
[From "Quiz."]
I had an improved back-yard. I went through a seed store, and
bought a sample of everything that would grow in this climate. The re-
sult was a perfect tangle of flowers and things, from an over-grown sun-
flower to a forget-me-not. Mrs. Bricktop is very proud of our garden, and
while gushing over it the other morning a happy thought worked its way
under her back hair. "What a delightful thing it would be to have a
hive of bees and raise our own honey, as well as everything else." I have
always thought that woman inspired ever since she convinced me that I
couldn't do better than to marry her. This was an original, bold idea ;
a happy thought. I promised her a hive of bees, and went to business
with a lighter heart and firmer belief in the genuineness of home com-
forts and amusements. I bought a hive of honey-bees and brought it
home with me that very night. It was one of those patent hydrosbatic,
back-action hives, in which the bees have peculiar accommodations and
all the modern improvements. It was a nice little hive, none of your old-
fashioned barn-size affairs. It even had windows in it so that the bees
could look out and see what was going on and enjoy themselves. Both
myself and Mrs. B. were delighted, and before dark I arranged a stand
for the hive in the garden and opened the bay windows so that the bees
could take an early start, and get to business by sunrise the next morn-
ing. Mrs. B. called me honey several times during the evening, and such
sweet dreams as we had. We intended to be up early next morning to
see how our little birds took to our flowers, but a good half hour before
we probably should have done so we were awakened by the unearthly
yells of a cat. Mrs. B. leaped from her downy couch, exclaiming: " What
can be the matter with our yellow 'Billy?' " The yells of anguish con-
vinced us that something more than ordinary was the matter with him,
and so we hurried into our toilets. We rushed out into our back-yard,
and, oh! what a sight met our astonished gaze! The sight consisted of a
yellow cat that appeared to be doing its best to make a pin-wheel of it-
self. He was rolling over and over in the grass, bounding up and down,
anon darting through the bushes and foliage, standing on its head and
then trying to drive its tail into the ground, and all the while keeping up
the most confounded yowling that was ever heard. " The cat is mad,"
said Mrs. B., affrighted. '* Why shouldn't he be ? the bees are stinging
him," said I, comprehending the trouble. Mrs. B. flew to the rescue of
her cat and the cat flew at her. So did the bees. One of them drove his
drill into her nose, another vaccinated her on the chin, while another be-
gan to lay out his work near her eye. Then she howled and began to act
almost as bad as the cat. It was quite an animated scene. She cried
murder, and the neighbors looked out from their back windows and cried
out for the police, and asked where the fire was. This being a trifle too
much, I threw a towel over my head and rushed to her rescue. In doing
so, I ran over and knocked her down, trod upon the cat and made matters
no better. Mrs. B. is no child on a wrestle, and she soon had me under
her, and was tenderly stamping down the garden-walk with my head,
using my ears for handles. Then I yelled, and some of the bees came to
her assistance, and stung me all over the face. In the meantime the
neighbors were shouting, and getting awfully excited over the show, while
our servant, supposing us fighting, opened the basement door and admit-
ted a policeman, who at once proceeded to go between man and wife.
The bees hadn't got at Mrs. B.'s tongue yet, and she proceeded to show
the policeman that I had abused her in the most shameful manner, and
that I had bought a hive of bees on purpose to torment her into the grave.
I tried to explain, but just then a bee stung the officer on the nose, and
he understood it all in less than a minute. He got mad and actually lost
his temper. He rubbed his nose and did some official cussing. But as
this didn't help matters any, he drew his club and proceeded to demolish
that patent bee-hive. The bees failed to recognize his badge of office, and
just swarmed on him. They stung him wherever he had no clothing, and
some places where he did have it. Then he howled, and commenced act-
ing after the manner of the cat and its mistress. He rolled on the ground
for a moment, and then got up and made for the street, shouting "fire."
Then the bees turned to the people who had climbed upon the fence to see
the fun. Then they had some fun. Windows went down, and some of
the neighbors acted as though they thought a, twenty-inch shell was about
to explode. By this time a fire-engine had arrived, and a line of hose was
taken through the house into the back-pard. One of the hosemen asked
where the fire was, but just then one of the bees bit him behind the ear,
and he knew. They turned a stream upon that half-wrecked bee-hive,
and began to " play away " with one hand and fight bees with the other.
But the water had the desired effect, and those bees were soon among
the things that were. A terrible crowd had gathered in the meantime in
front of the house, but a large portion of it folluwed the flying policeman,
who was rubbing his affected parts and making tracks for the station-
house and a surgeon.
This little adventure somehow dampened our enthusiasm regarding the
felicity of making our own honey! During the next week we wore milk-
and-water poultices pretty ardently, but not a word was said about honey,
and now Mrs. B. has gone to stay a week with her mother, leaving me and
the convalescent tom-cat and the tickled neighbors to enjoy our own fe-
licity.
BANKS.
THE BANK OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO,
Capital $5,000,000
WM. ALTOBD President.
THOMAS BROWN, Cashier | B. MURRAY, Jr., Ass't Cashier
Agents :
New York, Agency of the Bank of Calfomia ; Boston, Tremont National Bank
Chicago, Union National Bank ; St. Louis, Boatman's Saving Bank ; New Zealand,
the Bank of New Zealand; London, China, Japan, India and Australia, the Oriental
Bank Corporation.
The Bank has Agencies at Virginia City and Gold Hill, and Correspondents in all
the principal Mining Districts and Interior Towns of the Pacific CoaBt.
Letters of Credit issued, available in all parts of the world. Draw direct on Lon-
don, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Bremen, Hamburg, Frankfort-on-the-Main, Antwerp,
Amsterdam, St, Petersburgh, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Christiana, Locarno, Mel-
bourne, Sydney, Auckland, Hongkong, Shanghai, Yokohama. Nov. 4.
FIRST NATIONAL GOLD BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Paid rap Capital $2,000,000, Gold. Presideiit, R. C. Wool-
worth ; Vice-President, D. Callagban ; Cashier, E. D. Morgan.
Directors :— R. C. Woolworth, D. Callaghan, C. G. Hooker, C. Adolph Low, Peter
Donahue, Isaac Wormser, Edward Martin, James Moffitt, N. Van Bergen.
Correspondents— London : Baring Bros. & Co. Chartered Mercantile Bank of In-
dia, London and China. Dublin : Provincial Bank of Ireland. Hamburg : Hesse,
Neuman&Co. Paris: Hottinguer& Co. NewYork: National Bank of Commerce. Bos-
ton : Blackstone National Bank. Chicago : First National Bank. This Bank is pre-
pared to transact a general Banking business. Deposits in Gold, Silver and Currency
received subject to check or on special deposit. Exchange for sale on the principal
cities of the United States, Great Britain, Ireland and the Continent. Commercial
Credits issued available in Europe, Chh.a and Japan. Collections attended to and
prompt returns made at the lowest market rates of Exchange. Jan. 19.
BANK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter.— Capital paid up, $1,800,-
000, with power to increase to SlO.000,000. Southeast corner California and San-
some streets. Head Office— 23 Cornhill, London. Branches — Portland, Oregon; Vic-
toria, New Westminster and Cariboo, British Columbia.
This Bank transacts a General Banking Business. Accounts opened subject to Check
and Special Deposits received. Commercial Credits granted available in all parts of
the world. Approved Bills discounted and advances made on good collateral security.
Draws direct at current rates upon its Head Office and Branches, and upon its Agents
as follows :
NewYork, Chicago and Canada— Bank of Montreal; Liverpool— North and South
Wales Bank ; Scotland— British Linen Company ; Ireland — Bank of Ireland ; Mex-
ico and South America— London Bank of Mexico and South America ; China and
Japan— Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, and Oriental Bank ; Australia
and New Zealand — Bank of Australasia, Commercial Banking Company of Sydney,
and English, Scottish and Australian Chartered Bank.
May 18. FREDEHICK TOWNSEND, Manager.
THE NEVADA BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO.
Capital Paid TJp $10,000,000.
Keserve, TJ. S. Bonds 3,500,000.
Agency at Kcw York, 62 Wall street.
Agency at Virginia, 2Tev.
Buys and sells Exchange and Telegraphic Transfers. Issues Commercial and Trav-
elers' Credits. This Bank has special facilities for dealing in Bullion. July 5.
LONDON AND SAN FRANCISCO BANK, LIMITED.
Capital, $5,000,000, of which $3,000,000 is fully paid up as
present capital. Reserve Fund, §360,000. San Francisco Office, 424 Califor-
nia street ; London Office, 22 Old Broad street. Manager, ARTHUR SCRIVENER ;
Cashier, WILLIAM STEEL. London Bankers, Bank of England and London Joint
Stock Bank ; New York, Drexel, Morgan & Co. ; Boston, Third National Bank.
This Bank is prepared to transact all kinds of General Banking and Exchange Busi-
ness in London and San Francisco, and between said cities and all parts of the
world. March 30.
SECURITY SAVINGS BANK.
GUARANTEE CAPITAL, ' - $300,000.
Officers: President, John Parrott; Vice-President, Jerome
Lincoln ; Secretary, W. S. Jones ; Attorney, Sidney V. Smith. Loans made on
Real Estate and other Approved Securities. Office : No. 215 Sansome street, San
Francisco. Oct. 14.
THE GERMAN SAVINGS AND LOAN SOCIETY.
Deutsche Sparmul Leihbanfc, So 526 Callforuiastreet, San
Francisco. Officers : President, L. GOTTIG. Board of Directors. — Fred.
Roeding, Cuas. Kohler, Edw. Kruse, George H. Eggers, N. Van Bergen, H. L. Simon,
Peter Spreckels, Ign. Steinhart. Secretary, GEO. LETTE ; Attorney, JOHN R,
JARBOE. ■ May 18.
ANDREW BA1RD,
Negotiator of Loans and Commercial Paper,
Broker In Local and State Securities,
No. 312 California Street San Francisco.
[J*. O. Sox 1,208.1 July 19.
J. K. PRIOR,
1128 Market Street and 21 Turk Street-
The Oldest Established Steam Gas Fitting and Plumbing
Establishment on the Pacific Coast, where a complete assortment of new pat-
terns of Gas Fixtures and Plumbing Material are offered at greatly reduced rates.
Messages sent by American District Telegraph Company free. All jobbing promptly
attended to. Established 1S52. July 12.
SYDNEY INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.
Round the "World Tickets.
The Pacific Mail Steamship Company will issue Round the
World Tickets, giving first-class accommodations for the entire route, at the
lowprice of §650. For particulars apply to
WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO., General Agents,
Aug. 9. Corner First and Brannau streets.
F
QUICKSILVER.
or sale— In lots to suit, by Thomas Bell «V Co., !Vo. 305
Sansome street, over Bank of California. Nov. 16.
IRVINE & LE BRETON
Have Removed their Iaxv; Offices to No. 317 Sansome Street.
[March 15.]
Ang. 23, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
re-
t
SUICIDE BY STRYCHNINE.
"Alfred Mason. » plasterer, n*t :. flftv tmr- at age, died n»
oriv€»l tnjurim In
maun Um
-•v.. I him *hAt Ailol
** £?*•,. "V11 f"r * I*J :ii »u "■ hi* I-'»t for lliuoti, but the
poena bed U*< t that he «v beyond medical aid."
Kdttoi N'fws I.rn-KK : -The above pangrapl] bUkan from the Call of
the 1-th instant. Toe dn attending the death o( the patient
an? such as call for remark. It will be obaarvad that his wit.- became
aware of his hying taken strychnine at S-JSO a.m., and thnt he expired at
10 a.m. It is further stated that she at once sent fur a physician, Dr.
. of 603 Third street A messenger from this office waited on
Phelan at hia office, and was informed that Mason died in about
w minuto after hie arrival. He informed our messenger that all he did
tor him wae to order an emetic.
Now, first as t.> the medical man : He is not the usual attendant on the
Ujupn family, bat the Dearest to the house, sent for, ius a matter of course,
by the terrified wife. He took charge of the case, and did not ask for a
consultation with another Doctor, and, u he admits, after thirty minutes
the patient died The Doctor's name does not appear on the regis-
ter kept at the City and County < 'h rk's office, so it is presumable he has
do diploma, and is a quack. It remains for him to show he is not one.
But whether a quack or not, he is equally guilty of malpractice, as we
shall proceed to show. Ignorance of what has been publicly known for
some fifteen years about the treatment of cases of poisoning by strych-
nine, i- enough to constitute the crime of malpractice, and to bring the
-ihymcian within reach of the severest penalties of the law. Had Mason
nt ten minutes to live when Phelan first saw him, his life might and
should have been saved, whether he wished it or not, for in moat civilized
countries self -destruction is a great crime against society, and must be
prevented and punished when possible. He ordered an emetic : well
enough, but of itself of very secondary consideration. He ought to have
known that the only remedial means was chloroform, and there was
plenty a few yards off. He either knew its effects or not, and in either
case his conduct is criminal. Of all the alkaloid poisons, there is not one
whose effects can be counteracted so easily as those of strychnine. While
the patient has life in him, the administration of chloroform vapor will,
in the course of a minute or so, entirely remove them, and the spasms
will quite leave him and he will rest. Then nothing more is needed but
time and care to keep him under the influence of the vapor, and allow
him to breathe free air for a few momenta should he appear to labor
heavily in breathing.
So easy of application is chloroform in such cases that it seems worth
while to give it the fullest publicity for the general good. The requisites
for its administration, in the case of poisoning by strychnine, are these :
The patient will generally be found lying stiff on his back. The first
thing to be done is to get a saucer, or like vessel, and place in it a bit of
dry sponge, or a cambric handkerchief, or even some dry rags, if nothing
better be at hand. On these pour a teaspoonful of chloroform, and then
with a handkerchief cover both the saucer and the patient's head, and let
him breathe the vapor till he begins to breathe heavily and loudly. Then
admit a little free air for a short time, a minute or so, and procure the aid
of & medical man as quickly as possible, becauae all remedial measures of
this nature are aafer in his hands. The first effects of the chloroform will
show themselves in a minute or two at farthest. The body will lose all its
rigidity, and the patient will remain like one in a quiet sleep. As often
as snoring or stentorious breathing is heard, he should be allowed to
breathe the free air, but upon any sign of twitching upon the face, or
muscular movement of the body, the chloroform must be continued as
before, and the supply of it to the sponge renewed by a teaspoonful at a
time. Once the patient is brought under the influence of it, his life is
assured. Should no chloroform be just at hand, then a tumbler of cold
water, with as much " baking," or even washing soda, stirred in it, as it
will readily dissolve, should be given to the patient if he can swallow :—
because the strychnine, remaining unchanged in the stomach, is greatly
retarded by alkaline substances, while it is much accelerated by acids.
Called, as Catholic clergymen continually are, to the deathbeds of mem-
bers of their flocks, I have on more than one occasion assisted the physi-
cian in saving lives when death was imminent from strychnine, and in no
case was one lost when chloroform was at hand. I witnessed a case in
which Dr. Wm. G-ilbee, the eminent surgeon of Melbourne, held a patient
for nine hours under its influence, and saved the woman's life. I have
successfully treated my own pet dogs, and can speak from actual expe-
rience. What is very remarkable in all the cases, whether of dogs or
human beings, is that there is no vomiting or evacuation of any land.
The chloroform simply wards off the action of the poison till it is di-
gested, as quinine might be — only it takes a longer time. The shortest
time required, in my experience, was 3 hours, and the longest 9 hours.
August 20i/t, 1879. John J. Bleasdale, D.D.
THE MECHANICS' PAIR— A WRINKLE FOR THE
DIRECTORS.
It is admitted by all who have been there that the Fourteenth Me-
chanics' Exhibition is superior to any of its thirteen predecessors in
variety of exhibits, in the quantity of those produced in this State and
their intrinsic value, as well as adaptability to the requirements of indus-
try and the economy of every-day life. But it is clear that the Directors
who control the Fair are altogether out in their reckoning when they hope
to make it a pecuniary success by charging fifty cents admission. Most of
those who might be benefited by studying in it, especially the artisan and
manufacturing classes, are postively prohibited by the heavy charge for
admission. To most of them four " bits" is a serious matter, when their
earnings hardly reach ten dollars per week. What has been found to
result iu a pecuniary success on several occasions like the present, and in
different cities, where the population, as here, was limited, is to make the
regular charge twenty-five cents admission ; but on one day of each week,
or two — say the afternoons of Monday and Thursday — the charge might
be fifty cents, or even a dollar, and on those days some special
music. On Saturdays, up to 2 p. M., it ought to be open to public schools
and institutions of that kind, and notice given that the children and
teachers attending a school would be admitted as a body from 10 a. m. to
2 p. m. at a rate of five cents, or at most ten cents per capita, and thus
make the exhibition a source of instruction to the young. And even if the
knitted free, and the Department of Education were to pay
'■•r t!i- - ii;i. it would show a very praiseworthy
desire t> aarisl in Instructing the mind of the rising generation by inapec
bod. of the results of local Industry and brvenoon.
Dins irritant amnios dotnissa per aures
d qnss sunt ooonlis iubjeota DdeUbus.11
The Director! of the M.-. hanios' Exhibition have, no doubt, a natural
desire to make i; s i Qniai ad we ;u-r quite serious and sincere
when we say in for the purposes of the Mechanics' Institute, purely and
Jjopjy- Bui must be informed that a library is not a
Mechanics Institute, and that an annual exhibition whioh excludes the
very class it pretends to benefit, by means of excessive charges for admis-
sion, defeats the ends for which it exists. And here, once for all, how
does it happen that an excellent library with roomy premises should be
rented, and left without so much as one single lecture-room or one bit
Of apparatus to illustrate anyone of the many branches of mechanical
art or science? Mechanics1 institutes at present should be schools of
technology, with their library, lecture-hall and museum of specimens of
all kinds, but mostly of the natural products and results of industry
already located or capable of being introduced into the country.
GRANGERS AND WORKINGMEN.
The daily newspapers are just waking up to the fact— oft asserted in
these columns— that the real interests of the grangers and workingmen
are diametrically opposed to each other. The granger desires an abundance
of cheap labor— Chinese labor, in fact— while the workingman quite as
naturally prefers a scarcity of labor supply, and high wages correspond-
ing thereto. But the granger has, or imagines he has, a grievance against
the Railroad, because it foolishly, in his opinion, demands proper compen-
sation for the carriage of his produce to a market ; and the workingman
foolishly imagines that if the Chinese could be got rid of, he would be
master of the labor market. The granger has a decided antipathy to pay-
ing his just proportion of the burdens of government, or, in fact, any
part thereof, provided he can shift it to the shoulders of the bloated capi-
talist down at the Bay. The workingman looks upon the State as a fat
goose, to be plucked for the benefit of his class, and in his mind's eye
looks forward to the day when hia class shall rule the State for its sole
benefit, making all other classes subservient to that purpose. The State
has nothing to fear from either granger or workingman while they re-
main separate, but united they are a power for evil. Hence they have
" pooled their issues " as a step toward victory; but even iu the improba-
ble event of success we do nr.fc believe they will pull together, by reason
of their diverse opinions. The workingman has no grudge against the
Railroad, which employs five thousand of his fellows at good wages regu-
larly paid, and Kearney expressed that idea in Sacramento when he said
that profitable freights meant good wages, and lower freights lower wages.
On the other hand, it is a fact, notorious and not to be concealed, that the
grangers, and not the railroads and other corporations, are the greatest
employers of cheap labor in California. There has never been a success-
ful combination of farmers and workingmen anywhere, because they have
nothing in common, and there never will be, especially in this State. We
repeat to workingmen that their best friends are the capitalists, manu-
facturers and merchants, and that to discard them for a humbugging al-
liance with their granger enemies is most foolish, and must meet the
usual reward of folly.
THE POSITION OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND.
Money is so abundant in London that, when lent at all, it commands
only ^ per cent, per annum, and bills are being discounted at less than
1 per cent, though the nominal rate of discount of the Bank of England
is 2 per cent. The following figures, taken from the returns of the Bank
of England, are very striking:
Notes in Toft Bullion in Beserve of Notes Other titan
Circulation. both Depots. in Banking Dcpt. Gov. Dep'sts.
£2S,068,310 £22,340,355 £ 8,250,965 £22,624,601
29,328,140 35,466,067 19,813,065 33,511,228
July 17, 1878
July 16, 1879
Increase 1879.. £ 1,259,830 £13,125,712 £11,562,100 £10,886,627
The financial position of the Bank was never stronger than the figures
for July 16 last show; but, at the same time, its strength is a decisive
proof of depression and stagnation in business in England. The distrust
that arises in bad times causes persons with money to be cautious of in-
vesting it, and they put it in the Bank so as to assure themselves of safety
until times of greater stability come round. On the other hand, the feel-
ing of insecurity which pervades the community causes investors to sell
their securities, and have money available in a safe place so that they can
lay their hands upon it at any moment. It is perfectly evident, however,
that such large quantities of money cannot lie unused for any very great
length of time ; so it is probable that ere long the surplus of this large
accumulation of money will flow out of the Bank and help in the revival
of trade.
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Aug. 23, 1879.
"PLEASURE'S WAND."
" We Obey no Wand but Pleasiire,s."--3'o"t Moore.
Baldwin's Theater. — La Cigdle is something which, as a play, can
scarcely be considered au serieux. The authors had, in writing it,
probably no desire or expectation that it would ever be regarded
in any other light than a farcical one. It was written for Celine
Chaumont, a delicious little actress of certain peculiarities— something of
the Lotta type, but with the proverbial French refinements. The trans-
lator has rather cleverly adapted this farce to our little lady's standard,
and if its claims to attention as a work of art are nil, it has the merit of being
amusing and laughter- creating. And yet this merit lies in the fact that
it gives Lotta all possible opportunities to show herself off. She is a
ridiculous little tot at best, but the charm she exercises over all is as un-
deniable as it is inexplicable. She is overflowing with a ludicrous vivacity
that in^orces the attention of the audience, and keeps it enslaved to her
every whim and caper. It is futile to attempt an analysis of her talents,
or to describe or define her charm understandingly. Lotta is a syphon of
"cut-up," injecting now and then its cuteness and vivacity into
the more staid and plausible ways of the support, and causing the whole
action and everything else to fizz and bubble in the most undignified man-
ner. There is no one that can be compared to her, or that she may be
likened to. There is no one alive that could skip and hop through La
Cigale as she does. Bits of business that at the hands of others would,
from their very idiocy, squelch possible mirth, abound with her and make
us all roar with healthy laughter. She is a funny body, and that is the
best description that can be given of her. Actress is a word that can
never be applied to her. She scorns art, and the rules and precedents of
acting. All that is necessary is for her to go on the stage and be herself.
If the character assumed fits her, all the better; if not, all the worse. She
cannot adapt herself; the charactermust submit. Therefore, those phases
of her different parts that are serious or pathetic, are to her insurmount-
able. She then becomes awkward and mechanical. But,' luckily, these
requirements are seldom met with in her repertoire. In La Cigale, as
adapted at present, sentiment is non est, and Lotta has full latitude
for her twists, her grimaces and her kicks. The day Lotta can persuade
herself that singing is something she cannot do, she will do herself, and
more particularly the public, a great service. It is a pity that she does
not possess the gift of song, but she does not. As long as she contents
herself with the motto songs, or popular ditties of the day, the audience will
be patient ; but when she branches out in tender and sentimental ballads,
reproof is necessary. The little French song which Lotta interpolates is
sweet in its exquisite pathos, and is so far above her vocal abilities that
her rendition of it is barbarous. In her own quaint, peculiar line, Lotta
is unapproachable, and that ought to be sufficient glory. When she does
things that invite or necessitate comparison, she becomes mediocre, and
injures herself. The support in La Cigale was rather clever. The pair of
artists, "Murignan" and "Mid in,' wee humorously and effectively
acted by Messrs. Bishop and Barrows. Bradly was excellent as "Count
de Hoffe; and Wilkes (a new face) made all possible out of the character
of the "Son." The trio of acrobats, " Carcaronne,'" "Bi Bi" and " Fi-
loche," as played respectively by Messrs. Marble, Thompson and Belasco.
was a rather fiat performance. It is a very funny idea, but requires ex-
cellent comedian qualities to receive full justice. Mr. Marble is rather
clever, but the others are "sticks." On Monday Lotta appears in "Little
Nell" and the "Marchioness." This is one of her earliest successes, and
will prove a pleasing revival. The Marchioness is considered by most
every one her best effort. The orchestra is now strengthened by the addi-
tion of Schlott as first French hornist, and is undoubtedly the best in
town.
Bush-Street Theater. — California Through Death Valley is the am-
bitious title of the play that has held the boards during the week. It is
flimsy in plot, stupid and tiresome in dialogue, and ridiculous and absurd
in situations. It is by no means inferior to other plays of the same char-
acter, in some respects it may be superior, but dramas of border life are
all nauseating to intelligent audiences from the exaggerated and impossi-
ble manner in which they are constructed. A scene in which one scout,
with two navy revolvers, will kill, by actual count, eleven Indians with-
out injury to himself, caps the climax of dramatic absurdity. Capt.
Jack intends, it is said, to star in this play. There is no reason why he
should not do this successfully, judging by the theatrical career of Buffalo
BilL Crawford is not as graceful, handsome or picturesque in dress as
Cody, but he is more of an actor. He speaks his lines better, is more na-
tural in gesture, and more manly in demeanor. The star part is evi-
dently the character of "Bill Williams,' and was excellently imper-
sonated by John Woodard. "Ruth," as played by Emma Grant, a gen-
uine actress of color, was a decided feature of the cast. One of the most
promising of our local actresses is Miss Georgie Woodthorpe. This little
lady is making remarkable progress. She is modest and conscientious in
all she undertakes, and is pursuing the true method of success on the
stage, commencing at the bottom and working her way up. She is be-
coming, with approaching maturity, more and more finished in her acting,
and deserves all possible commendatory encouragement. The scenery is
more noticeable by a lavish display of impossible colors than by artistic
truth to nature. On next Monday one of Haverly's numerous specula-
tions will appear. The United Mastodon Minstrels (what a title!) are a
company of forty performers, containing all the best names in the min-
strel profession. Haverly, by his enterprise, has succeeded in securing
the flagging interest manifested by the public in negro minstrelsy, and
this troupe has been wonderfully successful everywhere. The old favorite,
Billy Bice, is a prominent member of this agglomeration.
An esteemed citizen of Arizona is in San Francisco, viewing tie
many lions here to be found. A few evenings since he strolled into the
art gallery at the Mechanics' Fair, and was soon absorbed in the study of
the paintings on exhibition. Our friend is something of a connoisseur in
such matters, and expressed his admiration of several pictures to an old
gentleman who was also doing the gallery. The latter, however, was in-
clined to be antagonistic, and volunteered to show the Arizonian a per-
fect picture. This, in turn, was duly inspected, and sharply criticised by
our friend, who found it execrable, and expressed his surprise that any-
one should be so vain-glorious as to put such a veritable daub upon exhi-
bition, and wondered who the bold artist might be. " It is my chef
d'ceuvre" replied his newly-made friend. The Arizonian quietly subsided
into the ladies' promenade, and the artist wandered off in another direc-
tion, each perplexed at the existing situation.
California Theater. — This theater has been closed during the week.
It will be re-opened on Monday evening with an attraction that will
undoubtedly prove a paying one. When Crane and Robson played The
Comedy of Errors at the close of their last engagement, it was in the light
of an experiment. Although wanting in finish, and full of blemishes,
that performance gave promise of becoming, in time, an admirable one.
Judging by eastern reports, it has become so. The burden of this play falls
upon Mr. Crane's shoulders, for he is compelled to imitate and counterfeit
Mr. Robson, whose mannerisms and peculiarities are so strongly marked
as to render disguising impossible. The excellence which these comedians
have reached in their delineations of the two "Dromios" could only be
attained by long and continued practice. They have had the benefit of
this, and a delightful rendition of The Comedy of Errors may be expected.
Webb, of Boston, has specially arranged the play for them in a manner
that admits of a strong and effective production. As additional attrac-
tions, they have Champagne and Oysters, new to our boards, and Forbidden
Fruit, Our Bachelors, etc. Monday evening will also introduce to the
public some of the new company — Miss Adeline Stanhope, the new leading
lady, Miss Lizzie Harold, the soubrette. The parts they will assume in
The Comedy of Errors are hardly of a nature to allow these ladies to show
off their respective abilities, but their reputation bespeaks for them a
favorable reception. The new chefd? orchestra, Mr. Withers, will assume
the baton on this occasion ; and everything presages an auspicious open-
ing of the new season.
German Theater. — The impression produced by Irschick's first ap-
pearance has been consideraby modified by the grand performance of last
Sunday evening. Although, as the "Maid of Orleans," she gave proof of
great talent and ability, there seemed to lack what can only be called
the fire of genius. She recited the lines with great elocutionary skill,
but in a manner which, to a certain extent, was perfunctory. But her
" Brunheld " was cast in a higher mold. It stamped her as one of the
best of modern tragediennes. She fairly electrified the audience in the
more heroic scenes and touched the heart in the softer and more pathetic
passages. In gesture and manner she is remarkably graceful. In speecn
and delivery she is perfect. This performance was a rare treat and was
duly appreciated by the immense audience present. Miss Walden, whose
appearance in Dr. Klaus seemed to indicate but mediocre abilities, played
" Crimhilde " intelligently and effectively and gained a recall. Mrs. Witt
and Messrs. Freeman, Kadelburg and Hish filled their respective parts
ably, though the gentlemen were evidently overweighted. Mr. Diehl, the
juvenile of the troupe was miscast, and criticism is, under the circum-
stances, somewhat unjust. The contrast between the measured, tragic
tones of the star and his easy conversational style was rather ludicrous.
Taming of tlie Shrew is the attraction for next Sunday, and this will give
Mme. Irschick an opportunity to show her versatility.
Chiarini's Circus. — The circus closes its four-weeks' run this evening.
It has been very successful, and deservedly so. All possible attention
was paid to the comfort and pleasure of the audiences, and a more
admirably arranged tent has rarely been seen. The feature of this circus
is its trained animals. It is useless to deny the possibility, or rather the
existence of intelligence in the brute creation, in face of such arguments
as the performance of the beautiful horse, Othello, and of the Bronchos.
The Man Serpent is by far the most clever and supple contortionist ever
seen on the coast. The horizontal- bar performers are of more than ordi-
nary ability, and in fact each and every performer give evidence of high
rank in their respective acts.
Laura Honey has composed an opera, entitled The Wreck of the Pina-
fore, and there is some talk of producing it at the Standard, with Emily
Melville in the cast.
Chit-Chat.— Miss Albertine is blind and in want. She will be remem-
bered in the French Spy, and as "Lize" to Chanfrau's " Mose. "-^— Wal-
fert's Roost was tbe farm-house which Irving bought as a residence, and
which he reconstructed into Sunnyside. It was formerly occupied by
Walfert Acker, a Dutch farmer.— —Matt Lingham and wife (Lizzie Ma-
ban) are disconsolate at the loss of their child Blanche, who died of cholera
infantum, in New York, on the 5th instant, aged fourteen months.^—
The opening spectacle at Niblo's, for which Voegtlin is painting such
beautiful scenery, is entitled Enchantment.^^Cha.rlotte Cushman's New-
port establishment is taxed at §25,400.— —Sara Bernhardt introduced one
of her youngsters to a starchy old lady of the azure blood of England
with these words : " Permit me," said she, with an innocent smile, "to
introduce you to mon petit accident." She might have said "one of my
little accidents," for she has four children. — There is in Paris a phe-
nomenon, who comes from America. It is a female named Miss Theresa
Patchwork. This person has three pairs of arms and two pairs of legs,
and she can play both tbe piano and violin.— Richard Wagner may visit
us next year.— Signor Barili says that maccaroni is one of the best arti-
cles of diet on which to train the singing voice.— Anna Berger and her
husband, Leigh Lynch, will form part of a combination which will in-
clude Potter, the elocutionist, and the Swedish Quartet.^— Majeroni is
to star in a new play, entitled Our Italian Cousins.-— Fred Warde will
support John McCullough the coming season.— George S. Knight and
wife are doing a big business in England.— Frank Mayo is playing in
London.^— Imogene goes to Australia with the next steamer.^^Crane
and Robson are at the Palace, and have brought Mesdaraes C. and R.
with them this time.-— Stanhope is said to be a pretty woman. Lizzie
Harold is, that is already known. — Brown, the comedian, plays a part
in California, Through Death Valley, in which the whole -talk consists of
endless repetitions of the following line : "And that's the opinion of John
Henry." Great laughter was occasioned on the opening night by the
audible prompting of these few words.— —Withers, the new leader for the
California, is said to be a very amiable and courteous gentleman.
The "O. T. H. B. R." Club will give another of their pleasing en-
tertainments next Monday evening, August 25th, at "Western Addition
Hall," the programme consisting of brilliant olio, a comic reading by the
favorite comedian, Mr. C. B. Bishop (of the Baldwin Theater Company),
and in conclusion, the laughable farce of My Turn Next.
MADAME JULIA MELVILLE SNYDER,
{* 1 O Mason street, between Bush and Gutter.— Vocal Musle
JJJLtJ for Opera, Concert or Parlor. Piano and Elocution. Dramatic Elocution
and Voice Culture Specialties. Terms made known at residence. May 25.
Aug. 23t 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
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SPORTING ITEMS.
Boxing, i n uid W, MoCleUan,
•t PUu'i Hull Last Monday, ramlted in a drmw. Th« fight luted over
tthsT <if tha men wan
irth round MtClel novarj a heavy
r*d hia riirlit nhoultler. Thai Mamad to make him ihy. and
op t** tin* thirty fifth round Md Hollas forced the fighting, bi
loam tli »t made him ffi
Whenever the men ii !■ i effective work they would clinch
mill itnuQfle For the Fall, ■*<> much bard work being done En that way that
they were unable t<> rive much poniahmant. Several times 1 K>novan had
■jejori omoiaga to ro ia and Finish the Hgfat, but wai too muoh uaad up to
take advantage of them, Moi HeUairt left seemed to be little or no good
to him, hi* blows all f.Ulin,' short, but he delivered several heavy right-
handers that hurt Mike's arm in ■tapping. UoClellan is a much better
wrestler than Donovan, but does not deliver his blows so quickly, nor did
he fight as well as he has on previous occasions, seeming to give his op-
ponent too much warning when about to strike. This is, no doubt, the re-
sult of giving lessons in boxing. The fight, when compared with old-time
encounters, looks a very second-class affair. It really was a better dis-
play of wrestling thnn fighting, and we think that thnre are no two other
men living that could stand up after ninety-four wrestling bouts. But
the spectators were disappointed, as something different was expected.
Great disapprobation was shown at the referee's deciding the fight a
draw, although it is true that it was the longest glove fight on record, and
looked as if it could be continued indefinitely. There is little doubt that
one of the men would have been beaten in less than ten rounds, in which
case the public would have been satisfied and no discredit could attach to
the loser. Mike Donovan was seconded by Joe Winrow and P. Coyle.
McCleLlan's seconds were \V. Edwards and Arthur Chambers, who deserve
great credit for the way in which they sent their man up. Before the
commencement of the fight, Messrs. El wards and Chambers were each
presented with a handsome gold-headed cane. They left for the East
yesterday. Donovan and McClellan will leave for New York in a few
days.
Rowing. — As there has been considerable anxiety felt in rowing circles
to know the reason that the proposed match between Mr. Leahy, of San
Francisco, and Mr. W. Cotsford, of British Columbia, could not be satis-
factorily arranged, we give the particulars. Mr. Cotsford published the
following challenge:
" I will row any man on the Pacific Coast three or five miles for Five Hundred or
One Thousand dollars ; the race to be rowed in Victoria Harbor in shells, now in
the possession of Thos. Jones. — W. Cotsford, Champion of British Columbia."
On July 28th, as stated in the News Letter, Mr. Leahy telegraphed to
Mr. Cotsford, accepting the challenge ; but the race to be rowed here,
Leahy to pay expenses. Mr. Cotsford replied that his challenge was to
row in Victoria Harbor in twin shells, and that he would pay Mr. Leahy's
expenses. Mr. Leahy telegraphed: " Cannot accept your terms. Would
be proud to row you in best and best boats." Mr. Cotsford would not
accept those terms, as he was at great disadvantage as to boats, his shell
being rigged with stationary seat and weighing 55 pounds, while that of
Leahy only weighed 30 pounds and had sliding seat ; but he is still will-
ing to make the race according to his challenge. We would suggest that
Mr. Leahy offer Mr. Cotsford some consideration to get an improved boat,
in which case, no doubt, a match could easily be arranged. Though such
a proceeding is unusual, a concession from Leahy would be appreciated by
all lovers of sport.^^The proposed race between H. Hoyt and Dan
Leahy appears to be off, as the time for preliminaries has expired, and no
arrangements are yet made. Mr. Leahy issued a challenge to Hoyt, yes-
terday, and put up $50 deposit for a wager of $500 or 81,000.
Baseball. —The principal game last Sunday was at Oakland, between
the Omahas and Oakland's. It was declared a draw for obvious gate
money reasons. Good-bye to any enthusiasm in sport when profit and
loss are made important factors in deciding a game. — — The Mutuals
and Athletics also played at Oakland; score, 9 to 6.^— • At the Recrea-
tion Grounds the Knickerbockers and Renos played a one-sided game,
the score being 21 to 0.— Games to-morrow : At Recreation Grounds —
Renos vs. Eagles, Gatling Battery vs. McMahon.— — Yesterday a com-
mittee settled the question regarding the division of gate receipts, part
of which the Military League has been receiving. The Knickerbocker
Club has refused to play under the present regime, and rightly have they
done so. The committee could make no satisfactory arrangement, and
so we will have the pleasure (?) of seeing the Recreation Grounds di-
vided, and thus rendered almost useless as a ball field.
Swimming. — There will be several races at Alameda to-morrow (Sun-
day). A prize of $50 is offered by Mr. R. B. Cunningham tor a half-mile
professional race to come off within two weeks. This gives Messrs. Flem-
ming. Berg, Wolinski and Mohor a chance to try conclusions.— —Daily,
the Pacific Coast Champion, started for New York last Tuesday, his ob-
ject being to make a match with Webb, or any one else. The reports
that appeared in some of the daily papers, stating he was going to swim
Webb for $2,500 were incorrect, as no match is yet arranged. There is no
doubt that unless Webb can beat his best time by at least half an hour,
Daily can vanquish him easily in a ten-mile race.
Shooting.— Quail-shooting opens the 15th of September. Advices
from all parts of the State are to the effect that the birds are very plenti-
ful, especially so around Anaheim.— —Snipe are shot in great numbers
around Reno.^^Doves are plentiful and in splendid condition. Three
gentlemen bagged 150, last Sunday, near Redwood City.^— Large num-
bers of pigeons, in good condition, have been received at Sacramento for
the coming shooting tournament at the Fair.— ^Deer are very plentiful
all over Humboldt county.-^— The shooting at Baxter's, last Sunday,
was very good; the match for $100 was won by Conrad, who killed 9 to
Stack's 5. Mr. Conrad shot against Robinson, beating him by two birds.
Pedestrianism. — There will be a walking-match for juveniles at Sara-
toga Hall to morrow.— -La Chapelle has challenged Von Berg to a six-
day walk, for §1,000 a side and the gate money. If the challenge is not
accepted, she will leave for the East next week. — Messrs. Lawton and
McNeil have already received the entrance money from twelve expectant
winners of the coming six-day walk.— —Entries for the Astley belt are
closed, and include Weston, Blower Brown, O'Leary, Hazael, Pancheot
and Corkey.^— Los Angeles has the fever, and is now suffering from the
attack of a three-days' go-as-you-please.
Fishing. Around Soledad then ere several streams full of fine trout,
that bite k-r lih-.-^— Uiglere say that tl one of the best sea*
sons for trout ever known, and, ss tt does not last much longer, they an
all making the most of ii.— Salt water fishing i* now very good; the
bay Is full "f splendid rook and tomood, which an easily caught,
v around AJcatraa. (Gentlemen fond of fishing, who cannot span
toe time to leave the city, can readily indulge their favorite pursuit by
taking a boat on the
Yachting Owing to the heavy wind and lack of r\|>- ri.Tir,-, tin*
model yacht race .-it. Saucelito, Last Saturday, was anything but a success,
Numbers of the boats collided, and only two went over the course, which
was so unsatisfactory that it was decided to sail the race over again. It
comes off at Lake Merritt to day, that water being selected on account of
its sheltered position. ^—Nothing has yet been settled respecting the
talked of races between the O'Connor, Consuelo and An he user.
Archery.— Ten clubs will compete at the Sacramento State Fair
tournament. A splendid time is guaranteed to visiting clubs. It will be
the most important archery meeting ever held in America, which is
highly creditable to this State, considering the very short time archery
has been fashionable.^— A club has been started at Watsouville. Prizes
are shot for once a week.
LAST WEEK OF THE ROYAL ITALIAN CIRCUS
AND
PERFORMING ANIMALS,
Corner of Mission aiid Seventh Streets.
This {Saturday) Evening, Aug. 23ds
New Programme! New Features! New Attractions!
CEOWDEB HOUSES RVEEY NIGHT,
By Refined Audiences.
Grand Congress of Talented Artists in the School of Physical Education.
All the Ladies of the Company in a Pacific Contest of Skill and Dexterity. Magnifi-
cent Horses Educated to the Highest Perfection of Hypic Training. Grand Carnival
of Fun by the Clowns. Educated Zebras, Huanacos from Patagonia, and the Amer-
ican Bison. The Turkish Cavalry, or the Battle of Plevna.
Matinee this (Saturday) Afternoon at 2 o'clock.
CALIFORNIA THEATER.
Barton & Lawlor, Managers; Barton Hill, Acting manager.
The REGULAR DRAMATIC SEASON will commence MONDAY, August 25th,
when the favorite comedians, ROBSONand CRANE, will appear as THE TWO DRO-
MIOS, in Shakespeare's COMEDY OF ERRORS, to be produced in a style never
before attempted here, introducing the New Dramatic Company, including MISS
ADELINE STANHOPE (late of the principal London Theaters), and MISS LIZZIE
HAROLD (late of the Boston Museum), also MR. WM. WITHERS, JR., Leader of
Orchestra. Seats at the Box Office. Aug. 2a.
THE BALDWIN THEATER.
Thomas Magulre, nlaiiHgrer.---I.nst Nights of Lotta's most
Successfi I LA CIGALE ! Houses Crowded— Audiences Delighted. This (Sat-
urday) Afternoon— ONLY LOTTA OIGALE MATINEE. Sunday-Last Night of
CIGALE Saturday Night, Benefit of MOLLIE REVEL-THE TICKET-OF-LEAVE
MAN Monday, August 25th, Benefit of theS. F. HUSSARS— LOTTA as LITTLE
NELL and THE MARCHIONESS. Aug. 23.
HbUSH STREET THEATER.
(Charles E. liOcfce, Proprietor. --This Saturday Matinee, and
J Saturday and Sunday Evenings, Last Performances of CALIFORNIA THROUGH
DEATH VALLEY. Monday Evening, August 25th, HAVERLY'S MASToL WJf
MINSTRELS ! Forty Performers. The grandest and most refined orgxaUation aver
known to Minstrelsy. Seats now on sale. Aug. &>.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Office of the Enreka Consolidated Mining Company, We-
vada Block, Room No. 37, San Francis™, Aug. 15, 1879.— At a meeting of the
Board of Directors of the abovenamed Company, held this day, a dividjnd (No. 46)
of One Dollar per share was declared, payable on WEDNESDAY, August 20th, 1879.
Transfer Books closed until the 21st instant.
AU„. 23. W. W. TEAYLOR, Secretary.
PUBLIC NOTICE
Iq herebv given that a General Election, in and for the City
and Cimnty of San Francisco, will be held on WEDNESDAY, the THIRD DAY
of SEPTEMBER, A.D. 1879, and the qualified electors of said City and County are
hereby called to meet in their respective districts for the purpose of electing the fol-
lowiner municipal officers at said election :
Mayor- Assessor; Sheriff ; Auditor ; Tax Collector ; Treasurer; Recorder; County
Clerk ■ District Attorney ; Attorney and Counsellor ; Coroner ; Public Administra-
tor • Surveyor ■ Superintendent of Public Streets, Highways and Squares ; Superin-
tendent of Common Schools ; Twelve Judges of the Superior Court ; Police Judge;
Five Justices of the Peace.
Twelve Supervisors— one from each of the following-named Wards : Inrst, Second,
Third Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth ;
to be elected by a pleurality of all the votes cast at said election.
Twelve School Directors, to be elected by a pleurality of all the votes cast at said
For unexpired terms of City and County officers : Auditor ; Tax Collector ; Su-
pervisor from the Third Ward. . ...-,_»
Witness my hand and the seal of the City and County of San Francisco, this 21st
day iHT*' A'D' 1879' A- •'■ ER¥ANT'
Aug. 23. Mayor of the City and County of San Francisco.
H. FRESE,
(Late with Charles Dietle),
Boot Maker, No. 327 street, between Sntter and
Bush, San Francisco, under the Ahlboru House. The Finest Quality and
Latest Styles of Custom Work Neatly Executed. Repairing Done at Short Notice.
[August 33. J
8
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Aug. 23, 1879.
EDITOR AND POET.
'Twas a man wrapped up in an am- 'So, sirrah, take thee a stout saw-
pie cloak, horse,
Poetic in his mein, Thereto a "bucksaw good;
That went into the office of Thy poesy it is n. g.j
An English magazine. Thy line is sawing wood.'
He gave unto the editor When that the poet heard these
A paper closely writ: Words
' I would unto your judgment, sir, He 'gan to fume and fidget,
A poem submit ; And he said unto the editor,
Pray read it carefully and say 'Thou art a howling idjet!
What that you think of it.' 'Read o'er that ballad again, sir-
Slowly the editor read it through ; rah.
On his brow an angry flush
There came as he soliloquized
Read o'er that ballad again,
And then thy candid opinion give —
About ' hogwash,5 ' rot ' and 'sluBh.' My name is Alfred Ten '
And he gave back the manuscript 'The heaven you say!" cried the ed-
Unto the bard and said: itor,
* That balled is the very worst Astonished ; then said,
That I have ever read. 'That poem is the finest thing
' If I such trash as that should dare That l have ever read-
Print in my magazine, ( It shall appear this very month,'
Then men would call me a three-ply And, kneeling on the ground,
ass — He gave the Laureate a check
And they would be right I ween. For £1,100.
"TO LET," OR "FOR SALE."
To an observer, wandering about the various streets of San Fran-
cisco, the multitudinous changes upon these most monotonous empty-
house notices will at once enlighten him to the existence of the very self-
evident fact that nearly half of the city is either for sale or to let. In
very truth, this Queen City of the Pacific Coast contains about twice as
many houses as she has people to occupy them ; and whole blocks, not
only on the outskirts and in the sand dunes, but even on Dupont and
Kearny streets, stare the prevailing deadness of real estate values in the
face, and mutely express the doleful fact. The last census gives the in-
formation that the population of our city is on the decrease, yet the loss
of the three or four thousand therein noticed is not of enough import-
ance to have caused the existing depression. The fundamental cause lies
deeper. The people at large are economizing and retrenching in every
way, their actual necessities causing such a course. The all-absorbing fact
is apparent everywhere that " hard times " are upon us, and these of ne-
cessity have to be met by a corresponding retrenchment in the modes of
life of our people. Many of those who have lived in elegant mansions
have to be content with others of more modest dimensions ; the palaces
in many cases are turned into boarding-houses, and the guests of these
leave their comfortable homes empty upon the landlord's hands, because
they can live more reasonably in apartments. The spacious hotels of the
city are but partially tilled, and altogether everybody feels the existing
condition of things to a greater or a less degree, except, perchance, the
very wealthy, and they are agitating the problem whether to emigrate to
New York or Europe during these evil days of universal stagnatiou.
Why are times hard in this beautiful city by the sea? Such is the all-
prevailing inquiry. The politicians of all parties charge the fault the one
upon the other. The magnate of the Sand-Lot says the railroad and the
inoffensive Chinaman have done the deed, and agitate the ignorant and the
unthinking to acts of communism and plunder — thus bringing boldly to the
front the old, old conflict between labor and capital, between the rich and
the poor. Is it possible that Kearney and his followers are sincere in
these suicidal efforts to drive capital to the wall, and cannot these leaders
of the people study a lesson from all past history, and learn that all such
efforts have ever been followed by bitter heart-burnings and disappoint-
ments ? Capital is abundant in the hands of the few, yet when threat-
ened by bold, bad men, whose " glittering generalities " may serve to hide
from their blinded followers their own selfish and personal designs, will
naturally be withdrawn to the security of other fields of enterprise, where
such a condition of society does not exist. The passsage of the new or-
ganic act, and the muttered threatenings of the leaders of the W. P. C,
we do not hesitate to say, are the fundamental causes of " hard times in
California." Defeat the agitators in the coming campaign, and we shall soon
see the empty houses filling up with happy faces, and the savings banks
once more disbursing their golden streams to help along the energy and
enterprise of the real workingmen of our State and city.
Now is the time to do this great good. Every honest voter in the State
should see to it that he makes no mistake in exercising his noblest right,
the right of franchise. God grant that enough good, true patriots may be
found to put a quietus upon these "hard times."
INCREASING OUR RAILROADS AND OUR PROSPERITT.
There is an undoubted revival of the railroad interest of the coun-
try. Poor's Manual states that, during the year 1878, no less than 2,694
miles of new lines were opened, the total mileage in operation in the
United States at that date being 81,841 miles. Since the panic in 1873
there have been constructed 11,563 miles of railroad. In the same time
the increase of population has equaled fully 7,000,000. The greater part
of this increase has been in the Western and North-western States and
Territories. A corresponding demand has been created for the products
of manufacturing and commercial industries of the Eastern States. With
the general recovery witnessed on every hand, and with an enormous bal-
ance of trade with foreign countries in our favor, as we have elsewhere
shown, there is every reason to believe that the country, and particularly
its railroads, are entering upon a career of unwonted prosperity. The
gross earnings of all the roads whose operations have been reported have
equaled $491,103,361, against ©472,902,272 for 1877. The figures of inter-
nal as well as of external commerce all indicate rapidly increasing pros-
perity all over the country. The business pulse of California is bound to
be quickened ere long. We cannot retrograde, or even stand still, while
all the rest of the country is marching to the lively air of an active re-
vival of trade. We who have hitherto led the van will not now be con-
tent to drop into the rear. We are persuaded that the dawn is upon us,
that the day is breaking that will usher in a new era of prosperity.
England's Troublesome Relations.— Her foreign ones.— Pvnch.
INSURANCE.
HUTCHINSON & MANN,
INSURANCE AGENCY,
No. 323 & 324 California Street, San Francisco,
Cal.
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Marine Insurance,
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LONDON AND PROVINCIAL MARINE INSURANCE CO of London.
Capital Represented $33,000,000.
All Losses Equitably Adjusted and Promptly Paid.
HOME MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. OF CALIFORNIA.
Principal Office, 406 California Street, San Francisco.
Cash Assets, January 1, 1S77, §595,291 ; Liabilities, §5,952; Surplus for Policy
Holders, §589,339. J. F. Houghton, President ; L. L. Baker, Vice-President ;
Charles R. Story, Secretary. R. H. MAGILL, H. H. BIGELOW, General Agents.
Directors. — San Francisco — L. L. Baker, John H. Redington, J. F. Houghton,
R. B. Gray, Robert Watt, John Currey, L. L. Baker, W. F. Whittier, C. C. Burr, E.
M. Root, W. H. White, J. L. N. Shepard, W. M. Greenwood. George S. Mann, Cyrus
Wilson, W. T. Garratt, C. Waterhouse, A. P. Hotaling, A. Block, A. K. P. Harmon,
G. S. Johnson, W. O. Wilson, A. W. Bowman, H. L. Dodge, Charles R. Story. Ala-
meda County Branch — V. D. Moody, Chauncy Taylor, A. C. Henry, Robert S. Far-
relly, Joseph B. Marlin, W. B. Hardy, T. B. Simpson. San Diego — A. H. Wilcox.
Sacramento — Mark Hopkins, D. W. Earl, Julius Wetzlar, James Carolan. San Jose —
T. EUard Beans, B. D. Murphy, A. Pfister, J. H. Dibble, J. S. Carter, Jackson Lewis,
Jacob Rich, John Auzerais, John Balbach. Stockton — H. H. Hewlett, Chas. Belding,
J. D. Peters, A. W. Simpson, H. M. Fanning. Marysville— D. E. Knight. Grass
Valley— Wm. Watt, T. W. Sigourney. Portland, Oregon— W. S. Ladd, C. H. Lewis,
P. Wasserman, B. Goldsmith, D. Macleay. Virginia City, Nevada, — John Gillig, Isaac
L. Requa. March 17.
FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE.-UNION INS. CO. OF S. F.
The California Lloyds.— Established in 1861.— Nos. 416 and
418 California street. Cash capital §750,000 in Gold. Assets exceed SI, 000,000
Coin. Fair Rates ! Prompt Settlement of Loses ! ! Solid Security ! ! DIRECTORS.
-^■Jan Francisco — J. Mora Moss, N. G. Kittle, M. J. O'Connor, R. S. Floyd, Moses
Heller, Adam Grant, Daniel Meyer, AntoineBorel, Charles Kohler, E. L. Goldstein,
I. Lawrence Pool, A. Weill, Joseph BrandenBtein, Charles Baum, James Moffitt,
Benjamin Brewster, L. Cunningham, W. M, Hoag, Nicholas Luning, John Parrott,
L. A. Booth, Julius Baum, MylesD. Sweeney, Jas. M. Goewey, Edward Cadwalader
Bartlett Doe, Gustave Touchard, J. H. Baird, J. G. Kittle, George C. Hickox, C. Du-
commun, Wm. Scholle, John Conly, Ig. Steinhart, W. B. Stone, J. O. Eldridge, A.
B. Phipps.
GUSTAVE TOUCHARD, President. N. G. KITTLE, Vice-President.
Charles D. Haven, Secretary. Geo. T. Bohen, Surveyor. Aug. 31.
THE STATE INVESTMENT AND INSURANCE CO.
FIKE ASTD MARINE.
Clash Assets, 9450,000.— Principal Office, SIS and 220 San-
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Ivkrs, Vice-President ; Charles H. Cubbing, Secretary ; H. H. Watson, Marine
Surveyor. Board of Directors : — Peter Donahue, James Irvine, C. D. O'Sullivan,
A. Bocqueraz, R. Harrison, A. H. Rutherford, R. Bailey, E. W. Corbert, George O.
McMullin, A. J. Bryant, Frank M. Pixley, E Burke, H. H. Watson, Dr. C. F. Buckley,
P. J. White, E. M. Root, M. Mayblum, Richard Ivers, John Rosenfeld, Daniel
Callaghan. P. H. Russell, Sacramento. John G. Downey, Los Angeles. Wm.
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TRANSATLANTIC FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY,
OF HAMBURG.
Capital $1,125,000, V. S. Gold Coin.
Losses Paid in Gold Coin Immediately Alter Adjustment.
This Corporation holds contracts of fifteen other European Insurance Compa-
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fice. The combined subscribed Capital which our policies therefore offer to the public,
Amounts to i Of whicJi
$16 .912,500, IT. S. Gold Coin, | $4,328,750 is Paid Up,
Resides the Always Available Reserve Funds.
GEORGE MARCUS & CO., General Agents for the Pacific Coast,
March 15. 304 California street.
THE MARINE INSURANCE CO. OF LONDON, ENGLAND.
[JESTAJ3Z,ISE:e1> 1830.]
"Whole Amount of Joint Stock and Guaranteed Capital.. $5, 000, 000.
Whole Amount of Capital paid up 900,000.
Cash Assets December 31, 1876 3,710,000.
The undersigned have been duly authorized to issue Policies at current rates on
Freight and Shipments to or from England, Europe, New York, Japan, China, Aus-
tralian Colonies, Sandwich Islands, and Northern Coast Ports. If desired, policies
made payable at port of termination.
WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO., Agents,
Aug. 10. - 218 California street.
THE SWISS MARINE INS. COMPANIES COMBINED.
Switzerland, of Zurich, Capital 5,000,000 francs; Helvetia,
of St. Gall, Capital 10,000,000 francs ; Ealoise, of Basle, Capital 5,000,000 francs.
These three Companies are liable jointly and severally for all losses that may be sus-
tained. Losses made payable in all the principal seaports of the world. In the set-
tlement of all claims under an English policy, these Companies will strictly adhere to
the conditions and customs adopted at Lloyds, and submit to English jurisdiction.
June 9. HARRY W. SYZ, Agent, 225 Sansome St., S. P.
NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL LIFE INSUR. CO. OF BOSTON.
Has transacted tbe business of Life Insurance for nearly
thirty-five years. Its assets amount to over Fourteen Million Dollars. The
law of Massachusetts makes all its Policies nonforfeitable. It is a Purely Mutual Com-
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pany on the Pacific Coast governed by the Massachusetts Lapse Law. This company
has comTt'ied with the new Insurance* Laws of California.
WALLACE EVERSON, General Agent.
Sept. 22.] 328 Montgomery street.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN MARINE INS. CO. OF LIVERPOOL.
C Capital $5,000,000.— Agents: Balfour. Gnthrie * «'o..JVo.
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CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER,
9
LETTER FROM AN "OLD CONTRIBUTOR. "
— k. An*. 12, i>;o.
^ Dear News Letter: The receipt of Um B Dtainlng thoea
that I have postponed too long t.> show
n»y h.v ,,1,1 refreshing |wu;<\-».
I •c»r .in.* " Key" to t<-I) me many of the
id another phi .
the "fnrtemqne i,v«h. fortemqaa CloAntham " of the San
Frandaooof ten yean era. Your owi kgc was the Bnt my
I upon, and it rejoiced me to see thai "Time writes do wrinkle on
thine aiure brow," bat tint such as the N<»* Letter's dawn beheld we Bee
thee DOW,
Aini.l the hurst of admiration nt the ran coUeotion of "crowned beads"
la of beaoty. intellixenoe, wealth and enterprise— which you have
ttfaer "At the Play," I oould not but remark that you bad
here and there indulged your lively sense ->f hnmor En one or two oases of
Juxtaposition, For i have, with malice prepsnssiplaoed side
*i/« fratrum -<f opposite theologies, the Right Rev,
William Ingraham Kip. D.D., and the Rev. Horatio Stebbins, D.I)., the
Athanasiua and Alius, so to speak, "f Californian church history. But
do yon seriously believe that Atbanasins oould have sat patiently beside
Arias "at the Play T Would he not have felt it his Christian duty to
say to the arch heretic, " Get thee behind me, Satan," and have used his
orthodox motors aud extensors in punching the misbeliever's head? Or,
if you answer that, as they are sitting in " reserved seats," they are bound
to be "reserved" in their treatment of each other, don't you think it
cruel and unchristian, to say the least, to put a Sooinian acid and an Epis-
copal alkali in such dramatic contiguity. Have you forgotten that when
Stebbins'a bright and cheery predecessor, the late Thomas Starr King, ad-
drooood some words of Christian wisdom and kindliness about eighteen
years ago to an Episcopal Sunday School, the poor Bishop took to his bed
with inflammation of the tympanum when told of it, and had to put his
head in gruel and take a sea voyage before he got over it? Have times so
changed, and is the Horatian hexameter, " Tempora routantur, nos et
mn tain ur in illis," true after all ? Are Christians more peaceable to-day
than they were in the fourth century, when Athanasius (who, by the way,
neither wrote nor ever heard of the Atbanasian Creed which the Bishops
of England are now trying to bolster up by an explanatory and apologetic
note) cursed old Alius and his heresy ? The least you can expect for put-
ting Kip and Stebbins side by side is, that the former will excommunicate
you from the altar of Trinity Church, and that the latter will insist on
your partaking of " coffee and pistols for two." I think that, instead of
gazing around you with a grati6ed air " At the Play," you ought to be
sitting on the stool of repentance and undergoing a penitential diet of
Kip's sermons with crackers and water gruel. You might at least have
put yourself as a " neutral salt " between these theological extremes, and
if any personal collision should take place between Stebbins and the
Bishop, you ought to be held accountable. Why not, at least, have put
the Congregational Stone as a medium between them, so that when both
"Proved their doctrines orthodox
By apostolic blows and knocks,"
his flinty ribs might have received the concussion ?
Barring your theological mixings, the tableau is in every way admira-
ble, and I may tell you that it has created a lively interest in literary cir-
cles in New York, as well as in that large but scattered public who have
visited California and remember many of its worthies. Only the other
day I was taking a casual dip in the surf at Coney Island, when I came
in contact with a marine body of "too solid flesh," which at the first
shock I took to be a porpoise. Who do you think it was but the venera-
ble and stalwart Mrs. Harris, whom you and I so well remember for her
"Wayside Gushings" in the News Letter a few years since ? "Well, I
declare! who'd a' thought it?" exclaimed the fleshy poetess, turning grace-
fully on the small of her back and screeching " I'm afloat on the sad sea
wave, which if I was to sink this minute, if there ain't that gal Sayrah
a -waltzing " do Tom" [I perceived she meant deux temps] with the grocer's
young man round the corner, and him 'alf dead with the rheumatics."
You will remember that Mrs. Harris's language, like her drinks, was al-
ways somewhat "mixed." I could do no less than give her a turn or two
in the mazy dance, and then invited her and Sayrah to take a seat (their
own, for there were no benches) upon the yellow sands, and join me in
some clams, while we talked over our Californian reminiscences. " 'Ow is
the Old Boy ?" inquired Mrs. Harris, and I knew she must refer to you.
" Salubrious by last accounts," I answered. " I guessed as much," said
Mrs. H., "for, 'appenin' along Broadway, which it was Toosday week,
with Sayrah, I see on a news stand that there weritable Noos Letter, with
"At the Play' — Inquire Within " on the outside as large as life. In
course, I bought a copy, and you might have knocked me down with a
feather when I saw that there pictur'. As for Sayrah, she 'oilers, ' Lawk,
missus, p'raps he's got us among the 'igh-toned females in the dress circle.'
'Out o' sight out o* mind,' Sayrah,' says I, ' other poets have long since
put me out of his 'owdaciou 'ead. But this I will never denige, that if
ever a human bein' 'ad an inventive genus, the Old Boy is that indiwiddle,
which is no more than I said when he took me up with him in his Avitor
and dropped me out 'alf way between this globe and a planet 'overin' over
the next block, under the wague pretext that it was necessary to throw out
ballast.''
I took a note at the time of Mrs. Harris'3 recollections, knowing that
her favorable opinion would be grateful to you. Neither she nor Sayrah
look a day older than when you saw them last.
We have had very changeable weather here for some time, excessively
hot days, alternating with unpleasantly cold ones. Everybody has been
sijk, and even my clock lias a tic doloureux.
Hoping to write again next week, I remain ever, Dear News Letter,
Yours chronically, An Old Contributor.
Just in Time.— Constant Traveler: " Hullo, Johnson! you here ? Have
vou left the 'Great Mudley goods yard?'" Retired Shunter: "Yes, sir.
There were ten of us when I joined eight years ago; so, as the others were
all smashed, I thought it was about time for me to leave!" — Punch.
An elegant assortment of Gold Watches and Chains at Randolph &
Co.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
Recorded In the City and County of San Francisco. California, for
the Week endintr August 20th.
OompUtdJrom the IteonU oj feJ A./mcy, 401 California .St., 8. K
Thursday, August 14th.
GRANTOR AND ORANTKB.
n'TION.
Moses Sellg to .1 Schoenreld
JnoG KranpfiTll! toConrsd Bill..
Dolores A de Laveags to Rolil Day
Geo Peterson to Hannah Flschel .
.1 M Shotwell to Emtio Boescb . ,.
IJ Cannon to P:itk Leonard
Kosjinnit Itobey to 3 It Hull .
Peter G Peltret to Jno McCarthy. .
ThoeC Murrum to Jno J O'Brien,
Anthony CJuill to Jas Curtin
Senary lots In Batcher Tract
\ i fardi Biley. 1 18.6 w Stockton, 34x63:6
w Lcavenw th, 87:6 e Jackson, 96x87:6
\ Clementina, 186 « Bth, w 95x76 .
Se Mission, LOO no 8d, ds 95x80
S Dore,980nw Harrison, nw 36x80
\v Nebraska, 800 e Yolo, e 188 x w 85. .
W A.labama, um a 86th, b 86x100
N 91st, 1 17:0 «■ Goerrero, w 96x114 ...
N 94th, isn w Noe, w 85x114: n24th,
130 w Noe, w 25x114
PRICK
♦ 1
2,4(10
8,860
;j,(Kio
6,000
3,1(75
1,200
460
2,800
Friday, August 15th.
Mary P Tllton to State Inv I in Co
Marg O'Connor to B R Prince ....
Mlclil O'Connor by Exrs to Same
W S Thoane to Ann J Marliueaut
C P Robinson to J L Brown
E N Thayer to Nicolas Cousin
Jno B Lewis to Honora Cannon ..
Rebecca Gregory to T D Riordan.
s Filbert, 187:6 w Pierce, w 275x275...
Ne Fulton and Laguna, o 65x120
Same
Lot 69, West End Hd; and lot 3, blk 81,
Excelsior Hotneptead.,..
Sundry lots in Market and 14th St H'd
S Oak, 45 w Van Ness, w 22, etc
Sw Dora, 230 nw Harrison, nw 25x80..
Nw Clementina, 75 ne 5th, ne 28xS0 . . .
12,500
2,000
5
8,200
10
2,800
Saturday, August 16th.
Max Mor^enlhau to Jno Center .
Jno Center to Saloman Roth
Danl Giovannini to M Lordan ...
E W Bun- to Prank Barnard
Odd Pells Sav Bk to S Mongrove.
Robt McElroy to Same
A Himmelmann to C B Elliot.
Se 21st and Columbia, s> 2K0xl00
E Harrison. 104 8 20th, s 26x100 ,
N Army, 187:5 w Church, w 27x114....
All of 50 v 3. in Western Addition . .
S lftth, 165 w Church, w 50x228
S l!>th, 205 wChnrch, w 50x115
. _ . Sundry lota in Western Addition
M Reese by Exra to C O'Connor.. ISundry lots in different parts of city..
Peter G Peltret to Patk Noonan ..|W Alabama, 125 a 25th, s 25x100
Wm Hollls to JnoCowieand wf .. N 13th, 100 e Mioson,e35, n 113, etc .,
J II Cummings to S F Savs Union. E Howard. 120 s 23d, n 120, e 59:0, etc
$ 5
87 5
1,000
1,500
1,500
1,837
450
2,450
11,000
Monday, August 18th.
Emma A Dymot to John Lynan...
Peter Cassou to Jacques Sarthou .
J Sarthou lo J P Cassou
Kate O'Brien to Elizth O'Brien
J D Walker to H E Hempel
Harry W Taylor to Wm Nicol. ...
Kate Dean to J De La Monhmya .
Jno Hunt Jr to Cutting Packing Co
J F Liston to Jas Taylor
Jno Nightingale to Jas G Carson..
H C Newhall to Ambroiee St Paul.
N Valley, 155 e Nop, e 25x114
Lots 1 to 8, blk 15, University Ex H'd .
Und ^Sarne
N> Dora, 105 nw Harrison, nw 25x75 ..
E Broderick, 27:7# s Washn, 27:6x110-
W Michigan. 125 n Sierra, n 25, etc . . .
WFolsom,100nel3th, w 138, etc
B& W lot No 614
S Green, 177:6 w Hyde, w 28:9x77:6 ....
O L blka 994 and 995
Und H same
$ 400
1,700
1
Gift
1,250
1,200
14,617
350
2,000
5
500
Tuesday, August 19th.
Wm Tardif to Jno Donnellv ...
Matthew M Rhoade to W W Wade
Moise Engelmau to S Liproan
Chas B Elliot to Wm Irvine
J M Comerford to A J C Jarratt . .
Jno W Barney to Cily & County..
Mary Earls to Patk Gunnan
N Reynolds to Geo C Thompson..
Zenas Cushing to Lyman Nichols.
N W Pierce and wife to Same
G H Mower and wf to Same ,
Masonic Cem Ass'n to Peter Craig
Peter Craig to E K Howes
E K Howes to Tbos J Shaekleford
Chas D Upton to Geo Edwards..
Mark Kelly to Jno Cnrley
Church of Christ to Perd Levy ..
Alex Mann to Moses Meyerfield.
S Frederick, 125 wist, w 20:3x80
Und 1:10 in blk bd by Iowa, Yolo, and
Ind iana and Nevada
Sw Turk and Steincr, w 106:3x122:6!
Sundry lots in Western Addition
W Sanchez, 108 n 27th, n 6x80
o Army, w line of P V lot 76, ne 58, etc
Nw McLea Court, 135 ne 9th, ne 23x75.
Nw Filbert and Mason, n 120, etc
Nw Jones Alley and Washn, 137:6x125.
Same
Same
Lot 8 and b X of 10 sec 25, N A of Cem
Same
Same
Lot 4, blk 182, University Ex Hd.!!...
W Mission, 190 s 20th, s3:7, sw 02:6,etc
Se Minna, 342:9 sw 4th, sw 45x80 ...
Lot 38, blk 9, Flint Tract Homestead ..
$1,300
5
5
110
1
1,300
9,871
9,(,00
5,400
3,000
425
425
425
5
114'
4,500
500
Wednesday, August 20th.
Philip Caduc to C J Janson.
E Valencia. 142:8 n 33d, n 90:2, etc; and
w Valencia, 114 s 22d, n 114x405 . ...
W Valencia, 114 n 22d, n 114, w 380, etc
S Pacific, 68:9 e Steiner, e 63:9x137:6 ..
Thos B Bishop to Jno C Gouldin
E M Hall to Martha G Charles.. .
Robt R Giveus to Arthur U Foster;N Clay, 137:6 e Hyde, e "105x137:
A U Foster to Robt R Givens N Clay, 200:6 e Hvde, e 42x137:6.. ..
Same to Marion E Cassell N Clay. 137:6 e Hyde, e 63x137:6
A J C Jarratt to Geo Edwards ....|W Sanchez, 92 s Array, s 28x80 .
Mary Conway to Michl Shiel Lot 27, blk 210. Gardenville H'd; and
lot in 50 v 874 and 50 v 887
Kim Wing to Man Loong Chong..|E Dupont, 97:6 s Pacific, a 50x55 !.
Geo Black to Jemima Webster N Eddy, 230 w Dc-visadero, w 45x1370
S Rosenblatt to Abraham E Hecht N CaPa, 129:9 e Fillmore, e 25:6x132:7 j£
Putnam Rubson to Robt FMorrow|Nw Folaom, 137:6 sw 12th, s 87:6x137:6
22,500
90,000
1
5
5
5
5
4,000
500
1,100
2,400
5
Newton Booth, C. T. Wheeler, Sacramento. | J. T. Glover, W. W. Dodqb, S. F
W. W. DODGE & CO.
Wholesale Grocers, corner Front and Clay streets, San
Francisco. April 1.
CASTLE BROTHERS,
ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAR 1850.
Importers of Teas and East India Goods, Ncs.213 and 215
Front street, San Francisco. Jan. 13.
J. M. Neville. REMOVAL.
BAGS, TENTS AND
NEVILLE & CO.,
Jio.'s 31 and 33 California Street, S.
San Francisco.
BOSS.
Geo. H. Bryant
E. corner of Davis,
[Aus. 2.
UNCLE TOM'S CABIN,
Fourteen -Mile House, San Bruno.
he above institution will be open on and after Sunday,
August 3d, 1879. [Aug. 9.J AUGUST JENEVEIX, Manager.
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Aug. 23, 1879.
THE MAYORALTY.
The candidates for the Mayoralty are now before the citizens. Of
the man Kalloch we have our say in another column. "We have endeav-
ored to do him justice, but are conscious of failure, arising from the im-
possibility of describing- indecency in decent language. His candidacy for
the highest city office is an insult to the honor of men and the virtue of
women. To describe him adequately is impossible. His name has he-
come so identified with evil, that it carries with it its own meaning. That
it does is perhaps the best reason why it should be hidden away out of
sight and out of hearing. It is not a thing to read every morning, and tohear
pronounced every evening in the family circle, as representing the person of
the city's chief magistrate. It has come to be an unsavory sound, indicating
an incarnation of moral filth, for which there is no other name but that of
— Kalloch. He can and must be defeated. Mr. Flint has been nomi-
nated by the Republicans. A reputable man of responsibility, of busi-
ness experience, of cleanly habits and good repute, he would make a safe
and respectable Mayor. Mr. David Farquharson, the well-known archi-
tect, has been nominated by the fushionists. He is a candidate of un-
doubted availability. Honest, firm, resolute, genial, widely known, gen-
erally respected, capable and experienced, it would be difficult to select a
man more generally acceptable to taxpayers. As a leading architect, he
has been a man of affairs, who has been brought into contact with busi-
ness men and with mechanics. His business capacity and executive abil-
ity have inspired the confidence of those who have employed him, while
his contact with workingmen has given him an intimate knowledge of, and
close sympathy with those whom he has employed. Acceptable to men
of property, he ought to be equally so to workingmen. An owner of houses
in several portions of the city, all of which are the resultsof the earningsof
work, he satisfies the conservative taxpayer as he ought to satisfy themechan-
ic and laborer. He has the advantage over Mr. Flint that he is better known
and has had his good qualities more thoroughly tested. Both are life-long
Republicans, and either should be acceptable to that party. Why they
are both candidates is more than we can tell. Both are conservative men,
sincerely anxious, it is to be presumed, to save the city from the disgrace
of electing Kalloch. We suppose it is too much to expect either to retire
in favor of the other. Failing that, the taxpayers will unite upon the one
that is most likely to win. We believe Mr. Farquharson has the best
chance. One hears his name favorably mentioned on the streets a dozen
times for every single allusion to Mr. Flint. The one candidate is more
widely understood and better known than the other. This is no disparage-
ment of Mr. Flint, it simply means that Mr. Farquharson has been
longer here, has had mote experience, and has come into contact with
more people. He is, therefore, the more popular candidate, and is. in
consequence, the best calculated to defeat the candidate of the slums and
the sand-lots. We are not concerned whether Mr. Flint or Mr. Farquhar-
son wins. But we are concerned that one of them shall win. We are
persuaded that neither of them will, unless there is a general understand-
ing among conservative men to unite on the strongest candidate, irrespect-
ive of party affiliations or newspaper predilections. The dailies, one and
all, vaunt their pretended regard for the city's welfare ; yet they are work-
ing their level best to bring upon San Francisco the greatest disgrace that
ever befell it. They insist upon rival candidates, knowing full well that
the probable effect will be the election ot Kalloch. A plague upon such
a press ! What the papers refuse to do, that thoughtful citizens ought to
accomplish. There should be a tacit understanding to unite upon the
conservative candidate whose strength before the people is the greatest.
That is the imperative duty of the hour.
THE SUPREME BENCH.
The outward and visible signs appear to us to indicate the success
of the Republican State ticket, and there is danger that the entire Su-
preme Bench may be Republican. We have no objection to offer to the
?olitical portion of the ticket, but the judicial is a very different matter,
t would be a misfortune to have all the judges of one political party;
moreover, there are at least two men on the Republican judicial ticket
who are unfit to be there, and certainly ought to be badly scratched even
by their own party. All honest men, whatever their politics, are inter-
ested in the integrity and capability of our judges. Before the law men
are not known for their politics, but for the righteousness of their cause.
A Republican who goes into court with a good case, would sooner have it
tried by an incorruptible and able Democrat than by a doubtful Republi-
can. Then why should not Republicans vote for the best men ? Their
nominee, Richards, has just had to submit to a most scathing rebuke. He
has been repudiated by his own party friends at his home. They have
refused to print his name on the ticket, and have substituted a most able
Democrat, in the person of Judge E. W. McKinstry. They are neigh-
bors and party friends of Richards, and knowing him, they declare him to
be unfit for the position to which he aspires, and act accordingly. Their
example is worthy of all praise, and ought to be followed throughout the
State. Their decision ought to be final as to Richards. It ought also to
be conclusive as to the election of McKinstry. That is so much
gained. Then Wheeler is on the ticket. He ought not to have been
placed there, and we understand he would not have been but for
an accident. There was much confusion in balloting, and it is by no
means certain to this day that he really secured a sufficient vote. Had
the matter been reconsidered, he would have been defeated. But, beyond
all this, he is an unfit man to elevate to the Supreme Bench. A doubtful
lawyer, his decisions have been frequently reversed ; naturally an indolent
man, his cases are in arrear ; weak, he too frequently succumbs to promi-
nent members of the bar. When these truths are stated, enough is said
to show his unfitness. If we were to cut a little below what appears on
the surface, we might exhibit sores that would be even more conclusive.
There ought not to be any hesitation in scratching his name and substi-
tuting that of McKee, or Thornton, or Sharpstein. If Republicans gen-
erally will do this, (and why should they not ?) then there will he two
honest, capable Democratic Judges to five Republicans— a result that
ought to satisfy the most straight-laced member of the party that is likely
to win. We think it a pity that party nominations for the judiciary were
made at all ; but having been made, the concession we have suggested is
one that ought' to recommend itself to the fairness and good sense of Re-
publican voters generally. Let us have a Supreme Bench that will inspire
the confidence of men of all parties. Richards and Wheeler, being at
best but weak nominees, should' be scratched by Republicans everywhere.
At Wimbledon--Work for a Carver.-
Why dou't you, Doctor?— Punch.
-To cut out our crack shots.
KAT.T.OCHS CHEEK.
From the time that he wag littered When a parson he a ewe-Iamb
At the top of " Bitter Creek" Deliberately "mashed,"
(Where all the bad men come from), And, with her kind assistance,
'Twere impossible to speak The seventh commandment smashed,
In terms too strong in praise of For which both matron and divine
This Evangelist of Cheek ! Deserved to be well thrashed.
From the germ of his existence While practicing adultery,
To bis lusty middle age, Morality he'd preach,
The record of his life presents And, though a crooked rogue himself,
A foully blotted page, Straight godliness he'd teach ;
Yet disgrace and scorn of honest men O ! where's the limit of the hight
His cheek cannot assuage. That Kalloch 's Cheek can reach ?
And now he's going to run for Mayor —
This loathsome moral wreck
Would have the place that should be kept
Most free from flaw and fleck!
Why, if he stood upon his head
His gall would break his neck.
POLITICS IN THE CITY.
There has, perhaps, never been an election in this city of more im-
portance than that which will take place on the 3d of September. We
have witnessed many objectionable appointments to office, but the nomi-
nations of the Workingmen, now that they have formed themselves into a
distinct party and come out in their true colors, are, in the main, altogether
unacceptable. They have acquired a fictitious importance through the
advocacy, now abandoned, of two papers running a race of injury to the
State, by their disgraceful rivalry, and the strength the Workingmen's
Party have thus gained makes it not improbable that they may carry the
city. Any such result would be a calamity and a disgrace, and the utmost
efforts of responsible citizens ought to be brought to bear on indifferent
voters, so as to bring as many as possible to the poll to defeat the Work-
ingmen's candidates. A party that nominates such a list of, for the most
part, totally unsuitable men, is unworthy of support or countenance ; but
the fact of three tickets being in the field makes the Workingmen strong
in the contest. The nomination of such a man as Kalloch for Mayor — a
man of undoubtedly disreputable character — speaks volumes for the unfit-
ness of the Workingmen to act an honorable part whfre they presume to
dictate. If disgraceful antecedents are to be a recommendation, rather
than a bar to promotion to high office, then it is about time that vigilance
committees were being formed to take some means to counteract the effect
of the votes of ignorant and irresponsible numbers. There never was yet
a workingmen's party in the history of the world that worked out a long
and praiseworthy career. Honest poverty may be a very admirable
thing, though, on the whole, people prefer honest riches — and if honest
riches cannot be obtained, then a very large class of people will prefer dis-
honest riches. But honest poverty always has been, and is now, a very
precarious condition of life, and one that those living in it are perpetually
desirous of exchanging for a more comfortable existence. The conse-
quence has been that in all ages poor men have succumbed to the tempta-
tion of wealth, and workingmen s parties have been wrecked through the
corruption of their leaders. The present Workingmen's Party in this
State may possibly succeed in this city, if no where else ; but one single
success will be fatal to them. Jealousy and envy, acting on corruption,
dishonesty and incompetence, will soon terminate their prospects, if they
once get into office and come under the fierce glare of public criticism.
How can Kalloch, the spotted parson — the very type of the unworthy
citizen, who has no virtues and is deeply stained with vices — wash out his
damning spots, or be anything but an unworthy and disgraced representa-
tive of a great city like our own ? He may fitly represent San Quentin
and its citizens, whose appropriate reward is to be in durance vile ; but
that he should ever be able to climb into the highest civic office would be
an infamy of the deepest dye to a city which has not yet embraced the
creed of ruffianism and villainy. Yet, there is undoubtedly very great
danger that through the votes of irresponsible and communistic numbers,
Kalloch will be the next Mayor of the city, and thus it becomes the duty
of every honest, responsible citizen to do his utmost to avert a calamity
that would stamp this city with disgrace over the whole civilized world.
THE HARD TIMES COMMITTEE.
This governmental junketing party, accompanied by their sisters,
cousins and aunts, have come, and, thanks be to God, have gone again.
They traveled over the continent in a palace car, at the expense of the
Government ; they dined and wined and lodged sumptuously at the Pal-
ace Hotel, and now they have gone to visit the big trees and the Yosemite
Valley, all in the interests of labor! During their brief sojourn in this
city they hob-nobbed with the kings of the Sand-Lot, and proclaimed in
advance open hostility to Chinese cheap labor. They visited the sweet
smelling alleys and avenues of Chinatown, and sought out all the antago-
nistic testimony they could find, and having thus faithfully completed
their alloted task, now betake themselves home again, fully educated to
a complete understanding of the important mission in which they are en-
gaged. We shall look with interest for the report of this most potent la-
bor committee. Without doubt, the transcript of their investigations will
have a powerful effect upon the minds of the American people at large,
especially the references to the hotel accommodations and the big trees!
It is well, however, to state, for the information of our readers at the
East, that the investigation, as conducted by the Committee, was a farce
from its reception to its exit. It was notoriously unfair and one-sided,
and such being the case, all the volunteer testimony given was of the na-
ture of special pleading. It is about time that the authorities at Wash-
ington should stop all such diabolical expeditions as the one under cruci-
fixion. These Committee-men fully demonstrated by their action here
that they have the "hard time " business in hand merely as a free pass for
a continental tour; and this being self-evident, their "impressions "should
be noted only to be immediately forgotten. From all such committees
hereafter, good Lord deliver us!
Col. James A. Laven is the nominee of the Democrats and Working-
men, for Supervisor from the Ninth Ward. As a School Director, he has
shown special aptitude for public business, and an earnest desire to do
his whole duty. He has made a record that is the best evidence that he
will make an intelligent and honest Supervisor.
23, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER
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THE TOWN CRIER.
"H#«r th» Mar Waal th# sai-fl »rt itaoal
"Obi thai will plaj tb» d«*il.*>.- with joo."
" II-'. I * lUU io hi* Uit at i'liif a.* a flail,
Which tuad» hun *r»w boktor and bnldnr."
"My Country 'tis of Thee ." Setts— Ward Work ingmen's Club,
mnilar w.-vklv meeting. Foil attendance, with fun in prospect After
theosnaj routine, Mr. Rafferty rises t.> adarm the oheiruideaya : " Mis-
ther Prisidint I roaM to a pint of ordber." Mr. President— " Shtate
your pint. ■or. Mr. Baflertj "Sor, I rutse t« tditate that there is now,
•or, in this aasiinblage, hit, an immi—ary of the inimy a whnafre in the
grass — a voiper the! weVenurchured in ourbussums, a sloimy, top knotted
thraitor " Mr. President "Mr, RsJrerty, shtnte,tf youplase, thegin-
tleman's cognomen and don't be wasting oar valyable t»>iuu\" Mr. Raf-
ferty— '* Sor, 1 taw him wid my own two oyee last noight and the noight
before at tbe Dimierat and Bilk club meetings, ana he wor ilatnaguz-
lin and conyuhiatin wid thim an" I heard him wid my own two ears of-
fcrin' to sell the saycreta of this organization to the Bilk priaidint ; and I
now mov' and Jimmy Dwyei 11 sicond the motion, that one-eyed Dolan
be expilletl from this club, at wonst, for thraison." Mr. Dolan — " D'ye
mane to shtate, Mr. Rafferty, that oim a thraitor, or that I war galli-
vantin' wid the inimy?" Mr. Rafferty— -" OJ do, an' d'ye dar denoy
it?" Mr. Dolan— "Who pounded the Widow Hoolahan's goat?" Mr.
Rafferty — " An* who shtole Andy McGubbin's tarrier?" Mr. Dolan—
" D'ye mane to say oim a dog-shtaler as well as a liar ? D'ye now ? " Mr.
Rafferty- " I do, ye durty, schaming, red-headed louse !" Mr. Dolan —
"The curse o' Crum'll on ye! Take that, an' that, an' that ! " Set-to,
general uproar, free fight, everybody pummeling everybody else, heads in
chancery, eyes in mourning, teeth lying around loose. Janitor turns off
gas but confusion continues. President finally roars out : " I adjorn yees
for a week to repair damages. It wor a foine bit of a scrimmage. Let's
all g'out to Lanty McLaughlin's and take a dhrink." Exeunt omnes.
11 Sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing ! "
A young lady correspondent, in that corporate cemetery known as
Oakland, writes to ask us for directions for " selecting a good bow." Our
interrogater doesn't spell as though she had graduated from Mill's Semi-
nary, but, all the same, we can't bear to withhold the information she
desires on so important a subject. In the first place, a beau to be one of
promise (there is a joke to be dug out of this sentence by any one having
plenty of endurance and leisure), should be about four feet and a half
nigh, freckled, have red hair, no * isible moustache, and the smallest
amount of intellect possible for the purposes of human existence. In fact,
in the latter respect, he need only possess that premature order of intelli-
gence enabling one to hunt shelter when it rains, and it rains very seldom
in this locality, as we all know. The material result of all this will inevi-
tably be, that the young male being in question is the son of some one of
tbe coin aristocracy of this favored lacality, and his "guv" will "cut up
fat" for a million or two. A beau of this eminently local discription will
be very fatiguing to set up evenings with, and calculated to imbue his
sweetheart with a week's settled gloom after a few laps round the gallery
walking track of the Pavilion ; but, then, the occasional jingle of the
twenties in his vest pocket will cast the soft allurement of hope over
the monotony of the thing. By all means, " Carrie," freeze to a beau of
this sort. Tell him he wears the highest collar of any young man you
know, and that he can probably make bigger runs at billiards than any
other juvenile pumpkin in town, and your chances for prospective good
clothes and unlimited Paris are first-rate. Go in, Carrie !
Bro. Pickering's morning paper suggests a new and infallible test of
true greatness, by the application of which every American — and
especially every Californian — citizen can promptly gauge the moral worth
and intellectual caliber of illustrious foreigners who visit our side of the
Atlantic on errands of business or pleasure. "When a truly great man,"
says the Call, "conies to this country from abroad, and receives those
respectful attentions to which his merits entitle him, he is almost sure to
return home well pleased. It was so with Dean Stanley ; and the Duke
of Argyll, -who departed from our shores only a fortnight ago, was very
free in expressing admiration of the way in which he had been enter-
tained. He informed the friends who escorted him on board the ship that
he had enjoyed his tour very much, and that he had learned a good deal
that the Old World could not teach." Here is the true touch-stone by
which to try the merits of our visitors from abroad. If they " crack us
up they are truly great men. If, on the other hand, they criticise our
climate, our institutions or our manners, they are dyspeptic critics and
peripatetic book-makers, swollen with aristocratic prejudices and anti-
republican malice.
A person acquainted with Perkins from his youth up arrived in the
city last week, and gives some curious particulars of the future Governor's
life. Perkins was always something of a monopolist. He wore his own
coats and trowsers, and kept them for his own use; and he was mean
enough to do his own eating, instead of hiring a poorer boy to do it for
him. These detestable practices he still keeps up. At no time in his
life has be been known to give away a handful of molasses ; and when he
has grudgingly yielded to a prayer for a drink of water, he has always
compelled the unfortunate sufferer with raging thirst to take the liquid
into his own throat. His desire to get all he can has even led Perkins to
swallow his pills, whether sugar-coated or not; so that the nauseous mix-
tures, which the soul shudders at, go into the mouth of this monopolist as
if they were good. Such and so hateful is avarice ! Is a man like this
fit to govern a fair commonwealth like California? Had he a spark of
generosity, he would hire a workingman at five dollars a day to take his
medicine, but he meanly saves the money and does his own working.
It is the wonder of 'wonders that all the paragraphers in the coun-
try have not long ago been consigned to the Insane Asylums, not on ac-
count of any especial strain on their unfortunate minds, but simply from
the fact that every fat-wit of their acquaintance makes it a point to daily
button hole them in some corner and inflict them with a recital of a "dev-
ilish neat thing Brown said the other night, my boy. I'm sure you can
work it up into a good thing." No wonder Mark Twain and that king of
the craft, Max Adler, so earnestly advocate the abolition of capital pun-
ishment. They want to feel safer than they now do when compelled to
lure off into a solitary spot some such individual as above described, and
murder him in cold blood.
The testimony Inf.. r<< the rlard-Thnee Committee Is published In a
form by the daily papers. We here had access to the notes, sad
are sola hi give t few items which wen impniosnod. 0, Is the pn
of white men desirable on this coast ? A. It i* not. White men arc tie
bis to dirty feces, in our prevailing dust, storms, and their presence is on-
to the Indiana. <,'. Do white men purchase land, as a general
thing? A. They do not J thing they prefer to steal it, or
squat on the Sand-Lot (,'. Do white men readily adopt Christianity I
A, -If they think they can make something by it, they do ; if not, not
white men ready and willing to work ? A. Yen, at draw poker
or pedro ; but the; alwaysrequire two bits to get across the bay, and then
they are not strong enough to get there. Q.— Are there any workingmen
out of employment in the city? A. rTot one. They are all working
hard for the coming election. Q.-~ Aro there any individuals with large
landed estates in their hands? A. — Any number of them, that have not
seen soap and water since they got here. Q.— Do you think you've said
enough ? A. — Almost.
And now let all good citizens rejoice, and Te Deums be sung in all
the churches. _ Tbe fierce Democracy and the dignified aristocrats of the
Plug Hat Brigade have joined hands. The sans culotte and the claw-
hammer will be seen side by aide in torchlight processions, marching on
to victory, and San Francisco will have an honest municipal government.
The cohesive power of public plunder has prevailed over the animosities
of faction; the offices are fairly divided, the spoils equitably parceled out,
and the Chronicle is happy. Charley De Young will name the Mayor,
Auditor, Assessor, Recorder, County Clerk, City and County Attorney,
Coroner, Superintendent of Public Schools, six Superior Judges, three
Justices of the Peace, six School Directors and six Supervisors. He is
content, and asks no more. The Democrats can have the leavings. Let
Kearney tremble, and yell Hemp ! with frantic energy. Let Kalloch fall
upon his knees, and address his most fervent appeal to the Throne against
the perils of this potent coalition, and let Cox shout Hallelujah 1 as he
contemplates the prospective rout of his reverend enemy.
A young bank clerk, married just a week, is missing at Montreal.
The night he disappeared he thoughtfully sent a note to his wife to say
that he had an engagement, but would see her on Sunday. This entirely
natural course of conduct in a bridegroom excites unpleasant and unbe-
coming comment in the Montreal papers, which cannot be too severely
blamed. The least that can be done, when you find yourself unable to
come to time, is to send a written apology, and the Montreal man acted
with genuine courtesy, and deserves commendation. If his engagement is
prolonged beyond the assigned limit, that may be no fault of his. It is
possible he went fishing and got a bite, or he may have found that he
had committed one mistake in marrying and thought that another could
do no harm ; or he may have left his family in order to marry and been
recalled in haste ; or, perhaps, he went to see a man, or to look for a bal-
ance of the bank's books. There are fifty reason's for a married man's
staying away from home if he is respectable.
The Hard Times Committee are in ecstacies with our salubrious
climate. They themselves have said it, and it's greatly to their credit,
that before they came here they had no idea how much fog a man could
swallow in a week and still live. All but one of the committee are under
the doctor's care for neuralgia in face and ears, complicated in the latter
organ with incipient chronic humming, which sounds like "Green peas
and strawberries all the year." They have climbed Telegraph and Russian
hills every day since their arrival i-o get a view of our glorious bay ; and
are going home under the impression that we shut it in with a white-
washed fence for fear of its taking cold in our balmy summer air. Alto-
gether, they are very glad they came, because they know too much to be
caught a second time.
It is surprising how some usually notable men will occasionally let
slip the most obviously profitable speculation. A well-known circus pro-
prietor here, wishing to be the first in the field, last week telegraphed
Oonkling and Sprague, offering them their expenses and half the gate
money to come here and fight it out at the Pavilion according to the
amended rules of the prize ring. It will surprise the average reader to
learn that not only was this handsome offer not accepted, but up to our
going to press no answer had been received whatever. Is it possible for a
couple of politicians to get so mad as to become blind to their own pecu-
niary interests ?
A paper, generally friendly to the Irish, calls the Irish University
Bill, just passed by Parliament, a sop to Cerberus; which rather stumped
us. Consulting the dictionary, we found that Cerberus was a dog with
three heads, that guarded the gate of Hell. The meaning of the allusion,
therefore, appears to be that Ireland is Hell, and the Home Rule Party a
three-headed dog ; and we think this rather heavy on the Irish, especially
from a friend.
An exhausted walker was found at Blue Canon, two days ago. She
had no money and refused food. We don't have to go so far to find these
exhausted tramps in this region. All about the streets they refuse food,
and want two bits. We can spare a few to Blue Cafion.
"Who," said a sarcastic H. B. speaker at Mendocino, the other day,
on being interrupted by one of his audience, " Who brayed there?" " It
was an echo," replied the disturber, and the disgusted orator sat down
like a load of bricks.
Rough on Chicago. — The railroad combination has put up the price
of passage for live hogs from Chicago to New York to forty-five cents,
and most of the business men say they can't afford to travel at such rates.
The telegraph reports the Greeks under arms, but there's nothing new
in it. They can be found in that condition at any hour of the day or
night by the iran who feels as if he had lost a few.
In dividing the assets of the late firm of Kearney & DeYoung the agi-
tator secured the voters and virility, while his " pard " only got the Bilks
and blackguardism. Hinc Mae lackrymae.
Political Advice. — Republicans advise voters who are in doubt as to
which candidate to choose for Mayor, to " pick their ' Flint.' "
Mush-rooms are springing up all over town. We mean the places
where they give you oatmeal and milk for ten cents.
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Aug. 23, 1879.
C. P. R. R.
Overland Ticket Office : Ferry Landing, foot
of Market street.— Commencing: Monday,
May 19th, 1879, and until farther notice,
Trains and Boats wil leave
SALV FRANCISCO:
7AA A. M. (daily), Vallejo Steamer (from Market
""" Street Landing — Connecting- with Trains for
Napa (Stages for Sonoma), Calistoga (the Geysers),
and Sacramento. Connecting at Davis {Sundays except-
ed) for Woodland and Knight's Landing, and at Wood-
land for Williams and Willows.
(Arrive San Francisco 8:10 p.m.)
7i~k/\A.M. (daily) Local Passenger Train (via Oakland
•"" Ferry) and via Livermore arriving at Tracy
at 11:30 A. M. and connecting with Atlantic Express.
Connects at Niles with Train arriving at San Jose at
10:15 A.M.
(Returning, train from Tracy arrives at 6:05 p.m.)
8(\C\ A.M. (daily), Atlantic Express Train (via Oak-
• \J\J land Ferry, Northern Ry. and S. P. & T. R R.)
for Sacramento, Marysville, Redding, Portland (Or.),
Colfax, Reno (Virginia City), Palisade (Eureka), Ogden
and Omaha. Connects at Gait with train arriving at
lone at 3:40 P.M.
(Arrive San Francisco 5:15 P.M.)
Sunday Excursion Tickets to San Pablo and Marti-
nez at Seduced Bates.
1 O ftOAM- (daiI-v) v'a Oakland Ferry, Local Passea-
-L \J* \J \J ger Train to Hay wards and Niles.
(Arrive San Francisco 4:05 p.m.)
3 AH P.M. (daily)San Jose Passenger Train (via Oak-
,\J\J land Ferry and Niles), stopping at all Way Sta-
tions. Arrives at San Jose at 5 :20 p. m.
(Arrive San Francisco 9:35 A.M.)
3AA P.M. (daily) Northern Railway Passenger Train
• "1/ (via Oakland Ferry) to San Pablo, Martinez
and Antioch.
(Arrive San Francisco 9:35 a.m.)
land Ferry, Northern Ry. and S. P. & T. R. R.)
for Lathrop (and Stockton), Merced, Madera, Visalia,
Sumner, Mojave, Newhall (San Buenaventura, and Santa
Barbara), Los Angeles, "Santa Monica," Wilmington,
Santa Ana (San Diego), Colton and Yuma (Colorado
River Steamers), connecting direct with Daily Trains
of the Southern Pacific Railroad of Arizona for Mari-
copa (Daily Stages for Phoenix and Prescott), and for
Casa Grande (18:2 miles east from Yuma), and end of
Track (Daily Stages for Florence and Tucson).
"Sleeping Cars" between Oakland, Los Angeles and
Yuma.
(Arrive San Francisco 12:35 p.m.)
A A A P. M. (Sundays excepted) Vallejo Steamer (from
"!•"" Market Street Landing), connecting with trains
for Calistoga, (the Geysers), Woodland, Knight's Land-
ing and Sacramento ; and at Sacramento with Pas-
senger Train, leaving at 9:35 P.M. for Truekee, Reno,
Carson and Virginia.
" Sleeping Cars " between Vallejo and Carson.
(Arrive San Francisco 11:10 a.m.)
4AA P.M. (Sundays excepted) Sacramento Steamer
*\J\J (from Waab'n St. Wharf), for Beniciaand Land-
ings on the Sacramento River.
(Arrive San Francisco8:00 p.m.)
4f\ C\ P. M. (daily). Through Third Class and Acconi-
• ^i-' modation Train (via Oakland Ferry, North-
ern Ry. and S. P. &. T. R. R.) connecting at Lathrop
with Train arriving at Los Angeles on second da}- at
11:55 A.M. (Arrive San Francisco 9:05 A.M.
4 00 P.M. (daily) Local Passenger Train (via Oak-
•OVy land Ferry) to Haywards, Niles and Liver-
more. (Arrive San Francisco 8:35 A.M.)
P\ OO *>'^"' (daily) Overland Emigrant Train (via
t-'*^-'" Oakland Ferry and Northern Railway) to
Ogden, Omaha and East.
Public conveyance for Mills Seminary connects at Sem-
nary Park Station with all trains, Sundays excepted.
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From SAN FRANCISCO— Daily— B5-A0, b6:30, 7.20, 8:15,
9:15, 10:15, 11:15 A.M. 12:15, 1:15, 2:25, 3:15, 4:15,
5:15, 6.15 P.M.
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10:05, 11:05 A. M. 12:05, 1:05, 2:15, 3:05, 4:05, 5:05,
6:05 p.m. b— Sundays excepted.
"Official Schedule Time" furnished by Randolph &
Co., Jewelers, 101 and 103 Montgomery St., S. F.
T. H. GOODMAN, Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agt.
A. N. Towne, General Superintendent.
Commencing Monday. June 2d, 1ST!),
and until further notice, Boats and Trains will
leave San Francisco as follows :
7 1 A a.m., from San Quentin Ferry, daily (Sundays
• -1-" excepted), connecting at San Rafael with
Mail and Express Train for Petaluma, Santa Rosa,
Healdsburg, Cloverdale and way stations. Making stage
connections at Geyserville for Skaggs' Springs ; Clover-
dale for Ukiah, Lakeport, Mendocino City, Highland
and Bartlett Springs, Soda Bay and the Geysers; connec-
tion made at Fulton for Korbel's, Guerneville and the
Redwoods. Returning, arrive in San Francisco at 6:25
P.M. Passengers going by this train will arrive at the
Geysers at 2 p.m.
3(~fc(~) p. m. daily (Sundays excepted), Steamer
• v^vy "James M. Donahue" (Washington Street
Wharf) , connecting with Mail and Express Train at Don-
ahue for Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Healdsburg, Cloverdale,
and way stations. Making stage connections at Lake-
ville for Sonoma. Returning, arrive in San Francisco
at 10:10 A.M.
Sunday Excursions at Reduced Kates .
8 1 K A.M., Sundays only, via San Quentin Ferry
• J- *J and San Rafael, for Cloverdale and Way Sta-
tions. Returning, arrive in San Francisco at 7:55 p.m.
Fares for Round Trip: Petaluma, SI. 50; Santa Rosa, S2.00;
Healdsburg, S3 00; Cloverdale, S4.50; Fulton, S2.60; La-
guna, $3.00; Forestville, S3.50; Korbel's, $3.75; Guerne-
ville, S4.
Freight received at "Washington st. Wharf
from 7 a.m. till 2.30 p. m., daily (except
Sundays) .
A. A. Bean, A. Hughes, Jas. M. Donahue,
Sup't. Gen. Manager. Gen. Pass. & Tkt. Agt.
[June 7.]
natural beauty surpasses any-
thing which can be imparted by
artificial means. PHOSPHATE
SOAP gives health to the skin
simply by removing impurities and
eradicating the poisons which give
rise to skin diseases.
Not only for cfaily use on the fae9
and hands, but for bathing the
entire body, there is nothing equal
to PHOSPHATE SOAP. It is a
thorough disinfectant and removes
offensive odors of every kind.
Ask your Truggist for it.
(^ommeiiciug Monday, April 21, 1S79,
J and until further notice, Passenger Trains will leave
San Francisco, from Passenger Depot on Townsend
street, between Third and Fourth streets, as follows :
Q Or) A.M. daily for San Jose and Way Stations.
^' *"* ^ £3lf" Stages for Pescadero (via San Mateo)
connect with this train only.
Q Q (~) A-M (Sundays only) for San Jose and Way Sta.
t/**-'v-^ tions. Returning, leaves San Jose at 6 p.m
"1 C\ 4_0 AM- dai'y for San Jose' Oilroy, Hollister,
-1- ^.^rvy Tres Pinos, Pajaro, Salinas, Soledad and
all Way Stations, g^= At Pajaro, the Santa Cruz
R. R. connects with this train for Aptos, Soquel and
Santa Cruz. gy At Salinas the M. & S. V. R. R.
connects with this train for Monterey. J^" Stage
connections made with this train. (Pescadero Stages via
San Mateo excepted.)
Parlor Car attached to (his Train.
(seats at reduced rates.)
Q Qfi p.m. daily (Sundays excepted) for San Jose,
k>. V \J Gilroy, Pajaro, Hollister, Tres Pinos and prin-
cipal Way Stations.
E^T* On Saturdats only, the Santa Cruz R. R. will
connect with this train at Pajaro for Aptos, Soquel and
Santa Cruz. Returning, leave Santa Cruz at 4.45 a.m.
Mondays (breakfast at Gilroy) , arriving in San Francisco
at 10:00 a.m.
fSr SPECIAL NOTICE— The run of this Train to
Salinas on Saturdays having been discontinued for the
season, those intending to visit Monterey will take the
train leaving San Francisco at 10:40 a.m. daily.
3QA p.m. (Sundays only) for San Jose and Way Sta-
<*jy^ tions.
4 9^\ p.m. daily (Sundays excepted) for San Jose and
■■£"-> Way Stations.
5nnp.Ji. daily (Sundays excepted) for Menlo Park
. \J \J aDd Way Stations.
li Q(~) p.m.— daily, for Menlo Park and Way Stations.
Excursion Tickets at Rednced Rates
To San Jose and intermediate points sold on Saturdays,
and Sunday mornings, good for return until following
Monday inclusive.
Also, EXCURSION TICKETS to Aptos, Soquel, Santa
Cruz and Monterey, sold on Saturdays only— good for
return until the following Monday inclusive.
^" Principal Ticket Office— Passenger Depot, Town-
send street. Branch Ticket Office— No. 2 New Mont-
gomery street, Palace Hotel.
A. C. BASSETT, Supt. H. R. JTJDAH, A. P. &T. A.
SOUTHERN DIVISIONS.
Commencing: Monday, May 19th, 1879.
E^~ Passengers for points on the Southern Divisions
of the road will take the ears of the Central Pacific Rail-
road via OAKLAND.leaving SAN FRANCISCO via Ferry
Landing, Market street, at 4:00 p.m. daily (Arizona Ex-
press Train) , and making close connection at GOSHEN
for Sumner, Mojave, Los Angeles, Wilmington, Ana-
heim, Colton, Colorado River, Yuma, Maricopa and Casa
Grande (182 miles east from Yuma). May 31.
Ladies who have injured the skin
by the constant use of cosmetics
may do much to restore their faces
to that beauty which nature alone
can give by constantly using PHOS-
PHATE SOAP.
For chapped hands the constant
use of PHOSPHATE SOAP will
be recommended by all who give
it one fair trial.
If you want a nice article of
Toilet Soap and something that is
beneficial to the skin, buy PHOS-
PHATE SOAP.
Ladies who wish to make the
skin look beautiful and natural
should use PHOSPHATE SOAP.
Manufactured by "Standard Soap Co.,"
204 Sacramento St.. San Francisco.
23, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
13
NOTABILIA.
THE PEDDLERS SONG.
Lawn as white as driven snow ;
Qnroai blank u i-'cr was crow ;
Gloves as sweet as damask rOKSj
Masks for faees and for D0S8S ;
Bogle-bracelet, Decklfcce, amber;
Perfume for a lady's chamber;
Gold quoips and stomachers.
For iny la.ls t" giro their dears ;
Pins and poking-sticks of steel.
What maids lack from head to heel:
Come buy of me.come; come buy, come buy,
Buy, lads, or else your lasses cry.
William Suakspearb.
That dreadful affliction, Epilepsy, Convulsions or Fits, soon becomes
firmly fixed by habit, each attack increasing the liability to a return, and
adding greatly to the difficulty of arresting the disorder. In the absence
of proper treatment, a mere faintness, with slight muscular twitchings,
occurring at long intervals, in time become violent convulsions of great
frequency, and the patient gradually sinks into imbecility. If relief is
obtainable at all after the disease is thus firmly seated, it must be from
some treatment which is permanent in its effects, and which not only has
a tendency to suppress the attacks, but which will remove the morbid ten-
dency to relapse. Dr. Jayne's Alterative has happily been found to an-
swer this purpose admirably: it gradually changes the morbid condition
of the system, removes the cause of the disease, and when its use is con-
tinued for a sufficient length of time, produces a permanent cure. Let
the afflicted try it. Sold by Crane & Brigham, San Francisco.
The secret causes of the Zulu War are beginning to leak out at last,
and, as usual, there is not only one woman in the affair but a whole bevy
of women. One of Cetewayo's wives was presented by Sir Bartle Frere
with a packet of Madame Rachel's Enamel Bloom, and the use of this so
enhanced the beauty of the dusky belle that the Zulu King transferred
his affections to her, and left his former queen to burst with envy. The
wrath of South-African Dido turned against all concerned, most of all
against Sir Bartle. Frere and the Government he represented ; and by a
series of intrigues a collision was brought about, and the fatal gift de-
stroyed. But Chas. Langley & Co. have supplied all druggists with a
fresh lot.
Odd. — It is very strange that the " Flogging in the Army " discussion
(should have proved so serious an affair, for we quite thought a debate
upon " cats" would necessarily be amewsing.—Fun,
The neatest, prettiest and most fashionably trimmed bonnets, it is
almost unnecessary to say, are at Mrs. Skidmore's, 1114 Market street.
Her stock of fashionable hats, just received from Paris and New York,
is enough to make an old bachelor at once enthusiastic and generous; and
we know one of these shellbacks who has been pretty well plucked by his
two young nieces this past week. The girls, who had seen some perfect
loves of bonnets at Mrs. Skidmore's, just too sweet for anything, and so
they laid hold of Uncle Ned and hauled him off in the way that the good
uncles go. He growled, of course; but he is immensely proud when he
escorts his nieces down town.
In New York they have a Cool Burgess, who seems to be somewhat
of a public character, and is honored with a paragraph in the daily papers
occasionally. This shows that New York is a long way behind us, since
we have a good many thousand cool burgesses, who cross the bay every day
or two to bathe in the soft, warm waters of the Long Branch Alameda
Baths, where the bottom is a clear sand and the tides come in fresh from the
Pacific. The level is constantly maintained a little above that of high
tide by force-pumps ; and the exposure to the sun keeps the temperature
delicious. The towels are as soft as velvet, each one going through their
complete laundry as fast as used.
A Solitary Exception.— The one dog who hasn't had his day this
year — the blue skye. — Punch.
What is the depth of depravation ? Some hold it to be a nomination
to Congress, others an election to the Board of Education, others to be
mistaken for Henry Ward Beecher, and a few to be without oyster sauce
for the turkey ; but these are all wrong. The lowest deep to which hu-
man beings can fall is to be ignorant of the virtues of Landsberger's Pri-
vate Cuvee, because thiB shows a brutal insensibility to the highest of
human joys, the due and delicate absorption of genuine champagne. The
orders for this supreme product of our generous California sun and soil
are multiplying daily.
Tapestry Brussels, ©1 per yard and upwards ; finenewpatterns. Call
and see them. Window shades, 75 cents and upwards. Window lace, 12.J
cents and upwards. Cornices, wall paper, etc. Oilcloths, 50 cents per
yard and upwards. Hartshorn & McPhuu, 112 Fourth St., near Mission.
Everyman who a** thopen and thin means 100 men out of avaiy
knowewtut ia nolaaac* it is to stop mry few minutes to dip it Into
tne mk. \\ by should doI ink flow lika -.\ mountain spring, or a widower's
tmn, or the Widow Crusoe's oil jojr? Tola thought dm Found expression
in the MoJUnnoa Pen, which la filled in thfl morning and serves tor
twenty-four boon steady writing of tha moat rapid reporter or long-
winded minuter. The McKlnnon in elegantly finished in various rises,
pan be carried In the pocket, and is always serviceable. Agents, A. S.
Spence a < .-., %i Qeary street
Ef ~Sf *Stor and Ex-Qov- Sprague, it is confidently affirmed, never
sneaks of Mrs. Spra»ue without nillin* her his "infatuated" wife. A de-
plorable case if true ; ami Mrs. Sprague is forced to defend herself by al-
luding to her " fatuous " husband, it is bad when people who Bhould be
BO dear to each other are brought to the use of such terms ; and the pub-
lic, naturally interested in the matter, is now in a position to decide which
of the two hits the nail on the head, since Bradley & Rulnfson have
brought out perfect likenesses of both, in their unequaled photograph
gallery. r
Not more than 20,000 shares of the Panama Canal stock have been
disposed of, and there seems to be a kind of indifference to the undertak-
ing in the public mind of both continents. This is much to be regretted,
for we all need the canal to civilize us a good deal more. At the same
time, the demand for those admirable hats from White's, 614 Commercial
street, would make De Lesseps turn green with jealousy, since there is
positively no limit to the number to be disposed of, and the demand
grows with everyday. Canals we may have, but hats we must: and
White s are all we want.
At last all the voters are registered, or, if they are not, there is no
chance for them this year, and they will have to wait. The proud privi-
lege of American citizenship has its drawbacks when a freeman finds the
door shut in his face for a mere technical detail ; but there is solid com-
fort in the reflection that at Swain's, 213 Sutter street, the registration
office is always open, and every one who knows a good meal is entitled to
rights of citizenship. No previous declaration needed. One has only to
walk into this cosiest of all restaurants and enjoy the best in quiet.
The Moors are providing themselves with Armstrong guna from Eng-
land, and mounting their batteries at Tander, nobody knows for what ;
but the general impression is, that they are tired of being alluded to in
English ballads as "desolate moors," and mean to go into the business of
making other people desolate. Which seems sensible ; but how much bet-
ter it would be if all Moors, Christians and white people provided them-
selves with Union Ranges, from J. De La Montanya, Jackson below
Battery, and eat their perfect dinners in peace.
When you Gnd a good thing, freeze to it. In this energetic way does
the slang of the day, that protoplasm of coming speech, lay down an ex-
cellent principle of conduct for the guidance of the householder. A man
with a family to bring up needs to remember this admirable maxim ; and
when he is looking for a man to make his boots and shoes, let him go to
327 Dupont street, and set Frese to it. There he will find an artist, who
uses only the very best leather and makes a perfect fit.
The visitors to the Fair are many and their tastes infinitely varied,
and this is a blessing ; but all of them live in houses, and have need of
water and light, and nowhere, in or out of Fairs, do they find any firm
able to supply their needs in these matters as well as McNally & Hawkins,
under the Grand Hotel. This old, pioneer house keeps itself at the head
for style and beauty in fittings, chandeliers, lamps, etc., and for finish
and thoroughness in plumbing.
We see by the daily papers that American citizens are playing the
part of Turkish slaves, under the heel of a grinding Railroad monopoly ;
and we shudder at the awful picture of despair and degradation long
drawn out. Who can think of these things and not weep ? But how
much worse it is to find free Americans, who ought to know good
whisky from bad, drinking anything but F. & P. J. Cassin's O. K. Golden
Plantation? This is, indeed, worse than Turkish slavery.
Any man who complains of feeling dry in the mouth and dull of head,
with a general all-over-ishness, deserves his fate if he lets the thing go on,
when Napa Soda is at hand, ready to sparkle and bubble all the nonsense
out of him and make him -bright and cheery in two days. There is no such
wholesome beverage, at once a tonic and a corrective.
Henry B. Williams. Henry B. Williams.
WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO.,
SHIPPING ABTB- COMMISSION MBKCH ANTS,
No. 218 California st., S. F. [July 27.
BRITISH BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF CAL.
Attendance, daily, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., by the under-
signed, to receive subscriptions and donations, and to furnish all information
relating to the Society. J. P. McCURRIE, Secretary,
Oct. 23. 730 Montgomery street.
LAVER & CURLETT,
Architects ,
Famish Plans, Specifications and Superintendence for the
Construction or Renovation of Dwelling Houses, and every description of
Building. Office : 19 S. F. Stock Exchange Building, Pine street, San Francisco.
[Take the Elevator.] June 15.
MME. B. ZEiTSKA'S
French, German and English Institute, Day and Boarding*
School, for Young Ladies, 922 Post street, between Hyde and Laikin. KIN-
DERGARTEN connected with the Institute.
Oct. 26. MME. B. ZEITSKA, Principal.
NOTICE.
or the very best photographs go to Bradley A Rulofson's,
in an Elevator, 429 Montgomery street, Oct. 29.
F
FREDERICK A. REE,
His Imperial Chinese Majesty's Consul.
Office: 917 Clay Street. Residence: GSO Eddy Street.
14
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Aug. 23, 1879.
COHEN'S FALSIFICATION AND SEAEOUGH'S CRAZE.
Historical, Personal and Interesting.
The astute, wiley Cohen, usually so shy and hard to trap, is just
now presenting a sight most curious to behold. He is floundering in a sea
of false figures. His errors being detected and exposed, he cries, "help,
help !" And he gets it. The able-bodied editor of the Chronicle comes to
his relief —not one moment too soon. If relief were to come at all, that was
about the only quarter from which it might be expected. The truth is—
and it might as well now be fully told— that Seabough is the embodiment
of all there is in the anti-railroad craze in this State. He is at once the
father and mother of the thing. To his fecund brain it owes its con-
ception ; he delivered it, and has nursed it these many years. It has
always been a lame, halting, crazy bantling ; but, with true parental
instinct, he loves his poor cripple better than all the rest of his offspring.
It has cost him many weary days and many sad nights of watchful care.
In sore travail of body and deep anguish of spirit it was brought forth,
and, from the hour of its birth until now, it has demanded never-ceasing,
never-ending solicitude, in order to keep its sickly life in its puny body.
Life has seemed, time and time again, to almost ebb out of it ; but, with
a marvelous fertility of resources and with a soul-absorbing passion that
has amounted to a frenzy, he has imparted to it renewed vigor — a sickly,
spasmodic vigor, to be sure, but, nevertheless, whatever of vigor it
possesses.
Seabough was a Sacramentan. He loved his village of the plain, and
prided himself that the idea of the great transcontinental railroad was a
local production. In those days he was a railroad man. He threw him-
self into the advocacy of the project with the absorbing passion that is
characteristic of the man. He urged the loaning of the credit of the
State and nation to the great undertaking. He never tired in his self-
appointed position of chief writer to the concern. The road was a mili-
tary necessity ; its construction was essential to the unity of the country ;
nothing less would suffice to keep California and the Pacific Coast in the
Union ; its completion would exalt the nation in the eyes of the world,
and, above all, it would cover Sacramento with imperishable glory and
cause the name of Seabough to live forever, for was not he the brains of
the great project? It was certain that he himself thought so. He suc-
ceeded in stirring the heart of Sacramento, and Sacramento was at that
time to him all the world.
But while he was at work building the road in words, others were en-
gaged in building it in fact. It might be well enough, in its way, to en-
list the sympathies of the Sacramento villagers, but it was the hard coiu
of the world that was needed. Credit had to be established at home and
abroad, financing, on a large scale, had to be conducted with skill and
success, material had to be brought round the Horn, the Sierras had to
be mounted and the alkali plains crossed. In short, the mighty work
had to be done— not merely talked about. Editorial articles were well, in
their way, but ihey didn't build the road. It was Seabough's great mis-
take that he early thought, and still vainly imagines, they did. That
error has been the father of many subsequent ones. The time came when
doing, and not talking, was essential The day of the constructor of
words had passed, and that of the actual constructors of the road had
begun. The editorial writer was superseded in importance by the engi-
neer, the machinist, and the navvy, and subsequently by the traffic super-
intendent, the freight manager and the ticket agent. The theories of the
editor had to give place to the practical doings of the experts. Seabough
found himself at sea. His occupation was gone. The stage having
passed at which he was capable of advising, his advice was no longer lis-
tened to. This was more than the imperious spirit of the Great Villager
could stand. Had not Sacramento conceived the thing, and was not Sea-
bough the brains of Sacramento ? But the noblest Sacramentan of them
all, though he might be, he yet reasoned most falsely. He seemed to
say: "Is thy servant a dog, that his beard should be thus spit upon?"
He would be revenged, that he would. He who bad built (or rather,
thought he had) could also destroy. He who, with his Sacramento Union,
had constructed the railroad, and raised up its kings, could dethrone
them and confiscate the road. Thus was the great anti-railroad craze
born. From that hour Seabough has nursed it and warmed it, and cod-
dled it, until at last he is a monomaniac who can think of but one sub-
ject, write only on one topic, and live for but one purpose — the destruc-
tion of the railroad.
It may seem extravagant to attribute the craze of the many to the mania
of one ; but it is true, nevertheless. Mania, if not infectious, is often exceed-
ingly seductive. Its victims talk with so much earnestness and frequently
with such seeming good sense that listeners are often fooled, and even
experts are sometimes deceived. In the case before us, it is said that the
mad doctor who was called iu has been infected with the virus. Dr.
Shurtleff i3 believed to have become as badly railroad-crazed as is his
patient, Seabough. Anyhow the thing spreads. Seabough brought the
proprietors of the Sacramento Union completely under its spell. They
allowed him to permeate the paper with his mania, and it died of the
disease. That result terribly irritated Seabough's trouble, which grew
fearfully and wonderfully worse in consequence. Upon the death of the
Union, he went to the Bulletin and affected that almost unto death. Even
Fitch was brought completely under the influence of the mania, until
cured by the skillful, compromising arts of his senior partner, who
wa3 not brought so closely in contact with the influence of Seabough's
spell. Newton Booth was brought under the same influence at Sacra-
mento, and it was only when he escaped to Washington that he got rid
of Seabough and his mania at the same time. He now looks and acts as
if he were entirely convalescent. Then Seabough went to the Chronicle.
T>e Young, being forewarned, thought himself forearmed. He wouldn't
let Seabough write on railroad topics, and he didn't for quite awhile.
But such is the subtle character of the mania, so certainly does it work
its way into the system, that even De Young has got it badly. He is
showing worse symptoms than the Union did when it died, or than the
Bulletin did when it called in an experienced physician. Circumstances
arose which predisposed De Young to the disease. His business opponents
came to a sound and healthy condition of mind on the railroad question.
Now, it is one of the idiosyncrasies of De Young that whatever his rivals
are, that he is not. When they were anti-railroad he was pro-railroad.
When they suddenly came over to De Young's side, De Young went as
suddenly over to theirs. This made Seabough's mania invaluable. It is
now all there is to the political, and, therefore, financial, stock in trade of
the Chronicle. Seabough is the brains and genius of the whole business —
for it is a business. At least, it is so with De Young, though with Sea-
bough it is a passion of the mind. Yea, verily, as absorbing a passion as
can fill the soul and fire the intellect of a man of strong feelings and great
talent. Others besides De Young are in the business part of the arrange-
ment. The revengeful A. A. Cohen is in it. He is in it for blood and
vengeance. The railroad people grew tired of paying him a high salary,
to make, as their agent, fat contracts with himself, to his own great profit,
but to their great loss. They dismissed him, and he has ever since been try-
ing to get even. His latest method of accomplishing that end is an
endeavor to spread Seabough's anti-railroad mania. All at once, he who
never concerned himself about anybody but Cohen, is deeply, if not dis-
interestedly, anxious about the welfare of the " dear people." He is
traveling up and down the State for the public good, of course.
What a terrible blunder he made in his figures has been made perfectly
apparent to all readers of the News Letter. He proclaimed that a reduc-
tion of the railroad's income of one-third was just the right thing. He
had figured it out, and was prepared to demonstrate the correctness of his
position. He invited criticism and defied it — that he did. Well, his in-
vitation was accepted, and his defiance hurled back. The extraordinary
fact was disclosed that he had attempted to foist upon the public credu-
lity figures that were false. It was an exposure that at once destroyed
every atom of prestige he might have claimed as a railroad authority. It
showed that he had listened to Seabough, but had not sufficiently im-
bibed his teachings. When he departed from the original source of his
information, he floundered into error. The most amazing error, too, it was
that ever man made. Eliminated from his calculations, the result was to
prove that, according to his own method of determining the fact, railroad
fares and freights are now below the figure which he says is equitable and
just. He calculates what he supposes is the railroad's income per mile,
and says that it ought to be one-third less than that. Well, it is. He
made it more than one-third larger than it really is, so that when his
error is subtracted, the result is the present income. To that miserably
impotent conclusion is he driven by the inexorable logic of his own cor-
rected figures. He took the gross earnings of the Central Pacific, and its
connections, at $16,986,926, and divided them by 1,213, the number of
miles he credited to the Company. This showed earnings per mile of
$14,003, which, he claimed, was extortionate when compared with the
§10,752 per mile earned by the New York Central. His fatal error con-
sisted in adopting a false divisor. The length of the Central Pacific, and
its connections, from which the gross earnings were derived, was 2,073
miles, and not 1,213, as erroneously assumed by him. Take the corrected
divisor, and then the true income per mile is ascertained. It turns out to
be §8,854.80, and not §14,003. That makes all the difference. It sweeps
away Mr. Cohen's entire argument, and if he cared to be consistant with
his own position, he would admit that the income per mile, being less
rather than more than what he claimed it ought to be, justice is satisfied
and Cohen answered. Whether he admits it or not, the truth remains the
same. The true income of the road per mile is below that which Cohen
says it ought to be. Moreover, it is lower than that of many Eastern
roads that are supplied with cheaper fuel and pay lower wages. That is
the broad fact that cannot be either successfully denied or lied away.
But Seabough comes to the rescue. He sees his pupil getting badly
beaten. He comes with a helping hand. But it is one thing to keep a
man out of a mess altogether, and quite another to get him out of one
when he is in it. Seabough would have advised Cohen not to enter into
details, not to show his calculations, but merely to give conclusions.
He would have advised that it was entirely safe to say the railroad ought
to be cut down one-third, but that it would be hazardous to go into fig-
ures intended to demonstrate the results. He would have avoided the
difficulty himself. He knows another, if not a better way. If you must
hurl figures at your opponent, let him have them in a loose and disjointed
way, so that they may mean anything, or nothing, but, of all things, be
mindful not to pin yourself to precise and exact deductions from them.
That was Cohen's mistake. He pinned himself to a statement of what
the road ought to earn per mile. It turns out that it earns rather less
than that, hence his difficulty. Seabough comes to his aid with three col-
umns of figures. But most of these are beside the question, and are in-
tended to befog it. We do not propose to permit a back door escape in
that way. It is plain that a gross error has been made, that goes to
the very root of Cohen's figures and overthrows them completely. Sea-
bough, in a confused kind of way, tries to correct Cohen, by calculating
the earnings of the Central Pacific's leased lines twice over, and by this
process brings up the gross earnings from §16, 471,144 (which is the true
amount) to §19,689,673, which is an error of nearly three and a quarter
millions. He admits Cohen's error, but attempts to correct it by another.
This shall not avail Mr. Seabough. He pretends to get his information
from the official report. To that we take him, and point out that the
"gross earnings of gold, silver and currency for the year ending Decem-
ber 31, 1877, from the Central Pacific and its leased lines was §16,471,144."
That the total mileage was 2,074, and that as a result the income per
mile was §8,854 80, and not §14,003, as Cohen falsely made out, and as
Mr. Seabough now most wickedly endeavors to maintain. These most
monstrous errors, detected and exposed as they are, show the great wrong
of pledging railroad commissioners beforehand to cast-iron pledges in favor
of particular figures. When the commission is duly established it can call
for papers and books and examine witnesses under oath. They ought to
be free to make up their judgment from evidence derived in that way,
and not be forced to decide now upon figures that can be proved to be
grossly fraudulent and false.
D. V. B. Henarie. Edward Martin.
E. MARTIN & CO.,
Importers and "Wholesale Dealers in Wines and Liquors.
Proprietors of Miller's Extra Old Bourbon ana J. F. Cut-
ter Extra Old Bourbon and Rye Whiskies.
April 5. 408 Front Street, San Francisco,
JOHN JENNINGS
Hooper's South End Warehouses, corner Japan and Town-
send streets, San Francisco. First-class Fire-Proof Brick Building:, capacity
10,000 tons. Goods taken from the Dock and the Cars of the C, P. R. R. and S. P.
R, R. free of charge. Storage at Current Rates. Advances aud Insurance Effected,
J. C. MERRILL & CO.,
Shipping and Commission Merchants, Agents for the Sand-
wich Islands Packet Lines, 204 California street, S. F. April 13.
38, 1S79.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
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FOR GOVERNOR.
We change not from our opinion ttmt tbc Honor*!
r ..[ the SUt« ->f CftKfan
think that tin- rigtu all point th.it wmy. All over the SUta his moetuurs
wn Urxcly attended and enthusiastic. His (tarty is nutted, hie friends
an* working like bearers, and !i»' bitnself a doing what hii hands find to do
with all hi* might. Hv is n>>t half- hearts) in tin- boaOMBBi like M- principal
Mt, lnit is making one ..f the moat thorough canvasses that hits ever
been m.-nlc of the State. He Improves u he goes along, his speeches are
models in their way, and what is perhaps better, b that (fay I "' Thej
hit the popoUr fancy exactly, and f.-r the good reason that they are the
Merty.srhole-aottled utterances of an honest man. ITw truthfulness of
his replica to charges, his fairness in meeting everything, and his happy,
htured references t>> his rival-, all tend to win him friends wherever
s. White has no chance of success, anil we decline to discuss that
which does not exist. He will, however, j^ll a larger vote than was at
"rally supposed, but that fact only serves to strengthen Perkins,
tor White's converts come from the ranks of the Democrats and New
Constitution party. Glenn is heard of, but Dot seen. He mingles not in
the fray. He will have been a candidate for Governor without knowing
anything of politics. He sought not Ins nomination, and is doing nothing
to further his election. If his methods, or rather lack of methods, achieve
-, then, indeed, have politics ceased to be politics. Orators may
prate, newspapers may howl, and the political winds may blow never so
adversely, but yet Glenn troubles not his soul with these things. Whether
he is in or out of the State at this moment, no man seems to know, and
few seem to care. If lie does not deem his defeat a foregone conclusion
he certainly acts as if he did. We are persuaded that be does so believe,
and in that we do not disagree with him.
The Republican forces march together with a spirit that forebodes suc-
cess. Their leader has their confidence and is strong in his own. He be-
lieves in them and in himself. That confidence invites success and begets
it. Democrats from the country generally admit that he will be elected.
He will be. We think nobody will have cause to regret that result.
Mr. Perkins has done himself honor throughout the campaign ; he has
stood fire like a man ; he has faced the enemy with a courage born of
conscious integrity ; he has proved his capacity for public station, and we
are sure will attain to it and adorn it. He will be every man's Governor.
Accessible and pleasant to all, he will, we are assured, render himself
the most popular Governor the State has ever had. The sterner duties of
the office he will perform without fear, favor or affection, for he is a man
ef^principle and of convictions. Having piloted his own way to success
in the world he will be equally self-reliant in office. His election may be
viewed with satisfaction by men of all parties.
For City Surveyor. — The office of City Surveyor is one in which it
is not wise to change the incumbent unnecessarily. The Surveyor has
need to be acquainted with the established grades, with previous surveys,
and with a host of details in regard to properties, streets and sewers, that
cannot easily be picked up by a new man. When the right man is in
the place he ought to be kept there. This has hitherto been the general
feeling, and accordingly Mr. W. P. Humphreys, the present efficient
City Surveyor, has outlived many vicissitudes of political parties.
Whether Democrats, Republicans or Taxpayers carried the city, he has
invariably been re-elected. As a result, their has been no confusion in
our city surveys, which is saying not a little when we bear in mind the
experiences of other cities. Mr. Humphreys has had exceptional training
as a surveyor and engineer. His father was Chief Naval Constructor for
the United States. His brother is now Chief Engineer of the U. S. Army.
In company with these distinguished relatives, Mr. Humphreys learned
his profession. His local knowledge is as superior to that of other candi-
dates, as his opportunities of acquiring it has exceeded theirs. He has
ere now been honored by nominations from all parties, and his able and
upright official course ought now to receive the indorsement of all good
citizens, irrespective of party nominations.
For Public Administrator.— Colonel William Doolan has been re-
nominated by the Democrats and New Constitution Party for the office
of Public Administrator— and we are glad of it. He is a genial gentle-
man and an honest and capable officer, as all who have been brought into
contact with him will cheerfully testify. Colonel Doolan is an old resi-
dent of the State of California, having come here in pioneer times from
Davenport, Iowa. By profession he is an attorney, and during his busi-
ness career has been specially interested in matters pertaining to real
estate — as agent, counsel and otherwise. He is a prominent member of
many of our benevolent, literary and social societies, including the
Academy of Sciences, the libraries, Art Association, and other institu-
tions whose mission is to help our city and offer advantages to its citizens.
He is well known as a man of culture and refinement, of rare business
qualities, of unimpeachable integrity, and as having made a good record in
an office that has not always been acceptably filled. He is entitled to the
indorsement of a re-election. He ought to be re-elected by a handsome
majority.
The re-election of Alexander Badlam, as Assessor, seems to be a
certainty. He has been renominated by the Republicans, Democrats,
and New Constitution party. It is a high tribute to Mr. Badlam's capa-
bility and honesty to find his course so heartily approved by men of all
shades of politics. But, to do him justice, he has fully merited this rare
and exceptional recognition of his faithful services. He took the office
when it was an unpopular branch of the city government. Its duties had
been performed in a manner that had created a wide distrust. Properties
were assessed high or low at the mere whim of the Assessor. All this has
been changed. Values are now determined upon fixed principles. The
appeals have been few, and early sustained. Mr. Badlam's knowledge of
city values has done the city good service. His re-election is eminently
wise and proper. ____^__
The nominees of the Republican party for the Board of Supervisors
inspire confidence. In the Third Ward the residents have chosen Mr. J.
M. Litchfield, a citizen well known and highly respected, a man long
engaged in business among us, and with an honorable record. His past
is a guarantee for his future ; and we congratulate the public in advance
on the prospect of his election. That party cannot be in the wrong which
nominates good men, and every voter should remember this.
William A Stuart ha* been nominated for the potation of County
Clerk. He is well uqoainted with the duties of the office, being •
deputy under Mr. Reynolds, and BUlng the Important position of Clerk
to the Probate Court Mr. Stuart wee formerly a member ol the Brm of
Stuart A Elder, oommJarion Pronl street, and, as a business
■ ourod ■ wide drole <<f friends. He i- esteemed highly capable, by
thoee who have enjoyed the beei opportunities of judging. Judges and
1-wyi i; -.vh > hiv. tad ! meanest Witt him in bin pr&Qsnt j- :-iti c warmly
indorse his candidature. The office of County Clerk i* a highly important
one, demanding exceptional skill and experience. It would be a misfor-
tune to have it filled by a novice. Mr. Stuart ought to be elected, un-
doubtedly.
Mr. M. C. Conroy is, we are glad to see, the nominee of the Republi-
cans fur the Senate from the Ninth District. An old Californian— he ar-
rived here in 1848— he became prominent in political matters at an early
day and joined the Republican Party, to which he adhered until 1874,
having;for a longtime held position as Assistant Secretary of the Beuub
lican State Central Committee. In 1874 he took part with the Inde-
pendents. He was a member of Assembly in the last Legislature, and
has always been known as a steadfast friend of the people and an enemy
to all oppression. His fight has always been made on principle, and the
question to-day is overwhelmingly one' of principle.
W. W. Traylor, the regular Republican nominee for State Senator
from the Ninth Senatorial District, is a man far above the average. Long
a resident in the State, he is acquainted with its every requirement.
Possessed of rare tact, of wide experiences and of undoubted ability, he
will not fail to make his mark in the Senate. Legislation will be entirely
safe in his hands. Familiar with men and their methods, he will not be
entrapped by lobbyists nor be beguiled by the putters up of jabs. Honest
and square in all his dealings, he will make a record worthy of himself and
creditable to the city.
Thos. H. Reynolds, our worthy County Clerk, firmly declines a re-
nomination for office. If he had consented to run again, we are per-
suaded he would have been elected. It will be recollected that, at the
last election, he secured a handsome majority, though running on a ticket
that was, for the most part, unsuccessful. His popularity has been
increased since then, by his singularly able discharge of most onerous du-
ties. He will retire from office with an enviable record, with the warm
esteem of his deputies and with the respect of the general public, whom
he has faithfully served.
We notice with pleasure that the Republicans of the Fifth Ward
have nominated, to represent them in the Board of Supervisors, Dr. J. D.
Whitney, one of the most accomplished and popular physicians of the
city. Dr. Whitney inherits and worthily upholds a name of great profes-
sional distinction; and bis friends, who appreciate his practical intelli-
gence and energy, cannot but feel that the residents of the Fifth Ward
have honored themselves in selecting one every way so worthy to watch
over and advance the best interests of the community.
A good nomination— that of William Ford for Tax Collector. He
should be elected, and every voter having the welfare of the city at heart
should cast his ballot for this gentleman, whose real worth, integrity and
honesty we all so well know. His business qualifications eminently lit
him for the place ; his knowledge of the routine of the position, which he
has already filled to the satisfaction of our property owners, as well as his
strict attention to the affairs of the office, point him out as the man for
Tax Collector.
Dr. C. C. McGovern is the Workingmen's candidate for Coroner, and
one of the best men on their ticket. He was formerly a surgeon in the
U. S. Army.
Artistic Novelties, manufactured from. California quartz, at Ran-
dolph & Co.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
The Company's steamers will sail as follows at IS M:
CITY OF TOKIO, Oct. 4th, Dec. 27th, March 20th— CITY OF PEKING, Nov.
15th, Feb. 7th, May lst-for YOKOHAMA and HONGKONG.
CITY OF PANAMA, August 2Sth, for PANAMA ami NEW YORK, calling at
AOAPULCO.
SOUTH CAROLINA, Sept. 5th, for PANAMA and NEW YORK, calling at ACA-
PULCO, SAN JOSE DE GUATEMALA, LA LIBERTAD and PUNTA ARENAS.
Tickets to and from Europe hy any line for sale at the lowest rates ; also to Ha-
vana and all West India ports.
AUSTRALIA, September 1st, at 12 o'clock M., or on arrival of English mails,
for HONOLULU, AUCKLAND and SYDNEY. $10 additional is charged for pas-
sage in Upper Saloon.
CITY OF CHESTER, Aug. 80th, for VICTORIA, PORT TOWNSEND, SEATTLE,
and TACOMA, connecting at TACOMA with Northern Pacific Railroad for PORT-
LAND, Oregon. Tickets must be purchased before 11 a.m. on day of sailing, at
Wharf Office. For freight or passage apply at the office, cor. First and Brannan
streets. [Aug. 23.] WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO., Agents.
FOR PORTLAND AND ASTORIA, OREGON^
The Oregon Steamship Company and Pacific CoastStenm-
ship Company will dispatch everv five days, for the above ports, one of their
new Al Iron Steamships, viz. : OREGON, GEORGE W. ELDER, and STATE OF
CALIFORNIA.
Sailing Days:
Aug. 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30. [ Sept. 4, 9, 14, 19, 24, and 29.
At 10 o'clock A.. M.
Connecting at Portland, Oregon, with Steamers and Railroads and their connecting
Stage Lines for all points in Oregon, Washington and Idaho Territories, British
Columbia and Alaska.
K. VAN OTERENDORP, Agent 0. S. S. Co.,
No 210 Battery street, San Francisco.
GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Agents P. C S. S Co.,
Aug. 2. No. 10 Market street, San Francisco.
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SAX FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Aug. 23, 1879.
CRADLE, ALTAR, AND TOMB.
CB ADTiR
Band— In this city, August 17th, to the wife of H. F. Band, a son.
Cassidt— In this city, August 15th, to the wife of Andrew Cassidy, a son.
Cohen— In this city, August ISth, to the wife of Joseph Cohen, a daughter.
Dedtsch— In this city, August 17th, to the wife of M. Deutsch, a son.
Edwards — In this city, August 17th, to the wife of Wm. H. Edwards, a son.
Frank— In this city, August 15th, to the wife of Capt. I. Frank, a daughter.
Garcelon — In this city, August 15th, to the wife of H. F. Garcelon, a daughter.
Hallet— In this city, August 16th, to the wife of James Hallet, a daughter.
Hecht— In Fair Oaks, San Mateo Co., to the wife of A. E. Hecht, a son.
Mack — Iu this city, August 17th, to the wife of Jacob Mack, a son.
Newman — In this city, August 16th, to the wife of George A. Newman, a son.
Petersen — In this city, August 13th, to the wife of John Petersen, a son.
Schultz— In this city, August 14th, to the wife of L. Schultz, a son.
ALTAR.
GREFFOZ-SnEPPARD-In San Rafael, Julian J. Greffoz to Miss May F. Sheppard.
Hallahan-Denning — In this city, August 3d, Thos. Hallahan to Mary A. Denning.
Josephi-Frazer— In this city, August 18th, Wm. M. Josephi to Louise E. Frazer.
Kidd-Stdbert— In Oakland, August 17th, Thos. R. G. Kidd to Annie M. Stubert.
Miller-Ayer— In Petaluma, August 14th, D. E. Miller to Lizzie Ayer.
Rogers-Underbill— In Cloverdale, July 2d, Walter E. Rogers to Angie P. Underbill.
Rosb-Consbll— In this city, August 16th, Alexander R. Ross to Mary Ann ConnelL
TOMB.
Arnold -In this city, August 17th, Sarah B. Arnold, aged 31 years.
Brown — In this city, August 15th, Sammat J. Brown, aged 19 years and 6 months.
Beatty— In this city, August 17th, James Beatty, aged 32 years.
Conrad— In this city, August 16th, Fannie H. Conrad, aged 38 years.
Corr— In this city, August 17th, Owen Corr, aged 60 years.
Crane— In this city, August 17th, Johanna Crane, aged 35 years.
Davis— In this city, August 16th, Mrs. Helen M. Davis, aged 60 years.
Edgar— In this city, August 16th, Mrs. Catherine S. Edgar, aged 80 years.
Glover— -In this city, August 18th, Alice E. Glover, aged 3 years and 1 month.
Hcmporeys— Ii. this city, August 16th, H. P. Humphreys, aged 30 years.
Maouire— Iu this city, August 15th, Ellen Maguire, aged 71 years.
McBride— In this city, August 17th, John McBride, aged 83 years.
McGovbrn— In this city, August ISth, John McGovern, aged 49 years.
Nicholas — In this city, August 17th, Ruby May Nicholas, aged 2 years.
Silverman — In this city, Aogust 18th, Ida Silverman, aged 17 years.
Slater — In Santa Rosa, August 15th, John L. Slater, aged 52 years.
Shields — In this city, August 17th, George E. Shields, aged 26 years.
Sampson— In this city, August 17th, Mrs. Mary Ann Sampson, aged 33 years.
Tvrer— In this city, August 17th, Wm. Henry Tyrer, aged 34 years and 8 months.
Vail— In Forbestown, August 15th, Mrs. A. A. Vail, aged 64 years.
Wlth— In this city, August 18th, Carl G. Wuth, aged 36 years.
THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC.
A new and important factor among the grain producing countries
of the world is about entering into competition with us for the great
European trade, and it particularly behooves Califomians to become well
posted concerning what, in the future, must be, probably, our most dan-
gerous rival in the British market. Long since we pointed out that the
day was approaching when the great Argentine Republic of South Amer-
ica would be able to produce for export a surplus of wheat far in excess
of our capacity, and that the reciprocity of trade which it was able to
offer its European customers would effectually give it the preference with
them, as also its greater proximity and the saving of time in the inter-
minably long passage around the Horn. A prominent and reliable East-
ern authority very recently asserts that the Argentine Republic will ex-
port in 1879 upwards of 6,000,000 bushels of wheat, which amount will
be doubled in 1880, and quintupled in 1S81, It will be remembered how
Calitomia, not gradually but suddenly, acquired importance as a wheat
exporter, owing to the stimulus of increased population and the conse-
quent increased acreage of land opened to cultivation. Similar causes
have been operating in the Argentine Republic, into which, for the past
eighteen years, a large, continuous and increasing volume of immigration
has flowed from Italy, Spain, France and Germany ; the bulk of it, how-
ever, from the first-named country, and carrying with it the industrious
and frugal habits for which the Italians are everywhere noted. In the
city of Buenos Ayres there are said to be not less than 20,000 Italians,
and it is estimated that there are upwards of 200,000 foreigners in the en-
tire Republic, located on the most fertile lands and adjoining the avenues
of commerce. The total population is variously estimated at between
two and three millions (including Indians), and the area in square miles of
the Republic is 820,000, about one-half of which is cultivable. Running
from latitude 22 3 to 41° south, and from longitude 54° to 71° west, it pre-
sents a climate greatly resembling that of California, but is vastly su-
perior to us in its great river system. British capital has of late years
entered into railroad construction and steam navigation. When we con-
sider that India, which a short time since produced no wheat beyond its
own requirements, now exports 20,000,000 bushels annually to Europe
with a capacity for indefinite increase, and that the Argentine Republic
now promises even greater competition, it seems only a question of time
when our agricultural interests must be varied to suit the new order of
things. In this connection, ifc may not be out of place to remark the
growing importance of our wine and brandy shipments to New York,
where they are crowding out French importations. The wine interest
will doubtless outrank all others in the future.
NICE YOUNG M£N.
Among the numerous pests of San Franciscan society none holds so
prominent a position as the "nice young man." Of course he attends
divine service, and that with a regularity and decorum which wins for
him the confidence of mothers and the entre to many a house which
would be otherwise inaccessable. Very possibly he sings in the choir
also; if so, he is considered a very " nice young man," and is even more
sought after and trusted than his pious but unmusical brother. The nice
young man is usually a sneak of the first water, and is ever ready with
some disparaging tale concerning his seemingly more worldly rivals.
Many a lover's quarrel, and many a broken off engagement is to be
accounted for by some malicious tittle-tattle of the "nice young man."
If the said young man drinks (he seldom does, for he has no bon kommie
in his composition), he drinks on the sly. For he, and such like impos-
tors, the back entrances to saloons and pawn brokers' shops were especially
constructed. The "nice young man has usually several affairs itde cceur"
going on at the same time, and being an adept at dissimulation, generally
manages to steer clear of trouble. Occasionally, however, he gets caught
at his little game, and receives the well-merited application of the big
brother's boot and the sister's silent scorn. Many a young lady's reputa-
tion has been blasted for life by this domestic viper, for he is never at all
modest about boasting of his conquests, and of claiming familiarities which
his lady friends would blush to hear mentioned, much less permit. We do
not say that all young men who attend church, sing in choirs, belong to
the Young Men's Christian Society, or wear the blue insignia of the
water babies, are of the class named, but we must add that the above be-
longings are enough to excite suspicion and challenge inquiry.
A GOOD PLAN.
Anybody can learn to make money rapidly operating in
Stocks, by the "Two Unerring Rules for SuccesB," in Messrs. Lawrence &
Co.'s new circular. The combination method, which this 6rm has made so success-
ful, enables people with large or small means to reap all the benefits of largeBt cap-
ital and best skill. Thousands of orders, in various sums, are pooled into one vast
amount and co-operated as a mighty whole, thus securing to each shareholder all the
advantages of the largest operator. Immense profits are divided monthly. Any
amount, from $5 to $5,000, or more, can be used successfully. N. Y. Baptist Weekly,
September 2Cth, 1878, saxs : " By the combiuation system S15 would make §75, or
5 per cent.; £50 pays $350, or 7 per cent.; §100 makes $1,000, or 10 per cent, on the
stock, during the month, according to the market." Fi'ank Leslie^s Illustrated
Newspaper, June 29th : " The combination method of operating stocks is the most
successful ever adopted." New York Independent, Sept. 12th: "The combination
system is founded upon correct business principles, ana no person need be without
an income while it is kept working by Messrs. Lawrence & Co. Brooklyn Journal,
April 29th : " Our editor made a net profit of $101.25 from $20 in one of Messrs.
Lawrence & Co.'s combinations." New circular (mailed free) explains everything.
Stocks and bonds wanted. Government bonds supplied.
July 26. LAWRENCE & CO., Bankers, 57 Exchange Place, N. Y.
SWANT0N HOUSE, PESCADER0.
This Popular Hotel, tog-ether with the detached Cottages,
whieh are uot the least of its attractive features, have been newly furnished
throughout, and are now open for the reception of guests. Those desiring to visit
the most enjoyable of all our sea-side resorts, can make no mistake in deciding upon
Pescadero.
IT IS EASILY BEACHED,
and is unsurpassed in the excellence of its climate, the beaut;* of its scenery, and in
the attractiveness of its truly remarkable sea beach. Those extraordinary pebbles,
among which are to be found agates, opals, sapphires, etc., were never so numerous
as now, the past Winter having thrown up immense numbers of curiously-shaped
stones, which for ages have been subiected to the everlasting motions of the tireless
Pacific. GOOD TROUT FISHING is obtainable in the Pescadero river.
H^f The hotel prices are fixed to suit the times. [April 27.
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WAKELEE'S AUREQLINE
Produces the Beautiful Golden Hair so Much Admired.
S7TPJEBIOJR TO TJBCE IMPORTED JlRTICZE
— BT REASON OF ITS—
FRESHNESS AND CABE USED IN ITS PRODUCTION.
PRICE, LARGE BOTTLES. $2.
Manufactured by SZ. JP. WA.KJEZJEJE & CO., Druggists, corner
Montgomery and Sush streets, S. F. [Aug. 2.
MITCHELL'S MAGIC LOTION.
Quick and sure cure for bruises and sprains—relieves the
pain instantly ; perfectly harmless ; will prevent the eye turning dark after a
blow ; good for aching feet ; gives instant relief from soreness after horseback riding
or any over-exertion ; very serviceable as a gargle after speaking or singing. Mr. A.
W. Hussey, Stock Broker, says: "After my runaway accident, my eye was much
discolored and I could not bend my knee. The next day after using your Lotion, my
knee was as well as ever and the bruise marks nearly gone from the eye. It is won-
derful stuff and everybody ought to know about it." Sold by all Druggists and by
GEORGE H. MITCHELL, 507 California street. Price, 25 cents. Aug. 2.
THAMES AND MERSEY MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY,
(Limited),
Of Liverpool, Kngland.
Capital $10,000,000.
W. C. BARMZSON, Agent,
Aug. 2. 413 California street.
FRED H. BUSBY,
~\To. 412 Market street, San Francisco, Manufacturer of
j^( Archery Gloves, Finger Tips, Arm Guards, Boxing, Fencing and Base Ball
Gloves, for Catchers, Long Wrist Fishing Gloves, Belts for Uniforms, etc. Archery
Clubs supplied at reduced rates. Busby's Archery Clubs are the only ones in the
market that will stand service and give satisfaction. July 12.
JOSEPH GILLOTT'S STEEL PENS.
Gold Medal, Paris, 1S7S.
old by all Stationers. Sole Agent for tbe United States:
MR. HENRY HOE, 91 John street, N. Y. Jan. 6.
s
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HAPPY CHILDREN.
he rosy-cheeked children of San Francisco is the evidence
the JERSEY FARM DAIRY has of tbe purity and richness of its milk.
Aug. 2. Citv Depot : 837 HOWARD STREET.
COKE CHEAPEST FUEL.
Reduction in Price : Wholesale Price, 50 cents per barrel ;
Retail Price, 60 cents per barrel, at the works of the SAN FRANCISCO GAS-
LIGHT COMPANY, Howard and First streets, and foot of Second st. Jan. 12.
Q— 7 - a year and expenses to agents. Outfit Free. Address,
<jp < ' < June 7.] P. O. ViCKERY, AugTista, Maine.
1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISE!*
17
' * WO JEWS ADMITTED. ' *
It to amaalng t\, .t .. titnea nhonld
t dondoacripl
1 jr. I to
admitting J»wa H in, undaunted by the
■ icJi which Hi] ■ hid ex-
impla. Tin* b [Tarring rtrMf*. ' ■ far tin* pabttc most surely
Ana atimtr vytDp.it l.y. «t they would hardly venture t.> act upon an off en-
ud injury. Vet it WH'ins iuctvililiU', in
tbwe enlitfbtetH-<t days, In this Liberty-loving ooontry, and among a people
I the irlobe, th i prejudice is foe-
The Jews have do
Id Ik- aabamed of their past or pn linly, in point of education,
rviiii'iiu-nt, wealth and *"<.-i»l diatincUon, they to-oay oocopy a higfa posi-
tion in many lands, when eotid worth and dbt mere ahoday couie to the
fp>nu A mmooa leader of the best London society is just dead. The
t England sent a letter of warm ly/mpathyto her husband, the
Prince of Wales, sent another, and 1 1 * «- King of the Belgians, and various
people of the highest so, ja] distinction in Europe telegraphed their sorrow.
The favor of Lady Waldegrave was a passport t" sooiaj recognition, and,
socially speaking, her circle wu oneof the most desirable in England.
Yet it Lady Waldegrave should have come to this country, it is odd that
in a land where even the African is constitutionally guaranteed social
rii,'ht.-. she, one of the first ladies of aristocratic Europe, would uot have
Uowed to stay at a beautiful watering-place hotel, because she teas a
Every Irishman. Cockney, Bowery Boy, Bagman and Tramp
would be admitted, nor is there any disagreeableness or vulgarity that
w.mld he excluded, if it could not be called Jewish. It is stated that
these exclusive hotel proprietors observe the old fashion of putting a Bible
in every room. It is odd that the Book of Books, the sacred book of
Christendom, which is thus selected as the one book for every guest, is the
history of the Jewish people — the divinely chosen nation — and the record
of the teachings of the Master whom the great part of Christendom re-
veres as God, taking flesh as a Jew. It is odd what reflections these facts
suggest. It is very odd, also, to consider what the Company at the hotel
would be if all the influences which have molded its life and education
and thought, and which are due to the Hebrew genius, were suddenly
taken away. If civilization had written over its gates " No Jews Admit-
ted," and could have kept them out, half of its characteristic charm, half
of the refinement of modern thought and life would be wanting. Here
in San Francisco the Jewish people are second to none other in point of
morals, of refinement, culture and good citizenship. A large proportion
of the best homes that cluster around the city are owned by them. Take
away the social influences of the Jews, and half of the best life of the
city would be gone. The same is true in regard to their influence in busi-
ness. Their capital and their energy are entitled to no mean share of the
credit for making San Francisco the monument of enterprise that it is.
THE NATIONAL BALANCE SHEET.
The balance of trade is now largely in favor of the United States.
"We export a very great deal more than we import. This is a great change
within the last five years, that means a good deal. It indicates that we
are, as a people, spending less and producing more. The total imports of
goods into the United States during the fiscal year ending the 30th of
June last, amounted to $445,792,141, against §437,051,532 for the year
preceding, and the value of domestic produce and merchandise exported
last year was $710,428,743, against $694,865,766 in 1878. The statistics
show that during the nice years ending with June, 1873, our imports
exceeded our exports by amounts annually fluctuating between S72,716,277
in 1865, and $182,417,491 in 1872, the year next preceding the panic ; the
average yearly excess being $98,800,000. During the six years succeeding
the panic the exports have, on the other hand, exceeded the imports on an
average by $125,000,000 per annum. In other words, during the nine
years preceding the panic we imported $889,467,923 more of goods than we
paid for with goods ; while for the last six years we have exported goods
valued at $772,121,109 more than the goods we have imported. Taking
into account the specie movement, we find that for the nine years preced-
ing the panic, our net export of specie amounted to $527,000,000. De-
ducting this from the excess of merchandise imported over merchandise
exported, we find the commercial balance against the United States to
have been $362,407,923. For the six years following the panic, when our
net export of specie amounted tu $174,000,000, and our merchandise
exported exceeded in value the goods imported by $772,121,109, we find on
the contrary that the commercial balance in favor of the United States
was $946,121,109 ! That is truly a marvelous showing. It is the indubi-
table evidence of that returning prosperity in the Eastern States of
which we hear so much. The country has undoubtedly entered upon a
new era of prosperity, and although California is a little slow to feel the
effects of the flowing tide, it will presently make itself felt on this side of
the continent, and carry our people along with it. If we could, in our
State, put politics and politicians to sleep for a wh'le, and reassure capital
and capitalists of their entire safety against communistic legislation, wide-
spread and general prosperity would not be long in reaching the Pacific
Coast.
Pnlling Rocks by Electricity. — M. Gaston Plante* suggests a novel
use for electricity, namely, as a borer of rocks, taking the place of the
black diamond. "We have seen," he writes in a volume recently pub-
lished, "that one of the electrodes which conveys a current of a certain
electromotive force, on being put in contact with glass in presence of a
saline solution, acts as a graver or diamond in cutting furrows on the sur-
face of the glass, plowing it even deeply. Rock-crystal can also be at-
tacked, deBpite its hardness, by the same method, and, if it does not yield
regularly, it at last bursts into pieces under the action of the electrode,
and ends by breaking up. In America black diamonds are employed in
rock drilling for wells and mines. Could these expensive tools not be re-
placed by the action of the electric current in conditions analogous to
those which have been described, and the perforation of rocks be per-
formed by electricity ? Electrodes of platinum would not be necessary,
for it is not the metal of the electrode which alters, but the silicious mat-
ter in presence of the saline solution. Metallic points or studs conven-
iently distributed at the end of the drill and put in rotation, would direct
the electric discharge to the rock, which it would pulverize, as in the case
of the diamond drill. The recent advances in the production of electricity
by mechanical means would facilitate this application."
T. A.. BARRY, Agent for Nagloe's Brandy, is at No. 116
Montgomery Street.
GEO. STREET, Agent News Lrttrr, 30 Comhitl, E. C, London.
IN CONSEQUENCE OF SPURIOUS IMITATIONS OF
LEA A- PEKRINS' SAUCE, which are calculated to deceive
the public, Lea and Perrina have adopted A NEW LABKL, bearing their sig-
nature, " LEA & PERKINS," which iB placed ou every bottle of WORCESTERSHIRE
SAUCE, and without which none is genuine.
Ask for LEA & PERKINS' Sauce, and 8ee name on wrapper, label, bottle and stop-
per Wholesale and for export by the proprietors, Worcester ; Crosse & Black well,
London, etc., etc., and by grocers and oilmen throughout the world. To be obtained of
Nov. 16. MESSRS. CROSS & CO., San Francisco.
ROWLAND'S
MACASSAR, OIL strengthens the Hair and prevents it falling off. The bottles
have a glass stopper, and not a cork.
KALYDOR beautifies the Complexion and eradicates Freckles, Tan, Prickly Heat,
Eruptions, etc.
ODONTO whitens the Teeth, prevents and arrests decay, and gives a pleasing
fragrance to the breath.
EUKONIA h a new and delicate toilet powder.
Ask for ROWLAND'S articles, of 20, Hatton Garden, London, and avoid cheap
imitations. Sold by Druggists, Bazaars, etc., all over the world. May 3.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTKACT OF MEAT.
in est and Cheapest Meat. flavoring Stock for Sonps, Made
Dishes and Sauces. March 2.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT
[s a success and boon for which Nations shonld feel grate-
ful. See " Medical Press," "Lancet," " British Medical Journal," etc.
F
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
Caution— Oennine only with fac-simile of Baron I<iebig's
Signature, in blue ink, across Label. "Consumption in England increased ten-
old in ten years. " March 2.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
To be had of all Store-keepers, Grocers and Chemists. Sole
Agents for the United States (wholesale only), C. David & Co., 43, Mark Lane,
London, England. March 2.
STOCK COMBINATIONS.
Hou to Operate Successfully on
TEN DOLLARS.
MARTIN TAYX.OB & CO.,
June 21.] 429 California Street.
FAIRFAX MINING COMPANY,
426 CALIFORNIA STREET, ROOM NO. 2.
President JOHN W. COLEMAN.
Treasurer GEN. O. H. LAQBANQE.
Secretary O. C. MTLLEE.
[October 12]
Geo. C. Hickox. E. C. McFarlanb.
GEORGE C. HICKOX & CO.,
C1om mission Stock Brokers (San Francisco Stock Ex*
/ change, No. 230 Montgomery street, San Francisco. May 4.
J. A. RUDKIN,
Member S. F. Stock and Exchange Board, 423 California
street. STOCKS Bought and Sold on Commission. Liberal Advances
made n Active Accounts. Oct. 26.
L.H.Newton. NEWTON BROTHERS & CO., M. Newton.
Importers and wholesale dealers in Teas, Foreign Goods and
Groceries, 204 and ^00 California street, San Francisco, Cal May 26.
W.Morris. MORRIS & KENNEDY, J. F. Kennedy.
Importers and Healers in Moldings, Frames, Engravings,
Chromos, Lithographs, Decalcomanie, Wax and Artists' Materials, 21 Post
street, nearly opposite Masonic Temple, San Francisco. Feb. 4.
DISSOLUTION.
The partnership of Snow «fc May was dissolved on the 6th
instant. FRANK C. SNOW,
WM. B. MAY.
I shall conduct the business under the name of SNOW & CO., and liquidate the
affairs of the late firm at No. 20 Post street. FRANK C. SNOW.
San Francisco, May 31st, ls79. June 14.
ALASKA COMMERCIAL COMPANY,
No. 310 Sausoine street, San Francisco, Wholesale Dealer
in Furs. * Sept. 21.
18
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Aug. 23, 1879.
"BIZ.
Money continues to be exceedingly plentiful within the iron vaults of
our many Banks, Savings and Loan Societies; yet with all this
plethoric supply of the precious metals — gold and silver, for no paper
promises to pay circulate with us to any extent — borrowers find it very
difficult to get control thereof without producing Government bonds, gas
or water stock, or other gilt-edged securities. Our Banks loan cautiously
upon bonanza and other mining securities, and, consequently, buyers of
stock upon margin are less numerous than heretofore. Merchandise in
warehouses is a favorite article with some of our Banks and moneyed
"men, who are inclined to load freely upon staple goods at two-thirds its
market value, at from 7 to 10 per cent, per annum.
Business seems to revive materially now that the Fall trade has set in.
The demand for goods, wares and merchandise from the interior of our
own and border States and Territories upon the Pacific slope is now
in very considerable volume. The Sugar requirement is notably large for
the season, showing most conclusively a largely increased consumption
upon this coast, and marts depending upon us for their supplies, which
nowadays consist almost exclusively of the different grades of Refined.
Our Coffee stock is many thousand bags less than it was a year ago, and
the statistical position of the market, for the balance of the year, favors a
rise in price ere long.
The Bag combination has been a subject of absorbing interest for
weeks past. This ring is said to have under full control at least 10,000,000
of Burlap Grain Sacks ; some place it at 15,000,000. At the time prices
were fixed, some weeks since, at ll@ll£c, it was thought by the parties
in interest that they had coralled the entire stock held upon this coast as
well as that to arrive — 2,000,000 bags upon the Naturalist, now 200 days
out from Calcutta, are no doubt out of the ring, probably lost. It is a
fact that every week since the combination price was publicly announced
that auction sales of standard Bags have been of weekly occurrence and
at prices far below those fixed by the so-called ring. These auction sales
have varied in extent as well as in price. Since our last issue several in-
voices have been sold by S. L. Jones & Co. Three days since 30,000 Cal-
cutta Standard sold at 9 05 cash, and Bince then other large lots have been
offered upon 'Change at about 9^c, and at this price, no doubt, purchases
for cash could be made to some extent. Messrs. Wm. T. Coleman & Co.
are the agents for the Bag ring, and they seem to be determined to hold
to the fixed combination prices, while Mr. Wilson White, the broker, is
hard at work outside to *'fix up things " so that the machine may work
without further lubricating. The fact is, however, that the discovery has
been made within a few days past that two California street commission
houses hold 500,000 Grain Sacks over and above what is controlled by the
Bag ring, and, more than this, it is now asserted upon 'Change that the
next steamer from Hongkong will have not less than 500,000 Calcutta
Bags that were not expected or looked for by the combination, and some
say there are even 600,000 Bags on the steamer. The Royal Sovereign,
from London, just at hand, has also about 500,000 yards of Burlaps,
which adds to the depression. Now all these things operate as a surprise
to those most deeply interested in this Bag ring. Some considerable dif-
ference of opinion exists as to the actual cost of these Calcutta imports of
Standard 22x36 Grain Sacks, but upon diligent inquiry we find that the
range for the season has been 8f @9£c, c. f. & i., so that it is fair to say that
the average cost of this year's importation is 9c. Of course we all know
that some of the Bags held by the combination are two, three and four
years old, if not more. Of course there is a big interest and storage ac-
count to be charged up against them, but, if we are correctly informed,
the original holders and importers of these old Bags sold out all their
right, title and interest to the combination at 8f@9o, or thereabouts, so
that last year's Bag ring does not, as a whole, constitute that now in vogue.
There is also some difference of opinion as to the probable wants and de-
mands for Grain Sacks during the balance of the year. Some contend
that the low prices long ruling and the long threatened lock-up of the
stock drove all parties in need, and who could muster cash or credit, to
purchase all the bags they required, and hence the actual consumptive
wauts of this State, Oregon and Washington Territory are now much, less
than is expected by present holders.
Salmon. — The market for Case Salmon seems to be badly demoralized
since the announcement made that the Columbia River catch this season
would aggregate about 450,000 cases. It is now stated upon 'Change that
Oregon 1-lb Salmon, in lots, by the car-load, are offered to Chicago mer-
chants at SI 05 $ dozen, while this may be said tn be the California price
of the day. Of course, we are yet to learn the extent of the Salmon catch
on Fraser River, or that of the Puget Sound fisheries uow in full blast.
About three weeks since we published in the Mews Letter an item respect-
ing a false claim for " swell head " damage to Salmon, made by an English
house on the Oregon packers. It appears that there was an error made in
the figures as therein stated, but as the names of the parties so offending
were not given, no damage has occurred to any. We, however, give
herewith a correct report of the same, furnished by the parties aggrieved.
The memoranda sets forth that it is respecting a disputed claim for allow-
ance on Salmon : "In the summer of 1878, the Cutting Packing Com-
pany, of this city, sold 9,000 cases of Devlin's Salmon to go to Liverpool,
subject to the customary guarantee against swelled cans. Seven thousand
cases went to one prominent Liverpool house, and two thousand cases to
another ; all the Salmon being fresh packed, and presumably equal in
quality and condition. Reports as to out-turn were received in usual
course, showing a loss by swellage of rather less than one-half of one per
cent on the 7,000 cases, and of 3.85 per cent on the 2,000 cases. The lat-
ter claim was substantiated by the certificate of the purchasers, counter-
signed by two other parties — one of whom appears to have been their own
warehouseman, and the other the warehouseman of the firm to whom
they resold the Salmon. Although on the face of it the claim was in due
form, and the managing partner of the Liverpool house offered to swear
to its correctness, yet the extraordinary discrepancy between it and the
account rendered of the larger parcel of same Salmon, induced the Cut-
ting Packing Company, in their capacity of agents for Messrs. Devlin &
Co., to withhold settlement until they could get satisfactory corroboration
of the buyers' statement as to the amount of loss. To this end, they
requested friends in Liverpool to investigate the matter, and arrive, if
possible, at the facts. After considerable delay and difficulty, the parcel
of Salmon was discovered intact in possession of the party to whom the
importing house had sold it, and a careful examination showed the follow-
ing result : Two cases short landed by ship ; 1,991 23-48 cases sound ;
1 26-48 cases stained ; 1 8-48 cases short ; 3 39-48 cases swelled ; 2,000 in
all. At the time when the examination was made the Salmon had lain
over six months in warehouse at Liverpool, and would naturally be in a
worse rather than a better condition than when first landed. It will be
seen by the foregoing that a loss of actually less than a quarter per cent
was magnified into 3.85 per cent by the purchaser."
This exhibit speaks for itself, nor are we authorized to make mention of
the house making this fraudulent claim, but which, by the way, has gone
into bankruptcy, and is no longer in the field to practice like deceptions
upon brother merchants.
Coal. — The market is poorly supplied with Steam, and prices exhibit
much firmness— say 86 75@$7, for Sydney. The cargo of 900 tons Scotch,
per " City of Shanghae," is said to have been sold prior to arrival at 88.
California Mt. Diablo Steam, $4 50@$5.
Coffee. — The market is firm for Central American prime No. 1 at 16c
@16£c. Rio is dull of sale at 14£c@15c.
Sugar. — We have two arrivals from the Islands — the schooner "W. H.
Meyer," with 6,583 bags, and the "Cyane," with 3,480 bags Hawaiian,
chiefly refining grades. The market is steady at old prices— say 9|c@10c
for White refined, and 7^c@8Jc for Yellow.
Rice. — We note sales during the week of 1,200 sacks Hawaiian Table
at 5|c, now held at 6c; stock light. The ship "Edith," from Hongkong,
brought 41,000 bags, and the bark "Vesuvius" 14,000 bags. We quote
Mixed China, 4|c; No. 1 China, 5fc; No. 2 China, 5%c. The stock of
China is very large.
Furs and Skins.— The steamship St. Paul, from Ounalaska to the
Alaska Commercial Company, has arrived with 85,000 Seal Skins and
157 packages Furs and Skins, Oils, Ivory, etc. The entire season's catch
of Seals, 100,000, has been secured, and the balance will arrive here ere
long. This large and valuable cargo will be at once packed in casks and
sent to the London market for the Fall sales. These will, no doubt, go
overland, via Philadelphia, although last year the St. Paul carried the
entire season's catch to Panama, and from thence sent across the Isthmus.
Quicksilver.— There has been quite an upheaving in the market
recently, by reason of a short supply and an active export demand from
China at 36@37c, running up to 37i@38c, while some holders now ask
48c. The London market shows a rise of 5s. per bottle from the lowest
price of the summer, now £5 23. 6d. The Gaelic, sailing this dav for
China and Japan, will carry upwards of 3,000 flasks— possibly 4,000, if
they can be had in season. The Quicksilver exports by sea from August
19th are as follows :
To Mexican ports per Granada, August 19th :
Flasks. Value.
Thannhauser & Co 400 §510,560
Totals 400 $ 10,560
Previously since January 1st 38,517 1,104.333
Totals since January 1st, 1879 38,917 '91,114,893
Totals same period 1878 21,406 713,340
Increase in 1879 17,511 $401,553
Receipts for the week, 1,291 flasks.
Freights and Charters. — Several ships have quite unexpectedly
dropped in upon us, seeking, that have caused a slight temporary depres-
sion in the market, grain charters having been written this week at 43s@
45s to a direct port, with the usual addition for ports of call — to Conti-
nent, 503. The British bark "Cormorant," for Cork, obtained £2 10s;
the British bark " Yarra Yarra." £2 5s to Liverpool and Cork; IT. K., £2
7s 6d; to Continent, £2 12s 6d. The disengaged fleet, 35 vessels, of
38,000 registered tons.
The Flour Market is without animation. We quote shipping Ex-
tras for China. S4.75@S5, and of which the Gaelic, for Hongkong, will
carry 1,000 tons ; Common Superfine, S4@4.25 ; Extra Superfine, $4.50®
$4.75 ; Bakers and Family Extras, $5@S5.50 per 196 lbs., all in cloth.
Wheat— The market is only moderately active at S1.60@1.65 for
Shipping, and S1.67i@170 $ ctl. for good to choice milling. The daily re-
ceipts are liberal, and exports free. Since July 1st our Grain fleet to
Europe aggregates 25 vessels, with 963,000 ctls., against same time last
year of 40 vessels, with 1,327,750 ctls.
Barley. —The receipts are very heavy, and the market depressed for
Feed to 65@.70c; Brewing, 95@100c; Chevalier, SI 50 for coast, and
§1 70@S1 72^ for bright shipping lots. The M. P. Grace, for Liverpool,
carried of this latter 26,592 centals.
Corn "and Oats. — The market is sluggish, with light transactions at
low and nominal rates.
"Wool. — The market is active, stock light at 25@27c for best Northern
Fleece. Fall, 12@14c
Hops. — A few of the new crop have made their appearance, and may
be quoted at 15c@20c, with no sales ; some lots of very choice held much
higher. Contracts for Walla Walla have been made, to arrive, at 20c.
Fruits.— The market is abuudantly supplied with Pears, Peaches,
Plums, Grapes, etc., — prices low and within the reach of all consumers.
Melons of all kinds are very cheap and abundant.
MILLS' SEMINARY.
The next Term of this well-known Institution will com-
mence on WEDNESDAY, July 30th, 1879. For Circulars, giving particulars,
address REV. C. T. MILLS,
Aug. 2. Mills' Seminary, Alameda county, California.
EDWARD B0SQU1 & CO.,
Printers, Eu^ravers, Lithographers and Bookbinders,
Leidesdorff street, from Clay to Commercial.
HIBERNIA BREWERY,
Howard Street, Between Eighth and Ninth.
Dec. 7.] M. NVNJJf, Proprietor.
Aug, 23, 1879.
CALIFORNIA APVEKTISKK.
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ARIZONA.
In another column wo gfra the pArticulare of the formation of a syndi-
cate in Now Yt.rk, the working! of which are calculated to do a great
amount of good to the vast mineral resource* of tin- Territory.
The stock of the (Vntral Ariznti.i Mining* OoDpKDJ RM i>laced on the
Stock Exchange at New York on the 31 st ultimo.
The Tombstone Mill and Mining Company, whoso headquarters are in
Philadelphia, have declared a dividend of ten cents per share, payable
August 11th. The company has a capital of $5,000,000, in shares of the
par value of $10 each.
The reported sale of the Silver Kinc Mine to New York capitalists is
somewhat premature. We are advised that certain negotiations are pend-
ing, but as yet hare not been completed. This valuable property con-
tinues to produce its regular quota of bullion, to the extent of £75,000
i per month. The Keystone Mine, in Mohave county, has developed a
urge and well-defined vein, and all the indications are very encouraging.
\V. H. Hardy, an old resident of Arizona, has just returned from New
York, having made arrangements there for the introduction of consider-
able capital lor mining purposes into the Mineral Park District. The Fair-
field, Miner's Hope, Blue Bill, Cerbat and Tom Lawton claims are well
spoken of.
The Iron Cap Mining Company, located in Silver District, Yuma
county, are vigorously prosecuting the work on their various mines, and
their prospects are most encouraging. The Head Center and Yellow
Jacket mines, located in the Tombstone District, have been sold to
Messrs. Moody and Farrish, of this city, for §30,000. These are valua-
ble properties and will be immediately developed.
A very rich strike of chloride ore has been made near Summit Springs,
Santa Catalina Mountains, and the camp there is lively and prosperous.
The Prescott Mining Company, owners of the Aztlan and Bradshaw
mills, is well spoken of in Boston, and considerable of the stock of the
company is held in that city.
Mining matters in the Meyer's District, on the borders of the State of
Sonora, are looking well. Some fifty miners are at work prospecting the
various leads with good results. Machinery is being introduced, and the
steam whistle will soon be a familiar sound in this region, hitherto
monopolized by the rattlesnake and the Apache.
At the Golden Chariot Mine, on Groom Creek, a lead of decomposed
Juartz has been discovered, which carries a large quantity of free gold.
f the rock works to the extent of one-tenth of the assay returns, the
owners of the property have an inexhaustible bonanza.
The Kit Carson, Silver Flake, Silver Belt, Agua Fria, Ida May, and
other contiguous properties, are known in the territory as base metal
mines, yet their values are assured, and we hope soon to hear of their de-
velopment.
Captain Gains, Superintendent of the News letter property, made an
important shipment to this citv last week. The assay value of the stones
was very satisfactory. "We anticipate grand results from his efforts in con-
nection with his several properties, for he is a careful and practical opera-
tor, and learned his trade as a miner in the lowel levels of the Comstock.
As soon as the heated term in the territory ib over, we are advised that
a number of capitalists of this city will proceed to the front. They begin
to realize that Eastern enterprise is getting a firm hold in that valuable
country, and are not willing to be distanced in the race. All such compe-
tition, however, is of material benefit to our neighbors, and we therefore
welcome these signs as harbingers of approaching good times and pros-
perity.
TYPHOID FEVER.
Editor News Letter— Sir: Typhoid fever has been unusually preva-
lent during the last lew weeks. There have already been 13 deaths this
month, nearly all of young and promising persons. This represents, at a
low estimate, more than 100 cases, and, as the deaths occurred in all parts
of the city, it may be surely concluded that the poison germs are very
generally diffused in the sewers, rendering the sewer gases unusually dan-
gerous for many weeks to come. My first advice would be to have the
sewers and drains at once and thoroughly inspected, and let no one rest
satisfied with anything short of a perfect ventilation of the house drains,
and the adoption of such precautions as shall secure the house, and parti-
cularly the bedrooms, from the entrance of these gases. Water-closets
and baths in the neighborhood of bedrooms should be regarded as most
suspicious. The absence - of smell is no criterion of safety. The doors
into the houBe and bedrooms should be kept closed, and the windows
open. Nine times out of ten the bath-room is a source of danger.
Let it also be widely known that the highest and lowest floors are
most liable to the invasion of sewer gases. Few basements are free from
rats, and where there are rats there are sewer gases. Sewer gases always
rise to the top floors ; if not through the waste pipes, by the side of them.
Nearly all persons take typhoid fever when asleep. It is, therefore, hope-
less to attempt the treatment in the ordinary bed-room, where, spite of
all precautions, the patient will probably continue to breathe the poisoned
air which produced his illness. When any member of the family is even
slightly indisposed, he should be removed instantly to the parlor floor,
usually the Bafest in the house, if only from the absence of closets, baths
and wash stands.
Lastly, let there be no attempt to "break up" the fever. Nature
will do that far more safely] than the " fever curer" if you will give her
fair play. Typhoid fever is happily only contagious in a very low degree.
Nurses and doctors rarely take it. It is only propagated in foul air. No
one who enjoys reasonable health, pure air, wholesome food and sufficient
rest need fear to take it. Nevertheless, in justice to the community, the
evacuations should be carefully disinfected before their discharge into the
sewers. At the present moment it may be said that no well water in this
city is free from danger. None of the sewers are water tight, and there
are thousands of situations where the wells may be contaminated by es-
caping Be wage.
Fever germs are not necessarily destroyed at the temperature of boil-
ing water. It will, therefore, be wiser to let water alone or to patronize
Spring Valley. M. E. C. P.
Mitchell's Magic Lotion is just the thing for a quick cure of sprains
and bruises : and people so given as we are to exercises and sports of all
kind have continual need of such a remedy. It relieves the pain instantly,
removes BoreneBs from riding or rowing, or any over-exertion ; and its
value is very great as a gargle and tonic for the throat. Singers and pro-
fessional speakers find it extremely useful.
HIGHEST STOCK QUOTATIONS
For the Weok Ending Anff. 22d, 1879.
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OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP CO.,
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Yokohama with Steamers for Shanghai.
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OCEANIC September 13th.
BELGIC October 25th, January 17th, April 10th.
For Freight, apply to GEORGE H. RICE, Freight Agent, at the Pacific Mail Steam-
ship Company's Wharf, or No. 218 California street.
Special Notice.— The S. S. OCEANIC, sailing from San Francisco Saturday, Sep-
tember 13th, will continue on from Hongkong to Liverpool, offering superior accom-
modations for Tourists en route Around the World. Freight will be taken for Lon-
don and Liverpool. For Through Bills of Lading and Rates, apply at 218 California
street. T. H. GOODMAN, General Passenger Agent.
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CUNARD LINE.
British and X-vrtli American Royal Mall Steamships foe.
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New York EVERY WEDNESDAY.
SCYTHIA July 16.. Aug. 20.. Sept. 24.. Oct. 29
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PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
Steamers of this Company will sail from Broadway Wharf
for PORTLAND, Oregon), every 5 days, direct, and for LOS ANGELES, SANTA
BARBARA, SANTA CRUZ, SAN DIEGO, SAN LUIS OBISPO, and other NORTH-
ERN and SOUTHERN COAST PORTS, leaving SAN FRANCISCO about every
third day.
For Day and Hour of Sailing, see the Company's Advertisement in the San Fran-
cisco Daily Papers.
Ticket Office, No. 214 Montgomery Street, near Pine.
GOOD ALL, PERKINS & CO., Agents,
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PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
New York and Panama Line.
August 19th»Steamer GRANADA, calling at Bfaaatlan,
San Bias, Manzanillo and Acapulco, connecting at Acapulco with Company's
Steamer for all Central American ports, and touching at San Jose de Guatemala and
La Libertad to land passengers and mails.
August 2Sth-Steamer CITY OF PANAMA, calling at Acapulco.
September 6th— Steamer SOUTH CAROLINA, calling ai Acapulco, San Jose de
Guatemala, La Libertad and Punta Arenas.
All these steamers make close connection with steamers from Aspinwall to N. York.
Aug. 16. WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO., General Agents.
Sterling Silverware. — A large assortment of elegant designs at Ran-
dolph & Co.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
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SAN" FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER.
Aug. 23, 1879.
SKELETON SKETCHES.— No. 3.
[by t. a. hakcourt.]
The Man on the Wall.
"When a student at Heidelberg, I occupied a very singularly situ-
ated suite of five rooms on the second floor of an ancient house, which
stood — and had stood for centuries — close to the main gate of that most
venerable and magnificent of European ruins, Heidelberg Castle. The
street upon which the two front rooms looked out was narrow, tortuous,
and steep beyond belief. Its grass-grown, shattered pavement and over-
hanging houses may have echoed merrily enough to the ringing hoofs and
laughing voices of courtier-cavalcades long ago ; but in my time it had
few charms beyond its quaintness. These two rooms, therefore, I seldom
entered, but kept one as a sort of state-chamber and the other as a spare
bed-room for a belated friend. The three back rooms overlooked a very
different prospect, for they opened on a fragrant and blooming wilderness,
which had once been the castle garden. . Of all the delightful retreats that
the earth affords, I think a grand garden long since gone, to waste is the
most charming, and this one of mine was simply perfect. I say " mine,"
because the visitors to the ruins were not allowed to enter these once
royal pleasure-grounds, but the husband of the old woman from whom I
rented my rooms being nominally in charge of them, I was a privileged
exception. I have not space to dwell upon the extreme beauty of the gar-
den, with its marble terraces overgrown with moss, its winding paths,
scarcely distinguishable any longer, its dense tangle of rare flowers and
shrubs, untended for near two centuries save by the sun and rain, its
statues of fauns and nymphs hidden in cool, dark corners, its choked and
silent fountains, about whose damp basins the frogs croaked so musically
on moonlight nights. I should have explained that though the rooms at
the back were on the same floor as those in front, yet the former were
practically on the first story, for the garden was many feet higher than
the street, so that its grass grew only a few inches beneath the window-
sills of my dining-room, bed-room and study.
It was on a sultry but beautiful night in August that I passed through
the very extraordinary experience which I will now attempt to describe.
That night I returned home late from attending a students' Fackelzug.
Though very tired, the view from my study window was too magnificent
to miBs, for it was full-moon, and the old garden looked like fairy-land.
Drawing an easy chair up to" the window, therefere, I composed myself to
enjoy the scene. I should have mentioned that a little to the right of the
window, and about thirty paces distant, there lay an immense fragment
of the wall of a. round- tower which had probably been the donjon-keep.
What was left of the tower itself stood upon an eminence forty feet above
the fragment. It had been blown up by the French in 1674, and this
piece of the wall, at least fifteen feet thick and as many square, had been
hurled to the spot where it now lay. I was gazing lazily at this huge de-
tached-mass of masonry, and reflecting how little the man who built the tower
had thought that an agent would ever be discovered -by which his work
would be destroyed in a moment, when I fancied- 1 heard something stir-
ring in the bushes which clustered about its base. Then I faintly made
out an object that seemed to be clambering up the side of the fragment
nearest to me, which was in deep shadow, and immediately afterward
there stood upon its summit a figure difficult to describe. It bore a gen-
eral resemblance to a man, inasmuch as it stood erect, but the length of
its mighty arms, its enormous breadtKof chest, and short, bandy legs,
showed it to be possessed of strength such as no human being ever had.
Its face, being in the shadow, I could not see. For some minutes this in-
describable monster stood motionless, as if drinking in the moonlight and
fresh air ; then gliding down from its perch it was lost in the gloom of the
bushes. A moment later I heard a sharp click, as of a steel spring. Now,
from time immemorial there had been traditions of secret subterranean
passages which led from the garden into the recesses of the Castle. I had
often sought for these in vain, but I now remembered that I had never
looked at the foot of the fallen fragment of wall. It seemed madness to
make a search now, just when that fearful brute had entered the passage,
. if there was one ; but, in spite of myself, some hideous fascination en-
thralled me, and almost before I knew it I was out of the window and
creeping through the lush grass toward the spot. Very carefully I put
the bushes aside, and, after some examination, discovered that the ruin
had fallen upon a large rock, which stood up out of the earth about four
feet and had a flat face. " Here, then, must be the spring which I heard,"
thought I, and began feeling over the surface for some projection. Find-
ing nothing of the sort, I was leaning against the rock considering where
to look next, when suddenly my support gave way, and I fell backward
down two or three steps into black darkness.- - As I fell I heard the same
click as before, and knew that the door, had closed behind me. Terribly
alarmed, I regained my feet, and, feeling my -way up the steps, sought
eagerly but in vain for the spring. I had touched it by accident on the
outside, but good-fortune would not favor me now that I was within. A
cold sweat broke out all over me, arid I bitterly lamented the folly
which led me on such an adventure alone and unarmed. But the stifling
air of the place told me that this was no time for idle lamentations.
I reflected that if this was a secret passage it must have an outlet,
and, although filled with terror at. the thought of encountering the hideous
shape which had entered before me, I saw no alternative but to follow the
course which he must have taken. I could feel that the passage was about
four feet wide and nearly six feet high, its floor, sides, and ceiling being all
of damp and greasy masonry. Trailing one hand along the wall and feel-
ing carefully in advance with the other, I proceeded slowly and noiselessly
through the darkness. Presently I came to a sharp turn, and, peering
cautiously round, saw at a distance of perhaps seventy feet a feeble glim-
mer of lamp-light. Shaking in every limb and filled with unutterable
dread, I advanced toward it, and soon saw that it was shed into the
passage from a room, or vault, on the right hand side. To go back was
almost certain death, to go forward might be — what ? • Half crazed with
fear I crept on. I had come out in ray slippers, and stepped softly as a
cat. Now, for the first time, I heard a low rumbling noise, such as might
be made by some enormous brute breathing heavilyin its sleep. Cold
chills ran down my back, but still I crawled on. Keeping close to the
left-hand wall, I was presently able to see the corner of the vault farthest
from me, while I was still in the darkness. In a niche near the door stood
a-massive lamp of brass, which looked as if it might have been made cen-
turies ago, and emitted a heavy yellow flame. An inch or two farther,
and I saw an iron staple fixed into the wall, from which extended a rope,
which occasionally moved a little. What was at the other end of the
rope? Another step, and I knew. It was a woman, comparatively
young, _ and of great original beauty of feature, but wan and ema-
ciated in an incredible degree. The rope was attached to an iron chain
round her waist. She was almost nude, and sat upon a rough stone block,
gazing intently into the darkness where I crouched. Had she heard me
with ears long accustomed to the silence of the tomb, or did she feel my
presence? The heavy breathing which filled the vault came from the
other end of the cell, which, of course, I could hot see ; but I was sure
that there lay the creature I had seen in the moonlight. I knew that it
was impossible for me to pass the sheet of light winch fell in the passage
without being seen by the woman ; nor, to tell the truth, was I coward
enough to wish to do so. It was evident that she was held captive by the
sleeping horror. Perhaps without waking him we might both escape
together. But would she not cry out if I showed myself ? There lay the
difficulty ; but I resolved to risk it. Advancing my face into the light, I
caught her eye in an instant, and enjoined silence with a gesture. She
uttered a slight cry — whether of fear or joy I cannot say. For a moment
the breathing stopped, and then went on as monotonously as before. This
gave me a little heart, and, creeping close up to the door, I looked round
the corner at the sleeper. His back was toward me ; his huge bulk
heaved beneath a bundle of rags. Now or never I had to act. Rising to
my feet, I glided swiftly over to the woman. The rope was rotten — my
strength was that of despair — I snapped the cord like thread. But that
supreme moment was too much for her shattered nerves, and she sank
fainting to the floor. The chain about her waist rattled, and, with the
cry of a demon, the monster sprang from his filthy couch. His face
but I can neither describe nor forget that awful visage. Wheeling rapidly
about, I seized the great brazen lamp, and, as he rushed upon me with
both arniB raised, a thousand fiends glaring out of his eyes and hiB yellow
fangs glistening frightfully, I dashed it full in his face. Then in the dark-
ness I lifted_ the woman at my feet as if she had been a feather, and
rushed out into the passage. On, on I fled, with superhuman strength
and fleetness, miraculously and instinctively finding my way, as bats are
known to do. At last, utterly exhausted, I stopped and listened. Then
in the distance, but coming nearer and nearer, I heard a rapid flapping
noise, as of great naked feet running on damp slabs. Too well I knew
that the pursuer was on our track, and lifting my burden I sped on once
more. But the halt had been fatal — the steps came nearer — he was close
upon us — I felt his hot breath on my cheek — his great hand was upon my
shoulder, and he shook me violently as he yelled ; "Come, come ! wake
up, old fellow ; you'll catch your death of cold by this open window.
I've been shaking you for five minutes, and you were groaning as if your
heart would break. How often have I warned you against lobsters for
supper. I'm going to use your spare room to-night."
RUSSIA'S BAD MANNERS.
Russia has attempted to put a slight upon England by not including
her in the invitation extended to all the other European Powers to send
officers to witness the coming grand military maneuvers. This is emi-
nently characteristic of Russia. In peace as in war she is an underbred
barbarian. There is every reason to believe that England will survive the
dreadful deprivation ; still, it would have been a little more dignified,
even in a Tartar, not to let international bad feeling interfere with the
laws of international courtesy. Even in the heat of war opposing gen-
erals would never dream of showing any personal discourtesy to each
other; much less would they in time of peace let past hostilities make
them forget the conduct due from one gentleman to another. It is unneces-
sary to say that the rules which thus govern individuals are far more
binding upon nations.
When England had her men-of-war before Constantinople, Bhe very
plainly invited Russia to advance and witness a grand naval display ; and,
when she had her armies in Afghanistan, the Czar could scarcely doubt
that he was asked to take any part* he chose in the little game of war
going on there. But in neither case did his Imperial Majesty, or his Im-
perial Majesty's ghost of a government, or his Imperial Magesty's people,
see the fun of attending these British "receptions." Perhaps, being
accustomed to a cold climate, they thought the warmth of the said recep-
tions might injure their constitutions. But, surely this is no reason why
Russia should sulk when she has a little military tea-party of her own.
The English were not offended by her refusal. On the contrary, should
she again attempt to take Constantinople, or make sneaking overtures in
Afghanistan, she would find England ready to receive, not only her offi-
cers, but also her men, with extended arms— of the latest pattern.
CAREY'S CASE.
Lieutenant Carey has reached England from the seat of the Zulu
War, and declares that he was not on duty when the Prince Imperial was
killed, but accompanied the fatal expedition merely " for his own iriforina- '
tion." If this is true, it' is very singular that the world has not heard of
it before now. Surely, the disastrous event has been talked and written
about enough for such an important feature of the case to become known.
It has even been the subject of official reports from the Cape, and we are
much mistaken if these did not censure Carey for neglect of duty. One
thing we are very glad to see, and that is, that the English people do not
intend to let the unfortunate young officer be made a scapegoat of by the
authorities without a vigorous protest. He had been in Plymouth but a
few hours when he was presented with an address, bearing 3,000 signa-
tures, declaring that he had been unwarrantably censured. How many
such signatures may he expect from all England if one town promptly
gives him this number? Since the above was written, the news reaches
us by telegraph that the finding of the court-martial which sentenced
Lieutenant Carey to be dismissed from the service has been declared un-
justifiable and of no effect. Of course, we are not in possession of all the
facts in the case, but it is our opinion that the members of the court-
martial which passed such a sentence ought themselves to be expelled from
the army as a lot of flunkies, who did not hesitate to sacrifice the honor
and the future of a brother officer on the altar of toadyism. In this con-
nection we may also mention that, as Lord Chelsmford has just received
the Grand Cross of the Bath, he, too, must be beginning to have jusjjce
done to him. . . -
St John's Presbyterian Church, Post street, between Mason and
Taylor. The Rev. Dr. Scott, pastor, will preach on Sunday at 11 A. M.
and 7i P. M. The public cordially invited. Sunday School and Bible
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GOLD BARS -S!>D@'U0 -Silver Bars— 3@18 1? cent. disc. Mexican
Dollars, 9<a H> percent
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as- Latest price of Sterling, 481i@483£.
" Price of Money here, 5@1 per cent, per month — bank rate. In the
open market, i(ol\-. Demand active.
THE STOCK MARKET.
The past week has been exceedingly dull in Stock circles, and the
street generally have accepted the inevitable delay attending tlie drainage
of the North End Mines, and fesl resigned to the situation, believing that
in time impurtant developments will be shown up. Unrt«r the prospect
of an early drainage of the water for the Savage and Norcrcss, these
Stocks have been moderately active, and show evidences of a coming deal.
Bullion shows Bigas of improvement, based upon favorable reports from
the diamond drill. The reports are premature, however, as the drill lias
net j et been used, and will not be in place for a week yet. Of the out-
side Stocks, Paradise Valley continues to improve, and reports from the
mine justify the advance. At the close a general strengthening was ob-
servable.
SIR ROWLAND HILL.
This eminant man, whose career was one of continual labor for the
good of the race, die*! on the 27th inst. in London, at the age of 84 years.
He will be remembered in all time to come as the father of the system
of cheap postage, which has been of incalculable benefit to mankind ;
and it is less generally known than it should be that he was the inventor
of the cylinder printing press. Some fifty years ago, the proprietor of
the Neios Letter was invited by Rowland Hill to view in Chancery Lane,
London, his machine for printing from stereo-plates laid on the cylinder
of a press. This first effort was so successful and so much approved of,
that the University of Cambridge applied the idea to the production of
the Bible, and now it is in daily use throughout tbe civilized world.
Beerbohm's Telegram.— London ani> Liverpool, Aug. 29, 1879. —
Floating Cargoes, rather easier; Cargoes on Passage, quieter; Mark Lane
Wheat, quitter; No. 2 Spring off Coast, 4&. 6d.; Red Winter off Coast,
46a.; California off Coast, 47s.; California Nearly Due, 47s. ; California
Just Shipped, 47s. ; No. 2 Spring for Shipment, 41s, ; Liverpool Spot
Wheat, dull ; California Club No. 1. Standard, 9s. 9d. ; California Club
No. 2 Standard, 9s. 4d, ; California Average — Western, 9s. ; White Michi-
gan, 9s. 5d. ; Red Western Spring, 8s. @ 8s. 9d, ; Extra State Flour
in London, 12s. Gd.; Extra State Flour in Liverpool, 12s. 6d. ; Liverpool
Western Mixed Corn, 4s. 2d.; Liverpool Canadian Peas, 6s. 9d.; French
Country Markets, firm ; English Country Markets, firm ; Liverpool
Wheat,' 8s. Gd., 9a. G.I., 9a. 5d., 9a. lOd. ; Consols, 97 9-1G; N. Y. St. Ex.,
8H@Su.\ ; Spring for Prompt Shipment, 40s. ud. ; Weather in England,
fair; Cotton, steady ; TJplns, G 13-1G ; Orleans, 6 15-1G ; Market, quieter.
Latest from the Merchant's Exchange. — New York, Aug. 29th,
1879. United States Bonds— 4s, 101 ; 4.U, 105}; 5s. 102J. Sterling Ex-
change, 4 81£@4 834. Pacific Mail, 10. Wheat, 105@114. "Western Union,
93. Hides, 2:)«/2(U. Oil— Sperm, 75@76. Winter Bleached, 81
Whale Oil,:-;.". a 49; Winter Bleached, -i2.«'49. Wool— Spring, fine, 20 @
30; Burry. 11@14 ; Pulled, 25@35 ; Fall Clips, 14@18 ; Burry, 13@20.
London, Aug. 29thi— Liverpool Wheat Market, 8s. Gd.@9s. Gd.; Club, 9s.
5d.@9s. lOd. U. S. Bonds, S's, 105&; 4's, 104§; 4Vs, 108$. Consols, 97 9-16.
Californians Abroad, August 9th, 1879.— Geneva: Mr. George Jait
and family. £ADEN-SABEN: Mr. Isaac Hecht and sons, Mrs. V. R.
Shipley, Master Paul Shipley, Mr. C. Schoemann, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. A.
Folger, Miss Lizzie B.-Folger, Miss Emily A. Hochkoffler, Mr. Jackson
McKenty. — Continent and Swiss TimeSj Geneva. Paris: Mrs. S. Paxton.
London: .0. M. and Mrs. Plum. DRESDEN: Mr. C. L. Catherwood and
family. — Continental Gazettet Paria.
Prom. August 1st to 28th, 23 ships were cleared with wheat from this
port, and five more are full.
PRICES OF LEADING STOCKS AND GOV. BONDS.
Sun Francisco August 99s 1X79.
Stocks and Bonds.
Cal. St. Bonds, 6's,'67, (nom)
S. P. City & Co. B'da, (is, '63
S. F. C. &0u, B*d3,78(uom)
Montg'y Av. Bonds (nom).
Dupont Street Bonds
Sacramento Oily Bonds...
Stockton City Bonds, 6's..
Yuba County Bonds, S's. . .
Santa Clara Co Bonds, 7's
Butte Co. Bonds, 10% "60 .
San Mateo Bonds, 7's
Oakland City Bonds, S's...
Bank of California
First National
National Gold
Pacific
California Ins. Co
Commercial Ins. Co
Hid.
Asked
100
102
Nom
Nom.
105
107
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70
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28
no
05
101)
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105
107
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—
101)
—
112
115
US',
005
89
90
40
50
120
130
114
110
75
80
Stocks and Bonds.
Fireman's Fund Ins. Oo
Home Mutual In:;. Co
staLc Investment Ins. Co ..
Union Iny. Co
City R II
Central II. R. Co
□lay Street Hill R. R
Market Street R. R
H. B. ami Mission R. R
Omnibus It R
Potrero and Bay View R. It,
Giant Powder Co
S. P. Gaslight Co (ex div) . .
■f. V. W. W. Co. (ex div)...
Real Estate Associates
Me rchah ts' Exchange
Safe Deposit Co
Bid.
110
70
105
116
35
50
22
8
65
SO
SO
135
89J
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Ashed
112
80
108
117
40
55
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145
90
SI
We still report a very dull market for investment securities. The transactions
during the week have been very limited and at almost unchanged quotations. There
is no change in the price of Money, which is freely offered at low figures, but is
loaned only on choice collaterals.
Andrew Bairo, 312 California street.
The Treasury department has prepared a statement
and expenses of the various Custom Houses in the United
fiscal year ending June 30, 1879, as follows :
Receipts.
New York : $98,045,900
Boston 13,727,600
Philadelphia 9'008,200
San Francisco 6,354,700
Baltimore 2,095,100
Chicago 1,521,400
New Orleans.
St. Louis
Burlington ....
Oswego
Buffalr
Cincinnati
Niagara Falls .
Portland
New Haven. . .
Key West....
1,433,200
1,136,400
552.400
507,200
441,900
427,600
319,100
279,500
260,300
225,000
of the receipts
States for the
Expenses.
$2,122,400
570,900
312,800
341,900
273,700
80,100
254,400
41,000
66,400
21,700
43.500
27.S00
43,900
71,000
16,800
25,200
Totals..
;M''.r*M
84,313,500
Fifty Cents each will be paid at this office for the following: copies
of the News Letter to complete our files: January 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 ;
February 14; May 16 ; August 1st; September 5, 12, 19,26; No-
vember 7 and 14; all of 1874.
The Oceanic. — The British steamer Oceanic, chartered by the Occi-
dental and Oriental Steamship Company from the White Star Line, will
leave on September 13th for England, via Suez Canal. Many of her offi-
cers, who joined the vessel in this port, intend going with her to England.
Mr. W. H. Haverstick, the well known and popular exchange and
money broker, has removed from his old stand to a more commodious
office, at No. 500 Montgomery street, corner of Sacramento, where he
will receive his numerous friends and patrons.
The Electric Light. — Niagara Falls are to be illuminated by elec-
tricity, the Prospect Park Company having contracted to supply the ne-
cessary apparatus.
Notice. —Owing to the City and State elections our usual supply of ex-
tracts from our innumerable foreign exchanges are unavoidably pushed
out.
The quarterly interest on the 44 per cent, bonds of the United States
will be payable on Monday, September 1st. The amount is 82,812,500.
The steamer City of Panama will sail for Panama to-day.
London, Aug-. 29th. 1879.--:Latest Price of Consols, 97 9-16.
Printed and Published by the Proprietor, Frederick Marriott, 607 to 615 Merchant Streot, San Francisco, California,
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Avg. 30, 1879.
SOMEHOW OR OTHER.
Life has a burden for every man's shoulder,
None may escape from its trouble and care;
Miss it in youth, and 'twill come when we're older,
And fit us as close aB the garments we wear.
Sorrow comes into our lives uninvited,
Robbing our hearts of their treasures of song1 ;
Lovers grow cold and friendships are slighted,
Yet somehow or other we worry along.
Everyday toil is everyday blessing,
Though poverty's cottage and crust we may share ;
Weak is the back on which burdens are pressing,
But stout is the heart that is strengthened by prayer.
Somehow or other the pathway grows brighter,
Just when we mourn there are none to befriend ;
Hope in the heart makes the burden seem lighter,
And, somehow or other, we get to the end.
AN IMPERATIVE DUTY.
If ever thoughtful men had a stern, imperative and sacred duty
staring them in the face, they have it now. The whole city is in danger
of being put under the control of men who, having nothing to lose have
everything to win, and whose every act indicates that they will take the
most desperate means to accomplish their ends. Kearney and his mob
hold every pernicious doctrine that has ever entered into the minds of low,
vicious and ignorant men. Just now they are pretending to a moderation
they do not feel. The original demon is temporarily hushed, not finally
silenced. We all know the watchwords with which Kearney has con-
jured. He has told the people plainly enough what they are to expect.
The Sand-lotters do expect those things to result if their nominees are
elected, and, having the desire, they will prove to have the power to drive
their representatives to accomplish every vain thing that has ever been
promised in the heat of Sand-lot orations. The word has gone forth. It
is: "Wait boys until after the election." When that event is over, their
hour of triumph will have arrived. Kearney has tuld us, in days past,
what will happen when he controls the city government. If those things
don't happen, men are to wade knee dee]) in blood. We have been re-
minded that our city is " built of wood." Those who stand in his way
are to be treated to " hemp." The Chinese must go, and must not stand
on the order of their going, but go. So must capitalists, "lecherous"
bondholders, and all who do not bow the knee to the oracle of the Sand
Lots. For these purposes men have been put in possession of firearms,
and trained to use them. The city authorities being representatives of
the lawless classes, there will be no legal power outside of themselves to
call upon the State government to suppress riot. We shall, in short, be
bound hand and foot and delivered over to the tender mercies of a mob,
more ignorant and more brutal than the one that inaugurated the " reign
of terror." If any man doubts the possibility of these extremes, then we
point him to the Sand-lot promises, and the means carefully and deliberately
taken to render their enforcement a matter of certainty. We have briefly
summarized those promises, we have called attention to the arming of men,
and we have seen by what words they are held in check until "after the
election is over." If these things mean nothing, then why such careful prep-
aration ? There is danger. It is always safer to extinguish a fire than to per-
mit it to pass beyond control. Upon that conservative principle it is better
to check the power of evil while it is yet a governable element, than to
permit it to pass beyond restraining influences. It is better for thought-
ful men to govern it, than permit it to govern them. Until Wednesday
evening next it will be entirely within the competency of thoughtful citi-
zens to keep the government in their own hands. They are in a majority.
The one great misfortune is that they are divided into two opposing
camps, instead of marching shoulder to shoulder in one solid phalanx
against the common enemy. To unite divided forces, heal dissensions
and close up the ranks of conservatism is the all-important duty of the
hour. Any man, or party, who stands in the way of this strength
in union is a traitor to his own and the city's best inter-
ests. There ought, at this moment, to be a gathering force
of educated public opinion, that will serve to bring about this
much-to-be desired unity. The time is fast spent, b\it it is not yet
too late. Let anything and everything be done that is calculated to bring
it about. Let merchants protest, let thoughtful men demand, let prop-
erty owners insist, and let every conservative-minded man set up one loud,
•sustained cry for a united ticket. In safe and peaceful times we have
joined together as "Taxpayer's," "Citizen's" and "People's" party. In
the name of all that is dear to life and liberty, why cannot we now sink
little differences, and unite to turn asidethemost overwhelming disaster that
ever threatened an American city ? Nero fiddled while Eome was burning.
The men who have made San Francisco the monument of enterprise that
it is, are leering at one another with jealous eyes, whilst their homes are
in danger of being sacked. This condition of things is unworthy of the
city's past, and if not cured, will be destructive of its future. It cannot
be too strongly enforced, that great as the disaster threatens to be, it can
yet easily be averted. One common ballot will accomplish all that is
needed ! It will keep the government in the hands of safe men, who will
never permit mob law to rule. Let the word go forth that good citizens
have united, without distinction of party, and there will be rejoicing in
thousands of families, and a feeling, at home and abroad, that San Fran-
cisco has once again redeemed herself.
A Point Well Taken. — There were some persons in London who
pretended to possess the power of foretelling future events, and were
called the French Prophets. Holt, having upon occasion committed one
of them to prison, a disciple of his came to the Justice's house and desired
to see him. On being admitted, he said : "I come from the Lord, who
bade me desire thee grant a nolle prosequi for John Atkins, his servant,
whom thou hast thrown into prison." "Thou art a false prophet and a
lying knave !" returned the Chief Justice ; "if the Lord had sent thee it
would have been to the Attorney-General, for the Lord knoweth that it
is not in my power to grant a nolle prosequi."
Colonel J. H. Dickenson is the Republican nominee for Senator from
the Tenih District. An able lawyer, a man of wide practical experience,
and a gentleman, he is a candidate who does credit to his party, and, if
elected, wi)l do good service for the city.
GENERAL GRANT AND THE CHINESE.
By the steamer " Oceanic," which arrived here on the evening of
the 26th instant in the unprecedented time of fourteen days and five
hours from Yokohama, we have the latest news from this distinguished
American. His intentions had been to leave Japan for this port on his
homeward journey on the 15th inst., but if he should accept the position
tendered him of arranging on the part of the United States for the arbi-
tration of the matters in dispute between China and Japan, regarding the
Loo Choo Islands, his departure may be considerably delayed. Prince
Kung, the Prince Regent of China, and also the Emperor of Japan, have
extended to General Grant especial and unusual honors. During his
recent visit at Peking these two distinguished men, one representing the
oldest of nations, with its 400,000,000 of population, and its traditions and
deep-seated prejudices; the other a man of the American people, raised
to his proud position through his own indomitable energy and firmness of
character, and representing the progressive ideas of our advanced civiliza-
tion, had prolonged and confidential conversations. We are advised that
already important results are anticipated from these interviews. Li Hung
Chang, the Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs, was most especially
pleased with the visit of General Grant, and the unexpected length of hos-
pitality to which he and his household have gone are certainly cheering
signs of improvement, which will be hailed with pleasure by all the for-
eign powers alike. The reports of all these hospitalities and expressions
of great good will toward the representative soldier and citizen of the
United States should be properly appreciated here. The Viceroy, Li
Hung Chang, has thus given an unmistakable sign of his friendly and
progressive spirit. It required no little moral courage to stand forth be-
fore bis detractors, who are always ready to taunt him with pro-foreign
tendencies, and make these bold manifestations of friendship; and even
now, through these friendly courtesies, comes a proposal to General
Grant which may very easily settle the "Chinese Must Go" question,
without any recourse to blood-shed or abrogation of treaty rights. Li
Hung Chang, in the diplomatic manner so well known to the scholars of
his country, expressed his great personal regard for General Grant, and
suggested to him a method, practical and easy, of checking the migration
of Chinese to this country. He said: "If the Cabinet at Washington
will make the advance, the Government at Peking will sign a convention
promising to check imigration for three or five years, after the lapse of
which time further steps might he taken. No Chinaman would be per-
mitted to leave for the United States without a passport, which would be
granted only in exceptional cases — such as to merchants, students, tour-
ists, etc., — but not to coolies or laborers." Congress could co-operate in
such an arrangement very easily, by providing that no passengers shall
come without showing a passport from the Chinese authorities. If Gen-
eral Grant can, by his personal magnetism, find so easy a solution of the
vexed Chinese question, can he not equally well settle the Loo Choo
troubles, and thus add to his already overflowing record of good deeds to
all mankind? Glad, indeed, shall we be to welcome him home.
MINISTER SEWARD.
At the dinner tendered by the Viceroy of the Empire of China to
General Grant, at Tientsin, the following sentiment was expressed by Mr.
Detring in behalf of the Viceroy, showing the high regard in which Mr.
Seward is held in the land where he has represented his country so ably
for upwards of fifteen years : "lam happy to be again called upon by
his Excellency the Viceroy, to say on his "behalf that having only too
soon to separate from his distinguished newly gained friend (Gen. Grant),
he feels the more gratified to be able to greet, on this occasion, an old
one, and express satisfaction at his return to China, where, during a ca-
reer of more than fifteen years, he has been known to represent the inter-
ests of his country in a manner which has tended to promote the friendly
relations of two great nations. The Viceroy invites you, ladies and gen-
tlemen, to raise your glasses and drink with him in honor of the TJ. S.
Minister to China, Hon. George F. Seward." Mr. Seward responded
briefly and feelingly, expressing himself in his usual forcible manner.
Death of Joseph French.— Mr. Joseph French, an old Californian,
one of the first comers and one of the successful mining speculators, died
on Thursday last at his residence, in Oakland, at the age of sixty-nine
years. A man of genial and kindly temper, Mr. French was one of the
most familiar figures in our thoroughfares, and on good terms with nearly
all San Francisco. His general health was good, though he had been
troubled for years with a tendency to gout, and his death was the result
of an apoplectic stroke. The funeral will take place on Sunday, 31st, at
2 p. m., from the Rev. T. K. Noble's Church, Taylor street.
We give Captain Jack Crawford a last warning to stop grinding
out doggerel — to cut his hair, clean his nails, and try to act like a civil-
ized being. He can stay on the blood and gunpowder stage if he wants
to, but that is positively all the indulgence he can safely ask of an already
long-suffering and forbearing public. If he is really a good scout, why
should he put in his time trying to make people think him a cross be-
tween a sign for a dime novel store and a new-fangled kind of idiot.
The steamer City of Chester will sail for Victoria at noon.
COKE CHEAPEST FUEL
Redaction in Price : Wholesale Price, 50 cents per barrel ;
Retail Price, t>0 cents per barrel, at the works of the SAN FRANCISCO GAS-
LIGHT COMPANY, Howard and First streets, and foot of Second st. Jan. 12.
W.Morris. MORRIS & KENNEDY, J. P. Kennedy.
Importers and dealers in Moldings, Frames, Engravings,
Ohromos, Lithographs, Deealcomanie, Wax. and Artists' Materials, 21 Post
street, nearly opposite Masonic Temple, San Francisco. Feb. 4.
QUICKSILVER.
ior sale— -In lots to suit, hy Tliomas Bell «V Co., Ko. 305
Sansome street, over Bank of California. Nov. 16.
F
R. H. LLOYD,
Attorney-at-Law, Room 13, Nevada Block.
Att-. 30, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVEUTISKK.
3
for all the d»
LIABILITY OP BANKS IN GREAT BRITAIN AND THE
UNITED STATES.
In Great Britain thei i tbility incurred by
thttb.tr mil in nearly nil the
the "■ one
d there :*r<- cli
n whlofa tli«- Uabilii 'in m th« amount of
b mla andar the Limited '
for ordinary publii ■ I il omary not to call up
ball "i the amount of the §hare, so as to Leave the
half a.- ■ a drawn upon in can of Deed, tn addition to these
iks. in which the partners are all liable for tin
a.-* in the case of ordinary businesH 6rms. Ajdodr the ohartered banks are
the Bank of British North \m i "''Hi Bharesof KSOeach.aU
paid, and a Liability Bank «>f British i lolumbia,
with 1- (Oahareaof E20each, with
£10 paid and 610 that may be called up.it anytime, ami a further liability
of £30 per share on the 22J [n the class of Limited Liability
London and San Francisco Bank. Limited, and the &nglo-< 'alifor-
Dian Hank. Limited The former all paid,
with no furthei liability whatever ; while the latter has 22,970 shares of
li. with £10 paid, and a further liability of £10 per share. In the
the ohartered banks, the shareholders can only he compelled to
pay tli-.- amount for which they are responsible, in addition to the_ capital,
if the bank .becomes insolvent, so that it is a continuous liability;
whereas in the case of the London and San Francisco Bank all liability of
the shareholders has ceased by the payment in full of £'10 per share ; and
in the Anglo-Calif onriau Bank all liability may '-case by the Directors
selling up £10 per Bhare, and thus making the £20 per share all paid up.
The banking bill, which was lately introduced into the House of Commons
by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, is evidently intended to apply to
hanks like the Scottish banks, and some English banks, so that whatever
the stipulations of their special charters may be, no shareholder shall be
liable for more than an additional amount per share, equal to the amount
subscribed per share. This will constitute a limitation of liability on all
bank shares, but will still leave a considerable margin of liability for the
benefit of the creditors of the banks.
In the national hanks of the United States things are ordered differ-
ently. The Government holds United States bonds to more than the
value of the notes issued to each bank, and each share in a national bank
is liable, not as the Scottish banks, for the whole debts of the bank, but
for its proportion of the whole of the debts of the bauk. So that an
American shareholder is liable for only his own share of debts, and it is
of no importance to him whether his co-shareholders are solvent or in-
solvent. Iu the Scottish banks the solvent shareholders have to pay
everything that the insolvent shareholders cannot pay. We may congrat-
ulate ourselves that the American system is more in keeping with justice
ami common sense than the Scottish or English, and more in keeping
with justice than even the plan that the Chancellor of the British Ex-
chequer now proposes. We trust, however, that the present bill will
pass, so as to put the liability of the shareholders in British banks on a more
rational footing, though we may remark that the same proposal limited to
England only was talked out of the House of Commons, not long since, on
the ground that it ought to apply to Scotland and Ireland also, which the
present bill includes.
The following advertisement appeared in the columns of the London
Evening Standard, the other day :
Twentt Pounds Reward.— Left her home, in London, on the evening of the 22d, a
young lady, 17 years of age, 5 feet 5 high, dark eyes, fair hair, curled in front, white
skin, rather freckled, slight figure, name Linda, and a cross tattooed on her right
leg ; dressed at the time in a serge dress, braided on collar and sleeve with gold braid,
black hat lined with gold braid, navy blue silk stockings, initials L.H., and coronet
on linen; had a small black-and-tau toy terrier ; diamond screw ear-rinsfs, self-wind-
ing e;old watch, with L. D. and coronet, gold chain, heavy gold bracelet, diamond
and ruby ring, opal and diamond ring, turquoise ring, silver and gold wedding ring.
Whoever will give such information as will lead to the recovery of the young lady
will receive the above reward on application to Messrs. Fairer, Ouvry & Co., solici-
tors, 06, Lincoln's-inn-fields, W. C.
Seeing that the young lady was only 17 years of age, that she had dark
eyes and fair hair,' that she was covered with jewelry, and that her watch
and linen were marked with a coronet, twenty pounds does not seem an
exaggerated sum to offer as a reward for the recovery of this missing and
erratic young person. Married she must be, as she had two wedding
rings; her initials must he L. D., and she must have a title on account of
the coronet. No such English lady exists, therefore " Linda" must be a
foreigner, for the names of the solicitors inserting the advertisement ex-
clude the idea of a hoax. I see a Linda and a reward of £20 in every
young lady of 17 that I come across, but they vanish while I am thinking
now I can delicately put the question about Juhe tattoo-mark. — Atlas in
the " World."
HEADQUARTERS DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE,
■i i • > in mi srni:i:i.
Rooms Noa. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6.
T 5I " i] a. J. hrvant. Chairman.
Workingmen's Nominee for Judge of the Superior Court,
A. H. TOWN3END.
Regular W. P. C. and Democratic Candidate for District Attorney ,
D. L. SMOOT. [Aug. 30.
Regular Democratic and N. C. P. Nominee for Assessor,
THOMAS D. RILEY,
Of Jlilri, .(' I ft. TAug. SO.
M. C. CONROY,
Regular Republican Nominee for State Senator,
Ninth Senatorial District. (Aug. 23.
Nominee of Democratic and New Constitution Parties, for Super-
visor Ninth Ward,
COL. JAMES A. LAVEN. [Aug. S3.
MICROPHONIC STUDY.
M. Boudet de Paris has experimented with a microphonic transmit-
ter, in which the carbons, instead of being pressed by a spring, are sim-
ply kept in contact by a bit of paper folded like a V. It was so sensi-
tive that, with a single Lechlanche cell, and at a distance of 500 metres
(1,640.4 feet), the receiving telephone reproduced the message sn that it
could be heard in all parts of the hall. By increasing the amplitude of
the vibrations he found that they were of two kinds: 1. Large vibra-
tions, or rather undulations, which always occurred in the same order tor
any given word or vowel. 2. Small vibrations, very short, very numer-
ous, looped upon the larger ones. He thinks that the undulations are due
either to the force of the breath which necessarily accompanies the emis-
sion of the voice, or to the inertia of the instrument.— Comptes Rendus.
The ' ' Electrician " notices the close of the International Telegraph
Conference, and the results arrived at, as follows: A word rate is to lie
introduced, and next year there will be only one rate from London to
every part of the world. Great reduction in all the rates. Light lan-
guages to be employed: Latin, English, French, German, Italian. Dutch,
Spanish, Portuguese. Extra payment for figure telegrams to be abolished,
and the number of figures allowed to count as one word reduced to three.
Candidate for School Director,
L. WADHAM.
[Aug. 23.
Regular Republican Nominee for County Clerk,
WM, A. STUART. [Aug. 23.
REGULAR REPUBLICAN NOMINEE.
DR. JAMES D. WHITNEY.
Candidate for Supervisor Fifth Ward.
[Aug. 23.
Regular Democratic and N. C. P. Nominee for Sheriff,
ROBERT HOWE,
Of Howe * Ball. [Aug. 23.
For City and County Surveyor,
WM. P. HUMPHREYS,
Nominee of the Democratic, New Constitution and Municipal
Reform Parties. [Aug. 23.
Regular Republican Nominee for Recorder,
WM. K, DIETRICH. [Aug. 23.
Regular Republican Nominee for Auditor,
GEN'L JOHN McCOMB. [Aug. 23.
D.J. MURPHY,
For District Attorney,
Present Incumbent-
[Aug. 23.
Regular Workingman's Candidate for Coroner,
DR. C. C. McGOVERN. [Aug. 23.
For Justice of the Peace,
H. L. JOACHIMSEN.
Aug. S
Nominee of Workingmen's Convention,
ADAM H. MURPHY,
For School Director, Eleventh Ward. [Aug. 16.
Regular Republican Nominee for Governor,
GEORGE C. PERKINS,
Of San Francisco. [July 12.
Republican Nominee for Assessor,
ALEX. BAD LAM. . [Aug. 16.
For State Senator, Ninth Senatorial District,
W. W. TRAYLOR., [Aug. 16.
Nominee of Workingnxen's Convention, for County Clerk,
J. RICHARD FREUD. [Aug. 16.
Regular Workingmen's Candidate for Treasurer.
W. R. SHABER. TAug. 16.
WILLIAM DOOLAN,
{Present Incumbent),
Candidate for Public Administrator.
[Aug. 23.
Regular Nominee for Superior Judge,
J. F. SULLIVAN.
[Aug. 23.
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
Special Notice.
The sailing of the steamer " City of Panama, " for Panama I
and New York, is postponed until SATURDAY, August 30th, at 12 noon.
Aug. 30. WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO., Agents.
MEXICAN CONSULATE,
215 San some Street, San Francisco.
he uniloi'<>i;u(<;l has been appointed Consul for the Repub-
lic of Mexico at Sau Francisco, Cat. Office hours from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
\ug. 30. J. GARCIA CONDE.
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QUICKSILVER
Ijlor sale iu lots to suit by Maurice Bore.
7 Guadalupe Mine, 410 Pine street.
Agreut for the
Aug. 30.
IRVINE & LE BRETON
Have Removed their Law Offices to Xo. 317 Sansome Street.
[March 15.]
SAN" FKAKCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Aug. 30, 1879.
SKELETON SKETCHES.— No. 4.
[BY T. A. HASCOURT.l
A Complete Revenge.
The few hours of life that are left to roe I will devote to writing a
confession — not of the deed, for that I have never denied, but of the mo-
tives which actuated me and the manner in which it was accomplished.
But because I do this, let none believe that I repent ; on the contrary, I
glory in what I have done, and would gladly suffer a second death — a
thousand times more terrible than that which awaits me at sunrise — for
the opportunity of repeating the deed.
From the first moment that I saw the Lady Hilda, I loved her— not
with the weak and sickly sentiment which the poets miscall love, but with
the fierce and irresistible passion of the tiger for his mate. That I dared
not show the flame that consumed me, made this passion the more intol-
erable. Had I, the humble librarian and amanuensis of my lord, her
father, presumed to lift my eyes to the sole daughter of his House, I should
have been spurned from the door like a dog. It was far better to be near
her and suffer, to sleep under the same roof and to kiss the ground she
walked on, than to be driven from her presence forever. Besides, the in-
dignation of the proud old Earl would have been nothing to bear in con-
parison with her contemptuous scorn. As it was, she scarcely seemed to
know that I existed. If she entered the library while I was there, she
took no more notice of me than if I were a part of the furniture, and I
verily believe that if one of the chairB had declared its love for her, she
would have been less surprised — certainly less scornful — than if I had done
so. It was this absolute indifference, this utter ignoring of my existence,
that galled me more than anything else. Yet, by some accursed contra-
diction of nature, it added fire to my passion. I would gladly have been
her dog, to receive her caresses ; or her book, that I might meet her eyes ;
but to he only an unregarded human ehattel in her father's house,
was more than I could bear. My birth was lowly, and I was poor ; but I
was a man, as goodly to look upon as any of the butterflies that hovered
about her, and infinitely more learned than they. I knew — for, with all
my quiet and retiring manner, I kept my eyes and ears open — I knew that
many of the noblest of these had songht her love in vain, and in secret I
gloated over their discomfiture. But there came a day when even her
cold, proud heart was stormed and taken. It was evening when I first
met Sir Cyril and her walking in the park together. They did not see me
where I lurked in the shadows of the great beeches, but I saw — aye, and
heard — more than enough to rob me of my only comfort— that if I had
not her love, at least no other had. Had I been armed, I believe I should
have slain them both on the spot ; but he was tall and powerful — as near
my own build as possible — and even if I sprang upon him unawares, I
could not kill him with my hands.
It matters not to tell the agony that I endured, month after month, for
nearly a year. By day and by night I plotted to kill him, and full a score
of times his life was in my hands at moments when he least suspected
danger. But each time I hesitated till the opportunity was lost ; not be-
cause I was afraid, but because murder would not satisfy my hate. At
last I resolved to lay a scheme which should drag his name into disgrace.
This I knew would be to inflict a thousand deaths upon both him and her.
But I had hardly begun to contrive a scheme to this end when it was an-
nounced that their marriage would take place sooner than had been
arranged, as Sir Cyril had to go abroad on an important diplomatic mis-
sion. There was only a week to act in, so I gave up all hope of bringing
him to shame, and resolved to have his blood.
During that week I scarcely closed my eyes, so incessantly did I watch:
for an opportunity to murder hira. But there was none, for he did not
come near the house again till the morning of the wedding-day. I did
not accompany the procession to the church. Had I done so I must have
stabbed him at the altar, and I was determined to escape discovery long
enough 'to witness her agony. Without that my vengeance would be bar-
ren— with it, it would be complete, and death would have no terrors
for me.
The bride and bridegroom were not to set out for the Continent until!
the following morning, and that night there was to be a grand masked
ball in the Earl's great banquetmg-roora. My chance must be then of
never, and I swore he should die that night.
The servants and dependents of the family were graciously allowed to
view the festivities from an obscure corner of the balcony surrounding
the hall. On all former occasions I had scorned to avail myself of this
permission. It reminded me of my hated position, and to see her dance
with another prostrated me with rage. But this night I stood there among
the domestics, and when she entered, costumed as Mary, Queen of Scots,
I knew her in a moment. What was her disguise to me ? I shoidd have
felt her presence had I been stone-blind. So with him. Though many
masks addressed her, I noted none till he bowed low before her in the
dress of Chastelard.
I saw him kiss her hand and place her arm in his, and I waited to see
no more. Eushing to my room, I donned a false beard and muffled my-
self up like a traveler, and then stealthily glided through the deserted
corridors to the library, which was situated in a somewhat remote part of
the mansion. Kinging the bell, I asked the servant— who, after some de-
lay, answered it— why the gentleman I had sent for had not come. Natur-
ally supposing that some one else had shown me into the library and car-
ried a message for me, the man replied that he would go and inquire if I
would instruct him. I told him to go to the guest dressed as Chastelard,
and inform him that a messenger awaited him in the library with import-
ant papers from the Government.
In less than five minutes the door opened. In less than five seconds
thereafter Sir Cyril lay dead with a dagger in his heart. I had not even
time to tell him why I killed him, and I cursed my good aim for that.
Then I turned to flee, and as I did so a blessed inspiration seized me.
AVith hands that trembled with excitement — not fear — I stripped off his
magnificent costume and dressed myself in it. A slight change in the
position of the shoulder-belt which supported the rapier sufficed to cover
a blot of blood on the breast. Then, having adjusted the silk half-mask
and thrown my great traveling-coat over the corpse, I left the room and
walked straight to the banqueting hall. I have said that in build we
were counterparts of each other ; he had imitated the courtly strut of the
French Ambassador, so could I j words need be few, and the mask would
muffle them.
The Queen was waiting for her Chastelard, and with a beating heart
but unfaltering step I gave her my arm. She was tired, and would go to
the conservatory to rest. I bowed assent and led her there. We were
alone in the dim light which the moon shed through the roof of clouded
glass. Surely the Gods of Vengeance and of Love were good to me, and
as I held her in my arms I thanked them with each burning kiss that I
showered upon her face, and which she returned — for was I not her
husband?
Suddenly there arose a tunrult ; a rushing to and fro, and a sound of
fear-stricken voices. I knew what it "meant. They had discovered the
body. Then, holding her in my grasp as in a vice, I whispered hoarsely
in her ear the whole story of my love, of her scorn, and of my vengeance.
How much she heard I know not, but before I ended she had become the
raving maniac which she is while I write, and will he till her dying day,
I made no attempt to escape. I would not accept life if they offered it
to me. Tbej' are making merry music outside in erecting the gallows,
and I await the rising of the sun with impatience. Chastelard will die
once more for his love of Mary Stuart.
ARIZONA.
The weather in the Territory continues to be excessively warm,
and mining matters are consequently quiet. Gov. Fremont reached Pres-
eott in good health on the 23d instant, and was cordially welcomed by his
many friends, who appreciate his endeavors for the good of their country
during his prolonged absence at the East. In the old workings of the
Silver King mine a deposit of 300 tons of very rich ore has been uncov-
ered, and the developments in the new shaft continue to be most satisfac-
tory. The Masterson Mill, on Turkey Creek, has been started on ore
from the Goodwin mine, and is now running successfully. John Holmes
has a mine in the same vicinity, with ore assaying as high as Sl,800 per
ton, and the mill will work a lot of it next week. The force of men at
the Eureka Copper mine is to he increased, and a road to the property is
being opened. The copper developments in this section are immense, and
will eventually he very valuable. Lynx Creek miners are piling up large
quantities of pay dirt, so as to be ready to take advantage of the fall
rains. The people in this locality are prosperous and contented. The
Golden Chariot mine has produced some wonderfully rich gold rock, and
in the tunnel and shafts of the Cumberland mine the rock, according to a
number of recent assays made in this city, is very valuable. In the vicin-
ity of Prescott the number of gold-bearing leads being uncovered is truly
astonishing, and great results are anticipated.
Ten Chinamen are at work at placer diggings in the vicinity of Pichaco,
which they have rented for a term of months. The fifth shipment of bid-
lion from the Tombstone mill has just been made to Philadelphia, aggre-
gating 8-3,717. This makes a total of $108,485 shipped already from the
mill. The stock of the company is freely selling at SG 75 per share in
Philadelphia. The Yuma mill made a very satisfactory clean-up on the
17th instant, aud the new machinery worked smoothly and well. The
results have not been made public. The Prescott Mining Company is
attracting considerable attention. The property of the company consists
of six mines in Yavapai county, and it is estimated they have in sight
some 18,000 tons of ore, the average assay of which is $90 per ton. The
office of the company is established at No. 35 Broadway, New York. In
the Dos Cabezas Mountains several mineral ledges have been recently
found, carrying from $25 to S40 per ton, in gold, with traces of silver.
The shaft of the Tough Nut mine is down 100 feet, and the tunnel is now
upwards of 100 feet hi length ; the ore assays S283@§429 per ton. A
party of gentlemen are organizing in this city for an extended tour through
the territory, to leave here as soon as the weather becomes cooler. They
will take with them all the necessary apparatus for assaying and testing
ores, and their enterprise will be, we doubt not, a very interesting and
profitable one, as they will be prepared to make arrangements for the
purchase of desirable properties. As we note, from week to week,, the
items of interest from the territory and in connection with it, we are con-
firmed in our opinions that the successful future of our neighbor is secured.
A REMARKABLE GARMENT.
A day or two ago a motherly-looking women of forty-five entered a
Woodward avenue clothing store, having a man's linen duster on her arm,
and when approached by a salesman, she said : "Some one in here sold
this duster to my son yesterday."
" Yes, ma'am ; I sold it myself," replied the clerk, looking at the gar-
ment.
" Did you tell my son that this duster could be worn either to a picnic,
funeral, bridal-party or quarterly-meeting?" "I did, madam; and so
it can."
"Did you tell him it made a good fly-blanket, when not otherwise
needed?" "I did."
"That it could he used as a boat-sail, a Btretcher, a straw-bed and a
bed-spread?" "Yes, ma'am ; I did."
"And that many people used them as table-covers?" "I did."
"And that they would last for years, and then make excellent stuff for
rag-carpets?" " I did."
"And you only charged a dollar?" "Only a dollar, ma'am."
""Well, when John came home last night and brought the duster, and
told me all you said, I made up my mind that he must have been drunk,
and I was a little afraid that he stole the garment. I am glad it's all
right."
"It certainly is all right, ma'am ; and since he left here yesterday, we
have discovered that the duster is a great conductor of sound, a prevent-
ive of sun-stroke, and that no man with one on his back ever dropped
dead of heart-disease." m
" Laud save us !" she gasped, as she waited for the bundle ; "but who
knows that they won't fix 'em so 'fore long that they'll raise a mortgage
off the farm V— Detroit Free Press.
The Boston Advertiser, of August 19th, publishes an account of an
interview with Mr. Thos. B. Lewis, of this city, in which this gentleman
expresses the fullest faith in the resources of Arizona. After a prelimi-
nary sketch of the obstacles in the way of the territory, Mr. Lewis refers
to Gen. Crook's expedition as the beginning of better times, and declares
that the Arizona of "today is a new birth, and will grow rapidly to the
importance and wealth of a great State." This confidence is based on
the positive returns already made by the mines of the territory, and the
indications of vast undeveloped resources to be met with iu every
direction. __
The steamer Oregon sailed for Portland to-day.
Aug. 30, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
SPORTING ITEMa
Rowing.- Huila
?10.000 a »i»ie,
Clulw,
M Sulln in; 3. N P. Murphy (stroke).
>- '■ "■;-- 1. H. >". \V« i j;. Browne; 3, 1>. Brown; I.
B. D. Gfrvin (ftrokc ; No. 2 of the S i «■ dm recently met
imb, which, unfortunately for the crew. Lb bad
— The Dolphin Club celebrated their second
-.iry at North IWoch last Mon«l«y. They were visited by the
Clubs. During I n a scratch race was
winning in their In Bamiu The Dolphin
Clut. williuoet Likely enter a crew for the St. Qflorge'a regatta. ^^Cota-
Iwd, of Victoria, la getting an Improved shell rrom Philadelphia. If it
suits him he says he will i 's terms for a race. A San Fran*
idy oarsman has been challenged to a single scull race by a Boston
me off at Long Bridge within a month.— Hoyt has
declined to row Leahy, except in Whitehall 1m.hU.— It is said the Alert
will not send a crew to the St. Geoi
Pedestrianiam. — Messrs. Lawton and McNeil are to be congratulated
for the success, so far as entries are concerned, for the coming six days'
walk. Already twelve gentlemen have paid their entrance fee, two of
whom were contestants in the ?ast match. The balance of the entries
oome from different parts of the State, and show the interest in the inte-
rior is as great as in the city. The Pavilion will be handsomely decorated,
and a fine track laid, as well as good seating accommodations for visitors.
A> the managers are in constant receipt of letters from the best Eastern
men, asking for particulars, it looka as if the liberal inducements they
offer to competitors will attract all the first-class pedestrians to this coist
— >i e are informed that Von Berg has accented La Chappelle's chal-
lenge to walk a six-days' match for SLOOO aside, and that the race will
come off in about eight days.— Hawes, of the Olympic Club, has been
presented with the Club's 100-yards championship medal. He will go
East in a few days to represent toe Club at the New York Athletic Tour-
nament.^^There will be a 25-mile go-as-you-please race at the Recrea-
tion Grounds to-morrow, for an advertised purse of $50. Start at 1:30 p.
m.^— Mclntyre has gone into the country to train for the six-davs' walk,
under the care of Fred. Gotobed.
Baseball.— The unfair demands of the Military League for a large
share of the gate money at the Recreation Grounds, has caused the Pa-
cific League to refuse to play. As the persons who have that part of the
grounds owned by the city only pay for it the nominal rent of $1 per
month, and have a three-years' lease, while McCkiBkey pays over $100 a
month for the remainder, it looks as if the threat to build a fence across
it was taking a very mean advantage.-^— The Knickerbockers refused to
play at the Recreation Grounds last Sunday, preferring to forfeit to the
Eagles.— The game at Oakland to-morrow will be Knickerbocker vs.
Oakland. _ Nolan will pitch for the knicks.
Yachting. — The model yacht race was won by Mr. N. Nichols' Con-
suelo. She is schooner-rigged and measures 44 inches on water line. Sec
Zale's America came in second. -^The yachts of the San Francisco Club
will not go to Sacramento as was projected.-^— The Pacific Yacht Club
hold their regatta September 9th.-^— The San Francisco Club give an
entertainment at their club-house to day. ^— The sloops Tommy and Liz-
zie Allen raced to Vallejo and back last Saturday. The Tommy won.
There was not enough wind to make anything like a good race. The time
from Vallejo here was over fourteen hours.
Swimming. — As there is a full moon next week, the various swim-
ming baths keep open till 10 p.m.— A swimming tournament will take
place at Alameda September 13th, under the auspices of the Neptune
Club. Prizes will be given as follows: Gold medal for boys under sixteen,
gold medal for amateurs who have never won a prize ; purse of S50, open
to professionals ; gold and silver medals for fancy driving. Entries to be
made before September 10th to R. B. Cunningham, 410 California, or
Mr. Solon H. Williams, 414 Clay street.
Shooting. — The tournament at the State Fair is already an assured
success. Matches will be shot in the Fair grounds. Entries close to-day.
^— Ruth, of Oakland, will shoot a match with an unknown at Sacra-
mento, Ruth to use rifle against his opponent's shotgun.^— -The coming
season promises well; there will be an abundance of quail. -^— Wild geese
have already been seen at Fresno. At Birds Point, last Sunday, Mr.
Maskey beat Mr. Lambert, shooting at twelve glass balls; score, 9 to 8.
They then shot at twelve birds, making a tie, which was shot off at
double birds, Mr. Lambert winning; score, 4 to 2.
Fishing. — Sutter Lake, near Sacramento, is full of fine large catfish,
bred from those placed there by the Commissioners in 1877; they take the
hook ravenously; angle or common worms are the best bait. This delicious
fish is at present little known here, but is considered by epicures to be the
finest flavored fresh-water fish in America.^— -Eastern brook trout are
caught in Donner Lake. -^— The salmon laws are violated by Sacramento
fishermen every day. What is the Sportsmen's Club up there about?
Boxing. — Until some more good men come from the East there will be
nothing doing in this sport. We would advise some of our resident fistic
artists to stop talking about how easily they could beat Chambers, now
that he has gone East, or they will gain an unpleasant reputation as long-
distance fighters. -^It is rumored that Fred. Mackley will give Harry
Maynard a surprise party at the coming set-to.
Coursing.— Arrangements for the coming meeting are not completed
nor has the ground been selected. Owners of dogs are busy getting them
in condition. A large number of entries are expected. ^We saw Bull-
dozer a few days ago. He was in splendid trim and will be very near the
front this Fall barring accidents.— —Hares are plentiful in Santa Clara,
but do not appear to be as stout as those around Merced.
Bicycling. —At Wolverhampton J. Keen beat F. Cooper for the one-
mile championship by two yards and a half. No time taken.— The 150
mile championship of England was won by Cann, who had an easy race
with Phillips.
Archery. — The tournament at Sacramento will be held at the Capitol
grounds.--' There is nothing being done by clubs just now except prac-
tice.
An elegant assortment of Gold Watches and Chains at Randolph &
Co. 'a, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
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REPUBLICAN MUNICIPAL TICKET.
Election: Wednesday, September 3d, 1879.
Y*vor Kin whom P, Flint.
oif0^01" AliKUjrWBB Badlau.
7"'rMT i
nVl,,,,',r, Ions Mm',. mil
'<'r W.mmm Mu.nv
II. IhlMKK-.,
K" ,ri", ", W. K. DlBTRIOIl
,T'.',1",V ' '«* WOLIAM A St, IR ,-.
District attornej Damibl J Mrurnv.
Utornej and Counsellor Wiun m 0 I
2°E?"/rv\ '■ '■ Dorr.
i nolle administrator Charles E. Sorastok.
iurveJ°f-"J HiciiahpH. Savaob.
Superintendent Public Streets, Highways and Squares \\"u. Patterson.
Superintendent of Common Schools John w. Taylor.
Judge of the Superior Court Davis Loi'dkrrack.
Judge o! the Superior Court p. p. Dans.
Judge of the Supi rtor Court '.". '.".'.. .......... John F. Finn!
Judge of the Superior Court. ..H. I) Scripture
Judge of the Superior Conn James C. Carv.
Judge of the Superior Court j. m. Allen.
Judge of the Superior Court W. H. Fifield.
Judge of the Superior Court ..,.". T. K. Wilson!
Judge of the Superior Court Charles B. Darwin.
Judge of the Superior Court John Hunt, Jr.
Judge of the Superior Court S. H. Dwinelle.
Judge of the Superior Court R, Guv McClellan.
Police Judge Hale Rix.
For Justices of the Peace.
Walter M. Leman, I W. II. Aiken,
L. W Ransomb, h.L. Joacijimsbn,
ETH ELBERT BURKE.
For Supervisors.
First Ward Antone Sciiottler,,
Second Ward John Mason.
Third Ward J. M. Litchfield.
Fourth Ward Samuel Drake.
Fifth Ward James P. Whitney.
Sixth Ward Frank Eastman.
Seventh Ward Hugh Fraser.
Eighth Ward Charles L. Taylor.
Ninth Ward Micaii Doane.
Tenth Ward Charles A. Bayly.
Eleventh Ward Erastus N. Torrey.
Twelfth Ward James B. Stetson.
For School Directors.
First Ward H. C. Patridge. [Seventh Ward George L Darling.
Second Ward Luman Wadham. Eighth Ward Henry Kimball.
Third Ward Picter Deveny. Ninth Ward Charles G. Ewing.
Fourth Ward Joseph W. Galloway. (Tenth Ward N. J. Bird.
Fifth Ward N. B. Stonb. (Eleventh Ward Edward E. Harvey.
Sixth Ward Lucius Thompson. |Twelfth Ward L. H. Van Schatck.
For Auditor, Unexpired Term John McComb.
For Tax Collector, Unexpired Term William Martin.
For Supervisor of the Third Ward, Unexpired Term J. M. Litchfield.
Ag-ainst Chinese Immigration.
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.
AGAINST CHINESE IMMIGRATION.
For Governor:
HUGH J GLENN o£ Colusa
For Lieutenant-Governor:
LEVI CHASE of San Diego
For Secretary of State:
W JTINNIN of Trinity
For Controller:
WBC BROWN of Sacramento
For Treasurer:
AGESCANDON of San Buenaventura
For Attorney-General:
JO HAMILTON of Placer
For Surveyor-General:
WILLIAM MINIS of Tolo
For Clerk of Supreme Court:
DB WOOLF . of San Francisco
For Superintendent of Public Instruction:
HENRY C GESFORD of Napa
For Chief Justice:
ROBERT F MORRISON of San Francisco
For Associate Justices:
E WMcKINSTRY of San Francisco
JAMES D THORNTON of San Francisco
THOMAS P STONEY of Napa
J RSHARPSTEIN of San Francisco
EM ROSS of Los Angeles
S DMcKEE of Alameda
For Railroad Commissioners:
First District— G J CARPENTER of El Dorado
Second District- CEORGE W THOMAS of San Francisco
Third District-GEORQE STONEMAN of Los Angeles
For Board of Equalization:
First District— A C BRADFORD of San Francisco
Second District-CHARLESH RANDALL of Tuolumne
Third District-C E WILCOXSON of Sutter
Fourth District— T D HEISKELL of Stanislaus
Nominations for Congress:
First Distrlct—CHARLES A SUMNER of San Francisco
Second District— T J CLUNIE of Sacramento
Third District— C P BERRY of Sutter
Fourth District— WALLACE LEACH of San Diego
CARD.
I take pleasure in announcing: that I hare completed ar-
rangements with F. F. be DERKY, M.D., whereby he will attend to my practice
during my absence abroad. Dr. de Derky has been a successful practitioner of med-
icine in the Southern and Eastern States, and, though recently having become a res-
ident of this city, I beg to commend him as worthy of your fullest confidence.
Yours respectfully, DR. D. ALBERT HILLER.
Relative to the above, I would say that my office is No. 17 Dupont street, Rooms
Kos. & and 6. Office Hours : from 11 to 12 o'clock A.M. and 2 to 4 p.m.
Aug. 30. F. F. DB DERKY, M.D.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Aug. 30, 1879.
BALLADS OF BABYLON.
Phryne's Husband.
I Btood at.eve, as the sun went down, by a p-ave where a woman lies,
Who lured men's souls to the shores of sin with the light of her wanton
eyes,
Who sang the song that the Siren sang on the treacherous Lurley hight,
Whose face was as fair as a summer day and whose heart was as black as
night.
Yet a blossom I fain would pluck to-day from the garden above her dust ;
Not the languorous lily of soulless sin uor the blood-red rose of lust ;
But a sweet white blossom of holy love that grew in the one green spot
In the arid desert of Phryne's life, where all was parched and hot.
*******
In the summer, when the meadows were aglow with blue and red,
Joe, the Ostler of the Magpie, and fair Annie Smith were wed.
Plump was Annie, plump and pretty, with a cheek as fair as snow;
He was anything but handsome was the Magpie's Ostler, Joe.
But he won the winsome lassie. They'd a cottage and a cow,
And her matronhood sat lightly on the village beauty's brow.
Sped the months and came a baby — such a blue-eyed baby boy!
Joe was working in the stables when they told him of his joy.
He was rubbing down the horses, and he gave them then and there
All a special feed of clover, just in honor of the heir;
It had been his great ambition, and he told the horses so,
That the Pates would send a baby who might bear the name of Joe.
Little Joe the child was christened, and, like babies, grew apace ;
He'd his mother's eyes of azure and his father's honest face.
Swift the happy years went over, years of blue and cloudless sky ;
Love was lord of that small cottage, and the tempests passed them by.
Passed them by for years, then swiftly burst in fury o'er their home.
Down the lane by Annie's cottage chanced a gentleman to roam ;
Thrice he came and saw her sitting by the window with her child,
And he nodded to the baby, and the baby laughed and smiled.
So at last it grew to know hira — little Joe was nearly four ;
He would call the " pretty gemplun " as he passed the open door ;
And one day he ran and caught him and in child's play pulled him in,
And the baby Joe had prayed for brought about the mother's sin.
'Twas the same old wretched story that for ages bards have sung:
'Twas a woman weak and wanton and a villain's tempting tongue ;
'Twas a picture deftly painted for a silly creature's eyes
Of the Babylonian wonders and the joy that in them lies.
Annie listened and was tempted ; sh*1 was tempted and she fell,
As the angels fell from heaven to the blackest depths of hell ;
She was promised wealth and splendor and a life of guilty sloth,
Yellow gold for child and husband— and the woman left them both.
Home one eve came Joe the Ostler with a cheery cry of "Wife! "
Finding that which blurred forever all the story of his life.
She had left a silly letter — through the cruel scrawl he spelt ;
Then he sought the lonely bedroom, joined his horny hands and knelt.
<l Now, O Lord, 0 God, forgive her, for she ain't to blame!" he cried ;
" For I owt t'a seen her trouble, and 'a gone away and died.
Why, a wench like her— G-od bless her!— 'twasn't likely as her'd rest
With that bonny head forever on a Ostler's ragged vest.
" It was kind o' her to bear me all this long and happy time,
So for my sake please to bless her, though You count her deed a crime ;
If so be I don't pray proper, Lord, forgive me ; for You see
I can talk all right to 'osses, but I'm nervous like with Thee,"
Ne'er a line came to the cottage from the woman who had flown ;
Joe the baby died that winter, and the man was left alone.
Ne'er a bitter word he uttered, but in silence kissed the rod,
Saving what he told his horses, saving what he told his God.
*******
Par away in mighty London rose the wanton into fame,
Por her beauty won men's homage, and she prospered in her shame.
Quick from lord to lord she flitted, higher still each prize she won,
And her rivals paled beside her as the stars beside the sun.
Next she trod the stage half-naked, and she dragged a temple down
To the level of a market for the women of the town.
And the kisses she had given to poor Ostler Joe for naught
With their gold and priceless jewels rich aud titled roues bought.
Went the years with flying footsteps while her star was at its hight ;
Then the darkness came on swiftly, and the gloaming turned to night.
Shattered strength and faded beauty tore the laurels from her brow;
Of the thousands who had worshiped never one came near her now.
Broken down in health and fortune, men forgot her very name,
Till the news that she was dying woke the echoes of her fame ;
And the papers in their gossip mentioned how an " actress " lay
Sick to death in humble lodgings, growing weaker every day.
One there was who read the story in a far-off country place,
And that night the dying woman woke and looked upon his face.
Once again the strong arms clasped her that had clasped her long ago,
And the weary head lay pillowed on the head of Ostler Joe.
All the past had he forgiven, all the sorrow and the shame ;
He had found her sick and lonely, and his wife he now could claim-
Since the grand folks who had known her one and all had slunk away,
He could clasp his long-lost darling, and no man would say him nay.
In his arms death found her lying, in his arms her spirit fled ;
And his tears came down in torrents as he knelt beside her dead.
Never once his love had faltered through her base unhallowed life ;
And the stone above her ashes bears the honored name of wife.
*******
That's the blossom I fain would pluck to-day from the garden above her
dust ;
Not the languorous lily of soulless sin nor the blood-red rose of lust ;
But a sweet white blossom of holy love that grew in the one green spot
In the arid desert of Phryne's life, where all was parched and hot.
— George R. Sims, in London World.
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Besides the Always Available Reserve Funds.
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Of St. Gall, Capital 10,000,000 francs ; Baloise, of Basle, Capital 5,000,000 francs.
These three Companies are liable jointly and severally for all losses that may he sus-
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NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL UFJ INSUR. CO. OF BOSTON^
Has transacted the business of Life Insurance for nearly
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THE PEASANT GIRLS SONG.
My \n.\y hftl w
My In \- fair,
Blighl r lily-white throat
And shine in her golden hair.
And jp
When proudly she pMSN V»y,
Tin! with all her Rnld ami her lands untold
She i- not as bappv as I.
My world la a world of
From the woods when the birdlinga meet,
To the realms afar where each silvery star
Ei ringing b mi ly sweat
Down at mv lady's feel
Unnumbered suitors fall,
She rules with a wave of her slender hand
Those lords and courtiers all.
But not for the oldest name
Or the haughtiest title there,
Would I give the heart of the peasant lad
"\\ hose home I have promised to share.
My world is a world of love —
Proud lady pasa coldly by!
Your hands so fair and your jewels rare
Cannot make you as happy as I.
PUBLIC SCHOOL RESULTS.
Hope often proves but a barren expectancy— a delusion ; and though
steeped in the quintescence of improbability, is still nourished as an in-
alienable refuge against all and every antagonism of reason. Long before
the continent of America was known to exist at all, and consequently
long before the United States had any consistency as a government, public
education, as provided for and enforced by governmental decree, was
an old and well established institution in some of the older European
countries ; but, singular as it may seem, the object desired and the effect-
ive result to be attained was precisely the reverse of the unmistakable
and every-day experience we have to confront in this presumptuously fast
age and country. When, in the olden times, school taxes were imposed
that honest poverty might become enlightened, it was for no other pur-
pose and with no other object in view than to enable the ambitious and
industrious, though conditionally unfortunate, to acquire knowledge in
reading, writing and cyphering, just sufficient to place them above the
necessity of dependence upon mere manual labor. Our progenitors of
antiquity had sense enough to know that conceit, based upon scholarly
acquirements, in no way contributed to efficiency in any kind of manual
labor. We. to-day, know so too, but then there are more of us to be kept
in degraded idleness since the taxpayers have done their best to make us
unfit for any useful purpose — in fact, good for nothing.
A country, to be prosperous, must have within its boundaries great
productive capacity in one way or another, and if it can be made to yield
to the outside world the absolute necessaries of life, its importance is con-
siderably enhanced, but always and only when the manipulative labor in
production is by hands of a kind "native and to the manor born." It is
hardly to be expected, nor is there any reason why anything half so fool-
ishly ridiculous should be supposed possible, that young fellows, after
spending six or seven years of the best part of a young life at high-flown
schools, should emerge, full of academic glamour, and with mighty high
ideas of mental superiority, fall to and make a decent livelihood in the
harvest field or vineyard, by hard work in a trench, following the plow,
or loading manure in a farm-yard. So far, our public schools have turned
out no such miracles ! ! nor are they ever likely to do so ; but, instead, we
have a yearly batch, running up into the thousands, of worthless and
criminally inclined, loafing and degraded bummers that will, at no distant
day, make their mark in a way that may be anything but satisfactory to
contemplate. All are fit and waiting for the plunder of office, but none
for anything like hard work ! It need partake of nothing like daring to
assert that the whole public school system is fallacious, unsound and
wrong; that nine-tenths of the beneficial work of any country is of the
drudgery order, that can be just as well done without as with anything
but the merest elements of education, and the sooner our present profli-
gate and atrocious foolery is abolished, root and branch, the sooner will
we be relieved of an incubus that is already and ever will be, so long as
our present system is continued, a curse to the country.
A Dog's Affection. — The following narrative is from "Chambers's
Journal.1' Some time ago the late Mr. H. possessed a collie shepherd-
dog, which was very clever at its duty until it had a litter, one of which
was spared to it. After this all the poor animal's affections seemed to be
centered in her puppy, for she refused, or aid most unwillingly, the work
she had to do, which so vexed her master that he cruelly drowned the
puppy before the mother's eyes, covering the bucket in which he left the
body with a sack. He then went round the fields, followed by the old
dog, who from that moment resumed her former usefulness. On the mas-
ter's return in the evening, he bethought himself of the bucket and went
to fetch it to empty the contents into a hole which he had made in the
manure-heap ; he found the bucket covered as he had left it, but on pour-
ing out the contents there was nothing but water. He questioned his
wife and other inmates of his house, but they knew nothing about it. The
next morning Mrs. H. was struck with the piteous expression of the poor
animal's face, and said to her, "Scottie, tell me where you have taken
your puppy." The dog immediately ran off a distance of one hundred
yards to the kitchen garden, jumped the fence, and went direct to the
farther end of the inclosure to a spot situated between two rows of beans;
there, where the earth had apparently been recently moved, she sat, and
as it were, wept. Mrs. H. went again into the house, and without men-
tioning what had occurred, said to her niece, "Ask Scottie what she has
done with her puppy." The question was put, and again the poor crea-
ture went through the same performance. These circumstances were
mentioned to Mr. H., who pooh-poohed the idea of there being anything
out of the common ; but to satisfy his wife he went to the spot and dug
down a distance of three feet, and there, sure enough, had the faithful,
fond mother buried her little one! — Popular Science Monthly.
Artistic Novelties, manufactured from California quartz, at Ran-
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received subject to check or on special deposit. Exchange for sale on the principal
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BANK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter. — Capital paid np, $1,800,-
000, with power to increase to 510,000,000. Southeast corner California and San-
son] e streets. Head Office— 28 Cornhil!, London. Branches— Portland, Oregon; Vic-
toria, New Westminster and Cariboo, British Columbia.
This Bank transacts a General Banking Business. Accounts opened subject to Check
and Special Deposits received. Commercial Credits granted available in all parts of
the world. Approved Bills discounted and advances made on good collateral security.
Draws direct at current rates upon its Head Office and Branches, and upon its Agents
as follows :
New York, Chicago and Canada— Bank of Montreal; Liverpool — North and South
Wales Bank ; Scotland— British Linen Company ; Ireland— Bank of Ireland ; Mex-
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Japan— Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, and Oriental Bank ; Australia
and New Zealand— Bank of Australasia, Commercial Banking Company of Sydney,
and English, Scottish and Australian Chartered Bank.
May IS. FREDERICK TOWNSEND, Manager.
THE NEVADA BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO.
Capital Paid Up $10,000,000.
Reserve, TJ. S. Bonds 3,500,000.
Agency at New fork, 63 Wall street.
Agency at Virginia, Nev.
Buys and sells Exchange and Telegraphic Transfers. Issues Commercial and Trav-
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LONDON AND SAN FRANCISCO BANK, LIMITED.
Capital, $5,000,000, of which $3,000,000 is fully paid upas
present capital. Reserve Fund, S3(i0,000. San Francisco Office, 424 Califor-
nia street ; London Office, 22 Old Broad street. Manager, ARTHUR SCRIVENER ;
Cashier, WILLIAM STEEL. London Bankers, Bank of England and London Joint
Stock Bank ; New York, Drexel, Morgan & Co. ; Boston, Third National Bank.
This Bank is prepared to transact all kinds of General Banking and Exchange Busi-
ness in London and San Francisco, and between said cities and all parts of the
world. March 30.
SECURITY SAVINGS BANK. "
GUARANTEE CAPITAL, 9300,000.
Officers: President, John Parrott; Tice -President, Jerome
Lincoln ; Secretary, W. S. Jones ; Attorney, Sidney V. Smith.
Real Estate and other Approved Securities. Office "
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Loans made on
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Peter Spreekels, Ign. Steinhart. Secretary, GEO. LETTE ; Attorney, JOHN R.
JARBOE. May IS.
THAMES AND MERSEY MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY,
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Capital $10,000,000.
W. C. HARRISON, Agent.
Aug. 2. 413 California street.
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Bush, San Francisco, under the Ahlborn House. The Finest Quality and
Latest Styles of Custom Work Neatly Executed. Repairing Done at Short Notice.
[August 23. J
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Broker in Local and State Securities,
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Messages sent bv American District Telegraph Company free. All jobbing promptly
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Aug. 30, 1879.
"PLEASURE'S WAND."
"We Obey no "Wand but Pleasure's."— Tom Moore.
Baldwin's Theater. — Lotta has played her third week to goodhouses.
Little Nell and the Marchioness is a play in which she has scored her ear-
liest successes. The two characters impersonated by the little lady ex-
emplify and substantiate the remarks in this column last week. As the
sweet little flower of girlish innocence and tenderness, full of devotion
and attention for her grandpa, Lotta is very mediocre. Her pathos, her
love, her simplicity, are all depicted in a crude and mechanical way. As
the poor, half-starved " slavey," thin and wan of face and sickly in ap-
pearance, but healthy in spirits and mischief, Lotta is herself. To me
the " Marchioness " has always been a most amusing performance. The
peculiar exuberance of animal spirits, so ridiculously unrestrained, seem
to be in place ; and still it can hardly be said that Lotta's conception of
the character is true to the author's creation. It is a relief to have her
bound in arrayed in those dilapidated shoes and in that wonderful cap,
with her face all smut and dirt, after enduring her profunctory rendition
of "Little Nell." To this contrast between the better and poorer sides of
Lotta's acting is perhaps due the agreeable impression produced. Be that
as it may, her " Marchioness " is a performance that delights and amuses.
The introduction of the banjo and clogs does always seem to be incongru-
ous, but time sanctions everything, so that remarks on this subject would
he hypercritical and ante-dated. " Dick Swiveller " is a character that,
in the hands of a good comedian, can be made a good deal of. The re-
collections of Lotta's engagement at the old Metropolitan Theater some
seven years ago will always couple with her name thU of Robert Craig. He
was a capital actor in his line, and his " Dick Swiveller " a most artistic
piece of work. However intelligent Mr. Bishop's efforts may be, his
physique spoils them, for it disturbs the popular notion of the character.
Mr. Bishop interpolates innumerable gags, most of which are anything
but "Dickens" in their tenor, and jar unpleasantly upon the educated ear.
Mr. Bishopis entirely too much addicted to the reprehensible practice. Mr.
Jennings has proven himself, in every part he has taken, such an ad-
mirable, eccentric actor that a remarkable performance of "Quilp"was
a fair thing to expect. This expectation has not been fulfilled, and a
natural disappointment follows. Although in make-up and speech the
impersonation was all that could be desired, it was so overacted at times
that a disappointment was the natural result. A little moderation exer-
cised in the use of his legs would have drawn away from the character
much of the exaggeration that marred and spoiled an otherwise clever
piece of acting. There is sufficient exaggeration and improbability inher-
ent in "Quilp," and more can hardly be called an improvement. Messrs.
Barrows and Bradly deserve great commendation for ably and artistically
filling their respective parts of "Sampson Brass" and "Grandfather
Trent." Miss Revel made a very fair " Sally Brass," but Miss Walters,
as " Mrs. Jarley," was an interestingly inadequate to the requirements of
this most celebrated creation of Dickens'. The minor parts at this theater
are usually well played, but at times they are entrusted to very indifferent
beginners. This is strongly evidenced in the part of "Foxey Joe." Ambi-
tion is a laudable thing in neophytes, but it should always be subject to
intelligent restraint. The stage management of this theater is its weak
point. It is lax in the extreme, a fault fatal to the realization of a
thorough ensemble. The orchestra contains some of the most able local
violinists. Saveniers, Schlott, Moore, Homeir and Walther, are all per-
formers of exceptional ability. The selections of Mr. Widmer are always
in good and popular taste, and the entre acts at this theater are among
the most enjoyable moments of the evening. On Monday next Zip will
be produced, with Lotta in the title role.
California Theater. — The Comedy of Errors is a whimsical affair in
itself. It is perplexity personified. A good performance of this puzzling
comedy is something rarely seen. The requirements of such a production
are very great. The two actors impersonating the Dromios must be
comedians of like style and manner, possessed of similar traits or tricks of
speech and movement, or afflicted with like mannerisms of tone and gesture.
Or else they must be artists of sufficient ability to sink their respective
individuality and identity in common impersonations alike in all respects.
Messrs. Crane and Robson do not carry out either of these theories; they
are admirable comedians, but antipodal in all respects, and both possess-
ing so marked individual characteristics, that disguise is nigh unto impos-
sible. They have, therefore, to adopt another plan, which, as laughable
and mirth-provoking as it is, does not carry out the idea of a Shake-
spearean representation. It is simply a clever imitation of Mr. Robson
by his partner, Mr. Crane. Robson simply plays his part artistically,
and in* his wonderfully humorous way, and Crane performs the arduous
task of reproducing the former's peculiar squeaky intonation, his beam-
ingly vacant stare, and his peculiar head movements. The intense diffi-
culty of a successful reproduction of those idiosyncrasies is easily appre-
ciated. As a whole, it may be said that Mr. Crane does it admirably,
though the strain is so strong that at times he forgets himself and
relapses into his own tricks of comedy. In the mind of a casual theater-
goer, sitting a good distance back in the auditorium, confusion
may exist as to the respective identity of the comedians, but
that is impossible in an old stager, and his amusement con-
sists in laughing at Robson 's absurdities, and applauding Crane's
great imitative powers. Since their first attempt in these charac-
ters, last season, they have greatly elaborated the "business," and cor-
respondingly increased the fun. The house is in one ripple of laughter
from the time the curtain rises until the side-splitting recognition scene of
the two clowns. The physical resemblance was a wonderful one. The
same may be said of the "Antipholus." Make-up has become a regular
science. KLeene and Wilson did very well in their two parts, and so did
Pope Cook as *' JEgeon." Of Miss Stanhope, the new leading lady, it is
not fair to judge by this first effort. "Adriana" is at best an unthankful
character to represent. Miss Stanhope is an actress of evident intelli-
gence and good method, but one whose voice is hardly clear or pleasant.
Miss Lizzie Harrold is decidedly a plump and pleasing person, and judg-
ing from the limited opportunity given her in the idiotic farce of Betsy
Baker, a soubrette of first-class merit. Her appearance captures the au-
dience on sight, and predisposes them to a favorable consideration of her
efforts. She seems to be a legitimate soubrette, preferring to make her
points naturally, and without recourse to gag or gallery appeals. Both of
these ladies will soon have more ample opportunity to please us or other-
wise; further rev ie.v is, therefore, postponed. Mr. Withers inaugurated
his regime with a well selected programme of music, and performed him-
self a violin solo. This could not exactly be called artistic, but was de-
cidedly popular in its exhibition of violin pyrotechnics. On Monday the
roaring comedy of Champagne and Oysters will be produced. This is said
to be excrutiatingly funny.
Bush Street Theater.— The chief merits of Haverly's Mastodon
Minstrels lie in the fact that interest is created and amusement provoked
by the novelty of the performance. As compared with the former troupe
that bore the same name, it is below it in individual excellence, but this is
more than compensated through the peculiar effect produced by massing
the performers in the different acts. The California Quartette, one of the
very best on the minstrel stage, has been impaired in its excellency by the
loss of Freeth, its second bass. Besides this, Dixon is not singing as
sweetly as of yore. His rendition of "Sally in Our Alley" was particu-
larly disagreeable, with poor Joe Maguire ever green in my memory. The
voice of this gentleman is a peculiar one — the lower notes being a decided
baritone, while the upper ones are of the purest alto. Harley sings with
remarkable sweetness. Roe is a capital baritone. The different choruses,
particularly when Bung in the usual minstrel sotto voce manner, are remark-
ably well rendered, and show considerable practice. These quartettes are
all harmonized by Roe, and give evidence of considerable skill. The
clog tournament is one of the very best things on the programme. It is
ingeniously arranged, and is carried out with great skill. The Picnic song
and dance is amusing and ludicrous in the extreme, and the finishing ab-
surdity, the Burlesque Circus, sends every one home in the very best of
humor. The particular stars are evidently our old favorites, Billy Rice
and Harry Kennedy. The former's appearance in one of his wonderful
lectures is anxiously awaited. Kennedy is a ventriloquist of very high
order. It is difficult to detect the movement of his lips, or that of the
muscles of his neck. He is also very clever in the way of introducing his
little figures. While they are supposed to be talking, he assumes a per-
fectly unconcerned manner, that is very deceiving and amusing. The
houses have been very large.
German Theater. — Irschick is too good an actress to play any-
thing badly. An artist of talent will always be able to grasp the peculi-
arities of any one part intelligently. But the gifts uf nature and study
will run in one groove and fit a person for excellence in one particular
branch of art. Perfect versatility is a talent rarely possessed, unless it
exists from a mediocre standard. With these premises, it is not detract-
ing from Irschick's great talent ta call her impersonation of " Katherine "
an unsatisfactory one. She lacks the pliability of manner necessary to
depict the contrasting phases of shrewishness and obedient tenderness.
The lady's stately, measured tones do not fit the vixenish, snappish lines
of "Katherine." In the last act she was at her best, the submissive man-
ner of speech and gesture being eloquent and graceful. The epilogue was
an admirable elocutionary effort. The performance, as a whole, was not
up to the high standard of this excellent company. The concluding farce,
Monsieur Hercules, gave Mr. Urban full scope to display his ludicrous
abilities. Next Sunday Deborah {Leah, the Forsaken,) will be produced,
and Sunday week, The Two Orphans. This last will be an exact transla-
tion of the original French drama.
Boscovitz's Concerts Intimes.— Mr. Boscovitz comes to us with a
reputation ready-made, as we are told, in Europe; which statement we
receive as information, to be used if needed. Judging his performance
dispassionately, he is very nearly perfect in the mechanism of fingering;
but his style of execution, though it displays great skill, cannot be called
grand. As a pianist, he seems to give all his efforts to illustrating the
Chopin School — a school which never can become grand, or train per-
formers in a grand style. In a word, Mr. Boscovitz imitates and renders
a master who is not truly a master; and no European reputation will
enable a performer to bewilder a San Francisco audience with perpetual
pounding, and command genuine applause. Our people are far from the
rest of the world, but they are not in outer darkness. Artists of European
fame, who could stand trial, have been among us and have been appre-
ciated; and when we remember Miss Mehlig, Miss Goddard and Madame
Sauret, all artists of the highest order, we find ourselves at once with real
European judgments.
Mr. Piercys Marriage.— Mr. Samuel W. Piercy, the popular actor,
was married on Wednesday last to Miss Julia Dunphy, a lovely young
Californian. The ceremony was performed by Archbishop Alemany, at
the residence of the bride's father, 111 Mason street, and the happy pair
left the city yesterday for New York, Mr. Piercy having accepted an en-
gagement in that city.
Chit-Chat. —Clara Morris will open Haverly's new Brooklyn theater
in October.— —It is positively stated that Capoul sails for America this
month. — Boucicault's new play is called Rescued; a Girl's Romance. In
the cast will be a number of old San Franciscans — Rose Coghlan, Ada
Gilman and Marie Prescott, among the ladies; and Harry Edwards and
Billings among the men. — -Joe Jefferson still rusticates among the
hills of New Jersey. He appeared in a quadrille, for the first time in
his life off the stage, at one of those parties given a few nights ago by one
of his daughters, Miss Josie Jefferson, at Hoboken, N. J.— —They say
Nicolini thrashe.s Adelina. The Boston Sunday Times aptly says: " What
is folly in society is sin in theatrical circles — what is a misdemeanor in
the ante-room is crime in the green-room."— —"They are trying a lot of
Pinafore singers in there," said Smith to Jones, as they passed a building
whence floated strains of "A maiden fair to see," etc. Glad of it," re-
turned the misanthropical Jones, " hope they'll give 'em sixty days and
costs. "•— Rose Eytinge has rented a pretty villa, called Drayton Lodge,
in Regent Park, London.^— Dog-show Pond is Talmage's agent in Lon-
don.—^May Howard, our old favorite, has been living in a charming
suburban cottage in Bexton, England, but has gone, or is soon to go, to
Melbourne, Sydney and New Zealand, professionally.— An Italian
translation of V 'Assommoir has proved a dead failure in Rome.^^J. M.
Hill's three-years' engagement with Lawrence Barrett is off.^— The
great Vienna soubrette, Josephine Guelmeyer, is coming to this country;
terms, S200 a night.— —Withers, the new leader at the California, is very
proud of his mustache.*^— Although the Standard is closed, and its
re-opening indefinite, Kennedy goes around with his usual smile. — Our
lamented friend, Col. Cremony, was, in former years, a great admirer of
the stage.— —The Dramatic Neios continues its course of weekly abuse of
every one and everybody. The actual authorship of its disgusting dia-
tribe against the local critics is as yet a mystery. -—Lotta gets GO per
cent, of the gross receipts. Wm. Withers, Jr., the new leader at the
California, was leading the orchestra the night Lincoln was shot atFord's
Theater, Washington.
30, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER,
A FAIR CONTRIBUTORS LETTER FROM EUROPE.
:s'. Jul] '.':!.. Uffft
Tour very kind letter, witb the newspaper scraps, m
this miviupg, an. I I mm>l Uianl t. for them.
">.V f«l -he dirk a* i
r. I thank my lucky
■Urstbst [ «tn av«y from CalU rni*, '•■pinning uound tho block " here
I f doing the " truly r.u »l " in Naps V.dl.-v. I intended writin -
you irooi Stockholm, but wtu i;> bed Bimi two d*yi with fever sod ulcer-
•ld ;it the hum in Copenhagen ; added t-> it by
ng around untU midnight si the TivoUOaxdens, and further in-
it by going to Klsinore next morning and climbing the 1 i". steps
ti the battlement where the ghosl used to prowl. Winn we got to Stock-
holm, next lay, I went to bed quite sick. However, as Father Bays, I
tu/y recovered in time to do t tie lights, which were numerous and
interesting, we happened to be there "Midsummer Day," so we saw
the grand fete, and the Dalecarlian peasants in costume dance around the
Maypole /unepole, rather in the mad I There was a splendid band,
and they played the "Gainsborough Polka," which rather knocked the
pn^nality of the thing. However, there were 5,000 or 6,000 people en-
joying themselves despite <>f a thunder shower now and then.
The lakes, islands covered with summer residences, and promenades
about Stockholm, are lovely; hut the country is so poor, the people so
Ugly and the eating so bad, chat I was glad to depart and take up the
line -»f march for Russia, So we didn't see the midnight sun, after all ;
but such a dose of daylight I never had before. It never gets dark, and
my eyes fairly ached. St. Petersburg is just as bad, and there I read the
London Timet at 11:30 at night, nn the steamer's deck, coming back from
Peterhoff. We had a splendid time there, and it is a fine city. But Mos-
cow ! Of all the dirty, horrid, tilthy towns, it takes the lead ! I have
seen nothing so vile since leaving Egypt Of course, the churches and
palaces are magnificent and rich beyond description. Such diamonds,
sapphires, rubies, pearls and emeralds as they have, and in such quanti-
ties, too, make your mouth water for some of the gorgeous spoil— tons of
silver and hundred weights of gold— while as to malachite and lapia
lazuli and jasper, there is so much you cease to treat it with decent re-
spect. I thought of you when I saw the lovely collections of porcelain,
but saw nothiug as original nor as pretty as your collection of tea-pots.
I snubbed and " sat upon " all our guides with your things, and trotted
them out on all occasions. Your Japanese collection of porcelain is
unique and finer than any I have seen here. You would enjoy Russia.
The rich are so very rich and like to spend their money. The country
seats near St. Petersburg are the prettiest things imaginable, and they do
seem to enjoy so much the little Summer they have. But I feel as if I
had been writing a regular chronicle from " our-own-correspondent "
standpoint. Please excuse the burst. I must tell you, though, about
eating " Sterlet," which is the fish of fish, and is only caught in the
Volga, and must be eaten as soon as killed. It is delicious; no "bones and
very rich in flavor. You remember "Monte Christo" had one brought
from the Volga, and had relays of horses from Nijni Novgorod to Paris,
so as to have it fresh. Well, it is almost worth it. In fact, it is quite
worth it if you have a good digestion and— plenty of spare horses. Then
we had caviar and Russian pickles, Hungarian and Crimean wines, Rus-
sian cigarettes and Caravan tea with lemon in it— all of them delicious in
their way. From Moscow we went 48 hours by rail to Warsaw, which is
a lovely town, and then we came here to Berlin. I should never have
known this city again, the five milliards of the French have so beautified
and improved it. I have done the museums to-day. Father hates them,
and absolutely refuses to go intoanother palace or look at another picture.
When he gets particularly eloquent in his disgust, I have a private laugh,
and remember your words, when you said, starting in this trip with me
was equal (to him) to an enlistment in the noble army of martyrs. It is
pretty much that way, you may be sure. I have thus far coaxed, bullied
and bamboozled him into seeing everything, but now his patience has gone
in a flash, and he has taken a resolute stand, so I shall have to take my
maid and go alone. I am only surprised he has held out so long. To-
morrow we.go to Dresden, from which place I will write again.
L E.
ROWING.
On the 20th of September next, the St. George and Columbia Row-
ing Clubs, of Oakland, will hold a regatta on the Oakland Creek, com-
mencing at 1:30 p. m. There are eight events fixed for it, the one exciting
the most interest being the usual annual contest for the McKinlay Cup —
a valuable challenge prize presented by A. McKinlay, Esq., of the Bank
of British North America, and which bas to be won three years in suc-
cession by one Club before it can be finally owned. The race next month
will be the third time this cup has been competed for; the first year it
was carried off by the St. George Club, and the second by the Pioneer
Club, of this city, who now hold it. An exciting and interesting contest
is looked for between these two clubs for its next year's possession. We
cannot but heartily indorse the action of the St. George and Columbia
Rowing Clubs in undertaking the responsibility of a regatta, and also con-
sider that they deserve the commendation of the community generally,
not only for offering it an afternoon's healthy enjoyment, but as well for
the encouragement their regatta will give to a manly sport, a sport which,
wherever practiced, is acknowledged to be superior to all others for devel-
oping energy, control over the appetites, and other qualities necessary to
cope successfully in the battle of life. By all means, we say, for the sake
of our State, let us develop rowing among our youth.
The following articles, made of paper, were exhibited at Berlin re-
cently : Wash basins, water cans, carpeting, bonnets, a ship full rigged,
hats, lanterns, masks, skirts, clothes, full suits, straps, handkerchiefs,
napkins, bath-tubs, buckets, urns, bronzes, flowers, window-blinds, as-
phalt roofing, materials for garden walks, jewelry, coral, window cur-
tains, shirts, lace, belting, and a house made of pine, but with not only
roof, ceiling, cornice and interior walls of paper, but all the furniture,
blinds, curtains, carpeting, chandeliers, ornamented door, numerous
mantel and table ornaments, and finally a stove of asbestos paper, burning
away cheerfully, and not consuming itself as it evidently ought to do.
All those things indicate some of the possibilities of the adaption of
paper. Who shall say where these possibilities may end?
A PROMISING SUPERINTENDENT.
The public La Ilk - to tut msnagsria without know-
■'V"1 lE l .it* of Public SI |8, and
,,,,"'•' H Always, however, with Eta eyes
n«1 if it i« ■ Md indlffarei the causa of
public moi iU to think of choosing Mr. Jno. W. Taylor for the next 3u-
perintondeutj U ifa .. , ,.), ;i f„ti knowledge of what it. is
faylor'i claim to the ularv and emolument* of the i
h«- ij. working for h nd it the Following faots:
roe beginning and the keeping up of the longest, most unsavory and
most demoralising investigation ever known in the history of the School
I department ;
The discovery and, it is almost certain, the authorship of the anony-
moos letters on which alone the persecution he kept up against certain
teachers was founded ;
The dislocation and interruption of the business of the Department for
nearly a month, to enable him to Becure, by a fight in the Board, the
( bairmanship of the Committee on Furniture and Supplies, a position
associated in the mindsof the people with the sudden acquisition of
wealth by those who have held it ;
The hasty abandonment of the investigation when it threatened to
compel speech from witnesses acquainted" with the inwardness of Mr.
ray lor a career, and an immediate departure for the East ;
The mysterious and disreputable relation proved to have existed between
himself as Director investigating and Jno. A. Moore, absconding teacher;
The undeniable fact that he nominated for a position as teacher and se-
cured the election of a lady, now in the Department, who had just before
tried to buy a place of Director Laven for 8250 ;
The attempt to get hold of the Bell Telephone Company's letter, offer-
ing to supply for $60 a month the service which Mr. Taylor's Committee
is still paying, or causing to be paid. $100 for.
The little job he has for supplying the city with carbolized hose, at $1 25
a foot, couplings complete. This same hose Mr. Taylor sells to other
parcies, for SI per foot, couplings complete, and guarantees that it is of
the same quality as that supplied to the San Franoisco Fire Department.
The same hose he furnishes to Oakland for not more than SI 10 per foot,
couplings complete, as before; and this very quality of hose has been
offered to the city for 95 cents by other firms in this city.
The disgraceful business of the Theresa mine. Mr. Mark Sheldon de-
clares that, in 1875, Mr. Taylor represented to him that 10,000 shares of
this mine were set aside for working capital, that all but 2,000 had been
disposed of to well known citizens, and, as a member of Weaver <fc Tay-
lor, received from him $500 in gold coin for 1,000 shares. A few weeks
later an assessment was levied. Inquiry brought out the fact that the
thousand shares did not belong to the company, but to Weaver & Taylor
and a Mr. Tripp.
Mr. Sheldon demanded the return of the 8500, but could not get it, and
turned the matter over to an attorney, who had several interviews with
Mr. Taylor. None of Mr. Sheldon's charges were denied by Taylor, but
he was unable to pay. Meanwhile, Weaver & Taylor suspended pay-
ment, Mr. Sheldon was taken sick, and for nearly a year was confined to
his house. He went later to the Springs, and, when he returned, gave
instructions to begin criminal proceedings against Mr. Taylor;, but his
attorney informed him the case was barred by the statute of limitations.
Mr. Weaver made no representations at any time with regard to the
property, Mr. Taylor generously taking all the plausibility on himself.
If these few facts do not recommend Mr. Taylor as the most unsuitable
candidate for any position whatever, there is nothing to be hoped for. It
is not known whether Fagin ever granted degrees for his scholars, but if
there were such a thing as a diploma for meanness, for cowardice, for
duplicity, for obtaining money in doubtful ways, for running away, for
trying to suppress letters, for supplying anonymous letters according to
pattern, Mr. Jno. W. Taylor would gather them all in without an effort.
What he does with the extra price on the hose contract he knows and
we do not, but he puts it where it will do the most good ; of this we are
sure. That such a man will set us all a good example as Superintendent
of Public Schools, who can doubt? All these beautiful things he has
done, serving the people without money and without price ; what will he
not do for himself and for us if he is heading for his pay of S4.000 a year,
and his pickings and stealings of G-od knows how much ? John W. Taylor
is the worst candidate that has ever been nominated for the position he is
seeking ; and he must be defeated if the people care for honest adminis-
tration.
1 ' He Had a Frugal Mind "—Mourner (on black gloves being handed
to him): "Look here. I shan't wear 'em at the ground. Couldn't you
stand a pair of slate-color instead ?" Undertaker: " Very sorry, sir, but
we never do anything in ' mitigated!" — Punch.
CALIFORNIA THEATER.
Burton & Lawlor, Managers; Bartou Hill, Acting- Manager.
Second Week and Immense Success of the Comedians, ROBSON and CRANE.
Monday Evening, September 1st, first time in this city of the screaming Comedy,
CHAMPAGNE AND OYSTERS. Stuart Robson as "Godfrey Grahame ;" W. H.
Crane as " Ichabod Herring." ONLY " CHAMPAGNE AND OYSTERS " MATINEE
SATURDAY. Seats at the Box Office. Aug. 30.
THE BALDWIN THEATER.
Thomas Mag-uire, Manner. --I.asi week bnt one of LOTTA,
and last nights of LITTLE NELL AND THE MARCHIONESS. Saturday Eve-
ning. August 30th, for this night only, L'ASSOMMOIR. Sunday, August 31st, pos-
itively last night of LITTLE NELL. Monday, Sept. 1st, LOTTA as ZIP. Aug. 30.
BUSH STREET THEATER.
Canaries E. Locke, Proprietor. — Matinees Wednesday and
j Saturday. Brilliant Ovation! Unprecedented Success! Surpassing All!
Imitating None ! HAVERLEY'S UNITED MASTODON MINSTRELS ! Forty Fa-
mous Performers. Forty Celebrated Artists in First Part. Twelve Superior Song
and Danee Stars. Twelve Champion Clog Dancers. Eight Eminent End Men.
BAR-NUNES-CIRKUS ! Haverly's Latest Burlesque ! 7 Baby Blephants, 2 Princi-
pal Riders, 12 Beautiful Horses, 4 Famous Clowns. Seats six days in advance.
MADAME JULIA MELVILLE SNYDER,
m* | Q Mason street, between Bush and Matter.— Vocal Music
O I O for Opera. Concert or Parlor. Piano and Elocution. Dramatic Elocution
and Voice Culture Specialties. Terms made known at residence. May 2&.
10
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Aug. 30, 1879.
THE YOUNG WIDOW.
She is modest, but not bashful,
Free and easy, but not bold ;
Like an apple, ripe and mellow ;
Not too young and not too old ;
Half inviting, half repulsing,
Now advancing and now shy —
There is mischief in her dimple,
There is danger in her eye.
She has studied human nature ;
She is schooled in all her artsj
She has taken her diploma
As the mistress of all hearts.
She can tell the very moment
When to sigh and when to smile ;
Oh, a maid is sometimes charming.
But a widow all the while.
Are you sad ? How very serious
"Will her handsome face become!
Are you angry ? She is wretched,
Lonely, friendless, tearful, dumb ;
Are you mirthful? How her laughter,
Silver sounding, will ring out!
She can lure and catch and play you
As the angler does the trout.
Ye old widowers of sixty
Who have grown so bold and wise,
Young Americans of twenty,
With the love looks in their eyes,
You may practice all the lessons
Taught by Cupid since the fall,
But I know a little widow
Who could win and fool you all.
UNITED STATES— STATISTICS OF SILVER AND GOLD.
The following is a portion uf a letter which appeared in the money
article of the London Times of August 1st, from a correspondent in San
Francisco : "In view of the continual references by public men and the
press, both in England and on the continent of Europe, to the supply of
silver from the United States, and particularly from the Comstock mines,
I have prepared the following table from the detailed annual statements
of the Bureau of Statistics at Washington, the annual statistical abstract
of that office not separating the gold and the silver, but treating them
together simply as coin and bullion. The figures are turned into pounds
sterling, at the rate of five dollars to a sovereign :
Year Ending
lis
en o
Silver co
eluding
Dollars
Price of Silver
London, per at
dard ounce, y
ending Dec. 31
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■is."
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June 30th.
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£
£
£
Pence.
£
£
1869
3,091,195
168,149
60 7-16
4,374,186
1870
2,031,475
353,451
60 9-16
4,315,822
1871
3,473,863
391,181
60 1-2
11,960,529
1872
5,060,509
605,967
60 5-16
8,166,260
1873
5,390,674
589,159
59 1-4
7,234,854
1874
4,725,243
478,940
58 5-16
2,909,857
1875
3,589,448
874,574
56 7-8
10,656,837
1876
3,477,056
2,598,S90
52 34
4,636,868
1877
3,008,737
3,875,407
54 13-16
68,828
1878
1,608,914
3,382,563
52 9-16
825,152
July to Dec.
1878
1 49,783
538,650
Net exports of Silver for four years — July 1, 1S68, to June
30, 1872 £13,657,762
Average net exports of Silver per annum — July 1, 1868, to
June 30, 1872 3,414,440
Net exports of Silver for six years and a half — July 1, 1872, to
December 31, 1878 21,750,289
Average net exports of Silver per annum — July 1, 1872, to
December 31, 1878 3,346,198
"During the first four years the gold price of silver had not fallen.
These figures show that the United States have not sent into the world
any more silver during the depreciation in its gold value than they did
before that depreciation began ; so that in reality the supply from the
United States cannot be regarded as a material factor in the fall oF the
gold price of silver, although exaggerated reports of enormous expecta-
tions of production undoubtedly had some temporary influence in depress-
ing the silver market, more particularly in 1876."
SMALL CHANGE.
Panem. et circenaes, or, as it may be better expressed in our laconic
idiom, "grub and fun," are always marks of civilization, and the greater
the abundance of both, the better and happier the people who enjoy
them. We are led into these remarks from noticing the great changes at
this period from the open-handed but rude customs of early days. In the
'50's no one ever thought of giving or requiring exact change for fractional
amounts. A "bit," in the singular number, meant fifteen cents; a check
terminating in twelve cents was paid with ten, and if for thirteen cents,
the holder received fifteen, and so on. It was not until about '65 that the
banks commenced making exact payments by means of nickels, although
the spirit of economy had been abroad sometime before that. Cheap res-
taurants also came into fashion about the same time, and so rapid has
been their increase and so keen the competition, that we doubt whether
there is another city on the continent where food is cheaper or more
abundant. The latest idea comparatively was the establishment of ten
cent coffee houses and five cent beer saloons. The beer '"schooner" will
doubtless follow in due course. As for amusements, outside the regular
theaters, there are some half-dozen amateur dramatic societies, which give
weekly performances, charging two bits for admission ; and, cuttingunder
the amateurs, are some half-dozen beer halls and beer gardens, where per-
formances are given every evening, and a glass of beer thrown in,
for the usual two bits. Similar changes might be noticed in a score of
directions, most of them familiar to our own people, but very like a reve-
lation to our foreign readers. The rest of the world have become so ac-
customed to consider the name of "Californian" as equivalent to "spend-
thrift," "ne'er-do-weel," and all that sort of thing, that it is about time
for us to ring these "small changes*' as a counter argument. It may be
safely said that, while extravagance can run to the end of its tether here,
there is no city in America where economy is better rewarded, or where
"food and fun" of the best quality can be so easily secured as in San
Francisco. Broken-down financiers across the mountains and across the
water can "paste this in their hats."
Sterling Silverware. — A large assortment of elegant designs at Ran-
dolph & Co. s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
MECHANICS' FAIR.
The Fair is now in full force, and a splendid show it certainly is, and
far better worth being visited for pleasure and amusement, or studied in
its several mechanical departments, than its predecessor of last year.
Turning to the left, as the visitor enters by the Mission- street doors, his
eye is taken at once by the numerous and beautiful, as well as useful,
works in wire. From end to end the western aisle deserves special atten-
tion, as it is filled with objects of domestic economy and daily use.
Kitchen utensils of all imaginary kinds ; culinary appliances and kitchen
ranges are there, calculated to suit all grades, from a palace to a cottage.
Further on is the carriage department, and here also the variety is exten-
sive, and in most instances the design and finish excellent. But how does
it happen that in this dry, sunny climate each and every vehicle should be
alike — black ? It looks as if the city was in mourning, and suggests that
every one who can afford a carriage or a buggy is holding himself ready at
a moment's notice to swell the mournful array of a funeral cortege. It is
difficult to criticise so many vehicles, suited specially to such different
conditions of work, in town or country ; still, exceptional attention might
be directed to one of B. Grave & Co.'s exhibits, called the " Oppenheim
Double Buggy and Carriage." There is also a good display of agricultural
implements — plows, reapers, harvesters, etc. — and prominent in that part
of the building is a cask of monstrous dimensions.
On the same left-hand side are Landsberger's champagne and Henly's
Bitters, Dr. Kenz's blackberry brandy, Bourbon whisky, and a display
of silver-plated ware. The large tank, with its border of growing plants,
presents quite a feature in the center of the Pavilion. Not far from the
entrance are placed, in a tank, two leaves of the gigantic water-lily — the
Victoria Regia — which never fails to attract attention and excite admira-
.tion. My attention was called to a life-size portrait of Cardinal Mc-
Closky, near the head of the stairs, which is said to be an excellent like-
ness, and admirably executed. There is some talk, among Catholics, of
buying it for a present to his Grace, Archbishop Alemany.
BRITISH BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF CAL.
Attendance, daily, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., by the under-
signed, to receive subscriptions and donations, and to furnish all information
relating to the Society. J. P. McCURRIE, Secretary,
Oct. 23. 730 Montgomery street.
LAVER & CURLETT,
Architects,
Furnish Plans, Specifications and Superintendence for the
Construction or Renovation of Dwelling Houses, and every description of
Building. Office : 19 S. F. Stock Exchange Building, Pine street, San Francisco.
[Take the Elevator.] June 15.
MME. B. ZEITSKA'S
French, German and English Institute, Day and Boarding:
School, for Young Ladies, 922 Post street, between Hyde and Larkin. KIN-
DERGARTEN connected with the Institute.
Oct. 26. MME. B. ZEITSKA, Principal.
JOHN JENNINGS
Hooper's South End Warehouses, corner Japan and Town-
send streets, San Francisco. First-class Fire-Proof Brick Building, capacity
10,000 tons. Goods taken from the Dock and the Cars of the C. P. R. R. and S. P.
R. R. free of charge. Storage at Current Rates. Advances and Insurance Effected,
NOTICE.
or the very best photographs g-o to Bradley & Rulofson's,
'a an Elevator, 429 Montgomery street. Oct. 29.
F
FREDERICK A. BEE,
His Imperial Chinese Majesty's Consul.
Office: 917 Clay Street. Residence: 620 Eddy Street.
MILLS' SEMINARY.
The next Term of this well-known Institution will com-
mence on WEDNESDAY, July 30th, 1879. For Circulars, giving particulars,
address REV. C. T. MILLS,
Aug. 2. Mills' Seminary, Alameda county, California.
EDWARD BOSQUI & CO.,
Printers, Engravers, Lithographers and Bookbinders,
JJeidesdorff street, from Clay to Commercial.
HIBERNIA BREWERY,
Howard Street, Between Eighth and Ninth.
Dec. 7.] M. NUlfAJr, Proprietor.
J. C. MERRILL & CO.,
Shipping- and Commission merchants, Agents for the Sand-
wich Islands Packet Lines, 204 California street, S. F.
April 13.
T
UNCLE TOM'S
Fourteen-Mile House,
CABIN,
San Bruno.
he above institution will be open on and after Sunday,
August 3d, 1879. I Aug. 9.J AUGUST JENEVEIN, Manager.
FOR SALE,
In a thriving* city, situated in one of the Southern counties,
a valuable first-class SALOON BUSINESS, with lease, fixtures and furniture.
For full particulars apply, by letter, "A. B.," News Letter Office. Dec. 14.
A Med icl ual Food . PANCREATIC EMULSION. Prepared by SAVORY
& MOORE. For persons suffering from
(Consumption and Wasting- Diseases, and for counteracting the ten-
J dency thereto. Nourishes the system by the introduction of stable solidFats, the
Necessary Food iu Consumption, and takes precedence of fluid fats,
oils, aud oily Emulsions of all kinds.
Appetite, Strength and Weight are increased, and digestion in all
cases improved by taking it.
Pancreatic Emulsion is prescribed by the Medical Profession in all parts of
" the world, and is prepared by
s
avory & Moore, 143, New Eond street, London, and sold by all Chemists.
[July 26.J
*7 7 1 a year and expenses to ag-ents. Outfit Free. Address,
P< ' ' June 7.] P. O. V1CKERY, Aujrusta, Maine.
1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVKRTIS] R.
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CRADLE, ALTAR, AND TOMB.
CRADLE.
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Manly, n win.
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ALTAR.
BttJh-Bootim In tlii* city. Au>u>t LCtb, [>»v] 1 F. Be*n to Augusta E. Boothbv.
I to Clwa Regonsburger,
In Virginia Hu<h II Coute to Maggie Boothby.
ring to Marj P. Lyons
Avi.-ii-i 10th. W. i nglfsh to M. McDonough.
In tins city. August 20th, Jac ib <: Dig to .luli.i Voes.
Pitus— In tin- |M to Irene Peters.
Wklls-Airilu n-Ih this city. August Slat, Charles J. Walls to Luna Auriliua.
TOMB.
Bourn -In this city. August 23*1, Frederick W. Bolder, aged 0 months and 14 dnys.
Cckrax— In this city, August 23d, Margaret M. Currmn, aged 25 years.
Crooiuv- In Oakland. August 87th, Mrs Brldgi I Crcghan, aged 7:; years,
in tins city, August 16th, Charles l>. Capp, aged u> years and 6 months.
Kiu.noi— In Last Oakland, August ^7th, Josi ph French, aged 69 years.
I! Litacf — Id Oakland, August 1 Lib, frank Hansen, aged W years.
Hiialt— In this dty, August 27th, Hugh Heal; , agedS years and G months.
Kki.lv — In this cit-.. August 24th, Jam - Ki lly, aged 40 years.
fcfrrcmxL— In tins city, August 23d, Uanue! Mitchell, aged ll months and 11 days.
IIcDoxald— In this city. August 34th, All-en k w McDonald, aged 10 years.
UoCARTUI -In thin city, August 26th, Harri.-t McCarthy, aged :i months.
Mi unjY-lu Oakland, August 27th, Edward Murphy, aged 42 years.
Nielsen— In this city, August 27th, Caroline Nielsen, aged 4b years.
Rtan-It. this city, August 24th. Mary Ryan, aged 30 years.
EUxdolph -In this city, August 24th, Frances 5. Randolph, aged 38 years.
RtEOELHtTH — In this city, August 27ih. Charles itiegelhuth, aged 0 months.
Smith -In this city. August 2«th, Mary K. Smith, aired 77 years.
SOKBHAH— In this city, August 27th, Ellen Shechan, aged 5*2 years,
Wilson —In this city, Aiigust 23d, Harry Wilson, aged 22 years.
Wflsh— In this city, August 23d, Ellen Welsh, aged 35 years.
BANK COMMISSIONERS FINISH THEIR EXAMINATION
OF THE SAVINGS AND LOAN SOCIETY.
The Bank Commissioners yesterday submitted the following report
of their examination of the Savings and Loan Society:
Hon. Jo Hamilton, Attorney-General— 'Dear Sir: We beg to report that
on the 12th in3t. we entered upon an examination of the affairs of the
Sayings and Loan Society of 'this city and concluded the same to-day.
We rind the bank perfectly solvent, as shown by the accompanying state-
ment of its assets and liabilities on the 11th inst., at the close of business.
Yours, very respectfully, E. J. Coleman,
Robert Watt,
statement.
Assets.
Banking house and lot $61,500 00
Real estate, by foreclosure 1,893,037 18
Loans on real estate 4,248,045 70
Invested in stocks and bonds 306J52 48
Loans on stocks and bonds 238,021 16
Money on hand ■ 88,622 27
Expenses, taxes, etc 5, 190 10
Total $5,840,568 89
Liabilities.
Capital paid in coin $500,000 00
Reserve fund 308,936 32
Due depositors 4,988,034 42
Interest collected 33,750 26
Other liabilities 354 15
Internal Revenue tax 9,443 74
Total $5,840,568 89
The late trial of Col. Buford for the murder of Judge Elliott is
interesting in many respects, especially as it develops what, in Kentucky,
is considered evidence of insanity. One witness thought a man insane
because he quit horse-racing and got religion ; another, that for a man to
be an abolitionist is proof positive that he is insane. One witness consid-
ered Buford insane because he thought he could train a horse better than
the witness could. Another, because he once gave a boy a quarter of a
dollar. While yet another testified that Buford read history, which no
sane man would do. But.-after all, the strongest proof of insanity is the
simple fact of Buford being a Kentuckian.
" Atticus" writes in the Melbourne Leader: " The other evening, at a
dinner party near Toorak, one of the guests, the scion of an English
county family engaged in globe-trotting, was asked what he thought of
the colony. ' I don't dislike the climate, but I cannot say I like the peo-
ple. For one thing, you have no gentry here.' ' What do you mean by
gentry ?" said another of the company. 'Well, you know,' replied the
new colonial, ' well, oh, gentry are those who never did any work them-
selves, and whose fathers before them never did any.' ' Oh! ' replied his
interlocutor, ' then we have plenty of them in Victoria, only we don't call
them gentry. We call them awagmen in the bush, and in town loafers."'
The Direct United States Cable Company (Limited).— At the
meeting of the Board, held on July 18th, it was resolved to recommend
a final dividend of 5s. per share, such dividend to be payable on and after
the 16th of August, making with the interim dividends already paid,
5 per cent, for the year ending 30th June last, carrying forward £2,345
Is. 5d,, after having carried to the reserve fund £34,756 4s. 3d., making
it up to £100,000.
A GOOD PLAN.
A Hbortj .... learn t„ ,1)tl| ,„„,., rapid 1 1 operating in
1
tnl, enali 1 tt^ i>rwrt,i „.„
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amount and
amount, (r
;. per cent
stock, during the month, u
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: month)-, Any
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11,000, or 10 per cent, on the
JU '* RluitraUd
lathod M optraUng stocks is the mosl
1 I'h.' combination
system is founded upon oorn . ,. person need bo without
Vl!?,c£m?wnllSl ■ "" fcCo. Brooklyn Journal,
April rath: " Our editor mad D oi liOI.SS from 920 In one of Messrs.
Hod tree) explains everything.
Stocks ana bonds wanted. Don mmenl bonds supplied,
Julyw. LAWR \i SAG >., Bankers, 67 Exchange Place, N. T.
SWANTON HOUSE, PESCADERO.
This Popular Hotel, together with the detached GottftgM,
which are not the least ol Ets attractive features, have been newly tarnished
throughout, and are now open for the reception of guests, Those desiring to visit.
the most enjoyable of all our sea aide resorts, can make nistoke In dccidmir upon
Pescadero.
IT IS EASILY REACHED,
and is unsurpassed in the'exceltence of [t« Climate, the beaut- nf its scenery, and in
the attractiveness of its truly remarkable sea beach. Those'cxtraordinary pebbles,
among which are to be found agates, opals, sapphires, etc.. were never so numerous
as now, the past Winter having thrown up immense numbers of curiously-shaped
stones, which for ages have been subiected to the everlasting motions of the tireless
Pacific. GOODTROLT FISHING is obtainable in the Pescadero river.
t^"" The hotel prices are fixed to suit the times. [April 27.
PUBLIC NOTICE
Is hereby g-iven that a tieiieral Election, in and for the City
and County of San Francisco, will be held on WEDNESDAY the THIRD DAY
of SEPTEMBER, A.D. 1879, and the qualified electors of said City and County are
hereby called to meet in their respective districts for the purpose of electing the fol-
lowing municipal officers at said election :
Mayor; Assessor; sheriff ; Auditor ; Tax Collector ; Treasurer; Recorder; County
Clerk ; District Attorney ; Attorney and Counsellor ; Coroner ; Public Administra-
tor ; Surveyor; Superintendent of Public Streets, Highways and Squares ; Superin-
tendent of Common Schools ; Twelve Judges of the Superior Court ; Police Judge :
Five Justices of the Peace.
Twelve Supervisors— one from each of the following-named Wards : First, Second,
Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth;
to be elected by a pleurality of all the votes cast at said election.
Twelve School Directors, to he elected by a pleurality of all the votes cast at said
election.
For unexpired terms of City and County officers : Auditor; Tax Collector ; Su-
pervisor from the Third Ward.
Witness my hand and the seal of the City and County of San Francisco, this 21st
day of August, a.d. 1879.
[SEAL. J A.J. BRYANT,
Aug. 23. Mayor of the City and County of San Francisco.
"THE SAN FRANCISCO MERCHANT,"
A Weekly Trade Paper.
Published Every Friday Morning-.-- Especially devoted to
the Grocery, Tobacco, Provision, Drug and Wine and Spirits Trades. The
ADVOCATE OF HOME MANUFACTURES. Able editorials on live topics. Newsy
comments on all affairs appertaining to business. The fullest and most reliable m ir-
ket reports, and the liveliest and most entertaining1 trade paper published in the
United State. Subscription, Two Dollars a year, in advance (postage included), and
received by all newsdealers, Postmasters and agents of Wells, Fargo & Co. Sample
copies, free. July 19.
WAKELEE'S AUREOLINE
Produces the Beautiful Golden Hair so Much Admired.
SUPERIOR TO THE IMPORTED ARTICLE
— BY REASON OF ITS-
FRESHNESS AND CARE USED IN ITS PRODUCTION.
FRIGE, JL A !t<V 1: BOTTLES. 82.
Manufactured by J9T. P. WjlKEIEE
Montgomery and Rush streets, S. F.
CO., Druggists, corner
[Aug. 2-
MITCHELL'S MAGIC LOTION.
Quick and sure cure Tor bruises and sprains->relieves the
pain instantly; perfectly harmless ; will prevent the eye turning dark after a
blow ; good for aching feet ; gives instant relief from soreness after horseback riding
or any over-exertion ; very serviceable as a gargle after speaking or singing. Mr A.
W. Hussey, Stock Broker, says: "After my runaway accident, my eye was much
discolored and I could not bend my knee. The next day after usingyour Lotion, my
knee was as well as ever and the bruise marks nearly gone from the eye. It is won-
derful stuff and everybody ought to know about it." Sold by all Druggists and by
GEORGE H. MITCHELL, 507 California street. Price, 25 cents. Aug. 2.
FRED H. BUSBY,
"VTo. 412 Market street, San Francisco, Manufacturer of
X\ Archery Gloves, Finger Tips. Arm Guards, Boxing, Fencing and Base Ball
Gloves, for Catchers, Long Wrist Fishing Gloves, Belts for Uniforms, etc Archery
Clubs supplied at reduced rates. Busby's Archery Clubs sre the only ones in the
market that will stand service and give satisfaction. July 12.
JOSEPH GILLOTT'S STEEL PENS.
Gold Medal, Paris, 1878.
old by all Stationers. Sole Agent for tbe United States:
S
MB. HENKY HOE, 91 John street, N. Y.
HAPPY CHILDREN.
Tbe rosy-cbeeked children ol San Frauclsco is the evidence
the JERSEY FARM DAIRY has of the purity and richness of its milk.
Aug. 2. Citv Depot : 837 HOWARD STREET.
Aug. 18 ]
WM. F. SMITH, M.D.,
Oculist and Aurist, 313 Bush Street.
Office Hours, from 12 M. to 3 P.M.
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Aug. 30, 1879.
THE RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS.
It is a great evil in the new Constitution that the elections of all offi-
cers are made to take place on the same day. If the judges, railroad com-
missioners and Superintendent of Public Instruction, were chosen at a
separate election, the result would be better. There would be more time
for careful investigation, and a less heated condition of mind in which to
make it. The Railrogd Commissioners are judicial officers of the highest
kind; they are intrusted with large powers over property of very great
value. Every railroad and every transportation company in the State is
placed under their control, to a very large extent; they have the fixing of
the fares and freights; they may name any figures they please, and from
their decision there is no appeal; their Sovereign Will is the supreme law.
Parties in interest may appeal from any Superior Judge to the Supreme
Court of the State, and finally to the Supreme Court of the United States,
but no owner of a railroad or a steamship may appeal from the fiat of
two out of the three Railroad Commissioners now to be elected. This is
a most extraordinary power to place in the hands of any two men. Their
powers almost amount to the ability to confiscate what is not theirs. If
the clamor of the hour is to prevail, it Beems as if they will be forced to
exercise that vast power in a way and mauner not intended, even by the
ill-considered Constitution which calls them into being. They are being
pledged beforehand, without inquiry, to say that there shall be a certain,
predetermined and large reduction; that is like pledging a judicial candi-
date to hang a man without trial. The new Constitution, on its face, shows
that no such extraordinary pledges were ever contemplated. Indeed, it
ought practically to render them impossible. That Constitution requires
the Commissioners to take an official oath that they will maintain its pro-
visions inviolate; they can't do that if they come to their duty with a
mind already made up. The Constitution expressly provides how they
shall arrive at a judicial judgment; they are to " examine books, records,
and papers of all railroads and other transportation companies, and for this
purpose they shall have power to issue subpenas and all other necessary
process, to hear and determine complaints, to send for persons and papers,
to administer oaths, take testimony, and punish for contempt, in the
same manner as other courts," and any railroad or transportation com-
pany " which shall fail or refuse to conform to rates so established by
such commissioners shall be fined not exceeding twenty thousand dollars
for each offense." Now it is plain that there is to be a deliberate inquiry
and a judicial judgment. Bad as the Constitution is, its framers unmis-
takably intended that fares and freights should be fixed after investi-
gation, and upon the basis of facts and figures duly sworn to. That is
the way in which the Commissioners, in obedience to their oaths, are com-
pelled to fix them. If they swallow a east-iron pledge they must either
be false to it or to the Constitution, for they cannot, in the nature of
things, be true to both. The process marked out for them to follow is
plain beyond the possibility of mistake. It is the only common-sense
principle upon which it is conceivable that such duties as theirs can be
executed with any pretense of honesty, fair dealing or exact justice. The
preparation of a table of fares and freights is necessarily a difficult task,
requiring exact data and all the skill of an expert. The cost of the road,
the amount of interest it should yield, operating expenses, allowances f»
wear and tear, and scores of other considerations enter into the calcula-
tion, and can only be determined by just the process which the Constitu-
tion provides. There is no royal road by which to determine what par-
ticular rates will yield a sufficient income to permit a railroad to be run
with a reasonable profit. The proper figures must be settled by patient
inquiry, and by the application of all the wisdom and experience which it
is possible for the Commissioners to avail themselves of. To determine
the question by bids for popular favor, at an election, is a dishonest and
even criminal proceeding, for it involves perjury. The sworn oath of the
Commissioner is to pursue the methods of the Constitution. Those meth-
ods demand a judicial inquiry and a judgment according to the facts. "We
recently showed how so able a man as Mr. Cohen had previously erred,
and demonstrated from his own corrected figures that the railroad income
is now just what he says it ought to be. The shocking example made of
him and his calculations ought to warn others that a strictly j udicial
decision ought to be arrived at by judicial methods.
THE DUTY OF CAPITAL.
The certainty of Mr. Perkins' election to the gubernatorial ch air
being now almost beyond peradventure, we desire to call to the attention
of capitalists and employers generally the wisdom of shaping new courses
iD the future. " The end of conquest is, not to do as the conquered have
done, but something infinitely superior." So said the greatest conqueror
of antiquity, whose downfall arose from the non-practice of this theory.
The great contest between capital and labor, which is now coextensive
with civilization, displays a remarkable lack of judgment on either side.
Whichever party considers itself temporarily the strongest dictates its
ultimatum to the other, without consulting the equities of the matter,
and a disastrous deadlock ensues until tt.e weakest has been forced to
terms. Speaking judicially, there can be no doubt of the right of capital
to a fair profit upon its investment, and of the right of labor to a remun-
eration adequate to a healthy living. Outside of these primary facts is
the secondary consideration that, as labor does not receive any share in ex-
traordinary profits, it is inequitable to compel it to bear all the burden of
extraordinary losses. Whenever wages are reduced below a decent living
standard common sense requires a justification thereof by exact proofs.
There can be no doubt of the mutuality and interdependence of the two
forces, and it naturally follows this should beget an honest confidence.
Let masters and men consult each others' interests more and their own de-
sires less and a way is opened up out of the difficulty. If it can be shown
that the profits of production are inadequate to the selling price, there
will no longer be any ground for opposition, and the nation which first
appreciates and practices this idea will have successfully solved the great
problem. Else, if we are to go on in the present antagonistic conditions, it
is only a question of time when capital and labor will perish from their
own follies. The theory of supply and demand is all very well in its
way, hut dispassionate observers are of opinion that unless the accommo-
dations are more justly regulated a social cataclysm may end the century.
California haB furnished the world with much that is useful, but if her
men of brains can solve the capital and labor problem the greatest of all
benefits will be conferred upon mankind with an incalculable profittoour
State.
THE POLITICAL CRISIS AND THE INTERESTS OP THE
STATE.
The attempted assassination of Kalloch by De Young has
brought out more clearly the disgraceful condition to which political
issues have been reduced in this city and State. The view taken in
other parts of the Union is that San Francisco is the scene of a Ken-
tucky vendetta, which is countenanced by 300,000 people, and that law-
lessness has made this city its chosen abode, just as if it were a straggling
village on the Texas frontier. The policy of the Chronicle has been to
try to make it impossible for any public man except the nominees of the
villainous De Youngs to be elected to office. If any one not emanating
from them, or favored in their den of iniquity, has the hardihood to
aspire to office, then he receives due notice from the Chronicle that the
vocabulary of abuse and vituperation will be exhausted in vilifying him ;
that every report and rumor that his enemies put in circulation will be
published and will be repeated for months, and that if these assertions
are not black enough, they will manufacture monstrous lies out of whole
cloth. The whole conduct of the Chronicle is au utter scandal and dis-
grace to a civilized community, and the fact that it has been supported in
its infamous policy is, we are sorry to say, a proof that if this community
will not take a higher view of public duty, and by withdrawing their sup-
port allow the Chronicle to sink into oblivion, they must bear the stigma
of the Chronicle's disgraceful misdeeds. The policy of that infamous
sheet is one of moral murder, against which, in other countries, the law
gives ample protection ; but when the De Youngs are in league with the
City Hall and Court rings, and use every weapon of corruption that
ingenuity can devise, what is the use of appealing to the Courts for redress?
The natural result of all these years of Chronicle infamies is that
people have lost faith in the efficiency of the law and in the virtue of the
people. They reason that the Chronicle can only exist if the public sup-
port it ; and as the public do support it, the great mass of the people
must be as demoralized as the Chronicle. California will now more than
ever be a place to which outsiders will point the finger of warning, and so
long as the Chronicle and the De Youngs are supported, we must be con-
tent to see this State placed in the category of countries to be avoided by
settlers and by capitalists. Emigrants will not look favorably on a coun-
try that is characterized by lawlessness, and where scoundrelism is in the
ascendant, and capitalists will not come to a country where Communism
is rampant, and where confiscation of property is declared to be the policy
of a large section of the people. The Sand-lot and the Chronicle have
brought disgrace upon the Stace, have lessened the seemly of property,
have frightened capital out of the State and warned it not to come here.
And in doing this suicidal work they have reduced wages and destroyed
confidence in the stability and permanence of our institutions. If this
dastardly work is to be undone it must be by an uprising of the people in
the interest of honor, honesty and justice, and in the present juncture of
affairs the support of Flint for Mayor can alone redeem the city from the
disgrace into which it has fallen, and give any security for property or for
the proper administration of the government. It will be a lasting dis-
grace to the people of this city if they do not so act as to make the fur-
ther existence of the Chronicle an impossibility. A new era of journalism
is wanted in the daily press, one in which the rules of decency will be ob-
served and from which villainy and mendacity will he excluded. Con-
fidence must be restored by responsible journalism, and the people of this
city and State can have responsible journalism if they will only support
it, and they can rid themselves of infamous journalism if they will only
withdraw their support from it.
MIDDLEMISS WASN'T LIBELED.
Middlemiss, of the Brilliant Mine, has been in the Police Court
during the week investigating the question as to whether he was libeled
by the News Letter, and has found out to his great chagrin that he wasn't.
We told of his methods as President of the Brilliant Mine in terms
which, if not true, were undoubtedly libelous. He did not challenge
what we said on that subject, but substantially admitted their entire
truthfulness. It was as curious a case of mine management as was ever
presented to the public of San Francisco, which is saying not a little.
While he allowed the very distinct allegations made on that subject to pass
unnoticed, it was idle to waste his energies in dealing with the less serious
allegations about his conduct in leering at and otherwise annoying women
at the Palace Hotel. But as he invited investigation he got it, and we
hope he is happy. The Gas Superintendent at the Palace was one out of
several witnesses, and he swore that, he caught the Brilliant Middlemiss
in the act of kissing an unprotected nurse-girl, and so hard had he kissed
her that her young charges, two innocent infants of aristocratic lineage,
cried out with fear. The gas man also admitted that he gently chided
the osculatory Middlemiss, who replied in language so indecent that the
man of lights was constrained to resent the insult by smashing a gas-
lighter over the fellow's head. There was much more of a like import,
all of which Col. W. H. L. Barnes brought out with his well known unc-
tion, to the sore discomfiture of Middlemiss, but to the evident delight of
the spectators. The defense was submitted without argument, and the
case was promptly dismissed by the Judge.
WITHDRAWAL OF THE BILKS.
The fact has at last become evident, even to the Bilks themselves,
that notwithstanding their alliance with the remains of the Democratic
party, there is not the ghost of a chance for any of their municipal candi-
dates in the coming election. They have made overtures to withdraw in
favor of the Republican ticket, provided they are allowed to decapitate
it. In other words, they demand — as if they had a right to demand any-
thing—that Mr. Flint be retired from his candidacy for Mayor, and
Judge Blake, or some other gentleman, be substituted. This the Repub-
licans refuse to consent to, very properly considering that the Bilks must
withdraw in any event. Their remaining in the field can only be for the
deliberate purpose of aiding the Workingmen. It is only a question with
the Bilk managers whether they hate the Workingmen more or the Re-
publicans less, and we presume their policy will not be dictated by any
other motive than comparative animosity. This being the case, let them
assume a virtue, if they have it not, and support the Republican ticket
without further dispute.
Somebody in England has spread over the world the news of the
death of Gen. Grant's daughter, Nellie, when it is finally discovered, after
three days, to have been Mrs. Sartoris, her mother-in law, who died.
Aug. 30, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER,
13
THE TOWN CRIER.
"IW.r lb. I ti.r «:., . . t„,i «rt ihool
"On. tb.t will i-U) th. ,1. ril. BI wtlb too."
" Hf.l . lUUI 'n hb »^,l .. loaw M * fl*jl,
tt bich mad* bim cruw t i.r ftnd bold.r."
W
His First Visit to his Uncle. < toe nastj, dump, foggy, suicidal morn-
ing, such ss is »cnt bo vary the monotony of our glorious climate and
Italian akies. po*>r Joe impscar swoke and realised the awful fact that his
appetite wu Jmmmwi but his cash capital ''nfl.*1 I" vein heeearched
tfaroogh his pockets; alai -, well-chewed tooth-picks
and little scraps of dried up plug tobacco won" all be could find.
Now. though a man Deed not live to eat, he has to eat occasionally to
live. He may bluff his landlord, elude iii- tailor, escape from the clutches
of Crispin, hut he can't get away from bis appetite. It will suggest itself
with painful persistence and a dull gnawing at the vitals, which says
plainer than words, "come, my boy, none of your fooling, I want my
grub."
In vain i>oor Joe turned from side t.< side on bis scantily covered bed,
thinking a change of position might quell the demon within. Even his
ij>e, that solace of many a weary, sad hour, had lost its wonted charms.
'is stomach reseutcd the sweet incense as a direct insult. Do what he
would he could not calm or silence the clamorous calls of hunger. He ran
through bis list of friends, but alas ! all had lent him money and given
him quietly to understand that no more was forthcoming. At last a
light dawned upon his gloomy soul, and springing gaily from his bed he
cried, "My Uncle."
It took him but a short time to complete bis toilet and start for that
"Eldorado" of the dead broke, where the mocking trio of balls seem as
if offering three to one you never get out again what you pawn. It was
hia first trip, and though be started with high hope elate, yet as heneared
the gloomy portals he felt his courage oozing out, and to use a vulgar but
expressive term, "he wilted" and "could not face the music."
He looked into the window, and pretended to be most deeply interested
in studying the prices of the unredeemed pledges there exhibited for sale.
At last, by a desperate effort, he screwed up enough courage to enter.
The Hebrew within greeted him with a knowing, half-insulting, half-pity-
ing smile, for long and varied experience had taught him to distinguish an
amateur pawner from an old band, at a glance. Hastily detatching his
watch from its chain {a watch full, bye the bye, with dear memories), he
placed it in the claws of the remorseless Uncle, and, in tremulous accents,
asked how much he ccu!d get on it. It was a silver watch, an old family
heirloom, and was (so said the Uncle) completely out of date. Five dol-
lars was all he could let him have on it. Poor Joe was too bashful to
argue, and, seeing some one enter the store, jumped at his offer, being
only too glad to get out of the noisome den.
He had a glorious breakfast, costing the, to him, enormous sum of fifty
cents. He had a good free lunch, and a dinner at Oampi's ; but still he
was not happy. That night he lay awake, his gas lit, and tbe remainder
of his capital full in sight ; yet, strange to say, the sight brought him no
pleasure. He felt that he had taken a good big step on the down grade.
At last sleep came to his rescue. But, oh ! what dreams ! He fancied he
was at home — in the old home, back East. He could recognize all the
familiar landmarks, the old oak chairs, the winding staircase, with its
shining walnut banisters, yet still the large hall-way looked queer, and
not as it used to. At last he discovered the cause. All the old
family portraits had left their frames. Entering the dining-room,
what a sight greeted him ! There they were, that crowd which he had
been wont so to venerate, dancing around, gesticulating and howling
in the wildest possible manner. The oddest part of all was, each
held a stick in its hand, at the end of which hung "three golden balls."
No sooner had he entered the room than they began to lay on blows, thick
and heavy. He cried for mercy, and woke in the act. It was only his
landlady's son, knocking, to ask for the "rint."
How queei it is that Pickering & Fitch have only just discovered
how bad the "Chronicle" is. All these years, while the fences repeated
the story that the " 'Chronicle' has the largest circulation," no industri-
ous agent of the "Morning Call" has been found seated hard by on a
stool, inviting subscriptions to that paper; and even if the "Call" pro-
prietors looked askance at the legendary fence, this was rather owing to
an infirmity of nature than to irrepressible, virtuous indignation. How
very queer it is ! The two papers, both daily, had no sease of right or
wrong till an unsavory man from Kansas was shot, when they feel that
San Francisco can no longer do without unlimited " Calls." One would
like to hear the nightly prayer of these holy men, when the habiliments
by which we recognize them are laid aside, and their manly forms arrayed
for slumber.
A woman disguised as a man, or rather elaborately made up as a sort
of human crow, has just been dismissed by an Idaho congregation for
whom she had acted as pastor for nearly a year. It was subsequently dis-
covered that the deception had been of long duration, and that she had
been turned out of several similar situations during her career. Not that
her identity was ever detected, but somehow the ladies of her congregations
became gradually dissatisfied, and she always had to step down and out.
We have written to Beecher to explain this thing, and enclosed a stamped
envelope for a reply, but somehow he doesn't answer worth a cent.
A letter to the " Morning Call " has been handed to us, that paper
having declined to receive it: "Editor Call: Why don't you paste
cards asking for subscriptions to your valuable paper on the coat-tails of
' City Pastors ?" This would be a neat and inexpensive way of increas-
ing the circulation of your valuable paper, and it would also serve as a
letter of introduction to the Pastor himself. Any sacriligious boot
raised to propel the reverend gentleman would sink before that noble
legend, particularly if it bore as a heading the likeness of the senior pro-
prietor. A Constant Reader."
The Sacramento Bee says the East is making more fuss over the
Kalloch affair than San Francisco; and the Smoke Reporter says the point
is well taken. We can vouch for it. There is almost a half-column in
each of our daily papers that is not given up to discussion and endless
wind-baggery about the Kalloch affair, the De Youngs, the messenger
boy, the mutton chop for breakfast, the bag of oranges, and the valuable
paper; the San Franciscans never talk of these little local matters, for we
are wide as the South Sea.
Some of the City papers make a face at the JV. V. JW&im* because
m-'v For restraining
pis followers: We are much obliged to Kearney; bnt suppose that In-,
instead ■•[ Kail ■•■!,. ■ -. prhat would the mob have dune then?"
I lus u called sniveling non* a« it i-. on the contrary, a very pertinent
question : and when s.1Tl r,.,,,, |bco papers declare that our society i- not
at the merer of anyone man, the; forget that Kearney and all hie fol
lowers have been Drained bj th< i« rery papers, and thanked fur not tack-
city on Saturday hut It i* a matter of local pride, no doubt, to
sneer at New York journali ; but the fact is that the Ctow and /
and .1 ■' •■ thought we were nl the mercy of a mob, and two of them did all
they could to put us then.
With all our talk about the right! of women, we are still benighted.
Here u Mrs. Lucy Schnee (a g 1. cool name for hot weather) arrested
for taking two hundred and sixty dollars from a former husband of her's.
Now, this is an outrage, A man is allowed to pursue bis legitimate busi-
ness in peace, ami, according to modern theories, a woman has the same
right. Philosophers declare that the business of a woman ia to get a hus-
band; and Mrs, Schnee lias been getting, it. seems, all of them she could,
and their money as well. She is running down legitimate game, and we
call for her release. If she is not released, we shall make a riot some-
where—that is, if we can find a good, safe place to make it in, and no
Gatling guns about.
Mr. Farrow is the latest wonder. He shoots; and his person and
ways are minutely described to an impatient world. "He is small and
light ; he has a pair of eyes. When he shoots, he holds his rifle with the
muzzle toward the target, and after he has pulled the trigger the bullet
proceeds on its way. If he hits the mark there is generally some sign of
it. He never misses, or hardly ever. He began shooting the first time
he took it up, and being in Connecticut just then, bis first exper-
ience with rifles occurred in that State. He never tasted liquor, but al-
ways keeps a nutmeg in his mouth for the sake of bis nerves. He is
thirty-two years old, and generally wears boots or shoes."
A young female sends a poem, called (( A Mountain Gorge," and en-
forces her claim to our consideration by the information that she is al-
ready somewhat known to fame " as the young lady who won the first
prize for eating 411 clams at the recent Saucelito clam bake." This is in-
deed fame, and with such aright to public affection and recognition, as
things go in California, we are surprised not to see " Selina's" name on
the Bilk ticketfor something or other. All the same, our advice to our
correspondent is to continue to seek the bubble reputation at the clam's
mouth, and, in fact, to stick to bay-side gorges and let mountain ones
alone.
I dreamt I saw a " walker " gaunt Agirl whose love would last a month,
Who did not claim the belt ; Who would not flirt and lie ;
A politician, too, went by, A trustee and a treasurer
Who bribes had never smelt ; Who did not steal and fly ;
A singer and an actor that
To nurse no spite did seem ;
But this, as Eugene Aram said,
Was " nothing but a dream."
The doors and window-casings of Oakland houses have lately been
found decorated with skulls and cross-boneB, strange hieroglyphics, and
death's heads, and those not in the secret are puzzled to know the mean-
ing of these things. They are pictorial transcripts of the familiar phrase,
" Prepare to meet thy God," and are painted by contract, only on the
houses of those who have positively refused to subscribe to the Morning
Call. The publishers of that valuable paper are making a black-list of
the persons thus honored.
The distressing intelligence comes that the poor King of Oude is
compelled to worry along on a salary of $600,000 a year, and this not-
withstanding the high price of board at Calcutta. Arrangements are al-
ready in progress, however, to induce the Melville Pinafore Troupe to
give a complimentary benefit for him without d^lay. Meanwhile old
clothes, spoiled hams, worked preserves, and other immediate necessities,
will be forwarded by Wells & Fargo's Express free of charge.
Clergymen, before being allowed to begin the performance of divine
service to-morrow, will be required to lay their hands upon their hearts,
and answer, in the presence of Almighty God and these witnesses, whether
they take the " Chronicle," and, if they do, they will be called upon to
withdraw their subscription at once, and substitute the "Morning Call."
This is authentic, but will, of course, be denied.
The man at the theater who tells his neighbors all about the second
scene while the first is in progress, is an angel of celestial light compared
to the malignant villain who climbs out for a clove after each act, treads
on your pet corns twice each trip, fluffs up your hair behind with his
elbow, and makes your new silk hat look like a Thomas cat treed by a
bulldog.
A citizen of Petaluma last week again brought that metropolis be-
fore the world by knocking his wife over the head with a tack hammer.
He was sent to jail, and, on being informed that his better-half was bet-
ter, the partner of her jaws said he was sorry — sorry he hadn't used a
sledge hammer. Thus we see the error of too nasty action.
The most intelligent dog in the "world is a setter belonging to
Charley Kaeding. It was much distressed, last week, at beholding a fel-
low canine with a tin-kettle tied to its tail, since when it never ventures
out into this cold and heartless world without going first to its master to
get its tail greased.
The election of Perkins is now a conceded fact; so is the election of
Glenn; so is the election of farmer White. We are very glad for the sake
of all these gentlemen, and only wish there were a few more of them. It
is pleasant to see your friends happy.
In answer to inquiries, we would say that tbe article in yesterday
evening's Bulletin, headed "Chopped off his own nose," does not di-
rectly refer to the venerable proprietor of that paper — but it ought to.
A new " Thieves Dictionary " has been issued in New York, but as
we do not find the indorsement of any leading stockbroker on the cover,
it cannot expect much sale in this country.
And now the Paris papers speak of Lorillard as keeping " the best
livery stable in America." Such is fame.
There's a letter in the s-candle, and it points direct to you — Conkling.
14
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Aug. 80, 1879.
C. P. R. R.
Overland Ticket Office : Ferry Landing, foot
of Market street.— Commencing Monday,
May 19th, 1879, and until further notice,
Trains and Boats wil leave
SAN FRANCISCO:
7AA A. M. (daily), Vallejo Steamer (from Market
*\J\J street Landing- — Connecting' with Trains for
Napa (Stages for Sonoma), Calistogu (the Geysers),
and Sacramento. Connecting at Davis (Sundays except-
ed) for Woodland and Knight's Landing, and at Wood-
land for Williams and Willows.
(Arrive San Francisco 8:10 p.m.)
7AAA.M, (daily) Local Passenger Train {via Oakland
• \7\f Ferry) and via Livermore arriving at Tracy
at 11:30 A. m. and connecting with Atlantic Express.
Connects at Niles with Train arriving at San Jose at
10:15 A.M.
(Returning, train from Tracy arrives at 6:05 P.M.)
8A,A. -A-.JI. (daily), Atlantic Express Train (via Oak-
•UU land Ferry, Northern Ry. and S. P. & T. R R.)
for Sacramento, Marysville, Redding, Portland (Or.),
Colfax, Reno (Virginia City), Palisade (Eureka), Ogden
and Omaha. Connects at Gait with train arriving at
lone at 3:40 P.M.
(Arrive San Francisco 5:15 P.M.)
Sunday Excursion Tickets to San Pablo and Marti-
nez at Seduced Rates.
1 (\ fiOAM- (daily) via Oakland Ferry, Local Passen-
1UUU ger Train to Hay wards and Niles.
(Arrive San Francisco 4:05 P.M.)
3(\f\ P.M. (daily)San Jose Passenger Train (via Oak-
AJ\J land Ferry and Niles), stopping at all Way Sta-
tions. Arrives at San Jose at 5:20 p.m.
(Arrive San Francisco 0:35 A.M.)
3f\{\ P.M. (daily) Northern Railway Passenger Train
• \J U (via Oakland Ferry) to San Pablo, Martinez
and Antioch.
(Arrive San Francisco 9:35 a.m.)
4(\f\ P.M. (daily) Arizona Express Train (via Oak-
•"" land Ferry, Northern Ry. and S. P. & T. R. R.)
for Lathrop (and Stockton), Merced, Madera, Visalia,
Sumner, Mojave, Newhall (San Buenaventura, and Santa
Barbara), Los Angeles, "Santa Monica," Wilmington,
Santa Ana (San Diego), Colton and Yuma (Colorado
River Steamers), connecting direct witu Daily Trains
of the Southern Pacific Railroad of Arizona for Mari-
copa (Daily Stages for Phumix and Prescott), and for
Casa Grande (182 miles east from Yuma), and end of
Track (Daily Stages for Florence and Tucson).
"Sleeping Cars" between Oakland, Los Angeles and
Yuma.
(Arrive San Francisco 12:35 p.m.)
4AA P. M. (Sundays excepted) Vallejo Steamer (from
.\J\J Market Street Landing), connecting with trains
for Calistoga, (the Geysers), Woodland, Knight's Land-
ing and Sacramento ; and at Sacramento with Pas-
senger Train, leaving at 9:35 P.M. for Truckee, Reno,
Carson and Virginia.
" Sleeping Cars " between Vallejo and Carson.
(Arrive San Francisco 11:10 A.M.)
4(\f\ P.M. (Sundays excepted) Sacramento Steamer
.\J\J (from Wash'n St. Wharf), for Beniciaand Land-
ings on the Sacramento River.
(Arrive San Francisco8:00 p.m.)
A f\ f\ P. M. (daily), Through Third Class and Accom-
^fc> ^/.V-' modation Train (via Oakland Ferry, North-
ern Ry. and S. P. & T. R. R.) connecting at Lathrop
with Train arriving at Los Angeles on second day at
11:55 a.m. (Arrive San Francisco 9:05 A.M.
4*\f\ P.M. (daily) Local Passenger Train (via Oak-
■ OV_/ land Ferry) to Hay wards, Niles and Liver-
more. (Arrive San Francisco 8:35 a.m. )
K AA P.M. (daily) Overland Emigrant Train (via
v.V-ZVy Oakland Ferry and Northern Railway) to
Ogden, Omaha and East.
Public conveyance for Mills Seminary connects atSem-
nary Park Station with all trains, Sundays excepted.
FERRIES AND LOCAL TRAINS
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♦Alameda Passengers change cars at Oakland.
Creels Route.
From SAN FRANCISCO— Daily— B5A0, b6:30, 7.20,8:15,
9:15, 10:15, 11:15 A.M. 12:15, 1:15, 2:25, 3:15, 4:15,
5:15, 6.15 P.M.
From OAKLAND— Daily— S5-.S0, b6:20, 7:10, 8:05, 9:05,
10:05, 11:05 A. M. 12:05, 1:05, 2:15, 3:05, 4:05, 5:05,
6:05 p.m. b— Sundays excepted.
"Official Schedule Time" furnished by Randolph &
Co., Jewelers, 101 and 103 Montgomery St., S. F.
T. H. GOODMAN, Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agt.
A. N. Towse, General Superintendent.
Commencing Monday, June 3(1, 1879,
and until further notice, Boats and Trains will
leave San Francisco as follows :
7Tj A a.m., from San Quentin Ferry, daily (Sundays
• -D- V excepted), connecting at San Rafael with
Mail and Express Train for Petaluma, Santa Rosa,
Healdsburg, Cloverdale and way stations. Making stage
connections at Geyserville for Skaggs' Springs ; Clover-
dale for Ukiah, Lakeport, Mendocino City, Highland
and Bartlett Springs, Soda Bay and the Geysers; connec-
tion made at Fulton for Korbel's, Guerneville and the
Redwoods. Returning, arrive in San Francisco at 6:25
p.m. Passengers going by this train will arrive at the
Geysers at 2 p.m.
3AA p. M. daily (Sundays excepted), Steamer
»\J\J " James M. Donahue " (Washington Street
Wharf) , connecting with Mail and Express Train at Don-
ahue for Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Healdsburg, Cloverdale,
and way stations. Making stage connections at Lake-
ville for Sonoma. Returning, arrive in San Francisco
at 10:10 a.m.
Sunday Excursions at Reduced Rates.
8 1 K a.m., Sundays only, via San Quentin Ferry
iXO and San Rafael, for Cloverdale and Way Sta-
tions. Returning, arrive in San Francisco at 7:55 p.m.
Fares for Round Trip: Petaluma, §1.50; Santa Rosa, S2.00;
Healdsburg, S3 00; Cloverdale, $4.50; Fulton, §2.50; La-
guna, $3.00; Forestville, $3.50; Korbel's, $3.75; Guerne-
villo, $4.
Freight received at "Washington st. Wharf
from. 7 a.m. till 3.30 p. m., daily (except
Sundays) .
A. A. Bean, A. Hcohes, Jas. M. Donahue,
Sup't. Gen. Manager. Gen. Pass. & Tkt. Agt.
[June 7.]
Natural beauty surpasses any-
thing which can be imparted by
artificial means. PHOSPHATE
SOAP gives health to the skin
simply by removing impurities and
eradicating the poisons which give
rise to skin diseases.
Not only tor craily use on the fac9
and hands, but for bathing the
entire body, there is nothing equal
to PHOSPHATE SOAP. It is a
thorough disinfectant and removes
offensive odors of every kind.
Ask your Druggist for it,
/^ommeincing Monday, April 21, 1879,
\_/ and until further notice, Passenger Trains will leave
San Francisco, from Passenger Depot on Townsend
street, between Third and Fourth streets, as follows :
8 0f| A.M. daily for San Jose and Way Stations.
■ ^^-' di^f" Stages for Pescadero (via San Mateo)
connect with this train only.
9 0A a.m (Sundays only) for San Jose and Way Sta,
• 0\J tions. Returning, leaves San Jose at 6 p.m
"I f~\ Af\ A-M. daily for San Jose, Gilroy, Hollister,
J-VJ.tiv/ Tres Pinoa, Pajaro, Salinas, Soledad and
all Way Stations, g^* At Pajaro, the Santa Cruz
R, R. connects with this train for Aptos, Soquel and
Santa Cruz. ggr= At Salinas the M. & S. V. R. R.
connects with this train for Monterey. 25^- Stage
connectionsmade with this train. (Pescadero Stages via
San Mateo excepted.)
Parlor Car attached to this Train.
(seats at reduced rates.)
3Qrj p.m. daily (Sundays excepted) for San Jose,
• " ^-* Gilroy, Pajaro, Hollister, Tres Pinos and prin-
cipal Way Stations.
g^T* On Saturdays only, the Santa Cruz R. R. will
connect with this train at Pajaro for Aptos, Soquel and
Santa Cruz, Returning, leave Santa Cruz at 4.45 A.M.
Mondays (breakfast at Gilroy) , arrivingin San Francisco
at 10:00 a.m.
E^= SPECIAL NOTICE.— The run of this Train to
Salinas on Saturdays having been discontinued for the
season, those intending to visit Monterey will take the
train leaving San Francisco at 10:40 a.m. daily.
3Q f\ p.m. (Sundays only) for San Jose and Way Sta-
.Q\J tions.
4 0£C p.m. daily (Sundays excepted) for San Jose and
.ZjO Way Stations.
K (~\(~\ p. m. daily (Sundays excepted) for MenloPark
<->• V7 \J and Way Stations.
f* Q f\ p.m.— daily, for Menlo Park and Way Stations.
Excursion Tickets at Reduced Rates
To San Jose and intermediate points sold on Saturdays,
and Sunday mornings, good for return until following
Monday inclusive.
Also, EXCURSION TICKETS to Aptos, Soquel, Santa
Cruz and Monterey, sold on Saturdays only— good for
return until the following Monday inclusive.
<£W~ Principal Ticket Office— Passenger Depot, Town-
send street. Branch Ticket Office— No. 2 New Mont-
gomery street, Palace Hotel.
A. C. BASSETT, Supt. H. R. JUDAH, A. P. & T. A.
SOUTHERN DIVISIONS.
Commencing: Monday, Hay 19th, 1879.
f%&~ Passengers for points on the Southern Divisions
of the road will take the cars of the Central Pacific Rail-
road via OAKLAND, leaving SAN FRANCISCO via Ferry
Landing, Market street, at 4:00 p.m. daily (Arizona Ex-
press Train), aud making close connection at GOSHEN
for Sumner, Mojave, Los Angeles, Wilmington, Ana-
heim, Colton, Colorado River, Yuma, Maricopa and Casa
Grande (1S2 miles east from Yuma). May 31.
Ladies who have injured the skin
by the constant use of cosmetics
may do much to restore their, faces
to that beauty which nature alone
can give by constantly using PHOS-
PHATE SOAP.
For chapped hands the constant
use of PHOSPHATE SOAP wiU
be recommended by all who give
it one fair trial.
If you want a nice article of
Toilet Soap and something that is
beneficial to the skin, buy PHOS-
PHATE SOAP.
Ladies who wish to make the
skin look beautiful and natural
should use PHOSPHATE SOAP.
Manufactured by "Standard Soap Co.,"
204 Sacramento St., San Francisco.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER,
15
THE PEDDLERS SONG.
Lawn as white as driven mow : Gold quoips and stomacliera,
grprae black u e'er was crow ; For mj lads to gin their deard ;
■ r u damask n-ses; Tins and pokiiu*titicka of steel.
Kuka it faoea and for i What maids lack Brom head to heel:
Buirlc-bracvk-t , necklace, amber ; Come buy of me,oome;come buy.comebuy,
Peri uine for a lady's chamber ; Buy, lads, or else your lasses cry.
William Suakspeare.
Little by little the truth comes out, and so it is evident that if a man
could only Keep on living, he might know the real facts of history. It
has long excited the wonder of those who know Roscoe Conkling-, how a
man so vain of his small personality could fascinate women in Washing-
ton and elsewhere. No one, for a long time, suspected the cause of the
Senator's irresistible ways, for nobody imagined a man would think of
making himself beautiful by cosmetics. One never heard of such a thing ;
or, perhaps, hardly . But the fact is that Conkling uses Mme.
Rachel's Enamel Bloom, and the ladies in the Senate Gallery are just
ready to faint at the sight of ham.
Mrs. S&dmore's styles, just arrived and now being opened, are su-
perlatively attractive. All that New York and Paris can offer of most
delicate and becoming in the mysterious art of adorning what nature had
already made irresistible, is to be found in the admirably selected stock
at 1114 Market street. The leaders of fashion in our metropolis of the
Pacific have an exacting taste in these matters, as they should have, since
we are destined to take rank by the side of the Empire city at no distant
day ; and yet Mrs. Skidmore is able to meet their demands, and offer
them combinations which fill the imagination.
The Joke of the Cream.— At the Kilburn Show, the first prize for
cream cheese was taken by the Aylesbury Dairy Company. No doubt
the Company's cheese was a sample of the creme de lacreme. — Punch.
Reports from New York inform us that transactions are very few
in hides, and business looks moderate in tone. This seems to show that
the world is changing since the days when there was nothing like leather;
and the experience of all San Francisco households strongly confirms the
fact. A change has indeed come over the world ; and every intelligent
housekeeper will tell you that now there is nothing like Montanya's
Union Range, the only perfect range known to the true artist in cookery ;
and Jackson street, below Battery, bears witness to this.
One remarkable feature of the day, in the universal excitement of
Saturday last, when merchants deserted their ledgers, and courts ajourned,
and politicians neglected their appointments, and cashiers forgot to count
their money, was Been at 213 Sutter street. The interest in the lunches
and dinners at Swain's was not only unabated, it was greatly increased ;
and the crowd throughout the day was eager, thoughtful, well-behaved,
and more than satisfied with the perfect quiet and the admirable cooking
of this first of all restaurants.
Every man writes better with his own pen, which has learned how to
yield to the way in which be holds it, and the kind of pressure his hand
gives ; and it is often unpleasant to sign one's name with pens that make
the writing hardly recognizable. The McKinnon Pen is the indispensable
pocket companion of the writer. Filled in the morning, it has ink for
24 hours, ready to flow when wanted and ceasing when the hand is taken
up. Finished in every style, it is the finest pen in the world. A. S.
Spence & Co., 24 Geary street.
New Invention.— "The Tell-Tale Mariner's CompasB"— evidently an
invention for imposing some limit to the tales that are told to the marines.
The Bonapartist party is not yet dead in France, the Prince Jerome
Napoleon having purchased a paper, which will advocate diluted Imperial-
ism, and so set the genuine nephew of his uncle on his dynastic legs be-
fore the people. This is good for the Prince ; but it would help his cause,
both at home and abroad, if he had his photograph taken by Bradley &
Rulofaon, their unequaled skill bringing out the distinctive traits of the
character, so that all could s*ee at a glance how much of the great Corsican
is in the air and look of his relative.
The season has been singularly late and wet and unfavorable for every
crop throughout Europe generally ; and the wine districts of France and
Germany suffer with the rest. The exquisite vintages of the Cote d'Or,
the Rhine and the Moselle, will all be short and scanty this year ; and
California will have to give of her abundance. So well is this fact appre-
ciated abroad and in the East, that Landsberger is daily receiving large
orders for the Gerke Wine, the lightest and most genuine of all white
wines.
The indignation ..f crai [tail ,
i* do mora tun natoi
i • dviHnd oounti i u
down by an inn
t" hold meetings and ask w h
done. There should be a aid for
■■: and every man should w< u one of White's hats, from 614 Com,
niyreial Street.
itrnffo
h ..n affair could
Five men shot
ml It ii high time
No house ran be considered complete unit— tin- plumbing and gas-
fitting work have been directed by HcNally A Hawkins, thepioneere in
these arh-tir branches. A- tlful store, under the Grand Bote!
tney nave an assortment ol fittings In lamps, chandeliers, brackets, fau-
cets, and every article in bn md niokel absolutely beyond com-
pare.
The city of Sophia, in Turkey, has been damaged by fire to the ex-
tent i.f .>400,000, a tumble sum, u hen we consider all that the unfortu-
nate lurks have had to suffer within a few years. And yet even this
large amount is a trifle compared to the losses caused by the use of bad
whisky, when F. & p. J. Casein's Golden Plantation is offered in the
market, at the lowest price, and full of youthful health and vigor.
From Bad to Worse. — According to the society papers, the present
season has been one of unequaled gloom and dullness. We sympathize
deeply, for according to all accounts there will scarcely be any "hops "
next season. — Fun.
Give prompt attention and treatment to all Affections of the Bow-
els, such as Diarrhea, Cholera Morbus, Dysentery, etc., at this Beason of
the year. By using Dr. Jayne's Carminative Balsam you will obtain im-
mediate relief, and soon drive all such complaints from the system. Sold
by Crane & Brigham, San Francisco.
The Neptune and Mermaid Swimming Baths are daily growing
in favor with the public. Their situation on North Beach, at the foot of
Hyde street, brings them within easy reach of every one ; the water is
fresh from the ocean, and rolls in natural breakers, full of the life aud
spirit of the open sea. Prof. Mohor gives instruction in swimming, and
has charge of the ladies' department.
Tapestry Brussels, SI per yard and upwards ; finenewpatterns. Call
and see them. Window shades, 75 cents and upwards. Window lace, 12£
cents and upwards. Cornices, wall paper, etc. Oilcloths, 50 cents per
yard and upwards. Hartshorn & McPhun, 112 Fourth st., near Mission.
SYDNEY INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.
Round the World Tickets.
The Pacific Mail Steamship Compauy will issue Round the
World Tickets, giving first-class accommodations for the entire route, at the
lowprice of $650. For particulars apply to
WILLIAMS, BLANCHART) & CO., General Agents,
Aug. 9. Corner First and Braiman streets.
SERKYS TEA.
Guaranteed to preserve aud promote the beauty and fresh-
ness of youth to the ripest age. It purifies the blood, and is a most wonderful
tome. It clears the complexion and removes pimples and eruptions. It increases
the appetite and is a certain cure for dyspepsia. It preserves the freshness of youth
and greatly exhilarates the spirits, and is extensively used and recommended by the
medical faculty aod used by the elite of London, Paris, New York, Philadelphia, etc.
It is used like ordinary tea, costs only 2 cents per day, and makes a healthy and
delicious drink. Boxes by mail, 60 cents and SI. Liberal discount to trade.
809 ARCH STREET, Philadelphia, Pa.
g^T1 State rights for tale. Aug. 9.
D. Y, B. Henarie. Edward Martin.
E. MARTIN & CO.,
Importers and "Wholesale Dealers in "Wines and Liquors.
Proprietors of Miller's Extra Old Bonrbon and J. F. Cut*
ter Extra Old Bourbon and Rye Whiskies.
April 6. 408 Front Street, San Francisco.
TABER, HARKER & CO.,
IMPOltTEKS A.ND WHOLESALE &XOCEBS,
10S aud 110 California St., S. F.
[April 19.]
CALIFORNIA SUGAR REFINERY,
Manufacturers of the Standard Syrup, a superior article
put up in barrels expressly fur home consumption. Also, Extra Heavy Syrup
in barrels for Export. Kenned Sugars at lowest market rates. Office, 215 Front
street, up stairs. Dec. 21.
Henry B . Williams.
WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD
SHIPPING AND COMMISSION
No. 218 California St.,
Henry B. Williams.
& CO.,
MERCHANTS,
S. F. [July 27.
Newton Booth, C. T. Wheeler, Sacramento. | J. T. Glover, W. W. Dodge, s. P
w
W. W. DODGE & CO.
holesale Grocers, corner Front and Clay streets, San
Francisco. April 1.
CASTLE BROTHERS,
ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAR 1850.
Importers of Teas and East India Good*. Kcs.213 and 215
Front street, San Francisco. Jan. 13.
J. M. Neville. REMOVAL.
BAGS, TENTS AND
NEVILLE & CO.,
No.'s 31 and 33 California Street, S.
.San Fkancisco,
Geo. H. Bryant
HOSE.
corner of Davis,
lAue;. 2.
L.H.Newton. NEWTON BROTHERS & CO., M. Newton.
Importers aud wholesale dealers iu Teas, Foreign Goods and
Groceries, 204 and 200 California street, San Francisco, Cal Slay 25.
16
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Aug. 30, 1879.
THE LATEST SHOOTING.
San Francisco is not, with sorrow let it be said, unaccustomed to
shooting affrays. A most deplorable one took place in a saloon on Satur-
day, in consequence, it would seem, of a heated discussion on .the bad
politics of the hour, during which a useful citizen, whose death would be
a loss to the city, was seriously if not fatally wounded, and that, too,
though he was guilty of no offense. The dailies disposed of the unfortu-
nate man's case in a few lines, and whether at this moment he is alive or
dead we are not informed. But, assuming that he still lives, it is certain
that, though a true Workingman, no Workingmen with raised muskets
and fixed bayonets march around his humble abode with funereal tread j
no fellow workmen keep guard over his assailant, and probably none of
them know whether he is in jail or out of it. The victim's hours of pain
and anguish are unassuaged by any stoppage of noisy traffic. No truly
mournful or merely morbid crowd awaits hourly announcements of his
condition, and no words of sympathy go fourth to cheer his family. This
is the way in which we ordinarily treat such cases. We do not mention
the fact in order to commend it. We merely mention the fact. Whether
the man dies or lives, his murderous assailant will be tried by a jury of
his peers, sworn to try the facts and to render a true verdict according to
the testimony. That course, sternly followed, we do commend. It is
the only one compatible with the good of society. The law should be
supreme. Within it there is a right for every wrong. Outside of it one
wrong begets another and a greater one, passion holds sway, tumult
reigns, and life and property are of no account.
But the wounding of the foundryman, Doyle, by Williams, was not the
only shooting done on Saturday last. The attack upon Kalloch, by De
Young, took place earlier in the day, and, though not so unprovoked b3r
a great deal, it nevertheless excited a wonderfully vaster measure of
excitement. Except, perhaps, for the unparalleled nature of the provoca-
tion, there was little to distinguish it from hundreds of other murderous
assaults which we flippantly call "shooting scrapes," and with which citi-
zens hereabouts have become only too familiar. There was nothing in the
usefulness of the men to make their lives of exceptional importance to
anybody but themselves. The foundryman, in constructing machinery to
cause the earth to yield up its riches, has been adding to the wealth of the
State and the world. Kalloch and De Young, as strife breeders and
mischief makers, could be much better spared. The labors of the hum-
blest producer entitle him to claims greater far upon the world's interest
in his life. He adds to the general good, whilst they rather detract from
it. Kalloch's chief effort is to drag religion in the mire and outdemagogue
the demagogues. De Young's living is principally gained by hawling the
skeleton out of every man's cupboard, and by breaking up the twin rela-
tionship that should exist between capital and labor. Neither of them
produces any substantial thing, and whenever they die it is very certain
the world will owe them little. That the shooting of the one, or the
iminent danger of the other, should lash Workingmen into a very fury
of excitement, whilst the possible fatal wounding of the honest foundry-
man passed almost unnoticed, is a glaring inconsistency which we leave
the orators of the sand-lots and the grangers of the New Constitution
party to explain. To reason and right feeling it seems inexplicable.
The truth is, this inconsistency is the offspring of hypocrisy and hum-
bug. This high excitement is not, as it ought to be, an indignant protest
against assassination per se, but is a thing manufactured for the most part,
if not wholly, for the purpose of serving a political end and of destroying
a business rival. The Kearneys and Wellocks are concerned in the one,
and the proprietors of the " two papers, both daily," are interested in the
other. That is why the result of the wound of the workingman is of no
concern, whilst that of the " reverend " vituperator of an aged mother is
of supreme moment. It is not the wounds of Kalloch that all this bother
is about, but the use they can be put to.
For our own part our judgment would be, to treat this case of shooting
as we would that of the foundryman Doyle, or as hundreds of similar
outrages in the past have been treated by us, as well as by others. We
should state fully and fairly the nature of the attack, the character of the
provocation, the condition of the assailed, and should detail the proceed-
ings of the authorities to uphold the law. That done, we should permit
the law to take its course, and, by refraining from expressions of bias or
prejudice, leave the minds of jurymen free to try the case according to
the evidence, without fear, favor, or affection. If, for the mean purpose
of gaining a few extra advertisements, or of winning a number of un-
worthy subscribers, we were to seek, by artful devices, to excite the mob
to riot and bloodshed, or if to ger rid of a business rival, we inflamed the
minds of possible jurors into a passion for revenge, rather than for justice,
we should deem ourselves cold-blooded, calculating, inexcusable mur-
derers in our own hearts, compared with whose offense the act of De
Young would sink into utter insignificance.
In regard to the case itself, we suppose now that trial by the press
has gone so far, it is impossible to escape the by no means pleasant task,
at this stage, of offering such criticisms as in our judgment ought only to
be offered after the trial. Undoubtedly a terrible thing was attempted.
It is at all times shocking to contemplate that degree of uncontrollable
passion which would lead a man tn take the life of another. Where soci-
ety is properly organized, no excuse is permitted for assaults to kill, save
only in defense of one's own life. Personally, we have been trained in a
school of thought that tolerates no excuse for assassination. We have
been raised in a country where the law rights all wrongs, and where
respect for it prevents provocation, and restrains resentment. There no
plea of justification, except self-defense, would be heard, because it is a
rooted principle, early instilled into the mind of every youth, that there
is not, and cannot be, any justification for taking the law into one's own
hands. If a wrong has been done, both the law of public opinion and the
law of the land will deal with it as its heinousness deserves. There the
offense of Kalloch, as well as that of De Young, would be alike incon-
ceivable. That a minister of a Christian Church should address an audi-
ence in such unspeakably vile language as that employed by Kalloch,
would be incredible. Indeed, it would be impossible. Before the first
sentence had been completed, he would have been met with an almost
involuntary burst of indignation, that would have most effectually
silenced him. His utterance would have been instantly resented as an
intolerable insult by those to whom it was addressed. Forever thereafter
his occupation would have been gone. Public opinion would have ostra-
cized him as a social pariah. Nothing but sympathy would have gone
out for the subject of his vituperation; the law, moreover, would have
dealt with him civilly and criminally, and no attempt at justification,
whether true or untrue, would have been permitted for that which, in its
very nature, is altogether unjustifiable under any circumstances. On the
other hand, if the victim of his brutal verbal assault had resented it as
De Young did, he would have been tried, convicted and punished, and
in his case, too, the plea of justification would not have been listened to,
for the good and sufficient reason that the law holds, and public opinion
sustains it, that no justification can be pleaded for taking the law into
your own hands. That is the course events would have taken there. It
would be well if the same respect for the majesty of the law prevailed
here and everywhere. Character and life would be safer, and society
would in every way be happier and better. But that state of things does
not exist here, and that is an end of it.
We have to deal with public opinion and the code of moral ethics as
we find them in California. Kalloch, at an out-door meeting of 7,000
persons, assailed the unoffending and venerable mother of Charles De
Young, in language which impeached his legitimacy and her virtue, and
so fearfully foul that not even the exigencies that have arisen in this case
will permit of its being repeated in these columns. Even the Call de-
scribed it, next morning, as being so bad that the women who were listen-
ing from the surrounding windows drew in their heads. When it is stated
that almost every house in that locality is occupied by prostitutes, it may
be imagined how terrible was the language that caused those lewd women
to realize a sense of shame, which even the dark shades of night did not
suffice altogether to hide. Forthe use of that language Charles De Young,
early next morning, deliberately shot Kalloch, without warning, inflicting
two wounds, the result of which is not yet certain, though the indica-
tions favor his recovery. That is the whole case, as fully stated as it need
be in order to form a judgment upon it. Other and extraneous circum-
stances are sought to be drawn into it, but they in no wise affect the real
issue. It is not to the purpose that De Young provoked Kalloch. What-
ever sins of provocation the son was guilty of, the mother was innocent
of any. A clergyman, of all others, should see the iniquity
involved in blasting the good name of a mother in order to
get even with her son. No thinking man, of right feeling,
would dream of such an injustice. The question then resolves
itself into this : Is there any justification whatever for a son
avenging for his mother's sake the grossest wrong that can possibly be put
upon her ? That question must be taken home to the inner consciousness
of every man who desires to make up a fair judgment. Concentrating
his thoughts upon his own mother, he must imagine her assailed at the
time and place, and in the manner and words of Kalloch, and then say
what he would do. The course he would himself adopt he must not
blame another for pursuing. If he would have acted as De Young did,
then it lies not with him to censure, and whatever his objections may be
to the manner in which De Young conducts the " Chronicle," they should
cut no figure in determining the right or wrong of his act of defending
his mother's name from infamy. If there be any man who would not
have avenged, or desired to avenge, such a wrong done his mother, then
let him stand up and say who he is. When he has done that in unequiv-
ocal language it will be his right to pour out the vials of his wrath upon
De Young's head, and call for the direst punishment known to the law.
We have been mindful to eliminate all elements foreign to the real issue.
If our sense of justice were less strong one might easily follow
the example of others in seizing this occasion to say spiteful things. We
have no particular love for the Chronicle, its readers are not our readers,
nor its patrons our patrons, nor its ends our ends. But that is no reason
why we should make De Young's case appear to be other than it is. We
have ever done battle with him over those things which are fairly matters
of contest ; but we recognize him as a man, of like passions with ourselves,
and the j ustice we would desire, we are ready to accord to him. If we were to
act otherwise we are sure we should fail to satisfy the intelligent thought of
the men and women of culture for whom the News Letter is designed. We
have objected, time and time again, to De Young's newspaper course,
just as we have objected to the newspaper course of Pickering & Fitch.
Yet we know him to be a good son to one of the best of mothers. It is
within our knowledge that when the Naphtaly trouble arose the whole of
the "matter" pertaining to the subject, which appeared in the regular
issue of the Chronicle, was taken out and replaced by other matter, and
then extra copies were run of for his mother's use, so that she might be
kept in ignorance of what was transpiring, and to this day she remains
entirely oblivious of these troubles — visitors being warned not to speak of
them. Who can fail to feel for such a son, or to sympathize with a mother
capable of inspiring such filial affection ? We know that Charles de
Young's most private room is adorned with many souvenirs of a mother's
love, even the paintings hung on its walls being the work of her hands.
Charles de Young is one of the most hard worked of men. Night after
night, year in and year out, he is to be found in his office until two o'clock
in the morning ; whatever of comfort or affection he experiences in life,
he derives them from his mother. He repays her with an individual affec-
tion. Who can envy the feelings of a clergyman who, for any cause
whatever, would strike a foul blow that must needs bring the gray hairs of
that loving and beloved mother with sorrow to the grave ? Who shall say
that the uncontrolable passion to avenge his mother's wrong with which
De Younsr was seized, was utterly and unqualifiedly discreditable to his
heart ?
If we go outside the one and only issue involved in the act of shooting,
then there is room for endless discussion. If anything De Young could
say could justify Kalloch in attacking De Young's mother, then it must
be confessed that Kalloch was not without provocation. The Chronicle
had a right to discuss every act of Kalloch's life that might seem to throw
any light upon his unfitness to be elected chief magistrate of the city. It
availed itself of that right to the fullest extent, and made out such an
overwhelming case that it ought at once to have deprived Kalloch of any
chance whatever of being elected. So far, the attacks were legitimate.
But in making them, two unpardonable errors were committed. First,
the "charges were conveyed in language needlessly offensive to public
decency, and secondly, Kalloch's dead father was disparagingly alluded
to. Both errors were grievous ones, but they make no justification for
Kalloch's attack on De Young's mother.
That we have thus far dispassionately stated the case will, we are
persuaded, be admitted by thinking, unbiased men. It is a pity De
Young's rivals in the newspaper business did not deal with it in a
like spirit of fairness. They had a grand opportunity. If they had
dealt with their enemy with a dignity and impartiality worthy of lead-
ers of public thought they would have made hosts of friends, would
probably have thereby won not a little of the Chronicled business, and
certainly would have gained moral strength, which in the end means ma-
Aug. 30, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
17
t*ri*l succ^w. They threw tin- opportunity away. Th«yb#came lying,
iW«, i" :»H' i< lioth <-f them
iitu.Kt fironn
'suihi-ftllmti ng'ticase. Theywere
i.turvrs of n,u>p,i]1 r- wln-i ng them on the
He has since built up n ni'«-.-«pa|»vr « ; hey envy. He
mule his paper. They bought theirs out <-f ■Kmey obtained through a
bmodnlent pablic contract. To-day they are gloating over his difficulty
in order t-> add to their shekels. If they could do it in secret they would
dloch's wounds »»jk'ii wide and then t-xpone them t*> the mob, in
order to inflame passion and destroy their bu< ceasfoj rival. Opinions may
b« divided about De Yonngs recent acts, but about those of Pickering &
Kiteh there is but one view entertained by anybody. On all hands the
judgment is of a most pronocuced character. Deep down in men's hearts
there is ft feeling which we do not care to describe in words. Pickering
ft Fitch are overshooting the mark, and are unwittingly causing a reaction
in favor of the man they would fain destroy.
BOOK NOTICES.
The etchings in the Portfolio for July are capital, Cellardyke Harbor
particularly, in which the clouds and the far-away horizon are admirably
given. Paul Potter's " Friesland Horse " is also thoroughly effective ; a
careful piece of work. The brief notice of Mr. Bough is rather friendly
than critical, but " Cellardyke Harbor " would justify even a more lauda-
tory tone. Mr. Lang has reached the Georgian era in his pleasant sketches
of Oxford. These papers will one day make a delightful book. The chief
effort of the text is Mr. Hamerton's article on Esthetics, the first of a
series, in which the theory will be examined. The present one is princi-
Eally concerned with definitions, well explained and not too subtle. Mrs.
[eaton has a notice of Stantield. From the Art Chronicle we learn that
Rugby School has established an Art Museum ; a good example, not only
to the English but to us as well. The Russian artist, Verestchagin, ex-
hibits in the French Court at South Kensington 169 pictures, the product
of two years' work in India. Two of these paintings are colossal: " The
Prince of Wales in India— Jeypur" 25x20 ft., and "The Great Mogul in
the Mosque at Delhi," almost as large. The artist's health broke down,
and be was obliged to return to Europe before finishing what he calls his
'* pictorial poem " on Indian history. Not the Mahabbarata itself will be
more vast than this poem, if it is concluded. The " Great Mogul " must
be the more impressive of the two works named. The tone of the interior
is described as quiet; the Mogul being seen through the arch, of a di-
viding screen, absorbed in prayer and in mysterious loneliness.
The exhibition of the Continental Galleries has for chief attraction
Munkacsy's " Milton Dictating to his Daughters," familiar through the
illustrated papers.
The catalogue of Greek coins in the British Museum, now published,
has interest for students even on this side of the world, whether artistic
or literary.
Mr. Hamerton, we observe, is making war on the combined diphthong,
perhaps because the laurels of Mr. Freeman will not let him sleep. He
writes not only Aesthetics, but Aeneas, Boeotia, and so on ; and we trust
he finds comfort in it.
Life of Benjamin F. Butler. By T. A. Bland, M.D. Lee & Shepard, Boston. Bil-
lings, Harbourne & Co., San Francisco.
Dr. Bland, who is also passionate and deeply religious, has found his
hero, and ought to be happy. What can be more delightful than to look
up, with fervid admiration and yet with friendly familiarity, to a man
who has the li brain of a Franklin, the firmness of a Jackson, the intel-
lectual force of a Bacon, the integrity of an Aristides, and the ripe schol-
arship of a Cushing ?"
Every one who loves his country must rejoice that Providence, in its
wisdom, deprived this luminous mind of one eye ; for there would have
been no sleeping throughout America if B. F. Butler had dazzled the land
with his inward splendor through two eyes. The ways of God are past
finding out ; but Dr. Bland knows them pretty nearly, and whatever
comes to pass he will not be caught napping. For he has the quintessence
of all things in his hero ; and we must have him whether we will or no.
Since it appears on the last page of this wonderful biography that B. F.
Butlnr "is a factor in human progress. He makes history. His fame is
world-wide. His words and his actions are discussed in every civilized
country on the globe. He is feared and hated among the aristocracies of
Great Britain, of the Continent, and of Western Asia, as well as of
America " — Amen ! and Amen !
Since the escape of the dreaded Gyascutus, there has been nothing so
tremendous in or out of pantaloons. May the Lord protect us all !
The "Music Trade Journal," Vol. 1., No. 1, for August, 1879, is
just received from the publishers, Root & Tinker, 86 Duane street, New
York. The Journal is a large quarto, in appearance like the News Letter,
and is meant to be an independent record of the music trade in the coun-
try, with only such reference to art and artistic matters as are intimately
connected with the business. This first number is full of promise, and
seems to have been edited in a perfectly fair spirit, with the possible ex-
ception of the full page illustration, "The Pirate Pinafore," which sug-
gests an attack on some rival, more or less unworthy. The subscription
price is Two Dollars a year.
The "Avalanche," a National Review of Insurance, Trade, Commerce,
Finance and Railway Interests, has reached the fifth number of its eighth
volume, and gives every sign of making its enemies wait a long time for
its death. The number for August has a great many articles on Califor
nia, and is full of information, especially on insurance matters, important
to all business men.
The London " Electrician," of August 2d, publishes the first part of
the paper by E. J. Molera and J. C. Cebrian on the " Divisibility of the
Electric Light," read before the Academy of Sciences in this city, April
21st, 1879. An abstract had been given previously, but great interest be-
ing manifested in the subject, the entire document will be laid before the
readers of the Electrician. This is a merited compliment to these two en-
gineers.
St. John's Presbyterian Church, Post street, between Mason and
Taylor. The Rev. Dr. Scott, pastor. Preaching at 11 o'clock by the
Rev. A. C. Gillis. late of Virginia City, but nnw en route to Australia.
Dr. Scott will lecture at 74 o'clock, and the public cordially invited.
Sunday School and Bible Classes, 9$ a.m. Prayer and Praise Service,
6i P.M.
Mr. Bni-ou Huddleston told the following itory at the FKntthire
■ ■ of boree-sfc
" " •" ■■■ hd." bJi lordship Mid, "in cum of thin
kind, because mutak .,, ,)„. moBt well meaning ] i
w hen 1 mi on the Oxford circuit, tin n wu ■ Mend <>f mine at the bar
who vent on a fishing expedition In the Principality. He bad ■ hone with
him. and dorm- the day ha took it to an inn in a town to bait Mean-
while he walked down the street noletly, inspecting the shops. IK- was
closely followed by an inspector of polios, and all at once he found him-
Belt the object of attention al the hands of this official After walking
after bin a rood way down the town, the offloer at last went up to him
*nd said : 'It's no use your making any nonsense about it -you are
Mash Bill !' (Great laughter.) The member of the bar and of the Oxford
circuit was horrified, but the police officer said, ' It's no use ; I kuow you
perfectly well.' And he pull, I nut a Polio GfaMdte, in which there was a
description which, I am bound to say, fully justified the officer in sus-
pecting him. 'And,' he added. ' there is the very horse you have stolen,
up at the stable.' (Laughter.) And it Was with great difficulty he was
taken before a magistrate that day. He always mentions the story with
very great gratitude to the magistrate, who was induced to leave his din-
ner. He thought first he had better be remanded for a few days to get
witnesses down, but ultimately did leave his dinner, and he was convinced
by the earnestness of the gentleman that the policeman had made a mis-
take. (Laughter.) The next train brought his friends from the neighbor-
hood, and they satisfied the magistrate that there was a mistake made.
To this day this gentleman tells the story. He now holds the dignified
position of Deputy Chairman of Quarter Sessions, and he says he has
occupied every position in the court : he has been a juryman, a judge, a
witness and a prisoner." (Laughter.)
HIGHEST STOCK QUOTATIONS
For the Week Ending Aug. 29th, 1879.
Compiled by George C. Hickox & Co., 230 Montgomery Street.
Name of Mike. Sat,
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Jackson
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Leeds
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For Cape si. Lncas, I..a Paz, Nazal Ian and Gnaymas,
touching at MAGDALENA BAY should sufficient inducement offer.— The
Steamship NEWBERN (ffm. Metzg-er, Master) will leave for the above ports on
FRIDAY, Sept. 5th. at 12 o'clock M., from Folsom-street Wharf. Through Bills
of Lading will be furnished and none others signed. Freight will be received
on Friday, August 29. No Fi eight received after Thursday. Sept. 4, at 12 o'clock m.,
and Bills of Lading must be accompanied by Custom House and Consular Clearances.
For freight or passage, apply to J. BIRMINGHAM, Agent,
Aug. 30. No. 10 Market street.
18
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Aug. 30, 1879,
TheDayBook
-—FROM <r-
Scititzdtyt&SatuTcl&y,
On Saturday, August 23d, Charles De Young, proprietor of the
Chronicle, of this city, shot Rev. I. S. Kalloch, WorkingmeiTs candidate
for the Mayoralty. Mr. Kalloch was dangerously, perhaps mortally,
wounded. Mr. De Young is in custody.— —London, 'August 23d. — It is
raining again to-day with great severity. There are floods in Oxfordshire.
— » A. reduction of five per cent, on the wages of calico -weavers at Old-
ham came into force on Friday. The Oldham fustian manufacturers have
agreed to reduce the wages of weavers 8£ per cent. Other reductions are
pending. —The Manchester Guardian says that the wiater will be one
of the most severe experienced for some time past, and the position of the
operatives will be considerably aggravated if they have to suffer another
reduction. Some of the manufacturers state that the only alternative of
closing the factories will be another reduction of 10 per cent, in wages. — •
The Times announces that Lieutenant Carey, in addition to the official
notification of the reversal of the sentence of the Court-martial in his
uase, has received a letter from the Duke of Cambridge, Commander-in-
Chief of the British Army, reviewing the circumstances of the death of
the Prince Imperial, and concluding with the opinion that, after the sur-
prise of the reconnoitering party by the Zulus, resistance was impossible
and retreat imperative.— —The Post's Berlin dispatch says : " The Cath-
olic inhabitants of Cologne anticipate a visit from the Pope next year, if
the Church conflict be settled."— —Rome, August 24th. — Four Cardinals
will be created at the Consistory next munth. Monsigneur Maselle is ex-
pected at the Vatican on Monday, with documents concerning the rela-
tions between Germany and the Vatican. The Vatican has taken steps
with several governments to prevent any judicial recognition of Old Cath-
olics, and it is understood its representations in this respect have been fa-
vorably entertained.— — The Czar has written to the Pope declaring his
readiness to make peace with the Catholic Churches in Poland.— The
Sultan has written, stating his desire to give the Catholic Church full lib-
erty in his dominion.— ^Vienna, August 25th. — Diplomatic relation be-
tween the Austrian and Russian Cabinets are less cordial than between
any two Cabinets in Europe, and the friendly intercourse which existed
between the two courts for many years has also entirely ceased.— Lon-
don, August 25th. — It is declared by competent judges that the rain last
week has done greater damage in some districts than all previous exces-
sive rains. ^— The builders' strike in Liverpool, which begun in Novem-
ber, 1878, is now ended with the submission of workmen. —The mining
engineer employed by the British Government to examine the Aynaad
gold fields, in Malabar, reports to the Viceroy of India that the quartz
contains gold in greater proportions than many of the successfully worked
Australian reefs.— Sir Charles Gapper has ordered 45,000 tons of steel
rails at 97 shillings and sixpence per ton delivered in Montreal for the Ca-
nadian Pacific Railway.— —Memphis, August 25th.— Thirty-four cases of
fever were reported to-day, 20 white and 14 colored. The fever has ap-
parently taken a fresh start in this city and suburbs.— ^Seattle, August
26th. — " Lieutenant " Joseph Neuzil left here at ten o'clock this morning
on his three-log raft Neptune for San Francisco. He rounded Sandy
Point before a spanking breeze, and headed away toward Port Madison.
To those who questioned the probability of his reaching San Francisco in
such a crazy craft, he replied, " I will either make San Francisco or die.
If I reach there safely, my fortune is made. I will haul the Neptune on
Long Bridge, place her on exhibition and clear §8,000 in a week. If I
perish in the attempt, that concerns no one but myself. I was shipwrecked
once in the Pacific Ocean, and was picked up after drifting three days on
a single stick of timber, so you will see I am not a stranger to perils by
the sea."— —Berlin, August 25th. — The North German Gazette publishes
the electoral manifesto of a new conservative party, declaring that the
State and the Catholic Church should meet each other half way ; the in-
alienable rights of the State should be guaranteed, especially as regards
education, but religious instruction should be left to religious bodies.—
London, August 215th. — The examination before the Bristol Magistrates
of seven Directors of the West of England and South Wales District
Bank on a charge of conspiracy has been begun. The counsel for the
Crown is opening the case. ^— Rome, August 26th. — The Phylloxera has
appeared in the district of Lecco, and in the Commune ot Valmadrela, in
Lombardy. The Minister of Agriculture is taking precautionary measures
against the spread of the pest.— In connection with the recent counter-
mandiug of maneuvers at Ciprano, the War Office reports that fevers, in-
cluding typhoid, are largely on the increase in various districts. There
are 300 sick out of 2.700 people at San Giovanna in Croce. Numerous
cases have appeared around Cassine.— — Chicago, August 2Gth. — The
strikers at the Lake Shore freight depots were this afternoon offered a
compromise on wages of SI 15 daily, and about forty accepted and will
work to-morrow. The remainder will probably also accept. The suit
of James O'Connor vs. Joseph Musto, et als, was tried during the week
in the Fourth District Court, and judgment rendered for the defendants.
The action was commenced in October, 1S77, to partition the lot 62£xl37£
feet, on the east line of Taylor, 75 feet south of Post street, the plaintiff
claiming one-half. The trial revealed some peculiar facta, as follows :
Mrs. O'Connor, the mother of plaintiff, died, as was alleged in the com-
plaint, in 1861. According to the law of that date, the mother's half of
community property went to the children and the other to the husband
and father. The date given as the time of her death was six days prior
to the time the change in the law was made. At the trial lately it was
proved by records that Mrs, O'Connor died in 1862, one year after the date
alleged in the complaint. An inspection of the gravestone showed that
the figures had been altered from 1862 to 1861, and the cross taken from
the coffin -lid also showed that the inscription had been tampered with,
and the figures changed to correspond with the gravestone. As a still
further proof of her death in 1862, two newspapers containing notices were
offered in evidence.— Montreal, August 26th. — Criminal proceedings
will be taken against the Directors and ex-General Manager of the Con-
solidated Bank, for preparing and submitting to the Government an un-
true statement of the affairs of the Bank. A writ of attachment has been
applied for against the Mechanics' Bank by holders of bills. -^— The
steamer Oceanic arrived from the Orient at 5:35 P.M. on the 25th, having
made the unprecedented run from Hongkong in 19 days and 18 hours
steaming time, and from Yokohama in 14 days, 5 hours and 45 minutes.
This vessel has previously made the passage from Yokohama in 14 days,
15 hours and 20 minutes. Neither passage has ever been beaten, the City
of Peking making the nearest approach to it in 15£ days from Yokohama.
T. A. BARRY, Agent for Naglee's Brandy, is at No. 116
Montgomery Street*
GEO. STREET, Agent News Letter, 30 CornJiill, E. €., London.
IN CONSEQUENCE OF SPURIOUS IMITATIONS OF
LEA «fc PGKKIXS' SAUCE, which are calculated to deceive
the public, Lea and Perrins have adopted A NEW LABEL, bearing their sig-
nature, " LEA & PERRINS," which is placed on every bottle of WORCESTERSHIRE
SAUCE, and without which none is genuine.
Ask for LEA & PERRINS' Sauce, and see name on wrapper, label, bottle and stop-
per. Wholesale and for export by the proprietors, Worcester ; Crosse & Elackwell,
London, etc., etc., and by grocers and oilmen throughout the world. To be obtained of
Nov. 16. MESSRS. CROSS & CO., San Francisco,
NOTICE.— The Best Food for Infants, prepared by
Savory & Moore, and supplied to the Royal Nurseries of
England, Russia, etc., contains the highest amount of
nourishment in the most digestible and convenientform.
IT IS THE MOST PERFECT substitute for healthy
Mother's Milk, possessing all the elements necessary for
the health, growth and vigor of the child.
MALTED ON LIEBIG'S principle, it has only the
sugar natural to milk, and is consequently free from the
artificial and injurious sweetness of other foods.
THOROUGHLY COOKED, it is always ready for use,
saving Mothers and Nurses much time and trouble —
tins, Is., 2s. 5s., and 10s. each.
SAVORY & MOORE, 143, New Bond street, London,
and Chemists, etc , everywhere. July 19.
DATOET and
lyOORE'S
T>EST FOOD
T^OR TNFANTS.
JOYCE'S SPORTING AMMUNITION.
[ESTABLISHED 1820.]
riHhe attention of Sportsmen is invited to the following
a Ammunition, of the best quality, now in general use throughout England,
India and the Colonies : Joyce's Treble Waterproof and F 3 Quality Percussion
Caps ; Chemically-prepared Cloth and Felt Gun Wadding ; Joyce's Gas-Tight Car-
tridges, for Pin-fire and Central-fire Breech-loading Guns ; Wire Cartridges, for killing
game at long distances, and every description of Sporting Ammunition. Sold by
all gun-makers and dealers iu gunpowder.
FREDERICK JOYCE & CO. , Patentees and Manufacturers,
Sept. 28, 57 Upper Thames street, London.
ROWLAND'S
MACASSAR OIL strengthens the Hair and prevents it falling off. The bottles
have a glass stopper, and not a cork.
KAIL YD OR, beautifies the Complexion and eradicates Freckles, Tan, Prickly Heat,
Eruptions, etc.
ODONTO whitens the Teeth, prevents and arrests decay, and gives a pleasing
fragrance to Ihe breath.
EUKONIA is a new and delicate toilet powder.
Ask for ROWLAND'S articles, of 20, Hatton Garden, London, and avoid cheap
imitations. Sold by Druggists, Bazaars, etc., all over the world. May 3.
F
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
liiestand Cheapest Meat-flavoring
Dishes and Sauces.
Stock for Soups. Made
March 2.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT
[s a success and boon for which Nations should feel grate-
ful. See " Medical Press," "Lancet," " British Medical Journal," etc.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF JffE&T.
Cantion—Gennine only with fac-simile of Baron Xiebig's
Signature, in blue ink, across Label. "Consumption in England increased ten-
old in ten years." March 2.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OP MEAT.
To he had of all Store-beepers, Grocers and Chemists. Sole
Agents for the United States (wholesale only), C. David & Co., 43, Mark Lane,
London, England. March 2.
STOCK COMBINATIONS.
June 21.]
How to Operate Successfully on
TEN DOLLARS.
MARTIN TAYLOR & CO.,
429 California Street.
ALASKA COMMERCIAL COMPANY,
i. 310 Sansome street, San Francisco, Wholesale Dealer
in Furs. Sept. 21.
N'
30, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
19
'The World," the Flesh, and the Devil.
[ By a Truthful Penman. 1
Sunday Drunkenness in Ireland. Since the passing of the Act for
th>' closing of public houses in Ireland on Sunday.-*, the arrests for drunk-
-•■■1 from 'J. nil'. t<> f<»7 Itftwri'ii i i.'tnl.,T 11', 1877, and
April 12. 1878. These Bgures show ;» reduction of 70 per cent, in the
ponce arrests in fix months, a result highly satisfactory. 15ut this is not
all. The testimony in Ireland is pActically unanimous to the fact that
Sunday drunkenness of a lis- flagrant type has been lessened to even a
greater degree. Serious and common assaults, once very frequent on that
day, are now almost unknown, and the time-books of large employers of
show that work is commenced much more regularly on Mondays
than under the old system. In the tive cities and towns exempted from
the tree operation of the Act, but where the hours of sale are materially
shortened, the result-s are also very marked, there being a reduction of 35
per cent, in the arrests for Sunday dniukeimess.^— The idea of being
poisoned by cold pie seems too ridiculous to be entertained for one mo-
ment, yet a careful analysis of the body of William Corbett, saloon stew-
ard nn board the Euglish troop Bhip Tamar, shows the deceased to have
died of choleric diarrhea, induced by mephitic poisoning, possibly caused,
the medical men assert, *' by a pigeon pie." Poisonous changes, it ap-
pears, take place in cold pies, and especially in those made with game, by
simply keeping or laying by for some time. This fact cannot be too
widely known.— -The Paris Globe publishes the following telegram from
Odessa: "The transport ship which left this port recently for Saghalien
with a convoy of 700 Nihilists lost L'OO of them on the way from disease,
occasioned by over-loading and the absence of all sanitary precautions.
One hundred and fifty others were landed in an almost dying state. A
second transport is being prepared under the same horrible conditions.
The prisoners are packed like cattle in thehold of the ship."— —A philan-
thropic gentleman living at Reigate lias written Mr. Mapleson, the opera-
tic manager, 3 letter, which now lies before us, stating to the effect that
the factory girls in Carmen looked pale from constant labor in the cigar-
ette factory, and that he should be happy to give them a day in the coun-
try. He stated-that, as most of them were apparently young, his daugh-
ter would receive them, give them third-class tickets, a substantial dinner
and a day in.the fresh air. Mr. Mapleson replied, in effect, that the girls
on the stage, though apparently working in a factory, were really not so,
and he explained that few or any of them could really make cigarettes.
In short, it was but a stage illusion, and the " girls " were really the tol-
erably mature ladies of his chorus. Since then no more has been heard
from Reigate.^^Many characteristic anecdotes of the late King Victor
Kmmanuel are told in a work on his private life by an Italian journalist.
Among other tales of his late Majesty related in this book are the follow-
ing: In matters of dress the King was supremely indifferent. He disliked
the frock-coat, which he contended was invented by the democracy in
order to confound masters with their servants. He usually walked abroad
in a short jacket, and in this garment he often visited the theaters and
other places. One evening he went to the Apollo, in Rome. On his ar-
rival, he was told that the Enlpress of all the Russias was in the Royal
loge. " How shall I manage ?" said the King. " I am not dressed comme
il faut, and I do not wish to return to the Quirinal. But I must pay a
visit to her Majesty the Empress." He looked around, espied the Mar-
quis of Bagnasco, and summoned him. The Marquis came and found the
King in his shirt-sleeves. All was explained. The Marquis doffed his
coat and the King put it on. He had no white cravat. A speckless tie
on a waiter caught his eye. He sent for him, unloosened the tie, put it
on himself, and, viewing himself in a mirror, said: "It appears to me that
I can now present myself as a King of Italy." On another occasion,
when his Majesty went to the same theater, just as he was about to enter
his loge he espied through the glass portals the portly figure of Colonel
Galletti, one of his intimes. "Do not budge," said Victor Emmanuel ;
"I wish to take your portrait." His Majesty then limned out a very
capital sketch of the colonel's burly figure on the glass— he had a pen-
chant for crayon-drawing, and usually stuffed his pockets with different
colored pencils. On the following evening his Majesty returned to the
theater, and on entering his loge saw an attendant diligently engaged in
endeavoring to erase the crayon lines of the royal artistic efforts of the
Srevious evening. "What are you doing?" said the King. "Your
lajesty," replied the fellow, " I am cleaning off what some imbecile has
been doing." Victor Emmanuel walked away laughing, merely exclaim-
ing, " I am the imbecile."^— Petaluma Argus: A gentleman of this city,
just from a hunt in the wilds of Humboldt county, vouches for the fol-
lowing: A few weeks since, while out hunting in that region, Doc Stanley
shot and killed four grizzly bears without moving from one spot. Meet-
ing one of the varmints, he drew a bead, fired and dropped it ; thereupon
another made its appearance, and shared a like fate, only to be followed
in rapid succession by numbers three and four, each and all of whom
traveled the way of those that had gone before. By this time the Doc's
leaden ammunition had " gin eout," and with it his nerve, and he took to
the nearest tree, not knowing the number of the bruin tribe. A friend,
who was out with him on the hunt, hearing the rapid shots and thinking
that he also wanted some of it, hastened up, but only to find the Doc up
a tree, quietly and anxiously watching four dead grizzlies. Next !-^— A
friend of mine, says Atlas in the World, wired the following to Cape
Town, in time to be forwarded to me by the Nubian, which arrived in
Plymouth Sound on Friday morning:
" Pietermaritzburg, Tuesday, July 8.
Old Forbes galloped in here last evening, gaunt, grizzly, in absolute
tatters from riding through thorns, and plastered with mud from head to
foot. From morning 4th till lasi night had but three hours' sleep. Re-
peated old Bulgarian tactics, and was first by twelve hourB to acquaint j
\\ olaeley. Frere and whole South Africa with d«wi of fight, vfctorr, and
burning I lundi. Tough old I* ugar; rode about three hundred miles in fifty
my's country, tn night
absolutely unarmed.
■ 'n to Wol mysterious ci
overtake him to-morrow. H ,„■,,! bullet,"
— — The Brttiih Tradt Journal for An One ol the severest
winters of the 1 ;. .1 by six months continuous down-
fall of rain. This will seriously affect the harvest prospects, and as a
Rood hai , .Mn.Ki ,„■ 120,000,000, it fol-
lows, that the prospi ide revival may be more or less retarded.
An authority, writing to the 7W* some weeks ago, then said: 'Three
weeks of repeated downpours, with a low temperature and want of sun-
shine, have considerably darkened our prospects for cereal crops, especially
on our cold, stilt', glutinous clays, where, undrained, their mud-like condi-
tion has excluded air from the plant roots, and has caused the crops to
look yellow and unhealthy. Puis-', green crops, and pastures have been
improved by the rains, but all now require a warm and dry time to ripen
them, even on light porous soils, which have Buffered much less than the
clays.' Wince that was written \\r have had a forty days' further continu-
ance of heavy rains, with a temperature far from seasonable. But at last
we have some gleams of sunshine ami warm weather. It seems generally
recognized that one inevitable result from the existing distress will be a
great reduction in rents. Save in a few cases, landholders have been re-
ceiving the same annual income from their property, although they have
benefitted by the reduced cost of living. One of the best farms in Perth-
shire has just been let for nineteen years at a reduction equivalent to 40
per cent., with still further advantages to the tenant in about four years'
time. ^— Mrs. Bell, sister of James Gordon Bennett, of the New York
Herald, has just given birth in Paris to a fine baby, and the happy father
was so delighted with the advent that he sent a handsome service of plate
to the doctor who presided on the occasion. Mrs. Bell is very rich, and
the only heiress of her brother, and she can afford to have the costliest of
babies just as often as she pleases. It is a boy, and the happy little fel-
low found in his cradle 100 U. S. Bonds, of §1,000 each, as a present from
his uncle. -^— The King of Solo, a native Prince of Java, will soon arrive
at Paris. Wonderful tales are related concerning his accomplishments
and wealth, his income being placed at the pretty figure of 30,000,000 fr.
per annum! He brings a band of music with him, whose performances
are unique.— —The Illustrated London News states that the will of Lord
Lawrence was proved on the 17th lilt, by his widow and two sons, John
Hamilton, Lord Lawrence, and the Hon. Henry Arnold Lawrence, the
executors, the personal estate being sworn under £140,000. The testator
settles his estate at Pimlico and elsewhere upon his eldest son, and be-
queaths pecuniary legacies to all his children, and annuities to his sisters.
A sum of £50,000 is left upon trust for his wife for life, and then for the
person who shall be entitled to his real estate. The residue of the per-
sonal estate he gives to his wife absolutely.— The London Times has
reason to believe that Lieutenant-General Valentine Baker Pasha is likely
to be nominated by the Ottoman Government to an important civil and
military post in Kurdistan. It is stated in the same journal that the
consulate at Kesht, on the Caspian, has been abolished, and one consti-
tuted in its stead at Asterabad, on the south-eastern shores of the same
sea. Major O. B. C. St. John, C.S.I., of the Royal (late Bengal) Engi-
neers, has been selected for the new post. ^— Six Things to be Proud of,
bt a Child of Impulse.— 1. Not to have written a Book. 2. Not to have
given a Kecitation. 3. Not to have appeared in Vanity Fair. 4. Not to
have been presented with a Testimonial. 5. Not to have been offered
Knighthood. 6. Not to be buried in Westminster Abbey. — Punch.— ^
The revenues of the Suez Canal have increased from 91,000,000 in 1870,
to $7,000,000 last year. The shares of the Company were 400,000, the par
value being -5100. They fell as low as $20, and afterward advanced to §60
at the openiug of the canal. Five years later they rose to §114, at which
Mr. Disraeli bought 176,602 for the British Government. Now the stock
is $114.— Bullionist.
MARTIN TAYLOR & CO.,
Stock Brokers,
429 CALIFORNIA STREET,
AND
SOS, 332 and 334 PINE ST,IIF,T;T.
Stocks Bought and Sold and Carried on Margin of 20 Per Cent.
Privileges Negotiated on Favorable Terms,
XT PIBTE STKEET OFFICE.
[August 23.]
FAIRFAX MINING COMPANY,
426 CALIFORNIA STREET, ROOM NO. 2.
President JOHNW. COLEMAN.
Treasurer GEN. O. H. LA GRANGE.
Secretary O. C. MILLER.
[October 12.]
Geo. 0. Hickox. E. C. McFarlane.
GEORGE C. HICKOX & CO.,
Commission Stock Brokers (San Francisco Stock Ex-
/ change, No. 230 Montgomery street, San Francisco. May 4.
J. A. RUDKIN,
Member S. F. Stock anil Exchange Board, 423 California
street. STOCKS Bought and Sold on Commission. Liberal Advances
made n Active Accounts. Oct. 26.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Office of the Enreka Consolidated Mining Company. Ne-
vada Block, Room No. 37, San Francisco, An- 16, 1879.— At a meeting of the
Board of Directors of the above named Company, held this day, a dividend (No. 46)
of One Dollar per share was declared, payable on WEDNESDAY, August 20th, 1879.
Transfer Books closed until the 2 1st instant.
Aug. 23. W. W. TRAYLOR, Secretary.
20
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Aug. 30, 1879.
"BIZ.
The outside street excitement3 of the week have tended greatly to the
diminishing of the volume of trade, diverting the attention of business
men from their legitimate callings, and causing a great diminution of
traffic in nearly every department. We are living now, as it were, upon
a volcano, liable at any moment to belch forth its fiery flame. Never-
theless, we are hopeful for the continuance of law and order. On the 3d
proximo the election for State and municipal officers takes place, the
first under the new State Constitution. Great apxiety prevails as to the re-
sult, as upon the choice of our best citizens depends the future growth
and welfare of this commonwealth. Let us work and labor for the suc-
cess of the best men without regard to their politics. We note an in-
creased^nquiry for improved real estate, chiefly on the hillsides covered
by cable railroads, notably that of California street. Our citizens are
rapidly returning from their Summer retreats in the country, and are
now looking out for eligible residences for the Fall and Winter seasons.
Money continues very plentiful and at low rates of interest, and our sav-
ings and loan societies are at all times prepared to make free loans upon
desirable real estate property.
The Bag Ring have not yet been able to make a riffle ; they seem to
be clogged up by an unexpected avalanche of outside Grain Sacks, that
are selling at very low prices — even less than the first cost of importation.
Stocks are large, and Standard 22x36 Calcutta Grain Sacks, new importa-
tion, can very readily be purchased at 8|c.
Coffee. — The Pacific Mail steamship City of Panama brought up 2,390
bags from Central America. The market at present is lifeless ; holders
firm ; stock light, with an upward tendency for all strictly choice No. 1 C.
A. Greens, suited to the trade of Chicago, St. Louis, etc. We are now
supplied with Bio via New York, worth 14@15c. There is a cargo of
Ceylon now en route to Parrott & Co. for the fall trade.
Coal. — Our spot supply of Anthracite in store is large, and prices both
low and nominal with a very small demand. Steam Coals from Sydney
and elsewhere foreign are in light stocks and few cargoes are en route,
which gives strength to the market, although the California Mt. Diablo
deliveries are both free and liberal, selling at @4@5. Seattle is worth
§5 50@6. At the same time supplies of Coos Bay for household purposes
are offered at low figures. Wellington and other British Columbia mines
continue to furnish us with liberal supplies of first-class House and Steam
Coals at S6@8— the latter for Screened Wellington.
Cement. — Our stocks of Portland and other sorts are large and free
and the demand light, and prices both low and nominal.
Case Goods. — There has been very little done in Case Salmon during
the past fortnight. The Columbia River catch has been unprecedented,
only limited when the stock of tin gave out, and no cans in which to put
their Salmon. Present Spot price of 1-lb tins, SI 05@S1 07^. Some of
the largest and best known canners, holding each 25,000@30,000 cases,
have not yet sold a case of this season's catch, refusing offers of SI 15@
$1 25 for their entire catch, and now, forsooth, they may be compelled to
sell for §1 per doz. cans. This, however, depends largely upon the firm-
ness of local holders and the catch at Fraser Biver, as well as that at Pu-
get Sound, now in full blast. Fortunately for us, Chicago, St. Louis,
etc., have this season drawn more largely upon us for Salmon than ever
before, and this demand has prevented prices from dropping below §1.
Metals. — There have been sales of Pig Iron recently at $24 and possi-
bly less ; figures withheld. The general market is very slack. The con-
sumptive demand is very small at present.
Quicksilver.— The spot market is strong at 40c, some holders asking
42£c— stock light. The Quicksilver exports by sea from August 23d are
as follows :
To China, per "Gaelic," hence 23d inst:
Flasks. Value.
Degener&Co 1,460 $41,000
Wau Yuen Lung Kee 997 30,000
Wing Chong Wo & Co 325 9,625
To Japan, per " Gaelic," hence 23d inst :
Seth Thomas' Clock Co 50 1,600
Totals 2,832 3 82,225
Previously, since January 1st 38,917 1,114,893
Totals, since Jan. 1st, 1879 41,749 §1,197,118
Totals, same period 1878 21,706 713,400
Increase in 1879 20,043 $483,718
Beceipts for the week, 1,187 flasks.
Rice. — By the Oceanic we received from Hongkong 7,950 mats. The
China, from same, brought 2,450 mats. Our stock of China is large ;
Mixed selling at4|c; higher grades, 5|@5|c; Hawaiian Table is scarce
at 5|@6c.
Sugar. — Imports during the week have been of no magnitude. The
Befineries control the market and keep prices down to bedrock — say, for
Whites, 9i@10c; Golden " C," 8£c,; other Yellow, 7f@8c. Eastern Be-
fined continues to come forward in quantities.
Salt.— There has been quite a movement in Liverpool Stoved during
the week, resulting in the purchase of all the Ashton's here in first hands
at $20, which is a large advance over rates heretofore ruling. — The Cali-
fornia supply, as well as that from Carmen Island, falls short of our con-
sumptive wants.
Teas. — The market is firm for all descriptions, say for Japan papers,
" M & Co., and diamond L brands, 35@37£c The steamship China
brought us 3,097 pkgs., and the Oceanic 5,656 pkgs., while these two
steamers brought for Eastern cities 15,730 and 24,907 pkgs., respectively.
The Oceanic made the passage from the Orient in the shortest time on
record, say from Hongkong 25 days, and from Yokohama 14 days 6 hours.
Wines. — By the Equator, from France, we received liberal supplies of
Champagne and other still wines from Bordeaux, but where the profit
comes in we do not see, judging from the ruinous prices realized, last
week at auction, at the sale of first-class French Wines of well known
brands and varieties.
Freights and Charters. — We note the arrival of several vessels during
the week, in ballast, seeking, and a few ships will load Wheat upon
owners' account. Quite a number of Grain Charters for Europe have
been written during the week at 43@45s. for wood, to 46@47s. 6d. for
iron vessels to Havre and Liverpool direct, or to Cork or Falmouth for
orders IT. K. or the Continent at the customary advance. We have now
a fleet of 28 disengaged vessels in port— say 26.800 tons register ; 33 vessels
now on the berth or loading grain. Since July 1st we have loaded and
dispatched 30 vessels belonging to the Grain Fleet, which is a much less
number than we cleared same time last year. The present spot rate to
the Continent is 50 shillings.
Flour and Wheat. — The markets remain substantially unchanged for
both articles— say $5 for best shipping Extras; §5 50 for Gilt Edged, for
local use ; Superfine, $4@4 50. as to brand and quality. Large sales of
No. 1 Wheat have been concluded during the week, at $1 70@1 72£, and
for No. 2 Shipping, $1 55@1 65 $ cental.
Barley. — There is very little movement at present. We quote Cheva-
lier at $1 50@1 70 $ cental ; Brewing, 85c@Sl ; Feed, 65@75c.
Corn and Oats. — There is very little demand for either, and prices for
both low and nominal— say, for Corn, 80@85c $ ctl ; Oats, $1 15@1 50,
according to quality. »
Hops. — The stock of old is well nigh exhausted, worth 8c to 12£c ; new
eommand 15c to 20c.
Wool.— The Fall clip is now arriving, with sales of 20,000 K>s Solano
fleece at 13c to 17c.
Tallow.— The demand is light ; sales of 10,000 lbs. Common, 5A@5|c:
5,000 Refined at 7|c.
Fruits and Vegetables.— The market is now liberally supplied with
Grapes of choice quality, Pears, Peaches, Plums, etc.; also Blackberries,
Raspberries, Strawberries, etc. Prices for all rule very low, and quite
within reach of the poorest citizen.
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
Tbe Company's steamers will sail as follows at 12 M:
CITY OP TOKIO, Oct. 4th, Deo. 27th, March 20th— CITY OP PEKING, Nov.
15th, Feb. 7th, May lst-for YOKOHAMA and HONGKONG.
CITY OP PANAMA, August 30th, for PANAMA and NEW YORK, calling at
ACAPULOO, also at SAN JOSE DE GUATEMALA to land Passengers and Mails.
SOUTH CAROLINA, Sept. 5th, for PANAMA and NEW YORK, calling at ACA-
PULCO, SAN JOSE DE GUATEMALA, LA LIBERTAD and PUNTA ARENAS.
Tickets to and from Europe by any line for sale at the lowest rates ; also to Ha-
vana and all West India ports.
AUSTRALIA, September 1st, at 12 o'clock M., or on arrival of English mails,
for HONOLULU, AUCKLAND and SYDNEY. $10 additional is charged for pas-
sage in Upper Saloon.
CITY OP CHESTER, Aug. 30th, for VICTORIA, PORT TOWNSEND, SEATTLE,
and TACOMA, connecting at TACOMA with Northern Pacific Railroad for PORT-
LAND, Oregon. Tickets must be purchased before 11 A.M. on day of sailing, at
Wharf Office. For freight or passage apply at the office, cor. First and Brannan
streets. [Aug. 30.] WILLIAMS, BLANCH ARD & CO. , Agents.
FOR PORTLAND AND ASTORIA, OREGON.
The Oregon Steamship Company aud Pacific Coast Steam-
ship Company will dispatch everv five days, for the above ports, one of their
new Al iron Steamships, viz. : OREGON, GEORGE W. ELDER, and STATE OF
CALIFORNIA.
Sailing: Bays:
Aug. 5, 10, 15, 20, 85, and 30. | Sept. 4, 9, 14, 19, 24, and 29.
A.t 10 o'clock, J.. M.
Connecting: at Portland, Oregon, with Steamers and Railroads and their connecting
Stage Lines for all points in Oregon, Washington and Idaho Territories, British
Columbia and Alaska.
K. TAN OTERENDORP, Agent O. S. S. Co.,
No. 210 Battery street, San Francisco.
GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Agents P. C. S. S. Co.,
Aug. 2. No. 10 Market street, San Francisco.
OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP CO.,
For Japaii aud China, leave wharf, corner First and Bran-
nan streets, at noon, for YOKOHAMA AND HONGKONG, connecting at
Yokohama with Steamers for Shanghai.
GAELIC August S3d, December 6th, February 28th.
OCEANIC September 13th.
BELGIC October 25th, January 17th, April 10th.
For Freight, apply to GEORGE H. RICE, Freight Agent, at the Pacific Mail Steam-
ship Company's 'Wharf, or No. 218 California street,
Special Notice.— The S. S. OCEANIC, sailing from San Francisco Saturday, Sep-
tember 13th, will continue on from Hongkong to Liverpool, offering superior accom-
modations for Tourists en route Around the World. Freight will be taken for Lon-
don and Liverpool. For Through Bills of Lading and Rates, apply at 218 California
street. T. H. GOODMAN, General Passenger Agent.
LELAND STANFORD, President. Aug. 23.
PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
Steamers of this Company will sail from Broadway Wharf
for PORTLAND, Oregon), every 5 days, direct, and for LOS ANGELES, SANTA
BARBARA, SANTA CRUZ, SAN DIEGO, SAN LUIS OBISPO and other NORTH-
ERN and SOUTHERN COAST PORTS, leaving SAN FRANCISCO about every
third day.
For Day and Hour of Sailing, see the Company's Advertisement in the San Fran-
cisco Daily Papers.
Ticket Office, No. 214 Montgomery Street, near Pine.
GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Agents,
March 15. No. 10 Market street.
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
New York and Panama Line.
A us- inst 19th--Steamer GRANADA, calling at Mascatlan,
San Bias, Manzanillo and Acapulco, connecting at Acapulco with Company's
Steamer for all Central American ports, and touching at San Jose de Guatemala and
La Libertad to land passengers and mails.
August 2Sth -Steamer CITY OF PANAMA, calling at Acapulco.
September 5th— Steamer SOUTH CAROLINA, calling at Acapulco, San Jose de
Guatemala, La Libertad and Punta Arenas.
All these steamers make close connection with steamers from Aspinwall to N. York.
Aug. 16. WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO., General Agents.
i 879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER,
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TELEPHONES IN CHURCH.
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rail, out through a gimlet-hole in the window*
Frame and to the top of the par; iwn through the venti-
■ii invalid young lady, where it was attached to
hand telephone, in arc . id, the little fo-
rk, conveying to the earof the patient anffererthe
well-known voice in the pulpit for the lust time in 1. m—
01 course, the reverend doctor was anxious during the morning
n, as his thoughts reverted to the distant listener, t<> know if Bhe
heard; and hi a he learned that thi
lyers, hymns, organ an, I singing had been audible to
■ >n for whose comfort the arrangement bad been planned.
For City and County Surveyor.- This is really a non-political office
that oug ed quite irres affiliations. It is an
office that demands th" skill of an expert, and the [oca! knowledge that
■. long residence, and by personal acquaintance with
sewer levels, established grades, boundaries of Btreets, original surve_ys,
and the like technical information. Wm. P. Humphreys, the present
occupant of th long discharged its duties with eminent abil-
ity and is a candidate for re-election. Mis professional status is of the
very highest H>- comes of a family of great engineers, his father having
def Naval Constructor for the United States, and Ms brother
being now the distinguished Chief Engineer of the IT. S. Army. Wm.
P. Humphreys has several times bet n elected by almost unanimous con-
sent^ and once absolutely without opposition, he being indorsed by all
parties. A very natural feeling exists that his acquired knowledge of the
city's surveys is invaluable, and has saved the city from many costly
errors that new men would almost certainly have fallen into. It would
be a serious error to remove this able and experienced professional man
from a strictly non-political office, the duties of which he discharges in an
entirely unexceptionable manner. The city may have to pay dearly for
the inevitable errors of an inexperienced man. Wm. P. Humphreys
ought to be re-elected City and County Surveyor undoubtedly. Citi-
zens should see that his name is on their tickets.
For Public Administrator.— Colonel Wm. Doolan, having discharged
the duties of his office as Public Administrator during one term with
marked acceptability, he has fairly earned the indorsement usually con-
ceded to a faithful officer of are-election to a second term. Prior to his
incumbency this office seemed one into which it was most difficult to place
the light man. It was not always tilled in a manner that merited or
received public approval. There seems to be something exceptionally
tempting iu figuring dead men's money. It is due to Col. Doolan to say
that his high honor and strict integrity were so well established that it
was felt that he was just the man to redeem the office of Public Adminis-
trator from the distrust into which it bad fallen, and the wide prevalence
of that feeling won him his election on a ticket that was partially defeated.
Now that his term is about to end, it is a demonstrated fact that he has
proven himself equal to the anticipations of his friends. He has dis-
charged his duties most satisfactorily, and, as we have said, has fairly
earned the indorsement of a second term. The tried and trusted official
ought not to be slighted for an unknown man. Col. Doolan has pre-emi-
nent qualifications for the office, as he has proven,. See that his name is
on your ticket.
Mr. Robert Howe, of the Produce Commission house of Howe &
Hall, is nominated, both by the Democrats and the New Constitution
Party, as a candidate for the Shrievalty. Mr. Howe has been twenty-
seven years in California, and has had practical experience of all phases
of pioneer life. He was for ten years engaged in mining in Tuolumne
County, and during that period was twice sent to the Legislature. A
resident of our city for seventeen years past, he has sat for the last six
years in the State Senate. His vote was cast against the Water Bill,
which proposed to rob our people of 817,000,000. Mr. Howe married a
California lady, and has seven intelligent children, all daughters. His
opponent, Desmond (W. P. C. candidate), recommends himself as one
who assisted to release Fenian prisoners; and strengthens his claim to
office in America on this ground by allowing Denis Kearney, in his hear-
ing, to promise for him that, if elected, he will give up Chas. De Young
to the mob, to be hanged by them. The contrast between the candidates
could not be made sharper.
The present Tax Collector, William Ford, has been renominated by
the Democrats, and, it is to be hoped, will be elected as if by acclama-
tion, for the city has never had a more conscientious, accurate, faithful
official. Mr. Ford has always taken his duty iu the plain, direct mean-
ing «>f the word. He was in office to collect the taxes and to account for
them, and this he has always done with scrupulous exactness. All the
BUrplusage, received in payment of odd sums for which our currency offers
no accepted coin, has been turned over to the Treasurer, and the city has
in this way profited to the amount of fifteen hundred hollars. The
order and method in the office business have been remarked by all who
have dealings with the < lollector, ami the accounts of cadi day are verified
before the next morning, cost what labor it may. No good citizen should
forget to vote for such a man. ____^__
Among the Republican nominees for the Board of Education Mr.
Luman Wadhams is one sure to command the respect and win the votes
of intelligent citizens. Mr. Wadhams is very widely known through bis
connexion with the house of N. P. Cole & Co., and is entirely fitted by
bis straightforward character and strong sympathy with the cause of edu-
cation to do the [public good service in the School Department.
Mr. Fred. M. Caropb. U «rty for
r, and having
■ nf Schools for Ala-
' punty, in which position bt merited and received extraordinary
credit Mr. Campbell is fai above any other candidate in the 8< Id. He
>] wd, not only by r n and laymen, but I
Keverends M.King and John ». McNafly. Catholic rectors of Oakland.
Withal, Mr. Campbell's face and hi!* sterling merit orl into
ny land, lb . . toated man, without any
"f. tIu' ' ■ icrally snppo
t;!1N l" timonial to his merit is that
of his old pupils, who are now among the foremost
men of San BVancisco and Oakland.
Judge Louderback ha in dealing with the
criminal classes as Police Judge and as Polios < lommissioner, and has dis-
charged his difficult duties at all times with such strict impartiality and
public acceptability, that ii woi Id be a loss to the whole city if he by any
chance railed of re-election. We don't believe that it is at all probable
that hewiU Fail. He has beei minated by the Republicans, Demoorata
and New Constitution party a combination that otight surely to win.
The larger hismajority, bhe more bis handswill be strengthened. The
hoodlums will thereby be taught that r 1 citizens have watched and
approved Ins coins,.- in the past, and that they will sustain it at all
hazards iu the future. By all means let a rousing majority indorse the
course of this well-tried public off
Of nominees for the Board of Supervisors, none is more deservedly
popular or certain to control a larger vote than Dr. J. D. Whitney, who
has been put forward as a candidate by the Republicans of the Fifth
Ward. A native of San Francisco, educated at the University of
th • Pacific, where he was graduated, and accomplished in his
profession by all that study in the East and the great medical
schools in Europe could give him, Dr. Whitney is also a man of wide gen-
eral intelligence, practical energy and entire devotion to the best interests
of the community. To choose such a representative in the city govern-
ment is the duty of all good citizens, without distinction of party.
Alfred H. Townsend, nominee of the Workiugnien for Judge of the
Superior Court, comes to us strongly indorsed by the newspapers, Demo-
cratic and Republican, at his old home in Iowa. According to one he is
a gentleman of untarnished character, high intellectual attainments, su-
perior legal learning and ability, and eminently well fitted for the position
to which he aspires. Another says of him that he is a man of fine legal
mind and possessed of many excellent qualities fitting Jam for Judge.
These testimonies, coming as they do from old neighbors, are of special
value to the voters of our city. It is safe to say that they will not miss
it much in supporting Mr. Townsend.
We remark among the names before our fellow-citizens of Marin
county that of Stuart S. Wright, as one of the Superior Judges to be
voted for in the coming election. Judge Wright already, as Justice of
the Peace, he will undoubtedly be chosen to this higher position, and
continue the honorable tradition of his father, so long the respected Judge
of our County Court. Stuart S. Wright is an attorney of the Supreme
Court, and has practiced at the bar for several years. He is almost
entirely our own, having been a student of the State University, and he
has around him a growing and interesting family.
Much depends upon the constitution of the next Board of Supervisors,
and all are concerned to see that only good men. responsible in the eyes of
the community, and entirely above all suspicion of doubtful practices, are
selected. The Republicans of the Third Ward have set an excellent ex-
ample in nominating Mr. J. M. Litchfield, well known through his long
business record among us as a man of absolute integrity and excellent
capacity, whose success in administering his own affairs gives assurance
of the ability to discharge the difficult and complicated duties which de-
volve upon a Supervisor.
The nomination of General John McComb on the Republican
ticket, as a candidate for the Auditorship, is one of the best of all that
have been made. Necessarily brought before the public eye as one of the
editors of the Alta% and as a prominent military man, General McComb
has impressed all who know him as a thoroughly upright, firm, decisive
character, quick to see the right and steadfast in maintaining it. No one
could be better suited to fill the office of Auditor, which calls for sagacity,
great moral courage and inflexible integrity.
The Republicans of the Tenth District have renominated Dr. William
B. May to represent them in the Assembly. This indorsement of bis
fearless and intelligent course as a member of the last Legislature, while
it must be extremely gratifying to Dr. May, is no more than his just due,
since he displayed from the beginning of the session all the qualities which
go to make a good public man ; and an official career so well begun mer-
ited indeed the approbation of a re-nomination. The Republicans have
done well by the man, who did well by the whole community.
Among re -nominations, every way most fit, is that of Judge Jas. C.
Pennie, one of the best known nm\ most highly respected Justices of the
Peace in the city. This responsible office Judge Pennie has held through
every vicissitude of State and city politics since 1865, to the entire satis-
faction of all. Known as he is in every portion of the State, there is ev-
erywhere but one opinion with regard to him. No man ever enjoyed a
more genuine popularity, or one more fairly earned by a long life of up-
rightness and probity, and intelligent devotion to duty.
A gigantic telescope, which is said to be the largest in the world, has
just been constructed for Sir Henry Be-seim-r by Messrs. Galloway,
engineers and ironfounders, Knot Mill Iron Works, Manchester. The
teli scope i~ a. marvel of ingenuity and workmanship, and is estimated to
cost £40,000.
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Aug. 30, 1879.
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
Recorded in the City and County of San Francisco, California, for
the "Week ending August 27th.
Compiled fromthe Records of the Commercial Agency, 401 California St., 8.F.
Thursday, August 21st.
GRANTOR AND GRANTEE.
DESCRIPTION.
S Johnson to Adolph C Weber....
W M Fierson to Geo Mearns
Wm Hollis to L Goltis
Cath P Bolan to Jno Lehritter
Alfred Gros to Albert Anbert
A E Hecht to Ida M Carroll
Henry Boulier to Robt Davis
L H Bonestell to Mary S Bonestell
E W Scott to A Everest Ball
Patrick Roe to Mary Roe
Same to Isabel H Preston
Marg O'Rorke to P Monahan
Cath Monaghan to Same
P G Peltret to Mary Connolly
Meigfts Wharf Co to A S Hallidie .
Geo Edwards to Thos G Spear
Cbas E Paxton to Same
Jos Haine to Mand Haine
Henry Chester to Wm Rayner
Wm Stappenbact to li Heitmnller.
Jnlia V Lonnt to Jnlins Ca'.oir
Annie Dott to J De La Monlanya .
Mary Farre.gher to Dan] E Martin.
Cath Moyuiban to T J Moynihan .
IN Thome to Cath McNeill
Theo Le Roy to I N Thome
E F Preston to Jnlia L Preston . . .
G E Wellington to Jean L Vermeil
Marg J Brady to Chas H Barton . .
MaryDalton toRBHine
Wm D Heath to C A Hnntemann
Danl Toy to Geo D Toy
J H Deering to Sav and Loan Soc.
W Bnckingham to Caroline Dan lap
E C Dake to Marion A Date
C P Dnane to Jeonie Perkins
P Slater 10 Paol Ronsset
Mary F Erwin to Mary A Coghlan.
J Bridgvvood to S J Bridgwood....
Wm Hollis toS M B Halev
Hugh J McVey to Chas McVey
Jas H Handley to Michl McCann
S AFishertoEichd Hullis
Atkins Massey to Geo T Marye . .
LGMcMullinto Jno F Byxbce..
|Se Oak and Buchanan, e 37:6x120
S Vallejo, 127 e Gough, e 68:6?£, etc..
S Clay, 187:6 e Leavenworth, e 27:6x114
N Hayes, 94:3 e Gotigh, e 18:3x120
N Broadway, 202:8 w Powell, 19x137:6.
N Cali'a, 129:9 e Fillmore. 25:6xl32:7X.
N Bush, 112:0 e Broderick, e 25x137:0. .
E Stockton, 137:6 n Bush, n 47x137:6 ..
The Sherrebeck Claim
N Pacific, 137 c Leavth, e 0 in x 137:6..
Und 33 Same
S Geary 231:8 e Gongh, e 43:4x120
Same
W Alabama, 25 s 26th, s 25x100
Se North Point st and Mason, 275x275.
Sw Olmsted and Oxford, s 75x120
Lotl, blk 144, University Ex Hd
Lot 30x137:6, s Sutter bet Stockton and
Powell
Sundry lots in different parts of city...
N Geary, 27:6 w Buchanan, w 57:6x100.
N Pacific, 22:6 w Hvde, w 23x87:6
N Turk, 165 w Jones, w 27:6x137:6
Nw Stevenson, 75 sw 6th, sw 25x75
W Jones, S7:6 n Geary, n 25x87:6
N Bay, 206:3 e Leavenworth, w 76:54-100
etc.; and com 137:6 w Jones and 137:6
n Bay, s 18:51, nw 23:94, etc
Com 137:6 w Jones and 137:6 n Bay, etc
Sundry lots in Western Addition
Und '*,' se Berry, 275 sw 5th, 45:10x250.
|N Union, 120 w Hyde, w 100x60; and sw
I Howard and 8th, se HiOxlOC
IN Washn, 101:1 'A e Brod'ck, e 34:4X,etc
IWDupont, 117:6 3 Greenwich, s 20x160
\W Powell, 91:8 n O'Farrell, 22:10x137:0
Ne Center and Carolina, e 200, etc
N Gearv. 37:6 e Hyde, e 25x87:6
S Turk, 90 w Scott, w 40x1110
Ne York and 22d, e 200, n 250, se to com
Snndrv Outside Lands
Lots 14 to 17, hlk 10. City Land Assn ..
Lots 211 toS15, Gift Map 4
W Fillmore, 78 n Sacramento, n 25x91:6
N Fell, 165 w Gough. w 27:6x120 ; and
lots 17, IS, blk 40, City Laud Assn. ..
W Treat av, 213 n 22d, n 2x122:6
iE Kearny, 59:6 n Sutter, n 20:6x40
'Nw Market, 500 ne Cily Hall av, 25x100
I Lot 6. blk 613, Pt Lobos Av Ex Hd
$5,20S
366
4,125
3,600
1,100
1.300
Gift
1.500
Gift
Gift
1
6,500
450
40,000
80
150
10,000
2,500
1,250
10,000
50
5,000
10
500
5
5
15,000
400
2,800
1
2,200
1
Gift
4,000
1,500
50
100
3,000
1
50
1.000
16,000
1
Friday, August 22d.
Jno Kelly to Mary Kelly
Danl E Martin to Jacob Miller
A Himmelman to B F Marshall...
BF Marshall to Henry Pierce
Wm Irvine to Same
A Himmelman te B F Marshall ...
Jas Thompson to Robt Doberty . .
L H Thomas to L R Myers
LR Myers to Chas H Holt
Chas B Jennings to C H Strybing
Mary Flood to Wm H Edwards ..
J B Haningion to David C Lloyd
F P Lalsou to Florida L Latson. .
Antonio Paslene 10 M Garibaldi.
H S Tibbey to Jno Brickell
Patk Bannan to Thos Abern
J M Kimbcrlin to J FPynch
Geo Mayes to Mary Mayes
Wm Knowlton to Dan] E Martin..
N Cashman to C G Nixdorff . ...
S F Sinclair to City and Co S F .. .
C P Robinson to S F Savs Union .
Jas L Warren to Same
Citv and Co S F to H Blnmenthal.
H Blnmenthal to City and Co.
J H Meredith to Jos Clark
City and Co S F to Cbas A Warren
C A Warren to Cily and Co
D G Coffin to Same
J C Bell et al to Fritz Habenicht. .
Hib Sav & Ln Soc to Danl Breslin
Sundry lots in different parts of city
Lot 20, blk 30S, Case Tract
E Bncb'n, 6J:9n O'Farrell, 34:4Xxl37:li
Same, and b Pine, 137:6 w Octavia, w
137:6x137:6
Same
S Pine, 137:0 w Octavia, w 137:6x137:6.
Nw Clary, 100 sw Hitch, sw 25x75
Sw Main, 1S3:4 nw Mission, 45:10x137-0
Same
E Mason, 137:6 s Jackson, s 45:10x6S:9
;S 21st, 152:9 e Sanchez, e 25x100
Is Jrf of lot 363, Precita Valley Lands .
iW Bartlett. 195 n 25th, n 65x117:6
N Lewis Place. 177:6 w Taylor, 40x57:6
S Chestnut, 137:6 e Taylor, w 95:2, etc.;
e Taylor, 137:6 n Lombard, n 63:4, etc
Se Soluno and Florida, s 50x1(10
Lot 7, blk S, College Uomesiend
N Sutler, 165eLarkin. e 25, etc
Ne Lafayette, 105 nw How'd, nw 25.ctc
N Fulton, 34:4 e Broderick, e 69x137:6.
Nw Jessie, 664 sw 1st. sw 50x62
Lots in Missiou Blocks 33 and 93
S Sacramcno, 180:5 e Pierce, e 29:8, etc.
W Hampshire, 175 s 2Sd, s 25x100
Streets and Highwaj
Gift
550
5
5
225
2,150
1
15,000
0,000
175
5
Gift
7,000
1,700
500
150
Gift
5
7,000
113
4,120
1,575
W Chattanooga, 220 B 23d, s 32x125....
W Lyon, 107:6 s Bush, s 30x68:9
Streets and highways
Same
Lots in 50 vs 501, 508; and W A blk 609
Ne Park av, 317:6 se Harrison, se 20x80
1
1
5
1,900
Saturday. August 23d
B J Shay to Robt Taylor
Laurel Hill Cem to J L Haskell...
Orlando Lawton to Emile Boesch
Chas E Bassart to C Streithergcr .
Jos F Campbell to Jacob Ahlbaek
Lawrence Dunn to S Mariani
A G Fowler to Marg Fowler
Jno H Cook lo Jas Ambrose
A McCumisky to D W C Gaskill .
Peter G Peltret to N V Hanson . . .
Ge.) W Woods to Martial Hainque
J M Browne to J P Casson
Martin Bulger to Mary A Bulger . .
W B Stone :o Jno Hammond
P M Collins to Ellen Barnard
Harrv W Taylor to Ellen Murphy.
La Soe FruncaiBe to PDuprey. .
Geo H Sarnard lo P M Collins ...
Henry w Helms to August Briel..
Geo Edwards to Thos G Spear
Michl Blake to Pai rick Blake
Geo Rubens to Anna E Renter —
Geo Edwards to Wm L Ilansell ...
Sav & Ln Soc to Jas Tompkiueon
N Oak. 137:6 w Buchanan, w 27:6x120..
Lot 2291 of the Cemeury
S Mission, 100 ne 2d, ne 25x80
E Sanchez, 30 n Day, n 55x70
Nw Folsom, 83:3 sw 11th, nw 100, etc .
N Burrows, 20 e Dartmouth, e 25x100..
X Union, 211 e Mason, e 13. n 137:6, etc
Lot 48, blk 50. City Land Association..
S cor I st and 2 lib av, rw 50x75
W Alabama. 150 s 26th. s 25x75
Lot 19, blk 3, College Homestead
Lot 2, blk 15, University Ex Hd
E Russ, 220 n Folsom, n 50x100
N Gjary, 192:6 w Leavth. w 27:6x136:6.
s Linden, 102:6 w Octavia, w 27:6x60 ..
E Michigan, 175 n Sierra, n 25x100
N Jackson. 91:6 e Mason, e 23x122:6...
S Linden, 192:6 w Octavia, w 27:6x60 . .
S 15th av, 225 e R si, e -25x100
W Amherst, 100 s Mansell, w 210. elc . .
Lots 18S and 199, Silver Terrace Hd
N Hayes, 112:6 e Gough, e 25x120
IS Jersey, 125 e Sanchez, e 23x114
Nw Naloma, 212 ne2d, ne 25x75
$ 1
600
5
3,500
2,550
50
Gift
50
125
425
200
200
Gift
5,500
1,600
1,000
5,200
1,61:0
350
125
300
0,5110
1,350
2,500
Monday, August 25th.
J C Piercy to Sarah Stark
Jno Rosenfeld to Eliza Eckel
Same to Jno N Eckel
Bridget Freeman to F Marehese.
Rebecca Kissling to E A Kisslin
Chas E Green to Ellen M Colton
J M Rendsberg to Jno N Petersen
M Rendsberg to Same
S PRRCotoContct& Finance Co
Nicholas T Smith to L Stanford
Contract & Fi n ance Co lo C Crocker
A McKenna to Hannah J O'Brien
W H Patterson to Albert B Patrick
H Lorentzen to Elizth F Lorentzen
University Hd Asn to G Edwards .
H B Congdon to Same
Jno McDonough to Peter Gannon,
Cath Henderson to J Mari6tany Jr
W H Grattan to Wm H Clark
A Borel to M Perpoli
J J Hayes to Mas Savs and Ln Bk
G S Kittredge to Same
Thos Lindsay to Geo Dickson. ...
Henry C Wright to Jno Sullivan.. |
Sw Brannan and 7th, w S0xll5
N McAllister, 215 w Buch'n, w 60x137:6
N McAllister, 175 w Buch'n, w 40x137:6
Sundry lols in Gift Map 2
EQnincy pi, 57:6 s Pine, s 20x57:6
W Webster, 112:6 s California, s 25x100
N Ellis, 225 e Laguna, e 50x120
Same
Blocks 15, 25, 26, South Beach
Blocks 23, 24, 30, same
Snndry blocks in Outside Lands
E Jessie, 210 n 19th, n 25x80
Sundry lots in different parts of the city
S Cala, 137:6 e Steiner, e 35:4^x137:6 ..
Lots 33 to 30, blk 126, University H'd..
Same
Lotsl to 4, hlk 15, Flint Tract H'd ....
Lots 19, 20, blk 17, Noe Garden Hd. . . .
Snndry lots in different parts of the city
W Bryant, 104 s 23d, s 26x100
Nw Guerrero and 2!lth, n 76:6x105
W Bartlett, 120 n 23d, n 40x125
Nw Minna, 455 sw 3d, sw 25x70
Sw Devisadero and Tyler, w 275x137:6 .
t 475
5
5
250
Gift
6,400
3,600
5
40,000
150000
1
1,500
3,000
Gilt
300
50
1
800
3,360
700
10,268
4,336
3.500
4,500
Tuesday, August 26th.
Saml Langdon to Mary R Mercado
Philip H Fretz lo City & County. .
Sarah K Cary to Patk Clancy
A J Brnnn to Jacob Brann
Jno Shirley to Saml Hafford
W C Watson to Wm Goldstein
Cath L McQuade to Jas S Hill....
Jas J Doyle to Jno O'Connor
Michl T Barry to Ellen Barry
Mas Sav & Ln 3k toM A Drebillis
Michl Dillenberg to Jas Wynn
Andw Sproule tojoshua Garlick..
Terrence Burke to Cath P Bolan. .
Wm N Bolan to Same
Jas N Hume to Jno T Brady
Hib Sav & Ln Soc to H C Wright.
Jas E Gordon to Isaac Ayer
Isaac Ayer to S C Brown
SC Browne to S A Potter
L Matthias to Gertrand Matthias..
Lot 2, blk 97, University Homestead...
Sw Alabama and Army, sw 322:9, etc. .
Sw Bryant av, 125 nw Bryant, nw 25x80
Sw Clay and Powell, s 22x75
Ne Mason and Vandewater, e 68:9x20 .
Se Cal'a and tiuincy, e 53:6x95
E Jessie, 13 5 s 19th, s 25x75
Se Pacific and Octavia, s 137:6x137:6. ..
N Vallejo, 174:6 e Van Ness, e 25x122:6
W Alabama, 130 n 2!d, n 26x100
Lots 53 and 51, Gift Map 2
Lots315to310, GiftMap3
N Hayes, 01:3 e Gough, e 18:3x12.1
Same
Sw -1th, 250 se Brvaot, se 25x80
Sw Stewart, 275 se Market, 45:10x137:6.
Lot No 27, South Park
Same
Same, subj to Mortgage for $5,000
Nw Francisco ani Stockton, w 26:3x50
$ 125
1
Gift
1,200
400
2,900
5
Gift
700
250
1,200
. 1
5
4,503
14,500
9,000
9,500
8,500
Gift
Wednesday, August 27th.
E D Sawyer to J A Barham et al.
H F Wright to J A Barham
J A Barham et al to E D Sawyer.
V D Moody to Chas H Maun
H W Larkin lo Geo McWilliams .
Elkan Shrier lo Alice Cohn . .
Michl Caraher to J A Heald
Edw Roper to Louis Schumacher
L Schumacher to Warren Olney .
T McGinnis to Bridget McConahy
Giovanni Ratto to D Dezii ello
A L Chambcrlin to L Gottig
Leopold B Cohn to Alice Cohn...
Jno F Cassell to Marion E Cassell
Ellen M Collon to Helen Thornton
W J Gunn to Abbic Chamberlain
Edwd Babson Jr lo Same
Henry Meyer lo J N Eckel
J J Sullivan to Martin Bulger
Henry Hinkel to Alex Martin. ..
H S Dowdall to Mary Dowdall...
R Monteleagre to J Montealegre J
J Montealegre Jr toM Montealegre
II Hirschfeld to Emanuel Raas.. .
Thos Reply to Thos McVerry
J S Hill to City and County
Jeauuette Cosgrove to M Harris .
W H Brun to Wm Prien and wf . .
H Pierce to L Caraeto
S Howard, 225 e 6th. w 12:6x80
Und % se Howard. 200 ne 6th, ne 25x80
S Howard. 200 elith.e 12:6x80
W Howard, 95 n 21st, n 95x215
Same
S Sutter, 25 e Octavia, e 25x110
S 29th, 211 w Dolores, s 114, etc
N Haight, 87:6 w Buchanan, 187:6x137:6
(Some
Sundry lots in outside Homesteads
S Union, 175 e Laguna, e 47:4!<:xl37:6 .
Snndry lots in Outside Lands
S Sutter, 15 e Octavia. e 25x110
NClay, 137:6eHyde, e 63x137:6
W Webster, 112:6 s Cal'a, b 25x100
Lots 14, 15, blk 26, University Mound..
Sundry lots in Outside Lands
N Gearv, 215 w Powelt, w 35x137:6
W Harrison, 7S:8Ji n 14th, n 50. etc....
W Webster, 79:6 n Clay, n 21:6x90
S Sutter, 204:6 w Lyon, w 25x95
N Sutter, 137:6 w Hyde, w 28:4x137:6 . .
Same
S Bush, SI e Van Ness, e 25x120
N2lst, 160 w Harrison, w 50x100
W Bernal, 215 n Precita av,n 45x116. ..
S 21st, 203:6 e Sanchez, e 50:11x114 ; s
21st, 152:7 w Church, w 50:11x114....
W Steiner, 110 s Fell, s 27:6x110
E Stockton, 50 s Francisco, s 25x77:6..
I 5
500
5
23,000
5
7,000
2.000
5
5
2.000
1,500
1,496
Gift
Gift
Gift
350
20,000
3,500
4.700
Gift
5
6
5
100
2,000
5
300
1,400
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVALS AND CLEARANCES AT THE PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO, FOR
THE WEEK ENDING AUG. 29, 1879.
ARRIVALS.
DATE.
VESSEL.
SI ASTER.
WHERE FROM.
CONSIGNEES.
A'g23
.. 23
Str City of Chester..:.
Sch'r Rosario
Douglass . . .
Wallis
Metzger....
McLean ....
Metcalfe
Conolly ....
Gardner ....
Cox
Williams ...
Lebeaupin . .
Pilsuury . . .
Victoria ....
Tahiti
NewcstleNSW
Bombay
Hongkong
Panama
Wellington . ..
Newcastle. ...
Sydney
Honolulu
Hongkong
Williams, Blanchard &Co.
Turner & Rundle.
. 25
.. 25
.. 25
SL'r Newbern
Shin City of Nankin. . .
J. Benningham.
George J. Theobold & Co.
J. W. Grace & Co.
.. 2G
Stir City of Panama. ..
Williams, Blanehard &Co.
27
'.'. as
.. 29
Ship Dtmnerdale
Hark Edgbaston
Bark Alphonsine Ziele.
Bark John It. Stanhope
Flint, Peabody & Co.
Rodgers, Meyer & Co.
J. C. Merrill & Co.
Maeondray & Co.
CLEARANCES.
DATE.
VESSEL.
MASTER.
WHERE BOUND
BY WTI0M CLEARED.
A'g 23
St'r Gaelic
Yokohama
O. & O. S. S. Co.
.. 25
Sch'r Claus Sprcckles..
Von Sehm'dt
Honolulu
J. D. Sprcckles.
.. 27
Ship San Joaquin
Drinkwater.
Queenstown...
Robert Sheehy.
.. 27
Bark Frank Marion
Dow
Callao
Balfour, Guthrie & Co.
.. 27
Halliday ...
Queenstown...
J. Y. Lund.
.. 23
Ship Checrieborough ..
Densmore ..
Queenstown.. .
G. W. McNear.
.. 29
Ship Cnos Soule
Lawrence . .
Rodgers, Meyer & Co,
. 20
Anderson...
Queenstown...
G. W. McNear.
.. 20
i-Jark Belle of Aroon...
Thomas
Cork
Balfour, Guthrie & Co.
.. 2y
.Ship Lizzie C. Troop. .
Coming'
Liverpool
Starr & Co.
C UJFORNIA ADVERTISER.
*j:i
REPAIRING THE BYE.
Some cur; -, „f the
r, on ootn| leU?ly enipti ii I ' iuinea
■
I. With thi* i i >w h« li;»" been condui
■ touch the crystalline csp-
■
)--t't in it.- pi Ii -, in- thai a month after
the mul ible to Btate tl
in emptied, were till- i afresh, and that the crystalline
m&tituted. Be operated on twenty foot animals, and in each ease
tlie mutilated eye revived. Thia would
rganio proceea repairs
and r- ompletcly, that portion which lias been
■track off from the whole.
TOO MUCH EDUCATION.
The popular idea that aniversi is a panacea for all evils, is
an exploded fallacy. Formerly ;» tolera ntion was of value to
. but now the artich 90 diffused, and tin reby bo
seldom benefits its possessor. It is the old story of
" over-production and ex< Four college graduate
may starve, while yonr able mechanic or industrious laborer continues to
long in the good, old-fashioned way. and seldom lacks a meal or
wants for silver in his purse. We have frequently had occasion to note
the positive distaste of public school graduates for any and all of the me-
chanical trades, and the apparent reason is, that by such occupations they
nste. Consequently, the country is overrun with slip-shod clerks,
shyster lawyers and quack doctors. The truth is, we have run this edu-
cation business into the ground, and are Imrdened with yearly-increasing
taxation in order to supply an already over-stocked world with supercilli-
MiS idiots, who are of no use to themselves or to the community. The
remedy is plain. Reduce the school apportionment, cut off all our pet
hobbies, and limit the system to primary and grammar schools. Then we
may hope to produce useful men, and so get our money's worth.
Gilbert & Moore, the well known dealers in school and house furni-
ture, have on exhibition at the Fair, in the east gallery, some remarkably
fine specimens of their work in office desks. These were made to order
for the Chronicle, and are of a style and model which recommend them to
every person of taste. The old desk, with its high bulwark of pigeon-
holes, is almost a thing of the past, and seems antiquated indeed by the
side of these low cylinder tables, at which one sits in perfect comfort, with
good Light all round, and a clear view over the room. It is as designers
of School furniture that Gilbert & Moore have made their reputation, and
every one who has visited the schools of this city, or Oakland, or Alame-
da,— for the firm have contracts with all of these — must have been struck
with the compactness, neat finish and solidity of the desks and chairs in
use. These are at once so simple in plan and so comfortable to the schol-
ars, that it seems as if there never could have been any other kind ; but
in this, as in all other mechanical contrivances, simplicity is the result of
many experiences and long study, and very few men are original enough
to give practical shape to clear principles.
Bodie (Mono County), Aug. 23, 1879.
F. E. Luty, Esq. , Sec. Boston Con. Mining Co. —Dear Sir : At about
forty feet on the incline shaft, sinking jointly by the above company and
the Last Chance, connection was made with the old shaft. At this point
there were about five feet of a fine character of quartz. From this depth
the old woi'k will be used ; that is, enlarged and timbered, as described
in last letter. It will soon be finished to the sixty odd feet, when virgin
ground will be encountered, and the work will then show more what the
future of the property is likely to be. Surface work about the mine is
progressing accordingly as may be needed.
Yours truly, D. B. Hunt, Acting Sup't.
The Pope is about to issue an encyclical letter on the subject of philo-
sophical teaching. Taking as the basis of his letter the apostolic consti-
tution proclaimed by the Vatican Council, he begins his argument by the
proposition that faith and right reason are not irreconcilable with each
other, nor ever are they found in conflict; but if what appears to be rea-
son is found in conflict, or apparent conflict, with faith, it is because the
apparent reason is fallacious and is not right reason. The letter is said
to he marked by extraordinary clearness of statement, by strictly logical
reasoning, and to be couched in admirably concise and elegant phrase-
ology. __^
At an inquest held at Liverpool the other day by the borough cor-
oner, the death of ''a strong and healthy man" was attributed by the
doctors to narcotic poison, arising from freely eating of lettuce, which is
known to contain opium. The deceased was sixty-nine years of age, and
one of the medical witnesses said that a very small dose of narcotic would
affect an elderly person. The jury found that the man had died from the
effects of poison, but that there was not sufficient evidence to show that
it was attributable to eating lettuce. — Court Journal.
The steamer "Parthenius" will leave Washington-street wharf to-
night at 8 o'clock, for a moonlight excursion around the Bay. There will
be a fine band of music and refreshments on board, and dancing will be
indulged in. The same steamer will also run to Sacramento and back on
Tuesdays and Thursdays till further notice, leaving Washing-street wharf
at 10 a. M.
In this perfect weather the Terrace Baths, at Alameda, are resorted
to by thousands, and the scene ou these moonlight nights is enchanting.
The merry voices of the bathers are borne on the soft air across the water
that Sparkles, and plashes, and breaks into diamonds in the light, while
scent of the infiuite sea brings with it health and the sense of a joyous life.
Last night the baths were almost crowded, spacious as they are, and to-
night the scene will be even yet more wonderful.
SIGNAL SERVICE METEOROLOGICAL REPORT, WEEK
ENDING AUG. 28. 1870. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Highest and Lowemi Betrometer,
Frl. 22.
Sat. 23
29.931;
Sun. 24
Mon 26
29 880
Tue. 26
Wed 27
29.1190
29.918
Thr28
:".>'.»'!
80.041
Maximum and Minimum Thermometer,
S3. 3
w.
Clear.
.02
04
55
81.3
W.
286
Fair.
63
IL-,
65
06
I
Mean Daily WumMUty,
ttt 1 B0J I 81.3
PrevaiUHQ Wind.
w. 1 w. 1 w.
Wind— MHea Traveled.
187 I 322 I 333
State of Weather.
Clear. | Clear. | Fair.
Rainfall in Twenty-four Hours.
I I I I
I
I
I
(H
66
77.3
W.
370
Clear.
00.3
w.
243
Clear.
I
Total Haiti During Season beginning July 1, 1879 03 incheB.
SANITARY NOTES.
The deaths this week number 61, as compared with 77 last, and 83
for the corresponding week last year. There were 40 males and 21 fe-
males, 7 Chinese, 2 suicides. There was no death from diphtheria, and
only one from typhoid fever. The chief causes of death were : Phthisis
10, pneumonia 7, infantile convulsions 3, bronchitis 2, heart disease 2,
paralysis 2, alcoholism 2 ; and one death each from aneurism, brain dis-
ease, Blight's disease, diarrhoea, gastretis haemoptysis, hepatites, liver
disease, lung congestion, puerperal hemorhage, peritonitis, scarlatina,
syphilis. The infantils mortality continues very low — only 16 deaths
under 5 years of age. Four persons died over 70 years. There were no
deaths in the Third and Fith Wards, and 10 in the Eleventh Ward. The
sanitary condition of the city is unusually good.
A TURTLE 179 YEARS OLD.
We received a turtle a few days since which had marked on its
back the date of 1700, and also the Spanish coat-of-arms, indicating that
this old resident was in existence one hundred and seventy-nine years
ago. What changes this old fellow of the deep has seen. The rise and
fall of empires, and the continent or, which he partly lived emerged from
the thraldom of despotism with the rise of a republic that has become the
great conservator of freedom, the advancement of civilization and the
glory of the world. A few words in Spanish were translated, which say :
'• Caught in 1700 by Hernanda Gomez, in the St. Sebastian, and was car-
ried to Matanzas by Indians; from there to the Great Wekiva {which is
now the St. John's River)." On Tuesday, the 17th of June, the turtle
was turned adrift in the St. John's River, at Palatka, with the inscription
on his back, "Eastern Herald, Palatka, Florida, 1879." It may be sup-
posed that by this time the old fellow has scented salt water and gone over
the bar at high tide, and probably a few generations hence may take him
up at a Spanish port on the other side.— Palatka {Florida) Journal,
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DISSOLUTION.
he partucrship of Snow A- May was dissolved on the 6th
instant. FRANK C. SNOW,
WM. B. MAY.
I shall conduct the business under the name of SNOW & CO., and liquidate the
affairs of the late firm at No. 20 Post street. FRANK C. SNOW.
San Francisco, May 31st, 1879. June 14.
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SAN FRAFCISCO NEWS LETTER.
Ana 30, 1879.
A RAINY SUMMER.
This year we had no time for commune sweet,
With spires of snowy chestnut overhead ;
I lying, with the bluebells, at your feet,
As from an old-world book, mayhap, I read
Some tale of nightly prowess for fair dame;
For scarcely had I smoothed the pages — so —
And looked for inspiration in your eyes,
And sighed, and sought your little hand, when, lo,
Wildly the winds of heav'n began to blow,
And all alarmed and fluttering you fled,
With waving of white garments to and fro,
Whilst from the jealous, unrelenting skies
TV, inevitable July downpour came.
Nor left me time to say what I had said. —
World.
LETTER FROM AN "OLD CONTRIBUTOR."
New York, ■ August 19th, 1879.
Dear News Letter : For three and a half days and four nights the
rain has poured down continuously, in showers that have penetrated "the
joints of the harness," and the remotest interstices of one's boots and
under-clothing. A more suicidal period has never been experienced by
me in these latitudes, and had it not been for one or two mysterious mur-
ders I must have died of ennui. Do you leave your basement window
open of nights, and your watch and jewelry and silverware on the parlor
table ? This is the usual practice in the best households in New York
and Boston, and great surprise is felt at so many householders being found
murdered in the morning — victims of misplaced confidence. Hence such
murders as that of Mr. Erye, who refused to lock his doors, on the ground
that the neighborhood was honest.
Summer in New York is never an agreeable time, but in such weather
as we have lately had it is depressing to the last degree. The best people
are all out of town, and the churches and theaters shut up. This is suf-
ficient to make one feel "remote, unfriended, melancholy, slow;" hut
when the horrors of a New York boarding-houBe in Summer are added, a
bathos of wretchedness is reached which my pen is powerless to describe.
Boarding-houses at the best of times are an abomination, but in Summer
they gather horrors. The landladies go away, the servants treat you as
they please, the butcher sends fly-blown meat, and " an ancient and fish-
like odor" pervades everything you eat. Yet, in these hard-up times,
middle-class society is divided into only two classes — those who board
and those who take in boarders. Tiiere is positively no alternative; you
must either board other people, or other people will board you. As for
the cooking, a man had better "cook his own goose'" before he tries it.
" Son of man, there is death in the pot," as the Jewish prophet re-
marked, and, as Ingoldsby says,
" Pains ventral, sub-ventral,
In stomach and entrail,"
are the inevitable lot of the boarder. Sydney Smith viewed with alarm
and astonishment the small boy who "didn't like gravy," and justly
regarded him as an " infant phenomenon, "but who can speak of boarding-
house gravy in New York and Brooklyn ?
I will not dwell upon the horrors of what is called "dressing " for poul-
try and some kinds of fish. But I will not "harrow up your soul" or
"freeze your young blood" with enlarging further on these culinary hor-
rors. Rather let me tell you of the brief parentheses of health I have en-
joyed when taking an excursion steamer to Long Branch, or Ocean Grove,
or Far Rockaway, or Coney Island. This last place, by the way, is now
one of the wonders of the world. One hundred thousand is its average of
visitors on fine afternoons, and the loss to the hotels during these three
days of storm is computed at three hundred thousand dollars, each visitor
spending on an average a dollar — those who spend ten dollars and those
who spend ten cents striking the balance between them. When I first
visited Coney Island, twelve years ago, there were but one or two primi-
tive hotels, and the only conveyance to and fro was by horse cars from
the Brooklyn side of Fulton Ferry. Now, one can reach it easily by half
a dozen steam car routes and as many excursion steamers, direct from
New York and Brooklyn. And when one gets there it is a sight worth
seeing ; what with the new Pier, standing out to sea, and the Observatory,
reaching to the sky, and the thousands of bathers, swimming, floating,
diving, laughing, sneezing, and sometimes yelling in good earnest. At
least so it was at Ocean Grove the other day, when a pious young man, a
member of the Young Men's Christian Association, went into the briny
deep and besan disporting himself, unmindful of " the great leviathan tak-
in,This pastime therein," to-wit: a hungry shark, with a weakness for Evan-
gelical tenderloin and Methodist spare-rib. A howl of anguish, and the
circumambient tide was crimsoned with the gore that streamed from the
puritanic back ami legs of the member of the Young Men's Christian As-
sociation. He was rescued by a fishiug smack. His brethren of the Y.
M. C. A. put him to bed, and he has remained there ever since, too weak
to get up, the shark having made a free lunch of his backbone. Since
this catastrophe I am very careful nottobathein Christian watering-places,
as it is the period of camp-meetings, and the sharks, like other queer fish,
are attracted by the preaching- If you would like a portion of the cuticle
of the Christian young man so horribly nibbled, I will inclose it in my
next. Yours, swimmingly,
"An Old Contributor."
The monster Canadian cheess recently exhibited at Kilbura has
been cut up and distributed to a favored few of the press. _ There were,
it will be recollected, two of these colossal specimens of dairy produce,
each weighing three-quarters of a ton. They were " cut by electricity,"
a process thus explained on a circular which accompanied the specimen :
"The current is obtained from a cell battery, passes through induction
coils, causing the rotation of a series of magnets, which, acting upon a
driving wheel, causes the revolution of the cylinder around which the
wire passes, which will divide one or any number of cheeses in an incredi-
bly short time." — Court Journal.
During the present moonlight nights the Neptune and Mermaid
Baths foot of Hyde street, North Beach, will remain open. Water
warm and delightful, beach clean, and strict propriety assured.
A SCIENTIFIC BIBLE.
An English religious paper says: The preparation of the new Bible
has not made much advance yet. We lay before our readers the improved
version of the first chapter of Genesis: 1. There never was a beginning.
2. And Cosmos was homogeneous and undifferentiated, and somehow or
another evolution began and molecules appeared. 3. And molecule
evolved protoplasm, and rhythmic thrills arose, and then there was light.
4. And a spirit of energy was developed, and formed the plastic cell
whence arose the primordial _germ. 5. And the primordial germ became
protogene, and protogene somehow shaped eozoon ; then was the dawn of
life. 6. And the herb yielding seed and the fruit-tree yielding fruit
after its own kind, whose seed is in itself, developed according to its own
fancy. 7. The cattle after his kind, the beast of the earth after his kind,
and every creeping thing became evolved by heterogeneous segregation
and concomitant dissipation of motion. 8. So that, by survival of the
fittest, there evolved the simiads from the jelly-fish, and the simiads dif-
ferentiated themselves into the anthropomorphic primordial types. 9. And
in due time one lost his tail and became man, and behold he was the
most cunning of all animals. 10. And in process of time, by natural se-
lection and survival of the Attest, Mathew Arnold, Herbert Spencer and
Charles Darwin appeared, and behold it was very good.
THE CASPIAN CABLE.
The correspondent of the London Times at St. Petersburg gives the
following information relating to this cable: Six large masted barges,
towed by three steamers, lately arrived in St. Petersburg from Cronstadt
heavily laden with the cable destined to be laid between Baku and Kras-
novodsk, and orders have been given to hurry it to its destination. The
wire, which measures about 147 nautical miles, weighs nearly 62,000 puds
(2,232,000 lbs.), aud, including the expenses of transport and sinking, will
altogether cost about £02,000, has been specially manufactured for the
Russian Government by the India Rubber and Gutta Percha Telegraph
Works Company in London, and has been conveyed to Cronstadt in the
Great Northern, a vessel specially constructed for laying cables. The lit-
tle fleet of barges and steamers will proceed by the Empress Maria Canal
from the Neva to the Volga, whence it will descend as far as Astrakhan,
where the cable will be transshipped into a large steamer and sunk in the
Caspian at its narrowest parts between Baku and Krasnovodsk.
The Nihilist organ, entitled the Revolutionary Chronicle, contains the
following details concerning a new Imperial Bodyguard : " It is probable
that there are few people in Russia who are aware of the existence of a
very original institution, and so-called safety guard. It is kept secret by
the Government in order to facilitate its working. Its duty consists in
watching over the personal safety of the Czar and the high state function-
aries. The members of this corps are subjected to the strictest discipline,
and, though organized as a military body, nevertheless wear all kinds of
official uniforms and civil clothes. The crowd of supposed workpeople
which assembled when Solovieff made his attempt on the life of the Czar
was for the most part composed of the members of this corps. The gen-
darme Koch who arrested the would-be regicide was one of the Secret
Guardsmen, and has been rewarded for this service by being appointed
commander of the corps, in the place of General Hase. This Secret
Guard, which numbers at the present time more than 1,000 men, is placed
uncler the direct control of the Czar, and its very existence has been kept
so secret that even now the full details of its organization are unknown."
The " European Mail," for August, says: Mr. Sergeant Edward Cox,
an old schoolfellow of the proprietor of the, News Letter, is about the most
uewspapered man in existence. The whole Field is his, and he possesses
the Queen. He has the Law Times, and several other "class" papers, and
all that he touches is successful. He has now become academical, and
bought the Academy. This fine literary paper, a worthy rival of the
Athenamm, has for some time missed the cultured guidance of Dr. Apple-
ton, whose death in Egypt was such a blow to both science and literature,
and it was never a gold mine to its owners. But Mr. Sergeant Cox seems
to know how to make his public, and the Atlienceum will have to look to
its laurels.
Order reigns all over Russia, and the Nihilists, as soon as they are
hung, accept the clemency of the Czar with unanimity. As for revolu-
tion, they agree with Minister Stoughton that there's nothing in it. The
demand for well-bred criminals for export continues lively, and supplies
are brought in freely from the interior. A very superior article of Polish
disaffected has been cleared for Vladivostok, on terms kept strictly pri-
vate, and there is some inquiry for Cossacks. For a parallel to the pres-
ent activity in this staple we must go back to the golden days of Nicho-
las, though some old inhabitants declare that they have never known the
market to be so well sustained.
A wedding at the Colton Mansion.— On Wednesday evening last
took place, at the residence of Mrs. General Coltnn, the marriage of Dan-
iel Cook, the well known capitalist, to Miss Carrie Colton. Only the
relatives of the family and intimate friends, including the heads and
officers of the Central Pacific Railroad, were present, and the ceremony
was performed by the Rev. Dr. Piatt. _ The newly married pair left for
the East the next morning in the special car formerly used by General
Colton, and expect to be absent for several months. A happy and pros-
perous journey, and a safe return, to the home — no longer a house of
mourning.
A little more than twelve months ago a howling mob broke Mr.
Gladstone's windows, and in places of public amusement his name was
received with unmistakable signs of disapprobation. But, the other night,
Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone occupied a box at the Haymarket Theater, and,
on his entrance, the audience fairly rose, and round after round of ap
plause testified to his restored popularity, one or two hisses only serving
to increase the enthusiasm. Boxes, pit and amphitheater appeared to vie
with each other in the heartiness of their greeting. The right hon. gen-
tleman appeared somewhat surprised at his reception.
We are always glad to welcome duly qualified physicians to our
city. We call attention to the card, in our advertising columns, of Dr. F.
F. De Derky, who has had considerable experience in Mobile and Canada.
Price per Copy. 10 Ce»t».]
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SAN FSAN0IS00, SATUEDAY, SEPT. 6, 1879.
No. 8.
Office of the San Frau Cisco News Letter, Merchant Street,
tfoa. tJ07 to 615, San Francisco.
GOLD BARS— S90@910— Silver Bars— 8@18 # cent. disc. Mexican
Dollars, 9@10 per cent.
W Exchange on New York. J@3-10 per cent. ; On London, Bankers,
49§@49g ; Commercial, 50£@50£d. Paris, sight, 5 francs per dollar.
Telegrams, 30@35 per cent.
*3- Latest price of Sterling, 48H@483£.
J>y Price of Money here, ?@1 per cent, per month — bank rate. In the
open market, 1@1J. Demand active.
THE STOCK MARKET.
The market, for the past week, has been extremely dull, and, though
a slight improvement was noticeable after the election, the change for the
better was but short-lived. The public have settled down to the deter-
mination to await developments, and are calmly resigned to the situation.
The connection of the Union shaft with the 2,200 level of Sierra Nevada
will be completed within the next fortnight, when the operation of pump-
ing the submerged levels will be prosecuted with the greatest possible
speed. The rapidity with which the shaft has been pushed ahead will en-
able the managers of these mines to cross-cut the ledge much sooner than
was anticipated, and this fact, undoubtedly, is the cause of the steady
strengthening of Union Consolidated Btock for the past week. In the
" watery " group everything is in readiness to pump the water from these
mines, and this time we feel certain that the long inundated levels will
be entirely freed from water. This fact will have a stimulating effect
upon these stocks, and with the prevailing idea of the existence of an ore-
body in Savage and Norcross, we look for quite a lively deal in this sec-
tion. The dividends on the Bonanza mines will probably be omitted for
the current month. At the close the market showed no particular change.
OUR "SHEET MARKET."
Next week we shall resume our quotations of the "sheet market,"
which were temporarily suspended during the political campaign. We
warn our contemporaries throughout the State that " there's a chiel
amang 'em takin' notes, and faith he'll prent 'em." We shall extract all
the grains of common sense, witb due credit to their authors, and unhesi-
tatingly sit down upon all pretenders in the ranks of journalism. There
is at present so much of mere buncombe, jobbery and deceit, and so little
of sterling merit, that our task of Mentor will by no means be a sinecure.
But the Press of this coast needs purging, and, in our capacity of physi-
cian, we shall not hesitate to use heroic remedies. Now, gentlemen, if
you wish a palm, merit it.
Beerbohm's Telegram.— London and Liverpool, Sept. 5, 1879.—
Floating Cargoes, steady ; Cargoes on Passage, quiet ; Mark Lane
Wheat, quiet; No. 2 Spring off Coast, 42s. @42s. 6d.; Red Winter off Coast,
45s.; California off Coast, 47s. ; California Nearly Due, 47*.; California
Just Shipped, 46s. 6d.; No. 2 Spring for Shipment, 41s. ; Liverpool Spot
Wheat, firm; California Club No. 1. Standard, 9s. 9d. ; California Club
No. 2 Standard, 9s. 4d.; California Average — Western, 9s. ; White Michi-
gan, 9s. 5d. ; Red Western Spring, 8s. @ 8s. 9d. ; Extra State Flour
in London, 12s. 6d.; Extra State Flour in Liverpool, 12s. 6d.; Liverpool
Western Mixed Corn, 3s.. 8£d. ; Liverpool Canadian Peas, 6s. 5d.; French
Country Markets, quiet; English Country Markets, quiet; N. Y. St. Ex.,
82@84 ; Spring for Prompt Shipment, 40s. 6d. ; Market, quiet and un-
changed.
Latest from the Merchant's Exchange.— New York, Sept. 5th,
1879. United States Bonds— 4s, lOlg ; 4£s, 104|; 5s, 102|. Sterling Ex-
change, 4 82@4 84. Pacific Mail, 18£. Wheat, 105@114. Western Union,
93|. Hides, 20@20£. Oil— Sperm, 75@76. Winter Bleached, 87 @ 96.
Whale Oil, 35@40; Winter Bleached, 42@49. Wool— Spring, fine, 20@
30 ; Burrv, 11@14 ; Pulled, 27@36 ; Fall Clips, 16@20 ; Burry, 15@20.
London, Sept. 5th.— Liverpool Wheat Market, 8s. 6d.@9s. 6d.; Club, 9s.
5d.@9s. 10d. U. S. Bonds, 5's, 105i; 4's, 104.?; 4£'s, 108. Consols, 97 9-16.
Bullion gone into Bank of England, £35,000.
Fifty Cents each will be paid at this office for the following' copies
of the News Letter to complete our files : January 3, 17, 24, 31 ;
February 14; May 16; Septembers, 19,26; all of 1874.
PRICES OF LEADING STOCKS AND GOV. BONDS.
San Francisco September 8, 1H7&,
Stocks and Bonds.
Cal. St. Bonds, 6's,'57, (nom)
S. P. Citv Jfc Co. B'ds. 6a, '68
S. F. C. & Co. B'ds, 7s (nom)
Montg'y Av. Bonds (nom).
Dupont Street Bonds
Sacramento City Bonds...
Stockton City Bonds, 6's..
Yuba County Bonds, 8'a. . .
Santa Clara Co. Bonds, 7's
Butte Co. Bonds, 10's, '60 .
San Mateo Bonds, 7's
Oakland City Bonds, 8's . . .
Bank of California
First National
National Gold
Pacific
California Ins. Co
Commercial Ins. Co
Bid.
Asked
100
102
Nom.
Nora.
105
107
05
70
80
90
26
28
00
95
100
—
105
107
90
—
100
—
112
115
68J
09£
89
90
—
50
120
130
114
116
75
80
Stocks and Bonds.
Fireman's Fund Ina. Co...,
Home Mutual Ins. Co
State Investment Ina. Co . .
Union Ins. Co
Citv R. R
Central It. It. Co
Clay Street Hill R. R
Market Street R. R
N. B. and Mission R. R
Omnibus R. R
Potrero and Bay View R. R,
Giant Powder Co
S. F. Gaslight Co
W. W. Co
Real Estate Associates
Merchants' Exchange
Safe Deposit Co
Bid.
110
80
105
115
35
50
Asked
112
85
108
117
40
55
66
32
35
145
89
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The sales of the week have been
have fractionally favored the buyer.
entirely of a retail character; prices, as a rule
Andrew Baird, 312 California street.
LATEST OFFICIAL ELECTION RETURNS.
1 o'clock A. M., Saturday, Sept. 6, 1879.
FOB GO VERN OR.
Perkins 16,655
White 15,425
Glenn 3,219
FOE MA.YOR.
Flint 16,090
Kalloch 17,484
Griswold 708
FOR CHIEF JUSTICE.
Morrison 1 7, 572
Bennett 1,288
Rhodes 15 ,475
Private letters from Europe announce the intended departure of
George C. Berry, Esq., by the White Star steamer Germania for New
Yoi'k, on the 2d of October next, en route for San Francisco, which he
will reach about the 1st of November. Mr. Berry left California in
March, 1878, has been all over the Continent and the United Kingdom,
has seen and heard all that is eminent and remarkable, and will be gladly
welcomed home by his numerous friends.
Mr. J. A. Robinson, for eight years past Chief Clerk in the XJ. S.
Surveyor-General's office, has begun practice in this city at 509 Montgom-
ery street, rooms 3 and 4, as an attorney in land and mining matters
specially. Mr. Robinson's facilitiesare not greater than his fitness for
this line of business, and his connection with able Washington practition-
ers insures to his clients every possible advantage.
According to the returns of the License Collector's office there are in
this city 350 Chinese wash-houses, 285 produce and fruit peddlers, 97 deal-
ers in general merchandise, 133 dealers in groceries, 43 dealers in clothing,
94 dealers in cigars, and from 50 to 60 in other occupations. The wash-
houses, clothing and cigar dealers employ a number of hands each.
Californians Abroad.— August 16, 1879.— Geneva : Mr. George Jait
and family. Baden-Baden: Mr. J. Hecht and family.— The Continent
and Swiss Times, Geneva. Paris: Thos. F. Barry, W. R. Hearst, Jack
son MeKenty, Mrs. Meyer. London: Mrs. W. Lent and family.— The
Continental Gazette, Paris, Aug. 14, 1879.
It is with the most sincere pleasure that we welcome, in the name
of their numerous warm friends, the return of Mr. and Mrs. C. W.
Bonynge from an extended and delightful tour of the Old World.
A notice of Little, Brown & Co's (Boston) issue of Daniel Webster's
Great Speeches will appear in our next.
Printed and Published by the Proprietor, Frederick Marriott, 607 to 615 Merchant Street, San Francisco, California,
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Sept. 6, 1879.
THE WORKIWGMEN AND THE GRANGERS.
That the Workingmen and Grangers have no natural affiliations is
what every body might have known. The attempt to unite them was
like endeavoring to make oil and water mix. They came together in the
New Constitution fight, but that was an end of the unnatural alliance.
That election over, the Grangers caused it to be pretty well understood
that they would not follow Kearney and his crowd. The Chronicle
thought it could take the Workingmen over to the Grangers, and at-
tempted to do it, but made a most ignominious failure. The Granger
never holdB enough land to satisfy him, and never gets labor cheap enough
to please him. He, therefore, did not at all object to Glenn as an em-
plover of Chinese labor, or as a land monopolist. He saw in him a man
of his own class, with interests and sympathies like unto his own. The
farmer's chief desires are to get his produce carried to market for nothing,
or next to nothing, to farm as much land as he can possibly control, and
to get his harvesting done by the cheapest kind of labor. Glenn repre-
sented these interests, and hence the farmers everywhere voted for him.
In these views the Workingmen had no concern, and very naturally they
took another and very different way of voting. Having labor to sell, they
object to competitors who will undersell them. Hoping some day to have
a little plot of laud of their own, they have no desire to see it meanwhile
monopolized by a few. Knowing that the railroad is the largest employer
of labor, they desire to see it fairly remunerated in order that it may pay
a fair day's wage for a fair day's work. The interests of the two classes,
therefore, clash. They do everywhere. The farmer in England keeps
the agricultural laborers the hardest worked and worst paid class in that
country. The planter in the South made men slaves in order that the
soil might be cheaply cultivated. This antagonism of interest is world-
wide, and need not be looked upon with surprise here ; the wonder is that
anybody should have been shallow enough to suppose that two interests
so diametrically opposed to each other could be successfully united.
THE END OF THE ZULU "WAR.
King — or rather, ex-king — Cetewayo is suing for terms, and has de-
clared his willingness to submit and pay taxes, if his country is cleared
of British soldiers. Very naturally, however, his offer is treated with
contempt, and he has been told that he is deposed and must surrender un-
conditionally. In short, the Zulu war is practically at an end, and with
it ends the independence of the brave nation that has put the British to
so much loss and trouble. One cannot help sympathizing with and pity-
ing the Zulus, for they have defended their country with the utmost
bravery, and valor will command respect, no matter who shows it; but at
the same .time it must be remembered that they have brought their pres-
ent misfortunes upon themselves. It is easy enough to say that they are
the victims of British greed, but no sensible or well informed man believes
this to be the case. Long before hostilities were commenced, Cetewayo
had been a constant menace, and often an actual scourge, to his neigh-
bors, especially to those who owned the sway of Great Britain. He was
repeatedly warned that, if he did not put a stop to his depredations, he
would be severely punished; but, believing that the few troops then in
South Africa constituted England's whole power, he scoffed at such warn-
ings and spitefully increased his ravages. There was but one way to treat
him, and that way has been followed to a successful issue. Another king
will now, probably, he placed at the head of the nation, who will be un-
der such rigid control that a revolt will be impossible, even should he ven-
ture to attempt it after the sharp lesson learned during the past six
months. Zululand will henceforth be practically, if not actually, a
British possession. Cetewayo himself bas not the ghost of a chance for
any power in the future. Like Shere AH, his reign ended with his first
blow at the British, and, like the unfortunate Ameer, we should not be
surprised to hear of his death before he falls into the hands of the
conquerors.
NATIONAL GOLD BANK AND TRUST COMPANY.
Banking has had its unfortunate side in California, and a goodly num-
ber of ambitious men, who had a desire to rival the Rothschilds and
thought banking an easy way to influence and fortune, have found it an
easy way to lose their money and to prove beyond all possible doubt their
own incompetence. The bulk of the banking failures in this city have
been caused by the absence of the special experience necessary in those
who assumed the direction and supervision of banks, and also by the
absence of employe's thoroughly trained to the business. The fact has
been that half a dozen men, not one of whom alone would have under-
taken to carry on a bank, have undertaken to do so in a body, each one
relying on the superior knowledge of his co-directors, and the result has
been that money has been hopelessly locked up in ways where recovery is
in the last degree improbable, and has been frittered away in forms which
now represent nothing. The investigating committee of the National
Gold Bank and Trust Company show that the assets were over-estimated
on August 13th by S194.151 89J and thus the nominal capital of S750,000
is reduced to §555,848 11, or about 74 per cent. There were three courses
open to the shareholders : to levy an assessment to make up the loss of
$194,151 89, to reduce the nominal capital to the amount of the real capi-
tal, or to wind up the business altogether, and the shareholders (by a vote
of nearly two-thirds) have chosen the last course. As usual in such cases,
it was found that there was loose management, that the regulations set
down for the guidance of the Directors were not observed, that transac-
tions were entered into of which those whose business it was to know all
about them knew nothing whatever. Then there are the UBual recrimina-
tions among the Directors, and there is talk of personal responsibility for
certain debts ; but all this means nothing. The bank will disincorporate,
he wound up, and the balance of its assets be distributed among the share-
holders, and that will be the end of it.
Our allies, the Natal Zulus, are no doubt very brave when they assegai to
death wounded Zulus, which they have repeatedly done, and have fled before
them with abject terror on meeting them in the field. The other day a
Treek ox had laid down tired outside the Fort ; he was dragged a few
yards out of sight, when, without killing it, they cut about 14 pounds of
raw flesh from his back and rump, and left it. My informant heard the
poor brute's moans, and saw it attempt to rise ; then, after reporting the
circumstance, went back and shot the poor brute. — Extract from South
African Letter.
Good scenter-piece for the dinner-table — A bowl of flowers.
ART JOTTINGS.
The writer of Jottings has been absent from the city these three
weeks. Among the various notes received is the following :
816 California Street, Tuesday, Sept. 3d, 1879.
To the Art Critic S. F. News Letter— Dear Sir : As an artist and a stranger, I in-
close you my card. I have just placed a picture at Messrs. Gallery, ,
and have one on my easel (at above address) just receiving finishing touches. Should
be happy to receive a call at your convenience.
Yours faithfully. Alma Woodleioh,
Otherwise F. L. Montague inom deplume).
As will be seen, Mr. Woodleigh's professional name is Montague. Hav-
ing been favored with a sight of the following circular, we publish it as a
literary curiosity. Mr. Woodleigh's works will doubtless receive due at-
tention next week. Mr. Woodleigh is an Australian artist, but has been
resident in this State some months, in the vicinity of Stockton, we believe.
San Francisco, 1S79.
Montague's Landscape, Sketches, Slach and White, Originals
Only. — 2fo Jteplcas Produced Under any Pretense by the
Artist. — In Oils on Canvass.
Fearnleigh L. Montague, will paint in California during 1879 four or six sketches
only — not more — from S500 each— not less — Commissions for them invited. One of
Montague's sketches will be on view during Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 10 a.m.
to 3 p.m., at his Studio — Room 38 Third Floor, No. 11 Kearny street, between Post
and Market streets, San Francisco, California.
N. E.— F. L. Montague, has already received from the Press as much eulogy for
his work as he thinks it possible his work deserves, but as an Artist and Agent for
himself, he thinks that rather than by quoting any of the above named eulogy to en-
courage commissions will he display good taste in showing his pictures merely, and
allowing them alone to influence in this connection those who would wish or not wish
to commission his brush. Montague's Specialty; Mountain, Lake, and River Scenery.
IN MEMORIAM.
Theie are no words possible or necessary to express the sorrow of
the community at the untimely end of George Schwartz. At his funeral,
which took place from B'nai Brith Hall on Thursday, the hundreds of
clenched lips and pale cheeks of strong men, not wont to yield to their
emotion, testified the bitterness of the general grief far more ably than
any pen could describe. As a man, he was peculiarly and exceptionally
unselfish. In the great struggle of life his wonderful energy made him,
of course, enemies as well as friends, but while he generally reached the
goal he coveted, and carried off the prize he desired, it was the needy
friend, the widow and the homeless one, who reaped the fruit of his suc-
cess. If anything can comfort the aching hearts of bis relatives and
friends at this time, it must be the consideration of this special trait in
his character — forethought for others and disregard of self. The funeral
was very largely attended, and the ceremonies were conducted by the
Doric Lodge of Masons, of which the deceased was a Past Master and a
charter member. Prominent among the pall-bearers were his honor
Mayor Bryant and Louis Kaplan, Registrar of voters. And so surrounded
by hosts of loving friends, who testified their affection by covering his
casket with wreaths and costly floral tributes, George Schwartz was laid
away to rest. To his brothers, relatives and friends, we tender all our
sympathy and this small mite of evidence of our personal appreciation of
a good citizen.
CARRYING CONCEALED WEAPONS.
Nearly all the murders, shooting affrays and cutting scrapes, are due
to the too-prevalent habit of carrying concealed weapons. This indicates
a lack of manliness— a desire to take one's enemy at a disadvantage— and
the knowledge of having a weapon in one's possession is calculated to in-
spire Dutch courage, especially where it is apparent that the opposingparty
is unarmed. An excuse is sometimes offered to the effect that, as bad
men will carry weapons in spite of the law, and thus endanger the peace-
ably disposed, the latter must, in self-defence, do likewise. That is a
coward's argument, and should be so held and reprobated. Society must
hold him in contempt and regard him as a poltroon, who makes himself a
walking arsenal. It is by public opinion alone that this vile practice can
be abolished. True, the law may assist by punishing the offender with
imprisonment, without any other option. Thirty days' confinement in a
jail will work a reformation in the hardest cases. In addition, sound
policy requires a speedy and adequate punishment of all murders, attempts
to murder, and assaults with deadly weapons.
IRISH HUMOR.
From Fitzpatrick's Life of Charles Lever we take the fol-
lowing :
An Irish Servant thus complains of his doctor: "Oh, Masther, I
don't think that is a right sort of a docthur who is attending me; for
though he gave me two medicines that he called emetics, neither the one
nor the other would rest on my stomach."
Lever, noticing that the hand of a woman, who was bringing him
some tea at a small country hotel, shook tremulously, kindly said to her:
"I am sorry to see, Biddy, that you have a weakness in your hand."
"Oh, your Honor," she replied, with a glance of indescribable humor,
" the wakeness is not in my hand, but inside in the tay-pot."
Lord Derby, in tendering Lever the appointment of the Consulship at
Trieste, used these characteristic words : Here is £600 a year for doing
nothing; and you, Lever, are the very man to do it."
Archbishop Whately, in reply to some one who remarked that a
brother prelate had a wonderful command of language, said : "No ; but
language has a wonderful command of him."
A point of great delicacy is involved in a lawsuit which has been
commenced in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia in the Uni-
ted States. It seems that the applicant for the writ was some time ago
seized with a malignant malady which rendered the amputation of his
legs necessary to save his life. The surgeon who attended the afflicted
plaintiff took the amputated limbB to the Medical Museum, where they
were placed in a jar of alcohol. Their owner imagined that they had
been buried, but lately, to his disgust, learned that they were on exhibi-
tion at the Army Museum, with his name written on a card placed at the
top of the jar. He at once put the matter in the hands of his legal ad-
visers, who recommended him to recover possession of his.limbs. It is
expected that, in the event of his succeeding in obtaining his legs again,
other actions will be brought by various persons having amputated limbs
in the museum.
Sept 6, 1879.
CALIFORNIA APVEKTISKK.
THE ELECTION.
The people Of this City. xw\ of iba Stale generally, cannot b« too
warmly c«>i)gmtuUt4sl m»>n tho quiet and nnl.rly mannor in which the
great uaetanl oanttat at ibt nther day took pWoK It w»« an election of
the gravcot DMMMOi Our Comtitotian makers had, in their wisdom,
leveled every portion <>f the existing fforenmMrt. Kverv office ha»l to Ih»
fillctl. l>nriiiK the ouDpelffn earnest appeal! had been made to class
pfeJudioM, and *> long as any chance rem uned of affecting results no op-
portunity wan U«t by any .side. But when election day dawned men
ed partisan strife and devoted themselves quietly, yet earnestly, to
Um tat-k of getting their rotea into the ballot-boxes. All .lay long, from
daylight until d.irlc, tin- work went steadily and decorously on, ana even-
ing closed upon the fullest, and in every way the most nn|K»rtant, vote
that hat ever Ihmmi cast in tins StaV. The number of offices to be filled
caused the tickets fc> l»c exceptionally long, and the process of counting is
necessarily slow and tedious, so that results cannot even yst be definitely
determined ina'l case-. We have elsewhere bold of tln»e things which are
certain, and of those which apjwar probable. The results are likely to
be considerably mixed ; no one party lias completely triumphed. All par-
ties are likely to be represented, either in the local offices or in the Legis-
lature, and honors may he said to be easy. Wo don't know that any-
thing more satisfactory cmild have occurn <L It will now be in order for
the representatives of the different parties to vie with each other in their
efforts to promote the public weal. Their action will be most closely
watched, and credit, or discredit, will be reflected upon the parties
they represent, just as they may act well or ilL Upon the whole, tlieelec-
tion has ended better than was anticipated. Good citizens will rejoice
that it is over, and that the State is safe. Now, let us all forget politics,
cultivate an era of good feeling, and, above all, attend to business. The
material interests of the many cannot be any the better for the prolonged
period of political excitement which the State has endured. For nearly
two years past the whole people have been absorbed in politics. Great
constitutional principles have been discussed, and for good or ill have
been determined. The men wbo are to carry those principles into effect
have been chosen, and provision has been made for the continuance of
all the machinery of government. Now let that machinery do its work,
and let individual citizens do theirs, which is to attend to their private
business with undivided attention. The State has been almost at a stand-
still pending the settlement of the grave issues that were at stake. We
now know the worst, and it turns out to be not so bad after all. Capital
is safe, and will continue to be invested as heretofore. Laborers are
plentiful, and now as ever they will necessarily sell their labor in the
open market for the best price that it will bring. Seed time and harvest
will come round at their allotted season; the mines will continue to yield
up their riches. In short, the State, with its realized and its undeveloped
wealth, is still here. Capital won't remain idle, and men, if they would
live, must work. That being so, things in the future will go on pretty
much as they have done in the past. We shall go on producing things we
can sell; capital will be used and labor employed; the old, old methods
will be followed, by which money will be made and the State will grow.
The sooner men attend to business, the sooner they will be happy and the
State prosperous.
THE DUTY OF THE DAILIES.
The press is a much vaunted institution, and, as members of it,
we would not willingly belittle it. In most parts of the world it fulfills
noble functions, right manfully and well. It writes upwards to the best
instincts that can rule mankind, and not downwards to their most grovel-
ing passinnB. It is as fairly disinterested as human institutions are ever
likely to be, and, if it has petty rivalries with its competitors, it manages
to keep them within the counting house. Such, however, we greatly
regret to say, is not the daily press of San Francisco. Untold and incal-
culable trembles have been brought upon ua by the rivalries of daily news-
papers in this city. Kearney and the Sand Lots had not been the power
they are if it had not been for the Chronicle and Coil, They were both so
eager for subscribers that they were willing to make a deity of him, in
order that he might make creatures of the crowd, in their interest. To
humor him, they have even published his blasphemy. The terribly dan-
gerous election through which we have just passed, with more safety than
we had expected, was made as dangerous as it was by their insane rival-
ries. But it is not our present purpose to recount these things. If that
were our intention, a most astounding indictment might be drawn up.
We simply allude to a condition of affairs with which the people of San
Francisco are only too familiar. We allude to it because we think the
time has fully come when good citizens have a right to insist that the open
and public display of the insensate hates of daily newspaper proprietors
shall cease. These evil feelings are bad enough as attaching themselves to
censors of public morality, even when they are confined to their publish-
ing offices; but when they break out in editorial columns, and influence
the crowd, and confuse politics, they are a curse to the State; that is just
what they have been for a long time past. People have had about enough
of this sort of thing, and now demand that there shall be a truce to this
abominable warfare. For heaven's sake, let us have peace for a while !
There has been bitterness enough created in this community to last it
for the rest of the century. Class has been set against class, interest
against interest, and labor against capital. Money has been made timid
and hides itself. Operators, usually enterprising, have lost confidence
that things in this city will be well ordered. Men have begun to talk as
if property and even life might be in danger. This state of things is de-
plorable. A better condition of public sentiment is esssential to a revival
of business. There is no real danger, but there is a great deal of fear.
The imaginary evil may be as productive of mischief as would the pres-
ence of the real one. The sooner confidence is restored the better, and
the duty incumbent upon the dailies at this hour is to vie with each
other in intelligent efforts to restore it. They have got plenty of mate-
rials to work with. The outlook for material prosperity was never better.
If workingmen are made to understand that the way to cure dull times is
for each one for himself to find some useful thing to do, and do it with all
his might, then the dailies will be teaching something much more useful
than Sami lot oratory. When the capitalist sees that evidence of good
intentions, he will let loose his money-bagB, and soon capital will flow
throughout the State, and cause every interest to fructify and grow pros-
perous. That is the way in which prosperity is to return. Let ua all
take a hand in courting its smiles, for adversity has frowned upon us long
enough.
OUR ELECTION LAWS AND THEIR AUTHOR.
^ California's oloctiou laws ;*r.« now the very best in the United States.
To them we undoubtedly ows much of the order and quiet which pre-
vailed during the recent heated contest The closing of the saloons on
that particular day is a most excellent police regulation. The permitting
of no one hut the |>cr*niut actually engaged in Toting within one hundred
feet of the polling i dace, was a most happy conception. It OSS substan-
tially annihilated the system of solicitation which formerly created bo
much confusion and disturbance. Then, requiring the voter to fold his
ballot) ami keep it folded while in the act of voting, is an excellent pre-
servative of the secrecy of the ballot, and saves endless disputes. The
stern enforcement of these provisions by an efficient and well-instructed
police force is eminently satisfactory. The result is peace, sobriety and
comfort on election day. The system has just stood as thorough a trial
as it is ever likely to be subjected to here or anywhere. The contest just
ended will long be memorable for the high and excited feelings which it
engendered. The class least subject to control was banded together for
purposes that greatly excited them. Yet, under our most excellent elec-
tion laws, everything passed off with exemplary decorum. Then, again,
our registration laws have been greatly improved, and have stood the
strain lately placed upon them most excellently well. We shall not again
see such wholesale frauds as were perpetrated at the last Presidential
campaign. These are great achievements in the art of law-making. They
came to us through no popular advocacy. They emanated from the
brain of a born law-giver. Quietly and unobtrusively did he pass them
through the Legislature, and their great value only began to be known
when they were put into practice. To the Honorable J. F. Swift are we
indebted for these most excellent measures. Is it not strange that this
gentleman of great ability, popular instincts and high character has not
been elected to the next Legislature, and has not been chosen for an office
of any kind ? He was a candidate for Governor, but did not get the
nomination, and did not even come near getting it. The people are un-
grateful, and that is why they are not better served.
MARRIAGE, CELIBACY AND MORTALITY.
The conclusions of Dr. Bertiilon aa to the greater longevity of mar-
ried people has been confirmed by the researches of Dr. Stark into the
relative mortality of married and Bingle persons in Scotland. According
to him, bachelorhood is more destructive to life than the most unwhole-
some trades, or than residence in an unhealthy house or district, where
there has been no sanitary improvement of any kind. In Scotland the
mortality of married men under 25 years of age is 6-3 per thousand,
whereas among the unmarried men of the same age it is 15 per thousand.
At every period of life up to 80 years there is still a difference, which be-
comes less as the age advances. The mean ages of all married men in
Scotland are 59.1 years, and the mean age of bachelors over 20 years is
only 40.2 years. If the deaths froir child-bearing could be eliminated it
would also be found that the mortality of married women would be much
less than that of spinsters. After 25 years even child-bearing does not
raise the mortality of the married to that of the unmarried. The mor-
tality of married women is only excessive under 20 years, proving the
great danger of child-bearing to women before the body has acquired its
full development. Statistics have thus proved the truth of one of our
first social laws, that it is neither good for man nor woman, but more es-
pecially for man, to live alone.
" What," said an inquisitive young lady, "is the most popular color
for a bride?" We may be a little particular in such matters, but we
should prefer a whits one,
(PROSPECTUS.)
THE BANKERS' MUTUAL GUARANTEE FUND OF CALIFORNIA.
Proposed Reserve, $50,000.
The Bankers' Mutual Guarantee Fund of California Is es-
tablished for the purpose of guaranteeing bank officers in the faithful discharge,
of their duties, by affording the beat form of security (mutual) to the employer, and
enabling the employe to emancipate himself from all political and social obligations
in the matter of Bonds.
The Fund shall be vested in and administered by six Trustees, to be elected in the
first instance by the subscribers, aud thereafter by the Policy-holders.
Any Banker within the State of California,, having au Agent in the City of San
Francisco, may become a member of the Association upou subscribing not less than
§250 towards the Reserve Fund.
Guarantee Policies will be issued in favor of the employe's of subscribers, on the
following terms, viz.:
Entrance Fee of §10, and the payment of one per cent, per annum on the amount
of the Policy. . .
In the event of the Reserve Fund at any time falling short of contingent claims,
the Policy-holders will be assessed at a rate not exceeding one-half of one per cent,
per annum on the amount of their Policies. And provided the Fund increases be-
yond 575,000, the Trustees shall be empowered to re-imburse the original subscribers
to the Fund, and should any surplus accrue thereafter, such surplus shall be divided
annually amongst the existing Policy-holders.
Bankers and Bank Officers who may desire to co-operate, are invited to send then-
names to the office of the undersigned, where the Forms of Policy and Application
may be inspected. - ,
It is proposed to commence business whenever tbe Minimum Reserve Fund has
been subscribed. ALEXANDER WATSON, Accountant and Auditor,
Sept. 8. 309 California street, Room 1.
AVERILL MIXED PAINT,
The Most Beautiful and Durable of All Paints,
OF
Every Shade or Color Desired, and in Quantities to Suit.
Sept. 6.
O. S. OBRICK, General Agent,
329 MarTcet at., opposite Front.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Office or the Standard Con. mining Company, San Fran-
cisco Cal Sent 2d, 1S79. — At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the
above-named Company, held this day, Dividend No. 7, of Fifty Cents per share,
was declared, payable on FRIDAY, September 12th. 1ST9, at the office in this city,
or at tbe A^encv of the Nevada Bank of San Francisco, in New York.
s ' WM. WILLIS, Secretary.
Office— Room No. 29, Nevada Block, No. 309 Montgomery street, San Francisco
California. Sept^b.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Sept. 6, 1879.
HELMETS
I sat one radiant morning
Within a favorite nook, —
Unmindful of its glory,
And buried in a book.
I read with, eyes that kindled,
About the old Crusades ;
Till I heard the clashing armor,
And saw the quivering blades,
I followed in their journeys
The heroes of the past,
To see them proudly enter
Within the walls at last.
AND VIOLETS.
As with sound of martial music
My inmoat soul was stirred,
When through the open casement
My Effie's voice I lieard.
Then a sound of stealing footsteps,
And playful fingers shook
A shower of early violets
Upon the open book.
Among the glittering helmets
I felt their sweetness fall ;
Then vanished in a moment
Crusaders, knights and all !
— St. Nicholas for September.
HUSBAND AND WIFE,
Husband and wife, alone and together at last, after the experience"
of the first London season passed in the blissful bonds of matrimony.
The distraction, the excitement, the artificial delights, are all put away
for a while. There is, for a brief interval, no escape from an atmosphere
of comparative tranquility, and the pair are compelled to look existence
and themselves steadily in the face. They might, or one at least of them
might, have wished it otherwise. There were projects of a burst of con-
tinental travel after Goodwood, or of a yachting cruise, as the sequel to
the marine* dissipations of Cowes. But owing to perversity of circum-
stances the plan fell through ; the nautical party refused to be organized,
or family affairs took a sudden turn, which rendered it necessary to stay
on this side of the silver streak. Here, then, the bride and bridegroom—
they have been married but six months, though the months seem years —
are at last thrown almost for the first time exclusively into each other's
Bociety, and compelled to meditate upon each other's excellences and fail-
ings. It is really a novel experience. Not till now has the situation been
properly realized. Here they discover they each of them are, man and
wife, bound by a mutual tie which only death or scandal can break ;
united by a compact which ought to lack no element of permanence.
The precise spot in which this conviction is flashed upon them makes no
difference. They may have resorted to an English watering-place. The
newspapers may have announced their departure to their country seat.
Prudential motives may have impelled them to pay a visit to some opu-
lent relatives in a distant part of a dull county, desirous of witnessing the
felicity of the newly-wedded pair. In theBe days the last precept on
which any lady or gentleman, moving in polite society, thinks of acting,
is that which the Attic sage plagiarized from the Delphic oracle. Men
and women will not know themselves. The process may involve an in-
convenient effort, and may entail by no means painless results. Self-
study means the detachment of a human conscience ; its complete isola-
tion ; a soul driven in upon itself. It is an ordeal that demands as much
courage as is exhibited by the beauty who, after an attack of smallpox,
surveys herself, for the first time, calmly in the mirror. The reciprocal
and real knowledge possessed by husband and wife of each other is not to
be secured without at least an equal degree of trouble.
Happy are they who can essay the task without flinching, and witness
its accomplishment without regret. It is something for the youth to con-
gratulate himself on having won the girl of his heart ; but _ he will have
infinitely more intelligible reason for delight if, a little time hence, he
discovers that the woman of his choice is also the wife of his wish. Of
the different spurious forms of courage which have before now been enu-
merated, the most marked is that proceeding from ignorance. Gentlemen
in the hunting-field have been known occasionally boldly to face bull-
finches, which, had they been aware of their full dimensions, they might
have declined to negotiate ; and it would be an interesting question to
ask, were there any statistics that provided the materials for an answer,
what percentage of husbands or wives would have embraced matrimony
had they a clear foreknowledge of all its attendant risks. It is not only
those contingencies which lead the wedded pair from Hymon to Hannen
that are to be taken into consideration. For specific and particular evils
there are positive and direct cures. The common, and infinitely the more
serious, danger is that whioh does not assume the proportions of scandal.
It consists in a gradual awakening to the consciousness by the two love-
birds that they may have been mistaken in each other, and that they
have committed, on the threshold of life, a blunder which can never be
repaired. To the honeymoon on the Continent succeeded the season in
London ; and the erewhile impassioned wooer had the opportunity of
watching how the sweet rosebud, whom he had transplanted^ from the
virgin soil of a rural home to that of an eager and ambitious life, would
develop in her new environment. For himself he has had some experience
of existence, and he has satisfied a fondly-conceived vision in making one,
to whom the great world of London life was a closed book, his wife. It
has been an experiment ; the question that he now asks, since it is only
now, in his rustic retirement, that he has got time to ask it, is, Has it
been a success? It was a fascinating idea, that of carrying a provincial
Dulcinea into the heart of the social hubbub of the capital. There were
romantic anticipations of the novel charm which her freshness and viva-
city would impart to a life that was beginning to be languid and listless.
Have any one of them been fulfilled? Can it be said that they are in a
fair way of fulfillment ? This is the question which the happy husband
may ask himself as he buds his roses in his ancestral garden, or mingle
with his meditations on the subject of the remarks that he is about to ad-
dress to his constituents. The sky, for a wonder, is clear above, the lark
sings its carol, the blithe chirp ot the grasshopper is audible ; nothing, in
fact, which is not gladdening and inspiring is to be seen or heard. Yet
there is a dark spot somewhere. It is not a gloomy presentiment of fail-
ure in life, not a vague apprehension of political misadventure ; it is the
consciousness, growing into the conviction, of an irretrievable mistake
committed. It is Bimply the process of matrimonial disillusion, and it is
no more to he arrested than phthisis or heart-disease. He should never
have taken Dulcinea to his bosom ; he should have left his rosebud to
bloom in the provincial garden.
When once these dim forebodings have been telt, when once the sinister
misgiving has been entertained, only a miracle can prevent the natural
sequel. The aspiring worldling has chosen as his wife one who is not a
worldling, and who in all likelihood will never become a denizen of that
country which her husband inhabits. She has all the virtues under
heaven ; it would he as well if she had a dash of one or two of the vices.
She may be bland, passionate, affectionate, fond ; she may even paint in
water-colors ; and of such doubtless is the kingdom of heaven. The only
thing is, she is not the wife for her husband, and she cannot be the in-
strument of his career. Women may lower to the marital level day by
day; but it is the rarest thing in existence for the sweet gentle creature
who has been imported from Arcadia into an atmosphere full of the stir
and noise of modern ambition and intrigue to be able to mount the hus-
band's pedestal. The higher forms of energy are as uncommon with the
most excellent of women as the lower are common. "Vigorous mental in-
itiative— and it is this which is needed when the task to be performed ia
nothing less than to change an entire view of life —is very seldom a femi-
nine virtue ; and unless the rosebud can unfold her petals upon an alto-
gether new method, she will fail to bloom in the strange atmosphere. It
comes home to the happy Bpouse that the rosebud theory was a delusion,
and that, being of the world, he had better have married in the world,
instead of turning his attention to the blue-eyed damsels who people the
woods of Arcady. Of the fact, indeed, there can be no doubt; and as the
husband thinks of the mistress of his home, who is sleeping tranquilly,
and thinks also, as he smokes his last cigar, of the experiences of the past
season, he asks himself why he was not content to make his choice within
that season's limits. Perhaps these are dangerous musings, but it is diffi-
cult to check them ; nor will they become less frequent as every day deep-
ens the conviction that while his circle of interests in life is growing, hers
is narrowing. What is the end to be ? It may, of course, be a miserable
confession before the world that the great adventure in life has been a
blunder which cannot be put right. For months and years the union of
two alien souls may remain, to all appearance, satisfactory and secure.
Suddenly, on some unexpected provocation, nature may protest, and the
crash may come. But, on the whole, these catastrophes are uncommon.
Tolerance does, in its way, as well as love, and may be quite as heroic.
Positive happiness has been dreamed of, has been sought for, and has been
missed ; but the well-regulated mind will reflect that the absence of hap-
piness is a very different thing from the presence of misery. — World.
A 'FRISCO STORY.
[ From London " Truth."]
To marry in haste and repent at leisure is an aphorism which a
certain San Francisco lady does not believe in. She not long since mar-
ried a distinguished-looking but mysterious stranger, but unfortunately
found out that, instead of being a Mexican grandee, he was a physician's ]
groom, earning twenty dollars a month. After deciding that it would be
wiser to go home and get her meals regularly than to stay with the coach- i
man and starve, she sent him the following pointed epistle:
I am deeply sorry that hunger and other circumstances over which I have
no control compel me to write you this note. I find that you are utterly un-
able to provide for me, and as I am at present unable to provide for you, I
will have to leave you, and return to that happy home whence you stole me,
and once more fill it with the sunshineof love. Had I known that you expect-
ed me to live on the morning breezes for breakfast, the trade winds for
dinner, and the evening fogs for supper, I would have honestly told you
that my constitution would not he equal to it, even where the atmosphere
is so odorous and substantial as in this hotel in Tar Flat, and would have
declined to become your wife. If you shall ever marry another lady, I
trust you will remember the advice of your first wife, and that the do-
mestic menu will consist of puddings made of plums rather than of the
north wind, and pies of pumpkins rather than of zephyrs — in short, that
you will provide her with a bill of fare rather than a bill of air. If you
meet me on the street hereafter, pass me by as a perfect stranger, for if
you do not I will be compelled to give you the cut direct.
Your wife, Maby.
SWANTON HOUSE, PESCADERO.
This Popular Hotel, together with the detached Cottages.
which are not the least of its attractive features, have hceu newly famished
throughout, and are now open for the reception of guests. Those desiring to visit'
the most enjoyable of all our sea-side resorts, can make no mistake in deciding upon
Pescadero.
IT IS EASILY BEACHED,
and is unsurpassed in the excellence of its climate, the beaut;- of its scenery, and in
the attractiveness of its truly remarkable sea beach. Those extraordinary pebbles,
among which are to be found agates, opals, sapphires, etc. , were never so numerous
as now, the past Winter having thrown up immense numbers of curiously-shaped
stones, which for ages have been subiected to the everlasting motions of the tireless
Pacific. GOOD TROUT FISHING is obtainable in the Pescadero river.
JEsP" The hotel prices are fixed to suit the times. [April 27. i
UNCLE TOM'S CABIN,
Fourteen-Mile House, San Bruno,
he above institution will be open on anil after SuimIhv.
August 3d, 1879. 1 Aug. 9.J AUGUST JENEVEIN, Manager. '
T
NewToa Booth, C. T. Wheeler, Sacramento. | J. T. Glover, W. W. Dodge, S. F
w. w. dodge & CO.
Wholesale Grocers, corner Front and Clay streets, San
Francisco. ^ April 1 .
CASTLE BROTHERS,
ESTABLISHED IN THE 7EAB I860.
Importers of Teas and East India Goods, Hos. 213 and 315
Front street, San Francisco. Jan. 13.
L.H.Newton. NEWTON BROTHERS & CO., M. Newton.
Importers and wholesale dealers in Teas, Foreign Goods and
Groceries, 204 and 20(i California street, San Francisco, Cal May 25.
ANDREW BA1RD,
Negotiator of Loans and Commercial Paper,
Broker in Local and State Securities,
No. 31S California Street San Francisco.
[P. O. Box X,gQ8.] July 19.
MEXICAN CONSULATE,
215 Sansome Street, San Francisco.
Tbe undersigned bas been appointed Consul for tbe Repub-
lic of Mexico at San Francisco, Cal. Office hours from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Aug. SO. J. GARCIA CONDE.
Sept. 6, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVKKTISEK.
PLUM PORTRAlTa
Now I will ko U» the garden, Rather this plum made of tmiuhino.
Fur the plums are ripe on the wall, Translucent as amber, ami sweet
Plum* that arv st.Ivnli.lly purple, As the smile and the blush mid the
All perfect and ready to f.ill - < >f the UautUul Marguerite, [kisses
Pun'!.- as pansies are purple, [close, Her hair i- v. How U sunshine.
Heart sw.vtwith the dreamsthey in- She i- honey and wine and milk-
Songs of the Syrian maidens, Ajodden >r'.iulv Iplendjd,
And scents of the damascene rose, in a robe of shimmerinK silk.
Mi, I>amson, daughter of sunshine, But yellow, or red, or purple,
Therearegirlsthatarejustlikethee, Xo plum is so rare as the green—
rVoioking, furtive, tempting. The color of moonlit waters,
is sweet as thy fruit can be— With the u'lint of lilies between.
Byes of thy passionate color, I will gather the dainty Greengage,
The scent of the East in their hair, And lav them in roses and balm,
Piquant and keen, yet delicious And send to my lovely Christine—
And beautiful, half unaware. My I •|iristine',thepureaiidthecalm.
Ssthe 's my damson; but Helen, She is the pearl among maidens,
Lk? this Burgundy plum, is red— For the quiet of land and skies,
led are her cheeks as the roses, The beauty of fruits and blossomB,
And over her beauty are shed Are hid in her fathomless eyes.
flashes of fiery emotion, Her face is a fair white lily,
Wild uhhic, and wine made of tears, Her throat like the throat of a dove,
Slighter and singing and passion, Her mouth is a scented rosebud,
And pulse of invisible years. Her smile is the dawning of love.
Let Spring-time give her its song-birds,
And Summer its honey and flowers,
And Autumn its wine and fruitage,
And Winter its festival hours.
For the flower and fruit the fairest,
And the honey and song, I ween,
Are nothing but types and shadows
Of the beautiful, fair Christine. — Harper's Weekly.
DEATH OF A STRANGE MAN.
In an amusing periodical, Over Land and Sea, Karl Franzos pub-
dies a brief biographical sketch of a strange old deformed man who died
tie other day at Czernowitz :
This venerable original, on whom Franzos bestows the quaint title of
A Collector of Religions," was born of Jewish parents, his father being
wealthy spirit merchant in Galicia, who gave him an excellent educa-
on and died when he was still a youth, leaving him a handsome fortune.
oung Rosenheim, who had been an assiduous worshiper in the syna-
ogue, began shortly after his father's death to display free-thinking pro-
livities, and was for some time regarded by his acquaintances as an
theist. All of a sudden the rumor spread abroad that he had turned
'rotestant ; and, sure enough, he became a regular attendant at the
Ivangelical Church in Czernowitz. From a pleasure trip to Switzerland,
'hich he took a few months later, he returned a stern and uncompromis-
ig Calvinist ; and for three consecutive years he traveled twice a year to
Ilausenburg, where there was a Calvinistic congregation, in order to
ike part in the religious rites of that sect. Then he formally went over
) the Roman Church, and became an ardent Catholic, never missing a
tass and confessing twice a week. This new phase lasted longer than
oy of its forerunners ; but it terminated eventually with his public pro-
fssion of the Greek Orthodox Faith, which he adhered to for a couple of
ears. He then made an excursion to European Turkey, and was con-
erted to the doctrines of Islam at Varna, whence he forthwith started as
devout Mussulman upon a pilgrimage to Mecca. On his return from
le Holy City he remained only a few weeks in Czernowitz, disappearing
lence without telling his friends whither he was bound. He next turned
p in Salt Lake City as a full-blown Mormon. There he came what Mr.
amuel Weller designated as " a wictim of connubiality ;" but he soon
■une back to his native town, where, after passing through the further
iligious stages of Sun Worship and Budhism, he died at a ripe old age,
aving, as he repeatedly stated before his death, been actuated, in bo
«ouently changing his creed, by an earnest desire to become acquainted
ith every sort of belief influencing humanity, and having satisfied him-
slf that on the whole one was as good as another.
THE LATE COUNTESS WALDEGRAVE.
The Countess Waldegrave, recently deceased, who for many years
:cupied, perhaps, the most prominent position in the social and political
fe of London, was the daughter of John Braham, the singer, was four
mes married, and from each of her husbands received a fortune. She
ever assumed any fine-lady airs, but gave her friends to understand that
le was simply the daughter of John Braham ; and she was proud to in-
■oduce her father and brothers to her most distinguished guests. Every-
ody admired her, especially young authors and artists who were com-
lencing life's battle. To these she was always gracious and kind in very
ractical ways. The statesmen and patricians she charmed by the bright-
ess of her wit, the charm of her manner, and the goodness of her heart,
idmond Yates sayB of her : "Wealth and position were indeed powers
hich Lady Waldegrave possessed, and which she turned to much advan-
ce. But if she had had these alone, she would not have risen to the
ninence that she did. It was her honesty and her goodness which were
le essential conditions of her success, and station and money were but as
le pedestal on which these secured the opportunity of display." Her
rird husband paid to her, in his will, one or the most grateful tributes
ver given to a wife. It is as follows : *' The unspeakable interest with
hich I constantly regard Lady Waldegrave's future fate induces me to
dvise her earnestly to unite herself again with some one who may deserve
) enjoy the blessing of her society during the many years of her possible
irvival after my life. I am grateful to Providence for the great happi-
ess I enjoy in her singular affection, and I pray and confidently hope
le may long continue to possess the esteem and friendship of those who
re intimate with her and can appreciate her admirable qualities, and the
Bapect of all with whom in any relation of life she is connected."
An elegant assortment of Gold Watches and Chains at Randolph &
ty». 's, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
BANKS.
THE BANK OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO.
Capital (5,000,000
WH. Al.UHII) rrefilileiil.
THOM ANIIKOHN. |„h|r, B Hi:RRAT,Ir.,A»'l(i»lilrr
Aomn :
New lork, Agcncj- ..( tho Hani, ol Catfornla; Bonton, Troninnt N.Muual Bank
l nlon National lfcmk ; SI l ■ Bating Bank: N»« Zealand
tho Bank ..( New Zealand ; London, China, Japan, India ami Australia, the I
Bank Oorpontlon.
Tho Dank hasAgmdn at Virelnla Cltj and OoM Mill, and torrrapondonte in all
tho principal Mining District, ami Interior Town! of the Pacific Coaat.
Letters ot Credit issued, available In all parts ol tho world. Draw direct on Lon-
don, Dulihn, Paris, Berlin, Bremen, lliiinhmv. Frankfr.rt,nn-tho-Main, Antwerp
Amsterdam, St. Petersburg, Copenh u. Btookholm. Christiana, Locarno, Mcl-
li.niriK'. Sydney, Auckland, Hongkong, Shanghai, Yokohama. Nov. 4.
FIRST NATIONAL GOLD BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Paid nil Capital 82,000,000, Gold. President, B. C. Wool-
worth ; Vice-President, 1>. Galfaghan ; Cashier, K. IX Morgan.
Directors :— R. C. Wool worth, D. Callaghan, C. O. Hooker, C. Adolph Low, Peter
Donahue, Isaac Womiscr, Edward Martin, Jamos Motfitt, N. Van Bergen.
Correstondents— London : Baring Bros. &, Co. Chartered Mercantile Bank of In-
dia, London and China. Dublin : Provincial Bank of Ireland. Hamburg : Hesse,
Neuman&Co. Pans: Hottinguer&Co. New York: National Bank of Commerce. Bob-
ton : Blackstono National Bank. Chicago : First National Bank. This Bank ib pre-
pared to transact a general Banking business. Deposits in Gold, Silver and Currency
received subject to cheek or on special deposit. Exchange for sale on the principal
cities of the United States, Great Britain, Ireland and the Continent. Commercial
Credits issued available hi Buropc, Chii.a and Japan. Collections attended to and
prompt returns made at the lowest market rates of Exchange. Jan. 19.
BANK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter.— Capital paid np, 81,800,-
000, with power to increase to $10,000,000. Southeast corner California and San-
some streets. Head Office— 28 Cornhill, London. Branches— Portland, Oregon* Vic-
toria, New Westminster and Cariboo, British Columbia.
This Bank transacts a General Banking Business. Accounts opened subject to Check
and Special Deposits received. Commercial Credits granted available in all parts of
the world. Approved Bills discounted and advances made on good collateral security.
Draws direct at current rates upon its Head Office and Branches, and upon its Agents
as follows :
New York, Chicago and Canada— Bank of Montreal ; Liverpool— North and South
Wales Bank ; Scotland— British Linen Company : Ireland— Bank of Ireland ; Mex-
ico and South America— London Bank of Mexico and South America ; China and
Japan— Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, and Oriental Bank ; Australia
and New Zealand— Bank of Australasia, Commercial Banking Company of Sydney
and English, Scottish and Australian Chartered Bank.
May 18. FREDERICK TOWNSEND, Manager.
LONDON AND SAN FRANCISCO BANK, LIMITED.
Capital, 85,000,000, of which $3,000,000 is fully paid up a»
present capital. Reserve Fund, S3G0,00O. San Francisco Office, 421 Califor-
nia street ; London Office, 22 Old Broad street. Manager, ARTHUR SCRIVENER ;
Cashier, WILLIAM STEEL. London Bankers, Bank of England and London Joint
Stock Bank ; New York, Drexel, Morgan & Co. ; Boston, Third National Bank.
This Bank is prepared to transact all kinds of General Banking and Exchange Busi-
ness in London and San Francisco, and between said cities and all parts of tho
world. March 30.
THE NEVADA BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO.
Capital Paid TJp $10,000,000.
Reserve, XJ. S. Bonds 3,600,000.
Agency at New York, 62 Wall street.
Agency at Virginia, Kev.
Buy3 and sells Exchange and Telegraphic Transfers. Issue3 Commercial and Trav-
elers' Credits. This Bank has special facilities for dealing in Bullion. July 5.
SECURITY SAVINGS BANK.
GUARANTEE CAPITAL, 9300,000.
Officers: President, John Parrott; Vice-President, Jerome
Lincoln ; Secretary, W. S. Jones ; Attorney, Sidney V. Smith. Loans made on
Real Estate and other Approved Securities. Office : No. 215 Sanaome street, San
EYancisco. ' - Oct. 14.
THE GERMAN SAVINGS AND LOAN SOCIETY.
Deutsche Spar mid Leihbank, No 530 California street, San
Francisco. Officers : President, L. GOTTIG. Board of Directors. — Fred.
Roeding, Chas. Kohler, Edw. Kruse, George H. Eggers, N. Van Bergen, H. L. Simon,
Peter Spreckels, Ign, Steinhart. Secretary, GEO. LETTE ; Attorney, JOHN R.
JARBOE. May 18.
J. K. PRIOR,
1128 Market Street and 21 Turk Street-
Illio Oldest Established Steam Gas Fitting: and Plumbing*
Establishment on the Pacific Coast, where a complete assortment of new pat-
terns of Gas Fixtures and Plumbing Material are offered at greatly reduced rates.
Messages sent by American District Telegraph Company free. All jobbing promptly
attended to, Established 1852. July 12.
JOHN JENNINGS
Hooper's South End Warehouses, corner Japan and Town-
send streets, San Francisco. First-class Fire-Proof Brick Building, capacity
10,000 tons. Goods taken from the Dock and the Cars of the C. P. R. R. and S. P.
R. R. free of charge. Storage at Current Rates. Advances and Insurance Effected.
H. FRESE,
(Late with Charles Die tie),
Boot Mahor. No. 327 DMipont street, between Sutter and
Bush, San Francisco, under the Ahlborn House. The Finest Quality and
Latest Styles of Custom Work Neatly Executed. Repairing Done at Short Notice.
[August 23. J .
IRVINE & LE BRETON
Have Removed their Law Offices to No. 317 Sansome Street.
[ March IS.]
FREDERICK A. BEE,
His Imperial Chinese Majesty's Consul.
Office: 91 7 Clay Street. Residence: 6S0 Eddy Street.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Sept. 6, 1879.
"PLEASURE'S WAND."
"We Obey no Wand Imt Pleasure's."— Tom Moore.
California Theater.— Champagne and Oysters is an idiotic affair, un-
worthy of criticism as a dramatic production. But thanks to the admira-
ble comedians that fill its star parts, the stupidity of the plot, dialogue
and action is overlooked in the laughter created by their comicalities1.
Stuart Robson is a very finished actor in his particular line. The excel-
lence of his impersonations is more apparent when one becomes familiar-
ized with his strong mannerisms. Crane's forte is the broadest comedy,
and when his humor can run unrestricted by any particular requirements
of character, he is at his best. Robson plays " Grahame," the Rector, for
all it is worth. He is intensely funny, and added not a little to the gen-
eral amusement by appearing in a Beecher "make up." " Herring," the
Sexton, is a character that admits of broad effects, so that Crane was in
his element. Barton Hill made bis re-appearance in a character that
called for no especial effort. Felix Morris gave a very clever rendition of
the cockney waiter. Keene's impersonation of " Thornbuck," the deus ex
machina of the play, was of a nature to cause regret to his many admirers.
In itself it is a character entirely unsuited to his abilities, and he should
never have been cast for it. At the same time, his conception of the part
was a most extraordinary one. It was boisterous, extravagant, unnatural,
impossible ; in fact, entirely unworthy of any actor of talent — something
that Mr. Keene has amply proved himself to be in the higher planes of
tragedy. Miss Stanhope appeared to far better advantage in this play
than she did in the Comedy of Errors, and was eminently satisfactory.
Miss Lizzie Harold filled a small part as well as it could be done, and was
very charming in her neat, trim cook's dress. Miss Paullio, who, as a
child, was almost continually on the stage, made her first appearance at
this theater on this occasion. Barring a slight awkwardness of manner,
fault cannot be found with her first effort, and she will undoubtedly prove
a valuable acquisition to the theater. Next Monday Xfur BicJielors will
be produced. This is, to my mind, the very best piece in Robson and
Crane's repertoire. The orchestral selections of Mr. Withers are fresh and
popular. The " Turkish Review " was a prominent number this week.
Baldwin's Theater. — Zip is a melodrama of the orthodox rescued waif
order. It gives Lotta all the chances she wants to " Lottaize " through
it, and she does do so to the audiences' satisfaction. In one or two little
bits of the play she shows more actual acting than we are wont to see her
do, but these fits are but temporary, and she quickly falls back into her
usual tricks. Take, for instance, the love scene at the piano. She is
demure, modeBt and charming, while listening to " Elmore's " protesta-
tions. She is natural and delicious in hermanner up to the emotional mo-
ment of the betrothal kiss, when she immediately wilts, and, with a
smirk and contortion, houp la! Lotta is herself again. Marble, as " Phi-
lo-ophy Jack," does his share amusingly and cleverly. Jennings redeems
himself of his unsatisfactory rendition of "Quilp"by admirably acting
an Italian character. Miss Revel has one of her favorite lisping parts,
and wins a nightly recall for intelligently carrying it out. This is the last
week of Lotta's engagement. It has been, in all respects, a very success-
ful one. The little lady can flatter herself that her hold on the local pub-
lic is a stronger one than ever, and that her next appearance will be
anxiously awaited. Won at Last will be played to-night. On Tuesday
a new play by the name of Chums will be produced. Its first perform-
ance will be for the benefit of Miss Corcoran, a very intelligent and pro-
mising young actress. Mr. W. H. Haverstiek, well known in society cir-
cles as a young gentleman of taste and culture, and connected with the
BateB Dramatic Company, is to make his de'but on Tuesday next in this
play. It is a great compliment to so young an amateur to have the lead-
ing part assigned him ; and there will be, without doubt, a crowded house
of our best society to greet his appearance.
Grand Carnival and Masquerade Ball at the Mechanics' Pavilion at
the close of the Fair, on the 19th September. This enterprise, in the
hands of Colonel Andrews, of the renowned Diamond Palace, will be the
most brilliant affair of the day. Seventy-nine magnificent prizes, now on
exhibition at the Fair, will be distributed to the best sustained characters,
the most beautiful ladies, the best dressed of both sexes, etc., etc. The
winners to be selected by seven committees of our best citizens. Masks
may be worn all the evening. The finest bands of music will perform ;
the building will be lighted with the calcium light, and specially decorated
with flags and banners ; and refreshments of every kind will be provided.
Genebal Grant will honor the occasion with his presence. Gal-
leries reserved for spectators. The arrangements are in every way tb«
most complete, insuring a tremendous gathering. It will cost twelve
thousand dollars to open the doors for this grand Carnival. Numerous
clubs will participate, giving representations entirely different from any-
thing ever seen in San Francisco. The success will, we are sure, be un-
bounded. Nearly every seat has already been sold, so that an early appli-
cation is now necessary to get any seat at all.
German Theater. — The performance of last Sunday evening was of a
nature to call forth the strongest commendation. The character of " De-
borah" (" Leah") is a favorite one on the English-speaking stage, and its
opportunities are well known to all. As conceived and acted by Irschick,
it is a picture of rare artistic skill. The contrasting phases of love and
hate were admirably shown. The lady's grace of manner and perfection
of speech were never more apparent than in this effort. I have seen the
famous curse scene acted by many celebrities, but never with the same
depth of passion and emotion — not a vestige of rant apparent, but simply
the upheaval of the strongest emotions of human nature, truthfully and
naturally depicted. The company did remarkably well in support, each
and every member appearing to the best advantage, so that to particular-
ize would be unjust. To-morrow evening the Two Orphans will be pro-
duced, and as originally written, with the original music.
Bush Street Theater.— Like all the other theaters, this house has
Buffered from the pervading political excitement, but the audiences, al-
though diminished in size, have left quite as much pleased as those of the
preceding week. The success of the first week's programme of attrac-
tions justified its continuance this week. Next Monday several novelties
are promised, and no pains will be spared to keep up the reputation of this
monster troupe.
At Woodward's Gardens, to-day and to-morrow, September 6th
and 7th, besides the usual complete programme, the Fannie Marston Pina-
fore Company give their unexampled performance, with full-rigged ship,
grand cannon salute, and manning the yards. The Zoographicou and the
Phonograph regularly. No extra charge.
Opera. — On the 22d inst. Pyramus <t- Thisbe, an operetta by a well-
known local musician, Mr. Oscar "Weil, will receive its initial produc-
tion at the Bush Street Theater. The text is written by Mr. Peter Rob-
ertson, and is'no doubt in that gentleman's clever, easy style. The four
principal parts will be in excellent hands. Soprano, Miss Susan Galton ;
contralto, Miss Charlotte Hammond ; tenor, Mr. Ben. Clark, and basso,
Mr. C. Makin. It will be a pleasure to greet Mrs. Kelleher's re-appear-
ance on the stage after such a long absence, and a more satisfactory en-
gagement could not have been made by Messrs. Weil and Robertson. Miss
Hammond is a promising local singer, and Ben. Clark's sweet and sympa-
thetic voice is too well known to require anticipatory mention. Mr.
Makin has lately returned from the East, and is said to have improved
in voice and acting. Great interest is manifested in this production.
Chit-Chat. — Tony Pastor returns to his theater in October.— — Ar-
buckle will not cornetize (!) for Talmage's Tabernacle, Brooklyn, next
season — we mean next Winter.— If Annie Pixley was offered a real
good play, she would take it. ^—Maurice Barrymore's new baby is the
very image of pa.-^— Caroline Richings is singing in Baltimore.^—
Speaking of the above-mentioned Annie Pixley, an Eastern paper says :
"Pretty Pixley has been rather nervous over the troubles in San Fran-
cisco. Her father is editor of one of the weeklies, is a prominent poli-
tician and wars against Kearny." Arthur Sullivan is improving in
health.^— Rose Eytinge is going to play in London.^— The Union
Square will open with Bartholomew Campbell's new play, My Partner, in
which Louis Aldrich has a star part. -^—Maggie Mitchell has lost §40,000
by the gradual depreciation in value of Long Branch real estate. ^^ Alice
Harrison has returned from Europe, and may join the Mestayer-Long
Pullman Car Combination Co.— — H. J. Sargent, Modjeska's manager, is
to be a partner with F. B. Chatterton in the Drury Lane management,
London.— —At the London Alhambra they are getting up a China ballet,
in deference to the prevailing taste for bric-a-brac — shepherds and
shepherdesses, etc., in imitation of Dresden, Worcester, Chelsea, and
other famous manufactories.— Micbaelis' "Turkish Review" has been
played during the week by the different orchestras.— Millie and
Christine, the wonderful Swedish twins, commonly called the double-
headed nightingale, will soon be on exhibition here.— Oscar Outre, the
German company's juvenile, delights in very light coats.— *-Imogene left
by the last Australian steamer. Poor colonies !^^At preBent appear-
ances, Walter Leman is undoubtedly elected Justice of the Peace.^— j
Lizzie Harold is said to possess an extraordinary contralto voice. But I
for the fact that its head notes are weak and thin, she would occupy a i
foremost position on the operatic Btage. Lizzie dear, let's hear it.
The Season may now be deemed a thing of the past. The shutters are
up in many of the houses, the streets are less crowded with carriages, and
in another ten days or fortnight there will be a general emptiness in the
most favored parts of London. Seldom has any season passed away with
less regret than the one now come to a close. Depression of trade means
depression of spirits, and there has been a "deadly liveliness" in the gai-
ties of the present year which has rendered them even more melancholy
than usual. Yet the season has had its redeeming points. In the first
place, it has been a short season ; and this of itself is an immense relief
to many persons who feel ;that late hours and long dinners have taken
quite as much out of their constitutions as they can safely bear, and hail
with delight the prospect of leading a less unwholesome existence at an
earlier date than in years of prosperity. The season, again, -has been
peculiarly favorable to a large class of persons who dislike spending
money, and have taken advantage of the general depression to plead a
scarcity of means as an excuse for economy. Moreover, the season has
really been in some respects remarkable for a tendency to long-needed
reforms in social habits. There has been a faint attempt at earlier hours,
less universal extravagance, some little thought of the relation between
health and diet in the matter of dinners, perhaps not so great a yearning
for scandal as of late years ; and altogether, although decidedly dull, the
Season of 1879 cannot^be fairly pronounced an utter failure.— Pall Mall
For some benevolent reasons, best known to themselves, the ed-
itors of Puck, an illustrated American comic journal, send us each week a
copy of their newspaper. We would advise them to take measures to
offer their wares for sale in London, as this would create a revolution in
our illustrated journals. The illustrations of Puck are exceedingly well
drawn, and they are colored. They are infinitely superior in their way
to anything that we have produced on this side of the Atlantic. — Truth.
BUSH STREET THEATER.
flharles E. Locke, Proprietor.— Every Evening- (including*
V> Sunday), Wednesday and Saturday Matinees, Triumphant and Overwhelming
Reception ! The Acknowledged Fountain-Head of Refined Minstrelsy ! Teeming
with Originality. Twelve Song and Dance Artists. Twelve Clog Dancers. Eight
End Men. Fortv Artists. Marvelous Prosperity. HAVERLY'S UNITED MASTO-
DON MINSTRELS ! FORTY ! Rare and Excellent Programme, Rendered in a Su-
perior Manner. Great Success of the Monster First Part. All the Great Features.
Seats can be reserved six days in advance. Sept. 6.
CALIFORNIA THEATER.
Barton & I.anior, Managers; Barton Hill, Acting Manager.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday Evenings, September 8th, flth,
10th and 11th, ROBSON and CRANE in CHAMPAGNE AND OYSTERS and COM-
EDY OF ERRORS. In the latter play the comedians will reverse parts. Friday and
Saturday Evenings, and Saturday Matinee, OUR BACHELORS. Monday, September
15th, an original dramatic absurdity, A.D. 1900, in which ROBSON and CRANE will
appear. Sept. 6.
THE BALDWIN THEATER.
Thomas Magulre, manager..— -This (Saturday) Afternoon,
Last Lotta Matinee— ZIP. This (Saturday) Evening— for this time only — WON
AT LAST. Sunday, Last Night of Lotta— ZIP. Tuesday Eveuing, Sept. 9th, First
Benefit of KATHERINE CORCORAN ! First Night of Heme and Belasco's New
Play, CHUMS ! Magnificently Mounted and Produced. Notice.— The Theater will
be closed on Monday, Sept. 8th, for rehearsal of CHUMS. Sept. 6.
PLATT'S HALL.
Commencing Thursday, September 11th. at 1 a.m., snbject
to the challenge issued by MADAME LA CHAPELLE, and accepted by BERTHA
VON BERG, a Grand Six-Day Contest between the above ladies for $1,000 a side and
the gate receipts, the winning party to receive three-fourths and other one-fourth of
the same. Admission, FIFTY CfcNTS. Sept. &
Sept. t>, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER,
THE BAN FRANCISCO TUMULTS.
(From The Nation of An.-nrt *sth.)
The difficulties in the way of the successful working of the California
Constitution, arising out "f iu own defects, wen? grave enough ;i week
no; hut they will probably be considerably increased by the Kalloch
tragedy. It i.« not very encouraging for tin- buajiMH interests of the State,
too, that the resultof the first election under the New Constitution should
t»e determined not by * disonsaian of the instrument itself, hut by a fight
between a preacher of shady reputation Mid the editor of a scurrilous
nc«-!",>Aper: ami worse still, that the fight should have arisen not over
any ]>olitical topics, hut over their own i*ersonal antecedents. This is
really a resume1 of the political situation, anil it must he a painful subject
of contemplation tor the sober and thoughtful inhabitants of the State.
It may prove useful, however, in more ways than one. It revealed the
fact that Kearney, who has always been in talk a man of blood, is not
really a fighting man. That he. is not in earnest when he talks about
hanging the well-to-do, and that he really shrinks from musketry and
artillery, will probably be a relief to a good many people in San Fran-
cisco. At the last advices order had been fully restored, and Kalloch's
condition was said to be improving.
The affair has probably also brought home to the more conscientious
and reflective class of Califuruians the fact— for fact it seems to be — that
Kearney and his tribe are, in California as they are almost everywhere,
the product of a bad social system, and that there will not be much politi-
cal rest in the State until this has been in some way remedied. The Con-
stitution owed its adoption not to the city mob — for it was defeated in
San Francisco and other large towns — but to the small country farmers,
who were incensed, and from all one can hear justly incensed, at the influ-
ence in politics of huge masses of property held in the hands of men who
use it without the least sense of. social responsibility. One of the candi-
dates now in the field owns, it is said, sixty thousand acres of wheat, and
in this large tract of territory there is neither church, nor school-house,
nor village, nor anything but the hovels in which a few hundred laborers
live and the hovel in which the owner lives, for he allows himself nothing
better. These vast estates in land and vast mining estates are more numer-
ous in California, probably, than in any other country in proportion to
area and population, and they are held, in a large number of cases, by
men whose use of the power their wealth gives them is marked neither by
scruple nor public spirit. In fact, we doubt much whether great wealth
was ever before presented to an English-speaking community in a form
less likely to command respect or even forbearance. For perfect immu-
nity and impunity it needs a population like that of Peru or Chili, or
Russia before emancipation, living in whole or partial serfdom, and unused
to speculation on the foundations of social order. It illustrates, too, the
kind of danger to which the community is exposed from the possession, in
these days of agricultural machinery and railroads, of a superabundance
of land in proportion to population. The controversy between the small
and large holdings, which has raged for many years, seems in our time to
be coming to a close in favor of the former. It begins to be acknowledged
more and more widely that it is not enough to raise so many bushels of
grain to the acre in any way, but the question how it is raised is also one
of considerable importance to the community.
The selection of Kalloch by the Workingmen as their champion, and
the exposition made by Kalloch himself in his pulpit of the nature of his
claims to the place, are also useful illustrations of the tendencies of the
time. There is nothing particularly remarkable in the indifference of the
Kearneyites to the moral character of their leaders. Parties made up as
this is have never shown themselves at all particular about the private life
of their chiefs. The demagogue has almost always been a good deal of a
blackguard. Nor is the history of the Chronicle, whose editor assailed
Kalloch, anything new or altogether peculiar. We are familiar in other
places than San Francisco with the spectacle of a newspaper obtaining its
first foothold by the preparation and publication of scandal about indi-
viduals, and providing itself with capital by selling its silence or forbear-
ance to the timid or sensitive, and then growing gradually more decent,
and finally becoming the champion of decorum and "high-toned journal-
ism." The field for such enterprises is still open in nearly every large city in
the Union, and especially in cities like San Francisco, and we might say
alBO New York, largely peopled by persons whose past is not much known
to their neighbors. But the entrance of the sensational preacher into
politics as a candidate for office, advocating his own claims and assailing
his adversary from the pulpit in the language and with the methods of the
stump in its lowest state, is a novel phenomenon. Nothing as bad as this
has occurred on the Eastern coast, though nobody who has observed the
sensational preacher's career for some years back can have been wholly
unprepared for it. The popular passion for "eloquence" has for a long
time made success in politics possible to men destitute both of character
and knowledge. Its evil effects on religion were recently pointed out in
forcible terms by a writer in the Atlantic Monthly. But it has of late, in
a growing number of cases, enabled men to stay in the pulpit after they
had lost the better part of the moral equipment of religious teachers.
It is, as we now Bee every day, almost impossible to oust, for any
offense, a minister whose oratorical powers have given him a strong hold
on his congregation ; and the coarser sort of ministers have begun to use
their oratorical gifts as a means of asserting a larger liberty in various
directions, short of absolute misconduct. Kalloch, without what appears
to be his really remarkable gift of the gab, would probably have long ago
been -utterly and completely turned away from the clerical calling. But
his power of making people feel good in their pews by his declamation
appears to have brought him back to preaching, in the intervals between
other pursuits, wherever he went, and he never returned without a cer-
tain measure of buccobs. In San Francisco he delivered, just before he
was shot, what was no doubt a powerful exposition of the propriety of
clergymen's running for office, and followed it up by the examination of
"the record" of one of his enemies, which appears to have been an
extraordinary piece of ruffianism. None of the school in this part of the
world has gone quite as far as this, but that we have Borne who, if their
vanity was tickled by a nomination, would give their congregations some
startling specimens of the same style of rhetoric, there is little doubt.
The evil, which consists in UBing the traditional associations of religious
worship to give an air of force and dignity to charlatanism, is a seriouB
one, and if Kalloch 's fate does anything to check it, his death will in some
degree make amends for his life. It does not make the matter any easier
to deal with to say that the looseness with which theological beliefB are
now held has much to do with making such a career as his possible.
BPORTINO ITBMa
Rowing. Tt has been decided to postpone the regatUof the St. George
and Colambh Rowing Clubs till tha uti of October, for the purpose of
giving the Regatta Committee and probable contestants more time for
preparation id., st. George Club will enter ore wi for the MoKinlay
( up, second clue, four oared shell ; four-oared, outrigged lapstrsak, anil
junior single rcuU shell Theii crew for the second-class four will be : .1.
C. Lucas, stroke ; E t '. Priedlander, 3 ; K. T. Hubbuck, 2; <\ J. O'Kett,
bow.— The Columbia Club will enter for the Brst-ulaes and junior
singh -Hi-ull shell. Mr. Fenn will pull in the Ant-claw single-scull race
against Mr. Sullivan, who will represent the Pioneer Club, The Pio-
neers crew for the second class four-oared shell will consist of Foster,
stroke; Crowley, 3; B. P. Oliver, 2 j J. J. Whalen, bow. The Pioneer
crew for the MeKinlay Cup in flint llUfl Mr Brown's injured hand
has retarded practice in the St, George's crew. They were, however, out
on Oakland Creek last Saturday, and showed good form.— The Grand
Stand on Oakland Creek has been enlarged.— -Smith won an easy victory
over Ross, on September 1st, at Bedford Basin (N. S.). The St. John
men lost large sums ou the result, which was very unexpected.
Pedestrianism.— F. Davis and Chapman ran a 100-yard race at Los
Angeles last Sunday. Davis gave two yards, and won easily.-^Archie
McComb has accepted Davis' challenge, and will run him a 100-yard race
for an advertised §2,000. As Davis' best record is 11 seconds, it looks a
soft thing for Archie.— The six-day go-as-you-please match between
Vou Berg and La Chapelle will commence next Thursday at Piatt's Hall.
La Chapelle is the favorite in the betting, at slight odds.^— All the men
entered for the six-day contest at the Mechanics' Pavilion claim to be in
good condition. The fear of dark and imported horses stops any betting,
but, unless some really wonderful walker appears on the coast, we think
the medal lies between Mclntyre and Scott, the former for choice.
Nineteen walkers have paid their entrance money. We will publish their
names next week. Messrs. Lawton & McNeil have arranged for a nov-
elty in six-day contests to succeed their women's walk. It is between
horses and men. Every hnrse entered will be confined to one rider, the
footmen to go as they please, the man or horse making the greatest dis-
tance in the six days to be the winner.
Shooting. — The last match for club medals of the California Club took
place last Sunday at Milbrae. Mr. Downey won the first prize with a
clean score of twelve. Mr. Robinson took second, with eleven birds.
Messrs. Conrad, Roach and Burns tied on ten birds each; Roach, winning
the tie, took third prize. The Carver medal was surrendered for compe-
tition by Mr. Robinson, who won it back with nine straight kills. ^—En-
tries are closed for the Sacramento tournament. -A man was fined $60
by Judge Louder back for selling quail out of season.— Reports from
Mendocino county state that quail, grouse and pheasants are very plenti-
ful.——Most of the good shooting grounds around Sacramento are pre-
served. ^^Doves are getting scarce. They are migrating northwards.—
The convenience and cheapness of glass ball shooting has done much to
increase the number of good trap shots in the State.— Ruth, of Oakland,
broke 922 balls out of 1,000, with a rifle, at the Oakland State Fair last
Wednesday. This feat is far ahead of Dr. Carver's and entitles Ruth to
claim the world's championship.
BasebalL— The Oakland Grounds were crowded last Sunday, the
attraction being a game between the Knickerbockers and Oaklands. No-
lan's place was filled by J. Whitney, of the Omahas; the Knickerbockers
had an easy victory, score 5 to 1.^— There was a poor game at the Recre-
ation Grounds last Sunday, between the Stars and Renos; score, 16 to 13.
— Game to-day at Oakland— Mutual vs. Oakland. On Sunday the Ath-
letics and California Clubs will play.
Swimming. — The Regatta at Alameda, on the 13th inst., will be the
great swimming event of the year. Several entries have already been
made for the amateur races, but as yet, the professional purse is going
begging.^— Six entries for the diving competition, all first-class men.
That looks as if the monthly diving competitions of the Neptune Club
were bearing fruit. -^— Daily is in New York. He sends word that he
was well received there, but, as yet, has made no match with Webb.
Archery. — The Sacramento Tournament Committee have now decided
to pitch their targets in East Park. Prizes will be given for club shoot-
ing, gentlemen individual shooting, ladies individual shooting. In addi-
tion there will be similar prizes, open only to residents of Sacramento,
and prizes for the best lady teams of four. For ladies the shoot will be
30 arrows at 20, 30 and 40 yards. For gentlemen, 30 arrows at 40, 50 and
60 yards.
Yachting. — Race for second-class models on Oakland Creek to-day.
—The ball and reception at the San Francisco Yacht Club-house last
Saturday was a brilliant affair. Those of the guests who accompanied the
fleet on the moonlight trip to Vallejo enjoyed a rare treat. — There is
no official arrangement yet made by the San Francisco Club for an outside
race. -^Yachts of the Pacific Club will have an outside race on Admis-
sion Day. The arrangements are not yet perfected.
Cricket. — The game at Oakland, on Election day, resulted in an easy
victory for the Occident Club. Score, 114 to 41. There was nothing
very remarkable about the play except the excellent batting of Mr. Mur-
phy, a new-comer.
Coursing. — The meeting of the San Francisco Club will take place at
Merced the second Tuesday in November.
A dignitary of the Church was dining out. Of the two ladies be-
tween whom he was seated, the one on his right hand was an intimate
acquaintance, and, noticing that her distinguished neighbor was silent
and pre-occupied, said to him, sotto voce, " I am afraid you are not^ very-
well this evening; you do not seem in your usual spirits." " Well," said
the drnritary, *' I am in rather a nervous state of mind about my health,
and have a sort of presentiment that a serious illness is hanging over me.
I am conscious of a peculiar numbness all down my right side, which
seemB to forbode an attack of paralysis." His fair companion expressed
her hope that such fears were ill founded. "Ah, no," he replied, " I'm
afraid there's no doubt of it, for I've been pinching my right leg all dinner
time, and can elicit no responsive feeling whatever; the limb seems quite
dead' to all feeling." " Oh," exclaimed the lady, briskly and with an ex-
pression of intense relief on her face, " if that is all which troubles you,
I think I can at once relieve your mind from anxiety, for the leg which
you have been pinching all the evening is mine."
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Sept. 6, 1879.
CRADLE, ALTAR, AND TOMB.
CRADLE.
Bosh— In West Oakland, August 26th, to the wife of the late David Bush, a son.
Barkhaus— In this city, August 30th, to the wife of F. W. Barkhaus, a daughter.
Borsos— In this city, August 22d, to the wife of K. M. Boyson, a son.
Clark— In Sacramento, August 21st, to the wife of W. C. Clark, a daughter.
Collins— In Bodie, August 25th, to the wife of Wm. Collins, a son.
Cross— In "Vlsalia, August 20th, to the wife of A, J. Cross, a eon.
Daly — In this city, Sspteniber 1st, to the wife of James Daly, a son.
Garber— In Cherokee, August 7th, to the wife of Sim Garber, a son.
Goetjen— In this city, August 28th, to the wife of W. Goetjen, a son.
Harder— In this city, August 30th, to the wife of P. Harder, a daughter.
Long — In this city, August 30th, to the wife of Maurice Long, a daughter.
Nordtkb— In Brijrhton Township, Aug. 27th, to the wife of A. Nordyke, a daughter.
Robis— In this city, August 30th, to the wife of Harris Rubin, a son.
2i.vgel.mann — In this city, September 1st, to the wife of H. Zingelmann, a daughter.
ALTAR.
Borgroth-Phbrsok— In Fresno, August 26th, Henry Borgroth to Mary C. Pherson.
Brownleb-Wilson— In Antelope Valley, Aug. 27th, \V. E. Brownlee to A. Wilson.
BuRDICK-Elsworth— In Shasta, August 26th, E. W. Burdick to E. W. Elsworth.
Cooqle-Nolak — In this city, August 31st, Walter G. Google to Agnes Nolan.
Dickson-Turner— In Elk Grove, August 24th, G. \V. Dickson to Clara S. Turner.
Smith-Page— In this city, August 2Mth, George T. Smith to Anita Page.
Thomas-Wilds— In Chico, August 28th, Henry R. Thomas to Mattie J. Wilds.
TOME
Baker— In this city, September 1st, Albert Baker, aged 26 years and 8 months.
Boos— In this city, September 1st, Henry Boos, aged 35 years.
Cushing— At Blithdale, September 1st, Dr. John J. CuBhing, aged 58 years.
Deutscher — Iu this city, September 1st, John Deutscher, aged 60 years.
Dolan— In this city, August 31st, Catherine Dolan, aged 51 years.
Finkler— In Oakland, September 1st, Joaquin B. Finkler, aged 19 years.
Gorman —In this city, August 31st, John Gorman, aged 20 years.
HrcKET — In Sacramento, August 29th, Frank Hickey, aged 28 years.
Harrigen -In this city, September 1st, Patrick E. Harrigen, aged 7 months.
LrcAS— Near Angel's Camp, August 29th, George Lucas, aged 41 years.
Lewis— At Manor, Penn., August 31st, Catherine W. Lewis.
McCaffrey — In this city, September 1st, Patrick McCaffrey, aged 36 years.
Muller— In this city, August 30th, Louis Muller, aged 23 years.
Shaug— In this city, September 1st, Mrs. Emily Shaug, aged 60 years.
SMiTn— In this city, September 1st, Clara M. Smith, aged 10 months.
Schwartz— In this city, September 2d, George Schwartz, aged 35 years.
Sullivan— In this city, September 2d, Martin Sullivan, aged 10 months.
Steffkns— In Oroville, August 22d, Henry Steffens, aged 27 years.
Stover— In San Jose, AugUBt 27th, Emma Stover, aged 30 years and 6 months,
Williams— In this city, September 2d, Mary Williams, aged 35 years.
THE STORM IN LONDON AUGUST 2D AND 3D.
The exceptionably violent thunderstorm of last Saturday night
and Sunday morning appears to have extended over the greater part of
England, and in many localities was accompanied with torrents of rain
and hail. The lightning was of remarkable vividness and frequency — the
average number of flashes, during a period of nearly two hours, being, in
the vicinity of London, over a dozen per minute. Much damage was
done by hail in the south and southwest suburbs of the metropolis; but
the greatest fury of the storm seems to have been experienced in the val-
ley of Gloucestershire and in the district of Monmouth, where it raged
from 6 P. m. on Saturday till nearly 6 A. m. on Sunday. Telegraphic
communication between Monmouth and Gloucester was for some time
interrupted. Many of the people living in the vicinity of Dean Forest
are described as being literally terror-stricken by the thunder and light-
ning ; whilst at Buckingham this is said to have surpassed any that has
been experienced for many years, and the quantity of rain per acre which
fell during the storm is said to have been over seventy tons. Iu Norfolk,
the church of Wells-next- the -Sea wa3 struck by lightning and wrecked.
The safety of Peterborough Cathedral was a subject of grave anxiety, as
the building recently suffered during a comparatively slight thunderstorm ;
but, fortunately, the damage was not repeated. In Torquay, the light-
ning struck a chimney, which, falling through the roof into a room below,
knocked the stove out of its place, and two ladies who were in the room
had a very narrow escape. At Moulton, near Newmarket, some farm
buildings in the occupation of Mr. W. Staples were struck by lightning
and almost entirely destroyed. At Wilbraham the farm buildings in the
occupation of Mr. Moore shared a similar fate. In Chad Valley the
storm was very destructive, the beautiful gardens being swept as by a
tornado. The lightning struck a massive chimney in the gabled roof of
the mansion belonging to Sir W. E. Chance, splitting it through the
center, and hurling about five tons of brick and stonework into the build-
ing, the hall of which, as well as some of the bed-rooms, became flooded
by the rain. Fortunately, and curiously, all the inmates of the house
escaped without injury. At Tivetshall, Cambridge, a man was struck
dead by lightning, and in various parts of the country animals were simi-
larly killed. Kew Garden suffered very severely, for not only is an
enormous amount of glass broken, but the flowers and shrubs are greatly
mutilated. The gardens were^ in consequence, closed to the public. On
one side of Kew Green there is scarcely a pane of glass left whole, while
the Koman Catholic Chapel at Richmond is a complete wreck. It is es-
timated that the damage done by the storm at Twickenham alone will
amount to thousands of pounds. The Castle Hotel, Richmond, as far as
glass is concerned, is completely wrecked. Some thirty guests were stay-
ing at the Orleans Club, and were witnesses to the devastation of not only
thesmashing in of the heavy corrugated glass forming the dome of the
dining room, but the laying waste of the choice exotics in the beautiful
grounds. The loss there alone represents over £1,000. Lady John Chi-
chester's mansion, at the foot of Richmond Bridge, has suffered most
severely, as also that of Mr. Grant Duff, M. P., at York House, Straw-
berry Hill, and Lady Adeliza Manner's outbuildings have been more or
leas reduced to a wreck; whilst those well known strawberry growers,
Mr. Richard Clarke and Messrs. T. and J. Smith, have simply acres of
glass pulverized, involving a loss, irrespective of the fruit, of some hun-
dreds of pounds. — Electrician.
A Scotch lady had invited a gentleman to dinner on a particular day,
and he had accepted, with the reservation, "If I'm spared." "Weel
weel,' said the lady, " if ye 're dead I'll not expect ye."
We cannot indorse the Communistic faction who want to destroy all
Labor-saving machinery until we know their views about artificial teeth.
We must draw the line somewhere.
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INSURANCE AGENCY.
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Principal Office, 406 California Street, Shu Francisco.
Cash Assets, January 1, 1877, $095,291 ; Liabilities, S5,952 ; Surplus for Policy
Holders, §539,339. J. F. Houghton, President; L. L. Baker, Vice-President;
Charles R. Story, Secretary. R. H. MAGILL, H. H. BIGELOW, General Agents.
Directors. — San Francisco — L. L. Baker, John H. Redington, J, F. Houghton.
R. B. Gray, Robert Watt, John Currey, L. L. Baker, W. F. Whittier, C. C. Burr, E.
M. Root, W. H. White, J. L. N. Shepard, W. M. Greenwood. George S. Mann, Cyrus
Wilson, W. T. Garratt, C. Waterhouse, A. P. Hotaling, A. Block, A. K. P. Harmon,
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Valley— Wm. Watt, T. W. Sigourney. Portland, Oregon— W. S. Ladd, C. H. Lewis,
P. Wasserman, B. Goldsmith, D. Macleay. Virginia City, Nevada — John Gillig, Isaac
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Capital 81,125.000, TJ. S. Gold Coin.1
Losses Paid in Gold Coin Immediately After Adjustment.
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Switzerland, of Zurich. Capital 5,000,000 francs; Helvetia,
of St. Gall, Capital 10,000,000 francs ; Baloise, of Basle, Capital 5,000,000 francs.
These three Companies are liable jointly and severally for all losses that may be sus-
tained. Losses made payable in all the principal seaports of the world. In the set-
tlement of all claims under an English policy, these Companies will strictly adhere to :
the conditions and customs adopted at Lloyds, and submit to English jurisdiction.
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NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL LIFE INSUR. CO. OF BOSTON.
Has transacted the business of Life Insurance for nearly
thirty-five years. Its assets amount to over Fourteen Million Dollars. The
law of Massachusetts makes all its Policies nonforfeitable. It is a Purely Mutual Com-
pany, dividing every cent of surplus among Policy-holders. This is the Only Com-
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Nov. 18.
^ept. 6, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
;i
'The World." the Flesh, and the Devil.
[By a Truthful Penman.]
The Empress Eugenie, it is arranged, is to spend the autumn months,
and, it may be, to settle definitely with her mother at Caramanchel. The
place is a delightful one, with its extensive gardens and shrubberies, in the
arrangement of which the Countess of Montijo used in former years to
take no little pride and interest. But what sad memories the meeting is
sure to call back to the mind of both ladies ; and how many big events
there are between the departure of the mother and daughter from Cara-
manchel, twenty-five years ago. and the present hour! We wonder if the
Empress still remembers a piece de circomtuncc, or loa, as the name is,
which was composed on the occasion of her marriage by one of the leading
dramatic writers of Madrid, SeSor Kubi. Its title was La Perla del Qen-
til, and it was played in the house of the Countess of Montijo by several
young ladies, the friends of her daughter. The Pearl was, of course, the
heroine of the day, and it was carried away by the Imperial Eagle. Love,
Glory, Beauty, and Accomplishments, personated by as many maidens,
approached the Temple of Time, and asked what the future of the Pearl
was to be ; when Time answered, in high-sounding verse, that the future
was not an open book to him, but that he could anticipate only bright ai d
happy days. The happy days are gone ; and what an epilogue Time
could recite now if the foot was to be played again!^— In spite of wind,
weather and abnormal rain, the harvest in Ireland promises to be singu-
larly good. Hay in that country is exactly half its price in England at
present.— —A tall, gaunt, smileless man, clad in a sou'-wester hat and
high wading-boots, attempting to make hay, all by himself, in a water-
logged meadow, is a most melancholy sight. This sight I saw the other
day between Chertsey and Staines. Notwithstanding the serious train of
thought it provoked, I could hardly help smiling.— Atlas. -^A number
of gentleman in Western Ontaria, Canada, have procured a hundred quail
from the Mediterranean, which' they set at liberty a few weeks since. It
is hoped that some of these birds will breed in Canada this season, go
south in the autumn, and return again next spring. In that case it is the
intention of the same gentlemen to import a still larger number, with a
view to their speedy multiplication. Their introduction can only have for
its object the diversity of sport, as quail of a much larger size are plenti-
ful in Western Canada and the United States.-^— An English joint-stock
company, for selling butchers' meat, has opened business on a large scale
at Munich. The company propose to kill 200 beeves and 2,000 sheep a
week. They have already established sixteen shops in different parts of
the town, and entered into contracts for the supply of meat with several
regiments stationed at Munich and elsewhere in Bavaria.^— Ex-President
Ulysses (irant is first favorite for the next President of the United States.
He owes his present popularity, it is said, less to the services he formerly
rendered to the Republic than to the marked attentions which have been
shown to him by foreign potentates during his prolonged tour through
Europe and Asia. Detailed reports of his progress are regularly tele-
graphed to the American papers, which are read with the greatest interest
by the free and enlightened citizens of the United States. There seems
to be a secret hankering after " Principalities and Powers " in the breast
of the many-headed beast ; and if General Grant is not the rose, at least
"il a vecu pres d'elle." — London World.— — M. Ferdinand de Lesseps is
singularly fortunate in the encouragement he gets on all sides for his
gigantic undertaking. Not only has he the sympathies of the Imperial
family of France, but he is also backed up by the Radical party. Not
only have all the Freemasons' lodges given him their support, but the
Pope himself has sent him his blessing and his good wishes for the success
of the canal. Senator Burnside, of the United States, appears to be the
only person who is openly against it ; and, notwithstanding his opposi-
tion, the subscription has succeeded beyond all expectation. It remains
to be seen whether the enterprising Frenchman will keep his promise of
turning the first sod on New Year's Day. — World.^— Application has
just been made to the police authorities of Berlin for permission to con-
struct a system of tramways in the city upon which electricity will be
used for motive power. The inventor, Mr. Westpfahl, has had consider-
able experience in the construction of rail and tramways, and intends, if
the Berlin experiment succeeds, to apply the invention in all the larger
towns in Germany. We have ready for publication a description of the
system of Siemens and Halske, which ws hope to find room for in our
next issue. — Electrician, Aug. 9«A.— — Simple Electric Lamp. By. E.
Stohrer, Jr.— The author seeks to avoid the expensive mechanism of the
Duboscq, Serrin and Siemens lamps, all of which are designed for power-
ful currents. A sheet-iron float is placed within a vertical tube filled with
glycerine, and this tube constitutes the core of an electro-magnet, which
is included in the circuit. The float bears at itB upper end one of the car-
bon points, and at its lower extremity is continued by a metal rod dipping
into mercury, contained in the lower part of the tube, to establish elec-
trical^ circuit. The float is weighted until electro-magnetic attraction is
sufficient to overcome the flotative power ; by this means the upward
pressure of the lower carbon electrode may be made very small, and the
voltaic arc and light established with weak currents. The lamp is stated
to be successful. — Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 1879.— In the seven
most northern counties of Scotland there are forty-seven Bhooting-lodges,
varying from £260 to £700 a season, still unlet, while many have only
found tenants through a great reduction of rent. This little faot, no
doubt, accounts for the brilliant prospects of sport held out in the Scotch
papers. Grouse-disease, curiously enough, never appears until after a
moor has been let.— —The Btudies for the new opera by Gounod, Le Tri-
but de Zamora, are now going on at the Paris Grand Opera. M. Maurel
is to sing in the leading part. After it will come a new work by Am-
broise Thomas, Francoise di Rimini, and another by Massenet, Herodiade.
The successor of M. Halanzier in the managerial chair, M. Vaucorbeil, is
dwreaponsible for a little roup , ii„„ with the prices of f.-m-
thousand boxes taken by the v, „. ti„. lobscriptfon being inaroased bj
about nine pounds in the former case. It is ■ curious feature of French
high life that no leader of fashion in I'aris oonld do without nerdau at the
opera ; that is to say, the exclusive ixmemion of a box for a night weekly
all the year round, an item of expense quite exceptional in this country,
the cost of the luxury in the premieres loots de face (ten seats) is to be
henceforth ono hundred and ninety-two pounds sterling, instead of one
hundred and sixty-eight, as before. World. Means, Thomas De La
Kue & Co. have in the press a new book by Cavendish, consisting of gen-
eral and historical essays on cards and card games, decisions of the late
Mr. Clay or. disputed points, ami a collection of card-room reminiscences.
— On which leg are yon tattooed, dear ?" may be expected to be a fre-
quent question addressed to youth and beauty on the " Ladies' Lawn "
at Uoodwood. Odd that Mr. Bright, himself a master of good English,
did not know that the ordinary cultivated Bengalee speaks the most cor-
rect English of all her Majesty's subjects! A Brahmin said to a young
lady surprised at his fluency and correctness: " My dear young lady, I
ought to speak English better than you ; yon learnt yours from your
servants, I mine from the Son Francisco News Letter.^— The Zulus have
a palladium, to which much superstition attaches. It is a Bort of matted
seat, on which the warriors sit severally for a few seconds to be duly doc-
tored before going out to battle. It was made and placed in a certain
site by King Chaka, and there it remained, near the royal kraal, till last
May, when Cetewayo took it away -he may have done so for safety— to
his new fortress at the junction of the Black and White Umvolosi, but
its removal from its historical site is accepted by many Zulu chiefs as an
omen that the Zulu power is broken and near its fall. This they said be-
fore the destruction of Ulundi, which they looked upon as doomed when
the palladium left its old site.
MARTIN TAYLOR & CO.,
Stock Brokers,
429 CALIFORNIA STREET,
AND
BTOS. SS2 and 334 PIKE STIREET.
Stocks Bought and Sold and Carried on Margin of 20 Per Cent.
Privileges Negotiated on Favorable Terms,
AT PINE STKEET OFFICE.
[August 23.J
FAIRFAX MINING COMPANY,
426 CALIFORNIA STREET, ROOM NO. 2.
President JOHN W. COLEMAN.
Treasurer CKEN. O. H. LA ORANGE.
Secretary O.C.MILLER.
[October 12.]
Gbo. C. Hiceox. e. C. McFaelahb.
GEORGE C. HICK0X & CO.,
Clommission Stock Brokers (San Francisco Stock Ex.
/ change, No. 230 Montgomery street, San Francisco. May 4.
J. A. RUDKIN,
Member S. F. Stock and Exchange Board, 123 California
street. STOCKS Bought and Sold on Commission. Liberal Advances
made n Active Accounts. Oct. 26.
CARD.
I take pleasure in announcing: tkat I have completed ar-
rangements with P. F. de DERKY, M.D., whereby he will attend to my practice
during my absence abroad. Dr. de Derky has been a successful practitioner of med-
icine in the Southern and Eastern States, and, though recently having become a res-
ident of this city, I beg to commend him as worthy of your fullest confidence.
Yours respectfully, DR. D. ALBERT HILLER.
Relative to the above, I would say that my officers No. 17 Dupont street, Rooms
Nos. 6 and 6. Office Hours : from 11 to 12 o'clock a.M. and 2 to 4 p.m.
Aug. 30. F. F. de DERKY, M.D.
WAKELEE'S AUREOLINE
Produces the Beautiful Golden Hair so Much Admired.
SUPERIOR TO THE IMPORTED ARTICLE
—BY REASON OP ITS —
FRESHNESS AND CARE USED rN ITS PRODUCTION.
PRICE, LARGE BOTTLES. S3.
Manufactured by B. P. WAKEZEE * CO., Druggists, corner
Montgomery and Rush streets, S. E. [Aug. 2.
FRED H. BUSBY,
"VT°* *12 'Market street, San Francisco, Manufacturer of
J3( Archery Gloves, Finger Tips, Arm Guards, Boxing, Fencing and Base Ball
Gloves, for Catchers, Long Wrist Fishing Gloves, Belts for Uniforms, etc Archery
Clubs supplied at reduced rates. Busby's Archery Clubs are the only ones in the
market that will stand service and give satisfaction. July 12.
COKE CHEAPEST FUEL.
Reduction in Price : Wholesale Price, 50 cents per barrel ;
Retail Price, CO cents per barrel, at the works of the SAN FRANCISCO GAS-
LIGHT COMPANY, Howard and First streets, and foot of Second st. Jan. 12.
W.Morris. MORRIS & KENNEDY, J. F. Kennedy.
Importers and Beaters in Moldings, Frames, Engravings,
Chromos, Lithographs, Decaleomanie, Wax and Artists' Materials, 21 Post
street, nearly opposite Masonic Temple, San Francisco. Feb. 4.
QUICKSILVER.
For sale— In lots to suit, by Thomas Bell A Co., No. 305
Sansome street, over Bank of California. Nov. 16.
10
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Sept. 6, 1879.
THE RESULTS.
"We begin to know who the men are who are to rule over us. The
process of counting is necessarily slow and tedious, and full results will
not be ascertained before Monday. But enough is now known to indicate
who, in most cases, have been successful. First and foremost, the Hon.
Geo. C. Perkins is undoubtedly chosen Governor by a large majority. It
is estimated that the final vote will stand about thus: " For White, 42,
000; for Glenn, 45,000; for Perkins, 60,000; giving him a plurality of 15,000
over Glenn, and of 18,000 over White. These figures may be varied
slightly, but they are approximately correct. Mr. Perkins will make an
eminently safe and respectable Governor. He will satisfy his supporters,
and silence his opponents by a judicious and conservative course. Under
his administration the State will enjoy a much needed rest from political
turmoil, all parties will be content with his acts, and men's minds will
now be turned from profitless politics to the furtherance of real, material
and lasting progress. Disquiet, unrest, dissatisfaction and agitation, will
now pass away; capital will regain confidence, and labor, let us hope, will
find employment in profitable channels. The highest duty of every good
citizen is now to aid in restoring business prosperity. Let us beget confi-
dence in ourselves and in each other. California is rich as ever, its
resources are boundless, its soil productive beyond comparison, its mines
rich in the highest degree, the field for commercial enterprise is extending
every day, our climate interposes no checks to labor during any portion of
the year; our people will not admit that they are less skillful, or less vig-
orous, or less enterprising than the best people of any other State or country.
We occupyamost advantageous position on the earth's surface; we control
the one great port of the Pacific; we command the commerce of the peo-
ple who surround us on the north, south and west; we draw from our
brethren in the East; we have already attained a stalwart growth; we
own capital enough to run any enterprise, however great, that may pre-
sent itself. No single element necessary to material wealth and progress
is absent.
There is, then, no real reason why business should continue dull, or
that our people should remain unprosperous. A great revival of business
has set in throughout all the rest of the country, and there is no conceiv-
able reason why California, which has long been ahead in material pros-
perity, should lag behind, lose hope, and fail in the race of life. This is
not the spirit of the Argonauts — of the men who have made our city and
State what they are. The past has been fruitful, the future is full of
promise. We believe the worst is past, and that a new era of prosperity
is about to dawn upon our glorious California. Let every man cherish
this belief, and insist upon realizing it. The aggregate will be a wide-
spread success. If a Governor can do anything to inspire these hopeful
feelings, then George C. Perkins is just the man to inspire them. He is
himself the very personification of that bouyancy of spirits that comes of
success He is himself a successful man, brimful of hope. He represents
the best spirit of the pioneers. The election of such a man, at this time,
ought to be reassuring, and we believe it will be. Undoubtedly a good
man has been chosen Governor, and excellent officers have been selected
to aid him.
The Supreme Bench is likely to be composed of unexceptionable mate-
rials. Morrison, as Chief Justice, will maintain the dignity of the posi-
tion, and discharge its duties with strict integrity. Firmer and abler men
have been Chief Justicesof this State, but in the purenessof his life, and the
incorruptibility of his character, he is second to none. His Associates are
likely to be McKinstry, McKee, Thornton, Sharpstein, and probably
Belcher and Catlin. Thus we are sure of an honest and fairly capable
Supreme Bench. That is a result which all honest men should rejoice
over. It is a guarantee that the laws will be righteously administered,
and that life and property will be safe.
The Republicans appear to have elected all four Congressmen, who are
men above the average in point of character and ability. Messrs. Davis,
Pacheco, McKenna and Page constitute probably the strongest delega-
tion that has ever been sent to Washington from this State. Being in ac-
cord with the national administration, they will be able to secure us what-
ever advantages California is entitled to from the national Government.
They will not affect the present status of parties in the House of Assem-
bly, and the possibility of the election of the next President being thrown
into the House is so remote a contingency as to be hardly worth dwell-
ing upon.
At this present writing it is not certain who will constitute the full
Board of Railroad Commissiooers. General Stoneman is undoubtedly
elected. Cone is pretty certainly chosen in the district embracing Sacra-
mento and Alameda, whilst Beersteeher appears likely to be successful in
the San Francisco District. It is not thought probable that any one of
these three men will come to the discharge of their onerous duties with
insensate hate against the railroad. Not one of them is pledged to the
absurd notions of Cohen or Gorham. They have not undertaken to pre-
judge theinquiry which it is their duty to make under the terms of the
Constitution. They are practically judicial officers, who will be sworn to
find a true judgment according to the facts. We confidently believe they
can be relied upon to do that, with honesty towards the public and with-
out prejudice against the railroad. Undoubtedly worse men might have
been elected.
In the State Legislature there will be a representation of all parties,
and, although the Republicans will be the most numerous, yet no one
party will have an absolute majority of the whole. Probably this will
prove to have been the very best result that could possibly have been
achieved. All the interests will be represented, all views will find expo-
nents, and, in the end, legislation will be a fair mean between the ex-
tremes. The next Legislature will have much important work to do in
framing measures in accordance with the New Constitution. Those
measures will now almost necessarily be framed in the spirit of com-
promise, and that is about the best thing that could happen. The Legis-
lature is, therefore, all right.
Our city government will fall into the hands of men who, upon the
mu «V arie- llkely to Prove better officers than was at one time expected.
Ihe Workjngmen's ticket has not been entirely successful. Some of their
worst nominees have been eliminated, whilst only their best have been
successful, J. P. Dunn, as Auditor, will do no discredit to the party that
has elected him, and will serve the city fairly well. D. L. Smoot, as Dis-
trict Attorney, fills a position which, under the new Constitution, has had
its importance increased, He is a sound lawyer and an honest man. He
was*]w nominee of all parties except the Republican. Desmond, for
Sheriff, is well spoken of by those who know him, but of our own knowl-
edge we are not able to condemn or praise. Alexander Badlam has run
away ahead of his ticket and is undoubtedly elected. This is a fitting tri-
umph to an experienced, competent and honest Assessor. Mr. Stuart, for
County Clerk, is also ahead of his ticket, and may possibly be elected,
though that is not yet certain. His opponent on the Workingmen's
ticket is Mr. Freud, who is said to be surrounded by. a host of expectant
deputies entirely unfit for positions requiring experience and technical
knowledge. J. W. Taylor is believed to be elected Superintendent of
Public Instruction. The Reverend Kalloch is probably elected' Mayor.
It is to be hoped that the doubts which have recently been thrown upon
his sincerity towards the workingmen will not drive him to extreme meas-
ures in order to prove that sincerity. Late events may have a moderating
effect upon him, and, if so, it will be well. It is impossible to tell yet
who have been chosen Supervisors or members of the Board of Education.
Upon the whole the election has turned out better than was expected.
The city and State are safe. Enough conservative men have been elected
to hold the wayward ones in check. Our citizens should now betake them-
selves to business and leave the officials to do the governing.
GEORGE C. PERKINS ELECTED GOVERNOR.
The long-continued doubt and anxiety as to the Governorship of
the State are now at an end, and George C. Perkins is elected to fill the
office. ThiB is a most fortunate ending of a great struggle, and in view of
the forthcoming legislation, in pursuance of the new Constitution, Cali-
fornia may congratulate itself that Mr. Perkins holds the power of veto
for the next four years. Communism has been defeated, notwithstanding
the immense support it received during the last two years from the
Chronicle and the Call, and we doubt if ever it will reach as high a degree
of organization and of strength again in this State. The Honorable
Bilks, notwithstanding the startling accounts of progress and of certain
success published in the Chronicle, have made a miserable failure, and one
of the most assuring results of the election is that the De Youngs and all
their followers have been signally routed. The live paper, which was to
dictate to a million people, has had not a particle of influence on the elec-
tions, and Charles De Young is to-day under bail of §25,000 to answer for
his attempt on the life of Kalloch. The defeat of the De Youngs and
their infamies is something to be thankful for, and with Perkins for Gov-
ernor, California may once again raise its head. It has vindicated itself
from the disgrace that threatened it, and if Flint should carry the city,
the success would be complete. At least we have now a perfect guar-
antee in Governor Perkins that ignorance, incompetence and dema-
goguism will not ride rough-shod over the best interests of the State.
Capitalists may take heart for the future, and property owners may con-
gratulate themselves that Perkins will protect them and do justice to all
parties. We have some hope that the flow of capital from other States
and from abroad, which has been interrupted for th^last two years, will
re-commence, and that the depression of trade and rae low rates of wages
which have lasted so long will give way to more active business and to
higher wages. There is no doubt that the workingmen have more to gain
from the success of Perkins and Flint than from that of their own nomi-
nees, as with the former is associated protection to life and property,
while with the latter is associated the predominance of demagogues. All
over the Eastern States the triumph of Perkins will be hailed with satis-
faction, and his election will be accepted as a viudication of the fair name
of the State. We have escaped a great peril through the abiding sense of
right and justice in the minds of the people at large. The electors have
risen to the dignity of the occasion, and have set California right in the
eyes of the world. The New Constitution is now shorn of most of its
terrors, because Perkins will never set his name to a bill deliberately cal-
culated to injure the State. The chaos, therefore, that the Chronicle
hoped to bring about for the benefit of itself and its disreputable minions,
has been warded off, and in the election of Perkins and the collapse of
the Chronicle we see the dawn of a better day for all the material inter-
ests of our people. We hope that the people themselves will remain
steadfast in the line of policy on which they seem to have at last entered,
as no State can afford to place itself before the world in a disreputable
light, such as we have been condemning for the last two years. We have
now to recover from severe prostration^f trade and industry ; and, the
government of the State in safe hands, the people can now afford to bestir
themselves in furtherance of their own material welfare. The best ele-
ments of California have gained a great victory over the worst elements,
and we may now rest oh our laurels in the calm assurance that Perkins
will act for the best.
THE FUTURE.
Now that the political contest which has agitated the State for the
past six months has been brought to a conclusion, we trust that peace,
order and prosperity will succeed the storm. What is needed for our fu-
ture welfare is not agitation, but development of our material resources,
and we believe the best remedy for any or all evils afflicting the body pol-
itic will be found in renewed industry and steady application. The onus
now rests upon capitalists and 'employers, and if they are wise the ma-
chinery will be set in motion to restore the normal condition of affairs.
We have had too much speculation and too little legitimate business. It
seems to have been thought by many that mining speculation was the
foundation of our Bocial Bystem instead of being merely an offshoot. La-
bor— honest labor — at fair living rates, is the only solid basis for any com-
munity. Let it be understood that we do not disparage stock speculation,
but advise that it be confined to the surplus earnings of industry, and
that industry itself be paramount. Compare for a moment the stagnant
condition of the stock market with its healthy tone in other days, when
commerce, agriculture and the mechanic arts flourished, and the argument
is unanswerable that upon the success of these things depends the pros-
perity of all else. There are new regions to be opened up to cultivation,
old ranches to be subdivided, roads and railroads to be built, quartz and
gravel mineB to be developed, vineyards to be planted and timber- lands to
be turned to account — and not more than a quarter of a million men avail-
able for all these purposes. Surely, a right_ disposition on all sides is the
only requisite for success. Capital is wasting from inaction and labor is
exhausted by its prolonged contest. Now is the time to strike while thfl
iron is hot. Delays are useless and dangerous. Capital has shown its
ability for self -protection ; let it display its wisdom now in removing the
causes and motives of discontent. The deadlock has lasted too long ; let
it give way to vitalizing industry.
A retired Boston fireman calls himself an ex-spurt.
Sept. 6, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVEUTISKK.
11
THE TOWN CRIER.
On* that will play ib« d*vU, ,,? with jon."
Which tnads him erow hnld« and boldtr."
GOVERNOR PERKINS.
The fight is fought, the Labor done.
Ami once again true worth has won;
For, let the rest be what it inav,
Tis Perkins bears the jmlm away.
S<>me loot may to the rabble fall.
And in the City Mare's snug stall
An ass of bras* may get his oats,
By virtue of misguided votes;
But why bewail the city's fate
While Admiral Perkins rules the State?
All honor to the man, we say.
Who reaps his rich reward to-day;
Well hath he borne the heat of fight.
And well upheld the cause of right.
The filthy missiles of the foe
Have left his shield as white as snow;
Each calumny and lying word
Lies prone beneath his kuightly sword ;
He issues from the foul campaign
W itb 'scutcheon free from spot or stain ;
The more of his past life we know,
The more in favor doth he grow.
They tried to prove his record bad
By pointing to the sailor-lad ;
As if d sgrace and lowly toil
Went hand in hand on Yankee soil!
Then, finding this of no avail,
The bloodhounds raised a dismal wail,
Because the cabin-boy had grown
To call a dozen ships his own.
*' Monopoly !" they madly yelled.
And thought that they his death had knelled ;
But long ago this slogan ceased
To influence voters in the least ;
For it is plain to all men's eyes
That, by the papers, enterprise
And wealth that won't submit to be
Blackmailed, is styled "monopoly!"
So, on the sea of politics,
The Admiral blew his foes to Styx !
And, loaded to the rail with votes,
His frigate swamped their leaky boats.
We remark with a certain pleasure that Mr. John W. Taylor is to
have the opportunity to clear himself of all the imputation put upon him
in private and in public, since he first attracted notice to himself by the
grand Ewald Anti-Climax Investigation last December, January, Febru-
ary, and the rest of the months that are last. Mr. Thomas P. Cleary has
made charges against the Director-candidate, and calls for their investiga-
tion ; and it is quite likely he will not call in vain. A good, long, healthy
investigation of Mr. Taylor would probably furnish to the public at least
as much unpleasant scandal as the buying of questions ; and the San
Francisco public, while it is eminently decent, loves nothing so much as a
round, fat, tough bit of scandal to chew upon for eight or ten months.
John A. Moore and Ewald are not bad names to repeat till your hair
turns gray. And why should not Taylor do as well ? Try them. Conjure
with them ; will raise the spirits and fill the newspapers as well as Ewald.
And there is something to be made clear in Mr. Taylor's transactions.
We have published again and again what amounted to presumptive evi-
dence against him, so strong that he should have insisted on an investiga-
tion for his own sake, if, indeed, he cared for his reputation as an official ;
and one fact, to which we have called attention from the beginning, should
be remembered against him as long as men take the trouble to remember
him : his use and probable invention of anonymous letters concerning
teachers obnoxious to him. What his sense of public duty is may be seen
from his confession that he knew of cases of corruption in the School De-
partment which he kept covered from a scruple of honor. The honor
which does not make a man hold his peace in such cases can hardly be of
the sensitive kind which satisfies the tax-payers that it will stand tempta-
tion.
A thoughtful and provident citizen of a back county in North Caro-
lina has been keeping up a fire in his house for twenty-six years, because
it was burning when he brought his bride home. This looks like dis-
counting the future in a perfectly reckless way ; but the sons and daugh-
ters of this old gentleman have been brought up around the fiery hearth,
and must be well seasoned by this time, so that most probably they will
be able to hold their own when they go where good fires are kept. It
might be well for some of our Californians, with or without brides, to try
this North Carolina system of training ; though, to be sure, it Beems like
taking an unfair advantage of an innocent devil.
The Baltimore "Herald," following up an extremely rich philo-
sophical lead struck by a Canadian paper, says that salt is an incentive
to drunkenness, because it creates thirst. There can be no doubt of it ;
and this accounts for the entirely disreputable character and uproarious
behavior of cows, which run after salt wherever they can find it, and go
reeling drunk to their homes in consequence. Philology comes in to sup-
port this view of the salt-pan ; for while, in all tongues, a drunkard is
known as a hog, no man has ever yet descended low enough to be called a
cow, not even in Baltimore. " How charming is divine philosophy I "
The "Bulletin" declares that " California alone, of all the States in
the Union, has the secret ballot in perfection." We never thought so
much of ourselves before, but perhaps it is all true. At the same time, it
is odd that the Bulletin makes no allusion whatever to the secret bullet,
which also we possess in perfection, if any State does. Call you this
backing of your friendB?
A ady reomtb walk* 1 Into tho ftfafoa, in New York, while bar
menda were weeping over her ..|.,«^.| ratnaina. This must have been
.-xtivnuly annoying to all partiea, Inducting the remaina. which had taken
hm trouble to go through ■ Il(1i ^.t tbfltnaefvai deoentlylald
;'.V: •-" y ' '"' contemplated It really
looks aaU aoaaty were completely dietWKauiaed In tinea dayi broompe-
tition and the mercantile spirit ; hut the total want of tact and regard for
otber people i feelings shown by thin lady, surpass anything we have met
with, it would be a satisfaction to know that bar friends went on with
the tuneral, though cut short in the enjoyment of their misery.
A German paper, which must he edited by a nimble man, declares
that it w wrong to wntv in novels that the "sea ran mountains hi-'h "
because, in fact, the aea runs wry little more than twenty feet high. The
tierman is right ; and it in equally wrong to speak of a gorgeous sunset,
tor the sun does not set ; or the moonlight sleeping on ft bank, for moon-
light never sleeps, or Father Khine. for the Rhine is a wet river
and nobody s father at alt. In point of fact, it is wrong to use any
words, at any time, for words always mean something else. The correct
thing » to open your mouth only when you're hungry, and hold your
tongue under all circumstances.
Mix-d up, very ! One of the papers speaks of the Workingmen
marching to the polls in solid phalanx, like the Macedonian legions of
Pyrrnua. 1 he head in which this noble sentence was born should be cut
off, and handed round on a charger for general inspection. It mi"ht
afterward be put to good use in the Boys' High School, if it were hand-
somely embalmed and properly labeled. No doubt the poor fellow felt
better after he got those extraordinary legions out of his solid phalanx of
a brain ; but, if he is not killed in time, he may go on doing this kind of
thing, and then where shall we be ?
The Rev. Kalloch promised on the word of a minister that, if elected
Mayor, he would drive the Chinese out of San Francisco. Now that it
looks as if he would be elected, his friends have offered a reward of one
thousand dollars for any scheme to get the haythens to go, or a good ex-
cuse for the Mayor's not driving them out. We know that we will be
beat out of the reward and never get a particle of credit for this idea, but
,7° Wl11 move llis temple to Dupont street, and also get Kearney
to address the Sunday mutual admiration meeting from the balcony of
the Joss House, we are sure the Chinese will quit.
p1"" California climate is rather ahead of anything ; but one can't
help hankering, now and then, after those heavy rains they have in other
countries in summer. In New York, for instance, they never have the
streets filthy more than three or four weeks at a time, because the rain is
sure to come along and sweep everything before it. Twelve times a year
at least, often sixteen times, the Btreets there are clean, while we never
enjoy that sight more than three times. This is to be noted in future
"Resources of California."
The city papers are snapping their fingers at the Eastern journals,
and swelling with pride at the decency and quiet of our election. These
patriots overstep the modesty of nature, and protest too much. It is
quite true that we do very little fighting and roaring about the polls, but
the reason is that we empty our pistols into each other the day before the
election.
Fuck proposes to make use of the police as a kind of municipal acci-
dent-machine to restore the reason of idiots by shocking them with clubs.
A very good suggestion for New York ; but, in this neighborhood, we are
going to reach the same end by reforming the government. The only
fear is that the recoil may unsettle the few stable heads left among us.
We knew him well, and last week heard him remark to a friend :
" If this thing goes on much longer and the W. P. C. come into power I
tell you, on the word of a thirty-year resident of San Francisco, that the
State is ruined." Yesterday he was setting up the beer for Moore and
Beerstecher, and sparring them for a place as deputy pound clerk.
There ia a great deal of sarcasm wasted on Chile and Peru, because
they will have their little set-to, like bigger boys; but it is time to speak
more respectfully. They know how to get up a mob, and how to charge
it, slashing right and left as well as if they were French or German or
Russian or English. Paving stones and sabreB make the whole world kin.
A man was fined S60 by Louderback for selling quail out of season.
We had seventeen mind-wrecking jokes written on the criminal who
quailed before the Judge, and whose fault was not quailified by any cir-
cumstances, but our manuscript was lost in a fearful combat with the ed-
itor of this chaste journal, who failed to see the joke.
A choice collection of suicidal implements, Buch as chloral hydrate,
pistols, Call editorials, laudnum, morality from the Bulletin, portraits of
Glenn, strychnine, arsenic, Dr. Coggswell, and so forth, on hand and for
sale on easy terms, to defeated candidates. Conditions: No slop to be
made within forty feet of this office.
The moral Hast is crying out against the lotteries of the Southern
States, and we quite agree with the moral East. A man who respects
himself cannot dream of throwing away honest money upon these swin-
dling games when a few dollars will buy a ticket in the Havana Lottery.
Now that the election is over,_could not something be done to get
up a statue for somebody ? The city is very much in need of beautifying,
and almost anybody would do for a subject, and anybody else for a sculp-
tor. The idea should take shape, however.
By actual count, 16,891 persons have been done out of two bits each
in fruitless efforts to get a sight of that stupendous fraud, the Victoria
Kegia. Many have paid, but none have seen; and where does the money
go to ? And where is Kearney ?
That young gentleman keeps on writing to the papers to know
whether it is proper to take hold of a young lady's arm in the street?
Proper? Of course ; but you don't get so good a hold on her as if you
took her by the back of the neck.
Athanaaius Anagnostopoulus tried to cast his vote the other day
in a Second Ward precinct, but was not able to get his name through the
window, which it still chokes. Fortunately he was the last man in the
precinct.
In spite of the "Chronicle," Kalloch still takes the Bulletin [bul-
letin I !].
12
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Sept. 6, J 879.
C. P. R. R.
Overland Ticket Office : Ferry Landing:, foot
of Market street, —Commencing' Monday,
May 19th, 1379, and until further notice.
Trains and Boats wil leave
SAV FRANCISCO:
7AA A. M. (daily), Vallejo- Steamer (from Market
*\J\J street Landing- — Connecting- with Trains for
Napa (Stages for Sonoma), Caiistoga (the Geysers),
and Sacramento. Connecting at Davis (Sundays except-
ed) for Woodland and Knight's Landing, and at Wood-
land for Williams and Willows.
(Arrive San Francisco 8:10 p.m.)
7 Ark A.M. (daily) Local Passenger Train (via Oakland
-W Ferry) and via Livermore arriving at Tracy
at 11:30 A. M. and connecting with Atlantic Express.
Connects at Niles with Train arriving at San Jose at
10:15 A.M.
(Returning, train from Tracy arrives at 6:05 p.m.)
8AA A.M. (daily), Atlantic Express Train (via Oak-
. W land Ferry, Northern Ry. and S. P. & T. R. R.)
for Sacramento, Marysville, Redding, Portland (Or.),
Colfax, Reno (Virginia City), Palisade (Eureka), Ogden
and Omaha. Connects at Gait with train arriving at
lone at 3:40 P.M.
(Arrive San Francisco 5:15 p.m.)
Sunday Excursion Tickets to San Pablo and Marti-
nez at Seduced Bates.
"I A /\ /\ A. M. (daily) via Oakland Ferry, Local Passea-
Iv^l/V ger Train to Haywards and Niles.
(Arrive San Francisco 4:05 p.m.)
3AA P.M. (daily) San Jose Passenger Train (via Oak-
.\J\J land Ferry and Niles), stopping at all Way Sta-
tions. Arrives at San Jose at 5:20 P.M.
(Arrive San Francisco9:35 A.M.)
3 A A P.M. (daily) Northern Railway Passenger Train
• "V (via Oakland Ferry) to San Pablo, Martinez
and Antioch.
(Arrive San Francisco 9:35 a.m.)
A A A P.M. (daily) Arizona Express Train (via Oak-
l±AJ\J iand Ferry, Northern Ry. and S. P. & T. R. R.)
for Lathrop (and Stockton), Merced, Madera, Visalia,
Sumner, Mojave, Newhall (San Buenaventura, and Santa
Barbara), Los Anqeles, "Santa Monica," Wilmington,
Santa Ana (San Diego), Colton and Yuma (Colorado
River Steamers), connecting direct with Daily Trains
of the Southern Pacific Railroad of Arizona for Mari-
copa (Daily Stages for Phoenix and Prescott), and for
Casa Grande (lsii miles cast from Yuma), and end of
Track (Daily Stages for Florence and Tucson).
"Sleeping Cars" between Oakland, Los Angeles and
Yuma.
(Arrive San Francisco 12:35 P.M.)
4AA P. M. (Sundays excepted) Vallejo Steamer (from
• vv/ Market Street Landing), connecting with trains
for Caiistoga, (the Geysers), Woodland, Knight's Land-
ing and Sacramento ; and at Sacramento with Pas-
senger Train, leaving at 9:35 p.m. for Truckee, Reno,
Carson and Virginia.
" Sleeping Cars " between Vallejo and Carson.
- (Arrive San Francisco 11:10 a.m.)
A t~\f\ P.M. (Sundays excepted) Sacramento Steamer
T.vU (from Wash'n St. Wharf), for Beniciaand Land-
ings on the Sacramento River.
(Arrive San Francisco8:00 p.m.)
4f\f\ P.M. (daily), Through Third Class and Accom-
• ^-£jr modatiou Train (via Oakland Ferry, North-
ern Ry. and S. P. & T. R. R.) connecting at Lathrop
with Train arriving at Los Angeles on second day at
11:55 a.m. (Arrive San Francisco 9:05 A.M.
4 9f) P.M. (daily) Local Passenger Train (via Oak-
• O" land Ferry) to Haywards, Niles and Liver-
more. (Arrive San Francisco 8:35 a.m.)
£C (~fc(~) P-M. (daily) Overland Emigrant Train (via
tJ* VJKJ Oakland Ferry aDd Northern Railway) to
Ogden, Omaha and East.
Public conveyance for Mills Seminary connects at Sem-
nary Park Station with all trains, Sundays excepted.
FERRIES AND LOCAL TRAINS
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Route.
From SAN FRANCISCO— Baity— BS:i0, b6:30, 7.20, 8:15,
9:15, 10:15, 11:15 A.M. 12:15, 1:15, 2:25, 3:15, 4:15,
5:15, 6.15 P.M.
From OAKLAND— Baity— 35:S0, B6:20, 7:10, 8:05, 9:05,
10:05, 11:05 A. M. 12:05, 1:05, 8:15, 3:05, 4:05, 5:05,
6:05 p.m. B— Sundays excepted.
"Official Schedule Time" furnished by Raj.-doi.pii &
Co., Jewelers, 101 and 103 Montgomery St., S. F.
T. H. GOODMAN, Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agt.
A. N. Townb, General Superintendent.
Commencing Monday, June ad, 1S79,
and until further notice, Boats and Trains will
leave San Francisco as follows :
7"| A A.M., from San Quentin Ferry, daily (Sundays
• J-" excepted), connecting at San Rafael with
Mail and Express Train for Petaluma, Santa Rosa,
Healdsburg, Cloverdale and way stations. Making stage
connections at Geyserville for Skaggs' Springs ; Clover-
dale for Ukiah, Lakeport, Mendocino City, Highland
and Bartlett Springs, Soda Bay and the Geysers; connec-
tion made at Fultou for Korbel's, Guerneville and the
Redwoods. Returning, arrive in San Francisco at 6:25
p.m. Passengers going by this train will arrive at the
Geysers at 2 p.m.
3(~i/~i P. M. daily (Sundays excepted), Steamer
• ^-fx-f " James M. Donahue " (Washington Street
Wharf) , connecting with Mail and Express Train at Don-
ahue for Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Healdsburg, Cloverdale,
and way stations. Making stage connections at Lake-
ville for Sonoma. Returning, arrive in San Francisco
at 10:10 A.M.
Sunday Excursions at Reduced Rates.
8 1 K a.m., Sundays only, via San Quentin Ferry
• J- O and San Rafael, for Cloverdale and Way Sta-
tions. Returning, arrive in San Francisco at 7:55 p.m.
Fares for Round Trip: Petaluma, 81.50; Santa Rosa, $2.00;
Healdsburg, S3 00; Cloverdale, St.50; Fulton, $2.50; La-
guna, $3.00; Furestville, 83.50; Korbel's, $3.75; Guerne-
villc, $4.
Freight received at Washington st. Wharf
from 7 a.m. till 2.30 p. m., daily (except
Sundays) .
A. A. Bean, A. Hughes, Jas. M. Donahue,
Sup't. Gen. Manager. Gen. Pass. &. Tkt. Agt.
[June 7.]
Natural beauty surpasses any-
thing which can be imparted by
artificial means. PHOSPHATE
SOAP gives health to the skin
simply by removing impurities and
eradicating the poisons which give
rise to skin diseases.
Not only tor cfaily use on the fac9
and hands, but for bathing the
entire body, there is nothing equal
to PHOSPHATE SOAP. It is a
thorough disinfectant and removes
offensive odors of every kind.
Ask your Fruggist for it.
S^S^HORTHERN,;
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(^omiuenciiijar Monday, April 21, 1879,
j and until further notice, Passenger Trains will leave
San Francisco, from Passenger Depot on Townsend
street, between Third and Fourth streets, as follows :
8 90 a.m. daily for San Jose and Way Stations.
•*'*-' ^= Stages for Pescadero (via San Mateo)
connect with this train only.
QQ() A-M (Sundays only) for San Jose and Way Sta.
*** " ^ tions. Returning, leaves San Jose at 6 p.m
"I f\ zJ-O A-M- dailv for San Jose' Gilr°y. Hollister,
-LV-/'^CV-' TresPinos, Pajaro, Salinas, Soledad and
all Way Stations. ^At Pajaro, the Santa Cruz
R. R. connects with this train for Aptos, Soquel and
Santa Cruz. ^g= At Salinas the M. & S. V. R. R.
connects with this train for Monterey. jF#" Stage
connections made with this train. (Pescadero Stages via
San Mateo excepted.)
Parlor Car attached to tills Tralu.
(SEATS AT REDUCED RATES.)
Q QH P-M. daily (Sundays excepted) for San Jose,
t». %J \_/ Gilroy, Pajaro, Hollister, Tres Pinos and prin-
cipal Way Stations.
SPECIAL NOTICE.^The Santa Cruz R. R. and the
M. & S. V. R. R., which have been connecting with this
Train on Saturdays at Pajaro and Saunas respectively,
have been withdrawn for the season. Those intending
to visit Aptos, Soquel, Santa Cruz or Monterey will take
the train leaving San Francisco at 10:40 a.m. daily.
3Q f\ p.m. (Sundays only) for San Jose and Way Sta-
■ «J \J tions.
4C)£C p.m. daily (Sundays excepted) for San Jose and
• AO Way Stations.
O^ C\C\ p- m. daily (Sundays excepted) for MenloPark
* ^ **J and Way Stations.
£i Of) p.m.— daily.for MenloPark and Way Stations.
Excursion Tickets at Reduced Rates
To San Jose and intermediate points sold on Saturdays,
and Sunday mornings, good for return until following
Monday inclusive.
Also, EXCURSION TICKETS to Aptos, Soquel, Santa
Cruz and Monterey, sold on Saturdays only— good for
return until'the following Monday inclusive.
%W Principal Ticket Office— Passenger Depot, Town-
send street. Branch Ticket Office— No. 2 New Mont-
gomery street, Palace Hotel.
A. C. BASSETT, Supt. H. R. JUDAH, A. P. & T. A.
SOI'TIIERX DIVISIONS.
Commencing Monday, May 1 9th,
1879,
E5^~ Passengers for points on the Southern Divisions
of the road will take the ears of the Central Pacific Rail-
road via OAKLAND, leaving SAN FRANCISCO via Ferry
Landing, Market street, at 4:00 P.M. daily (Arizona Ex-
press Train), and making close connection at GOSHEN
for Sumner, Mojave, Los Angeles, Wilmington, Ana-
heim, Colton, Colorado River, Yuma, Maricopa and Casa
Grande (1S2 miles east from Yuma). May 31.
Ladies who have injured the skin
by the constant use of cosmetics
may do much to restore their faces
to that beauty which nature alone
can give by constantly using PHOS-
PHATE SOAP.
For chapped hands the constant
use of PHOSPHATE SOAP will
be recommended by all who give
it one fair trial.
If you want a nice article of
Toilet Soap and something that is
beneficial to the skin, buy PHOS-
PHATE SOAP.
Ladies who wish to make the
skin look beautiful and natural
should use PHOSPHATE SOAP.
Manufactured by "Standard Soap Co.,"
204 Sacramento St., San Francisco.
I'AMKOKNIA ADVERTISER.
13
THE PEDDLERS SONG.
Lawn as whit* as driven snow ; Gold quoips and stomachers,
Cypress black as e'er was crow ; For my lads to give their dears ;
Gloves as Bweet as damask roses; Pins and poking-sticks of steel.
Masks for faces and for noses ; What maids lack from head to heel:
Bugle-bracelet, necklace, amber; Come buy of me,come;comebuy,comebuy,
Perfume for a lady's chamber; Buy, lads, or else your lasses cry.
William Sdakspbarb.
At the Terrace Baths, Alameda, there will be a grand Swimming
and Diving Tournament on Saturday next, September 13th, beginning at
2 P.M. sharp. These magnificent baths, which are the resort of so many
thousands during the week, will be crowded on this occasion. The Tour-
nament will be conducted under the auspices and rules of the Neptune
Swimming and Boating Club, who have kindly offered their services;
and the programme is one of matchless interest, including Race for Boys
under 16, Fancy Diving Match, Race open to all Amateurs, Swimming
Race for Professionals, etc. The prizes are Gold Medals, except for pro-
fessionals in the grand race for S50, and for this an entrance fee of $10 is
required. Three entries must be made for each race. Entries close at
12 m. on September 10th, and applications must be made to the Commit-
tee, Solon H. Willliams, 414 Clay street, and R. B. Cunningham, 410 Cal-
ifornia street, or at the Baths. To appreciate the magnitude of this es-
tablishment one should see it, as we did the past week, during the process
of cleaning, when the diving holes were pumped out and the whole bottom
scraped and cleaned. For size and cleanliness no one compares with it.
Commerson, the famous humorist of Le Tintamarre, had but one
name, and needed no other, since there was but one Commerson. Not his
personal friends only, but the public generally, knew there could be none
but he ; and he never missed the names he had not. The case of Mrs.
Skidmore is a similar one. All those who are interested in the move-
ments of the fashionable world and the changes in the styles of ladies
hats and bonnets, speak of Mrs. Skidmore as they do of Worth, for there
is but one of either. The assortment of latest novelties from Paris and
New York, now open at 1114 Market street, is attracting general admira-
tion, and the store is daily crowded.
A learned English judge recently charged the jury, in a case of
forgery brought before his court, to the effect that, while some weight
was to be given to the testimony of experts in the matter of handwriting,
it was by no means to be taken as decisive, since certainty was beyond the
reach of even the most skillful specialist. At the same time, those who
are careful to sign their names with suitable pens may feel assured of their
own signatures ; and the McKinnon Pen, carried in the pocket, always
ready with its ink, enables a man to make the same firm and character-
istic strokes wherever he may be. Spence & Co., 24 Geary street, supply it.
The "Cincinnati Enquirer" has been looking at Niagara Falls by
the electric light, and thinks it more wonderful than Bennett's incognito
or Conkling's notion of manly honor. "When a flood of white light is
projected between the red and blue, the waterfall becomes the represent-
ative of that banner of beauty and bravery, the American flag. True,
most true ; and for this Niagara was created matchless among cataracts ;
and like Niagara is Swain's Restaurant, 213 Sutter street, the favorite
place for the beauty and bravery of San Francisco to lunch and dine with
comfort and elegance and perfect order and style.
Now that the election is over, and everything beginning to settle
into another two years' rut, with another crop of temporary great men to
become acquainted with, it i3 proper that we should do our rejoicing at
success and mourning over defeat decently and in order. Those who have
elected their candidates should drink to their glory ; those who have lost
the game should take something cheerful for their stomach's sake. For
both classes there is nothing equal to Landsberger's Private Cuve*e, the
liveliest, the richest, the most wholesome of all sparkling wines.
What are called modern improvements in houses are not always
improvements, so many of them are poorly contrived and badly put up ;
but this is altogether the fault of the plumbers and gas-fitters, who are
not always equal to their duty. It is only by applying to such a house as
McNally & Hawkins, the oldest and best known firm in the business, that
one can be sure of getting first-class articles, with the most thorough
workmanship. Their stock of goods is unequaled for variety and beauty,
and their store, in the Grand Hotel, is a kind of fair in this line.
Tapestry Brussels, $1 per yard and upwards ; fine newpatterns. Call
and Bee them. Window shades, 75 cents and upwards. Window lace, 12£
cents and upwards. Cornices, wall paper, etc. Oilcloths, 50 cents per
yard and upwards. Hartshorn & McPhun, 112 Fourth st., near Mission.
A Brief Story about Chnmpagne. Champagne, Ilka everything
wniooM m. - y, .,.. improving, and Mob hr.wi.l has it* «>ii*.m in the world
of fRKimii. J*he RoHian eolJfan In 1816, when nukrahlnn on Pub, hi-
von* k»d in the * in, v r I of Mom. t ffloquot, the hnibnadal the nfterwud
wmoue widow-, and they lik.-.l fcba ChunpuiM m well that It became the
favorite brand among them for fifty feara. New Yorker., who an nixty
years old can recall the time when Schneider Champagne. Anchor brand,
was all the rase; then came Hddaeok, th. n tfoet then Boederer, then
Mumm, as the i suoceaaive faabiou and. lastly, lVmmery. One finds
this brand, with its modest <»nd scarcely discernaUe label, at all the swell
banquets and receptions, It is dry, and has a nice bouquet. It is better
than a heidhtz Powder or a fresh Congress, and there is not a headache in
ten bottles of it.— Ifrw York World.
« t P^111™3' whciv ''" yon RO when yon dieT asked the young hopeful.
1 don t know, my dear," said the mother, " I never died." *' Yes but
haven t you studied geography r A most natural question under the cir-
cumstances, and worthy of an intellectual child; but what would this
youngster have thought of Ma mother if she had not known the way to
Montanya s, on Jackson street, below Battery, where the Union Range
w to be found, the very best range ever invented, and the in< lis pen sable
lite ot a happy home.
!i Port?a» " in London Truth, declines an offer of marriage in a concise
and, at the same time, becoming fashion, by declaring that she cannot
give the casket without the gem. The disappointed lover, being slow-
minded, has uot yet found out what she meant by the casket and the
gem, and thinks his letter must have been changed by the postboy. The
casket was, of course, such an etui as ladies keep on their toilette -tables,
and the gem was Mme. Rachel's Enamel Bloom, which the youth was
very much in need of.
4.v*fc a?einB $0 be an easy thing to swim, if we only consider the agility of
the tadpoles in the limpid element; but, unfortunately, most men are not
tadpoles. Let us hope they may be hereafter ; meanwhile, no man can
excuse himself for being ignorant of the art of swimming when the Nep-
tune and Mermaid Baths are open every day to all, with the water fresh
from the sparkling sea ; and all within easy reach at the foot of Hyde
street on North Beach, under the charge of Professor Mohor.
When the Swan of Avon invited his contemporaries and the read-
ers of all nations and of all ages to come to look here upon this picture
and on this, his reference to the Hyperion curls and the front of Jove
was an effort of that prophetic mind which embraced all things and was
for all time ; how otherwise could he have so exactly described the style
of work seen in the portraits taken by Bradley & Rulofson, the supreme
photographers ?
It is high time that men should show themselves as they are, conceal-
ing nothing, lifting up their faces to the open day, like the man described
by Ovid, to whom God had given the high regard and the upward glance
to heaven and eyes lifted to behold the stars. But who can do these
things with an ill-fitting or a disabled hat? White's hats, from 614 Com-
mercial street, are such as meet the requirements of the civilized and
Belf-respecting man.
Of all the scourges that afflict human beings, none is more dreaded
than consumption, and yet the remedy is not so far away as many imagine.
Good diet, fxercise and repose will do wonders to build up the constitu-
tion, but are sure to conquer the enemy if aided by P. & P. J, Cassin's
Old Rye Whisky and Rock Candy, a tonic at once soothing and stimulat-
ing, without unhealthy reaction.
For Scrofula in all its forms, whether Ulcerations of the Flesh or
Bones, Enlargements of the Joints, Glands, Swellings, Eruptions, Tu-
mors, etc., Dr. Jayne's Alterative has been found pre-eminently .success-
ful. By its action on the blood it destroys the virus or poisonous princi-
ple from which these diseases originate, and drives it from the system.
Sold by Crane & Brigham, San Francisco.
STOCK COMBINATIONS.
June 21.]
How to Operate Successfully on
TEN DOLLARS.
MARTIN TAYLOR & CO.,
429 California Street.
D. V. B. Henarie. „.„,.„ , „_ Edward Martin.
E. MARTIN & CO.,
Importers and Wholesale Dealers in Wines and Liquors.
Proprietors of Miller's Extra Old Bonrbon and JJ. F. Cut-
ter Extra Old Bourbon ami Rye Wbiskles.
April 6. 408 Front Street, San Francisco.
TABER, HARKER & CO.,
I3TPOIITFBS AJfD WHOLESALE OKOCESS,
109 and 110 California St., S. F.
(April 19.)
Henry B. Williams. Henry B. Williams.
WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO.,
SHIPPING AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
No. 218 California st., S. F. [July 27.
J. M. Neville. REMOVAL.
BAGS, TENTS AND
NEVILLE & CO.,
No.'s 31 and 33 California Street, S.
San Francisco.
Geo. H. Bryant
HOSE.
corner of Davis,
[AuK. 2.
14
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Sept. 6, 7879.
NBW VIEWS ON THE RAILHOAD QUESTION.
Now that the election is over, the politicians and partisan newspa-
pers will have no further use for the railroad. The howl against that in-
stitution has been made the most of, and yet it has not served to defeat
the candidate for Governor who was understood to be most favorable to
the road. Gorham. Cohen & Co. have had their say on the stump, aud
nothing has come of it. It is true that they got up a good deal of unrea-
soning clamor, fired off whole broadsides of false figures, and probably
created not a little prejudice in many quarters against California's greatest
enterprise. But the election being now over, men's minds will be in a
better condition to hear and receive the truth. The anti-railroad cry has
been made the most of by those who used it to serve personal ends ; and
yet they have not succeeded with it. The very considerable number of
persons who have been influenced by that false cry, may now very well
pause and inquire what there is in it ? It is not for the State's interest
that nearly one-half of its population should have its hand continuously
lifted against an institution that is bound up with the material success of
almost every interest. If population increases, if farmers do well and
good times prevail, then the railroad prospers with all other interests ;
encouragement is given to the carrying out of needed extensions, and, as
traffic increases, freight charges may be fairly reduced. The prosperity
of the State means the prosperity of the railroad, and vice versa.
Iu this connection, it is worth while to review some of the facts of the
past. The railroad has done more for the State than most persons imag-
ine. Since the completion of the Central Pacific the population of Cali-
fornia has increased not less than 330,000. Towards this result the rail-
road has largely contributed. In addition to its first-class passengers, it
has brought immigrants to the number of 179,000. Upon the basis of the
United States Census Department's calculation, ib|is estimated that each
new immigrant gives a permanent addition to the general wealth of §1,000,
and admitting that many of these immigrants might have come here by
sea, and that the railroad is not entitled to credit for all of them, yet, to a
large extent, the cheap, speedy aud comfortable railroad facilities across
the continent to a State in the full tide of development through its rail-
road system, give the management of the Central Pacific and its connect-
ing lines and branches the right to claim a share in producing this gross
contribution of one hundred and seventy-nine millions of added wealth.
Estimates from the passenger department of the Central Pacific rail-
road show that for the ten years ending June 30th, 1879, the passenger
movement by rail between the East and California amounted to 625.429
persons, at an average of ©95 each in currency. This passenger travel, if
paid for at the old rates charged by steamer before the completion of the
railroad, would have cost in its movement §89,250,000 more than it actu-
ally has cost by railroad, to say nothing of the great saving of valuable
time, which is money. A similar calculation in reference to freight shows
a saving of §70,299,250. Making together, on passengers and freight, an
aggregate saving of over one hundred and fifty millions of dollars, wholly
to be credited as an advantage arising from the operation of the railroad.
By the old wearisome, vexatious and dangerous routes by sea and by
stage, it took from three to four weeks from New York to San Francisco,
and cost from $250 to §400. Now the trip is safely made in seven days,
in palatial carriages at rates only a little more than one-half of those pre-
viously paid. One of the most striking facts in connection with the state-
ment touching passenger traffic may be found in the mortality statistics
of the two modes of travel. Out of the 625,429 men, women and children
carried over the Central Pacific since its completion, less than thirty have
been killed ; while out of the same number carried by steamer and stage,
the large total of 7,000 died en route.
The last report of the State Board of Equalization shows the assessed
value of all property to have increased from that of 1870 by nearly five
hundred millions of dollars, to which result the operations of the Central
Pacific Railroad may justly claim to have largely contributed. At the
time of the completion of the road the total valuation shown by the Uni-
ted States census for 1870, within the counties now occupied by the various
railroad lines of the State, excepting San Francisco, aggregated but about
6122,000,000. The same counties have sinced increased by over $196,000,-
000. This is largely due in all cases — in some cases exclusively due — to
the influences of the railroad. The taxable value of the wealth of the
City of San Francisco at the completion of the Central Pacific was only
a little oyer 5100,000,000. Now it is nearly §250,000,000. Indeed, the
impetus given by bringing so much larger and more profitable country
and interior population practically to the doors of San Francisco, the fa-
cility of reading the markets of the far interior, Utah, Montana, Idaho,
and even across the Rocky Mountains, has directly developed the re-
sources of this city to such an extent that the value of manufactured arti-
cles alone was in 1874-5, according to the report of the Surveyor-General,
£18,000,000 greater than in 1871-2. Upon that basis of increase the total
for the past eight years should approximate 3100,000,000, an increase di-
rectly due to the new markets opened up by the railroads. Imagine the
large amount of labor employment involved in this great increase of manu-
factures !
In the five years preceding the full opening for commercial purposes of
the Central Pacific, the total value of wheat and flour exports was $41,-
875,000. During the past ten years the valuation of similar exports has
been increased over $50,000,000. This is almost wholly due to the devel-
opment through railroads of vast areas, for agricultural purposes, that
were not previously within profitable reach of markets. Previous to the
commencement of work on the Central Pacific, wheat-growing was con-
fined to a fringe of arrable lands bordering on the Sacramento and San
Joaquin rivers, and to a few thousand acres here and there, accessible by
means of bay and ocean transportation. In 1863, with no railroads to
speak of, California produced but 4,000, 000 bushels of wheat. In 1879, with
nearly 2,000 miles of railroad penetrating nearly every agricultural county
in the State, the yield exceeds $40,000,000. In 1863 the total agricultural
product of California was $15,000,000. In 1879 it has reached $900,000,-
000. In 1863 there were $8,300,000 deposited in the savings banks of the
State; in 1879 there are $69,000,000.
More than $145,000,000 have been drawn from abroad to build our rail-
roads. Over one-half of this was spent in the State of California, and re-
mained here, and may to-day be traced to thousands of happy domestic
altars, or to the savings banks and other monetary institutions and enter-
prises. Nearly $44,000,000 of the earnings of the railroad have been dis-
bursed during the past fourteen years in wages to employe's, and to mer-
chants, manufacturers and farmers for supplies. The actual amount paid
out in wages alone during 1876 was as follows : Paid for white labor of
all kinds to 4,859 persons, $4,025,520 ; paid to 1,718 Chinese, $661,728.
These amounts were paid directly to men actually in the employ of the
road. If those indirectly eoaployed in contracts for ties, supplies of all
kinds, etc., etc., the amount actually paid for labor would be nearly
double the above sum. The taxes paid in California alone were $475,140,
and for school taxes, $9,695.
The benefits that have accrued to the Comstock lode through the build-
ing of the Central Pacific railroad are simply incalculable. In 1862 fifteen
millions of dollars were paid for the transportation of freight by wagon
from Sacramento to Virginia City. The year following the completion of
uninterrupted railway connection a larger amount of freight was carried
than was ever hauled in one year by wagon, and at a cost of but $1,250,-
000 — a net saving per annum of nearly $14,000,000. This immense saving
has provided mine operators with the means for further risks and explora-
tions. It is eminently safe and proper to presume that at least two-thirds
of the gold and silver mines of California and Nevada, now being success-
fully worked, would have been long ago abandoned, and $100,000,000 of
the two hundred and fifty millions of gold and silver added to the world's
wealth would have been still hidden away in subterranean hiding-places.
Perhaps the National Government is the greatest gainer. The cost to
the general Government for transportation of mails, troops and supplies,
for the year preceding the completion of the railroad was nearly $9,000,-
000. Since the completion of those roads the cash amount paid the two
companies for one-half charge of transportation per year falls below $1,-
500,000 ; add to this the yearly interest on the bonds issued to the com-
panies, viz., $3,897,123, and there is a direct saving to Government since
the roads were completed of nearly $40,000,000.
It is a fact, too, that rival systems of transportation have not, upon the
whole, suffered. The tonnage of the Sacramento and San Joaquin, taken
together with the tonnage that now passes through the Golden Gate, is
larger than it was before the railroad was built. Just as more business
was done over the Erie Canal and Hudson River after the completion of
railroads alongside of them, so the Californian railroads, while taking to
themselves and building up a vast trade and commerce of their own, have
in no way diminished the aggregate of freight transported by most other
channels. It was said of the Erie road that, in five years after its com-
pletion, it was transporting more local produce than was ever grown in
the country through which it passed before it was built. And this may
be said with equal truth of every one of the California railroads: that in
five years after their completion the local freight annually shipped over
them is more than double all that was produced, or required for the coun-
try through which they ran, any year before they were built. That this
extensive interior commerce, built up entirely by our railroads, and which
enriches or benefits, in one way or another, every honest and industrious
inhabitant in California, will continue to increase in the future, as in the
past, no one can doubt who examines the statistics of the older States ex-
perienced in railroads. The wealth, population and prosperity of these
States have_ advanced in exact ratio to the increase of their railroad facili-
ties. In view of all these facts — and many more might be given — the
conclusion is obvious that there has been no factor so potent to the devel-
opment of the wealth and prosperity of the States of California and Ne-
vada as their railroads; and those men who had the skill and nerve to
surmount all the difficulties encountered, and who have managed these
stupendous thoroughfares from the firBt, deserve all the fame and remu-
neration their success has brought them. At least, these men, employing
labor, acting as carriers to the farmers,- -ex ten ding the markets for manu-
factures, and generally leading in whatever is for the material progress of
the State, deserve better than to h* termed thieves and robbers by such
men as Gorham and Cohen and Seabough and De Young. Every step
taken in the great work was adapted to ultimate perfection, and to secure
to the State, and to the nation, a grand and complete structure, every
way_ worthy of our country, and honorable to the distinguished men who
carried to completion so vast and so beneficent an enterprise.
SIGNAL SERVICE METEOROLOGICAL REPORT, WEEK
ENDING SEPT. 4, 1879, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Highest and Lowest Barometer.
Frl. 39.
Sat. 30. I Sun. 31
29.960
29.823
Mon 1.
30 025
29.950
Tue. 2.
29.978
29.929
30.071
39.001
Thr 4.
Maximum and Minimum Thermometer,
73
57
I S I
62.3 |
W. |
131 I
I
4S.S
NE.
162
Clear.
77 62 64
57 54 53
Mean. Daily Humidity.
74.7 | 81.7 | 82
Prevailing Wind.
W. | W. | w.
Wind — JSiZes Traveled,.
151 | 331 | 20}
State of Weather.
dear. | Fair. | Fair.
Rainfall in Twenty-four Sours.
I I I I
6.3
62
30.072
30.043
61
53
I
I
| 85.7
I W.
I 233
| Fair. 1 Cloudy.
I
TotalMain T>uring Season beginning July 1, 1879 03 inches.
SANITARY NOTES.
The deaths this week were 86, or nearly twenty-five per cent increase
on last week. Fifty-six were males, and 30 females, 10 Chinese, 2 acci-
dental, 1 homicide and 4 suicides. There was no death from diphtheria.
The zymotics were : Four typhoid fever, 1 diarrhea, 4 cholera infantum,
and 2 croup. The other principal causes of death were : Phthisis 5,
pneumonia 7, cancer 5, old age 3, heart disease 3, of aneurism, brain dis-
ease, bronchitis, convulsions, rheumatism, each 2, and 1 each of apoplexy,
alcoholism, augina pectoris, anemia, dentition, enteritis, liver disease,
paralysis, pyaemia, scrofula, syphilis. The mortality under five years of
age is double that of last week. Four persons died between 70 and 80
years, and three over 80. There was no death in the Fifth Ward, and
but one in the Third. There were 11 in the Eleventh Ward, and 13 in
the Fourth. Nineteen deaths occurred in public institutions.
■When it is said of one who "pays as he goes" that he is "a man of no
account," there is just the slightest suspicion of a paradox.
Sept. 6, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER
15
COMMON MEN.
5*y.
We're nobody particular,
W« PI just the men JOQ inwt
At harvest with the riokle, Of
At seed-time dropping wheat:
Kn»m Mondays until Saturdaya
We work from morn till night.
And only in these IjUUt days
We've learnt to read and write.
Our little place is poor enough,
Tho' clean as any pin ;
You ask me what we think about
In rainy weather, when
We «it and pass the drink about,
And !*|>eak but now and then:
Sure, all may ipend their leisure in
The manner that they will.
And i*M>r men find a pb-asuro in
Just simply sitting still.
We're up to tend the cattle when
The Londoner's in bed ;
Whoe'er you are, you're sure enough We hear the thuuder rattle, when
(If welcome when vou're in:
The rich man has bis valets and
His locks to guard his store,
But we have empty wallets, and
We only latch the door.
Besides perhaps a pair or two
Of blankets and a oed,
An oaken chest, a chair or two
All bought when we were wed —
There's nothing overhead
To shield us in the racket, and
When down doth pour the rain,
We only shake our jacket, and
We go to work again.
To every man his station, and
Hi* work is set, I ween ;
The Queen doth rule the nation, and
The soldier guards the Queen
There's little you would lend upon ; Fromfoemen that would harm her,and
We've neither house nor lands,
We only do depend upon
The labor of our hands.
Their number is not small ;
We labor for the farmer, and
The farmer keeps them all.
Then do not judge us blindly, as
You'll hear some people do ;
Think only of us kindly, as
You'd have us think of you.
When these begin to fail you, and
You're thrown upon yourself,
Or anything should ail you, and
There s nothing on the shelf,
Tho' anxious looks the mother, and To other folk than we beloni
Our own is almost bare, The pulpit and the pen.
We feel for one another, and Yet England were not England lone
We find a bit to spare. Without her Common Men.
— H. Crawley, in Pall Mall Gazette.
LETTER FROM FRESNO.
Fresno, September 3, 1879.
Editor " News Letter : " Yon have been ready at all times since I
came to spend a few months in California to give publicity to such ex-
pressions as I might feel myself justified in offering for the interest of
?rour readers ; and the advantage of the people of a new country, whose
atent resources require development on principles very different from
those applied with success in countries, whether of America or Europe,
seventeen degrees of latitude farther removed from the Equator. My ob-
ject is, and ever has been, to place at the disposal of every one who may
be benefited thereby, the results of a life spent in the midst of industries
peculiarly suited to such sub-tropical climates as Australia and Central
and Southern California. Some one said well that "the man who made
two blades of grass grow where there was only one before was a benefactor
to bis race." And so (pace teetotalers) the man who causes a thirsty gen-
eration to cool itself, and invigorate itself, and keep itself sober, with
that wine which the country yields and Providence destined for the en-
joyment and health of the race that inhabits it, is presumably a benefactor
also. Enemies of the whisky mills, I admire you, and, pro tanto, wish
you God-speed ! Bigots, who neither know nor wish to learn that the
sense of enjoyment of life may be, for a time, intensified without en-
croaching upon either conscience or health, I never disguised my con-
tempt for your doctrines ! ! Where wine, pure and simple, is the univer-
sal stimulant if the people, there there is no drunkenness.
In all reasonable efforts to suppress drunkenness I am one with you,
but when you come to talk the absurd nonsense that I, in common with
others, have to listen to, and read, I put on my hat and depart.
I have been spending a few days at Fresno, a not very interesting city,
for it stands on what is naturally a sandy desert. But man has conducted
rills of water to it from a long distance, and where the water flows the
desert blooms like the rose of Sharon. Here the King river supplies the
indispensable elements of fertility. Without it the land would be dear
at five cents an acre ; now it is worth a long price, and yields a wonderful
return in any kind of purpose to which it is put. Here the banana and
plantain thrive, and, ere long, all the lemonB, olives, guavas, and other
quaBi-tropical fruits will be grown to perfection. Here, at Eisen Vine-
yard, twelve varieties of grapes are grown at the present time, but only
about six for especial wines — red and white. Everything in the nature of
wine that does not promise well is at once Bent to the still and converted
into brandy. Next week I intend to return to the subject, and, once for
all, to point out how a vineyard and a wine-cellar should be conducted
when the object is to produce wines like the generous growths of South-
ern Europe. John J. Bleasdale, D. D.
A story told in the last North American Review about the Panama
Canal is a very good one, if true ; but it has a very suspicious look. Gen.
Tiirr is anything but a Bonapartist : "According to this account, the
concession for this canal is owned by a little company, of which Gen.
Tiirr is President, with a capital stock of 100 shares of the par value of
500 francs each ; the stockholders are mainly bankrupt Bonapartists, who
are casting about for some means of repairing their shattered fortunes.
M. de Lesseps is a connection of the ex-Empress Euge'nie, and the only
one of the friends of the fallen dynasty who can command capital and
credit ; application was made to him, and he was induced to take the
project in hand. The plan was to sell the concession to the company that
would necessarily be organized to carry through the work, for the sum of
25,000,000 francs, thus insuring to the stockholders in the Tiirr company
the sum of 250,000 francs for each share of stock originally worth 500
francs. An examination of the names of the delegates to the Canal Con-
gress which indorsed this scheme shows that it was composed mainly of
Bonapartists, and that they were largely interested in the Turr company.
A Nicaraguan route was proposed, but the delegates who favored it were
virtually excluded from the deliberations of the Congress. M. de Lesseps'
plan had not much favor with thoughtful men before, and this secret his-
tory will take away what little prestige it enjoyed by reason of its mag-
nificent proportions. Stock-jobbing is not confined to Wall street, or
even to America.
Spinner and his autograph say they will never leave Florida.
EXTRAORDINARY SEASONa
Mr. Shadrach Luckhuiet, aftne Charity fotete, WiUnbotoagh,
Bfijrund. a retired a vriteatotha Sstpori UercantVi Adver-
tiser ana Kxport Journal: 1818 was a veur never to be forgotten m the
wettest, widest, darkest, and moflt unfruitful on record An immense
quantity of corn never came to perfection, but blackened, mildewed end
rotted on the ground. Tho unall portion which ma save.) in the Autumn
and \\ niter was wretchedly bad in quality. The prices of wheat ranged
(;it Aflhford) from £1 K to CI 6a. per bushel ; of tho quartern loaf, from
K Id. to Is. 7d. The bread was the worst and poorest I ever saw or ate.
filalt, poor iii quality, sold at a gnfJBM a bushel. Hops were very bad in
regard to quality ; prices were fie. to 7s. per pound. The few apples that
were .saved sold at 24a. to 30s. per bushel. Potatoes were not much culti-
vated at this period hut what there were only attained full blossom in
September. A terribly severe frost then occurred, which cut them all
down to the ground, and effectually killed them. The Summer of 1818
was the hottest and driest I ever remember. Talavera wheat had then
only been introduced a few years, ami was getting into general repute. A
hilly field facing the south was sown with this wheat in the Autumn of
1817. It was cut fully ripe on June 29th, thrashed on July 3d, ground on
July 4th, and bread was mnde from the flour on the same day. This was
the earliest wheat I ever saw. In this vear the harvest was general by
July 7th, and it was all cut and cleared by the 25th of the month.
The whole country was of a uniform brown color ; not a blade of grass,
nor a turnip or cabbage was to be seen. Cattle perished for the lack of
pasturage and water. For all that, the year was the most plentiful, fruit-
ful, and prosperous within my recollection. Wheat was a wonderful crop
both in quantity and quality, and the bread was admirable. The price of
wheat fell soon after harvest to one-third of what it previously had been.
Barley and other Lent corn was short, as they had no rain from seed-time
till harvest. The best barley was equal in price to wheat, the only time
I recollect it being so. A crop of hops of extraordinary magnitude was
gathered, and of first-rate quality. The price came down to Is. per lb.
Apples were sold at from Is. to 3s. per bushel ; the best Orleans plums
and other choice varieties at 2s. to 2s. 6d. per bushel ; common plums, Is.
2d. per bushel ; cherries, ^d. per lb. When, the fine rains set in during
September, the land was so sweetened and pulverized that it smoked like
a hot-bed or lime kiln. Most farmers said it was too late for turnips, but
some did venture to sow. The seed vegetated so quickly that the rows
were luxuriantly green in six weeks, and really Bplendid turnips, as large
as a child's head, were produced. The pastures in a few weekB were cov-
ered with a growth of richest grass, and all kinds of stock fattened at a
rate that was most extraordinary. The summer of 1818 will never be for-
gotten by any who are living and witnessed it.
A correspondent writes— Sir : I do not believe that any social
grievance is safe to be mentioned by you. Mine may be a common one,
but at all events it is entitled to remark. Lately I lost a very dear rela-
tive and friend. Stupidly enough, I put an announcement of the death
into the Times. You can hardly guess the result, unless you have been
guilty of a similar act of folly. Two days had not passed before the
house where the death had occurred was flooded with circulars of under-
takers, of stone-masons, of tailors, of dressmakers devoting their attention
to mourning, and of others who give their undivided time to signalize the
fact that a loss has occurred. It seems to me that such an abuse of the
power of advertisement should be checked. The lady, who is now
widowed, was tormented by each post with the reminder of her calamity,
and all this for the sake of a small tradesman gaining a small profit. One
other thing I ought to tell you. Some months before, the widowed lady,
in stepping from a carriage, broke her leg by an accident. The following
day an undertaker called to see if there was any business for him to
attend to. I was away at the time. Had I been there, I should have
done my petit possible to teach him a lesson. You will know better than
I do whether this letter may serve you in an effort to repress these vam-
pire-like attacks. Templar.
" Vanity Fair" says: The Czar has refused to accede to the petition
of the Grand Duke Nicholas Constant! no vitch to be allowed to leave
Orenburg, his place of exile, for a spot nearer St. Petersburg. The Prince,
who was turned out of the army and exiled to Orenburg for his boisterous
conduct, is said to have recently aggravated his offense by carrying on an
intercourse with the Nihilists. There is also a story afloat at St. Peters-
burg that Nihilism has penetrated to the Czar's kitchen, and that one of
the cooks has been taken up for complicity with the revolutionary move-
ment. Whether this be true or not it is difficult to say, but I am assured
that his Majesty manifests the greatest uneasiness with his food, and that
on the faintest symptoms of indigestion he fancies he has been poisoned.
How he must envy the Sultan ! The latter has lost both Bulgaria and
Batoum, but he at least can enjoy.his dinner in safety, which his wretched
victor is certainly unable to do.
BRITISH BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF CAL.
Attendance, daily, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., by the under-
signed, to receive subscriptions and donations, and to furnish all information
relating to the Society. J. P. McCURRIE, Secretary,
Oct. 23. 730 Montgomery street.
LAVER & CURLETT,
Architects,
Famish Plans, Specifications and Superintendence Tor tbe
Construction or Renovation of Dwelling Houses, and every description of
Building. Office : 19 S. F. Stock Exchange Building, Pine street, San Francisco.
[Take the Elevator. 1 June 15.
MME. B. ZEITSKA'S
French, German and English Institute, Day and Boarding:
School, for Young Ladies, !>22 Post street, between Hyde and Larkin. KIN-
DERGARTEN connected with the Institute.
Oct. 26. MME. B. ZEITSKA, Principal.
NOTICE.
lor the very best photographs go to Bradley A Rnlofson's,
in an Elevator, 429 Montgomery street. Oct. 29.
F
QUICKSILVER
fjlor sale In lots to snit by Muunca
V Guadalupe Mine, 410 Tine streit.
Doro, Agent Tor tbe
» Aug. 30.
16
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Sept. 6, 1879.
BOOK NOTICES.
A Pioneer Pastorate and Times, Embodying- Contemporary Local
Transactions and Events. By the Rev. Albert Williams, Founder and
First Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, San Francisco. San Francisco,
1879.
Mr. Williams claims for his work a place as a contribution to history,
without in any way exaggerating its real importance. This, indeed, he
rather depreciates ; for, however modest his purpose, he has brought to-
gether materials of permanent value for the history, yet to be written, of
the settlement of California. What with fanatical ArgonautB on the one
side, and on the other a world bored to death with Poker Flats and Red
Dogs, it is as yet difficult to arrive at a fair understanding of the men
who came in '49, and the work they did ; but Mr. Williams has done
more than his share in giving us this succinct narrative of the foundation
of the Presbyterian Church on this coast, for his volume is nothing less
than this.
It was in February, 1849, that the author left New York, under com-
mission from the Boards of Education and Missions of the Presbyterian
Church, for the " new field of Christian enterprise in Upper California."
On the 1st of April he landed in San Francisco, and on the 8th preached
his first sermons in the Public School House on the south-west corner of
the Plaza. The following Sunday, April 15th, he united with the Rev.
Mr. Woodbridge in the organization of the Presbyterian Church at
Benicia, the first Protestant Church in California. The First Presbyterian
Church of San Francisco was formally established on the 20th of May ;
and others were not long behind.
The reminiscences of men famous in the early days are frequent in these
pages, and Mr. Williams does justice to the character and conduct of the
native Californians, who are too often hardly dealt with by writers.
Those who are over-much disposed to look despairingly at the future of
this State, should take courage when they find a serious, intelligent cler-
gyman, who has watched every vicissitude of our career for thirty years,
deliberately expressing his conviction that " There inheres still in the
body politic more than an equipoise of moral goodness. The moral lever-
age of California was then, and still is adequate to uphold and further
any desirable and proper movement for the maintenance of right, virtue
and truth."
The North American Review, September, 1879. New Yerk : D. Appleton & Co.
This is a very interesting number of the North American. Mr. An-
thony Trollope opens with an article on " The Genius of Nathaniel Haw-
thorne," a very appreciative criticism of the great American novelist.
Professor S. Newcomb follows with an exposition of "the Standard of
Value," in which he shows with tolerable clearness the meaning and the
importance of the multiple standard of value, his conclusion being that
the future money of the United States and of other countries ought to be
paper money, redeemable in an amount of bullion varying with the
changes decreed from time to time by the multiple standard, or redeem-
able in coin of different weights as may be determined from time to time
by the calculations on the basis of the multiple standard. It is impossi-
ble for us to describe in the limits of this notice what the multiple stan-
dard implies, and therefore we must refer the reader to the article itself,
or, better still, to Professor Stanley Jevon's book on " Money andthe
Mechanism of Exchange." Professor Newcomb's views are interesting,
and give a kind of knowledge which is very much wanted at the present
time, although we may remark that we are by no means satisfied that he
has arrived at the final solution of the question. The (( Confession of an
Agnostic " is a subtle day-dream as to ultimate religious and philosoph-
ical beliefs, or the absence of them, and notwithstanding a sort of defiant
defence of his irregular domestic relations, in which we cannot but see
the petty weakness and microscopic freedom of a mind otherwise strong
and perfectly capable of sustaining the burden of matrimonial bondage
in a regular form, this article will be read with interest by many souls
who are craving after new ideas in religion and philosophy. Perhaps the
most important article of all, however, is that entitled " Intrigues at the
Paris Canal Congress," which shows how a few of the discarded officials
of the Second Empire packed the Canal Congress at Paris, outvoted the
American representatives, and secured the adhesion of the meeting, which
they wished to be regarded as representative of the various nations inter-
ested, to a crude and unconsidered scheme in which these ex-officials had
a large pecuniary interest in the shape of concessions which had cost little
or nothing, and which were to be transferred to the company to be formed
for a large sum of money or shares. What the editor in a note, and Mr.
Menocal in his article, explain, ought to be sufficient to show Americans
that the Government ought to build a canal the benefits of which will be
immense to Americans, though the actual revenue may not pay expenses
for years after it is completed. Richard Wagner contributes Part II. of
"The Work and Mission of My Life," and the second chapter of " The
Diary of a Public Man " recounts the events at the time of President
Lincoln's arrival in Washington immediately before his being installed in
office.
We have seldom read brighter or pleasanter verses than those ad-
dressed by Charles Mathews to Mr. Ashby-Sterry on receiving a presenta-
tion copy of " Boudoir Ballads." The veteran actor at the age of seventy-
four, and while laid up with the gout, can still write as follows;
"I am thirty years older than you are,
But of pleasure can yet take my fill ;
Old friends ever honest and true are,
At least — I believe them so still.
"I can sup upon cold meats and salads,
Enjoy myself still with the gay;
I can relish your exquisite Ballads,
And feel the old glow at a play!
"What more can the youth of to-day do?
They go a good pace— will they last?
I can do almost all the things they do,
And have got what they haven't— the Past!"
The whole poem is well worth reading, and Mr. Ashby-Sterry must, we
think, prize it very much. It will be found in Mr. Charles Dickens's
capital life of the actor, published by Messrs. MacmiUan & Co. — Court
Circular.
Sterling Silverware. — A large assortment of elegant designs at Ran-
dolph & Co.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
T. A. BARRY, Agent for Naglee's Brandy, is at No. 116
Montgomery Street.
GEO. STREET, Agent News Letter, 30 Comliill, E. C, Zondon.
■ J
CHARLES LANGLEY & CO.,
"Wholesale Druggists,
Importers of Pnre English, French and German Drug's,
100 and 102 FBONT STREET,
Sax Francisco. [Sept. 6.
IN CONSEQUENCE OF SPURIOUS IMITATIONS OF
LEA <l Pi;i{8{l\s SAUCE, which are calculated to deceive
the public, Lea and Perrins have adopted A NEW LABEL, bearing their sig-
nature, " LEA & PERRINS," which is placed on every bottleof WORCESTERSHIRE
SAUCE, and without which none is genuine.
Ask for LEA & PERRINS' Sauce, and see name on wrapper, label, bottle and stop-
per. Wholesale and for export by the proprietors, Worcester ; Crosse & Blackwell,
London, etc., etc., and by grocers and oilmen throughout the world. To be obtained of
Nov. 16. MESSRS. CROSS & CO., San Francisco.
ROWLAND'S
MACASSAR OH* strengthens the Hair and prevents it falling off. The bottles
have a glass stopper, and not a cork.
KA1YDOE beautifies the Complexion and eradicates Freckles, Tan, Prickly Heat,
Eruptions, etc.
ODONTO whitens the Teetb, prevents and arrests decay, and gives a pleasing
fragrance to the breath.
ETJKONIA is a new and delicate toilet powder.
Ask for ROWLAND'S articles, of 20, Hatton Garden, London, and avoid cheap
imitations. Sold bv Druggists, .Bazaars, etc., all over the world. May 3.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
Inest and Cheapest 9Ieat*flavorlng Stock for Soups. Nude
Dishes and Sauces. March 2.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT
[s a success and boon for which Nations should feel grate-
ful. See " Medical Press," " Lancet,".?* British Medical Journal," etc.
F
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT-
Caution— Oennlne only with fac-simtle of Baron Uebig's
Signature, in blue ink, across Label. " Consumption in England increased ten-
old in ten years.'
March 2.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
To be had of all Store- beepers, Grocers and Chemists. Sole
Agents for the United States (wholesale only), C. David & Co., 43, Mark Lane,
London, England. March 2.
SYDNEY INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.
Round the World Tickets.
The Pacific Mail Steamship Company will Issue Round the
World Tickets, giving first-class accommodations for the entire route, at the
low price of $350. For particulars apply to
WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO., General Agents,
Aug. 0. Corner First and Uranium streets.
~SERKYS TEA™
Guaranteed to preserve and promote the beauty and fresh-
ness of youth to the ripest age. It purifies the blood, and is a most wonderful
tonic. It clears the complexion and removes pimples and eruptions. It increases
the appetite and is a certain cure for dyspepsia. It preserves the freshness of youth
and greatly exhilarates the spirits, and is extensively used and recommended by the
medical faculty and used by the elite of Londou, Paris, New York, Philadelphia, etc.
It is used like ordinary tea, costs only 2 cents per day, and makes a healthy and
delicious drink. Boxes by mail, 50 cents and $1. Liberal discount to trade.
809 ARCH STREET, Philadelphia, Pa.
g^y* State rights for sale. Aug. 9.
EDWARD BOSQUI & CO.,
Printers, Engravers, Lithographers and Bookbinders,
Xeidesdorff street, front Clay to Commercial.
CALIFORNIA SUGAR REFINERY,
Manufacturers of the Standard Syrup, a superior article
put up in barrels expressly for home consumption. Also, Extra Heavy Syrup
in barrels for Export. Refined Sugars at lowest market rates. Office, 215 Front
street, up stairs, Dec. 21.
HIBERNIA BREWERY,
Howard Street. Between Eighth, and Ninth.
Pec. 7.] M. NUNAJf, Proprietor,
FOR SALE,
In a thriving city, situated in one of the Southern counties,
a valuable first-class SALOON BUSINESS, with lease, fixtures and furniture.
For full particulars apply, by letter, "A. B.," News Letter Office. Dec. 14.
HAPPY CHILDREN.
he ro^y-cheeked children of San Francisco is the evidence
the JERSEY FARM DAIRY has of the purity and richness of its milk.
Aug. 2. Citv Depot : 837 HOWARD STREET.
rp
Sept. 6, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
17
TheDayBook
■?'FROM'- —
Saturday to Sntunhii/.
Washington, August 30th.- -The Controller reports the National
Bank circulation outatandiiiK at $329,34 1,147, exclusive of $1,448,840 of
National Gold Bank note*. The total increase of National Bank circula-
tion shies January 1st last was 87,021,298, The amount of increase in
tfa< month of January was 1607,995 ; Februnrv, 91,(148,401 ; March, §1,'-
061,026; April, *2I018,634: May, $393,901:. June, $151,380 : July, $266,-
540 ; August. $853,410. There baa turn an increase of legal tender notes
deposited for retiring circulation since the 1st of January, 1878, of $2,285,-
37a The amount ox 10-40 bonds on ilermsit as security for the circulation
of notes of National Banks is $10,512. IKK).— — Philahelphia, August
30th. — Presitlent Gowen, of the Reading Railroad, has addressed a letter
to Judge Lathrop, Receiver of the New Jersey Central, in which he says
his company will agree to unite in a general suspension of coal mining for
two weeks each in September, December, January and February, or one
week in March next. If the absolute suspension of mining is not satis-
factory to all, his company will unite in curtailing the out-put of coal for
the five months named, tn an aggregate of 5,000,000 tuns. He also stipu-
lates that the price or free-burning white ash coal shall be advanced in
New York at once.— —London, Sept. 1st.— Charles Stewart Parnell,
Home Rule Member of the House of Commons for Meath, addressed a
disorderly mob of from 10,000 to 20.000 persons in Limerick, Saturday, on
the land question. He advised the farmers to combine and pay no more
rent until they got a reduction.— Paris, September 2d. — Borescu, a
Roumania envoy, is now making the round of the European Courts to ob-
tain some modifications in the Treaty of Berlin, binding Roumania to
emancipate the Jews, and justified his attitude by the Chinese question in
America, and says the people now speak of putting themselves on their
guard against the Jews. London, September 2d.— John O'Connor
Power, Home Ruler, member of Mayo, who on Sunday last addressed a
large meeting at Levant, farmers and others at Ballyhannts, held to de-
mand the immediate reduction of rent and a radical reform in existing
land laws.— —Thomas W. Book & Co., sheetiron and tin-plate workers,
near Cardiff, in constant operation since 1810, closed Saturday last by or-
der of the Official Liquidator of the East of England and South Wales
District Bank, and 1,500 workmen were paid off. Three villages had
grown up around the works, the inhabitants consisting solely of working
people and their families, and these, numbering 6,000, are destitute.——
Rangoon, September 2d. — The departure of the British Resident is con-
sidered at Mandalay to be a triumph for the Party hostile to the British.
There are signs of a conspiracy against the King among the Ministers,
who would form a regency.— —Victoria, September 2d. —Imperial Com-
missioners are in the Province examining the different harbors for a prac-
ticable railway terminus. It is said that they have condemned the pres-
ent site of the dock-yard at Esquimalt as being untenable in case of war.
——The total value of Provincial imports for the year ending June 30,
1879, was 32,440,779, and the total amount of duty collected on imports
for the three months ending the same date, was §131,776 ; the value of
free goods imported during that period being $36,353.— —Rome, Septem-
ber 2d. — Reports received by the Minister of Agriculture confirm the bad
accounts concerning the crops. The yield of maize in several provinces
is only half that of ordinary years, while in several places it is considera-
bly below the average. The wheat crop is also generally unfavorable, and
the production will be equal only to a third of that of 1878.— —Houston,
August 31st. — "When to-day's train from Galveston arrived, it was halted
by the police force of Houston. The United States Marshals having dep-
utized about one hundred persons on the train, they arrested the police.
On coming into the city, the United States officers were themselves ar-
rested by the city authorities and taken into custody and brought before
Mayor Burke in the office of the Chief of Police. The Chief announced
that each was required to give a bond of fifty dollars for their appearance
at the City Court on Monday, to answer a charge of violating the quaran-
tine law. U. S. District Attorney Homan said that he and his party
acted under the authority of the United States Government, and by or-
ders of Governor Roberts, of Texas. The prisoners refused to give bail,
Homan announcing that they would immediately apply to Judge Master-
son for a writ of habeas corpus. The train men and U. S. officers alone
were held, and are endeavoring to get a heating before the District Judge
to-night.— —New York, September 2d.— The Commissioners are expected
to arrive to-day from England to investigate the agricultural prospects of
the country.— The latest advices show that the large body of farmers
assembled in Manchester, ready to start, are not entirely penniless, hav-
ing capitals of two thousand to three thousand pounds. Their intention
is to colonize together. They are from Yorkshire. It is authoritatively
declared that the whole of the English mining population are turning
their eyes to America and Australia. Bryson, President of the North-
umberland Miners' Association, urged all unemployed laborers to give up
their struggle at once and forever in old England and emigrate. Three
hundred men of the Bradford Iron and Machine Works are un their way
to Philadelphia, where employment is promised them. A cutlery firm in
Sheffield, with all its capital and staff of workmen, is moving bodily to
this country.— New York, September 3d. — The exports of domestic
produce from this port during the week are the largest on record: §9,982,-
608 against $7,625,433 for the corresponding week last year, and $7,261,045
the year previous. Of this week's total, nearly 83,000,000 went to Liver-
pool and London alone; The total since January 1st is $220,551,748,
against $223,999,933 for the same time last year.— Havana, September
3d. — The Home Government has notified the authorities here that it will
send immediately 20,000 troops to maintain tranquility in the Island, and
will also send all funds necessary to meet increased expenditures. Sev-
enty-eight deaths occurred from yellow fever last week ; a decrease of
seventeen compared with the previous week.
Artistic . Novelties, manufactured from California quartz, at Ran-
dolph & Co.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
Recorded tn the City and County of San Franolsoo, California, for
the Week ending: September 2d.
VompUrdfrvm the Jlec*>rd* of if,, i uBWUhli .\;imryt 401 California AV., S.F.
ORANTOH AND (IIIANTEE.
Thursday, August 26th.
inSKCitirnoN.
panlEMarlln toChas A Faimor |Lot S3, htk 307. Cade Tract
b&mfl to Anton Hoeiwhcrpi «!,... i^m 1 to i,:>; to 49, blk 807, < axe Tract
roireroLd Invent Co 1' i.d [mpCo Blocks una pnr of hikn Potrero Nnovo.
Jereb Farley in \\ ,J QDnn lLoli ] tod, blkM. rnlvi-mliy Mound..
J J Uardmcr toWm Sfnon B Filbert. fs7:8 w Hyde. w96xlS7:H;and
«,.«.«.,. « . . - i • Filbert, 940:0 wHyde, w 64x187:0..
i tilk Kelly to Annie Lynch |S CUvclrtnd, 1(H) no 7th, ne 2.1x75
^?rn5l^,B1I*nnc,toWmIlnydcn....,NOrern198:9oLiirkln,e98aOO
* »• ,, lo An9on Avrrvli \w Point Loltos and 1st nv, w 57:6x100
AAyeroll toOeary st Pko K K Co *unn
W II Hrim o Lydla Brim [Ne Fnlion and Buchanan, n 80x85
do* II McClonki-v (oT> H Sclirl.fiT Nw Bont,S5& ne ,'U1, no 90x68
S 1* Frasley lo Danl M Coetello. .[No Day and Sanchez, » uoxW
Geo Edward.- to T G Spear I Lot 4, blk isn. University Bz H'd
itobtB Huie loLS B Sawyer ....IN Wash'n, 103:1 Ji e Broderick, 34:4 !tfx
| 127:84 ■
TRICE
$ 500
8,000
1
5
4.300
2,St00
1,455
1,750
1,800
1
1,000
400
100
900
Friday. August 29th.
E B Perrin to Jno \V Allync et al .
Lewis Pierce to Chap II Mann
Annie M Jewall to Same
Geo McWilliams to Same
Henry M Newliall toC McLaughlin
J Mackinncll to Bridget Meiyer.
Jacob Bacon to Simon Foorman
F L Whitney to Jacob Bacon
S Cftlft, 195:3 c Van Ness, e 60x137:6 ...
E Capp, 05 n 2l6t, 8 2 inches x e 25
Com 25 e Capp and 95 n 21st, e 50xs 2 in
W Uoward.ilnn 21st, n 75x245
Sundry lots in different parts of city ..
K Iowa, 206 b Yolo, s 25x100
N Califnia, 137:0 eLajjuna, 34:4^x132:6
Nw Cala and Buchanan, w 34:4Xxl32:6l
JH Dcerm«j to Sav and Loan Soc. Ne Center and Carolina, e 200, etc .
W Buckingham to Caroline Dnnlap " '
E C Dake to Marion A Dake
C P Duanc lo Jennie Perkins
P Slater to Paul RoufscI
Mary F Erwin lo Mary A Co«h!an.
J Bridgwood to S J Bridgwood....
Wm HollistoS M B Haley
Hugh J McVcy to ChaB McVcy....
Jas H Handley to Michl McCann
S A Fisher to Rlchd Hullis ,
Atkins Massey to Geo T Marye . .
L Q McMuliin to Jno F Byxbce . .
N Geary. 37:6 c Hyde,e25x87:6
STnrk, SOw Scott, w 40x100
Ne York and 22d, e 200, n 250, se to com
Sundry Outside Lands
Lota 14 to 17, blk 10, City Land Assn . .
Lots 211 10215, Gift Map 4
W Fillmore, 78 n Sacramento, n 25x91:6
N Fell, 165 w Gotigh, w 27:6x120 ; and
lots 17, 18, blk 40, City Land AsBn. . .
W Treat av, 213 n 23d, n 2x122:6
E Kearny, 59:6 n Sutter, n 20:0x40
Nw Market, S00 ne City Hall av, 25x100
Lot 6, blk 643, Pt Loops Av Ex Hd ...
#7,000
1
1
5
5
Gift
6,250
6,500
2,200
1
Gift
4,000
1,500
50
100
3,000
1
50
1,000
16,000
1
Saturday, August 30th.
Jno Gantnor to Elisa M Uartmnnn
Giovianni Traverso to G Traverse
Bernard Joseph to Betnhard Cohn
Louisa M McCoIl to Wm McColl..
Edw Martin to Jno N Petersen....
S Clay, 113:9 w Steiner, w 35x127:4^
Uud H w Gilbert, 150 s Brannan, 25x80
Sundry lote in Gift Map 2
B& W lot 551
N Ellis, 137:6 w Octavia. w 1x120; and
■n Ellis, 162:6 w Octavia, w 25x120. . .
H Ward & Co to Jas Simpson ....|Se Broadway and Van Ness, s 47:0x75 .
Edw Monnier to Wm J Spear Nw Harrison, 165 ne6th, ne 27:6x85...
Theresa Scho to H M Newball ISnndry lots in 100 v 112
Gift
#1,300
400
20,000"
5
1.500
6,125
10,500
Monday, September 1st.
Julius Pel ton to F Adams
L Casey to Patk Canovan
Danl T Martin to H H Dieckmann
J Simmons to T Hannahan
Elizth Chapman toN Matticevich.
Christian Reis to Ferd Reis
A P Johnson to Jas F Meagher . .
Michl O'Brien to Julia Lattimor.
Marcos Scheigr to C A Warren...
Chas H Killey to City & Co of S F
R S Fallon to Benj Marshall ....
Wincford Joyce to Elizth Joyce
Nw D st and 28th av, n 600x240
Sw 9th, 250 se Bryant, se 25x100
Lots 16 and 19, blk 307. Case Tract
N Lincoln, 91:8 e Jones, e 22:11x60
N Pacific, 52 w Lnrkin, n 57:8M x w 48
W Tennessee, 375 n Sierra, n 491x200 ;
and sundry lots in same part of city.
E Valencia, 60 s 18th, s 20x80
Sundry lots in different parts of the cily
|Lot 20, blk 11, Flint Tract HomeBtend .
■Streets and highways
Se Post and Meachan pi, s 35x78
Se Clary, 275 ne 6th, ne 25x80
$1,000
6 000
900
1,150
5,500
30,000
3,500
10
150
1
2,750
5
Wednesday, September 2d.
Chas Crocker to Terrence O Brien
Chas Mitchell to T Dry an
Jno Hayes to Chas Friel
C C Itohrle to Francis Johnson..
Lloyd Tevis to Susan G Tevia ...
A Himraelmann to Wm H Mead .
L S Welton to Wm Hale
Wm Hale to Henry Pierce
Same to Same
A Hayward to Clans Spreckcls...
C Sprcckels to Cala Sugar Refinery
E Vermont, 300 s Siena, s 100x25
W Bryant. 140 u 26th, n 22x100
N Fulton, 37:6 w Buchanan, w 25xC0..
Lot 471, Silver Terrace Homestead....
Nw Post and Kearney, w 107:llx n 72:6
Nw O'Farrell and Buchanan, w 62:6x50
W Laguna, 94:6 u O'Farrell, 21:6x137:6,
Same
Lots 12.S and 130, Gift Map 1 .',
NelSth, 100 s Harrison, se 25x85 ,
Same ,
I 300
400
2,400
250
Gift
130
5
6
5
2,450
6
A GOOD PLAN.
Anybody can lonrn to make money rapidly operating; in
Stocks, by the "Two Unerring Rules for Success," in Messrs. Lawrence &
Co 's new circular. The combination method, which this firm has made so success-
ful, enables people with large or small means to reap all the benefits of largest cap-
ital and best skill. Thousands of orders, in various sums, are pooled into one vast
amount and co-operated as a mighty whole, thus securing to each shareholder all the
advantages of the largest operator. Immense profits are divided monthly. Any
amount, from §5 to §5,000, or more, can be used successfully. N. Y Baptist Weekly,
September 26th, 1878, says : " By the combination system §15 would make §75, or
6 per cent. ; $50 pays §350, or 7 per cent. ; §100 makes §1,000, or 10 per cent, on the
stock, during the month, according to the market." Frank Leslie's Illustrated
Newspaper, June 29th : " The combination method of operating stocks is the most
successful ever adopted." New York Independent, Sept. 12th: "The combination
system is founded upon correct business principles, and no person need be without
an income while it is kept working by Messrs. Lawrence & Co. Brooklyn Journal,
April 29th : "Our editor made a net profit of §101.25 from §20 in one of Messrs.
Lawrence & Co.'s combinations." New circular (mailed free) explains everything.
Stocks and bonds wanted. Government bonds supplied.
July 26. LAWRENCE & CO., Bankers, 57 Exchange Place, N. Y.
S!
J. C. MERRILL & CO.,
hipping1 and Commission Merchants, Agents for the Sand*
wich Islands Packet Liues, 204 California street, S. F. April 13.
N'
ALASKA COMMERCIAL COMPANY,
. 310 Sansouie street, San Francisco, Wholesale Dealer
in Furs. SeP'- 21-
18
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Sept. 6, 1879.
BIZ.
The election excitement of the -week has been so intense and all-
absorbing as to usurp the ordinary business attractions of the street, leav-
ing us little for comment as regards the staple articles of commerce.
Treating the same alphabetically, we find that the Burlap Bag market
has undergone a collapse. The combination has thus far failed in its ef-
forts to make sales of its 10,000,000 bags at ll@ll£c, the auction offer-
ings having fed the market quite liberally at 8£@9£c. Coal has been
without movement for lack of supplies from abroad. Anthracite is, how-
ever, in large stock and prices entirely nominal, not commanding freight
and cost. Coffee has only been dealt in with moderation, but as the
stock of choice Green Central American is light, we expect the opening
fall trade to take off the Burplus at full rates, say 16@l&£c. Rio is in
light demand at 14@15c
Case Salmon. — This article has become quite a drug upon the market,
even at the low prices of @1@1 05 for 1-to cans. Several of the very
largest canneries upon the Columbia River have not yet sold a single case
of this season's packing, carrying 25,000@30t000 cases each. They were
not willing to accept SI 15@.l 25 at the opening of the season, and now
we fear they will have to hold for a while or ship off the same upon con-
signment. Had it not been for the Chicago demand early in the season
? rices would have dropped ruinously low. At the Fair of the Mechanics'
nstitute, the Cutting Packing Company have an elegant exhibit of
fruits, sauces, jams, jellies, etc.; in fact, a full and complete assortment of
Oilman's stores, that would, we think, put John Bull to shame. Our
cauners, both here in this city and in the country, have had au abundance
of apricots, peaches, cherries, Bartlett pears, berries, tomatoes, etc., and
they have all improved the time to the best advantage, and are now pre-
pared to execute all orders.
Metals. — We have not a word of encouragement to shippers of Pig
Iron. Stocks are large and prices low, with a very limited demand.
Sydney Block Tin has declined, and so has Tin Plate, with very little
demand.
Oils continue to rule low for all kinds, particularly Earth Oils — Petro-
leum.
Provisions are in good supply, and prices of Eastern Meats continue
to rule low.
Quicksilver seems to have been neglected during the week — price, 40c.
Stock light.
Rice. — The stock of China is large, with a fair inquiry at 4fc for
Mixed, and 5£c@oJjc for No. 2 and No. 1 respectively. Hawaiian is
scarce at the moment at 5^c@6c. It is said some shipments of Island
have been sent East for a market.
Spirits. —The local supply of Neutral is now greater than for two years
past— price, SI 15@S1 20. Naglee's San Jose Brandy seeni3 to be steadily
growing in favor. The last Panama steamer carried en route to New
York 3,700 gallons native Grape Brandy, and 18,628 gallons California
Wines.
Sugar. — The demand is active and the supply free, causing steady
prices, say 9£c@10c for White, 7£c@8£c for Yellow.
Salt. — Our spot stock of Liverpool is light, but there is said to be con-
siderable en route. The last sale of Ashtons Liverpool Stoved was at $20.
Teas. — Our stocks are light and the price of Japans, in papers, firm at
35@37£c. for Standard chops.
Tobacco. — Private Eastern advices from Virginia manufacturers in-
form us of an advance of 2c. per lb. in all fancy stock.
Freights and Charters. — Quite a large number of grain charters have
been concluded during the week within the range of 43@45s. for wooden
vessels, and the usual advance for British iron ships. Our disengaged
fleet has been materially reduced during the week, leaving a large list now
upon the berth to load grain for Europe.
Flour.— The ship L. C. Troop has cleared for Liverpool with 71,000
50-H) sacks of Starr Mills Vallejo Extra. Our Spot market at date is
rather sluggish, at $4 75@S5 for Shipping Extras, 85 25@,S5 50 for
Family and Bakers' Extra.
Wheat — The market has undergone no material change during the
week; strictly No. 1 commands SI 70@S1 72£; No. 2 Shipping, SI 65@
SI 67£ per cental.
Barley.— The market is dull and sluggish, at 65@70c for Feed, 7oc@$l
for old and new Brewing. Chevalier may be quoted at §1 50@S1 70, ac-
cording to quality. The Bell of Avon, for Cork, carried 27,966 ctls.,
and the Enos Soule, for Liverpool, had 2,225 ctls. The steamer for Aus-
tralia carried 12,500 ctls.
WooL — The spot stock is light, the Fall clip selling at 12@17c.
Hops.— We note a sale of 100 bales 1878 growth for export at 12ic ;
new 1879 crop will very readily command 20@25c.
St John's Presbyterian Church, Post street, between Mason and
Taylur. The Rev. Dr. Scott, pastor, will preach Sunday at 11 a. m.
and 7^ p. M. Public cordially invited. Sunday School 9^ a.m. Prayer
and Praise Service, 6-J? P.M.
JOSEPH GILLOTT'S STEEL PENS.
Gold Medal, Paris, 1S7S.
s
old by all Stationers. Sole Ageut for tbe United States:
MR. HENRY HOE, 91 John street, N. Y. Jan. 5.
MADAME JULIA MELVILLE SNYDER,
f*~t *> Mason street, between Bush and -. n tier.-- Vocnl Music
%9 I PW for Opera, Concert or Parlor. Piano and Elocution. Dramatic Elocution
and Voice Culture Specialties. Terms made known at residence. May 26.
WM. F. SMITH, M.D.,
Oculist and Anrist, 313 Bush Street.
Aug. 16.]
Office Hours, from 12 M. to 3 P.M.
R. H. LLOYD,
Attorney-at-Law, Room 13. Nevada Block
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVALS AND CLEARANCES AT THE PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO, FOR
THE WEEK ENDING SEPT. 5, 1879.-
ARRIVALS.
DATE.
VESSEL.
MASTER.
WHERE FROM.
CONSIGNEES.
A'g30
.. 30
Sep 3
.. 3
. 4
ShipG. C. Trufant....
Bark J. D. Peters. ...
Thomas ....
Hongkong
Sydney
Victoria.. . .
Newcstle, Eng
Hongkong....
George J. Theobold & Co.
Parrott & Co.
Williams, Blanchard & Co.
Rodgers, Meyer & Co.
Williams, Blanchard & Co.
Ship South American .
Segelken...
Knowles . . .
CLEARANCES.
DATE.
VESSEL.
MASTER.
WHERE BOUND
BY WHOM CLEARED.
A'g30
.. 30
St'r City of Panama. . .
Str City of Chester
Connolly . . .
CargilL
Hughes. ....
Queenstown...
Sydney
Queenstown...
Liverpool
Queenstown..
Tahiti
Williams, Blanchard & Co.
Williams, Blanchard & Co.
Starr & Co.
Williams, Blanchard & Co.
Parrott & Co.
Dickson, DeWolf & Co.
R. Sheeny.
Turner & Rundle.
Sep 1
.. 1
.. 1
.. 1
.. a
Ship City of Madrid...
ShipS. S. Thomas....
Brig Percy Edward ....
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
The Company's steamers will sail as follows at 12 Ml:
CITY OF TOKIO, Oct. 4th, Deo. 27th, March 20th— CITY OF PEKING Nov
15th, Feb. 7th, May 1st— for YOKOHAMA and HONGKONG.
SOUTH CAROLINA, Sept. 5th, for PANAMA and NEW YORK, calling at ACA-
PULCO, SAN JOSE DE GUATEMALA, LA LIBERTAD and PUNTA ARENAS.
Tickets to and from Europe by any line for sale at the lowest rates ; also to Ha-
vana and all West India ports.
CITY OF NEW YORK, Sept. 29th, at 12 o'clock m., or on arrival of English mails
for HONOLULU, AUCKLAND and SYDNEY. $10 additional is charged for pas-
sage in Upper Saloon.
ALASKA, September 10th, for VICTORIA, PORT TOWNSEND, SEATTLE, and
TAC(»MA, connecting at TACOMA with Northern Pacific Railroad for PORT-
LAND, Oregon. Tickets must be purchased before 11 a.m. on day of sailing, at
Wharf Office. For freight or passage apply at the office, cor. First and Bran'nan
streets. [Sept. 6.] WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO., Agents.
FOR PORTLAND AND ASTORIA, OREGON.
The Oregrou Steamship Company and Pacific Coast Sto m-
ship Company will dispatch every five days, for the ahove ports, one of their
new Al Iron Steamships, viz.; OREGON. GEORGE W. ELDER, and STATE OF
CALIFORNIA.
Sailing- Days:
Sept. 4, 9, 14, 19,24, and 29. | Oct. 4, 9, 14, 19, 24, and 29.
JLt 10 o'clock A.. M,
Connecting at Portland, Oregon, with Steamers and Railroads and their connecting
Stage Lines for all points in Oregon, Washington and Idaho Territories British
Columbia and Alaska.
Sept. 6.
K. VAN OTERENDORP, Agent O. 8. S. Co.,
No 210 Battery street, San Francisco.
GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Agents P. C. S. S Co.,
No. 10 Market street, San Francisco.
PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
Steamers o I tbls Company will sail from Broadway Wharf
for PORTLAND, Oregon), every 5 days, direct, and for LOS ANGELES SANTA
BARBARA, SANTA CRUZ, SAN DIEGO, SAN LUIS OBISPO and other NORTH-
ERN and SOUTHERN COAST PORTS, leaving SAN FRANCISCO about every
third day.
For Day and Hour of Sailing, see the Company's Advertisement in the San Fran-
cisco Daily Papers.
Ticket Office, Wo. 214 Montgomery Street, near Pine.
GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Agents,
March 15. No. 10 Market street.
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
New York and Panama Line.
Angust 19tb--Steamer GRANADA, calling at Mazatlan,
San Bias, Manzanillo and Acapulco, connecting at Acapulco with Company's
Steamer for all Central American ports, and touching at San Jose de Guatemala and
La Lihertad to land passengers and mails.
August 23th— Steamer CITY OF PANAMA, calling at Acapulco.
September 5th— Steamer SOUTH CAROLINA, calling at Acapulco, San Jose de
Guatemala, La Libertad and Punta Arenas.
All these steamers make close connection with steamers from Aspinwall to N York
Aug. 16. WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO., General Agents.
OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP CO.,
For Japan and China, leave wharf, corner First and Bran-
nan streets, at noon, for YOKOHAMA AND HONGKONG, connecting at
Yokohama with Steamers for Shanghai.
GAELIC August 23d, December 6th, February 28th.
OCEANIC September 13th.
BELGIC October 25th, January 17th, April 10th.
For Freight, apply to GEORGE H. RICE, Freight Agent, at the Pacific Mail Steam-
ship Company's Wharf, or No. 21S California street.
Special Notice.— The S. S. OCEANIC, sailing from San Francisco Saturday, Sep-
tember 13th, will continue on from Hongkong to Liverpool, offering superior accom-
modations for Tourists en route Around the World. Freight will be taken for Lon-
don and Liverpool. For Through Bills of Lading and Rates, apply at 218 California
street. T. H. GOODMAN, General Passenger Acrent.
LELAND STANFORD, President. Aug. 23.
CUNARD LINE.
British nml Norlli American Royal Hall Steamships be-
tween NEW YORK and LIVERPOOL, calling; atQUEENSTOWN, sailing from
New York EVERY WEDNESDAY.
SCYTHIA July 16.. Aug. 20.. Sept. 24.. Oct 29
ABYSSINIA July 23.. Aug. 27 Oct. l..Nov. 5
BOTHNIA July 30 Sept. 3.. Oct. 8.. Nov. 12
GALLIA Aug. 6.. Sept. 10.. Oct. 15.. Nov. 19
ALGERIA Aug. 13.. Sept 17.. Oct. 22
Passage can be secured and all information given on application to
WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO.,
July 12. 218 California St.
?«pt. 6, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
19
FRESCOING.
One of the moat decisive signs of » k-r\>wth in taste and appreciation
of tnilv artistic ■OtOtUenos, is ttiechaaffa that has come over the Amer-
ican style of house decoration within a few years. It ie not very Ions
ago that men were contents, with painted walls or pajwr, some even with
finely whitewashed surface*, and with a few stucco ornaments for the
ceiling ; and it was looked upon a* the hiirht of luxury when some rich
man ventured upon oak uanelling. To-dey ftll this has undergone a change,
and, as we cannot help thinking, for the better. The Ideal home is now
a home for the mind and for the soul, as well as for the body and the more
material comforts. Taste is to pervade the atmosphere and to be present
in the aspect of the grounds and the house and each room of the house,
and the aesthetic sense is to be cultured and gratified by all that beauty
of form and magic of odor can offer. With this higher ideal of the home
has come the demand for wall decoration in the permanent form of fresco
— the only form of the divine art of painting which Michael Angelo con-
sidered to be worthy of men.
Nowhere in America has this demand l>een more marked or more imper-
ative than in California ; for the stately mansions, which have been made
abiding places of beauty by this art, are to be found not only in San
Francisco, but in many country-Beats as well. We have been exception-
ally favored, it is true, in the possession of an artist quite unequaled in
this line. We refer to Signor G. G. Gariboldi. This gentleman is not only
profoundly skilled in all the technical details and processes of fresco painting;
he is also an original thinker, full of resource, and with an eye which seizes at
once on the possibilities of a hall or a room, a ceiling or a wall, on the advan-
tages or defects of light and position, and combines them so as to bring out
and highten the elements of dignity and grace, and to mask what is defetive
or unpleasing. Bringing to California all that the Old World could teach
him, Sig. Gariboldi gave careful study to the requirements of our climate,
the style of building, the tastes of our people, and their grandiose aims
and views ; and the modifications he has introduced into the theory and
practice of his profession have made nothing less than an original Amer-
ican style of fresco painting. The Knickerbocker mansion, at New York,
was decorated by him in a manner which has elicited the highest praise
from all those who have seen it ; and when Mr. Knickerbocker was here
with Mr. Wm. Schaus, and inspected, in company with other foreign vis-
itors, the homes of our magnates, it was agreed among them that Signor
Gariboldi was undoubtedly the greatest living master of fresco. In idea
and conception, in composition and in detail, his style is purely and en-
tirely new and American, such as only an artist, who had caught the true
American spirit, could produce. Not contented with the past, Sig. Gari-
boldi last Monday departed for the East and Europe, where he will lay in
materials and study the novelties which have appeared, intending, upon
his return, to establish an institution among us with superior facilities for
reducing the cost of fresco, so as to bring it within the means of all.
We feel that his absence must result in singular benefits to our city, and
wish him a happy and prosperous voyage, and a speedy return.
"Neville & Co., of 31 and 33 California Btreet, have on exhibition at
the Fair, south end, up stairs, a magnificent assortment of awnings, tents,
twine, seines, paper bags, grain and ore bags, wagon and horse-covers, in
a bewildering abundance and variety. This firm manufactures fishing-
twine and tackle of the most approved materials, tents and every other
appliance for sportsmen and camping parties, in every possible style.
Their Mermaid seive twine, which never kinks or snarls, has made them
famouB all over the coast; and the Mermaid cotton rope, for fishermen's
use, is superior to any rope ever offered to them. Their establishment is
one of the largest in the whole country, and always full of business.
Every form and style of bag that can be called for, burlaps, cotton duck,
materials for tents, hydraulic hose— in a word, every article made of
twine or cord or duck — is constantly on hand. Sportsmen and tourists
find it indispensable to supply themselves at this great emporium, and all
branches of business and trade are supplied with wrapping, baling and
bag twines, in cotton and hemp; and, as sole agents for the Cable Flax
Mills and the Russell Mills, they are in a position to meet every require-
ment. ^__
It is curious how many of the old traditions are being disturbed by
the enterprise and growing production of America. Not only do we now
compete with the foreigner in the markets of Asia and South America ;
we are invading the formidable European countries with manufactures
in their own special line, and the latest form of this is the " Long Cut "
Ham, put up by Whittaker & Co., to compete with the Westphalia and
Cumberland products. The "Long Cut" is cured by the Ice process, is
very mild in flavor, fresh and juicy. A few have been sent, by way of
specimens, to Breeze & Loughran, agents for Whittaker'a Star Hams;
and it is certain that they are the finest eve»* seen.
There is no more attractive shooting and fishing ground than
that about Rosb Landing, at the foot of Mt. Tamalpais, and Mrs. P.
Smith, a most excellent lady and a charming housekeeper, has just opened
a new establishment for the reception of hunters and families. The house
is most comfortable in every way, and the cooking is first-rate. Within
easy reach of the city, and in a most delightful climate, this place is one
of the best in the State for real recreation and enjoyment of country free-
dom. At the Bank Exchange Saloon are always to be had the very best
of wines and liquors, as required.
J. J. O'Brien, not the ward politician, by any means, but the success-
ful proprietor of the "Arcade" Dry Goods house on Market street, left
this city for the East about a month ago to arrange with the principal
establishments there, factories and large importers, for the earliest sup-
plies in New Goods of the very latest stylesand patterns. His negotia-
tions have been entirely carried out to a satisfactory issue, and the "Ar-
cade " will henceforth be the leading emporium of Dry Goods, of the
newest and most original designs and styles, and the moBt recent fashions.
Mr. O'Brien will shortly be on his return this way.
Napa Soda, it has been established by statistics, is the natural safe
guard against all kidney diseases, and no man does justice to his Bystem
in this dry climate, where so much extra labor is imposed upon that
delicate organ, by neglecting to keep it in vigor.
Turkey is much behind the age. Its Pashas are a Bet of moss-backs—
in fact, the country is decayed and mosque-covered.
The Cairo correspondent «f the Reform* Financier given an inven-
fcocy of the Khedive'-* loxurioi in the way of table appurtenances. The
following i* a li-*t of the dinner and breakfast tarrioM buongtng to iHmacl
Pasha hunnelf, and does not tnolods thoee belonging to his family:
Francs.
1.— A dinner service, in Bolid gold, that coat 10,000.000
2.— A dinner service. No, 1, in koUd silver, elaborately worked 1,1500,000
8. Dinner lervioa, So. 2, in i .lid silver, chawed 1,000,000
4.— Dinner service. No. 3, in solid eilver. 800,000
5.— The Vice rek'id dinner service, in solid silver, chiseled 1,000,000
6. - Dinner Bervioe, in *..li,1 silver 1,300.000
7. -Dinner service, in »olld chased silver 1,400,000
8.— Dinner service, in Saxe, with solid silver 000,000
9. —Dinner service, in green, with solid silver 700,000
10.— German dinner service, with solid silver 1,100,000
11. — Dinner service, with red crest, and solid silver 900,000
12.— Green dinner service, with solid silver 450,000
13. — Dinner service, " Auguste," with solid silver 550,000
14.— Dinner service, "Daoud Agha," with solid silver 475,000
15.— A service for 100 people at least, for balls and/ete*, in
rnols, carved.
16. — A breakfast service, in rose crystal,
17. — A breakfast service, in pink porcelain.
It is fortunate that such hailstorms as the one that has visited the
Thames Valley are rare. The two most noted ones of history are those
of 1510 and' 1697. In the first, " there was for a time a horrid darknesB,
thicker than that of midnight, which continued until the terrors of man-
kind were changed to more terrible objects by thunder and lightning
breaking the gloom, and bringing on such a shower of hail as no history
of human calamities could equal. These hailstones were of a bluish
color, and some of them weighed not less than 100 pounds. A weari-
some vapor of sulphur attended the storm. All the birds and beasts of
the country were entirely destroyed. Numbers of the human race suf-
fered the same fate. The fisheB found no protection from their native
element, but were equal sufferers in f.he general calamity." The storm of
1697 " began by thunder and lightning, when suddenly a black cloud
came forward against the wind, and marked its passage with devastation.
The hailstones were aa large as bowling-green balls. "Wherever it came
every plantation fell before it. It tore up the ground, split great oaks and
other trees; the fields of corn were cut down as if leveled with a scythe;
tiles and windows were broken by the violence of the hailstones; the birds
vainly tried to escape by flight — pigeons, rooks, crows, and other sorts,
were brought down. All this fell within the compass of one mile.1'
Distinguished divine to recent convert: "We propose to baptize you
by the Turkish-bath method. It is really the only means to scrub your
yearB of sin out of you."
HIGHEST STOCK QUOTATIONS
For the "Week Ending Sept. 5th, 1879.
Compiled by Geo hue C. Hickox & Co., 230 Montgomery Street.
Name of Mine. Sat.
Argenta
Andes
Alpha
Alta
Alps
Bullion
♦Belcher
Best & Belcher. .
Benton
Bodie
Cons Imperial . . .
* Crown Point....
Chollar
California
Con. Virginia
•Caledonia ....
Confidence
Eureka Con
Exchequer
Fairfax
•Gould & Curry.
Gila
Grand Prize
Hale&Norcrog.s
* Julia
Justice
Jackson
Kentuck
Leopard
Lady Wash'n . .
Leviathan ....
Leeds
•Mexican
Modoc
♦Manhattan . . .
Northern Belle
Ophir
Overman
Potosi
'"■Raymond & Ely
Sierra Nevada .
♦Silver Hill....
Seg Belcher
Solid Silver ....
Succor
Silver King, Ar'a
Silv King South.
Tip;Top
Union Con
♦Utah
Yellow Jacket. ..
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Assessments are now due on the Stocks above marked thus *
<K7 7 7 B year Bnd expenses to agents. J>"£5|.yreej. Adrtress,
June 7.]
P. O. PICKERY, Auerusta, Maine.
20
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Sept. 6, 1879.
SKELETON SKETCHES.— No. 5.
[BY T. A. HARCOURT.l
John Wilde.
" Fathoms deep the ship doth lie,
■ ■ ■ Wreathed with ocean weed and shell,
The cod slips past with round white eye,
Still and deep the shadows lie,
Dusty as a forest dell :
Tangled in the twisted sail,
With the breathing- of the sea,
Stirs the man who told this tale,
■ Staring upward dreamilie."
It was at Seacomb, a diminutive fishing hamlet on the southwest
coast of England, that I met John Wilde, and it was there, in his lonely
hut, one stormy winter night, that he told me the story of his life.
" I was born here," he said, "nearly fifty' years ago, and came of a race
of fishermen who have starved at Seacomb during three centuries, all
poor as the rocks they lived among, and well-nigh as ignorant. My father
died while I was little more than a boy, but not before he had taught me
the rude art by which he and his forefathers had gained their scanty liv-
ing, so that after his death I was able to support my mother, who,"dear
heart, doated on me. I was the one bright star on her dim road of life.
There is little more than-this to be said of the first sixteen years of my
life. I grew up wild as the sea-birds, and fearless as they of the great
waters that rolled and roared continually before me. To sail a boat and
catch fish was all that I knew, but this put bread in my mother's mouth,
and it was enough.
I was in my seventeenth year when an event occurred which subse-
quently changed the whole course of my existence. A heavy gale had
been blowing inshore with constantly increasing violence for several days,
and at last culminated in a terrific storm. During that night of fearful tem-
pest a large East Indiaman, homeward-bound, was dashed upon our Coast.
Young as I was, I was first in the life-boat, and with infinite difficulty Ave
reached the ship. All the passengers and crew, however, except three men
and a little girl of six or seven years, had left in the boats. Of course they were
all drowned before they had gone a hundred yards from the wreck. Those
remaining we managed to land. The grown survivors knew nothing of the
child, except that she was on board with her mother, a stately, pleasant
lady, and an East Indian nurse. They said that she would doubtless be
fetched away before long, and in the meantime she was placed under my
mother's care.
At dawn I was on the beach again, and though not another life was
saved, we rescued much property, and, as my share of salvage money,
I eventually got what for us was quite a little fortune. This sum, how-
ever, we laid by for a rainy day, and it did not change our hard manner
of life in the least. Meantime no one came for the child. The months
rolled on and were gathered into years, and still she remained with us.
"Waif," we called her, her own name sounding strange and unhomelike
in our ears. Her image, God knows, is engraven in my heart. The first
night I saw her, her fair, pale face with its clustering golden hair entered
into my dreams, and since then has rarely been absent from them. But
how shall I describe her? Why should I attempt it? I can never do her
beauty justice. I only know that, in my eyes, accustomed only to the
brown; coarse features of our fisher-children, she did not seem to be mor-
tal. She was the sunshine of our somewhat gloomy household. Not that
she was merry — on the contrary she was sad and quiet — but her sweet,
gentle disposition was something foreign to Seacomb, and we cherished
her as an exotic flower.
It is needless to say that I grew to love her with the whole strength of
my heart. And she knew it, and in her gentle way returned my love;
but I think hers was more the affection of a sister for a brother than the
stronger passion I would have given my life to see. My mother looked
upon our union as a settled thing, and its accomplishment was the aim
and end of her life. But there was something stood between us, of which
I only was aware. I was constantly oppressed with a Bense of inferiority
when in the presence of Waif. I have said that her very features were
of that refined and delicate type which can only be produced by many
generations of gentle birth ; but more than this there was an indefinable
air about her which stamped her as my superior. No matter how gentle,
how loving she was to me, I always felt that she somehow lowered her-
self when she spoke to me. I struggled hard to rid myself of this feeling,
but could not. She was ever the delicate lily, I the coarse seaweed ; she
the lady, no matter how homely her garb, — I the rustic boor. Worship
her — aye, love her — I might, hut mate with her — never !
With this trouble on my mind, I grew pale and haggard, greatly to the
alarm of my mother, to whom at last I confided the secret of my distress.
She affected to laugh at what she called my folly, but I could see that she
was deeply concerned. A few days later she called me to her, and said:
" John, I have been thinking over what you said to me the other day,
and I have found a remedy. You complain of being beneath Waif, and
are troubled because you know nothing. You shall be her equal if learn-
ing can make you so. You know that not a penny of the salvage-money
has been spent. I kept it all for you — and Waif. You shall go to the
great city, John, and learn, and be her equal. I have spoken to the
clergyman over at Pencliffe about it, and have shown him the money, and
he says that, though it is not much, yet you are so used to a hard life that
it will be enough, and he has promised to arrange everything for you."
I did not know how to reply. But I will not trouble you with details ;
suffice it to say, I went, though the parting from Waif and mother was a
terrible trial.
This was the beginning of the end. For three years I labored day and
night as few men have labored ; and during all that period I could only
spare time and money enough to visit Seacomb twice, though I wrote
very often. At first it was terrible work, and my progress was very slow.
I had to begin at the very bottom of things, and my talent, I fear, was
not great; but by degrees I improved, and it came easier toward the end.
I lived upon next to nothing, but I was used to that. At the end of the
third year I came down to Seacomb for the last time before my final re-
turn, which was to be twelve months later. Then it was that I spoke out
to Waif, and she promised to be my wife.
The day before I left I was walking with my betrothed along a retired
part of the beach, beyond the heads up yonder, when we were approached
by a stranger, to me at least. As he drew nearer, I saw that he was hand-
some, but looked rather dissipated ; he was evidently a gentleman, as far
as the social sense of the word goes. I was about to bid him good-day
and pass on, when, to my astonishment, he raised his hat gracefully to
Waif, and, coming up to us, offered her his hand as if he were an old ac-
quaintance. "Ah, Waif, good morning," he said; "pray who is this
friend of yours ?"
"Why, this is John — John Wilde — whom I have told you so much
about. John, this is Captain Ggil vie."
I was utterly confounded, and stood staring stupidly at him. He smiled
languidly, seemed amused, looked me up and down, and bowed negli-
gently. After a few more words he left us.
" Why, John," cried Waif, as soon as he was gone, " what is the mat-
ter with you ? you seem cross. Have I offended you ? "
" No, no, Waif," I answered absently. " Let us go back."
Directly we reached the house I called mother aside and asked her if
she knew Captain Ogilvie. " Why, yes, John," she answered. " He is
staying at the rectory over at Pencliffe and strolls down here quite often.
He has been very kind and attentive to Waif, I am sure."
" Mother, I dislike his looks," I said shortly.
" Ah, John, jealous, eh ? ,: she retorted laughing, and then added, more
seriously : " Is this what your learning has taught you, my son, to doubt
the woman you love ? "
Vexed at the view she took of the matter I answered not a word. I
purposely kept by myself the rest of the day, and in the evening took a
brief farewell of Waif and departed. Pool, fool, that I was ! Why did
I not stay to shield her ! Why did I restrain the passion that would have
slain him as he stood there, languid and insolent, with " Waif," " Waif,"
upon his lips, only to let a woman's reproach drive me away from my
darling in anger !
It .was about six months after my return to work, and I had forgotten
all about the 'chance visitor' — as I had come to think him — that the
letters began to come more rarely from the coast, until at length they
entirely ceased. I waited and waited, and wrote and wrote, and so four
more months passed, when one morning I received a letter bearing the
well-known post mark, but directed in my mother's poor hand. Tearing
it open, I read: " My Dear Son; — Come home at once" That was all.
Without stopping to pack an article, I fled to the coast. I arrived at the
nearest station to Seacomb at duBk, and hiring a horse, rode madly for
home. At the cottage door I met my mother, her face, clearly shown by
the light within, as pale as death. I opened my mouth to speak, but she
caught me by the arm: " She heard your horse's gallop, and she has fled,"
she shrieked, pointing wildly to the beach. "Follow her, follow her, for
God's sake, or " —
I heard no more, but rushed forward through the darkness, over the
rough bowlders down to the smooth sand ; then, to the right of me, I saw
faintly a white figure gliding with incredible speed along the edge of the
incoming waves toward the great black rock down there which slopes up
from the shore and projects far over the breakers beneath. Fast as I ran,
the figure outstripped me ; it reached the foot of the rock, glided rapidly
up, ran out to the end, paused just long enough to bow its head over a
white bundle which it clutched to its breast, and then shot like a meteor'
through the black air into the boiling water below.
There is little more to tell. For six weeks after that fearful night I lay
raving at the gates of death. I would to God I had passed away then
and been at rest. But I slowly recovered, and when I grew strong enough
to bear it, my mother told me how the serpent had staid abuut the place
without her suspecting anything wrong, until one day, when she had
spoken of our marriage to Waif, the child had suddenly burst into a
violent fit of weeping. Then it all came out, and she told my mother how
she loved the stranger and was going to marry him. Then my mother
saw the evil, and determined to send for me at once, but just then the
stranger disappeared, and she thought she would wait and let Waif for-
get him. But Bhe soon saw that hope was gone, and that the destroyer
had done his work ; still, she had not the heart to write and tell me this.
So the months went on, and Waif waited sadly but confidently for her
lover's return. But he did not come, and in course of time the child be-
came a mother. Then, less than ever," would she have sent for me ; but
Waif sank lower and lower, and at length, when she felt death near, she
asked for me. But when she heard my horse's furious gallop, she seemed
seized with a supernatural strength, and, leaping from her bed, fled into
the darkness with her babe. You know the rest.-
Soon after my recovery my mother sickened and died, leaving me alone
in my misery. Then I went forth to set my foot upon the serpent, but he
was already dead, having been killed in a duel. I came back here, a
crushed and broken man, determined to live where she had lived, after
the simple manner of my fathers."
Such was John Wilde's story. Two years later I went to see him, but
found his cottage empty. Upon inquiry, I found that he had put to sea
in his boat, one stormy night, and had never been seen or heard of Bince.
SHORT-SIGHTED IRELAND.
Irrepressible Ireland is at it again ; perhapB it would be more correct
to say, is at it more than ever. The home-rule and Fenian elements have
in some places became so outrageously violent that it has become neces-
sary to declare those districts under the provisions of the Peace Preserva-
tion Act, which means little else than that they be declared'" in a state of
siege." When at public speeches the shooting of landlords and their
agents is openly advocated and applauded, and when at public banquets
the Queen's name is hissed without a protest from M. P.s and magistrates
presiding, it is time that the Government should adopt energetic meas-
ures. But is it not idiotic in Irishmen to imagine that they can ever
accomplish their desires by such futile and disgraceful demonstrations ?
To shoot landlords because the laws are thought to be at fault is an atro-
city which shows those guilty of it to be ignorant savages ; and to hiss the
Queen becauseher Government is thought unjust is the act of a very silly
sort of traitor. Ireland can never get "free" by such means ; indeed, her
people could not adopt a more effectual method of getting rid of all for-
eign sympathy, and thereby binding their own "chains" faster than
In Manchester, England, a stop has been put to certain gutter
Lotharios in the habit of annoying ladies by addressing them in the
streets. The wife of a merchant was persistently followed by one of these
gay youths. At length she invited him to accompany her home. To this
invitation he joyfully responded, but on entering the house was confronted
with the merchant, who, after administering a gentle correction to him
with a stick, bowed him civilly out.
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Vol. 30.
8AK FRAN0IS00, SATURDAY, SEPT. 13, 1879.
No. 9.
Office or the San Fraucisco News Letter, Merchant Street,
h'os. 607 to 615, Sao Francisco.
GOLD BARS— 890@910— Silver Bars— 8@1S # cent. disc. Mexican
Dollars, 9®10 per cent.
JW Exchange on New York. £@3-10 per cent. ; On London, Bankers,
49g@492 ; Commercial, 50£@50£d. Paris, sight, 5 francs per dollar.
Telegrams, 30@35 per cent.
tO- Latest price of Sterling, 482@484.
" Price of Money here,
open market, I@l&.
@1 per cent, per month — bank rate.
Demand active.
In the
PRICES OF LEADING STOCKS AND GOV. BONDS.
San Francisco September 12, 1H79.
Stacks and Bonds.
Cal.St, Bonds, 6'9,'57,(nora)
S. F. City & Co. B'da. «a, '5S
8. F. C. & Co. B*d3, Tsfnom)
Montg*y Av. Bonds (nom).
Dupont Street Bonds
Sacramento City Bonda. . .
Stockton City Bonda, 6's. .
Tuba County Bonds, 8'a. . .
Santa Clara Co. Bonds, 7's
Butte Co. Bonda, 10's, '60 .
San Mateo Bonds, 7's
Oakland City Bonds, 8'a...
Bank of California
First National
National Gold
Pacific
California Ins. Co
Commercial Ins. Co
Bid.
Asked
100
102
Nom.
Nom.
105
107
65
70
80
90
26
28
90
95
100
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105
107
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100
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112
116
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120
130
114
116
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Stocks and Bonds.
Fireman's Fund Ins. Co ... .
Home Mutual Ins. Co
State Investment Ins. Co . .
Union Ins. Co
City R. R
Central R. R. Co
Clay Street Hill R. R
Market Street R. R
N. B. and Mission R. R
Omnibus R. R
Potrero and Bay View R. R
Giant Powder Co
S. F. Gaslight Co ,
S. V. W. W. Co
Real Estate Associates.....
Merchauts' Exchange
Safe Deposit Co
Our quotations remain unchanged, the business of the week being nominal, al-
though at the close there are some symptoms which might lead us to hope for more
activity in the future.
Andrew Baird, 312 California street.
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND.
The steamer City of New York arrived in this port on the 10th,
from Sydney August 14th, from Auckland August 19th, and from Hono-
lulu September 1st. Lord Aug. Loftus, new Governor of New South
Wales, had a very cordial welcome. Refreshing rains occurred in the first
two weeks of August. A grand rifle match is to be held at Sydney dur-
ing the Exhibition. In Adelaide the Liquor Law Commission recom-
mend a Central Licensing Board, fines for selling^ to drunken persons,
penalties for bad liquor, discouragement of night licenses, and closing of
shops at 10 p.m. In Victoria there was a strike of men employed in rilling
up quarry holes, at Melbourne, for higher wages. They had been paid
4?. a d; y. ,,,.,,
New Zealand.— A series of immigration returns have been laid on the
table of the General Assembly recently. From these we gather that dur-
ing the period from July 1, 1878, to July 1, 1879, 8,747 Government and
2,353 nominated immigrants have been brought into the colony. The
question of Chinese immigration is dealt with by Sir George Gray in a
Ministerial memorandum laid on the table of the Assembly. He sets
out by showing that a dense population of various races, and of different
degrees of civilization, will shortly exist in the tropical portions of Aus-
tralia, and observes that "no possible chance should be allowed to arise of
the European population being over-borne, or even to any extent being
interfered with, by a mixed race of an inferior order, and whose civiliza-
tion is of a secondary type." . .
Notwithstanding the dullness of the times, the total increase of business
in the Government Life Insurance Department for the year ending the
30th June last, is greater than any preceding year. On the 30th June
last there were 1,140 miles of railway open for traffic. The total receipts
for the four weeks ending that date were £52,495 7s. 2d. The total
receipts for the twelve months ending that date amounted to £758,096 6s.
2d., while the expenditure was £545,478 15s., leaving a credit balance of
£212,618 13s. 2d. The expenditure was equal to 71.95 per cent, of the re-
ceipts.
Fifty Cents each will be paid at this office for the following- oopies
of the News Letter to complete our files: January 3, 17, 24, 31 ;
February 14 ; May 16 ; September 6. 19,26; all of 1874.
THE STOCK MARKET.
A material increase in business has taken place during the week,
accompanied by a corresponding improvement of values. ThiB is, in a
great measure, owing to the restoration of confidence growing out of the
result of the late election. The market has steadily responded during the
week, with scarcely an interruption, and the public generally are com-
mencing to come into the market, feeling that the developments at the
mines will in the end justify the investment. The connection at the
2,300-level of Union Con. will be made much sooner than was at first an-
ticipated, and this rapid progress of development imparts considerable
stimulus to the market. In Alpha and Imperial the work of cross-
cutting has been already commenced, and soon we may expect a lively
deal in this section. At the close, the market was particularly strong
and active, with considerable business in the hands of brokers.
Beerbohm's Telegram.— London and Liverpool, Sept. 12, 1879. —
Floating Cargoes, turn dearer ; Cargoes on Passage, turn dearer ; Mark
Lane Wheat, turn dearer ; No. 2 Spring off Coast, 43s. ; Red Winter off
Coast, 45s. 6d.; California off Coast, 47s. ; California Nearly Due, 47*. ;
California Just Shipped, 46s. 6d.; No. 2 Spring for Shipment, 41s. 6d. ;
Liverpool Spot Wheat, strong; California Club No. 1. Standard, 9s. 10d.;
California Club No. 2 Standard, 9s. 5d.; California Average— Western, 9s.
3d.; White Michigan, 9s. 6d. ; Red Western Spring, 8s. Id.; Extra
State Flour in London, 12s. 6d. ; Extra State Flour in Liverpool, 12s. 6d. ;
Liverpool Western Mixed Corn, 3s. 8£d. ; Liverpool Canadian Peas, 6s.
5d. ; French Country Markets, firm ; English Country Markets, turn
dearer; N. Y. St. Ex., 82@84 ; Spring for Prompt Shipment, 40s. 6d. ;
Corn— Floating Cargoes, firmer; Cargoes on Passage, firmer; Mark Lane,
steady ; Good California Wheat, 23s. 9d. ; Liverpool Spot Corn, rather
easier; Liverpool Wheat, 8s. 9d., 9s. 7d., 9s. lOd. ; Market, higher and
very strong.
Among the passengers from New Zealand per City of New York we
notice the name of Hon. George E. Barton, a lawyer of eminence in the
Colonies, who some years ago represented Melbourne in the Parliament at
Victoria, and more recently has been a member of the New Zealand
Legislature. We understand that it is Mr. Barton's intention to settle in
San Francisco, and to commence the practice of his profession. He was
called to the bar originally in England. Mr. Barton is a native of Dub-
lin, Ireland, and comes of a family that have distinguished members occu-*
pying high j udicial station.
The committee chosen to receive and introduce General Grant at the
Carnival Ball, at the Pavilion, on the 25th instant, is composed of the
following gentJemen : Mayor Bryant (Chairman), Colonel J. P. Jackson,
General John McComb, Hon. F. M. Pixley, General J. Coey, Colonel
W. H. L. Barnes, M. D. Boruck, Esq., and Colonel A. Andrews. The
envelopes and cards of invitation and the prizes will be on exhibition at
Diamond Palace next Monday. Oakland and Alameda boats will leave
at 2 A. m. the night of the ball.
Californians Abroad.— August 23, 1879.— Geneva : Mr. J. Hecht
and family, Mr. G. Jait and family. Rome : Mr. N. Jainsch.— The Con-
tinent and Swiss Times, Geneva. August 21, 1879.— Paris : J. W. Car-
roll, Mrs. Howard R. McKee, G. A. Paxton, J. B. Redfield. London :
T. Fallon and son, Miss Mathews, C. A. Mathews, the Misses Nicholls.
Dresden : Mrs. James Clarke, Miss Daisy Clarke, Maurice Clarke, John
H. Hammond, Miss Lizzie Tevis. Geneva : J. D. Grant.— The Conti-
nental Gazette, Paris.
The steam yacht " Jeannette," Long commanding, hence for the
North Pole, sailed from Ounalaska on the 6th inst. for St. Michaels,
where it was expected that she would load supplies. It is expected that
the Jeannette will winter at Port Clearance, a harbor just southeast of
Behring Strait.
The shipments of quicksilver for the month of August were 6,649
flasks, valued at $187,368. Of these China took 5,832, Japan 50, Australia
115, Central America 10, and Mexico 642 flasks.
A company is engaged in making paper at Soledad from the Yucca,
and on Friday a car-load was sent East. The pulp of this fibre is said to
make excellent paper.
Postage on S. F. News Letter to all parts of United States and
Europe, 2 cents.
Printed and Published by tho Proprietor, Frederick Marriott, 607 to 615 Merchant Street, Ban Franciaco, Oalifon-i.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Sept. 13, 1879.
EARLY" REMINISCENCES.
Some thirty years "ago this town was hardly more than a speck of
sand upon this terrestrial erlobe, and its habitations consisted of a row of
adobes at the Mission, and a camp of tents on Montgomery and Kearny
streets. Out on what is now Third street stood, near the Mission Road,
two little frame cottages, neat and pretty in architecture, and painted a
delicate pink hue. They were fresh and demure in appearance, and
seemed to blush with coquettish modesty at finding themselves among so
much coarseness and primitiveness. In one of these so beautifully and
graphically described cottages occurred in '49 an event of great impor-
tance. Had horoscopes still been current, here would have been a capital
occasion to cast one of a No. 1 grade. A youngster was born. The
first ! Modesty forbids an extended notice of his appearance, but it can
be said that he did credit to California. This State is famous for its pro-
ducts of all sorts. The richness of its climate and soil insure rapid devel-
opment, early maturity and wonderful precocity. The discovery of gold
was a matter of hardly a year's history, and the gold-seeking fever in its
earliest phases. Possessed of an ambitious, adventurous spirit, I (the
above first born) desired to try my luck in the fields of the American
River. It was a trip fraught with danger, and the long ties of home and
family were possibly to be severed had not an unthought-of difficulty pre-
sented itself : I could not possibly start in long clothes and underwear, so
I had to give up, with great reluctance, my dreams of sudden and rapid
wealth. On my second birthday, the general celebration ended with a
grand feu de joie, which destroyed a good part of the rapidly -growing
town. I was borne from a burning' building, wrapt in a blanket, in
the arms of a devoted attendant (the nurse) j but when arrived at
the Plaza — the Mecca of all the fleeing inhabitants — the extent of
the disaster was apparent, and I realized that this was an emer-
gency that demanded prompt action. With that reckless energy
characteristic of early Californians, I threw myself in the thickest of
the fray. The noble red-shirted volunteers did wonders, and the fiend
was subjugated. I would have been the unanimous choice of the fire-
laddies for Chief, but I could not blow my own trumpet ! An able and
impartial chronicler of the stirring events of those exciting times speaks
of the hanging of Jenkins, and of the wonderful coolness and composure
of the wretch in his last earthly moments. I can supplement the graphic
description by modestly relating an incident connected therewith, to
which 1 was a party. The a. and L c. above mentioned speaks of Jen-
kins' last request — a cigar. I happened to be at the head of the gang of
citizens who were to do the hauling, and, hearing the poor fellow s wish,
handed him an excellent Imperiale ($800 a 1,000) from my embroidered
cigar-case. This case I afterward presented to the California Pioneers,
and it can be seen, appropriately inscribed, in their museum of antiquities
and curiosities, alongside of Smyth Clark. The "Vigilance Committee of
1856 was, perhaps, the most exciting event that ever moved our fair city.
Its legality or propriety need not be discussed, for it is plain that that
was one of those occasions in the course of human events, etc. (See next
July 4th.) All old Californians will remember the mystery that sur-
rounded the different executive officers of the Committee, and who the
awful 33 was who signed thoBe terrible documents has never been satis-
factorily stated. Many have been mentioned in this connection, but
never the right one. Now that years have elapsed since those dangerous
times, the animosities and vindictiveness created at the time must be ex-
tinct. I believe I can safely lift the vail, and announce myself as the
man. Ha, ha ! I could go on relating my reminiscences by the ream,
but about this period I began attending primary school, and my mind is
confused as between pioneer events and the learning of reading and
writing. r. m.
THE GRANT RECEPTION.
The preparations for the complimentary reception to General Grant
are being pushed forward energetically by Mayor Bryant and the Board
of Supervisors, assisted by the following gentlemen, representing all polit-
ical parties, and selected by the Mayor from the leading men of the city,
to act as a Reception Committee : Hon. George C. Perkins (Governor
elect), W. T. Coleman, W. H. L. Barnes, S. M. Wilson, P. B. Cornwall,
Tiburcio Parrott, General John McComb, J. H. Wise, M. D. Boruck,
James Coey, J. P. Jackson, W. W. Montague, T. M. O'Connor, Claus
Spreckles, John Rosenfeld and J. D. Stevenson. The steamer State of
California will proceed to meet the City of Tokio, when her approach is
known, and will carry a large number of leading citizens, bandB of music,
Beveral Glee Clubs, etc. Col. Barnes will deliver an address of welcome.
The vessels of the San Francisco Yacht Club and several excursion steam-
ers will also be in readiness to participate in the arrival programme, and
will accompany the Tokio up the Bay. The guns of Fort Point and Alca-
traz will fire welcoming salutes, and the shipping in the harbor will be
dressed in full suits of bunting. At the wharf, the " Boys in Blue " and
the " Boys in Gray " will march in company, to the " Music of the Union,"
with the various military companies of the city, the freedom of which
will be tendered by the Mayor to the distinguished guest. The soldier
forces will act aa escort for the party to the Palace Hotel, where elegant
apartments have been engaged. The further details of the programme
will be given in next week's paper. In every sense the reception is in-
tended to be fully worthy of the occasion and of the man.
A WISE MAN IS PRINCE NIKITA OF MONTENEGRO.
After taking possession of the new territories bestowed upon him by
the Treaty of Berlin, he ordered a general census to be held, so as to know
by how many thousands the number of his faithful subjects had increased.
But some of these subjects objected greatly to being considered faithful.
AlmoBt all the Turks, both in and around Podgoritza, rose in rebellion to
prevent themselves, and more especially the inmates of their harems, from
being counted. Prince Nikita managed to secure the persons of all the
ringleaders ; and having had them placed in the yard of his castle at Cet-
tinge, in convenient order for being dispatched by a few volleys in Turk-
ish fashion, he ordered the soldiers to stand back, and himself addressed
them, saying that he had no intention of taking their lives, but only
wanted them to obey his decrees, which were intended for the good of his
new and bis former subjects alike. Thereupon he released them, merely
expressing his confidence that they would offer no further resistance to his
government. Therebels.oneandaU, promised submission, with agreat show
of emotion and contrition, and henceforth it is expected that Moslems and
Christiana will live in harmony side by side with one another in Prince
Nikita's dominions.
DR. CORNELIUS HERZ.
Dr. Cornelius Herz iB well remembered among San Franciscans as a
prominent physician, an ex-member of the Board of Health, a distin-
guished scientist, and a man of mark generally. As an electrician he had
few equals. Less than two years ago he left here for Paris, convinced that
he could do much in extending the uses of electricity, and in perfecting
the electric light, telephone, etc. It would appear that his expectations
are being very largely realized. The Paris correspondent of the New York
Timw thus writes : " Dr. Herz and his partners, all gentlemen of high
standing, are at the head of all the more important telegraphic interests
in France. They have the complete control of the Werderman electric
light, of the Gower telephone, Edison's quadruplex telegraph, the Quar-
tier telegraph, the Philips printing telegraph, the Ballestrieri apparatus,
the Clamond pile, the subterranean and submarine cables, and are the
owners of the leading journal in Europe upon electricity and its applica-
tions— La Lumiere Electrique — whose chief editor is Count Theodore de
Moncel, the greatest living authority in such matters, and which is the
only newspaper to which officers of the French Army and Navy are au-
thorized by their Government to contribute. Dr. Herz and his associates
have just sold the Gower telephone patent to the Credit Mobilier, one of
the most important banks in Europe, which proposes to issue stock to the
amount of 5,000,000 francs, of which 1,000,000 have been immediately
appropriated for the construction of lines in Paris only, while the same
system is to be put in operation in Lyons, Bordeaux, Marseilles, Lille,
Nante3, and other large provincial towns. At the same time steps have
been taken for its introduction into Belgium, Austria, Spain, Italy, Ger-
many, Russia and Great Britain." We are glad to thus hear of the suc-
cess of our fellow townsman. He is a man of push, and go, and vim. He
used to promise largely as to his future, and it would seem that he ib fast
attaining a position to redeem his own very sanguine expectations as well
as those of his friends.
A first trial has recently been made at Woolwich, England, of a new
gun having the following dimensions: Length, 36 feet; diameter at breech,
6 feet 6 inches ; diameter at muzzle. 2 feet 4 inches; depth of bore, 33
feet ; caliber in powder-chamber, 19f inches ; caliber at muzzle, 17|
inches. The gun weighs a hundred tons, carries a shot weighing one ton,
and the first time it was fired received a charge of 440 pounds of powder.
Dr. H. C. Bowie, son of the well-known and distinguished physician
of this city, has recently graduated with high honors at the University of
Munich, and ia now on his way home to San Francisco. His really cred-
itable university career has delighted the heart of his scholarly father and
pleased a host of warm friends.
BUSH STREET THEATER.
CHARLES K.LOCKE Proprietor.
Another Change of Programme! New Features, Original
and Perfect. EVERY EVENING, INCLUDING SUNDAY. WEDNESDAY
and SATURDAY MATINEE.
H A V E R L Y'S
H A V E R L Y'S
UNITED MASTODON MINSTRELS.
UNITED MASTODON MINSTRELS.
40 FAMOUS PERFORMERS. 40
New Monster [40] First Fart.
12 Consolidated Clog:, 12
Introducing the "Turkish Review." Complete Change of Songs in First Part.
8 End Men
In New Attire -
Everything New
First Time
of the
New Burlesque
12 Sons and Dance
Artists. New
Songs and Dances.
GRANT'S RETURN!
Original, Novel, Uproarious. Novel Features.
' Secure seats six days in advance.
Sept. IS.
CALIFORNIA THEATER.
W.B. Barton, Manager; Barton Hill, Acting Manager.
• Last Week of the Comedians. "Should we not laugh, my masters?" —
Shakespeare. Monday, Sept. 15th, 1879, and every evening- during- the week and
Saturday Matinee. The Comedians, ROBSON and CRANE, will present for the first
time on any stage, an Original Dramatic Absurdity, hy Joseph Bradford, author of
" Our Bachelors," called A.D. 1900 ; or, WHAT WE ARE COMING TO ! " Trainor "
and " Appleby " (returning to Boston after 15 years* absence in Siam), MR. STUART
ROBSON and MR. WM. H. CRANE. Act 1.— Railway Station near Boston. Act 2.—
Drawing--room in the house of Judge Julia Perkins. Act 3. — The County Jail. Act
4. — The County Court. Sept. 13.
PLAIT'S HALL.
Overwhelming and Enthusiastic Audiences Greet the Fa-
vorites on their GRAND SIX-DAY CHALLENGE WALK, pursuant to a Chal-
lenge issued by M'ME LA CHAPELLE and accepted by BERTHA VON BERG. The
Ladies are now walking for a wager of S1,000 each and the gate receipts. The win-
ner to receive three-quarters and the losing party one-quarter of the same. Great
Extra Attraction to-night ! STEPHEN BROD1E, the New York Newsboy, will con-
tinue his walk of 250 miles in seventy-five hours. All for One Price of Admission,
FIFTY CENTS. Hall open at all hours day and night. Sept. 13.
THE BALDWIN THEATER.
Thomas Maguire, Manager.— Every evening till further
notice, Heme and Belasco's latest success, CHUMS ! A Hit ! Real Rain— The
Wreck— Working Mill— Grand Chorus. CHUMS MATINEE SATURDAY. Matiuee,
50 Cents Admission. Sept. 13.
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Eddy street, between Market and Mason.
KREZING BROS Proprietors.
Only Family Resort on the Pacific Coast!
Tenth Week and Continued Success of H. M. S. PINAFORE, in conjunction with
TRIAL BY JURY, with Humorous Dialogue introduced.
4S- In Rehearsal, a New Sensation— THE WRECK OF THE PINAFORE!
Sept 13, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
:t
HALF-HEARTED.
If I omiM km t' little more*.
If thy fair Inw outlived the brief, *we*t ro*e—
If in mv golden 6eM «
And »U my j"\- within thy *»rden elme-
Then would 1 |t.iv mv heart t ■ be full fond
r. nml a Httle lit beyond.
If iUfT>xlil ud DrimroM were not frail.
If snowdrop m xl not ere the riving <lay —
If I won? tru-- u Daphnia in the tale,
If thou conldst lore iw Juliet in the play, —
Then wouKl I teach mv hearl to \*e full foinl
Forever, anl a little l>it beyond.
But «nce I fear I am but wayward true.
And wayward false, fair love, th.>u seeui'st to be —
Since I some day must sigh f<>r something new,
And each day thou for life's monotony.
Prithee, stay here ere yet we grow too fond,
And let me pass a little bit beyond.
—August Blackicood.
THE RECENT ELECTION.
California has great reason to be prou 1 of the recent election, which,
indeed, should be regarded by the whole world as an important advance
in the cause of free and honest government. The polls conclusively
demonstrate that a new political departure ha* commenced. Republicans
and Democrats have become terribly mixed up. Republican candidates
have been carried in by Democratic votes. The Workingmen's Mayor
was in reality elected hy Republicans. The Republican party has been
reinforced by all who hold conservative opinions, and the triumph of
their ticket is no doubt a satisfactory guarantee that capital is safe, and
that the institutions of the country will be firmly sustained.
On the other band, a vast number of the more advanced Liberals
amongst Republicans and Democrats have evidently deserted the old
standards and have voted for the Workintjmen. Disguise it as we may,
it is useless to deny that a new political organization has grown up amongst
us within the last two years, and that this organization has made itself
powerfully felt during the late election.
Nor can it be doubted that the mainspring of the new movement was
furnished by the Workingmen. Nearly all great political advances are
due, in the first place, to commercial depression and physical distress.
The rising party of the Workingmen of San Francisco is no exception.
S« long as wages were high and employment abundant there was political
content. But when wages felt and the laboring classes were pinched, the
evils were attributed to political causes and to the competition of Chinese.
As usual at the commencement of such movements, there was threatened
violence. Private property seemed for a time in danger. After a few in-
significant outbreaks the new movement crystalized into a cry for politi-
cal reform, public economy, a war against corporations and Chinese.
This journal has ever been the constant friend of capital, and as such,
has also advocated what must be considered as the true interests of work-
ingmen. But it does not ignore the fact that capitalists and workingmen
are alike mortal. Both have selfish weaknesses and delusions, generated
by special interests and peculiarities of education. Both have magnified
each other's failings and exaggerated the differences which must arise in
a still imperfect social organization. Neither, indeed, has been too ready
to acknowledge and fairly recognize the equal rights guaranteed to every
American citizen in the Declaration of Independence— the right to live,
and that independently, and not by sufferance, as thousands necessarily
do — the right to pursue happiness, s.ilong as the rights of others to an equal
freedom are not infringed. Surely a man may reasonably hope for some-
thing better than a bare existence fir the return of work. Sometimes it
is forgotten that all taxes are paid* in effect by producers, or, in other
words, by workingmen ; and if only on that account, none are moredeeply
interested in economical aud honest government. Lastly, who is more
interested in the sacredness of private property than the man who lives
by daily wage? To him robbery is misery and death. To advance the
realization of these rights is the duty, and we believe also the interests, of
capitalists as well as workingmen, and we should rejoice at the genera-
tion of a better feeling between them. For ourselves, we fear nothing
from the political advent of the workingman. The trying time just past
has proved that the day for violence and spoliation has forever passed
away. The workingmen have a right to be congratulated on their sense
and good behavior during the present crisis. Unlike some of their politi-
cal opponents, they have learned to respect the majesty of law, and they
have achieved a moral, if not a complete political success. Never in the
history of any country in the world did the workingmen unite so firmly,
so peaceably, and, withal, so effectually as in the election just past, and
never have they been backed up by so many intelligent voters not con-
nected with their party. Nor had Sand-lot oratory anything to do with
the result. Fortunately the candidates of the Workingmen were by no
means their most prominent orators. The managers were wise. The
nomination of such men as Kearney would have been fatal. The candi-
dates selected were for the most part acceptable, and some of them supe-
rior, and hence it is that they came to occupy such an honorable position
on the polls even in defeat.
We believe all outsiders voted with the Workingmen, because they felt
that the old political parties had failed. Honest citizens have become
disgusted with political bummers, official impostors and lobby-driven legis-
lators. The Workiugmen's candidates were at least pledged to retrench-
ment and economy. They were probably as honest, if not as able, as the
rest, and the hope was clearly entertained and expressed by votes that by
their election the Government might become more just and more conducive
of the general good. We believe that even the successful party has been
purified by the opposition of the workingmen. The Republican successes
are due to the high character of the candidates proposed, and it is re-
markable that the offices gained by workingmen are chiefly those which
are intended to prevent dishonesty and secure an effectual administration
of justice ; and in so far they ought to be welcomed by all parties alike.
And if such be the result of two years' organization among a class whose
means are necessarily limited and whose personal efforts are all they have
to give, we regard it as pure folly to predict its speedy disintegration, or
to ignore the fact that the time is approaching when the laboring popula-
tion of a free country will surely take a more active part in the Govern-
ment thereof.
GRANT.
" now ihall we rank th«»* ni»on glory's i
Thou more than »ohlier and just lea tnu - 1
" St it--in.ui, ye| fri.'tid to truth I of smil winccTO,
In action f.iithfnl. knd in honor clear;
Who broke nn promise, etrVd nn private end,
\\ ho gain'd do title, and who Lost no friend.
As wc pen these lines, th< iq< r CUjf ••> T<-k-<>, doe hew on the
l'.'tli instant, is plowing ber way through the azure waters of the
broad Pad6c, each day bringing nearer t<> his native land Columbia's
favorite son, the noble Grant, who, ftft*>r accomplishing the tour of the
world, and having received from all dimes and all nations the highest
possible honors, is now glad to return our- again to the soil of his dearly
Lived America, San Francisco, the Golden Mate of the continent, stands
ready, with open arms, to welcome home the country's hero, and that she
will make the reception whol souled. generoos, patriotic and National,
cannot for a mom.-nt be questioned. The greetings to Grant should be in
every sense spontaneous ones. The fact that his political affiliations are
with the Republican party, and that he may be their future standard-
bearer, should not at this time be a matter of consideration. He comes
to us now as the honored representative of American progress, and in all
his wanderings he has ever proudly recognized the compliment extended
to himself more as an appreciation of bin country and its people than of
himself as an individual. In hi* sojourn in China, his semi-official inter-
views with the Viceroy are calculated to have a very important bearing
upon the vexed Chinese question, so agitating to many of the people of
California, and this fact alone should secure for him the enthusiasm of
the so-called Workingmen. Kearney has not properly studied his lesson,
when he talks of "hanging effigies" on the Sand-lots. In Japan, the
courtesies extended to Grant were of the most enthusiastic description— in
fact, the peoples of Europe and Asia have tendered to him a series of
greetings and receptions that until now have never been given to any man
of any country. Considering these facts, it is eminently proper that the
people of California, to whom he has ever been a loyal and consistent
friend, should, upon his approaching arrival, turn out en masse to bid him
welcome. Let him realize in its fuUest and broadest sense the true
meaning of those dearest of all words : " Welcome home."
TREASURER'S OFFICE,
City and County of San Francisco, September 9, 1879.
Redemption, of San Francisco Bonds,
ISSUE OP 1858.
Holders of Bonds of the City and County of San Francisco,
issued under " An Act to provide for the Funding and Payment of the out-
standing Unfunded Claims against the City of San Francisco, and against the County
of San Francisco, as they existed prior to the first day of July, A.D. one thousand
eight hundred and fifty-six," approved April "20, 1858, are hereby notified that the
Commissioners of the Sinking Fund of the above named Bonds ^vill receive sealed
proposals for the surrender of any portion thereof, at the City and County Treas-
urer's office, New City Hall, San Francisco, until 12 o'clock noon,
Wednesday, December 31st, 1879.
The amount to be applied to the Redemption of these Bonds is more or less, One
Hundred and Eighty Thousand Dollars ($180,000) .
Bidders will state at what rate they will surrender their Bonds, for payment in
United States gold coin.
Each proposal must be accompanied by a deposit of ten per cent, of the Bonds of-
fered, or their equivalent in coin, or certified checks, and should the Bonds tendered
not be presented within ten days after the award, the next lowest bid will be ac-
cepted.
No proposal above par will be entertained.
Proposals to be indorsed " Proposals for surrender of Bonds, issue of 1858."
A. J.BRYANT, Mayor,
COLIN M. BOYD, Auditor,
CHAS. HUBERT, Treasurer,
Sept. 13. Commissioners of the Funded Debt.
WESTERN ASSURANCE COMPANY, OF TORONTO.
Incorporated 1S51.
Total Assets, 1st January, 1819 $1,670,400.41.
BITLEK .1 H.iI.n.W. General Agents for PaclOc Coast,
413 CALIFORNIA STREET. [Sept. 13.
THE ANGIO-CALIFORNIAN BANK, LIMITED.
422 California St., San Franoisoo.
London Office, a Ansel Coari ; Mew York Agents, J. W. Sel-
igman & Co., 21 Broad street. Authorized Capital Stock, $6,000,000. Will re-
ceive Deposits, open Accounts, make Collections, buy and sell Exchange and Bullion,
loan Money and issue Letters of Credit available throughout the world.
FRED. F. LOW, IGN. STEINHART, Managers.
P. N. Lilienthal, Cashier. Sept. 13.
OPENING.-NEW ART GALLERY.
SCHWAB & BREESE,
624 Market Street. Opposite. Falaee Hotel.
[Sept. 13.]
ORGANS.
Magnificent New Piano Upright Parlor Organs, 3 set
Golden Tongue Reeds ; 5 Octaves ; 12 Stops; 2 Knee Swells. Walnut Case,
warranted 6 years. Stool and Book, only §78. New 7 Octave Pianos, with Piano
Cover, Stool and Book, only §143 75. "The most successful business house on
earth " Illustrated Newspaper (autumn number) sent free. Address
Sept. 13. DANIEL F. BEATTY, Washington, N. J.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
lie Home Mutual Insurance Company will pay its regular
month) v dividend of One (1) Dollar per share on September 10th, 1S79.
CHARLES R. STORY, Secretary,
406 California street.
T
Sept. 13.
A
I. B. EAMES,
ttorney-at-Iiaw, V. S. Court Building, corner Battery
and Washington streets, rooms 39 and 40, San Francisco.
[Sept. 13.
20
liOvelv Kosebnd Chromo Cards, or 20 Motto Cbromos
with name, 10c. NASSAU CARD CO. , Nassau, N. Y.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
=ept. 13, 1879.
MY MARINER.
Oh, he goes away, singing,
Singing over the sea ?
Oh, he comes again, bringing
Joy and himself to me!
Down thro' the rosemary hollow
And up the wet beach I ran,
My heart in a flutter to follow
The flight of my sailor-man.
Fie on a husband sitting
Still in the house at home!
Give me a mariner, flitting
And flashing over the foam!
Give me a voice resounding
The songs of the breezy main !
Give me a free heart bounding
Evermore hither again!
Coming is better than going ;
But never was queen so grand
As I, while I watch him blowing
Away from the lazy land.
I have wedded an ocean-rover,
And with him I'own the sea ;
Yet over the waves come over,
And anchor, my lad, by me.
Hark to his billowy laughter,
Blithe on the homeward tide !
Hark to it heart! up and after ;
Off to the harbor-side ;
Down thro' the rosemary hollow,
And over the sand-hills, light
And swift as a sea-bird, follow ;
And ho ! for a sail in sight !
Lucy Larcom, in Harper's Magazine.
SKELETON SKETCHES.— No. 6.
[BY T. A. HARCODRT.l
The Hermit's Story.
" Then, listen," said the dying hermit, " and I will tell you why this
solitude has been my home for fifty years. To no other human being
have I breathed the dreadful story, nor should you hear it but that you
have promised in return to close my eyes when the last agony shall be
over, to roll the stone in front of the cave, and to reveal to no living man
my place of sepulchre. Think not that I expect to be believed. Had I
not known that mere narration of the tale you are about to hear would
consign me to a madman's cell, I should have unburdened my soul long
ago. Nevertheless a man does not lie when the gates of death are swing-
ing open to receive him, and as I hope for rest beyond those gates, I swear
that I speak the truth. Now fill that gourd with water from the brook,
and hasten, for already the black shadow that obscures the roof of the
cave begins to stir restlessly and move downward.
How can I hope for anything but the pity which a madman excites
when I begin by telling you that he who addresses you was born in two
places, bears two names — is, in short, two distinct and separate persons.
That which you see — my body— -was born in a little village on the coast
of Norway, and bore the name of Huloff Karlson. That which speaks to
you and. looks out through the eyeB of Buloff Karlson — th» essence called
spirit, mind, soul— first took life in a New England town and was named
Caleb Lee. Understand, then, that in what follows I speak of "myself"
as Caleb Lee, who for fifty years has had his habitation in the body of
another.
Of my childhood it is unnecessary to speak. When a mere boy I went
to sea, and during twenty years of a sailor's life I visited almost every
corner of the known world. I was thirty-two years old when the event
occurred which had made me what I have been for half a century.
In that year I shipped as second-mate on board a bark bound from
London *to Calcutta. I had just been married to a young and beautiful
wife, whom I left in the care of my dear old mother when I set out on
this voyage, which was to be my last. In my watch was the Norwegian
sailor Kuloff Karlson, through whose lips I'am now speaking. He was
an intelligent man and an excellent seaman, and during the lone watches
of the night we used to have long talks together about our past and future.
By a singular coincidence this was to be his last voyage also, and, on his
return, he was to marry a girl of his native village. He spoke tolerably
good English, and his discriptions of his home in Norway, of his waiting
sweetheart, of his old parents, and of the quiet life which he expected to
lead on his return, made many a long night pass quickly.
The outward voyage was prosperous, and we had got as far as the Cape
of Good Hope, on our return, before we met with any rough weather.
At that point, however, we were suddenly set upon by a storm, the like
of which in all my experience I had never seen. The fury of the wind
and waves was inconceivably awful, and it soon became certain that the
ship was doomed. We were drifting rapidly toward the iron-bound coast,
which loomed up less than a quarter of a mile on our lee, and all hope
was gone. The horror of that moment defies description. Men who had
known no God since they left their mother's knee raved incoherent
prayers; others shrieked and blasphemed, and cast themselves into the
sea. A few, myself among them, numbed and frozen by despair, sat sul-
lenly awaiting the end.
I remember the fearful shock, thrice repeated ; I remember the crash-
ing of timbers, louder even than the tempest ; I remember the roar of
waters above my head as I sank to darkness and to death, and I remem-
ber nothing more until I found myself — a disembodied but supremely con-
scious nothing — hovering over myself, a bruised and rigid corpse upon the
beach. Then it was that a mighty and irresistible longing for life seized
upon my spirit, and descending upon my body I strove desperately to en-
ter and reanimate the corpse. But in vain. The shell was cold and stiff
and battered, and might never be inhabited again. Close by lay the body
of Ruloff Karlson. He had escaped from the rocks and from drowning.
He was unconscious, but breathed feebly. Here, then, was a weak and
fluttering spirit which I could oust from its temple. Mortal language
has no words to describe the struggle which ensued between my spirit and
his ; but mine was the stronger, and his fled with a shriek as I entered
and took possession.
My strength fails me and I must leave the rest to your imagination. I
had life, but what use was it to me. I reached home and stood before
my wife, but she knew me not. I spoke to her, but I dared not declare
myself. I kissed her babe, and she wondered at a stranger's love for it.
I saw her mourn for my death. I saw her wooed by another and wedded
to him. In despair I sought the home of my body in Norway, but I
could not speak the language and I knew nothing of Karlson's life beyond
what he had told me. I could not personate him, and I knew that to tell
the truth would mean consignment to a madhouse. For several years I
wandered up and down the face of the earth, homeless and an outcast.
A curse seemed to follow me. I there, do you see it now ? the shape
that darkened the door just then ? Oh, God ! have mercy -"
The hermit was dead. I did as I had promised and left him.
BANKS.
Sterling Silverware. — A large assortment of elegant designs at Ban
dolph & Co.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
THE BANK OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO.
Capital $5,000,000
WM. ALVORD President.
THOMAS BROWN, Cashier | B. MURRAY, Jr., Ass* 4 Cashier
Agents :
New York, Agency of the Bank of Calfornia ; Boston, Tremont National Bank
Chicago, Union National Bank ; St. Louis, Boatman's Saving Bank ; New Zealand,
the Bank of New Zealand; London, China, Japan, India and Australia, the Oriental
Bank Corporation.
The Bank has Agencies at Virginia City and Gold Hill, and Correspondents in all
the principal Mining- Districts and Interior Towns of the Pacific Coast.
Letters of Credit issued, available in all parts of the world. Draw direct on Lon-
don, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Bremen, Hamburg1, Franlcfort-on-the-Main, Antweip,
Amsterdam, St. Petersburg!!, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Christiana, Locarno, Mel-
bourne, Sydney, Auckland, Hongkong, Shanghai, Yokohama. Nov. 4.
FIRST NATIONAL GOLD BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO, CAL
Paid up Capital $2,000,000, ttold. President, R. C. Wool-
worth ; Vice-President, D. Callaghan ; Cashier, E. D. Morgan.
Directors :— R. C. "Wbolworth, D. Callaghan, C. G. Hooker, C. Adolph Low, Peter
Donahue, Isaac Wormser, Edward Martin, James Moffitt, N. Van Bergen.
Correspondents — London : Baring Bros. & Co. Chartered Mercantile Bank of In-
dia, London and China. Dublin : Provincial Bank of Ireland. Hamburg : Hesse,
Neuman&Co. Paris: Hottinguer&Co. NewYork: National Bank of Commerce. Bos-
ton : Blackstone National Bank. Chicago : First National Bank. This Bank is pre-
pared to transact a general Banking business. Deposits in Gold, Silver and Currency
received subject to cheek or on special deposit. Exchange for sale on the principal
cities of the United States, Great Britain, Ireland and the Continent. Commercial
Credits issued available in Europe, Chii.a and Japan. Collections attended to and
prompt returns made at the lowest market rates of Exchange. Jan, 19.
BANK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter.-— -Capital paid up, Si.soo,-
000, with power to increase to §10,000,000. Southeast corner California and San-
some streets. Head Omce--28 Cnmhill, London. Branches — Portland, Oregon; Vic-
toria, New Westminster and Cariboo, British Columbia.
This Bank transacts a General Banking Business. Accounts opened subject to Check
and Special Deposits received. Commercial Credits granted available in all parts if
the world. Approved Bills discounted and advances made on good collateral security.
Draws direct at current rates upon its Head Office and Branches, and upon its Agents
as follows :
New York, Chicago and Canada — Bank of Montreal ; Liverpool — North and South
Wales Bank ; Scotland— British Linen Company ; Ireland — Bank of Ireland ; Mex-
ico and South America— London Bank of Mexico and South America ; China and
Japan— Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, and Oriental Bank ; Australia
and New Zealand— Bank of Australasia, Commercial Banking Company of Sydney,
and English, Scottish and Australian Chartered Bauk.
May 18. FREDERICK TOWNSEND, Manager.
LONDON AND SAN FRANCISCO BANK, LIMITED.
Capital, $5,ooo,000. or which §3,000,000 is fully paid ap as
present capital. Reserve Fund, 8360,000. San Francisco Office, 424 Califor-
nia street ; London Office, 22 Old Broad street. Manager, ARTHUR SCRIVENER;
Cashier, WILLIAM STEEL, London Bankers, Bank of England and London Joint
Stock Bank ; New York, Drexel, Morgan & Co. ; Boston, Third National Bank.
This Bank is prepared to transact all kinds of General Banking and Exchange Busi-
ness in London and San Francisco, and between said cities and all parts of the
world. March 30.
THE NEVADA BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO.
Capital Paid TTp $10,000,000.
Reserve, "C . S. Bonds 3,500,000.
Agency at New Yorh, 03 Wall street.
Agency at Virginia, JVev.
Buys and sells Exchange and Telegraphic Transfers. Issues Commercial and Trav-
elers' Credits. This Bank has special facilities for dealing in Bullion. July 5.
"SECURITY_SAVINGS BANKT"
GUARANTEE CAPITAL, $300, 000.
Officers: Vice-President, Jerome Lincoln ; Secretary, IV.
S. Jones ; Attorney, Sidney V. Smith. Loans made on Real Estate and other
Approved Securities. Office : No. 215 Sansome street, San Francisco, Oct. 14.
THE GERMAN SAVINGS AND LOAN SOCIETY.
Deutsche Spar und Leahbaiik, So 526 Califoruiastreet,San
Francisco. Officers : President, L. GOTTIG. Board of Directors.— Fred.
Roeding, Chas. Kohler, Edw. Kruse. George H. Eggers, Ni Van Bergen, H. L. Simon,
Peter Spreckels, Ign. Steinhart. Secretary, GEO. LETTE ; Attorney, JOHN R.
JARBOE. May 18.
J. K. PRIOR,
1128 Market Street and 21 Turk Street.
The Oldest Established Steam Gas Fitting- and Plumbing
Establishment on the Pacific Coast, where a complete assortment of new pat-
terns of Gas Fixtures and Plumbing Material are offered at greatly reduced rates.
Messages sent by American District Telegraph Company free. All johhing promptly
attended to. Established 1852. July 12.
FRED H. BUSBY,
~VTo. 413 Market street, San Francisco, Manufacturer of
J3I Archery Gloves, Finger Tips, Arm Guards, Boxing, Fencing and Base Ball
Gloves, for Catchers, Long Wrist Fishing Gloves, Belts for Uniforms, etc. Archery
Clubs supplied at reduced rates. Busby's Archery Clubs are the only ones in the
market that will stand service and give satisfaction. July 12.
H. FRESE,
(Late with Charles Dietle),
Boot Maker, No. 327 Dupont street, between Sutter and
Bush, San Francisco, under the Ahlborn House. The Finest Quality and
Latest Styles of Custom Work Neatly Executed. Repairing Done at Short Notice.
[August 23. J
IRVINE & LE BRETON
Have Removed their JLaw Offices to No. 317 Sansome Street.
[ March 15.]
FREDERICK A. BEE,
His Imperial Chinese Majesty's Consul.
Office: 917 Clay Street. Residence:. 620 Eddy Street.
Sept 13, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
ARIZONA.
Advices from the Territory hfnn&atton that, .it
r.iin bu v. , mid we whall -
ibk to record tb« cessation nf • i f.-w months,
umption "f work ai activity in the inin-
roonthly >hi|>menta of Silver KiiiR concentra-
tions, mi 850,000, have re* hed tl i farther bullinn yield from
■ Company, da on t-- Philadelphia
mpany i-* non ! tr dividends of ten
ire, and the .75@$7 per share,
ledge, '*n tli- unpA, is attracting considerable
attention, and a tunnel i.< now being run to strike the ledge two hundred
and tifty feet From the surface. The pay-etraak in the mine is four Eeel
wide, in a hard granite formation, and «ill mill thirty dollars per ton.
The Golden Star mill, on Cave < Ireek, will be ran continuously hereafter
on ore from the Rowe mine, and we may soon hear of gold shipments from
this favored locality. The Central Company, formerly the Vulture, have
their '-*<' stamp mill in regular running order, and are pounding out $1,000
per day. Several hundred t<>ns..f ore are bn the dump, ami it is being
produced faster than the mill can crush it. Forty additional stamps are
reeled at an early day. The dr.. Blnnoo property, in Pima County,
has been sold to K utera capitalists for $180,000 cash, and the money paid
over to Hon. J. M. rlirkpatrick, the fortunate owner. The purchasers
will at once develop the mine to the fullest extent,
The Dividend mine, in Big-Bug district, i-s producing verv rich ore, and
the records of its merits have not been overestimated. The rock assays
in gold from $60 to<250 per ton. and in silver from $5 to $21. The
Arnold Company, whose property is located in Mohave County, have de-
cided to sink a shaft on their ledge 400 feet, and their prospects are most
encouraging;. The Boston and Eherhard ledges, on Lynx Creek, are prov-
ing themselves valuable properties. They have been tunneled 147 and
156 feet respectively, and the ore seams developed, assay from $553 to
S 1,500 per ton. The owners have refused an offer of §40,000 for the mines.
The Presoott Company, in the same locality, is working satisfactorily, as
are several other rich mines, and every prospect looks exceedingly encour-
aging for the future of this section of Yavapai County.
The Tiger mine has made another shipment of bullion, amounting to
$26,000. A Chicago company is negotiating for Beal Springs, intending
to erect a 10-stamp mill there. The work of construction on the Corbin
mill has commenced. All the properties in the Mineral Park district are
looking well. A new Arizona mining company, called the Josephine, has
been incorporated in Chicago, and received its license August 18th. The
stock of the company is all taken in that city. Twelve tons of the ore
from Cox and Copelands mines have worked in the Isabella mill, Globe
District, 53,746.10. The owners of the Mexican mine are about to build
a twenty-stamp mill. One hundred and ten pounds of silver bullion has
been received in this city from the Stonewall mine. Mr. J. W. Haskin
has negotiated successfully the sale of his mine in the Eastern States, and
a ten-stamp mill is to be erected on the property at once. The Pichacho
mill has yielded, in two weeks, from two hundred and seventy tons of ore,
bullion, netting §4,200. The ore in the mine is increasing in richness as
the shaft is deepened, and the company, doubtless, have a very valuable
property. Fuller's mill, in Mojave County, started up on the 17th ult.
The Cerbat mill started on the 22d, and the Signal mill on the 29th. The
tunnel on the Eureka copper mine, twelve miles from Preacott, is now in
nearly 100 feet ; the ore assays from 75 per cent, to 80 per cent, copper.
The Ajo mines are at work, and the prospects for them are most encour-
aging. The Railroad mine, in the Castle Dome district, is producing fif-
teen tons of ore daily. The developments in the Cumberland mine con-
tinue to be most satisfactory.
Mr. A. W. Stowe, ex-Gov. A. P. K. Safford, Major M. A. Baldwin,
J. H. H. McKee and Col. Lewis, all well posted in Arizona mining mat-
ters, are at present in Boston, forwarding the interests of their properties
in the Territory. Ex-Gov. McCook, Alex. R. Shepherd, and several
other well-known gentlemen, are now in Mexico inspecting the old Span-
ish silver mines of Chihuahua. The old Batapilas mines were opened a
short time ago by Wells, Fargo & Co., the outlay being upward of $500,-
000, and. it is said, took out ore worth $2,000,000 in fifteen months.
Wells, Fargo & Co. have sold their interests in these mines to Gov. Mc
Conk and his associates, subject to the inspection now being made.
Gov. Fremont lias resumed the reins of power in the Territory. Lieut.
Gov. Gosper performed the duties of the office most creditably during the
absence of his superior ; yet the people, with whom the " Pathfinder " is
always highly popular, were very glad to welcome him " home again."
Professor Maynard, one of the experts employed by Gov. Fremont's
New York Syndicate, organized for the purpose of buying and develop-
ing Arizona mining properties, arrived at Prescott on the 4th instant.
This gentleman has been for many years in rhe employ of the Russian
Government, and is also fully conversant with American mines and
mining. He will proceed to examine the mines located in Mohave, Pinal
and Pima counties, as soon as the other expert, Dr. Einhorn, now on the
way, reaches there from San Francisco.
Another very rich discovery of gold-bearing quartz has been made in
the Tonto Basin country by Judge Porter. The outcroppings assay $200
per ton.
The product of the mines of Yavapai and Pima counties, for the month
of August, netted upwards of $140,000.
The Emmett Miue has just been bonded to ex-Governor Powers, of
Mississippi, for sixty days, by Secretary Gosper, for a handsome figure.
All over the United States, Arizona properties are receiving marked at-
tention, and the interest in them is constantly increasing.
General Butler has the character of being the most unscrupulous poli-
tician in the United States, but he at least accomplished one good thing
in his life. During his command at New Orleans he cleared the city of
yellow fever. At present General Butler, in spite of his late intrigue with
the Communist agitator, Denis Kearney, is not succeeding very well in
Massachusetts ; and perhaps the best thing for all parties would be to put
him in control of Memphis for a year or two. _ That unfortunate city is
again smitten with yellow fever, and all the inhabitants who can leave
have already taken their departure. Trade is at a standstill, and a strict
quarantine is maintained by other towns against arrivals from Memphis.
Evidently a renewal of the scenes of the last outbreak is looked for. Yet
the experience of that terrible time has not taught the people prudence,
and Memphis continues to be even more filthy than New Orleans was be-
fore General Butler took it in hand.
LET THEM DO IT.
_Tb,e newsp-ipora arc d
Kearney's idiotic threat to burn General i rrant In effigy on 1 1
"f that distinguished Amei ■■■■■■ 1 in this city. It is absurd to re
inefa .1 thing as the Little terrier of the
Sanalot, as :m insull to Grant Tin- day i« past, if it ever exfeted, when
sy and his horde of Ignorant whelpa run insult any respectable
man, much tesa I hi greatest of living Americana. Tf anybody is insulted
■ • the ex- President, bnt the t pis of San Francisco ;tt. large, and
in our opinion they will bo very foolish if they trouble themselves to re
Bent the affront It wonld be giving Kearney and hi* "chaws" alto-
toomuoh importance, Let thsm bum a hundred thousand effigies
01 1 rrant if they want to. Tin- only effect would be to raise him higher,
it possible, in the estimation of his fellow citizens. Without doubt there
are many convicts at San Quentin who would gladly burn both in effigy
and in the fresh the officers who arrested them, the judges who "sent
them up," and the jailers who keep them there, but the benevolent wish
hurts nobody. For decent people to stir np a row because these unwash-
ed cubs gave a one more convincing proof of their ignorant fanaticism,
would be the bight of folly, and would give the city a worse name than it
already has. If the Sand-lotters are left, to work their own sweet will in
this matter, they will do themselves far more harm than anybody else.
NEW YORK STATE CONVENTION.
The New York State Republican Convention which assembled
on the3d instant, was addressed by Vice-President Wheeler and Senator
Conkling, with special reference to the next Presidential election. The
usual denunciations of the Solid South were indulged in, and a reference
to General Grant as the probable nominee was enthusiastically applauded.
There can be no doubt that no man in the Republican party now pos-
sesses anything approximating Grant's strength, but whether ifc would be
sufficient to overcome the unwritten law against a third term is doubtful.
Outside of the erratic Blaine there is no one with a tithe of his popular-
ity. The fight is to be made on a " bloody shirt " platform, which we
regard as ominous of the future. Ii' the South succeeds in installing a
Democratic President, and the present assertions of Republican leaders
are based on fact, then the days of the Union are numbered. This con-
tinual harping on the lost cause is demagogical to the lowest degree, and
should be reprehended by every patriotic American. It can only lead to
another civil war.
A NEW VICEROY OF INDIA.
Late advices from London state that Lord Lytton has resigned his
high office of Viceroy of India, and that he will shortly retire In favor of
Lord Dufferin, late Governor General of the Dominion of Canada, and at
present Ambassador to the Court of St. Petersburg. Lord Dufferin has
been, probably, the most uniformly successful British diplomat of our
day, and promotion has borne a corresponding ratio to his merit. Earl
Beaconsfield's penchant for brilliant men, especially for brilliant literary
men, is well known, and it would be difficult to point out a more fitting
successor than Lord Dufferin to Lord Lytton. The latter, it is surmised,
prefers the flowery paths of literature to the uncongenial tasks of diplo-
macy or Oriental administration. " Owen Meredith " can well afford to
retire upon his laurels, and the "Star of India" will be supplemented by
his elevation in the peerage to an earldom. The world of letters will lejfSk
forward to the fructification of his genius in leisure.
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Sept. 13, 1879.
"PLEASURE'S WAND."
"We Obey no Wand but Pleasure's."— Tom Moore.
Baldwin Theater. — By reason of their former acts of dramatic piracy
Messrs. Heme & Belasco have forfeited their rights to any consideration
or belief in their ability as authors. The question that presents itself,
whenever one of their '* original " plays is produced, is its source. In all
their former efforts this has been comparatively easy to discover ; but in
this last instance they have, so far, succeeded in baffling- research. To my
mind it is a jumble of everything, with some old English melodrama as a
foundation. The character of "Terry Dennison" is reminiscent of
"Enoch Arden," " Rip Van Winkle" and " John Perry bingle. " The
others of the dramatis personce have no original peculiarities, but are be-
ings as you find them in the orthodox drama. The hero, "Terry," is a
man of singular business versatility, combining the two somewhat antipo-
dal avocations of miller and sailor, this last phase of an over-active life
being again sub-divided into fisherman, lighthouse-keeper and Arctic ex-
plorer. The introduction of the mill iu the play is wholly inexplicable.
It is irrelevant and implausible. It has not the slightest tinge of proba-
bility, and bears no connection to the plot. The only possible explanation
is, that it is brought in for the sake of scenic effect. The motive of the
play itself is a noble one. Heroic self-denial is a grand virtue in itself,
and something we can all admire — in others. In the ultra practical pres-
ent such sacrifices are good things to read about. The play is not skill-
fully arranged ; some of the scenes are very strong in dramatic force and
intensity, others, on the contrary, weak and flat beyond description. The
story is not ingeniously developed. The audience are oft at sea and not
en rapport with the idea of the intrigue. The denouement, which can be
nothing else but the death of " Terry," is easily foreseen ; but by a series
of postponements this winding up becomes a matter of uncertainty, and
the audience's curiosity and interest is excited. When two or three op-
portunities are offered magnanimous " Terry" to join the heavenly gang,
and he fails to take advantage of the occasion, the auditor begins
to think that there is perhaps something new and novel in the way of
dramatic culmination in store. But this fervent hope is speedily dis-
pelled, for the curtain finally falls on the expected and anticipated finish.
The play could be made stronger and more telling if the knowledge of
" Chrystal " and " Ruby's " abnegation came to " Terry " in the fourth
act at the wharf scene, without the premonitory incident in the first act
of his finding "Ruby's " picture. The motive being a simple one, with no
ramifications, there can be but little play of ideas or'words, and six acts
of the same thoughts and words result in a very natural feeling of tedious-
ness. There is no underplot or comedy features to enliven the mODotony
of the dialogue, or to light up the darkness of the mental misery por-
trayed. The home scene in the third act is devoted to this necessary
brightening up, but it fails entirely of its purpose. The fun is slightly
gross in action and utterly devoid of humor or wit in speech. The dia-
logue throughout the whole six acts is commonplace and ungrammatical.
The resume of all this is that the play is a tedious, unskillfully elaborated
arrangement of some good play. The naturalness and plausibility
is everywhere sacrificed for the benefit of the scenic artist,
the stage carpenter, and also to the peculiar talent of some
of the actors. The acting this play receives is far more merito-
rious than it deserves. Heme, in the leading role, is eminently satisfac-
tory throughout, particularly in the last acts, where he introduces touches
of "Rip Van Winkle" business — a character he plays with commendable
ability. Mr. Haverstick, having at the last moment wisely determined to
postpone for the present his dramatic debut,, it was undertaken at short
notice by Mr. F. H. Thompson. If it is Mr. Haverstick's determination
to appear on the stage professionally, it will be more dignified and advan-
tageous to choose for his debut some legitimate character, or at least
one whose requirements are of a nature to be tilled by the abilities this
gentleman has shown as an amateur. Mr. F. H. Thompson is a young,
ambitious actor, who has satisfactorily filled, so far, the different parts
assigned en the local stage. On this occasion he is hardly equal to the
emergency, although his efforts are praiseworthy. They betoken study
and intelligence. At the same time, although the close study of some
talented actor's method is commendable, it must not degenerate into a
simple imitation ; and Mr. Thompson, in this instance, falls into that de-
fect. The characters of "Uncle Davy" and " Owen Garoway " are ad-
mirably played by Messrs. Jennings and Bishop. They are original,
clean-cut impersonations, reflecting credit upon the two actors. Miss
Corcoran plays the ingenue throughout. This will do very well at the
commencement, but should give way as the play progresses to a more
staid, a deeper, heavier-hearted demeanor. A husband, a lover and a
child are three heavy responsibilities upon a woman, and when to this is
added an eternal struggle between love and gratitude, inclination and
duty, the mind and body are far from the light, cheerful feeling and man-
ner of Miss Corcoran 's individuality. Miss Corcoran is a young actress
of talent and ablility, and, considering her limited stage experience, very
clever in every respect. She is essentially an ingenue, and must not
attempt emotional characters. It has been remarked before tbat our
child prodigies are many in number and precociously precocious in ability.
This is an opinion I do not share in, for to me the eternal tremole of Zoe
Tuttle's artificial pathos was enervating and annoying. But little Maud
Adams, who will be remembered as appearing in A Celebrated Case, is a
remarkable child. She is free from the parrot-like delivery and stilted
gestures of most infant actresses. She is as natural as can be wished, or
expected. The honors of the strong scene at the base of the monument,
in the fifth act, must be conceded to her. The scenery and effects are
very remarkable. The coast scene, with its beach, waves and surf, is very
effective, and so is the rain-shower, although the water falls in spots and
patches. The mill scene is intensely realistic in every respect ; it is set
with an attention to minutse that iB rarely seen in this city. The rest of
the settings are all of the highest standard, although the monument in
the graveyard scene rather overshadows the church. Mr. Belasco, who
now fills the position of stage manager, is evidently a man of detail —
something that is necessary in this position. Mr. Dayton's ideas of stage
setting are ingenius and effective, but in actual scene painting he is of a
very inferior order of talent. This play will be continued until further
notice.
The Quarterly Entertainment of the Western Addition Literary
and Social Club will take place at Western Addition Music Hall, Cali-
fornia street, near Fillmore, Monday evening, September 15, 1879.
California Theater. — The double bill this week has drawn good
houses. Both of the pieces on the programme have already been
reviewed, so that extended review 1b unnecessary. Champagne and Oys-
ters is a trifle, without the slightest redeeming trait of either dramatic
ingenuity or clever dialogue. In the hands of anybody but true comedi-
ans, with a large amount of spontaneous fun, it would be insufferably
dull and stupid; but Messrs. Crane and Robsnn, through their vivaciouB
drollery, succeed in arousing the risibilities of the audience and keeping
it in good humor. Xeene has this week toned down the insanely extrava-
gant manner he assumed in the character of "Thornbuck." This is to be
commended, for, as played at first, it was a piece of acting utterly ridicu-
lous in its wild exaggeration. In the Comedy of Errors, the comed'ans
this week have alternated their respective parts, and by this means
created a certain amount of extra fun. Our Badielors was produced last
evening, of which notice is reserved. It is, to my mind, the best thing
in the repertoire of these clever fellows. A revival of Forbidden Fruit
would also have been acceptable. On Monday, A. D. 1900 will be played
for the first time. It is advertised as a laughable, quizzical absurdity,
etc. It is supposed to picture life after the millenium of Woman's Rights
has come.
Bush Street Theater.— The new programme of the Minstrels has
been given to audiences that filled the theater to its utmost capacity.
The success which minstrel performances meet with in this community
evidences artistic appreciation of a very low standard, but it is useless to
dilate upon the subject from an intelligent or Eesthetic point of view, in
tbe face of such overwhelming marks of public taste and favor. The
songs are all new this week, but not especially noticeable by any novelty
or excellency. There is a banjo divertisement, which is novel and pleas-
ing, and a rather funny act by Charley Reynolds, entitled Magic Exposed.
The Cotton Pickers is also very ludicrous. Billy Rice gives one of his in-
imitable lectures, and Harry Kennedy continues his clever ventriloquial
acts. The performance ends with a burlesque on Pinafore. The princi-
pal features are the Moon, Hebe and her gang, and last, but not least,
Billy Rice's "Sweet Little Butter Bowl." As a whole, the burlesque is
very funny and worth seeing. Next week will be the h>st of this troupe.
Their engagement has so far been a very successful one, something in
keeping with Manager Locke's proverbial good fortune.
German Theater.— The production of the Two Orphans, last Sunday,
attracted an immense audience. Irschick played the part of "Henriette"
in an admirable manner. All the resources of her great talent were
drawn on, and the result was an impersonation of rare merit. Notwith-
standing the powerful impression produced by the exercise of this lady's
wonderful abilities, the honors of the evening must be awarded to Miss
Lindermann, whose "Louise" was pathetic in the extreme. This sweet
little girl is a young actress of great promise. Her method is true and
pure, her manner of speech and gesture being free from exaggeration and
extravagance. She is so fresh and natural in herself tbat her mere ap-
pearance is a matter of pleasure to the audience. She is an American
girl, born in St. Louis. If this little lady has an eye to pecuniary ad-
vancement, she should, by all means, join the American stage. Of the
male portion of the cast little can be said in praise. They were all very
fair, but seemed out of their element in the melodrama. Next Sunday
Irschick appears in one of her celebrated creations, Grisoldis.
Tivoli Gardens.— i7. M. S. Pinaforeis now in its tenth week at this pop-
ular resort, and has been greeted with crowded houses nightly. Trial by
Jury has also kept the audience in a state of jollity as well. The style of
having gardens where admirable music can be had while drinking one's
favorite brand of beer and munching the savory sandwich has for some
time been popular in the East, and the present rage in San Francisco
seems as though it will continue here. Mr. Samuel Fabian, a genuine
Californian, deserves a great deal of credit for the capital manner in
which he has trained the singers in Trial by Jury and Pinafore. We un-
derstand he has outdone himself in the new piece, composed and written by
Mrs. S. R. Church, a San Francisco lady, entitled The Wreck of the
Pinafore. He has trained all the performers and carried to a beginning
the whole of the musical part of this opera, which will be produced with
a new and augmented orchestra next week, the Vienna ladies and Mr.
Fabian retiring. We believe Mr. Widmer has charge of the new orches-
tra. If so, it is sure to be a good one.
Chit-Chat. — The daughter of Edwin Booth is a good shot with the
rifle,— —Because of the Exhibition, the Paris theaters took, in 1878. nine
million francs more than in 1875-77- Lucky Paris!^— Mary Anderson
has added to her repertoire Love ; or, the Countess and the Ser/.-^— Out in
Colorado it was "baby-ranching" Little Buttercup practiced when she
was young and charming.— Patti is suffering from a severe attack of
pharyngitis.^— Cornet Levy hands over every penny to madame. His
creditors wish he wouldn't.— Arthur Sullivan interviewed by Olive Lo-
gan: " Mr. Sullivan, I understand that you soon sail the ocean blue, and
your gallant ship's a beauty ?" ** I sail for America soon, if that is what
you refer to," replied the famous composer. "Have you ever visited
America before?' "Never." "What! Never?" "I never have, 'pon
my honor." (Exit Olive, remarking: " Why, damme, it's too bad.")——
Jennie Lee has not yet worn out " Jo." She is trying it again in London.
Frank Lawlor, whose connection with the California has ceased, will
probably support Booth on his tour. ^— A satirical London print speaks
of Miss Rose Eytinge as being " fat, dark and fifty," at which remark the
lady naturally kicks. -^Genevieve Ward, whose father (well known in
this city) died in New York last we^k, has made a great success in Lon-
don in her new play, Forget Me-Not.^^Venie Clancy, pretty Venie,
is to be married at the end of the season, and will then leave the stage.
— — Gus Williams' new play, Our Senator, is likely to be a success.—
Ada Dyas has almost concluded to go to Wallack's. Rose Wood will be
juvenile lady there, taking the parts after Miss Dyas. ^—Gounod has
been taking legal proceedings against the director of the Vienna Opera to
recover a royalty upon the performance of Faust.
Fyramus & Thisbe. — Rehearsals of this new comic opera are pro-
gressing favorably and studiously. The first performance has been post-
poned from the 22d to the 29th inst. This will ensure a more complete
performance, giving, as it does, an extra week for all preparations. The
costumes, scenery, properties and accessories will be all new, especially
gotten up for this production. Manager Locke is sparing no expense to
make this production a brilliant one in every respect ; something that will
appeal to the culture and refinement of the city. The auditorium is on
this occasion to be handsomely decorated.
Sept. 13, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER
BOSCOVTTZ S CONCERT. DASH AWAY HALL.
"Intimes "clwiw, in humeri »thic Jones, is uot a regimen "f ponder-
ooeelBoftoy, The ineipidjt) end UsteleaaiNB of " Chopin " gruel having
proved nauseatim; enough, Mr Boecnviti hae awakened to a eemribility
ol enme enlightenment, and now perceives that a pereietency in its pre-
■oription would end In intolerance. In his curioua botch notch pro-
frrnmma for but Monday evening may be (bond tin- promiscuous, offspring
of at leaat a dosen different onmnoaera; hut this is not of itself an ob-
jectionable feature on the contrary, :\ variety of tastes may thus l>e L_rr.it i
tied! Beginning; with nfosart, Boeooviu fbbtaws ra the ehade of a brilliant
renown by a test pound 00 an improved piano with a land of performance
nwetionsly culled an /nprvrieo&oa, which really and practically means a
I kind of nondescript makeshift key board adventure that has been bo often
I indulged in that it cannot, take it as you may, be played wrong ; and, if
consistently sound in its construction, which is a very great improbability,
it may bo passable enough. Then cornea a new departure, which may be,
though oddly if it is, of a " high class development *' order, which is to
enlighten us benighted outcasts in this out-of-the-way musically barren
wilderness. Mr. B. seems to think that our vulgar Californian natures
can be mollitied into clastic civilization by rough grinding with Hungarian
dances, and polishing off with English jiu's. This maybe a possibility,
but without aiming at anything like conceited sufficiency, an itnprove-
might be suggested, more likely to secure the desired result: Why not
try the social and national "nigger dance," and the equally captivating
Irish jig ? A good old-fashioned " Dan Tucker Reel " is something; sensi-
ble and to be proud of, and, in the whole category of jigs, where is the
compeer of "Lary O'Gaff" or the "Sprig of Shillelah." True, it requires a
special talent to do either creditably, but as Mr. B. has now availed him-
self of superior display powers, where there is a genuine desire the task is
shorn of many difficulties.
With praiseworthy forethought, Mr. B. has provided against any mis-
hap in Hungarian dance development, by securing the able assistance of
Miss Helene Coe, a young lady evidently well grounded in the necessary
mechanical antecedents to a refined and commanding display ; but with
the best and most amiable intentions she may be frustrated in her endeav-
ors to carry mediocrity into popularity. It takes but very little incompe-
tency to blemish high finish, and she can afford to protect herself with-
out seeming unduly selfish.
The contiguity of the sublime and the ridiculous is funnily exemplified
in supporting the classical ism of Mozart by the sublimely illustrative
grandeur of Hungarian fandangos. Now that " high development " con-
certs have become what they really are, there is but one step further to
go to cap the climax: let Mr. B. and his company join hands and finish
off with a grand walk-around!
Wheel about — reel about— iust do so,
Every time yon turn about jump Jim Crow.
Bah! Are we forever to continueinthelightof barbarians to every conceited
adventurer from continental Europe, when, in reality, we are abundantly
stocked with native-born superiority? The very best general pianist that
ever visited California is a genuine American, Frank Gilder; and the very
best in the United States, the co-equal of any in the world, is a Britou —
Mill. '
SPORTING ITEMS.
Pedeatrianism. —Messrs. Lawton and McNeil have received $100 en-
trance money from each of the following gentlemen, entered for the com-
ing six day contest at the Mechanics' Pavilion: A. McLennan, S. J.
Meaney, H. McGinn, — Matteson, A. R. Reid, W. H. Scott, J. W.
Smith, J. Stewart, J. A. Santos, S. D. Thomson, R. Allen, F. Rosen-
ham, L. Berger, W. M. Blake, J. Bowman, J. Callahan, The California
Boy, W. H. Chenewith, J. A. Carmichael, G. Dewey, ,G. Duplissed, G.
E. l)unn, W. L. Evans, L. Francois, J. Fergusson, P. T. Cannon, C.
Harmon, K.. Hedley, P. Mclntyre, F. Lee, F. Merrifield, P. Uclin, W.
"Vance, G. E. Wilcox, H. Wilson, R. BrookB, L. Hart, F. Wagner, A.
Green and " F. C."— —The unprecedented number of entries and assured
success of Lawton and McNeil's pedestrian tournament is, no doubt, due
to the fact that their character and position are a guarantee that there
will be a fair field to all and the best man will win.— —Several ladies are
already entered for the female contest to fol'ow the men's walk. ■ At
Piatt's Hall, Thursday, Steve Brodie, the New York newsboy, ran five
miles in 36£ minutes, while exercising for his 75 hour " go as you please "
exhibition. The six-day walking match at Piatt's Hall, between Von
Berg and La Chapelle, is now on. A large number of people visit the
place night and day. La Chapelle at present leads, and, no doubt, will
keep her position till the end. Brodie, the New York news boy, is also
on the track, in his seventy-five hours, go-aj-ynu-please.
Shooting. — Gerber defeated Randall in the contest for the cup, at Fol-
8om, last Saturday. Score, 24 to 22. After the shoot for the cup, pools
were shot for, Frank Maskey being the winner, with a clean score of 20
and another of 15.^— Prizes for the pigeon shooting tournament at the
Sacramento Fair were awarded as follows : First, §150, C. Robinson ;
second, S100, W. E. Gerber; third, $90, F. Maskey; fourth, $80, O. D.
Brown ; fifth and sixth, $75 and $70, were divided by Kane and F. Bass-
ford ; seventh, $65, H. Bassford ; ninth, $50, W. B. Hamilton ; tenth,
$45, F. M. Benson ; eleventh, $40, G. Routier ; twelfth and thirteenth,
$35 and $30, divided by A. Cook and J. D. Bailey.— We extract the
following from a communication from Messrs. Paine and Beckwith, of
whom we spoke a few weeks ago as having leased part of the Suisun
marshes :
On Board Hunting Yacht " Wave," September 10th.
We are the pioneer hunters here, having been on this ground for the last twenty-
three years, long before any one thought of " taking it up," and hunted unmo-
lested for years. After a while others began to come in, and we had to divide with
them. And still they came, and we divided again, and kept dividing until nothing
was left, when finally parties who had recently come were going to lease it over our
heads and turn us out altogether. So we acted in self-defense and leased it our-
Belves. The property that we have leased is called the "Chamberlain Tract." It
contains about 4,yQ0*acre8, and is comparatively only a small portion of the Suisun
marshes. The northern boundary is six miles below Bridgeport by water, and ex-
tends from the Cordelia to Suisun slouch, and only a small portion is good hunting
ground. We have re-let to other hunters all hut a few ponds in the immediate vi-
cinity of where we lay with the yacht, as we have no desire to monopolize anything.
We are poor men and want a chance to make a living, and have invoked what pro-
tection the law will give us. That is all. The public must he our judges. * * P. & B.
— 'Quail season begins Monday next, September 15th.— —Sportsmen
whose business will not allow of a long absence from the city will
find the Following placee easy of arcm and well stocked with game : At
M :tv, s. V. ft, R . quail an
in. hint : «l»o all alone the rand between ueee placet. Prom Etoee
Lending on the V IV C. R R . two mllea from Ben KaJeel, all along the
r a I and in every gulch to the Lajnuuoltce on Tamalpaifl mountain. At
Butter-field's, jusl opposite and east of Fairfax Station, three mile* from
SMninij, bevye in every (rut h. From Taylorville to < ilium, on the N.
1*. C. U. li.. easy hunting and qumU in any quantity. From Nioasio to
Pel dums, quail in thousands, and a great many bareB; take S. F. .V N. V.
\l. II. In Sonoma county quail are M thick in the various vineyardl ami
drstr.iy so many -rape« that the owners are glad to give permission to
hunters to shoot them. There are any quantity of quail at Novato, S. F.
& N. P. K. R.; permission must be had of Sweetzer & De Long. Every
gulch on the Saucelito Ranuho hae large bevye of quail; permission must
be had of S. R. Throckmorton or E. B. Gould.
Swimming,— The tournament at Alameda, under the auspices of the
Neptune l Hub, commences at 2 p.m. today. Our anticipations that great
interest would be taken in it are verified by the unusually large number
of entries for all the contests except the professional race. We think
this will be the finest amateur exhibition of swimming and diving ever
given in America. The prizes cost over (220. Following is a list of con-
testants: 1, Swimming race for amateurs; prize, a handsome gold medal:
John Spring, Mr. ,M. E. Harris, Solon H. Williams, Kenneth Melrose, R. B.
Cunningham, J. J. Searle, E. B. Deane and Joseph Taylor. 2. Swim-
ming race for boys under 16 years ; prize, gold medal: John Stoddard,
R. Nickerson, C. Searle, G. M. Tyler, J. Derrnody, S. LanVrty and E. E.
Webb. 3. Fancy diving; prize, gold medal (amateurs): J. Hammer-
smith and Geo. Dall. 4. Swimming race for amateurs who have never
won a prize ; prize, gold medal: K. Melrose, K. Catton, R. B. Cunning-
ham, H. Morse, W. Alexander, G. Bock, A. T. Field, G. M. Tyler, H.
Frank, A. Hull and W. E. Dinan. 5. Swimming race for professionals,
for a prize of $50, for not less than three entries. Entries at noon yes-
terday: Berg and Fleming, with understanding that they will start any-
how. 6. Diving match for amateurs; prize, gold medal: J. Taylor, J.
Adams, C. Dall, J. J. Searle, R. B. Cunningham, G. Dall.— —Daily is at
Coney Island. He expects to make a match with either Webb or Boyn-
ton, and is confident of beating them.
Yachting.— The model yacht race last Saturday, on Oakland Creek,
was won by E. A. Fields' Iona, E. Johnson's Lizzie second.— The out-
side race of the S. F. Yacht Club on Admission Day brought out seven
starters — Mr. Guttes (no name), Clara, C'hispa, Consuelo, Frolic, Lively
and Emerald. The no name won handsomely. Time, lh. 41m. 10s., fol-
lowed by the Clara and Frolic. The course was from Meiggs' Wharf to
the seven-fathom buoy.— —At the annual election of the Pacific Yacht
Club the following gentlemen were elected : R. S. Floyd, Commodore ;
J. McDonoush, Vice-Commodore; J. C. Kelly, Treasurer ; Stewart
Menzies, C. O'Connor, J. C. Kelly, E. O. Blethen, M. H. Marfcenstein,
J. C. Tucker and H. C. Langley, Directors. The excursion round the
bay, and the ball and entertainment at the Club House were a great sue
cuss. Three hundred sat down to dinner. The Aerial showed great
speed before the wind, but lacked stiffness, going close hauled.
Fishing. — Salt water fishing is the only kind worth anything at pres-
ent. The best places are as follows : Just beyond Fort Point, from the
rocks, quantities of perch, blue and red eod. Sea trout (quite game) are
caught. These fish are all very large. It is advisable to use a float, fish-
ing among the rocks ; also a very strong line. Low tide is best. Good
fishing can be had off Angel Island, opposite Saucelito ; also around the
hills on the beach south of Saucelito. In Bolinas Bay the salt water fish-
ing is also immense.— Trout are not biting well in any of the lakeB now.
although Dr. Jessup caught the biggest real trout (hook-nosed, spotted
and square-tail), in Lake Merced last Sunday yet hauled. He weighed
6k pounds. -^Salmon are peddled on the streets, in spite of the closed
season.
Rowing.— Thn additional time given for practice by postponing the
St. Gejrge and Columbia Regatta, is being used to the utmost advantage
by the crews. The Pioneer Club are perhaps the most regular in prac-
tice, most of their crews being out every day.^— Tom Hoare, an ex-
champion of England, is dead.— — Trickett has signified his intention to
accept Hanlon's challenge to row for $2,000 a side, but refused to allow
anything for expenses. There is, however, good prospect of a race being
made.-^— Hanlon will most likely row Courtenay, at Chatauqua Lake, be-
fore he visits Australia.
Boxing.— The manly art is becoming very popular in San Francisco,
and the number of gentlemen who put the gloves on, and the proficiency
of our athletic clubs, prove that it is the correct thing. Among profes-
sionals there seems at present no desire to find out who is the best man,
but a match between Hogan and Haggerty may be looked for as soon as
the former returns from China.— The new style of glove made byFred.
Busby, of 412 Market street, is coming into general use. It is considered
a much greater protection than the ordinary glove.
Baseball.— The game between the California and Athletic Clubs, at
Oakland, last Sunday, was closely contested and marked by fine play on
both sides. The former club won ; score, 5 to 3.— Games next Sunday :
At Oakland— Athletics vs. Oaklands ; at the Recreation Grounds— Oma-
has vs. Knickerbockers. ^— The Chicago Club, who will most likely win
the League championship, are expected here in October. They will play
at different towns along the railroad on their way out.
Archery.— The Archery Tournament at the State Fair is showing the
remarkable proficiency of our California toxopholites. The Pacific Club
made the best score in the club shooting, 1,437; Eureka, 1,031 ; Capital
Bow, 916. F. C. Havens, of the Pacific Club, made the highest individ-
ual score on record in America, 527— beating W. H. Thompson's score,
made at the Chicago Tournament, by 63.
Bicycling.— Keen and Edlin rode a ten-mile race at Leicester. Keen
won by six yards— time, 33 m. 21 sec. ; five mile time, 15m. 8 sec— — Our
local club has some good riders and fine machines, but do nothing but
road work. A bicvele race would be a great novelty here, and we khink
could be got up easily if some lover of the sport would offer b, suitable,
prize.
Artistic Novelties, manufactured from California quartz, at Ran-
dolph & Co.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Sept. 13, ?.879.
SEPTEMBER.
The golden rod is yellow ;
The corn is turning brown:
The trees in apple orchards
With fruit are bending down,
The gentian's bluest fringes
Are curling iu the sun ;
In dusty pods the milkweed
Its hidden silk has spun.
The sedges flaunt their harvest
In every meadow nook ;
And asters by the brook-side
Make asters in the brook.
From dewy lanes at morning
The grapes' sweet odors rise ;
At noon the roads all flutter
With yellow butterflies.
By all these lovely tokens
September days are here,
With summer's best of weather,
And Autumn's best of cheer.
But none of all this beauty
Which floods the earth and air,
Is ujnto me the secret
Which makes September fair.
'Tis a thing which I remember ;
To name it thrills me yet;
One day of one September
I never can forget.
— H. jET, in Seribner for September.
SHALL WE PROTECT OURSELVES AGAINST ENTER-
PRISE AND PROGRESS?
The 'Whole principles on which modern political and social life is
based in the United States are those of complete freedom and justice to
all, and if our country shows to-day the most conspicuous example in the
world of a fettered foreign commerce, still the internal trade of the coun-
try is absolutely free. Notwithstanding occasionally such backslidings as
those of the United States and Germany toward temporary protective du-
ties, still, just as the battle of personal freedom has been achieved in the
chief civilized couu tries after numerous fierce struggles on the battle field, in
the halls of legislation, on the platform and in the press, so is the battle of
the liberty of purchase and sale in the most advantageous markets for each
individual now being fought ont in various countries of the world. In
England particularly the battle of freedom of purchase and sale by each
individual has been fought out with the most satisfactory results, and,
during the last forty yearg, the development of internal industry and of
foreign commerce has been enormous, and the bold and sanguine move-
ments of British capital in all parts of the world have been altogether un-
precedented. This unfettered freedom and fair field to all has given an
immense impetus to British energy and enterprise, and made the Brit-
isher, in spite of his insular origin, his strong prejudices and his aristo-
cratic institutions, the most cosmopolitan person in the world next to the
American.
In the United States, however, where the field for enterprise and the
opportunities Pot makiug fortunes are altogether unrivaled, we have cir-
cumscribed the field for purchase and sale; and having set this example of
dictating to ourselves and our neighbors that we shall not purchase where
we think best, or at the price which is lowest, just as if we might dictate that
no American shall go to the Raman Catholic church, we are now in danger
of this antiquated patriarchal system being applied to all classes of enter-
prises. The Sand Lot orator argues that, if Congress can decide that a
farmer shall pay a tax of 50 to 100 per cent, on the clothes he wears, or
on the machinery he u£es, without any compensating bounty being
received for his wheat, why should not a Railway or a Water Company,
or a Mine, pay 30 or 40 per cent, of its earnings for the benefit of the
community at large ? It is difficult to draw a line between these two
classes of propositions, because both of them are arbitrary forms of enor-
mous taxation, punishing the individual and not taking merely his indi-
vidual share of the taxation of the country. It is confiscation pure and
simple, when it reaches such large dimensions and is levied so unequally.
But in a country where every private interest fights for special legislative
benefits, and the principle of unrestricted purchase and sale has been long
ago lost sight of in the greed of individuals, there is no respect either for
the just rights of property or for the proprietary rights of the individual.
The free American counts it his proud prerogative to deposit a slip of
paper, with a few names printed on it, in a ballot-box, once a year or
oftener, and he proclaims his country by that act the freest in the
world, and pities the effete monarchies of Europe. But when
he crosses the street from the ballot-box to purchase a suit
of clothes, or a piece of silk, or some agricultural machinery,
he finds he cannot buy these articles at their actual cost,
but must pay a tax of from 40 to 100 per cent, to some manu-
facturers in Connecticut or New Jersey. Smarting under this restriction
on his freedom of purchase, he looks round to see if there are not some
paying institutions or corporations on which he can help to levy 30 or 40
percent, for the general benefit, and accordingly there is kept up a per-
petual warfare against the rights of property and of individual wealth
which restricts industry, diminishes the demand for labor, and makes in-
secure the wealth which men have laboriously built up by perseverance,
intelligence, economy and good judgment. The motto of this section of
Americans is, "tails we win ; heads you lose." If enterprising men will
spend their capital, time and energies in large undertakings and lose their
all, this class of envious Americans are perfectly satisfied ; but if these
enterprising men succeed in developing and building up a valuable prop-
erty, then the same class proclaim that large enterprises and wealthy men
are hostile to the spirit of republicanism, and immediately set about to
see how fcijey can form a party of political wire-pullers to confiscate part
of the property thus worthily acquired. We maintain that this bucca-
neering spirit at work in these days and in the Republic of the United
States to hamper enterprise aud confiscate individual wealth, is infinitely
more oppressive and indefensible than were the levies of the robbing bar-
ons of the Rhine, and the sooner we return to the true principles of free-
dom and justice, with arl.dtijsens amenable to just laws, but not in danger
of confiscation by special legislation, the better will it be for the welfare
and prosperity of Americans and for the reputation of the nation. Enter-
prise and progress must have a free w.d unrestricted field.
She sang soprano sweetly —
Her voice was like a lyre ;
But on Sunday she ate onions,
And thus busted up the choir.
An elegant assortment of Gold Watohes and Chaws at Randolph &
Co,'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
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Charles R. Story, Secretary. R. H. MAGILL, H. H. BIGELOW, General Agents.
Directors. —San Francisco— L. L. Baker, John H. Redington, J. F. Houghton,
R. B. Gray, Robert Watt, John Currey, L. L. Baker, W. F. Whittier, C. C. Burr, E.
M. Root, W. H. White, J. L. N. Shepard, W. M. Greenwood, George S. Mann, Cyrus
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Jacob Rich, John Auzerais, John Balbach. Stockton— H. H. Hewlett, Chas. Belding,
J. D. Peters, A. W. Simpson, H. M. Fanning. Marysville— D. E, Knight. Grass
Valley— Wm. Watt, T. W. Sigourney. Portland, Oregon— W. S. Ladd, O. H. Lewis,
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fice. The combined subscribed Capital which our policies therefore offer to the public,
Amounts to i Of which
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Besides the Always Available Reserve Funds.
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{ESTABLISHED 1S36.)
Whole Amount of Jo:nt Stock and Guaranteed Capital ..$5, 000, 000.
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Freight and Shipments to or from England, Europe, New York, Japan, China, Aus-
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made payable at port of termination.
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of St. Gall, Capital 10,000,000 francs ; Baloise, of Basle, Capital 5,000,000 francs.
These three Companies arc liable jointly and severally for all losses that may be sus-
tained. Losses made payable in all the principal seaports of the world. In' the set-
tlement of all claims under an English policy, these Companies will strictly adhere to
the conditions and customs adopted at Lloyds, and submit to English jurisdiction.
June 9. HARRY W. SYZ, Agent, 225 Sansome St., S. F.
NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL LIFE INSUR. CO. OF BOSTON.
Has transacted tne business of Life Insurance for nearly
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Sa tan lay to Scituicbu/.
Simla, September 6tU \; ■ I ite hoar Thursday eight a messenger
trawling post uwte reached AJikney] from Ofthul. and informed Major
Connolly, the British political auent, that the British Embassy -it ' fobul
ml Afghan regiments, and that thi military
escort «>f the Embassy were defending themselves. The Viceroy "f India
i the troops at Alikneyl to move upon the Shntargarden Pass.
I Roberta baa been ordered to advance* on Cabul, while General
Stewart bordered to hold Candahar and concentrate at Candaba, The
forces in the Chyber Pass are Doing strongly reinforced and will operate
on Jellalabad Major Connolly telegraphed Friday night the Bubstance
of a k-tter received fr.-m the Ameer n! Afghanistan, who confirmed the
news of the revolt, an. 1 adds that the regiments which have mutinied
weiv joined by the populace. The Ameers arsenal and stores were first
plundered ami destroyed, anil the British Embassy was then attacked by
overwhelming numbers.— Chicago, September 6th.— Speaking of the
growth of the California salmou industry, the Tribune says: N. K. Fair-
hanks, ..f Chicago, is now experimenting with them at Geneva Lake, and
believes that, properly started, they will live and thrive in fresh water as
well as salt water. If the result shall .letnomntrate the correctness of his
theory, he proposes to stock Lake Michigan.—— Victoria, September
6th. — H. M. S. Rocket, with the Imperial (.'.miniissioners on board, has
returned from Barclay Sound, where a critical examination for defensive
purposes was made. ■^—Arrangements have been made to open the marble
quarries on Taxada Island. Wharves will be erected for sbinping.^—
St. Pkteksbirg. September 7th. — Eighty-four young persons "sentenced
to hard labor and deportation to Siberia for political offences, have left
Moscow under armed escort.— Pams, September 7tb.— Arnado de Nne,
better known as " Cham," the caricaturist, is dead. He was born in Paris
on January 26th, 181b'.— London, September 7th.— A correspondent at
Bombay asserts that symptoms of discontent have been noticed at Cabul
for some time. The bearing of the population toward members of the
Embassy has been defiant. The force defending the Embassy numbered
seventy-nine. They fought with the greatest bravery. It is said that the
Ameer's son is fatally injured. A larye number of mutineers were killed.
After the buildings of the Embassy were fired, the survivors sallied out
and defended themselves despel-ately, but all were killed, including Major
Cavagnari. Intense excitement prevails throughout India. It is believed
at Paris and Vienna that the outrage is due to Russian intrigue.— —Lon-
don. September 8th. — A Calcutta dispatch reports that the disturbances
at .Badakshan were not serious. Affairs at Herat are unsettled. The
Kurum Valley is infested with robbers. Trade by Shutargarden Pass has
been stopped. The force ordered to leave Candahar on the 8th of Sep-
tember has been instructed to remain, and the city has been re-occupied.
——London, September 7th.— A dispatch from Prome says the massacres
in Mandalay continue. Diplomatic intercourse between the Burmese
Court and the British has virtually ceased. The Cabul outbreak will pro-
bably encourage King Thebau to create an open rupture with England.
The Rumpa rebellion will be stamped out in a few weeks. -^—Bombay,
September 8th. — Orders have been given for collection of transportation.
The Punjaub is being scoured for camels. The Khyber column is not ex-
pected to advance at present., as all available means of transportation will
be sent to the Kurum force. The Insurgents have sent messengers to all
the tribes, calling on the whole country to rise in arms. It is believed
that a Heratese regiment has left Cabul for Kerat, to induce that city to
join in the revolt.— London, September 8th. — A Simla dispatch says:
Grave fears are entertained that the Ameer has joined the insurgents to
save himself.— Behlin, September 8th. - Owing to persecutions by the
Government the number of students in Russian universities is rapidly de-
creasing. Harvest prospects in Russia are unfavorable.— ^Brussels,
September Stb. — The Institute of International Law, now in session here,
has voted in favor of a resolution recommending that the various States
agree that the destruction or injury of a submarine telegraph cable is an
offense against the law of nations.— Madrid, September 8th.— Cano-
vas del Castillo has been charged with the mission of officially asking the
hand of Archduchess Marie Christine of Austria in marriage with King
Alphnnso.— The report that 20,000 troops would be sent to Cuba is con-
tradicted. The Government will only replace troops whose term of ser-
vice in Cuba has expired.— — Fall River, September 9th. —The spinners
to-night issued a second appeal to the workingmen of America for aid.
—Louisville, September 9th. — The strike of the molders was inaugu
rated at the Ohio Falls Car Works, at Jeffersonville, this morning. At
present only the freight department of the extensive establishment is in-
volved. The strikers demand that wages be increased from $2 to $2 50
a day. ^—London, September 9th.— The leaders of the Ashton Trades
Union fear they will be unable to prevent a strike, as the mill hands be-
lieve it would be beneficial in reducing production, even if it did not pre-
vent a reduction of wages. — At a meeting of the shareholders of the
Union Spinning Mills, at Oldham, running 900,000 spindles, a suggestion
to run on short time, or to stop the Oldham Mills entirely, so as to bring
pressure to bear on the Liverpool cotton market, seemed to meet with
great approval.— Glasgow, September 9th. — It is estimated that 3,000
people are still out of employment here. The iron trades only are doing
well. Building trades are in the worst condition, and it will be necessary
again to make provision to assist the unemployed the coming winter.^^
BAN Fuancisco, September 10th. —The schooner General Harney, which
arrived at Honolulu August 31st, brings the following f news from the
Arctic whaling fleet, up to August 1st: The bark Helen Mar had 7 whales ;
bark Eliza, 2 whales ; bark Thomas Pope, 6 whales ; bark Norman, 2
whales ; bark Hunter, 5 whales ; bark Sea Breeze, 3 whales ; bark Pro-
gress, 3 whales ; bark John Howfand, 5 whales; bark Northern Lu/ht, 1
whale ; bark Abram Barker, 5 whales ; bark Alaska, 1 whale; bark Rain-
bow, 5 whales ; bark Coral, 4 whales ; bark Dawn, 1 whale ; schooner C.
M. Ward, 1,000 pounds whalebone, 1,200 pounds walrus bone ; Hawaiian
schooner Giovanni Apian i, 400 pounds whalebone, 1,600 pounds walrus
bona.- — Paris, S« n,,. BntlHin da HaUu says: The first
threshings in the w«1 nod northwest of Francs show a very poor yield,
both in quality and ojiantii will uo( bava t-> purchase
oar, nne will requlra fifteen to twenty million hecto-
litres, and must buy ii n)i rely in America in competition with
England London, September 9th. I* ti Bald the cereal harvest in
King s County, Ireland, bad b«n virtually loai in consequence of heavy
rains and flood . last There are also very bad re-
ports from County iWn with regard to the crops.— Belgium, Holland.
Italy and Spain "ill be buyers ..f food in America, aa well as England
and Franca.*—- A-i, ■ \ •, m , September 9th. One of the great
est struggles ever known in the cotton trade here will probably be entered
upon by the end of this week. Employers decline to withdraw their no-
tice of rive per cent reduci j, and the Bpinners and weavers
are determined to resist the reduction. If a strike ensue, nearly all the
working people In Ashton District will be Involved, and the strike will
probably be protracted, aa the Spinners' Union is amply provided with
funds.
FAIRFAX MINING COMPANY,
426 CALIFORNIA STREET, ROOM NO. 2.
President JOHN W. COLEMAN.
Treasurer GEN. O. H. LA GRANGE.
Secretary o. C. MILLER.
[October 12]
Geo. C. Hickox. a c. McFaiuanb.
GEORGE C. HICKOX & CO.,
(Commission Stork Brokers Nan Francisco Stock Ex-
J change, No. 230 Montgomery street, San Franciaco. M^y 4.
J. A. RUDKIN,
Member S. F. Stork aurt Exchange Board, 42S California
street. STOCKS Bought and Sold on Commission. Liberal Advances
made n Active Accounts. Oct. 26.
CARD.
I take pleasure in announcing- that I have completed ar-
rangements with F. F. db DERKY, M.D., whereby he will attend to my practice
during my absence abroad. Dr. di; Derky has been a successful practitioner of med-
icine in the Southern and Eastern States, and, though recently having become a res-
ident of this city, I beg to commend him as worthy of your fullest confidence.
Yours respectfully, DR. D. ALBERT HILLER.
Relative to the above, I would say that my office is No. 17 Dupont street, Rooma
Nns. 5and (i. Office Hours : from 11 to 12 o'clock a.m. and 2 to 4 p.m.
Aug. 30. F. F. de DERKY, M.D.
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g^° State rights for sale. Aug. 9.
EDWARD B0SQUI & CO.,
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CALIFORNIA SUGAR REFINERY,
Manufacturers of the Standard Syrup, a superior article
put up in barrels expressly for home consumption. Also, Extra Heavy Syrup
in barrels for Export. Refined Sugars at lowest market rates. Office, 215 Front
street, up stairs. Dec. 21.
MBERNIA BREWERY,
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For full particulars apply, by letter, "A. B.," News Letter Office. Dec. 14.
~~ HAPPY CHILDREN^
The rosy-cheeked children of San Francisco is the evidence
the JERSEY FARM DAIRY has of the purity and richness of its milk.
Aug. 2. City Depot : 837 HOWARD STREET.
COKE CHEAPEST FUEL
Reduction in Price: Wholesale Price, 50 cents per barrel ;
Retail Price. CO cents per barrel, at the works of the SAN FRANCISCO GAS-
LIGHT COMPANY, Howard and First streets, and fyat o( Second st- Jan. 12.
10
SAK FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Sept. 13, 2879.
THE FUTURE OF RAILROAD POLITICS.
To thoughtful men it has always seemed a misfortune that the ques-
tion of fares and freights should be made a subject of political contest. It
was an evil in many ways. It was demoralizing to political parties, hurt-
ful to individual voters, and harassing to the transportation companies.
It gat e political charlatans an opportunity, of which they were not slow
to avail themselves, to blackmail the railroads into buying them, off; their
price had often to be paid in the shape of assistance to political advance-
ment, and thus one evil begat another. Nor could it be expected that
these raids would always be sternly resisted. The trustees of a vast pro-
perty were forced to a choice between evils; they had to aid the politi-
cians in order that the value of railroad property might not be ruthlessly
legislated away. The bad principle having unfortunately become estab-
lished, that local Legislatures might do pretty well as they pleased with
railroad property, it was in the nature of things that the railroads would
seek to protect themselves. Self-preservation is the first law of nature.
Capital had to take care of itself, and proved itself abundantly able to do
that, as it always has and always will. But considerable demoralization
was undoubtedly the result. Both the old political parties were very
ready to strengthen themselves by railroad support, and the new party
has not been a whit behind its predecessors in that respect. The sooner
that condition of thiogs passes away, the better it will be for all political
parties. The railroad taken out of politics will be a great advantage all
round. It will relieve railroad men of their greatest labor and worry,
and leave them free to increase transportation facilities. It has been
said that the anxiety and labor involved in protecting the railroads from
conBscatory legislation has far exceeded the anxiety and labor which suf-
ficed to build them. This state of things may well be put an end to.
We think the time has come for putting and end to it. We think, too,
that the means for ending it have been provided. If the newly elected
Railroad Commissioners discharge their duties in fairness, and in the
spirit of the Constitution that has clothed them with the most extraordi-
nary powers ever conferred upon mortal men, we think they may formu-
late a table of fares and freights that may be accepted as reasonable by
both the railroads and their customers, and that, as a result, the railroad
may thereafter bid adieu to political management. The Constitution
provides for the fullest inquiry. It gives the Commissioners all the pow-
ers necessary for that purpose; they are to call for persons and papers, ex-
amine books of accounts, and cause witnesses to testify, and may punish
for contempt. After full investigation, they are to find a judicial judg-
ment on the very large question that has been submitted to
them. They are not themselves experts, and therefore they will
necessarily have to depend very much upon the testimony of those who
are. It will be their business to take into consideration a number of ex-
ceedingly complex problems. It will be their duty to master a most diffi-
cult subject that may well oppress them with a, sense of grave responsi-
bility. There" are men fully their equals in point of natural ability, who
have been engaged in railroad management most of their lives, who would
yet shrink from the performance of such a task as that now imposed upon
the popularly-elected Commissioners. This, at least, shows that the
inquiry, preliminary to preparing a tariff of fares and freights, must be
made as thorough and as exhaustive as possible. There can be no jump-
ing at conclusions if the subject is to be fairly and honestly dealt -with.
That the framers of the Constitution intended that it should be so dealt
with is evident from the carefulness with which they provided the neces-
sary machinery for instituting a full inquiry. The Gorham and Cohen
methods of making reductions to please private malice, and in violation
of public justice, will not, we are persuaded, be listened to for a single
moment. Bids for popular votes should find no place in the settlement
of so important a question. Gorham offered a reduction of twenty-five
per cent ; Cohen went further, and offered thirty-three and one-third per
cent. The people accepted neither bid. They chose Commissioners who
personally had bound themselves to no such pledges. Messrs. Cone,
Stoneman and Beerstecher are free to decide this high judicial case accord-
ing to the testimony, with justice toward the public on the one hand, and
without prejudice toward the Railroad Company on the other. The ques-
tion being approached and determined in this spirit, the result cannot but
be a desirable one in many ways. A record will be made which will serve
to educate the people to a better understanding of the railroad question
than that which they have acquired from the false figures of Cohen, or the
heated harangues of Gorham. Above all, the settlement of the question
upon a fair basis will take the railroad out of politics, to the great satisfac-
tion of its managers, and to the advantage of party politics, and to the great
good of the people generally. This, we know, is a great deal to expect.
Our fear is, that the trading politicians may prove strong enough to defeat
so desirable a consummation. Thoughtful men, however, will do well to
lend their influence to beat the politicians in thi3.
HONOR TO WHOM HONOR IS DUE.
The election being over, it is proper to give honor to whom honor is
due. The Republicans have won substantial victories in both the city and
State. The campaign, on their part, was most admirably managed in all
its details. The headquarters in this city was for weeks a scene of down-
right hard work. Few persons, unacquainted with the facts, would im-
agine all that is involved in the skillful manipulations of all the elements
of success that enter into a great contest such as that which has just been
passed through. Arrangements have to be made for the conduct of pri-
maries, for the meeting of nominating conventions, for the employment
and proper distribution of speakers, for the hiring of halls, for the an-
swering of an immense country correspondence, for resisting the assaults
of the opposition, and for a thousand and one other things which it is
needless to enumerate. Every day unlooked for emergencies arise, which
have to be promptly met. Every possible point of attack must be care-
fully watched. The whole State, and every corner in it, need to be under
vigilant surveillance. There must be a good, understanding of the weak-
ness aB well as well of of the strength of your own forces, and your oppo-
nents must he equally well understood. The manager of such a campaign
must ever be on the alert, with a keen eye along the whole line, ready to
do the right thing at the right time and in the right way. It is only do-
ing honor to whom honor is due to say that, in Marcus D. Boruck, the
Republicans had a secretary who filled the bill, as manager, with the high-
est degree of efficiency. To his clear judgment and never-tiring industry
the successful issue of the campaign is largely due. He deserves well of
his party.
BACK TO CABTJL.
Hark ! the trumpet calls to arms—
Every note a wail of pain ;
And the veteran, battle-worn,
Turns him to his task again.
Withered, if he failed to turn,
Were the bays that wreathe his brow,
Worthless were his victories won
If he rested from them now.
For the peace that he hath earned
Is by treachery o'erthrown,
And the blood on England's shield
Can be washed with blood alone.
Lo ! her sons lie cold in death,
Murdered with a Judas-kiss;
Naught but ruthless sword and torch
Can avenge a wrong like this.
Scant the news from far Cabul ;
But, what matter? This we know:
That they died as Britons should,
With their faces to the foe ;
That they scorned to ask for grace,
Placing in their swords their trust ;
That for every Englishman
Twenty Afghans bit the dust.
But a vengeance, swift and sure,
Soon shall waste the traitors' land ;
They have done this thing before,
Leave them to old England's hand.
Generous is the Lion's wrath
When he meets a noble foe,
But no mercy even he
On the traitor will bestow.
THE RIGHT POLICY TO PURSUE.
After the first flush of victory is over a calm and critical examina-
tion of the field shows but little reason for undue exultation. True, we
have secured a good State administration, the Boards of Supervisors and
Education, and the Board of Equalization, but the complexion of the
Legislature is far from reassuring, and unless the Republicans make it an
object for the democrats to unite with them, the Grangers and Working-
men will practically control that body. Had a combination been effected
three months ago upon the conservative basis then indicated by the Kews
Letter, the present aspect of affairs would have been vastly improved,
and we should have carried the entire State and city to the complete dis-
comfiture of the Sand-lotters. We merely advert to this unaccepted coun-
sel in order to point the moral of what we now advise. It is this : Let the
Republicans and Democrats elected to the Legislature unite their forces
without fail before that body meets ; it will be too late afterwards. Overtures
to that effect will come with grace from the stronger side, and the Demo-
crats are now in a frame of mind to accept them, because their party is
and must remain a cypher in California politics until the Workingmen's
party shall have been disbanded. There is at present no sign thereof —
on the contrary, that party has elected the Supreme and a majority of
the Superior judges, a majority of the Railroad Commission, and the
chief executive officers of San Francisco. It is idle to deny that, consider-
ing the elements opposed to them, they have succeeded beyond the expec-
tation of dispassionate observers. To use a short phrase, "they have
drawn blood," and having polled a larger vote, especially in this city,
than the Democracy, the latter — what remains of it — will gravitate
toward the W. P. C. as the avenue to office in the future. In reality
there has been merely a change in name and leaders — nothing more.
Hence, we repeat, now is the time for Republicans to absorb the fragment
remaining of the "grand old party," else, as sure as fate, it will be gath-
ered into the Workingmen's and Grangers' fold, and the contest be inter-
minably prolonged. It is useless to enlarge upon such patent facts. Un-
less the Republican leaders are blind, they will not permit the "big head"
of victory to overrule these views of sound policy. If a desire to monopo-
lize all the loaves and fishes causes a rejection of the possible alliance
here outlined, the sequel will prove that present victors had less regard
for the public welfare than for the spoils of office.
BEGINNING TO FLOP.
' The "Chronicle" magnanimously announces its intention to accept
Perkins for Governor, now that he has been duly elected ; but ominously
declares that it will keep a watchful eye upon his future conduct. In
other words, if Perkins behaves himself to suit the Chronicle, that sheet
will allow him to retain his office, but if he diverges a hair's breadth from
the Chronicle's ideas as to the correct thing (and very nice ideas they are),
there will be a call for "more mud" in the live paper's editorial-room.
Next to Kearney's'threat against Grant's effigy, this is the cheekiest thing
of the season. What are we to suppose would have happened if the
Chronicle had not seen fit to " accept " Perkins for Governor ? Would it
have been under the painful necessity of annulling the election ? And
what do the De Youngs propose to do to Perkins if his official conduct
fjdls to please them ? Every word of abuse which they hurled at his head
during the recent campaign seems to have given him an additional vote.
On the same principle, if the Chronicle would only speak ill enough of
him while in office, he might run the State to the devil with everybody's
consent and approbation. It looks to us very much as if the paper in
question is crawling over to the winning side, and in our opinion Perkins
will find it very difficult to do anything which will seem wrong in its eyes.
It would never do for some people to be on bad terms with the official
who has the power of pardoning vested in his hands.
Five Children at One Birth.— The Cologne Gazette reports from Kett-
wig that a woman there has just had five children, four boys and one girl,
at a birth. They only lived a few hours. Though very small, they were
well-formed. The mother is recovering rapidly.-
Boots: "Eight o'clock, surr !" Voice (from the deeps) : "Whydidn't
ye till me that before, confound you 1 "
fept. 13, 1879.
CALIFOKNIA ADVERTISER.
11
THE TOWN CRIER.
"H**riho Ortarf" "Wtai th» \*tA »rt ihooT
■ Oo» th»i will pl»j ih» d»Til. ii.- with roo.*'
" He'd ft Mine in hin Uil a* .on* at ft (Utl.
" huh m*d« htm crow bolder and boldar."
Mr. Kiddle. ax-Superintendent of the New York City Public Schools,
is making a tight for his place, and seems to have the Board of Education
in a tight plant, Ho resigned. he my*, became tin- commotion raised by
his book of communications from aec< seed worthies, such as Franklin,
EL .1. K ivmont!, nfoeea, Shakespeare, Pontius Pilate and Pius the Ninth,
was too strong to be resisted; but now he comes forward as a candidate
for the position, ami he is backed by the teachen, His religious belief is
the only thins against him, ami the Constitution protects him in that.
What n the Board to do! Mr. Kiddles belie! is driveling idiocy, if
Judged by the booh he has written; but he has a right to be idiotic in
religion, and it is not denied that he bas made an excellent Superintend-
ent of Schools, and is still allowed by his friends to goat large. The
indication* are that he will go hack to his old place, and why should he
not? "There was a God yesterday," said the converted Turk, "but I
eat him, and to day there is none." Who is to decide, when it comes to a
discussion of religious absurdities?
People had a happy time fifty or sixty years ago. There is a Congre-
gational Jubilee at Westhainpton, Mass., and Dr. Clarke has been giving
his recollections of the tine old days when there were prayer meetings,
four hours long, of a Summer afternoon, and single prayers of an hour's
duration. "I used to get tired out." he says, " by these long prayers,
but I must record my deep conviction that those holy veterans had power
with God." Not a doubt of it. Not even Almighty power could stand
such prayers, and the Cnngregationalists have been living in the darkness
ever since. After all, they care nothing fur that, for they have the West-
minster Confession of Faith, which is the "closest approximation to ab-
solute truth which it is possible for human sagacity and human wisdom
to make." Perhaps the most pleasant sight in the world, next to a clean
Dennis Kearney, or a two-eyed Ben. Butler, would be Dr. Clarke and
spiritualist Kiddle pulling each other's hair, in the presence of Professor
Tyndall.
The Scotch Highlanders were always a picturesque race, without
breeches — a kind of British sansculottes — and some of their customs, if
queer, were none the le*s practical. Their habit of sticking their dirks
into the table at dinner time, in order to be ready for any little argument,
was an extremely pleasant one, and its disappearance is to be regretted.
Wild as the Highlanders were, they were kindly and courteous, and it
would be an improvement in our modern life to introduce their old forms.
Dirks, to be sure, are out of fashion, but there is no reason why we
should not have our revolvers alongside the plates at dinner. As things
are now, a man is afraid to say " Good morning" on a foggy day, for fear
of a negative answer and a half-ounce ball in the diaphragm; but if his
own pistol were to the fore, he might be able to make his assertion good.
What California society needs this day is a pervading six-shooter; and
guests should be provided with arms, as with coffee-cups, at every first-
class hotel.
An eminent and justly-respected divine of this city has a fine
property at Oakland, with an orchard in full bearing. A friend remarked
that much of the fruit lay rotting on the ground, and suggested that it
might be well to allow some of the poor in the neighborhood to supply
themselves, rather than have the fruit go to waste. "Oh," said the rever-
end proprietor, "it is not wasted; ii makes capital manure for the
soil." Some persons thought this very dreadful for a clergyman ; but is
it not true ? And why should not a clergyman know a little about fruit-
raising? Moreover, the clerical mind is accustomed to the theological
argument, and Dr. clearly saw no difference whatever between
manuring directly with the fruit itself, and manuring with the bodies of
the poor, after the fruit had passed into them. Scientifically, he was
wrong ; but one must approve him as a theologian.
The reign of the cowardly little blatherskite is nearly over. The
hour of the peripatetic mendicant, who boasts that he has begged his way
over our fair State in order to make it hideous with his blasphemous
rantings, has come. Even the besotted rabble that for two years has
cheered the tilth which rolled from his poisonous tongue is dumb, and the
bray of the belated asse3 who have played second fiddle to the pricked
wind-bag, is hushed. In insulting the ex-President of the United States,
the scab on the skin of our body politic was badly injured ; but the wound
which Denis Kearney has inflicted on California is not a mortal one, and
when it is healed and business resumes its former activity, the dirty little
drayman will be forgotten like one of yesterday's flea-bites, and duly rele-
gated to the obscurity of the wharves and the purlieus of the city-front.
For once a parson has come ont in his true light and significance ;
that parson is the perforated Mr. Kalloch. In his person he has proved
that the pulpit may be a place where as much worship is accorded to the
Devil as to God, with a slight balance in favor ot the former ; a place
from whose superstitious hight a little eloquence, a free use of truisms
and an unlimited supply of cheek can command votes, pick pockets,
injure reputations, seduce virtue and save souls. Beecher used to be the
boss expounder of this theory, but certainly, from a local point of view,
Kalloch is away ahead. Any doubting Thomas, surnamed Didimus, may
put his finger in the wound of this political follower of the meek and
lowly.
Sweltering citizens, who have ruined themselves, the past few days,
in iced lemonade (with a stick in it), sherry cobblers and other quenchers
of the fiery heat, have been at their wit's end to know where the hot
weather came from. It means Gen. Grant, and it came from the address
issued by the Veterans: " The great national heart of America throbs in
sympathy, and now grows warmer at his approach." There is yet a week
before us, and time to be dissolved in tears — or perspiration. Poor Grant !
Poor national heart !
Three white boys set upon a small Chinese, on Thursday, and made
him an object. This, says the Animal's Friend, is the result of Sand lot
harangues. True enough. A missionary, last week, in Oregon, deserted
his wife and family and ran away with an Indian girl. This, we say, is
the result of evangelizing the heathen, and not such a bad result for Mrs.
Missionary.
Much I, ^ been ddol 0 .1 OrnnVe gwat qualitit*, his genina, and
™. /""< ondiu inoe, o, I « i, |,„n, hQd even his independence in the
";;,,7.'"1 th! . but no one has yet called
attention to oismost sublime sch Severn en I tl ne that will hold distant
generationa spell bound before hi majestic memory. Be has been talked
at uv a greater number »i mutton-head*, of all lands and languages, than
any other man known to history; and he ha* lived through it all. Never-
theless, we tremble for him when we think that he has vet to encounter
our moat eminent professors of gab. It were an ignominious end for the
uv'lV. °miiny es t(> •s""1""1' to the wagging of jaws; and yet,
Some of these Mills Seminary graduates can throw a very pow-
ertui Rtream of words from the engine of their cultivated intellects, but
they cant bluff everybody. The other day a fully diplomaed Miss of
eight-en walked into a music store on Kearny* street and asked the clerk
tor a song, entitled "Demonstrate by ocular proof the verdure of mv
sepulchre; and, as he banded her a oopy of "See that my grave is
kept green, and raked in thirty-five cents over the counter, he smiled
blandly, and said: "Is the ditty known as ' Argentine filaments inter-
spersed with the aureate capillary attractions ' a novelty to your auricular
repertory? She concluded to go back to school for one more year.
S. Wells Williams, author of the " Middle Kingdom," has been en-
lightening the Social Science Convention, at Saratoga, on the Chinese
Question in California. Like most Eastern writers on this subject, he as-
sumes the existence of the question, and proceeds to treat it with such
measure of ignorance as his knowledge can supply, which is a good deal.
Mas paper is full of entertainment and information, but it has no founda-
H°r*n • fc' S1"Ce there are n,,t now- an(* never bave °een, any Chinese in
California. The name is a cant term, invented by Kearney and his fol-
lowers to designate the men of position and wealth, upon whom they are
making war.
It is time to put a stop to this sort of thing. Within one week two
men have come nut in letters to the press denying the published report of
their death. This must not go on. Newspaper readers have quite enough
to do to keep up with the events of the day without making incessant
corrections in the record. When a man is reported dead he must stay so.
It may be a little rough on him, but individuals must be content to suffer
for the good of the race. We have nothing against Richard A. Proctor
astronomer, or Calvin B. McDonald, journalist, but we regret to find
them so lost to the sense of public duty as to persist in saying they are
alive.
The " lK>ndon Times' " money article attributes the flow of gold to
America, partly to speculation, and believes that England will be able
tu liquidate its debt to this country by cheaper means than direct gold re-
mittances. _ We regret to see the Times meddling with matters so entirely
beyond its intellectual grasp, and shall be pleased to forward, by next
mail, copies of the seven city papers with seven different explanations
of this gold movement, for the information of the Thunderer. That
paper will, we trust, confine itself to the local affairs of its own little cor-
ner hereafter.
Rev. W. H. H. Murray backs out of himself, like a snake casting its
skin. He has been m^judged, he says : and so he thinks it doesn't mat-
ter. His property has been seized by swindling creditors ; and so it
doesn't matter. We are ready to take him at his word ; but if it does not
matter, why does he say anything about it ? It really begins to look as
if there were some remote family tie between himself and the horses he is
so fond of ; and perhaps he would do well to print on the title page of the
next edition of his book: '"The Perfect Horse,' by a perfect something
else."
We regret to do anything unpleasant, but it is perhaps timely to remark
that Liberia has gone to pieces, and to ask where the Southern brigadiers
were who brought about this melancholy end of so much eloquence and
philanthropy? They have no Southern brigadiers in Liberia; perhaps
that is the reason the little State went to pot. In any case the wreck is
there ; and the negro exodus to Kansas and the neighborhood goes on to
the comfort of all, but the Kansas people.
The very latest thing in spiritualistic humbnggery is a female me-
dium who produces medicines, ointments, etc., in the palm of her hand.
The exact kind of medicine she hands over for inspection, experts have
not yet been able to decide. It may aaem coarse, but this warm weather
we have clutched hands which did produce something tangible— sweat.
We recommend the experts to accept this as a partial solution of the
miracle. None of that physic in ours.
It is believed that General Grant will bribe the Captain of the China
steamer to turn back out of the Golden Gate as soon as he learns that
Kearney is still loose. This will have a bad effect on third-term stock ;
and the Republicans now think of importing Roscoe Conkling to engage
the agitator in a duel of billingsgate, in some hope that each will choke
the other before the steamer arrives.
The White -Stocking Base Ball Club, of Chicago, choose an un-
fortunate moment for their visit here. Kearney is spoiling for somebody
that he can swear at safely, and a white stocking fills his boots with loath-
ing. He may die of excitement, and we can't afford to spare him, now
that everybody has got tired of the Meigg's Wharf monkeys.
Rough on the Police.— The papers report the finding of a woman's
body in the bay, and its identification in these terms : "She was a woman
of dissolute habits and well known to the police." We should like to hear
now from Mrs. Police. After all, reform was very much needed, and we
shall see about it when Mayor Kalloch is in office.
Quail-shot was so scarce down near Los Angeles, last week, that an
enthusiastic sportsman bought out and used instead the entire stock of
pills from a druggist. He says that, somehow or other, he managed to
kill every shot. The only drawback has been the difficulty to get any one
to eat the game.
A squab monthly, edited by three aspiring compositors, has for the
last two months delighted and astonished this community. Its name is
The Avalon. Some of the clips are passable, and its advertisements
artistically displayed.
There has been a good deal of talk from Kearney the past two years
about " hanging" first this man and then that, in one way or another ;
but it begins and ends in talk. The only hanging be does is to hang fire.
12
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Sept. 13, 1879.
C rm Ra Rb
Overland Ticket Office : Ferry Landing-, foot
of Market street.— Commencing- Monday.
May 19th, 1879, and until further notice.
Trains and Boats wil leave
SAW FRANCISCO:
7AA A. M. (daily), Vallejo Steamer (from Market
• \J\J street Lauding — Connecting with Trains for
Napa (Stages for Sonoma), Calistoga (the Geysers),
and Saeramento. Connecting at Davis (Sundays except-
ed) for Wuodland and Knight's Landing, and at Wood-
land for Williams and Willows.
(Arrive San Francisco 8:10 p.m.)
7AAA.M. (daily) Local Passenger Train (via Oakland
.^/Vf Ferry) and via Livermore arriving at Tracy
at 11:30 A. m. and connecting with Atlantic Express.
Connects at Niles with Train arriving at San Jose at
10:15 a.m.
(Returning, train from Tracy arrives at 0:05 p.m.)
8AA A.M. (daily), Atlantic Express Train (via Oak-
.yjyJ land Ferry, Northern Ry. and S. P. & T. R R.)
for Sacramento, Marysville, Redding-, Portland (Or.),
Colfax, Reno (Virginia City), Palisade (Eureka), Ogdeu
and Omaha. Connects at Gait with train arriving at
lone at 3:40 p.m.
(Arrive San Francisco 5:15 p.m.)
Sunday Excursion Tickets to San Pablo and Marti-
nez at Seduced Hates.
~1 f\ Ail A.M. (daily) via Oakland Ferry, Local Passca-
-LvJ.l/l/ ger Train to Hay wards and Niles.
(Arrive San Francisco 4:05 p.m.)
3AA P.M. (daily)San Jose Passenger Train (via Oak-
• "" land Ferry and Niles), stopping at all WaySta-
tions. Arrives at San Jose at 5:20 p.m.
(Arrive San Francisco 9:35 A.M.)
3 A A P.M. (daily) Northern Railway Passenger Train
• """ (via Oakland Ferry) to San Pablo, Martinez
(Arrive San Francisco 9:35 a.m.)
and Antiocb.
4 A A P.M. (daily) Arizona Express Train (via Oak-
•VV land Ferry, Northern Ry. and S. P. & T. R. R.)
for Lathrop (and Stockton), Merced, Madera, Visalia,
Sumner, Mojave, Newhall (San Buenaventura, and Santa
Barbara), Los Angeles, "Santa Monica," Wilmington,
Santa Ana (San Diego), Col ton and Yuma (Colorado
River Steamers), connecting direct with Daily Trains
of the Southern Pacific Railroad of Arizona for Mari-
copa (Daily Stages for Phoenix and Prescott), and for
Casa Grande (182 miles east from Yuma), and end of
Track (Daily Stages for Florence and Tucson).
"Sleeping Cars" between Oakland, Los Angeles and
Yuma.
(Arrive San Francisco 12:35 P.M.)
A A A P. M. (Sundays excepted) Vallejo Steamer (from
"±-"V/ Market Street Landing), connecting with trains
for Calistoga, (the Geysers), Woodland, Knight's Land-
ing and Sacramento ; and at Sacramento with Pas-
senger Train, leaving at 9:35 P.M. for Truckee, Keno,
Carson and Virginia.
" Sleeping Cars " between Vallejo and Carson.
^ (Arrive San Francisco 11:10 A.M.)
4AA P.M. (Sundays excepted) Sacramento Steamer
• "" (from Wash'n St. Wharf), for Beniciaand Land-
ings on the Sacramento River.
(Arrive San Francisco8:00 p.m.)
4f\ f\ P.M. (doily), Through Third Class and Acconi-
• ^/jSt modation Train (via Oakland Ferry, North-
ern Ry. and S. P. & T. R. R.) connecting at Lathrop
with Train, arriving at Los Angeles on second day at
11:55 a.m. (Arrive San Francisco 9:05 a.m.
4QA P.M. (daily) Local Passenger Train (via Oak-
■Ov land Ferry) to Hay wards, Niles and Liver-
more. (Arrive San Francisco 8:35 A.M.)
Oakland Ferry and Northern Railway) to
Ogden, Omaha and East.
Public conveyance for Mills Seminary connects at Sem-
nary Park Station with all trains, Sundays excepted.
FERRIES AND LOCAL TRAINS
From "SA3T FRANXISCO." Daily.
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2.00
10.00
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3.00
11.00
B5.00
9.00
3.30
12.00
9.30
4.00
P. M.
10.00
4.30
1.30
10.30
5.00
2.00
11.00
5.30
"3.00
11.30
6.00
4.00
12.00
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6.30
7.00
8.10
9.20
10.30
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P. M. 9.30
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3.00
4.00
6.00
6.00
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8.00
10.00
12.00
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3.30
4.30
5.30
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A. M.
A. M.
B5.40
B5.40
B0.30
B6.30
8.00
7.30
10.00
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p. M.
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B G. 10, B8.00
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8.40] B6.00
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(Broadway.)
A. M.
B5.20
B6.00
6.50
7.20
7.50
8.25
8.50
9.20
9.50
10.20
10.50
11.20
11.50
p. M.
12.20
12 50
1.20
1.50
2.60
3.20
3.50
4.20
4.50
5.20
6.50
6.25
6.50
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9.10
10.20
B— Sundays excepted.
♦Alameda Passengers change cars at Oakland.
Creek RoQte.
Prom SAN FRANCISCO— Ztatfy-B5:40, B6:30, 7.20, 8:15,
9:15, 10:15, 11:15 A.M 12:15, 1:15, 2:25, 3:15, 4:15,
5:15, 6.15 P.M.
From OAKLAND— Daily— bS-M, b6:20, 7:10, 8:05, 9:05,
10:05, 11:05 A. M. 12:05, 1:05, 2:15, 3:05, 4:05, 5:05,
6:05 p.m. B-Srjndaye excepted.
"Official Schedule Time" furnished by Raslolph &
Co., Jewelers, 101 and 103 Montgomery St., S. F.
T. H. GOODMAN, Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agt.
A. N. Towne, General Superintendent.
Commencing Monday, June 2:1, 1879,
and until further notice, Boats and Trains will
leave San Francisco as follows :
7"| A A m., from San Quentin Ferry, daily (Sundays
• J- V/ excepted), connecting at San Rafael with
Mail and Express Train for Petaluma, Santa Rosa,
Healdsburg, Cloverdale and way stations. Making stage
connections at Geyservillc for Skaggs' Springs ; Clover-
dale for Ukiah, Lakeport, Mendocino City, Highland
and Bartlett Springs, Soda Bay and the Geysers; connec-
tion made at Fulton for Korbel's, Guerneviile and the
Redwoods. Returning, arrive in San Francisco at 6:25
p.m. Passengers going by this train will arrive at the
Geysers at 2 p.m.
3(~\f) p. m. daily (Sundays excepted), Steamer
• vyw " James M. Donahue " (Washington Street
Wharf), connecting with Mail and Express Train at Don-
ahue for Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Healdsburg, Cloverdale,
and way stations. Making stage connections at Lake-
ville for Sonoma. Returning, arrive in San Francisco
at 10:10 A.M.
Sunday Excursions at Reduced Kates.
8"| K A.M., Sundays only, via San Quentin Ferry
• J-tl and San Rafael, for Cloverdale and Way Sta-
tions. Returning, arrive in San Francisco at 7:55 P.M.
Fares for RoundTrip: Petaluma, SI. 50; Santa Rosa, $2.00;
Healdsburg, S3 00; Cloverdale, 31.50; Fulton, $2.50; La-
guna, S3.00; Furestville, S3.50; Korbel's, S3.75; Guerne-
viile, 84.
Freight received at Washington st. Wharf
from 7 a.m. till 2.30 p. m., daily (except
Sundays) .
Special Notice.
Until further notice, after Monday, the 15th instant,
the 7:10 a.m Train, via San Quentin and San Rafael, will
be discontinued.
A. A. Bean, A. Hughes, Jas. M. Donahue,
Sup't. Gen. Manager. Gen. Pass. & Tkt. Agt.
[June 7.]
Natural beauty surpasses any-
thing which can be imparted by
artificial means. PHOSPHATE
SOAP gives health to the skin
simply by removing impurities and
eradicating the poisons which give
rise to skin diseases.
Not only for craily use on the face
and hands, but for bathing the
entire body, there is nothing equal
to PHOSPHATE SOAP. It is a
thorough disinfectant and removes
offensive odors of every kind.
U3F= Ask your 1 ruggist for it.
Clommenciug Alonllay, April SI, 1879,
J and until further notice. Passenger Trains will leave
San Francisco, from Passenger Depot on Townsend
street, between Third and Fourth streets, as follows :
8.20'
A.M. daily for San Jose and Way Stations.
fS^" Stages for Peseadero (via San Mateo)
connect with this train only.
Q Qf\ A-M (Sundays only) for San Jose and Way Sta.
^•*J" tions. Returning, leaves San Jose at 6 p.m
"I C ) 4-0 AM' daily for San Jose* Gilrov- Hollister,
-Lv^'^tV/ Tres Finos, Pajaro, Salinas, Soledad and
all Way Stations. ggT At Pa-iaro, the Santa Cruz
R. R. connects with this train for Aptos, Soquel and
Santa Cruz. ^^ At Salinas the M. & S. V. JR. R.
connects with this train for Monterey. %W~ Stage
connections made with this train. (Peseadero Stages via
San Mateo excepted.)
Parlor Car attached to this Train.
(SEATS AT REDUCED RATES.)
€> Of) p.m. daily (Sundays excepted) for San Jose,
^•^H-7 Gilroy, Pajaro, Hollister, Tres Pinosand prin-
cipal Way Stations.
SPECIAL NO-TIC G.— The trains of the Santa Cruz R. R.
and the M. & S. V. R. R , which have heen connecting
with this train on Saturdays at Pa.>aro and Salinas re-
spectively, have been withdrawn for the season. Those
intending to visit Aptos, Soquel, Santa Cruz or Monterey,
will take the train leaving San Francisco at 10:40 A.M.
daily.
p.m. (Sundays only) for San Jose and Way Sta-
tions.
3.30
4 9^ p.m. daily (Sundays excepted) for San Jose and
•*"J Way Stations.
ft f\ O r. M. daily (Sundays excepted) for Menlo Park
*J'\s\J and Way Stations.
(i Q(~) p.m.— daily.for Menlo Park and Way Stations.
Excursion Tickets at Reduced Rates
To San Jose and intermediate points sold on Saturdays,
and Sunday mornings, good for return until following
Moi.day inclusive.
Also, EXCURSION TICKETS to Aptos, Soquel, Santa
Cruz and Monterey, sold on Saturdays only— good for
return until the following Monday inclusive.
E^~ Principal Ticket Office— Passenger Depot, Town-
send street. Branch Ticket Office — No. 2 New Mont-
gomery street, Palace Hotel.
A. C. BASSETT, Supt. H. E. JUDAH, A. P. & T. A.
SOUTHERN DIVISIONS.
Commencing Monday, May 19th, 1879,
I3F™ Passengers for points on the Southern Divisions
of the road will take the cars of the Central Pacific Rail-
road via OAKLAND, leaving SAN FRANCISCO via Ferry
Landing, Market street, at 4:00 P.M. daily (Arizona Ex-
press Train) , and making close connection at GOSHEN
for Sumner, Mojave, Los Angeles, Wilmington, Ana-
heim, Colton, Colorado River, Yuma, Maricopa and Casa
Grande (182 miles cast from Yuma). May 31.
Ladies who have injured the skin
by the constant use of cosmetics
may do much to restore their faces
to that beauty which nature alone
can give by constantly using PHOS-
PHATE SOAP.
For chapped hands the constant
use of PHOSPHATE SOAP will
be recommended by all who give
it one fair trial.
If you want a nice article of
Toilet Soap and something that is
beneficial to the skin, buy PHOS-
PHATE SOAP.
Ladies who wish to make the
skin look beautiful and natural
should use PHOSPHATE SOAP.
Manufactured by "Standard Soap Co.,"
204 Sacramento St., San Francisco.
fc'ept. 13, 18<9.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
13
NOTABILIA.
THE PEDDLERS SONG.
Law.-) as white as driven snow ;
Bvpress black :>s e'er was crow ;
QIOV66 as sweet as damask rosea;
Masks for races and tor noses ;
Bu file-brace let, necklace, amber;
Perfume for a lady's chamber;
Gold quoi}>a and stomachers.
For mv lads to give their deans ;
Tins and pokin-j-stieks of steel.
What maids lack from head to heel:
Com e buy of me, come; come buy, come buy,
Buy, lads, or else your lasses cry.
William Siiakspeare.
The wise resolution of the Managers of the Fair to prolong the ex-
hibition for a week, affords an opportunity to all those whu have missed
the sight of Neville & Co.'s splendid display at the south end of the
building, up stairs, to repair the oversight. Even the few who are not in-
terested in open-air life and sporting can derive satisfaction from an in-
spection of their tents, awnings, sportsmen's tackle, twines, seines, nets,
wagon and horse-covers, and the infinity of useful articles made of can-
vas and twine, while to lovers of the woods and the mountain stream the
show is a perpetual pleasure. Every kind of bag that can be asked for is
there, in cotton duck, in paper, in burlaps, in cord and twine; and the
mermaid seine twine, and mermaid cotton rope for fishermen's use, are
superior to anything ever seen on the coast. Now that the season calls to
the open country, campers-out and fishing parties must supply themselves
without delay. Especially remarkable is their infinite variety of awnings
and tents. Most persons fancy that four poles and a roll of canvas will
make a tent, but Neville & Co. have as many styles as there are buyers.
Their hexagon is one of the most complete ever seen ; firm and comforta-
ble as a house, and yet a mere feather in weight. In fact, so portable are
all the articles offered by this house for sportsmen's use, that one may
take with him on a month's shooting or fishing excursion all the home
comforts within a compass smaller and no heavier than a light trunk. It
had been thought that a camp cot was perfect when it weighed but thir-
teen pounds. Neville & Co. have one eight pounds in weight, and capa-
ble of being rolled into a few inches' space ; absolutely the best ever
seen in any country. The quail season is just open, the election is settled,
there is a momentary pause before the rush of winter business, everything
beckons us afield with rod and gun. A visit to the establishment of Ne-
ville & Co., California and Davis streets, is a necessity to every Nimrod
before he sets out to take his prey.
"I am inclined to believe," said a fop to a lady who had refused
to sing, "you are fishing for compliments." "Ob, no," replied she, "I
never fish in bo shallow a stream."
' ' What may your age be ?" asked a census-taker of an unmarried
lady, who was only too clearly not in her prime. The lady's answer is
not recorded, though it was most likely crushing. At the same time, how
easy it is for every lady to avoid such impertinent questions by choosing
her bonnets and hats at Mrs. Skidmore's Home of Fashion and Novelty,
1114 Market street! Every style of headdress from her establishment is
perfect in its effect ; and n*o lady who cares for her appearance fails to
visit Mrs. Skidmore's at least every week, to ke^p the run of the Parisian
taste. The grand Fall Opening on Wednesday and Thursday of this
week was an event in fashionable circles, and the store is every day
crowded with ladies, anxious not to be left behind in inspecting the latest
arrivals.
The ambassadors of the Powers at Constantinople find themselves
forced to make representations concerning the ill behavior of the Turks in
the city; and the government of the Sultan has declared that the lack of
good-breeding and morality complained of is the result of the neglect of
the law and the prophets, and he has promised to enforce the observance
of these. Much may be done by consistent effort, and yet the shortest
way to secure good morals and clear consciences in Islam would be to in-
troduce F. & P. J. Casein's Golden Plantation Whisky, which makes a
gentleman of every one, Turk or Christian.
Miss Analine de Flukey, at Saratoga, asked Chawles why he didn't
take a glass of Congress Water to improve his general appearance and the
perfume of his breath. Charles was, naturally, mortified ; and yet he de-
served the lesson. If, instead of living riotous days, he had frequented
Swain's Restaurant, 213 Sutter street, where the most exquisite order and
elegance prevail, and eaten the lunches and dinners there provided, better
cooked and served than anywhere else, Analine would have fallen desper-
ately in love with him and been his blooming bride ere this.
Napa Soda is the purest and most refreshing beverage at this season
of the year, when the sharp winds are dying away, and the atmosphere
is undergoing the soft changes which lead in the warm, revivifying rains,
and the exquisite loveliness of our autumn months.
It te the concurrent i testimony ..fall writ. m, |.l,
thatwhw mik« riedtlu
,""""f 7" (■ meant; endjpod win* ..hould,
1 ",r,'tl" ful candidal
, ', ««rke Wi,,.-. with an appetising break
fast..,ra-nu, ,ln„,.,. will , ,,-.. ,]„ heart* Dow bowed
ttown by defeat, and maki ,,. r,,-v to the ohoeen tew.
Bradley & Rulofsoua great photographic establishment has been
ingdonbla ehifta since Monday last, lo meel the demand foi
pesseaof the new rulers of the people; not one of these gentlemen, DQ
tnrally enough, being disposed to sit to any other artists than thoBe ac-
knowledged to beat the head of even oar aooompliahed body of photo-
graphers.- J he riches of the (rallery, 129 Montgomery street, in faoesof
distinguished men and women, arc quite astounding.
All who have been hoisted by a .steamboat explosion— and what
Mod American has not ?-will remember how very chfllingit is to come
down two or three hundred feet into a great deal of wet water, when you
dont know how to swim. At the Neptune and Mermaid Baths, foot of
liy.ie street, iNorth Beach, every one may acquire this necessary accom-
plishment with ease and pleasure, under the scientific training of Pro-
fessor Mohor.
Keep the blood pure by using Dr. Jayne's Alterative, and you purge
the system of many malignant elements which, left to themselves, may
develop into some Scrofulous Complaint, Skin Disease, Mercurial Affec-
tion, Scurvy or Croitre. This Alterative, by entering into the circulation
thoroughly purges the blood, and removes any morbid tendency to dis-
ease which exists in the system, and at the same time sustains the strength
of the patient. Sold by Crane & Brigham, San Francisco.
One of the jokes of the campaign is against the country papers,
winch publish no news of the election, though they come out (nominally)
three days after it, At the same time, not one of these papers is so much
in the dark that it does not know the entire superiority of Montanya's
Union Range over all others in the market ; and the constant inquiries
for this wonder-working apparatus at the store, on Jackson street, below
Battery, keep the whole force busy.
With the coming of the Fall Season, Carmany & Crosett, 25
Kearny street, have brought out a very fine assortment of everything in
gentlemen's wearing goods. The newest and most stylish articles are now
on exhibition, and their stock of underwear is absolutely unrivaled in the
city. Their improved best-fitting Dress shirts are not to be equaled, and
no man can be said to be dressed who has not supplied himself at this
complete establishment.
At the hotels of the great summer resorts in the East no lady is al-
lowed to enter unless she makes oath that she will wear two new dresses
daily during the season. This seems to be rather heavier than Hilton on
the Jews, and yet one must draw the line somewhere. On this coast the
sine qua non of a gentleman is one of White's hats, from 614 Commercial
street ; and next year no Eastern watering-place will admit a man with-
out it.
Tapestry Brussels, $1 per yard and upwards ; finenewpatterns. Call
and see them. Window shades, 75 cents and upwards. Window lace, 12^
cents and upwards. Cornices, wall paper, etc. Oilcloths, 50 cents per
yard and upwards. Hartshorn & McPhun, 112 Fourth St., near Mission.
AVERILL MIXED PAINT,
The Most Beautiful and Durable of All Faints,
OF
Every Shade or Color Desired, and in Quantities to Suit.
o. s.
Sept. 6.
4)RRI€fi, General Agent,
329 MarTcet St., opposite Front.
D, V. B. Henarie. „.__.„ . . Edward Martin.
E. MARTIN & CO.,
Importers and Wholesale Dealers in Wines and Liquors.
Proprietors of Miller's Extra Old Bourbon and J. F. Cot-
ter Extra Old Bourbou and Rye Whiskies.
April 5. 408 Front Street, San Francisco.
TABER, HARKER & CO.,
IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE GROCERS,
10S ami 110 California St., S. F.
fApril 19.]
Henry B, 'Williams. Henry B. Williams.
WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO.,
SHIPPING) AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
No. 218 California at., S. F. [July 27.
J. M. Neville. REMOVAL. Ge . H. Bryant
BAGS, TENTS AND HOSE.
NEVILLE k CO.,
No.'s 31 and S3 California Street, S. E. corner of Davis,
San Francisco. [Autr. 2.
W. Morris.
MORRIS & KENNEDY, J. F. Kennedy.
Importers and I>ealers in Moldings, Frames, Engravings,
Chromos, Lithographs, Decatcoraanie, Wax and Artists' Materials, 21 Post
street, nearly opposite Masonic Temple, San Francisco. Feb. 4.
QUICKSILVER.
or sale— In lots to suit, by Thomas Bell * Co., Wo. 305
Sanaome street, over Bank of California. Nov. 16.
F
R. H. LLOYD,
Attorn ey-at-Law, Room 13, Nevada Block.
14
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Sept. 13, 1879.
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
Melbourne Punch. — This live contemporary of ours is always a wel-
come visitor when the Australian mail arrives. As a weekly, like our-
selves, it has attained the venerable age of over 25 years, its July 26th
issue being No. 1,252— Vol. xlix. The illustrations, after caricatures of
eminent politicians and state3iren ^f Victoria, are always excellent, and
are the best evidence of the tale tad artists employed. The accompany-
ing writing, as a specimen of pure —uglish, shows equally well the ability
of the essayists and contributors. Take this as a sample:
BEAUTIFUL SNOW.
Once I was like the beautiful snow.
And the sinful taint of this earth below
Had not disfigured my_ pure white soul,
Which still preserved its snow-white scroll.
Once I was like the snow ; and in vain
The name of the Maker I ne'er had ta'en.
But that was, alas! in the sweet long ago
When none knew the author of " Beautiful Snow."
But now I curse with might and main,
And seem to have " Beautiful Snow" on the brain
By day and by night ; wherever I go
Some demon inquires, " Who wrote Beautiful Snow?"
At an evening party, when talk gets slow,
Some ninny says, "Chadwick wrote Beautiful Snow."
And when into bed my limbs I throw,
My wife asks, "My dear, who wrote Beautiful Snow?"
Road, river and rail, as I wend to and fro,
I hear, what I never saw, Beautiful Snow.
When leaving my measure with Milton and Co.,
I am told that Sigourney wrote Beautiful Snow.
My Chinese fish-hawker, ton, must have a " show,"
Aud declares "Confucius lightee Beautiful Snow?"
Till softened my brain by degrees 'gan to grow,
And I " bothered the author of Beautiful Snow."
The etching of "Esau," in the August Portfolio, is disappointing,
but the fault does not lie with the etcher. A more unpromising subject
could hardly be selected than a tall, hairy man, leaning on a spear and
looking nowhither. We agree to call him Esau, but nobody can say why;
aud the name might as well be Joel, or O'Higgins or Soustchenkn. The
success of the number is the " Magdalen Tower and Bridge," a delightful
picture, full of atmosphere and light. In the text, Mr. Lang treats of
Shelley and Landor, in his Oxford paper, and Mrs. Heaton continues her
notes on Staufield. In his " Aesthetics," Mr. Hamerton answers Dr.
Leibreich's theory of the yellowing of the lens of the eyes, a fault of
vision specially treated by him in a lecture on Turner some vears ago, and
not noticed by Mr. Hamerton in his recent '■ Life of Turner." The theory,
he now says, seems to be fallacious, because:
"1. The painter whose eye-lens is yellow sees all things yellower than
they really are. He is not afflicted with the infirmity when he looks at
nature, and exempt from it when he looks at his palette or his picture ;
the affliction is permanent alike in the field and in the studio.
2. Consequently, as the painter's eye supplies yellow to the natural
scene, it will supply yellow in the same proportion to the mixtures on his
palette and his canvas, which will appear to him as yellow as nature ap-
pears to him, even when they are not more yellow than nature is in real-
ity. This being so, it does not appear that the painter's infirmity will
cause him to use more of the yellow pigments." This is sound criticism,
one may say.
The most interesting note in the " Art Chronicle " is that on the exhi-
bition of " Bronzes and Ivories of European Origin," at the Burlington
Fine Arts Club. This ranges from the later days of Greek Art to the
beginning of the 18th century, and comprises about 550 works, of the
rarest and most valuable in existence. At the Belgian Gallery Mr. Tris-
tram Ellis has a collection of eighty fine views in Cyprus, which are
praised as in every way excellent. Etchings of the principal of these are
now in preparation.
Mr D. H. Talbot, of the Cosmopolite, Sioux City, Iowa, has issued, in
a handsome pamphlet of 170 pages, 8o., under the title of " Public Land
Laws," an exhaustive compilation of the laws, rulings, decisions and late
acts of Congress, with reference to the agricultural, mining and other
lands of the United States, with the instructions of the General Commis-
sioner regarding the same. Compiled, as it is, from official sources, and
accurate, so far as we have tested it, this pamphlet should be in the hands
of all who are interested in land matters. It is neatly printed and sold
for the sum of fifty cents.
The "Coast Review" for September has a number of interesting
articles. A table shows the comparative resources and liabilities of the
twenty-three savings banks in California, as follows :
Resources— July 1, 1878 867,466,827 51
Resources-July 1, 1879 60,168,711 25
Decrease 87,298,116 26
The liabilities show decrease of §39,265 for Capital Stock, $322,133 96
for Reserve Fund, §6,512,435 64 for amounts due depositors, and $424,-
280 88 in other items. All business men and property owners should study
the Coast Review.
"Appleton's, for September, is an entertaining number, the best arti-
cles being: " How to Popularize Wordsworth," and Karl Blind's second
paper on " Russian Conspiracies." Mr. Cooke's "Hour with Thackeray"
is pleasantly written, though superfluous enough, for who imagines Thack-
eray to have been anything but a gentleman 1 The useful and the lively
are always agreeably mingled in this magazine, and the novels are gen-
erally good. The Book Notices deal with Froude's " Caesar," Mullock's
" Is Life Worth Living V " Couture 's Art Conversations," and the usual
reprints.
The "California Horticulturist" continues to hold its own, under
the editorial guidance of Mr. Cbas. H. Shinn ; and the September num-
ber is full of items interesting to the practical and the sentimental mind.
Credit is editorially given to E. J. Hooper for the coloring of the illus-
tration, which is nevertheless not colored.
A lumber dealer failed last week — could not pay his board bills.
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
Recorded in the City and County of San Francisco, California, fo
the Week ending September 9th.
Compiledfrom the Records of the Commercial Agency, 401 California St. , S. F.
Thursday, September 4th.
GRANTOR AND GRANTEE.
Jno O'Connor to James J Doyle.
S Foorman to M Gradwohl
Geo Edwards to A Von Wamel.
C Sullivan to Cath Hughes
Philo White to Alfred Gros
Hans Outseu to Jno Gamble
H T Byrne et al to Thos Byrne. . . .
DESCRIPTION.
R P Wright to Michael King. . .
Mary Pnrcell to Danl Kennedy
M Henncesey to Bridget Hennessey
A N Anderson to Richard Cluff...
Geo Edwards to J G Pascoe
Same to H C Skiner
J M Comerford to G A Cash
Same to H Wendt
Same to Wm Sollman ,
D Macdonald to PatMulcnhy
C N Wilson to Lottie M Wheeler
W Hollis to Julia Straus
E Octavia, 137:6 e Pacific, e 137:6 b to
Jackson, etc
Se Pine and Buchanan, 22:6x82:6 West-
ern Addition, 234
S Jersey, 148 e Sanchez, 27xll4^Har-
pers Addition
E.HairisorM56s24trj,s 26x100
W Hyde, 112:6 n California, 25x112:6..
Lot 251 and n part of 253 Gift Map 3..
S Pacific, 36 e Taylor, e 44x80, and bud-
dry lots in other parts ciry
S Tyler, 137:6 e Larkin, 43:9x137:6 ....
Ne Clinton, 100 se Bryant, 8 e 25x75
W Brannan pi, JIM! s Brannan, s 35x60.
N Jersey, 100 w Vieksburg, w 25x114..
iS«'25th and Dolores, s 45x101:9
|W Dolores, 93 s 25th, s 30x101:9
W Church, 30 s 27th, s 25x80
IN Duncan, 80 w Church, w 24x105
|N Duncan, 245 w Church, w 23:6x105..
iW Jessie, 135 n 20th, n 25x75
Sundry lots in Outside Homesteads....
Is Bush. 185:8 e Fillmore, e 31x137:6....
1,400
1,025
4.0UQ
1,300
5
5
Gift
Gift
450
3.251)
2,400
2,200
1.500
1,700
2,750
1
4,900
Friday, September 6th.
John Center to Max Morgenthau.
Theresa Scho to Cbas B F Scho .
Jas M Haveu to Jno A Snook. .
Jno Jameson to Tbos Jameson
CharleB L Kemp to Mary R Kemp
C Dorris to Nellie T Maloney.
Jas Brannon to City and Co of S F
A Van Deu Bergh to M McAvoy . .
Julia Van den Burgh to same .
Same to same
Sw Bryant and 21st, 100x26U
Lots 6 and 9, blk 5 and blks 10 and 19
West End Map 2
Ne 8th, 225 se Bryant, se 5Ux00— 100-var
212 subject :o mortgage
Undivided J$ sw Mission and 7th, etc..
W Leavenworth, 62:6 a Union, s 75 X w
25:6— 50-v 1202
W Leavenworth, 137:6 n Turk, n 27:6 x
137:6— 50-vara 168
Streets and highways
Undivided 3-5th, s Vallejo, 137:6 e Mont-
gomery, e 36x57:6
Same
Same
i 5
10,000
2,000
5,000
Gift
6,250
750
1,250
250
Saturday, September 6th-
Wm Hollis to T J A C Roeder
R P Lewis to Emma A Lewis..
Jno Lochhead to Juo Pforr
Dennis Dugan to Mary Dugan..,.
J WStetson to Gtlman Gale
W A Piper to Elizabeth Gunn
Elizabeth Gunn to E P Murphy...
Jno E Howard to J H B Wilkins.
Wm Richards to Owen J Richard!
Jno V Plume to Jas Phelan ,
JnoHinkel to Chas Ilinkel
N O Farrell, 473:6 w Steiner, w 22x82:6
N Pine, 82:6 w Broderick, 27:6x137:6
W.v 540
N Clay, 137:6 w Jones, 75x97:6— 50- vara
1220
Lots 15, 16, blk 6 Mission and 30th St,
Extension Hd
S Point Lobos ave, 32:6 e 12th ave, e 25
X100-OL273
N Sutter, 70 E Goiigh, 50x120
Same
Lots 413, 405, Gift Map 1, lots 159, 163
Gift Map 2
Lot 4 blk 44 University Hd
W Lpavemvorth, 40 s Pacific, s 20x60
Lots 55, 57, Gift Map 3
$3,000
Gift
1,000
Gift
1
7,500
18,00
400
1
Monday. September 8th,
Geo W W Roche to Wm Conradi. .
Joe Brook to J F Houghtou
R F Knox to Carrie A Rutherford
Hugo Meyer toO&car Foss
Savs & Ln Soc to J Q A Patterson
City and Co S F to James Brannan
Same to Masonic Sav & Ln Bank
M O'Brien to Julia Laitimore
D Davidson to La Soc Francaise. .
J Pluukett et al to R J Harrison..
Jno Hannan to Albert P Stanyan.
J H Deering to Sav and Loan Soc.
W Buckingham to Caroline Dunlap
E C Dake tn Marion A Duke...'. ..
C P Dnane to Jennie Perking
P Slater to Paul Rousset,
Mary F Erwin to Mary A Cognlan,
J Bridgwood to S J Bridgwood....
S Clay, 111:0 w Devisadero, 27x102 ...
S Greenwich, 137:6 w Powell, 47:6x87:0
Lot 14, blk 395 Great Park Hd
Se Mission, 343 ne 5th, 20x80-100 vara,
subj to mortg
N 30th, 180 e Sanchez, 50x114— Harper's
Addition 99
S Clay, 137:6 w Broderick, 137:6x127:8
Nw Lombard and Larkin, W A 28 ....
Unp l-8th of 8 acres Woodbury Tract
E 3d, 50 s HurriBon, u 77:6x25
N Filbert, 175:6 e Dupout, 34:4x137:0
50 v461
£ 23d av, 225 N Pt Lobos ave, n 50 x 120
OL 203
Ne Center and*Carolina, e 200, etc
N Geary. 37:6 e Hyde, e 25x87:6
STurk, 90 w Scott, w 40xlti0
Ne York and 22d, e 200, n250, se to com
Sundry Ouiside L^nds
Lots 14 to 17, blk 10, City Land Assn . .
... Lots 211 to 215. Gift Map 4
Wm Hollis to S M B Halev |W Fillmore, 78 n Sacramento, n 25x91:6
Hugh J McVey to Chas McVey. . . . N Fell, 165 w Gough, w 27:6x120 ; and
lots 17, 18, blk 40, City Land Aasn...
Jas H Handley to MichI McCann .IW Treat av, 213 n 22d, n 2x122:6
S AFishertoRichd Hullis IE Kearny, 59:6 n Sutter, n 20:6x40
Atkins MaBsey to Geo T Marye . . . 'Nw Market, 500 ne City Hall av, 25x100
L G McMallin to Jno F Byxbce . ..|Lot6, blk 643, Pt Lohos Av Ex Hd . . .
$1 ,000
813
125
4,750
750
10
5,480
1,90J
601)
2,200
1
Gift
4,000
1,500
no
100
3,000
1
50
1,000
16,000
1
Tuesday, September 9th.
E F Ohm to Anna Augaste Ohm
C Crocker to Potrero & Bay V R R
Jno Felix to Christian Waller..
J Green by Admr to Marg Harper
Chas McLanchlin to Jas L King.
Jas L King to Jno P White. .
Same toC McLaughlin
Wm Hale to Anna R Leonard .
Jas Lang to Cath Martin ,
Thos Magilton to P McAran...,
FBornheimer toA E Sherman.,
Mas Sav & Ln Bk to C & Co S F. .
E D Sawyer to Orlando Bozio
G Lauricella to Societe Francaise.
Lot 1 blk 217, lot 7 blk 398 Golden C Hd
Nw Sonoma and Kentucky, 400x200 lots
ltol6; blk 395 Tide Lands
Lot 60 blk 296 Pleasant Valley Hd
E Powell, 77 s Sutter, 40:6x47:6-50 vara
565
N Pacific, 82:6 e Van Ness, e 93:3, etc—
WA '"
Same.
N Commercial, 60 w Montgomery, w 57:
6x59:9
S California, 110 w Laguna, w 27:6x137:
6— W A 235
E Columbia, 104 n 24th, n 26x100
Portion M B 70 Rerecord
N Fell, 125 e Fillmore, 25x137:6, WeBU
ern Addition 299
Streets and highways
■ie Howard. 200 ne 6tb, 12:6x80
N Washington, 155 eDrumm, 40x60....
$ 800
10,000
65
6,000
5
1
2,200
350
2,000
1
2,250
6,318
Sept. 13, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVER1 I>KK.
15
"OXTR SHEET MARKET."
Notwithstanding *bun<Unt proofs to the contrary, tin unthinking ma-
jority continue t" believe that the imna of the newpapere are
written in th.' interest of the puMic S.» thev are whan that mten
incih* with the prnprietni-;., ftn.l not otherwise. Tin- Influence <>f the
an article «f commerce, valuahte alike t-» the buyer and seller,
anil if reader* are unable to see where the editorial leaves off and the ad-
rertUement be^in*. it V simply owin^ to their own stupidity and the
writer's craft We pro|M>se making *' Our Sheet Market a permanent
feature, and its quotations will frequently reveal the true inwardness of
the little frames played upon a confiding people, wherein their vanity is
tickled for the purjwoe of extracting their coin in a most insidious man-
ner, i >f course, this will be physic to our journalistic brethren, but they
must make up their minds to take it with good grace. We cannot notice
all our contemporaries at once, but they can rely upon our attention in due
time. All the papers take strict party \ iews of the late election. The Re-
publican press claim an overwhelming victory for their party, which is
incorrect, considering it was gained on a minority vote. The Democratic
press believe it will result in driving the Workingmea back into their old
party ; but as the W. P. C. polled a larger vote and elected more officials
than the Democratic party, the latter is now in the same position that
Mahomet was with the mountain. The trouble is that the old Bourbon
leaders seldom learn and never forget. The Alia merits praise for its
conservative course during the late campaign, and the absence of person-
alities in its columns. It argued logically, without fulsome praise to
friends nor calumny to enemies. We think, however, it errs in desiring
to contest the election of the Workingmen's candidates, on the ground of
bribery, in promising to refund one-half of their salaries to the treasury.
The entire Board of Supervisors (elect) would be compelled to vacate, if
the Atta'9 assumption is correct — because they bribed electors by promis-
ing a reduction of taxes to one per cent., and by other very specific
pledges. It is impossible to bribe a whole community. The Post believes
there will be Republican, Democratic and Greenback candidates for the
Presidency, and that the Workiugmen will support the Greenbacker.
The same journal administered a timely rebuke to Kearney for his fool-
ish threat to burn General Grant in effigy, and its sentiments have been
unanimously re-echoed by the press. The Call believes neither party to
be satisfied with the results of the election, and advises the Republicans
that success, based upon divisions of the opposition, is always insecure.
Accepts the Republican Board of Supervisors with "Argns-eyed suspi-
cion.* The Bulletin apparently considers things too much mixed to be
very jolly. It accordingly indulges its surplus steam in an article on wire
railways and the use of compressed air as a motor for street earB. Of
course the late Bilk party and its organ receive the regulation kicking.
The Examiner thinks there is no need of stating the Democratic vote, and
as for the N. C. P., it says that, like the serpents in Ireland, " there isn't
any." This is the most unkindest cut of all. The Chronicle is best des-
cribed by a sage-brush paper, which says that since the election its ed-
itorials are as mild as a " float cocktail," which beverage is compounded of
aauapuro with a whisky cork floating in it. The Sacramento Record- Union
regards the election as a conservative victory. The Sacramento Bee thinks
Kalloch will make a good Mayor, but hopes he will not abandon the pul-
pit. Per contra, the Stockton Independent asserts that Kalloch will
speedily become more unpopular with his party than poor senile old
Bones. Talking of parsons, the Virginia City Enterprise goes on the war-
path after " Vagabond Evangelists " — preaching frauds of the revivalist
type, whose success depends upon indelicate language, buffoonery and
human gullibility. Mentions one who told some of his unconverted flock
that " It would make God's stomach sick to look at you." (In that case,
of course the Heavenly Physician would be called in.) The Oakland
Tribune calls upon the Regents of the University to proceed immediately
with the building of the Art Gallery, for which Mr. H. D. Bacon donated
a collection worth $50,000 and §25,000 in cash, which the last Legislature
supplemented with an appropriation of §25,000. Mr. Bacon has threat-
ened to withdraw his offer unless the Regents take some action. It is, no
doubt, annoying to the donor named, but the Regents are now consider-
ing the acceptance of one out of the many plans for an Art Gallery tendered
them according to advertisement some months ago. The Gold HilliVews
has a "logical and sensible " article on railroad builders, who are usually
regarded by the fickle populace as public benefactors before building, and
as bloody highwaymen afterwards. It contrasts the ringing of bells and
the bonfires at their advent to the subsequent attempts to confiscate or
cripple their property. But that is ungrateful human nature all over.
The Eureka (Nev.) Sentinel states that John W. Mackay openly asserts
his intention to oppose Senator Sharon's reelection because he shirked the
silver bill, and adds, that no man can be elected who is opposed t6 the
bonanza firm. We believe this report should be taken cum grano salis,
but if the Silver State should go back on Mr. Sharon, he has only to reg-
ister in San Francisco to find his public merit duly appreciated. Senators
Sharon and Junes are the only men the possession of whom California
envies Nevada.
PRIMATIVE INNOCENCE.
In a letter read at a meeting of the Academy of Natural Science, of
Philadelphia, Dr. Charles A. Siegfried, U. S. N., writes as follows: "We
visited an island called Botel Tobago while surveying a rock, eighty miles
east of South Cape, off Formosa. We found a race of aboriginees, proba-
bly from Malay stock. They knew nothing of money, rum or tobacco.
They gave us goats and pigs for tin pots and brass buttons, and would
hang around us all duy in their canoes, waiting for a chance to dive for
something thrown overboard. They wore clouts only ; ate taro and yams
mainly, though they have pigs, goats, chickens and fish, and cocoanuts
also. Snakes abound, of the boa variety, I judge. Their thatch houses
are low, with much overhang of the roof, surrounded by stone walls,
Btrongly made of laid stone, to protect them from monsoons. Their
paddy-fields contain immense quantities of taro— Colocasia aroidca, my
botany says. They are peaceful and timid, do not mark the body or de-
form the face or teeth, and seem happy enough in their condition. I found
them fairly healthy. They had axes, spears and knives, but all of com-
mon iron, the axe being made by imbedding the handle, instead of the
handle piercing the iron, as with us. Their canoes are beautiful, made
without nails, and are ornamented usually with geometrical lines. The
hair is worn naturally, the men partly clipping theirs. I saw no valuable
metal. They wore the beards of goats, with small shells, as neck orna-
ments."
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16
SATSI FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Sept. 13, 1879.
"The World," the Flesh, and the Devil-
[By a Truthful Penman.]
The Friendly Zulus. — Dining at the Aquarium, I paid my shilling
afterwards to see tbe "savages." I am bound to say that they struck me
as having all the belongings of half-civilized men, who in English garb
had loafed about the towns of South Africa, and one or two of them
seemed to be half-breeds. They danced, they smoked, and they threw
assegais at an enormous target a few yards removed from them, and ex-
hibited the.r skill by hitting it. But their time was mainly passed in
sitting down on the edge of their platform in a state of semi— or rather
nine-tenths— nudity, to be pawed by the ladies who had come to see them.
These public dalliances between London nymphs and naked Zulus excited
the indignation of a gentleman who was standing by me. "It is disgust-
ing," he said. "I can get paragraphs in many papers, and I shall call
attention to this." Still more horrified was he when he observed two
ladies stroking a savage, whilst two others were fanning him. "I am
going to smoke a pipe this evening," he observed, "with the most im-
portant leader writers of the daily press ; they must know this." Vainly
have I looked for the denunciation of these awful beings, and en attendant
their thunder, I venture to suggest that even to those who, like me, are
not over squeamish, this pawing business was not an agreeable sight, and
that it might be well if a partition were to separate the " savages " from
the amorous impulsiveness' of the "ladies." — Atlas in the World.— — It
certainly must be a great honor for an Austro-Hungarian nobleman resid-
in England to entertain as his guest an Archduke of the Imperial House
of Hapsburg. But I doubt whether, on a recent occasion, this feeling
was altogether shared by the other guests invited to meet his Imperial
Highness. Coarse practical jokes are not relished even when they are
played by men in one's own position in life, upon whom one can take
revenge ; but when they are practised by a person in a, more exalted
position, they become intolerable. It is no consolation on finding
one's boots and shoes full of water to know that it was a scion of
the House of Hapsburg who bad done the deed. — — What is a
name worth? A good deal, apparently, in the case of Alfred
Tennyson, who is so fully alive to the magic charm of his patronymic
that h'eTJas declined to become the heir of certain estates in Lincolnshire,
rather than exchange it for Turner. The Laureate's elder brother
inherited Grasby Hall and some neighboring farms many years back, and
for the sake of the £1,000 or £2,000 a year which they yielded he entirely
dropped the Tennyson, and became the Rev. Charles Turner,^ a name
which stands on the title-page of his book of sonnets. He died a few
months ago, leaving no issue, and his wife followed him to the grave
within a few weeks. The next heir is the Laureate, but he will not ac-
cept the condition which rigorously enforces the entire suppression of the
Tennyson. Doubtless there will be found a brother, or a nephew, if not
a son, willing to forego the prestige attached to the family name, for the
sake of a comfortable inheritance, but the succession is still, we believe,
unsettled.— Some recent statistics on the subject of cattle and sheep in
some of the important grazing regions of the world are as follows: Uru-
quay, with a population of 400,000, has 6,000,000 cattle and 12,000,000
sheep; the Argentine Confederation, with 2,000,000 inhabitants, had, in
1878, accordin , to official announcement, 15,000,000 head of cattle and
80,000,000 of sheep. There are no available statistics for the table-lands
of Brazil and Central South America. Australia ami New Zea-
land are estimated at 6,000,000 head of cattle and 61,000,000 sheep.—
A great-grandson of Racine, we see, has just been helped to a title of Mar-
quis by the Pope. For the benefit of our countrymen and others we may
as well state here that any person who wants to obtain a similar distinc-
tion from the Vatican can purchase it on comparatively cheap terms. The
list of prices is as follows : For a duke's title, £480 ; marquis, £320 ;
count, £240 ; baron, £160. Such titles have currency in continental so-
ciety, are a sure ladder to the hand of an heiress, and on the whole seem
to pay well. There are certainly worse investments in the market. —
World.— — I was having my hair cut a day or two ago, and I fell into
conversation with the operator. "Times," he said, "are very bad ; we
have four young men less in our establishment than last year, and our
customers economize on everything. They even buy fewer shirts. Last
year we used to be sent for sometimes twice a day to brush and curl the
hair of stockbrokers ; this year there is hardly a stockbroker who has his
head washed."— T. 2*.— There is considerable timber left in the world
yet. A late report of the English Government on the timber supply of
their colonies states that Nova Scotia has 9,000,000 acres ; Ontario, 180,-
000,000 acres ; Quebec, 73,711,114 acres ; New Brunswick, 6,000,000 acres ;
British Columbia, 110,000,000 acres— aggregating a total of 378,711,114
acres. Forest fires have caused much destruction in all these places. In
Australia steps have been taken to replant portions of forest land and to
protect the remainder. Baron Von Mueller, of Melbourne, is taking the
lead in this work. '"We wonder that more persons do not follow the ex-
ample of Mr. Hall and Miss Wyatt, and conduct their correspondence iu
shorthand. It ought, indeed, to be universally taught in schools, but for
this a more simple system than any of those now existing should be in-
vented. Almost all reporters use the system of Pitman, and by its means
a speech can be taken down with facility. But for ordinary use it is too
difficult. You have first to acquire the phonetic alphabet, whereas it
would be easy to base a system upon the existing alphabet, making the
vowels by dots and the consonants by lines, with a few arbitrary signs for
words such as " the," and the terminations, such as " ion," " iug," etc. —
World. There were 1,200 street accidents in 1868, and 2,800 in 1878,
and this notwithstanding the " islands " which have been formed at wide
crossings, and the greater number of police that are now employed to
regulate the traffic. Whence, then, this increase of accidents comes we
cannot conceive, unless, times being bad, people take less care of their
lives and limbs. -^It is all very well to indulge in learned disquisitions as
to the manner in which the plague of rats in the Deccan can be stamped
out ; but it is well known that the larger part of the native population is
imbued with a strong religious prejudice in favor of the rats. More-
over, the belief is general that the Bpirits of those who perished
in the famine have entered into the rats, so that in killing
them they consider they would be injuring their relations.-^
Les Etats-Unis de Europe says, respecting the financial position of several
nations, that (1.) England, in consequence of her absurd move in Af-
ghanistan and of an iniquitous war in South Africa, will this year see her
budget in deficit 60,000,000 of francs. (2.) Austria in balancing hers
finds a deficit of 192,600.000 francs. (3.) Germany has closed her finan-
cial year with an excess of expenditures over receipts of 7,750,000 francs.
(4.) Russia has expended in the late war 100,000,000 francs. (5.) Italy
has difficulty in making both ends meet. (6.) Fiance alone, at peace,
free and industrious, balances her financial ledger with an excess of
receipts of 100,000,000 francs. She is following in the steps of the United
States of America, which are so quickly extinguishing the enormous debt
incurred during the war of secession. — Investigator,— -Lady Waldegrave,
who died a few weeks since, is known to have left behind a journal which
she kept from day to day, and in which she faithfully recorded all those
observations of men, women and things which she was so competent to
make. It is said to be particularly truthful as regards persons, and many
are, therefore, trembling in their shoes to know when it will be published.
—The Conqueror, the most noteworthy of the armor-plated vessels now
being constructed at Chatham, is the first turret-ship that has been built
almost altogether of steel. She will cost about £310,000, the estimate for
the hull alone being £230,000. —A correspondent, writing from Con-
stantinople, says: " The British fleet is now anchored at Mitylene, and
signs are not wanting to show that before long that island will form the
next link in the ' British Protectorate chain' of Asia Minor. Already the
intelligence has reached Constantinople that surveying parties from the
fleet are preparing plans for waterworks to supply the town of Mitylene."
I have frequently protested against the London butchers buying
American meat and selling it as English meat, and at English prices. I
am told on very good authority that there are not three butchers in the
West End who do not practice this deceit. But it would appear that the
butchers are not alone in fault. I understand that a considerable portion
of the beef that arrives from America at Liverpool is sent up to Scotland,
and from there sent to the metropolis as Scotch beef. All this arises from
the folly of the consumers, who, instead of iusisting on their butchers
selling them American beet at its legitimate price, .turn up their noses at
this excellent meat, and then smack their lips over it when it is termed
English, and paid for as English. I should be glad, however, to know
how long the public are to be swindled out of about twopence on every
pound of beef that they consume. — T. T. in World.
.A GOOD PLAN.
Anybody can learn to make mnuey rapidly operating1 in
Stocks, by the "Two Unerring Rules for Success," in Messrs. Lawrence &
Oo 's new circular. The combination method, which this firm has made so success-
ful, enables people with Urge or small means to reap all the benefits of largeBt cap-
ital and best skill. Thousands of orders, in various sums, are pooled into one vast
amount and co-operated as a mighty whole, thus securing to each shareholder all the
advantages of the largest operator. Immense profits are divided monthly. Any
amount, from y5 to $5,000, or more, can be used successfully. N Y Baptist Weekly,
September 2(ith, 1S73, sa?s : " By the comhination system §i5 would make ?75, or
5 per cent.; §50 pays -S350, or 7 per cent.; $100 makes $1,000, or 10 per cent, on the
stock, during the month, according to the market." Frank Leslie's Illustrated
Newspaper, .tune 20th : " The combination method of operating stocks is the most
successful ever adopted." New York Independent, Sept. 12th : "The combination
system is founded upon correct business principles, and no person need be without
an income while it is kept working by Messrs. Lawrence & Co. Brooklyn Journal,
April 29th : " Our editor made a net profit of 5L01.25 from §20 in one of Messrs.
Lawrence & Co.'s combinations." New circular (mailed free) explains everything.
Stocks and bonds wanted. Government bonds supplied.
July 26. LAWRENCE & CO., Bankers, 57 Exchange Place, N. Y.
SWANT0N HOUSE, PESGADERO.
This Popular Hotel, together with the detached Cottages,
which arc not the least of its attractive features, have been newly furnished
throughout, and are now open for the reception of guests. Those desiring to visit
the most enjoyable of all our sea-sido resorts, can make no mistake in deciding upon
Pescadero.
IT IS EASILY BEACHED,
and is unsurpassed in the excellence of its climate, the beauty of its scenery, and in
the attractiveness of its truly remarkable sea beach. Those extraordinary pebbles,
among- which are to be found agates, opals, sapphires, etc., were never so numerous
as now, the past Winter having thrown up immense numbers of curiously-shaped
stones, which for a^es have been subieeted to the everlasting- motions of the tireless
Pacific. GOOD TROUT FISHING is obtainable iu the Pescadero river.
831?" The hotel prices are fixed to suit the times. [April 27.
Newton Bootu, C. T. Wheeler, Sacramento. | J. T. Glover, W. W. Dodge, S. P
w. w. dodge & CO.
holesale Grocers, corner Front and Clay streets, San
Francisco. April 1.
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CASTLE BROTHERS,
ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAR 1850.
Cmporters of Tens and East India Goods, Nos. 213 and 215
Front street, San Francisco. Jan. 13.
L. H.Newton.
NEWTON BROTHERS & CO.
M. Newton,
Importers nnd wholesale dealers in Teas, Foreign Goods and
Groceries, 20A and 206 California street, San Francisco, Cal May 25.
ANDREW BAIRD,
Negotiator of Loans and Commercial Paper,
Broker in Local and State Securities,
No. 312 California Street San Francisco.
[P. O. Sox 1,208.] July 19.
MEXICAN CONSULATE,
215 Sansome Street, San Francisco.
The undersigned tins been appointed Consul for the Repub-
lic of Mexico at Sau Francisco, Cal. Office hours fruni 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Aug. 30. J. GARCIA CONDE.
13, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
CRADLE, ALTAR. AND TOMB.
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• 30th, to the wife n| J romb. a daughter.
Twutma.n.n -In thiscitv, September 7th, <■■ the wife -i N. Tmitmann, a daughter.
ALTAR.
CrrrtELtv-Yot no -In this city. September 7th, Ham Cufflcld to Eva Young.
i mnk 1. Ooffetj to Poaej I; (Greene.
1 1 USfa l" Annin PniOIl
Btmax-Li bi 1 k Ai Km kiin. Cal . Louia Uyiuati to Juhatmt Lubeck.
1 \ii\ hi this iiiy. Suptonihcr 7th. Maurice I. Levi to Katie llahn.
Vallej Ford, Sc|>tciiiher let, II Sarah Palmer
LbMoin-Maw -n - In Plymouth, Augu LeMoin to Nellie M, Malson
BoTiiaTiiis-RoTiisi tiiLD— hi this city, September 3d, A RothBtein to 1:. Rothschild.
I'oHHs-lu this city, September 7th. M. S.-hloss to Rosa Tobias.
Brsax-N'mriiARK— In this city, September 7tb, J. Stern to Jeanotte Newniark
IUYiHiKs-lu this city, September 7th, W. M Smith to Viola F. Brvdges.
Wfcus-Gftol sue— In Plymouth, September 2d, a Wickea to Ada Grounds.
TOME
BsBSHAKn-In this city. September 4th, Adelia J. Bernliard, aged 37 years.
OaUiAQUAN-In this city, September 7th. Man K. i'.i!lnL.'han, aged 23 vwirs.
-In this city, September 8th, Mrs. Katie Crowcll, aged 20 years.
F0WL8R— In thit city, September tith, Prof, F. Fowler, aged 89 years and 6 months.
Fox— In this city 1 s*"i teniber 7th, John Fox, aged 39 years.
Fnuumoxs— In this city, September 7th, Joseph Fitzsimmons, aged 4 years.
F--LT.JS-- In this city, September 6th, Minnie M. Fulton, aged 1 year and 9 months.
Jvdd In Grass Valley, August 31st. John H. Judd. aged 27 years.
TttsenAXB— Id this city, September 4th. Anna Junghane, aged si rears.
KniaiiAR— In this city, Septemher — . Stephen Kelighar, aged 20 vears.
Kelly- In this city, September 5th. Ella Kelly, aged 2 years and l"l months.
:; - Iii this city, September 3d. Catherine McCormick, aged *2 years.
Marks — It. this city. Septemb r Id, Joel A. Marks, aged B6 vears".
M< T1..1 1: In this city, September Sth, Stephen McTigue, aged 51 years.
Makkham— In thiscitv, September 6th, Patrick Markham, aged 37 years,
M\sox -In this city, September 5th, Anna Mason, aged 4 years.
OX'osnkll -In this city, September 7th, Matthew O'Connell, aged 37 years.
Travis -In this city, September 4th, Charles E. Travis, aged 2 years.
YYrumiT —In this city, September 7th, William J. Wright, aged 27 years.
DIVISION AND DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC LIGHT.
A method of dividing electric light (not. the electric current, but the
light itself) has been devised by two engineers of San Francisco, E. J.
Moleraand J. C. Cebrian. The scheme looks plausible, but the public
can afford to wait till it has been put to a practical test. We give the in-
ventors' own description of the modus operandi of their system: "We
take," they say, " the most powerful source of light attainable, and place
it in a closed chamber (t/ie chamber of light). Every wall of this box is a
condensing lens, which will shape the light into a" beam of parallel rays.
If we intercept one of these beams of parallel rays of light by a reflector,
the light will be beut ur reflected according to the position of the reflector;
and it may thus be sent into any desired direction, horizontal, vertical, or
any way inclined. When the reflector intersects the whole beam of light,
this latter one will be bent totally ; if only one fraction of the sectional
area of said beam is intersected, then the corresponding fractional part of
the beam will be bent, leaving the other fraction thereof to follow its for-
mer direction. Therefore, if one of said beams of light is intersected at
different points of its length, by different reflectors, intersecting different
fractional parts of its section, said beam will be divided into a great num-
ber of secondary beams, going in any desired direction, and if these sec-
ondary beams are treated in the same way, the main beam can be divided,
Subdivided, conveyed and distributed to any number of distant places. If
we inclose the main beam in a tube or pipe, and every secondary beam in
smaller tubes, branching out from the larger one adjoining it, and we
keep the above said reflectors at the elbows and intersections, or T- pieces,
formed by all these tubes, we obtain a net or system of pipes or tubes
similar to those used in the distribution of gas and water.
" Such is our system: in front of every side or face of our chamber of
light, we place a box or pipe inclosing the main beams of light; these
pipes are laid along the streets ; at every side street a smaller pipe will
branch out from the main one ; at their junction we will place a reflector
which will divert into the side street the desired percentage of light.
And thus we can provide every street of a city with one or more pipes
carrying a known amount of light. Then, from said street-pipes, service-
pipes will be run into every lamp-post and every building, and at the in-
tersection of the latter pipes with the street main we will insert proper
reflectors, the size of which will determine the amount of light supplied
by every service-pipe. In the same way that at present the gas-burners
of all the rooms in a house are indirect successive communication with
the gas-meter or service-pipe, for said house, through a net of pipes laid
along ceilings and walls; similarly in our system, a net of properly
branched-out pipes will put in communication every room of a building
with the above-mentioned service-pipe ; only that we will place at every
junction, occurring in said net of pipes, a proper reflector, which will de-
termine the amount of light carried by the corresponding pipe. Thus,
the light may come into the rooms through the ceiling or through the
walls, every room having as many outlets of light as desired. But the
light will enter in a beam of parallel rays ; therefore, in order to properly
shape it for use, we will place at every outlet of light a diffusing lens,
called a secondary lens, which will send the light around in any predeter-
mined shape ; thus completing the system of division and distribution of
light from a single station to any or all the rooms in a city, and with any
desired intensity." — Popular Science Monthly.
Garibaldi's daughter, a girl of twelve years of age, was bathing the
other day at Oivita Vecchia, when a young man who could not swim
got out of his depth, and at his cry for help the girl swam toward him,
caught him as he was sinking, and brought him safe to land.
ZdJlkjh
T. A. BARRY, Agent for Nngleo'a Brandy, is at No. 116
Montgomery Street.
<;;:<>. mi;i:i:r. a,,.,,/ y, .„.„ /.,»,,-. .1,1 Oomhill, r.. c, Xondon.
IN CONSEQUENCE OF SPURIOUS IMITATIONS OF
TiF'£ * •*,;,'K"'S" s« «'E. Mhlc-li arc calcnlated to deceive
*-f .. ,''!- ;''i'' ,h",',;""J p?.miw ''""' Kloptea A NEW LABEL, bearing their Big-
",,"!;',•■ , . , l'l'llINS." »l>"''' i» I .li..-L-. ] mi every bottle of WOKCEKTKHN1IIHB
SAUCE, and without which none isgenuine.
Ask for LEA & PERKINS' Sum, iiiuI sec name on wrapper, label, bottle and stop-
per Wholesale anil tor export by the proprietors, Worcester ; Crosse & Illnekwcll
London, etc., etc., and by grocers anil oilmen throughout the worlil. To be obtained of
""'•■ ie- MESSRS. OBOSB & CO., San Francisco.
ROWLAND'S
MACASSAR OIL strengthens Che Hair and prevents it falling off. The bottles
huv a glass stopper, and not a cork.
KALYDOR beautifies the Complexion and eradicates Freckles, Tan, Prickly Heat
Krup'wns, etc.
ODONTO whitens the Teeth, prevents and arrests decav, and gives a pleasing
fragrance to the breath.
ETJKONIA if a new and delicate toilet powder.
Ask for ROWLAND'S articles, of 20, Hatton Garden, London, and avoid cheap
imitations. Sold bv Druggists, Bazaars, etc., all over the world. May 3.
JOYCE'S SPORTING AMMUNITION.
[ESTABLISHED 1820.]
rphe attention of Sportsmen is invlteil to the following
J. Ammunition, of the best quality, now in general use throughout England
India and the Colonies : Joyce's Treble Waterproof and F 3 Quality Percussion
Caps ; Chemically-prepared Cloth and Felt Gun Wadding ; Joyce's Gas-Tight Car-
tridges, for Pin-fire and Central-fire Breech-loading Guns ; Wire Cartridges, for killing
game at long distances, and every description of Sporting Ammunition. Sold by
all gun-makers and dealers in gunpowder.
FREDERICK JOYCE & CO., Patentees and Manufacturers,
Sept. 28. 57 Upper Thames street, London.
he Best Food for Infants. Supplied to the Royal Families of England
and Russia. To be had of Chemists, etc., everywhere.
Oftvory A Moore, 143, New Bond street, London, prepare
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Contains the highest
he Best Food for Infants. Most digestible.
amount of nourishment in the most convenient form.
nBleil on Ltebig's Principle. Sweet and wholesome in itself. En-
tirely free from Beet-root Sugar, the banc of Condensed Milk and Swiss Foods.
h«' It.'st Food for Infants. More closely resembles healthy Mothers*
Always ready for use.- Saving Mothers
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Milk than any other kind of Food.
Thoroughly Cooked Food,
and Nurses much time and trouble
he Best Food for Infants. Contains all the elements necessary for the
Growth, Health and Vigor of the Child.
nvory *t Moore, 143, New Bond street, London, and sold by all Chemists.
__ [Aug. 2.]
Asthma, and difficult breathing arising from affections of
the Respiratory Organs, promptly relieved and paroxysms averted by
Datura Tatnla Inhalations, for which purpose the plant is prepared in
all i.he Qsualforms for smoking, and also as pastilles and powder for burning
on a plate or censer. In
Asthma and Aualagous Diseases the superior efficacy of this plant,
prepared as above mentioned, has been for the last 40 years recognized by the
Medical Profession and the public in all parts of the world. Prepared only by
Savory * Moore. 143, New Bond-street. Testimonials accompanying each
box of Cigarettes. Cigars and Pastilles. Tins, in the economical form of tobacco,
and also in powder for burning, from 2s. 6d. to 21s. Of chemists, etc everywhere
[June 21.]
F
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
inest and Cheapest Meat-flavoring Stock for Sonps, Made
Dishes and Sauces. March 2.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MFAT
i a success and boon for which Nations should feel grate-
ful. See " Medical Press," " Lancet," " British Medical Journal," etc.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
Caul ion-Ocnnine only with fac-simile of Baron X.iebig'9
Signature, in blue ink, across Label. "Consumption in England increased ten-
old in ten years." March 2.
LIEBIG COMPANY'3 EXTRACT OF MFAT.
To be had of all Store- keepers, Grocers and Chemists. Sole
Agents for the United States (wholesale only), C. David & Co., 43, Mark Lane,
London, England. March 2.
CHARLES LANGLEY & CO.,
Wholesale Druggists,
Importers of Pure English, French and German Drugs,
100 and 102 FRONT STREET,
San Francisco. [Sept 6.
07'7T a year and expenses to agents. Outfit Free. Address,
*\P* * * June7.J P. O. V1CKERY, Augusta, Maine.
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Sept. 13, 1879.
"BIZ.'
Our tonnage supply has been largely increased during the week by
the arrival of twenty or more ships of the largest class. Some of these
were in ballast seeking, others were Coal ladened, while others brought
full cargoes of general merchandise. Our spot supplies of staple goods
have been largely increased by these timely arrivals. At this writing we
have in port a fleet of 24 disengaged vessels, registering 30,000 tons. On
the European berth we have a fleet of 40 ships, of 57,000 registered
tons. The engagements for Wheat during the week have been quite
numerous, some dozen or more Grain charters havin? been written for
Europe. Altogether some 20 vessels have been secured for various voy-
ages. Those to Havre or Liverpool direct were based upon 42s. 6d@.45s.
to a direct port, 47s. 6d.@50s. to Cork or Falmouth for orders, U. K., or
if to the Continent, 2s. 6d. more added. These rates may now be said to
rule, but the present requirement seems to be light. Oregon has not yet
entered our market for her tonnage supply, but we are looking for some
demand ere long from that quarter.
Hawaiian Interests. —During the week we have had three or four
arrivals from Honolulu, laden chiefly with Sugar and Rice. The former
is mostly of refining grades, and comes under contract to the California
Refinery. This week's Bugar receipts from Honolulu aggregate 19,266
packages, and from January 1st to SeptemberTLst Island imports foot up
35,806,646 tbs. Some of the Eastern papers have recently started the idea
that Sugar is now being conveyed to the Sandwich Islands and shipped
from there here clandestinely in order to obtain the benefit of free admit-
tance here under the Reciprocity Treaty. All such stories are simply
sensational and without a particle of foundation. There is not a word of
truth in it, nor. is there any door open for frauds of that nature. The
Hawaiians themselves would not permit it for a moment, and as for our
Custom House authorities, appraisers, consuls, etc., they are all too wide
awake for any such fraud, nor would it be wise to attempt it. Mr.
Dimond, of this city, returned from the Islands on the last steamer,
whither he went for the purpose of arranging with the planters for the
disposal of their Sugar crop. He reports that the bulk of the Sugar has
been already sold to and contracted for by the California Refinery at a
?rice agreed upon, and which seems to be altogether satisfactory to the
sland planters. We are not advised as to the price actually paid there-
for. The Sugar will, therefore, for the most part, fall into the hands of
our Refinery this year, as has been the case ever since the passage of the
treaty. This charge made at the East of sending Sugar to the Islands for
smuggling here under the treaty is, no doubt, the outgrowth of a feeling
of disappointment at the East upon the part of some New Yorkers, who
are deprived of a market upon the Pacific Slope for a portion of their
refined surplus, but this they cannot expect to enjoy to any extent. Cer-.
tainly not in the near future, for the reason that California capitalists
combined with Island planters are driving ahead at the Islands their irri-
gation schemes, canals, etc., building Sugar mills, redeeming 'wild lands
and doing everything possible to increase the arable lands of the Islands,
and it will not be more than a twelvemonth before the Sugar crop of the
Islands will be largely increased; and yet, we think, no more rapidly or
faster than the increased world consumption of Sugar will require it.
There are some here who think that the Sugar development at the Islands
will operate as a bar to the prosecution of the Sugar Beet interest in Cali-
fornia. This we do not believe, nor are we a firm believer in the practi-
cability of raising successfully Sugar Beets in this State. All experiments
of this nature heretofore made have been unsuccessful. There is too
much Alkali in our soil, and, although some good Sugar has been made
from the Beats, yet no small proportion of it has a bad smelL And the
Syrup product has not yet been found to be available — too much Salt in
its compilation. Not less than three Sugar Beat factories or companies
in California have already made a fizzle of it, and yet there are others
disposed to try again. This time we hope they will make a success of it.
Hawaiian Rice. — The character of the Island Table Rice very closely
resembles that of the Carolinas, and is a great favorite here among fam-
ilies, and generally commands the very highest market rate. Recently,
some 2,000 bags were received, and all purchased at once by a leading
Front street jobber at or about 6c. per lb. Recently it is is said that
several small invoices of this superior Table Rice have been sent to Chi-
cago and intervening cities, where it is much liked. Our imports of Ha-
waiian Rice from January 1st to September 1st aggregated 2,404,382 lbs.
Our Export Trade to Hawaii is steadily increasing. The arrivals
and departures of vessels to the Sandwich Islands has received a great
impetus since the passage of the treaty, and our merchants, and citizens
generally, are well pleased with the Island development. The Islanders
draw heavily upon us for Machinery, Steamers, Iron, Lumber, Flour,
Grain, Cattle, Horses, Mules, etc.
The Bag Ring has not yet bursted, but is still up to its old tricks of
bamboozling the poor Granger, farmer or others in interest. During the
week an invoice of 100,000 Calcutta Grain Sacks of recent importation,
22x36, were thrown into auction, and sold by S. L. Jones & Co. (possibly
bought in) for cash at $8 45, all taken in, and the announcement publicly
made that 250,000 more would be offered Friday on the same terms. It
is said that the combination have too good a thing to let up on, and occa-
sionally we say — stand from under.
Coffee.— The market at the moment is very quiet, at steady prices ;
stock light.
Coal. — Our supplies have been considerably increased during the week,
but the cargoes were mostly placed prior to arrival.
Case Goods.— The market for Salmon and other goods in this line
continues withuut animation ; prices rule low.
Chemicals.— By the arrival of the ship Bskdale, from Liverpool, sup-
plies have been largely increased, with a quiet market.
Hardware, Nails, Metals, Etc.— There seems to be rather more tone
to the market, looking to an improved range of prices ere long.
Paper.— It is said that a California Company has contracted with the
Morning Call to furnish supplies, for a- season, at the low price of 7c.
Salt. — The market is firm at 15c@20c for coarse and fine Liverpool.
Stock light.
Teas.— The "Quickstep," from Yokohama, to Macoudray & Co.,
brought 4 700 packages and 40 jars. Price for Japan, 35c@37£u.
Quicksilver.— The market is said to be dull, at 40c The exports by
sea, from September 4th, are as follows:
To Mexican Ports, per Nuevo Pacifico, Sept. 4th: Flasks. Value.
Thos. Bell & Co 550 $16,830
To Mexican Ports, per Newbern, Sept. 5th:
Falkner, Bell & Co 40 906
Thannhauser & Co 10 306
Totals 590 $ 18,042
Previously since January 1st: 41,749 1,197,118
Totals since January 1, 1879 42,339 §1,215,160
Totals same period 1878 22,416 746,261
Increase in 1879 19,923
468,899
Rice. — The stock of China is large, at 4§c for Mixed, and 5J@5§c for
Nos. 2 and 1, respectively.
Sugar. — There are no changes to record.
Wines. — Our native product of Brandy and "Wines continue in grow-
ing active request. The last steamer for Panama carried, en route to
New York, 25,840 gallons Wine and 2,132 gallons Brandy.
Spices. — The market for Nutmegs is poorly stocked, and prices
dearer.
Flour. — The market is dull, and prices rule in buyer's favor.
Wheat. — There is an active demand for export at $1.65@1.67i, while
millers are forced to pay $1.70@1.72J per cth
Barley.— The market is very sluggish at 85o.@90c. for new crop Brew-
ing ; old, ditto, Sl@1.05; old Coast Feed, 65c; new, ditto, 70@75c;
Chevalier, bright, $1.50@1.70 tf ctl.
Corn and Oats. — There is very little business doing — the former at
85@90c. ^ ctl., the latter §1.25@1.45 # ctl.
Hops.— The receipts of New are light at 22$@25c; Old, 10@12£c.
Tallow is in fair request at 5£c, and for Refined 7|c.
Wools. — The stock of Spring Clip is well nigh exhausted. Fall Clip
arrives sparingly, and is wanted at 12£c@18c for fair to good fleece.
Fruits. — Our market abounds with Blackberries, Strawberries, Rasp-
berries, Figs, Grapes, Peaches, Plums, Pears, Apples, Quinces, Banannas,
etc. Oranges and Lemons are scarce. Melons, like Fruit, are very plen-
tiful and exceedingly cheap.
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
The Company's steamers will sail as follows at 12 M:
CITY OF TOKJO, Oct. 4th, Dec. 27th, March 20th— CITY OF PEKING, Nov.
15th, Feb. 7th, May lst-for YOKOHAMA and HONGKONG.
COLIMA, Sept. 19th, for PANAMA and NEW YORK, calling at MAZATLAN,
SAN BLAS, MANZANILLO, and ACAPULCO, connecting at Acapulco with Com-
pany's Steamer for all Central American ports— calling at SAN JOSE DE GUATE-
MALA and LA LIBERTAD to land passengers and mails only.
Tickets to and from Europe by any line for sale at the lowest rates ; also to Ha-
vana and all West India ports.
CITY OF NEW YORK, Sept. 29th, at 12 o'clock M., or on arrival of English mails,
for HONOLULU, AUCKLAND and SYDNEY. $10 additional is charged for pas-
sage in Upper Saloon.
CITY OF CHESTER, Sept. 20th, for VICTORIA, PORT TOWNSEND, SEATTLE,
and TACuMA, connecting at TACOMA with Northern Pacific Railroad for PORT-
LAND, Oregon. Tickets must be purchased before 11 a.m. on day of sailing, at
Wharf Office. For freight or passage apply at the office, cor. First and Brannan
streets. [Sept. 13.] WILLIAMS, BLANCH ARD & CO., Agents.
OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP CO.,
For Japan and 4'Eiiim. leave wbarf, corner First and Bran-
nan streets; at noon, for YOKOHAMA AND HONGKONG, connecting at
Yokohama with Steamers for Shanghai.
GAELIC '. August 23d, December 0th, February 28th.
OCEANIC September 13th.
BELGIC October 25th, January 17th, April 10th.
For Freight, apply to GEORGE H. RICE, Freight Agent, at the Pacific Mail Steam-
ship Company's Wharf, or No. 218 California street.
Special Notice. — The S. S. OCEANIC, sailing from San Francisco Saturday, Sep-
tember 13th, will continue on from Housjkong to Liverpool, offering superior accom-
modations for Tourists en route Around the World. Freight will be taken for Lon-
don and Liverpool. For Through Bills of Lading and Rates, apply at 218 California
street. T. H. GOODMAN, General Passenger Agent.
LELAND STANFORD, President. Aug. 23.
FOR PORTLAND AND ASTORIA, OREGON.
The Oregon Steamship Company and Pacific Coast Ste m-
ship Company will dispatch everv five days, for the above ports, one of their
new Al Iron Steamships, viz.: OREGON, GEORGE W. ELDER, and STATE OF
CALIFORNIA.
Sailing Days:
Sept. 4, 9, 14, 19,24, and 29. I Oct. 4, 9, 14, 19, 24, and 29.
At 10 o'clock A. M.
Connecting at Portland, Oregon, with Steamers and Railroads and their connecting
Stage Lilies for all points in Oregon, Washington and Idaho Territories, British
Columbia and Alaska.
K. VAN OTERENDORP, Agent O. S. S. Co.,
No 210 Battery street, San Francisco.
GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Agents P. C. S. S Co.,
Sept. 6. No. 10 Market street, San Francisco.
PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
Steamers ol this Company will sail from Broadway Wharf
for PORTLAND, Oregon), every 5 days, direct, and for LOS ANGELES, SANTA
BARBARA, SANTA CRUZ, SAN DIEGO, SAN LUIS OBISPO and other NORTH-
ERN and SOUTHERN COAST PORTS, leaving SAN FRANCISCO about every
third day.
For Day and Hour of Sailing, see the Company's Advertisement in the San Fran-
cisco Daily Papers.
Ticket Office, No. 314 Montgomery Street, near Pine.
GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Agents,
March 15. No. 10 Market street.
Fej.t. 13, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
10
CUMBERLAND MINE.
Extraordinary Richne**!! Challenge Comparison with
mnj Miao in the World ! Exports Invited to Visit the
Mine and See for Thetn»elvc* !
Hem from the Cumberland Min. , \ ■ inttaues
to be of the moot wonderful character. Shaft No. 1 uowa fr.-.- gold From
the surface down to the bottom <>f the shaft (tiftaUce, in fttrftJght Una, 70
feet, ami by work done, 106 met The acsayi From this shaft are utipar-
atUitd in the kinUrrp of mining, running from $40 a Ion to the tremendous
sum of $4,011' a ton. Thia latter i* :i black ipmrti body, nine feet thick.
Shaft2, on which work is being prosecuted, is showing up most wonder*
ful ore. Thi* ore contains Hulphurvt*. Shaft 3 i* at bottom of bill, 500
feet from Shaft 1. The presence of sulphoretl in Shaft 2 proves almost
conclusively the grtat depth of the ore body. Superintendent Collins' let-
ter, of September 7th. says :
" If you think it advisable, I can send you blocks of ore weighing one-
half ton each, like that forwarded to-day. * * There is no ques-
tion about quantity. * ■ Gold can be found from one aid of
claim to the other."
Surely, this mine is proving a bonanza more startling than any of the
surprisea of the last 30 years on this wast. A list of assays by Professor
Irelan will soon be published. Meanwhile, we are informed by the
President, George W. Ciprico, that any experts of reputation— who may
desire to inspect the Cumberland Mine, to satisfy themselves or their
friends as to its richness— can obtain a letter to the Superintendent by
applying at his office, 417 California street.
SANITARY NOTES.
The deaths this week number 102, as compared with 86 last and 61
the week before— an increase in two weeks of 40 per cent. The mortality
from violence is excessive, viz: 5 casualties, 2 homicides and 3 suicides.
There were 67 males, 35 females and 12 Chinese. The mortality of
infants is also excessive, there being 37 deaths under 5 years of age, as
compared with 15 two weeks ago. Zymotic diseases are on the increase,
and this week we have 2 typhoid fever, 3 diphtheria, 2 diarrhcea, 1 chol-
era, 4 cholera infantum, 2 cerebro spinal meningitis. The other principal
causes were : 16 consumption, 8 pneumonia, 4 cancer, 3 of infantile con-
vulsions ; 2 each of Bright's disease, enteritis, liver disease, puerperal
fever, and one each of apoplexy, alcoholism, brain disease, bronchitis, epi-
lepsy, hoemoptysis, heart disease, peritonitis, rheumatism and syphilis.
There was no death in the Third or Fifth Wards. There were 10 in the
Fourth, 17 in the Tenth and 17 in the Eleventh Wards. Eighteen deaths
occurred in the public institutions. It is impossible to doubt that the
high mortality is chiefly caused by the heat and the consequent fermen-
tation of refuse. In several instances we have been able to trace the ill-
ness of children to over-crowded and ill-ventilated bed-rooms, poisoned
with sewer gases.
The late fatal accident on the Matterhorn brings to mind the ac-
count given by Frederick Whymper, formerly of San Francisco, and one
of our contributors, of the ascent in which he took part: His party con-
sisted of Lord Francis Douglas, the Rev. Mr. Hudson, Mr. Hadow,
Michel Croz, one of the best guides in Switzerland, and two other guides,
named Taugwalder. The ascent was safely achieved, but in descending,
roped together in a line, Mr. Hadow slipped and upset Croz, the shock
jerking Mr. Hudson and Lord Francis from their feet. Had not the rope
snapped, all seven must have fallen together ; as it was, the four leading
men rolled helplessly over a precipice of 4,000 feet, at the foot of which
their bodies were found the next day by the three survivors.
Next to a pair of eyes and a pair of legs, a sportsman wants powder
that will go off, and not stand around. Quails and ducks attend to their
business of getting out of the way; and Hazard's Powder is the thing to
stop them. For duck-shooting, we recommend F.G., and for quail, F.F.
or F.F.F. All who handle guns know that these brands shoot with more
force and leave the gun cleaner than those of any other maker. Now is
the time to try them.
The total number of vessels which passed through the Suez Canal
in 1878 was 1,550, of which 1,227 were British, 89 French, 71 Dutch, 44
Italian, 38 Austrian, 22 German, 21 Spanish, 8 Egyptian, 8 Japanese, 6
Danish, 5 Swedish and Norwegian, 4 Portuguese, 3 Turkish, 2 Belgian,
1 American, and 1 Zanzibar. The total tonnage was 2,178,316 tons, of
which 1,726,946 tons were British.
Mr. P. B. Kennedy, the famous glove manufacturer, 232 Kearny
street, has just received 2,000 dozen of his seamless gloves, in all shades
of color, as well as black and white, and with every number of buttons,
from 2 up to 16. These are the only really faultless gloves in the city.
His new styles of parasols and sun-umbrellas are also attracting the at-
tention of the fashionable world.
The largest assortment of canes ever imported to this coast is now at
J. M. Litchfield & Co.'s, 415 Montgomery street, comprising some beau-
ties in ivory and gold heads, something very genteel in Malacca and Ma-
nilla, and also a splendid lot of rubber canes.
The well-known firm of Bush & Scudder, at 22 Post street, was
dissolved by mutual consent on the 9th September. Mr. David Bush,
having purchased his late partner's interest, will settle up the affairs of
the firm and continue the business at the same place, on his own account.
St John's Presbyterian Church, Post street. Rev. Dr. Scott,
Pastor, will preach on Sunday at 11 a. m. and 7£ P. M. Publie very cor-
dially invited. Communion at the close of morning service. Bible Classes
and Sunday School, 9£ A. M.. Prayer and Praise Service, 6J P. M.
" Plant Sweet Flowers on my Grave," is the title of an excellent
new Bong and Chorus, by Eddie Fox, of minstrel fame. Published by
F. W. Helmick, Music Publisher, No. 136 West Fourth street, Cincin-
nati, Ohio.
"The Principles of Light and Color." By Edwin Babbitt, D.M.
For sale by Boericke & Tafel, 234 Sutter street.
New Music from Wm. A, Prey. : Blumen-Strauss Waltz, composed
by W. Stuckenholtz.
HIGHEST STOCK QUOTATIONS
For tho We«k Ending Sept. 12th, 1879.
COurtLID IT UMKOF I , „ , MO MOXTOOMMT STRUCT.
Nam or If im. Sat
Argi-nla.
Andes
•Alpha
AlU
Alps
•Bullion .
♦Belcher
•Best & Belcher.
Benton
Bodio
•Cons Imperial
'Crown Point, ..
"Chollar
California
Con. Virginia
♦Cnk-.il m i;t
Confidence
Eureka Con
Exchequer
Fairfax
Gould & Currv
Gila
Grand Prize
Hale & Norcross
Julia
Justice
Jackson.
Kentuck
'Leopard .. .
Lady Wash'n
•Leviathan
Leeds
Mexican
Modoc
♦Manhattan . . .
Northern Belle
Ophir
Overman
♦Potosi
"Raymond & Ely
* Sierra Nevada . .
Silver Hill
Seg Belcher
Solid Silver
♦Succor
Silver King, Ar*a
Silv King South.
Tip-Top
* Union Con
Utah
•Yellow Jacket..
Assessments are now due on the Stocks above marked thus *
SIGNAL SERVICE METEOROLOGICAL REPORT, WEEK
ENDING SEPT. 11, 1879, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Highest and X,owest Barometer,
Prl. 5. Sat. 6. Sun. 7. Mon. 8. Tue. 9. Wed 10 Thrll
30. 086 30. 085 30.066 30. 020 29.936 29.911
30.044 30.044 29.999 29.889 29.853 29.868 29.931
Maximum and Minimum Thermometer,
61 I 65 I 67 | 70 | 67 I 77 I 86
54 55 | 56 I 58 | 57 | 57 f 60
Mean Daily Humidity,
83.7 | 77.7 | 86.3 |. 84 | 72 [ 53 | 4S
Prevailing Wind.
W. | W. I W. I W. I W. 1 NW\ | N.
Wind— Miles Traveled.
215 | 297 | 364 | 233 | 258 | — | —
State of Weather.
Fair. | Clear. | Fair. | Fair. J Clear. | Clear. | Clear.
Rainfall in Twenty-four Hours*
III III
Total Rain During Season beginning July 1, 1870 03 inches
CUNARD LINE.
British and North American Royal Mall Steamships be-
tween NEW YORK and LIVERPOOL, calling atQUEENSTOWN, sailing from
New York EVERY WEDNESDAY.
SCYTHIA July 16.. Aug. 20.. Sept. 24.. Oct. 29
ABYSSINIA July 23.. Aug. 27 Oct. L.Nov. 6
BOTHNIA July 30 Sept. 3. .Oct. 8. .Nov. 12
GALLIA Aug. 6. .Sept. 10. .Oct 16. .Nov. 19
ALGERIA Aug. 13.. Sept. 17. Oct. 22
Passage can be secured and all information given on application to
WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO.,
July 12. 218 California St.
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
New York and Panama Line.
Ang-ast 19 Hi --Steamer GRANADA, calling at Itfaxatlan,
San Bias, Manzanillo and Acapulco, connecting at Acapulco with Company's
Steamer for all Central American porta, and touching at San Jose de Guatemala and
La Libertad to land passengers and mails.
August 2Sth— Steamer CITY OF PANAMA, calling at Acapulco.
September 5th— Steamer SOUTH CAROLINA, calling at Acapulco, San Jose de
Guatemala, La Libertad and Punta Arenas.
All these steamers make close connection with steamers from Aspinwall to N. York.
Aug. 16. WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO., General Agents.
J. C. MERRILL & CO.,
Cihipplng- and Commission Merchants, Agents for the Sand-
»0 wich Islands Packet Lines, 204 California street, S. F. April 13.
20
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER.
Sept. 13, 1879.
THE BATHER'S DIRGE.
[BY TENNYSON MINOE.]
Break, break, break,
On thy cold, bard stones, O sea !
And I bope tbat my tongue won't utter
Tbe curses that rise in me.
O well for the fisherman's boy,
If he likes to be soused with the spray !
O well for the sailor lad,
As he paddles about in the bay !
And tbe ships Bwim happily on
To their haven under the hill ;
But O for a clutch at that vanish'd hand.
And a kick — for I'm catching a chill !
Break, break, break,
At my poor, bare feet, O sea !
But the artful scamp who has collar'd my clothes
Will never come back to me. — Funny Folks.
THE CABUL MASSACRE.
The particulars of the Cabul massacre are, in a general way, familiar
to the world by this time. Exactly how the British Envoy and his fol-
lowers died will, probably, not be known for some time to come; but this
we know — that the little band died with their face to the enemy, and
died as Englishmen at bay always do die — beneath a hecatomb of their
assailants. This, also, we know — that vengeance swift, sure and deadly,
is close at hand. When England's sons are slain in fair and open battle,
their country mourns for them as a mother for her children; but she hon-
ors a brave foe and seeks no vengeance. All the privileges of war, all the
Btratagems and advantages which war justifies, she is willing to grant and
to accept; but we may be sure that the slaughter of an Envoy, whose
person, together with those of his suite, was sacred under rules which
even the most barbarous nations are familiar with and observe, England
will neither forgive nor forget. Already, among the England-haters of
this country, there are to be found those who contend that the Afghans,
not understanding or recognizing the inviolable immunity of an Ambassa-
dor, were justified in injuring the invading British in whatever way they
could. Such chatter only shows ignorance, or something worse, for it is
well known that the semi-civilized nations of Asia are even more punctili-
ous in all matters pertaining to ambassadorial etiquette than Europeans.
Nor is it any excuse to say that the assailants were an irresponsible and
uncontrollable mob. The attack was made by regiments of regular
soldiery, who accomplished their fell work under discipline, and left the
scene in good order to prepare for resistance against the vengeance which
they knew was inevitable. In Afghanistan, as much as in England or
the United States, regiments are officered by men of rank and responsi-
bility. Without their guidance and leadership, the soldiers could, or
would, have done nothing. Yakoob Khan himself may not be to blame,
but, if he has no more control over his people than this, he is not the
right person to be even their nominal ruler, and so, we believe, the British
Government will soon come to think.
But behind the Ameer and his officers there looms up the same shad-
owy figure which brought about all the trouble with Afghanistan in the
first place. Having failed in an attempt to gain a diplomatic footing at
Cabul without England's knowledge, Russia, by false promises, induced
the late Ameer to insult the British Government and then left him to his
fate. She had not the courage, after all her boasting, to meet the English
face to face and declare that if Afghanistan was to be conquered she
wanted a share of the spoils. On the contrary, she swallowed the bitter
pill, to tbe disgust, but not to the surprise, of the civilized world, and sat
quietly down while the British took the country and advanced their In-
dian frontier to an impregnable line. But when this is done and a treaty
made, then Eussia begins her insidious work. There is every reason to
believe that to her emissaries the recent massacre is due. At all events,
her newspapers, particularly tbe semi-official organs, gloat of the disaster,
and calculate cold-bloodedly upon its effects. But they calculate errone-
ously when they say that England's scientific frontier is destroyed. Why
do they believe it to be destroyed ? Because, according to them, England
will now have to conquer and hold the whole of Afghanistan. They could
not make a greater mistake. England does not want the whole of Af-
ghanistan. She is content to have her Indian frontier where it is. But
she will punish the Afghans, and she will take care that Russia does not
have the Afghan country. But the Russian organs more than ever be-
tray their unholy satisfaction when they add to the necessity for this
conquest that it would be contrary to treaty. In short, England must
take the Ameer's dominions, and again she mustn't. To crown these ma-
licious absurdities, one, at least, of the St. Petersburg papers proposes
that Russia and England partition Afghanistan between them, and so join
their Asiatic possessions. This would be a very pretty arrangement.
After England has done all the fighting Russia is to come in and take half
the spoils ! Treachery and cowardice are not likely to be rewarded in that
particular fashion just now, however.
THE MORMONS.
It seems rather strange that the United States Government should
address a circular to foreign Governments on the subject of Mormonism
at all ; still more strange that they should go to the length of protesting
against further Mormon emigration from England, Germany, Norway,
Sweden and Denmark. Such a document, however, is said to be on the
way, and the respective Governments are requested to dissuade their sub-
jects from "yielding to the inducements of the Mormon missionaries."
This is all very well, and no doubt according to the law of the United
States bigamy is a criminal offense. But the right place to put a stop to
it is in Utah. To attempt to prevent the landing of Mormons is absurd.
Tbe people will come in as ordinary emigrants, and then go on in the
usual way to the Mormon settlements. Mormonism had its origin in
America, and if the law were enforced there polygamy would soon come
to an end. But the truth is, that Mormonism is not so easily stamped
out. To confess the failure openly would not suit the Federal Govern-
ment, so it resorts to this roundabout method of action. It is, however,
too much to expect that foreign Governments will bestir themselves to
accomplish indirectly what the Americans ought to do on their own ac-
count.
SYDNEY INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.
August 2, 1879. — The building is rapidly approaching completion, and
the large dome will be finished in a few days. Extraordinary progress is
being made in the erection of the exterior building. One machinery hall
will shortly be in possession of the Commissioners. All new arrange-
ments are made for motive power and shafting for machinery exhibits.
The French man-of-war Rhine, with Captain Mathieu, Director-General,
and staff, is expected daily. The Japanese exhibits arrived per Athol, and
are stored in the building. Up to date nearly 5,000 cases from various
countries are to hand. Various European courts are already crowded
with cases, and unpacking will commence shortly. New South Wales ex-
hibits are commencing to arrive. There is a splendid ethnological collec-
tion from Fiji and other South Sea Islands, collected by officials of the
Wolverine, now in the building. The grand organ has arrived, and will
be erected as soon as the platform for its reception is finished. Mr. Gres-
ley Lukin, Executive Commissioner for Queensland, takes possession of
the court of that colony next week to commence the decorations. Tas-
mania is making great efforts to hold an equal position with the neighbor-
ing colonies, and is Bending a tin trophy, weighing seven and a half tons,
besides other valuable productions and manufactures.
The Californian mail, now at Auckland, brings his Excellency the
Right Honorable Lord Augustus Loftus, K.C.B., President of the Com-
mission, and a large number of American exhibits. Arrangements are to
be made, by which no money for admission will be taken at the entrances
of the Exhibition, as it is considered it would cause obstructions and de-
lay, but tickets will be sold at the principal business establishments, and
at offices appointed by the Commission.
TAMMANY'S SECESSION.
The withdrawal of the Tammany Delegates from the Syracuse Con-
vention is the strongest proof yet given of the disintegrating influences at
work in the National Democratic party. It is virtually a surrender of the
State government to the Republicans, with a strong probability that the
presidential electors will also be secured by them. Without entering into
the merits of the rival factions, it is apparent that the Democratic party
throughout the Union must be thoroughly reorganized and rid of its im-
becile leaders, if it hopes to succeed in the presidential campaign. It has
been handicapped by the unpopularity and inability of the men in control,
and the Greenback and Labor parties have drawn their principal strength
from it. Able and honest leadership alone can prevent its splitting up
into fragments. One thing is certain, Mr. Tilden has carried his rule-or-
ruin policy beyond the limits, and must now pay the penalty by relin-
quishing his ambition. The full effect of his insane course will not appear
until its results are summed up in the Ohio and other State elections. He
may flatter himself that he has beaten Tammany in tbe gubernatorial
contest, but Tammany has made him a "dead duck " for tbe Presidency,
so that honors are easy on both sides. More brains and less bulldozing
are absolute necessities to rescue the Democratic party from its moribund
condition, else it will go down to its grave "unwept, unhonored and
unsung."
MR. GLADSTONES CHALLENGE.
Mr. Gladstone's challenge is bold, and he tells us that he nails his
colors to the mast with resolution to stand by them. " At no period of
my public life have the issues inviting the judgment of the nation been
of such profound importance — including the management of finance, the
scale of expenditure, and the constantly growing arrears of legislation.
I hold before, as I have held in the House of Commons, that the faith and
honor of the country have been gravely compromised in the foreign policy
of the Ministry; that by the disturbance of confidence, and lately even
of peace, which they have brought about, they have prolonged and aggra-
vated public distress ; that they have augmented the power and interest
of the Russian Empire, even while estranging the feelings of its popula-
tion ; that they have embarked the Crown and people in an unjust war ;
that their Afghan war is full of mischief, if not of positive danger, to
India ; and that by their use of the treaty-making and war-making pow-
ers of the Crown they have abridged the just rights of Parliament, and
have presented its • prerogatives to the nation under an unconstitutional
aspect which tends to make it insecure." Mr. Gladstone admits tbat there
is no demand for a general election just now, though there might well be,
be thinks. -~
The United States Treasury reported on hand September 1st :
Gold Coin and Bullion 8141,546,392
Standard Silver Dollars 30,678,464
Fractional Silver Coin. . , 15,236,724
Nickel and Minor Coin 1,564,427
Silver Bullion 4,904,612
Total £193,930,599
Other assets 117,551,187
Total assets 8311,481,786
Another vessel is now on its way to China — namely, a torpedo boat
of the newest design, and like the Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Delta, is to be
followed by other similar vessels for coast defense. At the present time
we|are engaged in supplying China with the most formidable engines of
modern warfaie, and the Imperial authorities are shrewd enough to buy
only the best of weapons and the most carefully designed ships and boats
they can get. When we consider the use which has been made of mod-
ern appliances by the Chinese in Central Asia it is at least not improbable
that a similar use may be made of these new purchases to carry out a
long-determined policy. At any rate India, which depends for so large
an amount of its revenue on the free reception of opium by China, can
scarcely view without disquiet the accumulation of the means of attempt-
ing to exclude it when that course is thought advisable at Pekin.
Talmage in London. — It is not an uncommon boast of Irishmen that
they are scattered all over the world, and are multiplying like rabbits, to
accomplish the secret designs of a merciful Providence in civilizing,
Christianizing and Roman Catholicizing the nations of the earth. Re-
torting upon this well-known boast, Talmage remarks: "Perhaps; but
all the while God so loved the Chinese that He made 300,000,000 of
them." "Yes, truly," remarked, loudly, a casual holy Roman, who was
listening ; " but He made only one Talmage. "
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Nos. 607 to 615, San Francisco.
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OLD BARS— 890@910— Silver Bars— 3@18 t? cent. disc. Mexican
Dollars, 9@ 10 per cent.
" Exchange on New York. $(5> — per cent. ; On London, Bankers,
49g(j?49| ; Commercial, 50|(a50|d. Paris, sight, 5 francs per dollar.
Telegrams, 35-100 per cent.
■ Latest price of Sterling, 482J(Sj484J.
*3~ Price of Money here, |@1 per cent, per month — bank rate. In the
open market, 1@1^. Demand active.
DEALING ON MARGINS.
It is customary with the stock exchanges of other and older cities,
when any important change in business methods is contemplated, or made
necessary by law, to make the requisite preparations and announcement
ninety days in advance of the specified time. Under the new Constitu-
tion, Art. IV, Sec. 26, " All contracts for the sale of shares of the capital
stock of any corporation or association, on margin or to he delivered at a
future day, shall be void, and any money paid on such contracts may be
recovered by the party paying it by suit in any court of competent juris-
diction." The Legislature is empowered to regulate or prohibit the buy-
ing and selling of snares in any stock board, exchange or market, under
the control of any association. This, without doubt, is for the purpose of
enabling the Legislature to effectually crush any opposition on the part of
the brokers. The mandate is, do thus and so or be abolished. There can
be no argument, however, against the fact that margin dealing in mining
stocks is intrinsically bad and productive of more losses and bankruptcies
than all other causes put together. It therefore behooves the stock boards
to prepare for the coming change and announce, without delay, their pur-
pose of fulfilling the law. Any opposition will be sure to meet with re-
taliation on the part of the Legislature. Verb, sat sap.
Arizona Items. — They have Pinafore very badly in the Territory.^—
There have been but very limited rains in the Lower Thompson Valley.
^— On the 12th, at Prescott, Judge Silent heard the application of the
Peck Mining Company of California for a writ of quo warranto against
the Peck Mining Company of Arizona. Motion was made to dismiss the
application, and the Judge took the matter under advisement, intimating,
however, that he would grant the motion. ^— There is the greatest activity
in the mining districts, and the local papers anticipate a great influx of
capital. -^The Miner quotes a remark of the Hon. J. M. Kirkpatrick,
of Pima county— one of the "best posted men in Arizona on Mexican
land grants "—to the effect that there is not one of these in the Territory
that is valid.— The excursion to San Francisco, announced for Borne
time past, is to come off at Maricopa on the 1st of] October. The Silver
Belt Mine is reported sold for $30,000.
Beerbohm's Telegram.— London and Liverpool, Sept. 18, 1879.—
Floating Cargoes, upward tendency; Cargoes on Passage, stiff; Mark
Lane Wheat, good demand; No. 2 Spring off ('oast, 45s. ; Bed Winter off
Coast, 47s. Gd.; California off Coast, 49s. ; California Nearly Due, 48*.
6d.; California Just Shipped, 48s. 6d.; No. 2 Spring for Shipment, 48s.
6d. ; Liverpool Spot Wheat, strong; California Club No. 1. Standard,
10s. ; California Club No. 2 Standard, 9s. 8d. ; California Average —West-
ern, 9s. 9d.; White Michigan, 9s. lOd. ; Bed Western Spring, 8s. 7d.;
Extra State Flour in London, 12s. 6d. ; Extra State Flour in Liverpool,
12s. 6d.; Liverpool Western Mixed Corn, 3s. lid. ; Liverpool Canadian
Peas, 6s. 10d.; N. Y. St. Ex., 82J@84| ; Spring for Prompt Shipment,
40s. 6d. ; Liverpool Spot Corn, strong; Cargoes for sale off Coast, 5s.;
English Country Markets, Is. 7d. dearer; French Country Markets, im-
proving; Harvest operations in England, progressing slowly.
Latest from the Merchant's Exchange.— New York, Sept. 18th,
1879. United States Bonds— 4s, 102 ; 4is, 104g; 5s, 102|. Sterling Ex-
change, 4 SU@4 84i. Pacific Mail, 21j. Wheat, 110@118. Western Union,
93. Hides, 20@20i. Oil— Sperm, 75@76. Winter Bleached, 87 @ 96.
Whale Oil, 35@40; "Winter Bleached, 45@50. Wool— Spring, fine, 20®
30 ; Burry. 11@14 ; Pulled, 25@35 ; Fall ClipB, 14@18 ; Burry, 13@20.
London, Sept. 18th.— Liverpool Wheat Market, 8s. 6d.@9s. 6d. ; Club, 9s.
8d.@10s. 2d. U. S. Bonds, o's, 105J; 4's, 104J; 4i's, 108J. Consols, 97 9-16.
Postage on S. F. News Letter to all parts of United States and
Europe, 2 cents.
PRICES OF LEADING STOCKS AND GOV. BONDS.
San Francisco September tut 1H70.
Bid.
Asked
100
102
Nom.
Nom.
105
107
65
70
SO
90
26
28
00
95
100
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105
107
90
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100
—
112
115
681
00J
so
90
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60
120
130
114
110
75
80
Bid.
110
80
105
116
35
60
22
Asked
112
86
108
117
40
65
Stocks and Bonds.
Cal. St. Bonds, O's.'ST, (nom)
S. F. City & Co. B'ds, 6s, '68
S. F. C. & Co. B'ds, 7s (nom)
Montg'y At. Bonds (nom). .
Dupont Street Bonds
Sacramento City Bonds. ...
Stockton City Bonds, 6's...
Yuba County Bonds, S's —
Santa Clara Co. Bonds, 7's .
Butte Co. Bonds, 10's, '00 . .
San Mateo Bonds, 7's
Oakland City Bonds, S's
Bank of California
First National
National Gold
Pacific
California Ins. Co
Commercial Ius. Co
The hopeful symptoms referred to in our last week's report have disappeared, and
we have only to adviae a week's business entirely nominal, and at unchanged quota-
tions. Money remains a drug, and is pressed on the market at very low rates, but is
lent only on prime collaterals.
Andrew Baird, 312 California street.
Stocks and Bonds.
Fireman's Fund Ins. Co
Some Mutual Ins. Co
Slate Investment Ins. Co .,
Union Ins. Co ,
City R. R
Central R. R. Co
Clay Street Hill R. R
Market Street R. R
N. L\ and Mission R. R
Omnibus R. R
Potrero and Bay View R. R.
Giant Powder Co
S. F. Gaslight Co
S. V. W. W. Co
Real Estate Associates
Merchants' Exchange
Safe Deposit Co
32
35
145
89
London, September 18th. — A bombay correspondent says that the
Monmunds have stopped all messengers from Cabul. A Vienna corre-
spondent reports that in consequence of the bad harvest and numerous
floods, the distress in parts of Hungary threatens to become appalling
during the coming winter. The Temes-Banat District is threatened with
famine, and some of the inhabitants are preparing to emigrate to Servia.
A dispatch from Candahar says that General Hughes' brigade has been
ordered to Khelah-Ghilzai. The regiments at Herat mutinied on the 5th
instant, and murdered their commanders. An Ali-Khegl dispatch says :
Intelligence has been received here of a terrible outbreak at Herat. The
troops revolted and murdered the civil and military authorities.
The half-yearly report of the Bank of British Columbia, in London,
to June 30th, states that after paying all charges and deducting rebate of
interest on bills not due, the balance at the credit of profit and loss
account at that date was £17,895, which they propose to appropriate as
follows, viz.: £4,500 to a special reserve fund, as intimated at the last
general meeting of proprietors, and £8,650 in payment of a dividend for
the half-year at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum (free of income tax),
leaving £4,745 to be carried forward.
Californians Abroad.— August 28, 1879.— Paris : Mrs. Brough, Miss
Brough, Mrs. Meyer, Mr. and Mrs. C. D. O'Sullivan, Miss A. O'Sullivan,
C M and Mrs. Plummer, M. Santa Marina. London : J. H. Ham-
mond Dresden : J. W. Brown, Mrs. J. W. Brown, Mrs. Litta Mac-
Kenty — The Continental Gazette [Paris). August 27th— Geneva : Mr.
J. Hecht and family. Rome : Mr. W. Jaensch.— The Contenent and
Swiss Times (Geneva).
Cape Town, September 2d. — When Cetewayo was captured he was
utterly prostrated. Tbe King was taken to Wundi. During the march
eleven of his followers tried to escape, and six were successful. The
other five were shot. The King will be taken to Maritzburg, and from
there to Greytown.
Paria, September 18th. — The steamer Westphalia, which sailed from
Havre on the 13th inst., carried 9,500,000 francs for New York, beside
which other steamers have taken large sums.
The directors of the Anglo -Calif ornian Bank have declared an in-
terim dividend of 8s. per share for the half-year ended June 30, 1879, be-
ing at the rate of 8 per cent, per annum.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Frederick W. Prince
as Consul at Belleville, Canada, for the United States of America.
Vienna, September 18th. — All important military positions of Novi-
Bazar will' be jointly occupied by Austrian and Turkish troops.
London, Sept. 18th. 1879.--Latest Price of Consols, 97 9-16.
Printed and Published by the Proprietor, Frederick Marriott, 607 to 615 Merchant Street, 8an FrancJBco, California,
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Sept. 20, 1879.
is there: to be a stock deal?
It is said that, in consequence of the mines looking well at several
points along the Comstock lode, there is likely soon to be greater activity
at the Stock Boards, and considerable appreciation in values. We do not
own or control the diamond drills ourselves, and, unless we did, we should
be sorry to venture a very pronounced opinion as to what these promises
of roseate bue are based upon ; but we do know that some good develop-
ments that would send the market up with a boom would be exceedingly
well timed just now. Nothing inspires an ordinary Californian with con-
fidence in the prosperity of the State equal to the discovery of bonanzas
and a lively stock market. Recently, times have been dull, and people
have had the blues ; but only let there be a good old-fashioned stock deal,
based upon real developments, and forthwith there would come over
things a most marvelous change. Men's faces would quickly wear a dif-
ferent appearance. Where now pale brows are sickled o'er with thought
and sadness, there would .come relief and sunshine. We are a mercurial
people, perhaps a little too easily depressed, and certainly just as too easily
elated. The striking of a veritable bonanza would do the business, and
cause our city to Bpeedily enter upon a renewed life of activity and of hope.
Who knows but that a few weeks may serve to reveal a new Con. Virginia
or California mine ? There are bright prospects at several points on the
great lode. Ophir is most promising, and something more, but, after all,
the king pin to the whole situation at the north end is right between
Union and Sierra Nevada. In regard to Ophir, the fact that the 2,400
station of the incline will be opened by to-day, preparatory to operations
on that level, and also to the sinking of the incline on down, is also
worthy of consideration. The continuation of good milling ore in the
Hardy vein running north on the 2,100 level and the width of the vein
are significant, as is also the abundance of low grade quartz on the joint
Ophbf-Mexican crosscut west on the 2,000 level.
Owing to the difference in levels of the Union and Sierra Nevada, the
connection between the shaft of the former and the raise from the 2,200-
level of the latter, made last Saturday afternoon, was a surprise to every-
body. But it was made none too soon to please the people. The official
announcements in the reports to-day — that in ten days more cages will
be running to that level, and that the pipes will be laid through to the
C. & C. shaft to carry away that long-time troublesome Sierra Nevada
water by Saturday next, at which time, also, the new pump-rods of that
shaft will be in and ready for use — are really honeyed words.
The developments along the ore vein on the 2150 level of the California
are encouraging, and may lead to something important yet. The situa-
tion in Bullion and Exchequer is somewhat improved since last report by
the connection between the 2000 and 2135 levels of the Consolidated Im-
perial and Alpha by their joint workings. The point of absorbing inter-
est in this section is, however, the 2600 of the Alpha and Consolidated
Imperial mines. It is purposed now to supplement the operations on the
2400 level. The joint crosscut on that level was run east through vein
matter 185 feet with a flattering outlook. Then in other districts the
chances are good. Bodie is promising well. Eureka Consolidated
continues dividends, with paying a two-dollar one to-day, and
with a prospect of continuing them for a long time to come.
These are a few of the sources whence large expectations
are derived. Let us hope that they will be realized. Some-
thing always has turned up to renew prosperity in California just when
that something was needed to renew it. That is one of the principal
charms of our State. It may be dull for a while, but it won't stay dull
for any length of time. It never has, and we don't believe it will now.
Apart from mining expectations, other things are looking well. The
crops have been fair, and prices are good. Money for our surplus produce
is coming into the State. The election being satisfactorily ended, confi-
dence is being restored, and the better times, anxiously looked for, will
soon be here. It would wonderfully accelerate their progress if a bonanza
were uncovered. But, with or without that, their advent is certain. Ev-
ery readable sign indicates a renewed business prosperity.
THE RIGHTS OP AUTHORS.
Now that authors are a power in the land we may soon expect
something like a reasonable international copyright law. It has long been
a reflection hurled at the United States that they respected no foreigner's
rights to the fruits of his brain labor. The work of men's hands was sa-
cred, but the works of their intellects might be stolen by any publisher.
We had few, if any, authors to be served in the same way abroad, and
hence we stole -with importunity. But things are changing. Our writers
ask protection for their works in other lands, and are very willing that
foreign writers shall receive the same advantage in ours. This mutuality
of interest is sure ere long to bring about a much needed international
copyright law or treaty. Our National Constitution gives to Congress the
power to extend the necessary relief. It provides that " Congress may
pass laws to promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing
for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their
respective writings and discoveries." There is no country which acknowl-
edges the complete and perpetual right of an author to the absolute con-
trol of the publication of his work in the same way that it recognizes the
right of a farmer to property in the potatoes that he raises. Copyright is
everywhere the subject of statute law, and the purpose of the protection
is not so much the caring for the abstract rights of the author as it is the
promotion of the public welfare. Those who hold to the perfect and per-
petual right of absolute control of publication by the author need not dis-
pute this, because they may reasonably argue that the public welfare can-
not be promoted by a deliberate and persistent disregard of
private right. They may rightly argue that such disregard
is publicly demoralizing, and contend that the foreign au-
. thor should be included in the protection equally with the
domestic. Then again, the public are advantaged by the better works
that are produced under the system of protecting a man's right to his
own. If every thief may steal what you produce, the result will be that
you will produce little that it will be worth his while to steal. The higher
and abler the literature of the nation, the better and nobler will its
people be. G-reat works require for their production exceptional mental
efforts. Such efforts are not usually made except under the incentive of
some stimulating motive. The best stimulus is a high reward for great
results, and that can only be obtained by protecting authors in their
rights of property.
Sterling Silverware. — A large assortment of elegant designs at Kan
dolph & Co. 'b, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
OUR CITY MONEY. --GONE AND GOING.
Auditor Boyd has completed his report for the fiscal year ending June
30th last. The following extracts from it show the cost of operating the
city government during the past year, the estimated receipts and expenses
for the present year, and the condition of the funded debt : Demands un-
paid July 1, 1878, §561,291 07 ; audited during the year, §5,103,398 65 ;
paid during the fiscal year, §5,519,905 73; unpaid July 1, 1879, S144,-
783 99. Total, $5,664,689 72. Cash on hand July 1, 1878, .$475,771 24 ;
receipts during the fiscal year, §6,775,518 08. Total, $7,251,289 32. De-
mands paid during the fiscal year, $5,519,905 73; cash on hand July 1,
1879, $1,731,383 59 ; poll taxes collected, $56,111 05 ; taxes collected dur-
ing the year, $5,513,536 07. Bonds outstanding June 30, 1879, $4,161,500.
Less cash on hand to the credit of the sinking fund, $1,120,714 79. Total
indebtedness of the city, $3,040,785 21. Bonds redeemed during the year,
$58,000. The amount of $234,000 is raised annually for the sinking fund.
During the fiscal year there became due for interest on the funded debt
$300,550. Of this amount $283,940 was paid, leaving $16,610 in outstand-
ing coupons at the close of the fiscal year. Estimated expenditure for the
fiscal year 1879-80, $4,033,407 ; estimated receipts from other sources than
taxes, $1,118,220 ; estimated amount from taxes, $2,915,187, required for
the following purposes : Sinking fund, $232,252 ; interest on bonds, $239,-
560 ; new City Hall, $115,000 ; Golden Gate Park, $53,750 ; general ex-
penses of the city government, $2,246,625 ; library fund, $48,000.
An interesting case bearing upon the short-horn mania has just been
tried at Gloucester assizes. A bull was exhibited at the Annual Short-
horn Show at Birmingham, in 1875, as by Grand Patriot out of Graceful.
The animal was, of course, supposed to be of this most distinguished pa-
rentage on both sides, and skilled judges awarded it the first size. There
Mr. Allsopp saw the bull, and bought it for the sum of 115 guineas. So
far, however, from the bull having the five successive crosses necessary to
entitle him to be considered a bull of high degree, it was proved conclu-
sively that this prize-winner, Grand Patriot II., was only by a pedigree •
bull by an ordinary cow. Mr. Allsopp, however, was quite satisfied with
his purchase, and the bull became part of bis herd. As a result he is now
the happy possessor of some seventy calves, whose grandmother is an or-
dinary cow, and is likely to add another fifty-eight to the number of these
low-caste beasts, thus lowering the whole character of hi3 herd. The jury
came to the conclusion that Mr. Allsopp had been imposed upon — as no
doubt he had — and awarded him the sum of £750 damages. Nothing was
heard during the trial of the judges at the Birmingham annual show; but
it would be curious to learn how they came to award the first prize in the
short-horn class to a half-bred bull whose pedigree they had not investi-
gated.— Pall Mall Budget.
The village of Puya is now the fashionable suburb of Dieppe, and the
presence of two such eminent romancers as the Marquis of Salisbury and
M. Alexandre Dumas gives the place a special interest in the eyes of the
inquisitive traveler. The heaven-born Minister and his family are at the
Chalet Cecil, but the natives of the place do not see much of them, and
seem to be surprised that they are not more frequently invited to enjoy
the Marquis de Sa-lis-bu-ry's hospitality. They set more store by Alex-
andre Dumas and his three daughters, who are made much of by the in-
habitants, out of gratitude, perhaps, for their grandfather, who invented
Puys ; and another notable resident at the little village is M. Surquet,
who enjoys the distinction, such as it is, of being an TJnder-Secretary in
the Ministry of the day, and of patronizing art by paying long prices for
very bad pictures. — Vanity Fair.
London, September 17th. — Khushi, about forty miles from Cabul, is to
be occupied by the British in a few days, and converted into a rallying
point for all chiefs who may elect to join the English. ^— Simla, Septem-
ber 17th. — The military authorities have received information tending to
show that frontier tribes have partially interrupted communication be-
tween Khyba Pass and Cabul, A sergeant, with some more of the escort
of the British residency, have arrived at Ali Khel.-^ London, Septem-
ber 17th. — A considerable portion of the Irish harvest is irreparably lost.
Potatoes have been partially blighted, and on many farms the whole crop
is gone.
Lord Dunmore is about to sell his famous herd of shorthorns. This
reminds me that I never yet could understand, though I have tried, what
especial thing it is that makes this especial kind of cow so especially valu-
able. The strain of "Duchesses" was first originated by one Bates, a
Yorkshire farmer, and has become for some reason so costly that cows of
this race sell for many thousands of pounds. But why are they so valua-
ble ? I cannot discover that they give more or better milk, or more or
better calves. All I can learn is that they are more "fashionable" than
other breeds, which means, as far as I can ascertain, that they are more
admired by the Duke of Devonshire. Fashion in bonnets, and fashion in
tying back, I can understand; but what on earth can be the meaning of
fashion in cows 1 What we want from cows is milk and beefsteaks. —
Vanity Fair.
The Sand-Lot Exile. — The whelp which answers to the name of
Denis Kearney has seen fit to get out of down during the season of Grant's
reception. The Sand-Lot, where he wasgoing to burn the ex-President in
effiay, is to echo to a salute in the General's honor. How badly the poor
little dog did put his foot in it, to be sure, when he made that threat !
But he has still a chance to go out into the brush and secretly commit to
the flames a dummy Ulysses for the edification of his family and the mos-
quitoes.
Lord Chelmsford and his staff arrived at Plymouth, where he and
the officers with him were accorded an enthusiastic reception. At the
request of the Prince of "Wales they proceeded to the yacht Hildegarde,
and, were received most cordially by his Royal Highness, who congratu-
lated Lord Chelmsford on his victories in Zululand. In matters of detail
he has expressed his conviction that the war ended with the battle of
TXlundi, and that Cetewayo will either surrender or be killed by his sub-
jects, who are desirous of peace. ■
A report of the Medical Department of the Russian Army shows that,
of the 1,400,000 boys registered as having been born in 1855, there were
living in 1876 only 610,000, or 43| per cent.
St-pt. 20, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVEKTM;k.
THE DEVIL'S DEATH.
[We pubUah, by request, lh« following Ugtilj hanorom Irlhuto to the popular
0— urilin, ('. B. BUhoj.. vrtU Uwaoa, which im mul *•. tho l.v*t
■—ling of Um Catalan AhocUUoo of the Malic*! Colkye of Uw Pacific, of which
he L* Itvfklcut] :
There wttletl dbVB in Delaware An I nnit* enmptawd,
In right an bandrod *nd eighty 1- . timko
vfledgeil doctor— but all tie- A captured;
din .i-ttoned to hoist him on a
In mattfirn of science weighty. apit
All the M.D.S left in *Mld the wildest incant it-ions*.
The druggist could coin no money, Poor l'>i*hop groaned,* un't you wait
And all because of this wonderral a bit
man For your infernal rations?
Who wm so exceedingly funny, Yta, yes, s-tid tho devil, I've changed
That the cripple* who brought their my mind,
crutches along Don't one of you touch a morsel,
Went ofl on a beautiful cantor, For pome amusement I am inclined,
And |wiin turned to joy, at this We've had nothing lately of the
medical boy, kind.
And tears into laughter instanter. So we'll lower this witty parcel,
And have a genuine comedy,
But the sexton cried, let me clap my And a grand full-dress rehearsal.
spade
On this scientific trollop ; Go dross ye, fiends, in your Sunday
I'll rake his Trapezius fore and aft, clothes
His Latissimus Dorsi I'll wallop, And polish your sooty faces,
Why, he's never sent me the very And take your seats in the gallery —
first corpse We'll reserve all the full-dress places
To fill even a single hole up. For the doctors— a noble company,
While this noted medical-actor shows
All rusty are my [files of crape His best dramatic graces.
Bjgfaed the waiting mantua maker,
I'll mold his visage to such a shape Then the play began, and the upper
Roared the furious undertaker, tiers
Why, he's raised digestion to such a Broke out in the wildest racket,
pitch, Like a shower of hail the buttons
That the only ones who are getting flew
rich. From off each bursting jacket,
Are the butcher and the baker. From the boxes rang the loudest
cheers,
And Satan was growling down And deafening shouts of laughter,
At the scarcity of fodder, [below While the plaudits of the orchestra
Nobody dead — nor likely to go, Went up from pit to rafter ;
And we're perishing for chowder. And the devil laughed till his dia-
And he roared, proceed ye lazy phragm
Proceed at once to dish up [imps — Like a balloon expanded,
The cresses, the crackers, and the And an old thoracic aneurism
shrimps, Was so fearfully distended
While I go out and fish up That at last it broke, and a spouting
That wandering cell among the stream
nymphs. In crimson jets ascended ;
That delicate, nebulous, angel-fish, So, they had to ring the curtain
called Bishop. down,
And thus, the long satanic reign
So, he baited bis hook with a capital in a grand collapse was ended.
joke,
THE CITY AWAITING GENERAL GRANT'S ARRIVAL.
The city, as we write, awaits General Grant's arrival. What hour he
will get here is entirely a matter of speculation. Barring accidents, he
ought to enter the Golden Gate this (Saturday) afternoon. It is true that
the City of Tokio is not really due until Sunday, and under ordinary circum-
stances she could hardly be expected ahead of time, for the Pacific Mail
Company's boats are wonderfully exact as to their hour of arrival. During
the last two years the seven thousand miles of steaming between Austra-
lia and here has been done with a regularity that has not varied to any
appreciable extent — no steamer having been more than ten hours under or
ten hours over the appointed time. The same ia measurably true of the
boats on the China line. The capacity of every ship is so well tested by
experience, that the performance of each is well known. How many
revolutions of the engines it will take to drive the Tokio from Yokohama
to San Francisco is known almost to a mathematical certainty. Strict
orders are given to make only so many revolutions per minute, so that
under average circumstances it is known to within a few hours when she
will arrive. If she should meet strong westerly winds, she would be
ahead of time. Commanders who have wives awaiting their arrival, like
to make port on Saturday in preference to Sunday, and hence we incline
to the belief that it will not be Commodore Jeff. Maury's fault if he
does not enter San Francisco Bay with his distinguished passenger this
(Saturday) afternoon. The city is already for the reception with which it
proposes to greet the great General. Bunting is flying in all directions ;
the city never looked gayer; the local authorities are ready to do their
whole duty in the premises, and citizens generally only await the booming
of the guns announcing the arrival of the city's guest in order to show
their enthusiasm as they have never shown it on the arrival of any other
man. It is most pleasant to see the hearty union that has taken place
between those who formerly wore the blue and those who donned the gray.
This most happy consummation is one of the most agreeable results of the
enthusiastic reception about to be accorded to General Grant.
The Ameer and the Massacre. — The opinion that the Ameer Ya-
koob Khan was a party to the Cabul massacre seems to be gaining strength
in England. Should this prove to be the case, and there seems small
reason to doubt it, the trouble will assume a more serious aspect" than if
the butchery had been committed by mutineers, since it will mean a com-
plete renewal of the war. It will, however, be as unfortunate for Afghan-
istan as for Enpland. Had the Ameer and his officers not been implicated
the punishment of the rebels would have been all that the British could
have demanded, but when the treachery becomes national the nation
must be held responsible. In the recent war Cabul was spared ; if it is
sacked and destroyed in the coming contest nobody will have much sym-
pathy for its inhabitants.
A GLANCE AT THE GAY CITY
Along all the busmen streets bal msry. the rtoraars
i [bed " Weloome to
i i with
1 banner*. »i fa um frnm the Heart]
roof of the house. On i • <,,.• idbplay i* very varied. Lines
of flan don the rtreel Individual displays are very fine,
notably that of the White House, which i- dot routed with bunting from
floor co roof; the flags of America, France and England are grouped with
traamera and
ns. Flavin, of the [XL, baa a fins dUplay of itrsamsra and
■bieldisand a g I picture in the center, bearing the Inscription, "Oor
Hero Welcome Home,'1 The United states Treasury Ii covered with
streamer)! »nd flags, The triumphal arch at the entrance to New
ornery street is a very elaborate affair; the pillars are about ton feet
square at the base, and are covered with red and white cloth; at the
spring of the arch are plao ; resenting Columbia, holding the
national flag. In the center it a tine picture of tin1 hero of the day,
guarded on either Bide by :» U. S. soldier and sailor. Bunches of flowers,
festoons of evergreens and gay streamers, make up a whole at once strik-
ing and artistic, the only fault, being that the great mass of the Palace
Hotel tends to dwarf the appearance. Market street i* decorated ftl far
as Eighth street, ami presents a -rami display of bunting between Fourth
and Fifth streets; the decorations are very fine, and are brought into
prominence by the dead cold exterior of the W. P. C. headquarters,
which, being undecorated, look like a dungeon in a row of Summer-
houses. The Republican headquarters are covered with bunting and fes-
toons and drapery. All the theaters are gay with color, the most artistic
show being made by the California. On Montgomery street, the Masonic
Temple, the Occidental Hotel, Lick House, Nevada Block, the Stock
Boards, Col, Andrews', Russ House, Bullock & Jones, all the newspaper
offices, British Benevolent Society, Kohler & Frohling, Donohoe, Kelly &
Co.; Willey & Co.,Le Count Bros.; Selby & Co., Union Club andCoates'
ale-bouse are all handsomely decorated. The principal banks and the
State Investment Insurance Company attract the eye by their tasteful
adornments, and the public buildings are striking, even in the fluttering
splendor of the long streets.
GOOD PROSPECTS AHEAP.
The unanimity of feeling and the lavish expenditure of money in the
appropriate reception of General Grant indicate the return of the "good
old times" of which all Californians are justly proud. After five years of
comparative stagnation, we have weathered the Horn of Adversity and
are ouce more sailing along the Pacific with buoyant spirits and prosper-
ing breezes. It needed something extraordinary to start us in motion,
and now that the start has been made, let every man do his level best to
profit by the agreeable change. We are rid of politics for a while, and,
with a conservative government insured, there has never been a more
favorable time for the inception of great undertakings than the present.
Let capital come out of its retirement, and we do not doubt that labor
will meet it half way. All over the East industry is being renewed and
extended, and it will be our own fault if we do not join in the national
chorus of "Hard Times Come Again No More!" At any rate, let us
try, and whether it is a Grant " boom " or otherwise, we opine that none
will look the gift horse too closely in the mouth, provided it carries us
over the stream.
A "very peculiar, if not unique" case of albinism is recorded in
the Lancet. The subject is a girl of eleven years of age, having pink
eyes, with the usual photophobia, but hair of a bright-red color.
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of Two Dollars per share was declared, payable ou SATURDAY, Sept. 20th, 1879.
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Sept. 20, 1879.
SKELETON SKETCHES.— No. 7-
TJie She -Epicure.
When honest Mr. Peter Jerring proposed for the hand of pretty
Barbara Miffle, the young lady's father, a shy, careworn man, cleared his
throat, and said: " My dear Peter, if I were selling you a horse you
would expect me to inform you of any defects it might have, should you
" It would be very kind of you to do so," aDswered Peter Jerring, civilly.
"It would be my duty to do so," replied Mr. Mime in a sententious
tone ; and he sighed. " Well, I am not selling you my daughter, though
I shall no doubt derive considerable pecuniary advantage from parting
with her; but I feel bound in honor to tell you of her defects."
"Don't, don't," said love-stricken Peter. "You are, perhaps, a little
exacting, as a father— h'm— has the right to be ; hut I do assure you Miss
Miffies has no faults." .
"None to affect her character, that I admit. Barbara is a good girl,
and I daresay means well ; but, my dear Peter, she's awfully greedy."
"Ah! is that all?
" I am afraid you won't say (Is that all?' when you see the bills she will
run up for you at the confectioner's and fruiterer's. Why, at school she
spent all her pocket-money on sweets, and Bhe got into debt besides.
Haven't you noticed what a knife and fork she plays at dinner?"
" I have remarked that Miss Mime has a good appetite, but I rather
like to see that," said Peter Jerring, with a laugh. "I don't like your
namby-pamby girls who are afraid to own that they are fond of steaks
and porter."
" If it were only a question of steaks and porter," moaned the sorrow-
ful father. " However, I don't like to put you out of conceit with my
girl. I have warned you, and that is enough. After all, you are a rich
man, and can well afford to keep an expensive wife."
" I am not rich," demurred Peter Jerring. " But let us hope that with
fifteen hundred a year I shall be able to keep a table that will satisfy my
wife."
" Let us hope so," echoed Mr. Miffle, as if he felt rather desponding on
the subject ; and the consent to Peter Jerring's marriage with Miss Bar-
bara having been thus given, the bridegroom expectant left his future
father-in-law's study and repaired to the garden to join his intended bride.
He found her among the strawberry-beds, holding in one hand a cabbage-
leaf half full of powdered sugar, into which she lovingly dipped her straw-
berries as fast as she plucked them.
A most pretty sight this 'seemed to the amorous Peter, who was of a
not unpoetic turn of mind. While he breathed his tale of love into Bar-
bara's ear she went on eating fruit, and, at the magic moment, when he
implored her to be his, she gracefully gathered the biggest strawberry she
could see (one almost as big as a small tomato), rolled it into the sugar
till it was all white, and then offered it to her lover's lips by way of answer.
"You bite off half of it first," was his softly-murmured prayer.
She sweetly complied, and bit off the bigger half, then Peter ate the
rest, and in a loving transport pressed the stalk to his white waistcoat,
where it made a red stain. This, by a happy inspiration, he forthwith
compared to his heart's blood, which he would always be ready to shed,
said he, for the girl of his choice.
A month later the tender pair were married, and Barbara's appetite at
the wedding breakfast left nothing to be desired.
Peter Jerring was a young man of about thirty, who had nothing to do
beyond trying to amuse himself. He owned a fine mansion in a country
town, and before marriage had resorted to many honorable expedients for
killing time. He was lieutenant in a rifle corps, Vice-President of a So-
ciety of Postage-stamp Collectors, and Secretary to a Soup Club. He
was constantly busy about work that might well have been left undone ;
and, in discharge of imaginary duties, he saddled himself with an amount
of correspondence that would have appalled a solicitor. He spent quite
£50 a year in stamping letters.
In taking a wife, he had cherished the unavowed purpose of increasing
his tasks, by giving hospitality to the numbers of persons with whom he
was — to use his own term — " officially " connected — e. ff., his brother offi-
cers in the rifle corps, his fellow- committeemen of the Soup Club, and the
various ladies and gentlemen who collected stamps under his auspices. As
to these last, he ratner hoped to become President of the Stampers, and
to have the meetings of the club held at his house every week, coincident-
ally with a dinner and a party. As soon as his honeymoon was over, he
said fondly to his young wife: " My darling, I want you to manage a nice
little dinner for twelve every Thursday evening. The President of our
Stamp Club is getting beyond his work ; if we feed the members of the
Board well, I daresay they will promote me to his chair next election-day."
"You shall have nothing to complain of, love," answered Barbara, du-
tifully ; and the fact is, that she so schooled her cook, that her husband's
Thursday dinners soon became things that were talked about reverently
by all who were lucky enough to get invited to them._
Barbara Jerring spent a good deal of her time studying the divers cook-
ery-books that have been published since the days of Mrs. Glasse, and she
was an expert connoisseur in the science of roasting and boiling. A
pretty woman withal; always well-dressed and smooth tempered, she had
nothing in her appearance or manner that suggested an addition to menial
pursuits ; and, though visitors might call at a moment when she was
anxiously engaged in rolling the paste for a pudding, they saw no traces
of flour on her hands when she flowed into the drawing-room, all spruce
and smiling. She therefore passed as the model of a housewife, and her
husband thought her such. To be sure, the tradesmen's bills that he had
to pay after he had been married three months seemed to him a little
stiff ; but then how well he had breakfasted, lunched and dined in the
meanwhile! Even to the five o'clock teas which Mrs. Jerring inaugurated,
and to the little "snacks" in which she indulged before going to bed —
everything was perfect. Being of a somewhat dyspeptic habit himself,
Peter Jerring had never fairly appreciated food of any sort until he had
become a married man ; but Barbara charmed his appetite, as it were.
Her dainty side-dishes would have tempted a monk out of his vows of
abstinence on a fast-day; and what with her excellently-buttered muffins
of a morning, her entries at noon, her tea-cakes at five, her salmis and
supvew.es at dinner, her consommes and salads at supper-time, Peter gradu-
ally became conscious that he was consuming far larger quantities of
nourishment than were good for him. He had first one attack of indi-
gestion, then another, and he lost his slimness of waist. As for Barbara,
she got plumper and plumper ; and, what is worse, the increase in her
girth was accompanied by a corresponding decrease in her intellectual vi-
vacity, so that a time arrived when she seemed unable to talk about any-
thing else but eating and drinking. If spoken to about family affairs, she
yawned, fidgeted, and answered in languid monosyllables ; but if her hus-
band, licking his lipB, said: "My dear, that is a savory smell of truffles
coming up from the kitchen," she would rouse herself like a charger at
the sound of the trumpet, and hold forth on the divers methods of accom-
modating the vegetable-pearl of Perigord, till she reminded one of a
Methodist deaconness preaching on an inspired theme from a tub-top.
Now, this was all very well ; but a man requires something more in a
wife than that she should be able to expatiate on the art of dishing-up
food. Peter, for instance, having won the good graces of the Stamp Club
by his Thursday entertainments, was growing anxious about his election
to the Presidency, and devoted many arduous hours to the compilation of
a memoir which was to be read at the next quarterly meeting of the Club,
and which treated of that exhaustive subject, " The growing scarcity of
three-cornered Cape of Good Hope stamps." He had some reason to ex-
pect that his wife would take some interest in this composition which
would set the seal to his fame ; but so far from doing so, Barbara, being
one day in want of paper to cut frills for some cutlets, carelessly abstracted
the manuscript from his study, and clipped it with her scissors. " I
couldn't find any clean paper, dear," said she, artlessly, when caught by
her husband in the very act; "but, as we are dining alone, paper that
has been written on won't much matter, you know."
" Won't matter?" roared Peter, his first shock of faintness culminating
in furious wrath. " Why, it's the labor of three months you are destroy-
ing in that fashion! "
Oh, you can write the essay again ; you are so clever," said Barbara,
Peter was not appeased. This was his first conjugal tiff, and the accu-
mulated bitterness of many months now burst from his lips. " I have
much to complain of in you, Barbara," he cried excitedly ; "I saw you at
the pastry-cook's again to-day at noon."
" Why, hut I go there every day," she answered innocently.
" You go there to eat ices and sponge cakes at noon, when you lunch
here at one! Are you utterly insatiable, then ?"
" I don't know what that long word means, Peter ; but it seems to me
that I have every right to eat ices if they agree with me." Thus spoke
Mrs. Jerring
" Ah, and I daresay you think yourself entitled to consume sandwiches
and buns toward three in the afternoon, when you are going to take tea
here at five?" "Perfectly. Why not?"
" And to carry home bags of sweetmeats which you eat in the middle
of the night when you awake. I caught you at that game last night."
" Well, it's your fault if I wake up in the night — you snore so terribly! "
"Better and better! Be saucy now," retorted Peter, indignantly.
"But pray tell me, now, where the money is to come from for all your
gluttonous orgies ?"
"Prom your pockets, I suppose," answered Barbara drily; for her dan-
der was up by this time, and she spoke with the spirit befitting an out-
raged wife. Her retort, however, only exasperated her husband.
"I'll put you on short commons," shouted he. " We'll dine off plain
roast and boiled with a pudding, like others of our station ; and you shan't
see an entree except on Sundays. As for truffles "
He stopped short, for Barbara had cowered under the unmanly threat,
and was shedding bitter tears. One is sorry to add that the consequences
of Peter Jerring s roughness did not end here, for Barbara's heart and
stomach were such tender allies that any attack on the latter wrung all
the chords of the former, doing deadly injury. At dinner that evening,
the aggrieved wife's eyes being all swollen with weeping, she could eat
nothing. She sat looking mournfully at soup, fish and entries, but when
the roast came on the sight was too much for her, and she fell down in a
swoon. Alas! that swoon was apoplexy ; and when the doctor arrived
post-haste, he could only certify that poor Mrs. Jerring was dead.
One may imagine the awful self-upbraidings of her husband!
*********
He took his bereavement, indeed, so much to heart that he forthwith
resigned his vice presidency of the Stamp Club and his secretaryship of
the Soup Committee. How could he bear to talk of stamps or to think
of soup, remembering all that had passed at his last interview with Bar-
bara ? He abandoned himself to preparations for his wife's funeral ; and
by way of rendering a graceful homage to the poor departed one's pro-
clivities, he resolved that all friends who attended that sad ceremony
should be regaled with a stand-up luncheon.
Speaking to his cook in the mortuary chamber, Peter Jerring discussed
the arrangements for this banquet in a tone of suitable gloom.
" We must have foie-gms sandwiches. She dearly loved those, and so
do I," said he, sadly.
" Shall I put mustard in them, sir," asked the cook.
" I suppose so ; isn't it usual ?"
" Well, poor missis never let me do so, sir. She said it wasn't the thing. However,
there's room for two opinions about that."
" Ah, well, it's I who rule now, so we'll have mustard," said Peter Jerring.
" Never! " cried an emphatic voice, that seemed to come from the nether world,
and poor Barbara, wrapped in her shroud, sat bolt upright in her coffin. She had
only been in a catalepsy, and the heresy of mustard witihfoie-gras had given her a
shock which brought back life. " Never, never," repeated she, with flashing eyes;
" and mind, an ordinary loaf won't do for these sandwiches, you must have new
French rolls."
"My darling!" ejaculated the penitent husband, overcome with emotion, and he
dropped on his knees ; but at the same time ho did not forget to turn to the cook
and say: " Bring up a snack, your mistress must be hungry!"
Since then he has abandoned himself to his fate. He and his wife are getting to
be the fattest couple in these isles. — Truth.
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relating to the Society. J. P. McCURRIE, Secretary,
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MME. B. ZEITSKA'S
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School, for Young Ladies, 922 Post street, between Hyde and Larkin. KIN-
DERGARTEN connected with the Institute.
Oct. 26. MME. B. ZEITSKA, Principal.
Sept. 20, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER,
SELF-MADE.
My lifo bagu when mv ...in wm «(x>nt ;
I nil mi? miming withnnl .-,
I lia.l health m .,t nothing more
To k«-p the wolf tway from my door.
It ni pp liill vr,.rlc for 11. ,nv .1 day.
And nobody helped me 1 pothtd my wjy.
It m«d« ma bitter u Brat, I own.
when my friends I no by one ;
[J mi not my lot to meet or see
The brother born for advenuty.
Now tin' gtrnggle'a past and I'm proud to say
That nobody helped me- I pushed my way.
often with nowhere to lay my head,
Sometimes in want of my daily bread.
Through all my health and .-.'u'rage were spared,
I seldom grumbled, mver despaired.
Though my rath was dark and my sky was gray,
And nobody helped me- I pushed my way.
I toiled and straggled along, you see,
And reached the topmost branch of the tree,
I climbed alone and alone I stand,
Nobody reached me a helping hand.
The straggle was hard, it was no child's play,
But nobody helped me— I pushed my way.
Yes, that is always my proudest boast,
The one upon which I dwell the most —
Yet I've a wish that I seldom own-
It pains me sometimes to stand alone ;
I would almost rather have it to say
That some one who loved me had smoothed my way.
San Francisco, September 15th, 1879.
WHO IS MR. EDWIN TURNER, SURGEON OF SAN
FRANCISCO ■>
Alleged Felony by a Surgeon.— Edwin Turner, 33, well-dressed, de-
scribed as a surgeon, residing in Hastings-street, Hampstead road, was
charged with having stolen two pairs of stockings, value Is. 7d., under the
following circumstances. Mr. B. J. Abbott appeared for the prisoner.
A boy named Harry Smith, assistant to George Clark, draper and hosier,
of 11", City-road, deposed that at about five o'clock on the previous af-
ternoon the prisoner asked to be shown some child's stockings. Then he
wished to see others. Having selected what he wished, two pairs were
missed. He had seen the prisoner putting his hands inside the breast of
his coat ; and witness having called his employer, the prisoner was ac-
cused, aud took the missiug goods from his coat. In cross-examination
by Mr. Abbott, the boy admitted that the prisoner, when producing the
stockings, said that he was absent-minded at times, and might have taken
them. The prisoner, when given the bill, did not say that all the things
were not down, and call attention to the socks. Mr. Abbott, in defense,
said that his client was a surgeon, recently returned from San Francisco,
and about to sail again for that place on Saturday next. He (Mr. Ab-
bott) had numerous testimonials to the prisoner's character, and it was
certainly unlikely that a man in his position would have committed such
a petty robbery. He had bought the socks for his daughter, whom he
had brought to England with him, and had plenty of money in his posses-
sion to pay for them. He had suffered from sunstroke, and was at times
absent-minded. ^ Mr. Bushby, having inspected some of the prisoner's
testimonials, said that, under the circumstances, he thought be might dis-
charge him, as it appeared he had not left the Bhop with the goods.— Lon-
don Daily Telegraph, August 21, 1879.
SENATOR JOHN P. JONES.
Mr. Jones is once more among us, for the brief interval until Congress
shall resume again. However much may have been gained by the pass-
age of the Silver Bill sixteen months ago, there is much for the Senator,
with his enthusiastic energy, still to accomplish ; and though he is Sen-
ator for Nevada, we always look upon him as a son of California, and one
of those who, by his energy, generosity and intellectual power is a credit
to this State. Because, if he has done much for Nevada, we really be-
lieve hehas done and is doing more for California. The question of free
and unlimited silver coinage is still to be achieved, and the arguments in
favor of this course are so strong that we have no doubt they will ulti-
mately prevail ; and if so, the credit of bringing about this desirable con-
summation will be due to no man in the United States so much as to Sen-
ator John P. Jones. We regret to say, however, that California, which
is more interested in this question than perhaps any other State in the
Union, has not only done nothing for silver, but has, in its ignorance,
placed obstacles in the way of the wider adoption of silver. Is it too
much to hope that enlightened self-interest will teach the people of the
Pacific States something of the merits of this question, so that they may
not be a drag upon the efforts of the worthy Senator for their own benefit.
A Centipede's Deadly Claws.— Several Mexicans were in camp at
the mouth of Memphis Creek, Utah Territory, and were lying about the
fire, when one of them, Telestoro Crucas, saw a large centipede, fully
nine inches long, traveling slowly over his leg. Knowing that the least
motion would make him sink bis deadly claws into his skin, without mov-
ing his leg he got out his revolver aud waited until the beast had almost
reached his knee, when, slowly putting the mouth of the pistol to its
head, he pulled the trigger, and the centipede was gone. But a centi-
pede's claws are quicker than gunpowder, and Crucas began to cramp in a
few minutes ; the track of the reptile along his leg began to turn a brown-
ish yellow, and the place where it was killed swelled up frightfully.
Crucas rapidly grew worse, and in a little over four hours afterward he
died in great agony. But the strangest part of the whole story was, that
the bullet from Crucas' pistol cut a small nick in the fore leg of a mule
that was tethered near by, and at daylight the next morning the mule
was also dead, with the leg so swollen that the skin had burst in several
places. — Mountain Messenger.
We call notice to our Pioneer Pianiste's advertisement. Notwith-
standing all the new foreign talent, this lady still stands at the fore.
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Sept. 20, 1879.
"PLEASURE'S WAND."
"We Obey no Wand but Pleasure's."— Tow Moore.
California Theater. — A. JD. 1900 is exactly what it is entitled on the
"bills, a dramatic absurdity. There is nothing new in the dramatic use of
the theme of woman's rights. There are plays and farces by the dozen in
which there are women who wear pantaloons and are masculine also in
speech and demeanor. The opening act promises a rather minute elabora-
tion of this idea, but the author seems to have become frightened at the
immense possibilities before him, and to have contented himself with a
few sketchy scenes, sufficiently ridiculous to produce unthinking laughter.
There is a plot, but it is flimsy and unfinished. The fun is created by the
simple mention of facts entirely contradictory to oar present ideas of the
proper relations and occupations of the sexes. There should have been
some attempt at dressing the characters in accordance with the expressed
condition of things. But, after all, there is enough in the performance
to make all laugh, and that is what the public demand. Although the
parts assumed by Robson & Crane are short and devoid of much dialogue
or business, they make up for it by their inimitable humor and fan. Time
and practice will enable them to elaborate and improve their characters,
and this farce will undoubtedly become one of their best attractions. Not
from any particular merits, but because it is laughter- creating. The
strong-minded female, characters, in the hands of Mmes. Kate Denin,
Saunders and Fanny Young, were all admirably and intelligently played.
Opportunity was given Misses Harold and Chapman to look pretty, and
they had no difficulty in meeting this requirement. In their sporting cos-
tumes in the first act they looked very chic ; Miss Harold particularly so.
It was a pleasing study of the curve. This is the last week of these
clever comedians, and their return will be anxiously awaited, provided
they bring along some clever vehicle for their comic abilities. On Mon-
day the grand military allegory, The Color Guard, will be produced,
under the auspices of Lincoln Post, G. A. R. This spectacle will be con-
tinued through the week.
Baldwin's Theater. —Chums has run through its second week to good
business. The play has been extensively "cut," and the action is brisker
and more satisfactory. The acting throughout is capita], and the scenery
elaborate. These two factors constitute the attraction, for the play itself
is an atrociously bad one. The plot has merit, but its development is un-
skilfully and tediously arranged. Mr. Jennings deserves repeated com-
mendation for his "Uncle Davy." It is an exquisite portraiture of a
doting, fussy old man, and is alone worth the visit to the theater. The
bill for the ensuing week is a varied one. Monday, Won at Last; Tues-
day, Diplomacy j Wednesday, Nina Varian's farewell benefit, and Thurs-
day, first performance of Crutch and Toothpick, Sothern's latest success.
Bush-Street Theater. — The minstrels are still drawing large houses.
The programme has been slightly varied, but not to any considerable ex-
tent. Mr. Rapier, the legitimate tenor of the quartette, sings, "Somebody's
Coming when the Dewdrops Fall " with a good deal of sweet pathos. Mr.
Roe, the able baritone, has a role which shows his voice to be one of great
range of power. Billy Rice presents another specimen of his oratorical
abilities, laughable in the extreme. The closing farce is beneath the
standard of criticism usually applied to minstrel performances. It is
stupid, tedious, without the slightest bit of fun or wit. The coming week
will be the last of this troupe. Its engagement has been one of remark-
able success. The next attraction will be Oscar Weil's opera of Pyramus
and Thisbe, of which more below.
German Theater.— Magda Irschick appeared on Sunday evening as
"Griseldis." It was by far the most admirable exhibition of her talents
yet given us. The impression produced by her first appearance was but
a comparatively satisfactory one. Her rendition of the Maid of Orleans
was rather mechanical and artihcial. There seemed to be the indescriba-
ble spark of genius wanting. Subsequent appearances of the tragedienne
modified this impression, and whatever doubts were left as to her claims
as a great actress, were entirely dispelled by her wonderful performance
of " Griseldis." It was an impersonation of the highest range of dramatic
art, stamped with nature's hand. The support was fair. Next Sunday
is Magda Irscliiek's last appearance. The playichosen is Medea. AH ad-
mirers of high art should not fail to take advantage of this occasion and
witness a truly great artist.
The grand Carnival Ball at the Mechanics' Pavilion excites the
greatest interest, and is an assured success. The Pavilion has been
superbly decorated for the occasion, with a special eye to the presence of
the nation's guest, Gen. Grant, who will be there with bis suite and staff.
Gen. McDowell, commanding this Military Department, has also been
invited and will be present. A special box has been constructed for each
of these distinguished officers, and the style of the whole affair is beyond
praise. Col. Andrews has multiplied his energies, and drawn largely on
his unequaled resources to make this the most brilliant affair ever known
in the city.
Tivoli. — Trial by Jury and Pinafore are still running, although this is
the eleventh week of H. M. S. The success of this enterprise has been
wonderful. To witness clever theatricals while comfortably smoking and
quaffing beer is a pleasant, agreeable way of spending an evening, and this
seems to be the opinion of the majority of our citizens. The next novelty
is The Wreck of the Pinafore, written by Miss Laura Honey. This is a
sequel to the other opera, and will be produced shortly.
Grand Opera House. — Pinafore will be played this evening by the
Melville troupe for the last time. A large house is expected, as it is for
the benefit of the Second Regiment, N. G. C. It is confidently antici-
Sated that General Grant will honor the theater with his presence. Miss
ulialjawton will appear as "Buttercup;" the other characters in the
same hands as during the five weeks' run at the Standard. There will be
a large chorus and a whole company of marines.
Pyramus and Thisbe.— The careful and minute rehearsals this opera
is receiving insures a complete performance in all respects. The joint ap-
pearance of Mrs. Kelleher and Mr. Ben Clark is a musical treat. The
chorus singers are undergoing rigid drilling under Mr. Stephen Leach's
direction, and the scene painter and costumer are actively busy. The
first performance of this local opera is announced for Monday, Sept. 22d.
People that are invariably known by the conipany they keep— Thea-
trical managers.
Chit-Chat. — The Union Square is to have a new drop-curtain, repre-
senting Wagner's Chariot Race.^— Sothern is drawing immensely at the
Park, New York, with Brother Sam / /^—Daly's Broadway Theater
is to open with Newport ; The Swimmer, the Singer and the Cipher. This
is a farcical comedy, adapted from the French play of Niniche. • — ■ Capoul
is singing in opera bouffe, in New York. He opened as "Ange Pitou," in
La Fille de Madame A ngot. Our favorite Juteau takes a back seat, and sings
"Pomponnet."— At Boucicault's Booth's Theater, there are comely
small boys, in the tastiest sort of toggery, who administer fans, pro-
grammes and soda, or other water, to the pampered audience.— •—'Enchant-
ment at Niblo's, is a great success, as far as scenery and ballet go. On
the opening night there was an incipient panic, caused by a small fire on
the stage. The audience behaved well, and no trouble occurred.— — Chiz-
zola is to play Ristori and Salomi together in this country, next season.
■^—Edward Sothern, Jr. — son of "Dundreary" — goes on the stage with
John McCullough. He is only about twenty-one.^— Several accidents
having lately occurred at the Folies-Bergires, Paris, with the lions there
exhibited, the Prefect of Police has forbidden the tamers from perform-
iDg.— — -Very true. Stuart Robson says : " Five or ten years from now
we shall have no actors worthy of the name, simply because they will
have played only a few parts and will not have acquired that readiness,
grace aud dexterity which were the results of the old methods."^— Patti
told Minnie Hauk she liked her " Carmen " immensely. —Charles Reade
is a grand, fine-looking man, of middle bight, with iron-gray hair and
beard, and large, dark eyes of remarkable beauty. In manner he is rather
cold but courteous, and especially likes to meet with and talk to Ameri-
cans.-^— Rose Wood was in Philadelphia a week ago. She looks very
well.— —Stuart Robson is forty-three, and has been on the stage twenty-
six years.— Barrett has three charming daughters.— May Hart was
one day last week married to Charles W. Brooke, Esq., at the country
residence of a mutual friend.^— Miss Frankie McClellan took Miss Har-
old's part in "A. D. 1900." for several nights, owing to the latter young
lady's indisposition, and did it very satisfactorily. —The theaters are all
doing well this week, the city being tilled to repletion with country cous-
ins, who have come to witness the reception of our country's first citizen.
-^— "A. D. 1900" was played some three years ago by local amateurs,
under the name of "The Spirit of '76." Its author was then given as
Mrs. Curtis.
The late R. B. Woodward's will has been admitted to probate at
Napa. It names Isaac Hyde, of this city, executor in the first instance,
William Woodward in the second, and Samuel Cowles in the third. All
property, of whatever nature, is bequeathed to the executor, in trust, to
pay debts, etc., to purchase lands and so forth, to collect and pay over
rents, etc., and to divide the estate, share and share alike, between the
widow and children of the deceased at the time the youngest child, a girl
of fourteen, shall have become of age. William V/oodwai"d is appointed
guardian of the children. Mrs. Woodward and children are to receive a
fixed sum monthly, and an additional sum if Oak Knoll, Napa, is made
the permanent home. The will was signed in San Francisco, September
28, 1865. A codicil, added October 13, 1875, gives the executor the estate
coming to deceased as heir of his parents, and requires him to pay this
over to deceased's sister, Mrs. A. S. Goff, of Providence, R. I. Property
on Arnold street, Providence, is left to Mrs. Woodward. The heirs are
the widow, three daughters and one son, and the estate is valued at
§900,000.
The Illinois papers come to us with very flattering notices of the
accomplished young aspirant for dramatic honors, Miss Henrie L. Bas-
com, who left California but a few months ago for professional study.
She has displayed powers of a high order, both in deeper and more tragic
parts, and in light and sparkling comedy. Her last performance was at
Atlanta, on August 23d, and the following Wednesday she left for New
York, where a brilliant career is, we trust, before her.
CALIFORNIA THEATER.
WB. Barton, Manager; Barton Mill, Actiug Manager.
• WELCOME TO GENERAL GRANT ! Monday Evening, Sept. 22u\ every
evening during the week, and at Saturday Matinee, for the Benefit of the RELIEF i
FUND of LINCOLN POST NO. 1, G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic), will he pre-
sented the Celebrated Military Allegory, under direction of Will. H. Gunn, entitled
THE COLOR GUARD, in five acts and seven tableaux, illustrating both the Serious I
and Comical Scenes and Incidents of Camp and Prison Life, Skirmishes, Marches; !
etc., including the Moat Realistic and Thrilling Battle Scene ever Presented on any j
Stage. Hundreds of Soldiers— with Artillery— laking Part. The City Guard, Cap- ]
tain Dickenson; the Light Guard, Captain Gaylord; and the Nationals, Captain Tem- f
pleton, have kindly volunteered. The Tableaux, by Fifty Beautiful Young Ladies of j
this city. The California Theater Orchestra will perform new and patriotic music,
composed by Win. Withers, Jr., Leader. The First Regiment Band, J. H. Arm-
strong, Leader, has also been engaged. Seats at the Box Office. Sept. 20.
BUSH STREET THEATER.
Charles E. Locke, B*ro»rietor.« Haverjy's United Mastodon
Minstrels I Every Evening, iucluding Sunday. Matinees, Wednesday
and Saturday. Brilliant Ovation- Sweeping Triumph. Incessant Shouts of Laugh-
ter. Decided Novelty. Everv Feature New, Novel and Original. HAVERLY'S
UNITED MASTODON MINSTRELS ! Decided Success of the Novel Burlesque,
GRANT'S RETURN. Twelve Consolidated Clog, introducing THE TURKISH RE-
VIEW. FORTY! All the Great Fresh Features. FORTY! Carnage Orders-
Afternoon, at 4; Evening, 10:30. Carriage coming, will face Montgomery street.
Going, will please face Kearny street. Seats on sale six days in advance.
THE TIVOLI GARDENS,
Eddy street, between Market anil Mason. --Kreling Bros.,
Proprietors. Only family Resort on the Pacific Coast. Every Evening com-
mencing at 8 o'clock. Eleventh Week of the Ever Popular Opera,
15. M. S. PISAFOKE!
In conjunction with
TRIAL BY JIBT!
$&- Shortly to be Produced-THE WRECK OF THE PINAFORE! [Sept. 20.
THE BALDWIN THEATER.
Thomas Magnire, Manager.-- Last Niglits of CHUMS, with
its Powerful Oast, Thrilling Effects, Wonderful Scenery, aud Beautiful Music.
This Saturday, Sept. 20th, POSITIVELY LAST CHUMS MATINEE. Monday, Sept.
22d-WON AT LAST. Tuesday, Sept. 23d -DIPLOMACY. Wednesday, Sept. 24th—
First aud 1'arewell Benefit of MISS NINA VARIAN. A Tremendous Bill ! Thurs-
day, Sept. 25th— The latest London Success, CRUTCH AND TOOTHPICK.
Bept 20, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
SPORTING ITEMa
Swimming. T\> mm Bttha, \
pMsed "IT in (in -.1 stvlo
mming
It. L. MrlMi medal for boys. The
nra who lia I i n a prise, wm won by
Albert K. tire >naa ; K M c. 1>..I1 to
aii.i C. I». Haven second prize for plain diving, Solon H. Williams won
lb« senior amateur medal, J. Sprii Hani >od third.
J. Hammersmith won the medal for fancy diving. Riving a splendid exhi-
bition. Superintendents Smith, Cunningham and Williams, of the Nep-
fane Club, deeerve great credit for their exertions to make the tourna-
1. The judges were J. S. Know! ton, T. W. Fenn, J, Con-
w..v, .'. II. Bey, G. Durbron, J, Martiu and Mr. Simmnnda. Their de-
ejfaonfl gave universal satisfaction.— The great fifty-mile swim, at New-
port, was won by Schoner, <>f Brooklyn. \V. H. Daily, the California
champion, lost his chance in the race by injuring his knee very severely,
paily s friends here, syropatbiring with his misfortune, desire to get up an
exhibition f.»r his benefit, and will have a meeting on Sun. lay at the Nep-
tune Club Souse, North Beach, to consider what steps to take regarding
it. All lovers of aquatic sport and admirers of a man who has proved his
heroism by saving twenty persons from a watery grave, are invited to he
■ and assist.
PedestrianiBin. — The competitors for the great six-day walk are all
working hard to get in pood fettle for the race; some of them we have
seen look tit to walk for a kingdom. Of course, they are all confident of
getting at least second place, and show a commendable feeling of confi-
ence. It is early yet to pick out favorites, and the task being made
more difficult by the large mi tuber of men entered who areas yet un-
known to pedestrian fame; but the man who looks for the winner from
imong those who made a place in the late contest won't go far a-field.— —
La Cnapelle won the six-day walk at Piatt's Hall, that finished last Tues-
day; her snore for 142 hours was 257 miles, Von Berg making only 184.
We hear that Von Berg will enter the next ladies' walk at the Pavilion,
to retrieve her reputation. ^— Steve Brodic failed to make 250 miles in 75
hours, the distance credited to him being 222 miles and 24 laps, but he is
not entitled to any record. He will walk against horses at the Pavilion,
after the pedestrian contests close.— At a recent six-day go-as-you-
please in Dundee, Scotland, where the walking-time was limited to four-
teen hours a day, W. Hughes covered 402 miles.—— Fred Davis has failed
to put up the coin to run Archie McComb a 100-yard race. Archie is
now in town.
Shooting. — The quail season opened last Monday. Reports from all
parts denote plenty of birds. The Sportsman's Club secured tb3e services
of Sergeant McKenna to look after any unprincipled persons who were
too impatient to wait for the season to open. The result was that four
law-breakers were arrested, but the brilliant legal talent of our Police
Court Prosecuting Attorney found a loop-hole for their escape, and
moved that their cases be dismissed.— Good bags have been made at
Crystal Springs, past the Seventeen Mile House. At Searsville, about -
seven miles from Menlo Park, quail are plentiful. At Congress Springs
there is good shooting. J. M. Shatter's Ranch, in Marin county, is well
stocked, but permission must be obtained from the owner, who is always
ready to grant favors to sportsmen, but imfc to pot-hunters. Around Bo-
linas all kinds of game are plentiful and free to all. Duncan's Mills and
up on Russian River afford good sport. Napa City, Calistoga and St.
Helena are easy of access, and will reward the hunter who does not mind
a little tramping.
Rowing.— The Dolphin Club had a ball and reception at Piatt's Hall
Thursday night. It was a. very enjoyable affair. All the clubs will
turn out to meet Grant. They will form a procession. About twelve
crews will participate.^^Whitehall boat race at Saucelito on Sunday,
for an advertised purse of §100. -^The different crews are hard at work
practicing for the St. George and Columbia regatta. Amongst profes-
sionals challenges are flying round at an unprecedented rate. Hanlon,
Trickett, Courtenay, Riley, Elliot, Boyd and Higgins all want to meet
one another.— Elliot has put up a forfeit of £50 to row Haulan over the
Thames or Tyue course, for the Sportsman's Challenge Cup and £200
aside.— Elliot also wants to meet Boyd or Higgins for £200 aside.—
Hanlan and Trickett have not yet agreed on their race.
Baseball.— The long looked for game between the California and
Knickerbocker clubs will be played at the Recreation Grounds, Sunday,
at 2 p.m. The Star and Eagles will play at the same grounds, Sunday,
12 m.— The Hop Bitters club, of Rochester, are in town: Messrs. High-
am, Manning, Leonard Lewis, Mnrham, McClure, Leary, Morrissy, Cory
and Rowen comprise the team. Joe Simmons is their manager. -^— The
Phoenix and Metropolitan clubs play at the Recreation grounds to-day.
^— Mr. Kelly goes East next week to meet the Chicago club.— Last
Sunday the Omahas defeated the Knickerbockers ; score, C to 5— —The
game between the Oaklands and Athletics gave a victory to the former ;
score, 5 to 2.— —A game was played by the Gattling Battery and Mac-
Mahons, the former being the victors ; score, 7 to 5.
Yachting. — People who sneer at this sport as a useless waste of money
are now breaking their hearts because they have no yacht, and can get no
invitation to take a trip on one to welcome Grant. Some ill-advised and
malicious remarks, respecting one of our prominent yachtsmen and his
love of the sport, have appeared in a daily, dirt-collecting apology for a
newspaper, but we are glad to see our best citizens repudiate them utterly,
and feel indignant at such a breach of common decency.^^The proces-
sion of the yachts of both clubs, to welcome Grant, will be a sight long to
be remembered."
Archery. — The late tournament has given another fillip to this splendid
Bport, and we hear of new clubs being formed all over the State, and of
regular practice and splendid shooting by the old ones. What were
Doughty Dan and his cohorts about that we did not hear from them at
Sacramento ?
Fishing.— The pastime is being neglected now that the shooting season
is open, but if any one wants a fine catch of salt water fish let them take
a boat and try around Alcatraz. Their reward is certain.
An elegant assortment of Gold Watches and Chains at Randolph &
Co.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
ART JOTTINGa
Great attention i- belli ■ El , TV ,,„,.
r. We had an Idea thai no fnr
ther evidence was wantin« to di . bad popular taste for art
111 San Francis. ■ .n of Lotl >'i Fountain but
the various portraits of Gen. Grai a about the oity pnfai that
botch in the shade, although ox. cuted by the «ame artist,
Una of these ex« rablc d \j |D the week, planed in position
at the Republican bi , ,iyl,„ dovn. as every
ono thought, for repairs, but it has found a plaoe over the door of the
Bultdin publication office.
The daily papers generally have paid a g 1 deal of attention to deco-
rating their various premii ■-. and the amount of originality displayed is
In each case, truly indicative of tl s tl.r journal While one
has set, presumably, the same code of signals on d on like occasions since
the spring of 49 and fall of '50, another fives evidence of its originality
b) decorating its premises in a most beautiful and tasty manner, quite
different to any one else.
The decorations, as a whole, are not what they ought to be in a city
Like this. The patchwork business is carried too far altogether by the
vulgar display of cheap Hags little nasty things which would disgrace a
respectable child's play-house, and. if common report be true, contracted
for by the municipal authorities, wiggle in the breeze by the thous-
and and ten thousand upon each succeeding festive occasion; and then
paper cambric should never be used as a decoration; it Is vulgar, as much
anas would be a gown of the same material worn by a woman. Upon
the death ot a public man, the use of such stuff in draping is permissible,
because such a display becomes a public necessity, and the great cost of
better material in such large quantities prohibits" its use; but bedecking
our shops and public buildings in red, white and blue, (and such r., w.
& b.), is not a necessity. Our people generally can learn something about
decorating a building by talcing a look at the front of the White House.
They will observe that the grouping of colors properly is a fine art. They
will note too that setting a flag at the proper angle adds vastly to the
effect.
Art matters are, it seems, slow. During the absence of the writer
quite a number of paintings have accumulated at the various depots,
which will be noted in due course. The School of Design is again open,
with a good attendance.
A new Art Gallery has been started by Messrs. Schwab & Breeze; on
Market street, opposite the Palace. Mr. Schwab was late of the firm of
Morris & Schwab, and Mr. Breeze was for many years with Snow & May.
STONE HAMMER OR AXE.
Our widely famed geologist and assayer sends us the following
morceau:
1124 Greenwich St., San Fvancisco, Cal., U. S. of America.
Dear Sir; It affords me pleasure to send you a cast of an Ancient Stone
Hammer or Axe, which I hope will prove interesting. The original wa3
found near the " Yellow Jacket Mine," Oro Blanco Mining District, Pima
County, Arizona, in the fall of 1877, and brought to S. P. by Gen. George W.
Deitzler, who presented it to me. I would "call your attention to the re-
markable symmetry of this axe. It is evident that much labor has been
expended to make it shapely and beautiful, showing that the pre-historic
race by whom it was made had advanced beyond the age of the rude un-
polished stone implements which are not uncommon at the same locality.
The Ancient race has left many evidences of its higher civilization, which
should be carefully preserved and studied. Taking it for granted that
this relic would prove of interest to Archaeologists at home and abroad, I
have had these casts made for distribution.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully yours,
Henry G. Hanks.
TREASURER'S OFFICE,
City and County of San Francisco, September 9, 1879.
Redemption of San Francisco Bonds,
ISSUE-OP 1858.
Holders of Bontla of the City anil County ot San Francisco,
issue! under " An Act to provide for the Funding and Payment of the out-
standing Unfunded Claims against the City of San Francisco, and against the County
of San Francisco, as they existed prior to the first day of July, A.D. one thousand
eight hundred and fifty-six," approved April '20, 1S58, are hereby notified that the
Commissioners of the Sinking Fur.d of the above named Bonds will receive scaled
proposals for the surrender of any portion thereof, at the City and County Treas-
urer's office, New City Hall, San Fr-inciseo, until 12 o'clock noon,
Wednesday, December 31st, 1879.
The amount to be applied to the Redemption of these Bonds is more or less, One
Hundred and Eighty Thousand Dollars ($180,000) .
Bidders will state at what rate they will surrender their Bonds, for payment in
United States gold coin.
Each proposal must be accompanied by a deposit of ten per cent, of the Bonds of-
fered, or their equivalent in coin, or certified checks, aud should the Bonds tendered
not be presented within ten days after the award, the next lowest bid will be ac-
cepted.
No proposal above par will be eutortained.
Proposals to be iudorsed " Proposals for surrender of Bonds, issue of 1868."
A. J. BRYANT, Mayor,
COLIN M. BOYD, Auditor,
CHAS. HUBERT, Treasurer,
Sept. 13. Commissioners of the Funded Debt.
~ WESTERN ASSURANCE COMPANY, OF TORONTO.
Incorporated 1851.
Total Assets, 1st January, 1870 $1,070,400.41.
Ill Tl.r.Il A II.il. DAN. General Agents for Pacific Coast,
413 CALIFORNIA STREET. [Sept. 13.
THE ANGL0-CALIF0RNIAN BANK, LIMITED.
422 California St., San Francisco.
London Ofiice, 3 Angrel Court : New York Agents, J. W. Sel-
igman & Co., 21 Broad street. Authorized Capital Stock, £0,000,000. Will re-
ceive Deposits, open Accounts, make Collections, buy and sell Exchange and Bullion,
loan Money, and issue Letters of Credit available throughout the world.
FRED. F. LOW, ION. STEINHART, Managers.
P. N. Lilikxthal, Cashier. Sept. 13.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Sept. 20, 1879.
"The World," the Flesh, and the Devil.
[By a Truthful Penman.]
A telegram was received in Culorado, a few days since, directing the
proper authorities to arrest a young man who, it was alleged, had run
away with his aunt. " I have an order for your arrest," remarked the
officer, addressing the supposed criminal. "For what?" "You have
been running away with your aunt." " My aunt! Why, she's my wife! "
" But wasn't she your aunt before she became your wife? You see, we
don't tolerate those kind of goings-on in Colorado." "I suppose you
never were in Utah ?" remarked the young man, after he had completed
his survey of the detective. " No." " Well, as you don't understand the
relations of aunt and nephew in that territory, I suppose I ought to ex-
Slain them to you, and then, perhaps, you may see your duty plainer,
ly father married my mother." " I suppose so." " Then he married her
sister," continued the stranger, without heeding the interruption. "Then
he married the sister of his brother-in-law. Then the daughter of his
uncle, who was a cousin to his first two wives, then he married her sister,
who was the widow of one of his first wives' husbands ; then he married
her daughter; and a son of this wife married my sister, who was also a
widow of one of the other wives* sons. I suppose you are following me,"
interjected the narrator. " Marry your aunt or your grandmother either,
or both of them." "And you won't arrest me?" "No, you migbt be
your own father! "^— It is a pity that the English railways, with their
diminished receipts and decreased dividends, cannot find some new source
of revenue. One of the most fertile sources of revenue in France is a
good pilgrimage, which benefits not only the railways in the immediate
neighborhood, but even those at a distance. For instance, where last year
the northern provinces of France only supplied eighteen hundred pilgrims
to Lourdes, this year they have sent forth no less than three thousand
five hundred. Naturally, for a pilgrimage to turn out a genuine success,
it must be under excessively good patronage ; this year the maimed, the
halt and the blind were under the immediate care of the Countesse de
Pierrefitte and Mdlle. de Fontenay. This one excursion will profit three
companies— the Nord, the Orleans and the Midi. The Orleans company,
although only charging half-fares, made in one day 103,000 francs. They
had to put on no fewer than five special trains, the earliest starting at
Borne unearthly hour. The trip lasted from Wednesday to Monday ; and
refreshments, both corporal and devotional, were provided at various sta-
tions. Might not the Anglo-European Bank take this into serious consid-
eration, and enter into combination with English railways to establish
some attractive shrine ?— The enormous gooseberry no longer expands ;
the shower of frogs falls flat ; even the sea-serpent fails to interest ; but
a provincial editor has had a very happy thought enter his head in this
silliest of all seasons — viz., the ascent of Mont Blanc on a bicycle. ^^
Our English railways are passing- through the phase which has been suc-
cessfully tided over by the American companies. Our times of depression
have been much less severe, however; and the fact that the loss in net
revenue over the half year has been only £100,957 is gratifying. It is
scarcely probable we shall have another season so unfavorable for passen-
ger traffic as the last ; and as trade revives, goods traffic must improve. —
The World.— — The Missing Link. — The brilliant idea of saving eighty
millions sterling of English capital from hopeless ruin by constructing a
line of railway that will restore five great American and Canadian com-
panies to prosperity through the magic of "Western connections" is
reported to have assumed practical form. The new line (160 miles long)
running between Williamsport and Salamanca is, it is reported, to be con-
structed with capital furnished by an independent company. Thereby
the missing link will be supplied, and the Grand Trunk and Grand West-
ern Railways of Canada, the Central of New Jersey, the Philadelphia
and Reading, and the Atlantic and Great Western Companies will gain a
new lease of life. — The World. -^—America, as everybody knows, is a
country where, in matters of money-making, "lightly come, lightly go"
is a favorite maxim. Nowhere are fortunes more rapidly realized, lost
with so light a heart, and, when gone, so quickly replaced by others.
Nowhere is personal expenditure so lavish and luxury so cultivated by
those who have the means to expend on magnificence in person, dwelling
and surroundings. The luxury of these "new rich " sometimes takes the
most fantastic and extravagant forms, rivaling anything told of old Rome,
of Oriental Sybaritism, or of the prodigal waste under the Second Empire.
At a recent dinner given in New York, we are told, the apples were com-
puted to have cost eighteen dollars each. As for the peaches, they devel-
oped an altogether new and unexpected feature. They bore the mono-
gram of the owner, traced distinctly in their velvety bloom. The process
is described thus : Letters cut from paper are pasted on the peaches
while growing. When the fruit is ripe, on removing the paper the letters
are found picked out in the most delicate green, the rest of the fruit being
rosy and deep-hued. This ingenious device may be commended to the
notice of English horticulturists, and, of course, mottoes, anegrams, even
declarations, might be managed among the "surprises" for desert. — Court
Journal.'— — A somewhat extraordinary circumstance in horse-breeding
occurred at the Roscommon Horse-show last week, when one of the ex-
hibitors, Mr. Taaffe, won three first prizes with representatives of three
generations of the same family.^— The Queen's Bench Prison is adver-
tised for sale. A speculator has the brilliant idea of purchasing the prem-
ises, in order to turn them into a club for the declasscs, under the style
and title of the Sponging House. Nobody is to be eligible for member-
ship unless he can prove that he has compounded with his creditors,
served a term as a financial purge, failed to meet his engagements at Tatt's
on a settling-day, sojourned at Boulogne-sur-Mer, or has done something
of a kindred nature. The atrium of the building is to be graced with
busts of Dich Sheridan, Theodore Hook, and of him who was once known
as " the first gentleman in Europe." All orders are to be strictly accom-
panied by prepayment in bullion. We can foresee that this will be the jol-
liest rendezvous in town, and a most successful venture for the promoter.
As in Australia, in the last generation, it will be considered excessively
bad form to make any allusion to personal antecedents, There is just one
dangerous feature about the undertaking : too many men may ruin them-
selves temporarily in order to qualify for admission. — The World. —The
Whitehall Review says : In the person of Dowager Lady Lichfield has
passed away nearly the last of that once powerful clique of aristocratic
dames, the Lady Patronesses of " Almack's." Lady KrnnouU and Lady
Westminster now are the only survivors of that body to whose mysterious
and unwritten laws all the belles and btaux of the last generation had to
submit. Among other rules, there was one laid down by their ladyships
that no one was to be admitted to their balls at Willis' Rooms after twelve
o'clock. On one occasion the " Great Duke" arrived at the doors a few
minutes after time ; but even the conqueror of Waterloo had to submit,
and was obliged to bow to the sway of ten fair ladies. So at least Lady
Clementine Davies states, in her amusing "Recollections of Society."
BANKS.
THE BANK OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO.
Capital 85,000,000
WM. ALIOEB) President.
THOMAS BROWN, Cashier j B. REURRAT, Jr., Ass't Cashier
Agents. :
New York, Agency of the Bank of Calfornia ; Boston, Tremont National Bank
Chicago, Union National Bank ; St. Loujs, Boatman's Saving Bank ; New Zealand,
the Bank of New Zealand ; London, China, Japan, India and Australia, the Oriental
Bank Corporation.
The Bank lias Agencies at Virginia City and Gold Hill, and Correspondents in all
the principal Mining Districts and Interior Towns of the Pacific Coast.
Letters of Credit issued, available in all parts of the world. Draw direct on Lon-
don, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Bremen, Hamburg, Frankfort-on-the-Main, Antwerp,
Amsterdam, St. Petersburgh, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Christiana, Locarno, Mel-
bourne, Sydney, Auckland, Hongkong, Shanghai, Yokohama. Nov. 4.
FIRST NATIONAL GOLD BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Paid up Capital $2,000,000, Gold. President, R. C. Wool-
worth ; Vice-President, D. Callaghan ; Cashier, E. D. Morgan.
Directors :— R. C. Woolworth, D. Callaghan, C. G. Hooker, C. Adolph Low, Peter
Donahue, Isaac Wormser, Edward Martin, James Mofntt, N. Van Bergen.
Correspondents — London : Baring Bros. & Co. Chartered Mercantile Bank of In-
dia, London and China. Dublin : Provincial Bank of Ireland. Hamburg : Hesse,
Neuman&Co. Paris: Hottinguer&.Co. New York: National Bank of Commerce. Bos-
ton : Blackstone National Bank. Chicago : First National Bank. This Bank is pre-
pared to transact a general Banking business. Deposits in Gold, Silver and Currency
received subject to check or on special deposit. Exchange for sale on the principal
cities of the United States, Great Britain, Ireland and the Continent. Commercial
Credits issued available in Europe, Chh.a and Japan. Collections attended to and
prompt returns made at the lowest market rates of Exchange. Jan. 19.
BANK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter.— Capital paid up, 81,SOO,-
000, with power to increase to 510,000,000. Southeast corner California and San-
some streets. Head Office— 28 Cornhill, London. Branches — Portland, Oregon; Vic-
toria, New Westminster and Cariboo, British Columbia.
This Bank transacts a General Banking Business. Accounts opened subject to Check
and Special Deposits received. Commercial Credits granted available in all parts of
the world. Approved Bills discounted and advances made on good collateral security.
Draws direct at current rates upon its Head Office and Branches, and upon its Agents
as follows :
New York, Chicago and Canada— Bank of Montreal; Liverpool — North and South
Wales Bank ; Scotland — British Linen Company ; Ireland — Bank of Ireland ; Mex-
ico and South America — London Bank of Mexico and South America ; China and
Japan— Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, and Oriental Bank ; Australia
and New Zealand— Bank of Australasia, Commercial Banking Company of Sydney,
and English, Scottish and Australian Chartered Bank.
May 18. FREDERICK TOWNSEND. Manager.
LONDON AND SAN FRANCISCO BANK, LIMITED.
Capital, $5,000,000, of which $3,000,000 is fully paid up as
present capital. Reserve Fund, §360,000. San Francisco Office, 424 Califor-
nia street; London Office, 22 Old Broad street. Manager, ARTHUR SCRIVENER ;
Cashier, WILLIAM STEEL. London Bankers, Bank of England and London Joint
Stock Bank ; New York, Drexel, Morgan & Co. ; Boston, Third National Bank.
This Bank is prepared to transact all kinds of General Banking and Exchange Busi-
ness in London and San Francisco, and between said cities and all parts of the
world. March 30.
THE NEVADA BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO.
Capital Paid Up $10,000,000.
Reserve, XT. S. Bonds 3,500,000.
Agency at New York. 63 Wall street.
Agency at Virginia, JVev.
Buys and sells Exchange and Telegraphic Transfers. Issues Commercial and Trav-
elers' Credits. This Bank has special facilities for dealing in Bullion. Ju?y 5.
SECURITY SAVINGS BANK.
GUARANTEE CAPITAL, - $300,000.
Officers: Vice-President, Jerome Lincoln: Secretary, W.
S. Jones ; Attorney, Sidney V. Smith. Loans made on Real Estate and other
Approved Securities. Office : No. 215 Sansome street, San Francisco. Oct. 14.
THE GERMAN SAVINGS AND LOAN SOCIETY.
Deutsche Spar uud Leibbank, No 536 California street, San
Francisco. Officers : President, L. G0TT1G. Board of Directors. — Fred.
Roeding, Chas. Kohler, Edw. Kruse, George H. Eggers, N. Van Bergen, H. L. Simon,
Peter Spreckels, Ign. Steinhart. Secretary, GEO. LETTE; Attorney, JOHN It.
JARBOE. May 18.
F
QUICKSILVER
or sale in lots to suit by Maurice Dore, Agent for tbe
Guadalupe Mine, 410 Pine street. _^ Aug. 30.
QUICKSILVER.
lor sale— In lots to suit, by Thomas Bell «V Co., No. 305
Sansome street, over Bank of CaliforniaJ Nov. 16.
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NOTICE.
lor tbe very best photographs go to Bradley A Rulofson's,
in an Elevator, 429 Montgomery street. Oct. 29.
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Sept. 20, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER
9
The (
HAPPINESa
■V there ;
Thai - II .' ■
■ r«wd« rush on, h. i nailm to share,
rmm kings t-- men of
Criaa Hope: " 1.
Bat quick! for we've no |
Bhei wiitfog for ni th< r*, down there,
Down there, down therel
there she is; down there, down there;
Beneath the Spreading boughi n clined —
Dreauiiog of fair
And lore tint's always true nn<l kind.
How happy they men dreams who find!
But quick ! f.»r we've no time to spare ;
She's waiting f.»r us there, down there,
Down (here, down there!
"8eeJ there she is ; down there, down there;
Mill count) bright and calm-
Children and corn-sheaves everywhere;
Rough courtships, too, but whore's the harm;
How happy he who owns a farm !
But quick ! for we've no time to spare ;
She's waiting for us there, down there,
Down there, down there !
"See! there she is; down there, down there;
Her Ecce Signnm— L. S. D,
What pride in yonder millionaire;
Who wins so much respect as he?
How happy must a banker be !
But quick ! for we've no time to spare;
She's waiting for us there, down there,
Down there, down there !
"See ! there she is ; down there, down there:
She marches to the drum and fife,
And hears the cannon's voice declare
The fame that waits on mortal strife.
How happy is a soldier's life !
But quick ! for we've no time to spare ;
She's waiting for us there, clown there ;
Down there, down there !
"See ! there she is ; down there, down there;
Where_ jolly tars the anchor weigh.
Smooth is the sea, the wind blows fair,
With rainbow tints the heavens are gay.
How happy in that ship are they !
But quick ! for we've no time to spare ;
She's waiting for us there, down there,
Down there, down there !
" See ! there she is ; down there, down there ;
Where clouds receive the setting bud."
"Ah ! " said the tired man, "I swear
With useless journeys I'll have done;
Indeed, I'm now too old to run.
But, children, you who've time to spare,
For you she's waiting there, down there,
Down there, down there !"
A STARTLING LETTER.
Athenaeum " has been favored by a correspondent sending a
Btartling letter, received from Miss M. Betham-Edwards, in which occurs
the following passage: "I send you the following particulars of a recent
scientific invention, just patented, and destined without doubt to play a
very important part in our economic history. I think it must be re-
garded as a solution for once and for all of the great coal question, or
rather fuel question, not only among ourselves but abroad. M. Bourbon-
nel, of Dijon, the celebrated lion and panther slayer, lighted upon the
following discovery by hazard, and, after six years' persistent investiga-
tion, brought it to entire " workable " perfection. He discovered, by
means of two natural substances, inexhaustible in nature, the means of
lighting and maintaining a fire without wood or coal ; a fire instantaneously
lighted and extinguished ; a fire causing no dust, smoke or trouble ; a fire
costing one-tenth at least of ordinary fuel ; and, what is more wonderful
still, a fire the portion of which answering to our fuel is everlasting, that
is to say, would last a lifetime. M. Bourbonnel's invention comprehends
both stove and fuel. The fires could be on the minutest scale or on the
largest. They would be used for heating a baby's food or for roasting an
ox. Being lighted instantaneously, they will be a great economy of time.
M. Bourbonnel at once patented his invention, and a body of engineers
and savants from Paris visited him and pronounced his discovery one of
the most remarkable of the age. He has had several offers for the pur-
chase of the patent in France, but wants to sell it in England, his own
occupation being in another line. Any English gentleman or firm wish-
ing to see his fires and stoves could do so by writing to him a day or two
beforehand. His address is M. Bourbonnel, Dijou. ... I have seen these
fires and stoves. There is no mistake about the matter. It is as clear as
possible that here we have a perpetual and economical source of fuel.
Two hundred years ago the discoverer would have surely been burnt as a
wizard."
A curious survival of an old-time institution exists in some remote
places in England, viz., the official ale-taster. The ale-taster takes an
oath to "try, taste and assize the beer and ale put on sale" in his district
"whether the same be wholesome for man's body." The old ale-taster's
method of "analyzing" beer for the purpose of detecting the addition of
sugar to the liquor was rather primitive. Like most men in those times,
he wore leather breeches, and, when he went to test the ale for the pres-
ence of sugar, a pint of fluid was spilt on a, well-cleaned bench, and the
taster sat upon it till it dried. If, on rising, the seat of the breeches
stuck to the bench, then sugar was present, but if not the beer was pure.
"The Principles of Light and Color." By Edwin Babbitt, D.M.
For sale by Boericke & Tafel, 234 Sutter street.
President
Treasurer
Secretary.
FAIRFAX MINING COMPANY,
426 CALIFORNIA STREET. ROOM NO. 2.
JOHN W. COLEMAN.
OEM. O. H. LA ORANOK.
O. C. KILLER.
G.O.C.H.CKO*. , CWiBuun
GEORGE C. HICKOX & CO.,
/ chungo. No. 230 Mnntewn.Ti ,ir,.-i. San IW. m,v ,
J. A. RUDKIN,
ember |8. F. stock anil Diihaiite Board, 4M < i.nr.vi ,.i>.
•Mat. STOCKS Boughi tnd Sold o ,, Uban) Advances
M
Out. 20.
made n Active Accounts
J. K. PRIOR,
112S Market Street and 21 Turk Street.
Thr?V,,«7" E»t»bH»hed Mentn «n» Fitting nml Plnmblne
Establishment! „, ,.,. „ . ., Mn,plot, Jaso, nt of ™" Da*
;""":"h"""<- "«";'■ ; Hatorialam ..n,,.,i:,i greatly reduced retes
FRED H. BUSBY,
N°\ *}~ *;"rke,!. str<"»'«. **«" Fr.iuelt.eo, Manufacturer of
Archery Gloves, Fitiwr Tips, Arm Ouanls, Boxing;, Fenclni and Bine Ball
move*, (orOatehenv Long fo-ist &»„„ Olove., baits fof ' UnSoISs, oto Archer"
rautasupphodatreduoef rates. Busby's Arehory Clubs are the only ones in the
market that will atand service an. I urn: sati»fai-H.m. Julv 12.
H. FRESE, "
(Late with Charles Dietle),
Boot Maker, Jio. 327 Dupout street, between Sutter anil
. .«*?• H"!-. !,n""-'',V:0' "'"'" «>c Ahlboru House. The Finest Quality and
Latest Styles of Custom Work Neatly Executed. Repairing Done at Short Notice
[August '1 J
D. V, B. Henarie. Edward Martin
E. MARTIN & CO., MwartM«tm'
Importers and 'Wholesale Dealers in Wines and Liquors.
Proprietor., of Miliars Extra Olil Bourbon and J. F. Cut.
ter Extra Old Bourbon and Itye Whiskies.
APril 5- 408 Front Street, San Francisco.
TABER, HARKER & CO.,
I3TP0XTFRS AJHD WHOLESALE OXOCERS,
IOS and 110 California St., S. F.
I April 19.]
Henry B . Williams. Henry B. Williams.
WILLIAMS, BLANCHARO & CO.,
SHIPPING AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
No. 218 California St., S. F. [July 27.
J. M. Neville. REMOVAL. Geo H. Bryant.
BAGS, TENTS AND HOSE.
NEVILLE & CO.,
No.'s SI and as California Street, S. E. corner of Davis,
San Francisco. [Auir. 2.
W. Morris. MORRIS & KENNEDY, J. F. Kennedy.
Importers and Dealers in Moldings, Frames, Engravings,
Chromos, Lithographs, Deoalcomanie, Wax and Artists' Materials, 21 Post
street, nearly opposite Masonic Temple, San Francisco. Feb. 4.
Newton Booth, C. T. Wheeler, Sacramento. | J. T. Glover, W W Dodgb S F
w. w. dodge & CO.
holesale Grocers, comer Front and Clay streets, San
Francisco. April 1.
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CASTLE BROTHERS,
ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAB 1850.
Importers or Teas and East India Goods, S8os. 218 and 215
Front street, San Francisco. Jan. 13.
L.H.Newton. NEWTON BROTHERS & CO., M. Newton,
Importers and wholesale dealers in Teas, Foreign Ooods and
Groceries, 204 and 20U California street, San Francisco, Cal May 25.
"ANDREW BAIRD,
Negotiator of Loans and Commercial Paper,
Broker in Local and State Securities,
No. 312 California Street San Francisco.
[P. O. Box 1,308.] July 19.
MEXICAN CONSULATE,
215 Sansome Street, San Francisco.
Tlie undersigned has been appointed Consul for the Repub-
lic of Mexico at San Francisco, Cal. Office hours from 9 a.m. to 4 P.M.
Aug. 30. J. GARCIA CUNDE.
LAVER & CURLETT,
Architects,
Fnrnish Plans, Specifications and Superintendence for the
Construction or Renovation of Dwelling: Houses, and every description of
Building-. Office : 19 S. F. Stock Exchange Building, Pine street, San Francisco.
[Take the Elevator.] June 15.
IRVINE & LE BRETON
Have Removed their law Offices to No. 217 Sansome Street.
[ March 15.]
FREDERICK A. BEE,
His Imperial Chinese Majesty's Consul.
Office: 917 Clay Street. .Residence; 020 Eddy Street.
10
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Sept. 20, 1879.
THE WATER QUESTION.
Tlie question of the purchase of Spring Valley, by the present occu-
pants of office, is dead and buried beyond the power of resurrection, and as
it would be idle to discuss that view of the subject, we have no intention of
doing so. But the broad question as to the advisability of the city own-
ing its own water works is one that the Legislature will have to pass upon
ere long, and it ought to be taken up and discussed thoroughly, with a
view to the cultivation of a correct public opinion. The people of the city
ought to arrive at something like a common understanding as to what
they want and why they want it. No doubt the reason of recent failures
to settle the question was owing to an absence of any such opinion. The
matter bad not been sufficiently ventilated in public. The pros and cons had
not been gone into at length before the whole people. Without that kind
of discussion which forms a public judgment it is hopeless to expect a final
settlement of so vital and so large a matter. Individual commissioners
may be never so well satisfied of the wisdom of a certain course, but, un-
less they have taken the whole people into their confidence and satisfied
them also of its wisdom, it is useless to attempt to proceed to definite
operations. In short, this matter must be settled by the majority, and it
is essential to such a settlement that the majority take it in hand, discuss
it in all its bearings, and thus arrive at a well-considered, correct, defi-
nite and determined conclusion. The sooner it is taken up in that way
the better. It is a question that requires to be settled one way or the
other. If the company is to continue to supply the city, let that fact be
determined, in order that proper arrangements may be made for the city's
future needs, for further arrangements will soon be imperatively required-
Additional reservoirs, new mains, etc., are all essential. On the other
hand, if the city is to own its water works it will be true economy to de-
termine that fact at the earliest possible moment. The city is growing,
and existing works are proportionately increasing in value. Money is
comparatively cheap these times, but no one can predict how long it will
remain so. At any rate the matter ought to be taken up at an early date.
The papers, now that the election is over, find little of interest with which
to fill their editorial columns. Here is a " live " subj ect that may well
engage their attention. It is a good time to discuss it when there are
no elections in view. It can now be considered calmly and dis-
passionately, and without suspicion that everybody's election to office
is affected thereby. Our own vipw is that the city could bor-
row the necessary capital at a very much lower rate of interest
than that which it now pays the company, in the shape of water
rates. We pay eight per cenf; upon a capital said to be greatly
in excess of the actual cost of the works. We could borrow, prob-
ably, at about four and one-half per cent. The difference would be
the amount of the city's profit upon the transaction. We think that
consideration alone would justify a final judgment in favor of San Fran-
cisco owning her own water works, as nearly all other large cities do. But
there are further reasons of an economical, sanitary and domestic charac-
ter that"will suggest themselves to practical minds, which need not be en-
larged upon now, for our present purpose is not so much to treat of the
subject itself as to point out that it ought to be treated of by others, and
that it would be well to reach some common understanding upon the mat-
ter. Cousii'e able money has rece t y been spent in examining the subject,
and materials ought to be at hand that would materially assist in making
up a public judgment. In regard to the existing company, it may beset
down as a fact that it does not wish to sell its works if it can be let alone
to enjoy a fair income from them. If, however, the city concludes to own
water works, then Spring "Valley would prefer to sell, as, of course, it
would not desire a competitor. That is the present status of the water
question in a nutshell. The future of the question will necessarily have
to be determined some day, and the present seems a peculiarly opportune
occasion for considering how it ought to be determined.
REVIVAL OF BUSDSESS.
The business outlook: is promising, and if every man will do bis best
to bring about good times they will soon be here. Croakers at this time
ought to be silenced, or, if they will speak, they ought not to be listened
to. It is croaking that has done not a little of the mischief. Evil pre-
dictions often produce their own fulfillment; they destroy confidence, and
the withdrawal of confidence causes the retirement of capital and the
coming of hard times. We have had our fill of evil predictions. The
organization of the workingmen was to produce all sorts of imaginary ills.
The passage of the new Constitution was to cause manifold disasters.
Neither event was desirable, but both together were insufficient of them-
selves to seriously retard the prosperity of the State. The evil predictions
concerning them did most mischief. Well, now we have experienced
both — the Workingmen are organized and the new Constitution has be-
come the supreme law — and yet things go on as usual; nobody and no
interest is seriously hurt. The elements of prosperity are still all here,
and men pursue the old methods of making money and of spending it.
Property is safe and capital is in no danger. Hope, that springs eternal
in the human breast, was never more buoyant than now. The si"Tis of
revived activity in business circles may be observed on every hand; there
are fewer idle men throughout the country than at any time during a
long white past. The great manufacturing interests of the country show
renewed vitality; the hum of machinery is affording agreeable music to
millions. Bountiful harvests have generally rewarded the husbandmen
of the country, and, what is better, there is an active export demand for
our surplus products at remunerative prices. The mines are yielding well
in many new places,_ and there are promises of big things in the imme-
diate future. Gold is flowing into the country in payment for our super-
abundant products. The balance of trade is largely in our favor, which it
never has been before since the war. The clearing-houses show that the
volume of business is 18 per cent, greater than it was this time last year.
There are evil omens in many other lands, but in ours there are no such
signs. Indeed, the misfortunes of others are likely to prove advantages
to us. The destruction of the crops in England and elsewhere will give
us better markets. In all the world besides, there are no such excellent
prospects as are here everywhere apparent. We have good reasons to be
hopeful and expectant. Good times are upon us, and the sooner we real-
ize that they are, and make the most of them, the better.
The Wane of the Honeymoon.— Dearest of Loves : "My angel, we
ought to bethinking of getting back to town." Sweetest of Pets : "A«
soon as ever you like, dearest, to be done with this weary mooning and
spooning. " — Fun.
PARTY INDEPENDENCE.
The question is often discussed, how far the press should be inde-
pendent of party bias. Newspapers, like individuals, are entitled to their
party preferences; but individuals, as well as newspapers, ought to be suf-
ficiently independent of party to be entirely free to tell the truth about
it. That is what the great body of the people want to know. The inde-
pendent press gains respect to the extent to which it succeeds in inspiring
the public with a conviction that it stands manfully by the truth as it un-
derstands it. It may be in error and yet maintain its own and everybody
else's respect ; but it cannot cringe to party wrong nor crook the hinges of
the knee to the bad nominations of the machine, and yet be deemed hon-
est or truthful, much less independent. The disposition to uphold a party
always, and to support every nomination which is regularly made, is the
disposition of a flunky, not of a man. The way to make a party respect-
able is to try to keep it respected, and that is not accomplished by insist-
ing that everything which is done in its name and by its authority is great
and wise and good. The duty of even a paper that has strong party pre-
dilections is to criticise not less than to sustain party action, and exhorta-
tions to party harmony are very apt to be invitations to party disgrace.
It is true that a party which is fighting within itself can hardly hope to
defeat an enemy ; but it is no less true that a party must sometimes fight
within itself, or there would be no good reason for fighting the enemy.
If a party should suffer itself to be controlled by small men for small
ends, why should intelligent men belong to it, or what would be gained
by the defeat of the other party ? These independent views are gaining
adherents among the large city papers. In New York the Times opposes
Cornell, and the World criticises Tilden. The fferaJd gives independent
counsel to both parties, and the Tribune has a way of its own. The same
is true in other large cities. In San Francisco the press has had a unique
fancy to run parties of its own. The Bulletin tried its luck with the " In-
dependents," the Chronicle with the New Constitution Party. Neither
succeeded, and it is well that they did not. If they had, they would have
abdicated their functions as independent critics. They would, right or
wrong, have upheld the products of their own creating. Independent
journalism is becoming better understood every day. The more it grows
in true independence, the greater will be its triumphs. The News Letter
is no man's organ and no party's machine.
WHAT "WTLL THEY DO WITH HIM ?
The capture of King Cetewayo practically puts an end to the war in
South Africa. The persistent stubborness with which the struggle has
been carried on by the Zulus has been entirely due to their ruler, but for
whose personal influence the war would have been ended long ago. There
is no other chief to take Cetewayo's place, and there is every reason to
believe that peace will soon be restored upon a permanent footing. The
capture of the King is no less surprising than it is fortunate. It was
universally regarded as extremely doubtful whether he could be taken at
all, but that he would be caught after so short a pursuit is little short of
marvelous. It is possible, however, that he voluntarily surrendered
himself ; though to judge by what we know of his character, this does not
appear very likely. What will be done with His Majesty is a question
which naturally suggests itself, but is rather a bard one to answer. In a
sense he is, and will remain, a prisoner of state, and as such, must be
treated with respect and consideration. To simply depose him and allow
him to remain in his own country is out of the question, because in that
case he would be King again in less than six months. To keep him in
any of the neighboring British colonies would be to run the same risk in a
scarcely less degree. If he were a semi-civilized potentate he might be
sent to England, and there assigned a pension, as has been done before
now with Indian princes ; but with this old savage such a course seems
impossible. Whatever is done with him, let us hope it will be that
which should be accorded to a brave and vanquished enemy.
THE COUNT.
The count of the votes in both city and State is a remarkably long
time in being concluded. Several important results are not yet distinctly
determined. Many persons are anxious to know just how the new
Supreme Bench is to be constituted, but at this time of writing it is not
possible to tell with exactitude. Boss and Sharpstein are running behind
on the Democratic ticket, while Belcher and Myrick are running ahead on
that of the Republicans ; and it looks as if the latter may yet prove to
be elected, and the former defeated. In that case the Court would be
constituted as follows : McKinstry, McKee and Thornton, Democrats,
and Belcher, Myrick and Catlin, Republicans, with Morrison (Democrat)
as Chief Justice. Ross may pull through, in which case Catlin will drop
out. That is the way the count looks to us ; but as it is still incomplete,
and the figures are close, it is impossible to be quite sure of the results.
It now appears certain that Berry (Democrat) has beaten McKenna (Re-
publican) for Congress, by a majority of over two hundred. The Work-
ingmen are raising funds for a recount in the city, and claim that it will
give them several Supervisors and the County Clerkship.
FESTIVAL DECORATIONS.
The long strings of second-hand ha'penny flags which were used on
Independence Day, and again at the Grant Reception, are a disgrace to
a civilized community. A distinguished visitor happening here on the
7th of July inquired what it was all about, and being informed, replied:
" Well, it is customary for a rash to break out on such occasions, but
when the fever disappears the symptoms should disappear also." In fact,
these cheap and nasty printed nags should be suppressed as public
nuisances and eye-sores. They resem hie nothing but the back-yard of a
Chinese wash-house. Let the city expend ten or fifteen thousand dollars,
if necessary, in purchasing genuine bunting streamers and flags. They
will last for years and always look well. No prettier combination of
colors exists than the national emblems, and it is shameful to have them
made a mockery and scorn. Speaking of devices, the city should have its
municipal flag, of the richest materials, to be carried in processions or dis-
played on public occasions, but we trust it will never again be disgraced
with the Brummagim affairs which now offend all ideas of good taste.
Hayes has been making a very "stalwart " speech. Heroic Hayes!
and also hasty Hayes, to bid for a little something when Grant is just ar-
riving. It is well done, but avails not. There is no boom possible for a
helpless Hayes, let him shake the bloody garment as he will. Who knows
or cares to know Hayes ?
Sept. 20, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
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THE TOWN CRIER.
"H«ir ih» Orler!*1 " Wh»i ib« <l»*il ui iboo?
•One Itul wU pley ihf devil, ail with you."
" He'd • MtU in his Uil »* ions u • flail.
Which mad* him crow bolder md bolder."
How many men there are who walk oar streets, well dressed, well
fed, ami lo nil outward appearance i ■■. rfe t ly happy, the source of whose
taoome (if inch it may be called) ia a puzzle to their acquaintances. It ia
well known that they have do business, exs not employed in any office,
and riv not (as a rule) maintained by anybody. How, then, do they live!
Speculate in stocks ? No ; that requires ■ capital to start with, and it is
a well known fact that the only capital that these meu have is unlimited
cheek. A cheek which no amount of snubbing can cause to blush, and
brum whose oleaginous surface a hint elides off like a drop of water from
a duck's back. This is their sole stock in trade, and a wonderful market
San Francisco affords f<>r this commodity. Women fall before its forcible
blandishments, mistaking it for high courage, while men are surprised by
it into defeat, and only when the possessor of the unlimited cheek coolly
jingles their twenties in his pants1 pocket do they realize its potency. We
couhl point out a dozen of these enigmas in one stroll down the street, and
goodness only knows how many there are who do not come within our
ken. Can any one explain how these meu thrive while far better men are
out at elbows and glad to take a five-cent beer and a cracker as an equiva-
lent for breakfast and au apology for dinner. We propose in the course of
a week or so to produce a series of pen pictures of some of the most nota-
ble of these well dressed, do-nothing enigmas, and iutendthat the descrip-
tion shall be s > faithful as to leave no doubt as to the identity.
An uncommonly lively specimen of the Mephitis Americana,
which mortal noses recognize as skunk, was seen on Wednesday afternoon
in the neighborhood of Commercial and Montgomery streets. The high-
bred air of the distinguished stranger speedily drew together a mob,
mostly workingmen of tender years, who divined, with natural instinct,
that they had before them the last of the Honorable Bilks, on his way to
the Chronicle office, his bosom swelling with bitter memories and griefs too
long restrained. They gathered about him, as rough spirits will, and
hustled him with jeers and mocking laughter; but the noble creature
passed upon his way regardless, save for a lion-like movement of the tail,
which spread among them pale horror and dismay, relentless, pitiless, in
the breath of their nostrils. So he fared onward to the inner retreat of
the live paper, where a member of the police found him, the last of his
race, resigned to death, but stern to die as he had lived. So close was the
grapple that the officer has been furloughed for a week, and the Super-
visors have voted him §10,000 for his heroic attitude and the strength of
his smelL
Another convict at San Quentin kills a fellow-prisoner and the public
do nothing ! This cannot be borne. Almost the only industry left to us
is now threatened by this outrageous competition. How is eveu our nat-
ural genius for killing to stand up against the cheaper and baser prison
labor ? These men at San Quentin are at no expense ; they are boarded,
lodged, nourished at the public charge, while the hard-working citizen
has not only to furnish his own powder and ball, and his own butcher-
knife, but to meet the expenses of a family and pay his taxes. If some-
thing is not done by the next Legislature to relieve us it will be a moral
impossibility for any reputable person to maintain his family and shoot
his neighbor, and the business will fall into the hands of the contractors,
who farm the convict industry, which is fast eating the manhood out of
our people.
On Wednesday afternoon a crowd collected in front of the Chronicle
office, but only those with very bad colds stayed longer than possible. At
first it was thought that a reporter had been killed. A closer examina-
tion and a longer sniff, however, decided the doubtful matter in favor of
a skunk. Some boys were leading this sweet-scented denizen of the forest
along Montgomery street by a string, when officer Nash rushed in and
clubbed the poor beast to death. In its dying moments it left the gallant
officer a legacy which will materially interfere, for some time to come,
with his natural sweetness. The gallant victor was heard to exclaim,
while wiping his club and proudly gazing upon the slain: "And sure it's
a purty baste, but by Jasus ain't it Strang."
The Methodists respectfully request the Committee of Arrangements
not to have the reception of General Grant on Sunday. The Jewish San-
hedrim respectfully request that the reception be on any day but Satur-
day. Nothing has been heard from the Mohammedans about Friday,
nor from the Old Saxons about Thursday, nor from anybody else about
any other day. But we respectfully request that General Grant be in-
vited to turn Chinaman, for this occasion only .unless it seems easier to
turn the Methodists and the Sanhedrim into Piatt's Hall, and let them
fight it out between them.
Mr. Langtry, the legitimate possessor of the reigning London beauty,
is suing for a divorce. People had almost begun to look upon the beau-
teous Mrs. L. as public property, and several persons, one at least Royal,
have put in especial personal claims. This, Mr. L. won't stand, and says
he would much prefer being a frog and living upon the aroma of a duck-
pond, than to leave a corner in anything he was fond of for any one else.
San Francisco young men take warning, and don't all marry beautiful
girls. Pick out the plain ones; they are far easier to find, and less trouble
to keep.
The " Evening Bulletin " has come out strongly in the way of decora-
tions. Deacon Fitch sat up all Tuesday night with a bucket of molasses
and Bwab. In the Bmall hours of the morning he completed the noble
painting which now adorns the Bulletin office. It is pretty hard to tell
who it is intended for, but people who know say that it is very like Pick-
ering in his younger days, ere the golden tints gave way to the insidious
dye.
Mrs. Tressimple's husband went out quail shoooting on Monday
and brought home a nice bag of splendid birds. Mrs. T. says no quail
taste so nice as those her hubby kills ; there are no nasty shot in them to
hurt the teeth.
The potato crop in Ireland is said to be a very small one, so we may
reatonably expect the ciep of Michaels to arrive here during the next few
mouths to be an extra large one.
One of the noblest resulta • • the National heart
unstrained, bul A„ lirigiiml
MS. by Huarl A. .v. i tor hai fallen iul" our hand-., and we cannot i
from giving a few tin
ll.iil to the Bem ' ll. . mom on the iteamer,
He dinee in the i ibin and walki on the dealt :
While I, in the iiiidin IjI, with UperV wild glamour,
Bar ' flying behold the mad wreck.
Yes I still in the twilight thy glories are nnnding,
The nations crowd round thee and hold up their hats;
But Time, with his thy vista abounding
With Plenty, hei lap filled with corn and Iter vats.
Supervisors feel hurt at finding themselves nineteenth on the list in
the order of procession, in honor of Grant: and rightly, for the more
they are put forward the more the public will feel compelled to observe
their total unfitness for anything but the extreme tail-end of every re -
Electable i gathering. They would like, of course, to hide themselves, as
they ought to ; but they mu i oven ome their proper and natural sense of
shame at finding themselves in the broad daylight, and try to walk up-
right. We are responsible for their being our officials, and will bear their
presence with what stoicism we may.
The value of great men is not to be calculated. Nations must
thank God for their hero, as Carlyle says, and find, as they will, that he
is of infinite use. For instance, if Gen. Grant were not a great man
what would become of all our little spouters and pranoers who leap and
scream around him? Their occupation would be gone, and we should find
them lying all about the streets exploded with suppressed enthusiasm.
Our street-sweeping machine would be used up in no time. Let ua be
thankful for Gen. Grant.
All the wines and liquors at the great banquet are to be of Califor-
nia growth; so the dealers say, and they ought to know. It will be a
matter of interest to medical and other scientific men to study the charac-
ter of the next day's headaches aud dead drunks. For once, at least, we
shall have something authentic, or nearly so, on the effects of our pure
vintages. All the patriot stirs within U3, and we burn to offer ourselveB
as martyrs in this noble cause. Won't somebody give us $25— for a ticket?
Dr. Reich, German red-hot Republican and Workingman, all the
hotter because his name is anything but Republican, is spoiling for a little
immortality. He says we are making damned fools of ourselves over
Grant, who only wants to be Caesar ; but he swears that Caesar Grant
shall find his Brutus, that is, Brutus Reich. Marvelous like to something
we've heard before; but Reich has a fitness for the job. Nature has
made him a brute, and art may easily do the rest.
_ Grant was here twenty-five years ago, or thereabouts, and the statis-
tical mind is struck with awe at the thought of the changes which meet
his two eyes, now that he returns. Such contemplations are like thoughts
of mortality, wholesome for the soul, and Gen. Grant probably enjoys
them as well as the statistical mind; but he has a private satisfaction of
his own in the reflection that, just as soon as he can get a chance, he will
make the best change of all by running away.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., which nobody ever saw or heard of, has telegraphed
for Denis Kearney to enter its asylum for decayed nobodies. This is the
way of the world. No sooner is a poor devil used up than everybody is
ready to help bury him. Now that the Sand-Lot has been taken from the
agitator, there is nothing for him but to hide his face and hold his tongue
on Susquehanna's banks. He will give tongue no more.
The prison authorities at San Quentin have a very good way of
disposing of their troublesome criminals. Two of them quarrel ; one is
provided with a knife and kills the other. The man who does the killing
is hanged, and thus both are shunted without any further trouble. Three
have been disposed of in this excellent manner within the last six months.
There are several more ready for the knife.
Some indignant youth writes for rope (Denis is out of town) to keep
the streets clear while the procession is passing. A simpler way would be
that recorded in the " Pasha of Many Tales" of the great procession in
the Celstial Empire, which consisted of all the inhabitants of the land,
except three blind old women, who were left to do the spectator business.
Let the indignant youth fall into line.
Bainum is said to have offered Grant a large premium for the privilege
of traveling him around the country. The General gracefully declined
to exhibit his "continental polish" under such auspices, but at the same
time will deny no free-born American citizen the supreme privilege of
gazing upon his manly form, at a small cost. He doesn't seem very dear
at $510,000, as times go.
Speculation has fatigued itself during^ the past two days with trying
to discover where the fearful picture of General Grant came from which
has been glaring upon the public from the door of the Bulletin office. It
resembles nothing human, but sits upon the beholder like a nightmare.
Its secret history is this ; Fitch was the model, and the artist was Pick-
ering.
One of our "high-toned and elegant" millionaires has not long since
visited Europe. A traveled friend asked him what he had seen, mention-
ing all the noted sights, among others if he had seen the Dardanelles ?
" Oh, yes," replied old money-bags ; " they dined with us the last night
we were in Paris."
Rumor has once more killed the Czar of all the Russians ; how, is not
exactly known. The Czar himself does not know — in fact, says he feels
as well as ever. It is bad enough to be shot at by Nihilists, without be-
ing quietly done away with by the telegraph. "Uneasy rests the
head," etc., etc.
The Post says the city looks " like a bride dressed to receive the
bridegroom." Now, what a sweetly pretty and novel idea, to be sure 1
It is to be hoped Mrs. Grant won't be jealous, or the blushing bride suffer
much from the consummation of her fond hopes.
The average Stocktonian is said to be a remarkably cautious indi-
vidual, and no wonder; when the business of one-half the population con-
sists of putting the other into an insane asylum it really looks as if cau-
tion were called for on the part of average folks.
" Smell ! yes ; what is it?" Police Officer — " Chronicle moving, sir I"
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Sept. 20, 1879.
C. P. R. R.
Overland Ticket Office : Ferry Landing, foot
of Market street. --Commencing Monday,
May 19th, 1879, and until further notice,
Trains and Boats wil leave
SAN FRANCISCO:
7f\f\ A. M. (daily), Vallejo Steamer (from Market
■ \J\J street Lauding — Connecting- with Trains for
Napa (Stages for Sonoma), Calistoga (the Geysers),
and Sacramento. Connecting at Davis (Sundays except-
ed) for Woodland and Knight's Landing, and at Wood-
land for Williams and Willows.
(Arrive San Francisco 8:10 p.m.)
7 4\(\ A-M- (dauy) L°cal Passenger Train ( via Oakland
• "U Ferry) and via Livermore arriving at Tracy
at 11:30 A. M. and connecting with Atlantic Express.
Connects at Niles with Train arriving at San Jose at
10:15 a.m.
(Returning, train from Tracy arrives at 6:05 p.m.)
8(\f\ A.M. (daily), Atlantic Express Train (via Oak-
.UU land Ferry, Northern By. and S. P. & T. R R.)
for Sacramento, Marvsville, Redding, Portland (Or.),
Colfax, Reno (Virginia City), Palisade (Eureka), Ogden
and Omaha. Connects at Gait with train arriving at
lone at 3:40 P.M.
(Arrive San Francisco 5:15 p.m.)
Sunday Excursion Tickets to San Pablo and Marti-
nez at Seduced Rates.
1 Ci AAA-M- (daily) via Oakland Ferry, Local Passeo-
J.U. \J Vf ger Train to Hay wards and Niles.
(Arrive San Francisco 4:05 p.m.)
3r\f\ P.M. (dai!y)San Jose Passenger Train (via Oak-
,\JU land Ferry and Niles), stopping at all WaySta-
tious. Arrives at San Jose at 5:20 p.m.
(Arrive San Francisco 9:35 a.m.)
3(\i\ P.M. (daily) Northern Railway Passenger Train
*\j\J (via Oakland Ferry) to San Pablo, Martinez
(Arrive San Francisco 9:35 a.m.)
and Antioch.
4f\f\ P.M. (daily) Arizona Express Train (via Oak-
•W land Ferry, Northern Ry. and S. P. & T. R. R.)
for Lathrop (and Stockton), Merced, Madera, Visalia,
Sumner, Mojave, Newhall (San Buenaventura, and Santa
Barbara), Los Angeles, "Santa Monica," Wilmington,
Santa Ana (San Diego), Colton and Yuma (Colorado
River Steamers), connecting direct with Daily Trains
of the Southern Pacific Radroad of Arizona for Mari-
copa (Daily Stages for Phcenix and Prescott), and for
Casa Grande (182 miles east from Yuma), and end of
Track (Daily Stages for Florence and Tucson).
"Sleeping Cars" between Oakland, L03 Angeles and
Yuma.
(Arrive San Francisco 12:35 p.m.)
4f\f\ P. M. (Sundays excepted; Vallejo Steamer (from
.\Jv Market Street Landing), connecting with trains
for Calistoga, (the Geysers), Woodland, Knight's Laud-
ing and Sacramento ; and at Sacramento with Pas-
senger Train, leaving at 9:35 P.M. for Truckee, Reno,
Carson and Virginia.
" Sleeping Cars " between Vallejo and Carson.
(Arrive San Francisco 11:10 A.M.)
A C\C\ P.M. (Sundays excepted) Sacramento Steamer
t.UU (from Wash'n St. Wharf), for Beniciaand Land-
ings on the Sacramento River.
(Arrive San Francisco 8:00 p.m.)
4AAP.M. (daily), Through Third Class and Accom-
•V^|^-' modation Train (via Oakland Ferry, North-
ern Ry. and S. P. & T. R. R.) connecting at Lathrop
with Train arriving at Los Angeles on second day at
11:55 A.M. (Arrive San Francisco 9:05 A.M.
4 0A P.M. (daily) Local Passenger Train (via Oak -
• Ov/ land Ferry) to Haywards, Niles and Liver-
more. (Arrive San Franciaco 8:35 a.m.)
5A A P.M. (daily) Overland Emigrant Train (via
• V/VJ' Oakland Ferry aod Northern Railway) to
Ogden, Omaha and East.
Public conveyance for Mills Seminary connects atSem-
nary Park Stat.on with all trains, Sundays excepted.
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Co., Jewelers, 101 and 103 Montgomery St., S. F.
T. H. GOODMAN, Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agt.
A. N. Towne, General Superintendent.
Commencing Monday, Jane 2il. 1879,
and until further notice, Boats and Trains will
leave San Francisco as follows :
7 1 A a M., from San Quentin Ferry, daily (Sundays
• -■- " excepted), connecting at San Rafael with
Mail and Express Train for Petaluma, Santa Rosa,
Healdsburg, Cloverdale and way stations. Making stage
connections at Geyaerville for Skaggs' Springs ; Clover-
dale for Ukiah, Lakeport, Mendocino City, Highland
and Bartlett Springs, Soda Bay and the Geysers; connec-
tion made at Fulton for Korbel's, Guerneville and the
Redwoods. Returning, arrive in San Francisco at 6:25
p.m. Passengers gointr by this train will arrive at the
Geysers at 2 P.M.
3AA P. M. daily (Sundays excepted), Steamer
• " " " James M . Donahue " (Washington Street
Wharf) , connecting with Mail and Express Train at Don-
ahue for Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Healdsburg, Cloverdale,
and way stations. Making stage connections at Lake-
ville for Sonoma. Returning, arrive in San Francisco
at 10:10 a.m.
Sunday Excursions at Reduced Rates.
8"| K a.m., Sundays only, via San Quentin Ferry
• -LO and San Rafael, for Cloverdale and Way Sta-
tions. Returning, arrive in San Francisco at 7:55 p.m.
Fares for Round Trip: Petaluma, Si. 50; Santa Rosa, §2.00;
Healdsburg, S3 00; Cloverdale, §4.50; Fulton, $2.50; La-
guna, $3.00; Furestville, §3.50; Korbel's, $3.75; Guerne-
villc, $4.
Freight received at "Washington st. "Wharf
from 7 a.m. tiH 2.30 p. m., daily (except
Sundays).
Special Notice.
Until further notice, after Monday, the 15th instant,
the 7:10 a.m Train, via San Quentin and San Rafael, will
be discontinued.
A. A. Bean, A. Hughes, Jab, M. Donahue,
Sup't. Gen. Manager. Gen. Pass. & Tkt. Agt.
[June 7.]
Natural beauty surpasses any-
thing which can be imparted by
artificial means. PHOSPHATE
SOAP gives health to the skin
simply by removing impurities and
eradicating the poisons which give
rise to skin diseases.
Not only tor craily use on the fac9
and hands, but for bathing the
entire body, there is nothing equal
to PHOSPHATE SOAP. It is a
thorough disinfectant and removes
offensive odors of every kind.
$W° Ask your Druggist for it.
!lf8iHlSi
(Commencing' Monday, April 21, 1879,
J and until further notice, Passenger Trains will leave
San Francisco, from Passenger Depot on Townsend
street, between Third and Fourth streets, as follows :
8^}C\ a.m. daily for San Jose and Way Stations.
••"^ ^~ Stages for Pescadero (via San Mateo)
connect with this train only.
Q Ofj a.m (Sundays only) for San Jose and Way Sta.
tz^^-' tions. Returning, leaves San Jose at 6 r.M
"1 (~\ A(~\ A.M. daily for San Jose, Gilroy, Hollister,
-l-Vy.a:V/ TresPinos, Pajaro, Salinas, Soledad and
all Way Stations, gap* At Pajaro, the Santa Cruz
R. R. counects with this train for Aptos, Soquel and
Santa Cruz, ^f3 At Salinas the M. & S, V. R. R.
connects with this train for Monterey. %W Stage
connections made with this train. (Pescadero Stages via
San Mateo excepted.)
Parlor Car attached to this Train.
(seats at reduceq rates.)
O Q(\ p.m. daily (Sundays excepted) for San Jose,
*-*■ " v-/ Gilroy, Pajaro, Hollister, Tres Piuos and prin-
cipal Way Stations.
SPECIAL NOTICE.— The trains of the Santa Cruz R. R.
and the M. & S. V. R. R , which have been connecting
with this train on Saturdays at Pajako and Salinas re-
spectively, have been withdrawn for the season. Those
intending to visit Aptos, Soquel, Santa Cruz or Monterey,
will take the train leaving San Francisco at 10:40 a.m.
daily.
3Q (~\ p.m. (Sundays only) for San Jose and Way Sta-
,Q\J tions.
4 9?v P-M. dailv (Sundays excepted) for San Jose and
.AO Way Stations.
5fJ A p, M dailv (Sundays excepted) for MenloPark
• ^J " and Wav Stations.
6.30
and Way Stations,
p.m.— daily, for Menlo Park and Way Stations.
Second-Class Fare.
Between San Francisco and San Jose $1.00.
On Freight Trains only, leaving San Francisco at 4:00
A.M., San Jose at 8:30 p.m. (daily, Sundays excepted).
Excursion Tickets at Reduced Rates
To San Jose and intermediate points sold on Saturdays,
and Sunday mornings, good for return until following
Moi.day inclusive.
Also, EXCURSION TICKETS to Aptos, Soquel, Santa
Cruz and Monterey, sold on Saturdays only— good for
return until the following Monday inclusive.
%&f Principal Ticket Office— Passenger Depot, Town-
send street. Branch Ticket Office— No. 2 New Mont-
gomery street, Palace Hotel.
A.C.BASSETT,Supt. H.R. JUDAH, A. P. &T. A.
SOUTHERN DIVISIONS.
Commencing; Monday, May 19th, 1879,
ff5^~ Passengers for points on the Southern Divisions
of the road will take the cars of the Central Pacific Rail-
road via OAKLAND, leaving SAN FRANCISCO via Ferry
Landing, Market street, at 4:00 p.m. daily (Arizona Ex-
press Train), and making close connection at GOSHEN
for Sumner, Mojave, Los Angeles, Wilmington, Ana-
heim, Colton, Colorado River, Yuma, Maricopa and Casa
Grande (182 miles east from Yuma). May 31.
Ladies who have injured the skin
by the constant use of cosmetics
may do much to restore their faces
to that beauty which nature alone
can give by constantly using PHOS-
PHATE SOAP.
For chapped hands the constant
use of PHOSPHATE SOAP wiU
be recommended by all who give
it one fair trial.
If you want a nice article of
Toilet Soap and something that is
beneficial to the skin, buy PHOS-
PHATE SOAP.
Ladies who wish to make the
skin look beautiful and natural
should use PHOSPHATE SOAP.
Manufactured by "Standard Soap Co.,"
204 Sacramento St.. San Francisco.
Bept. 20, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
18
NOTABILIA.
THE
Lawn as white as driven snow ;
Qfprea blade u e'er was crow ;
Gloves u sweet as damask rows
Masks for faces and for in ises :
Bugle-bruvk-t, necklace, amber;
Perfume for a lady's chamber;
PEDDLERS SONG.
Gold quoins and stomachers,
For my lads to give their dears ;
Pins and poking-sticks of steel.
What maids lack from head to heel:
Come huy of me.come; come buy, come buy,
Buy, lads, or else your lasses cry.
William Suakspeare.
Gen. Grant has traveled this wide world over, like old Rosin the Bow,
and some day will go to another. He has seen the manners and the cities
of many races and tribes, has eaten and drunken with tame men and with
wild, under the North Star and the Southern Cross ; he has been the
guest of the kings and of the great of the earth, and now he has reached
San Francisco and Swain's Restaurant, 213 Sutter street, where he has
had the most delightful breakfast and dinner he has enjoyed within three
years. He has brie0y expressed bis pleasure at the style, the elegance
and the comfort of this model establishment.
Capt. Smith, who is best known as the husband of Horace Greeley's
daughter, is lecturing the world on the "True Ideal for American Youth."
His theory is summed up by a captious critic in these words: " Strive to
become a captain and to earn the name of Smith, and there's no telling
what may happen to you." A shorter road to glory would be to find a
range that could do better cooking than Montanya's Union, from Jackson
street, below Battery ; but, though the road is short, thousands have
failed, and tens of thousands will fail, in trying to travel it.
Have you ever observed how mad it makes a man with a sore throat
because be can't swallow about two hundred and fifty times every four or
five minutes.
In the old days of San Francisco, when Eighth street was miles out
of town, and the festive grizzly disported himself at the corner of Van
Ness and Market streets, sportsmen used to put in, under stress of weather,
at the Mission, and get a glass of something cheering. They tell great
stories of the old rum and cognac of those times ; but it is acknowledged
by all that F. & P. J. Cassin's Golden Plantation Whisky is ahead of
anything ever put into a glass with water, hot or cold, or straight without.
An ingenious French painter, who was talking about costume with
some foreigners, maintained that much of the dignity associated in our
minds with the face and form of Washington, was due to the starched
cravat about his neck. " Remove that," he cried, " and Washington will
descend at least thirty degrees in the eyes of his admirers." Carmany &
Crosett, 25 Kearny street, have now on hand an unequaled assortment of
articles for neck -wear, so perfectly adapted to face and figure that they
bring out the beauty of every man's individuality.
When a young lady wants to appear in ablaze of glory she indulges
in a little torchon lace.
It is announced that the King of Abyssinia claims the strip of coast
ceded to Egypt in 1877, and threatens, if his claim is rejected, to go to
war. The King, who is called Negus at home, very naturally cannot be
made to agree with a good Mahometan, to whom Negus is a forbidden in-
dulgence ; but the severity of the Prophet's rides has been relaxed with
regard to sparkling wines ; and Landsberger's Private Cuve*e finds favor
equally with the Khedive and with his enemy, as the most healthful and
delicious of all vintages.
Monday last, as the shameless noon was hammered from the towers
of the city churches, four thousand sportsmen might have been seen pass-
ing along the streets, with resolution in their eyes, their guns on their
shoulders, and in their powder-horns Hazard's F.G, for ducks, and F.F.
or F.F.F. for quail. And they have done capital work since they went,
for Hazard's has more force than any other brand of powder, and tbe gun
is left very clean after using.
The scarcity of stovepipe jokes this season suggests that the " times
are out of joint."
Herbert Spencer, the great English philosopher, is hard at work on
his " Psychology," which he hopes to finish before health and strength
give out. It seems a miserable thing that a man of great intellect should
spend himself in such labor, when practical psychology is within the
reach of every one who can purchase one of White's hats, 614 Commercial
street. The soul naturally utters itself in the face of the man who wears
tliis perfect head-dress.
Of the six thousand i i >anci*™ who
n*u u.pl.t.-nwiol
? '• ■ ' ; i f such portrml
for the coming historian of
Ma WMtwiU ba sbls to dhow tbs v.rv man who mid* the rnct6o Coa»t
the Jart glory pi u bafdra their camera (s to be assured of
U) honorable. miuiort&lity.
Now that the warm autumn weather sets fa, without fog or mist
d kturally bethink them of pm-naoN ami snn-nmbrallas, and Mr. V.
. 232 Kearny street, i* flUed with customers. His
seamless gloves, of all shades sad onion, and with buttons from two to
eighteen, are exciting the greatest Usarast,so immensely superior are
they to all others.
Asiatic Cholera. ('h..l,T:i Morbus, Summer Complaint, Colic, Sour
Stomach, Diarrhea, and all UFecttonsnf the Bowels, incident to either
children or adults, are cared si once by l>r. Jaynri Carminative Balaam.
It allays the irritation ami calms the action of the stomach, and, being
pleasant to the taste, in an acceptable remedy to the youngest in the
family. Sold by Crane \ Krigham, Sun Francisco.
All who took part in the Festivities of this memorable week speak en-
thusiastically in praise of Napa Soda, which has kept off headaches and
fevers. And those drink now who never drank before, and those who
used to drink now drink the more.
Tapestry Brussels, -SI per yard and upwards j fine newpatterns. Call
and see them. Window shades, 75 cents and upwards. Window lace, 12 j
cents and upwards. Cornices, wall paper, etc. Oilcloths, 50 cents per
yard and upwards. Hartshorn & McPhun, 112 Fourth St., near Mission.
All Monthly prostration and suffering by ladies is avoided by using
Hop Bitters a few days in advance.
T. A. BARRY, Agent for Na glee's Brandy, is at No. 116
Montgomery Street.
GEO. STREET, Agent News Zetter, 30 Cornhitl, E. C, Zondon,
IN CONSEQUENCE OF SPURIOUS IMITATIONS OF
LEA A PERKINS* SAUCE, which are calculated to deceive
the public, Lea and Perrins have adopted A NEW LABEL, bearing their sig-
nature, " LEA & PERRINS," which is placed on every bottle of WORCESTERSHIRE
SAUCE, and without which none is genuine.
Ask for LEA & PERRINS' Sauce, and see name on wrapper, label, bottle and stop-
per Wholesale and for export by the proprietors, Worcester ; Crosse & Blackwell,
London, etc., etc., and by grocers and oilmen throughout the world. To be obtained of
Nov. 16. -MESSRS. CROSS & CO., San Francisco.
ROWLAND'S
MACASSAR OIL strengthens the Hair and prevents it falling off. The bottles
have a glass stopper, and not a cork.
ELAXYDOR beautifies the Complexion and eradicates Freckles, Tan, Prickly Heat,
Eruptions, etc.
ODONTO whitens the .Teeth, prevents and arrests decay, and gives a pleasing
fragrance to the breath.
E UK.ONIA is a new and delicate toilet powder,
Ask for ROWLAND'S articles, of 20, Hatton Garden, London, and avoid cheap
imitations. Sold bv Druggists, Bazaars, etc., all over the world. May 3.
F
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
lnestand Cheapest Meat-flavoring
Dishes and Sauces.
Stock for Sonps, Made
March 2.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MFAT
rs a success and boon for which Nations shonld feel grate*
fnl- See "Medical Press," "Lancet," "British Medical Journal," etc.
ful.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT-
Cant ion— Genuine only with fac-simile of Baron Lieblg's
Signature, in blue ink, across Label. "Consumption in England increased ten-
old in ten years." March 2.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
To be had of all Store-keepers, Grocers and Chemists. Sole
Agents for the United States (wholesale only), C. David & Co., 43, Mark Lane,
London, England. March 2.
CHARLES LANGLEY & CO.,
'Wholesale Druggists*
Importers of Pnre English, French and German Drngs,
100 and 102 FRONT STREET,
San Francisco. [Sept. 8.
JOSEPH GILLOTT'S STEEL PENS.
Gold Medal, Paris, 187 S.
old by all Stationers. Sole Agent for tbe United States:
MB. HENRY HOE, 91 John street, N Y. Jan. 6.
S'
14
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Sept. 20, 1879.
MY SWEETHEART.
I have a sweetheart firm and true, And stroke the little head of gold,
She's never cold, she's never coy, And watch the pliant limbs at rest —
She courts me in her mother's view, Sweet five years old!
And is as wild as any boy.
Before the world she kisses me,
She's saucy, romping, willful, bold ;
And yet I love my love. — You see
She's five years old.
She has a wealth of golden hair,
Ber bright blue eyes with mischief
shine,
Her little feet upon the stair
Make music that is half divine.
She simply leads the simple life,
The life of love— the life of trust ;
She knows not of the outer strife,
She knows not of its toil and dust.
For her the world has no alloy,
Truth reigns supreme ; Love's never
cold ;
Her little life is one long joy
At five years old.
, Ah! dearest, you will older grow,
Her laughter ripples through the Ere long. your £awning. thoughts will
place, roam
And fills it with a joy untold ; Fari far in their resiatless flow
She bears God s sunshine on her face: Beyond the narrow bounds of home.
Dear five years old! An^ yefc( fcowe'er the world may
She greets me with the early day smile,
And lifts her lips for me to press ; You'd often barter wealth untold
She wiles my mid-day cares away To be again, a little while,
With look, and question, and caress. Just five years old.
At night I peep into her nest, —London Graphic.
SERIOUS THOUGHTS ON THE CHINESE QUESTION.
The Chinese are fast making their way in the Eastern cities of this
continent. The era of cheap production is causing a demand for low-
priced labor, which they are very willing to supply. The New York
Herald has been at some pains to find out what they are doing in that city,
and says that, in an incredibly short time, they have made a truly won-
derful showing. We are told that in 1875 they only amounted to 157,
but that now they have reached the number of 2,500, with an increase
going on most rapidly. They have, as is their woDt, established them-
selves in a particular quarter of the city, and already amount to a good-
sized colony. This is mainly due to the efforts of some leading spirits,
who persuaded the Chinese residents of San Francisco to establish a
branch of one of the famous six companies in Mott street. It induced all
arriving Mongolians to rally to this neighborhood, which is known as
" New China." In Jersey City there are three factories which employ
Chinese labor alone. One of them is a shirt factory, another a shoe fac-
tory, and the last an establishment for the manufacture of cheap cntleiy.
It is said that a beer saloon has been established in Hoboken by two Chi-
namen. This is a most exceptional employment for them to engage in.
Ordinarily they neither buy nor Bell the liquors of the Europeans or
Americans, their vice being confined principally, if not wholly, to the use
of opium, which, by the way, is an evil that has been thrust upon th-sni by a
highly civilized western nation. In Brooklyn thereare about fifty laundries,
six cigar stores, and one grocery. Abnut ten per cent, come from Havana,
and the rest from California. Over 95 per cent, of the resident Chinese
are known to be engaged in some useful and honorable business. This is
but a beginning. It shows that the Chinese have got a firm foothold, and
we know from our experience of them that, when they have once success-
fully established themselves, their numbers increase at a marvelously
rapid rate. Already we are told that the Chinese companies in this city
send East every few days a batch of about one hundred. Of these about
fifty go to New York, twenty to Boston, twenty to Philadelphia, and the
rest scatter as there may be orders tor their services. The Herald is re-
sponsible for the further statement that they are marrying extensively,
generally Irish women, and a China-Celtic generation is springing up.
From all of which it is apparent that moon-eyed John has made another
long stride toward occupying his destined position as the workman of the
world. We may kick as we like, we may orate at the Sand-lots, and write
editorials by the yard, but the inexorable logic of the times is, that the
nations will buy their labor in the cheapest market, and that is unques-
tionably China. This may or may not be a deplorable fact, but it is a
fact nevertheless. This is an era of cheap productions. The nation that
can produce the cheapest will undeniably supply the markets of the world.
Competition is already keen, and will grow keener ever day. Labor is the
most expensive element in production. The cheaper that element can be
obtained, the cheaper will production necessarily be. In that view the
Chinese Question is not merely a Californian one, nor even an American
one, but will shortly become of vital importance to all manufacturing and
producing nations. The Chinese being the cheapest laborers, no one pro-
ducing nation can afford to ignore their availability any more than it can
afford to ignore the usefulness of machinery. The people that do either
will soon find themselves unable to compete with the rest of the world.
That is the inexorable logic of the Chinese Question. We may for awhile
shut our eyes, but sooner or later we, and all other producers, will have to
awake to the inevitable. As it comes to this, then, that no one nation can
dispense with the cheapest labor any more than it can give up the use of
machinery, it follows that nothing short of a common agreement among
all nations will effect the purpose of excluding the Chines**. Even then
the end aimed at would not be gained. The desire of workinarmen is to
avoid competition with Chinese cheap labor. But capitalists have learned
the great availability of the Chinaman, and if they can't bring his labor
to their capital, they will take their capital to his labor. In other words,
they will establish manufactories in China for tbe supply of the world's
wants. That would be the sure result of excluding Chinese from our labor
markets. We rather think, from workingmen's point of view, the second
condition would be worse than the first. It is true that, if there could be
an universal agreement, tariffs could be prepared so as to. exclude imports
from China ; but such an agreement would have to be general, for if
any one of the favored nations continued to receive Chinese importations,
they could be resold and competition defied. Ultimately we reach the
conclusion that there can be no successful resistance against the cheap labor
of China, unless there is a binding contract entered into by all the rest of
the world to exclude not only Chinese labor, but also the products of it.
That is a startling proposition, but nevertheless it is the only possible
way in which the views entertained by the working classes can, in the
end, be made effective. It would be an extraordinary sight to see all the
world arrayed against poor John. The Chinese wall, in that case, would
be more effective for inclusion than it ever was for exclusion. It would,
in that event, better keep him in than it ever kept its enemies out. Can
any thinking mind, conversant with the march of the world's progress,
dream for one moment of the possibility of such a universal alliance
against cheap labor? The idea is utterly impossible of realization. The
conflicting interests of the nations would prevent any such understanding.
But, above and beyond all other reasons, the genius of the age in which
we live is irresistibly set against the building up of such a wall of exclu-
sion. The thing is impossible. That it should be seriously proposed in
the United States —a nation that has been built up by laborers from all
countries— is one of the anomalies of the times. Our traditions, our form
of government, our literature, and all that we have done, and all that we
are, forbid the idea of Americans leading the van in an universal move-
ment against an honest, hard-working, law-abiding and useful race. The
Chinaman is already here by reason of the operation of our laws, which
guarantee him protection. He is here by reason of Treaty rights; more-
over, he is here by right of that higher and better law common to all
civilized humanity — the r 'ght of asylum to every law-abiding man. There
can be no more walls of exclusion between nation and nation. The steam-
ship, the railroad, the telegraph, and the needs of commerce, have leveled
all such flimsy partitions. Chinamen are here, and they will continue to
come, and go^ as they please; they will come in increased numbers as the
demand for them spreads; they will go East, North and South, and they
will be the beasts of burden of this continent; they will be our common
laborers. Our youths must be educated in technical and skilled knowl-
edge— not merely in mere book lore, but in the higher class of mechanics,
bo that they may know more than Chinamen know, and so occupy a
higher plane of industrial life. In that way, room may be made for both;
the right man may be fitted into tbe right place. At first there may be
many inconveniences, but in the end, we believe, the genius of civiliza-
tion will find a way to accommodate itself to the new order of things, not
only without injury to any, but with advantage to all. The march of
progress is irresistible, and may not be stopped until it has conquered the
whole earth. Cheap laborers are not an element inimical to that progress,
but, on the contrary, are essential to it. They will fall into line, occupy
their destined place, and the grand cavalcade will go marching on, gath-
ering force, and adding as it goes to the sum of human civilization.
SIGNAL SERVICE METEOROLOGICAL REPORT, WEEK
ENDING SEPT. 18, 1879, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Highest and- Zoivest Barometer.
Frl. 12. Sat. 13 Sun. 14 Hon 15 Tue. 16 Wed 17 Thr 18
29.991
29.965
5.033 30.093 30.043 29.960 29.991
29 9S0 30.010 29.931 29.909 29.932
Maximum and Minimum Thermometer.
70
02
W.
134
70 62 05 Gi
57 53 53 52
Mean Daily Humidity,
| 72.3 | 82 | 81 | 86 |
Prevailing Wind.
| W. | W. | W. .| w.
Win-d — Miles TraveJ-ed.
J 134 J 267 | 250 | 207
State of Weather.
| Fair. | Fair. | Fair. | Fair.
Rainfall in Twenty-four JETours
i i i i i
62
54
29.339
29.S64
04
64
| 86.7
I
W. I
| 232 |
N.
188
Cloudy. | Foggy.
I
Total Main During Season beginning July 1, 3 870 03 inches
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVALS AND CLEARANCES AT THE PORT OP SAN FRANCISCO, FOR
THE WEEK ENDING SEPT. 18, 1879.
ARRIVALS.
DATE.
VESSEL.
MASTER.
WHERE FROM.
CONSIGNEES.
Sep 13
.. 13
. 14
Engelstad . .
Leclere
Newcstle, Eng
Yokohama
Marseilles ....
Sch'r Greyhound . . . . —
A. Crawford & Co.
Order.
.. 18
A. Vignier.
CLEARANCES.
Sep 13
. 13
. 13
. 15
. 15
. 16
. 17
. 18
. 18
. IS
5t*r Oceanic
Ship PeterStuart....
Bktne Eureka
bark Quillota
Bark Melanesia
Bark Loch Doon....
Ship Hospodar
Ship Peri
Ship Wm. H. Connor
Sehr Bonanza
MASTER.
Metcalfe....
Vanstone ..
No rd berg . .
Thoreaux ..
Brown
Conning
Whitmore..
Hurs
Pendleton . .
Miller
WOE RE BOUND
Hongkong
Cork
Honolulu
Bordeaux
Cork
(Jueenstown..
yueeustown. . .
Cork
Cork
Kahalui
BY WOOM CLEARED.
O. & O. S. S. Co.
Balfour, Guthrie & Co.
Williams, BlanuhardJfc Co.
VV. T. Coleman & Co.
Balfour, Guthrie & Co.
Detrener & Co.
R. Sheehey.
Balfour, Guthrie & Co.
Fulkner, Bell & Co.
CI a us Spreckles.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Tbe Home Mutual Jnsurauce Company will pay its regular
monthly dividend of One (1) Dollar per share on September 10th, 1879.
CHARLES R. STORY, Secretary,
Sept. 13. 406 California street.
I. B. EAMES,
Attoruey-at-Law, TJ. S. Court Building:, corner Battery
and Washington streets, rooms 39 and 40, San Francisco. [Sept. 13.
iy£\ Lovely Rosebud Chromo Cards, or_20_Motto Cbromos
/4v\3 with name, 10c.
NASSAU CARD CO., Nassau, N. Y.
s
J. C. MERRILL & CO.,
hipping- and Commission Merchants, Agents for tbe Sand-
wich Islands Packet Liues, 204 California street, S. F. April 13.
R. H. LLOYD,
Attorney-at-Law, Room 13. Nevada Block.
90, 1870.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
15
TheDayBook
-= ■ F R O M - C—
Saturday to Saturday.
London. September 13th. The Hora« Government telegraphed the
JT of India last uight expressing approTml and gratification at his
military arrangement*. The politic*) department of the India office here
is it extremely probable thai Herat, BadaJrahaa and Balkh will
mpport the revolt, but ha.s nut definite newi on the subject OtDHAH,
September 13th. — A meeting of repn sentativM of limited manufacturing
oompaniea was held here to., lav, at which about four millions of spindles
were represented. It was resolved to adopt short time by working all.i
nate weeks, or three days in each week, for one month. Fifty companies,
operating two millions of spindles, have decided to go on short time imme-
diately.——Havana, September 1 Ith. A dispatch from Madrid an-
nounces that the Government will propose to the t'ortes that all slaves
will he given their liberty July 1, 1880, on condition of seven years'
obligatory labor, with wages paid. — SalIHAB, September 14th. — The
purchase of the Monterey and Salinas Valley Railroad by the Southern
Pacific Railroad Company will unquestionably have a beneficial effect on
the town of Monterey. Already a number of men have been engaged
as track-layers, and to-day a gang of carpenters will commence work.—
LONDON, September 14th. —A dispatch from AH Kheyl gives the follow-
ing account of the massacre of the British Legation at Cabul : Four
thousand men attacked the residence in which the British Embassy was
quartered. The mutineers brought up artillery against it. Major Cavag-
naii was stabbed in several places, and all the bodies of the dead were
mutilated. The Afghan luss exceeded three hundred. The Ameer had
other troops who remained faithful, but made no effort to interfere, ow-
ing to intimidation by the pirates.— A great tenants* rights meeting
was held in Mallow, Irelaud, on Saturday. It was addressed by Sir Jo-
seph McKenna and other members of Parliament. Twenty thousand
persons were present. Resolutions were passed calling the attention of
the Government to the distressed condition of Ireland, and suggesting
the establishment of a system of State relief and a general abatement in
rents. -^A dispatch from Rangoon says the British gunboat has not gone
to Mandalay, because it was feared it would be fired upon. The British
Resident Minis! er and his staff will remain at Mandalay for the present.
—London, September 14th. — According to present appearances, the
distress among the working classes of thickly populated towns in the
northeastern portion of England will be intense during the winter.
Bucharest, Sept. 14th. — The District Councils have been convoked in
extraordinary session, to decide for relief measures for the rural popula-
tion, who are suffering from famine, caused by the failure of the maize
crop.— Portland, September 1G. — The work of the construction of the
new lighthouse on Tillamook Rock, at the mouth of the Columbia, will
commence in a few days. — An invitation has been forwarded to Gen-
eral Grant and party to visit the capital city and the State Fair grounds
during the coming fair. ^—London, Sept. 15.— The Times' financial ar-
ticle says : " General Sickles, in visiting Paris, is said to have in view
the organization of a joint French-American Commission, un-
der the Presidency of General Grant, to make a definite
combination between the Panama and Nicaragua canal schemes.^—
New York, September 15th. —By way of Panama, we have later advices
from Lima. The Huascar attacked Antofagasta on the 28th of August.
An engagement of four hours1 duration ensued. The Huascar silenced
the enemy's fire and dismantled their principal battery. The Atlas was
damaged, her commander wounded and several killed.— Panama, Sep-
tember 15th. — The Star and Herald says : The Chilean fleet off Pisaquay
captured a torpedo launch and some torpedoes. Judge Pettis, United
States Minister to Bolivia, has returned to Arica from Chile, and rumors
of peace negotiations are current in Lima. These involve the cessation of
hostilities, the retirement of the Chileans from the disputed territory, and
a reference of the questions between Bolivia and Chile to the arbitrament
or neutrals. Several vessels in addition to the Gleneig are expected at
Valparaiso with arms. They will be met at the straits and go un-
der convoy to their destination. There is a large amount of war ma-
terial on the Isthmus for both Peru and Bolivia. A terrible storm along
the coast caused the loss of a great deal of property and some lives.—
London, September loth. — Relative to the apprehended distress among
the working classes in thickly populated towns in the northeast of Eng-
land, it is estimated that 200,000 persons in the district referred to have
been thrown out of work during three years past. There are thousands
of empty houses in Darlington. Stockton and Newport are also seriously
effected. The climax of distress has been reached at Middleborough.— —
New York, September 15th.— European advices state that the losses sus-
tained by the English farmers this season from bad crops are estimated at
£25,000,000 on corn, £15,000,000 on potatoes, £15,000,000 on hay, and £1,-
250,000 on hops. England will have to import 16,000.000 quarters of
wheat this year, against 14,600,000 last year. — New York, September
16th.— During the past Summer 16,027 cahin passengers left here and
Philadelphia iii steamers for Europe. This does not include the steamers
of the Gnion, Wilson and Bristol lines, which would materially increase
it. During 1878 more than 20,000 cabin passengers sailed from this port
alone. The excess nf last year was probably caused by the Paris Exposi-
tion.——Berlin, Sept. 16th.— The Emperor has returned to the capital,
having completed his inspection of the Autumn maneuvres.*^— The Offi-
cial Oaztttc publishes a decree dissolving the Prussian Chamber of Dep-
uties. The Minister of Interior also publishes a notification, fixing the
election of direct electors for September 30, and the election of Deputies
for October 7th. — —Constantinople, Sept. 16th. —Telegrams from
Adrianople represent that the Mussulmans in Eastern Roumelia are flee-
ing to Adrianople for protection, and are utterly destitute.^— London,
Sept. 17th. — The following dispatch has just been received from
South Africa: " Cai*e Town, via Aden, Any. 29th. — Marter captured
Cetewayo yesterday. Marter commanded a squadron of dragoons."
"OUR SHEET MARKET.
Business fa not proa
nominal In tl
our ihotti DOW " lie in • ■
A pair of ears that go on a head of civilization— Pioneers and frontiers.
a oi. I quotations are nearly
l bid- for their inthntn ■■■ a
ing a monetw
V-"'\ Mr portuni
'"~ '"r "" profit ibl their peculiar talents, of which we ■hall
opment, It i- a most unpromising fact
tor the future of the Pacific ooaat pre*, that there is so little oi i
work genuine thinking .!■■,. 1 ■. th< ailed editors, This weep
' witboonntrj papers. Three-fourths of their editorial spao
a ru e .gnen to pcreonahti. - concerning rival Lilliputian journalists, and
goon Brother Scissors usually furnishes all the other matter. Now and
i ben an attempt u made t-. write op local Industries and prospects for a
consideration, and, of course, the aocnraoy of such reports is almost
BcnpturaL 1 he patent nutaide and nothing inside weeklies occupy a
mmilar position towards tl,,- n rular pres« that guerrillas do towards an
army, pr shyster lawyers towards the legal profession. They are tolerated
tor lack ol something better, and rery seldom, even by accident, repre-
sent the popular sentiment of their vicinities, from inability in the first
place and disability in the second ; disability in this case being caused by
doses Of filthy lucre administered for specific purposes. Your astute
P°»«cian wwaya calculates on running counter to these chickadee sheets,
and not nnfrequently purchases their opposition, knowing that will be «f
far greater benefit to him than their advocacy of his ideas. We shall
continue these researches hereafter, even though it may be necessary to
give the whole business away."
The Napa Reporter asserts that David McClure, by express consent of
lJems Kearney substituted McKenna (Congressman) and Kagsdale (State
Senate), republicans, on the regular Workingmen's ticket for Napa county
in place of the regular party nominees, who would otherwise have been
elected. It desires to know how much the agitator was paid for his
treachery. If this assertion is true, and it can be easily ascertained, the
Board of Ward Presidents should depose the drayman at once. The
bacramento Record-Union says the furious attack of the press on Kearney
looks suspiciously like a premeditated Grant "boom, ' and considers that
the General would regret to think his reception arose from a public dis-
like to Kearney, rather than appreciation of his own military services.
The Examiner lavishly abuses Judge Deady, of Oregon, for his recent
pro-Chinese decision, and accuses him of bitter hostility to the Irish
Catholics, although originally of that race and creed himself. As the
case will be appealed to the Federal Supreme Court, there is no need to
pile on the agony at present; just wait a bit The same paper believes
that Grant is autocrat of his party, and that if he is not the next nomi-
nee for the Presdency, he will dictate who shall be. The Bulletin also
attempts to overrule Judge Deady's decision. It opposes the Market-
street Railway franchise, and attacks wooden pavements. Its tender—
the Call— likewise opposes the railway franchise, which is proof positive
that there's money in it. As Dickens' old Salt would say, "The bearings
of this obserwation lies in the application on it." The Post, in noticing
certain misstatements of the Rev. Joseph Cook, of Boston, comes down
upon that evangelical braggart with proof that while recently in this city
his agent presented bills to the Reverends Stone and Hemphill for fifty
dollars apiece, for a sermon delivered in their respective churches. Fifty
dollars for thirty minutes' labor in the Lord's vineyard is rather steep-
almost as much, in fact, as the devil pays a good actor ; hut Satan always
gets the best of things. The Alta calls upon Congress to legislate for the
sale of mineral lands in the Sierras, in tracts of from eighty to one hundred
and sixty acres, at nominal prices. Unless our memory is astray, ex-
Senator Sargent carried through a bill of this nature during his last year
in Congress. It applied principally, or altogether, to gravel-mining
lands, such as we presume the Alta now refers to ; but it would be folly
to sell quartz lodes in one hundred and sixty acre tracts. That would
effectually stamp out competition and progress.
The Sacramento Bee says that the State Fair was not a success because
it followed too close upon the election ; the racing programme was poor,
and there was too much old-fogy ism in the Board of Directors. What
" hoss " did ycu lose on, Mr. Bee ? The Anaheim Gazette says that cane
has been grown in Los Angeles County, and sugar produced in small
quantities ever since the first settlement It will thrive in that region
provided irrigation is possible, and is one of the most remunerative of
crops. The Los Angeles Herald says that Eastern contracts for wines
and brandies are larger this year than ever before. In some districts
there is a diminished production. The Herald, which, by the way, is
strongly Democratic, compliments Mr. Perkins in a vigorous manner, and
firmly believes he will make a good Governor. The Oakland Tribune
thinks that in the Mechanic Arts' department of the University some
productive interests should be carried on, so as to help poor students
through. This benevolent proposition would not work. It has long been
tried in the college at San Quentin, but the moment students are permit-
ted to draw their savings, they invariably decamp. Mechanic Arts are
much more practical at San Quentin than at Berkeley, but the society is
rather less cultured. Our contemporaries in San Jose, Virginia City and
Portland, and others too numerous to mention, are excessively dull of
late, and unless they do better we shall consider the propriety of placing
Foolscaps upon them. Life is too short to wade through such infinite
bosh, to no purpose— hence, our purpose will be to confound Dullness
while rewarding Brains.
Those old people whose blood has become thin and steps feeble are
praising Hop Bitters for the good they have done them.
Birth. — In East Oakland, September 13th, to the wife of Henry H.
Hassard, a son.
CALIFORNIA SUGAR REFINERY,
Manufacturers of the Standard Syrup, a superior article
put up in barrels expressly fur home consumption. Also, Extra Heavy Syrup
in barrels for Export. Refined Sugars at lowest market rates. Office, 215 Front
street, up staira. Dec. 21.
HI8ERNIA BREWERyT"
Howard Street, Between Eighth and Ninth.
Doc. 7.] M. XUXAX, Proprietor.
'77 a yearaud expenses Ao agents. Oul6t Free. Address,
i • June 7.] P. O. V1CKKRY, Augusta, Maine,
$7
16
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Sept. 20, 1879.
HEART AND HEARTH.
We sat and watched the hearth fire The voice that once his ardor proved,
My friend and I together ; [blaze, Along the roaring column,
The cricket sang of harvest days, Now to mysterious measures moved
The wood of summer weather. Subdued, serenely solemn.
It told of shade, of storm and sun, He named her — and the soft words
Its native Oakland story ; In musical completeness, [came
To him it only spake of one As if the breathing of that name
Who turned all gloom to glory. Had touched his lips with sweetness.
The cricket caroled still of noon,
He grew like what we contemplate —
And all his face was laden
With light, as it would emulate
The brightness of the maiden.
The moon, full blown to lily-white,
Looked in, with love-lorn pallor ;
Bright with the sun's caresses ;
To him it called a form like June,
A flush with golden tresses.
Within the flame a spirit seemed
To soar and sway and falter,
While in his heart a presence beamed She knew his frame forgot its might,
His will forgot its valor.
She kissed his brow and smoothed his
Like a consoling mother, [hair
And whispered, " I, too, only wear
The brightness of another.
Like Ruth, I walk his broad domain,
More steadfast on its altar.
The embers, in their ashen bed,
Looked out with transient flashes ;
He only saw sweet eyes that shed
Their rays through twilight lashes.
O'er stubbled fields the autumn wail
In low and mournful closes ; [ed, And wait his lordly gesture ,
He only heard a song that sailed I glean his light, but reach in vain
O'er charmed realms of roses. To touch his princely vesture."
His eyes, once lit with battle-ire, With many a sympathetic guest,
Aflame with warrior science, The air hung, star-beleagured,
Forgot their fierce, controlling fire, When lo! to her who filled his breast,
Their flashes of defiance. Pale Dian stood transfigured.
But with a dreamy love-light blest, She smiled on her Endymion,
More luminous grew and tender, And charmed his dreamy vision,
As if the image in his breast And all his soul new glory won
Had lit them with its splendor. Before the sweet transition.
The vision fled — my friend was gone,
And left me idly gazing ;
But in the hearth-light I was shown
A future altar blazing.
BOOK NOTICES.
The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster, with an Essay
on Daniel Webster as a Master of English. Style. By Edwin P.
Whipple. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1879.
This selection from Webster's writings is made, the publishers say in
their preface, " to revive public interest in the great body of his works,"
presumably somewhat neglected in these days. Mr. Whipple, in his Es-
say, takes for granted the abiding influence of Webster in literature, no
less than in politics. Both assumptions cannot be correct ; and, of the
two, we incline to think that of the publishers nearer the truth. For it is
hardly to be doubted that, while Webster's speeches are still studied by a
few as a preparation for entering upon a political career, they cannot be
considered as serious additions to the literature of the language. It is
true that no student of American history can overlook them, but neither
is it possible to overlook Jefferson's writings, or the works of Samuel
Adams, or Calhoun's Treatise on G-overnment ; and no man can think of
calling any of these a part of English literature.
Mr. Whipple's essay is not satisfactory. The tone of it is extravagant,
and one hears a little too much of Webster's colossal grandeur and gigantic
efforts. That his mind was really great, every one must feel ; but Mr.
Whipple goes too far when he praises him ^for manliness, intellectual and
moral. The attitude of Webster toward the South was, throughout his
career, the attitude of a man in a continual state of compromise with his
own moral sense. An occasional burst of rhetoric in vindication of some
obviously popular sentiment he has, indeed, given us ; but the times in
which he lived and the dangers of the countryjcalled for something more
like statesmanship than vague praises of the Union, something more like
lofty purpose than a flattering recognition of Massachusetts.
Webster plainly saw the struggle that was coming, and he lacked the
courage to take his stand openly with one side or the other. He did not
even make the great refusal, but stood irresolute, letting "I dare not"
wait upon " I would." There is a moral lesson in his life, but not of the
kind Mr. Whipple supposes.
The speeches in this volume are, for the most part, well selected, but
we are astonished at finding among them the Hulsemann Letter. Does
Mr. Whipple really approve that vulgar outburst ? That it was an an-
swer to a communication only less indecent than itself, makes it all the
more unworthy of a man habitually dignified in speech and in writing,
and it were charitable to forget it.
Perhaps the pages of this book would have gained in appearance by
suppressing the division into columns; but the paper is good and the ty-
pography clear.
Statements and Arguments in Behalf of American Industries against the Pro-
posed Franco- American Commercial Treaty, Submitted to the Special Com-
mittee of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce. " Alta" Office, 1879.
This volume of 220 pages is practically a protest by the Chamber of
Commerce ou behalf, chiefly, of the vine-growers of the State against the
proposed Treaty of Commerce with France. The information adduced on
the subject of wines and spirits here and in France is most exhaustive,
being a very valuable array of facts, independently altogether of its im-
mediate purpose. It is fortunate that in this city, where it is difficult to
rouse the public to any action on behalf of threatened commercial inter-
ests, such decided action should have been taken as this volume indicates.
We feel that San Francisco may take some credit to itself for having de-
feated the plausible plans of M. Leon Chotteau, and those whom he rep-
resented, by such an exhaustive statement of the real bearing of the
Frenchman's proposals.
United States Public Land Laws. D. H. Talbot, Sioux City, Iowa.
This pamphlet of 170 pages, and sold for fifty cents, is a complete com-
pendium of the Land Laws of the United States. It relates to both ag-
ricultural and mining lands, and contains full information and explana-
tions on all points connected with the subject. It deals, also, with the
question of land scrip and land warrants, and is a compilation showing
complete familiarity with all topics on which information is likely to be
wanted.
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
Recorded in the City and County of San Francisco, California, for
the Week ending September 16th.
Compiled from the Records oj 'the Commercial Agency , 401 California St. , S.F.
Wednesday, Sept. 10th.
GRANTOR AND GRANTEE.
Wm E Carlile to John Wren
Peler Donahue to Annie Donahue.
Chas L Scudder to David Bush
J F Houghton to Henrietta Selby.
Chas Hinkel to Emma Avery..,
Jacob Small to Mary Small . ,
S Johnson to Adoiph C Weber
W M. PierBon to Geo Mearne. . ,
Wm Hollis to L Goltig
Cath P Bolan to Jno Lehritter. ,
Alfred Gros to Albert Aubert . ,
A E Hecht to Ida M Carrol!....
Henry Boulier to Robt Davis ..
L H Bonestell to Mary S Bonestell
E W Scott to A Everest Ball
Patrick Roe to Mary Roe ...
description.
N22d,25 e Harrison, e 25x100 ,
N cor Bryant and 2d, 3'l0xl21 ,
Se Eddy and Scott, 137:6x137:6— West-
ern Addition, 432 pubj to Mortgage.,
Nw Sansome and Broadway, n 137:6 3
1C9:9
Lot 55 and 57 Gift Map 3
Sundry lots in Western Addition ,
iSeOakand Bnctianan, e 37:6x120
S Vallejo, 127eGough,e 68:6%, etc...
S Clay, 187:6 e Leavenworth, e 27:6x114
N Hayes, 94:3 e Goo^h, e 18:3x120
N Broadwav, 202:8 w Powell, 19x137:6.
N Cali'a, 129:9 e Fillmore. 25:6x132:7%.
N Bosh, 112:6 e Broderick, e 25x137:6..
E Stockton, 137:6 n Biwh, n 47x137:6 ..
iThe Sherrebeck Claim
!N Pacific, 137 e Leavtb, e 6 in x 137:6. ,
100
400
Gift
5,203
366
5
4,125
3,600
1.100
13H0
Gift
1.500
Gift
Thursday, Sept. 11th.
Jno Center et al to Peter Costa. . . .
Lott McGill to Mary A McDaniel. .
T R E Associates to same
J S Alemany to Elizth O'Connor..
G Lansing to MM Terry
Ellen Burroughs to Anna Lambert
R Brotherton to Cath Creamer. . . .
FredZettto J Carroll
Jno G Kahman to C H Strybing.
E Columbia, 329 n 21st, n 200x100— M B
143
W Elgin Park, 122 s Hermann, 25x75—
MB22
Same
N St Rosep, 125 w Boyce, 25x100
N\v Douglass and Seward, 100x115
Lots 39, 40, bik 18 City Land Abbr ...
E Stevenson, 110 n 18tb, 25x80 —Mission
Block 69
N 20th, 135 w Sanchez, 25x114— Harper
Addition 130
W Kearny, 112:6 n Sutter, 25x60:5— 50-v
271
$5,700
4,100
5
300
2,000
100
700
53,000
Friday, Sept. 12th.
Louis DeSilva to Nathl Dingley.
E E Gilmor to Jno H Bolton
J B Whitcomb to F R Whitcomb.
Marg E Efford to J G Gundlach . .
Daniel E Martin to H B Greninger
Chas W Randall to Mary Randall.
Wm H Mead to Henry Pierce..
Jno M Eckel to Eliza Eckel ...
Solomon Lorie to S W Glazier...
Lots 16 and 17 blk 6, College Homesteadi
Sw 2d, se Harrison, se 50, ew 1G0, nw 25
ne 80, etc to begining
E Tehama, 300 n Norwich 50x80, subdiv
PV122
E Uupont, 81:3 n Lombard, n 33:9x69:9,
50-v 529 subj to mortg
Nw Stevenson, 75 sw 6lh, sw 25x75....
Und half s Ellis, 165 w Tavlor, w 27:6 x
137:6— 50-v 1012 during her life -.
Nw O'Farrell and Buchanan, 50x62:6 ..
N Geary, 215 w Powell, w 35x137:6-50-
vara 951
N Ellis, 112:6 e Jones, e 25x137:6
$ 350
7,084
300
3,000
5,000
Gift
5
Gift
5
Saturday, Sept. 13th.
Joseph Mitchell to G F Mitchell .
P I Van Rensselaer to N C Lnhra.
H H Byrne by Exr to R J Tiffany.
Same to R J Tiffany
It J Tiffany to Maria Hull
Geo Hawxhuist to Saml Bowman.
Same to same
C J Cnrand to J J Schmitt
Wolf Caro to Michael Reese Exrs
H J Woebke to A Ritter
C C Roh'oflVto same
Thos O'Neil to Patk Canavan.,
S Turk, 60 e Taylor, 50x77:6, reserving
to himself the income from said pro-
perty daring his life
S Bush, 137:6 e Hyde, e 40x137:6
Sundry lots in Bonthern and western por
of the city
Und hnlf bw Fillmore and Oak, etc
Same L
B)ks6and9, and lots 3 to 6, block 20 of
West End Map 2 with certain excep^
tions
Lot 18 blk 11 College Hd ,
Nw Mason and Geary, 40x60 ,
W Waverly PI 103:4 s Clay, etc
Undivided half sw Fulton and Webster
ster, 82:6x25
Und half of Bame
S Mary, 60 e Chesle> , 60x60-100-v 272
subj to mortg for $1,000
$ 1 ,
",000
3,475
5,000
150
2,000
5
2,750
2,750
Monday, Sept. 15th.
Alex Austin Tax Col to 3 F Sinclair
EM Miles to Wm Haker
Wm H Bates to Sav & Ln Soc...
T Emery to Bridget McConauey.
D W Douthitt to Nellie Douthitt..
T M Leavenworth to C J Collins. .
Edward Ford to Richard Ivers..
W Hollis to B F Hobart
TRE A to same
Wm M Pierson to Wm Leviston..
P G Pel tret to P Lyons and wife. .
Wm nollis to Benedict T Norton . .
Geo Haston to Henry Curing
Geo McWilliams to Peter Dean
E Bartlett, 186:9 n 25th. n 15, e 15, etc.
N Washington, 100 w Webster, w 27:f
n 127:8, e 30, etc, subj to mortg
Se Stevenson, 75 sw 2d, sw 20x70
N Haight, 165 w of Gougli, w 27:6x120—
W A145
Three lots 25x100 of Shelby Tract...
W Powell. 137:6 s Chestnut, 137:6x137:6
and sw Chestnut and Powell. 137:6 x
137:6-50-v 683
Ne 7th, 193:9 se Howard, 56:2x90 ...
W Bartlett, 236 s 21st, s 25x125- being
inMB65
Same ,
W A blk 119 Vallejo, Broadway, Frank
lin and Gough ,
W Alabama, 26 n 26, u 25x109, beinf in
MB179
E Guerrero, 200 n 13th, 25x80
3 24th, 25 w Vicksburg, 25x102:8 ....
Sundry lots in Harper's Addition....
$ 61
6.300
6,750
2.900
Gift
10,000
5
1,500
5
500
3,500
Tuesday, Sept. 16th.
M C Baieman to Sav and Loan Soc
Sam Crim to Chas Smith
J C Pelton to Lafayette Story
Lloyd Tevis to Jno Lemmermann.
Lewis E Ritter to Ciprien Pedriui
Jean Bloch to Julia Bloch
W Hollis to DR Avery
Robt Brotherton to E Monarty....
So'omon Heydenfelt to G L Bradly
Geo L Bradley to Benj C Wright..
W Leavenworth, 25:2 n Jackson, n 86:9
w 162:6. s 30, e 24:6. s 82. etc
WOapp, 40 u 22d, n 40x122:6
N Pine, 115 w Polk, 38:6x137:6— West-
ern Addi tion 55
N Pf Lobos Ave, 57:6 w 1st ave, w 25 x
100-OL182
N Post, 176:3 e Jones, 20x60
S Green, 137:6 w Stockton, w 21:6x130
Sw Steiner and O'Farrell, 92:6x25-W
A 3S5
S Waller, 131:3 w 25x120..
SBnsh, 82:6 e Gough, 77:6x120
SBush, e Gough, e 27:6x120
$8,500
1
525
650
5
4,200
1,000
1
20, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
17
CRADLE, ALTAR. AND TOMB.
BtmcrniAL— In :
-
Kniiti i
hi Hi
CRADLE.
B Rlumcnlhal, a son.
\\ K l>. !:. ■
ill at \ Honttnao, i d.usbtor.
'II Kuhlkc, a son.
n son.
or a w i
fa •■( P. SI. 9ohoenborg'l ;* daughter,
A 'f 1 >>f I Si .
lUiiiKr I5tn, I
-in Ihbdtjr, Set*. Uth
*k 1
Valucia In this city, £ [Q i. Valencia, a daughter.
Wou In thbdtv, September 15th, to the wife of Jul.ua Wolf, adaughtor.
■■ inl-tT Mlti. to (he Wife ■•! Mr Weiiks, | BOD.
!<■ ..( James A. Wilson, a son.
ALTAR.
ld-Hasox— In this dtp, September 13th, S. A. Bradford to M. U. Mason.
--MAKris-r-z-ln tins city, September ns to Inoi Marti nos.
rr-tiAti.\K83-]ii this city, Sunu<inlier l.Mh* F. A. Flalmrtj to Belle Uarnetu.
RnTtRix-OiJKxniBR— In Oakland, September nth, A. Ketterarto K, Quenther
i M'>"i>. i> in Oakland, September isth, W. F. Mooney toT. Thompson.
Kustbr-Hirst— In Sacramento, September L3th, Win. Hmater to Agnes L. Hirst.
McNair-Ci kkauer— In Sacramento, Sept, Iltb, ffm, McNair to Verah Curraher.
TOMB.
BntARS— In this city. September 13th. Sister Marv Catherine Benard, aged 33 years.
BmiFXL-In this city, September 14th, Annie T. Bcthellj aged 7 months.
Bowmas— In this city, September Uth, Louis Bowman, aged 66 wars.
BRAN BIT— In this city, September 15th, Willie N. Bennett, aged 21 years.
Ui.-ti.kk— In this city, September 16th, Joseph P. Butler, aged 6 years.
Oabsidt— In this city, September 14th, Bernard i.':i-sii.lv, aged 36 years.
Campbkll-Iii this city, September 13th, Elizabeth Campbell, aged 35 years.
Camion— Id this dty, September 16th, John Cannon, aged 11 days.
Doi-uiiERTV— In this dty, September 13th, Michael Dougherty, aged 63 years.
FiTZi'ATRlCR— In this city, September 14th, Owen Fitzpatriek* aged 51 years.
PmsiMMoss— In this city, September 13th, Catherine Fltzsimmons, aged 44 years.
Crush -Ii. this city, September 14th, Samuel Crosh, aged 53 years.
Johnson— In Alameda, September 8th, Martha Johnson, aged 47 years.
KKRRiGQAN-In New Westminster, British Columbia, M. F. Kerrighan.
Lynch— In this city. September 14th, Michael Lynch, aged 64 years.
O Grady— In this city, September 10th, Ma y Agnes O'Grady, 'aged 20 years.
OoiLvie— In this city, September 13th, Mrs. Martha Ogilvie.'aged 46 years.
Patterson— In this city, September 14th, Carrie Patterson, aged 38 years.
Rice— In this city. September 15th, John H. Rice, aged 19 years and 6 months.
Somers— In this city, September 16th, Don Carlos Somers, aged 43 years.
FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BANK COMMIS-
SIONERS.
The last California Legislature passed an Act creating a Board of
Bank Commissioners, and prescribing their duties and powers. The Gov-
ernor, in terms of the Act, appointed the three Commissioners, namely:
Messrs. Evan J. Coleman, Robert Watt and James T. Murphy. We
have commented at various times on the valuable services that these gen-
tlemen have rendered, and we have now to welcome the appearance from
the office of the State Printer of their First Annual Report, extending to
267 pages, and giving full information regarding every incorporated bank
in the State, and its condition as at June 30th and December 31st, 1878.
As a direct consequence of the inspection of the Commissioners, four sav-
ings banks in San Francisco and one in Sacramento suspended business,
and are now in liquidation. There is no doubt that the creation of this
Board was a wise and salutary step, and that its operation has given great
confidence, and deservedly so, to the banks of the'State. It is a very im-
portant guarantee, both to depositors and to stockholders, to have the
business of each bank inspected and the result reported to the authorities
at Sacramento, besides having two returns, namely, as at June 30th and
December 31st, of the condition of each bank, made and printed in full
in the volume now issued. At December 31, 1878, there were twenty-
three savings banks in operation in the State, with a capital and reserve
of §6,806,435, and due to depositors §57,846,025; fifty-six commercial
banks, with capital and reserve of §30,593,126, and deposits of $21,316,-
337; four foreign banks, with $9,284,730 due to head offices in London and
$3,775,622 due to depositors. The total of capital and reserve of these
eighty-three banks amounted to §46,684,292, and total deposits S82,937,-
984. The creation of this Board of Bank Commissioners has most satis-
factorily met the want that it was intended to supply, and the State may
well congratulate itself on the success of this experimental step, and on
the advantages of the services that it has already rendered. Great credit
is due to the three Commissioners for the upright and faithful manner in
which they have discharged their duties, and for which the public ought
to be thankful.
"DIVIDE AND CONQUER."
The Republican party throughout the Union has always been for-
tunate in practicing upon its enemy so as to divide and conquer. It was
by the divisions of the Democracy that Mr. Lincoln was elected, and that
the Republicans have ever since maintained their power at Washington.
During the carpet-bag era down South, the same tactics were pursued of
setting class against class, and race against race, and it appears now that
this policy will be carried out tu the end of the chapter. In California
the Republicans have triumphed, while yet in a minority, by simply di-
viding their opponents into several camps. In Maine, under Senator
Blaine's shrewd management, they have overcome the Democrats and
Greenbackers, in the face of the latter "s victory last year. In New York
they are actively engaged in setting Mr. Tilden and Tammany by the
ears, while in several Western States they are raising side issues on cur-
rency, revenue and railroad questions, so as to distract the enemy, while
their own party is tolerably well held together by threads torn from the
famous bloody shirt. Meantime the Treasury agents in the South are not
inactive with the negroes, and even the chivalry element is conciliated
with promises and bribes anent the presidential campaign. It is a trifle
singular that such crude methods continue to succeed year after year,
when they are so transparent to the looker-on. It is unaccountable, ex-
cepting on the presumption that bigotry, intolerance, sectionalisms, class
and national antipathies, are, unfortunately, rather more vigorous in the
New World than in the Old, notwithstanding our pretensions to the con-
trary. Such things betray a low order of statesmanship, and we can
hardly expect better things until the best elements in American life con-
trol the Federal Government. They have too long been shirking their
duty.
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Btooka and bonds wi ,i aoven in la supplied.
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SWANTON HOUSE, PESCADER0.
This Popnlnr Hotel, together with the detached Cottages,
which are not the least of Its attractive features, have been newly furnished
througnoat, and law now open lor the reception of guests. Those desiring to visit
the most enjoyable of all our sea-aide resort*, can make do mistake in deciding upon
Peseadero. 6 *
IT IS EASILY REACHED,
and is unsurpassed in the excellence ol Its climate, the beaut;* of its scenery, and in
tho attractiveness of its truly remarkable sea beach. Those extraordinary' pebbles,
among which are to be found agates, opals, sapphires, etc., were never so numerous
as now, the past Winter having thrown up immense numbers of curiously-shaped
stories, which for ages have been subjected to tho everlasting motions of the tireless
Pacific. GOOD TKOUI FISHING is obtainable in the Pescadero river.
g-y The hotel prices are fixed to suit the times. [April 27.
card!
I take pleasure in annoriiiciug- (hat I have completed ar-
rangements with F. F. db DERKY, M.D , whereby ho will attend to my practice
during my absence abroad. Dr. dc Derky has been a successful practitioner of med-
icine in the Southern and Eastern States, and, though recently having become a res-
ident of this city, I beg to commend him as worthy of your fullest confidence.
Yours respectfully, DR. D.ALBERT HILLER.
Relative to the above, 1 would say that my office is No. 17 Dupont street, Rooms
Nos. 5 and 6. Office Hours : from 11 to 12 o'clock A.M. and 2 to 4 p.m.
A"-g- 30. F. F. DB DERKY, M.D.
WAKELEE'S AURE0LINE
Produces the Beautiful Golden Hair so Much Admired.
SUPERIOR TO THE IMPORTED A.RTICJLE
— BY REASON OF ITS —
FRESHNESS AND CARE USED IN ITS PRODUCTION.
PRICE, LARGE BOTTLES. $3.
Manufactured by H. P. WAKEIEE & CO., Druggists, corner
Montgomery and Bush streets, S. F. [Aug. 2,
SYDNEY INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.
Round the "World Tickets.
The Pacific Mail Steamship Company will issue Round the
World Tickets, giving first-class accommodations for the entire route, at the
low price of $650. For particulars apply to
WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO., General Agents,
Aug. 9. Corner First and Brannan streets.
SERKYS TEA.
Guaranteed to preserve and promote the beauty and fresh-
ness of youth to the ripest age. It purifies the blood, and is a most wonderful
tonic. It clears the complexion and removes pimples and eruptions. It increases
the appetite and is a certain cure fordyspepsia. It preserves the freshness of youth
and greatly exhilarates the spirits, and is extensively used and recommended by the
medical faculty and used by the elite of London, Paris, New York, Philadelphia, etc.
It is used like ordinary tea, costs only 2 cents per day, and makes a healthy and '
delicious drink. Boxes by mail, 50 cents and SI. Liberal discount to trade.
809 ARCH STREET, Philadelphia, Pa.
fggr' State rights for sale. Aug. 9.
AVERILL MIXED PAINT,
The Most Beautiful and Durable of All Paints.
OF
Every Shade or Color Desired, and in Quantities to Suit.
O. S. OKItlCK. General Agent,
Sept, 6. 329 Market St., opposite Front,
JOHN JENNINGS
Hooper?s Sonth End Warehouses, corner Japan and Town-
send streets, San Francisco. First-class Fire-Proof Brick Building, capacity
10,000 tons. Goods taken from the Dock and the Cars of the C. P. R. R. and S. P.
R. R. free of charge. Storage at Current Rates. Advances and Insurance Effected.
MADAME JULIA MELVILLE SNYDER,
/*"■ Q Mason street, between Bush and Gutter.-- Vocal Music
"^ Q (Tj for Opera, Concert or Parlor. Piano and Elocution. Dramatic Elocution
and Voice Culture Specialties. Terms made known at residence. May 26.
WM. F. SMITH, M.D.,
Oculist and Aurist, 313 Bush Street.
Aug. 16.]
Office Hours, from 12 M. to 3 P.M.
ALASKA COMMERCIAL COMPANY,
». 310 Sausome street, Sau JFrancisco, Wholesale Dealer
in Furs. Sept. 21.
N'
EDWARD B0SQUI & CO.,
Printers, Engravers, Lithographers an J Bookbinders,
JLeidesdorff street, from Clay to Commercial.
18
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Sept. 20, 1879.
BIZ.
We have now the pleasure of reporting- to our numerous readers a
decided change for the better in the general commercial affairs of the
Pacific Slope. The very satisfactory results of the late election seem to
have dispelled and quieted the fears of many of our people and capital-
ists, who have long been holding tight their money bags, but who are now
disposed to lighten them up, and are seeking investments for their coin.
Real Estate is also more sought after ; the increased inquiry for improved
city property is indeed notable. The Mining Stock Market exhibits
promise of an early awakening. Our Shipping interests seem to be all
alive with animation. Our Merchandise marts are exhibiting increased
life and animation. There is a decided rise to be noted in the price of
Bar Iron, Iron Pipe, Zinc, Nails, etc. The local Refiners have quite un-
expectedly put up the price of Sugars §c. $ tt>, although in buying the
Hawaiian crop of 35,000 tons, they contracted for it all at £c. $ lb less
than they paid for the same grades one year ago.
In regard to our domestic products we may remark a very active
export demand for Wheat with large purchases during the current month,
both here and in the interior, at rising prices — rates that are very remu-
nerative to the farmers. At this writing shippers have been forced to
pay $1 72£@1 75 per cental, and, in a few instances, as high as SI 77£
has been paid for strictly choice No. 1 Gilt Edged. Wool of the Fall clip
is now being marketed quite freely, and is finding ready sale at prices
that return large margin to the growers. Hops are now coming forward,
and sell at comparatively high prices — more than double last year's rates.
Our Honey crop is a complete failure this year, which will be a great
disappointment to many persons in the southern part of the State.
The Fruit crops of the State at large have this year been very satis-
factory to all concerned. Nuts and Almonds are alike promising, and
the yield will be much larger than ever before.
Our Vegetable crops, such as Potatoes, Tomatoes, Corn, etc., have
been very prolific this season, but prices have generally ruled low.
The Grape crop is now being bought up by the vintners, they paying
from S13 to $15 per ton for the Native Mission Grape and §25 to S30 per
ton for best foreign varieties. These rates are much higher than those
paid last year, yet the increasing value and high estimation now held of
our pure California Wines encourages wine-makers to exert themselves in
securing the very best Grapes for the purpose. As for our Raisin Grapes
much care will be given to them this fall, but the quantity cured will be
less than last year.
Salmon— Case Goods. — We are advised of large purchases of 1-lb Sal-
mon on the Columbia River, for export, at SI $ dozen. The nominal
price here is SI 05 for standard brands. Chicago is in the market now
. for more Salmon, but at low prices. Fishermen have commenced their
fall campaign upon the Sacramento River, and are now here seeking pur-
chasers for their fall packing of Salmon ; they will, however, have to be
content with very low prices. Many of the Oregonians have their entire
Salmon catch yet on hand, not having many sales the present season. It
is generally believed that several of them will make consignments of the
same to England.
Bags. — The Combination have again fixed up things, and the Ring said
to be in the ascendancy. They have a big load to carry for a twelve-
month. Spot price, 10c, nominal.
Coffee. — The market for Central American Greens is strong, with a
rising tendency ; strictly No. 1 Green may be quoted at 16@164e.
Sugar. — The Refiners have issued a new price list, and advanced rates
ic. per lb., now 10£@10£e. for Cube and Crushed ; Yellow, 8£@9£c. for
Golden.
Rice. — The market is overstocked with China, at4f@5fc.; Hawaiian
Table is in light stock at 5|@10c.
Quicksilver. — The market is dull at 39@40c.
Metals. — There is a decided upward tendency in the market for all
kinds of manufactured Iron, Nails, etc., but the stock of Pig Iron being
very heavy, prices are unmoved.
Salt.— The market for Liverpool is strong at §18@20 for Stoved, latter
rate for Ashtons.
Teas. — The market is strong for Japans, in paper, at 35@37Ac.j For-
mosa Oolongs, 40@42ic.
Freights and Charters. — But few charters for Grain have been writ-
ten during the week, yet the aggregate engagements thus far in Septem-
ber have been numerous. The disengaged fleet in port at this writing
does not aggregate 20 vessels, of 27,000 tons register. Our Wheat fleet
now on the berth foots up 39 vessels, of 54,800 tons register. The fleet in
sight, to arrive before the close of the year, aggregates 160,000 tons register.
Recently quite a number of ships have been fixed to load Wheat for
Europe upon owner's account. There is very little business offering for
outside business, such as Coal, Lumber, etc The present quotation for
Grain ships to Liverpool or Havre is 43s@45s ; to Continent, 50s. There
has been one or more ships taken to load Wheat at Astoria to Liverpool
at 50s.
On the whole, our farmers and producers generally have great cause
for thankfulness, for the abundance with which Nature has crowned
their laborious efforts, and it does seem to us as though the people of the
Pacific slope have peculiar reasons for thankfulness at the wonderful
•degree of prosperity which has thus far attended their efforts. The hue
and cry of hard times has been here incessant for the last year or two,
yet, we take it upon ourselves to say that no people upon God's footstool
nave been alike favored as we. Health and prosperity have been ours in
a wonderful degree. Labor here has always been more remunerative
upon the Pacific slope than in any other part of the world, and the hand
of the diligent is sure to make all those rich who are saving and industri-
ous. Where else than in California do female servants and help of all
kinds receive the wages that are now, and ever have been, paid on the
Pacific slope ? And, while the labor of man has been reduced somewhat,
that of Biddy in the kitchen, and for household affairs generally, are to-
day ami always have been, nearly double what they are in New York, or
in any other city in the known world, and why is it thus — who can tell?
Hops arrive sparingly enough as yet, with small sales of the New at
25 cents.
Wool.— There is an active demand, with sales of 50,000 lbs. Oregon at
22c; California Fall, 10@13c. for Southern burry 15c, for free Northern
ditto, 16@17c.
Wheat.— Our exports to Europe since July 1st now aggregate 2,075,-
310 ctls., against 2,955,492 ctls. same time last year; 45 vessels in 1879,
against 83 in 1878. The present range of price is $1 65@$1 77i per ctl.
Barley. — There is a good demand for Chevalier, for export, at SI 70@
SI 75 per ctl. Brewing {new crop) is more inquired for at 85@95c. Feed
is dull and slow of sale at 65@75c
Corn and Oats.— There ia but little demand— 85@90c. for the first,
and SI 25@S1 50 per ctl. for the latter.
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
The Company's steamers will sail as follows at 12 M:
CITY OF TOKIO, Oct. 4th, Deo. 27th, March 20th— CITY OF PEKING, Nov.
15th, Feb. 7th, May 1st— for YOKOHAMA and HONSKONG.
COLIMA, Sept. 19th, for PANAMA and NEW YORK, calling at MAZATLAN,
SAN BLAS, MANZANILLO, and ACAPULOO, connecting: at Acapnleo with Com-
pany's Steamer for all Central American ports— calling at SAN JOSE DE GUATE-
MALA and LA LIBER.TAD to land passengers and mails only.
Tickets to and from Europe by any line for sale at the lowest rates ; also to Ha-
vana and all West India ports.
CITY OF NEW YORK, Sept. 29th, at 12 o'clock M., or on arrival of English mails,
for HONOLULU, AUCKLAND and SYDNEY. $10 additional ia charged for pas-
sage in Upper Saloon.
CITY OF CHESTER, Sept. 20th, for VICTORIA, PORT TOWNSEND, SEATTLE,
and TACOMA, connecting at TACOMA with Northern Pacihe Railroad for PORT-
LAND, Oregon. Tickets must be purchased before 11 A.M. on day of sailing, at
Wharf Office. For freight or passage apply at the office, cor. First and Brannan
streets. [Sept. 2(1.] WILLIAMS. BLANCHARD & CO., Agents.
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
New York and Panama Line.
Augrust 19tb— Steamer OIJAXADA, calling at Mazatlan,
San Bias, Manzanillo and Acapulco, connecting at Acapulco with Company's
Steamer for all Central American ports, and touching at San Jose de Guatemala and
La Libertad to land passengers and mails.
August 23th -Steamer CITY OF PANAMA, calling at Acapulco.
September 5th— Steamer SOUTH CAROLINA, calling at Acapulco, San Jose de
Guatemala, La Libertad and Punta Arenas.
All these steamers make close connection with steamers from Aspinwall to N. York.
Aug. 16. WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO-, General Agents.
PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
Steamers ol tbis Company will sail from Broadway Wharf
for PORTLAND, Oregon), every 5 days, direct, and for LOS ANGELES, SANTA
BARBARA, SANTA CRUZ, SAN DIEGO, SAN LUIS OBISPO and other NORTH-
ERN and SOUTHERN COAST PORTS, leaving SAN FRANCISCO about every
third day.
For Day and Hour of Sailing, see the Company's Advertisement in the San Fran-
cisco Daily Papers.
Ticket Office, Mo. 314 JKontgomery street, near Pine.
GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Agents,
March 15. No. 10 Market street.
CUNARD LINE.
Britisb and North American Royal Mail Steamships be-
tween NEW YORK and LIVERPOOL, calling at QUEENSTOWN, sailing from
New York EVERY WEDNESDAY. •
SCYTHIA July 16.. Aug. 20.. Sept. 24.. Oct. 29
ABYSSINIA July 23.. Aug. 37 Oct. 1 Nov. 5
BOTHNIA July 30 Sept. 3.. Oct. 8.. Nov. 12
GALLIA Aug. 6.. Sept. 10.. Oct. 15.. Nov. 19
ALGERIA Aug. 13.. Sept. 17.. Oct. 22
Passage can be secured and all information given on application to
WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO.,
July 12- 218 California St.
OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP CO.,
For Japan and China, leave wharf, corner First and Bran-
nan streets, at noon, for YOKOHAMA AND HONGKONG, connecting at
Yokohama with Steamers for Shanghai.
GAELIC August 23d, Decemher 6th, February 28th.
BELCIC October 25th, January 17th, April 10th.
For Freight, apply to GEORGE H. RICE, Freight Agent, at the Pacific Mail Steam-
ship Company's Wharf, or No. 213 California street.
T. H. GOODMAN, General Passenger Agent.
LELAND STANFORD. President. Sept. 20.
FOR PORTLAND AND ASTORIA, OREGON.
The Oregon Steamship Company and Pacific Coast Steam-
ship Company will dispatch every five days, for the above ports, one of their
new Al Iron Steamships, viz.: OREGON, GEORGE W. ELDER, and STATE OF
CALIFORNIA.
Sailing Days
Sept. 4, 9, 14, 19,24, and 29. | Oct. 4, , 14, 19, 24, and 29.
At 10 o'clock A., M.
Connecting at Portland, Oregon, with Steamers and Railroads and their connecting
Stage Lines for all points in Oregon, Washington and Idaho Territories, British
Columbia and Alaska.
K. VAN OTERENDORP, Agent O. S. S. Co.,
No 210 Battery street, San Francisco.
GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Agents P. C. S. S Co.,
Sept. 6. No. 10 Market street, San Francisco.
FOR SALE,
Tn a thriving city, situated in one of the Southern counties,
J- a valuable first-class SALOON BUSINESS, with lease, fixtures and furniture.
For full particulars apply, by letter, "A. B.," News Letter Office Dec. 14.
HAPPY CHILDREN.
he rosy-cheeked children of San Francisco is the evidence
the JERSEY FARM DAIRY has of the purity and richness ofi * 3 milk
Aug. 2. City Depot : 837 HOWARD STREET.
T
COKE CHEAPEST FUEL.
Reduction in Price: Wholesale Price, 50 cents per barrel ;
Retail Price, GO cents per barrel, at the works of the SAN FRANCISCO GAS-
LIGHT COMPANY, Howard and First streets, and foot of Second st. Jan. 12.
Pej.t. 20, 1879.
i ALTFORNIA ADVERTISER.
10
LETTER FROM FRESNO.
pt 3, MTft
Editor News Letter : tola two hundred and seven
mile* distant from San 1' ntraJ Pacific Railroad, -it n
atr on a vast flat, treelees. Bandy pi tin, with mountain- of great elevation
within a distance of thirty or forty miles. The city is .i place of small
'. with one or two pood hotels, u many general stores, a drag
store and a blacksmith's sho] all, the County Hall
idly-built structure, with the tndiapensnblelcupols rising above the
flat roof.— With the help "f a rill of water, a few evergreen trees are
kept alive, and to some extent break the otherwise uniform sameness of
the vast plain. A drive of five miles brings its to the Eisen Vineyard ;
ami here the effect of artificial irrigation is seen and felt to perfection.
Poplar, cottonwood and bhie-^inn trees luxuriate in a measure unknown
elsewhere! while interspersed among them, oleanders attain a bight of
twelve 09 fifteen feet, and carry blooms proportionately large ; and, at
this season, those exquisite flowers are met with along the whole net-work
of open drains and water-courses. Here, too, the wild sun-flower, though
a troublesome weed, lends its bright yellow flowers to adorn the vineyard,
and affords food to many hundreds of wild doves. So that on the whole,
and apart from the vines and fruit trees, the seemingly sandy desert has
been, within tive years, converted into a paradise by man's skill and the
ever-flowing water of King River.
The vineyard comprises 120 acres in full bearing, and 40 more planted
this year and last. I have known a mere rootless cutting produce a small
bunch of grapes the autumn of the year in which it was planted, a matter
of curiosity ; but where heat and water abound it is the rule rather than
the exception that cuttings bear a few hunches the first year of planting.
Rooted vines are not used in the Eisen Vineyard ; only cuttings 30 inches
long are put in with a crow-bar, the ground having been merely leveled
and plowed, and in no instance trenched.
The varieties cultivated are Frahisagos, Muscatel of Alexandria, the
Gordo Blanco variety, Malaga, Riesling, Chasselas, White Syrian, for
white wines ; and Red Malvasia, Ziufaudel, Tenturier, Hamburg and
Rose Peru for red wines. The oldest vines were planted in 1S74 and 1875,
and the yield per acre will average 550 gallons. The pruning is partly
that known as " spur-pruning," and partly " long-rods," according to the
natural habit of the vines ; and this is all the more necessary as the growth
is so rank and vigorous. The plants are set out 8x8 feet and cultivated
by horse machinery. According as it seems desirable portions are thor-
oughly irrigated, the whole compartment being laid under water in a few
minutes, and so maintained at will. Two such waterings in the summer
have been found sufficient. This large vineyard, which will comprise
nearly 600 acres when completed, can defy the Phylloxera, since it can
be laid entirely under water during the winter ; and this treatment is the
only kind yet found to be effective against that insidious pest.
The cellars are situated more than half a mile from the residence and
offices ; of ample dimensions for present requirements, built of adobes
kneaded with straw, and very neatly set, like ashlar work. Certainly no
building can be at once both better and cheaper for cellars than adobe,
where suitable loam can be procured on the spot. The temperature can
easily be kept within a few degrees of variation, Summer and Winter.
In this department, besides Chinese, there are many other appliances
for saving labor and expense. Adjoining the cellars is a flour mill, whose
water-power machinery is available for many purposes, and, being the
only one for many miles, is kept in constant operation.
I have been the more particular in entering into details, meager though
they be, because all these extensive flat plains are capable of being brought
under irrigation, and, therefore, will eventually be of inestimable value
for vineyards, because they can defy the Phylloxera. Moreover, both from
the nature of the soils and the intense Summer and Autumn heats, they
most nearly, of any I have seen in the State, resemble the sherry country of
Spain, especially that about San Lucar, where much of the finest sherry
is grown, and already some of the pure, natural wines of the Eisen vine-
yard resemble those known as Lisbon Sweet and Lisbon Dry, wines re-
moved one degree from sherry, and which never appear on the English
market but as sherry.
These remarks, the result of a fortnight's residence at Eisen vineyard,
may, I trust, prove of more than passing interest to some of your many
wealthy readers, John J. Bleasdale, D. D.
Kearny street takes the lead in the style and manner of its decora-
tions on the arrival of Grant. From one end to the other it was a mass
of flags, banners, streamers and shields, a wealth and confusion of color
and form, which delighted the eye. The Chronicle building contended
with the White House for the palm of superiority ; and each was favored
by its admirable position. The White House, With its long side on Post
street and broad front on Kearny, offered fairer opportunities for display
of the delicate taste and skill in the arrangement of draperies, for which
it has long been noted, and these advantages were turned to account.
Genuine bunting, of the best make, hung from the angles and was fes-
tooned along the front, with such relief of color and flower forms and
evergreens as gave infinite pleasure to the eye. The fair promenaders of
this main street always look, and never in vain, for a treat in the artistic
grouping and matching of the costly goods exposed in the windows of this
first among our great dry-goods houses ; and this week the continual addi-
tion of new styles, arriving for the Grand Fall Opening, has made their
display like the forms in a kaleidoscope. Everything that is most artistic
and most delicate in the new Oriental fashions in color, all that the great
centers of manufacturing and art industry can furnish to please the
critical eye of beauty, are to be found in this splendidly decorated
building.
"The Western Lancet" for September, amongst other articles of
interest, contains one, by Dr. A. P. Hayne, on the supposed antidote for
drunkenness. He has given the tincture of red bark, and finds that m
no single instance did it show the slightest power to disgust the patient
with liquor, and in any way to diminish his or her appetite or craving for
intoxicating drinks. Persons having taken the remedy for several days in
succession, staying without doors, have gone out only to be brought home
thoroughly intoxicated. Another evidence, if any were wanting, as to
the folly of believing paragraphs in newspapers.
New Music.—" Grant Military March," and "He Comes, Lo! Tri-
umphant !" hymn ; music of both by D. Speranza. Published by M. Gray.
The 'Arcade" i Itissi In the latent rt
I srisfan, Hind ■ '. Persian and < >r1ental of every kind, purch i
on remarkably low tarnu by Mr. J. J. O'Brien, during nil reosnl <
I and Kuropi taste and udgment of Mr, O'Brien,
combined with hit i UsnUgcsan a canh purchaser, hav.. en
abled him to gather the tii nt in every variety of fat. Ho at
hioh defy competiti- a. He «ill arrive by overland train this sts-
nmg, bringing with him r u mors delicate and costly than have yst been
seen on this ooast» and so vast and varied arc the goods now opened and
admired by the crowd era, that be himself would hardly know
the windows of the store. Like STary first olasi house, the "Ar
has a reputation to keep op, and is now surpassing all its previous efforts.
The State Medical Society have opened a course of instruction in
midwifery, to be followed strictly in accordance with the plan laid down
by the Prussjan Government At the expiration of the course, candidates
for degrees will be examined by a board <>f medical gentlemen of the So-
ciety, and certificates will be Issued only on proof of real proficiency,
This is a step in the right direction for the suppression of quackery, and
public approbation will strengthen the hands of the Medical Society in
the good work.
Our portrait of General Grant, in to-day *s issue, is from a photo-
graph contributed by Mr. Pent, the General's brother-in-law, and has
particular interest for all, n* the original is the latest photograph taken,
and, therefore, represents the great soldier as he appeared on his return
to his native land. No more fitting souvenir of the memorable occasion
could be found than this admirable lithograph, from the well-known es-
tablishment of Britton & Rey.
St. John's Presbyterian Church. Post street, between Mason and
Taylor. Rev. Dr. Scott, Pastor, will preach Sunday morning at 11
o'clock. Also at 7i p. m. Public cordially invited. At the beginning of
the morning service, children may be presented for baptism. Sunday
School and Bible Classes at Oi A. m. Prayer and Praise Service at
6£ p. m. .
J. M. Litchfield & Co., the well-known and long established house,
415 Montgomery street, have the best fitter in the city, and turn out the
finest custom-made clothing in every department. Their stock of material
is of the fullest and most varied ; and, with their unexampled facilities,
they never fail to give entire satisfaction.
The American Art Journal keeps on its apparently prosperous way,
and shows no falling off in the completeness of its art news. The num-
ber for September 6th has a portrait of Richard Wagner, which ought to
please even his self-conceit.
We saw a young man with two heads on his shoulders the other day,
but didn't consider it much of a curiosity — one belonged to his girl.
HIGHEST STOCK QUOTATIONS
For the Week Ending Sept. ISth, 1879.
Compiled by Geouge C. Hickox & Co., 230 Montgomery Street.
Name of Mine.
Argenta
Andes
* Alpha
Alta
Alps
♦Bullion
Belcher
* Best & Belcher
Benton
Bodie
♦Cons Imperial .
* Crown Point...
'Chollar
California
Con. Virginia....
♦Caledonia ....
Confidence
Eureka Con
Exchequer , .
Fairfax
Gould & Curry..
Gila
Grand Prize
♦Hale & Norcross
Julia
♦Justice
Jackson
Kentuck
'Leopard
Lady Wash'n ....
•Leviathan
Leeds
Mexican
Modoc
Manhattan
Northern Belle . .
Ophir
Overman
♦Potosi
"Raymond & Ely
Savage
* Sierra Nevada
Silver Hill
Seg Belcher . . .
Solid Silver ....
♦Succor
Silver King, Ar'a
Silv King South.
Tip-Top
* Union Con
Utah
♦Yellow Jacket..
Monday. Tuesday
lb'
11*
37i
163
uj
41
Thursday,
a.m. P.M.
37*
173
111
16| —
Assessments are now due on the Stocks ahove marked thus *
20
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER.
Sept. 20, 1879.
'MEN WE KNOW.'
General Graut.
Ulysses S. Grant was born April 27, 1822, at Point Pleasant, Cler-
mont county, Ohio. His father was of Scotch descent. At the age of 17
TJlysses entered the Military Academy at West Point, and graduated
four years later twenty-first in a clas3 of thirty-nine, and was commis-
sioned as brevet-second-lieutenant. He was assigned to the 4th Infantry,
and remained in the service eleven years. During the Mexican war he
fought in every battle but that of Buena Vista, and was twice brevetted
for gallantry.
He married in 1848. Julia, daughter of Frederick Dent, a prominent
merchant of St. Louis ; and in 1854, being then a captain, he resigned his
commission in the army. In 1860 he joined his father in the leather trade
at Galena, Illinois. When the Civil war broke out in 1861 Grant was
entirely unknown to public men. Lincoln's first call for troops was made
on the 15th of April, and on the 19th Grant was drilling a company of
volunteers at Galena. He offered his services to the Adjutant-General of
the army, but received no reply. The Governor of Illinois employed him
to organize troops, and appointed him Colonel of the 21st Illinois In-
fantry. He took command in June, and reported to Gen. Pope in Mis-
souri. August 7th he was commissioned Brigadier-General of volunteers,
having been unanimously recommended by the Congressmen from Illi-
nois, none of whom knew him personally. He was employed for a few
weeks watching Missouri partisans ; and, on September 1st, was given
command of the District of Southeast Missouri, with headquarters at
Cairo. On the 6th he seized Paducah, which commanded the Tennessee
and Ohio rivers. This stroke brought the Kentucky Legislature, affectedly
neutral hitherto, to declare in favor of the Government. Early in No-
vember, under orders, he destroyed the Confederate camp at Belmont,
about 18 miles below Cairo, and commanded by the guns of Columbus on
the opposite bank of the Mississippi. On his return to his transports the
enemy from Columbus attempted to intercept him, but he cut his way
out and returned to Cairo.
In February, 1862, after repeated applications to Gen. Halleck, he was
allowed to move against Port Henry on the Tennessee. Before he arrived
there the naval force cooperating with him had compelled the surrender
of the place ; and Grant prepared to attack Port Donelson on the Cum-
berland. This fort was garrisoned by 21,000 men. On the 15th, after
three days' hard fighting, the works were carried by assault ; and the next
day the place was surrendered. Grant's force. 15,000 the first day, was
but 21,000 on the day of the surrender ; and the achievement is memorable
as the first great success of the Union forces during the war, while its
strategic results were very great. It brought Kentucky and Tennessee
into the hands of the Government, and opened the navigation of the Missis-
sippi, Tennessee and Cumberland rivers for hundreds of miles. Grant
was made Major-General of volunteers, and given command of West
Tennessee.
In March he was ordered to Corinth, and his army, 38,000 strong, was
encamped at Shiloh, waiting for Gen. Buell, with 40,000 men. While in
' this position the enemy attacked him, on the 6th Aprils "and, after a des-
perate fight, drove him back to the river. Buell's forces arrived in the
night, and on the 7th the Confederates were compelled to retreat to Cor-
inth. This place they evacuated on the 30th May, no fighting having oc-
curred since Shiloh. In July Grant was made Commander of the De-
partment of the Tennessee. On the 19th September he fought the inde-
cisive battle of Iuka. He fortified Corinth, and repulsed the Confederate
attack on that place on the 3d and 4th October, and won the battle of the
Hatchie on the 5th.
November 2d he moved into Mississippi against Vicksburg with 30,000
men. Sherman was sent by the river with 40,000 to attack in front.
Grant had reached Oxford, when Holly Springs, his base of supplies, was
surrendered by Colonel Murphy ; and this caused the failure of the cam-
paign. Grant returned to Corinth, and Sherman's assault on Vicksburg
failed. In January, 1863, Grant took command in person of all the Mis-
sissippi Valley, and moved by the river to a point opposite Vicksburg.
All his efforts to turn the place failed, and in April he marched through
the swamps, on the western bank to a place below Vicksburg. His gun-
boats and transports passed the batteries under a terrific fire. April 30th
he crossed thirty miles below the city, abandoned the river and pushed
inland. Between the 1st and the 18th May he broke up in detail two
Confederate armies, and drove Pemberton into Vicksburg ; and on the
23d, after two unsuccessful assaults, besieged the place in form. Vicks-
burg surrendered on the 4th July, with 31,600 men and 172 cannon. The
Mississippi was now open to the sea, and there was no more fighting of
importance in the Valley. Grant was made Major-General in the regular
army. October 16th he was given command of the Mississippi region :
and on the 27th fought the battle of Lookout Mountain to relieve Chatta-
nooga. November 23d, 24th and 25th he totally defeated Bragg at Chat-
tanooga ; and west of the Alleghanies there was no strong hostile force left.
In February, 1864, Congress created for Grant the rank of Lieutenant-
General of the Army, and on the 17th March he took command of the
United States armies, moving in person against Lee in Northern Vir-
ginia, while he sent Sherman into Georgia and Sigel into the valley of
Virginia. In a succession of tremendou3 battles, he fought his way from
the Bapidan to the James river, against the genius of Lee and the valor
of the finest army in the Confederacy. The battles of the Wilderness,
Spottsylvania, North Anna and Cold Harbor, were the hardest Grant ever
fought, and they cost him tremendous sacrifices in men, but each one
gained some ground for him and forced Lee's army some distance back.
In June he began the siege of Kichmond. Sherman was advancing on
Atlanta; but Sigel first, and then Hunter, had been defeated in Virginia,
and Lee sent Early to threaten Washington. Grant detached Sheridan
against this force, and that commander effectually destroyed it.
In September, Sherman had reached Atlanta, and Thomas, in Tennes-
see, drew off and defeated the only Confederate force that could have op-
posed the march to the sea. All these subsidiary operations enabled
Grant to hold Lee's army in Richmond; and when Sherman had swept the
Carolinas, and Sheridan the valley of the Shenandoah, Grant made his
final move on Richmond. Petersburg fell on the 2d, and Richmond on
the 3d April, 1865, and Lee retreated toward Lynchburg. On the 9th he
was surrounded, and surrendered at Appomattox Court-house all that
remained of his heroic army — 27,000 men of all arms. Returning to
Washington, Grant reaped every honor that a grateful country could be-
stow. Congress created the grade of General for him, and private citizens
constantly took occasion to show their admiration of the man who had
saved the nation.
His generous conduct toward his manly enemies was worthy of his
renown; and history will never forget his indignant interposition to save
Lee from a threatened prosecution for treason. Elected President in
186S, he was re-elected, in 1872, by a larger vote and a larger majority
than any candidate had received since the United States became a nation.
The whole world has shared in the admiration with which his country
regards this great soldier and patriot; and his unexampled, triumphant
progress from land to land, familiar as it is to all, through the telegrams
of the last two years, remains on record as a series of the most sponta-
neous tributes ever paid to merit.
THE LANGTRY CALUMNY.
The New York Times professes to have received a telegram from
London, asserting that the husband of Mrs. Langtry (one naturally gives
him that style and title) has entered a suit for divorce, with the Priuce of
Wales as co-respondent. Personally, we firmly believe this to be one of
those unmanly lies which the correspondents of American papers are so
fond of glutting their letters with. Anything that reflects unfavorably
upon the Royal family of England, they are sure, will tickle the carrion
tastes of their readers, you know. And, besides the fact that the asser-
tion of one of these guttersnipe telegrams is prima facie evidence of a lie
(as the News Letter has proven over and over again), there are two other
cogent reasons why we should be wary in passing judgment. First — no
matter how wild the Prince was in his youth, his conduct of late years
has been such as to win him the love and respect of the virtue-loving
people, whose future king he is, all the malicious tittle tattle of American
"correspondents" to the contrary notwithstanding. Secondly — Mrs.
Langtry is not a shop-girl like Mabel Grey, or a syren of the Parisian
demirep type, but an English lady, the daughter of an English Dean—
whose beauty, unfortunately, has become public property, but whose fair
name has never been impugned until this irresponsible and anonymous
scribbler for a Gotham sensational sheet attempts to bring scandal upon
it. Surely no man with a spark of chivalry in him would judge her, or
Victoria's son, on the bare word of a scandal-selling penny-a-liner.
But if we allow it to be true, what are we to think of this "husband of Mrs.
Langtry?" Has he not placed her on exhibition until it is no wonder if her
head is turned with adulation ? When we think of him we lack language
to express our utter contempt for the thing who will thus surrender the
prize he has won (by what accident, we wonder ?) to temptations which,
if yielded to, could only result in giving a pair of cuckold's antlers to
himself. If she is guilty, he will surely get the benefit of the law, which,
in England, is dealt out to all alike ; and, of course, the notoriety which
is his object he will obtain in any case. But whether he wins his suit or
not, public opinion ought to kick him clear of the British Isles.
FRANCO-AMERICAN COMMERCE.
Statemests and Arguments in Behalf of American Industries, against ths Pro-
posed Franco-American Commercial Treaty. Submitted to the Special Com-
mittee of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, in conformity with the
Resolutions of the Chamber, passed June 13th, 1879. San Francisco : " Alta
California " Book and Job Printing House, 1879.
This work is an appeal to the common sense and mercantile judgment
of the business men and capitalists of the United States ; but has especial
reference to those of California, because she is the largest wine-producing
State, and because the work is exhaustive of the wine and brandy indus-
try of Prance, and shows, in the most demonstrative manner, how cer-
tainly the vineyard interests of the State may be profitablyenlarged even
a hundred fold, if only the present protection be continued to it, and the
nasty, unwholesome, cheap French wines excluded. The work opens
with a comprehensive and lucid statement, placing the whole question in
the most convincing light, by Arpad Haraszthy, Esq., the talented and
energetic President of the State Viticultural Society, a statement not
loaded with statistics, but comprehensible by any ordinary uuderstanding.
Then comes Appendix No. 1, Extracts from the Reports of Mr. C. A.
Wetmore, Delegate of the Society to the Paris Exposition, 1878, which
comprises 103 pages, and to which we intend to recur at an early date,
for too much attention can hardly be given at the present time to the sal-
vation of the wine industry of the State from the astute machinations of
Mr. Chotteau, which are calculated to effect its utter ruin by destroying
the home market for pure wine, and flooding it with the offal of French
wine cellars.
We have heard a great deal from Eastern travelers of the wonder-
ful attachment which exists between the horse and his master in Oriental
lands, but we doubt if anything more interesting has ever been told than
the following story of "Goldsmith Maid": Recently, Charley Cochrane,
who was for many years her faithful groom, arrived from California, and
wishing to Bee the grand old trotting mare and her colt, called on Mr.
Smith, her owner, to obtain his permission to visit Fashion Stud Farm,
in New Jersey. Mr. Smith accompanied Cochrane to the farm, and on
arriving there remarked: " Charley, the ' Maid ' is very jealous of her
colt, is very cross, and will permit no one to approach it." Cochrane ar-
ranged that u Goldsmith Maid " should hear his voice before she Baw him,
and, although they had not seen each other for two years, a lond whinny
presently assured the visitors that the mare had recognized the man's
voice. Cochrane next showed himself, when a touching scene occured.
The old queen of the turf, who for months would not allow any one to
approach her, making use of both heels and teeth if it was attempted,
rushed with a bound to her old friend, forgetting even her colt, and
rubbed her head upon his shoulder, her nose in his face, played with his
whiskers, and showed by her every action that her heart was full of joy
to see him. Directly the colt came up to them, and the old mare was de-
lighted when Charley placed his hand on the little fellow. When Coch-
rane left the place the mare followed him to the gate, whinnying for him
even after he had passed out of her sight.
Unreasonable ! — Police Sergeant: "A man whom you don't know
came behind you in the dark, struck you, and ran away ! How do you
expect us to find him?" Applicant: " Well, you're a pretty fellow to
ask me to teach you your duty ! If I knew ' How ' I could find him my- -
self." — Funny Folks.
Which is the best of the four seasons for arithmetic? The summer.
Price par Copy. 10 Cent.
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DEVOTED TO THE LEADING INTERESTS OF CALIFORNIA AND THE PACIFIC COAST.
Vol. 30.
SAN FRAN0IS00, SATURDAY, SEPT. 27, 1879.
No. 11,
Office of the San Francisco News Letter, Merchant Street,
noo. oo» to BIS, San Fraud
GOLD BARS— S90@910-Silver Bars— S@18 tfcent. disc. Mexican
Dollars, 9@10 per cent.
*3" Exchange on New York. |@— per cent. ; On London, Bankers,
Commercial, 50|@50Jd. Paris, sight, 5 francs per dollar.
Telegrams, 35-100 per cent.
$S- Latest price of Sterling, 482(5484.
*3~ Price of Money here, f (a 1 per cent, per month — bank rate. In the
open market, i@li. Demand active.
THE STOCK MARKET.
There haa been little or no change in the general market since our
last writing, save a perceptible decrease in the volume of business trans-
acted. The market, however, shows a strong undertone, attesting the
readiness of " inside" support when the occasion requires it. The situa-
tion at the North End is daily growing more and more important, and
operations at these mines are rapidly approaching the time when the solu-
tion of the much vexed question will be pretty well determined. The
Union shaft is now down to the 2,200-level of Sierra Nevada, and already
we expect the mine is being drained of the water. This accomplished,
and it will not take long to open up the hidden mysteries of the lower
levels. Tbe situation in Ophir is also most interesting. The long-
delayed crosscut on the 2, 400-level has already been started, and will be
run through to the west wall of the ledge, thus thoroughly prospecting
this section of the mine, where so much of promise is said to exist. At
other points there is little of interest to note. Outside stocks are com-
pletely neglected, with the exception of Eureka Con. and Belle Isle,
which attract considerable attention on account of recent developments
at the mines. At the close, the market showed no perceptible change.
ARIZONA.
The "Miner,1' of September 19th ^ has the following: The California
mail arrived this morning, bringing New York correspondence of the 8th
inst., while the Santa Fe mail brought papers and letters of the 10th,
forty-eight hours later. Our Eastern mail should all come via the New
Mexico route.-^— The Lone Star Mine, Mohave county, is turning out
very high grade ore, and in large quantities. —Another big sale of
mines. Three in the Swisshelm Mountains have been sold to a St. Louis
company by Judge Hesson, John Swisshelm, J. W. Flemming and E.
Martin Smith. Mr. T. Larimiar represeuts the company. Ninety
thousand dollars was the price paid.— —The owners of the Eureka Cop-
per mine, in Black Hills, have run a tunnel in 125 feet, striking the lead
75 feet beneath the surface, with favorable results. A large body of high
grade ore presents itself in this tunnel, which goes from forty to sixty
per cent.
Beerbohm'a Telegram.— London and Liverpool, Sept. 2G, 1879.—
Floating Cargoes, steadily held; Cargoes on Passage, steadily held, fair
inquiry ; Mark Lane Wheat, steady ; No. 2 Spring off Coast, 48s. ; Red
Winter off Coast, 50s. 6d. ; California off Coast, 51s. Od. ; California Nearly
Due, 51h. 6d.; California Just Shipped, 51s. 6d,; No. 2 Spring for Ship-
ment, 46s. ; Liverpool Spot Wheat, steadier ; California Club No. 1.
Standard, 10s. 9d. ; California Club No.2 Standard, 10s. 4d.; California
Average — Western, 10s. 5d.; White Michigan, 10s. 6d. ; Red Western
Spring, 8s. 7d.; Extra State Flour in London, 13s. 5d.; Extra State Flour
in Liverpool, 13s. 5d.; Liverpool Western Mixed Corn, 13s. 5d. ; Liver-
pool Canadian Peas, 13s. 5d.; N. Y. St. Ex., 82@84 ; English Country
Markets, generally dearer; French Country Markets, generally dearer ;
Liverpool Wheat, 9s. 6d., 10s. 4d., 10s. 5d., 10s. 8d.; Arrival of Coast
Wheat, moderate; Weather in England, fine.
Latest from the Merchants Exchange. — New York, Sept. 25th,
1879. United States Bonds^s, 102| ; 4As, 105$; 5s, 162|. Sterling Ex-
change, 4 82@4 84. Pacific Mail, 28£. Wheat, 123@128. Western Union,
92£. Hides, 20@204. Oil— Sperm, 75@70. Winter Bleached, So @ 93.
Whale Oil, 35@40; Winter Bleached, 43@50. Wool— Spring, fine, 20®
30; Burry. 11@14 ; Pulled, 25@35 ; Fall Clips, 14@18 ; Burry, 13(o*20.
London, Sept. 25th.— Liverpool Wheat Market, 9s. 6d.@10s. 5d.; Club,
10s. 5d.@10s. 8d. U. S. Bonds, 5's, 106; 4's, 104g; 4Vs, 108§. Consols,
979-16.@97§. __^
London, Sept. 25, 1879.— Latest Price of Consols. 97 9-16@5-8.
PRICES OF LEADING STOCKS AND GOV. BONDS.
San Francisco September 20, 1S79.
Stocks and Bonds.
Cal. St. Bonds, 6's,'57, (iiom)
S. F. City & Co. B'ds, Gs/SS
S. F. C. &Co. B'ds,7s(nom)
Montg'y Av. Bonds (nom). .
Dupont Street Bonds
Sacramento City Bonds....
Stockton City Bonds, U's...
Yuba County Bonds, S's
Santa Clara Co. Bonds, 7's .
Butte Co. Bonds, 10's, 'GO ..
SanJIateo Bonds, 7's
Oakland City Bonds, S's ... .
Bank of California
First National
Pacific
California Ins. Co
Commercial Ins. Co
Fireman's Fund Ins. Co ... .
Biit.
Asked
100
102
Nom.
Nom.
105
107
(i.i
70
SO
90
20
23
90
95
103
100
105
107
90
100
—
112
115
69
70
89
90
120
130
114
110
75
SO
110
112
Stocks and Bonds.
Homo Mutual Ins. Co
State Investment Ins. Co .
Union Ins. Co
City R. R
Central R. R. Co
Cbv Street Hill R. R
Market Street R. R
N. B. and Mission R. R
Omnibus K. R
Potrero and Bay View R. R
Giant Powder Co
S. F. Gaslight Co ,
8. V. W. W. Co
Real Estate Associates
Merchants' Exchange
Safe Deposit Co
Nevada Co. N. G. R. R. Bds
Virginia & Truckee "
Bid.
80
105
115
35
50
100
Asked
85
10S
117
40
55
35
145
S3£
95
102£
Business does not improve in the city. At the same time, the northern counties
of the State are in a prosperous condition, and no doubt will soon see the effect of
the high price they are getting far their Wheat. There is no change in the money I
market. Strictly prime, 00 day acceptance, would be discounted at 5 to 6 per cent.
Andrew Baird, 312 California street.
London, September 25th.— The Berlin Provincial Correspondent di-
rects the attention of Catholics to the fact that the Chancellor has been
actively negotiating with a distinguished papal envoy at Gastein, while it
assures Liberals that the supreme power of the State in State affairs will
be in no wise sacrificed. It offers to the military and upper classes a bold
and open Austrian alliance, and to all it promises a reduction of direct
taxes. The article states that it will be the duty of the next Landtag to
complete the purchase of private railways by the State, and to effect
their thorough reorganization. The article concludes : " Let the electors
take care that the next Landtag consists of an overwhelming body of
members who, on the ground of common economical endeavors, have full
sympathy with Bismarck and the Government as to the consequences to
Prussian taxation, of German economical reform."
On Tuesday last Grace Church was most beautifully decorated with
flowers and wreaths of evergreens and elegant hangings, on the occasion
of the marriage of Mr. J. Henley Stone to Miss Marian H., daughter of
J. V. Plume, Esq. The noble -church edifice was filled by crowds of
friends of both parties, and the spectacle presented by the exquisitely at-
tired ladies and the unexampled wealth of decoration, was one long to be
held iu remembrance. After the ceremony the happy pair drove to the
Grand Hotel, where they received the greetings and congratulations of
their friends and acquaintances, with offerings of countless bouquets and
rich souvenirs of the auspisious event.
Californiana Abroad.— Sept. 4, 1879.— Paris: Mrs. H. Coit, Mr J.
A. Folger, Mrs. J. A. Forger, Miss L. B. Folger, Dr. C. M. Hitchcock,
Miss E. A. Hochkofler, Miss Potman, Mrs. Van Winkle. Dresden:
Mrs. McKenty. Berlin: John Benson. — Continental Gazette, Paris,
Geneva: Mr. F. Zeile. Baden-Baden: Mr. A. Lapfgeer. Rome: Mr.
W. Jaensch. — Continent and Swiss Times, Geneva, Sept. 3, 1879.
London, September 25th.— A Paris correspondent, referring to the
communication published in the Gaulois about Sellor Zorilla's intrigues,
says: "If this communication emanates, as reported from the Spanish
Embassy, it is an indication that in King Alfonso's opinion the Austro-
German alliance bodes no good to Frpnce, or he would not dare thus to
bark at its heels and seek an excuse for quarreling later."
Brussels, September 25th.— Belgian Bishops have instructed the
clergy to refuse absolution to parents whose children frequent public
schools, and to teachers and pupils of normal schools.
Vienna, September 25th. — Gortschakoff is expected at Berlin to-
day on his way to Russia. He will have an interview with Bismarck, at
the special wish of the Czar, to remove any misunderstanding.
The Bodie Mining Company made the largest monthly clean up this
year last Saturday, §46,200. Dividend of fifty cents declared, payable
October 1st.
Postage on S. F. News Letter to all parts of United States and
Europe, 2 cents.
Printed and Published by the Proprietor, Frederick Marriott, 607 to 615 Merchant Street, San Francisco, California,
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Sept. 27, 1879.
A CHANCE MEETING.
Some veil did fall, I knew it all of yore.— Rossetti.
Strange that I should see you thus. Often in my dreams at night
Whom I dreamed of long ago! I have seen you just as now,
Is it old love calling us, With the broad low brows and white,
Or new love that we must know? And the hair drooped on the brow;
Something — but I cannot tell Till we meet at last, and* you
Whether it be weak or wise, Even as if you have sought for me,
Whether it be ill or well — As I sought you, all life through,
In your eyes. Look, "Tis he!"
Just a glance and nothing more ! Well, where have we met before ?
Hardly could you fathom it, Is it really but in dreams,
Hardly guess what lies in store ; Or beyond some fast-closed door
Though the light one moment lit In another world, that seems
Those sweet eyes, that did reply Like a half-forgotten home
To the careless look I cast — Where our feet were wont to stand,
Eyes that said not 'Who?' or 'Why?' Whither some day we must come '
But 'At last!" Hand in hand?
Sweet, I know: before this life
You and I were one indeed,
Closelier mine than wedded wife
Recognize my spirit's need.
Once we had one hope, one heart,
And we parted — how, and why ? —
Promise now, we will not part,
You and I. — World.
THE RAILROAD COMPANY SPEAKS.
The enemies of the Railroad Company have recently had their
say, and made the most of it. Now the Railroad Company speaks. The
annual reports of the president and officers of the Central Pacific have
just been presented to the shareholders, and the president's report will be
found in the present number of the News Letter. These documents reach
the public at a most fitting time. The people have recently been so sur-
feited with false figures, lying facts and erroneous deductions, that they
may well be supposed to be now ready to listen to a little honest truth.
The time for the sober second thought is well nigh at hand. Cohen has
delivered his false figures by the hour, has had them printed by the yard,
and distributed by tens of thousands. Gorham has given effect to his
threats to bolt his party's nominations, and to assail the railroad from
every available stump throughout the State. The Chronicle has printed
whole broadsides, and fulminated them wherever it could find readers.
The Honorable Bilks, whose professed excuse for existence as a party was
the railroad question, have strutted their brief hour on the political stage,
have made the most of their sole and only article of faith, and have passed
away, after a brief and inglorious career, all unhonored and unsung, to
that bourne whence no traveler e'er returns, leaving behind a most unsa-
vory memory. Cohen's fire has been drawn, Gorham's rage has spent it-
self in impotency, the Chronicle is on its good behavior for its very life's
sake, the Bilks are dead beyond the possibility of resurrection. Thus
perish all who seek to hurt the State by endeavoring to cripple the rail-
roads !
We gladly leave the battle-ground behind, bestrewn, as it is, with the
putrid carcasses of the slain, and hasten to that purer and better atmos-
phere, in which men love the truth for its own sake, and desire to act
justly even toward the Railroad Company. While the battle raged, pas-
sion reigned supreme and reason was silenced. Now, however, sober
thought begins to reassert itself. It begins to be possible to reach men's
minds by means of fair reasoning. We recommend a careful perusal of
President Stanford's able and dispassionate report. It is a clear, forcible,
and, we believe, unassailable answer to all and sundry those who have
aided and abetted recent communistic efforts to seize and divide the rail-
road income.
Never was such autocratic power conferred on mortal man as that with
which the new Constitution clothes the newly-elected Railroad Commis-
sioners. They are more absolute than any monarch ever dared to be.
They are at their sovereign will and pleasure to say what fares and
freights shall be charged ; and from their decision there is no appeal.
Their extraordinary powers extend not only to railroads, but to every kind
of transportation company. They are to determine what shall be charged
by steamers, as well as by railroads. Upon what conceivable principle
consistent with the rights of property can such powers be conferred upon
anybody? That steamers are private property, must necessarily be ad-
mitted by even those who deny that railroads are. They enjoy no special
privileges. As Governor-elect Perkins said, "There is no toll on the
Golden Gate, and the ocean is free to all." To compel a steamship-owner
to sell the use of his ship at a rate that is not agreeable to him, is precisely
the same as if the workingman were compelled to sell his labor for less
than he esteemed its value to be. Between the two things there is no
essential difference. What a terrible howl would arise from the Sand-lots
if a commission of capitalists were authorized to determine that working-
men should not, at their peril, collect more than a certain sum for their
labor. The farmers— quiet and law-abiding as they are— would, we are
quite sure, break out into open rebellion against any law that would seek-
to punish them for selling their produce for as much as they could get for
it; and they would be entirely justified, for no more righteous cause for
rebellion could possibly exist. It is a most monstrous tyranny to declare
that a man may not sell his own as he wills. If he may not sell the use
of his steamship for what he can get for it, then it follows by inexorable
logic— from which there is no escape — that the farmer and the working-
man, who impose the restraint upon him, ought to render themselves
amenable to the same conditions. In short, it comes to this : that every-
thing that is saleable should have its selling price dictated by a constitu-
tionally-appointed commission.
Then, even if it be right or just, or in accordance with the inherent
rights of property owners, that commissioners should do this thing, by
what rule are they to do it ? By the Constitution it is provided, among
many other absurd things, that no more shall be charged for a shorter
than for a longer distance. That is to say, no more shall be charged to
any point between San Francisco and Los Angeles than is charged for
the whole distance. But it happens that Los Angeles is a competitive
point. It has the advantage of water communication, and the railroad has
been forced to compete with steamers. This it is not to be allowed to do for
the future, unless, indeed, it is willing to give all the interior towns the
advantages which Los Angeles is able to command by reason of her ad-
vantageous position. The railroad could not possibly do that and con-
tinue in successful operation. All its land carriage could not be reduced
to the price of transit by water. That would simply mean bankruptcy.
The only alternative then is to raise the rates to Los Angeles and other
like favored points. The result will necessarily be to give the business to
the steamers and to deprive those places of the great benefits of rail-
roads, with their speed, comfort, and saving of time. Such is the effect
of an ill-considered and practically unworkable enactment. That is the
kind of absurd legislation with which great vested interests, involving
many millions worth of property, are to be controlled. The thing is un-
paralleled. Its like is not to be found in any other country. It means a
violation of the rights of private property ; it means confiscation, and it
means Communism in practice in a worse form than has ever before been
formulated in theory.
But it seems very far from certain that the Railroad Commissioners
will, after all, be permitted to really exercise their truly alarming powers.
At any rate, if they proceed to extremities, it is possible that an author-
ity may be invoked that will speedily estop them. The United States'
courts have a potential voice in, the matter. Congress has provided, in
what is known as the Thurman Act, that the transcontinentafroads shall
set aside a certain portion of their net income, as a sinking fund with
which to redeem the bonds loaned by the National Government. It fol-
lows that the Government has an interest in the net income of the
roads that must not be jeopardized by any local action. The Govern-
ment holds a mortgage, and has the right, as it has the unquestionable
power, to enforce the payment of its just due. It is actually exercising
that power. The national administration is charged, by an Act of Con-
gress, with the performance of that duty, and the United States courts
may with certainty be appealed to to restrain State authorities from inter-
fering with the rights of the Government a3 mortgagee. That appears a
plain legal proposition from which there is no escape. Governor Stan-
ford, in his report, pretty plainly intimates that the action of the newly
elected Commissioners will be contested in the Federal courts, and we be-
lieve that high constitutional authorities agree that there is little doubt as
to the result of such contest.
The railroad question is evidently very far from being settled. Gov-
ernor Stanford puts the essential truth in a single sentence: " There can
be no settlement which is not wise and just." There is too sacred a prin-
ciple involved in this attempt to confiscate property to permit wrong to
be finally perpetrated. As the matter comes to be more closely discussed,
it will become apparent to every sober-minded, thoughtful man, who has
anything to lose, that this question of the rights of property is one that
concerns himself. IE injustice can be done to a railroad stockholder, or
creditor, or steamship proprietor, then it can be done to any other propri-
etor of property. It is the rule of the many against the few. It is might
against right. All history teaches us that when once that sort of thing
has made a beginning, it is hard to tell where it will end. It is the rail-
road and the steamship that are struck at to-day. It will be the manu-
factory and the farm to-morrow. The sooner all thoughtful men become
apostles of the great truth that the interests of the railroads and of the
State are identical, the better it will be for all concerned. This subject
grows upon us as we discuss it, and dry as the topic may appear at first
sight, we are satisfied it will grow in interest to every man who gives a
dispassionate consideration to the great principles involved. Governor
Stanford's most suggestive report should be carefully considered by every
reader.
St. John's Presbyterian Church, Post street, between Mason and
Taylor. Rev. Dr. Scott, Pastor, will preach Sunday morning at 11
o'clock; also at 1\ P. M. The public cordially invited to attend. Sunday
School and Bible Classes at 9i A. a. Prayer and Praise Service at
6i P. M.
WESTERN ASSURANCE COMPANY, OF TORONTO.
Incorporated 1851.
Total Assets, 1st January, 1ST9 $1,670,400.41.
Bl T LICK & HALOAX. General Agents for Paciflc|Coast,
413 CALIFORNIA STREET. [Sept. 13.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Office of the Sortie Consolidate*! Mining Company, Room
92, Nevada Block, Sao Francisco, Sept. 20th , 1S79. — At a meeting of the Board
of Directors of the above-named Company, held this day, a Dividend (No. 3) of Fifty
Cents (5flc.) per share was declared upon the capital stock of the Company, payable
on WEDNESDAY, October 1st, 1879. Transfer books will be closed Tuesday, 'Sept.
23d, 1879, at 3 p.m. [Sept. 27.] WM. H. LENT, Secretary.
AVERILL MIXED PAINT,
The Best, Most Durable and Beautiful of All Paints.
rXBTJJtUD JtHJMY JFOR VSE,
AND OF ANY SHADE OK COLOR DESD3ED.
Sept. 27.
O. S. OBBICE, General Agent,
329 Market St., Opposite Front.
INVESTIGATION OF THE MANAGEMENT OF THE
JUSTICE MINING COMPANY.
Baldwin's Hanag-ement rtont snit the Stockholders, they
wishing to know why the mine is in debt, and why the ore is paying only Bix
dollars per ton.
Notice is hereby given that the Stockholders of Justice Mining Company are re-
quested to meet at Room 3, No. 411£Californiastreet, SATURDAY, September 27th }
at 3 o'clock p. m. MANY STOCKHOLDERS.
E. E. Eyre.1 Members S. F. Stock and Exchange Board. [J. H. Jones.
EYRE & JONES,
Stock Brokers,
320 PINE STREET, SAN FRANCISCO. [Sept. 27.
I. B. EAMES,
Attorney-at-Law, X . S. Court Building1, corner Battery
and Washington Btreets, rooms 39 and 40, San Francisco. [Sept. 13.
Sept. 27, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTIMK.
:t
BABES OF THE BLUE AND THE GRAY.
\c.*i I» *s 0 WH v i v.; 0 r Tin- 01 ]
It will be remembered that Captain rUQcok, of the United States
Army, who is now at the Warren Green Hotel, by his noble generosity
t*> Southern prisoners during the war, made his nan.- tecred in many a
Southern household. General Payne w i- one who reoaiTed marked fciml-
ness at his han.l*. On Sunday morning, at the same hour of the day.
each of them lost a child ; ami now, side by side, in the cemetery lot of
General Payne, sleep the two soldiers' children. People generally pay
proper respect to the feelings of all who suffer for the dead. But for the
brave, the warm- hearted, ami the generous, the tears that flow come from
a deeper sympathy and bear the stamp of Heaven. — W'arrcnton Solid
South (recent date).
What matters it now if they met here before,
From the North and the Southland— the Blue and the Gray-
On fields that were awful with carnage and gore,
'Mid the soaring and strife of that terrible fray?
Ah, little they heeded the dying and dead,
For hard was the heart then, and flashing the eye ;
But now they are weeping o*er one little bed,
Where two little darlings so peacefully lie—
"Under the sod and the dew,"
Close to each other they lay ;
One is the babe of the Blue,
The other, the babe of the Gray.
What matters it now, if they led to the fight
The men who are Bleeping beneath the green sod?
Or what does it matter which fought for the right ?
For, "Judgment is Mine !" saith our merciful God.
Ah ! bravely they fought here, but dying, forgave,
And, clasping each other, lay dead on the plain ;
Thus, bowing in sympathy over the grave,
These warrior hearts are united in pain,
" Under the sod and the dew,
Fair as twin lilies they lay—
Beautiful babe of the Blue,
Beautiful babe of the Gray.
What matters it now if this tall, waving grass
Is higher, and ranker, and greener to-day,
Because it is drinking that red flood, alas I
The blood of the Blue and the blood of the Gray?
While yet it was warm from the hearts of the brave,
It met and united in one purple tide.
So, mingle the tears o'er this little twin grave
Of the treasures now buried here, each side by side,
" Under the sod and the dew,"
Sleeping together for aye —
Sweet little babe of the Blue,
Dear little babe of the Gray.
What matters it now? — but question them not ;
Enough that they suffer a father's keen woe —
The past is forgiven — perchance is forgot ;
And true are the tears that in sympathy flow,
Through which they behold on that "beautiful shore,"
Two twin angels, in garments of white,
Whose wee dimpled fingers now beckon them o'er
The dark-flowing river, they've taken their flight.
Up from the sod and the dew,
Leading and showing the way —
Pure angel babe of the Blue!
Pure angel babe of the Gray !
—London Telephone.
THE NEWPORT CLUB.
We take great pleasure in calling the attention of our readers to the
following letters extracted from the Alta- of September 24th, and in doing
so remind them that scandal, like death, "loves a shining mark." Feel-
ing that Mr. James R. Keene is too widely known and too well beloved
in this community to need any indorsement of ours, we refrain from
further comment upon the impudent falsehood under consideration, and
content ourselves in quoting from the Stock Report of last Wednesday,
which very pertinently remarks that "the journalistic blackguard who
started such a rumor is a disgrace to his profession :''
James R. Keene and the Newport Club.
San Francisco, September 20th, 1879.
Editors Alta:— Some weeks ago, many of the San Francisco papers published an
item stating that Mr. James R. Keene had been black-balled by the Newport Club.
Now it happens that this statement is entirely false, as will be seen by reference to
inclosed letter published in the New York Commercial Advertiser. It is likely that
Mr. Keeue has not been in the least disquieted by the erroneous announcement. But
his friends here are not so philosophical. To be black-balled by a Club is not neces-
sarily a disgrace, but it is certainly no honor. "Jim Keene" is a man of whom San
Francisco is proud, and with good reason. If integrity, intellect, cultivation and
extreme kindness of heart, are attributes that count at all, Mr. Keene is one of those
before whom all doors should gladly swing open. There is no Club in the land that
might not feel honored to him for a member. This being the case, his many friends
here were disgusted at the slight which was supposed to have been put upon him.
Most of them read the misstatement. Few have had a chance to see the correction.
For this reason, will you kindly publish the inclosed, and oblige
As Old Subscriber.
Newport, Autrust 30th, 1879.
Editor New York Commercial Advertiser:— In an article in the Commercial Ad-
vertiser, with the heading, " A Bit of Snobbery," it is stated that Mr. James R.
Keene had been black-balled by the Newport .Club Mr. Keene's name has never
been offered for membership of the Club, and has never been black-balled by the
Club. On the 1st of May, Mr. Keene's name was entered as a subscriber for the sea-
son, and he paid the usual subscription. Since then the privileges of the Club have
been open to him, as they are open to hundreds of other season subscribers. I re-
spectfully ask that you give this a place in the columns of the Commercial Advertiser.
George C. Masok, Secretary Newport Club.
[The Commercial- Advertiser received its information through the Newport corre-
spondence of the World.— Ed. Com. Ad.
Sterling Silverware. — A large assortment of elegant designs at Ran
dolph & Co.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streete.
DOOMED CABDX.
The advance on Cabui oaatfaum, and we mav ihortry expeot to
beer of the capture of \f_-i \\ it. What Um British en going
t.. do with the city after th- n it, in not to May to anticipate,
lhat th.-y will permanent!) keep Oabol m da not beliave; (hat w-mld bo
equivalent t" making all Afghanistan aooaa tde British poaasstion, whiob
a w.»uld thereafter be bound in honor t.. defend against all oomem
isow, England doea not waol thin. A boundary which can be defended
means safety and itraagth, hut every foot of laud acquired beyond that
line u weakness and risk. The proper boundary of India is that estab-
lished !>£ the late Afghan treaty, and generally called the "scientific
frontier." Territory acquired beyond that, must have a frontier equally
^ scientific, or its acquisition is a loss instead of a gain. Ah is well
known, Afghanistan has no such frontier. The British troops will, there-
fore, probably only occupy Cabul long enough to insure the punishment
of the rebel ringleaders, and exact an Indemnity fur the massacre. Per-
haps, also, she will modify the treaty so as to make its terms harder than
before. In spite of Yakoob Chan's protestations of non-complicity in the
tragedy, it is not at all likely that he will he left at the head of the na-
tion. If he was not a party to the massacre, he was at least incompetent
to prevent it, and in either ease is clearly not the man for the place he
now occupies. Besides, his excuses were very shallow, and the circum-
stances very suspicious. While the slaughter was going on at the Em-
bassy, he claimed to be defending himself against the furious populace,
with the assistance of only five followers. If some scores of brave and
desperate British soldiera were so quickly overpowered, what chance
would he have had?
Meanwhile, the Russian Press is making a terrible hullabaloo about the
massacre, and weeping like a lot of crocodiles for the dreadful fate that is
going to befall the British arms, unless the good will of Russia is at once
sought. The good will of that Power is, however, about as valuable as
its good faith, and England places no trust, in either.
It is to be deeply regretted that the chances of politics have made it
necessary for us to lose Mr. Humphreys, who has so long and so ably
filled the office of City and County Surveyor ; and his recent appoint-
ment by the Board of Supervisors to superintend the construction of that
difficult and most important public work, the Army-street sewer, is but a
fitting reco nition of his rare capacity. At the same time, the Board do
not seem to have devoted much thought to the subject of a proper com-
pensation for the services of an experienced and most competent officer
when they allowed Mr. Humphreys but ten dollars a day. In the County
Surveyor's office there are now deputies, who are by no means overpaid,
who are receiving twelve dollars a day for the discharge of duties which
require no part of the experience, and but little of the professional skill
absolutely demanded in the direction of a great public improvement, and
secured to the city by Humphreys' acceptanceof the position offered.
Last Sunday's Chronicle was an admirably complete paper, the first
worked off on the new press, and all remarked the style in which it waB
cut and folded, and pasted at the back, so that the leaves could be turned.
It is not often that the public call for a fourth edition of a Sunday paper,
as they were doing for this on Thursday.
CALIFORNIA THEATER.
WB. Burton, Manager ; Barton Kill, Acting Manager.
• Great Attraction ! Grand Matinee to-day (Saturday} at 2 o'clock. Last
Performance of THE COLOR GUARD, for the benefit of the Relief Fund of Lincoln
Post, G.A.R., at which, by special invitation, MRS. GRANT will he present. This
(Saturday) Evening, September 27th, GENERAL GRANT will attend the theater to
witness H. M. S. PINAFORE, by MISS EMEL1E MELVILLE and her Popular Com-
pany. Great Double Orchestra. In active preparation, a grand spectacular play of
absorbing interest, introducing extraordinary mechanical effects, etc. Sept. 27.
BUSH STREET THEATER.
Charles E. liocke, Proprletor.--First Production of Oscar
Weil's New Comic English Opera in 3 acts, PYRAMUS AND THISBE, com-
mencing MONDAY EVENING, September 29th, Every Evening (except Sunday) and
Saturday Matinee. SUSAN GALTON (Kelleher), who, after an absence from the
Stage of five years, returns to it for this occasion only, especially to create the role
of THISBE. MR. BEN CL&RK as PYRAMUS. Miss Charlotte Hammond, Messrs.
Makin, Caselli, etc., etc. The Costumes and Scenery entirely new, from designs by
TOBY E. ROSENTHAL. Musical Director, Gustav Hinrichs ; Chorus Master, Ste-
phen W, Leach. Sept. 27.
THE BALDWIN THEATER.
Thomas Magnlre, Manager. --Holiday Week, in honor of
GENERAL U. S. GRANT. Last Two Nights and Matinee. The Success of
the Season, THE MARRIAGE EY MOONLIGHT, this (Saturday) Evening, Saturday
Matinee and Sunday Evening. Mr. James O'Neill, Mr. Lewis Morrison, Miss Jeffreys-
Lewis, and the Baldwin Company. Monday, Sept. 29th— CRUTCH AND TOOTH-
PICK. Sept. 27.
BUSH-STREET THEATER.
Canaries E. Locke, Proprietor.— Last Two Night* or the
j Greatest Minstrel Centralization in the World. PINAFORE IN BLACK ! Fresh
Features ! HAVERLY'S UNITED MASTODON MINSTRELS ! New, Novel, Fare-
well Programme. Monster New First Part. Forty Performers. The Turkish Re-
view, introducing 12 Turkish Soldiers. The Only Comedy Company in the City. 12
Song and Dance Artists, 12 Clog Dancers, 8 End Men, 12 Famous Vocalists, 16 Musi-
cians, 40 Artists. Seats on sale six days in advance. Monday, Sept. 29th— PYRA-
MUS AND THISBE, Comic Opera, by Oscar Weil. Box Sheet now open.
VIENNA CONCERT GARDENS,
(Corner Sutter ami Stockton streets (formerly the Tlvoll).
j The Great Family Resort. Grand Opening, SATURDAY, September 20th, at
8 r.«. Tbe Celebrated VIENNA LADIES' ORCHESTRA has been engaged perma-
nently for Instrumental and Vocal Concerts. The enlarged Hall and Gardens have
been thoroughly renovated, beautified and fitted up as a FIRST-CLASS FAMILY
RESORT. [Sept. 27.J RIECK & CO., Proprietors.
THE TIVOLI GARDENS,
Eddy street, between Market and Mason. ••'Krelinsr Bros.,
Proprietors. Standing Room Only. Tremendous Success of the Original
Comic Opera, entitled THE WRECK OF THE PINAFORE, Words and Music by
Mrs. L. S. Church. New and Elaborate Scenery, Sparkling Music, and a Strong
Cast. The GRAND TIVOLI ORCHESTRA, under the direction of Mr. L. Homeier,
will play select entre act music. Sept. 27.
4
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Sept. 27, 1879.
REPORT.
Office Central Pacific Railroad Company, 1
San Francisco, July 22, 1879. J
The Directors herewith submit to the annual meeting of the stock-
holders of the Central Pacific Railroad Company such reports of subordi-
nate officers as will give a general resume" of the operations of the road
for the year 1878, and a particular account of the condition of the Com-
pany's property and financial condition on December 31st of the same
year. Your careful attention to these reports is invited.
The caDital stock authorized is $100,000,000 00
The capital stock subscribed is 62,608,800 00
The capital stock paid in is 54,275,500 00
Of the amount subscribed there is held in trust for the
Company 8,333,300 00
INDEBTEDNESS.
The debts of the Company are : —
Funded debt §56,394,000 00
Less sinking funds 3,296,259 72
$53,097,140 28
United States subsidy bonds 27,855,680 00
Balance of accounts 1,819,486 69
Total £82,772,906 97
For detailed statement of funded debt see Secretary's report hereto
appended— Table No. 2.
ASSETS.
The assets of the Company are :
One thousand two hundred and fourteen miles main line of
railroad and telegraph, with all necessary sidings, turn-
outs, switches, turntables, dep6ts, de"p&t- buildings,
round-houses and snow-galleries ; also, wharfs, slips,
piers and steamers for ferries at San Francisco, cost. .$134,650,527 89
Equipment for same — locomotives, cars, snow-plows, etc.,
cost 7,956,113 66
Real estate purchased for use of road, cost 1,480,267 67
Shops and machinery, cost 1,692,152 73
Telegraph instruments, furniture,' safes, etc., at stations
and offices, cost 154,499 3S
Sacramento river steamers, cost 644,840 60
Material on hand : —
For track repairs 342,884 92
In shops, for constructing and repairs (per inventory) cost. 808,319 25
In store of supply department (per inventory), cost 18,353 58
Fuel on hand (per inventory), cost 498,381 61
Farming lands— estimated value 80,000,000 00
Undivided half sixty acres land in Mission Bay, in Ran
Francisco ; five hundred acres water-front at Oakland ;
about one hundred and forty-acres water-front at Sac-
ramento— estimated value, independent of improve-
ments 7,750,000 00
Cash 1,508,702 74
Total §187,505,044 03
The reports of the heads of departments, submitted herewith, are, as
usual, so complete, that in them you possess full details of the affairs of
the Company.
Upon examination, you will perceive that there has been an increase of
business during the past year. Although that increase has not been as
great as you might have reasonably expected, yet, when you consider the
vastness of our country and its undeveloped resources, you may antici-
pate, as time advances, a greater and greater increase of traffic. When
the arts and sciences of China and Japan shall be supplemented with
those of Europe and America, the people of these countries will be, in
their productive capacity and in their readiness and ability to exchange,
substantially equal to the same number of Europeans or Americans. No
man can estimate what the business from that source will be, but it will
be vast— probably far beyond what the most sanguine now anticipates.
On the whole, the prospects of your Company are now as bright as ever
they were, and since the time when your road made its junction with the
Union Pacific, its future has been steadily brightening.
Since your last annual meeting, the Supreme Court of the United
States has decided the "Thurtnan Bill" to be constitutional in its pro-
visions. That bill assumes to dispose of the net income of your Company.
The new Constitution of the State provides for the control of the gross
income by three Commissioners. The two seem to be entirely inconsist-
ent, for the control of the net income would appear necessarily to carry
with it the control of the gross, so as to permit the possibility of a net.
The Commissioners elected under the new Constitution may so control the
gross income as to leave no net.
In this there is a manifest conflict of jurisdiction, and a judicial deci-
sion, determining between these two mighty and conflicting powers, is ne-
cessary for the protection of the interests of the stockholders and the
creditors of the Company.
There is no foundation in good reason for the attempts made by the
General Government and by the State to specially control your affairs. It
is a question of might, and it is to your interest to have it determined
where the power resides. Perhaps it is not strange that the attempt
should be made to control the railroads of the State, however unwise it
may be, or however arbitrary and absolute the manner, because upon
them depends so largely the question of production and the exchange of
the products of the labor of the citizens of the State. Through the aid
of the telegraph, the printing-press and of steam, the whole civilized
world is, in many respects, one great neighborhood; and the only ques-
tion to be considered in the matter of the free exchange of the products of
the most extreme portions, is that of transportation. The products, the
wealth of the country, depend upon the cheapness of transportation.
It is a problem that interests all, and particularly the managers of the
railroads.
In illustration : In this State, hitherto, the law has allowed a maxi-
mum charge of fifteen cents per ton per mile for freight. Your Company,
in many cases, has been compelled to carry goods below that rate, and, in
doing so,its first regard— as with. all well-regulated companies and indi-
viduals—has been the financial result of its business. Every reduction
below the legal maximum of fifteen cents per ton per mile is a discrimina-
tion in a measure forced upon the Company by distance, the character and
value of the products moved, the community of interests between the
producer and the carrier, and by competition. Other factors of minor
importance, not necessary to mention, also enter into consideration ; but
these are the chief causes. Discrimination, in one sense, may be said to
be made only upon compulsion, and always against the carrier — as he
would not take less than his maximum rate unless forced to do so by some
of the causes above stated. Discrimination against an individual or a
community is a thing unknown.
The discrimination most prejudicial to the interests of the Company is
that which arises from competition by other carriers, which forces the
acceptance of a lower rate than could otherwise be wisely obtained ; yet,
it is better to accept a low rate, even though it pay but one penny over
the cost of movement, when that is all that can be obtained, than not to
move the particular frieght. For this reason, oftentimes where there is
vigorous competition, the carrier finds it necessary to carry freights at less
rates for longer than for a shorter distance. To illustrate : Freight is
carried by rail from San Francisco to Los Angeles at the present time for
a less rate than to some intermediate points. This the Railroad Company
is compelled to do to meet competition by ocean steamers — Los Angeles
being a competing point. The rates to the intermediate points, however,
are not affected at all by this competition, being neither raised nor lowered
thereby. By this competition the real loser is the carrier, the competing
point having all the benefits. The greater the competition between two
points, the lower the rates and smaller the profits of the carrier. Points
where there is no competition, however, cannot justly claim the conces-
sions which better located places can demand, but must pay the ordinary
rates for carriage. In some cases the non-competitive point might be in-
jured, because of the superior business location of the competing point;
but that is not the fault of the carrier. A case in point has recently been
brought to public attention in New York. Goods are sometimes, through
the force of competition, carried from Chicago to New York City at a leas
rate than from Rochester to New York. Rochester is situated upon the
line of the New York Central Railroad, with great natural milling facili-
ties, and with a long-established business of that kind. It has been pay-
ing to the Railroad Company a fair compensation from transportation.
The Rochester miller buys his wheat in Chicago, transports it to his mill
to be ground, and then ships it to New York, to the same market which
receives the wheat and flour of the Chicago dealer. Chicago is a great
railroad center, and a competing point with several of the great trunk
lines leading to the seaboard; and between these lines competition is very
strong. The New York Central, in order to get business from Chicago,
is compelled, therefore, to its great loss, to bid against the other roads,
and sometimes to accept a less rate for carrying grain and flour to New
York City than is charged from Rochester, an intermediate, non-competi-
tive point. In this case, while the railroad is the great sufferer — because
its road is in operation and must take what it can get, even if there be no
profit — the Rochester miller suffers with it. He finds, for the time, his
profits destroyed or materially lessened ; not because his own rates are too
high, but because of the low rates prevailing between Chicago and New
York. Somebody living at a competing point enjoys advantages he has
not ; and no legislation, no expenditure of money can equalize localities
having different natural advantages, as between such nature herself has
discriminated.
San Francisco, located as it is upon the Bay of San Francisco, has an
open highway for her praducts to almost every market in the world. As
a seller, she has the advantage of the competition of purchasers, and as a
buyer, she has the same advantages of all markets at which to buy cheap-
est. She avails herself of competition ; she profits by it, as people always
do. She discriminates in her markets, and in her routes of transportation.
And so it is that San Francisco is a large, prosperous, commercial city —
and is located upon this peninsula because of its great natural advantages.
She is able, because of her location, to substantially dictate the price she
will pay to the railroad companies for the transportation of freight from
one ocean to the other. She has a route by the way of Cape Horn,
another by the way of the Isthmus of Panama, and the prices she pays
the railroad companies are regulated by what she can command from
these routes. In fact, the Railroad Company, aside from the one class of
freight which pays the maximum, has no power to arbitrarily fix the prices
of freights. They are fixed by circumstances, which the Railroad Com-
pany cannot control. About seven per cent, only of the freight moved
upon your road pays the maximum, and probably the price to the con-
sumer is not increased upon a single pound of this class of freight because
of any changes made by your Company. In managing their business,
railroad companies are influenced by a consideration of their own interests,
the same as all corporations and all individuals. When, from any circum-
stances, the price of grain in Europe is high, and European purchasers are
in the market as competitors with our own purchasers for the commodi-
ties of our State, we find the farmer takes advantage of that competition
and obtains from the heme purchaser a price equal to that which the for-
eign purchaser offers. In this way the farmer sometimes obtains double
the price for the product of his farm that he would have received if it
were not for this competition. In like manner, competition is availed of
by all classes of people in all kinds of business, and it is a factor that
must be considered and cannot be denied to any corporation or person,
except at the expense of the business.
Again, referring to our local business here : At Los Angeles, under the
new Constitution, the Railroad Company will be deprived of that freight
business, absolutely. It is not large in itself, and not, therefore, of very
serious importance to the Railroad Company ; but it practically deprives
the people of Los Angeles of railroad freighting — perhaps of the use ofr
the railroad entirely. When we reflect that the whole question of pro-'
duction, the exchange of products, and commerce itself, is dependent]
upon transportation, it seems strange, indeed, that investments which1
tend to facilitate and cheapen it by offering additional accommodations,
or by increasing competition, which increase and develop the resources of
the country, should be discouraged or hampered, and their profits limited
— possibly destroyed. It would seem that wise statesmanship requires!
that a business of this kind, which harms nobody, but which almost
always tends largely to the benefit of the Commonwealth— even though
the stockholders should fail to reap the anticipated profits — would be,
encouraged, and, if regulated at all, that the State should provide a guar-
antee against loss of profits because of such regulation. It would seem
but fair that if the State should regulate any legitimate business so as to
en.lMgerit-- h a guuutM : ami mi. Ii will be
than »«. exhibited in the fornrn-
t. in nf the new t .n.Utntn.n. Your Corapmy, however, luu little to an
1 "■""' ""' ''■:■ i l.in the new Ton-
n, I""™1"! ' luimonen with mi ratio
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CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
. the rea
intiioriging tin- construction "f your
poor nivn freights Mid f.tr.'.i, tin t.i
of July 2, I8G2 It
"'" ' ■ ' «hould l»- inclined u< rul<- Iwllv against the railr !
in if ». the interest, nf t i i .- State (which cannot be developed fairlv
except tbrongh the construction and tptratimi ..f many mora miles of
railroad than it now baa) will require that thev shall practicaJly do no
injiiiy to existing railroads ; becai - . if thev do, there will sureiv he no
further contraction of railroads in this State, for no capitalists can be
found so reckli as as to make investments where the gross proceeds are to
Deregulated by somebody aside from those who make the investment,
an.l ivhri may 1-e the owners.
Tlw qneation of transportation is not settled by the new Constitution
It is s.i important that it will never he settled except upon a just and wise
basis, ibis the new Constitution doea n..t da : and while it will, in some
re-peets, injure existing railroads, it will probably, in a narrow sense
benefit them by substantially guarding them against competition in the
oonatrnoHon ol new and competing lines. Your railroad, however, is so
located— being a trunk line— that its interests are above any such narrow
view, but will be best subserved by the largest development of the indus-
tries and resources of the State.
How community of interests becomes a factor in the regulation of
freights may be illustrated by assuming a country without railroads and
unimproved. It may be rich in agricultural and mineral resources. One
body of men may desire to cultivate the land, another to mine, and soon
and another may be willing to furnish means of transportation, the price
to he regulated by what the commodities can afford to pay and by what
the earner can afford to move them for. Thus, if the product of the mines
is gold, a very high rate can be charged on it ; but if it is iron or coal, the
rate must be so low as to permit the producer to meet competition in the
market. The same rule applies in the case of agricultural products. In
such cases, among other factors, not only should the products of the coun-
try be taken into consideration, their bulk, their value, but also the vol-
ume of business the railroad may have to do, and whether the freight
moves principally in one direction or equally both ways. The prosperity
of the railroad depends upon the prosperity of the State. The railroad
therefore, is always interested in building up the country, as is the public
in maintaining the railroad in order that it may have transportation.
Yuur company has suffered from the influences of the Communistic
sentiment. Labor, machinery, and capital have been unemployed, and
of course the business of the company has not improved as much as you
might otherwise have reasonably expected. Communism, however, in our
country, where every citizen is on an equality with every other citizen,
can have no permanent hold. We have much more to fear from Abso-
lutism, without which communism is a mere sentiment. Our Govern-
ment is peculiar in that it was really founded upon a civilized idea, and
has thus far been mostly maintained upon it. Other Governments have
been founded in force, and have been maintained by force. Our fathers,
declaring the inalienable rights of man and, further, that governments
were instituted to secure him in those rights, proceeded to form a Consti-
tution based upon those principles, and for their maintenance, under
which the one citizen was to be as safe in his person and his property as
all others ; but, unfortunately, scarcely was the Constitution adopted
when came the declaration that the majorty should rule, intensified after-
ward in its application by the calamitous declaration that to the victors
belonged the spoils. The idea of the Constitution was that the majority
should administer, but that the Constitution should always rule. As the
idea that the majority should rule has grown, the protecting force of the
•Constitutiou has been weakened, until, at last, the "Granger Cases,"
the "Warehouse Cases," the Railroad laws of the Northwest, your own
case, under the "Thurman Bill," and the decisions in those cases, have
been made possible. The principles laid down in those decisions seem to
recognize two things ; the Communistic idea of the distribution of prop-
erty and the Absolutism of control by a majority of the people. Abso-
lutism may be as complete, and has often times been more complete and
tyrannical and oppressive, under a Republican than under a monarchical
form of government ; and statesmen and teachers will be compelled to
take consideration of the present tendencies to Absolutism in our govern-
ment, and instruct the people as to the true interest they should follow.
We shall then soon return to the civilized government of our fathers,
which gave protection to the individual and made him truly a free and in-
dependent citizen. The idea of our Government was adverse to the pa-
ternal or patriarchial idea of guardianship of the individual in his person
and in the acquisition and disposal of his property, that so long prevailed
in the formation of governments. The intention of our system was, that
every man should be perfectly free and independent, subject simply to
Solice regulations, restraining him from using his own to the detriment of
is neighbor.
The changes in the organic law in relation to railroad corporations were
undoubtedly influenced by the consideration that your company has re-
ceived, in some manner, aid from the County, State and National govern-
ments; but, as to what this aid was, there is unquestionably great misap-
prehension^ The fact is, there has never been any donation made to your
company, either by the National, the State, or the County governments.
The counties of Sacramento and Placer subscribed to the stock of your
original company, and gave their bonds in payment. Afterward, they
disposed of their stock for as much as, or more than, the bonds were worth
at the time they issued them. The city and county of San Francisco, ap-
prehensive of possible liability for the debts of the company when its af-
fairs did not look very bright, compromised with the company, and, in
lieu of subscribing for stock, gave four hundred of her bonds. The only
aid rendered by the State was, under contract, to pay the interest on
l,500_of the company's bonds of $1,000 each — the Company to pay the
principal, and in return it was to render, and has been rendering, very
important service. The aid derived from the Government of the United
States was its bonds loaned, and alternate sections of land given upon a
contract very onerous upon your Company, and of which only its possible
want of ability to otherwise construct the road, justified acceptance.
Your Company has not been enriched by donations. The County, State
and National Governments have, under their contracts, not only realized
all, and more than they expected, but have had much the best of the bar-
gain. If. wl,.„ th v ,„„.|.. ,„,^, oartmote, they wanted -..mothing else
than therein provid,,l „ | n, for imtanoe
■ 1"';"v.-" ,|lt te hai ..„i. To claim and to tain
V." ' bj il lerciaa of mlghl not of
rural under these i hi Company owes the Counties, the State
and the United States, nothing but its good will and loyalty.
1.1 I ASH STAMiillll.
BANKS.
Capital....
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THOMAS mum a,
THE BANK OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO.
$5,000,000
President.
iii-lil,-,- | R. JIIBRAT. Jr., AsVt Cashier
Aosxrs :
Now Aork, Agency ,.f tl,c llAnk of Calfnmla ; Boston, Trcmont Notional Bank
[,,,'"; U,"Z" N.;"""'1 i:"1'- i s> lonls, Boat n'« Saving Bank ; New Zealand,
Bank™OTDoratJW ; Ul"1""' a,im' **"*■■ lmlia a,ui Australia, the Oriental
The Bank has Agencies at Virginia City and Oold Hill, and Correspondents in all
the principal Milling Districts ami Interior Town! .it the Paoino Coast.
Letters of Credit issued, availaHo in all parts of the world. Draw direct on Lon-
don, Dunlin, Pans, Berlin, Bremen, Hamburg, FranMort-on-the-Main Antwern
Amsterdam St. Petersburg)!, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Christiana, Locarno Mel-
bourne, Sydney, Auckland, Hongkong, Shanghai, Yokohama. Nov. t.
FIRST NATIONAL GOLD BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Paid mi Capital 82.000,000, Oolll. President . K. O. Wool-
worth ; Vice-President, D. Callaglmn ; Cashier, E, D. Morgau.
Directors :— K. C. Woolworth, D. Callaghan, C. O. Hooker, C. Adolph Low Peter
Donahue, Isaac Wormsor, Edward Martin, James Moffltt, N. Van Bergen. '
Correspondents— London : Baring Bros. & Co. Chartered Mercantile Bank of In-
dia, London and China. Dublin : Provincial Bank of Ireland. Hamburg ■ Hesse
Neuman&Co. Pans: HottingucrS Co. Neil- York: National Bank of Commerce Bos-
ton : Blackstone National Bank. Chicago : First National Bank. This Bank is pre-
pared to transact a general Banking business. Deposits in Gold, Silver and Currency
received subject to check or on special deposit. Exchange for sale on the principal
cities of the United States, Great Britain, Ireland and the Continent Commercial
Credits issued available in Europe, Chii.a and Japan. Collections attended to and
prompt returns made at the lowest market rates of Exchange. Jan. 19.
BANK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter.— Capital paid up, si soo .
000, with power to increase to §10,000,000. Southeast corner California and San-
some streets. Head Office— 28 Cornhill, London. Branches— Portland, Oregon- Vic-
toria, New Westminster and Cariboo, British Columbia.
This Bank transacts a General Banking Business. Accounts opened subject to Check
and Special Deposits received. Commercial Credits granted available in all parts of
the world. Approved Bills discounted and advances made on good collateral security
Draws direct at current rates upon its Head Office and Branches, and upon its Agents
as follows :
New York, Chicago and Canada— Bank of Montreal ; Liverpool— North and South
Wales Bank ; Scotland— British Linen Company ; Ireland — Bank of Ireland ■ Mex-
ico and South America— London Bank of Mexico and South America ; China and
Japan— Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, and Oriental Bank ; Australia
and New Zealand— Bank of Australasia, Commercial Banking Company of Sydney
and English, Scottish and Australian Chartered Bank.
May 18.
FREDERICK TOWNSEND, Manager.
LONDON AND SAN FRANCISCO BANK, LIMITED.
Capital, $5,000,000, of which $3,000, 000 is fully paid np as
present capital. Reserve Fund, §300,000. San Francisco Office, 424 Califor-
nia street ; London Office, 22 Old Broad street. Manager, ARTHUR SCRIVENER ;
Cashier, WILLIAM STEEL. London Bankers, Bank of England and London Joint
Stock Bank ; New York, Drexel, Morgan & Co. ; Boston, Third National Bank.
This Bank is prepared to transact all kinds of General Banking and Exchange Busi-
ness in London and San Francisco, and between said cities and all parts of the
world. March 30.
THE NEVADA BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO.
Capital Paid Up $10,000,000.
Beserve, TJ. S. Bonds 3,500,000.
Agency at New York, 62 Wall street.
Agency at Virginia, Nev.
Buys and sells Exchange and Telegraphic Transfers. ' Issues Commercial and Trav-
elers' Credits. This Bank has special facilities for dealing in Bullion. July 5.
SECURITY SAVINGS BANK.
GUARANTEE CAPITAL, 9300,000.
Officers: Vice-President, Jerome Lincoln ; Secretary, W.
S. Jones; Attorney, Sidney V. Smith. Loans made on Real Estate and other
Approved Securities. Office : No. 216 Sansome street, San Francisco. Oct. 14.
THE GERMAN SAVINGS AND LOAN SOCIETY.
Deutsche Spar and Iieihbanh, Mo 526 California street, San
Francisco. Officers : President, L. GOTTIG. Board of Directors.— Fred.
Roeding, Chas. Kohler, Edw. Kruse, George H. Eggei?, N. Van Bergen, H. L. Simon,
Peter Spreckels, Ign. Steinhart. Secretary, GEO. LETTE; Attorney, JOHN R.
JARBOE. May 18.
THE ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN BANK, LIMITED.
422 California St.* San Francisco.
London Office, 3 Augel Court ; New York Agents, 3. IT . Sel-
igman & Co., 21 Broad street. Authorized Capital Stock, 66,000,000. Will re-
ceive Deposits, open Accounts, make Collections, buy and sell Exchange and Bullion,
loan Money, and issue Letters of Credit available throughout the world.
FRED. F. LOW, IGN. STEINHART, Managers.
P. N. Lilienthal, Cashier. Sept. 13.
QUICKSILVER
or sale In lots to suit by Maurice Bore, Agent for the
Guadalupe Mine, 410 Pine street. Aug. 30.
F
QUICKSILVER.
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lor the very best photographs go to Bradley A Bulofson's,
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Sept. 27, 1879.
"PLEASURE'S WAND."
" We Oliey no 'Wand but Pleasure's."-- Tom Moore.
Bush Street Theater.— The last week of the minstrels has been as
successful from a point of view of attendance as the first, and but for
other attractions Manager Locke would be warranted in extending the
eneagement. The programme this week contained a few novelties. There
were some new songs in the first part and one or two new acts. Harry
Kennedy's exhibition of his wonderful ventriloquial powers still remained
the strongest feature of the whole bill. The concluding burlesque is very
ludicrous, and aptly closes the evening's amusement. On Monday Pyra-
mus and Thisbe will be produced. Great preparations have been made for
this occasion. The principal parts are in able bands, the chorus has been
very carefully drilled under the able guidance of Stephen Leach, and the
costumer and scenic artist have received carte blanche. Everything be-
tokens an. auspicious opening, and the only question in doubt is as to the
merits of the work itself. The composer and author are both well known,
and, belonging as they do, to the fraternity of critics, will have opportunity
to see "le revers de la medaille."
California Theater. — The " late unpleasantness" has inspired many a
writer of books, many a poet and many a composer, but, strange to say,
does not seem to have had any effects upon the creating powers of play-
wrights. At present writing I can recall but two plays founded, or at
least turning, upon incidents of the civil war — Stntck OH and Belle
Lamar. The former still holds the boards, and serves solely as the frame-
work for the exhibition of Jimmy Williamson's abilities as a character
actor, as the martial scenes it contains are of but little import toward the
whole. Boucicault's play proved a complete failure, and, I believe, has
never been played ontside of New York. It would seem that this terrible
struggle, so full as it was of romantic incidents, of estranged families,
parted lovers, and heroics of all kinds, would have been used with good
effect by numberless writers. That this is not so, is nevertheless a matter
of satisfaction. In these days of enthusiasm, when the foes of a vicen-
nium ago walk arm-in-arm under the Blue and Gray, the feelings of ran-
cor and hate have no right or ground to exist. The glorious deeds of our
noble volunteers can always be remembered; they theniserves honored and
respected, without appealing to sectional prejudices. Politics is one
thing, and the drama another. These remarks are suggested by the pro-
duction of The Color Guard. In action and plot (!) there is nothing to
revive in one's mind the issues that lie buried in the bloody chasm, but
the dialogue is brimful of allusions breathing hate and malice, that
clashed and jarred on the ears of all present. As a means of introducing
the pleasing and very effective spectacle of military evolutions on the
stage, together with scenes of warfare, and also beautiful tableaux, this
production can be considered a success. There is no actual plot, and the
action suffered from the very large number of amateurs in the cast. Miss
Stanhope is rapidly becoming a great favorite, perhaps not with the gen-
eral public, but with the steady habitues. She is natural, pleasing and
agreeable in manners and speech; her play of emotions is never exagger-
ated, but always within the bounds of plausibility and probability; her
elocutionary powers are of a high order, and would be more felt but for a
comparatively weak organ, which is this lady's most serious blemish.
John H. Fay gave a fair sample of the usual stage German, and Felix
Morris had a capital Irish character in charge. Keene's lines were full of
patriotism and pathos, but he marred their effectiveness by following his
predilection for rant. On Monday evening, the house was filled to its
utmost capacity, but the opening scenes of the play were listened to with
but indifferent attention pending the arrival of our "foremost citizen."
When he appeared, the curtain was temporarily lowered, the orchestra
played " Hail to the Chief." and tbe audience cheered, applauded and
waved handkerchiefs until the compliment was acknowledged by a bow.
Our audiences do not know how to pay honors on an occasion like this.
While the guest is proceeding to bis box, the audience should rise, the
band playing, until he seats himself, and then should break forth the
cheer that denotes love of country and of its heroes. The same proceed-
ing should take place upon the distinguished party leaving the theater.
In this respect, tbe audience did miserably at this theater on Monday
evening. The reception at Baldwin's on this point was an improvement.
Now, to-night at this theater, will be an opportunity to do the thing in
style. To satisfy the express desire of General Grant to see Pinafore, it
will be played here this evening by the Melville troupe. The enlarged
stage and increased orchestral facilities will help to make this performance
a capital one.
Baldwin's Theater. — The bill this week has been of the potpouri
order. Monday and Tuesday, Won at Last ; Wednesday, Miss Varian's
benefit (performance honored by the presence of General Grant), and for
the rest of the week, Tlie Marriage by Moonlight. The house was natur-
ally crowded Wednesday, and the General and party were received with
all the honors and enthusiasm possible. Miss VariaD's effort as "Juliet"
cannot be called, even by the most partial of her admirers, a successful
one. This young lady has been brought up in tbe quiet, reserved style of
the modern comedy, and the more highly-colored methods of the legiti-
mate are difficulties to her. Her " Dora," in Diplomacy, is a very pleasing
Sieee of acting, and has already been commented upon in these columns.
Irs. Judah, who kindly volunteered, appeared as "The Nurse," in Romeo
and Juliet, and received the warm reception usually accorded her. The
cast of Won at Last and Tlie Marriage by Moonlight was the same as for-
merly, with the solitary exception of the substitution of Miss Jeffreys-
Lewis for Miss Coghlan. The mere instituting of comparisons does not
constitute criticism, especially in this case, where the talents and manner
of these ladies are so widely dissimilar. The two heroines in the above-
mentioned plays require treatment hardly within the range of Miss Lewis'
abilities, and preeminently suited to Miss Coghlan's characteristics. On
Monday, Sothern's latest London success, Crutch and Toothpick, will be
produced. This is said to be a very amusing play. As a rule, Sothern's
plays without Sothern have always proven failures ; but this production
may prove to be the exception.
The Carnival Ball, Thursday night, "was in every way a great success,
and Colonel Andrews is to be complimented on his able management of the
affair. We have not space to go into details of the numerous characters
worthy of mention — among which was the splendid make-up of Joe
Guisti, representing Dr. Glenn carrying the " Sailor Boy," that proved
too much of a load for tbe Gubernatorial aspirant. The characters were
numerous and the audience large.
German Theater. — Magda Irschick made her farewell appearance
last^Sunday evening. The play was Medea. There is no grander charac-
ter in the range of the tragic stage. It was portrayed with all the talent
this lady is so richly endowed with, and was an admirable piece of dra-
matic acting. At the same time, this impersonation can not be consid-
ered as the most striking evidence of Irschick's great geniuB. To me Bbe
has been most satisfactory as " Griseldis " and "Brunhilde." This may
be due to the fact that in all her other tragic characters she must bear
comparison, in my recollection, with Bistori and Ziegler. Beit as it may,
the high position of Irschick on the stage is her own, through the posses-
sion of great talents, guided and directed by nature's gift — genius. Our
Germ an -speaking community are strongly indebted to M'me Genee'B en-
terprise in procuring for it the primeur of this lady's acting. A very suc-
cessful stay in tbe United States can be safely predicted to Magda Irs-
chick, for merit of such a high order cannot go unrecognized. To-morrow
evening the company appear in L'Arronge's comedy, Haselmann's Daugh-
ters, and will undoubtedly do some good work, as this is in the range of
their excellent abilities.
Standard Theater. — Manager Kennedy has re-opened this theater
for a few nights with the Emily Melville Pinafore Troupe, to give our
country cousins and our distinguished guest an opportunity of seeing Gil-
bert & Sullivan's satire produced in good style. By especial arrangement
with Manager Barton, the troupe will appear Saturday evening at the
California Theater, and General Grant will be present. The amateurs
are playing this charming absurdity admirably now. The only change in
the cast is in the character of "Buttercup." It is now in the hands of
Miss Neville Courtney (Julia Lawton), and is acted with good taste and
intelligence. A point to be commended is a regard for the sense of the
character by a correct and exact make-up. The children have been play-
ing in the afternoons. The audiences have not been large, but this is to
be ascribed to the want of proper publicity given this revival. Melville
Pinafore matinee to-day.
Tivoli. — Judging from the first performance of Laura Honey's operetta,
The Wreck of the Pinafore, it will prove a popular success. The managers
did their best in the matter of stage-setting, orchestra, etc., and all the
principals who have been singing at the play lately were in the cast. The
dialogue is not bright or witty, far from it ; the lines are meaningless, and
there are too many antiquated puns for patient comfort. The music, al-
though in several numbers entirely too reminiscent of the popular melo-
dies of the day, is, as a whole, very creditable to the composer. There
are here and there several bits of harmony that are extremely pretty.
The Tivoli _ is hardly to express a critical opinion of an operetta after a
single rendition, there being too much noise and activity, which disturbs
the attention. As this little composition is undoubtedly worthy of ex-
tended notice, a more detailed review will be given in our next issue.
The grand -opening of the Vienna Concert Gardens, at Sutter and
Stockton streets, on Saturday last, was attended by an immense throng of
cultivated patrons of the arts. This family resort, long known under the
name of the " Tivoli," has been enlarged, entirely renovated and beauti-
fied throughout — the large hall being frescoed in the very finest style, so
that it is now superior to any in the city. The character of the musical
entertainments here offered is well known to be of the first class, and
visitors, while sipping, in company with their wives and children, the
choicest wines, sherbets, beer, etc., have their ears charmed with the
matchless strains of the great composers. Equal advantages are not to be
found at any place open to the public on this coast.
J._F. Searight, the young tenor, seems to gain more prominence in the
musical world each week. We noticed he sang the tenor solo in the grand
hymn, "He Comes, Lo, Triumphant! "at Grant's Eeception at the Palace,
last Saturday.
Chit-Chat.— Aimee sailed for Europe on the 17th of September.—
Harrigan is at work on-a comic opera, music by Dave Braham.— ^Soth-
ern will have a new play, by Gilbert, about October 1st. ^— Col. Sam.
Ward, Genevieve Ward's father, a gentleman known in San Francisco in
early days, died recently in New York.—— Daly, in New York, will pro-
duce a new opera by Planquette, author of Les Cloches de Corneville, enti-
tled Tlie Passing Regiment.—— Lester Wallack will act in a new comedy
from the French, entitled The Nabob.— — Capoul and Paola Marie are
drawing immensely. All the girls are in love again with the sweet tenor.
Marie, although not the artist Aimee is, has a better voice.— "Hazel-
maw's Daughter, a very successful German comedy, written by L'Arenge
(to be played to-morrow evening at the German Theater) has been
adapted for the English stage under the name of Our Daughters. It was
produced forthe first time at Haverly's, New York, September 15th. ^—
Emma Thursby will appear, for the first time after her return, in New
York, December 1st.— —Florence's new play, by B. C. Woolf, is called
Millions.^^ Ada, Cavendish will soon play here again.— Clara Louise
Kellogg has been seriously ill at Aix-les-Bains.— The school-house song,
as sung at Wallack's, in Wolferfs Roost, has become very popular in Go-
tham.——The criticism of Boston is said to be very rose-waterish. That
city ought to give us the best criticism in the country — there's so much
culture there — but it doesn't.— Dickie Lingard has been playing in Bos-
ton, but they don't take to her.— ^Boucicault, although receiving praise
for his new arrangement of Booth's Theater, is strongly blamed for paint-
ing out all the exquisite medallions, in fresco, painted by Gariboldi; this
gentleman is at present in New York, and is receiving all sorts of com-
plimentary attention.— —The mania in New York for the Eastlake and
English Gothic style of decoration, is subsiding; the style now is
Louis XV., Rennaissance, and the Restoration of Napoleon I.— Ma-
pleson opens, in October, with a grand troupe.
MEXICAN CONSULATE,
215 Sansome Street, San Francisco.
The undersigned has been appointed Consul for tbe Repub-
lic of Mexico at San Francisco, Cal. Office hours from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Aug. 30. J. GARCIA CONDE.
HAPPY CHILDREN.
lie roiy-cneeked cli i Mren of San Francisco is (be evidence
the JERSEY FARM DAIRY has of the purity and richness of 1 i milk.
Aug, 2. City Depot : 837 HOWAKJ) STREET.
IRVINE & LE BRETON
Slave Removed their Law Offices to Ho. 217 Sansome Street.
[ March 15.]
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Sept. 27, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER
BPORTINO ITEMa
Rowing.— The Pacific Amateur Bowtes Aasoctation have admitted
|jbf Goldon Gate and Dolphin 'i,i-— Mr. GrimVa new four-owed
- a beauty ; aba fa 34 Feet loos ami wtighl only Jim", pounds. The
n Club will must likely pur haae her. Ton barges from the dif-
Judb turned ou< I Qnnt-^The entries f..r the St
mid Colombia Rowing Clubs' Regatta closed on Saturday last
The Uatiaas follows ; McKinUy Unp Race (four-oared Bhell /
Jt C— A. Tobiu (bow), S M. Sullivan, 3 J. Sullivan, M. T. Murphy
(stroke). St. George R. C— H, N. Wallace [bow), "J ( '. It. Browne, 3
I>. Brown, R D. Girvin (stroke); substitutes -J. G. Lucas ami 0. J.
O'Kcll. Second-class (tour oared shell race) — Pioneer It. C- J. .1.
Whidand (bowl. 2B. P. Omver, 3 F. Noohing, J Fosber (stroke). St
George ft. R— G J. O'Kell (bow), 2 T. C. Friedlander, 3 B. T. Hub-
back, J. G. Lucas (stroke). Four-oared. Ont-rigsed Gig — Ariel B. C.~~
Fred. Smith (bow), 2W. H. Growney, 3 J. G Cotaford, W. H. Wall
(stroke). California Theater ft. C.~ S. watkuu (bow), 2 Chas. Schwilk,
3 James Brown, James Aird (stroke), fit Qeorm & (7. — H. N. Wal-
lace (bow), 2 J. G. Lucas, 3 C. R, Browne, R. D. Girvin (stroke); D.
Brown, substitute. Single-scull BheU — Columbia ft. C— S. W. Fenn;
Pioneer ft. C.—J. Sullivan; Arid B. fX— Leander Stevenson. Junior
single-scull shell — Columbia ft. C— W. J. Casey and J. E. George; St.
George ft. C— W. A. Wilson. Both crews entered for the McKinlay Cup
are rowing constantly. The Pioneer's fastest time over their one mile
■ad return course is reported to be 13 min. 30 sec. ; the St. George's, 13
min. 50 sec. As it is impossible to have two courses similarly favorable
and unfavorable for making good time, these figures cannot form a reli-
able guide for forming a correct opinion of the comparative merits of the
two crews. Still, with our rowing men. an easy victory is expected for
the Pioneers. » JYorn what little we ourselves have seen of the rowing of
the two crewa^ire think that the St. George will push their opponents
hard on the rk>fce-stake mile, and on the return will make a good
enough struggle to insure an interesting race. We should be surprised,
however, to see them cross the winning line ahead. We have to regret
that the other clubs besides the St. George and Pioneer have not entered
for the "second-class, four-oared shell." We had hoped that the promise
of such an event as this would have awakened sufficient energy and en-
thusiasm with them as to have brought their younger hands to the front.
The Pioneer crew, for this contest, are practicing conscientiously and de-
serve victory, as their opponents are rarely to be seen on the water, lazi-
ness being the order of the day with them. The out-rigged gig crews of
the California Theater and Ariel Cluls are not as constant in their prac-
tice as is desirable, still each crewappears to be well together, and they may
be expected to make a creditable display. In the single-scull races, excit-
ing races are looked for between Mr. Fenn, of the Columbia, and Mr.
Sullivan, of the Pioneer. There only having been one entry for the
barge race, the Committee have decided to hold a second-class in its
place, entries for which close to-day at 12 m.— — The race between Han-
Ian and Courtenay, for the Hop Bitters Prize, is postponed to Oc-
tober 16th.
Shooting. — Complaints are frequently made by sportsmen that when
traveling over the different railroads in this State they are subjected to
unfair and extortionate charges for their guns and dogs. In order that
our readers may know exactly what they are entitled to pay we inter-
viewed the baggage agents and superintendents of all the roads and ap-
pend their charges. All the companies lay down the rule that personally
they make no charge at all, hut allow their employe's to collect a small
gratuity in compensation for the extra trouble they are put to in tak-
ing care of dogs and guns, for which they (the employe's) are responsible
to the owner. The C. P. R. R. rule is that guns taken apart and packed
in cases may be carried in the passenger cars free of charge. In all other
cases guns must be put in charge of the baggage man, who is allowed a fee
of twenty-five cents for any distance on his route. Dogs can be carried
in the baggage car only, in care of the baggage man, who is responsible
to the owner for their proper treatment, and is allowed a fee of fifty
cents for fifty miles or less, and twenty-five cents extra'for every addi-
tional fifty miles or less ; but in no case must the charge exceed the local
ticket rate over the same route. The N. P. C. R. R. allow a fee of twenty-
five cents for the care of a dog that must be carried in the baggage car.
Guns taken apart and in cases can be carried in thepassengercars. Other
guns must go in the baggage car, but in no case does this company allow
any fee to its employe's for ffuns. The S. P. C. R. R. rules about guns are
the same as the C. P. R. R. They allow a charge of twenty- five cents
for dogs that must go in charge of the baggage man ; but no charge can
be collected for dogs or guns belonging to members of the Sportman's or
other recognized clubs. The 8. P. R. R. rules respecting dogs are the
same as the C. P. R. R., but in case of a special meeting, such as a cours-
ing match, they are always willing to carry dogs free. Guns are checked
and carried free. The superintendents of all tbese roads request that
any overcharge be reported to them, and promise to refund the money
and discharge the offender. We hope after this notice that sportsmen
will resist any attempt at overcharge. Of course, if a case should occur
where the baggage car is too crowded to accommodate dogs, and their
owners are forced to care for them themselves, the baggage man is not en-
titled to any fee.^^Nothing is of so much importance to shooters as the
quality of their ammunition. Buying cheap powder, Bhot or cartridges is
false economy. We hear many complaints about the Winchester car-
tridge shells. Our own observation justify us in pronouncing them as a
fraud and the worst shells offered for sale. They are uneven in make,
they jam in the chamber, and are in every way unreliable. Out of one
hundred we have found as many as thirty with the brass heads so split as
to make them unsafe. We warn our readers against buying the Win-
chester cartridge for the sake of saving fifty oents a box, and recommend
them always to buy the very best shells they can obtain. The prominent
dealers of this city acknowledge that the complaint against the Winchester
gun cartridges is general, and in several cases valuable guns have been
ruined through their use. Of American cartridges we can recommend
the TJ. M. C. Cartridge, and of English make, both the Eley and Joyce
make are perfectly reliable.- —The San Francisco and N. P. R. R.,
' whose popular road goes through some of the best shooting-grounds in the
State, have decided to limit their charges to 25 cents for a dog, and allow
all guns to be carried free.
Swimmiig.— Full details of the fifty-mile swim came to hand last
Thursday. The affair was in no sense a success. The start was made at
1:20 p. M,, Daily going to the front; he was soon passed by Von
.".-. who kept the i, *,] *!l fcfaroagh tb< followed by
"■'•'y- "'"' * webb. and not passed by him, ai
incorrectly i • \- mtar com
plaining thai , blinded biro; hla alle«2|
Laps, Daily injured hii knee by striking tha km] of the stake-boat on
the last Up <>f his tiftli mile, at which Qrae he was close to the I
i u W i bb passed him; the ti
■t. About an hour later Webb gat it, after making 6 miles 1
j*P- A.J *«• P. x. Werhan pulled oat, ■ ild not Bee the stake-
boat; hi | i,(. mads 7 tape more, he eould have
claimed second money. This left Von Schoening alone, but be stayed in
i. minutes longer, leaving with a soore of 7 miles i lap -not much toward
a fifty-mile race, but sufficient to entitle him to the coin. The course
was not fairly mensural, and no record can be claimed. It was reckoned
6 laps to the mile, but fell short. We hear that the prizes offered were
not Forthcoming, the competitors being swindled.^— -A Portland printer is
talking about making n match with -I. P. Flemming, He can be accom-
modated.—-.!. Spring and E. Ban-la swam n half-mile race at the Mer-
maid Baths, North Beach, lant Thursdav, for a silver medal. Harris
took the lead for about 460 yards, when lie was passed by Spring, who
won by a length. 'J'lie time taken was 10 minutes 15 seconds, but we are
not sure the course was correctly measured.
Pedestrianism.— Ah the time for its commencement approaches, the
interest in the six-days' walk at the Pavilion is very intense. As there is
no proper system of book-making in vogue here, betting on the result in
very wild, but it shows in Bome degree who i.s thought to stand the best
chance. Mcln tyre's friends have backed him at evens, and in some cases
odds have been uffered. that he is the winner. The Pacific Stock Board
have made a favorite of Berger, but he has no record to justify their zeal.
Bowman, who was third in the last race, has many strong supporters ;
slight odds that he will take a place is a good investment. Callahan does
not find much favor, the opinion being that, though he has lots of pluck,
he lacks bottom. Among the outsiders, Francois, Fergusson and Thomp-
son are the most prominent, but we don't go much on the latter. -^For
the ladies' race, Von Berg is the favorite — contingent on her entering;
but good records may be expected from several ladies who are as yet un-
known as pedestriennes. Sadie Donley has lots of backers for a place ;
but she has a very poor style of walking, and can only win in default of
good competitors.-^— As we do not yet know the entries in the race for
men against horses, it is impossible to pass an opinion ; but we are in-
clined to believe that a good pedestrian could outgo any horse in six days.
——The race now in progress at Gilmore's Gardens looks a sure thing for
Howell, who has maintained a Food lead ever since the start.
Baseball.— The Hop Bitters Club, of Rochester, will play the Mutuals
at Oakland, Sunday. Sunday week they will probably play a picked nine
at Oakland. Thej' are also trying to arrange a match for next Saturday.
— —The exhibition game between the Knickerbockers and Californias at
the Recreation Grounds, last Sunday, was characterized by a disgusting
display of hoodlumism by both contestants and spectators. The incapa-
city of the umpire, who went by the name of Ford, was the cause of the
ti'ouble. The Knicks won ; score, 6 to S.^^The game at Oakland, be-
tween the Mutuals and Athletics, resulted in a victory for the former;
score, 18 to 14.— —All the paper talk about the Chicago Club not being
able to play here because Nolan is an expelled league member, amounts
to nothing. They will play with Nolan whether he is reinstated or not.
Yachting.— The yachts made a splendid display last Saturday ; they
were the principal feature in the marine parade in honor of Grant. ^—
Mr. Gutte's new schooner yacht was christened the Chispa last Sunday,
Miss Benjamin performing the service in a very graceful manner.-^— Mr.
Edgar Mills has purchased the Ariel and enrolled her in the San Francisco
Yacht Club.— —Another model yacht race is talked of. ^— The Peerless
Club will start at 9 o'clock this morning for a trip to the Farallonss, in
the Fleur de Lis.
Archery. — An archery picnic is on the tapis, to take place at Oakland
in about two weeks.-— The new range of the Pacific Archery Club, on
Post street, near Steiner, is being well attended. Members of the club
had their first practice shoot last Saturday.— A club has been lately or-
ganized at Los Angeles. The necessary equipments were ordered from
New York, in spite of the fact that they could be purchased better and
cheaper in San Francisco.
Bicycling. — Keen, Stanton, and several other prominent bicyclists, are
coming to America, and will probably reach San Francisco before Christ-
mas.-^There is some talk of a six day bicycle race in this city, for the
championship of the Pacific Coast and a share in the gate money. It
would be a great attraction, provided a good track could be got.
Coursing. — The Pioneer Club held a business meeting last Tuesday.
It was agreed to hold a meeting next Tuesday to fix the time and place of
the next course, which has every prospect of being the most successful
and best attended match ever held on this coast.— The Pacific Coast
Club is becoming very popular. Its membership is rapidly increasing.
Arrangements will soon be made for its first fall meeting.
BRITISH BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF CAL.
Attendance, daily, 1'rora lo a.m. to 1 p.m., toy the under-
signed, to receive subscriptions and donations, and to furnish all information
relating to the Society. J. P. McCURRIE, Secretary,
Oct. 23. 730 Montgomery street.
COKE CHEAPEST FUEL.
Redaction in Price : Wholesale Price, 50 cents per barrel ;
Retail Price. 60 cents per barrel, at the works of the SAN FRANCISCO GAS-
LIGHT COMPANY, Howard and First streets, and foot of Second st. Jan. 12.
JOSEPH GILLOTT'S STEEL PENS.
Gold Medal, Paris, 1878.
old by all Stationers. Sole Asreut for the tTnited States:
s
MR, HENRY HOE, 91 John street, N. Y.
MADAME WALDO COHEN,
Finishing Lessons— Piano. S3 Per Lesson.
Sept. 20. W7 Hyde Street. San Francisco,*
R. H. LLOYD,
Attorney-At-Law, Room 13. Neva:ls Block.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Sept. 27, 2 879.
'The World,'
[By t
the Flesh, and the Devil.
Truthful Penman.]
After Separation.
Here are blossoms, love,
That we plucked together.
Blue was all above,
Balmy was the weather,
On that day we, love,
Plucked these flowers together.
Sailors went away
From their home-clad harbors,
Bed June followed May
Under leafy arbors.
All who were away
Are within their harbors.
You that sailed from me
On that day of flowers,
Over that sad sea
Under love-lorn bowers,
Have come back to me
With the June of flowers.
All the air is new,
And the balm around us,
Like a ma<jic dew,
Holds us where it found us.
Be thou ever new,
Spell that art around us!
^— We had thought that all our papers, morning and evening, were
alive to certain objectionable forms of advertising. Under the pressure
of public opinion they have almost all done as much as was possible in the
way of refusing certain quack advertisements. Then, again, under pres-
sure, they refused baby-farming advertisements, when they could detect
them. We are sorry, however, to say that one of our evening papers
which, considering the religious position of its reputed proprietors, should
be very much like Ctesar's wife, in being above suspicion, has, during the
last few days, admitted advertisements that do not look nice: "A young
lady (by birth) wants £5 to pay a bill which presses, and is willing to ren-
der service, not menial, in return." "A young widow wants aloanof £5,
and offers security, or board and residence, with good interest." " A
young lady engaged in business requires a few pounds to relieve her of
pressing difficulties ; will any private person kindly lend it?" We have
referred to three advertisements. The two last-mentioned appeared in
the Echo recently. The iteration of the word "young" in each adver-
tisement is striking. — Atlas.—* We knew a case where some young gipsies
were caught in the act of trying to break into an old maid's vinery. They
had been seized upon by gardeners and helps when the mistress heard of
it, and had them brought before her. They candidly said that they
wanted grapes for a dying girl in their camp. The old maid went to see
the invalid herself, found the story to be true, ordered the release of the
gipsies, gave them some bunches, and told them to come every day for
more so long as the invalid could eat them. Nothing was ever missed
from that old maid's premises, neither then nor in after years. In fact,
the gipsies never lost a chance of offering. her civilities, or of doing some
good office for her, so long as she lived ; and when she died they sent a
gorgeous bouquet of hothouse flowers to her grave. The flowers might
have been stolen elsewhere, or might have been bought honestly, for gip-
sies are often well enough to do ; but the tribute was a touching conclu-
sion to many years of loyal respect and regard by the tribe to a casual
benefactress. — Atlas.— —Smart Work. — An enterprising tobacco manu-
facturer of the north recently did a smart thing. He had the electric
light put up in his factory, had it well puffed in the daily papers as likely
to supercede gas, invited people to see it — and bought gas shares largely
at a low price! The electric light was not a success, but the gas shares
were.— A painful scene recently occurred at the Altorf Theater. As
"Lucia "was being performed, a violent thunderstorm burst over the
house. The tenor was singing the air in the malediction scene, when Ed-
gardo fell forward, struck down by lightning. He was immediately raised
from the ground, and though then alive, was found to be paralyzed in
every limb. The performance, of course,, was brought to an abrupt ter-
mination.—A correspondent who possesses a large collection of old
Wedgwood ware, sends the following as bearing out recent remarks about
Wedgwood: " Many specimens in my collection bear the original selling
prices, and these, as compared with the market value of to-day, are al-
most beyond belief. Two sage-green cups and saucers, with exquisite
subjects in relief, and designed by Flaxman, originally cost six shillings
each. I purchased them at Christie's some five years or less ago for sev-
enty guineas. I have also two very fine vases, the original cost of which
was ten and twenty guineas each respectively. They are now worth and
cost me several hundred pounds each."— —The language of religious unc-
tion too often strikes the worldly-minded as a mixture of the ludicrous
and the profane ; and it is difficult to say whether the idea called up by a
passage in the Emperor William's letter to Count Moltke, printed re-
cently in the newspapers, is the more shocking or absurd. In presenting
to the Field-Marshal the star and portrait of Frederick the Great, the
Emperor says: " You will wear the star and likeness of my great ances-
tor, with the everlasting consciousness of truly and for all time belonging
to those who have faithfully guarded the legacy of the great King — the
glory of the Prussian army, on which his eye. has assuredly looked down
from Heaven with satisfaction." The triple incongruity between the per-
son, the place and the occupation of the great Frederick is ridiculous
enough. But its absurdity yields to the impiety of imagining a glorified
Bpirit bending from the abodes of bliss to watch "with satisfaction " the
performances of a " manslaying machine." The picture would have been
complete {and in justice it should have been so completed) by imagining
the angelic countenance of Drill-Sergeant Frederick William, the real
founder of the Prussian army, gazing down from heaven upon it over the
shoulder of his son.-— The Association of steel rail mills that owns the
Bessemer patents in this country is discussing the question of purchasing
the Thomas and Gilchrist dephosphorizing patents. The sum named is,
we understand, §300,000, It would not be surprising to us if the Associ-
ation should purchase also the open-hearth patents for this country, and
thus prevent any competition in a business that is yielding such imperial
revenues.^— 'Cruelties continue to be perpetrated by the King of Bur-
mah.
INSURANCE.
HUTCHINSON & MANN,
INSURANCE AGENCY,
& 324 California Street, Sau Francisco, Cal.
Fire Insurance.
G1RARD of Philadelphia. LA CAlsSE GENERALB of Paris.
HOME of Columbus.
NEW ORLEANS ASSOCIATION
PEOPLES of Newark.
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BERL1N-COLUGNE of Berlin.
LA CONFIANCE of Paris.
Marine Insurance.
PARIS UNDERWRITING ASSOCIATION of Paris.
LONDON AND PROVINCIAL MARINE INSURANCE CO of London.
Capital Represented $23,000,000.
All Losses JEquitably Adjusted and Promptly Paid,
HOME MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. OF CALIFORNIA.
Principal Office, 406 California Street, San Francisco.
Cash Assets, January 1, 1877, $095,291 ; Liabilities, §5,952 ; Surplus for Policy
Holders, $539,339. J. F. Houghton, President ; L. L. Baker, Vice-President ;
Charles R. Story, Secretary. R. H. MAGILL, H. H. BIGELOW, General Agents.
Directors.— San Francisco— L. L. Baker, John H. Redington, J. F. Houghton,
R. B. Gray, Robert Watt, John Currey, L. L. Baker, W. F. Whittier, C. C. Burr, E.
M. Root, W. H. White, J. L. N. Shepard, W. M. Greenwood. George S. Mann, Cyrus
Wilson, W. T. Garratt, C. Waterhouse, A. P. Hotaling, A. Block, A. K. P. Harmon,
G. S. Johnson, W. O. Wilson, A. W. Bowman, H. L. Dodge, Charles R. Story. Ala-
meda County Branch— V. D. Moody, Cbauncy Taylor, A. C. Henry, Robert S. Far-
relly, Joseph B. Marlin, W. B. Hardy, T. B. Simpson. San Diego— A. H. Wilcox.
Sacramento— Mark Hopkins, D. W. Earl, Julius Wetzlar, James Carolan. San Jose—
T. Ellard Beans, B. D. Murphy, A. Pfistcr, J. H. Dibble, J. S. Carter, Jackson Lewis,
Jacob Rich, John Auzerais, John Balhach. Stockton— H. H. Hewlett, Chas. fielding",
J. D. Peters, A. W. Simpson, H. M. Fanning. Marysville— D. j£ Knight. Grass
Valley— Wm. Watt, T. W. Sigourney. Portland, Oregon— W. S.^Rdd, C. H. Lewis,
P. Wasaerman, B. Goldsmith, D. Macleay. Virginia City, Nevada— John Gillig, Isaac
L. Requa, March 17.
FIRE ANO MARINE INSURANCE.-UNION INS. CO. OF S. F.
The California Lloyds. — Established in 1861.— Nos. 416 and
418 California street. Cash capital $750,000 in Gold. Assets exceed $1,000,000
Coin. Fair Rates ! Prompt Settlement of Loses ! ! Solid Security ! ! DIRECTORS.
—San Francisco— J. Mora Moss, N. G. Kittle, M. J. O'Connor, R. S. Floyd, Mosea
Heller, Adam Grant, Daniel Meyer, AntoineBorel, Charles Kohler, E. L. Goldstein,
I. Lawrence Pool, A. Weill, Joseph Brandenstein, Charles Bauiii, James Motfitt,
Benjamin Brewster, L. Cunningham, W. M. Hoag, Nicholas Luning, John Parrott,
L. A. Booth, Julius Baum, Myles D. Sweeney, Jas. M. Goewey, Edward Cadwalader
Bartlett Doe, Gustave Touchard, J. H. Baird, J. G. Kittle, George C. Hickox, C. Du-
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B. Phipps.
GUSTAVE TOUCHARD, President. N. G. KITTLE, Vice-President.
Chari.es D. Havrn, Secretary. Geo. T. Bohen, Surveyor. Aug 31.
THE STATE INVESTMENT AND INSURANCE CO.
flKii AM) MARINE.
/lash Assets, $450,000.— -Principal Office, 318 and 220 San<
\j some street, San Francisco. Officers: — A. J. Bryant, President; Richard
Ivers, Vice-President; Charles H. Gushing, Secretary; H. H. Watson, Marine
Surveyor. Board of Directors : — Peter Donahue, James Irvine, C. D. O'Sullivan,
A. Bocqueraz, R. Harrison, A. H. Rutherford, R. Bailey, E. W. Corbert, George O.
McMullin, A. J. Bryant, Frank M. Pixley, E Burke, H. H. Watson, Dr. C F. Buckley,
P. J. White, E. M. Root, M. Mayblum, Richard Ivers, John Rosenfeld, Daniel
Callaghan. P. H. Russell, Sacramento. John G. Downey, Los Angeles. Wm.
Hood, Sonoma County. H. W. Seale, Mayfield, Geo. Rutherford, San Jose. Feb. 16.
TRANSATLANTIC FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY,
OF JEAItflSI'Ri;.
Capital $1,125,000, U. S. Gold Coin.
Losses Paid in Gold Coin Immediately Alter Adjustment.
This Corporation holds contracts of fifteen other European Insurance Compa-
nies, re-insuring by far the greater part of every risk, as soon as accepted in our of-
fice. The combined subscribed Capital which our policies therefore offer to the public,
Amounts to i Of wJiich
$16 .912,500, TT. S. Gold Coin, | $4,3S8,750 is Paid Up,
Resides tJie Always Available Reserve Funds.
GEORGE MARCUS & CO., General Agents for the Pacific Coast,
March 15. 304 California street.
THE MARINE INSURANCE CO. OF LONDON, ENGLAND.
[ESTABLISHED 1S30.]
Whole Amount of Joint Stock and Guaranteed Capital. .$5,000,000.
Whole Amount of Capital paid up 900,000.
Cash Assets December 31, 1876 3,710,000.
The undersigned have been duly authorized to issue Policies at current rates on
Freight and Shipments to or from England, Europe, New York, Japan, China, Aus- "
tralian Colonies, Sandwich Islands, aud Northern Coast Ports. If desired, policies
made payable at port of termination.
WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO., Agents,
Aug. 10. 218 California street.
THE SWISS MARINE INS. COMPANIES COMBINEPT"
Switzerland, of Zurich. Capital 5,000,000 francs; Helvetia,
of St. Gall, Capital 10,000,000 francs ; Baloise, of Basle, Capital 5,000,000 francs.
These three Companies are liable jointly and severally for all losses that may be sus-
tained. Losses made payable in all the principal seaports of the world. In' the set-
tlement of all claims under an English policy, these Companies will strictly adhere to
the conditions and customs adopted at Lloyds, and submit to English jurisdiction.
June 9. HARRY W. SYZ, Agent, 225 Sansome St., S. F.
NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL UFE INSUR. CO. OF BOSTON.
Has transacted the business of Ufe Insurance for nearly
thirty-five years. Its assets amount to over Fourteen Million Dollars. The
law of Massachusetts makes all its Policies nonforfeitable. It is a Purely Mutual Com-
pany, dividing every cent of surplus among Policj'-holders. This is the Only Com-
pany on the Pacific Coast governed by the Massachusetts Lapse Law. This company
has comp'ied with the new Insurance Laws of California.
WALLACE EVERSON, General Agent.
Sept. 2,'i.] 328 Montgomery street.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN MARINE INS. CO. OF LIVERPOOL.
'lanital $5,000,000.— Agents: Balfour, Gutbrie & Co., No.
316 California street, San Francisco. Nov. 18.
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Sept, 27, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER
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LETTER FROM ARIZONA.
8, 1879.
Editor S. F. News Letter, ontinuw
>le attontii.n tlm.n the in-
on tains
» s'luart* milt one, a population ap-
30,000. No other country in the world has tin- mineral re-
in be mad ■ t.. | iv -n lar - ,» |<r->tit. Har astonfohinu capa-
bilities aa a mineral producing t.Trif..rv hnv** become - - well established,
that it ie now generally conceded the u soon to stand tirst as n pnnlu. ■< i-
of tin* precious metals.
Manv nausea have heretofore prevented her development Imlian hos-
tility, uutccearibility, and consequent ,-t it ooet of supplies, want, of oapi-
tal, and many other things, have kept her comparatively unknown : and
"f her mines that, notwithstanding these <litlieulties,
bun Fortunes have been made by the most primitive modes of mining.
Every -lay these drawbacks are gradually disappearing, ami, as a oon-
sequence. mining property which eoul 1 not have been worked profitably
at a yield of $"»0 per ton will now pay well at $20.
The first lode in Yavapai County upon which machinery was erected is
the Accidental, upon Lynx Creek, about ten miles south and east of Pres-
OOtt, in a region heavily timbered with pine, spruce and scrubby oak.
This section of the country fir^t attracted the attention of" the early
pioneers by the wonderfully rich placer diggings, Within a distance of
three miles from the Accidental mill over two millions of dollars in placer
gold has been taken out (a S50 nugget having been picked up there last
week I. and now one standing upon an eminence, over one hundred well-
defined lodes can be counted, upon all of which the necessary amount of
assessment work has been done.
The uuusual quantity of placer gold led to an investigation of the
source from which it came, and resulted in the discovery of the Accidental
mine in the year 1868. It has been worked more or less since that time,
has changed hands several tiroes, and is now owned by the '* Lynx Creek
Milling and Mining Company." It is a well-defined vein of gold-bearing
quartz, from two to four feet wide.
Since thL- discovery there has never been anv svstematie working, until it passed
under the control of the present owners. The original owners had no capital, and
could not incur the expense of buying costly machinery ami transporting it to the
then wild and almost inaccessible mountain gulch. They selected the richest of its
ores, and tran.-port-d it in saeks on the backs of mules, or, more properly speaking,
the "burro," a little animal about three and a half feet high, exceedingly tough,
which grows sleek and fat on sticks and old rubbish, and can survive for days on the
memory 'f a good square driuk. It will carry with ease anywhere under 300 pounds;
they are driven in droves like cows, and are the camel of Arizona.
Subsequent owners purchased a thirty-five horse-power engine, a locomotive
boiler, thunderbuld crusher, put up arrastras, and erected a large mill building.
This rude method of mining was paying very well until the business was brought to
a sudden close by the Indiana. After years the work wag resumed, but as the mine
increased in depth the gold became less free ; although the ore assayed more, the
rude arrastra process pave but a small percentage of the real value, the sulpburets
earn tog uff a large portion of the gold. Two shafts have been put down within the
East few months ; as they progressed in depth, the ore became richer and the ore
oily wider, and at the present depth, about 75 feet below the floor of the second
tunnel, the average of four assays is over $3,000. Allowing the test was made from
picked ore, still it indicates a very rich mine. At this depth, water began to trouble
the miners, and the deeper the shaft the more water, till a common hand-windlass
failed to lower it. The work was then abandoned on that portion of the mine, and
the company resolved to secure a sufficient amount of capital to purchase the neces-
sary machinery and appliances, which are a roaster, a stamp mill and steam pump,
and, to that end, put upon the market one thousand of the twenty-five hundred
shares, and propose, by this means, to soon have one of the finest milling proper-
ties in the United States, or the world, under successful operation.
As for Prescott matters, everything is unusually quiet. September 4th the town
was thrown into a fever of excitement by the cry of fire. The fire commenced in a
stable and spread to a larye warehouse owned by L. Wollenburg & Co., and finally to
his own private residence adjoining. Fully half an hour elapsed before buckets were
procured, or a line formed, then the wells gave out: Every one was unduly excited,
and more water was wasted than utilized Fortunately the air was very ealm. The
loss was estimated at about $12,000, Sy.uuO fulling on Wallenburg. None of the nro-
perty was insured. As this was the second fire within two weeks, the inhabitants
were seized with commendable solicitude. A meeting was called for that evening,
as it was announced, "To provide ways and means of protection against fire," and,
as usual in such cases, every individual present had a method of his own ; after
spending the whole evening in dispute, the matter was referred to the City Council.
The buildings of Prescott are mostly of pine wood, seasoned by years of exposure to
the sun's rays, dry and pitchy, splendid material of which to make a fire. The
houses stand more or less near each other, in some places crowded together as close ly
as in a city, and yet, strange to say, no provision has ever been made for protection
against fire, unless two old ladders and hooked poles, the uses for which they were
intended being beyond the knowledge of the average fire-goer of Prescott. Since
then, however, steps have been taken to form a company under the leadership of
Dr. Kendall.
The people of Prescott have not lacked amusements lately. Several performances
of an amateur minstrel troupe, three walking matches, two for §250 aside and gate
money between Newell and Hernieger, won by Hernieger, a soldier, both times ; one
calico ball ; last Sunday a trotting race at Whipple Park ; and last evening, Septem-
ber 17th, A D, 1879, Mr. Coles Bash ford, sou of the Hon. Levi Bashford, and partner
in the firm of Bashford & Co., one of the largest wholesale dealers in Prescott, was
united in marriage to Miss Ettie Parker, one of the most accomplished and beautiful
of the ladies of this place, by the Rev. Dr. Gilmore, at the Methodist Church. A
grand reception was held at the residence of the bride's parents, only the very upper
crust being invited, among whom were Gen. O. B. Wilcox, Miss Wilcox, Lieut. Wil-
cox, Mrs., Miss and Mr Frank P. Fremont, Hon. Thomas Fitch and wife, Hon. J. J.
Gosper and Major C. P. Dake. Mr. Bashford and his young wife will occupy the res-
idence of the late District Attorney, Paul Weber, until their S0.OOO house is finished.
The Hon. Gideon J. Tucker has just returned from a tw-j months' trip to the East.
The Judge is a Democrat of the old school, having held office for many years under
the Democratic rule in New York State. His shing-le reads " G. J. Tucker, Attorney
and Counselor-at-Law," but as the law business is quite light, it isgenerally supposed
thst he is here with a view of filling some position in the gift of the Government at
some future day. He is well liked, and has made many friends during his short stay.
Secretary J. J. Gosper is in hot water, a paper having been extensively circulated
and signed throughout the Territory asking for his removal. Various grounds are
assigned, principally neglect of official duty. Mr. Gosper is very largely interested
in mines, ranches, newspapers, the propagation of blooded stock, etc., and, in fact,
is one of those real live, wide-awake business men that are called rustlers, and, while
he puts one dollar in his pocket, he puts two in the future Treasury of Arizona—
really a god-send to any new country— and, as he is meeting with considerable suc-
cess, he has aroused the jealousy of some who now take this means of curtailing his
revenue.
Last evening Governor Fremont, Hon. Charles Silent, Dr. Maynard, Prof. Einhorn
and Mr. Frank Fremont, returned from their trip through the Bradsbaw, Peck and
Turkey Creek mining districts, where they went for the purpose of examining the
various mines in those districts. Messrs. Maynard and Einhorn are here as mining
experts, sent in the interest of the Syndicate recently formed in New York, under
representations of Governor Fremont to work various mining properties in this Ter-
ritory. The same party, accompanied by Clark Churchill, left early this morning to
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THE BAROMETER OF NATIONAL PROSPERITY.
The depression in tl„- tnarriag rata, that unerring teat of the material
condition and prosp. till more strongly marked
during the i first quarter of this year than it had been in any ol the four
Quarters of 1878. The annual marriage rate, in the three months ending
March last, did not exceed 11.6 per 1,000, and wae 2.1 below the average
rate in the corresponding period of the 10 yearn 1838 77. So low a mar-
riage-rate has not prevailed in the first quarter of any year since 1837,
when the Act for civil registration of marriages, births and deaths first
rendered these statistics possible. The nearest approach t«> bo low a mar-
riage, rate, in the first quarter of the year, was 15.5 in the first three
months of 1841. As a natural result, the birth-rate in England and
\\ ales has fallen below the [n the three months ending June
last the annual rate was equal to only 35.2 against 37.4, 36.fi and 36.9 in
the corresponding periods of 1870, 1877, 1878 ; it was lower than in any
June quarter since 1SG9, and was 1.0 below the average rate in the second
quarter of the ten years 1869-79.— Sanitary Record.
&.. BARRY, Agent for Naglee's Brandy, is at No. 116
Montgomery Street.
GEO. STREET, Agent Jfews Letter, 30 Comhill, E. C, London.
IN CONSEQUENCE OF SPURIOUS IMITATIONS OF
LEA * PERRINS' SAUCE, which are calculate*! to deceive
the public. Lea and Perrins have adopted A NEW LABEL, bearing their sig-
nature, " LEA & PERRINS," which is placed on every bottle of WORCESTERSHIRE
SAUCE, and without which none is genuine.
Ask for LEA & PERRINS' Sauce, and see name on wrapper, label, bottle and stop-
per Wholesale and ior export by the proprietors, Worcester ; Crosse & Blackwell,
London, etc., etc., and by grocers and oilmen throughout the world. Tube obtained of
Nov. 16. MESSRS. CROSS & CO.. San Francisco.
ROWLAND'S
MACASSAR OIL strengthens the Hair and prevents it falling off. The bottles
have a glass stopper, and not a cork.
KALYDOR beautifies the Complexion and eradicates Freckles, Tan, Prickly Heat,
Eruptions, etc.
ODONTO whitens the Teeth, prevents and arrests decay, and gives a pleasing
fragrance to the breath.
ETJKONIA is a new and delicate toilet powder.
Ask for ROWLAND'S articles, of 20, Hattou Garden, London, and avoid cheap
imitations. Sold bv Druggists, bazaars, etc., all over the world. May 3.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
inestnnd Cheapest Meat-flavoring Stock for Sonps, Made
Dishes and Sauces. March 2.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT
[s a success and boon for which Nations should feel grate-
ful. See " Medical Press," " Lancet," " British Medical Journal," etc.
F
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF ME&T-
S^aution—Genuine only with fac-simile ol Baron I.tebig-'s
\^j Signature, in blue ink, across Label. "Consumption in England increased ten-
old in ten years." March 2.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
To be had of all Store- keepers, Grocers anil Chemists. Sole
Agents for the United States (wholesale only), C. David & Co., 43, Mark Lane,
London, England. March 2.
Medicinal Food—Pancreatic Emulsion Is the only true
food in
Consumption and Wasting Diseases produced by enfeebled diges-
j tion, or hereditary causes.
Mediciual Food-»PancreatlcEmnlsion supplies the special form of
nutriment, in combination with the digestive agent required, and ia there-
fore the
Natural Food for such Inval ids, restoring strength, weight and appe-
tite, and counteracting the tendency to wasting diseases, etc.
Savory «!fc Moore, New Bond-street, London, from whom pamphlets, contain-
ing particulars and the highest Medical Testimonials and recommendations,
may be obtained, gratis, on application, and chemists, etc.. everywhere. [July 5.
CHARLES LANGLEY & CO.,
"Wholesale Druggists,
Importers of Pure English, French and German Drugs,
100 and 102 FRONT STREET,
San Fran-cisco. [Sept. 6.
10
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Sept. 27, 3879.
A CURIOUS PLEA.
Geo. Gorham is back in Washington. As was, of course, to be
expected, his party friends have taken him to task for his tergiversation.
They want to know why he, the Secretary of the party's national organi-
zation for the management of elections in the different States, should pro-
ceed to his own State and there become a leader in the camp of the en-
emy? They are surprised, above all, that he should return to his former
friends and coolly expect them to welcome him as a comrade, instead of
shooting him down as a spy. He excuses himself ; but what an excuse!
The cool audacity of the fellow is amazing. A traitor, caught in the very
act of treason, he turns a curious back-somersault, which he expects will
land him once again, safe and sound, in the old camp. He protests that
the ways of the people out on the Pacific slope are not like those of the
men of Maine or Massachusetts. His conduct must not be judged of by
any Eastern rule. Californians are free and easy in politics as in other
things. He had simply been out on a sort of political drunken spree — a
kind of lark, as it were, during which he had got considerably mixed up.
When he came to himself he found, to his astonishment, that his bed-fel-
lows were Democrats. But that, he claims, is only a convivial way they
have in politics " out on the coast." He was not alone in his offending.
It actually turned out that old southern, dyed-in-the-wool, Jacksonian
Democrats were in the ranks of the Republicans. In fact, the intoxica-
tion of the hour had caused the different parties to exchange names, and,
as a result, the Democrats were called Republicans and the Republicans
were taken for Democrats. Anyhow, it was something like that. He is
not quite sure how it was, and is willing to swear that it was anyway that
will suit the atmosphere of Washington. This audacious defence is worthy
of Gorham, and Gorham is worthy of it, but we don't think it will pull
him through this time. He has forfeited all claim to be esteemed a loyal
party man, and, instead of being rewarded as a leader, should be punished
as a spy. His comrades are not safe with him in their councils. The cry
should arise, " turn him out." To vent his mean, petty malice against the
Railroad, he attempted to sell out the interests of his party, and that he
did not succeed in delivering them was no fault of his. It is not true that
there was such a predominance of local issues in our late election, and
such an absence of national ones, as to justify a High Commander going
over to the ranks of the enemy. The one local issue that was endeavored
to be made much of, was the question as to what reduction, if any, should
be made in railroad fares and freights. Gorham, for personal reasons,
tried to push that issue to a front position, but failed. For the rest, the
issues were largely national. Congressmen had to be elected. A Legis-
lature, which will name a United States Senator, had to be chosen, and
the character of the whole State administration for the next three years
had to be determined. IE it were an occasion on which a commander
might loyally abandon his colors, then, indeed, must the word treason
have lost its meaning.
THE THIRD TERM DOCTRINE.
A celebrated Frenchman, who was studying the British Constitu-
tion, not being able to find therein any article respecting the liberty of the
press, at last applied to an eminent jurist, who replied : " It exists be-
cause not forbidden." So, if a foreigner were to ask concerning the third
term doctrine, an American would have to answer : " It is forbidden be-
cause it never existed." In both instances the unwritten traditional law
has insensibly been incorporated with the written, and it is now gener-
ally held by the best authorities that all rights not expressly delegated to
the government are retained by the people. This theory is, indeed, ex-
pressly stated in the Federal and State constitutions, but with the corre-
sponding declaration that certain rights ere prohibited the people, but
these prohibitions are all expressed in the charter constituting the gov-
ernment, without which it could not exist. Washington's determination to
withdraw from public life was expressed very pla'n y long before the conclu-
sion of his second Presidential term, although even after his retirement
he did not hesitate to resume the office of General when a war with
France appeared imminent. A candid examination, therefore, discloses
these facts : 1st. There is no written constitutional limit to the number
of terms to which a citizen is eligible. 2d. Washington declined a re-
election for the third time, in 1796, on the ground of advancing age. He
retired to Mt. Vernon at the close of his second term in 1797. 3d. He re-
sumed the Generalship in 1799, and died the same year. 4th. John
Adams, second President, 1797-1801 ; Thomas Jefferson, third President,
1801-1809; James Madison, fourth President, 1809-1817 ; James Monroe,
fifth President, 1817-1825. Monroe was the last of the " Revolutionary "
Presidents, and it does not appear that a third term was sought by or of-
fered to any of Washington's four immediate successors. It would have
been declined out of respect to the memory of the "Father of His Coun-
try." It thus appears that the unwritten law of the third term, or, as it
may appropriately be called, "the third term superstition," originated
after Washington's death, but it does not appear to have been in accord-
ance with any desire or counsel of his. Since Monroe's time the only
Presidents elected for two terms were Jackson, Lincoln and Grant. Of
these, Jackson did not seek a third term, and Lincoln's assassination de-
barred any attempt in that direction, even had he been so inclined, which
is not credible. Grant a" on , of all the Presidents since Wa hingto , has
been put in the attitude o a third term aspirant. To that impeachment
he pleaded a denial in his last executive message, and has very recently
reiterated his wish to remain in private life. He admits that his opinion
may be changed if the people (by which we presume he means the Re-
publican party) demands it. Hence it may be that General Grant is des-
tined to oocupy the Chief Magistracy of the nation a third time. What
is there to prevent ?
It is all a waste of time to talk about the "War of the Roses," the
Battle of Bunker Hill, Waterloo, and all those played-out old sham bat-
tles—that exist only in the false, prejudiced, unreliable pages of history —
when we have far greater battles right before us. We refer to the terrific
combat now going on in the breasts of the elected W. P. C. candidates,
who promised to return part of their.salary. Would they had windows in
their souls, that we could have their agonizhjg contortions photographed.
But, alas ! it is not to be, and the present generation will seek the repose
only to be obtained from a lodging-place in Lone Mountain, without
knowing whether the great Denis offered to compromise on the basis of a
square divide. On second thought, we see a dim glimmering of light — a
sort of Will o' the Wisp, so to speak — when we reflect that it is barely
possible some one may squeal on the racket.
TEE MODERN ODYSSEY.
As" wise Ulysses, of the Homeric story,
Was welcomed home by chaste Penelope,
So we our hero, crowned with equal glory,
Welcome right lovingly.
For, like his namesake, he is now returning
Safe from long wanderings to his native land ;
This is his Ithaca— with ardor burning
We haste to clasp his hand.
The perils which old Homer makes endanger
The Grecian warrior, our Ulysses knew ;
And though the ancient's log-book may be stranger,
The modern's is more true.
That amorous minx, Calypso, could not harm him,
Because he took Penelope along,
Nor (for that reason) could the sirens charm him
With their sweet fatal song.
But the lotus he has eaten, aye, and emptied
The pleasure-cup in company of kings,
Yet he returns untainted and untempted
By all these glorious things.
The splendor made for him— the pomp run riot —
His heart from home has not a whit estranged ;
He comes back as he left us, -simple, quiet,
Impassable, unchanged.
San Francisco, September 25th, 1879. t. a. h.
THE ZULU PEACE AND THE FUTURE OF AFRICA
As "was expected, the capture of Cetawayo has resulted in a peace,
which means the permanent subjection of Zululand to the British. A
treaty is shortly to be, or perhaps already has been, made, which will di-
vide the vast dominions over which the late King ruled as lord paramount
among a number of smaller chiefs. Nominally there will no longer be
any suzerain, but the British Government will actually occupy that posi-
tion. The chiefs are to be entirely independent of each other, and of
the British also in the management of their internal affairs, but they can-
not make war, alienate their lands, or, indeed, alter their foreign rela-
tions in any way without the approval of the supreme Government, which
will keep a Resident in each territory. The principle and system are
much the same as have been established by the British in some parts of
India, and are perhaps the safest that could be adopted. A single poten-
tate, possessing absolute authority over a vast extent of thickly popu-
lated territory, has great power for mischief, and is a dangerous neighbor,
especially if he be a barbarian, governed by none of the rules which pre-
vail among civilized nations. But let his territory be cut up and distrib-
uted among a number of petty rulers and the danger disappears, the
more so when, as is now the case in Zululand, these rulers are only inde-
'pendent so far as their internal affairs are concerned. It is very rarely
that their mutual jealousies and rival interests will permit them to act in
concert, and some, at least, are always sure to remain loyal. Of course,
if they were permitted to make war upon each other at discretion some
conqueror would soon arise and absorb his neighbors ; or, if they could
alienate their possessions, the same result would ensue. So, also, if they
could form treaties together they would practically be nearly as danger-
ous as a single united nation. It will be seen, therefore, that the plan of
the British Government, which guards against all these perilous contin-
gencies, is a wise and prudent one.
But it is not when regarded merely as an acquisition of territory that
the conquest of Zululand is seen in its most interesting light. Of all the
great continental divisions of the earth, Africa has most stubbornly re-
sisted the progress of civilization. In ancient times, Egypt was the one
bright spot set in a little corner of the vast Dark Continent, and it was
not until after Mohammedan conquests that the narrow strip lying be-
tween the Sahara and the Mediterranean took a permanent position
among civilized States of a lower order, while it is only of comparatively
late years that the continent has been fringed with an incomplete chain
of colonies belonging to nearly every nation of Europe. A fringe, and
that is alL The interior, though known to be rich and fertile in all parts
except where the great desert stretches across the north, has defied all at-
tempts to settle it, though it must be confessed that very few such at-
tempts have been made.
Now at last, however, Africa's turn seems to be at hand. The wild
ebon daughter of the sun is threatened with the yoke of civilization, to
which all her sister continents have had to bend their necks. Schemes
for flooding the great desert in its eastern part are yearly receiving more
scientific attention ; while on the eastern side we hear of a railroad being
projected to run from Oran to Timbuctoo, and connect the French pro-
vince of Algeria with the rich region of Soudan. Meanwhile, the center
of the continent is to be invaded by means of Stanley's mighty river, the
Livingstone, which, it is asserted, will soon be open to steam navigation
nearly from one Bide of the continent to the other. Lastly, in the south
we have the British advance into Zululand. This advance may not be
great, if measured by miles, but if measured by its moral and actual
effects, it is a great deal. Where British authority is, there British sub-
jects will surely follow ; and where British subjects settle, civilization
springs. More than this, one such conquest invariably leads to another ;
not only by the same victor, who naturally keeps pushing his frontier
onward by the very act of protecting it, but also by other colonizing
powers who follow his example in order to secure their share of the booty.
la short, the colonized fringe of the Dark Continent has begun to widen
inwards, and its people must either, like the Hindoos, yield to the pressure
civilization, and accept a subordinate place, or, like the red Indian,
resist the pressure, and perish.
The Pope has issued an encyclical on the teaching of philosophy,
which fills ten columns of the Osso'vatore Romano. His Holiness holds
that the greater part of the evils which afflict society in the present day
are due to the inculcation of false philosophy, and says tbat philosophy,
in order that it may attain its end, must be subject to faith. After a
minute survey of the results of the philosophic inquiry of the Fathers, he
exhorts the bishops to adopt in their ecclesiastical schools the teachings of
St. Thomas Aquinas.
Married. — At Grace Cathedral, J. Henley Stone, of Missouri, to
Marian H., daughter of Jno. "V. Plume, of this city.
Sept. 27, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
11
THE TOWN CRIER.
"Hear the Crier!" ' Wh»t lb* daril art tboo?
On* tb«t will play the devil, U with yoo."
Wbicb made turn crow bolder and bolder."
When trade is lively at any of our prominent gospel shops, the at-
tach.'-* ar* very liable to yet badly mixed up. Fn? instance, Herr Fluten-
■ohingeL the organist of Saint Bifcob's, got notice last week that there
was to be a musical christening at 1 p.m., with a swallow-tail godfather ;
a funeral at 2 P.M., with agonized relatives and sobs in G minor ; and a
wayup jubilant wedding at 3 p.m., at which the bridesmaids were ex-
pected to jK-lt the officiating minister with tuberose bouquets. There
would have been no great difficulty in selecting appropriate music, if Herr
Flutenschingel had only understood when the different heats were to be
run so to speak. He got through the lavatory rites elegantly. He
couldn't see the parties from the organ loft, but the chief engineer squawled
so lustily that he was sure about the procession being that of the immer-
siuu party, and when the tenor sang, " Now I duck my little head," the
effect was tremendous. But an hour later, when seventy-two grief stricken
relatives, following an aged grandfather in a rosewood casket, were sa-
inted with Mendelssohn's Wedding March, and sent out of the church to
the tune of, " When Johnny comes marching home," there was a feeling
of disgust among the mourners, which no hopes of prospective legacies
could allay, and also a determination on the part of the family and friends
of the deceased to at once give up their pews. The rest of the story is
soon told. It was probably the first bridal party that ever marched up
an aisle to the melodious strains of the " Dead March in Saul." The best
mau rushed upstairs and choked the soprano before she was half through
with " I know that my Redeemer Kveth," and Mr. F. was found on the
floor, badly used up, two hours afterward, bleeding profusely at the pro-
boscis, and tightly clutching the score of a funeral anthem, w*wds by Hec-
tor A. Stuart. There's nothing like appropriate music, let it cost what it
may.
Mr. Casebolt seldom gets credit for anything he does good, and is in-
variably hounded to death for any fault that can be found with his man-
agement of the Sutter St. Railroad. This week he saved a poor woman's
life entirely through his excellent mode of running his cars, and not a
single newspaper in this city mentioned the circumstance, even as an item
in the local column. It appears that Mrs. Fogarty, who lives out near
the cemetery, while under the influence of excessive mental depression,
bad times and worse whisky, concluded to commit suicide the other night,
by lying across the track and awaiting the approach of the Sutter street
cars. They were only four blocks off as, with a prayer for forgiveness, she
placed her neck on one rail, her feet on the other, and awaited her end.
But kindly nature came to her relief, and, unconscious of her impending
fate, Mrs. F. was sound asleep in less than a minute. The cars were evi-
dently getting nearer and nearer, and within three quarters of an hour
were certainly less than flfty yards distant. Ten minutes more elapsed
and Mrs. F. was slowly coming to her senses, thanks to the cold iron rails,
a relenting Providence, and a heavy, chilling fog. She arose quietly and
walked into her happy home, remarking that she " must be a little full
to-night," little dreaming that had she lain another half hour on the
track the heavy cars would have mangled her poor body beyond recogni-
tion. May we not hope after this that the next Legislature will not only
reward Mr. Casebolt substantially, but also pass a bill forbidding car
horses to go out of a walk, and insisting on the drivers remaining a quarter
of an hour on each street corner?
The Workingmen were horribly agitated this week by the spread-
ing of an unfounded report relative to Ulysses and the Chinese. It was
asserted that a delegation of pigtailed merchants had formally waited on
the General and presented him with a cargo of silk, ivory, fans and ex-
Eensive Mongolian curios. After the great man had inspected the gifts,
e was said to have assured the Chairman of the delegation that the Chi-
nese should not go under any circumstances, as long as they communi-
cated with him in a similar manner once every six weeks; and further,
that if they had any particularly rare Pagodas, which would look well in
his grounds, they might send them along to Galena, to keep him in mind
of their interests. The story might have been believed, had it not been
supplemented by another fiction about General Grant's accepting a box of
Chinese cigars and smoking one of them. This exploded the canard, and
Denis Kearney and the twelve Ward Presidents went home to their hov-
els and slept in peace, satisfied that they were the victims of a hoax got-
ten up by some lecherous, bleated whisky Ian d-and -water thief, or some
other impolite synonym for rascality out of the little drayman's limited
dictionary.
Laura D. Fair, the most amiable murderesB on record, is at present
lecturing in the East, with great success. There is nothing remarkable in
this (because everybody lectures in America) except that it suggests to a
thoughtful mind that to make a hit as a lecturer, one has to be either an
infamously immoral divine, or a tigress dyed in blood. Possessed with
the truth of this axiom, we are at present uncertain as to whether it would
be best to slaughter the proprietor of this paper in cold blood, or to take
holy orders and have a sensational ecclesiastical trial with the family cook
as appellant and ourselves as co-respondent. Either course would un-
doubtedly insure a handsome competency, the only question being as to
which is the shortest road to wealth.
Persons of eighteen different nationalities have written to us to pro-
test against an extraordinary statement in the speech of the Galena orator
who waited upon General Grant on Wednesday last. The statement is
as follows : '* You know well, sir, that sentiment common to humanity —
which loves the scenes of its former homes and enshrines all subjects and
matters pertaining to it with the tenderest affection.'* The eighteen rep-
resentative men repudiate the sentiment as common to none but Gale-
nans, and the whole passage as a plagiarism from the last howling lunatic
s mt to Napa.
For the 10,000,000th time, the original remark has been made that
the initials of General Grant's name seem to be prophetic, when we con-
sider that they stand for United States General. Nobody seems to see
that they stand for other things as well : for Undoubted Silk Goods,
TJnequaled Sweet Ginger, Utah's Serious Gentile, Useful Silver Gong,
and Unhappy Supervisors' Gabble. There is a good deal of prophecy in
these.
The General ht another « i>;*r. and puffed away in silence. We tried
to Mart some interesting subject <>f conversation, but with littlest!
until we happened to speak of Hector A. Stnnrt'i poem, The Genera]
was at ones en [ted, an | we its hb remarks wtHntim. as they are of in-
terest to the literary world:
Wk -What do yon think of Hector A. Stuart's poem?
General I am no judge ol poetry.
lit In your travels round the world, of course you have frequently
heard the poet s name ?
Oenattt—l never have.
We-That fo strange, He is the great California poet.
General— I don't read much poetry, I have read some of Bret Harte's,
Stoddard's, Joaquin Miller's, Gassaway's, O'Connell's, Ina D. Cool-
bnth s, Lmelie Lawson'e and a lew other California poets.
u Iy General, these are all long since forgotten. Hector A.
Stuart has completely taken the wind out of their sails. Some years ago
the writers you speak of occasionally produced poems, some of them very
pretty no doubt, but there was no great poet among them. They wrote
for the Overland, News Letter, ami such-like publications. Things went
along very smoothly for years; they divided the laurels among themselves
pretty evenly; they might have been going on in the same way up to the
present time, had not Hector A. Stuart commenced writing poetry for
the Sunday Call. The result was like a thunderbolt out of a clear sky.
1 he Overland immediately suspended publication, Harte and Miller went
East, Stoddard went round the world, Kendall and Realf committed sui-
cide, while Emelie Lawson and Ina D. Coolbrith forswore poetry forever.
General — This was a loss to California literature.
We— By no means. Stuart gave us the true idea of poetry; to use his
own words, " his voice, deep as thunder, rose over dissension." Allow me
to read a few cantos from " Ben Nebo."
General — Not just now. I have some letters to write. Some other time.
We— Will you mention any time ?
General — I am going East shortly. In some five years from now I may
take a trip to California again. I may have time then.
We— All right. _ I will mark the passage, but, as I said before of Hec-
tor A. Stuart, "his voice, deep as thunder, rose over dissension."
General— Excuse me, but let us defer our remarks on Mr. Stuart until
you read the poem to me.
The conclusion of this conversation will take place five years from now.
We are glad; the heart of the T. C. overflows with rejoicing, when
we bear, as at the present time, that theatrical managers are at their wit's
end for plays. They are hoist with thei»- own petard, the boomerang has
returned and smitten the smiter with a fearful smite. Often and often
has the T. C. sat, long in the weary watches of the night, and ruined his
credit with the groceryman by an extravagant use of midnight oil, writ-
ing plays, which, if put before the public, would have made him famous
and the manager rich. But, alas ! for both. The devil hardened the
heart and softened the brain of that manager, and he refused to buy, and
now that he needs those plays, the T. C. has sworn a bitter oath that he
shall never get them. No; rather shall the public be poisoned with
Shakspeare and Pinafore and sickened with overdoses of Aimee, than the
T. C. assist a stiff-necked generation of mis-managers.
The author, Mr. Alexander Dunbar, has kindly favored us with a
"Welcome to General Grant," in seven stanzas, with notes. The poetry
is evidently inspired by the study of the great Krause ; and Grant will
cherish the memory of the man who greets him with these exquisite words:
"Hearts thrilled with love and glee, loud swell the Btrain,
Saf'ly again at home true harbinger of peace ;
Thy wise instructive words with profit we retain,
Endear'd by thy absence while doing the globe's face."
The music, we are told, is in progress of composition. It will be some-
thing to hear.
A new subscriber to the Alta met General McComb, the other day,
and informed him that, after discarding the Chronicle for its bestiality and
the Call for its sycophancy, he had at last centered on the California
street organ as his daily news supplier. "How d'ye like it ?" queried the
General. "First rate," answered- the new subscriber; "I've bought a
step-ladder, and I nail the Alta against the wall every morning. Then I
run up and down the ladder till I've read all the news. BesideB," he
added, "the Alto's useful in other ways. I can wrap up the week's wash
in it, or take two issues and cover up all the furniture when we're house-
cleaning ?" The General is a good swordsman, but he couldn't parry the
thrust.
It may satisfy the public mind to learn that the entire expense of
General Grant's reception is to be defrayed without cost to taxpayers.
The Finance Committee have decided to appropriate all the reductions in
salaries which the elected Workingmen's candidates propose to pay back
into the Treasury. This will foot all the bills incurred and leave a large
surplus {in our minds).
So far as human vision can penetrate the future, every hour of Gen-
eral Grant's life seems likely to come around in its turn. This magnificent
thought is the condensed juice of the many solemn allusions to the mean-
ing of Grant's visit to San Francisoo ; and it is a comfort to think we
have so many philosophers on the daily press.
" Fuck " is extremely hard on Grant and the third term. Grant is bo
taciturn that nobody can say what he feels, but we make a broad guess
that he thinks one term of such boring as San Francisco is now giving him
is about all he can stagger through. They say he talks in his sleep.
The Captain of the "Ellen Stuart" was badly burned by the explo-
sion of a rocket while saluting the City of Tokio. He was all a-fire with
enthusiasm at the time, and something else. Thi3 is the exact time for
the band to play " Rocket in the Cradle of the Deep."
Laura D. Fair tells the New Yorkers there is not a woman in San
Francisco without some scandal sticking to her skirts. Merely for the
oddity of the thing, one would like to see Laura's notion of something
scandalous.
A gentleman in this city has just sent to Lima for three dogs. He
has not been in good health lately, but says he has heard so much of the
benefits to be derived from Peruvian bark — (Funeral at 2 P. M.)
A clergyman at Stratford, Connecticut, was shot dead this week
by his wife as he lay asleep. Bob Ingersoll will, of course, provide for
the widow.
12
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Sept. 27, 1879.
c. p. r. n.
Overland Ticket Office : Ferry Landing, foot
of Market street. --Commencing Monday,
May 19th, 1879, and xmtil farther notice.
Trains and Boats wil leave
SAN FRANCISCO:
7AA A. M. (daily), Vallejo Steamer (from Market
•"" Street Landing: — Connecting with Trains for
Napa (Stages for Sonoma), Calistoga (the Geysers),
and Sacramento. Connecting at Davis (Sundays except-
ed) for Woodland and Knight's Landing, and at Wood-
land for Williams and Willows.
(Arrive San Francisco 8:10 P.M.)
7AAA.M. (daily) Local Passenger Traiu(via Oakland
*\j\J Ferry) and via Livermore arriving at Tracy
at 11:30 A. m, and connecting with Atlantic Express.
Connects at Niles with Train arriving at San Jose at
10:15 a.m.
(Returning, train from Tracy arrives at 6:05 p.m.)
8AA A.M. (daily), Atlantic Express Train (via Oak-
,\J\J land Ferry, Northern Ry. and S. P. &, T. R R.)
for Sacramento, Marysville, Redding, Portland (Or.),
Colfax, Reno (Virginia City), Palisade (Eureka), Ogden
and Omaha. Connects at Gait with train arriving at
lone at 3:40 P.M.
(Arrive San Francisco 5:15 P.M.)
Sunday Excursion Tickets to San Pablo and Marti-
nez at Reduced Rates.
"I C\ AAA.M. (daily) via Oakland Ferry, Local Passeo-
-«- yj* \y \J ger Train to Hay wards and Niles.
(Arrive San Francisco 4:05 p.m.)
3AA P.M. (daily) San Jose Passenger Train (via Oak-
.\J\J land Ferry and Niles), stopping at all Way Sta-
tions. Arrives at San Jose at 5:20 p.m.
(Arrive San Francisco 9:35 A.M.)
3i\f\ P.M. (daily) Northern Railway Passenger Train
• \j \J (via Oakland Ferry) to San Pablo, Martinez,
and Antioch.
(Arrive San Francisco 9:35 A m.)
4r\f\ P.M. (daily) Arizona Express Train (via Oak-
•W land Ferry, Northern Ry. and S. P. & T. R. R.)
for Lathrop (and Stockton), Merced, Madera, Visalia,
Sumner, Mojave, Newhall (San Buenaventura, and Santa
Barbara), Los Axqeles, "Santa Monica," Wilmington,
Santa Ana (San Diego), Colton and Yuma (Colorado
River Steamers), connecting direct witli Daily Trains
of the Southern Pacific Railroad of Arizona for Mari-
copa (Daily Stages for Phoenix and Prescott), and for
Casa Grande (182 miles east from Yuma), and end of
Track (Daily Stages for Florence and Tucson).
"Sleeping Cars" between Oakland, Los Angeles and
Yuma.
(Arrive San Francisco 12:35 p.m.)
A f\f\ P. M. (Sundays excepted) VallejoSteamer(from
"±•"1/ Market Street Lauding), connecting with trains
for Calistoga, (the Geysers), Woodland, Knight's Land-
ing and Sacramento ; and at Sacramento with Pas-
senger Train, leaving at 9:35 p.m. for Truckee, Reno,
Carson and Virginia.
"Sleeping Cars" between Vallejo and Carson.
(Arrive San Francisco 11:10 a.m.)
4{\f\ P.M. (Sundays excepted) Sacramento Steamer
,\J\J (from Wash'n St. Wharf), for Beniciaand Land-
ings on the Sacramento River.
(Arrive San Francisco 8:00 p.m.)
4f\ (\ P.M. (daily), Through Third Class and Accom-
*yj\J modation Train (via Oakland Ferry, North-
ern Ry. and S. P. & T. R. R.) connecting at Lathrop
with Train arriving at Los Angeles on second day at
11:55 A.M. (Arrive San Francisco 9:05 A.M.
4 0A P.M. (daily) Local Passenger Train (via Oak-
•OV/ land Ferry) to Hay wards, Niles and Liver-
more. (Arrive San Francisco 8:35 a.m.)
5f)AP.M (daily) Overland Emigrant Train (via
•"V-/ Oakland Ferry and Northern Railway) to
Ogden, Omaha and East.
Public conveyance for Mills Seminary connects at Sem-
nary Park Station with all trains, Sundays excepted.
FERRIES AND LOCAL TRAINS
From "SAN Fit AN CIS CO." Daily.
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8.00
B9.00
7.30
1.30
9.00
B10.00
8.00
2.00
10.00
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8.30
S.00
11.00
B5.00
9.00
3.30
12.00
9.30
4.00
p. M.
10.00
4.30
1.30
10.30
6.00
2.00
11.00
5.30
"3.00
11.30
6.00
4.00
12.00
6.30
5.00
7.00
6.00
8.10
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5.30
6.30
7.00
8.10
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10.30
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6.00
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A. M.
B6.10
8.00
10.00
12.00
p. M.
1.30
4.30
5.30
S6.30
Change Cars
at
West Oakland
To " SAW FRAST CISCO," Daily.
'-<£
A. M.
B5.40
B6.30
8.00
10.00
12.00
P. M.
1.30
3.30
A. M.
B5.40
B6.30
7.30
8.30
9.30
10.30
11 30
p. M
1.00
3.00
4.00
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6.00
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7.00
8.00
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at I p. M.
WestOaklnd-i 1.30
A. M. I A.M.
B 5.10; B8.00
B5.50.B10.00I
6.40|b11.00
7.40| p. M.
8.40' B6.00
9.40
10.40
11.401
p. M.
12.40
1.25
2.40
4.40
5.40
6.40
7.50
9.00
10.10
A. M.
B*5.00
B»5.40
6.25
7.00
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9.00
10.03
11.03
12,00
P. M.
1.00
3.00
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4.00
5.00
6.03
B»7.20
B"8.30
*10.00
(Broadway.)
A. M.
B5.20
B6.00
6.50
7.20
7.50
8.25
8.50
9.20
9.50
10.20
10.50
11.2
p. M.
12.20
12 50
1.20
1.50
2.50
3.20
3.50
4.20
4.50
5.20
5.50
6.25
6.50
8.00
9.10
10.20
b— Sundays excepted.
*Alameda Passengers change cars at Oakland.
Creeh Route.
From SAN FRANCISCO— Daily— 35-A0, B6:30, 7.20,8:15,
9:15, 10:15, 11:16 A.M. 12:15, 1:15, 2:25, 3:15, 4:15,
5:15, 6.15 P.M. •
From OAKLAND— Daily— s5:B0, B6:20, 7:10, 8:05,9:05,
10:05, 11:05 A.M. 12:05, 1:05, 2:15, 3:05, 4:05, 5:05,
6:05 p.m. b— Sundays excepted.
Official Schedule Time" furnished by Randolph &
Co., Jewelers, 101 and 103 Montgomery St., S. F.
T. H. GOODMAN, Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agt.
A. N. Towne, General Superintendent.
Commencing Momlny, Sept. 15th, 1879,
and until further notice. Boats and Trains will
leave San Francisco (Washington-st. Wharf) as follows :
3AA p. M. daily (Sundays excepted), Steamer
• "Vy "James M. Donahue" (Washington Street
Wharf) , connecting with Mail and Express Train at Don-
ahue for Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Healdshurg, Cloverdale,
and way stations. Making stage connections at Lake-
ville for Sonoma ; at Geyserville for Skaggs' Springs ; at
Cloverdale for Ukiah, Lakcport, Mendocino City, High-
land Springs, Bartlett Springs, Soda Bay and the
Geysers.
g3?~ Connections made at Fulton on following morn-
ing for Koroel's, Guerneville and the Redwoods.
(Arrive at Sau Francisco 10:30 a.m.)
Sunday Excursions at Reduced Kates .
8 1 K a.m., Sundays only, via Donahue, forClover-
• J- O dale and Way Stations.
Fares for Round Trip: Donahue, SI ; Petaluma, SI. 50 ;
SantaRosa, S2; Fulton, S2.50; Windsor, S3; Healdsburg,
S3; Litton's, $3.50; Geyserville, S3.50; Cloverdale, S4.50.
(Arrive at San Francisco 7:00 p.m.)
Freight received from 7 a.m. till 2.30 p. m.,
daily {except Sundays).
Ticket Office : Washington St. Wharf.
A. HUGHES,
Gen. Manager.
JAS. M. DONAHUE.
Gen. Pass & Tkt. Agt.
SYDNEY INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.
Round the World Tickets.
Tbe Pacific Mail Steamship Compauy
will issue Round the World Tickets, giving- first-
class accommodations for the entire route, at the low
price of S650. For particulars apply to
WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO.,
General Agents,
Aug. 9. Corner First and Brannan streets.
Natural beauty surpasses any-
thing which can be imparted by
artificial means. PHOSPHATE
SOAP gives health to the skin
simply by removing impurities and
eradicating the poisons which give
rise to skin diseases.
Not only tor craily use on the fac9
and hands, but for bathing the
entire body, there is nothing equal
to PHOSPHATE SOAP. It is a
thorough disinfectant and removes
offensive odors of every kind.
Ask your Druggist for it.
(^onituenciiij^ Monday, April 31. 1S79,
J and until further notice, Passenger Trains will leave
San Francisco, from Passenger Depot on Townsend
street, between Third and Fourth streets, as follows :
8*}(~\ a.m. daily for San Jose and Way Stations.
• ^ ^ g£T Stages for Pescadero (via San Mateo)
connect with this train only.
9 0 f~\ a.m (Sundays only) for San Jose and Way Sta.
•*J v tions. Returning, leaves San Jose at 6 P.M
"I (\ J-O AM- daily for San Jose, Gilroy, Hollister,
X\J.rX.\s Tres Pinos, Pajaro, Salinas, Soledad and
all Way Stations, g^ At Pajaro, the Santa Cruz
R. R. connects with this train for Aptos, Soquel and
Santa Cruz, [ggp At Salinas the M. & S. V. R. R.
connects with this train for Monterey. 6^~ Stage
connections made with this train. (Pescadero Stages via
San Mateo excepted. )
Parlor Car attacbed to this Tralu.
(seats at reduceu rates.)
Q Qf) p.m. daily (Sundays excepted) for San Jose,
9j* " ^ Gilroy, Pajaro, Hollister, Tres Pinos and prin-
cipal Way Stations.
SPECIAL NOTICE.— -The trains of the Santa Cruz R. R.
and the M. & S. V. R, R , which have been connecting
with this train on Saturdays at Pa-taro and Salinas re-
spectively, have been withdrawn for the season. Those
intending to visit Aptos, Soquel, Santa Cruz or Monterey,
will take the train leaving San Francisco at 10:40 a.m.
daily.
3QA P.M. (Sundays only) for San Jose and Way Sta-
.Q\J tions.
4 0£C p.m. daily (Sundays excepted) for San Jose and
.£*J Way Stations.
fC f~\f"\ p. M. daily (Sundays excepted)
*J'W and Way Stations.
£i Qf\ p.m.— daily, for Menlo Park and WayStationa.
Second-Class Fare.
Between San Francisco and San. Jose SI. 00.
On Freight Trains only, leaving San Francisco at 4:00
A.M., San Jose at B:30 p.m. (daily, Sundays excepted).
Excursion Tickets at Reduced Rates
To San Jose and intermediate points Bold on Saturdays,
and Sunday mornings, good for return until following
Mouday inclusive.
Also, EXCURSION TICKETS to Aptos, Soquel, Santa,
Cruz and Monterey, sold on Saturdays only— good for
return until the following- Monday inclusive.
p^r" Principal Ticket Office— Passenger Depot, Town-
send street. Branch Ticket Office— No. 2 New Mont-
gomery street, Palace Hotel.
A.C.BASSETT,Supt. H. R. JUDAH, A. P. &T. A.
for Menlo Park
SOUTHERN DIVISIONS.
Commencing- Monday, May 19th, 1879,
gag^~ Passengers for points on the Southern Divisions
of the road will take the cars of the Central Pacific Rail-
road via OAKLAND, leaving SAN FRANCISCO via Ferry
Landing, Market street, at 4:00 p.m. daily (Arizona Ex-
press Train) , and making close connection at GOSHEN
for Sumner, Mojave, Los Angeles, Wilmington, Ana-
heim, Colton, Colorado River, Yuma, Maricopa and Casa
Grande (182 miles east from Yuma). May 31.
Ladies who have injured the skin
by the constant use of cosmetics
may do much to restore their faces
to that beauty which nature alone
can give by constantly using PHOS-
PHATE SOAP.
For chapped hands the constant
use of PHOSPHATE SOAP will
be recommended by all who give
it one fair trial.
If you want a nice article of
Toilet Soap and something that is
beneficial to the skin, buy PHOS-
PHATE SOAP.
Ladies who wish to make the
skin look beautiful and natural
should use PHOSPHATE SOAP.
Manufactured by "Standard Soap Co.,"
204 Sacramento St., San Francisco.
1
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER,
13
THE PEDDLERS SONG.
Lawn as white as driven snow ; Gold quoin and stomachers,
Rrpress black ivs e'er was (-row ; Fur mj Lids to trivo their dears ;
Gloves ns sweet as dama-k roses; Pins and poking- sticks of steel.
r faces and for noses ; What nuids lack from head to heel:
Buple-hractlet, necklace, amber; Come buy of me,coinc;comebuy,come buy,
Perfume for a lady's chamber; Buy, lads, or else your lasses cry.
William Siiakspeare.
Bradley & Rulofeon, 429 Montgomery street, were compelled on
Monday to apply to the Chief of Police for a detachment to guard their
establishment against a growing mob, iletermiued to have their likenesses
of Gen. Grant ; ami before the officers couid reach the ground traffic was
completely suspended on Montgomery, Sacramento, Kearny and Sansome
streets by the blockade. A telegram to the Palace Hotel brought a call
from the Governor for the militia, which arrived at 11 a.m. with fixed
bayonets, but it was not till seven of the ringleaders had fallen that order
was restored ; and the portraits of the General were then distributed un-
der a guard of the N. G. C.
The banquet to the First Soldier of America was a grand affair, and
there were as many slain the next day as after Cold Harbor ; but Grant
himself bore up like a hero, which was wonderful, seeing what a voyage
he had just made. But the fact is that his breakfast at Swain's, 213 Sut-
ter street, had given him uncommon strength of mind and bodily vigor,
and this is the characteristic effect of that excellent restaurant on all those
who frequent it. " Tell me where you eat, and I will tell you what you
are," is a word of wisdom.
The business of the Post Office in transporting specimens of natural
history is growing more and more onerous with every week. At first con-
fined to butterflies and horned toads, it now embraces, without wincing,
crocodiles, snakes, owls, and other chiclcen fixings ; and, by special in-
structions from the Postmaster-General, the officials will begin, next
week, forwarding to the Dead Letter Office all the natural-born fools who
do not buy their hats at White's, 014 Commercial street.
Day after day, during the past week, the public remained on the tip-
toe of expectation for the arrival of Grant. Wednesday, Thursday, Fri-
day, Saturday came ; the city was gay with flags and shields and ever-
greens and flowers ; yet was hope deferred, and the heart made sick, for
he came not. In this extremity our people bore up nobly, but not with-
out assistance from Landsberger's Gerke Wine, the cheering influence of
which alone enabled the city to endure without flinching its sick longing.
Nothing gives greater refinement to the person or more clearly brings
out the native dignity and elegance of a manly form than exquisitely
clean and faultlessly fitting linen. Not even a faultless physique can pass
muster with a rumpled shirt ; and every gentleman who feels the proper
responsibility he owes to the public, supplies himself with shirts and un-
derwear at Carmany & Crosett's, 25 Kearny street. Their articles in this
line have a world-wide fame.
The salute from the Sand-Lot was more than the Denis could bear,
and he fled before the guns got into position ; which shows that he is not
such a fool as men took him for. He does not like the range of the Union
guns ; but all who appreciate noble deeds and manly courage buy Mon-
tanya's Union Range, the best for cooking the dinner of brave men ; and
on Jackson, below Battery street, Montanya will be found, ready to meet
all comers.
Napa Soda, always the best friend of man, has come boldly to the
front during the unparalleled excitement of the past week. Not one of
all the high-spirited representatives of California's homage to the national
hero has suffered from his exertions in the cause ; for they have all re-
freshed themselves with Napa Soda, and so borne the burden of the day.
Tapestry Brussels, §1 per yard and upwards ; fine new patterns. Call
and see them. Window shades, 75 cents and upwards. Window lace, 12£
cents and upwards. Cornices, wall paper, etc. Oilcloths, 50 cents per
yard and upwards. Hartshorn & McPhun, 112 Fourth st., near Mission.
The annoyance and disagreeableness of Pimples and Blotches on
the Skin, may be gotten rid of by using Dr. Jayne's Alterative, a safe and
' rational cure for all Skin Diseases, Eruptions, Tetter, Salt Rheum, etc.
Sold by Crane & Brigham, San Francisco.
Young and feeble mothers with frail children will both become
strong by the use of Hop Bitters.
One by one the resource of r«iif,.r„u become known, an,! draw bo
■at the onrione, the int.lli... ,.t. d .re, ud the LnvaUdi
,r,,,".al1 ,i';tl? Our health giving climate i- ov«n mora at
than our miner&l i wonderful Menery j and th
caw organizations which n strong in our vital air 8nd their
jtiraal jwn in K a P. J. Caw > oordial balm nl Old Ry« Whiiky and
Kook ( andy, against which uthma and eonaumption lose nil their power.
" The Principles of Light and Color." By Edwin Babbitt, 1>.M.
*or sale b> Boerit ke & Taiel, 234 Sutter street
CARD.
Itnko pl.-.isi,,. |„ nniini Ini Ihnl I lime , ,.i,,;.l,t,-,l nr-
nnmmonla with I' F. m DKKKY, M.D, vharabj he trill ittaud torn] practice
ihirini.- my aiisi'iK'c uiirod. Dr. ill D rly hu been a successful practitioner ot med-
icine in the Southern and Eastern Stales, and, though recent!] having Imm a res-
ident of tins L-ity, I beg to oomro i orthy of your fullest < Rdence
Yours rcspoctfully, UK D. ALBERT UILLER.
Relative to the above, I would sa; thai mv ofticc is N.,. 17 Dupont street, Kooms
«os. 6aud 0. Office Hours : from 11 10 li o'clock A.M. ami S I" 1 I It.
Au8- 3CI. F. F. DB DERKY, M.D.
WAKELESS AUREOLINE
Produces the Beautiful Golden Hair so Much Admired.
SUPERIOR TO THE IMPORTED ARTICLE
FRESHNESS AND
— BY R8AS0M OP IT* —
CARE USED IN
ITS PRODUCTION.
PMCE, 1 Alll.i; BOTTLES. 82.
Manufactured by H. P. WAKELEE * CO., Druggists, corner
Montgomery and Bush streets, S. E. [Aug. 2.
~~ SERKYS TEA.
Guarantped to preserve nnd promote the beauty and fresh-
ness of youth to the ripest age. It purities the blood, and is a most wonderful
tonic. It clears the complexion and removes pimples and eruptions. It increases
the appetite and is a certain cure fordyspepsia. It preserves the freshness of vouth
and greatly exhilarates the spirits, and is extensively used" and recommended by the
medical faculty and used by the elite of London, Paris, New York, Philadelphia, etc.
It is used like ordinary tea, costs only 2 cents per day, and makes a healthy and
delicious drink. Boxes by mail, 50 cents and SI. Liberal discount to trade.
609 ARCH STREET, Philadelphia, Pa.
Eslr' State rights for sale. Aug. 9.
INSTRUCTION FOR MIDWIFERY.
Tlie undersigned will begin October 1st, 1879, a course of
iustruction for females in midwifery. Instruction will be in accordance witb
the plan prescribed by the Prussian Government, aud be both didactic and clinical.
Certificates of character required. C. P. A. NICHELL, M I).,
Sept. 20. 700 Post street.
WM. F. SMITH, M.D.,
Oculist and Aurist, 313 Bush Street.
Aug. 16 ] Office Hours, from IS JIT. to 3 P.M.
UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN PATENT OFFICES.
CW. M. Si.ii.ij. Counselor ami Advocate in Fatcut Cases,
o 429 Montgomery street, San Francisco. Established 1862. Specialty : Patents,
Trade-Marks, Patent-Law. Sept. 20.
MME. B. ZEITSKA'S
French, German aud Dullish Institute, Day and Boarding:
School, for Young Ladies, 922 Post street, between Hyde and Larkin. KIN-
DERGARTEN connected with the Institute.
Oct. 26. MME. B. ZEITSKA Principal.
MADAME JULIA MELVILLE SNYDER,
(f*~t O Mason street, between Busliand Gutter.-- Vocal Musie
" J_|_*3 for Opera, Concert or Parlor. Piano and Elocution. Dramatic Elocution
and Voice Culture Specialties. Terms made known at residence. May 26.
CALIFORNIA SUGAR REFINERY,
Manufacturers of the Standard Syrup, a superior article
put up in barrels expressly for home consumption. Also, Extra Heavy Syrup
in barrels for Export. Refined Sugars at lowest market rates. Office, 215 Front
street, up stairs. Dec. 21.
J. C. MERRILL & CO.,
and Commission merchants, Agents for the Sand-
April 13.
Shipping
wich Islands Packet Lines, 204 California street, S. F.
J. K. PRIOR,
1128 Market Street and 21 Turk Street-
The Oldest Established Steam Gas Fitting and Plumbing
Establishment on the Pacific Coast, where a complete assortment of new pat-
terns of Gas Fixtures and Plumbing Material are offered at greatly reduced rates.
Messages sent by American District Telegraph Company free. All jobbing promptly
attended to. Established 1852. July 12.
FRED H. BUSBY,
No. 412 Market street, San Francisco, Manufacturer of
Archery Gloves, Finger Tips, Arm Guards, Boxing, Fencing and Base Ball
Gloves, for Catchers, Long Wrist Fishing Gloves, Belts for Uniforms, etc. Archery
Clubs supplied at reduced rates. Busby's Archery Clubs are the only ones in the
market that will stand service and give satisfaction. July 12.
H. FRESE,
(Late with Charles Dietle),
Boot Maker, No. 327 Dupont street, between Sutter and
Bush, San Francisco, under the Ahlborn House. The FineBt Quality and
Latest Styles of Custom Work Neatly Executed. Repairing Done at Short Notice.
[August 23. J
_ F0R~SALE~
In a thriving city, situated in one of the Southern counties,
a valuable first-class SALOON BUSINESS, with lease, fixtures aud furniture.
For full particulars apply, by letter, "A. B.," News Letter Office. Dec. 14.
14
SAKT FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER.
Sept 27, 1879.
TRADE FRAUDS.
Explanatory Note. — When we suspended the prosecution of "Trade
Frauds" in the columns of the News Letter, it was not because the matter
was worked out, by any means, but because other arrangements became
necessary, especially with the view of allowing the analysts the time they
might consider necessary for getting at the bottom of the plans adopted
by dishonest traders, and the materials used, in the adulteration of arti-
cles of food in daily consumption. This week we resume the task by
informing this patient and long-suffering public how they are systemati-
cally imposed upon by the suppliers of one of the most indispensable arti-
cles of every day use, viz., milk; and indicating some of the many evils
which result from the adulterated article, more especially to babes and
young children. As the outcome of these investigations is meant for gen-
eral information, and more especially for the laboring classes, who are
most likely to be the heaviest sufferers, our aim will be to clothe our
remarks in language as plain and free from technical and scientific terms
as the nature of the subject treated will admit of. — Editor News Letter.
MILK SUPPLIED TO THE CITT.
Our analyst reports as follows: I have collected and examined, in all,
sixty-eight samples of milk, which in every instance was obtained by my-
self, either from milk-carts in the streets, or small groceries and bakeries
in various parts of Kearny, Market, Third, Fourth, Mission and Howard
streets. All of those samples were submitted to the test of their strength
of cream, while about fifty were tested in more considerable detail, lead-
ing to the conclusion that in several instances both skim milk and water
had been added, and ekim milk in nearly all. In one, lime water bad
been used. Twenty-six had been shamefully tampered with, being diluted
with skim milk and water. As there is no use in going into the details of
examinations, I have selected one simple and convincing experiment to
lay before your readers, and that is — how to determine the quantity of
cream in a sample. But, first, as to the amount that Bhould be present:
Dr. Hassall, the eminent London analyst, found in twenty-six samples of
Jure cow's milk an average of 11.983, practically 12 per cent, of cream,
propose to fix the empirical standard for San Francisco at 10 per cent.
Now, out of those fifty samples mentioned, I found twenty-two of only 8
per cent, and under, of which six were between 3 and 5 per cent, of cream
only. More barefaced adulterations can hardly be imagined. Six more
ranged between 8 and 10 per cent.; so that out of fifty samples collected
from day to day, twenty-eight were below a standard already fixed at 2
per cent, below that of Dr. Hassall.
It is well known that the portion of cream in whole milk varies under
a number of circumstances: for example, with the breed and age of the
cows ; their health ; the food upon which they are fed ; the care and at-
tention paid them in severe weather, and such like ; but whatever may
be said truly of individual instances, there are, in the long run, certain
limits of average within which all unadulterated milk will always fall,
and they may be safely stated as lying between 11 and 16 per cent, of
cream. Any milk containing less than 10 per cent, of cream may safely
be said to have been tampered with in some one of many ways: generally,
however, either by the addition of water or skim-milk. Now, the means
of discovering whether the cream reaches 10 per cent, or not is as follows:
Procure a glass tube with a fiat bottom, which may be had at Mr. Caire's
or Mr. Taylor's, on Washington street, graduated into one hundred
marks, the cost of which will be a mere trifle ; then fill it with milk to
the highest mark and .let it stand in as cool a place as may be for twelve
hours. At the end of that time the line of demarcation between the cream
and the blue-milk will be plainly visible. All that remains is to count the
number of lines or marks between the top line and the blue milk, and
you know the percentage of cream, and if it be less than ten lines, you
are cheated to that extent, either by the addition of water or milk robbed
of its cream. It will be observed and remembered that this is the only
reliable test for all ordinary purposes. Lactometers, creamometers and
specific gravity apparatus are all a delusion, as not one man in ten thou-
sand can obtain reliable data from them ; but the presence or absence of
cream, the most necessary ingredient, can always be had to a certainty.
Of the fifty samples of which I am treating, I obtained eighteen (18)
from milk-carts in the street, of only 8 per cent, and under ; and eight (8)
from stores and bakeries, which were of similar strength of cream. Of
these, again, some ranged from three, four and five per cent. only. Of
the remainder (14 in number), one ruled as high as 16 per cent., and the
rest from 11 upwards, few of them only exceeding 12 per cent. With two
exceptions, all these were obtained in Market and Kearny streets. This
shows that the working classes are the chief sufferers from adulterated
milk. The price is everywhere the same.
But, though the poeple may be told how to protect themselves, it by no
means follows that this knowledge is sufficient to protect society against
fraud. Legislation on the matter of milk supply ought to occupy the
Legislature among the earliest subjects they take in hands after next
assembling ; and in this view we fervently hope we shall not have called
attention to the need of it in vain.
There must be an empyrical standard fixed by law, viz. : that any milk
offered for human consumption below eleven per cent, of cream should be
liable to seizure, and the vendor brought to punishment by the most sum-
mary process. Traders are not allowed to sell stinking fish or slink meat,
and why allow them to sell swill-milk, or what is nearly as bad, milk
robbed of its most valuable nutritive ingredient — the cream?
"With reference to grains and refuse of our breweries and distilleries,
and whether they are used to any considerable extent as food for cows,
further investigation will be made. Too much importance cannot be
attached to the purity of milk in any community, but most of all in this
city, where so few mothers suckle their own offspring, and where the
infant death-rate rules so high.
Dr. R. H. Piper, of Chicago, has been employed during the last two
years studying and analyzing the milk supplied to the city of Chicago,
and the facts that he and his fellow-students of infantile disease have
elicited are at once alarming and convincing. Where the milk used was
of the swill or adulterated kind — such as old milk mixed with new — the
diseases arising were always dangerous and often destructive of infant life.
Grapes for New York. — We notice preparations making on DaviB
street for shipment, by rail to New York, of a carload of superior selected
Muscat grapes, packed in hf-bbls., covered with a patent liquid that
insures their safety for an indefinite period without injury. We hope suc-
cess will crown the venture.
"OUR SHEET MARKET."
Quotations of standard sheets are less varied than usual this week,
owing to the prevailing Grant fever. We have had the General dished]
up morning, noon and night, until the subject reminds us of a King of'
Prance, whose physician had rigorously enjoined a certain diet as the only
method of prolonging life. Naturally, the King objected, but to no pur-
pose, until a bright idea struck him of applying a similar treatment to
the physician. Knowing the latter to be excessively fond of turkey, his
majesty strictly ordered his chef de cuisine to give Esculapius no solid food
in any form excepting turkey. He might have it in any shape ; but it
must be turkey — and nothing else. The physician held out for a week,
but succumbed at the end of that time, and agreed that as variety in all
things is the spice of life, the King should in the future follow his own
sweet will. Now, we have had "Our City's Guest" served up as "The
Foremost Man of All the World," "The Greatest Captain of the Age,"
" The Most Illustrious Citizen of the Republic," "The American Caesar,"
"The Eminent Third-Termer," "The Counterpart of the Iron Duke,"
and so on, ad nauseam. There has been rather too much servility and
Jenkinsism in all this, and we imagine General Grant would willingly
dispense with it.
The Alta says, "Let us be brothers again, because Grant's come home,"
etc. That is a very good sentiment until the election requires an exten-
sive system of bull-dozing and a flaunting of the bloody-shirt. The same
sheet thinks there is not much chance for developing our manufacturing
industries, as factory-owners generally have no plans for extending busi-
ness and are not now making an adequate profit on capital invested.
Writing of North American bullion production, it infers that, owing to
our improved mining machinery, one man on the Comstock is equal to
twenty-five men at Potosi, in Mexico. That, of course, provided the
Mexicans rely solely upon hand labor.
The Bulletin considers most juvenile crimes to be inspired by reading
the cheap illustrated story papers. It calls attention to the coming immi-
gration from Europe, and repeats the rather venerable assertion that no
place offers such great inducements as California. Other States make
like assertions, and send forth agents to back them, thereby securing popu-
lation. Same sheet says the dangerous and destructive fires all over the
State are caused by hunters, boys, campers-out, phosphorus used in squir-
rel poisoning, carelessness of stock-men, and so forth. It will be more to
the purpose to recall these facts when the Legislature meets, so that
proper preventive measures may be passed.
The Call objects to the delay of the Election Commissioners in count-
ing the vote, and insinuates that there is a purpose in the delay. Por
"purpose" read "pay," and it is correct.
The Post says "lynching is becoming disagreeably frequent in this
State." We presume it maybe considered "agreeably frequent" when
one's enemies are being strung up, off hand. Same sheet believes " trade
is improving daily, confidence in the future has been restored, and the
country feels secure and jubilant."
The Chronicle has been busily engaged advising, berating and check-
mating the British Ministry ; but apparently without any greater success
than its recent attempt to govern this little Pacific Empire. If Lord
Beaconsfield does not at once secure the Chronicle's influence, there is no
telling how soon it may overthrow him and knock th&Indian Empire info-
a -cocked-hat.
The Examiner says "Grant's reception is an apotheosis — a species of
man-worship. The fall from man worship to prostration before the object
of that worship is as easy as the fabled descent to Avernus; and the
American people seem bent on making it." Very true, so they do ; and
if one only knew with who ! Same sheet asserts there is more drunken-
ness in the land from chloral- hydrate than from alcoholic stimulants,
and that its effects are more dangerous. Brother Pickering will, no
doubt, consider the assertions uncalled for and almost personal.
The Sacramento Bee says a recently- elected State officer, who visited
that city, was besieged by a multitude of office-crazed men, young and
old, begging positions of any kind under the next administration. It
also says a corps of engineers and surveyors, under Colonel Mendell, will
soon visit the Upper Sacramento, remove snags and obstructions, and de-
vise plans to make steamboat navigation easy and practicable.
The Sacramento Record- Union says : " The demagogues who have been
prating of imaginary grievances should be called upon now to meet the
facts of the Consular reports on labor in Europe, and to say what possible
motive there can be for the propagation of such gross fictions as they
themselves have postulated regarding the condition of labor in this coun-
try." Same sheet, speaking of the dangers connected with returning
prosperity, concludes that " what the world needs is a moderate measure
of comfort, equally diffused, instead of exaggerated alternatives of wealth
and poverty." All of which shall be ours — after the Day of Judgment.
The Watsonville Transcript, referring to the recent robbery of the
Santa Cruz Treasury, says : "Let the County Seat be moved at once,
before somebody steals and carries off the Court House." Seven years
ago the same treasury was robbed in a similar manner. If this sort of
thing is to continue, they may as well abolish the treasury, as there will
be no use for it.
The Los Angeles Herald has seen that " the business of 'jumping' cor-
porations has been overdone by designing politicians. * * * * The
managers of the leading railways on this coast are not fools ; on the con-
trary, they are men of sagacity and energy, taking them for all in all,
that have never been excelled on the American Continent." The people
at large are also fast realizing that attacks on corporations, whether by
political or press demagogues, are almost without exception for selfish
purposes. The dear public is used as a catspaw to secure the chestnuts,
whereof the demagogue takes the kernel, and the people take the shell ;
but all the same, the corporation is robbed. Fortunately, the masses begin
to acquire more common sense.
EDWARD BOSQUI & CO.,
Printers, Engravers, EitlBOgrapners and Bookbinders,
Jjeidesdorff street, from Clay to Commercial.
FREDERICK A. BEE,
His Imperial Chinese Majesty's Consul.
Office: 917 Clay Street. Residence: 620 Eddy Street,
20
Lovely Rosebud Chromo Cards, or 30 Motto Chromoa
with name, 10c. NASSAU CARD CO., Nassau, N. Y.
87, 1879.
CALIFORNIA Al>\ ERITSER.
15
"BIZ.
Tbe Fall trade ha* «rt in with - i Mniat, *nd the plentiful supply
ill tinatn ia. crater* lends enchuitaMnl t<> the operator, who
knowing that the long period of
depn Mion ha# . .. itlone nn.l a depression
tool production, and ageing the inevitable re-
lit of a plethoric supply of the precious meUds, tome of our shrewdest
fcubmta hare shown their band by entering the market* at low prices
id purchased larg, line* .if staple 1, that had long been in warehouse,
dnn: upon the market. This has notably been the case in nearly all
■scripti. ms ..f Metal-, especially Itnr Iron, Pfc Iron, Iron Pipes, Nail?,
d other merchandise that will be referred to as we proceed in om-
Uly review of the market. It is true that business has been some-
rhat interfered with by the Grant i Ivatinn ; but this seems to have lent
ochantment to the view. The advent of thereat General through the
»rtals of the Colrlcn Hate, ft week since, seems to have dispelled the fog
md gloom that had long laid like a pall over the city, and for many days
last the weather has been delightful and the temper of our whole people
oyfol.
Freights "Shipping.— An upheaving is to be noted in our freight
aarket. Ships for Wheat have been freely chartered at BO shillings to
jverpool or Havre direct, and at this writing the talk is 55 shillings,
rith a fair prospect that 60s. will be reached ere long, as the disengaged
ieet now in port numbers only 16 vessels, and it is probable that the
rreat American ship Three Brothers will load, and perhaps others, upon
iwners' account. We have 27 vessels now on the berth for Europe load-
ng Wheat, and thus far during September have cleared 33 ships with
Irain for Europe.
Wheat— The market has been excited all the week, by reason of
blejn-ams received on Monday from Liverpool that the cargo price of
Wheat on passage, etc., had risen to 50s., and since then 52s. 6d. is the
eported price for all cargoes of California White Wheat en route. This
ntelligence caused an immediate rise here from SI 80@S1 85 to SI 90 4fT
rental. A week before the price was SI 70@S1 75. At this range of
trices large purchases of Wheat were made in the country to arrive and
low going on board ship.
.Flour has partaken somewhat of this advance, owing to the rise in
Wheat. The export demand for Flour other than to China is compara-
ively small. We note a shipment hence to London of 2,000 bbls. in
loth per O. & O. steamship Oceanic, via Hongkong and the Suez Canal.
. shipment of 100 bbls. was made to Genoa, Italy, per Gilroy, via Liv-
rpool. We quote common superfine at S5 25[®S5 50 ; extra do., $5 75@
5 ; family and bakers' extra, S5 50@SG, per 1% lbs., all in cloth.
Barley. — There is a light demand and a heavy stock. We quote
hevalier, SI 35@$1 75 $ ctl. The Gilroy, for Liverpool, carried 27,-
90 ctls. Feed may be quoted at 70c. for Coast, 80c. for Bay ; Brewin"
5@90c. t» cental.
Oats. — The Alaska, from Puget Sound, brought us 5,200 sks.- price
I 25(251 35 $ cental ; good to choice, SI 40@S1 50.
Hops. — The new crop arrives sparingly as yet. Southern may be
uoted at 22Jc ; Northern, 22@30c. .
■Wool. — The Fall clip arrives slowly, but the demand is active at 11@
Ic for short ; burry, clean, 13®15c ; best Southern Fleece, clean 14@
5c ; Northern, 12@15c ; Oregon Spring, 20<S22Jc.
Honey.— The crop is very short, and we will have very little for export
his season. Strained, 9@10c ; Comb, 12^@15c.
The Sugar Market.— Last week we noted a rise of $c per pound on
II Refined ; since then there has been another like advance — making the
.rice one cent per pound higher than it was a fortnight since. This has
11 been brought about since the California Refinery concluded their con-
ract purchases for the entire Hawaiian Sugar crop of 35,000 tons, now
eing harvested. The price paid therefor is regulated by the Manila
tandard and the degrees of polarization made here after arrival. The
resent price of Cube and Crushed is lOf ; Granulated, 99 c : Yellow and
olden, 8Jc@,9Jc.
Large Sugar Stock Purchase.— Claus Spreckles has purchased
uring the past ten days 1,296 shares of the California Sugar Refinery
tock, paying therefor $250 per share. This stock was held by George
I. Eggers & Co. and Peter Spreckles. This now places the stock of this
efinery in the hands of Clans Spreckles & Sons. It has been a very
rofitable venture from its first organization, having paid large annual
ividends to its stockholders.
General Merchandise Markets. — The Bag Ma.rket is inanimate,
wing to the large stock under control by the Combination ; but the de-
land is light, and the Grangers very generally supplied. The price is
oniinally 10@llc.
Borax is without movement ; prices the same as for months past.
Coal. — The arrivals have been free during the month, but nearly all
ame to hand under previous purchase. Low prices generally rule, owing
o the large Coast supply.
Case Goods.— There is a good Chicago demand for Columbia River
ilmon at SI. 05. Sacramento River fish can be purchased freely at SI $
ozen. California fruits, etc., are in full supply, good assortments, and
elling at low prices.
Coffee. — The market is on the rising grade ; good to choice Guatemala
now held strong at 17@17ic; other Central American grades 14@16^c;
tio, fair, low, may be quoted at 14@15c. An invoice of 400 bags O. G.
ava, ex City of Tokio, sold at 25Ac.
Metals. — The market is active for nearly all kinds. Sydney Tin, 17®
7£c. ; Bar Iron, Iron Pipe, etc., are all upward inclined. Speculative
urchases of 2,500 tons Scotch Pig Iron may be noted at S25. 50@S26, and
ow held at S30 per ton.
Quicksilver. — Owing to the unexpected break at Hongkong, the mar-
.et here has declined to 37@37ic. Our exports by sea since January 1st
ggregate 44,900 flasks, against 22,773 flasks same time last year, showing
large increase this year over last. We have, besides, shipped East largely
y rail.
Rice.— The market is dull. The City of Tokio, from Hongkong,
ronght us 14,386 pkgs. We quote China, 4j(o!5|c ; Hawaiian, 6c.
soo3„P!,"i? ""' '',"'"' ,"' ":,,,"; ' •■■l«ny. on the Presidio Road, will
»o»n resume ..peril, .having bean IdCtWO Jean an. I a lull,
Salt -The mnrk.t f..r Lira I ,. Urea*, I ton.
.•ii^*a?o.Jf",'r»'i,yi'if V'ki" 1;r',"J''' "" yW^Ctai "'"' '•"• K«»eni
' -" '""'■';'l I '■ llroad, 25326 pkgs.
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
ThriTV00|,,ln,Kn','",,",',''V,,''r" "'" """ n- '<•»"»» »« 12 M:
ISU, F l , -n \ i , ,' . ' '"' "" '"'• "■*<* '-'""' CITY "I'' 1'KKINi:, N.,v.
Utn, Sen. ,ii,. Haj ia, f0I v,ii„iim, t .„„, noNGKOKQ.
at sVN'n'isF I1;1,'' ,r vn'Z f,A? VM » "'l NIU V""K' ">"'"»- at ACAPULCO, .1.0
StHAN JOSK III i.l AI1-.MA1.A ,., |„„| Punngenand Mails only.
J; ,,'; 5 '.V",','' '?"." ':"r"1'" ''> ■'"> <■" ■«• H •>'< Iowa* rates; also to Ua-
lana anil all West India ports.
fnr'ImVoT rwV ?T?S5l ftft "'"'' <* '- ,A1"ck *■• °ron »rtv»' * K»glWl mails.
saKc'lnN; lir ^l!; KLANU """ iYI»™ *'° ■*"«»»- ■ *arged for pa,!
jL^.S.?A.; .Sep'omher 30th, for VICTORIA, PORT TOWNSEND, SF.ATTLE
?.vr^ ,, A' "'"r^'1"? »' TAOOM \ with Northern Pacini) Railroad for PORT-
wA, 5' ,,^°"v T'f e!\milst b0 Purehasod before 11 A.M. on day of sailing, at,
Wliarf Olhce. For freight or passage applj at the offlee. cor. First and Bmniian
atreet3- Wept. 27.) WILLIAMS. HI.ANCHARD & CO., Agents.
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
New York and Panama Line.
Anjrnst l»th~Stcnmer <-K l\ xl> v. cnlllugr at Mazatlan,
," ,1s> "ansanillo and Acapulco, connecting at Aoapulco with Companv'B
bteamer for all Central American ports, and touching at San Jose de Guatemala and
La Libertad to land passengers and mails
August 2Sth-Steamer CITY OF PANAMA, calling at Acapulco.
September 5th -Steamer SOUTH CAROLINA, calling at Acapulco, San Jose de
Guatemala, La Libertad and Punta Arenas.
All these steamers make close connection with st« -ners from Aspinwall to N York
A"g- 18- WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO., General Agents.
PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
S'^a,l!Sr!' ol this t:on>P"»"y will snil from Broadway Wharf
for PORTLAND. Oregon), every 5 days, direct, and for LOS ANGELES, SANTA
BARBARA, SANTA CRUZ, SAN PIEGO, SAN LUIS OBISPO and other NORTH-
ERN and SOUTHERN COAST PORTS, leaving SAN FRANCISCO about every
third day. J
_ For Day and Hour of Sailing, see the Company's Advertisement in the San Fran-
cisco Daily Papers.
Ticket Office, No. 21* nontgomery Street, near Pine.
„ . GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Agents,
March 15. No. 10 Market street.
OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP CO.,
For Japan and Cnina, leave wharf, corner First mid Bran-
nan streets, at noon, for YOKOHAMA AND HONGKONG, connecting at
Yokohama with Steamers for Shanghai.
GAELIC August 23d, December 6th, February 28th.
BELGIC October 25th, January 17th, April 10th.
For Freight, apply to GEORGE H. Rl~CE, Freight Agent, at the Pacific Mail Steam-
ship Company's Wliarf, or No. 218 California street.
LELAND STANFORD. President
T. H. GOODMAN, General Passenger Agent.
Sept. 20.
FOR PORTLAND AND ASTORIA, OREGON.
The Oregon Steamship Company and Pacific Coast Steam-
ship Company will dispatch every five days, for the above ports, one of their
new Al Iron Steamships, viz. : OREGON, GEORGE W. ELDER, and STATE OF
CALIFORNIA.
Sail in- Days
Sept. 4, 9, 14, 19,24, and 29. [ Oct. 4, , 14, 19, 24, and 29.
At 10 o'clock A.. M.
Connecting at Portland, Oregon, with Steamers and Railroads and their connecting
Stage Lines for all points in Oregon, Washington and Idaho Territories, British
Columbia and Alaska.
K. VAN OTERENDORP, Agent O. B. S. Co.,
No 210 Battery street, San Francisco.
GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Agents P. C, S. S Co.,
Sept. 6. No. 10 Market street, San Francisco.
CUNARD LINE.
British and North American Koyal Mail Steamships be-
tween NEW YORK and LI VEKPOOL, calling at QUKBNSTOWN, sailing from
New York EVERY WEDNESDAY.
ABYSSINIA Oct. L.Nov. 5
BOTHNIA Oet. 8.. Nov. 12
GALLIA Oct. 15.. Nov. 19
ALGERIA Oct. 22
SCYTHIA Oct 29
Passage can be secured and all information given on application to
WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO.,
Sept. 27. 218 California St.
SWANT0N HOUSE, PESCADERO.
This Popnlar Hotel, together with the detached Cottages,
which are not the least of its attractive features, have been newly furnished
throughout, and are now open for the reception of guests. Those desiring to visit
the most enjoyable of all our sea-side resorts, can make no mistake in deciding upon
Pescadero.
IT IS EASILY REACHED,
and is unsurpassed in the excellence of its climate, the beauty of its scenery, and in
the attractiveness of its truly remarkable sea beach. Those extraordinary pebbles,
among which arc to be found agates, opals, sapphires, etc., were never so numerous
as now, the pa^t Winter having thrown up immense numbers of curiously-shaped
stones, which for ages have been subjected to the everlasting motions of the tireless
Pacific. GOOD TROUP FISHING 13 obtainable in the Pescadero river.
* The hotel prices are fixed to suit the times.
[April 27.
LAVER & CURLETT,
Architects.
Fnniish PlniiN. Spocificaliuus nud Nnperintendeuce for tbe
Construction or Renovation of Dwelling Houses, and every description of
Building. Olfic-e : 10 S. F. Stock Exchange Duilding, Pine street, San Francisco.
[Take the Elevator.] June 15.
16
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Sept. 27, 1879.
WOULD YOU BE YOUNG AGAIN?
[by the baroness nairne.}
If you might, "would you now
Retrace your way ?
Wander through thorny paths,
Faint and astray ?
Night's gloomy watches fled —
Morning all beaming red —
Hope's smiles around us shed —
Heavenward — away.
"Would you be young again?
So would not I.
One tear to mem'ry given,
Onward I'd hie ;
Life's dark flood forded o'er,
All but at rest on shore.
Say— would you plunge once more.
With home so nigh ?
Where are they gone, of yore
My best deligh't ?
Dear and more dear, though now
Hidden from sight-
Where they rejoice to be,
There is the land for me ;
Fly, time — fly speedily ;
Come — life and light!
—Petroleum Advertiser, Ontario, Canada.
THE PENNY POST—INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE
LATE SIR ROWLAND HILL.
"Atlas," in the World, says: I see announced a long expected event
— the death of my old chief, Sir Rowland Hill, at-a great age. For the
last few years, although he retained much of his mental vigor to the end,
he existed rather than lived — never quitting his own suite of rooms, and
the balcony where he enjoyed the fresh air blowing over Hampstead
Heath and the Highgate fields. The great reform which he inaugurated
and successfully carried out is not, nor ever will be, sufficiently appre-
ciated, as it is almost impossible for us to understand the state of affairs
prior to the days of cheap postage. Prudence, foresight, imperturbable
self-reliance and dogged resolution were his principal characteristics. His
tenacity was remarkable: once the idea was engendered and had received
the indorsement of the family council — for the Hills are eminently clan-
nish, and to no other family can one better point for an illustration of the
wisdom of the fable of the bundle of sticks— it must be carried through
in spite of all opposition. Bating a tendency to nepotism — the besetting
sin of all in authority with anything to bestow — he was a just man, and
his life was singularly plain," frugal and unpretending. "The world
knows nothing of its greatest men," says Sir Henry Taylor; and the
truth of the dictum was proved when, on a sketch of Sir Rowland Hill as
a " Celebrity " appearing in these columns a few years ago, a number of
correspondents wrote to say they had imagined he had long been dead.
It is barely forty years since the penny post came into operation, and now
we have over eight hundred millions of letters delivered annually in Lon-
don. In the City district alone a million letters are delivered every morn-
ing during the six working days of the week. The letters delivered in the
London district form more than one-fourth of all the letters delivered in
the United Kingdom. Scotland has not half so many letters as Loudon,
nor Ireland one-third. A single firm in London is known to receive 3,000
letters daily. The statistics of the Post Office illustrate a feature of the
present age which is somewhat painful, namely, the almost utter impossi-
bility of rest. Men are pursued from morning to night by letters and
telegrams, and the work of the day may be upset by a message received
in the evening. The strain is never taken off, the arrangements never
seem to be final. Formerly there was a clear interval between post and
post, a period of calm which could not be interrupted. Now it is only
during a few hours in the night that there is immunity from Borne start-
ling telegram, and, when the day dawns on the City man, the flood of let-
ters sets in with but slight intermission until evening. The letters with-
out any address last year amounted to more than twenty thousand. There
were more than five millions of undelivered letters last year, while the
undelivered post-cards, book packets and newspapers exceeded four mil-
lions. Half a million letters could neither be delivered nor returned to
the senders. More than eighteen thousand articles of different kinds
reached the Returned Letter Office without covers or addresses. Inclosed
among the unaddressed letters was £250 in coin and Bank notes, and
nearly £8,000 in cheques and bills of exchange, A present of more than
seventy thousand postage stamps was made to the Postmaster-General, if
we may thus interpret the fact that so many stamps were found unat-
tached in the various letter-boxes of the country. One letter, intended
to be registered, the contents of which were said to be worth £125,000,
was found among the ordinary correspondence. The registration of let-
ters is largely on the increase, though some people seem still to dislike
paying the fee, and run serious risks to evade it, such as pinning a £20
Bank of England note to the leaf of a book, and sending a bundle of £5
notes in a halfpenny wrapper. All departments of the Post Office ex-
hibit growth except the Money Order business. Here we find decline
both in the number and amount of the orders issued. The falling off is
attributed to dullness of trade, the increase in the rate of commission,
and the reduction of the registration fee. The money order transactions
with the colonies show an increase, but the orders issued in the United
Kingdom on the colonies have decreased in their aggregate value, though
they have slightly increased in number. The business with foreign coun-
tries in this department is progressing. Looking to the general balance-
sheet of the Post Office, we find that the total revenue under the head of
postage and money orders for the year 1878-79 was £6,274,000, while the
expenditure was £3,840,000, the former being an increase of £227,000, aud
the latter a decrease of £150,000. Thus the net revenue was £2,434,000,
or an increase of £370,000 upon the year before. In the United King-
dom the Post Office has developed into a vast institution, employing 46,000
persons, of whom one-fourth are engaged exclusively on telegraph work.
In the United Kingdom there are nearly 26,000 receptacles for letters,
London alone having nearly 2,000. With reviving trade and extending
commerce, we shall see still greater demands made on the postal service,
and we may confidently expect that these demands will be met. The
British postal system is one of which the kingdom may be proud, and
though it may be open to some little criticism, it is nevertheless a marvel-
ous machine, working with a constancy and regularity which is invalua-
ble for business purposes, while conducive also to many forms of social
enjoyment. A single penny—or even a half-penny— sets the machine in
motion, and the postman is the servant of everybody.
An elegant assortment of Gold Watches and Chains at Randolph &
Co.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
A GOOD PLAN.
Anybody can learn to make money rapidly operating- in
Stocks, by the "Two Unerring Rules for Success," in Messrs. Lawrence &
Co.'s new circular. The combination method, which this firm has made so success-
ful, enables people with large or small means to reap all the benefits of largest cap- 1
ital and best skill. Thousands of orders, in various sums, are pooled into one vast
amount and co-operated as a mighty tvhole, thus securing to each shareholder all the
advantages of the largest operator. Immense profits are divided monthly. Any
amount, from S5 to S.i,000, or more, can be used successfully. N. Y. Baptist Weekly,
September 26th, 187S, sajs : " By the combination system S15 would make S75, or
5 per cent.; S50 pays §350, or 7 per cent. ; SIGQ makes §1,000, or 10 per cent, on the
stock, during the mouth, according to the market." Frank Leslie's Illustrated
Newspaper, June 29th : " The combination method of operating stocks is the most j
successful ever adopted. " New York Independent, Sept. 12th: "The combination '
system is founded upon correct business principles, and no person need be without
an income while it is kept working by Messrs. Lawrence & Oo. Brooklyn Journal,
April 29th : " Our editor made a net profit of §101.25 from §20 in one of Messrs.
Lawrence & Co.'s combinations." New circular (mailed free) explains everything;.
Stocks and bonds wanted. Government bonds supplied.
July 26. LAWRENCE & CO., Bankers, 57 Exchange Place, N. Y.
"FAIRFAX MINING COMPANY,"
426 CALIFORNIA STREET, ROOM NO. 2.
President JOHlfW. COLEMAN.
Treasurer GEN. O. H. LA GRANGE.
Secretary O. C. MILLER.
[October 12,]
Geo. C. Hiceox. e. C. HcFarlane.
GEORGE C. HICK0X & CO.,
C Commission Stock. Brokers (San Francisco Stock Ex-
/ change, No. 230 Montgomery street, San Francisco. May 4. J
J. A. RUDKIN,
Member S. F. Stock and Exchange Board, 423 California
street. STOCKS Bought and Sold on Commission. Liberal Advances]
made n Active Accounts. Oct. 26. l
ANDREW BAIRD,
Negotiator of Loans and Commercial Paper,
Broker in Local and State Securities,
No. 31S California Street S n GYarcisco.,
[P. O. Box 1,308.] July 19. j
D. Y. B. Henarie. Edward Martin.
E. MARTIN & CO.,
Importers and "Wholesale Dealers in "Wines and Liquors.
Proprietors of miller's Extra Old Bourbon and J. F. Cut-
ter Extra Old Bourbon and Kye Whiskies.
April 5. 408 Front Street, San Francisco. |
Nbwton Booth, C. T. Wheeler, Sacramento. | J. T. Glover, W. W. Dodoe, S. P (
W. W. DODGE & CO.
Wholesale Grocers, corner Front aud Clay streets, San
Francisco. April 1. 1
CASTLE BROTHERS,
ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAR 1850.
Importers of Teas and East India Goods, 98os.213 and 215
Front street, San Francisco. Jan. 13. (
L.H. Newton. NEWTON BROTHERS & CO., M. Newton.
Importers and wholesale dealers in Teas, Foreign Goods and
Groceries, 204 and 206 California street, San Francisco, Cat May 25. |
TABER, HARKER & CO.,
IMPORTERS AJSJ> WHOLESALE GROCERS,
10S aud 110 California St., S. F.
(April 19.]
Henry B. Williams. Henry B. Williams.;
WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & GO.,
SHIPPING AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
No. 218 California at., S. T. [July 27. |
J. M. Neville. REMOVAL. Geo H. BryantJ
BAGS, TENTS AND HOSE.
NEVILLE & CO.,
No.'s 31 and 33 California Street, S. E. corner of Davis,
San Francisco. [Auer. 2.
ALASKA COMMERCIAL COMPANY,
No. 310 Sansome street, San Francisco, Wholesale Dealer
in Furs. Sept. 21. I
SCHWAB & BREESE^
New Art Gallery, «'* 1 Market street, opposite Palace Hotel.
Oil Paintiucs, Engravings, Wax and Artists* Materials.
&^= ADMISSION FREE. Sept. 13.
~ SNOW & CO.,
No. 30 Post street, opposite Mechanics' Institute, Import-
ers and Manufacturers of Pictures, Frames, Mouldings, and Artist's Ma4
tcrials. Established 1S49. Sept. 20. I
W.Morris. MORRIS & KENNEDY, J. P. Kennedy.
Importers and Dealers in Moldings, Frames, Engravings,
Chromos, Lithographs, Decalcomanie, Wax and Artists' Materials, 21 Post
street, nearly opposite Masonic Temple, San Francisco, Feb. 4. i
HI3ERNIA BREWERY,
Howard Street. Between Eighth and Ninth.
Dec. 7.] M. NVNAN, Proprietor. I
Q7 7 7 a year aud expenses to agents. Outfit Free. Address,
<JP* * * June 7.] P. O. V1CKERY, Augusta, Maine.
=
Sept. 27, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
17
LEAVING THE OLD HOUSE.
There'* lunahino on the meadow*.
And aanahino ou the :
An<l thrviuh the b iui the horse
I ■.»•! :
And *» I stand beeide the •! lor, with hnnd before my eyes,
I hew the obildren laugh to see the honanhohl gods I prize.
Tin re was » tiim' v/ben this old homo
full of mirth and ylee,
But one by one the household went
Aim! left it all to me -
A quiet house of vacant rooms, each made a sacred place
By echo of mfaring voii e, or ilream of vanished face.
My new room is a pleasant place,
But yet it grieves me now :
Its small nompleteneaa steins to say
My world is narrow now ;
Tis far too small for any one with festivals to keep,
But for my funeral large enough, since few will come to weep.
Good-bye, old house — a long good-bye!
My hand is on your gate;
Though tears are gathering in my eyes,
1 must not longer wait.
Goodbye, old house! and, after all, the love which makes
you dear
Awaits me in the heavenly home to which I'm drawing near.
— Public Opinion.
THE WEDDING OP TROPHONITJS.
The Ceremony and Breakfast. — Brighton, Monday, August 4th.
Restless night. Afraid of oversleeping myself. Wake with a start — sun
streaming strongly in at window. Look anxiously at watch. Half-past
five ! All right — go to sleep again. Wake again at half-past six — again
at a quarter-past seven. Plenty of time for another snooze — ceremony
not till eleven. Go to sleep once more. Wake refreshed and comfortable.
Don't remember anything, and don't try to. Cosy. Get up and have
quiet breakfast presently. * * * Remember wedding suddenly.
I say — here — hope I haven't missed it ! By George ! quarter-past ten !
Perform rapid act of dressing, and make for church. Don t think my
cravat is tied properly ; fancy my boots are not a pair ; quite certain I've
"snicked" my face all over with razor. Feel fluffy and uncomfortable.
Out of breath with hurry. All waiting at Church. General grinning of
populace and guests at my late arrival. Ceremony proceeds. Am be-
ginning to regain my wonted calm when, in a flash, am conscious of hav-
ing left ring on my dressing-table ! Agony— trembling knees, etc., etc.
What shall I do ? The thing will be wanted directly. Look wildly into
body of church. Shall I make a dash at some married woman, and de-
mand her ring or her life ? The dreaded time when it will be required
approaches — nearer— nearer ! Can imagine the feelings of the party in
" The Pit and Pendulum." Only a few more words between me and my
doom— the words are said. (Why do the six bridesmaids and six grooms-
men feel in their pockets?) I burst into a cold perspiration and gasp
tremulously, " I've forgotten it ! " In an iustant a dozen rings are thrust
into my hand, and a dozen voices whisper, " I knew you would." Saved !
Saved! (By the bridesmaids and groomsmen.) I recover rapidly, pocket
eleven of the rings and use the other. Ceremony over. March out with
Anna on my arm. Crowd at Porch. Some one says, " Hullo, here's the
father and mother comin' out fust ! " Proceed to carriage with dignity.
As we drive off, "best man" and principal bridesmaid emerge from porch.
Received with cheers, showers of rice, and old slippers. Mistaken for the
"happy pair." Glad of it — don't like rice and old slippers. Sumptuous
breakfast. Glad of that, too ; had nothing this morning — ravenous.
Make a good meal. Toasts begin ; don't object to that. Somebody pro-
poses somebody else's health. I drink it. Somebodjr proposes my health
(and Anna's). Don't care for that so much ; can't drink your own health.
Can take a drink to get courage for reply, though ; also drink to refresh
talk-parched throat when you sit down again. Propose bridesmaids'
health— and drink it. Somebody proposes Anna's father's health — talks
about "losing loving daughter." Cries. Anna's father cries. Anna
cries. Everybody else cries. Why, I wonder? Didn't Anna want to
marry ? Had this been forced upon her ? Poor thing ! Wish I'd ascer-
tained the facts before. Well, we must make the best of a bad job. I
pity her ; I will make a sacrifice. I rise to my feet (after drinking Anna's
father's health, and knocking over my chair and some plates) and make
the following speech: "Ladies and gentlemen— I am sorry to see yon
grieved, and I am still more sorry to be the cause of that grief. I cannot
diBguise from myself that if I hadn't married Anna none of you could
have had cause to weep. I pity you much, and to prove my sincerity I
will do my best to remedy the evil I have done. Take her, old man.
Anna, go to your father. Take her ; from this moment I relinquish all
claim upon her. (Anna, why don't you go to your father ?) All shall be
as though I had never existed, and I will go forth on my sad, broken-
hearted way alone— al ." Here I bow my aged head amid the lobster-
salad, and weep the salt tears of Ouida's heroes. There is silence. Then
Anna whispers, " You've taken quite enough," and the servant announces
the carriage. Anna leads me away, dazed and confused with my emo-
tions. Find myself at railway station. Write Tip for Brighton Stakes.
Subsequently find it is a failure. No wonder. Start for Slushby-super-
Mare. Honeymoon begins to-morrow. Tkophonius.
A list ol the printing houses of St. Petersburg is published in the
Golos There are 103 printing offices, seven of which belong to the Gov-
ernment , there are 110 lithographic establishments, 12 type foundries, 5
metallographic establishments, 80 photographic galleries, 120 bookstores,
30 libraries, 15 stores of typographic implements, 22 hand-printing presses,
and one store of elastic stamps. Books and journals are sold at 15 print-
in • offices, 7 newspaper offices, 32 toyshops and several tobacco shops.
The sale of journals is in charge of two companies, consisting of 13 re-
sponsible members who employ 150 persons.
Cleanse and moisten the dry stickey mouth of patients and refresh
them with Hop Bitters diluted with cool water.
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
Recorded In the City and County of San Franotsco, California, for
the Week ending: September 23d.
Vompilt<l from the Ittordiojtht Commrmo' l,r „.-;,. 401 California St., S.F.
Wednesday. Sept. 17th.
ORANTOR AND ORANTKR.
Win Banna to Margaret Nolan.,
Saml Hancock to Wm Unann..
J Bloch to Julie lt:ocli
Julius Pclton to Sylveater rTewbal]
Kate I hamberlln to i; P Wright
LMFelber toTWRay......
N Cousins to E Gentry.
DESCRIPTION.
La Society Francaise to S Lachman
Lina Konoplitzky to S Slegel
Be Jonas ami Antonio, s 20x55, being
l lint, snoj to inort;; 19,000
BSttll
187:8 w Stockton, west 21x130,
ii B0-V 889
, t>lk (lis Oiilnkle Lands
Sw Mm and Sanchez, 96:6x80
i: Maaon, 88:6 s Greenwich, e 67:0, b
v. \" ii. a 96, i tc
\ i lay .v. i' Stockton, a 97:6 n 68:9, etc;
ii]-. i 50va 7S u Clay, 69:6 e Stockton, el
27:6x68:9 |
sw I'm, ami Hyde, 187:6x187:6, belngi
In 50:v 1319 127,600
S Bn^h, 127:1 c Fillmore, 31x137:6 1 6,000
niirr
oirt
fs.ooo
:i,i',nn
6
115
3,500
10
Thursday, Sept. 18th.
W W Moloney to Chris Grodhaua,
Carrie A Wilsey to Robt F Osborn
J McKee to Richard O'Connor. . .
Patk Taney to Daniel Jones
Daniel Jones to J J Harrittan
Moses Selig to J Schoenfeld
Jno G Krausgrill to Conrad Bill. .
Dolores A de Laveaga to Robt Dav
Geo Patersou to Hannah Flschel '.
J M Shotvvell to Emile Boesch
B Cannon to Patk Leonard
Rosanna Robey to J R Hall
Peter G Peltret to Jno McCarthy. .
Thos C Marram to Jno J O'Brien.
Anthony Quill to Jas Curtin
S cor n let and 7th ave, 80 69x100 suhdiv
blk 139 Central Pk Hd; also lots 24 to
81, blk 188 O'Neil & Haley Tract; al-
so s Vallejo, 78 e Montg, e 23x37:6
Lot 2, blk 19. Market St Hd; nw Castro
and Elizabeth, 125x114; also lots 19,
20, blk 8. Noe Garden Hd
S Sntter, 229:6 w Lyon, 25x95
Nw Harrison, 156 ne 4th, 25x75
Same
Sundry lots in Butcher Tract
N Cards allev, 113.6 w Stockton, 24x62:6
W Leaven wth, 87:6 s Jackson, 25x87:6
N Clementina, 125 w 8th, w 25x75
Se MiBsion, 100 ne 2d, ne 25x80
S Dore, 230 nw Harrison, nw 25x80
\V Nebraska, 300 8 Yolo, 8 138 x w 25..
W Alabama, 100 8 261 h, s 25x100
N21st, 117:6 w Guerrero, w 25x114
N 24th, 180 w Noe, w 25x114; n24lh,
130 w Noe, w 25x114
$8,000
5
1,850
2,640
3,000
1
2,400
2,350
3,000
5,000
3,675
1,200
450
2,800
Friday, Sept 19th.
J E Gordon to Maggie H Lawrence
Jno B Lewis to Cath McGorry
Michl McGorry to same
Hyam Joseph to La Soc Francalse
R E Rowland to Sav and Ln Soc.
E T Menomy to W E Davis
Geo McWilliams to Dinah Speer.
Ernest Caruth to Wm Leviston...
Jos F Taylor to Geo Edwards
Juo Calvert to Joseph Boyd
W Iowa. 433 n Colusi, n 83, w KlO.n 100
s 100, s 183, e 250 to com P N, togeth-
er with sundry lots throughout city . .
W Alabama, 104 s Park, 26x100, being
Mission Block 174
Same
Com 39:9 w Kearny and 137:6 8 Broad
way. b 7:6, etc
N Lombard 137:6 e Jones, 60x137:6, he-j
ing50v676
E Chestnnt, 194:9e Dupont, 30x137:6. .
S 2Stb, 205 w Sachez, w 25x114, being in
blk 125 HA
W A blk 119
E Sherman, 11218th n 36x125
E Hyde, 112:6 8 Bush, 25x87:6
$4,000
50
Gift
7,600
5
2,500
5
4,000
Saturday, Sept. 20th.
Lambert Kahn to J S Lnty el al .
Kate Quick to Paul Quick Sr....
Patk Degan to Louis Mazzini
L L Robinson to E L Good
Wm Clnff to Ja« S Claff
Ambrose J Agate to Jas McMackin
Geo McWilliame to Wm Daniels.
Same to Albert M Mason
Und one-third ne Kate and Lagnna, n
137: !, e to Market, etc
S Turk, 137:6 w Pierce, 27:6x120, being
WA blk 438
Com at s line of Degans lot 100 e of Cen
ave, e 38:5, etc to commencement
iSw Guerrero and 19th, 50x115, being in
M B77
N O'Farrell. 198 w Steiner, 22x82:6
N Sac, 30 e Kearny, e 13:4x49, subject to
mortg of $2.000
E Noe, 51:6 n Valley, n 26x105
S28tb,255 w Sanchez, 25x114
$6,000
1,600
2,500
2,200
5
4,500
250
350
Monday, Sept. 22d.
James Ambrose to A Brokaw.
S L Jones to Adolph Sutro
Levi Stowell to Chas T Smith .
C T Smith to I O R M Hall Assn .
JnoMnllan to Mary P O'Brien...
L 5 blk 24 Fairmonnt
Nw Fillmore and Hayes, 137:6x312:6 be-
in W A blk 367
N Post, 175 w Stockton, 100x137:6, be-
ing in 50-V584
I N Post 175 w Stockton, w 50x137:
IS Sutter, 40 w Franklin, 97:6x120. W A
120 and com 120 s Sutter, 40 w Frank-
I lln, 8 17:6x97:6
| Lot 27, blk 210, Gardenville H'd ; and
lot in 50 v 874 and 50 v 887
IE Dnpont, 97:6 a Pacific, s 50x55
N Eddy, 230 w Devisadero, w 46x137:
Mary Conway to Michl Shiel ....
Kim Wing to Mah Loong Chong.
Geo Black to Jemima WebBter. . . . _
S Rosenblatt to Abraham E Hecht N Cal'o, 129:9 e Fillmore, e 25:6x132:7!.
Putnam Robson to Robt F Morrow! Nw Folsom, 137:6 bw 12tb, b 87:6x137:6
Mark Kelly to Jno Cnrley ]W Mission, 190 s 26th, b 3:7, sw 62:6,elc
Chinch of Christ to Ferd Levy .... Se Minna, 342:9 sw4tb, sw 45x80
Alex Mann to MoBes Meyerfield...|Lot 38. blk 9, Flint Tract Homestead ..
5 150
50,000
150
50
14,600
4,000
500
1,100
2,400
5
114
4,500
500
Tuesday, Sept. 23d.
Bernard Dryer to Jos W Wasson..
Jane Clinton to Savings & Ln Soc
Jos Wores to Market St R R Co. .
Wm Hale to Anthony Bink
Jno Brickell to Geo BarBtew
Geo Barstow to Samuel C Bigelow
FB Taylor to R E Raimood
J A Driukhonse to same
E Guerrero, 81:6 s 27th, s 30, e 80:7, u
30:5 w 86 to commencement
E Bryant, 130 8 23d, 8:26x100, being In
MB150
S McAllister. 187:6 w Devisidero, w 25 x
137:6. beinsin blk 512 W A
Lot B5S Gilt Mapl
Ne Pt Lohos and 5lh avenues, 6 61:11, n
374:10, nw 93, ne 210, etc, O Lands. .
Se 5th ave and Clement. 8 600, e 61:11,
ne 374:10, etc, Outside Lands
Sw Vallejo and Gouyh, 275x275
Nw Broadway and Gongh. 275x155, n of
Broadway, 137:6 e Oclavia, 56x275—
W A105
$2,500
1,100
1,500
200
2,250
5
18
SAtf FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Sept. 27, 1879.
CRADLE, ALTAR, AND TOMB,
CRADLE.
Blankart — In this city, September 22d, to the wife of 0. Blankart, a daughter.
Bonnheim — In this city, September 22d, to the wife of A. BonDheim, a son.
Davis — In this city, September 20th, to the wife of Nathan Davis, a daughter.
Hayes— In this city, September 22d, to the wife of Henry S. Hayes, a daughter.
Koerner — In this city, September 21st, to the wife of John N. Koerner, a son.
Menpoza — In this city, September 20th, to the wife of P. E. Mendoza, a daughter.
Paton— In this city, September 4th, to the wife of Theophilus Paton, a daughter.
Qoedens— In this city, September 16th, to the wife of C. Quedens, a daughter.
Shana.br.ook — In this city, Sept. 20th, to the wife of I. L. Shanabrook, a daughter.
Smith— In this city, September 19th, to the wife of Geo. W. Smith, a son.
Staley— In this city, September 18th, to the wife of.W. N. Staley, of twins.
Walsh — In this city, August 28th, to the wife of Martin Walsh, a son.
Wren— In this city, September 17th, to the wife of James Wren, a daughter.
Wilson— In this city, September 22d, to the wife of Israel C. Wilson, a daughter.
ALTAR.
Angel-Livingston— In Sacramento, Sept. 20th, Myron Angel to C. L. P. Livingston.
Bbannian-Fleaiing — In this city, September 21st, Jas. T. Brannian to Annie Fleming.
Hartmann-Michbl — In this city, September 21st, C. Hartmann to M. E. Michel.
Howard-Feeney — In this city, September 21st, James Howard to Kate Feeney.
Munroe-Grahame — In this city, September 21st, Harry Munroe to Mollie Grahame.
Rush-Woodruff— In this city, September 17th, John Rush to Emma A. Woodruff.
Taylor-Buckley— Id this city, September 13th, Joseph Taylor to Annie F. Buckley.
TOMB.
Burks— In this city, September 21st, Thomas M. Burks, aged 3 years aud 5 months.
Brown— In this city, September 20th, Albert Brown, aged 5 weeks.
Butler — In this city, September 19th, Alice May Butler, agedl year and 4 months.
Cranert— In this city, September 17th, F. Cranert, aged 48 years and 9 months.
Connell— In San Jose, September 20th, James D. Connell, aged 61 years.
Cunningham— In this city, September 20th, Margaret Cunningham, aged 44 years.
Carey — In this city, September 18th, Thomas Carey, aged 54 years.
Gratto— In Bodie, September 17th, Frederick Gratto, aged 32 years.
Kennedy— In this city, September 19th, John Kennedy, aged 30 years.
Murray— In this city, September 20th, Mrs. Mary Murray, aged 61 years.
O'Connor— In this city, September 19th, John O'Connor, aged 43 years.
Rossbach — In this city, September 20th, Hermann Rossbacb, aged 55 years.
Smith — In this city, September 13th, Henry Smith, aged 45 years.
Spisdler— In this city, September 19th, Katie Spindler, aged lyear.
Thompson— In Berlin, Germany, Sept. 20th, Rev. Jos. P. Thompson, aged 60 years.
Wolfe— In this city, September 19th, John Wolfe, aged 43 years and 6 months.
Welch— In this city, September 20th, Richard Welch, aged 73 years.
A SPECIMEN OF WOMANS' SCORN.
"I've seen your stormy seas and stormy women
And pity husbands ratber more than seamen."'
My next correspondent is by no means one of the complimentary
sort, and in presence of her wrath all the satisfaction I got out of "John's"
letter has melted away. Of course you have seen an angry woman in the
flesh. They are to be found at every street corner, andvmarried men meet
them nightly when they go home and gain admittance to the domestic
hearth by means of a much-fumbled latch-key. But perhaps you have
never read an angry woman's letter. "Well, now is your opportunity.
After a lapse of two months from a certain foolish production, I have
received an irate epistle from Mrs. John Carter, who, I believe dwells, or
used to dwell, somewhere in the Old Kent Road. Barmondsey and Bil-
lingsgate have a closer connection than Macedon and Monmouth, and
they both begin with a big, big B, suggestive of bad language. Mrs. Car-
ter's letter is couched in such elegant terms that I thought she would like
to see it in print, and I cannot resist the temptation to present it to my
readers as an example of the art of polite correspondence. Here it is :
Sir : — It has onlv just been brought under my notice by a friend that your dis-
gusting and unmanly remarks on me and my appearance in the so-called comedy,
" Lord Mayor's Day," produced at the Folly Theater June 30th, gave to your paper
of that date a distinction, questionable enough I grant, which on its ordinary merits
neither it nor you ever before could claim. Scurrility and blackguardism do not, as
a rule, attract the respectable classes ; but when they attack exceptional merit and
true artistic well known ability, then audacity like yours fills the vacancy so long ob-
served in wit and judgment— "criticism" is out of the question where such a "son
of a b " [this is spelt iu full] as you is concerned, and your " old fish-wife" jour-
nalism gets a chance to throw mud at a better woman than ever owned a cur of your
breed. So, as you could not or dare not vilify personally, you hide your paltry
" frog slime" under your frog's croak, aud try to make a jibe of "the mother of a
Eretty large family." The " pretty large family" is at least honestly begotten, and
elong to a pure mother, not like the offspring of mauy of your prime " pets," some
of them gross as stalled oxen, aud you know it, several of the herd giving one the
idea, from their oily browness and coarse grain, that they had been dieted on Thor-
ley's oil-cake, so very exhuberent in fliish or nasal snuffling are they. I never read
the vile excrescences of the printing press, no matter what form or title they pre-
sume to adopt. So, at this late date, I receive the information of your very critical
notice of my poor little Belf in a very poor little part. Between it and me there
might be a natural fitness, I don't venture to dispute, but I have done good service
in my profession, and am capable of still better, I hope. As for my " fat shoulders
and arms," they were at least in perfect good form ; that is more than your cowardly
remarks were. And when you presume to say I looked "slightly ashamed of my-
self," you lied, as I am told you can lie. I never felt ashamed to do my duty to my
author or the management that has a right to my services. In contempt, and defi-
ance of your poor barking, I am, Mrs. Carter,
Late Folly Theater.
P. S. — Don't deceive yourself by imagining that your "fish-fagging" or Billings-
gate classics can terrify one who is not accustomed to be baited by mongrels. I can,
and will, if necessary, give you as good and as keen satire for your low ruffianism as
Appemanthus gave the '■ sluts." My would-be-shaver, you are a descendant of one
of them, and assert your maternal escutcheon— the bar sinister without a bend.
# # * * **,#*#
How is that for high? The cream of a lady's letter is generally in the
postscript. I don't think it is this time. 1 like that little bit about "ex-
ceptional merit and true artistic well known ability." Mrs. C. says she
has done good work in her time. Ho she has. She made a capital croaker
among the mourner's at Conn's wake in " Tlie Shaughraun" at Drury
Lane. Her croaking was so realistic that even Boucicault "laid out"
couldn't keep still, and actually fancied that his last hour had come, and
that they were going to put him underground. — " Carados," in London
Referee.
The Impending -wedding of the Count Guy de Polignac to Miss
Louise Pommery is the social topic in Parisian fashionable circles. Miss
Pommery is the daughter of Mme. Vve. Pommery, whose brand of
Champagne has lately made such a wonderful mark in Europe and the
United States, probably owing to the fact that no other wine is placed at
the table of the Prince of Wales.
TRADE OF THE UNITED STATES.
The following is the official report of the foreign trade of the United
States for the fiscal year ended June 30th, as compared with the previous
fiscal year :
Exports
Foreign re-exports.
Imports
Surplus exporte.
1877-78.
§680,709,268
14,156,498
437,051,532
257,814,234
1878-79.
©698,334,951
12,093,792
445,792,141
264,636,602
The total foreign trade for 1878-79, excluding specie and bullion, was
$24,313,654 more than for the previous year, being made up of $15,500,000
increased exports and $8,750,000 increased imports. Since 1874-75, when
exports and imports nearly balanced, the excess of exportB has been
gradually growing greater. In 1870-71-72-73 aggregated, the imports
were §423,000,000 more than the exports. In 1876-77-78-79 aggregated,
the exports have been $753,000,000 more than the imports. Eor the later
years, on account of decreasing values, the movement represents a much
greater amount of tonnage, and the trade of the country is to-day
heavier than was ever before known.
The total value of the exports of merchandise from the United States
during the fiscal year just ended exceeded the value of the imports of
merchandise by the sum of 8264,636,602, as against an excess of exports
over imports of merchandise during the preceding year amounting to
§257,814,234. These figures relate to merchandise alone. The statistics
of the merchandise exchanges with other nations for a series of years show
the following differences :
Tear ending June 30.
1865.
WO.
1875.
1878.
1879.
Total Total
ExportB I Imports.
Excess of
Exports.
Excess of
Imports.
§166,029,303; §238,745,550! 1 §72,716,277
292,771,768 435,958,408 143,186,640
513,442,711 533,005,436 1 19,562,725
694,865,766 437,051,532 §257,814,234
810,428,7431 445,792,14l| 264,636,6021
Since 1865, inclusive, there has been an excess of exports over imports
of merchandise amounting to §126,000,000. That is the balance of trade
for the whole period of fifteen years.
The foreign imports into New York during July amounted to §27,128,-
509, being an increase of §2.302,357 over the importations of July, 1878.
For the seven months of 1S79 the increase over 1878 is §13,000,000. The
trade with C-reat Britain shows the chief increase. — British Trade Journal.
HIGHEST STOCK QUOTATIONS
For the "Week Ending Sept. 26th, 1879.
Compiled by George C. Hickox & Co., 230 Montgomery Street.
Name of Mine. Sat.
Argenta
Andes
♦Alpha
Alta.
Alps
Bullion
Belcher
Best & Belcher..
♦Benton
Bodie
♦Cons Imperial .
*Crown Point. ..
Chollar
California
Con. Virginia...
♦Caledonia ....
Confidence
Eureka Con ....
Exchequer ....
Fairfax ,
Gould & Curry.
Gila
* Grand Prize...,
♦Hale & Norcross
Julia
Justice
Jackson
Kentuck
"Leopard 0
Lady Wash'n . . .*".
Leviathan
Leeds
♦Mexican
Modoc
Manhattan
Northern Belle . .
Ophir
Overman ,
♦Potosi
Raymond & Ely
Savage
'Sierra Nevada .
Silver Hill
Seg- Belcher.....
Solid Silver
♦Succor
Silver King, Ar'a
Silv King South.
Tip-Top
Union Con....
Utah ,
Yellow Jacket
Monday. Tuesday. Wbdnesdv Thursday. Friday,
a.m. p.m. a.m. p m. a.m. p.m. a.m. p.m. a.m. p.m.
131
16}
37s
11*
113
373
« -
iu
37i
72
201
16fl 16}
47i
Hi
72J
JOHN JENNINGS
Hooper's South End Warehouses, corner Japan and Town-
send streets, San Francisco. First-class Fire-Proof Brick Building, capacity
10,000 tons. Goods taken from the Dock and the Cars of the C. P. It. R. and S. P.
R. R. free of charge. Storagre at Current Rates. Advances and Insurance Effected.
27, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTTSI R,
19
BOOK NOTICES.
A Summer Jaunt Through the Old World: A Record of an Kxcur-
•ion Made to and through Europe by the Tourjee Educational
Party of 1878 By Lm
nu
This volume, oi more than -i\ hundred \ iffN, b probably the empti< -t
ami riltieet <>f M books oj trav< L I'h- : in- one : but
there u the hook, and any brave man ■ m took Into it for himself Much
there i- taken from miide-booki*. in tl UsUos, r food deal oi
threadbare quotation from familiar poeta, timwrtied for the most part
like this insufferable stuff, supposed to I* Stilton's:
" A w.-rld made so rations that the mind
01 desultory man — "
and spasmodic fun, of the whole Tourjee party, breaking out from time
to time in this fashion:
Benefit of the
Floating Hospital !
Unified Appearance of the
Lachrymosk-al Instigators, Etc,
Why Divine Providence should have permitted the birth and develop-
ment of such fools as these tourists, is one of those mysteries before which
the mind stands helpless and hopeless.
OcRArn-MS Holiday on French Rivers. By J. L. Molloy. Roberts Brothers,
Boston, l>::>.
This truly charming little 12mo. volume, of 320 pages, divided into
51 chapters, full of anecdote, details the narrative of the adventures
which befel four young gentlemen and a dog during an autumn vacation,
on a voyage of 300 miles in a racing " out-rigger " boat, forty feet long by
two feet beam, on the rivers Seine and Loire. France, since the establish-
ment of railways, has been so completely run over and described that it is
difficult to travel for a few miles by land, in almost any direction, with-
out falling into one or other of the tourists' highways. And it was only
by the river— and making excursions from it into Normandy and Brittany
— that they succeeded in finding the French people living in their unso-
phisticated simplicity. French modistes could not earn their salt in Nor-
mandy. The Norman girls are so pretty! ... "It is impossible not to
be struck with the great difference in dress between the lower classes in
England and France. With the first it is a faded and weak imitation of
their betters, and aping to appear something they are not ; result, gro-
tesque and shabby. In France they preserve the costume that has been
transmitted from generation to generation. They are not ashamed — they
are proud of it. The stuff is coarse to a degree, but it is strong and ser-
viceable ; scrupulously clean, and somehow has a new look. It costs lit-
tle beyond the labor of washing, and that is why, with the poorest fish-
f'rls, you see without exception such neat shoes — and, by the way, all
rench women have pretty feet. They can afford it, as well as the gold
ornaments, which are either the investment of part of their earnings, or,
as mostly happens, heirlooms from time immemorial. And here, again,
there is a total absence of seeking to imitate others. The pattern of the
ear-rings and crosses is inexorably their own." — Page 63. Mr. Molloy is
evidently a Roman Catholic, and all the better for describing churches
and historical memorials of the faith and devotion of that ancient people,
of which there is many a life size picture faithfully drawn. With one
feature of the book only have we reason to find fault: there are far too
many sentences left without a verb or nexus for. our liking.
The American Exporter, for September. Root & Tinker, S6 Duane street, New
York.
This is one of the most handsomely got-up publications in the United
States, and contains a great variety of most useful information on all sub-
jects relating to the export trade of the country. It is carefully edited,
and the facts and figures are all brought down to the latest dates. To
persons engaged in the export trade, this publication must be invaluable,
as it deals with the wants of all foreign countries.
s
F
The Great Clearance Sale at the Arcade has attracted multitudes
the past two weeks, in spite of the excitement over the hero of the hour,
and will be continued for one week more. In the line of Silks, Velvets,
Camels' Hair stuffs, and Dress Goods of every description, the advantages
offered are extraordinary ; and the new styles, arriving every day from
the East and Europe, are absolutely unrivaled for beauty and variety.
Mr. J. J. O'Brien's purchases during his recent visit were made on terms
so easy, owing to the standing of his house and his unlimited credit, that
they are laid down here at a cost 20 per cent, below the average, and none
can afford to neglect this opportunity to buy the finest products of Eu-
ropean and Oriental looms, at prices which defy competition.
The Victoria Regia. — Edward Bosqui & Co. will shortly issue, to
subscribers only, a splendid work on the lily now blooming in the Park
Conservatory. The work will contain four or five beautifully-colored
plates, showing the glorious plant, together with a full scientific descrip-
tion, and the notes of the explorers who found it in its native home. R.
E. Bridges, the son of the naturalist (who, by the way, was one of the
earliest contributors to the News Letter), who first sent the seeds to Eng-
land, has charge of the publication, and may be found at No. 422 Mont-
gomery street. Subscription lists are open at the Golden Gate Park, the
Bohemian Club and the Mercantile Library.
The new firm of Eyre & Jones, which will begin business at the
corner of Pine and Leidesdorff streets on the 1st October, should com-
mand immediate and universal confidence. Both partners are members
of the San Francisco Stock Board, and have for the last fifteen years
maintained high reputations for intelligence, energy and integrity. Col.
Eyre has just returned from an extended tour in Europe and the East,
and his association with Mr. Jones, who is one of the most popular
brokers in the city, offers double guarantees of financial solidity, and es-
tablishes the new house at once in the front rank.
It is supposed every waiter in the Baldwin Hotel is on the pay-roll of
the Justice Mining Company. The ore from the mine, that is worth $25
per ton, is worked in Baldwin's mills, and in such a manner that it pro-
duces but $6 per ton and costs S12 to reduce, bringing the company S6 a
ton in debt. A meeting will be held at 3 P. M. to-day at 41U California
street, to investigate this matter and to appoint a committee. Stock-
holders should be present in a body.
The Mualo Trade Jot
Tinker, and i
dently
present
world of harmony. In tp\
rnal, pul
. it .'ii our table. It is ,-\\.
and, from
!v tu tin- |
■ hough evidently In
(tainfanoy, having ■ fa third number, H. romfai
»ba a metj addition to tt titer ■rraesdere in the nursery of Saint Ce-
alia. We regard the ■ iloi >f the cover a» a special compliment to tho
Asm / *
To make a good appearance is tho duty of every man. for it is in
the power of each one to show hi* best point* ; and if dressed by ■'. M.
Litchfield «v Co. 1 415 Montgomery street, a gentleman is always at bin
pest, for they have the most accurate fitter in the city, and turn out none
but nrst-class work.
Archery.— We desire to thank ■ Sacramento correspondent for an ex-
haustive and carefully compiled aooonnt of the late tournament, Unfor-
tunately, our space this week would not admit of Its publication. Will
make correction next issue. Farther correspondence, which should be as
bnef as possible, solicited.
SIGNAL
SERVICE METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
■WEEK
ENDING SE
Big
PT. 25, 1879, SAN FRANC
[SCO, CAL.
hest attrt Lowest Jlaromete
Frl. 19.
Sat. 20.
Sun. 21 Mon 22
Tue. 23
Wed 24
Thr25
29.948
30.000
30.007 30.030
29.995
29.992
30.039
29.895
29.950
29.971 | 29.984
29.909
29.924
29.936
Maximum and Minimum Thermometer,
64
06
63 1 66 1 66 1
65
64
54
53
57 57 67 |
Mean Daily Humidity.
67
56
82.7
83.7
73.7 | 81.3 | 77.3 |
Prevailing lttnil.
81.3 |
78
W. |
W.
W. | S\V. | W. |
Wind—Miles Traveled.
W. |
W.
256
ISO
145 | 162 | 201 |
State of Weather.
128 |
186
Fair.
Fair.
Ra
Fair. | Clear. | Cloudy. |
in/all in Twenty-four Sours
Fair. |
Cloudy.
Total Xa
n During Season beginning -July 1, 1870 03 inches.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVALS AND CLEARANCES AT THE PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO, FOR
THE WEEK ENDING SEPT. 25, 1879.
ARRIVALS.
DATE.
VESSEL.
MASTER.
WHERE FROM.
CONSIGNEES.
Sep 20
.. 20
. 21
St'rCity of Tokio
Ship Lammermoor. . . .
Maury
Woodside ..
Lahmeyer...
Freeman . . .
Konfifkong
Melbourne ...
Newcstle, Eng
Philadelphia..
Cardiff
Dundee
Sydney, NSW
Liverpool
Newcastle
Honolulu
Sydney, NSW.
Williams, Blanchard & Co.
Balfour, Guthrie & Co.
Balfour, Guthrie & Co.
George Howes & Co.
Balfour, Guthrie & Co.
.. 22
.. 24
.. 25
.. 25
Ship Warwick Castle..
ship Brodick Castle...
Rodgers, Meyer & Co.
Balfour, Guthrie & Co.
Pope & Talbot.
Rodgers, Meyer & Co.
Jones & Co.
Balfour, Guthrie & Co.
.. 25
.. 25
25
Bark Helen W. Almy..
CLEARANCES.
LATE.
VESSEL.
MASTER.
WHERE BOUND
BY WHOM CLEARED.
Sep 20
.. 20
.. 20
Sfc'r City of Chester....
Williams . . .
Hamilton. . .
Lebaupin...
Dodd
McLean ....
Queenstown.. ,
Queenstown...
Liverpool
Williams, Blanchard & Co.
G. W. McNear.
Williams, Blanchard &Co.
.. 22
.. 23
.. 23
.. 23
.. 24
Bark Alpho'nshie Zelie.
Ship Annie H. Smith..
Ship City of Nankin ..
Degener & Co.
Rodgers, Meyer & Co.
Queenstown . .
Queenstown...
Queenstown.. .
G. W. MeNeai.
R. Sheehey.
.. 24
Ship Lady Lainpson. . .
Welch & Co.
G. W. McNear.
TREASURER'S OFFICE,
City and County of San Francisco, September 9, 1879.
Redemption of San Francisco Bonds,
ISSUE OP 1858.
Holders of Bonds of the City ami Comity ol San Francisco,
issued under " An Act to provide for the Funding and Payment of the out-
standing Unfunded Claims against the City of San Francisco, and against the County
of San Francisco, as they existed prior to the first day of July, A.D. one thousand
eight hundred and fifty-six," approved April 20, 1858, are hereby notified that the
Commissioners of the Sinking Fund of the above named Bonds will receive sealed
proposals for the surrender of any portion thereof, at the City and County Treas-
urer's office, New City Hall, San Francisco, until 12 o'clock noon,
Wednesday, December 31st, 1879.
The amount to he applied to the Redemption of these Bonds is more or less, One
Hundred and Eighty Thousand Dollars ($180,000).
Bidders will state at what rate they will surrender their Bonds, for payment in
United States gold coin.
Each proposal must be accompanied by a deposit of ten per cent, of the Bonds of-
fered or their equivalent in coin, or certified checks, and should the Bonds tendered
not be presented within ten days after the award, the next lowest bid will he ac-
cepted.
No proposal above par will be entertained.
Proposals to be indorsed " Proposals for surrender of Bonds, issue of 1868."
* A. J . BRYANT, Mayor,
COLIN M. BOYD, Auditor,
CHAS. HUBERT, Treasurer,
Sept. 13. Commissioners of the Funded Debt.
20
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER.
Sept. 27, 1879.
REGRET.
Regret, Regret ! A potent spell What hopes, with fairest color lined.
To chain the memory to the past
To bid the tear of sorrow well,
And suffocate the heart at last.
Besiege the weary, burdened breast,
And seek for entrance but to find
The casket filled by black unrest I
Yet, with this canker deeply fraught,
Life's bitter trials must be met,
And solaced but by one fond thought —
To die will be my last regret.
"THE FUTURE OF CHINA."
In the "Contemporary" for September, W. H. Medhurst, a man
who possesses a singularly accurate knowledge of China and her people,
publishes, under the title above given, some interesting speculations on
the probable course of events in Asia. Mr. Medhurst recognizes China,
Russia and Great Britain as the three great rivals for Asiatic dominion,
and accords to the first-named power remarkable tenacity of purpose and
determination not to suffer permanent diminution of her territory or loss
of prestage. Whenever China has been forced to yield control of a pro-
vince to successful rebels, be declares, it has always been with the firm
determination to reenter upon its traditional rights at the earliest opportu-
nity. At the same time, the determination has not hitherto availed
against her European competitors, but only against native Asiatics.
Whether the reconquest of revolted provinces is to be desired in the
interest of their inhabitants, seems to Mr. Medhurst very doubtful,
though he inclines to think that the Chinese authority is, on the whole,
milder and more beneficent toward its subjects than any native rule which
could be substituted for it ; but he is decidedly of opinion that a transfer,
whether to England or to Russia, is far preferable.
What seems to him better for one or two of the provinces of China, he
does not hesitate to say must be better for the whole country.
" Many things conspire to show," he writes, "that the days of the rul-
ing dynasty are numbered ; and who can say, when the catastrophe does
come, whether the huge but crumbling fabric will ever be reconstructed?
or, if so, whose will be the head and hand that will accomplish the task?
The probability is that the Empire will, in spite of the marvelous homo-
geniety which characterizes its people, at once lose its cohesion and break
up into a number of petty ehiefdoms."
This centrifugal tendency exists in China, as in all unwieldy Empires,
and Mr, Medhurst might, if he had thought it necessary, have proved his
assumption by citing many instances from Chinese history, the course of
which Western readers are but too apt to look at as one of unbroken and
stable prosperity. Any catastrophe to the ruling dynasty would be com-
plicated with the relations of the Empire to the Great Western Powers ;
a condition which did not exist in the convulsions of the past, and one sure
to make the internal crisis of the nation far more difficult to deal with.
Mr. Medhurst considers that any territorial acquisitions by England at
the expense of China are out of the question. But the case is materially
different with Russia ; for, in acquiring almost any part of China proper,
this power would gain precisely what she most needs— territory already
thickly peopled and possessed of resources of every kind. Moreover, her
advance on China would be unchallenged by any rival ; and, if Russia is
not the very nation providentially called in this direction, she has certain
special fitnesses for taking the piace of the central government at Pekin.
The theory of the Russian government, like that of the Chinese, is
autocratic and despotic, and so far suited to the ideas of the people it
might conquer ; and the material improvement of the subjugated country
would be very great. Railways would-be introduced, telegraphs laid
down, river channels cleared and deepened, canals restored and main-
tained, and the obstacles which now stand in the way of internal commu-
nication removed.
To look for these changes, or any of them, at the hands of the present
ruling dynasty seems to Mr. Medhurst utterly vain. It is not, he declares,
in the nature of the Chinese to initiate reform or to carry it honestly and
steadily out. What have been called the stupendous efforts of the Pekin
government toward a reorganization of its naval and military resources
have been wholly due, he says, in conception and execution to foreign
energy, enterprise and ability; and wherever the influence of these is
removed, disorganization and relapse are the result. He cites the instance
of the foreign-drilled levies, raised after the treaty of Tientsin. Men and
money were forthcoming, and the drill was easily learned ; but the foreign
instructors had always to superintend the paying of wages in order to
prevent peculation by the native officers, and the moment their vigilant
eyes were removed, drill and discipline were voted a nuisance by officers
and men, arms and accoutrements were neglected, and the force rapidly
put on its purely Chinese character.
There seems to Mr. Medhurst but one way to save China from eventual
collapse, or from falling into the hands of Ruasia ; and this is by a uni-
versal development in every branch of her administration of the system of
extraneous aid, already applied to her foreign customs revenue. This,
however, is practically impossible ; for it supposes a pei'sonnel of the requi-
site talent and probity adequate to assume charge of the details of govern-
ment in the eighteen provinces of an Empire counting more than 300,000,-
000 of souls. Supposing the officials could be found, political balance at
Pekin demands that the Chinese service should be distributed equally
among the nations which have treaties with the Empire, and this would
introduce another element of strife and discord. The conclusive argu-
ment against this universal administration by foreigners, supxjosing it
possible, is that it would be practically equivalent to a conquest by a
coalition of the powers represented.
As to any modification of the Chinese feeling toward Europeans, Mr.
Medhurst maintains that there is no ground for hope. The people are for
the most part good natured, but unsympathetic, and the government has
seized every opportunity to evade its obligations ; and he thinks the case
has not been heard of in which the initiative has been voluntarily taken
by a Chinese official in righting a wrong suffered by a foreigner at the
hands of a native.
1 His conclusion is, that if it be a danger to England in a political point
of view that Russia should obtain a controlling position in China, it is a
danger that must be looked in the face, for everything seems to point to
the possibility of such a consummation.
Artistic Novelties, manufactured from California quartz, at Ran-
dolph & Co.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
THE DARIEN CANAL.
If we are to believe the reports of the American engineers upon
the proceedings of the Paris Congress in relation to the proposed Darien
Canal, the projectors have not formed a correct estimate either of the na-
tural difficulties to be overcome or the cost that must necessarily be in-
curred in order to carry the undertaking to a successful issue. Admiral
Amnion declares in his report upon the Paris Inter-Oceanic Canal Con-
gress, that the Congress had within it from its first sitting two parties of
speculators, one advocating the Nicaragua and the other the Panama
route, and that the selection of the Panama route was due to this cause ;
and that the proposed canal a niveau by the Isthmus of Panama, either
with or without a tunnel, was proved by able engineers to be hopelessly
impracticable if considered as a commercial question. The view taken of
the enterprise by the American public does not seem to be by any means
a favorable one, and it is anticipated that the contributions from this
source will be comparatively small. M. De Lesseps, in delivering a lec-
ture at Nantes, denied that England or America opposed his project. But
most of the leading journals in America are strongly opposed to the un-
dertaking, and from a political point of view the project of building up a
foreign proprietary power astride the vital line of connection between the
Atlantic and Pacific domains of the Republic is regarded with jealousy
and distrust. The United States Government will probably appoint a
special commission to inquire further into the proposed routes, but the en-
terprise is looked upon as practically a foreign interference in American
affairs ; and it is naturally demanded that an enterprise of such vast im-
portance to the country should be undertaken under American auspices,
and should bear the stamp of American nationality. There was no diffi-
culty of this kind to be overcome in the case of the Suez Canal ; rival
foreign influence could not be permitted to exist in relation to any por-
tion of the soil of the American Continent. It is not enough to guarantee
the neutrality of the canal; public opinion demands that the construction
should be made by an American route, and under American control. M.
De Lesseps would do well to defer to the sentiment so generally expressed
with regard to the scheme to which he has lent the prestige of his name.
It is indeed questionable, whether in the face of such a strong public opin-
ion, the United States Government can lend any countenance whatever to
the undertaking. The scheme does now, in fact, meet with active opposi-
tion at Washington, and it is scarcely probable that under such conditions
the project could be successfully carried out. — European Mail.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
The Board of Fire Commissioners have made their Annual Report,
which contains the following statistics: The Department possesses 11
steam fire-engines, 8 horse hose-reels, 4 hook-and-ladder carnages and 1
fire-boat, all in active service, besides 5 steam fire-engines and 6 hose-reela
in reserve. The force consists, all told, of 294 men. Two hose companies,
Nos. 7 and 8, have been added the prist year. The number of hydrants is
now 1,278, and all the property of the Department, with the exception of
the boilers of Engine No. 4 and relief Engine No. 4, is in excellent condi-
tion. The losses by fire during the year were: On buildings — July, $21,
539.62 ; August, $6,909 ; September, $9,375 ; October, S14,819.49 ; No-
vember, $6,154.76 ; December, $15,097.23; Januarv, $15,758.90; Febru-
ary, $3,832.15; March, $2,413.50; April, $5,754.50; May, $14,872; June,
$4,893 ; making a total of $122,419.37. Insurance, $906,324.29 ; insurance
paid, $75,448.96. Losses on contents— July, $21,198 ; August, $42,323.50;
September, $4,709.80; October, $21,197.35; November, $12,311.46: De-
cember, $16,378.25; January, S45,341.45 ; February, $13,827.53; March,
$1,437.50 ; April, 812,738.22 ; May, $32,575.19 ; June, $7,061.25; making
a total of $232,099.50, Insurance, Sl,355,991.02 ; insurance paid, $133,-
019.84. The only fire of any magnitude that occurred during the year
was on the evening of August 24th, in a four-story brick and iron build-
ing on the corner of Bush and Sansonie streets, owned and occupied by
Murphy, Grant & Co. The stock of goods was valued at $2,000,000, but
so efficient were the measures of the firemen and fire patrol that the total
loss, on building and contents, was but $44,300. The appropriation for
running expenses for the past year was $80,000. Of this amount there
remained on hand, June 30th, 1879, $10,623.62. Officers and men are com-
plimented in the Report for their promptness and energy, but not more
than they deserve, as every resident of the city knows.
RECEPTION AT BLACK POINT.
Of the many cordial attentions shown to General Grant, since his
arrival, none can have gratified him more than the afteraoon reception
given him at Black Point, on the 24th, by his distinguished comrade, Gen-
eral McDowell, commanding the Military Department of the Pacific. All
the beauty and wealth and fashion of our city gathered to do honor to
the hero of the day, the guests as they arrived being received by the cour-
teous host and hostess and presented to General and Mrs. Grant. The
noble grounds were thrown open for the enjoyment of all, and in the ex-
quisite softness of the afternoon air the company wandered to and fro
among the flowers, with the panorama of the beautiful bay before them.
Among the ladies present were Mrs. Louis T. Haggin, Mrs. Barroilhet,
Mrs. William Babcock, Mrs. Gordon Blanding, Mrs. Ben. Holladay,
Mrs. D. O. Mills, Miss Jenny Flood, Mrs. Judge Piatt (sister-in-law of
General Mansfield, our Lieutenant-Governor elect), Mrs. Theodore
Shillaber, Mrs. M. Castle, Mrs. Governor Irwin, Mrs. J. C. Flood, Mrs.
Field, and others.
Concerning future rewards and punishments, Colorado furnishes
the following illustrations, which occurred recently in a Court in La
Vega, where the testimony of a Chinese was objected to, on the ground
that he did not understand or regard the obligation of an oath. To test
him, he was interrogated thus:
" John, do you know anything about God ?"
" No; me no belly well acquaint with Him."
" Have you no Joss in China?" "Ob, yes, gottee heapee Joss."
" Where do you go when you die ?" " Me go to San Flancisco."
" No; you don't understand me. When Chinaman quit washee allee
time, and no live any more, where does he go?"
" Oh yes, me sabe now. If he belly goodee man, he go uppen sky. If
he belly badee man, he go luppen down hellee, allee samee Melican man."
The Court was satisfied with this orthodox statement, and admitted his
testimony. — Editor's Drawer, in Harper's Magazine.
Price per Copjr. 10 Cents.]
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DEVOTED TO THE LEADING INTERESTS OF CALIFORNIA AND THE PACIFIC COAST.
Vol. 30.
SAN FBAN0IS00, SATURDAY, OCT. 4, 1879.
No. 12.
Office or the Shu Francisco News Letter, Merchant Street,
No8. 607 to 615, San Francisco.
GOLD BARS— 890@910— Silver Bab3— 7@17 *? cent. disc. Mexican
Dollars, 8@8Jt per cent.
9&" Exchange on New York. i@. — per cent. ; On London, Bankers,
49§@49J ; Commercial, 50|@50Jd. Paris, sight, 5 francs per dollar.
Telegrams, 35-100 per cent.
0- Latest price of Sterling, 482@484.
" Price of Money here, \
open market, 1@1£.
5}1 per cent, per month — bank rate. In the
)emand active.
REDUCING CAPITAL.
We note that the Bank of California has reduced its capital stock
from §5,000,000 to §3,000,000, reserving the difference (which consists
mainly of real estate taken for indebtedness, and is a legacy of its old
business) as a surplus until the property can be realized advantageously.
We understand that the proceeds will then be placed in Government
bonds, or divided among stockholders. The bank has been led to thi3
course by a desire to place their business on a cash basis, at the same time
to protect itself from the provisions of the new Constitution, which
invites impending legislation in regard to all corporations. By the terms
of the new Constitution, the Legislature may adopt such laws as will im-
pose taxes not only on its assets, in the shape of money and property, but
on its franchise, capital stock, and any other property capable of transfer.
This, of course, would be tantamount to double or triple taxation.
With the reduction of the capital stock and placing its active capital on a
cash basis, the bank will soon be in a position to resume dividends. The
Board of Directors of the Bank of California are among our most con-
servative business men, and we cannot withhold from them our commend-
ation for this wise and conservative course, believing that their action
meets with not only the hearty approval of its stockholders, but of the
business community who are the active patrons of the bank. We under-
stand that other institutions have it in contemplation to adopt a similar
policy.
THE STOCK MARKET.
The market opened suspiciously strong at the commencement of the
week, under news of a reported " strike " in the Union shaft, but the sub-
sequent announcement that the ore was only of medium grade, together
with the fact that the pumping facilities were inadequate to handle the
water in Sierra Nevada, had a demoralizing effect upon the long-suffering
holders of these stocks, who are by this time nearly worn out with disap-
pointments and delays, of one kind and another, and determined to real-
ize upon the firs^ indications of a decline. The market, to say the least,
is very unstable, and nothing short of a development of ore can restore con-
fidence. Official advices from Sierra Nevada state that there will be no
trouble experienced in handling the water, which will be entirely removed
before the end of the present week, when the work of prospecting the
2300-foot level will be started, and vigorously pushed, with the view of
opening up the lower levels as soon as possible. In the west cross-cut in
Ophir nothing new is to be learned, as the drift has not yet reached a
point where anything of value is expected. Bullion is strong and in good
demand. The diamond drill was started to-day to prospect the ledge on
the 2,600 level, where good results are expected. Outside stocks are dull,
and offer but little inducement for speculators. At the close the market
was heavy and inactive.
Beerbohm's Telegram.— London and Liverpool, October 3, 1879.—
Floating Cargoes, quiet but steady; Cargoes on Passage, quiet but steady;
Mark Lane Wheat, firm ; No. 2 Spring off Coast, 49s. 6d. ; Red Win-
ter off Coast, 52s. 0d.; Californiaoff Coast, 52s. 6d.@53s; California Nearly
Due, 53s. 6d.; California Just Shipped, 53s.; No. 2 Sprint,' for Ship-
ment, 47s. 6d.@.48s. ; Liverpool Spot Wheat, strong ; California Club No.
1. Standard, lis. Id. ; California Club N"o. 2 Standard. 10s. Sd. ; California
Average— Western, 10s. 9d.; White Michigan, 10s. lOd. ; Red Western
Spring, 9a. Id. @9a. 3d.; Extra State Flour in Loudon, 13s. 7d.; Extra
State Flour in Liverpool, 13s. 7d. ; Liverpool Western Mixed Corn, 4s. 3d.;
Liverpool Canadian Peas, 7s. 6d. ; N. Y. St. Ex., S2(S'84 ; English Country
Markets, generally dearer; French Country Markets, firm ; Liverpool
Wheat, 10s., 10s. 10d., 10s. 9d., lis. 4d.; Spring for prompt shipment,
40s. 6d.; Corn— Mark Lane, quiet ; Mixed American, 26s.; Prompt Ship-
ment. 26.
PRICES OF LEADING STOCKS AND GOV. BONDS.
San Francisco October 2, 1879.
Stocks and Bonds.
Cal. St. Bonds, 6's,*57. (nom)
S. F. City & Co. B'ds, 6a, '6S
S. F. C. & Co. B'ds. 7s (nom)
Montg'y Av. Bonds (nom)
Dupont Street Bonds —
Sacramento City Bonds..
Stockton City Bonds, 6'a.
Yuba County Bonds, 8's. .
Santa Clara Co. Bonds, 7'(
Butte Co. Bonds, 10's, '60
San Mateo Bonds, 7's
Oakland City Bonds, 8's..
Bank of California (old st'k)
First National
Pacific
California Ins. Co
Commercial Ins. Co
Fireman's Fund Ins. Co.
Bid
Asked
Stock* and Bonds.
100
102
Home Mutual Ins. Co
Nom.
Nom.
Suite Investment Ins. Co . .
107
80
90
26
28
Clay street Hill R. R
go
95
.Market Street R. R
103
100
107
90
Potrero and Bay View R. H .
100
115
71
70
8. V. W. W. Co
89
90
120
130
76
80
Nevada Co. N. O. R. R. Bds
106
110
Virginia & Truckee " "
Bid.
85
105
110
35
60
22
6
65
30
100
Asked
90
108
115
40
55
35
145
bin
95
102J
On the 30th ult. the Bank of California formally announced the reduction of her
capital from $5,000,000 to 53,000.000, so we will continue to quote the price of the old
stock until after the public are familiar with the change. There iB more activity iu
business circles, and in a few weeks we hope to see its effect on investment securities.
Andrew Baird, 312 California street.
Pacific Mail "Boom." — It was recently predicted that Pacific Mail
stock would go to 30, and Thursday the quotation came through at 32£.
A later quotation gives 32|. On October 2, 1878, the price of the stock
was 18£, and in January last it went down as low as 10§ ! Such a differ-
ence as existing between 10§ and 32g is indicative of something like a
revolution in the affairs of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. That
the present upward tendency is speculative may be true to a certain ex-
tent, but, judging from late telegraphic reports, the advance is mainly
based on the more conservative policy now being pursued by the company,
and a commendable disposition to put their affairs on such a basis as, in
the language of the New York Graphic, "to justify the confident ex-
pectation of leading shareholders that the company will at an early day
take a place among dividend-paying corporations."
Latest from the Merchant's Exchange.— New York, October 3,
1879. United States Bonds— 4s, 102 ; 4Js, 105|; 5s, 103|. Sterling Ex-
change, 4 82@4 84. Pacific Mail, 30£. 'Wheat, 123@130. Western Union,
934. Hides, 21@21i Oil— Sperm, 75@76. Winter Bleached, 85 @ 93.
Whale Oil, 35(&40; Winter Bleached, 43@50. Wool— Spring, fine, 22®
30 ; Burry. 12@14 ; PuUed, 29@36 ; Fall Clips, 16@20 ; Burry, 15@20.
London, Oct. 3d.— Liverpool Wheat Market, 10s.@10s. 10d.; Club,
10s. 9d.@lls. 4d. U. S. Bonds, 5's, 106J; 4's, 1051; *i's, 109$. Consols,
98 1-16.@97 15-16.
Arizona Items— September 27th.— The Tombstone M. & M. Co.'s
bullion coach brought in ten more bars from the little mill at Charleston.
The gross weight was 1,391 pounds, and the total value 820,838 91, of
which3 $1,089 43 was gold and S19.749 48 in silver. This shipment, added
to the six previous shipments, makes a grand total of §150,335 30. The
bars went forward to Philadelphia by coach to-day.— —The report of the
city Tax Collector of Tucson shows that of nearly §5,000 taxes only
S20 50 are delinquent. The debts of the city are all paid, and over
§1 000 in the treasury. This speaks well for its financial administration.
Among the items omitted in our last issue was the following. At
the levee given by ex-President Grant in the New City Hall, our esteemed
friend, Augustus Laver, one of the aides-de-camp to the Grand Marshal
on his' arrival in San Francisco, had the distinguished honor of an espe-
cial presentation, through Mayor Bryant, as the architect of the magnifi-
cent Hall in which he was then holding his reception.
Mr. Thomas M. Cash, Special Freight Agent of the Central and
Southern Pacific Railroads, returned last Monday from an extended tour
through Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado. He has had rough expe-
rience" but it appears to agree with him.
A remarkable translation from the Portuguese by Emilie Lawson is
unavoidahl y omitted.
Postage on S. F. News Letter to all parts of United States and
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SAN FKANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Oct. 4, 1879.
THE EXCURSIONIST.
He was wandering wide on the bleak sea wall,
By the mud where the waves ought to be;
And the wind played a game with the coat and the shawl,
And the gingham umbrella and the gay parasol,
And the basket and bag he was laded withal,
And the wife and the children three.
Clearly he
Was enjoying what he'd call a " spree,"
But his eye rolled wild, as the rude east wind
Whisked his Sunday hat far out to sea ;
And he swore a sad oath, as he chattered and grinned,
While his wife round his head her best handkerchief pinned,
And the children howled loud, with their faces all skinned,
And their trousers all burst at the knee.
For you see
The east wind was uncommonly free.
Then the merciless rain on the sea-wall smote,
And the gingham was blown inside out ;
And the gay parasol, and the shawl, and the coat,
And the bag, and the basket were fairly afloat,
And the wife of his bosom blown over a boat,
And the babies all flying about —
Such a rout 1
'Twas a pitiful sight, without doubt.
Still that singular man kept his strange, wild course
By the marge of that mud-covered bay;
And he laughed a grim laugh that was strident and hoarse,
As he saw how the wind had pronounced a divorce —
For his wife and his babes were borne on by its force
Till they vanished in mist far away.
I may say,
I was shocked at his seeming so gay.
I was grieved as I marked how, through pitiless rain.
He went wandering on all that day ;
And I thought, if I happened to meet him again,
I would ask for what sin he endured all this pain,
And the reason he roved on the brink of the main
While his wife and his babes were astray.
For this trait
Seemed a strange sort of thing to display.
So I asked the weird man if he'd give me the tip
Why he wandered on thus through the pour ;
And he eyed me with scorn, while a grin curled his lip,
As he answered, *' This here is a cheap Pleasure Trip ;
Seven hours by the sea, and a blow and a dip,
And a walk by the bootiful shore! " —
Then he swore!
For he'd got all he'd paid for — and more.
THE PRESIDENCY.
We suppose it is hopeless to expect much of a respite from the dis-
cussion of politics. We could have wished that, with the ending of the
late election, they might have been allowed to rest for a while, but the
great contest of next year is too near at hand, involves considerations too
important, and is being participated in by too many candidates and their
friends, to permit us to forget that we shall soon be called upon to choose
the Chief Magistrate of the nation. When we remember how little was
known of Mr. Hayes prior to his election, and when it is admitted, as it
must be, that he has discharged his onerous duties exceedingly well, we
may take heart of grace, and rest satisfied that, whoever it may please
the politicians and Providence to give us for our next President, he will
certainly do no great harm, but may do some good. The only danger
worthy of serious calculation is the possibility that we may have another
election as close as was the last. If that should unfortunately occur, it
can hardly be expected that it will be determined as was the great contest
of 1876. No more eight-to-seven decisions will be submitted to. To pre-
vent trouble, a candidate strong before the people is the present great de-
sideratum. Who is he to he? Tilden would seem to be necessarily the
Democratic choice; he was, without doubt, duly elected President, and
that he was, through no fault of his own, deprived of the fruits of his
victory, is a reason in favor of, rather than against, his being nominated
again. He has shown that he can carry the country, for he received a
popular majority of nearly half a million, and that is more than any other
living Democrat can boast of. Tilden's strength is evidently feared by
the Republican press, for that is the explanation of the vicious attacks
that are made upon him. If he were not deemed the most likely man to
carry New York, he would be either let alone or praised. Moreover, if
he were an available candidate at the last election, he ought to be no less
so now; he has gone through a most trying time with great dignity and
patriotic forbearance. All things considered, he would seem to be the
probable Democratic candidate. Who is to be pitted against him by the
Republicans? Sherman and Blaine are the candidates who enjoy the
most prominence at present. Whether either of them could beat Tilden
may well be doubted. Sherman is not fully trusted, and Blaine is feared.
We have a strong impression that affairs will be made to fall out in such
a way that Grant will, after all, be renominated. If he is, will he be
re-elected? Many Republicans, who are prejudiced against a third term,
would undoubtedly vote against him, but they would be nowhere as
against the hosts who desire a strong Government, and who would rally
to Grant's support in order to obtain one. If Grant is not the next
President, the chances, in that case, would seem to favor Tilden.
There is a remarkable turn of speculation going on at Paris. Com-
panies are being brought out at enormous premiums. The well-known
M. Philippai't has lately issued the shares of a new bank of 500 francs
each, at a premium of 200 francs. The public have not only bought up
the shares at this price, but have added a premium of 150 to 200 francs at
which the original inventor offered them. M. Philippart's bank, in eon-
junction with the Society Foneiere de Paris, has bought the Grand Hotel
for more than £1,000,000.
FALSE ECONOMY.
The news comes by wire from New York that thePacific Mail
Company intends to reduce the salaries of its employe's on this coast by
33J per cent. This is false economy that had better be reconsidered forth-
with. There is nothing whatever to justify it. The present salaries are
not by any means too high, nor is the business of the company in such a
condition as to offer an excuse for a resort to desperate economies. The
contrary is the fact. The company's ships are all fully and profitably
employed. Its trade on all its lines is rapidly increasing ; and thiB is
mainly due to the exertions of its highly efficient employe's. Never,
probably, during its whole existence has the Pacific Mail Company been
better served at all points than it is now. Everything on this side is run-
ning with exceptional smoothness and regularity. It is long since we
heard of any accident to the company's fleet. The steamers arrive and
depart with remarkable punctuality. Most excellent engineers are pre-
serving the machinery in good order. Experienced commanders are navi-
gating the ships to perfection, and winning the good will of passengers,
and capable agents are extending freight traffic. This is a condition of
things that should be let alone. Certainly it is not the way to reward
capable servants for the past, or to encourage them for the future, to so
largely reduce their by no means too great salaries. It is an anomaly that
with the announcement of the reduction comes the statement that the
company's income has been most satisfactorily increasing of late. We
hope the New York Board of Directors will reconsider their action and
let well alone.
The masterpiece among Raphael's best productions was bought by
Augustus III., Elector of Saxony, for 60,000 florins. It was received at
Dresden with great enthusiasm, the Elector's throne being moved to make
room for it in the best-lighted place in the gallery, and a little later it was
cleaned and varnished by Palmaroli — a terrible result ensuing, which agi-
tated the whole art-world with a fear that the masterpiece was ruined.
The picture appeared covered with Btains, and it was stated that the colors
had become very dry — an evil which was only quite recently remedied by
bathing the back of the canvas with volatile oil, restoring the masterpiece
in a very few hours to its pristine beauty. — From "Raphael," by N.
D'A uvers.
Lord Lytton, the Governor-General of India, has sent a telegram to
Lady Cavagnari, informing her of the lamentable murder of her husband,
couched in tho following terms : " It is with unspeakable sorrow that I
convey to you the intelligence of the death of your noble husband, who
has perished heroically in defending the British Embassy at Cabul against
fearful numbers. Words cannot express the depth of my grief for the
loss of my beloved friend, or my sense of the irreparable calamity sus-
tained by his country. Every English heart in India feels for you."
The "Commercial Eerald" says "the main feature of the financial
situation continues to be the heavy importation of foreign gold." It is
now rather harder to obtain silver than gold, and money continues to
accumulate in the banks, with but little demand. The general business
outlook is dull, though it is hoped that the revival of Eastern trade and
industry will have a beneficial effect on this coast before long.
The total traffic receipts on the railways of the United Kingdom
amounted for the week ended August 24th, on 15,795^ miles, to £1,198,326,
and for the corresponding week in 1878, on 15,618^ miles, to £1,267,90.5,
showing an increase of 177£ miles and a decrease of £69,588.
A race for the sculling championship of the world and £400, between
Edward Trickett and Elias C. Laycock, was rowed on the 29th ult. on
the Paramatta River, and was won by the former, who thus retains the
championship which he won from Sadler, of England, in June, 1876.
His Excellency Li Fong Pao, Chinese Minister at Berlin, has had
an audience of the Emperor to present his credentials. His Excellency,
to the surprise of his Majesty, pronounced an address in German, with
very fair accent.
A man named Drum has just opened a saloon on Market street. The
neighbors say he is the most spirit-stirring Drum ever invented.
SIGNAL SERVICE METEOROLOGICAL REPORT, WEEK
ENDING OCT. 2, 1879, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Highest and Lowest Barometer.
Fri. 26. Sat. 27- Sun. 28 Mon 29 Tue. 30 Wed 1
61
54
82.7 I
29.94S 30.000 30.007 30.030 29.995 29.992
29.895 29 950 29.971 29.984 29.969 29.924
Maximum and Minimum Thermometer.
66 I 63 I 66 I 66 I 65
58 57 57 I 57 57
Mean Daily Humidity*
83.7 I 7S.7 1 81.3 | 77.3 ]
Prevailing Wind.
| W. | W. | sw. I w. I
Wind — Miles Traveled.
| 189 | 148 | 162 | 201 |
State of Weather.
| Fair. | Fair. | Clear. | Cloudy. | Fair. |
Rainfall in Twenty-four Hours.
I I I I I
Thr 2.
30.039
29,936
04
81.3 | 78
W. | W.
128 | 186
Cloudy.
I
Total Rain During Season beginning -Tuly 1, 3879 03 inches.
JOHN JENNINGS
Hooper's Sou tit End Warehouses, comer Japan and Town-
send streets, San Francisco. First-class Fire-Proof Brick Building, capacity
10,000 tons. Goods taken from the Dock and the Cars of the C. P. R. R. and S. P.
R. R. free of charge. Storage at Current Rates. Advances and Insurance Effected.
Oct. 4, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
3
THE CHURLS OF THE PRESS.
The lew men of mark connected with the press of this city most
often feel humiliated at th»- churlinhn< ■** mid littleness that is born of the
It is bad enough tint the
KthiiitUl be fill- mortal hatred t twards each other,
it it i* worse that their empl >yees should be nailed upon to be active
ma in quarrels in which they li ive do Internet, and with whicbi as
Educated gentlemen, they cannot p. ■ --■; i to have any sym-
pathy. Vel it is essential that they should become just such partisans if
they would retain their places. Any man who would remain in the serv«
ice of Pickering & Fitch must hate the D« Youngs and must excel bis
■nployers in the art of making his hatro 1 conspicuous, which, it must be
•J. is ;i pretty difficult tUni; t < Jo. This setting of employees at
leads is disastrous to that harmony ami good Foaling which should
■rite tretitletuen of the pr — . It degrades them t<> the level of
their employers, which is saying no! a little. The other day this had
feeling cropped out in a most inopportune way. There was in our city a
Boost distinguished representative of the New York press. Mr. Russell
Young has held the highest position on the press of the metropolis. His
talents have at one time or another been recognised by Greeley, Ray-
knond, Dana and the elder Bennett; no mean authorities. He had ac-
companied General Grant on hi- voyage around the world as special corre-
■pondent of the New York H< )■>>/•(. and was in our city temporarily as a
visitor. His confreres of the press desired to show him a very proper
courtesy by in vi tine him to dine with them. That was a very fitting act.
Yet it excited the ire of Pickering & Fitch, and their establishments were
entirely unrepresented on the occasion. Mr. Russell Young, during the
CkronkWi struggles to get press dispatches, had assisted that journal, and
heuce no employee of the Call or Bulletin must dine with him. More-
over. Denis Kearney, who did not know Mr. Young, and had never been
injured by him, was inspire I to make a must savage attack upon him by
his tutors of the Call. Thus it comes that the ourtesies and proprieties
of life are impossible to the gentlemen of the press of San Francisco.
THE JURY SYSTEM.
The jury system has long been esteemed a palladium of liberty ; but
we seem to have come upon days of evil, when the system is falling into
disrepute. Under the new Constitution, juries are shorn of many of their
ancient powers. Grand Juries are practically abolished, and a one man
power is to suffice to put any other man on his trial for crime. In civil
cases, three-fourths of a jury may find a verdict, a unanimous vote be-
ing no longer necessary. In older lands, where the people are jealous of
encroachments upon their liberty, these would be regarded as steps in the
wrong direction, and would be most stoutly resisted. But, then, the jury
system does not work as unsatisfactorily in any other place with which
we are acquainted as it does in California. Grand Juries here fail to in-
dict some of the most notorious of criminals. Trial juries find verdicts
that are beyond comprehension. In short,, jurors are fast rendering civil
and criminal trials a farce. No mortal man may foretell the outcome of a
jury trial. The evidence may be all one way, and the verdict all the
other. Verdicts nowadays are the results of personal feeling, and
and of compromise, and testimony is too often of but little account. Dur-
ing the last week or two several striking instances of this have occurred
in our city courts. There was the case of the man Terrill, who stabbed a.
laborer employed on one of our streets, until he was so injured that his
life was long despaired of. In the Police Court Terrill was allowed to
plead guilty of an assault, and was fined $500. But when his victim came
to sue for damages for the bodily injuries he had sustained, and for the
loss of time and expenses incurred, a jury was found stupid and heartless
enough to set aside Terrill's own plea in the Police Court, and to declare
by their verdict that the stabbed man was not assaulted worth a cent.
They gave a verdict for the defendant! In the face of such results, it is
no wonder that the jury system is falling into disrepute. The difficulty is
to tell what to replace it with.
A HINT TO THE JUDGES.
There is likely to be not a little confusion at the going out of all
our existing judges, and at the coming in of an entire batch of new ones.
This confusion it is in the power of the present judges to reduce to a min-
imum. They ought to see to it that not a single case submitted to them
is left undetermined. If they fail in this particular, the trouble, expense
and annoyance to litigants will be incalculable. Such failure on the part
of District Judges will render new trials necessary, and on the part of
Supreme Judges it will involve the re-hearing of cases. The confusion
would be great, and ought not to be allowed to occur. It will be an ev-
erlasting reflection upon the present judges if it :.s not prevented. They
should work with a will until the last hour of their term of office expires,
for they will assuredly not fail to draw their full salaries. They will con-
tinue until tben in the public service, drawing public pay, and entitled to
do their very best for their employers — the people. If they fail in this
respect, they will thereby afford the very besc evidence of the wisdom of
their dismissal from office, and will destroy any claims they might other-
wise have to consideration on some future occasion. As honest men,
worthy of their high callings, they are bound in all honor to leave their
judicial duties fully performed up to the last hour of their employment.
They know, even better than we can tell them, the great confusion that
will ensue upon their leaving a mass of unfinished business behind them.
All old business should be cleaned up, and no more new cases should be
heard than can be determined. The new judges are, many of them, but
green hands, and will at first have quite enough to do to overtake the
duties of their office without having a quantity of unfinished business to
take up.
New Alloy. — M. Phillips lias made some experiments for the de-
termination of the coefficient of elasticity and of the limit of elasticity
of different bodies. He refers especially to a new alloy which was melted
and cast by Matthey, of London. Its density at the freezing point is
21.(1139. Its composition is: Platinum, 80.600 ; iridium, 19.079 ; rhodium,
,122 ; iron, .093 ; ruthenium, .040. This alloy is so malleable and ductile
that M. Sainte-CIaire Deville possesses a thread of it, which is outy a few
hundredths of a millimeter in diameter and is scarcely visible. A hun-
dredth of a millimeter is only 1-2500 inch.
A jail is a sort of a bird cage— it's a knave-iary, you know.
DIVISION OF THE ELECTRIC LIGHT.
Messrs Molero and CcbrUu are the petnntan of a prooMi for divi-
ding the oleotri \ II ::.' a to a doom may. by
m- ins of keeping the ilium parallel to each other nnrU they
are received on a mirror, he so inbdlTlded on the face of this reflecting
mirror, as by means of prisms planed In suitable appertains in the (loon
the light can be disti [hthe rooms above and below. From
experiments, conducts I in , >tn<- huge rooms in the ritv, and witnessed by
Znlte a number of scientists and eautfU, the results wen satisfactory,
iaat Wednesday night an exhibition waa hurriedly got up at the Me-
chanics' Pavilion, and just like no many othen that we nmember to havo
witnessed, proved, as far u the pnotleajly-minded public were concerned,
a failure. Messrs, M >1ei landOebrian an foreignen, but. foreignen or
not, they ought to have kn iwn tlmt hardly one man in ten thousand can
form any other idea of :» discovery emanating from recondite principles!
than aa it there and then satisfies their mind that it accomplishes the
purpose to which it is to be applied.
This is no unfriendly criticism. Tho W$w$ Letter knows already enough
from reliable sources to regard this application as more likely to distrib-
ute the electric light through dwellings than any of the hitherto men-
tioned or suspected subdivision of the light at the point of issue. When
we remember the use which is now made of sunlight reflected from mh>
ron as a means of telegraphing to the distance of many miles, such as
took place recently in the wars in South Africa, by means of which news
of the safety of a beleaguered general was received and assurances of relief
returned, the task remaining in order to be prepared for public exposi-
tion by Messrs. Molero & Cebrian, appears trifling indeed. But when-
ever the next public exhibition shall take place, let those gentlemen bear
in mind that, to be of any good effect, it must be a demonstration to the
satisfaction of the average practical American mind, and nothing less.
We wish them all success.
Evolution seems to have now become the scientific mania of the present
age, and to deny its operation, within fixed limits, would be absurd. Evo-
lution, meaning thereby the tendency and capacity to improve from genera
through species by cultivation, nourishment, altered social habits, accli-
matization, etc., under new conditions of life, but always within limits, is
doctrine which is acceptable to educated Christian men. But when evo- .
lutinn is pushed to the extremity to which it is by the modern school of
materialist and atheist philosophers, the Christain takes his leave, and
says he will wait for further evidence to connect together Huxlev's doc-
trine of "protoplasm" and " the primordial utricle" with his own self-
conscious ness and wonderfully perfect and complex organization. The
thoughtful man will not be carried away by vague generalities. He will
stop to ask how the oval corpuscle of the blood of all those creatures
which the "Holy Book" informs us were created from the water could
ever circulate through the capillaries formed to fit the round corpuscles of
the mammalians? In fact, the whole of the present tangle of evolution —
into which it has been thrown by Darwin, Huxley, Tynrlall and others of
inferior name, both in England and on the continent — will never be satis-
factorily disposed of till it shall have been taken in hand by honest hys-
tologists and physiologists, who, in material things, will take nothing on
faith ; men like Sir James Paget, Owen, and their fellows and successors.
Such men as these would never mix up metaphysics with physical specu-
lations of the origin of life. However, as there are plenty of talkers
about evolution amonp vonr readers, I will help them as far as I can by a
translation, first into English and then into plain English, of a famous
definition. It was translated into English by Dr. Kirkman, the eminent
mathematician, and into plain English by Sir Edmund Beckett:
1. Evolution is a change from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity to
a definite, coherent heterogeneity, through continuous differentiations and
integrations.
2. Into plain English, thus : Evolution is a change from a nohowish,
untalkaboutable all-alikeness to a sowehowish and in-general talkabouta-
ble not-all-alikeness, by continuous somethingelsifications and stickto-
getherations. J. J. b.
Cavagnari (writes a correspondent), although he never loses his tem-
per, can, on occasion, hit wonderfully straight from the shoulder. I re-
member once riding with him to an appointment he had with some Afri-
dis to settle some vexed land question. I remained on the road while he,
alone, in the center of about a dozen stalwart ruffians armed to the eye-
brows, walked round the field. Presently the loud angry accents of a dis-
pute reached my ears. The Afridis were surrounding Cavagnari, gesticu-
lating with passionate vehemence, some with hands on their daggers.
Cavagnari stood quiet, perfectly fearless, utterly impassive. Suddenly I
saw the biggest of the Afridis go down like a bullock, and Cavagnari, with
unruffled composure, returning his hand into his pocket. He had knocked
the ruffian down, and the swift thoroughness of the act cowed the fierce
hillmen. About half way on the return journev Cavagnari remarked,
apologetically, "It was absolutely necessary. Please don't think I lost
my temper; I was perfectly cool ; but I was forced to maintain my as-
cendancy ;" and then he added, meditatively, "and I wanted also to save
my life."
A professor of legerdemain who was recently exhibiting in a provin-
cial theater, got a country boy on the stage, and told the audience that
he would pass a coin into the boy's coat pocket from a box. " You don't
think I can do it, do you?" "No, sir— I don't," answered the lad, with
decided emphasis. " Well, do you stand up here and we shall see."
"But, sir," persisted the boy, " ther* ain't no use 'r yer tryin', 'cause I
know yer can't do it." "You know I can't. Don't be too sure. Wait
and see. Just you stand right here— there! Now hold up your head
and look steadily at me, to see that I do not cheat you." " Oh, well,"
muttered the persistent urchin, with a comical grimace, " I'll stand any-
where ye want ; only, 'f 'u git any money into my pocket, I reckon ye'll
hey to find the pocket, for I had 'em sewn up by master, 'cos of the ap-
ples."
The marriage of Mdlle. Carlotta Patti, the elder sister of the re-
nowed prima donna, with M. Ernest de Munck, has been celebrated at
the Eglise de la Trinite", Paris. _ The families only were present.
It is rumored in Pera society that a marriage has been arranged be-
tween a very pretty and charming relative of Lady Layard's and Sir Al-
fred Sandison.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Oct. 4, 1879.
ON A BUTTERFLY IN BROADWAY.
With a shimmer of sun on its wonderful pinions,
Twin beds of the softest and silkiest down,
It fluttered away from the summer's dominions
And lost itself here in the dust of the town ;
No rivulet flowing, no soft zephyr blowing
Could ever have led it so widely astray —
Whence came it, what seeks it, and where is it going ?
This butterfly lost upon busy Broadway.
It hovers, it lights upon Beauty's soft bosom —
Do butterflies know that Eve's daughters are fair ? —
Ah no: the attraction for it is the blossom,
The bunch of late violets half hidden there.
Alas, a delusion! it finds with confusion
That waxen and cold are those flowers so gay;
Poor waif ; all in vain was thy daring intrusion,
For all is not real we meet on Broadway.
The stages roll past, and the murmur of traffic
Goes up through the tramp of the hurrying feet,
As, poising aloft like a presence seraphic,
The butterfly, wondering, watches the street.
Will it stoop to the shadows or soar to the meadows,
Will it rest on the pavement or perch on the spray?
It flies — no, it stoops; ah, these false El Dorados
Attract our poor butterfly back to Broadway.
'Tis lost in the throng of the comers and goers,
Its corpse may be found in the mud of the streets,
But never again will the innocent flowers
Yield up to its kisses their heart's bidden sweets.
The cold, cruel city, with no touch of pity
Engulfs the light form as it flutters away ;
Twas graceful and innocent, lightsome and pretty,
But not the first butterfly lost on Broadway.
As bright wings as these in the dust have been trailing,
As innocent creatures have fluttered along —
Home's faintly heard summons has been unavailing —
They soared, stooped and vanished, engulfed in the throng.
Alas for their lightness, their beauty and brightness,
All vanished and fled ere the close of the day —
What dust will have soiled Us soft wings snowy whiteness
Ere our typical butterfly dies in Broadway. g. h. j.
ERNEST RENAN ON THE FUTURE OF MANKIND.
In his remarkable volume on "Intellectual and Moral Reform in
France," Kenan traces in a few lines what he considers to be the part as-
signed by nature to the three great families of man in the social reconsti-
tution of the world. He says:
" Colonization on a grand scale is a political necessity altogether of the
first order. The nation which does not colonize is irrevocably given over
to socialism, to the war between rich and poor. There is nothing which
shocks us in the conquest of a country belonging to a lower race by a su-
perior race, which takes possession in order to govern. England practices
this kind of colonization in India, to the great benefit of India and of hu-
manity in general, and to her own advantage. The Germanic conquest
of the fifth and sixth centuries in Europe formed the basis of all conserva-
tive and legitimate principles. Wars of conquest between equal races
are deserving of reprobation, but just in the same degree does the regen-
eration of lower or bastardized races by those which are higher enter into
the providential order of humanity.
The man of the people is nearly always, among us Europeans, a noble
who has lost rank ; and his heavy hand is much better suited to wield the
sword than an implement of toil. Rather than work, he chooses to fight ;
that is, he returns to his primary condition. The vocation of the Euro-
pean is, in the words of Virgil, to rule the nations. Turn this absorbing
activity toward the countries which, like China, call for subjugation by
the foreigner. Make of the adventurers who disturb society in Europe a
special offering, sn to speak, a swarm sent forth to settle, like those of the
Franks, the Lombards and the Normans ; each race will then be fulfill-
ing its proper destiny. Nature has created, in the Chinese, a race of arti-
sans who possess wonderful manual dexterity, and are almost destitute of
the sense of honor. Govern them with justice, exacting from them at the
same time an ample recompense for the profit of the ruling race, and they
will be satisfied. The negroes are especially fitted for the coarser forms
of labor ; be gentle and humane toward them, and everything will fall
into order, under the European, which is a race of masters and soldiers.
When this highly endowed family is reduced to toil under the taskmaster,
like the Chinese and the negro, it revolts. Every rebel against the social
order among us is, more or less, a soldier who has missed his vocation, a
being made for a heroic life, and forced to take up a work that his instinct
recoils from. He is a bad workman, because he is too good a soldier. But
the way of life against which our workmen chafe would make the happi-
ness of a Chinese or an Egyptian fellah, beings wholly unmilitary. Let
each one take the part for which he was made, and all will go well.
Political economists are mistaken when they look iipou labor as the
origin of property. The origin of property was in conquest and the guar-
antee given by the conqueror to the fruits of toil. In Europe the Nor-
mans were the creators of property; for the day after these strong-handed
men entered upon the possession of lands, they established for themselves
and for their followers a social order and a security which had not been
seen until that time."
We understand that Colonel Lucy is bringing out a second edition of
his excellent manual, " The Clubs of the World." Since the publication
of the first edition, scarcely a year ago, the author has received an im-
mense quantity of additional matter from all parts of the world, but
chiefly, oddly enough, from America and the colonies. The new edition
will contain about 100 additional clubs, and will, in other ways, be more
exhaustive than its predecessor. As the book gives an epitome of all
clubs where English is spoken, it is likely to become a permanent work of
reference, provided that Colonel Lucy takes the trouble to bring it up to
date every year, as " Wbitaker" does. — Whitehall Review.
Artistic Novelties, manufactured from California quartz, at Ran-
dolph & Co.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
VALUE OF BRITISH TRADE TO THE UNITED STATES.
By reference to statistics published in another column, it will be
seen that American exports for the year 187S to Great Britain, British
North America, British West Indies and Honduras, British Guiana, Hong-
kong, British Possessions in Africa and adjacent islands, Australasia and
British East Indies, amounted to the large total of 8437,798,409, while
our imports from the same places for the same year amounted to S149,-
282,039, leaving a balance of trade in our favor for 1878 of 8288,516,372 !
In fact, the trade of Britain and her colonies is worth more to the United
States than that of all the rest of the world put together, and instead of
rejoicing in any misfortunes of the Mother Country it would better be
come us to rejoice in her victories and conquests, because they will inure
to our profit as they inure to her glory. It may be safely said that the
British Empire is now doing more to pay off our National and State debtB
than we are doing ourselves. If our exports continue in the same, or
nearly the same, ratio for the next ten years, we shall be §3,000,000,000
richer from that source alone, and provided we avoid foreign and civil
wars, the burdens of government will be light indeed.
BANKS.
THE BANK OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO.
Capital 85,000,000
WM. ALTORD President.
THOMAS BltOWN, Cashier | B Ml Kit AT, Jr., Ass' I Cashier
Agents :
New York, Agency of the Bank of Calfornia ; Boston, Tremont National Bank
Chicago, Union National Bank ; St. Louis, Boatman's Saving Bank ; New Zealand,
the Bank of New Zealand ; London, China, Japan, India and Australia, the Oriental
Bank Corporation.
The Bank has Agencies at Virginia City and Sold Hill, and Correspondents in all
the principal Mining Districts and Interior Towns of the Pacific Coast.
Letters of Credit issued, available in all parts of the world. Draw direct on Lon-
don, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Bremen, Hamburg, Frankfort-on-the-Main, Antwerp,
Amsterdam, St. Petersburgh, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Christiana, Locarno, Mel-
bourne, Sydney, Auckland, Hongkong, Shanghai, Yokohama. Nov. 4.
FIRST NATIONAL GOLD BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
P still up Capital $2,000,000, Gold. President, R. C. Wool-
worth ; Vice-President, D. Callaghan ; Cashier, E. D. Morgan.
Directors :— R. C. Woolworth, D. Callaghan, C. G. Hooker, C. Adolph Low, Peter
Donahue, Isaac Wormser, Edward Martin, James Moffitt, N. Van Bergen.
Corresponoents — London : Baring Bros. & Co. Chartered Mercantile Bank of In-
dia, London and China. Dublin : Provincial Bank of Ireland. Hamburg : Hesse,
Neuman&Co. Paris: Hottinguer&Co. New York: National Bank of Commerce. Bos-
ton : Blackstone National Bank. Chicago : First National Bank. This Bank is pre-
pared to transact a general Banking business. Deposits in Gold, Silver and Currency
received subject to check or on special deposit. Exchange for sale on the principal
cities of the United States, Great Britain, Ireland and the Continent. Commercial
Credits issued available in -15urope, Chh.a and Japan. Collections attended to and
prompt returns made at the lowest market rates of Exchange. Jan. 19.
BANK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter.— Capital paid up, $1,800,-
000, with power to increase to 510,000,000. Southeast corner California and San-
somestreets. Head Office— 28 Cornhill, London. Branches — Portland, Oregon; Vic-
toria, New Westminster and Cariboo, British Columbia.
This Bank transacts a General Banking Business. Accounts opened subject to Check
and Special Deposits received. Commercial Credits granted available in all parts of
che world. Approved Bills discounted and advances made on good collateral security.
Draws direct at current rates upon its Head Office and Branches, and upon its Agents
as follows :
New York, Chicago and Canada— Bank of Montreal; Liverpool — North and South
Wales Bank ; Scotland— British Linen Company ; Ireland— Bank of Ireland ; Mex-
ico and South America— London Bank of Mexico and South America ; China and
Japan— Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, and Oriental Bank ; Australia
and New Zealand— Bank of Australasia, Commercial Banking Company of Sydney,
and English, Scottish and Australian Chartered Bank.
May 18. FREDERICK TOWNSEND, Manager.
LONDON AND SAN FRANCISCO BANK, LIMITED.
Capital, $5,000,000, of which $3,000,000 is* fully paid upas
present capital. Reserve Fund, $300,000. San Francisco Office, 424 Califor-
nia street ; London Office, 22 Old Broad street. Manager, ARTHUR SCRIVENER ;
Cashier, WILLIAM STEEL. Loudon Bankers, Bank of England and London Joint
Stock Bank ; New York, Drexel, Morgan & Co. ; Boston, Third National Bank.
This Bank is prepared to transact all kinds of General Banking and Exchange Busi-
ness in London and San Francisco, and between said cities and all parts of the
world. March 30.
THE NEVADA BANK OF SAN FRANCESCO.
Capital Paid TTp $10,000,000.
Reserve, TJ. S. Bonds 3,500,000.
Agency at New Tork, 62 Wall street.
A.gency at Virginiaf Nev,
Buys and sells Exchange and Telegraphic Transfers. Issues Commercial and Trav-
elers' Credits. This Bank has special facilities for dealing in Bullion. July 5.
SECURITY SAVINGS BANK.
OtJARAXTEE CAPITAL, ------ $300,000.
O'Heers: Vice-JP resident, Jerome Lincoln; Secretary, W.
S. Jonea; Attorney, Sidney V. Smith. Loan? uiao\ on Real Estate and other
Approved Securities. Office: No. 215 Sansome street, ."an Francisco. Oct. 14.
_ THE GERMAN SAVINGS AND LOAN SOCIETY.
Deutsche Spar uiid Leilibank, No 526 California street, San
Francisco. Officers: President, L. G0TTIU-. Board of Directors.— Fred.
Roed ng, Chaa. Kohler, Edw. Knise, George H. Eggijr.a, N. Van Bergen, H. L. Simon,
Pettr Spmkels, Ign. Steinhart. Secretary, GEO. LCTTE ; Attorney, JOHN R.
JABiJOIil. May 13.
THE ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN BANK, LIMITED.
422 California St., San Francisco.
London Office, 3 Ang-el Court; New \ork Agents, J. W. Sel-
igman & Co., 21 Broad street. Authorized Capital Stock, ^J, 000,000. Will re-
ceive Deposits, open Accounts, make Collections, buy ami sell Exchange and Bullion,
loan Monet , and issue Letters of Credit available throughout the world.
FRED. F. LOW, IGN. STEINHART, Managers.
P. N Liliehthal, Cashier. Sept. 13.
Oct. 4, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
TRADE BALANCES.
The "British Trade Journal" fumiaho the foUowing ^.nirwrativo
•Utrin.-nt ..i inil-rt. f..r the v«r 1S78, compiled from the
■f the I nited Sutwi Bureau of Sutiatica :
■^iatei with Onnta Cornain.
jfcdanoo of trade adverse to the States :
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(Vtitral America
China. \\\
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Hawaiian l-l.imls
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l>ut«-h East and West Indies. . .
Peru
Porto Kico
Colombia.
Urugnay
Venezuela
Balance of trade favorable to the States :
Austria
Belgium
r>. V S import* hit<< the
Denmark.,
France .
0.634,243
14,686.183
18,680
40,716,733
1,164,693
3,114,246
; 16,969
16,7:ts.UL'l
988.869
10,361,859
1,860,797
3,237,739
3,038,002
11,882,323
2,081,303
6,825.634
l.-i'.K.:;'.!
2,311,129
11482,634
60,436,276
1,(«7.406
6,355,003
4,761,762
6,656,183
873,444
2.174.742
2,379,777
6,227,701
2,638,763
253,491
27,738,966
3,532,70!)
1,366,306
002.: 186
2,471,438
14,719
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Redemption of San Franclaco Bonds,
ISSUE OF 1868.
1879.
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British North America
British West Indies and Honduras
British Guiana
Hongkong
British Possessions in Africa and adja
cent islands
Australasia I
Greece
Hayti
Italy
Mexico
Netherlands
Portugal and Possessions. .
Russian Empire
Spain
Sweden and Norway.
Turkish Empire
78,812,289
68,403,119
383,915,598
31,329,797
7,211.005
1,928,202
3,213,460
2,085,450
7,125,308
9:12,658
3,490,959
8,204,254
5,364,304
15,328,920
5,289,682
14,636,059
8,855,619
2,024,300
3.585.211
46,267,690
34,531,686
102,973,222
25,385,048
4,839,600
754.899
1,707,337
874.4S7
1,385,495
412,955
2,989,225
6,410,225
5,203,245
3,294,607
489,754
434,721
3,206,205
245,213
439,695
The N. T. "Evening Post " publishes some facts about oysters. It
seems that the prejudice against eating oysters in months without an n in
them is dying out. Mr. Boyle, of Broome street, on the East river, says
that the bivalves are fatter and firmer and more fit for eating in May
than at any other time of the year, because of the fresh water brought
into the beds by the breaking up of the ice. Oysters brought from the
Chesapeake beds are now planted near New York between the 1st of
March aud the 15th of May, and used during the Summer as required.
These oysters will not live during the northern Winter. Mr. Boyle esti-
mates the amount invested in the trade in New York at from eight to ten
millions of dollars. The beds which supply the market are spread over
the coast from Norwalk, Conn., to Norfolk, Va., the best shell-fish being
those known as "Blue Points," from Great South Bay, on the south shore
of Long Island. An oyster is at its prime when three years old, and
dealers tell the age by the shell, a ridge being formed each year. On
muddy beds the oysters grow long and narrow, and on hard or sandy bot-
toms they are flat and broad. More than 1,000 vessels are engaged in the
trade every Winter ; and within three years a great business has sprung
up with Liverpool, which took 35,000 barrels last season, worth £10 a bar-
rel. Oysters reach England in better condition than those sent to Chi-
cago, the jolting of the cars on this latter journey killing the mollusk.
If slang, as some newspapers assert, is to be encouraged as being the
most direct and exact way of expressing thought, it is evident that there
will not be much left of the old English language in a few years. Never
was the slang vocabulary as rich as now, and never did it thrust itself so
much into everyday use. The " flash language " of the olden time ban-
ditti was not more complete than the slang language of the present day.
The man who is accustomed to thinking and expressing himself in the
good old English of his fathers may not see the force of such expressions
as " tumble to the racket," " what are ye giviu' us ? " " that's the cheese,"
1 peel your rags," " that's ole biz," "pull down your vest," "you bet,"
* I'm your oyster," "dead give-away," "fire him out," "cheese your
patter," "lay fur him," "gittin' it down purty fine." "strike him for the
scads," "goin' to croak," "no monkeyin'," and a thousaud similar
ihrases ; but if the tendency of the modern language is to adopt slang
)ecause of its greater " expressiveness," a new Webster will be needed
before many years, and in a few centuries the student who reads English
books of the present time will have to be well versed in the dead lau-
guages.— Peoria [III.) Evening Call.
The "Holyoke Manufacturer," of Holyoke (Mass.), comes to the
front as a journal devoted to the 'manfacturing interests of the United
States. This a handsome quarto of twenty-four pages, full of statistics
about commercial and other matters, but with room to throw in that old
lively collection of falsehoods about the many greatest wonders of the
world to be found in America. Everybody, even in America, knows that
the Mississippi is a drop in the bucket compared with the Amazon, and
that the area of all our territory is but 3,500,000 square miles ; yet the
no/yoke Manufacturer comes up smiling with the delightful news that the
Mississippi is the largest river in the world, ami that its valley contains
1000,000 square miles. Why not 10,000,000? It costs nothing'to invent,
and the figures look rounder.
"The Principles of Light and Color." By Edwin Babbitt, D.M.
For sale by Boericke & Tafel, 234 Sutter street.
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A. .1. BRYANT, Mayor
COLIN M. BOYD, Auditor,
.„_. .„ CHAS HUBERT, Treasurer,
o0I"' "■ Commissioners ol the Funded Debt.
AVERILL MIXED PAINT,
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DERGARTEN connected with the Institute.
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MADAME WALDO COHEN,
Finishing Lessons—Piano. $3 Per Lesson.
Sept. 20. 507 HyoTe Street, San Francisco.
MADAME JULIA MELVILLE SNYDER,
.ft~| O Mason street, between Bush and Mutter.—Vocal Rlnsic
SI LO for Opera, Concert or Parlor. Piano and Elocution. Dramatic Elocution
and Voice Culture Specialties. Terms made known at residence. May 25.
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QUICKSILVER.
or sale— -In lots to suit, by '('nomas Bell A Co., No. 305
Sanaome street, over Bank oE California. Nov. 16.
NOTICE.
or the very best photographs go to Bradley A Rulofson's,
in an Elevator, 429 Montgomery street. Oct. 29.
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FREDERICK A. BEE,
His Imperial Chinese Majesty's Consul.
Office: 917 Clay Street. Residence: 620 Eddy Street.
BRITISH BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF CAL.
Attendance, daily, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., by the under-
signed, to receive subscriptions and donations, and to furnish all information
relating to the Society. J. P. McCURRIE, Secretary,
Oct. 23. 739 Montgomery street.
COKE CHEAPEST FUEL.
Reduction in Price: Wholesale Price, 50 cents per barrel ;
Retail Price. GO cents per barrel, at tho works of the SAN FRANCISCO GAS-
LIGHT COMPANY, Howard and First streets, and foot of Second st. Jan. 12.
SCHWAB & BREESE,
ew Art Gallery, U21 Market street, opposite Palaee Hotel.
Oil Painting's, Engravings, Wax and Artists' Materials.
' ADMISSION FREE. Sept. 13.
~SN0W & CO.,
"TVTo. 30 Post street, opposite Mechanics' Institute, Import-
jl3l ers and Manufacturers of Pictures, Frames, Mouldings, and Artist's Ma-
terials. Established 1S19. Sept. 20.
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Importers and Dealers iu Moldings, Frames, Engravings,
Ohromog, Lithographs, Decalcomanie, Wax and Artists' Materials, 21 Post
street, nearly opposite Masonic Temple, San Francisco. Feb. 4.
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[March 15.]
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Oct. 4, 1879.
"PLEASURE'S WAND."
" We Obey no Wand Irat Pleasure's."— Tom Moore.
Bush-Street Theater. — Pyramus and Thisbe, Oscar Weill's comic
opera, libretto by Peter Robertson, was produced on Monday evening, and
met with a favorable reception. The composer is a local musician of un-
doubted ability, more prominently associated with the position of a critic
than, with that of a composer. As the latter, his contributions have been
limited to a few songs, some of which are exceedingly harmonious ; as the
former, he has succeeded, through the unnecessary harshness and, at
times, the downright impudent brutality of his criticisms, in creating an
army of enemies among the local musical fraternity. Criticism, even
when it is, as in this case, of great ability, becomes valueless if it degen-
erates into personal abuse ; and to this accusation Mr. Weil must plead
guilty. This unpopularity nf the composer's will explain the amount of
unfavorable remarks that are being passed around as to the musical merits
of Pyramus and Thisbe. For the unprejudiced mind there can. be but
one opinion, and that is, that Mr. Weil has proven himself by this work
a talented composer of rich and sweet harmonies. Although, this opera
is not a production that will in any way associate its composer's name
with the galaxy of opera writers, it will, without doubt, wherever pro-
duced, impress upon the auditors the fact that it is the work of a good
musician. The style of the music is of a wide range, and this I consider
a point of attractiveness. The melodies are at times measured and grand,
and again light and frivolous. The arrangement and orchestration are
elaborate, indicating a thorough knowledge of the effect and capabilities
of the different instruments. It is asserted that there is nothing original
- in the themes, that they are all purloined from popular operas ; and the
foundation for these accusations are strains here and there that are rem-
iniscent of Aida, Lucia and Barbe Blew. The composition of music,
as regards melody, is not the result of mechanical labor, but
is a purely mental effort, independent of rules of any kind,
these coming into force, with the accompanist, or elaboration. It is nigh
unto impossible for a composer's mind to be barren of any influence, and
such being the case, small similarities at times will naturally be evolved.
As regards originality, I consider some of the numbers in Pyramus and
Thisbe to be striking in that respect, and refer more particularly to the
opening chorus, " Here comes the Caliph," the " Caliph's " song, and the
soprano solo, " Love Once O'er my Heart." Perhaps the best numbers
are all the quartets, particularly the one closing the second act. " This-
be's " waltz is destined to become very popular. The libretto is in itself
a rather clever burlesque, is full of neat points, but it requires snap and
vim in the acting, and perhaps it would do to revise here and there the
lines. The great defect of this opera, and one which will undoubtedly
militate against success, is the total lack of adaptability existing between
music and libretto. The music is of a high order, unsuited to the require-
ments of fun and burlesque, and the juxtaposition causes the libretto to
appear tedious and flat. This unpleasant effect is enhanced by the well-
known fact that in opera the words sung are never heard or listened to,
and the relapse from a grand and elaborate chorus to burlesque puns is
disagreeable in the extreme. If the composer desires his work to remain
on the stage he should adapt his score to some stupid, worn-out story of
love and treachery, with no dialogue. The cast chosen was hardly a good
one, especially from a dramatic point of view, and what points in the li-
bretto which were not squelched by the score were so by the very poor
acting displayed. Miss Galton received a warm welcome and sang with
all her old-time freshness and clearness. One or two of her numbers,
notably the waltz, called forth a display of her faultless execution and
high range of voice. Ben. Clark sang his share of the score admirably,
but marred everything by his lack of knowledge of the rudiments of act-
ing. Possessed, as this gentlemen is, with the desire of adorning the
operatic stage, and gifted as he is with voice and vocal ability, he should
study hard to overcome this difficulty. Miss Hammond was very accepta-
ble, both musically and dramatically. Of Messrs. Makin and Casselli
little that is favorable can be said. Their efforts did not in any way help
along the favorable reception of the opera. Thp chorus was an excellent
one, composed of good, fresh material and well drilled. The orchestra
was large and tolerably efficient, although the reeds were slightly flat and
out of tune. The scenic display was very fine, the several scenes being
beautiful in design and excellent in work. The Barae can be said of the
costumes. The houses during the week have been fair.
Baldwin's Theater. — It is said that Crutch and Toothpick enjoyed a
huge run in London. This must have been due to superior acting, or,
perhaps, to the esprit de corps of the class of habitues designated by the
above title. Although it is in some respects a clever little comedy, it
possesses but little intrinsic merit. It is evidently a short French farce,
worked up and slightly elaborated to take advantage of the popular nick-
name England's jeunesse doree has been dubbed with. The first and sec-
ond acts are clever and witty ; the third degenerates into the broadest
kind of farce, and mars the whole. The tendency of Anglo-Saxon play-
wrights is to exaggerate everything, even those characters or phases of
life that in themselves fringe the borders of ridicule. They can, and do,
write plays that for a time remain within the bounds of probability ; but
before the curtain falls they are sure to have thrown possibility and
plausibility to the dogs. This is strongly evidenced in Crutch and Tooth-
pick. In the first two acts the action is a rather neat satire on the result
of alliances between poor patricians and wealthy plebians, between the
dainty hand of the blue-blooded aristocrat and the large paws of the shop-
keeper. The last act is nothing but idiotic buffoonery. The hero, "Guy
Deveraux," as acted by Mr. Sothern, must be a very amusing character.
It is easy to imagine the manner iu which he acts it. Mr. O'Neill's con-
ception of the part is evidently of a different nature. He plays it as a
languid swell, beneath whose indolent, effeminate ways and manners lie
the traits of manliness — traits which come to the surface when the emer-
gency occurs. To do justice to Mr. O'Neill, it must be said that he car-
ries this idea out satisfactorily, and, as a whole, makes a very amusing
impersonation. Mr. O'Neill's voice has, unfortunately, a tone suggestive
of melancholy or humility, which is most apparent in persiflage or
light comedy, for there it clashes with the nature of the lines and is un-
pleasant to the ear. But this is a defect of nature, and a matter of regret,
not of blame. Miss Jeffreys Lewis plays the suspicious wife very neatly
and cunningly, particularly the little scene of honeymoon abandon in the
first act. As "Alderman Jones," Mr. Bradley is one of the central figures.
It suffices to say that he acts it in his usual conscientious style. This
gentleman can be considered a model stock actor, in so far, that however
cast, he is always eminently satisfactory. Mr. H. Thompson, it is to be
feared, is being advanced a little too rapidly. He is growing too self-
conscious, and plays too much to the audience. Next Monday Armadale
will be produced, and Byron's The Girls, the companion piece to Our Boys,
is announced as beincin preparation. Miss Carey has been engaged and will
shortly appear, sharing with Miss Lewis the leading roles. Other changes
are announced at this theater, the principal one being the departure of
the great " cribbing" literary firm of Heme & Belasco. It is in order to
congratulate Manager Maguire for the good riddance of this incubus.
California Theater. — The management must feel disheartened at the
ill success attending its efforts to attract and please the public. That
theater-goers should stay away from inferior and uninteresting perform-
ances is natural and to be expected, but that they should fail to attend
first nights, and find out for themselves what is going on, is inexplicable.
These remarks are suggested by the dreary appearance of the auditorium
at the California on Tuesday evening. Here was a grand spectacle ad-
vertised, founded on an interesting and universally read book of fiction —
something that was bound to be replete with handsome scenery and amus-
ing acting, and not a corporal's guard of our theater-goers could be mus-
tered for review. The verdict of the few present was such a favorable one
that the size of the audiences has been rapidly increasing, though not in a
degree commensurate with "the merits of the performance. As regards
scenery and mounting, every possible attention has been paid to the re-
quirements of the spectacle. " The Children of Captain Grant" is one of
Jules Verne's most amusing stories. In no other one of his many books
is there more evidence of that peculiar talent of his, the skillful mingling
of fact and fiction. The story is so well known that any reference to its
plot is unnecessary. The play does not follow closely the book. A great
many liberties have been taken with the author's tale, but as these
changes are motived by a desire to highten the dramatic and scenic dis-
play, they are natural and excusable. Messrs. Porter and Seabury have
painted some fine scenery, of which the two tableaux representing,
respectively, the Pass in the Andes and the Australian forest, are the
most attractive. The play is remarkably well acted by Messrs. Hill,
Welles and Cooke, and M'mes McClellan, Harold and Paullin. The lat-
ter sings a song very neatly, and, arrayed in h^r sailor habiliments, looks
to great advantage. A surprise to all is the hit made in the eccentric
character of " Paganel," the French savant, by Mr. Keene. It is an ad-
mirable piece of acting, worthy of extended notice and stronsr commenda-
tion. This gentleman has never, in his comparatively long connection
with our stage, done anything that so proved the possession on his part of
high dramatic abilities. Outside of heroic parts, in which he is effectively
at home, his other work has most always called for unfavorable criticism.
In this case there can be but praise extented to his efforts, for it is an ex-
cellent exhibition of character acting. The Allan sisters, four pretty
children, are introduced, and dance neatly and gracefully. This produc-
tion, not having met with the patronage the management was justified in
expecting, it will be withdrawn after this evening. On Monday, Miss
Cavendish will commence her second engagement in San Francisco, open-
ing in " Miss Gwilt," a part in which, both in London and New York,
she has met with success.
German Theater. — The performance of Hasemann's Daughters, a de-
lightful comedy, was in the best style of the excellent company of Mrs.
Fritsch. It is rare pleasure to witness acting of this nature in a play cast
so that every part is done full justice to. In a case like this, any individ-
ual mention is unnecessary. The part of the daughter " Rosa," which at
a former representation fell to Miss Lindemann, was played rather indif-
ferently by Miss Walden, and this was the only weak spot in an other-
wise capital performance. Miss Walden, though seemingly intelligent
and conscientious, hardly possesses the necessary dramatic ability for the
requirements of the parts that will be hers during the season. The most
promising little actress I can ever remember seeing is undoubtedly Miss
Lindemann, and the recollections of her rendition of " Rosa," last season,
involuntarily came to the fore last Sunday evening. Mr. Diehl evidently
excels in characters of bashful, nervous young men. For next Sunday the
programme announced is Moser's new comedy, Harun Al Raschid, and
the following Sunday will present to us the new soubrette, Miss Fiebach,
of whom report speaks highly.
Standard Theater. — Manager Kennedy has engaged John E. Owens,
who is in town, for a limited period. This well known comedian, one of
the very best of the old school, one whose name will ever be associated
with the American stage, will open on Monday evening, appearing as
"Major Wellington I)e Boots," in Evei'gbod's Friend, and as "Solon
Shingle." He will be supported by a well selected company. Miss Stan-
hope, the pleasing and talented leading lady of the company, will be in
the cast, as also Manager Kennedy himself. This will be his first appear-
ance in two years. As a manager and actor, this gentleman has always
sought to do his best to amuse the public, and it is to be hoped that he
will reap public patronage this time.
Tivoli. — As predicted, the Wreck of the Pinafore has proven a popular
success. Though Miss Honey can lay no claims to having composed mu-
sic original or thorough to any extent, she has written the score in the
range of popular appreciation. Some of the numbers are very tuneful
and catchy, and please the large audiences immensely. The composer
herself appears to advantage. Although not a singer of great ability, she
sings correctly and with taste. Her voice is a rather pure soprano, of
good range and flexibility. The piece is well cast and mounted, and,
with the help of a bottle of good beer and a fragrant Havana, enables one
to pass a very pleasant evening.
Vienna Gardens. — This popular place of resort has been re-opened by
Messrs. Rieck & Co., who have re-fitted and renovated it with, due ele-
gance and taste. The entertainment is furnished by the Vienna Ladies'
Orchestra, whose efforts to please the public are well known to all. Since
the opening night the place has been crowded. The proprietors should
see to it that a system of ventilation be introduced — something that is
very necessary.
Chit-Chat. — Enchantment is in its fourth week at Niblo's. Voegtlin's
beautiful scenery is the town talk. — Aimee, after all her farewell appear-
ances, will come back. She is going to raise a company of renown and
play in opposition to Grau. For Paola-Marie and Capoul he has raised
the prices, and Aimee will play at regular prices.— — Judre" will also be
here next year.— —Edwin Booth has no present intention of crossing the ;
Oct. 4, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
w»t*r, m rnm'ir would have it,— St«Y« Miuwtt u still in Londoo.^—
Frank Mayo ja I. union » very bandt «nfl dul
——Mm-. Ann* Bishop u about hhviwell tour around the
World for the last time — Mi,- Emma Thuraby i* shortly to b« married
to a >rentleman in London. — »I«ta Vernon la accused of imitating Kath-
arine Rogers.^— Charley Thome Dover looked batter in bia Ufa, and hit
ariga are marvels of art.- — Haverly ifoea on the principle that it in as
paay to manage twenty theaters a.-* one, ^»New York demandB cheaper
prices for seats at the theaters, but it won't iret them.
ART JOTTINGS.
Another farce, in the way of an art exhibition, has been brought to a
■lose ;it the State Fair at Sacramento. Han the artiste have their own
galleries, elegantly arranged for exhibition purposes, entirely neglected,
denuded of everything attractive— empty j and yet they trot off to any
country Fair which promises a little in the way of premiums and still less
of honor.
This latter commodity, as distributed by the committee in awards at
the Stnte Fair, is a curiosity if nothing more. The lowest award in the
list is No. 1, and the highest 16 : Nahl, we believe, to be among the num-
ber who figure in the first, and Thos. Hill is the only one who readies the
latter, and carries off the Society's gold medal besides.
The next^ highest award is No. 8 (just half Mr. Hill's, omitting the
medal). Keith, Halm, Virgil Williams, Perry, Bush, Brookes, and the
portrait firm of Pebbles & Baldwin, are the recipients of this, while Ku-
nath and Kix figure in the fours, with Bradford, Denny and Coulter sand-
wiched between in the sixes.
Deakin stands No. 2. Wonder what the Paris Jury would say if they
knew an artist, whose works they had admitted to the salon, stood on so
low a wrung of the ladder at home.
When the official list of awards is published, it will be interesting to
consider from what standpoint they were made. During the absence of
the writer a large number of pictures have been placed on view — none
notably good, but many very bad. Among the latter must be classed the
portraits of two children in one large picture at Morris & Kennedy's, by
Tojetti. It is certainly one of the most conspicuous of the many failures
Tojetti has made. It is false in drawing and crude of color. The per-
spective, too, of the landscape accessory is very funny. The surface of
the water, besides being metalic, is perpendicular, and seems fastened
about the little boy's figure in a most novel manner. Another portrait,
by the same artist, is that of General Grant ; being a bust picture, less
opportunity is afforded for a vulgar display of vicious drawing, but the
coloring is as bad as it can be, and the expression one of dogged idiocy.
So far, we hear of very little preparation among the artists for a fall
exhibition, except, perhaps, Hill, who is busily engaged painting from the
various sketches made during his" recent visit to Yosemite. So little
encouragement has been given artists the past year that it is not much wonder
they have lapsed into a condition of inactivity ; but with the dawn of
better times they should be prepared to take advantage of it by having
good works to place before the public.
We always considered the employment of large canvases to paint land-
scapes on a mistake, and a view of Keith's " Mt. Shasta" but confirms
the belief. It is an attempt to portray grand scenery better by
spreading color over a few additional feet of picture. At best, a painting
ia but a miniature of the panorama, and any attempt to enlarge upon
distant objects by this meanB, is necessarily a failure. It is the correct
handling of the perspectives, both linear and aerial, which serves to aid
the beholder in a correct estimate of nature's grandness, and not an undue
spread of canvas. Of course there are subjects which necessitate the em-
ployment of huge surfaces to paint on, such as the portrayal of figures in
life size ; but the more it is attempted to give the grandeur of a Bcene like
Shasta by increasing the dimensions of the painting, the greater will be
the failure. A mountain, clear cut against the sky, is a most difficult
subject to handle, and in attempting to render it on so large a scale, a
baldness is given it not pleasant to look upon ; we do but see it in nature
at a distance and in miniature, and so it should be presented to our vision
in a painting.
Brookes exhibits at Snow & Co.'s a bunch of apples, creditable so far as
the fruit goes, but why in the world has the artist employed such a back-
ground, a sort of sour, skim-milk oil-cloth color, bad as bad can he for
such a subject. Brookes, suppose you had given us some old, time-worn,
orchard fence, or wall, for a background, with a limb of the tree stretch-
ing out over it and this bunch of fruit as a pendant ? Do you not see
your picture would have been much more artistic, and such a background
would not have spoiled the rotundity of your apples, as does the one you
have given us ? They would not look as if they were cut in two and the
half of each glued to the canvas.
Jules Tavernier is busy preparing the decorations for the Authors'
Carnival. This will afford Tavernier an opportunity seldom afforded to
display his great powers as an artist. It will put hiB inventive genius to
a strict test, but those who know him best are confident that he will be
found fully equal to the task imposed upon him.
Attention Bhould be given to the very superior display of novelties in
the way of frames, lately received by Snow & Co. {late Snow & May}, of
No. 20 Post street. In no branch of manufacture has more attention
been given of late than in the production of artistic and beautiful picture
frames, and the early Fall importations surpass anything heretofore seen
here.
Officer Coleman found S10 on Kearny street on Saturday last, and
on Thursday returned it, as he says, to the owner, a young lady. Not if
the court know herself. "We are not a young lady, and those S10 have
made an aching void in our heart and trowsers ever since we dropped
them. Officer Coleman will please come to time at this office, and no
questions answered. ^^__
A gentleman called at this office, three weeks ago, in search of a poet.
"We told him there was only one man in the city who could not write
poetry, and he was the South Sea Bard. He thanked us with tears in his
eyes, and withdrew.
The Augusta Chronicle praises Grant for having parted with all his
bitter feeling toward the South. Well-meant, no doubt ; but when did
Grant ever show any bitterness toward the South ? Will the Chronicle
name the date?
STANDARD THEATER.
ii. 1. 1. / \ % i hi
...Manager.
A (SEASON OP COMEDY.
• oiiimciiriiia * i„, Bmmlac Oetoba* mil,
Every Vmniny During n,,. n..k, ami Saturday Matinee.
Tin- Worlds UrvaUiit Cmm-dlMl,
MR. JOHN E. OWENS,
"MAJOR HI I I l\, .ION I>E BOOTS,"
AND
"SOLON SHINOLE,"
Bupportad by
MR. M. A. KENNEDY,
(Bis First Apprarancr in Tivo Year*),
And a Cast BptoUly Beleatad,
tST Box Office for Sale of Reserved Seats now Open, "TE1
[Octobor 4.]
CALIFORNIA THEATER.
WB. Barton, Manager; Barton Hill, Acting manager.
• Brief engagement of the World*fMnous English Actress, ADA CAVEN-
DISH, who will appear MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER Gth, every evening during
the week and at Saturday Mithiee, in her great London uud New York success, "Miss
Gwilt," (her original character), as played by her more than six hundred times in
London and New York, supported by a powerful cast of characters. Seats at the
Box Olfice. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10th, presentation to General U. S. Grant of the
magnificent Cabinet of California Specimens now on exhibition at Andrew's Dia-
mond Palace.
THE BALDWIN THEATER.
Manager, Air. Thomas May;ulre. --First time in America of
the Last London Success, now runuing to crowded houses at the Royalty
Theater, London. This (Saturday) Evening, October 4th, and to-morrow (Sunday)
Evening, the new comedy, CRUTCH AND TOOTHPICK ! Mr. James O'Neill, Miss
JEFFREYS-LEWIS, and the Baldwin Theater Company. FIRST CRUTCH AND
TOOTHPICK MATINEE this (Saturday) Afternoon, at 2 o'clock. Monday Evening,
October 6th— ARMDALE. In Preparation -THE GIRLS. Oct. 4.
BUSH STREET THEATER.
Charles E. liOCke, Proprietor. --This (Saturday) Evening,
October 4th, Oscar Weil's Brilliant Spectacular Opera, PYRAMUS AND
THISBE. SUSAN GALTON KELLEHER as " Thisbe." MR. BEN CLARK as
"Pyramus." First Act.— The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Skcokd Act.— The
Beautiful Moonlight Scene, with Novel and Realistic Effects. Tman Act. —The Tomb
of Ninus. GRAND CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA. Mr. Gustav Hinrich, Conductor;
Mr. Stephen Leach, Chorus Master. _Matiiiee on Saturday. Oct. 4.
_THTliVOLrGARDENS,
Eddy street, near Market. — Kreling Bros., Proprietors.
Unparalleled Success of Mrs. L. S. Church's Comic Opera, THE WRECK OF
THE PINAFORE. A Crowded and Delighted Audience Nightly. Brilliant Solos.
Inspiring Choruses, Sparkling Humor, Elaborate Scenery, Beautiful Costumes. The
Admiral's little joke, " General Grant's Tour Around the World." THE GRAND
TIVOLI ORCHESTRA, under the direction of Mr. L. Homeier, will play select entre-
act music. Oct. 4;
VIENNA CONCERT GARDENS,
(lorner Sutler ami Stockton streets (formerly the Tivoli).
j The Great Family Resort. Grand Opening, SATURDAY, September 20th, at
8 p.m. The Celebrated VIENNA LADIES' ORCHESTRA has been engaged perma-
nently tor Instrumental and Vocal Concerts. The enlarged Hall and "Gardens have
been thoroughly renovated, beautified aud fitted up as a F1BST-CLASS FAMILY
RESORT e [Oct. 4.j RIECK & CO., Proprietors.
ARMY STREET.
Notice.— The undersigned, the mayor, Assessor and Sur-
veyor of the City and County of San Francisco, appointed and constituted
Commissioners by an Act of the Legislature of the State of California entitled " An
Act to confer additional powers on the Board of Supervisors of the City and County
of San Francisco, to provide for the opening of Army Street and the condemnation
of private property therefor," approved March 16th, 1878, do hereby give notice, in
conformity to the provisions of said Act and the other Acts of the said Legislature
referred to therein, that the report of the said Commissioners required by the pro-
visions of the Acts aforesaid is completed and will be open for the inspection of all
parties interested at the Mayor's Office, New City Hall (the same being the office of
the said Commissioners), daily, for thirty days, commencing on WEDNESDAY, Oc-
tober 1st 1879, between the hours of 9 o'clock a.m. aud 4 o'clock P.M. of each day.
Dated San Francisco, September 29th, 1879. nTiiri^Trii
A. J. BRYANT, Mayor,
ALEXANDER BADLAM, Assessor,
WM. P. HUMPHREYS, Surveyor,
QCt 4 Army Street Commissioners.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Office of the Standard Con. mining Company, San Fran-
cisco Cal Oct. 2d, 1879. —At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the
above-named Company, held this day. Dividend No. 8, of Fifty Cents per share,
was declared payable ou MONDAY, October 13th. 1879, at the office in this city,
or at the Atreticy of the Nevada Bank of San Francisco, in New York.
WM, WILLIS, Secretary.
Office— Room No. 29, Nevada Block, No. 309 Montgomery street, SaD Francisco,
California. 0ct- *■
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Office of the Belie Isle Kfiuiug Company, San Francisco,
Cal Oct 1st, 1879.— At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the above-
lamed Company held this day, Dividend (No. 4) of Seventy-five Cents (75c.) per
Hhire was declared payable on MONDAY, October 6th, 1879. Transfer booksclosed.
snare was ueuiu , v i JOHN E. DIXON, Secretary.
San Francisco Stock Exchange, S. F., Cal. ' Oct. 4.
Office— Room 2
B
REMOVAL.
ii 11 ion and Exchequer Mining Companies have removed
to Room 3, Safe Deposit Building.
Oct. 4.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Oct. 4, 1879.
ON LOW LEVELS.
When deeds of heroes were the theme,
My heart in youth leaped high ;
When poets sang of Love's young dream,
What dreams of love had II
'Tis over now, the feaver-heat,
'Tib past the passion's hour ;
My feet have followed all the feet.
Far 'neath the peaks that tower.
O snowy peaks, that flame with day,
Contentedly I see
Specks on you, that are men, and say —
Not those the paths for me !
This only striving — to confess
The peaks are just as bright,
Nor those who climb are heroes less,
Though I must walk in night.
BOOK NOTICES.
The "North American," for October, has its usual variety, the
leader being a temperate article by Francis Parkman on the Woman
Question, which the writer regards as practically the claim for Female
Suffrage ; and he prays that we may be delivered from this. Frederic
Harrison urges the recognition of the Positive Philosophy as the scientific
combination of belief, worship and discipline. O. F. Aldis lays bare some
of the intrigues carried on by Napoleon III. against this country during
the great war. The most interesting article is by Robert Garrett, on the
" Railway Problem." The evils of the present system he declares to be
summed up in the connections of the great trunk lines, the irresponsibility
of a large number of them, and the lack of good faith in making agree-
ments and in sustaining them. All of these culminate in the cut-throat
policy and unprincipled dealings assuming the respectable title of compe-
tition. This involves extravagances and lack of honesty, which per-
meate all companies and injure the respectable corporations. The perni-
cious effects are seen in the large number of bankrupt roads through the
country, and endless loss and disorder. The only expedient and practica-
ble remedy lies, he concludes, in the organization of a competent and re-
liable pool, under a commission with final authority and with no other in-
terest than the faithful performance of duty ; and he points to the success
of the west-bound trunk line pool as an indication that a general pooling
of all the roads in the country is feasible. The :' Diary of a Public Man "
is continued, with more than a tolerable number of dashes, where names
should be ; an admirable precaution, since it relieves one of any desire to
read what is not dashed. Prof. You mans has an enthusiastic paper on
Spencer's Philosophy, and the reviews of works on History and Biography
are very well done.
The Fortnightly, for September, opens with an article on the matter
which concerns England more than Zulu or Afghan wars, the " Coming
Land Question," by Mr. J. Boyd Kiunear, who puts the case pithily in
these words: " Those who have an interest in improving the land have
not the power, those who have the power have not the interest. The evil
can be removed only by returning to the simplicity of our forefathers, by
making the full property in land accompany its possession, and by prohib-
iting the creation of rights whose existence annuls the first right of all —
the right of the people to be fed."
The other articles are: The New Psychology, German Politics, Maxims
of Wisdom, The Present State of China, Two Men of Letters, The Wages-
Fund Theory, Macedonia, and the Editor's Summary of Home and For-
eign Affairs.
Whether Chira is to fall into the hands of Russia or to enter on a new
career, it is quite certain that some of her sons take an intelligent view
of her relation to the modern world, if the verses quoted in the paper on
the " Present State," etc., are indeed by a Chinese. They are addressed
to the missionaries:
We want no priests to help us in our need ;
Priests we have, shaven and unshaven both ;
We want no mumblings of an outworn creed,
But science we want and knowledge for our growth,
And rulers, brave, unselfish, wise and just,
To sweep you from the land as whirlwind sweepeth dust.
_ Mr. Kinnaird Rose's experiences in Macedonia reveal, if further revela-
tion were needed, the utter rottenness of what some are pleased to call
Turkish civilization ; and the sooner these fair lands are handed over to
Austria, or to any other real government, the better.
Though it seems to be like talking to the east wind, one cannot help
protesting against the latest and, it should seem, the final possible outrage
in the line what Congressmen have called the moral elevation»of the peor
pie by the cheapening of good literature. Mr. George Munro, a New
York publisher, regularly issues reprints, in 4to form, of the Fortnightly
and the Contemporary (and, it may he, of other magazines), and puts
them on the market at twenty cents a number. Thus far there is nothing
new, for the Harpers and their disciples did and daily do as much ; but
Mr. Munro is an original thinker, and follows whither logic leads him.
Each copy of his plundered magazines bears on its face this sublimely im-
pudent notice: "Copyrighted 1879, by George Munro."
The American Book Exchange, 55 Beekman street, New York, has
begun the issue of a series of choice biographies, each in a compact pocket
volume of two or three hundred pages, neatly printed, at the low price of
thirty-five cents. As an effort in the diffusion of good literature, this en-
terprise should meet with hearty encouragement. Why should any one
read poor books when, for a trifle, he can have Carlyle's "Burns," Lamar-
tine's " Mary Stuart," Arnold's " Hannibal," and other such imperishable
works? Supplementary to this is the publication, in similar shape, of
"Foreign Gleanings," composed of recent able articles from European re-
views, and offered at thirty cents the volume, of seventy pages. Number
1 contains Gladstone's and Lecky's papers on the Evangelical Movement,
and Von Schulte's study of the Religious Condition of Germany.
Literary Item.— Messrs. Lee & Shepard will immediately publish
Jules Verne's new book, "The Tribulations of a Chinaman in China,"
which has just appeared in Paris. The book is intensely interesting and
amusing, and many of the popular features of the day, such as the Pho-
nograph, Captain Boy ton in his Rubber Suit, Life Insurance Companies,
Banking Speculations, Advertising Schemes, and various other eccentrici-
ties of the times, are woven into the narrative."
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THE STATE INVESTMENT AND INSURANCE CO.
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Ivers, Vice-President ; Charles H. Cusuiko, Secretary ; H. H. Watson, Marine
Surveyor. Board of Directors : — Peter Donahue, James Irvine, C. D. O'Sullivan,
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Losses Paid in Gold Coin Immediately After Adjustment.
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fice. The combined subscribed Capital which our policies therefore offer to the public,
Amounts to i Of tvhich
$16 .912,500, IT. S. Gold Coin, | $4,388,750 is Paid TJp,
Besides the Always Available JReserve Funds.
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The undersigned have been duly authorized to issue Policies at current rates on
Freight and Shipments to or from England, Europe, New York, Japan, China, Aus-
tralian Colonics, Sandwich Islands, and Northern Coast Ports. If desired, policies
made payable at port of termination.
WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO., Agents,
Aug. 10; 218 California street.
~ THE SWISS MARINE IKS. COMPANIES COMBINED.
Switzerland, of Zurich, Capital 5,000,000 francs; Helvetia,
of St. Gall, Capital 10,000,000 francs ; Baloise, of Basle, Capital 5,000,000 francs.
These three Companies are liable jointly and severally for all losses that may be sus-
tained. Losses made payable in all the principal seaports of the world. In the set-
tlement of all claims under an English policy, these Companies will strictly adhere to
the conditions and customs adopted at Lloyds, and submit to English jurisdiction.
June 9. HARRY W. SYZ, Agent, 226 Sansome St., S. F.
NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL LIFE INSUR. GO. OF BOSTON.
Has transacted the business of Life Insurance for nearly
thirty-five years. Its assets amount to over Fourteen Million Dollars. The
law of Massachusetts makes all its Policies nonforfeitable. It is a Purely Mutual Com-
pany, dividing every cent of surplus among Policy-holders. This is the Only Com-
pany on the Pacific Coast governed by the Massachusetts LapBe Law. This company
has comriijed with the new Insurance Laws of California.
WALLACE EVERSON, General Agent.
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BRITISH AND FOREIGN MARINE INS. CO. OF LIVERPOOL."
Clapital §5,000,000..-. Agents: Balfonr, Gntnrie A- Co.. No.
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Oct. 4, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER
0
REST.
My feet air w.':iri i ml mv hands »re tired —
Mv
Ami with desire havi I long tuuarpd
Reel
Tis hanl to t->il -when t * <il is altn.wt vain —
In barn n w
"Tis har*l t<> bow and never garner grain
In harvest
The burden of my days is hard to bear—
ltut (tih| knows 1
And I have prayed, but vain has been niy prayer,
For rest -swf-t rest.
Tis hard to plant in spring and never reap
The autumn yieW ;
Tis hard t" till -and when 'tis tilled to weep
U"er fruitless field.
And so I cry a weak anil human cry,
My heart oppressed ;
And so I sign b weak and human si^h
For rest— for rest,
A MANUAL OF SHOPPING.
Years ago a large New York retail house resolved to put in print
such a description of their establishment as should enable every one read-
ing it to select goods as satisfactorily aa though personally present in the
metropolis. With this leading idea for its guide, Shriek* $ Fashion Quar-
Urht was inaugurated, and the steady increase of the circulation of the
magazine shows how perfect is the public appreciation of its usefulness.
The number for fall, 1879, is a complete epitome of fashion for the coming
season. Combining the essential features of a catalogue, a price current
and an ordinary fashion magazine, the Fashion Quarterly enables its read-
ers to see at a glance what styles and fabrics are most in vogue, and at
what prices they can be obtained. Its illustrations are faithful render-
ings of actual costumes, executed by artists and engravers of acknowl-
edged merit ; its descriptions are clear and copious, and its quotations of
prices are full, precise and admirably classified. For ladies who may de-
sire to order their goods from New York, this magazine is of the highest
utility, and those who prefer to do their shopping at home will find it no
less useful as a guide to styles and prices. It is, in brief, a complete
manual of shopping, and, as such, deservedly occupies a high rank in peri-
odical literature.
Published by Ehrich & Co., 287 to 295 Eighth avenue, New York, at
fifty cents a year, or fifteen cents a single number. — N. Y. People.
NEW RULES OF THE ROAD AT SEA.
These rules, which come into operation on September 1, 1880, apply
not only to British ships, but also to the royal and commercial navies of
Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Chili, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece,
Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, and
the United States, whether within British jurisdiction or not. The rules
contain an entirely new article, viz., Art. 5, designed to meet the case of
ships not under command, such as vessels laying telegraph cables, vessels
to which accidents have happened. The following is the new rule :
" Art. 5— A ship, whether a steamship or a sailing ship, when employed
either in laying or in picking up a telegraph cable, or which from any ac-
cident is not under command, shall at night carry in the same position as
the white light which steamships are required to carry, and, if a steam-
ship, in place of that light, three red lights in globular lanterns, each not
less than lOin. in diameter, in a vertical line one over the other, not less
than 3ft. apart, in front of but not lower than her foremast head, three
black balls or shapes, each 2ft. in diameter. These shapes and lights are
to be taken by approaching ships as signals that the ship using them is
not under command, and cannot, therefore, get out of the way. The
above ships, when not making any way through the water, shall not carry
the side lights, but when making way shall carry them."
A PROJECTED ARTIFICIAL SEA IN AMERICA.
A project, similar to the schemes for admitting the waters of the At-
lantic and of the Mediterranean into the north-western part of Africa,
has been set on foot in the United States by Gen. Fremont, the Governor
of the State of Arizona, who suggests the formation of a short canal to
let the waters of the Pacific Ocean into a large low-lying area between
that State and Southern California. This district, which is extremely
arid, and practically desert, is believed to have been an ancient sea-bed ;
it is estimated to be as much as 300 feet below the level of the Pacific,
and measures 200 miles in length by 50 miles in breadth. Its western side
is only 45 miles distant from the Gulf of California, and it is proposed to
eut a canal through this barrier and admit the waters of the ocean into
the basin. Half-way there exists a lake, about 20 miles long, the presence
of which would reduce the length of the artificial cut to 25 miles. The
cost of the work is estimated at £200,000. It is believed that the scheme
could be completed in six months. Such a work would undoubtedly be
of great importance to the South-Western States of the Union, and would
probably not be without beneficial results on the climate of the region. —
London Court Journal,
Sir Louis Cavagnari was one of those few men created by Nature to
make their mark in the world's history. Utterly un-English in his aspect,
his manner, his style of thought, and his character of action, he recalled
the continental diplomatists of the mot/en arte. It has been generally as-
sumed at Peshawur for years back that it was only a question of time
when Cavagnari should be assassinated, as had been Mackeson, Mac-
donald, and so many others who had been his predecessors in the perilous
fascinating career of frontier management. A slight man, of rather feeble
physique, but with an eye like a two-edged sword, he never carried arms,
differing in this from John Nicolson, who always had a pistol on his writ-
ing-table ; and when, at an interview, a hillman or an Afghan waxed
truculent, took care to secure the first trick in the game.
Rheumatism comes from inactive kidneys. Hop Bitters never fails to
cure it. Head advertisement.
QUININE.
a question ..f ml m an ample supply of qui-
nine t..i th- few patients ol the future, among whom we. and all of us,
may be brought to | ,, nploren In South America
JP6** ;l; [1 i. ding t-> Mr. Henry
s Welcome, tbat the cinch on . tree la being exterminated Mr. Welcome,
whohos long been h tho gnat drug and ohemloaJ house of
McKesson ,v Bobbins, New York, has lately rurited, for business par-
poasa, the forests of this troa In Booedar, Sacramento and Quaranda.
rbeaa furnish the hi rh grade bark known aa tha Lnxa. The tree grows to
the night ol sixty or seventy feet, and the present aspect of the forests is
described as follows :
"The old and famous IVruvian Wk foreata are entirely extinct. To
get the bark a tree is cut down t.. within ft foot of the ground, and even
the root is dug up, This entirely axtirpataa the tree. To supply this loss,
new Foreata hare appeared, but tlu-y an of limited extent. The cultiva-
tion of tha bark might be made to pay if anybody would nut money into
it, and went into the trade with North American energy.
When trees are found they are fulled in the proper season, botwoon tho
1st of August and the beginning of November, and strippea of the bark,
which is then piled up to dry. Once dried it. is packed in bales and car-
ried sometimes 700 miles to a seaport Here it is assorted into the bark
of theroot, that of the trunk, limbs, branches and twigs. The highest
grade is the quill biirk from young trees. Mr. Welcome says that no ef-
fort is made to supply the place of the trees destroyed. The cutters
number about 20,000, who earn from five to tweney-five cents a day each ;
the bark ranging in value from ten cents to SI 50 a pound. An old tree
will furnish from 50 to 125 pounds of bark, a tree ten years old will yield
only four or five pounds, a six-year old tree only two or three pounds.
These young trees are not cut for bark. Looking at the success of the
English plantations in India, it would seem as if something might be
done in South America, as Mr. Welcome has suggested.
A.. BARRY, Agent for Naglee's Brandy, is at No.
Montgomery Street.
116
F
OEO. STREET, Agent Ifews Zetter, 30 CornhUl, E. C, London.
nN^CONSEQUENCE^F^PURlbur^^^
LEA A PCRBINS" SAUCE, which are «aleulatefl to deceive
the public, Lea and Perrins have adopted A NEW LABEL, bearing their sig-
nature, " LEA & PERRINS," which is placed on every bottle of WORCESTERSHIRE
SAUCE, and without which none is genuine.
Ask for LEA & PERRINS' Sauce, and see name on wrapper, label, bottle and stop-
per. Wholesale and for export by the proprietors, Worcester ; Crosse & Blackwell,
London, etc., etc., and by grocers and oilmen throughout the world. To be obtained of
Nov. 16. MESSRS. CROSS & CO., San Francisco.
ROWLAND'S
MACASSAR OIL strengthens the Hair and prevents it falling off. The bottles
have a glass stopper, and not a cork.
KA.LYDOR beautifies the Complexion and eradicates Freckles, Tan, Prickly Heat,
Erupiions, etc.
ODONTO whitens the Teeth, prevents and arrests decay, and gives a pleasing
fragrance to the breath.
EFJKONIA is a new and delicate toilet powder.
Ask for ROWLAND'S articles, of 20, Hatton Garden, London, and avoid cheap
imitations. Sold bv Druggists, Bazaars, etc., all over the world. May 3.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OP MEAT.
I nest and Cheapest Meat 'flavoring- Stock for Soaps, Made
Dishes and Sauces. March 2.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT
Is a success and boon for which Nations should feel grate-
ful. See " Medical Press," "Lancet," " British Medical Journal," etc.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT-
Caution— Oeunine only with fac-simile of Baron Uebig'a
Signature, in blue ink, across Label. "Consumption in England increased ten-
old in ten years." March 2.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
To be had of all Store-keepers, Grocers and Chemists. Sole
Agents for the United States (wholesale only), C. David & Co., 43, Mark Lane,
London ^England. March 2.
JOYCE'S SPORTING AMMUNITION.
[ESTABLISHED 1820.]
mhe attention of Sportsmen is invited to the following-
Ammunition, of the best quality, now in general use throughout England,
India and the Colonies : Joyce's Treble Waterproof and F 3 Quality Percussion
Caps; Chemicalh -prepared Cloth and Felt Gun Wadding; Joyce's Gas-Tight Car-
tridges, for Pin-fire and Central-fire Breech-loading Guns ; Wire Cartridges, for killing
game at long distances, and every description of Sporting Ammunition. Sold by
all gun-makers and dealers in gunpowder.
FREDERICK JOYCE & CO., Patentees and Manufacturers,
Sept. 20. 57 Upper Thames street, London.
CHARLES LANGLEY & CO.,
Wholesale Druggists.
Importers of Pure English, Frencb and German Drass,
100 and 10S FRONT STREET,
Sis Fhakcisco. [Sept. 6.
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Cct. 4, 1S79.
THE EUROPEAN LABORER.
Judging by the recent American Consular reports, the condition of the
European laboring clauses appears to be steadily deteriorating year by
year, and the struggle for subsistence becomes more onerous, correspond-
ing with the increase and density of population and the comparative nat-
ural wealth and development of the country. It is to be regretted that a
broader scope was not given to these investigations and facts elicited as to
the effect of machinery in elevating or degrading the operatives. It is
now held by the most advanced thinkers in this country and Europe that
in the course of another decade or two the progress of invention will
necessitate the limitation by the governments of the number of machines
and the hours of labor. But such a radical remedy will never be applied
without a searching investigation under the auspices of an international
commission.
It will not do, however, to place too much reliance upon these Consular
reports, because, however sciupulous our Agents were in making them,
one most important factor is omitted, to wit: the average number of days
during the year in which the operatives were employed. We have no-
ticed that, in the reports of the Bureau of Statistics for the United States,
there is a similar omission. In those reports California is credited with
paying the highest rate of wages of any of the States, but, to one who
knows the depressed state of the labor market here for several years back,
some natural inferences arise. For instance, the mechanic who earns S3
per day, and is only employed 200 days in the year — a generous estimate,
both in time and money — earns but $600 per annum instead of §900,
which we permit outsiders to assume, in order to attract immigration.
So it may be with the European laborer, to a certain extent, but, con-
sidering the low average of wages given, especially for Germany, we are
of opinion that employment in the old countries is much more steady
than here, although, even at the highest rate, it affords no margin for
luxuries or waste. Bismarck's recent protective enactments will further
add to the miseries of the industrial classes, by the heavy tariffs laid on
breadstuff's, provisions, petroleum, etc. The effect will be to cause the
emigration of large numbers of the industrial classes, especially youug,
vigorous men, and such men of family as are able to defray the expenses.
In England and France better times may be looked for, if the world's
commercial depression abates, as now appeal's probable in the near
future. With America's capacity to feed and clothe her people, and with
the immense virgin territories and resources yet remaining to be
developed, it will be the fault of our laboring classes if their future does
not excel reasonable anticipations. By exercising restraint, and refrain-
ing from attempts to strangle the "good times" in their incipiency by
strikes, they will ultimately reap untold benefits.
A SHAMEFUL BUSINESS.
When Gen. Grant was expected home from China, all the little great
men began to plume their feathers and practice swelling and the martial
strut, to be ready for parading themselves as admirers of the great
soldier, and adorers of their own beautiful persons. There's no great
harm in such people, for the most part. They fret and fume and look big
and astonish the waiters with their assumption of dignity, but they hurt
nobody, for the simple reason that out of nothing nothing comes. The
breeze passes, and the dancing straws settle down again in the dust. In
some instances, however, these nobodies are able to annoy their betters ;
and the ridiculous uproar of last Monday was at once an annoyance, a
humiliation, and an outrage on common sense and decency. Some mem-
bers of the Board of Education, itching to display themselves in the pub-
lic eye, abused their accidental authority to interrupt the exercises of the
public schools, and compel teachers and pupils to march in procession
through the streets for distances varying from a half-mile to five miles,
under the pretense of gratifying the children with a sight of the hero.
The performance was equally silly and heartless. At least half of these
children were between six and ten years old ; the weather was hot, as al-
ways at this season ; the hour named for the reception at Woodward's
Garden was 11 a.m., but Gen. Grant did not arrive till near mid-day. and
the footsore multitude was kept on the ground until half-past one without
food and almost without drink. President HieBter, of the Board of Edu-
cation, and Superintendent Mann were, however, in their glory, for Grant
was crucified between them. The statistics of the schools are compiled
with gTeat care, if we are to believe the published yearly reports ; but
there will be no report next year of the number of children made sick by
this spontaneous tribute under positive orders. If Gen. Grant had wished
to see the schools, and the children were to be gratified by the sight of
him, the natural, easy, dignified way of bringing the parties face to face
was to furnish Gen. Grant with a carriage, drive him from school to
school, and let him pass through each as briefly as he himself wished; and
we should not then have had to look back on Grant's visit to our city as the
occasion of the most humiliating, because the most uncalled-for, abuse of
authority on the part of the incompetent men, whose day in the School
Department is fortunately nearly over.
WHEAT AND FREIGHTS.
■With the advance in Liverpool quotations for wheat, freights to the
United Kingdom have also jumped to £2 15@£3, and we doubt whether
any charters at lower rates than 55 shillings will be effected during the
remainder of the season, unless prices for grain very materially recede.
It is only fair that ship-owners should participate in the profits, as the
freights ruling for a long time past have been unremunerative. This
question of freights is one of John Bull's many advantages from a free
trade policy. What he loses in one direction is made up in another. If
it were not for our insane shipping laws, Californians would soon own
their own grain fleet. Some apprehension is felt by millers lest an unusual
European demand will so deplete our stocks ot wheat as to leave them
comparatively bare of supplies next spring and raise the prices of flour
proportionately. From a long acquaintance with British commercial
policy in such emergencies, we are of opinion that our friends in Liver-
pool desire to hasten forward supplies before winter, and so place them-
selves beyond contingencies. At the same time, there is an enormous
continental deficiency, and the present outlook favors remunerative prices
to our farmers. They should realize without delay, so as to cancel heavy
interest-bearing obligations ; and from the way grain is now coming for-
- ward, we believe they will.
About now look for rain ; and, whil$ you are about it, look for the
umbrella you loaned somebody or other.
DOLCINO TO MARGARET.
The world goes up and the world goes down,
And the sunshine follows the rain ;
And yesterday's sneer, and yesterday's frown,
Can never come over again,
Sweet wife,
Can never come over again.
For woman is warm, though man may be cold,
And night will hallow the day ;
Till the heart which at even was weary and old
Can rise in the morning gay,
Sweet wife,
To its work in the morning gay.
— Charles Kingsley.
NAPOLEON m. AND THE SOUTH.
The diplomatic correspondence of the Confederacy with its Com-
missioners in Europe reveals the fact that the Emperor of the French
would have recognized the Confederate States but for the refusal of Eng-
land to go along with him. Mr. O. F. Aldis, in the October North Ameri-
can, analyzes this correspondence. He shows that in May, 1861, the Due
de Moray told Mr. Post that the South would soon be recognized ; and
when Mr. Slidell arrived in Paris he found that the Emperor wholly fa-
vored the South, and even after the fall ot New Orleans M. Billault de-
clared that if the Confederates obtained successes in "Virginia and Ten-
nessee, or could hold their enemy at bay for a month or two, their govern-
ment would be acknowledged. The Emperor received Mr. Slidell several
times, asked why the South had not created a navy, and thought that
ships might be built for them in France, as if for the Italian Government.
His Majesty went further by assuring M. Annan, a French shipbuilder,
that there should be no difficulty in arming war-steamers for the Confed-
eracy. Appealed to personally by Mr. Slidell, the Emperor said the
ships might be built, but their destination would have to be concealed.
After this came Napoleon's reported interview with Messrs. Roebuck and
Lindsay at Fontainebleau, which stirred up such an angry debate in Par-
liament. Mr. Slidell's dispatches confirm the statements made by Mr.
Boebuck as to Napoleon's positive declaration that he was ready to join
with England in recognizing the Southern Confederacy.
This was in June, 1863. In January, 1864, the corvettes under con-
struction at Bordeaux and Nantes were seized by the French authorities
on the application of the American Minister, who had been supplied with
the proofs of their destination. Mr. Slidell wrote to Mr. Benjamin that
the "contract for the corvettes was concluded only after the official con-
sent to their armament and sailing was given by the Minister of Marine,"
and that this consent was reluctantly given by him in obedience to supe-
rior authority. The English-built privateer Happaltannock, detained in
France, was to be set free, Mr. Slidell writes, udder the following' line of
the Emperor's own writing, shown him by M. Persigny :
" My Dear Persiqny : I have given orders that the Rappahannock may leave the
ports of France ; but the American Minister must know nothing of it.
" Napoleon."
Mr. Aldis closes his analysis by doing full justice to the ability, discre-
tion and fairness of the much-abused Palmerston-BusseLl cabinet.
ELECTRIC LIGHT.
The Cost of Lighting an Eight-room House by Electricity. — The
proprietor of this, paper has for many years taken a live interest in the
experiments which have from time to time been made public, attempting
to solve the all-important question of lighting, not alone cities (a solution
now happily rendered almost perfect, as any one may see for himself any
night at the Palace Hotel, in this city, and which in its present quasi-
perfect condition only needs to be employed in lighting the streets to
supersede gas and confer an everlasting boon on the citizens), but to the
most important of all applications — the lighting of shops, stores and pri-
vate dwellings. Recalled to these latter considerations by considering
the notice of the invention by Messrs. Molero & Cebrain, which appears in
another column. We think the time has now arrived when the public
should be informed at what price per week or mouth, say, a grocery store
or a house of eight rooms on two floors could be satisfactorily lighted, and
the lighting guaranteed. Those who are interested in this important
question, now occupying so much of the public mind all over the world,
and who feel competent to grapple with the details, will confer a favor on
us by sending to the office of the News Letter, Merchant street, city,
any correspondence upon it. The columns are open, and will be kept so,
for the fullest discussion.
SILVER AT PAR.
For the first time in several years silver coin has touched par with
gold, and the brokers are now selling at par, and buying at one-quarter
per cent, discount. The judgment of Hon. J. P. Jones and his able con-
freres in Congress has thus at length been vindicated ; and while yet
much remains to be done to fortify the position achieved, we believe the
majority of our Senators and Representatives will not hesitate to do their
duty, by ensuring the requisite legislation at the ensuing session in De-
cember. It is a matter of great satisfaction to the News Letter that it
was the first journal on the Pacilic coast to begin the fight for remonetiza
tion, and for five years and more we have consistently " kept up our lick,"
until victory has resulted. To jobbers, retailers, mechanics, and the com-
munity in general, the restoration of this metal to its rightful place as a
circulating medium is of immense benefit. Heretofore they have been
compelled to submit to a shave of from two to ten per cent., which prof-
ited nobody but the money brokers. It is, indeed, something also to our
miners to save five or more percent, upon the bullion production of from
twenty to forty million dollars annually put out by our mines. We shall
hereafter refer to the legislation necessary to place silver on an exact equal-
ity with gold.
A Mare's Nest. — Those wonderful six millions of IT. S. bonds, just
found in Washington to the credit of the Hopkins estate, have a most
ancient and fish-like smell. The News Letter published the reported
facts at least sixty days ago. The story has travelled East, as News Let-
ter stories will, and now comes back as startling news. On the arrival
of the English and Continental mails we shall look for it, with variations
in French and German ; and later for the echo of the same stunning re-
port from the Himalayas.
Oct. 4, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
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THE TOWN CRIER.
'.*"•" Jh* Ortmw Wh.i th* 4svfl |n ihoo?
On* tint will Pu, ib« d«vU, nz with job-"
n inch mads him crow bolder and bolder."
The aleuth-hounds of the Press have dogged Ulysses with toler-
■blc pertinacity since his arrival here. They have told about Ml the
he ki-s-.l ; h»u hi- ■ Madison
Jefferson Brown, the eminent African tdiiner of the Palace Hotel; how
Ibe ladies at that institution begged the privilege of being allowed t..
stan-h Ins time best shirta and mantels btt ex- Excellency 'a >i\ reliable
ttamt up collars. But there i> one little incident which has not been re-
Uted, and which only wants t<. be known to yet all the poeta in the
I nited States, from W hittier down to the South Sea Hard, at their wit's
end- weaving the lovely story into melodioufl verses. It will be remem-
bered th»t an eminent citizen breakfasted the General last week at the
Cliff— gave him a genuine sou are meal ; none of your three dishes fur a
quarter, but solid twelve-aud-a-halfcent viands. Well, just before sit-
gng down to the first course, which consisted of pork and beana, Mayor
Bryant noticed that General Grant's hack was somewhat dusty after the
driye. With admirable forethought he seized a brush and a scraper,
which were contiguous, so to speak, on the adjoining mantelpiece, and
commenced to -room the hero of Appomattox. "Go gently, Andy," cried
the General, "that coat's got to last me another six months, and cost two
pound twelve and six at Wales' tailor in London.1' But the brawny arms
of the head of our municipal government were not to be denied. Up and
down the great man's back they swept like steamengir.es, till nature cried
hold ! enough ; and the Mayor Bat down on the Bofa, reeking with perspi-
ration. All that remained of the General? garment was a few incoherent
threads, struggling for connection, down his manly back. The baseless
fabric of Bhoddy Manchester cotton had disappeared under the operation,
and General Giant had to borrow a duster from the proprietor to cover
up the unfortunate state of affairs from the thousands of eyes, eager to
catch a glance of him on his return home. With touching devotion to the
chief, however, Mayor Bryant on the same day bought an elegant twenty-
dollar suit from a Kearny street clothing store, and had it sent to the
General's rooms. They fitted him perfectly, and except for being a little
shop-worn, owing to exposure in the window, were as good as new. Mrs.
G. thinks she can make a vest or something out of what is left of the
destroyed garment, but she may change her mind and present it to the
Home of the Inebriates. As for the Mayor, he keeps the brush under a
glass case in his library, and intends handing- it down to posterity as a
precious relic of the saviour of our country.
The conversion of the Jews in Poland is going on very satisfactorily
at latest dates. It always does. Near Fosen, a Jew named Levy nearly
starved to death, on account of the prejudice existing in the village
against his religion, so, yielding tn the miseries of leanness and the crav-
ings of his stomach, he abjured " Yom Kippur," " Rosh Hoshono," ,lTuc-
coth," and "Lai Succoth Town Tikosaiwu," went to confession to a
priest, was baptized Ignatius Pius and became a devout attendant at
Mass. Business prospered, and, as thev say on the Comstock, he struck
a big lead, waxed fat and prospered. But one Friday there was an un-
mistakable smell of beefsteak issuing from his domicile, and the villagers
rushed en masse to the Padre, aghast with the news. His reverence ran
down, speechless with horror, and found Mr. Ignatius Pius Levy walking
into the affections of a large tenderloin at a healthy, five-mile gait. "Is
it possible," he cried "that you, who are so sincere a convert, so devout a
Catholic, are eating meat on Friday ?" " No," replied Mr. Levy stolidly,
without interrupting his meal, " it certainly is not possible. I wouldn't
do it for all the money in the world." " Are you crazy, that you lie so
infamously before my eyes?" shrieked the Padre. " Certainly not," re-
torted the Jew, as he swallowed the last mouthful, wiped his month, and
lay back in his chair. ** I am not eating meat ! My name was Levy, the
Jew, and you poured a little water on me and changed me to Ignatius
Pius, the Christian. This used to be a beefsteak, but I sprinkled it with
holy water before I cooked it, and changed it into the finest salt codfish
I ever ate." He was absolved.
On dit, that the next use to which the Pavilion is to be put is for a six
days' wood-sawing match for the championship of the Pacific Coast and
several money prizes. Two forests are being cut down up in Puget Sound
to supply the material, and the arrangements are all in the hands of an
ex City Hall contractor, which insures perfect management, disinterested-
ness and honesty of purpose. A novel feature (and nothing succeeds
without a novel feature), will be a long distance piauo match, to go on at
the same time, for which there are several entries. The contestants will
play any kind of music which suits them- go as you please melodies, in
fact — and each ivory thumper will have two trainers and a muse to rub
his hands and keep the swelling down. The man who keeps on the key-
board-longest and makes the greatest number of miles of discord will be
presented with a gold plated jews-harp and a thousand dollars, half of
which will be deducted for entrance fee and half retained as security for
the jews-harp. As Martin Tupper remarks somewhere:
"The world goes on and advances, science and pleasure are one,
An oyster is not a trombone, in misery lays our fun."
It was on the overland train. He was introduced to her at Ogden.
She was lovely, with the most bewitching smile and dark brown eyes,
that, when they gave a side long glance, caused his heart to go pit-a-pat
after the most approved fashion. He was all devotion ; her slightest wish
received instant attention ; he was envied by his companions, and consid-
ered a lucky man. But oh ! what a revolution, when conductors were
changed at Wells Station ! Hopkins gave her away ; told who and what
she was, and how she had behaved on a previous trip. The dream was
dispelled, and he, the lucky man, wilted, confessed himself sold, and
vowed never again to trust to appearances and believe in a woman with a
cold in her head and a fever blister on her upper-lip.
The last victim of the blonde Don Juan is the daughter of a well-
known lumber dealer. Papa is after the gay and festive Lothario. He
has a marriage license in one hand and a double-barreled shotgun in the
other, and, at the present time, is uncertain which to use. He don't want
the relationship, and dislikes to scatter the fellow's brains ; but as he is
determined upon one course or the other, and that immediately, we can
only say: Please take notice.
th, ! n,6. r??Ved- ' U,dwn. ;""1 <W«**d with
taverj well on ripVr. bat
'" ' ';•;■"* Siutns IntheUcI
rooking four cigars an hour,
"'lihLrr;,,ti,tl1;/ dorusd flowers. Not iksersd of
the g,rls particler. been, tl | M , nih.. bul UlSW WQ1 th.mni.
andH,fyn>-:-dnd It,,,. ^ ^^ rf (( ^ ^ ^ m||tt ^ jJJ
ESk? i ""■ ;i ■bowsrouns ' Jammed my bat on
ngbt and "wsorn ,. h wen UvW . bnt tlll. fMtronflowsr that, hit me
on the mouth knocked the rec. ption smile dean out of me. It was worse
tnansnijoh. As l .,,» the second volley coming, all dead center shots. I
jes closed my eyes, don't you main any mistake, and bowed my bead In
silent prayer. 1 got one on the left sar that was either a ginger-cake four
weeks old pr a box-w 1 1 ,p ; but 1 dursnt budge. At last I was told
thev ' d fared everything and hadn't any more ammunition, and [opened
my left eye Blowly and cleaned the rosebuds ont of my collar. I'll eat all
the dinners as ever u a.< L'ivni," added the General Blowly. "and shake
agin any m an in th, States that la hands— but no mure flowers in mine,
not if l know myselt
The "Morning Call," last Tuesday, published the following: "A
citizen informs us that he caught from his own water pipes on Saturday
no less than twelve well-formsd leeches. What would he the effect, if a
tew of these leeches were taken into the human stomach, may well be
imagined. It [a thought that most of the leeches which are found in the
water • furnished to our people for drinking purposes are pumped into the
distributing pipes from Lake Merced." Feeling a deep concern for the
welt tie of the human stomach, we addressed circulars at once to several
distinguished citizens, asking if they had ever swallowed leeches, and if
so, what they thought about Lake Merced. The only answer yet received
we subjoin :
Ed. News Lktter :-Ye3, indeed, frequently ; and, between you and me, it's jolly
good tun. lno euchea always cry ont for mercy when I get them down, and this
is the origin of the allusion to Lake Merced in one of my two papers, both daily
Are you really green enough to believe in Yours truly ? L. Picking.
The Brooklyn Eagle, well known as the most powerful journal in the
country, and the only one perfectly acquainted with the inner life of Eu-
ropean society, announces that in a few months Victoria C. WoodhuU
and Tenme C. Claflin are to be married to members of the English aris-
tocracy. There cau be no doubt of the fact— the Eagle never is at fault
in its facts— but the native delicacy of the editor has led him to veil the
startling truth under the vague term " aristocracy." We are not held to
the same high responsibility, and make haste, therefore, to name the par-
ties. These are none other than the Prince of Wales and the Duke of
Edinburgh, who will divorce their present wives in order to unite them-
selves with the "personally magnetic " ladies from Wall street. There
will be despair in Denmark and in Russia when the truth is known, but
who can resist love and the Brooklyn JSatflet
The curse of California— and our readers will at once understand that
we refer to Denis Kearney— after threatening to burn Gen. Grant in
effigy on his loathsome Sand-lot, actually called on him four separate
times, sent up— what he never ought to have— a card, one of the outward
and visible signs of a gentleman, and hung round the Palace Hotel for
hours in the vain hope of seeing him. Gen. Grant has shaken thousands
of honest American workingmen by the hand since he came here— men
who black their own boots and shave their own chins, and who would
never have occasion to say, as the mendicant agitator did on Sunday, that
he spent the only two-bit piece he had in getting shaved and having his
boote^ blacked, in order to call on Gen. Grant. If Denis wants to be a
workingman, let him first learn to black his own boots.
The revival of the heathen ceremony of swearing Chinese witnesses,
by cutting off a cock's head, is strongly suspected to be a deeply con-
structed plot on the part of the presiding magistrate. When that worthy
has a dinner party nowadays, all he has to do is to send the bailiff out,
and buy a couple of tender chickens, arrest a brace of Chinamen for vio-
lation of the Cubic Air ordinance, and the piece de resistance— a. phrase
which should only apply to tough roosters— is at once supplied for the
feast. " Chicken-fed officials" will probably be the next addition to the
little drayman's slang dictionary.
The Indian, Salvador, who was wafted into the realms of bliss on
Thursday at the end of a somewhat stout cord, died full of penitence and
broiled chicken. His ghostly advisers have no doubt of his perfect re-
pentence, and considering that he had only committed six murders that
can be proven, and denies all the others he is accused of, there can be no
doubt that he is now resting happily in the arms of St. Peter, or taking a
bath composed of happy angels' tears. There are a few people wicked
enough to believe that he may possibly be in the eternal tropics, but, as
the scripture says, " What are they among so many?"
President Eliot, of Harvard University, is said (by Mr. Taylor) to
have told Jno. W. Taylor last spring that the boys from the San Francisco
High Scool were better prepared than any others who applied for admis-
sion to Harvard. Interesting-, if true ; but President Eliot is not given to
that kind of talk, and Mr. Taylor never loses a chance for puffing him-
self. Did not President Eliot also say that he thought the San Francisco
Board of Education the most learned, the most high-minded, the most
delicate and courteous, the most modest he had ever heard of?
Ever since that little trifle of over five millions, accidentally forgotten
in the Hopkins estate, turned up, we have been examining our old vests
and things under the firm conviction that we have absent-mindedly at odd
times left a few huudred thousand coupons, bonds, and such trifles in the
pockets. There has nothing turned up so far except a ticket, bearing in-
terest at four per cent., for the family watch, redeemable in well, you
know bow it is yourself.
The "Call" on Thursday, in an editorial, finds it necessary to ex-
plain that the Fortnightly Review is an English magazine. If Mr. Pick-
ering's editorials were compiled and published, California could boast of
having issued the most complete infant's primer ever given to the world.
A Chinaman has been arrested with four stolen eight-day clocks in his
possession. This upsets another old proverb and shows that procrastina-
tion is not the only thief of time.
Baptist ministers have decided to admit reporters to the meetings of
the conference. Each reporter will have his own special tub, with hot
and cold water faucets.
12
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Oct. 4, 1879.
Oa W* m Rb W\m
Overland Ticket Office : Ferry Landing, foot
of Market street. —Commencing' Monday.
May 19th, 1879, and until further notice,
Trains Boats wil leave
SAW FRANCISCO:
7r< • A. M. (daily), Vallejo Steamer (from Market
"J ~f Street Landing — Connecting witb Trains for
Napa (Stages for Sonoma), Calistoga (the Geysers),
and Sacramento. Connecting at Davis {Sundays except-
ed) for Woodland and Knight's Landing, and at Wood-
land for Williams and Willows.
(Arrive San Francisco 8:10 p.m.)
7 A A A.M. (daily) Local Passenger Train (via Oakland
• \J" Ferry) and via Livermore arriving at Tracy
at 11:30 A. M. and connecting with Atlantic Express.
Connects at Niles with Train arriving at San Jose at
10:15 a.m.
(Returning, train from Tracy arrives at 6:05 p.m.)
8AA A.M. (daily). Atlantic Express Train (via Oak-
•*-"J land Ferry, Northern Ry. and S. P. & T. R R.)
for Sacramento, Marysville, Redding, Portland (Or.),
Colfax, Reno (Virginia City), Palisade (Eureka), Ogden
and Omaha. Connects at Gait with train arriving at
lone at 3:40 P.M.
(Arrive San Francisco 5:15 P.M.)
Sunday Excursion- Tickets to San Pablo and Marti-
nez at Reduced Rates.
1 O AAA-M- (daily) via Oakland Ferry, Local Passeu-
-LU.U" ger Train to Hay wards and Niles.
(Arrive San Francisco 4:05 p.m.)
3AA P.M. (daily) San Jose Passenger Train (via Oak-
,\J\J land Ferry and Niles), stopping at all Way Sta-
tions. Arrives at San Jose at 5:20 p.m.
(Arrive San Francisco 9:35 A.M.)
3t\f\ P.M. (daily) Northern Railway Passenger Train
• "sj (via Oakland Ferry) to San Pablo, Martinez
(Arrive San Francisco 9:35 a.m.)
and Antioch.
4(\(\ P.M. (daily) Arizona Express Train (via Oak-
*\J\J iand Ferry, Northern Ry. and S. P. & T. R. R.)
for Lathrop (and Stockton), Merced, Madera, Visalia,
Sumner, Mojave, Newhall (San Buenaventura, and Santa
Barbara), Los Angeles, "Sauta Monica," Wilmington,
Santa Ana (San Diego), Colton and Yuma (Colorado
River Steamers), connecting direct with Daily Trains
of the Southern Pacific Railroad of Arizona for Mari-
copa (Daily Stages for Phccuix and Prescott), and for
Casa Grande (182 miles east from Yuma), and end of
Track (Daily Stages for Florence and Tucson).
"Sleeping Cars" between Oakland, Los Angeles and
Yuma.
* (Arrive San Francisco 12:35 p.m.)
4AA P. M. (Sundays excepted) Vallejo Steamer (from
• "" Market Street Landing), connecting with trains
for Calistoga, (the Geysers), Woodland, Knight's Land-
ing and Sacramento ; and at Sacramento with Pas-
senger Train, leaving at 9:35 P.M. for Truckee, Reno,
Carson and Virginia.
" Sleeping Cars" between Vallejo and Carson.
(Arrive San Francisco 11:10 a.m.)
4AA P.M. (Sundays excepted) Sacramento Steamer
.VJV) (from Wash'n St. Wharf), for Beniciaand Land-
ings on the Sacramento River.
(Arrive San Francisco S:00 p.m.)
4f\ (\ P. M. (daily), Through Third Class and Accom-
• ^-%j-' modation Train (via Oakland Ferry, North-
ern Ry. and S. P. & T. R. R.) connecting at Lathrop
with Train arriving at Los Angeles on second day at
11:55 A.M. (Arrive San Francisco 9:05 a.m.
A OA P.M. (daily) Local Passenger Train (via Oak-
rii-iyyj land Ferry) to Haywards, Niles aud Liver-
more. (Arrive San Francisco 8:35 a.m.)
5f\n P.M. (daily) Overland Emigrant Train (via
• V/V-J Oakland Ferry and Northern Railway) to
Ogden, Omaha and East.
Public conveyance for Mills Seminary connects at Senv
nary Park Station with all trains, Sundays excepted.
FERRIES AND LOCAL TRAINS
From "SAN FUANCISCO." Daily.
OAKLAND.
A. M.
B6.10
7. GO
7.30
8.00
8.30
9.00
9.30
10.00
10.30
11.00
11.30
12.00
P. M.
12.30
1.00
1.30
2.00
3.00
3.30
4.00
4.30
5.00
5.30
6.00
6. 30 1
7.00
S.10'b*7.00
9.20'b*S.1O
10.30] "1030
Ell. 45 8*1145
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A. >!.
7.00
8.00
9.00
10.00
11.00
12.00
P. M.
1.30
2.00
"3.00
4.00
5.00
6.00
A. M
B7.00
B9.00
BlO.OO
P. M.
B5.00
B6.10
7.301
30
7.00
lo.oo;
9 30
i-. m.
3.00
10.30
4.30
11.30
p. H.
12.30
13
1.00
3.30
fc"-3
4.30
a
6.30
CO
6.30
7.00
8.10
A. M.
9.20
7.00
10.30
P. M.
Bll.45
3.00
A. H.
7.30
3.30
9.30
10.30
11.30
P. M.
1.00
3.00
4.00
6.00
COO
B6.30
A. M.
BC.10
S.00
10.00
12.00
P. M.
1.30
3.30
4.30
5.30
B6.30
Change Cara
at
West Oakland
To " SABT FRANCISCO," Daily.
a
IS
§s
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FROM
EAST
OAKLAND.
FROM
FERN SIDE.
sa
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FROM
OAKLAND.
(Broadway.)
A. M.
A. M.
A. M.
A. M. 1 A. M.
A. M.
A. M.
p. M.
B5.40
B5.40
7.00
B 5.10J BS.OO
B-5.00
B5.20
12.20
B.6.30
B6.30
8.00
B 5.50 BlO.OO
B*5.40
B6.00
12 50
8.00
7.30
P. M.
6.40|b11.00
•6.25
6.50
1.20
10.00
8.30
2 35
7.401 p. M.
7.00
7.20
1.50
12.00
9.30
4.30
8.40] B6.00
8.03
7.60
2.50
10.30
11 30
1.30
10.40
10.03
8.50
3.50
3.30
P. SI.
H
11.401
11.03
' 9.20
4.20
4 30
1.00
p. M.
12,00
9.50
4.50
5.30
3.00 2i?
12.40
p. M.
10.20
5.20
B6.30
4.00
1.25
1.00
10.50
5.50
6.00
<
2.40
3.00
11.20
0.25
6.00
QD
4.40
•3.20
11.50
6.50
6.40
4.00
8.00
Change Cars
A. M.
7.10
6.40
7.50
5.00
6.03
9.10
10.20
at 1 p. H.
WestOaklnii 1.30
9.00
10.10
B*7.20
B"8.30
1
•10.00
b— Sundays excepted.
•Alameda Passengers change cars at Oakland.
Creek Route.
From SAN FRANCISCO— Daily— b5:40, b6:30, 7.20, 8:15,
9:15, 10:15, 11:15 a.m. 12:15, 1:15, 2:25, 3:15, 4:15,
5:15, 6.15 p.m.
From OAKLAND— 2tafity— b5:S0. bG:20, 7:10, 8:05, 9:05,
10:05, 11:05 A. m. 12:05, 1:05, 2:15, 3:05, 4:05, 5:05,
6:05 p.m. b— Sundays excepted.
"Official Schedule Time" furnished by Randolph &
Co., Jewelers, 101 and 103 Montgomery St., S. F.
T. H. GOODMAN, Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agt.
A. N. Towke, General Superintendent.
3.00
Commencing- Monday, Sept. 15th, 1S79,
and until further notice, Boats and Trains will
leave San Francisco ( Washington-st. Wharf) as follows :
p. m. daily (Sundays excepted), Steamer
James M. Donahue" (Washington Street
Wharf), connecting with Mail and Express Train at Don-
ahue for Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Healdsburg, Cloverdale,
and way stations. Making stage connections at Lake-
ville for Sonoma ; at Geyserville for Skaggs' Springs ; at
Cloverdale for Ukiab, Lakeport, Mendocino City, High-
land Springs, Bartlett Springs, Soda Bay and the
Geysers.
fc^" Connections made at Fulton on following morn-
ing for Korbel's, Guerneville and the Redwoods.
(Arrive at San Francisco 10:30 A.M.)
Sunday Excursions at Reduced Kates.
8 1 p? a.m., Sundays only, via Donahue, for Clover-
• X tl dale and Way Stations.
Fares for Round Trip: Donahue, $1 ; Petaluma, $1.50 ;
SantaRosa, $2; Fulton, S2.50; Windsor, $3; Healdsburg,
S3; Utton's, §3.50; Geyserville, S3.50; Cloverdale, §4.50.
(Arrive at San Francisco 7:00 p.m.)
Freight received from 7 a.m. till 2.30 p. m.,
daily (except Sundays).
Ticket Office : Washington st. Wharf.
A. HUGHES,
Gen. Manager.
JAS. M. DONAHUE,
Gen. Pass & Tkt. Agt.
SYDNEY INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.
Bound the 'World Tickets.
Tbe Pacific Mail Steaunsliip Compauy
will issue Round the World Tickets, giviity first-
class accommodations for the entire route, at the low
price of $G50. For particulars apply to
WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO.,
General Agents,
Aug. 9. Corner First and Brannan streets.
Natural beauty surpasses any-
thing which can be imparted by
artificial means. PHOSPHATE
SOAP gives health to the skin
simply by removing impurities and
eradicating the poisons which give
rise to skin diseases.
Not only tor craily use on the fac9
and hands, but for bathing the
entire body, there is nothing equal
to PHOSPHATE SOAP. It is a
thorough disinfectant and removes
offensive odors of every kind.
Ask your Druggist for it.
wnaxam*
C Commencing Monday, April 21, 1S79,
J and until further notice, Passenger Trains will leave
San Francisco, from Passenger Depot on Townsend
street, between Third and Fourth streets, as follows :
8 0A a.m. daily for San Jose and Way Stations.
*^v/ &^" Stages for Pescadero (via San Mateo)
connect with this train only.
9 9 f\ a.m (Sundays only) for San Jose and Way Sta.
•t>V/ tions. Returning, leaves San Jose at G p.m
"I { \ Af\ -&-M. daily for San Jose, Gilroy, Hollister,
-l-".^v/ Tres Pinos, Pajaro, Salinas, Soledad and
all Way Stations, gsp At Pa.iaro, the Sauta Cruz
R. R. connects with tliis train for Aptos, Soquel and
Santa Cruz, ggf* At Salinas the M. & S. V. R. R.
connects with this train for Monterey. fW° Stage
connections made with this train. (Pescadero Stages via
San Mateo excepted.)
Parlor Car attached to this Train.
(seats at reduced rates.)
Q QfJ p.m. daily (Sundays excepted) for San Jose,
t'■*-'^-, Gilroy, Pajaro, Hollister, Tres Pinos and prin-
cipal Way Stations.
SPECIAL NOTICE.— The trains of the Santa Cruz R. R,
and the M. & S. V. R. R , which have been connecting
with this train on Saturdays at Pajako and Salinas re-
spectively, have been withdrawn for the season. Those
intending to visit Aptos, Soquel, Santa Cruz or Monterey,
will take the train leaving San Francisco at 10:40 a.m.
daily.
3 0fi p.m. (Sundays only) for San Jose and Way Sta-
• *)yJ tions.
40pT p.m. daily (Sundays excepted) for San Jose and
,£Q Way Stations.
O'" OO p- M dailv(Sundays excepted) for MenloPark
■ ^ ^ and Way Stations.
Ci Q(~) p.m.— daily, for Menlo Park and Way Stations.
Second-Class Fare.
Between San Francisco and San Jose $1,00.
On Freight Trains only, leaving San Francisco at 4:00
A.M., San Jose at 8:30 p.m. (daily, Sundays excepted) .
Excursion Tickets at Reduced Bates
To San Jose and intermediate points sold on Saturdays,
and Sunday mornings, good for return until following
Moiiday inclusive.
Also, EXCURSION TICKETS to Aptos, Soquel, Santa
Cruz and Monterey, sold on Saturdays only— good for
return until tbe following Monday inclusive.
Ef^~ Principal Ticket Office— Passenger Depot, Town-
send street. Branch Ticket Office— No. 2 New Mont-
gomery street, Palace Hotel.
A. C. BASSETT, Supt. H. R. JUDAH, A. P. & T. A.
SOUTHERN DIVISIONS.
Commencing: Monday, May 19th, 1879,
f5p~ Passengers for points on the Southern Divisions
of the road will take the cars of the Central Pacific Rail-
rood via OAKLAND, leaving SAN FRANCISCO via Ferry
Landing, Market street, at 4:00 p.m. daily (Arizona Ex-
press Train), and malting close connection at GOSHEN
for Sumner, Mojave, Los Angeles, Wilmington, Ana-
heim, Colton, Colorado River, Yuma, Maricopa and Casa
Grande (182 miles east from Yuma). May 31.
Ladies who have injured the skin
by the constant use of cosmetics
may do much to restore their faces
to that beauty which nature alone
can give by constantly using PHOS-
PHATE SOAP.
For chapped hands the constant
use of PHOSPHATE SOAP will
be recommended by all who give
it one fair trial.
If you want a nice article of
Toilet Soap and something that is
beneficial to the skin, buy PHOS-
PHATE SOAP.
Ladies who wish to make the
skin look beautiful and natural
should use PHOSPHATE SOAP.
Manufactured by "Standard Soap Co.,"
204 Sacramento St., San Francisco.
Oct. 4, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER,
13
NOTABILIA.
THE
Lawn as white as driven snow ;
black u e'er was crow ;
Gloves as sweet as dama.sk rosea
Masks lor (aces and for uoses :
Bqsle-bracelet, necklace, amber;
Perfume for a lady's chamber;
PEDDLER'S SONG.
Gold quoips and stomachers,
For my lads to give their dears ;
1 ins and poking-atlcks of steel,
What maids lack from head to heel:
Dome buy of ine, come; come huy.come buy,
Buy, lads, or else your lasses cry.
William Siiakspeare.
Forged bank notes can be readily distinguished from the genuine by
the fact that the impression of the engraving can be seen on the back if
the spurious note is turned over. This is an item worth remembering,
now that the whole world is thrown open to these makers of false money;
and it naturally suggests to the mind the unfailing distinction be'tween a
genuine and a Brummagem gentleman. The real gentleman takes his
breakfast and lunch at that best of all family restaurants, the Original
Swain's Bakery, 213 Sutter street, while the spurious article is never to
be met there.
It ba3 been a very wet year in Europe gsnerally, and particularly in
the British Islands, but the famous pear-tree in Merrion Square, Dublin,
is covered with fruit which is fast ripening. At the same time there is an
alarming increase in coughs and colds, and the attention of the medical
men is naturally turned to California, which is now attracting the notice
of all ; and the reputation of F. & P. J. Casein's cordial of Old Rye
"Whisky and Pure Rock Candy as a cure for every complaint of lungs and
throat, is daily increasing among them.
Now that women can plead in the United States courts and vote on
the school committee, perhaps they may gradually acquire the knowledge
that a woman has a right to but one seat in a railway car. — Boston Com.
Bulletin.
There baa been a great deal of complaint of hard times and dullness
in business for many months ; but it has been noticed that a growing
band of resolute and bright-eyed men took no share in the lamentation,
but went serenely on their way. Inquiry developed the simple fact that
these superior men purchased their underwear and neck-gear at Carmany
& Crosett's, 25 Kearny street, at surprisingly low priceB and of the rich-
est quality. The rumor of dull times decreases hourly.
A French paper lately advertised a grand prize for the man who had
the oddest fancy to gratify, supposing he became suddenly rich. One as-
pirant said he would take 1,000 partridges, 1,000 turkeys, 1,000 beefsteaks,
etc., and make a rich paste to fatten Sara Bernhardt with. His claim
was promptly rejected, because the intelligent newspaper man knew that
with one of Montouya's Union Ranges to cook her dinner, the great Sara
could not fail to grow fat.
Nearly all the poets have sufficient fancy, but many of them sadly
need to ballast with a good strong body of thought. — Modern Argo.
One of the remarkable inventions of the day is the material called cel-
luloid, a composition of fine tissue paper and camphor, like a transparent
gum in appearance, and very elastic. This article takes the place of
ivory, tortoise shell, porcelain, leather, linen and paper. Invention is al-
ways at work, but no ingenuity will ever enable men to dispense with the
photographs of Bradley & Rulofson, which must be had, so long as love
and friendship hold their ground.
The greatest rock-salt station in the world, unless it be Wieliczka,
is in the Russian government ot Orenburg. The vein is nearly a mile and
a quarter in length, and the salt is perfectly pure, the quantity in sight
being estimated at 050,000,000 tons. A far finer sight than this, however,
is a Christian gentleman, with one of White's hats, from 614 Commercial
street.
It is the poet who hankers most for rest that never thinks of giving
any one else a taste of it.
If your throat feels sore or uncomfortable, nse promptly Dr. Jayne's
Expectorant. It will relieve the air-passages of phlegm or mucous, allay
inflammation, and so give the affected parts a chance to heal. No safer
remedy can be had for all Coughs and Colds, or any complaint of the
Throat or Lungs, and a brief trial will prove its efficacy. Sold by Crane
& Brigham, San Francisco.
Tapestry Brussels, SI per yard and upwards ; fine newpatterns. Call
and see them. Window shades, 75 cents and upwards. Window lace, 12£
cents and upwards. Cornices, wall paper, etc. Oilcloths, 50 cents per
yard and upwards. Hartshorn & McPhun, 112 Fourth St., near Mission.
A French gentlem«n. tlmrMiitfldy uqnalnted with the wine-mum-
. l>a- lately i, on Ajntnoao. and MpecUliy < feUfonuan,
. 'Imt the ohUi MOM of tin
11 har»h *-*-' Lmarleu win.-* i* th« nature ol the soil,
■a yet comparatively on till. 1: bat h« necenarily uvmpa from tlun
of rmighnww Km-I-1 . rv.r'* Private Cuvee, to which he givw the
greatest credit a.-* a pure, oxoeUently bandied sparkling wine.
Among the many Industrie* of our const, the glass manufacture has
received a wonderful impetne the pa*t year, through the growing demand
ror DOttlea for the N . 1-. Thin delicious beverage is the beat
tonic for the system at this reason.
t,A ^,etful mother and cross child indicates ill health, requiring only
Hop Bitten to remove,
CARD.
Itnlip plrnsurr In nmioniirlnK «'<»• I hnvo completed nr-
mngemonta with F F. db DKRKY, M.D., wherebj he will »ttewi ij practice
dunug mi absence abroad, Di de Derky has been a si issfu] practitioner i-f med-
icine in the Southern and Eastern States, and, though recently having become a res-
ident uf this iiu , l beg i" command him ;is worthy <>f your fullest contifltint;
Koui i respectfully, DR. D.ALBERT H1LLEU.
Relative to the above. I would say that my office is No. 17 Dupont street. Rooms
Nns. band a Office Hours . tram n to U o'clock a.m. and 2 to < p.m.
AuS- 30- F. F. l)K DERKY, M.D.
WAKELEE'S AURE0LINE
Produces the Bountiful Golden Hair so Much Admired.
SUPERIOR TO T1IE IMPORTED ARTICLE
— 11V UKABON Of ITS —
FRESHNESS AND CARE USED IN ITS PRODUCTION.
PRICE, LARNE BOTTLES. S3.
Manufactured by II. P. WAKELEE <£- CO., Druggists, corner
Montgomery and Bush streets, S. F. [Aug. 2.
SERKYS TEA.
Guaranteed to preserve and promote the beauty and fresh-
ness of youth to the ripest age. It purifies the blood, and is a most wonderful
tonic. It clears the complexion and removes pimples and eruptions. It increases
the appetite and is a certain euro for dyspepsia. It preserves the freshness of youth
and greatly exhilarates the spirits, and is extensively used and recommended by the
medical faeulty and used by the elite of London, Paris, New York, Philadelphia, etc.
It is used like ordinary tea, costs only 2 cents per day, and makes a healthy and
delicious drink. Boxes by mail, 50 cents and SI. Liberal discount to trade.
809 ARCH STREET, Philadelphia, Pa.
g^T1 State rights for sale. Aug. 9.
INSTRUCTION FOR MIDWIFERY.
The undersigned will begin October 1st, 1S79, a conrse of
instruction fur females in midwifery. Instruction will be in accordance with
the plan prescribed by the Prussian Government, and be both didactic and clinical.
Certificates of character required. C. F. A. NICHELL, M.D.,
Sept. 20. 706 Post street.
WM. F. SMITH, M.D.,
Oculi=t and Aurist, 313 Bush Street.
Aug. 16 ] Office Hours, from 12 M. to 3 JP.M.
UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN PATENT OFFICES.
CW. BI. Smith, Counselor and Advocate in Patent Cases,
» 420 Montgomery street, San Francisco. Established 1862. Specialty : Patents,
Trade-Marks, Patent-Law. Sept. 20.
CALIFORNIA SUGAR REFINERY,
Manufacturers of the Standard Syrup, a superior article
put up in barrels expressly fur home consumption. Also, Extra Heavy Syrup
in barrels for Export. Refined Sugars at lowest market rates. Office, 215 Front
street, up stairs, Dec. 21.
J. C. MERRILL & CO.,
hipping »nd Commission Merchants, Agents for the Sand-
wich Islands Packet Lines, 204 California street, S. F. April 13.
s
J. K. PRIOR,
1128 Market Street and 21 Turk Street.
nlhe Oldest Established Steam Was Fitting and Plumbing
Establishment on the Pacific Coast, where a complete assortment of new pat-
terns of Gas Fixtures and Plumbing Material are offered at UTeatly reduced rates.
Messages sent bv American District Telegraph Company free. All jobbing promptly
attended to. Established 1S52. July 12.
FRED H. BUSBY,
No. 412 market street, San Francisco, Manufacturer of
Archery Gloves, Finger Tips, Arm Guards, Boxing, Fencing and Base Ball
Gloves, for Catchers, Long Wrist Fishing Gl >ves, Belts for Uniforms, etc. Archery
Clubs supplied at reduced rates. Busby's Archery Clubs are the only ones in the
market that will stand service and give satisfaction. July 12.
H. FRESEJ-
(Late urith Charles Dietle),
Boot Maker, No. 327 Dupout street, between Sutter aud
Bush, Sau Francisco, under the Ahlborn House. The Finest Qualify and
.latest Styles of Custom Work Neatly Executed. Repairing Done at Short, Notice.
[August 23.)
FOR SALE,
In a thriving city, situated in ouc of the Southern conntics,
a valuable first-class SALOON BUSINESS, with lease, fixtures and furniture
For full particulars apply, by letter, " A. B. ," News Letter Office Dec. 14.
G*ni7r7 a year and expenses to agents. Outfit Free. Address,
Vpi i i June 7.J P. O. V1CKJ&&Y, Augusta, Maine.
14
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER.
Oct 4, 1879.
CRADLE, ALTAR, AND TOMB.
CRADLE.
BuRNierr— In this city, September 28th, to the wife of B Burnett, Jr., a daughter.
Bush — In this city, September 29th, to the wife of Frank Bush, a son.
Hahs— In this city, September 25th, to the wife of Henry C. Hahn, a daughter.
Hooper— In this city, September — , to the wife of I. M. Hooper, a son.
Hasilis — In this city, September 2Sth, to the wife of Lewis Hamlin, a daughter.
Howard— In this city, September 26th, to the wife of John W. Howard, a son.
Larkisb— In this city, September 29th, to the wife of F. Larkins, a daughter.
Laumeistkr — In this city, September 20th, to the wife of C. T. Laumeister, a son.
McCoortney— In this city, September 30, to the wife of A. McCourtney, a daughter.
McKeskey — In this city, September 33d, to the wife of J. T. McKenney, a son.
Sblig— In this city, September 29th, to the wife of Samuel A. Selig, a son.
Scbeithb— In this city, September — , to the wife of Jacob Scheithe, a son.
Xighe — In this city, September 27th, to the wife of Martin Tighe, a daughter.
Young— In this city, September 28th, to the wife of Robert Young, a daughter.
ALTAR.
Cameron-Hixon — In this city, September 25th, John A. Cameron to Mary J. Hixon.
Grcszin-Harri.ngton — In this city, September 28th, J. Grunzin to H. Harrington.
Lambert -Magill— In this city, September 27th, Wm. L. Lambert to Minna MagilL
Mtddleboff-Dasmans— Id this city, September 28th, G. Middlehoff to C. Dasniann.
Molloy-Petty— In this city, September 12th, John T. Molloy to Mary E. Petty.
TOMB.
Baiss— In this city, September 27th, Jean Baiss, aged 64 years.
CrxxiNGHAM— In "this city, September 28th, Frank Cunningham, aged 48 years.
Deiskl— Ir. this city, September 27th, Mary Jane Deisel, aged 42 years.
Desmond— In this city, September 30th, Patrick Desmond, aged 33 years.
Harrington— In this city, September 29th, Mrs. Catherine Harrington.
Hascqjj— In this city, September 28th, Jobann Hasche, aged 3d years.
Hirtbfeld— In this city, September 27th, Lewin Hirshfeld, aged 08 years.
Jenes— In this city, September 24th, Lorenzo B. Jeuks, aged 38 years.
Kornicrer — In this city, September 27th, Jette Kornicker, aged 43 years.
Lacumusd— In this city, September 28th, John Lachmund, aged 35 years.
Mc-LAUonLlN— In this city, September 27th, James A. McLaughlin, aged 19 years.
McCarthy— In this city, September 29th, Daniel McCarthy, aged 4S years.
Yocngquest — In this city, September 30th, Capt Sam'l Youngquest, aged 54 years.
FOREIGNERS AND THE FOREIGN TRADE LN CHINA.
In the "Fortnightly Review" for September, among other impor-
tant articles, there is one on " The Present State of China," by Mr. Her-
bert Giles, which, though not very commendable in its literary form and
style, nevertheless contains recent statistics of considerable interest. The
following table gives the numbers of foreigners residing at the treaty
ports of China, exclusive of Hongkong, which is British :
Nationality.
Number of
Firms.
Number of
Residents.
220
35
49
9
1
17
2
1
1
1
1,953
420
3S4
224
163
55
69
Dutch
24
38
35
17
10
9
6
81
341
Total
351
3,814
We think that few of our readers will be prepared for such a small
total of residents at the treaty ports as these figures show, and this enu-
meration helps us to get rid of exaggerated ideas on the subject.
The total foreign trade for 1878 at all the treaty ports was distributed
as follows :
Imports From. Exports To. Total.
Taeh. Taels. Taels.
Great Britain, including Hongkong. . .42,396,351 42,588,944 84,985,295
India 21,077.099 374,251 21,451.350
Continent of Europe 826 128 8,461,304 9,287.432
United States 2,253,148 6,576,125 8,829,273
Japan 4,050,558 1,682,718 5,733,276
Other countries 200,743 7,488,837 7,689,580
70,804,027 67,172,179 137.976,206
The chief imports were: Opium, to the value of taels 32,262,957, against
taels 30,237,712 in 1877 ; cotton goods, taels 16,029,231, against taels 18,-
800,232, and woolen goods, taels 4,875,594, being a slight improvement on
the total for 1877.
The chief exports were : Tea, valued at taels 32,013,184, against taels
33,332.387 in 1877, and silk, taels 25,126,204, these two accounting for
taels 57,000,000 of the total exports of taels 67,000,000.
The shipping engaged in this trade amounted in 1878 to 13,446,394
tons, against 11,983,591 in 1S77.
The total customs revenue at the treaty ports amounted in 1878 to
taels 12,483,988, of which England contributed taels 8,469,704, Chinese
merchants availing themselves of the foreign custom house taels 1,927,929,
and the United States taels 281,234.
In Berlin there is a chemical laboratory, established by a society of
housewives, for the examination of articles of food. It is directed by a
competent chemist, who gives to the members of the society a course of
lectures on practical chemistry. There is also a cookery-school under the
patronage of the society. Domestic servants who have remained a certain
number of years in one household (of a member of the society) are re-
warded with prizes. The society also procures situations for domestic
servants.
No, Janet ; it is not customary to climb trees in order to gather Fall
leaves, but it is easier and more economical than felling the tree, because
you can't fell a tree with a sewing machine.
LONDON ENCLOSURES TO THE S. F. NEWS LETTER.
The political supremacy of the " Native" question is revealed in the
fact that in Zululand there is an estimated population of 2,000,000. In
the Transvaal the native population may be roughly put down at 1,000,-
000, against a white population of some 40,000. In Natal we find the na-
tives number 350,000, and the whites only 20,000. In Kaffraria proper,
Basutoland and Tambookieland — all of which lie between Natal and the
Cape Colony — there are supposed to be upward of 1,500,000 natives and a
few white traders only; and then we come to the Cape Colony — the oldest
settlement — and there we find a white population of 250,000, and a black
population about four times as numerous. These rough figures mean
that, if the wave of civilization is to go forward in these distant settle-
ments of the British Empire, it will necessarily have to contend against
all the resisting elements of barbarism.
An extraordinary outrage has been perpetrated in the county Limerick,
in consequence of the employment of a machine instead of manual labor
for mowing purposes. A respectable farmer named Browne, of Effin,
Kilmallock, recently purchased thirty acres of land near Bruree. On
August 29th Mr. Browne proceeded to superintend the mowing opera-
tions, which were done by the machine, against which there is a decided
prejudice in the county. On his way three men, with blackened faces and
armed with firearms and with a pitchfork, rushed out of an unoccupied
house and stopped Mr. Browne. They plunged the prongs of the pitch-
fork into the horse's side, and threatened the rider that if he continued
the use of the machine he would share the fate of his horse.
A clever swindler of the feminine gender has been sent to prison for
twenty days in Glasgow for defrauding no less than three lawyers — Scotch
lawyers, too. She was a domestic servant, twenty-three years of age; and
representing to each in turn that she would inherit a considerable fortune,
giving each in turn instructions how to dispose of her prospective " prop-
erty,' she induced each of the astute gentlemen to advance hersmall sums
for present necessities. But of course this sort of thing would not go on
long among lawyers, and this the domestic servant of twenty-three, with
" great expectations," has found.
The body of a young lady was removed from Brighton on August 30th
for burial, under somewhat romantic circumstances. The day of her in-
terment was tbe day originally fixed for her marriage, and her friends
complied with her dying wish that she should be drawn to the grave by
the horses which had been engaged to convey her to church. To the cata-
falque there were attached four greys, whose headB were decked with
floral rosettes of white and red geraniums, and the coffin was covered
with a white and amber silk palL The carriages which followed were
drawn by horses caparisoned similarly to those which drew the hearse.
THE NEW MmE.
History and Description of the Golden Gate. — The old Vermont
Consolidated ground, after some little difficulty in the matter of reorgan-
ization, change of name, etc., has finally passed into the possession of the
Golden Gate Mill and Mining Company, and it was regularly listed on
the San Francisco Stock Board as such. The title to the ground is com-
plete, being perfected by United States patent, and the location, is among
the most eligible and interesting. It lies immediately south of and ad-
joining the Sierra Nevada, and extends along the easterly portion of the
Union, Mexican, Ophir and California to the Consolidated Virginia ;
therefore, whatever bonanzas may be encountered in the depths of those
mines, may eventually be shared by tbe Golden Gate. It is one of the
pioneer locations, being made in 1859. The heavy surface croppings were
sufficiently explored by the old Bunker Hill shaft and the Vermont tun-
nel to indicate one of the true Comstock fissures, and at several points
bunches and streaks of fair grade ore were encountered, showing the loca-
tion to be one of great prospective value and interest. The early owners
were poor men, and consequently unable to stand the expense of heavy
machinery and deep explorations, but they incorporated under the name
of the Vermont Consolidated, and did ample work to keep their title good
until perfected by the United States patent.
A couple of years ago they commenced sinking a first-class three-com-
partment working shaft a short distance to the northeast of the Ophir
shaft and nearly on a line between the C. & C. and Sierra Nevada shafts,
going to a heavy expense in the erection of excellent steam hoisting works.
By the time they had attained the depth of 550 feet, however, they found
themselves inextricably involved in debt, and last Christmas the Sheriff
compelled a suspension of operations. A company of San Francisco cap-
italists have since then bought up all financial claims, squared up the in-
debtedness, and now, being finally reincorporated under the acceptable
name of the Golden Gate, the development of the mine will be proceeded
with as soon as suitable arrangements can be made, under new and favor-
able auspices, with plenty of capital and everything to do with. The
machinery is amply su tfioient for pcesent purposes, the shaft is in excellent
order, and the proposition is to sink it a thousand feet deeper or until it
reaches the extensive pay ore deposit which neighboring developments have
already demonstrated that it must run into about that depth. The location
and title are certainly among the very best on the Comstock, and the
Golden Gate must necessarily soon take its proper position of prominence
and favor among the valuable mines of the north end. — Gold Hill News.
The annual report of the British Postmaster- General for the finan-
cial year ended 31st March, 1879, has just been presented to Parliament,
and shows a satisfactory rate of progress in most branches of post-office
work. As regards the Telegraph Department, it is satisfactory to find
that, notwithstanding the depression in trade, there is an increase in the
number of messages over the preceding year, though only to the extent of
317,617. The total number of messages forwarded was 24,459.613, and of
delivered 22,792.000. Nearly 286 millions of words of news were delivered
in the course of the year to newspapers, clubs, etc. The total number of
telegraph offices open on the 1st of March was 3,853, in addition to 1,401
railway stations. Several improvements have been introduced in the ap-
paratus, and the adoption of the quadruplex apparatus, by means of
which one wire is made capable of simultaneously conveying four streams
of messages— t wo in each direction — has added another to the fast speed
instruments in use by the department.
An elegant assortment of Gold Watches and Chains at Randolph &
Co.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
Oct. 4, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER
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SPORTING
Pedestriaiiism. Tii- ..r- .• rii .v mfand race for tin- ihampionahip
of tli- I Wi. ;it 11 r. m. Thirty-nine, nut
of tho forty entered many ootomd oostamn, prMenting ■
Torv pleuins effect m they walk* i r ran round the track. Tin- Pavilion
in bandaomely decorated, and additional w*U. oommaoding ■ iplendid
view of the track, have been built on the mat nde. The track appears to
be fast. It is made of a bottom layer <»f tine loam, then .-» layer <>f <in
dare, topped off with sawdust It wns Uiil out by tha City and County
Sturreyor and his deputies, who certify tbat it measures exactly 230 yards
in cdrcnmfarenoa, making eight laps tu the mile. Scoring bo many men
onaoahart a t nick preaente man) difficoltieai one of the prinoipal being
that the caller's voice is often drowned by the ringing oheare tnat met
■vary buret of 8|>eed, hut. x* two gentlemen are on constant watch to
oheok the score, there is not much fear of errors. Colonel Shaw was
chosen referee, greatly to the satisfaction of all concerned, who feel sure
that his decisions will all be dictated by a spirit of fairness. We notice
that the Pavilion has become a very popular place for all classes of peo-
ple. Even those who do not take much interest in athletics find it a very
pleasant place for an afternoon or evening promenade; the cool fountain,
the splendid music, archery grounds, hilliard tables, shooting-gallery, and
other attractive amusements, giving a fair like aspect to the arena. The
Work is far ahead of that done in the last match here. Wilcox made his
first mile in 8 m. V)h sec. and 7\ miles in his first hour, being the best
records so far. So far, the betting has been very wild. It looks as if the
friends and admirers of a few contestants had plenty of money. Laying
odds on an unknown man like Lee, even if he is a good man, shows more
enthusiasm than sense. Even if his backers win, they will regret to
know that the more sensible policy of taking odds from so large a field
Would have made a much larger return. So far, we see no reason to
pbangc our opinion, that the winner may be looked for from among those
who made a place in the last race, though Wilcox looks a dangerous man.
•^— There are twelve entries for the coming ladies' six-day race. Von
Berg will walk, and we advise our friends to back her for first, at any
reasonable figure. We hear that some of the unknown ladies are put
about as good things, but experience shows that dark horses seldom
amount to much in a long race. However, the field against the favorites,
at evens, would not be a bad bet.— —The Fall meeting of the New York
Athletic Club, held at Mott Haven, Saturday, September 20th, was re-
markable for the beating of American amateur records for seven events,
as follows: L. E. Meyers, quarter-mile run, 49 m. 1-5 sec, beating E. J.
Colbeck's 50 m. 2-5 sec, tbat has stood for eleven years. L. E. Meyer's
220-yard run, 222 sec, W. B. Curtis slinging the 56-lb. weight 23 ft, H
inches; hammer-throwing, 88 ft. 1| inch. W. Purdy, seven-mile walk, 55
in. 36£ sec Van Houteu, pole-leap, 10 ft. 5| in. J. Duffy, mile-run,
4 m. 37 2-5 sec, beating Mclntyre's Californian record.
Shooting. — So far, reports of quail shooting are favorable. Good bags
have been at all the following places: The gulches back of the Fourteen
Mile House ; between Millbrae and San Mateo ; San Andreas Valley, as
far down as Belmont ; Belmont ; in the ravines four miles back of Red-
wood City, and behind Mountain View. All these places are on the line
of railroad, and afford from six to eight hours shooting to the city sports-
man without taking him from bis business over one day. The ranch of
R. J. Throckmorton, who is always ready to oblige gentlemen with per-
mits, literally swarms with quail. Near Mr. Throckmorton's ranch
there is a piece of land free to all without permits. It belongs part
to the Saucelito Ferry Company and part to the Government. A bevy
of over 300 was seen on it by a gentleman, a few days since. Farther
from town, but still easy of access, are many splendid grounds for hun-
ters, among which are Grass Valley, back of San Antonio, Shabos Lake,
Haywards, down to Crow Canyon, Palmyra Valley, between Haywards
and Dublin, in the mountains back of Mission Warm Springs. Between
the Springs and Calaveras Valley one party bagged over 600. J. McShaf-
ter is issuing a limited number of permits to shoot over his Olema ranch.
All round Bolinas and Tomales Bay, between San Pablo and Martinez,
the sport is very good. In Pinole Valley, in the gulches down to San
Pablo Creek, between San Pablo and Walnut Creek House, birds are very
plentiful. Back of San Raphael, near the Orphan, and on Sweetzer &
De Long's Ranch, are perhaps the best stocked grounds within 100 miles
of the city. Snipe are plentiful in all the islands in the San Joaquin, at
Webb's Landing, Sherman Island, Altoon and Kimball's, all of which
places are free.— —George Routier's challenge for a trap shoot to any one
in Sacramento County has been accepted by Lopez Mauldin, to take place
the middle of this month.
Rowing. — The order and times for the races to take place at the re-
gatta this afternoon are as follows: 1. McKinlay Cup, 1:30 P.M. 2.
Junior Singles, 2 p.m. 3. Second-class Four-oared Shell, 2:15 P.M. 4.
Senior Singles, 2:30 p.m. 5. Four-oared Out-rigged Gig, 3 p.m. 6. Phips'
Boats, 3:30 p.m. 7. Second-class Barge, 4 p.m. 8. Duck Race, 4:30
p.m. The Pioneer Rowing Club since the closing of the entries have been
permitted to enter for the four-oared out-rigged gig race. Their crew will
be the same as is entered for the four-oared second-class shell. There is
no doubt that the St. George's regatta, that takes place this afternoon
on Oakland Creek, will show some splendid sport. We hope that it
will be well attended, as it deserves to be, for the Committee have
spared no pains to ensure the comfort of the spectators and the success of
the races. We are positively assured that the Neptune's crew will not
race, as was rumored the past week. The practice of the different crews
have been closely watched, but we find nothing to add to our comments
in last week's News Letter. Speaking of the uselessness of timing row-
ing races, and the liability to draw erroneous conclusions from time made
in practice, we just received news that the time of 19 min. 30 sec. over
the course from Putney to Mortlake has been beaten 20 sec. by a very
ordinary sculler, with the aid of favorable wind and tide, but still he is
as well entitled to the record as any other sculler on the same course.
Swimming. — The season is drawing to a close, but here in Sau Fran-
cisco we are promised a grand finale. Captain Webb will be here in less
than two weeks ; Flemming says he is ready and willing to make a race
with the Channel hero, and his backers are ready to put their coin on the
result of it. We think that Fiemming can beat the Captain any distance
under two miles.— Daily's doctors fear he will never recover the use of
his injured leg.— —The next contest for the Neptune Club badge will be
very exciting. Dean, Williams, Melrose and the present holder (Catton)
are all expected to compete.
Baseball. Tin- gam* at Oakland Iwt Sunday, between the Hop Bitten
and Mutuals, gave the former a ri *•, 1" to7. Some of the
knowing daily pani i lit to know better),
have .slated that thi I h:i\ e WOD weri it not for tfal DBTVOUI
Den "f th.ir pitcher, M w\ The hot i-*, the Hop Hitters were merely
Fooling with them, and :.r.' fur ahead <•* an; team that oonld '
together onto! our local l ■lint. Lint Saturday'! same between the
Calif orniae and Oakland's n moat remarkable on n rd, the
latter winning : score, 1 {<• n There whs only OD8 error made in the
entire game. Games to-morrow i At Oakland Hop Bitters vm. Call-
foraiae, The Chicago Club wiD arrive here Friday* October 17th. Sn
rouU they will play tin- Blue Stockings at Sacramento, and the Oaklands
at Stockton and < Oakland.
Bicycling. - Dunbar won the mile handicap at <'ardifT, September 6th.
Time, 2 min., 62| Bee. Stanton's time for the mile, with a distance al-
lowance of 200 yards was 'J min. M\ sec. The six-day match, lately
finished at Agricultural Hall, London, resulted in some marvelous per-
formances. Foil.. win- is the score : Waller, 1,404 miles G laps ; Terrout,
1,390 miles 5 laps ; High am, 1.145 miles it laps ; Cann, 1,100 miles 1 lap.
This shows a great improvement in the sport. In the last six -day race
Waller won with only Lr172 miles to his credit. The riding time in these
races is limited to eighteen hours per day.— Cortia won a ten-mile race
recently in 34 min. 31A sec, the beat time on record for a grass track. He
rode a 58-in. wheel.
CoursiQg.— The Fall meeting of the Pioneer Coursing Club ia arranged
to take place at Merced the second Thursday in November.^— The match
set for November 1st, between T. Tunstead's " Minnehaha" and Devlin's
" Pride of the Canon," for $200 aside, is off, Tunstead paying the forfeit.
The match between " Jemima " and " California Boy " is also off, owing
to the loss of " Calif ornia Boy. " .Fifty dollars reward is offered for his
recovery.
Archery. — An archery picnic will take place to-day at Adam's Point
Range, Alameda.— — The score of the Eureka's, at the Sacramento tour-
nament, was 1,125, not 1,031, as incorrectly reported.
Editor News Letter: It has come to my knowledge that inquiries
have been made during the week why the names and addresses of the
milk carts, stores and bakeries whence the reported specimens had been
obtained were not given in my report on adulterated milk last week. I
am not ready for that yet. Though man}' gentlemen have seen the tests
used and the results obtained, their attention was not called, in any case,
with the view to their testimony being sought should legal proceedings be
taken against the paper. But those most interested may rest well assured
that everything is booked, and that another series of experiments on
milks, got from the same sources, is going ahead every day, and more still
minute investigations are being made into the effects of tbese adulterated
milks on sickly children. In one house, to which I have access at all
times, I am watching a young boy, of say three years, whose craving for
milk is insatiable. He will drink pint after pint and cry for more. Now,
this child is ill-nourished, is pale, has brown rings about his eyes — in fact,
shows the well marked symptoms of starvation by swill-milk. As the dairy
is known, and the more minute investigations are only a matter of time,
a case will probably be established ere long upon which criminal proceed-
ings can be advantageously taken. Your Analyst.
San Francisco, Oct. 2, 1879.
la the Himalayas, says " Das Ausland," is found a plant of the fam-
ily Aroidete, which strikingly represents a cobra with its bead erect: it is
known as the cobra-plant. The half-moon-shaped markings on the cobra's
head, and the lines on its neck, are imitated in the flower-sheath of the
plant, while the tongue-like elongation of the pistil and of the midrib of
the flower-sheath serve to increase the resemblance of the plant to a liv-
ing animal. Indeed, so striking is this resemblance, that upon coming
upon it unawares a person instinctively recoils with horror.
Sterling Silverware. — A large assortment of elegant designs at Kan
dolph & Co.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
DR. CARVER ON MR. W. W. GREENER'S
HAMMERLESS GUNS.
Sir— On my arrival in England last winter, I noticed a dis-
cussion in your valuable paper relative to the merits of hammerless guns, and
it occurred to me that tliey were just the kind of gun for my exhibition shooting,
where rapid firing and easy loading are most essential. The only doubt I had re-
specting them was their durability, the work I have being very severe on the gun.
After much consideration I selected the treble wedge-fast hammerless gun, made by
Mr. W. W. Greener, as the most likely to meet all my requirements. Those who
have witnessed my exhibitions at the Crystal Palace, will agree with me that the
hammerless gun was put to a very severe test, my rapid tiring so heating the barrels
as to necessitate the constant application of cold water to render the handling of the
gun agreeable. I have shot this gun 130 consecutive days, generally in two and
often in three exhibitions per day, often in hail and rain storms, and during this pe-
riod it has never been taken to pieces, the locks or action cleaned or oiled, or the
stock taken off, and yet the gun works evenly and smoothly, and is quite as pleasant
and efficient to use as when first turned out. This gun has gone through more rough
work and withstocid more hard usage than is likely to occur to any gun during five
years' game shooting I am acquainted with either in England or America. Kitie
shooting is my great " forte," but the way this gun breaks glass balls at long dis-
tances —GO or 80 yards -has called forth much applause.
I feel much pleasure in recommending this gun to the notice of my brother sports-
men in the United States as being tbe most reliable, the easiest to manipulate, the
safest to use, and the best adapted for hard work. Also W. W. Greener's guns of
all grades as sound, well-finished and honest work, which sportsmen can depend
upon. W. F. Carveii.
TO THE SrORTSMEN OF THE PACIFIC COAST.
I take great pleasure in announcing that I have forwarded to Messrs. Liddle &
Kaeding, gun-makers, Sau Francisco, a large and flue assortment of„my best breech-
loading' guns of all grades, and recommend the sportsmen of the Pacific Coast to ex-
amine^tbem. For finish and strong, hard shooting, no better guns have ever left
Englaud. [Oct. 4. J W. W. Grebskr
EDWARD B0SQUI & CO.,
Printers, Engravers, Lithographers and Bookbinders,
Leidesdorff street, from Clay to Commercial.
N'
ALASKA COMMERCIAL COMPANY,
►. 310 S huso me street, Sau Franciseo, Wholesale Dealer
in Furs. -Sept. 21.
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Oct. 4, 1879.
TheDAyBook
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
Recorded in the City and County of San Francisco, California) for
the Week ending- September 30th.
Compiled from the Records of the Commercial Agency, 401 California St., 8. IF.
r-5-F-R OM'<-
S^hLvd^t&ScitavclBy.
London, September 26th. — Three hundred agricultural tenants have
arrived in the town of Tipperary, Ireland. They refused to pay the full
amount of their rent, and disturbances are feared.— A dispatch dated
Cape Town says Cetewayo left Port Dumford on the 4th instant. Quar-
ters have been prepared for him at the Castle here. All the remaining
hostile chiefs in Zululand have surrendered. Sir Garnet Wolseley arrived
at TJtrecht, Transvaal, on the 7th instant.^— Tupiza (Bolivia), August
31st, via Lisbon, September 27th. — The vanguard of General Campo's
army has forced the Chilians to evacuate Coloma, and has defeated the
corps of Colonel Ruiz, and the Peruvian and Bolivian armies are march-
ing on San Pedro de Aticama.— New York, September 27th.— Total
imports of specie since the resumption of specie payments at the begin-
ning of the year, 839,730,402, of which §31,921,461 was in gold and §17,-
808,941 silver. Prom the 1st of August last to the close of business yes-
terday, specie imports amounted to §33,552,628, of which S10,256,283 came
from Great Britain, S19,098,858 from the Continent, principally from
France, and S4, 197,487 from the West Indies and South America. The
S33,552,628 imported since August consisted of $20,434,471 foreign gold
coin, $8,544,421 gold bars and bullion, $3,115,982 United States gold coin,
$951,971 United States Silver coin, S402.022 foreign silver coin, $90,887
gold dust, and $12,774 silver bars.— New York, September 29th. — The
Herald's Washington special says: It is understood that our Minister to
China has nearly completed a modification of the Cushing and Burlingame
treaties, which will discourage emigration of the lower order of Chinese.
The modifications are intended to especially promote trade, and not im-
migration, and place merchants of each country on a commercial equality.
It is believed this important work would have been accomplished many
years ago, if Seward had not been called home last winter to meet the
attempt to impeach him ; and that his object in returning to China after
the adjournment of the Forty-fifth Congress, was to conclude negotiations
on this subject. The modified treaties will doubtless be submitted to the
Senate early in December. Since the establishment of the Chinese Lega-
tion in Washington, it has been generally understood that it was the in-
tention of the Chinese Government to harmonize its commercial relations
with other nations, and to place such restrictions upon the forced coolie
trade as will effectually prevent it. With this view the negotiations have
been concluded with Spain, permitting the establishment of a Chinese
Consulate-General at Havana, with subordinate Consulates at other Cu-
ban ports. The Consul-General, accompanied by several officers, left
Washington yesterday for Cuba. On their arrival a census of the Chi-
nese population in that island will be taken. -^— London, September 28th.
— Prince Lobanoff is the bearer of the project for an alliance between
Russia and Turkey. It is rumored Russia is willing to renounce 800,-
000,000 francs of the war indemnity, and to give back some of the former
provinces of Turkey in Asia.— —Notices of ten per cent, reduction of
wages were posted Saturday at nearly all the earthenware and china man-
ufactories in the Stafford potteries. The men are determined to resist this
reduction, which will affect 80,000 persons.— London, September 29th. —
All workmen in the shipbuilding trade at Grimsby are on a strike against
a resolution of the masters to extend working hours from fifty-four to
fifty-eight and a half hours weekly.— The Pall Mall Gazette says it has
become apparent that serious trouble is brewing in Ireland, in conse-
quence of the Anti-Rent and Nationalist agitation.— Sir Francis Wyatt
Ti'useott has been elected Lord Mayor of London.— —Eastern Siberia is
menaced with famine. Grain is dearer than ever before, and the poor are
suffering severely. The harvest was very bad. -^— St. Petersburg, Sep-
tember 29th. — Intelligence has been received from Beurnia that during
a reconnoissance near Geok Tekpe, on the 28th of August, the Russians
encountered large masses of Tekke-Turcomans, strongly intrenched, who
made a desperate resistance. The Russians for six hours cannonaded a
position occupied by thirty thousand Tekke-Turcomans. In the evening
the Russians obtained possession of the outer intrenchments, and at night
the enemy fled, losing several thousand. The Russians lost seven officers
and 178 soldiers killed, and had 16 officers and 238 soldiers wounded. —
London, September 30th.— The Pall Mall Gazette concedes that the com-
plaints of the Irish tenant farmers are mostly genuine, that they are for
the moment unable to pay their rent, and that they believe in their right
to remain on the land in every event. If a general refusal to pay rent is
followed by wholesale eviction, this again will almost certainly be fol-
lowed by a series of agrarian murders; and, unless the Irish Executive is
prepared to support the landlords by measures amounting to little less
than military occupation of a large part of the country, the landlords will
have to choose between virtually conceding the tenants' claim to fifty
years of tenure, or giving a signal for an outbreak of something hardly
distinguishable from civil war. The anti-rent agitation is only one among
other symptoms of general unrest in Ireland. For the moment it is the
most urgent ; but even if the worst pinch of agrarian distress was re-
lieved by universal redemption of rent, there would still be much dis-
quiet, as in the condition of the country the enthusiasm by which ParneH's
progress has been attended has infinitely weakened the hands of the
more moderate Home Rulers and emboldened the Ultras, and among its
first results was somewhat to precipitate the proposal to assemble a Na-
tional Convention. The troublous prospect in Ireland is not really af-
fected by the success or failure of any given scheme for organizing press-
ure upon the Government. The present temper of the Irish people and
their leaders concerns us much more seriously than any particular propo-
sal for its manifestation ; and while this temper remains what it is— semi-
seditious among the people, and recklessly incendiary among the leaders
— the situation must be a grave one, whether a convention ever meets or
not. The old statute which prohibited conventions in Ireland has been
repealed.
No man realizes how rapidly he is passing through tbis world till he
runs against an open iron gate of a dark night.
Wednesday, Sept. 24th.
GRANTOR AND GRANTEE.
DESCRIPTION.
W D S Harrington to S and L SoclE Webster 25 n Fnlton, n 95, etc
Geo MearaB to same Same and n Fulton, 77:634 e Webster,
n 81:1%, e 39:11%, etc; and ne Fulton
I and Webster, n 95, etc . . .'
M A Armstrong to S and L Socy. . IPor P V lot 274, front 55 on Cal av x 130
C J Flatt to same Lots 1, 12, 13, 14, snb 1 in lot 15, block
313, Hnnter Tract
A Holmes to same lLots 2 to 6, sub 3 in lot 11, blk 313, same
S and L Socy to Jno Lennox IS Day, 180 w Church, w 25x114
ChasEastou to Michael Caraher.. E Chattanooga, 100 n 22d, n 30x125
Louis De Sil va to Nathl Dingley . . Lot 18, blk (i, College H'd
Jno Leddy to Ann Leddy IE Nebraska, 300 s Sierra, s 33:4x100
J W English to Wm WatBon IW Foleom, 185 s 19th, w 129:6 x b 61:10.
GeoMcWilliams to H Fancort...JN 29th, 180 e Noe, e 25x115
Saml Grosh to H Geimann ILots 43 and 44, blk 9, Flint TctHd
Same to same 'Ne Lewis andCraut, n 160x30
BLasky to J Greenebaum \W Fillmore, 28 n Sacto, n 25x20:6
Louis Betzel to Rich'd S Dunn E Octavia, 110 s Sntter, s 27:6x100
City Gas Co to Wm H Taylor Humboldt St in P N blocks 464, 477, 490
■ and 503-66 feet in width
§9,590
5
500
600
900
375
9,500
150
Gift
4,384
350
600
150
5
6,000
Thursday, Sept. 25th.
Jos Mayer to H H Lowenthal I
H H Lowenthal to Margt Powers.
L H Bickford to Casper Fitch
S Casciani to Erail Krentz
E E Dewey to M H Turril!
Monroe Asbbury to Tally R Wise
Geo C Ames to same
M R Wiae to H P Coon
J T Jeffress to Wm Cronan
S A Woodbury to H Anderson....
H Anderson to S T Van Tiedeman
Jas Adams to P Schmidt
Mary J Blair to Peter Quinn
Same to C Brandenherg
Jas F Houghton to Tully R Wise.
H P Coon to same
Wm Sinon to Mary L Marchand. . .
Same to Sophie E Gardiner
H Meyerstein to Morris Colman. . .
Ne Taylor and Green, e 35x40
Same
Lot 0, blk 11, University Md Survey. . . .
W Hampshire, 122 n 25th, n 24x100
Re-record 902 of Deeds page 387
N Bdway, 109:9 w Sansome. 3x137:6....
Und % n Broadwav, 24:9x137:6
N Bdway, 112:6 w Sansome, 24:9x137:6 ;
n Bdway, 109:9 w Sansome, 3x137:6
Nw Clay and Davisdo, 120x27:1633, subj
to mortgage $1,200
Sw 19th ave and Cala, w along n line of
Cala at, 600 x n 940
Same
S Chessnut, 137:6 w Steiner, 137:6x137:6
Sw Ritch, 113:9 nw Townsend, 23.9x80.
Sw Ritch, 90 nw same
S Greenwich, 137:6 w Powell, 47:0x87:6.
Same
S Filbert, 137:6 w Hvde, 25x137:6
S Filbert, 137:6 e Larfein, 64:6x137:6....
Nc Tvler and Larkin, 137:6x137:6 ; also,
se Tehama, 337:6 ne 4th , ne 95x80 ....
% 1
950
3110
700
750
5
620
2,700
9,700
3,975
1,100
700
100
5,000
1,000
3,300
13,500
Friday, Sept. 26th.
JD Sullivan to Asa Fisk |N Geary, 165 e Lyon, e 27;6xl37:6
JD Walker to Wm B Knox.. . .,.. E Broderick, 100 n Clav.n 27:8*4x80
Wm Hale to Mary L D Arey Is Cal'a, 131:3 e Webster, e 25x137:6 ....
Jno R Hobart to Anna M Hobart..iS 23d, 176:8 w Diamond, w 51:8x114, and
lot 14, blk 11, Market St Hd
Pat'k Mnllen to Rose Magee [Se Minna, 147:6 ne 7th, ne 25x80
G M Connell to Leo Bagala ISe 25th and Alabama, s 50x100
F W Tracy to C D Postel ISe Pacific and Taylor, s 80x46
Gift
3,450
2,300
6,000
Saturday, Sept. 27th.
John Sweeney to Michl Connelly. .
Rose Magee to Michl Keegan
N Mattieuvich to J C Wagner
Wm S Chapman to same
Louis C Levey to Chas Levey
Same toBaroe
Lee J Runsora to Geo Edwards . . .
J J Corbett to Wm D Heath
J J Corbett to same. .
W Jessie, 160 s 18th, s 25x80
Se Minna, 147:6 ne 7th, ne 25x80
N Pacific, 52 w Larkin, n 67:8%xw 48..
Same
Und H s Oak, 30 w Dasuna, w 25x80...
Und % eFillmorc, 137:6 n Post, 27:6x119
Lot 1, blk 126, University H'd
Nw Ellis and Mason, w 97:6x60 ; also,
nw Mason and Latham PI, u 60x77:6. .
Same
i 800
5
6,600
1
100
100
5
4,000
200
Monday, Sept. 29th.
Geo Edwards to Chas H Coggin...|S Jersey, 75 e Sanchez, e 25x114
Same to WS Edwards S Jersey, 52 e Sanchez, e 23x114
Lydia Morton to E Casserly. ...... ]M B 173, 180, and por 179, 201, 200
L C Levey to Isadore Levy Und % e Fillmore, 137:6 n Post, 27:6x119
J TSilva to R Foss Nw Dupont and Greenwich, 18x57:9
G McWilliams to Julia Sherrett. . . !N 29th, 255 w Sanchez, w 25x114
Ann Leddy to Michl Rag«:att ,E Nebraska. 300 s Sierra, b 33:4xlu0. .. .
F Cunningham to A B Stout IE 12th av, 185:8 s S st, s 240:5, etc, O L
I 1113 and propty in Alameda Co
L J Allen to Wm L Walker "
Margt Gillin to M McLaughlin
R Mehrtens to H C Lanije
Mas Cem Asn to Wm M Edsar
Chas Clayton & Co to C Williams.
F W Horan to City and Co S F. . . .
Lots 3 and 4, blk 7, Misn & 30th St Hd.
NFell. 137:6 e Laguna, e 27:0x120
Nw 22d and Dolores, n 26, etc
Lot 40, sec 21. North Addition to Cemty
Lots 35, 36. 37. blk 9, Flint Tract
E San Bruno Rd, 4:S9.f n 15th av, 25x65;
e San Bruno Rd, 29:8^ n 15th av, 25x
65; e San Bruno Rd, 7^ in s 15th av,
s 25, e 65, etc
E Cas&erly to EdwQuigley i\V Ritch, 229:2 n Townsend, 22:11x89 ..
Jos S Spear to E W Lennet.t IS Bush, 179:0 w Mason, 25x75
GeoS Dal ton to Cath McNeil N Bay, 200:3 e Leav'th, n 76:54, etc. ...
Pierre Berges to P B Berges 'N Jucksuu, 97:0 e Dupont, 20:6x57:6 ; e
I Washn pi, 131 n Washn st, n 31:4, etc;
s Jackson. 7S:10 e Stockton, 61:4x70:6
L Gottig to Wm Cliff S Clay, 187:6 c Leav'th, 27:6x114
P GPeltret to Rudolph Damm I W Alabama, 51 n 26th, n 25x100
$1,400
5
5
800
2,500
350
400
250
700
5
6,100
118
1,350
895
1,300
4,500
10
30,000
Tuesday, Sept. 30th.
Tee Hing Toug to Chin Yet Lung,
JosT Silva to Jos S Friedman
Same to same
J S Friedman to Raymond Fos...
Eliza J Scanlin to Dan 1 Jones ....
Jos Demariini to L Cavagnaro
Martha Schroth to Mary Bowcher,
S L Jones to Sophia Searle
Martin Fuller to Alice J Allen
N Commercial, 68:9 e Dupont, e 34:4x60,
subj to mortgage $7,000
Nw Dupont and Greenwich, n 18x60
Same
Same
Ne Folsom av, 100 se Folsoin, 25x62:0..
W Union pi, 5S:9 s Union st, 15:3x58:9,
subj to mortgage
Partition Deed
N McAllister, 127:6 e Rteiner, 68:9x137:6
Nw Green and Hamlin, 53:9x20
$8,000
88
108
355
700
1
1
5,000
100
Oct 4, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER,
17
lTho World,
I By
the Flesh, and the Devil.
Truthful Penman.]
Mr. J. C. tJhthoff, second house-surgeon at Gay's Hospital, relates the
following extraordinary incident in the Lancet: A well-dressed and lady-
like female, with a strong French accent, asked to see me, and requested
that the interview might be a private one, as the subject tipun which she
wished to speak was, to use her own words, a " delicate " one. A young
■oman, a relative or friend of hers, was entitled to inherit some property
if uurried ; hut, being single, there was a prospect of her losing it. As
no suitable husband seemed likely to appear, she was desirous of finding
some " dying " man, of what position it mattered not, to whom she might
be formally married, and so obtain the property, while at the same time
the link might lie a slender one, ami soon broken. This they had not
been able to manage in Franee, where she lived, and they had accord-
ingly sent over to a London hospital, where they hoped for success. I was
requested to find such a dying man suitable for the object. If he were a
widower and had children they would make some provision for the chil-
dren. I need not dwell upon the answer given to such a request. It would
be curious to know if the same attempt has been made at other London
hospitals.^— Babymania, which is the rage just now at French seasides
and chateux, is considered there an English importation, and fashionable
as such, although it may claim more properly a Yankee origin. French
ladies, however, have not yet gone to the length of opening exhibitions of
babies, with prizes to and honorable mention of successful competitors.
They are satisfied with keeping a pair of scales in the nursery, and bet-
ting heavily between themselves on the probable weight of their respect-
ive olive-branches. The game, by the way, must be somewhat restrained
by the limited number of children in the French upper classes ; that num-
ber is, on the average, curtailed to two or three, who cannot be expected
to remain forever in the baby stage of their existence for the sole purpose
of supplying their fond parents with an additional pastime. On the
whole, however, the fashion may be considered a distinct improvement in
French life, as so many young wives who used to look with anything but
enthusiasm to the prospect of renewed maternity may be led by the hope
of high premiums, transformable into new gowns and bonnets, to consider
it io a more philosophical spirit. A little girl in Washington, D. C.,
was shot in the head, July 14th, and lost an ounce of brain. The sur-
geons treated her with the utmost skill, and saved her life. The broken
skull bone hus knit together, and the parents of the little girl are unable
to see the slightest mental effect from the loss of brain. She is as cheer-
ful, bright and lively as before the injury. This incident proves that a
Washington child can lose without any serious results a quantity of brains,
the loss of which would bankrupt an ordinary Washington politician. —
Peoria Evening Calf, Ill.^—A very important step has been taken by the
Dominion of Canada which will probably have an excellent effect upon
emigration to that colony. The Government agent at Liverpool has been
authorized to communicate with tenant farmers who are at all inclined to
go to Canada. Those who can show that they have sufficient capital to
set to work with advantage can appoint delegates to go and examine the
state of the country and their prospects of success if they settle there.
The expenses of these delegates will be paid by the Canadian Govern-
ment, and every opportunity is to be civen for investigation. At the
present time in particular this is a most judicious proceeding.— Fate
has overtaken pretty Mrs. Langtry with a divorce, as it has so many
court beauties before her. Whether the Prince of Wales figures this time
in the case as he did in Lord Mordaunt's suit is as yet unknown, but a
public hearing now close at hand will show, and the Jersey lily is in foul
way to be dragged through scandalous mire. Up to the opening of this
divorce suit Mrs. Langtry had enjoyed an enviable reputation, her talent
disarmed malice and her prudence prevented slander. She was received
at Sandringham by the princess, and universally accepted as a woman
above reproach. —Springfield Republican.—— For some time past the cus-
todians of the Bois de Boulogne have remarked an amazon who was in
the habit of traversing the rides reserved for gentlemen at full gallop, and
of disappearing, as if by enchantment, without che Customs officials be-
ing able to go through the usual examination. As the unknown was gen-
erally wont to enter the Bois by the Boulogne gate a watch was kept, and
soon afterward she put in an appearauce, her steed, as usual, clearing the
barrier at a bound. Hereupon, however, an accident befel the daring
equestrian. The horse given the rein, took the bit in his mouth and
rushed under the trees, the rider now calling- loudly for aid. As both came
to the ground together two young men arrived, and, on raising the pseudo-
amazon, were astonished to find that the victim was a man, and that his
feminine vestments served to conceal a corsage of caoutchouc tilled with
brandy, the saddle also helping to convey the precious fluid into Paris free
of duty. As for the disguised smuggler, he rushed away, leaving some
articles of his attire in the bands of his rescuers, and vanished, the horse
being taken to the greenyard.-^— Indian servants always have written
characters, or, as they are called, "chitties." These can, of course, be
forged at will by any native who writes English. Some of the " chitties,"
however, produced by servants who can neither read nor write English are
amusing. Here is one, for instance, which the bearer imagined to be
highly flattering: **Cassim is a thorough blackguard, and has robbed me
of innumerable articles since he bus been in my service. He is also a con-
firmed liar, 1 firmly believe he has kept other swindlers and robbers
away; but the depredations he has committed will suffice for all." — World.
^—■Thomas Wilson, a retired merchant, worth over amillion dollars, and
a well-known Quaker, has just died in Baltimore, at the age of 91, leav-
ing §500,000 to found a sanitarium for the children of the poor, §200,000
to endow the " Thomas Wilson Fuel Saving Society ,5 and to aid the poor,
and §6,000 each for four local societies. He gave over §500,000 to nephews,
nieces, etc., having no children.— —There never was any real ground for
that th« PrinoMi Loniso would return
to Kngland this year, but .he u.il probtblj pay a vi^.t there next iprine.
•":' V"11"' V11-1 '"■ - ,l"r- n" ™ '"-- 1'-1 »«J """'i'. but
I be work far bard«r lhan he ).:..) anticipated. Then- Bu been tad
otton m the dqik rv ..f ft (jivAt doom, one of it- noble occupants
heen ennvu ,,;„., jllttl t|1(. canary birds. Thi
were getting empty, ao the rotvimm waa moved toaaaml ueof the
dead birds, when, on blowing aside the feathers, lo and behold! it hud
been converted into a pint u in. n by the fairv linger* of ,|ear, pretty little
I --•— 'Befo | mouth the Prime ,.f Wales " rewired "
on board the Oebann the champion female rower of the world, the venera-
bleinto. Ann Glanville, ol Saltish, who i* now nearly ninety. The Quean
and I rince Albert one,- Ban Mi*. GlanvOle win a race at Cherbourg, and
afterward received " her in the \ id i and Albert, when she amused
her Majesty by dancing a hornpipe, Th" Prince'fl invitation to the old
lady ha.^ oiven much oratinYafiMn to the people of the "three towns."
A GOOD PLAN.
Anybody-can learn to make money rnpfdly onernl lug In
Stocks, b3 the "Two Unerring Elules for success/' in Messrs, Lawrence .t
" s »cw eircuiur. Tho combli method, which this firm has made ao success-
hil una hies people with hir^c ..r small means to reap all the benefits of largest cap-
ital and best skill. Thousands nf onl.-rs, in various sums, are pooled into one vast
amount and cooperated ay a mighty whole, thus securing to each shareholder all the
ail vantages of the largest operator. Immense profits arc divided monthly. Any
amount, from s;> to .«r»,ooo, or more, can be used successfully. AT. F Baptist Weekly
September 20th . 1*73. sajs : " liy the combination system §15 would make $76, or
5 per cent.; $50 pays $Sfio, or 7 percent; $100 makes $1,000, or 10 per cent, on the
stock, during the month, according to the market." Frank Leslie's Illustrated
Arwxpajhr, June 20tb : •• The combination method of operating stocks is the most
.successful even adopted." New York Independent, Sent. 12th: "The combination
system is founded upon correct business principles, and no person need be without
an income while it is kept working by Messrs. Lawrence & Co. Brooklyn Journal,
April 29th: " Our editor made a net profit of $101.25 from §20 in one of Messrs.
Lawrence & Co.'s combinations." New circular (mailed free) explains everything.
Stocks and bonds wanted. Government bonds supplied.
July 26. LAWRENCE & CO., Bankers, 67 Exchange Place, N. T.
FAIRFAX MINING COMPANY,
426 CALIFORNIA STREET, ROOM NO. 2.
President JOHNW. COLEMAN.
Treasurer GEN. O. H. LA GRANGE.
Secretary o. C. MILLER.
[October 12.]
Geo. C. Hickox. e. C. McFarlamb.
GEORGE C. HICK0X & CO.,
("lommission Stock Brokers (San Francisco Stock Ex*
J change, No. 230 Montgomery street, San Francisco. May 4.
J. A. RUDKIN,
Member S. F. Stock and Exchange Board, 423 California
street. STOCKS Bought and Sold on Commission. Liberal Advances
made n Active Accounts. Oct. 26.
E. E. Eyre.1 Members S. F. Stock and Exchange Board. [J. H. Jokes.
EYRE & JONES,
Stock Brokers,
320 PINE STKEET, SAN FRANCISCO. [Sept. 27.
ANDREW BAIRD,
Negotiator of Loans and Commercial Paper,
Broker in jLocal and State Securities,
No. 312 California Street S n Francisco.
[J*. O. Bone 1,208.] July 19.
D. V. B. Henarie. m mmmwvmm„ m Edward Martin.
E. MARTSN & CO.,
Importers and "Wholesale Dealers in Wines and Liquors.
Proprietors of Milter's Extra Old Bourbon and J. F. Cut-
ter Extra Old Bourbon 'anil Rye Whiskies.
April 5. 408 Front Street, San Francisco.
~HIBERNIA BREWER^™
Howard Street. Between Eighth and Ninth.
Dec. 7.1 M. IfUXAIf, Proprietor.
TABER, HARKER & CO.,
IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE GROCERS,
10S and 110 California St., S. F.
fApril 19.1
Henry B . Williams. Henry B. Williams .
WILLIAMS, BLANGHARD & CO.,
SHIPPING ASTB COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
No. 218 California st., S. T. [July 27.
Newton Bootd, G. T. Wuekler, Sacramento. | J. T. Glover, W. W. Dodoe, S. F
W. W. DODGE & CO.
Wholesale Grocers, corner Front and Clay streets, San
Francisco. April 1.
J. M. Neville. REMOVAL. Geo H. Bryant.
BAGS, TENTS AND HOSE.
NEVILLE & CO.,
No.'s SI and 33 California Street, S. B. corner of Davis,
San Francisco. fAutr. 2.
CASTLE BROTHERS,
ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAR 1850.
Importers of Teas and East India Goods, Mos.213 and 215
Front street, San Francisco. Jan. 13.
L.H. Newton. NEWTON BROTHERS & CO., M. Newton.
Importers and wholesale dealers in Teas. Foreign Goods and
Liroeeries, 204 and aOb" California street. San Francisco, Cal May 25.
18
SAN FRAKCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Oct. 4, 1879.
BIZ.
The export trade of the port is very active at present. The Wheat
movement being large and of considerable volume since the commence-
ment of the harvest year, July 1st, our grain fleet to European ports num-
bers 82 vessels, carrying upward of 3,000,000 ctls. Wheat, of the value of
$5,400,000, against same time last year of 105 vessels, carrying 3,700,000
ctls. Wheat, valued at $6,400,000. At this writing we have on the Euro-
pean berth a fleet of 38 vessels, of 57,000 registered tons, and these Bhips
are having quick dispatch. Wheat arrives freely from the interior, and
there seems to be little detention loading.
Our Barley exports by sea are much larger this season than last, by
reason chiefly of the superior quality of this year's grain. Our exports by
sea of this grain, since July 1st, aggregate 300,000 ctls., valued at §450,-
000, against same time last year of 88,000 ctls., valued at §137,000.
The freight market has been booming for some weeks past, a large
number of ships having been chartered for England and France at
steadily advancing prices. At the close of August 45s. was the rate of
freight to Havre or Liverpool direct, while, at the close of September,
55s. was freely paid for American ships, and even more paid for British
iron vessels; and at this writing we hear of grain charters made for Cork,
XL K., at £3. This is encouraging to ship-owners. At- this date our fleet
of disengaged vessels in port is 17 — aggregating 20,000 tons register.
Flour. — The outgoing steamer, City of Tokio, will carry, it is said, 1,300
tons of Flour. Our exports of Flour since July 1st aggregate 103,394
bbls., against same time last year of 143,271 bbls. The foreign demand
for Breadstuffs seems to be chiefly for Wheat, giving our millers little to
do in the way of shipments. We quote shipping extras at S5@S5 50;
Extra Family and Baker's Extra, $5 25f5).S5 75 # 1961bs.; Standard
Superfine, §4 25@S4 50 ; Extra Superfine, §4 75@S5. There are, how-
ever, lower grades of so-called Superfine, to be had at §4, or even less.
Wheat. — There is an active export demand for all that arrives. Our
total export of this grain to all ports since July 1st aggregate 3,079,273
ctls., against same time last year of 3,752,016 ctls. At the close of Sep-
tember 800 tons extra choice No. 1 milling sold at §1 93f. Other lots, to
a considerable extent, were placed at SI 90, but since then there has been
a slight reaction, shippers buying freely of No. 2 choice at SI 82;j@@l 85
if? ctl., and millers paying for selections SI 87£@S1 90 $ ctl.
Barley. — There is no special demand for this grain, even at the low
f>rices ruling, say 82i@85c. for Feed, 90@95c. for Brewing, and for Cheva-
ier @1.50@1.70 J? ctl. The R. J. Stanhope has cleared for Iquique with
10,027 ctls.; R. J. Moulton, for Liverpool, with 6,573 ctls.; the Moro
Castle, for Philadelphia, with 10,574 ctls.; the City of New York, for
New Zealand, carried 4.683 ctls. Thu3 far in the season shipments East
overland have been very light.
Com and Oats. — There is little demand for these grains other than
for local use. We quote Corn at 85@95c. # ctl.; Oats, $1.25@1.50 $ ctL,
with a light traffic.
Hops. — The receipts are light, and but few transactions see the light,
and, in the absence of reported sales, we quote the price at 22£@32Jc,
according to quality.
Honey. — The crop is light and the stock small, price 8@10c. for
Strained ; Comb, 12@15c.
Wool. — The demand is better than the supply. Good, clean Fall Clip,
16@18c for Northern ; 14@15e for Southern ditto. Burry and Earthy
rule as low as 10@12£c.
Hides. — The market is strong at 17@18c for Dry.
Tallow.— The demand is light. Sales of 15,000 lbs Refined at 7|c.
Crude, 5f c.
General Merchandise — Bags. — Grain Sacks are in excessive stock,
and the price nominal, at lOfellc. No demand for standard Burlaps at
present.
Boras. — The market is unmoved, and prices steady. The supply
restricted. Price 6@7c for the two grades.
Case Goods.— There is a better demand for Salmon, and the prices are
a turn dearer. Columbia River 1-flb standard brands now held at SI 10@
SI 12£. Sacramento River Salmon are obtainable at SI 05 $ dozen. The
R. J. Moulton, for Liverpool, carried 5,906 cases Salmon.
Chemicals.— There seems to be a better inquiry, but no change in
values.
Coal.— The market is steady at old prices. The Pacific Coast supply
is liberal, which tends to keep prices in check. Most of the Foreign ar-
riving was sold some time since.
Coffee. — There is a good demand and a firm market for Guatemala at
16(S'18c. for good to choice; other Central American grades, 12@16Ac;
O. G. Java, 26c.
Hardware. — There has been of late a decided upheaving in the price
of nearly all staple goods in this line, the advance ruling from 25 to 75
per cent.
Metals. — The market for Pig Iron, Iron Pipe, Bar Iron, etc., is very
firm at the late rise, and holders asking advanced rates. Stocks of Pig
Iron are, however, large, and the consumption light.
Nails — We note a purchase of 2,000 kegs Standard at S3.50 from store,
and the price advanced to S3. 75 1? keg.
Oils.— The market is flat ; Pacific Castor Oil 90c.@Sl at the mill. The
City of New York, for Australia, carried G,000 galls. Whale and 600 galls.
Neatsfoot.
Provisions. — There is more activity to be noted in the Meat market,
especially for Bacon. Eastern Sugar-cured Hams arrive freely. Lard is
ir. good supply. Butter and Cheese are the turn dearer.
Quicksilver. — The market is as flat as a pancake, and the article can
be bought for export at 36c, and possibly for less. Receipts in 1878, 43,-
751 flasks ; same time in 1879, 53,030 flasks ; increase this year, 9,279
flasks. Our exports by sea since January 1st, 44,999 flasks, valued at Sl,-
298,649; same time in 1878,23,108 flasks, valued at §771,121 ; increase
this year 21,801 flasks, valued at S527,528.
Salt. — The market for Liverpool is strong at S15@20.
Teas. — On the 2d instant S. L. Jones & Co. held an interesting auction
sale of new crop Japan and China Teas. The catalogue called for 3,500
packages, being the importation of Macondray & Co. Terms, ninety
days, or three per cent, discount for cash. The attendance was large
and the bidding spirited. One thousand five hundred hlf. chests Japan,
M. & Co., in papers, pounds and hlf. pounds, all sold at 36@36^c ; Japan
in bulk sold at 45c, for Yamashiro, 37i@39ic for Natural Leaf ; Cornet
Gunpowder sold at 54£c ; Comet Oolongs sold at 53@52e ; 100 mats ditto,
each two 15-lb. boxes, 52ic ; hlf. chests Formosa Oolongs sold at 36i@
32k; English Breakfast" Souchongs sold at59@44ic; Congou, 35@39c ;
Japan flowered boxes Greens, Young Hyson and Oolongs sold at 35@34c j
10 cases small jars Japans 42c ; 40 largejars, each 70 lbs., sold at 36&c.
Rice. — The market for Hawaiian is strong, with sales per recent arri-
vals at 6&e. China, on the contrary, is dull of sale, at 4§@5§c as the
range of the market. The Colwyn, from Hongkong, brought 15,511 bags
China.
Sugar. — The market is strong at the late rise. Imports from Hawaii
are liberal; the bulk of this sroes to the Refinery direct, having been
bought by them on contract. We quote Whites at 10|c, Yellow 8|c, and
Golden 94c
Tobacco. — The dealers in Manufactured report a good trade at steady
prices.
Wines. — The demand for Native continues active, and prices seem to
be on the up-grade.
FOR PORTLAND AND ASTORIA, OREGON.
The Orejrou Steamship Corapaoy asul Pacific Coast Stem-
ship Company will dispatch every five davs, for the above ports, one of their
new Al Iron Steamships, viz.: OREGON, GEORGE W. ELDER, and STATE OF
CALIFORNIA.
Sailing 3);iys
Oct. 4, 9, 14, 19, 24, and 29. | Nov. 3,8, 13, 18,23, and 28.
A.t 10 o'clock A.. M.
Connecting at Portland, Oregon, with Steamers and Railroads and their connecting
Stage Lines for all points in Oregon, Washington and Idaho Territories, British
Columbia and Alaska.
K. VAN OTERENDORP, Agent O. S. S. Co.,
No 210 Batterv street, San Francisco.
GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Agents P. C S. S Co.,
Oct. i. No . II) Market street, San Francisco.
CUNARD UNIT"
British and North American Royal Mail Steamships be-
tween NEW YORK and LIVERPOOL, calling at QUEENSTOWN, sailing from
New York EVERY WEDNESDAY.
ABYSSINIA Oct. l..Nov. 5
BOTHNIA Oct. 8.. Nov. 12
GALLIA Oct. 15.. Nov. 19
ALGERIA Oct. 22
SCYTHIA Oct 29
Passage can be secured and all information given on application to
WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO.,
Sept. 27. ■ 218 California St.
PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
Steamers ol" this Company will sail front Broadway Wharf
for PORTLAND, Oregon), every 5 days, direct, and for LOS ANGELES, SANTA
BARBARA, SANTA CRUZ, SAN DIEGO, SAN LUIS OBISPO and other NORTH-
ERN and SOUTHERN COAST PORTS, leaving SAN FRANCISCO about every
third day.
For Day and Hour of Sailing, see the Company's Advertisement in the San Fran-
cisco Daily Papers.
Ticket Office, Wo. 214 SIi>iit gomery Street, near Pine.
GOODALL, PERKINS & CO. , Agents,
March 15. No. 10 Market street.
OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP CO.,
For Japan and China, leave wharf, corner First and Bran-
nan streets, at noon, for YOKOHAMA AND HONGKONG, connecting- at
Yokohama with Steamers for Shanghai.
GAELIC August 23d, December 6th, February 28th.
BELG1C October 25th, January 17th, April 10th.
For Freight, apply to GEORGE H. RICE, Freight Agent, at the Pacific Mail Steam-
ship Company's Wharf, or No. 218 California street.
T. H. GOODMAN, General Passenger Agent.
LELAND STANFORD. President. Sept. 20.
S WANTON HOUSE, PESCADER0.
This Popular Hotel, together with the detached Cottages,
which are not the least of its attractive features, have been newly furnished
throughout, and are now open for the reception of guests. Those desiring to visit
the most enjoyable of all our sea-side resort:?, can make no mistake in deciding upon
Pescadero.
IT IS EASILY BEACHED,
and is unsurpassed in the excellence of its climate, the beauty of its scenery, and in
the attractiveness of its truly remarkable sea beach. Those extraordinary pebbles,
among which are to be found agates, opals, sapphires, etc., were never so numerous
as now, the past Winter having thrown up immense numbers of curiously-shaped
stones, which for ages have been subiected to the everlasting motions of the tireless
Pacific. GOOD TROU T FISHING is obtainable in the Pescadero river.
S3§r* The hotel prioes are fixed to suit the times. [April 27.
LAVER & CURLETT,
.A- 1* oh x^c c t s .
Fnrnish Plans, Speciflcn toons and Superintendence for the
Construction or Renovation of Dwelling Houses, and every description of
Building. Office : 19 S. F. Stock Exchange Building, Pine street, San Francisco.
[Take the Elevator.] June 15.
JOSEPH GILLOTT'S STEEL PENST"
Gold Medal, Paris, 1878.
Sold by all Statiouers. Sole A&-eut for the United Estates:
MR. HENRY HOE, 91 John street, N T. Jan. 5.
HAPPY CHILDREN.
The ro«y-cbeeked children of San Francisco is the evidence
the JERSEY FARM DAIRY has of the purity and richness of < 3 milk.
Aug. 2. City Depot : 837 HOWARD STREET.
feBiJ"N Lovely Rosebud Cfaromo Cards, or 20 Motto Chroinos
/&\9 with name, 10c. NASSAU CARD CO., Nassau, N. Y.
Oct 4, 1S7!>,
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER,
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LETTERS FROM THE MINES.
Boston Consolidated.
SXFTBMBEn -Nth. 1879.
Since last report the urinie has
<>ni|iletM *n« unking resumed. Shaft now down al
nnation. The ti&su erably wider than the shaft,
an-i th» -1 quartz about '.". fort in width. V . ,,! j.,,1 \et\Ke
fa ntill in the hunging-wall. A contract has been let to sink to the 200-
foot level at the low price of $0 50 ). r f.>ot
J. G. MoOldttok, Superintendent
Consolidated Pacific.
September 28th. 1879,
F. E. Luty% Esq.* Seorrfarv— Dear Sir: Sinoe last report, the main
abaft has been sunk to the depth of 300 feet and well timbered. The bot-
tom of the shaft is still cutting a part of the new ledge, which improves
in quality as depth is gained. The contract has been let to sink to the
it level, from which point cross-cutting and drifting will be com-
menced. Several tests of samples from the ledge show it to be very rich
in tine gold and some silver. J. G. McClinton, Superintendent.
At the Terrace Baths, Alameda, the improvements carried out have
attracted thousands during these few weeks of our delicious Autumn
weather. Nothing like the perfect accommodations here offered to the
bather, or to those in search of recreation, can be found on this coast.
Water, fresh from the ocean with every tide, in an absolutely safe enclo-
sure, private and retired, with fresh air and enchanting views of the woods
and bay and the city in the distance ; sunny exposure, which gives just
the necessary warmth to the water, and a shelving beach, so that one can
choose his depth. No more delicious enjoyment can be found than a
dip in these placid waves on one of the lovely moonlight nights we now
rejoice in, in this our true Summer season, when the chilling winds have
died away and a mellowed atmosphere prepares all nature for the coming
rains. Time flies, and but too swiftly; we should gather the exquisite
pleasures of life within our reach, and lay up memories of happy hours
for the days that are cold and dark and dreary. It will soou be too late
to share in the moonlit rambles or float in the crystal waters, sparkling
with diamonds at every stroke of the swimmer, for the moon wanes and
the long nights are coming, when only the electric light can illumine
these retreats.
The softness and finish of the pictures taken at Taber's new Gallery
are universally acknowledged, and surprise those who had imagined that
the last word was uttered about the improvements in photography. With
real artists there is no such last word, and Taber is continually advancing.
So well known is the fact, that our illustrious visitor has felt it a duty
which he owed to himself, as well as to this great city, to sit for his like-
ness at this Gallery ; and here are to be found the only satisfactory pho-
tographs of Gen. Grant and his family, as they looked and moved among
US on their return from the uttermost Orient. Every one will desire to
see and to possess one of these admirable mementoes of this great event.
At the Arcade the arrivals of the most exquisite novelties have con-
tinued during the past week, and the vast establishment is visited every
day by ladies, eager to inspect the velvets, silks, cloaks, dress goods, and
fancy goods in every possible variety, and at prices surprisingly low. All
these articles were purchased by Mr. O'Brien last month on singularly
advantageous terms, due entirely to his unbounded credit; and the
stocks laid in were so large that it will take weeks to receive and display
them. House-furnishing goods and shawls, trimmings, mourning articles
of the approved styles, and all the latest adaptations of Oriental fabrics
meet the eye on every side in this crowded bazaar of taste and fashion.
The most complete stock of clothes and cassimeres at J. M. Litchfield
& Go's, the well-known merchant tailors, 415 Montgomery street. Their
cutter is the best and most skillful in the city, and the work that leaves
their store never fails to give satisfaction.
SANITARY NOTES.
The sanitary condition of the city is unusually good for this season.
There i* some diarrhea, due to unwholesome fruit, and the public should
be specially warned against eating muskmelons when even slightly de-
composed. Children are also suffering from diarrhea. Mild cases of ty-
phoid fever are prevalent, and two deaths have been registered from it
during the last ten days. Diphtheria is less prevalent. In consequence
of going to press on Friday, we are unable to give the usual causes of
death in detail. In place of this we shall continue to note the sanitary
condition of the city, and comment on the details once a month.
Among many new and interesting facts developed by Dr. Arthur
Haviland in a recent discourse on the distribution of disease, was this,
that the mortality of women from cancer is highest in those districts
which skirt the banks of rivers subject to periodic floods. Having ascer-
tained this fact. Dr. Haviland studied the physical and geological charac-
ters of the districts where cancer does not thrive, and found that all these
districts are characterized by being high and dry, with non-retentive soils.
The obvious conclusion for all this is, that patients who show tendency to
cancer, or persons in whose families cancer appears to be hereditary,
should choose for their permanent residence high, dry sites. During the
last twenty years no less than 100,000 women died from cancer in England.
Professor Cohn, of Breslau, his been making experiments with the
electric light on the eyes of a number of persons, for the purpose of as-
certaining its influence on visual perceptions and color-sensations. He
finds that letters, spots and colors are perceived at a much greater dis-
tance through the medium of the electric light than by day or gas litrht.
Tbe sensation of yellow is increased sixty fold compared to daylight, red
six fold, blue two fold. Eyes which can only with difficulty distinguish
colors by day or gas light, are much aided by the electric light.
Californians Abioad.— Sept. 6th, 1879.— London : G. Crocker. Liv-
erpool : J, A. Donohoe, Mrs. Donohoe and family, J. C, Morrison. —
The American Traveler, London. Sept. 11th, 1879. — Paris : J. A. and
Mrs. Folger, Miss Folger.— The Continental Gazette, Paris. Sept. 13th,
1879. — Geneva : Mr. F. Zeile. Baden-Baden : Mr. A. Lapfgeer, Miss
B. Shipley. — The Continent and Swiss Times, Geneva.
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PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
Tbe Company"^ steamers will Nail as follows at 12 M:
CITY OF TOKIO, Oct. 4th. Dec. 27th, March 20th— CITY OF PEKING, Nov.
15th, Feb. 7th, May 1st— for YOKOHAMA and HONGKONG.
GRANADA, October 4th, for PANAMA and NEW YORK, calling at ACAPULCO,
SAN JOSE DE GUATEMALA, LA LIBERTAD and PUNTA ARENAS.
Tickets to and from Europe by any Hue for sale at the lowest rates ; also to Ha-
vana and all West India ports.
ZEALANDIA, October 27th, at 12 o'clock M., or on arrival of the English mails,
for HONOLULU, AUCKLAND and SYDNEY. $10 additional is charged for pas-
sage in Upper Saloon.
CITY OF CHESTER, October 10th, for VICTORIA, PORT TOWNSEND, SEATTLE,
and TACi>MA, connecting at TACOMA with Northern Pacific Railroad for PORT-
LAND, Oregon. Tickets must be purchased before 11 a.m. on day of sailing, at
Wharf Office. For freight or passage apply at the office, cor. First and Brannan
streets. [Oct. 4.] WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO., Agenta.
CALIFORNIA AND MEXICAN S. S. LINE,
For Cape St. Lucas, La Paz, fllazatlan and. Cinaymas,
touching at MAGDALENA BAY should sufficient inducement offer. — The
Steamship NEWBERN (E. T. Rodgers, Master) will leave for the above ports on
SUNDAY, Oct. 5th, at 12 o'clock M., from Folsom-street Wharf. Through Bills
of Lading will be furnished and none others signed. Freight will be received
on Wednesday, Oct. 1st. No Fi eight received after Friday, Oct. 3d, at 12 o'clock m.,
and Bills of Lading must be accompanied by Custom Hou.se and Consular Clearances.
For freight or passage, apply to J. BERMINGHAM, Agent,
Oct. 4. No. 10 Market street.
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER.
Cot. 4, 1879.
SKELETON SKETCHES. --No. 8.
Lost and Found.
[by t. a. harcodet.]
During several years of my life I used to make a point of paying an an-
nual visit of a week or so to a little hamlet called Glanzdorf, which nestles
in the heart of the Tyrolean Alps. It was, and still is, I suppose, one of
those remote and picturesque nooks, far from the ordinary routes of travel,
unknown to fashion and consequently unprofaned by that abomination of
all abominations, the tourist. Everything and everybody in Glanzdorf
was primitive and innocent. The place had never been troubled by war,
pestilence, or famine, and its people, who seemed to know absolutely
nothing of the great world beyond their own mountains, were the most
simple and contented race I have ever seen. But nature here was in
strange contrast to man, for of all the glorious scenery that earth affords
none is more royally magnificent and grand than that which jealously en-
circles little Glanzdorf.
I, in common with the rest of the traveling world, should probably
have remained i norant that such a delightful retreat existed, but for a
young student, whose acquaintance I made at the University town
of Bonn. Otto Bernard was a native of Glanzdorf. His mother
had died when he was a child, and it was in accordance with her
dying wish that his father had consented that the boy should be well ed-
ucated. The old peasant was generally accounted the richest man in the
village, and was notoriously close-fisted, but in his gruff way he loved his
only child and revered the memory of his dead wife, so Otto was sent
first to a good school at Berlin and then to the University of Bonn.
Within the memory of the inhabitants, he was the first native of Glanz-
dorf that had ever enjoyed such advantages. The gossips of the village
were never tired of talking about him and the illustrious career for which
they predicted he was destined, and on the rare occasions when he went
home for a vacation he was the idol and the pride of the little place. And
not without reason, for his character was as gentle and modest as his gifts
and learning were great and varied.
It was in Otto's company that I first visited Glanzdorf, and it was then
that I learned, what he had never before spoken of, that he had a sweet-
heart there. This was Christine, the only daughter of old Mark Hesler,
a villager, reputed to be nearly as rich as his neighbor Bernard. She was
then sixteen, and was assuredly the most beautiful creature it has ever been
my fortune to admire. Nor, though descended from a race of peasants,
was her beauty marred by a trace of coarseness, but was delicate, refined,
and perfect. She and Otto had been betrothed when they were babies,
and to make her a proper match for her future husband, she had been
sent to a boarding school at Trient. Her vacations were fixed, but Otto
could take his at any time he could afford it. Naturally he timed them
so that he could meet his betrothed at Glanzdorf. In two years his Uni-
versity course would be finished, and they were to be married.
Whether Christine ever really loved her betrothed more than as a
brother, I cannot pretend to say, but I know she seemed to, and in those
days I would as soon have doubted my own existence as the purity and
devotion of her heart. As for Otto, I know that his love for Ms betrothed
was as deep as his faith that it was loyally returned.
The following summer I again went to Glanzdorf for a week at the time
when Otto and Christine were there. This was the last time the young
couple were to meet before their marriage, and little else was talked of
but that great event, distant as it still was. By this time I had become
quite intimate with the two families, and before I left they made me
promise to be present at the festivities. I was not likely to forget the in-
vitation, for to tell the truth I had grown to be almost as much interested
in this simple love affair as the principals themselves. I had all the af-
fection of a brother for Otto, and it will do no harm to confess that per-
haps I had a little more than that feeling for Christine. Their lot, too,
seemed so singularly happy, and their future so utterly cloudless, that one
could not help regarding their humble history with interest.
Accordingly, next year, the eve of the wedding-day saw me once more
at Glanzdorf. I had brought a few trifling presents with me and has-
tened to the house of the bridegroom to place them among the other
gifts. To my surprise, I found the family and assembled friends in a
state of great excitement. Christine had been expected to arrive from
Trient two days ago, but had not come yet. Everybody was at a loss to
understand her absence, and though as yet nobody could believe that any-
thing serious had befallen her, the disappointment and anxiety were so
great that the preparations were practically at a standstill. Otto, I was
told, was with his betrothed's parents. We waited till after midnight — an
unheard, of hour for the Glanzdorfers to be out of bed — and then the cu-
rious and mystified friends withdrew shaking their heads. I stayed at
the house all night, sleeping in Otto's room.
Morning came, but no Christine. I set off to old Hesler's place to see
Otto, and found him saddling a horse with trembling hands. "Where are
you going ?" I asked. " To Trient," he answered, in a thick voice; and
before I had time to question him further, he had mounted and set off at
a gallop down the mountain road. Trient was over thirty miles distant,
and unless he met Christine on the road, we did not expect Otto back for
at least *wo days. But he returned late that night — and alone. I heard
his horse's steps, and went out to meet him with a lantern. As he dis-
mounted at the stable door, I saw that his face was deadly pale and rigid
as a stone. Before I could speak he turned from me and entered the
house. I unsaddled the tired horse and put it in its stall. Old Bernard
was still asleep, and feeling that the son had brought evil tidings, I did
not awake him. A few moments later Otto came down from his room,
carrying in his hand the little valise which had been ready packed for his
brief honeymoon. He scarcely seemed to see me, but, taking the lantern,
went back to the stable and began to saddle a fresh horse. Feeling that
it was time to make him speak, I placed my hand firmly on his shoulder
and asked him what was the meaning of his singular conduct. For a mo-
ment he stared at me without replying, as if trying to collect his senses,
and then slowly drew from his pocket a paper. "Read this," he said, in
a strangely altered voice. " They had found it in her room just before I
got there." By the dim light of tlie lantern I read :
" Dear Otto : — I leave to-night — as they believe here — for home ; but
when you get this I shall be far away with one whom you do not know.
We have met often. I love him, and cannot help it. He has promised
to' make me his wife. I do not ask you to forgive, but you must forget —
"Christine."
I felt sick at heart in my pity for the poor boy. "And where are you
going?" I asked, as he mounted. " To find her," he answered, and disap-
peared in the darkness.
I will not attempt to describe the particulars of the painful task which
was mine in the morning. I will not dwell upon the despair and desola-
tion which thenceforward blackened two bright and happy households in
Glanzdorf. I will only say that neither Otto Bernard nor Christine Hes-
ler were ever seen again in their native place, and that their fate remains
to this day a mystery in the little Tyrolean village. The curtain which
then fell over their lives was, however, lifted again for me when the last
scene of the tragedy was played. Others besides myself witnessed that
scene, and will doubtless remember it, but, until now, I alone have known
the incidents that led to it.
Nearly five years after the events narrated above I was in Paris. Fore-
most among the sensations of that sensational city was a woman of infa-
mous repute but of surpassing beauty and talent, who was known as
Clothilde. She had lately leapt like a glorious comet into the firmament
of the Parisian demi-monde, and had taken the gay capital by storm.
Nothing was known of her past history, though there were several who
were confident they had seen her in other places, under different names,
and in various circumstances. One recognized in her the former compan-
ion of a Russian prince, another had seen her break the bank at the
gaming tables of Monaco, a third was confident that she was the same
who had infatuated and nearly ruined an Austrian Arch-duke. All we
positively knew of her. however, was that she was an adventuress, as
beautiful as she was unscrupulous and as accomplished as she was cruel.
For the moment she eclipsed every other Parisian queen, not only of her
own world, but also of society proper. She held a kind of court of her
own, which even the most distinguished men thought it a privilege to be
permitted to attend, and such were the charm of her wit and the power
of her fashion, that her latest bon mot or style of coiffure became the rage
the day after she had uttered the one or worn the other. It is no won-
der, then, that when a French officer of my acquaintance offered to in-
troduce me to the court of this Lais for an evening, I eagerly accepted.
The splendors of that reception and the brilliancy of the company
assembled it is unnecessary to describe here. One thing alone need be
noted, and that is that I, like so many others, felt sure, the moment I had
set eyes on the glorious beauty of Clothilde, that I had seen her some-
where before. But where, for the life of me I could not tell ; yet her
face was in my memory, as a word that cannot be uttered is sometimes on
the point of the tongue.
At midnight, according to custom, all the guests departed but those
who had been invited to supper. I was one of these, and there were ten
others. Hitherto I had been greatly surprised at the decorum and
refinement which had characterized the proceedings. I began to think
that Clothilde had been maligned. But at supper I soon saw that this
was not the case. As the wine flowed faster and faster, the repast degen-
erated into an orgie; the wit became highly flavored with coarseness ; the
court of Lais was transformed into the temple of Astarte, and Clothilde
and her companions into Bacchanals and Bacchantes.
The disgraceful scene was at its hight when a servant entered with the
announcement that a young man wished to see the hostess. The com-
pany stared at such an impudent request, but Clothilde only laughed and
said : "Another victim, I suppose ; show him in. We will have some
sport, ladies and gentlemen." Then she threw herself back in her chair,
all flushed and disheveled, but more beautiful than ever, and, with a
cruel smile on her red lips, waited to laugh this presumptous visitor to
scorn for the amusment of her guests.
So intent was I on looking at her that I did not turn when the door
opened ; but as it did so, all the color suddenly faded from her face, and,
rising slowly from her chair, with both hands pressed tightly over her
heart, she hoarsely whispered, "Otto?" I turned. It was, indeed.
Otto Bernard. But how changed !
Supporting himself by the back>>f a chair, he said, in a low and dis-
tinct voice: "At last, Christine !" Then, stretching out his arms, he cried
aloud, " I have found you; will you come to me, Christine?" She had
seemed frozen with horror, but at these words she staggered toward him,
but, as he advanced a step, she recoiled, and, stretching out her hand to
keep him off, moaned out, " No, no ! It cannot, must not be ! Otto, it is
too late. I am unworthy of you. I am lost forever !" " Christine, will
you come ?" he repeated. In the moment while he spoke she resumed her
calmness with an incredible effort of will. " Never," she said, in a cold,
dry voice: "Never! Begone, and leave me to the fate I have chosen."
" It is enough," replied the man, in the same voice. There was a flash
of steel, a cry of horror from every throat, and Otto fell to the floor.
Christine had swooned where she stood, and the silken folds of her dress
were stained by the life-blood of her old lover.
I saw Clothilde once more, three days later. It was at the Morgue,
and Otto lay by her side.
The Burmese troops have lately been drilled by a French officer,
but the operation as yet seems to have been hardly a success. A corre-
spondent of the Rangoon Times, who has just returned from Mandalay,
was present at a drill parade of the troops, and was shocked at the spec-
tacle he witnessed. The French officer who was drilling them failed alto-
gether in his endeavors to induce them to attend to his orders. Every
time he uttered a word of command torrents of abuse were showered
upon him, mingled with such remarks as " Bah-loup tailay kullah," or
" What are you doing, foreigner?" The Frenchman was mounted about
fifty paces in front of the parade, and, being unable to speak a word of
Burmese, was trying to drill in French. This increased his difficulties ;
and at last he thoroughly lost his temper, his rage finding vent in a volley
of ('sacre"s." The Burmese troops, on being addressed in this fashion,
became highly indignant, and reported the conduct of the French officer
to the Minister of War, who told them to take it easy and not to attend
drill until further orders. This settlement of the difficulty appears to
have given satisfaction to all concerned; for by the latest accounts the
Frenchman is also "taking it easy," and declares that so long as he gets
his pay he prefers doing nothing to attempting to effect an impossibility
— namely, instructing the Burmese troops in their drill.
St. John's Presbyterian Church, Post street, between Mason and
Taylor. Rev. Dr. Scott, Pastor, will preach Sunday morning at 11
o'clock; also at 7£ P. M. Sunday School and Bible Classes at 9£ a. m.
Prayer and Praise Service at 6$ P. M.
Jack Frost will come to brighten beech before many days.
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Vol. 30.
SAff FRAN0IS00, SATURDAY, 00T. 11, 1879.
No. 13.
of the Sau Francisco News Letter, Merchant Street,
Nos. 607 to 615, San Francisco.
GOLD BARS— 890@910— Silver Bars— 7@16 tf cent. disc. Mexican
Dollars. 8(S>Sk nercent.
' Exchange on New York. £@— per cent. ; On London, Bankers,
49g@49£ ; Commercial, 50|(£!50£d. Paris, sight, 5 francs per dollar.
Telegrams, 35-100 per cent.
■ Latest price of Sterling, 482@484.
"Price of Money here, £@1 per cent, per month— bank rate. In the
open market, 1@1£. Demand active.
GEN. GRANT AT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
The merchants of the city received Gen. Grant on Wednesday, more
than six hundred being present. The General was escorted to the Presi-
dent's seat by Messrs. Geo. C. Perkins and M. P. Jones. The latter
introduced the distinguished visitor, and Mr. Perkins made a brief, ad-
mirable address of welcome, which we are forced to omit for want of
space. To this Gen. Grant made the following reply :
Ocntlemen of the Chamber of Commerce and Board of Trade, San Fran-
cisco : I hardly know how to express my gratification at the kind and cor-
dial reception you, and not only you, but the people in every place in
the State and city that I have visited, have given me. There is no ques-
tion but that the prosperity of the country depends upon the class of peo-
ple you gentlemen represent. It requires just such people aB we see here
to make it profitable for a man to labor with his hands ; also, to make
profits for the whole nation. Auybody who has been over the world as I
have has seen the degradation to which laborers have fallen without some
head to guide them into the right course. In other countries the laborer
is sunk far below the poorest and most abject citizen of this country. We
have not a healthy person in America, who is willing to work, who is not
better off than the best laborer in any other country. We need not be
envious or jealous of any country in the world.
THE HAWAIIAN SUGAR CROP.
_ By the arrival of the Pacific Mail steamship Zealandia, from Austra-
lia, via Honolulu, we are favored with the following letter from our
esteemed Island correspondent, dated Honolulu, September 29, 1879 :
" The bulk of our sugar crop for this year is about in, although there
are a few plantations that grind through the year. The prospects for
next year's crop is very fair, and will point towards 40,000 tons for 1880 —
say commencing about the 1st of December next. This will show quite
an increase over the current year. The following year we also look for
some increase— say 50,000 tons— which will be about our limits under
E resent prospects. There are now 57 plantations or mills, 31 of which
ave started since the Treaty went into operation —say two in 1876, thir-
teen in 1877, fifteen in 1878, and one this year. So many new enterprises,
started in so short a time, have used up the surplus capital, and money is
scarce and the rate of interest high. The importation of sugar machinery
alone, both from Europe and the United States, is no ordinary item for a
small country. This is also at an end for a time. The importations from
the United States, largely from the Pacific side, are fearfully heavy, and
still continue. This has demoralized the Exchange market, and it is diffi-
cult to get sight drafts on San Francisco, or, in fact, time exchange. Out-
freights are scarce, and will be for two months to come ; after that we hope
to begin to turn our balance to the Hawaiian side of the account."
Beerbohm's Telegram. — London and Liverpool, October 10,
1879. — Floating Cargoes, strong ; Cargoes on Passage, strong ; Mark
Lane Wheat, strong ; No. 2 Spring off Coast, 51s. ; Red Winter off
Coast, 54s. 6d. @553. ; California off Coast, 54s. 6d. @55s; California Nearly
Due, 54-). 6d.; California Just Shipped, 54s. 6d. ; No. 2 Spring for
Shipment, 57s.@57s. 6d. ; Liverpool Spot Wheat, dearer ; California Club
No. 1 Standard, lis. 6d. ; California Club 2fo. 2 Standard, lis. Id.; Cali-
California Average— Western, lis. 2d.; White Michigan, lis. 3d. ; Red
Western Spring, 9s. 6cL@9s. 8d.; Extra State Flour in London, 14s. 3d.;
Extra State Flour in Liverpool, 14a. 3d. ; Liverpool Western Mixed Corn,
4s. 7£d.; Liverpool Canadian Peas, 8s. 5d.; N. Y. St. Ex., 82@84 ; English
Country Markets, generally dearer ; French Country Markets, generally
dearer; Liverpool Wheat, 10s. 4d., lis. 2d., lis. Id., lis. 7d.; Corn —
Mark Lane, steady ; Floating Cargoes, strong ; Cargoes on Passage,
strong. Market strong and steady.
PRICES OF LEADING STOCKS AND GOV. BONDS.
San Francisco October 10, 1S79.
Stacks and Bonds.
Cal. St. Bonds, 6's,'57, (nom)
S. F. City &Co. B'ds, 6fl,'6H
S. F. C. & Co. B'ds, 7s(nom)
Monig'y Av. Bonds (nom).
Dapont Street Bonds
Sacramento City Bonds . . .
S-ockton City Bonds, 6's..
Yuba County Bonds, 8's. . .
Santa Clara Co. Bonds, 7's
Butte Co. Bonds, 10's, "60 .
Sau Mateo Bonds, 7's
Oakland City Bonds, 8's
Bank of California (old st'k)
First National ,
Paciac
California Ins. Co
Commercial Ins. Co....
Fireman's Fund Ins. Co
Bid.
AglBBd
100
102
Nom.
Nom.
105
107
65
70
80
90
M
28
90
95
103
100
105
107
90
—
100
—
I
112
115
70
71
.
89
90
120
130
108
112
75
80
106
110
Stocks and Bonds.
Home Mutual Ins. Co
State Investment Ins. Co .
Union Ins. Co
CitvR. R
Central R. R. Co
ClavSticetHillR. R
Market Street ft. ft
N. B. and Mission ft. R. . . .
Omnibus ft. R
Potrero and Bay View R. R
Giant Powder Co
S. F. Gaslight Co
S. V. W. W. Co
Real Estate Associates....,
Merchants' Exchange
Safe Deposit Co
Nevada Co. N. G. R. R. Bds
Virginia & Truckee "
Bid.
85
105
110
35
50
22
6
65
30
30
135
100
Asked
90
108
115
40
55
83}
95
102J
The Savings Banks are lending money more freely. Altogether, there is more con-
fidence expressed, and consequently loans are made more easily, but there is no
change in our quotations, the business in securities for the past week being entirely
of a retail character.
Andrew Baird, 312 California street.
FUNERAL OF CHAS. H. WILLIAMS.
The obsequies of this gentleman, who met with so strange and terri-
ble an end on Sunday last, were celebrated on Thursday in a manner that
showed how large a circle of friends had been reached by the dreadful
blow. The church was decorated with an extraordinary profusion of
flowers and wreaths, and the coffin was a pyramid of tuberoses and maid-
enVhair ferns. There was hardly standing-room in the edifice, aud the
faces of the vast throng expressed grief and sorrow, entirely in sympathy
with the soul-touching notes of the choir and the solemn organ-music, the
requiem of the friend, taken from them in the strength of his manhood,
and changed as in the twinkling of an eye.
Latest from the Merchant's Exchange.— New York, October 10,
1879. United States Bonds— 4s, 102 J ; 4k, 105i; 5s. 1034. Sterling Ex-
change, 4 82@4 84. Pacific Mail, 32|. Wheat, 125@140. Western Union,
94f. Hides, 21@2U. Oil— Sperm, 72@73. Winter Bleached, 85 @ 93.
Whale Oil, 36f&42; Winter Bleached, 43@50. Wool— Spring, fine, 22@
30 ; Burry. 12@14 ; Pulled, 29@36 ; Fall Clips, 16@20 ; Burry, 15@20.
London, Oct. 10th.— Liverpool Wheat Market, 10s.@lls. 2d.; Club,
10s. ld.@lls. 7d. U. S. Bonds, 5's, 106g; 4's, 105§; 4&% 109£. Consols,
97 15-16.
John Sbillito, the A. T. Stewart of Cincinnati, who has just died,
leaves his business to his four sons, a place and $100,000 to a daughter,
dividing the rest of his property, estimated at $12,000,000, among his five
children, and bequeathing $515,000 to charitable objects.
Washington, October 9th. — The Treasurer of the United States
reports the total amount of standard silver dollars coined at $42,757,750.
The amount on hand in the Treasury offices is $31,703,680; amount out-
standing in circulation, $11,054,070.
The Chief of the Bureau of Statistics reports that the exports of pe-
troleum and petroleum products during August, 1879, amounted to 46,-
397,776 gallons, valued at $3,630,112.
Large numbers of Chinamen have arrived at New York the past
week from San Prancisco, and one of them states that thousands more
are coming.
Berlin, October 9th. —Sixty thousand hundred-weight of rails have re-
cently been bought in Germany for the United States.
Berlin, October 9th.— An agreement relative to Postoffice money or-
ders has just been concluded between Germany and the United States.
Postage on S. F. News Letter to all parts of United. States and
Europe, 2 cents.
London, Oct. 10, 1879. —Latest Price of Consols. 97 15-16.
Printed and Published by the Proprietor, Frederick Marriott, 607 to 615 Merchant Street, San Francisco, California.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Oct. 11, 1879.
SKELETON SKETCHES.-- No. 9.
Padre Bruno.
[by t. a. harcodbt.]
One beautiful moonlight night in the year 1815, when Sola was
Governor of California, two men were walking up and down together out-
side the wall of the Presidio of San Diego. The elder was a man of her-
culean stature and handsome as a Greek god. His skin was of a pale,
olive tinti his features were regular, and his dark brown eyes, though^ sad
in expression, were singularly beautiful. His age may have been thirty-
five or possibly forty. HiB face was smoothly shaven, and he wore the
sombre habit of the Franciscan order, for Padre Bruno was the junior
priest of San Diego Mission. His companion was a little man, and looked
still smaller by the side of the gigantic priest. His face, though hand-
some enough in itself, wore a weak and irresolute expression. He was
the Comandante of the Presidio, a captain of Mexican cavalry, and for
his age, which was not more than twenty-eight, a successful man in his
profession ; but for all his showy uniform and military strut, Don Mat-
tias cut a sorry figure beside the majestic friar. The officer was speaking
earnestly, and the Padre listened dreamily, as he strode back and forth
with his eves fixed on the ground.
"You will do this thing for me, then, Father?" said the young man,
looking anxiously up into the abstracted face of his companion. "I can-
not tell whether she loves me or not. Surely I am a good enough match
for her" — and his strut increased as he continued — "for Iter, an orphan,
fortuneless and friendless" —
" No, not friendless," interrupted the prieBt, in a deep and mellow, but
constrained voice, still keeping his eyes upon the ground.
" Well, I did not mean that, Father," the soldier continued hastily, seem-
ing to catch some faint sign of warning in Padre Bruno's tone. '* What I
meant to say was that she has no future and that I can give her one." For
the first time the Franciscan lifted his eyes, and for a moment fixed them
on the speaker. Their soft, sad, dreamy look was changed to^ one of
mingled indignation, contempt and pain. But it was only for an instant,
and his gaze was on the ground again as he answered :_ "Yes, it is true.
You can promise her a future. And perhaps you are right, since you are
not sure that she loves you — and are afraid to ask her — to make me your
ambassador, or, rather, spy." His voice trembled a little, as he continued,
after a pause: "I have known Marina from childhood. You know I
came here from Spain very soon after her father, the former Comandante,
consigned her, on his death-bed, to the care of Padre Pedro, my senior
here. Padre Pedro's ill health has left her much in my charge. I
love her — as a father. Her welfare is mine. I will do my best to urge
your suit."
" What a strange fellow Padre Bruno is," said the Captain to himself,
as he walked joyfully toward his quarters. "I should be afraid to ask a
favor of him if it could be helped. But she has repulsed me more plainly
than he knows of, and his intercession is my only chance."
For a moment the priest stood looking after him, with a lurid lightin
his eyes that ill-became his peaceful calling. Nay, he took one stride
after the retreating figure, with clenched and uplifted hand. Then, turn-
ing abrubtly, he folded his arms across his breast, and walked slowly
toward the Mission.
As Jacob wrestled with the Angel, so did Padre Bruno wrestle with the
Tempter on his knees that night. And he conquered.
II.
It was the beginning of the afternoon, when all living things in those
drowsy old days took their siesta ; but Padre Bruno walked alone among
the flowers and the fruit in the little garden which he and his colleague
called their own. If he wished to be undisturbed, he could not have
chosen a better time and place. None might enter here without permis-
sion, at any hour ; but now, when the very birds and insects seemed to
imitate man in taking their midday nap, the priest was more safe from
intruders than if it had been midnight. But his manner showed plainly
that he expected somebody, and he had not long to wait. The silence was
suddenly broken by the voice of a woman singing softly, and round a turn
in the garden-walk the singer soon came into Bight. She was a girl of
sixteen or seventeen, tall and willowy, but fully and perfectly formed.
Her beauty — and a marvelous beauty it was — was of the purest Spanish
type, except the eyes, which, though they looked black in some fights,
were really a deep violet.
Padre Bruno did not lift his eyes when he beard her voice until he had
muttered a prayer for strength.. Then, as she approached, he said : " I
fear I have robbed you of your siesta, Marina,"
" Of course you have, Father," answered the girl, laughing ; "and why
did you do it ?"
" I wished to speak with you alone. I have something important to
say to you." The smile died from Marina's face and gave place to a look
of anxious wonder. " Well, Father ?" she said inquiringly.
" Marina," he went on, " you know that I have your welfare at heart ;
I may speak to you plainly, may I not? " She only answered with her
eyes. " Then, Marina, tell me truly, are you in love ? "
Had the priest foreseen the effect of this question he would have put it
less abruptly. The blood rushed to the girl's face and then left it as sud-
denly. She gazed at him with a strange look in her eyes, a look of min-
gled terror and yearning, as if something she had long feared, yet hoped
for, had come at last. If he had not supported her with his Btrong arms
she would have fallen.
Padre Bruno seemed scarcely less agitated, and a look of intense pain
swept over his face. Yet he bad obtained an unmistakeable answer to
his question, and much more easily than he had expected. Was it the
answer he had desired ?
"She does indeed love him," he muttered between bis teeth. Still, he
would hear it from her lips. " I see, then, that you are in love, Marina;
tell me, is it not so ? "
She lifted her eyes to his with the same look of terror and yearning, as
if she wished to move from his side but could not. Then, yielding utterly,
she suddenly threw her arms about his neck , hid her face upon his breast,
and, sobbing as if her heart would break, moaned out : " God help me !
O, Bruno, you know that I love."
In an instant the whole truth flashed upon him, though he had never
dreamed of it before. He could have held her there forever. He could
have torn off the black robe which condemned him to be desolate all his
days. He could have lifted her in his arms and proclaimed his love in the
face of a horrified world. Bat with a mighty effort he controlled himself.
His love he could not help, but he had not meant to tell her of it. She
had mistaken his meaning, though Bhe had guessed the truth. He must
save her from thiB deadly sin at all hazards.
Affecting, then, to misunderstand her, he said gently, with his lips al-
most touching her tresses :
" My daughter, I am glad to hear this ; but Don Mattias doubted your
love and asked me to counsel you. You will be happy as his wife, my
child. He is a good man."
Slowly she lifted her head, and for a moment they looked into each
other's eyes. Had the words "I love you !" been written across his fore-
head, she could not have read his secret more plainly than she did in that
instant, and, as she fell swooning to the ground, he knew that he had be-
trayed himself.
Old Padre Pedro was much concerned when his ward was borne sense-
less into his little house. " The sun has been too hot for her,' said Padre
Bruno ; " she should not have gone into the garden."
While Marina was still hovering between life and death, the Coman-
dante was killed on an Indian expedition. When Marina became a nun,
they said how true she was to the memory of her lover. Padre Bruno
was soon afterward transferred to a Mission in Central Mexico. But why
the sun had been so hot in the garden that day, no one ever knew.
GENERAL GRANT'S VISIT
To the Country Seat of J. C. Flood, Esq., at Menlo Park.
After reviewing the marked progress in building operations during
the last few months in and around San Francisco and its suburbs, we turn
our attention to the palatial residence which was commenced nearly two
years ago for Mr. Flood at Menlo Park. The scenery in this locality had
lost none of its breadth and grandeur of landscape since our last review
of the advancement of the works on this noble, edifice ; on the contrary,
the autumnal tints having commenced to appear, seemed, if possible, to
enhance its beauty and the chaste character of the design selected by its
owner. We will risk our reputation for judgment that a more appropri-
ate style of building could not have been chosen for this Californian para-
dise. The interior elevations being all but completed, with their crested
roofs and richly formed turrets and chimney-caps, terminating with the
main central tower 150 feet in hight, produce such a delightful blending
of a perfect sky line with the natural objects that the inward feelings of
the beholder become almost intuitively emotional and moved with admira-
tion at the splendid picture. The achievement of results like these in
architecture we hold to be the work only of the truly educated architect,
and have, so far as we can remember an instance, either here or in Europe,
seldom attained to so skillful and successful a treatment as in this rural
retreat. The grounds are being laid out with like grandeur, with wide
serpentine roads and labyrinthine walks, and terrace walls surmounted
with statuary. The magnificent masses of polished black granite at
the four entrances to the mansion also form a most attractive feature,
particularly in the Porte cochere, most of the stones being monolithic and
weighing some ten tons. The large fountain, sixty feet in diameter, is
also built of the Bame polished material, whose peculiarity rests — as in
the imperishable Egyptian granites of the pyramids— in the formation
of that hard substance geologically known as horn blende, which is its
chief component part. This granite is a new discovery in our State, and
has been introduced, for the first time, in Mr. Flood's residence. It is
found near Penryn, Cal., and the quarry is owned by G. Griffith, who
has performed all this work at Menlo Park. The inside finish of the
mansion is being executed in a most superb manner, and consists princi-
pally of satin wood, mahogany, German walnut, rosewood, bird's-eye
maple, white holly, English and American oak, and primavera, the
whole French polished and constructed in the best style of workmanship
of cabinet work. Certain of the rooms and all the halls on the first floor
will be inlaid in various designs of hard wood, the entrances being of
choice marbles designed in mosaic patterns ; the whole of this work so far
contracted for, including the exterior, has been performed by the Santa
Clara Mill and Lumber Co., of San Jose, and shows an enterprise little
known among the lumbermen of this coast, all the choice wood having
been obtained at great cost from the Eastern market, and doing great
credit to them in the excellence of its selection. The ventilation, heating
and drainage are very perfect ; the latter is conveyed through iron stone-
glazed pipes the distance of about half a mile in a remote part of the es-
tate, and thoroughly trapped. A more healthful outlook can scarcely be
imagined for the future occupants of this princely abode. The stables,
with all necessary accessories for twenty horse3, are large and commodi-
ous, and placed some two hundred yards distant from the residence, are
now approaching completion, and, unlike buildings of this kind, help to
add beauty thereto as forming, in costliness and style of architecture, a
portion of the whole, amidst this naturally picturesque scenery. Wend-
ing our way through the estate further toward the bay, we come upon the
race track, beyond which is a beautiful artificial lake, with islets formed
therein, plentifully supplied with choice game fish. A magnificent con-
servatory, we bear, is one of the future works to be projected, as also *x
water and gas works ; material for the latter having been placed at a
convenient distance from the buildings. It will take another year before
these vast works are completed and made ready for furnishing and interior
decoration. General Grant, who paid Mr. and Mrs. Flood and family a
visit on last Wednesday, at their present residence at Menlo Park, ex-
pressed in unmeasured terms his admiration of the new building, and the
park scenery of the locality.
If the difficulties of transport can be overcome, California fruit-
growers are invited to seek a field for their produce in the manufacture
and export of jam. In Kent one manufacturer alone is reported as boil-
ing up last season the astounding mass of 2,000 tons. This extraordinary
quantity was chiefly made up of black and red currants, raspberries, dam-
sons and plums ; and to contain it seven barge loads of jars were required,
in sizes capable of holding from 4 to 14 lbs. each. The retail price of
such jam is about 7d. to 9d. per pot, containing about one pound of jam.
Private householders are able to make their own jams for less than half
the retail price, even with the disadvantages of buying small quantities
both of sugar and fruit. Beyond this, home-made jam does not receive
adulteration, and has equal parts of sugar and fruit.
Artistic Novelties, manufactured from California quartz, at Ran-
dolph & Co.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
ADVKKTI.sKK.
BANKS.
ASS-TOTJNDING.
Old Ladt— Boy, boy, isn't this very dangerous? Boy— Werry dan-
gerous indeed, marm ; there was a lady a-ridin' up here last year, and the
donkey fell, and the lady were chucked over the cliff and killed. Old
Lady— Good gracious! Was the donkey killed too? Boy— No, marm,
that's the werry donkey. Fun.
INCLOSTJRES FROM LONDON.
Mrs. Langtryand the Prince is almost the only topic of talk we
have on hand at present, and those helpless souls who cannot rise to a pro-
per appreciation of the Bathybian protoplasm, to the wooing of the Span-
ish King, or to the interesting little quarrel between Germany and Russia
about the Baltic Provinces, have started a bit of scandal for themselves
about one of the most distinguished of the professional beauties. It is
said that the complaisant husband— and he is very complaisant — has filed
a bill of divorce against his wife in Sir James Hannen's Court with the
name of an illustrious personage among the co-respondents. The story it-
self is old — I heard it at least six weeks ago, and I believe I gave you a
hint of it at the time ; but it was reproduced, with names and circum-
stances, a few days ago in one of the newspapers of the gutter, and now
every one is whispering it about. I do not believe there is the slightest
foundation for the story, for the lady, with all her beauty, is circumspec-
tion itself, and her husband must know this as well as any one of us.
But uneasy lies the head that owns one of these professional beauties,
and perhaps if men were wise they would recognize, with Talleyrand,
that there is no domestic bliss like that which arises from the conscious-
ness that your wife is neither witty nor superlatively beautiful. Mr.
Langtry, Mr^Whceler and Mr. Cornwallis West can hardly take up a
newspaper without finding a paragraph, generally an impertinent one,
about their wives, and their wives' portraits preseut themselves to them in
every photographer's window from a group of actresses and ballet-dancers.
The London World— a good authority— says: With reference to certain
scandalous rumors, which have obtained perhaps a wider and more per-
nicious currency abroad than at home, implicating certain illustrious and
well-known persons, it may simply be said that these are absolutely, wan-
tonly and utterly false. Of this fact any one can convince himself who
takes the trouble to inspect the perfectly accessible lists of a certain Court.
A rise in any one article of prime necessity is a serious matter to
thousands of people, and he is a public benefactor who shows the way to
a remedy for such a state of things. This is why Breeze & Loughran,
Washington and Davis streets, call attention to their stock of Whittaker's
New England Mild Cured Breakfast Bacon and Boneless Breakfast Bacon.
The reputation of these brands is second to none, and the only direct way
to break down the combination now existing in this market to keep up
the price of California Bacon, is to supply yourself with Whittaker's cele-
brated, which is offered at lower rates. The Breakfast is put up in white
canvas, in strips weighing four or five pounds, and is the very best article
ever put up in this line. Charity begins at home, Give your family the
best, and save money at the same time.
An elegant assortment of Gold Watches and Chains at Randolph &
Co.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
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and English, Scottish and Australian Chartered Bank.
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Cashier, WILLIAM STEEL. London Bankers, Bank of England and London Joint
Stock Bank ; New York, Drexel, Morgan & Co. ; Boston, Third National Bank.
This Bank is prepared to transact all kinds of General Banking and Exchange Busi-
ness in London and San Francisco, and between said cities and all parts of the
world. March 30.
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Officers: Vice-President, Jerome Lincoln; Secretary, W.
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Approved Securities. Office : No. 215 Sansome street, San Francisco. Oct. 14.
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Francisco. Officers : President, L. GOTTIG. Board of Directors.— Fred.
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loan Money, and issue Letters of Credit available throughout the world.
FRED. F. LOW, IGN. STEINHART, Managers.
P. N. Liliesthal, Cashier. Sept. 13.
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[March 15.]
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Oct. 11, 1879.
"PLEASURE'S WAND."
""Wo Obey no Wand but Pleasure's."— Tom Moore.
California Theater. — Miss Cavendish is an actress who comes -very
near being a great one. She possesses intellectuality of mind and mag-
netism of person, is natural in speech and manner, and avoids relying on
exaggeration or sensationalism for effects. Her voice is of a pleasing tim-
bre, and her intonation very pure. On first acquaintance the strong En-
glish accent is disagreeable, but this feeling gradually wears off. The
character of " Miss Gwilt " is, perhaps, one of the most difficult to prop-
erly represent on the stage. Wilkie Collins delights in mystifying his
readers, and in the creation of this woman he has succeeded admirably in
this respect. As played by Miss Cavendish, the governess is a woman
whose existence is a continual battle between the good and evil in her. It
is the picture of a being whose every vicious instinct and impulse is tem-
porarily smothered under the workings of a true and honest love for an
honest man. When this influence ceases to exist, under the belief of
"Midwinter's" death, wickedness becomes once more paramount, to be
succeeded with utter despair at his re-appearance. Miss Cavendish does
the best acting in the last two acts, when the hard side of her character is
preeminent, and the interview with her husband and the scene with "Dr.
Downward" were acted in a truly magnificent manner. Keene did very
well in the first act, but became, as usual, too melodramatic in the stronger
scenes. Pope Cooke was an admirable " Dr. Downward." Plausible and
smooth toward the dramatis personae, the rascal was plainly indicated to
the audience beneath the hypocritical suavity displayed. Miss Harold
deserves a word for fresh, pert representation of "Miss Milroy." The
rest of the cast was excellent, barring the part of *' Captain Manuel,1'
which was outrageously burlesqued by John Wilson. As Miss Cavendish
will appear in several characters, a more extended notice of her great
qualities is reserved. On Monday Lady Clancarty will be produced.
Baldwin's Theater. — The production of the same play, equally well-
acted, as a whole, at two theaters simultaneously, ought to excite the in-
terest of theater-goers. That this is not a fact evidences that our public
has become satiated with theatricals through an excess of supply. At the
same time there are strong counter-attractions of a peculiar nature. The
preparations for the forthcoming Authors' Carnival, which is engrossing
the attentions of all the ladies, the walking matches that attraut from all
classes, and the great social event at Belmont on Wednesday, all these
causes will explain the paucity of attendance bestowed upon the different
theaters. Miss Jeffreys-Lewis's " Miss Gwilt " is conceived in a slightly
different way from Miss Cavendish's, and not in a manner that the former
lady's general style of acting would indicate. The virtuous side of the
character has the upper hand ; the display of tenderness toward " Mid-
winter" being excessively womanly and honest. With her, vice seemed to
be a matter of regret and remorse. In the great scene with her husband,
where he overwhelms her with reproaches at her perfidy, her humiliation
is meek and lowly. Miss Lewis's idea of the character appears more na
tural to life, but, as a piece of acting, lacks the artistic finish, the talented
elaboration and minute detail of stage-business noticeable in Miss Caven-
dish's rendition. Mr. O'Neill is a more reserved, intense "Midwinter"
than Mr. Keene. He fails, though, to put sufficient force in the more
dramatic passages. The two impersonations are, in their respective styles,
very creditable. Mr. Jennings' " Dr. Downward" is well acted, but the
true nature of the man is too apparent. His honesty has the ring of the
counterfeit coin, and would not pass current. Mr. Barrows is an intelli-
gent and natural " Capt. Manuel," though his make-up is decidedly exag-
gerated. There is no reason for and twenty against this rascal having the
looks of a bushwhacker. On Monday, Byron's The Girls will be pro-
duced, and on this occasion Miss Carey will make her reappearance.
Standard Theater. — John E. Owens is a comedian as there are but
few on our stage. There is, in fact, but one other name to be coupled
with his, and that is Joseph Jefferson. Owens elaborates all the details
of a character to the extreme limit, making the impersonation perfect in
all respects. To the gift of natural humor he adds the knowledge of all
stage tricks and artifices. Every point is made to tell without the slight-
est effort. In facial expression Owens' resources seem to be illimitable.
These remarks are applied to this excellent comedian in general. As
far as " Solon Shingle " is concerned, his acting of the old farmer seems
to have deteriorated. At times the too minute elaboration of by-play, al-
though thoroughly artistic, becomes tedious. And he has of late years
given to the character a peculiar gait and manner more indicative of city
intoxication than of provincial awkwardness. The double bill of Every-
body's Friend and Solon Shingle is a little too long for one sitting, espec-
ially with the heavier piece at the end. All of Mr. Owens' well-known
characters are announced for this engagement — a rare treat. Miss Stan-
hope deserves more than ordinary mention for her performance of "Mrs.
Swandown." It was arch and vivacious, and full of naturalness and ease.
Manager Kennedy received a cordial welcome, and played " Felix Feath-
eily " very well, although, apparently, with a certain amount of nervous-
ness. The houses have been large, and things seem to indicate a very
successful Beason.
Bush Street Theater.— This theater is for the present closed, wbile
undergoing extensive ameliorations. Orchestra chairs are being placed in
lieu of the uncomfortable benches; a new stage is being built, with a new
proscenium and boxes, and the entrance will be enlarged. These are all
very necessary improvements, particularly that of a new entrance. As at
present existing, the means of exit are outrageously dangerous and should
have been condemned ere this. The date of the re-opening will be
announced hereafter. As the first attraction, the Colville Folly Troupe
will be presented.
German Theater. — The German Company produced, last Sunday,
The Children of Captain Grant, with the same scenery and accessions as
used during the week by the regular California Theater management. It
was well acted, and particular mention is due to Mrs. Witt, and Messrs.
Freeman and Urban. These artists fairly outdid themselves in their
respective characters. To-morrow evening Moser's comedy, Haroun-al
Raschid and His Mother-in-Law will be played, for the first time in the
United States. This is said to be a most amusing Lustspiel.
Vienna Garden. — The Ladies' Orchestra continues to give its nightly
concerts. This is sufficient attraction to keep the place filled to repletion.
The proprietors are courteous and obliging toward their patrons, but do
not give them enough air. The ventilation is defective, and, as this is a
matter easily remedied, should be attended to immediately.
Herold's Concert. — The opening concert of this season's series drew a
comparatively large audience, giving promise that Mr. Herold will be
this year the recipient of more public patronage than heretofore. The
change to Baldwin's Theater is a wise one, but a little more light than
was turned on Wednesday afternoon is absolutely necessary. As it was
then, a state of semi-darkness prevailed which was dispiriting and tire-
some. The orchestra, which is substantially the same as last year, has
not as yet got down fairly to work, and was a little unsteady. F. Hil-
ler's symphony, in E minor, constituted the piece de resistance, and was
fairly played. The light selections were Boecherini's Minuetto, for strings,
with mutes, and the popular craze, Michaeli's Turkish Patrol. This last
trifle is being played lately ad nauaeum. Mr. Herold's efforts to give us
orchestral music deserve support, and it is a lasting shame that such has
not heretofore been the case.
Chit-Chat. — It will please all of Harry Edward's friends and admirerB
to know that he has been engaged for the coming season at Wallack's
Theater. He hopes to pay a flying visit to this city next May.^— Bart-
ley Campbell is the coming American dramatist. His My Partner is an
immense success in New York, and The Galley Slave has just been enthu-
siastically received in Philadelphia.— Pin afore is being played through-
out the South. ■— The Banker's Daughter is to be done at the Court The-
ater, London.^^Marie Gordon has been divorced from her husband,
John T. Raymond. ^^ Genevieve Ward has gone into retirement on ac-
count of the death of her father.^— Frank Mayo, disgusted with his Lon-
don failure, gives up his engagements in the English country towns, and
returns at once to America.^— Theodore Thomas is giving orchestral
concerts in New York.^— It is definitely settled that Miss Fanny Mo-
rant is no longer a member of Union Square Company. Mrs. Phillips
takes her place.^— John Gilbert, who has been very ill, is much better,
and his recovery no longer a matter of doubt.— —Philadelphia says of
Ella Wilton : ( ' She not only lacks force, but acts without experience, and
is mechanical in manner."— The Vienna theaters seldom present any-
thing but adaptations from the French. The pieces, however, are called
original.— The author of "Baby Mine" is about to bring a suit against
Ditson & Co. for S20,000.^— There is a woman in a variety show in the
West who plays selections from Pinafore on two banjos at once !
PUBLIC HEALTH.
There was a considerable increase last week of the mortality
from zymotic diseases, but, on the whole, there is an improvement as com-
pared with former years. Typhoid fever of a mild type still prevails, and
now and again mild sore throats are made serious by sewer gases. As cold
weather approaches we find more deaths from consumption. Aneurism
is fearfully common in San Francisco. There were two deaths last week
and there are already three this. Heart disease is also remarkably fatal
to many in the prime of life. Both are probably due to evil habits rather
than to defective sanitary arrangement. Young children are beginning to
suffer from cold and the variable temperature. Out of 72 natural deaths
last week 34 were of children under five years of age. The mortality over
60 years is augmented by the same causes.
M.
STANDARD THEATER.
A. Kennedy, fflauagcr.-Great Hi t andPrononnced Suc-
cess of the Famous Comedian, MR. JOHN E. OWENS, as
MAJOE WELLINGTON DE BOOTS and SOLON SHINGLE,
supported by MISS ADELINE STANHOPE, MISS KATE DENIN, MISS FRANKIE
McCLELLAN, MR. FELIX MORRIS, MR. RUSSELL BASSETT, MR. M. A. KEN-
NEDY, and an unequaled cast. Every evening this week and Saturday Matinee at'2
P.M. ' Positively no Sunday performance. EVERYBODY'S FRIEND and SOLON
SHINGLE. To follow in rapid succession— THE VICTIMS, TOODLES, PAUL PRY,
LIVE INDIAN, FORTY WINKS, etc. Reserved Beats can be secured six days in ad-
vance at the Box Office. Oct. 11.
THE BALDWIN THEATER.
Manager, Mr. Thomas Maguire.—Tliis (Saturday) Evening.
Oct. 11th, and every evening, grand production of Wilkie Collins' great play,
AKHtADALE ; or, MISS GWILT,
with an extraordinary cast, including MR. .TAMES O'NEILL, MR. LEWIS MORRI-
SON, MR. J. W. JENNINGS. MR, A. D. BRADLEY, MR. J. 0 BARROWS, MISS
JEFFREYS-LEWIS. New Scenery bv DAYTON. All the Original Music, by H. J.
Widmer and the Baldwin Grand Orchestra. SATURDAY MATINEE at 2 o'clock.
Monday Evening, October 13th- H. J. Byron's new comedy, THE GIRLS, and first
appearance in two years of MISS ELEANOR CAREY. Oct. 11.
CALIFORNIA THEATER.
WB. Barton, manager; Barton Hill, Acting Manager.
• Monday, Oct. 13th. Second Week of ADA CAVENDISH, who will appear as
LADY CLANCABTY,
in Tom Taylor's thrilling play of that name (written expressly for Miss Cavendish),
produced with Entirely New Scenery, Properties and Appointments, and a Brilliant
Cast of Characters. Seats at the Box Office. Oct. 11.
VIENNA CONCERT GARDENS,
/Corner Sntter anil Stockton streets (formerly the Tivoli).
\J The Great Family Resort. Grand Opening, SATURDAY, September 20th, at
8 P.M. The Celebrated VIENNA LADIES' ORCHESTRA has been engaged perma-
nently tor Instrumental and Vocal Concerts. The enlarged Hall and Gardens have
been thoroughly renovated, beautified and fitted up as a FIRST-CLASS FAMILY
RESORT. [Oct 4.j RIECK & CO., Proprietors.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
The Home Blntual Insurance Company will pay i ts regnlar
monthly dividend of One (1) Dollar per share on its capital stock on October
10th, 1879. CHARLES R. STORY, Secretary,
Oct. 11. 406 California street.
GALVANIZED TELEGRAPH WIRE.
1,500 Miles Nos. 9 to 13, in Bond or Duty Paid.
Oct. 11. A. S. JBLALLXJDXX: , 6 California street.
CUMBERLAND MINE,
Yavapai Comity, Arizona. Office: No. 417 California St.,
San Francisco, California. President, GEORGE M. CIPKICO. Secretary, J.
H. GRIFFITHS. Office Hours : 2 p.m. daily. Oct. 11.
a year and expenses to agents. Out fit Free. Address,
June 7.] P. O. V1CKERY, Augusta, Maine.
$777
Oct. 11, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
SPORTINC ITEMS.
Rowtog. — As Bxed, the St. Georgia and OolamUtt Rowing ('tubs' Ro-
mttn t->ok place lost Saturday ■ tone two miles, with turn.
WtathtT ptauant, wind tight, water smooth f<>r tin- Brrt two events, and
lumpy for the remainder. The tin*t race was the principal contest of the
day, being the four-oared shell race for the McKinhty Challenge Cup.
The entries were:
The Pioneer R. (\— 1, A. T-l.in (bow): 2, M. Sullivan; It, J. Sullivan;
L M. J. Marohy (stroke). The St. George K. C. 1. H. N. V/allace
. 2, t*. R. Browne; 3, 1». Brown,- 4. R. 1>. Girvin (stroke). A very
fair start was made, each crew getting well away at the word "' Go." For
the first three quarters of a mile the boats were bow-and-bow; then the
St. George forged ahead a length, but a bad turn at the stake enabled
the Pioneer to close the gap and take a lengthy lead on the homestretch,
which, however, they were permitted to retail* but a short distance, as
the St. George, by a vigorous spurt, again came to the fore, and suc-
ceeded in holding a quarter to half a length's lead till about a quarter of a
mile from home, where the Pioneer took the lead, crossing the winning-
line two lengths ahead. The race was the closest and most exciting that
we have bad since amateur racing was commenced on this coast. The
St. George were evidently overmatched in skill and strength, and it was
only by great exertion, through sheer determination not to be beaten,
that they succeeded in making so good a showing. The Pioneer crew row
well together, and the style of their stroke-oar is worthy of imitation. If
this crew holds together for another season, the probabilities are that
their club will become the final possessors of the cup, this being the
second time in succession that it has won it. The time of the Pioneer
crew in this last race was 13 m. 5s.; the St. George, 13 m., 17 s., both
comparing very favorably with the winning times of most Eastern crews.
Junior Single Sculls— Columbia R. C. — W. I. Casey, J. E. George.
St. George R. C— W. A. Wilson. Won by Casey, 1G m., 37 a.; George
second.
Second-class four-oared shell. Pioneer R. C. — 1, J. J. Whelan (bow);
2, B. Oliver; 3, F. Netting; J. Foster (stroke). St. George R. C— 1, C.
J. Okell (boV); 2, I. C. Friedlander; 3, E. T. Hubback; 4, J. G. Lucas
(stroke). Course, one mile straight away. Won easily by the Pioneer.
In connection with this race, we would make the suggestion to the
management of the St. George Club that it does not reflect credit to their
club to enter an unpracticed crew for a representative race, and
especially when practice is quite feasible.
Senior single sculls. Columbia R. C. — T. W. Fenn. Pioneer R. C. —
J. Sullivan. Ariel B. C. — It. Stevenson. Won by Sullivan, 16 m.,
53jf 8.; Fenn a good second.
Four-oared lapstreak ; Ariel B. C: 1. Fred Smith (bow); 2, "W. H.
Growney ; 3, J. C. Cotsford ; 4, W. H. Wall (stroke). St. George R. C.
— 1, H. N. Wallace (bow); 2, C. R. Browne; 3, D. Browne; 4, R. D.
Girvin (stroke); won by the Ariel Club, 14 min. 34 sec.
Second-class barge ; Dolphin S. and R. Club: 1, E. Kehrlein ; 2, E.
Lutgens ; 3, L. Schroeder ; 4, E. Peterson (stroke). Pioneer R. C. — 1, J.
J. Whelan ; 2, B. Oliver ; 3, F. Netting ; 4, J. Foster (stroke). St.
George R. C.— 1, W. Wilson ; 2, P. J. Cadogan ; 3, J. Watson ; 4, E. T.
Hubback (stroke). Won by the Dolphin ; the Pioneer a good second ;
the St. George anywhere. We cannot understand why any club, having
the remotest respect for its rowing reputation, should allow such a crew as
this St. George Barge crew to figure in public. Judging from their style
— especially that of No. 2 — and the commotion they caused in the waters
of the creek, one would suppose that they had learnt their rowing by fer-
vent application to a churn splasher. We would take this opportunity to
point out to the rowing element generally that it would be to the interest
of their sport for them to endeavor, in their public races, to display as
near as possible, perfection in form and condition. By so doing, rowing
would become to be regarded by our community at large with respect, in-
terest and intelligence. The management of the regatta deserves nothing
but praise. We would like to suggest here to our leading dailies, that in
future, when they desire to have an account of any of our regattas in
their columns, that they employ reporters who can, at least, give a just
account of what takes place. Ignorance is but a poor plea for injustice.
Some of the accounts of this regatta in our dailies were evidently not
taken from facts, but from the erroneous mental wanderings of juvenile
aspirants to repertorial honors.— —There is a rumor that a well-known
patron of sport intends offering a silver challenge cup, open to amateurs,
in four-oared barges.— A race between the Golden Gate and Pioneer
clubs, in barges, is talked of.^— The Dolphin Club, elated with their late
victory, think of getting a four-oared shell, to compete in the next race
for the McKinlay Cup.
Fedestriaiuam. — The late six-day walk for men has proven that Cali-
fornia pedestrians are the equal of any in the world. The ease with which
P. Mclntyre, the winner, made his distance of 500 miles, making his last
mile in 5 minutes 25 seconds, shows that he could have put 550 on record.
Carmichael, the second man, who bad 478 miles to his credit, is quite new
at the business, this being his first long walk. Scott, the third man, cov-
ered 455 miles, walking most of the distance, and could have done much
better had he not thought the distance made in the last race a criterion to
go by. Murdock came in fourth, with 430 miles. He, too, is a green
hand, this being his first public walk. Chenowith fifth, with 412 miles,
was put out of the race for fourth place by an injudicious use of liniment,
which penetrated the skin and poisoned his blood to such an extent that
serious results are likely to ensue. The only trouble connected with the
match waB caused by a disreputable scoundrel named Macfarlane, who
personated Santos, and endeavured to swindle the other competitors by
wearing and walking with his clothes and number while the real Santos
was resting. For conniving at the trick Santos was ruled off the track
and Macfarlane incontinently fired out of the hall-^— The six-day walk
for ladies started last Wednesday, with all the contestants who had en-
tered. So far the unknown ladies, who, by the way, have all good re-
cords (or say they have), do not show any wonderful speed. Miss Florence
is the most graceful goer, and Miss Denman the fastest, but neither of
them can compare with La Chapelle. Last week we selected Von Berg
for first place, and see nothing to call for a change of opinion.— The
two Apache Yuma Indians, who ran against time last Wednesday, failed
to lower the record. Moofcoomosonnic made 19 1-16 miles in two hours.
His fastest mile was 5 min., 34 sec. We think he could make 20^ miles
on a straight track.— The match between men and horses will commence
next Wednesday at the Pavilion. Its novelty will ensure its success.
Coursing. The regular f:\ll meeting of the California Pioneer Coursing
( Inb will be h< hi nt M. n ■ I on Wednesday, November 5th. Thin meet-
ing will be attended with considerable Interestes the ■tttkeean only
open to greyhounds i members of the < Hub, which oomprises ail
the best dogs in the 8l ite many of them being imported stock. There
will also bo a run f..r the Pappy Btekes that b, greyhounds under
eighteen months old. Tl„ ..- having never met before on the conrslng-fleld,
afford room for a large amount of speculation to pick out the winners.
1 he stakes to be run for at this meeting are far in excess of what has ever
before been offered. Mr. ltloss has written to the Club that the people
of Merced will give a liberal puree toward the prizes. The entrance fee
has been fixed at ten dollars for the Old Dog Stake, and fire dollars for
the Puppy Stake, besides considerable added money given by the Club,
The reports received by the Club concering the coursing-ground, and the
abundance of harew, are very favorable for one of the finest meetings ever
held on the coast. On Tuesday evening, October 21st, the Club will meet
for the purpose of making all arrangements for the coursing.
Shooting. — In a late issue we spoke of the poor quality of Winchester
cartridge shells. Further inquiry among sportsmen and gunmakers shows
that we dealt too leniently with what one gentleman calls the biggest
swindle ever puffed into notoriety. The universal complaint is that Win-
chester Bhells are very uneven in size— so much so that a No. 12 will often
no more then enter a No. 10 gun. The heads are badly made, often
dropping off before loading ; and many sportsmen have spoilt their day's
shooting by getting one of these wretched shells so jammed that no one
but a smith could remove it. ^—Reports of good bags of quail come from
all parts of the State.— We hear that ducks are rather scarce in San
Joaquin and Sacramento counties.
Baseball. — The Hop Bitters of Rochester got an easy victory over the
Californias last Sunday ; score, 16 to 5.— Games tomorrow at Oakland:
Cincinnati vs. California. At Recreation Grounds : Hop Bitters vs.
Knickerbockers.— —The advent of the Eastern club, and the disgraceful
way in^ which they have tried to prostitute the game to mercenary ends,
will ruin baseball on this coast if not checked. ^— Nolan is reinstated by
the League for obvious gate money reasons.—* We advise our readers
not to bet on Sunday's game at the Recreation Grounds,kas we hear that
lots of coin could be made by the Hop Bitters losing.
Swimming. —Dean, Williams, Catton and Melrose will compete for
the Neptune Club medal to-morrow.^— In Daily's absence bis mantle
seems to have dropped on Flemming's shoulders, for he pulled another
drowner out last week.
Predictions.— The News Letter is the only paper on the Pacific
Coast that has enterprise enough to ascertain the probable win-
ners of sporting events and publish tips for the guidance of its readers'
betting. In this we take considerable pride, l?ut have still greater
grounds for congratulation in the fact that so far all our predictions have
turned out correct, and persons who followed our judgment have made
considerable moDey. Amongst other notable winners that we have named
are Edwards for the July walk, Callahan for a place in the same event,
Mclntyre for the late walk, Rowell for the Astley Belt, and LaChapelle
in the six-day walk at Piatt's Hall. It remains to be seen whether Von
Berg, our selection for the ladies 'Icon test, will win.
AGGREGATE ASSETS, $38,739,065.
Imperial Fire Insurance Co., of London Instituted 1803.
London Assurance Corporation, of London
Established by Royal Charter 1 720.
Northern Assurance Corporation, of London Established 1836.
Queen Insurance Company, of Liverpool Established 1857.
A JOINT POLICY ISSUED BY THE FOUR COMPANIES.
ROBERT J>ICKSON, Manager.
W. ZANE HOOKER, Agent and Attorney.
317 CALIFORNIA STREET, S. F. [Oct. 11.
ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
Gila Silver Miaing Corapauy. --Location of Principal Place
of Business, San Francisco, California.— Location of Works, Reveille Mining
District, Nye County, Nevada.— Notice is hereby given that at a meeting- of the
Board of Directors, held on the 30th day of September, 1879, an assessment (No. 6)
of Twenty-five Cents per share was levied upon the capital stock of the corporation,
payable immediately, in United States gold coin, to the Secretary, at the office of the
Company, Room 7, Safe Do-posit Building, San Francisco, California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall remain unpaid on the THIRD DAY
OF NOVEMBER, 1879, will be delinquent and advertised for sale at public auction,
and unless payment is made before, will be sold on MONDAY, the TWENTY-
FOURTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1879, to pay the delinquent assessment, together
with cost of advertising and expenses of sale. By order of the Board of Directors.
WM. W. PARRISH, Secretary.
Office— Room 7, Safe Deposit Building, No. 328 Montgomery street, San Francisco,
California. Oct. 11.
ANNUAL MEETING.
Office of tbe Eureka Consolidated Mining- Company, Ne-
vada Block, Room 37, San Francisco, October 4th, 1879.— The Annual Meeting
of tbe Stockholders of the above-named Company will be held at the office of the
Company, Room No. 37, Nevada Block, San Francisco, on MONDAY, the TWEN-
TIETH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1879, at 2 p.m. of said day, for the election of Trustees
to serve for the ensuing year, and for the transaction of such other business as may
be Dresented Transfer Buoks closed October 16th, at 3 p.m.
Jet. 11, W. W. TRAYLOR, Secretary.
ANNUAL MEETING.
The Annual Meeting of tbe Stockholders of the Belvidere
Mining Company will be held at the office of the Company, Room 26, No. 203
Bush street =San Francisco, California, on TUESDAY, the twenty-first day of Octo-
ber 1879 at 1 o'clock p.m., for the purpose of electing a Board of Trustees for the en-
suing- vear and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come be-
fore the meeting [Oct. 11-1 C. VAN DYCK HUBBARD, Secretary.
ROEDERER CHAMPAGNE.
~VTotice.--The Trade and the Public are informed that we
]\ receive the genuine LOUIS ROEDERER CARTE BLANCAE CHAMPAGNE,
direct from Mr. Louis Roederer, Reims, over his signature and Consular Invoice.
Each case is marked upon the side, " Macondray & Co., San Francisco." and each
bottle bears the label, "Macondray & Co., Sole Agents for the Pacific Coast."
Oct. 11. MACONDRAY & CO., Sole Agents for the Pacific Coast.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Oct. 11, 2879.
CRADLE, ALTAR, AMD TOMB.
CRADLE.
Buscb— In this city, October 4th, to the wife of J. J. Busch, a son,
Foktana— In this city, October 2d, to the wife of M. J. Fontana, a son.
Fuller — In this city, September 20th, to the wife of W. H. Fuller, a daughter.
Geyer— In this city, October 2d, to the wife of Louis P. Geyer, a son.
Glaser. — In this city, October 1st, to the wife of Peter Glaser, a daughter.
Goldsmith— In this city, October 4th, to the wife of A. M. Goldsmith, a son.
Hyman— In this city, October 7th, to the wife of Jacob Hyman, a son.
Luumensen— In this city, October 6th, to the wife of N. Luhmensen, a son.
Mayer— In this city, September 25th, to the wife of Bernard Mayer, twins.
Pohlmank— In this city, September 28th, to the wife of G. Pohlmann, a son.
Sargekt— In this city, October Cth, to the wife of J. C. Sargent, a daughter.
Swett— In this city, October 2d, to the wife of George L. Swett, a daughter.
Van Ness — In thiB city, October 1st, to the wife of W. H. "Van Ness, a daughter.
Werlitz — In this city, September 24th, to the wife of H. Werlitz, a daughter.
ALTAR.
Driggs-Holt— In this city, October 2d, Wm. H. Driggs to Julia M. Holt.
Hall-Calhouk— In this city, October 2d, Edward S. Hall to EmmaT. Calhoun,
Johnston-Nice— In this city, October 3d, E. McD. Johnston to Ella M. Nice.
Kennedy-Gillespie — In this city, October 2d, E. H. Kennedy to Annie Gillespie.
Labelle-Cuenette— In this city, October 7th, J. Labelle to Ellen Chenette.
Meyer-Russ- In this city, October 4th, Emil Meyer to Marie Russ.
Rabjohn-Wood— In this city, October b'th, Thos. H. Rabjohn to Evelyn E. Wood.
RiCHMOND-DoNAni'E— In this city, October 4th, John Richmond to Flora Donahue.
Rice-Strauss — In tnis city, 2d, John G. Rick to Clara Strauss.
TOMB.
Bowles— In this c:.ty, October 1st, Harry Harding Bowles, aged 24 years.
Baird— In this city, October 4th, James S. Baird.
Cherry— In tbis city, October 1st, John B. Cherry, aged 60 years.
Crowley— In this city, October 1st, Dr. Walter Crowley, aged 40 years.
Colqrove— In this city, October5th, S. W. Colgrove, aged 31 years.
Donovan — In thiB city, October 1st, Sarah A. Donovan, aged 40 years.
Hamill— In this city, Octcber 6th, John Hamill, aged 49 years.
Jansen— In this city, October 2d, Matis Jansen, aged 26 years
Johnson— In this city, October 3d, James Johnson, aged 66 years.
Katz — In this city, October 6th, Solomon P. Katz, nged,51 years.
Lindegaard — In this city, October 3d, Cecilie Lindegaard, aged 38 years.
Leland— In tbis city, October 5th, Pierre E. Leland, aged 26 years.
Marriott— In this city, October 7th, Dr. Henry Marriott, aged 42 years.
Roberts— In tbis city, October 6th, Charles J. Roberts, aged 57 years.
Ward— In this city, October 3d, Fannie A, Ward, aged 24 years.
Williams— In this city, October 5th, Charles H. Williams, aged 36 years.
CETEWAYO.
New York, October 5th, — A cable dispatch, to the New York Her-
ald from Capetown, September 16th, via London October 5th, says :
Cetewayo is a tine specimen of the noble savage — big, black, about fifty
years of age, and standing nearly six feet high. He is well proportioned,
has a fully-developed physical frame, and a good-natured, open face. He
was accompanied to Capetown by four of bis wives, four followers and a
little girL Major Poole speaks of the King's amiability, and says he gave
very little trouble, except on one or two occasions, when he demanded to
have an entire ox roasted for his daily meal. In Simon's Bay he was
taken on board the Boadicea. There he saw the soldiers at drill, and ex-
pressed wonder and admiration, remarking : " Oh, I was only born yes-
terday. I am a mere baby. I never Bhould have fought against such
good men as the English, who intended to take away my country and
govern it so much better than I could. They shot us to make us Chris-
tians. I ask pardon for shooting back at them. " In an interview between
the Premier of the Cape Government and King Cetewayo, the latter said. :_
" 1 was the child of the British Government, and my father (the English^
oame to chastise me for wrong-doing. I caught the stick with which he
wished to beat me, and broke it. I did wrong to fight him, and am pun-
ished. I am no longer King. The English are a great people. They
will not kill those who fought with them. I hope the great Queen will
pardon me, and allow me to return to my country, and give me place and
permit me to build my kraal." When informed that the Government
intended to treat him with consideration, in view of his valor and pre-
vious distinction, and that the English officials desired to supply him with
everything necessary for his comfort, Cetewayo asked that ten more of
his wives be sent for at once, giving the names of his favorites.
LATE TELEGRAMS.
St. Louis, October 7th. — Jay Gould arrived here to-day from Colo-
rado, and left for the East by the Wabash Railroad to-night. In a con-
sultation between himself, Benj. W. Lewis, President of the St. Louis,
Kansas City & Northern, and A. L. Hopkins, of the Wabash, it was
finally and for the first time determined that the two roads should be op-
erated under one management, and that its headquarters Bhould be in St.
Louis. Mr. Gould was questioned regarding the situation of his affairs
in Colorado, but would state nothing, except that he will not part with
either the Colorado Central, South Park, or Denver and Rio Grande rail-
roads, and that he means to stand by them.
London, October 6. — The following named governments have signified
acquiescence in the new International code of ocean and river signals and
the rule of road at sea : France, Germany, Russia, the United States,
Italy, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands,
Austro- Hungary, Greece and Chile. The new rules and signals are to
come in use everywhere on the 1st of September, 1880. The regulations
relate to the lights which vessels should carry at night, the sound signals
which they shall make in a fog, their speed in fog, mist or snow, and the
method of steering when approaching one another.
London, October 8th. — The Times reports that two mills, which have
been closed for some time, have reopened in Preston, though the depres-
sion is keenly felt throughout North Lancashire. Spinners and manu-
facturers are more hopeful than for months. Cotton is decreasing in price,
and there is a prospect of large arrivals, and a better selling margin for
manufactured goods is expected. Jn East Lancashire, too, the prospect iB
more hopeful. The Operatives' Association urges a general adoption of
short-time working.
During the past week shipments of pig iron from Cleveland have been
on a scale unprecedented during the history of the trade, averaging 5,500
tons daily. This was caused by the demand in the United States.
FACING THE HIGHTS.
Since the one song that we sing is What ? Is this our strait? and truly
But a sad one ! Is all lost ?
Since the presence that we bring is Is hope given up and duly
Not a bad one : Shrived and orossed ?
Must we— you, my heart, and I — Come, heart ! Can not you and I
Stay to watch the world run by, Yon untrodden country try,
While we two sit back and cry — Rather than lie down and die —
Wearily ? Drearily?
Seems to me, the hills glow greenly
Over there.
If our fate has served us meanly,
Can't we bear?
Let us trudge it, you and I,
Heart, to where these new lands lie ;
Let us bid the old good-by —
CEeerily!
— Howard Glyndon in October Appletons*.
SAN FRANCISCO^ NEWS LETTER.
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street ; A. Brentano, 37 Union Square ; MacKenzie, Phillips & Co., 115 and 117 Nas-
sau street ; E. Duncan Sniffen, 31 and 32 Astor House offices ; John F. Phillips &
Co., 27 Chatham street.
Boston, Mass.— S. M. Pettengill & Co., 10 State street.
St. Loois, Mo. — Kowell & Chesman, corner Third and Chestnut.
Chicago, III. — Cook, Coburn & Co.
Philadelphia, Penn.— S. M. Pettengill & Co., 701 Chestnut street.
Cincinnati.— E. N. Fleshman & Co., N.E. corner ith and Race streets.
New Haven, Conn.— H. P. Hubbard.
Victoria, B. C— T. N. Hibben & Co.
Sacramento.— A. S. Hopkins. [February 2.
ARMY STREET.
IVfotiee.--- The undersigned, the Mayor, Assessor and Sur-
J3| veyor of the City and County of San Francisco, appointed and constituted
Commissioners by an Act of the Legislature of the State of California entitled "An
Act to confer additional powers on the Board of Supervisors of the City and County
of San Francisco, to provide for the opening of Army Street and the condemnation
of private property therefor," approved March 16th, 187S, do hereby give notice, in
conformity to the provisions of said Act and the other Acts of the said Legislature
referred to therein, that the report of the said Commissioners required by tbe pro-
visions of the Acts aforesaid is completed and will be open for the inspection of all
parties interested, at the Mayor's C nice, New City Hall (the same being the office of
the said Commissioners), daily, for thirty days, commencing on WEDNESDAY, Oc-
tober 1st, 1879, between the hours of 9 o'clock a.m. and 4 o'clock p.m. of each day.
Dated San Francisco, September 29th, 1879.
A. J. BRYANT, Mayor,
ALEXANDER BADLAM, Assessor.
WM. P. HUMPHREYS, Surveyor,
Oct. 4. Army Street Commissioners.
JOHN JENNINGS
Hooper's South End Warehouses, corner Japan and Town-
send streets, San Francisco. First-class Fire-Proof Brick Building, capacity
10,000 tons. Goods taken from the Dock and the Cars of the C. P. R. R. and S. P.
R. R. free of charge. Storage at Current Rates. Advances and Insurance Effected.
EDWARD B0SQUI & CO.,
Printers, Engravers, "lithographers and Bookbinders,
Leidesdorff street, from Clay to Commercial*
FOTTORTLAND AND ASTORIA, OREGON.
The Oregon Steamship Company and Pacific Coast Steam-
ship Company will dispatch every five days, for the above ports, one of their
newAl Iron Steamships, viz. : OREGON, GEORGE W. ELDER, and STATE OF
CALIFORNIA.
Sailing: Days
Oct. 4, 9. 14, 19, 24, and 29. I Nov. 3, 8, 13, 18,23, and 28.
A.t 10 o'clock, A.. M.
Connecting at Portland, Oregon, with Steamers and Railroads and their connecting
Stage Lines for all points in Oregon, Washington and Idaho Territories, British
Columbia and Alaska.
K. VAN OTERENDORP, Agent O. S. S. Co.,
No. 210 Battery street, San FranclBCo.
GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Agents P. C. S. S. Co.,
Oct. 4. No. 10 Market street, San Francisco.
HCUNARD LINE."
British and North American Royal Mail Steamships be-
tween NEW YORK and LIVERPOOL, calling atQUEENSTOWN, sailing from
New York EVERY WEDNESDAY.
ABYSSINIA Nov. 6
BOTHNIA Nov. 12
GALLIA Oct. 16.. Nov. 19
ALGERIA Oct. 22
SCYTHIA Oct. 29
Passage can be secured and all information given on application to
WILLIAMS, BLANOHARD & CO.,
Oct. 11. 218 California St.
PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
Steamers oi' this Company will sail from Broadway 'Wharf
for PORTLAND, Oregon), every 5 days, direct, and for LOS ANGELES, SANTA
BARBARA, SANTA CRUZ, SAN DIEGO, SAN LUIS OBISPO and other NORTH-
ERN and SOUTHERN COAST PORTS, leaving SAN FRANCISCO about every
third day.
For Day and Hour of Sailing, see the Company's Advertisement in the San Fran-
cisco Daily Papers.
Ticket Office, No. 314 M»ntjroiuery Street, near Pine.
GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Agents,
March 15. No. 10 Market street.
11, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
MY BOYHOOD3 LOVE.
My boyhood's lo* - -.till.
All r-nlUnt in her ^irHiooJ's prime.
Ami fe«.'l .u,Mtn my pulm thrill
With joy, :w* in the -Men time.
Again I walk the rUlagi *irvct.
The lik'hts QpoD the lamp-post shine,
I hear the ooming of her fWt,
Ami *oon her arm is Unfcad in mine.
Her han«l I f<T a moment press,
Ah o'er the flags we slowly glide,
And then one lingering
Slu's premised to become my bride
Th Strang* these scenes can neem so new.
Bo long she's slumbered with the deaa ;
But time noma brief u I review
The moments which so sweetly sped.
She passed away, my boyhoooVa pride,
With youth's bright sunlight on her brow:
It seems but yesterday she died,
Though wide the -space "twixt then and now.
Perched on the pinnacle of age,
I look baek through the misty years,
To read her life's half-written page ;
The blank I fill up with my tears.
For me, these years have wrought decay.
Just look at these poor shrunken hands :
These once brown locks are turned to gray ;
Spent, nearly, are life's flowing sands.
But, though I'm ripening for the tomb,
With cloudless faith I look above;
For there, in all her youthful bloom,
I'll meet again my boyhood's love.
THE LABOTJCHERE-LAWSON TROUBLE.
In this country an assault committed by one editor upon another cre-
ates little sensation and no surprise. Such occurrences, disgraceful as
they are. have become so common among us that we take them as an in-
separable adjunct to journalism of the ''live" sort. It must not be im-
agined on this account, however, that American editors are more sensitive
to insult or more quick to resent it than their European brethren. On the
contrary, the offensively personal character of our Press is such, that if
an editor were to resent every insult hurled at him by his rivals, he would
have a fresh fight on his hands for every hour in the day ; consequently
he has to sit down under nine hundred and ninety-nine insults out of
every thousand, and content himself with throwing back mud for mud ;
yet, if he makes the thousandth a casus bellit his broils are still too nu-
merous to have any novelty about them. In England it is different.
Personal journalism is, or has been till lately, unknown there, or, at least,
unpracticed by any reputable journal. When, therefore, the editors of
two such newspapers as the London Telegraph and Truth first abuse each
other in their periodicals and then come to blows, the affair not only
makes a great stir in England, but is thought of sufficient importance to
be telegraphed to the four corners of the earth. It is greatly to be de-
plored that such a shameful quarrel should have come about, but there is
little doubt as to who is most to blame. Henry Labouchere, the editor
and proprietor of Truth, has, ever since he started his journal, indulged
in a strain of personality which is often offensive, sometimes abusive, and
always in bad taste. Bright, clever and readable as Truth certainly is,
this feature has always been a stain upon its pages. Among the objects
of its most bitter attacks was Levy Lawson, proprietor of the Telegraph,
and any one who has read the incessant abuse to which he was subjected,
cannot wonder that at last he resorted to the argumentum baculinum.
But he, too, since his intimate relations with the New York Herald be-
gan, has not always been as careful of the dignity of the Press as might
have been expected from the proprietor of the mightiest newspaper in the
world j and if Labouchere had only slapped his face in return the Lon-
doners would have been well pleased.
"THE NATION" ON GRANTS RECEPTION.
General Grant's reception at San Francisco forms in every way
a pleasing contrast to what it was at the beginning of the year
feared it might be. Iustead of beiug seized on the wharf by a crowd of
political jobbers and converted into a Presidential candidate a year in ad-
vance of the election, partly in ostentatious preparation for civil war or
some sort of illegal "salvation of society," and partly in covert prepara-
tion for the return to power of the corrupt gang who brought disgrace on
his Administration, he has come back amidst the enthusiastic welcome of
men of all parties, as a great general who has deserved well of his coun-
try and whose military talents have met with much respectful recognition
abroad, and to whom a return to honored repose in his own land is very
grateful. When one sees how passionately the people desire a hero whom
they can admire and applaud simply and heartily as a man, and not as a
candidate, and how desirable it is in the existing condition of American
life that there should be such a hero in American society, it is difficult to
find words of condemnation sufficiently strong for the plans, both past
and present, for using this simple soldier as the head of the Machine, or
as the pea with which the managers did their thimblerigging. Grant's
fame, as the war left him, was one of the national treasures. The politi-
cians did their mortal best to destroy it, and had he been an older man
they would have succeeded. It has happily survived their snares, and
everthing should now be done to keep it intact during the remainder of
his life. — The Nation.
Seattle, September 23d. — The salmon run this season has proven an
entire failure, both on Paget Sound and in British Columbia. The pro-
duct of Fraser River this season will not exceed 25,000 caa as, against
105,000 last year. The Puget Sound cannery, located at Muskeltio, has
put up only 1,300 cases so far this season, against 7,000 cases put up at
this time in 1877.
Sterling Silverware. — A large assortment of elegant designs at Ban
dolph & Co.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
INSURANCE.
HUTCHINSON & MANN,
INSURANCE AGENCY,
No. S22 A 331 4 ul I lorn In Sir.. I, Sun FranclHCO,
Fire Insurance.
GIRARD
HOME of)
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PEOPLES
KKVKKE , ,
LA rvissKfiKKKKALB of Paris.
B1 PAl i. "1st. Paul.
H i rONIA of Now Orleans.
BERLIN COLOGNE ol Berlin.
LA OONF1ANCE of Paris.
Marine Insurance.
PARIS UNDERWRITING ASSOi I tllOM of Paris.
LONDON AND PRO 1NCIAL MARINE INSURANCE CO of London,
Capital Represented $23,000,000.
All Losses Eottltahly Adjustrd and Promptly Paid.
HOME MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. OF CALIFORNIA.
Principal Office, lor. California street, Nan Francisco.
Cash Assets, January 1, 1877, BG95.S91 ; Liabilities, 15,052 ; Surplus f«»r Policy
Holders, $6Si),3S9. J. V. Houghton, President; L. L. Bilker, Vice-President;
Charles R. Story, Secretary. R. II. MAGILL, U. H. BIGELOW, General Agents.
Directors. —San Francisco— L. L Baker, John U. Itedington, J. F. Houghton,
R. R. Gray, Robert Watt. John Currey, L. L. Baker, W. F. Whittier, C. C. Burr, E.
M. Root, W. H. White, J. L. N. Shoiwird, W. M. Greenwood, George S. Mann, Cyrus
Wilson, W. T. Garratt, C. Waterhouso, A. P. Hotaling, A. Block, A. K. P. Harmon,
G. S. Johnson, W. O. Wilson, A. W. Bowman, H. L. Dodge, Charles R. Story. Ala-
meda County Branch— V. D. Moody, Oliauncy Taylor, A. C, Henry, Robert S. Far-
relly, Joseph B. Martin, W. B. Hardy, T. B. Simpson. San Diego— A. H. Wilcox.
Sacramento — Mark Hopkins, D, W. Earl, Julius Wctzlar, James Carolan. San Jose —
T. Ellard Beans, B. D. Murphy, A. Pnster, J. H. Dibble, J. S. Carter, Jackson Lewis,
Jacob Rich, John Auzerais, John Balbach. Stockton— H. H. Hewlett, Chas. fielding-,
J. D. Peters, A. W. Simpson, H. M. Fanning. Marysvillc— D. E. Knight. Grass
Valley— Wm. Watt, T. W. tiigourney. Portland, Oregon— W. S. Ladd, C. H. Lewis,
P. Wasserman, B. Goldsmith, D. Macleay. Virginia City, Nevada — John Gillig, Isaac
L. Ruu.ua. March 17.
FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE-UNION INS. CO. OF S. F.
Tbe California Lloyds.--- Established in 1861.— Nos. 416 and
418 California street. Cash capital $750,000 in Gold. Assets exceed $1,000,000
Coin. Fair Rates ! Prompt Settlement of Loses ! ! Solid Security ! ! DIRECTORS.
—San Francisco— J. Mora Moss, N.'G. Kittle, M. J. O'Connor, R. S. Floyd, Moses
Heller, Adam Grant, Daniel Meyer, Antoinc Borel, Charles Kohler, E. L. Goldstein,
I. Lawrence Pool, A. Weill, Joseph Brandonstoin, Charles Bauin, James Moffitt,
Benjamin Brewster, L. Cunningham, W. M. Hoag, Nicholas Luning, John Parrott,
L. A. Booth, Julius Baum, MylesD. Sweeney, Jas. M. Goewey, Edward Cadwalader
Bartlett Doe, Gustave Touchard, J. H. Baird, J. G. Kittle, George C. Hickox, C. Du-
commun, Wm. Scholle, John Conly, Ig. Steinhart, W. B. Stone, J. O. Eldridge, A.
B. Phipps.
GUSTAVE TOUCHARD, President. N. G. KITTLE, Vice-President.
Chari.es D. Havbk, Secretary. Geo. T. Bqhbn, Surveyor. Aug. 31.
THE STATE INVESTMENT AND INSURANCE CO.
FIKE AND MAKING.
Clash Assets, 9450,000.— Principal Office, 218 and 220 San*
J some street, San Francisco. Officers : — A. J. Bryant, President ; Richard
Ivkrs, Vice-President; Charles H. Cusuinq, Secretary; H. H. Watson, Marine
Surveyor. Board OF Directors : — Peter Donahue, James Irvine, C. D. O'Sullivan,
A. Bocqueraz, R. Harrison, A. H. Rutherford, R. Bailey, E. W. Corbert, George O.
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NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL LIFE INSUR. CO. OF BOSTON.
Has transacted the business of Life Insurance for nearly
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Oct. 11, 1879.
OUR HOTELS ; WHAT THEY OUGHT TO BE, AND
■WHAT THE BALDWIN IS.
San Francisco is, perhaps, better supplied than any other city on this
continent of its size with large hotels. These great hostelries are availed
of as homes by the best of families. "When decently and properly kept,
they are agreeable to many of our most worthy people, who prefer their
comforts to the worry and trouble of housekeeping. Hotel proprietors
and managers owe it to themselves, to the houses they keep, and to the
respectable families who patronize them, that decorum and a decent re-
gard for the proprieties of life shall be strictly maintained. If hotels are
to be firmly established as substitutes for homes, then they must be what
a good home is, namely: decent, orderly and quiet. Their surroundings
mu^t be unobjectionable to the moral sense of the wives and mothers who
make them their permanent abiding place. Whatever affects the social
life of the people affects them in a most serious matter. In this view our
hotels are properly subjects of criticism. They have, perhaps, hitherto
enjoyed an immunity from adverse remark, on the part of the press,
which they have not always earned. In short, the conclusion is forced
upon us that the focussing of a little light upon those institutions will be
for their own good and the public benefit. We begin that duty this week
by making some very pointed allusions to the Baldwin. Our attention
has very frequently of late been called to that house. In it there are
many families of wealth, of culture, and of the highest respectability.
But it is also permitted to be frequented by people who have no business
to be there. The reading-room is a place of resort for what are known as
hotel loafers and sports, to an extent that almost excludes the better resi-
dents of the hotel. There are females in the house who sometimes excuse
their late entries and exits as being necessitated because of their pretended
connection with the theatrical profession, and whose constant companions
are men of fast repute, who ero to and from the rooms of these females at
extraordinary hours of the night, leading other occupants of the house to
believe that these women are fitting themselves for another and very dif-
ferent profession from that of a theatrical star. There are females occu-
pying rooms in secluded portions of the house, in close proximity to the
rooms of gentlemen, and whose behavior toward those gentlemen is
highly calculated to mislead verdant people as to the nature of the legal
relationship they bear to each other. There have been regular boarders
among the females, whose escapades while in the house, and since,
have been such as to stamp them as members of the Cyprian class,
and they are now known as such by the fast men of the city, as well as by
the keepers of the hotel. Men have be'en known to keep the house, as
far up as the sixth floor, in a bawdy roar all night, when a proprietor or
clerk could not he found to quell it. Bells have been rung by decent occu-
pants at three o'clock in the morning, and the favor asked that quiet
might be restored, but without effect. Rooms have been divested of their
furniture during the absence of boarders, and without their knowledge or
consent. A man was shot dead in his own room on a Sunday morning, on
the principal floor of the hotel, and no one heard or knew anything about
it until the body was found, several hours after the deed was done. If the
principal floor is thus left to run itself to death or destruction, what may
be imagined in regard to the upper ones ? One of our well-known citizens
was reported in a city print as being confined to his room in this hotel, by
reason of injuries sustained from a cowhiding given to him by a lady
boarder, whose name was stated. The clerk at the office saved his life by
throwing up his arms and having them broken by hoodlum habitue's of
the place. Fast men, men about town, racing men, gamblers, who are on
the lookout for country greenhorns, sports, hangers-on to the outskirts of
the theater, loafers and bilks generally, crowd around the hotel, fill its
reading room, make appointments in its parlors, aye, and in its more pri-
vate places, loiter about its corridors and entrances, associate with man-
ager and proprietor, and give it characteristics that are anything but in
keeping with the decorum and good order essential to the home of good
families. The Manager, McAbee, has been reported of in various posi-
tions, at one time as a carpenter and wheelwright, at another as the asso-
ciate of the forger Saville, and as being intoxicated about the hotel in the
presence of ladies. Some months ago a gentleman visitor there was swin-
dled out of a considerable sum at a game well known to gamblers. It is
rumored that something orother has given the Manager, McAbee, a strong
hold on Baldwin, the proprietor, and that, as a consequence, the former
does pretty much as he pleases with both the hotel and theater. Neither
McAbee nor Baldwin are men of such experience, moral elevation, or gen-
tlemanly instincts as to constitute them the kind of persons best fitted to
run so important an institution. Men who cannot take care of their own
social lives can hardly be expected to cater wisely and well for the social
lives of others. It is one thing to keep a livery stable and quite another
to keep a first-class hotel, as Baldwin must be made to know. He may
take his Lennie McCormicks where he pleases, and even have it shame-
lessly told in courts where he takes them, but he owes it to his better class
of patrons that neither he nor his congenial friends shall take their Len-
nies to the Baldwin — some people are now pronouncing it The Bawdy.
THE AUSTRALIAN EXHIBITIONS.
The Exhibition at Sydney is likely to be considerable of a success,
all nations being represented. The one, later on, at Melbourne, will un-
doubtedly surpass it. Not a little regret is felt that the United States
have not made a greater show. Dr. Cox, who was sent as Commissioner
from this country, is reported as not being the right man in the right
place. He is old and slow, and evidently fails to realize the importance
of his mission. This is so keenly felt by the American residents in the
colonies that they have virtually superceded Cox, having organized and
appointed a manager from among themselves, who is doing his best with
such exhibits as come to hand. We do a large trade with the colonies,
which might be greatly increased by availing ourselves to the utmost of
this favorable opportunity to make known what we have to sell. There
is yet time to make a fair display at the Melbourne Exhibition, and the
people there are exceedingly desirous that we should. Our Government
might well send a man-of-war with such articles as may now be hastily
gathered together. This attention is only what other governments have
shown, and would be highly pleasing to our trans-Pacific neighbors. A
gentleman, eminently qualified to look after the matter, arrived from Mel-
bourne by the Zmlandia, and is already on his way overland to stir up
the manufacturers East, as well as the authorities in Washington. The
Hon. George C. Levy, C. B., who represented Australia at the Philadel-
phia, London and Paris Exhibitions, is the gentleman we allude to. After
a necessarily hurried tour through this country, he proceeds to London.
"HURRAH! HURRAH! MERITT HAS COME."
The telegraphed account of the trials and rescue of Captain Payne's
little command makes wonderfully exciting reading. Take it all in all,
few episodes in Indian fighting exceed it in interest, which is saying not a
little. The officers and men have covered themselves with glory, and de-
serve far greater rewards than, we fear, will be theirs. No mistakes were
made, but everything appears to have been done at the right time and in
the right way. Major Thornburg was selected because of his known pru-
dence as an officer, and the result proves the wisdom of his selection. To
his care and forethought the fact is owing that his command was not ut-
terly taken by surprise and annihilated on the spot. As it was, he was
drawn somewhat into the toils of the red devils, but that was unavoida-
ble and owing to the nature of the country. Had he not been the cau-
tious man he was, the plan to crush him was so well laid that he had
otherwise been overwhelmed and his little band had bitten the dust. He
lost his own life, but saved the lives of a large majority of his men. He
died a brave man, in the faithful discharge of his duty. His sorrowing
widow and little ones remain behind. Let us hope that a grateful country
will see that they want for nothing, and that a better allowance will be
less grudgingly provided than in the case of the brave Custer. The sol-
diers on the frontiers who preserve the lives of our countrymen against the
deviltry of the Indians, have much hard fighting and but little glory.
Theirs is not an enviable lot. The wonderful defense made by Captain
Payne and bis comrades during those six weary days and nights excites
our warmest admiration. Payne, by the death of his superior, was sud-
denly left in chief command. It was a trying moment. The men were
separated into two parties, and were distant from their wagon train of
supplies. To bring these together was an immediate necessity. That it
was accomplished successfully was, under the circumstances, a great feat.
Surrounded by greatly superior numbers, the very best thing was done
when barricades were erected, pits dug, and arrangements made for re-
sisting a siege. This move saved the command. Who can fail to get ex-
cited in imagination over the weary waiting and dangers of those six I
days and nights until relief came? If evil had happened to the messenger
who stole away in the darkness of the night, the little command had still
been besieged. No wonder that, at the sight of relief, they broke out
into cries of "Hurrah! hurrah! Meritt has come." The brave heroes
were saved.
WATBR RATES.
There is something very inequitable about our present method of
collecting water rates. A few thousand taxpayers contribute the whole
sum. The balance of the population pay nothing, property pays nothing,
and the city pays nothing. The Water Company is entitled to reasonable
interest upon its outlay. That is its just due, which may not honestly be
denied to it. To attempt to force it to accept less would be to confiscate
private property, which the law would not permit. There is such a thing
as honesty toward a corporation, as well as toward an individual. A cor-
poration is many individuals instead of one. It represents the rights of ,
an aggregation of private individuals. To filch its just income is to rob
the poor man, the widow and the orphans, who maybe stockholders. Not
that it is morally right to steal from the rich man any more than from
them. We make the distinction merely to show that robbery of a corpo- '
ration generally means robbery from classes that it is not very popular to «j
steal from. We reach the conclusion that common honesty requires that j
the Water Company should be allowed a just income. The question is as •;
to who ought to pay that income. Should it be paid solely by the rate- J
payer? The poor man with his little cottage has a considerable contribu-
tion to make. Montgomery Block, or even say Nevada Block, being
made up of offices, pay little or nothing. Why should this be so ? The
existence of the water supply greatly reduces insurance, and, therefore,
benefits all property, and hence property should pay for that advantage.
That is the principle adopted by all other cities with which we are ac-
quainted. Again, the city is a great consumer of water, and it is so for
the benefit of the whole people. The streets are sprinkled, the sewers are
flushed, the parks irrigated and the Fire Department supplied, and all
this iB done, not at the cost of the many but at the expense of the few.
Some seventeen thousand taxpayers bear a burden that ought to be equita-
bly distributed among all those who in any way are advantaged by the
water supply. That is a principle so fair and just that it appears most
extraordinary that it has not been sooner adopted. It is a marvel that
housekeepers have not broken out into open rebellion against so grievous a
wrong. The Legislature should apply, the remedy.
PUBLIC POLICY.
It is understood that a suit is about to be entered to test the validity
of the election of several of the Workingmen's candidates for office. It
is claimed that the promise to return a portion of the legal salary amounts
to bribery of the voters, and renders the election of the men who made
the promise null and void. There are decisions in Missouri and Massa-
chusetts which sustain this view of the law. A very great deal may be
said againBt such promises. That they are corrupt in their inception, and
demoralizing in their effect, is beyond a question. If this kind of bidding
for office is once encouraged, there is no felling where it will stop. Un-
scrupulous men will promise anything in order to get their hands into the
public treasury. That accomplished, they will sooner or later get even in
some way or other. The people, through their representatives, have de-
clared what the salaries shall be, and it is a violation of the law and an
assault upon public policy to seek to lower them by indirection. Besides,
if this kind of bribery of the voters is once commenced, where is it to
stop ? Candidates will be driven to the necessity of out-bidding each
other in many scandalous ways. Men will be found to promise that gas
shall be supplied for nothing, that water shall be as free as the air, and
that fares and freights shall be reduced to the bare cost of running the
locomotive. Indeed, this very evil had its beginning at the last election.
The Workingmen were the first to hold their convention. They promised
that fares and freights should be reduced. The Republicans came next,
and were asked to name a specific reduction of twenty-five per cent. The
New Constitution Party followed, and made the bold bid of a reduction
of thirty-three and one-third per cent., and if there had been any more
conventions to hold, the promises would doubtless have been still larger.
ThuB is a most demoralizing element injected into our political system.
If it can be destroyed before further harm is done, we may well be thank-
ful for the means by which that end is reached.
Oct, 11, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
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THE TOWN CRIER.
■Hurthi Drier Whit th* dsvU art thonT
"On* that will i.lij th» J»tH. ur with yon."
• HpM a stlDK in hi. tail u Ion* ** * ikii.
'Which nude him kt-.w bolder and bolder. *
A private telegram from New York informs as that Mr. John W.
Taylor"* report of the conversation he held with President Eliot has cre-
ated horror and dismay in tin- minds of the teachers in New York ; and
a great public meeting is called to consider tin- question of abandoning
altogether any attempt at educating the youth of the city. They Bay,
with crvat show of reason, " What is the use of trying to teach our boys?
Already I'rv.-ident Eliot's bosom-friend. Taylor, tells us the San Francisco
scholars are ahead of us : an. I what will it be when this monster of learn-
ins- and friend of presidents ukt-s his place as Superintendent of Schools?
Better closest once." The same tiling, we are told, is likely to be done in
Boston. We are sorry for these cities, but we have our Taylor to guide
us in our triumphant march through the long glories of the future.
The energy of the Superinteiolent of Streets is still the theme of ad-
miring comment in the neighborhood of Washinfcton and Mason streets.
One week ago a hole, lar^e enough to take iu a barrel of sugar, opened
suddenly in the very middle of Washington street, by the large school.
It was left there unprotected for three days, no zealous inspector took
the poor thins in at night to save it from the cold, and, during the day,
the small boy from the school actually spit in its face unchecked. At
last, on the fourth day, a railing was put round it, and there the hole
stays, with nothing to shelter its modesty, nothing to comfort its loneli-
ness, while it grins behind its cage.
Kate Newell Daggett (Miss, or Mrs., unknown to the telegraph) has
made an address to the National Association for the Advancement of
Women, and complains therein of the exclusion of women from alms-
houses and penal institutions, as well as Boards of Education. We
heartily sympathise with this cry of indignation, so far as regards the
almshouses and the prisons, to the hospitality of which we think a
number of women have a natural right; but we cannot tolerate the idea
of thtir advancing backwards to the point of sitting in a Board of Edu-
cation. We are proud to say we have seen no women quite low enough
to deserve this.
Two Polish Jews, who recently arrived in New York, took a walk
around the city on a tour of exploration. The first thing necessary was,
of course, to find a lodging, and one of them, who understood a little
English, speedily struck a sign in the window, "Rooms Furnished."
" Das ist abet' a Medinah " (a good country), he cried to his friend.
"Rooms for nichts ! that vos they don't cost a single pfennig." And
then his smile vanished, as he saw underneath the words "To Let"; and
he turned sadly to his companion, and added : " Dot fellow's making
damphools of us ! He says ve can have his rooms for nichts, but ve come
too late."
"Closed until the walking match is over" is confidently expected to
be the next sign posted over all the theaters, churches, and other rational
places of amusement very shortly. Mr. Oscar Weil, acting on this sug-
gestion, is re-writing JPi/ramus and Tkisbe on the six-day plan, with the
entire Olympic Club a3 scorers. Madame La Chapelle will play " Thisbe,"
and Mr. Mclntyre " Pyramus," with Bowman, Scott, Santos and Cheno-
with, and a large five mile an hour chorus. The proprietor of the Bush-
Street Theater says if business does not revive this winter there will be a
dead Locke in his establishment.
Our favorite black-and-tan came home, the other day, rather out of
sorts. He would not eat, sulked under the table, moaned, and conducted
himself generally in a disagreeable manner. As he had always been a
jovial dog, we were greatly concerned, and worried ourselves to discover
what ailed him, but in vain, until a little boy, the son of a neighbor, told
us he had seen the pet stop at a wall and nose an advertisement, which
he offered to show us. It proved to be an offer of $10 — reward for arrest
and conviction of any person found stealing the Morning Call. The dog
still refuses to be comforted.
There is a good deal of monotony, after all, in this confounded walk-
ing business. Most people have legs, and one walk is a good deal like
another. Why not vary the performance a little ? Crowds would go to
see a match of any kind, but how much more taking it would be if the
walking were done on the hands, or on the knees. There would be some
real endurance in either of these, and the spectators would be entertained.
Even a match on hands and knees would have its charms. There's money
in it, and we charge nothing for suggestions.
The first heavy rain of the season descended early this week, and has
left us in the intoxication of clear skies, and balmy airs, and open sewers,
and boundless stinks in every street. The sweet influences of Orion and
the Pleiades are more than enough to make us love our native land ; but
the passion is nothing less than maddening when the breeze is strong
enough to knock down a Street Commissioner.
When General Grant saw the Chronicle map of Belmont, made up of
parenthesis marks and dashes, he is said to have remarked, under his
bated breath: " This beats anything I ever did see, ever dreamt of seeing,
or ever hope to see again as long as I live." He is a great admirer of
newspaper enterprise— thinks an eight-page Chronicle the best paper in
the world when Mrs. G. is packing.
We ought to have our elevated street railroads as well as other places.
The traveling public hardly know what they are missing all this time in
the unexpected vistas through second-story windows as the train glides
along. New Yorkers are said to pine for this innocent recreation, even
amid the joys of Paris. Why are we to be left out in the cold?
We remark with pleasure that the Call is still published. It's tre-
mendous efforts to increase it's circulation must have Btrained it, but the
native toughness of the creature, we are proud to say, has survived ; and
California still bangs the world in the most tremendously unreadable
paper that ever dulled the m orbing.
When a man cries, " Stop thief !" suspect him. For the last six or
seven years — that is, ever since the Bulletin began to be a frightful bore
to the public— it has been urging the people to bore Artesian wells, in the
hope, of course, that one bore would be as much as anybody could stand.
So it is; but it's not the Artesian.
The committee ^-v-cd in grttin^ up the ^rand «awin«wood match
have | not as vet decided ..n Um date. Boom dieeatisfaotlon ha
ited— toe Dutch u n.>t oix-n to folio*. We think ladles should be
it to net aa spectator*. If ii weraonoe diaooTered that the gentle
mi oonldsaw* I, „.. belief* It wonld upset tbe whole soda! fabric.
une raoetious young **nUemao writ.-* t.. us, objecting to oak wood, and
says if he enter he will require N*oA, and nil motto will be :—
" I nv from tlio Off eft.'"
The Chicago "Inter-Ocean" in very savage against the National
Board of Health, because if- ban done nothing to arrest the yellow fever.
Ljord bless you I where did yon rome from T Boards are not elected for
that sort of thing. We always pat Ignoramuses into Boards of Educa-
tion, men who can't take cars ol their own bodies into Boards of Health
peanut Tenders into Boardl of Trade, and solid blocks into any other
boards. The staff of the Inter-Ocean must be supplied from some of this
old stock.
The following advertisement is clipped from the N. Y. Herald;
"An intelligent and refined v. >uitjr gentleman (a stranger, aged 30) will give guitar
lessons to an amiable and pleasing young lady just for the pleasure of her company;
a sweet singer preferred. Please address " Friendship, box . Herald office/'
If the advertiser will take sound advice he will come straight to Califor-
nia on the first train. There are thousands of ladylike sweet singers here,
just dying to learn the guitar, and very few of them have any big brothers
to speak of.
According to the local papers the British success in Afghanistan is
only a barren success, and brings with it an endless train of dangers and
troubles. We deeply regret this, for the sake of the British, and can see
no wav out of the business for them but to make Pickering Emir and
Fitch Grand Vizier, on condition that they publish the Morning Call at
Cabul. Six months' subscription to that cheerful journal will make the
Pathans themselves as mild a3 white of egg.
Some men are not to be taught. Here is Beecher, not satisfied with
all the glory he acquired in the Tilton business, coming out in New York
on the stump, " against scratching." This may be all well enough for
him, and we have no inclination to peer into any man's private affairs ;
but we should like to know what a fellow is to do, when the wicked flea
has him by the small of the back? If Mr. Beecher knows a more excel-
lent way than scratching, let him come out with it.
Some of the New York journals, it appears, are almost in the
neighborhood of common sense, if we may believe our own superior pa-
pers ; and here the reflection comes in how much more simple life would
be for these outsiders, if they ceased trying to see anything for them-
selves, and subscribed to our daily Press. We have to teach them now at
a great disadvantage, puffed up, as they are, by the possession of what it
pleases them to call their own organs.
It is wonderful what a cataplasm an Indian divested of his tomahawk
is, and how many thousand people these red blisters will draw when they
run against time at the Pavilion ; and this reminds us that as far as the
running is concerned, it is exactly what the white people are doing in the
Utes' country just now—the only difference being that instead of speed-
ing round a track to wild applause for gate money, our countrymen are
making pretty lively time across country to save their scalp.
Elder Erastus Snow told the Mormons last Monday that, rather than
submit to the Government, or to the President, or to the judges, the Mor-
mons would see them all in Hell. Now, this is a little rough on thedevil,
and we can't stand by and see it. He's a tough old sinner, no doubt, but
he leads a quiet life, anyway, and behaves like a gentleman, and it's brutal
to think of turning our Government loose on his premises.
The union between Bismarck and Pope Leo is freely commented on in
political circles. Mr. B. has promised His Holiness not to eat meat on
Friday on the condition that the Pope will get privately married and join
the Free Masons. If this understanding is happily arrived at it is proba-
ble that further concessions will follow.
A Philadelphia school-teacher has refused to allow a child in her
class, on account of her having sung in Pinafore. This is a step in the
right direction, and an evidence of love of good music, which only wants
to be widely known in order to kill " Little Buttercup" and the entire
gang forever.
The Autumn brings its usual crop of sea-serpent and wild man sto-
ries. The wild man this time is from Yolo and Colusa counties. He is a
desperate looking Esau, and articulates nothing but a hoarse cry for
" 'backy." That's the country form of the affliction. In town he strikes
you for two bits, and, like Death, he has all seasons for his own.
It is remarkable enough that, though the Agricultural Fairs are in
full blast all over the Union, and there's no end of premiums to be had,
not a single demand has yet been made at this office for the grand prize
offered earlyin the year for the fattest hog. Nonebutprincipalsdealt with.
A priest in Jersey City refuses to allow more than twelve carriages
at any funeral, on the ground of unnecessary extravagance. It is be-
lieved that he will be excommunicated at once by Jimmy McGinn, as a
warning to contumacious and penurious divines.
Somebody says that the American youth ripples with blasphemy as
spontaneously as the nightingale trills forth her gushing melody to the
moon. This is what comes of education and founding Young Men's
Christian Associations.
"Who can, day after day, read a journal and not be greatly informed
thereby ? This question is triumphantly asked by a distinguished con-
temporary, which no man, woman or child can read without being
asphyxiated ; and this is our triumphant answer.
The Rev. J. L. Lodge, oi Jersey City Heights, has excommunicated
a fireman for heating up his engine on Sunday; and properly, too,
for the clergy have the exclusive right to everything hot, on the
Lord's Day.
A Chicago paper says that a Michigan man ha3 cars for a railroad,
with gearing to run by wind, when favorable. Why not? The Chicago
papers run that way, and nobody ever caught one of them — in a lie.
What would this world be without the Morning Call? "A howling
wilderness!" said the Sunday edition of my two papers, both daily.
Just so I But let her howl, we prefer it.
Gen. Grant will not visit Sacramento. He has stood fire, has been
under it, but he must draw the line somewhere.
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Oct. 11, 1879.
C- P. R. R.
Overland Ticket Office : Ferry Landing, foot
of Market street.— Commencing- Monday,
May 19th, 1879, and until further notice.
Trains Boats wil leave
SAM FRANCISCO:
7Cj \ A. M. (daily), Vallejo Steamer (from Market
• J J Street Landing — Connecting with Trains for
Napa (Stages for Sonoma), Calistoga (the Geysers),
and Sacramento. Connecting at Davis {Sundays except-
ed) for Woodland and Knight's Landing, and at Wood-
land for Williams and Willows.
(Arrive San Francisco 8:10 p.m.)
7AAA.M. (daily) Local Passenger Tram ( via Oakland
• " vf Ferry) and via Livermore arriving at Tracy
at 11:30 A. m. and connecting with Atlantic Express.
Connects at Niles with Train arriving at San Jose at
10:15 a.m.
(Returning, train from Tracy arrives at 6:05 p.m.)
8f\{\ A.M. (daily), Atlantic Express Train (via Oak-
.\J\J und Ferry, Northern Ry. and S. P. & T. R. R.)
for Sacramento, Marysville, Redding, Portland (Or.),
Colfax, Reno (Virginia City), Palisade (Eureka), Ogden
and Omaha. Connects at Gait with train arriving at
lone at 3:40 P.M.
(Arrive San Francisco 5:15 p.m.)
Sunday Excursion Tickets to San Pablo and Marti-
nez at Seduced Hates.
1 O fl AA.M. (daily) via Oakland Ferry, Local PaBseo-
J-U.UvF ger Train to Haywards and Niles.
(Arrive San Francisco 4:05 p.m.)
3aa P.M. (daily)San Jose Passenger Train (via Oak-
.UU land Ferry and Niles), stopping at all WaySta-
tiona. Arrives at San Jose at 5:20 P.M.
(Arrive San Francisco 9:35 A.M.)
3{\{\ P.M. (daily) Northern Railway Passenger Train
»UU (via Oakland Ferry) to San Pablo, Martinez
(Arrive San Francisco 9:35 A.M.)
and Antioch.
4Art P.M. (daily) Arizona ExpresB Train (via Oak-
.VU land Ferry, Northern Ry. and S. P. & T. R. R.)
for Lathrop (and Stockton), Merced, Madera, Visalia,
Sumner, Mojave, Newhall (San Buenaventura, and Santa
Barbara), Los Angeles, "Santa Monica," Wilmington,
Santa Ana (San Diego), Colton and Yuma (Colorado
River Steamers), connecting direct witli Daily Trains
of the Southern Pacific Railroad of Arizona for Mari-
copa (Daily Stages for Phccnix and Prescott), and for
Casa Grande (182 miles east from Yuma), and end of
Track (Daily Stages for Florence and Tucson).
"Sleeping Cars" between Oakland, Los Angeles and
Yuma.
(Arrive San Francisco 12:35 P.M.)
4 Ark P. M. (Sundays excepted) Vallejo Steamer (from
• \/U Market Street Landing), connecting with trains
for Calistoga, (the Geysers), Woodland, Knight's Land-
ing and Sacramento ; and at Sacramento with Pas-
senger Train, leaving at 9:35 P.M. for Truckee, Reno,
Carson aud Virginia.
" Sleeping Cars" between Vallejo and Carson.
(Arrive San Francisco 11:10 A.M.)
4AA P.M. (Sundays excepted) Sacramento Steamer
.\J\J (from Wash'n St. Wharf), for Beniciaand Land-
ings on the Sacramento River.
(Arrive San Franeisco8:00 P.M.)
4(~\ f\ P.M. (daily), Through Third Class and Acconi-
• ^-'Jr' modation Train (via Oakland Ferry, North-
ern Ry. and S. P. & T. R. R.) connecting at Lathrop
with Train arriving at Los Angeles on second day at
11:55 A.M. (Arrive San Francisco 9:05 a.m.
4 0A P.M. (daily) Local Passenger Train (via Oak-
■Ov ialld Ferry) to Haywards, Niles and Liver-
more. (Arrive San Francisco 8:35 A.M.)
5fl A P.1I. (daily) Overland Emigrant Train (via
• Vy w Oakland Ferry and Northern Railway) to
Ogden, Omaha and East.
Public conveyance for Mills Seminary connects atSem-
nary Park Station with all trains, Sundays excepted.
FERRIES AND LOCAL TRAINS
From "SAJf FBASf CISCO." Daily.
bG.10
7.00
7.30
8.00
8.30
9.00
9.30
10.00
10.30
11.00
11.30
12.00
P. M.
12.30
1.00
1.30
2.00
3.00
3.30
4.00
4.i
5.00
5.30
7.00
8.00
9.00
10.00
11.00
12.00
P. M.
1.30
2.00
3.00
4.00
5.00
i 6.00
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9.20IB*8.I0
10.301 *1030
111.45 R*n45
6.301
7.00J
B7.00
B9.00
B10.00
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9J
A. M.
P.6.10
7.30
8.30
9 30
10.30
11.30
p. M.
12.30
1.00
3.30
4.30
5.30
6.30
7.00
I 8.10
9.20
10.30
JbH.46
3
A. M.
7.00
I 10.00
7.30
8.30
1130
p. M.
1.00
3.00
4.00
6.00
6.00
B6.30
P
B6.10
s.oo
10.00
12.00
P. M.
1.30
3.30
Change Cars
at
West Oakland
To " SAN FRANCISCO," Daily.
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a
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A. M.
A. M.
A. M.
B5.40
B5.40
7.00
B6.30
B6.S0
8.00
8.00
7.30
p. M.
10.00
8.30
2.35
12.00
9.30
4.30
10.30
11.30
1.30
3.30
p. M.
B
4.30
1.00
6.30
3.00
a"5
B6.30
4.00
•"la
6.00
<
6.00
m
.. /
A. M.
7.10
Change Cars
at l p. m.
WeBt Oaklnd.
1.30
<1
o
A M.
B 5.10!
B5.50
6.40
7.40
8.40
9.40
10.40
11.401
p. M.
12.40
1
2.40
4.40
5.40
6.40
7.50
9.00
10.10
A. M.
B8.00
B10.00
Bll.00
P. M.
B6.00
A. M.
B*5.00
B*5.40
'6.25
7.00
8.03
9.00
10.03
11.03
12,00
p. M.
1.00
S.OO
"3.20
4.00
5.00
6.03
B*7.20
B"8.30
*10.00
OAKLAND.
(Broadway.)
A. M.
B5.20
B6.00
6.50
7.20
7.50
8.25
8.50
9.20
9.50
10.20
10.50
11.20
11.50
p. M.
12.20
12 60
1.20
1.60
2.50
3.20
3.50
4.20
4.50
6.20
6.50
6.25
6.50
8.00
9.10
10.20
b— Sundays excepted.
♦Alameda Passengers change cars at Oakland.
Creelc Route.
From SAN FRANCISCO— Dally— B5-A0, B6:30, 7.20,8:15,
9:15, 10:15, 11:15 A.M. 12:15, 1:15, 2:25, 3:16, 4:15,
6:15, 6.15 P.M.
From OAKLAND— Daily— B5:30, b6:20, 7:10, 8:05, 9:05,
10:05, 11:05 A.M. 12:05, 1:05, 2:15, 3:05, 4:05, 5:05,
6:05 P.M.
"Official Schedule Time" furnished by Randolph &
Co., Jewelers, 101 and 103 Montgomery St., S. F.
T. H. GOODMAN, Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agt.
A. N. Towne, General Superintendent.
CommenciiBgrBIoiMlay, Sept. 15th, 1879,
and until further notice, Boats and Trains will
leave San Francisco (Washington-st. Wbarf) as follows :
3 00 p. m. daily (Sundays excepted), Steamer
• "v/ "James M. Donahue" (Washington Street
Wharf) , connecting with Mail and Express Train at Don-
ahue for Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Healdsburg, Cloverdale,
and way stations. Making stage connections at Lake-
ville for Sonoma ; at Geyserville for Skaggs' Springs ; at
Cloverdale for Ukiah, Lakeport, Mendocino City, High-
land Springs, Bartlctt Springs, Soda Bay and the
Geysers.
g£?~ Connections made at Fulton on following morn-
ing for Korbel's, Guemeville and the Redwoods.
(Arrive at San Francisco 10:30 AM.)
Sunday Excursions at Reduced Rates.
8 1 K a.m., Sundays only, via Donahue, for Clover-
• lO dale and Way Stations.
Fares for Round Trip: Donahue, SI ; Petaluma, 81.50 ;
SautaRosa, S2; Fulton, $2.50; Windsor, SI; Healdsburg,
S3; Litton's, S3.50; Geyserville, S3.50; Cloverdale, $4.50.
(Arrive at San Francisco 7:00 p.m.)
Freight received from 7 a.m. till2.30p. m.,
daily (except Sundays) .
Ticket Office : Washington st. Wharf.
A. HUGHES,
Gen. Manager.
JAS. M. DONAHUE,
Gen. Pass & Tkt. Agt.
SYDNEY INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.
Round the World Tickets.
The Pacific Mail Steamship Company
will issue Round the World Tickets, giving first-
class accommodations for the entire route, at the low
price of $G50. For particulars apply to
WILLIAMS, BLANCH ARD & CO.,
General Agents,
Aug. 9. Corner First and Brannan streetB.
Natural beauty surpasses any-
thing which can be imparted by
artificial means. PHOSPHATE
SOAP gives health to the skin
simply by removing impurities and
eradicating the poisons which give
rise to skin diseases.
Not only for cCaily use on the face
and hands, but for bathing the
entire body, there is nothing equal
to PHOSPHATE SOAP. It is a
thorough disinfectant and removes
offensive odors of every kind.
S^T3 Ask your Eruggist for it.
Commencing Monday, April 21, 1879,
and until further notice, PassengerTrainswill leave
San FranciBco, from Passenger Depot on TownBend
street, between Third and Fourth streets, as follows7:
8 0f\ A.M. daily for San Jose and Way Stations.
" ** " 63ilr" Stages for Pescadero (via San Mateo)
connect with this train only.
Q Of) iM (Sundays only) for San Jose and Way Sta.
*-'•*-' ^-' tions. Returning, leaves San Jose at 6 p.m
"I C) 4-0 A'M- dai'y for San J°se- Gilroy, Hollister,
-Lv.tr v/ Tres Pinos, Pajaro, Salinas, Soledad and
all Way Stations. %gr* At Pajaro, the Santa Cruz
R. R. connects with this train for Aptos, Soquel and
Santa Cruz. g£= At Salinas the M. & S. V. R. R.
connects with this train for Monterey. B^° Stags
connections made with this train. (Pescadero Stages via
San Mateo excepted.)
Parlor Car attached to this Train.
(seats at reduced rates.)
Q Q(~) p.m. daily (Sundays excepted) for San Jose,
*■*• " v Gilroy, Pajaro, Hollister, Tres Pinos and prin-
cipal Way Stations.
SPECIAL NOTICE.— The trains of the Santa Cruz R. R.
and theM. & S. V. R. R., which have been connecting
with this train on Saturdays at Pajaro and Salinas re-
spectively, have been withdrawn for the season. Those
intending to visit Aptos, Soquel, Santa Cruz or Monterey,
will take the train leaving San Francisco at 10:40 a.m.
daily.
3 0f\ p.m. (Sundays only) for San Jose and Way Sta-
*tJV-/ tions.
4 OK p.m. daily (Sundays excepted) for San Jose and
.£Q Way Stations.
O^ OO p- m. daily (Sundays excepted) for Menlo Park
■ V/ \J and yyay stations.
||On p.m.— daily, for Menlo Park and Way Stations.
Secoud-Cla»s Fare.
Between San Francisco and San Jose SI. 00.
On Freight Trains only, leaving San Francisco at 4:00
A.M., San Jose at B:30 p.m. (daily, Sundays excepted).
Excursion Tickets at Redaced Rates
To San Jose and intermediate points sold on Saturdays,
and Sunday mornings, good for return until following
Moi.day inclusive.
Also, EXCURSION TICKETS to Aptos, Soquel, Santa
Cruz and Monterey, sold on Saturdays only— good for
return until the following Monday inclusive.
83^*" Principal Ticket Office— Passenger Depot, Town-
send street. Branch Ticket Office— No. Z New Mont-
gomery street, Palace Hotel,
A.C.BASSETT.Supt. H. R. JTJDAH, A. P. &T. A.
SOUTHERN* DIVISIONS.
Commencing Holiday, May 19th, 1879,
55^" Passengers for points on the Southern Divisions
of the road will take the care of the Central Pacific Rail-
road via OAKLAND, leaving SAN FRANCISCO via Ferry
Landing, Market street, at 4:00 p.m. daily (Arizona Ex-
press Train), and making close connection at GOSHEN
for Sumner, Mojave, L03 Angeles, Wilmington, Ana-
heim, Colton, Colorado River, Yuma, Maricoj*a and Casa
Grande (182 miles east from Yuma). May 31.
Iiadies who have injured the skin
by the constant use of cosmetics
may do much to restore their faces
to that beauty which nature alone
can give by constantly using PHOS-
PHATE SOAP.
For chapped hands the constant
use of PHOSPHATE SOAP will
be recommended by all who give
it one fair trial.
If you want a nice article of
Toilet Soap and something that is
beneficial to the skin, buy PHOS-
PHATE SOAP.
Ladies who wish to make the
skin look beautiful and natural
should use PHOSPHATE SOAP.
Manufactured by "Standard Soap Co.,"
204 Sacramento St., San Francisco.
11, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER,
11
NOTABILIA.
THE PEDDLERS SONG.
Lawn as white as driven snow ;
Cypress black as e'er was crow ;
Gloves as sweet as damask roses ;
Masks for faces and for noses ;
Bujrle- bracelet, necklace, amber;
Perfume for a lady's chamber;
Gold quoi|>s and stomachers,
For my lads to give their dears ;
Pius and poking-sticks of steel.
Wlm t maids lack from head to heel:
Come buy of me.conie ; come buy .come buy,
Buy, lads, or else your lasses cry.
William Shahspeare.
One of the most delightful excursions is to be secured by a trip to
the Sonoma vineyards and fruit orchards, now in their full ripened glory.
Every day the Bteaiuer Herald leaves Washing ton -street wharf at 9 a.m.
for Norfolk, where passengers take the new railroad to Lyons, and from
there reach Sonoma by two miles coaching, over a splendid road. Satur-
day afternoon, at 2 o'clock, boat excursion ; and another on Sunday at
9 am. Fare but $1.50, and a day of the most entire enjoyment within
reach of every one. At Winkle's vineyard the scene is now extraordina-
rily attractive. The vines are loaded with their fruit, and the vintage is
just begun, with splendid prospects for an uuequaled year.
It has been well said that nearly all the very modern poets have
sufficient fancy, but that many of them sadly need to ballast with a good
strong body of thought. The only way to supply this is to furnish the
body with wholesome, pure, invigorating food, done to a turn by the best
cooks, and Berved up in style becoming civilized men ; and all these are
met with at the Original Swain's, 213 Sutter street, where the generation
of poets, thinkers, statesmen, divines, men of wit and learning, and bril-
liant women, who are to form the society of this metropolis, are now
building up their physical and intellectual natures.
Immediately after the gigantic review of the thirty thousand school
children at Woodward's Gardens, two weeks ago, Gen. Grant, it was re-
marked, looked pale, and declared himself more fatigued than after a day's
warfare. He was assisted to his carriage, and driven at a foot's pace to
the Palace Hotel, where he lay down on a lounge till a bottle of Lands-
berger's Gerke Wine was brought. A glass of this so refreshed the Gen-
eral, that he sprang to his feet and walked for three hours' sight-seeing,
and read through the last school report, without assistance, by midnight.
There is serious danger of a collapse in the efforts now making at Wash-
ington to find a way for restricting Chinese immigration. So many inde-
pendent minds are at work on the problem that it is feared the result will
Be like that recorded in song and story, of the broth cared for by too
many cooks. In all such affairs there should be but one cook ; and yet
such is the superiority of Montanya's Union Range that even three or
four cooks simultaneously toiling cannot keep it from cooking a perfect
dinner.
The famous Boston artist, Hunt, whose recent suicide is deplored by
all, was asked by Schoff, the engraver, to touch up for him a London pho-
tograph of Geo. McDonald, so that it could be engraved. This Hunt did
with six or seven brief strokes ; but if the photographs had been one of
Bradley & Rulofson's we should have lost this characteristic incident.
Schoff could only copy with exactness everything he found in Bradley &
Rulofson's pictures, declaring that it was always better than nature herself
to work from.
Carlotta Patti, sister of the great prima donna, has just been married
to M. de Munck, in the presence of the Marquis de Caux, who gave away
the bride and also a good many blessings on the happy occasion. The
bridegroom's name sounds like a satirical commentary on his changed con-
dition ; but he is indifferent to satire, not so much on account of his Car-
lotta as because his neck-gear and underclothing were supplied by Car-
many & Crosett, 25 Kearny street, and he feels that he is dressed at last.
When a Chinese witness takes the chicken oath in Court, he says:
" If I tell a lie, may my life be as this chicken's." And otf goes the head
of the bird, and out comes the truth in Chinese. Visitors from the East
and from Europe are strongly impressed by this heathen ceremony in our
Courts, but yet more so by the magnificent display of the finest styles and
shapes of hats at White's, 614 Commercial street.
The Neptune and Mermaid Baths, North Beach, foot of Hyde
street, are the most health-giving resort within miles of the city. The
water comes in fresh from the ocean, and rolls in breakers on the natural
beach, sloping gradually to every depth, so that beginners and accom-
plished swimmers can equally be suited. Prof. Mohor, a perfect master
of the art, gives lessons in swimming.
$25 in Doctors' visits will do you less good than one bottle of Hop
Bitters. Read Advertisement.
The Rev. Robert Collier. In hi. farewell iKmmiiim at Chicago, uid
that b« had alwayi beliti , .| that the nearer a mill hill oonld doom t» hit
people in every wholcMttne human wav, tin* more mrely he oould help
them and they coold help him. Thme noble woitln of the bUokunlth
pr.M.-her naturally recur to the mind wb*& COM thinks of Um bonefltl M-
erared t«> the sofferera with onrwumptfon by F. k P. J. Camin'* dellmoai
Cordial <>f old Rye Whisky and Pure Hock Candy, the m»t delicious and
soothing compound known.
In bis address to the Borne Rolen at Wateritou, Mr. Pamell is said
to have OMd this language: " Why is it that the sonB of the Green ImIo
who remove to California are almost invariably found to be the brightest
n Vrft^eat thoir riux'* ' naYfl lt'-,rllt"'1 the*, one and all, they habitu-
ally drink of Napa Soda, the cheeriest and most lively of nature's un-
spoiled fountains of health."
. A,?*^ raBPmS Cough irritates and endangers the Lungs, and greatly
debilitates and annoys the patient. Dr. Jayne's Expectorant removes
constriction of the bronchial tubes, promotes easy expectoration, heals all
inflamed parts, and brings about a speedy cure of the most stubborn
Cough or Cold. Sold by Crane & Brigham, San Francisco.
Tapestry Brussels, SI per yard and upwards ; finenewpatterns. Call
and see them. Window shades, 75 cents and upwards. Window lace, 124
cents and upwards. Cornices, wall paper, etc. Oilcloths, 50 cents per
yard and upwards. Hartshorn & McPhun, 112 Fourth st., near Mission.
See advertisement of T. Leeds Waters, of New York. He sells new
pianos and organs at low prices.
TREASURER'S OFFICE,
City and County of San Francisco, September 9,
Redemption of San, Francisco Bonds,
ISSUE OF 1858.
1879.
Holders of Bonds of the City and Connty of San Francisco,
issue! under " An Act to provide for the Funding and Payment of the out-
standing Unfunded Claims against the City of San Francisco, and against the County
of San Francisco, as they existed prior to the first day of July, A.D. one thousand
eight hundred and fifty-six," approved April 20, 185S, are herebv notified that the
Commissioners of the Sinking Fund of the above named Bonds "will receive sealed
proposals for the surrender of any portion thereof, at the City and County Treas-
urer's office, New City Hall, San Francisco, until 12 o'clock noon,
Wednesday, B-eceniber 31st, 1S79.
The amount to be applied to the Redemption of these Bonds is more or less, One
Hundred and Eighty Thousand Dollars (9180,000).
Bidders will state at what rate they will surrender their Bonds, for payment in
United States gold coin.
Each proposal must be accompanied by a deposit of ten per cent, of the Bonds of-
fered, or their equivalent in coin, or certified checks, and should the Bonds tendered
not be presented within ten days after the award, the next lowest bid will be ac-
cepted.
No proposal above par will be entertained.
Proposals to be indorsed " Proposals for surrender of Bonds, issue of 1868."
A. J.BRYANT, Mayor,
COLIN M. BOYD, Auditor,
CHAS. HUBERT, Treasurer,
Sept. 13. Commissioners of the Funded Debt.
AVERILL MIXED PAINT,
The Best, Most Durable and Beautiful of All Faints.
FXEPAXED XJ2ADY FOX USE,
AND OF ANY SHADE OB COLOR DESIRED.
Sept. 27.
S. OKKICK, General Agent,
329 Marlcet St., Opposite Front.
MADAME WALDO COHEN,
Finishing Lessons—Piano. S3 Per Lesson.
Sept. 20. X07 Hyde Street, San Francisco*
F
QUICKSILVER.
or sale— In lots to suit, by Thomas Bell A Co., No. 305
Sansome street, over Bank of California. Nov. W.
NOTICE.
lor the very best photographs go to Bradley & Bnlofson's,
in an Elevator, 429 Montgomery street. Oct. 29.
F
BRITISH BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF CAL.
Attendance, daily, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., by the under-
signed, to receive subscriptions and donations, and to furnish all information
relating to the Society. J. P. McCURRlE, Secretary,
Oct. 23. 730 Montgomery street.
COKE CHEAPEST FUEL.
Reduction in Price: Wholesale Price, 50 cents per barrel ;
Retail Price, 60 cents per barrel, at the works of the SAN FRANCISCO GAS-
LIGHT COMPANY, Howard and First streets, and foot of Second st. Jan. 12.
SCHWAB & BREESE,
ew Art Gallery, 021 Market street, opposite Palace Hotel.
Oil Paintings, Engravings, Wax and Artists' Materials.
■ ADMISSION FUEE. Sept. 13.
N'
SNOW & CO.,
No. 20 Post street, opposite Mechanics' Institute, Import-
ers and Manufacturers uf Pictures, Frames, Mouldings, and Artist's Ma-
terials. Established 1849. Sept. 20.
V.Morris. MORRIS & KENNEDY, J. F. Kennedy,
Importers and I>ealers in Moldings, Frames, Engravings,
Chromos, Lithographs, Oecalcomanie, Wax and Artists' Materials, 21 Post
street, nearly opposite Masonic Temple, San Francisco. Feb. 4.
R. H. LLOYD,
Attorney-at-Law, Room 13, Nevada Block.
12
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Oct. 11, 1879.
"BIZ.'
Ships and the tonnage market, particularly that suited to the
"Wheat-carrying trade of the port, have occupied and received during the
week more attention than aught else in commercial circles. The exciting
state of the English market is the occasion of this uprising in both Wheat
and freights. Wheat cargoes on passage have been run up to 55 shillings
in Liverpool, and Wheat charters here have risen to 65 shillings, paid for
small vessels soon to arrive. These advances are about ten shillings on
each within the past few weeks, and this rapid advance was anticipated
by few, owing chiefly to the unexpected bad weather for the English Har-
vest and a greater European Bcarcity of Breadstuffs than was anticipated.
Our available spot tonnage supply at thiB writing has been reduced
to less than 10,000 tons, and during the week it had diminished to 5,000
registered tons. The opportune arrival of three first-class ships from New
York — the "Great Admiral," "Alemeda" and "Armenia" — these large
American ships, with that of the "Valparaiso," from Callao, checked
the momentary alarm and activity of the market, and there came a
pause.
Ship-owners now are confident of holding the call of the market for
the balance of the season, and are now holding the few ships in port at 70s.
to the United Kingdom, feeling well assured that Freights will soon
touch this point, and before the close of the year look for engagements as
high as 80s. for Wheat to the United Kingdom.
The Breadstuff Question. — The next important query to solve is, as
to the effect upon the Wheat market of this rise in freights. The price of
shipping Wheat with us has now touched SI 85@S1 90$ ctL, while mill-
ers have already paid within a small fraction of 2c, $? pound. The above
shipping rate for Wheat was freely paid for some 10,000 tons for the load-
ing of ships secured at 55@57s. 6d. But at 60@65s. freight no such prices
for Wheat can safely be paid on this coast, much less when freight engage-
ments are written at 70s. and upwards, as now predicted by some.
Farmers, under these circumstances, would do well to consider the ques-
tion whether it is not now their time to sell and secure present rates. Our
Wheat receipts from the interior (exclusive of Flour) now aggregate for
the current harvest year 4,300,000 ctls., against 4,450,000 ctls. same time
last year. Our exports appear to be in about the same ratio. Our Wheat
fleet now on the berth numbers 45 vessels, of 69,000 registered tons, and
this fleet is having quick dispatch for Europe. The disengaged fleet in
port only numbers 9 vessels, only a part of these suited to the grain carry-
ing trade.
The fleet to arrive within the next five months, so far as we are ad-
vised, does not vary materially from 150,000 tons' register, and the most
of these ships are far off, while some few of the near-by vessels have been
already chartered.
The first rain of the season fell on the 6th of October, exceeding one-
half inch in quantity. This rain was quite general throughout the State.
It is not believed that any damage was caused thereby to the many thou-
sand tons of exposed Wheat stacked upon the river banks, awaiting
transportation to tide water. The effect, no doubt, will be to hurry up
its shipment as fast as possible. The trouble is the lowness of water in
the river and the scarcity of boats suited to its transportation in shallow
water. These early rains, unless followed by continuous rains, destroy
the dry field pasturage, and leave the cattle with poor feed-picking until
the new grass appears. It is feared that this rain may have injured the
Raisin Grape, and done damage to those curing sun-dried fruit, but, so
far as we hear of, no real damage, but rather a benefit, to the Apples and
Grapes now being harvested, by washing off the Summer dust
accu mutations.
Wheat Exports to Europe. — Since July 1st, we have dispatched to
Europe a fleet of ninety ships, carrying 3,305,525 ctls Wheat, valued at
§5,890,176; same time last year, one hundred and seven vessels, with
3,929,200 ctls, valued at 36,784,970. We have yet a large reserve of un-
sold Wheat in store at Stockton and other landings in the interior, quite
sufficient in quantity to load all the ships now headed to this port. The
present spot price of Wheat is SI 60@1 95 # ctL
Flour Exports. — Our shipments to all ports since July 1st now aggre-
gate 103,394 bbls, valued at §501,791 ; same time last year, 128,683 bbls,
valued at 8671,316. China continues to be our largest buyer. Europe
has taken few — very few — cargoes the present season, a large falling off as
compared with former seasons. The City of Tokio, for China and Japan,
carried 13,612 bbls, chiefly to Hongkong. The present price of standard
Superfine is §4 25@4 50 ; Extra Superfine, §4 75@5 j best Family and
Bakers' Extra, S5 25@6 $ 196 lbs.
The Barley Market. — There is beginning to be some call for choice
Brewing at the low price ruling, say at 87^@90o. $* ctl. Feed can be
readily purchased at 70c, while Chevalier is very scarce, and wanted for
export, at S1.50@1.70 ^ ctL The Florence, hence for Liverpool Oct. 8th,
carried 13,354 ctls., making our total exports for- the season, dating from
July j st, at 314,741 ctls., valued at §476,906, against same time last year
of 114,946 ctls., S173.119. It is fair to say that overland shipments this
year have been less, as compared with last season, to equalize the above
outward movement.
Corn and Oats. — There is no export demand for these feed grains j the
former worth 80@90c. per ctL, the latter §1.25@L50 ^ ctL
Hops are coming in more freely, and sell readily from 28 to 32c, ac-
cording to quality.
Hides. — The market is strong for all sorts. We quote Dry at 17@18c.
WooL — The market is active at 12@13c. for Burry and Earthy; South-
ern, free, 14@17c; Northern, 14@15c for heavy Burry, and for Free 20@
24c ; latter for choice long Staple.
Leather. — The market is strong for all descriptions, and prices harden-
ing.
Bags and Bagging. — The combination have taken another turn in
the screw, and advanced prices for Standard Grain Sacks to 12c.
The demand, however, is so small as to amount to a retail trade only,
while their stock for the season is immense. The " Belgic," from Hong-
kong, brought 320 bales assorted Calcutta Gunnies, said to be hop cloth —
ore and coffee Bags. But what of the 4,000,000 Grain Sacks said to be on
the " Evelyn," to arrive from Calcutta?
Case Goods. — The export demand for Canned Apricots and other
fruits is good, and the requirement steadily increasing. We note an in-
creased inquiry for Salmon, with sales during the current month of 10,000
cases Columbia River fish at §1 07^@§1 10 per doz. of lib. tins. Hold-
ers of best brands now ask §1 12*@§1 15. At the rise in freights, it is
thought shipments to England will be greatly diminished.
Coffee. — The market iB strong for Guatemala first at 17c@17jc ; Costa
Rica, 16c@16|c ; O. G. Java, 25£c j Rio, 15c@15£c. Our stock, October
1st, way of C. A., 4,500 bags, against 31,725 bags same time last year.
Metals. — We note a further rise in Pig Iron, Iron Pipe, Copper, Sheet,
Bar and Ingot, the rise in Copper from the start about 4c. $ Jb. The
market for Pig Lead shows firmness. The Zealandia, from Sydney,
brought 364 ingots Pig Tin, worth 17@17$c Pig Iron, §28@§32.
Nails. — Arrivals from New York liberal, with sales 1,000 kegs from
Btore, at S3 75.
Oils. — There is no movement, and Whale continues to rule low. Coal
Oils are plentiful and cheap.
Provisions. — The market for Meats and Lard shows firmness, with a
fair trade. Butter and Cheese are in favor of seller.
Quicksilver. — The market has collapsed, with sales for export at 34@
34£c The City of Tokio, for Hongkong, carried 400 flasks. Our exports
since January 1st aggregate 45,800 flasks; value, §1,321,750.- Same time
last year, 23,900 flasks ; value, §794,576, showing an increase this year of
21,900 flasks ; value, §527,173.
Rice. — The market for Hawaiian is strong at 6kc, with sales. Th
Zealandia, from Honolulu, brought only 548 bags. There is more tone to
the China market, with sales 10,000 mats Mixed at §4 55@4 65, and the
price advanced to §4 70. We quote No. 1 China §5 75 ; No. 2, §5 50.
The City of Tokio, from Hongkong, brought 10,054 mats.
Sugar. — The market is without change ; 1,200 bags of Hawaiian Gro-
cery grades sold at 84X©8|c The Zealandia, from Honolulu, brought
6,639 bags. The City of Panama, from the Isthmus, brought 300 bbls
New York Refined. We quote Whites 10£@10£c ; Golden C, 9£c ; Yel-
low, 8£c.
Salt. —The market is strong for all descriptions.
Teas.— Markets are firm at the late rise. The Belgic, from China and
Japan, brought for this city 4,587 pkgs, and iu transit for the East by
Central Pacific Railroad, 22,096 pkgs.
HIGHEST STOCK QUOTATIONS
For the Week Ending Oct. 10th, 1879.
Compiled Br George C. Hickox & Co., 230 Montgomery Street.
Name op Mike. Sat,
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Jackson
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Ophir
Overman
♦Potosi
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Seg Belcher....
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Succor
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_0CCIDENTAiTaND ORIENTAlTSTEAMSHIPCoT,-
For Japan and China, leave wharf, corner First and Bran-
nan streets, at noon, for YOKOHAMA AND HONGKONG, connecting at
Yokohama with Steamers for Shanghai.
GAELIC August 23d, December 6th, February 2Sth.
BELGIC October 25th, January 17th, April 10th.
For Freight, apply to GEORGE H. RICE, Freight Agent, at the Pacific Mail Steam-
ahip Company's Wharf, or No. 218 California street,
T. H. GOODMAN, General Passenger Agent.
LELAND STANFORD, President. Sept. 20.
Oct. 11, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVEKTISEU.
13
CUMBERLAND MINE.
Confirmation of its Host Wonderful Riehnesi and Extent!
—Captain Daniel Hanlon. the now Superintendent, af-
ter ThorouRh Inspection, Pronounces it a Property
worth Many Millions !— Ore in Sight, of Highest Grade
and Quality, Sufficient to Last Many Tears I—Mill Site
Selected !
The latest news from the Cumberland Mine, of Yavapai county,
Arizona, » "f » most positirt and character possible. AH the
glowing statements *»( the late Superintendent, Robert Collins (now Aa-
■stant Superintendent), made from July 1st to present time, have been
most thoroughly tubstantiated and indorsed by the new Superintendent,
Captain Daniel Hanlon, " late of the V . S. Custom House department of
this city, under Collector T. B. Shannon, and well known to over twenty
thousand (20.000) of the best citizens of this community as a gentleman of
absolute honor, truthful nes* and integrity." He is likewise father of the
eminent young attorney, Charles F. Hanlon, of 310 Pine street, who is
also esteemed as highly as the elder Hanlon — so that the truthfulness of the
statements made under the handwriting of Capt. Dan'l Hanlon can be sub-
stantiated and proven by the testimony of thousands of our most promi-
nent citizens. In a letter to the President, Geo. M. Ciprico, 417 California
street, he pronounces the Cumberland property to be a marvelously rich
mine! of inestimable value— worth upwards of millions of dollars.
Speaking of the ore sent by the late Superintendent, from Shaft No. 1,
{down eighty feet), and which, from 52 assays, made by Professor Wil-
iam Irelan, made an average of over -?2,000 to the ton, Captain Hanlon
says:
" The ore in tight is all of the same quality and grade as that sent you
from Shaft No. 1. You may break it off the face anywhere, and find it
all of nearly the same grade. I believe you cannot exhaust the ore in
tight, with a ten-stamp mill, in several tears, as it will pay from the
croppings down."
Capt. Hanlon goes on to say that the hanging and foot-walls are clearly
defined; that the mine has plenty of wood for milling purposes within a
radius of five miles, and that a mill site has been selected two miles from
the mine, where an abundance of water suitable for its requirements has
been discovered.- With a marvelously rich mine — showing a record un-
paralelled in the history of mining upon this coast — and a super-
abundance of wood and water within easy reach, the Cumberland pro-
perty is inevitably certain to take rank as one of those startling bonanzas
that within the last decade have electrified the world with their millions
of wealth.
A 10-stamp mill is in process of manufacture at Col. Savage's foundry,
on Fremont street ; also, a fine engine, feeders and rock-crushers. These
may be shipped to Arizona some time next month, and a large force put
to work to bring the mine into a bullion-producing property. This
district also contains the Martinez and Gnome mines, which are on the
same ledge, and are extensions from the Cumberland. The latter is 1,500
feet long. All these mines contain high grade ore, like the Cumberland ;
and Cumberland City, where the mill-site of the Cumberland Mine is
being located, may have a similar future to that of Leadville, when these
startling facts become fully known and comprehended by the vast world
of fortune- seekers. In a short time Cumberland lode may be more famous
than the Comstock lode, with this condition in its favor : that the mines
of the Cumberland lode begin from the surface down, and have, therefore,
very light expenses for raising ore, while they avoid entirely the obstacle
of water-flooding ! Shares of the Cumberland Mining Company are now
assuming a very high value, which is likely to increase as the time
approaches when the mine will be dividend-paying. The stock is held
very close, in large bodies, by private parties. There has been no assess-
ment upon the stock, and, from present indications, there is not likely to
be one. As the stock is not manipulated upon the Stock Boards, the only
place for obtaining reliable information regarding the same is at the Com-
pany's office, 417 California street. Holders of stock, leaving the State,
occasionally sacrifice a few shares by placing the same in the hands of
the President for sale, but the lucky ones who find this out generally
manage to gather them in with alacrity. From what we learn, the stock
is held at various prices, ranging as high as ten dollars per share. If the
statements made above — so thoroughly proven and substantiated by the
reports from expert Craib. the late Superintendent Robert Collins, and
the new Superintendent, Captain Daniel Hanlon — are true (and of that
fact there can be no doubt), surely the stock is intrinsically worth ten
times the highest of these present quotations. . A map of the great mines
of the Cumberland lode — the Cumberland, Martinez and Gnome — including
Cumberland City, will be issued next month.
Among the (ostly and beautiful dresses at the late Carnival Ball, it is
remarkable that the finest were made by Mrs. Lewis. The grand first
prize, a diamond cross, offered for the best costume in taste and make, was
carried off by her. Triumphs of this kind are Mrs. Lewis' ordinary
experience, when her work is brought into competition with that of
others ; and at the late Sharon reception, the most striking among the
brilliant dresses were from her establishment. Particularly noted were a
heavy black satin and an exquisite white satin, in whose folds the
shadows lay like a fainter light ; a lovely blue velvet, brocaded, and a
gendarme blue silk and embossed velvet, marvelously effective. Mrs.
Lewis is the accepted arbiter of taste and fashion, and seconded by her
cutter and fitter, the very best in the State, she produces unrivaled work.
She has constantly employed upwards of forty girls— none too many for
the throng of daily visitors from the upper ten thousand of our critical
and fastidious leaders of society.
It is with deep regret we learn that Mrs. J. C. Duncan is now lying
ill with the most serious form of typhoid fever, at the residence of her
father, in this city. This lady's unceasing devotion to her husband, from
the time of the calamity which overtook them, is known to every one in
the community, and the illness that now endangers her life is the result of
the ceaseless anxiety and strain, bodily and mental, through which she
has passed. It adds keenness to the suffering she has to bear to know
that her four little ones must be kept away from her, and that her
husband is not allowed even to approach what there is too much reason to
fear may be the dying bed of the wife whose unbounded affection has so
blessed and comforted him.
ART JOTTINGS.
It Is truly appalling. t);> npidity with which Uarhem in drawing,
painting, eta, are Increasing En toll eitv. In nearly every whop window
cms sms nMdinra |.i, turas, uid phy ftrds atmoundno thai Mr. or Mi** S..-
and-So will Impart instructions In sons branch oi tfa« fine arts. At 31
Kearny staset m to be seen not low than three examples from as many
of these psdsntlos.
One is », colored pictara of some sort The mbjeot looln «» if it might
be a Zulu mummy. It it by one A. K. Wilson, now residing on Turk
street At the Last Academy exhibit a Mrs. A. B. Wilson displayed a
number of outrageous daubs, which won ft disgrace to the institution
which accepted them; yet we are told that thin person, who evidently
has not the least knowledge of art herself, presides over a very large class
of pupils, The second is a portrait of our friend Smith, of the Palace
Hotel. It is a crayon, and the artist announces that it is made without
the aid of a solar. _ Had lie announced that it was drawn by holding the
portc cayon with his toes, instead of his fingers, it would have been some-
thing of a curiosity ; as it is, there is just enough of the likeness in it to
point unerringly to a well-known citizen, and so the simple gulls are
taken in, and, of course, apply to Mons. Hecht for lessons.
The third exhibitor in this one shop is a Mr. August Seheffer, who
paints in oil, and is also desirous of imparting his knowledge to the
uninitiated. His examples display more ability— certainly— than the two
first named, but still, were he to be subjected to the rigid rules of drawing
and color, it is plain to be seen that no beginner would have to commence
lower down the steps.
Now, San Francisco is full — to overflowing — with these nomadic peda-
gogues, and it is high time that their ability — or, rather, ignorance— was
exposed. _ Many of them, too, are old-timers, who have been bleeding this
community for well nigh a quarter of a century. It will be the special
province of " Jottings " to call attention to these frauds, and warn the
public against them. And, let it be understood, that in this, as in other
matters, not one word of injustice will be written.
At times the strictures in this column appear to be severe — they may
be — but they are just and honest. We ha"e in our midst a School of De-
sign, which in a measure is a public institution, and, from the apparent suc-
cess of this, this swarm of charlatans havesprung up. Its Directors are men of
knowledge and experience in art affairs, and at the head of it is a profes-
sor of great ability, one who has made the fine arts a study from boyhood,
is familiar with the tenets of art as taught in its great centers, and we
propose to show, to the satisfaction of all, why it is that these humbugs
so well sueoeed in fleecing the public at the expense of the San Francisco
School of Design.
J. Macdonongh, 25 Market street, has the largest stock of coal on
the coast, of every kind. He has juBt received 100 tons of the famous
" Red Ash," the first that has been imported in the last 20 years. All
over the East this is the favorite coal for house use, in grates and furnaces.
It burns clear, with little flame, being anthracite, and leaves a friable
ash, perfectly free from clinker or lumps. Red Ash always commands $1
a ton more than any other coal in the market, so clean and pleasant is
the fire it makes. 1,500 tons Hamilton Scotch Splint, and 1,000 tons
Davisson's West Hartley have also been yarded this week, and orders
are flowing in.
Nearly" $2,500,000 of the sum paid out under the Pension Arrear-
ages Bill has gone South, the Southern States furnishing 300,000 white
men to the Union forces, not bo very many less than New England, whose
pensioners receive §3,600,000 under the same bill, those in New York re-
ceiving $3,230,000, and in Pennsylvania ©3,050,000.
St. John's Presbyterian Church, Post street, between Mason and
Taylor. Rev. Dr. Scott, Pastor, will preach Sunday morning at 11
o'clock; also at 7i p. M. Sunday School and Bible Classes at 9£ A. M.
Prayer and Prafse Service at 64 p. m.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVALS AND CLEARANCES AT. THE PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO, FOR
THE WEEK ENDING OCT. 9, 1379.
ARRIVALS.
VESSEL.
St'r City of Panama...
St'r Belgic
St'r Great Admiral ..
St'r Thomas Stephens.
Ship Valparaiso
St'r Zealandia
Ship Armenia
Ship Alameda
Ship Dunnottar Castle.
Ship America
Ship Win. G. Davis ..
Bark Omba
Bark Victoria
Connolly .. .
Meyer
Thompson . .
Richards . . .
Woodward .
Chevalier...
Carter
Otis
Hinks
Gedge
Brooks . . .
Robinson.. .
Dresco
WHERE FROM.
Panama
Hongkong...
New York . . .
Port Chalmers
Caliao
Sydney
New York
New York
Newcastle
Newcstle NSW
Rio Janeiro . .
Shanghai. ...
Otago, N Z. . .
CONSIGNEES.
Williams, Blanehard & Co.
O. & O. S. S. Co.
George Howes & Co.
Master.
George Howes & Co.
Williams, Blanehard &Co.
Williams, Blanehard & Co.
George Howes & Co.
George J. Theobold & Co.
Balfour, Guthrie & Co.
Master.
Dickson, DeWolf & Co.
Balfour, Guthrie & Co.
CLEARANCES.
DATE.
VESSEL.
MASTER.
WHERE BOUND
BY WHOM CLEARED.
Oct 4
St'r City of Tukio
Thomas
Scribner
Kelly
Yokohama . . .
Panama ....
Queenstown . .
Williams, Blanehard & Co.
Williams, Blanehard & Co.
.. 4
.. 4
.. 4
.. 6
.. 6
'.'. 8
■f. Bermingham.
ShipG. C. Trufant....
Ship St. David
Ship Cambrian Prince.
R. Sheehey.
Hy. Lund.
Balfour, Guthrie & Co.
Liverpool
Liverpool
G. \V. McNear.
Parrott & Co.
$25 to $50001
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wh it Co., Bankers, 23 Lroad St., N. Y.
Artistic Novelties, manufactured from California quartz, at Ran-
dolph & Co.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
14*
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER.
Oct. 11, 1879.
"The World," the Flesh, and the Devil.
[By a Truthful Penman, j
The Lancet remarks that Lord William Beresford, in addition to his
distinction as a gallant and chivalrous soldier, will be distinguished in
history as the owner of a horse which was poisoned by tea. The Veteri-
nary Journal reports the " case," and characterizes it as " unparalleled in
the annals of veterinary or even human toxicology ": A staff cook hav-
ing left some pounds of tea in a sack, a Kaffir groom filled it with corn,
and serving out the contents to a troop of horses, gave Lord William
Beresford's charger the bulk of the tea, which was eaten greedily, and
produced the most startling results. The animal plunged and kicked, and
ran backward, at intervals galloping madly around, finally falling into a
donga, where it lay dashing its head on the rocks, and was dispatched by
an assegai thrust through the heart. The post mortem appearances indi-
cated extreme cerebral congestion. The occurrence as an accident is pro-
bably unique. The phenomena exhibited were, however, characteristic
of the action of caffeine— namely, cerebral excitement, with partial loss
of sensibility, convulsions and death. The sensory nerves are paralyzed
without any corresponding paralysis of the motor nerves, so that the mus-
cular action, which proceeds from ideation and volition, remains unaf-
fected. The reversal of limb movements, which produces running back-
ward in quadrupeds, is a common symptom of brain disturbance, fre-
quently witnessed, for example, in the case of puppies with unclosed
crania. The case is one of great interest, and may help to throw light on
the action of tea, which has not been sufficiently studied, and must be
still classed as unexplained.— A singular instance of the effect of reci-
procity treaties is reported in a recent telegram from Washington. The
United States has a special reciprocity treaty with the Sandwich Islands
— a treaty which tells most unfairly against us as one of the guaranteeing
Powers. It now appears that there is a strong suspicion that a great deal
of sugar fa shipped to the Sandwich Islands and then resbipped to San
Francisco under this favorable treaty, thus escaping the heavy Customs
duties imposed on other sugar. This is a sort of traffic by no means easy
to trace in a group like the Sandwich Islands, where there are so many
harbors and so'many sugar plantations. If the truth could be got at as
to the amount of smuggling which has gone on for the last few years un-
der the high tariff, especially with articles easily transported, it would
prove a strong argument in favor of a reduction of duty. — Pall Mall
Budget.— —It is satisfactory to find that, notwithstanding Mr. De Young's
unfortunate attempt on Mr. Kalloch's life, the Republican party will pro-
bably be able to defeat the combination of the Democrats with the Work-
ingmen's party in California. Mr. Kalluch, it is true, has been elected
Mayor of San Francisco, and some of the judges nominated on the Work-
ingmen's ticket have been carried by the vote of that party ; but, as a
whole, the Republicans have been successful, having elected the Governor
and two out of the three members of Congress in the districts where the
return has been made up. There can be little doubt that the combination
of the Democrats with the labor party has tbrown many moderate men
into the arms of the Republicans. Such a programme as that put forward
by Mr. Kearney, and carried by the popular vote, would frighten most
of those who had anything to lose ; and it can scarcely be wished tbat
communistic experiments should be commenced in California, if com-
menced at all, by a virulent persecution of the Chinese. What is more
remarkable than the rather unexpected success of the Republicans is the
peace and quietness which seemed to have prevailed. Such a shooting
affray as that between Mr. De Young and Mr. Kalloch might easily have
given rise to a popular outbreak. — Pall Mall Gazette. — One of the 80-ton
guns constructed for the Inflexible was tried recently at Woolwich, with a
charge of 4451bs. of powder and a projectile weighing over 1,760 lbs., when
the velocity at the muzzle was ascertained to be 1,657 ft. per second. The
gun is stated to be competent to pierce a vessel coted with 32 inches of
iron. This result has been attained after the enlargement of the gun, or-
dered in consequence of the performance of the German gun designed by
Herr Krupp to surpass the Woolwich ordnance, and the British gun is
now superior to its German rival.— ^Only the other day, M. Sarcey re-
lated bow a schoolmistress in the Vaucluse, Sister Pacifique, was dis-
missed for having a map hung up iu her schoolroom representing Europe,
with such inscriptions as these on it: The Empire of Satan, the Ocean of
Divine Lovs, the Harbor of Obstinacy, the Sea of Self-Abnegation, the
Province of Frivolity ; and underneath this map devils armed with pitch-
forks tossing the lost into flames. M. Sarcey also relates that a prize
book recently given at a Congregationalist school was entitled, " Means
of Transport to Heaven." In the first illustration a pious-looking youth
is represented as going to Paradise in a palanquin ; in the second, in a
gondola ; in the third, on a donkey ; in the fourth he is standing on a lo-
comotive which is being driven by a Jesuit. In another picture he is
climbing a ladder ; in another, swimming ; and in the last he is being shot
up to Heaven by a volcano.— —It is understood that one of the conditions
imposed by the Russian Government in connection with the surrender of
Kuldja to the Chinese is that the Kirghiz Nomads, who have fled from
Kuldja and its environs to China since the invasion of the former by Rus-
sian troops, are forcibly sent back by the Chinese authorities. —Teach-
ing' in Germany is a very active operation, if the fact3 reported of a lately
deceased German teacher are true. During the 51 years 7 months of his
official life, he had, by a moderate computation, inflicted 911,527 blows
with a cane, 124,010 blows with a rod, 20,989 blows and raps with a ruler,
136,715 blows with the hand, 10,235 blows over the mouth, 7,905 boxes on
the ear, 1,115,800 raps on the hand, and 22,763 notabenes (i. e., knocks)
with the Bible, catechism, singing-book and grammar. He had 777 times
made boys kneel on peas, and 613 times on a three-cornered piece of wood,
and made 5,001 " wear the jackass," and 1,707 hold the rod up ; not to
mention other punishments devised on the impulse of the moment.
A GOOD PLAN.
Anybody can learn to make money rapidly operating in
Stocks, by the "Two Unerring Rules for Success," in Messrs. Lawrence &
Co.'a new circular. The combination method, which this firm has made so success-
ful, enables people with large or small means to reap all the benefits of largest cap-
ital and best skill. Thousands of orders, in various sums, are pooled into one vast
amount and co-operated as a mighty whole, thus securing to each shareholder all the
advantages of the largest operator. Immense profits are divided monthly. Any
amount, from 85 to $5,000, or more, can be used successfully. N. Y. Baptist Weekly,
September 26th, 1878, eajs : " By the combination system S15 would make $75, or
5 per cent. ; $50 pays $350, or 7 per cent. ; $100 makes $1,000, or 10 per cent, on the
stock, during the month, according to the market." Frank Leslie* 8 Illustrated
Newspaper, June 29th : " The combination method of operating stocks is the most
successful ever adopted." New York Independent, Sept. 12th : "The combination
Bystem is founded upon correct business principles, and no person need be without
an income while it is kept working by Messrs. Lawrence & Co. Brooklyn Journal,
April 29th : " Our editor made a net profit of $101.25 from $20 in one of Messrs.
Lawrence & Co.'s combinations." New circular (mailed free) explains everything.
Stocks and bonds wanted. Government bonds supplied.
July 26. LAWRENCE & CO., Bankers, 57 Exchange Place, N. T.
Geo. C. Hickox.
GEORGE C. HICKOX & CO.,
E. C. McFarlane.
Clommission Stock Brokers (San Francisco Stock Ex-
j change, No. 230 Montgomery street, San Francisco. May 4.
J.
A.
RUDKIN,
M€
in be r S
. F. Stock and Exchange Board,
423
California
street.
STOCKS
Bought
and
Sold on Commission
Liberal
Advances
made
n Active
Accounts.
Oct. 26.
E. E. Etre.1 Members S. F. Stock and Exchange Board.
EYRE & JONES,
Stock Brokers,
320 PINE STREET, SAN FRANCISCO.
[J. H. Jokes.
[Sept. 27.
ANDREW BAiRD,
Negotiator of Loans and Commercial Papers
Broker in Local and State Securities,
No. 312 California Street San Francisco.
\P. O. Box 1,208.] July 19.
D. Y. B. Henarie. Edward Martin.
E. MARTIN & CO.,
Importers and "Wholesale Sealers in Wines and Liquors.
Proprietors of Miller's Extra Old Bonrbon and J. F. Cut-
ter Extra Old Bonrbon and Rye Whiskies.
April 5. 408 Front Street, San Francisco*
HIBERNIA BREWERY,
Howard Street, Between Eighth and Ninth.
Dec. 7.] M. NXTNAN, Proprietor.
TABER, HARKER & CO.,
IMPOJtTEMS AJTD WHOLESALE GBOCEBS,
10S and 110 California St., S. F.
[April 19.]
Henry B. Williams. Henry B, Williams.
WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO.,
SHIPPING AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
No. 218 California st., S. F. [July 27-
Newton Booth, C. T. Wheeler, Sacramento. | J. T. Glover, W. W. Dodge, S. F
W1
W. W. DODGE & CO.
bolesale Grocers, corner Front and Clay streets, San
Francisco. April 1.
J. M. Neville. REMOVAL.
BAGS. TENTS AND
NEVILLE & CO.,
No.'s 31 ana 33 California Street, S.
San Francisco.
Geo H. Bryant.
HOSE.
E. corner of Davis,
[Auir. 2.
CASTLE BROTHERS,
ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAR 1850.
Importers of Teas and East India Goods, Ncs. 213 and 315
Front street, San Francisco. Jan. 13.
L.H.Newton. NEWTON BROTHERS & CO., M. Newton.
Importers and wholesale dealers in Teas, Foreign Goods and
Groceries, 204 and 206 California street, San Francisco, Cal May 25.
INSTRUCTION FOR MIDWIFERY.
The nndersigrned will begin October 1st, 1879, a course of
instruction for females in midwifery. Instruction will be in accordance with
the plan prescribed by the Prussian Government, and be both didactic and clinical.
Certificates of character required. C. F. A. NICHELL, M.D.,
Sept. 20. 706 Post street.
WM. F. SMITH, M.D.,
Oculist and Aurist, 313 Bush Street.
Aug. 16.J
Office Hours, from 13 M. to 3 P.3T.
UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN PATENT OFFICES.
CW. M. Smith, Conilselor and Advocate in Patent Cases,
• 429 Montgomery street, San Francisco. Established 1862. Specialty : Patents,
Trade-Marks, Patent-Law. Sept. 20.
CALIFORNIA SUGAR REFINERY,
Manufacturers of tbc Standard Syrup, a superior article
put up iu barrels expressly for home consumption. Also, Extra Heavy Syrup
in barrels for Export. Refined Sugars at lowest market rates. Office, 215 Front
street, up stairs. Dec. 21.
J. C. MERRILL & CO.,
Shipping and Commission Merchants, Agents for the Sand-
wich Islands Packet Lines, 204 California street, S. F.
April 13.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER,
15
HER CONQUEST.
If Qatar thy wit, an- 1 Ulk of whatever
l,i„ht, mirto-provoking matter thou canst find ;
I Uuk'li, ami own that thou, with small endeavor,
Hast won my mind.
Be silent if Ihoa wilt- thin* tryw expressing
Thy thought* and feelings, lift them op to mine:
Then quickly thou shall hear me, love, confessing
My heart is thinr.
And let that brilliant glance become but tender-
Return me heart for heart -then Uke the whole
Of all that yet is left me to surrender ;
Thou hast my souL
Now, when the three are fast in thy possession.
And tlmu hast paid me hack their worth, and more,
I'll tell thee -all whereof I've made the cession
Was thine before. — October Sa'ibner.
BOOK NOTICEa
Mr. Phillips* Goneness. By James M. Baifa (the Danbury-Ncws Man). Lee
& Shi-]«arJ, Boston. For sulu by all booksellers.
A sketchy story of ordinary folk, who go about their business in a mat-
ter-of-fact style, with hardly more sentiment than is just necessary. This
is the way Mr. Phillips and the charming widow come to the point:
11 l>o I understand, Mr. Phillips, that this " much " refers to your re-
gard for me ?" " Yes," he eagerly answered.
" That you really love me ?" " Yes, yes."
" That you want to marry me?" " I do, I do."
" Then I am your ticket, Mr. Phillips," promptly confessed the blush-
ing widow.
A Tight Sqckrse ; or, tub Advrxtcres of a Gbntlkmas who, os a Wager op Ten
Thoi'sand Dollars, undertook to go from New York to New Orleans in
Three Weeks. WITHOUT Money, as a Professional Tramp. By "Staats."
Lee & Shepard, Boston. For sale by all booksellers.
A book worthy of its title-pa^e. The gentleman meets with most but-
prising adventures ; is lost on an island in the Mississippi, where he meets
his future wife ; they are both swept away by a freshet, and picked up by
a cotton boat ; the lady is affianced to another, and actually reaches the
church to be married, when the god suddenly comes out in the shape of a
gentle dame in man's attire, and familiarly known as Tommy. Tommy
is the lawful wife of the wretch who is about to marry the lady of the
island and the ducking ; and the intending bigamist dies with horror in
the church, which makes everybody comfortable. When it is added that
there is considerable orthodox piety in the book, and that the grammar,
like the gentleman, is of the professional tramp order, no one can doubt
that this is a lively and original work.
Appleton'9 Journal, for October, has the continuation of "Vivian"
and " The Seamy Side," an admirable paper by Sidney Colvin on "Art
and Criticism," a satisfactory sketch of Moliere, Karl Blind's third arti-
cle on " Conspiracies in Russia," Mallock's " Dialogue on Human Happi-
ness," Matthew Arnold's charming and provoking notice of " The French
Play in London," a few poems, and the usual Editor's Table and book
notices. Mr. Arnold's conviction of the French unfitness for high poetic
thought vitiates much of his otherwise excellent criticism ; and his read-
ers must frequently find themselves irritated by the sweet way in which
he darkens counsel instead of enlightening it. When he wishes to show
how inferior is the French alexandrine to the verse of Shakspeare, he se-
lects from Victor Hugo a passage far below his best, and compares this
with one of Shakspeare's most poetical passages. In this way almost any-
thing could be proved of almost any poet ; and Mr. Arnold would be far
from merciful toward any critic whom he detected in such practices.
The Dialogue on Happiness should be interesting to three-fourths of the
people, who have got so far with their culture as to be very unhappy be-
cause their is no issue anywhere out of this perplexing maze of life. It
may be unfeeling to say so, but we must recommend these sighing souls to
meditate these lines from " Don Juan" :
So thank your stars that matters are no worse,
And read your Bible, sir, and mind your nurse.
The BE8T paper in the Portfolio, for September, is G. A. Simcox's
" Handicraft," which is full of thought and suggestion with regard to the
present status of art in the education alike of the workman and of the pub-
lic Mr. Lang's " Oxford " deals with the spirit of discontent which per-
vades the University atmosphere ; and Mr. Ham erton continues his in-
structive " Notes on Aesthetics."
Among the items in the " Art Chronicle " is a notice of an exhibition
of 500 oil sketches of India by Marianne North. These are said to show
the most extraordinary skill and labor, while the general impression left
by them is less grandiose than that produced by Mr. Verestsubagin's work
in the same line.
Mr. Poynter's " Ten Lectures on Art " (Chapman and Hall) are praised
as the most important recent contributions to the literature of art. The
ninth, which deals with Kuskin's treatment of Michael Angelo, is said to
be very vigorous and damaging.
The Pre-Historic World. By Elie Berthet. Translated from the French by Mary
J. Safford. Porter & Coates, Philadelphia ; Billings, Harbourne & Co., San
Francisco.
This book gives, in three tales, the history of man's supposed develop-
ment from the savage life of the Stone Age, through the gathering of the
tribes into the Lacustrian City, or lake dwellings, on to the Age of Metals
and the life of the Gallic people several centuries before the conquest of
Caesar. Needless to say that all the incidents, the struggles with wild
beasts, the warfare between the rude men, the beginning of social exist-
ence, the occupations, the tools, the daily concerns, are fair deductions
from comparison and study of the relics preserved in museums. M. Ber-
thet has wrought up his facts with a great deal of ingenuity into a series
of pictures, which cannot but serve the purpose of popularizing the dis-
coveries of recent times, though the fiction interwoven with the facts is
far from interesting to the reader. We are told what has been discovered,
in a story instead of a treatise ; and the usefulness of the work is neces-
sarily impaired for those who do not choose to have their information, like
their pills, sugar-coated.
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
Recorded In the City utd County of San Fnuiclaco, California, for
the Woek ending October 7th.
OompiUdfrom the Jfonmfc q/U» (Jommfrrlal Agency, 401 Valtfom ia St. , S. F.
Wednesday. Oct, let.
GRANTOR AND OIUKTII.
F McO'ansry to Jas I. nicks.
Jno Gorman to BJ Shay
Will Itennle to II L II at chin son.. .
Panlrl Jones to Andrew Lnrurtfoo
Henry Hay to Winnllred Jennings
Ieldor Levey to Lewis Abel
Bridget Prtmty to Wm R Brlctrs.
La Society Francais to II Blanche!
Edwd Pique to Jno Byrnes et al ..
TTonriefta M Cox to Cath Dunn . .
Tims Young to Merchants Ex link
Geo L Bradley to Angaria Harris.
Lee Leong to Cal Chinese Free Mas
D R SCRIPT I ON.
R Colombia. 390 n 24th. n2fixW0
K Mission, SO * Mill, a 06* ne 137, n a+i:
B. w 118 bo commencement
B Pierce, 103 n Sacramento, n 35x109:0,
■nbjecl lo mortgage
NV Poison Ave, UK) ac Fo]«om, 25x02:6
B Mission, 7.1:s a 2fith, 78x85, being In M
Bloch 1001
I'ml hair *• Fillmore, 187:6 n Post, 27:0x
110, W A310
N Tyler, 159 e Van Ness, 33:8x120
B M , .*>."> a Harrison, 25x77:11
B Stevenson, lioniOth, 35x80, subject
to mortc tor $700
x 7th, 905 ii w Bryant, 95x88
\V Jours, 198:6 B Sutter, s 15. w etc
SO'Farrell. 114 e Scott, 23:6x106:6, be-
in £ in \V A 480
ESpofl'ord, 110 a Washington, 18:4x47:8
2,100
000
3,000
885
5,850
5,000
1,100
3,500
3,480
5
2,500
Thursday, Oct. 2d.
Wm Thomas to Emma A Thomas.
J M Wood to Wm R BriggB
Isaac C Ellis to HH Ellis
Wm M Seaton to Kiernan Kelly.. .
Tolly RWiBe to Adelatdo L Holt.
N Pacific Ave, 137:0 e Scott, G8:9xl37:8,
W A "
N Tyler, 159:e Van Ness, c 32:6x120, W
A block 64
Und hair lot 11, blk 190 and lot 12 block
364 Golden City Hd
W Boyce, 100 n Pt Lobos Ave, n 54, w
111:7, etc, OL
Nw Stockton and Greenwich, 22:8x81:4;
50-v 493 and P N block 155 and all int
in Winter Ranch
7
1
200
900
Friday, Oct. 3d.
Michael Walsh to Cath Walsh...
Lucy A Fisher to E A Engclberff.
E Bur* to Geo Dawson
Louis DeSilva to FH Dulineki...
M Reese to E D Keycs
Fredk Raab to Joseph McMath...
Jos McMath to F Raab
Jas McKenley to Wm Boyd
Wm Boyd to Henry Hinkel
Lucy A Fisher to E A Engleberg.
JRJarboeetal toOFSwett...
O F SwcttloJR Jarboeetal....
Pat Leahv to Anna Patlcn
Ja&P Medley to ChasFDoe
C F Doe to Jno Bergstrora
Patk McCarty to Patk Rafferty.
Jno F Byxbee to Maggie A Byxbee
Jno Hunt Jr to Fred Billings
Geo F Sharp to samn
Phoebe B Isaacs to David Cahn.
N Precita Ave, 75:8 e Bernal St, e 44:3,
n 147, w to a point s 136:6 to beg
Se Grove and Baker, 139x105
W Castro, 40 s 19tb, s 30, H A 193
Lot 19 blK 6, College Hd
Und 1-3 e Battery, 43 s Washington, s
72x68:9
Lotal, 8, blk 52 Excelsior Hd
Same
SPine, 181:3 e Fillmore, 25x127:6
Same
Se Grove and Baker, 130x105
Und l-5th bib No 5 Horner's Addition..
Same
E Sherman, 75 n 18th, n 37x125
Nw Cal avc, 360 ne Virginia ave, ne 3 x
150-PV367
Same
Sw Decatur, 125 se Bryant, 25x60—100 v
212 snbj to mortg $1,659
Lots 1, 2, 3, blk G43 Pt Lobos av Ex Hd
Sw Tavlor and North Point st, w 137:6
XNB14
Same
N Post, 82:6 e Octavia, 55x120, W A 157
Gift
1,000
1,400
175
10,000
5
5
1,600
1,500
1,000
5
5
75
1,675
300
Gilt
1
4,500
5
Saturday, Oct. 4th.
Walter Walsh to Jas Burke
Robt Murdoch to Juo Kennedy..
Geo W Frink to Jno Weith.,
Robt Murdoch to L Gottig
Jas Spanton to Mary S Walker.,
Wm M Edgar to Kittie McLeod. ,
N Mission, SO e 4th, 25x90-100-v 17. .._
E Larkin,49:6 n Valkjo,n 25x110, being
in 50-v 1397
Ne 17th ave and Q street, 25x100 O'Neil
and Haleyblk333
Sundry lots through! the city
Ne Day and Church, n 04x80
Lot 40 Sec 81, North Addition to Ma-
son Cemetery
300
5
600
Monday, Oct. 6th.
Job M Douglas to J O B Gun .
J C Hampton et al to same. ,
Same to Henry T Scott
Jos M Douglas to same
Alden W Jackson to M E Morrison
G C W Hener to R Wannenmacher
A H Metbven to David Hunter. ..
Peter Dean to Cath Osgood ,.
Lydia Morton to Saml Crim
Jas D McCloskey to A Scholle. . . .
Peter G Peltret to Margaret Shea..
Dennis O'Brien to Geo Lang
Und half sc Franklin and Clay, 100x60,
W A 89
Same
Und halt'e Franklin, 100 s Clay, 27:8x87
being W A blk 89
Same
W Shotwell, 250 s 25d, n 59x122:6
W Ferrie, 210 n Pt LobOB, 25x125
N Geary, 87:6eLarkiu, 50x137:0, being
in 50-v 1421
N Valley, 180 e Noe, 25x114— H A 125..
Sundry lots throughout city
Lots 44, 45, blk 41 City Land Assn
Nw Alabama and 86th, 86x190
Se Franklin and Bay, 50x137:6
$4,000
4,000
2,000
2,000
4,000
14,500
225
Tuesday, Oct, 7th.
Real Estate Associates to WHollis
Fredk Mason to JnoBensley
Same to same
A T Lawton to AMcNutt
Wm S Chapman to B'k California
WJGunnto Wm Worthington..
Wm Worthington to J Robinson..
Edward FWoodhnll to SHaslett..
Lorenzo Peri to Antonio Gotelli..
Mas Sav & Ln Bk to C W Welby .
P B Hewlett to J C Lay ton
Chas T Smith to Jno Nconen.. ..
Jno Bays to Juo Best
Jno Bays to same
Henry Hinkel to Anton Fasemann
La Societe Francaise to T L Lyons
ET Crane to same
La Soc Francaise to S Heydenfeldt
S Post, 87:6 w Webster, 55:9x137:6
Und9-10thaPN blk 176
Und half P N blks 165; 164 and und 1-t
of 174
N John 160:5 e Mason, 37:9x60
Und half lots 4, 5, 6, sec 36 T 2, sr 6 w
containing 56:07-100 acres
E Dolores. 880 s 24th. s 30x125
Lots 2, 8.9, blk 51 Excelsior Hd
S Clay, 87:6 e Broderick, 27:6x100
Ne29th Ave, 200 nw J st, 25x100, subdiv
blk 517 Bay View Tract
Lot 23 blk 310 Gardenville Hd
N 19th, 105 w Sanchez, w 85x114 ...
N Post, 286 w Stockton, 85x137:6....
W Leavenworth, 77:6 s Valkjo, 20x137:6
Same
S Minna, 275 e 7th, e 34x75
E cor Folsom and Spear, 137:6x187:6.. -
S Clay, 76 e Davis, e 49:6x119-6
Se Sac and Leids, s 98:6, e 55 n 18:6, etc
$ 500
5,500
24,000
2,500
10
5
80
2,100
100
400
500
50
2,600
1
7.000
28.000
26,500
84.000
16 -
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Oct. 11, 1879
A REGAL RECEPTION.
The grand reception in honor of our distinguished guest, Ulysses S.
Grant, given by the Hon. Wm. Sharon, was in all respects the social
event of the year. To all those who have on former occasions been in-
vited to the Belmont mansion, it suffices to say that on this occasion all
the arrangements were improved upon. Nothing that could be suggested
by taste and refinement, reinforced by great wealth, was left undone to
make the fete a brilliant one in all respects. The decorations were of
that richness, utterly devoid of gaudiness, which charms the truly artistic
and eesthetic mind. Several trains from San Francisco brought down all
that the city contains of beauty, wealth and . intelligence. The distance
from the depot to the house was easily and rapidly covered by the multi-
tude of vehicles provided. The road was lined with variegated Chinese
lanterns, and here and there huge bonfines. The produced effect was an
extremely picturesque one. In the way of servants and dressing-rooms,
everything was truly regal; the parlors and halls were filled-with a slowly
moving throng of handsome women and pretty girls arrayed in silks and
diamonds, on the arms of brave officers in uniform or distingue civilians
en frae. Every one, on entering, was introduced by the host to
Gen. Grant, and by Mrs. J. D. Fry to Mrs. Grant, and then passed on to
join in the ever -increasing multitude of dancers and promenaders. The
supper was an agglomeration of all the seasons' delicacies. The wine-
room was conducted with a lavishness unheard of. It seemed as if the
combined vineyards of champagne were at one's disposal. Mr. Sharon
gave on this occasion a practical example of California hospitality — that
hospitality that i3 only limited by the desires of the guest, and everything
is dealt out with a Horn of Plenty.
The festivities were kept up until an early hour in the. morning. Com-
mencing at one o'clock, train after train left the depot, freighted with re-
turning loads of delighted people. The Hon. Senator stood at the portals
of his mansion, bidding each and every one a pleasant adieu, and receiv-
ing from all the congratulations due him for an entertainment worthy of
the distinguished guest, and worthy of our State. The reputation of the
Belmont residence for grand displays was more than ever exemplified on
"this occasion, tor nothing that the most fastidious could wish or desire
was wanting.
EXHIBITIONS LEADING TO DEATH.
That was a most shocking accident which occurred to the two bal-
loonists on Sunday. Two valuable lives have been sacrificed to the mor-
bid curiosity of a crowd. Balloons have been sent up Sunday after Sun-
day from Woodward's Gardens, simply because they drew a large attend-
ance, or, in other words, because they made money. The people went to
see because of an unaccountable love of witnessing dangerous feats. No
useful purpose was served by the ascensions. The science of navigating
the air was in no manner promoted. It was an exhibition fraught with
danger. Just that and nothing more. To witness that the people paid
their money. To obtain that money the balloonists endangered their
lives. In this instance they gambled with fate and lost. They staked
their livea against the gate money, and having lost the one they forfeited
the other. Of all games of chance, surely this was the most unequal and
the most to be discouraged. We pass laws to save men from the conse-
quences of bucking the tiger. We won't allow our citizens, nor the
strangers within our gates, to chance their money against the skill of the
professional gambler. We protect men against the loss of their money by
games of chance, why should we not protect them against the loss of their
lives in dangerous and demoralizing games in which the dice are greatly
loaded against them? There are many good reasons why we should so
protect them. If they lose, and thereby pay the forfeit by their lives, the
State loses men who might otherwise he useful citizens. Wives and fami-
lies are liable to be left as charges upon the elemosynary institutions of
the State. Above all, these exhibitions are degrading and demoralizing to
the public taste. Not long ago, in order to intensify the depraved curios-
ity of the crowd, certain balloonists in this city fastened a trapeze to their
balloon and hung on to it with their toes when in raid-air. That horrible
sight drew largely and paid well. The crowd cheered and were happy !
What abominably perverted tastes to be sure ! The law ought to step in
and prevent every exhibition that is merely dangerous. When they com-
bine danger with some useful purpose it may be necessary to tolerate
them ; but when no good end can possibly be served they ought to be sup-
pressed. While gambling with money is prevented, gambling with human
life ought certainly to be interdicted.
CALIFORNIA MANUFACTURES.
Slowly "but surely our native productions are making headway, upon
their own merits, against foreign manufactured articles. In fact, one of
our largest importers recently admitted that the growing demand for
home manufactures is rapidly curtailing the necessity of imports from the
Eastern States and from Europe. This is one of the most encouraging
signs of the times, and indicates that we are fast ridding ourselves of the
foolish prejudice that foreign goods are superior to those made on our own
soil. The first and greatest requisites in all manufactures are purity of
materials and thorough workmanship. We are glad to say that these
qualities are becoming tolerably well known in the Pacific States and Ter-
ritories, as also in the seaboard countries of the Pacific, and even across
the Kockies and in Great Britain. In the latter country there is an al-
most unlimited market for our canned fruits, and we believe that in a few
years our wines and brandies will make such headway as to cause an im-
mense increase in our vineyard acreage. Canned salmon from the Sacra-
mento and Columbia rivers are now being largely consumed in the British
Islands. We are also practically controlling the sugar market in Utah,
Nevada, Oregon and the Territories. In Australia, where the New York
and Boston merchants had opened up a market for doors, sashes, etc., we
have supplanted them, to their manifest disgust. There is no reason why,
with our facilities for tanning and manufacturing, we should not have the
West Coast trade of America in boots and shoes. We should also supply
Sonora, Sinaloa and Durango with mining machinery. A reciprocity
treaty with Mexico would add largely to our annual profits. In Colombia,
Peru and Central America a similar course would give us the advantage
over European merchants, who now enjoy almost a monopoly of the field.
But, above all, let it be remembered that California manufactures have
progressed thus far upon their intrinsic merits, and if we expect to main-
tain and push our position, we must steadily avoid adulteration and in-
ferior workmanship. Discarding these, all is plain sailing.
THE MARCH ON CABUL.
With a loss of some seventy men killed and wounded, General
Roberts has won a victory which will bring him in a few hours to the
gates of Cabul. By valor and indomitable perseverance Afghanistan was
already conquered; by forbearance on the part of the conquerors it was
left uninjured, save by the casualties of active warfare, and practically
unchanged politically, save by a change of rulers. By treachery the
generous victor was insulted and betrayed. Now, with the gods of battle
and of vengeance the result must rest. That result is not difficult to fore-
see. At any moment we may expect to hear that Cabul is in the hands
of the English. Probably the city will be surrendered; if not, it will be
taken vi et armis. It is almost to he regretted, in this instance, that the
code of civilized warfare prohibits retaliation in kind. A "good old-
fashioned" massacre would teach the Afghans more in twelve hours than
humane treatment will in twelve years. Their conduct from the begin-
ning deserved a worse punishment than they have received, though it is
true they acted more like fools than anything else. Granted that the
former Ameer, Shere Ali, did hate and distrust the English because their
conquests extended to the limit of his domain. Was not that limit a
natural one, beyond which the British were not likely to go ?
and had he not, on the other side, an enemy, Russia,
who was fast approaching his dominions, and whose interest it certainly
was to absorb them ? But even apart from the question of actual danger,
he had his choice between the friendship of a Power which has never
broken its word, and that of one which has never been known to keep it.
Blinded with blank promises, he sided with the latter and insulted the
former. There was no course left for the English but to make war upon
him, and they did so with the result which is well known. Then, when the
power of the conqueror and the faithlessness of the recreant ally were
well known, the Afghans were still foolish and treacherous enough to
violate the most sacred of international laws, and massacre an Envoy and
his suite, in their own capital, with overpowering odds in their favor.
For this it is to be hoped they will now suffer severely. England was
right in declaring the war, she has been successful in waging it, and she
will now be justified in exercising every severity over the vanquished
which the usages of civilized warfare will permit under such aggravated
provocation.
CALIFORNIA'S PANDEMONIUM.
There are to-day some fourteen hundred men, the majority under 25
years of age, at San Quentin, who are being disciplined and trained in the
service of the devil, and who are provided by the State with barracks and
rations, whilst their training in evil proceeds. That is all the State Prison
means at this moment. If it is ever to mean anything better, if this
reproach is to be lifted from the fair fame of California, it is necessary
that a right beginning, under the new Constitution, should be made ; for
assuredly, as we begin, bo we shall proceed. The objects of the punish-
ment of crimes are the deterring and reforming of criminals. It is evi-
dent that whatever best effects those objects, must be in the line of more
economical as well as purer and better administration ; and, therefore, as
a question of dollars and cents alone, this demands the most serious con-
sideration of the economist. But above and beyond the question of dol-
lars and cents, lies the question of right, and on that ground the advan-
tage to-day rests, not with society, but with the convict. For society has
played the tyrant and the barbarian with her overbearing physical power.
She has not been content with* punishing her criminals. She has insisted
on degrading and brutalizing them hopelessly also. In this she has ex-
ceeded her just authority, and put herself in the wrong. She has been
faithless to her progressive and civilizing mission, and insisted in main-
taining the practices of a barbarous age. She has made her State Prison
a mere human menagerie, a hideous den of dehumanized men, whose
worst traits have been developed under her mismanagement. Not only
for her own protection, not only to save her purse, but because there is a
deep and urgent question of justice involved, ought society to remedy this
grave abuse, and place herself abreast of the reforms of the century. The
truth is, San Quentin is a disgrace to the State. Men are herded together
like so many swine. The objects of imprisonment are altogether lost
sight of. The youth who enters possessed of one devil leaves possessed of
nine. The deterring and reforming influences of such institutions have
elsewhere been brought to a high degree of efficiency. Governor-elect
Perkins will soon be called upon to appoint new managers under the
Constitution. We hope he is imbued with a high and intelligent sense of
his duty in that regard. California's pandemonium needs a thorough
reform. -
HAWAIIAN RECIPROCITY.
It looks as if an organized effort is to be made in the East for the
purpose of abrogating the Hawaiian reciprocity treaty. Congress will be
asked at the next session to have notice served upon the Hawaiian Govern-
ment with a view to bring the treaty to an end. The sugar planters of
the South and the refiners of the North do not like the loss of the Pacific
coast market, which has been the outcome of the arrangement so gener-
ously entered into with Hawaii. We pointed out what the inevitable ef-
fects would be when the matter was under negotiation. We foresaw that
the bonus proposed to be given the planters in the Island Kingdom would
stimulate production there, and enable them to monopolize the markets of
this coast. The visit of King Kalakaua and the high sounding phrase of
" reciprocity " tickled even representative men at Washington, and an
era of good feeling set in, which resulted in a big thing for the planters
and people of Hawaii. We failed at the time to see where the reciprocity
came in. We gave much. We abandoned the sugar duties paid by the
Hawaiians, but maintained them as , against all the rest of the world.
What we obtained in return it would be difficult to tell. It was said that
we would obtain a larger share of the Hawaiian trade, but we almost
monopolized it at the time. It is true that our exports thither have in-
creased, but that is only because the treaty has given a sudden impetus
to trade in the islands, and increased their requirements for the time be-
ing. It is, however, one thing to grant a concession, and quite another
to take it away again. Once commerce has taken a particular groove, and
has firmly and profitably established itself under the fostering care of a
national contract, it ought to be suddenly and ruthlessly destroyed. Capi-
talists from this coast saw the advantages of the treaty and have largely
invested in the Islands in consequence. The profits mostly come to this
coast, which they would not do if the Louisiana planters were allowed to
have their way.
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Vol. 30.
SAN FSAN0IS00, SATUfiDAY, OCT. 18, 1879.
No. 14.
OOfc of the S»n Francisco News Letter, Merclinnt Street,
'107 to CIS. San 1-y.iiK'isoo
OLD BARS— 890@'J10 -Silveu Bars— 7@16 tf cent. disc. Mexican
Dollars, 3@3.^ per cent. nominal.
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' Exchange on New York. 4(2). —
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r Exchange on New York. $(a— per cent. ; On London, Bunkers,
49J ; Commercial, 50£@50^d. Paris, Bight, 5 franc8 per dollar.
Telegrams, 35-100 per cent.
" Latest price of Sterling, 4SU@4S3$.
" Price of Money here,
open market, 1(5 1 h.
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THE STOCK MARKET.
San Francisco, Oct. 16th. — The rich ore encountered in the south-
west drift of Sierra Nevada, on the 2,300-foot level, has fairly electrified
the stock-dealing public, and the sequence is a grand upheaval iu the
shares of the North-end stocks. Upon invitation of the managers, quite
» number of experts were admitted to the mine yesterday, and the re-
ports, in almost every instance, are of the most flattering and enthusiastic
character. The drift is now twenty-five feet in rich ore, showing average
assays in the face of from ©250 to 8300 per ton, while selected samples
have been taken, giving' returns in the thousand. The drift is now being
fnished ahead again, and will connect with the Union shaft at the 2,400
evel as soon as possible. The progress and appearance of this drift will
be watched with the greatest interest and anxiety, and the market will
undoubtedly experience some grand and lofty tumbling during that period.
Quite a sharp break set in yesterday, occasioned by heavy realizing orders
from the outside, and at this writing the market continues weak and un-
settled. The liberal purchases made by inside parties to-day would seem
to indicate that the worst is about over. While the balance of the list
have not participated much in the advance of the North enders, they have
been moderately active and in good request. Outside stocks are compara-
tively neglected, with the exception of the two Noonday's, which have
advanced under confirmed reports of a rich strike on the 300-foot level.
Beerbohm's Telegram. — London and Liverpool, October 17,
1879. — Floating Cargoes, strong; Cargoes on Passage, strong; Mark
Lane Wheat, turn dearer ; No. 2 Spring off Coast, 55s.@55s. <>d. ; Red
Winter off Coast, 5Ss.@59s. ; California off Coast, 58s. ; California Nearly
Due, 5SN. ; California Just Shipped, 57s. 6d. ; No. 2 Spring for
Shipment, 55s. ; Liverpool Spot Wheat, strong ; California Club No.
1 Standard, 12s. 3d. ; California Club No. 2 Standard, lis. lOd. ; Cali-
fornia Average — Western, lis. lOd. ; White Michigan, lis. lOcl. ; Red
Western Spring, 10s. ld.@10s. 3d.; Extra State Flour in London, 15s. ;
Extra State Flour in Liverpool, 15s. ; Liverpool Western Mixed Corn,
4s. 74d.; Liverpool Canadian Peas, 8s. 4d.; N. Y. St. Ex., ; English
Country Markets, generally dearer; French Country Markets, generally
dearer; Liverpool Wheat. lls.@12s.; Club, lis. 10d.@12s. 6d. ; Corn-
Mark Lane, turn dearer ; Floating Cargoes, strong ; Cargoes on Passage,
strong ; Liverpool Spot, strong. Market strong.
The Health of the City. — The sanitary condition of the city is un-
usually favorable for the time of the year. Last week the deaths were
78, and the week before 74. Only 8 were from zymotic causes. There
was only one death each from diphtheria and typhoid fever. Diseases of
the respiratory organs are on the increase. For two weeks there were no
deaths from bronchitis, and but 4 from pneumonia. This week there
have been already 1 from bronchitis, 1 from pleurisy, and 8 from pneumo-
nia. Rheumatism is somewhat prevalent, and 2 deaths from it were regis-
tered last week. Two deaths occurred last week from inflammation of the
womb ; and the unusual number of 3 died of the only legitimate cause of
death, viz., old age.
At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Bank of California,
held on the 14th inst., the following gentlemen were chosen Directors for
the ensuing year : D. O. Mills, C. Adolphe Low, H. M. Newhall, Wm.
Sharon, Charles Mayne, J. C. Wilmerding, H. W. Carpentier, Adam
Grant, Jerome Lincoln, George W. Braver and Wm. Alvord. The capi-
tal was reduced on the 1st of October from 85,000,000 to $3,000,000. No
dividends have been paid during the year. The Board elected the follow-
ing officers : President, Wm. Alvord ; Cashier, Thomas Brown ; Assist-
ant Cashier, Byron Murray, Jr. ; Secretary, S. Franklin.
London, Oct. 16th. — Telegram from Berlin says the British Govern-
ment refuses to discuss with Russia the question of the Afghan War.
PRICES OF LEADING STOCKS AND GOV. BONDS.
Sun Franelseo October 1G, lH7it.
Stock* and Bonds.
Cal. St. Bonds, u"s,'57, (nom)
S. F. Oitv &Co. B'ds, uV~
S. F. 0. & Co. B'ds, 7s (nom)
Montg'y A\ . Bonds (nom)
Dupnnt Street Bonds
Sacramento City Bonds..
S.oekton City Bonds, 6*s.
Yuba County Bonds, 8's. .
Santa Clara Co. Bonds, 7's .
Butte Co. Bonds, 10's, 'M . .
San Mateo Bonds, 7's
Oakland City Bonds, 8's
Bank of California (old st'k)
First National
Pacific
California Ins. Co
Commercial Ins. Co
Fireman's Fund Ins. Co.
Did.
Asked
100
102
N.'in
Nom.
105
107
OS
70
80
90
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2S
90
95
103
10(1
105
107
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100
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112
115
70
71
89
90
120
130
108
112
76
80
106
110
S/ocht and Bonds.
Some Mutual Ins. Co
State Investment ins. Co ..
Union Ins. Co
City K K
Central R. ft. Co
Clay Street Hill R. R
Market Street It. It
N. B. and Mission R. R
Omnibus R. R
Potrero and Bay View It. R.
Giant Powder Co
S. F. Gaslight Co (ex div)...
S. V. W. W. Co
Real Estate Associates
Merchants' Exchange
Safe Deposit Co
Nevada Co. N. G. R. R. Bds
Virginia & Truckee " "
Bid.
B6
105
108
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40
55
32
35
145
90
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102}
We repeat our remark, made last week, that the Savings Banks are lending money
more freely, and the expressions of confidence increase incumbers and strength.
First-class securities are difficult to buy at our inside quotations. There is no change
in the rates for money, but borrowers have less trouble than they had even a fort-
night since.
Andrew Baird, 312 California street.
The Advance m Wheat.— The excitement of Thursday was renewed
at the Produce Exchange, yesterday, by receipt of the Liverpool telegram
advising a further advance in quotations of 4@Gd., and the market here
responded ; 300 tons Sonoma Seed Wheat changed hands at ®2 25, the
highest price yet realized, and numerous lots of Shipping and Milling
were disposed of at S2 15<S>.§2 20 per cental, the closing rates being $2 15
bid and $2 22^ asked. The highest price on Thursday was $2 10. Our
farmers are thus reaping the benefit from the shortness of tonnage and
dilatory crop movement. It is now evident that the European deficiency
has been underestimated. The advance of the past week amounts to
$2,500,000, estimating our export surplus at 500,000 tons. Higher rates
are expected.
The C. P. R. R. Company is building out a solid quay from the Oak-
land shore to the end of the wharf in the bay. Over 100,000 cubic yards
of rock and clay have already been dumped, and the work, as planned,
will "require 1,000,000. The surface is to be wide enough for six tracks
for cars, besides a roadway for vehicles and foot passengers. At the end
of the wharf a large depot will be erected. Other improvements are in
contemplation.
London, Oct. 16th.— A dispatch from Cabul says: Gen. Roberts on
entering the city made a speech to the following effect — It will be necea-
Bary to inflict severe punishment. The buildings of the Bala-Hissar and
of the city interfering with proper military occupation will be destroyed.
A heavy fine will be levied on citizens. A Military Governor will be
placed over the city and country within a radius of ten miles.
Quicksilver has risen in London to £9, at least this was the figure
cabled on the 16th inst. The asking price advanced to 50c and 45c of-
fered and refused. Our spot stock is nil, and since the great rise in price,
Chinese merchants have shown a disposition to buy. It is bard to give a
reason for this rapid and extraordinary rise in the price of mercury.
The Merchant's Exchange gatherings seem to increase day by day —
a good sign of the increasing activity in business circles. The change in
this regard, which has been wrought in a few short weeks, is truly mar-
velous. Our merchants all wear smiling faces, and have a word of good
cheer to all. The improvement is marvelous-
London, October 15th. — Lord Salisbury, at an interview with Count
Schouvaloff, the Russian Ambassador, refused emphatically to allow any
Russian interference in the settlement of affairs in Afghanistan.
Gov. Stanford and family left for the East in a special car last Mon-
day morning, intending to travel for a year or two tor the benefit of Mrs.
Stanford's health.
A description of the new town of Smithville, Arizona, is unavoidably
omitted this week, but will appear in our next issue.
London, Oct. 17, 1879.-Latest Price of Consols. 97 13-16.
Printed and Published by the Proprietor, Frederick Marriott, 607 to 615 Merchant Street, San Francisco, California.
2
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Oct. 18, 1879.
THE BOATMAN.
A maiden sits in a tiny bark, And lo! a woman where sat the maid
Singing so sweetly, Who sang so sweetly ;
The boatman he is grim and dark, The boatman, grim and undismayed,
Rowed so fleetly. Still rows fleetly.
The stream is narrow, the banks are On and on, till they reach the sea
'Rest thee, good master," [fair; That flows forever;
Idle her longing, vain her pray'r,
He rows the faster.
Anon, they float on a river wide.
A mighty river.
And drift away on the ocean free,
Returning never.
And vain it is for earthly eye
To follow thither !
Instead of flowers by the water-side, And vainly mortal tongue may cry,
Pale aspens quiver. "Gone — whither, whither?"
PRESIDENTIAL RIVALRIES IN AMERICA.
The periodical demoralization which precedes the Presidential
election every four years in the United States has begun. It is the more
conspicuous and contagious because there are no great political issues to
arouse and divide the country. There are neither pinciples nor men for
whom any enthusiasm can be evoked, and the politicians are therefore
compelled to expend a vast amount of ingenuity, as unscrupulous as it is
carefully directed, upon the manufacture of political war-cries. In this
temper a democracy which has given itself over to the workers of political
machinery is always exposed to danger. There are in the United States,
as in older countries, inflammable elements which any spark of agitation
may light upon. During the railroad riots in Pennsylvania a couple of
years ago, the middle classes, the owners of property, the taxpayers, the
educational professional men, and the capitalists large and small, got a
momentary glimpse of what was in store for them if, some day or other,
the tail of the democracy succeeded in mastering the head. The cam-
paign of General Butler and his ally, Kearney, in Massachusetts, revealed
the same peril in another form. It is true the railway rioters were put
down with the strong hand and the Kearneyite supporters of Butler were
fairly beaten in Massachusetts, as the same piratical mob have been again
defeated in still more remarkable circumstances at the recent Californian
elections. But American society, unless it deliberately closes its eyes to
the most patent facts, must now be aware that it is threatened at every
national crisis with a revolt of the " Have-nots" against the "Haves."
The "Have-nots," indeed, are more formidable in the United States than
in older countries. They have emancipated themselves from the ancient
restraints of reverence which were wont to bold them back from assailing
social, religious and political institutions and ideas. They have experi-
enced the coarse pleasure of trampling on the refinements of the educated
and of exacting those refinements from competitors for political power.
And with all this they have numerical superiority armed with the elec-
toral franchise on their side. It will be surprising if they do not push
forward and make some notable conquests.
The contest for the Presidency opens the sluices to this torrent of dis-
integrating and defacing selfishness. In the first or the second year of a
Presidential term, American politicians, whether in office or in opposition,
are able to bestow some care upou the public interest and to offer some
resistance to the audacity and cupidity of a mob ; but in the third year
they grow timid and reticent ; and in the fourth year, if they have not
altogether abandoned decency and accepted the shibboleths of the mob-
leaders, they are in all probability occupied in framing such arrangements
of oratorical commonplaces as may seem to concede much while really
surrendering as little as possible. But the cleverest of politicians is, in
this conflict of wits, at a disadvantage compared with the mobs he is
striving to cajole and deceive. He may win the game for the time, and
get into power without, as he thinks, committing himself ; but his con-
cessions stand against himself, his party and his country. He has familiar-
ized the electorate with dangerous views, and sooner or later he will be
called upon to give them effect.
If we are not much mistaken, the campaign now begun in the United
States will compromise the reputations of many public men, whether
they are successful or whether they fail. The State elections which will
be decided within the next few weeks are scarcely of less importance than
those which will immediately precede the Presidential contest next year.
The State of New York and the State of Ohio are the centers of the
keenest interest ; for in these the two most conspicuous competitors on
each side are to show their strength. Mr. Tildeu is still, if not the favor-
ite, the indispensable candidate of the Democratic party. The keystone
of Mr. Tilden's power is his influence in the State of New York. If it
can be shown that his strength in the Empire State is declining, his claim
to the Democratic nomination at the National Convention of the party
next year will be seriously impaired. If New York, or the Democratic
majority of its voters, is faithful to him, his title will scarcely be dis-
puted. The hostility of the Republican, which manifests itself, in the
ordinary American fashion, in the manufacture of slanders more or less
piquant, does not hurt but rather helps Mr. Tilden. What is really in-
jurious to his chances is neither this nor the prevailing belief that he is
politically and otherwise tricky, but the growing feeling among Demo-
crats with regard to him that he is the " Old Man of the Sea" of their
party, of whom they cannot get rid. The fraud by which the Republi-
cans "counted out" Mr. Tilden has given him what is called, by a suffi-
ciently amusing twist of lancuage, a " moral claim " upon the Democratic
nomination for the Presidency, and this claim is found very galling and
inconvenient by many Democrats. Some of these may be crossed in their
personal ambitions by Mr. Tilden ; others may consider him not the best
candidate to unite the Democratic vote and to secure unattached support-
ers in 1880. At any rate, it is possible his supremacy in the State of New
York may now be challenged and shaken ; and if so he must probably
give way to some rival, as yet unknown, in the Convention next year.
Unfortunately, though Mr. Tilden did not take high rank as a statesman
and though his political morality was not of an elevated kind, the Demo-
cratic politicians who wish to get rid of him have less respect for "capital"
and more inclination to borrow from the vocabulary of the " Greenback-
ers " and the " Friends of Labor."
The Republican party have been more successful in getting rid of Gen-
eral Grant. The ex-President, whose " social successes in Europe " were
used by a political " combination " in the United States as a pretext for
anew "third-term" movement, has thrown over his agents, authorized
or unauthorized, and left them in the most ridiculous position. A "Grant
movement " without General Grant would not be easily worked, even in
American politics ; and General Grant's conversation with the Chinese
statesman, Li Hung Chang, as well as Admiral Ammem's explicit state-
ment that he had accepted the presidency of the Nicaragua Canal, can
only mean that he is anxious to escape from a false position. Nothing
could be more destructive of political virtue in the United States than a
Grant " third term," which would be regarded, and rightly, as the achieve-
ment of a victory over Civil Service reform and all the other reactions
against the " politicians." But from another point of view the project is
less satisfactory. Generel Grant had a popularity of a certain kind
which, in a democratic country perhaps, was the least mischievous. The
masses looked upon him as the personification of the great struggle for the
Union — the most ennobling political idea with which the American demo-
cracy has ever come into contact. General Grant would have had less
need than other Republican politicians, and from his habit of mind less
inclination, to pander to the passions of the mob. Now that he has left
the leading place vacant, there seems to be no doubt that Secretary Sher-
man is the coming man on the Republican side. Mr. Sherman is an able
financier; but, like most of his rivals, he lacks political backbone. "His
natural tendencies," says the Nation, "are sound. In fact, when he
thinks nobody is looking he usually creeps stealthily in the right direction;
but when he thinks ' the people ' is watching him he often jumps up and
pretends that he is just as foolish as anybody, and can swallow as many
lies as anybody." Such a man, when he encounters the seething folly of
the West, is not likely to hold his ground firmly. — Pall Mall Gazette.
Emily Faithful, in her London Express, says: "The object of Arctic
exploration seems likely, in this dead season, to divide the columns of
some of our contemporaries with the terrible news from India. We have
more than once questioned the utility of these passages through seas of
icebergs, and we have never yet met with any exposition that proved the
game to be worth the candle. The passages could only be used during a
short period of the year; the climate kills all but exceptional people.
What in the world is to be gained by discovering routes through such
regions ?
" 'Cham,' the famous caricaturist of the Charivari, is dead. The quaint
son of the Marquis de Noe was meant for the army, but the pencil was
plainly his vocation, and he gave himself up to it. For forty years 'Cham'
has charmed France with his clever drawings, and his yet more brilliant
letter-press. Always funny, never ill-natured, never coarse, ( Cham's ' j
drawings couM offend no one, and not one of his many hundred carica-
tures was unfit to lie on the drawing-room table of the most scrupulous. I
He was passionately fond of animals, and his favorite dog was his master
rather than his slave. In taking an apartment, he always secured a gar-
den, not for himself, but for his pet. ' Cham' was a universal favorite —
every one loved him, and he will be widely and deeply regretted."
AGGREGATE ASSETS, $33,789,065.
Imperial Fire Insurance Co., of London Instituted 1803.
London Assurance Corporation, of London j
Established by Royal Charter 1 720 .
Northern Assurance Corporation, of London Established 1836.
Queen Insurance Company, of Liverpool Established 1857.
A JOINT POLICY ISSUED BY THE FOUR COMPANIES.
ROBERT DICKSON, Manager, 1
W. ZA.JVJE ROOKJER, Agent and Attorney.
317 CALIFORNIA STREET, S. F. [Oct. 11.
ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
Gila Silver Mining Company. --Location of Principal Place
of Business, San Francisco, California. — Location of Works, Reveille Mining1
District, Nye County, Nevada. — Notice is hereby given that at a meeting1 of the
Board of Directors, held on the 30th day of September, 1S79, an assessment (No. 5)
of Twenty-five Cents per share was levied upon the capital stock of the corporation,
payable immediately, in United States gold coin, to the Secretary, at the office of the
Company, Room 7, Safe Deposit Building, San Francisco, California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall remain unpaid on the THIRD DAY
OF NOVEMBER, 1879, will be delinquent and advertised for sale at public auction,
and unless payment is made before, will be sold on MONDAY, the TWENTY-
FOURTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1S79, to pay the delinquent assessment, together
with cost of advertising and expenses of sale. By order of the Board of Directors.
WM. W. PARRISH, Secretary.
Office— Room 7, Safe Deposit Building, No. 32S Montgomery street, San Francisco, '
California. Oct. 11.
ANNUAL MEETING.
Office of the Earefca Consolidated M iniugr Company, Ne- {
vada Block, Room 37, San Francisco, October 4th, 1879. — The Annual Meeting
cf the Stockholders of the above-named Company will be held at the office of the
Company, Room No. 37, Nevada Block, San Francisco, on MONDAY, the TWEN-
TIETH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1879, at 2 p.m. of said day, for the election of Trustees
to serve for the ensuing year, and for the transaction of such other business as may *
be presented. Transfer Books closed October 15th, at 3 p.m.
Oct. 11. W. W. TRAYLOR, Secretary. i
ANNUAL MEETING.
The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the Belvidere
Mining Company will be held at the office of the Company, Room 26, No. 203
Bush street, San Francisco, California, on TUESDAY, the twenty-first day of Octo-
ber, 1879, at 1 o'clock p. m. , for the purpose of electing a Board of Trustees for the en-
suing year, and for the transaction of such other business as may properlv come be-
fore the meeting, [Oct. 11.1 C. VAN DYCK HUBBARD, Secretary.
ROEDERER CHAMPAGNE.
Notice—The Trade and the Jpnblic are informed that we
receive the genuiue LOUIS ROEDERER CARTE BLANCAE CHAMPAGNE,
direct from Mr. Louis Roederer, Reims, over his signature and Consular Invoice.
Each case is marked upon the side, " Macondray & Co., San Francisco," and each
bottle bears the label, "Macondray &Co., Sole Agents for the Pacific Coast."
Oct. 11. MACONDRAY & CO., Sole Agents for the Pacific Coast.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
The Home Mutual Insurance Company will pay its regular
monthly dividend of One (1) Dollar per share on its capital stock on October
10th. 1879. CHARLES R. STORY, Secretary,
Oct- 11. 406 California street. ]
a year and expenses to agents. Outfit Free. Address,
June 7. j P. O. V1CKERY, Augusta, Maine.
$777
Oct. 18, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVEUTISKK.
FATE.
Sorrow knockeil : I linmM then'oor. But era Inni* fnim every room
I .-ri.-.i, ■•-ui' I ■* -me nn m ■ <■■-. V iniahM litrhtand warmth and bloom
I bave ffuesta who, cay and sweet, tioiw Mill i"V and young love went,
•t bear thy face to meet." And, lata lin,vring, sweet content
Then my door I opened wide :
"Sorrow, haste to oome," I aried ;
"Welcome now, no more to roam :
Make henceforth my heart thy home."
— L. Clark; in Atlantic Monthly.
HAWAIIAN RECIPROCITY.
The "San Francisco Merchant" of the 10th inat. publishes elabor-
ti stirs, compiled hv the If i\v.iii;in Consul, H. \V. Severance, Esq.,
almost entirely fnmi official, ami, consequently, reliable BOiircna. Mr.
Severance states that, in any case where estimates are made of the profits
i forma of this trail e, the figures are under rather than over the
mark. The survey comprises a period of thirty-two months, from Octo-
ber, 1876, to May. 1873, inclusive, and tho recapitulation is as follows:
1. Average annual value of ship and steamer freights, inward and out-
ward, ?21 0,500. 2. Average annual value of passenger traffic, $87,200.
i. Average annual commissions (including guarantee) 5 per cent, on
13,457,960, im|K»rts from Islands, §122,808. 4. Average annual profits on
sports to Islands, say 10 per cent, on $1,330,908, §133,006. 5. Average
umoal value of vessels built in California for Island account, Sli 2,500.
Total annual profit to San Francisco, average, §666,407. In the three
years l>efore the treaty, our domestic exports amounted to §1,461,839 ; in
;be three years since the treaty they have risen to §4,702,029, showing an
oorease in our favor during that time of $3,230,190. From September,
L876 to Septemher, 1879, we imported from the Islands 100,548,536 pounds
if brown sugar, worth $6,810,627, as against 39,450,040 pounds, worth
*2,004,640, in the previous three years. It is noticed that China has been
;h* chief loser by this treaty, because, while she furnished us with 32,-
JS9.65S pounds or brown sugar in 1873-76, we purchased of her in 1876-79
[3,300.761 pounds, but whereas we are compelled to settle our balances
A-ith China in coin, we settle with the Hawaiians in the products of
American or Californian labor, and our Capitalists are rapidly extending
-heir influence in the Islands. These figures, which are a very brief sum-
nary of the Merchant's tables, prove conclusively that the treaty is of
rreat benefit to the contracting Powers. It is silly for Eastern refiners to
magine their interests are endangered by any possible production of the
Hawaiian Islands. Their capacity for production is limited, while that
>f Louisiana, Texas, and other Southern States, is practically unlimited,
lotwitbstanding which the United States annually import between forty
nd fifty million dollars' worth of foreign sugar— in spite of protective dii-
ies. This Eastern idea of keeping our commercial wings clipped, or ex-
racting our pin feathers, is about used up. We may stand the protective
windle on iron and cotton manufactures, but the line must be drawn
omewhere, and we draw it at sugar. Meanwhile, as the treaty has yet
ive years to run, we suggest to Eastern refiners the wisdom of taking it
oolly. Their purpose is altogether too transparent.
THE BEACONSFIELD TESTIMONIAL.
A writer in the "Manchester Guardian " ventures some assertions
n regard to the Beaconsfield testimonial, which emanated from this city,
hat are entirely imaginary. The testimonial fund was contributed by
British residents in San Francisco, the testimonal was designed and man-
ifactured here, and its presentation was entrusted to gentlemen in Lon-
[on, more or less associated with California. It was a souvenir intended
o express the high admiration in which the noble Lord's services to his
ountry are held by British residents of California. Contributions were
'iven freely, and with great spontaniety. Every Britisher gave some-
hing, and gave it cheerfully and heartily, the warmest approval of the
movement being expressed by all. Emanating from this distant quarter
f the globe, there is no possible room fur questioning the motive of the
he subscribers. It was truly what it purported to be, i. e. a heartily
-estowed token of respect to Lord Beaconsfield from his countrymen
lereabouts. The truth is Lord Bea-consfield's services are better appre-
iated abroad than at home. His idea of a homogenous empire comes
loser home to the hearts of Britishers who have traveled, than it does to
hose who have not. It is a notable fact that colonists are more British
ban the Britishers themselves. They are in entire accord with the senti-
nents that would bind the various parts of the empire closer together. It
because they believe the present English cabinet cherishes those senti-
ments, that the existing government is popular in the colonies. We know
thereof we speak. We come into contact with Englishmen from many
tarts of the world, and we find that they feel on this point just as
Ihe British residents of California do. England has yet to derive
er greatest benefits from her colonies. She has gone through her
lost trying days with them. They have been nurtured through their in-
ftney, and in their manhood propose to help their parent. They now are
England's best markets, and in times, not far ahead, they will contribute
aoney and men to fight for every right of their common empire. They
elieve that Lord Beaconsfield grasps their idea better than any other
ublic man at home. Hence his popularity abroad.
Sir Frederick Hughes has announced his intention of becoming a
andidate for Wexford. In his address he says: " I don't care three rows
If pins whether you return me or not, but should you think proper to do
,1 believe I can represent your interests without discredit, and perad-
entitre with some credit tomyself. I am a gentleman, I trust, with a
Molding of honesty.'*
Sandy, delighted with his countrymen for having won the Elcho
Ibield, was boasting of it to an Irish friend, who replied: " An' sure an'
Le wid bate you clean if we had volunteers in Ireland an' got practice."
pandy thus responded: "I'm share ye needna* complain o' want o' prac-
ye got plenty o' that, shooting landlords."
A telephone has been placed in a Presbyterian church, the wire3 lead-
Off to the houses ot several aged and invalid persons. The first commu-
tation from the minister was: " The Word is nigh unto thee. His word
wneth swiftly."— Court Journal.
BANKS.
THE BANK OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO.
H^*1: *6,000,000
Wm.AI.TOBD Pro»I.IPn«.
THOMAS into U \ . < „.|,i, r | |1 HMII1A1. Jr., A.s'l « Rubier
Ai»r\t* :
New York, train of ll,o H»„k ,.f Calfomla; Boston, Trcmont National Bonk
uuowo, I Dion National Bank . Bl Lonla, Boatman'! Baring Bank; How Zealand.
t No Bank ,.( New Zoaland ; London, rhlna, Japan, India and Australia, tho Oriental
Hank uorporatlon
Tho Bank ha.. Agondei at Virginia Ciiv an, I Gold Mill, and Correspondents In all
tho principal Mining District, an, I Interior To will of tho 1'aclflc Coast.
Letters of Credit isnucd. available in all |«vrts of the world. Draw direct on Lon-
don. Dunlin, Paris, Berlin, Bremen, Hainhurg, Frankfort-un-thc-Main, Antwerp,
Amsterdam, Bt Petorsburgh, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Christiana, Locarno, Mel-
oournc. Sydney, Auckland, ilonirknng, Shanghai. Vok, I, an, a. Nov. 4.
FIRST NATIONAL GOLD BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO, CAL
Paid up Capital 92,000,000, Gold. PreHifleut, R. €. Wool-
worth ; Vice-President. D. Ciillaghan ; Cashier, E. D. Morgan.
Directors :— R. C. Woo) worth, 1>. CaHaghaa. C. Q. Hooker, 0. Adnlph Low, Peter
Donahue, Isaac Wonnser, Edward Martin, James Moffitt, N. Van Bergen.
Correspondents— London : Barimr Bros. & Co. Chartered Mercantile Bank of In-
dia, London and China. Dublin : Provincial Bank of Ireland. Hamburg : Hesae,
Ncuman&Co. Pans: Hotthigtier&Co. New York: National Bank of Commerce. Bos-
ton : Blackstone National Hank. Chicago : First National Bank. This Bank is pre-
pared to transact a general Banking business. Deposits in Gold, Silver and Currency
received subject to check or on special deposit. Exchange for sale on the principal
cities of the United Slates, Great Britain, Ireland and the Continent. Commercial
Credits issued available in Europe, Chii.a and Japan. Collections attended to and
prompt returns made at the lowest market rates of Exchange. Jan. 19.
BANK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter.— Capital paid up, 81,800,-
000, with power to increase to $10, 000,000. Southeast corner California and San-
some streets. Head Office— 28 Cornliill, London. Branches— Portland, Oregon; Vic-
toria, New Westminster and Cariboo, British Columbia.
This Bank transacts a General Banking Business. Accounts opened subject to Check
and Special Deposits received. Commercial Credits granted available in all parts of
the world. Approved Bills discounted and advances made on good collateral security.
Draws direct at current rates upon its Head Office and Branches, and upon its Agents
as follows :
New York, Chicago and Canada— Bank of Montreal; Liverpool— North and South
Wales Bank ; Scotland— British Linen Company ; Ireland — Bank of Ireland ; Mex-
ico and South America— London Bank of Mexico and South America ; China and
Japan — Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, and Oriental Bank ; Australia
and New Zealand— Bank of Australasia, Commercial Banking Company of Sydney,
and English, Scottish and Australian Chartered Bank.
May 18. FREDERICK TOWNSEND, Manager.
LONDON AND SAN FRANCISCO BANK, LIMITED.
Capital, 85,000,000, of which 83,000,000 is folly paid npas
present capital. Reserve Fund, $360,000. San Francisco Office, 424 Califor-
nia street ; London Office, 22 Old Broad street. Manager, ARTHUR SCRIVENER ;
Cashier, WILLIAM STEEL. London Bankers, Bank of England and London Joint
Stock Bank ; New York, Drexel, Morgan & Co. ; Boston, Third National Bank.
This Bank is prepared to transact all kinds of General Banking and Exchange Busi-
ness in London and San F-ancisco, and between said cities and all parts of the
world. March 30.
THE NEVADA BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO.
Capital Paid TTp $10,000,000.
Reserve, XT . S. Bonds 3,500,000.
Agency at New York. 62 Wall street.
Agency at Virginia, Nev.
Buys and sells Exchange and Telegraphic Transfers. Issues Commercial and Trav-
elers' Credits. This Bank has special facilities for dealing in Bullion. July 5.
SECURITY SAVINGS BANK.
GUARANTEE CAPITAL, $300,000.
Officers: Vice-President, Jerome Lincoln; Secretary, W.
S. Jones ; Attorney, Sidney V. Smith. Loans made on Real Estate and other
Approved Securities. Office : No. 21fi Sansome street, San Francisco. Oct. 14.
THE GERMAN SAVINGS AND LOAN SOCIETY.
Deutsche Spar anil Leihbank, No 526 Califoruiastreet,San
Francisco. Officers : President, L. G0TTIG. Board of Directors.— Fred.
Roeding, Chas. Knhler, Edw. Kruse, George H. Eggere, N. Van Bergen, H. L. Simon,
Peter Spreckels, Ign. Steinhart. Secretary, GEO. LETTE ; Attorney, JOHN R.
JARBOE. May 18.
THE ANGiO-CALIFORNIAN BANK, LIMITED.
422 California St., San Francisco.
London Office, 3 Ansel Conri ; New York Agents, J. W. Sel-
igman & Co., 21 Broad street. Authorized Capital Stock, S6.000.000. Will re-
ceive Deposits, open Accounts, make Collections, buy and sell Exchange and Bullion,
loan Money and issue Letters of Credit available throughout the world.
J' FRED. F. LOW, IGN. STEINHART, Managers.
P. N. Lilienthal, Cashier. Sept. 13.
WAKELEE'S AUREOLINE
Produces tho Beautiful Golden Hair so Much Admired.
SUPERIOR TO THE IMPORTED ARTICLE
— BY REASON OF ITS —
FRESHNESS AND CASE USED IN ITS PRODUCTION.
PRICE, LARGE BOTTLES. »2.
Manufactured hg H. P. WA.KEZEE & CO., Druggists, corner
Montgomery and Hush streets, 8. F. [Aug. 2.
^REMOVAL-
nlllon and Exchequer Mining- Companies have removed
to Room 3, Sife Deposit Building. Oct. 4.
IRVINE & LE BRETON
Slave Removed their Law Offices to No. 217 Sansome Street.
[March 16.]
B
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Oct. 18, 1879.
"PLEASURE'S WAND."
""We Obey no Wand bnt Pleasure's."— Tom. Moore.
Baldwin Theater. — A comparatively large house assembled on Mon-
day evening for the the first performance of The Girls. This piece is
supposed to be a companion play to Our Boys — H. J. Byron's great suc-
cess. It is said to have run in London one hundred and fifty nights.
This run is simply inexplicable, if based upon the merit of the play itself,
and can only be accounted for through the great excellence of the acting.
The plot commences very naturally, with indications of clever possibili-
ties as regards development and elaboration. It is the old story of the
contest between refined poverty and vulgar wealth, rather neatly and
humorously pictured. The characters all seem fresh and natural in their
plausibility. The lines are in Byron's usual style — short, sharp and face-
tious— full of puns and innocent double-entendres. At times these sayings
possess depth and power, and assume the shape of pungent truisms and wit-
ty aphorisms. It is true that in real life people do not generally conduct
conversation on Mr. Byron's basis of funny things, but then it may be
said that real life could stand this improvement. It may also be noticed
that the working up of these jokes is too apparent, and the humor thus
becomes forced instead of spontaneous. The play has three acts. The
first and the opening scenes of the second are entertaining and amusing,
but from thence on the play is idiotic and absurd. The thread of the
story, which so far has been cleverly and delicately woven, seems, at the
little episode of the baby, to change to thrum, for it becomes coarser and
coarser, ending in a tangle of ridiculous improbability. The last act is
so tedious and mentally dispiriting in its primitive dramatic action, that
the amusing effect of the earlier scenes is totally obliterated, and the
parting impression is one of ennui. The principal character is that of
11 Plantagenet G. Potter," a rich cad. It is plaved in Loudon by Henry
James, an actor of merit. He is said to represent this specimen of the
largely extant class of vulgar, ill-educated, over-dressed city men, to per-
fection. This talented impersonation must be the cause of the play's
success. Mr. Bishop fails totally in carrying out the author's purpose.
In manner, dress and make-up, as well as in speech, there is nothing to
indicate the nationality, and much less the local and class idiocyncrasies.
It is evident that to the average democratic mind the fine between the
gentleman and the snob is imperceptible. These strictures may be con-
sidered hypercritical, for, in the character under review, Mr. Bishop is re-
ceived with shouts of laughter. But these are solely due to the gentleman's
physical peculiarities, which constitute most of his stock in trade. It is a
pity that the condition of the drama in this country does not permit Mr.
Bishop to confine himself to Shakesperean comedy, for in that line he
shows dramatic ability of a high order, founded upon intelligent research
and study. Miss Carey's welcome was a warm and cordial one. She was
as graceful and pleasing as ever, and will prove a valuable acquisition to
the company. Miss Lewis did her share satisfactorily, although display-
ing a want of taste in dress and coiffure. Her handling of the baby
seemed natural to all the males, but failed to be orthodox in some peculiar
respect, for a matronly-looking lady seated behind me, on Monday night,
observed: "Dear, dear ! how she holds it ! One can see that she never
was a mother." This criticism was, perhaps, correct, from the nursery
point of view ; but as I, too, never was a mother, I viewed the scene with
that naif bliss which is the offspring of ignorance. The apparent artifi-
ciality of the baby was a slightly awkward matter, and I wondered that
the juvenile member of the company, who appeared so satisfactorily in
Chums,, was not included in the cast. But perhaps it was also one of
Heme & Belasco's "original" works, and has gone with the Millionaire's
Davghter, etc. Messrs. O'Neill and Bradley, particularly, and the rest of
the' cast, generally, were in " good form.1' Forget- Me-Not, a late London
novelty, is in preparation. The same mysterious, inexplicable forces that
governed the London public seem to be at work here, for the audiences
during the week have been large, and The Girls is up for another week.
If left to me, I should say : Six months !
California Theater. — The apathy our public is showing toward Miss
Cavendish's acting is another evidence of its lack of artistic appreciation.
That public patronage should be withheld from artists, whose talents run
to delicate portraitures, or finely traced sketches of character requiring
for thorough mental digestion the exercise of intelligence and intellectu-
ality^ something that is not very surprising in this peculiar community.
Miss Cavendish appeals, though, to all classes, for she possesses all possi-
ble gifts of attraction. Besides the thorough knowledge of all stage busi-
ness, guided by intelligence, her mental and physical individuality is of
that character that charms and pleases; her style of acting is of the same
school as Miss Coghlan — vigorous, fresh and natural in manner, and
healthy in tone. It must be that our poeple prefer the namby-pamby,
milk-and-water actresses, for they neglect the others and favor these —
Miss Varian, etc., for instances. I consider Miss Cavendish's "Lady
Clancarty" a most admirable piece of acting. It is an impersonation
thoroughly artistic in form, and elaborated with a wealth of detail that
maintains a continuous interest. The strong characteristics of Miss
Cavendish are well suited to the representation of the high-spirited
" Lady Clancarty." There is an ardent impetuosity and a fascinating
quickness about her every word and gesture. In the scene where her
husband takes refuge in her chamber, and discloses his identity, her act-
ing was delightful. The womanly modesty and tenderness, with the sub-
sequent transition to poignant despair at her futile attempts to save her
lord, Miss Cavendish depicted with wonderful passion and truth. To the
few who have witnessed her performances, Miss Cavendish's acting has
been a rare treat, and the same regrets expressed at Miss Coghlan 's de-
parture are in order. The efforts of the stock company in support call
for no particular mention, except in the case of Miss Stanhope. This
actress played " Lady Betty Noel " with charming grace and verve, and
was a delightful second to her sister artist. A word must be said about
the elegant costumes displayed, particularly by Misses Cavendish and
Stanhope; these, besides being gorgeous, were also chronologically correct.
Standard Theater. — Considering the universal depression in theatrical
matters, the houses that Mr. Owens succeeds in drawing are remarkably
large. The bill tbis week, consisted of "The Victims" and "Forty
Winks." His assumptions of Butterby and Spriggins are both jolly and
laughter provoking. They are full of Owens' innate humor, and char-
acterized by his nice individuality. In Joshua Butterby, his free, buoy-
ant style is shown at its best. His fun is unceasing and vivacious in the ex-
treme. I wonder whether it has ever been noticed that many of W. H.
Crane's characteristics are observable in Owens. A certain outward curv-
ature of the legs, a species of blowing and' puffing, and particularly a pe-
culiar strangled laugh. In Mr. Owens' these peculiarities are not obtru-
sive. They fit in with a lot of other humorous traits. Mr. Crane, who
must evidently have studied Owens, makes these bits too prominent by
ever -recurring repetitions, and should also have studied Owens' modera-
tion. With due deference to the star's high position on the stage, it may be
said that he is too prone to indulge in private amusement. Mr. Kennedy's
stock company contains some good actors, and if there is here and there
an inexperienced novice, or a wildly stage-struck amateur, this fact does
not warrant Mr. Owens in audibly reproving any of the cast. "Dot,"
" Paul Pry," "Toodles" and "The Live Indian," are in rehearsal.
Herold's Concerts. — There was a good attendance at the second con-
cert of the series. Lachner's Suite No. 1, Op. 113, was well played in all
respects. Gade's overture, "In the Highlands," a beautiful work, was
rather indifferently performed. The third and fourth French horns made
some awkward breaks, and in the accelerando passages the strings lacked
unanimity. Schubert's Am Meere was given as a concert solo. It
is far grander, and more in keeping with the subject, to give the air to
the trombone, especially with such a soloist as Moore. Rubenstein's
Ballet music, from the Opera Feramors, is decidedly picturesque. The
opening bars were sadly marred by the brass instruments. What this or-
chestra lacks is simply a sufficient amount of rehearsals. The conductor
is excellent, and the material of the best, but pecuniary agencies prevent
the members from coming together often enough to insure a perfect en-
semble.
Authors' Carnival.— On Thursday next, at the Pavilion, will be
given the first of the evenings in this grand display of literary and invent-
ive talent. The booths, designed under the direction of Jules Tavernier,
embrace studies from Dickens, Cervantes, Bulwer, Longfellow, Irving,
Tennyson, Goethe, Shakespeare, "The Arabian Knights," Moore, and
many famous historical and poetical characters. The tableaux and group-
ings, in the midst of the fairy gardens and wonderful effects of light, will
be rendered by 600 ladies, 400 gentlemen and 300 girls and boys, in beau-
tiful costumes. The proceeds of this most intellectual entertainment will
be divided among six charitable institutions. Tickets for sale at GrayV,
Sherman & Hyde's and Kohler & Chase's music stores.
At Piatt's Hall, on Tuesday next, at 10 a. m., E. S. Spear & Co. will
sell a full assortment of magnificent Paris and New York made furniture,
embracing parlor and chamber sets, dining-tables and chairs, sideboards, I
armoires, library furniture, writing-desks, card-tables — in short, every ;
elegant and useful article that could find a place in refined and cultivated i
homes. There is also a vast variety of goods suitable for Christmas and i
New Year's gifts, in ebony, satinwood, rosewood, walnut and other ma- ■
terial. No such opportunity has been presented, and, taking into con- i
sideration the rapid advance in prices at the East, this will be the last for >
some time to come.
Chit-Chat.— Teresa Singer, Strakosch's new prima donna, is said to
have a wonderful voice. ^— Scott Siddons has resumed readings. —Lizzie
Harold will probably travel during the winter with Kobson and Crane. -^— ■
Ada Cavendishis playing on a certainty. ^— As it is impossible formanagera -
to expect a successful competition with the Authors' Carnival, some of them i
will close during the week of its existence. -^—Pinafore has been trans- >
lated into Russian.-^— Max Maretzek's opera, Sleepy Hollow, will be pro- i
duced in Paris, and the libretto is undergoing translation into French.— •
In Kansas they call fifty cents for theater tickets " war prices," and won't
pay it.— •" Tell me," whispered Miss Prude, behind her fan, at the Lon- i
don Gaiety; "tell me, Charles, which of the girls is naughty?" And i
Charles replied, under his voice : "I'll tell you, dear, when we come to ■
one that is not."— ^The different theaters have been very liberal in the
matter of loaning costumes, properties, etc., to the Authors' Carnival. I
This a clear case of self-destruction.— Cavendish is a very handsome
woman, and her appearance causes many an eye to glisten, and many a ;
heart to beat.
The Fall styles of gents' furnishing goods are coming on the market, :
and J. M. Litchfield & Co., 415 Montgomery street, have just received a ;
choice assortment of the latest patterns. This well-known firm makes •
suits to order and guarantee a perfect fit.
THE BALDWIN THEATER.
n^bonias Ttfaguire, Manager. --The Success of the Season I
J Crowded Houses. This (Saturday) Evening, and Every Evening (including
Sunday), Henry .J. Byron's successful Comedy,
THE GIRLS!
Now playing at the Vaudeville Theatre, London, where it has already reached its
150th representation. Messrs. James O'Neill, C. B. Bishop, A. D. Bradley, Harry
Thompson and Logan Paul, Miss Jeffreys-Lewis, Miss Eleanor Carey, Miss Jean Clara
Walters and Miss Mollic Revel in the cast. New Music by Widtner and the Baldwin
Grand Orchestra. First "Girls " Matinee this (Saturday) Afternoon, at 2 o'clock.
In preparation, the last London sensation, FORGET ME NOT. Oct 18.
STANDARD THEATER.
MA. Kennedy, Manager.— This (Saturday) Evening:, Ocfc I
. 18th. Second Week. Houses Crowded. Great Success of the world-famous
Comedian, MR. JOHN E. OWENS, who will appear as JOSHUA BUTTERBY in the
Delightful Comedy of
THE VICTIMSI
" When you wear it, think of me*'- and HORATIO SPRIGGINS in FORTY WINKS.
Every Evening during the Week. Second Owen's Comedy Matinee this (Saturday)
Afternoon. Seats secured six days in advance at Box Office^ Oct. 18.
VIENNA" CONCERT GARDENS,
/"Corner Sutter and Stockton streets (formerly the Tivoli).
%_/ The Great Family Resort. Grand Opening, SATURDAY, September 20th, at
8 P.M. The Celebrated VIENNA LADIES' ORCHESTRA has been engaged perma-
nently tor Instrumental and Vocal Concerts. The enlarged Hall and Gardens have
been thoroughly renovated, beautified and fitted up as a FIRST-CLASS FAMILY
RESORT. [Oct. 4.j RIECK & CO., Proprietors.
WOODWARD'S GARDENS.
Special Announcement. --Snnday Afternoon, October lOtli. ■
Grand Benefit tendered to the Family of the late MR. CHARLES H. WIL-
LIAMS, Manager. A Great Bill will be presented. Over One Hundred Volunteers.
Every care will be taken to make the occasion a memorable one. Full particulars
and names of volunteers in a few days. The Entertainment will be under the maf-
agement of MR. M. A. KENNEDY, of the Standard Theater. Oct. 18.
""1
Oct. 18, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
SPORTINC ITEMS.
Pedeatnaniam. -The result >4 the si v days' walk fur ladies was .■» gen*
ir]»rii*e t-< every one, although we know many would-be wi
who say they expected Bello Sherman t-> win. That ladv is >^ bbrawd aa
an old j««key. She started out with a fant Kait, but walked in Bach poor
style that no one tli 1 last, ami thereby enabled her Friends
to make a fortune in bets. Von 1' i »*■ sickness was genuine, ami w^p the
only thins that prevented her making good the ex)>ect*ti<mfl '-f her friends,
She has been confined to her bed ever since the race, and is not ex]
-.-, [Hople who bet must expi cl '
bat we think that Belle Sherman's trick of telling inquirers she would
ike MO miles, and then, utter they had backed the distance, refusing to
do it, was a mean trick, and one that should cause her to be ruled out of
ny future competitions. Following is the score: Sherman, 337 miles;
lev, 321 miles; C. Maynard, 303 miles; A. Donley. 286 roilea ; M.
Green leaf, 253 miles; M. Tmtrtelotte, 249 miles; S. Wiley, 203 miles;
A. A. Santos, 177 toiler.— Kin i; Hedley and an Apache [ndian ran a
half-mile race Wednesday. Hedley made a false start and winded him-
telf- The Indian won ; time, 2 min. 20J sec. ——The race between men
and horses is hardly a thorough test of their relative merits, as do really
bat- class pedestrians compete. We believe that in a fair contest a good
n could easily beat any In use ; hut the result of this race is an impene-
trable mystery. The betting is about even — Brodie being the favorite
man, and Controller the favorite horse. But the ways of horsemen and
professional pedestrians are sometimes very devious.-^ All the talk about
Rowell coming here was unfounded, but we expect some first-class pedes-
trians from the East will come and try conclusions with Mclntyre and
Scott— We hear that all the winners in the six-days' walks are perfectly
satisfied that they had their fair share of the gate receipts when they
Investigated the accounts. It seems that they had confounded receipts
with profits, and forgotten that advertising and printing cost money. Mr.
Lawton's reputation as an honorable man is of itself sufficient answer to
the groundless talk of disreputable hangers-on to pedestrians.
Baseball- — San Francisco must be regarded as a Paradise by Eastern
Clubs, of which three are in town and two on the road.- —-The Chicago
Club arrived here last Tuesday. Thev are in charge of Mr. Spalding-,
who stables his team at the Palace.— —The Hop Bitters play the Cincin-
nattis at the Recreation Grounds Sunday. The former Club have tel-
egraphed East for permission to stop here another month. < The Chi-
cagos open their ball at Oakland with the California Club Sunday. Bet-
ting 100 to 1 on Chicago. — ;Ed. Williamson, of the Chicagos, can throw
the ball 130 yards. He will give exhibitions during his stay. — The
Recreation Grounds are being much improved. A new fence is being
built, and a much-needed stand for reporters and scorers erected.-^
Charles Locke has secured the lease of the new grounds corner Seventh
and Townsend streets. They will be the finest in the State.— The Chi-
cagos and Cincinnattis will play together before they leave. Their game
will be a rare treat.^— The rumor about the Hop Bitters selling the
game, last Sunday, started through one of their team being seen in com-
pany with a notorious black-leg sporting man. "Visiting clubs must keep
out of bad company if they desire to retain their reputation for honesty.
—The Hop Bitters beat the Californias, last Sunday, at the Recreation
Grounds ; score, 9 to 5.— —The Cincinnattis beat the Californias, at Oak-
land, last Sunday ; score, 5 to 0.
Rowing.— Elliott is out in a card, in which he states that should Boyd
consent to row him, be is willing for the winner to meet Hanlan. Should
Elliott win, or Boyd refuse to row him, he will try and make a match
with Hanlan, and should Hanlan return the cup to England, he will go
to Canada and row him on Toronto Bay for a stake. In order to settle
the question as to which is the best man, he will meet Boyd on the Tyne,
and has already drawn and signed articles, which he has sent to New-
castle for approval. -^The winning crews in the St. George Regatta have
received their medals, all of which are very handsome trophies.— —The
rumor about a challenge cup for barges is authentic, but the donor desires
his name suppressed for the present.-^— The Dolphin Club have agreed to
purchase Griffin's new barge. It is in order for the Pioneers to get one as
good or better. «^— The Hanlan-Courtney race did not come off as fixed.
Courtney's boats were sawed up by some ruffian, who broke into the boat-
house during the night.
Coursing. — Why did the Pacific Club fix their meet for the same date
as the Pioneer Club?— The meeting of the Pioneer Club at Merced, No-
vember 5th and 6th, will be a grand affair. Sixteen entries for old dogs
and eight for pups guarantees splendid sport. —There is a great deal of
talk about a wonderful pup by " Speculation," out of Queen's " Messen-
ger." It is looked upon as a sure thing for the puppy stakes at Merced.
^— It looks as if " Bulldozer's" friends will be disappointed, as the dog
does not come into condition well.— We don't think "Tunstead's nomi-
nation will be beaten, bar accidents.— Following are the principal nom-
inations for the old-dog stakes up to date : " Minnehaha," " Thornhill,"
"Speculation," "California Boy," "Lady Alice," "Branch," "Lady
Anne," "Bulldozer," "Master Joe," " Tamalpais."^— The Club will
hold a special meeting on Tuesday evening next, at 539 California street.
Yachting.— The season will close with a performance of Pinafore,
October 25th, on board the Asaline, which will be moored off the Club
house at Saucelito. The fleet will be arranged round her bows out, so
that the spectacle can be viewed from the quarter decks of the different
yachts. After the opera, the yachts will take a trip to Vallejo.— —The
Ckispa is proving a very fast yacht. Last week she made Vallejo in 1 hr.
45 m.; distance, 28 miles. Mr. Bowie wants to give the Clara a race
with his new yacht, but the Clara declines.— A model yacht race is
talked of, to come off next week on Oakland Creek.— The Lively has
just made a trip to Sacramento, with a bunting party on board. —Col-
lins is building a new sloop. -^Will the Chispa ever meet the O'Connor ?
Shooting.— We are thankful to our readers who have complimented
us for our exposure of the miserable quality of Winchester cartridges. It
is our pride as well as our duty to expose fraud in sport whenever brought
under our notice. T. Tuustead, I. Duffy and another shooter bagged
nine dozen quail last week in the gulches north of Si a Rafaol ; they only
shot for five hours. ^— Snipe and duck hunters are looking anxiously for
rain, to drive the birds to their regular Winter haunts. Messrs. Liddle
and Kaeding are supplying their friends with Greener's work on choke
boring. It contains lots of information of great value to sportsmen.
Archery. ri mum on the buraue, ami the prac-
tice of our local rlul kpbio matobea
we fashionable Eiut. why i with some club* like the
Merry Bowman or the II ! md Part w. hi rt! Mr. Bpftldl i
Ball authority fa In town, ha nura California
,, mod whtra tit oomea from. s.m
BVaacieco and Oakland claba talk ul trying conelaiiou at the double.
American round, to | .„« ,,f tbfl .iitTorent clubs.
Swimming. 11m monthly oootMti for the Naptune Club badges camo
off last Sunday. 1 lean won the swimming not for the third time, and is
now entitled to hold tbo 1. id re. He bad ■ alow -have for it, beating s.
Williams by :\ bar.' m\ tnohee, in tin* exc.-tl.-nl time of 12 mill, by 58 WO.,
thebeel on re . whteb i* reckoned a little over half a
mile. .1, Taylnr won the diving match, with a wore of 21joatoi apos-
Bible 26. S. Williams and Melrooc will swim over the club coureo, Tues-
day, Oct 21st, 6:30 a.m., i gold medal
THG HEALTH OFFICER'S REPORT.
When the public shall oome bo put B proper value on sanitary ad-
ministration the annual report of the Officer oi Health will be read with
as much avidity as tin- la>t murder or divorce. The gain of so many lives
or the diminution of so much sicknew will be considered as important aa
a political victory or a reduction of taxation. The annual report
just issued by the medical Officer of health presents features of unusual
interest and affords positive proof of a marked and steady improvement
of the public health and of the great value of good sanitary organization.
Never in the history of this city has the death rate been so low as it was
during the year ending in June last. On the estimated population of 305,-
000 the mortality was 14.75 per thousand. In 1877-78 the mortality was
16.59 per thousand, anil in 1876-77 it was 20.5G per thousand. Last year
there was a saving of 484 lives, as compared with the previous year, and
of 1,677 as compared with 1870-77. Nor is it less remarkable that nearly
this whole gain of human life is due to the diminution of diseases which
have always been described as preventable, that is, diseases of the zymotic
class. As compared with 1876-77 there is, in this class alone, a diminu-
tion of 1,677 deaths, or considerable more than 100 per cent. ; and the Offi-
cer of Health fairly claims that this saving of life and health is undoubt-
edly due to the greater efficiency of the sanitary laws, which have en-
abled the Board of Health to remove some of the most dangerous sources
of disease.
For example, Mission Creek, which gave forth, unchecked, its filthy germs
of zymotic disease, has been filled in and rendered comparatively harm-
less. Old sewers have been cleansed and new ones constructed. During
the past year alone 2,661 nuisances have been reported by the Inspectors,
and nearly all remedied. Many thousands of new drains have been con-
structed or re-made, and the cost of the entire administration, something
less than $20,000, has been repaid fivefold by the saving of doctors' bills,
nurses, and those other expenses which follow in a sickly household.
These facts should encourage the completion of the sanitary works still
remaining to be done. The first and great want of the city is an inter-
cepting system of drainage, whereby the present clogging of the lower
level sewers may be put an end to. These sewers would remove the
sewage away from the water frontage, and to this end it is necessary to
employ a skillful engineer. House drains ought to be under his control.
No sewer should be constructed except in accordance with the general
plan and with the best materials. Let us have no more wooden culverts,
no more soft bricks, no more sand in place of mortar. Let the Officer of
Health be permitted to ventilate the sewers, which, he says, will do more
toward preventing disease and reducing our death-rate than many thou-
sands expended in any other direction. We most cordially recommend
the perusal of this most satisfactory report.^
DIVIDEND N0fTCE~
Office of the Eureka Consolidated Mining- Company, Ne-
vada block, Room No. 37, San Francisco, Oct. 15, 3879. — At a meeting of the
Board of Directors of the above named Company, held this day, a dividend (No. 48)
of Two Dollars per share was declared, payable on MONDAY, October 20th, 1879.
Transfer Books closed until Tuesday, the 21st instant.
Oct. 18. W. W. TRAYLOR, Secretary.
SITUATION WANTED.
An English gentleman, with several years9 experience of
California, thoroughly acquainted with book-keeping and general business,
and with a knowledge of farming, is anxious for employment as clerk, overseer, or
other position. Best of references. Address " S," this office. Oct. 18.
NOTICE.
At a meeting or the Local Board of Directors of the
LIVERPOOL AND LONDON AND GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY, held
October 11th, 1879, MR. GEORGE MEL was appointed Resident Secretary pro tein
of the Pacific department of said Company.
Oct. 18. _ WM. F. BABCOCK, Chairman.
~A LARGE REWARD
Will be paid on application to JOHN BROWN, at this
office, for the papers of JOHN COSSER, recently deceased at some town
back of Mazatlan, Mexico. Oct. 18.
DOGS.
G Ever ill, the Celebrated Canine Doctor from London, can
• be consulted for treatment or purchase. Fee, §1. Address,
G. EVERILL, 528 California street.
K3g?" Sure cure for worms, distemper, canker and mange sent free by mail on
receipt of SI. Oct. 18.
HAMILTON C. BOWIE, M.D.,
(Graduate of the Royal University of Munich. Neurologist
X and Laryngoscopist. Office with DR. A. J. BOWIE, 729 Sutter street.
Office hours from 1 to 3 p.m. Oct. 18.
CUMBERLAND MINE,
Yavapai County, Arizona. Office: No. 417 California st.,
San Francisco, California. President, GEORGE M. CiPRICO. Secretary, J.
H. GRIFFITHS. Office Hours : 2 p.m. daily. Oct. 11.
— GALVANIZED TELEGRAPH WIRE.
1,500 Miles Nos. 9 to 13, in Bond or Duty Paid.
Oct. 11. A. S. HALLIDLE, 6 California street.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Oct. 18, 1879.
"The World," the Flesh, and the Devil.
[By a Truthful Penman.]
A tragedy has been brought to light in Paris. A woman named Levy,
in walking along the Boulevard de la Chapelle, observed a man in a
blouse, with waxed mustaches, emptying out of a basket pieces of what
appeared to her to be fresh meat, and kicking them into a sewer. "When
he observed that her curiosity was aroused, he took to flight, throwing
down the basket. She approached the sewer's mouth, when, perceiving
a human arm, she fainted. A crowd immediately gathered, and a com-
missary of police was fetched. The pieces were collected and put together
by a surgeon, who pronounced the contents of the basket to be a human
corpse. The head alone of all the members was missing, An inquiry
was set on foot, and the woman Levy was sent for by the commissary. On
entering his office she knocked against an agent in uniform, which led her
to turn round to look at him in order to apologize. She suddenly cried
out, "There's the assassin." The persons who were with her thought her
mad from emotion, but were astounded, when she repeated the accusa-
tion, to see the policeman grow pale, tremble, and rush out of the room.
He was arrested on the stairs and brought back, when, falling on his
knees, he avowed the crime. The murdered man was a traveler for a
Paris jeweller, and had several boxes of jewels which he was to have taken
to the provinces as specimens. The murderer, one Prevoat, inveigled him,
under the pretext of wanting to buy a watch chain, to his lodging. There
he offered him a glass of wine, and, while the two were hobnobbing, sud-
denly struck him with a hammer on the forehead and killed him instanta-
neously. He proceeded to cut up the body on the spot, and next morn-
ing he went to the La Chapelle sewer to hide the evidences of the mur-
der. It was his intention by boiling the head to render identification im-
possible.—^Twelve sets of telephones have been sent out to Sir Garnet
Wolseley for use at the seat of war in South Africa. The advantage of the
telephone over the telegraph is that the General can carry on confidential
talk with the officer at the district station, or a soldier can creep out to-
wards the enemy's lines and whisper back the information as to position.
A fine wire — the thinner the better — is all that is needed. This the sol-
dier carried on a reel upon his back, a mile weighing only a few pounds.
This will be the first time the telephone has been used as an instrument
of warfare. ^^Never have we seen a more painful performance than that
which is now to be witnessed in the old Exhibition building in Vienna,
where Blondin daily risks his life on a rope stretched across the vast dome
at a giddy hight. Blondin has expressly requested that no net be placed
under the rope to break his fall should an accident occur. He says that
he has found by experience that the public do not care half so much for
his performance when the possibility of a terrible accident is not present
to lend a zest to the show. He receives a large sum of money for every
exhibition ; and the more daring his feats the higher are his wages. He
now traverses the rope without the balancing bar, walking backwards
blindfolded. Blondin is followed everywhere by a Mr. Thompson, who
has made a bet of ten thousand pounds that the Hero of Niagara will fall
from the rope and be killed ere he attains the age of sixty. Five years
more and the cruel wager will be decided one way or the other, for Blon-
din is already fifty-five.— The World.-^—A. servant girl, who had just
been admonished by her mistress to be very careful in " washing up " the
best tea-things, was overheard, shortly afterwards, in the back kitchen,
indulging in the following soliloquy, while in the act of wiping the sugar
basin: "If I was to drop this ere basin, and was to catch it, I s'pose I
shouldn't catch it ; but if I was to drop it, and wasn!t-to catch it, I reckon
I should catch it."— ^The following is the latest 6ampleof Nihilist prose:
" The annihilation of the Throne is the fundamental/doctrine of the
emancipation of the people. Only when-fcbat__hj» been* achieved can the
people think of self -reorganization — nrfi from tEa high to the low, or in
accordance with the ideal plan of any ptrttosepheti'jiut solely, absolutely,
by the people and for the people. The future soeial organization must
proceed by the association and federation of all1 working people. Always
and everywhere the Popes and the Czars have i wittingly, systematical!}',
blood -thirstily, and cruelly persecuted the people. ^Politics and religion
have been but instruments in their hands. Therefore, down with the
Popes and the Czar 1 Do they not corrupt our children? Do they not
trample justice and truth underfoot? Are they not the cause of the ig-
norance, poverty, and demoralization of the people? Then, if yeu wish
to be free, put an end to both Popes and Czar."— — The editors of the
Jiappel and the Marseillaise, the two organs of advanced Radicalism, ad-
vertise for adhesions to the ' Propagation de la Foi Civile,' of which
they are the prophets. The principal tenets of this Civil Faith are the
rejection of baptism and of religious ceremonies for marriage, deathbeds,
or funerals. The Marseillaise has received nearly two thousand, some of
which are couched in peculiar language. Two young ladies, Clemence and
Pauline C, declare that they ( perceive how they have been duped in the
clericalism in which they have been brought up. That word serves as a
veil for many to rally their infamies.' 'To-day,' they continue, 'we pos-
sess a sentiment which till now was unknown to us— that of hatred.' A
married couple, Monsieur B. Cherdet and his wife, send their adhesion,
with the following rider: ' We offer our corpses to science ; and if the
project of law relating to the incineration of the body should be adopted,
we desire that our ashes should be thrown to the wind, eo that the cleri-
cal party can never touch them.'—- It is worth noticing how many of the
names that are now on every man's tongue are Irish. Poor Cavagnari was
born of an Irish mother, and passed his youth in Leitrim ; ' Redan' Massy
and Sir Garnet are both Irish; so is Lord Beresford,V.C; so were Lieut.
Hamilton and Dr. Kelly, both of whom were murdered in the Cabul mas-
sacre. Hamilton was quite a youth j Mb eldest brother has only recently
joined the bar,-— World.
"HONESTY ITS OWN REWARD."
A stingy gentleman has given a young crossing-sweeper sixpence. ]
Crossing Sweeper {running after gentleman) : — " O. if you please, sir, it's
a bad 'un."
Stingy Gent (complacently) : — " A bad one, is it, my good boy. "Well,
no matter, keep it for your honesty !"
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER.
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A GOOD PLAN.
Anybody can learn to make money rapidly operating in
Stocks, by the "Two Unerring Rules for Success," in Messrs. Lawrence &
Co 's new circular. The combination method, which this firm has made so success-
ful, enables people with large or small means to reap all .the benefits of largest cap-
ital and best skill. Thousands of orders, in various sums, are pooled into one vast
amount and co-operated as a mighty whole, thus securing to each shareholder all the
advantages of the largest operator. Immense profits are divided monthly. Any
amount, from S5 to §5,000, or more, can be used successfully. N. Y. Baptist Weekly,
September 26th, 187S, sajs : " By the combination system 315 would make $75, or
5 per cent.; S50 pays §350, or 7 per cent.; S100 makes 31,000, or 10 per cent, on the
stock, during the month, according to the market." Frank Leslie's Illustrated
Newspaper, June 29th : " The combination method of operating stocks is the most
successful ever adopted." New York Independent, Sept. 12th : "The combination
system is founded upon correct business principles, and no person need be without
an income while it is kept working by Messrs. Lawrence & Co. Brooklyn Journal,
April 29th : " Our editor made a net profit of $101.25 from $20 in one of Messrs.
Lawrence & Co. 's combinations." New circular (mailed free) explains everything.
Stocks and bonds wanted. Government bonds supplied.
July 26. LAWRENCE & CO., Bankers, 57 Exchange Place, N. Y.
ARMY STREET.
Notlee.—Tlte undersigned, the Mayor, Assessor and Sur-
veyor of the City and County of San Francisco, appointed and constituted
Commissioners by an Act of the Legislature of the State of California entitled " An
Act to confer additional powers on the Board of Supervisors of the City and County
of San Francisco, to provide for the opening of Army Street and the condemnation
of private property therefor," approved March 16th, 1878, do hereby give notice, in
conformity to the provisions of taid Act and the other Acts of the said Legislature
referred to therein, that the report of the said Commissioners required by the pro-
visions of the Acts aforesaid is completed and will be open for the inspection of all
parties interested, at the Mayor's Office, New City Hall (the same being the office of
the said Commissioners), daily, for thirty days, commencing on WEDNESDAY, Oc-
tober 1st, 1879, between the hours of 9 o'clock a.m. and 4 o'clock p.m. of each day.
Dated San Fraucieco, September 29th, 1879.
A. J. BRYANT, Mayor,
ALEXANDER BADLAM, Assefibur,
WM. P. HUMPHREYS, Surveyor,
Oct 4. Army Street Commissioners.
JOHN JENNINGS
Hooper's South Enil Warehouses, corner Japan and Town-
send streets, San Francisco, First-class Fire-Proof -Brick Building, capacity
10,000 tons. Goods taken from the Dock and the Cars of the C. P. R. R. and S. P.
R. R. free of charge. Storage at Current Rates. Advances and Insurance Effected.
EDWARD B0SQUI & CO.,
Printers, Engravers, lithographers and Bookbinders,
Ztddeedarff street, from Clay to Commercial.
J. G. MERRILL & CO.,
Shipping- and Commission Merchants, Agents for the Sand-
wich Islands Packet Lines, 204 California street, S. F. April 13.
Oct. 18, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER
CRADLE, ALTAR, AND TOMB.
CRADLE.
r llth. t ■ the wilt of Thos. T. Atkinson, * daughter.
loth, tothe wtfoof & Anniiii, a dtughUr.
■ Andrew Dow, a son.
1 . » if* ut \\m Kan II. a son.
r lOih. t.. the wife of Thoa ■'. HurdU, a sun.
llth, to tin' wife of L (Crohn, a son.
this city, October Uth, to the wlln --f O. Ilosbubar, a son.
r 4tb, tn the wife of H«dh A O'Nafll, a daughter.
Miua— in tin-. K-iu. October 10th, to Om wM «>i I, Oppaobelmer, ■ daughter.
Rickbur.x — In this .-itv, October 6th, to the irlfa -'f T. Rick born, a daughter.
In this city, to the wife of Thomas J. BtoiM,
Wilton— In this city, October 10th, to the wife of Tboa. H. Wilton, a daughter.
ALTAR.
-h-Frost -In this city, October "th, George II. Andnisa to Susan T. Frost.
Bailkt-Tatlob— In this city, October 6th, W. I. Bailev t.. Mrs. [da Taylor.
CoLBttAVtT-LR«-t.H - iii Colusa, September 23d, R. O'lbrandt to Carrie Low U
Finrxu-tiKHLiNo-In this city, October 9th, c. v, Pifleld t" Adeline L Gosling.
Moohb- In this oiiy, OetoWr ssth, l;i' bar I i>. Frew lo Marj Moore.
Hatmawat-Wood— In this citi h, Ceo B. Hathaway to Anna Wood.
Hrwitt-1>ka\»:-Ii. thia city, October I3ih. Fred II. Hewitt to Kmma E. Deane,
IIcHarry-Swaix — In this city, October 9tb, J. C. MeHarrv to Mattie Swain.
MlcBEL-LlBVER-In this city. October 5th, Jules Michel to" Rosalie Lie* re.
NrKiiAY-M.CARTiiv In this city, October 8th, W. F. Murray to Kate McCarthy.
NAOLE-WKKhs — In this city. October 8th, Henry H. N'ai;le to Mattie A Weeks.
Puttkk-Weik -In this city, October Kith, F. W. Potter to Sarah J. Weir.
Sbarky-Petkrson— In this city. October 3d, Thomas Searcy to Mary Peterson.
TOMB.
Adlkr — In thia city, October 13th, Mrs. F. Adler, aged 43 years.
Bkabd — Iu this city, October llth, Charles Calhoun Beard, aged 33 years.
Bl'BXs— In this thy. October llth, Ellen M. burns, aged 4S years.
Coboravk— In this city, October llth, Patrick Cosgrave, aced fiO years.
FLovt»-Iti this city, October I3th, Margaret Floyd, aged 67 years.
Hcbbard— In this city, October 12th, olive A. Hubbard, aia-d 1 year.
Harris — In this city, October 14th. Simon Harris, aged 49 years.
Jensen — In this city, October llth, Peter Jensen, aged 20 years,
MfNRo— In this city, October 12th, Mrs. Elizabeth Munro, aged 70 years.
White— In this city, October 10th, Alexander White, aged 3D years.
Wall — In this city, October 14th, Mrs. Johanna Wall, aged 65* years.
THE SING-AWAY BIRD.
O say, have you heard of the sing-away bird,
That sings where the Runaway River
Runs down with its rills from the bald-headed hills
That stand in the sunshine and shiver?
"O sing1! sing-away! sing-away!"
How the pines and the birches are stirred
By the trill of the sing-away bird !
And the bald-headed hills, with their rocks and their rills, ^2
To the tune of his rapture are ringing, ^UE
And their faces grow young, all their gray mists among,
While tbe forests break forth into singing,
" O sing ! sing-away! sing-away!"
And tbe river runs singing along ;
And the flying winds catch up the song.
It was nothing but — hush ! a wild white-throated thrush,
That emptied his musical quiver
With a charm and a spell over valley and dell
On the banks of the Runaway River.
"O Bing! sing-away! sing a-way !"
Yet the song of the wild singer had
The sound of a soul that is glad.
And, beneath the glad sun, may a glad-hearted one
Set tbe world to the tune of his gladness.
The rivers shall sing' it, the breezes shall wing it,
Till life shall forget its long sadness.
"0 sing! sing-away! sing-awav?"
Sing, spirit, who knowest joy's Giver —
Sing on, by time's Runaway River!
— Lucy Larcom. in St. Nicholas.
VICTOR HUGO.
Seventy -seven years ago Victor Hugo was born a poet, and a poet he
has solely remained despite his efforts to make of himself a politician. He
has written many extensive dramas which "play" well, notwithstanding
their inordinate length ; he has written some of the most magnificent po-
etry that France has to show, and the most terrible political satire in any
language came from his pen. His novels are masterly, and were perfect
until he was induced to write by the line. He is purely a man of senti-
ment, yet of so strontr and winning a nature that he has always found
followers even in politics, and still finds them now when he has come in
his old age to believe in the near approach of an era of universal peace
and concord in the world, and in the establishment of the United States
of Europe. He was a great master, and is a man of kindly and humane
disposition.
[We have enshrined this admirable colored portrait of Victor Hugo
(from Van ity Fair), on a board in our office entitled " Pictures of News."
Come and see it without charge.]
A Kentucky sportsman, who has been in Africa lion-hunting, con-
tributes the following to the local sporting paper on his return; — How to
catch lions. The desert is composed of sand and lions. Take a sieve and
sift the desert ; the lions will remain. These you place in a bag you
carry for the purpose.
An American paper observes that England may be "mistress of the
C.'s," but she has never been able to master the H. The remark is se-
vere, and we may meet it with the suggestion that America makes too
great use of her N.O.'s.
Hop Bitters gives good digestion, active liver, good circulation and
buoyant spirits. Read advertisement.
INSURANCE.
HUTCHINSON A MANN,
INSURANCE AGENCY.
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Fire Insurance.
LA CAI8SE OBNBRALB ot P»ri«.
M I'M I INI I'aiil.
II I Ionia nf Nuw (iriwn.
BERLIN COLOGNE ..f Berlin.
LAOONFIAJTOI 0! Paris.
Marine Insurance.
PARIS UNDERWRITING ASSOCIATION of Purls
LONDON AND PROVINCIAL MARINE INS! RANGE GO of London
Capital Represented $23, 000,000.
All Lostea BqaUabln AtUusitd and Promptly raid.
HOME MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. OF CALIFORNIA.
Principal Office, 408 <al.forn.ii Street, San Francisco.
Cash Assets, .liinu.m 1, W7, 9605,201 ; Liabilities, 96.052 ; Surplus for Policy
Holders, $.jS1.,331>. .?. P. Hou i : U>nt ; L. L. Baker, Vice-President;
Charles R Story, Secretory. B, H. MAGILL, H, II. BIGELOW, General Agents.
DiaKCTOKs.— San Francisco -L. L. Baker, John H. Redlnrton, J. F. Houghton,
R. B. Gray, Robert Watt, John I'lirrcv, L. L. Baker, W. F. Wliittier, C. C. Burr, E.
M. Root, \V. H. White, J L N. Shopard, W. M. Greenwood, George S. Mann. Cyrus
Wilson, W. T. Gamut, C. Waterhouse, A P. (totaling, A. Block, A. K. P. Harmon,
G, S. Johnson. W. O. Wilson. A. \V. Bowman, H. L. Dodge, Charles R. Story. Ala-
meda County Branch— V. D, Uoody, ChaUQOJ Taylor, A. C. Henry, Robert S. Far-
relly, Joseph B. Martin, W. B. Hardy, T. B, Simpson. San Diego— A. H. Wilcox.
Sacramento— Mark Hopkins, D. w. Karl, Julius Wetdar. James Carolan. San Jose—
T. Ellard Beans, B. I>. Murphy, A. Pflster, J. H. Dibble, J. S. Carter, Jackson Lewis,
Jacob Rich, John Auzerais, John Balbach. Stockton— H. H. Hewlett, Chas. Belding,
J. D. Peters, A. W. Simpson, H. M. Panning. Marvsville — D. E. Knight. Grass
Valley— Wm. Watt, T. w, Sigourney. Portland, Oregon— W. S. Ladd, C. H. Lewis,
P. Wassenuan, B. Goldsmith, D. Macleay. Virginia Citv, Nevada— John Gillig, Isaac
L. Requa, March 17.
FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE-UNION INS. CO. OF S. F.
The California Lloyrts.— Established in 1861.— Nos. 416 and
418 California street. Cash capital §750,000 in Gold. Assets exceed $1,000,000
Coin. Fair Rates ! Prompt Settlement of Loses t ! Solid Security ! ! DIRECTORS.
—San Francisco— J. Mora Moss, N. G. Kittle, M. J. O'Connor, R. S. Floyd, Moses
Heller, Adam Grant, Daniel Meyer, AntohioBorel, Charles Kohler, E. L. Goldstein,
I. Lawrence Pool, A. Weill, Joseph Brandenutein, Charles Bauiu, James Moffitt,
Benjamin Brewster, L. Cunningham, W. M. Hoag, Nicholas Luning, John Parrott,
L. A. Booth, Julius Baum, Myles D. Sweeney, Jas. M. Goewey, Edward Cad walader
Bartlett Doe, Gustave Touchard, J. H. Baird, J. G. Kittle, George C. Hickox, C. Du-
commun, Wm. Scbolle, John Conly, Ig. Steinhart, W. B. Stone, J. O. Eldridge, A.
B. Phipps.
GUSTAVE TOUCHARD, President. N. G. KITTLE, Vice-President.
Charles D. Haven, Secretary. Geo. T. BonEN, Surveyor.
Aug. 31.
THE STATE INVESTMENT AND INSURANCE CO.
F1KK AMD MARINE.
Clash Assets, 9450,000.— Principal Office, 218 and 220 San-
J some street, Sau Francisco. Officers : — A. J. Bryant, President ; Richard
Ivers, Vice-President ; Charles H. Ccshi.vo, Secretary ; H. H. Watson, Marine
Surveyor. Board of Directors : — Peter Donahue, James Irvine, C. D. O'Sullivan,
A. Bocqueraz, R. Harrison, A. H. Rutherford, R. Bailey, E. W. Corbert, George O.
McMullin, A. J. Bryant, Frank M. Pixley, E Burke, H. H. Watson, Dr. C. F. Buckley,
P. J. White, E. M. Root, M. Mayblum, Richard Ivers, John Rosenfeld, Daniel
Callaghan. P. H. Russell, Sacramento. John G. Downey, Los Angeles. Wm.
Hood, Sonoma County. H. W. Scale. May field. Geo. Rutherford, San Jose. Feb. 16.
THE MARINE INSURANCE CO. OF LONDON, ENGLAND.
[ESTABLISHED 1836.]
Whole Amount of Jo-nt Stock and Guaranteed Capital- -$5,000,000.
Wiiole Amount of Capital paid up 900,000.
Cash Assets December 31 , 1876 3,710,000.
The undersigned have been duly authorized to issue Policies at current rates on
Freight and Shipments to or from Engjand, Europe, New York, Japan, China, Aus-
tralian Colonies, Sandwich Islands, and Northern Coast Forts. If desired, policies
made payable at port of termination.
WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO., Agents,
Aug. 10. 218 California street.
THE SWISS MARINE INS. COMPANIES COMBINED.
Switzerland, of Zurich, Capital 5,000,000 francs: Helvetia,
of St. Gall, Capital 10,000,000 francs ; Baloise, of Basle, Capital 5,000,000 francs.
These three Companies arc liable jointly and severally for all losses that may he sus-
tained. Losses made payable in all the principal seaports of the world. In the set-
tlement of all claims under an English policy, these Companies will strictly adhere to
the conditions and customs adopted at Lloyds, and submit to English jurisdiction.
June 9. HARRY W. SYZ, Agent, 225 Sansome St., S. F.
NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL LIFE INSUR. CO. OF BOSTON.
Has transacted tbe business of Life Insurance for nearly
thirty-five years. Its assets amount to over Fourteen Million Dollars. The
law of Massachusetts makes all its Policies nonforfeitable. It is a Purely Mutual Com-
pany, dividing every cent of surplus among Policy-holders. This is the Only Com-
pany on the Pacific Coast governed by the Massachusetts Lapse Law. This company
has comn"ed with the new Insurance Laws of California.
WALLACE EVERSON, General Agent.
Sept. 22.] 328 Montgomery street.
WESTERN ASSURANCE COMPANY, OF TORONTO.
Incorporated 1851.
Total Assets, 1st January, 1S79 $1,670,400.41.
It! l II It A II AI.DA X, Geueral Agents for Pacific Coast,
413 CALIFORNIA STREET. [Sept. 13.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN MARINE INS. CO. OF LIVERPOOL.
C lanital $5,000,000.— Agents: Balfonr, Guthrie A Co., No.
J 316 California street, San Francisco. Nov. 18.
Nc
ALASKA COMMERCIAL COMPANY,
310 Sansome street, Sau Francisco, Wholesale Dealer
in Furs. Sept. 21.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Oct. 18, ?879.
HOTEL LIFE.
Hotels, or inns, have departed very widely from their original idea.
Formerly, they were merely houses of accommodation for travelers; now,
they are that, and much more. In American cities they are homes for
the best people. When they were exclusively used by transient visitors,
they were subject to very close police supervision, and were amenable to
strict legislative enactments. An immense body of common law, providing
for their good management and protective of the rights of guests, has
come down to us from past times. The old laws, however, have fallen
into desuetude. Another power has practically replaced the onerous laws
of other days. The force of public opinion now compels respectful atten-
tion. That opinion receives its direction and its momentum from the press.
Hence, it has come to pass that among all liberty-loving people the press
has rights as well as duties. Its duty is to inform people of those things
of which they have a right to be informed, and in performing that duty
firmly, truly, and without private malice, acting from good motives, and
pursuing justifiable ends, it is very properly sustained and protected by
the law. Having thus protected the press, the people expect from it a
faithful performance of its duties ; and if they do not get that, they dis-
miss the recreant newspaper as they would an unfaithful servant. That
is the power the people retain over the press. If it fears to do right, they
suppress it by failing to support it. If it fails to do the work rightly
expected of it, they refuse to subscribe to it, and it dies of want of sus-
tenance. In this respect the people are exacting task masters. They
seek information, know they have a right to it, pay for it, and insist upon
having what they pay for. We have shown how they have come to depend
upon the press to help them form an opinion as to what hotels are well
managed. We have seen how the severe laws of the past have been
allowed to fall into disuse, because they are replaced by the better law of
public opinion. Formerly, hotels were subjected to a most severe police
surveillance ; they could not conduct their business without a license,
which was liable to be revoked at the dictum of a common constable.
They were put on their good behavior. Their business was exceptional,
and needed exceptional treatment. The stranger within them might be
swindled by indirection, or robbed by force. It was possible for them
to be either traps for the unwary, or decent resting places for respectable
?eople. Hence came the strict supervision of which we have spoken,
f that were necessary when hotels, or inns, were only used by travelers,
how much more essential is it now that they are the permanent homes of
virtuous wives, pure daughters, and of moral, cultured, refined, and re-
spectable people generally ? The prejudice of the times is against the
rude hand of the common policeman, but for all that the determination is
none the less great to insist upon irreproachable management of large car-
avansaries. Hotel life, as it exists in this country, has often been sev-
erely criticised, especially by intelligent foreigners. It undoubtedly has
its drawbacks, yet withal it is suited to the necessities of our people.
Hotels have come to be esteemed fair substitutes for private homes. In
order to be that they must discriminate as to the class of customers they
will serve. They must draw a broad line between worthy people and
those who are known to be unworthy. They must be homelike in their
quiet, their decorum, and in their freedom from objectionable surround-
ings. It is customary for persons advertising for a home in a private fam
ily to intimate that "references will be given and required." Why
should not the principle of requiring references as to good character be
applied to homes on a large scale, as welln Tin a small one ; to hotels as
well as to private houses? The best, and perhaps the only practical way,
and certainly the only way now known to the public, by which hotels can
supply evidence of character, is to merit and obtain a good repute with
the public, that may be read and known of all men. The same inquiries
which people make when in search of a private home, ought to be made
when seeking one in a hotel. They should hesitate to entrust their social
life to a household, who are not reputable guardians of their own social
lives. They should strictly inquire if the master of the house is cleanly
in his morals, and decent and orderly in his habits, tastes, and surround-
ings. If he is not these, then the reasonable presumption is raised that
he is not the man to make either a small, or a large bouse, the respectable
home of respectable people. If he lacks aught in these particulars, he is
pretty sure to fail to realize the just requirements of numerous guests,
whose instincts rise to a plane that he knows not of. In short, you might
as well attempt (to use a homely, but expressive phrase) to make "a silk
purse out of a sow's ear " as to endeavor to make a disreputable rue into
a respectable and high-toned hotel proprietor. Oil and water won't mix.
A fast man cannot, if he would, make a safe provider for the moral sur-
roundings of pure people. He may be rich, and guild his house with fine
gold, but beneath the veneering there is sure to be bad material neverthe-
less. These are obvious truisims that are not susceptible of successful con-
tradiction. Take them, and apply them to each and every hotel within
our city. They are the aquafortis that will destroy all alloy, and leave
only the pure gold behind. If there is any hotel that will not bear this
test, then it iB a shame and snare that should be avoided by all who desire
to find a respectable abiding place for themselves or their families. How
far certain hotels fall short in these particulars we expect to demonstrate
ere long.
DEATH OF MR THOS. LYTTLETON EOLT.
Mr. Holt is thus mentioned by our friend, Geo. Augustus Sala, in the
Illustrated London News, of September 20, 1879:
I first knew Mr. Thomas Lyttleton Holt in the year 1846, just after the
collapse of the railway mania and the Iron Times. Even as Napoleon
migrated from the Tuileries to St. Helena, and Manager Elliston from
Drury Lane to the Surrey, so did Mr. Holt abdicate a splendid position
and an income (at the rate) of twenty thousand a year to accept the edit-
orship of a modest little weekly called Chat, which was published at 304,
Strand, at the south-west corner of Holy well street, and the price of which
was one half penny. The proprietor of Cluit was Mr. Frederick Marriott,
who is yet alive, and owns and edits with great success a well-known Cal-
ifornian journal, the San Francisco Neics Letter. Mr. Holt, as editor of
Chat, was ray literary father. I had published in the year 1845 a crude
little story in the Family Herald, but Mr. Holt (in concert with Mr. Mar
riott) first gave me regular employment, taught me my earliest lessonB in
the trade of journalism, and introduced me to the "gentlemen of the
press." I ultimately became editor of C/uit, myself, at the magnificent
salary of a pound a week. Ah! those were my happy days.
ENGLAND.
Greatest and fairest and best,
England, my beautiful mother,
Words cannot picture the love
And the yearning my heart hath for thee ;
Far have I roamed, but thy place
Can never be filled by another —
Thou, and thou only, art home —
Art home and a parent to me.
They talk of thy fogs and thy rain,
But they who speak thus do not know thee ;
They see but thy smoke -laden cities,
They touch but thy borders at most;
Old Ocean may rage on thy cliffs,
But his waves strive in vain to o'erthrow thee —
As the lace on a fair woman's skirt
Are the mist and the surf on thy coast.
But thy heart, O dear England, they know not —
Thy towns — nay, thy hamlets— all hoary
With fame that was old when their country
Was still a blank desert unknown.
They feel not the glamour that rests
On thy banners so ancient in story,
They heed not the struggles that gave thee
Thy freedom, yet left thee thy Throne.
THE JUDICIARY UNDER THE NEW CONSTITUTION.
It would be well if every part of the New Constitution were likely
to work as well as that which deals with the Judiciary. Undoubted re-
forms have been made in that direction, and not one moment before they
were needed. The delays of the law are proverbial, but in this State
they have become a scandal and a shame. They amounted to a virtual
denial of justice. No man could depend on collecting his own, by means
of a suit, under two or three years. Legal interest was but seven per
cent, per annum, whilst money was worth from one to one-and-a-half per
cent, per month. A premium was therefore offered men to resist pay-
ment as long as possible, and it has been possible, under our Judicial sys-
tem, to resist it for an unconscionably long time. Cases could not be
got through our District Courts under a year, and when at last they
reached the Supreme Court they frequently dragged their slow length
along for years. Justice, to be effective, should be speedy. Finality
ought to be reached in the briefest possible period. Long continued de-
lays encourage litigation. Decisions that are quick, sharp and effective,
are the best provocatives to settlement without resort to law. When men
can evade their just obligations for indefinite periods, by means of legal
quibbles, they are very prone to resort to them. Speedy law has always
worked well. Cheap law, however, is another thing, and we are not
quite sure it is as desirable. When the costs against the losing party are
likely to be heavy, unjust claims are rarely carried into court, and just
ones are as seldom resisted. In this Sta"te the unsuccessful litigant is not
made to pay for the luxury of going to law as dearly as he ought. All the
expenses which his opponent has necessarily incurred in resist-
ing an unjust claim, or, in promoting a just one, ought to be fully
repaid. That is the practice elsewhere. It is an equitable practice,
moreover it lessens litigation. If a man knows that he will have to pay
all the costs to which he needlessly puts his opponent, he will be very,
careful to see that he has a good complaint, or a good defense, as the case
may be. We should be glad to see the Legislature take this matter in
hand, and provide that the losing litigant shall foot his opponent's bill of
costs. The New Constitution increases the number of District Courts,
or, as they are hereafter to be called, " Superior Courts," to twelve. See- ,
iog that, in addition to these, we are to have a Police Court, and four
Justice's Courts, it must be admitted that onr machinery for grinding out
judgments is pretty extensive. San Francisco will have more courts than
suffice to do the business of all London. Yet it cannot be denied that
they were needed, if we are to judge of the fact by the inability of exist-
ing courts to overtake the work presented to them. After the first of Jan-
uary next the Supreme will be divided into two parts, and its capacity to
accomplish results increased twofold. Calendars that are now crowded,
ought soon to be cleared, and thereafter the appelate court ought to keep
fully up with its work. Heretofore it has fallen far behind, and in con-
sequence has suffered in the public estimation. There are not wanting
close observers who believe that it might have done better. Judges now j
will have to make affidavit that no case remains undecided that has been
submitted longer than ninety days, upon pain of having their salaries
withheld until they can truly make that declaration. The judiciary un-
der the New Constitution will undoubtedly be a great reform upon the ex-
isting order of things.
DEATH OF WM. B JOHNSTON.
The death of Colonel Wm. B. Johnston, for many years resident ;
Secretary of the Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Company, |
cast a gloom, not only over the insurance fraternity this week, hut which ]
also pervaded the whole mercantile community. The unfortunate gen- j
tleman was thrown out of his carriage as he returned to his residence from
the San Rafael depot on Friday evening, 10th inst., his skull being frac-
tured, causing his death at four o'clock on Saturday morning. His
funeral, which took place on Monday, was attended by all the fire under-
writers and their employees, who marched in a body to the Church of
the Advent, afterward accompanying the cortege to Laurel Hill Ceme-
tery. On Monday, the b'th inst., Colonel Johnson presided at a gather-
ing of the insurance men of this city, for the purpose of bidding farewell
to one of their associates, Mr. W. N. Olmsted, who had resigned the
agency of his Insurance Company, and was about leaving this coast to
engage in busjpess in New York. The occasion was a very hearty and
genial compliment to that gentleman, and the felicitous manner in which
Colonel Johnson conducted the proceedings will long be remembered by
those present. Mr. George Mel has been appointed by the local Board of
Directors, resident Secretary pro tern, of the Liverpool and London and
Globe Insurance Company, and his numerous friends, especially the in-
surance community, hope to see him permanently occupy the position, for
which his long service as second in rank, has so eminently fitted him.
18, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER
0
THE TOWN CRIER.
'■"«'' Jh« ("ri»r ffhil th» dtTttarl thou?
"On« that will play lb* drril.atr with you."
Which mule Inni grow boldsr and bolder. '
Chas. Warren Stoddard if not an habitual joker.andwheneverhedoes
anything in that line it hasat least the merit of unexpectedness, which is mora
than can be said of the attempt? of Sam Davis and other quack humorists
who fallow joking as a profession. In Sim. lay's Chronicle Stoddard writes
an in teres ting letter, telling of his travels in the Orient and of an inter-
view with Abdel-Kader. A facsimile is given of what Stoddard claims
th>- Algerine chief wrote in his album, with this translation : " Praise be
t.>t;..,i atone. Mr. Stoddard, in Damascus, has this day called on me.
: Kader." Any of our readers familiar with Chinese characters will
perceive at a glance, by reference to the letter we speak of, that Mr. Stod-
dard has substituted a Chinese wash receipt for the warrior's writing. For
the benefit of those who don't read Chinese, we translate : "Thanks be
Id Josh. We have this day received one pair socks, one handkerchief,
Mar. one shirt, all in very bad condition. They have not been
washed for years, and they must have been all round the world. He will
have t,> pay fifteen cents for them. Sam Kee.*'
Did it ever occur to any one that the intended honor to General
Brant at the Pavilion, known as the " Camp Fire," looked very pretty on
Mper, with the description of the tin cups, hard-tack, coffee, and other
Impedimenta of war, while in reality it was a useless farce, a senseless
piece of buffoonery, and, if we may believe the daily papers, eventuallya
beastly hoodlum orgie, with beer as a basis of attack ? If the ship-biscuits
had been real war hard-tack, that could have traveled of their own accord
and beaten Mc In tyre in a six-days' walking match ; if the coffee had been
mouldy and supplied by an army contractor, and maggots had been as om-
nipresent as bummers, even then there could have been no excuse for the
shoddy reunion. But the patriot loves it, and the ex-Confederate cleaned
up his lachrymal glands to exchange beery tears with his late antagonists,
and, anyhow, it was a crowd, and what more can any hero want ?
A gentleman has been hauled up before the courts for disposing of his
infant offspring by dumping it into the bay ; and yet this is called a free
country! Things have come to a pretty pass when an indulgent father is
to be hindered from giving his child a salt-water bath. The Health-
Primer on bathing expressly declares that salt water has a most beneficial
effect upon the s\ stern ; and it maybe taken for granted that, in this par-
ticular case, the child enjoyed the dipping, since it stayed in rather longer
than the Faculty approve. When we remember how many youngsters, as
they grow older and pass into the fourth grade at school, become effectu-
ally weaned from water, salt or fresh, it seems intolerable that the law
should interfere with a parent, bent upon making his progeny feel per-
fectly at home in the pure element.
The atones about Commodore Nutt's arrest this week are all very
funny, but none of them true. The factsare, that when the police entered
his saloon to arrest him for keeping a disorderly house, he ran down a rat-
hole in the rear of the bar and was only dislodged by the aid of a ferret.
In locking him up it was useless to put him behind the bars, and, as there
was not enough air in a basket, Captain Short confined him in an old
boot, tying a string tightly round the ankle. He made two attempts to
escape in court, by crawling up the prosecuting attorney's pants, under
the supposition that he might be mistaken for a flea, but he came down
on_ hearing the motion granted relative to his trial by a jury of his peers,
being confident that no amount of sparrows that tbey can catch will find
him guilty.
The thoughtless way in which the infidel press of this city handles
religious matters is a source of sincere pain to all fervent Christians, in
eluding, of course, the T. C. Here is the way a daily contemporary
speaks, this week, of a convention held in this city: " The delegates ad-
journed for lunch at 1 p.m., and at 3 P.M. partook freely of the commu-
nion." Such items as these convey very wrong ideas to the rising genera-
tion, and we rebuke them in the same spirit as Paul did the Corinthians.
A fresh Eastern man bought out a good live country paper in Napa
county some two months ago, with the intention of showing the entire
community how to run a journal up to the top rung of the ladder of
success. On the morning when the Sheriff claimed it as his own, and
was disposing of the type at wholesale lead rates, a rival contemporary
came out in a sympathetic editorial, remarking that the last proprietor
had improved the journal to the limit of his ability.
It is rumored officially that the number of officers in the United
States Army so far exceeds the total of rank and file that a British trav-
eler, on witnessing a review the other day, remarked: "Aw, by Jove,
this is weally, twuly wepublican simplicity; the pwivates capawisoued
weally elegantly, and their supewior officers dwessed in the ordinawy
homespun cloth I've wed about. Fact, pon honor!"
On dit, that one of the Workingmen's successful candidates on the
Judicial ticket is already in treaty with the management of the Califor-
nia Theater, for the purchase of a red velvet robe, with a white ermine
border, and a full gray wig. These men are not so ignorant as might be
supposed; they all go to the theater and know how a judge ought to be
dressed.
These Eastern Baseball Professionals are worse than patling guns.
Just as we are going to press the news comes from Oakland that McCor-
mick, the Chicago pitcher, hit the only Nolan in the chest with the ball,
and that two surgeons have been probing all the afternoon for the ball,
which was found lodged in the muscles of the back. If it does not gravi-
tate he'll take a benefit and run for Mayor next time.
The Los Angeles Herald, with admirable and thoughtful sympathy,
heads its obituary column with " Died," and then, between that ominous
word and the bitter announcements which tell of the loss of father,
mother, brother or sister, comes a touching tribute to the sorrow of the
bereaved ones. It is very short, but speaks volumes in four words: " Fu-
neral notices one dollar."
The Bitching ordinance is generally disregarded in Oakland, for the
simple reason that the hitch comes in when a man just misses the boat.
» i iH' Wi Bellows -ay* ho never bus* "om man ..r iroman who
ad pnbUo worship on the Lords
way, wii.i inabituallj tad h)ul n theory on which it was ne-
glected, that did not | Mu\ bring other people t<> grief." uf
propter hoc , and we never knew • man with a
now on inn t u D hii eve, who did not oome t« grief or bring
grief toothers. We dstst knew a man like Dr. BeUowl who did not
bring infinite grief to all Ren tola man, that he should be left free to talk
Ins w,..»rv Fetichinn in the faosol day.
The Freemasons bai ing adopted a Hmall boy, who was forwarded free
ol charge Erom New Orleans to thin plana, and taken up a oollsotion of
money for bis use. the < Antral Pad6c Railroad be* Ingeniously out off the
threatened glut of Eastern union* by raising the rates of passage from
nothing to full grown prices. This is bad for the benevolent men of the
isergh stripe, but we all breathe more freely ; and the Masons themselves,
we are told, have held a secret session, and passed a vote of thanks to
the Ivuilroad Company for getting them out 01 their awkward fix.
The reason that Mexicans, in the lower walks of life, rarely attain
eminence is that, in nine cases out of ten, an soon as they have acquired a
few hundred dollars as r starter, one of their bosom friends, brothers or
cousins, immediately stabs them and disappears with the coin, which he
spends cheerfully on aguadiente and Chili pepper stews. The latest re-
turns, with several precincts to hear from, are from Elko, where a gentle-
man named Lopez battered in the skull of his dearest friend with an axe.
I be provocation was seven 920 pieces.
A,cur!OU3 feature of California, both in the past and present, is, that
while it is legal to lie about anybody with perfect impunity, the moment
any one unguardedly tells the truth he is immediately arrested for libel.
You may stiqmalizt a courtesan as a lady and denounce a blackguard as a
gentleman, but if you should ever be insane enough to imagine that
" truth is mighty and will prevail" look out for Bqualls. However, our
own particular ship can weather them all right.
The Present Contest between horses and asses is drawing large
crowds to the Pavilion. Now, if the horses win, what in thunder will
they do with the money? A novel idea strikes us, however, that, as it
has been the custom to present walkists with bouquets, so this is the time
for the admirers of the horses to purchase garlands of carrots, bouquets of
bran mash or other acceptable offerings to the poor brutes that are being
speeded against their will in the champion farce of the age.
The vile spirit of monopoly asserts itself in every direction. Its latest
form is the movercent in Eastern churches to put down what is called ex-
travagance at funerals, meaning by this the natural right of a dead man
to a decent burial. Surely, after a poor devil has toiled through a grimy
existence he may be allowed to enjoy a quiet turn-out with his friends be-
fore he becomes unpleasant. Selfishness is at the bottom of this business.
The advertising business is being smoked. The public may be a
dunce and a blockhead, but the public will learn by and by ; and when,
hereafter, a smart Chinaman tries to get up a run of custom by marrying
a Cincinnati girl and opening a roast-pig shop, people will cock their eyes
and say : " Too thin !" That's what it means— Chinaman all same 'Mel-
ican man, only more so.
There were a good many hard things said about the School Depart-
ment last year ; but it was reserved for the Board of Education itself to
call a spade a spade, by heading its report of the examination into the old
scandal, "Moore Perjury." We should like to compliment them, if we
were perfectly sure where frankness ended and shamelessness began.
A case of sudden death is reported by one of the dailies as the result
of " inanition," as many as four hours having passed since the last hearty
meal eaten by the deceased. Between inanition like this and the intellect-
ual plethora of the reporter, one stands irresolute ; each seeming to be
more deadly than the other. .
The Oakland papers say that John Ruth, of that city, is the cham-
pion shot of the world, because he made a score of 990 out of 1,000, last
Tuesday. There are two little errors to be corrected. The marksman's
name is Jenuine Truth, and his score was 999 out of 1,000.
Mary Ann has not been seen
Since early Monday morning ;
She lit the stove with kerosene,
And mizzled without warning.
A horse-car conductor recently found a letter containing money,
which, instead of appropriating, he foolishly forwarded to its designated
address. We presume the maniac was discharged by the company, if not
prosecuted by the driver for failing to divvy.
Strange, that with so much study on the Descent of Man, Darwin
should have overlooked one decisive point in the life of the Chimpanzee,
which settles his blood relationship to man: "They grow ugly and foolish
as they grow old." »
The mysteries of language are past finding out. Fredk. Douglass
calls Grant a " granite-faced ** hero, and Cooper Institute thunders ap-
plause. If he had only said "stony-faced," they would have given him
Hail Columbia.
By private letters from Kentucky we learn that a number of jack-
asses, each with four legs, will arrive here within ten days, to walk for
the championship of the Pacific Coast against the other fellow that wins
the prize.
General Grant tells the Oregon people that foreign nations appear to
respect us more than we respect ourselves. There may be a reason for
this. Perhaps we know ourselves better than foreigners know us.
Bismarck is suffering with neuralgia, and his physicians prescribe en-
tire rest. This always happens when the Chancellor is going to disturb
the rest of other people, and so there are squalls ahead.
Oaklanders have the mumps, but the affliction is lightened for them
by the fact that they always go home in the dumps at leaving the city. A
desperately monotonous home has its advantages, after all.
The Christian Union asks whether the world is growing worse.
Really, we hardly feel competent to answer. Ask Mr. Beecher.
It does not follow that every time yoc hit a greaser you invariably
Btrike oil.
10
SAN FRAMCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Oct. 18, 1879.
C. P. R. R-
Overland Ticket Office : Ferry Landing, foot
of Market street. —Commencing: Monday,
May 19th, 1879, and until further notice,
aina Boats wil leave
SAW FRANCISCO:
7C t * A. M (daily), Vallejo Steamer (from Market
• J J Street Landing — Connecting with Trains for
Napa (Stages for Sonoma), Calistoga (the Geysers),
and Sacramento. Connecting at Davis {Sundays except-
ed) for Woodland and Knight's Landing, and at Wood-
land lor Williams and Willows.
(Arrive San Francisco 3:10 P.M.)
7 AH-A-.M. (daily) Local Passenger Train (via Oakland
4.UU Ferry) and via Livermore arriving at Tracy
at 11-30 a. M. and connecting with Atlantic Express.
Connects at Niles with Train arriving at San Jose at
10:15 a.m. . ^nnr, .
(Returning, train from Tracy arrives at 6:05 P.M.)
8AA A.M. (daily), Atlantic Express Train (via Oak-
•"" land Ferry, Northern Ry. and S. P. & T. R R.)
for Sacramento, Marysville, Redding, Portland (Or.),
Colfax, Reno (Virginia City), Palisade (Eureka), Ogden
and Omaha. Connects at Gait with train arriving at
lone at 3:40 p.m.
(Arrive San Francisco 5:15 P.M.)
Sunday Excursion Tickets to San Pablo and Marti-
nez at Seduced Sates. ■ ,
1 n AAA.M. (daily) via Oakland Ferry, LocalPassea-
1U.I/U ger Train to Haywards and Niles.
(Arrive San Francisco 4:05 p.m.)
3aa P.M. (daily) San Jose Passenger Train (via Oak-
,\J\J land Ferry and Niles), stopping at all Way Sta-
tions. Arrives at San Jose at 5:20 p.m.
(Arrive San Francisco 9:35 A.M.)
3f\{\ P.M. (daily) Northern Railway Passenger Train
• " U (via Uakland Ferry) to San Pablo, Martinez
and Antioch.
(Arrive San Francisco 9:35 a.m.)
A Cif\ P-M- (daily) Arizona Express Train (via Oak-
tt.UU land Ferry, Northern Ry. and S. P. & T. R. R.)
for Lathrop (and Stockton), Merced, Madera, Visalia,
Sumner, Mojave, Newhall (San Buenaventura, and Santa
Barbara), Los Angeles, "Santa Monica," Wilmington,
Santa Ana (San Diego), Colton and Yuma (Colorado
River Steamers), connecting direct with Daily Trains
of the Southern Pacific Railroad of Arizona for Mari-
copa (Daily Stages for Phcenix and Prescott), and for
Casa Grande (182 miles east from Yuma), and end of
Track (Daily Stages for Florence and Tucson),
"Sleeping Cars" between Oakland, Los Angeles and
Yuma.
(Arrive San Francisco 12:35 p.m.)
4f\f\ P. M. (Sundays excepted) Vallejo Steamer (from
• WVJ Market Street Landing), connecting with trains
for Calistoga, (the Geysers), Woodland, Knight's Land-
ing and Sacramento ; and at Sacramento with Pas-
senger Train, leaving at 9:35 p.m. for Truckee, Reno,
Carson and Virginia.
" Sleeping Car3 " between Vallejo and Carson.
(Arrive San Francisco 11:10 A.M.)
4i~\fl P.M. (Sundays excepted) Sacramento Steamer
■ vU (from Wash'n St. Wharf), for Beniciaand Land-
ings on the Sacramento River.
(Arrive San Francisco 8:00 p.m.)
4AAP. M. (daily), Through Third Class and Accom-
• MLj-' modation Train (via Oakland Ferry, North-
ern Ry. and S. P. & T. R. R.) connecting at Lathrop
with Train arriving at Los Angeles on second day at
11:55 A.M. (Arrive San Francisco 9:05 A.M.
4€P(~\ P.M. (daily) Local Passenger Train (via Oak -
■OV/ land Ferry) to Haywards, Niles and Liver-
more. "(Arrive San Francisco 8:35 a.m. )
K Ci(\ P-M. (daily) Overland Emigrant Train (via
'-'•V^v/ Oakland Ferry and Northern Railway) to
Ogden, Omaha and East.
Public conveyance for Mills Seminary connects at Sem-
nary Park Stat.on with all trains, Sundays excepted.
FERRIES AND LOCAL. TRAINS
From "SAN FRAJTCISCO." Daily.
A. M.
P. M.
A. M.
A. M
B6.10
12.30
7.00
B7.00
7.00
l.OO
8.00
B9.00
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1.30
9.00 BlO.OO
8.00
2.00
10.00
P. M.
8.30
3.00
11.00
B5.00
9.00
3.30
12.00
9.30
4.00
P. M.
10.00
4.30
1.30
10.30
5.00
2.00
11.00
5.30
"3.00
11.30
6.00
4.00
12.00
6.301 5.00
7.00 6.00
8.10 B*7 <«>
9.20Ib*3.10
10.301 »1030
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A. M. |
B 6.101
7.301
9 30
10.30
11.30
P. M.
12.30
1.00
3.30
4.30
5.30
6.30
7.00-
8.10
9.20
10.30
Bll.451
A. SI
7.00 7.
10.001 8.30
P. M. 9.30
3.001 10.30
1130
p. M.
1.00
3 00
4.00
5.00
6 00
i0.30
SB
KM
P
A. M.
B6.10
8.00
10.00
12.00
p. w.
1.30
3.30
4.30
6.30
B6.30
Change Cars
at
West Oakland
To " SAW FRANCISCO," Daily.
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FROM
OAKLAND.
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A. M.
A. M.
A. M.
A. M. | A. M.
A. M.
A. N.
P. M.
B5.40
B5.40
7.00
B5.10J B8.00
B*5.00
B5.20
12.20
B6.30
B6.30
8.00
B 5.50 BlO.OO
B*5.40
B6.00
12 50
8.00
7.30
p. M.
6.40B11.00
•6.25
6.50
1.20
10.00
8.30
2.35
7.40| p. M.
7.00
7.20
1.50
12.00
9.30
4.30
8.401 B6.00
8.03
7.50
2.50
10.30
11.30
9.40
10.40
9.00
10.03
1.30
8.50
3.50
3.30
P. M.
m
11.401
11.03
9.20
4.20
4.30
1.00 E g
p. M.
12,00
9.50
4.50
5.30
3.00 S*»
12.40
p. M.
10.20
5.20
B6.30
4.00
1.25
1.00
10.50
5.50
5.00
■4
2.40
3.00
11.20
6.25
6.00
m
4.40
•3.20
11.50
6.50
] 5.40
4.00
8.00
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A. M. 6.40
7.10 7.50
5.00
6.03
9.10
10.20
B«7.20
WestOaklnd.1 1.30 10.10
B"8.30
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*10.00
B— Sundays excepted.
* Alameda Passengers change cars at Oakland.
Creels Route.
From SAN FRANCISCO— Daily— B5A0, b6:30, 7.20, 8:15,
9:15, 10:15, 11:15 A.M. 12:15, 1:15, 2:25, 3:15, 4:15,
5:15, 6.15 p.m.
From OAKLAND— Daily— B5:S0. b6:20, 7:10, 8:05, 9:05,
10:05, 11:05 A. M. 12:05, 1:05, 9:15, 3:05, 4:05, 5:05,
6:05 p.m. — Sundays excepted.
Official Schedule. Time" furnished by Randolph &
CO., Jewelers, 101 and 103 Montgomery St., S. F.
T. H. GOODMAN, Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agt.
A. N. Towne, General Superintendent.
Commencing- Monday, Sept. 15th, 1879,
and until further notice, Boats and Trains will
leave San Francisco (Washington-st. Wharf) as follows :
3.00
•. M. daily (Sundays excepted), Steamer
"James M. Donahue" (Washington Street
Wharf) , connecting with Mail and Express Train at Don-
ahue for Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Healdsburg, Cloverdale,
and way stations. Making stage connections at Lake-
ville for Sonoma; at Geyserville for Skaggs' Springs ; at
Cloverdale for Ukiah, Lakeport, Mendocino City, High-
land Springs, Bartlett Springs, Soda Bay and the
Geysers.
feST* Connections made at Fulton on following morn-
ing for Korbel's, Guerneville and the Redwoods.
(Arrive at San Francisco 10:30 a.m.)
Sunday Excursions at Reduced Hates.
8~l S a.m., Sundays only, via Donahue, for Clover-
• J- fJ dale and Way Stations.
Fares for Round Trip: Donahue, SI ; Petaluma, SI. 50 ;
SantaRosa,S2; Fulton, $2.50; Windsor, 83; Healdsburg,
S3; Litton's, $3.50; Geyserville, $3.50; Cloverdale, $4.50.
(Arrive at San Francisco 7:00 p.m.)
Freight received from 7 a.m. till 2.30 p. hi.,
daily {except Sundays).
Ticket Office : Washington st. Wharf.
A. HUGHES,
Gen. Manager.
JAS. M. DONAHUE,
Gen. Pass & Tkt. Agt.
SYDNEY INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.
Round the World Tickets.
The Pacific Mail Steamship Company
will issue Round the World Tickets, giving first-
class accommodations for the entire route, at the low
price of §650. For particulars apply to
WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO.,
General Agents,
Aug. 9. Corner First and Brannan streets.
Natural beauty surpasses any-
thing which can be imparted by
artificial means. PHOSPHATE
SOAP gives health to the skin
simply by removing impurities and
eradicating the poisons which give
rise to skin diseases.
Not only lor craily use on the fac9
and hands, but for bathing the
entire body, there is nothing equal
to PHOSPHATE SOAP. It is a
thorough disinfectant and removes
offensive odors of every kind.
Ask your Eruggist for it.
Commencing: Monday, April 21, 1879,
and until further notice, Passenger Trains will leave
San Francisco, from Passenger Depot on Townsend
street, between Third and Fourth streets, as follows :
8 0fJA,M. daily for San Jose and Way Stations.
*A\J ^g= Stages for Pescadero (via San Mateo)
connect with this train only.
9 0fj A.M (Sundays only) for San Jose and Way Sta_
•"*-' tiong. Returning, leaves San Jose at 6 p.m_
"1 C\ AC\ a.m. daily for San Jose, Gilroy, Hollister,
-LV/.t:\_/ TresPinos, Pajaro, Salinas, Soledad and
all Way Stations. ^=* At Pajaro, the Santa Cruz
R. R. connects with this train for Aptos, Soquel and
Santa Cruz. ^= At Salinas the M. & S. "V. R. R.
connects with this train for Monterey. gag- Stage
connections made with this train. (Pescadero Stages via
San Mateo excepted.)
Parlor Car attached to this Train.
(seats at reduced rates.)
O Q(~) p-m. daily (Sundays excepted) for San Jose,
t-***-*^-* Gilroy, Pajaro, Hollister, Tres Pinos and prin-
cipal Way Stations.
SPECIAL NOTICE.— The trains of the Santa Cruz R. R.
and theM. & S. V. R. R , which have been connecting
with this train on Saturdays at Pa.taro and Salinas re-
spectively, have been withdrawn for the season. Those
intending to visit Aptos, Soquel, Santa Cruz or Monterey,
will take the train leaving San Francisco at 10:40 a.m.
daily.
3Q f\ p.m. (Sundays only) for San Jose and Way Sta-
.01/ tiona.
4 OK p.m. daily (Sundays excepted) for San Jose and
.A<J Way Stations.
IX (~\(~\ p. m. daily (Sundays excepted) for MenloPark
<J»W and Way Stations.
Li OA p.m.— daily, for Meulo Park and Way Stations.
Second-Class Fare.
Between San Francisco and San Jose §1.00.
On Freight Trains only, leaving San Francisco at 4:00
A.M., San Jose at b:30 p.m. (daily, Sundays excepted).
Excursion Tickets at Redaced Rates
To San Jose and intermediate points sold on Saturdays,
and Sunday mornings, good for return until following
Mouday inclusive.
Also, EXCURSION TICKETS to Aptos, Soquel, Santa
Cruz and Monterey, sold on Saturdays only— good for
return until the following Monday inclusive.
^W Principal Ticket Office— Passenger Depot, Town-
send street. Branch Ticket Office — No. 2 New Mont-
gomery street, Palace Hotel.
A. C. BASSETT.Supt, H.R. JUDAH, A. P. &T. A.
SOUTHERN DIVISIONS.
Commencing Monday, May 19th, 1879,
83F~ Passengers for points on the Southern Divisions
of the road will take the cars of the Central Pacific Rail-
road via OAKLAND, leaving SAN FRANCISCO via Ferry
Landing, Market street, at 4:00 p.m. daily (Arizona Ex-
press Train), and making close connection at GOSHEN
for Sumner, Mojave, Los Angeles, Wilmington, Ana-
heim, Colton, Colorado River, Yuma, Maricopa and Casa
Grande (182 miles east from Yuma). May 31.
Ladies who have injured the skin
by the constant use of cosmetics
may do much to restore their faces
to that beauty which nature alone
can give by constantly using PHOS-
PHATE SOAP.
For chapped hands the constant
use of PHOSPHATE SOAP will
be recommended by all who give
it one fair trial.
If you want a nice article of
Toilet Soap and something that is
beneficial to the skin, buy PHOS-
PHATE SOAP.
Ladies who wish to make the
skin look beautiful and natural
should use PHOSPHATE SOAP.
Manufactured by "Standard Soap Co.,"
204 Sacramento St., San Francisco.
18, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
11
NOTABILIA.
& '.*"-.. A '• ';'■;•
THE PEDDLERS SONG.
Lihm as whit© as driven snow ; OoM quoips and stomachers,
Cypress black :is e'er was crow ; For my lads to give their dears ;
Gloves as sweet as damask roses; Pins and poking-sticks of steel.
Masks for faces and for noses ; What maids lack from head to heel:
Bugle-hracclct, necklace, amber ; Come buy of me.come; come buy.come buy,
Perfume for a lady's chamber; Buy, lads, or else your lasses cry.
William Seiakspearb.
Senator Blaine is said to possess a wonderful memory, and every good
Maine man lias his pocket full of anecdotes about him ; how be recog-
nized the cook who pinned a dishcloth to his jacket when, as a small boy,
he visited the kitchen in search of surreptitious doughnuts ; and knew
the identical rattan which stimulated the budding genius, after a separa-
tion of seventy-five years ; and other like incredible things. But not
even a fanatical Maine man dares to assert that Blaine remembers a bet-
ter restaurant than Swain's, 213 Sutter street, and for a good reason.
They all know it to be the best, most elegant, most comfortable in the
country.
Turkey now exports to England alone one hundred thousand dollars'
worth of hazel nuts every year, and in this fact there is more hope for
the future of the Ottoman than in protocols or Tauzimats. Every civil-
ized man knows the intimate and indissoluble connection between nuts
and wine. One hundred thousand dollars' worth of nuts exported means
a million dollars' worth consumed at home ; and, accordingly, we find
that the orders for Landsberger's Private Cuvee are constantly coming in
from Smyrna and Constantinople.
There is going to be a row in musical circles. Patti has imported a
baritone by the name of Ciampicellaj with a final j, and if Wilhelmj
doesn't snatch that man's nomenclature bald-beaded, he is not the man we
take him for. — Fuck.
Cabul. now happily in the power of the British, is a most ill-built,
badly-arranged city, and yet it lies in a terrestrial paradise, with fruit
gardens about it, whose renown fills all Asia. It is in the East as in the
West ; God sends meat but the devil sends cooks. Now that the English
have the place, they will undoubtedly begin to import Montanya's Union
Ranges, the very best cooking apparatus in the known world, and life in
Cabul will be a dream of bliss.
The London World mentions that the Empress Eugenie finds dis-
traction from her sorrow in compiling the memoirs of her son ; and this
suggests the fitneBB of a new edition of Walpole's Royal and Noble Au-
thors, with additions. What the World did not know we are able to
state with authority, that the Empress is collecting photographs of the
Prince from all countries, and has assigned the place of honor to Bradley
& Rulofson'a magnificent portrait.
Fashionable people will soon be opening their front-window blinds,
and reporting themselves as at home. — N. G. Picayune.
The London papers come down on the gymnastic Talmage. Truth
says of him: " He was a dead failure, as he deserves to be, for his lec-
tures were wretched, and generally in very bad taste ;" and it might have
been added that he never was dressed as a divine ought to be. How
should he, when he did not buy his outfit and neck-gear at Car-many &
Crosett's, 25 Kearny street ? All the clergymen in the city patronize this
elegant establishment.
No man can guess what force and vitality his frame possesses until he
goes through a course of sea-bathing at the Neptune and Mermaid Baths,
font of Hyde street, North Beach. This brings out all the vigor of nerve
and muscle, and revivifies the blood to such a degree that life becomes a
perpetual joy. The water is fresh from the ocean, the beach natural, the
air full of ozone, and Prof. Mohor, an accomplished master, is at hand to
give instructions in swimming.
Gen. Grant has figured up the cost of his trip, and finds he is out just
two dollars and sixty-rive cents. — Cincinnati Enquirer.
It is "well known that President Hayes is almost as much of a tem-
perance man as Father Matthew or John B. Gough ; and very naturally,
therefore, he is critical with regard to the water he drinks, and prefers so
decidedly the Napa Soda that he never is without a BUpply of it.
Drowsiness, biliousness, pains and aches, and ague, Hop Bitters al-
ways cures. Read advertisement.
The days of Cod Liver Oil are number*!, and we say it with full
recognition -,f all that hits been done for suffering mankind by that benefi-
cent sad Dsuseoui tenia N.> mors shuddering disgust for the weak ones;
henceforth they will look Kindly for tho hour to come round, now that
*. & F. J. Casein have tamed consumption and all its kindred by their
Wonderful cordial, composed of Old Rye Whisky and Pure Rock Candy.
If your throat feels sore or uncomfortable, use promptly Br. Jayne's
Expectorant It will relieve the air-passages of all phlegm or mucous,
allay inflammation, and so give the affected parts a chance to heal. No
safer remedy can be had for all Coughl and Colds, or any complaint of the
Throat or Lungs, and a brief trial will prove its efficacy.
Those Eastern people are horribly slow. A man named Clark has
committed suicide in Cleveland, O., because he was accused of unfaith
fulness to his wife. Why don't these young men go West?
On the 8th September extraordinary darkness prevailed in London
from 11 a.m. till sunset and after. The heat was also very great. Similar
darkness may be justly said to fill the minds of those dull mortals who do
not buy their hats at White's, 614 Commercial street, and it is greatly to
be feared that they may experience hereafter even a greater degree of heat.
Tapestry Brussels, $1 per yard and upwards ; fine newpatterns. Call
and see them. Window shades, 75 cents and upwards. Window lace, 12A
cents and upwards. Cornices, wall paper, etc. Oilcloths, 50 cents per
yard and upwards. Hartshorn & McPhun, 112 Fourth St., near Mission.
See advertisement of T. Leeds Waters, of New York,
pianos and organs at low prices.
He sells new
TREASURER'S OFFICE,
City and County of San Francisco, September 9, 1879.
Redemption of San Francisco Bonds,
ISSUE OF 1868.
Holders of Bonds of the City and Comity of San Francisco,
issued under " An Act to provide for the Funding and Payment of the out-
standing Unfunded Claims against the City of San Francisco, and against the County
of San Francisco, as they existed prior to tho 6rst day of July, A,D. one thousand
eight hundred and fifty-six," approved April 20, 1858, are hereby notified that the
Commissioners of the Sinking Fund of the above named Bonds will receive sealed
proposals for the surrender of auy portion thereof, at the City and County Treas-
urer's office, New City Hall, San Francisco, until 12 o'clock noon,
Wednesday, December 31st, 1879.
The amount to he applied to the Redemption of these Bonds is more or less, One
Hundred and Eighty Thousand Dollars (S180, OOO).
Bidders will state at what rate they will surrender their Bonds, for payment in
United States gold coin.
Each proposal must be accompanied by a deposit of ten per cent, of the Bonds of-
fered, or their equivalent in coin, or certified' checks, and should the Bonds tendered
not be presented within ten days after the award, the next lowest bid will be ac-
cepted.
No proposal above par will be entertained.
Proposals to be indorsed " Proposals for surrender of Bonds, issue of 1S58."
A. 0. BRYANT, Mayor,
COLIN M. BOYD, Auditor,
CHAS HUBERT, Treasurer,
Sept. 13. Commissioners of the Funded Debt.
AVERILL MIXED^AINtT"
The Best, Most Durable and Beautiful of All Paints.
FltEPAJtFD MFADT FOR VSE,
AMD OF ANY SHADE OB. COLOR DESIRED.
Sept. 27.
S. ORKICH, General Agent,
329 Market St., Opposite Front.
MADAME WALDO COHEN,
Finishing Lessons— Piano. S3 Per Lesson.
Sept. 20 1*07 Hyde Street, San Francisco.
QUICKSILVER,
Llo-r sale— In lots to suit, by Thomas Bell A- Co., Ho. SOS
Wr Sansorae street, over Bank of California. Nov. 16.
F°
NOTICE.
r the very best photographs go to Bradley A Bulofson's,
'n an Elevator, 420 Montgomery street. Oct. 29.
BRITISH BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF CAL.
Attendance, daily, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., by the under-
signed, to receive subscriptions and donations, and to furnish all information
relating to the Society. J. P. HcCURRIE, Secretary,
Oct. 23. __^__________ 730 Montgomery street.
COKE CHEAPEST FUEL.
Reduction in Price : Wholesale Price, 50 cents per barrel ;
Retail Price. GO cents per barrel, at the works of the SAN FRANCISCO GAS-
LIGHT COMPANY, Howard and First streets, and foot of Second st. Jan. 12.
SCHWAB & BREESE,
New Art Gallery, 024 Market street, opposite Palace Hotel.
Oil Paintings, Engravings, Wax and Artists' Materials.
fcg° ADMISSION FREE. Sept. 13.
SNOW & CO.,
No. 20 Post street, opposite MechaiiiK Institute, Import-
ers and Manufacturers of Pictures, Frames, Mouldings, and Artist's Ma-
terials. Established 1849. Sept. 20.
W Morris. MORRIS & KENNEDY, J. F. Kennedy.
Importers and Dealers In Moldings, Frames, Engravings,
Cliromos, Lithographs, Decalcomanie, Wax and Artists' Materials. 21 Post
street, nearly opposite Masonic Temple, San Francisco. Feb. 4.
R. H. LLOYD,
Attorney-at-Law, Room 13, Nevada Black.
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER.
Oct. 18, 1879.
BIZ.
We remark continued activity in commercial circles, nor is this
activity confined to Imports alone, butExports are alike booming. The
Freight market is also active, and is quite inspiriting to ship owners. The
shipping interest of the port has been looming up considerably of late,
after a long period of loss and depression. It is very seldom that our fleet
of disengaged ships in port become reduced to some six or eight in num-
ber, and not more than three of them will be in readiness to take freight
for a fortnight to come. The present nominal ^ freight rate for Wheat to
the United Kingdom, in American wooden ships, is 70s. asked, possibly
an offer of 65s. short lay days might be accepted. There is not a disen-
gaged iron ship in port, which is something very unusual. The Grain
fleet on the berth is having quick dispatch. There are at this writing 41
vessels on the European berth, of some 63,000 registered tons. The
Grain fleet sailing hence since July 1st now foots up 100, against 112 ves
sels same date last year. These ships carried of Wheat, 3,733,206 ctls.,
of the value of $6,695,700, this season, against 4,106,013 ctls., $7,082,614
last year at same date. Our receipts of Wheat for the two seasons stand
thus: 1879, 4,824,385 ctls.; 1878, 4,688,539 ctls. Flour receipts from in-
terior mills, dating from July 1, 1879, 494,987 qr. sks.; from July 1, 1878,
603,911 qr. sks.
Our combined exports for the two past seasons stand thus: Flour,
1879, 125,795 bbls.; 1878, 151,538 bbls. Wheat, 1879, 3,799,136 ctls.;
1878, 4,157,980 ctls. There yet remains a large quantity of Wheat ex-
posed to the elements, unprotected along the river banks, that is being
hurried to market as fast as vessels and the low state of the water will
permit. There is also an unusually large stock of Wheat and Barley
stored in warehouses, in Stockton and other interior towns, that is
covered by cash advances and held on storage for the season, and will not
be immediately placed upon the market. Nevertheless, there seems to
be a general willingness, upon the part of farmers and large holders, to
follow the market, rising as it is, both here and in Liverpool — quite satis-
fied in obtaining the present rate of $1 90@$2 ^? ctl. for their Wheat.
Quite a mistaken notion prevails, on 'Change and elsewhere, as to
the profitable results to our own shippers of the late rise in Wheat and
freights. The fact is that John Bull, as usual, got the lion's share. The
" bloody Britishers" are 'cute in their management of their granaries —
they keep down home prices until the latest possible moment, and get
large shipments of Breadstuff's afloat, and en route to the United King-
dom, and then, at a favorable moment, step in and buy every grain cargo
loading or on passage, that they can get hold of, and, when this is
secured, buying long, as it is called; then the ball soon becomes inflated,
and up she goes. This is an old trick of London and Liverpool mer-
chants, and has been so ever sence we were first made to feel its bitter-
ness, as long ago as 1846 and 1847. In September, Wheat, with us, was
$1 85. and freights £2 5s.@£2 103. But, early in October, a change be-
came visible, and many Wheat cargoes were sold short by some of our
largest shipping houses, at 46s. 6d. — 47s.@47s. 6d. At these figures many
purchases were made in England by cablegram; and, when secured, En-
glish prices soon rose to 50@52s. 6d., freights to 60s., and then some of
these shrewd sellers were obliged to enter the home market at $1 90@
$1 95 for Wheat, and pay 60s. freight therefor, and at this date Wheat is
$2 #? ctl., and freights 65@70s., while to-day's Liverpool quotation is 55s.
$ quarter. At the present Spot price of 2c. for Wheat, and 65@70s.
freight, shippers do not seem inclined to act rashly over any new engage-
ments, _ but prefer to await further developments, or, it may be,
concessions.
Barley. — Prices rule low for ally kinds, there being very little demand
■for export, although there is some going East overland. The present spot
price for Feed is 70@75c $ ctl ; Brewing, 80@85c. Chevalier is scarce,
and the price nominal. This season's exports by sea 315,000 ctls, against
same time last year of 212,000 ctls. Shippments East by rail not yet
compiled.
Corn. — The supply of old is yet large, and the new crop now coming
in. Demand light. Price, 80@90c $ ctl.
Rye. — It is said that some 750 tons have been bought lately for export
to France. Since then the price has been advanced to $1@1 25 I? ctl.
Oats.— Receipts from the North are liberal. Market dull at §1@1 37k
tf ctl
Beans. —Stocks of old Colored are large, but Whites are more called
for than those of Bayos, Pintes or Reds. It is said that none but White
are consumed in Great Britain.
Hops. — The receipts from the north are more free, and prices steady at
28@32c, with no great movement.
Wool. — The demand is active and prices are decidedly higher. Large
purchases for Eastern account are reported, including a large line of Ore-
gon Valley. Prices of California rule from 12* to 20c ; Oregon Valley,
25 to 32c. " ' "
Hides. —Dry Hides are in active request at 18c for selections.
Tallow is dull of sale at 5@5£c fur Crude ; Refined, 7@7£c.
Leather.— Stocks are very light, and tanners now have the whip hand
and are getting good prices.
Butter and Cheese. -Fresh Roll Table is scarce at32£@37£. Point
Reyes 38©40c for gilt-edged. Cheese has risen to 10@15c for fair to good
dairies.
Honey.— This season's crop a failure. Stock light. We quote Strained
9@10c ; White Comb, 12£@15c # lb.
Bags and Bagging.— The combination price is 12c and holders firm, as
advices received from Calcutta are such that high drices of Burlap goods,
Jute Gunnies, etc., all promise to rule high for the year to come. Those
of our merchants who ordered Bags in Calcutta early, for next year's
trade, have a good prospect before them.
Candles.— We note sales of 5,000 boxes Rope's Improved, 11 and 14
ounces, private. Quotable at 10c(&14a
Case Goods.— Apricots and other canned fruits are all the turn dearer.
Salmon is also held with more firmness— 1-lb tins, $1 10@$1 124 from
Columbia River standards.
Coffee.— The market continues strong at 16Jc@17£c for Costa Rica.
16c@17c for Guatemala, 15@15£c for Rio.
Coal. — Cumberland is said to be higher, but all other kinds remain as
long quoted. The British Columbia and Coast supply is quite sufficient
to keep prices of Sydney and other kinds in check.
Chemicals — Are more called for, out of sympathy for all other
goods.
Cement. — The demand is light, and low prices continue to rule.
Fish. — Pacific Cod are plentiful. This season's catch, 1,144,000, which
is rather more than last year. Prices rule low.
French. Goods. — The market is sluggish for all kinds. Prices nom-
inal.
Hardware. — The market is excited, booming, and prices hard to quote.
The advance very considerable.
Malt Liquors. — We have nothing encouraging to say to Scotch or
English maiters. Their Ales and Porters are now measurably supplanted
by the home Pacific product.
Oils.— Kerosene is the turn dearer, with sales of 3,000 cases Pratt's
Oleophene ; present rate, 17c ; Astral, high teat, in cases, 25c.
Provisions.— The market for Bacon, Hams and Lard is quite active,
at hardening prices.
Quicksilver.— Last week we noted sales at 34@34£c, but later sales
were made at 35c, and on Monday last 500 flasks sold at 36e. On the 9th-
inst. London quotation was £6, and on the 10th £6 5s., and on the 14th
inst. £7 per bottle was given as the London price, with sales here at 39@
40c. Some of our largest producers have sold short, not believing in the
permanency of this rise without an export demand from Hongkong. The
stock in China is said to be very large, and at present there is no demand
from that quarter. Recent purchases are said to be for New York ac-
count. As our people are not fully posted as yet as to the immediate
cause of this sudden and unexpected rise oflnearly 10c. per pound, and,
being temporarily out of stock, they now refuse to sell under 42£@45c. It
is said that the Bonanza mines are carrying a heavy stock, and are not
buyers.
Rice.— The market for China is dull at 4fc@5£c, with a big stock.
Hawaiian Table is in light supply at 6£c@6£c.
Sugar.— We note a sale of 1,000 bags Hawaiian at 7£c@8£c. White
and Yellow refined remain unchanged at 10^c@8|c as extremes.
Salt. — We have no sales to record.
Tobacco. — The market is strong, but jobbers aa yet make no change
in their rates.
Teas. — The market is strong for Japan, at very full auction rates.
Wines.- We have exported by sea since January 1st, 1,600,000 gallons
and 2,100 cases ; same time last year, 1,400,000 gallons and 2,700 cases.
These figures do not include overland shipments. Native Wines of all
kinds are steadily growing in public favor.
Metals.— Pig Iron, Tin Plate, Sydney Tin, Pig Lead, Copper, Zinc,
etc., are all higher, the advanced rates very considerable, and every day's
quotations so varied that it is difficult to give correct figures. It looks to
us as though the trade would boom over and collapse suddenly.
FOR PORTLAND AND ASTORIA, OREGON.
The Oregon Steamship Company and Pacific Coast Steam-
ship Compaq- will dispatch every five days, for the above ports, one of their
new Al Iron Steamships, viz.: OREGON, GEORGE VV. ELDER, and STATE OP
CALIFORNIA.
Sailing: Days
Oct. 4, 9, 14, 19, 24, and 29. | Nov. 3, 8, 13, 18,23, and 28.
At 10 o'clock A.. HI.
Connecting at Portland, Oregon, with Steamers and Railroads and their connecting
Stage Lines for ail points in Oregon, Washington and Idaho Territories, British
Columbia and Alaska.
K. VAN OTERENDORP, Agent O. S. S. Co.,
No 210 Battery street, San Francisco.
G-OODALL, PERKINS & CO., Agents P. C. S. S Co.,
Oct 4. No. 10 Market street, San Fraucisco.
CUNARD LINE.
British and North American Royal Mail Steamships be-
tween NEW YORK and LIVERPOOL, calling atQUliENSTOWN, sailing from
New York EVERY WEDNESDAY.
ABYSSINIA Nov. 5
BOTHNIA Nov. 12
GALLIA Oct. 15.. Nov. 19
ALGERIA Oct. 22
SCYTHIA Oct 29
Passage can be secured and all information given on application to
WILLIAMS, BLANOHARD & CO.,
Oct. 11. 218 California St.
PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
Steamers ol" this Company will sail from Broadway Wharf
for PORTLAND, Oregon), every 5 days, direct, and for LOS ANGELES, SANTA
BARBARA, SANTA CRUZ, SAN DIEGO, SAN LUIS OBISPO and other NORTH-
ERN and SOUTHERN COAST PORTS, leaving- SAN FRANCISCO about every
third day.
For Day and Hour of Sailing-, see the Company's Advertisement in the San Fran-
cisco Daily Papers.
Ticket Office, Mo. 314 Montgomery Street, near Fine.
GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Agents,
March 15. No. 10 Market street.
"OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP CO.,
For Japan and China, leave wharf, corner First and .Bran-
nan streets, at noon, for YOKOHAMA AND HONGKONG, connecting at
Yokohama with Steamers for Shanghai.
GAELIC August 23d, December 6th, February 28th.
BELGIC October 25th, January 17th, April 10th.
For Freight, apply to GEORGE H. RICE, Freight Agent, at the Pacific Mail Steam-
ship Company s Wharf, or No. 218 California street.
T. H. GOODMAN, General Passenger Agent.
LELAND STANFORD, President. Sept. 20.
$25to$5000|s
fl Judiciously Invested In
1 Wall SMays the. fuunda-
Btllin fur fi'i'fuiii'8 every
■week, and pnyBlminenHQ profits t'y the- Nt-w Capitalization
System of operating In Stocks. Full explanation on applica-
tion to Adams, Hudw.1 h Co,, Bankers, 23 Broad St. , N. Y.
An elegant assortment of Gold Watches and Chains at Randolph &
Co.'b, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
Oct. 18, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
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THIS NEW MINE.
The machinery at the m working shaft of this mine is r.l«>nt being
overhauled alol put in onler. raady t" raamiM sinking at an e:trly date.
The shaft is alrea.U HO feet deep, well Umbered throughout, ami the ma-
rhinery is ol ample Btpacitj f"r i-inkiin.- 1.000 feet deeper. This shaft is
i.e. alol is OH a .lir.et line between the 0. A 0. and
Sierra Nerada shafts, therefore is rare t" tntamct valnable ground and
jiarti- ipate in the rich bonanza developments now being made in Union
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The Golden Gate location is of special interest and importance at this
time, as it adjoins the California on the north and extends to the south
line of the Sierra Nevada, across the eastern portion of the Ophir, Mex-
ican and Union mines. The ground is of great interest and value, and
becoming daily more so, the more especially as its title is one of the old-
est, and made perfect and secure by United States patent. Good ore was
found in streaks and bunches in the former workings of the mine, but too
near the surface for any large concentration. This shaft, however, will
develop it at a proper depth and eventually place it on a par with its aris-
tocratic neighbors. — Gold Hill News, October 13th.
CUMBERLAND MINI!.
Captain Hanlon Pronounces Shaft No. 2 as Rich as Shaft No. 1.
In fact, the Finest Looking Body of Ore He has Ever Seen.
Captain Daniel Hanlon, the new Superintendent of the Cumberland
Mine, in his letter of last week, confirmed all the glowiug accounts made
by previous Superintendents relating to this wonderfully-rich and exten-
sive bonanza of Arizona. We gladly published extracts from the same, as
it fully corroborated private information of a very positive character which
we had long possessed. The Cumberland Mine has three shafts in ore.
Captain Hanlon's report last week was upon Shaft No. 1. This week he
alludes to Shaft No. 2, and unequivocally pronounces it the finest looking
ore body he has ever seen. Every preparation at the mine is being made
to receive the 10-stamp mill, which, it is expected, will be shipped from
here in November. This will place the Cumberland property, in a very
short time, on a bullion-producing and dividend-paying basis.
The officers of this company have struggled hard against many adverse
circumstances to bring the mine to this condition, and deserve all the
credit that can be bestowed upon them. With all the developments to
date, there has been no assessment upon the stockholders, and none will
be necessary, from the present outlook.
Captain Hanlon writes: "The Cumberland Mine is a perfect ledge,
unbroken at any point on the mine, and in this particular stands une-
qualed by comparison with any other mine in Arizona. The ore is twice
as rich as that of the famous Vulture Mine, and promises to be more
extensive."
The Vulture is twenty-five miles from the Cumberland, and supposed
to be a chimney of ore from the great Cumberland lode. It has been a
dividend-paying property for over twenty-eight years. It has given up
millions of dollars in the past, and is still being worked successfully in a
quiet way. Yet we see how much greater are the prospects of the Cum-
berland, situated, as it is, on the true mother lode. Next to it is the
Martinez mine, with very rich ore in its shaft; also, the Gnome mine,
which will be worked next Spring. We also hear of_ two more discoveries
on the same lode, so that when the Cumberland mill gets fully to work,
crushing ore, a very lively time can be anticipated in the neighborhood of
Cumberland City. In our judgment, it was very wise on the part of the
company not to place the Cumberland mine on the stock-boards until the
time of paying dividends arrives. Then the stock will certainly rise to
its true value, depending entirely upon the number of dollars paid as a
monthly dividend upon each share of stock. The President, at the Com-
pany's office, 417 California street, furnishes willingly all information re-
garding the mine.
October 1st, 1879.
F. E. Luty, Esq., Secretary: The Boston Con. and Last Chance
joint shaft has been sunk and heavily timbered to the depth of 110 feet.
The shaft is being continued down at an angle of sixty-one degrees, as
originally started. The better and richer portion of the ledge has dipped
east ou*" of the shaft, but we still have two feet of quartz in sight, most
of which is fine milling ore. The ground is soft and the work is progress-
ing satisfactorily. Yours truly, J. G. McCLINTON, Supt.
J. M. Litchfield & Co,, 415 Montgomery street, are well knowu as
the artists who never fail to turn out the finest clothing in the city. Their
fitter is the best on the coast, and the old, long-established character of
the house is maintained in all their work.
St. John's Presbyterian Church, Post street, between Mason and
Taylor. Rev. Dr. Scott, Pastor, will preach Sunday morning at 11
o'clock; also at 7k P. m. Sunday School and Bible Classes at 9$ a. m.
Prayer and Praise Service at 6i P. M.
AUTHORS' nATtiyrTTTAT. i
MECHANICS' PAVILION,
— beginning—
thursday evening, oct'b s3.
9 evenings 9 2 matinees 2
BEIXG A. SEMES OF
Individual Characterizations. Groupings, Dramatic Sketches,
Tableaux Vivant in the Booths and Grand Tableaux
upon the Grand Stage, rendered by
600 LADIES 600
400 GENTLEMEN 100
30O MASTERS AND MISSES 300
(In Costume, from the following Authors).
DICKENS, SCOTT, JVLEN VERNE,
WHITTIER, LONGFELLOW, TENNYSON,
ARABIAN NIGHTS, MOORE,
WALTER CROYNE, SHAKESPEARE
BULWER, IRVING,
CERVANTES,
GOETHE,
SALA.
BRET HARTE,
Embracing the following literary aud characteristic Booths, built by John Torrence
and a large force of assistants. Effects and Gardens by JOHN SHERMAN, J.
BEGGS and assistants, and the Decorations by an extensive corps of artists, under
the direction of Jules Taveruiei^
Old Curiosity Shop, Jarley Wax Works and Pickwick vs. Bardell,
Don Quixote, Bulwer, Hiawatha, Keramos, Evangeline, Holy-
rood Castle, Castle of Shalott, The Alhambra, Knickerbocker,
Aladdin's Palace, Bottom of the Sea, mining Camp, Japanese,
Mad. Recamier, Eoyal Land of Funny Infants, Bon Bon, Mis-
tress Mary Quite Contrary, Trianon, Goethe and Schiller, The
Snow-Bound Cottage, Lalla Bookh, Egyptian, Shakespeare,
Swiss Cottage, Temple of Flora, Italy— Old and New.
"Herald" Booth — Executive Committee Headquarters.
The net proceeds divided equally among the following Benevolent Institutions :
Young Women's Christian Association,
Ladies' Protective and Relief Society,
S. F. Female Hospital,
Infants' Shelter,
Old Ladies' Home,
Pacific Dispensary.
OFFICERS OF THE AUTHOR'S CARNIVAL.
IRVING M.SCOTT President.
CHARLES CROCKER Treasurer.
MRS. P.D.BROWNE Corresponding Secretary.
MRS. A. G. SOULE Recording Secretary.
MRS. M. E. KEENEY...' First Vice-President.
MRS. GEORGE BARSTOW Second Vice-President.
MRS. H. M. HEOHT Third Vice-President.
MRS. JOSEPH S. SPEAR Fourth Vice-President.
MRS. MONTGOMERY GODLEY Fifth Vice-President.
MRS. IRVING M. SCOTT Sixth Vice-President.
Business manager CHAS. E. LOCKE.
PRICES OF ADMISSION.
Season Tickets, Admitting Nine Evenings $3.
Season Tickets may now be obtained at the following music stores : Gray's, Sher-
man & Hyde's, and Kobler & Chase's. Also from the Ladies of the above six socie-
ties aud those who are generously assisting them.
Single Admission 50 Cents.
Children 25 Cents.
jGEff- The Pavilion doors will be opened to the public THURSDAY EVENING at
Grand Procession of the 1,300 characters at S.
■ Programmes of the evening reserved for iuture announcement.
Military Band aud Orchestra in Attendance.
[October IS. ]
6:45.
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Oct. 18, 1879.
BOOK NOTICE.
Hoondyne- A Story from the Under-World. By John Boyle O'Reilly. Boston:
Roberts Brothers. 1879.
Apart from the thrilling incidents of a novel, this book has meritsof
its own. It treats with prison discipline, as carried out in the convict
settlement at Freemantle, Western Australia, under the old regime, when
the prisoner was treated as simply a beast, and under the new, when the
idea of his humanity was admitted ; that some among convicts are capa-
ble of reformation ; that among the number are many who never really
belonged to the criminal class, and a few who are suffering for the crimes
of others. Belonging to the two last classes, for example, were the Irish
gentlemen who were concerned in the " Manchester riots," most of whom,
it will be remembered, were rescued a few years ago by an American
captain.
There are harrowing details of the four months voyage in a transport-
ship— fire and fever and nameless wickedness making a hell afloat! Yet,
rough as are the details, they are only too truthful ; while the horrors of
convict life, as depicted, fall far short of what the writer knows about
them at Hobart Town (Tasmania) and Norfolk Island.
For the rest the story has within its 315 pases more real pathos and less
mawkish sentiment than is customarily met with in works of this kind,
while some of the facts on which it is built were related to the writer
by the aged nun, now, if living still, at the convent of the Sisters
of Mercy, in Melbourne. Where the scenery of the country is the au-
thor's theme, it is treated with a master's hand, familiar by long acquaint-
ance with its outlines, lights and shadows. Of course, the story of the
gold mine is wild romance. Gold has not been found in the country.
The heroes of the story are three young gentlemen, and the heroine a
simple, pure Lancashire Lass, who has been ruined by a bigamist sailor,
whose real wife murders the infant of the second, and escapes detection,
while the mother is convicted and sentenced for life for the murder ; and
when we meet with her she has been in Milbauk Jail already five
years. Attached to the staff of the Prison is a " Scripture-reader," one
of those nondescript ministers, neither exactly cleric nor lay. This
worthy had passed by the door of " Number Four," our heroine, though he
knew she was a Protestant, for those five long years without once calling in
to pray with her, till on one of his visits to the prison he noticed the
white head-dress of a nun in the cell ; and then his zeal blazed forth.
Here is a full-length portrait of him, and a good sample of the author's
descriptive powers:
" Sister Cecelia had a great many prayers to say every day, and she
made a rule of saying the whole of them in Alice's cell. The change in
Alice's life became known to all the officials in the prison, and a general
interest was awakened in the visits of the good Sister to her cell. From
the governor down to the lowest female warder, the incident was a source
of pleasure and a subject of every-day comment. But there was one offi-
cial who beheld all this with displeasure and daily increasing distrust.
This was Mr. Haggett, the Scripture-reader of the prison. Into the
hands of Mr. Haggett had been given the spiritual welfare of all the con-
victs in Millbank, of every creed — Christian, Turk and Jew. It was a
heavy responsibility ; but Mr. Hagget felt himself equal to the task. It
would be wrong- to lay blame for the choice of such a teacher on any par-
ticular creed. He had been selected and appointed by Sir Joshua Hobb,
whose special views of religious influence he was to carry out. Mr. Hag-
gett was a tall man, with a highly respectable air. He had side- whiskers,
brushed outward till they stood from his lank cheeks like paint-brushes ;
and he wore a long square-cut brown coat. He had an air of formal su-
periority. His voice was cavernous and sonorous. If he only said "Good-
morning," he said it with a patronizing smile, as if conscious of a superior
moral nature, and his voice sounded solemnly deep. One would have
known him in the street as a man of immense religious weight and godly
assumption, by the very compression of his lips. Th^se were his strong
features, even more forcible than the rigid respectability of his whiskers,
or the grave sanctity of his voice. His lips were not exactly coarse or
thick ; they were large, even to bagginess. His mouth was wide, and his
teeth were long ; but there was enough lip to cover up the whole, and
still more— enough left to fold afterward into consciously pious lines around
the mouth. When Mr. Haggett was praying he closed his eyes, and in a
solemnly-sonorous key began a personal interview with the Almighty.
While he was informing God, with many deep " Thou knowests," his lips
were in full play ; every reef was shaken out, so to speak. But when Mr.
Haggett was instructing a prisoner, he moved only the slightest portion
of labial tissue that could serve to impress the unfortunate with his own
unworthiness and Mr. Haggett's exalted virtue and importance."
INFLATION IN NEW YORK.
The gradual advance of Wall-street stock since last May is ominous
of future disaster. Since the memorable Black Friday, many years ago,
nothing like the present excitement has been approached, and when the
reaction sets in it must be violent indeed. It is true that the grain ex-
ports and treasure imports, at New York, certainly justify a healthy
merchandise and stock market, but it must also be remembered that the
" watering" process has so often been indulged in that capital stocks no
longer represent intrinsic values; and when, taking advantage of a busi-
ness revival, the manipulators concoct a boom, in which they are aided
and abetted by the metropolitan press, and all the agencies that money
and unlimited influence can command, it is onlv a question of time when
the poor silly moths, who are eddying round the candle of inflation, will
be either destroyed or crippled for life. In order to support this wicked
deal, Vanderbilt, Scott and Gould have lately agreed upon an advance of
from 5 to 20 per cent, in railroad freights, so that an apparent increase of
earnings may bolster up the deal. In other words, the producers of the
West are compelled to furnish the means whereby the people of the East
are to be deluded, ciuched and impoverished. The lesson of Black Fri-
day is forgotten until a new crop of victims shall pay as dearly for their
experience as dupes and fools must ever expect. With real values this
sheet never fights, but with fraudulent figures it ever will. Now, it is a
known fact that, with most of the Granger and southwestern railways,
flimsy construction was the rule, and even then many of them went to
the mortgagees. Their tracks and rolling-stock will require large outlays
within the next twelvemonth— made mure costly by the large advance in
iron and steel. Moreover, the chances all favor a good average European
crop in 1880, so that with an increase of expenses there will in all proba-
bility be a diminution in receipts. Of course, all is now couleur de rose,
and every little wildcat that has been watered and inflated to the utmost
has its liars and cappers on the street and on the press, talking knowingly
of stock and " regular" dividends. We have heard that sort of gabble here,
but the dividends were usually "Irish," and the " stock divs." such that
the more one receives the poorer he became, unless he made a fire of
them. In our mind's eye, we see those unwise men of Gotham drifting in
the tub of inflation toward the Hell Gate of Panic and Ruin. It is to be
regretted that the legitimate business interests of the country must peri-
odically suffer from these stock leeches. Just whenever a good solid time
appears to be upon us, these gentlemen of Wall street get together and
hatch plots whereby the public orange is to be sucked when it is ripe.
Whatever use there may be in predicting these facts, there is none in
moralizing over them. Human nature is naturally grasping — yea, hog-
gish— and there is not one of the masses, who condemns manipulation,
who wouldn't do it himself had he a chance. And finally, considering
the large amount of California capital represented on that wicked Wall
street — we trust our friends will come out at the top of the heap and
bring their winnings back to 'Frisco. If otherwise, otherwise; but the
greatest sense is in keeping our money invested at home, so that it may
permanently increase the wealth of the State, and not be subject to fine
and imprisonment in Gotham.
Geo. C. Hickox.
GEORGE C. HICKOX & CO.,
E. C. McFarlane.
J. A.
Clommission Stock Brokers (San Francisco Stock Ex-
/ change, No. 230 Montgomery street, San Francisco. May 4.
RUDKIN,
Member S. F. Stock anil Exchange Board, 423 California
street. STOCKS Bought and Sold on Commission. Liberal Advances
made n Active Accounts. Oct. 26.
E. E. Etsb-I Members S. F. Stock and Exchange Board. [J. H. Jokes.
EYRE & JONES,
Stock Brokers,
320 PINE STREET. SAH FRANCISCO. [Sept. 27.
ANDREW BAIRD,
Negotiator of Loans and Commercial Paper,
Broker in )LocaI and State Securities,
No. 312 California Street San Francisco.
[JP. Q. Sox 1,208.] July 19.
D. Y, B. Heuarie. Edward Martin.
E. MARTIN & CO.,
Importers and "Wholesale Sealers in Wines and Liquors.
Proprietors of Miller's Extra Old Bourbon and J. F. Cut-
ter Extra Old Bourbon and Rye Whiskies.
April 5. 408 Front Street, San Francisco.
H1BERNIA BREWERY,
Howard Street. Between Eighth and Ninth.
Dec. 7.] M. NTTNAJf, Proprietor.
TABER, MARKER & CO.,
IMPORTERS AJTB WJKOLESJLLE GROCERS,
10$ ami 110 California St., S. I".
[April 19,]
Henry B , Williams.
WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD
SHIPPING A.vn commssiON
No. 213 California st„
Henry B. 'Williams.
& CO.,
MERCHANTS,
S. F. [July 27.
Newton Booth, C. T. Wheeler, Sacramento. I J. T. Glover. W W. Dodge, S. F
w
W. W. DODGE & CO.
holesale Grocers, corner Front and Clay streets, San
Francisco. April 1.
Geo. H, Bryant,
J. M. ffeYille. REMOVAL.
BAGS, TENTS AND HOSE.
NEVILLE & CO.,
Xo.'h 31 and 33 California Street, S. E. corner of Davis,
San Francisco. (Aug. 2.
CASTLE BROTHERS,
ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAR 1850.
Importers of Teas and East India Goods, Ncs.213 and 315
Front street, San Francisco. Jan. 13.
L.H.Newton. NEWTON BROTHERS & CO., M. Newton.
Importers and wholesale dealers in Teas, Foreign Goods and
Groceries, 204 and 206 California street, San Francisco, Cal May 25.
INSTRUCTION FOR MIDWIFERY.
Tbe undersigned will begin October 1st, 187!), a conrse of
instruction for females in midwifery. Instruction will be in accordance with
the plan prescribed by the Prussian Governmeut, and be both didactie and clinical.
Certificates of character required. C. F. A. NICHELL, M D.,
Sept. 20. 706 Post street.
WM. F. SMITH, M.D.,
Oculist and Aurist, 313 Bush Street.
Aug-. 16.] Office Hours, from 12 M. to 3 P.M.
UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN PATENT OFFICES.
CW. M. SmitBi, Conuselor and Advocate in Patent Cases,
* 429 Montgomery street, Sau Francisco. Established 1862. Specialty : Patents,
Trade-Marks, Patent-Law. Sept. 20.
"CALIFORNIA SUGAR REFINERY,
Manufacturers of the Standard Syrup, a superior article
put up in barrels expressly for home consumption. Also, Extra Heavy Syrup
in barrels for Export. Refined Sugars at lowest market rates. Office, 215 Front
street, up stairs Dec. 21.
18, 1879.
CALIFORNIA APVKUT1SEK.
15
JACK. THE BLACKFELIiOW.
SUnd mit you faecal ! Lot roe Uke
Your ineiwurv from the ton to toe,
Including tint old "wide :»wnko '
Wl.uh tiin.' utd y.'u have battered sol
YourV hanlly haadeotn*, nii.1 your rift
Wool lit a fancy bail ;
In fact you km a shabby "nig"
Without .i s.i\in_' |x >int at all.
You *T*»'rt, I *?*>, a swallow tail
That once tu black, that now is brown.
Your pie bald pants an mMwhftt stale —
Your legs are naked halfway down.
From Fa&bion^ wiles you keen aloof;
And hence it happena that you wear
A blucher on your dexter lioof.
Through which the five toes boldly stare.
It doesn't match the patent boot
That decorates your larboard heel ;
And yet it's plain, 0 man of soot,
A tiptop gentleman you feel.
" Mt gib it bacca .'" O, no, no —
That little method will not do :
Twas played out, neighbor, long ago —
I am too old a bird for you.
Where do you live ? and tell me how ?
\"ou needu't answer bread and beef
That we must earn by sweat of brow,
And yours by begging, mighty chief !
Much dearer than a dozen whites
Are three of you at any toil :
You'd eat a loaf iu seven bites —
You would not earn a pint of oil !
Perhaps you're right — at all events
You're fat enough, and pretty strong ;
And, what with theft and cadging pence,
You somehow seem to "rub along."
A small addition to your legs,
My neighbor, in the shape of calf,
Would make them less like spindle pegs ;
They are too portable by half.
I've had my say about the bad
Condition of your face and toes j
And therefore I will merely add
You've not an Apollonian nose.
Indeed, it strikes me by degrees,
You're scarcely one that would inspire
The soul of — say, Praxiteles,
With any extra burst of fire.
Now let us part ! The glow-worm's lamp
Begins to shine —your comrades call:
Here, take this 'possum to the camp.
And roast it, Jackey, skin and all.
— Henry Kendall, in Sydney Mail.
LONDON CORRESPONDENTS.
The daily papers of this city, and, indeed, of most other American
cities, are very fond of "Letters from London," which they generally
print in their Sunday issues under enormous headings and over signatures
scarcely less ostentatiously displayed. The object of these "screeds," as
their authors love to call them, is, apparently, to decry everything En-
glish, and to tickle the great American heart by comparing the manners,
morals and institutions of the old country with those of the United
States — the comparison, of course, being all in favor of the latter. The
statements made by these correspondents are so puerile, prejudiced and
untruthful that none but the utterly untraveled and ignorant would actu-
ally believe them ; but a great many who read these precious epistles are
untraveled and ignorant, and, besides that, the average American seems
to find a positive pleasure in hearing his betters maligned ; so that
between these two classes the " London Letter " is quite a popular feature
of a really "live paper." A San Francisco journal, which lays especial
claim to this title, has for years been noticeably addicted to publishing
this sort of trash. Its letters written — or said to be written — in London
by a person who signs herself "Eve's Granddaughter," and pretends to
be an English woman while she befouls her own nest, we have had occasion
to mention before. What she does not steal bodily from two weeklies,
called Truth and The World, she seems to pick out of Reynold's — a vile
sheet, devoted to the abuse of the English Government and aristocracy.
In the same local journal, Charles Warren Stoddard driveled for several
successive weeks, some time ago, about the evils of the monarchical
system, the foibles of the British nobility, and the corruption of London
society. And now, still in the same paper, one Prentice Mulford (whose
chief claim to distinction, we believe, lies in the fact that he used to begin
his first name with two p's) comes to the front with what he is pleased to
call a criticism of the English people. He saw, or says he saw, some
clown poke a servant girl in the back with his umbrella to draw her
attention to a remark made by him. Hence, he infers that this is the
ordinary way in which English gentlemen accost the other sex, and
consequently English people are impolite. This fact established, he
proceeds to show that the English are by nature immoral, by pointing to
what is certainly an indisputable truth, namely, that young ladies, while
"sparking," are not allowed to sit on their lover's laps in the drawing-
room till midnight, after the parents have gone to bed, as is the custom in
this free and glorious Republic. With such stuff as this our "critic"
manages to fill nearly two printed columns.
And yet, after all. what can one expect from a pig but a grunt ? A
man cannot write intelligently about a country and a people of which he
knows nothing ; and this is the predicament of most of these so-called
correspondents. When they write about the aristocracy, or even the
upper middle-class, they pretend to give information about a society to
which they are not admitted. They could describe fairyland as easily, and
with a smaller tax on their imagination.
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
Recorded In the City and County of San Francisco, California, for
the Week ending October 14th.
OompUfdJrom the ftcc»rd*qfth4 Commercial A ffrncy, 401 Oatjfbrnia St., S.F.
Wednesday. Oet. 8th.
OKANTOK ANO ORANTKE.
A Borel to Jno Gawno
Ellen Dougherty to J Kennedy
Jno Bays toGWL Post
Same to same
Same to Chris Dunkcr
Jno Bays to same , [ ..
Tim L Barker to J P Verges ct al.
Jno Bcnsley to Wm H Taylor
Max Morgenthan lo .(no renter . .
Jno Center to Saloman Rolh
Danl Giovannini to M Lordan ....
E W Burr to Frank Barnard
Odd Fells Sav Bk to S Mosgrove..
Robt McElroy to Same
A Himmelmann to C B Elliot
M Reese by Exrs to C O'Connor..
Peter G Peltret to Patk Noonan ..
Wm Hollla to Jno Cowie and wf ,
J U Cummings to S F Savs Union.
DEPCItirTION.
K Jones, fO 9 ChcMnnt, 100x137:6
Sw Cl'nton. 100 nw Brannon, •*fix80...
W Fillmore, 77:6 s Pine, 25x81:8
Same
Bush and Pierce, 55x100
Same
Lots 3, 8, 6, bite 74 Excelsior Hd
Sundry lote throughout city
ISeSUtand Columbia, s 260x100
E Harrison. 104 a 20th, s 26x100
N Army, 187:5 w Church, w 27x114
All of 60 v 8. in Western Addition
S 19th, 155 w Church, w 50x228
S 10th, 205 w Church, w 50x115 ,
i Sundry lots in Western Addition
Sundry lots in different parts of city...
W Alabama, 125 » 26th, s 25x100
X 18th, 100 e M1»son,e35, n 113, etc...
E Howard, 120 c 23d, n 120, e 50:0, etc..
V
000
00
1
!,500
),950
1
750
1,450
5
875
1,000
5
1,5(10
1,500
1,837
'450
J.450
1,000
Thursday, Oct. 9th.
Emma A Dyraot to John Lynan . .
Peter Cassou to Jacques Sarthon
J Sarthou to J P Cassou
Kate O'Brien to Elizth O'Brien ..
J D Walker to H E Hempel
Harry W Taylor to Wm Nicol. ..
Kate Dean to J De La Montanya .
Jno Hunt Jr to Cutting Packing Co
B T Norton to Susan H Whitin"..
W X Smith to J M French etal.
Lloyd Tevis etal to M Finnigan..
S H Little to J Gutberlct
Henry Mel to Robt McElroy..
Thos J Purdon to B H Daily..
N Valley, 155 c Noe, e 25x114
Lots 1 to 8, blk 15, University Ex H'd .
Und^Same
Ne Dora, 105 nw Harrison, nw 25x75 . .
E Broderlck, 27:7# s Washn, 27:6x110.
W Michigan. 125 n Sierra, n 25, etc
W Folsom, 100 ne 13th, w 138, etc
B& W lot No 614
E Guerrero, 200 n 13th, 25x80
Sundry lots in South San Francisco; al
so sundry lot b Tide Lands
W 2d Ave, 125 S Pt Lobos Avenue, 25 x
120; OL 281
E Stockton, 87:6 n Greenwich, 25x97:6
50-V499
W Larkin, 160 n Geary, 30x80
W Dale, U7:6 s Tyler, s 20x60-50-vara
1245 ; also lot in Oakland
S Bush, 110 e Gough, 26x120
Geo L Bradley to Sopbv A Ferris. _ .
Jno Porter to Mary C Nolan Lots 28, 24, 25, blk 57 City LandAnn
Frank C Havens to J W Allyne
La Soc Francaise to same
City R R Co to R B Woodward. ,
Nw Pine and Hyde, 117:11x137:6, being
in 50 vl318
Same
Elstave, 95 s 14th, s 60x84
$ 400
1,700
1
Gift
1,250
1,200
14,617
350
Gift
1,803
375
3,000
7,000
250
3,200
10
5
21,250
3,000
Friday, Oct 10th.
L Tevis et al to Chas H Revnolds.
C U Reynolds to Geary St R R Co
Monroe Greenwood to M Glazier..
Same to same
Jno B Lewis to Savings & Lu Soc.
Savs & Ln Soc to Marct A Dunn .
N C Wbyte to Reuben E Raimond
C J Robinson to Rnbt Robinson..
D A de Laveaga to Andrew Burke.
A Williamson to J J McDonnell..
W 1st ave 100 n Pt Lobos, 50x120 O L..
Same
W Maple, 143:7 h Washington, n 49:9 x
117:9, being in W A blk 843
Same
W Hampshire, 182 s 23d, 52x100, being
inMB149
Same
Sw Beale, 137:6 Be Folsom, se 25, etc to
place of beginning
Und yi n Pine, 150:9 w Kearny, 20x43..
S Hight, 106:3 eSteiner, 55x120
W cor 7th and Folsom, 85x80, subject to
mortgage of $10,000.
$1,000
1,000
55
5
100
3,500
1,200
Saturday, Oct. 11th.
Marie Peyroutet to Jaqnes Menu.
Daniel Rogers to Abel T Winn...
J C Duncan to Thos W Kelly....
Julius Jacobs to H E Mathews...
S F Savings Union to AZelm...
Jno E Purdy to City and Co S F .
R J Tiffany to same
La Societe Francaise to same ....
Louis Marks to same
Chas F Brown to Wm B Swain . .
Lot 200 West End Homestead
Sw Haight and Fillmore, 72x56:3, being
in W A372
Lot 7 blk 344 O'Neil and Hal-jy tract. . . .
E Central ave, 162:6 n Sutter, 27:210:8 . .
E Howard, 75 s 15th, 35x65— M B33....
E Valencia, 267:2 n Mission, 35:2
Nw Mission and Valencia, n 278:3
E Valencia. 22:!) n and 11:11 w from nw
line of Mission street, etc
E Valencia, 163:7 n Mission, 27:7
W 37th ave, 100 s of C street, s 100x240;
O L417 ,
$ 20
3,100
567
1,200
2,450
712
5,285
2,924
Monday, Oct 13th-
Daniel Cavanaugb to BCavanangh
J M Comerford to Chas F Doe....
Same to same
Jos Rowel! lo Sarah M Fellows .
C A Low to Chas W Fox .
Daniel E Marlin to Jane L Case . .
Michael Jordan to Anna H Jordan
M Reese to Robt Burton ,
W S Ladd et al to Sarah F Hiller..
New S S F H'd Assn to M L Brad!
T Crowley to Johanna Sweet
Jno F Bfxbee to Jane McMullen..
W Beale, 49:6 n Folsom, n 22x75— B &
W 442, 443
Sw Duncan and Guerrero, s 114x117, be-
ing in H A blk 36
HA blks94, 12», 93, 55, 57
S Filbert, 145:3 w Baker, w 198:6x147:6,
being in W A 571
E Kearny, 37:6 n Pine, n 100x68:9— 50-v
""6 subj to morts $80,000 120,000
E 1st 200 s 18th ave, e 100. etc
W Stockton, 114:7 n Greenwich, n 22:11
x 137:6 ;. ...
E Sansome, 66 8 Cala, s 23x71:3— B &
W254
E Stanly PI, 225 s Harrison, s 5dxll2:6,
heing in 100-v 74
Lot 19, blk N S S F Hd
Nw Natoma, 140 sw 11th, sw 25x80, be-
ing in M Bll
E Williamson, 100 n Pt Lobos ave. n 15
e 129:9, s 25:1 to beg, snbj lo mortg. .
3,000
500
2,200
1
Tuesday, Oct. 14th.
Samuel Davis lo H Molineau..
H Molineau to ^ H McDonald ....
Cath E Campbell to Chas Main. .,
Wm B Swain to Chas F Brown..
Jno J Keady to Mary Ready ,
LTndivitled half w Powell, 52:6 s Wash-
ington, s 20x60
Same
Ne Sacramento and Buchanan, 137:6 x
255:4 -W.A 237
W 37tn ave, 100 s C st, s 100x120, being
O L417
S Mission, 125 w 8th, w 25x80 being 100
I vara 386
A W Whitnev to M L McDonald . |S 11th, 130 w Harrison, W 25, s 96:7, etc
M LMcDona"ld to Wm R Doyla.. -iSame
$3,000
3,000
5
Gift
1
1
16
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Oct. 18, 1879
DARK DAYS FOR RUSSIA.
Russia's evil star seems to be in the ascendant. It began to rise when
that Power declared war against Turkey— a war which resulted in a truly
Cadmean victory, as inglorious as it was empty and ruinous. In that war
Bussia showed herself to be nothing but a gigantic military bugbear.
Her available army, great as it was, was a mere shadow to what it had
been represented to be on paper ; her Generals, with a few notable excep-
tions, were incompetent and corrupt. In conquering the Turks she had
to Btrain every nerve to accomplish a task which the world had previously
believed would be mere child's play to her.^ By a display of pluck and
ironclads England overawed her. Even in diplomatic subtlety— always a
strong point with the Muscovite— she was ignominiously worsted. Next,
Austria bluffed her, and when she sought to resist she found Germany
patting Kaiser Joseph on the back— the uncle of her Czar countenancing
the encroachment of another Power upon her Pan-Slavic preserves. She
looked toward Erance as a counterbalance, and found herself distrusted.
Italy scowled at her. It is but yesterday that she was sorely exercised
over what was au unmistakable design to isolate her from the rest of
Europe. She had to yield to the Chinese on the Kuldja question. Her
armies in Central Asia have just been repulsed, if not routed, by the
Turcomans. Internally, she is in the throes of embryotic revolution, and
in spite of all her unspeakably cruel methods of repression, her throne
and iron government are in hourly peril of annihilation. But the climax
of Russia's humiliation is now reached in Afghanistan. After betraying
the late Ameer by false promises, she abandoned him to the fate which
she herself was mainly instrumental in bringing upon him; and, after
shrinking from a conflict with England, she now has the astonishing
assurance to propose a division of the spoils. How this proposition has
been received is best seen in the following telegram:
New York, October 16. —A special to the Herald, dated London, the 15th, says :
On Monday last Schouvaloff, the Russian Embassador, had an interview with Salis-
bury, when he was instructed to broach the question as to an arrangement respect-
ing Afghanistan. Schouvaloff proposed that Russia shall have jurisdiction of the
eastern part of Afghanistan, while England shall take possession of the western part
as far as the Hindoo Koosh. Salisbury declined, in the most emphatic, even harsh
terms, saying that England would not allow Russia to meddle, in any way whatso-
ever, in the matter. He said the future of Afghanistan had to be settled by England
exclusively. Schouvaloff persisted in advocating the plans suggested by his Gov-
ernment, and, seems? Salisbury's stubborness, * proposed various other-plans for the
settlement of the Central Asiatic difficulty, but Salisbury refused to consider these
propositions. Thus the interview terminated. Count Munster, German Embassador
at the Court of St. James, has had several interviews with Salisbury duriog the past
two weeks, and it is believed that his explanations respecting the present political
situation on the Continent influenced Salisbury in bis unusually emphatic language
to Count Schouvaloff. It is also rumored that the English Government has lately
succeeded in obtaining certain assurances from the Shah of Persia of such a nature
as to satisfy Beaconsfield that, in the event of complications arising between England
and Russia, Persia will not side with the latter power.
ARE WE TO HAVE A NEW BONANZA ?
A new bonanza in the Union Consolidated and Sierra Nevada mines,
like unto that which was unearthed in Con. Virginia and California,
would be a big thing just now for this State. We all know what the ef-
fect of paying two millions per month in dividends was. The city was all
life and activity, building went on apace, and San Eraneisco made mar-
velously rapid progress. Nothing inspires the average Californian with
confidence and good spirits as does the discovery of a bonanza. A boom-
ing stock market is the realization of his ideas of paradise. Forthwith
dull time3 vanish as a dream of the past. The future looms up with a
roseate view. The Queen City of the Pacific becomes more queenly than
ever. Lately, our people have felt overmuch depressed. Money has not
been as plentiful as they would like. Workingmen have had to submit
to a reduction of wages. But give us a bonanza, and all this would be
speedily changed. Real estate would appreciate in value, immigration
would be resumed, the services of the workingmen would be in request,
the soured grumblings of the Sand-lots would cease, and Sunday crowds
would be more congenially employed in spending their redundant savings.
Are we, then, to have a great bonanza? The experts tell ns that we are.
They say that it is already discovered, and is in process of being opened
up. Col. Fair says " the child that has been born is to grow to be a bigger
man than his father," which, being interpreted, means that the ore-body
in Union Consolidated and Sierra Nevada is to exceed that found in Con.
Virginia and California. The appearances are certainly flattering. The
assays indicate au immensely rich ore-body, far richer, indeed, than that
which constituted the last bonanza. It remains yet to determine its pro-
portions. That is necessarily a slow process. It will be remembered that
it touk fully twelve months from the date of the first strike to determine
the size and value of the Con. Virginia bonanza. We may therefore be
content to watch the developments now in progress with cheertul expecta-
tions. If it is another big bonanza, its opening up will be a great event
for California.
HONOR TO WHOM HONOR IS DUE.
It may be true, as Byron says somewhere, that perhaps all nature
and art could not furnish us a new idea ; but there are new ways of using
the old ideas, and the way adopted by the Hop Bitters Company, of
Rochester, N. Y., is worthy of a passing glance of admiration. This
Company has engaged the services of a number of excellent baseball
players, paid each of them salaries ranging from S1,000 to $1,500 a year,
to travel through the land and play against the local clubs, wherever or-
ganized. These players travel as the " Hop Bitters Baseball Club ;" they
are accompanied by an experienced manager, and each member agrees to
canvass the towns and cities in the interest of the Bitters manufacture.
This they do very thoroughly ; and their skill is so great and their play so
attractive that the receipts of gate money meet all expenses, and the
Company is advertised as never company was, almost literally without
spending a dollar. This scheme shows originality, nerve and enterprise,
together with a perfect knowledge of the mental condition and needs of
the public. The public wants to be amused, and runs to look on at every
form of sport. In what has been called the American national game of
baseball, this far-sighted Company saw the possibility of an unlimited fu-
ture for Hop Bitters. They came, they saw, they conquered ; and it is
with genuine regard we drink tu their health. May they hop on, hop ever!
Sterling Silverware.— A large assortment of elegant designs at Ran
dolph & Co.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A SURGEON.
Francis James Hammond, described as a surgeon, was tried at the Central
Criminal Court on Tuesday, on an indictment charging him with feloniously assault-
ing Ellen Sauuders, and causing her bodily injury with an unlawful intent. The
jury found the prisoner guilty, and Mr. Justice Lopes sentenced him to ten years'
penal servitude. -
The Daily Telegraph (September 25th) thinks there will hardly be two
opinions as to the gravity of the offense of which the surgeon, Mr. Fran-
cis James Hammond, was convicted, nor, crushing as the sentence was to
a person in his position, could the claims of justice have been satisfied
with a milder one. The evidence, which sufficed for the jury, was, as the
learned Judge' afterward pointed out, as clear as possible to the effect
that a double offense had been committed — one that might have led to the
death of the woman, and to the trial of Hammond for murder. Such
crimes cannot be allowed to go unpunished, particularly when, as in
Hammond's case, the relation of the doctor to his patient is something
more than a merely unprejudiced professional adviser. In attempting to
procure abortion, Hammond was, if the witnesses — including the woman
herself— spoke the truth, really seeking the destruction of her own off-
spring by an agency which endangered the life of the mother. For such
conduct the punishment should be exemplary, and it will be admitted
that ten years' penal servitude is a penalty of that character, tending to
check what, it is to be feared, is a practice more common than the law
reports of themselves would indicate. Doubtless the crime is one in
which unscrupulous quacks are more likely to indulge than men of educa-
tion and of any professional skill, but this fact does not lessen the need
of a striking example; for, while a regular medical man should know bet-
ter, unlicensed charlatans of either sex, witnessing his impunity, would be
apt to think the practice as safe in a legal sense as defensible on moral
grounds. To all such, Mr. Hammond's fate will convey useful warning.
Death of William Hayes. — This highly respected gentleman, of the
well-known law-firm, Stanley & Hayes, died suddenly last week, at the
drug-store corner of Jackson and Montgomery streets. He had just taken
a steam bath, and, feeling faint, entered the drug-store, took a cordial,
and lay down upon a sofa in the back room, and in a few moments ex-
pired. Mr. Hayes leaves a wife and family in Sonoma. The funeral
services of the Odd Fellows' Order, to which he belonged, were performed
on Saturday last, and the body was laid to rest in the cemetery of the
brotherhood.
Artistic Novelties, manufactured from California quartz, at Ran-
dolph & Co.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
HIGHEST STOCK QUOTATIONS
Tor the Week Ending Oct. 17th, 1879.
Compiled by George C. Hickox & Co., 230 Montgomery Street.
Name of Mike. Sat.
Argenta
Andes
Alpha.
Alta
Alps
Bullion
Belcher.
*Best & Belcher.
♦Benton
Bodie
Cons Imperial . .
'Crown Point. ..
♦Chollar
California
Con. Virginia.. .
Caledonia
Confidence
Eureka Con ....
Exchequer.. ..
Fairfax
Gould & Curry.
*GiIa
'Grand Prize
♦Hale & Norcross
Julia ,
Justice
Jackson
Ken tuck
Leopard
Lady Wash'n . . .
Leviathan
Leeds
•Mexican
Modou
Manhattan
Northern Belle . .
Ophir
Overman
♦Potosi
♦Raymond & Ely
•Savage
'Sierra Nevada ..
Silver Hill
Seg: Belcher
"Solid Silver ....
Succor
♦Silver King-, Ara
Silv King Soutb.
Tip-Top
Union Con
Utah
Yellow Jacket...
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LEAKY ROOFS!
To prevent your roofs from leaking, have them painted with
PRINCE' S IRON ORE PAINT,
the most reliable fire and water proof metallic compound. Not a
new experiment. In use throughout the United States. None gen-
uine without the manufacturers' name. For sale "by
C. T. RAYNOLDS & CO.,
No. 9 Front Street, San Francisco. [Oct. IS.
Prto« p«r Copy. 10 Ooto. /
ESTABLISHED JULY, 20. 1856.
I Annual Subscription, SS.
DEVOTED TO THE LEADING INTERESTS OF CALIFORNIA AND THE PACIFIC COAST.
Vol. 30.
SAN FRAN0IS00, SATURDAY, OOT. 25, 1879.
No. 15.
Office of I lie Sun Francisco Xcw» Letter, Merchant Street,
Nos. 607 U> 015, San Fran
G
OLD BARS— 890@910— Silver Baks— 6@15 # cent, disc. Mexican
Dollars, 7 percent, nominal.
Exchange on New York. %(ai — j>er cent. ;
493 ; Commercial, 50 1 5"
Telegrams, 35-100 per cent.
On London, Bankers,
493 ; Commercial, 50^@.50jd. Paris, sight, 5 francs per dollar.
'ele
■ Latest price of Sterling, 481i@483£.
■ Price of Money here, f@l per cent, per month. — bank rate. In the
open market, 1@1J. Demand active.
THE STOCK MARKET.
On Monday a slight reaction set in from the extreme low prices
reached during the break, but the advance does not seem to be sustained,
and the market generally shows a weakening tendency under a pressure
to realize by the disappointed ones, who are willing to discount the devel-
opments in Sierra Nevada and Union, so far, at least, as the present level
is concerned. While the southwest drift from Sierra Nevada s 2300 level
shows a marked falling off in the quality of the ore, the drift still con-
tinues in good milling ore and exhibits every appearance of a satisfactory
outcome on this level. Preparations are now being made to thoroughly
prospect the next level with the drill, which important event will take
place within the next week or ten days. Upon the official reports of the
drilling the fate of the market depends, and from what we deem reliable
authority a favorable showing may be expected. Cross-cutting will also
be started within a few days on the Sierra Nevada 2400 level, when the
ledge will cross-cut west at a point near the incline to ascertain the width
of the ore-body at this point. On the whole the situation is extremely
favorable for the development of a rich and extensive bonanza at the north
end, and the most conclusive evidence in support of this belief is" the fact
that the largest and best informed operators are firmly holding to their
shares on the basis of a proposition of merit. The balance of the market
is almost entirely neglected, while outside stocks are very lightly dealt
in. The market closed heavy with small business doing.
Beerbohm'a 'Telegram. — London and Liverpool, October 24,
1879. — Floating Cargoes, weak ; Cargoes on Passage, buyers holding
off hoping to obtain some concession ; Mark Lane Wheat, weak ; No. 2
Spring off Coast, 52s.@,53s. ; Red Winter off Coast, 50s. ; California off
Coast, 57s. ; California. Nearly Due, 57h. ; California Just Shipped, 56s.
6d. ; No. 2 Spring for Shipment, 51s.@51b. Gd. ; Liverpool Spot Wheat,
dull; California Club No. 1 Standard, 12s. Id. ; California Club No. 2
Standard, lis. 8d. ; California Average —Western, lis. 8d.; White Michi-
gan, lis. 9d. ; Red Western Spring, 10s.(5}10s. 2d.; Extra State Flour
in London, 15s. 3d. ; Extra State Flour in Liverpool, 153. 3d. ; Liverpool
Western Mixed Corn, 4s. 7W.; Liverpool Canadian Peas, 8s, 4d.; N. Y.
St. Ex., 8U@83.ld.; French" Country Markets, quieter; Liverpool Wheat,
10s. 9d.(o<lls. 10U ; Club, Us. 7d.@12s. 3d. ; Corn— Mark Lane, turn
dearer ; Floating Cargoes, strong; Cargoes on Passage, strong; Liverpool
Spot, strong ; Arrivals off Coast, Wheat, moderate. Market weak.
From the "Coast Review," for October, we take the following sta-
tistics of the life insurance business in this country :
Down to 1876 the death record of seventy-one companies gives the fol-
lowing facts: Losses were paid, without litigation, on 46,938 policies, to
the amount of $134,625,376. Losses were resisted on 388 policies, cover-
ing $1,751,201. Losses were paid on 88 policies after litigation to the
amount of $389,677. Judgments were rendered in favor of the companies
on 110 policies, insuring $513,232 ; and cases upon 190 policies for $857,-
292 were pending when the record was made up. Down to the close of
1878 fifty companies, which embraces about all the active companies in
business last year, make the following record: Total receipts, $1,240,-
100,100. Of the total income : stockholders have received, per cent., .32 ;
taxes and licenses have cost 1.40 ; expenses of management have been
11.71; there was paid to policy-holders 15.34 ; there was paid for losses
and matured endowments, 23.76 ; there remains, towards the maturity of
the insurance now in force, 86.57 ; total, 100.00. Total to policy-holders
direct, 86.57. Total other disbursements, 13.43.
Next February (says the London Graphic) will have five Sundays,
which only occurs three times in a century. The first and last days of
the month both fall on a Sunday, 1880 being Leap Year, and a similar
case will not occur until 1920, 1948 and 1976.
PRICES OF LEADING STOCKS AND GOV. BONDS.
San Francisco October 24, 1H79.
Stocks and Bonds.
Cal. St. Bonds, tj's, '57, (nom)
S. F. City & Co. B'ds, (3s, '58
S. F. C. & Co. B'ds, 7s (nom)
Montg'y Av. Bonds (nom).
Dupont Street Bonds
Sacramento City Bonds...
Stockton City Bonds, 6's..
Yuba County Bonds, S's. . .
Santa Clara Co. Bonds, 7's
Butte Co. Bonds, 10's, '60 .
San Mateo Bonds, 7*8
Oakland City Bonds, S's . . . ,
Bank of California (old st'k)
First National
Pacific
California Ins. Co
Commercial Ins. Co....
Fireman's Fund Ins. Co
Bid.
Asked
100
102
Nom.
Nora.
f
105
107
65
70
I
SO
90
I
26
28
90
95
103
106
105
107
90
—
100
112
115
.
70
71
89
90
120
130
103
112
S
75
80
100
110
Stocks and Bonds.
Home Mutual Ins. Co
State Investment Ins. Co .
Union Ins. Co
City It. It
Central R. R. Co ,
Clay Street Hill R. R
Market Street R. R
N. B. and Mission R. R
Omnibus R. R
Potrero and Bay View R. R
Giant Powder Co ,
S. F. Gaslight Co (ex div)..
3. V. W. W. Co
Real Estate Associates....,
Merchants' Exchange
Safe Deposit Co
Nevada Co. N. G. R. R. Bds
Virginia & Truckee "
Asked
90
103
112
40
55
32
35
145
90
83J
95
102J
Andrew Baikd, 312 California street.
" An Era of Speculation." — Never was it more clearly demonstrated
that gold is not wealth than at the present period — it time when the Bank
of England holds as large an amount of bullion as it has ever done, i. e.,
£35,000,000, and when, as is well known, the country banks have in a
large measure refrained from sending up their surplus funds, owing solely
to the small rate of interest to be obtained ; indeed, we hear of large
sums being lent out from day to day upon Consols and other Government
Securities at rates yielding little more than " one farthing per cent, per
diem." Is it wonderful, then, that on all sides we hear that an era of
speculation is about to arise ? In France it has for some time been ram-
pant, and signs are not wanting that efforts are being made to inaugurate
it on the London market.
The Health of the City.- The deaths were increased to 86, and prom-
ised a still higher rate than this. Typhoid fever is on the increase, and four
deaths have occurred since Saturday last. The sudden accession of cold
wind after unusually warm weather, has caused an increase in catarrh and
pneumonia. Choleraic diarrhoea is prevalent and very fatal to young
children. There have been seven deaths since Saturday. Pycemia and
septicaemia have been each the nause of death to two persons. The re-
turns of mortality indicate an increasing unwhilesomeness of atmosphere,
due, most probably, to sewer gases.
Latest from the Merchant's Exchange. — New York, October 24,
1879. United States Bonds-4s, 102| ; 4is, lOflf ; 5s. 103|. Sterling Ex-
change, 4 814(314 83.V. Pacific Mail, 34g. Wheat, 140@ 146. Western Union,
102. HidesI 2U(a>22. Oil— Sperm, 72@73. Winter Bleached, 85 @ 93.
Whale Oil, 38@42; Winter Bleached, 43(^50. Wool— Spring, fine, 24@
33 ; Burry. 12(5)14 ; Pulled, 27(3)36 ; Fall Clips. 17(®20 ; Burry, 15@20.
London, Oct. 24th.— Liverpool Wheat Market, 10s. 9d.OHs. 10d. ; Club,
lis. 7d.@12s. 3d. U. S. Bonds, 5's, 105% ; 4's, 105| ; 4Vs, 109|. Consols,
97 15-16.
The Baldwin libel suit against the News Letter is set for hearing in
the Police Court for Monday next. A large number of witnesses have
been subpoenaed by the defence, and some curious developments may be
expected. It is rumored that the prosecution are seeking to shirk this
open and public inquiry, by having the Grand Jury quietly pass upon the
matter. We don't think they will succeed, though it must be confessed
there is no telling what Lloyd's influence with District Attorney Murphy
may accomplish. We incline to think it will, in the end, accomplish re-
sults disappointing to their expeetatione. We know them.
Correction. — A note, dated Oct. 22d, from 706 Post street, and signed
bv C. F. A. NichelL, as nearly as can be made out, informs us that the an-
nouncement in the News Letter of Sept. 20th, concerning a course of in-
struction in midwifery opened by the State Medical Society, is erroneous
and without foundation in fact.
Portsmouth, October 23d.— In view of the impending rupture be-
tween China and Japan, and of Russia's attitude, it is rumored here that
the Admiralty intend reinforcing the British fleet on the China station.
London, Oct. 24. 1879.— Latest Price of Consols, 97 15-16.
Printed and Published by the Proprietor, Frederick Marriott, 607 to 616 Merchant Street, San PranciBco, California.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Oct. 25, 1879.
LIFE'S AFFLUENCE.
Life is so full above,
Life is so full below,
So bathed in light divine,
So sparkling with earth's wine,
So much is interwove,
Of highest joy and low,
The trembling breast is powerless
To stem its overflow.
Were the beyond less sweet,
Or mortal touch less dear,
Were God's word less enduring,
Or human love less luring,
The heart with measured beat
Would up wild surges fear,
But calmly moving onward
A curveless course might steer.
But O, the bliss beyond !
And 0, the rapture here !
Earth's passionate heart-grasping
And still more tender clasping
Of him, who, tempted, groaned,
Yet bore the sharpened spear ;
That in love's crimson current,
Our stains might disappear.
Ah ! life indeed is full,
So full its woof must break,
If through our whitest weaving,
The scarlet fibres, heaving,
Enow neither check nor rule ;
Unless the Saviour take,
And in His hand, restoring,
The feeble thread remake.
Yes, life is very full ;
But when the grape is ripe
With purple plenty, blessed—
'Tis then the wine is pressed !
O Love, the conflict lull!
And by each blood-red stripe
Thou bearest, meek, teach us to bear,
And near our Archetype. — London Express.
A BRAVE LITTLE WOMAN.
A man named William Whitten was indicted at the Middlesex
Sessions for stealing a purse from the person of Jane Hill. Mr. Mead
prosecuted. The prosecutrix is an elderly lady, and on the night of Sep-
tember 10th, at about nine o'clock, she was on the platform of the Far-
ringdon-street Station of the Metropolitan Railway, waiting for a train
to go to King's-cross. As she was about stepping into a third-class car-
riage she felt a hand in her dress-pocket, in which was a purse containing
2s. 6d. in silver, two farthings, and three penny postage stamps. She had
one foot on the carriage and one on the step, and at this time the prisoner
was close behind her. When she felt the prisoner's hand in her pocket,
she tried to catch hold of it, but he made off, and rushed into another
compartment two doors away. She called out, "That is a pickpocket,
stop him j" and Mary Utton, "the wife of George Utton, of 32 Collier
street, who was in the train with the prosecutrix, seized hold of the pris-
oner, and pulled him out of the compartment into which he had entered.
Immediately afterward she saw the prisoner drop a purse between the
platform and the carriage, but a woman who represented herself as the
prisoner's wife had previously endeavored to take something from his
hand. The prisoner hung on to the carriage until they got past the signal-
box, where Alfred Boots, station inspector, saw him trying to escape ; he
was stopped, brought back and given into the custody of a police -consta-
ble. The purse and its contents were found on the line. The prisoner
cross-examined Mrs. Utton with great pertinacity, but her ready answers
to all his questions were most amusing, showing that, although a woman
of small stature, she possessed great determination, and when once she
got hold of the prisoner she showed the greatest tenacity in clinging to
him to prevent his escape. The prisoner then made an address to the
jury, denying that he had committed any robbery, and that the purse was
not dropped by him, but by some one else who had stolen it. The jury
found the prisoner guilty, and previous convictions having been proved,
the Assistant-Judge sentenced him to be kept in penal servitude for
seven years, to be followed by a three years' police supervision, and hav-
ing called back Mrs. Utton, warmly commended her for the courage she
had displayed in detaining the prisoner, and bringing him to justice, and
ordered her to receive a reward of £2. — London Express.
HONEY AND WAX WITHOUT DEATH.
Electricity Applied to Bee-Rearing.— A correspondent of the
Deutsche fr-esse describes a method which he has adopted with success of
overcoming the obstacles frequently presented to the rearer of bees by the
self-will of those interesting and profitable insects. This is no other than
giving them an electric shock. Every one interested in bees knows the
difficultiesand dangers involved in hiving a swarm. One is often seen on
a hot day in June in the top branches of a tree not to be climbed, and
another in some inaccessible place seems to be preparing to set out on its
wanderings. _ If the beemaster venture to approach, all his dexterity and
experience will often not prevent him from being seriously stung. There
are, indeed, several cases on record of death supervening from the stings
inflicted on such occasions. HerrFreiwith, the correspondent referred to,
hit upon the idea of employing the electric force to stupify the bees.
Trials on large and small clusters, and even on single insects, answered
perfectly ; the bees coming in contact with the conducting wires fell
stunned and motionless to the ground. They were then sorted and
marked, according to the strength of the current applied. The time re-
quired for their recovery, varying from ten minutes to eight hours, was
proportionate to the strength of the shock, but all came out of their
trance safe and sound. Encouraged by the result of this experiment,
Herr Freiwith resolved to try it on a larger scale, namely, on bees in the
hive. To this end he introduced the ends of two conducting wires into a
fully occupied honeycomb, and turned on the current for a moment ; the
bees soon lay on the greund, and it was half an hour before they resumed
activity. Herr Ereiwith then constructed an apparatus in a small box,
six inches each way, which, similar to a cartridge pouch, he wore with a
strap round his body. The two wires of the apparatus were, when re-
quired to be used, fastened to rods of a suitable length, the wires of course
always projecting over the ends of the rods. These ends were then ap-
plied to the swarm, a knob similar to that employed for a room telegraph
being attached to the apparatus, that the current might he turned on at
the proper time. Every one is, of course, not skillful enough to construct
such an apparatus, though none are precluded from doing so, as Herr
Ereiwith has not patented it.
Evidence Olfactory.— Angelina (scientific): " Do you smell the iodine
from the sea, Edwin? Isn't it refreshing?" Old Salt (overhearing):
'"What you smell ain't the sea, Miss. It's the town-drains as flows out
just ere! — Punch.
INSURANCE.
HUTCHINSON & MANN,
INSURANCE AGENCY.
A- 324 California Street, San Francisco,! Cal.
G1RARD of Philadelphia.
HOME of Columbus,
NEW ORLEANS ASSOCIATION
PEOPLES of Newark.
REVERE of Boston.
Fixe Insurance.
LA CAISSE GENERALS of Paris.
ST. PAUL of St. Paul.
TEUTONIA of New Orleans.
BERLIN-COLOGNE of Berlin.
LACONFIANCE.r. of Paris.
Marine Insurance.
PARIS UNDERWRITING ASSOCIATION ofPariB.
LONDON AND PROVINCIAL MARINE INSURANCE CO of London.
Capital Represented $23,000,000.
All I/osses JEquitably Adjusted and Fronvptly Paid.
HOME MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. OF CALIFORNIA.
Principal Office, 406 California Street, San Francisco.
Cash Assets, January 1, 1877, §595,291 ; Liabilities, 85,952 ; Surplus for Policy
Holders, §589,339. J. F. Houghton, President ; L. L. Baker, Vice-President ;
Charles R. Story, Secretary. R. H. MAGILL, H. H. BIGELOW, General Agents.
Directors. — San Fraucisco — L. L. Baker, John H. Redington, J. F. Houghton,
R. B. Gray, Robert Watt, John Currey, L. L. Baker, W. F. Whittier, C. C. Burr, E.
M. Root, W. H. White, J. L. N. Shepard, W. M. Greenwood, George S. Mann, Cyrus
Wilson, W. T. Garratt, C. Waterhouse, A. P. Hotaling, A. Block, A. K. P. Harmon,
G. S. Johnson, W. O. Wilson, A. W. Bowman, H. L. Dodge, Charles R. Story. Ala-
meda County Branch — V. D. Moody, Chauncy Taylor, A. C. Henry, Robert S. Far-
relly, Joseph B. Marlin, W. B. Hardy, T. B. Simpson. San Diego— A. H. Wilcox.
Sacramento — Mark Hopkins, D. W. Earl, Julius Wetzlar, James Carolau. San Jose —
T. Eilard Beans, B. D. Murphy, A. Pflster, J. H. Dibble, J. S. Carter, Jackson Lewis,
Jacob Rich, John Auzerais, John Balbach. Stockton — H. H. Hewlett, Chas. Belding,
J. D. Peters, A. W. Simpson, H. M. Fanning. Marysville— D. E, Knight. Grass
Valley— Wm. Watt, T. W. Sigourney. Portland, Oregon— W. S. Laddr C. H. Lewis,
P. Wasserman, B. Goldsmith, D. Macleay. Virginia City, Nevada— John Gillig, Isaac
L. Requa. March 17.
FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE.--UNION INS. CO. OF S. F.
The California Lloyds.— Established in 1861.-— Nos. 416 and
418 California street. Cash capital §750,000 in Gold. Assets exceed §1,000,000
Coin. Fair Rates! Prompt Settlement of Loses ! ! Solid Security ! ! DIRECTORS.,
—San Francisco— J. Mora Moss, N. G. Kittle, M. J. O'Connor, R. S. Floyd, Moses
Heller, Adam Grant, Daniel Meyer, AntoineBorel, Charles Kohler, E. L. Goldstein,
I. Lawrence Pool, A. Weill, Joseph Brandenstein, Charles Bauiu, James Moffitt,
Benjamin Brewster, L. Cunningham, W. M. Hoag, Nicholas Luning, John Parrott,
L. A. Booth, Julius Baum, Myles D. Sweeney, J as. M. Goewey, Edward Cadwalader
Bartlett Doe, Gustave Touchard, J. H. Baird, J. G. Kittle, George C. Hickox, C. Du-
commun, Wm. Scholle, John Conly, Ig. Steinhart, W. B. Stone, J. O. Eldridge, A.
B. Phipps.
GUSTAVE TOUCHARD, President. N. G. KITTLE, Vice-President.
Chart.es D. Haven, Secretary. Geo. T. Bohbn, Surveyor, Aug. 31.
THE STATE INVESTMENT AND INSURANCE CO.
FIKE AN» MARINE.
Clash Assets, $-150.000.— 1'rincipal Office, 318 and 220 San-
j some street, San Francisco. Officers :— A. J. Bryant, President ; Richard
I vers, Vice-President; Charles H. Coshing, Secretary; H. H. Watson, Marine
Surveyor. Board of Directors : — Peter Donahue, James Irvine, C. D. O'Sullivan,
A. Bocqueraz, R. Harrison, A. H. Rutherford, R. Bailey, E. W. Corbert, George O.
McMullin, A. J. Bryant, Frank M. Pixley, E Burke, H. H. Watson, Dr. C. F. Buckley,
P. J. White, E. M. Root, M. Mayblum, Richard Ivers, John Rosenfeld, Daniel
Callaghan. P. H. Russell, Sacramento. John G. Downey, Los Angeles. Wm.
Hood, Sonoma County. H. W. Seale, Mayfield. Geo. Rutherford, San Jose. Feb. 16.
THE MARINE INSURANCE CO. OF LONDON, ENGLAND.
[ESTABLISHED 1836.}
Whole Amount of Joint Stock and Guaranteed Capital. .$5,000,000.
Whole Amount of Capital paid up 900,000.
Cash Assets December 31 , 1876 3,710,000.
The undersigned have been duly authorized to issue Policies at current rates on
Freight and Shipments to or from England, Europe, New York, Japan, China, Aus-
tralian Colonies, Sandwich Islands, and Northern Coast Ports. If desired, policies
made payable at port of termination.
WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO., Agents,
_Aug. 10. | 218 California street.
THE SWISS MARINE IKS. COMPANIES COMBINED.
Switzerland, of Zurich, Capital 5,000,000 francs; Helvetia,
of St. Gall, Capital 10,000,000 francs ; Baloise, of Basle, Capital 5,000,000 francs.
These three Companies are liable jointly and severally for all losses that may be sus-
tained. Losses made payable in all the principal seaports of the world. In the set-
tlement of all claims under an English policy, these Companies will strictly adhere to
the conditions and customs adopted at Lloyds, and submit to English jurisdiction.
June 9. HARRY W. SYZ, Agent, 225 Sansome St., S. F.
NEW ENSLAND MUTUAL LIFE INSUR. CO. OF BOSTON.
Has transacted the business of idfe Insurance for nearly
thirty-five years. Its assets amount to over Fourteen Million Dollars. The
law of Massachusetts makes all its Policies nonforfeitable. It is a Purely Mutual Com-
pany, dividing every cent of surplus among Policy-holders. This is the Only Com-
pany on the Pacific Coast governed by the Massachusetts Lapse Law. This company
has comr>Hed with the new Insurance Laws of California.
WALLACE EVERSON, General Agent.
Sept. 22.] 328 Montgomery street.
WESTERN ASSURANCE COMPANY, OF TORONTO.
Incorporated 1S51.
Total Assets, 1st January, 1879 $1,670,400.41.
BFTLEK A- HALDASf, General Agents for Pacific Coast,
413 CALIFORNIA STREET. [Sept. 13.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN MARINE INS. CO. OF LIVERPOOL.
Balfour. Gutnrte & Co., No,
Nov. 18.
Clapital $3,000,000.— Agents:
J 316 California street, San Francisco.
ALASKA COMMERCIAL COMPANY,
. 310 Sansome street, San Francisco, Wholesale Dealer
in Furs. Sept. 21.
N'
Oct.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
LOVES INrLDENCE
The <lr.
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Trie, it mar t»-
When, in Um ;
An-1 |,r>>\.
<"..-iM wv bat know tli,
*m.; licurt,
input,
the Bides.
■ ■ilk mm in h -. that othen feel,
1 »•• but tail ataurht of theirs,
Then would »•.. s;ri\,- with brokag baarta t.. heal,
Ana l.y ,itr, their troubled e*ra.
O, »P»k not harshly t,. the angoUMd mul.
Hut rtrsw lore t.ik-ii- o'er lif^V rugKad steep ;
Aod in that world where ye in eternal roll,
.Spirits will rise an, I on thee blessings heap.
THE LANGTRY LIBEL.
A week or two ago. a telegram from London announce.! that Mrs.
Langtoya husband ha.l entered suit f. ,r dirnroa, on the ground of adultery,
and that the Prince of Wales was one of the co-respondents. The news-
papers of the I nite.l States greedily devoured this tit-hit of scandal, and,
without stopping to inquire about the source of the news, or on what
authority it was based, proceeded to preach long ami vindictive editorial
homilies on the shocking immorality of those in high places at the English
Court. At that time we expressed our conviction that the statement was
simply a malicious lie, anil later information shows that we were right.
The statement, it seems, was taken from a scurrilous and obscene weekly
sheet, called Town Talk, the proprietor of which has since been impris-
oned on a charge of libel, and will undoubtedly be punished as he
deserves. On discovering what fools their spite has made of them, the
editors of our dailies now turn about and eat their own words. True,
they can scarcely do anything else, and it is fitting enough that they should
apologize for the credulity to which their wish was father ; hut it would
have been better if they had waited for some confirmatory developments
before yielding to their passion for maligning the Royal House of England.
This little incident furnishes a good example of the sort of news which is
sent to this country from Europe. Here is a correspondent, who must
have known the vile nature of the paper containing the libel ; yet because
that libel is the kind of morsel that most pleases Americans, he cannot
resist the temptation to "send it across." It is not facts (useful, interest-
ing or instructive,) that these correspondents and their employers are
after, but lies and calumnies— the more sensational the better, so" long as
they sell an extra sheet or two.
LOVE AND SUICIDE.
The body of a young lady, aged apparently about 18 years, well
dressed, has been discovered floating in the river Thames. On one of the
fingers deceased had a gold engaged ring chased with two lovers' knots.
Besides some ordinary jewelry, such as watch and chain, bracelets and
earrings, she wore round her neck, suspended from a coral necklet, an
oval locket, with a monogram "H. F. F." engraved on it, which con-
tained the portrait of a young man in a riding dress, about deceased's own
age. On being conveyed to the mortuary, some letters were found in de-
ceased's pocketbook, one of which ran as follows:
" Darlinfl Stanley— When you hear I have been found, and that my de-
voted faith to you has always been my one hopeful star, you will, I en-
treat, pray, as I have done, that I shall he pardoned above for this very
wicked act, in destroying my wretched life ; but my love for you was so
great, that I could not live but in it and your esteem, and as you deemed
me unworthy^ I bad no other course but this. I forgive you for your un-
worthy suspicion, and pray you will not grieve for me.
Your devoted, Claka.
An envelope was found addressed to Mr. Stanley F. Francis, Vine
Cottage, Kilburn, and this gentleman, with the mother and father of the
deceased, who reside in Elgin Crescent, Notting Hill, came and identi-
fied the body as that of their daughter, Clara Letitia Redmond.
SAN FRANCISCO ALMSHOUSE.
Superintendent M. J. Keating of the Almshouse has transmitted to
the Board of Health his report for the fiscal year ending June 30th last:
The Almshouse is situated on the San Miguel Rancho, about six miles
distant from Portsmouth Square, and was opened on the 12th of Septem-
ber, 18G7. The structure has a frontage of 187 feet, and is four stories
high._ It has capacity for the comfortable lodging or five hundred inmates.
Admitted, males, 372 ; females. 133 ; remaining in House June 30, 1878,
433. Total, 938. Discharged at their own request, 311 ; sent to Insane
Asylum, 2 ; died, 47 ; run away, 37 ; remaining in the House June 30, 1879,
511. Total, 938. Average daily number of inmates, 481. One hundred
and twenty of the inmates are natives of the United States ; the rest are
foreigners, from: Austria, 2; Australia, 2; Belgium, 1; China, 1; Den-
mark, 2 ; East Indies, 1 ; England, 35 ; France, 14; Germany, 33 ; Hol-
land, 3 ; Hungary, 1 ; Ireland, 249 ; Italy, 4 ; Mexico, 2 ; Norway, 3 ;
Portugal, 1 ; Scotland, 17 ; Sweden, 7 ; Switzerland, 5 ; West Indies, 1 ;
Unknown, 1. Total of foreign birth, 3S5. The expenses of the Institu-
tion for the year were $59,237.07.
A novel method of salting beef has been tried in Australia, and it is
proposed to send to the Sydney Exhibition a whole bullock preserved by
the new method. Immediately after the animal is killed the beast is laid
bare, and a pipe inserted into the left ventricle, through which a stream
of weak brine is forced from an elevated tank. The brine flows along all
the vessels, and drives out the blood through the right ventricle, when a
stronger brine is forced in, until all the vessels are full. It is stated that
the distribution of the salt is thorough, and that the meat is perfectly
preserved by the process. The system, if successful, will have an especial
value in countries where, owing to atmospheric conditions, it is impossible
to salt meat in the ordinary way. — European Mail.
An elegant assortment of Gold Watches and Chains at Randolph &
Co.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
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J.1 receive the genuine LOUIS ROBDERBB, 0AOTB BLANC AB CHAMPAGNE,
direct from ur. Louis Rooderer, Reims, over his signature and Consular Invoice.
Each case is marked upon the ildo,"!!. Iray ft Co., San Francisco," and each
Bottle bean the label, "Hacondm i ft Co., Bole Agents for the Pacific Coast."
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ember 8. F. Stock ami Exchange Board, 42S California
street. STOCKS Bought and Sold ou Commission. Liberal Advances
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320 PINE STREET. SAN FRANCISCO.
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[Sept. 27.
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Negotiator of Loans and- Commercial Paper,
Broker In Local and State Securities,
No. 313 California Street San Francisco.
[J». O. Sox 1,208.] July 19.
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Importers and 'Wholesale Sealers in Wines and Liquors.
Proprietors of Miller's Extra Old Bourbon and X. F. Cut-
ter Extra Old Bourbon and Rye Whiskies.
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holesale Grocers, corner Frout and Clay streets, San
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No.'s 31 and 33 California Street. S. E. corner of Davis,
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ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAR 1850.
Importers of Teas and East India Goods, JNcs.213 and 215
Front dtreet, San Francisco. Jan. 13.
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Importers and wholesale dealers In Teas, Foreign Goods and
Qroceriea, 204 and iiflb' California street, San Francisco, Cal May 25.
INSTRUCTION FOR MIDWIFERY.
The undersigned will begin October 1st, 1879, a course of
instruction for females in midwifery. Instruction will be in accordance with
the plan prescribed by tbe Prussian Government, and be both didactic and clinical.
Certificates of character required. C. F. A. NICHELL, M.D.,
Sept. 20. 706 Post street.
WM. F. SMITH, M.D.,
Oculist and Aurist, 313 Bush Street.
Aug:. 16.]
Office Hours, from 12 M. to 3 P.il
UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN PATENT OFFICES.
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• 429 Montgomery street, San Francisco. Established 1862. Specialty : Patents,
Trade-Marks, Patent- Law. Sept. 20.
CALIFORNIA SUGAR REFINERY,
Manufacturers of the Standard Syrup, a superior article
put up in barrels expressly for home consumption. Also, Extra Heavy Syrup
in barrels for Export. Refined Sugars at lowest market rates. Office, 215 Front
street, up stairs. Dec. 21.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Oct. 25, 1879.
"PLEASURE'S WAND."
"We Obey no Wand bnt Pleasure's."-- Tom Moore.
Standard Theater.— John E. Owens is a celebrated actor. He has at-
tained his high position on the American stage through meritorious and
artistic work. Fortunately for himself, but unfortunately for the public,
he has been a lucky speculator. The possession of wealth rarely acts as
an incentive to activity or painstaking efforts. Owens' riches have ren-
dered him careless and indifferent, and at the same time imbued him with
the idea that he is privileged to take certain liberties with the public that
are extremely reprehensible. The solitary excuse that can be offered for
the constant introduction of his personality in the different characters
impersonated, is that it is done in a very amusing way, and finds public
favor. As " Henry Dove," in the antediluvian comedy' of Married Life,
Owens revels in all sorts of comicalities. His " Achille Talma Dufard"
was extremely disappointing. This time-worn character, in his hands,
loses all the pathos that other actors put into it, and is simp}y a piece of
buffoonery. A little of the *' Caleb Plummer" business would have served
admirably in this connection. Manager Kennedy has gathered together
an excellent company, and as several novelties are in preparation, good
work may be expected. Miss Stanhope played her little role in Married
Life as she does everything, neatly and agreeably. Miss Harold is a
mystery to me. She has a good Eastern reputation, being considered
there an excellent soubrette. Her exhibitions of acting out here have all
been characterized by a mechanical indifference which is extremely irri-
tating. This causes all the more regret, as her personal appearance is
very attractive, and of a character to favorably predispose the public.
Doctor Clyde will shortly be produced.
California Theater. — This theater is at present closed. The adver-
tisements give as the reason the Carnival season, and announce a reopen-
ing ; but it is privately understood that the old theater will not re-open
under the present management. Manager Barton deserves all sympathy.
He has tried in every way to attract the public, has furnished us with
amusements of all sorts. The very best of stars have appeared at the
California, with good support. If there have been here and there short-
comings, they have been amply compensated by numerous novelties, But
all the efforts have been to no purpose. The public has refused its patron-
age even to the most praiseworthy performances. The last engagement —
that of Miss Ada Cavendish— ought to have been rewarded by large au-
diences of refined and cultured people, for it was an admirable exhibition
of artistic acting by an actress of rare talent. As compared to the attrac-
tion existing in Tourtilotte's sylph-like walk, or Sadie Donley's limp, Miss
Cavendish's glorious acting was nil, and empty houses were the result.
The management finally became thoroughly disgusted and shut up shop.
What the future of the old California Theater will be it is hard to tell.
Bush Street Theater. — This place of amusement is undergoing ex-
tensive reparations. A new stage is being built and new boxes are being
constructed. The uncomfortable benches are to be replaced with easy
opera chairs. The ceilings and walls will be freshly decorated, and the
result will be a charming theater. All these improvements indicate en-
terprise on the part of Manager Locke, but he has overlooked the most
important amelioration necessary. The means of exit at this theater are
dangerously insufficient; besides being inadequate for possible emergen-
cies, they are uncomfortable for ordinary use. It was at first supposed
that the entrance was to be enlarged, but this is not to be the case. This
is evidently a question of false economy, and ought not to be permitted.
German Theater. — The performance last Sunday evening was for the
benefit of Julius Witt, the comedian of the troupe, a clever and talented
actor. Illness has attacked him, and the probabilities of his ever again
appearing on the stage are very remote. The result of this benefit was a
nice snug sum, which was heartily given and gratefully received. The
programme was in the nature of an olla podrida. Max Freeman gave a
splendid exhibition of his talent as a character actor in Die Ungtacklichen.
Miss Heynold a former soubrette was warmly received, as also were Eab-
bri, Eormes and Muller. On next Sunday Miss Bertha Fiebaeh, the new
soubrette, will make her first appearance. She is preceded by an excel-
lent theatrical reputation.
Baldwin Theater. — Byron's play has been played during the week —
its second — to fair houses. There is nothing new to say about play or per-
formers. Bishop has somewhat subdued his " loudness," and has also in-
troduced certain bits of business suggested by accident, that are very
laughable. On Sunday the Octoroon will be produced, with a strong cast,
for J. O. Barrows' benefit. The Geneva Cross is announced for Monday.
With the closing of the California, this theater has the legitimate field, as
it were, to itself. The stock company is a very strong one, but lacks an
important factor towards successful work — a rigid and efficient Stage
Manager. Want of tbis is noticeable in every performance.
Chit-Chat. — The Weathersby- Goodwin people are very successful in
New York. My Partner is still running to good business.— —Edward
Seguin, the wdl-known operatic buffo artist, died suddenly of apoplexy
in Rochester, October 9th.— — Vieuxtemps, whose ill-health has forced
him to resign his position at the Brussels Conservatory, is to be pensioned
by the Government.— Hamson Millard, singer and composer, has sev
ered his long connection with the New York Custom-house.^— Mile.
Menettre, who has belonged to the dancing corps of the National Acad-
emy (Grand Opera), Paris, for sixteen years, or from her seventh year to
her twenty-third, has just been dismissed from that establishment for be-
ing virtuous ; that is, not for any fault as a dancer, but because she has
declined to place herself under the protection of some influential sub-
scriber. Such is the story with which the Paris press is now busy.— —
At the Front St. Theater, Baltimore, October 14th, in a scene of a play
in which there was a discharge of musketry, a young man was fatally
shot from the stage, one of the muskets being loaded with a bullet in-
stead of a blank cartridge.— Wil helm j is said to have expressed his in-
clination to remain permanently in this country.— —Theodore Thomas
says the Spring Festival of 1S80 promises the grandest musical affair of the
kind ever had in America.
The O. T. H. E. R. Club will give their first anniversary entertain-
ment and social on Wednesday, evening, November 19th. It promises to
be one of the finest ever given at the Western Addition Hall. Among
those who will participate are Mr. C. B. Bishop and Lewis Morrison.
The entertainment will conclude with the laughable farce, Boots at tlie
Swan, followed with a dance.
THE AUTRORS* CARNIVAL.
The opening scenes of this festival were extremely brilliant. The
Pavilion was filled to repletion, and the verdict of the throng was one of
unqualified satisfaction. On Thursday evening bnt few of the booths
were completed, and a short postponement would have been a judicious
move. The artists, Messrs. Moretti, Trezzini, Porter, Seabury, Goddard
and others, under the efficient direction of Mr. Tavernier, have done
wonders in the scenic line. The costumes of the different participants
are both correct and gorgeous. That our girls are beautiful is a well-
known fact; but, if any one ever doubted it, this gathering will be con-
vincing. The young ladies are a bevy of the prettiest and sweetest speci-
mens of girlhood and womanhood.
The immense building, lined on both sides with the picturesque booths,
with a glare of light above and a wealth of decoration, with the floor a
mass of human beings moving to and fro, presents a sight the like of
which has never been witnessed before. Anticipation had been roused to
the highest pitch, but it can be safely said that all expectation was sur-
passed. The over-crowded state of the building prevented, on the first
evening, the carrying out of the programme, both on the large stage and
in the different booths. Owing to some slight misunderstanding, the
platforms of the booths are too low, and tbis renders a perfect view of the
exercises somewhat difficult. A mistake in the measurements will also
prove regretable, as it makes it impossible to fix in place all the frames
of the booths. There was, of course, a good deal of confusion, naturally
to be expected with such an immense crowd of performers to direct, but
a few evenings will make things run very smoothly.
The programme for the different booths is an elaborate one. Tableaux,
recitations, scenes from different plays, music, in fact everything that in-
genuity can suggest as an effective way to present the thoughts and crea-
tions of the authors. All those who are engaged in the festival are full
of vim and interest, and have spared neither pains nor expense to truth-
fully and artistically represent their respective characters. It may seem
invidious to specially mention any particular display, but there are several
that undoubtedly call for particular mention. The Japanese tea garden
is a delightful little spot, realistically constructed, and with its characters
in their quaint dresses is a charming spot. The Alhambra booth, with
the great possibilities offered in the way of Moorish architecture and cos-
tumes, is a beautiful spot. The picture represented is that of the Court
of Lyons. The' Bret Harte booth represents a mining camp, with its
cabin, its tents and its mining paraphernalia. Several of the characters
are extremely life-like in make-up. " Holyrood Castle," the Scott booth,
is perhaps the most elaborate of all. The Caledonians have entered into
the festival with commendable spirit, and their efforts are very creditable.
There is an air of truth about this display, for the participants are truly
Scotch, and the picturesque costumes are genuine. The Jules Verne
booth is a submarine grotto, of the orthadox naiad queen style. The cos-
tumes are extremely original. The salon of Mme. Kecamier is a scenic
gem. The artists have here put their best work, and the picture, with its
crowd of handsome women, dressed in the style of the Consulate and
First Empire, is one ever to be remembered. The Dickens booth deserves
especial mention for the number of its characters and their admirable
life-likeness.
The Egyptian booth is principally noticeable by the style of beauty
represented — the ladies. It is of the truly sensuous type. The Goethe
and Schiller booth is, perhaps, the most complete one. The costumes are
rich, and the tableaux, under Mrs. Freeman's direction, truly artistic.
The Shakespeare booth is in a separate room. It is in the shape of a thea-
ter, and during the week scenes from the different plays will be given by
the very best of our local amateurs, aided by Mrs. Jndah. Up stairs is
being constructed the Italian booth. This will be the most elaborate one
of the whole. The artists are in this ease working con amore, and there-
suit will be something exquisite. The Floral Temple and Bonbon booth
are filled with charming young girls, who dispense their wares in the most
courteous way possible. The other booths, not mentioned, are as yet in an
incomplete condition, but will when finished be as attractive as the rest.
With something that charms every one of our senses, and the noble ob-
ject in view, this festival cannot fail to be an immense success.
Herold's Concert. — The third orchestral matinee was fairly attended.
Haydn's B Major Symphony No. 12, andGade's "Hamlet" Overture were
the principal numbers. The ensemble of the orchestra is gradually grow-
ing more perfect. Mr. Edgar Coursen, a young San Francisco graduate
of the Leipsic Conservatory, made his debut as a soloist. He plaved
Vieuxtemps' " Ballade and Polonaise" with considerable merit. His
technique and method proved him to have been an apt scholar at the
world's foremost school. As the young artist was evidently extremely
nervous it would hardly show fairness to be too critical. Mr. Coursen
will be a valuable acquisition to our local talent. Next Wednesday the
fourth matinee will take place.
THE BALDWIN THEATER.
Thomas >3a^«ii'o. Managers-Continued Success of the Sit
of the Season. This (Saturday) Evening, October 25th, Henry J. Byron's
new Comedy,
The Girls !
SECOND " GIRLS " MATINEE this (Saturday) Afternoon, at 2 p.m. Sunday, Octo-
ber 2(ith, Complimentary Benefit to ME. J. O. BARROWS— THE OCTOROON.
"standard theaterT"
MA. Kennedy, Manager: R. 91. Eberie, Stage Manager.
. Third Week, and Great Success of the Comedy Season. This (Saturday)
Evening:, October 25th, every evening during the week and Saturday Matinee at 2
p.m., MR. JOHN E. OWENS will appear as "Henry Dove," the henpecked husband, in
Married Life !
and " Achille Talma Dufard," the Old French Actor, in LA DEBUTANTE !
Supported by Miss Adeline Stanhope, Miss Lizzie Harold, Miss Prankie McClellan,
Miss Kate Denin, Mr. M. A. Kennedy, Mr. James Barrows, Mr. Russell Bassett, and a
Powerful Cast. THIRD OWENS' COMEDY MATINEE this (Saturday) Afternoon,
October 25th, at 2 o'clock. Reserved Seats can be secured at the Box Office six days
in advance. In preparation, DR. CLYDE. Oct. 25.
VIENNA CONCERT GARDENS,
(horsier Sutter auti Stockton streets (formerly the Tivoli).
j The Great Family Resort. Grand Opening:, SATURDAY, September 20th, at
8 p.m. The Celebrated VIENNA LADIES' ORCHESTRA has been engaged perma-
nently lor Instrumental and Vocal Concerts. The enlarged Halt and Gardens have
been thoroughly renovated, beautified and 6tted up as a FIRST-CLASS FAMILY
RESORT. [Oct. 4.j RIECK & CO., Proprietors.
Oct. 25, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER,
SPORTING ITEMS.
Pedeatiiaoiam. The nw» twtwe*n men and horw« ww vorv unint-r
u the hone* had it nil ihrir own w«r. " Pfanfora" won, with a
•we of &59 tuil<*« in 111 hours, »nt, Hie" and " Dan Mc-
■ ' wrre clo«e to him, ■ ;.\t, in ipite »i previona <-\-
Mrioatc*. hor»M haw Um tmt of it h i- n..t tni-, bowevar, that the
w*r* acruba, antl hail n-> nfafi on the contrary, they
were all at leawt half-bred, and were trained f.»r months before th
Tho la traduction of the bone element into the Pavilion wna very deatract-
Um morali <>f the pedeatriana, who were accn*t*d of wiling out. In
the ca*e .-f Brodia, wi have proof at hand that he wm under oontrmot to
a well known «i*>rt, and walked under bin .'rdera, parpoanlj making n bad
record to anabA bit baoker tn win distance bete S.i.li*' Donley, too, who
had a * lire thing in the three-boon run for ladles, disgraced herself by
throwing the race, hut in bur case it was «-> palpable that the referee
declared all pools and bets off. If professional walkers expect to
make a living by their lags, they must be al h-ast honest, and we ask, for
«ke, that Brodie and Sadie Donley be ruled out of any future com-
petition?, [f not, the new life lately infused Into athletics will soon die
out, at least in California. ■■ —We hear that San Joss is to have a rix-day
walk.-^— Murphy has not yet accented McIntom^chaUengB. In case he
doas, Scott will enter the r.uv.^— The score of the men and horses at the
doss was a* follows: " Denver Jim." 401 miles 1 lap; '* Dan McCarthy,"
"US miles; " Pinafore, ** 559 miles "J lap-: " Hoodlum," 400 miles 4 laps;
"Nellie, 543 miles 4 laps; ** Guerrero, ' :>75 miles 4 laps; Brodie, 262
miles '2 laps.
Rowing.— The wretched h'zzle of the Hanlan-Conrtney match has
done much to shake the public confidence in both men. In such cases it
is generally correct to lay the blame on the man who refuses to start. The
affair will teach people a much-needed lesson, that it is unsafe to bet on
the result of any professional contest.—— In reply to Referee Blaikie's
■ n that Banian should suggest to Courtney that the pair should
yet row for the 80, 000 prize, Hanlan says that he is willing, providing that
Courtney gives a guarantee that he will appear at the starting point when
the race is called. It is proposed that instead of Chautauqua Lake the race
he rowed at Washington, D. C. We are of opinion that the Referee has
no right to ask for another race; his duty was clearly to give the money
to Hanlan. His conduct, however, is just what the best English sports-
man's papers prophesied long ago. Two weeks before the race the London
Referee called the whole affair a big swindle. -^Elliott states that as
Boyd seems to have ignominously retreated, he now only looks forward to
bis match with Hanlan. He is disappointed that no answer from Hanlan
has yet been received, and claims that he should have a reply at an early
date, otherwise he will appeal to the Trustees of the Cup. Elliott will
Row in Toronto Bay if Hanlan surrenders the trophy. Boyd will row
Courtney on the Tyne, and will give him £25 expenses.
Baseball. — We visited the new grounds at Seventh and Townsend
streets last week, and were disappointed to find them very unlike what we
expected from the glowing accounts that appeared in the papers. The
fact is that their situation is wretched, and the neighborhood is well nigh
unfit to live in from the smells arising from the hovels, chemical works and
tan-yards that abound there. The access is bad, and there is no line of
cars that runs nearer than two blocks.^— The Chicago Club have been
defeating all our local clubs during the week. «^— The game between the
Cincinnatis and Hop Bitters last Sunday was not up to much. The
former won ; score, 8 to 4.^^The Chicagos got a splendid victory over
the Califomias at Oakland last Sunday, without making a single error.
Score, 13 to 0.^— Leary, late pitcher for the Hop Bitters, has joined the
Bay City Club.^— We have seen no pitcher amongst the visiting clubB
that is ahead of Nolan. —-The new managers have greatly improved
the Recreation Grounds. ^^ The game between the Chicagos and Cincin-
natis, at the Recreation Grounds to-morrow (Sunday), is expected to be
the best ever seen on the coast.— —The betting is in favor of Chicago, on
account of their practice this week.
Cricket. — Last Saturday the most important match of the season was
played between the Occident Cricket Club and the Hop Bitters Baseball
Club, at the Oakland cricket grounds. The Occidents won the first in-
nings ; score, 55 to 52. The second inning was not played out, so the Oc-
cident Club are entitled to claim a victory on the first. In the second
inning the Hop Bitters scored 77. The Occidents made 49 when time
was called, and had two wickets to fall. What the visitors lacked in bat-
tint; they made up by their excellent fielding. Their wicket-keeper,
Higham, was especially good. In the first inning Johnson bowled three
wickets and Barrows two for the Occidents. The rest of the H. B.s were
caught out on their bowling except Manning, who was run out, and Mc-
Clure, who knocked his own bails off. For the H. B.s, Leonard bowled
four wickets. The attendance was very small.
Shooting.— The Santa RoBa Sportsman's Club have arranged for a
grand pigeon and rifle shooting tournament, to take place at Mayfield
Park, November 28th. Upwards of forty prizes in gold coin, from $150
down, will be given, and all the crack shots are expected to compete.
There will be plenty of birds, over 200 dozen pigeons being already en-
gaged. The entrance fee is S10 for the pigeon shooting, and S5 for the
rifle shooting. Entries can be sent to the S. R. S. C, Sonoma county.
—Remember that the deer season closes November 1st.— Rail are
plentiful in the Alameda marshes. ^— T he lack of rain has made ducks
scarce in the Northern counties.
Coursing. —At the Pioneer Club's meeting last Tuesday the Committee
on Cars reported that arrangements had been made with the company to
have their tickets received on all trains down from Merced till Tuesday
following the meeting. This gives visitors a chance to lay over for a few
days shooting. The drawing of do^s and election of judge and slipper is
set for Saturday, November 1st. The Club leave San Francisco Tuesday,
November 4th. Tickets — which only cost $7 50— can be obtained from
any members.
Swimming. — The race between Williams and Melrose came off at
North Beach last Tuesday morning, from the baths to Black Point and
return. Melrose took the lead, but was passed by Williams before the
Point was reached, and on the return was unable to come up to Williams,
who won in 24 min. 30 sec. Melrose's time was 25 min. This is not fast
time, but, as a strong ebb tide was running, nothing good was expected.
■^— Paul Boyton will be here before the middle of November.
Yachting The p«rforrnanc« of Pimafor* at SMoaUfco to-day, and tho
-. will lHiik.- n u-rand finale to the beat
yachting msnn «,. i, fin rmohtfl were all in position \v»-
banlay, tho arrangement* aro perfect and reflect great credit on Cotnmo-
don Harrison.
Bicycling. The I ItaturbO wont bo New York are about
■■■ in a *k da' Imam's Qnrdon. under the management
of K. (J. Cotton, the gentleman who brought the female pedestrians to
iMin rrancisco.
The American Exportor, for October, in a valuable number, filled
with facta and figarot of pre it [mportaaoe to oommerouJ men. Tho new
German tariff ia given com pi i to, iido by rid* with th.* old, besides a list of
the non \ ictorian (N, S. W.J d atia*, which are certain to discourage
American importations, and the text of the new treaty between this coun-
try and Japan, besides notices of American trade with India, with Ger-
many, with Brazil, with Irish porta and with Colombia. Consul Studer
vnrites from Singapore to point out some of the obstacles in the way of
American trade with foreign countries. The two chief difficulties he finds
to be the want of American commercial houses abroad and the backward
condition of American shipping, all the steam communications being in
the hands of other nations.
Bamum was interviewed in Philadelphia yesterday. He says that the
report that Denis Kearney once traveled with his show as the '* Wild
Man from Borneo " is not founded on feet. Kearney traveled with him
one season as the " Boorighoola Cannibal/' but his language was so
frightful that he shocked the deaf and dumbPategonian, and undermined
the morals of the learned pig and educated mules. Even the elephants
threatened to pack up their trunks and leave ; so Kearney was discharged.
— Norr. Herald.
Man and Wife (More than) One.— An old maiden aunt, from whom
there were decidedly good expectations, was telling an engaging and en-
gaged blue-eyed maiden that she must remember man and wife are one ;
whereupon the maiden remarked that if the maiden aunt occupied the
bedroom next that of her father and mother, when they were quarreling,
she would be disposed to believe they were at least a dozen.— Weekly Irish
Times.
To be well dressed is a man's first duty to himself and the world ;
for whether he eats or drinks is a small matter in comparison, and it is
only by going to J. M. Litchfield & Co.'s, 415 Montgomery street, that a
man can be sure of a perfect suit of clothes. Their cutter and fitter is
the best in the city, and they handle none but the best materials.
"A brown, stout draught horse " ought, surely, to draw a brewer's
dray. — Fun.
Sterling Silverware. — A large assortment of elegant designs at Ran
dolph & Co.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
LEAKY ROOFS!
To prevent your roofs from leaking1, have them painted with
HRINCE'S IRON ORE PAINT,
the most reliable fire and water proof metallic compound. Not a
new experiment. In use throughout the United States. None gen-
uine without the manufacturers' name. For sale by
G. T. RAYNOLDS & CO..
No. 9 Front Street, San Francisco. [Oct. 18.
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
The Company's steamers will sail as follows at 12 M:
CITY OF PEKING, Nov. 15th, Feb. 7th, May let— CITY OF TOKIO, Dec. 27th,
March 20th— for YOKOHAMA and HONGKONG.
SOUTH CAROLINA, October 28th, for PANAMA and NEW YORK, calling at
ACAPULCO, also at SAN JOSE DE GUATEMALA to land Passengers and Mails only.
Tickets to and from Europe by any line for sale at the lowest ratea ; also to Ha-
vana and all West India ports.
ZEALANDIA, October 27th, at 12 -o'clock m., or on arrival of the English mails,
for HONOLULU, AUCKLAND and SYDNEY. $10 additional is charged for pas-
sage in Upper Saloon.
CITY OF CHESTER, Oct. 30th, for VICTORIA, PORT TOWNSEND, SEATTLE,
and TACOMA, connecting at TACOMA with Northern Pacific Railroad for PORT-
LAND, Oregon, Tickets must be purchased before 11 a.m. on day of sailing, at
Wharf Office. For freight or passage apply at the office, cor. First and Brannan
streets. [Oct. 25.] WILLIAMS, BLANCH ARD & CO., Agents.
DOGS.
Gi; vor ill . the Celebrnted Caulne Doctor from Loudon, can
* be consulted for treatment or purchase. Fee. SI. Address,
G. EVERILL, 528 California street.
p5£" Sure cure for worms, distemper, canker and mange sent free by mail on
receipt of SI. Oct. 18.
HAMILTON C. BOWIE, M.D.,
(graduate of the Royal University of Moulin. Xenrologist
Jf and Larynsoscopist. Office with DR. A. J. BOWIE, 729 Sutter street.
Office hours from 1 to 3 p.m. Oct. 18.
CUMBERLAND MINE,
Yavapai Comity, Arizona. Office: No. 417 California St.,
San Francisco, California. President, GEORGE M. CIPRICO. Secretary, J.
H. GRIFFITHS. Office Hours : 2 p.m. daily. Oct. 11.
GALVANIZED TELEGRAPH WIRE.
1,500 Miles Nos. 9 to 13, in Bond or Duty Paid.
Oct. 11. A. S. HAZLWIX;, 6 California street.
B
REMOVAL.
nllion and Exchequer Mining Companies have removed
to Room 3, Safe Deposit Building. Oct. 4.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Cct. 25, 1879.
"The World," the Flesh, and the Devil.
[By a Truthful Penman. 1
We take the following from the Iowa Normal Monthly : " If we wish
to know where the profession of teaching is moBt honored and best pro-
Tided for, we must go to Brazil. The teacher in Brazil, having once passed
a satisfactory examination, becomes a government official for life, and is
promoted, not as vacancies occur, but according to his term of service.
After five years' service, during which he has a comfortable salary with
house-rent, he receives a small pension, and for every scholar above thirty,
which is supposed to be the average number in country schools, he gets,
as addition to his salary, an equivalent equal to one-third of the estimated
cost of each pupil's tuition. When sick, or disabled, a small extra pen-
sion is provided. After ten years' service, the salary, pension, and per-
quisites are doubled. After twenty years it is again increased, and a life-
insurance policy is then bestowed upon him by the Government, sufficient
to keep his family from want in case of his death. After thirty years he
is put upon the retired list, and receives the same pay as army or navy
officers of a certain rank, but he may even then continue to teach and to
receive a regular salary."— —In England the season for country-hou3e
parties is just beginning. When people have well drunk of their foreign
waters, and well washed themselves in tbe salt waves, or sufficiently hard-
ened themselves on the Scotch moors, they return to the ancestral homes,
and then quickly gather round them the waifs and strays, the good shots
and the good fellows, and the pretty faces, who, combined, make country-
house life in England the jolliest thing. Even if there are no partridges
to shoot, there are generally rabbits, and always lawn-tennis and riding
to fall back on. Who could wish for a pleasanter occupation than a ride
on a long September afternoon through the beautiful corn-fields and wind-
ing lanes which abound in almost every corner of this country, whereof
the home scenery, if not the finest or grandest, is certainly the prettiest
and most refressing to be found in the world? Then whist, nap, billiards,
music, or dancing, come to finish up the evenings, which have begun to
close up so fast.— —The tales continually "wired" to England from
France are certainly the most sensational and romantic that go to fill up the
London papers. Here is the latest from Paris. A young man, aged 26,
who has been married only three months, made an appointment to dine
with his wife at a restaurant in the Palais Royal. The young wife was
punctual, but the husband came not. Alarmed, she went home and found
the door of the apartment locked. She received no answer on ringing.
She had the door forced open, and discovered her husband dead in bed.
Beside him was a beautiful girl, also dead. Both had taken poison.
The young wife thus suddenly and cruelly made a widow was carried from
the scene a raving maniac.-^The Pictorial World has passed into the
possession of the Brothers Dalziel, who intend to make it a very light
periodical, illustrated by the best known draughtsmen. They already own
Fun and Judy.— —In Oroville, California, a placer mining region once fa-
mous, there are thousands of prosperous Chinamen, who bought its mines
several years since for almost nothing at all. Oroville is quite a lively
place still, in consequence of the thriftiness of the Mongolians. They
have a city of their own there, resplendent in gaudy, bright colors, large
stores, a theater, and many other "attractions," including gambling
houses. All the way thence up the coast the Chinamen are in almost
every nook and corner mining, and some of their placer operations are
quite extensive. They are also in goodly numbers in the city of Portland,
Oregon, and one block in particular looks as if it might have been erected
in Peking and brought over bodily.^— A correspondent of a scientific con-
temporary claims to have discovered a new application of magnetic elec-
tricity, by which the mind of a patient has acquired the power of appar-
ently releasing itself from the trammels of matter, and of transporting
itself to places distant from the body, which remains in a condition of re-
pose, resembling the effect produced by anEesthetics. Whilst under this
electric influence (the manner of which is not disclosed) the mind can be
directed to any spot or scene, and is susceptible of the same impressions
and conditions as would be experienced in the person of the patient him-
self. Scenes thus visited and impressions thus received are not only quite
accurate, but the patient, when released from the electric influence, is
said to retain a perfect remembrance of information so acquired. -^—Van-
ity Fair says : The Princess of Wales is adored in her own country, as
elsewhere. The enthusiasm which greets her wherever she appears in
public is most remarkable. She is thought to be looking as young and
pretty as when she left her home, now many years ago. The little Prin-
cesses also come in for their share of admiration ; the eldest, Princess
Louise, bears a strong rememblance to her aunt of that name, Princtss
Victoria to the Queen, and Princess Maud to her mother. They all ride
wonderfully well, and are said to be very accomplished.— It is no use
whatever for a lady to have a good figure in these days of improvement.
You now buy your figure as you buy anything else, and send it back to
be changed if you don't like it when it comes home. It is a well-known
London tailor who has brought the system to perfection, and a lady goes
to h'm and gets fitted with a figure to her taste. This figure beina- finally
adjusted, she puts it on, fastens it with a bolt in front, and straightway
goes forth to delight the world in a tight-fitting dress. Everybody must
have observed the great improvement in figures that has taken place late-
ly i man? have noticed how hard some of our beauties are to hold when
you are dancing with them, I have often wondered at it, until the other
day I discovered the cause. The new figure has this advantage— that a
lady may now have a pin run into her or be pinched with impunity. — Van-
ity Fair.— An entirely new pastime has been invented for country-houses
in the shape of tea-tray tobogganing. The way of it is this. You take a
tea-tray to the top of a good flight of stars, sit in it, hold on to the sides
of the tray with both hands— and let yourself go! If vou manage well
you slide down the whole flight of stars quickly and easily, and bring up
on the landing at the bottom ; if you don't manage it properly, you turn
round when part of the way down, and get a good crumpler. The ad-
vantage of this game is that ladies can play it, and in the house where I
saw it played they toboggined far better than the men, who generally lost
their tray and themselves half-way down the stairs. — Ibid.
BANKS.
THE BANK OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO.
Capital $5,000,000
WM.AI.VORI> President.
THOSIAS BBOW5, Cashier | B. Mil BR AT, Jr., Ass't Cashier
Agents :
New York, Agency of the Bank of Calfornia ; Boston, Tremont National Bank
Chicago, Union National Bank ; St. Louis, Boatman's Saving Bank ; New Zealand,
the Bank of New Zealand ; London, China, Japan, India and Australia, the Oriental
Bank Corporation.
The Bank has Agencies at Virginia City and Gold Hill, and Correspondents in all
the principal Mining Districts and Interior Towns of the Pacific Coast.
Letters of Credit issued, available in all parts of the world. Draw direct on Lon-
don, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Bremen, Hamburg, Frankfort-on-the-Main, Antwerp,
Amsterdam, St. Petersburgh, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Christiana, Locarno, Mel-
bourne, Sydney, Auckland, Hongkong, Shanghai, Yokohama. Nov. 4.
FIRST NATIONAL GOLD BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Paid up Capital $2,000,000, Gold. President, R. C. Wool-
worth ; Vice-President, D. Callaghan ; Cashier, E. D. Morgan.
Directors :— R. C. Woolworth, D. Callaghan, C. G. Hooker, C. Adolph Low, Peter
Donahue, Isaac Wormser, Edward Martin, James Moffitt, N. Van Bergen.
Correspondents — London : Baring Bros. & Co. Chartered Mercantile Bank of In-
dia, London and China. Dublin : Provincial Bank of Ireland. Hamburg : Hesse,
Neuman&Co. Paris: Hottinguer& Co. New York: National Bank of Commerce. Bos-
ton : Blackstone National .Bank. Chicago : First National Bank. This Bank is pre-
pared to transact a general Banking business. Deposits in Gold, Silver and Currency
received subject to check or on special deposit. Exchange for sale on the principal
cities of the United States, Great Britain, Ireland and the Continent. Commercial
Credits issued available in Europe, Chma and Japan. Collections attended to and
prompt returns made at the lowest market rates of Exchange. Jan. 19.
BANK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter.— Capital paid np, $1,800,-
000, with power to increase to 510,000,000. Southeast corner California and San-
some streets. Head 0ffice--2S Cornhill, London. Branches — Portland, Oregon; Vic-
toria, New Westminster and Cariboo, British Columbia.
This Bank transacts a General Banking Business. Accounts opened subject to Check
and Special Deposits received. Commercial Credits granted available in all parts of
the world. Approved Bills discounted and advances made on good collateral security.
Draws direct at current rates upon its Head Office and Branches, and upon its Agents
as follows :
New York, Chicago and Canada — Bank of Montreal ; Liverpool — North and South
Wales Bank ; Scotland— British Linen Company ; Ireland — Bank of Ireland ; Mex-
ico and South America. — London Bank of Mexico and South America ; China and
Japan— Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, and Oriental Bank ; Australia
and New Zealand— Bank of Australasia, Commercial Banking Company of Sydney,
and English, Scottish and Australian Chartered Bank.
May 18. FREDERICK TOWNSEND, Manager.
LONDON AND SAN FRANCISCO BANK, LIMITED.
Capital, 35,000, 000,of which $3,000,000 is fnlly paid np as
present capital. Reserve Fund, S3t»0,000. San Francisco Office, 424 Califor-
nia street ; London Office, 22 Old Broad street. Manager, ARTHUR SCRIVENER ;
Cashier, WILLIAM STEEL. London Bankers, Bank of England and London Joint
Stock Bank ; New York, Drexel, Morgan & Co. ; Boston, Third National Bank.
This Bank is prepared to transact all kinds of General Banking and Exchange Busi-
ness in London and San Francisco, and between said cities and all parts of the
world. March 30.
THE NEVADA BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO.
Capital Paid Up $10,000,000.
Reserve, IT. S. Bonds 3,500,000.
Agency at New York. 62 Wall street.
Agency at Virginia, Nev.
Buys and sells Exchange and Telegraphic Transfers. Issues Commercial and Trav-
elers' Credits. This Bank has special facilities for dealing in Bullion. July 5.
SECURITY SAVINGS BANK.
GUARANTEE CAPITAL, 9300,000.
Officers: Vice -President, Jerome Lincoln; Secretary, W.
S. Jones ; Attorney, Sidney V. Smith. Loans made on Real Estate and other
Approved Securities. Office : No. 21ft Sansome street, San Francisco. Oct. 14.
THE GERMAN SAVINGS AND LOAN SOCIETY.
Deutsche Spar anil Leinbank, No 526 California street, San
Fraucisco. Officers : President, L. GOTTIG. Board of Directors. — Fred.
Rueding, Chas. Kohler, Edw. ttruse, George H. Egger?, N. Van Bergen, H, L. Simon,
Peter Spreckels, Ign. Steinhart. Secretary, GEO. LETTE ; Attorney, JOHN R.
JARBOE. May 18.
THE ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN BANK, LIMITED.
422 California St., San Francisco.
London Office, 3 Angel Conn ; New Torlt Agents, 3. W. Sel-
igman & Co., 21 Broad street. Authorized Capital Stock, =36,000,000. Will re-
ceive Deposits, open Accounts, make Collections, buy and sell Exchange and Bullion,
loan Money, and issue Letters of Credit available throughout the world.
FRED. F. LOW, IGN. STEINHART, Managers.
P. N. Liliexthal, Cashier. Sept. 13.
AGGREGATE ASSETS, $38,739,065.
Imperial Fire Insurance Co., of London Instituted 1803.
London Assurance Corporation, of London
Established by Royal Charter 1720.
Northern Assurance Corporation, of London Established 1836.
Q,ueen Insurance Company, of Liverpool Established 1 857.
A JOINT POLICY ISSUED BY THE FOUR COMPANIES.
ROBERT DICKSON ', Manager.
W. ZANJH BOOKER, Agent and Attorney.
317 CALIFORNIA STREET, 8. F. [Oct. 11.
25, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
SKELETON SKETCHES- No 10.
[» T T. A. 11 IRCOOIT.]
The History of a Portrait.
[A In-UlWm with whkh Iters Uvt.fon.nUr fr-.m childh^xi U my »ulh.Tiu for
UutrtorT. Tb« portrait.
" W« »rr born, w« Uorfa, w» w*tp!
><• Jn'
Ah? wb*rrf.>rv do »c Uuirh or iratp?
Wh»» know* thai secret d •
AIM' 1:
In the ra%s Cllfroj was ont of the most
beautiful women at the franco Court ,\ ,-..nrt, ba it remembered, where,
in thi«e ilavs, benuty ruled DtruDOUnt, and where nothing anbeantiful
could hope for Attar. It might be added that nothing virtuoo*, however
lold retain a place in that maKniftcentir dissolute circle; but the
tee wax a notable exception to this rule, for neither Bung nor cour-
tier ODUld truly utter a word against her honor, and still she remained the
favorite, the leader, the brightest star of all. It may have been that, in
a nociety where virtue was so rare, the presumed ihwsessor of it acquired
additional value in the eyes of her worshipers -ami their name was legion
— bnt an additional zest was given to the chase by the fact that the lady's
conduct seemed to imply that the citadel of her chastity must capitulate
sooner or later. She never shunned the company of the most dissolute or
refused an invitation to festivities where decorum was unknown. On the
contrary, her own mansion was the scene of entertainments as riotously
splendid as those given at the Palace itself. But for all this not a breath
of scandal bad ever touched Gabrielle d'llfroy. She had married the old
Due d'llfroy when she was barely sixteen; at seventeen she had found
herself a widow, and the mistress of incalculable wealth ; now, at twenty,
in the very hi^ht of her beauty and power, she was still without a hus-
band, and, what was far more incomprehensible, without a lover among
all the glittering and titled throng that paid her homage.
II.
" At what hour did you say I was to sit for the artist ?" yawned Gabri-
ell*» to her favorite tire- woman, as she sat at her morning, or rather noon-
day toilet.
" I think Madame la Duchesse knows that the Englishman is awaiting
her pleasure now," answered the ancient and privileged Abigail rather
sharply.
Gabrielle Bhot a glance from her soft brown eyes into the mirror before
which she sat, but the face of the old woman behind her told no tales.
"Very well," she said; "hasten, Marie, the time of these people is
valuable."
*' I am sure you more than pay for his time," retorted the other testily,
and then added more kindly, as she put the last touch to the silky tresses
of her mistress : " but, after all, this young Englishman is very handsome
and noble."
When Gabrielle d'llfroy entered the room where she had sat daily for
her portrait for a week post, Edgar Heathfield, the artist, was busily work-
ing at his canvas. It had been the whim of Madame to have her por-
trait painted, and she had conceived the whim immediately after meeting
the Englishman at the house of her old friend, the Marquis d'Henricourt,
who was so famous for discovering and fostering genius wherever he found,
or thought he found, it. There were few people to whom the Duchesse
deigned to give a reason for anything she did, but to those few she said
that she was disgusted with the effeminate flattery of French art, and
wished to see bow her face would fare under the less tender but more
faithful mercies of an English brush. The young foreign student's good
luck in getting such a potent and munificent patroness was on every-
body's tongue. His fortune was made, they said, and so thought he ; and
his heart was glad, for in old England there was one waiting for him who
mitjht now be his wife in a few months, possibly, instead of in several
years, which was the best either of them had dared to hope for.
III.
Gabrielle, then, as I have said, entered to find the artist bowed over
his work, for he was anxious to complete it, and there was much that
could be done without her before him. As to the face, this sitting would
finish it. He neither heard nor saw her when she entered, and she stood
looking at him for several seconds before he felt her presence. It is need-
less to describe the man. His type was strongly English, and his face
was rather manly than handsome. His frame was large and muscular,
and this, together with the full, but closely clipped chestnut beard, his
frank eye and his healthy complexion, formed very decided points of con-
trast to the French courtier of that day. When at length he felt her eyes
upon him he looked up, rose, and bowed low, as was then the custom even
in his own country, but by no means so low as those whom the Duchesse
d'llfroy was accustomed to see at her feet. Her eyes had dropped in an
instant, and with a haughty inclination of her beautiful head she seated
herself before him. For nearly an hour the work went steadily on.
Those who knew Gabrielle would have been surprised at her patience, if
they had not seen her eyes as they rested on the painter during the inter-
vals between the swift glances with which he now and then took in a de-
tail. But all men would have been still more surprised at the impassive-
ness with which he worked on in the dazzling glory of her superb beauty —
if they had not known the loyal dreams of an English maiden which
blinded his sight and his heart to the radiant vision before him.
"You work well," she Baid, when he told her the portrait was finished.
"You work marvelously well." But as she stood by his side, gazing
dreamily at the picture, she hardly seemed to Bee it. As be put away
his colors, he replied that he was glad she was pleased, and his matter-of-
fact tone roused her.
" Here," she said coldly, taking a handful of gold from the velvet purse
that hung at her girdle, " let me add this to what I have already given
you, as a proof of my pleasure."
"No," he answered, looking her in the face suddenly; " I asked for
my work neither more nor less thau I thought it worth. Besides that,
your patronage will bring others "
"Others?" she interrupted, and into her great soft brown eyes stole a
look that he had never seen there before. "All the ladies of France will
not worship you because I have stooped to do so."
He stared at her in wonder. She stood transfigured before him. Pride,
passion, pique, anger, were blended in her expression, but through them
all gleamed love.
_ IV.
Iherowas an indescribable commotion in the Court of Louis Quiniso
when Itbsoame known that Gabrislle dllfroy had been bond .lead in her
[liosswere not luictdal days or sulddal people. Lin with them
met sod unshackled t.. be lightly lostsvsn by the moat Improv-
ident atid unfortunate butterfly of them all. Hut for Vr to voluntarily
relinquish the pleasures thai the tasted, and mill more the pleasures that
she might have mated hut would not, was more than her companions could
understand.
But astonishment itself was dumbfounded when it became known that
bv will (she had no legal heirs! she left everything to the English artist,
Rdger Heathfield, Then tin- lip of scorn curled, and, regardless of their
own Infamy, Gabrielle'n friends conscientiously declared that they had
always known still waters to run deep.
But, after all, the immense estates of Madame la Duchesse reverted to
the Crown, for the legatee utterly renounced and abjured all claim to
them. Two things, however, he kept in his English home. One his wife
saw and was hall jealou I of. It was a portrait, painted by her husband,
of a woman supremely beautiful, and it had come from France, but who
it was lie never told her. and she never asked. The other thing was a
letter, and that the aweet little wile never saw. It was in French, and,
being translated, read thus :
"You were loyal to her whom you loved, and I honor you for it. I
would have told you this in person, at any cost to myself, if you had not
left France at once. During my life I had never known love till I saw
you; after sealing this my life will not be long enough for me ever to
know love again. • Gabrielle D'Ilfroy."
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ARMY STREET.
"VTotlce.— The undersigned, the Mayor, Assessor and Sur-
X\ veyor of the City and County of San Francisco, appointed and constituted
Commissioners by an Act of the Legislature of the State of California entitled " An
Act to confer additional powers on the Buard of Supervisors of the City and County
of San Francisco, to provide for the opening of Army Street and the condemnation
of private property therefor," approved March 16th, 1878, do hereby give notice, in
conformity to the provisions of said Act and the other Acts of the said Legislature
referred to therein, that the report of the said Commissioners required by the pro-
visions of the Acts aforesaid is completed and will be open for the inspection of all
parties interested, at the Mayor's Office, New City Hall (the same being the office of
the said Commissioners), daily, for thirty days, commencing on WEDNESDAY, Oc-
tober 1st, 1S79, between the hours of 9 o'clock a.m. and 4 o'clock p.m. of each day.
Dated San Francisco, September 29th, X879.
A. J. BRYANT, Mayor,
ALEXANDER BADLAM, Assessor,
WM. P. HUMPHREYS, Surveyor,
Oct. 4. Army Street Commissioners.
WAKELEE'S AUREOtlNE
Produces the Beautiful Golden Hair so Much Admired.
SUPEKZOIt TO TZtE ZMPORXEZt JLSTZCZE
—BY REASON OF ITS—
PEESHNESS AND CAKE USED I1T IT8 PBODTJCTION.
PRICE, LARGE BUTTLES. $2.
Manufactured by ZZ. P. WAKELEE & CO., Druggists, corner
Montgomery and Bush streets, S. E. [Aug. 2.
JOHN JENNINGS
Hooper's South End Warehouses, corner Japan and Town-
send streets. San Francisco. First-class Fire-Proof Brick Building, capacity
10,000 tons. Goods taken from the Dock and the Cars of the C. P. R. R. and S. P.
R. R. free of charge. Storage at Current Rates. Advances and Insurance Effected.
EDWARD BOSQUi & CO.,
Printers, Engravers, Lithographers and Bookbinders,
I^eidesdorff street, front Clay to Commercial.
J. C. MERRILL & CO.,
Shipping and Commission Merchants, Agents for the Sand-
wich Islands Packet Lines, 204 California street, S. F. April 13.
SITUATION WANTED.
An English gentleman, with several years' experience of
California, thoroughly acquainted with book-keeping and general business,
and with a knowledge of farming, is anxious for employment as clerk, overseer, or
other position. Best of references. Address " S," this office. Oct. 18.
NOTICE.
At a meeting: or the Local Board of Directors of the
LIVERPOOL AND LONDON AND GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY, held
October 11th, 1879, MR. GEORGE MEL was appointed Resident Secretary pro tem
of the Pacific department of Baid Company.
Oct. 18. WM. F. BABCOCK, Chairman.
A LARGE REWARD
Will be paid on application to JOHN BROWN, at tills
office, for the papers of JOHN COSSER, recently deceased at some town
back of Mazatlan, Mexico. Oct. 18.
8
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Oct. 25, 1879.
BALDWIN'S LAWYERS.
It is not our custom to find fault with attorneys engaged in litigation
against us. They have their obligations to their clients, which we under-
stand and respect. But then we have never until now had occasion to
complain of a District Attorney being dragged perforce into a Police
Court to conduct a preliminary inquiry, the result of which he may after-
ward have to pass upon with judicial fairness as between the people on the
one hand and the accused on the other. District Attorney Murphy has
much to do, and is not credited with doing it over well. Just now he
ought to be specially busy, as the Grand Jury is in session. Yet he goe3
out of his way to serve his friend Lloyd, passes upon a complaint for libel
against the News Letter, causes a warrant to issue, and goes down to the
Police Court and conducts an examination which is to determine whether
or not the case is to be sent to be passed upon by him in another and to-
tally different capacity. The Police Court has its proper prosecuting
officer, who, it is needless to say, is not D. J. Murphy. Mr. Baldwin has
his private attorney, and that attorney is not Murphy, though he may be
Murphy's owner. Why was not Prosecuting Attorney Flood, or Bald-
win's private attorney Lloyd, permitted to conduct this case ? We know
that Murphy did not go into it from any loveof it ; moreover, we are
very sure he would not have gone into it at all if he could have avoided
it. Then why could he not have avoided it ? Ah ! Thereby haugs a
tale ! We shall, perhaps, before we are through, tell that little story, es-
pecially as the telling of it may let in a flood of light as to the influences
that astute attorneys sometimes get over prosecuting officers. Mr. Mur-
phy is soon to retire from office ; he is being allowed to leave it pleasantly,
and if his paths are made as pleasant as his friends expect to make them,
he will have no reason to regret having experienced a change of employers.
It may be, therefore, that he thinks he is now above and beyond criticism.
If he does so think, all we can say is that he never made a greater mis-
take in his life, and he has made some considerable ones. In the proper
discharge of his duty, even though that duty be the prosecution of the
Neios Letter, we find no fault with him. But it is not his duty to prose-
cute a preliminary inquiry in the Police Court. On the contrary, such a
prosecution conflicts with his real duty of afterward advising and assist-
ing the Grand Jury upon the case. Moreover, he treated us most un-
fairly in the Police Court; he, in a violent haraDgue, insisted that the
case should be gone on with then and there. We had only received notice
of the suit the evening previous, and it was monstrously unreasonable to
expect us to be ready then. We asked that a future, but early, day
should be set for the hearing, and our customary and proper request was
acceded to by the Court, despite the loud-mouthed protests of a vitupera-
tive but expiring District Attorney. We complain that he made a most
monstrous demand, and made it with over-zealous language. We tell him
that, if he can stand the outcome of it, we can. As to Mr. Lloyd, we
have nothing to say against his zeal for his employer, but when he uses
influences, which we may yet have to describe, with an official to cause
him to perform functions that are inconsistent with his office, he (Lloyd)
renders himself amenable to criticism, because what is our case to-day
may be somebody else's to-morrow. We know no man who has been
treated with greater forbearance, but forbearance may cease tu be a
virtue. If by this time we have not made it perfectly apparent that we
do not intend to submit to be bulldozed by either Baldwin or his over-
Bmart lawyers, we have been read to little purpose.
INVESTIGATING THE BALDWIN.
Baldwin demands an investigation of himself, his hotel and its
surroundings, and most assuredly he shall have it. In an ill-advised hour
he caused a charge of libel to be preferred against the News Letter, and,
while we are the nominal defendants, it is he and his that are really on
trial. That is the real issue, and as such we accept it with cheerful alac-
rity. Not, of course, that we mean to say that we have any special liking
for defending libel suits. When, however, they are forced upon ub, in the
discharge of an undoubted public duty, we shrink not from the obligation
that is upon us to make clear the good motives from which we have acted,
and the justifiable ends we desired to promote. Our readers, who have
followed our course, are aware that we have been commenting upon hotel
life as it is in this city, with a view to the public good. We have shown
how our large hotels have come to be the homes of some of the best fam-
ilies. We pointed out that, as those institutions are no longer licensed or
subject to strict police surveillance, it is essential, in the public interest,
that their management should be freely, yet always fairly, criticised. The
duty of saying some plain things about the Baldwin was upon us, and we
said them, with malice toward none and with entire confidence in their
truthfulness. Whether that confidence was well founded or not will be
best determined by the Police Court investigation to which we are chal-
lenged. We are ready for that inquiry, and propose to make it
thorough, searching and conclusive. If it results in disaster to
those who have invited it, the fault will be theirs and not ours.
If the atmosphere of the house receives a healthy fumigation in the pro-
cess, that will be its advantage and the public's good. It was part of the
libel, with which we are charged, that we alleged that Baldwin was "not
a man of such experience, moral elevation or gentlemanly instincts
as to constitute him the kind of person best fitted to run such an institu-
tion." Mr. Baldwin challenges us to the proof of that allegation. He
shall have it, though of a certainty the supplying of it is a work of super-
rerogation, for_ there does not five a well informed man in our city who
does not, of his own knowledge, know that we have simply stated the
truth. BA we went further, and Btated many facts very circumstan-
tially. The proof will have to be equally circumstantial, and we are well
assured that it will be. In short, we mean to make this case sumewhat
of a caution. We know whereof we speak, we know Baldwin, we know
his lawyers and their methods, and, before we are through, it will not be
our fault if the public is not as well informed about them as we are. If
we were to offer advice, it would be that the parties concerned should
take our well meant criticisms in good part, and proceed to so improve the
management of the Baldwin as that we may hereafter praise where we
are now compelled to condemn. We shall be glad to change our tone
when the facts justify us. We have no desire to send evil reports abroad,
and would not if the demands uf truth were not imperative.
Lady (stopping with her husband at a seaside fishing village): " And is
Mr. Smith at home ?" Girl: " Ye3, m'm. he has been home, but has gone
outagain." Lady: "Oh, did he say where he was going?" Girl: "I
don't know, m'm, but he said something about going out to get shaved
and bamboozled, m'm." [She meant shampooed.]— Fun.
THE CROCKER RECEPTION.
Memorable among the many memorable incidents of Gen. Grant's
visit to San Francisco, the reception of the hero by Mr. Charles Crocker
will remain one of the great events in our social history. Only the largest
spirit of hospitality and State pride, disposing of boundless wealth, could
imagine and carry through an entertainment so stately, so glowing with
color and splendor, so lordly in its scale and scope. The mansion, famous
wherever the name of California is known, is one of the grandest on the
Continent, and is furnished throughout in a style of imperial luxury. All
that the genius and the cunning hands of art can accomplish of marvelous
and rare on the canvas or in marble, in the chased metal or the elaborate
bronze, in the wonderful carved woods and the exquisite, costly fabrics of
the finest art centers of Europe, or the wonderful works of the deft Jap-
anese and Chinese, all are here brought together and arrayed with a
subtle charm of taste and refinement, which fill the visitor with an ever-
growing amazement. Who could imagine that treasures like these would
be found in a city, barely thirty years old, and in a land but yesterday
beyond the reach of the civilized world? Surprises like this are the de-
light of our California magnates; and none has yet been imagined to com-
pare with the fairy festival of laBt Tuesday night, at the Crocker Man-
sion. The grand Galls blazed with light and the air was balmy with the
breath of the rarest and most delicious flowers ; from room to room the'
guests moved through a succession of enchanting scenes, each a picture
one would have been glad to fix forever ; and the walls flashed back from
their polished wood-work and costly mirrors and rare marbles the light
and sparkle of diamond and ruby and emerald, and the glances of eyes
that outflashed the gems, and the poise of heads more lovely than the
dreams of art.
The beauty and the distinction of San Francisco were gathered to greet
the renowned guest, and surely not in all his wanderings had the observ-
ant eye of the great soldier rested on a statelier assemblage of fair women
and brave men. Here were the women, beautiful, refined, accomplished,
who have made California a synonym throughout the land for the highest
type of womanly grace and culture ; here were the men, the thinkers and
tne workers famous in the fields of enterprise, the great statesmen, the
railroad kings, who have grasped a continent, the profound lawyers, whose
names are quoted with respect abroad, the divines, who have shed light
en the sacred mysteries, the merchants, whose ships are on every sea, and
the manufacturers, who make the land hum with the sound of industry.
Through the enchanted night went on the song, the sound of happy
voices, the musical laughter of women; the rapture of music, and the
tinkle of the silvery fountain's fall ; and when the silent starB were setting,
and the still glory of the coming day began to fill the east with light,
slowly and regretfully the farewells were spoken, and the brilliant com-
pany separated, with lingering looks and sighs but half repressed.
SPECIAL COMMISSIONS.
Nothing in the new Constitution seems plainer than that special
commissions are abolished, and forever prohibited. The words are em-
phatic that special commissioners shall not be capable of performing any
municipal functions whatever. That legislates the police, water, fire,
new City Hall, sheet widening, golden gate park, and all similar commis-
sions out of existence. Existing commissioners do not seem to realize the
fact, but it is a fact nevertheless. The newly elected officials who are ex
officio members of commissioners are tiling bonds as such, but they may
well Bpare themselves the trouble. The nice little plums, in the shape of
additional salaries for these extra duties, will now remain in the city
Treasury. The Board of Supervisors must now perform all these duties.
It was always proper that they should. It was an anomaly in represent-
ative government, that the principle functions of city supervisors should
be taken away from the elected authorities, and placed in the hands of
nominated irresponsibles. It was said that commissioners, who were gen-
erally named by persons who lobbied bills through the Legislature, could
be more safely trusted than the popularly elected Supervisors. If this
were true, then the truth of it is a terrible commentary upon government
by the people. The sooner the Boaid of Supervisors is made to discharge
its full duties to the city, the sooner will the people realize the necessity
of electing the most honest and capable men for Supervisors.
RUSSIA AND GERMANY.
The pretended quarrel between Russia and Germany, which has so
exercised the editors of newspapers, is the greatest piece of moonshine
ever yet presented to the world in the guise of a fact. The mere circum-
stance of Prince Gortschakoff having pretended to make a confidant of
all Europe through a French newspaper is enough to prove this. It is all
a piece of acting, clumsy and transparent enough (yet neither too trans-
parent nor too clumsy, as would appear, to deceive the newspaper critics),
intended to throw dust in the eyes of England and France, and, above all,
to lead Austria to her ruin and dismemberment. The notion of Russia
making an alliance with France, after the telegram of the Emperor Wil-
liam thanking the Czar for preventing France from getting allies and at-
tributing to him the main influence in the triumph of Prussia — this no-
tion is too absurd for any but a leader-writer. The notions which every
man must get into his head who wishes to understand European politics
are these: 1. Russia and Germany are closely allied. 2. The victims of
this alliance are intended to be Turkey, Austria, France and England.
3. A real alliance between England, France, Turkey and the smaller
States will upset the whole conspiracy. — From European papers received
t/m morning.
A MEMORABLE OCCASION.
On the evening of Friday, October 17th, a select company of old and
tried friends assembled at the mansion of Mr. and Mrs. Fredk. L. Castle,
Sutter and Van Ness Avenue, to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of
their wedding. The spacious drawing-rooms and halls of the stately resi-
dence were exquisitely decorated with a profusion of native and exotic
flowers, wrought into festoons and wreaths. The genial spirit of the time
shone in the faces of all, and it was with subdued emotion that the solemn
vows were once more plighted in the presence of a company which in-
cluded the seven children of the accomplished host and hostess. The eve-
ning wore on in the interchange of congratulations and memories, sunny
and sombre, of the quarter- century, through whose' shifting scenes the
faithful pair had passed into the broad and mellow light of the now
westering sun of life. It was after midnight when the party broke up,
uttering, a3 with one heart, the sincerest wishes for continued health and
happiness to those who bear so lightly the burden of their riper years.
< >ct. 2T., 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
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THE TOWN CRIER.
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*Om lb*t will ;-i», U)» d«Ttl.nr with yea."
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Which mid? htm crow boldss mod holder. '
Suit baa been commenced by the family of Mr. Charles Blithers,
now in the Xsp* Lunatic Asylum, against the firm that furnished the
hundred and odd oJodn at the New I'.tyliall. The complaint alleges
that. befog of aoand mind ami rationally dienosed, Mr. Blithers went to
the Tax Cotlectort office to pay hi- d h -. end nana out that in that office
it was twenty minute past eleven, while he (Mr. HlithtT*) supi^^etl it was
a quarter to three. Eu soled the fact as a curious circumstance, and
passed down stairs to get a been* . when he ascertained by the
dock there that it was just half-past nine, while the docks in the corridors
insisted nepectiTely that it was three minutes past one, eleven minutes of
five, half p.t-t seren, and sixteen minutes past nine. At this point his in-
tellect weakened, but he climbed up to the third story, where a very
handsome dial was moving with remarkable regularity, and pointing to
four o'clock, As he was bring to gather his scattered brain into cohesive
particles, be heard a gentleman behind him remark: " Dear me, that
dock can't be right; it's never a quarter to six, surely." And then he
swooned on the cold marble steps, and was taken before the Insanity
Commissioners, w-ho no sooner saw him gaze wildly at the clock and
shriek, " It cannot be forty minutes past ten." than they consigned him
to the Black Maria and committed him to Napa. He may recover, being
perfectly gentle except when he sees a clock, but the family expect to re-
cover $40,000 framagm
There is an attempt to get up a boom against the Napa Insane
Asylom, beosase it is reported that an inmate of that costly palace sat
too long under the hot-water faucet, and was taken out boiled. If this
were true, it would be hard to say too much against the management of
the place, for, without taking into account the cost of heating the water,
which was kept running an unconscionable time, there was a lamentable
waste of raw material in cooking what could not be utilized for food.
Nevertheless, this was certainly a cleaner and more agreeable method of
suppressing an obnoxious patient than the Wisconsin practice of dropping
him into a dirty basement. The obvious weak point in both these stories
is, that we are not told what was done with the product of the industry
in either case. Is it not barely possible that a cooked lunatic is found to
be more profitable, when fairly planted, than a raw one?
The hurry in which daily newspapers are necessarily prepared excuses
the following paragraph in a usually accurate evening contemporary,
although, in some sense, it is scarcely pardonable unless the hasty report
was handed in without the supervision of the city editor. It reads: "The
steamer General Grant, with St. Paul and party on board, arrived this
morning from Astoria." Immediately after the publication of the above
item, the Rev. Dr. Cox, D.D.D., ran down to the Palace Hotel to try
and get the rough notes of a Third Epistle to the Corinthiaus, which he
confidently expected to find ready for the printer. His disgust at discov-
ering St. Paul nursing a pug puppy and smoking a clear Havana is not
easily illustrated, but as we go to press he wasn't writing any epistles to
speak of.
Sacramento has had her grand reception, which went off very suc-
cessfully. By great care, and assiduous treatment with ice bags, the au-
thorities were able to keep the thermometer down to 85°, and Grant was
heard to say he had found it warmer in the Red Sea. This brought
smiles to every face, and when, taking his seat at the banquet-table, he
picked up the menu and remarked: "Thank God! lean see my way
through this; quail on toast and boned turkey," thunders of applause
shook the building, and a salute of 100 guns was fired from the Capitol
grounds. Workmen have been busy ever since, propping up the dome,
and it is thought it may be saved. But Grant is still puzzled about that
new-fangled word menu. He says they used to call it grub when he was
a boy.
A thoughtful patriot, who saw 30,000 children march around Gen.
Grant at Woodward's Gardens, three weeks ago, has been distressed in
mind ever since to know what those children are going to do, in view of
the Mongolian hordes now pouring into our beloved country. It is hard
to satisfy everybody, but perhaps it may have some bearing on the case if
we invite this patriot to look out for his own share of the 30,000, and try
to induce his friends to do likewise. And it is just possible that the whole
30,000 might have been better employed that day in attending school, and
fitting themselves so far to hold their own against the Mongolian hordes.
Mr. Herbst, of the South Cosmopolitan Grammar School, considers
that the study of French and German adds scholarship in the English
language, and since the amount paid for teachers in the two Continental
tongues is only $11,700, there ought to be no objection to the Cosmopolitan
Schools. Mr. Herbst may make himself easy. There might be a war
upon French, if French alone were taught ; but there will be no war upon
the German language in the Public Schools. There are quite too many
German voters in the city for any party to think of offendiug them.
Oakland is clearly ahead. It is announced that her public schools are
crowded, but that the system of the Superintendent affords ample accom-
modation for all. Whether the Superintendent is in any way related to
the ingenious Sir Boyle Roche does not appear; but he ought to be, since
he has found the way to make two bodies occupy the same space at once.
There is something elastic in Oakland ; either the air, or the school
buildings, or the Superintendent of Schools, or perhaps even the truth
itself.
Our best citizens are all on their knees. Men who have not knelt in
prayer for a quarter of a century are earnestly beseeching the Creator to
send a thunder-storm, a heavy rain, an earthquake ; in fact, anything
which will stop the threatened marine performance of Pinafore to-day.
There is every prospect of the petition being granted, but, failing that, a
heroic " Curtius," as it were, has been found, who, at the sacrifice of his
own life, has sworn to scuttle the yacht with the whole company on board.
A small boy, named McCarthy, was sent to the Industrial School this
week for six months for delivering Mark Antony's oration to a China-
woman. He invariably commenced, " Lend me your ear-rings, I come
to " at which point he was in the habit of doing a mile in 5:25. His
last effort introduced him to Judge Louderback, with the above result.
It was unfortunate for ..,,,. (,f our most hoary pioneers that the last
day of the man end I ihoold also have been the date fixed for
the i rocker reception, for about noon a boy emerged from a Borutfi on
treat, carrying the mammoth horse -shoe of flowers of welcome which
was hung at the head of the itaira, and WSS typical of good luck to the
LreneraJ and the guests. Rut the old Forty niner saw the floral trophy,
and, turning to a friend, with a shake of Us head, muttered j "Well,
I ve been here thirty yean*, and seen a heap of darned nonsense, but
when it Domes to carrying n home-shoe of flowers out to the Pavilion, and
presenting it to a weary old plug like " Pinafore," Its time to look out for
earthquake*. Why in thunder didn't the blamed fool spend the money
for oats ?" and be walked sadly away and got outside of about four fingers
of old rye as a temporary immersion of his grief.
Mr. Ruth aud Dr. Carver are not going to have it all their own way
forever and ever as champion glass-ball shooters. That lively village,
Petal um a, will shortly bring out a dark horse who can break eleven hun-
dred balls out of a thousand, and simultaneously kill two pigeons out of
three from a trap spring behind him At two yards' rise. By a patent Ad-
justment he will also score seventy-five consecutive bulfs'-eyes at fifty
yards, on a target placed at right angles to the pigeonB And the glass balls ;
and the appearance of this new candidate for powder and shot honors i8
merely delayed while he is arranging a little scheme to do the whole busi-
ness blindfold.
Geueral Grant is a man of few words; so few, indeed, that he has
made the same little remark about feeling that his reception in America
is a personal compliment just 153 times, on 153 different occasions, since
he landed. There is a movement going on among the able writers of the
city to get up a new phrase for the hero's use— no writer to be allowed to
contribute more than one word — and the sentence, when completed, will
be elegantly engrossed and bound in embossed blue velvet for presenta-
tion. It is thought that Grant will feel particularly good when he gets
it, and his hearers more so, when they pick up his words, rightly
described by the daily press as "filled with food for thought."
Hector A. Stuart has written the libretto of a comic opera called the
"Jolly Quacker." As a burlesque it is scarcely equal to this renowned
writer's now celebrated poem on the reception of Grant, in which occurs
the immortal line :
" His voice, deep as thunder, rose over commotion."
Like Shakespeare, Hugo, Dickens and other masters of literature, Stuart
possesses the power of moving us to smiles or tears — his tragedies excite
our laughter, his comedies make us weep.
"I like Gen. Grant first-rate," said a Chronicle reporter sadly the
other day, " but his coming 's been a little rough on me. I was detailed
for the banquet business, and I've been writing columns of slush about
' Charlotte Russe a la Chantilly,' and chicken liver brochettes,' ' salmon
a la Chambord,' and ' English snipe.' You don't know how hard it is on a
fellow after a day's work of this sort to sit down and worry through
three dishes for a quarter or to take a light fifteen-cent meal. It seema
terribly incongruous, don't it ? "
A discharged employee, in the usual spirit of gentlemen in a similar
fix, recently brought serious charges against Mr. Sinton, the License Col-
lector. And thus out of evil comes good. The quasi-defendant in the
case insists on an immediate examination by experts, and nothing remains
of the original daub of mud flung at him except the flingee, who retires
into his shell with the celerity of a perrywinkle, and, like a defeated
snail, withdraws his horns into the well slimed walls of his own interior.
One of the most repulsive features about modern life is the ubiquitous
reporter. A man cannot even hide the amount of his income from these
prying fellows j and ever since the newspapers published the fact that W.
H. Vauderbilt and J. C. Flood hold each $5,000,000 in TJ. S. Bonds, we
have been expecting to find our own large investment in, that line revealed.
Thus tar we have escaped, but the end is not yet.
The wind blows the other way in Herzegovina at present. Before the
war the Turks took what they pleased from Christian&in that happy land,
and shot the proprietor who objected to having his goods conveyed. Now
the Christians pay no rent, and shoot the Turkish landlord if he tries to
collect his dues. Some philologists hold, that the Irish is the native
speech of Herzegovina Christians.
Mr. Chas. Alpers proposes to the Board of Supervisors to contract for
the removal of dead animals from the city limits for thirty years, the
Board to spend §100,000 in clearing the decks for action. It would save
money to the taxpayers and purify the atmosphere far more to give Mr.
Alpers $5,000, on condition of removing himself beyond the city limits
for the term specified.
The poor Indian is again being imposed upon in Texas and New
Mexico, as well as in Colorado. The moment he goes out, like the senti-
mental butcher on that beautiful moonlight night, to do a little quiet kill-
ing, the white man raises a hue and cry, and objects to the child of na-
ture. This is mean, " Live and let live " is a good motto.
The telegraph incorrectly reports the name of the Irish M.P. who
declared that the people of Ireland had more cause for resorting to vio-
lence than the French had in 1789. It was not Major G'Gorman who
made this reasonable statement, but Major Goliah O'Grady Gahagan,
whose exploits have been recorded by Thackeray.
On Thursday the Alta published a story headed the " Mutilation of
a Grave." and some excitement was caused before it was found out that
the grave in question was that of the English language, which had suf-
fered mutilation at the hands of the great journal till it could bear no
more.
The Chicago papers promise themselves to give Grant the " grandest
military spectacle" seen in the country since the war. Naturally, St.
Louis is all on fire to give him a pair of spectacles, and we believe in
anything to beat Grant.
An Oregon paper says that a married lady of that State saw a town
for the first time in her life when she attended the Grant jubilee at Port-
land, but the cruel editor carefully abstains from telling us what town it
was she saw.
Los Angeles complains of not being lively. What the fallen angel do
you mean ? They don't have a jolly time in heaven ; that's not what
folks go there for. It's only what is naughty that is nice, good angels.
10
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Oct. 25, 1879.
C- P* R- R«
Overland Ticket Office : Ferry Landing, foot
of Market street.--Commencing: Monday,
May 19th, 1879, and until further notice,
ains Boats wil leave
SAX FRANCISCO:
7f%* A. M. (daily), Vallejo Steamer (from Market
• >J J Street Landing — Connecting with Trains for
Napa (Stages for Sonoma), Calistoga (the Geysers),
and Sacramento. Connecting at Davis {Sundays except-
ed) for Woodland and Knight's Landing, and at Wood-
land for Williams and Willows.
(Arrive San Francisco 8:10 p.m.)
7f\(\ A.M. (daily) Local PassengerTrain(via Oakland
• vU Ferry) and via Livermore arriving at Tracy
at 11:30 A. m. and connecting with Atlantic Express.
Connects at Niles with Train arriving at San Jose at
10:15 a.m. . n nr v
(Returning, train from Tracy arrives at 6:05 P.M.)
8(\C\ A.M. (daily), Atlantic Express Train (via Oak-
• UU laud Ferry, Northern Ry. and S. P. & T. R R.)
for Sacramento, Marysville, Redding, Portland (Or.),
Colfax, Reno (Virginia City), Palisade (Eureka), Ogden
and Omaha. Connects at Gait with train arriving at
lone at 3:40 p.m.
(Arrive San Francisco 5:15 p.m.)
Sunday Excursion. Tickets to San Paolo and Marti-
nez at Seduced Sates.
1 f\ /\i"kA.M. (daily) via Oakland Ferry, Local Passen-
-LU.VU ger Train to Haywards and Niles.
(Arrive San Francisco 4:05 P.M.)
3AA P.M. (daily)San Jose Passenger Train (via Oak-
."v land Ferry and Niles), stopping at all Way Sta-
tions. Arrives at San Jose at 5:20 p.m.
(Arrive San Francisco9:35 A.M.)
3f\f\ P.M. (daily) Northern Railway Passenger Train
• \J\J (via Oakland Ferry) to San Pablo, Martinez
(Arrive San Francisco 0:35 a.m.)
and Antioch.
4{\f\ P.M. (daily) Arizona Express Train (via Oak-
. VU Jan(i Ferry, Northern Ry. and S. P. & T. R. R.)
for Lathrop (and Stockton), Merced, Madera, Visalia,
Sumner, Mojave, Newhall (San Buenaventura, and Santa
Barbara), LosAnoel.es, "Santa Monica," Wilmington,
Santa Ana (San Diego), Colton and Yuma (Colorado
River Steamers), connecting direct with Daily Trains
of the Southern Pacific Railroad of Arizona for Mari-
copa (Daily Stages for Phoenix and Prescott), and for
Casa Grande (182 miles east from Yuma), and end of
Track (Daily Stages for Florence and Tucson).
"Sleeping Cars" between Oakland, Los Angeles and
Yuma.
(Arrive San Francisco 12:35 p.m.)
A f\f\ P- M. (Sundays excepted) Vallejo Steamer (from
"X»W Market Street Landing), connecting with trains
for Calistoga, (the Geysers), Woodland, Knight's Land-
ing and Sacramento ; and at Sacramento with Pas-
senger Train, leaving at 9:35 p.m. for Truckee, Reno,
Carson and Virginia.
" Sleeping Cars " between Vallejo and Carson.
(Arrive San Francisco 11:10 A.M.)
4i\f\ P.M. (Sundays excepted) Sacramento Steamer
•vU (from Wash'n St. Wharf), for Beniciaand Land-
ings on the Sacramento River.
(Arrive San Francisco 8:00 p.m.)
4("V(~VP.M. (daily), Through Third Class and Accom-
• V-'y' modation Train (via Oakland Ferry, North-
ern Ry. and S. P. & T. R. R.) connecting at Lathrop
with Train arriviug at Los Angeles on second day at
11:55 a.m. (Arrive San Francisco 9:05 A.M.
4 0A P.M. (daily) Local Passenger Train {via Oak-
_ "_ land Ferry) to Haywards, Niles and Liver-
(Arrive San Francisco 8:35 a.m.)
£) OO P-M. (daily) Overland Emigrant Train (via
t-,*v-^vy Oakland Ferry and Northern Railway) to
Ogden, Omaha and East.
Public conveyance for Mills Seminary connects at Sem-
nary Park Stat.on with all trains, Sundays excepted.
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Creek Route.
From SAN FRANCISCO— Daily— Bo-AO, B6:30, 7.20, 8:15,
9:15, 10:15, 11:15 a.m. 12:15, 1:15, 2:25, 3:15, 4:15,
5:15, 6.15 P.M.
From OAKLAND— Daily— B5:r60, b6:20, 7:10, 8:05, 9:05,
10:05, 11:05 A. M. 12:05, 1:05, 2:15, 3:05, 4:05, 5:05,
6:05 p.m. —Sundays excepted.
"Official Schedule Time" furnished by Randolph &
Co., Jewelers, 101 and 103 Montgomery St., S. F.
T. H. GOODMAN, Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agt.
A. N. Towne, General Superintendent.
Commencing- Monday, Sept. 15th, 1S79,
and until further notice, Boats and Trains will
leave San Francisco (Washington-st. Wharf) as follows :
3(~)(~) p. M. daily (Sundays excepted), Steamer
• " \_/ " James M. Donahue " (Washington Street
Wharf) , connecting with Mail and Express Train at Don-
ahue for Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Healdsburg, Cloverdale,
and way stations. Making stage connections at Lake-
ville for Sonoma ; at Geyserville for Skaggs' Springs ; at
Cloverdale for Ukiah, Lakeport, Mendocino City, High-
land Springs, Bartlett Springs, Soda Bay and the
Geysers.
&g~ Connections made at Fulton on following morn-
ing for Korbel's, Guerneville and the Redwoods.
(Arrive at San Francisco 10:30 a.m.)
Sunday Excursions at Reduced Kates.
8Tj K a.m., Sundays only, via Donahue, forClover-
• JL tf dale and Way Stations.
Fares for Round Trip: Donahue, SI ; Petaluma, Si. 50 ;
Santa Rosa, §2; Fulton, S2. 50; Windsor, S3; HeaMsburg,
S3; Litton's, S3.50; Geyserville, S3.50; Cloverdale, S4.50.
(Arrive at San Francisco 7:00 p.m.)
Freight received from 7 a.m. till 2.30 p. m.,
daily (except Sundays).
Ticket Office : Washington st. Wharf.
A. HUGHES,
Gen. Manager.
JAS. M. DONAHUE.
Gen. Pass & Tkt. Agt.
SYDNEY INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.
Round the World Tickets.
Tbe Pacific Mail Steamship Company
will issue Round the World Tickets, giving first-
class accommodations for the entire route, at the low
price of $650. For particulars apply to
WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO.,
General Agents,
Aug. 9. Corner First and Brannan streets.
Natural beauty surpasses any-
thing which can be imparted by
artificial means. PHOSPHATE
SOAP gives health to the skin
simply by removing impurities and
eradicating the poisons which give
rise to skin diseases.
Not only for ffaily use on the fac9
and hands, but for bathing the
entire body, there is nothing equal
to PHOSPHATE SOAP. It is a
thorough disinfectant and removes
offensive odors of every kind.
Ask your Druggist for it.
Commencing1 Monday, April 21, 1879,
and until further notice, Passenger Trains will leave
San Francisco, from Passenger Depot on Townsend
street, between Third and Fourth streets, as follows :
Q OH A.M. daily for San Jose and Way Stations.
{J**J^-J B^T" Stages for Pescadero (via San Mateo)
connect with this train only.
Q QQA.M (Sundays only) for San Jose and Way Sta.
v.tIV/ tions. Returning, leaves San Jose at 6 p.m_
1 O 4-0 *""' dailv for San Jose. Gilroy, Hollister,
■*- ^'^^ Tres Pinos, Pajaro, Salinas, Soledad and
all Way Stations. gg^At Pajaro, the Santa Cruz
R. R. connects with this train for Aptos, Soquel and
Santa Cruz. ^= At Salinas the M. &, S. "V. R. R.
connects with this train for Monterey, yw Stage
connections made with this train. (Pescadero Stages via
San Mateo excepted.)
Q Q(~) P.M. daily (Sundays excepted) for San Jose,
*J' *■* w Gilroy, Pajaro, Hollister, Tres Pinos and prin-
cipal Way Stations.
SPECIAL NOTICE.— The trains of the Santa Cruz R. R.
and theM. & S. V. R. R , which have been connecting
with this train on Saturdays at Pajaro and Salinas re-
spectively, have been withdrawn for the season. Those
intending to visit Aptos, Soquel, Santa Cruz or Monterey,
will take the train leaving San Francisco at 30:40 A.M.
daily^
3 0f\ p.m. (Sundays only) for San Jose and Way Sta-
• " " tions.
4 9 £\ p.m. daily (Sundays excepted) for San Jose and
.£i*J Way Stations.
O'" AA p. m. daily (Sundays excepted) for MenloPark
■'-/v-/ and Way Stations.
£i O f~\ p.m.— daily, for Menlo Park and Way Stations.
Second-Class Fare.
Between San Francisco and San Jose S1.00.
On Freight Trains only, leaving San Francisco at 4:00
a.m., San Jose at 8:30 p.m. (daily, Sundays excepted).
Excursion Tickets at Reduced Rates
To San Jose and intermediate points sold on Saturdays,
and Sunday mornings, good for return until following
Monday inclusive.
Also, EXCURSION TICKETS to Aptos, Soquel, Santa
Cruz and Monterey, sold on Saturdays only— good for
return until the following Monday inclusive.
E3F" Principal Ticket Office— Passenger Depot, Town-
send street. Branch Ticket Office— No. 2 New Mont-
gomery street, Palace Hotel.
A.C. BASSETT.Supt. H.R. JUDAH, A. P. &T. A.
SOUTHERN DIVISIONS.
Commencing Monday, May 19th, 1879,
I^F*" Passengers for points on the Southern Divisions
of the road will take the cars of the Central Pacific Rail-
road via OAKLAND, leaving SAN FRANCISCO via Ferry
Landing, Market street, at 4:00 p.m. daily (Arizona Ex-
press Train), and making close.connection at GOSHEN
for Sumner, Mojave, Los Angeles, Wilmington, Ana-
heim, Colton, Colorado River, Yuma, Maricopa and Casa
Grande (182 miles east from Yuma). May 31.
liadies who have injured the skin
by the constant use of cosmetics
may do much to restore their faces
to that beauty which nature alone
can give by constantly using PHOS-
PHATE SOAP.
For chapped hands the constant
use of PHOSPHATE SOAP will
be recommended by all who give
it one fair trial.
If you want a nice article of
Toilet Soap and something that is
beneficial to the skin, buy PHOS-
PHATE SOAP.
Ladies who wish to make the
skin look beautiful and natural
should use PHOSPHATE SOAP.
Manufactured by "Standard Soap Co.,"
204 Sacramento St., San Francisco.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
11
NOTABILIA.
THE
Lawa as white as driven snnw ;
OVpnWi black a« uVr was trow ;
Gloves a* sweet as damask roses
Masks (or lai.es and (or noses ;
Bogle-bneetat. necklace, amber;
Perfume (or a lady's chamber;
PEDDLERS SONG.
Gold quoiiw and stomachers,
For my tads to give their dcard ;
Pina :iiid poking-sticka of steel.
What maids lack from head to heel:
ComebvJOf me.eome; come buy.come boy,
Buy, lads, or else your lasBes cry.
William Shaksfearb.
It does one good to look at the smiling faces in the streets, and note
the signs of revived activity in almost every department of business. It
is certain that stirring times are ahead, and that we have fairly left de-
pression behind us. But when we speak of depression, it is to be remem-
bered that, through all the gloomy period of the past three years, there
was one place which never ceased for a moment its astonishing bustle and
life. Every hour of every day Swain's, 213 Sutter street, has been and ib
as full of business as a place can be, and all the energies of the force are
needed to keep up with its incessant flow of custom.
Perhaps women nowadays do not sufficiently appreciate their emanci-
pation from many of the toils they were forced to go through less than a
hundred years ago, when the spinning-wheel was in every house, and the
clothing of the family had to be made into cloth at home before it could
be cut out. Even when this first necessity was done away with, wives
had still to make their husbands' underclothing ; but now these indis-
pensable garments are furnished by Carmany & Crosett, 25 Kearny street,
superior in style and cheapness to any ever seen before.
Seasoned!— Lady Tourist: " Are the sheets well aired?" Irish Cham-
bermaid: "Troth, and they are, m'am ; for the sayson is three months
begun, and they've been well-used since!"— Punch.
Periodically, an excitement is stirred up about Capt. Kidd's treasure,
buried as men say, on Borne one of the islands or on the beach of the
mainland, almost anywhere from Cape Hatteras to Mount Desert Island.
Many expeditions have wasted means and time and even lives in the vain
search for the pirate's wealth ; and all the while practically unbounded
riches were within the reach of the adventurers, in the saving of fuel and
economy of material effected by the use of Montanya's Union Range, the
fast friend of the housekeeper.
A woman in Maine followed a tramp four miles, knocked him down
with a club, and recovered the property he had stolen. She was able to
perform this tremendous feat because she was in the habit of taking
salt-water baths, which brace up the nerves to any required pitch. At the
Neptune and Mermaid Baths, foot of Hyde street, North Beach, under
the instruction of Prof. Mohor, one acquires the courage of Bayard and
the nerve of Hercules.
A line we have missed in " Allan's Anti-Fat " advertisement: A great
reduction on taking a quantity.— Punch.
The spelling reform which now exercises the minds of many scholars
in Great Britain and this country, has been practically illustrated for
some time in the columns of the Library Journal by this form of the
familiar word: Catalog. A lady, with misty notions of the letter R, pro-
poses the form Pawpus for Porpoise. Whether this is to meet with gen-
eral acceptance may be doubted, but it is certain that Bradley & Rulofson
will always remain at the head of the world's photographers.
The Rev. Dr. Stebbins, of the Boston Christian Register, has no faith
in the story of Balaam's ass. He says that there is no evidence other than
that of Balaam himself that the interesting dialogue reported by him ever
took place. This seems to be a little hard on the prophet, who is just now
absent from town ; but one thing is beyond cavil: there is a steadily
growing demand for the Gierke Wine, and Landsberger is kept busy tilling
orders.
Fact not so generally known as it ought to be: Those who sow wild
oats sometimes reap hemp. — Judy.
The director of the Zoological Gardens at Marseilles has discovered
trichina? in a young hippopotamus from Egypt. This dashes to the
ground the hopes which had been cherished of hippopotamus steaks and
roasts to vary the eternal litany of beef and mutton and veal : but it is at
least a consolation to reflect that the very best bats in the world are still
to be had at White's, 614 Commercial street.
No Costiveness, Diarrhea or any Bowel complaints where Hop Bit-
ters are used. Read Advertisement.
l;iiirh,.ly and taciturn sine* his
This is greatly to be regretted,
Cetewayo, the Zola King, bubi
capture, and ■
for the noblo uvigc intk'lil m cut himself tip. [f he comes to
California, he will i. mi-icr :, curse of l-.A 1'. .1. Ciuwiu'a
rfnl cordial of Old Rye Whisky and Pure Kock Candy, the ac-
knowledged conqueror <•( -miption.
A Dry, Rasping Cough, irritates and endangers the Lungs, and
greatly debilitates and annoys the patient. Dr. .loyue's Expectorant re-
innvcs constriction of the bronohfaj tul>ca, promotes easy expectoration,
heals all inflamed parts, ami brings about a speedy cure of the moat
stubborn Cough or CM.
Alphabetical. Our foreign complications, it is to be feared, will
hardly prove "aa easy as AIU\" represented though those letters are in
the names of Afghanistan, Iturmah and tho Cape. — Fun,
Mr. Charles Reade, when anybody dares to criticise a little unfavor-
ably any one of his productions, turns blue in the face and uses all the
bad language in his slang dictionary. Napa Soda is the only thing to
cure this bilious admirer of himself.
Tapestry Brussels, 91 per yard and upwards ; fine newpatterns. Call
and see them. Window sbadea, 75 cents and upwards. Window lace, 12$
cents and upwards. Cornices, wall paper, etc. Oilcloths, 50 cents per
yard and upwards. Hartshorn & McPhun. 112 Fourth St., near Mission.
TREASURER'S OFFICE,
City and County of San Francisco, September 9, 1879.
Redemption of San Francisco Bonds.
ISSUE OF 1658.
Holders or Bonds of the City and County ol San Francisco,
issued under "An Act to provide for the Funding and Payment of the out-
standing Unfunded Claims against the City of San Francisco, and against the County
of San Francisco, as they existed prior to the first day of July, A,D. one thousand
eight hundred and fifty-six," approved April 20, 1858, are hereby notified that the
Commissioners of the Sinking Fund of the above named Bonds'will receiTe sealed
proposals for the surrender of any portion thereof, at the City and Connty Treas-
urer's office, New City Hall, San Francisco, until 12 o'clock noon,
Wednesday, December 31st, 1879.
The amount to be applied to the Redemption of these Bonds is more or less, One
Hundred and Eighty Thousand Dollars (8180,000).
Bidders will state at what rate they will surrender their Bonds, for payment in
United States gold coin.
Each proposal must be accompanied by a deposit of ten per cent, of the Bonds of-
fered, or their equivalent in coin, or certified checks, and should the Bonds tendered
not be presented within ten days after the award, the next lowest bid will be ac-
cepted.
No proposal above par will be entertained.
Proposals to be indorsed " Proposals for surrender of Bonds, issue of 1858."
A. 0. BRYANT, Mayor,
COLIN M. BOYD, Auditor,
CHAS HUBERT, Treasurer,
Sept. 13. ____ Commissioners of the Funded Debt.
AVER1LL MIXED PAINT,
The Best, Host Durable and Beautiful of All Paints.
PREPARED READY FOR VSE,
AND OF ANY SHADE OB COLOR DESIRED.
Sept. 27.
O. S. OBKICK, General Ascent,
329 Market St., Opposite Front.
MADAME WALDO COHEN,
Finishing Lessons—Piano. S3 Per Lesson.
Sept. 20. r*Q7 Hyde Street, San Francisco,
F
QUICKSILVER.
F
ior sale— -In lots to suit, by Thomas Bell & Co., No. 305
Sansome street, over Bank of California. Nov. 16.
NOTICE.
lor tbe very best photographs go to Bradley & Rulofson's,
in an Elevator, 429 Montgomery street. Oet. 29.
BRITISH BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF CAL.
Attendance, daily, froin 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., by the under-
signed, to receive subscriptions and donations, and to furnish all information
relating to the Society. J. P. McCURRIE, Secretary,
Oct. 23. 730 Montgomery street.
COKE CHEAPEST FUEL.
Rednctlon in Price : Wholesale Price, 50 cents per barrel ;
Retail Price, 60 cents per barrel, at the works of the SAN FRANCISCO GAS-
LIUHT COMPANY, Howard and First streets, and foot of Second st. Jan. 12.
N'
SCHWAB & BREESE,
eiv Art Gnllery, U24 Market street, opposite Palace Hotel.
Oil Paintinus, Engravings, Wax and Artists' Materials.
■ ADMISSION FREE. Sept. 13.
SNOW & CO.,
No. 20 Post street, opposite Mechanics' Institute, Import-
ers and Manufacturers of Pictures, Frames, Mouldings, and Artist's Ma-
terials. Established 1849. Sept. 26.
"W Morris.
Importers mid I>ealers In Moldings, Frames, Engravings,
Chromos, Lithographs, Decalcomanie, Wax and ArtisU' Materials, 21 Post
street, nearly opposite Masonic Temple, San Francisco. Feb. 4.
IRVINE & LE BRETON
Have Removed their Law Offices to No. »17 Sansome Street.
[March 15.}
MORRIS & KENNEDY, J.F.Kennedy.
R. H. LLOYD,
Attorney-at-Law. Room 13. Nevada Block.
12
SAX FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER.
Oct, 25, 1879.
"BIZ.
The excitement of the week's traffic upon Front street began early
on Monday morning, when Sir Claus Spreckles, President of the Califor-
nia Sugar Befinery, took a walk around among the wholesale jobbing
houses, and notified them all of an advance of ^c $? lb on Sugar, and 10c
$ gallon on Golden Syrup. This was good news for those carrying stocks,
bufc notably so to Castle Brothers, who have 1,000 bbls en route from
New York, via Cape Horn, bought at a low price, and Mau & Co. , of
California street; the latter alone continues to buy all his Refined Sugars
in New York and transports them every week by rail. On the afternoon
of Wednesday, the 22d instant, Mr. Spreckles announced still another
rise of %c $ 3b on all grades of Sugar, which, with a £c rise, already
noted in the News Letter, makes the advance in Sugar in this market,
since the beginning of October, l£c $ lb. This is occasioned, in part, by
the rise of Sugar in Manila and elsewhere, accompanied by an important
rise in freight by ship the world over. The New York Sugar market has
also risen, and there was no other alternative for our refiners than to fol-
low suit, especially as the price to be paid for the incoming Hawaiian
crop, contracted for a twelvemonth by our refiners, is regulated, upon its
arrival, by the cabled price at Manila; the same regulated by polarization
tests made here. There is one other point here that may be stated to the
credit of Mr. Spreckles — that when he advanced the price of Sugar \o $
lb, he advanced the wages of his employees at the California Sugar Re-
finery §5 per month. Now, the query is — will he go still further, and pay
©5 more to tally with the second -he rise ? We rather think not, although
it is said that the unexpected rise of wages to the men called out kindly
expressions of gratitude from all the participants at the Refinery, which
were received by Sir Claus with his accustomed suavity of manner.
The present schedule price of Sugars to the trade, less 2£ per cent, for
cash, is as follows:
(A) Patent Cube Sugar in bbls 12c.
(A) Crushed Sugar 12c.
Extra Powdered Sugar, in bbls 12^c.
Pine Crushed Sugar, in bbls 12c.
Dry Granulated Sugar, in bbls life.
Extra Granulated Sugar, in bbls : Hi&
Golden C Sugar, in bbls • 10£c.
D Sugar, in bbls. or S. I. kegs 10c.
D Sugar lOfc.
Half barrels, £c. more ; boxes, ^c. more — for all kinds.
Sugar imports from the Sandwich Islands during the week embrace the
following, which seems to be about the fag-end of last year's crop, the
new Cane being'now gathered at the Sugar Mills: Bark Discovery, from
Honolulu, brought 4,527 bags and mats ; bark D. C. Murray, 1,458 bags,
and the ship Gov'r Goodwin only 972 bags — a very much less quantity
than was expected by her. Nowadays there is very little Hawaiian Sugar
sold in the open market, as nearly the entire crop of 35,000 tons has been
contracted for by our local refiners.
Coffee is now becoming quite scarce in this market, while the stock of
Rio at New York is placed in first hands at the very inconsiderable
amount of 1,000 bags. The present spot price of Prime No. 1 Green
Costa Rica is 18@19c; all other Central American, 15@18c. During the
week we received from Central America only 464 bags. The statistical
position of our market is very favorable for a continuation of high prices
for the balance of the year. There is, however, a small cargo of Ceylon
now en route to Parrott & Co. Sales from first hands during the past
fortnight have been very much restricted, owing to the higher views of
importers, who have been holding firmly their small stock of Guatemala
at 17|c. for good, and at 18ic. for superior. Considerable quantities, how-
ever, have changed hands among dealers at a small advance on prices
lately ruling.
Teas. — Stocks are light, and prices both here and in Japan are higher
than they have been for a long time past. Diamond L Japans in papers
40c, and for M. & Co. M., 38k to the trade. " Comet" Oolongs— this
favorite brand of China Black sympathizes fully with the rise in all
other kinds.
Rice. — The market is very quiet for all kinds. The stock of China. is
large, but of Hawaiian Table the supplies are light, with sales at 6c@;6|c.
China mixed is dull at 4gc@4f c ; China, 5|c@6c for No. 2 and 1 respect-
ively.
Salmon. — There have been during the month large speculative pur-
chases of Case Salmon at prices beginning at SI 10@S1 20 per doz. for
1-lb tins, and so running up to SI 30@@1 35 for best brands. At this
latter rate 5,000 cases Columbia River, f. o. b. on the cans, sold for Chi-
cago at SI 37i, and the price advanced to SI 40@§1 45. Salmon in 2-lb
cans are very scarce, and are now held at S2 50 per doz. The stock here
of this description does not exceed 1,000 eases. A few days since a tele-
gram was published in our daily papers from Victoria, B. C., to the effect
that the bark " Princess Royal " would soon sail for London with 300,000
cases. The fact is she carries about 30,000 cases only, or about one-half
the entire season's catch in the Eraser River.
Boras. — Producers are not inclined to make further sales at rceent go-
ing rates, but are holding for a rise somewhat in keeping with the advance
in Metals. Late shipments to New York bv rail and via Isthmus, 45,-
000 lbs.
Quicksilver.— As stated in last week's News Letter, the market became
excited over London cables of a rise during the fortnight from £7 to £9 per
bottle. The market here jumped from 34@34ic October 9th to 36c on
the 13th, on the 14th to 40c, and on the 20th sales were made for New
York— say 1,200 flasks— at 45c, and small spot sales at 50c. Since this
incoming week the market has been dull and listless, with no special de-
mand, the nominal price 45c. But as the Hongkong price is now below
S70 per picul it is not beUeved that present rates can be sustained, even
with our small stock.
Block Tin.— All the Sydney Pig Tin in market was bought up last
week at 17£@18c, and the priee advanced to 24@25c. in a jobbing way.
Pig Iron.— Holders are very firm in their views, but in the present un-
settled state of the market it is idle to give quotations, as at best they are
of little value, though they approximate 30@35c as the range.
Tin Plate.— Our stocks are large and the demand light, yet the few
sale3 making exhibit an advance of, perhaps, S2@S3 per box on prices
long ruling.
Iron, Steel, Copper, Lead, etc., are all objects of speculation, and
prices very uppish, and holders are now coining money from, the sale of
old two and three-year-old stocks of Bar Iron, Iron Pipe, etc.
Coal. — The market does not rally to correspond with the advance in all
other goods. There was a combination recently formed here to put up
Cumberland, but it was soon bursted, and prices dropped to old figures.
The British Columbia, California and Northern Coast mines now control
our market for steam coals. Low prices.
Chemicals. — There seems to be more confidence in the market, and
the prices a turn dearer.
Cement. — We have no sales of English Portland to record. Prices
low.
Dry Goods. — There is more tone to the general market, with an active
trade in progress.
Boots and Shoes. — Business is lively, and owing to the advance in
leather, prices are the turn dearer.
Freights and Charters. — There has been little or nothing done in
charters for Wheat for the last two or three weeks, when nearly all the
ships here and soon to arrive were secured at 60s. or less. The few disen-
gaged ships in port now demand 70s., and we think it will not be many
days before there will be a clean sweep of all the Grain ships in port at
or about current rates, and then we should not be at all surprised to see
ships chartered for the United Kingdom and orders at £4.
Domestic Produce. — Flour and Wheat are both higher, and on the
up-grade. Extra Flour, §b'@6 50; Superfine, §4@5, according to brand
and quality. Spot Wheat has been sold largely during the week at
§2 10@S2 15 $ cental, and one very choice lot for seed at §2_ 25. Our
Wheat receipts to date now exceed those of a corresponding period of last
year, being now, in round figures, 5,250,000 ctls against 5,000,000 in 1878.
Our exports are about in the same ratio, with very free deliveries day by
day. Flour is rather dull at the advance noted.
Barley and Oats are both without movement, the former at f @lc $
ft> for feed and brewing ; Oats, §1@S1 35 $ ctl, as extremes.
Com and Beans. — There is rather more tone to the market for both
grains, the former at 90c@Sl $ctl., the latter for White, at §1 50@§3 50
per ctl. , according to kind and quality.
Hops. — Several hundred bales Oregon and Washington Territory first-
class have recently been sold at28@30c; Russian River choice, 32^c.
Hides. — The market is strong for all kinds, and prices are higher, say
18@18£c for Dry.
Tallow. — The market is quiet at 5Jc for ordinary grades.
Wool. — The market is very strong for all kinds, with free sales. The
ship David Crockett, for New York, carried 659,331 lbs. Shipments East
overland in September aggregated 2,961,150 lbs. The City of Panama,
for New York, via Panama, carried hence 439,583 lbs. The market is
strong for all grades. We quote choice Northern free at23@26c; do.
Burry and Seedy, 18@21c; San Joaquin free, 16@18c; do. Burry and
Seedy, 13@15c; Southern Coast free, 15@17c; do. Burry, 13@15c.
Mustard Seed. — The demand is good at 3@3|-c. for White and Yel-
low, and l^@lf c. for Brown and Red. The steamer City of Panama, via
Isthmus, had en route for New York 17,772 lbs. There was shipped by
rail overland in September 43,200 lbs. The ship David Crockett, for New
York, had 466,520 lbs.
Fruits. — The market is well supplied with Strawberries, Raspberries,
Peaches, Plums, Grapes, etc. Apples are also very plentiful, and some
Pears.
St. John's Presbyterian Church, Post street, between Mason and
Taylor. Rev. Dr. Scott, Pastor, will preach Sunday morning at 11
o'clock; also at 7£ p. m. Sunday School and Bible Classes at 9^ A. m.
Prayer and Praise Service at 6£ P. M.
CHARLES LANGLEY & CO.,
Wholesale Druggists,
Importers of Pare English, French and German Drags,
PATENT MEDICINES, Etc,
100 and 102 FRONT STREET,
San Francisco. [Sept. 6.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTEACT OV MEAT.
inestand Cheapest Meat -flavor lug1 Stock for Soups, Made
Dishes and Sauces. March 2.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTEACT OF MEAT
[s a success and boon for which Xations should feel grate-
ful. See " Medical Press," " Lancet," " British Medical Journal," etc.
F
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
Caution— Genuine only with fac-simile of Baron Iiiebfg's
Signature, in blue ink, across Label. "Consumption in England increased ten-
old in ten years."
March 2.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
To be had of all Store- keepers, Grocers and Chemists.
Agents for the United States (wholesale only), C. David& Co., 43, Mark Lane,
London, England. March 2.
Asthma, and difficult breathing arising from affections of
the Respiratory Organs, promptly relieved and paroxysms averted by
Datura Tatula Inhalations, for which purpose the plant is prepared in
all the usual forms for smoking, and also as pastilles and powder for burning
on a plaLe or censer. In
Asthma and Anal ago ns Diseases the superior efficacy of this plant,
prepared as above mentioned, has been for the last 40 years recognized by the
Medical Profession and the public in all parts of the world. Prepared only by
SaTory «!fe Moore, 143, New Bond-street. Testimonials accompanying each
box of Cigarettes, Cigars and Pastilles. Tins, in the economical form of tobacco,
and also in powder for burning, from 2s. Gd. to 21a. Of chemists, etc., everywhere.
[June 21.]
a year and expenses to agents. Outfit Free. Address,
June 7.] P. O. V1CKERY, Augusta, Maine.
$777
1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER,
13
CUMBERLAND LODE, ARIZONA.
Capt Hanlon, the New Superintendent of the Cumberland
Mine, Reports the Ore Body as Inexhaustible 1
Tin' jrivat Cunberland l anhroken lodge, yet spoken of in
Arilltt. hi HOW «—Upg widespread attention and intercut throughout
far, of the C'uml>erland, Martinet ami
- all vrn- ri ■■ in on dieoovariea but it is of
inU rl.il]>!. tl : merit of these mines, niul now re-
p*rd«-d w the coning lomansa of this (Vast, that we ithall speak of it, this
usue. I in preparation to receive the 10-stamp
mill, a • ri the ..-round next month, for the pur-
ihw*' of Brnsbfag anil reducing t-> bnllion the vast quantities of marvelous-
ly rich ore reported in tight by < fept Hanlon. He also says that the ore-
body in inexhaustible. Tins fully roitjfrnii the previously expressed opin-
ion of the lunaer Superintendent, Root. Collins, of Australia, (now Assist-
ant Superintendent), end therefore has tremeonooa weight with the stock-
holders, who have hail, in the past, only a faint iilea of the immense value
of their property. The men at the mine arc actively engaged erecting
buildings, preparing for the 10-atamp mill spoken of above. At the mill-
site, the living water now discovered under the bed of Martinez Creek
consists of four feet, and increases in depth as sinking progresses. This is
a large quantity ol water for Arizona, and fortunately tesa than two miles
distant. With a great ore-body, abundance of wood and water, and
tight working expenses, the Cumberland Mine is rapidly attaining posi-
tion as a dividend-disbursing proposition.
The appointment of Capt Hanlon as superintendent has given the
mine great strength, and will prove of incalculable value to the company.
His strict discipline and economy, added to his well-known honesty and
integrity while under Collector Shannon in the U. S. Custom House De-
partment of this city, gives the unquestionable stamp of truth to his
statements regarding this wonderfully rich property.
The President and officers of the Company deserve much praise for the
manner in which everything has been conducted to date. A mine brought
to a dividend paying condition without a single assessment, is really a
marvel of management in enterprises on this side of the Kooky Moun-
tains.
In a few weeks several sacks of specimen ore from shafts No. 1 and No.
2 will be placed on exhibition at the company's office, 417 California
street In the meantime, all information regarding the mine will be fur-
nished willingly by the President.
COLORADO.
Robert B. Lee Mine. — The ore now produced by this mine is re-
markable for its richness. The Leadville Reveille of the 3d. inst. says of
this mine, which is on Bryer Hill:
'* In ten days, the Robert E. Lee mine has delivered to the sampling
works of Eddy & James separate and distinct lots, which have been paid
for at assay value as follows:
1,412 ounces per too.
1,516 " " "
2,878 " " "
882 " " "
520 " " "
708 " " "
1,098 " " "
2,958 ounces per ton.
2,825 " " "
5,405 " " "
10,306 " " "
3,014 " " "
767 " " "
" These lots, as above given, represent a value of one hundred thousand
dollars delivered in ten days, but there are also lots of lower grade (none
of them being under one hundred ounces to the ton) received during the
same period, aggregating twenty-five thousand dollars, or a total of one
hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. One-half of this mine was
sold on the fifth day of August last, for a less sum than its output for the
ten days specified. The ore carries 87 per cent, of silver and 13 per cent,
of sulphur. It has the appearance of metallic lead, and can be readily
cut with a knife. The owners of the property are very reticent in giving
information, and scarcely any one can gain admission to the mine ; but
the above facts are entirely reliable."
The LrTTLE Pittsburg. — We are in receipt of the following official
letter from this mine under date of September 28th:
" In breast of No. 2 drift, west, we have four feet solid galena and four
feet sand carbonate ore, which averages three hundred and fifty ounces
silver and sixty per cent, lead to the ton. In breast of drift south from
shaft No. 4, we have ten feet of similar ore. Have struck iron ore in
Dives shaft ; indications good. Engine in place at discovery shaft ; will
have pump working Monday. Remitted from this week's product over
$75,000."
This company was paid by Grant's smelting establishment §221,000 for
ore delivered in September.
Mrs. Lewis' fashionable parlors, Thurlow Block, Sutter and Kearny
Btreets, have been thronged the past ten days with the most elegant lead-
ers of society, to compare notes and inspect me magnificent dresses pre-
pared for the grand Crocker reception offered to General Grant. Not less
than eight of the most dazzling toilets at this grand gathering were the
product of her matchless taste and skill. Her cutter and fitter are well
known to stand at the head of the profession on this coast, and her work
excites enthusiasm wherever seen. The Crocker evening was one of Mrs.
Lewis' grandest triumphs.
Oriental Consolidated.— The Oriental has made a shipment of bul-
lion amounting to §2,323.54, the results of fifteen days' run with their new
ten-stamp mill, and will henceforth make regular shipments. The stock-
holders may congratulate themselves on the charge of management to
Messrs. Milroy, Warren and Benham, who are using their best endeavors
to promote its interests and make the Oriental a dividend paying mine.
A Sine Qua Non. — Patient : " Do yon mean to say my complaint is
a dangerous one?" Doctor: "A very dangerous one, my dear friend.
Still, people have been known to recover from it ; so you must not give up
all hope. But recollect one thing : your only chance is to keep in a cheer-
ful frame of mind, and avoid anything like depression of spirits"— Punch.
A Mr. Kidney was arrested this week for attempting to rescue a pri3>
oner. He will be a more quiet liver in future.
THE NEW TOWN OF SMITHVILLE.
An Interesting article under this caption i«. unfortunately, too long
for our column*, and we condense the fact*: Smith vUl« is in the Cherry
t reek Mining District, aboul thirty mile* southeast from PresooU, IrJ
■ona, and near the main road Ui Oatnp Verde, Quarts reins, containing
gold and rilver, were discovered and worked by the soldiers snoamped in
this neighborhood, about firs years ago; and when the military were
withdrawn. Mr. John J. Gosper lOOk up the matter ami located many
claim* for himself and others, among them Mr. A. M. Smith, formerly of
the Chicago, R. I., and Pacific It. EL Mr. Smith interested live other
men Ol means in Chicago, and n syndicate was formed for working tho
In Jul V last the Syndicate ■nipped a complete 10 -Stamp gold-
(lUftrtz Iml1- witn *!' appurtenanoes, including Tullaclrt self-feeders,
Blake ore-crusher ami blacksmith outfit, assay office, sawmill attach-
ment, etc. The sawmill, besides furnishing lumber for the Company's
use, will he a source of revenue; the country abounding in timber. The
work of excavating, laying foundations, etc., is now actively going on,
and the sawmill is already at work; and ore-crushing, it is thought, will
be begun within sixty days. The item of expense is worth noting. The
ten-stamp mill complete on the track, in Chicago, cost 95,200; freight to
Moricassa, 380 miles from Yuma, 93,800; freight thence, by wagon, to
place of erection, 91,700. The weight of the whole was 00.000 pounds,
and three cars were required to transport To put the mill in running
order will take §5,000 more. The Syndicate own three promising gold-
bearing lodes in close proximity to their mill, the best being situated in
the side of a mountain, so that the vein can be worked by running a tun-
nel directly in to strike it at 300 feet below the surface. It is proposed to
organize new companies as the developments of the many most promising
veins seem to warrant the undertaking. So steadily do the ores hold out
as far as can be seen, that there is every prospect they will last for very
many years with continuous working.
The Terrace Baths, Alameda, grow in popularity with every week.
Ample as the accommodations are, the patronage of this superb establish-
ment increases so rapidly and so steadily that, on Sundays especially, even
that vast sheet of water seems to be crowded. One of the elements of
this success is undoubtedly the milder climate with the sunny exposure,
which makes the water more genial ; but the main cause is the vigilance
of the proprietors for the comfort of their visitors. Cleanliness is the
first condition for a bathing place; and this is secured at whatever cost of
time and trouble. The water is constantly changed, and is always pure;
and every bathing suit, as soon as used, is carefully washed before it is
delivered to another customer. This is the inflexible rule of the estab-
lishment, and the tens of thousands who visit the place on Sunday testify
to their appreciation of the fact.
Herrmann has issued for the autumn and winter a special edition of
his Illustrated Catalogue, a marvel of art and a repertory of facts relating
to man's chief distinction— the covering of his head. "Every form and
style of head-piece affected by civilized man is here portrayed as in a his-
toric museum, and one is surprised, remembering the diatribes against the
stovepipe, to see the elegant shapes and literally capital finish of that
well-abused ornament. Herrmann takes his profession seriously. He is
a hatter, and he will be nothing less than the best of hatters ; and his
catalogue is clearly ahead of all attempts in this line, on this side of the
Atlantic at least. No man can wear a hat before studying this work.
The only satisfactory anthracite coal for parlor and grate use is
the Red Ash, which burns very clear, with a warm, deep glow, and burns
away to ashes, leaving no clinker or lumps. It is the most economical of
all coal, even at a high price, for it lasts much longer than any kind of
bituminous coal, even the Cannel. J. Macdonough, 25 Market street, has
a large stock of this, the first imported for the past twenty years. His
supply of all other coals is the largest in the city, and he has constantly
on hand the best Scotch Splint, West Hartley, and other favorite kinds.
Brown's Patent Gun Cleaner is recommended by sportsmen and
military men as an indispensable part of a gunner's outfit. It is the affair
of a minute to clean a breech -loading arm with this apparatus, which is
nickel-plated, compact, cheap, and always ready for use. Among those
who certify to its superiority, we find the name of the lamented Major
Thornburgh, so long the crack shot of the U. S. Army.
Cunningham, Curtiss & Welch, the well known manufacturers of
stationery and blank books, 327-331 Sansome street, keep themselves in
the very front rank by energy and enterprise. Their establishment is
connected with the Edison telephone, so that orders can be sent to them
with perfect ease from any quarter, and their printing and manufacturing
departments present a scene of extraordinary activity.
SIGNAL SERVICE METEOROLOGICAL REPORT, WEEK
ENDING OCT. S3, 1879, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Highest and Lowest Sarometer.
Fri. 17. Sat. 18. Sun. 19 Mon 20 Tue. 21 "WedSS Thr23
30.262
30.181
73
55
).240 30.285 30.173 30.034 30.112
30190 30.175 30.060 29.927 29.948
Maximum and Minimum Thermometer.
I
Clear. | Clear. |
I
77 78 76 77 |
53 58 | 67 57
Mean Daily Humidity.
51 | 55 | 63.3 | 56.7 |
Prevailing Wind*
NW. | NW. | NW. | N. |
Wind— Miles Traveled.
112 | 93 | 69 |
Stat,- of Weather.
Clear. | Clear. | Clear. |
Rainfall in Twenty-four Hours.
I I I I
R7
54
W. |
Fair. |
30.285
30.155
58
52
W.
212
Fair.
I
Total Rain During Season beginning July 1, 1870 81 inche9.
Why are all Curates Conservatives *— Because a Tory is more than
half way to a Kec-tory. — Punch.
14
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Oct. 25, 1879.
CRADLE, ALTAR, AND TOMB.
CRADLE-
Altman— In this city, October 19th, to the wife of Jacob Altaian, a daughter.
Boradori— In this city, October 17th, to the wife of E. Boradori, a son.
Beckmann— In this city, October 16th, to the wife of F. Beckmann, twin daughters.
Caqney-— In this city, October 11th, to the wife of J. Cagney, a son.
Chutjs— In this city, October 19th, to the wife of R. Chute, a son.
Foley— rn this city, October ISth, to the wife of E. Foley, a daughter.
Gans— In this city, October 20th, to the wife of Jacob Gans, a son.
Kull— In this city, October 17th, to the wife of Theodore E. Kull, a son.
Mass— In this city, October 16th, to the wife of John G. Mass, a son.
Patterson— In this city, October 19th, to the wife of R. H. Patterson, a daughter.
Powers— In this city, October 14th, to the wife of Wm. Powers, a son.
Sower— In this city, October 2lst, to the wife of Abe Sower, a daughter.
TJnderhill— Id this city, October 10th, to the wife of F. Underbill, a daughter.
ALTAR.
Arbuckle-Gilson— In this city, October 18th, T. P. Arbuckle to M. D. Gilson.
Dorman-Piercb— In this city, October 10th, Wm. H. Dorman to Nellie H. Pierce.
Fischer-Raisch— In this city, October 14th, Rev. F. W. Fischer to Anna Raisch.
Harris-Cannon— It. this city, October 21st, Alfred HaJris to Annie Cannon.
Lorenzen-Hollander— In this city, October 16th, P. Lorenzen to B. Hollander.
Rhodes-Meyers— In this city, October 14th, S. R. Rhodes to Josephine Meyers.
TOMB
BaiDOMAN— In this city, October 20th, John Bridgman, aged 65 years.
Dempsbt— In this city, October 17th, Annie Dempsey, aged 26 years.
Enqelsman— In this city, October 17th, Henry Engelsman, aged 42 years.
Flenniken— In this city, October 18th, Robert P. Flenniken. aged 77 years.
Kelly— In this city, October ISth, Martin Kelly, aged 37 years.
McElroy— In this city, October 19th, Francis D. McElroy, aged 15 years.
McGuire— In this city, October 15th, Patrick McGuire, aged 26 years.
Weber— In this city, October 17th, Louise Weber, aged 19 years.
THE FIGHT FOR LIFE.
Shall we Drive Slow Poison from our Breakfast Table ? More
about the Adulteration of Baking Powders. The Subject
Discussed before the American Social Science Association
at Saratoga.
A nuisance that troubled Europe 6fty years ago is beginning to attract
attention here— that is, putting alum in the bread we eat. The bread
must be " light" that it may be digested ; that is, it must be filled by the
well-known cells we are accustomed to see in it. Bicarbonate of soda and
cream of tartar, or tartaric acid, are the usual constituents of a good
baking powder. Cream of tartar sells at from sixty cents to eighty-five
cents a pound. This high price has led "cheap baking powders" to be
made of alum, as a substitute for some or all of the cream of tartar. Alum
will make bread look whiter, so that bakers can make an inferior flour
salable as bread by its use ; and they use it, in some places calling it
"rock," so that no inadvertent expression may let "outsiders" know that
alum is used. Alum is an injurious article to the human constitution in
large quantities, or in small quantities often repeated. It is the small
quantities, taken every meal, that do the mischief in bread. Alum is
cheap — three cents a pound — to the pocket, but it takes what is so saved
out of the stomach, and takes it with fearful interest. Alum is an as-
stringent, and is used by dyers and others as such. Taken frequently on
the human stomach, it produces heartburn, indigestion, griping, constipa-
tion, dyspepsia, and kindred troubles resulting from irritation of the mu-
cous membrane, produced by the astringent properties of alum. All
these are nice things to be inflicted by the bread eaten morning, noon and
evening. To young children, growing girls, persons of weakly frame and
sedentary occupations, this alum bread is poison most especially. If the
reader wants to know something of alum let him suck a lump of it, no-
tice its effect upon the mouth, which is something like that of an unripe
persimmon ; then let him reflect how it acts upon the tender, delicate
coats of the stomach. Dr. Henry A. Mott, the celebrated analytical
chemist, analyzed twenty-three of the baking powders most in use, and
found alum in all but one. It is time we took measures to stop this bread
poisoning that kills our little ones and perpetuates dyspepsia and cholera.
Dr. Mott, in his review of the subject in The Scientific American, makes
special mention of having analyzed the Royal Baking Powder, and found
it composed of wholesome materials. He also advises the public to avoid
purchasing baking powders as sold loose or in bulk, as he found by analy-
ses of many samples that the worst adulterations are practiced in this
form. The label and trade mark of a well known and responsible manu-
facturer, he adds, is the best protection the public can have. Prof. Angell,
in his paper recently read before the Social Science Association at Sara-
toga, said that much timely alarm is felt on account of the gross adulter-
ation of Baking Powders ; that eminent physicians have been consulted,
and that it appears that more than 500 alum Baking Powders are manufac-
tured in America ; that the price of alum is less than three cents a pound,
while cream of tartar costs more than thirty cents ; that the makers of
these powders substitute alum for cream of tartar in part or altogether,
and the result is the numerous disorders of the human system. — New York
Tribune.
MORAL DIETETICS.
Dr. Bock, of Leipsic, writes as follows on the moral effect of different
articles of food and drink: " The nervousness and peevishness of our
times are chiefly attributable to tea and coffee ; the digestive organs of
confirmed coffee drinkers are in a state af chronic derangement, which re-
acts on the brain, producing fretful and lachrymose moods. Fine ladies
addicted to strong coffee have a characteristic temperament, which I
might describe as a mania for acting the persecuted saint. Chocolate is
neutral in its physic effects, and is really the most harmless of our fash-
ionable drinks. The snappish, petulant humor of the Chinese can cer-
tainly be ascribed to their immoderate fondness for tea. Beer is brutal-
izing, wine impassions, whisky infuriates, but eventually unmans. Alco-
holic drinks, combined with a flesh and fat diet, totally subjugate the
moral man, unless their influence be counteracted with violent exercise.
But with sedentary habits they produce those unhappy flesh sponges
which may be studied in metropolitan bachelor halls, but better yet in
wealthy convents. The soul that may still linger in a fat Austrian ahbot
is functional to his body only as salt is to pork — in preventing imminent
putrefaction."
Artistic Novelties, manufactured from California quartz, at Ran-
dolph & Co.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
AUTHORS' O.A.ItTSB-I'Vua.Iji !
MECHANICS' PAVILION,
-BEOINNINU-
THUBSDAY EVENING, OCT'B S3.
9 EVENINGS 9
2 MATINEES 2
BEIN& A. SERIES OF
Individual Characterizations, Groupings, Dramatic Sketches,
Tableaux "Vivant in the Booths and Grand Tableaux
upon the Grand Stage, rendered byj
600 LADIES 600
400 GENTLEMEN 400
300 MASTERS AND MISSES 300
(In Costume, from the following Authors).
BH'KESS,
WHITHER,
ARABIAN NIGHTS,
WALTER CROTNE.
SCOTT,
loseraiLcw,
MOORE,
SHAKESPEARE,
JII.ES VERNE,
test jry SON,
CERVANTES,
«OETHE,
BCLWER,
IRVING,
BRET II1STE,
SALA.
Embracing: the following: literary and characteristic Booths, built by John Torrence
and a large force of assistants. Effects and Gardens by JOHN SHERMAN", J.
BEGGS and assistants, and the Decorations by an extensive corps of artists, under
the direction of Jules Ta vernier :
Old Curiosity Shop, Jarley Wax Works and Pickwick vs. Bardell
Don Quixote, Bulwer, Hiawatha, Eeramos, Evangeline, Holy'
rood Castle, Castle of Shalott, The Alhambra, Knickerbocker
Aladdin's Palace, Bottom of the Sea, Mining Camp, Japanese
Mad. Recamier, Royal Land of Funny Infants, Bon Bon, Mis-
tress Mary Quite Contrary, Trianon, Goethe and Schiller, The
Snow-Bound Cottage, Lalla Kookh, Egyptian, Shakespeare,
Swiss Cottage, Temple of Mora, Italy— Old and New.
"Herald" Booth — Executive Committee Headquarters.
The net proceeds divided equally among: the following- Benevolent Institutions :
Young "Women's Christian Association,
Ladies' Protective and Relief Society,
S. F. Female Hospital,
Infants' Shelter,
Old Ladies' Home,
Pacific Dispensary.
OFFICERS OF THE AUTHOR'S CARNIVAL.
IRVING M.SCOTT President.
CHARLES CROCKER Treasurer.
MRS. P.D. BROWNE Corresponding Secretary.
MRS. A. O. SOULE Recording Secretary.
MRS. M. E. KEENEY First Vice-President.
MRS. GEORGE BARSTOW Second Vice-President.
MRS. H. M. HECHT Third Vice-President.
MRS. JOSEPH S. SPEAR Fourth Vice-President.
MRS. MONTGOMERY GODLE Y Fifth Vice-President.
MRS. IRVING M. SCOTT Sixth Vice-President.
Business Malinger ('HAS. E. LOCKE.
PRICES OF ADMISSION.
Season Tickets, Admitting Xine Evenings $3.
Season Tickets may now be obtained at the following- music stores : Gray's, Sher-
man & Hyde's, and Kohler & Chase's. Also from the Ladies of the above si.\ socie-
ties and those who are generously assisting them.
Single Admission 50 Cents.
Children S5 Cents.
tm- The Pavilion doors will be opened to the public THURSDAY EVENING at
Grand Procession of the 1,300 characters at 8.
" Programmes of the evening reserved for future announcement.
Military Band and Orchestra in Attendance.
[October 18.]
6:45.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
15
SUMMER AND WUITKK.
Just a bouquet i-f r- >*•-». imiul \ p red ;
Ju»t . iwwbat it said;
Ju»t * bcnrt for her krr| iu. ifo ;
. K'irl »h<w iwwt ,\ .-« raad tt.ivugh tears the wonl " wife,"
Joat a handful i and dead;
■ few fade-l with i*le silken thread :
Ju»t a memory left bar, .» thorn iu her breast;
Juat a woman wbV» waiting Just waiting for rest.
— World,
TEAa- INTERESTING INFORMATION FOR TEA-
DRINKERS.
Since your analyst ha* bwn instructed to turn hi« attention to the
ftdul avrmtaon of Teas ranpUed t" the dtisaoaof this city, and while in-
Tastigal ■. it may K> worth while t.> offer wrae interest-
ing Information oonoarning Teas, their _■; nwth, manufacture and adultera-
I'he foUowinfft then, baa been oarefnUj condensed from such orte-
inai and authentic sources as the travels of the late Mr. Fortune, Sir
Kerd. von If neller. Government Botanist of Victoria, Mr. Watts, IVligot,
Mulder and Zoller, in " Liebig'a Annalen ": The Tea shrub belongs to a
natural family which includes the cornelian and myrtles, indigenous in
China, Japan, India, Southern Himalaya! and Western Africa, and will
Amman in all latitudes from the equator to 40 degrees on either side.
|uently, there must be many localities in California, between Los
Angelas and the Oregon Border, well suited t<> the plant, and fit to absorb
quite a jot of '"Chinese cheap labor." Sir Kerd. von Mueller is urging
the cultivation of it on the Australians, where labor is much dearer than
in toil State. The districts of China «hich supply the greater portion of
the Teas exported to Europe and America, lie between the 25th and 31st
degress of north latitude, and the best districts are those between 27 and
|U degrees (Fortune). The plants are raised from seed, kept over winter
in moist earth and planted in March, three or four feet apart, and look
like a garden of gooseberry bushes, and they bear from the fourth to the
twelfth year, both inclusive. The leaves are plucked by hand, chiefly by
women ; and the season is from earliest spring to the end of June. The
6ret gathering is the best, afterward the leaves become tougher. The
mode of drying and roasting- the leaves generally, and the specific pro-
ceases, by which the green and black teas are severally prepared, have
been minutely described by Mr. Fortune, and from his description, some-
what condensed, we learn: First, That, in the process of drying, the leaves
are roasted, in such a way as necessarily to bring about many chemical
changes within the substance of the leaves themselves, producing the
varied flavors, odors and tastes, which distinguish the different teas. Sec-
ondly, That the mode of handling, by which the leaves are converted re-
spectively into green and black teas, is the cause of the different colors of
these two main varieties. Thus, for
Greek Teas. — 1. The leaves are roasted almost immediately after they
are gathered. 2. They are dried off quickly after the rolling process.
The whole operation is speedy and simple.
Black Teas.— 1. They are spread out for some time after they are
gathered, in the air. 2. They are then further tossed about, till they be-
come soft and flacid. 3. They are now roasted for a few minutes and
rolled ; after which they are exposed to the air for a few hours in a soft
and moist state. 4. Lastly, they are dried slowly over charcoal tires. It
is by lengthened exposure to the air, therefore, in the process of drying,
accompanied by, perhaps, a slight heating and fermentation, that the
dark color and distinguishing flavor are imparted to black teas of com-
merce. The produce of different districts varies in quality and flavor
with the climate, the soil and the variety of the plant cultivated, as well
as with the period at which the leaves are gathered and with the mode of
drying them. It may be fresh information for our readers to be told that
though tea is used only as an infusion, it has been long known that the
spent leaves contain the elements of one of the most nutritive of vegeta-
ble substances ; and only not used on account of the almost universal
toughness of the leaves of the China teas supplied to foreign countries.
But this toughness does not obtain in the case of Japanese tea, whose
leaves may be advantageously eaten either with salt or sugar.
Adulteration of Teas.— For imparting a nice, uniform color, or skin,
to green teas, the Chinese use a mixture of Prussian blue and plaster of
Paris (sulphate of lime), the quantity varying slightly with the amount
of color required. This they do to please the purchasers, but never use
colored tea themselves. How far this small quantity may prejudice
health is not quite clear, but there is less doubt about the pernicious
qualities of an adulterated tea largely manufactured by the Chinese, un-
der the name of Lie tea. This consists of the sweepings and dust of the
tea-warehouses, cemented together with rice-water and then rolled into
grains. It is made either black to imitate caper, or green to resemble
gunpowder, and is manufactured professedly for the purpose of adulterat-
ing the better sorts jf tea. The cleverness exhibited in the manu-
facture of the different kinds of lie-tea is something really surpris-
ing, and so close is the imitation in iuany cases that much
practice and skill are required for its detection. Our investigations
hitherto disclose the fact that the better kinds of lie-tea consist of the
dust of the tea only, made up into little masses, or of this dust mixed
with that of foreign leaves; but the great bulk of the lie-tea met with is
compounded of tea-dust, with sometimes the dust of leaves other than tea,
and large quantities of mineral matter, of which silexand magnetic oxide of
iron form a considerable proportion, the masses or pellets being colored
with the substances already mentioned, and some others. That some idea
may be formed of the extent to which adulteration by this means is going
on, in 1874 Dr. Hassall reported on 16 samples, which, with one excep-
tion, ranged from 6.G8 to 48.46 per cent, of lie-tea. This same lie-tea,
pure and simple as such, has been imported into Great Britain in enor-
mous quantities for adulteratiun. So notorious had the adulteration of teas
become, in 1870, that Mr. Keene, head of the distillation department of
British Customs, was taken from his usual duties of examining wines and
spirits, and all his ability and experience devoted to the adulteration of
teas. Ere long the public shall know how the adulteration of tea is car-
ried on in this city, aud who are the adulterators, as well as the class of
people who are the principal sufferers.
Balmy sleep, good digestion, rich blood, elastic step and cheerfulness
in Hop Bitters.
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
Recorded In the City and County of Sun Fmnoisoo. California, for
the Week ending October 2 let.
Ifrotntht lit^»rd*< i.rf Agenty, 401 California St, , 8. F.
Wednesday . Oct 1 6th.
QUAXTOR AXD OHAHT1I.
nxscmrrioK.
Chas A Bailor lo J.m!c Wire
di
Jno Center lo (.'tans Sprecltlee
■To* s Carrie to Geo wndjjann
Alfred Rising to Ida F. Rising.,
■Tor < I'Keefe to Ralph Lowe
Louis D« Silver toOi'n B Kin-
Mary McFedden to CO HcFadden
JH Dougherty to
Sc N'neandSftl, "91:2x127
N Fell, IVM w Godffh, 77:9x190
Commencing at Intersection of Center
line of Rhode Inland fttreot, n etc
Sr Jentoj and Diamond, e 80x114
W \v»veriy Place. 08:9 a Waiblngfon, p
IB; nnd » Liberty, \i\i.n e Dnlo-
ret, e 86x114; lot 5 blk 9 San VeleHd
Sb Rrvjint. 27'. -w 137:6— 100-v 211
Lot M hlk 20, Felrmonnt Tract
Na Guerrero unci 18th, 97x80
W Minion, 934 n 17th, 93:»xl00
6,100
6
1,900
Gift
8,000
460
S
4,200
Thursday. Oct. 16th.
P.I Mogul to Rnhert." Mills.
M Shnnnon to Isabella F Gordon!
Philip McGovcrn to Wm Griffln
ASWcxel to Geo Purlcnky ,
Jas C Zanrlskle to|Wm Mathews.
Louis Lnrsenenr to same
Cath Spangler to Danl B Spangle:
Henry J Beers to Jno Ricketson.
Isaac C Bateman to Jno Garber .
Se Scott and Fell, e 1.17:6x1.17:0
N Pine, 112:6 w Macon, 25x62:6- being
In G0-V605
W Alabama, 95 8 John, 8 30x100
s Pell, 99:6 a Buchan, e 25x120, being in
W A 990
Lot .1. hlk 115 University Monnd
Nw Turk and Wood, w 137:6x127:6
NeOth Ave and Lat.n 100x100
100-va lots 336, 337
Se Harrison, 50sw Rincon PI, etc, be-
ing property in trust for F L Bateman
$1,300
4,650
1,700
2,500
300
1,000
1
50
Mathew McCloskey to Sav & L'Soc
Martin Qninlan to P D Quinlan.
Wm Hale to David Mendelsohn . . .
ECPeltret to Jno Straub
N Reynolds to Geo C Thompson. .
Zenas CuBhing to Lyman Nichols.
N W Pierce nnd wife to Same
G H Mower and wf to Same
Masonic Cem Asp'n to Peter Craig
Peter Craig to E K Howes
E K Howes to Thos J Shackleford
Chas D Upton to Geo Edwards.
Friday, Oct 17th.
Nw Howard, 257 ne 3d, ne48, nw 80, ne
etc; also nw Natoma,275 ne 3d, 37:6 x
70, beins in 100-vara 32 and 33
S23th, 175eChnrch, 25x1 14-H A 55 ; s
Duncan, 150 c Church, e 25xlOO-H A
56 ; S Duncan, 125 e Church, 25x100
Sc Geary and Webster, 65x137:6 -being
in W A277 V
Se Harrison and 26th, 25x100
Nw Filbert and Mason, n 120, etc
Nw Jones Alley and Washu, 137:6x125.
Same
Same
Lot 8 and 8 )i of 10 sec 25, N A of Cem
Same
Same
Lot 4, blk 182, University Ex Hd..!'...
10,000
1
950
9,871
9X00
5,400
3,600
425
425
425
6
Saturday, Oct. 18th.
G J Binder to L F Binder
Tboe Kelaher to J D Corkaray
E D Sawyer to Amelia A Brown. .
Wm H Flnerty to Mary A Maynes
Matilda Adams to Catbelia Adams
Wm M Burgoyne toRobt Mnrdock
Bryan Page et al to Delia F Page.
Louisa Schaadt to Patk Furlong. .
Jos Figel to W M Ryer
Cnd H, s Geary 374 w Steiner, w 22x82:6
E Hampshire, 95 n 23d, 25x100
S\v Hubbard, 112:6 sc Howard, 82:6 x
112:6 nubj to mortgage
All interest in estate of Peter Finerty
deceased
Ne Delgada Place and Hyde street, n 25
x 62:6, being in 50-vara 1298
Nw Green an~d Leavenworth, n 80x60—
being in 50-va 1201.
Sw O'Farrell and Laguna, w 137:6x120..
E Cole, 113:5 s Carl, e 987:6, se 165, nw
196, sw 147:6 to commencement
E Stockton, 113 n Ellis, n 6 inches x 75
feet and one-half of brick wall
$ 5
400
1
5
1
6
1,100
1,000
Monday, Oct. 20th.
H Crockard to Odd Fels Savs B'k.
Mas Sav & L Bk to T A C Dorland
G W F Cook to Tod RobinBon ....
Francis Schafer to Dora Schaefer.
Lewis H Thomas to L R Myers . . .
E B Eddy to Jos Alexander
Thos Rose to Oscar Foss
Isabella Held to Hannah Severance
Otto Hensing to Fredk L Lieker..
Jno B Lewis to Louis Bernstein..
Patk Gillian to Theodore Dellwigg
Fredk Kleupler to AW Bowman..
Seth H Lincoln etal to Peter Dean
Wm R Sloan to Michl McGreevy..
Camilo Martin to George Hyde....
Same to same..
Same lo same .
Same to Bame .
Same to same .
Max Morgenthau to B Sequi .
Nw Market. 140 sw Ifitb, sw 50x115..
S 17th, 221:6 w Valencia, w 54x100
Undivided 18 acres of 47 acres sec 12 tp
2 sr 6 w
E Valencia, 85 n 20th, n 25x80
Sw Main, 86:4 nw Mission, nw 45:10 x
137:6— Band W 617
Se Post mid Gough, 55x120, being in W
Addblkl30 V ...
LotB28, 29, 30, Godeus Map
"W Oclavia, 107:6 n Piue, n 30x137:6, be
ing W A blk 107
Lot 9, blk 8 Wept End Map 2
Lot 5 blk 27 Paul Tract
E Polk, 97:2 n Jackson, n 30:6x47:6, it
W A hlk20
Sw 4th, 30 Be Tehama, 50x75— 100-va Hs
subject to Morl»age of $1H,000 ....
N Green, 167 w Jones, w 30x120 . .
S Filbert, 100 w Larkin, w 37:0x57:6
LotB 1, 2, 3, hlk 328; lots 2. 4, 10. blk 365
Golden City Hd; also sundry O L
W Franklin, s Washington. 45x137:6 .
Lots 2, 4. 5, hlk S, 3 to 6 blk 76, 5 blocks
Excelsior Homestead
Portion O L blks 1104. 1105 and 1106
E Fair Oaks, 185 s 18th, 2Sxl35:10; also
w Douglass, 896 n 17lh, 54x136
W Stockton, 50:5 s PaciQc, s 22:5x72:10
$3,996
4,000
5
Gift
7,500
700
5,000
300
1
2,600
5
1,500
400
5
5
5
6,250
Tuesday, Oct. 21st.
Wm Bronstrup to Henry Gutzeit..
H Gutzeit to Wm Bronstrup
Geo H Green to Wm A Green
Pt Loh Ave & Pk Hd lo J Martini .
Patk Keegan to Timothy Kcegan.
Jno H ojf an to Hib Sav & Ln Soc.
F Cunningham to same
Jno Grant to same
Mat Harris to Jeannette Cosgrove.
Chas Clavton to Chas E Boman . . .
Emma C 'Marcus to P II Bartels...
Johanna H Wilson to W C Hemme
Robt Kercheval to Elias M Block.
Kale G Bryan to E Bryan
Nw Folsom, 275 sw 7th, 56x125
Same
No 25 Ellis st por
Lot 30, hlk 338 OL
Lots 44 to 48, blk 19 City Land Assn....
Ne Lafayette, 55 nw Natoma, etc
Se Howard, 211 ne 13th, se 135, ne 91:8,
nw 120, to com
Nw Townsend, SO sw 2d, 50x100
S 21st. 203:8 e Sanchez, 50:11x114; s 21et
152:8 w Church, 50:11x114
Lots 41, 42, hlk 12, Flint Tract Hd
W Mission. ISftn 18th. 25x80
Se Gongh and Clay, e 27:9x97
WSteiner, 54:3 s Gearv, 22x88
W WebBter, 94 s Jackson, 22x97:6
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Oct. 25, 1879.
GOOD-NIGHT, GOOD-BYE.
Saynot good-bye! Dear friend from Say not good-bye! Bay but good-
thee
A word too sad that word would be. A word that blesses in its flight.
Say not good-byel Say but good- In leaving hope of many a kind,
ni°ht Sweet day like this we leave behind.
And say it with thv tender light, Say but good-night! Oh, never say
Caressing voice, that links the bliss A word that taketh thee away!
Of yet another day with this. Say but good-night !
Say but good-night! Good-night!
J a —From, Good Words.
A DEPARTMENT OP STATISTICS.
The "United States Bureau of Statistics undoubtedly renders some
service to the country, but not a tithe of what it might do under better
regulations Political economy, which is altogether based upon facts, is
now an inexact science, because there are always facts wanting to work
upon Our present bureau is almost, if not altogether, commercial. Now,
that is not enough. To be of any use it should comprehend all things.
What we mean by this is, not only commerce, but inland and marine
transportation— the production and consumption of every State ; the av-
erage number of employed and unemployed laborers and the average
number of days employed ; the average of wages m the different branches;
the supply and demand of labor ; the number of machines and the horse-
power used, together with their influence upon labor ; the number and
tonnage of shipping, and such other facts as experience might demonstrate
to be necessary. It is useless to deny the fact that machinery is playing
the most important part in our civilization. We must prepare to meet
that fact and acknowledge the changes it produces. For instance, if we
suppose a small community to-day, giving employment to 1,000 people ;
anon comes your inventor with his machine that displaces thirty, forty or
fifty per cent, of these people— what are we to do with them ? It is idle
to say they can find employment elsewhere, because in all other trades
the same progress is manifested: more machinery and less men. Is it any
wonder under such circumstances, that the world is troubled with com-
munism 9 You must give men work or they will live without it— preying
upon the body politic, and become festering sores which eat out the life of
a people. On the other hand, if statistics teach us that another course is
necessary we must adopt it, in order to'save civilization. It cannot be
expected 'nor is it in human nature to be endured, that men should stand
by and see the bread taken from their mouths by machinery. And again,
if it shall be proven that there are too many machines, it becomes the
duty of statesmen to regulate them, and, if necessary, the number of
hours per day for labor. The idea, in a few words, is this: that if we
have reached such a point of progress that, with ten or eight hours per
day we can afford subsistence to the multitude, it is our duty to do so ;
else'we shall see, year by year, the number of idle ones growing, and,
having naught else to do, they will plot against the commonwealth. We
must also recollect that when the masses are employed they are content
and happy. It has been accepted as a truism that the world owes every
man a living, because as he came into the world he must subsist upon it.
There is only this error in the statement: the world owes a living to those
who work for it. But how about those who are willing but unable to get
work ? That is precisely the point of our argument, and hence the abso-
lute necessity of a Department of Statistics. Thereby all these things
can be ascertained to a mathematical nicety, and all doubts and fears dis-
solved. It is the part of wisdom to forestall such matters, and that is
our object in this article. Such a Department properly managed can take
political economy out of the realm of dubiety and make it exact. It can
form the basis for all future legislation, not only in Congress but in the
States. It will harmonize all things, because they will be based upon
certainties. And, moreover, it is unmanly, it is unstatesmanlike to shirk
impending issues. A danger is half provided for by meeting it face to
face. There is no country on earth so capable of dealing with this vast
subject as the United States, nor is there any body so capable as the Con-
gress of the United States to solve the problem. In order to legislate
honestly and knowingly we must have facts and figures to work upon, and
hence we conclude by urging upon our Senators and Representatives the
necessity of advocating the establishment of a Department of Statistics.
SALISBURY'S "UNUSUAL" LANGUAGE.
It is reported that the Russian G-overnment is highly incensed at the
speech recently made by Lord Salisbury at Manchester, and that the
Russian press— which is, of course, the same thing as the Government —
thinks it " unusual for a Foreign Minister to speak thus of a friendly na-
tion." It may be unusual, but in dealing with Russia, England seems to
have grown weary of using the diplomatic cant in which her opponent
delights, and to have adopted a very plain manner of saying what she
means. For it must be remembered that it is the English people, and not
Lord Salisbury as an individual, that spoke through the mouth of the For-
eign Minister at Manchester, and that will shortly speak again through the
mouth of the Prime Minister at Guildhall. For this latter speech Russia is
said to be waiting with great anxiety, even to the extent of threatening to
withdraw her Ambassador at the Court of St. James if it is unsatisfac-
tory. But it is not to be supposed that this threat will have the slightest
effect in changing the tenor of Lord Beaconsfield's utterances, and it is
highly probable that those utterances will also be regarded as " unusual"
by the "friendly nation" at whom they are directed. The fact of the
matter is that the Asiatic question, so far as Russia and England are
concerned, can no longer be kept quiet, much less settled, by empty
phrases and vain promises. The conquered dominions of the two powers
are no longer separated by neutral and independent states, but practically
touch each other. Any farther advance from either side must necessarily
appear an aggressive encroachment. The time has come, therefore, when
one of two things must be done. Either England and Russia must once
for all come to a mutual understanding, make a treaty and rigidly adhere
to its terms, or they must fight it out and settle their respective claims by
force of arms. It looks as if England was willing to adopt either alterna-
tive ; but this the whole world may swear to — if she cannot protect her
interests with peace she will by war, and that is why she is using language
so plain that it is "unusual."
AFTER.
After the shower, the tranquil sun ; After the knell, the wedding bells
After the snow, the emerald leaves ; After the bud the radiant rose ;
Silver stars when the day is done ; Joyful greetings from sad farewells
After the harvest, golden sheaves. After our weeping, sweet repose.
After the clouds, the violet sky ; After the burden, the blissful meed
After the tempest, the lull of waves ; After the flight, the downy nest ;
Quiet woods when the winds go by; After the furrow, the waking seed
After the battle, peaceful graves. After the shadowy river — rest !
A TOAST THAT "WAS NOT DRUNK.
The two Boards of Education, the old and the new, had a banquet
on Thursday night at the Maison Dore"e, necessarily under the presidency
oE John W. Taylor, member of the present Board, Chairman of Commit-
tee on Supplies, friend of most great people, and Superintendent of
Schools elect, with a peculiar gift for investigating in the wrong direc-
tion. There was much hilarity at this meeting of the men charged with
the care of our school children, and satisfaction was expressed by some that
Horticultural Hall was not very far away. Each great man scratched his
neighbor's back, and mutual compliments were interchanged. Mr. Tay-
lor gave a pleasing reminiscence of his first meeting with Ed. Everett,
and how the great inventor of Washington had patted him, the budding
Taylor, on the head. " This very head, gentlemen, which I now wear.1'
Director Leggett proposed the health of the great rememberer, and
smiles were on every face. Mr. Taylor was so happy that he forgot to
tell the company about his connection with the Moore perj ury, and did
not drink to his own health as the champion coupe" -sender. It is a pity,
for he missed an extra glass of wine ; but he can take it after reading the
following extract from Moore's testimony:
Question. — "What kind of a vehicle did you go off in?
Answer. — A one-horse coupe*. * * * *
Question. — Do you know how it happened to be sent up there to you?
Answer. — The man who came to me told me that Mr. Taylor had di-
rected him to come up there. * * * *
Question. — Then you didn't know it was coming ?
Answer. — Yes, sir ; I knew it was coming, for I was informed it was
coming. * * * *
Question. — Who told you they would send a coupe" up there ?
Answer. — Mr. Taylor. * * * *
Question. — Mr. Taylor, in the afternoon, told you a coupe* would
come, and yet you didn't tell Mr. Taylor anything about going away?
Answer. — I told Mr. Taylor I was going away, but not to Texas. I
didn't tell him where I was sroing.
There could be no better Superintendent of Schools than this Mr. Tay-
lor, who has anonymous letters when he wants to get rid of teachers ; who
says in public that he knows of corruption, but will not give names ; who
runs away from Ewald j who helps off men accused of grave misconduct
and of crime.
HIGHEST STOCK QUOTATIONS
For the "Week Ending Oct. 24th, 1879.
Compiled bt George C. Hickox & Co., 230 Montgomery Street.
Married. — In this city, October 22d, George H. Hudson to Florence S.
Mitchell, of Portland, Maine.
Name of Mike.
Argenta
Andes
Alpha
Alta
Alps
Bullion
Belcher
Best & Belcher
♦Benton
Boaie
Cons Imperial. ..
Crown Point
Chollar
California
Con. Virginia
Caledonia
Confidence
Eureka Con
Exchequer
Fairfax
Gould & Curry..
•■Gila
Grand Prize
Hale & Norcross.
Julia
Justice
Jackson
Kentuck
♦Leopard
Lady Wash'u
Leviathan
Leeds
♦Mexican
Modoc
Manhattan
Northern Belle . .
Ophir
Overman
♦Potosi
Raymond & Ely.
MONDAT.
H H
Tuesday.
30i SGj
Sierra Nevada . . .
'Silver Hill
Seg Belcher
■-Solid Silver
■"Succor
Silver King, Ara.
Silv King South .
Tip-Top
Union Con
Utah
* Yellow Jacket..
m
io ;
61
7*
101
U
67* 75
— 24i
- I 141
352
Thursday.
--^ — ,,
HI
73
20
141 '
Assessments are now due on the Stocks above marked thus *
Prlw par C«pr. 10 C.nU.
ESTABLISHED JULY. 20. 1SA6.
I Annual Snbaorlption, *5.
DEVOTED TO THE LEADING INTERESTS OF CALIFORNIA AND THE PACIFIC COAST.
Vol. 30.
3AN FRANOISOO, SATURDAY, NOV. 1, 1879.
No. 16.
Office of the Nam Francisco »»-* Letter, Mercbniit Street,
Nob. OOT to 615, San Francisco.
/ 1 nLD BARS— 890@910— Silver Bars— S@1B V cent. disc. Mexican
V* Dollars, '253 percent, nominal.
jy Exchange on New York. J, '•_' — per cent. ; On London, Bankers,
41.', ; Commercial, B0J@50Jd. Paris, sight, 5 francs per dollar.
Telegrams, 3.V100 per cent.
as- Latest price of Sterling, 481
" Price of Money here,
open market, 1@1A.
@1 per cent, per mouth-
demand active.
-bank rate. In the
Death of G. S. Johnson. — This sentleman, widely known throughout
the Pacific Coast, died suddenly, on Tuesday last. He had been suffering
for some months from fatty dejr-neration of the heart and great blood-
vessels. Dr. Stallard, his medical attendant, had informed his friends of
the danger of sudden death, and had warned Mr. Johnson against violent
and sudden movements. On the evening of his decease he had been play-
ing with his child, aud felt a painful strain, which was the probable cause
of his decease. Mr. Johnson was a native of Stockholm, and had been a
resident of our State since 1850, and one of our earliest hotel-proprietors.
He began business in the old Oriental, and was connected successively
with the Lick House, the Occidental and the Grand, of which he became
part owner in 1870. He was in his sixty-third year, and leaves a widow
and one child. The funeral services were performed on Wednesday, un-
der the auspices of the Masonic Fraternity, and were attended by a host
of friends, genuine mourners for the loss of a good man.
Mr. C. S. Read, M. P., and Mr. A. Pell, M. P., the Commissioners
sent t<> North America to inqnire into the agricultural resources of the
United States and Canada, reached Winnipeg, the capital of the Cana-
dian prairie province, on Tuesday last. After visiting the Northwest,
they intend to proceed to Texas, and also California, and then return to
the Eastern States. They hope to be back in England by Christmas.
They have made it their special business to ascertain the probable quan-
tity of live stock and dead meat which the United States aud Canada will
be able to export to the United Kingdom during the next four years, aud
at a public dinner held at Toronto one of them expressed his conviction
that that trade, as far as Canada was concerned, was but in its infancy.
[The above, from a recent London paper, has been handed us by
Augustus Laver, Esq., of this city, to whom it had been forwarded by
his friend, Mr. Clement More, of Metfield Hall, Suffolk, England. The
visit of the parliamentary Commissioners to this coast will undoubtedly
prove instructive to themselves and beneficial to our people. — Ed. N. L.]
Beerbohm's Telegram. — London and Liverpool, October 31,
1879.— Floating Cargoes, firmer; Cargoes on Passage, firmer; Mark Lane
Wheat, firmer; No. 2 Spring off Coast, 51s.@52s. ; Red Winter off Coast,
55s. ; California off Coast, 56s. ; California Nearly Due, 55*. ; California
Just Shipped, 55s. ; No. 2 Spring for Shipment, 51s. ; Liverpool Spot
Wheat, improving; California Club No. 1 Standard, lis. lid. ; Califor-
nia Club No. 2 Standard, lis. tld. ; California Average — Western, lis. 5d. ;
White Michigan, lis. 6d. ; Red Western Spring, 9s. 9d.@9s. lid.; Extra
State Flour in London, 14s. lOd. ; Extra State Flour in Liverpool, 14s.
lOd. ; LiverpoolWestern Mixed Corn, 4s. 7id.; Liverpool Canadian Peas,
8s. 4d.; N. Y. St. Ex., 8H@S3.U1.; Liverpool Wheat, 10s. 9d.@Us. 8d. ;
Club, lis. 7d.@12s. ; Corn — Mark Lane, unaltered ; Floating Cargoes,
quiet; Cargoes on Passage, quiet; Liverpool Spot, firm; Market improving.
Latest from the Merchant's Exchange.— New York, October 31,
1879. United States Bonds— 4s, 102£ ; 4ia, 105g; 5s, 103g. Sterling Ex-
change, 4 81&@4 834. Pacific Mail, 35£. Wheat, 135@140. Western Union,
104g. Hides, 22i@23. Oil— Sperm, 80(®.81. Winter Bleached, 92@100.
Whale Oil, 38(&.42; Winter Bleached, 45@53. Wool— Spring, fine, 24@
33; Burry. 12(0)14 ; Pulled, 27@36 ; Fall Clips, 17@20 ; Burry, 15@20.
London, Oct. 31st— Liverpool Wheat Market, 10s. 9d.@lls. 8d. ; Club,
lis. 7d.@12s. U. S. Bonds, 5's, 105$; 4's, 105£ ; 4£'s, 109$, Consols,
97 15-16.
Postage on S. P. News Letter to all parts of United States and
Europe, 2 cents.
London, Oct. 31, 1879.— Latest Price of Consols. 97 13-16.
PRICES OF LEADING STOCKS AND GOV. BONDS.
8an Fra arisen October 31, 1H79.
Stock* and Bonds,
Cal. St. Bonds, 6's,'67, (nom)
S. F. C> ■ & Co. tt'ds, Its, T.s
S. F. C. iStOo, B"ds,7s(nom)
Bfontg'v Av, Bonds (nom).
Dupont Street Bonds ....
Sacramento City Bonds. . .
Stockton City Bonds, 6's. .
Yuba County Bonds. S's. . .
Santa Clara Co. Bonds, 7's
Butte Co. Bonds, lu's, '00 .
San Mateo Bonds, 7's
Oakland City Bonds, S's . . .
Bank of California (oldst'k)
First Natioual
Pacific
California Ins. Co
Comuierc:wl Ins. Co
Fu-eniau's Fund Ins. Co.
Bid.
Atted
100
102
Nom.
Nom.
Nom.
Num.
65
70
80
90
M
28
00
OS
103
l(Mi
105
107
90
—
100
—
112
115
71
73
89
00
120
130
108
112
75
80
118
125
Slocks and Bonds.
Some Mutual Ins. Co
State Investment Ins. Co .
Unitm Ina. Co
City R. R
Central R. It. Co
Clay Street Hill R. R
Market street R. R
N. B. and Mission R. R. . . .
Omnibus R. R
Potrero and Bay View R. R
QiUt Powder Co
Atlantic Giant Powder
S. F. Gaslight Co (ex div)..
Oakland Gas Co
California Produce Co
8. V. W. W. Co
Nevada Co. N. G. R. R. Bds
Virginia & Truckee "
Bid.
85
105
112
35
50
00
34A
97
85
93
100
Asked
90
108
115
40
55
35
145
95
91
35^
100
86J
95
102J
There have been large sales of S| iring Valley Water stock, and prices have advanced
to our quotations. There is also a good demand for Gas stocks. In Bonds there is
nothing doing, as there are no first-class City or County Bonds for sale. Money con-
tinues as last advised, but with mure activity in Ohe demand.
Andrew Baird, 312 California street.
STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY.
706 Post street, San Francisco, Oct. 22, 1879.
Editor New3 Letter: My attention has been directed to a para-
graph in your issue of Sept. 20th, concerning; the opening of a course of
instruction in Obstetrics, under the auspices of the State Medical Society;
and I bej> you to correct the statements therein made. The whole thing
is a misconception, the Society not having opened such a course, and being
without authority to issue certificates.
Respectfully yours, C. F. A. Nichell.
Sacramento, October 28th. — Governor Irwin and Governor-elect
Perkins have jointly appointed Thomas P. Stoney, the present County
Judge of Napa county ; I. S. Belcher, of Marysville, and A. C. Free-
man, of Sacramento, as a Commission to draft such laws and amend-
ments to the Codes as in their judgment are necessary to make the system
of Codes and Statutes conform to the requirements of the New Consti-
tution. __
Dean Stanley was not equal to his opportunities when he performed
the marriage ceremony of Professor Tyndall. The Dean should have
asked the groom: " Do you take this anthropoid to be your co-ordinate,
to love with your nerve centers, to cherish with your whole cellular tissue
until a final molecular disturbance shall dissolve its organism into its
primitive atoms?" — Cincinnati Commercial*
Washington, October 30th.— The report of the Auditor of the
Treasury for the Postoffice Department, for the fiscal year ended June
30th last, shows that the actual cost of postal services during this period
was only $3,031,455. The total revenue of the Postoffice Department, for
the last fiscal year, was 830,041,982— an increase of $764,465; and the
total expenses $33,073,437— a decrease of 31,091,647 in comparison with
the preceding year.
Madrid. October 30th. — There have been heavy rains throughout
the entire country. At Vera, in Almeria, the river overflowed and
flooded the mines, throwing 1,500 men out of work. Twenty persons
were drowned. The Saragossa and Barcelona Railway is submerged for a
distance of sixteen kilometers.
London, October 30th. — A large meeting of the Corporation of
Dublin to-day passed resolutions asking the Government to alleviate the
distress in Ireland, and praying for the establishment of peasant proprie-
tary. Copies of the resolutions will be forwarded to Lord Beaoonsfield.
New York, October 30. —The Express reports great activity in the
real estate market in this city, and, on authority of one of the largest
operators, a rise of 75 per cent, in prices since March.
Washington, October 30.— The excess of exports over imports of
merchandise during the month ending September 30th was 320,620,087.
For the twelve months ending September 30, 1879, §256,846,277.
Printed and Published by the Proprietor, Frederick Marriott, 607 to 616 Merchant Street, San Francisco, California.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
NoV. 1, 1879.
OCARINA.
Some folks love the orguinette,
Some adore the concertina.
The best and easiest thing, as yet,
Is the earthern ocarina.
Sweet is beer to thirsty throats,
THE
Banjos are the nigger's joy,
Poets love the bluebird's twitter,
"Whistles please the naughty poy,
Dutchmen twang the wiry zither.
The ocarina's notes for me! [er .
No screech owl's voice was ever sweet- Dear is Mayes to U A. Dana,
Now booming like sixteen-foot G, Dear to me the muffled notes
Now buzzing like the Jersey skeeter. Uttered by your vox humana.
O. my ocarina, dear! O, my ocarina, dear, _
My howling, growling ocarina! My musty, fusty ocarina,
Music's found the whole world round, Fools applaud a well-puffed fraud,
"Why not in you, my ocarina ? But you're not one, my ocarina ?
— From one of N. ¥. Puck's Exchanges.
SKELETON SKETCHES.- No. 11.
[by t. a. eabcoukt.]
The Miser's Story.
They all believed that I was dead and out of their way ; aye, they
were sure of it. My plan had been well laid and was completely suc-
cessful. A verv little money sufficed to buy the necessary evidence of my
death from those rascally Syrian officials, and when the news reached
England that old Hawke, the miser (so they called me, you know), had
died of the plague while traveling on some of his usurious business in the
East, everybody, and the expectant heirs particularly, were too delighted
with the glad tidings to make further inquiry. But for all that, I reached
London as soon as the news.
You are at a loss to understand my conduct. "Well, I will explain ; but
I must go back many years to do so. I once had a sister who was dearer
to me than all else in the world— dearer even than money. We became
orphans when we were mere children, and we were left without a penny.
We had relations, and our father, a widower, who had committed suicide
on losing everything in a speculation, had always thought he had plenty
of friends. But all these turned their backs upon the penniless little or-
phans, and we were sent to a charitable institution. But I had a will
and a spirit of my own. At ten I could support myself by blacking boots
and selling newspapers, and at fourteen I was able to make enough for the
scanty support of my sister as well. I will not rehearse the steps by
which, after many years of working and saving, I rose at length to wealth
and position. Suffice it to say that I accomplished this; but the struggle
was a long and bitter one, and I came out of it a misanthrope and — a miser.
But not towards my sister. She was still as dear to me as ever, nay,
dearer; for was she not all that I had to love— except my money-bags?
Perhaps even to her I was rather stern and austere ; but she knew my
affection for her, and returned it. True, she stood in some awe of me,
and I never knew her to ask me for money ; but she never wanted for
anything. If she did it was because she stinted herself to give to others ;
but she never told me so. Still, her life was a lonely and gloomy one — I
can see it now when I look back — and there came a day when she left me
for another. That other was a captain in a dashing cavalry regiment,
well-born and handsome, but a spendthrift, a gambler and a roue of the
worst type. It was my business to lend money to his sort, and one day,
when I was absent on a long journey, not finding me at my office, he went
to my house. There he saw my sister, and then it was that he conceived
the idea of paying off his debts by holding as his hostage the one mortal
the usurer loved. How he won the poor girl's heart with his dashing
ways and smooth tongue it is not difficult to imagine. When I returned
they were married. He thought to act the customary little farce of beg-
ging my forgiveness ; but before he could screw up his courage to face me,
I wrote to him in these words : " Send my sister back to her home, and
I will send you a check for ten thousand pounds. Refuse but I need
not say that. You see I know you better than you know me."
I have positive proof that he did not refuse ; that, on the contrary, he
urged upon his wife the duty of returning, since her brother objected so
Btrongly to the match. But she clung to her husband, poor, infatuated
child ; and even he was not quite brute enough then to drive her away.
Then, in my fury, I cursed them both, and I ruined him in a month. He
sold his commission, and both went to the Continent, There he went
utterly to the dogs. From being a gambler, he became a cheat, then a
forger, and two years later died in a Prussian prison.
Then I went in search of my sister, but reached her wretched lodging
only just in time to obtain her forgiveness aud close her eyes in death.
But I brought back with me her baby- daughter, who was thence forward
a living reminder of the great wrong I had done, and, if I may use the
expression, a constant altar of atonement. Upon her I lavished money,
affectioD and indulgence ; there was no advantage, no care, that wealth
could procure that was not hers. The old selfish idea that I had enter-
tained toward my sister— that she should devote herself to me and make
my life and hers one— I gave up completely. I was willing that Mabel
should marry, but I was anxious that she should marry a man of wealth
and _ standing. Yes, of course you smile as you think you hear the
" miser " talk ; but, believe me, my knowledge of the world had taught
me that if a poor and unknown man sought her hand, it would be for my
money and not for true love of her. Her beauty, her accomplishments,
and — more than all, as I still believe — my wealth, won her many suitors,
both rich and of high degree. Some I would have been glad to see her
marry, but she would have none of them. Then, on a sudden, she fell in
love with a young briefless barrister ; a fellow well born, it is true, and of
spotless character, so far as I could discover, but utterly penniless. He
came to me and urged his suit, but, though I liked his manly ways, I
laughed at him and sneeringly told him that my niece was mistress of her
own heart, but not of my coffers. He tried to wither me with scorn, but
I was hardened against that, and he left in anger. Then Mabel pleaded
with me. I told her the sad history of her mother, and used every argu-
ment that my experience of the selfishness of man could furnish. I
might as well have talked to a graven image. I considered the affair in
the still hours of the night, and I laid a plan. Mabel promised me that
until I returned from a journey I was about to make into Asia, to nego-
tiate a national loan, she would leave her love in abeyance. I kissed her
good-bye, and she heard no more of me till the news of my death reached
England.
When the will was read, all the relations, acquaintances and parasites
who, by a vigorous stretch of the imagination could entertain the re-
motest hope of getting some little pickings from the dead miser's bones,
were present. To their infinite astonishment and joy, every one of them
got ten times more than be or she had dared to hope for, and the name of
my niece, Mabel, whom they had hated and feared as my sole heir, was en-
tirely omitted. They pitied her — 0, how loudly they pitied her !— but not
one of the heartless crew, byword or deed, strove tosave the poor child from
destitution. A will can be read in ten minutes, but to execute it and
place in grasping palms the gold it bequeaths, may take as many months.
My lawyer, old Plintly, was in my secret, and he knew how to tantalize
the heirs while I was biding my time.
"Now," said I to myself, " Mabel will learn that her lover is made of
common clay. This is the true way to prove that her demi-god is after
all a gross mortal."
Old Flintly came to my hiding-place one morning to tell me that Basil
Markham bad told him in confidence that he was glad that old cur-
mudgeon Miser Hawke had not burdened Mabel with a fortune, and that
as soon as the dear girl recovered from her bereavement they were to be
married.
It is only necessary to add that "Miser Hawke" attended their wed-
ding ; that the check he presented them with on the marriage-day was not
a small one ; that his retirement from usury dates from that auspicious
occasion, and that what be can refrain from spending on his dear little
grand nephews and nieces, will some day become the property of their
parents by virtue of a will that shall not prove to be a case of "mistaken
identity on the part of those blundering Syrian officials."
ARMY STREET.
I^Totice.-— The undersigned, the Mayor, Assessor and Snr-
.131 veyor of the City and County of San Francisco, appointed and constituted
Commissioners by an Act of the Legislature of the State of California entitled " An
Act to confer additional powers on the Board of Supervisors of the City and County
of San Francisco, to provide for the opening of Army Street and the condemnation
of private property therefor," approved March 16th, 1878, do hereby give notice, in
conformity to the provisions of said Act and the other Acts of the said Legislature
referred to therein, that the report of the said Commissioners required by the pro-
visions of tbe Acts aforesaid is completed and will be open for the inspection of all
parties interested, at the Mayor's Office, New City Hall (the same being the office of
the said Commissioners), daily, for thirty days, commencing ou WEDNESDAY, Oc-
tober 1st, 1S79, between the hours of 9 o'clock a.m. and 4 o'clock p.m. of each day.
Dated San Francisco, September 29th, 1879.
A. J. BRYANT, Mayor,
ALEXANDER BADLAM, Assessor,
WM. P. HUMPHREYS, Surveyor,
Oct. 4. Army Street Commissioners.
ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
Gila Silver Hiding- Company, --Location of Principal Place
of Business, San Francisco, California.— Location of Works, Reveille Mining
District, Nye County, Nevada.— Notice is hereby given that at a meeting- of the
Board of Directors, held on the 30th day of September, 1879, an assessment (No. 5)
of Twenty-five Cents per share was levied upon the capital stock of the corporation,
payable immediately, in United States gold coin, to the Secretary, at the office of the
Company, Room 7, Safe Deposit Building, San Francisco, California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall remain unpaid on the THIRD DAY
OF NOVEMBER, 1879, will be delinquent and advertised for sale at public auction,
and unless payment is made before, will be sold on MONDAY, the TWENTY-
FOURTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1879, to pay the delinquent assessment, together
with cost of advertising and expenses of sale. By order of the Board of Directors.
WM. W. PARRISH, Secretary.
Office— Room 7, Safe Deposit Building, No. 328 Montgomery street, San Francisco,
California. Oct. 11.
ROEDERER CHAMPAGNE.
~VT~otice.--Tbe Trade and the Public are informed tbat we
i.l| receive the genuine LOUIS ROEDERER CARTE BLANCAE CHAMPAGNE,
direct from Mr. Louis Roederer, Reims, over his signature and Consular Invoice.
Each case is marked upon the side, " Macondray & Co., San Francisco," and each
bottle bears the label, "Macondrav &Co., Sole Agents for the Pacific Coast."
Oct. 11. MACONDRAY & CO., Sole Agents for the Pacific Coast.
WAKELEE'S AUREOLINE
Produces the Beautiful Golden Hair so Much Admired.
SUPERIOR TO THE IMPORTED A.RTICIE
— BY REASON OF ITS-
FRESHNESS AND CAKE "USED IN ITS PRODUCTION.
PRICE, L4R«E BOTTLES. 8S.
Manufactztred by S7. P. WJLKELEE & CO., Druggists, corner
Montgomery and Rush streets, S. F. [Aug. 2.
JOHN JENNINGS
Hooper's Sonth End Warehouses, corner Japan and Town-
send streets. San Francisco. First-class Fire-Proof Brick Building, capacity
10,000 tons. Goods taken from the Dock and the Cars of the C. P. R. R. and S. P.
R. R. free of charge. Storage at Current Rates. Advances and Insurance Effected..
EDWARD BOSQUI & CO.,
Printers, Engravers, Lithographers and Bookbinders,
leidesdorff street, from Clay to Commercial.
UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN PATENT OFFICES.
CW. AT. Smith, Counselor and Advocate in Patent Cases,
* 429 Montgomery street, San Francisco. Established 1862. Specialty : Patents,
Trade-Marks, Patent-Law. Sept. 20.
CALIFORNIA SUGAR REFINERY,
Manufacturers of the Standard Syrup, a superior article
put up in barrels expressly for home consumption. Also, Extra Heavy Syrup
in barrels for Export. Refined Sugars at lowest market rates. Office, 215 Front
street, up stairs. Dec. 21.
BRITISH BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF CAL.
Attendance, daily, front 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., by the under-
signed, to receive subscriptions and donations, and to furnish all information
relating to the Society. J. P. McCURRIE, Secretary,
Oct. 23. 730Montgomery street.
QUICKSILVER.
or sale— In lots to suit, by Thomas Bell & Co., No. 30S
Sansome street, over Bank of California. Nov. 16.
P
I, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER
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ODE T" is.i wn.
[ Compotnl by Cfirtt\iyo. ]
Kn_'li..h nation, gnat big bally, At I'lundi things not rosy!
i nraaa nan hta iceptre Cetty feels,
I h-'Im and Wooly, Put him thumb unto his nosey,
Coma to main ;m end of me, Showdewhltemantwoblackbeels.
Zulu's cattle, White man say he save de Zulu
tot him t»rn and want him land. From the gnp of tyrant King,
rive p r Zulu battle— pat must be one dam big fool who
Well dat game .ley understand. Could believe such stupid ting.
If dey love de blessed nig
Would dey mow 'em down like grass?
Fact* ii foots, and aggers figgus:
Cetewayo's not an ass.
White man covet neighbors1 landmarks,
Much for Zulus' woe he grieves;
Where he touches, blood- red handmarks —
English nation dam big thieves!
A private telegram in cipher from a friend of mine on Garnett's staff,
says that thev have to black-lead Cetewayo every morning to keep up the
deception. The Beven-and-sixpenoy tablecloth which the captive wears is
distinctly remembered by Charles Orton to have disappeared from Wap-
ping about the same time as his brother Arthur.— bagonet, in London
Rtia-tt.
GENERAL GRANT.
"I never," said an Englishman to an American, "I never knew an
instance of a reformed drunkard." " Oh, don't you?" replied the Yan-
kee ; "I do, and it's General Grant " — which shows how a very small
fact may be exaggerated into a very big lie. The fact is, the General, in
his old free-and-easy days, did not "shirk his liquor" any more than did
our own Carterets and Pitts, to say nothing of Addisons and Lambs.
But I never heard that he went beyond five or six cocktails in the fore-
noon, and that is a trifle for an American, so scientifically do our cousins
make up their drinks, and so hard-headed are they.
On his first appointment to an important command, in 1861, Grant,
who has a high sense of responsibility, resolved to eschew cocktails alto-
gether ; what is more, kept his resolution, and went in for green tea in-
stead ; also for cigars in greater number and of greater strength than be-
fore. In fact, candidates for office and interviewers were wont to trem-
ble when the General offered them a cigar, of such portentous length,
thickness, and power were they. One may suspect that Grant occasion-
ally got rid of bores this way.
On the whole, Grant may be described as about the one great gun
America has turned out since Washington — Lincoln, perhaps, and cer-
tainly Longfellow excepted. He is, moreover, a truer exemplification of
his country's genius than either of those eminent men. For the typical
Yankee is Jack of all trades, and has proved an old proverb false by be-
ing good at many things.
Grant, for instance, has been tanner, farmer, banker, soldier, politician,
and means to end, apparently, as chairman of a canal company. Two
things, however, he is not —neither writer nor speaker, which is, perhaps,
the one un-American trait in his character. Among the few men who
can manage to make him talk is Lord Napier of Magdala. Grant's de-
light with Gibraltar, of which Lord Napier is Governor, was unbounded.
He liked everything and man about it, from "his Excellency" down-
wards, and said that no spot in the British Empire had made him under-
stand better the secret of England's power. The silent warrior, one sees,
can occasionally pay a stately and graceful compliment.
Grant likes us on the whole, and is reasonably proud of his Scotch ori-
gin. If the Alabama business never ended in a tragic way — which it well
might have— the praise is probably due to him. Motley, the American
Minister to our Court, was all for war, and even threatened it. Grant
snubbed him fearfully, and observed to a friend: " I thought aite(»that,
Motley would have been man enough to resign." But Motley took a dif
ferent view of the case. Be had made what he fancied, to be a great
name as an author, and wanted to be chronicled as a great diplomatist in-
to the bargain. The man's soul was absolutely eaten up with vanity.
Exempli gratia — and the anecdote is not altogether out of place, for we
are dealing with men and things American — Motley's time as United
States Minister in London was chiefly employed in " moving heaven and
earth," as a friend of his told me, to get himself named "Ambassador."
Ambassadors, as every one in society knows, rank immediately after
Princes of the Blood. They alone, as the Congress of Vienna put it,
have the "representative character." Ministers, or, to give them their
full style, "Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary," are
accorded, by the courtesy of England, precedence after Dukes. Motley
was once dining at the late Lady Egerton's ; so was the Duke of Norfolk.
"Shall I take you to dinner ?" quoth the Yankee Envoy to Lady E., who,
with an imperceptible shrug of the shoulders, replied: "If you like."
How matters were squared with the Premier-Duke is a fact of not much
consequence ; but it is worth remembering that these are the sort of men
— Republicans in their own country, aristocrats abroad — with whom an
American President has to deal. And Grant managed them very well.
Motley he summarily recalled, when he found that gentleman would not
take a hint. As to others, it may be borne in mind that the President
came very fairly out of the Civil Service scandals revealed in 1876. I for-
get who was the princiDal rogue, but he and every one after him were
careful to say the President was guiltless.
Yes, a jury would have found Grant not guilty ; a jury of honor even
would have acquitted him. But— well, the "but" is this. America, as
we politely say, is a young country ; regards politics as a game, and takes
a boyish view of the thing. And it seems as though some venerable Qua-
ker hail ad i bed " the boys," sod I I'm tie Jonathan well ; but
by Jill mesas make monej nni A him."
Ofhli ability a* a captain then* can !>•■ no doubt. The most charac-
teristic nttersnee of hii I ' urd while he was winning bii
try's battiei ■ asked fur* taraoe to bury his head. Grant,
who hud his own rcaaonii for mispicion, refused, saying: "I don't bury
mine— I haven't time." / i Truth.
. ['■*""■ />u/VjreMT-goln« loqnleseenoe In results is nol pre-
assl] we Hr-i qualification nocosmn f..r retailing ■ proper estimate- nf Grant.
IfoUu w.vs rata, no doubt . but ha *bi » nrnn of f.ir higher typo than say "f the
men Orai i honor; far higher than theflunkoj who took his plaeo at
the English Oourl ; fir higher, u a n>priM»enUiive of his country, than General
<*r*r-t- " II the decencies of life am to refrain himself, ami to
withhold Minister Plorrcnont, from participating In the funeral honors paid to tho
dead Motley as a former Minister of the United States Show me tho man you ad-
mire, and 1 will show you r ;,,. you AT^. . Kit. N. |..|
. THE AUDITORS QUARTERLY REPORT.
This document is Just published, and shows tho following amounts
audited for the three months ending Sept. 30, 1879:
For Current Expenses $ 584,522 81
For School Department Expenses 213,274 82
For New City Hall Fund 48,047 36
For Park Improvement Fund 10,799 39
For Street Department Fund 102,698 96
For Interest on Funded Debt 118,506 16
For Bonds Redeemed 137,695 82
For Loans of Sinking Funds 769,400 00
$1,984,844 82
Demands Unpaid October 1st, 1879 $ 240,110 31
treasurer's QUARTERLY REPORT TO OCTOBER 1, 1879.
This report shows receipts and payments as follows :
General Fund receipts $ 284,051 60
School Department receipts 134,290 72
Interest on Bonds, Sinking Fund, etc., 269,517 87
Cash on hand, July I, 1,731,383 59
State of California taxes 19,393 16
$2,438,636 94
Payments, General Fund, $ 402,484 54
" School Department, 185,587 55
" Bonds, interest, etc., 1,301,944 93
Cash on hand, October 1, 529,226 76
" Cr. State of California 19,393 16
— — $2,438,636 94
CLEANLINESS IS NEXT TO GODLINESS.
"I once attended an old French lady, who for many years before
her death was confined to her room. She was living near the seashore,
and trying to be as cheerful as possible under very discouraging circum-
stances. One morning, after my usual dip in the sea, I called to see her.
She had had her breakfast, her room put to rights, and, with open win-
dow, she was enjoying the sea air. The clergy of the adjoining church
were very anxious as to her spiritual welfare, and constant in their kind
attentions. One of them, a fat, portly old gentleman, had just left. When
I had sat for a few moments she exclaimed: ' I am very glad to see you,
Doctor, you always come in like a flower— fresh and sweet and clean.
You cannot imagine how, since I have been sick, I hate the smell of a
priest. They never, I believe, wash themselves or change their linen —
hence this odor of sanctity! ' " — Memoirs of Dr. Smith, page 211.
There is some ground for the old lady's remark, but Pius IX. set an ex-
ample which she might have remembered.
The Detroit Free Press says: " The committee on atmospheric influ-
ences announced that they were ready with a report, and leave being
granted, the chairman submitted a well constructed report regarding the
coming winter. Tbe committee had been guided entirely by signs, and
their reasens for predicting a hard winter were: 1. The thickness of the
corn-husks. 2. The unusual number of overcoats in pawn. 3. The anx-
iety of women to get winter bonnets. 4. The way the frogs have gone
down for deep water. 5. The hesitancy with which young men climb out
of bed in the morning. 6. The unusual number of dog fights to be ob-
served by a colored man who keeps his eyes open. The report was ac-
cepted and filed, and the chairman sat down with a sigh of relief."
An Hospital for Aged Animals. — An asylum for aged domesticated
animals has just been opened by an inhabitant of Gonesse. There are
already a cow 36 years of age, a pig aged 25, and an 18-year-old goat.
The senior member of this happy family is, however, a mule ; he is forty
years of age. Next comes a sparrow, whose summers number 31. Twenty-
eight years of life have been granted to a goldfinch ; while a guinea-fowl
and a goose have respectively reached the age of 12 and 37 years.
Sterling Silverware. — A large assortment of elegant designs at Ran
dolph & Co.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
HAMILTON C. BOWIE, M.D.,
(^rad ante of the Royal University of Munich. Neurologist
X and Ejaryugroscopist.
Olnce hours from 1 to 3 p.m.
CUMBERLAND MINE,
avapal Comity, Arizona. Office: No. 417 California St.,
Secretary, J .
Oct. 11.
Office with DR.
. J. BOWIE, 729 Sutter street.
Oct. 18.
Yl
San Francisco, California.
H. GRIFFITHS. Office Hours
President, GEORGE M. CIPRICO.
p.m. daily.
GALVANIZED TELEGRAPH WIRE.
1,500 Miles Nos. 9 to 13, in Bond or Duty Paid.
Oct. 11. A. S. KALLIDIE, 6 California street.
B
REMOVAL
nllion and Exchequer Mining
to Room 3, Safe Deposit Buildinr
; Companies have removed
Oct. 4.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Nov. 1, 1879.
"PLEASURE'S WAND."
"We Obey no Wand but Pleasure's."-- Tom Moore.
Standard Theater. — H. J. Byron is ruling the theatrical roost at this
juncture. The revival of Our Boys was a success cVestime, and would have
attracted attention at any other time. In some respects it was admirable,
in others with a degree of carelessness that was extremely reprehensible.
Mr. Owens does not develop the Rood actor as " Middlewick." The im-
personation is comical and laughter- creating, but fails to possess the neces-
sary local flavor. It is a stage cockney and an artificial vulgarian.
Franklv Bpeaking, I do not believe that a character can be satisfactorily
delineated except by one to the manner born. There are here and there in
the part bits which call for the picturing of human emotions and passions,
instead of class or local peculiarities, and here Mr. Owens is the thorough
actor. I have once before alluded to the outrageous gagging the star sees
fit to indulge in. During the week this practice reached its climax, and
became unsupportable. It is at times permissible in an actor to elaborate a
sketchy character if he does it cleverly and, en rapport, with the subject,
but Mr. Owens' little jokes, though amusing, interfere with the dialogue
and stage business of the other actors, and are not in keeping with the
tenor of the play. It is a pity to find in an actor of such prominence so
little regard for the true finish and illusions of the stage. Barton Hill is
a capital "Talbot Champneys." He was warmly received on Monday
evening. The costume adopted by Mr. Hill is extremely inappropriate,
in so far that it is anything but English in character. It is more like the
Sunday rig-out of a western barber. Mr. Bassett is an excellent " Sir
Geoffrey Champneys," the cold haughtiness and aristocratic bearing being
well drawn. Manager Kennedy does fairly as "Charles Middlewick,"
and nothing more. As the two cousins, Miss Stanhope and Miss Mc-
Clellan appear to advantage. The latter is not an extraordinary actress,
it is true, but she is always earnest and painstaking. At every new ap-
pearance Miss Stanhope strengthens her hold on theater-going people, and
is rapidly becoming a most pronounced favorite. She is a brilliant art-
iste, and, it is to be hoped, will long remain in our midst. M_iss Lizzie
Harold seems to have become conscious of her past indifference and to
have awakened to the necessity of doing something creditable. Her
"Belinda "is a neat piece of acting. With the close of the Carnival,
public favor will return to the theaters, of which the cosy little Standard
will receive its deserved share.
Herold's Concerts. — There were more people, on last Wednesday, at
the fourth concert, than at any previous one of the series. This is amost
gratifying evidence of an increase in public appreciation of good music.
Beethoven's C Major Symphony, No. 1, was the principal number of the
programme, and was well played. Lindpainter's Faust Ouverture con-
tains difficult accelerando passages for the string instruments, which, to
the oredit of the orchestra, were played in admirable time and unison.
Neswadba's paraphrase on " How Fair Art Thou," is a tuneful arrange-
ment of a popular ballad. It possesses no particular merits, but is of a
style of compositions that please the general public. The gavotte, for
strings, erroneously billed as being by Michaelis, is a composition of
Padre Martini, a musical ecclesiastic of no little reputation. It cannot
be called, in itself, original, as there are several gavottes that are very
similar, but it is a neat treatment of that style of composition. The pro-
gramme olosed with selections from Rigoletto. These operatic selections
for orchestras are terribly tedious and ineffective. As a rule, they are
badly arranged, the changes of key being abrupt and inharmonious. The
apportionment of the airs among the different instruments is always the
Bame. A concert habitue always know what tune is coming, and which
instrument will play it. Mr. Homeier, one of our best local violinists,
has joined the orchestra, and adds considerably to the efficiency of the
first violins.
German Theater.— In Miss Bertha Fiebach the G-erman Company
possess a soubrette who has all the requirements for a public favorite. She
is young in years, prepossessing in appearance, fresh in voice and natural
in aoting. These qualities would seem to indicate perfection, but there
are defects to be considered. Her singing is not always true, and she is
afflicted with some strong mannerisms of gesture. As a whole she is a
charming little actress, and will become a great favorite. Per contra to
most G-erman actresses, she is petite in figure, and without that embon-
point which is one of their chief characteristics. In dress, though it is
hardly fair to judge by one opportunity, Miss Fiebach seems to share her
countrywomen's lack of taste. The performance on Sunday evening was
a most amusing one in all respects. Miss Lindermann and Messrs. Free-
man, Urban and Diehl were at their best in support of the new-comer.
Baldwin Theater.— Very fair houses have been the rule at this thea-
ter during the past week— the third of The Girls. On last Sunday eve-
ning the Octoroon was produced for J. 0. Barrows' benefit, with a scratch
cast. The beneficiary appeared as " Salem Scudder," and played the part
remarkably well. As an eccentric actor, Mr. Barrows possesses consider-
able talent, and the large house was a deserved one. To-morrow eve-
ning Around the World in Eighty Days will be produced for Manager
Maguire's benefit. A full house will undoubtedly greet the revival of
this great spectacle.
,B"3h Street Theater.— This theater will re-open on Monday with
the Colville Folly Troupe. The opening extravaganza is entitled The
$lagic Slipper. It proved a success in New York, and will, no doubt, be
well received here. The internal improvements have been very exten-
sive, and will be appreciated by all. The seats are cosy and comfortable.
The pamting is in good taste and pleasing to the eye. Nothing has been
done to improve the mep-ns of exit, and this is to be regretted. It is said
that this is no fault of the management, but that it was actually impos-
sible to procure the necessary room.
California Theater.— All present appearances indicate that the old
management will make an effort to re-open the old theater. If pending
negotiations with the owners reach a satisfactory conclusion, this will
take place on November 17th. Frank Mayo will be the first attraction,
and his first appearance will be in a new play. The most sincere wishes
of all theater-going people are tendered Messrs. Barton and Hill for the
success of this endeavor.
Tivoli — Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera, The Sorcerer, is bein°- per-
formed at this place of amusement. It is a very creditable performance,
and will be reviewed m our next issue.
THE AUTHORS' CARNIVAL.
Dear News Letter: Everybody goes to the Carnival, comes home,
and goes again. And not one in ten who have been there can tell you
what he has seen. Take my case: I have not missed an evening, and,
while at the Pavilion, not an opportunity to see something or other, and
still my mind is barren of any recollections of tableaux or anything else.
After several determined efforts, I succeeded on one evening in getting in
the front row of the crowd as the procession was passing.
It would have been a b2autiful sight if there had been room for a grace-
ful deployment, but, as the participants struggled past in Indian file, the
effect was wholly spoiled. Besides that, my personal enjoyment was
marred by the antics of a brace of idiots, one in a booth and the other in
the crowd, who kept up a running fire of commentaries on the passing
characters. These fellows were trying hard to be funny, but it was
mostly insulting vulgarity. Fortunately for them, no one thought it
worth while to give them their deserved chastisement. With the experi-
ence gained at this Carnival, a future one can be made still more attract-
ive. The amount of labor and perseverance that has been expended upon
the performers of the individual boothsissomethingmarvelous, and it is lost
except to the tenacious few who take a front position early in the fight
and remain there — the interior of the booths is not visible. The middle of
the building is filled with throngs of people, wandering listlessly and pur-
poselessly to and fro. The drawing back of some curtain rouses them from
their seeming apathy, and a rush is made for the outskirts of the crowd in
front of the particular booth. After being rewarded with an opportunity
to scrutinize closely the coiffures of males and females, the hopeless pere-
grinations are resumed. But, with all this, there has been any quantity
of fun. The costumes are all exquisite, and the women arrayed in them
do all look so ravishing that even the most determined of ancharites
would lose bis senses.
But the men! It would be in keeping with the objects of the Carnival
— charity — to pass over this subject, but a strict regard for truth and a
proper punishment for conceit and arrogance is necessary and must be
attended to. In the whole lot there is hardly a baker's dozen who do
not excite a smile. From the head down to the knees, the body seems to
feel the dignity and responsibility of the character assumed, but from the
knees down — Heaven save the mark! — there is a lack of consistency.
These manly (!) limbs seem tj be conscious of their lack of grace and
beauty, and appear as if trying to twist themselves out of sight. Unless
long years of concealment, or rather imprisonment, have made the le^s of
the present generation unable to stand the light of day, the pictures we
see of ancient cavaliers are gross exaggerations of form and grace. For
your own sake, gentlemen, don't wear knee-breeches again without con-
sulting unprejudiced friends. As it is now, you are likened unto 50 cent
supes without the emoluments.
The southeastern corner of the building has been the most attractive
region. The booths there have the handsomest costumes, and their tab-
leaux are the most artistic, Crowds remain during the whole evening in
front of these booths, gazing at the magnificent interior decorations of
Aladdin's Palace, viewing the tastefully -set Goethe and Schiller tableaux,
and absorbing the sensuous heauty of Cleopatra and her attendants. This
Egyptian booth is the most attractive one for me I confess. The costumes
are so rich, so gorgeous and so ingeniously designed to make the wearers
more attractive. Cleopatra was a wily woman, and kept her lovers en-
slaved by a thousand artifices. She well knew the attraction, the play of
imagination created by a half concealment and half disclosure of her glori-
ous charms. Here are gathered apt disciples. I was particularly smitten
with a piquant brunette — but never mind. I would like to know where
all these slim young girls get their robust arms from. Have you not no-
ticed that?
In the Alhambra bootb|reigns a pair of arms that aresimplyperfect; they
are of a finer mold than any sculptor's ideal, and have the advantage of life
and warmth. But I am getting my foot into it. If I am going to de-
scribe the beauties, or commence to particularize, I have a nice day's
work before me, and will, besides, make an enemy of every woman left
unmentioned. Up-stairs the Italians are drawing crowds. The Shake-
spearean theater is a perfect jam nightly. There has been here some re-
markable dramatic talent displayed. I have seen a delicious "Juliet,"
full of girlish passion; a manly " Henry V.," with an arch " Katherine;"
wonderfully alike-looking "Antipholes," attended by remarkably clever
"Dromios;" a beautiful "Imogene,"a handsome " Jachomo," and ever
so many more excellent characters. This portion of the Carnival is so
complete as to require close attention, and I would suggest a repetition of
these different scenes at one of our theaters. Did you see Byron; that is,
his prototype — a truly wonderful likeness. I am told that the Dickens
people have been doing some remarkably clever work. It has been almost
impossible to get near their place, so I don't know anything about it.
There is lots more I could tell you about, but time presses. I don't
think sufficient credit is being given to those who deserve it — the artists,
Tavernier, Rix, Godard, Moretti, Trezzini, Seabury, Porter and Joe
Strong. They have all tried their best. The admirable interior decora-
tions of the Funny Infants' Nursery are by friend Joe. And then, for
the tableaux every one must be thankful to Max Freeman. His group-
ings are »-l artistic and natural.
To-night is the last opportunity to visit this scene of splendor, so all of
you readers take anjearly dinner and wend your way to the Pavilion, u.
Chit-Chat.— Scott-Siddons arrived in New York October 14th.—
Bodenstedt, a celebrated German translator of Shakespeare, is on his way
to this country.— —The Boucicault troupe is slowly breaking up.— ^Jo-
hann Becker, the leader of the well-known "Florentiner Quartette," is to
take the place of Vieuxtemps as head of the violin class at the Brussels
Conservatory. Von Bulow is to become chief professor of piano at the
same place.— —The new Brooklyn Theater is not pretty.-^— The best the-
atrical orchestra in New York is the one at Haverly's. -People are ob-
jecting against the practice of perfuming theaters. It ladens the air with
a suffocating, stifling pressure, and serves no purpose. Florence is
anxious to do the Mighty Dollar in London. I hope he will not do so. It
is all very well to laugh at the play here, but it is nevertheless a slander
upon American Congressmen and a burlesque of American institutions.
Abroad, where the exaggeration would not be understood, it would do us
harm.^-Shiels, the proprietor of the Standard and Bush Street The-
ater buildings, is erecting a large hall on O'Farrell street.— —Kellogg will
probably sing "Aida" at the Paris Grand Opera. — Petrovich, Stra-
kosch's new tenor, is 29 years old, of pale complexion, with black eyes
and moustache, and a very slight knowledge of the English language.
1, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER,
SPORTING ITEMS.
Shooting
I. t«" ->f
■ bfurtune to 1 ni pi mmi (■.
1 11 1 1, 1 t 1 1 1, 1 1 11 U H 0 U, 11 1 1 1-24.
I. 11111. lllll. 11100. l o l n l 21.
I ion ml*. Kr.mk » ' i-, of
t" lw!<ins..n, wlin r
* I Isom, but would meet
**>>" •" nlv twelve entries u
r the Santa I; rhe Union Guard won the C.
tlcMnhon Station. Following is the koto: Union
M J'lir !, 17^: Sumner Light Quard, 469; Qen
I kland Guard, 433. The
u try. Score, 797. Oakland
7i*S; ten men, end at '200 and 500 yards. Colonel Kel-
logg c*rri.-.i «>{f the Pacific 1 ore, 24 out of 25.— The
i won by the Oakland Liffht Cavalry : score, 229 out
. plentiful in Cordelia Slough and
lading ere ks.^— Rir.ls <>f all kinds are scarce at Sherman Island.
^— At V\ .limit i 'reek ducks and ;<■■■-<■ are very plentiful.
Baseball. — It is nmch to U- regretted that the National game in San
Francjaoo should have fallen into the bandi t.f *|>eculatnrs, who care
nothing for snort except as :i means .-f making money. Nick Roberts,
Manager of the Cincinnatis, issued -\ challenge to the Chicagoa to play a
of games for $1,000 aside and the entire gate receipts. The same
iflfcue of the paper that contained the challenge also contained an item ac-
cepting the challenge, and fixing the first game for Saturday at the Recre-
ation Grounds, ISia looks as if these Eastern sharps, emboldened by
their success, thought there was no limit to the gullability of our sporting
public; but we hope that our citizens will stay away from these games,
and thereby administer a much needed rebuke. We would particularly
advise our readers not to place any money on the result of these
games. A bint to the wise, etc.^— The game last Sunday between
the Cincinnatis and Chicagos was a poor affair, the general feel-
ing on the grounds being that either the Cincinnatis sold the game or are
nothing but an ordinary club of very slight ability. Chicago won ; score,
9 to 4.— The game between the K nicks and Omahas at Oakland, last
Sunday, was won by the former; score, 10 to 3.— Jack Sweeney, the
popular catcher for the Mutuals, takes a benefit at the Oakland Grounds
to-day.
Coursing.— To-night the Pioneer Coursing Club and the Pacific Coast
Coursing Club will draw the dogs and elect judges and slippers.— The
meeting of the Pioneer Club at Merced, November 5th, is an assured suc-
cess if the weather is fine. They have plenty of dogs of good pedigree and
known speed. Their members are all gentlemen in good standing, whose
presence is sufficient guarantee that the meeting will be honorably con-
ducted. So far as can be judged from loose talk, Mr. Tidmarsh will be
the club's choice for judge. He is recognized as an honest, capable man.
■—Can nothing be done to induce the Pacific Club to postpone their
meeting? As a matter of fact, the ground round Modesto would be in
better condition for coursing after the rain, but, so far as we can see,
nothing will be allowed to interfere with the meeting at Modesto, Nov.
5th ._— Bulldozer will run with the Pioneer Club.— The new club are
willing to run ten dogs against ten from the old club. ^— The Livermore
Club meet November 25th.
Archery.— The Bow Club has challenged the Pacific Archery to a
match at the single or double American round, four or five men, to be
shot Saturday, November 8th. We understand that the Pacifies will
accept if the match will be shot at their range in Gate's Garden.-^— There
will be a turkey shoot for archers at Joe Dieves', San Leandro Road,
Thanksgiving Day ; the birds to be put up at thirty yards, a hit to
claim the bird. -^— Adam Gray scored 478, shooting the American round,
at the Ohm State Tournament, held at Cincinnati.-^— Our archers wor-
der how it is that they shoot so much bstter at the Pavilion range than
they can in the open air. They forget the wind ; besides, the walls and
roof serve as a guide.
Rowing. —Courtney declines Hanlan's offer to row a P. P. race for
the $(1,000. Soule refuses to allow Blakie to act as referee for the prize,
and there is a good prospect of the affair ending in smoke. -^Hanlan
will not relinquish his claim on the Sportsman's Cup and championship.
He is open to row the winner of the Boyd-Elliot match. — As Trickett
and Hanlan connot agree about a place to row, we suggest that they
choose San Francisco. It is about an equal distance for each man to go,
and the water is all that could be desired.— — The English sporting papers
claim that the result of the Hanlan-Courtney race goes to strengthen the
rumor that the Hanlan -Elliott race was sold.^— There is nothing doing
among our local clubs.
Pedes trianiam.— The daily papers were wrong in reporting that the
time made by Uavis in the 100-yard race with McComb, at Los Angeles,
was 9% seconds. The correct time was 10J seconds. Archie was not sick,
as stated ; it was Davis who failed to come to the scratch for the two final
heats of the race.-^A three-day walk is about to be inflicted on Red-
wood City.-^The San Jose" six-day walk is denounced as a fraud. ^^
There will be a mixed race for members of the National Guard, at the
Half-Mile Track, Sunday.— The walk at Humholdt Hall died of want
of patronage.
Yachting. — Pinafore was a success at Saucelito, last Saturday. After
the performance the fleet sailed up to Vallejo, some vessels getting in as
late as 7 a.m. Sunday. The start from Vallejo was made at 11:15 p.m.; fol-
lowing is the time of the different yachts: Ariel, 2:37; Annie, 2:40; Ckispa,
2:49i ; O'Connor, 2:50; Nellie, 3:08; Clara, 3:11. The Chispa lost time in
a calm off Pinole Point, and the Annie carried away her topmast in a
squall off Cape Pablo. The majority of the yachts have gone into win-
ter quarters at Oakland Creek.
St. John's Presbyterian Church, Post street, between Mason and
Taylor. Rev. Dr. Scott, Pastor, will preach Sunday morning at 11
o'clock; also at 7& P. M. Sunday School and Bible Classes at 9£ ^ M«
Prayer and Praise Service at 6£ p. m.
BUSH-STREET THEATER.
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«;n.inl U. ■oi.rnliiK. M«M>A\ i:VI'.M\<i. >,n. :l,l.
i brilliant!] tlcooi >t I
il l'. in
MONDAY i:\ BNINQ, tforambor :iu, by
COLVILLE OPERA BURLESQUE COMPANY,
"/' l»rUl .trliHlit.
1 KUiei l] Burlc iiu Kxlravuiaiizn, hi two actA, arranged expressly
THE HASH] SLIPPER!
d .NowMusfcl Beats at Box Office,
THE BALDWIN THEATER.
Tin. nini Hagntre, ltiiiuix<-r..-Tliir<l «.<l. nail < 'on ti mini
Success <>f Honry J. Uyrmi's ncn Comedy. This (Saturday) Evening, Novem-
ber 1st, and every evening [t xcopl Sunday l.
The Girls!
I.vsT" GIRLS" MATINEE this (Satuldu) Afternoon, at 2 p.m. Sunday, Novem-
ber &l, annul i'oni|il „i ,ri li, „, in ,,[ MK. T. MAGUIRE, Manager. THE TOUR
Nov. 1.
OF THE WORLD IX BIGHfi DAYS
STANDARD THEATER.
MA. Kennedy, Maunder: it. M. Eber e, Stag-e IHanaxer.
• Fourth Week, and Acknowledged BUCUOBB of the OWENS' COMEDY SEA-
SON. This (Saturday) Evening, Nov. 1st, every evening during the week ami Satur-
day Matinco at 2 p..m , MR, John E. OWBNSaa PERKYN MIDDLEWICK, in Henry
J. Byron's most successful Comedy,
Our Boys !
Supported by MR BARTON HILL as TALBOT CHAMPNEYS, his first appearance
at this Theater. Mr. M. A. Kennedy, Mr. Russell Bassett, Miss Adeline Stanhope,
Miss Lizzie Harold, Miss Kate Denin, Miss Frankie McUlcllan. Reserved Seats can
be secured at the Box Office six d.ivs in advance. In Active Preparation— OR.
CLYDE, THE COMING MAN, and THAT MAN FROM CATTERAUGUS.
VIENNA CONCERT GARDENS,
C lor iter Sntterantl Stockton streets (formerly the Tivoll).
J The Great Family Resort. Grand Opening, SATURDAY, September 20th at
8 p.m. The Celebrated VIENNA LADIES' I 'RCHESTRA has been engaged perma-
nently lor Instrumental and Vocal Concerts. The enlarged Hall and Gardens have
been thoroughly renovated, beautified and fitted up as a FIRST-CLASS FAMILY
RESORT. [Oct. 4.j RIECK & CO., Proprietors.
TAXES! TAXES f~
1879-SO.
T^fotice is hereby ^ivon that a certified copy of the Assess-
-^ nieiil Book of the Taxable Property uf the City and County of San Fran-
cisco, Real Estate aud Personal Property (subsequent Assessment Book included),
for the Fiscal Year 1879-80, has this day been received ; that the State, City and
County TAXES for said Fiscal Year are now due and payable at the office of the
undersigned, first floor, New City Hall, and the Laws in regard to their collection
will be strictly enforced.
TAXES will become delinquent on the First Monday in January, 1880,
and unless paid prior thereto, five per cent, will be added to the amount thereof.
WILLIAM FORD,
Tax Collector of the City and County of San Francisco.
San Francisco, October 27th, 1879. Nov. 1.
ASSESSMENT OF LANDS
BENEFITED BY
WIDENING DUPONT STREET.
"Vfotice is hereby given that a certified copy of the Assess-
-^y inent Book tf the Real Estate which is subject for the Payment of Prin-
cipal and Interest upon " Dupont-street Bonds," as directed by an Act of the Legis-
lature of California to authorize the Widening of Dupont street, in the City of San
Francisco, "Approved March 23d, A.D. 1876," has this day been placed in my hands
for collection The Laws in regard to the collection of the same will be strictly
enforced. WILLIAM FORD,
Tax Collector of the City and County of San Francisco.
San Francisco, October 27th, 1879. Nov. I.
MONTGOMERY AVENUE ASSESSMENT.
Notice iis hereby given that a certified copy of the Assess-
ment Book of Real Estate, which is subject to assessment to defray ex-
penses incurred by the Opening of Montgomery Avenue, has this day been placed in
my hands to collect the Assessment thereon.
Said Assessment is for the Fiscal Year of 1879-80, and is now due and payable at
the office of the undersigned, first floor, New City Hall. All Assessments remaining
unpaid on the FIRST MONDAY IN JANUARY, 1880, wiU have five per cent, added
thereto. WILLIAM FORD,
Tax Collector for the City and County of San Francisco.
San Francisco, October 27th, 1879. Nov. 1.
AGENTS READ THIS
We will pay Agents a Salary of §100 per month and
expenses, or allow a large commission, to sell our new
ana wonderful inventions. We mean what we say. Sam-
ple free. Address SHERMAN & CO., Marshall, Mich.
CALIFORNIA AND MEXICAN S. S. LINE,
For Cape St. Lucas. I.a Paz, Mazatlnn and Gnaymas,
touching at MAGDALENA RAY should sufficient inducement offer.— The
Steamship NEWBERN (Wra, Metzger, Master) will leave for the above ports on
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 5th, at 12 o'clock m. , from Folsom-street Wharf. Through Bills
of Lading will be furnished and none others signed. Freight will be received
on Thursday, Oct. 30th. No Fi eight received after Tuesday, Nov. 4th, at 12 o'clock m.,
and Bills of Lading must be accompanied by Custom House and Consular Clearances.
For freight or passage, apply to J. BERMLNGHAM, Agent,
Nov. 1. No. 10 Market street.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Nov. 1, 1879.
"The World," the Flesh, and the Devil.
[By a Truthful Penman. J
The "London Express" says: For an illustration of vanitas vani-
tatum there is nothing like the letters of Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte.
Never was a more complete fall from the Pinnacle of saintship than that
of this woman. Truly we know not what people are till we live with
them, or read the records of their inner life. Mean, sordid, mercenary,
vulgar — Madame Patterson was all these to the last hours of her long
worldly life. When she was nearly fifty years of age she wrote to a
friend: " I am weary of life, do send me a string of white topazes." A
string of beads to soothe the weary heart of fifty! The record is a painful
■ one ; it has no redeeming feature. We search in vain for a trace of no-
bility or elevation. She was in no sense a victim. She married Jerome
Bonaparte when she thought she would gain rank and status by so doing.
She would have snapped the bond if she could, when she found it no
longer served her purpose. She was a beautiful piece of flesh without a
souL If she were to adopt any religion, she said, it would be the Roman
Catholic, because at least that was "a religion of kings." Rank and
wealth were the twin gods she worshiped. As she lay on her death-bed
she played with jewels. What a pitiable picture! What a deplorable,
useless, cynical life !^— In January the new English stamp will appear.
It will not be steel engraved, but done by letterpress. Good for P.O.
economy and for forgers. Bad for the 200 workmen whom the old firm
will be obliged to discharge. -^Mr. Mackenzie, a clergyman staying at
Bournemouth, was visiting the Isle of Wight, when he fell from the cliffs
at Alum Bay, a hight of 500 feet, and was dashed to pieces.-^— Some
months ago an experiment was made in New York State to test the dis-
tance from which the electric light would illuminate a given spot, and it
was found that a concentrated beam carried seven miles, furnished enough
light to read by. A more crucial test of the great penetrating power of
the electric light is furnished by the experiments of the officers of the
French Algerian Triangulation Service, who a few days ago saw the elec-
tric light at the Spanish station of Zetica from a distance of more than
164 miles. This observation is proof, if proof were wanted, of the great
value of the light for maritime purposes, when it is exhibited from suffi-
ciently elevated positions.^— Charming Minnie Walton, who, five years
ago, by her sweet simplicity and freshness of acting in the good part of
Mary Meredith, won all hearts at the Haymarket Theater, is dead.
Fred Lyster, her husband, absolutely worshiped his young Australian
bride, and when she was ill in London, the anxious husband, proud of his
treasure, and fearing to lose it, took us to the bedside of his child-wife,
where she lay, looking as pale and pure as a lily, with her darling little
daughter-baby asleep on her bosom. It was a picture one could never
forget. And now all that beauty is moldering into silent dust, and the
loving heart is still! — Court Journal,^— The newest scare is "death in
our clothes," and we are warned against arsenic in the disguise of many
tempting hues, especially red. The next idea will be " arsenic in our
friends," and we shall be warned off the red haired and the ruddy com-
plexioned.— An affectionate husband once said, "Ah, dear doctor, how
is my wife to-day?" The doctor shook his head, and replied, " You must
prepare for the worst." " What," said the husband, " do you think she
is likely to get over it ?"— Smokers will be startled to learn that a false
amber can now be produced so like the real that the most experienced
eyes may be deceived. The genuine article is simply a fossil resin, and
the imitators, starting from that point, have adopted as the basis of their
falsifications fresh resins, which they treat in such a manner as to give
their products all the appearance and most of the qualities of the true
article. The difference might be detected by the application of heat to
melt it, amber melts at 552 degrees, whereas this wonderful imitation
melts at a much lower temperature. The experiment is a little risky, es-
pecially if the scientific smoker begins with 552 degrees.^— A Mrs. Tre-
lan, of Rutland, Vermont State, dropped dead the other evening while
dancing at a wedding party.^— A company in Westfield, Mass., have, it
is said, after much experimenting, perfected a wheel of remarkable cut-
ting quaUties, being composed of corundum, the next hardest substance in
nature to the diamond. In a scale of twelve, rating the diamond at
twelve, corundum stands at eleven; while emery averages eight and a-half
in hardness. The difficult problem, attempted by so many, of finding a
base strong enough to hold corundum without interfering with its cutting
qualities, has, it is thought, at last been solved by a happy combination
of materials and an. ingenious use of the process of vitrification. The
cost of the corundum wheel is only about 25 per cent, more than that of
the ordinary emery wheel. A seat in the New York stock exchange
sold for §15,000 recently, S2,500 more than a seat ever brought before.—
The Russian Minister of the Interior has not a very exalted opinion of his
own countrymen. A few days ago he engaged an Englishman to be stew-
ard on his estates in the Ural Mountains, and in the course of the discus-
sion as to the terms, the latter put to him the blunt question, " Why he
preferred a foreigner to a Russian to look after his affairs ?" "My answer
is simple,' replied M. Makoff ; " a Russian who is respectable and honest
is commonly a fool ; a Russian who is clever and energetic is invariably a
rogue ; and while Russians continue to be either fools or rogues, I must
follow the example of all sensible Russian capitalists and employ trust-
worthy men from abroad. We are always delighted to listen to a crisp,
well-delivered repartee. One doesn't often get the article in real life, but
on the stage you sometimes hear specimens which raise you to rapture.
lor instance: A stupid individual (iu a play) says, "lama Justice of
the Peace. Whereupon an inspired squire (also in the play) savs, "With-
out a piece of Justice ' The audience feel that an epigrammatist has
been let loose.-— -Jock was out stalking a few days ago, apparently with
something on his mind. At length he said to the gentleman-sportsman
whom he waB pilotmgt "There's an article in Va/tanitee Faar where he
says he went out stalking and craaled thairty miles through a bog. Noo
that's as far as from here to Ahberdeen. It's absurrd. It isn't true.
There's no bog o' that length in Scotland."
BANKS.
THE BANK OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO.
Capital $3,000,000.
WM.AUOBD President.
THOMAS BROWN, Casbier | B Ml'KBAV. Jr., Ass't Cashier
Aoents :
New York, Agency of the Bank of Calfornia ; Boston, TremoDt National Bank
Chicago, Union National Bank ; St. Louis, Boatman's Saving Bank ; New Zealand,
the Bank of New Zealand ; London, China, Japan, India and Australia, the Oriental
Bank Corporation.
The Bank has Agencies at Virginia City and Gold Hill, and Correspondents in all
the principal Mining Districts and Interior Towns of the Pacific Coast.
Letters of Credit issued, available in all parts of the world. Draw direct on Lon-
don, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Bremen, Hamburg, Frankfort-on-the-Main, Antwerp,
Amsterdam, St. Petersburg^, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Christiana, Locarno, Mel-
bourne, Sydney, Auckland, Hongkong, Shanghai, Yokohama. Nov. 4.
FIRST NATIONAL GOLD BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Paid up Capital $2,000,000, Gold. President, B. C. Wool-
worth ; Vice-President, D. Callaghan ; Cashier, E. D. Morgan.
Directors :— R. C. Woolworth, D. Callaghan, C. G. Hooker, C. Adolph Low, Peter
Donahue, Isaac Wormser, Edward Martin, James Moffitt, N. Van Bergen.
Correspondents— London : Baring Bros. & Co. Chartered Mercantile Bank of In-
dia, London and China. Dublin : Provincial Bank of Ireland. Hamburg : Hesse,
Neuman&Co. Paris: Hottinguer&Co. NewYork; National Bank of Commerce. Bos-
ton : Blackstdhe National Bank. Chicago : First National Bank. This Bank is pre-
pared to transact a general Banking business. Deposits in Gold, Silver and Currency
received subject to check or on special deposit. Exchange for sale on the principal
cities of the United States, Great Britain, Ireland and the Continent. Commercial
Credits issued available iu Europe, Chii.a and Japan. Collections attended to and
prompt returns made at the lowest market rates of Exchange. Jan. 19.
BANK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter.— Capital paid op, 81,800,-
000, with power to increase to 510,000,000. Southeast corner California and San-
somestreeta. Head Office-- 28 Cornhill, London. Branches — Portland, Oregon; Vic-
toria, New Westminster and Cariboo, British Columbia.
This Bank transacts a General Banking Business. Accounts opened subject to Check
and Special Deposits received. Commercial Credits granted available in all parts of
the world. Approved Bills discounted and advances made on good collateral security.
Draws direct at current rates upon its Head Office and Branches, and upon its Agents
as follows :
NewYork, Chicago and Canada— Bank of Montreal; Liverpool — North and South
Wales Bank ; Scotland— British Linen Company ; Ireland — Bank of Ireland ; Mex-
ico and South America — London Bank of Mexico and South America ; China and
Japan— Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, and Oriental Bank ; Australia
and New Zealand— Bank of Australasia, Commercial Banking Company of Sydney,
and English, Scottish and Australian Chartered Bank.
May 18. FREDERICK TOWNSEND, Manager.
LONDON AND SAN FRANCISCO BANK, LIMITED.
Capital, 95,000,000, of which $3,000,000 is fully paid np as
present capital. Reserve Fund, 8380,000. San Francisco Office, 424 Califor-
nia street ; London Office, 22 Old Broad street. Manager, ARTHUR SCRIVENER ;
Cashier, WILLIAM STEEL. London Bankers, Bank of England and London Joint
Stock Bank ; New York, Drexel, Morgan & Co. ; Boston, Third National Bank.
This Bank is prepared to transact all kinds of General Banking and Exchange Busi-
ness in London and San Francisco, and between said cities and all parts of the
world. March 30.
THE NEVADA BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO.
Capital Paid "Op $10,000,000.
Reserve, TJ. S. Bonds 3,500,000.
Ag-ency at New York. 63 Wall street.
Agency at Virginia, Nev.
Buys and sells Exchange and Telegraphic Transfers. Issues Commercial and Trav-
elers' Credits. This Bank has special facilities for dealing in Bullion. Ju'y 5.
SECURITY SAVINGS BANK.
(JIAEAMEE CAPITAL. ------ 0300,000.
Officers: Vice-President, Jerome Lincoln: Secretary, W.
S. Jones ; Attorney, Sidney V. Smith. Loans made on Real Estate and other
Approved Securities. Office : No. 215 Sansome street, San Francisco. Oct. 14.
THE GERMAN SAVINGS AND LOAN SOCIETY.
Deutsche Sparaml Leibbank, Bio 536 California street, San
Francisco. Officers : President, L. GOTTIG. Board of Directors.— Fred.
Roeding, Chas. Kohler, Edw. Kruse, George H. Bggers, N. Van Bergen, H. L. Simon,
Peter Spreckels, Ign. Steinhart. Secretary, GEO. LETTE ; Attorney, JOHN R.
JARBOE. May 18.
THE ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN BANK, LIMITED.
422 California St., San Francisco.
London Office, 3 Au^el Conn ; New York Agents, J. W. Sel-
igmau & Co., 21 Broad street. Authorized Capital Stock, §6,000,000. Will re-
ceive Deposits, open Accounts, make Collections, buy and sell Exchange and Bullion,
loan Money, and issue Letters of Credit available throughout the world.
FRED. F. LOW, IGN. STEINHART, Managers.
P, N. Liliesthal, Cashier. Sept. 13.
AGGREGATE ASSETS, $38,159,065.
Imperial Fire Insurance Co., of London Instituted 1803.
London Assurance Corporation, of London
Established by Royal Charter 1720.
Northern Assurance Corporation, of London Established 1836. -
Queen Insurance Company, of Liverpool Established 1857.
A JOINT POLICY ISSUED BY THE FOUR COMPANIES.
ROBERT DICKSON, Manager,
W. JLANE BOOKER, Agent and Attorney.
817 CALIFORNIA STREET, S. F. [Oct. 11.
R. H. LLOYD,
Attorney-at-Law, Room 13, Nevada Block.
I, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
3SC
EUTHANASIA.
Shadow »- - .un,| m« as I lie
Lraar:
Yearor n„t turn and fly;
Dark death i« near.
Tba jwtient dock, with %.^ice that will not tire.
Tin.
And, on a »nf» by the linking fire.
The watcher tlee|w.
0*er distant day* mv ntcmorv wanders back
To Balds of /.LI.
Kr«>m wh.rv, along » nu*op and thorny track,
i« one grown ohL
A dear face lit and lessened every mile:
Poor fancy trie*
In vain to paint a brighter, franker amile,
Or nreetei
W ith what delight wo rv>juue<l through sunny lands
When sprint; w i* new.
Bearing white oar careless hands,
Or violets blue!
How oft we watched eve's crimson li-rhts extend
On lonely leas.
Until our soaring spirits seemed to blend
With skies and seas !
While lovers lightly stricken with the smart
Old solids extol,
Would mingle breath and being heart to heart,
We soul to soul.
' O sweet eyes lying blinded in the dust,
Yet hope-enshrined !
0 light and glory of the hours now thrust
So far behind !
From weary ways-strange mists around, above —
Through death's chill foam —
1 come — I come — my one — my only love,
To thee— my Home. ' —Japan Herald.
SAN FRANCISCO FROM A JAPAN POINT OF VIEW.
[ By Asano, Special Corr. of the "Choya Shinbun."]
On the 17th July last I left Yokohama for the United States of
America, and arrived at San Francisco on the 2d August. Upon landing
I immediately hailed a carriage and requested the driver to convey me to
the Palace Hotel, where I remained three days. This time I employed in
looking around the city. The houses range from three to seven stories
high, and present a pleasant appearance to the eye of a visitor. But I
did not content myself with simply looking at the houses, but closely
watched the customs of the people ; aud, among many other wonderful
things, I noticed that there are many large merchants who have lived a
hap-hazard and adventurous kind of life and so gained a competency, who
cannot even write their own names. At the close of last winter a large
merchant died who was supposed to be worth six millions of dollars. But
an examination of his house brought to light a few volumes of books and
a few other things, value in all about fifty dollars. This will show the
ignorance of the dead merchant, who had been a wine seller for five years
previous to his death ; and I leave it to the judgment of my readers to
say whether or not he should be classed as a gentleman of a civilized
country.
Carriages pass to and fro along streets at the corners of which are de-
posited the sweepings and refuse of the city. When the wind blows
strong this rubbish is scattered about and causes an offensive odor to arise,
which is very injurious to the health of the inhabitants. On my making
inquiries as to why this offensive matter was allowed to remaiu when it
was so detrimental to health and cleanliness, I was informed that it was
removed twice every month ; so it will be seen that the people of San
Francisco live in a putrid atmospheee. If more attention was not paid to
cleanliness in Eastern countries cholera would break out. — Japan Gazette.
Cuttings from "Punch."— Parson: "I'm very sorry to hear, Mrs.
Brown, that you were present, last night, at a ' Plymouth Brethren's '
tea-meeting. I have often told you that these doctrines are highly erro-
neous!" Mrs. Brown: H Erron'ous, sir, their doctrines may be ; but their
cake, with Sultany raisins, is excellent." — New system of education.
First mamma: "I see that your children paddle." Second mamma:
"Yes. Don't yours?" First mamma: "No; I've managed to make
my three boys believe that it is vulgar and ungentle manly either to get
their feet wet, to sit in a thorough draught, or bolt their food, or eat
goodies between their meals, or go to juvenile parties, poor dears. They're
rather soft, perhaps, but they're twice the size of any other boys of their
age, and they've never had an hour's illness in their lives." — A considera-
tion: Sir Charles: " I should like of all things to see you in Parliament,
Charley." Son and heir: " Well, sir, I don't mind ; I believe it's a very
good place ; and then it's so handy to the Aquarium."
A Dangerous Pet— A hairdresser in the Rue Mouffetard has, or had
a pet monkey. Having taken a nap in an arm-char in his shop the other
evening, he was awakened by a sharp pain, and found himself with a se-
rious gash in his throat. On looking round to discover the cause he per-
ceived the ape gibbering in a corner, and holding a razor in his paw. the
animal obviously being the malefactor. The process of shaving under
gone by a number of people during the day had no doubt attracted the at-
tention of the monkey, who for some reason or another best known to him-
self thought he would endeavor to shave his master. Imitation may be
the sincerest flattery, but the barber will probably not appreciate the
force of the proverb in the present instance. He is likely to recover,
however, and his quandam pet has been killed.
Artistic Novelties, manufactured from California quartz, at Ran-
dolph & Co. 'a, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
INSURANCE.
HUTCHINSON * MANN,
INSURANCE AGENCY.
No. S2S A 3-it California Slr.-.l. Sun FrancUro,] Oil.
-_.__. Fire Insurance.
••IRAItn „l mil».l,:|.hta. LA UAISSR OENERALB nl Paris.
HUM!
NKW "lit. I. ASs 4S80C1 ill
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.ST I'.U'I of SI. I'anl.
I'M rONIA of Now OrlMIU.
BKRLIN-COLOGNE of Berlin.
BBVBHE 1 INCB.. ......... ....of I'oris!
Marine Insurance
PABI8 UNDERWRITING ASSOCIATION of Paris
LONDON IND PROVINCIAL MARINE INSURANCE CO of London.
Capital Represented $23,000,000.
.1// /...nn< < Equitably A4fm$ttd ami Promptly l'aiil.
HOME MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. OF CALIFORNIA.
Principal Office. 1011 1 ,1 1 1 ornlii Hfrcet, S1111 Francisco.
Cash Assets. January 1, Is::, s'.'.'.'-.SH : Liabilities, 85,052 ; Surplus for Policy
Holders, $6911,339. J. r. Houghton, Predaonl ; L. L linker, Vice-President ;
Charles R. Story, Secretary. It. II. MAclll.l., II. II. BIOELOW, General Agents.
Dirkctors.— San Francisco— L. L. Baker, .lotin II. Kedinjrton, J. F. Houtrhton,
R. I). Gray, Robert Watt, John Currey, 1. I. linker. W. F. Wliitlier. C. C. Burr, E.
M. Root, W. II. White, .1, L N, Shepard. W. U. Greenwood, George S. Mann, Cvms
Wilson, W. T. Carratt. C. WaterliOUM, A P, Bottling, A. Block, A. K. P. Haniion,
0. S. Johnson, W. O. Wilson, A. W. llewnian, H. L. Dodge, Charles R. Story. Ala-
meda County Branch— V. D. Moody, Chauncy Taylor, A. C. Henrv, Robert S. Far-
relly, Joseph B. Marlin, W. B. Hardy, T. B. Simpson. San Diego— A. H. Wilcox.
Sacramento— Mark Hopkins, D. W. Earl, Julius Wetzlar, James Carolan. San Jose—
T. Ellard Beans, B. D. Murphy, A. Pfister, J. H. Dibble, J. S. Carter, Jackson Lewis,
Jacob Rich, John Auzerais, John Balbach. Stockton— H. H. Hewlett, Chas. fielding,
J. 1). Peters, A. W. Simpson, H. M. Fanning. Marvsville— D. E. Knight. Grass
Valley— Wm. Watt, T. W. Sigourney. Portland, Oregon— W. S. Ladd, C. H. Lewis,
P. Wasscrman, B. Goldsmith, D. Macleay. Virginia City, Nevada— John Gillie:. Isaac
L. Requa. March 17.
FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE.-UNION INS. CO. OF S. F.
The California I.Ioy.ls. — Established in 1861 Nos. 416 and
418 California street. Cash capital $750,000 in Gold. Assets exceed $1,000,000
Coin. Fair Rates ! Prompt Settlement of Loses ! ! Solid Security ! ! DIRECTORS.
—Sax Francisco— J. Mora Moss, N. G. Kittle, M. J. O'Connor, R. S. Floyd, Moses
Heller, Adam Grant, Daniel Meyer, Antoine Borel, Charles Kohler, E. L. Goldstein,
1. Lawrence Pool, A. Weill, Joseph Brandcnstein, Charles Bauni, James Moffitt,
Benjamin Brewster, L. Cunningham, W. M. Hoag, Nicholas Luning, John Parrott,
L. A. Booth, Julius Baum, Mvles D. Sweeney, Jas. M. Goewey, Edward Cadwalader
Bartlett Doe, Gustave Touchard, J. H. Baird, J. G. Kittle, George C. Hickox, C. Du-
comniun, Wm. Scholle, John Conly, lg. Steiuhart, W. B. Stone, J. O. Eldridge, A.
B. Phipps.
GUSTAVE TOUCHARD, President. N. G. KITTLE, Vice-President.
Chari.es P. Haven, Secretary. Geo. T. Bohen, Surveyor. Aug. 31.
THE STATE INVESTMENT AND INSURANCE CO.
run: an«> marine.
Clash Assets, $450,000.— Principal Office, 218 and 220 San-
J aome street, San Francisco. Officers : — A. J. Buyant, President ; Richard
Iver8, Vice-President ; Charles H. Cushing, Secretary ; H. H. Watson, Marine
Surveyor, Board of Directors : — Peter Donahue, James Irvine, C. D. O'SuLlivan,
A. Bocqueraz, R. Harrison, A. H. Rutherford, R. Bailey, E. W. Corbert, George O.
McMullin, A. J. Bryant, Frank M. Pixley, E Burke, H. H. Watson, Dr. C. F. Buckley,
P. J. White, E. M. Root, M. Mayblum, Richard Ivers, John Rosenfeld, Daniel
Callaghan. P. H. Russell, Sacramento. John G. Downey, Los Angeles. Wm.
Hoik!, Sonoma County. H, W Seale, Mayfleld. Geo. Rutherford. San Jose. Feb. l(i.
THE MARINE INSURANCE CO. OF LONDON, ENGLAND.
[ESTABLISHED 1S3G.]
Whole Amount of Jo;nt Stock and Guaranteed Capital. .$5,000,000.
Whole Amount of Capital paid up 900,000.
Cash Assets December 31, 1876 3,710,000.
The undersigned have been duly authorized to issue Policies at current rates on
Freight and Shipments to or from England, Europe, New York, Japan, China, Aus-
tralian Colonies, Sandwich Islands, and Northern Coast Ports. IE desired, policies
made payable at port of termination.
WILLIAMS, BLANCH ARD & CO., Agents,
Aug. 10. 218 California street.
THE SWISS MARINE INS. COMPANIES COMBINED.
Switzerland, of Zurich, Capital 5,000,000 francs; Helvetia,
of St. Gall, Capital 10,000,000 francs ; Baloise, of Basle, Capital 5,000,000 francs.
These three Companies are liable jointly and severally for all losses that may be sus-
tained. Losses made payable in all the principal seaports of the world. In" the set-
tlement of all claims under an English policy, these Companies will strictly adhere to
the conditions and customs adopted at Llovds, and submit to English jurisdiction.
June 9. HARRY W. SYZ, Agent, 225 Sansome St., S. F.
NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL LIFE INSUR. CO. OF BOSTON.
Has transacted the business of Life Insurance for nearly
thirty-five years. Its assets amount to over Fourteen Million Dollars. The
law of Massachusetts makes all its Policies nonforfeitable. It is a Purely Mutual Com-
pany, dividing every cent of surplus among Policy-holders. This is the Only Com-
pany on the Pacific Coast governed by the Massachusetts Lapse Law. ThiB company
has comp'ied with the new Insurance Laws of California.
WALLACE EVERSON, General Agent.
Sept. 2-1.] 328 Montgomery street.
WESTERN ASSURANCE COMPANY, OF TORONTO.
Incorporated 1851.
Total Assets, 1st January, 1S79 $1,670,400.41.
BIITLEX * HA1DAK, General Agents for Pacific Coast,
413 CALIFORNIA STREET. [Sept. 13.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN MARINE INS. CO. OF LIVERPOOL.
L Capital 85,000,000.— Agents:
J 316 California street, San Francisco.
Balfour. Ontbrie A Co., No.
Nov. 18.
ALASKA COMMERCIAL COMPANY,
. 310 Sansome street, Sau Francisco, Wholesale Dealer
in Furs. Sept. 21.
N'
8
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER A>"D
Nov. 1, 1879.
HOTEL MANAGERS.
The "News Letter's" recent references to hotel life in San Francisco
are causing considerable discussion, especially among those interested
as proprietors, visitors or guests of our large caravansaries. It is gener-
ally conceded that the subject has not been taken in band any too soon.
Looking at the important functions those institutions fill in the social
economy of this great city, it is eminently fitting that they should be
amenable to fair and just criticism. They exist by the patronage of the
public, and it follows as a matter of course that the public are entitled to
know whether their management is, in every respect, of such a character
as to entitle them to that patronage. They are used as homes by highly
respectable families. It would be well if every man bad a home of his
own, but we have to deal with things as we find them. We find that
many most worthy people make their permanent homes at our large ho-
tels. "Virtuous mothers, wives and daughters live in them. Their sur-
roundings, therefore, ought to be entirely unexceptionable. It is being
urged by apologists for evil that it is impossible to keep hotels free from
objectionable inmates. It may be that there is just a little truth in the
statement; if there is, then the fact is a sad commentary on hotel life. If
a pure wife or virtuous daughter cannot live in a hotel without rubbing
shoulders with women of shame, then they ought not to live in a hotel at
all. If there is anything whatever in the apology, it follows that there is
too much in it. If it is impossible to have hotels respectable, then they
cannot rightly have any claim upon the patronage of respectable people.
Is it impossible? That query has got to be answered by hotel proprietors.
It is for them to say whether their houses are failures in the important
respect to which we have alluded. We think they will
not all venture upon the dangerous excuse that it is im-
possible to make the surroundings of a large hotel free
from objection. We think that one or two of them might
fairly deny that it is impossible, and point to their own success by way
of proof. That it is at all times a matter of difficulty we are free to ad-
mit; that it is an impossible task to some men, we are very ready to be-
lieve; but that it is, is perhaps the best evidence that they are unfit to
control a great hotel. They are the wrong men in the wrong places. We
can well imagine the kind of hotel proprietor to whom the task would be
an impossibility. If he is a notoriously ignorant and immoral man, he is
pretty sure to surround himself with ignorant and immoral employes, and
is likely to attract customers of like character. A hotel proprietor who is
a conspicuous embodiment of all the infamies, is not the man best calcu-
lated to cause vice to shun bis establishment. Quite the contrarv, vice is
very certain to push its brazen face in there, knowing full well the value
of a congenial patron at the head of the house. Such a man is quite out
of place. He cannot chide, if he would; be cannot rebuke, knowing his
own vulnerability. Not being in a position to repel, he is pretty certain
to attract. What he is, bis employes are likely to be also. Like master,
like man. Not being cultured or moral himBelf, he is not likely to en-
gage a cultured or moral manager, with whom he could have no sympa-
thy in common. His clerks, too, are very liable to imitate his example;
indeed, it would not be astonishing to find them performing tricks, on a
small scale, which they have seen him accomplish on a large. He may
run a large house of shame on a Front street, while they run a smaller
one on a back alley. In short, the whole atmosphere in which such a
man moves is sure to be tainted. His own sort are sure to congregate
around him; his aiders, abettors and participants, in a thousand infamies,
are, of course, always on hand.
When a man of that character, through the accident of wealth, becomes
the owner of a great hotel, he ought to have sense enough to know that
the proprieties do not permit of his personally running that which he
owns. As be could hardly, with propriety, be "received as a guest if some
body else owned the house, it follows that the mere fact of bis owning it
does not change the impropriety of his presence. It is said that good
hotel managers are born, not made. We believe it. At any rate, if they
are made, it is very certain they cannot be constructed out of men whose
whole lives are bye words and reproaches. When such men undertake
to operate a high-toned hotel, the public may very well doubt the tone.
Respectable people would not live in the private family of a man of that
character ; why, then, should they board and lodge with him in a larger
house, where his influence for evil is greater, and where their power of
supervision is less? These general principles pre very safe guides. They
u are abstract truths that may not be gainsayed.
THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
Under the new Constitution, the office of District Attorney has a
vastly increased importance. The Grand Jury system is practically
abolished, and the District Attorney becomes the sole grand juror of the
county. He may present any body he pleases for trial, and there is no
one who may legally estop him. The power is a large and dangerous one.
How it will work remains to be seen. It is a fortunate fact, upon which
we congratulate the people of this city and county, that the gentleman
who has been elected the first District Attorney under the new Constitu-
tion is exceptionally well quaUfied. An able lawyer, a clear-headed man
and a gentleman of unimpeachable integrity, he assumes office with the
confidence of all who know him. He is exceptionally free from con-
nectionwith any of the coteries and cliques that are so common in our
city. The manner in which he came by bis election is also in his favor.
He was practically the candidate of all parties. The Workingmen first
nominated him, then the Democrats and New Constitution party indorsed
him, and a large number of Republicans voted for him, and hence he was
elected by an overwhelming majority. His first moves are calculated to
show that this confidence was not misplaced. If the statements that
have received publicity are correct, and we have reason to believe they
are, then it is very certain that he is bent upon surrounding himself with
able assistants, irrespective of party. Mr. Walter H. Levy has won for
himself considerable distinction as prosecuting officer of the City Crim-
inal Court. He has also gained experience which will stand him in good
stead as First Assistant District Attorney. Mr. E. C. Marshall is a man
of ability far above the average. As a pleader before a jury he has proba-
bly not more than two or three equals in the State. Mr. Smoot is to be
congratulated upon the choice of so competent an assistant. Then, the
routine work of the office, such as preparing legal instruments, uouying
indictments, etc., is not to be left to unpracticed hands. Mr. Walker
Graves, who is to receive this position, is one of the most industrious and
promising young lawyers in the city. These appointments are the very
best guarantees that could be given that the onerous duties pertaining to
the District Attorney s office will be ably and fearlessly discharged
IS THERE ANYTHIKG IN IT?
The Worlringmen's candidates are certainly being bothered a good
deal in obtaining possession of the offices to which they have been elected.
They have had all the worry of an election that is only to give one
year of office. Then their bonds have been unexpectedly increased to an
extent that has troubled them not a little. It looked, for some time, as if
two or three of their number would fail to get the requisite amount
within the time prescribed by law; they managed, however, to worry
through somehow. That trouble over, they are now encountered with
another, and perhaps greater, one. A suit has been commenced to pre-
vent their obtaining the offices at all. It is claimed that the pledges
they gave to return a portion of their official salaries to the treasury is a
bribe to the voters, within the meaning of the law, and, as such, renders
thbir election null and void. Decisions have been delivered in Massa-
chusetts and Missouri, which favor that view. If those decisions are to
prevail — and there are none the other way — the Workingmen's candidates
have a poor show of coming by their own. But will they prevail ? We
venture the opinion that they won't, and for this reason— the Working-
men's party has given evidence of great strength in this city, and no
Judge, who has an eve to future success, will care to fly in the face of
that strength. The Workingmen will, therefore, win in the contest. It
will be well if they are in some way taught that such pledges are im-
moral, contrary to public policy, and wrong. The people, through their
representatives, have declared what the salaries ought to be; the people
have made the law, and, being the law, it is the public policy on the sub-
ject, and as such ought to be respected by a party claiming to be, par ex-
cellence, of the people, and from the people. Bids for office, which
assume the character of money offerings, are dangerous and ought to be
illegal, if they are not. The salaries are not too high. It is not lower
pay, but a higher grade of service, that is required. Honest and compe-
tent city officers are worthy of their hire. Dishonest or incompetent ones
are dear at any price.
A GOOD MOVE.
Governor Irwin and Governor- elect Perkins have united to do a
most excellent thing. The newly-elected Legislature has the duty im-
posed upon it of adopting a vast amount of legal machinery, with which
to operate the New Constitution. It is very certain that that machinery
could not be constructed within the period allowed the Legislature, nor is
it at all likely that the work would be well done if left entirely to that
body. It is better that competent commissioners should prepare the work
in advance. The machinery that requires to be constructed has no politi-
cal significance. Its precise character is already determined by the Con-
stitution, and it would have to be the same whether framed by a Repub-
lican, Democrat or Workingman. It is a work that can only be accom-
plished by legal experts. The present codes need to be carefully dove-
tailed into the provisions of the new organic law. The changes that will
have to be made are numerous, and cannot be effected with too great
care. Of the desirability of appointing efficient commissioners to draft
the necessary laws there cannot be two opinions. The difficulty con-
sisted in the want of authority to make such appointments. Governor
Irwin has no power to make them ; certainly he had no means of guaran-
teeing that the appointees would be paid for their services. A majority
of the Legislature being Republicans, they might choose to repudiate the
unauthorized action of a Democratic Governor, though we do not believe
they would in this case. Governor-elect Perkins did well in uniting with
Governor Irwin in making the appointments. A highly useful
end will be subserved by this little stretch of authority. It meets with
the hearty approval of all who are capable of understanding the nature of
the work to be performed. It is very important that it should be done
efficiently and well, and we now believe it will be, thanks to the wise,
prudent and united action of Governor Irwin and Governor-elect
Perkins.
RAILROAD TO THE OCEAN BEACH.
We confess to some surprise that there should be opposition in any
quarter to the project for constructing a railroad to the ocean beach. The
road is badly needed, will improve the value of property along the entire
route, and will be an inestimable advantage to the thousands of our cit-
izens who will avail themselves of it in order to drink in the pure ozone
of the balmy Pacific. The property owners in the Western Addition know
what the California-street road has done for them. It has made their
homes easy of access, and of increased value. A part of the city that
was distant, almost inaccessible and unprogressive, has had quite a new
life imparted to it. The cars run rapidly, at Bhort and certain intervals,
and, as a result, no part of the city is more popular as a place of res-
idence. Lots are being sold to persons who desire to build, and building
is going ahead remarkably, considering the dullness of the times. Gn all
hands it is agreed that the California- street road is a blessing to all the
dwellers in the portion of the city through which it passes. A road to
the ocean beach will do as much for the owners of property in that direc-
tion, whilst it will have a further advantage to the weary, dusty denizens
of the crowded part of the city, who desire occasionally to enjoy the
health-giving breezes of the ocean. It is to be hoped that all difficulties
will be brushed aside as being unworthy to stand in the way of so desira-
ble an enterprise. The road is a necessity, and the sooner it is built the
better. It has already been too long delayed.
The Baldwin libel suit was not proceeded with on Monday. Dis-
trict Attorney Murphy, who was so anxious to force us to proceed on the
next morning after the suit was commenced, appeared to be quite as
anxious that we should not proceed when the day appointed for hearing
the case arrived. Who shall doubt the wisdom of Mr. Murphy's changed
opinions ? It is said that he has also altered his mind about the wisdom
of making the preliminary investigation open and public. He prefers the
privacy of the Grand Jury room, where he has things all to himself. We
hope he won't have the complaint ignored there. That would be the
worst service he could do the News Letter, though we cannot say but that
there might be some advantage in that course to himself, to his friend
Lloyd, to Baldwin and to Baldwin's Hotel.' We are ready for them any
way they fix it.
Edison is reported to be almost ready with his electric light. This
must be authentic, because it is some time since there has been a panic in
gas stock in the Eastern markets. Another is about due.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER
THE TOWN CRIER.
'•Ttl art thoaf
'On* that will | . «ttb j* a."
" II #M > nine iti hn u on* »« * tiki).
Which m*d* him crav *-.:.1#r *m& boldtr. •
There la really no reason why • ild provide lodging
koaiH, in the thane of prison n u hall*, and morgue* for d> t«l
i).>t afford intending
-tin out of the world,
our civilization, for a day
■ad whatever interests the
fi-r by the public. When it is remem-
itted »11 about the city, and that many
of them are perform rdoveuly fashion and make
a great afop, t«» the lea an I often unable to bear these,
lear that there could be nn better way of nsing the public money
Ibju in providing a place where this indispensable process could be car-
ried <>ut in a decent and - ' inner. Let a house be erected in
Mine open, airy situation, cod mantling tine views of tile hay and the sur-
ronndlng mountains ; lei tl naand grass plats around it, and
■' selection of exotic plant- in .1 lest conservatory ; and all these
in a quiet neighborhood, remote from the noJN "f traffic. The house
need not be Large. Twenty or twenty five rooms, exclusive of parlors,
-fount-room, bath-room?, etc., would lie ample to meet the needs of the
city for some time to come. Special arrangements would, of course, be
needed in the chambers assigned to those who preferred pistols to a milder
form of instrument : but in every room it would bv advisable to have fau-
cet-* for hot and cola water. The house being at some distance from the
rmtinSM r« titer*, it would be advisable for intending suicides to engage
rooms, if possible, two or three days ahead. This might always be done
by postal card, and the Superintendent would make it his duty to have
everything ready at the hour named. Pistols, strychnine, opium, prussic
acid, charcoal — every possible convenience, iu short, should be on hand,
and furnished at cost. The details we leave to others, and content our-
selves with this bare outline.
God forbid that any one should say anything to the detriment of a
fellow- man who has passed to the unknown land of eternity by taking
his own life! It w only just that his faults should be shrouded with his
remains, and his sins covered with the mold that falls on his casket. But
there is a tendency in California (and no old resident will deny it) to
blazon the virtues of the suicide, and to speak of him as though he were
the ideal of the poet Cowley when he wrote the lines:
" His calm and blameless life
Does with substantial blessedness abound,
And the soft wings of peace cover him around."
The man who takes his own life— and the occurrence is so common in
California as to cease to excite surprise or comment — is always a coward,
generally a weak, self-indulgent man, and too often a criminal on the eve
of exposure. While it is kind to be silent, it is an insult to humanity to
be laudatory or maudlin over his decease.
Our National cuteneas is the admiration of the whole world. "As
smart as a Yankee" is a phrase that has been translated into every lan-
guage spoken on this planet, whether it has a dictionary or not. And
this reminds one that there is no line or profession in which the Ameri-
can journalist is so smart as in the forecasting the future difficulties of
England. Week after week the enlightened editor, from Oregon to Al-
bany, treats his readers to a disquisition on the imminent diffi-
culty in which England is placed— how inferior her navy is to that of
Russia, and how it is only a question of a month or two before her colo-
nies will be independent of her, her trade gone, her subjects rebels, and
Macaulay's typical New Zealander gazing on the ruins of London Bridge.
But as the Englishman, who described the American drinking at a bar,
remarked : " Venever they takes their swipes, they sez, sez they : ' 'Ere
we go,' but the fellers stay there hall night along and never goes ;" so it is
pretty much the same with the Americans estimate of Albion : " She's
always kinder going to pieces, but she never goes."
So the Cabul people are kept down merely by fear, it seems, and
several wise editors point to the fact as a condemnation of the British rule
in Afghanistan. Well, fear has it3 uses, after all, and there are some
other folks besides the Afghans who are kept under by a wholesome
dread. The houses of these very philosophical editors would not be safe
places for them if some people were not kept in order by fear of conse-
quences. Why not get rid of law altogether, and the kind of brutal
intimidation exercised by the law toward gentlemen who would like to
follow their own sweet wills ? Perhaps the English may repent of hold-
ing Cabul in awe, but it hardly looks like it.
The November "Atlantic" has an excellent article of great interest
to the saloon-keepers of this city. It claims that inquiries into Mosaic
cosmogony expect a moral interregnum shortly, and that there is con-
siderable philosophic agnosticism going on all r-iiind. Also, that there is
great waste and miscarriage in the heavens, combined, on earth, with a
seemingly purposeless havoc and extinction of races, and extensive ani-
mistic superstition; all of which is to be met by the emancipated, em-
boldened and thirsty lips of science. Now, this has evidently something
to do with beer, and we advise our local lager-squirters to look out.
The Authors' Carnival is a marvel of historical accuracy, and in no
instance has the local color been better preserved than in the "Dream of
Fair Women," presented on Wednesday evening, when the last heroine,
Joan of Arc {who did not come before the poet's eyes), was greeted with
the Marseillaise by the band. Nothing more exquisitely out of tune has
been heard since the performance of / Puritana at Havana, in the time of
Valentin Canedo, when the Puritans were made to give the famous "Gri
dando liberta " in the more orderly form, " Gridando lealta."
The Call, commenting upon the fact that Connecticut refused to
change the annual sessions of her Legislature to biennial, advances the
following sample of the decided opinion of that courageous sheet: " It
might not be safe to allege it as a fact, but the result gives rise to a sus-
picion that this was the work of the office-seekers.' Good heavens !
Pickering, why not speak out ? Connecticut is a long way off. Give us
something positive, if it only concerns the Laplanders or the Fiji
Islanders.
As for the solo-cracking exhibition at Platte Hall, we have been
i u-ntoal opened, and recom-
mend for trail erorthj Kni rht When about to
»Urt upon hi ,.-... roivfuiiy fashioned a helmet,
principally of , ,.,.„ ;t mi Blushed he put it on a block
and tried iu strength with hb good ■word. To bJs dismay the helmet
went to piece-*. when-iip-in Ik- i ..;.- another with great rare, and when it
was done, took it for granted that it wan perfectly Ntrong, without expo*.
jng it to any trial. The besringi of the observation are in tin* appliea
Hon, What is the nee of a safe! To tire one a tdnd of confidence, and
thai only ; rrince then i aafe made that could not be unmade.
1 ins Is ho true that nobody likes to beliefs it,
Mr. John Mmr La traveling in Alaska, and discovering a great many
queer things. His reflections are soiuetiuuH of an appalling sagacity and
depth. For instance, his last letter to the BuUetfe, published on Thurs-
("*>'» describes the evergreen islands, and winds up thus: "Give to
Alaska the climate of California, and these evergreen islands and shores
would be treeless, sun-beaten rocks." If this is true, it is not less melan-
choly than the words of the poet :
** Tell me not in mournful numbers
('.its are dogs, for they are not;
Onions are not green cucumbers,
Mr. Muir's not Walter Scott."
I* anything in calculated to shake a man's trust in an overruling Prov-
idence, it is to read in the telegrams from New York, under date of Oct.
30th: "Dr. Cogswell, of San Krancisco, fell into the East River yester-
day, and was half drowned when rescued." Only half drowned! Great
heaven! And that infernal stone pump of his, with the brass Ben Frank-
lin on the top of it, is dribbling away all the time on Montgomery
Avenue! We used to think there was something generous in the New
Yorkers, but they were mean enough to fish this old nightmare out of the
beneficent river, and we shan't forgive them.
The evangelization of the unbelieving is as easy as falling off a log, if
we may believe the report of the American Missionary Association assem-
bled at Chicago, respecting church-work in the South. Since 1864 there
have been converted to genuine Chicago Christianity 4,600 negroes— an
average of 306 in a year. As the yearly increase of the negroes is con-
siderably more than this, it is an easy matter to calculate how Boon they
may all be comfortably converted into excellent heathen again. Con-
tributions in aid of the evangelization process are always thankfully re-
ceived by the A.. M. A. at Chicago.
A small boy, who has lost his father and gets spanked by his mother
twice a day, was asked in Sunday-school, the other day, to describe the
parable of the widow's mite. With his left hand convulsively clutching
the termination of his spinal column, and a voice choked by emotion, he
said wildly: ''There ain't no description to it. If you ever got yanked
on to my mother's knee when she's got a new hickory twig, you'd know
all about the widow's might yourself, bet yer life! "
An opinion that is an opinion has at last found its way into a leading
editorial of the Call! Commenting on the use of fire-arms in dramatic
exhibitions, the valiant Pickering gaily remarks: " We do knoxo it to be a
frequent occurrence, outside of the theaters, for persons to be killed or
wounded on account of carelessly handling fire-arms." (! ! !) It is rash to
make such broad statements. Surely, extreme cases of the kind are
never, or hardly ever, heard of.
An individual, who claims to know what the Eastern people think,
declares in one of the daily papers that the late Agitator passed with
them for a representative Californian of the highest type. Side by side
with the person who compliments the East in this style, even the defunct
D. K. might pass for something resembling a man, for his name can at
least be mentioned without nauseating the hearers.
The spelling rsform has reached Chicago, and the On. Jozef Medil,
of the Shekaugo Trybune has issued orders to his printers to use catalog
[why not katalog?] synagog[why not sinagog?] etiquet [why not etiket?]
nypocrit [why not hipokrit?] and other consistent forms. There is
nothing like a good progressive spirit to make a man do ridiculous things
in the name of common sense.
The town of Colfax was partly burned, a few days ago, the fire hav-.
ing begun in the Chinese quarter. A logical paper of this city points to
this as one more proof of the incendiary nature of the Chinese, and meta-
phorically asks Heaven how long this thing is to go on. What are the
Chinese by the side of that deliberately fiendish cow that burned down
all Chicago 1 The Chinese must go, by all means ; but the cows first.
We Protest.— It is unblushingly Btated by the papers that the furni-
ture in the Cervantes booth, at the Authors' Carnival, is Spanish in de-
sign. There is some dark mystery in this, which threatens danger to a
free Yankee nation of Anglo-Saxon blood ; and popular indignation
should force these recreants to design their furniture after the Boston
style.
The wonderfully recuperative forces of the nation are a source of
pride to all Americans but one. Jones says he's no fool of a patriot to
howl about resumption and increasing business, and all that, when he
finds two-bit pieces scarcer than ever. What's the use of talking to a
man, whose boots are below par, about New York's gain of 68 per cent?
The Virginia people are laughing at Grant because he said, while
looking at two men drilling rock, that he would rather be the one that
strikes than the one that holds the drill. Cunning Grant ! he looked at
the drilling, but he was thinking of the strike he made, some time ago, in
Alaska furs.
A lady who lives at Damariscotta, Maine, has hair eight feet long —
almost as long, in short, as Dam what's-his-name — and the local paper
swears — they aU swear iu Dam -so-and-so— is perfectly natural. No doubt
of it; the- jute grass grows naturally enough in India.
We are constantly told that the vastness of the wheat production
in the United States cannot be realized by the mind. We never thought
it had to be realized that way, unless the Chinese theory, which regards
the stomach as the seat of the mind, is to be accepted as the true one.
The N. O. "Picayune" says chestnuts should be eaten in the dark.
Well, except a man's heart, there are not many places darker than the
inside of his mouth.
10
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Nov. 1, 1879.
C. P. R. R-
Overland Ticket Office : Ferry Landing-, foot
of Market street. —Commencing- Monday,
May 19th, 1879, and until further notice,
ains Boats wil leave
SAN FRANCISCO:
7f4* A. M. (daily), Vallejo Steamer (from Market
* ^ S Street Lauding- — Connecting with Trains for
Napa (Stages for Sonoma), Calistoga (the Geysers),
and Sacramento. Connecting at Davis (Sundays except-
ed) for Woodland and Knight's Landing, and at Wood-
land for Williams and Willows.
(Arrive San Francisco 3:10 P.M.)
7AAAM (daily) Local PassengerTraiu(via Oakland
• U 1/ Ferry) and via Livermore arriving at Tracy
at 11:30 a. M. and connecting with Atlantic Express.
Connects at Niles with Train arriving at San Jose at
10:15 a.m. . LOne .
(Returning, train from Tracy arrives at b:05 p.m.)
8fk{\ A.M. (daily), Atlantic Express Train (via Oak-
.UU land Ferry, Northern Ry. and S. P. & T. R R.)
for Sacramento, Marysville, Redding, Portland (Or.),
Colfax, Reno (Virginia City), Palisade (Eureka), Ogden
and Omaha. Connects at Ga.lt with train arriving at
lone at 3:40 P.M.
(Arrive San Francisco 5:15 p.m.)
Sunday Excursion Tickets to San Pablo and Marti-
nez at Reduced Bates.
1 C\ AAA-M. (daily) via Oakland Ferry, LocalPas3ea-
ll/.U" ger Train to Haywards and Niles.
(Arrive San Francisco 4:05 p.m.)
3{\f\ P.M. (daily) San Jose Passenger Train (via Oak-
• UU land Ferry and Niles), stopping at all Way Sta-
tions. Arrives at San Jose at 5:20 p.m.
(Arrive San Francisco 9:35 a.m.)
O fifk P.M. (daily) Northern Railway Passenger Train
and Antiocti.
(via Oakland Ferry) to Sau Pablo, Martinez
(Arrive San Francisco 9:35 a.m.)
4AA P.M. (daily) Arizona Express Train (via Oak-
• W land Ferry, Northern Ry. and S. P. & T. R. R.)
for Lathrop (and Stockton^, Merced, Madera, "Visalia,
Sumner, Mojave, Newhall (San Buenaventura, awd Santa
Barbara), Los Anoeles, "Santa Monica," Wilmington,
Santa Ana (San Diego), Colton and Yuma (Colorado
River Steamers), connecting direct with Daily Trains
of the Southern Pacific Railroad of Arizona for Mari-
copa (Daily Stages for Phoenix and Prescott), and for
Casa Grande (182 miles east from Yuma), and end of
Track (Daily Stages for Florence and Tucson).
"Sleeping Cars" between Oakland, Los Angeles and
Yuma.
(Arrive San Francisco 12:35 p.m.)
4f\(\ P. M. (Sundays excepted) Vallejo Steamer (from
.\J\J Market Street Landing), connecting with trains
for Calistoga, (the Geysers), Woodland, Knight's Land-
ing and Sacramento ; and at Sacramento with Pas-
senger Train, leaving at 9:35 p.m. for Truckee, Reno,
Carson and Virginia.
" Sleeping Cars" between Vallejo and CaVsen.
(Arrive San Francisco 11:10 A.M.)
A i~\r\ P.M. (Sundays excepted) Sacramento Steamer
C±,\J\J (from Wash 'a St. Wharf), for Beniciaand Land-
ings on the Sacramento River.
(Arrive San Francisco 8:00 p.m.)
4(~)QP.M. (daily), Through Third Class and Acconi-
•" ," modation Train (via Oakland Ferry, North-
ern Ry. and S. P. & T. R. R.) connecting at Lathrop
with Train arriving at Los Angeles on second day at
11:55 a.m. (Arrive San Francisco 9:05 a.m.
4 0A P.M. (daily) Local Passenger Train (via Oak-
'Ov iand Ferry) to Haywards, Niles and Liver-
more^ (Arrive San Francisco 8:35 a.m.)
K C\C\ P-M. (daily) Overland Emigrant Train (via
*'"*-'" Oakland Ferry and Northern Railway) to
Ogden, Omaha and East.
Public conveyance for Mills Seminary connects at Sem-
nary Park Station with all trains, Sundays excepted.
FERRIES AND LOCAL- TRAINS
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a—Sundays excepted.
♦Alameda Passengers change cars at Oakland.
Creek Route.
From SAN FRANCISCO— Daily— B5-A0, B6:30, 7.20, 8:15,
9:15, 10:15, 11:15 A.M. 12:15, 1:15, 2:25, 3:15, 4:15,
5:15, 6.15 p.m.
From OAKLAND— Daily— z5:S0. b6:20, 7:10, 8:05, 9:05,
10:05, 11:05 A. M. 12:05, 1:05, 2:15, 3:05, 4:05, 5:05,
6:05 p.m. —Sundays excepted.
"Official Schedule Time" furnished by Randolph &
Co., Jewelers, 101 and 103 Montgomery St., S. F.
T. H. GOODMAN, Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agt.
A. N. Towne, General Superintendent.
Commencing1 Monday, Sept. 15th, 1879,
and until further notice, Boats and Trains will
leave San Francisco (Washington-st. Wharf) as follows :
3 00 p' M" °-aily (Sundays excepted), Steamer
• V/ W « James M. Donahue " (Washington Street
Wharf) , connecting with Mail and Express Train at Don-
ahue for Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Healdsburg, Cloverdale,
and way stations. Making stage connections at Lake-
ville for Sonoma ; at Geyserville for Skaggs" Springs ; at
Cloverdale for Ukiab, Lakeport, Mendocino City, High-
land Springs, Bartlett Springs, Soda Bay and the
Geysers.
fesT3 Connections made at Fulton on following morn-
ing for Korbel's, Uuerneville and the Redwoods.
(Arrive at San Francisco 10:30 A.M.)
Sunday Excursions at Reduced Bates.
8"| K a.m., Sundays only, via Donahue, for Clover-
• J. tJ dale and Way Stations.
Fares for Round Trip: Donahue, SI ; Petaluma, SI. 50 ;
Santa Rosa, §2; Fulton, §2/50; Windsor, S3; Healdsburg,
""; Litton's, $3.50; Geyserville, S3.50; Cloverdale, S4.50.
(Arrive at San Francisco 7:00 p.m.)
Freight received from 7 a.m. till S.30 p. m.,
daily (except Sundays).
Ticket Office : Washington st. Wharf.
A. HUGHES,
Gen. Manager.
JAS. M. DONAHUE,
Gen. Pass & Tkt. Agt.
SYDNEY INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.
Round the 'World Tickets.
The Pacific Afail Steamsbip Company
will issue Round the World Tickets, giving: first-
class accommodations for the entire route, at the low
price of $650. For particulars apply to
WILLIAMS, BLANCH AKD & CO.,
General Agents,
Aug. 9. Corner First and Brannan streets.
Natural beauty surpasses any-
thing which can be imparted by
artificial means. PHOSPHATE
SOAP gives health to the skin
simply by removing impurities and
eradicating the poisons which give
rise to skin diseases.
Not only tor craily use on the face
and hands, but for bathing the
entire body, there is nothing equal
to PHOSPHATE SOAP. It is a
thorough disinfectant and removes
offensive odors of every kind.
Ask your Druggist for it.
rnmm
' Jg ax it re oj^p^t?,
/Commencing; Monday, April 21, 1S79,
\^j and until further notice, PassengerTrains will leave
San Francisco, from Passenger Depot on Townsend
street, between Third and Fourth streets, as follows :
O OOa.m. daily for San Jose and Way Stations.
^J'^^-* 63^* Stages for Pescadero (via San Mateo)
connect with this train only.
Q QA A-M (Sundays only) for San Jose and Way Sta.
v.OW tions. Returning, leaves San Jose at 6 p.m
"I C\ 4-0 A-M* dailyfor San Jose- Gih-oy, Hollister,
x x-/»^t^-' Tres Pinos, Pajaro, Salinas, Soledad and
all Way Stations. 6g" At Pajaro, the Santa Cruz
R. Ft. connects with this train for Aptos, Soquel and
Santa Cruz. ^g= At Salinas the M. & S. V. R. R.
connects with this train for Monterey. jftg°° Stage
connections made with this train. (Pescadero Stages via
San Mateo excepted.)
Q QO p.m. daily (Sundays excepted) for San Jose,
tJ' ** ^ Gilroy, Pajaro, Hollister, Tres Pinos and prin-
cipal Way Stations.
SPECIAL NOTICE.— The trains of the Santa Cruz R. R.
and the M. & S. V. R. R., which have been connecting
with this train on Saturdays at Pajaro aud Salinas re-
spectively, have been withdrawn for the season. Those
intending to visit Aptos, Soquel, Santa Cruz or Monterey,
will take the train leaving Sau Francisco at 10:40 A.M.
daily.
3 0 f\ P.M. (Sundays only) for San Jose and Way Sta-
• t> " tions.
4 9 £v p.m. daily (Sundays excepted) for San Jose and
■^ Way Stations.
O^ f|Ap.M. daily (Sundays excepted ) for Menlo Park
.\S\J aDd Way stations.
Ci OA p.m.— daily, for Meulo Park andWayStations.
Second-Class Fare.
Between San Francisco and San Jose $1.00.
On Freight Trains only, leaving San Francisco at 4:00
A.M., San Jose at y:30 p.m. (daily, Sundays excepted).
Excursion Tickets at Reduced Rates
To San Jose and intermediate points sold on Saturdays,
and Sunday mornings, good for return until following
Monday inclusive.
Also, EXCURSION TICKETS to Aptos, Soquel, Santa
Cruz and Monterey, sold on Saturdays only— good for
return until the following Monday inclusive.
E3^° Principal Ticket Office— Passenger Depot, Town-
send street. Branch Ticket Office— No. 2 New Mont-
gomery street, Palace Hotel.
A. C. BASSETT, Supt. H. R. JUDAH, A. P. & T. A.
SOUTHERN DIVISIONS.
Commencing Monday, May 19th, 1879,
JEST" Passengers for points on the Southern Divisions
of the road will take the cars of the Central Pacific Rail-
road via OAKLAND, leaving SAN FRANCISCO via Ferry
Landing, Market street, at 4:00 P.M. daily (Arizona Ex-
press Train) , and making close connection at GOSHEN
for Sumner, Mojave, Los Angeles, Wilmington, Ana-
heim, Colton, Colorado River, Yuma, Maricopa and Casa
Grande (182 miles east from Yuma). " May 31.
Ladies who have injured the skin
by the constant use of cosmetics
may do much to restore their faces
to that beauty ■which nature alone
can give by constantly using PHOS-
PHATE SOAP.
For chapped hands the constant
use of, PHOSPHATE SOAP will
be recommended by all who give
it one fair trial.
If you want a nice article of
Toilet Soap and something that is
beneficial to the skin, buy PHOS-
PHATE SOAP.
Ladies who wish to make the
skin look beautiful and natural
should use PHOSPHATE SOAP.
Manufactured by "Standard Soap Co.,"
204 Sacramento St., San Francisco.
1, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER,
11
NOTABILIA.
THE PEDDLERS SONG.
Law.1 19 while as driven snow ;
th pnH t'iiitk as i'er was crow ;
Gloves as sweet as damask rosea ;
r (aces and for noses ;
Bugtie-bracelet, necklace, amber ;
Perfume for a lady's chamber ;
Gold quot|is and stomachers,
For my lads to give their dears ;
Tins and poking-sticks of steel,
What maids lack from head to heel:
Come buy of me.come; come buy.come buy,
Buy, lads, or else your lasses cry.
William Suakspearb.
" Wash and Be Clean."— These solemn words of the prophet cannot
be taken too thoroughly to heart in these days, when there is less excuse
for neglect in this matter than ever, now that the Terrace Baths, Alameda,
are open to the public. To find such a sheet of water, always pure and
absolutely safe to the bather, even when perfectly ignorant of swimming,
is a boon. At many bathing places there is danger always near ; at the
Terrace one is as safe as in a bathing-tub, while the water is fresh from
ocean with every tide. Perfectly secure, scrupulously clean— for the bot-
tom is regularly scraped, and the bathing-suits are washed after each
using— the Terrace Baths offer the most delightful and healthful resort,
with the perfect order and decorum of a private house.
The secret history of M. Leon Chotteau's mission to and from this
country will be interesting when it comes to be written. It is well known
that vine growers and wine dealers in France contributed to send him this
way ; but it is less generally understood than it ought to be that the su-
Eeriority of Landsberger's Private Cuve'e was the determining cause of
is somewhat hasty departure. Why he came at all must have puzzled
him to explain to his own satisfaction, when he tasted wine of California
grapes, made by Californians, and found it the very ideal sparkling wine,
which some imagine that only champagne can produce.
The new derrick to be placed on Tillamook Rock, in Oregon, has a
lifting capacity of ten tons, and a boom eighty feet long. This is pretty
well for Oregon, but not worth mentioning in comparison with the boom
in favor of Swain's Bakery, 213 Sutter street, which swings through the
whole city, and brings to it every one who wishes to breakfast or lunch or
dine with ease, elegance and propriety. The cookery is acknowledged to
be the best on the coast, and the service is prompt, noiseless and efficient,
like that of the best-ordered home.
In spite of every argument to dissuade her, the ex-Empress Eugenie
has decided to make a voyaee to South Africa, in order to visit the spot
where her unfortunate son was slain, and there pray for the repose of his
bouI. A resolution so extreme and likely to bring the sorrowing lady near
to her end, could only have its origin in the intensity of a mother's love ;
and future generations will dwell with sympathetic hearts on the picture
of such devotion, made familiar, as it will be, by the matchless photo-
graphs of Bradley & Rulofson.
The great silver discoveries in New Mexico are said to have been
brought about by the fact that the Indians of the neighborhood used sil-
ver bullets. The curiosity of the whites was naturally roused by this ex-
travagance, and now the mines are in full blast. A mine far more valua-
ble has been opened by Carmany & Crosett at 25 Kearny street, where
the finest assortment and most exquisite styles of gentlemen's wear are to
be bad at prices far lower than have yet been known.
The agitator at the Andrews Oil Refinery, Los Angeles, blew up a
few days ago, setting fire to two tanks of oil. The San Francisco agitator
burst up, some time ago, without setting fire to anything, not even to the
water in the bay ; but Montanya's Union Range neither blows up nor
bursts, but works steadily on with perfect energy, doing the very best of
all cooking, with the smallest outlay in fuel and labor. There ie nothing
like it for soothing the perturbed housekeeper.
" Punch " has remarked that a Yankee baby will crawl out of its
cradle, take a survey of it, invent an improvement and apply for a patent
before he is six months old. This is a glowing tribute to "American in-
ventive genius, but we are compelled to say that the whole Yankee na-
tion could not invent a substitute for Napa Soda, the best beverage known.
An Irish newspaper says: " The procession was very fine, being
nearly two miles long, as was also the prayer of the Rev. Mr. McFadden.
This is a little hard on Mr. McFadden, but if we were to say that two
mileB of visitors pass into White's, 614 Commercial street, in search of
his hats, We should be within bounds.
All your own fault if you remain sick or out of health, when you
can get Hop Bitters. Read Advertisement.
Adulterated wines are hurtful in their «flV*on the system, whil.
u« pure jufc* .•( lb,- fmp. rihiUntaudatrragtbtu M tht tune Umai
.,.'," "K 7"" >",r", V - » '"'">• "•'"' "alt-water bathing.
The Neptune and \l ,, „( ,,v,|,. „lr,.,t| „,,„,,, ,„ ,.v,.rhv
one the meana of „,... , ,u, ,tjmll|.nt, i„ wat«r fresh from
m, rolling on a „h. I ,,i with the advantage of instruc-
lion in swimming I., , morl »«oinpliih«d teacher.
Now that the rainy nunn i. «t hand, with its Iota evenings and cony
nUartnga, it li time t„ think „f laying jn the ,t,», k ,.f e..al f„r home use.
For Mis nothing equals the I.'. I .\-h. with It* warm glow, its permanence
and perfect combustion, without resulting clinker or lumps. J. Mac-
donongh. SSMarket street, has iroportad a large stack ,.f this favorite
coal, and is kept bus; supplying ordm Every variety of Scotch, Aus-
tralian and other coals constantly on hand.
The sixteenth century was, beyond all doubt, the picturesque age of
r.im.pe in the matter of costume, and especially in the variety and beauty
of head-gear. A truly finished hat can only be designed by an artist,
penetrated with the spirit and informed by the knowledge of that great
period. Such an artist wo have in Herrmann, whose studies in the
Renaissance mark him as the supreme hatter of the day. His catalogue
is a wonder.
The man who was bitten by a shark at Long Branch, last September,
has now recovered, and is lecturing on the subject of Longevity, which,
he thinks, may be best secured by keeping clear of sharks. As a general
proposition, this is certainly sound ; but the terrors of consumption have
been done away with by F. & P. J. Cassin's cordial balm of Old Rys
Whisky and Pure Rock Candy.
Bilious Disorders, Liver Complaints, Costiveness, Dyspepsia, etc.,
are speedily removed by Dr. Jayne's Sanative Pills. Forty years' use
has proved them superior to all other remedies for the cure of the various
diseases for which they are recommended. In their action they are mild
and certain, and may be taken at any time without risk from exposure.
Tapestry Brussels, SI per yard and upwards ; finenewpatterns. Call
and see them. Window shades, 75 cents and upwards. Window lace, 12J
cents and upwards. Cornices, wall paper, etc. Oilcloths, 50 cents per
yard and upwards. Hartshorn & McPhun. 112 Fourth St., near Mission.
TREASURER'S OFFICE,
City and County of San Francisco, September 9,
Redemption of San Francisco Bonds,
ISSUE OF 1858.
1879.
Holders of Bonds of the City and County ol San Francisco.
issued under "An Act to provide for the Funding and Payment of the out-
standing- Unfunded Claims against the City of San Francisco, and against the County;
of San Francisco, as they existed prior to the first day of July, A.D. one thousand
eight hundred and fifty-six," approved April '20, 1858, are hereby notified that the
Commissioners of the Sinking Fund of the above named Bonds "will receive sealed
proposals for the surrender of any portion thereof, at the City and County Treas-
urer's office, New City Hall, San Francisco, until 12 o'clock noon,
Wednesday, December 3 In*. .18*79.
The amount to be applied to the Redemption of these Bonds is more or less, One
Hundred and Eighty Thousand Dollars (8180,000).
Bidders will state at what rate they will surrender their Bonds, for payment in
United States gold coin.
Each proposal must be accompanied by a deposit of ten per cent, of the Bonds of-
fered, or their equivalent in coin, or certified checks, and should the Bonds tendered'
not be presented within ten days after the award, the next lowest bid will be ac-
cepted.
No proposal above par will be entertained.
Proposals to be indorsed' " Proposals for surrender of Bonds, issue of 1858."
A. J. BR"? ANT, Mayor1,
COLIN M. BOYD, Auditor,
CHAS HUBERT, Treasurer,
Sept. 13. Commissioners of the Funded Debt;:
AVERILL MIXED PAINT,
The Best, Most Durable and Beautiful of All Paints.
FKEPAXED XFADY FOB VSM,-
AND OF ANY SHADE OB COLOR DESIRED.
Sept. 27.
O. S. OKKICK, General Agent,
329 MarTcet St., Opposite Front.
COKE CHEAPEST FUEL.
Reduction in Price: Wholesale Price, 50 cents per barrel ;
Retail Price, 60 cents per barrel, at the works of tbe SAN FRANCISCO GAS-
LIGHT COMPANY, Howard and First streets, and foot of Second st. Jan. 12.
SCHWAB & BREESE,
ew Art Gallery, 024 Market street, opposite Palace Hotel.
Oil Paintings, Engravings, Wax and Artists' Materials.
' ADMISSION FREE. Sept. 13.
N'
SNOW & CO.,
"Vfo. 30 Post street, opposite Mechanic**' Institute, Import -
X i ers and Manufacturers of Pictures, Frames, Mouldings, and Artist's Ma-
terials. Established 184fi. Sept. 20.
WMorria MORRIS & KENNEDY, J. P. Kennedy.
Importers and l>ealers in Moldings, Frames, Engravings,
Chromos, Lithographs, Decalcoraanie, Wax and Artists' Materials, 21 Post
street, nearly opposite Masonic Temple, S«n Francisco. Feb. 4.
NOTICE,
For the very best photographs go to Bradley A Rulofson's,
in an Elevator, 429 Montgomery street. Oct. 29.
Sept. 20.
MADAME WALDO
Finishing Lessons—Piano
COHEN,
S3 Per Lesson.
f>07 Myde Street, San Francisco,
12
SAN" FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER.
Nov 1, 1879.
BIZ.'
There is a marked falling -off in our stock supply of general merchan-
dise. The late boom in the Spot markets resulted in the very general
disposal of stocks in warehouse, thus leaving us with few standard goods
in importers' hands. The fact is, there is very little general merchandise
in first hands. Let us run over the list and see:
Borax.— Stock light, and production restricted by an agreement
between the two producing companies — the out-put not to exceed a cer-
tain quantity— thus keeping prices steady.
Chemicals are nearly all the turn dearer by reason of light stocks and
restricted imports.
Coal, other than Anthracite, is in light stock, and Cumberland is
dearer. A contract, to arrive, of 10,000 tons Australian may be noted,
upon terms withheld. The free supply of Steam Coals from the Califor-
nia Mont Diablo mines, from Seattle and other Puget Sound mines,
coupled by those of British Columbia, keep prices from advancing.
Coffee is in very light stock, pending a cargo arrival from Ceylon to
Parrott & Co. Rio may now be quoted at 15@16c, Central American
15@19c, and 20c for choice Peaberry; O. G. Java, 2b'c.
Case Goods are in active request, particularly Apricots, Peaches,
Pears and other fruits, the export demand steadily increasing. The ship
John A. Briggs, for Liverpool, has cleared, with 2,750 cases canned fruits.
Case Salmon is in the hands of a single wealthy firm, who have bought up
nearly all the stock on this coast, and having secured the bulk of same at
97^c@Sl 02£ per dozen, have steadily advanced prices up to SI 35 for Sac-
ramento Salmon, $1 40@1 50 for 1-lb tins Columbia Kiver brands. Our
Salmon shipments this season to date are far below those of last year for
a corresponding period. The Chicago demand helps greatly the trade in
Salmon the present season. Up to this date Australia has taken only
about one-third of her last year's supply. The shipments to England
from the North as well as hence are not what they ought to be, and will,
no doubt, loom up by and by.
Dry Goods, both Fancy and Staple, are in active request. The trade
is very active here, but prices have not traveled up to correspond with the
rise in New York and the East, where Woolen Goods have risen mate-
rially.
Fish. — Codfish are very plentiful and cheap. The Pacific catch large.
Hardware. — The demand is good, and the late advance in prices well
sustained.
Metals.— The stock of Pig Iron, Tin Plate, Sydney Tin and other
goods in the line has for the most part passed into the hands of the trade,
and selling freely at the late rise. We note a shipment to New York via
Panama of 410,000 lbs Pig Lead.
Oils.— The Pacific Factory has advanced the price of Linseed to 85@90c,
Caster Oil to §1 20@1 30 per gall. Earth Oils are also higher ; China
Nut, ditto.
Provisions of nearly all kinds and descriptions are higher, and what is
quite surprising is the fact that Oregon is drawing her supplies of Meats,
etc., from us, rather than sending us, as heretofore. It seems ridiculous
for Oregon to come here for her Butter and Eggs, Bacon, Ham and
Lard, yet it is true nevertheless.
Quicksilver has collapsed here as well as in New York and London ;
the price here 40c. London has fallen from £9 to £7 10s. per bottle.
Hongkong is also on the down grade. New York buyers here a week or
two since are now offering, and, in fact, quite anxious, to selL When we
consider that we have, for the time being, lost our large home " Bonanza"
trade, consuming as they did several thousand flasks per month, Hong-
kong overstocked and no longer a buyer here, it would seem unnatural
that prices should jump up from 34c. to 50c. It was all purely specula-
tive, without any good foundation whatever. Had the _ 45(S<50c. price
been maintained, there are lots of Quicksilver mines now idle that would
have fired up, and thus increased supplies amazingly. The statistical po-
sition of the Quicksilver market stands thus:
Flasks.
Exports from Jan. 1 to Oct. 24, 1879 46,905
1878 26,117
Increase 1879 20,788
These figures do not include overland shipments by rail. Our spot
stock is estimated at 2,500 flasks.
Rice. — The stock of No. 2 China is large, and we quote this and mixed
China at 4§c@5§c. No. 1 China is scarce at 6c. Imports during the
week from Hongkong per " City of Peking," 11,378 bags ; per "Vigilant,"
29,817 bags. From Honolulu we have received, per " C. Spreckles,"
1,475 bags, which sold in lots, according to quality, at 6c, 64c@6Jc. This
Hawaiian Table is a great favorite here, and is occasionally sent to Chi-
cago, where it is much liked.
Sugar.— The heavy advance in Refined last week to 12^c for Whites
and lie for Golden is still maintained, and likely to remain stationary for
some time to come. By the schooner " Claus Spreckles," from Honolulu,
we received about 5,000 packages ; these go direct to the refiners. There
is, now-a-days, but little raw Sugar sold or consumed upon the Pacific
slope. Heretofore nearly all the Hawaiian product came here in half
barrels — grocery grades— and sold as such to the trade ; but since the Re-
finers contracted for the Island crop of 35,000 tons, nearly all comes here
in bags, of a low grade, and taken at once to '.the Refiners, who now feed
the market with Yellow, Golden and all other grades, thus driving out
supplies from the Hongkong Refinery, and cuts us off from Manila car-
goes, Central American and Peruvian— all largely supplanted by the Ha-
waiian free product.
Teas.— The market is strong for all Japan Greens, Comet, Oolongs,
etc. The City of Pekin brought for this city 3,418 pkgs., and, tD go
East in transit, 22,28S pkgs. We quote Japan papers (L in a diamond),
40c; M. & Co. M. ditto, 38ic.
Silks.— The City of Pekin, from China, brought us 142 pkgs, and in
transit, to go East by Central Pacific Railroad, 1,192 pkgs.
Wines.— There is a growing desire all over this continent "for Califor-
nia Native Wines. This year's vintage will amount to 6@8,000,000 glls.
Our dealers feel greatly encouraged with the growth of this home industry.
Spirits. — Grape Brandy, made by Naglee and others in this State, is
steadily gaining a reputation second to none, and the day is not distant
when California will outrank the best French Cognac.
Freights and Charters. — After a fortnight's cessation in Wheat char-
ters, we have now to note the chartering of some half-dozen or more ships
for Europe. Closing rates to Liverpool, £3 5s.; to Cork, U. K.,
£3 7s. 6d. ; to Continent, £3 12s. 6d. There are few ships in port, disen-
gaged, suited to the wheat- carrying trade, and these are held strong at 70s.
Domestic Produce.— We have had quite a big break in the Wheat
market during the week, in sympathy with the decline in England, where
the price has fallen from 60s. to 55s. per quarter ; here, from $2 15@2 25
for Gilt Edged No. 1, S2@2 05 for No. 2 Shipping, down to S2 for No. 1,
and for No. 2, SI 85@1 90 per ctl. At this decline, farmers are not dis-
posed to sell freely. The fact is, they are too smart to be caught at this
stage of the game. Our exports of Flour and Wheat for the past two
seasons stand thus:
Flour, Bbls. Wheat, CtJs.
1879— July 1 to Oct. 29 153,656 4,892,691
1878— July 1 to Oct. 29 164,423 4,652,855
Our receipts for the two past Harvest years of Wheat stand thus:
1879, 5,700,000 ctls.; 1878, 5,200,000 ctls; Flour not included. Stockton now
holds in warehouse 56,000 tons of Wheat, and other points in proportion.
Shippers have been thus far enabled to give quick dispatch to their ves-
sels ; during October nearly fifty vessels having been loaded with Grain
for Europe and elsewhere.
Barley.— The market is flat at 75@80c. Feed; Brewing, 90@95c;
Chevalier, SI 40@1 70 per ctl.
Oats. — The market is languid at Si 25@1 40 per ctl.
Corn. — We note a slight advance in Yellow, round, now selling at lc;
large Yellow, 90@95c. per ctl.; White, 80@85c.
Rye.-The German bark "Bodoild" has cleared for Falmouth with 16,-
047 centals, valued at SI 20 per cental.
Beans. — There has of late been quite an active demand for Limas, said
to be for shipment to New York; price, 5^c. Bayos command l£c;
Whites, l|c; Pea, l|c.
Hops. — The demand is active, with sales in lots of 500 bales within
the range of 2Sc to 30£c for Washington Territory; California and Rus-
sian River, 32|c(5J35c.
Hides. — The market for Dry is strong at 19c for selections.
Wool. — The market is firm at 25c@26c for choice long staple ; inferior
is less sought after at 122C@,15c; medium, 18c@.20c.
Tallow. — The market is languid at 5hc.
Potatoes. — Supplies are large and the market dull at 25c@75c per
cental.
SAN FRANCISCO^ NEWS LETTER.
SUBSCRIPTIONS:
United States 85 a Year. | Foreign S6 a Year.
,6S" Postage Prepaid*®*
The following firms are authorized to receive subscriptions and advertisements for
the San Francisco News Letter;
London, Eng.— W. H. Smith & Sons, 136 Strand, W.C. ; George Street & Co., 30
Cornhill, E.C. ; F. Algar, 8 Clement's Lane, E.C. ; American Exchange and Reading
Rooms, 449 Charing Cross, W.C; ; Delizy, Davies & Co., 1 Cecil street, Strand, W.C;
Wm. Wilson, 6 Talbot Court, Eastcheap, E.C.
Paris, France.— Charles Legay, 1 Rue Scribe ; "Anglo-American Bank," 19 Boule-
vard de la Madeluine.
New York.— S. M. Pettengill& Co.,37Park Row; George P. Rowell & Co. , 10 Spruce
street ; A. Brentano, 37 Union Square ; MaeKenzie, Phillips & Co., 115 and 117 Nas-
sau street ; E. Duncan Sniffen, 31 and 32 Aster House offices; John F. Phillips &
C^., 27 Chatham street.
Boston, Mass.— S. M. Pettengill & Co., 10 State street.
St. Louis, Mo. — Kowell & Chesman, corner Third and Chestnut.
Chicago, III. — Cook, Coburn & Co.
Philadelphia, Pe.vn.— S. M. Pettengill & Co., 701 Chestnut street.
Cincinnati.— E. N. Fleshman & Co., N.E. corner 4th and Race streets.
New Haven, Conn.— H. P. Hubbard.
Victoria, B. C— T. N. Hibhen & Co.
Sacramento.— A. S. Hopkins. [February 2.
JOYCE'S SPORTING AMMUNITION.
[ESTABLISHED 1820. J
ri^he attention of Sportsmen is invited to the following1
I Ammunition, of the best quality, now in general use throughout England,
India and the Colonies : Joyce's Treble Waterproof and F 3 Quality Percussion
Caps; Chemically-prepared Cloth and Felt Gun Wadding; Joyce's Gas-Tight Car-
tridges, for Pin-fire and Central-fire Breeeh-loading Guns ; Wire Cartridges, for killing
game at long distances, and every description of Sporting Ammunition. Sold by
all gun-makers and dealers in gunpowder.
FREDERICK JOYCE & CO., Patentees and Manufacturers,
Sept. 20. 57 Upper Thames street, London.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTBACT OF MEAT.
iuest and Cheapest Meat-flavoring- Stock for Soups. Made
Dishes and Sauces. March 2.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT
[s a success an! boon for which Nations should feel grate-
ful. See "Medical Press," "Lancet," " British Medical Journal," etc.
F
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
(1antion»Gennine only with fac-simile of Baron Liebig's
J Signature, in blue ink, across Label. " Consumption in England increased ten-
old in ten years." March 2.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTBACT OF MEAT.
To be had of all Store-beepers, Grocers and Chemists. Sole
Agents for the United States (wholesale only), C. David &.Co., 43, Mark Lane,
London, England. March 2.
CHARLES LANGLEY & CO.,
"Wholesale Druggists,
Importers of Pure English, French and German Brags,
PATENT MEDICINES, Etc.,
100 and 102 FRONT STREET,
San Francisco. [Sept, 6.
1, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER
13
THE VICTIM.
[WRITTVN hi HIM* ELF.]
Pity Um ■orrowi of \ |»*»r uld man,
With -.].-.. mw .t.'rav.
Wheat friend* * b»v« .11 prrwadtd him
At CbnrfvaJ t<< i
He** Iwn Mdgned a akimrt part,
T" handle chart and ^lam.
But t. v. h.n curtain falls,
H.-V plaT< d :!•■
Then, _ pity the sorrow! of a poor old fool,
\Vh.>\ brain *ai in a muddle
Win n he m | imrt
As that ..t t tpuio 'Coddle.
•Supposed to have h*d a old in the heid.
SOLOMON COLMAN.
Among the passengers expect ! t ■ ut1t« by the overland train this
-. i* the rounder of the groat clothing house of Odman Brothers,
d Olman, Esq., of New York. It is between ten and twelve
-imv Mr. Dolman was Ust among ua ; and Ins present purpose is to
three or four weeks in inspecting th.* vast establishment nf which
the bead, uid enjoying; the right of the many changes wrought in
ntr growing dty since his last visit. Wonderful a-* are these changes,
there an Done nf them more remarkable or striking than the vicissitudes
of Mr. Colman'a own career. It was in 1863 that he landed here, a
young man, full of energy and enterprise, and in search of fortune, which
rarely shows herself coy to those who possess these qualities. He opened
a little tailoring shop where th» Nevada Block now stands, and began
work. Hid stock and means were scanty, but he knew his business, never
made a bad job, and was untiring in industry. His custom grew with
every week, and every new customer was an agent to advertise the place,
where good work, good material and good treatment were always to be
had. In 1855 Abraham Coiman joined his brother, and the new firm es-
tablished itself on Washington street, opposite Maguire's old Opera
House. Trade increased so rapidly that soon it was found necessary to
take the lower floor of Burgoyne's Bank building, at the corner of Mont-
gomery and Washington streets. An agency was established in New
York, but was found insufficient to meet the requirements of the house,
and, in 1859, Solomon Coiman returned to New York, after his six suc-
cessful years in San Francisco, and set up, at first on Broadway near
Broome street, and later at 124 and 126 T Mane street, the great factory
which has ever since supplied the immense stock of this colossal house.
In this factory there are constantly employed thirty experienced cutters,
and a force of from 400 to 500 hands the year round. The factory build-
ing is four stories high. The offices occupy the ground floor ; the goods
are examined and classified on the second floor, and all the defective pieces
are at once returned to the workroom. On the third floor is the cutting
department, and the packing is done on the fourth floor. All this vast
hive of industry is under the constant and vigilant supervision of Solomon
Culman, a task sufficient in itself for any ordinary capacity : but in addi-
tion to this great charge, Mr. Coiman is the active and responsible head of
the firm in all its great undertakings, and nothing which concerns its vital
working or its extension, whether in the East or in the West, is strange to
him or beyond the reach of his trained experience and far-seeing sagacity.
The presence of such a man in our community is a fact to be noted.
CUMBERLAND- LODE, ARIZONA.
The news from the Cumberland lode still remains of the same encour-
aging character. Captain Daniel Hanlon, Superintendent of the Cumber-
laud mine,is still actively engaged preparing the mill-site for the reception
of the 10 stamp mill, which, it is promised, will be ready next month.
The Superintendent feels confident, from his personal and extensive
examination of the ore body of the Cumberland mine, that its further
exploration to great depths will create a tremendous mining excitement
throughout the country. The management of this company has acted
openly and generously in all that pertains to its workings. Any expert
of reputation is at all times welcome to inspect the mine and report openly
to the world his unbiased opinions. A letter of introduction to Superin-
tendent Hanlon, for this purpose, can be obtained from the President, 417
California street, San Francisco. Fairness and honesty of intention is all
that is asked by the company's officers. The stock of the Cumberland is
tightly held in large quantities by a few holders, who are not anxious to
dispose of their interests, but will hold for dividends. Not being assessed
from time to time— which is unfortunately the general habit in such
enterprises— the stockholders are not forced to sacrifice their stock for
fear of any such approaching tax. Every effort upon the part of an
efficient President, and a Board of Directors possessing the confidence of
this community, is being strained to bring the mine into, a bullion-
producing condition, and we predict a complete success.
Mr. H. V7. Patrick, well known in musical society, has begun a
course of instruction on the piano. With this he combines so much
Thorough- Bass and Harmony as will give the pupil a practical grasp of
these difficult subjects, sufficient for all ordinary purposes, and so solid
that further studies can be pursued if required. It is almost unnecessary
to recommend a musician so high in reputation for thoroughness and
power of imparting his knowledge. Those interested in thi3 noble art
will lose no time in addressing Mr. Patrick, at 426 Sutter street.
What shall I do for a complexion? is the one abiding thought of
many a lady, who needs but tbat last touch to be a ravishing beauty.
Where Nature has failed to do her part, comes in the aid of art, and now
that Madame Rachel's Enamel Bloom is freely offered there is no excuse
for plainness. This providential invention is made of perfectly harmless
ingredients, fresh from the world of flowers and plants, and has a most
wholesome as well as a delightful effect upon the skin. No toilette- table
can afford to be without it, and the orders pour in upon C. Langley &
Co., agents, Front and Pine streets.
There is no doubt that cleanliness is next to godliness ; and the per-
fection of cleanliness is only possible when a man knows that he is well
dressed in stylish clothes. This satisfaction J. M. Litchfield & Co., 415
Montgomery street, give to all their customers. Their fitter is the best
in the city.
An elegant assortment of Gold Watches and Chains at Randolph &
Co.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
The North Amerlonn." for November, i» wenrhtr, parfaapa even
i --hud. with nerioufl ,- itfi Mr. Ptrkmine article on " Woman
■ »" ""' Oclobei number, i* rimnltantoutly attacked b\ five
champions-.! ulm Ward II ... |\ W. Hwgiimm, i-u-vSt -, Kn>.. C.
Stanton, Wendell P . thai Mr. Parkman is well
mauled amoug the five; the ladice. b* the way, showing better temper
and Ming Bounder argomi nu than either of their preux chevalier*
l rot Bowen uses, with ingenuity end raooam against the Darwinian
theory, the weaponi sum lied by the admitted failure ..f Malthurianiam,
and the bopeli ssnees ol tl i P. Imisl phfloeophy, which has been frankly
;"'''>Tt<'d by ■ i ,i,!, „,,.„. Among these was Alexander ?on
Unmboldt, and a quotation from hfo posthumous memoirs it wen- hard to
match for merely insane despair, without going back to Tiberius ( 'u-mir's
tetter to the Senate. " I was not born," says Humboldt, " in order to be
the father of a family. Moreover, I regard marriage as a sin, and the
propagation of children an a .rime. It is my conviction, also, that he is
afool, and still moreaeinner, who takes upon himself the yoke of mar-
riage—a fool, because he thereby throws away his freedom without gain-
ings corresponding recompense; a sinner, because he gives life to children
without being able to give them the certainty of happiness. I despise
humanity in all its strata; 1 foresee that our posterity will be far more
unhappy than we are; and should not I be a sinner if, 'in spite of this in-
81 «' J,, }d taIte care to leavfl ■ P^terity of unhappy beings behind
me? The whole of life is the greatest insanity. And if for eighty years
one strives and inquires, still one is obliged finally to confess that'he has
striven for nothing and has found out nothing. Did we at least only
know why we are in this world ! But, to the thinker, everything is and
remains a riddle; and the greatest good luck is that of being* born a
flat-head.
The other papers of the number are: " Political Correspondence be-
tween Stanton and Buchanan;" " Part IV. of the Diary of a Public Man;"
a ^"F Reactions," by Arthur L. Perry; and notices of " Theophrastus
Such,' and two other recent works of fiction.
Instruction in French.— Prof. Josset, long and favorably known in this
city some years ago, has just returned from San Diego, where he filled the
Chair of the French Language and Literature, in Point Loma Seminary,
with great success for five years. It were superfluous to speak of Prof.
Josset's qualifications in this community, which still holds him in lively
remembrance. He will receive a few pupils in French. Addrsss, for the
present, at the office of the News Letter.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE
ARRIVALS AND CLEARANCES AT THE PORT OP SAN FRANCISCO, FOR
THE WEEK ENDING OCT. 30, 1879.
ABRIVALS.
DATE.
VESSEL.
MASTER.
WHERE FROM,
CONSIGNEES.
Oct 25
Metztrer ....
Muschie ....
Colquhoun. .
Berry
Vou Schmidt
Coy
Sydney
Newcstle.NSW
Hongkong... .
Honolulu
Panama
J. Bermingham.
Williams, Blanchard&Co.
George J. Theobold & Co.
Williams, Blanchard & Co.
J. D. Spreckles.
Williams, Blanchard & Co.
.. 25
. 26
.. 27
.. 27
.. 2S
St'r City of Peking....
Sch'r Claus Sprecklea . .
CLEARANCES.
DATE.
VESSEL.
MASTER.
WHERE BOUND
BY WHOM CLEARED.
Oct 25
.. 25
.. 25
.. 27
.. 27
.. 27
.. 27
.. 27
SfrBelgic
Ship British Consul. . .
Ship Reporter
St'r Zealandia
Ship Brodick Castle. . .
Ship Frank W. Thayer
Atkinson... ,
Chevalier. ...
Seward
Davis
White
Hamond... .
Yokohama . . .
Liverpool ....
Liverpool
Cork
Liverpool
Falmouth
Honolulu
Liverpool ....
Liverpool
0. & O. S. Co.
Hy. Lund,
G. W. McNear.
Williams, Blanchard & Co.
Robert Sheehy.
G. W. McNear.
Dejrener & Co.
Philip Speyer & Co.
Welch & Co.
Williams, Blanchard & Co.
Starr & Co.
Dickson, DeWolf & Co.
G. W. McNear.
.. 27
BktneElla
.. 28
.. 28
.. 28
St'r South Carolina . . .
Ship Kn't of the Garter
.. 2y
Ship John A. Briggs . .
Randall
$25 to $5000|!
I Jadtdonsl? Invested la
I Wall Bt. U y a tllO i. mmlu-
Jtion foe fortiirjfB every
Treek,Rndri»J,8lmm<.'jjBo proQtBliy the Nuiv Capitalization
Bj'8lemo1'n[)itraUn<;lii Blocks. Full explanation on applica-
tion to Adams,Biiowm & Co., Eonkera, Jft Broad St., N. Y.
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
The Company's steamers will sail as follows at 13 M:
CITY OF PEKING, Nov. 15th, Feb. 7th, May Ist-CITY OF TOKJO, Dec. 27th.
March 20th— for YOKOHAMA and HONGKONG.
COLIMA, November — , for PANAMA and NEW YORK, calling at ACAPULCO
SAN JOSE DE GUATEMALA, LA LIBERTAD and PUNTA ARENAS.
Tickets to and from Europe by any line lor sale at the lowest rates ; also to Ha-
vana and all West India ports.
CITY OF SYDNEY, Nov. 21tb, at 12 o'clock M., or on arrival of tie English mails
for HONOLULU, AUCKLAND and SYDNEY. $10 additional is charged for pas-
sage in Upper Saloon.
CHINA, November 10th, for VICTORIA, PORT TOWNSEND, SEATTLE, and
TACi 'MA, connecting at TACOMA with Northern Pacific Railroad for PORT-
LAND, Oregon. Tickets must be purchased before 11 a.m. on day of sailing, at
Wharf Office. For freight or passage apply at the office, cor. First and Brannan
streets. [Nov. 1.] WILLIAMS. BLANCHARD & CO., Agents.
OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP Coij
For Japau and China, leave wharf, corner First and Bran-
nan streets, at noon, for YOKOHAMA AND HONGKONG, connecting at
Yokohama with Steamers for Shanghai.
GAELIC December 6th, February 2Sth.
BELGIC January 17th, April 10th.
Cabin Plans on exhibition and Passage Tickets for sale at No. '2 New Montgomery
street.
For Freight, apply to GEORGE H. RICE, Freight Agent, at the Pacific Mail Steam-
ship Company's Wharf, or No. 21S California street.
T. H. GOODMAN, General Passenger Agent.
LEDAND STANFORD, President. Nov. 1.
14
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Nov. 1, 1879.
HEAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
Becorded ill the City and County of San Francisco, California, for
the Week ending October 27th.
Compiledfromthe Becm-ds of the Commercial Agency, 401 California St., S.M
Wednesday, Oct. SSd.
GRAKTOB AND GBANTEE.
J W Reay lo Andrew Fraser..
A McDonald to M De la Fontaine
City & Co S F to Jno Rosenfeld . .
Same to Same and F Reis
J Eosenfeld to Jas K Byrne et al.
Fanny Murray to Thereae Morton .
Jno Eosenfeld et al to C & Co S F
Joseph Mitchell to GF Mitchell ..
P I Van Rensselaer to N C Lnhrs.
H H Byrne by Exr to E J Tiffany.
Same to E J Tiffany
R J Tiffany to Maria Hull
Geo Hawxhurst to Saml Bowman.
Same to same..
DESCRIPTION.
Sw Santa Clara & Potrero ave, s 150 x
200; nw Mariposo and Potrero avenue
n 150x200, being PNblk61
Lots 580, 572, Gift Map 3
N Haight, 137:6 w Buchanan, w 37:6 x
120— WAS89
Hainht, 87:6 w Buchanan, w 150x130-
WA289
Haight, 237:6 w Buchanan, w 37:6x137:6;
also und two-thirds n Haight, 87:6 w
Buchanan, w 150x120
S 21st, 200 e Valencia, 22x90— M B 65
ibject to Mortg for $1,000
Streets and Highways
S Turk, 50 e Taylor, 50x77:6, reserving
to himself the income from said pro-
perty during his life
S Bush, 137:6 e Hyde, e 40x137:6
Sundry lots in southern and western por
of the city
TJnd half sw Fillmore and Oak, etc
Same
Elks 6 and 9, and lots 3 to 6, block 20 of
WeBt End Map 2 with certain excep-
tions
Lot 18 blk 11 College Hd
$1,075
875
8,000
3,000
1
1
3,000
3,475
5,000
Thursday, Oct, 23d.
Hib Savs & Ln Soc to E Martin.
Ed Martin to Louis Hoeckele....
Wm J Bryan to M McGreevy
Jas M Thompson to W Jennings.
Grangers Bk of Cala to same
E Darling to W S Reynolds
"Wm M Hendry to Marg M Hendry
T Wollitz and G Perazzo
Jane L Case et al to Martha B Case
F Pinto to Augustina Pinto
Jno E Donnelly to Luke Donnelly
SigAronsohn to P T Seculovich..
J C Flugger to Anna M F Flugger
J F McNamara to Phil McGovern
Sw Eddy and Leavenworth, 32:6x87:6. .
Same
S Filbert, 100 w Larkiu, w 37:6x57:6...
Lots 1,2, blk Bin BE Hd
Same
N Vallejo, 137:6 e Hyde, 25xl37:6-being
in 50-va 1210
Nw Brannan, 174:6 sw 2d, 26:3x80 with
sundry other properties
W Dupont, 55 s Union, 29x65
Lots 21, 22, blk 290 Haley & O'Nell tract
S Post, 87:6 e Larkin, 25x 137:6 -50-vara
1420 subject to Mortgage for $7,000.
N Post, 80 w Tavlor, w 20x60
W 200 feet, of P V lot 361 and nw 2>f ft, I
being in P V blk 362 I
Sw Pt Lobos and IstAves, 32:6x100—
OL2S3
W Webster, 112:6 s Tyler, 25x110 \
,800
7,800
1
400
400
2,500
Girt
9,000
Gift
5,000
Gift
2,000
Friday, Oct. 24th.
J D Caro et al to E M Block
Laurel HillCem A'n to L Pickering
M Lynch to Geo T Watterson
A H Baily to Alfred F Struad..
Lone Mt Cem Co to Jno Tillman. .
Mary Biley to Daniel Jones
J H Adams to Cathella Adams....
Eobt Clifford to Rebecca Green.. ,
P G Peltrett to Margaret Corr
Same to Bridget Gallavan
Geo Mearns toChas Hanson.,
Geo Treat to Ferd Reis
Jno Cannavan to Betsey Caunavan
Ann Vallely to Savs and Ln Soc. . .
Bridget Tierney to same
E E Woodward to H F Fortman ,
T P Eiordan to Ellen Galvin
Sw Spear, 187:6 seFolsom, 87:6x137:6..
Lot 2342
S Haight, 114:9 w Buchanan, 35x120, be-
ing in W A blk 290
Ne Greenwich and Montgomery, 44x59,
in 50-v blk 1464 '
Lot381
W 5th Ave, 300 s Harrison. 25x80
E Hyde, 37:6 n Green, 55x62:6
Sw 8th Ave, 300 nw C St. nw 25x100, be-
ing suo lot 5 blk 159 S S F H & E E A
W Alameda, 76 n 26th, n 25x100, being in
M B179 I...
Same 101 n 26, n 25x100
E 21st Ave, 406 n Cal st, n 90x120 O L. .
P N blocks 150, 151, and portions of 117,
113,82, 152
Nw JesBie, 300 sw7th, sw 25x75
S Broadway, 112:6 w Montgomery, being
50-vara9
E York, 275 s 22d, 25x100. M B 143
N Ellis, 110 w Pierce, w 27:6x137:6
W Kansas, 175 n Nevada, 25x100, being
inPNh|kl22
$ 199
870
1,350
1,000
500
500
5
15,605
Gift
7,750
1
4,600
Saturday, Oct. 26th.
E Friedmann to S D Rosenbaum..
S D Eosenbaum to Louis Lewald.
Wm Poitia to Daniel E Martin
S Grove, 130 w Octavia, 76:3x120
Same 25x120
Ne Zoe, 237:6 Be Bryant, 20x75, subject
to mortgage
Sw 5lh Ave, 300 se Harrison, 25x80"....
N Pacific, 137:6 e Polk, e 34:4x127:8, be-
ing in W A blk 21
W A blk 522
Sw 2d ave and Pt Lobos, 32:6x100
S Duncan, 175 e Church, 25x100, being
in Harper's Addition 96
. iW Webster, 115 e Post, a 22:6xS7:6, be-
„„ „ „. , I ing in W A blk 309
Ellen Sullivan to Charlotte Spear. |Pnd H nw Minna, 100 sw 6th, 25x75
Daniel Jones to David C Hipps . .
W Hahn et al to G B Cevasco
G W Haskell to Thomas Kelly . . .
Lloyd Tevis to Patrick Donaghy. .
Wm Cooney to Henry McGuire....
Michl Hartman to T E E A .
$ 100
3,200
5
5
2,850
369
850
6
1,400
Monday, Oct. 27th
Samuel Crim to J Coleman. . .
I S Church to A E Kuowles .
M Reese to Rudolph J Techan. . .
Odd Fels Cemetery toL Kaiser...
G Mahe to La Societe Fraucaise. .
E P Buckley to D Bdgnole
Steph a Woodbury to H Anderson
Chas S Barney to Peter Henley. . . .
W Columbia, 156 s 12d, 26x100
One-third Peers &Lnqnests Patent Con-
centrator Patent No 142. 646
Nw Spring and Summer, 43x50
Lot6 Walhalla Section Plot6
N 15th, 100 e Church, e 125, n 100, e 25,
n 100, w 125, etc, to commencement..
E Powell, 137:6 n Lombard, 35x65
Se 19th ave and Sacramento, 210x600...
P V Lot 76
C J Cnrand to J J Schmiit | Nw Mason and Geary',' 40x60
Wolf flam In AIiMmal P^., C...... itt nf ■ ... ...... . " ...
"Wolf Caro to Michael Reese Exrs
H J Woebke to A Ritter
C C Rohloffs to same
ThOB O'Neil to Patk Canavau. ,
Same to Same
A Hayward to Clans Spreckels
C Spreckels to Cala Sugar Refinery
W Waverly PI 103:4 s Clay, etc
Undivided half sw Fulton and Webster
ster, S2:6x25
Und half of same
S Mary, 60 e Cheslej , 60x60— 100-v 272
subj to mortg for $1,000
Lots 123 and 130, Gift Map 1
Ne 13th, 100 s Harrison, se 25x85 ...
Same
$ 750
3,000
17,500
72
3,000
1,500
650
2,000
5
2,750
2,750
2,500
5
2,400
5
AUTHORS' CA.¥VNX~Vj&.T* !
MECHANICS' PAVILION,
-BEUINXING-
THXJRSDAY EVENING, OCT'B S3.
9 EVENINGS 9
2 MATINEES 2
SUING A SERIES OF
Individual Characterizations, Groupings, Dramatic Sketches,
Tableaux Vivant in the Booths and Grand Tableaux
upon the Grand Stage, rendered by 3
600 LADIES 600
400 GENTLEMEN 400
300 MASTERS AND MISSES 300
(In Costume, from the following Authors).
DICKENS, SCOTT, JI'I.ES VERNE,
WHITHER, I.ONGFEIXOW, TENNYSON,
ARABIAN NIGHTS, MOORE, CERT ANTES,
WALTER CROYNE, SHAKESPEARE, GOETHE,
BIL11ER, IRVING, BRET HARTE, SALA.
Embracing the following literary and characteristic Booths, built by John Torrence
and a large force of assistants. Effects and Gardens by JOHN SHERMAN, J.
BEGCS and assistants, and the Decorations by an extensive corps of artists, under
the direction of Jules Taveruier:
Old Curiosity Shop, Jarley "Wax Works and Pickwick vs. Bardell,
Don Quixote, Bulwer, Hiawatha, Keramos, Evangeline, Holy-
rood Castle, Castle of Shalott, The Alharnbra, Knickerbocker,
Aladdin's Palace, Bottom of the Sea, Mining Camp, Japanese,
Mad. Recamier, Royal Land of Funny Infants, Bon Bon, Mis-
tress Mary Quite Contrary, Trianon, Goethe and SchiUer, The
Snow-Bound Cottage, Lalla Rookh, Egyptian, Shakespeare,
Swiss Cottage, Temple of Flora, Italy— Old and New.
"Herald" Booth — Executive Committee Headquarters.
The net proceeds divided equally among the following Benevolent Institutions :
Young Women's Christian Association,
Ladies' Protective and Relief Society,
S. F. Female Hospital,
Infants' Shelter,
Old Ladies' Home,
Pacific Dispensary.
OFFICERS OF THE AUTHOR'S CARNIVAL.
IRVING M.SCOTT President.
CHARLES CROCKER Treasurer.
MRS. P.D. BROWNE Corresponding Secretary.
MRS. A. G. SOULE Recording Secretary.
MRS. M. E. KEBNEY First Vice-President.
MRS. GEORGE BARSTOW Second Vice-President.
MRS. H. M. HECHT Third Vice-President.
MRS. JOSEPHS. SPEAR Fourth Vice-President.
MRS. MONTGOMERY GODLEY Fifth Vice-President.
MRS. IRVING M. SCOT!' Sixth Vice-President.
Business Manager CHAS. E. LOCKE.
PRICES OF ADMISSION.
Season Ticlcetst Admitting Nine Evenings '. $3.
Season Tickets may now be obtained at the following music stores : Gray's, Sher-
man & Hyde's, and Kohler & Chase's. Also from the Ladies of the above six socie-
ties aud those who are generously assisting them.
Single Admission 50 Cents.
Children 85 Cents.
US' The Pavilion doors will be opened to the public THURSDAY EVENING at
6:45. Grand Procession of the 1,300 characters at 8.
g^T* Programmes of the evening reserved for future announcement.
Military Band and Orchestra iu Attendance.
[October 18.]
Nov. lf 1879.
CALIFORNIA AUVKUTISKK.
15
CRADLE, ALTAR, AND TOMB.
CRADLE.
v-min, « daujrhlor.
. ann,
iBrunmr. Jr., a son.
* anil.
ft a* am « rrinuii, a soil.
I»i»n. ! . a son.
' \ 1. Ijuic»ster, a daughter.
- »<l PMcr, a daughter.
hi . M- fl . 4 KM.
Scaaxxu - haiuar. a son.
WTku-ii - Inthiaotv. Octobarl v aon.
ALTAR.
Hna^-Pown* — In thi* cit . Mori to Emma Tower.
t r»nk In Flon
Bt«T-ln thi. \i Hirahfekl to Amelia Oelbert
Kellowto 11. Thompson.
>r .-hI, Parker Keith to Laura K. Mutton.
Met am— In tin don t.> Helena Meyer.
OlsF-x-*.\>km- OlNO to Margaret Cornelius.
TOMB
Bkll— In this city. October 2sth. Daniel K. It. 11. aceil 40 years.
i N tober 2Mb, Tl , aged 48 years.
- 28th, Gtutarua s JobMOIl, aired 62 years.
Kvvt: lo I oan nnd 7 months.
McLk>\ali> In Ihu dtjr, October 28*0, Martin .' McDonald, aged 17 years.
ItcDsaiion In this city, < tctobei 28th, Patrick McDonnott, aged :>2 years.
ICcAi i. tit -In this >ity. October _7th, Michael John MrAuliff. aged 21 years.
O'Nin In this city, October 29th, Mrs. Johanna o'Niel, aged 62 years'.
.•linkftt ■ In this city. October 28th, Annie Plunkett, aged 34 years.
Pikrsox -In this dty, October 28th, Maria Pieraon, ageaM years.
Torris— In this <it>, October 83th, Lonitina Torris, aged co years.
In this city , October 27th. J. A- It WfctaOD, aged 50 years.
Woods - In this city. October 27th. James Woods, aired 33 years.
Zsh — In this city, October 27th, Theodore Zeh. aged 39 years.
SHALL WE KILL OURSELVES ?
Is Alum Poisonous? Its Use in Baking Powders Condemned
by Dr. Hall's Journal of Health.
Dr. Hall's Journal of Health, in a recent issue, says :
" This question has caused a good deal of discussion. Alum is used by
many bakers to whiten their bread, enabling them to use an inferior flour.
It is more extensively employed as a cheap substitute for cream of tartar
in the manufacture of baking powders. It has not been considered imme-
diately dangerous ; although, if continued, it induces dyspepsia and ob-
stinate constipation. But the fact that many cases of poisoning have oc-
curred from baking powders which contained alum, puts the question in a
more serious aspect, and prudent people will exercise caution in the selec-
tion of baking powders.
" Under what conditions, then, does this substance — formerly used only
for mechanical or medicinal purposes — become poisonous? They are cer-
tainly obscure, and at present we can only surmise what they may be.
We suspect that the cause exists in the individual poisoned ; some pecu-
liarity of the constitution producing a morbid change in the secretionB of
the stomach, with which the alum combines and forms an active poison ;
or the secretions may be healthy but in unusual proportions, and that
these less or greater proportions, in combination with the alum, constitute
a poison.
"For example, two parts of mercury and two parts of chlorine form
calomel, which is not poisonous ; but change the proportions to one part
of mercury and two parts of chlorine, and we get corrosive sublimate,
which is a deadly poison.
"Then, again, we know nothing of the causes of constitutional pecu-
liarities. Why is it that one person can eat all kinds of green fruits and
vegetables with impunity, while the same course might cost another indi-
vidual bis life ? One person can handle poison ivy and sumac without be-
ing in the least affected ; another is poisoned if he approaches to within
ten feet of them. Out of a family residing in a malarial district, some of
its members will suffer half the year with fever and ague, while the
others will enjoy excellent health during the entire year. Foods that are
wholesome to some persons are actually poisonous to others. This is es-
pecially true of some kinds of fish. There is no safety in taking alum
into the stomach, as it is shown to be always injurious, and often danger-
ous. Baking powders properly compounded, and containing pure cream
of tartar instead of alum, are more convenient than yeast ; and bread and
pastry made with them are just as wholesome, and far more palatable.
We are in entire sympathy with the manufacturers of the Royal Baking
Powder — who commenced and are vigorously conducting the war against
the use of alum in baking powders.
"Before committing ourselves, however, we made tests of a sufficient
number of baking powders to satisfy ourselves that the substitution of
alum for cream of tartar in their composition ha^not been over-estimated,
while a careful examination of the Royal Baking Powder confirms our
belief that Dr. Mott, the Government Chemist, when he singled out and
commended this powder for its wbolesomeness, did it wholly in the inter-
ests of the public.
" We do not hesitate to say that the Royal Baking Powder people de-
serve the gratitude of the community whom they are endeavoring to pro-
tect.
" Will not some prominent manufacturer of pure Candies follow their
example, and expose the secrets of a business that is doing untold mis-
chief to little children^
Mr. C. R. Bowling, Inspector of Factory's for the Birmingham Dis-
trict, in a letter to the local papers, narrates a touching instance of boy
heroism. Very recently a lad employed at Messrs. Wilkes, Mapplebeck
& Go's works, had his apron caught by some mill-banding, was drawn
into the machinery, and was so crushed and mangled that he died very
soon afterward. Mr. Bowling says the father of the boy worked in the
same factory, and the only words the poor lad said as he was being taken
away, crushed and dying, from the wheels were: "Don't let my father
see me." ^
Use Hop Bitters once and you will use no other medicine. Test it.
See another column.
LEAKY ROOFS!
ry\o prevent your roof, from leaking, have them painted with
■*• PRINCE'S IRON ORE PAINT,
the most reliable fire and water proof metallic compound. Not a
new experiment. In u.o throughout the United Statos. None gen-
uine without the manufacturer.' name. For .ale by
O. T. RAYNOLDS & CO..
No. 9 Front Street. Sail Francinco. [Oct. 18.
O»o. C. Hicsox. E. c. McFiKLA.M..
GEORGE C. HICKOX a CO.,
Clommlfulon Stock Broken. (Han Franclaco Ntock Ex.
/ change. No. £30 Montgouirn st roil. San Fnuictoo. May 4.
J. A. RUDKIN,
Member S. F. Stork nml Cmrhaiigr Board, -123 California
struct. STOCKS Bought and Bold OH Oommtaioo. Liberal Advances
maile n Aetive Aivminr* Oct. 20.
E. E. Evre.1 Members s. F St.u-k ami Exchange Board.
EYRE a JONES,
Storlt Brokers,
320 PINE STREET. SAN FRANCISCO.
[J. H. Jones.
[Sept. 27.
ANDREW BAIRD,
Negotiator of Loans and Commercial Paper*
Broker In Local and State Securities,
No. 312 California Street San Francisco.
[J». O. Box 1,20S.] July 19.
D. V. B. Henarie. Edward Martin,
E. MARTIN & CO.,
Importers and 'Wholesale Dealers in Wines and Liquors.
Proprietors of Miller's Extra Old Bourbon and J. F. Cut-
ter Extra Old Bourbon and Kye Whiskies.
April 5. 408 Front Street, San Francisco,
HIBERNIA BREWERY,
Howard Street. Between Eighth and Ninth.
Dec. 7.] M. NUNAJf, Proprietor,
TABER, HARKER & CO.,
I1UPOB.TE11S .4JiD WHOLESALE GROCERS,
10S and 110 California St., s. F.
[April 19.]
Henry B. Williams, Henry B, Williams.
WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO.,
SHIPPING AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
No. 218 California St., S. F. [July 27.
Newton Booth, C. T. Wheeler, Sacramento. | J. T. Glover. W. W. Douue, S. F
w
W. W. DODGE & CO.
holesale Grocers, corner Front and Clay streets, San
Francisco. April 1.
J. M. Neville. REMOVAL. Geo. H. Bryant.
BAGS, TENTS AND HOSE.
NEVILLE & CO.,
No.'s 31 and 33 California Street. S. E. corner of Davis,
San Francisco. [Aug. 2.
CASTLE BROTHERS,
ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAE 1850.
Importers of Teas and East India Goods, Ncs.213 and SIS
Front street, San Francisco. Jan. 13.
L.H. Newton. NEWTON BROTHERS & CO., M, Newton.
Importers and wholesale dealers in Teas, Foreign Goods and
Groceries, 204 and 200 California street, San Francisco, Cal May 25.
WM. F. SMITH, M.D.,
Oculist and Aurist, 313 Bush Street.
Aug. 16.]
Office Sours, from 12 M. to 3 P.M.
J. C. MERRILL & CO.,
Snipping1 and Commission Merchants, Agents for the Sand-
wich Islands Packet Lines, 204 California street, S. F. April 13.
SITUATION WANTED.
An English gentleman, with several years' experience of
California, thoroughly acquainted with book-keeping and general business,
and with a knowledge of farming, is anxious for employment as clerk, overseer, or
other position. Best of references. Address " S," this office. Oct. 18.
NOTICE.
At a meeting or the Loral Board of Directors of the
LIVERPOOL AND LONDON AND GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY, held
October nth, 1879, MR. GEORGE MEL was appointed Resident Secretary pro tern
of the Pacific department of said Company.
Oct. 18. WM. F. BAECOCK, Chairman.
A LARGE REWARD
Will be paid on application to JOHN BROWN, at this
office, for the papers of JOHN COSSER, recently deceased at some town
back of Mazatlan, Mexico. Oct. 13.
DOGS.
GE verill. the Celebrated Canine l>octor from London, can
» be consulted for treatment or purchase. Fee. SI. Address,
G. EVERILL, 528 California street.
S3f Sure cure for worms, distemper, canker and mange sent free by mail on
receipt of $1. Oct. 18.
16
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Nov. 1, 1879.
THE MORGUE'S HARVEST.
When of old, a town ornation
Was pursued by swift disaster,
'Twas not doubted by the people
That their backs had found the rod
For some grievous sin committed
In the sight of- outraged Heaven,
And with sacrifice and penance
They sought mercy of their God.
If our faith was as the ancients',
Surely we should quake with terror,
And betake us to our temples,
There in humbleness to pray;
For the hand of wratb is on us,
Death and crime reign in our city,
And we look for some fresh horror
With the coming of each day.
The cold house of death is crowded
With the corpses, pale and ghastly,
Of the young and strong, whom Nature
Had endowed with lusty life ;
But they found the gift unwelcome,
With their own hands they returned it.
Some from shame and some from sorrow
Have withdrawn from the strife,
And the fearful epidemic
Still extends its baleful power ;
Every night and every morning
Gives the Morgue a suicide;
But why all at the same moment
Should find life not worth the having
Is a secret dark and awful
Which all science has defied.
BEACONSFIELD'S PLUCK.
It is often asserted by Lord Beaconsfield's opponents that his per-
sonal character and his public policy are both essentially un-English.
The accusation— if it may be called one— seems to be based upon the fact
that the present Premier is more astute, wily and silent in his operations
than his predecessors. It has always been thought that the British states-
man can possess no finesse or tact, but must go blundering through the
bric-a-brac of politics like a bull through a China-shop, and carry all of
hia points— if he carries them at all— by.brute force and obstinacy. If he
does this, he is conceded to be a John Bull of the purest breed ; but if he
possesses and uses any of that skill and brilliancy which is lauded in
Gortschakoffs and Bismarcks, then he is "un-English." We confess that we
have been unable to see anything so very Machiavellian in Lord Beacons-
field's foreign policy ; on the contrary, it seems to us that he and his min-
istry have been dashing, frank and daringly outspoken to an extent which
Englishmen should be proud to claim as characteristic of their nation ;
but° granted that he is all that his enemies claim, there is certainly oue
Bide of his character and policy which is as intensely British as anything
can be. If pluck, resolution and indomitable perseverence are English
qualities, then Lord Beaconsfield must be a true representative of the
tight little island. See how he has been hounded at every turn by his po-
litical opponents, and accused of wasting his country's blood and treasure
to gratify his own vanity. Most men would he disgusted and disheart-
ened by such ingratitude, and if they did not retire from office, would at
least endeavor to gain shelter from abuse by directing their policy into
more peaceful channels — even at the expense of the country's honor and
interest. Does Beaconsfield do this? Not he. . He is practically waging
war with Russia now ; for he is confronting her at every turn, and teliing
her plainly that England intends to hold her in check in every quarter of
the world. For doing this he has been violently assailed, and we might
expect that he would let Russia have her way with China and Japan, for
a time at least. But no sooner does the Czar, after failing in an attempt
tn bully China, conclude a treaty with that Power against Japan, than
British men-of-war are commissioned for the China seas, and Russia once
more finds herself face to face with England. There is a pertinacity and
stubbornness about this policy which does not Beem to us very "un-
English," and it is all Beaconsfi eld's doing.
THE CRYSTAL WEDDING AT THE SHELDON MANSION.
On Friday last Mr. Mark Sheldon invited a select company of friends,
all of them notables in our first society, to attend the celebration of his
crystal wedding. The entertainment was planned as a surprise to Mrs.
Sheldon, and so admirable were the arrangements that no hint of what
was coming reached the lady. The guests assembled at Mr. McGary's
house, on Mission street, and at 9 o'clock P.M., duly marshaled and pre-
ceded by Ballenberg's band, playing the Wedding March, moved in pro-
cession to Mr. Sheldon's residence. Shortly after the entrance of the
company, the magnificent presents in crystal were brought in and ar-
ranged for display. The guests then passed in order through the splen-
didly lighted apartments, led by Gov. Pacheco, who gave his arm to Mrs.
Sheldon, until at last a halt was called, and the happy candidates for
matrimony were requested to take their stand before the Justice, arrayed
in old Knickerbocker style. Gov. Pacheco, with courtly grace, gave away
the bride ; and, immediately after the ceremony, mirth and music ruled
the evening until far into the night.
Swift Justice. — The dispatch with which Rosenburg, the libeler of the
London beauties, and Cooper, the escaped forger, have been tried, con-
victed and sentenced by the English Courts, furnishes an example which
we should do well to imitate in this country. It seems but yesterday
that the telegraph informed ua of the arrest of these two criminals, and
already their cases have been disposed of, and they are both in jail under
heavy sentences, and that without the remotest chance of being pardoned
out. Had they been arrested here, it would have taken six months to
bring them to trial, six months more to try them, as much longer to give
them another trial, and then if they had finally been convicted — which is
doubtful — their sentences would have been a bagatelle, half of it to be
served out as privileged prisoners and the other half to be remitted for
" good conduct."
DISARMAMENT AND ARBITRATION.
The Peace Conference, held at Naples, with the object of bringing
about the general disarmament of nations, has broken up in a row, amid
warlike declarations of Italy's undying enmity to Austria. This appears
ludicrous enough, but it is_ just what must be expected as the result of
every attempt to further this visionary scheme. Universal disarmament
is a pleasant and a plausible idea. It is easy to show how advantageous
it would be for man, both from a moral and a financial point of view, to
turn his sword into a reaping-hook, disband his armies, melt down his big
and little guns and foreswear war forever; but all the showing in the
world will never make man do these things. The farce just enacted at
Naples illustrates one of the principal reasons why disarmament can never
be simultaneously agreed upon. Those nations which by past wars have
acquired more territory than rightfully belongs to them, might be content
with a scheme which would secure them in the possession of their acquisi-
tions; but those nations which have been despoiled by past wars are not
likely to relinquish the chance of some day winning back their own with
the sword. Thus Austria, since she holds forcible possession of provinces
which are properly Italian, might, so far as her relations with Italy are
concerned, consent to disarmament ; but Italy cannot be expected to sign
a compact from which her ancient enemy would reap all the advantage.
If it should be suggested that at the time of disarmament all the old dis-
putes should be adjusted peacefully and justice done all round, then the
matter would only be reversed, for in that case the powerful and success-
ful nations would scout the idea of surrendering without a blow that
which it cost them much blood and treasure to obtain.
Again, disarmament implies that all future disputes — and such there
always must be — will be settled by arbitration. But the scheme of arbi-
tration is also impracticable, for it would either drag the great powers
down to the level of the small, or elevate the small to the dignity •of the
great —that is to say, it would make them all equal. According to the
present system Germany can bully Denmark and Russia can rob Rouma-
nia at their pleasure ; but if, instead of the big boy being able to thrash
the little boy into compliance with his wishes, they were compelled to sub-
mit their case to the schoolmaster, the big fellow's superiority would be
gone. The weak powers would gain by arbitration, but the strong powers
will take good care that they don't get it.
MICROSCOPIC REVELATIONS.
Lewinoeck tells of an insect seen with a microscope, of which 27,-
000,000 would only equal a mite. Insects of various kinds may be seen
in the cavities of a grain of sand. Mold is a forest of beautiful trees,
with branches, leaves and fruit. Butterflies are fully feathered. Hairs
are hollow tubes. The surface of our bodies is covered with scales like a
fish ; a single grain of sand would cover 150 of these scales, and yet each
scale would cover 500 pores. Through the narrow openings the perspira-
tion forces itself like water through a sieve. The mites take five hundred
steps a second. Each drop of stagnant water contains a world of ani-
mated beings, swimming with as much liberty as whales in the sea. Each
leaf has a colony of insects grazing on it like cows in a meadow.
HIGHEST STOCK QUOTATIONS
For the Week Ending Oct. 31st, 1879.
Compiled by George C. Hickox & Co., 230 Montgomery Street.
Name of Mike. Sat.
Argenta
Andes
Alpha
Alta
Alps
Bullion
Belcher
Best & Belcher
*Benton
Bodie
Cons Imperial .
Crown Point. . .
Chollar
California
Con. Virginia
Caledonia
Confidence
Eureka Con
Exchequer
Fairfax
Gould & Curry..
Gila...
*Grand Prize .. .
Hale & Norcross.
Julia
Justice
Jackson
Kentuck
♦Leopard
Lady Wash'n
Leviathan
Leeds
♦Mexican
Modot .-...
Manhattan
Northern Belle . .
Ophir
Overman
Potosi
Raymond & Ely.
*Savage
Sierra Nevada . . .
'Silver Hill
Seg Belcher
"Solid Silver ....
* Succor
Silver King, Ara.
Silv King South.
Tip-Top
Union Con
♦Utah
♦■Yellow Jacket..
Monday. Tuesday. Wednebdy Thursday. Friday,
p. m. a.m. p, m. a. m. p. m. a. m. p.m. a. m. p. m.
30*
57J
20}
10i
Hi
15l
101
16]
10|
143
i«
Assessments are now due on the Stocks ahove marked thus *
Prie« p«r Copy. 10 Cults.'
ESTABLISHED JULY. 20. !Sft6.
IAnnno.1 Subscription. *.Y
DEVOTED TO THE LEADING INTERESTS OP CALIFORNIA AND THE PACIFIC COAST.
Vol. 30.
8AN FBAN0IS00, SATUBDAY, NOV. 8, 1879.
No. 17.
PRICES OF LEADING STOCKS AND GOV. BONDS.
Suit I-'ranri-t
November 7, 1H70.
Stock* and Bonds. Hid AOud
ChL St. Bonds, 0V&7. (nom) i'Ht 102
S. V City A Oo, B'ds, da, '6b Nom Nora
s. P. 0 sOo B*(U,7s(noin) Nom. Nom.
Uontg*j hv. Bomld ' nom). .
i;5
70
Doponl Street Bondd
-.,
Ml
Sacramento Citv Bond*
26
»f
Stockton Citv Bonds, 6*9...
00
IB
Yuba Couniv Bonds, 3"s.
103
ion
Suit i Clara Co Bonds. 7's .
105
107
Botte Oo. Bonds. I0's,'60 ..
90
100
Oakland Citv Bonds, Vs
112
115
Bank ol California (old st'k)
71
7:i
89
120
108
75
80
Fireman's Fund Ins. Co
113
125
Bid.
50
30
30
L35
85
no.i-
:UA
97
85
93
100
Asked
90
10$
11a
40
70
32
35
145
95
flit
35£
100
SGI
95
102£
Stocks and Bonds.
Home Mutual Ins. Oo
state Investment ins Co ..
Union Ina. Co
City K K
Central K. EL Co
Clay Street Hill R. R ,
Market Street R. R
X B. and Mission R. R
< minibus ft R
Potrero and Bay View R. R
Glani Powder Co
Atlantic Giant Powder
S. P. Gaslight Co (ex djv)..,
Oakland Gas Co ,
California Powder Co
v V. \V. W Co
Nevada Co. N. G. R. R. Bds
Virginia & Truckee
ANDREW Baird, 312 California street.
Prime Investment securities are much sought after, and are scarce even
at our extreme quotations. Nearly all the San Francisco Gaslight Co.'s
stock, which was held at 90, has been absorbed. About 150,000 of the
First Mortgage Bonds of the Spring Valley Water Works have been sold
at from 98£ to 98£ and accrued interest. There is no change in the money
market.
Beerbohm's Telegram. — London and Liverpool, November 7th,
1879. — Floating Cargoes, very quiet; Cargoes on Passage, quiet but
steady: Mark Lane Wheat, quiet but steady; No. 2 Spring off Coast, 51s.;
Red Winteroff Coast, 54s. ; California off Coast^Gs. ; California Nearly
Shipinen
1 Standar
— -i Average-
Western, lis. 4d.; White Michigan, lis. 5d.; Red Western Spring, 9s. 8d.
@9s. lOd.; Extra State Flour in London, 15s. ; Extra State Flour in
Liverpool, 15s.; Liverpool Western Mixed Corn, 4s. 7^d. ; Liverpool Ca-
nadian Peas, 8s. 4d.; N. Y. St. Ex., 80i@83Ad.; Liverpool Wheat, 10a.
9d.@lls. 6d. ; Club, lis. 6d.@lls. lOd ; Corn— Mark Lane, quiet but
steady; Floating Cargoes, flat; Cargoes on Passage, flat; Liverpool Spot,
rather easier; Market quiet.
Latest from the Merchant's Exchange.— New York, Nov. 7th
1879. United States Bonds— 4s, 102f ; 4is, 106£; 5s. 102&. Sterling Ex-
change, 4 80i@4 83£. Pacific Mail, 36g. Wheat, 136@140. Western Union,
104. Hides, 22A@23. Oil— Sperm, 95@100. Winter Bleached, 100@105.
Whale Oil, 40(5j45; Winter Bleached, 47@52. Wool— Spring, fine, 24@
33 ; Burry, 12@14 ; Pulled, 27@36 ; Fall Clips, 17@20 ; Burry, 15@20.
London, Nov. 7th.— Liverpool Wheat Market, 10s. 9d.@lls. 6d. ; Club,
lis. 6d.@lls. lOd, U. S. Bonds, 5's, 105| ; 4's, 106i ; 4Va, 1093. Consols,
97 15-16.
A Big Advance in Sugars and Syrup,— Since placing our review
of the market in type, the California and Bay Sugar Refineries have
again raised the price of their products. Golden syrup has been advanced
from 60c to 70c per gallon, and sugar to 13£c for all whites, cube, crushed,
powdered, granulated, etc., and for yellow and golden to llc@12e. This
is a rise for the week of lc per pound on sugar and 10c per gallon on
syrup. We have now to notice the arrival of the Caldera from Corinta,
C. A., to J. C. Merrill & Co., with 1,174 barrels Central American
sugar and 96 barrels rum.
i The commencement exercises of the Medical College of the Pa-
cific were held in Calvary Church last evening. Among the graduates are
Mrs Emelie Lawson, the poetess, whose graceful poems have so often
added lustre to the columns of the News Letter, and C. B. Bishop, the
actor, who propose to abandon the pen and the mask for the scalpel and
the pill-box. We trust they will gain as much credit with the new im-
plements as they did with the old ones.
The new firm of Fry, Wattles & Co., Nevada Block, offers every
possible guarantee to those seeking investments in securities of any
kind. The members of the house are well known and very popular in
the business community, and have had a long experience as stockbrokers.
Their command of capital and credit is ample, and their control of facili-
ties unsurpassed.
Office of the Snn FranclNco News Letter, Itferchaut Street,
Nos. 007 to Gift, San Francisco.
GOLD BARS— 890@910 -Silver Bars— 5@15 # cent. disc. Mexican
Dollars, 3h@i percent, nominal.
AS" Exchange on New York. i@— per cent. ; On London, Bankers,
49,-5 ; Commercial, 50^@50|d. Paris, sight, 5 francB per dollar.
Telegrams, 35-100 per cent.
85" Latest price of Sterling, 480$@483rV.
D3" Price of Money here, ?@.l per cent, per month — bank rate. In the
open market, 1@1£. Demand active.
THE STOCK MARKET.
The past week shows no improvement over the last — in fact, a
gradual shrinkage of values and corresponding decline in business is no-
ticeable. Speculation holds off. awaiting further developments in Union
and Sierra Nevada, the impression among operators being that the deal
on the 2,300-level is about spent. A drift east from the Union shaft, on
the 2,400-level, has been started to explore the ore body in the south-
western part of the mine, as indicated by the drill a few months since.
This fact will probably stimulate operations in these stocks within the
next few days, as ore of fine quality is known to exist in that section of
ground. Considerable speculation is rife concerning the survey of the
dividing line between Union and Sierra Nevada, but it is now pretty
well understood that the north line of Union will take in the Sierra
Nevada incline and all the ore lying south of that point. This will be a
sore disappointment to the Sierra Nevada people, but 'tis the inevitable,
and must be accepted. The balance of the market shows little change,
with the exception of an occasional spasm in the watery group.
Wm. Lane Booker, Esq., her Britannic Majesty's honored repre-
sentative in San Francisco for so many years, will arrive by overland
train to-night. It is simple justice to say that no one person has done so
much as he to bind together the two great families of the Anglo-Saxon
race. During Mr. Booker's six month's absence, Mr. Mason, Vice-Consul,
has ably performed the duties which devolved upon him.
The Baldwin libel suit against the Neios Letter was continued from
Monday last until Tuesday next, in consequence of the absence of a
number of the witnesses, most of whom belonged to the softer sex. If
they are not present on Tuesday, bench warrants will issue for their ar-
rest. They -must come, and, what is more, will have to tell all they know.
The position may be unpleasant for them, but it is not of our seeking.
Californians Abroad, Oct.- 16, 1879.— Paris: J. Benson, Mr. and
Mrs. A. Kohler, Mrs. Patten, Mr. Rosenthal, F. A. Woodworth. London:
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Wilson. Rome: Mrs. E. Espina. Geneva: John H.
Boalt and family, Geo. N. Sanders, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ruggles. — Con-
tinental Gazette, Paris.
We have received a copy of The Parisian, a journal published in the
French Capital under the patronage of what is called the " American
Colony." The Parisian is a handsome sixteen-page paper, edited with
considerable ability, and evidently with a firm conviction of the grandeur
of the " Grant Boom."
Among visitors arrived the past week is the Hon. L. E. Chitten-
den, Registrar of the Treasury during the administration of Lincoln,
whose close personal friend he was. Mr. Chittenden is a lawyer of great
repute throughout the country, and legal adviser of the Central Pacific
Railroad Company.
The Hon. James McHraith, Premier of Queensland, arrived in this
city on Tuesday last, accompauied by Mrs. Mcllraith, on his way to Eng-
land ; and left again by the overland train on Thursday morning.
The Prince of Wales' sons receive as naval cadets 25 cents a day,
which will be raised to 45 cents when they become midshipmen.
Madame Essipoff, the pianiste, is about to marry her teacher, the
Maestro Leschetzky.
London, Nov. 7, 1879.--Latest Price of Consols, 97 15-16.
Printed and Published by the Proprietor, Frederick Marriott! 607 to 615 Merchant Street, San Francisco. Oalifornia,
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Nov. 8, 1879.
SKELETON SKETCHES. -No. 12.
[by t. a. haboouet.]
Debts of Honor.
i.
Her heart and her woman's instinct told her what was coming as
soon as he began to speak, and when, after much hesitation and beating
about the bush, he at last said that he was soon going to be married, she
uttered not a word, but still sat pale and silent as a statue. Had she wept
or stormed be could have borne it better than this unnatural calm under
a blow which he well knew must shatter her heart. She was only his mis-
tress and he had aright to leave her when he pleased so far as he was re-
sponsible to human laws; but he knew that by the unwritten common law
of Heaven she was his wife. In sickness she had tended him ; in health
she had ministered to his pleasures ; in poverty and despair she had saved
him from himself by her counsel and encouragement. She had uttered
before no earthly altar a brittle promise to love, cherish and obey, but in
her heart had registered that vow and had kept it.
These things he, Captain Chester Mohun, the penniless guardsman,
thought of with remorse and bitterness as he gazed at the pain-stricken
and pallid face of his mistress. And she— what was she thinking of ? Did
she regret that Quixotic solicitude for his honor, that blind faith in his
love, which had made her refuse to let him sully his name by marrying
her when in the whirlwind of his passionate infatuation he would have
done bo ? Ah, no ! In that tender body was a heart of steel, that might
break with grief but could never be warped by selfishness when the wel-
fare of her idol was at stake.
" Speak to me, Edith," he cried huskily, when at length the secret was
out. ' ' I feel guilty enough, God knows, but your silence will kill me.
By Heaven ! if you do not speak and say that you forgive me, I will tell
her this day that I cannot wed her because — "
With a gesture of her hand, she stopped him. The white, dry lips
quivered and parted: "Do you love her, Chester?" she said, in a low,
distinct voice.
He seemed strangely troubled at the question. " Why do you ask me,
Edith V he answered hesitatingly. You know that I can love nobody
but you. But — don't despise me, darling — I have debts of honor which
I cannot pay, and — she is very rich. I am ruined and disgraced forever,
unless I accept this chance to save myself."
Debts of honor ! Money owed for bets lost and unlucky play, and this
must be paid at the expense of two women's happiness. O man, man !
truly your code of honor is a strange one.
with an effort which she could not conceal, she rose to her feet, and,
holding out her hand, said tremblingly: " You have done right, Chester.
I — have — nothing — to — forgive."
He was touched— heartless butterfly of fashion as he was — he was
touched by her devotion. That brief half hour had left lines upon her
face which whole years of life's struggle, shared with him, could not have
graven there. He knew what his selfishness was costing her, but — his
debts of honor — these, like a solid wall of granite, stood up between the
conscience of his soul and that of his social creed. His debt of honor to
the woman before him, who was his wife by every tie that nature binds;
his debt of honor to that other woman who was shortly to call him " hus-
band" by virtue of the shadowy title which rituals grant — these were
matters that gave him no concern, if by their immolation his integrity
could be preserved spotless in the estimation of blacklegs.
" Edith," he said, " I know that I have hurt you ; but I shall be rich,
and you shall share" —
She laid her finger on her lips and cut his speech short with a look of
scorn that made his soul cringe. But it lasted only a second, and, as it
faded from her face, he took heart and drew her to him. But, as he
stooped his lips to hers, she writhed swiftly from his embrace : "Your
kisses do not belong to me !" she cried, pale and panting. " O, Chester,
you must be true to her, you must be good to her, you must /one her !"
When Captain Mohun came again, three days later, sick at heart, irres-
olute, ready to see her face and be her slave again, the little villa, where
he had known so many happy hours, was empty, and Edith had gone — no
one knew where. In another month he was married and had paid his
" debts ot honor."
II.
Society was more than shocked, it was actually grieved, when it heard
one fine morning that Captain Chester Mohun had blown his brains out.
But it cannot be said that Society was greatly surprised. No man could
go the pace that the Captain had since he married the heiress two years
ago, and not come down with a crash sooner or later. Besides, the stories
that men who knew him told had cast doubts upon his sanity. They
averred that, since his marriage, he had changed completely; that he
seemed to seek in dissipation and reckless waste oblivion from some
avenging Nemesis of memory. In a word, although his young wife was
beautiful and lovable beyond compare, it was suspected that their union
had not been a happy one. She, of course, was blamed for this, as a
woman always is when her husband happens to be a " good fellow," and
the fact that she, born and reared in wealth and luxury, was now penni-
less, and consequently friendless, gained her little sympathy. She van-
ished from her social throne, her scepter passed into other hands, and,
with her abdication, all memory of her was buried.
ni.
In a little town in one of the midland counties the postman stopped one
fine morningbefore the tiny "fancy-goods" shopoverwhichthenameof Mrs.
Mohun had been inscribed for nearly a year. This was the first letter he
had ever left with the "little mystery," as the neighbors called the sad-
faced little widow ^ who had settled among them, and when he told the
news there was an infinite deal of curiosity concerning the contents of the
epistle. Fortunately we are privileged to read it over the widow's shoul-
der. It ran thus :
" Mrs. Mohun : I have this day placed to your credit at Coutts1 Bank
the sum of twenty thousand pounds. On returning from a long sojourn
abroad I found, to my great surprise, that this sum had accumulated from
sums which your late husband had from time to time deposited in my
name. Who or what I am or have been matters not. It is enough to say
that he regarded the payment of this money to me as a debt of honor, and
that, as a debt of honor, I return to her who is its rightful owner.
Edith Markham."
BANKS.
THE BANK OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO.
Capital $3,000,000.
WM. ALVORI) President.
THOMAS BROWN. Cashier | B. MURRAY, Jr., Ass't Cashier
Agents :
New York, Agency of the Bank of Calfornia ; Boston, Tremont National Bank
Chicago, Union National Bank ; St. Louis, Boatman's Saving Bank ; New Zealand,
the Bank of New Zealand ; London, China, Japan, India and Australia, the Oriental
Bank Corporation.
The Bank has Agencies at Virginia City and Gold Hill, and Correspondents in all
the principal Mining Districts and Interior Towns of the Pacific Coast.
Letters of Credit issued, available in all parts of the world. Draw direct on Lon-
don, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Bremen, Hamburg, Frankfort-on-the-Main, Antwerp,
Amsterdam, St. Petersburgh, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Christiana, Locarno, Mel-
bourne, Sydney, Auckland, Hongkong, Shanghai, Yokohama. Nov. 4.
FIRST NATIONAL GOLD BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Paid np Capital $2,000,000, Gold. President, B. C. Wool-
worth; Vice-President, D. Callaghan; Cashier, E. D. Morgan.
Directors:— R. C. Woolworth, D. Callaghan, C. G. Hooker, C. Adolph Low, Peter
Donahue, Isaac Wormser, Edward Martin, James Moffitt, N. Van Bergen.
Correspondents — London : Baring Bros. & Co. Chartered Mercantile Bank of In-
dia, London and China. Dublin : Provincial Bank of Ireland. Hamburg : Hesse,
Neuman&Co. Paris: Hottinguer& Co. New York: National Bank of Commerce. Bos-
ton : Blackstone National Bank. Chicago : First National Bank. This Bank is pre-
pared to transact a general Banking business. Deposits in Gold, Silver and Currency
received subject to check or on special deposit. Exchange for sale on the principal
cities of the United States, Great Britain, Ireland and the Continent. Commercial
Credits issued available in Europe, Chh.a and Japan. Collections attended to and
prompt returns made at the lowest market rates of Exchange. Jan. 19.
BANK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter.— Capital paid up, 81,800,-
000, with power to increase to 510,000,000. Southeast corner California and San-
sonie streets. Head Office— 28 Cornhill, London. Branches — Portland, Oregon; Vic-
toria, New Westminster and Cariboo, British Columbia.
rhis Bank transacts a General Banking Business. Accounts opened subject to Check
and Special Deposits received. Commercial Credits granted available in all parts of
the world. Approved Bills discounted and advances made on good collateral security.
Draws direct at current rates upon its Head Office and Branches, and upon its Agents
as follows :
New York, Chicago and Canada. — Bank of Montreal; Liverpool — North and South
Wales Bank ; Scotland — British Linen Company ; Ireland — Bank of Ireland ; Mex-
ico and South America — London Bank of Mexico and South America ; China and
Japan— Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, and Oriental Bank ; Australia
and New Zealand — Bank of Australasia, Commercial Banking Company of Sydney,
and English, Scottish and Australian Chartered Bank.
May 18. FREDERICK TOWNSEND, Manager.
LONDON AND SAN FRANCISCO BANK, LIMITED.
Capital, $5,000,000, of which $3,000,000 is fully paid np an
present capital. Reserve Fund, §360,000. San Francisco Office, 424 Califor-
nia street ; London Office, 22 Old Broad street. Manager, ARTHUR SCRIVENER ;
Cashier, WILLIAM STEEL. London Bankers, Bank of England and London Joint
Stock Bank ; New York, Drexel, Morgan & Co. ; Boston, Third National Bank.
This Bank is prepared to transact all kinds of General Banking and Exchange Busi-
ness in London and San Francisco, and between said cities and all parts of the
world. March 30.
THE NEVADA BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO.
Capital Paid TTp $3,000,000.
Reserve, XT. S. Bonds 3,500,000.
Agency at 'Sow York. 62 Wall street.
Agency at Virginia, Nev.
Buys and sells Exchange and Telegraphic Transfers. Issues Commercial and Trav-
elers' Credits. This Bank has special facilities for dealing in Bullion. Nov. 8.
SECURITY SAVINGS BANK.
GUARANTEE CAPITAL, - - - - -
Officers: Vice-President, Jerome Lincoln
S. Jones ; Attorney, Sidney V. Smith. Loans made on Real Estate and other
Approved Securities. Office : No. 215 Sansome street, San Francisco. Qct. 14.
9300,000.
Secretary, XV.
THE GERMAN SAVINGS AND LOAN SOCIETY.
Deutsche Spar and Leihnanh, Ho 526 California street, San
Francisco. Officers : President, L. GOTTIG. Board of Directors.— Fred.
Roeding, Chas. Kohler, Edw. Kruse, George H. Eggerp, N. Van Bergen, H. L. Simon,
Peter Spreckels, Tgn. Steinhart. Secretary, GEO. LETTE; Attorney, JOHN R.
JARBOE. May 18.
THE ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN BANK, LIMITED.
422 California St., San Francisco.
Lomlon Office, 3 Angel Court ; New York Agents, J. W. Sel-
igman & Co., 21 Broad street. Authorized Capital Stock, §6,000,000. Will re-
ceive Deposits, open Accounts, make Collections, huy and sell Exchange and Bullion,
loan Money, and issue Letters of Credit available throughout the world.
FRED. F. LOW, IGN. STEINHART, Managers.
P. N. Lilienthal, Cashier. Sept. 13.
AGGREGATE ASSETS, $33,789,065.
Imperial Fire Insurance Co. , of London Instituted 1803.
London Assurance Corporation, of London
Established by Royal Charter 1720.
Northern Assurance Corporation, of London Established 1836.
Queen Insurance Company, of Liverpool Established 1857.
A JOINT POLICY ISSUED BY THE FOUR COMPANIES.
ROBERT DICKS OK, Manager.
W. IjA'NE BOOKER, Agent and Attorney.
317 CALIFORNIA STREET, S. F. [Oct. 11.
GALVANIZED TELEGRAPH WIRE.
1,500 Miles Nos. 9 to 13, in Bond or Duty Paid.
Oct. 11. A. 8. HAItLIDIE, 6 California street.
~ r7 H. LLOYD,
Attorney-at-Law, Room 13. Nevada Block.
Nov. 8, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
:i
XRISCO
rsUrhity Attend Iron U» •' World.-]
The merry drains run lUncing Tii atnui^e — and O the pity!—
I"fc.wn Tnaoo'ta olden •trtrt ; H-w poiaon ami romance,
Pale ni'*<...~Anin brightly «,'!. Hera in thi* youthful city.
■ ims by no nicin* m Mix in a witohaa' dance.
an»l apire
While beauty fill-* the eye*.
Art MnUea, whih* typhoid rages ;
And memory dill rvtaina
iniatre i" her pa^es
Of FrWoantl ber drainn.
LOVE VS. BREAD AND BUTTER.
The Virginia Enterprise says: The qwarf, Why dout yonng men
get married 1 i* all flummery. They do ^-.-t married, and to<> mueh for
their own ami the girls' gooOL It i* all well momtfa if they marry wisely,
ami not too easily, «.r, in other words, n i lering what they are
doing. The aveniL.v young man will court a girl ft few months, fill her
dreams with the [maginatioiM .-f fancy, painted oottagee and love, ignore
the flour barrel and the |*»tat.M?!*. and she, |«»«»r, flattered, frowsy, willing
bird, hops into the Oftge that he 1ms builded for her in the clouds. Then
she awakes. He flattered himself that he had thought it all over and
weighed the consequence?. He did nothing of the kind. He was not in
a state of mind to think seriously of anything. Now he sees pinching
and semi-starvation ahead on his small weekly salary, and a feverish rest-
■ growing out of the fact that even that salary may be cut off at
any moment. He did not weigh these things at all, or. if he did, his
fancy for the girl*6 pretty face — or admit it hi* love for her, fell into the
other scale and the calculation side kicked the beam. Something ails this
younL* man. He calls it love, but no man can truly love a girl who would
run the risk of subjecting her to a life of haphazard existence. They call
it love, but it is only a mixture of fancy and the yearnings of nature,
which makes them blind and foolish. No young man with health, good
spirits and in an assured way of winning in life, should, with Othello,
say, M I would not my free, unhoused condition put in circumspection and
confined, for the sea's worth," because Mich young men should take to
their hearts for life some fitting companion from the gentler sex ; but it
is simply wild and foolish for the unprepared young man to do it. The
cynical youth is of the opinion that young ladies show no disposition to
encourage a poor yonng man by herself making sacrifices. She is right.
She is a sensible young girl if she does not consent to aid a young man
to commit matrimonial suicide. A young man who saddles himself with
a wife before he can pay his board bills promptly, commits a very foolish
act. But such girls are as scarce as hen's teeth. Most of them will en-
courage this matrimonial mania. Half of them, even could they lift the
veil of futurity and see themselves a frowzy, slip-shod and unloved wife
in a backwoods cabin, and that swarming with tow-headed children, would
encourage the poor young man in his mania. One trouble with the girls
is, they think because a young man wears good clothes, possibly a dia-
mond pin, patent-leather boots and switches a cane, that he has plenty of
money to support a wife. It takes a very small amount of love on her
part to help her arithmetical progression and give her exalted ideas of
things. She does not imagine that her lover is living a $20 existence on a
$10 salary. When they get along toward orange blossoms and white lace
she may ask him about his income, but no greater mistake ever crept into
the meshes of her soft brown hair than that he will tell her the truth
about bis financial affairs. He knows that if he did there might be a
shrinkage in her love, so he keeps it to himself. She tells him nothing of
her prospects. So they both cheat until the mask of the honeymoon
drops off, when there is a sudden drop in love's thermometer.
POSTAL TELEGRAPHS.
In contradistinction to the careless methods of our Government are
the wise and systematic laws passed by the European Governments, to
promote the substantial welfare and comfort of their people. We rave
about liberty, and submit to all sorts of inconvenience ; the Europeans
not having any superfluous liberty to brag about, content themselves by
pointing, with pardonable pride, to their great public works and their su-
perior administration. While we in America must still consider the tele-
graph a costly luxury, the people of England, France, Belgium, Nether-
lands, Germany, etc., are enabled, by governmental control of the lines,
to send messages at a cost of from one-tenth to one-fourth of the American
tariff ; and, moreover, their systems are far better managed, and made to
subserve the popular benefit. " Ni^ht messages" are transmitted at about
one-half the cost of those sent during the daytime. In fact, the telegraph
is made an adjunct of the postoffice, and efforts are being continually
made to further its efficiency and reduce its cost to the people. There can
be little doubt that in the future most of the correspondence transmitted
by letter will be sent by electricity. We should not be behind Europe in
this matter ; but whenever a governmental purchase or control has been
urged, some lunatic has howled " centralization." That sort of childish-
ness has continued long enough. If there is no other way of promoting
public comfort, etc., then the sooner we are centralized thg better. Bun-
combe has ruled long enough.
Precept and Example. — Great Grandpapa: "Oh, indeed! you can
lick your sisters at lawn-tennis, can you ? Well done, my boy! But be-
ware of self-conceit, and never brag. Why, I could lick everybody at lawn-
tennis when I was your age — or could have done if there'd been any lawn-
tennis to play! I was the best cricketer, the best fencer, the best boxer,
runner, jumper, swimmer and diver I ever came across, either at school or
college, or after ; and in classics and mathematics I beat 'em all clean out
of the field! As for riding, no one ever touched me ; or dancing, either ;
let alone that I was the handsomest man in the county, and the best
dressed, for that matter ; besides being the wittiest and the most popular.
Ay, and such a song as I could sing, too! And yet a more modest and
unassuming demeanor than mine it's never been my good fortune to set
eyes on, man or boy, these four score years and ten — for I'm all that, my
boy, and more, though you'd never believe it, to look at me. Beware
of self-conceit, my boy, and never, never brag/" — Punch.
The vigor of youth given to the aged and infirm by using Hop Bit-
ters. Try it. See another column.
The Real, Original Mowing Machine.— Time.— Fun.
TAXES! TAXES!
^_ 1879-80.
X ollw I. li.r.l.i Kltrn lh»l a crrllllnl ropy or Iho *nru.
* ' mi-ill Book ..f IhoTaiahla PranMf .'f llu-l'il) .ti.l r.miily •■< Kan Fran.
■no, it.nl Matt ,u, i i , n ,,,,, ,.,. ,. „, (Mkaqoml Amman n.»'k Inotadad),
l.irili,. FnoalTau l>7H-so, ha. this day bean rwolvrd ; that tlio Sta*», Olij and
OomtjTAXBS tor mid li- J Y. ,r .iv now due »nd nayahlo »t tho odlco o( the
mdmlgMd, flr.t Uoor, X. ■» CHj ll.ll.und Uio Law. In rorard to their collection
TAXES will baotmio delinquent in ilio Firot Momlity In Jiiiumr, , 1880,
J and unless paid prior thereto, flw |ht cant will be added to the amount (hereof,
WILLIAM FORD,
Tax Collector of tho City and County ol San Francisco.
San Francisco. October '2;tl, Nov. 1.
ASSESSMENT OF LANDS
BENEFITED BY
"WIDENING DUPONT STREET.
TV'ot.oe In hereby given .lint n certified copy of the Asscss-
■*■* men l Booh of the Real Estate which is subject for tho Payment of Prin-
cipal and Interest upon " Dupont-otreel Bonds," n directed by an Act of the Legis-
lature of California to authorize the Widening of Dupont etreot, in the City of San
Francisco, " Approved March 23d , A I). 1870," has this day been placed in my hands
for collection Tho Laws in regard to tho collection of the same will be strictly
enforced. WILLIAM FORD,
Tax Collector of the City and County of San Francisco.
San Francisco, October 27th, 1879. Nov. 1.
MONTGOMERY AVENUE ASSESSMENT.
^VTotice Is hereby given thntn certified copy of the Assess-
■^-^ merit Booh of Real Estate, which is subject to assessment to defray ex-
penses incurred by the Opening of Montgomery Avouue, has this day been placed in
my hands to collect the Assessment thereon.
Said Assessment is for the Fiscal Year of 1870-80, and is now due and payable at
the office of the undersigned, first floor, New Chy Hall. All Assessments remaining
unpaid on the FIRST MONDAY IN JANUARY, 1880, will have five per cent, added
thereto. WILLIAM FORD,
Tax Collector for the City and County of San Francisco.
San Francisco, October 27th, 1879. Nov. 1.
ARMY STREET.
"VTotlce.— The undersigned, the Mayor, Assessor ami Sur-
Xi veyor of the City and County of San Francisco, appointed and constituted
Commissioners by an Act of the Legislature of the State of California entitled " An
Act to confer additional powers on the Board of Supervisors of the City and County
of San Francisco, to provide for the opening of Army Street and the condemnation
of private property therefor," approved March 16th, 1878, do hereby give notice, in
conformity to the provisions of said Act and the other Acts of the said Legislature
referred to therein, that the report of the said Commissioners required by the pro-
visions of the Acts aforesaid is completed and will be open for the inspection of all
parties interested, at the Mayor's Office, New City Hall (the same being the office of
the said Commissioners) , daily, for thirty days, commencing on WEDNESDAY, Oc-
tober 1st, 1870, between the hours of 0 o'clock a.m. and 4 o'clock P.M. of each day.
Dated San Francisco, September 29th, 1870.
A. J. BRYANT, Mayor,
ALEXANDER BADLAM, Assessor,
WM. P. HUMPHREYS, Surveyor,
Oct- 4. Army Street Commissioners.
ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
Gila Silver Mining Company.— Location of Principal Place
of Business, San Fraucisco, California.— Location of Works, Reveille Mining
District, Nye County, Nevada.— Notice is hereby given that at a meeting of the
Board of Directors, held on the 30th day of September, 1879, an assessment (No. 5)
of Twenty-five Cents per share was levied upon the capital stock of the corporation,
payable immediately, in United States gold coin, to the Secretary, at the office of the
Company, Room 7, Safe Deposit Building, San Francisco, California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall remain unpaid on the THIRD DAY
OF NOVEMBER, 1879, will be delinquent and advertised for sale at public auction,
and unless pavment is made before, will be sold on MONDAY, the TWENTY-
FOURTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1S79, to pay the delinquent assessment, together
with cost of advertising and expenses ofsale. By order of the Board of Directors.
WM. W. PARRISH, Secretary.
Office— Room 7, Safe Deposit Building, No. 328 Montgomery street, San Francisco,
California. Oct. 11.
WAKELEE'S AUREOLINE
Produces the Beautiful Golden Hair so Much Admired.
STTPESIOX TO TBE IMPORTED ARTICLE
—BY REASON OF ITS-
FRESHNESS AND CAKE USED IN ITS PRODUCTION.
PRICE, URGE BOTTLES. $2.
Manufactured by S. P. WAKEI.EE & CO., Druggists, corner
Montgomery and, Bush streets, 8. E. [Aug:. 2.
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Nov. 8, 1879.
"PLEASURE'S WAND."
" "We Obey no Wand but Pleasure's."— Tom Moore.
Bush Street Theater. — The internal improvements this theater has
undergone have completely changed its identity. The style of decoration
adopted is beautiful in itself, and more so as a novelty. That it will ever
become a popular style is a matter of doubt, as it has its defects as well
as advantages. It sets off a large and brilliant audience admirably, but
would increase the dismal effect of a sparse assemblage. Although some
of the details of frescoing and upholstery are in bad taste, the whole
forms such a brilliant auditorium that it would be unjust to find fault.
The stage is new, and more commodious than the old one. Of tbe new
curtain, this much can be said, that it is entirely unworthy of this beau-
tiful theater. Perhaps the most praiseworthy improvements are the
chairs, which are extremely comfortable. The Colville Opera Burlesque
Company has been well received. It contains some excellent features,
and its performance is of a nature calculated to amuse the public. In-
voluntarily one is brought to compare it with similar troupes that have
appeared in this city, and the result is an unfavorable judgment. There
is no reason why it should be criticised in this way, especially before its
repertoire has been developed. Miss Erne Roseau, who is billed as the
particular star, hardly deserves this prominence. She is a handsome
woman, a fair singer and an indifferent actress. Her voice is a soprano of
wonderful compass, of which the notes in the lower and higher
registers are pure and sonorous; those of the middle regis-
ter lack both sweetness and tone. What little cultivation
her voice possesses is of a flashy, concert-hall type. There is a
peculiar limpid intonation to Miss Roseau's higher notes, which it is a
hard matter to describe understandingly. I should say they possessed a
greasy sound, as if they were rolled in oil before being delivered. This
lady's second costume is a beautiful one. Miss Kate Everleigh is a pleas-
ant little actress, of mediocre vocal abilities. Miss Ella Chapman is an
old local favorite. She is as sprightly and full of vim as ever, and de-
servedly carries off the honors of the burlesque. Miss Ada Lee is a beau-
tiful girl of faultless physique, who appears in the second act in a most
ravishing costume. Mr. Roland Reed, the chief comedian, is a very
amusing fellow, full of humorous conceits, and is ably seconded by Mr.
Graham, whose make-up and general acting is ludicrous in the extreme.
Mr. A. W. Maflin shines through a wonderfully active manipulation of
his lower limbs. The male quartette is a good one. A bevy of fair girls
are also iu the troupe, as choristers, etc. These are all small in stature,
pretty in looks, and dressed with remarkable taste. After the attacks
made upon our susceptible heart by feminine beauty at the Authors' Car-
nival, this new onslaught is unfair, and we must capitulate. I am afraid,
though, Barkis is willin'. The burlesque which serves to introduce the
company is beneath criticism. The impression produced is that the Col-
ville troupe is a fair burlesque troupe and nothing more.
Baldwin Theater. — Around the World in Eighty Days has been draw-
ing good houses during the week. This is a remarkable fact, considering
the indifferent manner in which the spectacle is produced. The scenic
effects lack all beauty and appropriateness, and the mechanical effects are
absurd, and unworthy a theater of the standing of this one. The overland
train of cars is nightly received with shouts of laughter. This hilarity is
natural, for the sight of a badly painted locomotive rushing past, followed
at irregular intervals by small squares of wood representing cars, the mo-
tive power of all these vehicles being plainly discernable strings, is suffi-
cient to excite the risibilities of the most melancholy of hypochondriacs.
With a few exceptions, the acting of the members of the cast is on a par
with the spectacular (!) display. It is characterized by guying and gag-
ging, indicative of indifference and lack of direction. O'Neill is an ex-
cellent " Phineas Fogg," both in speech and manner. Per contra, Lewis
Morrison does some execrable acting as "Bennett." This character, ad-
mitting all the exaggeration of Verne's style, is still that of a gentleman. As
represented by this actor, "Bennett" possesses all the vulgarity of lan-
guage and coarseness of manner of both the Southern "white trash " and
the Northern bar-room habitue'. It is possibly an American character,
but not an American gentleman. A man with the peculiarities that Mr.
Morrison endows this part with, would never have been honored by Mr.
Fogg to the extent of a personal encounter. Such a bad piece of acting
following upon the admirable impersonation of " Jacob McCloskey " by
Mr. Morrison, two weeks ago, evidences regrettable carelessness on the
part of this actor. Jennings assumed the different disguises pertaining to
the character of " Fix" with good effect. Barrows makes a very humor-
ous ''Passepartout," and also appears in the little "Don't you think so,
Bill ?" scene. This was his original part when the play was produced at
the Grand Opera House some years ago. Bradley made a hit as the
Judge, and Thompson tried to do the same as "Dejenonda," the Sioux
chief. The ladies have nothing to do that calls for mention. The science
of make-up must be a lost art at this theater, or else bankers, rich mer-
chants and clubmen would not appear to be, in England, all beardless
youths. The necessity of a good stage manager at this theater has never
been more amply demonstrated than by this production. An admirable
stock company is here gathered, capable of doing excellent work, but it
lacks direction. With the future of the California Theater in an uncer-
tain state, Manager Maguire has at present an opportunity of placing his
theater on a secure foundation, and he should do so.
Standard Theater. — The bill this week has been a very amusing one,
Everybody's Friend and Toodles. Owens' " De Boots " has already been
commented upon. His " Toodles " is an exceedingly ludicrous' repre-
sentation of this antediluvian character. He indulges in the practice of
guying and gagging, as has before been remarked, to an unpardonable ex-
tent. _ In view of the favor with which the audiences receive these " eccen-
tricities " (so-called from the fact that Mr. Owens isrich and talented) art-
istic criticism is necessarily disarmed. The star seems to consider that
his whole object is to create laughter at any and every cost. He is emi-
nently successful in this subject, and that settles it. Of the support little
can be said m praise, always excepting Miss Stanhope, who is conscien-
tious in all her efforts, and never fails to present an agreeable perform-
ance. Dr. Clyde will probably be produced on Monday. George Chap-
lin, who some years back held the position of leading man at the Cali-
fornia, has just arrived from Australia. He will assume the title role.
Having played it in New York at the time of the first production of the
play, he ixaufait. This play is an adaptation, by Svdnev Rosenfeld, of
L Arronge a comedy, Dr. Klaus, played here by the German Company.
Herold's Concerts. — The programme for the fifth concert contained
Borne numbers new to our ears. Ulrich's Symphony Triumphale was
fairly played by the orchestra, which otherwise seemed to be out of sorts.
Kreutzer's Nachtlager overture has been performed in better style by
some of the small theater orchestras. The bass horn in the Hunters'
Fanfare was sadly at fault. MichaehV Gavotte is an ingenious composi-
tion; the well known style of all gavottes is here treated with modern
effects. It is full of those tricks of popular music, which the ladies call
sweet and applaud to the echo. Mundwyler, the regular oboe-player, was
absent, and was replaced by an unknown musician, who was particularly
inefficient both in this number and in the following one. This was
Reinicke's Manfred entreacte. Barring the introduction, this was ad-
mirably played. It is for the strings alone, the violins being played with
mutes. It is a delicious bit of harmony, and was deservedly encored.
The concert ended with the hackneyed Fra Diavolo overture. If it is ab-
solutely necessary to include in the programme time-worn selections that
are universally played, or absurdly written potpourris, it would seem
advisable to place them at the beginning, where tbey can do no harm, and
will not spoil the impression produced by the better numbers.
Schmidt Quintette. —The first concert of the fifth series took place
on Tuesday evening. The playing gave evidence of good study since last
season. The great difficulty of strong quartette playing lies in the abso-
lute necessity of a thorough sinking of individuality on the part of each
performer, so as to attain a perfect ensemble of musical thought. Of the
Schmidt Family it can be said that they have attained a high degree of
excellence, with the advantage of constant improvement offered through
the binding ties of close relationship. Miss Alice Schmidt is a delightful
young pianist, of remarkable proficiency. The little contretemps at the
beginning of her accompaniment to her brother Louis' solo, Saraste's
Spanish Dances, was evidently the result of nervousness. The young
gentleman Bhould have been less hasty in his little display of temper.
The vocalist of the evening, Miss Sperauza, is a local soprano of indiffer-
ent accomplishments. The second concert of the series is set for Tues-
day, the 18th inst. These concerts appeal for patronage to the more
highly musically educated people, of which I am afraid there are but too
few in our rridst to make the enterprise renumerative.
Grand Opera House. — Several of the booths of the late Carnival,
whose tableaux and other performances possessed truly artistic merit,
have determined to appear before the public in a manner that will enable
people to see and appreciate their efforts. This theater has been engaged
for three nights— Thursday, Friday and Saturday, November 13th, 14th
and 15th. These performances are naturally for the noble object of char-
ity. The immense resources of this large building will be called into play.
So far the Schiller and Gcethe, Moore, Verne and Arabian Nights Booths
have determined to participate. Others will probably also take part. Mr.
Max Freeman will direct the whole affair with his well-known ability. If
he will strive his utmost to induce both the Egyptian and Shakesperean
Booths to appear, he will be doing the amusement-seeking community a
service. The beautiful tableaux of the former, and the excellent acting
of the latter, were the most noticeable events in the late Carnival.
California Theater. —Although this place of amusement is mo-
mentarily closed, it seems hard, when on the subject of theaters, to pass
by the old place without mention. Involuntarily tbe desire is felt to say
something about the theater, that has so long catered to our pleasure.
As the case Btands at present, it is nearly settled that the doors will re
open on Monday, November 17th, with Mr. Frank Mayo as the
attraction. This actor is not considered a star of magnitude or of great
drawing powers, and doubts are expressed as to the success of the re-
newed efforts to gain public patronage. Mr. Mayo will open in a new
play, of which as yet nothing is known. He will also produce Davy
Crockett. This is, perhaps, the best truly American play on the stage,
and is played by Mr. Mayo with true pathos and rugged honesty. More
details as to the support and other arrangements will be given next week.
Tivoli. — The Sorcerer is drawing well. Some of the parts are in good
hands. Mr. Brooks is an excellent "John Wellington Wells," and has
successfully mastered the verbal difficulties of his opening song. Every-
one has heard Harry Gates' beautiful tenor voice, and knows its purity and
tone. The singing of this gentleman is nevertheless always dissatisfying,
from the total lack of culture existing. The chorus is a good one, and
the appointments appropriate. In view of the remarkable liberties taken
by all the performers in the author's lines, tbe distribution of copies of
the text among the audience is unnecessary, and should be dispensed
with.
Orchestral Union. — This is an organization of some thirty amateur
musicians, who, under the leadership of Mr. William Toepke, form a
complete orchestra. They have been practicing and rehearsing assidu-
ously for months past and have attained praiseworthy proficiency. On
Monday evening they give their first invitation concert at B'nai Brith
Hall. As this is a private affair it hardly falls in the range of public
criticism. It is, nevertheless, worthy of mention and support, as evi-
dencing the existence in our city of true love of music.
German Theater. — The second appearance of Miss Fiebach only
served to increase the favorable opinions of her merits, created by her lo-
cal debut. She is a delightful soubrette, full of rolicking humor, and re-
freshingly natural in everything she does. On next Sunday evening this
little lady will appear in comedy. The play is entitled Emma's Story; or,
Blue Stockings, and is by Kneisel. It is full of wit and fun, and contains
several capital parts for the best members of this very good company.
Piatt's Hall. — This place is daily thronged by curious people. Millie
and Christine are a wonderful lusus naturce, but, in advertising them as a
" two-headed woman," humbug is brought into play. Although they
have but one body in common, a fact rather indelicately announced, they
have two minds, two souls, and are simply twins. The two dwarfs are
sufficiently Lilipution and clever to be very interesting.
Chit-Chat. — Lydia Thompson has left tbe stage forever.—— Ada Cav-
endish is credited with having originated the feminine fashion of wearing
a bunch of field-daisies in the waist-band.— One of the neatest actresses
on the stage is Miss Rose Osborne, who appeared here at the California in
Mather and Son. She has just returned from Australia, and, in the
meanwhile, has. become Mrs. Brewster.-^— »Lester Wallack has sold his
Long Branch property.— By permission of the Duke of Connaught, tie
Holborn Amphitheater, London, has been named the Connaught Theater.
— W. D. Howells and Longfellow are conjointly writing a play for
Nov. 8, 1879.
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party <>f fricn ■!•*. II r. <rmal antrrtainment, bul in his
own vmall tint'-' lii' in amiable and a clever talker.— — Oathorine Lewis is
aaucow-rtin New Fork. . wm oompalted t>< give up her
datea in Texa« on accvnnt of the quarantine.«^»Boooioaalt is mucb better.
Dear News Letter: To the Carnival Hall I went, with anticipations
of Lrilliaut Mmm, btMltifa] oofltomea, and of fnn and jollitv. From there
I returned, bond and [t wan a bell mournful in the extreme,
Tben was an admirable floor to dance on, entrancing mask to danoa by,
and pretty woi iome thing wanting,
Then ra n>> spirit in the - I [alienee were but sparsely
tilled; the booths had but few occupants, ana of the participants (hang
the word), most appeared in evening dr. -■;. Many costumes, brilliant or
appropriate, were on the floor, but insufficient to render animate the vast
The Doapies promenaded silently and waltzed noiselessly, as if
fearing t<» awaken the slumbering authors. Even the usual hum of con-
ntsJuff, moving masses was not to be beard. The grand march was a repeti-
tion of last week's parade of characters, but this time with profuse dress-coat
annotations. Notwithstanding the few pn sent,thesii?htwasahandsomeone
from the galleries, the snowy whitefloor cloth setting off the costumes. The
Bents were out in full force, the Italian booth ditto. There were but few
of the Goethe and Schiller, Alhambra, or Aladdin booths, the Dickens
people and their best representatives. The Lalla Rookh booth had only
two or three representatives in costume. The Veiled Prophet of this
booth was visible en frac The veiled profits of the ball were invisible,
and will remain so. At twelve supper was served up stairs. After that
the scene changed, for under the inspiring effects of lemonade dissipation
the participants became liveld enough to go home. I don't know of any-
thing more to say on this subject. S.
SPQRTINC ITEMS.
Coursing. — The meeting of the Pioneer Coursing Club, at Merced,
November! 5th and 6th, was the best attended and m^st successful affair
of the kind that was ever held in California. The weather was splendid,
and the hares were plentiful and in perfect condition ; in fact, the only
trouble was that there were rather too many hares. J. Adams was Presi-
dent of the meeting ; R. J. Tidmarsh, Judge ; T. Tunstead, Slipper. Fol-
lowing is the result of the running : First day— F. E. Brook's bd. d.
Bulldozer beat Jas. Douglas' bk. w. b. Mary ; T. Tunstead's w. b. d. Cali-
fornia Boy beat J. M. Sharkey's f. b. Nellie; C. L. Place's be. w. b.
Branch beat W. W. Lane's bk. b. Lady Gay ; T. Tunstead's w. f. b.
Minnehaha beat T. L. Smith's bd. b. Belle of the Valley ; J. Franklin's
be. d. Speculation beat H. L. Tevis' w. b. Snowflake. The losing dog did
good work, but failed on account of sickness. J. M. Sharkey's bd. w. d.
Master Joe beat T. Tunstead's be. d. Tamalpais ; Jas. Adams' bd. w. d.
Ruler ran a bye, as Marin was not on the ground ; Dr. J. L. Meares' be.
d. Monarch beat J. R. Bennett's r. b. Little Buttercup. In the second
drawing Bulldozer beat California Boy ; Minnehaha beat Branch ; Mas-
ter Joe beat Speculation ; Ruler beat Monarch. As all the courses had
been very hard, the Stewards decided to finish the running on the follow-
ing day. To fill up the time several private races were run, in which
Tevis' Snowflake, Belle of the Valley, Branch and Tamalpais were suc-
cessful. Following is the result of the second day's coursing :
The first course was ran between Lady Sylvia and Beauty, Lady Sylvia
being the victor. Ford's True Blue beat Berry's Lady Cartwright. M.
Devlin's Pride of the Canon ran a bye. Berry's Swindler ran a bye.
Pennie's Jamima beat Macher's Silver Quick. McGilTs Shaughraun ran
a bye. Holmes' Zerina beat Bowen's American Girl. Peterson's Black
Jack beat Naber's Lady Empress. ^—Second Course — Ford's True Blue
beat Fowler's Lady Sylvia. Berry's Swindler beat Devlin's Pride of the
Canon. Pennie's Jamima beat Ryany's Shaughraun. Peterson's Black
Jack beat Holmes' Zarina.-^Third Course — Berry's Swindler beat
Ford's True Blue. Pennie's Jamima beat Peterson's Black Jack.-^
Fourth and final Course— Pennie's Jamima beat Berry's Swindler. —
Jamima won the first prize, §100; Swindler won the second prize of $50;
Black Jack won the third prize, §25; True Blue, fourth prize, $25.^—
The puppy stakes were run off Thursday, and resulted as follows: Ly-
man's Mollie McCarthy took the first prize, 845; Tonnemacher's Flying
Dutchman won the second prize, S25; Carroll's Kitty Clover won the
third prize, $15; and Devlin's Springbok the fourth, $15. The beaten
dogs' stakes, $40, divided in two prizes, was tben run off, Naber's Lady
Empress taking the first prize, and Berry's Lady Cartwright the second
prize. The meeting was a grand success iu every respect, some very close
and exciting courses being run.
Baseball. — A game of baseball was played last Saturday at Berkeley,
between the nines of the classes '82 and 83 of the University. The nine
of the class of '83 won by a score ot 6 to 3. This victory makes the
Freshmen nine champions of the University. The Freshmen'B victory
kwas, in a great measure due to the splendid playing of their Captain, W.
Lux, who played first base without an error. ^— It is rumored that a
number of capitalists have secured a large tract of land at Alameda, near
the Long Branch baths, for a baseball ground.— At Sweeney's benefit
the picked nine defeated the Californias; score, 14 to 8.— -The opening
game at the Union Grounds, last Sunday, was between the Unions and
Our Boys. The former won; score, 9 to 4.^— The games, last Saturday
and Sunday, between the Chicagos and Cincinnatis, were both won by
the former club; the scores were 12 to 5, and 5 to 1.— — We hear that the
Eastern Clubs will leave town before their series of games are played out,
as our caution to our readers has spoiled their chance to make a big haul.
Fedestrianism. — J. Littlefield won the first prize medal in the military
five-hours-go-as-you-please at the half-mile track last Sunday.
Archery. — San Jose has got a new archery range, for ladies only.—
The Highland Park Club organized in Oakland last week. ^— It will in-
terest our readers to know that W. _H. Thompson, the father of
American archers, places the utmost limit of an arrow's flight at 300
yards; elevation, 45 degrees.
Rowing The V : n ibotrt to move their boat house to a
■ •■-. about l" l With the in,
accommodation they will h their membership list up to L00,
' '"-irtii' j he will row Haulan for the
96,000 I'. P., and i* willing t.> put up a I i guarantee
faith.
Fishing. Xne season for .0! kinds of boat dosed November 1st— ««A
gentleman Last Sunday i mghi 30 pounds of perch at Fort Point In about
four hours with rod and Ifne.
Football. The tirsl Rugby football iver Men in this city has just camo
to Mr. ,i. Sanderson, ot thin city, who has taken Initial steps towards
organising a series of games for the present season. When the first rains
have made the ground .soft enough for tin- players to measure their length
on "mother earth/' the opening matoh will !><• announced, and the public
will have ample opportunity t . witness this exciting sport
Cricket. Today the Occidi nt Cricket Club Eleven will meet 18 play-
ers from Western Addition Club at Oakland Cricket ground. Players
will leave by the boat at 1 P. M.
Shooting. —The first rains will be Him* to bring us abundance of
ducks and geese, so information as to the best places to shoot them is in
order. The Pelican Club has fine duck-grounds near the Twelve Mile
House, between Alvarado and ('enterville. The Seventeen Mile Marsh
andatong the bay to Alviso is a 1 ground, and free to all. All round
Benicia, up to the Cordelia STough, the ducks are generally plentiful.
Around Suisun, from Bridgeport to Suisnn, mallard, pin-tail, teal and
canvasback are abundant. Further from the city, Sacramento, San Joa-
quin, Merced, Fresno and Tulare counties, afford splendid shooting.
Yachting.— Sol Williams has sold the Lively to T. Tennel, H. Hawks
and Percy Smith.— —The following gentlemen have been elected as offi-
cers of the Eureka Yachting Club, for the ensuing term: W. Mollessen,
President; F. Wallace, Vice-President; J. L. Smith, Financial Secretary;
J. M. Malcolm, Recording Secretary; J. Capprise, Treasurer; J. Fermier,
Serjeant-at-Arms; H. Johnson, Commander.
Swimming. — J. S. Moore swam 100 yards in the Thames, near Chel-
sea, October 10th, in 1 m. 13J; sec, the best amateur time on record, and
only 5 seconds behind the best professional time.
The best-dressed men in the city are those who get their suits made
to order at J. M. Litchfield & Co.'s, 415 Montgomery street. This old
and well-known house has never changed in the excellence of its material
and its work, since its door3 were first opened. The cutter and fitter is
the very best in the city.
STANDARD THEATER.
MA. Kennedy, Manager.— A Week of Langhter ! This
■ (Saturday) Evening, Nov. 8th, every evening during the week (except Sun-
day), and Grand Matinee Saturday, at 2 p.m., will be produced, in deference to public
desire, the delightful comedy of
Everybody's Friend !
MR. JOHN E. OWENS as MAJOR WELLINGTON 1>E BOOTS and TIMOTHY
TOODLES, introducing his famous Tipsy Scene. This (Saturday) Afternoon, Fifth
Owens' Comedy Matinee, MAJOR WELLINGTON DE BOOTS. Monday, Nov. 10th—
First production of DR. CLYDE, in which MR OWENS will appear. Also first ap-
pearance of MR. GEORGE D CHAPLIN, and an extraordinary cast. Reserved Seats
can be secured six days in advance at the Box Office. Nov. 8.
BUSH-STREET THEATER"
Proprietor and Mauager, Mr. Charles E. JLoche.-- Undoubted
Success ! Fashionable and Crowded Audiences Attest the Welcome to the
mous COLVILLE OPERA BURLESQUE COMPANY, the largest and most complete
organization in the world for the representation of Light Musical Burlesque Enter-
tainment. Every evening until further notice, and Saturday Matinee, will be pre-
sented the Chastely, Captivating Ethereal Burlesque Extravaganza, in 2 acts, entitled
The Magic Slipper !
Supported by MISS EME ROSEAU, and every member of the Mammoth Company,
with New Scenery, Charming Music and Chaste Costuuie3. Secure your seats in
advance. ____^____ Nov. 8.
THE BALDWIN THEATER.
Thomas Mag aire, Manager. — Euormons Success of the
Tour of the 'World in 80 Bays !
With the Strongest Cast Ever Known. Every Evening and Saturday Matinee.
Sunday, Nov. 9th, Benefit of MR. J. W. JENNINGS,
Onr Boarding House !
ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
Bullion Mining Company. --Location of Principal Place of
Business, San Francisco, California.— Location of Works, Gold Hill Mining
District, Storey County, Nevada.— Notice is hereby given that at a meeting of the
Board of Directors, held on the first (1st) day of November, 1S79, an assessment (No.
12) af Fifty (50c.) Cents per share was levied upon the capital stock of the Com-
pany, payable immediately, in United States gold coin, to the Secretary, at the office
of the Company, Room 3, Safe Deposit Building, 328 Montgomery street, Sau Fran-
cisco, California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall remain unpaid on WEDNESDAY, the
THIRD day of DECEMBER, 1S79, will be delinquent and advertised for sale at public
auction; and unless payment is made before, will be sold on WEDNESDAY, the
TWENTY-FOURTH day of DECEMBER, 1879, to pay the delinquent assessment, to-
gether with the cost of advertising and expenses of sale. By order of the Board of
Directors. rNov. 8.] J. M. BRAZELL, Secretary.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Office of the Standard Con. Mining Company, San Fran-
cisco, Cal., Nov. 1st, 1879.— At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the
above-named Company, held this day. Dividend No. 9, of Fifty Cents per share,
was declared, payable on WEDNESDAY, Nov. 12th. 1879, at the office in thia city,
or at the Agency of the Nevada Bank of San Francisco, in New York.
WM. WILLIS, Secretary.
Office— Room No. 29, Nevada Block, No. 309 Montgomery street, San Francisco,
California. Nov. 8.
D. HICKS & CO.,
Bookbinders and Blank Book Manufacturers,
NO. 543 CLAY STREET.'
\^~ Blank Books Ruled, Printed and Bound to Order. [Nov. 8.
E. M. Fry. FRY, WATTLES & CO., J.B.Watties.
Stock Brokers,
303 Montgomery Street, S. F., Under the Nevada Bank.
pjg~ Money to loan on active accounts. Nov. 8.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Nov. 8, 1879.
"The World," the Flesh, and the Devil.
[By a Truthful Penman.]
" Truth " says: The reduction in the value of land in England, is not
only permanent, but the decrease in value will augment in proportion as
more and more land is devoted to agricultural purposes out of England,
and as the means of transportation are facilitated. "We are only at the
commencement of the equalizing effect on value of land produced by
cheap intercommunication. Why, in Hungary and Transylvania, fowls,
fattened on maize, may be bought for threepence in any numbers, and
they might be brought to England in refrigerating wagons for about one
penny apiece. To sell them, therefore, for sixpence each in London
would return a handsome protit. And it is merely a question of time
when these fowls will be seen in our markets competing with the produce
of our own farmyards. — A story has often been told of the late Mr.
Davies which, unluckily, would not apply to any bookmaker of the pres-
ent day. At the close of a Derby settling an itani of £500 on the losing
side of his book remained unclaimed. On making inquiries he found that
this particular creditor had died. "What am I to do with the money,
then?" he asked of the person who gave him the news. " Keep it, to be
sure." "Has he no relatives?" " Yes, he has left a widow and children."
" You must be a blackguard to suggest such a thing," he answered, and
he did not rest until he had paid the widow the money. It would be
well for the Turf if we heard nowadays of such sentiments and suet ac-
tions.—A cook in the service of a well-known money-changer in Paris
has just passed through a bitter ordeal. She had bought three shares in
the Credit Foncier Loan, which, like the City of Paris loans, comprises a
lottery of prizes ranging from 1,000 fr. to 100,000 fr., drawn at stated
periods. One of these drawings took place the other day. The following
morning she received word from her mother that it was one of the three
shares she had sold her which had won the big prize. Elated with joy
she at once went to the offices of the Credit Foncier with her shares, but
instead of three there were only two. Questioned as to the third share,
she said she had sold it to the valet de chambre. The clerk looked at the
numbers, and was sorry to inform her that it was the share she had sold
which had won" the 100,000 fr. prize. The poor cook fainted, and the
shock is likely to end fatally.^— The other night at a club some Ameri-
cans were boasting about their inventions, and the wonderful machines to
be found in the States. One of them told of the well-known mincing
machine which, a live pig being introduced at one end, turned out the an-
imal in sausages at the other end. An Irishman, who was not going to
have the Yankee riding roughshod over every other nation, turned on
them, and said: "Bedad, we've got the same machine in Ireland, only
ours is more perfect, sure ; for if you don't like the sausages you can put
them back into the machine, and by reversing the action they'll come out
live pig agin where he went in."^— The paragraph which went the round
of the papers, recently, by which we learnt that the Queen was eating
strawberries at Balmoral, grown in the open air, was sent up by her Maj-
esty's express desire, in order to dissipate the idea that at this season
Balmoral lies in a snowy or foggy waste. — Apropos of Dr. Talmage, who
has just found England such a profitable preaching-ground, some one
asked him the other day what he came here for. " I guess I came to get
money," replied Talmage. " But," said his questioner, " I thought Amer-
ica was the place to make money?" "Yes, but in England it's already
made," was the answer.— —By way of experiment, the occupier of an es-
tate near Adelaide, South Australia, has forwarded to England a small
consignment of oranges and lemons, which have reached London in per-
fect condition. As fine oranges are at present being sold retail in Covent
Garden Market at three pence and four pence each, it is believed that the
venture will yield a fair return to the grower, and the succe3s of the ex-
periment may lead to the development of a regular trade which will in-
crease the variety of the autumn fruits. In Dublin the legal charge
for a short ride in a public carriage is sixpence, but cabby expects you to
give him very much more, and he always gets something in addition to
the actual fare. If you ask him what his price is he invariably " laves it
to your honor ;" but when you have paid him, no matter how many
times the lawful amount, he is never satisfied. Two American gentlemen
in Dublin, a week or two ago, made a bet, one holding that he would give
cabby such a fee that he would ask no more. This his friend declared
was not possible. They took a cab, the first they met, and rode a distance
of about two miles. "How much do I owe you?" inquired the gentle-
men at the end of the journey. " Sure an' your honor can give me what-
ever you like," said the driver. " But I would rather you would name
your charges." " Indeed an' I won't. It's not for me to say what a fine
gintleman like you will give me." Thus put to the test, the " fine gintle-
man " handed him over half a sovereign in gold for a ride that should
have coat a shilling at most. Cabby looked at the coin, then at the gen-
tleman, as if doubting the evidence of his senses at this unexpected munifi-
cence, but soon recovering from his surprise he put his hand to his hat
in respectful acknowledgement of his gratitude. "You have lost your
bet," whispered the friend as they turned to leave. But before he and
his companion had walked half a dozen steps, the driver, leaving his
horse and vehicle to teke care of themselves, was by their side, hat in
hand. "Well, what do you want now; haven't you got your fare?"
" So I have," said the driver with an insinuating smile, " an' it's yourself
is the gintleman that gave me a fine one this blessed day ; but, yer honor,
haven't you got a spare sixpence in your pocket ; I don't like to change
the goold." But Pat is like this in politics, like this just now in his
threatening, greedy demand to settle his rent with his landlord as is most
agreeable to his tenant's notions.— Washington has given his name to no
fewer than 188 towns in the United States, and two States in particular-
Ohio and Iowa — are so devoted to his memory as to have respectively 44
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INSURANCE.
HUTCHINSON & MANN,
INSURANCE AGENCY,
No. 322 & 324 California Street, San Francisco, Cal.
Fixe Insurance.
GIRARD of Philadelphia.
HOME of Columbus.
NEW ORLEANS ASSOCIATION
PEOPLES of Newark.
LA CAISSE GENERALE of Paris.
ST. PAUL of St. Paul.
TEUTON1A of New Orleans.
BERLIN-COLOGNE of Berlin.
REVERE of Boston, j LA CONFIANCE of Paris.
Marine Insurance.
PARIS UNDERWRITING ASSOCIATION of Paris.
LONDON AND PROVINCIAL MARINE INSURANCE CO of LoDdon.
Capital Represented - $33,000,000.
All Uosses Equitably Adjusted and Promptly Paid.
HOME MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. OF CALIFORNIA.
Principal Office, 406 California Street, San Francisco.
Cash Assets, January 1, 1877, §595,291 ; Liabilities, $5,952 ; Surplus for Policy
Holders, $589,339. J. F. Houghton, President ; L. L. Baker, Vice-President ;
Charles R. Story, Secretary. R. H. MAGILL, H. H. BIGELOW, General Agents.
Directors. — San Francisco — L. L. Baker, John H. Redington, J. F. Houghton,
R. B. Gray, Robert Watt, John Currey, L. ft. Baker, W. F. Whittier, C. C. Burr, E.
M. Root, W. H. White, J. L. N. Shepard, W. M. Greenwood, George S. Mann, Cyrus
Wilson, W. T. Garratt, C. Waterhouee, A. P. Hotaling, A. Block, A. K. P. Harmon,
G. S. Johnson, W. O. Wilson, A. W. Bowman, B. L. Dodge, Charles R. Story. Ala-
meda County Branch — V. D. Moody, Chauncy Taylor, A. C. Henry, Robert S. Far-
relly, Joseph B. Marlin, W. B. Hardy, T. B. Simpson. San Diego— A. H. Wilcox.
Sacramento — Mark Hopkins, D. W. Earl, Julius Wetzlar, James Carolan. San Jose —
T. Ellard Beans, B. D. Murphy, A. Pfister, J. H. Dibble, J. S. Carter, Jackson Lewis,
Jacob Rich, John Auzerais, John Balbach. Stockton — H. H. Hewlett, Chas. fielding,
J. D. Peters, A. W. Simpson, H. M. Fanning. Marysville— D. E. Knight. Grass
Valley— Wm. Watt, T. W. Sigourney. Portland, Oregon— W. S. Ladd, C. H. Lewis,
P. Wasserman, B. Goldsmith, D. Macleay. Virginia City, Nevada. — John Gillig, Isaac
L. Requa. March 17.
FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE.-UNION INS. CO. OF S. F.
The California Lloyds.— Established in 1861.--- Nos. 416 and
418 California street. Cash capital $750,000 in Gold. Assets exceed $1,000,000
Coin. Fair Rates ! Prompt Settlement of Loses ! ! Solid Security ! ! DIRECTORS.
—San Francisco— J. Mora Moss, N. G. Kittle, M. J. O'Connor, R. S. Floyd, Moses
Heller, Adam Grant, Daniel Meyer, AntoineBorel, Charles Kohler, E. L. Goldstein,
I. Lawrence Pool, A. Weill, Joseph Brandenstein, Charles Baum, James Moflitt,
Benjamin Brewster, L. Cunningham, W. M. Hoag, Nicholas Luning, John Parrott,
L. A. Booth, Julius Baum, Myles D. Sweeney, Jas. M. Goewey, Edward Cadwalader
Bartlett Doe, Gustave Touchard, J. H. Baird, J. G. Kittle, George C. Hickox, C. Du-
conunun, Wm. Scholle, John Conly, Ig. Steinhart, W. B. Stone, J. O. Eldridge, A.
B. Phipps.
GUSTAVE TOUCHARD, President. N. G. KITTLE, Vice-President.
Charj.es D. Haven, Secretary. Geo. T. Boben, Surveyor. Aug 31.
THE STATE INVESTMENT AND INSURANCE CO.
FIKE AND MAKIXIi.
Clash Assets, $450, OOO. —Principal Office, SIS and 220 San-
j some street, San Francisco. Officers : — A. J. Bryant, President ; Richard
Ivers, Vice-President; Charles H. Cushing, Secretary; H. H. Watson, Marine
Surveyor. Board of Directors : — Peter Donahue, James Irvine, C. D. O'Sullivan,
A. Bocqueraz, R. Harrison, A. H. Rutherford, R. Bailey, E. W. Corbert, George O.
McMullin, A. J. Bryant, Frank M. Pixley, E Burke, H. H. Watson, Dr. C. F. Buckley,
P. J. White, E. M. Root, M. Mayblum, Richard Ivers, John Rosenfeld, Daniel
Callaghan. P. H. Russell, Sacramento. John G. Downey, Los Angeles. Wm.
Hood, Sonoma County. H. W. Seale, Mayfield. Geo. Rutherford, San Jose. Feb. 16.
THE MARINE INSURANCE CO. OF LONDON, ENGLAND.
[JESTAJBX,ISWEI> 1836.)
"Whole Amount of Joint Stock and Guaranteed Capital. .$5,000,000.
Whole Amount of Capital paid up 900,000.
Cash Assets December 31, 1876 3,710,000.
The undersigned have been duly authorized to issue Policies at current rates on
Freight and Shipments to or from England, Europe, New York, Japan, China, Aus-
tralian Colonies, Sandwich Islands, and Northern Coast Ports. If desired, policies
made payable at port of termination.
WILLIAMS, BLANCH ARD & CO., Agents,
Aug. 10. | 21S California street.
THE SWISS MARINE INS. COMPANIES COMBINED.
Switzerland, of Zurich, Capital 5,000,000 francs; Helvetia,
of St. Gall, Capital 10,000,000 francs ; Baloise, of Basle, Capital 5,000,000 francs.
These three Companies are liable jointly and severally for all losses that may be sus-
tained. Losses mads payable in all the principal seaports of the world. In the set-
tlement of all claims under an English policy, these Companies will strictly adhere to
the conditions and customs adopted at Lloyds, and submit to English jurisdiction.
June 9. HARRY W. SYZ, Agent, 225 Sansome St., S. F.
NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL LIFE INSUR. CO. OF BOSTON.
Has transacted tbe business of I.i fe Insurance for nearly
thirty-five years. Its assets amount to over Fourteen Million Dollars. The
law of Massachusetts makes all its Policies nonforfeitable. It is a Purely Mutual Com-
pany, dividing every cent of surplus among Policy-holders. This is the Only Com-
pany on the Pacific Coast governed by the Massachusetts Lapse Law. This company
has comn''ed with the new Insurance Laws of California.
WALLACE EVERSON, General Agent.
Sept. 22.] 328 Montgomery street.
WESTERN ASSURANCE COMPANY, OF TORONTO.
Incorporated 1851-
Total Assets, 1st January, 1870 $1,670,400.41 .
EKTLEU dc UALDAN, General Agents for Pacific Coast,
413 CALIFORNIA STREET. [Sept. 13.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN MARINE INS. Co7oF LIVERPOOL.
/Capital $5,000,000.— Agents: Balfour, Guthrie A- Co., No*
\^/ 316 California street, San Francisco. Nov. IS.
N*
ALASKA COMMERCIAL COMPANY,
. 310 Sansome street, San Francisco, Wholesale Dealer
in Furs. Sept. 21.
. 8, 1879.
OALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
CRADLE, ALTAR. AND TOMB.
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VYaoxu— In this uty. NoTwabor .'.I. | id ward L. Wagner, a daughter.
ALTAR.
Be ayrr- Wilson— In Ihli dfcy, November 3d, H.nrv Bftftvw to Marlon s. Wilson.
OovLtr-Doaair- In tt 2sth, Win J Crowley lo Hannah M. Doran.
GaBRIM, -MciJlSNias- In tliis dtj r* I t-» Man HoOloUSS.
Bn-Iui Ir. ihfai city, November 1st, William Bini to Julia Use.
JoiiJfsos-KKLLitT — In this . it>. November 2d. J.iTm Johnson t«> Mary B. Kelley.
o In Santa Barbara. October llili. John Logan to Ellen M Cross.
LKoroLo-MARKt-ART-ln this city November 1st, H. 0. Leopold to Julia Markuart.
M m kr-Heixf.bkro -In this city, November 2d, Damon Mayer Ui Lena Hehieberg.
Sbyekaxce-Critte.vdkx— Iii thb city, November lst.M. Severance to A. Crittenden.
TOMB
Botd— In this city. November 1st. Catherine Boyd, ajred -45 years.
BatiW— In this .ity. November 1st, Hannah J.' [iaiturs, aged 36 years.
BatBOa —In this city. November 4th. Janus Benson. aged (10 years.
Clink- In this city, October 80th, Henry Oline. a?ed 54 Years and 4 months.
DotoHBRTf— In this city. November 3d, Michael F. Dougherty, aged 8 mouths.
Uorrioan— In this city. November 2d, Helena Horrigan, aged 21 years.
II UIJUB— In this ' ity. November 3d. Sarah Harris.
Met.* abe -In this city, November 1st, Thomas McCabe, aged 33 years.
Ml lvany— In this city, November >d, Catherine Mulvanv, aged 44 years.
Joyce— In this city, October 30th. Mrs. M, Joyce, aged 45 years.
Petkrsos— In this city, October 29th, Christopher L. Peterson, aged 38 years.
llKiD— In this city. November 4th. B. H. lit id, a .red 75 years
Worth— In this city, October 31st, Mrs. George F. Worth, aged CG years.
THE PHILOSOPHY OF KISSING.
For words, always unsafe in women's mouths, kissing was substituted
for the concealment of their thoughts. In its prime, the music of kissing
can only be compared to many things more or less enchanting and roman-
tic. The chief thing in kissing appears to be to hang on as long as possi-
ble, and drop each other with a crash. A sigh like a whirlwind, thrown
in at the end, is a proof of appreciation, and the signal for an encore. The
fondness for kissing is attributable to the ladies' taste for fooling around
the ends of the young men's mustaches, and to the young men's ambition
to have the growth of their mustaches so encouraged ; the application of
a red-haired girl to the beardless lips of a backward youth has a stimu-
lating effect equal to that of a hot-houae; danger only lurking in their too
frequent repetition. Kissing comes as natural to a girl as a cunning fly
to a bald head. A man slides as awkwardly ioto his first kiss as into his
elder brother's tail-coat, and his vanity is equally great on both occasions.
He considers them as steps up the ladder of life, and would have his pro-
motions proclaimed from the housetops, and shouted from the church
steeples, but such is his modesty in his family circle, that when a younger
brother quietly mentions them, he looks red and feels unfraternal.
The female sex obtain their remarkable proficiency in kissing by per-
petual study and constant practice. They are early distinguished for
their aptitude in the art, for what girl is not ready to kiss a baby at all
hours and all seasons ? This sort of kiss gradually* develops into the em-
bryo kiss affected by school-girls and female companions, and finally into
the kiss of regular lovers— intense, passionate, and very nice to contem-
plate upon a starlit night. " Oft in the stilly night " may the sound be
heard, and when sounding out from the end of the passage it may safely
be concluded that the door will presently bang and footsteps be heard re-
treating : and that Jenny will appear with her collar ruffled, and cigar ash
upon her shoulder. One thing be careful of, as you value your reputation
for respectability : don't kiss a girl iu the dark, unless you can depend
upon the spot where the pins protrude ; a sudden jab with one of these
will spoil the best-intentioned kiss ever bestowed on a pretty girl.
CONCENTRATED FOOD FOR HORSES.
It is known that the Russian and Prussian Governments have adopted
a kind of biscuit food for horses, containing much nutritive matter in
small volume. According to La Nature, the biscuits are formed of the
meal of oats, peas, and linseed. The various combinations have been
studied with, care, and a mixture has been obtained such that one kilo-
gramme of it is equivalent to five kilogrammes of oats. It has been
found that horses bear fatigue better and are more vigorous when fed with
these biscuits than when fed with oats. The biscuits can be threaded to-
gether by means of an iron wire ; thus a horse may carry its own food for
four of five days. During the late war with Turkey, Russia used 20,000,-
000 of these biscuits, and the results were so good that the authorities
have continued their use in time of peace. In France, it is stated, feeding
horses with such biscuits would be a little more expensive than feeding
with oats. When, however, they have become more common, there are
various instances in which, on account of their easy transport, it will be
advantageous to use them — wherever, in general, animal strength has to
be employed at a distance and it is undesirable to carry provisions of large
volume.
m A rather amusing incident was witnessed in the Scarborough Aqua-
rium, Eng.; the other day. It appears that the keeper, while engaged in
cleaning out the tank occupied by the octopodes, was suddenly seized by
the leg by the largest of the octopodes, which fastened four of its tentacles
round the leg of the sea-boot he was wearing, and with the other four
held firmly to the rocks forming the back of the tank. A struggle took
place, during which the man found he cauld not disengage himself with
out killing the animal, and finally hit upon the expedient of slipping his
leg out, leaving the boot in the water and beating a retreat. The hungry
octopus stuck to the boot twenty minutes before it relinquished its hold.
That most fortunate of journals, the London Graphic, lately de-
clared a dividend of 100 per cent.
MAKING BOTH
To wr,t* <..t\ arart
So note Ar thifU tUr lay :
ENDS MEET.
m<t pay,
" very sad,"
The baby roUl upon thfl floor,
Klein op hu tin
And 1 OKM his tow int.. hu mouth—
Thus making both end-* meet
The d tg, attached to ■ tin pail,
Groee howling down ■■
And, u he madly bites lii< tail,
He makes both ends mi at
The butcher slays the \ © isive pig,
Cata off hi* eare and feet.
And grinds them Inasatuage lij —
Thai niftldog both endi meat
The farmer ooopfl his ■kfnny heir.
And nteda them with oh< i ■<• wheat;
The moans muat Justify the end*,
A n.l bo ho make* them eat.
— Public Opinion.
FLASHES OF FOREIGN FUN.
Scene at the Zoo.— Angelina: " Edwin, my love, look at this most
interesting creature, the ant-eater." Edwin: "Ant-eater, my love ; it
would be more interesting to me if it were a mother-iu-law eater." [The
bump on Edwin's head is getting slowly better, but Angelina's parasol is
hopelessly deranged, j
1 Bear and forbear," said Bruin, as he ate up his brother.
The saying, "Excuse haste and a bad pen," has been attributed to a
pig who ran away from home.
Mate-rial Fact,— The Hindoo widow is the only one that cremateB.
The others remate.
The " Detroit Tribune " says that a resident of that city, who lives
on a fashionable thoroughfare, observed a man he did not care to see
coming toward his door, and hurriedly told Bridget to tell the person he
was not at home. "All right, sir," said Bridget, as she made haste to
answer the door-bell. "Is Mr. at home?" inquired the caller.
" Faith an' he's gone out," responded the obedient servant. " When will
he be at home?" asked the man at the door. "Hould on a minit," put in
Bridget, "an' I'll ax him! "
No Offense Meant— Scene in an eating-house. Customer: " Do you
call that a veal cutlet, waiter? Why, it's an insult to every true calf in
the country!" Waiter: " I didn't mean to insult you, sirl"
Supt.'s Office, Leviathan M. Co., Gold Hill <Nev.) Oct. 30.
F. E. Luty, Secretary— Dear Bib: Since I last wrote you, the east
crosscut in the Bouth drift has been driven twenty-six feet — the most of
the way through clay, porphyry, and occasional streaks of quartz. We
are yet in the foot-wall of the ledge. At noon to-day there was every in-
dication that the ledge was close, judging from the face of crosscut, which
contained quartz, and ore streaks that looked quite encouraging.
Respectfully yours, Jno. MoMahon, Supt.
At high-toned Church Fairs, nowadays, the ladies of the congrega-
tion invariably reserve a table for the Board of Brokers. Now, the ques-
tion arises, is this to save the general public from contamination by con-
tact with a stockbroker, or is it the other way — which ?
Artistic Novelties, manufactured from California quartz, at Ran-
dolph & Co.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
TREASURER'S OFFICE,
City and County of San Francisco, September O,
Redemption of San Francisco Bonds,
ISSUE OF 1858.
1879.
Holders of Bonds of the City and County oi San Francisco,
issued under " Au Act to provide for the Funding and Payment of the out-
standing Unfunded Claims against the City of San Francisco, and against the County
of San Francisco, as they existed prior to the first day of July, A.O. one thousand
eight hundred and fifty-six," approved April 20, 1858, are hereby notified that the
Commissioners of the Sinking Fund of the above named Bonds will receive sealed
proposals for the surrender of any portion thereof, at the City and County Treas-
urer's office, New City Hall, San Francisco, until 12 o'clock noon,
Wednesday, December 31st, 1879.
The amount to be applied to the "Redemption of these Bonds is more or less, One
Hundred and Eighty Thousand Dollars ($1S0,OOO).
Bidders will state at what rate, they will surrender their Bonds, for payment in
United States gold coin.
Each proposal must be accompanied by a deposit of ten per cent, of the Bonds of-
fered, or their equivalent in coin, or certified checks, and should the Bonds tendered
not be presented within ten days after the award, the next lowest bid will be ac-
cepted.
No proposal above par will be entertained.
Proposals to be indorsed " Proposals for surrender of Bonds, issue of 1858."
A. J. BRYANT, Mayor,
COLIN M. BOYD, Auditor,
CHAS. HUBERT, Treasurer,
Sept. 13. Commissioners of the Funded Debt.
N Judiciously invested In
I Wall yt.Iaj'B the founda-
|tlaa for fortunes every
t,t..|;, and pnye immenHO profits l<y the Nuw Capitalization
System oT operating: In Stocks. Full explanation onappllc*-
tkiu lo Auaii u, lino w:< & Co.,Bankeri, 38 Broad St. , N. Y.
$25to$5000|j
CALIFORNIA SUGAR REFINERY,
Manufacturers of the Standard Syrup, a superior article
put up iii barrels expressly for home consumption. Also. Extra Heavy Syrup
in barrels for Export. Refined Sugars at lowest market rates. Office, 215 Front
street, up stairs. Dec. 21.
BRITISH BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF CAL.
Attendance, daily, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., by the under*
signed, to receive subscriptions and donations, and to furnish all information
relating to the Society. J. P. McCURRIE, Secretary,
Oct. 23. 730 Montgomery street.
CUMBERLAND MINE,
*\7"avapai County, Arizona. Office: No. 417 California St.,
X San Francisco, California. President, GEORGE M. CIPRICO. Secretary, 3.
H. GRIFFITHS. Office Hours : 2 p.m. daily. Oct. 11.
a year and expenses to agent*. Outfit Free. Address,
June 7.] P. O. V1CKERY, Augusta, Maine.
$777
8
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Nov. 8, ?879.
CAN THEY UNITE *
Governor Irwin has just made an appointment that means some-
thing. Wm. H. White, the Workingmen's candidate for Governor, has
been appointed Bank Commissioner, vice James T. Murphy resigned.
He has no special qualifications for the office. Recently he posed before
the people as a plain, blunt farmer, with hay-seed in hi3 hair as evidence
that he did his own harvesting. He was a workingman in the literal ac-
ceptation of the term. If he was anything more than that, the fact did
not come out during the recent canvas. If he is skilled in finances, or is
even a fair accountant, we have yet to learn the fact. The evidences
rather go to show that he is a blunderer in money matters, and not very
reliable at figures. The best information we can procure would seem to
indicate that, as a Bank Commissioner, he is a round peg in a square hole.
But then the question of his capacity was probably never taken into
account. He was obviously appointed for another and totally different
reason. The necessity of the Democratic party in this State is a union
with the Workingmen. Without that, it seems utterly hopeless for them
to enter the next Presidential campaign. With it, their chances of suc-
cess are excellent. The vote of the two parties at the recent election,
when added together, exceeded that of the Republicans by twenty-four
thousand. In their happy union, then, is involved the electoral vote of
California. Can they unite ? Governor Irwin evidently thinks they can,
and believes that appointing to office prominent men in the Workingmen's
party is the way to accomplish the much-desired end. It would seem but
natural to suppose thatsome understanding had been reached between Irwin
and White prior to the latters appointment. Yet we confess that we
doubt whether Denis Kearney or Clitus Barbour can be drawn, under any
circumstance, into such an arrangement. They were, originally, both
fronounced Republicans, and we are well assured that they remain so still,
f it had not been for them and their machinations, the majority of the
Congressional delegation from this State would have been Democratic.
They preferred that their own party should be defeated, rather than that it
should secure a victory, which, in a certain contingency, might benefit
the National Democratic Party. If their feelings were so strong then,
it is difficult to see how they can be changed since. Then Kalloch, the
new Mayor, is an old time Republican. His influence with the Working-
men is likely to increase with his assumption of office, and it is impossible
to conceive of his using that influence in favor of a union with the old
Democratic Party. Yet even stranger things than that have happened.
At this moment he Btands indebted to Catholic Democrats, whom he has
abused all his life, for his election to the high office of Mayor of San
Francisco. Why, then, should he not bury his ancient prejudices? There
is every reason why he Bhould, but our experience of life is that parsons
are about the last men to abandon either their likes or dislikes. There is
one strong reason why the Workingmen should, from their standpoint,
prefer the success of the Democrats to that of the Republicans. It is,
that the Democratic Party passed the Chinese Exclusion Bill through
Congress, whilst a majority of the Republicans opposed it, and caused it
to be vetoed by a Republican President. If Denis Kearney were logical
in his methods, or always took the course best calculated to serve the ends
he professes to have in view, he would hail with satisfaction the proposed
alliance. But harmony and success have not hitherto been the ends he
sought. He preferred to nurse his grievances to keep them warm. He
desired a separate party in order that he might own it, and give it his
name. He loved agitation, if he might be the agitator. This is why men
who sympathized with him in some matters kept aloof from bis agita-
tions. The fact is patent that the Democrats have got to make their
peace with his party in someway. If they can succeed in doing it, the
political outlook in this State will be very much changed.
REPUDIATION.
The election that has just come off in "old Virginy " took place upon
a most deplorable issue, and with a most unfortunate result. It was
nothing less than that the State should repudiate the bulk of its debt.
The repudiators chose to designate themselves " Readjusters," and under
that euphonious title proposed to refuse to pay their just obligations. The
telegrams inform us that they were only too successful. They elected
twenty-five out of the forty Senators, and fifty-eight out of the one hun-
dred delegates, securing a majority in both branches of the Legislature.
It is stated that they will surely carry out their programme, which is to
repudiate $30,000,000, or about three-fourths of the bonded debt of the
State. This is a regretable result that sadly disgraces Virginia, and is
calculated to injuriously effect the credit of the whole country. The na-
tion's creditors abroad may well be excused if they experience an uneasy
feeling upon receipt of the news that an old and conservative State has
voted to repudiate her just obligations. They will be liable to argue
that what has happened in Virginia is possible all over the country. They
will reflect that the Southern States did not incur our national debt, and
have no sympathy with the objects for which it was incurred, and will
gladly join any dishonest States in the North or West that may be willing
to repudiate it. They are not in a position to comprehend how thor-
oughly determined the great mass of our people are to liquidate their na-
tional obligations to the last cent. They will take the worst view of
things, and the election in Virginia is justification for taking a very ugly
view. It is fortunate that this blow at our credit was not struck when -we
were less able to resist it. The national credit now stands exceptionally
high, and with good reason. The nation's debt is being reduced at a mar-
velously rapid rate. The country is prosperous, and well able to main-
tain the present rate of taxation. Population is increasing, and posterity
will be strong to bear the reduced burthen that will be handed down to it.
With the good example that has been set, ever since the war, they will
not fail to honor all proper obligations. The bonds of the United States
are now, and ever will be, good for their face value. But we ought not
to have any repudiating States for all that. It is, perhaps, a pity that
the general Government has not a veto power over the repudiating acts of
individual States. Repudiation is a humiliating charge to have truthfully
brought against any part of our common country. It is an honor to
California that she assumed full responsibility for a debt she was not
legally bound to pay. Honesty is the best policy for States as well as for
persons. Virginia, " the mother of Presidents," has disgraced herself.
Miss Rachel Sherman, the youngest daughter of the General, is to
make her first formal appearance in Washington society during the coming
winter. The youngest Miss Evarts, it is announced, is also about to be
introduced. — Washington Gazette,
TO DOCTOR EMELIE LAWSON.
[Specialty conveyed for this occasion.]
How strange that medicine and art
To one Parnassian should belong,
Who can with equal grace prepare
A soothing mixture and a song.
THE ELECTIONS.
A great deal too much is being claimed in regard to the elections
East. To use tbe catch phrase of the politicians, it is said that there has
been a Republican tidal wave. The returns, truly read, indicate nothing
of the kind. They show that the two great parties stand pretty much
where they did during the Presidential contest of 1876. It is idle for the
Republicans to boast of having carried Ohio, Massachusetts, Minnesota,
Wisconsin, Iowa and Nebraska. They carried all those States at the last
election, and to carry them again is onlyto show that they still hold their
own in places in which their strength was never in doubt. As well might
the Democrats boast of having carried Mississippi, Maryland and Vir-
ginia. The truth is, the results are pretty much in accordance with pub-
lic anticipation. They do not substantially change the political outlook.
Each parts1, has held what it had previously secured, and that is all there
is to it. The real interest centered around the contest in the great State
of New York. If it could have been wrested from the Democracy by
the Republicans, then, indeed, might it be said that the Presidential cam-
paign of next year was a foregone conclusion. If the thirty-five electoral
votes of New York were to be lost to theDemocrac}', the defeat would be dis-
astrous. But the election just held indicatesnothingsurerthan that the Em-
pire State will go in eighteen hundred and eighty as it went in eighteen hun-
dred and seventy-six. The defeat of Robinson means nothing more than
that Tammany has the power to defeat any nominee of its party that may
be objectionable to it. It is very certain that whoever may be the regular
nominee for the Presidency, Tammany will fall into line and support him,
and that a united Democracy will carry New York. That fact can hardly
be said to have been in doubt at any time, and, if it were, the result of
the election just held settles it beyond question. To that extent the con-
test just concluded is a gain to the Democrats, for it is a gain to have
that conclusively determined which was previously claimed to be in
doubt. It suits certain of the dailies to mystify their readers as to the
effect of what has taken place. We nice the truth to be told, without re-
gard to consequences, and therefore it is that we refer to this subject.
We are not advocating the interest of either party, but merely desire to
set out the truth as it is. Looking at the evenly balanced strength of the
two political parties as it was exhibited at the last Presidential election, it
is a matter that interests us all to know if any changes have taken place
that indicate a different result next time. No such changes are visible in
the elections just held ; on the contrary, each political party is precisely
where it was before. If contests had taken place in Louisiana, South
Carolina and Florida, the results would have been much more interesting.
Those States were the battle-grounds last time, and are likely to be so
again. With the local governments in the hands of the Democracy, the
best informed opinion seems to be that those States will go Democratic.
In that event, it looks as if nothing but some great blunder could prevent
the Democracy from electing the next President. But, then, acute poli-
ticians say that they can be depended upon to make just that kind of
blunder. We shall see.
IS GENERAL GRANT BECOMING INSANE?
Rumors are afloat that General Grant shows signs of a malady that is
hereditary in his family. It is said that his father, Jesse Grant, was
afflicted with softening of the brain before he was fifty years of age, and
that during the last years of his life was little more than an imbecile. Or-
ville Grant, whose eccentric conduct in California only last year, will be
remembered, has since been an inmate in tbe New Jersey Insane Asylum.
It is also said that one of the General's sisters has been afflicted the same
way. Many people, who have met General Grant since his arrival in
San Francisco, have noticed an occasional wild, strange look in his eye.
Often when conversing with gentlemen, and even with old friends, he has
stopped short in the middle of a sentence and hesitated, sometimes for a
full moment, before completing it. At San Jose he was introduced to a
number of soldiers who fought with him at Fort Donalson. Instead of
greeting them cordially, he turned half round, and simply stared at them
over his shnulder, and never said a word. Again, at Stockton and at
Maderia he was presented to a number of his old comrades in the Mexi-
can war, but the General treated them in the coolest manner, and in a
way that left the impression on every one present that he was displeased
at meeting them. These, and many other instances of his peculiar con-
duct, go to show that it is a sad probability that his mind is commencing
to weaken. While in the Presidential chair, Gen. Grant was noted for
his affable greetings to all his visitors, and on no other hypothesis can the
great change in his manners be placed, than that there is something
wrong in bis mental faculties. Perhaps the great strain on him, for the
fifteen years of his eminent, public career, has had something to do with
the change in him that is now so painfully observable. Another evidence
of his appoaching affliction is the unevtnness of his conversations. At
times he will talk with fluency and ease, and then in a few minutes re-
lapse into an attitude of perfect silence, and only answer questions by a
" Yes," or a " No." We most sincerely hope that the great calamity of
"a mind o'erthrown " may never be visited upon the illustrious Gen-
eral and statesman whom San Francisco and all the world has delighted
to honor. It would be a national affliction, were he to become incapaci-
tated for future usefulness.
The revenue of France for the first eight months of the year amounts
to 1,398,667,000 francs, or 46,600,000 francs above the corresponding period
of last year. Twenty-two millions of the increase is due to registration
and other legal fees, eight to intoxicating liquors, two to tobacco, eleven to
Customs, and fourteen to direct taxes, while there is a decrease of eleven
millions on sugar and two on railway duty, but the last is owing to a re-
duction.
Birth. — At Gold Hill, Nevada, on the 3d inBt., the wife of the Hon.
John P. Jones, of a daughter.
8, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
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THE TOWN CRIER.
''BnrUtOriwr "Wan •■* i.m »m iho»?
'Om th*t wtll pUy ih# d«l 1 .,. -ilb !•■.'*
" H- 1 a Mlu in bi« u<1 u .on* m • (Uil.
which m*d» him crr>w boU*r and boldtr. '
Although it b universal} j undent ! •}. tl Um •ok object -<f oar favorite
tii in.- this week, was to satisfy
rwhen hedie*,still he
ie t»> tw c*in».-r»tnlated on hfai new honoi tld be very profitable
to bin it he will n;»t entirely f.Twike the fields of 'fun f,.r the
mead* MgemenU when tin'
leaalea are out of town, or the city i- anus , »llv free from disease. In the
to pick up .i play hill now and then, an-
I'iniothv Sj»p irmcter). Dr. C. B. Bishop,
wing nail." anil tun 10 Kearny. Consulta-
ry efr.-m l'J t.> 1 p.m.— or Plant . t Potter (a rich city cad), as
hy him with enormous sue •■ .--. I 'i . i h:\rle* Bishop, (Try Bishop's
Balm, a sure cure for freckle* ; all the la lii - DM it. I guarantee to cure
Um wont cases of pulmonary c nsnmptioa in three weeks. Call and aee
my new patent rubber long It might be a little awkward if
be was called in to attend a case of infantile convulsions without having
time ti> change a red wig and a pair «-f green pants, although nobody ever
really minds the external appearance of a physician, as an inspection of
the garb of some of our best local medicos will testify any day.
Mr. Henry Edgerton is the champion talker of the Pacific Coast, and
the people of California can do no less than present him with a grizzly
bear inside out. or a model of the Cliff Ib-use sea lion, Ben Butler, with
his left hand flipper delicately applied to his sagacious nose. Only the
one or the other could fitly reward th« burning eloquence of this inspired
*on of the gigantic West, who greeted ' ieueral Grant, on his arrival at
Sacramento, in the following impassioned words, poured from his silvery
tongue, while one manly foot pressed the murmuring Unabridged Dic-
tionary and the other, sublimely searching, extended a heroic defiance to
the horizon in general: " California, her great heart ever bowed in tender
reverence of its statesmen and warriors dead, always delights to exalt its
heroes living." Gymnastic California ! with bowed heart and jolly hoist-
ing of heroes. Happy Edgerton ! happier Grant ! happiest all the rest of
us, who see the near end uf all this twaddle.
And now comes the reliable and undisputed fact that General Grant
once had an interest in a billiard saloon. This awful revelation having
been duly made, and its truth established, we need have no fear in offer-
ing to the public the following information about the great hero, which
we have religiously concealed for nineteen years. In 1855 Ulysses S.
Grant had a fifth interest in a rat-pit on Stockton street, and was the
real owner of the celebrated bulldog, Billy Swipes, who killed 200 rats
against time for $500, and won. It is also whispered that he was the
inventor of the patent silver cold-deck faro lay-out, which has since be-
come so popular in this city, although, as to whether he was ever really a
capper for the late Ike Brokaw, is merely a matter of conjecture; under
these circumstances, he should receive a large Democratic vote in 1880, if
he consents to run for President for the third term.
The horrors of capital punishment promise soon to be done away
with. A new scheme will shortly be presented to the Legislature, which
will doubtless meet with favor as soon as it is kuown. The condemned
criminal will be brought into court and sentenced somewhat as follows :
"John Doe, you have been found guilty of murder in the first degree by
a jury of your peers, and I cannot but approve of their verdict. Your
crime was deliberate and cold-blooded. I therefore sentence you to be
taken from the prison where yon will be confined, on Wednesday, the 4th
day of February next, between the hours of 10 A. M. and 1 p. ji., and
there be sent np in a balloon until you are dead." The odds are very
strongly in favor of the remains of the condemned either never being
found, or at least coming down in a lump in some other State, which will
be a great saving to this city and county.
We should like to suggest to the gentlemen who write with ease, in
and out of the News Letter, that the word prototype is occasionally put
to uncommonly hard duty by them. It is a good word and looks well in
print, but it really means something, odd as it may seem, and does not
mean what the ready writer would like it to. While it is a mere matter
of opinion whether Ciesar was the prototype of Napoleon, it is a clear
case -that Napolean cannot by any possibility be called the prototype of
Caesar ; yet this latter is the accepted usage of this fine word among the
budding geniuses of the press. All their successors, gone before them,
have so written, and all their ancestors, who come after them, will con-
tinue so to write, let who will protest.
An application has been made to the Park Commissioners to construct
an archery ground in some sheltered spot in the Park, for the uje of young
ladies and gentlemen. The idea is an excellent one, and should be seized
upon and developed. This is a Republican country, and class distinctions
are odious. Baseball, croquet, football and other games are healthful and
hilarious ; and so are cock-fighting, bear-baiting, rat-killing matches and
dog-fights. The manly art of self-defence develops the muscles and soft-
ens the manners, if not the face. There should be a boxing-room and a
gymnastic school for the use of all. Ten-pin alleys afford good entertain-
ment for man and beast ; let us have a few, and anything else to make us
comfortable.
Our tears are due to fallen greatness. Mr. Paraf, inventor of the
famous bull butter, has come to grief a second time in Chili, and has been
sentenced, as a swindler, to five years1 penal servitude at Valdivia. This
is the mere irony of fate, that a man, whose very name suggests an im-
provement in candles, should slip up on the threshold of fortune, and all
for want of a little grease in the right place. But, after all, five years
will soon pass away, and the great alchemist will have leisure to study in
his retirement, and burst upon us some fine day with a matured scheme
for extracting sugar froin the honeyed eloquence of our courts, or manna
from the droppings of the sanctuary. Par value of shares, one hundred
dollars, half payable on subscription.
Some disgruntled people are calling for business men to settle the
business of the Carnival. Seeing that they were business men, who
didn't make any sensible arrangement for the accommodation of the pub-
lic who went to the Carnival, this call may be considered sarcastic.
A distinguished divine . -, |, building i» not far fn.ro Union
. WlM M-lt.d .
'■. ■ ■' follows: " I
n, ,.f excellent abilities and
f. who i- imv i| do- ministry. His fri.-iidn have
I Ins future ; but. unfortunately, «ir, he squints. He has
rmed upon his eyes, but is soma*
what fearful of the tod, DDderatandimt that you bad been
.Uquity ..f virion, I have ventured
(ooailunon voa for counsel with regard to my cousin's affliction/' The
reverendgentleman expressed his .pinion of the cousin and th- mintm'*
eves with emphasis and warmth, and the visitor forgot to thank him in
the hurry of leave-takmg.
The N. Y. Commercial Advertiser doubts whether French cookery
really deserves the renown it baa, and justly reproaches the [and of Soyer
with its ignoranceof the "sweet ■hnpUcftiee v of buttered toast, rolls,
and the gentle host of imitbn- and crumpets. Ales) yea, these things the
Frenchman does not know : neither has he greeted with passionate long
tag the sweet molasses and the buckwheat cake rejoioing in butter, the
melancholy brown bread of Boston and the holy pork and beans. He is
benighted, he is but a Caul, unworthy of iohnny-cake and doughnuts and
maple-sugar, Leave him to hi-* poor old Paris, and his frogs. Thank
Heaven I Dyspepsia and hot cakes are all our own. Saleratus and the
Star-Spangled Banner forever!
Last Sunday's '* Call" has a letter from a " Friend in Europe," who
renews his subscription, with sweet remarks to this effect: " In fact, the
advertisements in a paper like the Call furnish a marvelous amount of in-
telligence to the San Franciscan who is sojourning in Europe." Who can
this poor devil be ? We have seen some full-grown fools in San Fran-
cisco, but the human mind is simply unable to conceive of a being to
whom the Call could furnish a marvelous amount of intelligence. No
head could be at once small enough and empty enough for this.
The Masons have been holding a clam-bake in Rhode Island, and
realized SI, 700 for their charitable fund. Their Carnival was in one sense
a farewell to flesh and a welcome to the luscious bivalve. Each brother
made a Grand Arch of his mouth, and received his most worthy clam
with royal honors. The mollusks were all " free and accepted," and were
swallowed with the thirsty third degree of satisfaction. The whisky was
not of the Scottish rite, but it was all ruykt, and the feast was set on a
level and gauged squarely. This item compasses a good many ideas. So
mote it be!
There is more wisdom running loose around the newspaper offices
of this town than would suffice to look through a mountain of millstones.
" If the Czar," says one sage, " would only rule in accord with the will
of the Russian people, he would be much more powerful than he is."
Ah! just so ; why don't he do it? The fact is, that the Russian people
ungenerously confide their inmost desires only to the powerful San Fran-
cisco journalist, and the poor old Czar is left to blunder along in the dark.
It would be a charity to send him the paper for a year, free.
The " Courier- Journal," while professing to accept the results of the
war, and to be guided by a liberal spirit, still lends its support to the
most contemptible form of race prejudice. Speaking of General Grant's
intended journey to Louisville, it says : "Not a man, woman, child or
dog in Kentucky who will not be glad to see him." The apparent hearti-
ness of this sentence but ill conceals the studied exclusion of the mules
and jackasses, which form so large and so respectable a body in Ken-
tucky.
At Galesburg, Illinois, General Grant was struck on the side of the
head by an egg, flung at him by some miscreant in the crowd. Jno. B.
Colton promptly offered one hundred dollars for the arrest of the ruffian.
This manly and patriotic step has had no effect whatever on Mr. Colton's
business ; but our pleasure at this result is marred by the reflection that
the egg was entirely wasted, which seems too bad.
The report of the post mortem examination of Joseph E. Bowman's
body shows that the cause of death was not, as erroneously reported at
first, the intrusion of a pistol bullet into his brain, but the " shattering of
his marital hopes." This is a solemn warning to all, including reporters,
and it makes one shudder to think how many new and strange forms this
disease of suicide is constantly assuming.
A young lady of this city refused to marry a gentleman this week to
whom she was engaged on the puerile grounds that he was a divorced man,
had beaten his first wife with a club, shot at her with a revolver, tried to
poison her, and run after her with a carving-knife. Really, our girls here
are getting so particular that if this thing goes on there won't be one wed-
ding a week in the entire community by-and-by.
The Hastings Debating Society has just rendered a decision that the
Press h*s exerted a greater influence upon civilization than the Pulpit,
each with a capital P, and is now engaged in wrestling with the question
whether the H. P. S. itself is more firmly held together by clap-trap, or
by common-place. The community is standing on tip-toe, breathless
with expectation.
The License Collector threw the New City Hall officials into a state
of painfnl excitement by appearing on Thursday with a swollen foot and
limping painfully. The suspense was removed on the announcement that
it was merely pedal podagra, so to speak, and that the best physicians were
bringing all their medical gattlingguns into play to dislodge his old enemy.
That special message of Grant to the people of the tJnited States is
what we can't digest. We don't care about the message, whether it
means battle and murder and sudden death, or fine prospects and ever-
lasting glory ; but we split with envy at the thought that all our toadying
could not put us ahead of Chicago in the General's mind.
Chicago is losing its proud position. A bank president in that city
has been indicted for crookedness, and one week has past by without ten
applications for divorce. It will soon be no place for a man of spirit.
The election recount for the position of County Clerk having been
abandoned, after the incurring of considerable expense,, a sharp advance
in corsets may be expected at any moment.
Mr. Pickering, in his remarks on the Carnival, says: "Very few
readers remember that Cervantes wrote Don Quixote." He should have
said : " Very few readers of my two papers."
Mr. Pickering calls him who wrote "Laughter holding both his
sides," a comic poet. It is not the poet who is comic this time.
10
SAN FKANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Nov. 8, 1879.
Ca rm R« R«
Overland Ticket Office : Perry Landing, foot
of Market street.— Commencing Monday,
May 19th, 1879, and until further notice,
aine Boats wil leave
SAW FRANCISCO:
7f.i * A. M. (daily), Vallejo Steamer {irom Market
. J J street Landing — Connecting- with Trains for
Napa (Stages for Sonoma), Calistoga (the Geysers),
and Sacramento. Connecting at Davis (Sundays except-
ed) for Woodland and Knight's Landing, and at Wood-
land for Williams and Willows.
(Arrive San Francisco 8:10 p.m.)
7f\f\ A.M. (daily) Local PassengerTraiu(via Oakland
• vu Perry) and via Livermore arriving at Tracy
at 11:30 a. M. and connecting with Atlantic Express.
Connects at Niles with Train arriving at San Jose at
10:15 A.M. . „ „r *
(Returning, train from Tracy arrives at 6:05 P.M.)
8nn A.M. (daily), Atlantic Express Train (via Oak-
• UU land Ferry, Northern Ry. and S, P. & T. R. R.)
for Sacramento, Marysville, Redding, Portland (Or.),
Colfax, Reno (Virginia City), Palisade (Eureka), Ogden
and Omaha. Connects at Gait with train arriving at
lone at 3:40 p.m.
(Arrive San Francisco 5:15 P.M.)
Sunday Excursion, Tickets to San Paolo and Marti-
nez at Reduced Rates.
1 Ci nnA-M- (daily) via Oakland Ferry, Local Passen-
JL U. U 1/ ger Train to Hay wards and Niles.
(Arrive San Francisco 4:05 P.M.)
3{\f\ P.M. (daily)San Jose Passenger Train (via Oak-
• \J\J land Ferry and Niles), stopping at all Way Sta-
tions. Arrives at San Jose at 5:20 p.m.
(Arrive San Francisco 9:35 A.M.)
3AA P.M. (daily) Northern Railway Passenger Train
• UU (via Oakland Ferry) to San Pablo, Martinez
and Antioch.
(Arrive San Francisco 9:35 a.m.)
4f\f\ P.M. (daily) Arizona Express Train (via Oak-
•W land Ferry, Northern Ry. and S. P. & T. R. R.)
for Lathrop (and Stockton), Merced, Madera, Visalia,
Sumner, Mojave, Newhall (San Buenaventura, and Santa
Barbara), Los Angeles, "Santa Monica," Wilmington,
Santa Ana (San Diego), Colton and Yuma (Colorado
River Steamers), connecting direct witu Daily Trains
of the Southern Pacific Railroad of Arizona for Mari-
copa (Daily Stages for Phoenix and Prescott), and for
Casa Grande (182 miles east from Yuma), and end of
Track (Daily Stages for Florence and Tucson).
"Sleeping Cars" between Oakland, Los Angeles and
Yuma.
(Arrive San Francisco 12:35 p.m.)
4f\(~\ P. M. (Sundays excepted) Vallejo Steamer (from
• "vJ Market Street Landing), connecting with trains
for Calistoga, (the Geysers), Woodland, Knight's Land-
ing and Sacramento ; and at Sacramento with Pas-
senger Train, leaving at 9:35 P.M. for Truckee, Reno,'
Carson and Virginia.
" Sleeping Cars " between Vallejo and Carson.
(Arrive San Francisco 11:10 A.M.)
A f\f\ P.M. (Sundays excepted) Sacramento Steamer
ttuUU (from Wash'n St. Wharf), for Beniciaand Land-
ings on the Sacramento River.
(Arrive San Francisco 8:00 p.m.)
4f) f\ P.M. (daily), Through Third Class and Acconi-
* V-M modation Train (via Oakland Ferry, North-
ern Ry. and S. P. & T. R. R.) connecting at Lathrop
with Train arriving at Los Angeles on second day at
11:55 A.M. (Arrive San FranciaCO 9:05 A.M.
4 0Q P.M. (daily) Local Passenger Train (via Oak-
•«-*V/ land Ferry) to Hay wards, Niles and Liver-
more. (Arrive San Francisco 8:35 a.m. )
^ OO P,M- <dailJT) Overland Emigrant Train (via
v*v-'vy Oakland Ferry and Northern Railway) to
Ogden, Omaha and East.
Public conveyance for Mills Summary connects at Sem-
nary Park Station with all trains, Sundays excepted.
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B 5.10J B8.00
B*5.00
B6.20
12.20
B6.30
B6.30
8.00
B 6.50 B10.00
B*5.40
B6.00
12 50
8.00
7.30
P. M.
6.40
B11.00
•6.25
6.50
1.20
10.00
8.30
2.35
7.40
P. M.
7.00
7.20
1.50
12.00
9.30
4.30
8.40
B6.00
8.03
7.50
2.50
10.30
11.30
9.40
10.40
9.00
10.03
8.25
8.50
1.30
3.50
3.30
p. M.
m
11.401
11.03
9.20
4.20
4.30
1.00
p. M.
12,00
9.50
4.50
5.30
3.00
a"
12.40
P. M.
10.20
5.20
B6.30
4.00
*5
1.25
1.00
10.50
5.50
5.00
2.40
3.00
11.20
6.25
6.00
M 4.40
•3.20
4.00
5.00
6.03
11.50
6.60
8.00
9.10
10.20
v ,
A. M. 1 e.lo
7.10 7.50
Change Cars
at 1 p. m. 1 9.00
West Oaklnd. 1 1.30 10.10
B*7.20
B'8.30
*10.00
b— Sundays excepted.
♦Alameda Passengers change cars at Oakland.
Creek Route.
From SAN FRANCISCO— Dail?j—B5:40, B6:30, 7.20, 8:15,
9:15, 10:15, 11:15 A.M. 12:15, 1:15, 2:25, 3:15, 4:15,
5:15, 6.15 p.m.
From OAKLAND— Daily— B5-.30, b6:20, 7:10, 8:05, 9:05,
10:05, 11:05 A. M. 12:05, 1:05, 2:15, 3:05, 4:05, 5:05,
6:05 p.m. —Sundays excepted.
" Official Schedule Time " furnished by Randolph &
Co., Jewelers, 101 and 103 Montgomery St., S. F.
T. H. GOODMAN, Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agt.~
A. N. Towns, General Superintendent.
Comuieucing Monday, Sept. 15th, 1879,
and until further notice. Boats and Trains will
leave San Francisco ( Washington-st. Wharf) as follows :
3(~fcO p. m. daily (Sundays excepted), Steamer
m\J\J "James M. Donahue" (Washington Street
Wharf) , connecting with Mail and Express Train at Don-
ahue for Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Healdsburg, Cloverdale,
and way stations. Making stage connections at Lake-
vitle for Sonoma ; at Geyserville for Skaggs' Springs ; at
Cloverdale for Qkiah, Lakeport, Mendocino City, High-
land Springs, Bartlett Springs, Soda Bay and the
Geysers.
fe^T* Connections made at Fulton on following morn-
ing for Korbel's, Guerneville and the Redwoods.
(Arrive at San Francisco 10:30 a.m.)
Sunday Excursions at Reduced Rates.
8 1 K a.m., Sundays only, via Donahue, for Clover-
• J- 1* dale and Way Stations.
FaresforRoundTrip: Donahue, §1 ; Petaluma, SI. 50 ;
Santa Rosa, $2; Fulton, S2.50; Windsor, $3; Healdsburg,
S3; Litton's, $3.50; Geyserville, S3.50; Cloverdale, $±.50.
(Arrive at San Francisco 7:00 P.M.)
Freight received from 7 a.m. till 2.30 p. m.,
daily {except Sundays).
Ticket Office : Washington st. Wharf.
A. HUGHES,
Gen. Manager.
JAS. M. DONAHUE,
Gen. Pass & Tkt. Agt.
R0EDERER CHAMPAGNE.
Notice.— The Trade anil the Public are
informed that we receive the genuine LOUIS ROF-
DEREK CARTE BLANCAE CHAMPAGNE, direct from
Mr. Louis Roederer, Reims, over his signature and Con-
sular Invoice. Each case is marked upon the side, " Ma-
condray & Co., San Francisco," and each hottle bears the
label, " Macondray & Co., Sole Agents for the Pacific
Coast." MACONDRAY & CO.,
Oct. 11. Sole Agents for the Pacific Coast.
Natural beairty surpasses any-
thing which can be imparted by
artificial means. PHOSPHATE
SOAP gives health to the skin
simply by removing impurities and
eradicating the poisons which give
rise to skin diseases.
Not only tor craily use on the face
and hands, but for bathing the
entire body, there is nothing equal
to PHOSPHATE SOAP. It is a
thorough disinfectant and removes
offensive odors of every kind.
Ask your Druggist for it.
(^omniencinjg; Monday, April 21, 1870,
J and until further notice, PassengerTrains will leave
San Francisco, from Passenger Depot on Townsend
street, between Third and Fourth streets, as follows :
Q 0/~)A.M. daily for San Jose and Way Stations,
tJ'^'*-' £5^* Stages for Pescadero (via San Mateo)
connect with this train only.
&3(F
..M (Sundays only) for San Jose and Way Sta-
tions. Returning, leaves San Jose at 6 P.M.
"1 (\ 4-0 AM- dailyfor San Jose, Gilroy, Hollister,
J-^*^" TresPmos, Pajaro, Salinas, Soledad and
all Way Stations, gap At Pajaro, the Santa Cruz
R. R. connects with this train for Aptcs, Soquel and
Santa Cruz. ^~ At Salinas the M. & S. V. R. R.
connects with this train for Monterey. 6^" Stage
connections made with this train. (Pescadero Stages via
San Mateo excepted.)
Q Q(~) p.m. daily (Sundays excepted) for San Jose,
*-'* *■* ^ Gilroy, Pajaro, Hollister, Tres Pinos and prin-
cipal Way Stations.
SPECIAL NOTICE.— The trains of the Santa Cruz R. R.
and theM. & S. V. R. R., which have been connecting
with this train on Saturdays at Pajako and Salinas re-
spectively, have been withdrawn for the season. Those
intending to visit Aptos, Soquel, Santa Cruz or Monterey,
will take the train leaving San Francisco at 10:40 A.M.
daily.
3Q f\ p.m. (Sundays only) for San Jose and Way Sta-
,OKJ tions.
4 9 PC p.m. daily (Sundays excepted) for San Jose and
,£i*J wav Stations.
5.00
'. m. daily (Sundays excepted) for MenloPark
and Way Stations.
6.30
p.m.— daily, for Menlo Park and WayStations.
Second-Class Fare.
Between San Francisco and San Jose SI. 00.
Ou Freight Trains only, leaving San Francisco at 4:00
A.M., San Jose at 8:30 p.m. (daily, Sundays excepted).
Excursion Ticbets at Reduced Rates
To San Jose ar.d intermediate poiuts sold ou Saturdays,
and Sunday mornings, good for return until following
Mo;,day inclusive.
Also, EXCURSION TICKETS to Aptos, Soquel, Santa
Cruz and Monterey, sold on Saturdays only— good for
return unti^the following Monday inclusive.
%*&~ Principal Ticket Office— Passenger Depot, Town-
send street. Branch Ticket Office — No. 2 New Mont-
gomery street, Palace Hotel.
A. 0. BASSETT, Supt. H. R. JUDAH, A. P. & T. A.
SOI'TIIERN DIVISIONS.
Commencing: Monday, May 19th, 1879,
E5F" Passengers for points on the Southern Divisions
of the road will take the cars of the Central Pacific Rail-
road via OAKLAND, leaving SAN FRANCISCO via Ferry
Landing, Market street, at 4:00 P.M. daily (Arizona Ex-
press Train) , and making close connection at GOSHEN
for Sumner, Mojave, Los Angeles, Wilmington, Ana-
heim, Colton, Colorado River, Yuma, Maricopa and Casa
Grande (182 miles east from Yuma). May 31.
Ladies who have injured the skin
by the constant use of cosmetics
may do much to restore their faces
to that beauty which nature alone
can give by constantly using PHOS-
PHATE SOAP.
For chapped hands the constant
use of PHOSPHATE SOAP wiU
be recommended by all who give
it one fair trial.
If you want a nice article of
Toilet Soap and something that is
beneficial to the skin, buy PHOS-
PHATE SOAP.
Ladies who wish to make the
skin look beautiful and natural
should use PHOSPHATE SOAP.
Manufactured by "Standard Soap Co.,"
204 Sacramento St.. San Francisco.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
11
NOTABILIA.
THE PEDDLERS SONG.
Lawn as white as driven mow ;
Cypress black as u'er was crow ;
Gloves as sweet as damask roses ;
Masks for faces and for noses ;
Bogle-bracelet, necklace, amber;
Perfume for a lady's chamber;
D ipBBnd stomachers,
For my lads to give their dears ;
Pins and poking^etieks of steel,
What mmloa lack from head to heel:
< . miebuyof me.come; come buy.come buy,
Buy, lads, or else your lasses cry.
William Shakspearb.
According to recent correspondence from Japan, published in the Bul-
letin in this city, the American mechanics, engineers, lawyers, toothpicks
and tobacco-plugs are infinitely preferred by the shrewd Japanese to those
of other countries. Nothing mure distinctively mark the race and the de-
gree of civilization than the hat ; and now that the Japanese have frankly
adopted Western principles of conduct and ideas of government and social
life, they will, of course, adopt the symbolic hat of the West ; and in the
West they will choose the style and the artist that are acknowledged to
be first. This is as it should be, and now that Herrmann, the Hatter, has
brought out his gloriously illustrated catalogue, San Francisco has the
proud satisfaction of possessing the most remarkable artist in hats in the
western world. 336 Kearny street.
One of the most cheering signs of the times is the inclination toward
healthy sports and a greater care for the physical development. Naturally,
when men begin to think of being strong, they find it necessary to clean
themselves ; and salt-water bathing, which strengthens while it purifies,
is now indispensable. There is no such establishment for this as the Ter-
race Baths, Alameda, which are carefully enclosed and watched, so as to
make them absolutely secure, and cleaned so scrupulously every day that
there is no chance for any deposit. Those who have seen the rush of the
ebb-tide when the gates are opened know that neither sand nor mud can
resist it. Add to these advantages the regular washing of the bathing
suits after each using, and it will be acknowledged that these balmy
waters are not to be equaled.
"My child," said the Captain, "I'm not findine fault; no harm in
putting your best foot foremost. I wish you'd do it a little more. At
your age you ought to be thinking about getting married." There's very
little doubt that the giddy young thing was thinking about it, much more
seriously than the Captain — dull, as all men are — ever imagined ; but she
was troubled about her complexion. Madame Rachel's Enamel Bloom
was recommended, and solved the problem. Perfectly harmless, made of
the most delicate plants, and wholesome in its effects, it is indispensable
to every lady, as C. Langley & Co., Front and Pine streets, can testify.
The N. Y. Graphic has been making some attempts at computing how
many persons in the world had $50, or its equivalent in cash, and finds
that in two countries at least, there must be a great many. In France,
in 1877, 2,863,283 depositors in banks had $153,800,000, and in English
Postoffice savings banks the average to each depositor was over §200.
This is a gratifying state of things, but it. is far more satisfactory to find
that no one who lunches or dines at Swain's, 213 Sutter street, ever feels
the need of §50, so light, so buoyant, so full of energy and hope does he
feel after one of those delicious, perfectly -cooked and elegant meals.
A little parcel, containing several braids of golden hair and an ex-
quisitely designed locket of genuine Etruscan style, was found but a few
days ago on the road to Alamo, and there is great wonder in the minds of
all concerning these mementoes of an evidently fond affection. There
was nothing in the parcel that could give a clue to the ownership ; and
one cannot but reflect that a suffering heart might now be consoled if the
locket had contained one of Bradley & Rulofson's inimitably perfect pho-
tographs of the owner.
Recent experiments by English army engineers have demonstrated
that guns which have chambers for the more perfect combustion of the
powder do far more execution with a smaller charge than unchambered
guns with a very heavy charge. This is a matter of great interest to mil-
itary men ; but all men, military or civil, are even more deeply interested
in the magnificent neck-gear sold by Carmany & Crosett, 25 Kearny
street. Induing these in the seclusion of his own chamber, a man goes
forth to do far greater execution than before.
A Texas newspaper expresses a wish that a few of the citizens of
that State might be permitted to live till they died a natural death, so as
to show the world what a magnificently healthy country Texas really is.
Patriotism so genuine should have its wish ; and if the Texans knew the
virtues of the Gerke Wine and sent their orders to Landsberger, not a few
but all of them would be sure of a longevity beyond compare. The Gerke
Wine is the one thing required to complete the charms of the Texas cli-
mate.
Sept. 27.
O. S. ORKICfi, General Agrent,
320 Market St., Opposite Front*
N'
SCHWAB & BREESE,
ew Art ©allery,024 Market street, opposite Palace Hotel.
Oil Paintings, Engravings, Wax and Artists' Materials.
■ ADMISSION FREE. Sept. 13.
P
NOTICE.
or the very best photographs go to Bradley A Rnlofson's
in an Elevator, 429 Montgomery street. • Oct. 29.
MADAME WALDO COHEN,
Finishing Lessons—Piano. S3 Per Lesson.
Sept. 20.
Ii07 Hyde Street, San Francisco.
s
JOSEPH GILLOTT'S STEEL PENS.
Gold Medal, Paris, 1878.
old by all Stationers. Sole Agent for the United States:
MR. HENRY HOE, 91 John street, N. Y. Jan. 6.
It is said that I * t,.,| to |MT0 Franco bocnua*
he received and relui ■. .,.-. oi offlom of the army; ami Mime
of these hnv,- U-vn - :,,.,,,. ,»r less rovers, for their
share in the Im ntth.-r nevi-re iliMcipliitc on hoth
Odea, and yet thin* ;,t in order if they ore to stay so. It [i
true that, in the case <>f M..nUnv»'» t'ni-'n Bangs, than i* in. asoaasity
of enforcing order at any time, f..r it works to perfection and does Letter
than any other. The teetimonlali to this effect at Jackson street, below
Battery, are amazing.
It Is a sad reflection that every step in the onward march of civiliza-
tion brings OS face to Face « itlt some new disease, or some new form of an
old and familiar malady. In this, as in every other condition of our ex-
istence, we rind the law of < 'nmpenaatiou Incessantly at work. We attain
to greater bights and wider scops only at the price of increased perils.
But, if the dangers are augmented) so are the resooroes of science, and in
this way Consumption, that Bcunrgsof modern life, has been met and
\ anquished by P. & P. J. i Win's Cordial Balm of Old Rye Whisky and
Pure Kock Candy.
It is a joy almost Anglo-Saxon and peculiar to sit by the side of a
good coal tire, on a stormy winter's evening, and chat cosily with a friend
while the kettle hums merrily, with delicious hints of coming tea, or per-
haps even of a comforting night-cap. The pleasure is Anglo-Saxon, but
the finest form of it is Anglo-American, when the tire is made of the
glowing Red- Ash Coal, which burns away so perfectly, without lump or
clinker. This, with every kind of Scotch, Eastern, Australian or other
coal, constantly for sale by J. Macdonough, 25 Market street.
If there is one feature of our glorious climate more admirable than
another, it is the moderation of the temperature, which enables even the
delicate invalid to enjoy a salt-water bath at the Neptune and Mermaid,
at the foot of Hyde street, North Beach, quite as much in December or
January as in July. At these baths the water rolls in on the shelving
beach, fresh from the Pacific, and the bathers have the advantage of
Prof. Mohor's presence and instruction in swimming.
There is a wonderful agreement among the foreigners who have
visited Japan as to the beauty of the scenery and the amiable character
of the people ; and it is not doubted that, if the country had a supply of
the famous Napa Soda, it would be one of the most enchanting regions on
the globe. Fortunately, the spring at Napa is inexhaustible, and even
this want will soon be filled.
It should be the business of every one having a cold to treat it
promptly and properly until it is gotten rid of— intelligent experience
fortunately presenting a curative in Dr. Jayne's Expectorant, thoroughly
adapted to remove speedily all Coughs and Colds— allay any exciting in-
flammation of the Throat or Lungs, and remove the distressing symptoms
of Asthma or Pleurisy.
The shipments of wool from San Diego this autumn amount to
450,998 pounds ; an advance on the production of last year, and one that
suggests many reflections on the progress of California. Much of this
increase is due to the growth of the demand for those matchless hats sold
by White, 614 Commercial street.
Tapestry Brussels, SI per yard and upwards ; finenewpattems. Call
and see them. Window shades, 75 cents and upwards. Window lace, 12£
cents and upwards. Cornices, wall paper, etc. Oilcloths, 50 cents per
yard and upwards. Hartshorn & McPhun, 112 Fourth st., near Mission.
Parents, do not use vile drugs or nostrums in your families, but use
pure Hop Bitters. Read Advertisement.
AVERILL MIXED PAINT,
The Best, Most Durable and Beautiful of All Faints.
PSBPAMED JtEAJOT JPOJJ USM,
AND OF AlfY SHADS) OB COLOR DESIBED.
COKE CHEAPEST FUEL.
Reduction in Price: Wholesale I* rice, 50 cents per barrel ;
Retail Price, 00 cents per barrel, at the works of the SAN FRANCISCO GAS-
LIGHT COMPANY, Howard and First streets, and foot of Second st. Jan. 12.
& CO.,
No. 20 Post street, opposite Mechanics' Institute, Import-
ers and Manufacturers uf Pictures, Frames, Mouldings, and Artist's Ma-
terials. Established 1849. Sept. 20.
W Morris. MORRIS & KENNEDY, J. F. Kennedy.
Importers and I>ealers in Moldings, Frames, Engravings,
Chromos, Lithographs, Deealcomanie, Wax and Artists' Materials, 21 Post
street, nearly opposite Masonic Temple, San Francisco. Feb. 4.
SNOW
12
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Nov. 8, 1879.
"BIZ.
There seems to be less stirring speculative activity in the general
merchandise market than for a month past. This, in a very great meas-
ure, is attributable to the largely diminished stock of. goods in warehouse.
In fact, the great bulk of Metals, Groceries, etc., is now in the hands of
the trade ; bought when low at bed-rock prices, and now held at a very
considerable advance. Our spot stocks of Coffee are probably less now
than for a very long period, causing a very important rise in values. Sugars
have also risen greatly the past few weeks, the Refiners profiting largely
by the advance. Teas are running light in stock, enabling holders of
Japans to obtain a handsome advance upon former rates. Bice, other
than Hawaiian Table, is in full supply, and prices low ; but the Island
product is wanted for the trade of Chicago, and the stock of this kind
being small, good prices and prompt sales result immediately upon ar-
rival.
Borax remains unchanged in value — say 6@7c for crude and refined.
The Colima carried to New York via Panama 48,815 lbs.
Bags and Bagging.— The spot combination, carrying, perhaps, 10,-
000,000 Grain Sacks, seem to be confident of the ultimate success of their
endeavors to make a corner in the market, but to do so they must carry
them six to nine months. The late rise of Jute and Burlaps in Calcutta
and Dundee is calculated upon to help them out. Bags that were ordered
some months ago in Calcutta at an extremely low figure have now
greatly advanced. Freights hither have also risen materially, bo that the
5,000,000 Grain Sacks contracted for, and perhaps now afloat for Cali-
fornia, a portion of which sold for Spring and Summer delivery at 9±@
9£c, could not now be bought for less than 9f @10c. As we look at it 15,-
000,000 Grain Sacks have already been provided for next year's crop. The
trade expect big prices next Summer. This may be the case if we have
big crops.
Quicksilver. — Spot stocks are light, and holders generally demand 45c.
Last Saturday all the available supply was picked up at 40c. On Mon-
day 52£c was paid for 100 flasks, and since then the price advanced to 55c.
There does not seem to be any demand for China, and without this outlet
we do not see how prices can be kept up, for the very good reason that
our monthly home consumption (the Bonanza mines) has been reduced
four to five thousand flasks from what it was three years ago, while the
production keeps up, but not to the extreme figures then recorded.
Salmon. — The market for Case Salmon is well under control, and all
the stock of Columbia River brands helcT by one wealthy firm at SI 40@
SI 50 per doz for 1- lb cans ; no 2-R> tins in market. Sacramento River
brands of Salmon can be bought at SI 37£(oi$l 40 per doz. Our receipts
for the season, dating from April 1st, 228,000 cases ; our exports, 115,700
cases. These figures do not include, of course, the Oregon shipments di-
rect to England, etc. Our present spot stock is estimated at 50,000
cases, which is a meagre supply for the Eastern States, Australia and
Europe.
Coffee. — A very notable advantage has been realized in all kinds of
Green during the past few weeks, owing to the light stock of Central
American and other Greens. Sales of Prime No. 1 Salvador at 20c@21c;
Rio at 16;\c@17c ; Mexican, 17^c. The total imports by sea in the first
ten months of the last four years were as follows : 1876, bags, 72,534;
1877, bags, 118,970; 1878, bags, 110,378; 1879, bags, 83,091. The receipts
by rail in the first ten months in the year were 2,610 bags in 1879, against
2,766 bags in 1878. The overland shipments up to this period were 19,563
bags in 1879 and 7,836 bags in 1878. At the close all the Central Ameri-
can in first hands closed out at 18c@18^c; it was fair Guatemala. O. G.
Java is held at 26c. An invoice of 425 bags good Green Tahatian is now
on the market from the Society Islands.
Sugars.— The Refiners have again advanced their prices of Cube,
Crushed and all other grades ^c per pound — now 13c for all Whites, 11@
ll£c for Yellow and Golden. Imports during the week, 4,000 pkgs from
Honolulu per City of Sydney. The bark Jane A. Falkenberg has arrived
at Portland, Oregon, with 5,000 kegs same. Two of our trade papers have
of late devoted columns of matter to the discussion, pro and con, of the
good and evil effects of the Hawaiian Reciprocity Treaty, the Merchant
ably advocating it, the Grocer denouncing it with a degree of ferocity that
greatly weakens its cause, and is well calculated to disgust the reader if
possessed of the least particle of refinement. No good can come of this
heated warfare. Better let the Treaty work out "its own term of seven
years, and mark the result. It certainly will prove a boon to the Ha-
waiians. In passing, we may be allowed to state that Sir Claus Spreckles,
the President of the California Sugar Refinery, and prime mover of this
Sugar Ring, and generally called the Sugar King, had the foresight to
contract for the entire Sugar crop of Hawaii, 35,000. tons, and seeing that
an advance in raw Sugars was inevitable, by reason of a lessened Beet
Sugar crop in France and Germany, quietly ordered, in addition, two full
cargoes oE Manila raws some months since. The rise on these two car-
goes in value now amounts to S100,000 profit. Strange how luck attends
the operation of some men. Will it always be so with Spreckles ? Is he
not putting too many irons in the fire with his vast irrigating planting
Sugar schemes at the Sandwich Islands, etc.
Cordage. — An advance in price is to be noted of ^c $ lb by the local
factory: now 15c $ lb.
Coal. — The market is without change in values, with few Spot cargo
sales.
Metals. — We have no sales to record, chiefly for lack of stock, all in
the hands of the trade; prices nominal.
Oils.— The Pacific Mill has advanced the price of JLinseed to 95c@$l #
galL Castor, SI 25@$1 40.
Spices.— Nutmegs are lower; sales of No. 1 at 95@974c. Cloves, 50c
Spirits Turpentine.— Sales of 500 cs, to arrive, at 50c.
Wines.— The Colima, for New York, via Panama, carried 29,000 glls.
This year vintage is estimated at 6,000,000 glls. On the 15th hist., S. L.
Jones & Co. will sell 120,000 glls White and Red Buena Vista Wines;
also, Sparkling ditto.
Wool. — The market is very strong, with a light stock; the present
range of prices 15 to 28c. This is a big rise, notably that for the low
Burry, southern grades, from 10 to 15c.
Hides. — The price of selected Dry has been advanced to 20c, under the
influence of a good Eastern demand.
Freights and Charters. — Few or no Grain charters have been written
during the week, ship owners holding out for 70s. to TJ. K. The latest
charters were at 65s.@67s. 6d. At this writing there are only nine disen-
gaged vessels in port, only half the number suited to the Grain carrying
trade of the port. The fleet to arrive in the next five or six months have
a tonnage of 140,000 tons. We have now on the berth 29 vessels, of 46,-
775 tons register, and the Wheat fleet off for the season 135 vessels, dating
from July 1st.
Breadstuff Marts.— Our receipts of Wheat and Flour, for the past
two seasons dating from July 1st to November 5th, compares as follows:
1878— Flour, 685,007 50-lb sacks; 1879— ditto, 632,702 50-lb sacks. 1879—
Wheat, 6,126,661 ctls; 1878, ditto, 5,506,210 ctls. From this it will be
seen that we are this season some 700,000 ctls in advance of 1878. Re-
ceipts are yet liberal, but, since the decline in values, farmers have shown
less anxiety to force supplies forward, and we therefore look for a falling
off in receipts from this time forward, as we h>i,ve now marketed more
than one-half of our Wheat crop. On Monday last an offer was made,
and declined, of S2 10 $ ctl for 1,000 tons of good shipping Wheat; sales
during the week of small lots at $2@2 05 $ ctl. Our exports of Wheat
and Flour, the past two seasons, stand thus — to all countries:
Flour, bble. Wheat, ctls.
1879— July 1 to November 5 154,231 5,158,422
1878-July 1 to November 5 167,744 4,939,503
Barley, Oats and Corn. — We note the purchase of 15,000 cts. feed
Barley for Iquiqui. We quote feed at 75@80 ; brewing, 90@95c $ ctl.
Oats are in free supply from the North, and prices have fallen to SI 15@
SI 35 per ctl. Corn — There is a slight advance to be noted in small Yel-
low, now §1@S1 05 per ctl. ; large Yellow, 95@97ic per ctl.
Beans are in good demand for export, 80 tons Lima taken for New
York by rail — eight carloads ; price, 5?i@6c ; other Whites, l^e per lb.
Sops are in good demand, at 25 to 35c, according to quality.
Rye.-The demand is light ; price SI 10 # ctl.
Butter, Cheese and Eggs are quite pleatiful, at 30@35c for the
former ; Cheese, 12£@18c ; Eggs, 25 to 35c for Eastern and California.
THE PUBLIC HEALTH.
There has been a steady and ominous increase in the city mortality
during the month of October. During the week ending the 3d, the deaths
were 74 ; on the following weeks they rose to 78, 86, 97 and 108. For the
same weeks the deaths from zymotic causes were 14, 8, 6, 24 and 18. Dur-
ing the last two weeks 17 infants have died of cholera. Typhoid fever
continues prevalent. The type is mild ; nevertheless there have been 14
deaths in the month. Diphtheria, which had disappeared from the roll/>f
mortality, has again appeared. There were 4 deaths last week, and the
week before 3 deaths from croup, which is regarded by many pathologists
as the same disease. During the last two weeks there has been a high
mortality from pneumonia. The combination of mild showers and *hot
weather appears to favor the development of sewer gases, and it is scarcely
probable that the health of the city will improve until the sewer deposits
have been flushed away by heavy rain. Nevertheless, it is within the
power of most persons to secure an adequate supply of fresh air by open-
ing the windows and closing the doors. It is very easy to contaminate the
air of bedrooms by leaving the doors open, while it is most difficult to in-
troduce foul air from the outside.
F
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
lnestaud Cheapest Meat-flavoring Stock for Soaps, Made
Dishes and Sauces. March 2,
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT
[s a success and boon for which Nations should feel grate-
ful. See "Medical Press," "Lancet," "British Medical Journal," etc.
M
C
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF ME4T-
Caution—Oennine only with fac-simile of Baron Iiiebig's
Siguature, in blue ink, across Label. "Consumption in England increased ten-
old in ten years." March 2.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
To be had of all Store- keepers, Grocers and Chemists. Sole
Agents for the United States (wholesale only), C. David & Co., 43, Mark Lane,
London, England. March 2.
ediciual Food— Pancreatic Emulsion is the only true
fond in
"Ion sumption and Wasting1 Diseases produced by enfeebled diges-
tion, or hereditary causes.
~]V4~ecIicinal Food— Pancreatic Emulsion supplies the special form of
XtA nutriment, in combination with the digestive agent required, and is there-
fore the
Natural Food for such Invalids, restoring strength, weight and appe-
tite, and counteracting the tendency to wasting diseases, etc.
Savory «fc Moore, New Bond-street, London, from whom pamphlets, contain-
ing particulars and the highest Medical Testimonials and recommendations,
may be obtained, gratis, on application, and chemists, etc., everywhere. [July 5.
CHARLES LANGLEY & CO.,
Wholesale Druggists,
Importers of Pure English, French and German Drags,
PATENT MEDICINES, Etc.,
XOO and 102 FRONT STREET,
San Frakcisco. [Sept. 6.
OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP CO.,
For Japan and China, leave wharf, corner First and Bran-
nan streets, at noon, for YOKOHAMA AND HONGKONG, connecting at
Yokohama with Steamers for Shanghai.
GAELIC December 6th, February 28th.
BELGIC January 17th, April 10th.
Cabin Plans on exhibition and Passage Tickets for sale at No. 2 New Montgomery
street.
For Freight, apply to GEORGE H. RICE, Freight Agent, at the Pacific Mail Steam-
ship Company's Wharf, or No. 218 California street.
T. H. GOODMAN, General Passenger Agent.
LELAND STANFORD, President. Nov. 1.
8, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
13
"The World." the Flesh, and the Devil.
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*n<I 3v ^htagtm apierv— Th* l*vv -v .luty on Ihi lite Count
lis— luir, \\h" i-
alrra-i', th,. duty, ^itlnti. ally
r.niAik"! that it wm i rt'in»lr b« wm * rich man, othwwiN ''•
-, among othi r
urMteoUtcUooa, ocm co*utrtinK-
ng Um i'I|mmi lo»
t%»cur,~ Mid he. " HrUv qu» : *h«n he
■ < Ucari CMUTCMit ffr»tnl rbqttt d'vUr "in* >!u ni"iul. ."
I ••o* lately ultlrtSMxl bj t w i(r. (nun .» » « — ^t 1 whii li
*-««ot ftauoocd off the we»t com I wmi (rrwatly rarprtood
'■irh nt\ captain). I t ' J, mid to
the truth I h^.. uM h»vo thought that a hiuul-
wme »"unc wocui] hk ,*« brai abor* ftpplylDg to a poor marine for
■ r hi ihi* matter, an you liavt been
■- II. I -li.on.l lik< ; that is. to lakv
ir mother, «].< [I and, il p li do, get nmr-
ried air»in. It might ! that l will novor trouble
mmce, and there is do doubt
bat that I fhall rtaj Inthoaon n years. Mj captain said that
Id n«.t Intarfan With im private nil ur-. >n>l i( 1 lin<l any trouble with yon to
take do notice ol it. l must do« conclude, and I don't think I shall ever bos you or
Manchester again, (or 1 bare rremtcz lUra lions in Portsmouth than any other part
of England. —1 remain, etc, P. 8. 1 1 annot return your letter, as it is lost." In this
letter tJ ■ the warrior and the proTorUal Inoonstancy of the sailor are
fearfully and WOndarfuUj OOmbfned !— A tramway has Just Imii opened in the fine
on a oew principle. The rail has no groove. It is laid exactly
flush with the r 1 m.iy thus bo crossed at any angle with any descrip-
tion ■ >( conveyance without »nj Jar or disturbance. The car is guided and kept in
its place on this rail bj alight Bteel studs on the tyro of the wheels, which fit into
oorreepondlng bolea punched In the rail at the distance of every five inches. The in-
vention is that of an architect, Mr. Edge of Birmingham, and may be said now to
have merged from the experimental inl i that ol accomplished (act.— —If any one is
still sceptical as to the future of the electric li^ht, let him drive or walk from West-
minster along the Embankment to Blackfriars, and then across Waterloo Bridge :
he will In- well rapaid, and his scepticism must vanish. The effect of the electric
lamj« along this entire rouU is simplj magnificent; it is like moonlight, before which
the feeble gas-jets pale their ineffectual lii,rht. When gas first came in, country folk
used to come up in crowds to see Southwark Bridge lit up. Events repeat them-
selves; and I should not be surprised to see "specials" advertised to carry people up
to see Waterloo Bridge as now illuminated, and it really is a noble spectacle, worth
coming a lung way to see. It took gas eleven years to establish itself ; and in eleven
years n bat strides may not the electric light have made after this river-side demon-
stration of its capabilities \~Tke World. ^~ One of the strange features in the
double murder in the Faubourg St. Honore, that has for the last few days been the
talk of Paris, is the fact that the murderer thought fit to write to the widow of his
master and victim to inform her that it was only for the sake of robbery that he
committed his crime. * I have taken about eighty pounds," he says, in conclusion,
' with which money I meau to make my fortune ; and I pledge myself to return it to
you some day.' Extraordinary as the scruple may look, this is not the first time
that a murderer, without apparently feeling much remorse for the deed in itself,
has given signs of being quite awake to the pecuniary liability which it entails. Thus
the Marquis de Salverte, whose father was murdered at San Domingo about a quar-
ter of a century ago, received by post, after the lapse of a few years, a sum of eight
thousand pounds, with notice that it was a restitution of the amount robbed, from
the murderer himself, who had made his fortune, but declined to give his name and
address. Iu another case, a Parisian Senator was for years in receipt of a monthly
installment of eight pounds from London, the sender of which was unkuown, with
notice that the amount would be forthcoming to complete the payment of a sum of
twenty-four thousand francs, robbed from one of his uncles after murder. What
was stranger still is that the receiver knew of no relation of his who had ever been,
or was likely to have been, murdered.
CUMBERLAND LODE, ARIZONA.
The Cumberland Mine Preparing for "Work of an Exten-
sive Character.
As is 'Well known, the Cumberland Lode is in Martinez District, Yavapai
county, Arizona. The Cumberland Mine is the principal mine of this lode, while
the Martinez and Gnome Mines— extensions of the Cumberland — have also very
rich ore in their shafts, and will, within a few months, make a very handsome show-
ing Capt. Daniel Hanlou, Superintendent of the Cumberland, is putting up build-
ings, and making every preparation to receive the 10-stamp mill, which will shortly
be forwarded from here to the mine. He has already reported the ore-body as inex-
haustible. The richness of the same in shafts No. 1, 2 and 3 is patei t to every per-
son who has examined the mine since last July. The Cumberland Mine is truthfully
proclaimed as the coming bonanza of this Coast, challenging comparison for richness
and extent with any other mine of equal depth that has yet been brought to light.
In times like these, when misrepresentation seems to be the rule, the officers of this
company cannot be too highly commended for their frankness and fairness. There
are no hidden secrets. Experts of reputation are invited to inspect the mine— see
for themselves— and then report honestly what is presented. A party, with this ob-
ject in view, comprised of men of well-known integrity, will leave here for the Cum-
berland within a few weeks.
At the regular monthly meeting of the British Benevolent So-
ciety, held at the rooms, 730 Montgomery street, on Monday, 3d Novem-
ber, 1879, it was moved by Mr. Lyons, seconded by Mr. Fox, and carried
unanimously — " That the resolution of respect to the memory of the late
William Hayes, passed by the Board of Relief on the 8th ultimo, be
adopted as expressive of the sentiments of the Society at large." The fol-
lowing is the resolution referred to : " That in the death of Mr. William
Hayes, who for a period of twelve years occupied the position of Chair-
man to the Board of Relief of the British Benevolent Society of Califor-
nia, the Board has lost one of its most genial, faithful and active mem-
bers ; and therefore it feels called upon to bear testimony to the fact, that
during the period through which Mr. Hayes was connected with this
Board, he made it Ms duty to devote a considerable portion of his valuable
time to the work ' of prudently dispensing the charities of the Society
and conserving its general interests.'" The Board thinks it but just to
add that Mr. Hayes' generous heart led him, in many instances, to relieve
with his own private means cases of destitution that did not come within
the scope of the Society's operations.
Mr. H. F. Williams, whose long fight in behalf of a good system of
street pavement has not yet been won, has brought together, in a handsome
sheet, the Report of the Committee of the Mechanics' Institute on his
Composite Pavement, submitted to them in 1876, besides a letter from
Mr. James Findla, of Brighton, England, and the opinion of Mr. Far-
quharson, the eminent architect ; all agreeing as to the superiority of this
invention. There is no answering the arguments or disputing the facts
stated by Mr. Williams.
An elegant assortment of Gold Watches and Chains at Randolph &
Co.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
The immigration for the year at NVw York, which i» now certain to
k to ;h,i.- -panic day*, whan nearly
OMtk Garden, but it is remarkable for
■ * ""*' h and an OOWttally well-to-do class of iimni-
grant-, hi the ..],! .Ly*. «},. n the great bulk of iimni^rtiit- w.r<* htmiin-
stricken Irish pennante, the ..wragr imoontof money brought bjttoh
person was put at $s, and mated by the New Y«.rk oommjs-
Bonmol emigration at ?Ti». If thin estimate is correct, and it i* biuu-d
on foreign coin offered for to American currency by Um ami
grants, this year's immigration hu [ntrodaoad v.rj.iioo.ooo to this country
in money alone, two-thirds il- much as the net import of specie during tho
year.
HIGHEST STOCK QUOTATIONS
For the Week Ending Not. 7th, 1879.
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STOCK DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Office of the Oila Silver Mjuliigr Company, Room 7, Safe
Deposit Building, 328 Montgomery street, San Francisco, California, October
21st, 1879.— At a special meeting of the Stockholders of the above-named Company,
held this day, a Stock Dividend of twenty per cent, was declared, payable imme-
diately, out of the Capital Stock owned by the Company. All Stockholders are re-
quested to send their Stock to the office of the Company before November 24th, 1879,
and receive the dividend due thereon.
Nov. 8. WM. W. PAFvRISH, Secretary.
PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
Steamers of this Company will sail from Broadway Wharf
for PORTLAND, Oregon), every 5 days, direct, and for LOS ANGELES, SANTA
BARBARA, SANTA CRUZ, SAN DIEGO, SAN LUIS OBISPO and other NORTH-
ERN and SOUTHERN COAST PORTS, leaving SAN FRANCISCO about every
third day.
For Day and Hour of Sailing, see the Company's Advertisement in the San Fran-
cisco Daily Papers.
Ticket Office, No. 214 Montgomery Street, near Pine.
GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Agents,
March 15. No. 10 Market street.
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
The Company's steamers will sail as follows at 13 Iff:
CITY OF PEKING, Nov. 15th, Feb. 7th, May 1st— CITY OF TOK10, Dec. 27th,
March 20th— for YOKOHAMA and HONGKONG.
GRANADA, November 19th, for PANAMA and NEW YORK, calling at MAZAT-
LAN, SAN ELAS, MANZANILLO and AGAPULCO, connecting at Acapulco with
Company's Steamer for all Central American ports— calbng at SAN JOSE DE GUAT-
EMALA and LA LIBERTAD to land passengers and mails only.
Tickets to and from Europe by any line for sale at the lowest rates; also to Ha-
vana and all West India ports.
CITY OF SYDNEY, Nov. 24th, at 12 o'clock m.. or on arrival of the English mails,
for HONOLULU, AUCKLAND and SYDNEY. $10 additional is charged for pas-
sage in Upper Saloon.
DAKOTA, November 10th, for VICTORIA, PORT TOWNSEND, SEATTLE, and
TAO'MA, connecting at TACOMA with Northern Pacific Railroad for PORT-
LAND, Oregon. Tickets must be purchased before 11 a.m. on day of sailing, at
Wharf Office. For freight or passage apply at the office, cor. First and Brannan
streets. (Nov. 8.) WILLIAMS. BLANCHARD & CO., Agents.
14
SAtf FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER.
Nov. 8, 1879.
UTTItB THINGS.
[BY SARAH L. MOORE.]
Little thorns are sharpest,
Little cares fall deep,
Little acts will often
Cause our love to sleep.
Little things we live by,
Little things we say,
Little things not seldom
Steal our peace away.
Little things distress us,
Little things annoy,
Little things may bless us
And may give us joy.
Little things lie closest,
Little things are light ;
Little things can sometimes
Turn our day to night.
Little things can fly far,
Little things can pain,
Little things take longest
To gather up again.
-Fireside Lays.
REAL ESTATE NOTES.
Prom Magee's Real Estate Circular, for October, we extract as
follows: There was considerably more inquiry for real estate in October
than in September, particularly for small homesteads and homestead lots,
and also for large central paying business properties, of which there is now
very little for sale. Prices as yet have not improved anywhere, while in
several cases sales made last month show even lower rates. We look for
a decided improvement this winter and next spring, if we have abundant
rains. We note increased inquiry for Mission lots and houses and lots,
at from §1,000 to S2,000 in the first case, and from $2,000 to $3,000 in the
second. North Beach lots, too, are in rather more demand. Land along
the line of the California-street cable road has not been so much sought
after since the building of the cable line on Geary street. The prices asked
along and close to California street have for some time kept buyers off.
There is a large amount of prospective business property for sale, at the
western end of Market street, and on Third, Fourth, Sixth, Mission,
First, Fremont, Main and other streets.
The City and County sales for October were 172 in number, and $839,-
824 in value. The mortgages were 203, amounting to $820,398 ; and the
releases 174, amounting to $900,010.
It has not for years been more difficult than it is at present to obtain
good mortgages. The savings banks have found it impossible, for the past
three months, to loan out as much money as they desired satisfactorily on
such securities. Plenty of private capitalists have also been trying to ob-
tain good city mortgages during the past few months ; but, having been
generally unsuccessful, they are now looking for desirable productive pur-
chases.
It will be remembered that many real estate owners failed to pay the
taxes assessed against their lots for the fiscal years 1872-73 and 1873-74.
The impression was general that those taxes were illegal and could not be
collected, but now it appears that by virtue of subsequent legislation, and
sundry decisions of the Supreme Court of this State, these taxes must be
paid. Our readers should be careful, therefore, to examine their receipts
for taxes, and their abstracts of title, and if these taxes do not appear to
have been paid, they should hasten to pay them to avoid costs of expensive
litigation. These receipts, moreover, should be carefully preserved, as
instances may occur where the taxes, though actually paid, may, by in-
advertence, not be canceled on the records, and the receipt would in those
cases be the only evidence of the extinguishment of the tax lien.
Supervisor Smith, Chairman of the Finance Committee, lately made
the annual statement of the financial condition of the city. We believe
that no other city in the Union, of the same size, has a much smaller
debt, in proportion to its revenue and the value of its property, than this
city. The funded debt is but $3,000,000, while the value of the city
property, at a low valuation, is $215,000,000. If, however, we look more
closely into the matter, it will be found that the burden of our debt is
heavy. The city property, consisting of squares and public buildings, in-
stead of being a source of revenue, is a cause of great outlay, and the
more we increase this kind of city property, the more we increase our an-
nual expenditure. The interest of the funded debt, with the contribution
to the sinking fund, annually amounts to $472,140. To pay this interest,
214j cents of a tax levy on the assessed total value of all assessed property
{$215,000,000) is required. The city tax levy for the current year is $1.37,
and we all know that one of the fundamental principles of the new city
regime is that the tax levy is never to exceed $1, which is considered the
maximum levy which we can patiently endure. So about a fourth of the
whole revenue of the city will be needed to pay the interest of the funded
debt of the city. A private individual or a mercantile firm would not be
considered in a very brilliant position financially, if more than one-
fourth of his or its income was required to pay interest on debt, the prin-
cipal of which there could, in the most favorable case, be no possibility of
paying off for many years to come, if ever. Then, the interest on the
funded debt is 6 and 7 per cent., and cannot be reduced by any amount
of zeal on the part of new and virtuous city rulers, until the time for
paying the bonds arrives, while the interest received on the sinking fund
of $1,000,000 is but 2& per cent. The sinking fund can only be invested
by being loaned on the security of State, City and County bonds. Loans
from it cannot be made for a definite time ; the city may demand pay-
ment at any time. The mouey being thus loaned on call, no higher rate
of interest has hitherto been obtained than 2£ per cent, per annum. If
the money could be loaned on the bonds for tfie term during which they
run, 8 per cent, could be received. If this cannot be done, IT. S. bonds
should be purchased ; they pay 4 per cent., and can at any time at once
be turned into cash.
The Japan " Gazette M makes a few justifiable remarks on our
practice of pirating in America the works of foreign authors, and
shows how the Japanese, of all people, are commending the poisoned
chalice to the lips of the Harpers, the chief sinners :
"The imitative Japanese have followed the example set them and pro-
duced a very creditable reprint of a school book published by Messrs.
Harper & Brothers, of New York. The cover, title page, typography
and wood cuts of each are exactly alike, and it would be impossible to
distinguish the reprint from the original if the former did not boldly show
upon its cover that it is reprinted by T. T. Itoo, Tokio. It is needless to
say that the reprint can be sold here for a sum less than the first cost of
the original in New York, and as elementary educational works are
largely used in Japan, and form one of the chief American imports, it is
quite probable advantage will be taken of the principle of reciprocity to
reprint here and undersell American school books of all descriptions."
LEAKY ROOFS!
To prevent your roofs from leaking-, have them, painted, with
PRINCE'S IRON ORE PAINT,
the most reliable fire and water proof metallic compound. Not a
new experiment. In use throughout the United States. None gen-
uine without the manufacturers' name. For sale by
G. T. RAYNOIDS & CO.,
No. 9 Front Street, San Francisco. [Oct. is.
Geo. C. Hickos.
GEORGE C. HICK0X & CO.,
E. C. McFarlane.
C Commission Stock Brokers (San Francisco Stock Ex-
J change, No. 230 Montgomery street, San Francisco. May 4.
J. A. RUDKIN,
Member S. F. Stock and Exchange Board, 423 California
street. STOCKS Bought and Sold on Commission. Liberal Advances
made n Active Accounts. Oct. 26.
E. E. Eyre.1 Members S. F. Stock and Exchange Board. [J. H. Jones.
EYRE & JONES,
Stock Brokers*
320 PINE STREET, SAN FRANCISCO. [Sept. 27.
ANDREW BAIRD,
Negotiator of Loans and Commercial Paper,
Broker in Local and State Securities,
No. 312 California Street San Francisco.
[JP. O. Box 1,208.1 July 19.
D. Y, B, Henarie. Edward Martin.
E. MARTIN & CO.,
Importers and Wholesale Dealers in Wines and Liquors.
Proprietors of Miller's Extra Old Bourbon and J. F. Cut-
ter Extra Old Bourbon and Rye Whiskies.
April 5. 408 Front Street, San Francisco*
HIBERNIA BREWERY,
Howard Street) Between Eighth and Ninth.
Pec. 7.] M. yuXAir, Proprietor.
TABER, HARKER & CO.,
IMPORTERS AJfD WHOLESALE GROCERS,
10S ana 110 California St., S. F.
[April 19.]
Henry B . Williams. Henry B. Williams .
WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO.,
SHIPPING} AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
No. 218 California st., S. F. [Jul; 27.
Newton Booth, C. T. Wheeler, Sacramento. | J. T. Glover, W. W. Dodge, S. F
W. W. DODGE & CO.
w
holesale Grocers.
Francisco.
corner Front and Clay streets, San
April 1.
CASTLE BROTHERS,
ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAR 1850.
Importers of Teas and East India Goods, I* on. 213 and 215
Front street, San Francisco. Jan. 13.
J. M. Neville. REMOVAL.
BAGS, TENTS AND
NEVILLE & CO.,
No.'s 31 and 33 California Street, S.
San Francisco.
Geo. H. Bryant.
HOSE.
E. corner of Davis,
[Aue. 2.
L.H.Newton. NEWTON BROTHERS & CO., M.Newton.
Importers and wholesale dealers in Teas, Foreign Goods and
Groceries, 204 and 206 California street, San Francisco, Cal May 25.
Aug. 16.]
WM. F. SMITH, M.D.,
Oculist and Anrist, 313 Bush Street.
Office Hours, from 12 M. to 3 P.M.
J. C. MERRILL & CO.,
Shipping- and Commission merchants, Agents for the Sand-
wich Islands Packet Lines, 204 California street, S. F. April 13.
SITUATION WANTED.
An English gentleman, with several years' experience of
California, thoroughly acquainted with book-keeping and general business,
and with a knowledge of farming, is anxious for employment as clerk, overseer, or
other position. Best of references. Address " S," this office. Oct. 18.
NOTICE.
At a meeting of the Local Board of Directors of the
LIVERPOOL AND LONDON AND GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY, held
October 11th, 1879, MR. GEORGE MEL was appointed Resident Secretary pro tern
of the Pacific department of said Company.
Oct. 18. _^ ^_ WM. F. BABCOCK, Chairman.
A LARGE REWARD
Will be paid on application to .TOSBN BROWN*, at this
office, for the papers of JOHN COSSER, recently deceased at some town
back of Mazatlan, Mexico. Oct. 18.
DOGS^
Gi: verill, the Celebrated Canine I>octor from Loudon, can
a be consulted for treatment or purchase. Fee, SI. Address,
G. EVERILL, 528 California street.
&&" Sure cure for worms, distemper, canker and mange sent free by mail on
receipt of §1. Oct. 18.
Nor. 8, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVKUT1SEU.
15
OCTOBER
[RT W. J. DAW80I.]
An odor of panM<* tnd i
A fnun»n»v of ro*«« wind *wept ;
The Summer ha* leapt th roost) the woodbines,
And caught tin- c*>M >irii.k- m ahe slept.
The crovtm bnroa through the brvuut meadows,
And his*h in the depths of the sky
The lark nitu"*, whihj in the kirn shadows
The chorister thraabi * r-piy.
A fragrance of fading and dyintr,
A forest strewn thick with red leaves,
The twittering of i iwmflom
Bwift-circnug al»>vo 1 1 ■ *• cold eares.
The song of the tfanuhea i- ei
And ou its load organ instead
The Wind plays a thunder- march, blended
With requiem notes f<-r the dead.
A wailing of wind, like Bonis sighing
For hopes that shall blossom no more;
A mist over forest ami ocean,
And moaning along the seashore.
The Sun, like a victor, sore stricken,
Reels slowly, blood-stained, down the skies ;
And so while the flowers droop and sicken,
The Summer grows fainter— and dies.
— London Graphic.
USEFUL KNOWLEDGE.
[From the "British Trade Journal." J
An interesting experiment to test the extent of the illuminating
powers of the electric light was recently made one evening at Saratoga
Springs, New Fork. The light was put in operation on the tower of the
Grand Union Hotel. An open parabolic reflector was used — no lenses —
and care was taken by Mr. Maxim to set the points of the carbons a little
on one side of each other and to adjust them exactly to the focus of the
reflector. This having been accomplished, the light was turned toward a
spot in Ballston Spa, New York, 7b miles distant, where, by previous ar-
rangement, a group of several hundred persons were assembled to witness
the experiment. The place was instantly illuminated in such a way that
ordinary printing could be read, the time seen on watches, etc. The
night was clear, still and dark.
During August there sailed from the Mersey eighty vessels for the
United States, British North America, Australia, South America, East
Indies, West Indies, China, and the West Coast of Africa, having on
board 13,588 passengers, of whom 8,476 were English, 113 Scotch, 1,383
Irish, 3.117 foreigners, and 499 whose nationalities were not distinguished,
The Hmires for the corresponding period of last year were 3,804 below
those for August thiB year, which were also 2,990 above July this year.
It will thus be apparent to the most casual observer that emigration from
England is being vigorously pushed forward.
A new kind of crockery, designed to 611 the place of earthenware
to some extent, has recently been introduced. It consists of cotton pulp,
or felt, glazed with a composition into which dissolved glass largely enters.
It is a durable, elastic material, possessing neither the great weight nor
brittleness of earthenware ; but it has yet to undergo the test of general
use.
In England and Wales one-half the soil is owned by 4,500 persons,
three of whom own 420,000 acres. In Scotland, out of 19,000,000 acres,
9,400,000 are owned by only 70 persons, the Duke of Sutherland calling
himself master of 1,326,000 acres. One-half of Ireland is owned by less
than 750 persons, and two-thirds of it by less than 2,000.
A machine has been invented in Germany for dealing cards. The
pack is placed in a sort of box from which only one card can issue at a
time, expelled by two wheels, which can be turned by the thumb with
considerable rapidity. This apparatus, it is said, completely prevents all
kinds of cheating.
A diamond, 94.f-carat, found recently at Mekerk's Bush, in the South
African diamond-fields, was sold on the spot for £7,000. The same "dig-
ger" to whose lot this rare find fell unearthed about the same time a fine
stone of 26 carats, and another of 10.f carats, besides several smaller gems.
Emily Faithful's "Wandering Uhlan" says in the London Express :
"Mr. John Rylands, who dwells in Cromwell -road, Kensington, lately
altered the name of some property of which he is possessed from Longford
to Cromwell Terrace, whereupon one of his tenants writes as follows :
'So long as I live my family shall never inhabit a house in any street or
terrace bearing the execrable name of Cromwell — of most infamous mem-
ory— a rebel, a traitor, a regicide, a usurper, a self-seeking and ambitious
hypocrite and tyrant, a wholesale murderer of defenseless women and
children (to wit, the sieges of Drngheda and Wexford), an arch-enemy of
the altar and the throne (vide all English history). _ That name is insulting
to the loyalty and intelligence of the entire neighborhood, and highly
offensive to the great majority of the ratepayers, who have already most
emphatically expressed themselves to that effect.'"
Women vs. Windows. — By what process of reasoning is it deter-
mined that a pane of plate-glass is six times as valuable as a woman ? A
man who in a state of drunkenness smashed the former was sentenced,
recently, to twelve months' hard labor, while a man who in his sober
senses knocked a woman down with a furious blow, and kicked her about
the head till she became insensible, got off with two months' hard labor.
We submit that the pane of plate-glass was nothing to be compared with
the pain of the woman. It is high time that this ridiculous regard for
property, compared with the indifference of magistrates for the safety of
human life, be noticed by the powers that be. Women may have their
faults, but we contend that none of them are utterly worthless. — Fun.
Sterling Silverware. — A large assortment of elegant designs at Ran-
dolph & Co.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
Recorded In the City And County of San Francisco. California, for
the Week ending November let.
Oompilnifromtht Itaonfit if thr <„,n>n*Teial. 4tf*«cy, 401 California St, S.F.
URANTOH AND ORA71TKI.
Tuesday. Oct. 28th
Illh Ban ft L'n to K J Iturhantn
Mlchl McDonald lo Win Boll *
Chas R Morgan to M Greenwood.
Mary F Grant to C F do Kamlrcjs.
Daniel .Tones to Henry A Paul ...
Savsaml Ln Soc to .la? Marl tnl
Adam Miller to Cornelius Sullivan
Geo Mc Williams to AMcGilvry..
M K Dnrney to Hannah K Ball
Mary 0 Woodward to Isaac Hyde.
M J Cardozo to Mary E Cardozo..
DE Martin to H J Dolan
Geo Mc Williams to J G Ulrirh
DB9CRirTlof(.
8« Howard, 0B no Sd. HOxSS
K York, ]fl9»*lth, 11x100
Wnsnlnpt<>n, Wnfl w Mnpte, w 32:1, *
I i! 118:11 to bediming....
nthto, 197:6 w Montgomery, w
15:1x187:0....
S I n'nn.Mr Leavenworth, £rixl37:ii. . .
\ 141 1 S8d, SlixlOU-M B 160...
Sc Bryant ami 25x90
nift, 46:8 w Prospect Avenue, w
.".IxTO
H S« ott, tOSS, a (lay, 86x81:8
All intercut In op late or It B Woodward
deceased
Undivided half of lots 61. 07, 188. Haley
Map l
Lot 8, block 307 Case tract
W Prospect Ave. 331 sCoso av, 23x122:6
Gift
000
1,800
1,000
2,000
Gift
460
600
Wednesday. Oct. 29th.
Betty Mooshake to Minnie Alice..
D E Martin to Jennie LewiB
Thos Magee to Alice M Swain ....
Lloyd Tevis et al to S C Bigelow. .
Solomon Levy to Cath Frutiger
Wm Thomas to Emma A Thomas.
Frank Kennedy toTOlivcr Larkin
Thos O Larkin to J Hendy
W W Meloney to Chris Grodhans.
Carrie A Wilsey to Robt F Osborn
J McKee to Richard O'Connor. ,
Pa tk Taney to Daniel Jones
Danie! Jones to J J Hnrrigan . . . .
Si- Sirwiisoi], 375 sw 3d, 20x70
Lot 21. blk307. Case Tract
W Bartlett, 230 s 88d, 25x126
Nm Clemen! and 3d avenues, w 43:5, no
138.10, etc; also sundry lots OL
N California, 51:3 w Stelner, 26:10x120.
N Pacific, 187:6 s Scott, 68:9x127:8
Und H> 8 Mission and Fremont, 137:5 x
137:0, B and W 340, 341, 342
Snme
S cor n 1st and 7th ave, sc 60x100 Bubdiv
blk 139 Central Pk Hd; also lota 24 to
31, blkl38 0'Neil & Haley Tract; al-
so s Va)lejo,78 e Montg, e 23x37:6
Lot 2, blk 19, Market St Hd; nw Castro
and Elizabeth, 125x114; also lots 19,
20, blk 8. Noe Garden Hd
S Sutter, 22*^:6 w Lyon, 25x95
Nw Harrison, 155 ne 4tb, 25x75
Gift
500
2,800
6
2,250
Gift
*3,000
5
1,850
2,640
3.Q00
Thursday, Oct. 30th.
Samuel C Bigelow to Lloyd Tevis.
Hngo Crenziger to EBBadlam...
Jno D Wilson to Jno W Ingram..
M S Cohen to Gottleib Reichetetter
Richard Brown to City and Co S F
R Murdock et al to C F Doe
E Goslineky to Davie Louderback
Moses Selig to J Schoenfeld
Jno G Krausgrill to Conrad Bill..
Dolores A de Laveaga to Robt Day
Geo Paterson to Hannah Fischel .
J M Shotwell to Emile Boesch....
B Cannon to Patk Leonard
Rosanna Robey to J R Hall
Peter G Peltret to Jno McCarthy. .
ThoB C Marrtim to Jno J O'Biien.
Anthony Quill to Jas Curtin
S Clement, 52:8 w 3d ave, sw 500, n 500,
e 57:4 to commencement
W Larkin, 27:8 s Clay, 50x100
S Vallejo, 76:9 e Hyde, 19:9x48, being in
50-varal290
Ne6th, 150 se Bryant, 25x90
Streets and Highways
S Broadway, 137:6 w Leavenworth, w
137:6x137:6
N Geary, 137:6 eGongh. e 27:6x137:6...
Sundry lots in Butcher Tract
N Cards alley, 113.6 w Stockton, 24x62:6
W Leavenw'th, 87:6 s Jackson, 26x87:6
N Clementina, 125 w8th, w 25x75
Se Mission, 100 ne 2d, ne 25x80
S Dore, 230 nw Harrison, nw 25x80
W Nebraska, 300 s Yolo, s 133 x w 25..
W Alabama, 100 s 26t h, s 25x100
N 21st, 117:6 w Guerrero, w 26x114
N 24th, 180 w Noe, w 25x114 ; n 24th,
130 w Noe, w 25x114
1,000
2,800
850
8,000
1
2,400
2,350
3,000
Mil i- 1
3,675
1,SU0
450
2.800
Friday, Oct. 31st.
Chas S Cram to P J Murphy
Jas G Carson to Benj RichardsoD,
C C O'Donnell to E R O'Dounell. .
Wm Hale to O D Baldwin .
E O'Donnell to same
JasF Hill to Cath A Hill..
Jas F Hill lo Mary E Hill
W H Taylor to ChaB Crocker.,
Thos Bigley to Oscar Foss..
Geo Edwards to Wm E Dubois. . .
Wm Hollis to E L Goldstein
T R E A to W Hollis
E GoalinBky lo Davie Louderback,
Henry Mahan to Robt Clifford. .
Bank of Cal to S C Bigelow..
D Jordon to H Williams etal...
Daniel Jones to Jno Dielmann .
S Bush, 160:8 w Mason, w ltf:10x80
Und hall' O L blks 004 and 995
E Bourbon Place, 125 n Eddy, 25x90; al
so lots 7, 8, blk 20, Noe Garden Hd . .
E Webster, 27:6 n Pine, 27:6x81:3
Same
Se 22d and Sanchez, e 24, e 100, s 76, t
25, etc to com; 84 w "Vicksburg, 91:6 s
22d b 22:6x100
N 21st, 125 w Church, w 50x114
Unci half Nw Tennessee and 16tb, 166
X150-PB380
Nw Mission 339 sw 4th, 18.6x90, subject
to mortgage
E Sherman, 178 n 18th, n 25x125
Nw Brannan, 275 sw 5th, sw 137:6x275.
Same and w Webster, 112 8 Post, s 22:6
Western Add 309
N Geary, l37:6eGough, 27:6x137:6
W Wood, 196:8 n Pt Lobos Ave, n 50 x
120, being in W A 639
N Clement, 24:11 e 5th ave, e 96 n 161.1
to beginning; also sundry lots O L...
N Ellis 171:10 e Larkin, 34:4x137:6 ....
Sw Garden, 200 nw Bryant, 25x75
Gift
5
1,700
Gift
Gift
4,000
6,000
5
18,000
1,400
1,800
11,834
Saturday, Nov. 1st.
T L Skinner to O T Shuck
OT Shuck to MattieM Shuck....
P M Bowen to E J de Santa Marina
City and Conn S F to C H Killey..
Margaret Donnelly to L Donnelly.
Sarah L Addison to Wm Trost
Jno McLaughlin toM McLaughlin
A Dwver to Wm Wright
E H Black to W II Thomas .
E W Burr to E F Northam . . .
E F Northam to E W Burr
Lorenzo Peri to Antonio Gotelli..
Mas Sav & Ln Bk to C W Welby
PB Hewlett to J CLayton
W 23d ave, 100 n P st, s 50x120, O L 968
Same
E cor 12th ave and N st, anbdiv blk 228
O'Neil and Haley tract, sunj to mortg
for $9,300
Sundry lots in Western Addition
N PoBt, 80 w Tavlor, w 20x60
S Cala, 43:4 e Steiner, 34:4x137.6
Und one-third, n Fell, 137:6 e Laguna, e
27:6x120 ; ate o sundry lots OL
S 24th, 80 w York, w 20x80
Undiv one-half sundry O L
Undiv 5-6ths, nw Franklin and Green, n
1:30x148:2; also n Vallejo, 110:4 w of
Franklin, 48:6x275
Undivided I-6th sundry lots OL
Ne 29th Ave, 200 nw J st, 25x100, subdiv
blk 517 Bay View Tract
Lot.23blk210GardenvilleHd
N 19th, 105 w Sanchez, w 25x114...
t 200
Gift
5
2,850
1,000
3,000
1,000
100
400
500
16
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER.
Nov. 8, 1879.
IS THE AUDIPHONE A SUCCESS?
Paragraphs have been going the rounds of the press, which, if true,
are of happy import to persons whose sense of hearing is impaired The
News Letter has, from time to time, reprinted a number of those para-
graphs, because they dealt with what appeared to be a most beneficent
invention. The number of persons hereabout who are partially deaf is
exceptionally large; their affliction is a great one, for which science has
yet done but comparatively little. We are believers in the statement of
Edison, that an instrument will yet be constructed that will do as much
for the ears as spectacles do for the eyes. The allegation has had a wide
circulation that the audiphone of R. S. Rhodes, of Chicago, is that
instrument. It is in shape like a square Japanese fan, and is made of a
composition the major portion of which is vulcanite. At the back there
is a cord stretching from the upper edge to the handle, by means of which
the instrument is bent to any extent that best serves the hearing of the
person employing it. The edge of the audiphone is placed against the
upper teeth, and the vibrations received on the surface are supposed to
be conveyed by the teeth, and by their nerves to the auditory nerves, and
produce upon them an action similar to that which is produced by sound
upon the drum of the ear. That is what is claimed for the instrument.
We wish we could say that the claim is well founded. The writer having
cause for a personal interest in the matter, experimented with the audi-
phone, the other day, most patiently and thoroughly, and he regrets to
say that, in his case, it proved a complete and entire failure. It may,
however, be that there are forms of deafness that it is capable of benefit-
ing. The Hon. Joseph Medill, editor of the Chicago Tribune, writes in
his paper as follows:
It is known that the Editor of this paper has been deaf for a number
of years, and that during that time he has used all the devices for im-
proving his hearing that he could find, or that were brought to him.
None of them, however, were satisfactory. He has tried the audiphone
for some weeks, and finds that it not only improves his hearing but re-
stores the sense of hearing to him. Not merely does it answer when en-
gaged in conversation with a person who is a foot, or a few feet, from him,
but it answers perfectly at a concert. Each note of the musician and each
tone of the singer come as clearly and distinctly as they did before the
sense of hearing was impaired.
Mr. Medill is known throughout the country as a man of reliability,
and his statements are to be accepted without question. That being so,
every person afflicted with deafness should experiment with the audiphone
for himself, for, while it has altogether failed in the writer's case, it may
be that it possesses qualities that may prove useful in the case of others.
We do not believe in the instrument, we know that the idea upon which
it is based is scientifically inaccurate, and we incline to the opinion that
Mr. Medill is largely deceived about the success which he thinks he has
had with it. It may be that, in bis case, his imagination deceives him, as
it is very possible for it to do in regard to matters of sound. The wish
may be father to the thought. We would not, however, discourage others
from making experiments, and shall be glad to report any well authenti-
cated case in which the results prove to be favorable. The audiphone has
reached San Francisco, and is for sale at the office of the agent.
GEORGE AUGUSTUS SALA.
The promised visit of George Augustus Sala to America will be
looked forward to with pleasure by a host of his admirers in this country.
Newspapers, especially, should accord him a warm welcome, for no man,
living or dead, has contributed more to elevate the standard of newspaper
writing from the penny-a-liner's padded and stereotyped twaddle up to
the pitch of excellence which it has attained in England, and to some ex-
tent in the United States. His facile pen— one of the most prolific of our
times — has by no means, however, been confined to journalistic labor, for
the books he has written would in themselves compose a very respectable
library. They mainly relate to other countries than his own, for he has
been a great traveler ; but they come rather under the class of " impres-
sions," or "sketches," than books of travel proper. Such, for example,
are his "A Journey Due North, being Notes of a Residence in Russia in
the Summer of 1856 ;" " My Diary in America, in the Midst of War ;"
"From Waterloo to the Peninsula ;" "Notes and Sketches of the Paris
Exposition ;" " Rome and Venice," and " Under the Sun ; Essays Writ-
ten Mainly in Hot Countries." Among his many other works, the most
notable are " Twice Round the Clock, or the Hours of the Day and Night
in London ;" " Seven Sons of Mammon ;" " Strange Adventures of Cap-
tain Dangerous," and " Cookery in its Historical Aspects." His latest
production has just been published, under the title of "Paris Herself
Again." No less an authority than the London World says of this work
and its author : "It is infinitely more amusing than most novels, and
will give you information which you can turn to 'advantage, and innu-
merable anecdotes for the dinner-table and smoking-room. There is no
style so chatty and so unwearying as that of which Mr. Sala is a master.
Like Sydney Smith, he is fond of gossiping, and has some talents for it,
bringing to his task a fund of humor, vast reading and powers of observa-
tion and memory-retention unparalelled."
As a contributor to periodical literature, Mr. Sala has made his mark
in the Welcome Guest, Household Words, the Illustrated London News, and
the Cornhill Magazine, though, of course, this does not exhaust a twen-
tieth part of the list. The magazine called Temple Bar he established in
1860, and edited it himself. We have stated, in a former issue, that he
was once the editor of Ghat, a London weekly, of which the proprietor of
this paper was owner. But that was as long ago as 1846. It is,
however, as a newspaper correspondent that Sala shines pre-eminent.
The Daily Telegraph has been fortunate enough to secure the lion's share
of his services in this capacity. He was correspondent, in this country,
for that paper during part of our civil war; he wrote for it from Algeria
in 1864, from the Paris Exposition in 1867, from the seat of war in
France, in 1870, from Rome, Venice, Algeria and Morocco in 1875, and
has since been engaged in Canada and elsewhere. When some great
pageant is to be described, Sala is at his best, as his memorable descrip-
tion of the Duke of Connaught's wedding will testify. Americans will
look anxiously for his arrival, and will be curious to know what he will
say about them on his return.
St. John's Presbyterian Church, Post street, between Mason and
Taylor. Rev. Dr. Scott, Pastor, will preach Sunday morning at 11
o'clock; also at 7£ P. M. Sunday School and Bible Classes at 9£ a. m.
Prayer and Praise Service at Oh p. m.
TRICKY RUSSIA.
It is asserted that positive proofs of Russia's complicity in the Afghan
trouble will shortly be forthcoming, though whether these proofs will
show that she directly or indirectly instigated the massacre at the English
Residency remains yet to be known. It seems scarcely credible that a na-
tion, which assumes to be civilized, should counsel, or even countenance,
a crime which for treachery and cowardice has been rarely equaled in his-
tory ; but when we remember the bad faith and unworthy spirit of in-
trigue which Russia has ever shown in her relations with foreign Powers,
we can almost believe her to be capable of anything that is base and un-
derhanded. But, if it should turn out that the Afghans have acted by
her instructions or advice, Russia certainly has no cause to congratulate
herself upon the result. From first to last the war has been a signal tri-
umph for the British, who, instead of being injured by it, have been
vastly benefitted.
It is strange that repeated lessons cannot teach Russia that the age of
wily intrigue has passed away, and that nowadays the Dation that would
gain a diplomatic point must attempt it by straightforward means. There
was a time when it was thought the hight of accomplished statesmanship
for a nation to advance its own interests by setting other nations by the
ears ; but in these days such a policy only brings the Power that adopts it
into contempt, more especially when it is unsuccessful.
Having been baffled in Afghanistan, defeated in Central Asia, and out-
witted in her diplomatic relations with China, Russia now turns once
more toward the scene of her recent exploits in Turkey. England is de-
termined that the Porte shall keep its solemn engagements, and to enforce
this has sent her fleet into Turkish waters. In this proceeding
Russia affects to perceive all sorts of imaginary dangers, and
even goes so far as to assert that Constantinople is threat-
ened. The Russian papers are furious because the British
Government is protecting the interests of Europe as well as England by
putting the screw on the " unspeakable Turk." But all this sound and
fury will not alter the attitude of England by a single hair's breadth. If
the Turk will not behave himself and keep his word, he must be made to,
and made to by those to whom he is responsible. He certainly owes Rus-
sia nothing, but to England he owes his present existence as a member of
the European family.
AUSTRALIAN MAIL.
One of the pleasures we look forward to each month is the arrival of
the Australian Mail, and the files of papers which it regularly brings.
From our Victorian files we 6nd our own sad experiences confirmed, that
wherever democracy and its near allies, nihilism and communism, get a
footing under profession of improving the condition of the laboring classes,
they forthwith show their baneful effects in depression of trade, dearness
of money, distrust of the wealthy traders, suspension of labor, and, as a
consequence, poverty and suffering. The debates in the Victorian Par-
liament afford material for much serious consideration to the intelligent
classes of California, while the " burstiug up of large estates" finds an
echo here in the breast of every true workingman democrat. But there
are aspects of that matter to be noted in California which cannot be met
with in Australia, and lend a color to the clamor of the democrat, by no
means unreasonable. It is this: the style of cultivating the great estates
for Wheat is such that nothing can save the land from speely ruin, be-
cause it is impossible to manure the hreadth und-jr cultivation by single
ranchers, as they are called here. Nothing is more certain than that
bareness must follow when wheat is the perpetual drain of the soil, and
nothing, not even straw, returned. The magnitude of some of those
wheat ranches is such as no Australian would believe, running away into
thousands of acres under the same crop year after year.
Melbourne Punch is this month more alive, if possible, than usual, and
continues to flog Victorian democracy with a whip of scorpions. Up to
the leaving of the mail, the Sydney International Exhibition seems to
have given satisfaction to all' parties concerned. Saturday is the all-
comers1-day — admission only one shilling — and that is wise. Newspaper
critiques of the exhibits in the various courts have assumed an admirable
form ; two or three leading exhibits are selected each day, out of several
different courts, and their peculiar merits fairly discussed.
THE LATE GRAND JURY.
The last Grand Jury found a most extraordinary indictment in the
case of Haskell. Either he was guilty of wilful murder or of nothing.
Either he did the killing in self-defense or he did not. It follows that he
ought to have been either indicted for the capital offense or honorably ac-
quitted. The form of the accusation and the nature of the defense alike
forbade the finding of any compromise indictment. Yet a compromise
one was found that cannot be sustained by the testimony. An acquittal
will necessarily result, and then will follow a suspicion that justice has
not been done. We are pronouncing no opinion upon the main question
of his guilt or innocency. We read some of the evidence for the defense
that was given in the Police Court, and we confess that it made an im-
pression upon us favorable to the accused. But if Haskell was justified
in killing Schwartz, as a necessary act of self-defense, he was not guilty
of manslaughter. If he was not so justified then he was guilty of mur-
der. From the one position or the other there is no escape. An indict-
ment for manslaughter is an absurdity, which it is impossible to suppose
was advised by the District Attorney. If the Grand Jury did not think
Haskell guilty of murder, and that they did not is evident from their ac-
tion, then they ought to have acquitted him. The indictment won't stick
and the trial will necessarily end in a dismissal. If that result is brought
about by straight means, all right. Hints as to indirect methods are
being thrown out by both sides. The time will come when it will serve
the ends of justice to paint a moral and adorn a tale in this connection.
California Raisins.— -Amongst other recent advances, we have to note
an increase of 25 to 50 cents a box in California raisins. This is one of
our resources that must in future be of great value. Hitherto most of
those used in commerce have come from Provence, Calabria, Spain,
Portugal, Smyrna, Damascus and Egypt. Sweet, fleshy grapes, such as
grow on sunny slopes, are mostly selected for maturing into raisins. The
bunches are pruned and the vine stripped of its leaves when the fruit has
become ripe ; the sun then beaming full upon the grapes completes the
saccharification, and expels the superfluous water. The California raisins
are fast obtaining a reputation throughout the East, and it only depends
upon our producers to expel the product of foreign vineyards by prepar-
ing, as they can, abetter article.— San Francisco Merchant.
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9hn P^I32©
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Vol. 30.
8AN FEAN0IS00, SATUSDAT, NOV. 15, 1879.
No. 18.
PRICES OF LEADING STOCKS AND GOV. BONDS.
San Francisco Xorctnber 14, 1S79.
Stocks and Bonds. Bid d»keo
Otl. 8k Bends, 6*s,'&7'(nom) uk> 102
B. K. ciiv A Oo. ETda, 0s,'&t) Nom, Norn.
B. P. <1 *Co.B'd8,7s(nom) Nom. tfom.
Montp *j Av. Bonds (nom)
Dnponl Street Bonda
S . < t;u lit:- n t<> City Bonds. . . .
Stockton City Bonds, 6*s...
Yuba County Bonds, 8*s
Saute Clara Co. Bonds, 7's .
C. P. B, K. Stotk
C. P. R. K. Bonds
Oakland City Bonds, S's
Bank of Calid_inii&<ol(ist'k)
First National
Pacific
California Ins. Co
Commercial les. Co. . . .
Fireman's Fund Ins. Co.
66
in;:
105
85
1101
11?
res
M
120
MS
75
us
90
lie',
115
75
95
ISO
iia
Slocks and Bonds.
Home Mutual Ins. Co
State Inv anient Ins. Co ..
Union Ins. Co
City B. R
Centre! R. R. Co ,
Clay Street Hill R. R
Market Street R. R
N. B. and Mission R. R
Omnibus R. R
Potrero and Bay View R. R
Giant Powder Co
Atlantic Giant Powder
S. P. Gaslight Co (ex div)..
Oakland Gas Co
California Powder Co
S. V. W. \V. Co (ex div)...
Nevada Co. N. G. R. R. Bds
Virginia & Truckee
Bid,
85
105
H-:
35
50
30
135
85
90£
344
97
85
93
100
Asked
90
10S
115
40
55
70
32
35
145
95
91
35J
100
851
95
102J
The demand for prime investment securities continues, which are very
scarce at our quotations. There are no really first-class City or County
Bonds unsold, and it is almost useless to give quotations. The Spring
Valley Water Works' First Mortgage Bonds are nearly all sold, and the
price might now be quoted at 99 to 100.
Andrew Baird, 312 California street.
Beerbohms Telegram. — London and Liverpool, November 14th,
1879. — Floating Cargoes, quiet but steady: Cargoes on Passage, — ; Mark
Lane Wheat, — ; No. 2 Spring off Coast, 50s. 6d.@51s. ; Red Winter off
Coast, 53s. ; California off Coast, 54s. 6d.; California Nearly Due, 55*. ;
California Just Shipped, 54s. ; No. 2 Spring for Shipment, 50s.; Liver-
pool Spot Wheat, inactive; California Club No. 1 Standard, lis. 8d.;
California Club No. 2 Standard, lis. 3d. ; California Average — Western,
lis. 8d; White Michigan, lis. 2d. ; Red Western Spring, 9s. 2d.@9s. 7d- ;
Extra State Flour in London, 14s. 9d. ; Extra State Flour in Liver-
pool, 14s. 9d. ; Liverpool Western Mixed Corn, 4s. 7£d. ; Liverpool Ca-
nadian Peas, 8s. 4d.; N. Y. St. Ex., 80*@83£d.; Liverpool Wheat, 10a.
8d.@lls. 6d.; Club, lis. 5d.@lls. lOd; Market, quiet but weak.
Harvest Statistics. — It may be of general interest to mention that
in the twelve months from September 1, 1878, to August 31, 1879, there
were imported into the United Kingdom 51,725,435 cwt. of wheat, equal
11,936,639 quarters ; 9,124, 338 cwt. of wheat-flour, or 2,606,968 quarters;
7,994,624 cwt. of barley, or 2,798,494 quarters ; 12,143,645 cwt. of oats, or
4,412,234 quarters ; 1,566,841 cwt. of peas, or 348,098 quarters ; 1,700,288
cwt. of beans, or 396,717 quarters ; and 38,621,787 cwt. of Indian corn, or
9,011,750 quarters. The total is 124,866,538 cwt., equal to 31,510,900 qrs.
In the preceding twelve months it was 134,430,348 cwt., or 33,858,689 qrs.
The import of wheat and wheat-flour was 51,509,578 cwt., or 12,321,445
quarters in the thelve months ending August 31, 1877 ; 62,255,125 cwt., or
14,808,966 quarters in the twelve months ending August 31, 1878 ; and
60,849,823 cwt, or 14,543,607 quarters in the twelvemonths ending Au-
gust 31 of the present year.
Tourists in Switzerland.— One million four hundred thousand for-
eigners crossed the Swiss frontier between January 1 and September 30,
1879, Great Britain contributing one-fifth of the entire sum, Germany one-
half, Russia one-twentieth, France and Denmark three-twentieths, Amer-
ica and other countries one-tenth. The expenditure of the three hundred
and fifty thousand Teutons averaged no more than fifty francs a head.
The expenditure of the other nationalities lumped together averaged over
two hundred francs a head. Tourists have spent two hundred and twen-
ty-seven millions of francs, or nine millions eighty thousand pounds ster-
ling, in Switzerland during the holiday season, one million five hundred
thousand pounds of which were disbursed by the British division.
Annuities to the Royal Family.— In the last fiuancial year the an-
nuities paid to the Royal Family amounted to £156,620 13s. 9d.
"Wheat from Russia.— In the last nine months the declared value of
wheat imported from Russia was §2,725,135, against £3,053,395 in the pre-
vious year.
Land Tax — The net sum realized from the tax on land and tenements
was in the last financial year £1,075,511 12s. 6£d. — Public Opinion.
Lotta, the actress, has bought two pieces of land in New York city
for $25,000 and $10,000 respectively.
Office of the San Francisco News Letter, merchant Street,
Nog. 607 to 615, San Francisco.
GOLD BARS-890@910-Silver Bars— 5@15 # cent. disc. Mexican
Dollars. 3\(a)A Dercent. nnminn.1.
■ Exchange on New York, ifal-5 per cent. ; On London, 'Bankers,
49? ; Commercial, 50|@50|d. Paris, sight, 5 francs per dollar.
Telegrams, 25@35 per cent.
" Latest price of Sterling, 480£@483£.
" Price of Money here,
open market, 1@1£.
@1 per cent, per month — bank rate. In the
Demand active.
The Stock Market. — No material change has taken place since our
last writing, and the situation remains unchanged, so far as operations at
the mines are concerned. The decline in Union is said to be caused on
account of the discontinuance of the east cross-cut from the shaft, and de-
lay attending operations in Sierra Nevada. Little or no business is being
done, pending results, and, as a consequence, the market drags wearily
along from day to day. In Hale & NorcrosB and Savage, it is generally
understood that the recent strike is comparatively unimportant, as the
stock seems to be freely supplied from some plethoric source. Outside
stocks are dull aud without particular change.
Latest from the Merchant's Exchange.— New York, Nov. 14th,
1879. United States Bonds— 4s, 103£ ; 4is, 106§; 5s, 102£. Sterling Ex-
change, 4 80i@4 83h. Pacific Mail, 33J. Wheat, 136@142. Western Union,
107.i Hides, 23@24. Oil— Sperm, 100@103. Winter Bleached, 105@113.
Whale Oil, 42(5(45; Winter Bleached, 50@56. Wool— Spring, fine, 24@
33; Burry. 12@14; Pulled, 27@36 ; Fall Clips, 17@20 ; Burry, 15@20.
London, Nov. 14th.— Liverpool Wheat Market, 10s. 8d.@lls. 6d.; Club,
lis. 5d.@lls. lOd. U. S. Bonda, 5's, 105g; 4's,106g; 4£'s, 108|. Consols, 99|.
The hair of the Presidents of the United States, from Washington
to Pierce in 1853, is carefully preserved in the Patent Office at Washing-
ton. Most of the locks are bleached by age, Washington's hair being
nearly pure white, but fine and smooth, while Jefferson's i3 a mixture of
white and auburn, and rather coarse, and General Jackson's locks are
also coarse. Since Buchanan succeeded to the Presidency, in 1857, the
custom has been dropped.
The " Christian Union," of the 5th inst. says: Not since the years
of the war has Wall street witnessed so gigantic a series of speculations a3
those which have prevailed during the past two months. Stocks have
been lifted from worthlessness to dizzy hights of speculative value, the
appreciation being, as it seemed, greatest where the intrinsic worth of the
security is the least.
CoL Fair presented Mrs. Grant, on her visit to the Consolidated Vir-
ginia, with a phial marked ct one-half of my first day's work in California,
1849." Its value in dust did not exceed $40, but as a souvenir it was
beyond all price. All we can say at present is this: The Colonel most
righteously deserves the good fortune which has befallen him.
The Commercial Union Assurance Company, of London, repre-
sented so efficiently in this city by John Rae Hamilton, Manager for the
Pacific Coast, and R. H. Naunton, Special Agent, is now established in
its new and elegant office at 210 Sansome street, where it will continue,
we trust, its career of success.
C. P. Huntington has transmitted to the Treasury, under protest, the
amount due by the Central Pacific to the Railroad Sinking Fund. He
intimates that the Company will attempt to make another test case in the
Courts.
Sugar.— The market is strong for all kinds: White 14@14£c, Yellow
and Golden 12@12.\. There are no Raws here, outside of the Refinery.
Stocks of all kinds light.
London, November 13th.— A dispatch from Malta announces that
the British fleet is ready to sail at a moment's notice.
Only 25 per cent, of our exports and imports during the past year
were carried by American vessels.
London, Nov. 14, 1879. --Latest Price of Consols, 09 7-8.
Printed and Published by the Proprietor, Frederick Marriott, 607 to 615 Merchant Street, San Pranciaco, California,
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Nov. 15, 1879,
SKELETON SKETCHES. - No. 12.
[b? t. a. hakcouet.]
The Foster Sisters.
In the beautiful little English village of Uplands there was none
so fair as Ellen, the only child of old farmer Leigh; nor was there any
more heloved, for she was as good and kind and happy-hearted as she was
lovely to look upon. Her father's cottage and little farm lay near the
gate of a vast park, in the midst of which, hidden among mighty trees,
was an ancient and princely mansion. There dwelt, for many months in
each year, the rich and proud old Earl of Claverton, lord and owner of
Uplands and of half the county besides. There dwelt, also, the Lady
Ethel the Earl's only child and heiress. The Countess of Claverton had
died at the birth of this daughter, and Ellen, having fortunately just
been born, good Mrs. Leigh was called upon to share her mother's milk
between her own child and that of the great lord's, which she willingly
and proudly did. Three years later this bountiful nurse had also died,
and thus both the little girls were left motherless. But this circumstance
was not the only point of likeness between the foster-sisters. In
form and feature they strongly resembled each other, though whether
their common source of nourishment had anything to do with this is a
matter beyond my knowledge. Of course, as they grew up, their widely
different associations set a distinct stamp upon the high-bred beauty,
.which not even the village gossips could claim for the artless country girl;
but, nevertheless, a strong resemblance of face, and voice, and figure, and
manner, remained; and when they were together— as they often were, for
they loved each other very dearly— had it not been for a mere matter of
dress, one would have sworn they were real sisters. They were alike in
another thing, too— thev were both in love. Ellen loved Kobin^Cran-
field, the handsome young farmer, whose lands adjoined her father's, and
what was more, she was going to be married to Robin with her father's
glad consent. That was settled, and the whole village knew it and was
delighted. But it was not to be for three years, for in those parts they
have long engagements. Lady Ethel's lover was Allan Hetherly, a young
squire whose ample estate lay ten miles from Uplands. But, alas! her
course of true love did not run so smoothly_ as her foster sister's. The
old Earl had formerly liked the young squire exceedingly, and had en-
couraged him to visit Claverton Court, for he was a merry companion,
and very quick-eyed in seeing and suggesting what was needed on the Cla-
verton estate, which, as his lordship was gouty and could not get about, was a
very useful Bervice for the youns man to render. But when, one fine morn-
ing, Allan boldly asked for the Lady Ethel's hand, and proclaimed their
mutual love, the old noble had nearly had an apoplectic fit, and, with
many furious curses, had metaphorically sent the presumptuous lover to
the devil, besides forbidding him to ever see or speak to his daughter
again. How much of this storm was vented on Ethel's pretty head no-
body knew, but the very next day her father took her away to a seat he
had" on the Welch coast, and for two seasons before the date of this his-
tory Claverton Court had been shut up. Now, however, the family had
at length returned.
Now, during this enforced separation, Ethel had given an evidence of
her devotion to and confidence in her lover which I think few young la-
dies of the present day would emulate; for she had written to him, under
covers addressed to her foster-sister, notwithstanding ic was absolutely
impossible for him to smuggle a letter to her in return ; for all her letters
were, by her stern parent's strict command, taken to him to be opened
and read. Therefore, not even the sympathizing Ellen could convey so
much as a hint to poor Ethel, and for all she knew her lover might have
been married or dead, while she was pouring out her affection for him
through the penny post.
It may well be believed that Allan Hetherly came regularly to Farmer
Leigh's place for his letters ; always, of course, pretending to have some
business with the old man, as, indeed, he generally managed to have in
reality, greatly to the benefit of the farmer's purse. Now, Robin was in
the dark concerning the true cause of these visits, for Ellen would have
deemed herself recreant to her trust had she betrayed her foster-sister's
secret even to her lover. But Robin was shrewd, and he marveled ex-
ceedingly what could bring the squire so far from his own estate to make
a paltry purchase of a cow or a sheep or two. Moreover, Robin noticed
that if Ellen was out when Allan came the latter would delay his business
till she came back, and more than once he caught them whispering to-
gether. Naturally Robin grew jealous, and jealousy is lynx-eyed, so one
day he saw his betrothed slyly slip a letter into the Squire's hand. To
say that he turned pale would not paint the ashy whiteness that overspread
his ruddy face ; to compare the expression in his eyes as he looked at the
unconscious Allan to that in a tiger's as he faces his rival, would be but a
feeble simile. " I will settle with him afterwards," he muttered, however,
and he let Allan go, which the latter did immediately after getting the
letter.
Then Robin turned upon the girl, and, talcing her by the arm with his
strong hand, led, or rather forced her from her father's presence into the
garden.
" 0, don't, Robin, you hurt !" cried the girl, shrinking from his rough
grasp. Then, for the first time, she looked up in his face, and nearly
fainted at what she saw there. " Why, Robin," she stammered, almost as
white as he, "what — is — the — matter?"
"The matter!" he answered fiercely, letting go of her arm, however.
" Matter enough ! What was that letter you gave him ?"
To this rather incoherent question she of course replied, being a wo-
man : " What letter ?" And he, being only a brute of a man, of course
looked fiercer than ever, and said savagely : "I saw you give him a
letter."
When a woman is wrongly suspected she is brave. "You did," she
answered, with calm defiance.
"What about?"
" It's none of your business, Robin Cranfield."
" Oh. indeed ! (sarcastically). Then good morning, Miss Leigh, and—
good-bye."
If the trouble had ended with the good cry that Ellen had " all alone
by herself "—vowing though, at the same time, that she would never be-
tray her friend— and the half-repentent mood of honest Robin, all would
have been well. But the worst was yet to come. A man is as curious as
a woman, time-honored tradition to the contrary notwithstanding, and
Robin was resolved to know more if it killed him. Unhappy man ! As
he lurked about the house of his discarded lady-love in the gloaming, two
days after the dreadful discovery, and just the same time after the Clav-
ertons had returned to their long deserted home, he heard voices
under the trees just within the park paling. Why did he approach
stealthily 1 Why did he court his heart's ruin to see — as they emerged
from the shadow into the moonlight — that Mephistopheles of a squire
walking with his arm about Ellen's waist and whispering sweet some-
things into her ear 1 There was no mistake. He knew the scarlet cloak
and hood, which he had so often watched for in the market-place.
He knew the shapely figure — aye, and he knew the mellow voice.
The English peasant is not an assassin, else Allan Hetherly would have
never seen the sun rise again.
"Her father shall witness this," groaned Robin. But his impetuous
knock at the door was answered by Ellen Leigh.
** + #*' * * ******
Space is infinite, say the philosophers, but to me, space (of the printer's
kind) is inexorably finite. Therefore I will not dilate upon the explana-
tion which Ellen's ghost (as Robin thought it) condescended to give, fur-
ther than to say that her cloak and hood disguised the Lady Ethel, who
three months later married her faithful Squire. For the old Earl confessed
—and had to confess — that he would rather see her marry Beelzebub than
die an old maid, which she swore to his teeth she would do if he denied
her the choice of her heart. Nor will I dwell upon the festivities of the
twin wedding which made Robin Cranfield and Ellen Leigh man and
wife.
TAXES! TAXES!
1879-80.
"JVTotice is hereby g-iven tbat a certified copy of the Assess-
-^ nient Booh of the Taxable Property of the City and County of San Fran-
cisco, Real Estate and Personal Property (subsequent Assessment Book included),
for the Fiscal Tear 1879-SO, has this day been received; that the State, City and
County TAXES for said Fiseal Year are now due and payable at the office of the
undersigned, first floor, New City Hall, and the Laws in regard to their collection
will be strictly enforced.
TAXES will become delinquent on the First Monday In January, 1880,
and unless paid prior thereto, five per cent, will be added to the amount thereof.
WILLIAM FORD,
Tax Collector of the City and County of San Francisco.
San Francisco, October 27th, 1879. Nov. 1.
ASSESSMENT OF LANDS
BENEFITED BY
WIDENING DUPONT STREET.
~[V~otice is hereby given that a certified cony of the Assess-
-*-^ ment Book of the Real Estate which is subject for the Payment of Prin-
cipal and Interest upon " Dupont-street Bonds," as directed by an Act of the Legis-
lature of California to authorize the Widening- of Dupont street, in the City of San
Francisco, "Approved March 23d, A.D. 1876," has this day been placed in my hands
for collection The Laws in regard to the collection of the same will be strictly
enforced. WILLIAM FORD,
Tax Collector of the City and County of San Francisco.
San Francisco, October 27th, 1879. Nov. 1.
MONTGOMERY AVENUE ASSESSMENT.
Notice is hereby given that a certified copy of the Assess-
ment Book of Real Estate, which is subject to assessment to defray ex-
penses incurred by the Opening of Montgomery Avenue, has this day been placed in
my hands to collect the Assessment thereon.
Said Assessment is for the Fiscal Year of 1879-80, and is now due and payable at
the office of the undersigned, first floor, New City Hall. All Assessments remaining-
unpaid on the FIRST MONDAY IN JANUARY, 1880, will have five per cent, added
thereto. WILLIAM FORD,
Tax Collector for the City and County of San Francisco.
San Francisco, October 27th, 1879. Nov. 1.
WAKELEE'S AUREOLINE
Produces the Beautiful Golden Hair so Much Admired.
SUPERIOR TO THE IMPORTED AJtTICJLE
— BY REASON OF ITS —
FRESHNESS AND CARE "USED IN ITS PRODUCTION.
PRICE, LARGE BOTTLES. 82.
Manufactured by EC. P. WAJSEIEE & CO., Druggists, corner
Montgomery and Hush streets, S. F. [Aug. 2.
CALIFORNIA SUGAR REFINERY,
Manufacturers of the Standard Syrup, a superior article
put up in barrels expressly for home consumption. Also, Extra Heavy Syrup
in barrels for Export. Refined Sugars at lowest market rates. Office, 215 Front
street, up stairs. Dec. 21.
JOHN JENNINGS
Hooper's South End Warehouses, corner Japan and Town-
send streets. San Francisco. First-class Fire-Proof Brick Building, capacity
10,000 tons. Goods taken from the Dock and the Cars cf the C. P. R. R. and S. P.
R. R. free of charge. Storage at Current Rates. Advances and Insurance Effected. '
EDWARD BOSQUI & CO.,
Printers, Engravers, Lithographers and Bookbinders,
Leidesdorff street, from Clay to Commercial,
UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN PATENT OFFICES.
CW. W. Smith, Counselor and Advocate in Patent Cases,
* 429 Montgomery street, San Francisco. Established 1862. Specialty : Patents,
Trade- Marks, Patent- Law. Sept. 20.
QUICKSILVER.
or sale—In lots to suit, by Thomas Bell A Co., WO. 305
Sansome street, over Bank of California. Nov. 16.
F
15, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER,
:t
A CITY'S SOLITUDE.
Looali
■M with iiiyt-irH Mid n»»ne to pity;
thotijihb* only
When will thr rl-md* \*um from o*er the sun,
When will l me,
\Vh,n will » fri-'n ! irai I uk bat one!
iligWi gloaming,
Niirhl skioif flitter follows,
The umi dh my friendless roaming,
ring in crowds f*>r » glance of solace.
The human torrent goes sweeping by
With brurht, or tearful or panaire eye —
The weed thrown up on the shore is I.
Then, when the midnight bells are chiming,
Home again to my 2nary dwelling.
Up the desolate si urwaj climbing
Heart with utter loneliness swelling.
Not one eye to grow man bright,
Not one Living thing in right
Not one frienu to Bay, "good night."
Morninir comes, and the sunlight gladly
Wakens the world to another morrow j
Well I know that he only sadly
Ushers me in to a day of sorrow.
Others have their duty or aim,
Household pleasure or Inisy claim.
To me each sunrise is the same.
Oh, that trouble is scarce a trouble
When the shovdder of friendship shares it ;
TJnto solitude it is double-
Strong indeed is the brain that bears it.
Even pleasure is not a joy,
Even beauty is but a toy —
Sorrow only hath no alloy.
Never is my solitude broken
Save by steps of the heedless masses.
The only sentences T hear spoken
Drop in my ear as some stranger passes.
When will the clouds pass from o'er the sun,
When will despair and its darkness be done,
When will a friend come — I ask but one!
THE LESSON OP THE SPANISH FLOODS.
The lesson of the Spanish floods is this: that Nature always exacts
a penalty for any infringement of her laws. All over the Iberian penin-
sula the forests have been denuded, until, in most of the mountain re-
gions, naught remains but the cork tree, almost as sterile as the soil. The
consequence is, that in the rainy seasons the waters pour unobstructedly
down upon the valleys, filling and overflowing the shallow streams, and
spreading ruin and destruction broadcast.
In the time of the Carthaginians and Romans, Spain was well wooded
and well watered — one of the garden spots of the ancient civili7ation ;
but first came the placer mines to wash their debris into the rivers, shoal-
ing them, and then the barbarians, who swept away the forests to make
room for perennial devastation. It was not all done at once, nor even in
generations, but finally the great evil was accomplished, and of a verity
" the sins of the parents are visited upon their children." Where forests
formerly flourished there is now only the brown and parched Sierras, and
where noble rivers furnished ample transportation there are now only
shallow streams. While humanity compels us to sorrow at the awful de-
struction of life and property by the recent floods, and while charity sug-
gests that we should generously assist the sufferers, we owe a greater duty
to ourselves in profiting by the lesson furnished. Our climate is similar to
that of Spain, and our bare mountain ridges closely resemble those of the
Sierra Morena in Andalusia. To the same pitch must we come at last, if
we permit the wanton destruction of our forests, such as we have suffered
since the foundation of the State. Year by year this destruction has con-
tinued ; thousands upon thousands of acres of forest land have been ruth-
lessly destroyed, but how few the acres planted instead! Scores of lumber
mills scattered along the coast and in the Sierras have been converting
these primeval forests into lumber for commercial purposes, until the com-
petition has become ruinous even to the destroyers ; thousands of wood-
choppers are engaged in cutting away the white and live oak, and man-
zanita, that grow upon our foothills and in the valleys ; hunters fre-
quently fire a forest to get at the game, or through carelessness. And so,
in a multitude of other ways, we are laying up a judgment that must be
paid by our posterity.
If we have yet any statesmen left— men who can see into the future
through the lessons of the past, we trust at the next assembling of the
Legislature they will take adequate steps to remedy this great and grow-
ing evil, and see to it that we transmit this incomparable State to our
successors not less than we found it.
Wherever a forest tree is cut down there should be one planted, and on
lands now belonging to the State, and destitute of trees, plantations
should be started under the proper auspices. If politic, a bonus should
be paid for trees planted on private lands, after they shall have attained
a ten years' growth. And in order that these things may be properly at-
tended to, forest wardens should be appointed for that purpose.
Thus may the lessons of the Spanish floods be made to inure to our
benefit and that of those who are to come after us.
"Live and Let Live."— Village Doctor (to the gravedigger, who is
given to whisky) : "Ah, John ! I'm sorry to see you in this pitiable con-
dition again ! " Gravedigger : " Toots, sir ! Can ye no' let a'e little fau't
o' mine gae by? It's raony a muckle ane o' yours I ha'e happit owre, an'
said naething about ! '' — Punch.
A correspondent wants to know what to do when a dog shows signs
of hydrophobia. We should climb a tree. — Boston Post.
Artistic Novelties, manufactured from California quartz, at Ran-
dolph & Co. '8, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
NOTES PROM "VANITY FAIR"
W© were talking U otfcsf day to » rorj distinguished man who has
ft V'-ry.- j, the i: ,-t, fr.-ni baring not only lirtd
10 '•l*il Panda, but alto from h*Ting made an aapeou]
study of Eastern politico on wuoh he has written with groat ability,
( Genera] Skoheleff,' ■ n ) he. " who in t frank, soldierly man, said I
' *^ ''• •'' rid that we have no ulterior intentions In oar
annexations in Central \-n, but von know too moon about the matter to
be taken in. The fact is, that RuVd.in Polios and Bnglish Policy nre an-
tagonistic 1 am - »rry for it 1 auee I tike the English, but so it in, and
ai it is so we have to deal with it. Now, in Europe yon have all tho ad-
vantage. You can shut up your ports and ruin us, And we can't gat at
you at all, since you are atrongV on the sea than we are. Hut in India
yon have a soft and a * ital spot We have never yet supposed that we
could invade fndia or proDoatd todoeoj bntwhat we oan do ia to press
on your Indian frontier and to send agents among the Indians, who, being
a conquered race, are ready to be worki?d upon ; and, whatever you may
do in Europe or elsewhere, wo can then answer in India by stirring up
troubles there and by making it impossible for you to hold the country.
As yen advance so shall we advance, and when our frontiers touch we
shall holdover von India in reply to anything you may attempt else-
where. Your Government know this and dare not face It. . And mean-
Inn.- we rely on the fools who really rale in your country." This is so
absolute a confirmation of what has always been declared in these col-
umns that, if it had not been said by General Skobeleff, it might have
been written in Vanity Fair*
^ Serious and specific overtures have recently been made by the
Government of Russia to that of France for an alliance between the two
countries. These overtures would probably have been accepted but for
M. Garabetta, who pointed out to the Ministry that an alliance with
Russia must mean that France would have to hnd her with money and
probably with troops; that as against any probable enemies of France
Russia could be of little service ; and that above all she was not to be
relied upon to be faithful to any alliance longer than her own immediate
necessities required. Upon this the overtures of the Russian Court have
been civilly rejected.
Here is a fact. The Russian army, all told, consists now of 1,700,000
men, and in three years it will, if the present system is continued, con-
sist of three millions of men.
SWEET JOHN DUNN.
Sweet John Dunn, British Resident in Zululand, grows more malodo-
rous every day. Sweet John is not only a Zulu in his habits, but he
thoroughly objects to missionaries, and refuses to allow them to enter the
district over which he presides — or perhaps, as his post is that of Resi-
dent, I should say over which he "resides." It is whispered that jealousy
is at the bottom of John's refusal. He doesn't want the white-choker
gentlemen teaching the dusky Mrs. Dunns a lot of nonsense. First of
all, they will be told to wear more clothes. Eighty-six new dresses would
be no joke. Then they will all want to become Christians, and to be law-
fully united to John. Eighty-six wedding-rings at a guinea! Then the
missionaries would explain to them that the little Dunns should go to
school and learn to read and write. Three hundred and forty-three little
Dunns to provide with "Mavor's Spelling-Book:' and slates! Then the
Mrs. Dunns would be wanting to go to prayer- meeting of an evening, and
they would meet the other Zulu ladies and tell tales ; and then perhaps
they would be kept late at prayer meeting, and want latch-keys to save
dear John sitting up. Eighty-six latch-keys! Then they might think
the missionary better-looking than John, and treat him to John's brandy
and John's pork-pies and pickles when John was out. Yes, on the whole
John is quite right to object to missionaries. I shouldn't like a mission-
ary to come worrying about my premises — why should the Zulus be pest-
ered with them ! Cetewayo was bad enough! — London Express.
ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
Bullion Milling- Company. --Location or Principal Place of
Business, San Francisco, California. — Location of Works, Gold Hill Mining
District, Storey County, Nevada.— Notice is hereby given that at a meeting of the
Board of Directors, held on the first (1st) day of November, 1879, an assessment (No.
12) af Fifty (50c.) Cents per share was levied upon the capital stock of the Com-
pany, payable immediately, in United States gold coin, to the Secretary, at the office
of the Company, Room 3," Safe Deposit Building, 328 Montgomery street, San Fran-
cisco, California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall remain unpaid on WEDNESDAY, the
THIRD day of DECEMBER, 1879, will be delinquent and advertised for sale at public
auction; and unless payment is made before, will be sold on WEDNESDAY, the
TWENTY- FOURTH day of DECEMBER, 1879, to pay the delinquentasaessment, to-
gether with the cost of advertising and expenses of sale. By order of the Board of
Directors. fNov. 8.] J. M. BRAZELL, Secretary.
STOCK DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Office of the Gila Silver mining: Company, Room 7, Safe
Deposit Building, 328 Montgomery street, San Francisco, California, October
21st, 1879. — At a special meeting of the Stockholders of the above-named Company,
held this day, a Stock Dividend of twenty per cent, was declared, payable imme-
diately, out of the Capital Stock owned by the Company. All Stockholders are re-
quested to send their Stock to the office of the Company before November 24th, 1879,
and receive the dividend due thereon.
Nov. 8. WM. W. PARRISH, Secretary.
D. HICKS & CO.,
Bookbinders and Blank Book Manufacturers,
NO. 543 CLAY STREET.
t£af"* Blank Books Ruled, Printed and Bound to Order. [Nov. 8.
NOTICE.
At a meeting; of the Local Board of Directors of the
LIVERPOOL AND LONDON AND GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY, held
October 11th, 1879, MR. GEORGE MEL was appointed Resident Secretary pro tern
of the Pacific department of said Company.
Oct. 18. WM. F. BABCOCK, Chairman.
"Togs.
G Eve rill, the Celebrated Canine Doctor from London, can
> be consulted for treatment or purchase. Fee, SI. Address,
G. EVERILL, 528 California street.
J5p~ Sure cure for worms, distemper, canker and mange sent free by mail on
receipt of SI. 0ct- 18-
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Nov. 15, 1879.
"PLEASURE'S WAND."
" We Obey no Wand hut Pleasure's."— Tom Moore.
Herold's Concerts.— The last concert of the series was but fairly at-
tended, unfavorable weather militating against a large turn-out of the
ladies. The programme was satisfactorily performed. A new_ series
is announced to commence after January 1st. The comparative failure of
these matinees is a matter of great regret. They have been the only op-
portunities offered this community to enjoy orchestral music. While it is
evident that on the part of the public there exists a total lack of the
necessary appreciation, there are undoubtedly on the part of the manage-
ment some short-comings. This place is, in most respects, an_ abnormal
one. It is cosmopolitan in the extreme ; a camp of all nations, with
tastes and ideas of all sorts. It is also a city where recreation and rest is
almost unknown. In the frantic race for wealth it is business— business
and nothing else. There is no class of people of leisure, such as exists in
all civilized countries — people who possess means and enjoy them, and
who form the foundation of art patronage. Afternoon performances in
this city are therefore restricted to female audiences, with but a slight
sprinkling of the stronger sex. The management should take all these
peculiarities into consideration and be governed accordingly. A few sug-
gestions present themselves, which seem to be advisable ones — a return to
Piatt's Hall, for the simple reason that it is in the midst of business traffic
and therefore easy of access to the men; and then— however hard a sacri-
fice it entails upon true lovers of music— popularization of the style of
music weekly offered. This is not a musically educated community, and
symphonies are to it meaningless and tedious compositions. Elaborate
transcriptions, overtures, sensational orchestral works and popular waltzes
— this is the style of music that pleases our barbariains. An adagio or a
menuetto from some classical author may be introduced once in a while —
at intervals. It is a sad confession to make, that this enlightened (?) city
can not support an orchestra.
Baldwin's Theater.— The Day After the Wedding is an amusing trifle,
of but little importance. It was done more than justice to by Miss Jef-
freys-Lewis and Messrs. O'Neill and Bradley. This served as a lever de
rideun for Our Boarding House, a comedy so well known on our boards as
to render any mention unnecessary. It was at best but fairly played.
Miss Carey "was the same sweet, meek "Beatrice Manheim " that all
theater-goers remember from the time the piece was produced at the
Grand Opera House. She invested the character with true womanly sen-
timent, and delineated the virtuous humility pervading the part with rare
taste. "Fioretti" was rather indifferently acted by Lewis Morrison.
The dialect was spasmodically given, and he failed to reproduce the ex-
aggeration of gesture common to the Latin race. Bishop, as " Gillypod,"
was— Bishop. As "Col. M. T. Elevator," Jennings lacked the bombast
and self-confidence that constitute the characteristics of the sanguine
speculator. Little Maud Adams is a very natural child-actress, but her
singing is hardly on a par with her acting. Fair houses have been the
rule.
Standard Theater. — Dr. Clyde is a comedy requiring exceptionally
good acting to be acceptable. The plot is in itself thin, and the characters
demand strong individualization. There are no dramatic incidents to keep
up the interest ; this result must be achieved by a forcible and marked de-
lineation of the different dramatis persona. "Dr. Clyde," the central
figure, is a man of cold and cynical exterior, with kindness and goodneiss
of heart underlying it, a being arbitrary and dogmatic in his knowledge of
the world, but with a substrata of gentleness and affection. Mr. Chap-
lin's efforts to portray this character are singularly inefficient. There is
no assumption of the above mentioned characteristics. It is simply a
piece of declamation without intellectuality. Mr. Owens, as " Higgins,"
is irresistibly funny. It is a droll character in itself, but in Owens'
hands becomes more so. It is a finished performance, perfect in every
detail. Though the cast contained several names of talent, it can be said
that the acting throughout was excessively mediocre.
Orchestral Union.— This organization of amateurs gave their first in-
vitation concert on Monday evening. Under the able direction of Mr.
Wm. Toepke, a well-known local musician, the orchestra has attained a
degree of proficiency which, taking everything under consideration, is re-
markable and commendable. The programme was a varied one, showing
the possession on the part of the Union of an extensive repertoire. The
different numbers were all, with the solitary exception of a gavotte, which
was played about one-half too fast, excellently executed. Among the
members of the Union are several able soloists, who distinguished them-
selves on this occasion. It is pleasant to record for this concert a thor-
ough success.
German Theater. — The storm of Sunday somewhat interfered with a
large attendance at this theater on that evening. Those present enjoyed
themselves heartily, for it was an admirable performance in all respects.
Miss Fiebach was as charming as ever, and Mr. Urban succeeded in ex-
citing the risibilities of the audience to the utmost by his comicalities. All
the rest of the cast were, as usual, in capital form. Mr. Die hi, whose
efforts at the commencement of the season were decidedly unsatisfactory,
has shown that this was due to his appearing in parts unsuited to his tal-
ents. He has since developed capital comedy capabilities, and has become
quite a favorite. For to-morrow Durchgegangene Weiber, a posse of re-
markable humor, is announced.
Bush Street Theater.— The Magic Slipper has been played a second
week to fair houses. A few new songs have been introduced by Roseau,
Chapman and Roland Reed. A feature of this troupe is the excellent
taste displayed in the costumes. They are all very pretty, and are worn
with a good deal of chic by the bevy of fair girls. Prominent among them
for good looks and grace are Miss Adah Lee and Miss Annie Deacon.
The latter is an unusually beautiful girl. Next Monday Oxygen will be
produced. This is a burlesque founded on a well-known story of Jules
Verne's.
California Theater. — The reopening of this theater, on Monday even-
ing, is an event upon which congratulations are iD order. Frank Mayo
will appear as "Van," in Bartley Campbell's play, The Virginian. This
is a play which has been well received both in New York and London,
and will undoubtedly be on this occasion well acted and produced.
Miss Ellen Coursen has made arrangements to give a series of oper-
atic performances in costume. The initial performance, under the aus-
pices of the ladies of tho French Choral Society, will take place at Dss'a-
away Hall on Thursday, November 20, 1879.
Chit-Chat. — Mrs. George Francis Train died in New York on October
29th, of paralysis of the heart.-^— It is announced that, for twelve per-
formances to be given in Spain during the wedding festivities of King Al-
fonso, Christine Nilsson is to receive the sum of ninety thousand francs.
^— The Yale College Glee Club has decided to make a western trip dur-
ing the Christmas vacation, and give five or six concerts.-^— Neilson will
play four weeks at Baldwin's. Her terms are sixty per cent, of the gross
receipts, guaranteed five hundred dollars a night. — Richard Wagner, the
composer, contemplates passing the winter in Naples, Italy.^^In Milan,
Italy, there are eighty-five establishments engaged in the supply of the-
atrical costumes and properties, and no fewer than one thousand persons
are employed in the manufacture of Bilk tights alone. —Jersey City
boasts of a dramatic critic who preaches on Sunday and practices on Sat-
urday night.^^Bennett's profits from the N. Y. Herald amounted last
year to §156,000.^— Felix Morris and wife have arrived in New York.
^— Herne and Belasco have reached Chicago. If they survive after pro-
ducing there their original plays, they will next raid New York.
THE "WOLF AND THE LAMB.
As a general rule, the Turk does not pose very well as a lamb, how-
ever naturally Russia might play the part of wolf ; but, in view of the al-
liance reported to be in contemplation between these Powers, seems likely
to practically illustrate the old fable. The idea of such an unnatural
union seems almost too absurd to entertain for a moment. If Turkey
wishes to be betrayed like Afghanistan, bullied like Roumania, sat upon
like Persia, or subjugated like the Central-Asia Khanates, then let ner
conclude this treaty. But if she wishes to keep her place in Europe —
shabby though that place is— she had better have no friendly dealings
with the Muscovite. Out of debt and trouble of every sort, England has
always helped Turkey; not, perhaps, from entirely disinterested motives,
but still she has done it, and the motive, after all, was a secondary mat-
ter. It has been England's interest to see that the integrity of Turkey
was maintained, especially so far as Russia could affect it. It is only yes-
terday that she saved Constantinople itself from the greedy Tartar's
talons. Undoubtedly, if Turkey now assumes a hostile position toward
her ancient benefactor and protector, it will still be England's policy to
keep Russia away from Stamboul ; but, in that case, it will no longer be
allowed for the Turk to keep the city, either. Who, then, shall have it ?
We know a flag that floats wherever the sun shines. If the contemplated
treaty should be concluded (and we do not believe that it will be), that
same flag will cast its shadow over the mosques of Constantinople as
surely as this world goes round.
STANDARD THEATER.
MA. Kennedy, Manager. --This (Saturday) Evening1, Nov.
• 15th, Every Evening during the Week (except Sunday) and Grand Mat-
inee this Afternoon at 2 o'clock. Sixth Week of the Popular Owens' Comedy Season.
Will he produced, for the first time in San Francisco, after careful preparation, with
New Scenery, Elegant Stage Appointments, and Great Star Cast, the 5-Act Comedy
from the German, " Dr. Klaus," entitled
Dr. Clyde!
MR. JOHN E.OWENS as "Higgins" (the alleged factotum of Dr. Clyde, "as it
were.") Special Engagement of MR. GEORGE D. CHAPLIN (who will appear in his
original character of " Dr. Clyde"); MR. BARTON HILL as " Lord Hammond;" Mr.
Russell 'Bassett, Mr. M. A. Kennedy, Miss Adeline Stanhope, Miss Gertie Granville,
Miss Kate Denin, Miss A. A. Adams. Sixth Owens' Comedy Matinee this (Saturday)
Afternoon at 2 o'clock— DR. CLYDE. Reserved Seats can be secured six days in ad-
vance at the Box Office. ^ Nov. 15.
BUSH-STREET THEATER.
/Charles E. Locke, Proprietor. —Continued Success of the
Vv Famous COLVILLE OPERA BURLESQUE COMPANY, embracing the cel-
ebrated Vocalist, MISS EME ROSEAU, and 40 Artists. This (Saturday) Evening,
Nov. 15th, last night but one of
The Magic Slipper !
Supported by every member of the mammoth organization. This Afternoon— MAT-
INEE of THE MAGIC SLIPPER. Sunday Evening— Last Time of THE MAGIC
SLIPPER. Monday Evening, Nov. 17th— First time here of the new burlesque of
Oxygen ; or, Gas in Burlesque Metre.
CALIFORNIA THEATER.
WB. Barton, Manager; Barton Hill, Acting OTiinagrer.
« Monday Evening, November 17th, Brief Engagement of the Eminent Actor,
MR. FRANK MAYO, who will appear as
Van, "The Virginian,"
in Bartley Campbell's great play of that name, produced with Entirely New Scenery
by Porter, and a Complete Cast of Characters. Original and Attractive Music by the
California Theater Orchestra, under direction of Wm. Withers, Jr. Seats at the Box
Office. To follow in rapid succession : DAVY CROCKETT, MAN AND WIFE, and
STREETS OF NEW YORK. Nov. 15.
~THE BALDWIN THEATER.
T nomas Jfasuiro. Manager.— IJast Two Performances of
the Great Comedy Bill, this (Saturday) Evening and Saturday Matinee.
A Day After the "Wedding!
AND
Our Boarding House !
Mr. James O'Neill, Mr. Lewis Morrison, Miss Jeffreys-Lewis, Miss Eleanor Carey,
and the entire Baldwin Company in the Bill. Sunday Evening— SARATOGA.
DASHAWAY HALL.
Ellen Coursen's First Opera Night,
miRSDAY EVEJUNO r NOVEMBER 30TB.
JLDMISSIO&, 50 CSlfXS. |Not. 15.
A MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS FOR SALE,
Comprising- Views of Palestine, Egypt, Rome and other
parts of the World. The Collection was made by a gentleman, for many years
a resident of Europe and Asia, at an expense of over 83,000. It comprises about 500
views in perfect condition, having suitable Portfolios, Albums, etc., tog-ether with
a very large and powerful Magnifying Glass. Will be sold as an entirety.
SNOW & CO.,
Nov. 15. (Successors to Snow & May), 20 Post street.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
The Home Hffntnal Insurance Company will pay its reg-nlar
monthly dividend of One (1) Dollar per share on its capital stock on November
10th, 1879. CHARLES R. STORY, Secretary,
Nov. 15. 406 California street.
N.v. 15, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER
SPORTING ITEMS.
Bicycling. -The A«w Ut
of * bicvcle tournament, an i
fruit, tu we m-v a tSgii
with la ••mm rider*
r wme time ablated the (getting up
m if our action had borne
Kearny 5 1 root that informs p
at the Mechanica' Pavilion,
of the scheme have an
in a saloon on I nt and Geary Btrceta They may
be solid, substantial men. who will act fairly by the ridcra and the public.
but «t mmt confess thai : - 1 far. are against them. We feel
It our duty to warn intending participants in the tournament not to do-
pant their $100 entraiuv fee till t hoy have good guarantee that all is
^1-i.iie. In al rery one-aided. The winners are
only u> set the entrance money for prize*, so that the managers get their
- for nothing. The gentlemen maybe all right, and have money
and experience enough t«. make the tournament a success ; if so, it Is an
easy matter for them to show thi ir iv*|munibility. If thev can do that to
the satisfaction of any reasonable genUMDU, we will be glad to publish
the fact.-—- English riders have been nafchlg good records recently. Keen
beat portal ■ one mile race; time, 2 inin. 62 1-5 sec. Keen also beat
Oortu in a five mile race : times, one mils, 2:66 4 -5 ; two miles, 6:14 3-5 ;
thiee miles, 9:10 35 ; four miles, 12:27 1*8; five miles, 15 m. 30 sec.
ConiBlng.— We omitted to publisn the names of the winning dogs at
thr Merced meeting last week. Thev were : Ruler, first prize. $80 ;
Minnehaha, second, £6*0: Master .Toe, third. $30; Bulldozer, fourth, S30.
Ruler was bred in this State of the best stock here. He is by King Cobb,
out of Queen Emma; Kin:: Cobb by Spot out of Minnette; Queen
Emma by imported Factor, out of Be-tsie.— The San Joaquin Coursing
Club announce their meeting to take place at Lockeford, November 29th.
—The Modesto local papers are crowing because a majority of the
hares got away from the dogs of the Pacific Club. It is true that was the
case, but it was neither the fault of the dogs or the speed of the hares,
but the poor state of the ground that was to blame for it They also
state that " the strong ranch dogs of Modesto can catch a bare every
time," a plain admission that lurchers are more thought of than true dog3
in Stanislaus County. It is a positive fact that after two days rain had
put the ground in shape the slowest, sickest greyhounds in any club in the
State would capture a Modesto hare, or run it in the ground, in five min-
utes.—Members of the Pioneer Club are arranging for several private
matches.— Smith's card in the Chronicle shows his true character. We
congratulate the Pioneer Club on getting rid of him.
Pedestrianism.— Charles Carver is matched to run Albert Keating 150
yards, at West Mailtand, Australia, for £100 a side. Carver has won
twelve important races since 1874, and is looked upon as the best 200 and
500-yard man in Australia. Keating has also a good record. He is a big
man ; his stride averages 7 feet 3 inches ; his hight is 6 feet 2k inches.-^
Some of our local pedestrians are talking about getting up a joint stock
go-as-you-please, managed by themselves, to come off in December. We
wish them every success.— Mclntyre and King Hedley are to run a
quarter-mile race, for 8500 a side.— J. Warburton ran ten miles, in Eng-
land, October 11th, in 54 min. 6£ sec, the best amateur time on record by
52£ sec. The English sporting papers agree that Warburton's perform-
ance gives promise that he can beat Deerfoot's time.-^— There is talk of
holding an athletic tournament at the Union Grounds on Thanksgiving
Day.
Swimming.— Captain Webb may be expected in San Francisco in a
few days; his departure from Boston has been delayed by business. »«■ ■■
W. H. Daily is recovering from the effects of the accident he sustained
in the fifty-mile swim. In a few weeks he expects to be able to travel;
his intention is to visit his relatives. -^W. Beckwith lowered two
records, at Lambeth Baths, October 12th. Swimming with J. S. Moore,
the amateur champion, and George Fearn, as coaches, he made 480 yards
in 7 m. 8 3-5 sec, beating -J. B. Johnsons best on record of 7 m. 14 sec.
The 1,000 yards was made in 15 m. 27 4-5 sec, beating Jones' best on
record of 15 m. 31£ sec. He failed to lower the 100-yard record, making
it in 1 min. 9 3-5 sec, against Jones' record of 1 m. 9 2-5 sec; but there is
little doubt he will break that before another year. — We hear that
great improvements are about to be made at the Neptune Baths, North
Beach.
Shooting. — The late rain has made duck-shooting first-class all over
the State, and good bags are in order. Mr. Orr bagged 139 ducks in about
three hours at Paine and Beckwith's preserve on the Suisun marshes.
That is the best bag we have heard of this season.— ^Sherman Island
literally Bwarms with ducks.— — We desire to caution our readers against
purchasing the cheap shotguns advertised in the papers by Eastern deal-
ers. Some we have seen are worthless, dangerous weapons, liable at any
moment to burst and injure the user or any bystanders. It is better and
safer to go to a dealer of established reputation. He will be careful not to
sell a dangerous gun.
Yachting.— C. G. White, builder of the O'Connor, has challenged Mr.
Gutte, owner of the Chispa, to a race with the respective yachts for SI, 000
a side ; race to come off next July, under the rules of the Pacific Yacht
Club. In his challenge C. G. White intimates that he has been defamed
and his models unjustly criticised in the Morning Vail. We do not won-
der at C. G. White feeling hurt at the CaWs yachting articles, as it is
plain to see they are written either by an ignorant person or a prejudiced
one ; but it is not likely that the owner of the Chispa wrote them or
caused their insertion. If the challenge is accepted we expect an inter-
esting race.
Baseball.— The circus of the Eastern Clubs took sick from our ex-
posure, and finally Bnuffed out on bad weather.— —A ball-ground will be
laid out at the half-mile track.— Players are waiting for higher salaries
before making next season's engagements. They may get a rise in Cali-
fornia, but East the probability is that salaries will be reduced.— We
hear that Carey, of the Chicagos, will have charge of the Renos next sea-
son.-^The Union Grounds are not popular; they are hard to reach and
are in a low district.
Rowing. — Hickey, ex-champion of Australia, has challenged Rush to
any kind of a race, to come off on the Hunter River. -^— There is some
talk of putting Riley against Hanlan, but we don't take much stock in it.
— —The Call gave its readers the information, last Thursday, that
Trickett was still champion of Australia, having beaten Layeock in their
recent race. The Call is getting slow; the News Letter published an ac-
count of that race over one month ago.
Archery. Tho season has dosed with a good allowing for California,
which, "ii -hurt notice, liai line of the beet shots in America,
■— — The mati Ii l>ctw.en the Pacific Club and the Bow Club, of Oakland,
nt Qatar Gard irsadin a victory for the Bow Club, wh<
1 BOB points, against 35S hit*. 1,780 points, for
the Pacific Club, Kn.<h rluhsent five members, who shot the Am
round, of thirty arrow* each, at 40, 60 and 60 yards,— A. D. Havens
and 1 Vut i * i lonnell havi cbaUaifad anv two members of the Pacific * Hub,
to shoot ths York round, al Adams Point We should think that they
can nt takers.^— The talk about a telegraphic match with any Eastern
club is alto j it;, i | , i ,■:. in fa agaaon.
ART JOTTINQa
The first auction sale <<f paintings for the season, took place at New-
halTsnn Thursday of laal weak, [t was well attended, and the prices
roamed must have t o satisfactory to the seller, if he had the slightest
regard for values, :us applied to pictures, ami he ought to have, after a two
years' stay in Europe. It was expected by many th;it Mr. Deakin would
Erotit by his lengthened tour through the art centers of the world, but he
as not. His pictures are neither better nor worse than they were before
he left ns. He is not the first artist who has become a painter of preten-
tious pictures— without a thorough knowledge of the rudiments of art—
who has visited Europe without advantage. It was fortunate for Mr.
Deakin that the first introduction the public had to his two score of
paintings, was in the auction room, and that, too, during the first days of
the week, when it is well known that the Press seldom, if ever, publishes
any art notes except on Saturday.
The success of this sale will doubtless encourage others to do likewise.
It is to be hoped they will make due exhibition of their works before the
sale, in order that writers on art may have an opportunity to view them
to their own and the public's advantage.
It will be remembered that, some months since, reference was made to
auction sales of paintings by local artists, which were being made through
the country by Messrs. Dampf & Childs, of this city. The works remain-
ing unsold have been returned to the city, and Mr. Childs has opened an
auction room at 720 Market street, where he proposes to sell the residue
of his collection, and such other works as may be placed in his hands.
Our prominent artists will do well to offer only such pictures as will be a
credit to them ; pot-boilers may pass in the interior, but here such daubs
are sure to be known, and will do them more harm than the money real-
ized will good.
Artists who aspire, and do, sell works for a large value, cannot, with
impunity, turn off daubs and sell them in quantities for paltry prices.
The past has been, without doubt, the dullest season for art ever known
here ; but this state of affairs cannot be bettered by a multiplication of
poor pictures, and foisting them upon the public through the medium of
the auction mart.
Now that the busy season has commenced, there ought to be a number
of good pictures on exhibition for Bale, but, in fact, there is next to noth-
ing. At Morris & Kennedy's, Mr. Yelland has on view an excellent
picture. It is, without doubt, a work of great merit, and does this consci-
entious aDd painstaking artist credit. At Snow & Co's, Rix has
two small pictures by no means good, and Tavernier one which is worse.
Hill has nothing new on exhibition, neither has Keith. Mr. Hill has
given up his studio in Nevada Block, and is now painting at his residence
in Oakland. Certainly, if patrons of art are scarce here, good pictures
are also.
A NEEDED EXPOSURE.
A gentleman of London sends us the following account of his experi-
ence with a ticket-agent in this city, and tourists will do well to take
warning:
Sir: Some short time ago, it was my fortune to purchase railway tickets
in San Francisco for the purpose of going East. I bought them at the
ticket-office under the Palace Hotel. I asked for tickets to St. Louis by
way of Denver and Kansas City, but was told that I could not have them,
but that, if I insisted on going that way, I must buy a ticket to Cheyenne
and then on to Denver, which would cost me, I was told, $28 more. As I
was anxious to go to Kausas City, I eventually determined to buy tickets
through to Council Bluffs, and then southward by the Kansas City bine.
The person who spoke to me about the tickets was very anxious I should
go by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy line, which, he said, surpassed
all other American lines. He pestered me a good deal about this, but I
absolutely declined unless it went to Kansas City.
I was provided with a ticket through to St. Louis, for which I paid §116.
When I was some hundreds of miles on my journey I was informed that
the coupon, " Council Bluffs to St. Louis," did not go via Kansas City. It
seems that after all the agent had given me a " Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy " ticket, and relied upon my being a foreigner and not finding it
out until it was too late. I have found much courtesy in a long American
tour, and I ultimately got the ticket changed by other railway authorities,
and so went to Kansas City, where I " stopped over," and went on to Law-
rence to see a friend of mine. I was told by an officer of the railway that
this conduct of the ticket agent (who was not the same person who ulti-
mately was paid) would be considered "smart," and that the company
that he served wjuld advance him in their service. Comparing "institu-
tions " I can only say that I do not think that an English company would
retain a person in its service one day after such an offense was proved.
A fellow passenger by the steamer was complaining to me of the same
aCTent, and so I consider it due to all parties concerned that the facts
should be known. An English Tooeist.
Liverpool, October, 1879.
The advantages of simplicity in traveling were peculiarly demon-
strated by the two French Ministers, MM. Lepere and Le Royer, during
a recent trip in Italy. On arriving at a hotel the latter gave his name
simply as Le Royer, but his colleague replied grandiosely, " His Excel-
lency M. Lepere, Minister of the Interior to the Government of the
French Republic." When settling day came, M. Le Royer was charged
15s. daily for his room, but " His Excellency" had to pay £2, thanks to
his title.
An elegant assortment of Gold Watches and Chains at Randolph &
Co.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
SAN" FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Nov. 15, 1879.
'The World," the Flesh, and the Devil.
[By a Truthful Penman.]
The theology of the religious press is always curious, and often start-
ling. Here is an example: " A missionary at a station in South-Africa
wasBeated in the mission church when a heavy storm came on. A friend
was preaching, and another interpreting near him. _ The fears of the mis-
sionary were excited that his friends bald head mighty attract the light-
ning. He was so valuable as a preacher that the missionary breathed a
short prayer that it might not be so. The preacher had just announced
" Suffer the little children to come unto me, etc., when, ainid the deafen-
ing noise of thunder and falling rain, a terrific crash broke over the
chapel, and the missionary was felled to the ground, but not killed. A
little child was asleep in its mother's arms close by ; the lightning shock
ran from its head to its feet, and after one gasp its spirit soared away to
heaven." This paragraph, which is headed "Quiokly and Literally An-
swered Prayer, involves some curious considerations. First of all it pre-
sents us with the thoroughly African conception of a malignant deity,
not to be satisfied without a victim ; and then with the grotesque notion
of prayer operating to convert a poor Hottentot baby into a light-
ning conductor to save a missionary's bald head. Laymen may be excused
if they think that religious journals in their fervor sometimes become
very irreligious indeed. -^— That the Treasury would gain considerably
from a reduction in the charges for the sending of telegrams we firmly be-
lieve. No one will say that the revenue lost by the adoption of the cheap
postage charges introduced by the late Rowland Hill, nor will there be
many ready to deny that the reduction of the telegram charges would, in
like manner, prove a source of public profit and convenience. Moreover,
if the Dutch can send a telegram of twenty words for 7d, why should not
we be able to do it as cheaply ? Before long, there is little doubt, we shall
see a revision and reduction in these charges, only it seems a great pity
that so necessary a reform should be deferred. — yiT^A.-^— Stray torpe-
does have more than once been heard of round about Spithead and in
Portsmouth Harbor, but a very erratic and dangerous specimen seemB to
have been exported from these shores to Peru. A torpedo sent out from
the now famous Huascar as she was engaged off Antofogasta took it into
its head to turn round and head straight for the turret vessel which had
sent it out. This certainly was an awkward situation, and the Huascar
bade fair to be hoisted with its own petard. The feat then performed by
a young Peruvian officer was certainly as bold and skillful in its way as
anything we have read of ashore or afloat. He plunged into the sea,
swam toward the advancing torpedo, and guided it by main force astern
of the Huascar. If Peru numbers many such men as this among her
sailors it is scarcely surprising that, so far, she has got the better of the
Chilian fleet. — Pall Mall Bud<jet.——A medical man advertised the other
day for " a gentlewoman as lady housekeeper," offering "a liberal honor-
arium, and a comfortable home." He bad upward of eleven hundred re-
plies. A man also announced his intention of contesting a Parliament-
ary borough, and the next morning found five hundred letters on his desk
asking for employment. — British Empire.—— 'The Duchess of Montrose,
wearing a brilliant peignoir, and sitting on a three-legged stool, milking a
thoroughbred Alderney, in one of the loose boxes appointed to racehorses
at the back of Mr. Crawfurd's pretty residence at the foot of the Bury
Hill at Newmarket, recalls the early dairy-life of the second wife of the
first Marquis of Exeter. Nor are we inventing a romantic story. The
occurrence happened during the recent Second October Meeting at New-
market, whither the valuable cow in question, for whom her Grace gave
something like £100, was sent, with special instructions as to feeding and
milking during the journey. On being informed of its safe arrival, the
Duchess sent a request to Alec Taylor, her husband's trainer, to have the
cow milked at once ; but neither Taylor nor his head-lad was au fait at
the business. Thereupon the Duchess, who was in the midst of her toilette,
hastily slipped on & peignoir, and performed the operation with the skill
of the most experienced milkmaid.^— Talk of cheap prices for Italian
Opera! In Verona there is the Arena Theater, admission three halfpence.
In Naples there is more than one little theater where the charge for ad-
mission is the round sum of one penny; and in the Teatro Fiorentini and
the Teatro Rossini, which are aristocratic resorts, the price of admission
is twopence.— Not only is the reading-room of the British Museum to
be lighted with the electric lamp, but preparations are also being made to
illuminate the entrance by the same means. Two lamps have been fitted
up between the portico and the entrance gates, and will be ready for light-
ing in a few days.— —President GreVy has resumed his official duties at
the Elyse«, after an exceedingly brisk shooting season. We are told he
slaughtered, in his five weeks' holiday, sixty-three hares, 215 brace of
partridge, and close upon 500 quail ; a pretty good total, considering that
he never shot in preserves, but always in open fields, and in the Bame
guise and gaiters as any modest adtpte de St. Hubert in the Jura.— The
building of a bridge across the Tiber at Rome and its public opening- with-
ont the presence of Pope, ^ cardinal or priest, is a striking incident in the
secularization of the old city. It is said that for a thousand years no nsw
bridge has been built in Rome j but in the new order of things, which is
bringing the modern spirit into that cloistral atmosphere, five new bridges
are projected, and it is proposed to bring Rome into conformity with the
new industrial life which is springing up in Italy. In the olden time the
Pontifex Maximus would, as the name implies, have been the very first
figure in such a celebration. To-day he is not even invited to be present.
—The latest novelty in liquors is the Temperance Beer, manufactured
with cinchona bark, and highly recommended in cases of confirmed in-
ebriety. It is " bitter as coloquintida." and nobody yet has been known
to prefer a request for more. Hence the secret of its great success.-—
The Duchess of Montrose gave £2,000 the other day for a yearling which
she intends to keep and run herself.
INSURANCE.
HUTCHINSON & MANN,
INSURANCE AGENCY,
California Street, San Francisco,
Fire Insurance.
GIRARD of Philadelphia.
HOME of Columbus.
NEW ORLEANS ASSOCIATION
PEOPLES of Newark.
LA CAISSE GENERALE of Paris.
ST. PAUL : of St. Paul.
TEUTONIA of New Orleans.
BERLIN-COLOGNE of Berlin.
REVERE of Boston. | LA CONFIANCE of Paris.
Marine Insurance.
PARIS UNDERWRITING ASSOCIATION of Paris.
LONDON AND PROVINCIAL MARINE INSURANCE CO of Loudon.
Capital Represented $23,000,000.
All Losses Equitably Adjusted and Promptly Paid.
HOME MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. OF CALIFORNIA.
Principal Office, 406 California Street, San Francisco.
Cash Assets, January 1, 1877, $095,291; Liabilities, $5,952 ; Surplus for Policy
Holders, 8589,339. J. F. Houghton, President ; L. L. Baker, Vice-President ;
Charles R. Story, Secretary. R. H. MAGILL, H. H. BIGELOW, General Agents.
Directors. — San Francisco — L. L. Baker, John H. Redington, J. F. Houghton,
R. B. Gray, Robert Watt, John Currey, L. L. Baker, W. F. Whittier, C. C. Burr, E.
M. Root, W. H. White, J. L. N. Shepard, W. M. Greenwood, George S. Mann, Cyrus
Wilson, W. T. Garratt, C. Waterhouse, A. P. Hotaling, A. Block, A. K. P. Harmon,
G. S. Johnson, W. O. Wilson, A. W. Bowman, H. L. Dodge, Charles R. Story. Ala-
meda County Branch — V. D. Moody, Chauncy Taylor, A. C. Henry, Robert S. Far-
relly, Joseph B. Marlin, W. B. Hardy, T. B. Simpson. San Diego— A. H. Wilcox.
Sacramento — Mark Hopkins, D. W. Earl, Julius Wetzlar, James Carolau. San Jose —
T. Ellard Beans, B. D. Murphy, A. Pfister, J. H. Dibble, J. S. Carter, Jackson Lewis,
Jacob Rich, John Auzerais, John Balbach. Stockton— H. H. Hewlett, Chas. Belding,
J. D. Peters, A. W. Simpson, H. M. Fanning. Marysville— D. E. Knight. Grass
Valley— Wm. Watt, T. W. Sigourney. Portland, Oregon— W. S. Ladd, C. H. Lewis,
P. Wasserman, B. Goldsmith, D. Macleay. Virginia City, Nevada — John Gillig, Isaac
L. Requa. March 17.
FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE-UNION INS. CO. OF S. F.
Tbe California Lloyds.— Established in 5861. — Nos. 416 and
418 California street. Cash capital $750,000 in Gold. Assets exceed §1,000,000
Coin. Fair Rates ! Prompt Settlement of Loses ! ! Solid Security ! ! DIRECTORS.
—San Frascisco — J. Mora Moss, N. G. Kittle, M. J. O'Connor, R. S. Floyd, Moses
Heller, Adam Grant, Daniel Meyer, AntoineBorel, Charles TCohler, E. L. Goldstein,
I. Lawrence Pool, A. Weill, Joseph Brandenstein, Charles Bauiu, James Moffitt,
Benjamin Brewster, L. Cunningham, W. M. Hoag, Nicholas Luning, John Parrott,
L. A. Booth, Julius Baum, MylesD. Sweeney, Jas. M. Goewey, Edward Cadwalader
Bartlett Doe, Gustave Touchard, J. H. Baird, J. G. Kittle, George C. Hickox, C. Du-
commun, Wm. Scholle, John Conly, Ig. Steinhart, W. B. Stone, J. O. Eldridge, A.
B. Phipps.
GUSTAVE TOUCHARD, President. N. G. KITTLE, Vice-President.
Chari-eb P. Haves, Secretary. Geo. T. Bqhei?, Surveyor. Aug. 31.
THE STATE INVESTMENT AND INSURANCE CO.
Flit*] AN» MARINE.
Clash Assets, 9450,000.— Principal Office, SIS and 220 San-
J some street, San Francisco. Officers : — A. J. Bryast, President ; Richard
Iyers, Vice-President; Charles H. Cosnino, Secretary; H. H. Watson, Marine
Surveyor. Board of Directors : — Peter Donahue, James Irvine, C. D. 0'SuJuvan,
A. Boequeraz, R. Harrison, A- H. Rutherford, R. Bailey, E. W. Corbert, George O.
McMullin, A. J. Bryant, Frank M. Pbcley, E Burke, H. H. Watson, Dr. C. F. Buckley,
P. J. White, E. M. Root, M. Mayblum, Richard Ivers, John Rosenfeld, Daniel
Callaghan. P. H. Russell, Sacramento. John G. Downey, Los Angeles. Wm.
Hood, SonomaCounty. H. W. Seale, Mayfield. Geo. Rutherford, San Jose. Feb. 16.
THE MARINE INSURANCE CO. OF LONDON, ENGLAND.
{MSTAJSLISJBLBI} 1836.]
Whole Amount of Jo nt Stock and Guaranteed Capital- .$5,000,000.
Whole Amount of Capital paid up 900,000.
Cash Assets December 31 , 1876 3,710,000.
The undersigned have been duly authorized to issue Policies at current rates on
Freight and Shipments to or from England, Europe, New York, Japan, China, Aus-
tralian Colonies, Sandwich Islands, and Northern Coast Ports. If desired, policies
made payable at port of termination.
WILT J A MS, BLANCH ARD & CO., Agents,
Aug. 10. 218 California street.
THE SWISS MARINE INS. COMPANIES COMBINED.
Switzerland, of Zurich, Capital 5,000,000 francs; Helvetia,
of St. Gall, Capital 10,000,000 francs ; Baloise, of Basle, Capital 5,000,000 francs.
These three Companies are liable jointly and severally for all losses that may be sus-
tained. Losses made payable in all the principal seaports of the world. In* the set-
tlement of all claims under an English policy, these Companies willstrictly adhere to
the conditions and customs adopted at Lloyds, and submit to English jurisdiction.
June 9. HARRY W. SYZ, Agent, 225 Sansome St., S. F.
NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL LIFE INSUR. CO. OF BOSTON.
Has transacted tbe business of life Insurance for nearly
thirty-five years. Its assets amount to over Fouktken Million Dollars. The
law of Massachusetts makes all its Policies nonforfeitable. It is a Purely Mutual Com-
pany, dividing every cent of surplus among Policy-holders. This is the Ohlt Com-
pany on the Pacific Coast governed by the Massachusetts Lapse Law. This company
has comr.'ied with the new Insurance Laws of California.
WALLACE EVERSON, General Agent.
Sept. 22.] 328 Montgomery street.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN MARINE INS. CO. OF LIVERPOOL.
c
Capital $5,000,000.— Agents:
316 California street, San Francisco.
Ballonr, Gntbrle * Co., No.
Nov. 18.
BRITISH BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF CAL.
Attendance, daily, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., by tbe under-
signed, to receive subscriptions and donations, and to furnish all information
relating to the Society. J. P. McCURRIE, Secretary,
Oct. 23. 730 Montgomery street.
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ALASKA COMMERCIAL COMPANY,
. 310 Sansome street, San Francisco, Wholesale Dealer
in Furs. Sept. 21.
15, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTIS] l:.
BALLAD OF BLUE CHINA.
There* * )oj wit!, r carle,
Ti* I murk
01 Ch
Who'd b*\r thouj 1 ciime to us, who
That imt I ire wniiM ham?
m hue.
In the raign of th. Empflvr Hwang?
These dngoni their Uiln, vm remark,
Into bunchw ..f lotus ■' >mm m*
^ 1" ' I tha Ark,
I>i<l tkem lie in wail for hi" crew?
They Kn-.rt.-.l, they mapped, .\n>i they slew,
They were mighty ■ ■£ fin and of fang.
And their j .lrevr.
In the nign of the Em pen* Hwang.
Here's a pot with a house in a park,
Iii a park where ti [ossoma Mew,
Where the lovers eloped in the dark,
Lived, died, and were turned into two
Bright birds that eternally Hew
Through the boughs of the May, as they sang ;
Tia a tale was undoubtedly true
In the reign of the Emperor Hwang.
Come, snarl at my ecstasies, do.
Kind critic, your tongue has a tang,
But a sage never heeded a shrew
In the reign of the Emperor Hwang.
— Andrew Latiff, in Scribner's Bric-a-Brac.
PHYLLOXERA VASTATRIX.
The ravages of phylloxera, the most destructive of all the numerous
enemies of the vine, were first observed in Europe in 1865. in the depart-
ment of Gard, France ; but it was only in 1868 that M. Planchon, Pro-
fessor of Sciences at Mont-Pellier, discovered the insect, and named it
phylloxera vastatrix ; the word phylloxera intimating the drying and
withering of the vine leaf. It appears under two forms, the winged and
the wingless. When largely magnified, the wingless insect has the appear-
ance of a tortoise, only it has rather long legs and a trunk ; the back is
divided into squares, from which project little excrescences ; the head is
slightly bent under the body, and the brown eyes have numerous facetts.
The phylloxera is an American insect, and appears, as already said, in
two forms. The first (winged) forms galls on leaves, and is met with in
all parts of _ America on the leaves of wild vines ; the second seeks the
roots, and is the only dangerous one. Both kinds are of a waxen yellow
tint, but otherwise look like the common plant-louse, or aphis, only they
are_ very much smaller — hardly the size of a very small pin's head. As
ordinarily found, sucking the rootlets of vines, the insect is wingless, and
all are females, or, at least, egg-layers ; for there are no males for three or
four generations, during which each of the insects may lay from 200 to
400 eggs apiece, which hatch in about ten days. About the fourth gener-
ation a winged form makes its appearance, whose wings are so large in
proportion to their bodies that they have little control over them ; but
when they rise in the air they are carried wherever the wind may chance
to take them. Those lay only three or four eggs each, which produce two
kinds of phylloxera, large and small, the former being females and the
latter males. This generation has no digestive organs, being destined ex-
clusively for reproduction. The female lays but one solitary egg, which
is especially tenacious of life, being destined to hibernate." From this
egg is hatched, on the return of spring, the ordinary root-louse, whose
vigor is thus annually renewed. It is the winged form, then, which ren-
ders possible the rapid spread already noticed ; also, that its destruction
would speedily put an end to the propagation of the spscies. But nature
has pruvided against this contingency, for, in time oi need some of the
common egg-layers undertake to lay the large solitary egg which hiber-
nates ; and, moreover, in a mild climate some of the millions of common
eggs, and a few egg-layers, also survive. These eggs can be destroyed by
from twenty-eight to forty days1 submergence, which can only be done in
winter without injury to the vines.
This, so far, is the only absolute remedy found, except in very sandy soils,
because it is too weak to crawl from one place to another, the grains of
sand obstructing its progress. In adobe soils it crawls along the cracks.
No one in this State, nor, I venture to say, anywhere, is better informed
on phylloxera, or has better or more extensive appliances for demonstrat-
ing the life-history of this pest than Professor E. W. Hilgard, of our
State University, and it is to his studies I mainly owe the substance of
this short essay.
In France its ravages have been such that, as much as four years ago,
vineyards were unsalable ; no one would venture to spend any money in
such property. As to California, it is fast sweeping the vineyards of So-
noma, and unless some desperate and ultimate measures be taken very
soon, nothing can keep it from spreading through the adjacent valleys ;
and every day renders its extermination more and more difficult. How
far submersion may be practicable in the Sonoma Valley, can only be de-
cided by a survey of the creeks. But as the only absolute cure, the de-
struction of the "large egg," it should be had recourse to if possible, and
the adjacent country compelled to contribute to the expense. The system
of submersion was originated in France by a M. Faucon, whose vineyard
of forty acres is situate close to the Canal de Durance. The submersion
is made in October, and continued for forty days. Here are his results:
The year 1867, the one preceding the invasion of the pest, the yield was
2,775 galls.; in 1868, first year of invasion, 120! 1869, second year, 105
gallons only! 1870, first year of snbmersion, 360 galls.; 1871, second year
of submersion, 1,350, without manure; third year, with manure, 2,547
galls.; fourth year, with manure, 2,175 galls.; fifth year, with manure,
3,750 galls.; sixth year, with manure, 7,800 galls. So a vineyard that, in
1869, yielded only 105 gallons in all, in six^ years was brought back to
yield more than twice as many gallons as it did before the invasion of
phylloxera.
The reports from France just to hand say that the yield this year will
hardly reach one-third of ordinary years before the invasion.
San Francisco, November 10, 1879. . j. j. b.
BANKS.
THE BANK OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO.
Capital $3,000,000.
WM.AITORD... ,.„.„, „.
THOMAS llltOHV. Caahler B MIIMIAY. Jr., Au'l < n,l,lrr
New v.rk. i olCUtomU; Dorton, Tromonl National lumk
. Having Bank ; N«« Zealand,
lk °< ««*' Zcali hum Jamn. Imlin and Australia, tli<- I
Bank Corporation.
,Thc l;i nd Gold Hill, and Correspondent* In all
•noprlodp rtcuand Interim PowmoI too Pacific Gout.
Letters 01 Or. d ,|>lo in all i«rta of llic world. Draw direct on Lon-
l1""' Dunlin. P ButtQburg, Frankfort on-tho-Haln Antwerp
Amsterdam. SI Petorsbui li, Stockholm, Christiana, Locarno, Mel-
bourne, Sydney, Auckland, llnin;k,.iur, Shanghai, Yokohama Nov, i.
FIRST NATIONAL GOLD BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO, CAL."
Pi. i.l ii|>4:.pll).l K2.uuo.O0n. ttold. President, B.C. Wool-
worth ; \ ice-President, U Calfaghan; Cashier, E. D. Morgan.
Directors:-!!. C. Woolworth, D CaJltfftlMi, C, O. Hooker, 0. Adolph Low, Teter
Donahue, Isaac Wormsor, r.u ird Martin, fames Moffltt, N. Van Bergen.
OOREXBPONDBNTB— London : Baring Brag. & Oo. Chartered Mercantile Bank of In-
dia, London and China. Dublin: Provincial Bank of Ireland. Hamburg: Hesse
Heuman&Co. Taris: Hottinguer&Oo. New York: National Bank of Commerce. Boa-
ton: Blackstone National Bank. Chicago: First National Bank. This Bank ie pre-
pared to transact a general Banking business. Deposits in Gold, Silver and Currency
received subject to check or on sprcial deposit. Exchange for sale on the principal
cities of the United States. Omit Britain, Ireland and the Continent. Commercial
Credits issued available in Europe, Cbii.a and Japan. Collections attended to and
prompt returns made at the lowest market rates of Exchange. Jan. 19.
BANK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter.— Capital paid tip. gl.SOO,-
000, with power to increase to $10,000,000. Southeast corner California and San-
sorne streets. Head Office— 28 Cornhill, London. Branches— Portland, Oregon- Vic-
toria, New Westminster and Cariboo, British Columbia.
This Bank transacts a General Banking Business. Accounts opened subject to Check
and Special Deposits received. Commercial Credits granted available in all parts of
the world. Approved Bills discounted and advances made on good collateral security.
Draws direct at current rates upon its Head Office and Branches, and upon its Agents
as follows :
New York, Chicago and Canada— Bank of Montreal ; Liverpool— North and South
Wales Bank ; Scotland— British Linen Company ; Ireland— Bank of Ireland ; Mex-
ico and South America— London Bank of Mexico and South America ; China and
Japan— Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, and Oriental Bank ; Australia
and New Zealand— Bank of Australasia, Commercial Banking Company of Sydney,
and English, Scottish and Australian Chartered Bank.
May 18. FREDERICK TOWNSEND, Manager.
LONDON AND SAN FRANCISCO BANK, LIMITED.
Capital, $5,000,000, of which $3,000,000 is folly paid np aa
present capital. Reserve Fund, §300,000. San Francisco Office, 424 Califor-
nia street ; London Office, 22 Old Broad street. Manager, ARTHUR SCRIVENER;
Cashier, WILLIAM STEEL. London Bankers, Bank of England and London Joint
Stock Bank ; New York, Drexel, Morgan & Co. ; Boston, Third National Bank.
This Bank is prepared to transact all kinds of General Banking and Exchange Busi-
ness in London and San Francisco, and between said cities and all parts of the
world. March 30.
THE NEVADA BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO.
Capital Paid TJp $3,000,000.
Reserve, "D". S. Bonds 3,500,000.
Agency at New York, 62 Wall street.
Agency at Virginia, JXev.
Buys and sells E-change and Telegraphic Transfers. Issues Commercial and Trav-
elers' Credits. This Bank has special facilities for dealing in Bullion. Nov. 8.
SECURITY SAVINGS BANK.
GUARANTEE CAPITAL, - $300,000.
Officers: Vice-President, Jerome Lincoln ; Secretary, W.
S. Jones ; Attorney, Sidney V. Smith. Loans made on Real Estate and other
Approved Securities. Office : No. 215 Sanaome street, San Francisco. Oct. 14.
THE GERMAN SAVINGS AND LOAN SOCIETY.
Deutsche Spar und Leibbanlt, No 526 California street, San
Francisco. Officers : President, L. GOTTIG. Board of Directors. — Fred.
Roeding, Chas. Kohler, Edw. Kruse, George H. Eggers, N. Van Bergen, H. L. Simon,
Peter Spreckels, Ign. Steinhart. Secretary, GEO. LETTE; Attorney, JOHN R.
JARBOE. \ May 18.
THE ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN BANK, LIMITED.
422 California St., San Francisoo.
London Office, 3 Angel Court ; New York Agents, J. W. Sel-
igman & Co., 21 Broad street. Authorized Capital Stock, §6,000,000. Will re-
ceive Deposits, open Accounts, make Collections, buy and sell Exchange and Bullion,
loan Money, and issue Letters of Credit available throughout the world.
FRED. F. LOW, IGN. STEINHART, Managers.
P. N. Lilienthal, Cashier. Sept. 13.
AGGREGATE ASSETS, $38,739,065.
Imperial Fire Insurance Co., of London Instituted 1803.
London Assurance Corporation, of London
Established by Royal Charter 1720.
Northern Assurance Corporation, of London Established 1836.
Queen Insurance Company, of Liverpool Established 1857.
A JOINT POLICY ISSUED BY THE FOUR COMPANIES.
ROBERT 2>ICES0tf, Manager,
W. ZAJfE BOOKER, Agent and Attorney.
317 CALIFORNIA STREET, S. F. [Oct. 11.
CUMBERLAND MINE,
Yavapai Connty, Arizona. Office: No. 417 California St.,
San Francisco, California. President, GEORGE M. CIPRICO. Secretary, J.
H. GRIFFITHS. Office Hours : 2 p.m. daily. Oct. 11.
R. H. LLOYD,
Attorney-at-Law, Room 13, Nevada Block.
8
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Nov. 15, 1879.
THE SALARY FLEDGE.
The question whether the salary pledge given by a number of the
Workingmen 's candidates is a bribe to the electors, within the meaning of
the law, appears to be determined in the affirmative by the decision of
Judge Wright. The matter came before him on a demurrer to the com-
plaint, and he decides that the allegation that a promise to pay a certain
sum of money into the treasury, whereby the whole body of electors
would be benefitted, was an offer of a bribe, and, as such, establishes a
prima facie case that is entitled to be tried upon its merits. Attempt to
refine away that pledge as we may, the bald fact remains that it was an
offer of a bribe. It was a promise by certain candidates to the electors
that, in return for votes enough to elect them, the candidates would, out
of funds earned and owned by them, pay into the treasury certain stated
sums, which paymentB would inure to the direct pecunious benefit of the
voters. It was a conditional promise on the one hand, and a conditional
expectation of personal profit on the other. A says to B: " You elect me
to office, and, in return, I will profit you by paying part of your taxes
out of my pocket, which you will otherwise have to pay out of your own."
That is not only the plain effect, but the undoubted intention of the sal-
ary pledge. It was a promise of money to secure votes, else why give at
all ? The money, in the event of the candidate being elected, could have
been returned without any promise having been previously made. Then
why openly, publicly and most ostentatiously promise to do that which
could equally well, and with better taste, be done without any promise ?
True charity vaunteth not itself. What was the motive of the promise ?
That's the question. No man doubts what the motive was. The clear
and undeniable intent was to offer a money advantage, in order thereby to se-
cure votes. That being so, the motive was a corrupt one, and corruption
in any and every form is subversive of a republican form of government,
and is very properly put under the ban of law. We had no manner of
doubt of the illegality of the pledge at the time it was given, and so said.
We confess, however, that we are no less surprised than pleased that one
Judge is found who, in the face of popular clamor, dares to administer the
law as he finds it. Thoughtful men have made a mental memorandum
of his act, and will assuredly keep it on the tablets of their mem-
ory, until a fitting occasion arises for rewarding an honest
and fearless Judge. Such acts are too rare to permit of their
passing out of the public mind unhonored and unrewarded. The
decision of Judge Wright is fruitful of good. It is calculated to teach
a powerful body of men, who are inclined to lawlessness, that the law is
Bupreme. When Kearney insisted upon his bad pledge he knew it to be
illegal, but that seemed to be its best recommendation in his eyes. He was
told by every legal mind around him that such a pledge was in violation of
the law. The convention, which he ruled, had confidence enough in Mr.
Reynolds to unanimously nominate him for the important office of Dis-
trict Attorney ; but when he declared that he couldn't take the pledge,
because of its illegality, they withdrew their confidence and their nomi-
nation. He was admittedly competent to pasB on grave questions of law
affecting the lives and liberties of his fellow citizens, but to enlighten
Kearney as to what constituted an offer of a bribe was quite another
thing. Smoot accepted Reynolds' place, whilst he retained Reynolds'
opinion of the law, and if he now loses the office to which he has been de-
clared to be elected, it will be impossible for so clear headed aman to deny
that something very like poetic justice has overtaken him. Then Clitus
Barbour advised that he had grave doubts as to the legality of the pledge,
but, though deemed competent to so to Congress, he was a legal nonentity
when pitted against Kearney and Kearney's convention. The men who
took the pledge were told that they were violating the law, and they were
told it by counsel whom they sought to have employed by the city and
State. They, therefore, knew the law and acted in defiance of it. If
they pay the penalty, who will say that, under the circumstances, they are
deserving of sympathy ? Politicians of all parties must be tanght respect
for the law. Kearney is now declaring that if his men are not installed
on the 1st of December, he " will wade knee deep in blond to know the
reason why." If they are not installed on that day it will be because of a
judicial decree determining that they are not entitled to be. Once let a
decree of that kind issue, and law-abiding citizens will take care that
it goes into effect, little Kearney's big talk to the contrary notwithstand-
ing. They know him.
CHANGING THE OFFICERS.
It is now affirmed that Governor Irwin had a twofold motive for ap-
pointing W. F. White a Bank Commissioner. First, he thought the ap-
pointment would have a good effect in uniting the WorkiDgmen and
Democrats. Secondly, he thought that White's removal by the new ad-
ministration would embitter the Workingmen against the Republicans.
In the latter view he is likely to be more correct than in the former. It
is, of course, expected that the Republicans will make a clean sweep of
all the Democrats they may find in office. To the victors belong the
spoils. Leading Democrats, no doubt, felt this, and for that reason no
man of mark among them cared to accept the Bank Commissionership
for the brief period of two months. White's appointment was a pleasant
surprise to the Workingmen. It cost the Democrats but little and may
bring them some gain. His removal by the Republicans will cause the
Sand-lots to howl, and may make a difference at the ensuing Presidential
election. Yet if anybody is to be removed, he ought to be ; not because
of his political opinions, but because he is incompetent. But is the new
administration to act fully up to the principle that to the victors belong
the spoils ? We hope it will not. The other two Bank Commissioners
are exceptionally well qualified for the most exceptional offices thev hold.
They have discharged their duties faithfully and well, and it is difficult to
see how they can be replaced with advantage. Governor Perkins will
find that his first difficulty will be his greatest one. Already he is beset
by a host of hungry office-seekers. He will require firmness to say " No "
to unworthy and doubtful men. He has shown that he knows how to
man his ships with the best available officers. If he will man the ship of
State with equal j udgment the non-office-seeking portion of the people will
have every reason to be satisfied. The best men will not be those who
most persistently pursue him. True merit is often modest and retiring,
but well worthy of being searched out. If blatant blatherskites capture
the new Governor, as- they have captured many previous ones, we shall be
greatly mistaken in the man.
Married.— Stone- Magrdder— November 13th. in this city, at the
residence of the bride, by Rev. J. Hemphill, Sherold D. Stone and An-
toinette S. Magruder, daughter of the late Mrs. K. M. Magruder.
"MISSmG."
' There is no flock, however watched and tended,
But one dead lamb is there ;
There is no fire-side, howsoe'er defended,
But lias one vacant chair."
Thus sings the Bard, and counsels resignation
To Death's decree. It is
Not with a foolish hope of emulation
I set my verse to his ;
But that I would depict a deeper sorrow
Than that he seekB to soothe —
A grief that ever trembles for the morrow —
A wound no touch can smooth.
Our dead we can lament where they are lying —
Can almost watch them sleep ;
We know they rest, then why with selfish crying
Disturb their slumber deep.
But there are homes where many a look caressing
Turns to a vacant chair,
Whose former occupant is simply "missing,"
They know not why or where.
He may be dead, or he may live ! uncertain,
They can do naught but wait,
And vainly pray that God will lift the curtain
Which hides their dear one's fate.
BULLYING THE JUDICIARY.
The Bulletin has undertaken the discreditable task of bullying the
Judiciary. The law says that a Grand Jury shall not consist of lesB than
nineteen persons. Judge Blake holds that the law means what it says.
For so holding, he and his decision are made the subjects of the Bulletin's
most insiduous insinuations, which is saying not a little. In some unde-
fined way, the Judge "s ruling is to prevent the new Sheriff, Desmond,
from summoning the jury that is to try Chas. De Young, and it is also
to deprive Smoot of the pleasure of prosecuting him, and base indeed are
the insinuations which follow. Now, the fact is, that, by setting aside
the action of the last Grand Jury, the exact result is brought about
which the Bulletin so much desires. If the parties had pleaded to the in-
dictments found by the illegally constituted Grand Jury, their plea would
have cured the defect, and they would have been tried by a jury sum-
moned by the present Sheriff, and would be prosecuted by the existing
District Attorney. By taking a course that will result in a reference to
a future Grand Jury, the parties in interest do the very thing which will
cause their cases to go over until the period when Desmond and Smoot
assume office. The absurdity of the Bulletin's statement is thus demon-
strated. A more conscionable journalist would be ashamed of the false
position in which we place him. Then, again, Judge Wright has been,
and still is being, shamefully bullied for saying that a bribe is a bribe.
Able and honest as the Judge is known to be, he is being sneered at as
being both a fool and a knave. No attempt is being made to answer his
argument. The only reply vouchsafed is in the form of malignant insinu-
ations, which the writer himself does not believe. The allegation that, as
the Republican platform promised a specific reduction of expendi-
tures, the promise so given was a bribe in the same sense
as was the salary pledge, is a contention too absurd to be
maintained for a single moment. The writer knows that there
is no similarity in the two things. The one was merely a
a promise to spend the ratepayer's money economically, the other was
promise, conditional upon being elected, that the candidate would pay his
private funds into the Treasury, for the benefit of the private pocket of
the rate-payer. The difference is a most substantial one, as the Bulletin
writer perfectly well knows. He abuses where he is conscious he ought
to praise. He well knows that putting offices up to a kind of auction is
bad in law, bad in morals, and bad in every way. He knows that it is
contrary to public policy, a dangerous precedent, and a menace to good
government by the people. He knows full well that the salaries fixed by
law are not too high for the efficient services of honest men. Whether
too high or not, they are the salaries by law established, and now, as ever,
it is bad in morals to attempt to evade the law by indirection. Being the
law, it is the will of the people, and remains so until repealed, or altered
according to constitutional methods. Why the Bulletin seeks to hide
these common sense principles we do not pretend to say ; we simply point
out that it is hiding them, when it might be much better employed in
educating its allies of the Sand-lots as to the propriety of accomplish-
ing their ends by legal methods. Above all, it is most abominably en-
gigad when it abuses the judiciary for decisions which it knows are hon-
est, intelligent, and in conformity with law. Why it pats Kearney on the
back when he threatens to "wade knee deep in blood "if the decisions
are not made to suit him, is something that it may well explain to its
patrons. The trading, commercial and thoughtful portion of this com-
munity do not, we are well persuaded, approve of the Bulletin's present
The Health of the City.— Although there was a considerable reduc-
tion of the number of deaths last week, the health of the city cannot be
said to be satisfactory. There was no diminution of zymotic deaths.
Cholera infantum continues prevalent, and diphtheria was registered for
six deaths, the highest number for several montbB. Typhoid fever is less
prevalent, and as yet there had been but one death this week. Pneumo-
nia is also prevalent, and fatal. Four deaths occurred last week, and six
have already taken place this, with two d^ys yet required to complete the
week. A cold rain has fallen, and it is to be hoped the sewers will be
wellflushed out and the poisonous ferments destroyed.
At a small watering-place in Ireland, a lady strolled a long way
up the shore for the purpose of indulging in a quiet bathe. She arrived
at length at a Becluded spot, and was just thinking of " divesting herself,"
when a native appeared on the scene. Guessing, her evident intention,
and, with characteristic generosity, thinking he would do her a service,
Pat approached and said, " Sthrip, ma'am, and bedad oi'll kape watch
for ye."
P.S. — The lady bathed not. — London Sporting Times.
The Home of the Caesars. — The Custom House.
16, 1879.
CALIFORNIA Al>\ ERTISER.
THE TOWN CRIER.
"BBS* th» ' rtal Wa*| ih* 1»t,) «r1 tho«T
" On» that will pl»j lh« d«Ttl. ..,- aitb r»o "
" HVd * Mine >n hi* tail •• lone u a Ski I.
Which m«U htm (r..« bold»r and holder. '
There !• a silver lining t.. \]\ the clergymen that get
into the papers are not wolves in | mg, and it is quit«?delight-
ful to meet with a man like the Rev. Mr. Pace, «f Ruahville, Illinois,
( whr»e_ear* arr' cnsiiK-rnMv I..11-.T than hi- wit. Tin* guileless father of
a family wandered Into New York, the other day, was accosted by a
i found he had mad«> a mistake when ne heard the clergy-
roan'!* name), and firs minutes after was tainted by the son of an old
friend, who wanted t«> ahow him some California tea. While they were
looking at tea, a Tennesseean caroe in, showed snm« money and cards, and
was told he might lose them. To show him how, the son of Mr. Page's
nU friend turned the cards, and Mr. Page put a little money on them, and
lost it. A |N>liceman came in anil hauled them off, and the Judge held
the Rot. Mr. Page in default of bail. It is a sweet idyll.
Concerning future rewards and punishments. Harper's Magazine
fives the following illustrations, which occurred in a Court in La v ega,
when the testimony of a Chinese was objected to, on the ground that he
did not understand or regard the obligation of an oath. To test bim, he
was interrogated thus: "John, do you know anything about God ?" " No;
me no belly well acquaint with Him." "Have yon no Joss in China?"
M0h, yes, gottee heapee ,h>~*." "Where do you go when you die?"
"Me go to San Francisco." "No; you don't understand me. When
Chinaman quit washee allee time, and no live any more, where does he
go?" "Oh, yes, me sabe now. If he belly gooaee man, he go uppen
sky. If he bellee badee man, he go luppen down hellee, where allee
American men go." The Court was satisfied with this orthodox state-
ment, and admitted his testimony.
An ingenious gentleman, who signs himself J. M., writes to the
Bulletin from Berkeley on the subject of elocution, to suggest that it is a
great deal better to know how to speak than not to know. This startling
Suggestion is supported by half a column of remarks equally surprising ;
and the whole ends with a brief and beautiful account of the origin of
England in these words: "In the order of creation, a little island fell
into the ocean, and hence the waves of English sound shall spread until
they cover the earth." This theory has one trifling defect: it omits to ac-
count for the island before it fell. Where did it fall from? And was it
the only island that fell ? And if so, why, and if not why not ? And
when the waves of English speech cover the earth, will everybody write
like J. M.?
The General Department of the Rhone, in France, has levied a
tax, 25 per cent, of their income, on all unmarried men, who persist in
their criminal loneliness. This is a beneficent and a wholesome tax, and
one would like to see it applied in California. Why should bachelors
have such a jolly good time and not pay for it? Already they grumble
about paying for the public schools for other people's children, and smoke
all the cigars they please, while honest married men think all the hair off
their he?ds and wear their old coats to save money for housekeeping.
What the age demands is a "League for the Emancipation of Married
Men and the Suppression of Bachelors." The Prevention of Cruelty
business is a foolish game compared with this.
The invention of heliography <is claimed by the United States, as
well as by England. There is nothing very strange in this, any more
than there is in the claims to the same discovery put forward by France,
Germany, Spain, Italy and Belgium. The Bulletin gave on Thursday
quite an article on the subject of Prof. Davidson's employment of the
heliograph, just mentioning the use of it by the British in Afghanistan
and Zululand. The name of Spain does not occur in this article, and yet
the Spaniards have for years maintained communication with their Afri-
can posts, across the Straits of Gibraltar, by these instruments. The fact
is, that the invention was probably made by some human being, and it
hardly matters whether he was English, Dutch or Finn so long as other
men can profit by it.
Prof. Tyndall will have to revise his prayer-guage. Miss Judd, of
Buffalo, has been filled with aches, and misery, and bed-ridden for more
than two years, and might still have been so but for Mrs. Mix, who told
her to scatter her doctors, Hoxsie, and Davis, and Baethig, and even the
gifted Lnn See On, and just go in for a good, steady pull at prayer. It
was a pull all together, a select assortment of Judds going it in a room
not far away, while the sick girl " raised " in bed, as the paper has it.
Now, of course, Bhe is training to walk against time, and just a Ieetle the
spryest Buffalo girl a man could find. Cut this out and keep it for refer-
ence. It's an infallible cure.
" Darling," said Mr. Honeyslummer to his angel bride of three weeks,
" shall we waft ourselves on the vesper breeze, and on this rippling lake
so sweetly sail ?" But she had eaten a green apple for lunch, and nega-
tively murmured, " Nary sail, I've sole before, and after having sillen on
a windy evening a decollete" polonnaise with demi-sleeves and a trimming
of Valenciennes ain't worth more than a two dollar calico, with two years'
wear out of it, hanging in a pawnbroker's shop on Pacific street." And
before she was married she used to turn up her glass-eye at the star-
trimmed heavens, and talk about the sweetness of soulful love and the
dual ventricles that oscillated as one.
Now that the rainy season has begun, the inevitable croaking begins
also. Frogs are always lively and loquacious in damp weather. The
men who give their whole minds to the signs of a dry Winter are out in
force. One cannot take up a paper without encountering solemn articles
written to prove that there is every reason to conclude, from statistics of
thirty years, that we shall have some wet weather and a few stalks of
corn to look at before the next dry season. If anybody is more foolish
than the croaker, it is the man who piles up figures to prove that, when
they shake their heads, there's nothing in them.
General Grant, it is affirmed, weighs thirty pounds more than when
he started on his trip round the world. This increased weight is neces-
sarily of foreign origin, and hostile to the spirit of American liberty,
much of it, no doubt, British and monarchical in affinity; and the Repub-
lican hero we sent forth has come back to us changed indeed. How can
such a man sit in the Presidential chair ? Let free men be warned in time.
A lecture was delivered ..■ Baptist Church, in Oakland, i
f s Young Man 'a Succor in Kit,
lew. It Mrnui that tl nti ,|j, ,,„.,) mn]( nnt I(„
The
"JJ* . . ■ dipi*M h
■""J" this, the lecturer declared,
waMhe Stent allodtd t... U , , „ Ut kn,.w, however, that II Id
!lia" **" on J'"' lnal,i*' »n«l . whirl, he made u»o
ot at the right moment. It wu in thi Sierra Nevada deal a v ear ago.
bath tb «nough,but a wink in time is worth any number of
Several of the I ■harsh the ooraoern expressed by the
sympathetic San I. , . ,,, the smbarrasment of England, at
nersocoesB In Afghanistan; and th.-vnll want to know where the over-
burdened country is to find the money to pay for her triumph. Well, we
don t mind letting them into the plans of the Government It is the
intention of Lord Beacons fie Id to jet op * Carnival of Authors, on the
plan of the one so Buooettful here, and pay for the Afghan war with the
proceeds. 1 he British Consul is now collecting information for the guid-
ance of his (..An imu'nt.
The world is rarely as grateful m it ought to be for disguised bless-
ings. Sum-, curious persona have discovered that General Hooker medi-
tated nothing less than two big histories of his campaigns; but his
regretted death will deprive us of the mournful pleasure of having them
read to us in the long winter evenings, When we reflect that there are
already eighty-five histories of the late unpleasantness, and about 12,000
officers, each with his indispensable work on the stocks, we feel that tbe
ways of Providence are inscrutable, and that history is one of the exact
sciences.
One Of the up-country papers has an entirely truthful account of a
Chinaman, who, without any instruction and simply by watching the op-
eration, has mastered the process of assaying, and now makes accurate
gold and silver assays. So far the country paper ; but we can go
him one better. We have private information that the German Gov-
ernment has offered this Chinese the position of Master of the Mint, with
800,000 marks a year, four carriages, unlimited beer, and the editor of the
Eureka Leader for a doorkeeper.
Baltimore thinks she has done it now. She has a new dancing Acact-
emy opened in Mulberry street, a gorgeous affair, a model of beauty,
" furnished and upholstered in Oriental magnificence," and, in short, " the
palace Academy of the Continent" All for the light fantastic toe ; but
we can show something not to be despised on Pine street, and the dancing
to be seen there, when there's a break in stocks, would leave the palace
Academy nowhere.
Nobody need ask where virtue lives, after this, for she has found her
natural home in the office of the Bodie Chronicle. That paper calls on a
mining company to discharge a miner for lying; and very properly, too,
since the man was not paid for that kind of work, which belongs exclu-
sively to the Board of Directors and the Superintendent of any well regu-
lated mining company. This flying in the face of authority must be dis-
couraged.
A noble thinker, of the purest modern breed, declares in a daily pa-
per that the "future success of our nation depends upon industry," and
that the Chinese waste nothing; therefore the Chinese must go. The
logical sequence of these ideas is perfect, and affects the hearer like a
strain of soft music. The softness of the speaker, however, is not in his
ears.
If our enterprising contemporaries, when they feel particularly
good after looking at the balance-sheet, would invent some other expres-
sion of their feelings than the graceful, " upward and onward career" of
the Snipetown Bttngo, we should not be under the necessity of reminding
them that a career of that kind is extremely like going up the spout.
This beats the boom. The Philadelphia .Fmsbas some tall writing-
on Mr. Gladstone's personal appearance, hi» fondness for out-door work,
and the ring of his axe, which has echoed even across the Atlantic." By
cable, of course ; for it was thought a tremendous feat, in days before
telegraphs, when the "woods of Madeira trembled to a kiss."
Chas. H. Voorhies, Member of Congress from New Jersey, is short
$350,000, abstracted from the bank of which he was President, and is now
melancholy mad, his friends say. He never could have had any brains to
speak of. An M. C. who is brought to grief by a trifle like this ia a poor
creature, and New Jersey ought to be ashamed of herself.
Beecher says that eternal punishment for a momentary sin is nothing
less than demoniac cruelty. Well, well, perhaps it ia ; but if you did not
make so much noise about it, Mr. B., that particular little sin of yours
might be forgotten in the long run. Too much heat is bad ; and, then,
suppose it should tarn out to be warm down there, after all.
Mr. Pickering's paper quotes the remarks of a Scotch journal on the
condition of the Chinese in California, tbe said Scotch paper being the
Leeds Mercury, Geographical matters are apt to be a little mixed in nay
two papers (both daily) anywhere but on the line from St. Louis to San
Francisco.
Dr. Schliemann is coming to America to reside, when he has dug up
all he can find in the Old World. Now's the time for the Captain Xidd
and Cocos Island Treasure men to make a contract on favorable terms.
The doctor can dig up whatever is needed, and prove it to be according to
specifications.
The telegraph informs us that the Pope is to have an organ of his
own, but neglects to say whether it is to be a hand-organ. This difficult
juke we make to anticipate Punch and Puck, and establish a claim for
damages when they come lumbering along with a half-column each on the
same subject.
If any one has noticed a certain stiffness in the acting of the members
of the Baldwin Theater this week, they will please to take into consider-
ation the fact that Doctor Bishop vaccinated the entire company this
week, as his first tribute of regard after graduating as an M. D. last week.
Good Words discovers that the cockroach is a most useful pet about
a house to keep down the very small deer. Thanks, my lord ! we shall
never see the noble creature henceforth in a gentleman's house, without
thinking unutterable things.
Only think of it ! Mark Twain stood up before the Army of thve Ten-
nessee, on Wednesday, old soldiers all of them, and not one had the pluck
or the patriotism to knock him in the head.
10
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Nov. 15, 1879.
C Pa R« Rb
Overland Ticket Office : Ferry Landing, foot
of Market street. --Commencing- Monday.
May 19th, 1879, and until further notice,
ains 2 oats wil leave
SAST FRAWCISCO:
7C i ' A. M. (daily), Vallejo Steamer (from Market
. J J street Landing- — Connecting with Trains for
Napa (Stag-es for Sonoma), Calistoga (the Geysers),
and Sacramento. Connecting at Davis (Sundays except-
ed) for Woodland and Knight's Landing-, and at Wood-
land for Williams and Willows.
(Arrive San Francisco 8:10 p.m.)
7 A A A-M- Cdaily) Local Passenger Train ( via Oakland
.\J\J Ferry) and via Livermore arriving at Tracy
at 11:30 A. M. and connecting with Atlantic Express.
Connects at Niles with Train arriving at San Jose at
10:15 a.m. ^ nnrr
(Returning, train from Tracy arrives at 6:05 P.M.)
8nn A.M. (daily), Atlantic Express Train (via Oak-
• UU land Ferry, Northern Ey. and S. P. & T. R. R.)
for Sacramento, Marysville, Redding, Portland (Or.),
Colfax, Reno (Virginia City), Palisade (Eureka), Ogden
and Omaha. Connects at Gait with train arriving at
lone at 3:40 P.M.
(Arrive San Francisco 5:15 p.m.)
Sunday Excursion Tickets to San Pablo and Marti-
nez at Reduced Rates. __^_
-| (\ /\/\A.M. (daily) via Oakland Ferry, Local Passea-
X U. \J 1/ g-er Train to Hay wards and Niles.
(Arrive San Fraucisco 4:05 p.m.)
3f\f\ P.M. (daily) San Jose Passenger Train (via Oak-
• UU laud Ferry and Niles), stopping at all Way Sta-
tions. Arrives at San Jose at 5:20 p.m.
(Arrive San Francisco 9:35 A.M.)
3f\f\ P.M. (daily) Northern Railway Passenger Train
• l/U (via Oakland Ferry) to San Pablo, Martinez
and Antioch.
(Arrive San Francisco 9:35 a.m.)
4(\f\ P.M. (daily) Arizona Express Train (via Oak-
,\J\J land Ferry, Northern Ry. and S. P. & T. R. R.)
for Lathrop (and Stockton), Merced, Madera, Visalia,
Sumner, Mojave, Newhall (San Buenaventura, and Santa
Barbara), Los Angeles, "Santa Monica," Wilmington,
Santa Ana (San Diego), Colton and Yuma (Colorado
River Steamers), connecting direct witli Daily Trains
of the Southern Pacific Railroad of Arizona for Mari-
copa (Daily Stages for Phoenix and Prescott), and for
Casa Grande (182 miles east from Yuma), and end of
Track (Daily Stages for Florence and Tucson).
"Sleeping Cars" between Oakland, Los Angeles and
Yuma.
(Arrive San Francisco 12:35 p.m.)
4AA P. M. (Sundays excepted) Vallejo Steamer (from
*\J\J Market Street Landing), connecting with trains
for Calistoga, (the Geysers), Woodland, Knight's Land-
ing and Sacramento ; and at Sacramento with Pas-
senger Train, leaving at 9:35 p.m. for Truckee, Reno,
Carson and Virginia.
" Sleeping Cars " between Vallejo and Carson.
(Arrive San Francisco 11:10 a.m.)
4 A A P.M. (Sundays excepted) Sacramento Steamer
• \J\J (from Wash'n St. Wharf), for Beniciaand Land-
ings on the Sacramento River.
(Arrive San Francisco 3:00 P.M.)
A f\ (~\ P. M. (daily), Through Third Class and Accom-
■^t" " V modation Train (via Oakland Ferry, North-
ern Ry. and S. P. & T. R. R.) connecting at Lathrop
with Train arriving at Los Angeles on second day at
11:55 a.m. (Arrive San Francisco 9:05 A.M.
4 0A P.M. (daily) Local Passenger Train (via Oak-
•OV/ land Ferry) to Hay wards, Niles and Liver-
niore. (Arrive San Francisco 3:35 a.m.)
£j OO ^'^- (daily) Overland Emigrant Train (via
'-'•V^w Oakland Ferry and Northern Railway) to
Ogden, Omaha and East,
Public conveyance for Mills Seminary connects at Sem-
nary Park Station with all trains, Sundays excepted.
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Creek Route.
From SAN FRANCISCO— Daily— 35-A0, B6:30, 7.20, 8:15,
9:15, 10:15, 11:15 A.M. 12:15, 1:15, 2:25, 3:15, 4:15,
5:15, 6.15 P.M.
From OAKLAND— Daily— v5;3Q, b6:20, 7:10, 8:05, 9:05,
10:05, 11:05 A. M. 12:05, 1:05, 2:15, 3:05, 4:05, 5:05,
6:05 p.m. —Sundays excepted.
"Official Schedule Time" furnished by Randolph &
Co., Jewelers, 101 and 103 Montgomery St., S. F.
T. H. GOODMAN, Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agt.
A. N. Townb, General Superintendent.
Commencing Monday, Sept. 15th, 1879,
and until further notice, Boats and Trains will
leave San Francisco ( Washington -st. Wharf) as follows :
3/~\/~i p. m. daily (Sundays excepted), Steamer
• ^-,*-' "James M. Donahue" (Washington Street
Wharf) , connecting with Mail and Express Train at Don-
ahue for Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Healdsburg, Cloverdale,
and way stations. Making stage connections at Lake-
ville for Sonoma; at Geyserville for Skaggs' Springs ; at
Cloverdale for Ukiah, Lakeport, Mendocino City, High-
land Springs, Bartlett Springs, Soda Bay and the
Geysers.
6^ Connections made at Fulton on following morn-
ing for Korbel's, Guerneville and the Redwoods.
(Arrive at San Francisco 10:30 A.M.)
Sunday Excursions at Reduced Kates.
8~| K a.m., Sundays only, via Donahue, for Clover-
* X tf dale and Way Stations.
Fares forRoundTrip: Donahue, SI ; Petaluma, Si. 50 ;
SantaRosa,S2; Fulton, §2.50; Windsor, S3; Healdsburg,
S3; Litton's, $3.50; Geyserville, §3.50; Cloverdale, §4.50.
(Arrive at San Francisco 7:00 P.M.)
Freight received from 7 a.m. till 2. 30 p. m.
daily (except Sundays) .
Ticket Office : "Washington st. Wharf.
A. HUGHES,
Gen. Manager.
JAS. M. DONAHUE,
Geu. Pass. & Tkt. Agt.
R0EDERER CHAMPAGNE.
~VT"©tice.--Tne Trade anil the Public are
_l_^l informed that we receive the genuine LOUIS RGE-
DERER CARTE BLANCAE CHAMPAGNE, direct from
Mr. Louis Roederer, Reims, over his signature and Con-
sular Invoice. Each case is marked upon the side, " Ma-
condray & Co. , San Francisco." and each bottle bears the
label, "Macondray & Co., Sole Agents for the Pacific
Coast." MACONDRAY & CO.,
Oct. 11. Sole Agents for the Pacific Coast.
Natural beauty surpasses any-
thing which can be imparted by
artificial means. PHOSPHATE
SOAP gives health to the skin
simply by removing impurities and
eradicating the poisons which give
rise to skin diseases.
Not only for craily use on the face
and hands, but for bathing the
entire body, there is nothing equal
to PHOSPHATE SOAP. It is a
thorcugh disinfectant and removes
offensive odors of every kind.
Eai^ Ask your Druggist for it.
Commencing- Monday, April 21, 1879,
and until further notice, Passenger Trains will leave
San Francisco, from Passenger Depot on Townsend
street, between Third and Fourth streets, as follows :
Q 0/~W.m. daily for San Jose and Way Stations.
^•^^ KJf* Stages for.Pescadero (via San Mateo)
connect with this train only.
Q Q(~) A-M (Sundays only) for San Jose and Way Sta-
*-'■ *■* ^ tions. Returning, leaves San Jose at 6 p.m.
"I f) 4-(~) AM- daily for Sau Jose, Gilroy, Hollister,
J-V/.:rv/ Tres Pinos, Pajaro, Salinas, Soledad and
all Way Stations, ggp- At Pajaro, the Santa Cruz
R. R. connects with this train for Aptos, Soquel and
Santa Cruz. |gr= At Salinas the M. & S. V. R. R.
connects with this train for Monterey. j[Sg°" Stage
connections made with this train, (Pescadero Stages via
San Mateo excepted.)
Q Q(~) p.m. daily (Sundays excepted) for San Jose,
u,t,vy Gilroy, Pajaro, Hollister, Tres Pinos and prin-
cipal Way Stations.
SPECIAL NOTICE.— The trains of the Santa Cruz R. R.
and theM. & S. V. R. R , which have been connecting
with this train on Saturdays at Pajaro and Salinas re-
spectively, have been withdrawn for the season. Those
intending to visit Aptos, Soquel, Santa Cruz or Monterey,
will take the train leaving San Francisco at 10:40 a.m.
daily.
3Qf| p.m. (Sundays only) for San Jose and Way Sta-
* " ^ tions.
4 OPT p.m. daily (Sundays excepted) for San Jose and
.ZiO Way Stations.
/t AA P. M. daily (Sundays excepted) for MenloPark
^*'v-""' and Way Stations.
[|QQ p.m.— daily, for Menlo Park and Way Stations.
Second- Class Fare.
Between San Fraucisco and San Jose SI. 00.
On Freight Trains only, leaving San Francisco at 4:00
A.M., San Jose at 8:30 p.m. (daily, Sundays excepted) .
Excursion Tickets at Reduced Rates
To San Jose and intermediate points sold on Saturdays,
and Sunday mornings, good for return until following
Monday inclusive.
Also, EXCURSION TICKETS to Aptos, Soquel, Santa
Cruz and Monterey, sold on Saturdays only— good for
return until the following Monday inclusive.
B3^~ Principal Ticket Office— Passenger Depot, Town-
send street. Branch Ticket Office— No. 2 New Mont-
gomery street, Palace Hotel.
A. C. BASSETT, Supt. H. R. JUDAH, A. P. & T. A.
SOUTHERN* DIVISIONS.
Commencing- Monday, May 19th.t 1879,
]E§F~ Passengers for points on the Southern Divisions
of the road will take the cars of the Central Pacific Rail-
road via OAKLAND, leaving SAN FRANCISCO via Ferry
Landing, Market street, at 4:00 p.m. daily (Arizona Ex-
press Train), and making close connection at GOSHEN
for Sumner, Mojave, Los Angeles, Wilmington, Ana-
heim, Colton, Colorado River, Yuma, Maricopa and Casa
Grande„(182 miles east from Yuma). May 31.
Ladies who have injured the skin
by the constant use of cosmetics
may do much to restore their faces
to that beauty which nature alone
can give by constantly using PHOS-
PHATE SOAP.
For chapped hands the constant
use of PHOSPHATE SOAP will
be recommended by all who give
it one fair trial.
If you want a nice article of
Toilet Soap and something that is
beneficial to the skin, buy PHOS-
PHATE SOAP.
Ladies who wish to make the
skin look beautiful and natural
should use PHOSPHATE SOAP.
Manufactured by "Standard Soap Co.,"
204 Sacramento St., San Francisco.
ffov. 15, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
11
NOTABILIA.
THE PEDDLER'S SONG.
iwn as whit* as driven snow ; Gold quoipfl and stomnchere,
Iick :t> e'er was crow ; For my Lads to give their dean? ;
oves as sweet as damask roses; Pins and pokinff-gtiokB of steel.
[asks (or faces and for noses ; What maids lack from head to heel:
let, Decklace, amber ; Come buy of nie.eonie; come buy ,come buy,
erfume (or a lady's chamber; Buy, lads, or else your lasses cry.
William Suakspeare.
Travelers from Europe and the East remark and are surprised at
he it?rennial bloom and freshness of all San Francisco women ; and one
f these visitors, an English man of science, speaking but a few days ago
n the subject, asked us, " Are there really no elderly women in this city?
\1\ those I see are youthful." It was explained to him that the use of
rime. Rachel's Enamel Bloom, the purest and most beneficent cosmetic
ver known, had effectually kept off the marks of fleeting years ; and he
onld hardly believe his eyes when invited by C. Langley & Co., Front
ind Pine streets, to examine this wonderful preparation.
It was an experience, constantly renewed at the Author's Carnival,
o recognize one's friend in the thick of San Francisco's beauty and
ihivalry by the only portion of his attire, visible in the press — his hat.
Those whose fastidious and delicate taste had led them to purchase of
Herrmann, the renowned artist in historical and stylish head-gear, were
picked out at once by their friends in the throng. The exquisite outline
of the hats designed by this prince of men, 33G Kearny street, cannot be
mistaken any more than the crest of Bayard or Henri Quatre in the head-
ong charge of the French chivalry.
There is considerable discussion in the community concerning the
Tftnchises for street railroads, so lavishly granted by the Board of Super-
visors, and public opinion is divided as to the advisability of multiplying
these channels of communication so very rapidly. At the worst, how-
ever, they testify to the growth and enterprise of our city ; and yet there
is no evidence of these to be compared with the popularity of Swain's
Restaurant, 213 Sutter street. The approaches to this famous establish-
ment are always crowded, so unrivaled is the table, bo perfect the order
and the comfort.
Congestion of the Lungs, Inflammation of the Throat, and Difficulty
of Breathing, frequently result from a severe Gold. The remedial pro-
perties combined in Dr. Jayne's Expectorant, are especially designed to
break up feverish and inflammatory tendencies, remove Constriction of
the Throat, and by bringing about a free expectoration, promote natural
respiration and a speedy cure. A reputation maintained for forty yearB
Affords to all a guarantee of the practical merit of the remedy. Sold by
Crane & Brigham, San Franciaco.
It is impossible to take too great care of one's lungs, for consump-
tion, which does not spare even the lions of the Algerian Sahara or the
ferocious Bengal tiger, is the most dangerous and insidious foe of the
human race. An obstruction in breathing, a weakness in the chest, should
never be disregarded. Trifling as the symptom may be, it calls for atten-
tion ; and the simple rules of prudence command us to have always on
hand F. & P. J. Cassin's Cordial Balm of Old Rye Whisky and Pure
Rock Candy.
Little Jimmie, it is said, passed the night with a friend, a sudden in-
flow of guests having crowded his home. In the morning he was invited
to take breakfast with those who had sheltered him for the night. " Well,
I guess not," he replied; "we have mighty good breakfasts when we
have company." This shows conclusively that Jimmie's parents were not
Erovided with Montanya's Union Range, for then the breakfasts would
ave been mighty good, not once or twice, but always and forever.
A rarely gifted singer, who warbles in the New York Independent,
after describing with sweet similes and double-barreled adjectives an ex-
tremely charming person, comes to this lofty climax: " She is she." Not
many are inclined to doubt it, and it is certain that all who look upon a
man that has purchased his neck-gear and linen at Carmany & Crosett's,
25 Kearny street, exclaim with one accord, so perfectly is he dressed:
*' Surely he is he!"
Housekeepers are advised to call upon Hartshorn & McPhun, 112
Fourth street, near Mission, for all kinds of carpets, oil-cloths, Linoleum
mattings, etc. ; also, manufacturers of store and house window shades,
plain or ornamented. Give them a call for first-class work, at the lowest
prices in the city.
We know Hop Bitters are above and beyond all as a. nutritious tonic
and curative. See another column.
The Montour Vinicole" fcoten i
tno v" : the enormous
sumo! 30,000,000 fi Ir0va to bean
n, the truth will be bad enough to tfas win- growers u well a* to
their customers in other countri i with a feeling of comfort,
werefore, U»t we turn to the I * , Undsbfrtw end ItaoMieli
tmry in nlliiiK orders from , (lsite Private Cuvoe,
unsurpassed by the best brands of Fn nch wine.
It is a sad thing to ba' n»of beauty and grace
among which we moved .so freely and *.. happily in those precfona eve-
■"' t,u' Carnival, all Um ickly spent; but It gives comfort to re-
nnniluT that Bradley and Rulof son's matohJassiaUU has perpetuated for
us the loveliness of those fairy forms and faoea. Looking on these coun-
terfeit presentments, the mind is deluded with a dear delight
Prof. Motor's instructions in the noble art of swimming, as given
at the Neptune and Mermaid Baths, :>t the foot of Hyde street. North
Beach, are doing a great work for the health <>f our city. The translucent
waters roll in, full of strength and tone, fresh from the mighty Pacific,
upon a beautifully shelving beach, and under the open heaven, warm with
sunlight
j^* ^ a 8a^ truth that too many of our emiuent men in modern times
fall victims to over-application and strain of the intellectual powers, un-
der the feverish excitements of life, whether social, literary, political or
commercial. Those who still enjoy the strength of their manhood should
take warning in time, refresh and calm the system by the regular use of
Napa Soda, and all will be well.
At the intensely interesting lecture given by Adolph Sutro before
the Bullion Club of New York, on the 6th inst, it was noticed that all
the California gentlemen present, including ex-Gov. Latham, Messrs.
Whiting, Satterly, Luttrell, and others, had White's hats, from G14 Com-
mercial street, and that these were far handsomer than any others in
the room.
TREASURER'S OFFICE,
City and County of San Francisco, September 9, 1879.
Redemption of San Francisco Bonds,
ISSUE OF 1858.
Holders of Bonds of the City and County ol San Francisco,
issued under "An Act to provide for the Funding and Payment of the out-
standing Unfunded Claims against the City of San Fraucisco, and against the County
of San Francisco, as they existed prior to the first day of July, A..D. one thousand
eight hundred and fifty-six," approved April 20, 1858, are hereby notified that the
Commissioners of the Sinking Fund of the above named Bonds'will receive sealed
proposals for the surrender of any portion thereof, at the City and County Treas-
urer's office, New City Hall, San Francisco, until 12 o'clock noon,
Wednesday, December 31st, 1879.
The amount to be applied to the Redemption of these Bonds is more or less, One
Hundred and Eighty Thousand Dollars ($180,000).
Bidders will state at what rate they will surrender their Bonds, for payment in
United States gold coin.
Each proposal must be accompanied by a deposit of ten per cent, of the Bonds of-
fered, or their equivalent iu coin, or certified checks, and should the Bonds tendered
not he presented within ten days after the award, the next lowest bid will be ac-
cepted.
No proposal above par will be entertained.
Proposals to be indorsed " Proposals for surrender of Bonds, issue of 1858."
A. J. BRYANT, Mayor,
COLIN 21. BOYD, Auditor,
CHAS. HUBERT, Treasurer,
Sept. 13. Commissioners of the Funded Debt.
AVERILL MIXED PAINT,
The Best, Most Durable and Beautiful of All Faints.
FS.BPASED XEAOT FOX USX!,
AND OF ANY SHADE OB COLOR DESIRED.
Sept. 27.
S. OKKK'K, General Agent,
329 Market at., Opposite Front.
COKE CHEAPEST FUEL.
Reduction in Price : Wholesale Price, 50 cents per barrel ;
Retail Price, (iO cents per barrel, at the works of the SAN FRANCISCO GAS-
LIGHT COMPANY, Howard and First streets, and foot of Second st. Jan. 12.
$25 to $5000|«!
9 Jndlcfonaly Invested la
g Willi BUajB UlO loim.ln-
1 for fortunes every
■wpp-k, ami pnya Immense profits hy tbo Now Capitalization
EyattmofopcTotltic In Stocks, Full explanation on applica-
tion to i»ias, liiiu ws k Co., Bankers, 3a Brood St., NY. ,
SCHWAB & BREESE,
New Art Gallery, «34 Market street, opposite Palace Hotel.
Oil Paintings, Engravings, Wax and Artists' Materials.
6j^ ADMISSION FREE. Sept. 13.
"Tnow & CO.,
No. 20 Post street, opposite Mechanics' Institute, Import-
ers and Manufacturers uf Pictures, Frames, Mouldings, and Artist's Ma-
terials. Established 1819. Sept. 20.
W Morris. MORRIS & KENNEDY, J. F. Kennedy.
~m porters and Healers in Moldings, Frames, Engravings,
Chromos, Lithographs, Decakomanie, Wax and Artists' Materials, 21 Post
street, nearly opposite Masonic Temple, San Francisco.
Feb. 4.
NOTICE.
or the very best photographs go to Bradley & Rnlofson's,
in an Elevator, 429 Montgomery street. Oat. 29.
F
MADAME WALDO COHEN,
Finishing Lessons—Piano. 83 Per Lesson.
Sept. 20. f>07 Byde Street, San Franciaco.
12
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Nov. 35, 1879. ^
WHAT IS DENNIS AFTER NOW?
Mary Kelly has been declared by one Commissioner in Lunacy to be
insane, but there is so much method in her madness that she can't be got
into the Lunatic Asylum, and one prominent citizen has failed, up to the
present time, in all his efforts to get rid of her threats and of her impassioned
importunities. The Police Court has for some time been trying to
arrive at a determination as to what it can do with her. At this point
Dennis Kearney comes on the scene. He thinks the young woman had
better emigrate, and he believes Australia is her proper destination. She
"must go," though the Chinese do not. Why she should is not made
apparent. There are many rcore unmarried males than females in the
State. Greater statesmen than ever Dennis Kearney have declared that
such disparity in the number of males and females is not good for any
country. Law-makers, in some States, legislate to prevent it by inducing
female immigration. That is what they have long done in Australia, and,
as a consequence, there are nearly as many women as men, and the for-
mer are not at as great a premium as they are here. Why, then, should
the wise man of the Sand-lots send this woman from a land in which her
sex are comparatively scarce to one in which they are over-abundant ?
There is money in it — or, at least, Miss Kelly says so. Dennis importuned
her to go, and, she says, he undertook to get her one thousand dollars
from the citizen alluded to, as au inducement for her to make her exit
through the Golden Gate. Seriously, isn't there something fishy about
this interference on the part of Dennis ? How did he know he could get
the thousand dollars? Did he hope to get it voluntarily, or did he expect
to extort it ? Surely he has been treading on treacherous ground ! His
enemies say that he originally belonged to a piece club, and that he is
still on the make. We don't believe it. But we won't be answerable as
to what our belief may be if he attempts levying largess for the benefit of
abusive females.
AFTER THE MEDICOS AGAIN.
The News Letter has stayed its hand for some time in regard to
quacks and quackery, because it desired to see how the new anti-quackery
law worked. That law has done much good, and the officers of police se-
lected to enforce its provisions have done so 'with ability and fidelity.
Many convictions have been obtained, and many rascally quacks have
been compelled to suspend their nefarious operations. We rejoice at what
has been" accomplished. The present condition of affairs is a great im-
provement upon that which the News Letter found existing when it took
its now memorable task in hand. But much, very much, remains to be
done, and we propose to do it. A number of men have obtained licenses
by means that we may hereafter describe. Our friends Deane and Whit-
ney, Sr., have got over into the regular fold, and we propose to show why
and how, and we propose to inquire whether, having obtained licenses, they
are other than they were. The two medical schools are making doctors at
a wonderfully and fearfully rapid rate. It will be proper to inquire into
the business and learn how it is conducted. If students are accepted who
are ignorant boors, and who are dismissed as full-fledged doctors, being
still unacquainted with the duties of their profession, the public ought to
know it, in order that they may estimate a California-made doctor at his
proper value. Along Kearny street there are licensed men who are as
guilty as Cynthia Hodgdon has been declared to be. They want ferret-
ing out and bringing to trial, as she has been. Their offense is a most
abominable one, that merits, and must be made to receive, the highest
penalty known to the law. Stories come to us which must be inquired
into, and, if found to be true, must be told, regardless of consequences.
In short, another well-directed fire along the whole line of licensed and
unlicensed quackery will inure to the benefit of the profession and of the
public.
The occupation of the journalist is beset with perils, just in propor-
tion as he attempts to discharge his duty to the public, for whose benefit
he exists. He needs, more than all other men, wisdom that is never be-
trayed into folly, judgment of persons and the stories which they bring to
him, which is never at fault, and almost omniscience to determine be-
tween truth and falsehood. Even with these qualifications, the man who
conducts a newspaper is often betrayed into giving place in his columns to
what never should have crept into them. The editor is simply human,
and as liable to err as the average heir of frailty. The value of these re-
marks is just now in their application. A few days since, an article on
the Baldwin Hotel, in this city, was brought to us for publication. Its
substantial correctness was vouched for by a person whose position in life
entitled him to confidence, and who appeared, in this case, to be uninflu-
enced by malice. The circumstances charged, if true, demanded publica-
tion at the hands of a fearless and unfettered press. In that view the
article was accepted, and, with some modification, admitted to our col-
umns. We believed it true in substance and in fact.
Since the article appeared there have been made some discoveries which
alter the complexion of the article in some essential particulars. The
source from which it emanated proves not free from prejudice. When a
man has himself been dismissed from a hotel for conduct which it is al-
leged has made him the subject of severe criticism and complaint on the
part of other boarders, his views of the house and its inmates are not worth
either credence or publication, and such, we are assured, was the fact with
reference to the author of the article in question. We now understand
this to be the case, and had we known it the article would not have had
our indorsement nor gone to the public through us.
Mr. Baldwin's prosecution of the News Letter is a matter of total indif-
ference to us. We have faced libel suits so often, and come off so invari-
ably unscathed, that the summons to meet a District Judge, opa warrant
from the Police_ Court, have no terrors. But we put our views of the
article in question upon a very different ground. We are not satisfied
with the source from which the facts purport to come. We have investi-
gated the writer's statements, and believe we have been imposed upon.
We take this occasion to say, and for the reason stated, that we regret the
publication in question.
Mr. Kertel. the gifted carver in wood, on Post street, near Stockton,
whose characteristic works have excited the admiration of all who pass
that way, has lately essayed, with complete success, the line of portrait
busts in plaster. His first work in this branch of art is a bust of A. Col-
man, Esq., one of our prominent business men, a person so well known
to thousands that any failure in the likeness would have been fatal to
Mr. Kertel's pretensions. To have met and surpassed expectation, is
therefore a proof of rare merit in this young artist, and he is to be
heartily congratulated.
The growth of Oakland is only less rapid than that of San Frai
cisco, and every day, what used to be a kind of country resort, takes c
more and more the appearance of a great city. Already her hotel accoflj
modations are of the first class, and a few days will add to them tl
"Galindo," a large, new hotel, fitted up in the finest style, with eve]
recent improvement, and occupying nearly the whole block on Eigh
and Frauklin sts. This splendid establishment contains 150 rooms, mi
admirably arranged and lighted, with ample corriders, and will be un<
the management of Geo. D. Hodges, who has made a most enviable re]
tation in his profession. The " Galindo " will undoubtedly becomi
favorite residence for families and visitors of refinement.
J. M. Litchfield & Co., 415 Montgomery street, have the very bet R
cutter and fitter in the city, and the reputation of the house for the hig ]!'
quality of goodB and thorough work has never been excelled. One hi ^
yet to find a customer of theirs who is not perfectly satisfied with ™ j?
style and fit of his clothes.
A Tramp got a new suit of clothes out of the Sidney, 0., authoritie d
in a very; original way. He committed some slicht offense, for which h sr
was put into jail. As soon as he was behind the bars he deliberately tool itt
off his cloths and cut them into shreds, including his boots. Of course ; til-
new suit had to be purchased for him so that he could appear for trial* it
■ [ it!
A man who is always going in for figures has arrived at the following lt-
calculation: That, if a person were born in a railway carriage, and wen, j!
to be continually traveling till he wa3 killed by a railway accident, hi &
would, according to the average number of deaths and passengers, livi $>
nine hundred and sixty years. ■■
Ben. Butler in oil ! It seems that th.ey put him up in that way aftei»c
every election, to keep him fresh and sweet for the next one. General!''
Grant builded better than he knew when he called the hero of a thousand
spoons, " Bottled Butler."
HIGHEST STOCK QUOTATIONS
For the "Week Ending Nov. 14th, 1879.
Compiled by George C. Hickox & Co., 230 Montgomery Street.
Najie of Mise. Sat,
Argenta
Andes
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Bullion
Belcher
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Beuton
Bodie
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Justice
Jackson
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Leeds
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OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP CO.,
For Japan and China, leave wharf, corner First and Bran-
nan streets, at noon, for YOKOHAMA AND HONGKONG, connecting at
Yokohama with Steamers for Shanghai.
GAELIC December 6th, February 28th.
BELGIC January 17th, April 10th.
Cabin Plans on exhibition and Passage Tickets for sale at No. 2 New Montgomery
street.
■ ap]
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Ship Company^ Wharf, or No. 218 California street.
LELAND STANFORD. President.
T. H. GOODMAN, General Passenger Agent.
Nov. 1.
SITUATION WANTED.
An English gentleman, with several years' experience of
California, thoroughly acquainted with book-keeping and general business,
and with a knowledge of farming, is anxious for employment as clerk, overseer, or
other position. Best of references. Address " S," this office. Oct. 18.
lov. 15, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
13
BIZ.'
be rainy Maaoa itupon u in ruht Rood eanxwt, kH»inff a fair degree
•mirancv t<> the uricoltnrbt that h*- can plow ami tow with hope and
Tdrnre that he will in ilue «e*aon reap an ahundant harveKt Now
i, thi*w fanner* that have been wilholding their ..rain fn»m nmrkot
ibly Wiir.it until they w««re measurably sun- <>f a sufficient rainfall
rop, can now affonl to m-U at least a k*l>»*d |mrtii>n of their
it in warehouse. Two cents par ponnd u .i rery remunerative price.
early in the MMon we have had a full average rainfall, particularly
B eontbern portion of the State, notably in the Su Joaqnlo valley,
d which we v. greatly rely f-r our export trade in H reads to if. St<n-k-
warehouse* now contain over ."iO.OOO tons <>f Wheat, and thin laive re-
* will nnw gradually melt away, provide*! shipj^ers will pay in the
[hborh.Kwl of $3 25 i>er cenUL Up to this date $2 15 ia the highest
made, but at this writing a lot of 1,000 tons is offered at S2 10, and
J7J only bid. This, be it remembered, ia for only 1,000 tons. At this
tini; we have on the European berth a fleet of ^Vessels, of 4G,493reg-
red tone, and these vessels must have dispatch or else soon comeunder
inrrage. It is well known that a portion of the Wheat neoessury to
i these stripe has already been bought, to arrive from the interior, but
• ha* to be purchased sooner or later. Of course, all eyes are watch-
the Kuro|>ean marts to know the ups and downs of the Liverpool
ket, received daily by cable at the Exchange. Our prices now, as they
usually, are full up to the English price, freight, insurance, etc., added.
u far in the season our merchants, as a whole, have done a very suc-
ful business in this line, and hope to do as much more before the close
' e shipping season.
inoe July 1st we have exported to Europe 140 cargoes of Wheat and
or, valued at $4,715,000, against 142 vessels same time last year, of
$30,000.
hr»r receipts of Wheat and Flour from the interior since Harvest, July
to November 13th, for the past three years stands thus:
Flour, 50/6. Qr. Sks. Wheat, Ctls.
9 656,802 6,457,411
8 71i»,4:t5 5,658,367
7 570,303 2,115,300
hir total exports of Wheat and Flour to all conutries for two seasons
t, dating from July 1st to November 13th, are as follows:
Flour, Bbls. Wheat, Ctls.
9. 159,650 5,461,069
170,196 5,202,967
t is fair to say that about one-half of our Wheat crop has now been
rketed, and our farmers well satisfied with prices already realized.
heights and Charters.— There has been felt a dnlhaeBs in the freight
rket for two weeks past, ship-owners asking 65@.70s. for Wood and
n to a direct port — Havre or Liverpool. We know of no charters
tten this month. A good many ships are arriving here in ballast,
king cargoes. The disengaged tonnage now in port numbers eighteen
sela, of 20,900 registered tons. A good many vessels have entered port
ely, having been chartered prior to arrival, which accounts in a good
[reefor the present quietness of the freight market. We hope to see
le life in the freight market ere long.
larley. — The market is very quiet for lack of an export demand. We
>te Brewing 95c@Sl, Coast Feed 75c, Barley Feed 85c $ ctl. Cheva-
is scarce, and wanted at $1 45@S1 70 $? cental.
lops,— The market is strong at 22£@37ic, as extremes— all new crop
good many being shipped East by rail.
"Tool. — Stocks are light, and the market active within the range of
§28c fc? ft for Fall clip.
lides.— Dry are in good request at 19@20c; Wet Salted, 9@10c.
allow is in limited request at 5£c.
Salmon. — The market is very firm under reduced stock of 1-lb tins.
e sales for the past fortnight, here and en route, aggregate 35,000 cases,
thin the range of S1.35@1.45 8? dozen, according to brand. The stock
mainly held by one house, and the above sales reduce the cost of the
nainder to about SI. 05 # doz. ; thus makinc the large venture a remu-
■ative speculation. There are no 2 tb tins of Salmon in market.
Borax. —There is no change to be noted in the market-price, say 6@7c.
■ the two grades.
Burlaps.— The market for Grain Sacks rand piece goods is very firm.
sale of 80,000 yards Hessians is reported at 8@8Jc. Standard Grain
gs are held with firmness by the Combination at 10@12c. The great
vance in freights at Calcutta causeB enhanced cost for all goods, and
'es great strength to holders.
Coal. — We have no cargo sales to record. Prices, for the most part,
le low, as for months past. The Pacific Coast supply being large keeps
ices down to bed-rock rates.
Coffee. —Stocks of all kinds are running low, pending the arrival of a
seel from Ceylon, now about due. We quote Rio 16@17c, Central
nerican 19@20c, 0. G. Java 26c.
Teas. — Stocks of all kinds are running light. We quote Japans, in
per, 37£@40c.
Wines. — There continues to be a good demand for Native. This year's
ntage will probably exceed 6,000,000 galls. The Colima, via Panama,
fried to New York 29,000 galls. To-day S. L. Jones & Co. will sell, at
moma, 120,000 galls, stock and goodwill of the Buena Vinicultural Soci-
y, said to be the largest vineyard in the world.
Metals —There is a pause in the late upheaval of the markets, and
te prices are more or less nominal. There is, in fact, but very little Pig
on or other stock in first hands, and all the trading done now is from
cond or jobbers' hands. We may add that the general jobbing trade of
e season is good.
Quicksilver has declined to 40c., with very few sales and light stock.
The Whaling Fleet — Some eight or ten whalers from the Arctic
sean have arrived here within the week, bringing some 7,500 bbls. Whale
[1, 34,500 lbs. Whalebone, and of Ivory some 15,000 lbs. The bulk of
e Oil will be re-shipped to New Bedford and the Bone sent East for a
arket ; also the Ivory.
CRADLE, ALTAR, AND TOMB.
CRADLE.
Bum-Intt „m_ nirchw. » «».
...M.r, I,, I Ultacll) v„„„l„.r |,,i _,.,,„, f ,.,.kk,} , .Uughtor.
. i. i;..,t. ."d.«
M.I..SS Inlh.cly.N ,, ,.,„, M, ,;!,,„. „
p™ i ,h'\"'>- •\'."™l" ' I "Hi h,r, » ,l:u>k.|,t, r.
Pctimo* -In thticfcy, N mberttl . i i I „.„,,„,.
PSBil.T4-Inlhl.dtjr, HorwnbcrTW P V. Permit.,.
BOBwaw— in in,, ,■,:>, November] totho »,i. at Win. r Bchmrin, a son.
SUTtlRT— In thlfdly, Not i , i .int.. a ion.
BimaiOB-In tins dtgr, October 12th, to the » ii, ..< r. II. steintmcii, a son.
ALTAR.
Brdss-Davidson [nihil .-it,, NoTMnbar OUl, .la<-..l. Bmnn to Susannah Davidson.
DIRKKIcn-Fasa- tn this city. November sth. I Icrioh to Ernestine Fas..
Hall-Perrv-Ih tins, it v. November llth, John r. Hall to Anna J. Perry.
I .trsciMu.T-.Mi»-rr- i, tin, dty, November 10th, II Beosohlldt to Mlnni Abwtt
Mioxox-Pkteks -In llus.itv, Ni.ianl.cr 8th, lb.il Mhrnol to Jessie Peters.
M uoMiiKn-(..ouiEs-in this dty, November 8th, 0. A khoamber to UolUe Golden.
MlYSR-Roopp-In this olty, November -it,. Km. Beyer to M:.r- lt,.upp.
PmiRV-Jovcn-Ii) this dty November 8th, Thome. Pern to Mertah M Joyce.
HRBT-RBraoLM-In this dty, Novomber 8th, Ooorn P. skev to Mrs. M. Remolds.
W arm:r-\\ iuttlev-Ii, this city, November mtl,, Sumner Warner to M Whitley.
WATTKR8os-Tn,i,MiS-In this city, November 3d, O, T. Wattcrson to Lucy Tillman.
TOMB.
AVERS-In Oakland, Novomber 7th, Ira Ayers. Jr., aired W years and 4 months.
Ashley— In this city, November l'.'th, Melinds W. Ashley, aired 08 years.
BL.iii bk— In this city, Novemher 7th, Julia C. Blethon seed :il years
Cuhuino— In this city, November 9th, Jennie Cununlnr, iced 26 years.
Ci'Lixovicil— In this city, November 7th, B. G. CulinovlchT
Feseras- In this city, Novomber llth. Win. Fenemn, ased 20 ycara.
Hallidat— In this city, November llth, John Hallidav, aired 18 years.
Horton— In this city, November 12th, Mrs. Abby II Horton
Juroesson-Iii this city, November 12th, Hulda M. Jurgenson, aired 20 years.
hiLLPATMCK— In this City, November 8th, Wm. Killpiatriek, RL-cd 52 vears.
Pekkvcook— In this city, November llth, Sarah L. Pennvcook, Jr., aged 27 years
Rodda— In this city, November llth, Clara J. Rodda, aged 33 years,
Stewart— In this city, November 12th, George D. Stewart, aged 24 years.
BOOKS AND MAGA7.INES.
Industrial History of the United States. By Albert S. Bolles. Norwich,
Conn. : The Henry Bill Publishing Company, 1879 ; pp. 936.
Mr. Bolles is Lecturer in the Boston University, and the author of sev-
eral works on economic subjects. In the present volume he has brought
together, so far as we know, the most complete outline of the history and
present condition of the numerous vast industries of the United States
that has ever been produced. The work consists of seven Books, com-
prising fifty-two chapters, and gives a well written and concise account of
eveir; important industry of the country, with ample illustrations and
sufficient statistics to enlighten the general reader on every subject treated
of. In a rapidly living age like the present, this record of an industrial
development, such as the world has never seen before, will prove invalua-
ble as a work of reference, on a great variety of subjects, to those who
wish to have a compendium of industrial information in a readily accessi-
ble form. Mr. Bolles has done his work well, and the book deserves Lhe
widest circulation.
The Sydney MArL, of September 20th, comes to ns with an extra, giv-
ing a tine view of the International Exhibition building and grounds, as
seen from the spire of St. Joseph's Church, with, of course, a broad
sweep of country, hill, dale and river beyond; a work that does great
credit to the enterprise of the paper and the resources of the city.
The London Graphic, of October 18th, has a noble picture, in an extra
sheet, of Cetewayo, the captive Zulu King, escorted by the guard into
Cape Town. The composition is broad and simple, and the figure of the
grand savage stands out in a very striking manner. One such plate is
worth the year's subscription to the paper.
St. John's Presbyterian Church, Post street, between Mason and
Taylor. Eev. Dr. Scott, Pastor, will preach Sunday morning at 11
o'clock; also at 7£ P. M. Sunday School and Bible Classes at 9i A. M.
Prayer and Praise Service at 6$ p. M.
Sterling Silverware. — A large assortment of elegant designs at Ran-
dolph & Co.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
The Company's steamers will sail as follows at 12 M:
CITY OF PEKING, Nov. 15tb, Feb. 7th, May 1st— CITY OF TOKIO, Dec. 27th,
March 20th— for YOKOHAMA and HONGKONG.
GRANADA, November 19th, for PANAMA and NEW YORK, calling at MAZAT-
LAN, SAN BLAS, MANZANILLO and ACAPULCO, connecting at Acapulco with
Company's Steamer for ail Central American ports— calling at SAN JOSE DE GUAT-
EMALA and LA LIBERTAD to laud passengers and mails only.
Tickets to and from Europe by any line for sale at the lowest rates ; also to Ha-
vana and all West India ports.
CITY OF SYDNEY, Nov. 24th, at 12 o'clock M., or on arrival of the English mails,
for HONOLULU. AUCKLAND and SYDNEY. $10 additional is charged for pas-
sage in Upper Saloon.
CITY OF CHESTER, Nov. 20th, for VICTORIA, PORT TOWNSEND, SEATTLE,
and TACOMA, connecting at TACOMA with Northern Pacific Railroad for PORT-
LAND, Oregon. Tickets must be purchased before 11 a.m. on day of sailing, at
Wharf Office. For freight or passage apply at the office, cor. First and Brannan
streets. [Nov. 15.1 WILLIAMS. BLANCHARD & CO.. Agents.
PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
Steamers of this Company will sail from Broadway Wharf
for PORTLAND, Oregon), every 5 days, direct, and for LOS ANGELES, SANTA
BARBARA, SANTA CRUZ, SAN DIEGO, SAN LUIS OBISPO and other NORTH-
ERN and SOUTHERN COAST PORTS, leaving SAN FRANCISCO about every
third day.
For Day and Hour of Sailing, see the Company's Advertisement in the San Fran-
cisco Daily Papers.
Ticket Office, No. 314 Montgomery Street, near Pine.
GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Agents,
March 16. No. 10 Market street.
14
SAtf FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER.
Nov. 15, 1879.
LET
Be not swift; to take offense ;
Let it pass !
Anger is a foe to. sense!
Let it pass!
Brood not darkly o'er a wrong;
Which will disappear ere long;
Kather sing this cheery song —
Let it pass!
Let it pass!
Strife corrodes the purest mind ;
Let it pass !
As the unregarded wind,
Let it pass!
Any vulgar souls that live, .
May condemn without reprieve:
'Tis the noble who forgive.
Let it pass!
Let it pass!
IT PASS.
Echo not an angry word !
Let it pass!
Think how often you have erred ;
Let it pass !
Since our joys must pass away
Like the dew-drops on the spray,
"Wherefore should our sorrows stay ?
Let it pass !
Let it pass !
If for good you've taken ill ;
Let it pass !
Oh, be kind and gentle still!
Let it pass!
Time at last makes all things straight;
Let us not resent but wait,
And our triumph shall be great ;
Let it pass!
Let it pass!
Bid your anger to depart ;
Let it pass !
Lay those homely words to heart ;
"Let it pass !"
Follow not the giddy throng ;
Better to be wronged than wrong ;
Therefore sing the cheery song —
Let it pass !
Let it pass !
— All the Year Bound.
AN OUNCE OF CIVET?
It is doubtful which is the most offensive form of cant, but there is
no doubt whatever that the periodical twaddling of the papers on the sub-
ject of kitchen service for women is a nuisance and a bore. It seems to
these enlightened organs of public opinion a very remarkable thing that
women do not like to become cooks and housemaids, and every few days
some solemn nonsense is brought out concerning the dignity of labor, and
some plan is proposed for the education of young women in menial duties,
so that, instead of overcrowding the lists of applicants for position as
teachers, our daughters may inscribe their names on the roll of aspirants
for the post of head-cook in the Hon. Mr. Swipes's family. " The dig-
nity of labor " is one of the phrases which once had some meaning, but
are now mere sound and fury, signifying nothing, or, rather, signifying
the exact contrary of their obvious meaning. Nobody in America sees
any dignity in labor ; and if one fact in our social life is more menacing
than another, it is the invincible aversion of the American to anything
like real toil. The number of Americans who really work with their
hands diminishes at a frightful rate, year after year, and the first duty of
those who undertake to preach to women as the chief sinners is to look
this fact in the face. The responsibility for this state of things lies partly
with the women, no doubt, simply because they are part of the people,
and responsible, half-way at least, for the existence of Americans ; but
the men have made the country what it is, with all its evil, and they are
not to shirk their punishment. Labor, in our eyes, is something coarse
and brutish and sordid, and we get rid of it if we can.
Our mechanics and workingmen, our farmers and errand-boys talk about
honest industry— for others— after they themselves have got forward in
the world ; and when they have once become rich they out-Herod Herod
in sneering at tradespeople and the vulgar work-a-day folk. This is the
simple truth, familiar to every one of us in every day's experience ; but,
with our innate love of cant, we think the cause of public morality re-
quires us to repeat before men the old parrot-phrase about dignity of labor.
A great deal of rhetoric is wasted on the accomplishments, to which
women devote so much time that were better spent in tossing flap-jacks.
The hollowness of all this is patent. Ask one of these able editors who
talks so glibly about the smattering of French and the piano-music that
young ladies will aspire to, to send his own daughter into the kitchen with
Biddy and Ah Lee.
No doubt it is a hopeless case for many who attempt the French gram-
mar, but the attempt itself is exactly in the line of right intellectual life.
Every human being has aspirations, and desires to improve his condition ;
and not to be interested in the movement of ideas, and the general social
effort toward refinement, one must have a very sluggish or a very sen-
sual mind.
If kitchen work is to be raised to a higher plane, so that bright and re-
fined girls can take hold of it, it must be by a radical reform first operated
in the masculine appetite for dainties. It is not the necessary preparation
of the little wholesome food needed to keep body and mind sound and
sweet, that makes the kitchen a greasy, foul, repulsive place ; it is the in-
satiable appetite for something far-fetched, highly-spiced, unwholesome
and every way abominable.
There will be no reform in the manner of living ; and even if a miracle
were accomplished in this direction, the cooking of meals and cleaning of
dishes would still be an irksome and unpleasant task, only to be ap-
proached through dire necessity ; and the girl who dislikes the very
thought of it is right, and true to herself.
KILLED BY -WILD BEASTS AND SNAKSS.
The returns of deaths by wild beasts and snakes in British India is
appalling and discreditable. That little short of 20,000 persons should
have fallen victims to the ferocious vermin of an English dependency in
a single year (1877) is past comprehension. It is true that more than
£10,000 is spent annually in the shape of rewards for the destruction of
snakes and wild beasts, but either the effort must be insufficient or mis-
directed, or more would be done to remedy the evil. The question arises
whether a systematic attempt has yet been made to rid the country of
these formidable creatures by poison or otherwise. The claims and rights
of sport cannot be recognized when they clash with the interests of human
life, and they could, of course, only apply to the preservation of a select
few of the larger " game." Snakes do not, happily, fall under this de-
scription, and the sportsman would be only too glad to be rid of them.
We cannot help thinking the notion of exterminating the poisonous and
destructive reptiles of India, as wolves have been exterminated in north-
ern countries — by a reward per head — is puerile. When the evil is so
great, it calls for a proportionately comprehensive remedy. Let a ne,
commission of experts be appointed to consider whether it would not t
possible to devise measures which should go more directly to the root jl
the matter, and, perhaps, by dealing in detail with small districts, p»J
gressively destroy the eggs and nests from which these vermin come. Tfj
subject is one of such great and urgent interest that we cannot suppoij
public opinion either in India or at home will allow it to remain muc I
longer in abeyance. — Lancet. ~* j
LEAKY ROOFS!
To prevent your roofs from leaking, have them painted wit i
PRINCE'S IRON ORB PAINT,
the most reliable fire and water proof metallic compound. Not I
new experiment. In use throughout the United States. None gei j
nine without the manufacturers' name. For sale by
C. T. RAYNOLDS & CO.,
No. 9 Front Street, San Francisco. [Oct. 18. I
E. M. Fry. FRY, WATTLES & CO., J. B. Wattle;
Stock Brokers,
303 Montgomery Street, S. F., Under the Nevada Ban fa
■£§F~ Money to loan on active accounts. Nov. 8. I
Geo. C. Hiceok. E. C. McFarlak ]
GEORGE C. HICK0X & CO.,
C Commission Stock. Brokers (San Francisco Stock Ex 1
J change, No. 230 Montgomery street, San Francisco. May 4. J
J.
A.
RUDKIN,
AiTember S
. F. Stock and Exchange Board,
493
Californi
1YI
street.
STOCKS
Bought
and
Sold on Commission
Liberal
Advana
made
n Active
Accounts.
Oct. 26.
E. B. Etre.1
[J. H. Jons
Members S. F. Stock and Exchange Board.
EYRE & JONES,
Stock Brokers.
320 PINE STREET, SAU FRANCISCO. [Sept. 27.
ANDREW BA1RD,
Negotiator of Loans and Commercial Paper,
Broker la Local and State Securities,
No. 31S California Street San Franciscol
[P. O. Box 1,208,2 July 19. T
D. V, B. Henarie. Edward Martill
E. MARTIN & CO.,
Importers and Wholesale Dealers in Wines and JLiqnon 1
Proprietors of Miller's Extra Old Bonrbon and J. F. Cm .
ter Extra Old Bonrbon and Bye Whiskies.
April 5. 40S Front Street, San Francisco*- A
HIBERNIA BREWERY,
Howard Street, Between Eighth and Ninth.
Dec. 7.] M. JUTTnfJJr* Proprietor.*!
T.4BER, HARKER & CO.,
IDTPORTEMS AJTD WHOLESALE GMOCES.S,
10S and 1IO California St., 8. F.
j April 19.]
Henry B , Williams. Henry B. Williami
WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO.,
SHIPPING AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
No. 218 California st.. S. F. [July ZS
Newton Booth, C. T. Wheeler, Sacramento. | J. T. Glover, W. W. Dodge, S. .
W. W. DODGE & CO.
holesale Grocers, corner Front and Clay streets, Sa
Francisco. April 1.
w
CASTLE BROTHERS,
ESTABLISHED IN THE TEAS 1850.
[mporters of Teas and East India Goods, Ncs. 213 and 31
Front street, San Francisco. Jan. 13.
J. M. Neville. REMOVAL. Geo. H. Bryan
BAGS. TENTS AND HOSE.
NEVILLE & CO.,
No.'s 31 and 33 California Street, S. E. corner of Davis,
San Francisco. [Aug. 2,
L.H. Newton. NEWTON BROTHERS & CO., M. Newtoi
Importers and wholesale dealers In Teas, Foreign Goods an
Groceries, 204 and 206" California street, San Francisco, Cal May 25,
WM. F. SMITH, M.D.,
Oculist and Aurist, 313 Bush Street.
Aug. 16] Office Hours, from IS M. to 3 J?.2T.<
J. C. MERRILL & CO.,
Skipping1 and Commission Merchants, Agents for the Sam
wich Islands Packet Lines, 204 California street, S. F. April 13.
JOSEPH GILLOTT'S STEEL PENS.
Gold Medal, Paris, 1S78.
old by all Stationers. Sole Agent for tbe Vnited State*
MR. HENRY HOE, 91 John street, N. Y. Jan. 6.
®7'77 a year and expenses to agents. OntfitFree. Addres
<fl" • ' June 7.] P. O. VICKERY, Augusta, Maine.
s-
15, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
15
TheDayBook
-=: ■ r r o m - <—
Sut un I an to Sattivct&V.
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
Recorded In the City and County of San Francisco, California, for
the Week ending November 7th.
I'omiriUiifnnnthf 1;- >,nrrrialAaet>n/,Wl California St., S.F,
Monday. November 3d.
Paris. November 7th. The French revenof for ten months of the
• rear, ending with I i ■llmalm by 1-^,000,000
irnncs.— ^I.*'tter* From Constantinople confinn the report** of the ex-
tn inity o£ dfetntl in the financial matter?, of Turkey. Even the Pil-
nimafrs to Mecca, which has hitherto been provisioned at the expense of
■'.-eminent, ia unable to get ttiy nmintsncn on event which has
never before occurred since the establishment of tin Ottoman Empire.
mNiw York, November 8th. Since the first of January, 24.933 Her-
man emigrants landed at Castle Garden, against 18,713 the corresponding
peri-nl of last year,-^— London, November Mth.— The Times' dispatch
from Calcutta says that then- seems to be little doubt of the Ameer's
treachery. The genera) opinion is that he will be sent as a State prisoner
to India.— —A Berlin dispatch to the Time* says that news has been re-
ceived at Moscow that the troops on the expedition into Turkestan are in
a pitiable condition. They have lost half their number. ^^Berlin, No-
vember 9th.— The Russian expedition in Turkestan will make a fresh ad-
vance as soon as reinforced." ■' ■ Paris, November 9th. — Marshal Canro-
bert. Bonapartiat, was to-day elected Senator from the Department of
Lmre-et-Charente. — LONDON, November 10th. — A Calcutta dispatch
says: The principal event of the past week has been the junction of the
Cabul and Jellalabad columns, effected at Kutty Singh on Thursday.
This junction having been effected, the Khyber and Jagdelak route will
become the sole line of communication with Cabul. The English troops
are housed in the Shirpur cantonments, which are very comfortable. Win-
ter seems to be setting in early, and nine degrees of frost have already
been registered. The suspicion which rested on Yakoob Kban, and
which was temporarily removed by his joining General Roberts at Kushi,
is again settling down on him. It has been discovered that on the night
before the Battle of Charasiah, he was visited in his tent by Naib Ma-
hummed, who commanded the enemy next day, and it is also stated that
a plan for his escape from our camp has been found out. Yakoob Khan
is now practically a prisoner, and has been removed from Hussang to
Shirpuar under escort of the Ninth Lancers. All his attendants, except
four, have been dismissed. A sentry is constantly on duty inside his
Quarters, and strong guards outside. The mystery as to what has been
one with the bodies of Major Cavagnari and his companions is not yet
solved. Preparations continue to be pushed forward in India with un-
diminished vigor. The Sukkur and Dadu Railway is open for engines
nearly to Jacobadad, and is being constructed at the rate of over a mile
a day. A large number of carts and a quantity of war material are being
shipped at Bombay for Kurrachee. Sir Richard Temple is personally
superintending the arrangements along the Bolan line. General Hughes
has reached Candahar from Khelat-i-Ghilzai. Everything is going on
well there. The publication of General Roberts' proclamation announc-
ing the continuance for the present of the existing regime, has confirmed
any waverers there may have been, and the people look on their emanci-
pation from Cabul as complete. ■ -Washington, November 11th. — The
annual report of the General Land Office has been handed in to the Sec-
retary of the Interior. It shows that during the fiscal year ended June
30th last, 9,333,353 acres of public lands were disposed of, and 9,484,996
acres were surveyed, in addition to 734,591,236 acres previously surveyed.
The total number of acres of public domain still unsurveyed is about one
thousand and eighty-one million. The disposals were mainly as follows:
Homestead entries, 5,260,111 acres ; timber culture entries, 2,766,574 acres;
cash entries, 622,574 acres (including 165,996 acres entered under the Des-
ert Land law}; grants to railroads, 278,334 acres ; swamp lands patented
to States, 85,388 acre3 ; other grants to States, 186,392 acres. The amount
of land surveyed the last fiscal year exceeds by 414,769 acres the total
area surveyed in the preceding twelve months, and the whole report shows
a falling off of some 773,000 acres in cash sales, State selections, scrip lo-
cations and lands patented for railroad grants. ■ The increase in area
taken up by settlers under the Homestead and Timber Culture laws, has
been sufficient not only to counterbalance this falling-off, but to make the
aggregate disposals for the year greater by 647,204 acres than the total for
the previous year. The increase in Homestead entries was 841,766 acres,
and in timber culture entries 896,139 acres. Owing to existing laws for
disposal of public lands for homesteads and timber culture, it is shown
that during the last fiscal year, with a larger disposal of land, there were
received, from all sources, §1,833,113, less by $139,418 than the amount re-
ceived during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1878.—— San Francisco,
November 12th. — Registrar Kaplan makes the following analysis of the
nativity of voters on the City Register: Ireland, 10467; Germany, 6,704 ;
England, 1,751; France, 805; Scotland, 563; Italy, 439; other foreign
countries, 3,267; United States, 20,769. The foreign-born citizens out-
number the natives by 3,227.
A Knotty Legal Point. — Pomponious, a celebrated law teacher of
Rome in the sixth century, entered into a contract with a Roman citizen
to instruct his son in the law. This was the contract: So many coins if
the pupil became learned in the law, the test to be that he should win his
first case before the tribunal. Pomponius turned over his pupil as per-
fected in his sudies. The father brought suit against the master to set
aside the contract, and retained his son to plead thiis his first case. "If
my son gains his case the contract is made void. If he loses I am not
bound." Pomponious answers: "If I fail in my defense the son wins his
case, and I am entitled to my money. If I gain, the court gives me
the money by its decree." Which side had the law ?~Irish Law Times.
M. Gustave I»e Bon has made hosts of friends in thi3 city by his art-
icle in the .fierce d' Anthropologic, which declares that " small heads are
frequently accompanied by great energy."
That furred tongue, bad tasting mouth and miserable feeling, says
you need Hop Bitters.
onxNTon and obahtbk.
Chai H Webber to Geo I. Bradley
anno 0 Tice to T1
Nellie T Mulnnv to Brld
Q Bagsmu to Emelia T lla^cman
Frank Barnard to B W Burr
F M Bop wood t-> Louisa Bopwood
Bllstta i .rain to Patrick Uorphf
0 Schmidt to Mlchl Ro» ■
Bllith Sproal to .) n BmJUi
Mary Ann Sproul to same Stil....
ratk Hundley to Jas F Haudley.
Same to Martin II Hoadlcy.
Jos McGill to Wm Hollis..
WHolMsto JD McLennan
Wra Trenonth to J A Robinson...
W 0 Campbell to Lou S Campbell
J Eagan to \V C Campbell
Wm Scott toThos Mn<;ee
Thos Magee to P G Partridge
Wm Sublette to Mary Ann Sproul
Wm G Fookes to J Barnes
Elizth Shaw to Henry T Scott
F Hanghey to Daniel Sullivan ....
Mary Moran to E 3 Eadlam
DlflrmiTioN.
s Morton, Tlio Stockton, e 45x00
N Kill*. 17r»r Lngnna, e 95x1 SO
-".I., i:i7:flcOctnvin, e 33x120
S Bonn, 113:6 e Macon, 23x1 37:«, being
in >ut»7
1 v lot 3, blk lis W A
Perk, W»n Hldli-v.n 91x75....
S Biiih, long w Mason, W 18;10xH0 ....
N\\ Spring and Summer, n 48x60
No !Uh nv and I street, n 150, e 46, f 101,
to beginning
- in*
W Montgomery, 37:0 n Filbert, n 3.1x87:6
n-v 1I7H
Same 09:6 n Filbert, n 25x87:6, being
m.Mi-v [476
K Octavln, 110 n Geary, n 27:6x110, be-
ing in W AIM
Same
Outside Property
N Turk, 137:6 eBroderick, 03:9x137:6—
W A 509
Same
Block 2 Horner's Addition
Same
5 acres Outside Lands
E Chattanooga, 200 n 93d. 20x125
SClav, 60 e Franklin, e 25x100
Se Minna, 215 e>w 1st, 23x80
W Franklin, 60 n Bush, n 30x70-W A
127 subject to mortg $2401
3,750
Gift
5
Gift
3,050
2,200
100
300
3,000
800
5
7,000
1
Gift
3,391
500
500
300
1
3,000
3,150
Tuesday, November 4th.
Daniel E Martin to W J B Warnei
E Mandarville to Mary Mandervilh
RobtGunn to Wm Center....
W Hollis to Grace F Lawton .
Same to Sallie B MacNeill
D R Chisbolm to Anthony Dwyer.
G E Harrington to W Harrington
Margt E Dnrney to Anna E Ball . .
H A Cobb to Clias Aston
Jas McLeod to Geo Storey
Michl Jordan to Anna H Jordan.
P G Partridge to H C Wright...
Chas Hare to same
Wm Fourness to A E Wickersbam
Wm Moore to Geo Morrow
J S Armstrong to Jas D Halsey...
Walter W Gollin to D Redmond.
Lot 10, blk 307 Case tract
E Folsom, 272:6 n 22d, n 32:6x122:6, be-
ing in M B54
N21st, 100 w Columbia, 25x100
W Sterner, 70 sO'Farrell, s 22:6x92:6—
W A 385
E San Jose ave, 75 n 25th, n 37x90
S 24tb, 80 w York, 20x80
Undivided one-eighth e Webster, 120 n
Fulton , n 17:6x137:6.
W Scott, 102:8 s Clay, 25x81:3
Ne Montgomery and Jackson, 60x60—
50-v 189 in trust forCath Heydenfeldt
S 20th, 205 W Guerrero, w 25x114
W Stockton, 114:7 n Greenwich, s 24 x
137:6 ; w Stockton, 90 n Greenwich n
18:9x137:6.
Sw Stewart, 320:10 se MaTket, se 1:4 x
187:6-B & W621
Same
E York, lS2n 24th, n 26x100
Lot 28, blk 643, Pt Lobos Ave Hd Ex . . .
E Williamson, 650 n Pt Lobos ave, n 27
se 121:3, s 9: H, W 120 to beginning...
N California, 60 w21st ave, 60x100
Gift
5
1
4,500
2,500
5
950
9,400
4,000
421
300
1,200
3
300
Wednesday, November 5th.
F Pellegrini to Chariotte Forcade.
Gustav Marcus to Mary Smith. . . .
Lau Hill Cem Asn to Jane Houlder
Walter Young to City and Co S F.
Geo T Vincent to Geo Morrow. . . .
F F Low to same
Micbl M urray to Delia Hasty
Same to Joo Dollard
S Brignardello to J W Whiting. . .
Carsten Hillebrandt to H Doscher
Cath McGill to W Hollis ,
Francis Mouahan to C Monahan
Jerome Lincoln to Geo Morrow
P A Hermann to Wm Wetzel.....
W R McKee to Micbl Landers . . ,
A A Lansinghi tosame
Edwd Bosqui to Helen M Boequi. .
Adolph C Weber to Sine Johnson.
W Hollis to SS Smith....
P Cadnc to W Hollis
H S Tibbey et al to same .
S Greenwich, 206:3 e Stockton, 10x137:6
E Valencia, 135 n 18th, 75x80— Mission
Block 69
Lot 2340
E Valencia, 970:3 ne 20th, s 104: 1, se 45:
6, ne83:6, n 77:12. etc to com
S Clay, 238 e Drumm, 1 37x59:9
City Slip Lot 66
W Polk, 24 s Fulton, s 24x82:6
Sw Polk and Fulton, same
Undivided one-half, s Pacific, 101 w of
Montgomery Avenue, 23x137:6 ....
Sw O'Farrell and Pierce, 87:6x25 ....
E Octavia, llOn Geary, n 27:6x110...
S Geary, 231:3 e Gough, e 43:4x120..
Cily Slip lots 63 and 64
I E Bryan t, 156 s 23d, s 26x100
Se Howard and 22d, 95x100
Same
N Lombard, 122:6 w Taylor, w 42:6, n
137:6, e 37:6, s 7:6 e 15, s 30
Se Oak and Buchanan, e 37:6x120, being
in W A219
N Post, 137:6 e Webster, 55x137:6...
Same
Sw Buchanan and Sutter, w 275, e 55, n
137:0, e220,n 137:6 to com
$3,000
5,400
72
5,351
1
1
2.850
4,100
3,550
7,000
5
1
750
700
6.300
10
Gift
4,600
5,000
5
Thursday, November, 6th-
Annie Sheridan to Jas E Howe.. .
Nicholas Castro to Jno D Daly ...
Harriet F Behrens to M A Hackett
Adelaide E Boone to Annie Smith.
Geo McKibbinto MaryANunn..
Jos A Ford to L S Welton
H L Davis to Natl Gold Bk & T Co
S Liberty, 995 e Guerrero, 25x115
All property whatever for the benefit of
creditors at No 917 Market street
Lots 385 and 386 Holliday Map A
W Bartlett, 195 s Grove. 35x100
S Union, 125 e Laguna, 25x137:6
W Fillmore, 30 e Lombard, n 60x110,
being in W A 341
Lots 45, 9, 10, 11, Tiffany & Dean Tract,
and c Old San Jose Road, 05x90 .....
$3,350
1
500
100
25,000
Friday, November 7th.
Jno Simpson to Hcrmavin Granz.
AlexH Bailey to Jno Bunge
A P Hodgdon to Belle C Harms. .
Danl E Martin to Henry Schroeder
Henry Bonner to Mary Bonner
Chas E Blake Sr to City & Co S F
David Hunter to same.
RE Kerrison tosame...
S Ellis, 127:0 e Devisadero. 42:6x137:6 . . $ 5
N Greenwich, 110 n Montgomery, e 27:
6xl37:6-50-v 1464 800
N 16th, w Mission, 30x135 3,300
Lots 11, 12, blk 307 Case Tract 900
Lot 331 Gift Map 4 Gift
S Army, at e line of Pat Cummings lot
ne 150, n 44, w 54, thence 64, etc 60
W Dupont, 22 e Bush, s 20x30 ] 10.932
N* Army et, at e line Wiebakuc lot, a 30, |
e 146, n 49, sw 144 to beg | 50
16
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER.
Nov. 15, 1879.
A ROUND TOUR.
We take from the Court Circular, of October 25th, the following lively
and appreciative notice of our city, which will surprise none of those
who were so fortunate as to meet the accomplished writer, Mr. Maddox,
and his charming wife, during their sojourn here :
Having had our baggage examined by the Customs officers, not a hand-bag being
allowed to escape these lynx-eyed officials, I proceeded with joyous heart to the Palace
Hotel, San Franeisco. I had heard much of this wonderful establishment, but took
the glowing accounts with a grain of salt. Hence my surprise was the greater to find
that no description I had received did justice to this most perfect of all hotels, and I
speak with some little experience as a traveler in Europe and America. Australia I
will not mention, as it does not possess an hotel worthy the name of one. San Fran-
cisco possesses at least some half-dozen other hotels, any one of which would put the
best in London into the shade. But the Palace Hotel stands " monarch" of all. In
this magnificent establishment five meals are served each day — breakfast, luncheon,
dinner, tea and supper— the latter up to 12 o'clock at night. Thus gourmand and
gourmet are equally satisfied. The appearance of the grand dining-room, lighted by
electric light, is extremely effective. . The waiters are all colored men, neatly dressed
in black, with the most expansive and immaculate of shirt-fronts, collars and white
ties. Many a visitor looked with envy upon Pompey's lily-white breast covering,
highly glazed, and fitting like a cuirass. The most perfect order prevails in every
department. The army of waiters are under the control of a number of captains ;
and in the breakfast and dining-rooms nearly every order from the captain to bis
men is given by a motion of the hand, talking amongst themselves in the public
rooms being strictly forbidden. Any infraction, of this rule meets with instant dis-
missal. As Mr. Sharon laughingly remarked, the privilege of talking belongs only
to our visitors. It can, however, be readily imagined how well this system works.
Waiters are told off to their respective tables, and it would seem as though it were
more than their lives were worth to leave them, unless commanded by a guest to
execute an order. The most surprising feature of the whole is the extraordinary low
tariff. Three dollars and a half a day (or about 14s.) is the charge for a bed and
bath-room such as I have described, including full board of five meals. I have paid
more money for a bed-room only at many hotels, and nothing approaching the "Pal-
ace" in the luxury of fittings. The basemeut of this marvelous hotel is like a small
town, and is occupied by the provision stores, wine stores, kitchens, laundries, and
twenty other extensive departments. Order and perfect control are apparent in
every place, and Mr. Sharon is to be congratulated upon having so excellent a man-
ager as Mr. Smith, and efficient officers in every department. The high opinion I
have ventured to express of the Palace Hotel is the result of a fortnight's residence
in it, and I feel great pleasure in making known my experience.
San Francisco is what may be termed a jolly place, and the San Franciscans as
jolly as they are kind and good-hearted, at the same time full of business enterprise
and speculation. Millionaires abound in this center of mining industry. The man-
sions, indeed ttaej may be called palaces, of many of the mining kings and railway
magnates, are magnificent in the extreme. Don't let it for a moment be imagined
there is anything approaching the outre in any of these houses. All that unlimited
wealth, judiciously expended, could obtain in the way of perfect architecture, artis-
tic decoration and splendid upholstery is apparent. One of the most pleasant eve-
nings I spent in San Francisco was at the magnificent house of Mr. Charles Crocker,
"Vice-President of the Central Pacific Railroad. All honor is deservedly due to the
few men, of whom Mr. C. Crocker is one, whose giant intellects conceived and suc-
cessfully carried out one of the most marvelous undertakings of modern times, viz., -
the great railway that unites the Atlantic with the Pacific Ocean. The wealth that
has accrued to the projectors has been as honorably earned as it has been most
hardly worked for, and the Pacific Railway will be a lasting monument to their fame.
A principal topic of conversation during my stay in the city of San Francisco, was
the " New Constitution," which has been carried by that free and independent class
of voters called the " working class." The object sought to be obtained is of a most
leveling character, and as far as I could make out was of the kind desired by au Irish
member who said he should vote for a"jineral division of all the property in
'Frisco," and on being asked what he would do when he had spent his share, replied,
" By my sowl, I'll vote for another division." Whether this simple desire of the
" down-trodden working man " is obtained time will show.
Oue of the sights of 'Frisco is to visit the Mining Exchange during the business
hours, or, I believe, more properly speaking, a morning or afternoon " Session.'
The scene almost baffles description. The Exchange is a very handsome building,
surrounded by a commodious gallery for use of the general public, who are admitted
by cards easily obtained of any stockholder. At the end of the ball is a dais about
3ft. above the level of the floors, on which is placed the desk of the "caller" and
his staff of clerks. The members of the Exchange sit within a circular rail in front
of the " caller," Mr. Howard Coit. Outside the rail are assembled the clients of the
brokers, who pay for the privilege of this part of the building, and are thus enabled
to see the transactions entered into on their behalf. It is a pity that the London
Stock Exchange does not afford similar facilities to speculators, who would thus be
able to watch the operations and judge for themselves the tone of the market. There
are only a certain number of members, and when one dies or retires his seat has been
known to fetch as much as §40,000, it being a kind of freehold. The proceedings, as
far as I could make out, were as follows : Tbe Chairman has on his deska list of the
mines dealt in. In front of him are congregated the eager and excited crowd of
brokers. With a voice resembling the roll of a big drum, Mr. Coit calls out the first
mine on his list, say Union Consolidated ; immediately the most terrific uproar en-
sues. Some member shouts that he will sell a hundred shares at 80. He is instantly
in the center of a surging crowd, fighting to buy them, each man declaring he will
buy, but until the seller is enabled to hit his selected buyer on the head and say
"sold," the fighting continues. Buyer and seller at once go to the desk and record
their names. In event of any dispute, such as another broker declaring he was the
buyer, tbe Chairman decides, and there is no appeal. The Chairman calls the next
mine, and so on to the end of the roll. The fighting, screaming and wild gesticula-
tions that go on over every transaction resemble the antics of a body of madmen
turned loose to tear each other to pieces. The Chairman, however, is invested with
the most ample powers to keep this wild flock in order. As soon as he considers
they have had fight enough he sounds a gong, and if quiet is not restored on the in-
stant, his voice, rolling like thunder o'er the uproar, proclaims that he fines A B or
C 325, and the effect is magical. There is no secrecy about the transactions, or the
extent of them, as on the London Stock Exchange, and, above all, to the advantage
of the public, there are no jobbers, with their " between prices." At the end of the
" Session " all the brokers assemble in front of the Chairman's desk and listen to the
recording clerk calling out the transactions, which the brokers check. The number
of shares bought and sold of each mine are published in the morning papers. Mr.
Coit is most deservedly popular, and his decisions are always respected.
Domestic life in San Francisco is as charming as it is bright and cheerful. This is
to be attributed, I think, to the great love of music, which all Americans possess,
and which is cultivated to the highest degree. An invitation to an amateur musical
entertainment in a private house in America is often superior to a professional con-
cert, and I hope my friend Mr. M'Alister, the eminent San Francisco lawyer, will not
be offended at my making public the fact, that I should say it would he almost im-
possible to find in one private family three more delightful singers than are to be met
with m the persons of his two charming daughters and equally charming and amia-
ble wife. I can only add that the evening I spent at their hospitable residence will
long be remembered as affording a musical treat of a truly artistic character.
An Italian Opera Company, under the direction of the popular manager, Mr. Max
Strakosch, were delighting San Francisco at the time of my visit. The bright par-
ticular star was the charming Mdrae. Marie Roze, who seemed to have won all hearts,
judging from the handsome presents sent on the occasion of her benefit, and the
magnificent floral tributes that were showered on the stage.
The Chinese town is an interesting but very unsavory quarter of 'Frisco, and not
the safest place in the world to take a walk in after dark. The streets and alleys are
of the filthiest. There is a theater, if such it can be called, being merely an old
wooden building, at the end of which is a platform, without curtains, wings, or stage
fittings of any kind, upon which are performed the most startling dramas, regardless
of the want of scenic effects. John Chinaman freely indulges in gambling and op u n
smoking, and a visit to one of hisdens will not induce you to make a second.
One of the most extraordinary sights is to be seen from the Cliff House Hotel, a
delightful hour's drive from the city ; it is that of the seal rocks, standing high out
of the sea, and not a hundred yards from the shore. These rocks are literally alive
with huge sea lions, and the largest ever exhibited in England would be a baby in
comparison to the monsters that swarm here. The place is strictly preserved by the
Government, and no one is allowed to disturb them under severe penalties. Just as
a splendid specimen was waddling up a rock, a young lady suddenly remarked to
her companion : " Oh, my ! look at that one ! What a lovely jacket he'd make."
Her friend replied : " Yes, indeed, I wish he would give us his coat." A capital
breakfast at this same Cliff House Hotel, and a lounge on the balconies, watching the
sportive mammals, afford a most enjoyable morning's amusement.
BEACONSFIEIiD AT THE GUILDHALL.
Lord Beaconsfield'a long-expected speech at the Lord Mayor's
banquet has at last been spoken, and the world at large is somewhat dis-
appointed at its tenor. The present Premier has made it a custom, more
than any of his predecessors, to unlock his lips on- current events at this
annual feast, and to give, not the guests, but the English people and for-
eign powers, as clear a view of what the Government's policy really is as
discretion will allow. On this occasion, he has diverged from this self-im-
posed rule, and has been singularly reticent concerning the country's foreign
relations. The signal success of the British arms in Afghanistan and in
Zululand was, of course, a theme for congratulation, as was also the pre-
dicted approach of an era of universal prosperity; but, in the opinion of
millions of expectant listeners throughout Europe, a grave sin of omis-
sion, was committed when the Eastern question, now apparently more
serious than ever, was not so much as touched on. Another disappoint-
ment was caused by the fact that Lord Eeaconsfield was less defiant than
is his wont, and far less so than was expected of him on this occasion.
England has been holding a very tight check upon Russia during
the past two or three years, and has held so well the high ground she has
taken that it was confidently believed the Lord Mayor and his guests
would hear some very plain language. On the contrary, Russia is de-
lighted to find that her existence on this planet was utterly ignored by the
Premier, and the Russian press takes care to let the world know that this
is a sign of British sentiment being less belligerent than formerly. In our
opinion there never was a greater mistake. There is just now
a crisis in the relations of England and Russia which renders
it impossible for the English Premier to say what he would if
those relations were less involved. There is no disguising the fact that,
unless Russia shortly adopts a different course from that which she has
been pursuing of late years, war between her and Great Britain is inev-
itable. In these days the reputation of a nation — often, indeed, the se-
curing of respectable allies — and certainly the sympathy of civilization,
depend upon the provocation which she gives or receives as a casus
belli. France, through the vain and headstrong folly of one man,
brought a war upon herself, for which everybody — even her friends
— was compelled to blame her. When she was defeated, the uni-
versal verdict was: "Served her right." A minister who placed
England in this position would deserve the execration of his countrymen.
If war must come, England will not shirk it; but she must not seek it.
At the present critical juncture, a single incautious word might be con-
strued as an insult by a nation as sensitively proud as the Russians, and
they are certainly crafty enough to take advantage of any slip which
would justify their quarrel in the eyes of Europe. It is no wonder, then,
that the astute Premier left Russia out of his speech, especially when he
has certain ironclads at his back, which can speak to better purpose in
time of need.
But about one part of Lord Beacon sfl eld's speech there was no uncer-
tain ring. Its meaning was deep, and the words in which it was couched
will not easily be forgotten. They were these : " In assuming that peace
will be maintained, I assume that no great Power would shrink from its
responsibility. If the most extensive and wealthiest empire in the world,
with a perverse interpretation of its insular character, turns an indifferent
ear to the feelings and the fortune of Continental Europe, I believe that
country is endangered. It is to such an indifference that I attribute many
fatal wars ; but if the power and advice of England are felt and heard in
the councils of Europe, I have the conviction that peace will be main-
tained for a long period. If England deserts her natural post in the coun-
cils of Europe, war is too probable."
We may rest assured that, while Beaconsfield lives and governs, there
is very little danger of England endangering itself by *' a perverse inter-
pretation of its insular character." Her "power and advice" have been
" felt and heard in the councils of Europe " for centuries, and if, a decade
ago, her prestige was thought to be lessening, it was owing'to the misman-
agement of a very different man from dTsraeli the Younger. It is this
very "insular character " that gives England a weightier voice than any
of the Continental Powers. She can invade but can never be invaded.
A HAPPYMAN.
If the following statement of the New York Times is true, Benjamin
Abbott must have been a happy man: Mr. Abbott, one of our old citi-
zens, died in this town recently, in the eighty-second year of his age. He
was a nephew of the celebrated Rev. Benjamin Abbott, the great Meth-
odist revivalist of the early part of this century, and came to this State
from New Jersey when a young man and settled in the " Neck," east of
this town, where his active life was mostly spent. But the notable feature
in Mr. Abbott's otherwise uneventful life is the remarkable fact of being
the seventh husband of his widow, who survives him. This much-talked-
of and much-published event (for it went the round of the press of the
nation), when he for the second and she for the seventh time bowed before
the altar of Hymen, occurred on June 30, 1875, he then being seventy-
eight and she eighty-two years old.
Mrs. Abbott's history in the marital relations of life stands perhaps
without a parallel in the records of the nation, and tradition has it there
is to be yet another. It is currently stated, without contradiction, that
some years ago she had a vision, in which eight men stood before her in a
peculiarly impressive manner, which she has ever regarded as prophetic of
the number of conquests she was to make. The eighth is justas likely and
as reasonable as the seventh, and already public gossip is beginning to
mark this and that man as the victim of the next conquest. Her maiden
name was Williams, and she has been successfully Mrs. Traux, Mrs.
Riggs, Mrs. Farrow, Mrs. Wallace, Mrs. Berry, Mrs. Pratt, and Mrs.
Abbott. In every instance save the first she has married widowers, some
of them with a good number of children. She never had any children of
her own. All her life has been spent in this vicinity, and all her hus-
bands were buried by the same undertaker.
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8AN FRAN0IS0O, SATURDAY, NOV. 22, 1879.
No. 19.
Office of the San Francisco News Letter,
So*. 607 to 615. San Francisco.
Merchant Street,
GOLD BARS -890@910— Silver Bars- 5@15 # cent. disc. Mexican
Dollars, 6@6£ per cent, nominal.
99" Exchange on New York. J@l-n per cent. : On London, Bankers,
49J@49£ ; Commercial, 50$@50}d. Paris, sight, 5 franca per dollar.
Telegrams, 30-100(31 per cent.
«- Latest price of Sterling, 481&@484£.
" Price of Money here,
open market, I@l£.
@1 per cent, per month — bank rate. In the
demand active.
SILVER.
Judging by the utterances of Secretary Sherman, as repeated by
his claqueurs of the press, it is to be apprehended that an organized effort
will be made at the next session of Congress to do away with the coinage
of standard silver dollars. The excuse sought to be given is that the peo-
ple don't want them, in proof of which the monometalists point to the
S32, 000.000 in silver in the Treasury. Now, we might as well say that
there being 8171,000,000 in gold in the same Treasury (November 1st), is
proof five and a-balf times as great that the people don't want gold. In
truth, there is nothing in such an argument. What the people do require
is that silver shall be made a legal tender equally with sold or currency.
In one sense of the word, that i3 now the case ; for instance, when silver
is redeemed at the various Treasury offices ; but every citizen is not
within reach of a Treasury office, and meantime must submit to a shave,
imposed by Government, not for its own benefit, but that of the banking
and mimey-changing classes.
There is no use in monometalists hugging the idea that the recent East-
ern elections decided anything in their favor, as they will find to their
cost should they attempt any restrictive legislation in Congress. A paper
currency, based upon bullion deposits, is far superior to coin of any
kind in every way, and it appears that the masses are gradually begin-
ning to believe that a greenback currency issued by the Government, upon
the public faith, is as good a medium of exchange as any yet invented.
Meanwhile, uutil a majority have concluded to accept this view, they will
continue to demand equal rights for the " dollar of our daddies." One of
our Pacific Coast "silver Senators" recently expressed the opinion that
the silver men held the balance of power, and could and would compel
the Secretary of the Treasury to fulfill the law in every respect. For
many reasons the ensuing Congressional session will be one of the most
exciting on record, and we miss our mark if the silver question does not
cause a stirring up of delinquent officials. — S. F. Merchant.
THE STOCK MARKET.
The market opened very groggy at the commencement of the week, and
suffered acharp decline under liberal saleafrom the inside, which had the
effect of encouragiug the bear brigade, and succeeded in bringing out a
good line of shorts. The break was of short duration, however, for a sud-
den turning of the screws sent prices booming again, and the unlucky
shorts were " taken in and done for " in the usual approved style. Lead-
ing brokers were well supplied with purchasing orders, and for a time it
looked as though the long expected boom was at hand. But the fates
were against it, and prices took another tumble under the realizing pro-
cess. From all the reliable news obtainable, the situation at the North
End is most encouraging for the development of a large ore body; but time
and patience is required of the stockholders for a while longer. The
hoiBting of ore from the Sierra Nevada and Union mines has already be-
gun, and from this time forth bullion shipments will he in order. At the
close the market continued weak and unsettled. Outside stocks are dull
and on the down grade.
The Winter arrangement on the Southern Pacific Railroad went
into operation yesterday. The trains now leave : 8:30 a.m. for San Jose
and way stations ; 10:30 a.m. for Sao Jose. Gilroy, Hollister, Tres Pinos,
Pajaro, Salinas, Soledad and way stations ; 3:30 p.m. for San Jose, Gil-
roy and principal way stations ; 4:30 p.m. for San Jose and way stations ;
and 6:30 P.M. for Menlo Park and way stations. The extra Sunday
trains for San Jose and way stations have been discontinued.
It is with sincere pleasure we are able to announce the return of
Gov. Stanford early in December, the health of Mrs. Stanford having
greatly improved during her Eastern trip.
PRICES OF LEADING STOCKS AND GOV. BONDS.
San Francisco November SI, 1H79.
Stocks and Bonds.
Cal. St. Bonds, O's,'57.(nom)
S. F. City & Co. B'ds, tis, '5*
S. F. C. & Co. B'ds, 7s(oom)
Montg'y Av. Bonds (nom).
Dupont Street Bonds
Sacramento Cit}' Bonds...
Stockton City Bonds, 6'a..
Yuba County Bonds, 8's.. .
Santa Clara Co. Bonds, 7's
0. P. R. R. Stock
C. P. R. K. Bonds
Oakland City Bonds, 8's
Bank of California (new st'k)
First National
Pacific
California Ins. Co
Commercial Ios. Co
Fireman's Fund Ins. Co..
Bid.
Atked
100
102
Nom.
Nora.
Nom.
Nom.
65
70
80
90
C8
23
90
05
103
log
105
107
85
90
1101
110 J
112
IIS
122
125
95
100
115
120
10S
112
75
80
118
120
Stocks and Bonds.
Home Mutual Ins. Co
State Investment Ins. Co . .
Union Ins. Co
City It R
Central R. R. Co
Clay Street Hill R. R
Market Street R. R
N. B. and Mission R. R
Omnibus R. R
Po.'rero and Bay View R. R.
Giant Powder Co
Atlantic Giant Powder
S. F. Gaslight Cofex div)...
Oakland Gas Co
California Powder Co
3. V. W. W. Co (ex div)....
Nevada Co. N. G. R. R. Bda
Virginia & Truckee *' "
BUI.
85
105
112
35
50
20
30
30
150
95
m
341
95
85
93
100
103
115
40
55
70
32
35
160
100
9L
351
93
851
95
102}
The business in Local Securities during the week has been quite large.
Were there more first class Investments in the market they would be
eagerly secured, especially such as would yield from 6 to 8 per cent, per
annum interest. The Balances in the Savings Banks are increas-
ing, as they will not lend except on what they describe as improved inside
proper t}'.
Andrew Baird, 312 California street.
THE HEALTH OF THE CITY.
There was a reduction of twenty per cent, in the mortality last
week, and a still further reduction is promised this. It would be very
discouraging if human health could not be maintained under the bright
and genial weather of the last ten days. Diphtheria and typhoid fever
are decreasing, but phthisis and pneumonia are still fatal. This week
there is also a high mortality from diseases of the nervous system: 2 apo-
plexy, 2 alcoholism, 5 brain disease, 5 infantile convulsions, and 1 convul-
sion of adults. The condition of the water supply needs the attention of
the Board of Health. Private consumers Bhould also look to the condi-
tion of their cisterns. Impure water is the frequent cause of sore throats,
diphtheria and typhoid fever.
The "Commercial Herald" has the following: "A Canadian
paper states that work is nearly finished on the 416 miles of railway be-
tween the head of Lake Superior and Winnipeg. Another 100 miles
contract from Winnipeg west has beenawarded. Sixty-five thousand
tons of steel rails have been purchased in England, which will lay 700
miles of road. It is estimated that the railway from Winnipeg west to
the Rocky Mountains will cost $10,000 per mile, and through the Rocky
Mountains S15.000 per mile. The intention is to keep the railway built
fifty miles ahead of settlement. The Bankers' Magazine says that the road
is to run northwest from Montreal, skirting the north shore of Lake Su-
perior, which it touches at Fort Williams, and which is to be the summer
port for the western regions further on."
Of the many candidates now presenting their claims to Governor
Perkins for responsible positions under the State government, no oqe is
more entirely fitted to do good service than Col. <L Henley Smith, one of
those named as Prison Commissioners. Col. Smith has made an enviable
reputation in this community, and is also widely known throughout the
State as a man of high qualities, intelligent, independent, honorable and
capable. It would be impossible to bring forward a better man.
According to the report of the State Superintendent of Public In-
struction, there are 144,806 children enrolled in the public schools of Cali-
fornia. The number of teachers employed is 3,453, at average monthly
salaries of $82 12 for men and $66 37 for, women. The total annual
cost of the schools is $3,010,907 13.
Californians Abroad. — October 30th, 1879. — Paris : J. Benson, Mr.
and Mrs. Isaac Hecht. Bordeaux : Miss L. L. Lynch. G-eneva : Wm.
Hacker. Rome : Miss Cordiell, Mrs. Driscoll and family, Fred Wood-
worth. Dresden: Mrs. CoL Catherwood and family.— The Continental
Gazette, Paris.
A Column of "Lies of the Day" unavoidably omitted-
Printed and Published by the Proprietor, Frederick Marriott, 607 to 615 Merchant Street, San FranciBco, California,
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Nov. 22, 1879.
AT SEA.
With voyagers, who watch for land
Across the endless wastes of sea,
"Who gaze before and on each hand,
"Why look ye not to what ye flee ?
The stars, by which the sailors steer,
Not always rise before the prow ;
Though forward nought but clouds appear,
Behind they may be breaking now.
"What though we may not turn again
To shores of childhood that we leave,
Are those old signs we followed vain?
Can guides so oft found true, deceive?
Oh, sail we to the South or North,
Oh, sail we to the East or West,
The port from which we first put forth
Is our heart's home, is our life's best !
— The Spectator.
EASTERN INVESTORS IN PACIFIC STATES' MINES.
There is no longer any doubt that the monopoly that San Francisco
has practically had of the mining business iB passing from its grasp. The
great success of a few Californians has slowly and silently infected the
enterprising and avaricious of other large cities, and in New York, Bos-
ton, Chicago and Philadelphia, there is arising an inordinate desire for the
reatization of rapid fortunes. These Eastern beholders, to whom distance
has lent enchantment, are making up their minds that they are going to
rival the score or two of fortunate mining men in this city j they are
going to speedily accumulate millions, build palatial residences, and be-
come the wonder of the city where they dwelL They may have lived to
middle age, or beyond it, without dazzling the world ; but at last, in their
comparative obscurity and seclusion, there has been revealed to them the
open sesame which will unlock the exhaustless treasures of gold and sil-
ver hidden in the earth, and they are preparing to put forth their hands,
and with unerring certainty grasp wealth greater than that "of Ormus
or of Ind." Having drunk of the eternal fountain of hope, and fashioned
out, in the crucible of their un confined fancy, such aerial castles as human
nature, in all ages, has had a supreme faculty for building, they have
risen far above the regions of doubt, and left behind them all the limits
within which uncertainty in their opinion dwells. They are going to
startle the world with new and brilliant strokes of magical fortune, and
leave behind them name and fame such as will put to the blush their more
timid neighbors and their descendants for generations yet to come. They
have the capricious goddess fortune in their keeping, so that there is little
left for them to do but to call in the aid of the soaring imagination of the
famous Orient, in order that they may be able to describe the possible
wonders that the gold and silver earth is about to yield up to them.
To unsophisticated minds, this is a magnificent jjicture of the future, as
far they think as human eye can see, and they are quite content with this
vision of the world and all the wonder that will be. At last theyfancy they
see what God placed them in the world for, if indeed this was not the
chief object of the creation itself. To us, however, pioneers and others,
the spectacle of the present and the vision of the future do not appear in
such roseate colors. We have learned by bitter experience that the dark
night comes after the brilliant sunset, with a longer or shorter shadow of
soft, gray twilight to blend the contrast. To us there is no such present,
no such future, and other lotus-eaters than Californians will come to this
same conclusion when they are rudely awakened from their fond, delu-
sive dream, and find that the gold and silver earth is, in most cases, but
a barren nursing-mother. Californians had to be awakened from this
dream, and so must others, whose minds wander in the same direction.
. It is evident, however, that San Erancisco is no longer to be the exclu-
sive center of the mining business. The few wealthy men among us can-
not own everything, and the rest of the community of mining proclivities
are too poor to monopolize even the best enterprises. Many of our most
active and most energetic mtn are turning their back on this city, and be-
taking themselves to the Eastern cities, where capital is more abundant,
and business is larger and more varied. In these new fields there is,
doubtless, ample room ior success, and it is not likely that the scourge of ma-
nipulators and stock-deals will ever attain the predominance, as they have
done here, to the ruin of the best interests of the State and the great body
of the people. In this extension of the area of mining investors, we be-
lieve the best hope of legitimate mining lies, though no community new
to mining can comprehend the risks they run. There will, therefore, be
inevitably great disappointment, and frequently great hardship, but there
will in all probability be less waste, less deliberate robbery, and fewer
criminal deeds, than have attended on mining by manipulators in this
city. We cannot regret that other cities should share with ours the bur-
den we have undertaken, and which in reality we cannot fulfill. It will
be better for ourselves, better for the State of California, and for all the
States and Territories west of the Missouri river. The mineral region is
an enormous one, and the Eastern cities will be of material assistance in
exploring, developing and settling this vast domain. It is but natural
that the largest enterprises should gravitate toward the cities that com-
mand the largest capital; and in this closer connection between New York
and the other Eastern cities, on the one hand, and the Pacific States on
the other, we foresee that vast benefits will result to the latter. Califor-
nia has a wealth of gold mines as yet awaiting the advent of the capital-
ist, and, in the impoverished condition of our people, he is more likely to
come from the East than to spring from our own midst. Endless enter-
prises, both in hydraulic and quartz-mining, are lying in idleness, and,
with modern appliances for mining and for reduction, it is very probable
that California never before offered to the mining investor such a promis-
ing field as it does to day. The same may be said of Arizona, a country
that has been as yet but little prospected, though known to abound in
valuable mineral. It is only now beginning to feel the benefits of rail-
way communication, and it will doubtless develop rapidly under the stimu-
lus of rapid and abundant communication. Colorado and New Mexico
are also advancing speedily in the path of mining enterprise, and Nevada,
though falling off in the amount of its production, is still the greatest
bullion-producing State in the Union. The interest in mining which is
now being manifested in the Eastern cities is very important to all the
Pacific States, and we hope it will be turned into legitimate channels, so
that investors may have all the favorable chances of the business. We
are certain, nevertheless, that the expectations of Eastern people are ex-
aggerated, and that they have many disappointments in store for them;
they will doubtless, however, be less Banguine and leBs speculative than
we Californians have been, and the caution and prudence of older, settled
communities will save them from taking hair-breadth risks. The Cali-
fornians that have been lately, and are still, moving to the Eastern cities,
to transact this mining business, can hardly fail of success, — that is, those
whose character, antecedents and knowledge of mines and mining will
bear investigation — and we wish them God-speed.
LEAKY ROOFS!
To prevent your roofs from leaking1, have them painted with
PRINCE'S IRON ORE PAINT,
the most reliable fire and water proof metallic compound. Not a
new experiment. In use throughout the United States. None gen-
uine without the manufacturers' name. For sale by
C. T. RAYNOLDS & CO.,
No. 9 Front Street, San Francisco. [Oct. IS.
TAXES! TAXES!
1879-80.
"Vf otic*1 Is hereby ^i von that a certified copy of the Assess-
-*-^l men I Book of the Taxable Property of the City and County of San Fran-
cisco, Real Estate and Personal Property (subsequent Assessment Book included),
lor the Fiscal Year 1879-80, has this day been received ; that the State, City and
County TAXES for said Fiscal Tear are now due and payable at the office of the
undersigned, first floor, New City Hall, and the Laws in regard to their collection
will be strictly enforced.
TAXES will become delinquent on the First Monday in January, 1880,
and unless paid prior thereto, five per cent, will be added to the amount thereof.
WILLIAM FORD,
Tax Collector of the City and County of San Francisco.
San Francisco, October 27th, 1879. Nov. 1.
ASSESSMENT OF LANDS
BENEFITED BY
WIDENING DTJPONT STREET.
"VTotice is hereby given that a certified copy of the Assess-
-^ men t BooJk of the Real Estate which is subject for the Payment of Prin-
cipal and Interest upon " Dupont-street Bonds," as directed by an Act of the Legis-
lature of California to authorize the Widening of Dupont street, in the City of San
Francisco, " Approved March 23d, A.D. 1876," has this day been placed in my hands
for collection The Laws in regard to the collection of the same will be strictly
enforced. WILLIAM FORD,
Tax Collector of the City and County of San Francisco.
San Francisco, October 27th, 1879. Nov. 1.
MONTGOMERY AVENUE ASSESSMENT.
"VTotice is hereby given that a certified copy or the Assess-
-"L- 1 jiient Book of Real Estate, which is subject to assessment to defray ex-
penses incurred by the Opening of Montgomery Avenue, has this day been placed in
my hands to collect the Assessment thereon.
Said Assessment is for the Fiscal Year of 1879-80, and is now due and payable at
the office of the undersigned, first floor, New City Hall. All Assessments remaining
unpaid on the FIRST MONDAY IN JANUARY, 1880, will have five per cent, added
thereto. WILLIAM FORD,
Tax Collector for the City and County of San Francisco.
San Francisco, October 27th, 1879. Nov. 1.
WAKELEE'S AUREOLINE
Produces the Beautiful Golden Hair so Much Admired.
SUPERIOR TO THE IMPORTED A.RTICZE
—BV RBA80N OF ITS—
FRESHNESS AND CARE USED IN ITS PRODUCTION.
PRICE, LARGE BOTTLES. 82.
Manufactured by JET. JP. WJJKEJjEE & CO., Druggists, corner
Montgomery and Bush streets, S. F. [Aug. 2.
CALIFORNIA SUGAR REFINERY,
Manufacturers of the Standard Syrup, a superior article
put up in barrels expressly for home consumption. Also, Extra Heavy Syrup
in barrels for Export. Refined Sugars at lowest market rates. Office, 215 Front
street, up stairs. Dec. 21.
JOHN JENNINGS
Hooper's South Eutl Warehouses, corner Japan and Town-
send streets, San Francisco. First-class Fire-Proof Brick Building, capacity
10,000 tons. Goods taken from the Dock and the Cars of the C. P. R. R. and S. P.
R. R. free of charge. Storage at Current Rates. Advances and Insurance Effected.
EDWARD BOSQUI & CO.,
Printers, Engravers, JLithoffraphers and Bookbinders,
Xeidesdorff street, from Clay to Commercial.
UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN PATENT OFFICES.
Civ. IV. Smith, Counselor and Advocate in Patent Cases,
* 429 Montgomery street, San Francisco. Established 1862. Specialty : Patents,
Trade-Marks, Patent-Law. Sept. 20.
QUICKSILVER.
or sale— In lots to suit, by Thomas Bell A Co., No
Sansome street, over Bank of California.
F1
305
Nov. 16.
ALASKA COMMERCIAL COMPANY,
i. 310 Sansome street, San Francisco, Wholesale Dealer
in Furs. Sept. 21.
N'
Noi
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
A ROUND TOUR.
We take pleasure in laying t ■■ f r-- att rrnVr* thin week Another of
the brilliant UMeti tram Um 1 nxkra Court Circular of November
1st, by Mr. Maddtok, upon whom the cUiimof California h»»« evidently
made a d«p impression. It i-« f.Ttun»t« that our Mxaal life baa fallen
under the observation of a critic. At once to acnte and so friendly, and
able tn gain the ear of all th.it i< best in England :
The kheetera of San Franciaco are wefl patronised mi<1 prettily deoo
ratal ; but the neat attraction! are the Opera- doom and Baldwin's
iiv .>f BfoaTc, both of which are very handsome buildings, and no
m ha* evidently been spared in the decorating and furnishing, ea-
pecially in reganl to Baldwin's Theater, which presents a most elegant
appearance, and b attached I ■ the fine hotel bearing the same name.
A moat interesting son tmiroi 'Frisc ■ baa been published by Mr. F. Mar-
riott, the enterprising proprietor of the San Francisco A'ews Letter. It is
a handsome picture representing the auditorium of a theater, in which
- mhled all the celebrities of that part of the world, with a Bprink-
liiu* of visitors unknown t-> fame, bul gracefaUy included r,y the designer.
There are a large number of chevatierg (Tindustrie in San Francisco,
whose in«xle of living is into t strictly honorable. They await
the arrival of passenger ships an 1 mark down their prey. I felt flattered
bv being deemed a " soft one," And duly ticketed for plunder, as I had
always deemed myself rather " knowing-looking;" hut my vanity was
taken down, although I was not taken in. Walking along the principal
street the day after my arrival, I was accosted by a mild young man who
extended his hand, exclaiming, "Oh, how do you do?" I shook his "ex-
tremity" ami replied, " Very well, thank you, "and added that for the mo-
ment I could not remember him. "Why," he audaciously resumed, " I
came over in the same ship with you." *' Oh, yes," I replied, determined
to let him have his fling. His face brightened, and hoping I liked San
Fraueisco asked me to come and "have a drink," saying, " I quite forgot
your name." I immediately replied "Jackson." "Why, certainly," he
confidently replied. I excused takiug a drink, saving I had an appoint-
ment, but daresay I should see him again. On leaving the Palace Ho-
tel next morning I was accosted by a well-dressed man who said, '' Why,
how d'ye do, Mr. Jackson ? " My look conveyed that I did not know
him, but he quickly said. " I came over in the 'City of New York' with
you." "That's right," I replied, "but I'm Brown to-day, Jackson yester-
day, good morning." That man's face was a picture. On the other side
of the way was my friend of the previous day. What visions of " pickings
and stealings " I had dispelled. I saw the two in company later on, and
smiled at them like the " Heathen Chinee." How thoroughly ahead of
the old country are the Americans in many things, especially the one
pertaining to traveling. Luggage is a matter of no moment. During the
journey a baggage man takes your name and address, hands you a ticket
for the number of your trunks, and upon arrival at your destination they
will reach your hotel or house almost as soon as yourself. A stranger
about to quit San Francisco for New York or any other part would find
himself somewhat confused to arrange his route and get his tickets, were
it not for the enterprise of the various railways, who appoint agents to
look after bewildered travelers ; and even old stagers avail themselves of
the services of these gentlemen, whose business it is to recommend the
particular line of railway to which they are attached. Now, many surly
English travelers might be induced to reject the services of an agent in
the belief that he would have to present an honorarium for the benefits
received. Let me at once relieve the minds of such by saying that not
only are fees not expected, but their offer would be at once rejected. This
I know from experience. I mention this because the agents are a gentle-
manly set of men, and the time and trouble they bestow on one are purely
in the interest of the lines they serve. They receive their commissions
from the passengers booked by them. From my own experience and that
of a large number of friends, I feel great pleasure in speaking of the serv-
ices rendered by the well-known railway agent, Mr. T. D. McKay, of the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway, "The Great Burlington Route,"
whose office is' at the famous Palace Hotel, San Francisco, and I would
recommend travelers in this part of the world to put themselves in his
hands, and they need worry themselves no farther about tickets or lug-
gage.
I must now bid adieu to 'Frisco, and in doing so can truly say that there is no
place I could revisit with greater pleasure. Starting1 by the great Pacific Railroad,
oue of the wonders of the world, we halt at a station called Reno, a few hours' ride,
where I change carriages, my destination being Virginia City, which is reached next
morning about 10:30. I was awoke by the following conversation : " What sort of
a place is Virginia?" " O, it's a very good place to go and die in," was the reply.
" How's that'.'" continued the first speaker. " Because you couldn't live very long
in it ; that's why."
This is a great mining locality, where is situate the Comstock Mines, discovered by
the wi-rld-famed John W. Mackay and his partners, all of whom are veritable Monte
Christos. One does not hear a tithe of Mr. Mackay's noble acts of generosity ; for
he is one of those men who really does do good by stealth, and would blush to find
it fame. With my wife I had the pleasure of making his acquaintance on the spot
from which has sprung all his wealth ; and a more kindly, unassuming and gentle-
manly man one could not meet. His home is really in Paris, where his wife and fam-
ily dispense their hospitality. Mr. Mackay spends a great part of each year at his
mines, the wonderful and enormous amount of machinery necessary to work them
being of a surprising character. Having spent a most interesting morning in going
over the works, and being presented with an interesting souvenir in the shape of a
small block of silver, we return to our hotel, the International, and next morning
pursue our way by the Pacific Railroad to Chicago, a trip of five days.
Now five days and nights in a railway train sounds somewhat startling, and sug-
gests a most wearying and tiring journey; so it doubtless would be if taken iu a
European railway train, But, as 1 have before remarked, Americans know how to
make traveling as comfortable as sitting in one's own house. For a little extra
money, a compartment can be secured in the train termed a drawing-room. It is
furnished and fitted with every convenience. At night the servant in attendance
converts it into a bed-room, and you retire to rest at your own pleasure. A restau-
rant car is attached to the train, and while you are rattling along at forty miles an
hour, you walk into this salle a manger out of your own carriage with the same ease
as walking into an hotel. Having selected your table, there is a bill of fare to choose
from as varied in appetizing dishes as could be furnished by Messrs. Spiers & Pond
or Bertram & Roberts. Wines and spirits are also provided of the best quality. It
can be well understood that a week's railway journey, under such circumstances, is
divested of all fatigue and monotony.
The journey across the Continent is full of interest, and the scenery in many parts
supremely grand. It seems almost iucredible that little more than a dozen years
have elapsed since the prosperous towns and villages that now exist all along this
wonderful line of railway were but hunting grounds of wild Indians. The construc-
tion of the road was a most exciting work for surveyors, engineers, and workmen,
the red-skinned gentlemen making a dash for their white brethren's scalps upon ev-
en ..,.p.,rtWiil) ami * ■
r, all in now rivllintlon
a bfgt BUOINr of peaceable working
I lull for -i > onplfl "f <l >v* to have a took at thin
ii.Tth after it wu ontlrely burnt i<> the
ktractcrito* the Ainorieuu, and
on Um ■aonldering ruliia, plana mn prepared,
n »t w.irk raising a oltj thetitandi leeondto
i i labial -II ■ Hull of Hi.- Grand Paolflo
which tmorlca la famous, announcing
ruction by fire It was entirely rebuilt,
wondrou
ground: but with i
wink- the fin? m i i> :
aa if by magi, . nn.l tin
none in tho Union, [i
th it within one year fron I
turalahad, and i [| Immuring to oontrul the snail-like
o| building in I... n. Inn. Mid iiNo rtflool upon th« Ioh of intercut and capital
expended. At the corner ••( Northumbariand-arenue, Strand, there li being erected
hotel. The builders won it irarfc for many months before I left England, I
have been absent fourteen months, and I khoold say, looking at the progress made,
that another twelve month* will be n qntrad to finish and open it. Why, the Amer-
icans would build an entire clto of marble pa lares in half tin- time Take Chicago aa
an example. During my siaj here Arthur Sullivan's Pinafore bad broken out like
the liim-h's; r\<T> h » ,- ,-t » ked, and enjoyed it Immensely.
After paying a flvim: vi>if t,, \ii-»r.i Falls, and being carefully searched by the
zealous American Custom-offli lata on oroeetng the bridge Into the U. s. territory, we
have a pleasant journey into New fork, and drive at once to the well-known Everitt
lions,:, i nion Square, which ii conducted on what la termed the European principal,
that u, bo much a day for your apartments, and muds a la carte. The ordinary
American hotels make a fixed charge of four or five dollars a day, which includes
board and lodging. The former is the most satisfactory arrangement, as it leaves
one free to revel in the luxuries of tho celebrated Delmonlco's Restaurant, situate in
Fifth Avenue. I know nothing more delightful than, with a few genial spirits, to
secure a table- atone of the windows of this famous restaurant, and, leaving the
dinner to the chef, I warrant the cares of tho world will at once be forgotten. I
know of no place where life can bo rendered more enjoyable than in New York.
Charming society, handsome clubs, and amusements as varied as in London.
One of the most marvelous " creations " <•{ late years is " Coney Island." But a
short time since it wjw a desolate swamp on the sea shore, situate about an hour's
ride from New York. A few dashing speculators saw a splendid opportunity to form
a kind of Brighton. No sooner thought of than done. Some millions of dollars
were wanted ; they were found, and in a comparatively few months there has sprung
up the most marvelous of sea-side retreats. Colossal hotels, fine villas, grand prom-
enades, and a railway running along the sea front, which carries visitors from one
point to another. Amusements are provided to satisfy the mildest and the wildest.
Racing, yachting, theatrical, musical, fireworks, etc. Judging from the hundreds of
thousands that visit the place during the season, it seems to me that the promoters
are on the road to realize gigantic fortunes.
After a most enjoyable three weeks spent in the delightful city, I reluctantly bade
" Adieu " to a large number of kind friends and sailed by the White Star steamer
Germanic for England, home, etc. Life on board an Atlantic steamer has so often
been described that I need only say, there was the usual Sunday service, aud collec-
tion afterwards for the Sailors' Orphan Asylum, amusements in the saloon when the
weather permitted, and loud cries for the steward when it did not.
A run of nine days brought us to Liverpool, and here I made my first growl in old
England. Arriving at 8 p.m., we landed on the open wharf (some 200 passengers),
and there, exposed to the cold night air (fortunately it did not rain), we had to wait
until our luggage was got off the ship into the Custom House. The accommodation
is simply shameful. Only some twenty persons are admitted at a time to go through
the farce of having their trunks examined, the remainder of the passengers stand-
ing shivering on the landing stage. As an American truly remarked, "Well, for a
free-trade country, this sort of thing is pretty rough on a man's constitution."
However, I am bound to say that the extreme amiability of the chief official when I
did struggle inside the shed took away all my wrath. The least the authorities can
do is to provide ample covered accommodation for the passengers.
The run up to London by the North Western express brings my "Round Tour" to
an end, and though I thoroughly enjoyed my trip I have come to the conclusion that
the poet was right who declared there was no place like home.
A Promier'ng Young -^Esthetic.— Old Boy: "TJHo! what's your
name?" New Boy : " Dante Michael Angelo Salvator Rosa Nupkins !"
Old Boy: "Is that all? What's your father?" New Boy: "Poet,
painter, sculptor, architect, and musician." Old Boy : "Crimini! Is
he great ?" New Boy : " The greatest that ever lived." Old Boy : " I
never ! And what are you going to be ?" New Boy : " The same as my
father, only greater." Old Boy : " Oh my !" [Kicks young Nupkins, and
exit. ] — Punch.
ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
Bullion Mining Company.-- Location of Principal Place of
Business, San Francisco, California— Location of Works, Gold Hill Mining
District, Storey County, Nevada.— Notice is hereby given that at a meeting of the
Board of Directors, held on the first (1st) day of November, 1879, an assessment ( No.
12) af Fifty (50:.) Cents per share was levied upon the capital stock of the Coin-
panv, payable immediately, in United States gold coin, to the Secretary, at the office
of the Company, Room 3, Safe Deposit Building, 32S Montgomery street, San Fran-
cisco, California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall remain unpaid on WEDNESDAY, the
THIRD day of DECEMBER, 1879, will be delinquent and advertised for sale at public
auction; and unless payment is made before, will be sold on WEDNESDAY, the
TWENTY-FOURTH day of DECEMBER, 1879, to pay the delinquent assessment, to-
gether with tho cost of advertising and expenses of sale. By order of the Board of
Directors. fNov. 8.] J. M. BRAZELL, Secretary.
STOCK DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Office of the Gila Silver Mining Company, Room 7, Safe
Deposit Building, 32S Montgomery street, San Francisco, California, October
91st, 1879.— At a special meeting of the Stockholders of the above-named Company,
held this day, a Stock Dividend of twenty per cent, was declared, payable imme-
diately, out of the Capital Stock owned by the Company. All Stockholders are re-
quested to send their Stock to the office of the Company before November 24th, 1879,
and receive the dividend due thereon.
_ No v. 8. WM. W. PARRISH, Secretary.
A MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS FOR SALE,
Comprising Views of Palestine, Egypt, Rome and other
parts of the World. The Collection was made by a gentleman, for many years
a resident of Europe and Asia, at an expense of over $3,000. It comprises about 500
views in perfect condition, having suitable Portfolios, Albums, etc., together with
a very large and powerful Magnifying Glass. Will be sold as an entirety.
SNOW & CO.,
Nov. 15. (Successors to Snow ft May), 20 Post street.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
The Home Mntnal Insurance Company will pay its regular
monthly dividend of One (1) Dollar per share on its capital stock on November
10th, 1879. CHARLES R. STORY, Secretary,
Nov. 15. ^ 406 California street.
SITUATION WANTED.
An English gentleman, with several years' experience of
California, thoroughly acquainted with book-keeping and general business,
and with a knowledge of farming, is anxious for employment as clerk, overseer, or
other position. Best of references. Address " S," this office. Oct 18.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Nov. 22, 1879.
"PLEASURE'S WAND."
"We Obey no Wand but Pleasure's ."—Tom Moore.
California Theater.— Bartley Campbell's star as a dramatist has lately
been rising, and his plays are being produced here and there with success.
It is a matter of surprise that his abilities should have so long remained
unrecognized. His play of Van, the Virginkm, is a well written, admira-
bly constructed and powerful drama. The theme is one which, in its
exaggeration of what constitutes true heroism, is sickly. Tor want of a
proper expression, it might be called a case of hyper-Ossipism. In the
Danicheffs, the peculiar condition of society in Russia, the absence of
divorce laws, and the utter absence of any other solution but the one por-
trayed, gave to the self-abnegation of the Serf and its surrounding cir-
cumstances an air of plausibility. Besides, a good part of the sympathy
expended on that moral hero is dependent on the ability of the actor. In
the case of "Van," the sacrifice is one of more importance. It involves
the renunciation of the adored woman, in the possession of which happi-
ness and prosperity have been attained. It is morethan the abandonment
of prospective bliss ; it is a sacrifice of all that life is worth living for, an
existence blighted, a living death. It is a double martyrdom, for it in-
volves a life of daily torture for the loved one. It is the culmination of
moral heroism; a terrible, pitiless bondage of all the sentiments to an un-
grateful master— conscience. . In the abstract, such deeds are absurd and
unnecessary. In this practical, sensible land, there are remedies for such
contingencies as form the foundation of this play. Dramatic license
must naturally be considered, and emphatically so on this occasion, as
the excellence of the treatment excuses the motive. There are a few in-
consistencies here and there, but lost in the general cleverness of the
work. It is, for instance, unnatural that "Kate Calvert" should acquiesce
in "Van's" understanding of what is right without some showof resistance.
Her ready submission to what he considers her duty is not consistent
with the power womanly hearts wield over their minds. The motive of
the omission of any reference to the child, in the last interview between
"Van" and "Kate," is too apparent — it is simply with a view to an
effective tableau. The first act is the weakest. It is a mistake to make
" Kate's" love for " Calvert" so prominent, as it diminishes the sympathy
created by her subsequent troubles, and is an argument in favor of the
theory of female inconstancy. This play enjoys the novel possession of
two different endings. As played this week, the curtain falls on the
tormented woman. It is proposed to play it now with the only other
possible culmination— the death of " Calvert" and the happy reunion of
Van" and "Kate." This is an innovation in dramatic works. As the
hero, Frank Mayo does the best acting that he has as yet done. The
character is, in many respects, similar to " Davy Crockett," and is treated
by the star accordingly. " Van'' is a man of rugged honesty, noble senti-
ments and goodness of heart, under a rough exterior — a man but semi-
educated, the lack of acquired knowledge being replaced by a wealth of
common sense and an instinctive appreciation of things. Mayo is very
successful in this delineation. It is true that in no way does he indicate
dialectically or otherwise, his supposed provincialism, but this is an indif-
ferent matter, as the traits portrayed are essentially American, and not
circumscribed by any geographical lines. Miss Osborne presents an ex-
quisite picture of the poor victim of circumstances, and revives the favor-
able impression her former appearance in this city had produced. But in
matter of dress she was sadly at fault, and deserving of strong censure.
The wife of a country blacksmith arrayed in silks and furs is, to say the
least, a remarkable inconsistency. The play was otherwise well cast.
The little -tot who represented, naturally and charmingly, " Hattie,"
"Van's" daughter, deserves particular mention.
Bush-Street Theater. —The Colville Folly Company is a clever or-
ganization in many respects, but one that can stand some improvements.
Two of them are here submitted: A strap and a gag. The strap for
Maflin's ankles. The mercurial activity of this man's legs is exasperating
in its incessantcy. Evening after evening he hops, skips, jumps, tumbles,
and somersaults around the sta^e, until the relieving curtain falls. Pos-
sibly he continues afterward. It is the nearest discovery to perpetual mo-
tion as yet. The worst feature of it all is its contagious character. The
male members of the company are permeated with the infection, and an
epidemic of clownism is the result. The gag— for Miss Roseau's voice.
In many ways it is a good voice, of good timbre and great power, but
under present auspices it is distasteful and annoying to any musical ear.
However pure it may be in itself, it loses all sweetness and purity through
vulgar cultivation and flashy intonation. Its chief defect is an indescriba-
ble gurgling sound accompanying the delivery of the notes, which is dis-
agreeable in the extreme. There is also about this lady a lack of fitness
existing between the immaturity of her manner and the maturity of her
appearance. The company is severely handicapped by the two mentioned
artists. Oxygenic an absurd burlesque, but full of good points. Some of
the situations are very ludicrous, and when the actors have elaborated
their roles, it will undoubtedly be a success wherever produced. The
puns are execrable, it is true, but this is a time-honored custom in bur-
lesques. Besides, it is only puns of this character that are appreciated.
Audiences never see the points of good ones. Roland Heed is a very
clever comedian, suggesting, in many things, Nat Goodwin. Graham has
good burlesque qualification's. Chapman is a very useful actor. The
women shine pre-eminently, through good looks and grace. Oxygen gives
the costumer a good opportunity, and it is admirably taken advantage of.
The costumes are all of beautiful design, those particularly noticeable be-
ing Roseau's and that of the Herald. This character is assumed by Miss
Annie Deacon, undoubtedly the handsomest woman in the troupe. The
female chorus is a very good one ; the male less so, being more addicted to
bellowing than to singing. This company is under good direction ; all the
members play well together. There are no hitches, no waits ; something
particularly noticeable on Monday evening, as Oxyaen was to most of the
troupe a new burlesque. AH this evidences that Mr. Forrester, the stage
manager, is the right man in the right place. There are some attractive
novelties in preparation.
Baldwin's Theater.— The bill this week has been well received.
Saratoga is a play of many characters, but the company at this theater is
equal to any call of that kind. The play was well cast and well acted.
Miss Carey, in the picnic scene, sang a little song with taste and feeling.
On Sunday evening James O'Neill takes a benefit, appearing in his origi-
nal part of "Jean Renanrl," in The Celebrated Case. For Monday the
latest New York success, Forget-me-not, is announced.
Scbmjdt Quintette. — The second concert of the series was held on.
last Tuesday evening. The programme was as carefully played as it was
selected. The opening quartette for strings B flat (op. 4, No. 2), Ruben-
stein, of which two movements, allegro moderato and scherzo, were given,
was played perfectly, and received a hearty and deserved encore, showing
that both composition and rendering were appreciated. Two other quar-
tettes were on the programme, Schumann's " Traumerie," arranged as
such, and a menuette by Bernh. Scholz. The first of these is a well-
known composition— perhaps too well known — but in this dress it sounded
new and pleasing. The menuette is a quaint little gem, and waB so graph-
ically played that the prim figures of ages ago seemed to dance, in their
stately, graceful way, before one's very eyes. Miss Alice Schmidt, not-
withstanding she suffered from ailing fingers, played admirably, both in
her part of St. Saen's Trio (F Major, op. 18} a remarkably difficult com-
position, and in her solo, Mendelssohn's Prelude and Fugue (E minor, op.
35). Her rendition of the last selection was a performance seldom equaled
by resident artists. Clifford Schmidt gave Wieniawski's Airs Russes.
This young artist is improving rapidly. He seems to labor under an ex-
cess of nervousness, but this is something which age and experience will
cure. The vocalist of the evening waa Miss Jenny Landsmann. Her
voice is a fair one, but troubled with huskiness in the upper medium and
head tones, which is particularly noticeable in piano passages. Her se-
lections were fairly received, but it cannot be said that her singing waa
satisfactory. The next concert is announced for Tuesday^ December 2d.
Miss Laura Honey (Mrs. Church), the composer of theWreck of the
Pinafore, takes a benefit to-morrow (Sunday evening) at the Standard. _ This
lady has rewritten the operatta, and it will be produced on this occasion in
its new form. It should be a pleasure with the public to patronize talent^
and in this respect Mrs. Church possesses strong claims, for she is a gifted
writer, singer and composer. The talented vocalist, Miss Leonora
Simons, will make her first appearance since her return from Mexico. We
are pleased to announce that during her absence from the city she met
with great success, receiving numerous testimonials of her ability.
German Theater.— The performance on Sunday evening was a most
amusing one. As " Nanni," an Austrian country wench, Miss Fiebach
did an exquisite bit of acting. She spoke the musical dialect of the country
very naturally, and graphically delineated the brusque, free and easy, but
virtuous peasant girl. Besides being a clever little actress, Miss Fiebach
possesses the additional charms of youth, beauty and grace. She has be-
come a favorite, although it can not be said that she is heartily appre-
ciated. Her style is a little too refined and subdued for the masses. Free-
man, Urban and Diehl were, as usual, capital.
On next Sunday evening Mr. Max Freeman will take a benefit at
the California Theater. Under this talented artist's direction, the Ger-
man theater in this city has attained a remarkable degree of excellence,
suggestive of old-established theaters in great cities. He has proven him-
self a finished actor and an intelligent stage manager. Our English-
speaking public has also had opportunity to appreciate his ability, nota-
bly in connection with the late Authors' Carnival. The programme con-
sists of a most laughable comedy from the French, entitled Tricoche and
Cacholet. It is to be hoped the beneficiary will have his deserved bumper.
Standard Theater.— Dr. Clyde has been drawing strongly — a fact due
to the admirable acting of Mr. John E. Owens. It is a most complete
and finished comedy impersonation. " Higgins " is a compound of pom
posity and ign r.ince, ludicrous and comical in his ways and misuse of
professional terms. Manager Kennedy makes a deserved hit. His "Tot-
bury Simms " is active in a neat and refined style, free from exaggeration.
Mr. Henry Heyman announces a concert for Thursday, December
4th. This artist is one of our best local violinists, and deserves all possi-
ble patronage. He is always ready to respond with his valuable assist-
ance to all deserving calls, and his name is rarely absent from the pro-
grammes of charitable entertainments. He will present anartistic musical
entertainment, details of which will be published later.
Orchestral Union. — It will please all interested in music to know that
this organization is meeting with great success in its efforts to gain asso-
ciate members. The annual subscription is but a trifle, and the cause a
praiseworthy one. The more solid the footing this orchestra will obtain
in this community, the more rapid will be the local development of mu-
sical taste.
Manager Kennedy's friends are contemplating a testimonial benefit,
to be offered to him at the Grand Opera House, on December 6th.
Kennedy is one of those men who possesses the happy faculty of making
friends and keeping them. An attractive bill will be offered for this oc?-
casion.
Chit-Chat. — Carmen has been arranged as a ballet.— — Van Bulow is
in doubt whether to retain his present position of Director of the Hano-
ver Opera House, or to accept the professorship formerly held by Louis
Brassin at the Brussels Conservatory.^— Konig Wilhelm thinks glass
balls an improvement on pigeons. Goldmark is composing a new opera
on an Italian libretto.^^Straues is hard at work on his new operetta,
The Lace Handkerchief.— — Oates is going to sing "Carmen!" Angels
and ministers of grace defend us! !— ^At Kieff the Director of Police has
ordered that the audience must not hiss the actors ; that applause is al-
lowed only at the end of each act, and that only three recalls will be per-
mitted.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Office of the Boilie Consolidated M tiling' Company, Room
62, Nevada Block, San Francisco, Nov. 17th, 1879.— At a meeting of the Board
of Directors of the above-named Company, held this day, a Dividend (No. 5) of Fifty
Cents (5<ic.) per share was declared upon the capital stock of the Company, pnvable
on MONDAY. December 1st, 1879, at the office of Messrs. Laidlaw & Co., New York,
only on the stock issued from the Transfer Agency in that city, and at the San Fran-
cisco office only on stock issued here. Transfer books will close on Thursday, Nov.
20th> 1879, at 3 P,M. [Nov, 22.] WM. H. LENT, Secretary.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Office of toe Eureka Consolidated Mining- Company, Jffe*
vada Block, Boom No. 37, San Francisco, Nov. 15, 1879. — At a meeting of the
Board of Directors of the above named Company, held this day, a dividand (No 49)
of One Dollar per share was declared, payable on THURSDAY, Nov. 20th, 1879.
Transfer Books closed until the 21st instant.
Nov. 22. W. W. TRAYLOR, Secretary.
A. BUSWELL & CO., Booi Binders, No. 531 Clay street.
2-2. 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
SPORTINC ITEMS.
Rowing. — Dwi L— hey and Hi nry H->rt h»re at liwt arrange I terms
br»Moa>Mfoi)ow»: TIm r.v--- to be for WOO ■ tfda, 8M0 down on sign-
ing article*, the r*fl put up ten d*v» heforv tin* race. The
coune to Ix1 five mile*, ) < i G. Yale, Secretary
nf the San 1": q referee, with full powers
rn in the article*. The match is to be
strictly play or pay, ami will be rowed under the rales of the Pacific
Amateur Rowing Amociation. There can be no doubt ahmit the match
i. The public may be sure that Charles 6. Yale will not
lend himself to the ! ;" tiipfxidmrainir* and he is too well
ver»ed in such matters to t*e hoodwinked, oven if the men so desired ; but
the past career of both men is m I'ity front men and water-
men ceuerallv rapport H >vt. Le ihey i* a favorite with the rowing clubs,
who think their champion can't be Ueaten, especially by Hoyt, who is
■d toumlentund nt» bout but .. Whitehall. That is not the case.
He owned the tirxt shell ever seen on the Pacific coast, and what is more,
could bent any of his oontemporariee in it It is true he has not done
much shell rowing of late years, but he is as clever as any sculler we have
seen, and certainly possesses wonderful endurance. He will most
lik-ly scull with a stationary seat : but as he is, like Harry Kelly, re-
markably handy with his legs in a boat, that is no disadvantage, and in
case of rough water a decided gain. Leahey 's performances recently are
well known to all our readers. Probably the good form he showed in his
last two races is the reason the club men who backed him think he is good
to put the (Kit on. We shall not be surprised to see Hoyt beat him, as we
oonaider the length of the race an advantage to Hoyt that more than
counterbalances. Leabey's recent |iriution_iw iThn race between Leahey
and \V. Cotsford, of Victoria. 11. C, is not yet settled. Cotsford's repre-
sentative was in town this week, ready to make a match for SI, 000 a
side, $200 expenses to be allowed, to be rowed in Victoria harbor, on or
about May 24, 1880 ; $100 deposit down at signing, the remainder as
agreed. Leahey proposed to row in San Francisco and make the match
for the first of December, or earlier. Upon Cotsford's refusal he agreed
to his terms, on condition that a referee for the race be accepted by both
parties before depositing any coin, and that the match be P. P. To this
Cotsford's Agent agreed, promising to forward articles in a few days for
signature. This looks as if the race will come off. If it does, it will be
an honest race all round. The betting will depend very much on the
form Leahey shows in his race with Hoyt, so far as San Francisco is con-
cerned. In Victoria Cotsford will be backed at evens, or a shade of odds,
for almost any amount.^— It looks as if we had heard the last of
Hanlan and Courtney, at least till next season.
Bicycling. — The bicycle race, advertised to take place at the Mechan-
ics' Pavilion, has been placed under the management of M. Jacobi & Co.,
the proprietors of the Union Baseball Grounds. The entrance fee has
been reduced from S100 to §50, and other inducements have been held out
to competitors. The prizes offered are liberal, but the distance to be
covered, 400 miles, will be found a greater task than anticipated. There
is a grade in the floor of the Pavilion that will interfere with the making
of any great record. We are informed that six men will ride, and, as a
further attraction to the public, there will be a race between lady riders.
The match commences at 10;30 P. M., Saturday, November 29th, lasting
seventy-two hours. H. G. Shaw, a gentleman much respected in athletic
circles, has been selected to act as referee. Entries for the match close
Wednesday evening next.
Yachting. — The owner of the Chispa has not yet answered C. G.
White's challenge to sail his yacht against the O'Connor for ®lt000 aside.
" iThe Call has a ready excuse for the charge of ignorance and animus
in sporting matters, brought against it by the News Letter and other sport-
ing journals. In its issue of Thursday, Nov. 20th, it says, speaking of
yachting: " It is yet in its infancy, and such concessions should doubtless
be made, which, when the sport gets more fairly established, would not
be entertained." That is a very roundabout way of saying the Call was
wrong. Its criticisms were senseless, but they were good enough for a
sport yet in its infancy.
Coursing. — The Sacramento Coursing Club have decided to hold their
meeting November 27th and 28th.—— The meeting of the LivermoreJClub
is postponed till further notice.
Baseball. — The managers of the Chicago and Cincinnati Clubs, find-
ing that the public had no confidence in them, and refused to patronize
their game, have taken a new departure. Three of the Chicagos were
dispensed with, their places being tilled by local celebrities, doubtless with
a view to create fresh excitement. The club still retains the title of the
Chicago Club. They will keep up the circus for another month with the
Cincinnatis, using the Recreation Grounds. Ostensibly, the two East-
ern clubs are under contract to Fritz & Shear, of the Recreation Grounds,
but we are informed on good authority that Charles B. Locke will continue
to pull the strings.— A. Piercywillreceiveabenefitatthe Union Grounds
to-morrow; the game will be between the Californians and Unions. We
hope Andy will net a good sum— he has done much for the game in San
Francisco.— —The game last Sunday between the Knickerbockers and
Chicagos was very close and interesting. The visitors won ; score, 5 to 4.
-^— The Central Pacific Railroad clerks of this city are organizing a club,
to play next season. ^^The California League will hold a business meet-
ing to-night.
Football. — A number of football players met last week and organized
a club. They will play their first game at Oakland Cricket Grounds to-day.
All lovers of the game are invited to attend and join the club in time to
arrange for future matches. We hope for a good attendance. Football
is the best of all winter games, and, as the club have decided to play un-
der the Rugby Union Rules, there is no fear of accidents.
Fedestrianiam. — The California Pedestrian Leajnie is the title adopted
by a number of local leggists, who intend in future to manage their own
affairs without letting speculators get most of the profits of their exer-
tions. It is their intention to give a six-day mixed race in the Mechan-
ics' Pavilion about Christmas. If they conduct it honestly, success is
certain. -^—Chenowith and Wilcox are astonishing the natives at Reno.
Shooting.— Reports still tell of abundance of ducks and snipe in all
their usual haunts. We hear of good bags being made at Clear Spring
Lake. The islands in the lower Sacramento literally swarm with snipe in
splendid condition. Canvas-backs are unusually abundant, and as fat as
their Eastern relatives.
Swimming \V, H. lV\iU, rhampion •wimmerof California, returned
ran tl. Hi, Injured le* i* so much better that he
altered his determini tat in Boston. He informs as that Can-
tain WVbb refomd to ■wim liitn for any money, much lass for the $5,000
challenge issued hy 1 man. So much does Webb fear Daily,
that when he heard he was r- turning to California, ha changed his pub-
Holy expressed determination to v i-*it San Pranoiaoo, oonolndinjr, no
doubt, that I. is reputation i- safer to Maw York.
SALE
XHOH.OU Gr
GRAND CREDIT
OF
1115 RED
ON
Tuesday, November 25th, I
AT 10 O'CLOCK A. M..
AT TIIK FARM OF
C. B. POLHEMUS, ESQ
the Stockton Rancho,
Adjoining San Jose.
STOCK,
879,
On
CATALOGUE.
HORSES AND MARE S-Ni agar as.
1— Young Niagara, a line young Stallion, 13 hands high ; sired by Old Ni-
agara; dam Funny, tlie dam of Atlantic; a powerful young horse; flue style and ac-
tion; trotfl in 2:50.
2*-MoIIy, a beautiful bay Mare. 1BJ hands high; sired by Niagara; dam Ethan
Allen mare; no record, but has trotted half-mile private in 1:12.
.'{-•Flora, large bay Mare, 16 bauds high ; sired by Niagara ; dam Lady Lancas-
ter; trots in 2:50.
4-- Julia, beautiful bay Mare, 16 hands high ; trots in 2:50 ; sired by Niagara ,
dam Julia Livingston, imp. Grey Eagle mare.
5--Gerty, a large bay Marc, 16 hands high; sire Niagara; dam Lady Lancaster ;
no record, but has trotted $ mile in 1:16.
6--Liicy, bav Mare, 16J hands high ; sire Niagara ; dam Lady Lancaster; can
trot in about 3 minutes.
7--Harry, a largo bay Horse, 18 hands high; full brother to Lucy; fine traveler,
and they make a fine carriage team.
8— Latly Thome, bay Mare, 15} hands high; sire Old Niagara; dam Lady
Ligbtfoot ; a thoroughbred imported mare.
9--SteIIa, bay Mare, 15} bands high; sired by Old Niagara ; dam a Grey Mes-
senger mare.
10— Susie, bay Mare, 16 hands high; sire Old Niagara; dam Lady Ligbtfoot.
ll»Be.tS, brown Mare, 16 hands high; sire Old Niagara; dam Julia Livingston;
who trotted in 2:22.
12--: Hike, a bay Horse, l;V| hands high; sire Niagara; dam a Canadian mare.
13-- Chicago Jack, a bay Horse, 16 hands high; sire Niagara; dam Bay Kitty.
A.tso,
30 head of Trotting and Driving Horses. Some of the best Roadsters in the State.
Several span of Carriage Horses.
6 Thoroughbred Jersey Cows.
3 Thoroughbred Jersey Bulls.
11 Graded Durham Devon Holstein and Alderney Cows.
15 Pure Essex Pigs.
TERMS OF SALE:
Cash on all sums under $100; one-half cash on all sums over 3100, with interest at
10 per cent, per annum on approved notes on balance. Ten per cent, of -purchase
money to be paid to Auctioneer at time of sale.
J. A. CLAYTON, Auctioneer.
g^f* S. P. R. R Train leaving San Francisco at 8:20 A.M., and the S. P. C. R. R.
Train (Narrow Gauge) leaving at 9 a.m., will stop at Polhemus Station to leave and
receive passengers. Nov. 22.
BUSH-STREET THEATER.
(Charles F. Locke, Proprietor. --Coutiuuetl Success of the
j Famous COLVILLE OPERA BURLESQUE COMPANY, in its entirety. This
Evening and Saturday Matinee, the Great Double Billj comprised of
Oxygen ; or. Gas in Burlesque Metre.
To commence with the farce of LOST CHILD AT NORTH BEACH, and followed by
Medley Overture. This Saturday and Sunday Eveuings, and Saturday Matinee, last
times of OXYGEN. " Whose ripples of merriment create waves of laughter." Mon-
day, Nov. 24th— BABES IN THE WOOD and WHO KILLED COCK ROBIN ?
THE BALDWIN THEATER.
T nomas Magnlre, Manager. —This (Saturday) Matinee, Nov.
22d, Last Performance of
Saratoga !
Mr. James O'Neill, Mr. Lewis Morrison, Mr. J. W. Jennings, Mr. A. D. Bradley, Miss
Jeffreys- Lewis, Miss Eleanor Carey, Miss Jean Clara Walters, Miss Mollie Revel, and
the Great Baldwin Company. This (Saturday) Evening, November 22d— Benefit of
MR. JAMES O'NEILL,
A Celebrated Case !
Monday, November 24th— First time in America of the present reigning success in
London, FORGET ME NOT. Nov. 22.
CALIFORNIA THEATER.
Wit. Barton, Manager; Bartou Hill, Acting1 Manager.
■ This (Saturday) Evening, Nov. 22d, instant success aud last night but one
of FRANK MAYO, supported by MISS ROSE OSBORNE, in Bartley Campbell's
great play,
Van, The Virginian."
Produoed with Entirely New Scenery by Porter, and a Complete Cast of Characters.
Original and Attractive Music by the California Theater Orchestra, under direction of
Wm. Withers, Jr. ONLY VAN MATINEE SATURDAY. Monday, November 24th,
Mr. Mayo will appear in his world-famous character, DAVY CROCKETT.
STANDARD THEATER."
MA. Kennedy, Manager. —This (Saturday) Evening?, Nov.
• 23d, and Grand Matinee this Afternoon at 2 o'clock. Second Week and
Last Performances of the Great Success,
Dr. Clyde!
JOHN E. OWENS and a Most Powerful Cast. Standing Room Only during the Past
Week. In future there will be no Extra Charge for Reserved Seats at this Theater.
This (Saturday) Afternoon— SECOND DR. CLYDE MATINEE. Fifty Cents to all
parts of the House. No Extra Charee for Reserved Seats. Sunday Evening, Nov.
23d, Grand Complimentary Benefit tendered to MISS LAURA HONEY. Monday,
Nov. 24th, First Production of SELF. Nov, 22.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Nov. 22, 1879.
sThe World,'
[By i
'the Flesh, and the Devil.
Truthful Penman.]
In a French paper Madame Marie Escudier gives the following: ac-
count of the death of Paganini: "On the 27th of May, 1840, I was at
Nice, and heard of Paganini's death. I sought out the narrow and ob-
scure alley where the violinist dwelt. As I mounted the stairs I met a
girl weeping. I asked her the cause of her tears. She answered that her
master, M. Paganini, was just dead, and she had lost her place. Curi-
osity drove me to enter the chamber. There, on a truckle bed, lay the
celebrated violinist I had so often applauded with transport in Germany,
England and France. A napkin was around the dead man's neck, and a
plate stood near containing the remains of a pigeon. 'The poor man,'
said the girl, 'seemed to foresee he would not finish the pigeon. When he
gave me the money for the day's expenses, he said, "ZuUetta, I should
like to have a pigeon." " Well, sir, give me twelve sous more." " Twelve
sous," he replied, making a worse grimace than usual, "twelve sous! Too
dear, Zulietta ; get one, my good girl, for eight sous, for you know, my
child, there are very many bones in a pigeon." And yet people tell me
he was rich.' I ceased to listen to her talk ; my eyes fixed themselves on
the corpse of Paganini ; the countenance, dry as his violin, had, in spite
of its ugliness, the solemn character which death imparts. His violin
hung mute on the wall. Some old women came to perform the last rites
to tbe dead millionaire. I determined to pay funeral honors to his Stra-
divarius. I placed a white cloth on a table, and laid on it gently the body
of the violin. When I touched it it gave out a feeble sound that made me
shudder as if I had heard a voice proceeding from the lifeless breast of
Paganini. I gently wrapped up the violin, placed a chaplet of immor-
telles at one end and two lighted tapers at the other, and slowly quitted
the apartment, where a young artist was hurriedly sketching the face of
the immortal violinist. As Paganini had died without the rites of the
church, the authorities refused to grant interment to his remains. The
steamboat for his native place, Genoa, refused to take the body. It was
kept for some days in a cellar, and it was necessary to appeal to Pome to
have it transferred to the Villa Gajona, near Parma, where, five years af-
ter his decease, the great virtuoso was interred with primp, like the mean-
est of mankind." — Figaro of London.^— As a sample of the state of things
in the west of Ireland, a correspondent writes as follows: A lady has
just written to me to say that two tenants who had the audacity to bring
her their rent were nearly murdered on their way home. The next day
they had five cows and nine sheep destroyed.— —Here is a true and
amusing story of the " distress" in Ireland: The landlord is sitting in his
library collecting such of his rents as he can secure, and there enters to
him the occupier of a small farm. " So you have come to pay your rent,
Flanagan?" he asks. Flanagan sighs heavily, and assumes an aspect of
deep distress. " Shure, your honor, the times is cruel hard, and it's want-
ing to do my duty I am, but it's a mighty difficult thing to scrape a few
pounds together," he answers. " Well, and what do you propose to do,
Flanagan?" "Well, your honor, I wish it was my rent I could pay, the
whole fifteen pounds of it ; but scrape and scrape as I might it's only the
ten pound note I could get together, and I had to sell the pigs to make
that." Flanagan exhibits the note, but is reluctant to part with it, and
looks at it lovingly, though he cannot read the inscription. " That's all
I could find by all of pinching and scraping, your honor, and I was hoping
that, seeing how bad the times is, your honor might be plazed to forget
the rent for the half year, for the crops is nothing, and its buying every-
thing I have to be." The landlord, however, stretched out his hand for
the note. " Times are hard, Flanagan, as you say, though your crops are
scarcely as bad, I fancy, as you make out. I'm afraid I must take the
ten pounds, but I'll give you the change. You have taken the wrong
note out of your cash box ; this is for £100.— Herr Koogerpolder, of the
German community at St. Petersburg, who died the other day, was a bit
of a wit. His favorite story was an encounter which he had with an En-
glish Ritualistic clergyman some years ago, while he was supposed to be
dying from tumors in the stomach. All the physicians in St. Petersburg,
including Dr. Botkin himself, had given him over as a dead man, and it
was to attempt to cure him of his well-known infidel views that Mr.
Chasuble determined to see him. Arrived at the door of the sick man's
room, Chasuble gave one or two quiet knocks. " Who's there?" demand-
ed Koogerpolder. "Mr. Chasuble, who has come to pray for you," re-
plied the footman. "Show him in — confound him ! " exclaimed Kooger-
polder, burying his head beneath the bedclothes. The clergyman entered
and approaching the bedside said, with awful solemnity, " Mr. Kpoger-
polder— sir, your illness proceeds from God." "It's a lie!" roared the
invalid from under the clothes ; "Botkin was here an hour ago, and he
say it proceeds from ze stomach ! " Mr. Chasuble closed his book, and in
"holy anger and pious grief" walked from the house without uttering
another word. Curiously enough, the repartee saved the sick man's life.
His immoderate laughter at the Englishman's discomfiture broke the tu-
mors in his stomach, and cured him of his disease.— All the Jesuit pa-
pers in France are bristling just now with wonderful telegraphic accounts
from LourdeB, relating miracles after miracles, apparently due to the ad-
mirable virtue of the holy waters in the grotto. Cripples have been seen
■walking, invalids casting off their crutches, blind men reading the Figaro.
The following miracle, however, which took place on the road to the
shrine, has not received from the same papers the attention to which it
was entitled: A paralytic in an easy chair had been placed in the pilgrim
train. At one of the railway stations there was a change of carriages,
and it happened that the easy chair, with the paralytic in it, had just
been put down on the line, when a train running from the opposite direc-
tion was suddenly seen bearing right down upon it. There was a general
stampede, and a cry of terror ; everybody thought the paralytic must be
killed ; when, to the intense astonishment of all witnesses, he was seen to
rise from his armchair and walk off briskly, just in time to escape the
traiu. The mere thought of the holy waters seems to have been sufficient
to cure this pilgrim.
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Cash Assets, January 1, 1877, S595.291 ; Liabilities, $5,952 ; Surplus for Policy
Holders, 3539,339. J. F. Houghton, President ; L. L. Baker, Viee-President ;
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These three Companies are liable jointly and severally for all losses that may be sus-
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NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL LIFE INSUR. CO. OF BOSTON.
Has transacted the business of life Insurance for nearly
thirty-five years. Its assets amount to over Fourteen Million Dollars. The
law of Massachusetts makes all its Policies nonforfeitable. It is a Purely Mutual Com-
pany, dividing every cent of surplus among Policy-holders. This is the Only Com-
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1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
MY SHEAVTCa
The time for toil u past, an«l ni.-ht hsw come.
The Iwt fttitl wMiilMt of the h»rvc«t eaves;
oat with Ubiir, loin; »n«l we«risnme,
'u- and faint - n uUa home,
Each laden with hi
Lut of the Laborer*, Tliv feet I pain,
Lonl of the 1. iv ipirit prievea
That I am hardened not -• much with grain
Aa with the htarinee* of heart and brain;
".Mister, behuM my ahea'
Full well I know I have more tare* than wheat,
Bramble* and flowers, dry italics and withered leaves ;
Wherefore I Mush and weep, u at thy feet
I kneel down reverently and repeat,
"Master, behold my sheaves!"
Few, light and worthless, vet their trifling weight,
rhmn.sh all my frame :> wean aching leaves;
K.»r long 1 struggled with my heirless fate,
And stayed and toiled till it was dark and late,
Vet these are all my she
And yet I gathered strength and hope anew ;
For well I know thy patient love perceives
Not what I did, but what I strove to do;
And though the full, ripe ears be sadly few
Thou wilt accept my sheaves.
— Public Opinion.
ENGLAND AND TURKEY.
When there is so much idle and vague speculation concerning the
British programme in Turkey, and bo much criticism based upon preju-
dice, it is well to take a common sense glance at the question, whereby
we may possibly get nearer to reality and avoid imagination. From Rus-
sia's plan of conquest, it is evident that India is her objective point.
General Skobeleff, in a recent interview in England, admitted this plainly,
and his opinion is worthy of credence. The great lack of Russia is a
navy, and she can never obtain one of the first-class until not only the
Black Sea, but the Dardauelles, are in her possession. The Turkish re-
gime is at last aware that it is only a tenant at will, and that the British
sovereign is lord paramount. It may be a part of the crooked and faith-
less policy that has always characterized the Ottoman Government to
play their ancient role of duplicity towards both parties, in the hope that
by involving these enemies iu an exhaustive war, their own territorial in-
tegrity may ultimately be preserved. This iB donbtless the correct view
from a Turkish standpoint, and, judging by the past, it is not altogether
baseless, but considering the overshadowing importance of the Indian
question, and that neither of the great powers interested are in a mood
for trifling, it is certain that in any conflict that may ensue, the fabric of
Ottoman sovereignty will be forever crushed.
Russia's movements on the Western Khanates has been met and
checked, at least temporarily, by the recent conquest of Afghanistan,
but it appears to be the intention of the Beaconstield ministry to precip-
itate a crisis, if necessary, that will end in a definite settlement of the
long-standing Eastern question.
m As a matter of judgment, England has never occupied a stronger posi-
tion both as to men, material and military position, than at the present
time. On the other hand, Russia has just emerged from an exhaustive
war, when the flower of her army was destroyed purposelessly, and the
only outcome of which, so far, has been an immense increase of her na-
I tional debt, with its consequent increase of taxation. Nihilism has seized
I upon these and other pretexts to inaugurate dissensions that can only
cause internal weakness. The Court of St. Petersburg, however, true to
i its traditional policy, never relaxes its efforts to extend the boundaries of
the Empire. Hence while revolution is only kept down by iron measures
at home, diplomacy and the army are endeavoring to recoup their losses
! abroad.
As the case stands, England will be derelict in duty to herself if she
neglects profiting by the weakness of her great adversary. It is within
her power to seize Constantinople and turn the Black Sea into a British
Lake ; then by extending the borders of Greece and Austria, she can ob-
tain interested allies, who will always be necessitated to fight her battles.
A railroad through Asia Minor and Persia into India would then cement
her conquests and render her position impregnable. There may not hap-
pen such an another opportunity in a generation, and it appears that the
British Cabinet, taking a broad view of the question, intend using it to
solidify their position.
CURIOUS RELICS.
On the 4th of August, 1498, a small squadron of three vessels, under
the orders of Christopher Columbus, was anchored off the southwestern
extremity of the Island of Trinidad. Late at night Columbus, it is re-
lated by Washington Irving, suddenly saw a wall of water approaching
towards the fleet from the south. His own vessel was lifted up so high
by the oncoming wave that he feared it would be either submerged or
dashed on shore ; while the cable of one of the other ships parted under
the strain to which it was subjected. The crews of the vessels gave them-
selves up for lost ; but after a time the wave, which it is surmised must
have been caused by an exceptionally large body of water coming sud-
denly down one of the rivers flowing into the Gulf of Paria, ebbed back
again. This sudden rise of the waters of the gulf is mentioned by Colum-
bus' son, Ferdinand, who adds that the fleet suffered no damage, save the
loss of one anchor. It is this anchor which has now been found ; and,
strangely enough, it was dug up from a depth of 5 ft. below the surface of
the ground, at a spot 372 ft. from tye nearest point of the coast line. The
land, it is well known, is gaining upon the sea along the shores of Ven-
ezuela, so that where once ships rode at anchor gardens are now planted.
The anchor itself is of simple form and comparatively rude manufacture,
the stock being 8 ft. long, and round, with a ring at one end 1 ft. in diam-
eter, to which to make fast the cable, and with flukes 5 ft. long, the whole
weighing 1,100 lbs.
O, why ■will you let that invalid friend suffer that Hop Bitters will
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BANKS.
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8
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Nov. 22, 1879.
HOTEL LIFE— "WHAT IT OUGHT TO BE, AND "WHAT
IT IS AT THE BALDWIN.
Under the above title we published an article, some five weeks ago,
tbat has since had a little history of its own. It came to us from a per-
son who had long been a dweller in the Baldwin, and who professed to
know whereof he wrote. He occupied an important position in one of
the first mercantile houses in the city, and, instead of having cause to
distrust his statements, we thought we could surely rely upon their being
free from prejudice, and true in all their parts. We did so rely, and pub-
lished them. A libel suit was in consequence brought against the News
Letter by Mr. Baldwin's manager. So long as we had confidence in our
informant, we stood by him and his, and defied the other side. But there
came a change, which we were unable to control. Our contributor failed
us in several of his most important allegations. That being the case, we
consented, in all honor and good faith, to say that " we had been im-
posed upon, and regretted the publication." The words went that far,
but no further; they were formulated by Mr. Baldwin's attorney, who,
to do him justice, showed great amiability toward everything that savored
of an amicable settlement. The suit was dismissed, and Mr. Baldwin
obtained the publication he asked for. We abide by what we consented
to do. We believed that it was proper, and therefore did it. The past
has settled itself, and we do not propose to unsettle it. Our present and
future course, is, however, a very different matter, which, in the interests
of the public, we dare not bargain away.
We may say that, while the late case was pending, we were the victims
of most unfortunate accidents. The contributor to whom we have re-
ferred, and upon whom we relied, lost the position which brought him his
living, and an unsuccessful attempt was made to have him lose his quar-
ters in the Palace Hotel. Thus troubled in mind, we were less ready to
blame him than we should otherwise have been. Then our attorney, Mr.
E. C. Marshall, approved our terms, accepted our case, went into Court,
was advised as to" the nature of the expected inquiry, and read a drastic
affidavit in support of a continuance, and yet afterward failed us and
withdrew, feeling, as he expressed it, that he " could not afford " to con-
duct the defense against Baldwin. We do not blame_ him ; on the con-
trary, we give him credit for announcing his difficulty, instead of mislead-
ing us, as many other attorneys would have done. We don't say that we
admire his courage, or the strength of his back-bone, but we do appreciate
his honest confession of weakness. His withdrawal was an untoward ac-
: ident which we did not expect. Then, again, we were unfortunate as to
several persons who had been suggested to us as witnesses. All at once
they took themselves off and could not be found. These purely accidental
circumstances ought to have been foreseen and prevented, not that any
difference could have been made to the case. We are merely confessing
accidents, not blaming any one. Without one particle of feeling as to the
past, we are entirely free from malice as to the present. Now that so
much has been said about the Baldwin and its management, it is due to
ourselves, to our readers and to the hotel, that matters should not stand
as they do. The public have a right to say to this organ of their's, "Let
us have the whole truth about the hotel." We propose to give it to them:
THE BALDWIN AS IT IS.
The right and duty of the Press to criticise the management of our
large hotels is beyond question. Not so very long ago they were licensed,
subject to the surveillance of the Police, whose duty it was to report upon
their every defect, and at whose instance they might be altogether closed.
The time came when people liked not to see the hand of the common Po-
liceman too often intruded into social affairs. They thought that public
opinion was abetterpower, the cultivation of which could be intrusted to the
Press. Hotels exist by the patronage of the public, and therefore, as a
matter of right, the public demand to know whether they are entitled to
that patronage. Hotels bid for family support. They ask fathers and
mothers, sisters and daughters, to take up their abode there, and enter
into an implied guarantee that the surroundings shall be as free from
objection as it is possible for skilled management to make them. Look-
ing at these facts, and at the important functions those institutions fill in
the social economy of this great city, it is eminently fitting that they
should be amenable to fair criticism. If the criticism is the offspring of
good motives, and is indulged in to promote justifiable ends, then it is the
work of a fearless Press, that merits, and will assuredly receive, the sanc-
tion and support of a truth-loving and well-served public. Purely in that
spirit have we Bet on foot recent inquiries as to the management of the
Baldwin, and with the best of motives we propose to set forth the re-
sults, without fear on the one hand, and without affection on the other.
The Baldwin is a large, commodious, richly furnished, well located,
and high priced hotel, that presumedly bids for the highest clasB of cus-
tomers. In it there are many decent families, and not a few of our best
people. Education, culture, and the higher morals have representatives
there. It has been extensively advertised abroad as a desirable stop-
ping-place for tourists. It claims to be eminently respectable and high-
toned. We believe the intentions of its proprietor are as good as he
knows how to frame them, and that they are better conceived than prac-
ticed. We think he would, if he could, make a high-toned hotel in every
respect, but we suspect that he has, by reason of his lack of training, ex-
perience, and high moral standing, a more than ordinarily difficult task
to encounter. Baldwin's reputation for morality has long been known
Every interested reader can solve for himself the question as to whether
a man with such a reputation can personally interfere in the management
of a first-class hotel with advantage to himself, with profit to the house,
and with the entire good will of refined and virtuous guests. If a man
is notoriously fast, if he has figured in the courts most unenviably, if he
is at this moment the subject of criminal indictments, then of a verity he
■ is not the man to run a first-class hotel. If his domestic relations have
recently been maintained in violation of good morals, he ought to gravely
consider whether he should not keep away from his hotel all evidences of
those relations. If he does not, surely his duty of chiding others for a
like offense, if committed in the hotel, would be difficult, and probably
almost useless. In short, the difficulties in the way of Mr. Baldwin run-
ning a first-class hotel seem to us very great, if not insuperable. We say
so because he is inexperienced in the business, because he has been mixed
up most unfortunately with undesirable matters, because he does not seem
to know how to surround himself with fitting employees, and because he
does not exercise the be3t discretion in regard to flouting his domest'c
relationships in the face of those from whom it were better that they we. •
hidden. We say these things with regret. We recognize Mr. Baldwin's
enterprise, but the spending of two millions ought not to justify evil.
There have from time to time been persons in the hotel who had better
have been somewhere else. McAbee, the manager, was an honest me-
chanic, but he certainly is not calculated to fill the bill of manager of such
a hotel as the Baldwin ought to be. He is comparatively ignorant, utterly
unrefined, and very frequently indulges in a free use of liquor. Mr.
Baldwin is often away at his Los Angeles ranch. During his absence
McAbee is in full charge. That is a mistake which, while it lasts, must
tend to retard the progress of the Baldwin. With the proprietor away,
and the manager in the condition McAbee sometimes is, it is possible to
imagine how the house is running itself meanwhile. Much might be said
as to the evening employment of the clerk Fassett, and of his interest
therein. Criticism might truly proceed from the male to the female em-
ployees ; indeed, it might proceed much further. Then the existence of
the theater within the hotel is objectionable in several particulars. The
inflammable material that surrounds it renders the Baldwin liable to take
fire, and what a terrible calamity that would probably prove may be more
easily imagined than described. The underwriters asked so enormous
a premium that, we understand, the hotel is not insured. If
they think the risk of losing their money is so great, what
a bright consolation the fact is for the guests. When we remember
the loss of life at the St. Louis Hotel, the Brooklyn Theater, etc., we
feel that a word of warning can do no harm. Life is precious, and should
be cared for more than money or property. Then many persons, who
have either had a connection with the theater, or claimed they had, were
guests of the hotel, and not always to its benefit. In one important
respect, the hotel has been unfortunate through no fault of its own. The
social evil of the city has largely housed itself in that locality. Ellis,
Eddy, Powell and Fifth is thereabouts almost exclusively occupied by it.
Mr. Baldwin is to be commiserated upon being so surrounded. We are
sure, when he asks their aid, good citizens will unite with him in an en-
deavor to have the evil thing removed to less conspicuous places. With
great good will, we tender Mr. Baldwin a piece of advice calculated to
benefit himself, and promote the best interests of his house. Let him
get a first-class hotel-keepertodo for him what he isnotwellfitted to do for
himself. In that way the Baldwin may be made the most desirable house
in the city. Failiug that, we are persuaded that its future is hardly
likely to be a success. So much for the Baldwin. We shall soon deal in
the same spirit with at least two other hotels, that need to be spoken of
in plain terms.
MORE IRISH MARTYRS.
Lord Beaconsfield spoke a truth which factious Irishmen would do
well to lay to heart, when he told them, at the recent Guildhall dinner,
that they could do no good to themselves, or their country, by violent
political agitation. Unmindful of this advice, however, they have kept
up their seditious and short-sighted policy, until at length a number of
them have been arrested and charged with " using language calculated to
incite a breach of the peace," " making incendiary speeches," and con-
ducting themselves seditiously. Nor are the culprits mere ignorant
peasants; one is a well-known editor, several are said to be clergymen,
and others are public speakers of more or less notoriety.
Now, we expect to hear a good deal of characteristic comment on this
state of affairs from the Press of this country. Our anglophobe editors
have not had a chance to vent their spleen for some time past, and we may
be sure that they will not miss this opportunity. Beyond a doubt we
shall be told that the British Government, being about to crumble to
pieces, is vainly trying to put off the evil day by resorting to tyrannical
and despotic measures. The beauties of the liberty of free speech will
likewise be descanted on, and the fact pointed out that that liberty exists no
longer in England. Certain comparisons will be made between the re-
pressive measures adopted against the Nihilists, and those taken by cruel
England against the poor, oppressed Irish. And so on to the end of the
chapter. But it will never, occur to these same editors to inquire into
the nature of these " seditious " speeches, and Bee whether the arrest of
those who made them was justifiable and necessary. Perhaps they are
ignorant of the fact that a free speech in Ireland means not only counsel
to rebellion, but also to the shedding of innocent .blood, and generally re-
sults in murder. With regard to the accused, we may be certain of two
things: First— That they will receive a fair trial, though Mr. O'Connor
Power seems to think they won't ; second—That if found guilty they will
be severely punished. In this connection it may also be well to remark
that if we in San Francisco had entertained the same ideas about what
true liberty of free speech is, we should not now be daily insulted by
the foreign blackguard, who with impunity rains blood and fire from his
lips at the Sand-lots.
THE ROSE -HAYWARD WEDDING.
The beautiful residence of Alvinza Hayward at San Mateo, one of
the most exquisite spots west of the Kocky Mountains, was the scene of
a most happy gathering of friends on Wednesday last, to attend the mar-
riage of his only daughter with Mr. Andrew W. Rose, a scion of one of
the oldest and most distinguished families of New Jersey. Rarely is it
given to any to see the fruition of the hopes cherished in childhood ; and
it adds to the interest of this auspicious event that it gives form to the
early dreams of the youthful pair. A special train left the depot in the
city at 11 A.M. with the party, and the day, as if in sympathy with the
maiden life now about to take on higher and more solemn duties, was one
of perfect loveliness, the mellow sunlight flooding with unutterable ten-
der radiance the stately trees and broad avenueB and the happy gardens
in which had passed the unclouded childish days of the daughter of the
house.
Owing to recent family afflictions the wedding was strictly private; but
the house was decorated with a wealth of flowers, especially in the north
parlor, where the ceremony took place. The bridal party entered this
room at half -past twelve o'clock, following the Rev. Dr. Brewer, the offi-
ciating clergyman. A solemn hush as all took their places, and then the
impressive services began, and the few words were spoken that bound two
lives in one. Surely upon none could the gates of the unknown future
open with fairer promise than on these ; and with the congratulations of
the personal friends who stood by cannot but mingle the respectful, hearty
sympathy of the people, to whom the name of Alvinza Hayward is a
synonym for large-hearted generosity and wealth worthily administered.
The balance of trade was {§269,000,000 in our favor for last year.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
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THE TOWN CRIER.
'H«*rth* Crtar Wh*l ih» <*•«! an Ibowf
'Oaw that will pUj th« J-t,|..i/ with roa."
" H»M * mnc tn hi* tail a* ion* at a flftil.
Which mad* him crow bol4*r ud bold*r. •
The New York Tribune fights an oW battle over again with the
narr about the "Trent affair. The London paper says
that Mr. I Viand, in noticing this in. i ■!■ nt in his extremelv wild " Life of
n,** jtut nubilsbed, omit* all mentioned " arguments in the shape
of tr.M.|^ ami ■nipt/1 which brought the American Government to reason,
and the release of Mason and Slid. -II, Whereupon the Tribune cries out:
"xooto another ;** anil goes on to show Itow magnanimous we were in
those " difficult and delicate negotiations, * and how generously wi
in our own way rather than commit the shadow >>f an injustice. If this
rts the Tribune it is easily comforted, but the plain facte remain: we
itted an outrage on the English Mag; we cried "well done I" and
-nil other for it, from Seward and Everett down to the pot-house
politicians ; and we crept out of the business with alacrity when we found
that England would not submit to it.
The coming extradition of the Italian criminal, Meli, suggests a
way t-i relieve the over-burdened people of this State of the support of
nun-producers. An agent, specially titled for the purpose, should be sent
to Europe to read up the criminal recorda of various countries, and select
eases. f<>r which the men might be found to match in our State Prison.
KejMirtsof the crimes committed by these men might be published in our
daily press, every issue ..f which is carefully studied by the statesmen
and jurists of Europe ; and by return inaU we should have a demand from
England, or Germany, or France, or Italy, for the delivery of the notori-
ous fugitive from justice. In this way we should secure a great economy
in the public expense, and the moral tone of the republic would be sensibly
raised by the disappearance of a dangerous class.
There have been indications for some little time that, together with
the Grant boom, some people are working very hard for a Cuban boom.
The latest sensation is a thrilling story about a German named Mufioz, an
American citizen, whose wife and brother, Juana and Ciprian Mufioz,
have been thrown into jail at Santiago de Cuba, and he appeals to the
American eagle, very naturally. The names of these Germans have such
an unmistakable flavor of beer and sourkrout that one is tempted to buckle
on his armor at once, and ask General Blanco what he means by it, and
whether he knows that a sharp flurry with the Dons would be very ac-
ceptable in the present state of American politics. Even if this case
should be settled, the supply of American Germans named Muiioz is
practically unlimited.
The Russians have such a disgust against the control of the cotton
market by Liverpool, that they have gone to buy up the crop of Egypt,
and so make themselves independent of perfidious Albion. The decisive
action is commendable, but the logic of buying from Englishmen in Egypt
rather than at Liverpool reminds us of the Connecticut patriot in Kevolu-
tionary times, who bo hated the very name of the mother-country that he
proposed, in the Assembly, to abolish the use of the English language and
adopt the Greek in its place. Roger Sherman said he was quite willing
to have the change, if only the English were forced to adopt the Greek,
and he could continue to use his native language ; and the rest, as Pepys
has it, " to laugh." Perhaps Liverpool may continue to influence the cot-
ton market.
Gen. Grant would do well to take up once more his great original char-
acter of " The Silent Man," in which he achieved such immense success.
Since he came back from bis tour he has talked, and, not to put too fine a
point upon it, he talks nonsense. At Galena, the other day, he told a re-
porter that he thought " San Francisco, Chicago and New York the three
great cities of America where a stranger can go and not feel he is alone."
We leave out San Francisco, which loves everybody and will take the
Btranger in, but suppose Gen. Grant were the insignificant U. S. Grant of
the year 1850, could he manage to feel lonely in New York or Chicago ?
It is a question which has the greater command of face — Grant, when he
says such things, or the man who bears them without replying " Bosh."
The New York "Star" says: "A woman inmate of an asylum
for the insane at Maysville, Cal., imagining that she was imprisoned by
enemies, and that pen and ink were denied her, made a statement of her
case in needlework and threw it out of the window." With a few correc-
tions the Star's story is exact. The asylum is not at Maysville, but on the
Farallones, all of them, and the woman did not state her case in needle
work, but on eggshells, furnished her by the gulls through the window as
required. The writing was a trifle illegible across the greenish-blue of the
shells, but enough was made out to curdle the blood in the beefsteak for
the Superintendent's dinner. The woman has since disappeared, and is
thought to be avenging herself on the gulls in the Star office.
The generous devotion of one great-souled actor to the little waif
left at his door has so wrought upon the feelings of the profession, noto-
riously a tender-hearted one, that a society is now in process of formation
for the "Protection and Belief of Unexpected Infants." The members
are to be actors and actresses exclusively ; and the funds are to be made
up by a weekly contribution, proportionate to the salary of the member.
The number of infants is strictly limited by the total of names inscribed
upon the roll ; one infant being allowed to each name. Any waifs re
ceived in excess of this number will be not only unexpected but unwel-
come, and will be sent to the Pound. Charity has to draw the line some-
where.
It makes the T. C. feel good to think of a good time coming, when
nobody shall gamble in stocks, or speculate, or take the chances on any-
thing except his hash. In those days no man will make a mistake; but
every investment, honestly made, shall bring in its honest two per cent, a
month, and the T. C. will just manage to scratch along on his share of
the spoil. For, of course, there is to be a spoiling of somebody for the
good of everybody else, or what is the use of reform ?
"I am going to break up that meeting, if I leave there a corpse."
These heroic words of Kearney's will be repeated by the rising reformers
of all coming time with emotions of pride and gratitude, and whatever
else is pretty good ; for the meeting was not broken up, but the corpse of
Kearney did leave it. It was not a pleasant corpse before, but now it is
one of the deadest poor things that ever were forgotten.
The only good Indiana are th* dead onae/ ■ the meaning of the
arti, .- in moal of thi paper, cm the quarrel « ith the Utea. Unite a
number ..fd. ltll, „.:ijt„. ,lllt Ul),n, I1M1Ntho
"""W with n . . - ,.. th«y managp to do it in Cana-
ft »»hou1 ! Most of our plans on Ibis ride the
,"'r,,,'r blah i- odd, since we have ■ wood many
newspapers t.. do the governing irratau ami perlmi* we might make nod
Indians by esUblwhing a among them, or E
tu.Mii with aid itors <.n the <|*.t. An editor with a belief in the "ex-
termination of red devbs ' would bo of pricelew value for the suppression
of Owrav and ,..,„.
The Boston Transcript has drawn upon itself a good deal of ridicule
KW comparing |old Trimountain" to Venice. A cockney must admit that
there Is a Act m each; but n..iMK,y can go beyond that. At the same
tun.', it h th- plain truth thai Boaton i* the most picturesque of Ameri-
can Cities; and the eye find* continual delight in ite broken vistas and
^expected curves, in the «tylo and dignity of iu buildings, and the in-
Unite variety of the sky line, The utrects are not repetitions of each
other, and one can hardly feel too thankful nt escaping from the scraps
01 Mew York and Philadelphia, which make up tho other cities of the
Union.
If things go on in thin way at Oakland, it will soon be one of the
great cities. '1 he little unpleasantness between Messrs. Dwindle and
• a V1- i b'° McKee'8 Court was worthy of a metropolis. More culti-
vated kicks have rarely been exchanged between gentlemen, and the
swearing on both sides was most scholarly. It seems a pity that the
tedious fashion of arguing cases before Judges, at the cost of great time
and much wind, can not he laid aside in favor of the brief and manly
logic of the fist. This has everything to recommend it; and even the man
who lost his case would have, as compensation, the enjoyment of a jolly
set-to, and the pleasure of seeing his lawyer thrashed.
The Board of Education has held its last meeting, and vented a
great deal of righteous indignation against one of its members, with
whom, stoutly declared some of the august body, they could not Bit in
council and keep their self-respect. Good boys! They ought, at least,
to leave us a Mutwnir in the shape of their photographs, or a stray lock of
hair or so; and we offer our congratulations on the lucky chance which
brought the wickedness of their scapegoat to light only just as the end of
their official term came round. It is so pleasant to make a parade of vir-
tue without being forced to do anything !
The dispatches report a simple way of conductingelections in Missis-
sippi. When a negro voter approached, he had to show bis ticket. If
this did not please the guardians of the ballot-box, they knocked the ne-
gro down. After a few hours of this monotonous sport, pistols were drawn
and fired in the air ; and all the negroes ran away. The counting of the
ballots was greatly facilitated by this method of business; but the chief
advantage of it consists in the fact that it furnishes excellent material for
a Solid North, and it is just barely possible that it was invented for
this end.
We regret to see that the Call has gone into a secret association with
a book-house of this city to divide profits on the sale of Webster's Dic-
tionary. It is estimated that at least 10,000 of the subscribers to that
valuable journal must be eternally flabbergasted when they come across
such a heading as "Lacustrine Disasters ;" and, as a matter of fact, there
has been, ever since those ominous words appeared, a remarkably active
demand for the octavo Webster. It might have been thought that the
experience with chloral hydrate would have proved sufficient, but nature
is strong.
A Solomon is wanted in the Probate Court to decide whether Mrs.
Passmore w^s Mrs. Mason, or Mrs. Mason was Mrs. Passmore. Solo-
mon, after all, had a plain case. It was easy enough to find the real
mother by threatening to cut the child in two; but how to find the real
husband, when there is an estate to be divided, might puzzle even the
wisest of Kings. What mother's love can be compared, for intensity, to
the passionate ardor -with which heirs cling to the object of their affec-
tions?
The December Atlantic has an article on John Brown which gives
us, as of equal importance, his personal experiences in life and his sharp
criticisms of European fortifications. What good purpose can be an-
swered by making this enthusiast appear in a wholly ridiculous light, it is
difficult to see; but no more certain way to this could have been devised
than the publication of his utterly crude talk on military affairs. We
might as well have been favored with his opinion on the comparative
merits of the Hebrew and Greek languages.
Col. J. J. Tobin's California history is a little mixed, and perhaps it
might be well for him to read up a a little before he talks about the Com-
stock and the Argonauts of '49. Most of the men who came here in
those piping times are supposed to have been wide awake, and yet not one
of them ever knew, till Col. Tobintold them on Thursday, that the Com-
Btock had brought them here. If this is all Col. Tobiu knows about the
Comstock, he is every way fitted to address the " intelligent public."
Under this 'ere heap of stones
Lie the remains of Mary Jones ;
Her name was Smith, it wasn't Jones,
But Jones was put to rhyme with stones.
A sickness of a very peculiar and distressing nature has broken out
lately, and now rages violently, in the Western Addition. The cause of
this singular malady is supposed to be the very high-class comedy played
by the young gentlemen of that district ; and the symptoms, which are
very painful to the beholder, are extraordinary contortions of the face,
with convulsive rolling of the eyes, and a curious tendency to relaxation
in the muscles of the knee.
A German gentleman, of Sohngen, has recently been allowed to
change his name of Julius Jackass for one more pleasantly suggestive.
This deserves notice, because it points the difference between a German
jackass and an American one ; the latter never perceiving that he could
be in any way improved. We give the palm to the late Julius J.
There is a great deal of noise made over that doleful voice from the
Toombs, of Georgia, but, for the life of us, we can't see why. If a man
is spoiling for a fight he has aright to say so, and those that want to let
him alone can do it.
10
SAN FKANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Nov. 22, 1879.
C- P« RB RB
Overland Ticket Office : Ferry Landing, foot
of Market street.— Commencing" Monday,
May 19th, 1879, and until farther notice,
ains Boats wil leave
SAW FRANCISCO:
7r<v.A. M. (daily), Vallejo Steamer (from Market
« J J Street Landing- — Connecting with Trains for
Napa (Stages for Sonoma), Calistoga (the Geysers),
and Sacramento. Connecting at Davis {Sundays except-
ed} for Woodland and Knight's Landing, and at Wood-
land for Williams and Willows.
(Arrive San Francisco 8:10 p.m.)
7f\f\ A.M. (daily) Local Passenger Train (via Oakland
• vV Ferry) and via Livermore arriving at Tracy
at 11:30 A. H. and connecting with Atlantic Express.
Connects at Niles with Train arriving at San Jose at
10:15 a.m. .
(Returning, train from Tracy arrives at 5:05 p.m.)
8AA A.M. (daily), Atlantic Express Train (via Oak-
.UU land Ferry, Northern By. and S. P. & T. E. R.)
for Sacramento, Marysville, Redding, Portland (Or.),
Colfax, Reno (Virginia City), Palisade (Eureka), Ogden
and Omaha, Connects at Gait with train arriving at
lone at 3:40 P.M.
(Arrive San Francisco 5:15 p.m.)
Sunday Excursion Tickets to San Pablo and Marti-
nez at Reduced Bates.
-| r\ i"K/YA.M. (daily) via Oakland Ferry, Local Passea-
JLLF.iJ Vf ger Train to Haywards and Niles.
(Arrive San Francisco 4:05 p.m.)
3f\f\ P.M. (daily)San Joae Passenger Train (via Oak-
.UU land Ferry and Niles), stopping at all Way Sta-
tions. Arrives at San Jose at 5:20 p.m.
(Arrive San Francisco 9:35 A.M.)
3AA P.M. (daily) Northern Railway Passenger Train
»UU (via Oakland Ferry) to San Pablo, Martinez
and Antioch.
(Arrive San Francisco 9:35 A.M.)
A r\f\ P.M. (daily) Arizona Express Train (via Oak-
'Jr.UU land Ferry, Northern Ry. and S. P. & T. R. R.)
for Lathrop (and Stockton), Merced, Madera, Visalia,
Sumner, Mojive, Newhall (San Buenaventura, and Santa
Barbara), Los Anqei.es, "Santa Monica," Wilmington,
Santa Ana (San Diego), Colton and Yuma (Colorado
River Steamers), connecting direct with Daily Trains
of the Southern Pacific Railroad of Arizona for Mari-
copa (Daily Stages for Phoenix and Prescott), and for
Casa Grande (182 miles east from Yuma), and end of
Track (Daily Stages for Florence and Tucson).
"Sleeping Cars" between Oakland, Los Angeles and
Yuma.
(Arrive San Francisco 12:35 p.m.)
4f\fl P. M. (Sundays excepted) VallejoSteamer (from
• V/i/ Market Street Landing), connecting with trains
for Calistoga, (the Geysers), Woodland, Knight's Land-
ing and Sacramento ; and at Sacramento with Pas-
senger Train, leaving at 9:35 p.m. for Truckee, Reno,
Carson and Virginia.
" Sleeping Cars" between Vallejo and Carson.
(Arrive San Francisco 11:10 A.M.)
4AA P.M. (Sundays excepted) Sacramento Steamer
•"" (from Wa3h'n St. Wharf), for Beniciaand Land-
ings on the Sacramento River.
^ (Arrive San Francisco 8:00 p.m.)
4QAP.M. (daily), Through Third Class and Accom-
• "JJ-' modation Train (via Oakland Ferry, North-
ern Ry. and S. P. <fe T. R. R.) connecting at Lathrop
with Train arriving at Los Angeles on second day at
11:55 A.M. (Arrive San Francisco 9:05 a.m.
4 0A P.M. (daily) Local Passenger Train (via Oak-
•O" land Ferry) to Haywards, Niles and Liver-
more. (Arrive San Francisco 3:35 a.m.)
/^ QAPM. (daily) Overland Emigrant Train (via
tJ*vy^-' Oakland Ferry and Northern Railway) to
Ogden, Omaha and East.
Public conveyance for Mills Seminary connects at Sem-
nary Park Station with all trains, Sundays excepted.
FERRIES AND LOCAL TRAINS
From '
SAJT FRANCISCO,"
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(Broadway.)
A. M.
B5.20
B6.00
6.50
7.20
7.50
8.25
8.50
9.20
9.50
10.20
10.50
11.20
11.50
p. M.
12.20
12 50
1.20
1.50
2.50
3.20
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4.20
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5.20
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9.10
10.20
b— Sundays excepted.
♦Alameda Passengers change cars at Oakland.
Creels Route.
From SAN FRANCISCO— Daity— 35:40, b6:30, 7.20, 8:15,
9:15, 10:15, 11:15 A.M. 12:15, 1:15, 2:25, 3:15, 4:15,
6:15, 6.15 P.M.
From OAKLAND— Daily— 15:30, B6:20, 7:10, 8:05, 9:05,
10:05, 11:05 A. M. 12:05, 1:05, 2:15, 3:05, 4:05, 5:05,
6:05 p.m. — Sundays excepted.
"Official Schedule Time" furnished by Randolph &
Co., Jewelers, 101 and 103 Montgomery St., S. F.
T. H. GOODMAN, Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agt.
A. N. Towne, General Superintendent.
Commencing: Sunday, IVov. Kith, 1879,
and until further notice, Boats and Trains will
leave San Francisco (Washington-st. Wharf) as follows :
3AA p.m. daily (Sundays included), Steamer
• V/W "James M. Donahue" (Washington Street
Wharf) , connecting with Mail and Express Train at Don-
ahue for Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Healdshurg, Cloverdale,
and way stations. Making stage connections at Lake-
ville for Sonoma ; at Geyserville for Skaggs' Springs ; at
Cloverdale for Ukiah, Lakeport, Mendocino City, High-
land Springs, Bartlett Springs, Soda Bay and the
Geysers.
g^= Connections made at Fulton on following morn-
ing for Korbel's, Guerneville and the Redwoods.
(Arrive at San Francisco, week days, 10:10 a.m. ; Sun-
days, 11 A.M.
Freight received from 7 a.m. till2.30 p. m.,
daily (except Sundays) .
Special Notice.— The Sunday Excursion Trips are dis-
continued until further notice.
Ticket Office : Washin&torL st. Wharf.
A. HUGHES,
Gen. Manager.
JAS. M. DONAHUE,
Gen. Pass. & Tkt. Agt.
R0EDERER CHAMPAGNE.
"\Totice.--The Trade and the Public are
J3I informed that we receive the genuine LOUIS ROE-
DEKER CARTE BLANCAE CHAMPAGNE, direct from
Mr. Louis Roederer, Reims, over his signature and Con-
sular Invoice. Each case is marked upon the side, " Ma-
condray & Co. , San Francisco," and each bottle bears the
label, "Macondray & Co., Sole Agents for the Pacific
Coast." MACONDRAY & CO.,
Oct. 11. Sole Agents for the Pacific Coast.
Natural beauty surpasses any-
thing which can be imparted by
artificial means. PHOSPHATE
SOAP gives health to the skin
simply by removing impurities and
eradicating the poisons which give
rise to skin diseases.
Not only tor cfaily use on the face
and hands, but for bathing the
entire body, there is nothing equal
to PHOSPHATE SOAP. It is a
thorough disinfectant and removes
offensive odors of every kind.
Ask your Druggist for it.
WINTER ARRANGEMENT.
Comiuenciug Friday, Xov. 21st, 1S79,
and until further notice, Passenger Trains will leave
San Francisco, from Passenger Depot on Townsend
street, between Third and Fourth streets, as followB :
8 0A AM- daily for San Jose and Way Stations.
. t> \J ggp=> stages for Pescadero (via San Mateo)
connect with this train only.
1 O ^O AM- dai,yfor San Jose> Gilroy, Hollister,
-LV/.OV/ Tres Pinos, Pajaro, Salinas, Soledad and
all Way Stations, g^f3 At Pajaro, the Santa Cruz
R. R. connects with this train for Aptos, Soquel and
Santa Cruz. ^=* At Salinas the U. & S. V. R. R.
connects with this train for Monterey. B5£T° Stage
connectionsmadewith this train. (Pescadero Stages via
San Mateo excepted.)
Q 9 A p.m. daily (Sundays excepted) for San Jose,
t',t'^-' Gilroy, and principal Way Stations.
A Q(^\ p.m. daily for San Jose and Way Stations.
f|QQ p.m.— daily, for Menlo Park and Way Stations.
AST" The Extra Sunday Trains to San Jose and Way
Stations have been discontinued for the winter season.
Second-Class Fare.
Between San Francisco and San Jose §1. 00.
On Freight Trains only, leaving San Francisco at 4:00
A.M., San Jose at 8:30 p.m. (daily, Sundays excepted).
Excursion Tickets at Reduced Rates
To San Jose and intermediate points sold on Saturdays,
and Sunday mornings, good for return until following
Monday inclusive.
Also, EXCURSION TICKETS to Aptos, Soquel, Santa
Cruz and Monterey, sold on Saturdays only— good for
return until the following Monday inclusive.
JEST" Principal Ticket Office— Passenger Depot, Town-
send street. Branch Ticket Office — No. 2 New Mont-
gomery street, Palace Hotel.
A.C.BASSETT.Supt. H.R. JUDAH, A. P. &T. A.
SOUTHERN DIVISIONS.
Commencing- Monday, May 19th, 1879,
^IT" Passengers for points on the Southern Divisions
of the road will take the cars of the Central Pacific Rail-
road via OAKLAND, leaving SAN FRANCISCO via Ferry
Landing, Market street, at 4:00 p.m. daily (Arizona Ex-
press Train) , and making close connection at GOSHEN
for Sumner, Mojave, Los Angeles, Wilmington, Ana-
heim, Colton, Colorado River, Yuma, Maricopa and Casa
Grande (182 miles east from Yuma). Nov. 22.
Ladies who have injured the skin
by the constant use of cosmetics
may do much to restore their faces
to that beauty which nature alone
can give by constantly using PHOS-
PHATE SOAP.
For chapped hands the constant
use of PHOSPHATE SOAP will
be recommended by all who give
it one fair trial.
If you want a nice article of
Toilet Soap and something that is
beneficial to the skin, buy PHOS-
PHATE SOAP.
Ladies who wish to make the
skin look beautiful and natural
should use PHOSPHATE SOAP.
Manufactured by "Standard Soap Co.,"
204 Sacramento St., San Francisco.
I Judiciously Invested la
.lays the foundo-
c fortunes every ^
■week, and pnys Immense profits l>y tho New Capitalization
System of oppratlne In Stocks. Full explanation on applica-
tion to Adams, Bbown i Co., Bankers, 28 Broad St. , N. Y.
NOTICE.
For the very best photographs go to
BRADLEY & RULOFSON'S, in an Elevator, 429
Montgomery street. Oct. 29.
$25to$5000|~
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISl I;.
It t» one nf the uti«fftrth>
cation that, <•*
th« irnit*i|> o( I
•tudy, At Mr.. .
beauty o( tli- i
11
THE PEDDLERS SONG.
Law.-) rs white as driven snow ;
Cypraw black aj* e'er was crow ;
Gloves as sweet as damask rosea;
Masks for faces and for noses ;
Bujfle-bracelet, necklace, amber ;
Perfume for a lady's chamber;
Gold <|it'->i|«and stomachers,
For my lads to gin their dttH ;
Tins and poklng-sticks of steel,
nils lack from head to heel:
Come buy of me.come; come buy .come buy,
Buy, lads, or else TOOT hisses cry,
William SiiAKsrEARE.
It is remarkable that Paganini, the unequaled violinist of the world,
was miserly to an extreme degree. The spending of three or four cents
too much for an article would make him unhappy; and even on his death-
bed he higgled over the cost "f a pigeon -mitred hy the physician, because
" there were a good many bones in a pigeon."' Yet even Paganini, close-
fisted as he was, would have been glad to procure such unequaled under-
clothing and neck-gear as those furnished by Carmauy & Crosett, 25
Kearny street. The beBt-dressed gentlemen of the day supply themselves
at this store.
The Sublime Porte has called upon Sir Austen Henry Layard to ex-
plain the approaching movement of the British squadron to Turkish wa-
ters ; and it is said that the English Minister found it extremely easy to
give a plain and prompt explanation. This we may well believe ; but it
is yet easier to give a reason for the simultaneous and continual movement
of ladies aud gentlemen towards Swain's Restaurant, 213 Sutter street.
They are hungry, and that is the best, the most elegant and most com-
fortable place in town for a breakfast or a dinner.
Danos, in Switzerland, is one of the high and dry health reBorta in that
beautiful country, being at least 5,000 feet above the sea-level and screened
on every Bide from the humid winds, so that even the dreaded Poehu haB
no effect on its climate. Consumptives throng to this place from every
part of Europe, and yet many of them go but to die. If, instead of los-
ing time and means and hope in this vain effort, they would take to using
F. & P. J. Cassin's Cordial Balm of Old Rye Whisky and Pure Rock
Candy, there would be a different record.
The Favorite Palace, rented by Ismail Pasha, the ex-Khedive, has
almost everything that could make a residence delightful ; exquisite
views, stately halls and chambers, grand stairways and colonnades,
grounds most beautifully laid out with flowers and shrubbery and shady
groves ; preserves of game ; the presence of the glorious Bay of Naples ;
soft airs and entire seclusion. Only one thing is wanting— that which
every house in San Francisco can have — the matchless Montanya Union
Range, to give peace and comfort in the kitchen.
"He was n(ot) a Careful Man."— Jolliboy : "Well, old boy, I'm
Borry to see you looking so down. What's the matter?" Friend ; " Oh,
I've lost a cousin of my wife's." Jolliboy: "Dear! dear! Why, it was
only the other day I met you, you had lost your mother-in-law's sister.
What a careless man you are !" — Punch.
So prevalent and so fatal haB Consumption become, that it is now
everywhere dreaded as the great scourge of humanity : and yet, in their
formative stages, all Pulmonary Complaints may be readily relieved and
controlled by resorting promptly to Dr. Jayne's Expectorant, a curative
specially adapted to soothe and strengthen the Bronchial tubes, allay in-
flammation, and loosen and remove all obstructions. It is a certain remedy
for Asthma, and also for Coughs and Colda. Sold by Crane & Brigham,
San Francisco^ ____
Hats, it is said, were first manufactured in London by Spaniards some-
where about 1511, but there is a little uncertainty as to the precise date.
One thing, however, is beyond cavil ; since the Anglo-Saxon head was
first beautified by this ornament, there has been no more remarkable ar-
tist in the adaptation of forms to the natural poiBe and carriage of the
head than Herrmann, the Hatter, of 336 Kearny street, and a study of
his catalogue will satisfy any one of this fact.
The future Queen of Spain was dressed in pink satin trimmed with
lace and real flowers, and wore a magnificent diadem of precious stones,
at the audience of renunciation of her right of succession to the Austrian
Crown. Her splendidly clear complexion, remarkable even among the
beauties of the V iennese Court, is maintained in its unchanging freshness
by the use of Madame Rachel's Enamel Bloom, the only perfectly harm-
less cosmetic known.
For sinking spells, fits, dizziness, palpitation and low spirits, rely on
Hop BitterB. Read advertisement.
in tb«**> days of rapid o. minimi
Icr, « ■■ in.i>
alii l ■ >ndi n. and
puWry, the dreamy Mid puutvi
rht maUhlea* ntyle in which
nial delight t" the eye.
Now that it has been shown how especially fitted the American
a, the future oi>encd before
the vineyard* of California . unbounded; and among all the
vintages which have already made their fame in the market, Lamh-
- Gerks Wine itaoda without a rival. Tin- tstsnsioo given to the
pXWJaotlon .'f tliiw aiqoiaiU table wine thin year in unprecedented.
One feature «-f the Psrii ootn -i 'i.l.n. .-. published in our daily PresR,
imi*t have impressed every reader. W bile mm h is mud of the American
Colony in the wonderful city, and often not u> (tt credit* it iw never re-
marked that those from California ted it necessary to buy Paris hats.
The reason they do Dot Ei plain : the; provide themselves at Whites, 614
Commerciul street, anil need no mors.
The Root of Irish Troubles. However it may be with the crop of
'taters, the crop of agi-tators never (teems to fail.— Punch,
The classic ground «>f San Francisco, for the exhilarating sea-bath,
is at the foot of Hyde street. North Beach, at the Neptune and Mermaid
Baths, where the water shoals conveniently, open to the grand sweep of
the inrolling tide, ami sheltered by the curving shore. Instruction in
swimming is given by Prof. Mohor.
Housekeepers are advised to call upon Hartshorn & McPhun, 112
Fourth street, near Mission, for all kinds of carpets, oil-cloths, Linoleum
mattings, etc.; also, manufacturers of store and house window shades,
plain or ornamented. Give them a call for first-class work, at the lowest
prices in the city.
One of the most frequent causes of Budden death in our State ia
heart disease, induced too often by neglect of symptoms which call for
treatment by Napa Soda, the most natural and unfailing regulator of the
system and cooler of the blood.
Price's Carvers.— Send a set East to your friends for Christmas. No.
415 Kearny street. Grinding and Repairing.
AVERILL MIXED PAINT,
The Best, Most Durable and Beautiful of All Paints.
TKEPJJtEV JIEA.DY JFOX USE,
AND OF ANY SHADE OB COLOR DESIRED.
Sept. 27.
O. s. ORRICK, General Agent,
329 Market St., Opposite Front.
TREASURER'S OFFICE,
City and County of San Francisco, September 9,
Redemption of San Francisco Bonds,
ISSUE OF 185*.
1879.
Holders of Bonds of the City and County of San Francisco,
issued under " All Act to provide for tbe Funding and Payment of the out-
standing Unfunded Claims against the City of San Francisco, and against the County
of San Francisco, as they existed prior to the first day of July, A.D. one thousand
eight hundred and fifty-six," approved April 20, 1868, are hereby notified that the
Commissioners of the Sinking Fund of the above named Bonds will receive sealed
proposals for the surrender of any portion thereof, at the City and County Treas-
urer's office, New City Hall, San Francisco, until 12 o'clock noon,
Wednesday, December 31st, 1879.
The amount to he applied to the Redemption of these Bonds is more or less, One
Hundred and Eighty Thousand Dollars ($1*0,000) .
Bidders will state at what rate they will surrender their Bonds, for payment in
United States gold coin.
Each proposal must be accompanied by a deposit of ten per cent, of the Bonds of-
fered, or their equivalent in coiD, or certified checks, and should the Bonds tendered
not be presented within ten days after the award, the next lowest bid will be ac-
cepted. ,
No proposal above par will be entertained.
Proposals to be indorsed " Proposals for surrender of Bonds, issue of 1868."
A. J.BRYANT, Mayor,
COLIN M. BOYD, Auditor,
CHAS. HUBERT, Treasurer,
Sept. 13. Commissioners of the Funded Debt.
COKE CHEAPEST FUEL.
Reduction in Price : Wholesale Price, 50 cents per barrel ;
Retail Price, 60 cents per barrel, at the works of the SAN FRANCISCO GAS-
LIGHT COMPANY, Howard and First streets, and foot of Second st. Jan. 12.
SCHWAB & BREESE,
New Art Gallery, 024 Market street, opposite Palace Hotel.
Oil Paintings, Engravings, Wax and ArtiBts' Materials.
g^" ADMISSION FREE. Sept. 13.
"~SN0W & CO.,
No. 30 Post street, opposite Mechanics' Institute, Import-
ers and Manufacturers of Pictures, Frames, Mouldings, and Artist's Ma-
terials. Established 1849. Sept. 20.
W Morris.
MORRIS & KENNEDY, J. F. Kennedy.
Importers aud Dealers in Molding'*. Frame*. Engravings,
Chromos, Lithographs, Decalcomanie, Wax and Artists' Materials, 21 Post
street, nearly opposite Masonic Temple, San Francisco. Feb. 4.
Sept. 20.
MADAME WALDO
Finishing Lessons—Piano.
COHEN,
S3 Per Lesson.
H07 Hyde Street, San Traaetsco.
Nov. 22, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
12
THE BOYER EMBEZZLEMENT CASE.
San Francisco, Nov. 20, 1879.
Editor ** News Letter :" I ask your indulgence, for the purpose of making
the record of the Boyer embezzlement case clear. I had the man Boyer arrested and
held in 310,000 bonds, for embezzling 10,000 shares of stock, which had been placed
in his hands as collateral security for a loan of §500, which he was to negotiate for
me. This loan never was made, and he, for his own reasons, refused to return the
stock though often requested so to do. Learning that he had disposed of the Btoek,
(and this he acknowledged on the witness stand), I caused his arrest. The examina-
tion occupied the afternoon of Friday, the 31st ultimo, and resulted in the dismissal
of the case, simply upon the technicality that a matter of §74 50, which I had re-
ceived on account of considerable services done at the request of Boyer, was claimed
by his attorneys to be a payment from him to me upon the collateral note. Had it
not been for this, the case was clearly proved. The following morning I made a ten-
der of the amount, and demanded the note and stock. Boyer's lawyers, Messrs.
Lloyd, Newlands and Woods, at once addressed me a letter, to the following effect :
"We are instructed by Mr. Z. P. Boyer to make a compromise with you in regard
to the Ajo stock, by accepting $7i 50 and surrendering the stock. If you will bring
the money, etc., we will turn o^er to you the 10,000 shares of Ajo stock."
This being the property withheld from me by Z. P. Boyer, I accepted the " com-
promise," and have yet to discover that 1 am iu any way compromised by either fore-
going another complaint, or by having endeavored to enforce the one that was dis-
missed. Z. P. Boyer is entitled, under the circumstances, to this explanation, and
a review of the evidence he gave in his own behalf in the case must always be to him
a most interesting remembrance. I bad fully intended to have allowed this self-
styled " Col." Boyer to drift along on the surface of this community, charitably
thinking that his " lesson in Court'1 would at least suggest to him that a still tongue
would best serve his personal interests. He, however, has chosen to publicly de-
nounce the suit 1 brought against him as blackmail, and myself as a blackmailer, so
I am fully justified in stating the stubborn facts in the case.
I have an interesting story in reserve for this so-called " Pennsylvania Capitalist ;"
but it will not decay if kept cool for a short time longer. Some years ago I had an
experience with Alfred Paraf, and in this Boyer business I find its counterpart. It
is about time that Eastern "manipulators" should be brought to a proper realiza-
tion of the fact that people in California have some rights that they are bound to
respect Paraf is learning his lesson behind the bars of a Chilean bastile.
Yermon Seaman.
SIMON L. JONES '
This gentleman is the senior partner in the well-known Auction
House of S. L. Jones & Co. For more than a quarter of a century Mr.
Jones has been an active, untiring auctioneer, honest and upright in all
his dealings, and eminently successful in business, notwithstanding the
many and varied ups and downs of his remarkable life. Mr. Jones takes
his departure for Australia on Monday next per steamer City of Sydney.
We have known Mr. Jones intimately all these years, and no man of our
acquaintance has so won upon the public regard as he for honest, upright
dealings — a pattern for all young men to follow. Mr. Jones leaves his
son in charge of his auction firm, and we have no doubt that he will walk
in his honored father's footsteps and retain the patronage of the public.
We have only to wish Mr. Jones a prosperous journey and a speedy re-
turn to his post of duty.
Grand Sale of Thoroughbred Stock.— Mr. James A. Clayton will
sell by auction, on Tuesday next, at the farm of C. B. Polhemus, Esq.,
on the Stockton Rancho, near San Jose, a magnificent collection of pure-
bred stock, horses, mares, cattle, bulls, and Essex pigs. Many of the
horses are of Niagara blood, trotters of unsurpassed bottom and speed.
Some have done their half mile in 1:12 min.; others their mile in 2:50
min. Besides the Niagara, the Blackhawk, Ethan Allen, Morgan and
Messenger blood are all represented in this list of nearly fifty superb ani-
mals. There are also several unsurpassed farm horses. The cattle are
thoroughbreds and imported Jerseys, and the bulls, all young, are Dur-
hams, Devons, Holstein and Alderneys. Besides the other choice ani-
mals, there is a matchless Ayrshire heifer. The sale will begin at 10 a.m.
The 8:30 train from the city will stop at Polhemus Station, as will the
narrow- guage train from San Francisco at 9 A.M. Afternoon return train
will stop for passengers.
What Oakland ia Doing. — It is but a few years since that the en-
tire people of the city of Oakland held a grand jubilee over their success
in obtaining the terminus of the Central Pacific Railroad. This was done
by conveying to the railroad company some 500 acres of the Oakland
water front, and by ceding most of the remaining water front
property to the Oakland Water Front Company. The railroad
company has more than performed all its pledges, as has the Water
Front Company, but now the city seeks to recover this property from
these companies, and confiscate not only these lands, but the millions
that have been expended thereon in improvements. A more shameless
attempt to repudiate a solemn contract was never made by any people.
We think Oakland will sooner or later learn that " honesty is the best
policy."
A novel enterprise has been taken in hand by Mr. M. J. Flavin,
proprietor of the Great IXL store on Kearny street, a man so gifted with
business tact that whatever he touches is sure to succeed. Mr, Flavin
has leased the Mechanics' Pavilion for twenty days, from the 10th Decem-
ber, and will open it as a monster bazaar for the sale of holiday goods.
Counters on the main floor will be covered with every kind of plate and
fancy goods to the value of near ©100,000. There will be a band of music
in attendance every afternoon and evening, and the galleries will be
opened as promenades. The idea is a grand one, and that it will be
grandly carried out Mr. Flavin's career makes certain.
Cumberland Lode, Arizona. — Work still progresses in the Cumber-
land Mine, the outlook being extremely bright. Captain Daniel Hanlon,
Superintendent of the Cumberland Mine, has shipped 200 pounds of rich
ore, which will be received at the company's office, 417 California street,
some time next week. This ore is from Shafts 1 and 2, and, although ex-
tremely rich, is only presented as an average sample of the mine. These
mines are creating wide-spread attention.
There is no such cutter and fitter in the city aa the one employed
by J. M. Litchfield & Co., 415 Montgomery street, the well-known and
long established merchant tailors, equally popular for the high quality of
their goods and for first-class work.
Artistic Novelties, manufactured from California quartz, at Ran-
dolph & Co.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
Thanksgiving Day. — Thursday, November 27th, will be observed as
usual in St. John's Presbyterian Church, Post street, when the Rev. Dr.
Scott will deliver a discourse suited to the day and the occasion, and to
which the people are cordially invited. Good music thrown in.
St. John's Presbyterian Church, Post street, between Mason and
Taylor. Rev. Dr. Scott, Pastor, will preach Sunday morning at 11
o'clock; also at 7£ p. m. Sunday School and Bible Classes at 9£ a, m.
Prayer and Praise Service at 6| P. M.
HIGHEST STOCK QUOTATIONS
For the "Week Ending Nov. 21st, 1879.
Compiled by George C. Hickox & Co., 230 Montgomery Street.
Name of Mine. Sat.
Argenta.
Andes
Alpha
Alta
Bullion
Belcher
Best & Belcher..
Benton
Bodie
Boston Con
Cons Imperial, ..
Crown Point
Chollar
California
Con. Virginia. . . .
♦Caledonia ....
Confidence
Con Pacific
Eureka Con
Exchequer
Fairfax
Gould & Curry..
Gila
Grand Prize
Hale&Norcross.
Julia
Justice
Jackson
Kentuck
Leopard
Lady Wash'n ....
Leviathan
•Mexican
Modoc
Manhattan
Northern Belle . .
Ophir
Overman ....
Potosi
Raymond & Ely.
*Savage
♦Sierra Nevada . .
'Silver Hill
♦Seg Belcher ....
'Solid Silver....
Succor
Silver King, Ara.
Silv King South .
Tip-Top
Union Con
♦Utah
* Yellow Jacket..
Monday. Tuesday. Wednesdy Thursday. Friday.
a.m. p.m. a.m. p m. a.m. p.m. a.m. p.h. a.m. p.m.
m
2-Si
143
15J
12|
28i
151
3li
29i
11}
12|
23}
Assessments are now due on the Stocks ahove marked thus *
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
The Company's steamers will sail as follows at 12 M:
CITY OF TOKIO, Dec. 27th, March 20th-CITY OF PEKING, Feb. 7th, May
1st— for YOKOHAMA and HONGKONG.
CHINA, November 23th, for PANAMA and NEW YORK, calling at ACAPULCO.
Tickets to and from Europe by any line for sale at the lowest rates ; also to Ha-
vana and all West India ports.
CITY OF SYDNEY, Nov. 24th, at 12 o'clock M., or on arrival of the English mails,
for HONOLULU, AUCKLAND and SYDNEY. $10 additional is charged for pas-
sage in Upper Saloon.
DAKOTA, November 29th, for VICTORIA, PORT TOWNSEND, SEATTLE,
and TACOMA, connecting at TACOMA with Northern Pacific Railroad for PORT-
LAND, Oregon. Tickets must be purchased before 11 a.m. on day of sailing, at
Wharf Office. For freight or passage apply at the office, cor. First and Brannan
streets. [Nov. 22.] WILLIAMS. BLANCHARD & CO., Agents.
PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
Steamers of this Company will sail from Broadway Wharf
for PORTLAND, Oregon), every 5 days, direct, and for LOS ANGELES, SANTA
BARBARA, SANTA CRUZ, SAN DIEGO, SAN LUIS OBISPO and other NORTH-
ERN and SOUTHERN COAST PORTS, leaving SAN FRANCISCO about every
third day.
For Day aud Hour of Sailing, see the Company's Advertisement in the San Fran-
cisco Daily Papers.
Ticket Office, No. 314 Montgomery Street, near Pine.
GOOD ALL, PERKINS & CO., Agents,
March 15. No. 10 Market street.
FOR PORTLAND AND ASTORIA, OREGON.
The Oregon Steamship Company and Pacific Coast Steam-
ship Company will dispafceh every five days, for the above ports, one of their
new Al Iron Steamships, viz.: OREGON, GEORGE W. ELDER, and STATE OF
CALIFORNIA.
Sailing Days
Oct. 4, 9, 14, 19, 24, and 29. I Not. 3, 8, 13, 18,23, and 28.
A.t 10 o'clock, A.. M.
Connecting at Portland, Oregon, with Steamers and Railroads and their connecting
Stage Lines for all points in Oregon, Washington aud Idaho Territories, British
Columbia and Alaska.
K. VAN OTERENDORP, Agent 0. S. S. Co.,
No 210 Battery street, San Francisco.
GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Agents P. C. S. S. Co.,
Oct. 4. No. 10 Market street, San Francisco.
Nov. 22, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVEKTISKH.
13
"BIZ.
The weather for the nut week has been perfectly Rlorions. A bright,
rlrar -un. and * mild, dctidoos utmnsphrr*. Rnsinen continues actire.
The interior demand for k'rneral merchandise quite actno at the lats rise
is Tabu-*. The general impression among wholesale grooorv Jobber* 1«
that prices of staple goods »re bound to go higher. rnieflv by reuon of
hunt ud mpi.ily diminiahini; stock, not only here, but in »uj>plv porta
from whence, we derive needed supplies. \Ve propose to run down the
liit and k-n-e a bird's-eye view of the situation. In Calcutta, by reason of
the ti.~>d of waters, the Jute crop has been out short, and price* of the
raw material, as well as of Hessian piece toods and Burlap Crain Bags,
hare advanced very much. This male, s a (Treat difference to us, as
farmers now have to pay a WK advance for their Grain Sacks. Freights
from Calcutta have also jumped up from $l;t to $18 per ton. Last sales
here of 22x36 Bags for May and June delivery, 10a
Coffee crops are said to be below the average, while stocks of all
kinds, both here, in New York and elsewhere, are said to be smaller than
for many years past. In fact, our market is bare of Coffee in first hands,
and will be until the new Central American crop arrives here in January
next In the interim we get some Rio Coffee from Xew York; price
here, 10 to 18c. We quote Central American 18@21c; 0. G. Java, 26c.
Cordage has been advanced one cent per pound during the current
month, by reason of the great advance of Hemp in Manila.
Coals do not advance materially, by reason of free receipts from
British Columbia mines, Seattle and other Pacific Coast mines. The
California Mt. Diablo mines furnish Steam Coals at $4(34 50 for Screen-
ings and Screened, respectively. The Seattle Mine is under a contract to
the Central Pacific for 5,000 tons or more per month, at or about §5 50,
while the Xanaimo Mine is under contract to the Pacific Mail Company
at a low figure for the year. Thus it is that these two large consumers
are out of the market. The Gas Company draws its supply mainly from
the Australian colonies, at S6 60@J7 {?" ton. The Wellington Mine
Xorth supplies a good portion of the house wants at §8@10, while the
Coos Bay Mine furnishes a moderate quantity at S6@7. We have, then,
a full supply of Anthracite, Lehigh, etc., in store, selling for less than
cost, while Cumberland, for smith's use, rules above all others.
Building Materials.— Lumber of all kinds has been advanced from
82 to SB p' M. during the month. This has been done by a combination
of dealers and producers, while some half dozen millB upon Pupet Sound
have been subsidized, and will remain idle during the year, thus bringing
supplies down to about our consumptive requirements. Lumber exports
during the past year have been light. The Burrard Inlet mills have long
been idle. Our stocks of Lumber, both here and at the mills, is excessive.
Case Goods.— Salmon and Canned Fruits generally all maintain the
late advance, with an active trade requirement for most articles in the
line, notably Eastern Oysters, that are sold here in quantities. Columbia
River lib Salmon are held strong at SI 35(SS1 45 per doz., according to
brand. As for our choice Canned Fruits, such as Cherries, Peaches,
Plums, etc., the shipping demand is large and steadily increasing.
Metals.— Stocks of nearly all kinds have passed out of first hands into
those of the jobbers, who, by reason of diminished supplies, are enabled
to keep up the late rise in prices for nearly all staple articles in the line —
sach as Pig Iron, Tin Plate, Bar Iron, Steel, Zinc, Sydney Block Tin,
etc., the latter now held at 25c from second hands.
Oils of all kinds are the turn dearer. The whaling fleet, thus far,
brings us 12,728 bbls. Polar Oils, worth 35c@40c. Coal Oils are also
higher.
Quicksilver. — The market has collapsed, prices within a month hav-
ing risen from 34Jc up to 50c, and now down to 38c, the market closing
dull and quiet.
Rice. —The stock of Hawaiian Table is light ; price, 6c@6Jc. No. 1
China do, 6c. China Mixed is in demand at §4 65 per 100 lbs ; No. 2
China, 5|c,
Spirits.— Our Native California Brandies, notably those of H. Na-
glee's, is fast displacing the French product. It being really the pure
.juice of the grape distilled, and being aged, is pronounced by all experts
par excellence.
Spices of all kinds are running light in stock, and of course command
good prices— Cloves, 50c ; Pepper, 16c to 18c ; Nutmegs, 95c.
Sugar. — Stocks here are very meagre, and holders firm at the late rise,
say 14c for White, 12£c for Golden. Messrs. C. Adolphe Low & Co. and
associates propose to incorporate a new Sugar Eefinery, capital §300,000,
and hope to be able to have the same in working order within the next
six months. We have been shown samples of California Beet Sugar dur-
ing the week ; it was of good quality White Granulated, and held at 12^@
13c. It is probable that our two Beet Sugaries across the Bay will turn
out this season at least 5,000 bbls. of Sugar of different grades. A Paris
cablegram, dated November 17th, has this to say about the French beet
crop : " The beet crop is even worse than was anticipated, and the price
of Sugar has sensibly risen. Many Refineries have come to a standstill,
and nearly all :-re likely to terminate their operations by the end of De-
cember. The quality of the crop is inferior, and the quantity deficient.
Salt. — Stocks are light and the market firm for all good to choice Liver-
pool stoved.
Tobacco. — Stocks of all manufactured liberal, and holders firm in
their demands. Prices not yet advanced to correspond with the Eastern
rise.
Teas. — Stocks are light, and prices of all Japan Greens are the turn
dearer. We quote Paper Teas at 35@40c.
Wines. —Our native product is steadily gaining friends the world over,
chiefly owing to its purity. Purchasers should patronize well known
vintners and dealers when seeking to buy large or small lots. On the
18th instant S. L. Jones & Co., auctioneers, sold at Sonoma 120,000 galls.
Buena Vista Vinicultural Society Wines, White and Red, the former at
20@40c (J* gall., all in single puncheons, for the naked liquor. The con-
tainer brought some 6c or more $ gall. The Red was not so eagerly
sought for, but sold at 12^@17^c § gall, naked, casks extra.
Freights and Charters.— Two or more ships have been chartered this
t 6.V. to the Continent 67a. Id, We
30,000 t.,na. Freights generally dull.
week for Wheat to Cork, V.
have in port, dbnRi
„.DKD5?"H1C.P,;?duce'„ W"l" ■ "«■! rather a quiet market during the
been bought fr* l> al (3, which m.,v Ik- called the established rate of the
ny'j.^ this date. (,,r the season we hare exported 300,000 tone of
ir-tu'.- !""l,""r »*»il«bl« .to k of Wheat in the state is estimated at
irV.i i'i '■ '"i '"''l r""i''"l«'l,P,t from July l.,t to November
l.'th. Hour Included, 7,500.000 ctls. ; same time last 'year, 0,700,000 ctls.
uur exports of i lour and Wheat for the past two Boasons compare thus:
,„.„ flnir, BbU. Wheat. Clin.
}%.% 178,928 5,040,600
18,8 208,341 5,289,150
We have at this date on the Knrnpmn berth a fleet of 27 vessels, of .17 .
obJ registered tons. These vessels are having good dispatch. At date
our farmers are not disposed to sell Wheat freely. They first want more
ram to secure crops next season.
acB^Ie7TTh^ ujnrket » languid at 95c to *1 for Brewing ; Feed, 65 to
i, Jo ?' ., Coast| and Bll>' Chevalier is scarce and wanted at 81 40®
51 <0 (j* ctl.
Oats.— The demand is light at 81 25@S1 35 $ ctl.
Corn.— Supply is free and the demand good at one cent per pound.
Rye.— Small sales for export at 81 20 |j» ctl.
Alfalfa Seed.— A sale of 40 tons may be noted for Hamburg, via New
York by rail ; price, 7c.
Beans.— The demand has lessened and prices ease off ; stock large.
W°,°,!;^;!hf stock of a11 kin<la ftbout 2,000,000 lbs. The range of
price, 15®30c for all grades.
Tallow.— Supply free and prices low, say 5J@7J for crude and refined.
Hides.— The market is active, at 20@21c for Dry ; Salted, 8@9c.
Leather.— Stocks of all kinds light and prices hardening.
6BP^ ?^BM^' AVmt lfc<m> Letter, 30 Cornhill, E. C, London.
NOTICE.— The Best Food for Infants, prepared by
Savory & Moore, and supplied to the Royal Nurseries of
England. Russia, etc., contains the highest amount of
nourishment in the most digestible and convenient form.
IT IS THE MOST PERFECT substitute for healthy
Mother's Milk, possessing all the elements necessary for
the health, growth and vigor of the child.
MALTED ON LIEBIG'S principle, it has only the
sugar natural to milk, and is consequently free from the
artificial and injurious sweetness of other foods
THOROUGHLY COOKED, it is always ready for use,
saving Mothers and Nurses much time and trouble-
tins, Is., 2s. 5s., and 10s. each.
SAVORY & MOORE, 143, New Bond street, London,
and Chemists, etc., everywhere. July 19.
OATOBI and
TyrooKE's
"DEST FOOD
BlOB TNFASTS.
F
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
Inest and Cheapest Meat-flavoring- Stock for Soups. Hade
Dishes and Sauces. March 2.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT
[s a success and boon for which Nations should feel grate-
ful. See " Medical Press," " Lancet," " British Medical Journal," etc.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF ME4T.
Caution—Genuine only with fac-simile of Baron Iiiebig-'a
Signature, in blue ink, across Label. "Consumption in England increased ten-
fold in ten years. " March 2.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
To be had of all Store-keepers, Grocers and Chemists. Sole
Agents for the United States (wholesale only), C. David & Co., 43, Mark Lane,
London, England. March 2.
CHARLES LANGLEY & CO.,
'Wholesale Druggists,
Importers of Pure English, French and German Drugs,
PATENT MEDICINES, Etc.,
100 and 102 FKONT STREET,
San Francisco. [Sept. 6.
CUNARD LINE.
British and North American Royal Mail Steamships be-
tween NEW YORK and LIVERPOOL, calling at QUEENSTOWN, sailing from
New York EVERY WEDNESDAY.
ALGERIA November 26th.
SCYTHIA December 3d.
ABYSSINIA December 10th.
BOTHNIA December 17th.
GALLIA December 24th.
ALGERIA December 3lBt.
SCYTHIA January 7th, I860.
ABYSSINIA January 14th, 1880.
Passage can be secured and all information given on application to
WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO.,
Nov. 92. 218 California St.
OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP CO.,
For Japan and China, leave wharf, corner First and Bran-
nan streets, at noon, for YOKOHAMA AND HONGKONG, connecting at
Yokohama with Steamers for Shanghai.
GAELIC December Gtb, February 2Sth.
BELGIC January 17th, April 10th.
Cabin Plans on exhibition and Passage Tickets for sale at No. 2 New Montgomery
For Freight, apply to GEORGE H. RICE, Freight Agent, at the Pacific Mail Steam-
ship Company 8 Wharf, or No. 21S California street.
T. H. GOODMAN, General Passenger Agent.
LELAND STANFORD, President. Nov. 1.
14
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Nov. 22, 1879.
CRADLE, ALTAR, AND TOMB.
CRADLE.
Botxk— In this city, November 15th, to the wife of Wm. P. Boyle, a son.
Cohen— In this city, November 13th, to the wife of B. Cohen, a son.
McClblen— In this city, November 10th, to the wife of John McClelen, a son.
Hirschfelder— In this city, November 7th, to the wife of C. Hirschfelder, a son.
Kohlberg— In this city, November 15th, to the wife of M. P. Koblberg;, a son.
Parrhurst— In this city, November 18th, to the wife of H. Parkhurst, a daughter.
Scheld— In this city, November 16th, to the wife of H. W. Scheld, a daughter.
Smith— In this city, November 16th, to the wife of Wm. Smith, Jr., a daughter.
ALTAR.
Croplev-Abeii — In Milpitaa, November 5th, Charles H. Cropley to Henrietta Abel.
Loudon-Wilson— In this city, November 17th, James Loudon to Mary Wilson.
McDonald-McLean— In this city, November 4th, D. McDonald to Mary A. McLean.
Reagbn-Fogertt— In this city, November 12th, Daniel Reagen to Maria Fogerty.
TOMB.
Anoelbeck— In this city, November 17th, Johann D. Angelbeck, aged 46 years.
Biggs— In this city, November 18th, Abel R. Biggs, aged 61 years.
Bryant— In this city, November 14th, Mrs. Kate Bryant, aged 47 years.
Carl— In this city, November 18th, Peter James Carl, aged 39 years.
Hardiman— In this city, November 17th, Patrick Hardiman, aged 54 years.
Kenna— In this city, November 15th, Joseph Kenna. aged 39 years.
Magilton— Iii this city, November 15th, Carrie M. Magiiton, aged 21 years.
McNeil— In this city, November 16th, Archibald McNeil, aged 35 years.
Wren— In this city, November 13th, Bartholomew I. Wren, aged 45 years.
GOSSIP ABOUT MEN, WOMEN AND AMUSEMENTS.
■ _ Paris, October 19, 1879.
Again, as in the Imperial days, it is a delight to hail one of the neat
little Victorias, and at forty sous an hour roll out the Champs Elysees to
the Bois, and there minerle with the crowd of beauty, fashion, intellect
and note. See, there is Sarah Bernhardt, in her low, handsome carriage,
her mettlesome horses prancing past in an eye-wink. Even in that short
space of time we feel the influence of her profound, dark eyes. Fate wills
that the carriage which follows Sarah's should contain the Earl and Coun-
tess of Dudley. Ah, what a witching beauty is that of Lady Dudley! I
venture to say that in a hundred thousand women you could not find her
equal. Mrs. Langtry's beauty is always challenged at first, and it is only
after seeing her repeatedly that one gets under the fascination of her tur-
quoise blue eyes. But I never heard other than one opinion concerning
the Countess of Dudley. Exquisitely exquisite at any time, in any cos-
tume, whether as now, swathed in crape for her father's loss, or when, in
nobby afternoon get-up, she drives her white ponies in Hyde Park, or
when, arrayed in court train, with the queen of Spain's finest jewels on
her neck and arms and head, she kisses the hand of royalty. Beauty al-
lied to high position ; this is something, indeed, is it not? So prudent,
too ; always by the earl's side — never anyone else's ; no doubt a most vir-
tuous lady, as she is a most beautiful one. Whence comes the sting, then,
on seeing this couple? Simply that, if a man may not marry his grand-
mother, no more should a woman marry her grandfather.
But how goes the adage? Better be an old man's darling than a young
man's -slave. And a darling she is of the thrice pecunious nobleman, an
admirable gentleman, by the way ; the greatest patron of musical art and
artists the British nobility boasts. He only opens his letters once a fort-
night, and the story goes that he has just purchased a magnificent dinner
service in old Dresden for the sum of §60,000, which on his fortnightly
opening of letters he found had been previously offered him for fifteen
thousand dollars.
Why, bless my life, there's Cora Pearl ! On horseback as usual, the
lithe creature, her light hand holding the reins of her thoroughbred as
easily and familiarly as other women handle a lace handkerchief. She is
almost as slight as Sarah Bernhardt, and the perfect figure you see in
fashion-plates, with the round, slim waist, the swelling bust, the sloping
shoulders. The announcement of her death, with long obituary notice,
appeared a night or two ago in an evening paper, and while everybody
was reading it in the cafes and elsewhere, Cora herself, dressed in a stun-
ning latest) was applauding Jeanne Granierin "Le Petit Due" at the Re-
naissance. She is a wondrous work of art, so far as her face goes. She
is enameled to such a point that when she laughs it must make beautiful
crackle of her. Her hair is canary color, and always elaborately dressed,
generally with a long girlish curl or two streamers down her back. She
retains her magnificent teeth, her finest feature, still even as it was in her
youth. It is a pity that, for morality's sake, such a woman could not
write her memoirs. A truthful recital of her life would not fail to show
how false and unsatisfactory must be the strass brilliancy of the existence
of Paris cocotte.
Paris is Paris again this year. Two spectacular pieces occupy the boards
of the Porte St. Martin and the Chatelet respectively ; one is the old
story of "Cinderella," presented with a luxury of detail, a brilliancy of
costume, and a magnificence of scenery which must be seen to be believed;
and the other is the black venus, a fictitious record of the voyage of a
French explorer in Central Africa. The whole front of the theater— that
is, the lobbies and foyer — is turned into a museum for the study of the
geography of Central Africa. Portraits of Stanley and Livingstone hang
in conspicuous places ; extracts from their works are used as elucidation
of various pictures, many of them showing the cruelties of the slave
trade ; tools, implements of war, articles for domestic use, elephant's
tusks, beautifully polished, and the thousand and one strange objects em-
ployed by this almost unknown people, are arranged with care and skill-
fully ticketed with information. All this enhances marvelously the inter-
est of the play. And on the stage what marvels are presented! The
Nile, with its low banks and strange vegetation is presented, not as a
painted picture, but as a "set; " and how true it is to nature the least
traveled person has but to consult the great photographs to realize. On
this Nile come steaming the dabakien of tourists, meeting a heavily-
laden, quaintly-rigged slaver, whose inhumanly- packed crew the former
quickly rescue. And then the crossing of the' desert! The real camels,
the elephants, the giraffes, the sacred bulls, the zebras, the donkeys, in
endless number. — The Republic.
Hint for the Winter (in advance). --How to keep your rooms warm :
Keep your grates coal'd. — Punch.
An elegant assortment of Gold Watches and Chains at Randolph &
Co.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
E.M.Fry. FRY, WATTLES & CO., J.B.Watties,
Stock Brokers,
303 Montgomery Street, S. F., Under the Nevada Bank.
^^~ Money to loan on active accounts. Nov. 8.
Geo. C. Hickox.
GEORGE C. HICKOX & CO.,
E. C. McFarlane.
C Commission Stock Brokers (San Francisco Stock Ex.
J change, No. 230 Montgomery street, San Francisco. May 4.
J. A. RUDKIN,
ember S. F. Stock and Exchange Board, 423 California
street. STOCKS Bought and Sold on Commission. Liberal Advances
made n Active Accounts. Oct. 26.
M
E. E. Etre.1 Members S. F. Stock and Exchange Board. [J. H. Jones.
EYRE & JONES,
Stock Brokers,
320 PINE STREET, SAJST FRANCISCO. [Sept. 27.
ANDREW BAIRD,
Negotiator of Loans and Commercial Paper,
Broker in Local and State Securities,
No. 312 California Street San Francisco.
[P. O. Sox 1,208.1 July 19.
D. V. B. Henarie. Edward Martin.
E. MARTIN & CO.,
Importers and Wholesale Dealers in Wines and Liquors.
Proprietors of Miller's Extra Old Bourbon and J. F. Cut-
ter Extra Old Bourbou and Bye Whiskies.
April 5. 408 Front Street, San Francisco.
HIBERNIA BREWERY,
Howard Street, Between Eighth and Ninth.
Dec. 7.] M. NTTNA:Nf Proprietor*
TABER, HARKER & CO.,
IMPORTERS JJTB WHOLESALE GROCERS,
10S and 110 California St., S. F.
rApril 19.]
Henry B . Williams. Henry B. Williams,
WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO.,
SHIPPING AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
No. 218 California st., S. F. [July 27.
Newton Booth, C. T. Wheeler, Sacramento. | J. T. Glover, W. W. Dodge, S. F
W. W. DODGE & CO.
holesale Grocers, corner Front and Clay streets, San
Francisco. April 1.
w
CASTLE BROTHERS,
ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAR I860.
[mporters of Teas and East India Goods, '.
Front street, San Francisco.
ios.218 and 215
Jan. 13.
J. M. Neville, REMOVAL. Geo. H, Bryant.
BAGS, TENTS AND HOSE.
NEVILLE & CO.,
No.'s 31 and 33 California Street, S. E. corner, of Davis,
San Francisco. [Aug:. 2.
L.H.Newton. NEWTON BROTHERS & CO., M. Newton.
Importers and wholesale dealers in Teas, Foreign Goods and
Groceries, 204 and 206 California street, San Francisco, Cal May 26.
WM. F. SMITH, M.D.,
Oculist and Aurist, 313 Bush Street.
Aug. 16.] Office Sours, from 12 M. to 3 P.M.
J. C. MERRILL & CO.,
Shipping: and Commission Merchants, Agents for the Sand-
wich Islands Packet Lines, 204 California street, S. F. April 13.
JOSEPH GILLOTT'S STEEL PENS.
(told Medal, Paris, 1S7S.
old by all Stationers. Sole Agent for the TTnited States:
MR. HENRY HOE, 91 John street, N. Y. Jan. 5.
s
$7
na year and expenses to agents. OntfltFree. Address,
June 7.] P. O. V1CKERY, Augusta, Maine.
DOGS.
G Eve rill, the €elel>r»ted Canine Doctor from jLondou, can
s be consulted for treatment or purchase. Fe5, §1. Address,
G. EVERILL, 528 California street.
53?" Sure cure for worms, distemper, canker and maoge sent free by mail on
receipt of SI. Oct. 13.
D. HICKS & CO.,
Bookbinders and Blank Book Manufacturers,
NO. 543 CLAY STKEET.
%W~ Blank Books "Ruled, Printed and Bound to Order. [Nov. 8.
NOTICE.
At a meeting: of the Z*ocal Board of Directors of the
. LIVERPOOL AND LONDON AND GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY, held .
October 11th, 1879, MR. GEORGE MEL was appointed Resident Secretary pro tern
of the Pacific department of said Company.
Oct. 18. WM. F. BABCOCK, Chairman.
Xov. 22, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
15
flPmUUfUMD "t Cftl*
the gifted Mid anonymous
NEW BOOKS.
The Coming Crisis. By O—mt lbs Many. l*«di«
iforai*. A. L. Bmkt
The pr«fsc« to this little book must hsv« cos
author throes,
each ss prewi
The life from out yoang heart*.
and we tremble while we <i note it: "ThU little volume i* intended as a book
rations, bearing upon the safety and happiness of individuals and na-
tion! in the turn of the coming cri the most enlightened nations
may fall in the effort to itep forward. The aoeial, religious and political
world will go op or down in the approaching conGict. If any thoughts or
rtions in these pages will ward off any danger, or in the least degree
ameliorate the condition of down-trodden and suffering humanity, my
most sanguine hopes will In? realized. ( \ M. S." We may :us well relieve
down-trodden humanity from cherishing any unfounded hopes. C. M. S.
h not the expected Moses. His time has been too much occupied with
deep and awful themes to admit of his making acquaintance with such
trifles as grammar and the tint rules of composition ; and, as his knowl-
edge of the uncial, religions and political world is the very flimsiest and
most chaotic we have been forced to encounter in print, we cannot look
upon his book as anything but a small futility.
Litters mo* a Cat. Published by her ttfistreea for the Benefit of all Cats and
the Amusement of Little Children. By H. H. With Seventeen Illustrations,
by Addtfl i^edvard. Billing, Harbourno & Co., San Francisco. Roberts
Brothers, Boston.
An entertaining book for young children. Pussy is the pet of a little
girl named Helen (Mrs. Hunt herself), who has gone on a visit to some
friends ; and her favorite writes an account of all that happens to her in
the absence of her natural protector. The language and the ideas are
such as might be expected from an intelligent kitten, brought up in a good
family, and just old enough to be interested in the beautiful whiskers of
the neighbor s cat, Cassar.
In the Princeton Review for November, President Porter, of Yale,
deals with Prof. Huxley's flippant book on Hume. Mr. Goldwin Smith,
in treating of " University Questions in England," baa a few plain words
on the athletic mania of the day: "Rowing a shell or walking against
time is almost as little connected with anything useful as trundling a
hoop. . . . Drill and rifle practice are almost as good a recreation as any
game ; they are not exhausting like athletics ; they are likely to give the
too bookish student just the bracing and the tone he needs." Ex-Pres't
Hopkins criticises, with what result may be guessed, TyndalFs theory of
the origin of the cosmos. Mr. Porter, of Chicago, in an article bristling
with figures, assures us of the progress the country is making, and invites
us, pathetically enough, to have " deeper faith in the future of the Re-
public. Dr. Atwater takes up the cudgel for Calvinism agaist Dr. Iron,
whom he accuses of making weak concessions to Profs. Clifford and Hux-
ley. Prof. W. G. Sumner demolishes the bimettalist in a paper that may
be called conclusive, so long as it is not answered, for it seems to be quite
as difficult to get at any accepted truth in finance as in politics. The
points of contact between Science and Revelation are set forth bv Princi-
pal Dawson, of Montreal, in a style of which the following extract gives
an example: "If it is true that the seventh or Sabbath day of creation
still continues, and was intended to be a day of rest for the Creator and
his intelligent creature man, we find in this a substantial reason for the
place of the Sabbath in the Decalogue." The strongest and most inter-
esting paper of this number is the last one, by President M. Cosh, on
Spencer's " Data of Ethics." Temperately, but with most vigorous logic,
he shows the wide gaps in the reasoning of this volume, and how far it is
from justifying its title.
Appleton's, for November, has a slight sketch of Antwerp, distorted
by the theological bias of the writer, whose fitness for his task may be esti-
mated when it is known that he seriously treats the Middle Ages as dark.
A notice of Otway is very well done, and the responsibility for his miser-
able end justly put, where it belongs, with himself. Besant & Rice's -
novel is continued, as well as " Vivian, the Beauty." The other selec-
tions are George Saintesbury's admirable article on Lever and Gautier,
more especially the latter, which is written at Matthew Arnold ; the
Malakan, a kind of Russian Presbyterians; Matthew Browne's review
of the Edinburgh Reviewers, "A Walk in a Wood," by Anthony Trol-
lope, and a partial translation of Mme. de Remusats, " Memoires," in
which the First Consul appears anything but heroic. The editor breaks a
lance with Mr. Froude, on the subject of aristocracy, but nobody is hurt;
and the book reviews are, as usual, well done.
The Portfolio, for October, gives us the last of Mr. Lang's Oxford
papers, a rapid summary of the influences at work in the life of the Uni-
versity city ; the fourth of Mr. Hamerton's Notes on Aesthetics, which
continues the subject of the Love and Hatred of the Artificial ; a sketch
of Franz Defregger, the T.yrolese painter, who belongs, however, to the
school of Piloty ; and a few pregnant words by Mr. Hamertnn on the
Etching of Albert Diirer's "Melencolia," which is the chief illustration
of the number. The others are: "The Visit," by Defregger; " IfBey
Mill," and "Floods at Oxford."
The November number of the Coast Review notices, among other mat-
ters of importance to the insurance world, the withdrawal of the New
Zealand Company from fire risks in this State ; and calls attention to
what it denominates underground insurance on the part of two or three
merely nominal companies. The Review is excellently conducted, and all
business men should consult its pages.
The Western Lancet for November. — This number of the "West-
ern Lancet " is greatly superior to its predecessors. It affords an excel-
lent resume' of the progress of Medicine and Surgery, and will be read
with profit by the practitioners of this State.
Pit District Pity.— Willum : " Heered aboot Peggy Wilson ?" Betty:
"Naw." Willum : "Ben an' fell 500 feet down the mine and killed
herself." Betty: " Well, aw've known that garl sinst iver she wor a
child, an' though she be alius careless, aw niver heered on her a-dewing
such a thing afore." Willum : " Perhaps thus 'ull be a caution tew
her." — Fun.
Sterling Silverware. — A large assortment of elegant designs at Ran-
dolph & Co. 'a, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
Recorded In the City and County of San Pranoleoo. California, for
th* Week ondin* November 14th.
Compiled from tht Htfttrdsofthr i ^nmercial Agency, 401 California «., &JP.
Saturday, November 8th.
ORAXTOn AND O HASTE*.
Leon Mcjssaon to L dc Bonrmonl,
K Cornier to nuns
Jas L H If kit to Hamuli I
Geo W Frank to tforrlti Mavhlum
Ann M Powers to John Kyah
L Enricht ct al to Andrew Downey
Chaa \V Garland to Rubt Clifford.
Margt T Gallagher to E E Eyro.. .
Caroline Hawes to Saml J Tattle.
oasmirTio*.
P Merle to Eugene Boiasc. .
M Reese byExrs to M Ros en ban m
Monday, November 10th.
S Washington, IKOcMontg, 35x60
Samo
9 fnimi. M:8 b Montgomery, e 23:11 x
Filbert, lffT:8 w Montgomery,
» 814x197:0, etc
s clay, no e Battery, 0 80x69:0
E l.agnna, 187:6 D BOflh, n 23:6x80, sub-
ject to Mortgage §600
No Union andJones, e 90x77:8
Ponton lot n, bik 156 SSF H'd and R
R A-ooclation
\'« Sue and Leavenworth, 66x187:8, w
Kimball Place, inn n Sac, n 87:6x79:13
sw nth, 880 bw Bryant, nw 25, an 185,
leSS, ne K5, bob, ne 100 to coin; BW
Don, BIB BW Bryant, nw 46x85
E SlocRton, 65 n Filbert, n 27:0x87:6, be-
In" In 50-vara 457
N California, 161:10 w Battery, 20x70 . .
5
10
1,600
1,025
250
750
6,000
1
26,750
Gnstav Marcos to LThompson.. .
J M Ward to Savs and Ln Society
Jno Best to Ed wd Naughton
E Valencia, 210 n 18th, 25x80, subject to
Mortgage of $1,200
N Folsom and 2d, nw 75x50; also nw of
Howard, 91:8 ne Main, 31:11x187:6
W Leavenworth, 77:6 s Vallejo, a 20 x
137:6, being in 50-v 1193
Sc Howard, 200 sw 12th, 25x137:6
S Bryant, 215 ne 4th, ne 50, se 80 etc be-
ing 50-v 109
._. Same
Andrew D Smith to Wm E CarlilcJN California, 75 w Leavenworth, w 32:6
x 75. bein» in GO-v 1185
N 22d, 50 e Harrison, e 25x100, n 22d, 25
w Alabama, w 50x100 M B 141
S Lombard, 80 e Mason, e 67x86
Philip Cohen to Rosanna Maloney
Jno Roach to Mary Bennett
Bd Tide Ld Comre to same .
Wm E Carlile to Mary E Carlile .
Hib Savs and Ln Soc to E Maher.
12,200
7,700
3,000
1,000
Gift
5,000
Tuesday, November 11th-
D E Martin to F Bohnenberg
Savs and Ln Socy to Ed F Jones. .
Elizth Chapman to J C Wagner. . ,
Jno N Billings to J Sullivan
Margaret P Yreston to J Gillespie
J I Bornemann to C B Duvenick. .
GMConnell to Leo Bagala
F W Tracy to C D Postel
Ann Leddy to Michl Raggatt
F Cunningham to A B Stout.... .
L J Allen to Wm L Walker
Margt Gillin to M McLaughlin
R Mchrtens to H C Lange
Lot 27, bik 307, Case Tract
N M st, 125 e Guerrero, e 50x114, being
in HA bik 13.
N Pacific. 63 w Larkin, 48x67:8
Necor 50-v 1478, 26xli0
W Van Ness, 48 s Fell, 24382:9; also nw
Wildey and Fillmore, n 25x81:3
NISth, 125 w Eureka, 30x75
Se 25th and Alabama, s 50x100
Se Pacific and Taylor, s 80x46
E Nebraska, 300 s Sierra, s 33:4xlu0
E 12th av, 185:8 s S st, s 240:5, etc, O L
1113 and propty in Alameda Co
Lots 3 and 4, bik 7, Misn & 30th St Hd
N Fell, 137:6 e Lflguna, e 27:6x120
N w 22d and Dolores , n 26, etc
850
1,500
400
2,300
6,000
400
250
700
5
6,100
Wednesday. November 12th.
J H Miller to W H Miller..
E Lane to E J Bowen
J S Alemany to Col Notre Dame..
Caroline C Stevens to Jno Hunt Jr
John Hamill to Rose Htimill
Thos H Morrison to NathlCurry..
Emannel Berri to Michl Reese —
O A Williams to Chas N Williams
Danl Jones to Andrew Helmer...,
Lee We to Lee Doon
Wm H Miller to Jno H Miller .
E Selina Place, 117:6 n California, 20x58
W Stockton, 137:6 n California, n 30.6,
w 128, s 53, e 8, n 4:2 etc, to com, sub-
ject to Mortg $2,850
E Dolores, 110 s 16th, s 295, e 113:2, n 1,
ne 187 etc to comencement
Sw Berry and 5th, sw 01:8x275
S Dorland 184 w Guerrero, 50x115
W Howard, 165 a 20th, 60x245
Nw Stockton and Pacific, w 137:6x187:6
being 50-v 84
Lota 1518, 1550. 1522, Gilt Map 2, lols 9
to 12, block 619 as per map in liber 742
of Deeds page 390, and also property
in other counties
N Fsrn ave, 59 e Van Neas, e 25x50 ....
N Commercial, 68:9 e Dupont.e 34:4x50;
50-v 53 subject to Mortg $7,000
W Selina Place, 110 n California, n 27:6
58, being in 50-v 131
10
13,000
750
Gift
10,500
630
5
1,700
1,600
5
Thursday, November 13th-
J C Flood to Jas L Flood
Odd Fel Cem to J L Megannon . .
A Krogh to Harris Solomon
F E Lutz to Danl R McNeill .
Hugh Whittell to S Mead —
D Goldstein to Lena Jones...
B Duffy to J B Mahoney
Damaso Viadero to J McCormick,
E R Harris to F S Spring
Nelson Chase to same. ,
W Taylor, 87:0 n O'Farrell, n 50, w 193:
6, 8 75, e 56, n 25, e 137:6 to com
Lot 13, Rehekah Grove Sec Plat 5
N Valparaiso, 183:3 w Mason, 23x60,
subj to mortg $1,400
E Noe,57 s 19th, s 57x105
E Front, 68:0 s Sacramento, a 22:9x97:10
E Mission, 160 s 17th, s 50x122:6
N 24th, 80 e Diamond, 80x114— Harper's
Addition 185
N Mc Al lister, 142 w Buchanan, 37x137:6
Block 2 University Mound Survey, lot
211 Precita Valley, except lot 50x80;
also lot 2, Harris Map 2
Same
$ 10
604
2,925
400
26,850
Gift
1,200
4,000
3.600
3,600
Friday, November 14th.
J M Lord to Owen Hnckett...
T Tanfuran to J A RobinBon .
MF S Hopkins toCP Huntington
JFurness to W B Bradbnry
Michael O'Brien to Marie Postel.
Save and Ln Soc to Alex Murdoch
EP Williams to E P Heald
A J Morrell to Henrietta M Cox. ,
City and County S F to Jas Thorn.
Wm S Cook to W J Gtinn
S\v2d, 81-3 seBrannan, 25xS0
160 acres, com 424 Teet, s of Stake, at
sw cor lot surveyed for Merrill & Co.
N BiiBh, 102:6 e Battery, e 45x91:8; also
sundry lots throughout tbe city; also
property in Sacramento
E Church, 208 s 22d, s 52x125
N 9th ave, 75 e K st, 25x100 anb lot 218,
bik 163, Central Park Hd
Nw Howard, 91:8 ne Main, lie 22:11x137:
6.. Band W 709
S Powell Ave, 125 eMiesion. 25x100....
Nw Brannan, 150 ne 2d, ne 25x80— 100-v
107, silbj to mortg J3.4O0
E Alabama, 208 n 23d, n 26x100
S Piue, 231:3 w Webster, 25x127:6...
$2,500
1
1
4,000
4,200
2,500
5
"io
16
SAtf FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER.
Nov. 32, 1879.
PRISONERS OF CONTENT, FAREWELL !
Hollow and vast-starred sides are o'er us,
Bare to their blue, profoundest bight;
Waves and moonlight melt before us,
Into the heart of the lonely night.
Row, young oarsman; row, young oarsman !
See how the diamonds drip from the oar !
What of the shore and friends? Young oarsman,
Never row us again to shore.
See how shadow and silver mingle
Here on the wonderful wide, bare sea;
And shall we sigh for the blinking ingle-
Sigh for the old-known chamber— we ?
Are we fain of the old smiles tender ?
The happy passion, the pure repose ?
True, we sigh ; but would we surrender
Sighs like ours for smiles like those?
How, young oarsman, far out yonder,
Into the crypt by the night we float ;
Fair, faint moon-flames wash and wander,
Wash and wander about our boat !
Not a fetter is here to bind us,_
Love and memory loose their spell ;
Friends of the home we have left behind us,
Prisoners of content, farewell !
Row, young oarsman, far out yonder,
Over the moonlight's breathing breast;
Best not. Give us no pause to ponder;
All things we can endure, but rest !
How, young oarsman ; row, young oarsman ;
See how the diamonds drip from the oar ;
What of the shore and friends? Young oarsman,
Never row us again to shore !
[From Mr. W. H. Mallock's " Dialogue on Human Happiness," in the
Nineteenth Century for September. We have supplied a title to it from
the poem itself.]
BAKING- POWDERS— ALUM IN BREAD.
There is a lively contention going on at present in this city, and,
to all appearance, more or less all over the States, concerning the good-
ness or otherwise of powders to be used as substitutes for yeast, in ren-
dering bread porous and light. And, as there is so muuh vim thrown
into the puffing of certain baking powders just now, the conclusion is
that the consumption is large and the profits in proportion. It then can
hardly help being both interesting and profitable to the public to know
clearly what these different baking powders are made of, and which of
them are dangerous to health, and which are not, for some of them un-
doubtedly are injurious.
Among the many attempts to make light bread without yeast, one
which for a time was thought likely to become- of general use was made
under the process patented a few years ago by the late Dr. Danglish and
Mr. Bousfield, and consisted in preparing the dough with common water,
highly charged with carbonic acid. The bread was good, but the flour did
not absorb water enough to render the business profitable.
Next come the dry and portable baking powders, which, to beharmless,
should have no deposit in the bottom of the glass when a teaspoonful has
been dissolved in a glass of water, and left to stand for a short time. This
test is certain, for if alum has been used in making the powder, there will
be a very considerable deposit of white matter. But if, on being dis-
solved, there is no deposit, or so little as to be of no account, then the
powder is safe for general use, and has been prepared either with tartaric
acid, or possibly citric acid. Of course, those acids are far dearer than
ammonia alum. On account of its extreme cheapness, this ammonia alum
has been and is used by many makers of yeast powders, to the great iuj ury
of individual health — especially of babes and young persons ; in fact, the
amount of injury done can hardly be estimated, when we reflect that it is
in the villages and country places, where malt yeast cannot be obtained
easily, that the housekeeper has daily recourse to the baking powder, and
that of the kind made with alum, being induced to buy it on account of
comparative cheapness and lying testimonials to its harmlessness.
The chemical formula of ammonia alum is
So it will be observed that it consists of ammonia, alumina, and quite a
quantity of sulphuric acid (oil of vitriol). Now, granting that neither
the ammonia nor the sulphuric acid are very injurious in the form in
which they exist in the bread, yet alumina — that which forms the white
deposit when a teaspoonful of the powder is mixed in a glass of water — is
dangerous to all in some degree, but most highly dangerous, not to Fay
certainly injurious to babes and young growing persons. Those who use
alum-powders in bread-making, really are helping on the Darwinian the-
ory of " Natural Selection," so admirably expressed by Herbert Spencer,
when he described the results of development as " the survival of the
fittest." This alumina, when set free into the bread, as it is when the
sulphuric acid leaves it to go over to the soda and set the carbonic acid
free, is in the finest state of division, and gets rapidly mixed through the
dough. Baking does not alter it. When taken into the stomach it is ut-
terly indigestible ; but, what is worse, it has a direct tendency to adhere
to the digestive surfaces of the stomach and of the intestines, deranging
them, causing constipation, and laying the certain foundation for dyspep-
sia and its long train of suffering so well known by millions in the United
States. But, again, alum is largely used by the bakers of this city in the
ordinary way of bread-making, and is sold under the name of Hards. A
few weeks ago, the passer-by might have seen lying about on the side-
walks before the door of the London Tea Warehouse, Third street, near
Jessie, quite a number of moderate sized sheets of paper with the word
Hards printed in good-sized letters — of course, a hint to rascally bakers,
but the meaning of it mere Greek to the uninitiated.
Of alum, Dr. Danglish (a first-class authority) writes, as "considered
in relation to its action on the digestive organs," its effect on the system
is that of a topical astringent on the surface of the alimentary canal,
producing constipation and deranging the process of absorption. But its
action in neutralising the efficacy of the digestive solvents is by far the
most important and unquestionable. The very purpose for which it is
used by the baker is the prevention of those early stages of solution,
which spoil the color and lightness of the bread while it is being prepared,
and which it does most effectually; but it does more than needed, for,
while it prevents solution at a time when it is not desirable, it also con-
tinues its effects when taken into the stomach, and the consequence is
that a large portion of the gluten and other valuable constituents of the
flour are never properly dissolved, but pass through the alimentary canal
without affording any nourishment whatever." All the while it is the
alumina which does the mischief.
THE MONUMENT TO GENERAL COLTON.
This magnificent addition to the many costly tombs, which make
our Laurel Hill at once a consecrated spot and a home of art, is to be be-
gun at once, though it is estimated that eighteen months will be needed
for its completion. The designs are made by Mrs. Colton herself, and the
material selected is Eavaccioni marble. The monument is in the form of
a chapel in the Corinthian style, and will be placed in the center of a wide
platform, approached by eight marble steps. A buttress on each side of
the chapel supports a bronze tripod. The bronze doors are to be cast at
Munich. The marble floor will be a mosaic of six different colors, and in
the center is to be a Greek Cross. The dome is supported by four pilas-
ters of gray Scotch granite with Italian marble capitals. Three Colum-
baria are on each side of this chamber; and the whole is lighted by a
beautiful memorial window, presented by Mrs. Cook. The base of the
exterior is of California granite, on which rest the pilasters, ten in num-
ber, that support the cornice, from which rises a marble balustrade. The
monogram D. D. C, on a panel above the entrance, is inclosed with lilies
and forget me-nots. The name, Colton, is cut in high relief on the frieze;
and a shell-shaped finial, two feet in diameter, and ornamented with pop-
pies, surmounts the pediment. The work, which is to be 20 feet square
and 35 feet high, will cost about ©50,000.
Grant's Favorite TorJic. — About nine out of ten of the brief speeches
made by Gen. Grant since his return from abroad have contained the sin-
gular announcement that none of the European Powers are hankering
after a war with the United States. This, the General says, he knows
from his own observation, for he has seen that the crowned heads of the
Old World and their slavish subjects at length appreciate to the full the
might, majesty, and dominion of this glorious nation. This may be all
very true, and we hope it is, but where is the necessity for so constantly
reminding us of it? Have we only just begun to be a powerful nation,
or are we to be flattered to learn, on such high authority, that Europe
does not utterly despise us ? One would imagine that we lived in con-
stant dread of being gobbled up by some foreign Power to see the way in
which the General keeps patting the American Eagle on the head and
telling it not to be afraid.
The Right Man in the Right Place.— The Evening Post, of last
Tuesday, published a long array of names of people who are willing to
serve the State under our incoming Governor. In the list, we notice that
B. H. Monson is named for the position of Superintendent of State
Printing. We have known Mr. Monson for over thirty years, and during
that time he has done a large amount of printing for us, always in the
most satisfactory manner. He stands in the front rank of tlwrouahbred
printers, and his appointment to the position would do equal credit to the ap-
pointing power, to the office and to Mr. Monson, and we feel sure would
be applauded by the press and the printing craft throughout the entire
State.
Here is what a veteran said : "It was before the trenches at Pe
tersburg, and remarkably hot, when you consider we were in December.
Our regiment was charging up a side-hill, raked fore and aft with batter-
ies and sharpshooters. One fellow near me dropped on his hands and
knees, and crawled on in that position towards the enemy, when the Col-
onel caught him in the rear with the flat of his sabre. 'Get up, you
darned fool ! Do yon think you are cavalry ?'"
The New Orleans Times has been publishing for some weeks a series
of admirable articles signed " Catherine Cole ; of course, a nom de plume.
The gifted writer, whose productions have received high commeudation
from Eastern journals, is a lady, formerly a resident of this city, and
greatly respected for her entertainments in the literary circle she adorned.
It is gratifying to her friends in California to know that her rare talents
meet with recognition in the Crescent City.
What is home "without a mother ? Not more desolate than would
be a Thanksgiving Day without those mince-pies, for which the Original
Swain's Bakery, 213 Sutter street, has an unrivaled reputation. So great
is the rush for these that orders, to be attended to, must go in without
delay. There are but five days left.
SAN FRANCISCO^ NEWS LETTER.
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Cornhill, E.G. ; F.-Algar, 8 Clement's Lane, E.C. ; American Exchange and Reading
Rooms, 449 Charing Cross, W.C;; Delizy, Davies"& Co., 1 Cecil street, Strand, W.C;
Wm. Wilson, 6 Talbot Court, Eastcheap, E.C.
Paris, France. —Charles Legay, 1 Rue Scribe; "Anglo-American Bank," 19 Boule-
vard de la Madelaine.
New York.— S. M. Pettengill & Co., 37 Park Row; George P. Rowell & Co., 10 Spruce
street ; A. Brentano, 37 Union Square ; MacKenzie, Phillips & Co., 115 and 117 Nas-
sau street ; E. Duncan Sniflen, 31 and 32 Astor House offices; John F. Phillips &
Co., 27 Chatham street.
Boston, Mass.— S. M. Pettengill & Co., 10 State street.
St. Louis, Mo.— Rowell & Chesman, corner Third and Chestnut.
Chicago, III. — Cook, Coburn & Co.
Philadelphia, Pesn.— S. M. Pettengill & Co., 701 Chestnut street.
Cincinnati.— E. N. Fleshman & Co., N.E. corner 4th and Race streets.
New Haven, Conn.— H. P. Hubbard.
Victoria, B. C— T. N. Hibhen & Co.
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A«nn»l SoWription. •&,
DEVOTED TO THE LEADING INTERESTS OP CALIFORNIA AND THE PACIFIC COAST.
Vol. 30.
SAN FRAN0IS00. SATURDAY, NOV. 29, 1879.
No. 20.
Olti< <■ or the Han Frnnclsco New* ■ .<■■ irr. Jlorchiuil Street,
Not. 007 to 616, San FnncisoO.
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OLD BARS— 890@910-Silyer Babs— 5@15 tfcent. disc. Mexican
Dollars, 4@5 percent, nominal.
• Exchange on New York. £®l-5 per cent. ; On London, Bankers,
; t'nraraercial, 50i@50d, Paris, sight, 5 franca per dollar.
Telegrams, 3-10(5;$ per cent.
• Latest price of Sterling, 4S1£@484.
"Price of Money here, 3@1 per cent, per month — bank rate. In the
open market, 1@1£. Demand active.
THE STOCK MARKET.
The past week has witnessed a succession of breaks, which has
completely demoralized the Stock-dealing fraternity, and made sad havoc
among the margin buyers. Large blocks of Union and Sierra Nevada
were forced upon the market by leading brokers, which have been the
principal cause of the decline, and with the weeding out of weak margin
holders, we .are inclined to the belief that a resuscitation of values may be
expected. A winze is about to be started at a point between the S.Nevada
incline and the Union shaft, to facilitate the opening of the 2400-ft level,
which will answer all the purposes of the shaft. The drift leading to this
winze already shows fine ore for a distance of 36 feet, so that something
encouraging is looked for in the winze. The we3t cross-cut in Sierra Ne-
vada 2300-ft level is generally regarded as a failure, inasmuch as the drift
reveals only 15 feet of ore, where the diamond drill reported over 60 feet
without reaching the west wall. The break in Sierra Nevada was un-
doubtedly occasioned by the official confirmation oi this fact, demonstrat-
ing as it does the norrowness of the ledge at this point. The balance of
the list were at the mercy of the fancy gambles, and suffered in the gen-
eral demoralization. In the absence of any important information from
others of the mines, the balance of the market is dull and devoid of inter-
est. Outside stocks are generally neglected and difficult of sale. At the
close a slight shading off from opening prices was noticeable, with very
moderate business transacted.
We note that the stock of the Oregon Railway and Navigation Com-
pany, 86,000,000, was admitted to the free list, and its $6,000,000 of bonds
to the regular list of the New York Stock Exchange on the 12th inst.
The company is four months old, and consolidates all the railway and
steamship lines of Oregon into a close monopoly. The official statement
gives the net earnings for October at S247.000, and for the last four
months, $638,657, out of which a quarterly dividend of two per cent, on
the capital was paid November 15th, leaving a cash surplus of S500,000.
The conrpany has four new ocean steamships, plying between San Fran-
cisco and Portland, a fleet of 28 steamboats on the Columbia, and lines of
railway between various points. The bonded indebtedness bears 6 per
cent, interest. The stock was bid at 101 when listed, but sales have since
been made at 120.— S. F. Merchant.
Beerbohm's Telegram. — London and Liverpool, November 28th,
1879. — Floating- Cargoes, steady with fair demand ; Cargoes on Passage,
?iuiet; Mark Lane Wheat, quiet but steady ; No. 2 Spring off Coast, 53s.;
ied Winter off Coast, 55s. ; California off Coast, 55s. 6d. ; California
Nearly Due, 56h. 6d.; California Just Shipped, 57s. ; No. 2 Spring for
Shipment, 52s. ; Liverpool Spot Wheat, firm : California Club No. 1
Standard, lis. 9d.; California Club No. 2 Standard, lis. 7d.; California
Average— Western, lis. 3d.; White Michigan, lis. 4d.; Red Western
Spring,_9s. 2d.@9s. 8d. ; Extra State Flour in London, — ; Extra State
Flour in Liverpool, — ; Liverpool Western Mixed Corn, 4s. 7&d. ; Liver-
pool Canadian Peas, 8s. 4d.; N. Y. St. Ex., 81@84d. ; English Country
Markets, firm.
The Health of the City.— There was a further decline of deaths
last week from 86 to 80, and the zymotics were reduced to eleven. Ty-
phoid fever still prevails, but of a mild type ; there have been two deaths
this week. Scarlatina is also prevalent— a death was marked last week
and one has occurred this. The colder weather is proving fatal to the
aged— -three deaths from old age are registered. The dryest weather is
seemingly less fatal to consumptives. The deaths this week are less than
usual. Measles have caused a death— the first from this cause for many
weeks. Croup and diphtheria each count one death. Pneumonia is on
the decline.
PRICES OF LEADING STOCKS AND GOV. BONDS.
Son Francisco November 38, 1870.
Stocks and Bonds.
Cal. St. Bonds, 6"s,'57.(nom)
S. F. City & Co. B'ds, tis, "5s
S. F. C. &Co. B'dS, 7s(noin)
Montg*3 Av. Bunds (noin)..
Dupont Street Bonds
Sacramento City Bonds....
Stockton City Bonds, 6"s...
Yuba County Bonds, 8's.. . .
Santa Clara Co. Bonds, 7's .
C. P. R. R. Stock
C. P. R. K. Bonds
Oakland City Bonds, 8's
Bank of California(old sfk).
First Natioual
Pacific
California Ins. Co
Commercial Ins. Co
Fireman's Fund Ins. Co....
Bid
Asked
100
102
Nom.
Nora.
Nom.
Nom.
66
70
80
90
:o
28
00
95
103
1011
105
107
85
90
108
110
112
115
m
,5
95
97J
120
125
103
112
75
80
115
120
Stocks and Bonds.
Homo Mutual Ins. Co
State Investment Ins. Co ..
Union Ins. Co
City R R
Central R. R. Co
Clay Street Hill R. R
Market Street R. R
N. B. and Mission R. R
Omnibus R R..
Potrero and Bay ViewR. R.
Qiam Powder Co
Atlantic Giant Powder
8. F. Gaslight Co(ex div)...
Oakland Gas Co
California Powder Co
9. V. W. W. Co (ex div)....
Nevada Co. N. G. R. R. Bds
Virginia & Truckee
30
30
155
95
90J
34*
95
85
93
100
loa
ii ii
40
55
35
165
105
91
35
98
85i
95
102J
The demand for first-class Securities continues, and there are indications
that Money is leaving here for investment elsewhere. The credit of this
State could hardly be above what it is at present. Issue of long Bonds
would eagerly be absorbed on the basis of from 5 to 5J per cent, per an-
num interest, and it is to be hoped that the new Legislature will adopt
some plan of public improvement that will not only give activity to this
idle capital that is now going away seeking employment elsewhere, but
will also give employment to the mas3 of white laborers who complain
that they can get nothing to do.
Andrew Baird, 312 California street.
We regret sincerely to note the death of Mr. Delany, aged 60, the
talented managing editor for so many years of the world-renowned Lon-
don Times. In 1869 we called on Mr. Delany at his private residence, in
Edgeware Road, London, with Mr. Sampson, the editor of the city arti-
cles, and it was at the instigation and request of Mr. Delany that the
proprietor of the Ncos Letter wrote the first letters direct from San Fran-
cisco which appeared in that journal. These letters were followed by the
correspondence of Mr. Donald Frazer, and his notices were followed af-
terward by the able articles of Mr. Ed. Jackson, and those no less dis-
tinguished of Mr. Barr Robertson.— Ed. News Letter.
Conger vs. Conroy. —The contest for the Senatorship of the Ninth
Senatorial District was resumed yesterday morning before Justices Pen-
nie and Joachimsen ; James Tieruey, Kane Mahoney, W. W. Traylor,
A. L. Stone, Benj. Dorr, W. Wilson, C. E. Weise, J. Delavan, J. King,
A. McPherson. The evidence of. the workingmen was almost all hear-
say, and the last witness confessed that he had been arrested four or five
times for fighting, and had been in jail thirty or forty days. The W. P. C.
made a very pretty showing.
Gen. Grant and the Eastern Press.— Public opinion is evidently
changing in relation to Grant and the third term. Some of the most in-
fluential papers in the country are now out and openly against him. The
Cincinnati Commercial, one of the leading Republican papers of the West,
slashes at Grant in a savage and wholesale way in a recent issue ; while
Don Piatt, in the Washington Capital, calls Grant "a brute on the field
and an imbecile in the Cabinet." This iB only specimens of the way noted
Eastern editors are serving up Grant and the " boom " business.
Death of S. B. Wattson.— This gentleman, one of the oldest mer-
chants of the city, died suddenly on Tuesday last, of paralysis of the
brain, and at the' comparatively early age of fifty-four. Mr. Wattson
was a native of Edinburgh, a man of strict integrity and honor, and of
great business capacity. He had been a member of the firm of B. C.
Horn & Co., and later a partner in the house of Parker, Wattson & Co.,
and when he died was at the head of the large cigar and tobacco firm of
S. B. Wattson & Co.
Correction. — We stated last week, on the authority of the Coast Re-
view, that the New Zealand Insurance Co. had ceased taking fire risks in
this State. A letter from the manager informs us that this is an error,
and that the Company continues to underwrite fire risks in this city and
county, in Oregon and in Washington Territory, as well as Marine Risks.
Received too late for notice this week : Appleton's Journal and the
North American for December.
Printed and Published by the Proprietor, Frederick Marriott, 607 to 616 Merchant Street, San Francisco, California.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Nov. 29, 1879.
SKELETON SKETCHES.-- No. 13.
[bi t. a. haecotjrt.]
A Terrible Adventure.
I do not believe in ghosts of the orthodox sort — very few people do in
these matter-of-fact days— nor have I any fixed creed with regard to the
secrets of nature which, as a class, are erroneously called "supernatural ;"
but that there are such secrets I firmly believe, and that they are occa-
sionally half revealed to us when we least expect a revelation I also be-
lieve. Who isthere that has gazed upon the corpse of a friend without being
filled with awe and wonder? All that we saw in life lies there. We
might dissect the body, yet the most powerful microscope could discover
nothing to be missing. Every part of the wonderful machine is pefect,
but it has stopped running, and all the science and ingenuity of man can
nevermore set it going. But though we cannot measure, or define, or even
imagine it, we know that something w missing— we know that the man
himself is missing. This empty shell, mouldering into dust before our
very eyes, is not the friend we knew. Our friend waB an invisible essence,
and this was his habitation. He looked through those eyes, not with them,
and now that be has departed, the windows are darkened and the house
is silent forever. To think that we never saw him or be us- - that we each
only saw the perishable abode of the other — is both strange and sad, but
it is true. No man ever yet looked upon his fellow — in this life at least.
As well might he say that he looked upon a musical instrument and be-
held the sound.
It was with such gloomy thoughts as these that I occupied myself one
winter night, now many years ago, when it was my melancholy duty to
watch beside the dead body of one whom I had dearly loved in life. He
had died in the vigor of his manhood, had been cut off in .the blossom of
his hope and strength, and the cause of his death had completely baffled
the physicians. I was Btaying on a visit at his country house, or rather
palace, for he was enormously wealthy, and his life bad been suddenly
snuffed out, as it were, while we sat talking together. Yes, only the night
before I had sat by the fire in this very armchair with him opposite to me
there, and when I looked up to see why he did not answer a lazy question
I had just put to him, he was dead. Now his body lay decked for the
grave in the next room, and I sat here by the fire alone.
When I say that the body lay in the next room, I am not exact. It
really lay at the farther extremity of the room in which I sat, but an
arch "divided this lofty and spacious chamber, and from the arch hung
heavy curtains of ruby-colored velvet, which I had drawn to keep the
beat of the fire from the body and the cold from myself, for it was a
freezing night. It was with the ancients, and is with some people at the
present day, an actual belief that to leave the corpse unwatcbed for a sin-
gle instant would endanger the departed spirit. But I entertained no
such ideas. What harm could come to that poor, vacant tenement, still
less to the "something" that had left it? And if harm should come,
surely no vigil of mine could prevent it. I sat with the body because I
loved it, not that I might protect it.
I have said that I am not superstitious, and during the first half of the
night no thoughts save the speculations I have mentioned and vain regrets
for the loss of my friend occupied my mind. It was, as nearly as I can
remember, about an hour after midnight that I began to experience a sort
of nervous uneasiness for which I was at a loss to account. I was seized
with an indefinable dread — of what, I knew not— and this feeling became
momentarily stronger. In vain I tried to shake it off, telling myself that
the agitation and grief of the past twenty-four hours had weakened my
mind and body. In vain I huddled over the fire and strove to think of
other things. It was no use. I found my eyes wandering constantly to
the closed curtains, and I was unmistakably afraid. At length, vexed at
my own weakness I crossed to the other side of the hearth and seated
myself with my hack to the curtains, in the great armchair which the
dead man had occupied the night before. For a few moments I felt easier;
then on a sudden my terror returned with tenfold force. I no longer
doubted. I now knew that there was something to be afraid of. I heard
nothing, but, as distinctly as if I saw ic, I felt that there was a presence in
the room, and that it was behind me.
My heart stood still ; my blood, aye, the very marrow in my bones was
frozen with inexpressible horror. I would sooner have died than look
round, yet I was irresistibly impelled to do so. Slowly, 0 so slowly! I
turned in my seat and advanced my face to the side of the chair (the
back was too high for me to see over without rising). With ashen face
and staring eyes, I peered round at the curtains, and there, between them
— 0, God! shall I ever fore-et it!— there, between the parted curtains,
Btood the dead man in his grave clothes!
His eyes were open, and he gazed steadily at me with a look of such
devilish malice as I hope never to see in a human face again. I could no
more stir or utter a sound than if I had been carved in granite. For
what was perhaps a minute, though it seemed to me a lifetime, we re-
mained thus ; I peering at him round the side of the chair, he glaring at
me from between the curtains. Then I saw him slowly crouching to the
earth. Gradually he shrank down till he almost squatted on the ground,
and then, with hands outstretched like distended claws, his foamy lips
drawn back from his teeth, and his eyes riveted on mine: he began to
creep toward me. Still I could not move until he had got within six feet
of me. Then I saw his body quiver from side to side {as you have seen a
cat's, just before she springs upon her prey), and, leaping up with a shriek,
I raised the massive chair like a feather and dashed it upon him as he
rushed forward. Of the fearful struggle that ensued I can remember lit-
tle ; all that I distinctly recollect is the rushing in of the servants. After
that all became a blank.
It was nearly three weeks before I regained my senses, and as soon as I
was strong enough to converse on the subject, the doctors told me how it
all came about. It seems that my friend had not been dead, but in one
of those extraordinary trances which simulate death so closely as to de-
ceive the most skillful scientific men. As is frequently the case in such
instances, the horror of the situation in which he found himself upon re-
turning to consciousness, together with the shock which his system had
received, turned the restored man into a lunatic, though his madness was
of a more violent character than is usual.
It was more than a year before my friend entirely recovered from his
insanity. But I could not face him again, and have not seen him since.
Artistic Novelties, manufactured from California quartz, at Ran-
dolph & Co.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
A REMARKABLE CAREER.
The career of M. Dejean, the proprietor of the Circus in the Champs
Elysees and on the Boulevards, who has just died at the age of 94, is a re-
markable one. He started in life as a butcher's apprentice, and his good
looks drew all the cooks in the neighborhood to the shop of his master,
who, on retiring, left him the business. Having amassed a comfortable
fortune he started the Circus, kept it going for half a century, and real-
ized very large profits. He was remarkable for his Herculean strength,
and for his attachment to the Napoleon family, which the late emperor
requited by making M. Dejean an officer of the Legion of Honor. Of
his strength stories are told that border on the marvelous, in which fiction
mingles very largely with fact. Thus it is stated that soon after starting
the Circus a tiger escaped from a menagerie he was exhibiting, and made
straight for him. Dejean quietly open his arms, then closed them ; when
he re-opened them the tiger fell dead at his feet, smothered in his terrible
embrace.
TAXES! TAXES!
1S79-S0.
Notice is hereby given that a certified copy of the Assess-
ment Booh of the Taxable Property of the City and County of San Fran-
cisco, Real Estate and Personal Property (subsequent Assessment Book included),
for the Fiscal Tear 1879-80, has this day been received; that the State, City and
County TAXES for said Fiscal Year are now due and payable at the office of the
undersigned, first floor, New City Hall, and the Laws in regard to their collection
will be strictly enforced.
TAXES will become delinquent on the First Monday In January, 1880,
and unless paid prior thereto, five per cent, will be added to the amount thereof.
CHARLES TILLSON,
Tax Collector of the City and County of San Francisco.
San Francisco, October 27th, 1879. Nov. 1.
. ASSESSMENT OF LANDS
BENEFITED BY
"WIDENING DUPONT STREET.
"VTotice is hereby given that a certified cony of the Assess-
-L-* inent Booh of the Real Estate which is subject for the Payment of Prin-
cipal and Interest upon " Dupont-street Bonds," as directed by an Act of the Legis-
lature of California to authorize the Widening of Dupont street, in the City of San
Francisco, "Approved March 23d, A.D. 1876," has this day been placed in my hands
for collection. The Laws in regard to the collection of the same will be strictly
enforced. CHARLES TILLSON,
Tax Collector of the City and County of San Francisco.
San Francisco, October 27th, 1879. Nov. 1.
MONTGOMERY AVENUE ASSESSMENT.
Notice is hereby given that a certified copy of the Assess-
ment Booh of Real Estate, which is subject to assessment to defray ex-
penses incurred by the Opening of Montgomery Avenue, has this day been placed in
my hands to collect the Assessment thereon.
Said Assessment is for the Fiscal Year of 1879-80, and is now due and payable at
the office of the undersigned, first floor, New City Hall. All Assessments remaining
unpaid on the FIRST MONDAY IN JANUARY, 1880, will have five per cent added
thereto. CHARLES TILLSON,
Tax Collector for the City and County of San Francisco.
San Francisco, October 27th, 1879. Nov. 1.
WAKELEE'S AUREOLINE
Produces the Beautiful Golden Hair so Much Admired.
SUPERIOR TO TBE IMPORTED ARTICLE
— BY REASON OF ITS —
EBESHNESS AND CARE TTSED IN ITS PRODUCTION.
PRICE, LARGE BOTTLES. 82.
Manufactured by SC. JP. WAEEIEE & CO., Druggists, corner
Montgomery and, Hush streets, 8. E. [Aug. 2.
CALIFORNIA SUGAR REFINERY,
Manufacturers of the Standard Syrup, a superior article
put up in barrels expressly for home consumption. Also, Extra Heavy Syrup
in barrels for Export. Refined Sugars at lowest market rates. Office, 215 Front
street, up stairs Dec. 21.
JOHN JENNINGS
Hooper's South End Warehouses, corner Japan and Town-
send streets. Saji Francisco. First-class Fire-Proof Brick Building;, capacity
10.U00 tons. Goods taken from the Dock and the Cars of the C. P. K. R. and S. P.
R. R. free of charge. Storage at Current Rates. Advances and Insurance Effected.
EDWARD BOSQUI & CO.,
Printers, Engravers, Lithographers and Bookbinders,
JLeidesdorff street, from Clay to Commercial.
UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN PATENT OFFICES.
Cw. M. Smith, Counselor and Advocate in Patent Cases,
• 429 Montgomery street, San Francisco. Established 1862. Specialty : Patents,
Trade-Marks, Patent-Law. Sept. 20.
F
QUICKSILVER.
or sale— In lots to suit, by Thomas Bell & Co., No. 305
Sansome street, over Bank of California. Nov. 16.
ALASKA COMMERCIAL COMPANY,
>. 310 Sansome street, San Francisco, Wholesale Dealer
in Fura. . Sept. 21.
N'
MADAME WALDO COHEN,
Finishing Lessons— Piano. $3 Per Lesson.
Sept. 20. X07 Hyde Street, San Francisco.
Nov. 29, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER
A MOONLIGHT MEMORY.
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Betrayed her Inward flutter.
And m we kept our silent jvaco
Until the moon, quite kindly,
Behind a cloud concealed her hoe,
Ami left us walking Mindly.
Young Love, like Evil, fears the light,
But iu the dark grows bolder;
So there, upon that happy night,
My tale of love I told ii-r.
And when the moon, serene and fair,
Once more illumed the heather,
She shone open the happiest pair
That ever walked together.
Will Hatch Smiley, in The Republic.
CHECKING BIGOTRY.
Some cases have recently occurred in New York and Massachusetts,
illustrating the natural tendency of the ecclesiastical mind toward the
pest arbitrary, bigoted and even illegal methods in enforcing what they
ire pleased to call church discipline. Most of your zealous clerics are
quite willing, nay eager, to use their influence with members of the
church, in order to crush a recalcitrant into submission. This applies to
denominations generally, although, in the present instances, it is Catholic
clergymen who have got themselves in hot water. In New York a mem-
berof that Church, who subsequently joined the order of Masons, pur-
chased a family burial plot in the Catholic cemetery, wherein several
of his family were interred. At his decease it was desired to bury his re-
mains iu the same plot, but the Church resisted, and a law-suit ensued.
The Court decided that the plot had been Bold for burial purposes, and paid
for, and that deceased, as purchaser, was entitled to interment. The fact
of consecration of ground not being recognized by the common law, could
not be taken into consideration. This decision, therefore, satisfactorily
settles a long mooted point. In this country, where mixed marriages are
so common, it cannot but be a consolation to wives and husbands of dif-
ferent faith to know that no barrier of bigotry can separate their last
resting-places.
In Massachusetts a Canadian priest excommunicated one of his con-
gregation— a hackman — because the latter attended the services of an un-
frocked priest, who had left his original Church and started one of his
own. Moreover, the congregation from which the hackman had been cast
out were warned that, if they patronized him in any way, the priest
would neither baptize, marry nor bury them. A suit for damages ensued,
wherein it was proved that the priest had not only used the language
complained of, but had actually turned away a funeral procession because
it came in plaintiff's hacks. Defendant alleged that he acted by order of
his ecclesiastical superiors, and denied any malice. Court instructed the
jury that, if they found the words to be used in fact, they were
also used in malice. The jury found for plaintiff in $3,433.50 damages.
Exceptions were filed, and an appeal will be taken, but the judgment is
sure to be affirmed. During the trial an attempt was made by defendant
to settle the suit so as to prevent it being of record, but plaintiff refused
all overtures.
Still another case in the same communion was that of a parish priest in
the Bay State, who refused his parishioners the sacraments while they
continued sending their children to the public schools. Some of the con-
gregation appealed to Archbishop Williams, of Boston, who very curtly
dismissed them, saying the priest knew his business. This, of course,
must be a great hardship to Catholic parents who are unable to pay the
parochial charges for the so-called Catholic free schools. Where a child
is admitted whose parents are unable to pay, he is a mark for scorn and
neglect, all the care and kindness being lavished on the children of those
who do pay. It is no wonder that an indignant protest has gone up from
a majority of church members, and it is not the less indignant because
eilent. Such wanton stretches of authority can only serve to bring the
Church into contempt, and deservedly so.
Other denominations have nothing to boast of. The caseB are numer-
ous, especially in small towns, where a man's business has been secretly
ruined by ministerial influence, on account of " backsliding." From
these, and similar cases, actiug on public opinion, the outside Church is
stronger than the inside, and able to maintain civil rights in spite of all
the crooked and bigoted methods of those who are willing to ruin men
| for the love of God," in order to force them into the fold from which
they had gladly escaped.
The Drug Nomenclature of the Unwashed."— Among some orig-
inal specimens, the Chemist and Druggist gives the following : " Balocks
and Hunney," "parragrack," " holoways," "extract hyoxyemus," "anty-
burlas pills," " Loddom," "sotne withen" (stone whiting). Another
chemist is asked to prescribe for a child " sick and no apletight," for an-
other troubled with " a dredful roaring in his inside;" some one wants
*' a bottle of scent for diarrhoea in his head." Other requirements are
" combination soda " (carbonate), " commode for the hair " (pomade),
" bitter alioe," " asissik assik " (acetic acid), " brucks " (borax), " fires of
balsam," etc.
George Mel has been appointed Resident Secretary for San Francisco
of the London, Liverpool and Globe Insurance Company.
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STOCK DIVIDEND NOTICE.
nice or «ho (-.1 . SI Ivor Minim.' Compmiy, Room 7. Snfe
Deposit Buildlnf, ,i.s;,,i Francisco, California, October
> ,,' V ''', *' :' "l""'11 mo ting nl tin. st.K'kliul l.'miil tin. nl.i.vi'-ii.iinril Cnmimny,
Mia this day. ,* Stock Divldond ol tiyontj par ami ma declared, payable Inline-
"l»tcly. i lb,. I'upiiai si. ,k oivnod by the Company. All Stockholders are re-
quested t.» se.i.l th.-ir Sl..,k I., tlio offl I Ihf l' pany before November 24th, 1870,
and receive the dividend due tberoon.
Nov- 8- WM. W. PARRISH, Secretary._
A MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS FOR SALE,
Cl.mii.risin- Views oi Pniesiiu... is.vpl. Koine ami other
J parts of the World. The Collection me made by a gentleman, lor many wars
a resident of Europe and Asia, at an expense of over 83,000. It comprises about 600
views in perfect condition, having suitable Portfolios, Alliums, etc , together with
a very large and powerful Magnifyins Glass. Will be sold as an entirety.
„ ,. SNOW & CO.,
Kov- 15- (Successors to Snow & May), 20 Post street.
PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
Steamers ol this lniiipnnv will sail rrom Broadway Wharf
•> , on •■> .ST ™N1>' On-'1-'»i0. ever) 5 .lays, direct, and for LOS ANGELES, SANTA
BARBARA, SANTA CRUZ. SAN DIEGO, SAN LUIS OBISPO and other NORTH-
UiW da S0UTUEKN C0AST PORTS, leaving SAN FRANCISCO about every
For Day and Hour of Sailing, see the Company's Advertisement in the San Fran-
cisco Daily Papers.
Ticket Office, So. an Hontgomcry Street, near Pine.
„ , , GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Agents,
March 15- No. 10 Market street.
BRITISH BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF CAL.~
Attendance, daily, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., by the under-
signed, to receive subscriptions and donations, and to furnish all information
relating to the Society. j. p. McCURRIE, Secretary,
0ct- 23- 730 Montgomery street.
GEO. STREET, Agent News Letter, 30 Cornhill, E. C, London.
JOYCE'S SPORTING AMMUNITION.
[ESTABLISHED 1820.]
Tribe attention of Sportsmen is invited to the following
X Ammunition, of the best quality, now in general uae throughout England
India and the Colonies : Joyce's Treble Waterproof and F 3 Quality Percussion
Caps; Chemically-prepared Cloth and Felt Gun Wadding ; Joyce's Gas-Tight Car-
tridges, for Pin-fire and Central-fire Breech-loading Guns ; Wire Cartridges, for killing
game at long distances, and every description of Sporting Ammunition. Sold by
all gun-makers and dealers in gunpowder.
FREDERICK JOYCE & CO. , Patentees and Manufacturers
Sept. 20. 67 Upper Thames street, London.
IN CONSEQUENCE OF SPURIOUS IMITATIONS OF
LEA A PERKINS' SACCE, which are calculated to deceive
the public, Lea and Perrins have adopted A NEW LABEL, bearing their sig-
nature, " LEA & PERRINS," which is placed on every bottle of WORCESTERSHIRE
SAUCE, and without which none is genuine.
Ask for LEA & PERRINS' Sauce, and see name on wrapper, label, bottle and stop-
per. Wholesale and for export by the proprietors, Worcester ; Crosse & Blackwell
London, etc. , etc. , and by grocers and oilmen throughout the world To be obtained of
Nov. 16. MESSRS. CROSS & CO., San Francisco.
ROWLAND'S
MACASSAR OIL strengthens the Hair and prevents it falling off. The bottles
have a glass stopper, and not a cork.
KALYDOR beautifies the Complexion and eradicates Freckles, Tan, Prickly Heat
Eruptions, etc. '
ODONTO whitens the Teeth, prevents and arrests decay, and gives a pleasing
fragrance to the breath.
E UKONIA is a new and delicate toilet powder.
Ask for ROWLAND'S articles, of 20, Hatton Garden, London, and avoid cheap
imitations. Sold bv Druggists, Bazaars, etc., all over the world. May 3.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
Inestaud Cheapest Meat •flavoring- Stock for Soups, Made
Dishes and Sauces. March 2.
F
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT
[sa success and boon for which Nations should feel grate-
ful. See " Medical Press," " Lancet," " British Medical Journal," etc.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF ME&T.
Caution— Genuine only with fac-simlle of Baron Liebig's
Signature, in blue ink, across Label. "Consumption in England increased ten-
fold in ten years." March 2,
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
To he had of all Store-keepers, Grocers and Chemists. Sole
Agents for the United States (wholesale only), C. David& Co., 43, Mark Lane,
London, England. March 2.
CHARLES LANGLEY & CO.,
"Wholesale Druggists,
Importers of Pure English, French and German Drugs,
PATENT MEDICINES, Etc.,
100 and 102 FRONT STREET,
San Francisco.
[Sept. 6.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Nov. 29, 1879.
"PLEASURE'S WAND."
"We Obey no Wand lint Pleasure's."-- Tom Moore.
Baldwin's Theater. — Forget-me-not is the most interesting and forcible
play produced on our stage since Diplomacy. Although the plot is in all re-
spects a different one, there are touches of character here and there
that correspond to those of the principal personages in that chef d'ceuvre.
The heroine "Stephanie" has the same aim in view that "Zicka"has,
but she is working toward that point openly and without deception. This
makes the character stronger and more powerful. The causes that may
have brought this woman to her pariah-like condition are immaterial in
themselves ; they are simply the results of modern society, with its absurd
code. The woman shown us is a vicious, cruel, heartless outcast. A be-
ing who, by her incessant warfare upon mankind, by the destruction,
through her artifices and wiles, of the nobler sentiments of her victims,
forfeits all claims upon what sympathy and pity the irresponsibility of
her fall may create. The woman ceases to exist ; it is a viper, a crawling,
seething thing, that remains to be crushed under the heel of Truth.
This "Marquise de Mohrivart" is a being possessed of cunning and
ingenuity, experience and knowledge of mankind — all the qualifica-
tions in fact that can aid her in her designs— a perfect she-devil. With
nothing to loBe and everything to gain, her confidence is natural. For a
moral combat she has the strongest weapon — a tongue — lashing and cut-
ting in its intellectual force, against physical coercion, she holds as defense
a terrible secret. It is a wonderful character. It is a fiend incarnate.
The authors, who are evidently writers of talent, have expended all of it
on this woman. They have made this being as perfect a character as
possible. Around this figure they have built a plot which in its inception
is clever and forcible, but they have failed to workit out satisfactorily; the
climax being weak and perhaps ridiculous. In a woman of " Stephanie's"
strength and wealth of resources, physical fear could onlybea momentary
emotion. The thought of physical violence at the hands of the revengeful
Corsican, might produce a temporary paralyzation of all her faculties,
leaving but the desire of personal safety ; but a strong will and a reliance
in the protection of the law would have soon asserted themselves. There
are so many other dramatic points that suggest themselves in this con-
nection, that it is strange the authors have adopted this weak ending.
The play is one which will, perhaps, fail to attract the masses. There are
no scenery effects to charm the eye, and no dramatic incidents for the un-
thinking. But the cultivated will find in it an interest and a charm. The
dialogue is excessively clever and witty. The lines are crisp and epi-
grammatic. The thoughts are expressed in short, pithy sentences, that
strike the understanding and imprint themselves. There is humor of the
refined kind, and there is truth forcibly expressed. As the heroine, Miss
Jeffreys- Lewis achieves a deserved success. Carelessness and indifference
have lately been the chief characteristics of her efforts, and have marred
everything she attempted. Her " Zicka." once a talented impersonation,
has become an over-acted, exaggerated performance. Her "Stephanie"
is a compensation for all this. She plays it as she has never played
" Zicka." One of the chief traits of the latter was hypocrisy, and
Miss Lewis' delineation of this was the weak spot in the character. It
always seemed as if "Dora" aL.ltfthe Beauclercs should have seen her true
nature at once. But ''Stephanie" makes no concealment of herself, and
her viciousness is frank and above-board. Miss Lewis gives the different
phases of the Marquise with remarkable effect. The consciousness of a
supposed unassailable position, the knowledge of the power she wields —
all of this asserted with the grace and wit of a woman of the world — are
characteristics that Miss Lewis portrays with rare skill. She gives the
true meaning to every line she speaks. The persiflage with " Welby" is
in that cold, easy way that denotes the heartless woman. The scorn, the
defiance, the subsequent pleading, all indicating wonderful, vigor and life
are depicted with true appreciation of the character. It is a piece of act-
ing deserving study and attention. As " Sir Horace Welby," O'Neill was
eminently satisfactory. It is a part requiring simple dignity of manner
and ease of speech. Morrison was a poor representative of a poor charac-
ter. He was entirely too melodramatic. The humility and abject manner
were too exaggerated, as it lacks consistency with " Welby's" description
of the man. Miss Carey, in her part, was colorless and list-
less. Mr. Bradley, as " the Prince," was entirely out of his
line. Miss Revel ditto. Miss Walters seemed to be in the
dark as to " Mrs. Foley," for it was a nondescript performance.
The talent of make-up is not a feature in this company, a fact noticeable
more particularly in the case of Miss Lewis. " Stephanie " is a well pre-
served woman of forty, not a young girl of twenty. As this play will
undoubtedly enjoy a deserved run, opportunity will be afforded to further
review piece and actors.
Bush Street Theater.— The chief merit of the Colville Troupe lies in
the beauty of its female members, assisted by the taste of the costumer.
This is amply exemplified by the performances of Babes in the Wood.
This clever extravaganza is rather indifferently played, and still it pos-
sesses attractiveness. The male comedians, Roland Reed and Graham,
are a little disappointing in their efforts to amuse. The fair ones, though,
shine this week with increased effect. Ella Chapman is as sprightly and
trim as ever. Annie Deacon, Kate Everleigh and Adah Lee, appear in
beautiful costumes, and do the little assigned them gracefully. A most
meritorious member of the troupe is Miss Fanny Wright, a thoroughly
conscientious artist. As " Sally," Miss McHenry displays the possession
of dramatic ability far above the usual standard of burlesquers. She
gives the character intelligently, with a wealth of clever detail and by-
play. _ Being, also, a very pretty girl, it is not to be wondered at that she
is rapidly becoming a great favorite. Mr. Maflin deserves mention for
his very amusing conceit, the educated "Donkey." Full houses are the
rule at this theater.
California Theater.— Davy Crockett is so well known a play that little
of it can be said. It is undoubtedly one of the very best of American
plays on the stage. It is free from the contamination of variety and min-
strel shows, being without one of those idiotic stage dialectic characters.
It is a simple story of events in the backwoods, tinged with romance. In
its plot and incidents, its characters and its deductions, it is essentially
indigenous, allowing naturally for dramatic license. Mr. Mayo has been
seen in this character so often in this city that criticism is unnecessary.
He, improves the impersonation yearly, and it stands out to-day as apiece
of acting admirable in its vigor and naturalness. Miss Woodthorpe U
slightly overweighted as "Eleanor Vaughn," but does remarkably well.
This young lady is brimful of talent, which is rapidly developing. She
has chosen the true course, that of commencing at the foot of the ladder.
The scenery and properties deserve favorable mention.
German Theater. — For his benefit, last Sunday evening, Max Free-
man had an immense audience, who testified their appreciation of his tal-
ents by numerous floral offerings, and also, it is rumored, by a more sub-
stantial presentation. Tricoche and Gacolet is from the French of Mul-
har and Halevy, and has been produced in English nnder the name of
P. P. It is a most amusing farce in the original, but one which loses
most of its fun as translated into the heavier forms of Saxon languages.
The multifarious disguises of the two principals giving numerous opportu-
nities for clever assumptions and effective make-ups, were done full justice
to by the beneficiary and Mr. Urban. The support was, as usual, admira-
ble. The decrees of Fashion, which are at best but vagaries, meet with
but little opposition nowadays, but it is to be hoped that the innovation
introduced by the little soubrette, of dresses very short in front, will be
considered a provincialism. It is a style only suited to fair Cinderellas.
Standard Theater.— Dr. Clyde for the last time to-night. On Mon-
day a new play — The Man from Cattaraugus, with a capital part for Ow-
ens. On December 6th the proposed benefit for Manager Kennedy
will take place at the Grand Opera House. A varied and amus-
ing programme has been arranged, and tickets are being rapidly Bold. A
full house is already assured, an agreeable fact to chronicle.
An excellent move has been made by Mission Star Lodge No. 160,
I. O. G. T., in the miscellaneous entertainments given on the second and
fourth Tuesdays of the month, at King's Hall, Mission street, between
Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets. BesideB addresses on Temperance,
Musical and Literary selections are given.
Woodward's has a superb programme for to-day and to-morrow.
The great Roman gladiators, the famous Allen Sisters, Mr. A. Sich, the
great Berlin whistler, Saveniers, the cornet soloist, and the amazingly
funny pantomime of the Lone Fislierman. No extra charge.
Vienna Gardens. — The managers have taken heed of the suggestions
made in this column in regard to ventilation, and have perfected improve-
ments which make the place a delightful resort, both for pleasure and
comfort.
Chit-Chat. — Fraseuelo, the famous- bull-fighter, whose shocking death
has been graphically pictured in print, and whose immense funeral has
been eloquently described, is getting along very well, having almost re-
covered from his injuries.— Rnskin's Modern Painters has been trans-
lated into Polish by Mme. ModjeBka. Linda Dietz has made a hit in
London. ^^Leonille LeBlanc, notorious as an actress, etc., has applied
for re-admission to the Comedie Francaise.-^Tschalkowsky, the Rus-
sian composer, has just finished an opera entitled Joan of Arc— The
new theater at Geneva, Switzerland, is said to rank, in beauty and ex-
tent, next to the Opera Houses of Paris and Vienna. The cost has been
defrayed from the proceeds of the Brunswick legacy, and, including the
value of the land, exceeds $1,000,000.-^— Australia is the paradise of cir-
cus managers. The Colville beauties are creating havoc among our
fellows.
ART JOTTINGS.
The near approach of the holiday season instills a little life into art
affairs. Many of our artists are sending their works to the auction room ;
at any rate, we are told by the auctioneer that " this magnificent collec-
tion of real works of art are gathered from the most talented and merito-
rious studios in the city, and many of them exhibition masterpieces by our
best artists." In the array of names we find those of Tojetti, Straus,
Bush, Holdridge, Jenks, Denny, Rouse, and others. And such paintings!
No one would suppose that the most industrious studio scavenge)' could
gather together such a lot. They have but to be glanced at to be appre-
ciated to the full. We are also told that many of the gims offered are by
other artists than those named, the painters withholding their autographs
for some unexplained reason, but obviously because the workB would
bring too much coin, and the dear public be thereby swindled — consider-
ate that! In the meantime, the art stores are full of good things for the
holidays ; excepting works by local painters, these are scarce, and if any
are to be found, the price demanded exceeds by far the figures at which
similar pictures are nightly sacrificed at in the auction shop. True, there
may be a difference in the quality, but the public are not always discrim-
inating enough to see it, and then, too, they are taught to believe that
each painting, as it leaves the easel of the painter, is his last and best
work. Vain belief— deluded public.
Truly, it must be said that local art is in a bad, very bad way, and no
one is responsible for it but the artists themselves. If they have not re-
spect enough for their profession to keep from painting such pictures and
gorging the market with them, they must expect the public — the better
part of it — to decline to pay large values for their works, though they are
of a better quality.
FIRE MARSHAL DURKEE'S REPORT.
The "Commercial Herald" has the following summary of Fire
Marshal Durkee^ report for the year ending June 30, 1879 : It shows that
the total of fires and alarms was 387, of which number 323 were actual
fires. In these there were 385 buildings destroyed, besides six outside fires
of hay, jute, etc., and one tug-boat. There were 17 incendiary fires dur-
ing the year, aggregating a total loss of $12,269 12, of which $7,555 75
was insured. The fireworks of our national celebration caused no less than
52 fires on July 2d, 3d, 4th and 5th of the present year. There being 323
actual fires, there was one fire during the official year to every
74 buildings of the city. The average loss per fire was $1,122, a
low rate for San Francisco. Forty buildings were totally destroyed ; 70
damaged over $300 each ; the remainder under $300 apiece. Forty-five
fires were extinguished without damage. Loss on buildings was $124,419 37;
general insurance on buildings, $906,324 30. Insurance on loss, $75,447 96.
General insurance on Btock, furniture, etc., $1,355,881; loss, $238,097;
insurance thereon, $133,019. Total loss on buildings, stock, etc., was
$372,506. Insurance paid, $214,781. Cigar factories, Chinese laundries,
and Chinese stores appear frequently on the list. The heaviest losses were
on August 21, 1878, Murphy, Grant & Co., drv goods, loss $44,300 ; and
January 14, 1879, Giant Powder Works, loss $38,200.
Kmg Champagne. — Private Cuvee, in quartB and pints ; Shield —
Krug — in quarts and pints ; Premiere Qualite, in quarts and pints. For
sale by Hellman Bros. & Co., corner Front and Jackson streets.
Nov. 29, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER
SPORTING ITEMS.
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I ndertheAttod .■■ kllhaehlled to create even
in.- ripple of excitement iuSao Franci* • ..but andarthe Rugby Union rules
fa popularity is an assured fact Tim u prow by the interest token in
the runes played at Oakland, and the d amber of elabs, with (food mem
berihip rolls, already sUrted. The credit -if this enthusiasm in the »plen<
old game is in a great measure due to Messrs. Saaderaon and Theobald,
wh", we believe, wore the first to propone the new rojimr. Others soon
flocked to ttieir standard ; the Si iwing Club enlisted
|c a man, the Neptune Rowing Club sent a *tromr bodv of recruits, and
■ow we learn that the Olympic Club have formed ;i band bo wrestle with
the egg-shaped leather. The pi at the Oakland Cricket
Grounds last Saturday waa in every respect a great success. The Olym-
pian Football Club played fifteen men against the St. George's Club with
seventeen. The attendance was good, the grounds were En good order,
and the weather perfect Following are the teams: Olympians— For-
wards— Theobald, Whittaker, Whitehead, McCartj, Williams, Rox-
burgh. Foster and Catton; Half-backs -Dean, P. Thompson, Lachlan
and Mathieu; Backs— Sanderson (Captain), Johnson and J. Thompson.
St. Qtonjt's- Forwards— Lawton, White, <;. Brown, Belcher, O'Kell, G.
Page, A. Page. Beesley, Cohen and Friedlander; Half-backs— Nicholson,
Ferguson, Lucas and Girven ; Backs -Wallace (Captain), Blackie and C.
R. Brown. The Umpires were Messrs. Page and Thompson, who de-
serve credit for their efforts to make the games successful. The ball
opened at 2:50 P. M. by a kick off for St. George, who carried the leather
into the enemies country and kept it there, till Ferguson made a touch-
down and goal for them at three minutes to three. The remainder of the
play failed to produce another goal for either side— three twenty-minute
and one fifteen-minute game being played, with one goal and one touch-
down for St George, against two touch-downs for the Olympians. Some
uf the players are first-class, especially Nicholson, Dean, Ferguson,
Thompson, Theobald, Sanderson, C. R. Brown, Wallace, Girvin and
Catton. Several of the others lack practice, the game being evidently
new to them, for they exhibited a dread of scrummages that nothing but
ignorance of their nature could inspire. It was noticed, too, that some of
the players had plates or gutta percha bars on their shoes, which is pro-
hibited for fear of accidents,— Last Thursday a football match was played
at the Oakland Cricket Grounds between a picked 16 from the Olympian
and St. George Clubs and 16 of the Phcenix Club. The latter club were
late on the ground, game not being called till a few minutes before 3 P. m.
Phoenix got the kick-off, but failed to follow up, having to touch-down
for safety in less than five minutes. No points were made for full forty
minutes, when Page got a touch-down for the Olympians, from which
Ferguson kicked a goal. The next game was much shorter, the Phcenix
getting a touch-down and goal in fifteen minutes. The remainder of the
match failed to produce another goal, but the Olympians were evidently
more than a match for their opponents, who did not score a point against
six touch-downs for the Olympians. Some brilliant runs were made on
both sides, but it was noticeable that the half-backs played more for effect
than was beneficial to the interests of their respective sides. A consider-
able amount of wrangling took place, but perhaps that was caused by
most of the Phaenix Club being ignorant of the rules.
Fedestrianism. — P. Mclntyre and King Hedley have arranged a
race on the following terms ; one-half of the stake is already up, in the
hands of Mr. Carmody, the stake-holder: The race to be 440 yards, to
come off at the Recreation Grounds, Sunday, December 14th, for $500 a
Bide; the balance of the stake to be deposited in the hands of the stake-
holder one day prior to the day of the race. Either party failing to
come to the scratch to forfeit S250 to the other. Gate money to be di-
vided after paying legitimate expenses. McCullough, the well known
sporting gambler, is alleged to be King Hedley's backer. Mclntyre backs
himself. The race may be for blood, but, in view of Hedley's shady
performance with the Indian, and other brilliant failures, it is not good
policy to take much stock in his races. Hedley is a good quarter-mile
runner, and possibly can beat Mclntyre, but his associations are not of a
character to inspire confidence. In any case, it is not advisable for out-
siders to bet on the result, as this hint might cause an alteration in the
fixture, if such a thing exists. — — The six-hour contest at Humboldt Hall,
last Saturday, was a failure in every respect. The affair was not properly
advertised, consequently there was no attendance.— —The Pacific Coast
Pedestrian League have already secured 26 entries for the six days' race
they propose to start the latter end of December. The race being open
to the world, should attract many pedestrians, especially as the winners
get all the proceeds.— —Guerrero, Santos and McFarlane are barred out
of all competition, in which the P. C. P. League are interested. Cause,
dishonest practices.
Rowing. — Great interest is being taken in the Hoyt-Leahy race, the
betting being still a shade of odds on Hoyt. Leahy is taking regular
practice, and is already in nearly perfect trim. Hoyt has ordered a shell
of Twigg, to be completed in two weeks. It is made of Spanish cedar,
30 feet long, 14 in beam, 30 lbs. weight. 6£ inches deep. Hoyt will proba-
bly secure the services of W. H. Daily for coach and trainer, but has
made no definite engagement with him so far. An opinion is current that
if Hoyt practices and rows with sliding seat he will have a better chance.
This, we think, is incorrect, as there is not sufficient time before the
race for him to master the new style of rowing. Should he prac-
tice with it and row with stationary seat, after all he would most likely
find that he had thrown away his chance.^— The Pioneer Club are try-
ing a new four-oared barge made by Twigg, length 35 feet, alleged weight
130 lbs., built of Spanish cedar. If the above figures are correct, she is
by far the lightest boat on the bay. The Dolphjn Club's barge, built by
Griffin, which is so far conceded to be the best boat of her class here,
is 34 feet long, and weighs 206 lbs.
Baseball. — Last appearance of the great Eastern baseball circus at the
Recreation Grounds, Sunday, when the Chicago reconstructed club will
play the Cincinnatis.^—The Union Club are desirous of playing the
Knickerbockers for S500 a side and gate receipts. We hear that the latter
are ready and willing to meet them on their own terms.
M
Counter Thara will h. »n intiiaatlm warning mating at Point of
limlKT- Dramba :•:. nwteho. will be run :
Kitty ( lover, ..( tli ,,„., |ir Mere.' Monarch,
'"'"' '»'■'»> ""■'■ ". f«r»S300 ■ i'. | ,d, f„r *
I ine'i Lady Q ,v, f..r
J *.* |pnrs.' ; /. -in. „ |l.„vn i tiit.- M.irvi. TOT *
irae. R .1. I'i.lmir.li. of >.„ J will n.-t m .ln-l.r-. T.iin Tun
rtMdUlpMr. Ft th.' principal raoa Monarch in ■ good thing, bar mvi-
mnta, 1 ba other matohaa u
Bicycling. -Tha thraa n aua imonosa thla evening,
with eight antriea. IV nn the practio* we hive « i daring the ntk our
opinion th it iivi milea will not he m i It hi itrengthened, nnleaa there hi
ii.lnk hone in the noe ploying poaaom. Sferrlt thowe the beat form,
and poaeenea sufficient endurance for « long moa ; but wo do not look for
anything mora than a iraceful exhibition ..f riiling at ordinary speed. The
three ladiea who exhibit before the tnaeoh, in a two-hour contest, are all
beginners, Linie Baymer, who is wall known a* a competitor in the late
»ix .lay walk, is the prettiest rider.
Shooting.- Wild geese are plentiful all thrnnvh the southern part of
the SI it-. sapeoiaUy around Tulare Lake, Snip,, still abound in the San
Joaquin Valley and the islands of the Sacramento. Duck shooting is
good at Reno, Sacramento, Suisun, and all through the coast counties.
Iv. Wertheimer made 18.1 out of a possible 200, with an open-sight
Winchester ride, at Alameda, last. Sunday-— Just before dusk, Bnipe
and teal fly in large numbers into the swamp at the south eud of Merced
Lake. We had some good spurt there last Saturday.
Archery.— J. P. Allen, of the Bank of California, has organized an
archery club, with one hundred members. The club expect to be in good
working order by January 1st. J. P. Allen has an excellent reputation
as an archer, having recently made the second best score on record in this
State.— The lady members of the Santa Cruz Olympic Club have
started an archery club.
St. John's Presbyterian Church, Post street, between Mason and
Taylor. Rev. Dr. Scott, Pastor, will preach Sunday morning at 11
a.m. ; and the Rev. Mr. Mackenzie, of Stockton, at 7i P.M. Sunday
School and Bible Classes at 9 J a.m. Prayer and Praise Service at 6J p.m.
BUSH-STREET THEATER.
/Charles E. Locke, Proprietor aud manager— 'Carnival or
V> Fun ! Music and Mirth ! Continued to Crowded Houses ! The Famous COL-
VILLE OPERA BURLESQUE COMPANY, the moat complete organization of the
class in the world. BABES IN THE WOOD ! An Enormous Success ! Every Eve-
ning at 8 and Saturday Matinee at 2 o'clock, until further notice. A most delight-
ful entertainment for families. New Scenery, New Music, New Costumes. Falcon-
trina's Musical Selections, the Mechanical Donkey, Ornithological Episode of WHO
KILLED COCK ROBIN? iu pantomimic verse by little children— the whole forming
the most chastely beautiful entertainment, original with the Colville Company.
Seats may be secured six days in advance. Nov. 29.
STANDARD THEATER.
A. Kennedy, Manager. "Tbls (Saturday) Evening:, Nov.
. 29111, Third and Last Week of
Dr. Clyde!
MR. JOHN E. OWENS as HIGQINS, "as it were." This (Saturday) Afternoon, at
2 o'clock, Positively the Last " Dr. Clyde " Matinee. Monday Evening, Dec. 1st—
First production on any stage of THAT MAN FROM CATTARAUGUS. Mr. John
E. Owens in a great part. Reserved Seats can he secured six days in advance at the
Box Office without extra charge. Nov. 29.
CALIFORNIA THEATER.
WB. Barton, Manager; Barton Hill. Acting- Manager.
• This (Saturday) Evening, November 29th, Last Night of the Popular Cal-
ifornia Actor, MR. FRANK MAYO, as
Davy Crockett !
With its Novel Mechanical Effects, Realistic Scenery, and Thrilling Tableaux. LAST
DAVY CROCKETT MATINEE this Afternoon, at 2 o'clock. Monday, December 1st,
Magnificent Production of THE STREETS OF NEW YORK, with MR. MAYO in hia
great character of BADGER. Nov. 29.
THE BALDWIN THEATER.
Thomas Bfaguire, Manager.— Brilliant Success 1 Houses
Crowded, and Standing Room Only, to witness the strongest play ever acted,
Forget Me Not!
Every Evening, including Sunday, and Saturday Matinee. Mr. James O'Neill, Mr.
Lewis Morrison, Miss Jeffreys-Lewis, Miss Eleanor Carey, and a very powerful cast.
The Furniture used in the setting of this piece is from the warerooms of F. S. Chad-
bourne & Co., 735 Market street. Nov. 29.
ESSENTIAL OIL OF EUCALYPTUS AMYGDALINA.
Bosslto's "Parrot" Brand Is the original and only gen-
nine Eucalyptus Oil imported, and used internally under medical prescrip-
tion, and externally for all rheumatic and bronchial affections, as well as for local
piins, bruises, sprains, etc., for which it is an undoubted specific. For sale by all
druggists. W. H. CAMPBELL, Sole Agent,
Nov. 29. 402 Front street, San Francisco.
SEEDS.
RJ. Trumbull A Co., 419 and 421 Sausome street. Ken-
• t iM'ky Blue Grass, Alfalfa, Mosquit, Timothy, etc., etc. Vegetable Seeds
of all descriptions. Nov. 29.
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
The Company's steamers will sail as follows at 12 91:
CITY OF TOKIO, Dec. 27th, March 20th— CITY OF PEKING, Feb. 7th, May
1st— for YOKOHAMA and HONGKONG.
CHINA, November 29th, for PANAMA and NEW YORK, calling at ACAPULCO.
Tickets to and from Europe by any line for sale at the lowest rates ; also to Ha-
vana and all West India ports.
AUSTRALIA, December 22d, at 12 o'clock M., or on arrival of the English mails,
for HONOLULU, AUCKLAND and SYDNEY. $10 additional is charged for pas-
sage in Upper Saloon.
. DAKOTA, November 29th, for VICTORIA, PORT TOWNSEND, SEATTLE,
and TACOMA, connecting at TACOMA with Northern Pacific Railroad for PORT-
LAND, Oregon. Tickets must be purchased before 11 a.m. on day of sailing, at
Wharf Office. For freight or passage apply at the office, cor. First and Brannan
Btreets. [Nov. 29.] WILLIAMS. BLANCHARD & CO., Agents.
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Nov. 29, 7879.
THE IRISH AT HOME AND ABROAD.
The United States are the home of the oppressed and overcrowded
of Europe, and, we may say, also of Asia. On this Continent the indi-
gent of all nations have been welcomed as they never were before in the
history of the world ; and, during the last hundred years, the poorest
have risen to such positions of comfort, wealth and luxury, as were never
before known. In this category of indigent people, the Irish have been
most conspicuous, and particularly during the last forty years. At the
time of the potato famine in Ireland, in 1846 and 1847, there was an ex-
traordinary exodus to this country, and within a few years the population
was reduced in a very material degree. In 1831 the population of Ireland
amounted to 7,767,401, in 1841 to 8,175,124, in 1851 to 6,551,970, in 1861 to
5,798,967, in 1871 to 5,386,708, and in 1879 it is estimated at 5,363,324.
This may seem at first sight to be a rather doleful record of the move-
ment of population, but in reality there are two views in which these fig-
ures may be regarded. If the potato famine drove vast numbers from
their native country under conditions of the greatest hardship and suffer-
ing, this enforced exodus was the means of opening up the way for large
bodies of men and women, by causing those who were not so driven by
the stress of circumstances to obtain a knowledge of how they might im-
mensely improve their material condition by emigrating to other coun-
tries, where labor was in much greater demand, and where the resources
and industries of the countries were much more varied. The Irish peo-
ple were so numerous in proportion to their wealth and products previous
to 1846, that the poorer classes were perpetually on the verge of starva-
tion ; and they were so ignorant and so little inclined to remove from the
land of their birth, that the outside world was to them, in great measure,
t&'ra incognita. It required the terrible effects of absolute famine, starva-
tion and death to break the spell that bound them ignorantly to their
own country, where the population was altogether in excess of the means
of living, and to compel them to seek the higher scale of wages and of
living that other countries freely offered to them. Having once found
their way to the United States and to the large cities of England and
Scotland, what could be more natural than that increasing knowledge of
life and labor in other parts of the world should cause hundreds of
thousands who were in no danger of starving to fed an ambition to better
themselves in the world by finding a larger field and unbounded pros-
pects for themselves and their children. The emigration from Ireland
was not something to be mourned over and regretted ; it was an act of
wisdom and prudence j it was the instinct of self-preservation, leaving
behind the dangers and risks of starvation, and looking to countries where
no such dangers existed, with a hopefulness o£ a better lot in the world'
than the bulk of the Irish race bad ever dreamed of before. It was the
beginning of a new era for the poorer Irish, an era that was to lead forth
the superfluous population from their narrow, restricted sphere and their
wretched mode of existence, into new lands and new spheres of labor,
where they would acquire comfort, wealth, intelligence and independ-
ence. To those who remained behind there was a larger field of labor in
the diminished numbers; and the movement of population in Ireland
shows that the temptations of the outside world are too great for the Irish
people to prefer poverty and increasing numbers at home, while comfort,
independence, and even wealth, are awaiting them elsewhere.
We have therefore no sympathy with the visionary, restless and un-
founded feeling that somehow it is a hardship that can never be forgotten,
for Irishmen to have had to leave their native country. How many thou-
sands and hundreds of thousands of Englishmen, Scotsmen and Germans
have left their birthplaces, and much that was dear to them, in order to
find in distant lands, among strangers, that comfort and hope in the
world that their overcrowded native land could not possibly offer them.
But instead of mourning over the necessity, or more probably the ambi-
tion, that led them forth in pursuit of new homes and new hopes, they
feel as if they can never be too grateful for the opportunity that enabled
them to plant themselves in a free, energetic, wealthy society where the
race is generally to the swift and the battle to the strong. They may
cherish the strongest affection for their native country and the homes
and friends they have left behind them ; but they accept the inevitable
destiny that fate has decreed to them, while they cherish a reverence for
the country from which they sprung. Their active affections cluster
around the land of their adoption. They feel content and at peace with
the world. But with the Irish race, as a whole, there is a hungering af-
ter the visionary, the impracticable, the impossible. They seem unable to
realize that the land of their adoption gives them advantages which are
impossible of attainment in Ireland. They fancy that all the opportuni-
ties and benefits offered in the United States ought to be offered to them
in Ireland; and they delude themselves into the belief that if Ireland
does not present all the advantages of the United States for indefinite
numbers of people, it is because of the union with Great Britain ; because
of the authority of the British Government, in which, nevertheless,
Irishmen themselves have their due share of influence. They dream of
the potent spell of an Irish Republic, and have no doubt as to its efficacy;
while the history of the world is teaching to those who have eyes to see
and intelligence to apprehend, that no old over-crowded country can pos-
sibly present to poor people the prospects that are offered by those new
births of new worlds that have been witnessed during the last half cen-
tury, and which have absorbed millions of the superfluous populations of
Europe, and thus warded off the famine and starvation that must other-
wise have overtaken populations increasing in numbers on a limited area
without large outlets for emigration and for trade. The Englishman is
content to find that he has immeasurably benefited himself by seeking
a new country, and that he has left more elbow-room for those that re-
main behind ; and he does not delude himself into fancying that if there
had been an English Republic, he might have had all the comfort and
prosperity of his adopted home, while still remaining in the land of his
birth. _ He accepts the facts of history and the records of experience,
and tries to find the greatest amount of happiness in the lot that he has
chosen, without worrying his life out with imaginary cogitations as to
how to transplant the comfortable and prosperous life of the United
States, where now there is only miserable existence among the poorer
classes in old countries. This hankering after the impossible is one of the
vices of the Irish people, though happily the second generation in this
country, with soberer imagination and more sympathy with material well-
being, and less sympathy with the mere flutter of romantic visions, are
in a large measure exempt from this weakness. They value the inde-
pendenceand equality to which they are born ; they value the splendid
opportunities open to talent, energy and application ; and at the same
GIRARD of Philadelphia.
HOME of Columbus.
NEW ORLEANS ASSOCIATION
PEOPLES of Newark,
REYERE
time they feel the difference between free America and Ireland with the
associations of tne feudalism, from which it has but lately emerged, Btill
hanging around its people and its institutions. This second generation
and their descendants may revere old Ireland, and prize its history and
the rich associations that cluster around it, but they are content that it
should remain to them a memory, and not an abiding place. They may
visit it and revive inherited feelings as to its glories and its grandeur; but
they have so long breathed a freer atmosphere that they have ho desire to
voluntarily merge themselves in a narrower life and narrower surround-
ings. They may venerate old Ireland, but they will choose to live and
breathe in the United States.
INSURANCE.
HUTCHINSON & MANN,
nrSTJEANCE AGENCY,
No. 323 A- 334 California Street, San Francisco, Cal.
Fire Insurance.
LA CAISSE GENERALS of Paris.
ST. PAUL of St. Paul.
TEUTON1A of New Orleans.
BERLIN-COLOGNE of Berlin.
of Boston. 1 1, A CON FIANCE of Paris.
PARIS UNDERWRITING ASSOCIATION .' of Paris.
LONDON AND PROVINCIAL MARINE INSURANCE 00 of London.
Capital Represented $83,000,000.
All Losses Equitably Adjusti <l and Promptly Paid*
HOME MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. OF CALIFORNIA.
Principal Office, 406 California Street, San Francisco.
Cash Assets, January 1, 1877, S&95.291 ; Liabilities, $5,952 ; Surplus for Policy
Holders, $589,339. J. P. Houghton, President; L. L. Baker, Vice-President;
Charles R. Story, Secretary. R. H. MAGILL, H. H. BIGELOW, General Agents.
Directors. — San Francisco — L. L. Baker, John H. Redington, J. P. Houghton,
R. B. Gray, Robert Watt, John Currey, L. L. Baker, W. F. Whittier, C. C. Burr, E.
M. Root, W. H. White, J. L. N. Shepard, W. M. Greenwood, George S. Mann, Cyrus
Wilson, W. T. Garratt, 0. Waterhouse, A. P. Hotaling, A. Block, A. K. P. Harmon,
G. S. Johnson, W. O. Wilson, A. W. Bowman, H. L. Dodge, Charles R. Story. Ala-
meda County Branch — V. D. Moody, Cbauncy Taylor, A. C. Henry, Robert S. Far-
relly, Joseph B. Marlin, W. B. Hardy, T. B. Simpson. San Diego— A. H. Wilcox.
Sacramento — Mark Hopkins, D. W. Earl, Julius Wetzlar, James Carolan. San Jose —
T. Ellard Beans, B. D. Murphy, A. Pfister, J. H. Dibble, J. S. Carter, Jackson Lewis,
Jacob Rich, John Auzerais, John Balbach. Stockton— H. H. Hewlett, Chas. Belding,
J. D. Peters, A. W. Simpson, H. M. Fanning. Marysville— D. E, Knight. Grass
Valley— Wm. Watt, T. W. Sigourney. Portland, Oregon— W. S. Ladd, C. H. Lewis,
P. Wasserman, B. Goldsmith, D. Macleay. Virginia City, Nevada. — John Gillig, Isaac
L. Requa. March 17.
FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE.-UNION INS. CO. OF S. F.
The California Lloyds.— Established in 1861.--- Mos. 416 and
418 California street. Cash capital $750,000 in Gold. Assets exceed §1,000,000
Coin. Fair Rates ! Prompt Settlement of Loses ! ! Solid Security ! ! DIRECTORS.
— Sas Francisco — J. Mora Moss, N. G. Kittle, M. J. O'Connor, R. S. Floyd, Moses
Heller, Adam Grant, Darnel Meyer, AntoineBorel, Charles TCohler, E. L. Goldstein,
I. Lawrence Pool, A. Weill, Joseph Brandenstein, Charles Bauiu, James Moffitt,
Benjamin Brewster, L. Cunningham, W. M. Hoag, Nicholas Luning, John Parrott,
L. A. Booth, Julius Baum, MylesD. Sweeney, Jas. M. Goewey, Edward Cadwalader
Bartlett Doe, Gustave Touchard, J. H. Baird, J. G. Kittle, George C. Hickox, C. Du-
commun, Wm. Scholle, John Conly, Ig. Steinhart, W. B. Stone, J. O. Eldridge, A.
B. Phipps.
GUSTAVE TOUCHARD, President. N. G. KITTLE, Vice-President.
Chaei.kb P. Hayek, Secretary. Geo. T. Bohbn, Surveyor. Aug. 31. .
THE STATE INVESTMENT AND INSURANCE CO.
FIKE AM» MARINE.
Clash Assets, 8450, OOO. ---Principal Office, 218 and 220 San-
J some street, San Francisco. Officers : — A. J. Bryant, President ; Richard
Ivers, Vice-President ; Charles H. Cr/smso, Secretary ; H. H. Watson, Marine
Surveyor. Board of Directors : — Peter Donahue, James Irvine, C D. O'SulIivan,
A. Bocqueraz, R. Harrison, A. H. Rutherford, R. Bailey, E. W. Corbert, George 0.
McMullin, A." J. Bryant, Frank M. Pixley, E Burke, H. H. Watson, Dr. C F. Buckley,
P. J. White, E. M, Root, M. Mayblum, Richard Ivers, John Rosenfeld, Daniel
Callaghan. P. H, Russell, Sacramento. John G. Downey, Los Angeles. Wm.
Hood, SonomaCounty. H. W. Seale, Mayfield. Geo. Rutherford, San Jose. Feb. 16.
THE MARINE INSURANCE CO. OF LONDON, ENGLAND.
[JESTAXZISXED 1836.)
Whole Amount of Jo:nt Stock and Guaranteed Capital- .$5,000,000.
Whole Amount of Capital paid up 900,000.
Cash Assets December 31 , 1876 3,710,000.
The undersigned have been duly authorized to issue Policies at current rates on
Freight and Shipments to or from England, Europe, New York, Japan, China, Aus-
tralian Colonies, Sandwich Islands, and Northern Coast Ports. If desired, policies
made payable at port of termination.
WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO., Agents,
Aug. 10. 218 California street.
" THE SWISS MARINE INS. COMPANIES COMBINED,
Switzerland, of Zurich, Capital 5,000,000 francs; Helvetia,
of St. Gall, Capital 10,000,000 francs ; Baloise, of Basle, Capital 5,000,000 francs.
These three Companies are liable jointly and severally for all losses that may be sus-
tained. Losses made payable in all the principal seaports of the world. In" the set-
tlement of all claims under an English policy, these Companies willstrictly adhere to
the conditions and customs adopted at Lloyds, and submit to English jurisdiction.
June 9. HARRY W. SYZ, Agent, 225 Sansome St., S. F.
NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL LIFE INSUR. CO. OF BOSTON.
Has transacted the business of ILife Insnrance for nearly
thirty-five year3. Its assets amount to over Fourteen Million Dollars. The
law of Massachusetts makes all its Policies nonforfeitable. It is a Purely Mutual Com-
pany, dividing every cent of surplus among Policy-holders. This is the Only Com-
pany on the Pacific Coast governed by the Massachusetts Lapse Law. This company
has comT.'^ed with the new Insurance Laws of California.
WALLACE EVERSON, General Agent.
Sept. 22J 328 Montgomery street.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN MARINE INS. CO. OF LIVERPOOL.
C Capital $5,000,000 Agents: Balfour, Guthrie A- Co., So.
J 316 California Btreet, San Francisco. Nov. 18.
Nov. 29, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER,
WEIGHTS AND
"What ii tr»- « <jud
To & little ni*i. ),•[). whoM nirlr hrAil
Wm thoughtfully Ix-nt o'er the dismal slate
Whereon wv» a mm ihe ratal calculate.
"Lot* is m lik-ht u .1 tlii. tic ball,"
Wy her laughing answer; "no weight at all
Hi- fcba riU ■ ... gooi and
And now i- bothered with horrid sums!"
"How would y»n measure Loral" "That depends]"
Sai.l Um merry maiden with host of friends,
As she smoothed her <lr.-., till Eta silken fold
In the sunlight ahlmmered like cloth of gold:
"In my opinion, 0 carious hard!
Lore is Oka calico, bought by the yard,
Or drawn from a fountain with drpth so small
A half pint measure would hold it all!"
"What i* the weight of Love?" I asked
An aged matron, so overt iskad
*\\ it li household duties her care-worn face
Had lost the marks of its youthful grace.
"Lightly I held rav love, I know,
In that beautiful season of long ago ;
But now," she sai.l, with :» deepening frown,
"Love is a burden that weighs me down!"
• * * * • • *
Love is heavy, and love is light,
Deep and shallow, and dark and bright,
Bounded not by an earthly chart,
Yet held in the compass of one true heart !
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES.
The Fortnightly Review, for November. Luiidou: Chapman & Hall.
The November number of the Fortnightly is of more than average in-
terest, aud sustains its reputation as the leading Review of the London
monthlies. It opens with an article entitled " A German View of the
British Army." by a captain in the Pomeranian Uhlans. The writer re-
gards the British system as very cumbrous and unsatisfactory, wanting in
homogeneousness, and altogether behind the intelligence of the nation,
as shown in other fields of organization. He thinks that the abolition of
purchase and formation of a reserve hardly a beginning of reform. Dr.
Burney Yeo, in an article on " Winter Quarters," gives a very interesting
account of the various places to which Europeans resort in winter, in
search of a climate mild enough for consumptives and persons threatened
with any weakness of the lungs. Chiefly, of course, he treats the subject
as one affecting Englishmen, and criticises the various noted winter re-
sorts from the point of view of being refuges from the three objectiona-
ble features of the English climate in winter, namely: damp, cold, and
variability. He notices Davos in the Grisons, the Upper Engadine,
Egypt and the Nile, Madeira, Mogador on the west coast of Africa near
Senegal, Algiers, Tangier, the Riviera, Cannes, Nice, Arcachon, Pau,
Amelie les Bains, in the Eastern Pyrenees, etc., and seems to give the
preference to Mogador and Tangier. Dr. Yeo's views ought to prove in-
teresting to the medical men of this coast, as tending to show the relative
merits of climates according to the latest ideas of the most qualified
judges, as it seems to us important that the merits of the various health
resorts in California should be classified and set forth for the benefit of
invalids. There are doubtless some spots in this State that will rival any-
thing in Europe or Africa. Mr. Hamilton Lang contributes an article on
" The Austrians in Bosnia," which is followed by one from the pen of
Mrs. William Grey, on " Men and Women." Mrs. Grey has taken a
very deep interest in all the modern questions that concern her sex in
England, and in the present article Bhows, in a very temperate form, the
disabilities under which women labor, and the injustice to which thevare
subjected, both bylaw and by social prejudice. She advocates the ex-
tension of the Parliamentary franchise to women, on grounds that are
meeting with growing acceptance in England, and, as Lord Beaconsfield
has expressed himself favorable to the principle, it is hard to sav how
soon it may flash on English politics as one of the surprises of conserva-
tive legislation. Mr. J. A. Syraonds makes a few brief comments on Mr.
Matthew Arnold's "Selections from Wordsworth." Mr. Wilfrid S.
Blunt writes very interestingly on "An Indo-Mediterranean Railway:
Fiction and Fact," showing that, so far as India is concerned, the Suez
Canal would not be superseded by any such railway either for war or
commerce, and that concentration of attention on the Suez Canal route is
of infinitely more importance to India than diverting attention toward a
railway which would not be used for troups, even in the exigency of hav-
ing to face another Indian mutiny. The Railway might have some im-
portance in a strategical point of view in Turkey in Asia, but it is doubt-
ful if even the best selected route for commercial purposes would ever
pay its expenses. Mr. Blunt regards the inhabitants of that country a3 a
decaying people. " Western Asia," he says, "indeed, does not ask for
these, only to be allowed to live, or, if needs must, to die in peace. This,
if I may say it without a paradox, is their best chance of life. To endow
them with railways and canals, except as a pure gift, without cost or bur-
den to them in construction or maintenance, could only hasten the end.
They have not the strength for such remedies." Mr. F. Harrison con-
tributes an article on "The Conflict of Laws," and Mr. A. Page one on
" Assurance Investments."
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Durant, M.D., Ph. D., etc. A New and Revised Edition. Cassell, Petter &
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One is glad to see that this book has met with a favorable reception
from the public, for it is filled with sound advice and precious hints on
the management and preservation of the voice, which is of some use to
all of us, though we often cry out for a good commodity of silence. Dr.
Durant gives a concise account of the anatomy of the vocal organs, and
the manner in which they are affected by a healthy or unhealthy state of
the general system ; and he lays down rules for the proper exercise and
strengthening of the lungs and throat. The chapters on Respiration,
Alimentation, Sleep and Preservation of the Voice, contain much that is
valuable for the maintenance of the vital powers in general, and will re-
p.iy perusal by all.
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Nov. 29, ?S79.
THE RESTRAINTS OF AN EDITOR.
May an editor safely 'write all that good motives and justifiable ends
■would impel him to do ? The unthinking maDy would, in all honesty of im-
pulse, answer, "Yes, certainly." They would, however, be most egre-
giouBly mistaken. His ends may be altogether righteous, and his motives
as exalted as the heavens, and yet he may not always publish what he
knows. "We know this sounds strangely inconsistent with that section in
the Constitution which says that "every person may speak, write aud
publish his sentiments upon all subjects," but to that section there is an
important addition. Every person may speak, write and publish, but he
is to be "responsible therefor to the law.J: He may know of crying
wrongs that the whole people ought to right; he may peisonally be aa sure
that they exist as that the sun shines at noonday, and yet be may not
venture to give them publicity. It is not sufficient to know a thing of
your own knowledge, nor is it even sufficient that you can produce honest
witnesses to prove that their knowledge agrees with your own. You
must be very sure that the wrong-doers cannot produce a large number of
dishonest witnesses to swear the other way. The majority vote has be-
come a,marvelous power in this land. Under its authority crimes are com-
mitted that are a disgrace to humanity. It is bought and sold as a mer-
chantable commodity. It is too often a brutalized and corrupted thing.
It Bays who shall 611 the Presidential chair, and who shall occupy the jury
box. It determines whether your property, liberty, or life shall be for-
feited. It declares who shall rule over the nation. It may declare the
one and determine the other, falsely and corruptly, for bad ends and from
infamous motives. Aye ! a majority vote has become a mighty engine.
There are those who know how to manage it, and those who do not.
Truth and honor sometimes control it, but oftener they do not. In Con-
gress, in legislative halls, and in political organizations, truth and honor
are strangely perverted terms. Even in jury boxes and on witness stands
they do not always find a place. We know they do not. "We are well
aware of examples in point, but we dare not declare them, because the in-
terests of the witnesses are entirely the other way, and, if necessary, the
jurors, whn might be called upon to try the facts, would assuredly find
it to their interests to agree with the witnesses though they believed them
not. Brokers for jurors and witnesses are becoming quite common in this
city, and there are lawyers who know the fact, and are well aware of how
to avail themselves of it. We know very high legal lights who engage
themselves in the business; but though we know them, it would be decid-
edly unsafe to name them, because of their success in the very operations
we should be denouncing. We know Supervisors who have been cor-
rupted, but if we were to say who they are we should be outnumbered in
the jury box and on the witness stand. We know men who ought to have
been indicted, but never will be, because of a crooked majority vote. We
know others who have been indicted, but will never be convicted, for the
same reason. We have often discussed grave evils, being impelled by
knowledge we could not, with legal safety, always disclose. When we
made our celebrated exposure of the quacks, we were in possession of
knowledge that would have astounded this community, but we could not
publish that which all the witnesses were interested in denying. The best
we could do was to attack the scoundrels for lesser offenses that we could
prove, but drawing our vim and force from a knowledge of the larger of-
fenses which we could not. Though thus handicapped, we generally suc-
ceeded in reaching the rascals in some way or other. The
knowledge which an editor has he cannot always publish. He
has to ask himself not only is the thing true, but "can I so clearly
maintain its truthfulness as to defy the machinations of money, the falsity
of corrupted witnesses, and the power of the bought jurors." If he is
not sure that the nature of the allegations and the character of the proof
are so welded together as to give him rights at law, that neither false
witnesses nor bought jurors can take away, then, although he may be as
sure that the allegations are true as that the sun shines at noonday, it is
the part of discretion to suppress any and all of the facts that by any pos-
sibility may be made away with. When an editor is more pronounced
than bis allegations would seem to justify, then the reader may well take
it for granted that there is more in the case than meets the eye. He may
rest assured that there is a knowledge of evils that cannot be printed,
but which are stirring the righteous indignation of the writers.. We have
given an illustration of that in the case of the quacks. We might supply
even a more vivid one in reference to certain hotels that are dens of in-
iquity. _ We may know a case in which a hotel manager severed the bell
connection with a young lady's room, entered therein, committed a capi-
tal offense, and escaped being hanged, as he ought to be, because of the
belief of the lady's aged and sensible advisers that she would be ruined
if her name were dragged before the public. Suppose we knew such a
case as that, that we were assured of the purity of the lady, and of the
infamy of the surrounding facts, what, in that case, would be the opinion
of the reader as to our duty in the premises ? " Expose, denounce, gibbet
the monster!_ Hold him up to public infamy!" Hold on, friend. Not so
fast. We might be sure of the facts, yet not able to contend with cor-
rupted testifiers, and the wishes of the friends of the party injured are
entitled to primary consideration. Then, in regard to another case, at a
totally different hotel, we might possibly know that a young girl jf 18
years had occasion to be there, that she was intercepted by the proprietor,
who made an offer that, for an infamous consideration, she might have all
the dresses and money she wanted, that, when she in her innocency failed
to understand the proposition, he repeated it in the foulest terms known
to the English tongue ; that she rushed in tears and anguish of mind to
the bosom of her mother, the best of all shelters for a virtuous girl, and
there told of the brutal insult that had been offered to her by a man
whom she had known as her father's friend from the days of her child-
hood, that the mother has been compelled to keep the full facts from that
father until this day, because of her knowledge that a deed of violence
would inevitably follow the disclosure. Suppose that pure girl were a
friend of the writers, what ought he to say to his readers ? Their first
irapuhe would be to say, "Tell the facts and names, though the heavens
fall." But the sober second thought reveals innumerable difficulties in
the way of such a course. The father would be unable to control him ■
seu\ the girl's character, though pure, would not be advantaged by her
having been the victim of so ruffianly a verbal assault, and the capacity
of her assailant to buy witnesses, secure " putters up of jobs," and to fix
things generally, might accomplish much, though it certainly could never
wash a blackamoor white. Imagine this writer to know such facts, and
yet doubt his capacity to legally prove them, what ought he to do ? What
he will do, is to live long enough to see that hotel proprietor an impecuni-
ous outcast, and, ere then, to see the windows of his hotel ticketed with
the words "To Let." Toward bringing about those results, he will con-
tribute whatever of force there is in a pen that has never yet failed when
directed against infamy in high places. He may be restrained to-day
from naming what he may not prove, but the time is near at hand when
he will prove a great deal that he does not now name.
MR. SEWARD'S RESIGNATION.
_ It is rumored that Geo. T. Seward, IT. S. Minister to China, has re-
signed, or is about to do so ; and the report is probably well-founded.
He must have been convinced by the proceedings of the last Congress
that a fair and impartial hearing of the charges against him is out of the
question, ana, as it is pretty well understood that the prosecution of these
charges is to be resumed at the next session, and as it is almost certain
that he will be condemned by a strict party vote, regardless of the merits
of the case, it is only natural that he wishes to put an end to the strug-
gle by resigning his office. It is disgraceful that a matter of such import-
ance as that in question cannot be impartially heard and decided on its
merits ; but such seems to be the case, and one must submit to the inev-
itable. Of some of the charges against Mr. Seward we know nothing ;
but if the statements of gentlemen, of different nativities, who are well
acquainted with the facts, can be trusted, some of the principal charges
are ridiculous. For instance, his connection with the Woosung Railroad
is made the basis of one charge. This enterprise was instituted by Amer-
icans, though it eventually became English, and Mr. Seward naturally
and properly assisted the negotiations for the purchase of the road-way..
It is possible that he, like many others, bought laud near the road ; but
that the undertaking was merely a land-jobbing operation, no one familiar
with the facts will believe. The road in question was, of itself, of no
importance, being only nine or ten miles in length, and ending nowhere ;
but it was supposed that the Chinese, when they should have seen the
road in operation, would appreciate its value, and giant permission to
extend it to Soo Chow, and that it would lead to the construc-
tion of many other railroads. The feeling of the whole foreign
population of Shanghai, of all nationalities, was strongly in favor
of the road ; and it must have surprised them to learn that Mr. Seward
had, by aiding them in the matter, incurred the censure of his Govern-
ment. Another count in the indictment is that, by an arrangement with
the United States Marshal, Mr. Seward paid him a fixed salary and re-
tained the fees of the office. This is undoubtedly true, but the fees were
retained to pay the necessary expenses of the Consulate, and Mr. Seward
made no secret of what he was doing. When he went to Shanghai he
found that he must pay, for very ordinary Consular offices, a much higher
rent than the Government allowed, and that his clerical force was utterly
insufficient. Under these circumstances he resorted to the above-men-
tioned arrangement with the Marshal, as a temporary expedient, and at
once informed the Department of what he had done, and that, unless the
allowance for the Consulate could be increased, he must tender his resig-
nation. The reply was that his arrangement with the Marshal was irreg-
ular, but that he must keep the Consulate going somehow, and he con-
tinued to keep it going in the manner above-mentioned. That Mr. Sew-
ard's action in this matter was irregular is evident ; but the idea of mak-
ing it the basis of a quasi- criminal charge, must have originated in either
malice or self-interest. The other charges we shall not attempt to deal
with ; but enough appears in what we have already written to show the
animus of the prosecution, and to raise the presumption that the other
charges are as groundless as the two under discussion. Mr. Seward, as
Consul, Consul-General and Minister, appears to have been highly
respected by the whole foreign population of Shanghai and Peking ; but
he has probably found, as so many others have done, that everything muBt
give way to the exigencies of party politics.
SOME THINGS THAT ARE BEING SAID.
Our most worthy Captain of Detectives has gone on a secret mis-
sion, and people are wondering what is up now. The surmises are nu-
merous. Some persons say that he has gone to interview Cooper, and
that he expects to get Treadwell's, or somebody's, money out of him. We
are very sure there is money in the trip for somebody. Nothing less
would justify the Captain's leaving San Francisco's dangers to take care
of themselves for so long a time. It may be that he has gone to congratu-
late ex-Supervisor Atcheson on his knowledge of silence and ignorance
of division. Who knows?
It is said that E. J. Baldwin admits that he attempted to gnaw a file
when he commenced his now dismissed libel suit against the News Letter.
He won't do it again, that he won't ! He thinks that he may as well,
first as last, take the good advice of the News Letter, and let his hotel to
an experienced hotel manager of good morals, sobriety and established
character. If he hesitates he is lost, as it will be our duty to point out to
him, when next we allude to the subject, as we shall continue to do, for
his and the public's good.
The Hon. Frank McCoppin is acting as Harbor Commissioner; he was
appointed for a term of four years by Governor Irwin, and his friends
hope he will be permitted to serve out his alotted time, as otherwise the
city is likely to lose the sight of his "faultless physique" for quite a
while. Mr. McCoppin has views which will take him abroad, if he should
be removed from his present position. As Supervisor, Mayor and Sena-
tor, he has done the city great service. He is the author of several of our
very best laws. His absence would be regretted by our best citizens.
It is understood that the salary-pledge decision was, after all, a matter
of arrangement. Judge Wright, finding that he could not stand the press-
ure, proposed to take a holiday, and have Judge Redman, of Oakland,
occupy his seat, and decide as his inclinations would lead him in favor of
the Workingmen. A point of law was, however, sprung which settled
the case, and let both Wright and Redman out. By the way, it is said
that A. A. Cohen took the credit for originating that point of law, but in
reality obtained it from a young lawyer.
The " News Letter " and General Grant— To illustrate how wide
and far-reaching is the influence of the News Letter, we mention the
fact that an editorial in this paper of only three weeks ago has already
been copied in the St. Louis ** Republican," the New York " Sun" (larg-
est circulated paper in America), Louisville " Courier -Journal," Boston
:, Post," New Orleans " Picayune," Charleston "Mercury," Richmond
,, Enquirer," Washington "Post," Cincinnati "Commercial," and Gal-
veston " News." These are among the greatest journals of the country.
The article copied from the News Letter was entitled " Is Gen. Grant
Becoming Insane."
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CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
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H« wu ukeo t" tli.' Hospital, and nursed
II. r 1 »... (or encouraged him
ing that he would n iade him n.>t t-< be afraid, aa
rid he under the influence of chloroform, " I'll not tnkt- it. Doc
tor. " ht* cried, "if yea wants me to bear up like a man, keep the ableepy
iway from me. W hen yea after < ittting and sawing at me, lit one
d y. r men keep feeding me with cold mate, thai I can close my jawa on
and bite at whin the i ain - i me, I'll not cry, l warrant me."
The kindly physician knew how men clench ami grind their teeth when in
pain, and Following out the suggestion uf the brats sufferer, had a large
f cold fowl and ham in the operating room, flanked by bread,
stimulants, and Rome slices of cold beef, cut op Into small sections. The
moment the operation began, an attendant placed the meat to the poor
fellow's lips, who 1 it on slice after Blice with the rapidity that could only
be induced by the agony he wo.- undergoing. When all was over, it was
found he had got away with s whole t. w I and about two pounds of ham
and beef. A glass of brandy was then given hiui, as he was very white
and pale, and, as the nurses carried the unfortunate fellow to his ward,
he smiled faintly and said: " Doctor, it's the first square male I have had
for many a day. and bedad when I git over it yez can have the other leg
on the same terms." As an instance of cool bravery the above is unpar-
alleled.
There is a Professor of Chinese at Harvard, and another at Yale,
but there are no students; and the Bulletin, with one eye on the Sand-lot,
seems to think there is no need of any Chinese scholarship in this coun-
try, because there are compradores in China who speak pigeon-English,
and crtn make the purchases of Americans temporarily resident in the
Central Flowery Land. The reasoning is excellent, and capable of
indefinite extension. How easily, for instance, could the people of San
Francisco get along without Professors Pickering and Fitch, on the two
papers, both daily, and import all their platitudes ready-made, from
abroad, and their intellectual culture at first hand from the Sand-lot.
" Supposing," said the T. C. reflectively to the Editor of this paper
the other day. " that the next Legislature were to pass a bill making lit-
erary idiocy punishable with death, and appointing a committee of prac-
tical men to try all cases brought before them, what would be the result?"
And as he stroked his chin thoughtfully and looked np absently at the
ceiling he replied : " Good idea, but not practical. There would be only
one weekly paper left; of course, that is our own ; but Montgomery
street would soon look shockingly bare. The Creator has some wise pur-
pose in allowing them to live that we cannot fathom. Don't ask me any
more conundrums this morning."
It seems from Mr. It. A. Proctor's calculations that the earth is a
mere infant of 450,000,000 years of age. We had thought better things
of her, hut the rawness of exceeding youth accounts for the ease with
which she has been done out of the dust that was coming to her by de-
signing road agents among the stars. If she had received her remittances
in due course she would have been, Mr. Proctor says, eight or ten times
as large as she is. This is rough on us, but we must try to rub along ;
and, meanwhile, it is not without interest that we note how ancient and
honorable and heavenly is the practice of helping yourself at your neigh-
bor's expense. There are lessons in astronomy.
The Princess Sarah Winnemucca appears to have touched the soft
and too responsive hearts of the reporters for the daily press. They give
her, as with one accord, a good send-off; she is "graceful," a " daughter
of the forest, full uf unstudied eloquence and natural pathos," and, above
all, a princesB. What was old Winnemucca king of ? Why should we
take the trouble to import our orders of knighthood from the Cannibal
Islands, when we have a native monarch and the daughter of a monarch
to dub us ? Princess Sarah might do a good stroke of business in the way
of knighting folks. We charge her nothing for the hint.
Thank Heaven ! Thanksgiving has come and gone, and all the plati-
tudes about our causes for grateful feelings, and the peace and plenty that
reign within our borders, are laid away once more for a year, to be
dragged out when the time conies and flourished around as good as new.
Not a nook or a corner of the United States, its seems, where there is not
cause for thankfulness; and all the people cry Amen ! and button up their
pockets, and shake their heads at a beggar on pvery block. What harm
could it do to tell the truth ? Is anybody imposed upon by all this cheap
rigmarole, half -patriotic, half-pious, and altogether hypocritical ?
Edison is said to have aged considerably in wrestling with that obsti-
nate electric light, and his face has grown more refined looking, no doubt
because of his applying it so steadily to the grinding surfaces of rock
supposed to contain platinum. Pity nobody will help the poor roan to
find the metal, especially when money is no object. He says that now
he has those fellows ; and when asked who they are, answers, " the gas
men." Between them they have the public, and a pretty soft thing they
make of it. It needs only a periodical interview to keep up the excite-
ment, and the stock is sure to go the way it's wanted.
The special delight in the bosom of two men out of three, to-day, is
that the much abused stomach and head are beginning slowly to right
themselves from the gorging and guzzling of Thursday. The qualms are
fainter, and come at longer intervals, and the headache is growing dull
by degrees, though the free-born citizen is still an object of half-con-
temptuous pity to the few sober men who did not ccme over in the May-
flower. There is no more solemn spectacle than the uprising of a great
people from the struggle with 40,000,000 of mince pies.
Bismarck has been heard to say, since talking over the silver question
with Pig Iron Kelly, that he can't understand why so bright a people as
the American gave Kelly a middle name.
A comely maiden. Jut From old Rngtand, reached Pittsburg the
day. left the railroad car, and stumbled against a "stalwart Ger-
man puddler, who nu ,.,,,1 i r n moment, looked at her. and walked with
bar to bar cousin a I .m.d. which waa done in Hve minutes
And now thai hsppj puddler 1 name to Muddler, and all
ting women in htl r the new dodge of running
against stalwarts in the atreet This is the latest thing out in the mar-
riage line.
The *' Evening Poet," a paper mmally careful to say nothing which
offend a sensitive mind, relate! Oris week that a brute named
M,< raitbhtainin-iU.n hi, wife until portions of bar body were pounded
Into jellified flesh." Thii nauaeatM the reader, while the Idea could
|;,V;.1 I if the writer had said: "Mr. MoCraith,
by his saltatory evolutions on the body ot bis spouse, speedily converted
her into a female blanc mange." Whan will the daily press employ men
of culture?
There is compensation in all things, as Emerson rightly tells us :
curses, like chickens, corns home to roost J and yon kill my goose I kill
your pander. These original thoughts naturally suggested themselves
when we read that a New Jerseyman had burned bis wife to death. No-
body has a word to say f.-r him. but we timidly call attention to our open-
ing remarks, and clinch them by observing that most probably the wife
talked the man into it.
It's all very well for Beech er and Ingersoll to tickle the Eastern peo-
ple with the notion of no Ik-11 ; that kind of talk don't go down in this
quarter. After a spasmodic existence against hope for a few years, the
UniyersaliBt of this city have given up the ghost, and now confess the
devil and damnation, like good Christians. This is cheering, and gives
one strength for the battle of life. God be praised ! For, now we are
sure of hell-fire, morality is safe.
They have a breed of dogs in Denver, Colorado, which are so
small that a flea has no room to settle on one. The other day, however
one of the inhabitants picked a pretty big flea off his neck, and just as he
was going to squeeze it between his thumb and fore-finger, he found a
little puppy curled up in its embrace. It waa a large female flea, and she
was nursing it tenderly. It is needless to say that, touched by the inci-
dent, he spared both their lives.
A legal corps of artillery is wanted to take charge of the fortifica-
tions to be erected at Nanaimo, and man the guns. What luck ! Here's
the Hastings Debating Society forced to turn its thunder on itself every
week or two, and fairly spoiling for a chance to blaze away at space in
general. If the British Columbians will only make it worth the while of
these possible sons of guns, there will be accommodation all round.
Roland Reed, the lively young comedian, with the Colville Troupe,
gave a sitting this week tu a prominent sculptor, who took a plaster of
Paris cast of his nose. From this an edition of 300 copies has been struck
off for the use of amateurs who want to appear funny at masquerade balls
without having to do any acting. They are highly-colored, and warranted
an exact reproduction of Mr. Reed's proboscis.
An enthusiastic Temperance Society in this city is so delighted
with the total abstinence principle of the phylloxera, and the unflinching
way in which he advocates them, that the members wear him for a charm,
and have his likeness as a monogram on their note-paper ; and the young
ladies of the society are bound to each other by a secret and solemn oath
to wed no man who is not thoroughly up in bugs.
Captain Kentzel has indignantly refused the request of the Academy
of Sciences, begging him to come to their next meeting and allow them to
look at him through the immense microscope they have just imported.
They insist that the plate of the instrument is big enough for him to lie
down on, and want to see how he would look magnified four million
times.
The "Bulletin" of Wednesday, speaking of the execution of two
Indian murderers, says "perfect order and harmony prevailed during the
entire scene." The harmony and the vibration of the chords must "have
been very satisfactory to the musical ear of justice, as with its dying fall
it choked two of the principal listeners with emotion.
There are two hundred white boys in Petaluma digging potatoes
at $1 50 a day, and driving the Chinameu from the field. Well, what of
it? We've any number of them here, who can lift potatoes to the tune of
$4 or $5 every time they get a chance, and drive the Chinamen as long as
there's a brickbat in sight.
The difference between men and fowls is not so great as it seems to
be at first sight, and it's a little odd that Darwin did not turn his atten-
tion to chickens. The best authorities agree that fowls should bathe in
dust and coal ashes, and we see no end of men that religiously do nothing
else.
A single hair from the head of a pretty woman brought $80 at a raffle
in Alabama, the other day, which reminds us that there are some pretty
women in this neighborhood who buy their locks at the same rate. That
is, we have heard the hair-dresser says so, but we don't believe a word of
it.
The London Athenseum, in a scholarly notice of the fig, calls it an
"index of migration." This delicate allusion to the prominent part
played by the respectable plant in that unfortunate affair in Eden, cannot
be too highly commended. Divines will be glad to appropriate the phrase.
Mr. Gladstone is in favor of modified home rule for Ireland. How
often, in the history of the world, we find ourselves called upon to note
the fact that great minds have similar ideas ! The Town Crier is likeMr.
Gladstone, in a measure ; he is in favor of modified home rule.
Late advices from Los Angeles note a growing demand for sheep,
which have doubled in price within a few weeks. One good turn deserves
another, and we are happy in being able to state that there is a glut of
hogs in this city and county.
John Creed, a miner, was killed in Utah, on Sunday afternoon last,
by a descending cage. Our atheistic contributor suggests that, since the
sad event occurred in the Mormon country, the deceased was most proba-
bly the Apostles' Creed.
10
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Nov. 29, 1879.
C. r a R" ■ »■
Overland Ticket Offloe : Ferry Landing, foot
of Market street. --Commencing- Monday,
May 19th, 1879, and until further notice,
alns Boats wil leave
SAW FRAWCISCO:
7Ca ' A. M. (daily), Vallejo Steamer (from Market
« -J J Street Landing — Connecting with Trains for
Napa (Stages for Sonoma), Calistoga (the Geysers),
and Sacramento. Connecting at Davis (Sundays except-
ed) for Woodland and Knight's Landing, and at Wood-
land for Williams and Willows.
(Arrive San Francisco 8:10 p.m.)
7AA A.M. (daily) Local Passenger Train (via Oakland
• 1/1/ Ferry) and via Livermore arriving at Tracy
at 11:30 A. m. and connecting with Atlantic Express.
Connects at Niles with Train arriving at San Jose at
10:15 A.M. .
(Returning, train from Tracy arrives at 6:05 P.M.)
8AA A.M. (daily), Atlantic Express Train (via Oak-
-UU land Ferry, Northern Ry. and S. P. & T. R R.)
for Sacramento, Marysville, Redding, Portland (Or.),
Colfax, Reno (Virginia City), Palisade (Eureka), Ogden
and Omaha. Connects at Gait with train arriving at
lone at 3:40 p.m.
(Arrive San Francisco 5:15 P.M.)
Sunday Excursion Tickets to San Pablo and Marti-
nez at Seduced Bates.
1 O AA^11- (daily) via Oakland Ferry, Local Passen-
J-V/.UU ger Train to Hay wards and Niles.
(Arrive San Francisco 4:05 p.m.)
3{\f\ P.M. (daily)San Jose Passenger Train (via Oak-
AJ\J land Ferry and Niles), stopping at all WaySta-
tiona. Arrives at San Jose at 5:20 p. M.
(Arrive San Francisco 9:35 a.m.)
3(\(\ P.M. (daily) Northern Railway Passenger Train
• U " (via Oakland Ferry) to San Pablo, Martinez
and Antioch.
(Arrive San Francisco 9:35 am.)
4f\f\ P.M. (daily) Arizona Express Train (via Oak-
- VVJ land Ferry, Northern Ry. and S. P. & T. R. R.)
for Lathrop (and Stockton), Merced, Madera, Visalia,
Sumner, Mojave, Newhall (San Buenaventura, and Santa
Barbara), Los Angeles, "Santa Monica," Wilmington,
Santa Ana (San Diego), Colton and Yuma (Colorado
River Steamers), connecting direct with Daily Trains
of the Southern Pacific Railroad of Arizona for Mari-
copa (Daily Stages for Phoenix and Prescott), and for
Casa Grande (182 miles east from Yuma), and end of
Track (Daily Stages for Florence and Tucson).
"Sleeping Cars" between Oakland, Los Angeles and
Yuma.
(Arrive San Francisco 12:35 P.M.)
4AA P. M. (Sundays excepted) VallejoSteamer(from
*\J\J Market Street Lauding), connecting with trains
for Calistoga, (the Geysers), Woodland, Knight's Land-
ing and Sacramento ; and at Sacramento with Pas-
senger Train, leaving at 9:35 p.m. for Truckee, Reno,
Carson and Virginia.
" Sleeping Cars" between Vallejo and Carson.
(Arrive San Francisco 11:10 A.M.)
400 *"-^' (Sundays excepted) Sacramento Steamer
.\J\J (from Wash'u St. Wharf), for Beniciaand Land-
ings on the Sacramento River.
. (Arrive San Francisco8:00 p.m.)
4f\ f\ P.M. (daily), Through Third Class and Accom-
•"" modation Train (via Oakland Ferry, North-
ern Ry. and S. P. & T. R. R.) connecting at Lathrop
with Train arriving at Los Angeles on second day at
11:55 A.M. (Arrive San FraneUco 9:05 A.M.
4 OO P.M. (daily) Local Passenger Train (via Oak -
•OW land Ferry) to Haywards, Niles and Liver-
™ore. (Arrive San Francisco 8:35 a.m.)
fJOf) P.M. (daily) Overland Emigrant Train (via
t^'v-'v-/ Oakland Ferry and Northern Railway) to
Ogden, Omaha and East.
Public conveyance for Mills Seminary connects atSem-
nary Park Station with all trains, Sundays excepted.
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•Alameda Passengers change cars at Oakland.
Creek Route.
From SAN FRANCISCO— Daily— bo-AO, B6:30, 7.20, 8:15,
9:15, 10:15, 11:15 A.M. 12:15, 1:15, 2:25, 3:15, 4:15,
5:15, 6.15 P.M.
From OAKLAND— Daily— -b5:Z0, b6:20, 7:10, 8:05, 9:05,
10:05, 11:05 A.M. 12:05, 1:05, 2;15, 3:05, 4:05, 5:05,
6:05 p.m. —Sundays excepted.
Official Schedule Time" furnished by Randolph &
Co., Jewelers, 101 and 103 Montgomery St., S. F.
T. H. GOODMAN, Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agt.
A. N. Townb, General Superintendent.
Commencing Sunday, Nov. 16th, 1S79,
and until further notice, Boats and Trains will
leave San Francisco (Washing ton-st. Wharf) as follows :
3 00 p' Ml daily (Sundays included), Steamer
• " V-/ " James M. Donahue " (Washington Street
Wharf) , connecting with Mail and Express Train at Don-
ahue for Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Healdsburg, Cloverdale,
and way stations. Making stage connections at Loke-
ville for Sonoma; at Geyserville for Skaggs' Springs ; at
Cloverdale for Ukiah, Lakeport, Mendocino City, High-
land Springs, Bartlett Springs, Soda Bay and the
Geysers.
g^r* Connections made at Fulton on following morn-
ing for Korbel's, Guerneville and the Redwoods.
(Arrive at San Francisco, week days, 10:10 A.M. ; Sun-
days, 11 A.M.
Freight received from 7 a.m. till 2.30 p. m.,
daily (except Sundays).
Special Notice.— The Sunday Excursion Trips are dis-
continued until further notice.
Ticket Office : "Washington st. Wharf.
A. HUGHES,
Gen. Manager.
JAS. M. DONAHUE,
Gen. Pass & Tkt. Agt.
R0EDERER CHAMPAGNE.
Not ire.-- The Trade nud the Public are
informed that we receive the genuine LOUIS ROE-
DERER CARTE ELANCAE CHAMPAGNE, direct from
Mr. Louis Roederer, Reims, over his signature and Con-
sular Invoice. Each case is marked upon the side, " Ma-
condray & Co. , San Francisco," and each bottle bears the
label, " Macondray & Co., Sole Agents for the Pacific
Coast." MACONDRAY & CO.,
Oct. 11. Sole Agents for the Pacific Coast.
Natural beauty surpasses any-
thing which, ean be imparted by
artificial means. PHOSPHATE
SOAP gives health to the skin
simply by removing impurities and
eradicating the poisons which give
rise to skin diseases.
Not only ror craily use on the fac9
and hands, but for bathing the
entire body, there is nothing equal
to PHOSPHATE SOAP. It is a
thorough disinfectant and removes
offensive odors of every kind.
Ask your Eruggist for it.
OlfllMfeMi
WINTER ARRANGEMENT.
Commencing Friilay, Nov. 21st, 1S79,
and until further notice, Passenger Trains will leave
San Francisco, from Passenger Depot on Towasend
street, between Third and Fourth streets, as follows :
8Q(~\ A.M. daily for San Jose and Way Stations.
. t> \J g^* Stages for Pescadero (via San Mateo)
connect with this train only.
1 O QO A-M- ^a'ly f°r San Jose, Gilroy, Hollister,
iv/.OV/ Tres Piuos, Pajaro, Salinas, Soledad and
all Way Stations, ggp At Pajaro, the Santa Cruz
R. R. connects with this train for Aptos, Soquel and
Santa Cruz. g^pAt Salinas the M. & S. V. R. R.
connects with this train for Monterey. g^~ Stage
connections made with this train. (Pescadero Stages via
San Mateo excepted.)
Q QAp.m. daily (Sundays excepted) for San Jose,
^,tJ^-^ Gilroy, and principal Way Stations.
/I QQ p.m. daily for San Jose and Way Stations.
ii Qf") p.m.— daily, for Menlo Park and Way Stations.
4®" The Extra Sunday Trains to San Jose and Way
Stations have been discontinued for the winter season.
Second-Class Fare.
Between San Francisco and San Jose S1.00.
On Freight Trains only, leaving San Francisco at 4:00
A.M., San Jose at tt:30 p.m. (daily, Sundays excepted).
Excursion Tickets at Reduced Rates
To San Jose and intermediate points sold on Saturdays,
and Sunday mornings, good for return until following
Mouday inclusive.
Also, EXCURSION TICKETS to Aptos, Soquel, Santa
Cruz and Monterey, sold on Saturdays only— good for
return until the following Monday inclusive.
!g^~ Principal Ticket Office— Passenger Depot, Town-
send street. Branch Ticket Office — No, 2 New Mont-
gomery street, Palace Hotel.
A. C. BASSETT, Supt. H. R. JUDAH, A. P. & T. A.
SOUTHERN DIVISIONS.
Commencing Monday, May 19th, 1879,
%W Passengers for points on the Southern Divisions
of the road will take the cars of the Central Pacific Rail-
road via OAKLAND, leaving SAN FRANCISCO via Ferry
Landing, Market street, at 4:00 p.m. daily (Arizona Ex-
press Train) , and making close connection at GOSHEN
for Sumner, Mojave, Los Angeles, Wilmington, Ana-
heim, Colton, Colorado River, Ydma, Maricopa and Casa
Grande (182 miles east from Yuma). Nov. 22.
Ladies who have injured the skin
by the constant use of cosmetics
may do much to restore their faces
to that beauty which nature alone
can give by constantly using PHOS-
PHATE SOAP.
For chapped hands the constant
use of PHOSPHATE SOAP will
be recommended by all who give
it one fair trial.
If you want a nice article of
Toilet Soap and something that is
beneficial to the skin, buy PHOS-
PHATE SOAP.
Ladies who wish to make the
skin look beautiful and natural
should use PHOSPHATE SOAP.
Manufactured by "Standard Soap Co.,"
204 Sacramento St., San Francisco.
$25to$5000|v
I Jndlclonfllylnveatcd In
1 Wall Wt.ln> h 1 he fuunda-
Btlon for fbrtunoa every
■weefc.andpnyBimmi'DPo profits l>y the Nuw Ciiplwllzntlon
System oropfratlnfr In Ktncka. Full explanation on applica-
tion to Adaub,Biio<.v.n U Co., Bankers, 26 Broad St., N. Y.
NOTICE.
For the very best photographs g-o to
BRADLEY & RULOFSON'S, in an Elevator, 429
Montgomery street. Oct. 29.
I'Al.IKOKNIA
NOTABILIA.
THE PEDDLERS SONG.
Lawn u while as driven snow ;
Cypress Mack M e'er was crow ;
Gloves as sweet as damask roses ;
r faces »nd for noses ;
Burle-braci-let, necklace, amber ;
rafunu tar a lady's climber;
Gold -(iiniiis and stomachers.
For my lads to give their deard ;
Pins and poking-sticks of steel.
Wbal nniids laek from head to heel:
Come buy of mc.come; come buy, come buy,
Buy, lads, or else your lasses cry.
William Shakspearb.
Indorsement of the French Government — It is a matter of pride
to Rochester, N. V., as well as to the tirra directly interested, that yes-
terday a cable dispatch was received, statin? that the French Government
had adopted the tobacco and cigarettes manufactured by Wm. S. Kimball
& Co., of that city. We should explain, perhaps, that all tobacco sold in
France up to this time has been manufactured by the Government. Of
late, the demand for other makes has arisen, and the Government, to
meet it, allowed Emrlish and American manufacturers to enter goods for
competitive test, with a view to the adoption of the best. The fact that
Wm. S. Kimball & Co. have come out far ahead of all other manufactur-
ers in both countries is unmistakable proof that their goods are the best
the world produces. Their tobacco and cigarettes will henceforth be on
sale in Paris as freely as in New York, but no other make, except the
French, will be found there. In other words, the French Government,
on the report of its experts, declares the Vanity Fair tobacco and cigar-
ettes of Wm. S. Kimball & Co. the best in the world.
Thanksgiving is the great festival of our New England brethren,
above all, and history, while it records the establishment of this dav, now
become national, has refrained from giving the reason for its special fit-
ness in the Eastern States. This, it is well known, was the natural re-
sult of the mournful experiences of our forefathers in that bleak climate.
So many of their number fell under the stroke of consumption, that it
became necessary to return thanks for the lives that were spared. Now
that F. & P. J. Cassin, corner of Drumm and California, have come for-
ward with their Cordial of Old Eye Whisky and Pure Rock Candy,
Thanksgiving has lost any shade of sadness that lingered about it.
One should listen with respect to almost everything uttered by John
Bright ; and on no subject has he spoken better words than are contained
in those admirable sentences on education. " You want to teach a child,"
be says, " to be gentle. You want gentleness, you want humanity. Then
there is the quality of unselfishness." There is food for reflection in all
this ; and, at the same time, one cannot but feel what a school of gentle-
ness and humanity and exquisite breeding is Swain's Restaurant, 213 Sut-
ter street, where the perfect meals and the matchless comfort make one
well-disposed to all men.
It is difficult always to draw the line where economy ceases and mean-
nesB begins, and yet there is such a line, if one could find it. Probably,
considering the difference of temperature in different characters, the line
is by no means a straight one, but rather like an isothermal line, which
rises and falls on both sides of a given degree of latitude. Nevertheless,
one feels that if anything can reduce the variations of economy to some-
thing like a uniform level, it is the unequaled Union Range, sold by Mon-
tanya, Jackson street, near Battery.
"Truth," the London paper, gives an account of a "pepsin essenz" in-
vented by a Berlin chemist, and now coming into use as a liquor to wind
up the dinner with and rout any symptoms of insubordination, pretty
much as the Colophonian cavalry were brought up in ancient days to
sweep the field. If this Berlin chemist had been acquainted with Lands-
berger's Private Cnvee, he might have saved his brains and the wry faces
of his friends over his new-fangled medicine, for that superb sparkling
wine is the most wholesome in existence.
" Mamma. " said little Willie, " and were all the little birds drowned ?"
Mamma, who had been telling the story of the Deluge, answered: "Yes,
all but those that were in the Ark." " Then," said Willie, " I think they
Were stupid ; why didn't they get in a row on top of the Ark ?" One
feels like little Willie when he sees men who fail to get their hats at
Herrmann, the Hatter's, 336 Kearny street, but, to be Bure, one sees very
few of them.
The unsurpassed excellence of Wake-lee's " Camelline," as a hight-
ener and preserver of the natural complexion, makes it the indispensable
toilet companion of every lady. The roughest skin, under its effective
and perfectly harmless influence, becomes soft and radiant with health.
As a dentifrice it has no equal.
Sterling Silverware. — A large assortment of elegant designs at Ran-
dolph & Co.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
ADVERTISER n
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The vintage of this year i« comparatively a •canty one in France, and
it i* matter of regret to all irt wine that there u likely to be
am In tfao pnoea <>f clan I b* moment to lay in tuppliee from
J™ uw' B I RMnhold, 884 Washington Ntreet,
from the nmoiu bouae of Dubnn Prarw, Bordeaux, embracing, in w 1,
■" "'• '• We, I no. tndChataM Pomeya, and Inghua.
...;.. n.iiiu- LaflUe, Chateau PaTillau nod
Margaux Grand Yin.
An Ingenious gentleman, not vet M learned m he means to be, has
'in- to inform n mi- aid. | world that mmrtefuum is n..t petrified
sea Foam, bul bo mi thing very different Indeed. Thii will !„• ■ k-reut re-
lief t.. the 1,400,000,000 itibabilanti of the planet, who have been looking
witb some anxiety for tin man that petrified the roam; bntevenin the
night of doubt which had nettled onr them on this matter, they were
comforted by the knowledge that Madame Rachel's Enamel Bloom has
the secret of perpetual youth.
Scientific authorities inform ui that the intensity or volume of sound
depends upon the multitude of the vibrations of the sonorous body, and is
measured by the amplitude of the vibration of the auditory nerves.
There is no dispute mi these points ; and, as a consequence, imagination
is left to conceive, if it can, the volume of the voice with which the pub-
lic proclaim the superiority of the photographs taken by Bradley & Ru-
lofson, 4211 Montgomery street.
One of the most attractive novelties in jewelry is the turquoise work
exhibited by D. W. Laird, of the San Francisco Jewelry Manufactory,
27 Post street, opposite Masonic Temple. The stone is a California pro-
duction, and is made up to order into shirt studs, bracelets, lockets, seal
rings, sleeve buttons, and every variety of ornament, with elegant set-
tings in every style and taste. Nothing more characteristic or suitable
has been seen on tne coast.
Men cross the Atlantic every week to visit museums s-nd collections of
art ; but one of the rarest treats to a lover of the beautiful is within reach
of every San Franciscan at B. Nathan & Co.'s, 130 Sutter street, where
the bronzes, both of Europe and the East, the most exquisite faience,
majolica, Palissy and cloisonne" ware are displayed with exquisite taste.
The iridescent glass alone suggests memories of the Green Vaults at Dres-
den.
A gentleman, very much given to the study of statistics, has handed
in the following as the average of six days' observation of the purchasers
who entered White's great hat store, 614 Commercial street, and came out
with new hats: Of 380 passers by, of both sexes, 208 stopped and exam-
ined the elegant shapes in the window, and 141 men went in and pro-
vided themselves. No more lively business is done on the coast.
In our 'winter season, with its glorious sunshine and elastic air, and
green fields, there should be no hint of anything like ill health, and there
would be none if people were careful to avoid the chill which is apt to
make itself felt when the golden Bun goes down. The perfect protection
against this is not seclusion, but underclothing of good and substantial
texture, such as Carmany & Crosett, 25 Kearny street, always furnish.
Affections of the Liver, Bilious Disorders, Sick Headache, etc., are
thoroughly cured by Dr. Jayne's Sanative Pills. Acting as a general lax-
ative, they remove all irritating and fecal matter from the bowels, gradu-
ally change the vitiated secretions of the stomach and liver, and restore
these organs to a healthy condition. Sold by Crane & Brigham, San
Francisco.
It is an old quarrel between the men of temperance and the wine-
dealers whether the use of wine is fatal to a sober life or not. Each side
is convinced in its own mind, and impartial by-standers cannot but ad-
vise them both to drink Napa Soda, which purifies the body and clears
the sight, both physical and mental.
Housekeepers are advised to call upon Hartshorn & McPhun, 112
Fourth street, near Mission, for all kinds of carpets, oil-cloths, Linoleum
mattings, etc.; also, manufacturers of store and house window shades,
plain or ornamented. Give them a call for first-class work, at the lowest
prices in the city.
Read of, procure and use Hop Bitters, and you will be strong, healthy
and happy. See notice.
Price's Carvers.— Send a set East to your friends for Christmas. No.
415 Kearny street. Grinding and Repairing.
CUNARD LINE.
British and North American Royal Mail Steamships be-
tween NEW YORK and LIVERPOOL, calling atQUEENSTOWN, sailing from
New York EVERY WEDNESDAY.
ALGERIA November 26th.
SOYTHIA .. December 3d.
ABYSSINIA December 10th.
BOTHNIA December 17th.
GALLIA December 24th.
ALGERIA December 31st.
SCYTHIA January 7th, 1SS0.
ABYSSINIA January 14th, 1880.
Passage can be secured and all information given on application to
WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO.,
Nov. 22. 218 California St.
OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP CO.,
For Japan and China, leave wharf, corner First and Bran-
nan streets, at noon, for YOKOHAMA AND HONGKONG, connecting at
Yokohama with Steamers for Shanghai.
GAELIC December 6th. February 28th.
BELGIC January 17th, April 10th.
Cabin Plans on exhibition and Passage Tickets for sale at No. 2 New Montgomery
For Freight, apply to GEORGE H. RICE, Freight Agent, at the Pacific Mail Steam-
ship Company's Wharf, or No. 218 California street.
T. H. GOODMAN, General Passenger Asrent.
LELAND STANFORD, President. Nov. L
12
SAN FRAKCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Nov. 29, 1879.
THE "SOLANO."
This monster ferry-boat, belonging to the Central Pacific R. R. Co. ,
and the largest in the world, made her trial trip on Monday last. Sev-
enty or eighty persons were on board, among them Messrs. Charles and
Cnaries F. Crocker, A. N. Towne, D. Huntington, T. H. Goodman, E.
C. Fellows, S. S. Montague, Hon. L. B. Mizner, of Benicia, Mrs. and
Miss Mizner, Ben. C. Truman, Col. Batchelder, Capt. Foster, Arthur
Brown, Hull Inspectors Capts. Bemis, Freeman and Hillman, contractors
and representatives of the iron works. The steamer left the Long Wharf,
Oakland, at ten minutes to 10 o'clock A.M., bright with her new paint and
gay with flags. Short turns were made to test the steering gear, which
worked perfectly, and the great vessel then passed along the city, heading
northward, and receiving and answering salutes from every wharf, as well
as from the vessels anchored in the bay. The machinery, though a little
stiff, worked in satisfactory style, but no attempt was made at speed, the
Solano being intended to bridge over a ferry but a mile in width. At
Mare Island a salute was exchanged ; and soon after 2 o'clock p.m. Benicia
was reached. The townspeople had gathered in great force to welcome
her, and a detachment of artillery, under Lient. Lyons, fired a salute of
twenty-six guns. Many hundred passengers were taken on board, after
the pontoon had been tried, and the strait was crossed to Carquinez. The
current is very strong in the strait, and the Solano's two engines were
worked in oppo3ite directions to bear up against it. The first attempt to
make the landing failed, but the next succeeded perfectly. At Carquinez
the passengers for San Francisco took a special train for the city, and the
Solano returned to Benicia, where she now lies. This huge steamer has
been built to transfer freight and passenger cars directly across the strait
of Carquinez, by which arrangement the trains of the Central Pacific
Railroad Company will make a saving of sixty miles in distance and two
hours and a-half in time, between Sacramento and San Francisco. All
this is to be done without compelling passengers to leave their seats. Two
large slips have been built at Benicia and Carquinez, and immense pon-
toon bridges, worked by hydraulics to the proper level with the boat, to
transfer the cars. The Solano is 116 feet in width, amidships, over guards,
and has four tracks, capable of holding twelve cars each. Her length
over all is 425 feet ; width amidships over guards, 116 feet ; registered
tonnage, 3,541 31-100 tons : the two engines are 1,500 horse-power each ;
the steering gear is worked by hydraulics, two steam cylinders connecting
with the engines and worked by a lever in the pilot-bouse.
FIRST TRIP ON THE SONOMA VALLEY RAILWAY.
On Sunday last the train from the embarcadero at Norfolk rolled into
the town of Sonoma, where the population, albeit taken by surprise, gave
the pioneer a most enthusiastic welcome. General Vallejo, who has
watched the rapid daily progress of the enterprise for the past six months
with the greatest interest, greeted President Donahue most warmly, and
declared, at the dinner given by the latter to commemorate this work,
that he looked upon the railroad as the redemption of Sonoma and the
valley, so long left behind in the race of progress. President Donahtfe
briefly exposed his plans for the prosecution of the work to the mouth of
Petaluma creek, eight miles beyond Sonoma. " The iron," he said, " is
already on the ground, and, if the elements are propitious, early in the
new year the steamer James M. Donohue will take you aboard at deep
water mark, and your lovely daughter, General, will be shopping on
Kearny street in two hours and a half, after leaving her father's mansion
in Sonoma.
The energy with which this road has been carried through is remark-
able, even in California. The last rail was actually not yet spiked down
when the noise of the approaching train was heard ; and the last few
miles of track were laid with iron which had been rolled in this city but
ten days before. An incident worth noting is that the material for filling
in the last hundred and fifty yards of the road-bed were furnished by an
adobe building, constructed by General Vallejo 40 years ago. The officers
of the road are : Peter Donahue, President; James M. Donahue, Vice
President, Secretary and Ticket Agent ; Edward Martin, Treasurer; Ar-
thur Hughes, General Manager, and J. Peters, Freight Agent. The road
was built under the eye of H. C. Whiting, Superintendent of Construc-
tion. The inhabitants of Sonoma deeply feel their indebtedness to the
liberal spirit and far-seeing enterprise of Col. Donahue, which have opened
to them a future of assured prosperity. _
The Trocadero. — San Francisco has nothing to envy other cities
in their places of public resort, now that Mr. and Mrs. Mangenberg have
made the Trocadero a household word with our people. Opened, for the
first time, at the end of last June, this enchanted garden of all refined de-
lights has been frequented by ever-increasing numbers. Situated at the
corner of Fell and Stanyan streets, and accessible through the Park,
through First Avenue and Stanyan streets, or directly through Fell
street, it makes the visitor free of noble promenades, brilliant flower gar-
dens, grottos for dining-rooms, with the silver tinkle of fountains, the
song of birds and the perfume of rare plants to charm the sense; while
from its balconies and stately halls the eyes rest upon the perpetual life
and movement and pictured panorama of the Park, with its gay equi-
pages and spirited horses, its gathering of the beauty and distinction of
the Golden City. There is no such spot for recreation in any other town
of this country.
We remark -with great pleasure that Messrs. F. & P. J. Cassin,
the well-known wholesale firm, so long established on Front street, have
found their premises too narrow and confined for their growing business,
and have been obliged to remove to more commodious quarters at the
corner of Drumm and California streets. The purity and high quality of
the liquors sold by this first-class house are evidently appreciated bv the
public, not less than their latest invention, the famous Cordial of Pure
Old Rye Whisky and Rock Candy, the great specific for all pulmonary
and chest complaints ; and it is gratifying beyond measure in these days
of adulterated and doubtful mixtures, to note the prosperity of a firm
whose brand upon a package is a certificate of genuineness.
King James's Counterblast to Tobacco was a dead failure, but
there is a way for the ladies to nullify the offensive characteristics of
smoking, and that is to look in at Colnian Brothers' establishment, Bush
and Montgomery streets, and buy one of their beautiful smoking-
jackets, or dressing-gowns, as a present to some devotee of the weed.
The man that gets one of these will show that he is worthy by keeping his
smoke to himself.
Mr. M. Meyerfeld, it is not too much to say, has made a solid repu-
tation for the house of Falkenstein & Co., as one of the best to deal with,
solely through his remarkable personal gifts of business enterprise, un-
tiring activity, fertile and original ideas, genuine push and agreeable man-
ners. One or more fine qualities may be found in combination with energy
in very many men ; but such a number of excellent traits as those pos-
sessed by Mr. Meyerfeld are very rarely met with. Not only his associ-
ates, but even his rivals in business, admire and esteem him ; and none
are found to envy the genius and ability which have built up the house
of Falkenstein & Co. to the first position among the ciger and tobacco
dealers of the coast, and agent for the largest manufacturers in those lines
in the United States.
Y. W. C. A. Flower Mission.— The young ladies sailing under this
banner have formed a Flower Mission, and meet every Thursday morn-
ing at their rooms, 218 Stockton street, to make bouquets, and little
baskets of fruits and goodies for the sick in our hospitals. Last week,
Thursday, they made up and distributed in the different hospitals — {St.
Luke's only excepted, they being denied the privilege here) and why ? —
over 400 bouquets, besides fruits, etc. On Thursday of this week (Thanks-
giving Day) the sick poor were not forgotten by these self-sacrificing
young ladies. Now, who will help them in this good work ? Send con-
tributions, every Thursday morning, to 218 Stockton street.
The holidays are almost upon ns, and there is no time to be lost in
selecting your presents. Elegant objects abound, but there iB a satisfac-
tion in giving what is characteristic and sure to remain a joy forever; and
G. T. Marsh and Co., under the Palace Hotel, have a collection of treas-
ures in Japanese and Corean art simply unequaled. All the rich imag-
ination of this most artistic of Eastern peoples has been laid under contri-
bution by this enterprising firm, and the only embarrassment is to
choose, where one would fain have all.
Not many branches of business in the United States can boast of a
representative house like the Washington Insurance Company of Rhode
Island, whose records go back for eighty years. A company with such a
history offers exceptional guarantees as to solidity, and now that its
agency in this city has passed into the hands of Mr. Louis Jacoby, for so
many years with the Hamburg-Bremen Insurance Company, the Wash-
ington may be said to command the absolute confidence of the public.
Neville & Co's catalogue of articles manufactured and dealt in by
them is a marvel of elegance and completeness, and an invaluable refer-
ence for all business men. It is a handsome octavo of fifty pages, with
admirable illustrations of their ore bags, hydraulic hose, endless varieties
and forms of tents, whether for the field or the lawn, awniugs and Vene-
tian shades for dwellings and stores, wagon tops, canopies, and every form
of screens, slides and other furniture required for these.
Prof. Jos. Josset, the able instructor of the French language, has lo-
cated on Post street, between Powell and Stockton streets, next to Red
Men's Hall, where he will give private lessons to those desirous of study-
ing French.
HIGHEST STOCK QUOTATIONS
For the Week Ending Nov. 28th, 1879.
Compiled by George C. Hickox & Co., 230 Montgomery Street.
Name of Mine. Sat.
Argenta
Andes
Alpha ,
Alt*
♦Bullion
♦Belcher
Best & Belcher..
Benton
Bodie
Boston Con
Cons Imperial. .
Crown Point
*Chnllar
California
Con. Virginia.. .
♦Caledonia . .,
Confidence ,
Con Pacific
Eureka Con ....
Exchequer ....
Fairfax
Gould & Curry.
Gila
Grand Prize
Hale & Norcross
* Julia
Justice
Jackson
Kentuck
Leopard
Lady Wash'n . . .
Leviathan
Mexican
Modou
Manhattan
Northern Belle . .
Ophir
Overman
Potosi
Raymond & Ely
Savage L
Sierra Nevada . . .
Silver Hill
♦Seg Belcher....
'Solid Silver....
Succor
Silver King, Ara.
Silv King South.
Tip-Top
Union Con
♦Utah
* Yellow Jacket..
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BIZ.
The moat Interesting feature of the week in Commercial circles
wm th- public sftleB of T*u at tbe and fB. L. Jonee A Co.,
t, auctioneer. The attrn<Uitc« w»» Urge, ami the bidding
quite M'ini^l. Trrm* of nale : All mmi under *.*W0 net cash ; over
Uya from date of ul<> f.T tee, payable in V. S.
n,, ..r Ihrea par oant diai ounl t r i i-h, at purchaser's option, Tha
off tring *aa all of tha importation of M ndray A Co., consist-
1 '•nut i M- rik>, luwrly all ••( ulii. h n»ld at fiOc i>er pound. Some
i:df chrsta Jai>an <ir t-t i^tindn and hall pounds, sold
t«. the trade at 38 p«n», in huik, sold at 32.
Gunpowder Tea aoid **t l- The prices obtained for Ja-
pan, io glared jars, 45a : English breakfast BNMnonjr brought 54c@S6o,
de waa, as a whole, a pmnnunced suocevj, the prices realized exhib-
iting an advuea upon previous offerings.
The Salmon Market i* the next moat interesting subject offered for our
consideration at thit* time, and upon this subject the Portland Commercial
>. of Nov. 20th, has tin* to say about Columbia River Salmon :
" Shipments to date aggregate 423,137 cases, with about 17,000 cases re-
maining on the river, but fold. Of the shipmento, then went direct to
Liverpool 199,832 oases, and to San Francisco 8831906 oases. The ship-
ments abroad are considerably below last year's. There is nothing to re-
port in the market. The last sales reported to us in Liverpool were 26s (t*
Ooaen far 1-tb cans." The ship Alameda, for Liverpool hence, carried
S|000 cases. The present and prospective of the market for Salmon is as
follows i After a period of unusual activity in this article, during which
time prices have advanced from MX<> 40c per dozen, with heavy sales, the
market appears to have settled firmly at about $1 35@S1 40 per dozen, al-
though transactions are not numerous. We cannot look for much move-
ment in the article till next February, as during the mid -winter months
the consumption is lightest, but in the early Spring we believe that the
demand from the Eastern States will be very large. Before any of the
new catch can be received, Australia will have to purchase a fair quan-
tity, as shipments have thus far been just one-third of last season's. The
English Market is a trifle quieter, but tbe demand is a healthy one, at
only a slight reduction from the recent highest prices. The total ship-
ments to England this season have been 287,000 cases from all points,
against 425,000 during last season. The further shipments which will
probably be made may increase them to 325,000 cases, leaving the total
just 100,000 cases short of last season. One great cause of last season's
low prices in England was the arrival of nearly 350,000 cases within a
period of three months, following closely upon the failure of the Glasgow
liank. The last straw which broke the market was the loss of the ship
Thomas M. Reed on the English Coast, and the recovery of most of her
Salmon (35,000 cases she had on board), which was sold in Liverpool at
auction, for account of the Underwriters, in lots of 5,000 cases per week.
These 3ales had a most demoralizing effect upon the entire trade. As yet
we can hear of no contracts for next season? Canners will not name a
price, and exporters will make no offers. The fewer contracts, the smaller
will be the pack, is the opinion of most in the trade. One thing is cer-
tain, which is, that we will not again soon see the low prices ruling in
August and September.
Quicksilver. — On Saturday last, very unexpectedly and quite un-
Iooked for, the Chinese entered the market and purchased several hun-
dred flasks for shipment to Hongkong, per the Gaelic, to sail hence on
the 5th of December. One lot of, perhaps, 200 flasks was bought at 36c,
the balance in lots at 37, 38@38^c. Some small lots realized 39@39v.c,
but now that the Chinese have secured some 1,500 flasks, the market has
relapsed into dullness, with a declining tendency, and as the following
steamer, City of Tokio, does not sail until December 27th, at a time of
the year when the Chinese, like all others, are setting their accounts in
order for the New Year. Receipts for the week, 1,127. The Quicksilver
exports by sea, from November 24th, are as follows:
To New Zealand, per City of Sydney, hence 24th instant —
Flasks. Value.
Hugh Craig 25 $804
Totals 25 $ 804
Previously since January 1 48,475 1,406,611
Totals since January 1, 1879 48,500 $1,407,415
Totals, same period 1878 31,592 1,065,194
Increase in 1879 16,908 $342,221
Bags and Bagging. — The Gaelic, from Hongkong, brought us 106 bales
Gunnies and 800 bales Jute for the Oakland Bag Factory. The prospec-
tive market for Grain Bags is very firm at lOctgdO^c for May and June
delivery. Stocks here and to arrive are large, but being held in strong
hands, it is believed that with average grain crops next season high prices
for containers will rule.
Coal. — The market is well supplied with coast kinds of bituminous, as
well of same from British Columbia. The former sells from $4 to $6 for
Steam Screenings and screened respectively, and for House Coals of lat-
ter, $7@$9. S) dney Steam, $6 50@$7. Anthracite is dull of sale at
prices that will not cover cost.
Coffee. — There is no stock in first hands. The price of Greens, 18c@
21c. An invoice of 3,500 bags Ceylon is now looked for every day. Some
parcels of Brazil, via New York and the Isthmus, continue to reach us,
selling at 16c to 18c.
Metals. - The market is flat ; no stocks in first hands, and the jobbers
have things all to themselves. The recent speculative priceB are barely
maintained.
Oils.— Sales of Walrus, ex Whaler, are reported at 35c,
Sugar.— We note the arrival of two vessels from the Sandwich Islands,
the Bonanza, with 3,381 bags, and the Ada May, with 1,612 bags and
Sickages, all chiefly for the refiners. Prior to these arrivals, both the
ay and California Refiners were on short allowance, their stocks of raws
about exhausted. These receipts, with others due, will, it is to be hoped,
keep them supplied until the new crop reaches us. Prices of all kinds of
Refined remain as last noted, say 14c for White and 13c for Golden ; Yel-
Iowb rule from 11 to 12c.
, S7™P* , Th" l^nnenr prior* are, to tha trade, 70c in 5 galL kegs, 62J
bbla, and hf
Salt We know of no sales tn record. Market firm for all deecrip-
Freights and Charters. Thrr* ha* born quits a revived interest in
hartere during tha ireak, resulting in quite a number of engage-
ment toths United Kingdom, i U 6d for w 1
and iron ■Una, laavii , ]v U draanji In port. The
freight market closes quits strong .it tha figures given.
Domestic Produce. W« hive n»w t<> note quite an active Wheat
market at tha close, by reason of OaUao orders for immediate shipment.
idj that several cargoes for tithi destination hsva bean secured at
S310@S2 16 per cental. These are th© highest rates paid this season.
Pnorto i these orders Kmrii*h shipjiers secured several car-
goes at - ntel StnoaJuly Nt we have dispatched for
Europe ■ fleet of 151 vessels, carrying 0,819,797 cts. Wheat, valued at
•10,857,310 ; July 1, 1878, 149 vessels, carrying 5,378.197 ctla. Wheat
valued at 111,241,672. \\ e havs now on the bertha total of 30 vessels, of
a registered tonnage of 38,000 tons. It is hardly to be expected that we
will dispatch ;ill these prior to January 1st, but we will try. At current
prioee holders now seem trilling to -ell" of their surplus, but there will bo
no outpouring "f Btocks until sre have another heavy rainfall to secure a
crop for next year.
Flour.— The outgoing steamer < laeUo, henoe the 5th of December, will
carry about 1,000 tons of Flour, about half of this Shipping Extras
bought at $6; Superfine Standard at 96: Common ditto, $4 50; Best Ex-
tra Family and Bakers, §6 2:.i-< ><. 7;, fci 1% lb, all in cloth.
Barley.— The market is sluggish for all kinds. The Alameda, for Liv-
erpool, carried 4,887 centals. We quote Chevalier, which is very scarce,
at SI 70@|1 75 $ ctl; Brewing, 85<S,90c; Feed, 65@75c. We have ex-
ported this season, July 1st to date, 300,623 ctls, against 287.515 ctls same
time last year, and we have sent East, overland, about 100,000 ctls, to
this date.
Beans, Corn and Oats.— The supply of Beans is large, with a great
want of a shipping outlet. Small White, SI 65@1 70 per ctl.; White
Pea Beans, SI 75@1 80 per ctl.; Colored Beans, SI 25@1 50 per ctl.
Corn is in fair request at $1@1 05 per ctl. Oats are slow of sale at $1 25
@$1 50 per ctl.
Hops.— The market is firm at 22^@37^c, according to quality.
Hides.— There is a good demand for Dry at 20(&21c; Salted, 9@10c.
Tallow is in good demand at 5i@5fc for Crude, and for Refined 1^@,
7|c, latter for export.
■Wools.— Stocks are in few hands, less than 2,000,000 lbs., and held
strongly within the range of 15@30c as extremes.
Fruits. — Our markets are even now supplied with Strawberries, Rasp-
berries, Peaches, Plums, Figs, Pomegranates, Apples, Grapes, Cranber-
ries, Oranges, Lemons, Limes, Pineapples, etc.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE,
ARRIVALS AND CLEARANCES AT THE PORT OP SAN FRANCISCO, FOR
THE WEEK ENDING NOV. 27, 1879.
ARRIVALS.
DATE.
VESSEL.
MASTEK.
WHERE FROM.
CONSIGNEES.
NY 22
Ship ThurLand Castle..
Valentine ..
Rodgers, Meyer & Co.
.. 22
B'k Ampara Revoredo.
De Rolo
Callao
Parrott & Co.
.. 23
St'r Dakota
Williams, Blanchard &Co.
.. 23
Harwood....
Newcastle ....
Balfour, Guthrie & Co.
Metzg-er
Hy. Balzer.
J. Bermingham.
Williams, Blanchard &Co.
.. 24
Ship Imperial
New York
.. 25
Schr Bonanza
Miller
Honolulu
J. C. Merrill & Co.
.. 26
St'r City of Panama . . .
Connolly . . .
Williams. Blanchard & Co.
.. 26
Bark J. W. Seaver.,..
Melander...
A. Crawford & Co.
.. 26
McAllister..
Balfour, Guthrie & Co.
.. 26
Thomas
J. C. Merrill & Co.
.. 26
Walker.....
Fiji Islands...
Win. Blackwood.
CLEARANCES.
DATE.
VESSEL.
MASTER.
WHERE BOUND
BY WHOM CLEARED.
N'v22
.. 24
. 24
St'r City of Sydney....
Ship Sterlingshire....
Otis
Dearborn . . .
Davidson . . .
Cork
Cork
Queenstown . .
Liverpool
Queenstown . .
Honolulu
Parrott & Co.
Williams, Blanchard & Co.
G. W. McNear.
G. W. McNear.
.. 25
.. 25
Ship Duke of Argyle..
Ship C. Thompson....
Hy. Lund,
Balfour, Guthrie & Co.
Robert Sheehy.
Welch & Co.
.. 26
Scb/r W. H.Meyer....
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Sailing Days
Oct. 4, 9, 14, 19, 24, and 29. | Nov. 3, 8, 13, 18,23, and 28.
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Connecting at Portland, Oregon, with Steamers and Railroads and their connecting
Stage Lines for all points in Oregon, Washington and Idaho Territories, British
Columbia and Alaska.
K. VAN OTERENDORP, Agent O. S. S. Co.,
No 210 Batterv street, San Francisco.
GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Agents P. C S. S Co.,
Oct 4. No. 10 Market street. San Francisco.
CALIFORNIA AND MEXICAN S. S. LINE,
For Cape St. Lucas, I-a Paz, Mazatlan and On ay mas,
touching at MAGDALENA BAY should sufficient inducement offer.— The
Steamship NEWBERN (Wm. Metzger, Master) will leave for the above ports on
FRIDAY, Dec. 6th, at 12 o'clock M., from Folsom-street Wharf. Through Bills
of Lading will be furnished and none others signed. Freight will be received
on Friday, Nov. 28th. No Freight received after Thursday, Dec. 4th, at 12 o'clock m.,
and Bills of Lading must be accompanied by Custom House and Consular Clearances.
For freight or passage, apply to J. BERMINGHAM, Agent,
Nov. 29. No. 10 Market street.
14
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Nov. 29, 1879.
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
Recorded in the City and County of San Francisco, California, for
the "Week ending November 24.
Compiled from the accords of the Commercial Agency, 401 California St. , 8. F.
Saturday, November 15th.
GRANT OB AND GRANTEE.
Harry W Taylor to J P Judge
LWeglehner to C Weglehner —
Camilo Martin to La Soc FrancaiBe
La Soc Francaise to Jos Crnieo. . . .
H L Dodge to U S of America. . . .
Albert A Sohn to Joseph Getz —
Amalia Hartenstein to Ida Kurtz..
W II Benson to Lawrence Gottig.
Masonic Sav & lxi Bfe to H Hiokel
John Center to Max Morgenthan..
Theresa Scho to Chas B F Scho . .
Jas M Haven to Jno A Snook
Jno Jameson to Tbos Jameson
DESCRIPTION.
E Michigan, 200 n Sierra, n 25x100
S Hill, 130 e Guerrero, e 25x114— Miss'n
Block 74
N Pacific. 136:10 e Kearny, e 8 inches x
137:6— 50-v 37
N Pacific 83:8 e Kearny, e 47:10x137:6—
50-v 37
S Broadway, 114:6 e Powell, s 77:6 w etc
to commencement
N Bush, 65 e Octavla, e30x!20
N Jersey, 101:9 w Sanchez, w 50:11x114
E Folsora. 65 s 23d, s 30x90
Sw Washington and Webster, 6S:9x77:8
Sw Bryant and 21st, 100x260
Lots 6 and 9, blk 5 and blks 10 and 19
West End Map 2
Ne 8th, 225 se Bryant, ee 50x60— 100-var
212 subject to mortgage
Undivided 3$ bw Mission and 7th, etc
$1,000
Gift
5
10,500
1
3,900
Gift
50
3,650
5
10,000
2,000
5,000
Monday, November 17th.
Chas C Lyons to Patrick Doyle. . . .
Hugh Flynn to W C Flint
E W Burr to Saml Cowles..
H P Fletcher to Isaac Fletcher —
Wm Alvord to Mary Barden
Caroline Ha wee to J Lowney
Jno Landers to A P Hotaling
Saml Rea to Jno Graff.
Jos Wores to Louise Ullmann.
Charles L Kemp to Mary R Kemp
C Dorris to Nellie T Maloney. .
Jas Brannon to City and Co of S F
A Van Den Bergh to M McAvoy . .
Julia Van den Bergh to same .
Same to same
E Capp, 195 n 26th, 65x115— M B 182, lot
7, blk325SSF Hd and R R Assn....
S 19tb, 155 e Sanchez, e 100x114, subject
to mortgage for $1,000, and also lots
76. 78, 80, 82 and 84 Holladay Map A. .
NVallcio, 82:6eGongh, n 13T:6xl71:2,
n Vallejo. n Vallcjo, 110:4 w Franklin
n 275, e 110:4 s 207:6, w to com
Se Pine and Broderick, e 23x29
Lot 31, bik 211, O'Neil & Haley Tract .
Ne Dore, 229, nw Bryant 24x85
Sundry Outside Lots subject to mortg
for $9,000
Undivided ii --100-v 114
Nw Market, 113:11 ne 14th, 25x100 -also
ne 2d, 137:6 nw Harrison, nw 6S:9xl25
W Leavenworth, 62:6 s Union, s 75 x w
25:6-50-v 1202
"W Leavenworth, 137:6 u Tark, n 27:6 s
137:6— 50-vara 168
Streets and highways
Undivided 3-5th, s Vallejo, 137:6 e Mont-
gomery, e 36x57:6
Same
Same
$ 6
1,000
15,000
7,000
100
900
21,000
1
2,450
Gift
6,250
1
750
1,250
250
Tuesday, November 18th.
Jos Clement to Amelia W Coffin..
Saviug and Ln Soc to A J Cbristie
Louisa Schaadt to Fredk Mailer..
J S Jones to L Gottig
J B Southard to Albert Tackard ..
W J Guun to Thos Day ,
City & Co S F to Jabish Clement .
Cassins Morton to Anna E Banks
Chas E Edwards to Hannah Lewi:
Geo McWilliams to Peter Dean..
M Murray to Daniel Lydon
Chas Meyer to Jas Gibb
M O'Connor to Thos O'Connor...
M L Meeter to Michl O'Donnell.
Benj Collins to Benj Healey
E Van Ness, 77:8 b Pacific, v 50x108. . . .
S Day, 55 w Church, w 25x114
M cor Schaadt Tract thence sw to cen-
ter Cole st, s 243:9, e 287:6 nw to com
S Cal st, 34:4 w Steiner, w 34:4x137:6—
W Ah]k389
Nw Caia and 11th ave, n 600x240
Lot 21. blk71,RR AvEx Hd
N Bulton, 70 w Parker Ave, n 120, w 322
se 130 e 294 to com
Lot5 blk 167 University Ex Hd
W Clara ave, 304 n 18th, n 23x136
Se Guerrero and 27tli, s 26:6x91:4
W Polk, 72 s Fulton, 25x32:6
Ne Fillmore and Geary, n 25x91:3
E Folsom, 185 u 22d, n 62:6. e 80, n 25,
w SO, n etc to com
Sl7tb, 125 e Castro, e 23x100
S Cala, 19:6 w St Marys Alley, 19:6x60—
50-v 143 subject to mortg
$ 375
3,600
4,162
"200
400
1,100
325
2.9H9
3,000
3.000
850
12,000
Wednesday, November 19th.
Elijah Case to Jos D Sunol
Fredk Steinfort to C H Hancock. .
JohnTewDill to Mary A Tewhill.
Max Popper to Veit Popper
Patk Blake to Bridget. Piuntz
LF Binder to Ellen E Hughes ...
A L Sobey to George Edwards . .
ThoB Bell to Jas Harrower
T G Sullivan to J Callaghan et al.
Clans Spreckels to Claus Mangels
Clans MangelB to F Hageman Jr.,
F C Dietterie to A Jonas & Co. . .
Lots 25, 26, blk 330 Case Tract
Sw Butte and Florida, 69x50
Leasehold interest, n of Turk, 81:3 e of
Pierce, e 25x112
EDe Haro, 100 s Sonoma, 33:4x100
W Hampshire. 175 n Augusta, 50x100 ..
S Geary, 374 w Steiner, 22x82:6
Se Chattanooga and 23d, e 54x100— Har-
per's Addition blk 05
Nw 24th uud Hampshire, n 104x25
Com at cor Ridley, Mission and West
Mission streets, 11 87:6, w 21:6 to West
Mission, s to commencement
Nw Everett, 220 ne 4rh, ne 27:6xS0--100
va 36, se Everett, 225 ne 4th, ne 25x80
100-v
Undivided % nw Everett, 170 ne 4th, he
I 71:6x80; ne Everett, ne 4th, ne 75x80,
1 nw Howard, 200 ne 4th, ne 50xd0
Ne 15th ave, 175 nw H st, 25x100, sub
blk 2S5, S S H & R R Asnjalso lot 59,
blk 496. Bay City Hd
SI, 000
5
Gift
1
225
3,500
5
1,025
300
. 1
3,000
150
Thursday, November 20th-
Jas Keane to J S Alemauy
S Brignardello to Jas Keane
Patk Cahill to E J Healey
Margt Campbell to Alex Campbell
W J Gunn to Dallas A Kneass
Daniel Rogers to Geo Tooie
M P Ledesma to Jacques Menu
Same to same L_
Jjicques Menu to J C MeussdoifiVr
Jno A Stanly to Grace Bowlund..
Mary Hayes to same
Nath Hunter to RG Horn
City and County S F to Jas Tliom
"Wm S Cook 10WJ Gunn
Nw Church and Dale, n 101:6x100
Same 1
SPine. S2-0e Larkin, e40xl37:6 4,
N Tyler, 137:6 w Jones, w 68:0x137:0-
50-vll08 ,
Lots 3. H, blk 35 Excelsior Hd
Nw Fillmore and Laussat, w 81:3x24-
WA372 1 1
Lots Hi, 202, 203, West End Hd...,
Lot 200 same
Four lots in West End Hd ,
W Noe, 255 n 17th, n 25x80 ,
Same ,
|W Bm-tlelt, 80 n 23d. n 40x125... .
iE Alabama, -U)$ n 23d, n 26x100. ..
|S Pine, 231:3 w Welister, 25x127:6
I
Friday, November 21st.
Saml F Sinclair to Ellen Sinclair. .
Jane L Case to Edwin G Case
Chas Horwoc-d to M F S Hopkins
Geo Edwards to Jno WFolton
Same to Cuth Turner
Same to D Killeen
W F Nelson to H McCormick
Mary A Thomas to J H Thomas. .
S F Savs Union to Dan E McNeill
Jno E A. Helms to S A McClinlock
Eilzth Murray to R Benkelmann. .
Bd Tide Ld Comrs to J Lanahan. .
B Roy et al to Janet Thorn
MichlDalton to Geo W Frink
Tax Titles
Lois 23, 24, hlk 290, Case Tract
WPierce,50s O'.Farrell, 825x87:6
Western Addition 430
E Chattanooga, 100 s 23d , b 25x117
S24th,80wCaatro, w 25x114
S 23d, 32 e Chattanoosa, e 22x100
Und hair, n Filhert, 30 w Taylor, w 30 x
60, w Taylor, 60 n Filbert, n 22:6x90—
RO-v 447 subj to mortgage
Ond 1-Sth, e Mission, 190 s 18th, 30x122
Nw Market. 473 sw Church, nw 116:1, s
20:8, sw 11:3, se 100. ne 25 to com
Lots 7, 8, hlk 30, lot 25, blk 5, City Land
Association
WEIiv, 65 b 8th av, 8 131:8, ne 49, se
to beginning; sub blk 167 O'Neil and
Haley Tract
Se Clarey, 250:1 ne 22:11x75
Lot 194, blk 34 Mission and 30th St Hd.
N Haight, 247.6 w Webster, n 276, w 4,
se of a point, w 6, b 137:6 e22 to com.
Gift
$1,000
3,800
2,100
1,500
1,800
1,200
1,425
50
800
6
Gift
25
Saturday, November SSd-
N Hottna to Geo D Shadhurne...
Mary Kirwin to Delia Fahey
D Fahey to Johanna Armstrong. .
Daniel Jones to Edward M Asheim
Horace Kelham to Anna Riley....
T WVoll to Jno E Miller
Same to same .
Peleg Bampus et al to S C Harding
LHNolteto Wm Hollis
Mich Conway to Hannah Conway.
Jas K Rhoades to Dennis Dalton .
Se 24th and Ellen, e 125x110
N Alta. 112:6 e Montgomery, e 25x60— 50
vara 1483 :
Undivided hair of same
N Feme ave, 59 e Van Nesp.e 25x60
Ne Dolores and Day, n 2'i:6xl00
Sw Sinter and Buchanan, w 137:6x137:6
W A hlk 275
Nw Post and Buchanan, n 137:6x137:6—
W A hlk 275
Lots 3, 4. blk 27, University Md Survey
E Stevenson, 151 n 21st, n 22x75 ...
Ne Gilbert, 200 se Bryant, 25x80, being
in 100-v 213
All int in estate of J P Uhoades deceas-
ed, 166:6x200 on Indiana st, and also
property in Sacramento County
$2,300
450
150
1,000
450
451
483
650
5
Monday , November 24th
Letitia Cordy to Max Brooks.
Bd Tide Ld Corns to N Dillon
John E Miller to W Hollis
Horace Kilham to Geo Leorfler
Emma C Davis to Mariah N M irsh
La Soc Francaise to Vic B Musso.
David Wooster to Jas K Byrne
H Kilham to Henry McGuire
Same to Jno Gillogley
Kath Horstmann to H Horstmann
W B Van Bnren to A G Carv. r
Lot 4, blk 162, University Ex Homestead
Nw Clary, 183:4 ne5th, ne 22:11x80
Nw Post and Buchanan, 137:6x275
E Dolores 76:6 s 29th, 75, s 12:6 w 100 n
50 to commencement
W Capp, 230n25lh, n 30x115
Se Howard, sw 3d, sw 43, se 160, nw 22:
6. sw20, nw 137:6 to com
N Broadwav, 137:6 e Bnchnnan, e 105, n
127:6, n 10, w 137:6 s, 137:6 to com. . . .
W San Jose ave. 122:6 ne Day, w ete, in
Harper's Addition blk 39
VV San Jose ave. 38:S ne Day, w 70:11, n
27:, e 81 etc, to com
Lots 30 and 31, Spring Valley Hd
Lots 26 to 30. blk 47 City Lund Assn
i 50
7
5
592
1,000
35,000
12,000
250
285
6
5
AVERitt MIXED PAINT,
The Best, Host Durable and Beautiful of All Faints.
FBEPAJtDD JiJEADT FOB USE,
AND OF ANY SHADE OK COLOR DESIRED.
Sept. 27.
O. S. OKKICE, General Agent,
329 Marhet St., Opposite Front.
TREASURER'S OFFICE,
City and County of San Francisco, September 9, 1879.
Redemption of San Francisco Bonds,
ISSUE OF 1858.
Holders or Bonds of the City anil Comity or San Francisco,
issued under "An Act to provide for the Funding and Payment of the out-
standing Unfunded Claims against the City of San Francisco, and against the County
of San Francisco, as they existed prior to the first day of July, A D. one thousand
eight hundred and fifty-six," approved April 20, 1858, are hereby notified that the
Commissioners of the Sinking Fund of the above named Bonds will receive sealed
proposab for the surrender of any portion thereof, at the City and County Treas-
urer's odice, New City Hall, San Francisco, until 12 o'clock noon,
Wednesday, December 31st, 1879.
The amount to be applied to the Redemption of these Bonds is more or less, One
Hundred and Eighty Thousand Dollars (§180, OOO).
Bidders will state at what rate they will surrender their Bonds, for payment in
United States gold coin. "
Each proposal must be accompanied by a deposit of ten per cent, of the Bonds of-
fered, or their equivalent in coin, or certified checks, and should the Bonds tendered
not be presented within ten days after the award, the next lowest bid will be ac-
cepted.
No proposal above par will be entertained.
Proposals to be indorsed " Proposals for surrender of Bonds, issue of 1858."
A. J.BRYANT, Mayor,
COLIN M. BOYD, Auditor,
CHAS. HUBERT, Treasurer,
Sept. 13. Commissioners of the Funded Debt.
N
SCHWAB & BREESE,
ew Art Gallery, 024 Market street, opposite Palace Hotel.
Oil Paintings, Engravings, Wax and Artists' Materials.
' ADMISSION FREE. Sept. 13.
N'
SNOW & CO.,
o. 20 Post street, opposite Mechanics' Institute, Import-
el's and Manufacturers of Pictures, Frames, Mouldings, and Artist's Ma-
terials Established i.849. Sept. 20.
W Morris. MORRIS & KENNEDY, J. P. Kennedy.
Importers and Dealers in Moldings, Frames, Engravings,
Ohromos, Lithographs, Decalcomanie, Wax and Artists' Materials, 21 Post
jalcomanie,
street, nearly opposite Alasonic Temple, San Francisco.
Feb. 4.
29, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
16
CRADLE, ALTAR, AND TOMB.
CRADLE.
ir u-
h
Wal«ii-
i o»k
In thUcity, RoT«atwr -l.-i, u» the
r Royle. ft »on.
■ .crow, » win.
ic wiff ,.f D HoiriRftu, » daughter.
i» Bolt, » daughter,
i l> Koch, « wn.
< . A ftOtl.
Sharp, twin daughters.
D Ti't'in. ■ daughter.
f Win. ToMpcrn, ft daughter.
if.' .-( Id. WftUh, ft mm.
ALTAR.
AurtioMo-SniTii- In this civ ••>!. Wm. H. Armstrong to Lucy Smith,
■hMJOW-TMRT — In this <r.;. ■>, !,..,,,« Beltnow t» Fannie Terr v.
BOTTj.xii.'d-h.cc — In this city, November -. I, a BottWllnl to Ainiie M. Rice.
Ean>>-LiuiiTr In this city, November 10th Frank R Baton to Paulina Llghte.
h, Kdwmrd Kermodo to LoulM \d:mis.
n In this city. XchiiiNt „'l-t. J R Rugglcs to Mi-- .1. Shipway.
rv-ln this city. November ISth.S P Sutfers to Charlotte Holden.
Sumi-N'KLsoN— In this city, November imh, Charles E. Smith to Caroline Nelson.
TOMB
Crotlkt— In this city, November 24th. Mary Ann Crowley, aged 50 years.
Chambbrlain— In this city, November 81st, Henry W. Chamberlain, aged 53 vears.
Ii. this city, November S2d, fat rick F. l>unne, aged -ui rears.
Ehrlii M- In this city. November 26th, Mrs, Johanna Ehrlich. aged 70 vcars.
Fletcher -In this city, November 20th, Captain A. T. Fletcher, aged 65 years.
Green -In this city, November 25th, John C.rveTi, aged 5S years.
HtLLMA.\--Iii this city, November 30th, Isaac Hillman, aged B2 vears.
Hlttox— In this city. November 23d, Julia a. Button, aged SOyeara
Dkwbs— In this city, November 22d, Daniel Hewea, aged 68 years.
Kelly In this city, November 24th, Wm II. Kelly, aged 66 vcars and C mouths.
UE*BARtrr-!n this city, November 22*1, Adam Lenhardt, aged 57 vears.
Mackintosh— In this city. November 21st, Lavinia Mackintosh.
McN a\i.\ka— In this city, November 22d, James M.-Nnmnra, need 30 years.
>Ia \-- In this city. November 23d, Henricke Maass, aged 20 years.
0*Do.\!<ELL-In this city, November 21st, Ellen O'Donnell, aged 40 years,
Robertson— in this city, November 23d, Mr- Margaret Robertson.
Roberts— In this city. November 24th, David H. Roberts, aged 41 years.
Stamper— In this city, November 22d, Joseph W. Stamper, aged 32 years.
Wattsos— In tbis city. November 24th, Samuel B Wattson, aged 54 years.
THE BRETON "PARDON."
^ Every town, village or hamlet has its annual "Pardon," when the
sins of the past year are washed away ; and as each comes as nearly in
rotation as is practicable, the reader may imagine that they are of fre-
quent occurrence. Sometimes two or more occur unavoidably on the
same day, but it is so arranged as to mnke them follow one another from
^ Sunday to Sunday if possible, because Pardons are foreverybody, and are
days of jollification. They begin in the morning and last all day.
The peasants are dressed in their best apparel ; it is, in fact, the
most favorable time to see the Breton costume, because at such
assemblages we see the costumes not only of the town where the Pardon
is held, but those also of the adjoining country. And costumes in Brit-
tany differ materially from town to town. Villages not more than twelve
miles distant from each other will sometimes use totally different cos-
tumes. The narrow collar takes place of the broad one, a simple white
cap instead of the protruding coiffe, dresses of plain black without orna-
ments, etc. Then, on the other hand, costumes become richer. The em-
broidery and ornamentation is carried to excess, the colors more striking
and richer. This diversity in costume identifies the people, so that
strangers to each other can tell what villages others are from by their cos-
tumes alone.
The grounds about the churches where the Pardons are held are filled
with tents or awnings under which tables are spread, also the finery of
merchants, and the people eat, drink, buy, sell, and amuse themselves in
various ways. Coffee, cider, wine and stronger liquors are furnished, to-
gether with bread, cakes, galettes, etc. The stands of the merchauts are
strewn with breastpins, rings, beads, necklaces and all manner of cheap
jewelry and trinkets, and usually do a thriving trade. The articles offered
are all of Breton wear, and to a stranger are both interesting and beauti-
ful. The pins are especially unique and graceful in design. The beads,
made of different colored woods, are oftentimes highly carved, and very
pretty.
In the morning at eleven o'clock begins a service in the church, lasting
an hour or two, after which a procession forms, led by the older men, fol-
lowed by six girls robed in white, who bear a gilded figure of the Virgin
upon their shoulders. Banners, candles and all the paraphernalia of the
church is comprised in this procession, the men leading, the women
following. They make the tour of the church and continue a little dis-
tance up the road, all the while chanting or singing. Usually a brass
instrument, some antiquated baritone, leads the singing, while the men
Slug treble continually, bass being unknown to them.
Our party brought dinner with us, and, notwithstanding the day was
unpropitious, we found a sheltered spot. Soon there comes along a beg-
gar woman and, knowing us to be foreigners and millionaires, immediately
begins saying prayers. We offer her a plate of meat, whereupon she re-
tires a little distance, kneels upon the ground and begins devouring it
with a rapacious appetite, rubbing her stomach, lifting her hands in
prayer and muttering continually. Probably the poor woman hadn't
tasted meat for a month. There, in the open field, she continued kneel-
ing, praying and eating, regardless of the slight rain, until she had de-
voured every morsel.
The Pardon over, the cider barrels all empty and the wine barrels not
much hetter off, the happy Bretons reel homewards, most of them in carts,
or light wagons, the sins forgiven for one year, the future bright and hope-
ful. A pardon so easily obtained, however, is held lightly, and the jolly
Breton takes advantage of it to punch a disagreeable neighbor, or to
square off old scores.— C. J. B. in " The Republic."
For close confinement, want of air, sedentary habits and brain and
nerve-tire, trust in Hop Bitters.
An elegant assortment of Gold Watches and Chains at Randolph &
Co.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
E. M. Fry.
FRY, WATTLES & CO., J. B. Wattle..
Stock Broken.
303 MonlKoinrrr Slree,. *. ,-., , „tler ,„* Srrnam Bunk.
\M^ Money to Ion on artitt accounu. s,„ J,
O.o.C.Hin.o.. -„B„ _ E.C.XCFA.LU,..
GEORGE C. HICKOX & CO.,
ti......nl,.loi, *,,„.,, ilr,,kr„ s„n rrai.rl.eo Stork Ex-
/ change, No. 00 Monlgomtr) .Uvct, Sj. M»> 4.
MJ. A. RUDKIN,
ember s. V. Stork nml Kxrhaniro Ronrcl, 123 rnllfornlfi
"™ STOCK8 ii.u„t,t li i mmjaloo. Liberal Advuna
made n Actlvo Account*. 0ct 2(l,
E. E. Etm.1 Members S. P. stock and Sxchaniro Board. [J. H. Jo KM.
EYRE & JONES,
Stock Brokers.
320JPINE STREET. SAN FRANCISCO. [Sept. 27.
ANDREW BAIRD,
Negotiator of Looni and Commercial Paper,
Broker In l.n.nl and state Securities,
No. 312 California Street San Francisco.
IP. O. Box l,SOS.] j„iy I9.
D.V.B.Henarie. „,„,,„ .. Edward Martin.
E. MARTIN & CO.,
Importers and 'Wholesale Dealers in Wines and Liquors.
Proprietors of Miller's Extra Ol.l Bourbon and J. P. Cut-
ter Extra OKI Bourbou anil Bye Whiskies.
APril 5- 408 Front Street, San Francisco.
HIBERNIA BREWERY,"
Howard Street, Between Eighth and Ninth.
Dec. 7.] M. XUJfAir, Proprietor.
TABER, HARKER & CO.,
IMPOBTEX8 AJfD WHOLESALE OltOCEXS,
108 and 110 California St., S. F.
, [April 19.]
Henry B . Williams. Henry B. Williams .
WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO.,
SHIPPING AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
No. 21S California St., S. F. [July 27.
Newton Booth, C. T. Wheeler, Sacramento. | J. T. Glover, W. W. Dodqe, S. F
w
W. W. DODGE & CO.
holesale Grocers, corner Front and Clay streets, San
Francisco. April 1.
CASTLE BROTHERS,
ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAR 1850.
Importers of Teas antl East India Goods, Hcs.213 and 215
Front street, San Francisco. Jan. 13.
Geo. H, Bryant,
J. M. Neville. REMOVAL.
BAGS, TENTS AND HOSE.
NEVILLE & CO.,
No.'s 31 and 33 California Street, S. E. corner of Davis,
San Francisco. [Auer. 2.
L.H. Newton. NEWTON BROTHERS & CO., M. Newton.
Importers and wholesale dealers in Teas, Foreign Goods and
Groceries, 204 and 'AOd California street, San Francisco, Cal May 25.
wm. f. sm ifiir~M. oTi
Oculist and Aurfst, 313 Bush Street.
Aug. 16.] Office Hours, front 12 M. to 3 P.M.
1. C. MERRILL & CO.,
Shipping* and Commission Merchants, Agents for the Sand-
wich Islands Packet Lines, 204 California street, S. F. April 13.
JOSEPH GILLOTT'S STEEL PENS.
Qold Medal, Paris, 1878.
old by all Stationers. Sole Agent for the liiited States:
MR. HENRY HOE, 81 John street, N Y. Jan. 5.
DOGS.
GE veri Jl„ the Celebrated Canine Doctor from London, can
• be consulted for treatment or purchase. Fe:, $1. Address,
G. LVERILL, 528 California street.
JEsf" Sure cure for worms, distemper, canker and mange sent free by mail on
receipt of 81. Oct. 18.
D. HICKS & CO.,
Bookbinders and Blank Book Manufacturers,
NO. 543 CLAY STREET.
$W Blank Books Buled, Printed and Bound to Order. [Nov. 8.
COKE CHEAPEST FUEL.
Reduction in Price: Wholesale Price, 50 cents per barrel ;
Retail Price. GO cents per barrel, at the works of the SAN FRANCISCO GAS-
LIGHT COMPANY, Howard and First streets, and foot of Second st. Jan. 12.
C" 7 T a year and expenses to agents. Outfit Free. Address,
<{?* ' ' June 7.] P.O. V1CKERY, AuonsU, Maine.
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SA1ST FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER.
Nov. 29, 1879.
THE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
The Free Public Library has now been open long enough to give us
a taste of its quality. It is the creation of an Act of the Legislature,
paBsed at the instance of ex-State Senator Rogers, which empowers the
Board of Supervisors to levy a special rate for its maintenance. It is
governed by a Board of Trustees, consisting of gentlemen selected because
of their known interest in the matter of their trust. We regret to say
that we fear they are affected by the section of the New Constitution,
which provides that " no special commission shall perform any municipal
functions whatever." As they expend taxes belonging to the city, it
would seem to follow, as a matter of course, that they " perform a mu-
nicipal function. " We have dealt with that section of the Constitution
in another article, and for another purpose. If we are right in our con-
struction of the law, the Supervisors, and not the Board of Trustees, are
at this moment the legal managers of the Free Public Library. We hope
that in regard to the Library, at the least, we are wrong. It would be a
misfortune to change the present very competent and most zealous Trus-
tees for indifferent and half-hearted Supervisors, in whose hands the insti-
tution would inevitably fail. Of the Library as it exists to-day, it may
with truth be said that the results arrived at are eminently satisfactory,
considering the amount of money that has been available, and the brief-
ness of the period that has elapsed since the Library was established.
Mr. Albert Hart, the present Librarian, has accomplished as much as
could be reasonably expected of him, in the circumstances , in which he
has been placed. He has made a classification of the books, which, if it
be not the very best that might have been made, is at least a very fair be-
ginning, and certainly will suffice until the number of volumes is consid-
erably increased. We know not what progress has been made in the im-
portant matter of preparing a catalogue, nor whether the modern
methods of compiling so essential a publication have been' duly consid-
ered, but they can hardly have escaped the attention of so competent a
Board of Trustees. Of cataloguing a large library, a very great deal may
be said. Much has been said. Some two years ago a congress of librari-
ans was held in London. Most competent and experienced men attended,
from various parts of the world, but so varied were the opinions held
that, if our memory serves us, no definite conclusion was reached. For
the present purposes of our local library, we should say that a catalogue
which gave the name of each author in alphabetical order, with the title
of his work added, and the whole arranged under beads agreeing exactly
with the classification of the Library, would suffice until a more thorough
work should be called for by the increased proportions of the institution.
The question of loaning the books out is an important one, not altogether
free from difficulty. The best libraries in the world are those which ab-
stain from circulating their volumes, but then it is a question whether
such libraries are not more ornamental than useful. Their Directors are
liable to value the appearances of a well preserved, because little read,
library rather than to calculate the greater results flowing from home-
reading. The rate-payers of this city would hardly remain content to
pay taxes to sustain a library which a vast majority of them could not
use, unless they were allowed to take the books home. Our own view is
that there should be two divisions, one for reference and the other for cir-
culating. The classification should be carried out, with great care, and
each division should be made with a clear and intelligible apprehension of
what literature, in its varied branches, is capable of teaching. In a well
classified library, the visitor ought to be able to put his hand upon any
particular work he may require, without resorting to the aid of a cata-
logue and without calling into requisition the services of an official assist-
ant. Above all, the qualtity, rather than the quantity, of the books
should ever be kept in mind. The making of trashy books has become an
art, and the world is being filled with them. Every book should be of
recognized merit. The library defeats its purpose when it disseminates
meretricious or unreliable books purporting to be works of authority. We
have no doubt, however, that the Committee have gone deeper into these
essential points than we can do in the space of a brief article. We merely
throw out these hints to help cultivate a useful public opinion as to what
rate-payers may expect to obtain for their money.
Having witnessed the growth of probably the very best free public
library in the world, we have large ideas of what such an institution is
capable of. Of course, the thorough establishment of a great library is a
work of years. But before starting out on a journey it is well to deter-
mine the point at which you finally desire to arrive. If you keep march-
ing on toward a great purpose, you are very likely to reach it in the end.
We believe that the free library ought to be in one of the central parks be-
longing to the city, that it should be made highly attractive in every re-
spect, that it should be a light set upon a hill that cannot be hid, and,
above all, that it should allure thousands within its walls, to profit by its
educational advantages. The aim of making it such an institution is a
noble one, that may well inspire the Ttrustees with a deep sense of the
responsibilities they have assumed. Our experience teaches us that very
much depends upon the manner in which the views of the honorary offi-
cials are carried out by their paid officers. If the chief executive officer
is a man of energy, whose soul is in the business, who takes pride in the
institution, and i8 willing to work in harmony and sympathy with those
associated with him, then an important element of success is assured.
We shall watch the Free Public Library with interest, and shall not fail to
make a note of its progress.
UNLUCKY GENEVA.
The late Duke of Brunswick (one of the most profligate and vain
old rascals that ever lived) left the Swiss city of Geneva by will the
whole _ of his fortune, amounting to a very pretty number of millions.
His will stipulated that a very elaborate monument of himself and his
ancestors should be erected in the city which was his sole legatee.
Whether it stipulated also for an opera house we are not informed. But
be that as it may, both monument and opera house were erected with the
dead Duke's money. Now, while the fat and sleepy old town is congratu-
lating itself upon its prompt performance of the Duke's wishes, and pon-
dering how it can spend the rest of the legacy, suddenly the "tribunal of
Brunswick " decides that the deceased Duke " had been legally deprived
of the right to dispose of bis fortune." It will now he in order for Ge-
neva, to refund the money spent for monument and opera house, which
will be a necessity not altogether agreeable. The inhabitants could
scarcely be blamed if they stood the Duke's statue on its head and turned
the opera house into a pawn-shop ; but whether they cut theirnoses off to
revenge themselves on their faces or not, the fact will Btill remain that the
action of this " tribunal of Brunswick " looks a little like "sharp practice."
"COMMISSIONS SHALL PERFORM NO MUNICIPAL
FUNCTIONS WHATEVER,"
The new Constitution has at least one section that is entirely f re e
from doubt as to its meaning. That section declares that no special com-
mission shall perform any municipal functions whatever. That language
is clear, intelligible, and altogether free from ambiguity. The only ques-
tion that remains in doubt is as to when that section takes effect. The
Constitution says: " The provisions of all laws which are inconsistent
with this Constitution shall cease on the adoption thereof, except that all
laws which are inconsistent with this Constitution as require legislation to
enforce them shall remain in full force until the first cUy of July, 1880,
unless sooner altered or repealed by the Legislature." That all laws
which create the existing commissions are inconsistent with the Constitu-
tion is plainly apparent, the only question which remains is to whether we
shall have to wait for legislation to enforce this constitutional enactment.
We think that no such legislation is required, and that the enactment in
question is now in full force and effect, and has been so since the fourth
day of July last, and that, as a consequence, every act performed by the
various special commissions since then is illegal. We think so because the
provision in question is enforcible without further legislation. It is
provided that "any county, city, town or township may make and enforce
within its limits all such local, police, sanitary and other regulations as
are not in conflict with general laws." It follows that the Board of Su-
pervisors may make all the necessary regulations to supercede the Police
Commissioners, the Board of Health, and all other bodies exercising func-
tions conferred upon them by special laws. This clearly abolishes the
Fire Department, the Park Managers, and all other commissions perform-
ing municipal functions. We therefore assert with some confidence that
a considerable portion of our city government is illegally constituted, and
that many acts that are being performed are illegal and void. We feel
assured that every one of the existing commissions can be estopped from
"performing any municipal functions whatever," if the Courts are re-
sorted to for that purpose. This is a matter of serious moment to the
city, and ought to be looked into at once.
MR. GLADSTONE'S BttiLINGSGATE.
In a speech at Edinburgh, made while en route to the Scottish con-
stituency which he hopes to represent in Parliament, Mr. Gladstone is
accredited with having said some very extraordinary things. These ex-
traordinary things the telegrams call "epithets." We suspect that they
mean epigrams, but nevertheless in the sentences quoted we have epi-
thets enough. Mr. Gladstone stoops to call his successful rival a "fire-
work diplomatist," a "veteran huckster," and a "political posturer/'
There is an American savor about this kind of "cheap talk" which we
ought to like, but which we don't. A man who is an English statesman
never should use such language. A man who is an English scholar (as
Mr. Gladstone undoubtedly is) must pander to the mob when he gibbers
thusly. A man who is an English gentleman would find such "epithets "
impossible to utter. Were Mr. Gladstone an outsider it would be differ-
ent. If he had no office to hope for by traducing or abusing the Premier,
we might believe that his language, however strong and ill-bred, was hon-
est. But when we find him catching up the cat-calls of the ignorant for
the purpose of picking up votes in an outlying borough, and vulgarly vili-
fying the Prime Minister of his country, that he may climb into place
over that Minister's shoulders, then it becomes necessary to regard the
aforesaid Mr. Gladstone as a sneak of the first water.
It is unfortunately the custom in our own country for political aspirants
to say everything bad they can about their competitors. But we had
always believed that in England it was sufficient for the caudidate to say
what good things he could for himself. It i3 sad — very sad — to see how
cruelly people are deceived sometimes. But really Mr. Gladstone ought
to have spoken in Billingsgate instead of at Edinburgh.
THE CORNER OF KEARNY STREET.
If there is one corner rather than another of this fashionable prome-
nade, where the eyes are always regaled with rich and beautiful colors
and fabrics artistically disposed, and with a delicate sense of the subtle
harmonies of complement and contrast, it is the corner of Post street,
occupied by the White House. Nothing loud or glaring finds its way into
those spacious windows, the natural home of whatever is best in keeping
and refined in taste. The ligbt and brilliant surfaces of silks and satins
are toned down and relieved in exquisite style by masses of the graver
and richer shades. Everything here has the cachet of true distinction,
and among all the changes of fashion and style from season to season,
and almost from month to month, there is one kind of goods always a la
mode, and sure to command the admiration of ladies, as it adds to their
grace and dignity in public. It is never out of place for a gentleman to
present his wife with a set of furs. It is true that there are modifications
in the trimming of these, such as may be seen, for instance, at the White
House, where the windows display some superb Dolmans in seal-fur,
lined with Silver Fox, and Kamtsehatka furs. These are singularly ap-
propriate for the holiday time. By the side of these are Silk and Satin
Circulars and Trimming Goods to fascinate a critical eye. This estab-
lishment makes a specialty of trousseaux, and their choice importations
are sent, carriage free, throughout the coast.
IN MEMORIAM.--MISS SALLIE HARRISON.
" Leaves have their time to fall
And flowers to fade, and stars to set ;
But thou hast all seasons for thine own
Oh! death."
The sudden and fatal illness of the eldest daughter of James V. Har-
rison, Esq., Deputy Sheriff of this city and county, will cause many an
eye to moisten when they read the sad announcement. For there are
many who knew and loved her. Her's was the most gentle, sweet and
amiable of dispositions. She was one of the most beautiful girls in San
Francisco, and noted for modest, winning ways. She was a natural lady,
gifted and kindly. May He who said: I am the Resurrection and the
Life," be the comforter to her bereaved parents in this the terrible hour
of their great affliction. The choicest fruit is the first gathered. Angels
had need of her ; and so she stopped singing here and went singing on to
Heaven. Yet a little while — just a little while — and those sbe has left
behind will meet her again, in that country where, it 1b Baid, no enemy
ever enters and no friend ever goes away. E. c.
Prlc« p«r Copy, 10 Crn t».
ESTABLISHED JULY, 80. 1SS6.
I An anal Sob.erlptlon, •&.
DEVOTED TO THE LEADING DTTEBESTS OF CALIFORNIA AND THE PACIFIC COAST.
Vol. 30.
SAN FEAN0IS00. SATURDAY, DEO. 6, 1879.
No. 21.
Office or (be Sun Franrtsco \p»« Letter, Herchaut Street,
N'os. 007 to 615, San Francisco.
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OLD BARS-890@910— Silver Bars— 5@15 tf cent. disc. Mexican
Dollars, 4@5 per cent.
«■ Exchange on New York. $311-5 per cent ; On London, Bankers,
49;r« 4!»> ; Commercial, 50£@50d. Paris, sight, 5 francs per dollar.
Telegrams, 3-10<gi per cent.
a&~ Latest price of Sterling, 482£@485.
«- Price of Money here, |@1 per cent, per month— bank rate. In the
open market, 1@1£. Demand active.
THE STOCK MARKET.
The week opsned with a very discouraging outlook, but rose-colored
reports from Union soon changed the complexion of things, and a rapid
advance took place in North-end shares. A sharp reaction followed, how-
ever, under #he realizing of turn-buyers, and at the present writing the
market sj#l exhibits a downward tendency. The withdrawal of the Bo-
nanza firm from the management of Yellow Jacket and Hale & Norcross
(two of the bonansas located by Coll Deane) has had a very depressing
effect upon these stocks, and a well -circulated rumor that a chauge of
management will shortly take place in others of the leadingproperties,
has a further depressing effect upon the general market. Union, how-
ever, holds firm under the most flattering news from the mine, and among
well-informed operators the stock is considered a perfectly safe invest-
ment at present figures. Outside stacks are dull and without demand.
Domestic Produce. — During the week under review we have been
favored with copious rains ; up to this date nearly double that of a corre-
sponding period of last year. This is very assuring to agriculturists gen-
erally, and they have therefore shown a disposition to part with more free-
dom their surplus stock of Wheat, and, in consequence, prices have un-
dergone some decline, while shippers have embraced the opportunity to
purchase more freely, and have, under more favorable advices from Liv-
erpool at the close, secured nearly all the available tonnage on the spot,
with some vessels to arrive. We cannot with. good reason place the price
of good shipping Wheat at less than S2@2 05 per ctl., although a few
Bales are reported less. Millers have had to pay as high as $2 10 $" ctl.
during the week for extra choice lots of No. 1 White. Our Grain fleet
for the season to Europe, dating from July 1st to December 3d, inclusive,
numbers 158 vessels, againBt 156 vessels same period of last year. These
vessels carried:
Wheat, Ctls. Value.
1879 6,049,016 $11,328,125
1878. 5,658,252 11,717,308
We have now on the berth for Europe 30 vessels, of 40,000 tons register.
Our total exports of Flour and Wheat from July to December stands thus:
Flour, Bbls. Wheat, Ctte.
1879 193,176 6,181,028
1878 231,633 5,723,075
Our combined exports of Wheat and Flour for the season aggregate
336,500 tons, which is, no doubt, more than one-half of our total surplus
for the year.
Latest from the Merchant's Exchange. — New York, Dec. 5th,
1879. United States Bonds— 4s, 103 ; 4hs, 105J; 5s. 102& Sterling Ex-
change, 4 83@4 85. Pacific Mail, 30. Wheat, 146O150. Western Union,
107^. Hides, 23(^24. Oil— Sperm, I00@101. Winter Bleached, 1I0@11S.
Whale Oil, 50@52; Winter Bleached, 60@G5. Wool— Spring, fine, 28@
30 ; Burry. 18(5)22 ; Pulled, 30@40 ; Fall Clips, 20(5)25 : Burry, 22(5)30.
London, Dec. 5th.— Liverpool Wheat Market, 10s. 7d. @ lis. 6d.; Club,
lis. 6d.@lls. lOd. U. S. Bonds, 5's, 105g; 4's, 106g; 4A's, 109. Consols,
9817-16@97i.
Joseph Eraser.— It is with a sense of personal loss that we record the
death of this gentleman, at Brooklyn, N. Y., on Sunday last. The bare
announcement is all that has yet reached us, and we are left to surmise
what sudden stroke it could have been that took away, in his full vigor,
the genial, pleasant friend, the manly heart we had learned to respect
and to cherish. There are many in this city upon whom the news of this
event must fall like a blow ; for Mr. Fraser had attached to himself, dur-
ing the years of his residence among us, a great number of genuine
friends. Peace be with him!
PRICES OF LEADING STOCKS AND GOV. BONDS.
San Francisco December X, M79.
Stocks and Bonds.
Cal. St. Bouds, 6's,'57, (nora)
S. F. City & Co. B'ds, Us, '5*
S. P. C, & Co B'ds, 7s (nora)
Mont^'y Av. Bonds (nom). .
Dupont Street Bonds -
Sacramento City Bonds
Stockton City Bonds, 6's...
Yuba County Bonds, 8's
Santa Clara Co. Bonds, 7'a .
0. P. R, R. Stock
C. P. R. K. Bonds
Oakland City Bonds, 8's
Bank of California (old st'k).
First National
Pacific
California Ins. Co
Commercial Ins. Co
Fireman's Fund Ins. Co
Bid.
LOO
Nom.
Nom.
65
Asked
102
Nom.
Nom,
70
90
28
95
106
107
90
110
112
115
m
75
as.
mi
115
ISM
HIS
118
75
SO
115
120
Stocks and Bonds.
Homo Mutual Ins. Co
State Investment Ins. Co ..
Union Ins. Co
City R. R
Central R. R. Co
Clay Street Hill R. R
Market Street R. R
N. B. and Mission R. R
Omnibus R. R
Potrvo and Bay View R. R.
Giant Powder Co
Atlantic Giant Powder
S. F. Gaslight Co(exdiv)...
Oakland Gas Co
California Powder Co
S. V. W. W. Co (exdiv)....
Nevada Co. N". G. R. R. Bds
Virginia & Truckee
Bid,
85
105
114
35
65
20
30
156
95
893
34}
95
85
93
100
Asked
90
108
116
40
70
32
35
165
105
90£
35
98
85J
95
102J
There is but little change in our quotations this week. We may look
forslightly lower prices for the balance of the year, as investors usually
wait for their January dividends before entering into new operations.
Money continues to be offered at very low prices.
Andrew Bairo, 312 California street.
t Capt. Swasey is, with perhaps one or to exceptions, the oldest con-
tinuous resident of San Francisco, having lived here almost constantly
since 1845. He was the Assistant Commissary of Fremont's Battalion,
wasthe_ first U. S. Marshal of the Territory, was a member of .the first
Legislative body in the Territory ; was a Captain and A. Q. M. during
the Rebellion, and filled every position with honor and credit to himself.
We are sorry to know that such a pioneer needs an appointment, but,
knowing it, we are glad to learn that he has received an important posi-
tion from the new Superintendent of Streets.
Quicksilver.— The outgoing steamer for Hongkong will, it is said,
carry upwards of 2,000 flasks. The present spot market is quiet at 39c.
Our receipts for eleven months of 187S, 56,539 flasks; 1879, 65,146 flasks.
Exports same time, other than shipments Eastward overland: 1878,31,-
492 flasks; value, 31,065,194 ; 1879, 48,500 flasks ; value, $1,407,414, show-
ing an increase this year of 17,008 flasks, of the value of $342,221.
Freights and Charters. — At this writing our fleet of disengaged ves-
sels in port is not to exceed five shipB. Quite a number of Grain ships
have been chartered this week at full priceB to Liverpool direct, 62s. 6d. ;
to Cork, U. K, 65s.@67b. 6d., and to the Continent, 67s., 68s.@70s. The
Tonnage to arrive here the next five months is placed at 141,500 tons,
against same time last year of 93,500 tons.
Sir Harry Parkes, C. B-, British Minister in Japan, has arrived in
New York, via San Francisco, from Japan, and may be expected in Lon-
don in a few days. We regret to say that Lady Parkes is still in a dan-
gerous state of health. Mr. John Gordon Kennedy, the First Secretary,
will act as Charge d' Affaires during Sir Harry's absence. — London and
China Express.
Teas from Japan. — We have now to note the arrival of the brig Levi
Stevens, 40 days from Yokohama, to Messrs. Macondray & Co., with a
full cargo of Japan teas — say 16,000 packages ; also, for ballast, 404
quicksilver flasks. These latter are now in good demand at $1 50 each.
Metals. — The active trade of the season is over, and the late advance
in prices of Pig and other Irons is now only nominally maintained. By
the "Australia," from Sydney, we received fresh supplies of Block Tin,
upwards of 700 ingots, the price of which is now quite nominal at 20c.
Barley.— The market continues sluggish. The stock of Chevalier about
exhausted. Good Bay Brewing is held at 95c to ®1 ; Feed, 75c to 85c per
ctl.; stock is excess! ve,
Oats.— The steamer City of Chester, from Puget Sound, brought
13,000 sacks. The market is flat at SI 25@$1 37£ per ctl.
The News Letter will issue a grand Double Number, beautifully
illustrated, for Christmas.
Printed and Published by the Proprietor, Frederick Warriott, 607 to 615 Merchant Street, San FranciBCo, California.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Dec. 6, 1879.
IRISH BAT1T1AD.
Often I dream of the day, asthore,
With secret sighs and laughter,
When you went reaping the oats before,
And I came gathering after.
And tenderly, tenderly, with the corn,
Looks of love you threw me ;
Till I stood up with looks of scorn
And withered your hopes to woo me.
Often and often I'm dreaming still,
With tears and smiles together,
Of the month I stretched so weak and ill,
In the wild and wintry weather ;
While tenderly, tenderly, you would tap
To know the news of Nora;
Till I grew fonder of your rap
Than my father's voice, acora !
But most I remember the plan concealed
That through the spring amused you :
To watch till you found me in the field
Where in autumn I refused you.
Then earnestly, earnestly, in my eyes
To gaze, till I returned you
The look of looks and the sigh of sighs,
On the spot where once I spurned you.
— Graphic, London,
SKELETON SKETCHES.— No. 14.
[-B1 T. A. HAKOODET.]
A Woman's Sacrifice.
When I first knew Bertie Dundonald he wae a Captain in a hussar regi-
ment— I forget its number — and was the life and pride of his mess. There
wae nothing strange about that, however, for he was well-born, rich,
handsome, honorable, talented, brave and generous, and though every
army-man of his acquaintance probably possessed at least one of these
advantages, and some several of them, ke possessed them all, and that in
a very eminent degree.
Every man in Bertie's position, and of Bertie's temperament, oscillates
!n tWo social circles— or, rather, whirlpools. There is the whirlpool of
his peers, in which, however giddy it may be, he oscillates becomingly,
flirting and dissipating mildly ; and there is another whirlpool— carefully
concealed from the former— in which his ship of life eddies madly, with-
out heeding or needing decorum.
Mind, I do not mean any offense. Let it be distinctly understood that
we are not all Berties.
Well, it was in this nether whirlpool that Bertie met a certain woman
and fell in love with her. Why should be not ? Sb§ was fairer than the
day, educated, gifted, and in every way lovable. Why should he ? Her
star glittered only in the baleful firmament of the demi inonde, and it was
a notorious fact that she had breken more hearts and fortunes than any
siren of her time. v
However, Bertie did fall in love with "The Daffodil" — aB she was
called in her particular whirlpool— and what was more, he married her.
Society, of course, was extremely horrified, and very properly sent its
darling Bertie to the well, to Coventry. That is to say, Captain
Dundonald was incontinently relegated to the limbo of social corpses. Of
course he resigned his commission and went to live abroad.
n.
It is all very well to say that the harder adversity presses on a man the
. braver he should become ; but there are burdens which are heavier than
the most resolute spirit can bear up under without showing— more
especially to eyes that love him— that he is sick at heart and exceeding
weary. When a man is cut off from all that he has learned to hold dear
— from home, country and friends — and suddenly finds himself an exile
among strangers, with at best a very distant hope of ever regaining what
he has lost, then he must be a good masker indeed if sooner or later his
temper and manner do not show that he is brooding on these things.
Now, Bertie Dundonald suffered in this way and was not a good
masker. He loved his wife very dearly, and bis love was returned with
interest. He split his great fortune in two and gave her half, which she
accepted without demur, merely saying, with a smile, that she might need
it to keep his love. There was nothing under the sun that he did not do
to show his affection and make her happy. And she was happy— happy
to be able to adore her idol and bask in the sunshine of his love. But
there was one thing that sorely troubled her; she saw that Bertie was
growing weary of his exile.
They lived in a little out-of-the-way, Continental town, where foreign-
ers rarely came, for Bertie was too considerate of his wife's feelings, and
too proud on his own account, to subject her tn the criticism of his former
friends. The place had no society of its own — that was why they had
gone there — so they really seemed to live quite out of the world. Now,
when Bertie srew tired of his exile, he did not grow tired of his wife, or
her company. On the contrary, he seemed to love her more every day.
But although, according to all the laws of sentiment and romance, he
ought to have been perfectly content under the circumstances, the fact
remains that, as time went on, he became more and more restless and
moody. He fell into a habit of recalling his brilliant past, and contrast-
ing it with the future that seemed inevitable. Above all things, he pined
for his home in Scotland, the stately home that had belonged to his family
for centuries. During the last few years before his marriage he had not
lived there much himself, as his military duties kept him away, but now
he longed to take his wife there and install her as queen of his beautiful
domain. Alas ! he well knew how impossible that was. In that home
lived his widowed mother, a proud and stern old woman, whose mind was
divided between four things only, namely — religion, pride of ancestry,
love for Bertie and hate for the woman who, she believed, had entrapped
her only son. Had he gone back alone, she would have forgiven him for
nearly breaking her heart, but, had he taken his wife with him, I believe
the unrelenting old lady would have died of grief and shame. Yet neither
she, nor any of the quiet Scotch society in which she moved, had ever seen
young Mrs. Dundonald, though they were perfectly willing to believe all
and more than they heard. Had they known how lovable she was,
how bitterly she repented her former life, and how purely devoted she
was to her husband, perhaps their judgment would have been less severe.
Of course, Bertie's wife was not blind to this state of affairs. He
never complained to her, and he never had a disloyal thought towards
hep ; it was for her sake quite as much as for his own that he lamented
his banishment. But she did not know this, and she believed that in
Bpite of all his protestations her husband had grown weary of her, and
from motives of honor was sacrificing his happiness in remaining with
her. She took the blame for his misery, and, at a cost to herself which
it is unnecessary to dwell upon, Bhe resolved to restore him his freedom.
Her plans were laid carefully, and one day, on returning from a few
hours fishing in a lake near the town, Bertie found her gone. On his
dressing table was a letter, in which she told him in a few words why she
had left him. She did not reproach him ; on the contrary, her farewell
breathed nothing but love and tenderness, but her decision, she said, was
irrevocable.
in.
For nearly three years Bertie Dundonald scoured the civilized world in
a vain search for his lost wife. If she thought to give him happiness, she
was sadly deceived. He had never looked upon his mother's face since
his bereavement, not even when she sent for him upon her death-bed.
And since her death he had never gone home. Toward the close of the
third year, the Busso -Turkish war broke out. Desperate and eager for
death, he offered his sword to the Turk, and' it was accepted. In the
third or fourth engagement he was severely wounded, while leading his
troops forward with a valor even exceeding that of the Boldiers who be-
lieve that " Paradise lies under the shadow of swords."
At that time there were with th^UTurkish army a host of English ladies
acting as nurses, and among the most famous of them was a widow named
Mrs. Mannering, a woman renowned throughout Europe for her heroic
and untiring devotion to the sick and wounded. This lady was with the
regiment to which Bertie belonged. When she came to the wounded
man's bedside he had found his wife again. It is only my intention to
suggest the outline of the facts which make up this true story, so I will
leave to the reader's imagination the details of the meeting, and simply
add that there was great rejoicing among Bertie's friends and tenantry
in Scotland when, six months later, it became known that he was coming
home with a second wife, having discovered that his first was dead. But
they never found out that the marriage ceremony had been performed
years before, or that Mrs. Mannering was " the Daffodil."
TAXES! TAXES!
1879-80.
"Vfotice is hereby given that a certified copy of the Assess-
-^ men t Booh of the Taxable Property of the City and County of San Fran-
cisco, Real Estate and Personal Property (subsequent Assessment Book included),
for the Fiscal Year 1879-80, has this day been received; that the State, City and
County TAXES for said Fiscal Tear are now due and payable at the office of the
undersigned, first floor, New City Hall, and the Laws in regard to their collection
will be strictly enforced.
TAXES will become delinquent on the First Monday in Jniumry, 1SSO,
and unless paid prior thereto, five per cent, will be added to the amount thereof.
CHARLES TILLSON,
Tax Collector of the City and County of San Francisco.
San Francisco, October 27th, 1879. • Nov. 1.
ASSESSMENT OF LANDS
BENEFITED BY
WIDENING DTJPONT STREET.
"Vfotice is hereby given that a certified copy of the Assess*
-^ men t Boob of the Real Estate which is subject for the Payment of Prin-
cipal and Interest upon " Dupont-street Bonds," as directed by an Act of the Legis-
lature of California to authorize the Widening of Dupont street, in the City of San
Francisco, " Approved March 23d, A.D. 1876," has this day been placed in my hands
for collection. The Laws in regard to the collection of the same will be strictly
enforced. CHARLES TILLSON,
Tax Collector of the City and County of San Francisco.
San Francisco, October 27th, 1879. Nov. 1.
MONTGOMERY AVENUE ASSESSMENT.
Notice is hereby g-iven that a certified copy of the Assess-
ment Book of Real Estate, which is subject to assessment to defray ex-
penses incurred by the Opening of Montgomery Avenue, has this day been placed in
my hands to collect the Assessment thereon.
Said Assessment is for the Fiscal Year of 1879-80, and is now due and payable at
the office of the undersigned, first floor. New City Hall. All Assessments remaining
unpaid on the FIRST MONDAY IN JANUARY, 1880, will have five per cent added
thereto. CHARLES TILLSON,
Tax Collector forthe City and County of San Francisco.
San Francisco, October 27th, 1879. Nov. 1.
WAKELEE'S AUREOLINE
Produces the Beautiful Golden Hair so Much Admired.
supebiok to ibe impohtei> article
— BT REASON OF ITS—
FRESHNESS AND CARE USED IN ITS PRODUCTION.
PRICE, LARGE BOTTLES. g3.
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Montgomery anil JBush streets, S. F. [Aug. 2.
ALASKA COMMERCIAL COMPANY,
No. 310 Sansome street, San Francisco, Wholesale Dealer
in Furs. Sept. 81.
MADAME WALDO COHEN,
Finishing Lessons—Piano. $3 Per Lesson.
Sept. 20. f»07 Hyde Street, San Franeisco*
B, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER,
:t
NOVEMBER.
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No d»wi proper tiro* of ilny—
kj do ttrti
No dirt «■
Ho road do si - m,1,. ,»f the way "—
Bnd t" any p»w —
Wo her* the crttoenta go—
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No recognition* of fainili.tr jxwple—
for showing 'em-
No knowing Vm
No traveling at all no locomotion—
No inkling of the way no notion—
"No go1 -by land <>r neean—
No mail— no post .
No now* from any foreign coast —
No park— no ring— no afternoon gentility—
No oompany- no nobility-
No warmth— no cheerfulneea— no healthful ease—
No comfortable feel in any member —
No shade— no shine— no butterflies— no bees —
No fruits— no flowers — no leaves — no birds —
No-vember ! — Thomas Hood.
THE CENSUS NEXT YEAR.
The general rate of increment in the population of California be-
tween I860 and 1870 was 1 percent, per annum At this rate the popula-
tion, according to the Federal Census which is to be taken in 1880, will
amount to about 830.000. and this figure will compare with that of previous
dates as follows : 1850, 165,000; 1860, 379,994; and 1870. 500,247. This
shows a slow rate of increment compared with the growth of population
in some of our Western States.
The population of the United States in 1850 was 23,000,000; in 1860,
31,500,000; in 1870, 38,500.000, In 1880 it will prohably be 50,000,000.
The population of the European world, that is, Europe, America, Aus-
tralia and European settlements, excluding in all cases the aboriginal pop-
ulation, is, at the present time, about 400,000,000. It is estimated to have
amounted to 00,000,000 during the Augustan era; to have fallen to less
than 30.000,000 during the Dark Ages ; to have increased to 40.000,000
at the period of the discovery of America ; to have been 86,000,000 in
1675; 00,000,000 in 1700; 110,000,000 in 1776; and 388,000,000 in 1877.
Voltaire, writing about the middle of the last century, said that the
population of Ejirope had "tripled" since the time of Charlemagne; that
France had a population of 600 to the square league; Spain, 150; Russia,
15; and Tartarv, 10. He credited Russia with a population of 24 millions;
Germany and Hungarv, 24; Spain (after Ustariz), 7; Great Britain and '
Ireland, 9 to 10; and France, 16 to 20. Employing these and other data,
Europe was credited with 106 to 110 millions. The3e numbers were so
alarming that essays and books without number were written to account
for the evil of over-population, and to suggest a means of repressing it.
Among these works, the most notable were by Hume, Wallace and Mal-
thus. These authors clearly perceived the principle that population aug-
mented and diminished with the means of subsistence and their just dis-
tribution according to effort and merit. But since they had no devices to
offer whereby production could be increased or distribution improved,
they were contented with showing how the growth of population might
be repressed. However, things soon took a widely different turn from
what they expected. A studious little man had rightly comprehended
the difficulty, and discovered the proper remedy. The man was James
Watt, and the remedy the steam engine. This remedy, however, only
related to increased production. It could not bring about just distribu-
tion. This was done by the American and French Revolutions, the es-
tablishment of paper money systems, and the abolition of the feudal sys
tem in Continental Europe, all of which happened within a few years.
It was these events which have enabled the population of the European
world to increase from 110 to 400 millions iu a single century.
California may take a lesson from these pages of history. Our popula-
tion advances slowly; there are many unemployed in our midst; the
wealth of the State is not diffused. Our rich men should assist in devel-
oping the magnificent physical resources of the country ; our poor men
should eschew agitation, and apply themselves to the work of improving
the laws and administration. Our population will then enjoy better op-
portunities of living, and under such circumstances, no one can doubt that
it will rapidly increase in numbers.
INHERITED TERRORS.
Mr. Editor: In Europe, when a boy, I found a wild-duck's nest, and
placed the eggs under a hen in a nice box near a pond of water. The
moment the young ducks broke through the eegs they made for the wa-
ter, and were so terrified at the surroundings that they were all dead
within a few hours: they kept diving until they expired. This last sum-
mer, a friend of mine, living near San Jose, brought home some wild-
duck eggs and placed them much in the same way that I had done. Seven
young ducks came out, and they behaved like tame ducks. I have three
of them in my yard, and they are very quiet and tame. In the first in-
stance, the young of ducks that had been shot at for many generations,
came from the eggs wild and untamable ; while in the second instance the
the young of wild ducks that had not been shot at until very recently,
came from the eggs docile and tamable. The young inherit many of the
attributes of the parents ; and hence it is desirable to chop off the heads
of all blood-thirsty ruffians, and so spare our own children from being
murdered by their descendants. Yours, Q. E. D.
■ A Hungarian entered the studio of a portrait painter and said: " I
want you to paint a portrait of my late father." "With pleasure, sir.
Have you a photograph of the lamented deceased ?" "No; but you
don't want any photograph. Just paint a wild-looking Hungarian about
60 years old and 6 feet high, with a big white mustache." Four weeks
later the family came round to see the picture. " Bravo," says the Hun-
garian, warmly ; "it's a speaking likeness, only the old gent seems to have
changed a good deal since his death."
Artistic Novelties, manufactured from California quartz, at Ran-
dolph & Co.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
PRODUCTION OF GOLD AND SILVER
Nearly all the gold ud * lW' n-rtion nf the rilver prmlu 1 in the
I Mate* hut year «v r mod At Uk ! in domestic raui-
p irted to n.>n
I f
go]
of hwt June
in the
\r,Mill,lf The annual oonmmDtion of precious metals In the
ll,te ■ ^ irlofl nowavorages 97,000,0000!
V';1 *n(| <in in the country nn th<
1 ''V*1 *,,,ne v i r.0r»0.iuc,, the gain
n the past six yeai 8 gold and -:■>. 000,085 silver.
n 1 up to November tst, the im-
ports o1 coin and bullion snd thi linage have increased these
ftm,mn! ' "'■" B«l I snd 1131,406,350 lilver, s total of 9427.206,-
«w« °* tod. ihould ths flow of gold con-
tinne from foreign countries, that tin metallic circulation of the country
!nA iml tnePre*en1 fiscal year wilt have swollen to over $600
000. [he world's production of gold baa declined in the past f-w years
from 9131,000,080 in I [n 1870. A.a general prices'have
not advanced above those of 60 years ago, the annual supply of precious
metals, although increased five fold, i* not excessive, nor more than suffi-
cient to satisfy the world's pn ml I Is for coinage and manufacture.
Fi'n„, M,„t ,snn, >■;„ (, lt.j. „t Ii„rt-h>ird'x lUport.
BANKS.
THE BANK OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO.
Capital $3,000,000.
WM. Ai.VOKI) Freililent
THOMASBttOWX.CaHhler | It Ml Kit A V. Jr., Ass « « a«hi< r
Aokntn :
New York, Agency of the Bank el Calfornia; Boston, Tremont National Bank
Chicago. Union National Bank ; St. Louis, Boatman's Saving Bank; New Zealand,
the Bank of New Zealand ; London, China, Japan, India and Australia, the Oriental
Bank Corporation.
The Bank has Agencies at Virginia City and Gold Hill, and Correspondents in all
the principal Mining Districts and Interior Towns of tho Pacific Coast.
Letters of Credit issued, available in all parts of the world. Draw direct on Lon-
don, Duhlin, Paris, Berlin, Bremen, Hamburg, Frankfort-on-the-Main, Antwerp,
Amsterdam, St. Petersburg!!, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Christiana, Locarno, Mel-
bourne, Sydney, Auckland^Hongkong, Shanghai, Yokohama. Nov. 4.
FIRST NATIONAL GOLD BANK OF SAN FRANCISC0,CALT
Paid up Capital 8*2,000,000, Gol<I. President, R. C. Wool-
worth ; Vice-President, D. Callaghan ; Cashier, E. D. Morgan.
Directors :— R. C. Woohvorth, D. Callaghan, C. G. Hooker, C. Adolph Low, Peter
Donahue, Isaac Wormser, Edward Martin, James Moffitt, N. Van Bergen.
Correspondents— London : Baring Bros. & Co. Chartered Mercantile Bank of In-
dia, London and China. Dublin : Provincial Bank of Ireland. Hamburg : Hesse,
Neuman&Co. Paris: Hottraguer& Co. New York: National Bank of Commerce. Bos-
ton : Blackstone National Bank. Chicago : First National Bank. This Bank is pre-
pared to transact a general Banking business. Deposits in Gold, Silver and Currency
received subject to check or on special deposit. Exchange for sale on the principal
cities of the United States, Great Britain, Ireland and the Continent. Commercial
Credits issued available iu Europe, Chii.a and Japan. Collections attended to and
prompt returns made at the lowest market rates of Exchange. Jan. 19.
BANK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.
Iucorporateil by Royal Charter.— Capital paid ap, $1,800,-
000, with power to increase to £10,000,000. Southeast corner California and San-
some streets. Head OrRce--28 Cornhill, London. Branches— Portland, Oregon; Vic-
toria, Nbw Westminster and Cariboo, British Columbia,
This Bank transacts a Genera! Banking Business. Accounts opened subject to Check
and Special Deposits received. Commercial Credits granted available in all parts of
the world. Approved Bills discounted and advances made on good collateral security.
Draws direct at current rates upon its Head Office and Branches, and upon its Agents
as follows :
New York, Chicago and Canada— Bank of Montreal ; Liverpool — North and South
Wales Bank ; Scotland— British Linen Company ; Ireland— Bank of Ireland ; Mex-
ico and South America— London Bank of Mexico and South America ; China and
Japan— Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, and Oriental Bank ; Australia
and New Zealand— Bank of Australasia, Commercial Banking Company of Sydney,
and English, Scottish and Australian Chartered Bank.
May IS. FREDERICK TOWNSEND, Manager.
LONDON AND SAN FRANCISCO BANK, LIMITED.
Capital, 85,000,000, of which 83*000,000 is fully paid up aa
present capital. Reserve Fund, §300,000. San Francisco Office, 424 Califor-
nia street ; London Office, 22 Old Broad street. Manager, ARTHUR SCRIVENER ;
Cashier, WILLIAM STEEL. London Bankers, Bank of England and London Joint
Stock Bank ; New York, Drexel, Morgan & Co. ; Boston, Third National Bank.
This Bank is prepared to transact all kinds of General Banking and Exchange Busi-
ness in London and San Francisco, and between said cities and all parts of the
world. March 30.
THE NEVADA BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO.
Capital Paid TJp $3,000,000.
Reserve, TJ. S. Bonds 3,500,000.
Agency at New York, 63 Wall street.
Agency at Virginia, JVew.
Buys and sells Exchange and Telegraphic Transfers. Issues Commercial and Trav-
elers' Credits. This Bank has special facilities for dealing in Bullion. Nov. 8.
SECURITY SAVINGS BANK.
GUARANTEE CAPITAL $300,000.
Officers: Vice-President, Jerome Lincoln; Secretary, W.
S. Jones ; Attorney, Sidney V. Smith. Loans made on Real Estate and other
Approved Securities. Office : No. 215 SanBome street, San Francisco. Oct. 14.
THE GERMAN SAVINGS AND LOAN SOCIETY.
Deutsche Sparund Leinbank, No 536 CaIli'orniastreet,San
Francisco. Officers : President, L. GOTTIG. Board of Directors.— Fred.
Roeding, Chas. Kohler, Edw. Kruse, George H. Eggers, N. Van Bergen, H. L. Simon,
Peter Spreckels, Ign. Steinbart. Secretary, GEO. LETTE ; Attorney, JOHN R.
JARBOE. May 18.
THE ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN BANK, LIMITED.
422 California St., San Francisco.
London Office, 3 Angel Court : New York Agents, J. W. Sel-
igman & Co., 21 Broad street. Authorized Capital Stock, $6, 000,000. Will re-
ceive Deposits, open Accounts, make Collections, buy and sell Exchange and Bullion,
loan Money, and issue Letters of Credit available throughout the world.
FRED. F. LOW, IGN. STEINHART, Managers.
P. N. Liliesthal, Cashier. Sept. 13.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Dec. 6, 1879.
"PLEASURE'S WAND."
"We Obey no Wand pnt Pleasure's."-- Tom Moore.
Baldwin Theater.— Notwithstanding all the interest that is created
and maintained by clever and witty dialogue, a forcible delineation of a
strong character and general good acting, the play of Foryet-Me-Kot is not
one that improves on acquaintance. It is full of weak points, from both
natural and dramatic points of view, which at first pass unnoticed under
the many good features, but subsequently force themselves upon one's
appreciation. The total collapse of such a character as "Stephanie's,"
with its dogged fixity of purpose, upheld by a mind of wonderful intelli-
gence and unlimited determination, is absurd and inexplicable when
effected by any such cause, as the one portrayed. - That the recollections
of a night of horror should momentarily .upset the Marquise is a natural
result of the sensitiveness and impression ability of a woman's delicate
nervous organization. But the durability of any such weakness as por-
trayed bv the author, indicates a total ignorance of the existence of that
wonderful reserve force which the female possesses, which gives her
courage, both physical and mental, and which is a matter of admiration to
all students of human nature. If this alone should be insufficient to recall
"Stephanie" to herself, her clear head and wealth of experience would
furnish her with the means to protect herself. There is an inkling
that the authors have thought of this, for they have felt compelled to
bolster their ideas up by the introduction of that monk's dirge, which,
though highly melodramatic, is an absurd episode from a prosaic point
of view. The manner in which the revengeful Corsican is introduced
at first is also too forced, it becoming immediately evident that no
matter what the undeveloped plot may be, that character will surely be
the deus ex machina. The principal characters are well played, with,
perhaps, the Corsican excepted. Morrison makes too prominent the
servility and abjectedness, thereby destroying the plausibility of his
vendetta. As well, as admirably, as true to the character, full of
wonderful changes and phases of character, as Miss Lewis plays "Ste-
phanie," she lacks in her own mind a distinct conception of the char-
acter. She does not play evenly on different evenings. The same
thoughts and feelings are expressed with different intonations, accompa-
nied by different gestures. These changes, while never inconsistent with
what is sought to be portrayed, indicate carelessness. It is true they
are evidences that Miss Lewis has a wealth of resources in the delineation
of human emotions ; but when she has adopted a certain manner of por-
trayal consistency requires an adherence to it. Forget-Me-Not will be
continued next week.
Bush Street Theater. — All things considering, the attendance at this
theater during the week has been fair. The beauty and sprightliness of
the pretty girls, and the comicalities of the comedians, enable
one to pass a pleasant and agreeable evening. When one has
laughed to heart's content, and eyes have been dazzled by female loveli-
ness, there is little disposition to be critical. The shapeliness of Miss Ada
Lee is only equaled by the rare taste and delicious abandon with which it
is clad. Miss Lewis has hardly received the praise her conscientious
efforts deserve, and the same may be said of Miss Rose Leighton. Next
to Miss Chapman, who is brimful of cuteness and vivacity, the honors
are due to Miss McHenry. This charming body is a very intelligent
actress. She throws more life and individuality into her acting than all
the rest of the troupe combined. She enters into the true spirit of bur-
lesque, enjoys it, and delights all with the sparkle of her eyes and the
true ring of her laugh. Miss Roseau introduces this week two songs of a
more ambitious sort than those she has so far sang. She sings them more
seriously, and from that reason better than anything yet. The voice is
all right; it is the manner and Btyle of singing that is so objectionable in
Miss Roseau. In the hauds of a good teacher this voice could undoubt-
edly receive artistic cultivation and become effective for use, but in other
spheres than that of burlesque. This actress wears an exceptionably
pretty costume in the last act. The little ones who do the Who Killed
Cock Robin / business, are very clever. This Jenny Wren is not as cute
as little May Edouin was, but there is a little "Tot " who plays the Po-
liceman who is too ridiculously funny for anything. Next Monday
another amusing burlesque will be produced — Robinson Crusoe — with
new costumes, properties, etc. This troupe is lucky in the possession
of two efficient requirements — an able Stage Manager and a talented chef
cTorchestre.
California Theater.— The Streets of New York has been nightly played
during the week to a sparsely filled dress-circle and an overflowing gal-
lery. The enthusiasm that conventional contest* between vice and virtue
excite in " the gods," is a thing as old as drama itself. It is inexplicable
and unanalyzable. Mr. May o's " Badger " is too well-known an imper-
sonation to require comment. It is a rather unsesthetic piece of acting ;
the grosser sides of human nature being too disgustingly prominent. The
cast was a very inferior one, as compared to former ones. Mrs. Saunders
deserves a word for her rendition of " Mrs. Puffy." Miss Rellie Deaves,
who it seems as but yesterday was a child, is developing rapidly as an
actress. Little Gus Fixley, as the newsboy, can lay claim to great na-
turalness. In the TTninn Square scene, Roller Skating and Bicycling were
introduced, and so indifferently done as to render more noticeable the in-
consistency of 3uch displays. On Monday evening the thrilling drama,
Lady Thornhursfs Daughter, will be produced. In the cast will be Mr.
Geo. D. Chaplin and Miss Louise Beaudet. The latter will he remem-
bered from her connection with the Aime*e Troupe. She is a young,
pretty girl, with undoubted comedy abilities. The Christmas spectacle,
the Seven Sisters, is in active preparation.
Standard Theater.— John E. Owens' Dr. Pangloss is an exquisite bit
of character-acting. It is a portraiture drawn in delicate and minute
lines, like one of Meissonner's or Vibert's genre gems. It is a thoroughly
artistic creation, a perfect realization of the author's idea— a pedantic,
vain, fussy old professor, full of knowledge, quaint in manner and pos-
sessed of the chevalier d'industrie ability to live by his wits off the igno-
rance of others, John E. Owens owes his celebrity and his position on
the American Btage to just such impersonations, and it creates pity that
at times he should be_ so careless and indifferent of his reputation, as evi-
denced by his indulging in personal amusement while on the boards. The
Heir-at-Law, as a whole, was exceedingly well acted. Our Boys was re-
vived for a few evenings. On Monday, Messrs. Thome and Darwin,
Illusionists and Ex posers of Spiritualism, will appear, of whom more
below.
German Theater. — Last Sunday's performance was but slimly at-
tended, the unpleasant weather naturally interfering with a turnout of
our German population. Das Bemooste Eoupt is a standard piece on the
German stage, not so much from any extraordinary inherent merit, as
from the popular belief that, in describing the woes and wrongs of the old
student, "Benedix," had his own collegiate life in mind. Mr. Kadel-
burg was admirable in this character. As " Strabel," the student's facto-
tum, Mr. Freeman gave one of his talented and finished character imper-
sonations. Miss Eiebach looked pretty as "Hempel," the "Enchs,"
(Pleb), and that is all that was required of her. The usual intelligent,
minute stage direction showed, on this evening, some laxity, as the stu-
dents evidenced inconsistency in dress, and the musical requirements of
the performance were sadly fulfilled. To-morrow evening Miss Mundt-
Muhlback, a former leading lady, will make her appearance. The bill
will be Sodom and Gomorrah, a comedy by Sehonthau.
Schmidt Quintette. — The third concert was strongly attended ; this,
in face of the raging elements, indicating the popularity and attractive-
ness of those series. The different numbers were played in the usual ad-
mirable manner of this family, although, at times, a slight want of finish
was noticeable. The gem of the evening was Louis Schmidt, Jr.'s solo,
Praludium, Romanza, Scherzo Burlesque, by E. Ries. This was executed
with all the artist's talent, and received a storm of applause. The soloist
of the evening was Mr. Johnson, tenor. He was fairly received, with
the courtesy due a new comer. His rendition of Rubinstein's " Dn bist
wie eine Blume " was elaborated by some little ideas of his own, which
failed to enhance the beauty of the song, and did not seem to please the
audience, seemingly well acquainted with the composition. His voice
lacks force, and has a strong tendency to flat. The next concert will be
on the 16th inst.
Henry Heyman's concert was a success in all respects. The house
was filled, and the audience an appreciative one. The different numbers
were excellently rendered. Mr. Hinrich's violoncello solo was, perhaps,
the most enjoyable feature of the evening. Brahm's Hungarian Dances,
arranged for two violins by F. Herrman, were played with taste by the
beneficiary and Mr. Edgar Coursen. Mme. Zeis Dennis was received
with great applause. An expression of opinion as to her merits is de-
ferred until some future occasion. It will suffice to say now that she is
undoubtedly the best local dramatic singer. It is a pleasure to state that,
from a financial point of view, the concert was a thorough success.
Thome and Darwin, who open at the Standard Theater, are illusion-
ists of high rank, performing all the intricate and curious tricks of
modern magic with rare skill. They left England six years ago, and have
since been all over the world, with the exception of the United States.
This will be their first appearance in this country. A most interesting
part of their entertainment is their expose of Spiritualistic seances, in
which they are said to be very clever. The Australian papers praise
these conjurors very highly-
Grand Opera House. — The complimentary benefit tendered to Mana-
ger M. A. Kennedy has been postponed until Sunday evening, Dec. 21. The
programme is a varied and interesting one, comprising comedy and bur-
lesque, The Honeymoon, and that very best of all burlesques, Brougham's
Pocahontas. There will also be an Olio, to enable many other friends of
the beneficiary, for whom there is no room in the regular entertainment
to contribute their services. Reserved seats are being rapidly sold.
The Young Men's Hebrew Association will give an amateur dra-
matic entertainment at the Standard Theater, to-morrow (Sunday) even-
ing. Our Boys will be presented, with a cast drawn from the members of
the society, aided by some charming young ladies. The box-office is at
Messrs. Sherman & Hyde's, where seats can now be reserved.
Little Bee McNamar, who wins the hearts of all, has been offered a
benefit by the artists of this city and Oakland, at Dashaway Hall, Thurs-
day evening next. It should be a bumper, for all the children in town
must see her.
"Woodward's still ahead ! To-day and to-morrow the Specter Cross,
the troupe of athletes, Yankee courtship by the Allen Sisters, the Lone
Fisherman, Billy White, the great Ethiopian, and the phonograph. No
extra charge.
Chit-Chat. — The Meinigen Actors give Schiller's Robbers in the orig-
inal form, with two exceptions. In the first act the third scene is joined
immediately with the monologue of " Eranz." In the fourth act the
meeting of "Franz" and "Herrmann" and the subsequent monologue
are borrowed from the stage copy of the Manheim Theater.— It is said
that Charlotte Thompson, being unsuccessful in drawing houses in the
play of Jane Eyre, at Buffalo, hit upon the plan of changing the hero's
name from " Lord Rochester " to *' Lord Buffalo," with astonishingly sat-
isfactory results. ^^Mignon was recently sung in St. Louis with three
American girls in the cast, but all three appearing under foreign stage
names — Signora Ricci, Bertha Schumacher, Mile. La Blanche — Blanche
Davenport, Mile. Litta, Marie von Eisner !— — Ferd. Dulcken, who was
here with Remenyi, is traveling in the West as accompanist to the Car-
lotta Patti Concert Troupe.— Frank Queen, of the Clipper, has a large
bump of benevolence, and of the true stripe. His benefactions are as
modest as they are munificent.^— The handsome baritone, Del Puente,
receives many love letters, which he hands over to his wife, who answers
them faithfully in the best possible English. But does she really see all
he receives? What say you, ladies ? Levy, the cornet- player, has had
a row with Gilmore.— Ada Gilman is Baid to be engaged to Steele
Mackaye.— Mile. Belveen has pleased the Cincinnati musical people.
Not hard to please !— Magda Irschick thinks of having her voice culti-
vated for the operatic stage, and taking dramatic roles like " Fidelio "and
"Donna Anna."— Di Murski is laid up with neuralgia in the toe. It is
supposed this was caused by the success of her debutante at a recent per-
formance, a Miss Lido. ^— Levy, with bis wife and sister-in-law (Minnie
and Lilian Conway), is organizing a Troubadour troupe.— Burdette,
the Burlington Hawkeye man, out on a lecturing tour, writes : " The day
I arrived at Denver the Indian outbreak occurred." And yet he does not
take the hint but continues his tour ! -'John McCullough says he has
been trying to forget what he has seen in other actors.. The Mendelssohn
Quintette Club of Boston are traveling in Ohio.— — Thursby is going to be
married, and the happy man's name is Gillig. This lady had a grand re-
ception at her first concert in New York on her return from Europe. ^^
The production of Pinafore by the authors' troupe, and under their super-
vision, has achieved but a success d'estime.
Deo. 6, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
SPORTING ITEMS.
Bicycling. The threo-tUjrg m*tch nt the Mechftim*' Pavilion termi
nateti Tue*Uy, 11 p. m .|.i 16 util.-s, Merrill .Ml' 1 «'.
miles BtuMtt <80| mil.-*, R . - , |fl l 6 miles, MunUr 400
1 on the tectiotl d itott was remftrkablo
far ttm ■peed mud t-mlurance shown by thi> winner, Egxera, who has had
but nine mnnth*a uperienca u a rider. He wu liaiuliempped in the
Batch with .. heavy bicycle, i bad track and the pretence of the lady
riuors, whoee efforte at t latoooj t" the men and machines
they can >miNl against. The generally received opinion before the race
was that 400 mites would not be made. That goe* to show Eggers in ft
phenomenal rider, able with pra apeu with the best men in
America. His machine had ■ 4> inch wheal, and weighed about 50 lbs.
The machines need in Kii^Lm-l and the Eastern States, f>>r racing, mess*
ures from 52 to 66 inches, and weigh fr..tu 2t» to 28 lbs. Of the lady
riders. Lizzie Hayiner is by odds the i»"*t, in hot the only one of them
fit to appear in public She rides n 50 inch wheel at an average si«ed of
10 miles an hour. The advertised 50-mile raoe commenoed Wednesday
evening. Before the ri'lers had made one mile it was evident to every
observer of average intelligence tint there was no race in it, ami that it
was simply an exhiluteou advertise. 1 as a race to draw the easily gulled
public. The preliminaries were all right, butthe riders gave the business
away by trick-riding and sta^e antics incompatible with a trial of Bpeed.
One of the riders informed us that he received 320 to ride for three hours
(distance no object), and that he supposed the others were paid on a simi-
lar scale. We are convinced, however, that the three-days race was a
genuine match won by the best man. The fastest mile in the races was
credited to Bennett in 3:50, good time, considering the track, etc.— We
hear rumors of a six-day bicycle contest, to take place at the Mechanics'
Pavilion early in January.
Pedestxianism. — Last week we warned our readers to fight shy of the
Mclntryre-Hedley race. We are now of opinion that the whole business
is merely a gate money scheme. The stake is too large for ordinary men
to put up on themselves for a quarter-mile dash. Money may be staked,
but there is nothing to prevent a preconcerted division of it after the
match. The fact that other races are to come off on the grounds the
same day, and that the quarter-mile match is made a leading attraction in
the advertisements, gives a circus-like tint to the whole business. Of
course, if the race is for blood and money, the principals can easily prove
it, to which end we will render any assistance in our power. —»»»»- We hear
that Mclntyre will not enter in the six-day "go-as-you-please," under the
auspices of the Pedestrian League. The names published were not en-
tries for the race, but merely a list of the league's members. J. W.
Griffiths, of Victoria, B. C, is willing to name a man to run any one on
the coast ten or twenty miles, for $250 a side and gate money. He assures
us that any one making the match can get a lot more coin in bets, as the
Victoria people are some on the sport, and have a few dollars with which
to back their fancy.
Football. — Owing to the rain, there will be no game played to-day. —
The Olympian and St. George's Club met at the Occidental Hotel last
Monday. It was decided to amalgamate the two clubs under the name of
the " Wanderers." The following officers were elected : Peter Donohue,
President ; J. Sanderson, Vice-President ; Wallace, Gaptain ; Theobald,
Secretary ; Sanderson, Treasurer ; Page and Okell, Committee. The
club's uniform will be a dark-blue jersey and dark-blue stockings. They
will use the Recreation Grounds for matches if suitable. Gentlemen de-
sirous of joining the club must send in their names to the Secretary, or
any member of the committee.^— The Call is authority for the state-
ment that our amateur players are of the opinion that football, under the
Rugby Union rules, is mere child's play. If the Call's venerable proprie-
tor should ever lose his eye-glasses in a scrummage, and find that the per-
spiration had made his hair-dye lose its efficacy, he would find out that it
takes a man, and a good one at that, to play football under the Rugby
Union rules.
Archery. — Those who thought us premature in closing the archery
season are now forced to acknowledge that we were right. The damp
weather puts an end to the sport, even in halls.— —The Chicago Club
have been unable to shoot against the Bow Club's score, on account of
bad weather.-^— Some fine split bamboo bows, made by Conroy & Co., of
New York, have been received here.
Coursing. — The Pacific Coast Coursing Club announce their first open
meeting to take place the last week in February. ——Should the weather
prove fine, the matches at Point of Timbers to-morrow will be well worth
seeing. Spectators can take the train at 8 A.M. Sunday, arriving at Byron
Station in time for the sport, and return by the down train at 2:17 P.M.
Baseball. —The Star and Union Clubs will play at the Union Baseball
Grounds to-morrow (weather permitting.) At present the betting is 2 to
1 on the weather.
The Quest assortment of Ornamental SHver at Geo. C. Shreve &
Co.'s.
Christmas Number of the News Letter/ Illustrated.
CALIFORNIA SUGAR REFINERY,
Manufacturers of the Standard Syrup, a superior article
put up in barrels expressly for home consumption. Also, Extra Heavy Syrup
in barrels for Export. Refined Sugars at lowest market rates. Office, 215 Front
Btreet. up stairs Pec. 21.
SEEDS.
RJ. Trumbull A- Co., 419 ami 431 San some street, lieu-
• lucky Blue Grass, Alfalfa, Mosquit, Timothy, etc., etc. Vegetable Seeds
of all descriptions. Nov. 29.
ROOFS
Of Tin or Aspbaltum Repaired. Tin Boots Painted. Send
orders early to the OLD STAND, No. 819 Market street, opposite Stockton.
Estimates furnished free of charge. [Dec. 6.] H. G. F1SKE.
CUMBERLAND MINE,
Yavnpal Comity, Arizona. Office: No. 417 California St.,
San Krancisco, California. President, GEORGE M. CIPRICO. Secretory, J.
H. GRIFFITHS. Office Hours : 2 p.m. daily. Oct. 11.
STANDARD THEATER.
' •'•' irarjMH Manager.
This i-l.liir i„, l.rnluK. BwcHbtr 6lli,
VM> M VTISI T. AT TWO Ml,
PoMtltrrlit Ihr /.rt.f .1 |»|»r«i rn nee* of
mic. ton r.. gwuil
Oar Boys I
MONDAY EVEKtNB DECEMBER 8TH,
J-'irnt iIjijutiws in America
OK THE
World's Grtticit Illusionist!.
TH0RNE and DARWIN.'
KjT" Bewrved Sorts for Y M M A, SntsrtsJmDQDt next Sunday evening, tor aalo
at Sncrmau, Hyde & Oo.'i Music SI .re. bstwra 1 and i r.n. daily. Doc. a.
CALIFORNIA THEATER.
Wit. Barton. Haunyeri Barton 11 111, Acting Manarcr.
. This (Saturday) Evening, Doo. cith. Last Night nl MM. I'lt.lNK MAYO, iu
his great character of BADGER, in Huueicault's Great Drama,
The Streets of Hew York!
Introducing "Union Square In the Sn,.w,"nnd the "Great Firo Scene." Only
" Stroets of New York Matin £c " Saturday. Holiday, Dee. 8th, the Great Success,
Man and 'Wife!
MR. MAYO as " Geoffrey Delamaj-n." Reappearance of MISS ROSE OSBORNE.
First Appearance of MISS LOUlsi: 1SEAUDET and MR. GEO. D. CHAPLIN.
BUSH-STREET THEATER.
(Charles E. Locke, Proprietor aud Manager— Fifth Week
J of the Successful Engagement or the Famous COLVILLE OPERA. BURLESQUE
COMPANY, and Last Representations thia (Saturday) Afternoon and Evening of
Babes in the Wood!
With all ita wealth of Scenery, Effects, Music and Variety. Seats may be secured
one week in advance. Suuday, December 7th— First Representation of
Robinson Crusoe !
With New Scenery, New Music, New Uostunies. Friday Evening-, December 12th —
MJSS ROSEAU'S First Benefit in California. Dec. 6.
"~ THE BALDWIN THEATER.
Thomas Map u ire, Mauagrer.-- Second Week aucl Continued
Success of the Strongest Play Ever Acted,
Forget Me Not!
Evening and Saturday Matinee. This (Saturday) Evening, Dec. flth, Benefit of the
Orphan Children of GEN. J. B. HOOD. Monday, Dee. 8th, Benefit of MR. LEWIS
MORRISON, " Forget Me Not " and " Don C;esar de Bazan." Tuesday, Dec. 9th,
Benefit of MISS JEFFREYS-LEWIS. Wednesday Afternoon, Dec 10th, Benefit of
MME. DURET. ^ Dec. 6.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE.
ITnavoldable c ire u instances compel the Postponement of
) the Testimonial Benefit to MR. M. A. KENNEDY until SUNDAY EVENING,
Dec. 21st, upon which occasion such a bill will be presented as will amply compen-
sate for all disappointment caused by this unavoidable delay. Parties holding Tick-
ets can have them exchanged on and after Monday, Dee. 8th, at the Standard Thea-
ter Box Office, where Reserved Seats can also be secured. Dee. 6.
FOR PORTLAND AND ASTORIA, OREGON.
The Oregon Steamship Company and Pacific Coast Ste -un-
ship Company will dispatch every live days, for the above porta, one of their
newAl Iron Steamships, viz. : OREGON, GEORGE W. ELDER, aud STATE OP
CALIFORNIA.
Sailing Days
Dec. 3, 8, 13, 18, 23, and 28. | Jan. 2, 7, 12, 17, 22, and 27.
At 10 o'clock A., M.
Connecting at Portland, Oregon, with Steamers and Railroads and their connecting
Stage Lines for all pbhita in Oregon, Washington and Idaho Territories, British
Columbia and Alaska.
K. VAN OTERENDORP, Agent O. S. S. Co.,
No. 210 Battery street, San Francisco".
GOOD ALL, PERKINS & CO., Agents P. C. S. S. Co.,
Dec. 6. No. 10 Market street, San Francisco.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Office of the Standard Con. Mining Company, San Fran-
cisco, Cal., Dec. 2d, 1879.— At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the
above-named Company, held this day, Dividend No. 10, of Fifty Cents per share,
was declared, payable on FRIDAY, December 12th, 1879, at the office in thiB city,
or at the Agency of the Nevada Bank of San Francisco, in New York.
WM. WILLIS, Secretary.
Office— Room No. 29, Nevada Block, No. 309 Montgomery street, San Francisco,
California. Dec. 6.
SONOMA VALLEY RAILROAD.
The Steamer "Sonoma" leaves Washington-street Wharf
daily (Sunday excepted) at 2 p.m., for Norfolk, connecting with cars for the
town of Sonoma and way stations, arriving 6 p.m.; returning, leaves Sonoma 7 a.m.,
arriving at San Francisco 11 a.m. For further particulars apply at General Office,
426 Montgomery street, or at Washington-street Wharf.
Dec. 6. JAMES M. DONAHUE, G. P. and T. Agent.
PROF. JOS. J0SSET,
Graduate of the University of Paris; Ex. Professor of De
la Mennais" Normal, France ; late of Point Lonia Seminary, San Diego. Pri-
vate Lessons in the French Language. Residence : Post street, between Powell and
Stockton, next to Red Men's Hall. At home from 12 to 2 P.M. Private Lessona
given at the residence of the pupil. Dec. 6.
UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN PATENT OFFICES.
C'W . 91. Smith, Conuselor aud Advocate In Patent Cases,
* 429 Montgomery street, San Francisco. Established 1862. Specialty : Patents,
Trade-Marks, Patent-Law. Sept. 20.
R. H. LLOYD,
Attorney-at-Law, Room 13, Nevada Block.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Dec. 6, 1879.
"The World," the Flesh, and the Devil.
[By a. Truthful Penman.]
The " Scotsman " says that Mr. John Allan, of Galashiels, a devoted
apiarian, had a young hive, the condition of which he wished to improve.
Owing to the bad season the skep did not contain enough of honey to keep
the bees over winter. Mr. Allan filled a fnmigator with burning fungi-
blind man's snuff is the popular name — and having secured the bees in-
side, inserted the pipe of the box, and blew in the fumes of the fungi.
In a short time the bees were unconscious, and were shaken out on to a
clean board. Full combs taken from another hive were then fixed in the
skep, and the still unconscious bees were returned to their now well plen-
ished house, and in a short time they were as lively as ever. ^— An En-
gagement Ring — A lot of match-making mammas.^— Dr. Tripe, public
analyst of the Hackney district, London, reports "that all the samples
of cocoa he examined, excpt one, were sold as mixtures of cocoa, arrow-
root and sugar, the exception being Cadbnry's Cocoa Essence, which was
genuine. The quantity of starch in the other samples varied between
sixty-seven and eighty per cent., so that, allowing for sugar, there was not
in some of them more than ten per cent, of cocoa. An article like this
was comparatively valueless as a food. — Mark Twain says of Love:
Love without money is something like leather boots without soles. -^— At
a dinner-party in St. Petersburg, at which- the Turkish Ambassador was
present, the conversation turned on the social morality of different na-
tions, and a young diplomatist rashly ventured a pleasantry on the sub-
ject of Turkish harems. The ire of the Ottoman representative was im-
mediately aroused, and he dumbfounded the company by a tirade against
Christian immorality in general. In conclusion he said, with a bluntness
which does not bear literal translation: " I have four wives, and I have
never paid attentions to any other females. Which of the company dares
tell me that his relations with the fair sex have been similarly restricted?"
Some rather noted Lovelaces who were present with their spouses felt a
little awkward.—— "With powder on her face and bullet-buttons on her
gown, the girl of the period is a dangerous character. -^In a letter to a
friend, a young lady states that she is not engaged, but she sees a cloud
above the horizon about as large as a man's hand. ^— It is becoming the
fashion, at distinguished weddings in Paris, for page-boys to be substi-
tuted for bridesmaids. They are all dressed alike, mostly in red or blue
velvet or satin, with silk stockings and gold buckles ; and, for their busi-
ness, have to attend on the bride, carry her prayer-book and bouquet,
support her train and veil, and generally be at her bidding all the day.
^^" Mother," said a little square-built urchin about five years old,
" why don't the teacher make me monitor sometimes? I can lick every
boy in my class but one."^— Justification. — Magistrate: "You are
charged with having emptied a basin of water over the plaintiff." Irish-
woman: " Shure, yer honner, ye must forgive me — in the dark I took the
gentleman for my husband!"^— If I buy a dog at the Lost Dogs' Home,
and pay for him, and get a formal receipt for my money, can the recog-
nized previous owner of that dog reclaim him on refunding the amount to
me ? A recent magisterial decision says not. As a purchaser of a valua-
ble dog at a nominal price, I would certainly concur with the magistrate;
but as the loser of a canine favorite I am afraid I should be found to
question the strict legality of the decision if I chanced to meet my poor
dog Tray walking about 'with somebody else. — Atlas in the TPoWd.— The
Chelsea philosopher says: Why should the most delightful of colors be
associated with so many disagreeable things ? We have Blue-Beard, blue
bottles, blue books, blue ruin, blue stockings, blue pills and blue devils.
—The Supreme Court has decided that the United States statute pro-
viding for the registry of trade-marks is unconstitutional, thus upsetting
an extensive system of mercantile rights at home and abroad. This de-
cision, however, does not leave trade-marks entirely unprotected, for the
right to them is recognized in common law.—— A Clarksville (Tenn.) cor-
respondent of the Louisville Courier- Journal reports an increasing mor-
tality among the negroes of that section, which he traces to consumption
brought on by high living and careless exposure after sweating through a
long evening in a revival meeting. It paid masters to look after the health
of their property in slavery days, but now there is no check upon their
dissipation and carelessness, and the negroes are dying more rapidly and
are more liable to disease, so that yellow fever seems to be almost as fa-
tal among them as among the whites. This correspondence also notices
that pound-cake and sweetmeats are ruining the white teeth for which ne-
groes have been so famous, as well as their digestion. Intemperance is
invariably the reaction from slavery, whether among southern blacks or
Russian serfs, but this correspondent is candid enough to admit that there
are industrious, thrifty negroes, and they are undoubtedly the salt that
will prove the salvation of the race in the ultimate survival of the fittest.
——A telephonic story of American life has just been repeated to me,
with an assurance of its truth. A proud grandmamma, who has only
just been promoted to the honors of that happy relationship, is awakened
in the dead of night by the inexorable bell. "Mamma, dear," comes
the frightened voice of her beloved but inexperienced daughter, "I'm
sure baby has the croup. What shall I do with it ? " Grandmamma re-
plies that she will call the family doctor, and be with her anxious daugh-
ter in a moment. She awakens the doctor and tells him the terrible news.
He in his turn requests to be put in telephonic communication with the
anxious mamma. "Lift the child to the telephone and let me hear it
cough," he commands. The child is lifted, and it coughs. "That's not
the croup," he declares ; and he declines to leave his house on such small
matters. He advises grandmamma also to stay in bed ; and all anxiety
quieted, the trio settle down happy for the night— Liverpool Mercury.—
There was quite an ornithological wedding at States ville, N. C, the other
day, Rev. Dr. Robin marrying Col. John Buzzard to Eleanor Crow.—
Governor Seymour will be seventy years old next May.
INSURANCE.
HUTCHINSON & MANN,
INSURANCE AGENCY,
No. 332 A 824 California Street, San Francisco, Cal.
Fire Insurance.
GIB ARD of Philadelphia.
HOME of Columbus.
NEW ORLEANS ASSOCIATION.*.
PEOPLES of Newark
REVERE
LA CAISSE GENERALE of Paris.
ST. PAUL Of St. Paul.
TEUTON] A of New Orleans.
BERLIN-COLOGNE of Berlin.
of Boston. | LA CONFI ANCE of Paris.
Marine Insurance.
PARIS UNDERWRITING ASSOCIATION of Paris.
LONDON AND PROVINCIAL MARINE INSURANCE CO of LoDdon.
Capital Represented $23,000,C00.
All Losses Equitably Adjusted and Promptly Paid,
HOME MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. OF CALIFORNIA.
Principal Office, 406 California Street, San Francisco.
Cash Assets, January 1, 1877, §&95,291 ; Liabilities, §5,952 ; Surplus for Policy
Holders, $5S9,339. J. F. Houg-hton, President ; L. L. Baker, Vice-President ;
Charles R. Story, Secretary. R. H. MAGILL, H. H. BIGELOW, General Agents.
Directors. — San Francisco — L. L. Baker, John H. Redington, J. F. Houghton,
R. B. Gray, Robert Watt, John Currey, L. L. Baker, W. F. Whittier, C. C. Butt, E.
M. Root, W. H. White, J. L. N. Shepard, W. M. Greenwood. George S. Mann, Cyrus
Wilson, W. T. Garratt, C. Waterhouse, A. P. Hotaling, A. Block, A. K. P. Harmon,
G. S. Johnson, W. O. Wilson, A. W. Bowman, H. L. Dodge, Charles R. Story. Ala-
meda County Branch — V. D. Moody, Chauncy Taylor, A. C. Henry, Robert S. Far-
relly, Joseph B. Marlin, W. B. Hardy, T. B. Simpson. San Diego — A. H. Wilcox.
Sacramento — Mark Hopkins, D. W. Earl, Julius Wetzlar, James Carolan. San Jose —
T. Ellard Beans, B. D. Murphy, A. Pfister, J. H. Dibble, J. S. Carter, Jackson Lewis,
Jacob Rich, John Auzerais, John Balbach. Stockton— H. H. Hewlett, Chas. fielding,
J. D. Peters, A. W. Simpson, H. M. Fanning. Marysville— -D. E. Knight. Grass
Valley— Wm. Watt, T. W. Sigourney. Portland, Oregot-— W. S. Ladd, C. H. Lewis,
P. Wasserman, B. Goldsmith, D. Macleay. Virginia City, Nevada— John GilHg, Isaac
L. Requa. March 17.
FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE.-UNION INS. CO. OF S. F.
The California X*IoycIs.-- -Established in 1861.— -Wos. 416 and
418 California street. Cash capital §750,000 in Gold. Assets exceed §1,000,000
Coin. Fair Rates ! Prompt Settlement of Loses ! ! Solid Security ! ! DIRECTORS.
—San Frascisco — J. Mora Moss, N. G. Kittle, M. J. O'Connor, R. S. Floyd, Mosea
Heller, Adam Grant, Daniel Meyer, AntoineBorel, Charles Kohler, E. L. Goldstein,
I. Lawrence Pool, A. Weill, Joseph Brandenstein, Charles Bauin, James Moffitt,
Benjamin Brewster, L. Cunningham, W. M. Hoag, Nicholas Luning, John Parrott,
L. A. Booth, Julius Baum, Myles D. Sweeney, Jas. M. Goewey, Edward Cad walader
Bartlett Doe, Gustave Touchard, J. H. Baird, J. G. Kittle, George C. Hickox, C. Du-
commun, Wm. Scholle, John Conly, Ig. Steinhart, W. B. Stone, J. O. Eldridge, A.
B. Phipps.
GUSTAVE TOUCHARD, President. N. G. KITTLE, Vice-PreBident.
Chari.es P. Haven, Secretary. Geo. T. Bqhes, Surveyor. Aug. 31.
THE STATE INVESTMENT AND INSURANCE CO.
liKK A\i) 1WAK!\K.
Clash Assets, $450,000.— Principal Office, 218 and 220 San-
j some street, San Francisco. Officers : — A. J. Bryant, President ; Richard
Ivers, Vice-President ; Charles H. Cusuing, Secretary ; H. H. Watson, Marine
Surveyor. Board of Directors : — Peter Donahue, Jamefl Irvine, C D. O'Sullivan,
A. Bocqueraz, R. Harrison, A. H. Rutherford, R. Bailey, E. W. Corbert, George O.
McMullin, A. J. Bryant, Frank M. Pixley, E Burke, H. H. Watson, Dr. C. F. Buckley,
P. J. White, E. M. Root, M. Mayblum, Richard Ivers, John Rosenfeld, Daniel
Callaghan. P. H. Russell, Sacramento. John G. Downey, Los Angeles. Wm.
Hood, SonomaCounty. H. W. Seale, Mayfield. Geo. Rutherford, San Jose. Feb. 16.
THE MARINE INSURANCE CO. OF LONDON, ENGLAND.
[ESTABLISHED 1836.]
Whole Amount of Jont Stock and Guaranteed Capital. .$5,000,000.
Whole Amount of Capital paid up 900,000.
Cash Assets December 31 , 1876 3,710,000.
The undersigned have been duly authorized to issue Policies at current rates on
Freight and Shipments to or from England, Europe, New York, Japan, China, Aus-
tralian Colonies, Sandwich Islands, and Northern Coast Ports. If desired, policies
made payable at port of termination.
WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO., Agents,
Aug. 10. 218 California street.
~ THE SWISS MARINE INS. COMPANIES COMBINED.
Switzerland, of Zurich, Capital 5,000,000 francs; Helvetia,
of St. Gall, Capita] 10,000,000 francs ; Baloise, of Basle, Capital 5,000,000 francs.
These three Companies are liable jointly and severally for all losses that may be sus-
tained. Losses made payable in all the principal seaports of the world. In the set-
tlement of all claims under an English policy, these Companies will strictly adhere to
the conditions and customs adopted at Lloyds, and submit to English jurisdiction.
June 9. HARRY W. SYZ, Agent, 225 Sansome St., S. F.
NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL LIFE INSUR. CO. OF BOSTON.
Has transacted the business of Life Insurance for nearly
thirty-five years. Its assets amount to over Fourteen Million Dollars. The
law of Massachusetts makes all its Policies nonforfeitable. It is a Purely Mutual Com-
pany, dividing every cent of surplus among Policy-holders. This is the Only Com-
pany on the PacifieCoast governed by the Massachusetts Lapse Law. This company
has comn'ied with the new Insurance Laws of California.
WALLACE EVERSON, General Agent.
Sept. 22.] " 328 Montgomery street.
BRITISH AMD FOREIGN MARINE INS. CO. OF LIVERPOOL.
L lanital $5,000,000 Agents:
J 316 California street, San Francisco.
Balfonr, Guthrie &. Co., No.
Nov. 18.
AGGREGATE ASSETS, $38,789,065.
Imperial Fire Insurance Co. , of London Instituted 1803.
London Assurance Corporation, of London
Established by Royal Charter 1720.
Northern Assurance Corporation, of London Established 1836.
Queen Insurance Company, of Liverpool Established 1857.
A JOINT POLICY ISSUED BY THE FOUR COMPANIES.
ROBERT DICKSON, Manager.
W. X,ANM BOOKER, Agent and Attorney.
S17 CALIFORNIA STREET, S. F. [Oct. 11.
Deo. 6, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
Recorded In the City and County of San Franciaco. California, for
Uio Week ending December let
if"-" rr l r Ijwey.lftl California -
Tuesday. November 85th.
eiUXTOK and arahtkb.
R K ItnwItDtl toThotna. Putteo..
00 to Mirks T
Mary A Church to J II Church
CM« Land to M K \V lllckoi
A MorKaolhal to Win A N.r£h
Nancy Gallashcr to Joanna Trssicr
A J Lc Breton to E J Lc Breton. .
Holds to Ollrar
Ut-nry Buckho!x to eliniile Wcgner
0 0 Bnnictt to W 11 Sentmry
U EOsbornloGO Burnett ".
A Drayeor to P B Berges .
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It ItllJ. No>
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. ii i .;.«, on\, n
in Ne«v 'i.'xr...
n K «t, niMHO, Ont-
side Lai
Hello Ruche Cltjr, anil
n Map i
Jackson snd Fillmore, n IS7:8, o 10S:
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N" V.i jo, ...... Hjde. a »5llS7:6
malty Monuii. and lots
13 and : I ::. m Baley Purchase ....
•i ii « Fillmore, -iSxlis
D SHcratncnto. 90;ti w Fillmore,
HD6
Se Market, 37SSW 3d, 83x100
Wednesday. November 26th.
Horace KJIhnm to Michael Loltns
Anne Finck to Martin Lammers . .
Sampson Tame to Sol Heytlenfelt.
Pierre B Berges to D Cazeanx
n Eilham to Michael A Dotan
A T Fletcher to Cath D Fletcher. .
J Schneider to Peter Denner
Sol Ueydenfeldl to P W Cohen
P W Cohen to Pert Reis
La Societe Francaise to S F Hiller
w San Jose are, 67:8 ne Dav. w Sl:6, n
», ' i'l .'i. e -27:1 1 torom II A 89
S\v union ;nid Montgomery, a 26:3x70—
Ne Stockton and Pacific, n lti:9, c 50, n
lfi, e is, 9 ,")2:9. w 68 to commencement
and subject lo ttorts f 1,500 .
S Jackson. 7S:10 e Stockton, e 61:4x70:0
in 50-varas 5!) and7ii
Se Dolores and 29th, e 75x26
N Pine, 137:0 e Jones, e 37:0x137:6
Siv Raascb, 135 nw Folsom, 50x113
Undiv half, se Irwin, 375 ne 7th, ne 275
x 240, South Beach blk 32
Same
VV Kearny, 4S:6 s Broadway, e 89, w etc
to com; also nw cor Kearny & Broad-
way, n 03x75
* 275
2,000
8,000
10
420
Gift
6,448
5
5,000
39,000
Friday, November 28th
Jas McCoy to Maria C de Laveaga
B R Grimm to E L BillingB
Mary Lyons to Patk Malloy
Win Scholle et al to Edward Hall.
Cbas P Masaey Jr to B A Wiener.
Elisa Mury to Louise Mttry
Chris Kerrins to ChaB Bofran
J Williams to Frances C Howard.
PBNaglc toLGotti;;
Win F Hobrick to F Staud et al . .
Sw Spear, 183:4 se Market, se 45:10x137:
6-B & W 002
S Sacramento, 40 w Stockton, w 20x40.
Sw Bryant ave, 200 nw Bryant st, nw 25
xSO— 100-V293
E cor 7th and Market, ne 125x165
NPost, 197 e Fillmore, e 26x137:6
N Page, 1G5 w Franklin, w 51:6xl20-W
Ahlkl42
Se Folsom, 137:6 ne 11th, 53x150
W Vermont, 100 s Tolo, b 25x100
S Pacific, 155 c Webster, e 30x117
Lot 5, blk 220, Golden City Hd; also stm-
dry lots in Silver Terrace Hd
15,000
1,484
2,400
110000
3,000
2,000
10
650
3,941
1,500
Saturday, November 29th.
8 Warbnrton to E K Knight
H P Wakelee to Cbas W Randall.
Jno Roach to Elizth G Welsh
J D Farnsworlh to Aug Schmitt.
Mary P Ledesma to Julie Bralon. .
Same to same
A Kronberg to Marcus Rosenthal.
Michl Welch to City & County S F
W A Aldrich to same
Jas McDonongh to same. ,
Peter Dean to same
Patk Ctimmings to same
Jno Mulcahy to Peter Dean
M Mauseau to E M E Matiseau
Elizth Jamieson to M B JamieBon.
N Greenwich, 66 e Steiner, e 71:5, n 120
w 59:2, s to com— sabj to mortg $1,300
N Ellis, 175 w Taylor, 25x137:6
Se Bryant, 125 sw Zoe. bw 50x80
W Buchanan, 47:6 9 Sntter, b 22:6x87:6--
W A blk 275
S Sacramento, 67 w Dupont, 22:2x68:9—
50-v 134
S Pacific, 76:10 w Stockton, 21:3x72:10. .
Sundry lots Outside Lands
E Adams, 125 s Precita ave, n 17, e 78, 8
w 81 to commencement
E Old San Jose Road, 292:1 8 26th, n 44:
l,e 130. s50:l to com
S Precita ave, 240 w Cal av, etc, P V 237
E Cala ave, 24 9 Precita, b 23, e 56, ne
100, n 22, w 164:1 to commencement..
|E Folsom, 316:9 n Precita Place, n 8:11,
e 100, s 13, sw 100:1 to com
E Cala ave, 26 s Precita ave. 8 25:3, e 154
n 26:7 w 113:10 to beginning
All prpperty of whatsoever nature and
wheresoever the same is or may be lo-
cated in the World
S O'Farrell, 137:6 e Mason, e 37:6, 8 67:6
F 20, 8 40, w etc to com
$1,750
11,000
1,594
4,000
Gift
Gilt
200
600
10
1,200
850
1,200
Gift
Gift
Monday, December 1st.
Jas Mofflt et al to Francis Blake,.
Cain Yuen to Yee Sue Kwai
Jae M Ellis to Felix Stewart...
City and County S F to A W Stone
N Greene Curtis to Sarah Ayers. .
Lau Hill Cem Aasn to F Clancy.. .
Michl Loi'tis to Jno Gillogley
Wm Cronan to Wm S Lawton
Jno T JeftVesa to same ,
Helena Gumpel to J M Green..
Tho8 Wilkinson to D P Quinlan..
Jereh Sheehy to E A Williams
8 L Feasley to Sarah E Palmer
Daniel T Mitchell to A Bereling. .
Elijah Case to EG Chase
L Godchaux to J A Albertson
Jos O'Keel'e to Save and Loan Soc
J P Finnall to same
W Diamond, 190 s 19th, 8 55x125, s 18th,
75 e Howard, e 25x75
W Prospect Place, 82:6 3 Clay, a 25x56
50-v 100
Lot 8 blk 104, University Hd
N Bush, 177 w Polk, w 1 x 120
Lot 42, blk 227 Gardenville Hd
Lot 2290
N Valley, 203 e Dolores, e 25:8114— Har-
per'3 Addition blk 37
Nw Clay and Devisdo, n 27:10x120— W
Ablk498
Same
W Leavenworth, 137.6 n Cal, w 137:6 x
s 56:3— 50-v and n Hunt 255 e 3d, nw
110 x ne 20-100-v 33
N Tyler, 110 e Scott, e 21x120
WNoe, 101:6 n 23d, n 25x105
N Liberty, 105 w Church, w 100x114 sub-
ject to mortgage $500
N 19th, 105, w Sanchez, w 25xll4-Mie-
Bion Block 106
Lots 23, 24, blk 290 O'Nei land Haley
Tract
W Powell, 115:6 n Ellis. 22x93:5
Sw 3d, 137:6 nw 68.9x275
Lot No 26 South Park
$1,338
2,200
600
75
100
43
3,400
5
5,000
175
25
600
1,000
13,000
10,000
1,500
• 150
400
Gift
3.500
J, 500
1,500
5,250
ASSESSMENT NOTICE
I > 111 II Mil V|.l. I HIT I .Mill. .,, > ..IfM-Alll
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'i tho C.r.. l.1t<Ur of \t
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Principal I'liwr of
that it a nir-rlmw ..{ tin-
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I -ii « I I'NKSn.VY. tilt.
uriii ami ulrortiaod for «lo at public
i on WEDNB8DAY, the
illrtit. to-
i of Ml* H\ order of the Board of
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STOCK DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Offlro of the I. llo mu.t ninliiic Company, Room 7. Safe
i ilUornta, Ootober
•.'l*r. IS7l> At , tho nbove-nal I Company,
'"'M "" » ,t declared, payable Immo-
iliately, out of th ,„,-. All Stockholders aro re-
quested to send their SU otthi my before November 21th, 18T9,
and reoelVQ the amdend das ihi
Mov- 0- __ _ PAHIIISH. Secretary.
A MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS FOR SALE,
C1oiii|>rislnu Vlewa ol I'nlFilliir, Bgypt, Rome nnd other
j parteol the World. Tho Colleetion mfl mada in :> rantleman, for many years
i\ resident of Europe and Asia, o m . i^nM-of over »3 ooo. It comprises about 600
views in perfect oondltlon, having suitable l'..rlfi0ii-s, Alliums, etc., together with
a very large and powerful Magnifying olass. Will bo Sold aa an entirety.
SNOW & CO.,
Nov. 15. (Successors to Snow & May), 20 Post street.
PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
Steamer* of this Company will anil from Broadway Wharf
for PORTLANK, Oregon), every 5 .lavs, direct, and for LOS ANGELES, SANTA
BARBARA, SANTA CRUZ, SAN HI Km l, SAN LUIS OBISPO and other NORTH-
ERN and SOUTHERN COAST PORTS, leaving SAN FRANCISCO about every
third day.
For Day and Hour of Sailing, see tho Company's Advertisement in the Sau Fran-
cisco Daily Papers.
Ticket Office, No. 214 Montgomery Street, near Pine.
GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Agents,
March 15. No. 10 Market street.
BRITISH BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OfIalT^
Attendance, daily, from lo a.m. to 1 p.m., by tbe nnder*
signed, to receive subscriptions and donations, and to furnish all information
relating to the Society. J. P. McCURRIE, Secretary,
Oct. 23. 730 Montgomery street.
GEO. STREET, Agent Ketcs Letter, 30 Cornhill, E. C, Zo»doH.
IN CONSEQUENCE OF SPURIOUS IMITATIONS OF
LEA A l* 3:kiu x .v SAUCE, wbicb are ealcalated to deceive
the public. Lea and Pen-ins have adopted A NEW LABEL, bearing- their sig-
nature, " LEA & PERKINS," which is placed on every bottle of WORCESTERSHIRE
SAUCE, and without which none isgenuine.
Ask for LEA & PERRINS' Sauce, and see name on wrapper, label, bottle and Btop-
per. Wholesale and for export by the proprietors, Worcester ; Crosse & Blackwell,
London, etc., etc., and by grocers and oilmen throughout the world. To be obtained of
Nov. 16. MESSRS. CROSS & CO., San Francieco.
ROWLAND'S
MACASSAR OIL strengthens the Hair and prevents it falling offi. The bobMafl
have a glass stopper, and not a cork.
IT A TiYDQR beautifies the Complexion and eradicates Freckles, Tan, Prickly Heat,
Eruptions, efc.
ODONTO whitens the Teeth, prevents and arrests decay, and gives a pleasing
fragrance to the breath.
ETJKONIA is a new and delicate toilet powder.
Ask for ROWLAND'S articles, of 20, Hatton Garden, London, and avoid cheap
imitations. Sold bv Druggists, Razaars, etc., all over the world. May 3.
Asthma, and difficult breathing1 arising- from affections of
the Respiratory Organs, promptly relieved and paroxysms averted by
Datura Tatnla Inhalations, for which purpose the plant ia prepared in
ail the usual forms for smoking, and also as pastilles and powder for burning
jii a place or censer. In
Asthma and Aualajrons" Diseases the superior efficacy of this plant,
prepared as above mentioned, has been for the last 40 years recognized by the
Medical Profession and the_publie in all parts of tbjn world. Prepared only by
Savory A Moore. 143, New Bond-street. Testimonials accompanying each
box of Cigarettes, Cigars and Pastilles. Tins, in the economical form of tobacco,
and also in powder for burning, from 2s. 6d. to 21s. Of chemists, etc., everywhere.
[Juue 21.]
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTKACT OF MEAT.
Inest and Cheapest SEeat- flavoring- Stock for Sonps, Mado
F
Dishes and Sauces.
March 2.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTEACT OF MEAT
[s a success and boon for which Nations should feel grate-
ful. See " Medical Press," " Lancet," '* British Medical Journal," etc.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
Caution— Gen nine only with fac-simile of Baron Lieblg's
Signature, in blue ink, across Label. "Consumption in England increased ten-
fold in ten years." March 2.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
To be had of all Store-beepers, Grocers and Chemists. Sole
Agents for the United StateB (wholesale only), 0. David & Co., 43, Mark Lane,
Loudon, England. March 2.
CHARLES LANGLEY & CO.,
Wholesale Druggists,
Importers of Pare English, French and German Draffs,
PATENT MEDICINES, Em,
100 and 102 FROIJT STREET,
San Francisco.
[Sept. 8.
8
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Dec. 6, 1879.
THE NEW BROOMS.
It is proverbial that new brooms Bweep clean. The City Hall is al-
most full of new brooms just now. They will no doubt be as effective as
was Mrs. Partington when trundling her mop in a small puddle, but we
fear that some of them will be as impotent as she was against the rising
ocean tide of corruption. Of the new Supervisors we are not able to
speak fully. "Whitney we know, and Stetson and Litchfield, and perhaps
two or three others, and believe them to be above the average in point of
competency. How the majority, that nearly always is tempted to form a
ring of seven, will act is a matter that' excites some curiosity. We ate
not on the inside and do not pretend to speak with authority, yet we
think hazard but little when we say that there will be a ring as usual, and
that the critics will be the members who are not in it. It will, however,
by no meanB follow that they are the only honest men in the Board. Hon-
esty in talking is cheap ; in those who have to do it is another matter,
which we do not despair of obtaining from the present Board. Of the
Mayor we have spoken at length in another column. Of the District
Attorney, from whom the public expect great things, we spoke two or
three weeks ago. He promises to make an officer of more than average
efficiency. He has surrounded himself with most able assistants. Of
the City and County Attorney we know but little, and that little is not
calculated to impress us with his ability to successfully conduct the litiga-
tion in which the city is engaged. The Treasurer is a plain, unassuming,
business man, whose integrity stands high. His qualifications for the
office are not above criticism, but what he lacks are fully found in his
chief deputy, ex-State Senator Donovan, whose capability and honesty are
beyond question. J. P. Dunn bids fair to make a reasdnably good Aud-
itor. Stuart, for County Clerk, is beyond reproach. Alexander Bad-
lam's election for a third term is the best evidence that the people think
him a capable Assessor. Patterson, the Superinrendent of Streets, be-
gins well, and those who know him predict that he will continue to do
well. Of Dietrich, the Recorder, we know scarcely anything. He fol-
lows so capable an officer, in the person of Stuart M. Taylor, that it will
be a marvel, if he gives entire satisfaction. It will be our duty to keep
our weather-eye, and criticize the new brooms from, time to time as they
may deserve.
THP NEW STATE PRISON MANAGERS.
The new Constitution intrusts the management of the State Prison
to a Board of Managers, who are soon to be appointed by Governor Per-
kins. The selections will need great care. The appointees ought to be
men of enlarged and philanthropic mind, who do not see in every prisoner
a confirmed rascal, for whom there is no future, and no possibility of re-
form. 1^ other countries they have carried the principles of prison im-
provement to great lengths. Sir William Crofton may be said to be the
father of the system. The prisoners are taken step by step from their re-
ception until their discharge. Every step is along a march that tends to
final improvement. A condition of solitary confinement is the begin-
ning, a period of solitary confinement with light labor follows, then the
prisoner iR allowed to associate with his fellows, and a trade, to which he
appears adapted, is taught him, and, finally, before his term ends he is
allowed to visit the nearest village, a little money is given him, and he is
put upon the world for a short time, in order to test his capacity of self-
control. When he leaves for good, money sufficient for a'start in life is
furnished him. The percentage of reforms under this system is mar-
velous, and ought to set our prison reformers thinking. There is a fine
field of usefulness open to them. We know not who the candidates are
for positions on the Board of Management. We have heard two admira-
ble names mentioned, but it is very questionable whether their other en-
gagements would permit them to accept the trust. A. S. Hallidie, who
for so long a period has ably filled the position of President of the Me-
chanics' Institute, is a competent gentleman, who, it is stated, could re-
ceive the office if he would accept it. His acquaintance with the me-
chanic arts would be useful, while the knowledge picked up during recent
travels would stand him in good stead. Ex-Judge E. D. Sawyer is too
actively engaged at the Bar to make the position a desirable one to him.
Still, if he could be induced to take it, he would be the right man in the
right place. No more genuine lover of his race, and no more philan-
thropic gentleman exists in our midst. This is a case in which the office
should seek the man, and not the man the office. We believe it will.
CHIEF CROWLEY AND THE POLICE.
We are glad to welcome Patrick Crowley to the head of the Police
Department again. The retiring Chief meant well, but he was not firm
enough nor strong enough for the place, and his fellow Commissioners evi-
dently had found out the fact, as they unanimously voted for his suc-
cessor. Mr. Crowley filled the office for two terms, and proved himself a
remarkably efficient officer. He will be the Chief in fact as well as in
name. We know how difficult it will be for him to regain thorough con-
trol of the upper office. One Captain has been credited with being the
Chief de facto, though not de jure. More people than are to be found in
the Workingmen's Party will be glad to see proper subordination main-
tained in that respect. Counsellor Clarke has been reappointed to the
onerous position he has long held, and we are glad of it. The Counsellor
is but human, and he is not altogether without enemies ; but, take him all
in all, it would be difficult to replace him with advantage. His knowl-
wse j Department is unsurpassed, and his experience is invaluable.
We judge from the new Mayor's remarks that he means to have some-
thing to do about the management of the police. If the present Commission-
ers are to retain office it is difficult to see what the Mayor can do, especially
as his friends are not in a majority in the Legislature. The present
Commission is an admirable one. Than R. J. Tobin, ex-Mayor Alvord
and Captain Hammond better men could not be found. Yet we fear
there is a section m the new Coustitution which may be to them one of
evil omen. It provides that the city and county may make all necessary
regulations tor the management of the police, and that the Legislature
Bhall not create any ' special commission to perform any municipal func-
tions whatever. If the Supervisors after July next may make the neces-
sary police regulations, they may reappoint the present Commission, and
certainly they could not do a better or a more popular thing.
He is a brave candidate who refuses to run when he knows the
chances are against him.
Grand Chiistmas Number of the News Letter.
MRS. SMALLMANS SCRIBE.
That evil eye of Amelia's has got many a fellow into trouble before
now. We had supposed that it was about to take a rest for a while.
When persons are convicted of felony, and are sentenced to State Prison,
they usually go there. But it seems they have better use for her in the
County Jail, where she and Smallman occupy comfortable but separate
apartments. She is doing mighty well, considering that twelve men
have found her guilty of felony and a most righteous judge has sentenced her
for a period of years to the Penitentiary. That irresistible eye still stands
her in good service. With it she conquers even in a jail. She has won
all male hearts there, but she needed a scribe, and has succeeded in find-
ing one that just suits her fancy — indeed, she affects to believe that he is
her affinity. They met, and rejoiced in their mutual acquaintance. Her
name and calling is well known. His are both among the obscurities of
our city. We hasten to announce them. He is called Bassett, and his
occupation is that of a writer* He contributes to a weekly sheet that
might as well be published out on the Farallones for anything our
readers know about it. It is called the Golden Era, and what its charac-
teristics are may perhaps be best understood from the fact that it is
Amelia Smallman's organ. Free things in general, and certainly very
free subscribers, are about all of its stock in trade with which we are ac-
quainted. It has been in a decline for some time, and when we last saw
it, a week ago, it had all the appearances of an early dissolution. Well,
Bassett and Amelia recently entered into a treaty, offensive and defen-
sive. What she, on her part, was to do, we may imagine, but do not
know. His part of the bargain was plain enough. He was to stick to
her until he proved her to be as innocent as a sucking dove. He says his
only desire was to help "a friendless woman," and to do that he had engaged
with himself, and with her, to endure to the end, and finally live to write
the obituaries of certain Bonanza Princes. ******
Quickly there came a marvelous change o'er the spirit of his dream!
He lived, but for a very different purpose. He endured just long enough
to drop Amelia's case like a hot potato, and he lived to make the open and
shameless confession that he had accepted a bribe, and from the very
Bonanza Prince whose alleged wrong he was to denounce, and whose
obituary he was to publish in dark colors. He tells his own version with
the shamelessness of an unconscionable trader in doubtful wares. He ad-
mits that he accepted five hundred dollars, and then ceased to defend
the "friendless woman," and thought no more of writing the rich man's
obituary, but preferred to live for the better purpose of extolling his good
deeds. But, in a short time, Bassett said the agreement was to receive
two hundred dollars more. As the party of the other part did not see it in
that light, Bassett was dismissed to carry out his threat to "resume the dis
cussion of the Smallman affair." That is his own story. We believe the
true version to be a very different one. But take it as he tells it, and
even then it stands forth as the most shameless confession we ever knew
to emanate from a person claiming to be a journalist. He was to abandon
the " friendless woman," he was to fail to "denounce wrong," as he
claimed it to be, enduring to the end what proved to be all moonshine,
and, when he could not get money a second time, he went back upon the
man whose money he had accepted, and failed to give the consideration
for which he alleges he was paid. Get thee gone, Bassett! Thou stinketh!
SPEED THE PARTING GUESTS.
The city has just parted with a number of officials, several of whom
will be greatly missed, whilst others can very well be spared. Among
the former is ex-Mayor Bryant. He has filled two terms most accept-
ably. Numerous duties have been thrust upon him — indeed, they were
altogether too numerous to be pleasant. He has been Mayor, City Hall
Commissioner, for a long time Police Commissioner, Water Supply Com-
missioner, a member of the Registration Board, and heaven only knows
how many more public offices he held. He has left office with a record
that is unsurpassed, and we believe unequaled, if the amount of work is
duly considered. The Bulletin has indulged in its usual system of lying
by inuendo, but it has been defied and defeated. Its suspicions have been
proved to be ill-founded, and it stands to-day before the citizens of San
Francisco as a vituperating Journal, whose allegations have been clearly
disproven, without inducing that reparation for its errors which all honest
men freely and cheerfully accord to those whom they have injured. Ex-
Mayor Bryant's valedictory was an able document, that thoroughly-
proved the efficiency and economy of his administration. Of the majority
of the Supervisors who have retired we can say but little that is good.
There are exceptions, of course ; but the nine men who made that corrupt
bargain with Atcheson will yet have to be dragged to the light of day.
We know them, and mean to name them ere long. They are rascally
thieves, who should be pilloried as such. Of the retiring officers, a good
word may be said for the ex-County Clerk, Thomas H. Reynolds ; for Mr.
Humphreys, who has long proven himself a most efficient City and Coun-
ty Surveyor, and for Mr. Burnett, the retiring City and County Attor-
ney. Mr. Colin M. Boyd made an admirable Auditor during the short
time he served in that office, and it is to be regretted that he was not
elected to the position. He ran far ahead of his ticket, and under more
favorable auspiceB his election would have been beyond a peradventure.
But he has made a name that will yet stand him in good stead. Few
more popular men are to day in public life.
The Health of the City. — There has been a very considerable im-
provement in the public health during the last four weeks, especially as
compared with the la3t two weeks of October. Although the total mor-
tality average 82 per week, there has been a steady decrease of zymotic
diseases, which have declined from 18 to 10. As compared with October,
the mortality under 1 year is reduced one-half, viz., from 30 deaths per
week to 15. It is to be anticipated that the late heavy rains have cleansed
the sewers, and that zymotics will decline still more. Some scarlatina
exists, and 2 deaths from it have been registered this week.
The following is an extract from a private letter to the News Letter,
Nov. 15, 1879, regarding the electric light now introduced into the Lon-
don Times office: " Within the last few days the electric light has been in-
troduced into the 'making-up room,' a large apartment on the ground
floor of the east side of the quadrangle in Printing House-square. The
illuminating-power is most effective, 'artificial daylight' being shed over
the whole interior. The electric light has for some time past been in
operation in the machine department of the establishment."
. 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
THE TOWN CRIER.
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vo. lb. I will [>Uj lb* d.wtl, «| -Mh ion."
•Mnlnii.1,.., .feu
wotch tude him «row bolder And bolder '
:•
Even the practiced eye and maaaiva brain of a '« Peter Funk
Such aa ip>ii>i < ■' bap| ened at the
ra>o> auctn.n uf ml painting. I \ Mi ,-.... Hamilton, lliuih et al., held ,„,
acted by the crowd
»n old-time »i-ri. who is aware . f the > anon, ck.lge.., »tr«.ile.i into the
p lantnrilii. II, m neogniied by 01 f
re, wh.< a.-k. .1 him I . picturea, etc, to give the
•ale a t.nniiie apiwarance. The 6ral lot put op was a magnificent
?,*££" ,;>'H»n"l>"' I'l for which thi ...ii.t had previously refnaed
Cl.ouu. An an additional attraction, -.v or seven fine gilt photograph
frames were thrown int.. the lot The bidding lagged till, at a wink from
the iron jawed lur.. ..n the ..|H, e Btool, ..nr frien.l suggested 13. No one
raised it, s... t.. keej. up the sale, the auctioneer allocked down the lot
w hat name • aaked the auctioneer, expecting;, of course, the Smith or
Brown usual in such cases. "Cash. And hereil rant money I" fairly
the sport, who paid his coin and actually walked off with the lot
■•fore any one could stop him. A stu.lv of that auctioneers face, in oil,
would bring a fortuue to any of the artists whose (presumed) works were
on sale.
Thursday's " Bulletin" had two thrilling stories of battles with rats.
Une of these beasts of prey bit an e»te.u,ed physician of this citv and died
8i«.n after, while the other succumbed after a spirited encounter with a
crockery shop, having ruined wares to the value of S69 75. The 7Wn
trier has had his own experiences in the imminent, deadly breach with
these vermin. One of them took him by the whisker one night, lu^-ed
hirn out of Wd, carried him to a Spiritualist meeting and exhibited °him
as Katie King. On another occasion, as he returned home from a con-
vivial surprise party, he was stopped at the corner by three full-grown
rati and forced to sit down on a door-step, where two of them held him
while the third, reaching up to his mouth, aspired the fumes of Heidsick.
I bey took turns at this entertainment till they all got extremely high
and the T. C. was completely sobered, when he went home and jotted
down the facta.
Man is a curious animal. Here is Beecher, who outraged public de-
cency and the most Bimple rules of cleanly living for two years, at least
in a noisy, obstreperous fashion, so that nobody could pretend not to know
it | and the public left decency and cleanliness, which can do nothin" to
protect themselves, to get along as they could, and talked Beecher, and
wrote Beecher, and ran to hear Beecher, paying money for the fun. Now
this same nuisance, at his wits' end for a sensation to give his people gets
into his pulpit and blackguards the God that made him ; and the public
cry out to suppress him. Patience, good public ; God can protect Him-
self. So much heat is needless. Go quietly about your business, if you
have any ; try to be less like Beecher yourself, and stop reading those
nasty papers you take home on Sunday to edify your family with.
The N. Y. "Tribune" publishes a column of chatter by G. W.
Smalley, all to show what a thunderbolt of war Gen. Hooker was, and
how nothing but the interposition of Fate prevented his eating Lee and
his army for an early dinner, and how grimly he drove in Lee's skir-
mishers, the terrible man 1 Presumably this kind of thing delights the
readers of the Tribune, and it gives one a singular opinion of them to
think so. Gen. Hooker was a brave soldier, but vain and pompous and
wholly unfit to command an army ; and the Tribune should set its
Snialleys to work, and refrain from gulps and spasms of ecstasy over the
" grimnesB " and "energy "and "splendid confidence " of a man, whom
all the writing of all newspapers cannot make a hero of.
A dispatch from Silver City says that idle men abound in that region.
At a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, it was unanimously resolved
to ask Silver City to send down a few, so that we might see them. The
Mechanics' Pavilion will be hired to exhibit them in ; admission 50 cents.
The great disadvantage of a life in California is that our children grow up
m total ignorance of the want and destitution unhapily prevalent in other
communities. The sight of a few poor men will give the luxury, de-
scribed by Lucretius, of contemplating evils from which they themselves
are free ; and this will highten their moral elevation above the rest of
mankind.
There is a feeling of suppressed indignation among the New Eng-
enders of the city at the announcement in last Sunday's Call that Fore-
father's Day is to occur on the 31st December this year, and they want to
know if this is the way things are to work under the new Constitution.
The wit of the N. E. Society says that the Call is excusable because,
never having had a father of its own, it can't be supposed to know very
much of forefathers in any direction ; but the Society thinks the state-
ment rough on Plymouth Rock, and means to have revenge.
The joke, last week, about Roland Reed's nose, turns out to be more
serious than at first anticipated. He was a corporal, during the war, in
the_3d Illinois Infantry, and at Shiloh was struck by a splinter of a shell,
which necessitated the amputation of the naves, and left him disfigured
for life. As it is generally known that the organ he now wears is an arti-
ficial one, and all comments regarding it are a source of pain to him, we
have only to say that we regret that in a thoughtless moment allusion
should have been made to Mr. Reed's nose in this column.
It is with extreme regret that we observe the foolhardy persistence
or M. De Lessepa in his Panama Canal scheme. He seems to have all
the money he wants, and to know something about cutting isthmuses;
but, if he seriously goes on with the work, he will certainly offend some
of the editors in this country, and God knows what may happen. We
shall mail to him a marked copy of to-day's News Letter, and we sol-
emnly bid him remember that Ceesar, when he crossed the Rubicon,
rushed upon his fate. There is yet time to withdraw!
A most enjoyable surprise-party was tendered to Miss Shinkins,
1684 De Boom street, on Monday last, by her numerous friends. Dancing
was begun in the street, contiuued through the passage-way and down the
back-stairs, to the music of a most recherche band. The surprise of every-
body was extreme at finding everybody else in full fig and ready for the
agony. For particulars see small bills in any Tuesday's Call,
.r Ml* V i I '". • >•■""*• 'l"V '—towing. aiUi.ll wild;
;1urt;,lJ imbia, write, and prinU thi. delicious
" ''■ ' "hen the fruit, are red,
n,, A'"1'1 itUr crisply down,
"" r' M' y untain 1
<ho ivy flam. ,1 ||,„ oak . |mlc hmwn."
W.. should like to git. the ..tl„r three .Liny, bot the compo«iW»
Bead q ,„, .„!,,, . , „,n, u,,. n„„,nUin> „,„ h. nMU0, In,,r„nt.|y ,lt thobare
The telegraph is indignant «iih the, Methodi.t nflerioaaiy Boeletj
"I'"'1' :'11"' ' J work, and allow, only 1700 of
""- *,,J mi "f the Far West. There la ■ mta-
•'\Vh' 1 1 any principle is accepted by the pie
it is that a man si icy j. hi. own. ami to whom should Methodist
money bo tat to Methodi.t.! The Indian, of the Far West are irary
poor Methodists, if we remember rightly, and there is no record of
their ,-,.,, t, ■,!„, t,„g anything beyond an occasional dmnk to the cause
ot Christianity. We don t see where tho indignation comes in.
A relentless thinker in the I-.. Angeles Herald says that we must
have Mexico because 'there is an irrepressible conflict between eivilixa-
Hon and the forces which point backward. Inactivity means the dry rot
and decay; and besides, it is better to fight Mexico than to fight among
ourselves, as we shall have to do." It's a little mixed, but one thing is
clear— our friend of the Angels thinks too hard. He must have had a gi-
gantic intellect when he began life, but all Mexico could not cure him
now. That dry rot fetched him.
A. gentleman, with a name six syllables long, has just patented a
safety pocket, but before the public rushes to buy the article it might
be as well to try our pocket, which is not patented, but freely offered
for inspection as the safest ever known or heard of. We have never lost
anything out of it, and it's proof against wear and tear. When the rest
of the garment comes to resemble a disembodied spirit, that wears the
bloom of early youth. It's safer than tho bank and temptation stands
abashed before it.
Her R. H. Winnemucca, and her princely brother, H. R. H.
Natchez, have expressed this week, in mingled Winnemucca and EngliBhj
their loathing and contempt for the Chinese. Natchez felt so strongly on
the subject that he had to be supported by two men before be could get
out the epithets he had prepared for the Mongolian slaves. At the same
time we are authorized to declare that his engagement as editor-in-chief
of the Morning Call has been prematurely announced.
A ninny, who is very patriotic, suggests that the Quakers, with all
their horror of bloodshed, support Grant because they think he made
quakers of the rebels. We are happy to say that when tbis atrocious pun
had fairly spred its wings upon the ambient air, that young gentleman
thought there was an earthquake in the neighborhood ; and we have not
yet found his corpse.
The " expert " business has been reduced to a science in New York,
and pays almost as well as swearing in court. The future of this science
is unlimited, and fairly takes away one's breath. Think of exDerts in
Alta editorials, in Call " Letters from the People," in Sand-lot rhetoric,
in the Second-street cut, in Limburger, in sourkrout, in EHis street gas
lamps, in examination questions, in Supervisors' oaths !
A celebrated lawyer in this city was recently presented with a
cameo ring, on the face of which was a bas-relief of Shakespeare's head.
The recipient responded very gracefully, and said that, although he would
iu future wear the immortal dramatist on his finger, he hoped he would
not be, in consequence, " Bard of Avon " any fun. Pull out your smell-
ing salts 1
Chenowith, the Oakland pedestrian, is far behind in the walking
match at Virginia City. He is threatened with pneumonia. The effect
of that great elevation on the system is very curious. If Chenowith bad
been a tenor he would have been taken with a sprain in the hind leg the
organs of gab and go being united by the closest sympathy.
The Santa Rosa Times reports that, on Sunday last, the Russian
River raised three feet, but it does not say why. It might have been
thought that one foot was enough to raise, or that at most two would suf-
fice; but the Russian River evidently considered that the grammar of the
Times called for a threefold kicking.
A late number of the Gardeno^s Magazine has a long, superfluous
article on the art of " Making a Rustic Box." It's just as easy as wink-
ing. Stand in front of the rustic, and give him one, two, on his nob. A
friend, who has tried, says it's infallible, but he don't recommend it.
Nevada City calls for a chain-gang for the benefit of tramps, and
everybody applauds. Any tramp who is content to waste his time at
Nevada when he might be in San Francisco reforming society ought to be
put in chains.
The vocal solo given at a literary entertainment last Tuesday, "Some-
body's Coming when the Dew-drops Fall," was most disagreeably cut
short by the vulgar remark from one of the guests : " You bet 1 The old
buffer weighs more than two hundred."
The ex-President of the Board of Education says that one " can't
make the turns on Utah stocks like he can on the Comstock." Which it
is a wonder that he left the Board; for whom, think you, a more senseless
and fit man to be President ?
The "Newspaper Reporter" says, concisely enough, that a dealer
in the neighborhood has printed cards lying on his counter. It's just the
same in 'Frisco; only here we write it "lying printed cards on his
counter."
Jones came across the statement that some of the mines in Idaho were
at an altitude of 8,000 feet above the sea. "Ah, just so," said'he, " that's
why they hoisted me higher than a kite." But Jones' head is level.
The Harvard Lampoon is hard on the Chinese Professor when it
puts iu his mouth the criticism of his laborious duties : " Mxichee loafee,
no teachee," and forgets to add : "All same 'Melican man."
The man who lent money to Tilden without security has expressed the
opinion that he made a mistake. Tilden takes very much the same view
of the business, which is queer.
10
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Dec. 6, 1879.
C. P. R. R.
Overland Ticket Office : Ferry Landing, foot
of Market street.— Commencing Monday,
May 19th, 1879, and until further notice,
aina Boats wil leave
SAN FRAXCISCO:
7 Pa * A. M. (daily), Vallejo Steamer (from Market
- yjJ Street Landing — Connecting- with Trains for
Napa (Stages for Sonoma), Calistoga (the Geysers),
and Sacramento. Connection at Davis (Sundays except-
ed) for Woodland and Knight's Landing, and at Wood-
land for Williams and Willows.
(Arrive San Francisco S:10 P.M.)
7/\fkA.M. (daily) Local Passenger Train (via Oakland
*\J\J Ferry} and via Livermore arriving at Tracy
at 11:30 A. M. and connecting with Atlantic Express.
Connects at Niles with Train arriving at San Jose at
10:15 a.m.
(Returning, train from Tracy arrives at 6:05 p.m.)
8f\f\ A.M. (daily), Atlantic Express Train (via Oak-
■UU land Ferry, Northern By. and S. P. & T. B B.)
for Sacramento, Marysville, Bedding, Portland (Or.),
Colfax, Beno (Virginia city), Palisade (Eureka), Ogden
and Omaha. Connects at Gait with train arriving at
lone at 3:40 P.M.
(Arrive San Francisco 5:15 p.m.)
Sunday Excursion Tickets to San Pablo and Marti-
nez at Reduced Rates.
1 O ArtAM- (dailv) via Oakland Ferry, Local Passea-
lUlfU ger Train to Hay wards and Niles.
(Arrive San Francisco 4:05 p.m.)
3C\(\ P.M. (daily)San Jose Passenger Train (via Oak-
• \)\J land Ferry and Niles), stopping at all Way Sta-
tions. Arrives at San Jose at 5:20 p.m.
(Arrive San Francisco 9:35 A.M.)
3AA P.M. (daily) Northern Railway Passenger Train
• U " (via Oakland Ferry) to San Pablo, Martinez
and Antioch.
(Arrive San Francisco 9:35 a.m.)
4f\(\ P.M. (daily) Arizona Express Train (via Oak-
• UV land Ferry, Northern By. and S. P. & T. B. B.)
for Lathrop (and Stockton), Merced, Madera, Visalia,
Sumner, Mojave, Newhall (San Buenaventura, and Santa
Barbara), Los Angeles, "Santa Monica," Wilmington,
Santa Ana (San Diego), Colton and Yuma (Colorado
River Steamers), connecting direct with Daily Trains
of the Southern Pacific Eailroad of Arizona for Mari-
copa (Daily Stages for Phoenix and Prescott), and for
Casa Grande (182 miles east from Yuma), and end of
Track (Daily Stages for Florence and Tucson).
"Sleeping Cars" between Oakland, Los Angeles and
Yuma.
(Arrive San Francisco 12:35 p.m.)
4AA P. M. (Sundays excepted) Vallejo Steamer (from
• \J\J Market Street Landing), connecting with trains
for Calistoga, (the Geysers), Woodland, Knight's Land-
ing and Sacramento ; and at Sacramento with Pas-
senger Train, leaving at 9:35 p.m. for Truckee, Beno,
Carson and Virginia.
" Sleeping Cars" between Vallejo and Carson.
(Arrive San Francisco 11:10 A.M.)
4f\{\ P.M. (Sundays excepted) Sacramento Steamer
• V v (from Wash'n St. Wharf), for Benicia and Land-
ings on the Sacramento Biver.
(Arrive San Francisco 8:00 p.m.)
4A f\ P. M. (daily), Through Third Class and Accom-
• " ^-' modation Train (via Oakland Ferry, North-
ern By. and S. P. & T. B. R.) connecting at Lathrop
with Train arriving at Los Angeles on second day at
11:55 a.m. (Arrive San Francisco 9:05 a.m.
4 0f| P.M. (daily) Local Passenger Train {via Oak-
•OV-/ land Ferry) to Hay wards, Niles and Liver-
more. (Arrive San Francisco S:35 a.m.)
PJ OH P.M. (daily) Overland Emigrant Train (via
t/vv-,v-/ Oakland Ferry and Northern Railway) to
Ogden, Omaha and East.
Public conveyance for Mills Seminary connects at Sem-
nary Park Station with all trains, Sundays excepted.
FERRIES AND LOCAL TRAINS
From "SAN FRANCISCO." Daily.
TO
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12.00
8.30
3.00
11.00
B5.00
10.30
4.30
11.30
11.30
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1.30
3.30
9.30
4.00
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10.00
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1.30
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4.30
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(Broadway.)
A. M.
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B6.00
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8.25
8.50
9.20
9.50
10.20
10.50
11.20
11.50
p. M.
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B— Sundays excepted.
♦Alameda Passengers change cars at Oakland.
Creek Route.
From SAN FRANCISCO— Daily— 35-A0, b6:30, 7.20, 8:15,
9:15, 10:15, 11:15 A.M. 12:15, 1:15, 2:25, 3:16, 4:15,
5:15, 6.15 P.M.
From OAKLAND— Daily— B5-.S0, B6:20, 7:10, 8:05, 9:05,
10:05, 11-.05 A. M. 12:05, 1:05, 2:15, 3:05, 4:05, 5:05,
6:05 p.m. — Sundays excepted.
"Official Schedule Time" furnished by Randolph &
Co., Jewelers, 101 and 103 Montgomery St., S. F.
T. H. GOODMAN, Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agt.
A. N. Towne, General Superintendent.
Commencing Sunday, Nov. 16th, 1879,
and until further notice, Boats and Trains will
leave San Francisco (Washington-st. Wharf) as follows :
3nrj p. m. daily (Sundays included), Steamer
• ^Vy "James M. Donahue" (Washington Street
Wharf) , connecting with Mail and Express Train at Don-
ahue for Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Healdshurg, Cloverdale,
and way stations. Making stage connections at Lake-
ville for Sonoma ; at Geyserville for Skaggs' Springs ; at
Cloverdale for Ukiah, Lakeport, Mendocino City, High-
land Springs, Bartlett Springs, Soda Bay and the
Geysers.
g^3 Connections made at Fulton on following morn-
ing for Korbel's, Guerneville and the Redwoods.
(Arrive at San Francisco, week days, 10:10 A.M. ; Sun-
days, 11 A.M.
Freight received from 7 a.m. tiH2.30 p. m.,
daily (except Sundays).
Special Notice.— The Sunday Excursion Trips are dis-
continued until further notice.
Ticket Office : Washington st. Wharf.
A. HUGHES,
Gen. Manager.
JAS. M. DONAHUE,
Gen. Pass & Tkt. Agt.
R0EDERER CHAMPAGNE.
"VTotice.--Tbe Trade and the Public are
_l_l| informed that we receive the genuine LOUIS ROE-
DERER CARTE BLANCAE CHAMPAGNE, direct from
Mr. Louis Roederer, Reims, over his signature and Con-
sular Invoice. Each ease is marked upon the side, " Ma-
condray & Co., San Francisco," and each bottle bears the
label, "Macondray & Co., Sole Agents for the Pacific
Coast." MACONDRAY & CO.,
Oct. 11. Sole Agents for the Pacific Coast.
Natural beauty surpasses any-
thing which can be imparted by
artificial means. PHOSPHATE
SOAP gives health to the skin
simply by removing impurities ff^d
eradicating the poisons which gwe
rise to skin diseases.
Not only tor craily use on the face
and hands, but for bathing the
entire body, there is nothing equal
to PHOSPHATE SOAP. It is a
thorough disinfectant and removes
offensive odors of every kind.
Ask your Eruggist for it.
gc>-RAI LROAD,<3^
WINTER ARRANGEMENT.
Comuieiicing' Friday, Nov. 31st, 1879,
and until further notice, Passenger Trains will leave
San Francisco, from Passenger Depot on Townsend
street; . between Third and Fourth streets, as follows :
8 0Aa.m. daily for San Jose and Way Stations.
• *■* ^ 63^ Stages for Pescadero (via San Mateo)
connect with this train only.
1 O ^O AM' dailyfor San Jose> Gilroy, Hollister,
-Lw.Ov/ Tres Pinos, Pajaro, Salinas, Soledad and
all Way Stations, ^p At Pajaro, the Santa Cruz
R. R. connects with this train for Aptos, Soquel and
Santa Cruz. ggT At Salinas the M. & S. V. R. R.
connects with this train for Monterey. B3p~ Staob
connections made with this train. (Pescadero Stages via
San Mateo excepted.)
O Q(~fc p.m. daily (Sundays excepted) for San Jose,
*J**jyj Gilroy, and principal Way Stations.
4-^0 P,M" daily for ^an Jose and Way Stations.
fi QA p.m.— daily, for Menlo Park and Way Stations.
fi@=- The Extra Sunday Trains to San Jose and Way
Stations have been discontinued for the winter season.
Second-Class Fare.
Between San Francisco and San Jose SI. 00.
On Freight Trains only, leaving San Francisco at 4:00
A.M., San Jose at a:30 p.m. (daily, Sundays excepted).
Excursion Tickets at Reduced Rates
To San Jose and intermediate points sold on Saturdays,
and Sunday mornings, good for return until following
Moiiday inclusive.
Also, EXCURSION TICKETS to Aptos, Soquel, Santa
Cruz and Monterey, sold on Saturdays only— good for
return until the following Monday inclusive. •
B3F" Principal Ticket Office— Passenger Depot, Town-
send street. Branch Ticket Office— No. 2 New Mont-
Palace Hotel.
gomery street,
A. C. BASSETT, Supt.
H. R. JUDAH, A. P. &T. A.
SOUTHERN DIVISIONS.
Commencing Monday, May 19tht 1879,
%W Passengers for points on the Southern Divisions
of the road will take the cars of the Central Pacific Rail-
road via OAKLAND, leaving SAN FRANCISCO via Ferry
Landing, Market street, at 4:00 p.m. daily (Arizona Ex-
press Train) , and making close connection at GOSHEN
for Sumner, Mojave, Los Angeles, Wilmington, Ana-
heim, Colton, Colorado River, Yoma, Maricopa and Casa
Grande (182 miles east from Yuma). Nov. 22.
Ladies who have injured the skin
by the constant use of cosmetics
may do much to restore their faces
to that beauty which nature alone
can give by constantly using PHOS-
PHATE SOAP.
For chapped hands the constant
use of PHOSPHATE SOAP will
be recommended by all who give
it one fair trial.
If you want a nice article of
Toilet Soap and something that is
beneficial to the skin, buy PHOS-
PHATE SOAP.
Ladies who wish to make the
skin look beautiful and natural
Should use PHOSPHATE SOAP.
Manufactured by "Standard Soap Co.,"
204 Sacramento St., San Francisco.
$25to$5000|z
B Jndtcltmely Invented In
| Wall S t.lays llio fountlo-
9 linn for fort unra every
^vock,andpnysimiDunno profits by tlio Now Capitalization
System ofoperotific: in Stocks, Full explanatlou en arpllcn-
tloa to Adahb, Biiu WM- &, Co. , Bankers, 23 Bran J St. , N. Y.
NOTICE.
For tbe very best photographs go to
BRADLEY & RULOFSON'S, in an Elevator, 429"
Montgomery street. Oct. 29.
Dec 6, 1879.
1KOKNIA
NOTABILIA.
THE PEDDLERS SONG.
Law.i as white as driven snow ; Gold quoins and stomachers,
ick us e'er was crow ; For mj lada t" grf8 their deard ;
*;: — - .is sweet a? datuu.-k n>ses; Pins and poklnv-rtloks ol steel,
r faces and for uoaes ; What maidi tacS from bead to heel:
Bufrle-hnu-tUi. necklace, amber; I om I u; ol me,oome;como buy .come buy,
Perfume tor a lady's chamber; Buy, lads, or alH vnnr lasses cry.
William Siiaksfeare.
There has been much B^hting with tongue and pen over the contem-
plated removal of Cleopatra's Needle to New York, and there is much
plausibility in the arguments advanced against the removal of such mon-
uments from their original site. At the same time, if an obelisk may be
taken to Paris or Rome or London, why should it not be allowed to set
one up in New York? There will still be disagreement with regard to
the act, but there is entire unanimity on the question of setting up in
each house, throughout the Pacific Coast, one of Montanya's Union
Ranges, from Jackson street, below Battery.
A recent critic tells us, with great good sense, that the novel has im-
proved in modern days in many ways; that it is more flexible, more natural
anil easy, and. at the same time, more dramatic ; but that, in the main,
this form of fiction must always be a device for setting the disorders of
life right. Not a mere reflection of what is, but a picture also of what
ought to be ; and like the novel is the Original Swain's Bakery, 213 Sut-
ter street, at once all that a restaurant ought to be, and the best of all
possible devices for righting the discomforts of life.
He blew into his gun to see
, If loading up was needed ;
The jury to a man agree
That the gun blew after he did.
Merely to look in at the windows of B. Nathan & Co., 130 Sutter
street, is a treat worth a trip from Oregon or Southern California. No-
where this side of Chicago is there to be seen a slock of more precious
articles in bronze, porcelain, glass, from the delicate fabric of Murano to
the glowing colors of the Bohemian furnaces, faience and the wonders of
Sevres and Dresden, old, priceless specimens from Japan and China, and
the curious carvings in ivory and rhinoceros horn which tell of the Ori-
ental's supple baud. „____
One of the indispensable features of the holiday season in every family
ie the cheering glow of the fireside, with its warm heart for every comer.
The Yule-log we burn no more in our modern cities, but the Yule fire
we must have, or Christmas is not Christmas ; and J. Macdonough, 25
Market street, is now taking in orders for every kind of coal— Scotch,
Australian, Pacific Coast, and Eastern, including the favorite and unsur-
passed Red Ash. Connected with the American District Telegraph for
convenience of those ordering.
It is saddening to look over the records of the men of genius who
have perished untimely, with constitutions undermined by the fell de-
stroyer, consumption. Often, in turning over these mournful pages, one
comes to notes of the first marked decline in health, when as yet the
physical system was strong enough to react, had hat the helping hand
been given. But, alas! F. & P. J. Cassin had not then invented their
Cordial of Old Rye Whisky and Pure Rock Candy, which has now made
Consumption a mere traditional memory.
Master Tom: "Stand in the corner? What for?" His Mamma:
"Because you are a bad boy." "Master Tom: "Can't I be a bad boy
here just as well?" '
There is beginning to be a general recognition abroad of the culti-
vated and thoughtful American ; and to all who have faith in the future
of mankind it must be gratifying to see that the higher ideals find so
many genuine believers and followers among us. The torch of civiliza-
tion will not go out in the West, we may be sure, so long as the public of
this great city show such appreciation of the productions of Herrmann,
the Hatter, 336 Kearny street, the very prince of his profession.
It was Josephine's keenest misery that the fading of her once ex-
quisite charms made her imperious and self-willed husband neglectful and
unfaithful to her. How many hours of anguish would have been spared
to the hot-blooded Martinique beauty, if she had known Wakelee's Cam-
elline, and so preserved the glow of youth upon her cheek and the pearly
whiteness of her teeth!
ADVERTISER, n
"I am not a sentimentjiliat. Mr. Wolfeuff," ntd Virtu. " one*
Ud lor all. I am ***oned ».-*| : I l^k at tho world without ldink«ra.
'!" in uitiful young
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LandRbergcri (Jerk* Wim it t .\ ; tb« moat ohaering, in*
*\ iritiiu
To afford immediate relief in Aathmn. try 1'r. Javne's Kxpecto-
rant which acta pi n -, . ipumodiooontmcUonnf the
wind tube*, and hj ,,f th« mucin which cloga them,
Foi Whooping Cough, Croop and Hi*nwneM, this mtdtdne Ii equally
i d ; while f.-r Ml Pulmonary and Bronchial Diaordara, it [| both a
palliative and a curative, and ■ rare and prompt remedy for all itubborn
I ongna and Colds, Sold by (ran.- A Brigham, San Francisco,
The American girl is described by a thoughtful writer (also American)
as exquisitely susceptible and impressed by mild irritation anting upon
anyol the aenaea. She dresses in taste, and, where the means are at
band, with elegance, in i olon thai are quiet and inbdued, and noticeable
only at a short distance. We make ha*teto add what this author should
not have overlooked, that by none of the an is Madame Rachel's Enamel
Bloom more highly appreciated than by her.
Dr. Beard maintains that the English, and consequently the Amer-
icans, their children, though bold in adventure and in battle, tremble in
the presence of new ideas, and look upon the scientific discoveries of Ger-
many with a kind of terror. There is truth in this, and yet but a partial
truth. Bradley & Rulofaon, for instance, hold their ground triumphantly
in the fore-front of the photographic world, let Germany discover what
she will.
' ' Pa," said a little four-year old, " there's a man out there that would
give anything to see you." *' Who is it, my son ?" " It is a blind man."
The changes in the style of ladies' hats and bonnets are so sudden
and so frequent that they require continual attention on the part of those
who undertake to furnish the beau monde, The true milliner must be full
of intelligence, and alive to every sign of a coming change. Mrs. Skid-
more, 1114 Market street, has a genius for her profession, and is always
in the van with the latest styles in make and taste. No lady in the city
can fail to visit her establishment regularly.
The wine of wines for Americans, the very soul of all vintages in
the world is the foaming grape-juice of Champagne. Three men out of
four profess a decided preference for this ; and of all brands the one most
sought after is the Pommery, now the favorite at every Court in Europe.
It is clear, full of life, exquisitely flavored, and has not a headache in.
forty bottles. Wolff & Rheinhold. 334 Washington streets, are agents.
" Thrice is he armed who hath his quarrel just." These noble words
have strung up the courage of many a good man, fainting in the long and
seemingly vain warfare against the manifold oppressions and shames of
this hard world. But thrice and four times armed is he who buys his
hats at White's, 614 Commercial street, for he has the satisfaction of
knowing that his hat recommends him.
The difference between a hen and mouse-trap is that the mouse-trap
can't set itself.
No more acceptable present can be sent from this coast to a friend
in the East or in Europe, as a Christmas token, than one of those elegant
ornaments in California turquoise, made by D. W. Laird, 27 Post street,
opposite Masonic Terr-pie. Rings, brooches, lockets, shirt-studs, sleeve-
buttons ; the multitude of forms is infinite, and the workmanship in all
exquisitely finished.
"I find the Englishman to be the one of all men," says Emerson,
" who stands firmest in his shoes." There can be no doubt of it ; and the
perfect balance of intellectual and physical powers which give this firm-
ness come from the care taken in the old island to have the best under-
clothing, such as can be had at Carmany & Crosett's, 25 Kearny street.
The N. Y. Tribune says, with patriotic and prodigious fervor, that
the Atlantic Monthly is superior to any European periodical. There may
be an occasional American capable of doubting this, but every one knows
that Napa Soda is actually the best and most wholesomo beverage on
earth.
Price's Carvers.— Send a set East to your friends for Christmas. No.
415 Kearny street. Grinding and Repairing.
Ladies, do you want to be strong, healthy and beautiful ? Then use
Hop Bitters. Read advertisement.
CUNARD LINE.
British anil North American Royal Mail Steamships be-
tween NEW YORK and LIVERPOOL, calling atQUEENSTOWN, sailing from
New York EVERY WEDNESDAY.
ALGERIA November 26th.
SGYTHIA December 3d.
ABYSSINIA December 10th.
BOTHNIA December 17th.
GALLIA December 24th.
ALGERIA December 31st.
SOYTHiA January 7th, 1SS0.
ABYSSINIA Jauuary 14th, 1S80.
Passage can be secured and all information given on application to
WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO.,
Nov. 22. 218 California st.
ESSENTIAL OIL OF EUCALYPTUS AMYGDALINA.
Bossito's "Parrot" Brand is the original and only gen-
uine Eucalyptus Oil imported, and used internally under medical prescrip-
tion, and externally for all rheumatic and bronchial affections, as well as fur local
pains bruises, sprains, etc., for which it is an undoubted specific. For sale by all
druggists. W. H. CAMPBELL, Sole Aerent,
Nov. 29. 402 Front street, San Francisco.
12
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Dec. 6, 1879.
THE "NEWS LETTER " AND GENERAL GRANT.
Four weeks ago the News Letter, in a brief editorial, stated its be-
lief that General Grant had, while in this city and State, Bhowed signs of
approaching insanity. We gave reasons for that belief, which we consid-
ered sufficient grounds for the statement. The article in question has
been copied far and near, from Maine to Oregon, and variously com-
mented on. A correspondent of the N. Y. Sun (the brightest and largest-
circulated paper in the United States) takes up our statement, and gives
many additional examples of Grant's weakening mind. The Springfield
Republican, the most influential newspaper in Massachusetts, alBO com-
ments on the News Letter's statement, and says that " the silent man has
acted queerly of late," and that " insanity runs in his family." The Wash-
ington Capitol {Don Piatt's paper) takes issue with the N. Y. Sun about
Grant's insanity, and attributes the General's recent eccentricities to
lately formed temperance habits. It has "eminent authority for the
statement that General Grant has not imbibed a drop of spirituous fluid
for some months," and then argues that his sudden total abstinence prob-
ably accounts for the belief of the Sun correspondent in " the actual dis-
turbance of the eminent patient's mental balance." The St. Louis Repub-
lican says of our widely copied editorial:
We give this story for what it is worth, and to show the spirit of the anti-Grant
Republicans. The Sherman partisans are most active in giving it circulation, and it
is they whom the Grant supporters must quarrel with, if they want to quarrel at all.
One cannot but be amazed at the resources the Sherman people exhibit in their effort
to get their competitor out of the way. Having failed to make him president of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, and next, to make him engineer of the Nicaragua Canal,
the;' now propose to put him in a lunatic asylum.
This is decidedly amusing, when we consider that the writer of the ar-
ticle in question is not a Sherman man at all. But the most deeply agi-
tated of all the army officers, concerning the News-Letter's editorial, is
General EufuB Ingalls— Grant's right-hand mau. Poor old Ingalls said
to a Chicago friend :
Tn reply to my reference to a sensational article, intimating that General Grant
was crazy, which was published in a morning paper, and founded upon state-
ments made in a San Francisco journal, General Ingalls said that the publication
was probably made to wound General Grant, and he added that if such was the iu-
tention, the writer totally failed: for, said he, " General Grant is a man whose
equilibrium would not be daunted by telling him he was to be shot to-morrow."
The above remarks by General Ingalls was thought of sufficient impor-
tance to be telegraphed to the Cincinnati Enquirer of last Saturday.
Over and against it we copy the following from the St. Paul Pioneer-
Press, whose editor conversed with General Grant on his way from Omaha
to Galena. The Pioneer-Press is a Republican paper of high character:
"Years show their ravages upon Grant, more particularly in certain nervous con-
tractions of the mouth, which remind me of Chief Justice Chase's, after his first at-
tack of paralysis. There is a strange feebleness about it, as if the whole man were
not tired, but weary. He looks like some onf used to stimulants, who has suddenly
cast them aside. His official life was to him a stimulant, and now, not used to find
employment and comfort in books, the reaction has come. If elected President, I
should much doubt that he would live out his term. Like most men of his build,
when he does break down it will be suddenly."
And now comes the Chronicle of this city, which paper went out of
its way in its last Sunday's edition to deny the truthfulness of the
facts upon which our now celebrated article on Grant's insanity was
founded. Charles de Young could have been in better business than in
taking up his readers' time with lame apoligies for General Grant's be-
havior on this coast. Our information of Grant's strange conduct in
San Jose, Maderia and Virginia City came from gentlemen of the highest
character. Among them we will mention Hon. C. T. Ryland, ex-Speaker
of the Assembly, and now President of the Commercial Bank of San
Jose ; Hon. R. P. Mace, of Maderia, a gentleman who served with
General Grant all through the Mexican War, and who has represented
Fresno County in the Legislature three sessions. D. McCarthy, the
well-known Editor of the Virginia Chronicle, and Judge Rising, of Storey
County. Hon, F. A. Tritle, the recent Republican candidate for Gov-
ernor of Nevada, who was on the Grant Reception Committee, s?id
afterwards "that socially General Grant was a boor, and was utterly
destitute of even ordinary politeness."
Mr. Tritle didn't know what was the matter with him. "We think we
do. We might give many other prominent names as witnesses to General
Grant's strange behavior while on this coast in the months of September
and October last. But enough has already been said to justify us in giv-
ing to the world the article which has caused so much commotion and
comment.
Oakland ia striking for the leadership in hotels, and has almost
secured it. The Grand Central, we perceive, has come under the con-
trol of Messrs. P. P. Benson & Co., who have leased it for three years,
paying the first year's rent in advance. The house, which is magnificent
for extent, filling the block between 11th and 12th and Webster and
Harrison streets, has been renovate d from top to bottom, and is now
the most perfectly appointed in the State. All improvements, elevators,
bath-rooms attached to each suite, indicators, connection with tele-
graph and telephone at the service of guests. There are 250 rooms in
the hotel ; and the announcement that the proprietors have secured the
talents of Charles W. Smith, former cook of the Palmer House, Chi-
cago, and of J. H. Reynolds, famous as the Steward of the Fifth Av-
enue and Grand Central of New York, is guarantee for the table.
No more appropriate holiday present can be made than a picture.
A fine engraving or photogravure, and an intelligent direction as to its
framing, affords an excellent opportunity for the display of taste on the
part of the giver. Snow & Co., art dealers, 20 Post street (formerly Snow
& May, of 21 Kearny street), have received all the novelties of the season
in their line. Their stock embraces the latest engravings, photogravures
and Christmas publications. In ebony and velvet frames, they make a
fine display. The manufacture of picture frames and passepartouts is a
specialty with Snow &, Co., and the quality, as well as style, of these arti-
cles cannot be easily excelled. A large assortment of water and oil-color
sets, from the most celebrated makers, have also come to hand, together
with a fine lot of ebony corner and side brackets of new styles.
A wealth of literary entertainment in the Grand Double Christmas
Number. Illustrated throughout.
For Gems and Diamonds go to Geo. C. Shreve & Co., 110 Mont-
gomery street.
THE RECEPTION AT MRS. JNO. McMULUN'S.
On Thursday evening there was a gathering of society notables at
the elegant McMullin mansion, 1,414 California street, the occasion being
the debut of Miss Rebecca, the third daughter. The guest arrived at 9
o'clock, and were received by the host and hostess with their proverbial
easy grace. The house was splendidly decorated for the occasion, and the
rooms were a wilderness of flowers and evergreens from the family con-
servatory and the greenhouses of sympathizing friends in city and coun-
try. The new ball-room behind the parlor was consecrated to its uses on
this evening, and called forth the admiration of all byits arrangement and
ample proportions — 30 feet by 40. The chandeliers which light it are rare
works of art, and were hung with smilax and roses. Dancing was kept
up till midnight, when supper was served in a style beyond praise, so rare
were the triumphs of culinary skill, so exquisite the ornaments and the
confectionery, which had been imported expressly from Paris. A lordly
ease reigned throughout the entertainment. The guests ranged freely
through the noble halls, or broke into groups under the blaze of lights, or
in the shadow of perfumed exotics, or joined the gay dancers at their will.
Not till after 3 o'clock did the inevitable moment of parting come, and
the bright hours pass into memory.
E as tward -bound travelers, who have tried the Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy Railroad, known as the Great Burlington Route, are unani-
mous in praising it as the most comfortable and satisfactory line, and our
business men prefer it so decidedly that it has been called the California
Merchants' Favorite. The road is heavily ballasted, and laid with steel
rails furnished with the 16-wheel Pullman Palace Dinine and Sleeping
Cars, and connected at every part with the telegraph. Above all other
advantages, passengers by this route place the courtesy, vigilance and un-
tiring good offices of the Passenger Agent for the Pacific Coast, Mr. T.
D. McKay, whose efforts to secure their comfort all most warmly
recognize.
Mrs. Lewis's parlors, in Thurlow Block, Sutter and K.earny streets,
are now daily crowded with her fair patrons, arbiters themselves in mat-
ters of taste and skill in dress, and anxious to enjoy the sight of the mar-
vels produced by this acknowledged artist. The combination of shades
and colors, the most difficult and delicate part of the dressmakers* science,
is possessed by Mrs. Lewis to the highest degree, and she is able to pro-
nounce, at sight, on the shade and make suitable for a customer. Her
orders, even from the inner towns, are coming in at this holiday season so
as to tax even her resources and the skill of her fitter and cutter— the
most accomplished on the coast.
The taste for porcelain and China ware has been cultivated to a high
degree within these few years past, as any one may observe by studying
the goods exposed in the stores of our leading dealers. The superb
products of Sevres, Dresden and Meissen, Copenhagen, Berlin, and the
best English furnaces, the historical plaques of Sevres, the choicest Japan-
ese and French Cloisonne", the vases and table services to be seen at O.
Lawton & Co's, 609 Market street, are not to be excelled in the world, and
bear irrefutable witness to the high level of public culture in this line. ,
The new goods, imported by this great house direct from the factories in
Europe, are offered at 33 per cent, below former prices, and this is the
moment to secure rarities in porcelain and bronze at exceptionally low
rates.
The serious objection to manifold writers is that they require too
much of preliminary wetting and drying and turning of papers and losing I
of patience; and every business man will hear with delight of a copying
process absolutely easy and simple. The Multiplex Copying Tablet,
which is exclusively in the hands of the California Novelty Works, 46 j
St. Ann's Building, opposite the Baldwin, is indispensable. The letter is
written, pressed by hand on the surface of the tablet, and from the im-
pression left 100 copies can be taken by simply laying the paper on the
tablet, passing the hand over it, and taking it off. It is like magic.
Tailors abound ; it is easy enough to find one, if that is all one wants,
but not every tailor can make clothes. Because this statement is par-
adoxical, it is literally true. When, therefore, a man has been found who
is at once a tailor and able to make clothes, his name should be known to
the world, for we all need clothes, thanks to Adam. John Reid, 907^
Market street, is one of the genuine makers of the craft, careful, accu-
rate, an admirable cutter and fitter, and a man with a conscience, who
gives good work for a modest price.
St. John's Presbyterian Church, Post street, between Mason and
Taylor. Rev. Dr. Scott, Pastor, will preach as usual on Sunday at 11
a.m, and 7£ p.m. The public cordially invited to attend. Sunday School
and Bible Classes at 9£ A.M. Prayer and Praise Service at 6£ P.M.
The Twenty-fourth Anniversary Ball of the Ladies' United He-
brew Benevolent Society takes place next Wednesday evening at Coven-
ant Hall, Eddy street.
Geo. C. Shreve & Co., jewelers, 110 ^ Montgomery street, mark all
goods in plain figures and have but one price.
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
The Company's steamers will sail as follows at 12 M:
CITY OF TOKIO, Dee. 27th, March 20th— CITY OF PEKING, Feb. 7th, May
1st— for YOKOHAMA and HONGKONG.
CITY OF PANAMA, December 6th, for PANAMA and NEW YORK, calling at I
ACAPULCO, SAN JOSE DE GUATEMALA, LA LIBERTAD, PUNTA ARENAS.
Tickets to and from Europe by auy line for sale at the lowest rates ; also to Ha-
vana and all West India ports.
AUSTRALIA, December 22d, at 12 o'clock M., or on arrival of the English mails,
for HONOLULU, AUCKLAND and SYDNEY. $10 additional is charged for pas-^
sage in Upper Saloon.
CITY OF CHESTER, Dec. 10th, for VICTORIA, PORT TOWNSEND, SEATTLE !
andTACOMA, connecting at TACOMA with Northern Pacific Railroad for PORT-lJ
LAND, Oregon. Tickets must be purchased before 11 a.m. on day of sailing, a' . \
Wharf Office. For freight or passage apply at the office, cor. First and Erannail
streets. [Dec. 6.] WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO., AgentB. U
1
Pec. 6, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER
13
BIZ.
On Monday. December 1st, it ftn wlv kmr, Sir 1 1*oa Sprcckln,
r to the
. Tnd« .-f ti. , ;., ,,f Refined Sugar wt re
I 1 cant t; tb from ml* j mm ni
are given f.-r tins reduction, but il DeHarad by the trade thai
jfc» advance laet month, from l. tther arbitrary, but itwu
by the wry HgbtatoclM I by tba Bay and California
riea, and that, by nuking a abarp advance, the large ordera daily
Doming in, that were filled with leas i<r>iim>tiie*a than nanat woold be
aenaibly checked In point of fact, the Bay bad stomal melting, and the
California Refinery bad it* entire stock <•( Haws in process of melting
prior to the arrival of the la*t four or five vessels from the Sandwich 1-1
fcnda, Tbeae several vessels, arriving here within the paat ten days,
fornisbed a stock of Raws, Ray 15,000 packagea, quite sufficient to enable
dfurnia to execute all possible want-, of the trade; hence the reduc-
■pa noted. The Refinery schedule is now ae follows. Trade discount,
2£ per cent. :
(A I Patent Cube Sugar, in bbla 13 0
[A] Crushed Sugar 13 c
Extra Powdered Sugar, in bbla lltjc
Firn- ( 'rnshe>l Sugar, in bbla 13 c
l'ry 1 rranolated Sugar, iu bbls 12|o
Extra (tranulated Sugar, in bbls. 12*c
Golden C Sugar, in bbls H£c
r, in bbls or S. I. kegs 11 c
D Sugar, in bbls or S. I. kegs H;'c
Half-barrels Jc more, boxes jc more for all kinds.
The New York and other Eastern Sugar markets, as well as foreign
supply markets, continue firm at the November advance, and are likely
t> n continue for some time to come. The sales here of Sandwich Island
Raws during the week were only 500 packages, from 8@llc, according to
quality.
Case Salmon.— Last week we presented to the readers of the News
Letter a full and detailed review of the Salmon market of the Pacific
coast. To-day we have to record the re-sale of 12,000 cases 1-lb tins on
Columbia river— a favorite brand— at a price that nets the seller SI 30
per dozen. This, we believe, closes out all the Salmon in Oregon. The
Btock here is all in the hands of one house, that will hold for the present
spot price, §1 35(5 -SI 45 $ dozen.
Coal— The receipts from mines in British Columbia, coupled with
those from the California Mt. Diablo mines, Coos Bay and Seattle
North, are quite sufficient to keep prices in check and to greatly restrict
imports from the United Kingdom. Of course, our Gas Company and
others will draw their usual quota from Australasia. Cargo prices here
rule from SO 50@S7 for Sydney, $7 50 to S8 for Wallsend ; Seattle, $5 50
@$6 ; British Columbia, $6@$8 ; Mt. Diablo Steam, $4 for screening and
$4 50 for coarse. Anthracite is dull and slow of sale.
Coffee.— The market continues to be quite bare of supplies. O. G.
Java, 26c; best Central American Green, 20c@21c: fair to good, 18c@
19c ; Rio, 16c@18c.
Borax.— The demand absorbs all the receipts. The bark "Brazos,"
for New York, carried 7,644 lbs, and the " China" for ditto, via Isthmus,
10,080; price, 6c to 7c for the two grades.
Bags and Bagging. —Grain Bags and Hessian piece goods are
quiet; 22x36 bags nominal, with occasional sales of five and ten
bale lots at 10c to lOJc. For forward delivery there is considerable busi-
ness reported at from 9|c ex ship to lOJrc for May delivery. The market
is very strong, and the tendency all upward. Potato Gunnies are closely
controlled and have had sales at §14. Wool Bags are nominal, the season
being now over. Advices from Calcutta report the market for all Jute
fabrics us excited, and prices rapidly advancing.
Cils. — The Arctic whaling fleet to date brings us of Polar and Walrus
Oil 16,000 barrels. Of this 68,600 gallons was shipped to New York via
Panama, per P. M. S. S. Co's steamer China. Crude Oils sold here at
35c.
Rise. — We have received this week from Honolulu about 3,600 bags of
Table ; price, 6@6£c. The stock of China is large. No. 1 sells at 6c ;
No. 2, 5£c ; mixed, 4|c.
Salt. — We know of no Liverpool in first hands. Market firm.
Spioes. — Stocks of all kinds are very light.
Teas. — Supplies light and market firm for all Wnds.
Wines. — We remark a growing demand for Native White and
Red. Sales of 20,000 gallons Port, 55c— packages extra.
Corn.— The demand is light at about lc per pound for all grades.
Rye. — There is some demand at $1 20 for export.
Beans. — The stock is excessive and prices are lower, say $1 25 per ctl.
for Bayos and SI 55 for Small Whites.
Wool. — Our stocks are nearly exhausted and no good parcels left un-
Bold. The range of price, 15(5j32ic, latter for choice Lamb a.
Hides are in active request, at 20(g;21c for Dry, and 8i@9Jc for Wet
Salted.
Tallow.— There is a fair demand at 5£@6c for Crude, 7i@7fcfor
Refined.
Hops. — Stocks are waning. Nearly all the surplus sent Eastward and
to Europe. Price, 22i@37£c, according to quality.
Krug Champagne.— Private Cuvee, in quarts and pints ; Shield —
Krug— in quarts and pints ; Premiere Qualite, in quarts and pintB. For
sale by Hellman Bros. & Co., corner Front and Jackson streets.
New Styles of Watch-Cases at Geo. C. Shreve & Co. 'a, 110 Mont-
gomery street.
JOHN JENNINGS
Hooper's South Etui Warehouses, corner Japan antl Town-
scud streets, San Francisco. First-class Fire-Proof Brick Building, capacity
10,000 tons. Goods taken from the Dock and the Cars of the C. P. K. R. and S. P.
K. R. free of charge. Storage at Current Rates. Advances and Insurance Effected.
art jorrmoa
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mand wind.
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the Man I.;,.,,..,,, market, an.l r» tho mti ( Ptlrr Funk
with the aid of then* same il»..l». ... ninu an foils for the vileit etnll tlmt
ever disgraced the auction marl In thi. .it.-.
At the outset Juttin - • agalnai lending their namea
to the scheme, and jn r, may who aiptre to~hlgh position
in the profosnon sold themselves t.. it ; nn.l althoueli the prii btained
*aa Ion »erj 1 !..■>• will find it n. >< t.. Impossible to redeem them
It was thought that by withholding theinjjiaii-.ea fr..u. thepsml
which, in many instances, they did they e.u.1.1 distribute their rile w..rk
with impunity rain delusion! foi there are bnt few rare-few paint-
are who can produce anything which doss not hear unonuitaltable ear-
marks, and none ..( theee are to be found here. An.l the worst feature
of this busmen is, thai the lew who, from the first, stoutly refused to aid
the scheme, are suffering immeasui ii.lv by it, f..r it throws disereditapon
the entire profession all are suspected of contributing anonymously t.. it.
The auctioneer nightly holds a painting up to the gemot the motley
crowd, and tells them that the artisl who painted the picture would not
gel] ..ne of the size of the h....k he holds in his hand for less than, say u
hundred dollars, while the mm on the block is eagerly knocked down at
one-tenth of the sum. What a spectacle ! To what low depths a proud
profession has been brought.
_ We write this in Borrow, with no enmity to any member of the profes-
sion, and leave the case with their clients, whether or no it is just or de-
cent to demand, and receive, good value for their works, and then flood
the market through the medium of the auction block with the vile ema-
nations of their studios.
In legitimate art there is but little to record. The fall term of the
School of Design is drawing to a dime, and the next exhibition of the
pupils, it is expected, will be an excellent one.
Brooks is working industriously and waiting patiently for the dawn of
better times. The products of vis brush, of which he has a large number,
will eventually- and before long too— sell at remunerative figures. The
dull times of the past year will not last for ever, and the artists who have
laid by their honest work will reap their rew.ird. Meantime, the art
stores are putting on holiday attire. They are full of good things, and a
fine trade is expected.
The Artists' ball comes off on the 8th of next month, and probably an
exhibibition at the same time — though this is not certain. If pictures
are exhibited with a view to their sale, a display during holiday
month would be in order.
Sterling Silverware. — A large assortment of elegant designs at Ran-
dolph & Co.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
TREASURER'S OFFICE,
City and County of San Francisco, September 9, 1879.
Redemption of San Francisco Bonds,
ISSUE OP 1858.
Holders of Bonds of the City anil Comity of San Francisco,
issued under "An Act to provide for the Funding and Payment of the out-
standing Unfunded Claims against the City of San Francisco, and against the County
of San Francisco, as they existed prior to the first day of July, A.D. one thousand
eight hundred and fifty-six," approved April 20, 1858, are lierebv notified that the
Commissioners of the Sinking Fund of the above named Bondswill receive sealed
proposala for the surrender of any portion thereof, at the City and County Treas-
urer's office, New City Hall, San Francisco, until 12 o'clock noon,
Wednesday, December 31st, 1879.
The amount to be applied to the Redemption of these Bonds is more or less, One
Hundred and Eighty Thousand Dollars ($180,000).
Bidders will state at what rate they will surrender their Bonds, for payment in
United States gold coin.
Each proposal must be accompanied by a deposit of ten per cent, of the Bonds of-
fered, or their equivalent in coin, or certified checks, and should the Bonds tendered
not be presented within ten days after the award, the next lowest bid will be ac-
cepted.
No proposal above par will be entertained.
Proposals to be indorsed " Proposals for surrender of Bonds, issue of 1868."
A. J. BRYANT, Mayor,
COLIN M. BOYD, Auditor,
CHAS. HUBERT, Treasurer.
Sept. 13. Commissioners of the Funded Debt.
AVERILL MIXED PAINT,
The Best, Host Durable and Beautiful of All Faints.
JPXEPA.BED HEA.DT FOX VSM,
AND OF ANY SHADE OR COLOB, DESIRED.
Sept. 27.
O. S. ORKICE, General Agent,
329 Market 8t ., Opposite Front.
SCHWAB & BREESE,
VTew Art Gallery, 034 Market street, opposite Palace Hotel.
Xl Oil Paintings, Engravings, Wax and Artists' Materials.
&gT ADMISSION FREE. Sept. 13.
SNOW & CO.,
^V«»- 20 Post street, opposite Mechanics' Institute, Import-
X ^i ers and Manufacturers of Pictures, Frames, Mouldings, and Artist's Ma-
terials. Established 1849. Sept. 20.
W Morris. MORRIS & KENNEDY, J. F. Kennedy.
Importers and Dealers in Moldings, Frames, Engravings,
Chromos, Lithographs, Decalcomanie, Wax and Artists' Materials, 21 Post
street, nearly opposite Masonic Temple, Sau Francisco. Feb. 4.
QUICKSILVER.
or sale— In lots to suit, by Thomas Bell A Co., No. 305
Sansome street, over Bank of California. Nov. 16.
F
14
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Deo. 6, 1879.
PT7BLIC OPHsTIOU
GRAND TOY EXPOSITION!
To open at the MECHANICS' PAVILION
S^TTJISJD^Y, DECEMBER 13th :
"Don't talk to me about Christmas presents ! That is just one of the schemes of the merchants, who are doing their best to get rid of their
immense stocks at the close of the year." Such is the opinion of a great many.
" It would be disastrous to me to be obliged to buy Christmas Presents for all my children at the ruinous prices asked by the stores," say many
others.
"Presents! Thr.t is all very well for rich people, but we, workingmen, cannot afford to indulge in such luxuries." Such is another very com-
monly expressed opinion.
"Business has been so adverse, and stocks so unlucky, that I am obliged to curtail my expenditures for Christmas Presents," says this man, who
used to be quite liberal to his friends before.
" I am sure I do not know how to pass the time during those Holidays," says another. " Stay at home, or go out with my wife and children, and
it is nothing but a continual drain on my pocket-book for Christmas Presents."
Such was the uniform type of the conversation in former years when the Christmas Tree was about to blossom. But, on the contrary, so soon as
the project at the Mechanics' Pavilion has been made known, the public has enthusiastically applauded the idea.
" That is a capital idea — it is so practical," says one.
"I shall, at last, he able to supply all my children with both presents and amusement at a trifling expense," says another.
" What 'fine times' we shall have, wandering through those immense labyrinths of the Pavilion, adorned with so miny marvels and wonders,"
exclaim all the children.
" What an excellent opportunity it will afford for us to meet our friends during the Holidays ! What a charming rendezvous it will be !" repeat
the ladies.
In giving expression to the ioregoing%pinions, we make ourselves the echo of the opinion of the General Public ; so we must congratulate our-
selves upon our enterprise. Before the doors of the Pavilion have been opened, the entire public is unanimous in their approval ; and when we shall
have closed them, after the feast, we shall eDJoy the conviction that we knew how to contribute to their happiness, and deserve their flattering
expressions of gratitude. __^^_^__^__^_^_^___^^__^_______^_^_^_^^^^^^^^_
LET EVERYBODY COME TO THE GRAND TOY EXPOSITION !
"\7\7"la.ic5li Opens at tli©
MECHAUIGS' ZP-ATVIXjIOlsr
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13TH.
CRADLE, ALTAR, AND TOMB.
CRADLE.
Austin— In this city, November 28th, to the wife of E, Austen, a daughter.
Bruce— In this city, November 29th, to the wife of Donald Bruce, a son.
Beasey— In this city, November 27th, to the wife of Wm. H. Beasev, a daughter.
Blackman— In this city, November 30th, to the wife of M. J. Blackmail, a son.
Finn— In this city, December 2d, to the wife of Thomas B. Fion, a daughter.
Jacobs— In this city, November 30th, to the wife of Jos. Jacobs, a daughter.
If Aims— In this city, November 27th, to the wife of Henry Kahrs, a son.
Mahlmann— In this city, November 30th, to the wife of H. Mahlmann, a daughter.
Finn— In this city, November 29th, to the wife of P. H. Ruin, a son
Schmidt— In this city, November 25th, to the wife of G. F. Schmidt, a son.
ALTAR.
Crockett-Hughes— In this city, November30th, Frank Crockett to Mary K. Hughes.
Caiiill-Tidd— In this city, November 27th, Edward F. Cahill to Matilda Tidd.
Gelricii-Hughes— In this city, November 26th, Vincent Gelcich to A. D. Hughes.
Hancock-Schmaltz— In this city, November 25th, S. Hancock to Rosalie Schmaltz.
Jensen-Young -In this city, November 27th, Hans P. -lensen to Charlotte Young.
Lodqhuan-Ml'rray— In this city, November 27th, T. F. Loughran to Mary Murray.
McGregor-Shannon— In this city, November 27tb, J. McCregorto Hannah Shannon.
Meritiiew-W right— Ii. this city, C. H. Merithew to Hattie D. Wright.
Reynolds-Griffin— In this city, November 30th, John Reynolds to Maria Griffin.
Sunnen-Lemke— In this city, November 30th, Wm. Sunnen to Johanne Lemke.
bCALES-McDovALD— In this city, December 1st, Frank Scales to Ada M. McDonald.
Wick wire-S perry— In this city, November 30th, Henry Wickwire to Maria Sperry.
TOMB
Byrne— In this city, December 1st, Edward Byrne a°-ed 59 years
Baldwin— In this city, November 29th, Henry G Baldwin, aged 41 years
Ciiilds— In this city, November 29th, James K. Childs, aged 15 years.
Carasini— In this city, November 2Sth, Naide Carasini, aged 26 years.
Edwards— In this city, November 30th, Mary Edwards, aged 45 years.
Fink— In this city, December 1st, John Fink, aged 24 years
FRASER-In Brooklyn, New York, November 30th, Joseph Fraser.
Griffin— In this city, John Griffin, aged 52 years.
Hartwrll— In this city, December 2d, Julia C. Hartwell, aged 45 yeara.
JEFFRRY-In this city, November 30th, Mrs. Sarah A. Jeffrey, aged 56 years.
MITCHELL-In this city, December 15th, Mrs. Mary A. Mitchell, aged 64 vcars.
McGee— In this city, November 30th, James F. McGee.
McGinnis— In this city, November 29th, F;mnie McGinnis, aged 50 years.
KADFORD-In this city, December 2d, Michael Radford, aired 53 years.
Wappul— In this city, November 30th, Catharine Wappel. aged' 44 years.
Wiiitb-Ih this city, December 1st, James W. White, aged 37 years and 8 months.
London Punch— (Husband and Wife): " What are you puzzling over,
Ponsonby? I m trying to answer a note from the 'dear Duchess,' as
yon call her. bhe.s done me the honor to write and ask me if that St.
Bernard pup I gave her should be fed on meat or bisquits ?" " Well,
biscuits, shouldn t it?' "Of course. But she spells biscuits with a K,
you see and I don t like to spell it properly for fear of hurting her
Grace sfeelings ; and yet I don't want it to get about that I spell bis-
quits with a K. faay meat, then!" " But she spells meat with two Es!"
A bird on a bonnet is worth two on toast.
SHERMAN ON FINANCE.
Of all the crooked policies pursued by Secretary Sherman, his last
avowed project to retire greenbacks and substitute them with National
Bank Notes, and to entirely cease the coinage of standard silver dollars,
is the most devious. He tells us oracularly enough that §14,000,000 per
year may be saved bv refunding maturing bonds, but purposely omits to
state that the $14,000,000 in question will be presented to the National
Banks for generously relieving the Government of the trouble of issuing
currency. It is proposed, in effect, to transfer the sovereign money func-
tions of Government into the hands of the National Banks, and to pay
them an immense bonus for accepting free money. No one but a financial
lunatic or a stipendiary of the banks would have the effrontery to make
such a proposition. Perhaps Sherman's syndicate operations have placed
him in the power of those corporations, and, if so, he is not fit to be Sec-
retary of the Treasury, not being a free agent. National Bank notes are
only supported by a reserve of ten per cent., while greenbacks are
strengthened by not less than fifty per cent, of gold and silver deposits in
the Treasury. Greenbacks co3t the country nothing in the way of inter-
est, while National Bank notes cost from 4^ to 6 per cent, per annum.
It is just as well to mention these things, so that neople may understand
how completely Sherman is controlled by the National Bank clique.
Hayes, always a weak nfan, having no opinions that are not reflected from
some stronger source, re-echoes his Secretary's ipse dixit. The conse-
quence is a storm brewing, which may effectually dispose of both these
triflers, and relegate them to the obscurity from which they were drawn
—unfortunately for the country. Since the passage of the Silver Bill, that
metal has been steadily appreciating, and shrewd observers predict that
within five years it will be at a premium as compared with gold. Its pro-
duction is now somewhat less than the former metal, while its uses are
greater and the loss from abrasion considerably larger, owing to its bulk.
Every obstacle has been placed in the way of its circulation by Secretary
Sherman ; it has been persistently lied abont by the subsidized press of
the National Banks, and every means that power could suggest has been
used to its detriment ; but, notwithstanding, it has steadily appreciated.
It may as well be said, once for all, that the National Banks desire
neither greenbacks, gold nor silver, but their own notes to substitute all
three. This is the scheme to which a Secretary of the U. S. Treasury
lends his aid, but it will not succeed. The Western and Pacific Coast
delegations are up in arms against it, and will assuredly defeat the at-
tempt. If we are a Nation (with a big N), it is just as well to preserve
some of the attributes of sovereignty. To surrender the money functions
of Government into the hands of a financial cabal is, in effect, to surren-
der the Government itself. The Republican party threatens to split upon
the rock of rotten finance.
Father: " And so papa's dear little boy is very ill. Now is there any-
thing I can get for him that will make him feel better?" Invalid: " I
don't know, papa— but— I think I would like a gong."
An elegant assortment of Gold Watches and Chains at Randolph &
Co.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
Dec. 6, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER,
15
PRIVATE LETTER OF BISMARCK TO HIS FRIEND IN
BERLIN.
Meia Licber Freund: At U-t I un ' i j.y, *a *»y that I nm ,«afo fit
.. The jolly with hia wa»d murtachios, awaited
doom phoatcd
i All bNT-halU. My belly vi-
uw a funny tiling :i1 1
-truck those Viennese with
vf.irs ago, who served
i ami in the German Pedera-
st, from attar joy and sx< it--
at the depot, ami the jullieat of the
that it made ihake clamen i
I
Only think of it: When, as to i
such a terror while marching tnwai
them such m<-1v tricks in *
and now they would aim*
mint. That pool Iltnikrarian (Andraasy). wno >*o cheaply annexed t"
Austria Bosnia ami Herxegovina and Novi Hiur, they dttoard him and
vilify him to such a degree, that he wae obliged to tender his resignation
and retire int<> privacy forever! Hah! mein Heber Freund, mumius vuli
wviltrtttrt werden, ergo maltretatar! Aft. r all, it must bo admitted that
Vienna i-t a cay an.l resolute little town, full of fun, trohiich and amuse-
ment—just as it should be! Our Berlin is nothing else but a Bccrtnnd ;
and, speaking tie t ween us, there is no comparison whatever. • • • There
a person gets weary almost to fainting ; pro(M?rly it is a d d hole, but
here you can get alone h<*tuj uid ... 1 am at a loss to know where the
women of this place are getting such marvelous eyes from, of which in
our Vaterland they would not have the least idea, nnles by some .strayed
meteor from Polish provinces! What magnificent azures. ... I feel
ashamed when 1 think of those our topasesof undecided color! I had
by no means bad appetite when I was thinking of transiering our Ger-
man capital to Vienna, When that could be accomplished, I should be
not obliged to fly so often to Varan for the sake of those historical hunt-
few-parties, having near at hand plenty of roes with such languid eyes.
Here old Willie, too, would not get so decrepit, because it is more healthy
and more agreeable to look into star-covered eky as to peep into a creek
reflecting a faint light of moon. Alas! how it is dull and close in Berlin,
and they talk, I am eternally uneasy. . . . How it is possible to be other-
wise in such a restraint. My case can be dully understood only by a
staunch Prussian. Our Crusader-Xation was, and will be, always like a
farmer, after a sumptuous feast, taking his rest on the bank of some
neighboring river. Hardly you can lift your head but the Baltic over-
flows your ears, and when you will stretch out your cramped legs, you
will pull down, as a matter of course, your neighbor. What is the use to
make room across with your hands, when . , , Ah! zum teufel when it
were possible, how willingly I would condescend to become an Austrian
Chancellor! It is quite another and easy position! Austria is fond
of historical missions. I would immediately push forward to
the East, just for the sake of such historical mission, and at least
to Constantinople, in a way that would drive the Muscovites to mad-
ness, and those Prussians with cramped legs I would permit, in the
name of that brotherly Union, to draw themselves up erect along the
borders of that blue Donau, amidst the enchanting tunes of Strauss'
Waltzers, and charming eyes. . . . Ah! you see, mein Heber Kerl, how I
am enraptured with Vienna. I see, however, that it is not I alone who
am so ; that gay and astute priest, Jacobini (Nuucius of the Pope), who,
while in Ga^tein, was so anxious to have me to Canossa. He would gladly
exchange Canossa for Vienna. There is no doubt but he is very fond of
Vienna; also it will be possible to me to transact more easy some business
with those priests. They would not go to Berlin, nor I to Canossa, con-
sequently we will sign the contract in Vienna. I am going to propose
this to Jacobini, because I am getting tired devilishly of that obdurate
quarrel ; at any rate, it is necessary to make some agreement with them,
at least for some time to come, in order to 6x properly that living skele-
ton, Mr. Gorcinkoff. You write to me, mein licber, that he is going to
Prance. I know it; I know and am laughing heartily at those "in-
genious plans" of his. Poor old man, he does not know how my own
hand is helping him in those "French coquettings." Allons ! Allons !
Monsier le Prince Gorciakoff. Allons, mon enfant! When the opportu-
nity arrives, then the first I happen to meet, either a Napoleonide or a
Bourbon, I shall snatch by the collar, and will put him on the throne of
"Old France," "Ity the Will of God ," or "By the Will of the People."
I will have it trumpeted in bombastic phrases all over the country,
and I will simultaneously declare war against the Bear of the
North, in better terms than Napoleon III. did, thus : "I am
going to rebuild Poland ; who has something to object against it, I
defy him to step out." Ha! Ha! Ha! We shall see who will be the win-
ner! We shall see how that Petersburgh "sage" will fare with his alli-
ance with the representatives of the Republic. I understand perfectly
the French people. In its political notions, it does not know anything
else in the world but England and Russia, which they hate from the bot-
tom of their heart since Napoleon I. It is true that we can be reckoned
as the third party in that company, but that nation did not forget yet
Poland, which it cherishes sincerely, because of its bitterest opponents ;
and now it is overwhelmed by Ruosia. Also, when that nation will hear
"Vive la Pologne!" soon it will repeat, " Vive la Pologne!" and in an
instant it will scatter to the winds those honorable Republican Dictators
who are trying secretly to unite themselves with that despot who is odious
to it from the time immemorable. And before it will decide what is to be
done, meanwhile I will give a sound thrashing, after my fashion, to the
Muscovites. I will re-take what is " ours," and, at the same time, some-
thing in addition, which may happen on my way, and will be back again,
in order to spend weary hours in Berlin. Lcben ste wokl, mein Heber/
Dein Servus, Bismarck.
Vienna, September, 1879.
[The Chancellor's English has a charm of its own, which we leave un-
disturbed.—Ed. N. L.]
They were looking at the hippopotamus at the aquarium. Said
she: " Augustus, dear, did you say that was a horse?" " Yes, duckie, I
did ; a river horse." " Well, isn't he made up wrong, or deformed, or
something of that sort ?" " Oh, no ; that's the only model of blood stock
they have in Africa ; he isn't very pretty, is he ?" " Well, not very ; but
do you know he reminds me of you sometimes, Augustus, dear ?" "How,
dearie t When he shuts his eyes and drifts into those delicious phases of
reverie?" "No, you old blessing; it's when he yawns."
The greatest appetizer, stomach, blood and liver regulator on earth
— Hop Bitters. See notice.
E.M.Frj. FRY, WATTIES A CO., J.B.Watties.
Stock Broken.
303 Monticnmrr? Btrwt, s. I\, I n.lrr llic UTeTKda Bunk.
•* v On »,-li,r MOOQ N..v. H.
Oho. C. Bxaox. £ c McFi»i.t»i.
GEORGE C. HICKOX & CO.,
t1ominl<»lnii Mock Broken (Nun FrniiriM-o Slnrk F.k-
/ change, No. 230 MniilK.rn.crj ptrvrt, San Frmtiri-.. Mai \
Mi. A. RUDKIN,
ember N. r. si... I. nml I x. hunt.' Board, *23 « 'all foniln
street. STOCKS Bought tod Sold on OommMoD. Liberal Advance*
made n Active Account* u,t ■:,:.
E. E. Evn.s.1 Mombera S. P. stock and Exchange Board.
EYRE & JONES,
Stock Brokers,
320 PINE STREET. SAN FRANCISCO.
[J. H. Jones.
[Sept. 27.
ANDREW BAIRD,
Negotiator of Loans and Commercial Paper,
Broker In I I and stale Securities.
No. 312 California Street San Francisco.
[/'. O. J)ox 1,90H.] Jolj-19.
D. V. B. Henarie.
E. MARTIN & CO.,
Edward Martin.
Importers and 'Wholesale Dealers In Wines and Liquors.
Proprietors or Miller-- Extra Old Bonrbon and J. F. Cut-
ter Extra Old Bourbon and llyo Whiskies.
Aprils. 40S Front Street. San Francisco.
HIBERNIA BREVVERyT-
Howard Street, Between Eighth and! Ninth.
Dec. 7.] M. XTTlfAIf, Proprietor.
TABER, HARKER IT CO.,
I3tPOHTEBS AND WHOLESALE GXOCEJIS,
109 and 110 California St., s. F.
[April 19.]
Henry B, Williams. Henry B, Williams.
WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO.,
SHIPPING AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
No. 218 California st., S. F. [July 27.
Newton Booth, C. T. Wheeler, Sacramento. | J. T. Glover, W. W. Dodge, S. P
W. W. DODGE & CO.
w
holesale Grocers, corner Front and Clay streets, San
Francisco. April 1.
CASTLE BROTHERS,
ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAR 1850.
Importers of Teas an<l East India Goods, Nob. 213 and 215
Front street, San Francisco. Jan. 13.
J. M. Neville. REMOVAL. Geo. H. Bryant.
BAGS. TENTS AND HOSE.
NEVILLE & CO.,
No.'n 31 and 33 California Street. S. E. corner of Davis,
San Francisco. [Aug;. 2.
L.H. Newton. NEWTON BROTHERS & CO., M. Newton.
Importers and wholesale dealers in Teas, Foreign Goods and
Groceries, 204 and '206 California street, San Francisco, Cal May 25.
WM. F. SMifnTl/I.D.,
Oculist and Aurist, 313 Bush Street.
Aug. 16.] Office Hours, from 12 M. to 3 P.M.
J. C. MERRILL & CO.,
Shipping and Commission Merchants, Agents for the Sand-
wich Islands Packet Lines, 204 California street, S. F. April 13.
JOSEPH GILLOTT'S STEEL PENS.
Gold Medal, Paris, 1S7S.
old by all Stationers. Sole Agent for the United States:
MR. HENRY HOE, 91 John street, N. Y. Jan. 5.
s
DOGS.
G Eve rill, the Celebrated Cauine Doctor from IiOndon, can
a be consulted for treatment or purchase. Fee. $1, Address,
G. EVERILL, 528 California street.
fcW Sure cure for worms, distemper, canker and mange sent free by mail on
receipt of SI. Oct. 18.
D. hicks & CO.,
Bookbinders and Blank Book Manufacturers,
NO. 543 CLAY STREET.
(^~ Blank Books Ruled, Printed and Bound to Order. [Nov. 8.
COKE CHEAPEST FUEL.
Reduction in Price : Wholesale Price, 50 cents per barrel ;
Retail Price, 60 cents per barrel, at the works of the SAN FRANCISCO GAS-
LIGHT COMPANY, Howard and First streets, and foot of Second St. Jan. 12.
$7
'77 a year and expenses to agents. Outfit Free. Address,
• * June 7.] P. O. V1CKERY, Augusta, Maine.
16
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER.
Dec. 6, 1879.
KALLOCH'S INTRODUCTORY.
Kalloch has spoken, and baa had the whole city for his audience.
We confess that we hardly know whether to congratulate or commiserate
our citizens upon what he said. His inaugural speech, as Mayor of San
Francisco, stamps him as a man of more than average grasp of mind.
The document makes good, strong reading. There is a crispness and
freshness about it that are delightful. He, moreover, talks like a man of
power who knows what he wants, and how to obtain it. It is the ablest
document, of its kind, that has been presented to the people of this State
within our recollection. If the first paragraph had been omitted it would
have been well. He belittles himself, and. the large subjects of which he
treats, when he indicates that much of his time, and the whole of the in-
fluence of his office, are to be devoted to avenging a private quarrel, in
which he was very far from being altogether in the right. Apart from
this grave error, there is much to praise and some to condemn. The in-
augural comes undoubtedly from a man of intellectual power, who knows
the right, but seems to have some leanings toward the wrong. _ "We, there-
fore, say that we know not whether to congratulate or commisserate our
citizens. If our new Mayor does the right, as well as he knows it, then
without a doubt he will make the best and most popular chief magistrate
the city has ever had, and in that event almost any office in the gift of the
peoplewill be within his reach. If, on the other hand, he uses his unde-
niable intellectual force for demagogic purposes, then his_ elevationto
office will prove a curse, all the greater because of his ability. His in-
augural raises hopes on the one hand and fears on the other, so that only
the future can determine what the effect of his election will be. He is
altogether admirable when he tells home truths to the Sand-lotters, and
to the voters generally ; whilst, on the other hand, he smacks strongly of
the demagogue when he holds as a threat over the heads of his confreres in
office his superior ability and intention to harangue and excite the mob,
whenever he finds that he is not permitted to be monarch of all he sur-
veys. He says beforehand that he will not submit to be in a minority,
and that if he is, he will appeal to the mob outside. We incline very
strongly to the opinion that he has used the precise language most calcu-
lated to thwart his own ends. He has rubbed the fur the wrong way.
He has been needlessly irritating, when he ought to have been most win-
ningly complacent. The whole Board of Supervisors were elected by the
party opposed to"Kalloch, and to tell them that their duty is merely to
register his decrees — for that is the effect of it — is to exasperate at the
outset, and to invite a conflict, when every endeavor ought to be made to
avoid it. A true leader should draw, not drive. Sturdy men, conscious
of their rights, resent threats to encroach upon, them, and. are very ready
to take up the gauge of battle when it is defiantly thrown down to them,
in full view of the spectators. The struggle would doubtless be a severe one.
The man strong in the arts of the demagogue would be hard to beat.
But he would be in the wrong; he would be wielding a power inimical to
representative government, and hence would be entitled to be esteemed
a public enemy, who would endanger the commonwealth by subordinating
its servants to his will, and by causing them to be received with scorn and
hatred by the people. This is, in effect, what he says he will do ; and if
he proves as good as his word, then our citizens are to be commisserated
upon the speech by which he has begun an era fraught with many dangers.
Let us trust that he will think better of it, and be content to act har-
moniously, in every good work, with those who are as responsible to the
people as he is. When he tells the Workingmen that t( he does not ex-
pect to please them," it looks as if he has a prescience of that which is
very likely to happen. The power he may invoke against others may be
directed against himself. The voice of the people is a very fickle and un-
certain voice. It may exalt him to-day and crucify him to-morrow. It
has done the first already, and that he expects it will do the second is a
good sign. It is evidence that he hopes to rise superior to it. Some time
ago, in alluding to the efforts that were being made to unite the Demo-
crats and Workingmen, we predicted that Kalloch would prove a consider-
able obstacle to such a result. That we were right seems apparent from
his inaugural. He evidently means to serve the Republicans. He says
that he is not "oblivious of the fact that he owes his position to the in-
dependent voters of that party, of which the Supervisors are all honored
members, and of which he has been a member since its infancy and his
own." He tells a most pregnant truth when he says that if a man passes
through the fire of official corruption unscathed, his rewardisasneer conveyed
in the reflection, " you were a fool not to have made better use of your op-
portunities." He further tells us that we "are perhaps the only civilized
community on the face of the earth where it is absolutely no bar to a
man's social recognition and respectability for it to be known that he has
stolen himself rich." Those words are true, and most bravely told. If
Mayor Kalloch will keep en educating his hearers iiTthat fashion, he will
certainly prove himself anything hut the demagogue which thinking, con-
servative men have feared he was. His future is before him. He may
make it what he will. " He has proven himself a man of intellectual
power. Let us hope that he will use his great possession aright. We
shall watch his career with a more than passing interest. That he hopes
finally to reach the United States Senate, we can plainly see. Every tack
he takes is an indication that, come fair wind or come foul, he is navigat-
ing for the port Senatorial. His struggles to reach it will be worth keep-
ing in view. It is always a worthy study to watch the efforts of a bold,
audacious, able and ambitious man, all of which Kalloch is.
The new Board of Supervisors can hardly be said to have deserved
well of the city in the four days of its power. To go into office with a
ring already made, and committees arranged before the oaths were taken,
may be considered smart, but it does not command the public confidence.
Outside of the ring, however, there is some comfort for the people in the
integrity of the members. Mr. Litchfield, who distinguished himself the
first evening, by exposiug the unworthy tricks of the majority, can be
counted on to stand by his duty, and to denounce wrong doing, and he
will not lack support.
The numerous friends of Robert C. Rogers, Esq., were glad-
denedon Tuesday morning last by the receipt of a telegram from Port Town-
send, Washington Territory, announcing his marriage at Victoria, B. C,
to Miss Josie Downing, of this city. As former President of the Bohe
mian Club, Mr. Kogers was well known and very popular, and made an
excellent showing as Republican candidate for the Shrievalty of San
Francisco at the general election in 1877, although unsuccessful. He is at
present Post Trader at Camp Chilian. Health and good wishes !
THE SURROUNDINGS OP A HOTEL
If the surroundings of a hotel are of a doubtful character, what can
you expect the hotel to be ? If the proprietor's reputation is such that it
might easily be improved upon, if the manager is about the last man one
would expect to find in such a position, if he is ignorant of the graces and
dignity of life, if he is devoid of those nicer sensibilities that are required
in an eminent degree, in order to fit him to interfere in and settle the
little, yet important, social difficulties that are constantly occurring in a
great hotel, if he becomes intoxicated at hours when he is liable to be
called upon to perform important duties, ought he to continue a round
peg in a square hole ? If one of the principal clerks, a married man, asso-
ciates witha prominent member of the demi-monde, and seems to make
her home his home, ought such an open scandal to continue in connection
with a hotel that claims to be first-class ? If a large portion of the social
disgrace of the city is congregating in streets around the hotel, ought not
the proprietor to call upon good citizens to aid him in abating the evil, or
ought he not, at least, to see to it that the Police do their full duty in the
premises? If women have been in the hotel who had better have been
away from it, is that the very best evidence that could have been afforded
that due vigilance had been exercised? If there is a theater in the build-
ing which contains so much inflammable material that the underwriters
refuse to insure the hotel, except at prices which the proprietor declines to
pay, is that a guarantee against a terrible fire, like unto conflagrations
that the American people are too well acquainted ? If the domestic rela-
tions of the proprietor have almost always been of a character that are
questionable, does that fact make him the right man in the right place,
when he is in a hotel, and controling its management? If any, or all
of these things, are guarantees of high tone, then the Baldwin is the high-
est toned hotelm the city, for the house, its proprietor, its manager, itsclerk,
its theater and its surroundings, are all, and more, than we have above de-
scribed. _ We allude to thissubject now, and shall continue to allude to it, for
the justifiable purpose of doing the hotel good, and of serving the public
by so doing. Hotels are no longer the subjects of exceptional Police
supervision. The Press is now expected to praise or censure, accordingly
as the one or the other is demanded by the public interests. Other ho-
tels need attention, andVe will take care that they get it. But one at a
time. When our good work of improving the Baldwin is done, we shall
not fail to visit another hotel on another street, and proceed thence
wherever our presence is calculated to be unwelcome to private interests
but beneficial to public ones. Persistence is our forte. We keep on until
we succeed. _We once heard an eminent man offer to bet that he would
break a leg with a wax candle, if the subject of the operation, would stand
it. His audience failing to comprehend how he was to perform such a
feat, he explained that the persistent taps of the candle would soon estab-
lish a wound that would grow unbearable. The subject wouldn't stand it
and the operator would win his bet. We have remembered that story
ever since, and have frequently had occasion to practice the lesson it
teaches. We keep on hitting at the obstruction to reform until the ob-
structions can no longer stand it. Thus our purpose is accomplished and
the public good promoted.
" Poenae recrudescentis aerumnae."
The agony of a pain continually renewed — one of the pains of the
damned. — St. Ambrose.
THE POOR CZAR.
Another attempt has been made on the Czar's life, and once more
the attempt has been unsuccessful. Really, Alexander II. has a right to
claim— as he always does on such occasions — that the hand of God is
specially interposed to shield his imperial life, and his people can scarcely
be blamed for credulity if they believe him. It is rather difficult, how-
ever, to think with them that the Emperor owes his marvelous escapes to
the fact of his being head of the Church, for, if he does not sooner or
later die a violent death, he will be one of very few Czars that have
not so perished. In this particular the record of the Russian sovereigns
is as bad as that of the Popes.
But if his Majesty's escapes are wonderful, the desperate daring of the
would-be assassins is no less so, and was more apparent on this than on
any preceding occasion.
To make a subterranean excavation from the cellar of a house to be-
neath the bed of the railroad, to charge the mine and lay the necessary
wires for exploding it, was a work that required time and the utmost cau-
tion. It seems, indeed, incredible that it could have been accomplished
without the connivance of the Police, who have their agents and spies in
every house and every family. But, however this may have been, the
fact that such an elaborate method of assassination could be carried to its
completion must fill the Czar's cup of terror to the brim. In any case, it
is certain to give him a bad fit of the sulks, and he always makes things
disagreeable for his subjects when he has moods of that sort. How he can
place them in a worse plight than they are now, though, it is difficult to
imagine.
TIMES ARE CHANGED.
No one walking the streets of San Francisco to-day would imagine
that but four months ago business was almost at a stand-still, and the
faces of men grave with anxiety: Now there is an alertness in the step,
a joyous look in the countenance of almost every one you meet* and the
shop-windows have never been more gay. The stocks of goods are ample,
not only of the necessary kind, which we must have and sometimes do
without, but of the superfluous, that "indispensable thing," as Voltaire
calls it. Highly civilized men must have art, and the gratification of the
artistic sense ; and a measure of the public culture is to be found in the
style of the luxuries sought. Our city has no reason to veil her face in
the presence of others, so long as one establishment can show such a
grouping of marvels as those which now attract the passers-by to the
magnificent windows of the White House. The colors and the qualities
of the fabrics, disposed with a consummate taste so as to highten and re-
lieve each other, are beyond praise. They represent the finest looms of
Europe and the East, the rarest and most delicate workmanship employed
upon the costliest stuffs. And on the background so arranged stand
forth the perfect bronzes, green and silvered and dark, the translucent
crystal, the wonderful terra-cotta sculptures, in which France still dis-
plays her unquestionable superiority. Selected with admirable discrim-
ination, these treasures are laid before a people with a natural affinity for
what is excellent ; and the appreciative glances and remarks of the crowd
in front of the White House speak volumes.
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8AN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, DEO. 13, 1879.
No. 22.
OtBcf or the San Francisco Mens Letter, Merphnn t Street,
N«M- 607 to 816, San Francisco.
GOLD BARS— 890@910-Silver Bars— 5® 15 V cent. disc. Mexican
Dollars, 4@5 per cent, nominal.
•a" Exchange on New York. Jf5Jl-5 per cent. : On London. Bankers,
49j ; Commercial, 50d. Paris, sight, 5 francs per dollar. Telegrams,
310!J1 percent.
• Latest price of Sterling, 482J@4S5.
' Price of Money here, I
open market, l@li.
S}1 per cent, per month — bank rate.
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In the
PRICES OF LEADING STOCKS AND GOV. BONDS.
San Francisco December 12, 1H79.
Stocks and Bonds.
Col. St. Bonds, 6V57, (nom)
S. F. City & Co. B'ds. (is. '68
8. F. C. &Co. B'ds,73(nom)
Montg'y Av. Bonds (nom)..
Dupont Street Bonds
Sacramento City Bonds
Stockton City Bonds, 6'a...
Tuba County Bonds, S's
Santa Clara Co. Bonds, 7's .
D. P. R. R. Stock
C. P. R. K. Bonds
Oakland City Bonds, S's
Bauk of California (new stk).
First National
Pacific
California Ins. Co
Commercial Ins. Co
Fireman's Fund Ins. Co
Hid
Asked
too
102
Nom.
Nom.
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Nom.
65
70
XII
90
26
28
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95
103
106
105
107
85
90
108
110
112
115
125
130
95
974
115
120
108
112
75
80
115
120
Stocks and Bonds.
Home Mutual Ins. Co
State Investment Ins. Co ..
Union Ins. Co
City R. R
Central R. R. Co
Clay Street Hill R. R
Market Street R. R
N". B. and Mission R. R
Omnibus R. R
Potrero and Bay View R. R.
Giant Powder Co
Atlantic Giant Powder
S. F. Gaslight Co(ex div)...
Oakland Gas Co
California Powder Co
3. V. W. W. Co (ex div). . . .
Nevada Co. N. G. R. R. Bds
Virginia & Trtickee "
Bid.
85
105
111
35
55
21
30
30
155
130
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95
85
93
100
Asked
90
108
116
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60
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160
140
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95
102J
Bank of California stock and the stock of the two Giant Powder Com-
panies are in demand at our quotations. There is very little doing in
General Securities, and at the same time there is but little disposition to
realize.
Andrew Bauid, 312 California st- e :t.
Death of William Davidson.— On Wednesday morning Mr. W.
Davidson, one of the proprietors of the White House, died at his resi-
dence, 1711 California street, of pulmonary consumption, which declared
itself last July with a violent hemorrhage. Since that time he has been
unable to attend to business, and about three months ago he visited San
Diego for a change, which, however, brought him so little good that he
returned shortly after, feeling that his case was beyond remedy. In the
course of his malady he suffered very little, and life died away gradually.
Mr. Davidson had lived in California about fifteen years, was very widely
known, and universally liked for his kindly manners and generous char-
acter. Falling in the very prime of life, for he was but thirty-eight years
old, he leaves to his widow and his two children the inheritance of an un-
spotted name.
We are informed by the book-keeper of the late firm of Flood &
O'Brien that the purported testimony given by him, wherein he is made
to say that the style of that firm's book-keeping was "eccentric," is
totally and ridiculously false, no such testimony having been given.
Beerbonm's Telegram— 1, onoon and Liverpool, December 12,
1870. — Floating Cargoes, turn dearer; Cargoes on Passage (buyers and
sellers apart), tending up; Mirk Lane Wheat seems improving; No. 2
Spring Off Coast, 54s. 6.1.; Red Winter Off Coast, 57s. Gd.; California Off
Coast, 57s.; California Just Shipped, 57s, 6d.j California Nearly Due,
56s. 6d.; Liverpool Wheat, 10s. 9d., lis. 9d., lie. 8d., 12s.; Liverpool
Spot Wheat, firm; California Club, No. 1 Standard, 12s. 3d.; California
Club, No. 2 Standard, lis. KM.; California Club. Western, lis. 9d.; Cali-
fornia Club, White Michigan, lis. 10d.; No. 3 Spring, 9s. 9d., 10s. 3d.;
English Country Markets, generally dearer; Arrivals Off Coast, moder-
ate; Weather in England, seasonable; Market tending up; Sterling Ex-
change, 82£, 85. _
The Stock Market— The past week .mows a further shrinkage in
values, with a heavy undertone to the general market. Large quantities
of margin stocks have been forced upon the market, and a general demor-
alization exists among dealers. While the news from Union continues of
the most favorable character, there seems to be a mistrust regarding the
appearance of the next level, although it is denied by well informed par-
ties that any drilling has taken place below the 2400 level. However that
may be, it is very evident that there is a " nigger in the fence " some-
where. At the close the market showed but little signs of recovery, and
considerable uneasiness is manifested.
Health of the City. — There was, as anticipated, a further reduction.
of the death-rate last week, the total deaths being 64, as against 86 the
week previous. Typhoid fever is still prevalent, and two deaths have
occurred this week. Scarlatina and whooping-cough are also common,
especially in Hayes Valley. The deaths from consumption are less, but
pneumonia is still fatal. Six deaths were registered from it last week.
Apoplexy, angina pectoris, aneurism and heart disease have been unusu-
ally fatal. It may be a question whether any are due to the disastrous
break in stocks. The damp, cold weather h productive of rheumatism,
which is specially prevalent in local and sub-acute forms.
Free Library. —The trustees of this institution met on Tuesday even-
ing last to elect a Librarian, in place of Mr. Albert Hart, whose regre' jd
resignation takes effect on Monday next. There were a number of c i-
didates, the successful one being Mr. Charles H. Robinson, who has had
experience in public libraries in the East and abroad, and is now on the
staff of the Mining and Scientific Press. At the same meeting the salary
of the Librarian was reduced from $200 to $150 per month — &n economi-
cal measure which cannot be commended.
We regret to announce the death of Lady Parkes, wife of the Brit-
ish Minister in Japan, who so recently resided at the Palace Hotel in San
Francisco, which took place on November 12th. Sir Harry Parkes is ex-
pected to arrive in London about the 21st of November. His return was
decided on partly on account of the precarious state of Lady ParkeB'
health, and partly to discuss with the Foreign Office authorities various
desagremenis which have arisen between Great Britain and Japan.
Californiana Abroad, Nov. 20, 1879.— Paris— Mr. and Mrs. S. W.
Bugbee, G. H. Carodi, A. Kohler, Mrs. A. Kohler, Jas. G-. Mackey.
Dresden — Mrs. Boswell, Miss BoswelL Mrs. Burrage, Mrs. James C.
Clark and family, Mrs. Catherwood and family. — The Continental Gazette,
Paris. Florence- Mr. R. Morell, Miss Nannie Crane, Mrs. W. W.
Crane, Mr. Jeremiah Lynch. — The Continent and Swiss Times, Geneva,
Nov. 22, 1879.
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Dec. 13, 1879.
IRISH LOVE-SONG.
Ah! swan of slenderness, dove of , tenderness,
Jewell of joys arise !
The little red lark, like a rosy spark
Of song, to his sun-burst flies ;
But till you are risen, earth is a prison,
Full of my captive sighs.
Then wake and discover to your fond lover
The morn of your matchless eyes.
The dawn is dark to me ; hark, on! hark to me,
Pulse of my heart, I pray,
And gently gliding out of thy hiding,
Dazzle me with thy day !
And oh! I'll fly to the singing, and sigh to thee,
Passion so sweet and gay,
The larks shall listen and dew-drops glisten,
Laughing on every spray.
THE HOODLUM ELEMENT.
There ia an old saying that "new brooms sweep clean." Will this
be applicable on the 1st of January, 1880, to the spick- aud-span new au-
thorities, as concerns the vile hoodlum element which has made San Fran-
cisco, and several of the larger cities of Australia, a bye-word in the civ-
ilized world. Hitherto, in this city, little or nothing has been done to
root it out ; so little as only to add a sort of zest to the insolence and
blackguardism which are among its prominent disgusting characteristics.
Can nothing now be done to reach the root of the evil ? Is there no known
remedy here? Have really repressive measures failed? or have they
never been seriously undertaken ? Possibly the new set of city authori-
ties may be induced to try by the successful example of the magistrates
and police of Melbourne— a city as populous as this, and not very long
ago as much infested by hoodlums, of both sexes. Fines, no matter how
heavy, were soon proved to be of no avail, for there were disco veredjclubs
of hoodlums, with numerous membership, who subscribed so much a
month to a fund, kept in one of the banks, for the sole purpose of paying
Police Court fines. Henceforth it was useless to inflict fines. The next
step was to send the young ones to a reformatory school for a term, and
the older to the city jail. That, for a while, acted favorably ; but nothing
really reached a point of convincing the " hoods " that the authorities
were in earnest till the Birch Rod was brought to the front. To young-
sters under sixteen years a good sound birching is administered, quite pri-
vately, by a. Droper officer, and in presence only of a few prison officers,
as witnesses that all is fairly done, in a room adjoining the Court. That
being over, with least, possible delay the young scamp is turned into the
public street, a blubbering spectacle, which reaches the intellect of his
fellows when the best logic of Aristotle would fail. For those over six-
teen years there is another regimen, of which the annexed excerpt from
the Geelong Weekly Neios will speak with force, yet it is by no means an
exaggerated instance of severity. By these, and such like repressive
measures brought quickly home to the feelings of the hoodlums, their
numbers are already vastly diminished. Now, I fail to see why, in the
absence, or rather failure, of other measures, that part of the human
economy which nature would seem to have provided on purpose for the
castigation and correction of juvenile scamps, should not, when the de-
linquent has been fairly caught and convicted, be made to feel the saving
influence of a small branch of a well-seasoned white birch tree. J. J. B.
Six Collingwood larrikins, or hoodlums, who enjoyed themselves
after the fashion of their tribe in breaking windows and otherwise
destroying property, were recently brought before the Collingwood
Court. There were five charges fully proved against the prisoners, who
were astonished to find themselves sentenced to three months' imprison-
ment on each charge, and probably horrified to think that at the end of
the fifteen months they would have to find two sureties of £100 each, and
their own of £200, to keep the peace for twelve months.
SUSPENSION OF THE "GOLOS."
Of all Russian newspapeis, the St. Petersburg Golos has long been
the most violent against all foreign Powers which happen not to approve
of Russia's way of doing things. Time and time again it has been sus-
pended for its fierce and imprudent utterances, but no sooner has its term
of punishment expired than it has sprung to the front again with a new
series of assaults, not to say insults. Now, this constant checking of the
paper's apparent hot-beadedness would lead most people to believe that
the Russian Government strongly disapproves of what the Golos says ;
but, as a matter of fact, it is well known in Europe that every word on
international affairs uttered by this same journal is indirectly inspired
from official sources. Of course the paper is not acknowledged as an or-
gan of the Government. That would mar the effect of the farce which it
is made to play, which consists in trying to give the impression that the
paper represents the opinions and feelings of the people. Naturally, it is
an object for the Government to have it believed that the sentiment of
the Russian masses is warlike and resolute against any Power with whose
interests those of the Czar conflict; but international courtesy and Mus-
covite diplomacy both dictate that there should be at least some show of
moderate counsels prevailing. Hence it comes that when this fire-eating
Golos has said everything that it can say, and has exhausted its vocabu-
lary in abusing foreign Powers, the Government suspends it. Which is
something like encouraging a man to talk himself dumb, and then placing
your hand over his mouth to keep him from speaking. Nobody can be
deceived by this dodge who is aware of the fact (and who is not ?) that
not a single line is published by the Russian Press but what is first read
and sanctioned by an official censor. If that functionary disapproves of
an article or paragraph, he causes it to be stamped out with a great black
blank, and he is strictly responsible to his superiors for the careful per-
formance of this duty. It is no unusual sight to see newspapers disfig-
ured by the column with these unsightly blotches. How, then, could the
Golos continue its tirades for weeks together, and then really merit sus-
pension for having printed what the Government officials allowed to pass ?
In American parlance, the ruse is "too thin."
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ftnma-Ml aaar— In thUdty, October fcilh, John Pottarto Miss N. T. Murray.
jus "In Peuluoj ., N'orember Wh, M. Rollins to Nellie Bearoan.
ft-HiXKU - In 1''. • ilunu, November a !, J. I'. Kodircrs t.. Kettle Hinkle.
Ssow-Bradlrv-Iii this dty, December 7th. G. i> Bnow to Nellie Bradley.
TrRxcR-llKssLv— In thH city, November 30th, < apt. 1.. H Tumor to Denla Hensly.
t-Pnabra— In Santa k ■■ ■■ _i, jaaiM Wallace to Alice Perkins.
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Ai.TTtTTW fn this fit v. December 6th, Simon Alexander, aged 47 years.
Bums— In this city, December 8th, Bride • Burke, aged 28 years.
Bradford -In this city. Deceinber 9th, win O, Bradford, aged 21 years.
-in this dty, Dw mb-er 6th, John Co may, aged 63 years.
Dovuvo— In this city, December 8th, Mr- Maria Bowling, aged 43 years.
DincLBVT— In this city, December 5th. Joseph P. Duntevy, aged 37 years.
Bshbuiah— In Leadvifle, Colorado, December 4th, 1870, Mary Ellen Eshelman (ne'e
Sharpe}, «if<; of James V Eshelman, aged 22 years, 10 months and 18 days.
Foley— In tl.i- i-U\ , I'ccember tlth. Jam.' Louise Foley, aged :10 years.
Holt— In tliis city, December ;>th, Ziba Holt, aged 80 years.
L&MtXAP— In this city, December 9th, Metta Laukeniu, aged 43 years.
ICoOlikx— In this city, December 9th, Hugh McOlinn, aged 80 years.
McCarthy— In this city, December 7th. Lizzie McCarthy, aged 24 years.
McHroii — In this city, December 5th, Mrs Annie McHugh, aged 54 years.
Mueller— In this city, December tith, Annie L. Mueller, aged'25 years.
Hobbr -iii this dty, December 5th, E. Melchoir Noser, aged 26" years.
QrioLEv— Iii this dty, December 5th, Margaret A, Qnigley, aged 48 years.
dramas— In this dty, December 6th, Charles Stefflns, aged 37 years.
Tier\*x— In this city, December 30th, Addie Elizi Tiernan, aged 13 years.
ARRIVAL OP THE AUSTRALIAN MAIL.
The Australian mail steamer arrived on December 2d, bringing- us,
among other things, our customary budget of news from each of the prov-
inces of Australia, New Zealand and the Sandwich Islands. Taking, as
the News Letter has at all times, a lively interest in the rising colonies of
those vast Islands of the South Pacific, with their inexhaustible resources
of wealth of all kinds, and with conditions of climate and soil not unlike
those of California and Arizona, but with sufficient variety to render in-
terchange of produce, and the results of industry, not merely possible but
mutually profitable ; any enterprise which tends to bring this coast of the
Pacific nearer, so to speak, to our nearest neighbors, is always hailed by
us with unfeigned pleasure. The Australians of the next generation will
know little of the parent-land, and their thoughts, like those of our own
citizens, will naturally turn to the land of their birth ; and in the high
spheres of mercantile life will, with equal naturalness, look to this coast
as the depot and entrepot of their commercial transactions with the vast
and varied interior of America. The growing feeling in this direction we
note from mail to mail in the reports of mercantile transactions recorded
in the pages of the Australian press. We take this opportunity of return-
ing our thanks for the numerous and valuable exchanges with which they
supply the News Letter. We would also here modestly record our admira-
tion of the ability and style in which our contemporaries place themselves
before their readers. For ourselves, we endeavor to reflect passing events,
and only regret the absence of a well-established public opinion in this
city and State. It has, alas! yet to be created ; but it will come with
time. Events like those International Exhibitions — one now being held
in Sydney, and another, on a yet grander scale, if possible, next year in
Melbourne, Victoria — cannot help bringing nations, especially young ones,
like the Australias and those of the Pacific Coast, into closer intercommu-
nion. Race, language andhistorical traditions being the same, it is a sub-
ject of curious and interesting observation to notice how the scions of the
old British stock will take root and flourish ; and whether the Australian
or the Californian will eventually win in the race of life.
A Few Variations of Widowhood. — We begin with the ladies:
First Widow: " I was happy with my first husband. I may be happy
with a second. I shall marry again."
Second Widow: " I was not happy with my first husband. I may have
better luck with a second. I shall marry again."
Third Widow: " I was happy with my first husband, unhappy with my
second. I must now play the rubber. I shall marry again."
Now for the men:
First Widower: " I was happy with my first wife — yes, very happy.
I could never be happier. I shall not marry again."
Second Widower: " My married life was an inferno upon earth. I am
now free. No, I shall not marry again."
Third Widower: "I did lead a very happy life with my first wife ; it
was worse still with my second. I am not anxious to know what a third
would be like. I shall not marry again." _____
One of Henry Fox a jokes was that played off on the late Mrs. ,
who had a great fondness for making the acquaintance of foreigners. He
first forged a letter of recommendation to her in favor of a German no-
bleman, the Baron von Sedlitz Powdertz, whose card was left at her door,
and for whom a dinner was immediately planned by Mrs. , and an
invitation sent in form. After waiting considerable time, no baron ap-
pearing, the dinner was served ; but during the sec md course, a note was
brought to the lady of the house, with excuses from the baron, who was
unexpectedly prevented from coming by the sudden death of his aunt,
the Duchess von Epsom Saltz, which she read out to the company with-
out any suspicion of the joke, and to the entertainment of her friends,
among whom was the facetious author.
A UtUo five-year -old boy « I in morala by his
mothar. li, M •■ by jolly! " " by
" by thundn oatha, and ton Little battel
than an. lid, b« ooald teU ;i prohuu oath
by the prefii ,*i,-. " w,d|. than, mothar," ■aid
the littl.- hopeful, "there's a l L-.it h in the newapamn ' By Telegraph."'
The old lady gave it Op, mi I trUdeTM OH morals.
Double Number of the Newt LttUr for Christmas. Original! Splen-
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The finest assortment -f Ornamental Silver at Geo. C. Shrevo &
BANKS.
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Chicago, Onion National tt;ink ; St Louis, ltontman'.s Baring Bank ; New Zealand,
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Bank Corporation.
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Letters of Credit issued, available in all parts of the world. Draw direct on Lon-
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Amsterdam, St. Petersburgh, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Christiana, Locarno, Mel-
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Paid np Capital 82, 000,000, Gold. President, B. C. Wool-
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pared to transact a general Banking business. Deposits in Gold, Silver and Currency
received subject to check or on special deposit, Exchange for sale on the principal
cities of the United States, Great Britain, Ireland and the Continent. Commercial
Credits issued available in Europe, Chh.a and Japan. Collections attended to and
prompt returns made at the lowest market rates of Exchange. Jan. 19.
BANK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.
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toria, New Westminster and Cariboo, British Columbia.
This Bank transacts a General Banking Business. Accounts opened subject to Check
and Special Deposits received. Commercial Credits granted available in all parts of
the world. Approved Bills discounted and advances made on good collateral security.
Draws direct at current rates upon its Head Office and Branches, and upon its Agents
as follows :
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Wales Bank ; Scotland— British Linen Company ; Ireland— Bank of Ireland ; Mex-
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Japan— Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, and Oriental Bank ; Australia
and New Zealand— Bank of Australasia, Commercial Banking Company of Sydney,
and English, Scottish and Australian Chartered Bank.
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LONDON AND SAN FRANCISCO BANK, LIMITED.
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present capital. Reserve Fund, $360,000. San Francisco Office, 424 Califor-
nia street ; London Office, 22 Old Broad street. Manager, ARTHUR SCRIVENER ;
Cashier, WILLIAM STEEL. London Bankers, Bank of England and London Joint
Stock Bank ; New York, Drexel, Morgan & Co, ; Boston, Third National Bank.
This Bank is prepared to transact all kinds of General Banking and Exchange Busi-
ness in London and San Francisco, and between said cities and all parts of the
world. March 30.
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S. Jones ; Attorney, Sidney V. Smith. Loans made on Real Estate and other
Approved Securities. Office : No. 215 Sansome street, San Francisco. Oct. 14.
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Roeding, Chas. Kohler, Edw. Kruse, George H. Eggere, N. Van Bergen, H. L. Simon,
Peter Spreckels, Ign. Steinhart. Secretary, GEO. LETTE; Attorney, JOHN R.
JARBOE. May 18.
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loan Money and issue Letters of Credit available throughout the world.
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p, N. Lilibktbal, Cashier. Sept. 13.
UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN PATENT OFFICES.
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Trade-Marks, Patent-Law. Sept. 20.
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Dec. 13, 1879.
"PLEASURE'S WAND."
"We Obey no Wand but Pleasure's."— Tom Moore,
California Theater.— Plays which are dramatizations of novels are al-
ways somewhat unsatisfactory vehicles of amusement. The elimination
of minor characters and the condensation of incidents, rendered necessary
by dramatic requirements, detrzict from the interest and intelligibility of
the story. It is true, adaptations of this character are generally made
from novels of wide publicity. Resting upon the presumption that the ma-
jority of theater-goers have read the book, the dramatist is satisfied to
leave his work sketchy and unfinished. Man and Wife is a good example
of this. To one who has never perused this excessively characteristic
story of Wilkie Cnllins's, a clear idea of what it is all about is not at-
tained through seeing the play. The characters of "Lady Lundy," "Arnold
Brinkworth," and '* Hester Dethridge " loBe all distinctness and clearness,
overshadowed as they are by those of "Ann Sylvester" and "Geoffrey
Delamayn." The theory that underlies the action in the book is entirely
lost in the play ; there being no suggestion of it at all. The novel is a
tirade against excessive physical development at colleges and other places
of mental culture. It professes to prove that the muscles, while
being nurtured to abnormal growth, will engulph all the vitality
and energy of the body to the detriment of the mind. In short,
that the mental development would be arrested, or even retrograde
in proportion to the advance of the physical one, and that the result
would be a being, magnificent in strength and physical beauty, but shallow
and debasad in mind — a man under whose breadth of chest and vigor of
limb the niceties of intelligence, honor and principle would be smothered.
As softening elements "in this brutish creation of the author are intro-
duced aristocratic birth and early education, which are indicated by out-
ward forms and general surroundings. Brutes exist everywhere, but
*' Geoffrey Delamayn " is one who, but for the system above-mentioned,
would have been a man of intelligence and honor. This is the main-
spring of the novel, which, in the play, is entirely inoperative. Here
the hero is simply a handsome boor, who happens to be a gentleman by
birth. Frank Mayo plays this character admirably, barring that he fails
completely to give it any national or local shading. As represented by
him it is an American, not an Englishman. His lines are brimful of
cheap Americanisms, that are evidently personal interpolations. These
detract from the plausibility of the performance. Mr. Russell Bas-
sett did extremely well in the eccentric character of " Bishop-
riggs," his make-up being effective and his dialect true. This is a fact
worthy of mention, for as a rule this actor is singularly unsatisfactory.
Miss Rose Osborne gave a clever rendition of "Ann Sylvester." It is
not an easy character to successfully represent, and it is to this artist's
credit to be able to say that it was dune full justice to. I look upon Miss
Osborne as one of the moBt intelligent, conscientious actresses that has
ever appeared on our boards. She is not a brilliant or strongly emo-
tional one, but one who will always be satisfactory and pleasing. Miss
Louise Beaudet is a most delightful ingenue. She has the freshness and
vivacity of youth, coupled' with wonderful experience and ability. It is a
matter of surprise that she has not ere this obtained footing in some of
the great Eastern theaters. She is a perfect juvenile actress. Her con-
nection with the French stage has been of vast service to her. The
teachings given her there, coupled with the traits of her origin, have en-
dowed her with a wealth of facial play and gesture. There is, perhaps, a
little too much of the latter in her action, but when she is more at home
on the English stage this will be modified. The French language will
permit of more extensive gestieulatory accompaniments than the English.
If this little lady does not become an immense favorite, then is truly ap-
preciation dead in this community. Besides Man and Wife, Mr. Mayo
has appeared during the week in a Romance of a Poor Young Man and
The Marble Heart. As " Manuel," in the former play, Mr. Mayo was in
all respects eminently satisfactory. During the week, this actor has
proven himself an artist of talent. He is quiet, natural and forcible.
The evil results of one-part acting have never been more fully exemplified
than in this connection. To most theater-goers, he is only known as
"Davy Crockett" or "Badger;" and that he is an excellent general
actor, full of reserved strength and emotional abilities, is a perfect reve-
lation. The company, with one exception, have done remarkably well
during the week. I refer to Miss Granville, who, as Madame Aubrey, in
the Romance of a Poor Young Man, was so absurdly extravagant and ex-
aggerated as to call for severe censure. It was a piece of acting so thor-
oughly bad that it came near spoiling the whole performance. It is in
the province of the stage manager to regulate such flights of fancy. This
evening, Mr. John Wilson, an old and useful member of this troupe,
takes his annual benefit. On Monday, Judge Leman will make his final
appearance on the stage.
Bush Street Theater.— Beauty and fun are still exercising their sway
over us, and this place of amusement is nightly comfortably filled by
amusement seekers. Robinson Crusoe is a capital burlesque, and as played
by this troupe affords lots of laughter and jollity. An inevitable compar-
ison with a former production results favorably to the present, but in cer-
tain points thereis novelty and originality which serves as compensation.
Miss Kate Everleigh is a pretty " Robinson Crusoe," and appears to great
advantage in the picturesque dress of the character. She acts and sings
neatly and pleasingly. Miss Carrie McHenry plays " Jesso," the Indian
jester, with true burlesque style. This actress displays more originality
than is usually found in such troupes, and therein lies the peculiar charm
of her appearance. English burlesque actresses are generally all cast in
the same mold, and there is an astonishing similarity in their manner and
gesture. This little American girl has ideas of her own, and carries them
out (effectively. Of the men the most noticeable are Roland Reed, who
makes a very amusing " Jim Cox," and Maflin, who is excessively funny
as " Will Atkins." The Highland fling of the former, and the bass drum
business of th<* latter, are the most ludicrous episodes of the burlesque.
Graham is rather disappointing as "Friday." An exchange of roles be-
tween him and Reed would undoubtedly improve the performance. Miss
Roseau introduces two musical selections. "ComingTbro' the Rye" is
one, and the other. I believe, a bolero from Sicilian Vespers. The latter
she sings fairly, the first execrably. For a singer to take liberties with
«such a well known song as the old Scotch ballad is bad enough, but the
climax is capped when they are so wretchedly conceived and executed.
This actress better repeat her selections of last week, which were at least
acceptably sung. Pitf-Pof, a very amusing burlesque, will be produced on
ty, and thereis more coming, for which let us rejoice.
Baldwin's Theater.— This week has Been the last of Forget Me Not.
Miss LewiB, in her endeavors to improve and elaborate her " Stephanie,"
has gone too far, and her last few performances have been terribly over-
acted, destroying thereby its natural value and artistic finish. It was
even so with her *' Countess Zicka." The superiority of French drama-
tists over all others has never been more amply exemplified than by this
play. Diplomacy is in all respects a perfect play, and as good a one
could have been constructed with the material of Forget Me Not. The
fact of a man of the world, compelled to stand helpless by and see the
object of his pure and mature love crushed by the spectre of his youth-
ful folly and gay early life, in the shape of an ambitious, designing, mer-
ciless woman, without the power to interfere and defeat her heartless
schemes, constitutes a plot out of which a French writer, with his match-
less ingenuity and wealth of detail, would have formed a wonderfully in-
teresting play. On Wednesday evening, Miss Blanche Thome took Miss
Carey's part at short notice, owing to a sudden indisposition of the latter.
It was a very creditable effort. On Monday, on the occasion of Mr. Mor-
rison's benefit, Miss Virginia Thome appeared as "Lazarillo" in Don
Cozsar de Bazan, and played with praiseworthy merit. In the Thorne
family, talent is very much diffused, and seems to be hereditary. To-
morrow evening, Courtship, H. J. Byron's latest success, will be pro-
duced for Harry Widmer's benefit. Miss Katy Mayhew will also appear
in a farce. This young and talented musician has done a great deal to-
wards the local development of orchestral music, and deserves strong
public recognition. On Thursday evening, Lucrezia Borgia was pro-
duced, for the joint debut of Miss Rachel Lowenthal and Mrs. Anita de
Fitsch Grant. Notice of this is reserved.
Standard Theater.— The Illusionists are appearing to full houses.
Their entertainment is amusing and interesting. It is some time since
necromancy has visited us, and, as Chevalier Thorn is an excellent pro-
fessor of this art, public favor is naturally to be expected. The expose of
mediumistic manifestations is exceedingly clever, though some of the
best tricks are left unexplained. There are a lot of novelties announced
by Messrs. Thorn and Darvin, so that attraction will continue to reign.
German Theater. — Notwithstanding the storm, a fair audience as-
sembled for Mr. Kadelbnrg's benefit. Sodom and Gomorrha is a very
amusing four-act farce, and was extremely well-acted. Miss Muudt-
Muhlback made her reappearance, and was cordially received. For to-
morrow evening, Toion and Country.
"Woodward's has endless attractions for to-day and to-morrow. The
wonderful Millie Christine, two souls in one body, the unheard of, two-
headed lady, the dwarfs, Baron Littlefingerand Count Rosebud, the Allen
Sisters, the phonograph and zoographicon, and great Teutonic imper-
sonator.
Marion Singer. — This little lady is at last securing the recognition her
talents entitle her to, and, with the " Rice's Surprise Party," is every-
where highly praised. That this city should have been so indifferent to-
ward her ability is not to its credit.
Chit-Chat. — Lotta's Southern trip far exceeds any previous record. It
was simply immense. This little lady's equanimity is being sadly ruffled
by numerous claimants to the position of husband.— — The negotiations
for the appearance of Marimon, Mapleson's prima donna, were all made
from New York by cable, and cost over §2,800. — John McCullough is the
sole theatrical attraction (so-called) at Washington at present.— —Mary
Anderson is playing to the biggest business ever known in the Northwest.
^^The get-up of Dr. Clyde at the Boston Museum is said to be perfect.
This is due to the talent and ability of our dear friend, Willie Seymour.
The Boston critics speak of him as the Napoleon of stage managers. Bos-
ton is appreciative ! Home news from abroad ! !^^In refitting the Bush
Street Theater Manager Locke has spent over §20,000 (fiddlesticks !) and
the owner of the property a like amount (!) in rebuilding the front (!!),
thus giving an entrance twenty feet wide and fifty feet in length (!!!)—
Boston thinks late comers to places of amusement should be hissed. Per-
haps if Boston sets the example other cities will follow.— — Currie's trial
in Texas has been postponed by reason of the absence of the witnesses
for the State.— —John Gilbert has fully recovered. ^— They accuse Rose
Wood of having lost interest in her profession, and plays mechanically.^—
Bret Harte's writings are to appear first in the Paris Figaro, and Olive
Logan is to turn his English into French. ^^ Annie Pixley is to have
a new play.— Mme. Ambre is to visit California.^— The Italians re-
venge themselves on Saint-Saens by dubbing him Senza-Senso.— Patti
and Nicoliui sang in Traviata at Berlin on Nov. 1st. Wilhelm was pres-
ent. The success was immense. ^— The new director of the Paris Grand
Opera has revived the custom, abolished in 1870 by Halanzier, of having
the ushers dressed in knee-breeches and silk stockings. How would
Waller Wallace, Jack Martin, and the rest, look in this garb ?^— Hear
the Parisian: " Certainly one of the most piquant, dark-eyed beauties
now seen on the Boulevards is the dashing American prima donna, Clara
Louise Kellogg. Her graceful figure— though, as Judic says of her own,
un peu boulotte — shows to great advantage in a nobby ulster, the product
of one of the English -Parisian tailors ; and her favorite bonnet is adorned
with an amazing ornithological specimen of the cockatoo order. Miss
Kellogg is accompanied by her mother, as usual. They purpose taking
apartments in Paris for two or three months, when Miss Kellogg will re-
sume the charming musical ' at homes ' which were so relished in London
last Spring."-^— Adelina Patti is received in Paris merely as the artist
who has one of the most wonderful voices of the age, and who has always
been a favorite on the lyric stage. At the same time, the Marquis is
warned that his interference will not be tolerated, and that, when Paris
wants to hear Patti, he must place no obstacles in the way.— John Mc-
Cullough: " As a star I was well satisfied with any success for a beginner.
The critics seemed severe, and I thought them so ; but upon looking back,
and seeing how unsatisfactory the performances were, I begin to think
the critics were right and I was wrong. They have treated me with more
consideration lately, as you remark, and I suppose it is because I have
tried to forget what I have seen in other actors, and am learning to draw
my inspiration from the book of Nature. I don't care what a critic writes
now ; he must be a pretty bad one if I cannot learn something from him."
Krug Champagne.— Private Cuvee, in quarts and pints ; Shield —
Krug — in quarts and pints ; Premiere Qualite, in quarts and pints. For
sale by Hellman Bros. 8q Co., corner Front and Jackson streets.
People of no account never run in debt.
\ FRANCISCO NKWS I.K1T1K AND
Dto. 18, 7879.
SPORTING ITEMS.
oug Thrre tu * (to.*! atUmUnc* of visitors At the coursing
m^tin,* *t Point o( I and comport* f»v.>r»-
My with any in tl.- - r t" I.i\.Tni.*r»' «>r M.«l.-t.».
v nnnlg— «l ;,.,.t „f White,
the Jn tkim in the tintt race betWONl
" Kitty fl.-v.-r and " M n - waa driven off ths ground by
*ti..n: <;*llx.-li- r ..it! I' • ||m n*^t «>f th« m
" Ktttv CloTmr* aii.1 " Monarch --• d»u§ put in the alii*. A
ban was *v<n started, which fai in i " Kitty Clover. Before the dogs
h««l run thirty yards* froth hare «Urt<«l op close to " Monarch," who
left the Boone l" pursue it ]\ ith does killed. The race was decided by
the jadn in favor "f " Kitty Clover; it »h<Mild have lwen given, a " No
The gentlemen running " M>n.\rch" with.lr.nv their dog from
further oompoution, but Carroll, the owner of *' Kitty Clover," refused
t*» accept the stake*. This action inly that the judge did not
act unfairly at his request, or f..r Ins benefit, but erred either from per-
■OBal motived or ignorance. Franklin's ■* Speculation" bent Tevi'fl
" White Cloud;" the hitter showed considenble speed at the start, but
was not in proper condition for .1 long omrse. Lane's " Lady Gay" ran
an undecided course with T. Tunstea i - "California Boy." A match for
a purse of $50 was then arranged between " Kitty Clover*' and " Mon-
arch.*3 The docs got a good slip. " Kitty Clover" made the Bret turn,
" Monarch" took the Becond. The rest of the course was even till "Kitty
Clover" kill.*.!. The race was in full sight of the spectators all through,
and the «teri*ion in "Kitty Clovers" favor pave general satisfaction.
K vim's "Zerina" beat Douglas' "Colleen Bawn.'" Both dogs killed an-
other hare before they were taken up. " Colleen Bawn" beat " White
Cloud" in a long course, the hare getting away in some brush. Several
dogs ware then loosed for a Wattle royal; the hare was killed by a
Point of Timbers dog called "Coal Miner," who made the capture" by
■Dine of the worst lurching- we ever saw. This concluded the dav's sport,
the party leaving for town on the 2:17 train. The company spoke in high
terms of H. Gallagher, proprietor of the Hot Spring and hotel at Point
of Timbers, for his efforts to accommodate them and promote the sport.
T. Tunstead, the slipper, as usual, gave perfect satisfaction.
Rowing. - Our Victoria, B. C, correspondent furnishes the following
account of a race between W. Cotsford and Seeley: " A sculling race be-
tween Cotsford and Seeley took place over the usual course (2k miles) for
$100 a side. Cotsford giving his opponent one minute start, Seeley went
away at the word, pulling 42 strokes, and was fully 250 yards to the good
before Cotsford was started. The latter went away at his usual pace, 31
and 32, gaiuing 14 seconds at the turn. He then let out, going 36, and
rapidly closed the gap, but the law was too much for him, and Seeley
crossed the score a winner by four seconds. Cotsford 's time was 19 min.
47 sec. , the best on record over the course. When Cotsford's new shell
arrives, he will be ready to make a match with Leahey, or any other man
on the coast, for SI, 000 a side."—— Leahey and Hoyt are both in practice.
The shell Henry Hoyt will race in, if it suits, is being built by Twohig,
who expects to complete it by the end of next week. ^— We hear of a
single scull race between Mrs. W. Wallace, stroke of the ladies: crew of
the California Theater Boat Club, and Grace Florence, who has a Boston
reputation as an oarswoman.-^— At present there is no ground for the ru-
mor of a match between Fenn and Sullivan.— —The Eastern sporting
papers are full of arguments as to whether Hanlan or Trickett is cham-
pion sculler of the world. As neither can claim the title without defend-
ing it against all comers.it is only fair to refuse to give it to either of
them till they have rowed together.
Shooting. — Messrs. Ruth, Carver, Graham and Co. would feel bad if
they had seen the marksmanship of one of our well known sportsmen ]ast
week. At 25 yards he put a ball through a small oak apple, held in the
teeth of a friend. He then stuck a half-dollar half way in an apple and
suspended it by a string ; at 25 yards he knocked out the half-dollar. A
swinging string at 25 yards was cut up inch by inch, till his accuracy got
monotonous. He shot with an ordinary Ballard rifle. ^— Good duck-
shooting can be had at Norfolk and along the line of the San Francisco
and North Pacific Railroad.— —Beware of Alameda Flats. Two hunters
were nearly smothered in the mud there last week.
Pedestrianism. — The quarter-mile race between Hedley and Mcln-
tyre is advertised to come off at the Recreation Grounds to-morrow.
There will be several other foot races during the day, the principal one
being a 100 yards race, for an advertised $100, for which Archie McComb,
Davis and Pendergast are alleged to have entered.-— Sacramento is
threatened with a male and female six-day go-as-you-please, to help pre-
pare the inhabitants for the legislative session. ——The Call says : " Harry
Maynard talks of getting up a ladies' walking match at Vallejo." Some
time ago he talked about fighting Arthur Chambers.
Baseball. — The baseball clubs in the northern part of the State are
contemplating the formation of a league. There can be no doubt that the
idea is a good one, as they have already inough good clubs to form a
powerful league that will prove of great benefit.— The game for the
benefit of James Hamilton, that was postponed last Sunday on account
of the rain, will be played to-morrow at the Union Grounds, weather per-
mitting.—Several members of the Eastern club3 stated their intention
to remain here till the milder weather of Spring makes walking across the
Sierras practicable.
Bicycling. —John Keen's plucky challenge to ride a bicycle a twenty
mile race against any trotter in America, or a one mile race if he can se-
lect the course, has called forth a storm of indignation from all the East-
ern papers, who are unanimous in saying he is either an idiot or the most
conceited man living. John Keen may be a little conceited, as he has a
right to be, but the amount of free advertising his challenge brought
shows he is no fool. It is possible that he can select a track on which he
can beat any trotter in America — stone slabs, for instance.
Football. — The Wanderer's Club has divided into two parties, one
keeping the name Wanderer, the other incorporating under the title of the
Oakland Football Club. The former club is mostly comprised of members
from the Olympian Club, the latter draws its strength from the St.
George's Club. A match game of football between the Wanderers and
Oaklands will be played at the Recreation Grounds to-day, commencing
at 2 p.m., weather permitting.
For Gems and Diamonds go to Geo. C. Shreve & Co., 110 Mont-
gomery street.
Yachtmi; }, h.ld a meeting at UM
i»( retrular buMnriw. Ar-
■ f nautical !• 1
-I the
id Argonaut as com |»etent men (in their
own estimation f..r |
Archery \ B. Whit has kptaip of the Capital Bow
Club of . fttund by A. w. Pearson1
— tuna ->t Adams' Point on
Christrnu day, if the weather itrovs Am — Th-- Sun Jon Archery Club
arc going behind al ■ rate th .t Insam than the first place in the bofying
ground for California archer)
ART JOTTINGS
The local artists, or such of them m contribute to the auction simp,
Appear to be doing a livel) busictss. To be sure, their traah brings but
low prions, but then it i« loa work vncy low. This evening a sale will
take plane at Oakland, bnl of Its oharaotor we are not advised. Hereto-
fore, sales of pictures in Oakland have boon of the most slovenly and
trumpery sort ; in fact, much of the trash offered hi this city comes from
a picture factory in Oakland.
In this city the local artists contribute of their work, but over there
ley have a real cotton cloth, chromi
it turns out more pictures than can bs
they have :i real cotton ctnth, ohromo-oopying concern, and, of conns,
it turns out more pictures than can bo sold there, so we are regaled with
the Burpluaage. We understand that great efforts will be made to render
the forthcoming Artists' Ball a lUOOSS, but we hear nothing of an exhibi-
tion. Are the objects for which the Art Association was started to be
entirely ignored ?
We observe, too, that tickets are to be sold to others than members,
but only through the committee, We suggest that each ticket sold to
non-members shall be indorsed by them, and that members' tickets be
made non-transferable. In this way only can the responsibility of having
improper characters present be placed where it belongs. In the early
days of the Society, at various of their entertainments, scenes were en-
acted at the refreshment tables dHsgraceful in their character and detri-
mental to the best interests of the Association. No date has yet been
fixed for the pupils' exhibition at the School of Design, but as many of
the pictures produced by the pupils are for sale, the wisdom of holding it
during holiday week will be apparent.
STANDARD THEATER.
MA. Kennedy, Manager. --For a tihortseason Only. This
• and Every Evening During the Week, and Grand Special Ladies' and Chil-
dren's Matinees, Wednesday and Saturday, at 2 i'.M. First Appearance in America of
Thorn and Darvin,
the Original Royal Illusionists and Exposure of Spiritualism, from England's Home
of Mystery, Egyptian Hall, London. The World's Greatest Necromancers, who offer
a challenge to Dr. Slade of $1,000: "We, without reservation, claim that Spirit-
ualism is produced entirely by human agency. Notwithstanding that ^Spiritualists
claim that we are Mediums, we will wager the above sum that we can fully, com-
pletely and satisfactorily perform or expose any manifestations of so-called spirit-
power that we may be allowed to witness three times. — THORN" and DARVIN, Ex-
posers of Spiritualism." Reserved Seats can be secured six days in advance at the
Box Office without extra charge. Dec. 13.
"THE BALDWIN THEATER.
Thomas Dfagalre, M»u«ger.«. This (Saturday) Afternoon,
December 13th, Positively Last Matinee of
Forget Me Not!
This (Saturday) Evening, Benefit of FIRST CALIFORNIA GUARD, Company A,
Light Battery, and Positively Last Performance of FORGET ME NOT. To-morrow
(Sunday) Evening, First Benefit in San Francisco of MR HENRY J. WIDAIER.
Henry J. Byron's New Comedy, COURTSHIP, and JENNY LIND, in which MISS
KATE MAYHEW will appear for the first time' in three years. Dec. 13.
BUSH-STREET THEATER.
Charles E. toche, Proprietor and Manager.-- Carnival of
Fun by the Famous COLVILLE OPERA BURLESQUE COMPANY, and only
representations for the present of the spectacular and picturesque Burlesque, in two
acts, of
Robinson Crusoe !
Acknowledged to be superior in every particular to any Burlesque yet offered. This
Week Only, and Saturday Matinee. In readiness for production, another new bur-
lesque, PJ^P-PAFF^or^THE MaGIC GUN ! And for the holidays, BLUEBEARD !
"CALIFORNIA THEATER"
WB. Barton. Maunder; Barlou Hill, Acting: Manag-er.
. Last Nieht of MB. FKANK MAYO. Special Engagement of Miss Rose
Osborne, Mr. George D. Chaplin, Miss Louise Beaudet, Miss Gertie Granville, Miss
A A Adams, Mr. Russell Baasett. This (Saturday) Afternoon- -THE MARBLE
HEART. This (Saturday) Evening, Benefit of MR. JOHN WILSON— THE THREE
GUARDSMEN and THE DEMON DRINK. Monday Evening, Dec. I5th, Testimonial
to MR. WALTER LEMAN-LOVE'S SACRIFICE. Miss Annette Ince, Mrs. Judah,
Mr. M. A. Kennedy, TEN NIGHTS IN A BAR ROOM. Dec. 13.
PAVILION, SACRAMENTO!
Inauguration Week.»Twoftraii(l Pedestrian Tournaments I
Six-Day Go-as-you-please ! One Each for Ladies and Gentlemen, Ladies' Race
commencing Monday, January 5th, 1880. Gentlemen's Race commencing Monday,
January 19th, 1880. For particulars, address
Dec. 13. MARK THALL, 331 Kearny street. Room 9.
R0EDERER CHAMPAGNE.
"VTotice.--The Trade and the Public are Informed that we
,13| receive the genuine LOUIS ROEDERER CARTE BLANCHE CHAMPAGNE,
direct from Mr. Louis Roederer, Reims, over his signature and Consular Invoice.
Each case is marked upon the side, " Macondray & Co., San Francisco," and each
bottle bears the label, "Macondray &Co., Sole Agents for the Pacific Coast."
Oct. li. MACONDRAY & CO., Sole Agents for the Pacific Coast.
BRITISH BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF GAL.
Attendance, daily, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., by the under-
signed, to receive subscriptions and donations, and to furnish all information
relating to the Society. J. P. McCURRIE, Secretary,
Oct. 28. 730 Montgomery street.
" ROOFS
Of Tin or Asphaltum Repaired. Tin Roofs Painted. Send
orders early to the OLD STAND, No. 819 Market street, opposite Stockton.
Estimates furnished free of charge. [Dec. 6.] H. G. FISKE.
SAN FRANCISCO JSTEWS LETTER AND
Dec. 13, ?879.
"The World," the Flesh, and the Devil.
[By a Truthful Penman.]
Martin Macomo, a gentleman of African extraction and of no ad-
dress, but who "was described as a lion-tamer, was charged before Mr.
Flowers with stealing £20 from his master, in a cab. Mr. Partridge, of
Shoreditch, stated that he kept an Aquarium, and that he had recently
purchased some lious from Mr. Sanger, of Margate. "The purchase,"
Mr. Partridge added, '" included the prisoner, who, with his father, had
charge of the lions." Now, we have it on the authority of honest "Bot-
tom,'1 that there ie no more "fearful wildfowl than your lion living," and
that the bringing in of such a bird of prey among ladies would be at-
tended— God shield us! — with disastrous consequences. But I was not
aware that it was usual to keep lions in an Aquarium, nor did I know
that the black men were a salable commodity in the United Kingdom.
These, however, are considerations solely for the Aquarium-keeper, and it
may well be that he has discovered some subtle and ingenious method of
reconciling black men to servitude, and acclimatizing lions to an aquatic
life. "What interests the public is the fact that, while this investigation
was going on, the lions were left to their own devices, and were, it ap-
pears, apt to be irregular in their ways when released from the super-
vision of the African to whom they were accustomed. On these grounds,
Mr. Partridge declined to press the charge against the prisoner, and even
declared that, unless he was set at liberty, he would not be answerable
for what might happen; while the prisoner, being asked by the magistrate
to explain his conduct, declared that he relieved his master of his money
in order to take care of it. On being interrogated further, he reluctantly
admitted that his master was drunk in the cab, a piece of evidence which
the cabman was luckily able to confirm. The character of both parties
being thus happily vindicated, the prisoner was allowed to return to the
lions who were anxiously awaiting him, and Mr. Flowers may be con-
gratulated on having conducted an intricate and delicate case to a satis-
factory conclusion. When a servant appropriates his master's money, in
order to "take care of it," it is clear that, however he may have erred in
practice, he has been actuated by a blameless motive; and it is impossible
to help admiring the disinterested spirit of the drunken proprietor of the
Aquarium, who thought the public Bafety of more importance than the
satisfaction of his private grievance.— The Chiel in Vanity Fair. ^—Ru-
binstein is a few days under fifty years old, being born November 30,
1829, He led his opera himself, and was recalled no less than fourteen
times. The style of the opera is before all dramatic, melodic, rythmic.
Full of masterly conceived and worked-out ideas, it is long-winded and
will have to undergo the beneficial censor's cut. The most surprising
feature of the work is that it is so young, so rich, so warm. It is a living
protest against Wagner's "new art" in Bayreuth. Rubinstein imitates
nobody; he is himself— the greatest praise of an artist. And what have
those who tried to imitate Wagner really done ?
'* Wie er rauspert wie er spuckt
Das habt Ihr ihm glucklich abgeguckt."
His idiosyncrasies, pardonable to his genius, have no locum standi without
that genius.— ^ A friend of mine has received a letter from an officer who
has been spending the Summer at Mount Troodos, the new hill-station in
Cyprus It is full of praise of the climate, which he describes as glorious
from May until the beginning of October. The spurs of the hills, cov-
ered with luxuriant arbutus, ilex, cypress and pines, offer tempting sites
for the villas of the future; and in Spring the hill-sides form a glowing
carpet of flowers, among which the cistus is the most beautiful. Early
in October the weather became wet and stormy, and every one was tdad
to get back again to the plains. The health of the troops during the
Summer, my informant tells me, was excellent. — Atlas, in the World.——
Mr. Sala will not stand for Brighton, or ask the favors of any constitu-
ency. He Bails for New York in the Scytkia, and intends wintering in
the Southern States. This is what he says in the preface to the forth-
coming second edition of "Paris Herself Again:" "By the time that these
sheets issue from the press, I shall be on the sea, on my way to a far-
distant country which I have not gazed upon for sixteen years — to the
Great Republic, which I first visited when she was in the midst of war,
and which I hope to find in the full enjoyment of peace and returning
prosperity. Ere I depart I should like to shake hands with everybody.
I think that, for myself, I can say that there is not one human creature
living for whom I nourish one spark of unfriendly feeling; and it is a mat-
ter of great joy to me to find from the welcome this book has received,
not only from the public, but from the reviewers, that at least I have not
been making enemies since my last work was published." A party of
private friends will entertain Mr. Sala at dinner before bis departure. —
I have always been under the impression that the modern burglar was a
timid, refined, and somewhat effeminate recluse, of a nervous tempera-
ment and sedentary pursuits. Several incidents, however, which have
recently occurred in housebreaking show me that I was mistaken, and
that these gentlemen are powerful and vigorous, and adepts in the use of
lethal weapons. On Monday morning a burglar near Lewisham, having
been interrupted in his operations by the thoughtlessness of a policeman,
he struck his assailant on the head with a jemmy, fired three shots at him
with his revolver, and escaped. This is as it should be, though possibly
professional prejudice may lead the policeman to think otherwise. It is
of the last importance that our criminal classes, to which the Army is
largely indebted for its recruits, should be active, muscular and energetic,
and, above all, deeply imbued with that indomitable love of liberty which
is the proud inheritance of every Englishman.— Vanity Fair. The
World says: "All Englishmen who have been properly introduced in
New York will be glad to hear that Mr. S. Ward, 'Uncle Sam,' has ar-
rived in London, with the intention of passing some months among us.
Mr. Sam Ward is the best Amphitryon in the United States— which is
large praise — the most delightful companion that man can wish for. He
is in excellent health and spirits, and apparently not an hour older than
when he bade me farewell on board the Calabria, nearly six years ago.
^^The County Court jurisdiction in Ireland is gradually unvailing the
secret of Irish poverty. Fancy one Judge having 1,900 processes for debt
to dispose of! Many of these were contracted by " the ladies" of the
farmers' families for apparel wholly unsuited to their station in life. One
bill that I heard of was cut down by the legal functionary from £75 to
£5, which he considered sufficient for a farmer's daughter to spend on
clothes annually. One item was a sealskin jacket, 15 gs.! These ladies
had evidently considered the lilies, and considered them ill-arrayed. —
In the town of Limerick, through which, according to the Hibernian
ditty, the River Shannon has the misfortune to flow, they have discovered
a thorougnly original and prs ctical application of an apostolic admonition.
Men who happen to ambition membership of the Bakers' Trade Guild
are literally compelled to be "baptized of the spirit;" they are bathed in
whisky, as a ceremony of initiation.^— Mr. Tod Heatley made a magni-
ficent present to Mr, Algernon Bastard, on his marriage, the other day —
100 dozen of hiB best wine. This is a wedding gift which would last a
man's life, and be well appreciated by his friends aB well as himself.
A young gentleman and his blushing bride, who were recently mar-
ried in 'Frisco, called the next week at an apartment-house and were
shown the flat that was to be let by the loquacious person who officiated
as janitor. This tstimable woman, who would appear to be a good, moth-
erly soul, went on to illustrate how very healthy the house happened to
be. " There was Mrs. ■ , on the first floor ; she came here a bride and
went away with three children, as pretty little things as ever I saw, mem.
And there was Mrs. , the second, who had a little son born to her
here, mem, and fourteen months after a little daughter. And, mem,
Mrs. , the third floor, she was a bride, too, mem, and it was twins,
mem, within a year. If you please, mem, I am the mother of four of
the darlingest ,: "Thanks," said the bridegroom, from whom we
gleaned this interesting anecdote ; "after all, I think it would be better
to go a little further up town." And he led the bride — "blushing again "
— into the open air and out of the healthy neighborhood.
When a certain lady refused, soon after her husband's death, to let
the hounds go out, a learned sergeant-at-law asked Chief Justice X.
whether there would be any harm if they were allowed to do so with a
piece of crape round their necks. "lean hardly think," said the Chief
Justice, " that a piece of craxae is necessary. It will surely suffice if they
are in full cry."
New Styles of Watch-Cases at Geo. C. Shreve & Co.'s, 110 Mont-
gomery street.
GEO. STREET, Agent News Letter, 30 Cornhill, E. C, Zondon.
IN CONSEQUENCE OF SPURIOUS IMITATIONS OF
LEA & PKBKIKH' SAUCE, wblchnre calculated to deceive
the public, Lea and Perrins have adopted A NEW LABEL, bearing their sig-
nature, " LEA & PERKINS," which iB placed on every bottleof WORCESTERSHIRE
SAUCE, and without which none is genuine.
Ask for LEA & PERRINS' Sauce, and see name on wrapper, label, bottle and stop-
per. Wholesale and for export by the proprietors, Worcester ; Crosse & Blaekwell,
Loudon, etc., etc., and by grocers and oilmen throughout the world. To be obtained of
Nov. 16. MESSRS. CROSS & CO., San FrancJBCQ.
ROWLAND'S
MACASSAR OIL strengthens the Hair and prevents it falling off. The bottles
have a glass stopper, and not a cork.
KALYDOB beautifies the Complexion and eradicates Freckles, Tan, Prickly Heat,
Eruptions, etc.
ODONTO whitens the Teeth, prevents and arrests decay, and gives a pleasing
fragrance to the breath.
EuKONIA is a new and delicate toilet powder.
Ask for ROWLAND'S articles, of 20, Hatton Garden, London, and avoid cheap
imitations. Sold bv Druggists, Bazaars, etc., all over the world. May 3.
JOYCE'S SPORTING AMMUNITION.
[ESTABLISHED 1S20.]
fTlhe attention of Sportsmen is invited to the following?
JL Ammunition, of the best quality, now in general use throughout England,
India and the Colonies : Joyce'B Treble Waterproof and F 3 Quality Percussion
Caps; Chemically-prepared Cloth and Felt Gun Wadding; Joyce's Gas-Tight Car-
tridges, for Pin-fire and Central-fire Breech-loading Guns ; Wire Cartridges, for killing
game at long distances, and every description of Sporting Ammunition, Sold by
all gun-makers and dealers in gunpowder,
FREDERICK JOYCE & CO., Patentees and Manufacturers,
Sept. 20. 67 Upper Thames street, London.
F
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT
inest and Cheapest Meat -flavor in;
Dishes and Sauces.
OF MEAT.
Stock for Soups, Made
March 2.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT
[s a success and boon for which Nations should feel grate-
ful. See " Medical Press," " Lancet," " .British Medical Journal," etc.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
Caution— Gea nine only with fac-simile of Baron Xiebigr's
Signature, in blue ink, across LabeL "Consumption in EDgland increased ten-
fold in ten years." March 2.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
To be had of all Store-keepers. Grocers and Chemists. Sole
Agents for the United States (wholesale only), C. David& Co., 43, Mark Lane,
London, England. March 2.
CHARLES LANGLEY & CO.,
Wholesale Druggists,
Importers of Pare English, French ami German Drags,
PATENT MEDICINES, Etc.,
100 and 10S FRONT STBEET,
San Francisco. [Sept 6.
13, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER,
BOOKS AND MAQ AZOTES
Is Life Worth XartnffP ■ iMtnam'iSons ;
Hm Mr W. H. MaUock, who hiw
Paul ainl Vii
»n<l by sanTi in th<- monthly raWows. H<
to th« dnhwir, .- t, with all l.i-
Mbms, b« U tolermt '.*t«**t Ami most adi
t»w» ■ r. H« ha* command of a
abowj, eptfrnunina*. ; mil ,»t timet inexact, if not
nameanini; ; *n«l he luu» an air « »i tee* and dofftnatiam that no
rii.- nfajaol of the worth ->f life,
. aim- .ml u in all aire* oooupiad the most
thon.-litful men, anil haa hi ■■ .11 f..r all classes. Thia it
I* that han given to their in6nenoe and
power in all oountrii - i~ t- » irhanoa we come, what we
are here for, and whither are we going. Mr. Mallock takes issue with the
title and philoa iphicaJ wriU ra at our time as to the basis of
morality, and trial to show thai an vriten morality i^ a mere
sentiment, or an amotion without any baaia that will bear investigation, ami
at that any moment thia sentiment mas be blown to the winds oy changes
of opinion or Bnctoationa in feeling. Hi- main onntention is that there
can be no sound morality unless it derives its sanction from two articles of
battel, namely, the belief in a future Life and the belief in a personal God.
All the hope, joy and consolation that scientific, mimls pretend to derive
from the pursuit of truth ami the exercise of humanity and benevolence,
he rewards as imaginary, and in no way rooted in the conditions of the
life or thought of scientific men. Apart from the belief iu God aud im-
mortality, be asserts there can be no genuine progress, and in the triumph
of science and positivism, he discerns the almost certainty of a return to
the " lust,-* of paganism." Having proclaimed this doctrine with sufficient
iteration to satisfy himself, although, after all, it never amounts to
more than mere grandiloquent assertion, he then, in rather soft,
stealthy accents, dallies with the merits of Natural Theism as a
basis of morality, but as this is a mere interlude to draw off the attention
of the reader from the climax to which he is almost surreptitiously has-
tening, we shall only say that in Protestantism of many colors he does
not find any resting-place. At length, however, the secret is unveiled,
the Sphinx reveals itself, and the supreme sanction of morality is found to
be belief in God and immortality, and complete submission to the Roman
Catholic Church. Rarely have we seen such a halting and impotent con-
clusion following on such a pretentious analysis, and to an intelligent
reader such a solution will bring a feeling of surprise if not of bewilder-
ment On many questions presented by modern life, Mr. Mallock's criti-
cism is of the utmost interest, but the final fall into the capacious arms of
Roman Catholicism, and his abdication of all independent judgment, are
rather chilling to the warm feelings and ardent hopes which an active-
minded and intellectual generation have drawn from an era of unpar-
alleled progress and intelligence, and from an age in which the pursuit of
truth has been a conspicuous characteristic. Mr. Mallock has only
shown more clearly by his failure to arrive at any acceptable conclusion
the difficulties that surround the subject, and we do not think that many
persons will be led away from the clear views and the abundant facts
with which modern science has furnished us, even if it cannot demonstrate
the unprovable assertions of the existence of a personal God and a future
life, in order to submit themselves to the pretended infallibility of the
Romish Church. Scientific minds do not deny God and immortality; but
in the language of Hubert Spencer, they say these ideas belong to the do-
main of the "unknowable," they are incapable of absolute proof, though
most of such minds infer from the phenomena of the world that they are
true, and they draw from these much of the consolation of their present
lives. Scientific men, however, insist that morality arises out of social
life, and progresses as social life rises to higher forms and to a higher or-
ganization; and the purer morality becomes, the more highly are devel-
oped the instincts or the capacities that lead us to feel more and
more strongly the elements in the world that awaken in us feelings of
the divine and of the existence of God and of a future state. Science
leads to morality and the highest forms of religion through the progress of
the human mind and higher social organization ; it gives us, therefore, a
genuine basis, of which we can all judge, and which we can all under-
stand. Roman Catholicism imposes its dogmas by its own not-to-be-ques-
tioned authority, and leads us into outer darkness. The modern mind
has an enthusiastic desire for light.
Zhizao Journeys in EuRorc. Vacation Rambles in Historic Lands. By Hezekiah
Butterworth. Boston : Estes & Lauriat. San Francisco : Billings, Har-
bourne *fc Co.
This is a pretty book, and a good one, less scrappy than the title seems
to promise. The places visited and briefly described are for the most part
in England and France, and some historical incident connected with the
place is told in a few words, and illustrated by an engraving of a famous
character, or an old church or a scene renowned in story. The idea is
confessedly taken from Topffer's " Voyages En Zigzag," but the treat-
ment, of course, in no wise resembles his. If books are to be compiled
from the labors of others, this is one of the least book-making ways in
which the thing can be done ; and the real information pleasantly com-
municated to young people excuses the want of real thinking on the
author's part. It ought to be mentioned that the cover of the volume is
a work of art in itself.
Appleton's Journal, for December, gives us the continuation of
Mine, de Remusat's Memoirs from the Revue des Deux Mondes, with ju-
dicious omissions from time to time, when the subject becomes too much
like one of M. Zola's novels or Mr. Swinburne's Ballads. The paper on
" Some Aspects of Robert Burns," is one of the best on the career of the
poet that we have seen, and that on CharleB James Mathews is full of en-
tertainment. These, with the two continued novels, make up the lighter
and, at the same time, the better part of the number. Mr, Horace White's
"Parliamentary Government in America," is heavy, aud is written too
evidently to please a party. Some sound ideas on " Domestic Art " are
expressed by Eustace Balfour, and an article entitled "Fragments" is
made up of Karl Hillebrand's brilliant sketches of England and a passage
from the Edinburgh on " George Eliot as a Godless Writer."
The Book Reviews notice Arnold's " Light of Asia," " Blanid,"
"Bayard Taylor's German Literature," "Hector Berlioz," "Darwin's
Voyage in the Beagle," abridged, " Harper's Latin Dictionary," and the
" Early Christian Primers."
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st '• ,"lt h»d been remove! fi 1 violation of 1
sound principle 1- eou*!I\ ther committed by Egyp-
tians, or Romans, -«r l'r. nchmen, at Englishmen, or Ajnertoans ; an I any
man oan we this obelisk-mania in I who will suppose the mon-
uments of his own country and national lif<- subjected to treatment like
that which the Temples o( I. rypt and Greece have suffered.
THl NOBTH toll >,v, f,.r December, is a number of not
more than average Interest Mr. .1 \. Fronde, the historian, contributes
Parti, "f what, apparently, ia Intended to be > aeries of papers on " Ro-
manism and the Irish Race in the United Btatee," showing the political
dangers of the solid Irish-Catholic party in this country. The dangers
are undoubtedly real, but how, in a free country, t.. meet the nifty of a
large population of religion* l.igots is a problem winch there are no present
means of solving. Circumstancos will, doubtless, evolve a policy when
the danger becomes more aggravated. Senator Boutwell writes, giving
Bound advice to young men as to the qualifications and conditions of
politioal life, Professoi Bonanrj Price discourses, with tiresome and
vague prolixity, on the subject, "Is Political Economy a Science f" On
" English and American Physique" Dr. George M. Beard gives some
very interesting views, which will commend themselves to those who wish
to be informed as to the difference in type developed, in America, out of
the European races, more particularly as shown in the higher nervous
sensibility of Americans, both men and women. The other articles are
on "The Religion of To-day," and on "The Permanence of Political
Forces," by Mr. Cuthbert Mills.
The November " Portfolio " gives a notice of Adolph Schreyer, the
great horse -painter, of whom it is said that his "pictures extend our
knowledge of geography." His subjects are generally chosen in Turkey,
Hungary, Bosnia, and the picturesque lands on the east and south of the
Mediterranean. Capt. Lucas's " Art Life in Belgium " gives the palm of
colors to the painters of that country. The account of M. Eehu, the arm-
less painter of Antwerp, is very interesting, and the manipulation (?) of
his pictures is declared to be excellent. Mr. Hamerton's fifth paper on
Aesthetics is devoted to Idiosyncrasy, and is filled with good thinking.
He gives us, also, some good remarks on Albert .Durer's "Prodigal Son."
The illustrations are: " Wallachian Posting," by Schreyer, Albert Durer's
" Prodigal Son," and " In Westminster Abbey," by J. W. Inchbold.
The California Horticulturist, for November, has a very full table
of contents and a gathering of interesting facts in its line. The Notes
speak of an insect found an the Florida orange trees, which is thought to
live on the scale bug ; and the editor suggests that it be imported, which
seems at least a little rash, till more is known. The Cuzco corn, at the
State University, is described as wonderfully large and vigorous. Its way
of anchoring itself by means of side roots is described as peculiar ; but do
not all canes and other tall, slender plants throw out these supports?
The Art Chronicle is taken up principally with three late publica-
tions on Turner's Liber Studiorum, and the exhibition of Meryon's Etch-
ings, a collection of remarkable works. One of the examples specially
named is: "San Francisco, executed in 1855 for a firm of bankers.
An elegant assortment of Gold Watches and Chains at Randolph &
Co.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
TREASURER'S OFFICE,
City and County of San Francisco, September 9, 1879.
Redemption of San Francisco Bonds,
ISSUE OF 1858.
Holders of Bonds of the City and Comity of San Francisco,
issued under "An Act to provide for the Funding and Payment of the out-
standing Unfunded Claims against the City of San Francisco, and against the County
of San Francisco, as they existed prior to the first day of July, A.D, one thousand
eight hundred and fifty-six,1' approved April 20, 1S58, are hereby notified that the
Commissioners of the Sinking Fund of the above named Bonds will receive sealed
proposals for the surrender of any portion thereof, at the City and County Treas-
urer's office, New City Hall, San Francisco, until 12 o'clock noon,
Wednesday, December 31st, 1879.
The amount to be applied to the Redemption of these BondB is more or less, One
Hundred and Eighty Thousand Dollars ($180,000).
Bidders will state at what rate they will surrender their Bonds, for payment in
United States gold coin.
Each proposal must be accompanied by a deposit of ten per cent, of the Bonds of-
fered, or their equivalent in coin, or certified checks, and should the Bonds tendered
not be presented within ten days after the award, the next lowest bid will be ac-
cepted.
No proposal above par will be entertained.
Proposals to be indorsed " Proposals for surrender of Bonds, issue of 1858."
A. J.BRYANT, Mayor,
COLIN at BOYD, Auditor,
CHAS. HUBERT, Treasurer,
Sept. 18. Commissioners uf the Funded Debt.
AVERILL MIXED PAINT,
The Best, Host Durable and Beautiful of All Faints.
PREPARED READY FOR VSE,
AND OF ANY SHADE OB COLOB DESIRED.
Sept. 27.
O. S. ORKICK, General Agent,
329 Market St., Opposite Front.
F
QUICKSILVER.
or sale— In lots to salt, by Thomas Bell A- Co., No. 305
Sansorae street, over Bank of California. Nov. 16.
8
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Dec. 13, 1879.
MRS. SMALLMAN'S SCRIBE AGAIN.
As we recently pointed out, Amelia of the cunning eye, needed a
scribe, and she found one in Bassett, of the obscure Era. The woman
who despite many tears, was convicted by twelve men good and true of
felony, and sentenced by one of the most righteous of Judges to several
years of correctional treatment, finds fools even in jail. "We presume sbe
found Bassett there, for, as that has been her only lawful residence for
some time past, it seems impossible to tell where else he met her. But
she has got even the jail fixed all right. She commands where she might
fairly be expected to be subserviant. Separated from Henry Maginnis,
she has comfortable quarters, receives visitors, and is, doubtless, as kindly
disposed as she ever was. Bassett is again a caller. Some months ago he
fell under the spell of that wondrous eye of hers, and started out in search
of adventure. He deemed himself a knight errant, whose special mission
in life it was to avenge her prison loneliness ; and, by the by, if it were
not that that selfsame tribulation had overtaken her, Bassett, with a
mi]tr worthy of a nigger, and eyes that would do no discredit to a sheep,
would never have been permitted to come within touching distance of
Amelia, the heroine of so many conquests, and the owner of that irresist-
ible eye. But she was caught at one, out of many, of her tricks,
and the law cast her into prison. Her charms were not made to be
wasted upon the desert air, nor in the common cells of a jail either.
"Whilst there she needs to stoop to conquer. In the twinkling of an eye
she thought she had caught Bassett. Ere long she discovered, as she had
often done before, that there are fish easy to catch, but are worthless when
they are caught. Bassett was one of this sort. He took the bait at a
gulp and was landed without a tussle. To drop the metaphor, he turned
out a money-seeking deceiver. His knight errantry consisted in running
a tilt at a millionaire's coin. He preceded his efforts in that direction by
drawin<* from his fertile imagination stories about the "wrongs'' of the
" injured woman," that were laughable to those who knew Amelia, and
disgusting to those who understood Bassett. With a conscience that ap-
pears to have no sensibilities, and with a face that exhibits no Bigns of
shame he openly avows over his own signature that bis attempts
brought him five hundred shekels. He had no more to say
on behalf of the "injured woman." Her alleged wrongs had all at once
disappeared, and Amelia was abandoned for coin. That is the uncon-
scionable fellow's own story, and a cold-blooded one it is, taken from his
own standpoint. He stands proven to he a fellow who believed it his
duty to right the "wrongs" of an injured woman, and who, notwithstand-
ing, abandoned her, in her hour of sorest need, to other and greater
wrongs, and he did all this for the paltry sum of §500, and, worse than
all tells the story of his own disgrace, as if he were entirely unconscious
of the depth of depravity to which he had descended. But tbis is not
alL The time came when the five hundred were all expended,
and the cry of creditors was loud. In short, his great need
was, like that of most of us, he wanted more money. He
resolved that the price of his "silence in the Smallman case" should
be raised ; he had sold himself too cheap ; he would have two hundred
dollars more, that he would ! He made his demand, unfortunately for
him, in writing. That fatal mistake drew his fangs, and rendered him
innocuous. Henceforth it mattered little whether he assumed a virtuous
indignation, which, it could be shown, he did not feel, or whether he re-
opened his batteries of abuse, when the evil motive of the abuse could be
so readily exhibited. It was seen at a glance that "be had given him-
self away," but it could hardly have been imagined that, whilst acting as
an arrant knave, he would confess his knavery, and thereby prove him-
self also a fool. But that is precisely what he did do. He again took up
the role of the defender of the "innocent woman." He knew he would
be met with that ugly letter, demanding more hush money, hence he felt
it necessary to anticipate the charge by confessing its truthfulness. He
said it was given to him to "maintain silence about the Smallman case."
If that be true, then he took money and failed to give the consideration
which he agreed to give, and for which he has been handsomely paid.
Because he couldn't draw more blood money, he resumes the advocacy of
the so-called "wrongs" of an "injured woman," which he confesses he
had sold to be slaughtered as are sheep in Smithfield. He stands forth
convicted of rascality by his own confession.
WHAT BECOMES OF SPECIAL COMMISSIONS?
A number of special Acts of the Legislature have given us a host
of special Commissions. In fact, quite a large share of the government of
the city is put npon Boards, or Commissions, not elected by the people.
This is no doubt good in the eyes of the many thinking men, who are not
enamored with all that elective bodies do. But it is a violation of the
principle of government by the people, nevertheless. If we say that
elected Supervisors cannot be trusted to perform the most important du-
ties of the City Government, then it follows that representative govern-
ment is a failure, and, if it is in city affairs, it can hardly be denied to be
so in regard to national ones. While it is held that a resort to public
opinion is the highest and best known form of governing, it is inconsist-
ent, at least, to elect men to do the work, and then to distrust them so
greatly as to take away their principal functions, and then place their
duties in the hands of a non-elective Board or Commissioners. For our-
selves, we prefer the experts chosen by competent authority, and do not
care to carry the elective principle too far. But that was evidently not
the opinion of the framers of the new Constitution. They have declared
that the Legislature shall not authorize special Commissions to " perform
any municipal functions whatever." That is clear and unmistakable lan-
guage. The only difficulty is as to the status in which it leaves the pres-
ent Commissions. The Constitution, when new legislation is required to
enforce it, preserves the existing order of things until July next. But it
appears to us that no new legislation is requisite to provide for successors
to the present Commissions. The Constitution itself provides that " any
city, town or township may make and enforce, within its limits, all such
local police, sanitary and other regulations as are not in conflict with gen-
eral laws." That would seem to render further legislation "unnecessary,
and that at this moment it is within the power of the Supervisors to
sweep away all Boards and special Commissions. We hope we are wrong,
but fear we are right.
The "Alta" asks the world_ in general what " those grand Spanish
gentlemen officers " resigned their commissions for, and what it signifies,
and who can tell us. We can. They knew the Alta would immortalize
them, and they struck for glory.
FRISCO'S
Like the echoes we hear
In some beautiful dream,
Are the vows from the lips
Of the latest regime —
NEW REGIME.
Bnt, ah ! we have had
All this taffy before,
And we would not believe
Truth itself any more.
The regime just elected
From shovel and hod
By the voice of the people.
And, ergo, of God.
From the Mayor to the Poundman
They promise so well,
That they really might furnish
New pavement for Hell,
If it's true (as they say),
In that tropic retreat,
Good intentions form sidewalks
'Neath bad people's feet.
Why, the foot that is cloven
Already peeps out,
And that fraud is approaching
No wise man can doubt.
The star-chamber system
Already 's begun,
And they show that their deeds fear
The light of the sun.
And {we hope we're mistaken)
There's reason to dread
That the live city magnates
Are worse than the dead.
SENATOR JONES ON THE FINANCIAL SITUATION.
The telegraph announces Senator Jones' intention to deliver a philip-
pic against the National Banks, when Congress reassembles, after the
holidays. No abler man could be selected for this great duty. It is well
known that the Nevada Senator never speaks until he has thoroughly
comprehended the question to be spoken upon. Hence the country has
come to consider that anything emanating from Senator Jones will be re-
plete with information, sound in facts, argument and conclusion ; and the
country is never disappointed. His celebrated speech upon the silver bill
is a model in its way, which, for breadth of information and logical reas-
oning, has never been equaled in any forensic discussion in the United
States or Europe. The Senator ransacked the financial archives of Eu-
rope, Asia and America to obtain the materials of that speech, and he
has left an enduring monument of his personality in the Senate.
In the matter of the National Banks, we can imagine no one better
prepared to deal with their illogical foundation, their gradual increase of
power, and the overshadowing pretensions put forward by their satellites
in Congress. We expect that what General Jackson did for the United
States Banks during his administration, Senator Jones will do for its suc-
cessors, the National Banks of to-day. These greedy corporations, not
content with receiving a bonus of from 4£ to 6 per cent, per annum from
Government upon their circulating notes, aim to destroy the greenback
currency, and thereafter to lock up the gold and silver of the country, so
that their notes may be substituted to an indefinite amount. The na-
tional debt amounts to over 82,200,000,000, which the Banks propose fund-
ing at 4 per cent. Then, according to theirprearranged programme, these
same banks having, by means of syndicates, consolidated say three-
fourths of these bonds, they will deposit the same in the Treasury and
demand notes to the amount of §1,500,000,000. Upon these notes they
will receive 4 per cent, interest from Government, and loan them to the
people at from 6 to 15 per cent, per annum. This is their benevolent
scheme in a nutshell. It smacks somewhat of inflation, but the only in-
flation which the National Banks object to is that which they do not con-
trol themselves. Tbis is the scheme which Senator Jones proposes to at-
tack and lay bare. We may rely upon it that he will do so in a manner
that will disclose to the country the full purpose of this financial conspir-
acy. The National Banks are a part of the protective system inaugurated
some years ago, which, while benefitting sections and individuals, has im-
poverished the nation at large. As our section receives no benefit, we are
free to oppose it to the end, and shall watch Senator Jones's course with
eager expectancy and confidence in his ability.
THE BURLINGAME TREATY.
In the frequent discussions of the subject of the importation of
Chinese coolies, much prominence has been given to the Burlingame
Treaty, yet the general character and origin of this instrument have
received very little attention. The treaty shows, on its face, that it was
framed entirely in the interest uf the Chinese; and unless the prohibition
of American coolieism in China ! or the provision that Americans shall be
entitled to avail themselves of the benefits of Chinese educational institu-
tions ! I is considered an exception, not a single privilege is secured to
Americans, to which they were not entitled under pre existing treaties —
in fact, the United States were not represented in the matter. Mr. Bur-
lingame had be' n for many years activein politics, and, upon the triumph
of the Republicans, it was felt that he, as an old worker in the party,
was entitled to his reward; but it seems to have been considered desirable
to send him out of the country, and he was first sent to Austria. Upon
Austria's declining to receive him, he was appointed Minister to China,
and was considered disposed of, so far as his party was concerned. That
such an old party manager as Burlingame was blind to the fact that he
bad little more to hope from his "party," no one will suppose. On the
contrary, he comprehended the situation, and at once set himself to work
to try to get some good thing out of China. In this laudable enterprise
he was assisted by Robert Hart, a very clever Irishman, who, as Superin-
tendent of Foreign Customs, has acquired great influence and much
money in the Empire ; and there can be no doubt that the treaty and the
appointment of Burlingame, as Chinese Minister, to take it home for
ratification, were planned by these two gentlemen. That the whole mat-,
ter was arranged before Burlingame tendered his resignation is evident
from the fact that he was appointed Chinese Minister while he was still,
in strictness, United States Minister, the acceptance of his resignation
cot having reached him. Under all the circumstances, it can scarcely be
deemed unfair to assume that Mr. Burlingame's main object was to please
the Chinese, and, as a consequence, secure a place said to have been worth
more than $50,000 per annum. Of course, the treaty, having been rati-
fied, is part of the supreme law of the land ; but if our views of its ori-
gin are correct, it is not entitled to any special credence. Moreover, it is
far from certain that the Chinese Government particularly desired the
treaty. The Chinese who return from this country carry with them cer-
tain ideas of individual rights, which are a source of some trouble to the
governing class, and are likely to cau&e more inconvenience as time goes
on. Whether Chinese immigration is desirable or not, it can scarcely be
necessary to resort to violent measures to stop or regulate it, since there
can be little doubt that the desired end can be attained by negotiation.
13, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
0
THE TOWN CRIER.
"■•mlwOriarr "WWttfea W.lirtthoa?
'Om t!t«t will pi*T lb* 4arU.ni with jca."
*H»*d » itinc in hit Uit »« l»m u • fUtl.
Which msd* him crow bold.r and bold.r *
Never read the •* Western Encyclope
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Sport. Liter
■v, editor, journalist
You're behind
'Jet an introduction ; don't fail. Cultivate Flurry.
it the last gem in the IrTatmi, H cetera, etcetera " I <•
Unman Hand " form ei n the article aaema to relate
|o horse's booh and mud pi-s. Bat Flurry dart mind it. Flurry is a
in hi- mind ; and, in his way . f |< ing binlllina. has a moat unique
method. Walking matclh in into imminence. Flurry is ..n
the qui 1-my to Interview pedestrians ; and a man with square-toed shoes,
ulster and ■ abort cane is sure to be inter Hawed by Flurry aa to his
chances, etc.; ami a* the sub-editor alwaya baa B OOfrj «>f the rV. K. et cetera
in his pocket, the ped. is preei nted with a copy, anil then entered on the
as a subscriber. Tuesday morning we encountered Flurry on
Kearny street; rain pouring down -no umbrella and his ulster unfortu-
nately "at the room." "Good morning, Flurry. What's new in litera-
ture and art that causes you, in this tempestuous weather, to leave the
OOmforta of your sumptuous apartments so early in the morning ? Busi-
ness? Well, I'm delighted to hear that pn>*i»ectsare brightening. Can-
vassing for subscribers f " No, sir: We do not canvass for subscribers.
hvass for back pay. Journal devoted to sport, sir! And the sub-
editor is in training. I'll give you the straight tip. It's business. You
see, Bir, I keep the old maxim of the early bird ever before me. The sub-
e litor breakfasts with me usually, and so I just take bim out with me
mornings in the slips, as it were, and when I see a subscriber I let go
slips, and the sub-editor has him in a turn. Collects anything he has,
from a bit up to two dollars. Combines business with sport ; object of
the WaUrn, etc .See? The sport is fine : so fine, indeed, that sometimes
we don't breakfast till late in the afternoon. You see, we have to run
off so many bj'es — good-byes. Lately, our seven subscribers are giving
the sub-editor a good deal of trouble. They try to turn, but he has
doubled (charges] on them so many times that the sport is about all we
get nowadays. They run to earth in the Vienna Bakery, or some other
place where the sub-editor is known to the waiters, and don't care to go in
after them. The sub-editor has, of course, the hunting department of the
Western EnciHopirfia, devoted to Sport, Literature and Art. My depart-
ment ? Oh, I attend to the litter a-y column, in fact, to the coursing
and hounding. Another good racket, my boy, is to make the sub-editor
do his work on an empty stomach. I find he collects more before break-
fast—seems to be better able to harrass a man then. Ah! here he comes.
WThat! missed again? Heavens! do we not eat? Flaming atrocity, sir,
that Literature, Art and Sport languish in this manner. Morning, sir."
And Flurry and the sub-editor start oif to overtake a man in the distance
with a heavy pair of shoes on.
How Merrily We Live.— The Czar of Russia leads an uneasy life, as
the following excerpt from his diary given to the Golos, and translated by
a reporter of this paper, will show: " Nov. 6, 1879. — Got up at 7 A. M.,
and ordered my bath. Found there were four gallons of vitriol in it, and
did not take it. Being unable to wash, went to breakfast somewhat
grimy. The Nihilists had placed two torpedoes on the stairs, but I did
not step on them. The coffee smelt so strongly of prussic acid that I was
afraid to drink it, and the fish was so bitter that I only ate one mouthful
of it. Found a scorpion in my left slipper, but luckily shook it out be-
fore putting it on. Somebody had placed a centipede in the pocket where
I keep my blow-my-nose, but it crawled out before I had occasion to use
my handkerchief. Just before stepping into the carriage to go for my
morning drive, it was blown into the air, killing the coachman and the
horseB instantly. The scoundrels were just two minutes too soon, reck-
oning on my punctuality. I did not drive. Took a light lunch off her-
metically sealed American canned goods. They can't fool me there.
Found a poisoned dagger in my favorite chair, with the point sticking
out. Did not sit down on it. Went to lie down, examined the bed as
usual, and found a cobra di capella under the pillow. Had dinner at 6
p. ir., *nd made Baron Laischounowonski taste every dish. He died be-
fore the soup was cleared away. Couldn't get any one else to do any
more tasting, so went up stairs and consumed some Baltimore oysters and
some London Stout, that I have had locked up for five years. Went to
the theater, and was shot at three times in the first act. Had the entire
audience hanged. Went home to bed, and slept all night on the roof of
the palace. Have ordered a cast-iron suit of armor and a mask. Wish I
was in Boston, selling peanuts. Would go, if I thought I could get there
without being killed. Don't feel as if I was Peter the Great, by any
manner of means. How nice it must be to be a dry-goods clerk. Servant
just found three men in the chimney. Don't think I'll write any more
just now." Such are only a few of the penalties ci greatness, which, how-
ever, serve to illustrate the beauty of the old proverb: " How much more
nicer is pork-and-beans and love than a roast turkey stuffed with arsenic
and carved with bate."
Victorio, the great Apache chief, was born great. He is the son of
his father, who was directly descended from hisfather, who also came of the
same family that his father*belonged to. The memory of man runneth
not back to a time when there was not some Apache of this illustrious
line; for the great historian Ap Richards Ap Griffith has shown how, in
the seventy-sixth century before the Christian era, a band of tried and
valiant Cynery left wild Wales to seek a home beyond the western wave.
The failure of the apple crop and the capture of their goats by unfriendly
neighbors were the cause of this removal. Reaching Arizona, then a
blooming meadow, they cried aloud : "What an apple-cheese country,"
and the name, with slight alteration, clings to their proud, high-spirited,
but imperfectly-clean descendants.
Supervisor Schottler, of the First Ward, presented a petition to the
Board of Supervisors, from the " Scavengers' Protective Union," praying
that the ordinance prohibiting dumping at Meiggs' Wharf and Seventh
atreet be rescinded. The health of the northern part of the city requires
that dumping sewage, etc., at North Beach be Btopped. It is a matter of
surprise to us that Antone Schottler should lend himself to anything that
would forward the repeal of so needed an ordinance.
There was a One shindy in th* flnanl of Supervisor* at a reernt
m**}" ■ drivlirliun of duty
against th* janitor who, -lean, u, ||, h.,,| hlllTlv min-
e/hen he was rudely
' r, who said the janitor wm ap-
pointed by him at the N t of Denl Kearney, leader of the
I'*rt-V bl I. and he did not alb. r o! an opposition
to interfere with I,.- appoint*** Thia proTokad oondderable dhv
ciKwion from all hand „, the janitor, who answer* to the
n name of McGuffln, being brouffat before the Board to testify in
his own behalf. I he complaint alleged that the toilet rooms on the sec-
ond floor were left in a filtl . .,„■! McGuffln waa called on Fox
hu excuse. "Bedad, rinU," amid he, "it's all tho fault of the moon
leprous Chineae, that meself pan |B a weak to do the work; for
vez would not si a workingman, with lashing* of influence in the Tinih
Ward, to do dirty Work himself.'' Hi- furthrr reasons were cut short by
the siui.l lotters in the lobby and gallery, who made a break to capture
the lecherous employer of haythen Chineee, threatening to hang him ap
along with Smoot The Mayor and Suwrvieon fled in wild terror from
the scene ; the Sergeant at Arms nought the seclusion of the reporters'
table; but fortunately a policeman apjwared on the scene, and stopped
the impending bl l,hed. A meeting of Ward President! was at once
held, at which funds were collected for the purpose of bribing the report-
ers to say nothing about the trouble ; but, as the T. C. was handed two
bad half dollars in his share, he feels it his duty, as an honest man
sworn to expose fraud, to publish the whole business.
We feel badly because San Francisco is beaten. What are the inef-
fectual tires of Sneath's civilized and fretful lightning champing its bit on
the shore of the Pacific, by the aide of Mayor Harrison's thunder and
lightning eloquence at, Chicago? One glance at that "Laodicean Con-
queror of the Gordian Knot " is worth a world of civilized lightnings.
Mayor Harrison, you have done well. You have knocked the rules of
rhetoric out of time ; you have busted the cmst of history ; you have
smashed all other orators into everlasting flinders! When grateful Chi-
cago counts up her heroes and builds the monument of enduring brass,
thy head will show supreme with the longest ears ever consigned to im-
mortality,
" In shape and gesture proudly eminent."
The Long Island Railroad Company has issued an order prohibit-
ing flirtation on its cars. This is cruelty to animals with a vengeance,
and right under the nose of Bergb. Flirtation was the only thing that
enabled passengers on that road to bear up against its dreary monotony.
Nothing of that kind is known on our city roads. The travelers by Case-
bolt's lines are kept so busy working their passage that they have no time
to think of anything else ; while on the California the conductors are
godly men, and couldn't wink if they were prodded ; and there are no
pretty women living on the line of the Clay street.
One of the safest declarations a man can make is to swear that he
would not be the Czar of all the Russias, if he could, in view of the dread
of assassination and the miserable anxiety. Alexander II. ( whose atten-
tion we have called to his fearful position, has not answered our private
and friendly letter of advice, but we are told by one high in his councils
that he has not thought of looking to San Francisco for a successor, and
that if we like to make cheap moral reflections at his expense we may go
ahead, since there is not the faintest chance of our losing anything by it.
He has not even a tide-waitership to offer us.
That accounts for two or three things. A medical man, testifying
in the Probate Court the other day, declared that there was sometimes a
variation in the number of bones in the body, to the extent of three or
four— sometimes short, sometimes in excess of what he called a good aver-
age. So that, when we say a man bones something, we only mean that
he is trying to get up to standard; and when anybody passes by the name
of Old Bones, it is because he has three or four extra joints lying around
loose somewhere for the convenience of the person who calls him. But
they do say the medical man boned his diploma.
Telegraphic intelligence has just reached Washington from abroad
that the moon eyed Mongols are carrying everything before them. There
is a general panic everywhere, and all merchants, of every nation, are
packing up their trunks and fleeing from the wrath to come. It is unani-
mously agreed that there is no living against Chinese competition, and
the railroad and steamboat lines jn all countries are crowded with fugi-
tives from their native land, going they don't know where, to live they
don't know how. There will be an indignation on Sunday to consider
who's responsible for all this.
There is a double row of chairs placed on the floor of the Super-
visors' Chambers in the new City Hall, for the use of city and county
officers. We are at a loss to see why officials, whose business is else-
where, are entitled to reserved seats in the " Forum." Perhaps they are
accorded that privilege for lobbying purposes. This suspicion is based
on the frequent interchange of communication between them and the
Supervisors, which often appear to contain convincing reasons for a
change of mind on the part of the latter.
As a sample of supervisorial economy, we think the following de-
serves to be written in letters of gold: Last Monday the new Board re-
pealed the Act ordering the employment of twenty-five extra clerks in
the Tax Collector's office, but immediately passed an order authorizing the
Tax Collector to employ twenty-five extra clerks at a salary of $150 each
per month if he deemed them necessary. This allows each Supervisor to
appoint two clerks and the Tax Collector one.
The Virginia City people are very much exercised about the difficulty
of keeping Col. Fair on the Cotnstock. They say that every time he
leaves stocks tumble. We are nothing if not charitable, and always glad
to help a neighbor. Giant Cement will hold him. Spread a little on the
Comstock, make Col. Fair sit down on it, and neither a Washoe zephyr
nor giant powder will get him up. Our terms are moderate,
"Look," said Denis, "the hellhound villyan that kapes this restaurant
has given me a bad oyster." "Send it back, Denis." "Faith an' I
won't. A man of my importance ain't to be beat by a bad oyster. I'll
eat it first, an' I'll make him give me a good one for it afther."
Moody, the Revivalist, objects to being called Reverend, and well he
may. Sydney Smith invented the prefix " Rather Rev." for the use of
Deacons, and we venture to suggest that Moody men be dubbed "Slightly
Reverend."
10
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Dec. 13, 1879.
C. P. R. R-
Overland Ticket Office : Perry Landing-, foot
of Market street. —Commencing Monday,
May 19th, 1879, and until further notice,
a/£ns Boats wil leave
SAW FRAWCISCO:
7r(' A. ■ M. (daily), Vallejo Steamer (from Market
• J J Street Landing1 — Connecting- with Trains for
Napa (Stages for Sonoma), Calistoga (the Geysers),
and Sacramento. Connecting at Davis {Sundays except-
ed) for Woodland and Knight's Landing, and at Wood-
land for Williams and Willows.
(Arrive San Francisco 3:10 p.m.)
7f\f\ A.M. (daily) Loeal PassengerTrain(via Oakland
• U " Ferry) and via Livermore arriving at Tracy
at 11:30 A. M. and connecting- with Atlantic Express.
Connects at Niles with Train arriving at San Jose at
10:15 a.m. .
(Returning-, train from Tracy arrives at 6:05 p.m.)
8Cif\ A.M. (daily), Atlantic Express Train (via Oak-
-UU land Ferry, Northern Ry. and S. P. & T. R, R.)
for Sacramento, Marysville, Redding, Portland (Or.),
Colfax, Reno (Virginia City), Palisade (Eureka), Ogden
and Omaha. Connects at Gait with train arriving at
lone at 3:40 p.m.
(Arrive San Francisco 5:15 P.M.)
Sunday Excursion Tickets to San Pablo and Marti-
nez at Reduced Bates.
-l f\ /\rwA.M. (daily) via Oakland Ferry, Local Passen-
ll/.UV ger Train to Hay wards and Niles.
(Arrive San Francisco 4:05 P.M.)
3f\f\ P.M. (daily) San Jose Passenger Train (via Oak-
.UU land Ferry and Niles), stopping at all Way Sta-
tions. Arrives at San Jose at 5:20 p.m.
(Arrive San Francisco9:35 A.M.)
3A A P.M. (daily) Northern Railway Passenger Train
• UU (via Oakland Ferry) to San Pablo, Martinez
and Antioch.
(Arrive San Francisco 9:35 A.M.)
4 fifi P.M. (daily) Arizona Express Train (via Oak-
.\J\J land Ferry, Northern Ry. and S. P. & T. R. R.)
for Lathrop (and Stockton), Merced, Madera, Visalia,
Sumner, Mojave, Newhall (San Buenaventura, and Santa
Barbara), Los Angeles, "Santa Monica," Wilmington,
Santa Ana (San Diego), Colton and Yuma (Colorado
River Steamers), connecting direct with Daily Trains
of the Southern Pacific Railroad of Arizona for Mari-
copa (Daily Stages for Phosnix and Prescott), and for
Casa Grande (182 miles east from Yuma), and end of
Track (Daily Stages for Florence and Tucson).
"Sleeping Cars" between Oakland, Los Angeles and
Yuma.
(Arrive San Francisco 12:35 P.M.)
P. M. (Sundays excepted) Vallejo Steamer (from
Market Street Landing), connecting with trains
for Calistoga, (the Geysers), Woodland, Knight's Land-
ing and Sacramento ; and at Sacramento with Pas-
senger Train, leaving at 9:35 p.m. for Truckee, Reno,
Carson and Virginia.
" Sleeping Cars" between Vallejo and Carson.
(Arrive San Francisco 11:10 A.M.)
4AA P.M. (Sundays excepted) Sacramento Steamer
• V" (from Wash'n St. Wharf), for Benicia and Land-
ings on the Sacramento River.
(Arrive San Francisco 8:00 p.m.)
4.00
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4fc. VJ VJ modatiou Train (via Oakland Ferry, North-
ern Ry. and S. P. & T. R. R.) connecting at Lathrop
with Train arriving at Los Angeles on second day at
11:55 A.M. (Arrive San Francisco 9:05 a.m.
4 0A P.M. (daily) Local Passenger Train (via Oak-
•Ov land Ferry) to Haywards, Niles and Liver-
more. (ArriveSan Francisco 8:35 a.m.)
5(~i(~) P.M. (daily) Overland Emigrant Train (via
•VJVJ Oakland Ferry and Northern Railway) to
Ogden, Omaha and East.
Public conveyance for Mills Seminary connects atSem-
nary Park Station with all trains, Sundays excepted.
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Creelt Route.
From SAN FRANCISCO— Daily— B5M, b6:30, 7.20, 8:15,
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10:05, 11:05 A. M. 12:05, 1:05, 2:15, 3:05, 4:05, 5:05,
6:05 p.m. —Sundays excepted.
"Official Schedule Time" furnished by Randolph &
Co., Jewelers, 101 and 103 Montgomery St., S. F.
T. H. GOODMAN, Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agt.
A. N. Towys, General Superintendent.
Commencing- Sunday, IVov. 16th, 1879,
and until further notice, Boats and Trains will
leave San Francisco (Washington-st. Wharf) as follows :
3(~i(~i p. M. daily (Sundays included), Steamer
• VJVJ "James M. Donahue" (Washington Street
Wharf) , connecting with Mail and Express Train at Don-
ahue for Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Healdsburg, Cloverdale,
and way stations. Making stage connections at Lake-
ville for Sonoma ; at Geyserville for Skaggs' Springs ; at
Cloverdale for Ukiah, Lakeport, Mendocino City, High-
land Springs, Bartlett Springs, Soda Bay and the
Geysers.
g^* Connections made at Fulton on following morn-
ing for Korbel's, Guerneville and the Redwoods.
(Arrive at San Francisco, week days, 10:10 a.m. ; Sun-
days, 11 a.m.
Freight received from 7 a.m. till 2.30 p. m.,
daily (except Sundays).
Special Notice.— The Sunday ExcursionTrips are dis-
continued until further notice.
Ticket Office : "Washington st. Wharf .
A. HUGHES,
Gen. Manager.
JAS. M. DONAHUE,
Gen. Pass & Tkt. Agt.
SONOMA VALLEY RAILROAD.
The Steamer '" Sonoma" leaves Wash-
ington-street Wharf daily (Sunday excepted) at 2
p.m., for Norfok, connecting with cars for the town of
Sonoma and way stations, arriving 6 p.m.; returning,
leaves Sonoma 7 a.m, , arriving at San Francisco 11 a.m.
For further particulars apply at General Office, 426 Mont-
gomery street, or at Washington-street Wharf.
JAMES M. DONAHUE,
Dec. 6. G. P. and T. Agent.
Natural beauty surpasses any-
thing which can be imparted by
artificial means. PHOSPHATE
SOAP gives health to the skin
simply by removing impurities ff^d
eradicating the poisons which gwe
rise to skin diseases.
Not only lor craily use on the fac9
and hands, but for bathing the
entire body, there is nothing equal
to PHOSPHATE SOAP. It is a
thorough disinfectant and removes
offensive odors of every kind.
Ask your Druggist for it.
WINTER ARRANGEMENT.
Commencing Friday, Nov. 31st, 1S79,
and until further notice, Passenger Trains will leave
San Francisco, from Passenger Depot on Townsend
street, between Third and Fourth streets, as follows :
8 0Aa.m, daily for San Jose and Way Stations.
,OVJ gg|= Stages for Pescadero (via San Mateo)
connect with this train only.
"1 /"fc Of| A.M, daily for San Jose, Gilroy, Hollister,
J- VJ» *■* VJ Tres Pinos, Pajaro, Salinas, Soledad and
all Way Stations. IS^T* At Paiaro, the Santa Cruz
R. R. connects with this train for Aptos, Soquel and
Santa Cruz. ggT1 At Salinas the M. & S. "V. R. R.
connects with this train for Monterey. S5P~ Stage
connections made with this train. (Pescadero Stages via
San Mateo excepted.)
O Qfjp.M. daily (Sundays excepted) for San Jose,
*J'*J\J Gilroy, and principal Way Stations.
A Q(~) p.m. daily for San Jose and Way Stations.
£i 9A p.m.— daily, for Menlo Park and Way Stations.
&3~ The Extra Sunday Trains to San Jose and Way
Stations have been discontinued for the winter season.
Second-Class Fare.
Between San Francisco and San Jose SI. 00.
On Freight Trains only, leaving San Francisco at 4:00
A.M., San Jose at 8:30 p.m. (daily, Sundays excepted) .
Excursion Tickets at Reduced Rates
To San Jose and intermediate points sold on Saturdays,
and Sunday mornings, good for return until following
Moiiday inclusive.
Also, EXCURSION TICKETS to Aptos, Soquel, Santa
Cruz and Monterey, sold on Saturdays only— good for
return until the following Monday inclusive.
J^= Principal Ticket Office — Passenger Depot, Town-
send street. Branch Ticket Office — No. 2 New Mont-
gomery street, Palace Hotel.
A. C. BASSETT, Supt. H. R. JUDAH, A. P. & T. A.
SOUTHERN DIVISIONS.
Commencing Monday, May 19th, 1879,
K5P~ Passengers for points on the Southern Divisions
of the road will take the cars of the Central Pacific Rail-
road via OAKLAND, leaving SAN FRANCISCO via Ferry
Landing, Market street, at 4:00 p.m. daily (Arizona Ex-
press Train) , and making close connection at GOSHEN
for Sumner, Mojave, Los Angeles, Wilmington, Ana-
heim, Colton, Colorado River, Yuma, Maricopa and Casa
Grande (182 miles east from Yuma). Nov. 22.
Ladies who have injured the skin
by the constant use of cosmetics
may do much to restore their faces
to that beauty which nature alone
can give by constantly using PHOS-
PHATE SOAP.
For chapped hands the constant
use of PHOSPHATE SOAP will
be recommended by ail who give
it one fair trial.
If you want a nice article of
Toilet Soap and something that is
beneficial to the skin, buy PHOS-
PHATE SO-AjP.
Ladies who wish to make the
skin look beautiful and natural
should use PHOSPHATE SOAP.
Manufactured by "Standard Soap Co.,"
204 Sacramento St., San Francisco.
I Judiciously Invested In
I Wall St.lays the fouiida-
jtion for fortunes every
■week, and pnys immeuno profits Vy tlm New Capitalization
System of op<rat Ins In Stocks. Full explanation on applica-
tion to Ada ai b, lino wn & Co., Bankers, 2d Broad St. , N. Y.
$25to $50001!
NOTICE.
For the -very best photographs go to
BRADLEY & RULOFSON'S, in an Elevator, 429
Montgomery street. Oct. 29.
13, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER
11
NOTABILIA.
THE PEDDLERS SONG.
Law.i a* white as driven snow ;
■ i..ik n l'*lt ma crov ;
■Hid u damask roses ;
r faces and fur noses ;
I'vlet, neoklace, amber;
Perfume (or a lady's chamber;
Gold quoipe ud stomachers,
For ny lads to giw their dean ;
Pins and poklDKHriicks of steel.
What maids lack fmm head to heel:
of me.coiae; come buy tcome buy,
Buy, lads, or else your lassvs cry.
William Siiakspkare.
Of all the dazzliog displays made by the grand establishments of
the city for the holiday trade, it seems to be agreed that the most attract-
ive is at O. Lawton & Go's, 609 Market street, where every variety of
porcelain and China and terra cotta, which the general taste has called
for of late years, is to be found in profusion of Serres, Cloisonne, majoli
ca, Wedgwood, Meissen and Dresden, and with these the most exquisite
and costly glass fabrics, Bohemian, Venetian, English, Belgian and
French. This establishment is now dealing direct with the factories of
Eumpe, and consequently are enabled to sell their latest arrivals of goods
33 1-3 per cent, below the price formerly charged.
General Grant put the whole matter in a nutshell, in his speech at
Chicago on the 4th December, when, speaking of the great war, he said:
*' Though that struggle has ended, it has left us a nation, one that is to
he preserved, and will last many generations, and gradually work out
what may be wrong in it now." Nothing less can be said of the Original
Swain's Bakery, 213 Sutter street, which makes patriots and good citizens
of all who enter it. Having once enjoyed the comfort, the perfect cook-
ing, the order and harmony of this peerless restaurant, they feel them-
selves knit by bonds of iron to the country which produces such marvels.
A romance in real life has just come to light within the past ten days.
A gentleman of this city, well known for his talents and acquirements,
left the Pacific Coast two years ago for a tour in Europe to bury bin bit-
ter disappointment at his rejection by a splendid beauty. During his ab-
sence the lady rejected five other admirers. Beaching home three weeks
ago, the traveler determined to try his self-command by calling upon his
fair enemy. As he began to mount the steps of the house, she came up,
returning from a walk. Their eyes met, he raised his hat, and they en-
tered the house. Two hours after, he went forth an accepted lover. His
hat was made by Herrmann, 336 Kearny street.
The editor of the Los Angeles Herald, who has recently spent some
weeks in this city, in giving his impressions of the place, declares that
Providence has marked out an unequaled destiny for it. Situation, cli-
mate, resources, everything in nature is ours, he thinks; and he especially
recognizes the art supremacy to which we are sure to attain, from the
delicacy and acuteness of our perceptions, as shown in the taste and skill
manifested by Mrs. Skidmore, 1114 Market street, the arbiter of fashion
and style in hats and bonnets. All the leaders of society frequent her
establishment.
The restless people of Paris have made a daring innovation in the
order of exercises at weddings, by substituting page-boys for bridesmaids.
The pages are dressed alike, mostly in red or blue velvet, with silk stoek-
ings and gold buckles. This may pass, but no innovations can enable one
to dispense with a good fire for comfort's sake, and J. Macdonough, 25
Market street, has on hand Australian, Pacific Coast, Scotch and Eastern
coals in great variety. The favorite Bed Ash always kept in yard. Or-
ders may be sent by American District Telegraph.
When Richard Taverner, of Woodeaton, strolled into St. Mary's,
Oxford, he began his sermon with these words: "I have brought you
some fine bisketts baked in the Oven of Charitie, carefully conserved for
the chickens of the Church, the sparrows of the Spirit, and the Bweet
swallows of salvation." Not less alliterative, and far more admirable, is
the Rock and Bye Cordial, distilled for the cure of Consumption by F. &
P. G. Cassin.
The Koh-i-noor is, after all, only a great curiosity, which not even
the owner can greatly enjoy,. for it has to be guarded and kept under
locks. • How different is the case with the exquisite articles of California
torquoise manufactured by D. W. Laird, 27 Post street, which can be
hoiight by every one of taste and refinement, as a lasting souvenir of the
Golden State.
How many a ruined home, now open and unprotected from the
blasts of Winter and the pitiless rain, might have been still the shelter of
happy hearts if the wife and mother had preserved her charms by the use
of Wakelee's Camelline. Alas ! for the thing that might have been.
Where there ta a weakneaa of the Throat or Lunge. * i Ibid naff,
all that b require u, muUuh a hn, ..ralTv
Rrnnchlal or
»fton pUnta
, from the von
g«t«yinpton rtintt (|, |„ j' e>
•rant, which will *K»thc ai n the bronchial tube*, allay
inflammation, and . . .,, ■ ,%u irriutin* BUbt1
An ounce o prevantionfi better than a pound of cure. Sold bi I
<fc Brighain, Nan I- mi,
A thoughtful editorial In one of th* great h-ader* ..f public opinion
,n ™ ,l""' : -I! hare a Conititn
tional Government, but it will not U hnrnght *l*mt by blowing op rail-
way trams and killing mien. N-. one but ■ gn-at statesman would ven-
ture » make such a positive assertion, end fi Is a satisfaction bo know
that, with the Introduction ->f M | ,,;,,„ Ranges into the vast
empire oi the < nr, regulated liberty and a Constitution will be firmly
established.
B. Nathan & Co., 130 Sutter ntreet, have displayed an extraordinary
collection of articles of uertu, bronx b, enamel work, ivory and pearl oarv-
mgs, majolica, faience, porcelain and the most exquisite specimens <>f
delicate China, terra-cottag Is, Bplendid out and Bohemian glass, whose
facets outrival the ruby and the diamond, the topaz and emerald and
sapphire, baa-reliefB and cameos, the rarest damascening in steel and cop-
per, and a few priceless articles in the mosaic of Florence and of Rome,
It is only by a visit that one can realize in how many shapes the art-
genius reveals itself.
Estates, to the amount of from $100,000,000 to 8200,000,000, have
lately been adjudged by the English Court of Chancery to heirs in the
United States; and all the possible descendants of the haughty Saxon are
wild with delight and tremulous with hope. Many of them will come
bootless home, and in foul weather, too; but the man who buys Lands-
berger's Private Cuvee is richer than Croesus, for he can laugh at Fate,
having perfect bliss within his grasp.
The London Examiner says: " The position of Carolina differs in no
whit from the position of Poland, save in certain unmeaning forms and in
the personal liberty of individuals, which does not affect the question."
Mr. Forney proves, in his two papers, both daily, that this cannot be the
case; but, whether in Carolina or iu Poland, Madame Rachel's Enamel
Bloom is the salvation of youth and beauty.
To the uninitiated a glass of beer is a glass of beer, but, as Aristotle
says, the man who has but an opinion is, in comparison with the man
who knows, a sick man. Beer is not beer, for one beer differs from an-
other, and the Pilsener Kaiser Beer worthily upholds, by its vast superi-
ority in flavor and high quality, the renown of the city so closely con-
nected with the career of Wallenstein. The agents in this city are Wolff
and Pvheinhold, 334 Washington street.
How often does it happen that a man wishes he had kept a copy of
some letter, thought to be of no great importance at the time of writing,
and left uncopied because of the troublesome process necessary. Hence-
forth this excuse is taken away from every one; for the Multiplex Copy-
ing Tablet makes it infinitely more easy to copy a letter a hundred times
than to write it once. The California Novelty Works, 46 St. Ann's
Building, opposite the Baldwin, furnish the Tablet.
A recent German writer tries to prove that Frederick the Great
believed in the superiority of extended lines of infantry to the formation
in close column; and the instances selected from his campaigns are almost
conclusive on this point, but not more bo than the matchless excellence of
the underclothing sold by Carmany & Crossett, 25 Kearny street.
The great Brooklyn bridge over the East River is at a standstill,
the papers say. We hope so, for, if anything may be called strictly un-
reliable, it is surely a bridge that gets up, every now and then, to go and
see a man. Nevertheless, men doubt whether this work will ever be
completed, and we cannot wonder at them; for it has taken many years,
and is still unfinished, while Bradley & Rulofson have never ceased to be
at the head of all photographers.
Every style of hat at White's, 614 Commercial street, the old-
established and famous emporium of this trade. When water ceases to
flow down hill, or California to furnish corn and wine and oil, White
may cease to give, for the lowest price, the best of all head-gear, but not
till then.
Three hundred dozen of the Napa Soda are put up at the Spring
every month. So the Register reports; but this is an evident mistake.
The "monthly exportation is much nearer to 13,000 dozen, and the im-
provement in the public health is due to this alone.
Clergymen, lawyers, editors, bankers and ladies need Hop Bitters
daily, tor nerve force.
Price's Carvers.- Send a set East to your friends for Christmas. No.
415 Kearny street. Grinding and Repairing.
W Morris. MORRIS & KENNEDY, J, F. Kennedy,
Importers and I>ealera In Holding's, Frames, Engravings,
Uhromos, Lithographs, Decalcoinanie, Wax and Artists' Materials, 21 Post
street, nearly opposite Masonic Temple, San Francisco. Feb. 4.
SCHWAB & BREESE,
eiv Art Gallery, 02 1 Market street, opposite Palace Hotel.
Oil Fain tines, Engravings, Wax and Artists' Materials.
' ADMISSION FREE. Sept. 13.
N'
SNOW & CO.,
No. 20 Post street, opposite Mechanics' Institnte, Import-
ers and Manufacturers of Pictures, Frames, Mouldings, and Artist's Ma-
terials. Established 1819. Sept. 20.
12
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Deo. 13, 1879.
European and American furniture in endless variety will be sold on
Tuesday next, at 10 A. m. , by catalogue, at Piatt's Hall, by E. S. Spear &
Co. This list embraces the very finest styles of sofas, Turkish chairs,
library, chamber and dining-room furniture, upholstered in Morocco,
plush, brocatelle and other stuffs, French plate-glass, Cheval glasses. No
such opportunity to obtain first-class articles will occur for a long time ;
and elegant presents may be secured for the Christmas and New Year al-
most for the trouble of selection. With these are center and card tables,
cabinets in marqueterie and buhl, ladies' writing desks, ebonized easels
for artists, music racks, mantel mirrors, and every appointment of a first-
class house.
It is gratifying to see the heartiness with which the Trustees of the
Mechanics' Institute, and especially their President, Irving M. Scott,
have come forward to facilitate in every way the enterprise of Mr. Fla-
vin, who has turned the Pavilion into a monster Bazaar, and, at the same
time, made it a delightful place of resort for the community during this
holiday season. The public spirit shown in this undertaking meritB the
fullest support.
The fine collection of novelties recently imported by Snow & Co.,
20 Post street, meet with appreciative buyers. The entire line was pur-
chased before the recent rise in values, at the East, and are beiug sold at
low rates. The holiday trade, from present appearances, will only com-
prise comparatively inexpensive goods, and never before could the same,
or similar nice things, be had for the same amount of money.
CoL Andrews is inexhaustibly fertile in ideas. To the surprised pub-
lic it seems as if tbe Diamond Palace could not be outdone ; but the Col-
onel intends visiting Europe after the holidays to lay in a stock of new
splendors, and the present unmatched collection will be sold at an extraor-
dinary reduction in price. There will be such chance to secure the finest
specimens of exquisite jewelry.
Something new is Klinkner's Red Rubber Stamp Cabinet. Most
people wear linen, or what passes for it, and when this goes to the wash
there is constant danger of losing articles for want of marking. The Red
Rubber Stamp is always ready, and can be used by any one. It marks
clearly and indelibly, and is indispensable to every one. Office, 320 San-
some street, over "Wells, Fargo & Co.
We have received the first number of the Caiifornian, el new
monthly magazine just established here. It is well and handsomely
printed, and, so far as can be judged from the brief inspection allowed,
full of good performance and eood promise. We wish it entire success.
M. Gray has just published " Christmas Bells," a morceau for the pi-
ano, composed by F. BoscovitE, and dedicated to Mrs. C. M. Mills, of
Brooklyn.
Geo. C. Shreve & Co., jewelers, 110 Montgomery street, mark all
goods in plain figures and have but one price.
AMERICAN DISTRICT TELECRAPH !
Holiday N otiee !
SE>» TOUR CHRISTMAS ASD STEW TEAR'S PRESENTS
BY UNIFORMED MESSENGERS!
A DETAIL OF
One Hundred and Fifty Special Messengers
Selected for this Service!
222 Sansome Street,
205 Sutter, Cor. Kearny,
961 Mission Street,
833 Sutter Street,
Fourth and Blnxome,
OFFICES :
Mission and Twentieth,
California and Fillmore,
Hayes and Laguna,
Powell and Union,
Butchertown.
[December 13.]
IMPORTANT TO BOOK-BUYERS!
"WE HAVE A LARGE STOCK
OF
FINE ART, STANDARD, JUVENILE
AND
HOLIDAY BOOKS!
ON SALE AT THE MECHANICS9 PAVILION!
Store Near the Mission Street Entrance.
Prices the Same as Elsewhere*
H. KELLER & CO.,
Publishers, Booksellers and Importers.
[December 13.J
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
The Company's steamers will sail as follows at 13 Hit
CITY OF TOKIO, Dec. 27th, March 20th~CITY OF PEKING, Feb. 7th, May ■
1st— for YOKOHAMA and HONGKONG.
COLIMA, December 19th, for PANAMA and NEW YORK, calling at MAZATLAN.
SAN BLAS. MANZANILLO and ACAPULCO, connecting at Acapulco with Com-
pany's Steamer for all Central American ports— calling at SAN JOSE DE GUATE-
MALA and LA LIBERTAD to land passengers and mails.
Tickets to and from Europe by any line for sale at the lowest rates ; also to Ha-
vana and all West India ports.
AUSTRALIA, December 22d, at 12 o'clock M., or on arrival of the English mails,
for HONOLULU, AUCKLAND and SYDNEY. $10 additional is charged for pas- 1
sage in Upper Saloon.
DAKOTA, December 20th, for VICTORIA, PORT TOWNSEND, SEATTLE, and .
TACOMA, connecting at TACOMA with Northern Pacific Railroad for PORT- '
LAND, Oregon. Tickets must be purchased before 11 a.m. on day of sailing, at
Wharf Office. For freight or passage apply at the office, cor. First and Brannan i
streets. [Dec. 13.] WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO., Agents. J
TAXES! TAXES!
1879-80.
Notice is hereby g-iven that a certified copy of the Assess*
meiit Book of the Taxable Property of the City and County of San Fran-
cisco, Real Estate and Personal Property (subsequent Assessment Book included), )
for the Fiscal Year 1879-80, has this day been received ; that the State, City and i
County TAXES for said Fiscal Year are now due and payable at the office of the «
undersigned, first floor, New City Hall, and the Laws in regard to their collection i
will be strictly enforced.
TAXES will become delinquent on the First Monday in January, 1890,
and unless paid prior thereto, five per cent, will be added to the amount thereof.
CHARLES TILLSON,
Tax Collector of the City and County of San Francisco.
San Francisco, October 27th, 1879. Nov. 1.
ASSESSMENT OF LANDS
BENEFITED BY
"WIDENING DUPONT STREET.
"VT otiee Is hereby given that a certified copy of the Assess-t
-^ men t Book of the Real Estate which is subject for the Payment of Prin-
cipal and Interest upon " Dupont-street Bonds," as directed by an Act of the Legis-
lature of California to authorize the Widening of Dupont street, in the City of San'
Francisco, "Approved March 23d, A.D. 1876," has thi3 day been placed in my bandal
for collection The Laws in regard to the collection of the same will be strictly
enforced. CHARLES TILLSON, |
Tax Collector of the City and County of San Francisco.
San Francisco, October 27th, 1879. Nov. 1.
MONTGOMERY AVENUE ASSESSMENT.
Notice is hereby g-iven that a certified copy of the Assess-*
men I Book of Real Estate, which is subject to assessment to defray ex-
penses incurred by the Opening of Montgomery Avenue, has this day been placed in1
my hands to collect the Assessment thereon.
Said Assessment is for the Fiscal Year of 1879-80, and is now due and payable at
the office of the undersigned, first floor. New City Hall. All Assessments remaining-
unpaid on the FIRST MONDAY IN JANUARY, 1880, will have five per cent added
thereto. CHARLES TILLSON, u^
Tax Collector for the City and County of San Francisco. flg
San Francisco, October 27th, 1879. Nov. 1,
ANNUAL MEETING.
The Animal meeting- of the Stockholders of the Gonld A
Curry Silver Mining Company will be held at the Company's offices, Room No,i
69, Nevada Block, No. 309 Montgomery street, San Francisco, California, on MON-
DAY, the 15th day of December, 1879, at 1 o'clock p.m. Transfer books will close on
Friday, December 5th, 1879, at 3 o'clock P.M.
Dec. 13. ALFRED K. MORROW, Secretary.
SUTRO & CO.,
Bankers and Brokers, 408 Montgomery street, pay the
highest prices for United States Bonds, County and City Bonds, Currency,
Foreign Coins and Gold Dust. Dec. 13.
13, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
13
BIZ/
Money o K-wsiitiK-tr t.lmtifu., not only Id the Mrinj^
Ad ' mmul U.nk*, ud not the lenao in tho
.n 1- oht*ined at compara-
iT«Jy l«w rate* -i < '&lif..niu. interwt uy on real eiUtr, 7 t<> 0 per cent
annum. I'pon call, l.un* can !*■ bad f.»r half this rat*, but in all
ritie* an* r\».-t,M with Urvr mar-pin*. There probfr
Jy never wm so much idle moot? in < 'alif<>mia a* there in today. Many
taaonfl could be givwm f<>r thi*. hat Doit "f oar reader* know the cause
hereof. There has been of late rather more Inquiry for real estate on the
■M»*ersed by the cable railroads, notably that of California street,
rfakh is by far the heat conducted of any rood in the city. The view*
BBS the line of the road are rharrnini;. nwiin; to the hi«h elevation over-
lokinp the city and bay. The prices :\i which desirable lots and houses
so n<>w be bought in the Western Addition, etc., is generally thought to
m by experts down to U'drork rates, and then fore the present is thought
o be a very desirable time for investment, particularly as loans there-
upon can be obtained upon very advantageous terms.
Business in volume i* falling off, as usual, as the holiday season ap-
proaches. Of course, reference is here made to wholesale traffic in staple
and general merchandise, stocks of which are, for the most part, very
ight for the season— notably those of Coffee, Sugar, Tea, etc. Our job
Mng merchants and importers all at this season of the year desire to re-
duce stocks to a minimum ; therefore we see little evidence of specula-
ion abroad in any article of merchandise. These remarks, however, are
inapplicable to the holiday gift trade of the city. Market, Kearny, and
rther streets devoted to this traffic are all alive with the eager multitude,
making their holiday purchases.
Sugars have again been reduced by the California Refinery one-half
Dent per pound, thus fixing rate at 12Jc, the same figure that was ruling
te month ago. Thia rate for Crushed is now about that at New York,
id it would not be at all surprising to see another drop before the close
:>f the month. There is one comfort to the trade in all these fluctuations
made by the California Refiuery, if price goes up the holder has the bene-
fit of it on his stock in store, and if price goes down then a full allow-
ance is made therefor, and for the unexecuted orders in hand at the re-
finery. This seems to be a very fair and honorable way of treating all
those who purchase supplies direct from the refinery, but sometimes works
k heavy loss upon importers of Eastern refined. The City of Tokio on
ber last voyage brought us 2,100 bags Hongkong Refined Sugar. This
I ordered to meet export orders for bonded Sugar. During the week
>ast we have had two arrivals of Sugar from Honolulu— the Lady
Lampson and the H. W. Almy bringing 10,400 pkgs. Sugar for refiners.
Teas.— The City of Tokio from China and Japan brought us 2,943
packages, also in transit for Eastern cities 17,000 pkgs. Iu addition to
the above we had two arrivals from Yokohama with Teas, the Levi
Stevens, to Macondray & Co., with 16,000 pkgs.; also the Importer, from
same, with 3,000 pkgs. Our stock of Teas is unusually light for the sea-
son, and prices for all desirable goods upwards inclined.
Silk and Silkworm Eggs.— The City of Tokio, from China and Ja-
pan, brought us, in transit, of Silks for Eastern cities 1,963 pkgs.; also of
Silk Worm Eggs, 1,878 pkgs.; a part of these latter are destined for the
silk factory at Patterson, New Jersey, the balance to France and Italy.
These valuable goods are all in care of Celestials, who go with the worms
to their destination to see that they have proper warmth at all times in
the cars of the Pacific Railroad and on ship-board. They are extremely
valuable and filling several cars, being quite bulky. These Silks and
Teas in transit are important feeders to the carriage of the Pacific
Railroads.
Coffee.— By late arrivals from Central America we are in receipt of
2,993 bags from Punta Arenas; also from New York, via Isthmus, 1,300
bags Rio. The City of Tokio, from Hongkong, also brought us 724 bags,
thus adding material to our Spot stocks. There are also 3,500 bags now
due here from Ceylon. These arrivals at the close of the year tend to
check the rising tendency of our market. We quote O. G. Java 25£c, Rio
16@18c; Central American 17i@20ic, according to quality.
Rice. — We have had several small arrivals from the Sandwich Islands
during the week— in all some 2,000 bags, These sold at 6£(3>,6£e. The
City of Tokio, fram Hongkong, brought 15,000 mats, chiefly No. 1 China,
which we quote at 5|@6c; No. 2 ditto, 5^c, and for Mixed China 4|c.
Salmon. — The market continue firm for Case Salmon, with moderate
sales at SI 35@1 45 ^ dozen, 1-lb. cans.
Bags.— Burlap Grain Sacks for forward delivery are in good request at
10@10|c. for May and June delivery. The stock here and to arrive is
large, but is held by strong hands.
Coal. — We have no sales of foreign to record. Low prices generally
rule, by reason of heavy and constant arrivals from the North Pacific
mines.
Metals.— There is very little sale for Pig Iron at present, as our found-
ries are not very busy at this season of the year. The high prices of last
October and November can hardly be realized at present.
Domestic Produce.— Our European grain fleet for the season, dating
from July 1st, now numbers 161 vessels, carrying of wheat 6,330,472 ctls.
The same date last year the fleet numbered 160 vessels, with 5,833,000
ctls. From this it will be seen that we are now a little in advance of last
year in our Wheat exports. Our Flour exports for the same period to all
ports— 1879, 211,587 bbls ; 1878, 235,986 bbls.
Our total receipt of Wheat from July 1st to December 9th stand
thus : 1879, 7,367,239 ctls ; 1878, 6,216,119 ctls.
Barley.— We note the sailing of the "Calbarien" for Callao with
11,855 centals, and for Cape Town, per " Bylgia," 141 centals. The sup-
ply of Chevalier is about exhausted. Best Brewing is held at lc per ft>,
but No. 2 can be purchased at 90c@95c, and Feed at 65c to 75c per cen-
tal. Stock large, and holders anxious to sell, as we have now had three
times the rainfall as same date last year, and farmers are now -well
assured of good grain crops next season, and plenty of good pasture and
cattle feed for the winter season.
Corn and Oats.— The demand is chiefly for local use at $1 25@$1 65
for the latter, and 90c@95c for the former.
prS^Vu V\c ***** *b°Ut "h*wUd <mr "»P*» •*** ! Preeeut nominal
WooL Tim pfcooh of all Idnde about exbawted, no good loU remain-
ing : price, L5@35c a* extreme*.
Tallow. Supplies are liberal at &i#fla ; KVnne.!, 7|c.
<X™e*~The dcmwid U ver* fcctirft rt »®2lo for Dry ; Wet Salted,
Fruits, Etc. Wo have a good daily mipply of Straw berrio.. Kjwpber-
ne-. (.rapes, Apples, Pear-. MUR low prices to rule for all
kinds.
WAKELEE'S AURE0LINE
Produces the Bountiful Golden Hair «o Much Admired.
superior to tiii rxpoasao aiiticle
— bt rkabo* or its—
FRESHNESS AND CARE USED IN ITS PRODUCTION.
PRU'F., LARGE IIOTTI.F.N. »a.
Manufactured b„ n. V. IF nil IKE A CO., Druafflst,, corner
Montgomery and Hash street*, S. F. [Aiir. 2.
FOR PORTLAND AND ASTORIA, OREGON.
rphe Oregon steamship < pnnj I Pacific Coast Nlr m-
J. mud Company will dispatch over; are dan. f,.r the above ports, one of their
£w' Ai.i5!1.sl<!Muhil'"' viz-: OREGON, GEORGE W. ELDER, and STATE OF
CALIFORNIA.
Nailing Days
Dec. 3, 8, 13, 18, 23, and 28. I Jan. 2, 7. 12, 17, 22, and 27.
At 10 o'clock A. .11.
Connecting at Portland, Oregon, with Steamers and Railroads and their connecting
Stoge Lines for all points in Oregon, Washington and Idaho Territories, British
Columbia and Alaska.
K. VAN OTERENDORP, Agent O. 8. S. Co.,
No 210 Battery street, San Francisco.
GOOD-ALL, PERKINS 4- CO., Agents P. C. S. S Co.,
Dec- 6- No. 10 Market street, San Francisco.
PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
Steamers ol this Company will sail from Broadway Wharf
for PORTLAND, Oregon), every 5 days, direct, and for LOS ANGELES, SANTA
BARBARA, SANTA CRUZ, SAN DIEGO, SAN LUIS OBISPO and other NORTH-
ERN and SOUTHERN COAST PORTS, leaving SAN FRANCISCO about every
third day.
For Day and Hour of Sailing, see the Company's Advertisement in the San Fran-
cisco Daily Papers.
Ticket Office, No. 214 Montgomery Street, near Pine.
GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Agents,
March 15. No. 10 Market street.
CUNARD LINE.
British and North American Royal Mall Steamships be-
tween NEW YORK and LIVERPOOL, calling atQUEENSTOWN, sailing from
New York EVERY WEDNESDAY.
BOTHNIA December 17th.
GALLIA December 24 th.
ALGERIA December31st.
SCYTHIA January 7th, I860.
ABYSSINIA January 14th, 1880.
Passage can be secured and all information given on application to
WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO.,
Nov. 22. 218 California St.
CALIFORNIA SUGAR REFINERY,
Manufacturers of the Standard Syrup, a snperlor article
put up in barrels expressly for home consumption. Also, Extra Heavy Syrup
in barrels for Export. Refined Sugars at lowest market rates. Office, 215 Front
street, up stairs. Dec. 21.
JOHN JENNINGS
Hooper's South End Warehouses, corner Japan and Town-
send streets, San Francisco. First-class Fire-Proof Brick Building, capacity
10,000 tons. Goods taken from the Dock and the Cars of the C. P. R. R. and S. P.
R. R. free of charge. Storage at Current Rates. Advances and Insurance Effected.
SEEDS.
RT. Trumbull A Co., 419 and 431 Sansome street. Keii-
, tucky Blue Grass, Alfalfa, Mosquit, Timothy, etc., etc. Vegetable Seeds
of all descriptions. Nov. 29.
~ CUMBERLAND~MINE,
Yavapai County, Arizona. Office: No. 417 California St.,
San Francisco, California. President, GEORGE M. CIPHICO. Secretary, J.
H. GRIFFITHS. Office Hours : 2 p.m. daily. Oct. 11.
~~ ESSENTIAlToiiTOF EUCALYPTUS AMYGDAl1na7~
Bosslto's "Parrot" Brand Is the original and only gen-
uine Eucalyptus Oil imported, and used internally under medical prescrip-
tion, and externally for all rheumatic and bronchial affections, as well as for local
piins, bruises, sprains, etc., for wbich it is an undoubted specific. For sale by all
druggists. W. H. CAMPBELL, Sole Aijent,
Nov. 29. 402 Front street, San Francisco.
^EDWARD B0SQUI &~C0~
Printers, Engravers, Lithographers and Bookbinders,
Zieidesdorff street, from Clay to Commercial.
ALASKA COMMERCIAL COMPANY,
No. 310 Sansome street, San Francisco, Wholesale Dealer
in Furs. Sept. 21.
MADAME WALDO COHEN,
Finishing Lessons— Piano. $3 Per Lesson.
Sept. 20. 507 Hyde Street, San Franc-taco.
14
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Dec. 13, 1879.
[Communicated.]
mayor kalloch on protection and free trade.
Mayor Kalloch has delivered himself on the subject of protection to
native industries, or perhaps more accurately, protection to workingmen.
In a letter to Mr. C. A. Wetmore, on the subject of the proposed Franco-
American Treaty, he takes occasion to discourse at considerable length on
the merits of a protective tariff as favoring American labor, and, in the
course of his remarks, he gives expression to a good many fallacies. As,
however, the whole drift of the letter is to show his sympathy with the
workingmen, and to reflect their mistaken belief in the efficacy of pro-
tection to better their position, we can scarcely blame him for thus sooth-
ing his supporters, as we believe he is doing so in perfect good faith. "We
will quote a few sentences to show some of the views of the new Mayor :
"The man who demands the least in exchange for his labor, degrades
those with whom he is in competition. Society in past ages has been
struggling against debasing competition in labor. As the laborer becomes
enlightened, his wants and demands increase. He demands a greater
share — a more equal share — in the products of industry." " The industry
of Europe cannot offer fair terms of free exchange with the industry of
America." "The workingmen of the United States should view with
the greatest alarm the insidious movement known as the "Proposed
Franco-American Treaty," which proposes to bind American industry to
the level of French industry for a term of years. They should observe
with alarm the efforts which are being made by English capital to secure
this Treaty for France, and should see in them only a menace of a similar
demand from Great Britain should this succeed." Our worthy Mayor
tells ns that he who demands the least for his labor degrades those with
whom he is in competition. But he does not tell us that farmers and
others who are compelled to pay double the price for their machinery that
they could import it for, enrich a small class — the manufacturers ; and
impoverish themselves — a very numerous class. Nor does he tsll us that
the farmer, who has to sell his wheat for the world's lowest price, is just
as much entitled to protection by means of a bounty on production as any
manufacturer can be. Then we are told that as the laborer becomes en-
lightened, he demands a greater share of the products of industry ;but
how can he get a larger share when the action of the protective tariff is to
diminish the total products available for consumption ? He cannot
get a share of what does not exist. The Mayor also informs us
that the industry of Europe cannot offer fair terms of free
exchange with the industry of America. What has the wheat-
raiser, the cotton-grower, the owner of gold and silver mines, to
say to this ? If Europe cannot offer fair terms of exchange to the nation
of producers for their produce, who is to compensate them for the unequal
exchange ? It is evident that here, again, we come to the conclusion that
to compensate the producers of the leading articles of export to foreign
countries, a bounty ought to be granted to all these producers. How,
otherwise, can they get back the amounts which are taken from them
under the protective tariff ? And when every industry that does not ben-
efit from the protective tariff is paid a bounty as an equivalent for its
contribution under such tariff, where is the advantage ? The tariff makes
a large levy on the whole of the people for the benefit of a limited class,
the bounty would make a large levy on the whole of the people for the ]
benefit of the very numerous class of producers. Thus we would arrive I
at the delightful conclusion of taxing everybody so as to add a little to 1
everybody's income ; but however philanthropic such a system would be, j
it may be doubted whether the maintenance of an enormous hierarchy of 1
officials, at great expense and with large opportunity for peculation and 1
corruption would be justified, whose function it was to take a small sum 1
out of the pockets of forty-five millions of people in order to put a smaller 3
sum back into the same pockets of the same forty-five millions. The ,
Mayor is also careful to warn the workingmen to watch with alarm the I
efforts that are being made by English capital to secure the Franco- I
American Treaty. This bugbear of English capital, where it is perfectly |
well known that English capital is not thrown away on pulling the chest- 1
nuts out of the fire for other nations, is the last refuge of imposture and .j
prejudice, when it is attempted to rouse international jealousies ; and j
though we hardly knew in advance whether the new Mayor would stoop 1
to the unscrupulous arts of the political demagogue, we are not now in *
any doubt on the subject. Notwithstanding this pandering, however, to 1
the prejudices of his supporters, we are inclined to hope that Dr. Kalloch i
will yet show a creditable public career, as we believe he has the intelli-
gence and the ambition to make a satisfactory piiblic record during his j
term of office, and to leave behind him a reputation for honesty, ability
and competent management of public affairs.
A WISE WARNING.
Sir William Jenner warns the public that, in the earliest stage of j
typhoid fever, the patient is prone to commit certain mistakes in treating 1
himself, either of which may add greatly to the severity of the coming ill- I
ness: (1) He may think that he has a common cold in his limbs, as it is 4
called, and try to throw it off by strong exercise. A certain sense of |
weakness accompanies this early stage of the fever, but it is rarely so 1
great as to prevent the patient, if stimulated by strong will, walking long j
and briskly. (2) He may consider that he is suffering from biliary de- j
rangement, and attribute to this the headache, disturbed nights; sense of I
malaise, want of appetite and disordered bowels, and take a do3e of dras- t
tic aperient. (3) He may think the weakness he feels is to be removed by r,
food and wine. A dose of medicine, he says, cannot hurt; bed, he thinks,
weakens; aud food and wine, he knows, restore strength. Therefore, he I
prescribes a dose for himself, which irreparably injures his bowel; betakes ?
exercise, which increases the waste material in his system, and he loads I
his stomach with food it cannot digest, and stimulants which highten the <
fever and disturb the actiou of the eliminating organs, and then pays the ;
penalty, perhaps with his life, for the errors his ignorance has led him to
commit. — Tjondon Lancet.
The Mayor of Stafford, Eng., Mr. F. Marson, has been presented^
with a silver cradle thirty inches high and weighing 200 ounces, in accord-
ance with an ancient custom, prescribing such a gift for the Mayor when- ■
ever a child is born to him during his incumbency. This may be the I
great original " Mayor's nest."
Sterling Silverware. — A large assortment of elegant designs at E-an- ;
dolph & Cn.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
PUBLIC OPHsTIOK"
GRAND TOY" EXPOSITION!
To open at the MECHANICS' PAVILION
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13th :
"Don't talk to me about Christmas presents ! That is just one of the schemes of the merchants, who are doing their best to get rid of their
immense stocks at the close of the year." Such is the opinion of a great many.
" It would be disastrous to me to be obliged to buy Christmas Presents for all my children at the ruinous prices asked by the stores," say many
others.
" Presents ! That is all very well for rich people, but we, workingmen, cannot afford to indulge in such luxuries." Such is another very com-
monly expressed opinion.
"Business has been so adverse, and stocks so unlucky, that I am obliged to curtail my expenditures for Christmas Presents," says this man, who
used to be quite liberal to his friends before.
"lam sure I do not know how to pass the time during those Holidays," says another. " Stay at home, or go out with my wife and children, and
it is nothing but a continual drain on my pocket-book for Christmas Presents."
Such was the uniform type of the conversation in former years when the Christmas Tree was about to blossom. But, on the contrary, so soon as
the project at the Mechanics Pavilion has been made known, the public has enthusiastically applauded the idea.
" That is a capital idea — it is so practical," says one.
"I shall, at last, be able to supply all my children with both presents and amusement at a trifling expense," says another.
" What 'fine times' we shall have, wandering through those immense labyrinths of the Pavilion, adorned with so many marvels and wonders,"
exclaim all the children.
" What an excellent opportunity it will afford for us to meet our friends during the Holidays ! What a charming rendezvous it will be !" repeat
the ladies.
In giving expression to the foregoing opinions, we make ourselves the echo of the opinion of the General Public ; so we must congratulate our-
selves upon our enterprise. Before the doors of the Pavilion have been opened, the entire public is unanimous in their approval ; and when we shall
have closed them, after the feast, we shall enjoy the conviction that we knew how to contribute to their happiness, and deserve their flattering
expressions of gratitude.
LET EVERYBODY COME TO THE GRAND TOY EXPOSITION !
"Wliioli Opens s^t t.Ta.&
:ivi::EC!:E3:_A.:tsnics' zpj^tixjIoilt
SATTBIAI, DECEMBER 13TH.
13, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
Eocorded in the City and County of San Francisco. California, for
the Weak endln* December 6th
miMTrial Agmci.m California ST., 8.F.
Tuesday. December 2d.
15
ORAXToa AKD OBASTII.
Geo BMirn to Mtrla Laphsrn
Tbo» P Wmlrr Ic ( f Howland. .
Margarclla M Ajrw lo W J Uann
Bob! Barry to Susan K Barry
Sarah E Boarn to Wm B Bourn ..
BcnJ Davidson lo JtlTri-y (.'ul.rn . . .
Jcffrrjr Collrn lo S Strlnnart
S Slvlnhart tc. A Gaosl el al
Wm I.cvi.ton to J Honnlman
J Nightingale to W J Richardson
W J Richardson to Geo W Frink
F«r A Mrh Smv Ilk to fit & Co S F
Cba> L Dlsglcy to J H Schroder. .
Geo D Sbadbornc to K Ilotln.i...,
Man- S Thome to W N Jackson.
Laura A Kilhflm to Cath Scott
Sam: J TnttJc to JnoSnllivan ...
Eliza J Stewart to Julia Grady
JM Marshall to P McLaughlin...
A T Green to Robt Barton
Michael E Dolan to Mary A Dolan
ns.cairrio?*.
N Pacific. 117 a Krauklin, e III IS
N Jackson. IITC.d w Buchanan, SSiliT S.
snl«J to mortf
Nflay, ir:.. w Franklin, w »9xlJT;
W A I
t I'iace, 90 n Sacramento,
ic to bejr
P iccand 1st st. 75x41
:• rvial and Montgomery, SO x
85 and und Uld, n Commercial, 60 w
Montgomery, 7:6150
Sum.'
Same ....II. , ". . '.'.'.'.
«6, 37, hlk 19» Feilon tract! .'
Se It ft anil -iMh arc, a -145:7, c 210:0, n
141:0, etc to hep
Sameanfi sundry lots in Pt Lobos Ave-
nue and Pnrk Homestead
Street! Hid Blgbwwa
Nw VTaablugtol] and Webster, 50x93:4—
W A 117
S Clipper. «.\ « of Sanchez, w 45x114-
n H blk 190
B Mason, 187:5 n Sicmmettto, 30xfiS:li. .
E Dolores. 26:6 u Day, n 75x100
n» Dore, 229 nw Bryant, aw 23x85— M
Bhlk44 ..
UndWball a Clay, 113:0 e Kearny, 34 x
51:3— 60-v23subj to mortg $S,501) ....
Sw Langtoo, 150 ee Howard, se 25x75—
100-VSS9
Se 101 h and Diamond, e 34x100
N 17th, 218 w Valencia, w 30x90 lease
hold interest
raica
t 300
CO
3,000
Gift
9,000
1
25,000
25,l»>0
15
600
1,100
8,600
620
1,000
2,500
1,250
Wednesday, December 3d.
Malcolm Thomson to W B Thomas
Same to Wm Henderson
FJ Loewenbayn to BurneltC Sweet
Ambon y Mor^enthal lo C H Moore
D Jo: dan to E M Root..
Jno Landers to J D Walker et al.
JasF nil! to JnoDudolf .
S Elizabeth, 125 e Bellevue, e 51:8x114
Se Elizibcth and Douglas, a 125x64
Lois 1112, 494, 196, 498, 500, Gift Map 3.
W 35th ave, 200 n K st, 25x110— Outside
Lands 734
Lots 9. 15, blk 209, Pleasant View Hd,
and sundry Outside Lands and proper-
ties along I*t Lobos Avenne
Lot 19, Precita Valley, and nw Clement
and 20lh ave, w 240x200; also Outside
Lands 162 sw Cal and 20th ave, 200x240
. . W Vickaburg, s22d, s 22:6x100
Jno Gamble to Gustavos Gamble. Lot 4 hlk 61, lot 3 blk 62, lot. 8 blk 126,
University Mound tct, subj to mort-
gafe for $275
Lotl blk 52, City Land Assn
Lot 6, blk 20 West End Map 2
Same as above two descriptions
Se Folsom and 20th, e 245x620 MisBion
block 53
Undivided one-half nw Hubbell, 275 sw
6th, sw 275x275
W Powell, 115:6 n Ellis, 22x93:5
Sw 3d, 137:6 nw 68:9x275
Lot No 26 South Park
C W Severance to Jas J Lane
Delia Murphy to same
J J Lane to Delia Murphy
Jno Cochran to Jno Center...,
J G Klnmpke to Ferd Reis..
L Godchans to J A Albertson
Jos O'Keefe to Savs and Loan Soc
J P Finnall to same
$ 100
200
6
3,000
1,625
637
400
5
Gift
13,000
10,000
1,500
Thursday, December, 4th.
City and County S F to F & M Bk.
J D Upeon et a] to same
Farm and Mech Bk to A Sommer.
Emma M Baker to Jno Baker
Jno F Baker to Emma M Baker. .
Jos B Walker et al to Jno Baker.
Jas A Lane to Ellen Lane
Jno M Burnett to Hartwlg L Miller
Chas H Burton to David W White
Same to same
Jno Sheehy to J H Smyth
JnoMallon to B Curtaz.
Cnth McGorry to City aud Co S F.
T B Howard to Cal Sugar Refinery
Ne Francisco and Polk, e 137:6x137:6. .
Same
Same
Und l-8th e cor Harrison and Main, ne
275x550, nnd l-8th se Harrison, 45:10
ne Spear, ne 229:2x137:6; und l-8th se
Harrison, 275 ne Spear, ne 80x40:10
Same
Same
N Turk, 182:6 w Pierce, w 28x137:6
W A 432
N Jackson, 225 w Larkin, w 50x127:8
W A20
Lots 340, 349, 350, Gift Map 3
Lot 13, blk 3(18 Pleasant View Hd
Und half O L blk 680 and e half 681...
W Shotwell, 150 n 24th, n 30x 122:6
Streets and Highways
E cor 8tli and Townsend, ne 275x215. . .
5
3,100
10,000
10,000
10,000
Gift
4,000
5
5
1
1,600
9
1
Friday, December 6th.
Daniel Shechan et et to Danl Jones
Jno Sloan to Joseph Perkins..
S Minna, 200 e 6th, e 50x75
W Tennessee. 100 n Butte, n 75x100— P
N 376 s Precita pi, 130 e Folsm 25x100,
ne Liberty and Noe, 57x105, M B 108
E cor Harrison and 10th, 410x275
Se Market, 78 ne 6th, ne 98:6x170
W Waverly pi, 96n Clay, n 27:6x59-50-
vara 57 snhj to mortg
W Washing pi, 71:6 n Washington pi
27:6x80— 50-v 50 subj to mortg
Nw San Jose ave and Day st, w 56:9, r
30, e 70:11, etc to com
Hibernirt S nnd L Soc toCCasassalSe Grepn and_Puwell, s 20x57:4
Jos M Douglas to J O B Gun .
J C Bates to Albert Dibhlee et al. .
E J Baldwin to Simon W Glazier.
Tin How to Ly Haung et al
Hip Yee Mong to same
LA Kiiham to Henry McGnire
J C Hampton et al to same.
Same to Henry T Scott
Und half se Franklin and Clay, 100x60,
W A 89
Same
Und half e Franklin, 100 8 Clay, 27:8x87
being W Ablk89
Same
N Post. 225 w Stockton. 25x137:6
W Leavenworth, 77:6 s Vallejo, 20x137:6
Same
.... S Minna, 275 e 7th, e 34x75 ...
A Societe Francaise toT L Lyons] E cor Folsom and Spear, 137:6x137:6...
ET Crane to Biime S Clay, 75 e Davis, e 49:6x119-6
La Soc Francaise to S Heydenfeldl|Se Sac and Le:ds, s 98:6, e 55. n 18:6, etc
Jos M Douglas to same
Chas T Smith to Jno Noonen
Jno Bays to Jno Best
Jno Buys to same
Henry ilinket to Anton Fassmann
$ 400
15,000
300
3,750
4,000
4,000
2,000
2,000
50
2,000
1
7,000
28,000
26,500
34.000
E. M. Try.
J. B. Wattles.
FRY, WATTLES A CO.,
Stock Broken,
IM »..l,™„, »,,,.. , s , , „.lrr ,ho y„m*m tfrnU.
jy Money to loan on solr. set™, v„ .
aao.C.HK.0.. E-CMcF^sa
GEORGE C. HICK0X A CO.,
Commission Mori. Ilrokrr* s»n Franrlsro Nloeh Ex-
■ -■ N v •- • 'i ■ -.., r™r„>... May «
MJ. A. RUDKIN,
ember M. r. Slock anil Exekaaan Hoard. 42» 4'alirornla
STOCKS Bought ,,, Liberal Advances
tnado n Active Account*. Oct .,<
E. B. Eras.]
[J. H. Jo.MCB.
EYRE A JONES,
Stock Broker*,
320 PINE STREET. SAN FRANCISCO. [Sept. 27.
ANDREW BAIRD,
Negotiator of Loans and Commorolal Paper,
Broker In Local nml Nlale Securities,
No. 312 California Street San Francisco.
U*. O. Box 1.80*.] July 19.
D.V, B.Henarie. Edward Martin.
E. MARTIN A CO.,
Importers and 'Wholesale Dealers in Wines and Liquors.
Proprietors or miller's Extra <>!,! Ronrbon and J. F. Cut-
ter Extra Old Bon rbou nml Itj e Whiskies).
AP"1 5 4(>8 front .street, San Frnnelteo.
HIBERNIA BREWERY,
Howard Street, Between Eighth and Ninth.
Dec. 7.] M. XJTXAJf, Proprietor.
TABER, HARKER A CO.,
IMPOXTEBS AXD WHOLESALE GROCEXS,
108 and 110 California St., 8. F.
(April 19.]
Henry B. Williams. Henry B, Williams.
WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD A CO.,
SHIPPING AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
No. 218 California st., S. F. [July 27.
Nrwton Booth, C. T. Wheeler, Sacramento. | J. T. Glover, W. W. Dodqe, S. F
W. W. DODGE A CO.
Wholesale Grocers, corner Front and Clay streets, San
Francisco. April 1.
CASTLE BROTHERS,
ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAR 1850.
Importers of Teas and East India Goods, JNcs.213 and 21S
Front street, San Francisco. Jan. 13.
J, M. Neville, REMOVAL. Geo. H, Bryant.
BAGS, TENTS AND HOSE.
NEVILLE & CO.,
No.'s 31 and 33 California Street, S. K. corner of Davis,
San Francisco. [Auar. 2.
L.H. Newton. NEWTON BROTHERS & CO., M. Newton.
Importers and wholesale dealers In Teas, Foreign Goods and
Groceries, 204 and 20b1 California street, San Francisco, Cal May 25.
WM. F. SMITH, M.D.,
Oculist and Aurist, 313 Bush Street.
Auff. 16] Office Hours, from, 12 M. to 3 P.M.
J. C. MERRILL & CO.,
^hipping- and Commission Merchants, Agents for the Sand-
>0 wich Islands Packet Lines, 204 California street, S. F. April 13.
JOSEPH GILLOTT'S STEEL PENS.
s
Gold Medal, Paris, 1S78.
old by all Stationers. Sole Agent for the United States:
MR. HENRY HOE, 91 John street, N. Y. Jan. 5.
DOGS.
GEverill, the Celebrated Canine Doctor from jLoudon, can
• be consulted for treatment or purchase. Fee, §1. Address,
G. EVERILL, 528 California street.
g3^~ Sure cure for worms, distemper, canker and mange Bent tree by mail on
receipt of SI. Oct. 18.
D. HICKS & CO.,
Bookbinders and Blank Book Manufacturers,
NO. 543 CLAY STREET.
%W Blank Books Ruled, Printed and Bound to Order. [Nov. 8.
COKE CHEAPEST FUEL.
Reduction in Price: Wholesale Price, SO cents per barrel ;
Retail Price, 60 cents per barrel, at the works of the SAN FRANCISCO GAS-
LIGHT COMPANY, Howard and First streets, and foot of Second st. Jan. 12.
©777 a year aud expenses to agents. Outflt Free. Address,
VP' ' * June 7.] P. O.V1CKERY, Augusta, Maine.
16
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Dec. 13, 1879.
UNQUALIFIED CONTRADICTIONS.
There is no truth ■whatever in any one of the following statements :
That the Baldwin is the best-managed hotel in the city, in all respects.
That McAbee never gets intoxicated.— That it looks well for the mana-
ger of a high-toned hotel to take the linen girl out for drives.— —That
people fail to talk about it.— That Baldwin knows nothing about di-
vorces.^—That Baldwin's lawyer doesn't know whether the last Mrs.
Baldwin got a fair divide of the common property.-^— That he doesn't
know whether a suit was commenced, testimony taken and a decree
signed in an hour.— That be doesn't know the grounds upon which the
divorce was obtained.— That divorces do not run in the Baldwin fami-
ly. ^^That the ex-Mrs. Baldwin likes to see her very moral successor en-
joy the property she helped to accumulate. ^— That Baldwin's record is
the very best guarantee for his fitness to keep a home for others, the per-
manent abiding place of culture, refinement, good morals and pure life.
^— That Fassett, the fat clerk, has an affectionate interest in Nellie
Halstead's establishment on Belden Place. That he is sent for there
when he is wanted at the hotel.— That Baldwin, McAbee and Fassett
are a worthy trio to run a high-toned hotel; that they are !— That there
is no scandal among the guests.-^— That tbey don't make each other's
acquaintance.— That Kobinson and Lew Morrison never heard the name
of May Wilkes, nor of the Morgan.^— That anybody ever complained
of McAbee.— That he knows how much Herring made on his hauling
contract. -That Mrs. Blakeney and Mrs. Balback are unacquainted.
— That F. H. Elder was a highly favored guest.— That McAbee was
the " best man " at the Schum wedding. ^— That Frank Cicott ever
heard of "buyer 30."— That Donald McLane christened her.— —That
Nina Varian ever was a guest at the Baldwin. -^— That McLane
ever had a door opened, and kept opened for months, between
his room and that of a lady. —That Day & Bitter are names that are
never mentioned together. -^That Lennie Vincent and Lillie Burn-
ham ever visited the house.-^— That McLane thinks they did. ^— That
suppers were ever sent at 2 a. m. to them at Clarke's.— That there have
been no single w* men in the house, without father, mother or protector,
and no widows or divorced women, and none of them have had rooms near
those occupied by men.-^That there was ever any noise in Cicott's
room, or McLane's, or anybody's.— — That Nina Varian ever had a room
opened between her's and a male friend's.—— That any lewd women ever
occupied the parlor to see the procession.— ^That the name of Triam,
and that of her mother, bring religious thoughts into Baldwin's head.
^— That he forgets visiting his private box in the theater in the day-
time. — That Dr. A. J. Bowie forgets who paid his fees for attending
the Fair girl.— That both the " Squicklers " care to tell all we know.—
That McAbee didn't (accidentally, of course) spill a goblet of water over
Mrs. Gladwin.— That anybody ever said Mac was tight when he did it.
— —That the Hagers don't know why they left the Baldwin. -^— That
General and Mrs. Burns don't know either.^— That tbe Hill person
didn't get Bowman's letters, and never held them to make her "shut tip."
^^That the said Hill person knows how much money William's advice
made in stocks, and how Mrs. W. likes it.— —That Mr. and Mrs. Marcus
H. don't know the Hill person.^— That neither do the Burns family.^—
That neitner do Cavalier, nor Grant. — That Searle bothers Bothin.—
That the Smart woman on Taylor street was ever a guest of the Baldwin,
or that E. J. knows the reason why. -^That Saville knows anything that
anybody cares about. - That anybody ever offered to compound his sup-
posed felony.— That McAbee had anything to do with getting Saville
out of jail.— That Baldwin, or Splann, or Saville, ever went visiting to-
gether.—That Splann ever took the Brown or the Baker to his room.
^— That M. knew that Saville was to escape, and was with him during
the night.— -That the sixth floor is the least pleasant part of the house.
That the Hill is not fond of painting portraits, and paints them for neither
love nor money, and splits on Lizzie.-^— That Hill gives Bowman & Tea-
garden away.— That McAbee ever went to the Park with anybody, at
11 p.m., and could not get in. ^— That the Smith lived in a secluded part
of the house, or that gentleman roomed on each side, or that nobody
knows how or where the money comes from.- "—That Morgan Hill had
any reason for removing to the Palace. That the cabman knows
the elder gentleman he took to the Poodle Dog, and the lady he
afterward took to the house.-^That anybody knows where the tele-
graph operator goes.-^That she goes to the little church around the
corner.— That nice people live in the neighborhood of the Baldwin.—
That the sewing girl who sued Baldwin for her money, which he invested
in Ophir, was treated better by the law than by Baldwin's sense of honor.
^^That the story of detectives who worked up the Lennie McCormick
case is not interesting.— That the seizure of a distillery is pleasant. ^^
That two criminal indictments in connection with it are an assistance to
running a high-toned hotel. — — That any job was put up on the detective
that came from Washington.^— That Government detectives hereafter
should beware of the syren in the next room.— That Baldwin's friend-
ships ever begin with the mother and end with the daughter.^— That he
ever had private papers at the Stevenson House, or that he didn't pay for
his room there. — That the Fox and Edwards trip to Donner Lake
wouldn't be amusing, or that there are any other Foxey stories. —^That
the Post's account of Sam Curtis and the widow Cooper at the Baldwin
was ever taken back^— That any of the late witnesses know anything.—
That it is not tiresome and weary in the extreme to have to deny all the
absurd, silly aud meaningless stories that are sometimes whispered into
an editor's ears, often with malice, and oftener still without truth.
The distinguished organist of Trinity Church, New York, C. E.
Horsley, died, leaving a widow who was recently a teacher of singing in
the school of Mrs. Lynch, at Benicia. Bishop Wiogfield, of Benicia, has
an interest in a rival establishment, and spoke of Mrs. Lynch 's teacher as
the " so-called widow " of the late organist and composer. The result is
that Mrs. Horsley has had to leave Mrs. Lynch's service, and sues tbe
Bishop, in the 23d District Court, for 820,000 damages, alleging that by
reason of the slander she has been injured in character and reputation as a
teacher of youth, and cannot obtain employment as such, or as a " profes-
sional singer in churches," which latter occupation Mrs. Horsley alleges is
also part of her business. Why the Bishop should have busied himself
about Mrs. Horsley's antecedents and tried to prevent her from earning
a livelihood is a little obscure to persons not well versed in Christian doc-
trine, but we suppose he will be able to give chapter and verse for it.
Doubtless our friend G. E. Barton, of counsel for plaintiff, may, with pro-
priety, remind the Bishop that even his Satanic Majesty quoted Scripture
under circumstances as little justifiable.
AN EXPERT BOOKKEEPER.
There are many forms of philanthropy. There is the animal's
friend, and the friend of mankind, the friend of the friendless and the
friend of the rich ; and each one of these has some plausible show to make
of unselfish feeling, to excuse his particular form of lunacy. But the very
queerest of all queer shapes assumed by this disease is the questionable
one of the Stockholders' Expert Friend, which is called, for short, Squire
P. Dewey. Now the word expert may mean various things. For instance,
when S. P. Dewey managed the estate of Hodman M. Price, his book-
keeping, however curious to the owner of the property, was so expertly
conducted that Dewey himself has never expressed any dissatisfaction
with the result. This, it may be objected, was not a stockholder's mat-
ter, but the objection is flimsy, S. P. Dewey took a good deal of stock
in the estate, and cared for the investor as only a man and a brother could.
Seeing, with his eye single to the greatest good, that there were very odd
things done in mining companies, he undertook to bring them where he
wanted them ; and after the fire in the Consolidated Virginia Works,
took hold of the books of the company. He shorted the dividends, hav-
ing discovered some terrible things, and made a very handsome loss. But
this was dealing with a real mine, and he wanted to show what could be
done tor the stockholders of a wild-cat concern.
He took charge, therefore, of the financial department of the Hamburg,
the wildest cat in tbe neighborhood of Eureka, Nevada ; and the stock-
holders agree, with one accord, that he did for them very sufficiently.
They have never been able to thank him as they ought, for their emo-
tions overcome them at the sound of his name. As a financier they con-
sider him a great success, their money having gone with remarkable ease
where it could do him the most good. Last Saturday he turned up again
as the friend of the Con. Virginia stockholders, and, in company with
Colonel Peter Uhrystal, a distinguished gentleman, who long lived in re-
tirement in Louisiana, hut is now as philonthropic as anybody, called at
the office of the company to see the books. The Secretary courteously
put them at his service; and Mr. Dewey findine §200,000 bullion on
hand, and an overdraft at the Nevada Bank for S106.000, ingeniously
added these two items from opposite sides of the account together, made
over S300,000 on hand, and rushed away to tell everybody that if there
were not a 50 cent dividend declared, he (Dewey) would make it devilish
hot for somebody. This was an application of the same principle he
made available in the Gould & Curry investigation, which he conducted
for his own benefit and the public good some time ago. There was a de-
falcation, he felt sure, in that mine ; his instinct for defalcations is infal-
lible ; and he went into the books, head foremost, and staid there for
three weeks. He emerged at last triumphant, for he had found out the
swindle of that last assessment, which had not paid him anything. Not
less than §1,900,000 had been taken in, and where was the money? The
Secretary said he only made it $100,000, and went over Dewey's figures,
when it appeared that this friend of stockholders and expert bookkeeper
had added up the numbers of the certificates of stock. If this man had
any skin, it would have been blistered long ago with the contempt and
loathing he has drawn upon himself from those who have been forced to
know him ; for no one willingly accepts his acquaintance.
A TREASTJRE-HOTJSE OP ART.
The uncommonly favorable opening of the rainy season this year
with gentle, persistent, warm showers, and cloudy skies between, has
given a great impulse to trade and confidence to nearly every one. The
prospects for the coming year brighten with the darker skies, as in The'o-
phile Gautier's beautiful line on the rolling earth, that turns liEt fait le
del splendide en le rendant plus sombre," In spite of themselves men feel
exhilarated by tfie coming prosperity, and are more ready to enjoy tbe
holiday season, and to spend freely. The signs of this disposition abound
in the streets. Shops and stores are gay with everything that can tempt
the buyer, from the child's toys and the candies to the rare works of art
and the treasures of literature. Merely to examine some of tbe windows
is to take a lesson in color and in form. Those of the White House, for
instance, at the corner of Post and Kearny, are of an aesthetic value be-
yond the mere pleasure they afford to the eye. No one can look for a few
minutes at the terra cotta sculptures or the bronzes there displayed with-
out feeling a wider sense of culture and being led into trains of fruitful
thought. Not less suggestive is the beauty of the satins and silk goods,
the velvets and rich Oriental stuffs, with their carefully modulated tones
and shades. And all these artistically arranged works of taste and skill
from many lands are appreciated by the best class of the public, as may
be seen by the numbers attracted to this establishment.
Patti'a Concerts, under the direction of C. A. Chizzola and able man-
agement of D. De Vivo, will commence in tbe Grand Opera House of
this city on the 5th of January next. The tenor will be Theo. J. Toed,
who comes with a flattering reputation. He is credited with having a
most silvery voice, and with being a splendid ballad singer. Mr. Dulcken
will be accompanist. The choice of assistant talent has been excellent,
but, after all, the chief attraction will be found in the prima donna.
Carlotta Patti is. indeed, a wonderful singer. It is said that she brings
with her the same full, rich, melodious voice that has thrilled her audi-
ences in every part of the civilized world. It is said that this is her last
visit to America.
The case of Frederic Clarke, whose father recently died under
doubtful circumstances, is now before the Probate Court, the contest
being over tbe will made by Clarke, senior. The testimony for the de-
fendant, Clarke, junior, has not been given yet, and therefore it is diffi-
cult to discuss it at present. But the case against him, made up princi-
pally of bis own mother's evidence, is strong and difficult to rebut.
Unless it is answered thoroughly, the sooner this man falls out of men's
memory the better. •
Flour. — The market is steady for Extras from @5 75 to §6 for export
grades, and for Family and Bakers', §6 2S@6 50 # 196 lbs. Exports to
Central America, per City of Panama, 6,180 bbls ; to Hongkong, per
Gaelic, 10,562 bbls ; to Manila. 500 bbls, etc. Our millers carry very
light stocks, preferring to sell and fill orders as required by shippers.
Wheat. — The market has shown a good degree of firmness all the
week, shippers buying freely at §2(5J§2 05, and millers paying S2 05(5J
§2 10 for choice No. 2. Strictly No. 1 Stockton White is held at §2 12£
per cental.
Dec 20, 1879. v\N FRANCISCO XKWs LETTER.
HUTCHIKSOH & MAMr
INSURANCE AGENCY.
IKTos. 822 cfc 324 California Street, San Franolsoo, OaJL.
FIRE irVXTTUyVlVCE:
ST. PAUL of St. Paul
UNION of Galveston
TEUTONIA of New Orleans
BERLIN-COLOGNE of Berlin
LA CONFIANCE of Paris
GIRARD of Philadelphia
HOME of Columbus
NEW ORLEANS ASSOCIATION
PEOPLES of Newark
REVERE of Boston
LA CAISSE GENERALE of Paris
MARINE INSURANCE :
PARIS UNDERWRITING ASSOCIATION of Paris
LONDON AND PROVINCIAL MARINE INSURANCE CO of London
CAPITAL REPRESENTED. 823.000,000- All Losses Equitably Adjusted and Promptly Paid.
PUBLIC OPIITIOIT
GRAND TOY EXPOSITION!
To Open at the MECHANICS' PAVILION
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13th :
"Don't talk to me about Christmas presents ! That is just one of the schemes of the merchants, who are doing their best to get rid of their
immense stocks at the close of the year." Such is the opinion of a great many.
"It would be disastrous to me to be obliged to buy Christmas Presents for all my children at the ruinous prices asked by the stores," say many
others.
" Presents ! That is all very well for rich people, but we, workingmen, cannot afford to indulge in such luxuries." Such is another very com-
monly expressed opinion.
11 Business has been so adverse, and stocks so unlucky, that I am obliged to curtail my expenditures for Christmas Presents," says thiB man, who
used to be quite liberal to his friends before.
" I am Bure I do not know how to pass the time during those Holidays," says another. " Stay at home, or go out with my wife and children, and
it is nothing but a continual drain on my pocket-book for Christmas Presents."
Such was the uniform type of the conversation in former years when the Christmas Tree was about to blossom. But, on the contrary, so soon aa
the project at the Mechanics Pavilion has been made known, the public has enthusiastically applauded the idea.
" That is a capital idea— it is bo practical," say 8 one.
" I shall, at last, be able to supply all my children with both presents and amusement at a trifling expense," says another.
" What 'fine times' we shall have, wandering through those immense labyrinths of the Pavilion, adorned with so many marvels and wonders,"
exclaim all the children.
" What an excellent opportunity it will afford for us to meet our friends during the Holidays ! What a charming rendezvous it will be !" repeat
the ladies.
In giving expression to the foregoing opinions, we make ourselves the echo of the opinion of the General Public ; so we must congratulate our-
selves upon our enterprise.- Before the doors of the Pavilion have been opened, the entire public is unanimous in their approval ; and when we shall
have closed them, after the feast, we shall enjoy the conviction that we knew how to contribute to their happiness, and deserve their flattering
expressions of gratitude.
LET EVERYBODY COME TO THE GRAND TOY EXPOSITION !
Wlxlcla. Opens a,t tlxe>
MECHAlSriCS' IP-A/VILIOUST
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13TH.
TJaT TT> A V f TT"FG T To those of the Public wishing to make a
XlUllliJill %XlL ID i Christmas or New Year's Present of an arti-
cle always most acceptable, we would cordiallylinvite them to call at our establishment and
examine our large and elegant stock of CARRIAGE, BUCCY, TANDEM and RIDING
"W" H I ]P> }■*, all of our own manufacture, comprising English Holl», Yew, Bam-
boo, Knotted and Plain Bone/with Ivor" Handles, either*Gold or Silver mounted, making
the Finest Assortment in the^Market. ? ™
Also, a complete line of Harness, Saddles, Robes, Blankets,IBridles,1etc., etc'
MAIN & WINCHESTER, 214 and 216 Battery St.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER.
Dec. 13, 1879.
CRAND OPERA HOUSE.
CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR EXTRAVAGANZA!
COMMENCING
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 24, 1879-
JOHN OWENS,
M. A. KENNEDY,
EOSE OSBOENE,
LIZZIE HAEOLD,
; AND A
CAREFULLY SELECTED COMPANY.
HOLIDAY NOTICE!
Intending- to dose out our line of FANCY GOODS, and in order
to make room for consignments of
MENS FURNISHINGS,
now on the way from the East and Europe, we will sell at cost of
importation, till January 1st, our entire line of imported
FANCY GOODS,
consisting of Glove and Handkerchief Cases, in Russia leather and
satin. Cuff Boxes, Collar Boxes, Portmonnaies, Card, Cigar and
Cigarette Cases and Match Boxes, in Russia leather, and Ladies'
Fancy Work Boxes, in leather and satin.
Just Received :— The latest styles of Checks and Stripes for Gen-
tlemen's Suitings, and a large line— new styles— of Men's Fur-
nishings.
BULLOCK & JONES,
NO. 105 MONTGOMERY STREET.
[December 20.]
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& CO.
SUCCESSOR TO
SNOW & MAY.
Call Attention to their Extensive Stock of Goods snitable
for HOLIDAY PRESENTS, comprising Christmas and New Year's Cards in
great variety ; novelties in Panel Pictures, Brackets, Easels, Frames and Passepar-
touts, and the latest publications in Engravings and Photogravures.
Dec. 20.] 20 Post street, Opposite Mechanics' Institute.
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
Tbe Company's steamers will sail as follows at 12 M:
CITY OF TOKJO, Dee. 27th, March 20th— CITY OF PEKING, Feb. 7th, May
lBt^-for YOKOHAMA and HONGKONG.
COLIMA, December 20th, for PANAMA and NEW Y0KK, calling at MAZATLAN,
SAN BLAS, MANZANILLO and ACAPUL0O, connecting at Acopulco with Com-
pany's Steamer for ah Central American portB— calling at SAN JOSE DE GUATE-
MALA and LA L1BERTAD to land passengers and mails.
WILMINGTON, Dec. 28th, for PANAMA, touching at ACAPULCO and all Central
American Ports.
Tickets to and from Europe by any line for sale at the lowest rates ; also to Ha-
vana and all West India ports.
AUSTRALIA, December 22d, at 12 o'clock M., or on arrival of the English mails,
for HONOLULU, AUCKLAND and SYDNEY. - $10 additional is charged for pas-
sage in Upper Saloon.
DAKOTA, December 20th, for VICTORIA, POUT TOWNSEND, SEATTLE, and
TACuMA, connecting at TACOMA with Northern Pacific Railroad for PORT-
LAND, Oregon. Tickets must be purchased before 11 A.M. on day of sailing, at
Wharf Office. For freight or passage apply at the office, cor. First and Brannan
streets. [Dec. 20.] WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO., Agents.
WONDERFUL SALE OF BEER!
[From the St. Louis "Republican./' November 5th, 1879.}
JLAR6E 1111 K SALES.
The official returns to the Revenue Department for the year ending November 1st,
Bhow the enormous quantity of 100,905 bbls. of Lager Beer, Bold by the
Anheuser & Busch Brewery,
The Agents for this Coast are
RTJHIi BROTHERS,
No. 522 Montgomery Street, San Francisco. [Dec. 20.
AN ETCHING AS A CHRISTMAS PRESENT?"
Fine Etchings, suitably framed, mane very acceptable
presents. They are the original works of famous European painters and
proofs coBtfroms2 to 84 each. W. K. VICKERY has a large collection of Rare
Etchings and Rare Engravings, and will be glad to have visitors call and inspect them
at Room 8, Thurlow Block (126 Kearny street), San Francisco. Open from 9 a h to
5 P.M., and evenings. j)ee ^q
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER.
SUBSCRIPTIONS:
Un i ted States 95 a Tear. | Foreign &« a Tear.
fiS-Postagre Prepaid"®*
Thefollowiog firms are authorized to receive subscriptions and advertisements for
the San Francisco News Letter;
London, Eng.— W. H. Smith & Sons, 186 Strand, W.C. ; George Street & Co., 30
Cornhill, E.C. ; F. Algar, 8 Clement's Lane, E.C. ; American Exchange and Reading
Rooms, 449 Charing Cross, W.C; ; Delizy, Davies & Co., 1 Cecil street, Strand, W.C;
Wm. Wilson, 6 Talbot Court, Eastcheap, E.C.
Paris, France.— Charles Legay, 1 Rue Scribe; "Anglo-American Bank," 19 Boule-
vard de la Madelaine.
New York.— -S. M. Pettengill & Co., 37 Park Row; George P. Rowell & Co. , 10 Spruce
street j A. Brentano, 37 Union Square ; MacKenzie, PhillipB & Co., 115 and 117 Nas-
sau street ; E. Duncan Sniff en, 31 and 32 Astor House offices ; John F. Phillips 9c
Co., 27 Chatham street.
Boston, Mass.— S. M. Pettengill & Co., 10 State street.
St. Lodis, Mo.— Howell & Chesman, corner Third and Chestnut.
Chicago, III. — Cook, Coburn & Co.
Philadelphia, Pbnn.— S. M. Pettengill & Co., 701 Chestnut street.
Cincinnati. — E. N. Fleshman & Co., N.E.' corner 4th and Race streets.
New Haven, Conn.— H. P. Hubbard.
Victoria, B. C— T. N. Hibben & Co.
Sacramento.— A. S. Hopkins. [February 2.
JOYCE'S SPORTING AMMUNITION.
[ESTABLISHED 1820.]
rpne attention of Sportsmen is Invited to the following
f Ammunition, of the best quality, now in general use throughout England,
India and the Colonies : Joyce's Treble Waterproof, and F 3 Quality Percussion
Caps ; Chemically-prepared Cloth and Felt Gun Wadding ; Joyce's Gas-Tight Car-
tridges, for Pin-fire and Central-fire Breech-loading Guns ; Wire Cartridges, for killing
game at long distances, and every description of Sporting Ammunition. Sold by
all gun-makers and dealers in gunpowder.
FREDERICK JOYCE & CO., Patentees and Manufacturers,
Sept. 20. 67 Upper Thames street, London.
Asthma, and difficult breathing arising: from affections of
the Respiratory Organs, promptly relieved and paroxysms averted by
Datura Tatula Inhalations, for which purpose the plant is prepared in
all the usual forms for smoking, and also as pastilles and powder for burning
jn a plaie or censer. In
Asthma and Analagpous Diseases the superior efficacy of this plant,
prepared as above mentioned, has Been for the last 40 years recognized by the
Medical Profession and the public in all parts of the world. Prepared only by
Savory A Moore, 143, New Bond-street. Testimonials accompanying each
box of Cigarettes, Cigars and Pastilles. Tins, in the economical form of tobacco,
and also in powder for burning, from 2s. 6d. to 21s. Of chemists, etc., everywhere.
[June 21.]
HIGHEST STOCK QUOTATIONS
For the "Week Ending Dee. 18th, 1879.
Compiled by George C. Hickox & Co., 230 Montgomery Street.
Name of Mine.
Argenta
* Andes
Alpha
Alta
•Bullion
♦Belcher
♦Best & Belcher.
Benton
Bodie
Boston Con
'Cons Imperial . .
*Crown Point. . . .
♦Chollar
California
Con. Virginia. . . ,
♦Caledonia . ,. .
Confidence
Con Pacific
Eureka Con
Exchequer
Fairfax
Gould & Curry. .
Gila
Grand Prize
Hale & Norcross,
* Julia
♦Justice
Jackson
Kentuck
Leopard
Lady Wash'n
Leviathan
♦Mexican
Modoc
Manhattan
Northern Belle . .
Ophir
♦Overman
♦Potosi
Raymond &'Ely.
♦Savage
♦Sierra Nevada . .
Silver Hill
♦Seg Belcher
Solid Silver
Succor
Silver King, Ara.
Silv King South.
Tip-Top
Union Con
Utah
Yellow Jacket...
flMoNDAY.
18|
171
18|
16i
17*
Thursday.
Assessments are now due on the Stocks above marked thus *
Prio» par Copy. 10 Cute.)
ESTABLISHED JULY. 80. 1856.
Annual Subscription. •&.
DEVOTED TO THE LEADDfG INTERESTS OF CALIFORNIA AND THE PACIFIC COAST.
Vol. 30.
SAN FEAN0IS00, SATURDAY, DEO. 20, 1879.
No. 23.
Office of tbe San Francisco News Letter, Merchant Street,
Nos. 607 to 615, San Francisco.
GOLD BARS-«90@910— Silver Bars— 5® 15 # cent. disc. Mexican
Dollars, 4@5 per cent, nominal.
■ Exchange on New York. J@— per cent. ; On London, Bankers,
49§ ; Commercial, 50d. Paris, sight, 5 francs per dollar. Telegrams,
3-10 per cent.
' Latest price of Sterling, 482i@485.
" Price of Money here, j
open market, l@li-
©1 per cent, per month-
)emand active.
-bank rate. In the
THE STOCK MARKET.
The decline in the market seems to receive no check from " inside "
sources, and the result is a steady shrinkage in values along the entire
line. An unconfirmed rumor is going the rounds to the effect that J. C.
Flood, of the bonanza firm, is about to retire from active business.
While we are unable to get authentic corroboration of the same, we in-
cline to the opinion that the rumor has some foundation in fact, and is
the true solution of the present decline in the market. The introduction
of Messrs. Graves, Hobart, Hayward, Sherwood and others as managers
in the Comstock arena will undoubtedly infuse new life into the market,
and the division of power will undoubtedly work beneficial results in
time. The compromise between the Savage and Hale & Norcross fac-
tions regarding the pumping of the mines has been amicably adjudicated,
and, with the prevailing harmony existing, we look for a speedy recovery
of values in this section. The well-known capabilities and integrity of
these men precludes the possibility of any crookedness in the manage-
ment. News from the mines is particularly scarce, and until the pumps
are in place at the Union shaft, there can be little done towards further
prospecting of the North End mines. Brokers are busy closing out weak
margin accounts, and at the preseut writing the market shows no im-
provement whatever. Outside stocks share in the general decline, and
attract but little attention. Dividends on California, Con. Virginia and
Ophir have been declared.
HEALTH OF THE CITY.
On the whole, Dr. Meares is right in pronouncing the public health
to be good. There are no epidemics. There was some increase of the
mortality last week as compared with the week before, caused principally
by local diseases and deaths by violence. The principal fatal disorders
already registered this week are: 3 diphtheria, 1 croup, 1 scarlatina, 10
phthisis, 7 pneumonia, 3 heart disease, 3 liver disease. Apoplexy, alco-
holism and Bright's disease each two. The state of the water supply is
very generally bad, and is the frequent cause of gastric disturbance and
febrile poisoning. Whether this is due to the condition of the Spring
Valley reservoirs or to the foulness of the house tanks, should be ascer-
tained. At all events, it will be safe to have all water boiled before used
for drinking.
Beerbohm's Telegram— London and Liverpool, Dec. 17, 1879.—
Floating Cargoes, easier; Cargoes on Passage, inactive; No. 2 Spring Off
Coast, 55s.; Red Winter Off Coast, 58s.; California Off Coast, 57s.; Cali-
fornia Just Shipped, 57s. 6d.; California Nearly Due, 55s. 6d.; Liver-
pool Wheat, 10s. 9d., lis. 8d., lis. 8d., lis. lid.; Liverpool Spot Wheat,
quiet, but steady; California Club, No. 1 Standard, 12s. Id.; California
Club, No. 2 Standard, lis. 8d.; California Club, Western, lis. 9d.; Cali-
fornia Club, White Michigan, lis. 9d.; No. 3 Spring, 9s. 9d., 10s. 3d.;
Sterling Exchange, 82£@84; Corn on Passage to Continent, 740,000;
Market, inactive.
Latest from the Merchant's Exchange.— New York, Dec. 18th,
1879. United States Bonds— 4s, 103£ ; 4£s, 105£; 5s, 103J. Sterling Ex-
change, 4 82@4 84. Pacific Mail, 34. Wheat, 150@154. Western Union,
104§. Hides, 25@25£. Oil— Sperm, 100@101. Winter Bleached, 110@118.
Whale Oil, 57@58; Winter Bleached, G0@65. Wool— Spring, fine, 30@
38 ; Burry. 18@22 ; Pulled, 35@45 ; Fall Clips, 20@25 ; Burry, 22@30.
London, Dec. 18th.— Liverpool Wheat Market, 10s. 9d.@lls. 8d.; Club,
Us.7d.@lls. lid. U. S. Bonds. 5's, 106; 4's, 106|; 4$'s( 109|. Consols,
97 1516. ,■
We are glad to chronicle the return of Governor and Mrs. Stanford
on Tuesday last, in greatly improved health, from their tour in the East.
PRICES OF LEADING STOCKS AND GOV. BONDS.
San Francisco December IS, 1H79,
Stocks and Bonds.
Cal. St. Bonds, 0's,'67, (iiom)
S. P. City & Co. B'ds, 6s, '58
S. F. C. & Co. B'ds, 7s (nom)
Montg'y Av. Bonds (noni)..
Dupont Street Bonds
Sacramento City Bonds
Stockton City Bonds, 6's...
Yuba County Bonds, 8'a. . . ,
Santa Clara Co. Bonds, 7's ,
C. P. R. R. Stock
C. P. R. K. Bonds
Oakland City Bonds, 8's . . . .
Bank of California (new stk).
First National
Pacific
California Ins. Co
Commercial Ins. Co
Fireman's Fund Ins. Co. . . .
Bid.
100
Nom.
Nom
65
80
26
90
103
105
85
108
112
123
95
115
108
75
115
Askfrf
Nom
No in
Stocks and Bonds.
Hoino Mutual Ins. Co
State Investment Ins. Co . ,
Union Ins. Co
City R R
Central R. R. Co
Clay Street Hill R. R
Market Street R. R
N. B. and Mission R. R
Omnibus R. R
Potrero and Bay View R. R .
Giant Powder Co
Atlantic Giant Powder
S. F. Gaslight Co (ex div)...
Oakland Gas Co
California Powder Co
S. V. \V. W. Co (ex div)....
Nevada Co. N. G. R. R. Bds
Virginia & Truckee
Bid.
85
105
114
35
55
21
6
06
30
30
150
130
Asked
90
108
116
40
160
135
84
85|
95
101
The recent action of the Board of Supervisors has frightened some of
our small holders of Gas Btock, and almost, without any sales of conse-
quence, the price has fallen to about our inside quotations. Other Secu-
rities are slightly unsettled, as customary at the close of the year, when,
to settle accounts, prices usually favor the buyer. There are no first-
class County Bonds for sale. Money continues to press on the market.
Andrew Baird, 312 Califomi street.
The old-established and favorite Insurance Agency of Hntchinson &
Mann, at 322 and 324 California street, represents the Fire Insurance
Companies — Girard, of Philadelphia; Home, of Columbus; New Orleans
Association; the Peoples, of Newark; the Revere, of Boston; St. Paul, of
St. Paul; the Teutonia, of New Orleans; the Berlin-Cologne, of Berlin;
and La Caisse Generale and La Confiance, of Paris; besides the two Ma-
rine Companies — the Pari* Underwriting Association, and the London
and Provincial Marine Insurance Company. The capital represented by
this great Agency amounts to ©23,000,000, and its reputation is estab-
lished for equity and prompt payment of losses.
While there are many powerful corporations engaged in the business
of underwriting fire and marine risks, the insurer cannot but feel a cer-
tain security in dealing with four companies, whose aggregate assets are
over $40,000,000. The Imperial Fire Insurance Company, the London
Assurance Corporation, and the Northern Assurance Corporation, all of
London, and the Queen Insurance Company, of Liverpool, issue a joint
policy on risks. These companies are represented here by W. Lane
Booker, Esq., agent and attorney, 317 California street, and command in
every way the fullest confidence of the community.
Well Done, Good and Faithful Servant.— Noah Flood has resigned
his position as prosecuting officer of the Police Court, and has resumed
the private practice of his profession. He had many friends when he
went into office, and it is much to say that whilst he has lost none of them
he has added many to their number, even from among the ranks of his
political opponents. He has proven himself an efficient and courteous
officer, who retires to a private practice that promises to be a large one.
His future success is assured.
The English forces have captured at Cabul a series of dispatches from
the Russian Government to the Ameers of Cabul, which show that dur-
ing all the time when that Government was making amicable protesta-
tions to England, it was carrying on intrigues with the Afghan rulers of
a most obnoxious nature. The English Government hesitates to publish
these dispatches, but it is undoubtedly their duty to do so, and that at
once, in order not only that they may justify themselves, but that the
country may know the kind of Power with whom in Russia they have to
deal.
The whole of this issue of the News Letter is printed by Pettit &
Russ, 320 Sansome street, and may be taken as a sample of the thorough
work they turn out. This house is entirely abreast of the times, and in
sympathy with the forward movement of the public taste, as really good
printers should be. Every variety of typography, plain or ornamental,
in colors or gold, in antique or modern characters, and for every purpose,
of social or business life, is executed by Pettit & Russ in the very best
style, and with dispatch.
Printed and Published by the Proprietor, Frederick Marriott, 607 to 616 Merchant Street, San FranciBCo, California.
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subject which now agitates the aesthetic
world is Brie a Brae. In the estimation
of its votaries science, dwindles into nothing-
ness and the fine arts assume infinitesimal
proportions. It appears to comprehend, within
its boundless scope, all that is hideous as well as beautiful, if it be but antique.
At the founding of the first empire, in France, in consequence of large estates having escheated
to the government, their household treasures were sold at public vendu. The mansions of the
nobility were stripped of their ornaments to the fixtures — the mantels, doors, and even the hinges
were bought up for a song by what would now be called second-hand furniture dealers ; these relics
were laid by until after the close of the Napoleonic wars, which gave birth to the Oriental in art.
This epoch proved but short lived however, and early in the present century what is now known
as Brie a Brae became the rage in fashionable and wealthy circles. The aristocracy and wealth of
the old world vied with each other in expending large sums for that which was, from an
intrinsic point of view, valueless.
It must be said, however, of the early collectors of Brie a Brae, that their gather-
ings possessed peculiar interest to them by reason of the historic relation they bore to
their immediate antecessors.
rif It is not claimed, however, that this is a necessary desideratum to the intelligent col-
-~~^~ lection of Brie a Brae, for aside from it, an antique object may and often does possess
great beauty ; and if bo it is Brie a Brae in the true and accepted sense of the term.
An object of art produced centuries ago, when the means employed were primative and art as well
as science was in comparative infancy, which at all compares, in beauty or design, with similar
works produced in this age of improvement, comes legitimately under the head of Brie a Brae.
Indeed, the greater part of the paintings by the old masters should be gathered to this universal
and convenient fold as speedily as possible, — they ceased to be objects of art with the dawn of our
modern schools ; they are curious specimens of ancient art, just as the production of old-fashioned
pottery has become obsolete by means of modern science — and that, too, is Brie a Brae; but each
must be an object of interest by reason of an authentic history, or be in itself a thing of beauty,
else it must be denied admittance to the select fold of true Brie a Brae.
It can readily be seen that an indulgence in the luxury of Brie a Brae collections belongs exclu-
sively to those who possess a plethora of coin, and are willing to ignore all ideas
of "value received" when exchanging it for these ancient baubles. Men of this
sort — and women too — are usually found in old communities, among the royalty,
nobility, aud aristocracy, of kingdoms and empires, people whose fortunes are an
heritage and not the outcome of their own efforts.
Brie a Brae collecting in this country is of quite recent origin. American
tourists while abroad, discovered that it was fashionable in Europe, and
ujjV^fcfty readily adopted it.
In 1876, was held in New York " a loan exhibition " of Brie a Brae,
which comprised the various collections made by wealthy Americans
lip to that date. Many of the contributions were exceed-
ingly novel in their character, not the least being that of a
Mr. Prime, who seems to have been afflicted with that
peculiar form of the mania described by our artist as teapot-
omania. His collection comprised about seven Jiundred teapots
various kinds, degrees of quality, and antiquity.
In the way of pottery, this useful article seems to be a favorite
one with collectors, probably on account of the good supply in
hand, by reason of the great care taken
in olden times of the family teapots.
Among the few collectors of Brie a Brae
in this city, is a lady who is the happy
and proud possessor of somewhere about
two hundred of them.
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Dec. 20, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVKRTI8ER.
I
The group of unique object* which Mr. T»»ernfer hiw brought tngvthi r
to illustrate brie » hrac ooltontfag in this conntrr, mint b* QODsJdttnd, bj
thoM familiar with the nbjact, wj ftpproprkta. Bnrjtbint is ntilir..|.
from a saperannuated boop-*kirt t" « r.» ounan buat perched upon grand
father'* cl«k; rrnr hw the artidt omitted to typify tho Medial guide-
book, with "L'art Efmccomo+rlm AMtolMa volume which, m it" name
impliea, smU the French cook to father the fragment* from the table
and make therefrom an acceptably though my*teriun* dub. As to the
subjeot of bric-a-brac colUvting in tbii coavtry (Oaufornu,), it is obvious
that, if once begun in earnent, a wide field will be open to the unscrii-
pulotn dealers in all torts of old rubbish. He needs, of course, to be a
lineal descendant of AnnAnias and Saphira, void of conscience and pos-
sessing illimitable effrontery. Having these requisites, he is prepared to
prey upon the wealthy and credulous.
Handsomely decorated apartments are, of course, needful. A few imi-
tation bronzes and cheap marble statuettes comprise his material stock in
trade. Nor need the astute dealer in bric-a-brac be able to distinguish a
piece of Sevres from a brown Baltimore teapot, or a miniature painting by
Bouche" from a ten cent chromo, fur, if by chance he has one client com-
petent to judge of his wares, hundreds will call who are not. And the
manufacturer of, and dealer in Old Masters and relics in bric-a-brac, fight
shy of any who are considered experts in their trade -they hate them.
There are two objects in this age of the world which cannot well be du-
plicated or successfully imitated— and only two — a person and a corner
lot ; and yet the Tichborne trial came near demonstrating the feasibility
of producing the first of these two. Create but the demand, and a supply
will be forthcoming in any article where hideous proportions, coupled
with antiquity, are matters of prime consideration.
Earlier in the season, a bric-a-brac exhibition— a loan collection, of
course — in this city, was one of the fashionable bon mots promised. It
would, without doubt, be a curiosity, not the least interesting portion of
which would be the promoters of the scheme.
THE TWO-OCEAN PASS.
The moat circumstantial account that has yet been published of
the Two-Ocean Pass, is that lately brought out by Mr. F. V. Hayden,
the geologist in charge of the United States Geological and Geographical
Survey. During the late season he passed over the divide, making a
careful study of it. The pass is located about longitude HO3, and lati-
tude 44° .05'. At the summit, not over ten miles from the junction of
the Atlantic Creek with the Upper Yellowstone River, the elevation
8,081 feet, is not more than 150 feet above the valley of the main stream.
The summit of the pass, for the distance of about half-amile, is so neatly
level that a marsh is formed which, in times of high water, becomes a
lake. A portion of the waters from the surrounding mountains accumu-
lates in the marshy meadows, and gradually gravitates from either side
into two small streams — one of which flows to the northeast, the other
toward the southwest. On the east side of the divide there is a depres-
sion, or gorge, in the mountains, which is occupied by a small stream.
This, at the time of Mr. Hayden'a visit, flowed in a well-marked channel
toward the northeast, into Atlantic Creek, and constituted the Two-
Ocean Creek. At the base of the mountain-side, a small stream rising
from a spring is separated from this creek by a distance not quite six feet;
and at the time of his visit this distance was occupied by a small, dry
channel, which connected this spring with the Two-Ocean Creek, and
which showed that, at times of high water, a portion of the water that
started down this latter broke over the side into the small stream from
the spring, and flowed thence along into the Pacific. Lower down, in
the Two-Ocean Channel, were also formed two places where there are
two old channels connected, in time of high water, with the channel from
the spring, showing that even here a portion of the water that started
down the mountain's side for the Atlantic was diverted toward the Pa-
cific. This is even a more uncommon occurrence than the simple separa-
tion of water on a divide, and the entire series of phenomena, as here met
with, is probably without an exact parallel.
"WANTED TO KNOW."
Whether false ringlets can be properly described as "curls of smoke."
Whether a row in a rookery deserves the definition of "caws andeffect."
Whether the Bailor who wanted to know what time it was has gone
to sea.
Whether misnaming a baby at a christening may be called turning a rite
into a wrong.
Whether the plainest woman alive, when she reaches the age of seventy-
seven, will be a pretty old one.
Whether it is not preferable to fall out with your banker than to lose
your balance with him.
Whether when a horse takes his meals he has them at his table.
Whether Bweepstakes are sootable food for sweeps.
Whether when you give a child a bat it will be likely to give you a bawl.
Whether a dumb man always keeps his word.
A medical exchange says: " Pharos* method of treating colic con
sists in inversion — simply in turning the patient upside down. Colic of
several days' duration has been relieved by this means in a few minutes."
There is reason and economy in this method, and the man who will not
stand on his head in these hard times, when he can save a doctor's bill by
doing so, deserves to suffer from the true inwardness of a too dignified and
selfish nature.
Artistic Novelties, manufactured from California quartz, at Ran-
dolph & Co. 's, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
Hop Bitters cures by removing the cause of sickness and restoring vi-
tality.
AMERICAN DISTRICT TELEGRAPH!
Holiday Nottoel
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BY UNIFORMED MESSENGERS!
A DETAIL OP
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s.l.-.liil for tbla Service!
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205 Sutter, Cor. Kearny,
961 Mission Street,
833 Sutter Street.
Fourth and Blaxome,
OFFICES :
Mission and Twentieth,
California and Fillmore,
Hayes and Eaguna,
Powell and Union,
Bti tclier town.
[December 13.]
IMPORTANT TO BOOK-BUYERS!
WE HAVE A LARGE STOCK
OF
FINE ART, STANDARD, JUVENILE
AND
HOLIDAY BOOKS!
ON SALE AT THE MECHANICS' PAVILION!
Store Near the Mission Street Entrance.
Prices the Same as Elsewhere.
H. KELLER & CO.,
Puhlishers, Booksellers and Importers.
TDecember 13.J
ROEDERER CHAMPAGNE.
Notice. —The Trade and the Public are informed that we
receive the genuine LOUIS ROEDERER CARTE BLANCHE CHAMPAGNE,
direct from Mr. Louis Roederer, Reirne, over his signature and Consular Invoice.
Each case is marked upon the side, " Macondray & Co. , San Francisco," and each
bottle bears the label, "Macondray & Co. , Sole Agents for the Pacific Coast."
Oct. 11. MACONDRAY & CO., Sole Agents for the Pacific Coast.
W Morris. MORRIS & KENNEDY, J. F. Kennedy.
Importers and Dealers in Moldings, Frames, Engraving's,
Chromos, Lithographs, Deealcomanie, Wax and Artists' Materials, 21 Post
street, nearly opposite Masonic Temple, San Francisco. Feb. 4.
SCHWAB & BREESE,
"VTew Art Gallery, «34 Market street, opposite Palace Hotel.
J3I Oil Paintings, Engravings, Wax and Artists' Materials.
&g=- ADMISSION FREE. Sept. 13.
SNOW & CO.,
No. 20 Post street, opposite Mechanics' Institute, Import-
ers and Manufacturers of Pictures, Frames, Mouldings, and Artist's Ma-
erials. Established 1849. Sept. 20.
EDWARD BOSQUI & CO.,
Printers, Engravers, Lithographers and Bookbinders,
JLeideadorff street, from Clay to Commercial.
SATSI FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Dec. 20, 1879.
"PLEASURE'S WAND."
"We Obey no Wand but Pleasure's."- -Tom Moore.
Baldwin's Theater. — If the last production of H. J. Byron, Court-
ship, played at this theater during the week, is enjoying a long run in
London, then is the taste of the Londoners a peculiar one. It is the trash-
iest rubbish I ever saw on the Btage. In his earlier pieces Byron devel-
oped a style of punning repartees that was amusing and novel. "When
this style of speech remained within the bounds of probability, and was
hung upon a good plot, as in the case of Our Boys, the favor of the public
was natural and to be expected. It was easy though to foresee that this
species of wit would eventually degenerate into idiocy, and Courtship
proves the truth of it. The plot is supposed to be the story of the three
caskets of gold, Bilver and lead, modernized and put into action. I Bay
supposed, for it is nothing of the kind. The whole thing hinges on a
question of pride on the part of the hero, and a question of disguise on the
part of a West Indian uncle. There is no development, no working out,
no elaboration of any continuous ideas. Scenes follow monologues, dia-
logues, conversations, etc., all for the purpose of getting off wretched
puns, misuse of words, and other stupid turns of speech, that are so ridic-
ulous and stupid that laughter is impossible. Here and there are bright
sayings and witty rejoinders, but these are completely buried under the
mass of inaptitude. The feelingB of the actors, compelled to nightly go
through these three acts of twaddle, can be appreciated. Still they owe
it to the public and themselves to do their duty, and not, as has been the
case this week, to show their indifference and carelessness. Courtship is
bad enough, but when guyed and gagged, Heaven save the mark ! Mr.
Bradley did his share conscientiously, and with Mr. O'Neill, who re-
deemed the hero by a manly impersonation, made the performance slightly
bearable. This week must be considered as an " off " one. On Monday
the Christmas piece will be produced. The New Babylon is by Paul Mer-
ritt, and has been a great success in London. To judge by Courtship, this
is no criterion to go by. But from other sources praise of the play is
heard. It is of the true construction for a holiday spectacle, being full of
handsome scenery, thrilling effects, ballets, specialties, etc.
Bush Street Theater. — Piff-Paffis a weak affair. There is no life or
vim to it, and its absurdity, which, in burlesque, is an essential, is of the
wrong kind. The music is flat and ineffective, no striking or *' catchy "
airs. The burlesque is redeemed from being a bore by the clever acting
of the troupe. As the Xing, Roland Reed is irresistibly laughable. It is
by far his best effort so far. His cuts and capers, his grimaces, his in-
tonations of voice, are all ludicrous and mirth-provoking. R. E. Graham
has a part that he makes the most of, and A. W. Maflin is amusing in his
clever make-up. Ella Chapman is the Prince, a cute, cunning fellow.
Her costume in the last scene is one of the prettiest and most picturesque
ever seen. The Misses McHenry, Lee and Everleigh shine as usual, and
are supported by Miss Alice Wright and Miss Elsie Dean. The latter is
from the ranks of the chorus, and her neat ways and pretty face confirm
the promotion. Miss Erne* Roseau has but little to do, and, fortunately,
but little to sing. This actress is apparently so entirely out of her sphere
in burlesque, that it is a matter of surprise that she should ever have
adopted that line. For the holidays Blue Beard is announced. This is a
capital burlesque, full of fun and jolly music, and, I think, will show this
company at their very best.
California Theater. — The performances at this theater during the
week, though slimly attended, have been of considerable merit. They
have served to show the excellent material the present company is com-
posed ot. The Seven Sisters, the holiday spectacle, will receive its first
production on Monday evening. A large ballet, led by a number of dan-
Beuses from the Kiralfy troupe, will be a decided feature. Several attrac-
tive specialties will be introduced. The scenery will be of the most
splendid nature, and the different effects the piece calls for will be at-
tended to without stint of expense.
German Theater. — The performance last Sunday evening was an ex-
cellent one. Miss Muhlbach surprised even the most fervant of her
friends by her delightful acting. To-morrow evening hie Hohhnschuetzen,
an amusing piece, will be given.
Standard Theater. — The clever performances of Messrs. Thorn and
Darvin close this evening. The large audiences during the week testify
to the ability of these magii, and their necessarily Bhort engagement is a
matter of regret.
Chit-Char,— The popular song of the season in Paris is " Je suis Papa
depuis ce matin. "^— Mile. Heilbron refuses to wear a wig in Faust. Gou-
nod has written to her as " Ma brune Marguerite."— The plot of Offen-
bach's latest, La Fille du Tambour, resembles that of the Daughter of the
Regiment Minnie Hauk is said by the London World to open her
mouth like a fish— Mapleson is said to have sent out for Brignoli. It
would be funny to hear the old tenor at $3.50 a seat.— Two of Rachel's
children, M. Walewski, a son of the late Count Walewski, and G. Felix,
a son of Prince Jerome Napoleon, have Bued the executors of their aunt
for an annuity left by their mother. The Court decided against them.
— —The New Darmstadt Theater has a novel arrangement of its orches-
tra. The part for the noisier instruments required for the effects of Grand
Opera is placed under the stage, and cut off by sliding doors from the fore
part when asmaller force is required.— Friend Willie Seymour is secur-
ing a recognition as one of our beBt stage managers, a fact often asserted
in these columns. But it is now William Seymour! His success will
please all his many friends.^— Lizzie Harold was to play the " Bad Man"
in the Babes of the Wood, but Bosseau Roseau would not have it. Lizzie
Harold has a fine voice, and is said to sing well. —Turn about is fair
play. In Providence, R. I., recently, owing to Crane's illness, Robson
played both Dromios in the Comedy of Errors. Crane did the same thing
some months ago, Robson being too late for the first act.— —George H.
Baker, the veteran dramatist, is in ill-health.-^ Anna Dickinson is said
to be writing a play on a Russian subject. —During a heavy shower in
New York, recently, the occupants of the family circle at Wallace's were
compelled to open their umbrellas. — J. M. Sutherland, better known as
Bob Hart, formerly a minstrel, is new a full-fledged preacher.— -In one
of the Parisian theaters, recently, an excited auditor fell over from the
top gallery to the parquette below without injury to himself!^— The
pitch of the instruments at Covent Garden is to be lowered. It ought to
be done here in this city, for it is nearly half a tone too high.
CALIFORNIA THEATER.
W. B. BAMXON. Manager.
BABXON jttIZZ let inn Manager.
CHRISTMAS WEEK!
MONDAY EVENING. DEC. 32rt, 1879,
Production, upon a Magnificent Scale, of the Musical and Dramatic Spectacle, entitled
THE SEVEN SISTERS!
OK
The Birth of the Butterfly in the Bower of Ferns!
As Flayed in New York Over 300 Nights.
With New and Gorgeous Scenery, Startling Mechanical Proper-
ties, Intricate Scenic Machinery, Novel Calcium and Gas
Effects, Brilliant Costumes and Original Music.
First Appearance here of
ME1.ES. OlMIS and ORTORI!
Premiere Danseuses Assolutas.
(Late of the KIRALFY TROUPE), from the Principal European Theaters;
With a Superb Corps de Ballet.
First Appearance here of the
GREAT GIBBONS, King of the Air!
Etrst Appearance here of HISS MARIAN BERNARD !
First Appearance here of JtOSIJE JULIAN I
First Appearance of
MLLE. MATH1EDE BONN AT!
The Greatest Living " Xylophonist," from the Principal Paris Theaters.
Special Engagement of M. LOTJIS DOTTRAY !
Superb Chorus of Thoroughly Trained Voices!
GBAND
AND DBELL
Musical
Diva Car-
ZOTJAVE MARCH
BY
100 Beautiful Ladies 100
The whole production under direction of MR. GEORGE D. CHAPLIN, who will ap.
pear in his Original Character of MRS. PLUTO, with an extra-
ordinarily Brilliant Cast.
Grand Transformation Scene, THE LAKE OF SILVEB!
Formed by Mirrors of Flate Glass.
«T EXTRA MATINEE CHRISTMAS! «t
Regular Matinee Saturday.
^" Reserved Seats at the Box Office WITHOUT EXTRA CHARGE for eveninirs
Matinee Prices as heretofore. rjec- 2uf
PATTI GRAND CONCERTS!
The Finest Ever Given In this City.— A Great
Sensation ! The Advent of the most delicious Songstress, La
lotta Patti. Signori Chizzola and De Vivo beg to announce
Only Six Subscription Concerts*
by the Patti Concert Combination, to take place at the GRAND OPERA HOUSE
MONDAY EVENING Jan. 5th, I MONDAY EVENING Jan 12th
WEDNESDAY EVENING Jan. 7th, WEDNESDAY EVENIG 'jan' 14th'
FRIDAY EVENING Jan. 9th, | FRIDAY EVENING .Jan.' 16th.'
Tickets (Reserved) for Six Concerts, §10. Proscenium Boxes (season), §60 and $70
Sale of seats next Monday, at Sherman, Hyde & Co.'s. For particulars see Saturday
and Sunday papers. Dec, 20.
BUSH-STREET THEATER.
Charles E. Locke. Proprietor and Manager.— Undoubted
Success of the Famous COLVILLE OPERA BURLESQUE COMPANY, in the
new Musical Extravaganza, in two acts, received with the greatest demonstrations of
delight by crowded and fashionable audiences,
Piff-Paff; or, The Magic Gnn !
With New Scenery, New Music, New Effects. Usual Matinee on Saturday— PIFF-
PAFF. Seats may be secured one week iu advance. Next production, for the first
time in San Francisco,
Bine-Beard !
As played by the Lydia Thompson Troupe 2,000 times. Miss Roseau in a male char-
acter. Dec. 20.
STANDARD THEATER.
MA. Kennedy, Manager.— Every] Evening- daring the
• Week, and Grand Matinee this (Saturday) Afternoon, at 2 o'clock. Last
Nights of the Royal Illusionists,
Thorn and Darvin,
in their Remarkable Exposures of Spiritualism. Sunday Evening, December 21st,
MR. M. A. KENNEDY will receive a Grand Testimonial Benefit at the GRAND OP-
ERA HOUSE, on which occasion the Greatest Bill of the Season will he produced.
Monday Evening, December 22d, First Appearance at the Standard Theater of the
GREAT HERRMANN, Reserved Seats may be Becured six days in advance at the
Box Office. Dec. 20.
THE BALDWIN THEATER.
Thomas Maguire, Manager. ---Great Success of the Xast
London Comedy, by Henry J. Byron,
Courtship !
This (Saturday) Afternoon, and to-morrow (Sunday) Evening. Mr. JameB O'Neill,]
Mr. LewiB Morrison, Mr. C. B. Bishop, Mr. A. D. Bradley, Miss Jeffreys-Lewis and
Miss Jean Clara Walters, in a Most Powerful Cast. This (Saturday) Evening, Benefit
of the USHERS, DOORKEEPERS and ATTACHES. Great Bill. COURTSHIP and
MY NEIGHBOR'S WIFE. Monday, December 22d— THE NEW BABYLON.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE.
Sunday Evening, nee. 21st, Grand Testimonial Benefit
tendered to MR. M. A. KENNEDY, on which occasion an immense Programme
will be Given, consisting of Comedy, Drama, Farce and Grand Olio, in which the
principal artists of the city will appear. On the above occasion the Grand Opera
House will be sold. MR. JOHN E. OWENS as the Principal Seller. Box Sheet for
the sale of Reserved Seats now open at the Standard Theater. Dec, 20.
Dec. 30, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER
THE
My little lo»c, do you remember.
Ere we were grown •« muIIt w»e,
Thme evening in the bleak l>«cwmber.
t'urUined warm fn-ra the tnnwr weather,
W hea you and I played cheea together.
Checkmate*! by each ..ther'» eyea!
Ah : Mtill I »ee your »oft white hand
Hovering warm o'er qoeaa and knight.
Brave jiawnn in valiant battle stand,
The double cwtle guard the wing*.
The bishop, bent on distant things,
Moves sliding through the fight
Our fingers touch, our glances meet
And falter ; falls your nut brown hair
Against my check ; your K>som sweet
Is heaving. Down the field your queen
Kules slow, her soldiery between,
And checks me unaware.
Ah me ! the little battles done,
Dispersed is all it<n chivalry ;
Full many a move since then have we,
'Mid life's perplexing checkers, made,
And many a came with fortune plaved —
What is it we have won?
This, this at least— if this alone —
That never, never, never more,
As in those old still nights of yore
(Ere we were grown so sadly wise),
Can you and I shut out the skies.
Shut out the world and wintry weather,
And, eyes exchanging warmth with eyes,
Play chess as then we played together.
SOCXETT.
Mrs. Denis Kearney (not to be outdone) gave a delicious afternoon
entertainment at her palatial residence, in South San Francisco, on
Wednesday last. _ The very notable feature of this gorgeous affair con-
sisted in the requirements, which applied to all the guests, to converse in
nothing but Irish, from the time of entering the mansion until their exit
therefrom. From the high social character of the lady who presided over
the fetivities, we were fully prepared to half-close our eyes while gazing
on the galaxy of intellectual and physical beauty that was sure to be
present. There were about two hundred fashionable young gazelle-eyed
ladies, and young society gents (the embodiment of manly beauty) pres-
ent. _ Among these we noticed, with an overwhelming feeling of awe and
admiration, the following: Miss General O'Rourke, Miss Mary Anne
Fougerty, Miss Judge Murphy, Tim Flanneshan, Esq.; Miss Mollie
O'Rafferty, Colonel Mike Mooney, Miss Bridget O'Sullivan, Barney
Brodigant< Esq. ; Tim Coogan, Esq.; Miss Kate Finnighan, and a host of
other Bociety folks too numerous to mention. The spacious suites of
apartments were superb. The gardens of the tropics seem to have been
rifled of color and fragrance; the flowers were disposed of with a taste
that was remarkable for its artistio sense of beauty. The different points
of vantage were adorned with flowers, so arranged as to blend together
in a harmonious blaze of color which gave the whole wide range of danc-
ing-room a fairy-like appearance. Added to this, the fragrance that arose
served to render the heated air pleasant, and the odors that were wafted
on every side served to keep the atmosphere cool and pleasant. [If. B.-~
We shall send in a bill for this notice, as the lady is sure to come down
" handsome" for this non-transparent puff.
A BETTER HEALTH OFFICER THAN MEARES.
Nuisances abound in this city from smoke, steam, noise, and poisoned
gases poured out into the air. One quarter has become so polluted that
the land there, though in many respects highly desirable for residences,
remains unimproved. The nuisance-makers, not content with having de-
stroyed this quarter, have invaded other inhabited quarters, to the heavy
depreciation of property in the localities selected as victims. A case has
just been started in the Twenty-third District Court, which will test
whether the polluters are entitled to spread themselves over the city as
they think fit. _ One Schlott owns dwelling-houses in Chestnut street,
where he and his tenantry lived in Arcadian bliss, enjoying pure air and
soft repose. Presently came to them the Mutual Ice Company, and built
a steam ice factory adjoining. Schlott declares that thenceforth Happi-
ness^ abandoned these houses, and smoke, soot and steam, accompanied by
jarrings and rumblings in the ground, substituted themselves there all
night and all day; and Schlott prays that he may have an injunction to
restrain the nuisance, and alBo have $2,000 damages. It would be a great
blessing if all the noisy, smoky and poisonous trades could be expelled
the city, or^ at least, forced to confine their smokes, smells and sibilations
to one locality, whence the prevailing winds would not blow them into
other people's mouths and ears and windows, spoil the paint on their
houses, and check and keep them awake all night. If Schlott's lawyer,
G. E. Barton, succeeds in remedying Schlott's grievances, he will not lack
plenty of similar work. The town teems with aggrieved property-owners
who seem to think that the law is powerlesB to reach stinks and steam-
engines. More power to your elbow, Barton! We wiBh you success, and
hope you'll make a big raid on nuisances.
Manager Kennedy's benefit is announced for to-morrow evening
(Sunday), at the Grand Opera House. The bill is an enormous one, vol-
unteers appearing from all the theaters. There will be comedy, farce,
olio, etc. A feature of the evening will be the sale of the Opera House,
Mr. John E. Owens officiating as auctioneer. Do not delay the purchase
of tickets, as nearly all the seats are already sold.
Schmidt Quintette.— The fourth concert was well attended. In all
respects did this musical organization play up to the high standard it has
acquired. Miss Landsman does not improve on acquaintance, and the
previously expressed opinion as to her singing requires no amendment.
Krug Champagne.— Private Cuvee, in quartB and pints ; Shield—
Krug— in quarts and pints ; Premiere Qualite, in quarts and pints. For
sale by Hellman Bros. & Co., corner Front and Jackson streets.
STANDARD THEATER.
FOR THE FESTIVE SEASON1
Br«-lnii1iiK MondKT, I>rr. 2'Jd.
The VflMfMWHl U PU—4 to Announce an Engagement trith
The Great and Only
II 10 It R M A. IV XV !
The Host Renowned Magioian Living !
Hark to th« Voice* of the Prcmm •
"Herrmann in great -for boldneM ..( OpmtioO he excel* nnv of his class— his
audacity i* mbllma hlfl dufa ti irrcainUble— he laughs at natural lawa-he denes sci-
ence -ho seems to do whatever ho plewes-mch apparent unconsciousness of power
as he exhibit*— nun wondroni daxtertt) noil marrolona fertility <>f resource."
Soirees of Diablerie! Mystery ! Illusion!
"Herrmann, in appeirancc, fully realizes tho popular idea of a professor of the
black art, but while he mystifies he amuses, for ho is n most fluent and witty conver-
sationalist"
Yon Must See the Original Lorellas!!!
" Herrmann's performances, unliko those of many othor magicians, arc character-
ized by a pureness that has always made them popular with fashionable and culti-
vated audiences."
They are Comical and Curious Creations!!!
'* Everything he does is so clearly and deftly done that the spectator is left in utter
bewilderment at the wierd and strange effects he produces with the most ordinary
objects. Cards are made to appear and disappear, lemons, oranges, handkerchiefs,
and coffee and beans are metamorphosed in the most wonderful manner."
MLLE. ADDIE. the Beautiful Artiste!
The New York World says of this Wonderful Prestidigitateur : " Herrmann is
neat and complete in all he does. There is an agreeable absence of mechanical con-
trivance, and his main reliance is on bis own 8leight-of-hand."
GRAND MATINEE SATURDAY!
And on Christmas Day at 2 o'clock P. M.,
When Every Child will Receive a Christmas Gift from MR. HERRMANN.
See Sills, Posters, Programmes, etc.
FRED. G. MAEDER Business Manager for Mr. Herrmann.
MECHANICS' PAVILION,
First Six-Day " Go-As- You-Please "
INTERNATIONAL PEDESTRIAN TOURNAMENT!
OPEN TO ALL!
Under the Auspices of the Pacific Coast Pedestrian League.
30 Entries 30
TO BE HELD AT THE
MECHANICS' PAVILION, SAN FRANCISCO,
Commencing MONDAY EVENING, December 29th, at 10 P.M.
And Continue 6 Days (144 Sours).
The entire Net Receipts from all sources to be divided among the Contestants.
Entrance Fee, $100. The Contest to be governed by the Rules of the League. En-
tries will close December 20th.
Ladies* Contest.
TWO HOURS, " Go-As -You-Please," for a Puree of $300. First Prize, $150 ; Second
Prize, 3100 ; Third Prize, §50. Start to be made on MONDAY, December 29th, at
7:30 p.m. Entrance Fee, §25.
Admission 50 Cents.
P. Melntyre, J. D. Stewart, C. S, Matteson, Directors of Tournament. Wells,
Fargo & Co.'s Bank, Treasurer. Entries and all Business Communications must be
made to MARK THALL, Manager, 331 Kearny street, Room 9. For names of con-
testants and full particulars, see future announcements. Dec. 20.
Francisco Daneri.
D
F. DANERI & CO.,
Henry Oasanova.
eaters in Wines, Liquors and Groceries, have removed to
Nos. 27 and 29 CALIFOIiNIA STBEET. Dec, 20.
WILLIAM P. HUMPHREYS,
Late City and County Surveyor, tins removed to No. 639
WASHINGTON STREET, where he will continue to practice his profession.
All Surveys and Estimates guaranteed. Dec. 20.
REMOVAL.
WO. Langbna, Murine and Fire Insurance Agency,
* (Established 1876), removed to No. 218 PINE STREET. Office with Crocker
& Suydam. Dec. 20.
G. E. BARTON,
Attorney and Coxmsellor-at-Law,
639 KEARNY STREET. BOOMS 1 and 2.
[December 20.]
REMOVAL.
Dodge* Sweeney A Co., Importers and Wholesale Provision
Dealers and Commission Merchants, have removed from No. 406 Front street
to the new store, 114 and 116 Market street, and 11 and 13 California street, where
they will be pleased to see their friends. Dec. 20.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Deo. 20, 1879.
WHAT A CHRISTMAS CAROL DID.
BY T. A. HARCOURT.
Cold blew the wind along the street,
The snow lay thick beneath the feet,
A dull, gray sky hung overhead,
Dim, rayless, like a dome of lead.
The day had been a blustering one,
Without a cheering glimpse of sun,
And, now, as night drew on apace,
The day bestowed no parting grace,
But the sharp wind blew, and the gray clouds flew,
Across the dead sky's ashen face.
But a fig for weather when hearts are light !
And who heeds the storm when the fire burns bright?
The very discomfort outside the door
Makes us prize the snugness within the more.
Thus it came that as night closed grimly down,
A silence settled upon the town,
And the fog-ghosts gliding along the street
Could barely a soul with their chill touch greet ;
But through curtains drawn and blinds fast shut,
Gleamed chinks that burned with a ruddy glow,
And from stately palace and lowly hut
Rang a laughing challenge to wind and snow.
For no matter how sad the rest of the year,
This was no time to fret and grieve;
The golden day of all days was near —
This was the blessed Christmas Eve.
*******
;< Come, now, Bobby, you must, I say;
I'll carry you only a little way."
" No, oo's tired an' I tan walk !"
Who are these in the mist that talk?
One is a girl some ten years old.
With violet eyes and soft hair of gold,
Pale and thin, but exceeding fair,
With a beggar's dress, but a lady's air ;
A chubby tot of four is the other,
And he is "Bobby," her little brother.
Their father, a man of noble race,
Had married (the world said) beneath his place;
And his family counted it deep disgrace
That the wife of his heart, though pure and good,
Could only boast of a peasant's blood.
"Twere best that their story be briefly told :
He, proud and brave as a knight of old,
Worked with his only tool, the pen,
Till he wore out spirit and health and brain.
She, frail and patient, grieved sore to know
That his love for her had brought him low,
And this Christmas just three years ago,
Her gentle spirit had taken flight
From this world of sorrow and darksome night
To the kingdom of endless joy and light.
Left with his little ones alone,
What he suffered can ne'er be known.
The children must somehow be clothed and fed,
But how could the sick man earn their bread?
As he tossed and turned on his truckle-bed,
The most that his feeble hand could do
Was to scribble a little song or two,
And set the words to some simple air.
These he copied with toilsome care,
And sold to the few poor neighbors round,
In whose hearts his plight had some pity found.
But not a word would the proud man write
To those who had banished him from their sight
When he wedded the woman whose love he bore
And whose death he laid at his parents' door.
Now, it chanced that as Christmas day drew near
He had written a little song to cheer
The hearts of the lowly folk who bought
Out of pity the fruit of their sick friend's thought.
'Twas a simple carol, but great the pains
That he took to model its fervent strains ;
And the words were chosen to suit the lot
Of his customers. Not a stain or blot
Marred the face of the copies he made —
Just a score was his stock-in-trade —
And he hoped by the sale of these to stay
The wolf from the door on Christmas day.
But sadly miscarried his cherished plan,
The neighbors thought not of the lonely man ;
And when it wanted but one day more
To Christmas, his copies were still a score.
And he gazed on his children, and could not speak,
While the hot tears coursed down his sunken cheek.
Then Edith, his daughter, looked at him,
And a mist o'er the violet eyes did swim ;
And then and there in her little heart
She vowed to play the breadfinder's part.
That noon, while her worn-out father slept
To the sick man's bedside she softly crept,
And from under his pillow drew the roll
Of Christmas carols ; then gently stole
With little Bobby into the street,
And from then till dusk, with pleadings sweet,
She tried to dispose of the little song
At every house as they went along.
Alas, poor baby! she did not know
That the world was as cold as its wind and snow.
But when the end of the day had come
And Bobby began to sigh for home,
Her brave little heart was heavy and sore,
For the Christmas carols were still a score.
Then it was that we heard her say
She would carry Bobby a little way.
From the house they stood before, a din
Of harp and piano and violin
Suddenly crashed on the startled air —
They were holding a children's party there.
From the bright warm rooms to the dark cold street
Came the sound of laughter and dancing feet.
" 0, ain't that fine! " lisped Bobby the strong,
" Maybe, Edie, they'd buy a thong."
Happy suggestion, hint well-timed !
Up the stone steps the waiflets climbed,
And through the bay-window Edith saw
A vision she could not have dreamed before.
She had vaguely heard of fairy-land,
But here it seemed to be close at hand.
Did she gloat on the vision all alone ?
Ah, do! she did as all mothers do.
Up on the balustrade of stone
Bobby waB lifted to see it too ;
And his eyes became saucers to view the sight
Of Santa Claus holding kingly reign;
Till, with glee overwhelmed, he screamed outright,
And hammered upon the window-pane.
The children within in alarm stopped short
In their miniature waltz, and a weird glimpse caught
Of a chubby face and a pair of eyes
That seemed like disks cut from Summer skies.
Perhaps 'twas a cherub from Eden won
By a strong temptation to join their fun.
In a flash the door was flung open wide,
In a trice the waifs found themselves inside;
A score of hands dragged them in till they stood
In the midst of that gaudy and merry brood.
Then a stately lady with snow-white hair,
And a face that must once have been passing fair,
Gently suppressed the boisterous crowd,
Took little Bobby upon her knee,
And questioned shy Edith, half-aloud,
Whom she had come to the door to see?
" The'th a thong to thell !" the bold Bobby cried ;
But Edith's face was with crimson dyed,
As she whispered the answer: " If you please,
I thought you might like to buy one of these."
The lady glanced at the little roll —
" Yes, sweet child, I will buy them all.
Can you sing the song? To please me try.
" Yeth," broke in Bobby, "an* tho can I.
Edie, will you thing with me ?"
And the cherub sprang from the lady's knee.
Then Edith, filled with a grateful joy,
Drew close to her Bide the eager boy,
And the other children all gathered round,
And hushed completely was every sound.
Till Edith's flute-like voice arose
(And Bobby'B chirrup was heard at times),
And a strange, sweet spell on the listeners fell
As the daughter chanted her father's rhymes.
A chord so mournful and sadly sweet —
A note so plaintive — ran through the air,
That the lady glanced at the written sheet
To see if the author's name was there.
Why does she turn so deadly pale ?
Why dr-es she labor to catch her breath ?
The name she read was the name of one
Long since, as she thought, in the land of Death.
" Lionel Wyndham !" he was her boy —
Her child who the peasant maid had wed —
Her proud, brave darling, her pride and joy,
Who her friends had told her was long since dead,
Whom her husband had cursed on his dying bed.
They had deceived her because she sought
To have him and his father reconciled,
And now, lo ! the tidings of life were brought
By the sweet-faced children of that poor child !
An hour later, at the door
Of a lodging dark and mean and poor,
A stately carriage stopped— but, hold !
It needeth not that more be told.
But in all the world — as I believe —
That was the happiest Christmas eve.
The mysterious disappearance of Colonel Andrews from the Btreet
during the daytime has been the cause of much comment. Each after-
noon, during the past week, endeavors were made to get inside the Dia-
mond Palace to discover the cause, but the crowd of ladies that filled this
cave of Aladdin prevented any discoveries until yesterday, when the truth
revealed itself. The enormous quantity of diamonds that the genial
Colonel had gathered together struck Nob Hill and a thousand others
with astonishment. They thronged to his establishment, and the result
was that from morning till night the Colonel, and hiB addditional force
of salesmen, have had all they could attend to inside the store. His sales
this week alone are upwards of S98,000. We very much doubt whether
any jewelry establishment, either here or in the East, can boast of such
an extraordinary trade on a cash basis.
The "wind always finds something to blow about.
D*a 20, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER,
OLD CHURCH BELLA
Kins oul merrily.
Loudly, ohMfflv,
Withe old balk, from Um »wple tower;
Hopefully, :'• »Hullv,
JojflUW, Uarfully,
Koteth the bride boa her maiden bower.
t'lmid tltOTC i* DOOt in the bright Summer sky.
Sunshine fling* henison* down fn-m on hiv;li ;
Children sine Inud w the train morw along,
"Happy '*><? bridt that the sun shineth on."
Knell nut drearily.
Mi-Mure out wearily,
Sa«I old bells, from tho uteeple gray ;
Priest* chanting lowly.
Solemnly, slowly,
Passeth the corpse from the portal to-day.
Drops from tho leaden cloud* heavily fall.
Dripping over the plume and the pall ;
Murmur old folks aa the train moveth along,
"Happy the dead that the rain raineth on."
Toll at the hour of prime.
Matin and vesper chime.
Loved old bells, from the steeple high—
Rolling like holy waves
Over the lowly graves.
Floating up, prayer fraught, into the sky.
Solemn the lesson your lightest notes teach;
Stern is the preaching your iron tongues preach ;
Ringing in life from the bud to the bloom.
Ringing the dead to their rest in the tomb.
Peal out evermore —
Peal as ye pealed of yore,
Brave old bells, on each Sabbath day ;
In sunshine and gladness,
Through clouds and through sadness,
Bridal and burial have both passed away.
Tell us life's pleasures with death are still rife;
Tell us that death even leadeth to life ;
Life is our labor and death is our rest.
If happy the living, the dead are the blest.
— Dublin University Magazine.
THE CITY OF PALACES.
_ Pun was passing along a much-frequented thoroughfare. It was holiday
time, and folks were making unusually merry in and about the public-
houses. Fun was about to turn in and have a drink himself, when, just
as he pushed the swing door, he felt a hand drawn through his arm, and
himself led away from that door back to the street.
" I am sincerely grieved to see you entering one of those places of ruin,"
said the Teetotaler who had drawn him away. " A very terrible thing,
this dram-drinking."
FUN was abashed ; he had merely intended to celebrate the occasion
of a general holiday by indulging in one glass of ale in addition to the
regular one which he allowed himself per week ; but he had been caught
in the act, and it looked bad.
"Drunkenness," continued the Teetotaler, "is on the increase. Ob-
serve the innumerable human beings on all sides Btaggering under the per-
nicious in8uence of the demon drink— many among them already ruined
by its devastating effects. Do you not observe how numerous are the gin-
palaces— at least one to every dozen houses ? Fun glanced along the
street, and admitted that it was so : and the Teetotaler gently guided him
to one of the new coffee taverns, and conducted him in. " Here," said
the Teetotaler, " you may quench your thirst in safety of mind and body;"
and with these words he departed. So Fun, struck with the truth of the
Teetotaler's words, ordered a cup of tea, and retired to a snug corner to
drink it. Presently — (whether Fun had fallen into a doze or not we can-
not say) — he felt once more a hand on his arm, and saw another stranger
by his side.
" I am sincerely^ grieved to see you enter one of these places of ruin,"
said the stranger {it seemed to Fun that the words were not new to him).
" A very terrible thing this tea-drinking !" Fun was again abashed with
a vague sense of being again caught doing wrong. "Nervousness and
Insomnia," continued the stranger, " are on the increase. Observe the
innumerable human beings on all sides stammering and trembling under
the pernicious influence of the demon tea— many among them with nerves
already shattered by its devastating effects ! Do you not observe how nu-
merous are the coffee-palaces?"
With this the stranger led Fun from the coffee-bar into the street, and
Fun, gazing along the street, observed that by the side of every gin-palace
had sprung up a coffee-palace ; one gin-palace and one coffee-palace to
every dozen houses.
Fun was surprised and pained, too, at the aspect of his fellow- creature
around him ; everybody started at everthing ; everybody stammered and
flushed when he spoke ; and every hand trembled, many of them clutch-
ing and rattling saucers surmounted by cups of the tea which caused it
all ; while ever and anon there would wander by one whose glassy eye and
haggard cheek spoke but too plainly of the fearful offspring of coffee —
Insomnia ! It was a fearful sight, and Fun drew a breath of relief when
the stranger had led him away from it all into a new building even
brighter than the gin and coffee-palaces. It was an aerated- water palace.
"Here," said the stranger, "you may quench your thirst in safety of
mind and body ;" and with these words he departed.
Fun, feeling the correctness of bis words, ordered a bottle of ginger-
beer, and again retired to a snug corner ; but no sooner (as it seemed to
him) had he sat down to enjoy the beverage than a third hand was laid
upon his arm, and a third stranger stood by his side.
" I am sincerely grieved to see you enter one of these placeB of ruin!"
said the third stranger ; " a very terrible thing this aerated-water drink-
ing!" Fun was in for it again! "Frothiness and explosion," continued
the third stranger, " are on the increase. Observe the innumerable human
beings on all sides boasting and exploding under the pernicious influence
«»f the .lemon Seltwr, many among them already reduced to fragment*
by lU devastating effect*!"
And. truly, m Um word* were *aid, there fell upon Kin's ear report
after rei*.rt in raji I ,1, »t time*, occurring limultane-
oaely in iKftf(ninK' volleys, Fi n tod hi* new conductor now emerged into
UM nieet, and there, Indeed, wm presented to Ftart horror stricken gaze
a terrible picture.
All around w.-re mm who vied with each other in boast* full of wind
and frothinss*. Intermingled with bidden and sUrtling interjections ; con-
versation wm everywhere empty, wild, and without body; and this was
not the taddeml pert ..f th« Kens ; for. *t every moment, with the start-
ling report which had already aouued PDF, some head would fly from its
body, and, darting to an immense hight in the sir, fall afar off. All
about the pavement and roadway lay heads, telling of the untimely fate
of many a creature beautiful with youth and promise! In many cases
precaution had been taken against this danger by fastening down the
head to the shoulders with wire or string, but even this plan was at times
ineffectual.
Then Fun, looking along the street, saw that by the side of each coffee-
palace there had been opened an aerateu -water palace— three palaces to
every dozen houses. Once more Fun was led to a new building, brighter
than the last, and told that there at least his thirst might be quenched
in safety; but Fun was beginning to grow doubtful and tired of it. It
was a milk-palace this time ; but Fun, instead of ordering a glass of milk,
simply sat down and waited to see what calamities would occur this time.
He had not to wait long ; the fourth stranger was soon by his side.
"I am _ sincerely grieved " began the fourth stranger. "Yes, I
know," said Fun ; " let's go out and see what's occurred now. Ah, as I
had foreseen, everybody has returned to babydom and puffiness, and no-
body has any teeth and hair!"
" You are very impatient," remarked the fourth stranger.
" Yes," said Fun, " I am sick of crazes, and I should like you to trot
out all the rest of them at once. "
As he spoke he saw the remaining private houses melt away, their places
being filled up by more palaces of various descriptions, each brighter than
the last, but each aiming to appear otherwise as much like the last as pos-
sible. There were Liquorice-water palaces and Thames-water palaces,
and so on.
" Well," said Fun ; " why do you stop here ?"
" Because there are no more private houses left to make palaces of."
" Ah," said Fun, " then I will bid you good-day, and go home,"
" What sort of palace do you live in ?" asked the stranger.
" No palace," replied Fun ; " private house."
"What!" exclaimed the stranger, "do you mean to say that you're
neither a publican — nor a coffee-palace keeper — nor a milk-palace keeper
— nor a barman— nor "
" I'm a literary party," explained Fun.
"There's no such profession now," said the stranger: " everybody is
connected with a palace. You're an outcast! Good-day.
Then Fun, in anger, took a great goblet, and poured into it a great mix-
ture of every pernicious beverage he could think of, and drained it to the
dregs, and woke. — London Fun.
We "would suggest to some of the dealers in cigars, etc., to alter their
signs from tobacconists to extortionists. Almost every block in this city
has its tobacconist, and, judging from the number in the business, it must
be profitable. The prices for the same article vary just as does the loca-
tion of the store. A package of Vanity Fair, OH Judge, or any of the
better quality of cigarettes, cost 25 cents in some of the Kearny and
Montgomery street stores, while in the less pretentious localities 20 cents
is the price. At the IXL Auction House, corner of Commercial and
Kearny streets, the very same cigarettes, both in size, package and qual-
ity of tobacco, cost 12 cents. Judging from thest figures, it would be
more to the point for certain tobacconists to adopt our suggestion and
change their signs.
Of all the presents that can be made, whether to lady or gentleman,
fine gloves are always appropriate, since everybody that is anybody wears
gloves and wants the best. A glance at P. B. Kennedy's unequaled stock
in this line is full of suggestion, since most of us are turned out at Christ-
mas time without an idea what we shall buy. At his store, 232 Kearny
street, can be found, with every kind and style of dry goods, the finest
Milan and Paris kids, besides those of his own unsurpassed make.
A Sunday-School visitor, who was interrogating the children, asked
the question: "Why was Lot's wife turned into a pillar of salt?" There
was a pause, and then a small boy, with a preternatural growth of head,
piped out: " I s'pose it was because she was too fresh."
J. M. Litchfield & Co. , 405 Montgomery street, have the best cutter
and fitter on the Coast. Their stock of broadcloths, cassimeres, tweeds,
and other dress goods, is of the nest quality, and suits are made to order
in every style, to perfect satisfaction.
An elegant assortment of Gold Watches and Chains at Randolph &
Co.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter Btreets,
8
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Dec. 20, 1879.
DOES IT PAY?— THE BALDWIN.
Does the Baldwin pay ? It is very generally understood that it
does not. It is not good for the city that some three or four millions of
dollars should he lying idle in an unprofitable enterprise. Nor is it a de-
sirable piece of information to go abroad unexplained that in the great
city of San Francisco a hotel of magnificent proportions, of elegant in-
terior, and most centrally situated, is languishing for want of Bupport.
People in the East and in Europe hearing of such a fact are liable to fasten
upon it as indubitable evidence of the decline of our city. We propose
to correct so erroneous and so damaging an impression. The reasons why
so excellent a house as the Baldwin does not pay may be mysteries else-
where, but they are well understood here, or, at any rate, they are begin-
ning to be well understood here. The truth is, and we have been forced
to tell it in the interests of the public, that the Baldwin has surroundings
which are, so long as they exist, impassable barriers in the way of its suc-
cess. In the first place, the name by which it is known is not a happy
one. To call it after its proprietor was a grave error. There are so many
things connected with the sayings, doings and surroundings, past and
present, of E. J. Baldwin, that his name has at all times been calculated
to remind refined guests of unsavory things. "Who, for instance, could
mention the name of Baldwin and not be reminded of his unfortunate
connection with Lennie McCormick ? How could any man, who is a
man, think of Baldwin and not reflect upon the wrongs of the honest,
hardworking girl, who had an aged mother to keep, and entrusted this
man with the savings of her life ? The courts tell the tale of how she had
to struggle against lawyers to get back her own, and how in the end she
triumphed. That case is full of reflections that attach themselves to the
name of Baldwin, and render it a most undesirable one to be applied to a
high-toned hotel, in which there are guests who abhor everything involved
in that most peculiar case. Then Baldwin's many changes of wives, and
the facts associated with them, could not be discussed in a cleanly paper,
much less in a high-toned hotel. Above all, when he has the
right, and exercises it, of determining who, by reason of the
proprietor's marriage, shall be deemed the first lady of the hotel,
he makes the name of "Baldwin" so unsavory to high-toned guests that
success is impossible. The truth is the name of the house must be
changed, as a prerequisite to its being able to keep its doors open much
longer. That portion of the public who live in hotels cannot stomach the
name of "Baldwin" at the head of the carte that tells of the savory
viands of which they are about to partake. It must be taken down and
out, ere that fine house on the corner of Market, Powell and Ellis streets
will stand the slightest chance of proving a success. The name changed,
the proprietor must betake himself, his surroundings, and all that is dis-
tinctively Baldwinian, to his Los Angeles ranch, or some equally distant
place, and then, when an educated, sober and gentlemanly manager is
provided, a clerk obtained elsewhere than from Belden Place, less scan-
dal among the servants, and very much less of it among the guests, and,
in short, when the whole surroundings are changed, and the more retired
portions of the house fumigated to the extent that may be found neces-
sary — then, and not until then, can the Baldwin be made to pay.
We tell our readers, at home and abroad, that we believe that no great
hotel in our city would have finer prospects, under changed circum-
stances, than would the Baldwin. But with its present, surroundings, it
can never be anything more than The Baldwin.
UPSETTING ALL THE COMMISSIONS.
The "News Letter" has contended all along that all commissions
created by special acts of the Legislature went out of office upon the rati-
fication of the new Constitution, and that no official act that they have
since performed is legal. We have no lawful Police Commissioners, and
any officers appointed since July last are assuming functions to which
they have no valid title. The present Board of Health is living an un-
lawful life, and ought five months ago to have handed in its checks and
died the death provided for it by law. It is now illegally in existence,
and its acts are unlawful, and therefore null and void. The same is true
of all other special commissions. We learn that the question is about to
be tested iu a form that will take these illegal bodies by surprise. The
Auditor will, before the first of January next, be enjoined from auditing,
and the Treasurer from paying any claims arising in departments con
ducted by special commissions. We further understand that the Com-
missioners will be made to find that there is a sting in the law that they
ought to have guarded against. The matter is being quietly prepared
by able and experienced counsel, and the question will certainly come be-
fore the courts. The principle which the new Constitution seeks to have
established is one that we thoroughly approve of. It was absurd to elect
a city government by the people, and then entrust all its important func-
tions to persons not elected by the people. Either popular government i3
a failure or a success, either it is worthy of being trusted or it is not. If
failure is admitted, then there is an end to all that we have been accus-
tomed to cherish in connection with the republic. If it is denied, as we
believe it will be, then the people's government ought to do the people's
work.
IN A TIGHT PLACE.
There is not a newspaper in this Western village that, during the past
week, has not had something to say about England being in "a tight
place" in Afghanistan. The truth of the matter is that the British troops
being vastly overnumbered, their commanders have called for aid ; not
because they feared final defeat, but because an easy victory would be
better for the nation's pocket and prestige than a hard-fought battle, how-
ever glorious in result.
During Christmas week— when newspapers are primed, cocked and let
off a day or two before they are fairly loaded — one cannot avail oneself
of the latest telegraphic news; but concerning " tight places," this we
will venture to say, so far as the British forces in Afghanistan are con-
cerned: " Let the heathen rage" — likewise the Yankee journal ; but, in
spite of all predictions and maledictions, we fearlessly assert {as with un-
varying accuracy we have so often asserted before) that England will
come out at the right end of the horn. But the assertion is too safe.
One should never bet on a " sure thing." If an American militia " Gen-
eral"— or, still worse, a semi-educated "West Pointer"— were chasing,
"at vast expense," a few score of naked Indians, then a bet that he
would be whipped would be an honorable wager. But to bet that the
English will stand their ground, because telegrams from Chicago and New
York predict otherwise, is too much of a dead certainty altogether.
DEAD LOVE. .
It comes too late, that smile alluring;
It comes too late, that speaking sigh :
The love is dead, though long enduring,
That once you passed so coldly by.
It comes too late, thy heart's surrender,
Mine from its cheerless doom to save;
That humid glance with passion tender
Palls as the sunbeam on a grave.
Yet, when our wounded loves expire,
Say where the wandering spirits stray !
Where now is the extinguished fire?
Where now the wind that died away ?
-After Heine.
INCREASING THE NUMBER OF STATES.
It appears altogether probable that the number of States will be in-
creased this year, in order to affect the Presidential contest. This politi-
cal business is called jerrymandering. Utah is entitled to be admitted,
if the number of her population is to determine the question. There are
States in the Union with fewer people. The Mormon difficulty is the
one objection to the admission of TJtah. It is thought that evil can be
better remedied under a territorial government, but past experience does
not add strength to the argument. All past attempts have failed, and
the prospects of success to-day are no brighter than they have been hith-
erto. The admission of Utah would bring three electoral votes to the
Democratic party at the next election, just as the admission of Colorado
brought three votes to the Republicans at the last. The Democrats have
a majority in both houses now, and have the power, and no doubt the
will, to profit by the example of their political opponents. Who can
blame them if they do 1 But it is proposed to carry the practice much
further. It is thought that several of the Democratic States are large
enough to be divided. Texas is claimed as an instance in point. She
covers a vast area of 274,356 square miles, and her population has most
rapidly increased, and is increasing to-day, probably faster than that of
any other State in the Union. Most plausible reasons can be found for
the division, and we shall not be surprised if it takes place. But the pre-
cedent once established, where is it to stop ? Jerrymandering in the for-
mation of districts for the election of Congressmen has been common
enough, and has done mischief enough. To see the same system carried
to its utmost limits in adding votes to the Presidential count would be
mischievous in the extreme. Yet the Republicans did it when they ad-
mitted Nebraska, Nevada and Colorado. If the Democrats now fully
copy the example, they would seem to be able to elect the next President.
KEARNEY'S FUTURE.
Denis — our Denis — he of the Sand-lot3, has gone to Washington.
What he has gone for we know, and most of our readers can imagine.
He has announced that he, with his party, will support the Democratic
ticket at the Presidential election, if they are properly consulted about it.
The " proper consultation " consists in Denis having the control of the
larger portion of the fund devoted to carrying on the campaign in this
State. He says that his party polled more votes than did the Democrats,
hence he expects the larger portion of the fund that may be devoted to
carrying the elective vote of California. But we doubt, first, whether he
can take the Workingmen's party along with him. We think the day is
almost at hand when Denis will have to take a back seat. Mayor Kal-
loch is now to the front, and, by reason of his greatly superior ability, is
bound to prove himself the leader. Ignorance must yield to education
and force of character. Kearney will necessarily go to the rear when
Kalloch chooses to occupy the front. That time has about arrived. Kal-
loch, in the Mayoral chair, must be aggressive or fail, and we are very
sure he will not do the latter if he can help it. Will Kalloch lead the
Workingmen into the Democratic camp ? We think not. His inaugural
seemed to indicate that he would not ; moreover, his early associations
and the political affiliations of his nature all draw him toward the Re-
publican party. Yet there is the difficulty that three-fourths of those
who elected him are Democratic, in respect to their national politics. The
situation is peculiar, and the outcome of it will be worth watching. Dif-
ficulty surrounds the Workingmen in regard to the Presidential cam-
paign. If every man of them goes to the side with which he would na-
turally affiliate, will it be possible, after a heated contest is over, to
bring bank the Workingmen, as a whole, to their present party unanimity?
We watch, while Kalloch prays.
KAT.T.OCHS FLEA IN ABATEMENT.
Mayor Kalloch predicted, in his inaugural, that he would not be
able to " please" his own party. Already has he failed. In fact, his sec-
ond speech is an apology for his non-success. He had a number of square
holes to fill, and he managed to get pegs into them, which the Ward clubs
thought were round, unfitting and out of place. Hence the necessity for
the apology. Around the new City Hall there have been crowds of angry
and disappointed members of the W. P. C, who spoke in high tones of
bad faith and broken promises. We have witnessed the old parties go
out of office and come in again, several times, but we never saw such a
crowd of expectants around the offices as have been there for the past ten
days. If we had not already been aware that the rank and file were dis-
appointed, we could not fail to realize the fact upon reading Mayor Kal-
loeh's speech of apology. It was a good speech for the purpose for which
it was designed, but that purpose was a humiliating one. Its object was
to persuade a party to remain content without public employment, when
the public had no need of their services. If it were necessary to do that,
and that it was is evident from Mayor Kalloch's speech, then the " party
of reform" is confessedly a party of the loaves and fishes, who are most
unreasonably given to quarreling, when their chosen leader is compelled
to say to them: "There are but two loaves and five small fishes, and
what are these among so many?" Having elected a disciple of the Great
Master, they evidently think he ought to be gifted with that Master's
power of working miracles in increasing the number of the loaves and
fishes, but, powerful as he is, we don't think that Kalloch, in either his
Mayoral or ministerial capacity, is capable of working the wonders that
are expected of him.
An official canvass will cover all errors made in the returns of New
York.
Dec. 20, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
A.N ENGLISH NOVEL.
BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR.
> I % OPSI3 Or CHAPTERS J, 9 AXD 3, OBIOIXALLY riBLISMIKD I \ S. I . \ / ll s / fTTER, SEPT. ? AXTi 14, 187S.
CiiArrnR I.— Tim Manmi>n.
The Earl of Thames sits waiting for breakfast in tb« dining-room of hid elegant mansion on Hyde's Park. London. Ho in inpatient to got to hi* storo, as it la "Col-
lection Day." Ilia only daughter, the Lady Genevieve (or Evy, as she is called by her intimates), a lovely maiden of rixfc n -ummeni, who has Just graduated at a
fashionable academy for young ladle*, is dusting and tidying tho room. She wears one of Worth's famous masterpiece* in palo lavender satin, while gems of the first
water sparkle from her necklace, in her ears and on her taper Angers. Her mother, the Countess, has not yet descends! . Tired of waiting, aa tho clock on thfl mantel
chimes seven, ihey go to breakfast. While so engaged. Sir John Brown, Kt Queen's Messenger and Cnptaiu of the Itody Guard, arrives, bringing an invito for the Earl
from the Queen to join a social dinner at tho Tower of London. As Messrs. Thames and Brown start to go down town In the horse cars, the old Countess oomsf down,
her coronet flashing Indignation at Brown when she finds all tho breakfast eaten. Brown assures her ho "ain't had no breakfast," and Mrs. T. demands if Mr. T will
be borne to dinner. The Earl says he has an engagement to dine with the Queen, if he can get away from tho store in time, and tells his wife not to wait up for him.
She doubts what he sa}-*, and ho shows her the card of invitation. Sho vows he shan't go without licr, but he reminds her sho hasn't yet called, bo couldn't go with
him. He and Mr. B. then depart amid sobs from lira. T., and accusations of growing indifference towards her on the part of her husband.
Chatter II.— Tub Prikck,
The Lady Genevieve, though her admirers were counted by thousands, had as yet no beaux, to tho worry of her Pa and Ma. "Pshaw! men ain't no account," Evy
would say, but at tho same time she was carrying on a clandestine flirtation with the Prince of Connaught, whom she had met oue afternoon whilo promenading on the
Strand and enjoying the sea brecte. No won! was yet spoken between them ; but, at length, one day they met in Cheapeidc, and tho Prince made bold to ask permission
to calt. Evy rebuffed him and threatened to call her father, the Earl, from a neighboring saloon if he didn't quit. Ho quit. It was but her game to lead him on,
however. Soon after they again met in the cars, when Miss T. was returning from passing the day with some friends at their Castle in Yorkshire. Tho cars being
crowded, the Prince gave his seat to Lady Eva, bought her some chewing candy, and when the depot in London was reached, escorted her safely to a hack, when Evy
rewarded him by asking him to her party on the morrow, given for her formal entree into society.
Chapter III.— Tub Ball.
It is the night of Evy's ball. All the fashionable world of London are present. Earls, Knights, Bankers, Baronets, Merchants, Counts, Princes and their families-
in fact, the creme de tacreme of London society. Lady Genevieve refuses every dance. She is waiting for the Prince to arrive. At last he makes his appearance,
accompanied by his mother, the Queen, and a retinue of courtiers with trumpets and kettledrums. The Queen tells Evy she has come without an invitation, though
she knows it is not a surprise party. Evy says it is all right, and offers to send for her mother, who is sick abed with a headache. The Queen won't permit it. The
Earl hears of Victoria's arrival while drinking and discussing the state of the money market with some cronies in the refreshment room, but won't leave his crowd. The
Queen takes off her crown and becomes a delighted spectator of the brilliant scene. The Prince asks Evy to dance. She accepts, though suspicious that the Queen has come
to watch them. They talk awhile, when Lady Genevieve suggests that instead of dancing they go and get some lunch. The Prince agrees, and they walk away arm-in-arm.
Chap. IV.
The Lunch.
ADY GENEVIEVE
and the Prince pushed
their way through the
crowd and ascended the
stairs. The Earl and
Mrs. Thames's b e d -
room, a large, airy
apartment, with all the
modern conveniences,
situate on the third
floor and fronting on
the street, had been
fitted up as a supper-
room. " It would be
so convenient," the old
Countess had said, "to
have the bath-room
next door, to wash tip
the dirty dishes in."
All the furniture had
been cleared out, and a
long table, that groan-
ed with all the delica-
cies the market afford-
ed, and that wealth
and a due regard for
the requirements of the
inner man could sug-
gest, had been set up
in the center of the
room. And what a
sight that table was to
the hungry beholder !
It would have gladden-
ed the heart of the fam-
ished tramp, and filled
the mind of the free luncher with longing. All around the edges were Btacks
of clean plates, knives, forks and spoons, and piles of clean napkins.
Pillars of domestic ice-cream were placed at each corner, and down the
middle, at regular intervals, half watermelons were set up on end and
artistically knicked like alligators' teeth. Scattered around, loose like,
might have been observed plates of raisins and nuts, figs and bananas ;
Meridan Bilver baskets of home-made cake (the Countess was famous for
her cake); platters of the purest calves'-foot jelly (Mrs. Thames's jellies
and preserves were the great theme of admiration in London fashionable
circles); all kinds of pies ; saucers of custard, stewed apple and preserves,
ready helped to economise time, snapping mottoes, assorted candies and
pickles ; while at one end of the table, which the Earl had denominated
his especial corner, were dishes of broken up chickens, whole turkeys and
geese, and a mammoth ham.
ifiif OTMvcf
Mr. Thames was brandishing his carver and fork over the ham when
Evy and Mr. Connaught reached the door.
"Oh, don't let's go in there now, Prince," said Lady Genevieve.
" There's Pa, and he makes such a noise over his victuals. Let's sit
down on the stairs. There now, that's what I call real comfortable," she
added, as Bhe seated herself about half way up the staircase, and the
Prince spread his handkerchief over her lap.
"What will you have, Miss Evy?" asked young Connaught, taking
off bis gloves.
" Oh, I ain't particular," answered the Lady Genevieve, pensively, but
with a hungry look in her eyes. " Most anything. A Blice of pie and a
piece of cheese will answer, I guess. Oh, yes," she added, her face bright-
ening with a look of intelligent animation, " bring me a pickle, too."
" What's the matter with you ?" exclaimed Mr. Connaught. " Better
take something more substantial."
" Who's bossing this lunch, I want to know ?" remarked Lady Evy.
" What do you say to some chicken salad V asked the Prince.
" Guess not," said Evy, shutting one eye with a knowing look. She
knew there was none on the table, and that its absence was the cause of
her mother's headache. The old Countess wanted to have it, but the
Earl wouldn't second the motion, and bo Bhe got mad about it and went
to bed. " Guess not," said Evy. " No chicken salad in mine, thank you
kindly."
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"Somepate defois gras, then?" " Some which ?"
The Prince repeated his question.
" Now look here," said Evy, quietly, but with a dangerous look in her
eyes, "you think you can play the fool with me because you think I'm
ignorant. Not much;" with a negative motion of her forefinger. "I
ain't no snide."
" I didn't say you was," said Connaught.
"Well, that's all right," replied Lady Evy. "Just get me what I
asked for."
" Why, certainly," said the Prince, as he grabbed a blue and gold satin
bill of fare from a passing waiter-man. " You said pie, I believe. Which
shall it be— apple, peach, plum, mince, pumpkin, cherry, squash "
"Stop right there!" exclaimed Miss Genevieve. "Squash!"
"0. K.!" cried the Prince, as he vanished through the crowd. "There,"
said he, as, three quarters of an hour later, he returned, picking his teeth
with a quill. "That's the best I could do. The squash pie was all out,
but I've filled the rest of your order," and he deposited a piece of cheese
and a stuffed pepper before her.
" Can I be mistaken ?" said Lady Genevieve, rubbing her eyes. " This
is the Prince of Connaught, isn't it ?"
" I thought as you'd give me fits for^being such a time about it," said
the Prince. " I've been looking for the squash pie ever since."
"I reckon so," said Evy, with the white of her eye turned out at the
quill toothpick, as she cut the pepper in two. " You don't never eat
supper yourself, I guess."
" Never!" replied the Prince, en-
deavoring to hide the quill in his
vest pocket. "Never — that is,
hardly ev "
" Quit!" shrieked the Lady Gen-
evieve, dropping the half pepper
, she was conveying to her mouth, and
stuffing her fingers in her ears.
"What have I done?" demanded
the Prince.
"I won't take down my hands,"
replied Evy, "till you promise to
give us a rest on them Pinafore gags."
"Enough said," returned Con-
naught. "Have some Champagne
wine?" he asked, signaling a groom
who was passing round a pint bot-
tle of that liquid. " Perhaps you'd
prefer claret wine ?"
"No, thank you," said Evy,
with her mouth full of pickle and
' I'll take some sherry wine, if it's the same to you." ■
cheese,
" Beg pardon," said Sir Brown, as he approached, bearing a costly
cushion embroidered with gold and gems. " I bring a message from the
Queen." Dropping on one knee before the Prince, he held out the cushion.
The Prince took the paper that lay upon it, and read it, turning pale and
red alternately the while.
" That's all right, Mr. Brown," said he. " Tell mother I'm here."
" Your order shall be obeyed, Sire! " responded Brown, rising and mak-
ing himself scarce.
" She's mad about your being up here along with me so long, I reckon,"
said Lady Genevieve. "That's about the size of it."
"Oh, no," said young Mr. Connaught, "it's not that. She wants
something to eat, that's all."
At that moment Her Majesty, "Victoria of England, appeared at the
head of the stairway and came straight over to them.
" Here you are, you naughty boy," she said to her son. " I'm terrible
hungry; I want some lunch."
"Can't some of the waiter-men get you what you want?" asked the
Prince.
" I guess so," answered the Queen ; " if I could see any." It was true.
There were very few butlers stationed in the supper-room, as the most of
them were kept below to make a display.
" I tell you what," said Evy; " father will get what you want for you."
"But I've not been introduced to him," responded the Queen, dubiously.
" Oh, that's all right, ma'am! " exclaimed Lady Genevieve, as she arose
and went to the open door. " I'll soon make that all square. Ho!
Father!" she called in at the door. "Come out here!"
"What's broke now?" called back the Earl from the ham. "Has
mother got up V
"No; she hasn't. I want to introduce you to somebody. Come,
hurry up, can't you !" cried Evy, impatiently.
"What's your hurry, anyhow? I'm too busy just now to attend to
such trifles," replied Mr. Thames, transferring a huge slice of ham to a
plate and handing|it to a man standingSJnear. "Tell you what it is,
Judge," he went on ; "you don't get a ham like that every day of your
life. Perhaps you won't believe it, but I paid a dollar and sixty-five
cents a pound for that ham."
" Pa! You'll be sorry if you don't come ; that's all I've got to say,''
persisted Miss Evy from the doorway, as she spelled " Q-IT-E-E-N " on
her fingers.
" Oh, that's what's the matter, is it ?" said the Earl, relinquishing the
carver and fork to the Judge, who agreed to take his place at the ham
while he was away.
"This way, Queen," said Lady Genevieve, as her father's head ap-
peared in the doorway. "Let me make you acquainted with Pa. This
is the Queen, Pa."
"Your most obedient, madam," said Mr. Thames.
"Happy to make jrour acquaintance," returned the Queen.
" Shake," said the Earl.
" Put it there," responded Victoria R., smiling.
Dec. 20, 1879.
CALIFORNIA AI>\ EKTISKR.
11
" Hav* soms lunch T Mice) Mr. TKuMt.
nt mintl if I do," atwrervd Her Royal Huhoess.
"Just wait » second, then," replied ths Karl, "and I'll find you ft
pUce ftt the table ;" ftml be re-entered the room.
*' May a* well sit down here while you wait," mid Kvy, who had re-
seated herself on the stain, making room for the Queen beside her. " I
guess there's room enough."
•' I guess so," replied t!ie Quaes, gathering in her voluminous robe* of
state. M It's more sociable like, too."
The Prince stood by, with his thumbs in the arm-holes of hi
chewing at his toothpick and much pleased at the intimacy which seemed
to lw growing up between his mother and the £*dj Genevieve.
" Won't you come over to my castle to-morrow and take some lunch ."
continued the Queen. "There's to be no one but ladies— only a hen
party. I'd ask your mother, but I reckon she's too sick."
"Afraid I can't come, your Royal Majesty," answered Kvy. "I'm
engaged."
" Is that bo?" inquired Victoria. "Why, I'm real sorry. What are
you going to do?"
"Going out buggy-riding with the Prince here," said Miss Thames,
carelessly, as she put a piece of pickle into her mouth with her knife,
" That's all."
The Queen smothered a frown. " Is that so ? Well, that settles it, I
guess," she said, with a forced smile.
"Come along, Queen!" called the Earl, beckoning from the doorway.
" IVe got a first-class seat for you up near the ham. It'll be gobbled up
like hot cakes if you don't stir yourself."
" Which?" asked the Queen, as she arose and followed him majestic-
ally. " The seat or the ham ?" The Earl's reply was lost in the clatter
of dishes.
" What made you give me away like that?" asked the Prince, depre-
catingly, of Lady Genevieve, when his mother was out of hearing. "You
know how riled the old woman gets at things like that. You've got me
into a mess, I'll bet a quarter."
" I guess it won't hurt any," replied Evy, reassuringly. " But let's go
below. I've got through my lunch."
Chapter V.— The Park.
Hyde's Park is crowded with vehicles of every kind, make and descrip-
tion. Four-in-hand dog-carts, open barouches with tandem teams, sulkies,
buggies, pony phaetons, coupes, hacks and express wagons without limit,
fill the roads, while promenaders from all walks of life, from the hard-
handed and thrifty mechanic and laborer to the wealthy and aristocratic
banker and Count, throng the sidewalks. All the vast city of London
seems to be out doors on this bright and beautiful October morn, and no-
where is there so great a gathering of " Society People " as near where
the Royal Prince of Connaught, who wears a linen duster and black silk
riding cap, has for a moment stopped his buggy in order to breathe his
team and give them a drink from the water trough at the door of one of
the saloons near the roadway. His light wagon is one of the nobbiest
turn-outs in London, and his team, a span of dark sorrels, one of the fast-
est in the city. He has just speeded them round the half-mile track in
2:30, to the admiration of all beholders, and is now exchanging a few
words with the many friends who throng about him while his team slake
their thirst. But why does he look so happy on this beautiful morn ? Is
it because of the plaudits his team have received at the hands and voices
of admiring thousands ? No. It is because the beautiful, the accom-
plished, the youthful, the wealthy, the aristocratic, the belle of the hour
— Evy Thames — is seated by his side. Lady Genevieve's dress is Pingat's
very latest achievement in white satiu and point lace, while gems of the
first water sparkle in her shell-shaped ears, at her swan-Uke throat and on
her taper fingers. It may be presumed from this that she does not wear
gloves. It is not so. Her lily hands are encased in. an 18-button pair that
fit too perfectly to have their exquisite symmetry spoiled by putting them
on over her rings. O, no— not much. Evy, therefore, very sensibly wears
her rings over her gloves. She is confabbing with a couple of army offi-
cers in uniform, one of whom rests his foot on the hub of the wheel.
They are chatting about the party overnight.
"I enjoyed myself, and no mistake," says Ensign Wellington, of the
Queen's Light Horse Guards, running his fingers through his goatee.
" Me, too," adds Cornet Marlborough, of the Marine Corps, playing
with the tassel of his sash. " I never was at such a high-toned affair in
all my born days. Must have cost cords of money."
11 Reckon it did," says the Lady Genevieve, fanning herself without
raising her eyes, " There's nothing mean about Pa, when Ma wants to
give a real nice party."
She thought of the chicken-salad, however, when she said this, but
thought best not to allude to it. If there was one thing Miss Genevieve
Thames prided herself upon, it was her tact.
" What became of you, Miss Evy?" asks the Cornet. " Couldn't find
you high nor low, and your name was down on my card for a varsovienne.
Where was you, anyhow?"
replied Ivy. M I was m<«t *
i. It's no Joke gvttlng a house like
' Seems to me he puts
our* rtwly for a pari
1 that «..?" returns U
."'''" llB.'lWIIlll I putting agood
-i.-i-i I pin. li ol "Oentnry'on i. ntm ■haku the dost well
rat «f it
"Si,k and oonldnl appear," «■■■■ Mi« Thames, wtth a yawn,
"That's about til thai alii i
At this m. .hi. nt l\ tall, dim man, with n itovspl] i and obewhlg the
and ,,f an unlit oigar, |olna the group
" How i. Miss Btj Thamei thb morning!" he a»k», saluting bet with
■ wave "I Ma hand.
" NV,l-v. •'" : " Whan have yon kept yourself this
long time! I haven't wen you for ■ month ,,f Sundays."
"it, Bohnon :" cries the Judge, holding hboigu between Mi ride teeth;
"not to long ae that, I gnees. Bow are yon, nir ?" he adds, waving his
hand to the Prinoe, who looks out of the oorner ,,f hit eye at him, and
takes no notice, aa he goes on oonTendng with some oronlee nt hit elbow.
"Who may this follow be!" whispers the Judge to Evy under his
breath. "Don't know him fr,,m Adam's off ox."
"Why, it's the Prinoe of Connaught," says Kvy. "Of courao you
know him."
"Blamed if I do, Miss," answers the Judge,
on a sight of frills. Is he wealthy ?"
"Guess he is," replies Miss Thames, knowingly.
" People all well fixed, too, I reckon ?" queries the Judge.
"You'd better believe they are," says Evy, imperiously.
"Well," interrupts the Ensign, preparing to depart. " I've got some
business to attend to down town, so good-bye all."
" Me, too," adds the Cornet, as he wives his hand to Evy. "S'loug."
But what is the Prince saying and doing all this time ? Suppose wesee.
He is talking to half a dozen or more fashionably dressed, gentlemanly
looking gentlemen with overcoats and straw hats on, and they are all
talking about his team.
" They're no slouch of a team, are they?" says the Prince, admiringly.
" You can bet your bottom dollar they ain't," assents one gentlemen.
"Never see a better," adds another.
" They're a leetle too fleshy for speed ?" questions a third.
" Get out ; what are you giving us ?" rejoins his neighbor. " That ain't
nothing, man."
" Guess I'll enter 'em for the Derby next week," says the Prince.
" But I ain't sure as I'll be here. Well, we must be a traveling. Fix
that check rein, somebody."
" Say !" calls a voice from the direction of the saloon, as a man emerges
from the door and stands on the stoop. It is the Earl of Thames. "Come
in, boys, and take a drink. Come along, Prince ; Evy'U hold the lines
for you."
" All right," sayi Connaught, handing the lines to Miss Genevieve, and
getting out of -the buggy. " Be back in a second."
• "j Won't you join us, Judge ?" says Mr. Thames, as the former affects
not to know what is going on.
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" Don't mind if I do, seeing it's you," replies his honor, brightening up
all in a minute, as he takes the cigar out of his mouth and puts it back in
the watch-pocket of his vest.
As the Prince and the others disappear into the Baloon, an unusual Btir
takes place in the crowd. A stylish carriage and pair drive quickly by.
Its sole occupant, an elderly lady of a somewhat fleshy figure, eyes Evy
with much curiosity as it passes where the latter sits holding the Prince's
team.
" "Wonder who the ancient female is," says Miss Thames to herself, as
the carriage disappears round a curve in the road. " Seems to me I seen
her before."
At that instant the Prince comes out of the saloon door and runs down
the steps, with his mouth full of roasted coffee beans.
"What a narrow escape !" he says to Lady Eva, as he springs in beside
her. "We'll have to vamoose now, sure as you live."
"How?" says Evy.
" Why, didn't you see mother?" explains young Cnnnaught.
" 0, was that her went by in the hack?" askB Lady Genevieve.
" Why, certainly, yes," answers the Prince. " There would have been
a peck of trouble for me if she'd seen me along with you."
"Is that so?" says Evy, indifferently. "But didn't she recognize your
team ?"
" I guess not," replies Connaught. " I thought she might go out riding
herself this morning, so I got this team from a different livery stable.
She never saw it before."
"Why, that was real smait of you, wasn't it?" says Miss Thames,
smiling her admiration, and showing her pearly teeth, as the Prince clicks
to learn and sets tbem agoing.
"Connaught's made another mash," remarks Baron Plantagenet to the
Count of Devonshire, as the pair ride away.
" I reckon so," assentB the Count. " And the old man's got the rocks,
too, or he wouldn't be nosing round there."
" That'B what I thought," returns the Baron, taking the quid out of his
mouth and throwing it away. " Let's take a drink."
Chapter VI.— The Kettledrum.
In grateful response to the following polite and recherche note of invita-
tion, a goodly number of the society fashionables of the city had assem-
bled in the spacious and elegant parlors of the Thames Mansion:
The Lady of Thames will be Pleased to have your Company to a Social
KETTLEDRUM,
To be Given at her Residence., Tuesday, from 2 to i p. m.
Respectfully,
No. 1004 Hyde's Park. Mrs. Thames. R. 3. V. P.
It is indeed a difficult task to describe the fairy-like scene that pre-
sented itself to the beholder upon entering this abode of wealth, which
had been prepared with lavish outlay for the reception of the select
thousands who had been so fortunate as to obtain invitations. The par-
lors were one vast bower of the rarest and choicest exotics ; garlands of
smilax and other delicate tendrils were artistically wreathed and twined
round each article of the costly furniture, while beneath a canopy of ja-
ponicas, magnolias and tuba roses in one corner of the back parlor, a ta-
ble, groaning with every delicacy the market afforded, was laid out.
Colored waiter-men, in clean white linen coats, darted here and there
among the assembled guests, one carrying a silver coffee-pot and pitcher
of boiled milk ; another a gold tea-pot a*nd pitcher of cold milk ; a third
conveyed above his head a glass dish of vanilla ice-cream and spoon, while
a fourth passed round two baskets of assorted cakes, maccaroons, sliced
lady-cake, crullers and doughnuts. Each was attended by another waiter
bearing japanned trays of cups, saucers, plates and spoons, and the way
they flitted in and out among the labyrinthian throng, crying: " Tea or
coffee, gents! " " Ice-cream, ladies! " and "This way for cake!" spoke
volumes for the beautiful manner- in which Mrs. T. had drilled her help.
Arrayed in maroon -colored velvet and point lace, she was seated, on
the present occasion, at the table in tha back parlor, helping to a
bowl of pickled oysters — of her own pickling — and seemed quite to have
recovered from the distressing mat a la tete which had afflicted her upon
the night of Miss Evy's ball. The Earl's desk and papers had been
cleared out of the library, which connected with the back parlor by a
sliding door, and the piano moved in, at which a piano-player performed
with true artistic touch, the latest schottishes, varsoviennes, mazurkas and
quadrilles for those who preferred the enjoyment of the mazy dance to
the discussion of the viands or the more stately conversation of the par-
lors. Oh, I tell you, it was real elegant! But where is the beautiful Gen-
evieve ? Somewheres, no doubt, among the dancers. Shall we look ?
Come with me and see. Yes, there she stands, resting after the dance,
leaning pensively on the arm of a young Army officer, whose gay uniform
and shining epaulets are as nothing compared to the brilliant costume in
wbrch she is attired, or the dazzling gems that glitter and scintillate from
her person at every movement. She wears a fawn-colored robe de chine
cut decolette, with court train and trimmed with point lace and marguer-
ites. The present occasion being a matinee, a white chip bat, with scarlet
ribbons and white feathers, set jauntily on one side of her aristocratic
head, completes her tout ensemble. Her exquisite toilette is the theme and
admiration of the room.
"Wherefore is your ladyship so pensive?" inquires her partner, the
young Count de Jones, Lieutenant in the Queen's Guard. " Let us con-
tinue the dance."
" Suppose we quit," replies Evy. "I'm real tired, Lootenant. Let's
go and set on the settee over yonder."
" Suit yourself and you suit me, Miss," remarks the Count, aB he seats
himself beside Lady Genevieve and bites hia chin whiskers in ill-disguised
annoyance when he sees her next-door neighbor is the Prince of Con-
naught. Evy, you're a smart girl, and no mistake. The Prince has been
4&)
flirting desperately at the other end of the settee all the afternoon, with
a young lady of " sweet sixteen," the elegance of whose toilette, added to
her vivacious manner, charming face and powers of conversation, seem to
have held him chained to the spot.
Lady Evy desires to listen to their confab without appearing to do so,
admirable tactician that she is. This is what she overhears:
" So you'll agree to come out riding with me, to-morrow ?" the Prince
is saying to his fair companion.
" Yes, sir," she repli
" Honest Injin?"
" Yes, sir."
" You're positive your ma won't object ?"
" Not much," derisively.
" It's a whack, then?"
" Yea, sir."
" What time will I call ?"
" Most any time after the breakfast's cleared away."
"All right. I'll be on hand about half-past eight if I can get the team
I want. I'll go right away and tend to it now."
" Oh, what's your hurry ?" asks the young Miss.
" I ain't in no hurry," says Connaught. "I'm only 'fraid as the team
'11 be bespoke by another party that's hot foot after them."
"Well.".
" See you to-morrow," continues the Prince. " S'long."
"Take care of yourself," says the young lady.
" I'll try to," he replies, as he moves away. " Over the river!" he says
to Evy, waving his hand as he passes her.
Evy looks up as if interrupted in an interesting chat with the Lieuten-
ant.
"Hello, Prince! " she says, carelessly, though her talons are mentally
affixed in the other girl's physiognomy* " Hello! where'd you come from?
Didn't know as you was here."
" Is that so ?" asks Mr. Connaught, as he winks his off eye at the
Count. " Well, I'm going to skedaddle now, anyhow."
"How ?" asks Evy, in a voice of sudden concern.
"Going to skedaddle," repeats the Prince j "vamoose — quit this gay
and festive."
"Where you going?" says Lady Genevieve.
" Got an engagement down town," he replies, edging away, as he sees
Evy rising.
" Not if I know it you haven't," she says, taking his arm, as she sees a
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chang* of Uctia u Htnvjr. Von dont quit till jrou'r,
(Uoosi thu Mt with me. Ill b* ml mad U jrml don't. Their, now.
ntglectod me •h.meful.''
The Prince i» too much of a gentleman not to aeojiiesre, and lcatls the
way to where a cheat qnadrille i« forodlf,
" Knsased for thu, Ladr M.ttir!" mta the lieutenant, of the Princes
late partner.
" N.\ sir.' replies Lady Mattie RaMgh.
" I '"me along, then, and we'll l>c their opporitw. See if we can't get
even on them both," he says, with a savage grin.
" Well, now, if you ain't ju«t t.>. sni.irt for anything," says Miss Mat-
tie, smiling her approval, as they walk away.
When the Lady Eva observe, the two approaching, she sees what they
mean quicker than yon can say "Jack Robinson," and makes up her uiin.l
what to do as she smiles inwardly. She waita till they have taken their
places opposite, the sets are all filled up, and the piano player has shouted
" Bow to partners !" as he begins to play. Then she looks up at the
Prince, and says, loud enough for the others to hear :
" I guess, Prince, I won't dance this set. I ain't feeling just right.
Come and get me a glass of ice water. "
So, without more ado, they leave the set and return to the Reception
Parlors, where we will follow them.
"Say, George," says the Prince to a passing waiter with a tray on his
shoulder, as they reach the doorway.
"How are you, sah?'' replies the help.
" Get Miss Evy a glass of ice water, if you please," continues Con-
naught.
" Can't do it, sah. Ice water all out. Nothin' but pipe water left,"
answers the darkey, moving off. "This way for cake, gents !"
" Never mind," sighs Miss Thames, resignedly. " If I could only find
a pickle somewheres, it would answer."
" Hello, Prince ! How's yourself?" calls the Earl from the lunch table,
where he is standing, helping himself to^stewed terrapin. "Take some-
thing, won't you?"
13
"Pa !" cries Evy, in dismay, as the Prince goes in search of a clean
plate. " Take off your hat ! This ain't no freo lunch counter."
" Don't see much difference," replies Mr. Thames, looking round among
the guests, with his mouth full of terrapin. " Pretty much the same old
crowd. However, to oblige you, I will," he adds, as he takes off his hat
and puts it carefully away under a chair.
"Where's Ma?" demands the Lady Eva.
" 0, sick again, ' says the Earl. " One of her headaches, I reckon."
" What did you do?" Evy asks quickly, going to the root of the trouble
with true womanly instinct.
" Didn't do nothing," answers Mr. Thames. "Only come up from the
office, and wanted something to eat, and mother said the guests would
huve to be helped first in case there wasn't enough to go round. But,
Great Scott ! I said that was the reason I'd take my victuals now. So
she got mad and flounced away from the table and left the room. I reckon
she's went to bed."
" Why, this is Ma's own party," says MiBS Evy, reproachfully.
" Well, I want to know who's the boss of this shanty, anyhow ? Don't
I pay for these things, I'd like to inquire ?" shontB the Earl. But as his
last word is uttered, a sudden darkness overspreads the scene, as each gas-
jet seems to go out of itself, and the bright sunlight creeps in through the
chinks in the dond window blind, : the piano player strike, up " Home,
■ Boom," si,, I ttu gavsU make a break for the door.
"What', all Ihfcfbrr ,-«ll. the Earl to the head. waiter, whose tall
noire kxKDl up in the gloom Ufore him.
" Dl nia«lam'« -.pier*, sah :"
" Who's the boas now?' whispers the Prince in the Earl's ear, as he
vanishes in the darkncM.
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Dec. 20, 1879.
THE GREEN-WINGED TEAL.
A CHRISTMAS STORY.
On the Marsli—At the Manor— lit the 2Har7cet—On the Table.
ON THE MARSH.
^-OM, what hour does the
moon rise ? "
"About half-past nine.'
"How many birds have
we got?"
"Ten pair of mallard, five
pair of canvas-back, and
hall a dozen brent." "Tom, it's infernally cold."
"I believe you, my boy. But there is still a shot left in the locker."
He passed an almost empty flask. We nodded and quaffed. It lacked
but two days of Christmas, and as we sat together in our shooting boat,
waiting for the moon to show herself in order to get a bead on the birds
that fluttered and quacked in the pond before our ' blind,' we wondered
if California could produce a more melancholy pair of market hunters
than Charles Minturn and Tom Coleman. I had dropped all the money
T brought from England in one bad week's struggle with a falling stock
market. I knew nothing about business. I hesitated about writing home
for supplies, so I sold my jewelry and dandy clothes, exchanged my six-
teen bore gun for a large ducking piece, picked up a pal and struck out
for the Suisun marshes, to shoot for market. I had always been a good
shot at home, so that with Coleman's assistance, who was a veteran at
the sport, we got our share of the birds.
"Charley, why is it that you never shoot at teal?" said my chum, lay-
ing down his breach-loader as he crouched in the boat to light a match.
"Because, Tom, it's for me an unlucky bird. Were it not for a confounded
green-winged teal, I should not be sitting here to-night, freezing like an
arctic- explorer. "
As the glare of the match lit up Tom's face, I saw he was curious, but
he was too delicate to make further inquiries.
"The moon won't be up for half an hour at least," I said, "and I hap-
pen to feel like relieving my mind to-night. So I'll spin you the yarn of
my misfortunes, Tom, if you care about listening."
II.
AT THE MANOR.
Crampton manor was one of the j oiliest houses in England. Its master
is one of the most obstinate, pig-headed, and unreasonable old brutes in
the United Kingdom. His daughter, Ellen, is the prettiest and most
winsome girl in Great Britain to-day. I had made some good hits on the
London Stock Exchange, and imagined myself one of the cleverest fel-
lows in the world. The Cramptons were cousins of mine, and I had long
considered Ellen as my fiancee, although we had never got the thing in
black and white, so to speak. About this time two years ago, I slipped
down to Crampton manor for the holidays, to see Ellen, bag a few duck,
and put old Crampton up to a point on Peruvian shares, which I hoped
would keep him in good humor during my visit. Crampton could not
abide contradiction. In the mildest argument his gills would flush up,
and I believe if a man wanted to get him out of the way by inducing an
apoplectic stroke, all that was necessary would be to insist that Cramp-
ton was wrong. The day before Christmas I started for a good snipe
marsh on Crampton grounds, and to my misfortune bagged a few green-
winged teal. As I strolled up the avenue, I saw Crampton and Ellen in
the garden. The frosty air had brought a delicious bloom to my dear
girl's cheek, and I felt awfully in love.
"What sport, Charley?" shouted Crampton, cheerily, as I swung in
sight.
"Oh, not much, sir," I replied, "a few brace of snipe and a couple of
teal. "
"Humph!" said the old gentleman, looking into my bag, "mallard
eh ! and in good condition too."
" No, teal sir," I remarked.
"No, no Charley. Mallard, my boy. Of course they are mallard,"
the old demon continued, examining them. " You young sportsmen are
often apt to be mistaken. The old fellows are generally correct."
" But I am positive they are teal."
"Teal! the deuce!" replied the old fellow, warming up; "they are
mallard or I'll eat my head."
" I give you my word, Mr. Crampton, that they are teaL"
"You are wrong, sir. You are altogether wrong. I have shot over
this estate before you were born, and do you presume to tell me that now
I cannot tell the difference between a mallard and a teal ? Do you "
Here an imploring glance from Ellen checked a sharp retort I was about
to make, and muttering that my feet were damp and I was getting chilled,
I dived into the house, and left old Crampton growling and demonstrating
to Ellen that the birds did not resemble teal in the least, but were clearly
and unmistakably mallard.
Nothing more was said that day on the duck question, and Crampton
and myself were getting on famously together. The next evening, at din-
ner, the butler, by some unaccountable concatenation of adverse circum-
stances, placed the teal before me.
" Mr. Crampton," I said, " let me send you some teal."
1 ' Mallard, you mean, Charley, " said the old gentleman, as his plate
came around.
I have not myself the most amiable temper in the world, and I began
to consider it too bad that the old tyrant should cram this stuff down my
throat.
"I assure you, Mr. Crampton," I said firmly, "these birds are not
mallard ; they are teal. Jamison, your own game-keeper, laughed when
I told him you at first thought them mallard."
"He did, did he?" screamed old Crampton, now at the boiling pitch,
and indeed I did not feel very cool myself. " Peter, send that scoundrel
in. By the Lord Harry! he shall not remain another hour on this place."
Jamison, a tall, raw-boned canny Scot, entered. His friend, the butler,
had evidently told him what the breeze was about.
" Jamison," said Crampton, "don't you know the difference between
teal and mallard ? "
" Vera weel, Mister Crampton," replied the villain, with a cunning leer.
" What were these birds Mr. Minturn shot yesterday ? "
"Mallard, sure, and naething else," said the sly rascal.
" You see," said Crampton, triumphantly, " you see you knew nothing
about it."
It was my turn to get angry now.
"Mallard or teal, Mr. Crampton," I said, choking with indignation,
and too irritated to heed Ellen's distress, " I shall not eat or drink in your
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booMigain. no.olhyc.ir Qood bya, |0a rmm|*.n "-and I nulled
fnnn the .lining r»m, an, I in l<-n minutr. «* en route In London. I
hail a letter » few cUyn aftanrardi fr-.ti. I V.impt.in. Btnllng that I ha.1 be-
haved very badly, and that nahber hfaanlf orkkdHlbkaTwUMd tooom
municate with me a«ain. I acted liko a donkey. T..111. wrote a bitter re
ply, and cnmine England and all the old took in it, atraak .mt f..r il„.
We»t Bot I have a npnatitioa foaling in regard to the teal, hence my
forbearance when they come alnns."
III.
Of THF. VARKKT.
It was Chrittrmu Eve. I had left Tom in the scow, and taken the Val
lejo h»w»t in the morning for San Francaou, At no time doM the M
utter loneliness press »o heavily upon the MlMllUlMn man a» at Christmas.
I wandered along Montgomery and Kearny streets anil saw, with a bit-
ter feeling of desolation, the happy throng visiting the shops for Christ
mas presents, and pouring out of the markets, their baskets laden with
the materials for the Christmas feast. I was alone in a great city. The
recollections of many a Christmas past, the skating, the mistletoe, the
country house, with all its wealth of merrimentand hospitality, presented
a bitter contrast to my deplorable solitude. I had written to Ellen t 'ramp-
ton, and implored of her, by the memory of our past affection, to let me
hear from her. I called at the Post-office, but met with the familiar,
dreary reply, " Nothing for you to-day. sir."
I lit a cigar, and walked on, a desponding philosopher, in the vain pur-
suit of cheerfulness. In my cigar case I found a memoranda of a bill
which a game-dealer on Sansome street owed us. I strolled in, and, while
the dealer was attending to the wants of some of his customers, I exam-
ined a bunch of duck which I felt sure were of Tom's and my killing.
Poor Tom ! I supposed he would solace himself with a trip into Suisun
for fresh supplies, and probably go on some mild Christmas spree with a
friendly bar-keeper. Well, I should not fare much better myself. A
solitary dinner in a restaurant, and a solitary visit to the theater after-
wards, would make up the sum total of my holiday pleasures. The dealer
was doing a brisk business. I picked up an old newspaper, and glanced
over it until he should be ready to arrange my matters.
" Dear me, dear me ! What an abundance of game !"
The voice went through me like a pistol bullet. I did not dare to
look up.
I would have sworn, on the evidence of my ears alone, that old Cramp-
ton was within ten feet of me.
" And here are some teal, Ellen " (my heart leaped into my mouth) ;
not the green-winged fellows that poor Charley shot on that unlucky day,
but the blue-winged birds."
If a locomotive had been thundering down upon me, I could not have
moved to save my life. When I did get over this sort of syncope, I saw
an old gentleman, with a lady on his arm, walking down Sansome street,
and looking curiously about him with the air of a new-comer.
An inspiration seized me. I snatched a pair of teal from among a mass
of birds, to the astonishment of the game-dealer, who fortunately recog-
nized me, else I suppose he would have laid hands upon me, and dashed
after the retreating figures.
" Mr. Crampton— Ellen," I gasped breathlessly.
" Charley Minturn, by all that's wonderful ! " ejaculated the old man,
while Ellen grew pale as a lily.
"The »mc. ,AJr 0j
d. twt qnltoM pnHlyaa ih<* t>nvr I »n.»i M ibr Ifanor,
. will allow."
" 1 will, by JoTt, 1 W01, 1 ■ . . . .1. illy. thfOWil
HID OTW my ihotUd .n old rhino
cere* to call thorn mallard And hi n-'* Bleu, thai would drag dm <>fT on
■ wild dnch ohan »b, < Wit] v t.> tfaa hi Waat, after a Pooliah
foUow that frnw li.-t t< mpared with .•* bottw "hi man."
IV.
ON THE TABLE.
Though we all sat down to our Christmas dinner in the hotel, we were
as happy as if in Crampton Manor, with its oak-paneled room, and the
round face of Peter, the butler, behind us.
" When I heard you'd left England, I was miserable," said Crampton.
" Although Ellen never mentioned that unlucky evening, I could see how
wretchedly my poor girl felt. We heard about your wanderings, first
from young Hopkins, who had met you in Yosemite, and then from a man
in one of the Clubs, who said you were a Stock-broker, or something of
that sort, in San Francisco. But we are together again now, and the past
shall be all forgotten. Charley, your glass. God bless you, my boy."
" What shall I bring you, Miss ?" interrupted a waiter behind Ellen's
chair.
"I think," said that young lady, glancing slyly ab me, "that I will
try some of this teal."
" Bring us all some teal," cried old Crampton heartily, " and, look ye
here, see that you do not make a mistake and serve us with mallard in-
stead. Those blunders have cost us enough already. Charley, my lad,
a Merry Christmas to you." Daniel O'Connell.
TREASURER'S OFFICE,
City and County of |San Francisco,rESeptember 9, 1879.
Redemption of San Francisco Bonds,
ISSUE OF 1858.
Holders of Bonds of the City and Comity ol San Francisco,
issued under "An Act to provide for the Funding and Payment of the out-
standing Unfunded Claims against the City of San Francisco, and against the County
of San Francisco, as they existed prior to the first day of July, A.D. one thousand
eight hundred and fifty-six," approved April 20, 1868, are hereby notified that the
Commissioners of the Sinking Fund of the ahove named Bonds will receive sealed
proposals for the surrender of any portion thereof, at the City and County Treas-
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Wednesday, December 31st, 1879.
The amount to be applied to the Redemption of these Bonds is more or leas, One
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Bidders will state at what rate they will surrender their Bonds,Jfor payment in
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Each proposal must be accompanied by a deposit of ten per cent, of the Bonds of-
fered, or their equivalent in coin, or certified checks, and should the Bonds tendered
not he presented within ten days after the award, the next lowest bid will be ac-
cepted.
No proposal above par will be entertained.
Proposals to he indorsed " Proposals for surrender of Bonds, issue of 1858."
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Sept. 13.
COLIN M. BOYD, Auditor,
CHAS. HUBERT, Treasurer,
Commissioners of the Funded Debt.
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Dec. 20, 1879.
LITTLE CHRISTMAS.
i>.
A Tale in Pive Tableaux,
— Br —
W. O. NESFIELD.
1-The Hospital of the Grey Nuns. 2-My Angel Baby. The
gpy .—3— Th.e Story of Little Christmas.^— 4— The Death of
Harry Mason.— 6— The Doctor's "Wife.
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, -j^j HE had been about eighteen months nurs-
(■■jm 1 1 ■ ' •w ing patients in one of the large wards of
the Hospital of the Grey Nuns, in Hatton
' Garden, London. Except that she had had some trou-
ble to which she never alluded, and had devoted herself
to works of mercy for her life-time, nothing was known
of the bright golden-haired minister of goodness who
seemed to think all happiness consisted in smoothing the
pillows of the inmates of the Hospital, in giving them their
medicine, kneeling by the dying or supporting the weak con-
<~ j (o valescent as he left his bed for the first time.
They all spoke of her as " Little Christmas," for there
was a bright ness and calm that seemed part of her nature,
and which unconsciously shed comfort and consolation where-
ever she moved.
Little Christmas was, at the most, not more than twenty-
four years of age, and, moreover, the only lay nurse in the
wards. She never spoke to the novices, or the Sisters, ex-
cept on matters connected with the sick, although she was
often closeted with the "Mother Superior" for hours at a time, and then,
and only then, would the patients see a tinge of sadness in the eyes of
Little Christmas.
" Won't you be a Sister someday?" had once asked a consumptive
girl, who had learnt lessons of patience and trust in God from the sweet
nurse, when the dry, hacking cough was tearing her poor chest with its
violence.
" No, dear, never a Sister," was the reply, "only always as you see
me now — your little nurse as long as the good God spares my health
and life."
"But I am sure you are better than some of the Sisters, and just as
tender and patient, because"— but the hand of Little Christmas was laid
gently on her lips, as with a ' ' Hsh !" she checked the child's words, and,
with a parting touch to the pillow, bade her try and rest.
When they asked her her name, and why she had given up all to come
and nurse them, she would shake a dainty, rose-tipped finger at them, and
bid them only to mind their sickness, and when they got well she would
tell them all about it. But long before they left the hospital, they had
learnt to respect Little Christmas' secret, and those who had been there
the longest would always say to the newcomers : "You must not ask
Little'Christmas anything about herself — you would give her pain."
In figure she was slight, with great, loving, deep-blue eyes. The white
cap she wore failed to hide the masses of golden hair beneath it, while the
lose-fitting grey dress served to outline a figure of marvelous grace, round
and full to where the tiny waist was caught in by the white band of the
snowy apron. Her arms were models for the sculptor, the little wrists
and taper fingers seeming to be made to adorn a Court rather than to
bind up wounds or handle lint and salve.
There never was a fairer picture to look on, as, on the morning on which
this story opens, she was kneeling by the bed of a child that had been
badly burnt, and, with her sleeves turned up to the elbow, was dressing
the little sufferer's scorched limbs, and Boothing it with tender, loving ap-
peals to its patience.
" God bless you,'darling, you'll soon be well now," she was saying, as,
with a power and gentleness peculiarly her own, she lifted the child into
a more comfortable position, arranged the bed-clothes, and turned to rinse
her fingers in a basin of water at the foot of the cot.
She had been so busy with her patient that Bhe had failed to notice the
entry of the Reverend Mother, who was passing through the ward with
one of the physicians who attended the Hospital.
Dr. Elmer had only been a few weeks in Hospital practice, and, as far
as he had gone, was the least popular of any of the Doctors who visited
the institution.
He had graduated, it was said, with very high honors two years pre-
viously, and, after a voyage to China and India, as surgeon of a paBsen-
ger-ship, had commenced two years of hospital life as a valuable prepara-
tion for the private practice which was to succeed it.
It was not that he was rough or ungentle with the patients, although
he was very firm and resolute in his examinations. He never allowed any
shilly-shalleying in taking unpleasant medicines, and was authoritative in
all matters connected with the discipline of the wards under him.
He was grave rather than severe, more occupied with the disease than
the person who had contracted it — more practical, in fact, than sympathetic.
As he passed through with the Superioress to the next ward, he asked
her: " Why do you call that nurse ' Little Christmas,' Mother? It'a an
absurd name, and sounds so babyish. Call her Nurse, or Miss Jones or
Smith, or whatever her name may be. I don't like nonsense, particu-
larly when applied to so practical a nurse as that young woman appar-
ently is."
The Reverend Mother smiled sadly, and replied: " Ah, Dr. Elmer, we
are not all alike. What you do as a matter of purely professional busi-
ness, that nurse is doing from self-denial and love of her neighbor. No!
she will never be a Sister, that is, I think not. It is impossible at present.
Some day, perhaps, you may know her Btory, not now. Her name has
been given her long ago by those whom she has tended. There is no need
for you to know more, except that her sorrows have been as heavy as
her life has been pure."
Two minutes afterward he had forgotten the whole conversation, and
was deeply engaged in the question of saving a badly fractured limb, re-
gardless of the moans of the poor fellow who found the necessary exam-
ination a source of terrible agony.
Three months passed at the Hospital in a round of wearisome same-
ness, and the scene changes.
In a back-room of a small street leading out of Holborn, about one-
third of. a mile from the Sisters' Hospital, a child of two years old sat
pensively on the floor, pulling the mane out of a somewhat dilapitated
wooden horse as fast as it would yield to the grip of the tiny fingers.
A neat, middle-aged woman was busy in the corner of the room, as the
constant hum of a well-worn sewing machine and a whole pile of unfin-
ished shirts hard-by attested.
In fact, she was so busy that the faint tinkle of the somewhat weak
door-bell had sounded twice before she noticed the summons.
"There's mamma," she cried to the little one, and hastily running
through the small hall to the front door, she opened it and admitted, all
damp with the December fog, Little Christmas.
There was a word of greeting, a hastily thrown off cloak, a bonnet
more wrenched off than untied, and, in less than ten seconds, Little
Christmas was on the floor, the big blue eyes brimming over with tears,
hugging her baby -boy to her heart.
" Oh, my darling," she cried ; " oh, my own, own one, my all that I
have in the world, get closer to my heart, my baby, my angel, my little
one! "
" You're always the same, Mrs. Mason," cried the sewing-woman, "al-
ways the same. I think some night when you get within fifty yards of
this house that you'll break into a dead-run and pull the door-bell off
before I can open it. Baby's well, and I had him out to-day when I went
for my work. He laughed at the foreman in the factory, and the old
fellow was so pleased that he wanted to give him a silver three-pence,
only I told him it'd hurt you if you knowed it."
But Little Christmas
heard very little of the
speech. Her boy was in
her lap, and his baby arms
around her neck, tugging
violently at the massea of
golden hair which had fall-
en all down the young
mother's shoulders to the
floor.
"I've brought you the
pay, Mrs. Everett," she said, at length; " and, aB it's Christmas Eve, I've
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got ft wagon for Harry, which will b« her* in the morning, and ft Noah's
Ark. I didn't forgvl row, nthcr, ftnd I remembered the site— 6f.
They're pretty glow, I think.'" ftnd with thftt she bftnded ft little parcel
to h«r bnby's guardian.* with « imile thst.Vaa ftll the brighter for a
diunocd tear thftt was gHitmlng in bar eye*.
" Always for others and never for yourself, " answered the pleased seam-
stress, "and you've put in ten shillings more than was due. for'haby. I
can't take that, anyhow.''
" Ion must let me h»ve my way, dear," was the answer, " in this as in
everything else. You know a part of my little income was secured on
myself, and He couldn't touch that Besides, it costs me nothing to live
at the Sisters', and there is only Baby to care for. My work prevents mo
thinking too much, and the Mother Superior helps me" more than I can
say when the pain in my heart is too hard to bear. It's a comfort, too,
to talk W> you, for you saw me when I prayed to die, and it was you that
6rst put Baby to my breast, and taught me t hut suffering. was not utterly
without hope, and that I must learn to live for the sake of the life God
had sent me." As she uttered these words, Little Christmas rose from
the floor, and, with their arms twined round each other, the two women
clasped in a long embrace. The golden hair of the one lay on the rusty
black dress of the other, and only a little sob told how deep were the
memories that had been stirred up by their conversation.
" As oo dot anysing for me, mamma ?" queried the neglected youngster
on the floor.
Babies have a knack of referring to their claims for attention, and in
another moment Master Harry was high in the air, and again smothered
with kisses.
" Wait for Santa Claus," cried Little Christmas. " I'll be here again
to-morrow, angeL Good-night, Mrs. Everett, take care of my darling!"
She was just giving the baby a final hug, and preparing to go back to
the Hospital, when a sudden thought came into her mind.
"Oh, Mrs. Everett," she cried, " I've one thing more to say to you, and
it*B troubling me. You know we have a new doctor at the Hospital— a
Dr. Elmer. At first he took no notice of any one, and we considered him
rough with the patients, but lately he has had a habit of speaking to me
every day, and looking at me with his great black eyes until I tremble.
I've spoken to " Mother " about it, and she promised me I should not be
annoyed any more. Since then he does not stare at me as he used, and is
very dignified and respectful. But he is more attentive to cases which
are under my care, and there is something which tells me he is thinking
about me as he must not, cannot and dare not. To-night I thought he
followed me, and'I was dreadfully frightened, only when I saw Harry, of
course I forgot all about it ;" and as if that last thought absorbed all
others, the little one got an extra volley of kisses and another squeeze.
*' I wouldn't be troubled. Mrs. Mason," replied Mrs. Everett, kindly ;
" you're always fretting and thinking some one knows your secret. Any
doctor would act the^ame, particularly to a nurse that cares so punctual
like for her cases. "
" Maybe you're right, dear. I am very foolish at times. Maybe you're
right. Good-bye, both of you, till to-morrow." A hasty hug and a kiss,
and Little Christmas had gone — a prolonged howl from Master Harry being
the last thing she heard as she tripped out in the dark yellow fog.
She had got as far as the corner of the small street, and was just about
turning up Holborn toward the Hospital, when the tones of a well-known
voice fell on her ear.
" Nurse, you are out late to-night, and the streets are very crowded.
Give me your arm and I'll see you to the Hospital."
She gave a slight scream as she recognized the voice of Dr. Elmer ; and
then, in tones faint with fear, she turned to him.
" Do you think it manly, do you think it brave," she cried, " to follow
me through the streets ? Do you want to drive me from the Hospital —
to force me to abandon the life I have adopted by insisting on annoying
me in this manner ? Are you a gentleman or a spy ?"
They were bold words for Little Christmas, but she was desperate with fear.
"We will talk about that by-and-bye," he Baid briefly. At present it
is madness for you to stand here in this fog. Unless you want to be
laid up with bronchitis or sorethroat, you had better take my arm. If
you prefer it, I will call a cab."
There was nothing in the tones of his voice half so mandatory as his
words. On the contrary, he sp^ke sadly, and more as though he were en-
treating than commanding.
She was shaking like an aspen leaf, but there was that in his manner
which appealed to her in spite of herself, and so she turned her sweet,
pale face up to qis and said :
" I will take your arm, relying on your honor as a gentleman, but
there is nothing you can have to say to me which could be of any possible
interest to either of us, and I am at a loss to know why you should, as a
physician, have thought it consistent with your dignity to track the foot-
steps of a poor hospital nurse."
She placed her fair round arm in his with a slight shudder, and the two
walked up Holborn Hill for a distance of a hundred yards in silence. At
last he spoke:
" Mv: »•*, I have 1**mt your name), it f» impossible
to*t * ' l r. I am. perhftps, a hftrd
mftn, one, fttleajit,th»t never lean tea** v '■ »ml one who
with the Awprntknof » Hemdc*. I Ibl*
ntto-nlffhl tNOSOM 1 could not help it, nnd I have dfaoOWfwl
your secret. Tturooffa tl pea shutter* I saw you press your baby to
your heart. I Ml a ipy, if yog ohoCM to call me so, but only out of the
blind love [b«M yon. I ■*« yon give the woman who OaTM for your
baby money, ami Veep oo hi r D«ok in bitter anguish. And I come to you
now and apeak to you as I have never spoken to any woman in my life
before. Little Christnuft, thii b Christinas Eve. I will never, and I
SV6W it before God who hears me, ftsk you who your baby's father was.
adding -ring!
And I think I can guess at the wrong that has been done you. Only
say you will marry me and trust your future to me, that you will try and
give me the heart that you have taken from me, and dear Little Christ-
mas, Madeleine my own wife, I will take you and your baby to my home,
and never in »ji/ life ask you one little word about the past sorrows of
your life. Trust me and take me, Madeleine ;';I am offering you a fresh
heart. I am offering you my all in exchange for what you may have left."
" You think you know my story," she sobbed. " You say you do not
want to kuow who my baby's father was! Dr. Elmer, may God forgive
you for the wicked, cruel words you have uttered this'night! Let go my
arm. I would sooner call the most wretched cripple soliciting alms at the
street corner my husband than acknowledge you as my'friend."
She gave another little bitter cry, and, disengaging herself from his
grasp, ran quickly up the hill to the Hospital.
And he stood still, with the bip sweat-drops standing out on his brow,
crying, " My God! what have I done? Have I wrecked my all through
my blindness ? Madeleine Mason— Little Christmas— what is there in
your mystery that should so blight my lift ?"
He slept little that night, and awoke pale and unrefreshed. He had
scarcely pushed away his almost untasted breakfast, when a ring at the
bell announced a messenger with a note. There was no answer, so the
boy said, and Dr. Elmer opened the envelope with a feverish haste born
of prescience of its contents. It ran as follows:
A. M. D. G.
Convent of Our Lady of Sorrows, Hatton Garden, Dec. 25th, 1871.
My Dear Dr. Elmer /—Little Christmas has told me, as far as she was able, the
main points ofjyour conversation with her last night. While I give you credit (or
a natural, though terrible mistake, I think it will be better that you should at once,
at all events temporarily, cease to be one of our resident physicians. Believing you
to be as upright as you are talented, I will intrust you with Madeleine Mason's story,
on the condition that you will never repeat it or make it known to any one. Her
maiden name was Madeleine Mills, the orphan daughter of the late Dr. Mills, a
physician of our institution, when I was a young novice in the Hospital.
Madeleine's father and mother died within a year of each other, leaving her an or-
phan, with a considerable fortune, at the age of fifteen. She lived with a maiden
aunt until she arrived ?t her majority, and there met at her house a refined rascal
named Harry Mason, who beguiled her into marriage a few days after she was of
age. He lived with her for ten months, during which time he robbed her of every
pei.ny she possessed, except a small annuity of £100 per annum, which he could not
touch, and then deserted her, after committing several forgeries for which he had to
fly the country. The day after he left Madeleine, her baby was born, and for three
months she lay in utter prostration between life and death. A kind sewing-woman,
at whose house she was, called on me and told me the facts of the case, and, with
God's help, I was enabled to make her realize that she still had her child to live for,
and her own soul to save. Since then- we have always kept her secret. She came to
us to live, and has occupied herself ever since with works of mercy, and, until you
crossed her path, she has been the sunbeam of our house. You will preserve Made-
leine's secret. Her wretched husband still lives, probably under an alias, in seme
other community. I am sure you will regret the terrible suspicion which {awful as
it was) was overcome by your love, and, though it might seem satirical to wish you a
happy Christmas, believe me that I pray fervently that, from your present trouble,
good may issue. Your sincere friend,
-+■ Mary Ursula, Superioress.
P. S.— Madeleine is lying sick, with a feverish cold, in her own room. It will be
days before she is able to resume her duties, and then only under the promise that
her sufferings shall not be increased by the possibility of coming in contact with you.
There were several patients called at the Doctor's house that day, but
he saw none of them. They were all referred to a professional friend
living close by, and Dr. Elmer sat, white and nerveless, in his inner
office, gazing blankly with hot, feverish eyes at the dull, plantless garden,
with its sham fountain, in the rear of the house.
And Madeleine lay tossing and moaning, and ever and anon crying,
" 0, how my life has been trampled out ! Had I only met this man be-
fore he thought I was what I am not, before misery molded my life for
others to misjudge, how blessed might I have been to-day! how light
might have been the cross I have to carry !"
It was not days, but months, before Little Christmas returned to her
ministrations in the Hospital, and many a sad, sick heart missed her soft
touch and her word of comfort before she was able to resume her labors.
Dr. Elmer heard of her sickness, and sent one or two piteous appeals to
Mother Ursula to be allowed to see her, but his missives only brought a
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courteous reply, to the effect that everything was being done for her
which skill could accomplish, and that she was not in actual danger.
Then there was a long void, during which nothing was heard of Dr. El-
mer, until one morning the papers were full of some extraordinary cures
which he had effected in cases of consumption and diseases of the lungs,
and his name from that time came frequently before the public as a physi-
cian who was rapidly acquiring fame and fortune in these specialties.
Little Christmas knew nothing of this. She had no time or heart to
read newspapers, and it was best so. As soon as she was well enough,
she returned to her old ward, and her sickness seemed to have lent fresh
impetus to her work.
" Mother," she said one day to the Superioress, " I think my illness was
sent by God to wean me from all things human except my baby ; and he
is growing so fast and so well that, in a few years, he will be able to care
for me as I have ever cared for him. If I could only know that his
father had turned from his evil courses and made his peace with God, I
should be more than blest in knowing that he had repented, and that the
good Lord had pardoned him as freely as I have forgiven him all the suf-
fering he has brought on his wife and child."
How little she dreamt that her prayer was already answered !
*********
It was about a month after this conversation that Madeleine was called
into the Mother Superior's room, and she saw at a glance by her face that
there was something troublous to tell.
There was a Footstool near
the chair of the good "relig-
ious," and Madeleine, as was
her wont, drew it to her side,
and nestled close to the woman
who had been her dearest
friend in the dark hours that
were past.
"Tell me, mother," she said,
as she felt the friendly arm,
hidden in the coarse serge-
sleeve, around her neck, "tell
me what new trouble the good
God has sent me. I will sit
here at your feet, where I need
not look you in the face, and,
if you will hold me very close,
I can bear it ever so bravely.
"Do not fear, Madeleine,
dear," came from the kindly
lips of Mother Ursula, "I have
no fresh trouble for your heart, perhaps far otherwise. Sit still, my
child, and listen to a little story :
" There was once an evil doer, whose life had been so bad that, when
he was captured and tried for his offenses, the Roman Government con-
demned him to die, as was common in those days, impaled on a cross."
"Yes, mother, go on !"
" There was once a beautiful woman, whose evil life had made her
shunned of men, but she was the first who saw our Lord on Easter morn-
ing in the garden."
" Yes, mother, I know that !"
" The malefactor died in agony, blessed in knowing that he was for-
given, and would rise to meet the Master in Paradise. Mary Magdalene's
many sins, too, were washed out with the tears that fell on His feet.
Madeleine, come closer to me. There is one who needs all the pardon
that was granted to both of them, for whom you daily pray — one who
hurried you very near the pit of despair in those stormy hours that first
brought us together."
"Do not sob so, Madeleine," she continued, "for your prayers are an-
swered—or if you will cry, let it be for happiness. Your husband is
wrecked in body and ruined in health, but I hope his soul is shriven and
his sins condoned. He is here, dear, in the Hospital, under our care,
awaiting your full pardon in the last hours of his life."
" My child, speak to me ! What have I done ?" cried Mother Ursula,
for the pale head had drooped from her lap, and Madeleine lay white and
fainting on the floor.
It was but the work of a minute to administer restoratives, and, when
the first great burst of tears was over, Madeleine said :
" Mother, let me go to him. I can bear it. I have no words of chid-
ing for him now. He shall see our child. He shall know no other nurse
but me, and, if God will spare his life, I will go back to him and keep the
pledge I made at the altar as truly as though he had never broken his."
***** ****
In a little room, with a sister sitting reading by the bedside, lay all that
was left of Harry Mason, the once heartless libertine who had called
Madeleine "wife." His eyes were bright with fever, and the sunken
cheeks flushed with hectic spots. The dry, harsh cough and the blood-
tinged handkerchief, with which the thin lips were wiped from time to
time, told their own story too well and truly.
"Do not read any more, Sister, now," he was saying feebly. " I do
not hear the words. I can only think that I am to see Madeleine and our
child to-day, and to hear from her own lips that I am forgiven. Only,
Sister, keep praying for me, so that at the very last I may die with the
Holy Name on my lips."
The effort of speaking exhausted him, and as the good Sister left the
bed-side to kneel by a little table, he closed his eyes and fell into a fitful
sleep.
When he awoke, the last mist, that sooner or later ushers us all to the
shadow-land, had come over his eyes, and the next sleep was to be the one
from which there is no awakening.
But as as he lay there waiting the summons, and trying to utter the
Name that the dying in every land cling to at the last, he felt an arm un-
der his head, a soft hand around his neck, while hot tears, from the heart
he had almost broken, plashed on his cold forehead. His right
hand was held by two warm baby hands, and he heard a little voice say :
" Mama, when will Papa wake up ?"
The light was fast fading from his eyes, and the shades of night closing
on the ebbing life ; but as the dying glory of the sun gilds the great ocean
with its brightest lustre, so the poor penitent opened his eyes for the last
time, and saw his wife and child holdinghim in their embrace, and mutely
telling him the tear-stained story of their pardon.
The Sister and Mother Ursula were kneeling at the foot of the bed,
reciting the prayers for the dying, and between the sobs of Madeleine
were heard the quiet words :
2>e Profundis clamavi ad te Domine,
Domine exaudi orationem meam.
Si iniquitates observaveris Domine
Domine quis sustinebit?
He had seen her again, and, with her arms around him, he had gone to
the home where tears are lost in love, and where evil is buried in the sweet
sorrow of forgiven sin.
When all was over, months afterward, and when Little Christmas had
outgrown the freshness of her sorrow, Mother Ursula sent for her, one
morning, and gave her a package.
" That is poor Harry's writing, Mother ; where did you get it ?"
" It is his last letter to you, Madeleine, and was written in the Hos-
pital."
There was much in it that only told of repentance and petitions for for-
giveness, but there was one paragraph which made Little Christmas turn
paler than was her wont. It ran :
" You were led to believe that, on the day I deserted you, I fled the country and
escaped the officers of the law. Such is not the case. While you were lying de-
lirious after Harry's birth, I was arrested, tried, and sentenced to imprisonment for
life. In the purgatory of prison life, it did not take long to complete the ruin that
dissipation had already effected. At last I was so ill that I was put in the prison
hospital. While there, I told my story to the doctor in attendance, who from that
time took a deep interest in me, although I was an utter stranger to him. One
morning he told me, rather roughly than otherwise, that I was free, that he had
made good the amount of £3,200, the sum of the checks I had forged, and obtained
my pardon on the grounds of restitution and broken health. As I turned to thank
him, he walked away brusquely, saying: ' You owe me nothing. If you are grate-
ful, bestow, your gratitude on the wife and child you have deserted.' You must
know who he is, because he knows our story. His name is Dr. Elmer. "
*********
On Christmas Eve, two years after the event just narrated, a well-ap-
pointed barouche might have been seen whirling along Belgravia, con-
taining a very beautiful woman, a nurse and a baby-girl.
It stopped at the house of the wealthiest physician in the Metropolis —
Dr. Elmer— and from it alighted Little Christmas.
No longer the Little Christmas we first met at the Hospital, but a
richly- dressed woman in the full bloom of her loveliness, and the full
tide of her happiness.
She tripped into the house like a child eager for a new toy, or that had
not seen its doll for a whole hour, only pausing for a second to kiss the
new little Madeleine, asleep in her nurse's arms, and on her way to the
nursery.
In another minute she was in the library,
clasped to the strong breast of the kindly physi-
cian who had at length wooed and won her, and
now called her his own.
"Oh, Edward!" she cried, "you don't know
how happy you made them at the Hospital. I
took " Mother " your check, and showed her baby,
and went all round the dear old ward, and per-
suaded old Mary, who can't live long, to see Fath-
er Nugent and prepare for death. The poor old
thing seemed so hard at first, but beforel left she
was crying, oh, ever so happily!"
" You have a strange notion of happiness, Mad-
eleine darling," said the Doctor, stroking the beau-
tiful head nestled on his breast. " I think /have
all the happiness a man can pray for, and I like it
best without the tearB. Harry has been a capital
companion all the afternoon, and he is getting on ever so well with his
HO, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER,
19
iMdiag. Madakinc," he continued, m*rw twclr, after a little pan*.,
"we hAve never spoken o( that night, three ymn ago, when I -
terrible, so wretched a muukc. Toll roe, tuigelwife, urn I quite for-
given 7"
And all Madeleine di.l wa» t» look up inU» the fc*reat black eye« that no
longer made her tremble, ami aay:
** Why. you old goose, I thought you did not want any taftre in your
hapjtinesji, ami there are two on your nose now. Letnu- bim them away
quick, yon had fellow, before I go up to nurse baby."
There are some things better imagined than told. So it was with the
tears that Madeleine kissed away.
AUGUSTINE TO AUGUSTA.
Almost all the evening and dinner -dreaaes are made with tight-
fitting foorreaoi skirt* ; the fashion is certainly, however, far from being
Absolute and tyrannical this season, for paniere and draped skirts are still
worn by ladies with tall, slim figures, who prefer to look elegantly and
well-dressed rather than adopt a style which they suppose does not so well
become them. It is easy enough for a good dressmaker so to drape a skirt
that it appears fuller and less tight-fitting, yet at the same time without
exaggeration compose quite a new-looking and fashionable costume ; more
especially as the bodice part of a dress denotes the novelty quite suffi-
ciently. For these dinner and evening costumes the pointed waist bodice,
the casaquin and the habit shape are all equally in vogue. The habit
shape in figured or Pompadour velvet, cashmere turc, plush plain and
striped, and in other new rich stuffs, is a great favorite, and most proba-
bly will be so all the winter ; they are worn in darker colors than the
skirt, so as to suit many different skirts, which is a decided advantage ;
for instance, a Lauzun or Directoire habit of peacock blue, ruby or prune
plush, over a skirt of silver gray, pale blue, pink, dove or straw; or a
Panier habit of many-colored cashmere turc or Pompadour velvet over
any light-colored silk or satin skirt, looks extremely fashionable. For
visiting-dresses, I have noticed some pretty PrinceBse shapes in black Si-
cilienne and in dark-colored Indian cashmere, the train being in large or-
gan-pipe plaits with smaller plaits of colored faille underneath, the bodice
slightly open, square-cut, with satin border, trimmed with jet bead3, the
chemisette and sleeves of gauze, with resille or net of chenille and jet
beads ; and the skirt of black satin, with scarf drapery of cashmere or
Sicilienne. There is very little change in the walking- costumes ; the skirts
are either kilted plain with a slight flounce, or plaited, with close fitting
double-breasted jacket and fancy buttons, fur collar and border; all kind
of seal-skin is much used for trimming. Sometimes the skirt is kilted at
the bottom with scarf drapery above, which iB fixed behind or at the Bide
with a bow of ribbons, the jacket being habit-shape, often of a different
material or color, forming slight draped paniere at the sides, with a collar
high at the back of the neck, and turned back revers in front.
Mantles in the long Visite shape, with full loose, square or round
sleeves, are worn ; they are generally in cloth or woolens, trimmed with
bands of fur. If the mantle be short, it is made usually in figured velvet,
or cashmere turc, trimmed with bands of feathers or narrow fur. One
shape is made in black armure silk, like a pelerine at the back, coming a
little below the waist with a flounce border ; it fits close, and high at the
neck, and forms two long, pointed ends descending to the knees with
gathered flounce border ;' the long paletot in cloth and thick silk is also
worn, but not so much by young ladies.
For several years all bridal dresses were made in plain silk or satin,
but this year I have seen several in damas, or figured silk ; a plain gros-
grain ground with aatin pattern, for instance. It appears the marriage
dress for the Queen of Spain is in this style, being of satin and damas,
mixed with Court mantle, and having an immense train covered with su-
perb lace. Toque and Beret hats in fur and seal-skin are very much worn.
— Augustine, in Truth.
THE FRUITS OF FLIRTATION.
Scene: a theater. Seated in the orchestra, a lady and gentleman ;
the former much enamored of the latter— in fact, desirous of winning
him. The lady, however, has flirting tendencies, and indulges them with
a handsome party in the circle. The escort is not unobservant of this
little by-play, and finally asks smilingly, " Do you know that gentleman
with whom you are flirting ? An embarrassed negative is the reply.
"Then excuse me a moment." The escort immediately crosses the thea-
ter, puts a similar question to the other conspirator: "Sir, are you ac-
quainted with the lady at whom you have been smiling this last half-
hour?" "No." " "Would you like to be ?" pleasantly. Very much sur-
prised, "Certainly." "Then come with me." A moment later the es-
cort introduces the not altogether comfortable pair. Then the mild ex-
pression leaves the insulted gentleman's face, and he says sternly, "Now,
Bir, you may accompany this lady home." With a bow he takes his leave,
and the woman who loves him never hears his voice again.
Mistress (to her late servant): " Well, Mary, how have you been since
yon left me, and where are you living now?" Ye Servant: "Please,
ma'am, I don't live anywhere, ma'am ; I'm married."
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Capital Represented *23.000,000.
-'" '■"<"«•» ffgwitoMy .Idjuttrd and Promptly Paid,
HOME MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. OF CALIFORNIA.
Principal oilier, ion California siren. s>n FrmirlNco.
> v,., is, January 1, 181 i, illltli 8,958 ; Surplus tor Polloy
Holders, 1680,889. .1. !■'. Houghton, iYoaldont; L L linker, vlce-Praaident :
Charles It. story, Secretary. It. II MAO ILL, II. II. BIOELOW, Ceiicral Aitcnts.
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K. H. iir.tj. Robert Watt, John Curny, L L. Haker, w. P. Vrhlttfar, O 0. liurr, E.
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Wilson, W. T. Unrmlt, C. Watortiouse, A P. Hotallng, A. Block. A. K. P. Ilaniinn,
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relly, Joseph B. Martin, W. Jj. Hardy, T. B. Simpson, San liie»o A. II. Wilcox.
Sacramento— Mark Hopkins, I). W. Karl, Julius Wetzlar, James Cnrolan. San Jose—
T. Kllard Beans, B. D. .Murphy, A. Poster, J. H. Dibble. J. S. Carter, Jackson Lewis,
Jacob Rich, John Auierata, John Balbach. Stockton— II. H. Hewlett. Chas. Balding,
J. D. Peters, A. W. Simpson, H. M. Fanning, Mnrysvillc-D. K. Knight. Grass
Valley— Wm. Watt, T. W. Sigourney. Portland, Oregol — W. S. Ladd, C. H. Lewis,
P. Wasscnuan, B. Goldsmith, D. linclcay. Virginia City, Nevada— John 011%, Isaac
L- Requa. , March 17.
FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCES-UNION INS. CO. OF S. F.
The California Lloyds.-.. Established In 1861.— Nos. lie and
418 California street. Cash capital $750,000 in Gold. Assets exceed §1,000,000
Coin. Fair Rates ! Prompt Settlement of Loses ! ! Solid Security ! ! DlKrXTORS.
—San Francisco— J. Mora Mosa, N. G. Kittle, M. J. O'Connor, R. S. Floyd, Moses
Heller, Adam Grant, Daniel Meyer, Antoine Borel, Charles Kohler, E. L. Goldstein,
I. Lawrence Pool, A. Weill, Joseph Brandenstein, Charles Bauni, James Moffitt,
Benjamin Brewster, L. Cunningham, W. M. Hnag, Nicholas Luning, John Parrott,
L. A. Booth, Julius Baum, Myles D. Sweeney, Jas. M. Goewey, Edward Cadwalader
Bartlett Doe, Gustave Touehard, J. H. Baird, J. G. Kittle, George C. Hickox, C. Du-
conunun, Wm. Scholle, John Conly, Ig. Steinhart, W. B. Stone, J. O. Eldridge, A.
B. Phipps.
GUSTAVE TOUCHARD, President. N. G. KITTLE, Vice-President.
Cuart.es D. Haven. Secretary. Geo. T. BonEN, Surveyor. Aug. 31.
THE STATE INVESTMENT AND INSURANCE CO.
I-'IKK AND MARINE.
Clash Asuets, #-150,000.— Principal Office, SIS and 320 Sail-
J some street, San Francisco. Officers : — A. J. Bryant, President ; Richard
Ivers, Vice-President; Charles H. Cpshinq, Secretary; H. H. Watson, Marine
Surveyor. Board op Directors :— Peter Donahue, James Irvine, C. D. O'Sullivan,
A. Bocqueraz, R. Harrison, A. H. Rutherford, R. Bailey, E. W. Corbert, George O.
McMullin, A. J. Bryant, Frank M. Pixley, E Burke, H. H. Watson, Dr. C. F. Buckley,
P. J. White, E. M. Root, M. Mayblum, Richard Ivers, John Rosenfeld, Daniel
Callaghan. P. H. Russell, Sacramento. John G. Downey, Los Angeles. Wm.
Hood, Sonoma County. H. W. Sealc, Mayfield. Geo. Rutherford, San Jose. Feb. 16.
THE MARINE INSURANCE CO. OF LONDON, ENGLAND.
[ESTsLBLISHED 1836.]
Whole Amount of Joint Stock and Guaranteed Capital. .$5,000,000.
Whole Amount of Capital paid up 900,000.
Cash Assets December 31, 1876 3,710,000.
The undersigned have been duly authorized to issue Policies at current rates on
Freight and Shipments to or from England, Europe, New York, Japan, China, Aus-
tralian Colonies, Sandwich Islands, and Northern Coast Ports. If desired, policies
made payable at port of termination.
WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO., Agents,
Aug. 10. . 218 California street.
~ THE SWISS MARINE INS. COMPANIES COMBINED.
Switzerland, of Zurich, Capital 5,000,000 francs; Helvetia,
of St. Gall, Capital 10,000,000 francs ; Baloise, of Basle, Capital 6,000,000 francs.
These three Companies are liable jointly and severally for all losses that may be suh-
tained. Losses made payable in all the principal seaports of the world. In* the set-
tlement of all claims under an English policy, these Companies will strictly adhere to
the conditions and customs adopted at Lloyds, and submit to English jurisdiction.
June 9. HARRY W. SYZ, Agent, 225 Sansome St., S. F.
NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL UFE INSUR. CO. OF BOSTON.
Has transacted the business of Life Insurance for nearly
thirty-five years. Its assets amount to over Fourteen Million Dollars. The
law of Massachusetts makes all its Policies nonforfeitable. It is a Purely Mutual Com-
pany, dividing every cent of surplus among Policy-holders. This is the Only Com-
pany on the Pacific Coast governed by the Massachusetts Lapse Law. This company
has comp'ied with the new Insurance Laws of California.
WALLACE EVERSON, General Agent.
Sept. 22.] 32S Montgomery street.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN MARINE INS. CO. OF LIVERPOOL.
Clnpilitl #5, 000, 000. ---Agents: Balfour, Gnthrle * Co., No.
J 316 California street, San Francisco. Nov. 18.
AGGREGATE ASSETS, $38,789,065.
Imperial Fire Insurance Co., of London Instituted 1803.
London Assurance Corporation, of London
Established by Eoyal Charter 1720.
Northern Assurance Corporation, of London Established 1836.
Queen Insurance Company, of Liverpool Established 1857.
A JOINT POLICY ISSUED BY THE FOUR COMPANIES.
ROBERT DICKSON, Manager.
W. ZANE BOOKER, Agent and Attorney.
317 CALIFORNIA STREET, 8. F. [Oct. 11.
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Dec. 20, 1879.
AN AUTUMN MEETING.
Ah, you who jested, I who smiled,
A year afo, one autumn day,
An autumn morning we beguiled
In what we thought a harmless way.
And half in earnest, half in play,
We told the stories of our past —
And part was sad and part was gay —
And friendship ripened fast.
There stole a touch of sympathy
Through all our pleasant careless talk ;
Then we clasped hands in mutual trust,
And stopped a moment in our walk.
And, stopping once, we lingered long,
And found so much that we could say ;
Grown earnest, too, we quite forgot
We had begun in such mere play.
Until at last you said, ' Good-bye !
I wonder shall we meet again ?
The world is narrow, friends are few;
I hope we have not met in vain?'
But I, who smiled, have no more smiles
To give to those who come and go ;
I think of that short autumn day
And all we said a year ago. — World, London.
THE ESTIMATED PRODUCTION, IMPORT, CONSUMP-
TION AND PRICE OF -WHEAT IN ENGLAND.
The London Times, of November 3d, contains a very elaborate arti-
cle on " the crops of 1879," which shows the extraordinary failure of the
English crop of wheat, that of 1879 being regarded as the worst wheat
crop on record since 1816. The following figures willspeak for themselves:
Harvest Year,
Sept. 1 to Am*. 31.
Home Produce
available
for
Consumption.
Imports of
Wheat&Flour,
Deducting
Exports.
Total Wheat
available
for
Consumption.
Average Price
of Brit. Wheat
for 12 months,
July 1-June 30
1866-7
Quarters.
11,440,000
10,390,000
15,790,000
12,490,000
14,100,000
11,970,000
10,110,000
10,550,000
13,700,000
9,124,000
9,665,000
9,432,000
11,825,000
5,990,000
11,583,000
Quarters.
7,600,000
9,010,000
7,880,000
9,580,000
7,950,000
9,320,000
11,720,000
11,230,000
11,640,000
13,940,000
12,156,000
14,508,000
14,417,000
18,000,000 1
10,842,000
Quarters.
19,040,000
19,400,000
23,670,000
22,070,000
22,050,000
21,290,000
21,830,000
21,780,000
25,340,000
23,064,000
21,821,000
21,940,000
26,242,000
24,000,000 ?
22,425,000
8. d.
58 0
1867-8 .
69 3
1868-9 . .
51 8
1869-70
45 11
1870-1
1871-2. .
53 5
55 3
1872-3
1873-4 . . .
57 1
61 3
1874-5
46 4
1875-6
1876-7
46 3
55 3
1877-8
1878-9. .
54 0
41 10
1879-80
Mean of 13 y'rs end-
ing 1878-9
53 6
While the home production has fallen off 28 per cent., comparing the
first five years with the last five (in fourteen years ending 1879), the im-
ports have hugely increased. In the first five years England imported,
on an average, 8,404,000 quarters; but in the last five years (ending 1878-
9), the quantity averaged 13,332,000 quarters per annum, or an increase of
over 58 per cent. In the last two years, the imports were 14,508,000 and
14,417,000 quarters, respectively.
TWAIN'S BEST JOKE.
" Speaking of banquets," said Mr. Clemens with a drawl, " reminds
me of a rather amusing incident that occurred to me during my stop in
smoky, dirty, grand old London. I received an invitation to attend a ban-
quet there and I went. It was one of those tremendous dinners where
there are from eight hundred to nine hundred invited guests. I hadn't
been used to that sort of thing, and I didn't feel quite at home. When
we took our seats at the tables I noticed that each plate was a plan
of the hall, with the position of each guest numbered bo that one could
see at a glance where a friend was seated by learning his number. Just
before we fell to, some one — the Lord Mayor, or whoever was bossing the
occasion —arose and began to read a list of those present. No. 1, Lord
So-and-so ; No. 2, the Duke of Sometbing-or-other, and so on. When
this individual read the name of some prominent political character or
literary celebrity it would be greeted with more or less applause. The in-
dividual who was reading the names did so in so monotonous a manner
that I became tired, and began looking about for something to engage my
attention.
I found the gentleman next to me, on the right, a well-informed per-
sonage, and I entei'ed into conversation with him. I had never seen him
before, but he was a good talker and I enjoyed it. Suddenly, just as he
was giving me his views upon the future religious aspect of Great Britain,
our ears were assailed by a deafening storm of applause. Such a clapping
of hands I never heard before. It sent the blood to my head with a rush,
and I got terribly excited. I straightened up and commenced clapping
my hands with all my might. I moved about in my chair and clapped
harder and harder. 'Who is it?' I asked the gentleman on my right.
' Whose name did he read ?'
" ( Samuel L. Clemens,' he answered.
" I stopped applauding. I didn't clap any more. It kind of took the
life out of me, and I sat there like a mummy and didn't even get up and
bow. It was one of the most distressing fixes I ever got into, and it will
be many a day before I forget it." — Chicago Times.
The beauties of a secret ballot are evidently fully appreciated by the
City Fathers, especially when it enables them to vote for a Fire Commis-
sioner without being [detected by a rival candidate, to whom they were
pledged.
GOLD SHIPMENTS TO THE UNITED STATES, AND
RATES OF EXCHANGE.
The following are the shipments of gold to the United States from
England, France and Germany, during July, August, September and Oc-
tober:
GOLD SHIPMENTS TO UNITED STATES.
1879. From London. From Paris. From Germany, Etc.
July nil. nil. "\ nil.
August £ 632,580 £2.000,000 (
September 1,884,195 *2,500,000 f £2,000,000
October 1,508,680 1,500,000;
£4,025,455 £6,000,000 £2,000,000
Total £12,025,455
*Besides £700,000 sent to Londun, which probably formed much of the
exports to the United States from London during September.
The New York rates of " short " exchange on London and Paris during
these four months are shown in the following table, where the advance in
rates against London and Paris, and the consequent necessity of gold be-
ing sent us from these two cities, are clearly exhibited:
NEW YORK " 8HOET " EXCHANGES ON LONDON AND PARIS.
On London.
Dols. Per £1. Per Mille.
July 1....4.87
July 15.. ..4.87
Aug. 1.... 4.83£
Aug. 15... 4. 83
Sept. 1 ....4.82^
~ .4.83
.4.82£
.4.82
.4. 81 J
for London
1
1 "
6 against
7 "
Sept. 15..
Oct. 1....
Oct. 15...
Nov. 1...
9
10
On Paris.
Francs Per 31. Per Mille.
7 for Paris.
6 "
4 against "
?*
French and British Ship- Building. —The Paris correspondent of the
London Economist, writing on November 13th, gives a striking example
of the superiority of the ship-building in England over that in France.
The French Transatlantic Company required ten new steamers for the
mail service between France and Algeria, for which it has obtained the
contract from the 1st July next. Tenders were called for, and four French
firms were especially invited to compete. Three of them declined to ten-
der, replying that they could not build steamers of the size required in
eight months. The fourth, the Forgeset- Chan tiers Company, which has
large yards at Havre and Marseilles, offered to build six, but could only
engage to deliver one in ten months and a half, and the whole in fourteen
months. The price demanded was £56,000 each. Four English firms at
Newcastle and on the Clyde obtained the contract at an average price of
£45,590, and engaged to deliver them all in seven months and a half.
The Berkely Advocate says : An instance of cheek worthy of being
recorded came off in an Oakland Court the other day. A former member
of the Berkeley Board of Education, more familiar with the jackplane
than belles lettres, was called as complainant in a civil suit. The counsel
for the defense, holding a card in his hand, asked, " What is this : M.
Dale, M.D. ?" "That is my card," was the answer. "What does the
M.D. mean?"' "O, them's my initials ! I use them in my business."
" Your initials. Why not place them before, and not after, then?" Af-
ter some reluctance, the witness confessed that his business was the sell-
ing of medical books, and the initials M.D. helped him out. The News
Letter should look after this latest M.D. without a diploma, but blest with
an effrontery that may involve him in trouble.
" Vanity Fair " says: " The dissolution scare has so completely passed
away that all the well-informed are now engaged in repeating that they
always told you there would be no dissolution till after the harvest next
year — that is to say, till the latest possible moment practically allowed by
the law. We have our own reasons for believing that the well-informed
are now engaged, as usual, in exaggerating the notions they gain from
slight side winds ; and that the general election will take place at a
period very appreciably nearer to us than a year. If anybody wants
to get elected for any constituency that requires wooing, he had best be-
gin his wooing at once.
French Trade •with the United States. — There are signs of a revival
of the trade of Lyons with the United States. The exports of silks and
velvets in the month of October, in the Lyonese district, amounted to
4,356,395 francs, against 3,755,816 francs in the same month of 1878, and
2,964,307 francs in 1877. The increase in the first ten months of the year
was from 36,000,000 francs in 1878 to 42,000,000 in 1879. The trade was,
however, still considerably less than in 1875 and 1874, when it amounted
to 61,000,000 and 57,000,000 respectively in ten months.
The Lord Mayor announces that the headquarters of the Rowland
Hill Memorial Fund will from this time be at the Mansion House.
Nearly £5,000 has been subscribed, and a public meeting in furtherance of
the objects of the fund will be held at the Egyptian Hall, on November
26th. A comparatively small portion of the fund will be applied to the
erection of a statue or monument of Sir Rowland Hill, and the bulk of
the sum subscribed will be devoted to the foundation of a benevolent in-
stitution for the benefit of aged or distressed Post-office servants and those
dependent upon them.
According to Worcester— the gazelle is a "small, beautifulantelope;
the antelope is (< an animal like the deer ;" the deer is " an animal hunted
for venison." If it was hunted for fun it would be all the same, showing
how dictionaries beat about the bush without saying much.
The man who cannot ride in a carriage when he goes on a spree cannot
afford to have the gout.
Hop Bitters has restored to Bobriety and health, perfect wrecks from
intemperance.
Dec. 20, X879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER
21
RESPECTFULLV DEDICATED TO OUR STREET COM-
MITTEE, WITHOUT PERMISSION. BY A POETASTER
A peculiar rbt
To th .. uk) ni^ht.
Who have to wade with all thrir Dal
On their way to the city.
Its composed of mad an. I dun «o thick.
which conn to boota >u|d Wick,"
And moagfi for "Donii" ud Ml Ui "click,"
If they ooald control tfaa -i tailoring.
It lies at the foot of Market stn*«t,
Where city aathoritiet aeldon meet,
ThiTvf.Te, I point oat thU *|*»t so sweet
For their serious eogitetjon.
Berkeley, December 5, \S7'X
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES.
The Nineteenth Century civea us an interesting article on Chinese
literature, and to convince tu that an acquaintance with it is not beyond
the powers of an average foreigner, shows us how a simple English verse
would appear in classical Chinese :
" The divinity he sits on his fierce light that glisters,
Fenced in by whatever is the-hand-that-made-us :
The king maker he sits in bia Englishman^ house old,
Eyeing his first-falling herring-colored devil."
In which, of course, no educated man can fail to recognize :
" The King he sits on his throne of gold.
Fenced in by his right divine :
The baron he sits in his castle old,
Drinking his ripe red wine " —
Because the said educated person would be sure to have in his mind such
well-known phrases as " Divinity doth hedge a king," " Fierce light that
beats upon a throne," "All that glisters is not gold," "Whatever is is
right." " The hand that made us is divine," that the king-maker was
"last of the barons," that "An Englishman's house is his castle," that
Jonson wrote " Drink to me only with thine eyes," that ripest fruit falls
first, that edibles are divided into "fish, flesh and good red herring," and
that the" invisible spirit of wine" is well named "devil." No wonder
that Chinese puzzles are more intricate than Yankee notions !
From the same essay (Nineteenth Century) we cull the following sample
of fine Chinese letter- writing, upon which the reporters' English of the
present day is evidently modeled:
" Alas ! your unworthy menial is drawing near the wood. His hand-
the-clothes and his little dog have already prepared for him the planks
and robes of old age, and he will shortly be wandering upon the terrace uf
night. He therefore prays you to illuminate his humble abode, and re-
move the reproach of the Autumn fan."
This is a neat way of saying: I am going to die soon. My wife and son
have got ready my coffin and shroud. I shall soon be in my grave, and I
therefore beg you will come and see me, and save yourself the reproach of
having neglected me.
The "Western Lancet," December.— There are a good many useful
and instructive articles in this journal, but it still lacks much to be re-
garded as a faithful representative of Medical Progress, Preventive Medi-
cine and Sanitary Science. To do this, it must throw off the leading
strings of an infant University, and favor its readers with something
stronger than a valedictory address, charged with the rhapsodies of be-
reaved parents, and a mother's plea for Infant Homes. Although such
addresses are not always models of university teaching, we expect them
to be accurate as far as they go. And we are certainly surprised that the
orator should be bursting to tell his audience that about half of all the
deaths in this city are of little children under five years of age; no doubt,
if true, " a terrible commentary on our much-lauded scientific attainments
and modern civilization." Last year the infant mortality of this city was
34.3 per cent, of the total mortality, and the average of six years is 35.82
per cent. What does the Professor mean by "children growing up with
all the love of country which becomes a citizen to the ' manor' (sic) born."
We had supposed that manorial rights were long ago extinct in this Re-
public. We are happy to learn that the University of California is
throwing the weight of its influence and example in favor of a more thor-
ough education for the medical student. A matriculation examination is
henceforth to be held, which will probably prevent the admission of stu-
dents who do not know how to spell. We would like to know whether it
would apply to professors also. The public have been too long surfeited
with half educated doctors, and nothing would give greater satisfaction
than an assurance that the future alumni of the University of California
should be in all respects deserving of the titles conferred upon them.
Report to the State Board oe Health on Abattoirs and Public Baths. By A. B.
Stout, M.D.
The author describes his visits to the abattoirs of Berkeley and Butcher-
town. He recommends that the tryers of fats be compelled to do their
boiling under domes fitting closely to their boilers, and that the vapors
be passed through iron cylinders heated to redness, whereby their death-
dealing effluvia would be destroyed. He also suggests the employment
of the police as sanitary inspectors in Bntchertown. As to Public Baths,
he seems to have little hope of an efficient establishment without a supply
of water from Lake Tahoe. He is at one with Kearney in thinking that
"water, like air, should be free to man. Let the people at least have it
without stint, and at almost free rates." We are afraid the learned Doc-
tor is rather chimerical in the expectation that water can be obtained from
Lake Tahoe without very great expense.
The California Horticplturist, for December, notices an experiment
in grafting foreign grapes on the Missouri Taylor vine, by Julius Dussier,
of Sonoma. So far (it is not said how far) the vines have been proof
against the phylloxera. Dr. Blake, of Calistoga, gives an account of suc-
cessful experience with bluestone as a cure for mildew in roses. The
Orchard and Garden notes are full and practical.
Apropos of the Premier, Lord Beaconsfield, who is gazed after by an
admiring crowd as he walks along Piccadilly in a long white overcoat:
Cabby to Pal: "Looks wore, don't he, Bill?"
Pal to Cabby: "Looks, does 'e ? 'Is brain ain't wore much." — London
Sporting Times.
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London, England. March 2.
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22
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Dec. 20, 1879.
SAN CARLOS DE MONTEREY.
This mission, one of the four established towards the end of the
eighteenth century in Upper California, by Father Junipero Serra and his
coadjutors in the work of civilization, was founded on the 3d June, 1770.
This was more than two centuries after the first discovery of the country.
These missions were sent out by the Church, acting in harmony with the
wishes of the Spanish Government, which had given instructions to the
Viceroy of New Spain to establish presidios for the protection of the new
settlements at points named, notably at San Diego and Monterey.
The first visit to the site of Monterey was on the 16th December, 1601,
by two Carmelite friers, who accompanied the expedition of Vizcaino.
These friars were Father Andrew of the Assumption and Father Anthony
of the Ascension. When they landed at Monterey they set up a rustic
altar beneath the spreading branches of a grand live-oak, and there cele-
brated the divine mysteries of the Church. This day, therefore, the 16th
December, 1601, may fitly be considered the natal day of the Upper Cali-
fornia Mission ; and it was in. remembrance of the part borne by the
Carmelite fathers in this extension of the faith that the point on which
the Church of San Carlos was built was named Mount Carmel.
The first step in the foundation of a mission was the setting up of an
altar and the solemn consecration of the ground to its uses by the per-
formance of divine service. Then the chapel was begun and the house
for a shelter, and the same general plan was adopted for laying out the
grounds and developing the resources that the country afforded. The
mission was established either directly on the sea coast or but a few miles
inland, the exploration of the country hardly penetrating farther than
twenty or thirty miles from the coast. Each mission had a considerable
piece of the best land in the neighborhood set aside for its agricultural
and pastoral purposes. This was generally a plot about fifteen miles
square, and besides this selected territory, the land lying beyond was
gradually occupied by the fathers of the mission to whose jurisdiction it
lay nearest, for the use of their increasing flocks and herds. All this es-
tate was managed by the fathers like an immense farm. Their cattle
generally numbered from ten thousand to twenty thousand, and their
sheep were not much less numerous ; and their grazing land was often a
range of a hundred thousand acres. Near the center of the settlement
were the mission buildings. These consisted of the church — which was
built of stone, if procurable, as at Carmel, or of sun-dried bricks. This
church edifice was made as large and substantial as possible, and with
some effort at architectural style. The edifice at Carmel, for example,
shows good knowledge of construction and an imposing outline, appa-
rently beyond the means of a small mission in a country so remote from
the resources of Europe. The interior of the.churcb was decorated with
pictures and hangings, many of them brought from the far-distant Spain,
while the altars were ornamented with marble pillars of various colors,
and the sacred implements were often of massy gold and silver plate.
With these were intermingled the gilded and glittering objects made to
please the untrained taste of the simple Indians.
Around the church, often in the form of a square, were situated the habi-
tations of the Fathers and their household servants, and the various
workshops, storehouses and granaries; and beyond these, again, at the
distance of one or two hundred yards, stood the huts of the Indians. The
dwellings of the priests and their people, and the storehouses, were con-
structed of the adobes, or sun-dried bricks, and covered with brick tiles.
The huts of the Indians were generally formed of a few poles, with one
end stuck in the ground and the other bent toward the center, so as to
make a kind of cone; and these were covered with reeds and grass. The
whole village was frequently inclosed by an adobe wall. The affairs of
the Mission were directed by one of the Fathers, originally called a
President, but afterwards a Prefect, and each Prefect was independent in
his mission, and practically supreme in all its temporal concerns, and
nearly so in Spiritual matters.
Tbe day begau with early mass, which all the Indians attended. Then
came the work in the gardens and fields, the gathering-in of produce and
arranging it under the direction of the priests, the herding of the cattle,
the building and repairs of huts and houses, the weaving and cooking,
and all the other details of business, interrupted at regular intervals by
calls to prayer from the bells of the church, and by another simple meal
at the close of the day. The food supplied was atole, a pottage of barley
flour, and another made of barley, peas, beans and maize. Clothes were
served out to the Indians at stated intervals, as the old ones became worn,
and order and decency were maintained among them byconstantvigilance
on the part of the soldies charged to observe them. In the system of
these missionaries, as in that of the Jesuits in Paraguay, the natives were
regarded as children, to be trained and led toward a better life by the
force of authority; and, though the priestly rule was, for the most part,
mild and paternal, it did not shrink from an appeal to the arm of flesh, on
occasion given.
The authors of the "Annals of San Francisco," from which book these
details are principally taken, sneer quite unnecessarily at the state of
subjection to which the Indians of the missions were reduced, and declare
authoritatively that ''humanity and California" owe nothing to the fathers.
Possibly humanity and California, like other respectable bodies, may re-
pudiate or ignore their honest debts, but the impartial student of history
cannot fail to remember that the direct ancestors of the gentlemen who
condemn the work of the missionaries with such cheerful flippancy were
themselves converted in crowds and drilled into civilization by authority,
absolutely as the Indians were. Ths argument of the " Annals," there-
fore, proves too much; for if the Anglo-Saxon race (to which the authors
of that book belong) be, as they modestly claim, " the true and perhaps
only type of modern progress" the effective vigor with which it was forced
into civilization, against its will, cannot be looked upon as worse than
wasted.
The lands surrounding the Carmel Mission were fertilized by a peren-
nial stream of pure water, and this offered advantages, which the fathers
were not slow to avail themselves of, for the cultivation of many kinds of
vegetables and fruits. It was on the lands of this mission that the first
potatoes grown in California were raised, in 1826. The privilege of plant'
ing this esculent was given to the natives without limit, and they so im-
proved their opportunities that the whalers, which made a regular stop-
ping place of Monterey, supplied themselves with great quantities. The
temporal welfare of the estate bad reached a great development in the
year 1825, when the fathers possessed 90,000 cattle, 50,000 sheep, 2,000
horses, 2,000 calves, 370 yoke of oxen, with merchandise to the value of
$50,000, and over ©40,000 in silver. In 1835 the property, by a decree of
the Mexican Congress, was converted to secular uses.
To look back on the peaceful existence of this little community, during
its sixty-five years of steady development from insignificant beginnings
to the material success indicated by the figures given, is almost to lay
one's hand on the middle ages and the conquest of barbaric races by the
culture and the religion of the Roman world. The simple trust, the he-
roic faith and self-abnegation of these missionaries are of a very different
stamp from the qualities we too readily associate with the name of the
pioneers. It is one thing to seek a far-off land for the sake of wealth de-
nied to us by fortune in our native country ; it is quite another to leave
family and friends and old associations, and the sweet charities of familiar
life in familiar scenes, at the call of a religion which accepts no half-
hearted devotion, and go to bury oneself forever in a remote corner of
tbe world, among savages, uncouth in form and dull of mind, and there
to toil in planting the seed, to which God alone can give the increase.
These apostles of the Indians are so near us in time that we can almost
touch their hands ; but in spirit they are as far from our Belf-satisfied,
loud-babbling days as the east is from the west.
Among the edifices erected in Upper California by the missionary
fathers, that of San Carlos was one of the best in style and material.
There were good ideas of architectural form in the head that planned this
solid building. The two great towers gave an air of dignity to tbe vast
construction, and one sees, now that ruin has overtaken them, what it
cannot be merely fanciful to suppose was intentional with the designer,
that there is a prevailing slope of the walls of the main building from the
ground to the roof, so that the general form of the church, seen a vol
tPoiseau, recalls that of a mound, the very shape of the Syrian Mount
Carmel. It is a noble building, standing in a landscape full of enchant-
ing beauties. Inland, the eye looks across the broad leagues that once
owned the beneficent sway of the priests, to the distant hills, vaporously
Dm. 20, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTI8KR.
23
Hera and then ooe of Um angular MnaUrn ty\m*mtM tUmi* tin
j »ith mn utonuhinn li'». n, -. t mnon in Italy
blue.
m-vri'-ry
•o strong is Um raMtnbUnoe U-twwn this bw and t !
dear to the recollection of all tr 1,< th« fi«w «eawanl is one
Dot to be niriuuned on tho Pa- il r »f the
Great CV**n more brilliantly rarfc 1 in bo*; appMm, opal, emerald,
cream- whitv and topAi, mother --f pearl ind . rvsUl of every shade, pin
before the rye with every rah >>f the might* wave Into the cirved and
nhtuwd rocn and Ions rifu of the o..v«t. Randv >* the aspect of u.itmv
Bon beautiful in loTaUneas, more sympathetic with the brain of thought
ruurted by the tight of a stately ruin, with falling towetfj, the stain trod
ilen by the pricota through long year* now crumbling away, the balls and
• rted chattel o|wn to the ...11 >• \ wind. In the churchyard .-f the
afission lie the remains of fifteen Governoraof this Province and State,
and Uw tomb of the Apostle of Calif rnia, Janfparo Serra, who died in
1784, still zealous in his great work.
If it be not too late, something should be done to save this noble ruin
from utter destruction. It is the greatest historical monument in the
State, and every Californiao, "f whatever mood or no creed, should feel a
personal interest in its preservation. A trifling appropriation is all that
is needed to save what the elements are fast cfiaUoying; and a generous
State pride should need no second appeal in such a case.
ROOM TO LET.
Mulligan is a well-to-do machinist, and during the last year has made
the final payment on his house, and has furnished it in style commensur-
ate with his means. His wife, with A very laudable desire to assist her
husband, came to the conclusion that the extra room could be furnished
and rented to some nice gentleman, and that would pay the wages of
Bridget. So, last week, Monday, she hied her out, and, before Bhe
returned, had expended quite a number of Mulligan's ducats in furniture
for the aforesaid room. Nice set— spring mattress, etc.; sheets she had.
But she went clear to the Mission to get a genuine Mission blanket, for
which she paid— for a pair of nice, white ones— $14.
Mulligan kicked at the idea of having a roomer in Ms new house, but
his spouse soon explained to him how easily the balance would fall in his
favor. And so M. was prevailed upon to withdraw his opposition, and
on Wednesday morning a placard was affixed to the window-blind, in a
nice little frame — Furnished Room to Let.
Every afternoon until the following Monday, Mrs. M. and Bridget
stood watch-and -watch behind the blinds, waiting for the new roomer.
*' He cometh not," they often said.
Monday, about 1 P. m., the door-bell rang (as Mrs. M. afterward re-
marked) a very genteel ring. She would not allow Bidelia to answer it,
but opened the door herself— so as to be able to judge the new comer by
first impressions. He was a nice-looking man, and would like to see the
room. When he took off his rubbers, before treading on the nice carpet,
Mrs, M. decided, mentally — a neat man ! and when he insisted upon leav-
ing them outside the hall-door, she mentally decided — an innocent man !
The room was looked at, and the bed was thoroughly examined, especially
the blanket. When Mrs. M. returned in triumph to the kitchen, she sat
down immediately to give Bridget the "true business:" »
" He is a delightful gentleman, I am sure. He drops an H occasion-
ally, but that don't signify. But, Bridget, when he saw those blankets,
that settled it, and he took the room — at S25."
" Musha then, ma'am, I wish you joy !" said B.
"And he's just arrived from Victoria, by the steamer of yesterday,
and met some friends, and (he blushed when he said it) had, contrary to
his usual custom, made a night of it. He had, indeed, not ordered his
baggage from the steamer, and he was so tired. ' Would I allow him to
retire for a few hours, so that the unusual dissipation of the previous
night might not betray him; and would I call him at three o'clock, when
he would take a vehicle and go to the Bank to present his Letter of
Credit, and draw some moneys; for the truth must be told' — he said—
*the spree had taken all his ready money.'. I can imagine how it is,
Bridget, for old friends to meet. And so he's gone to bed, poor man, and,
Bridget, you needn't mind cleaning that upper floor this afternoon, as the
noise might disturb him."
At three o'clock exactly Mrs. M. called him, and he descended in a
short time, and, having obtained minute directions how to find the Bank
of British North America, started out. When Mulligan came home at
half-past five he was regaled with a full account of the new roomer.
" By the way, Bridget," said Mrs. M., after Bridget had served the
dessert, " you had better run up, and make up the new roomer's bed, so
as to have it all neat when he comes in from the bank."
"Very well, raa'm," and Bridget climbed the stair. Before Mrs. M.
had time to tell Mr. M. just what she was going to buy with the extra
325, Bridget warbled from the head of the stairs: "Will you slip up here
a minute, ma'am?"
She went up, and in a minute a shriek of dire import smote the tympa-
num of Mulligan, and caused him to mount the stairs two at a time. Ar-
riving at the spare room, he was transfixed at the following tableau: In
the doorway Bridget, with open mouth and Btaring eyes. On the floor,
just inside the door, Mrs. M. in a swoon; also on the floor, near the win-
dow, the new $14 -blankets — a wreck, for, deftly cut, was the shape of a
pair of drawers and an under shirt. A dirty 50-cent undershirt, and a
ditto ditto pair of drawers hanging over the washstand, revealed what
was used as a pattern; while the remnant of a spool of thread, two
needles and a pair of scissors showed the means by which the genteel
roomer had provided himself with a $14-suit of new underclothes.
There are no rooms to rent now at the Mulligans' !
An old gentleman, who had provoked the hostility of a fashionable
lady whom he had known in boyhood, was asked by his wife what he had
done to incur the lady's displeasure. " Nothing at all," replied the inno-
cent old man ; " on the contrary, I was very cordial to her, and spoke of
the time when I used to carry her to school, nearly half a century ago."
His wife threw up her hands in amazement, and murmured: " How stupid
men are! "
Instead of sending the Indian chiefs to Carl Schurz^ for conference, it
would be better and cheaper to send Schurz to the Indians.
The schoolboy who was asked what he was good for, replied that it
was because he had to be, or get lammed.
E. M. Fry.
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Dec. 20, 1879.
WILD
I've sow'd my wild oata long ago,
And now am growing tame oneB ;
But find tbey come up very slow,
And not at all the same ones.
The wild ones sprouted thick and fast—
The tame are slack in growing;
'Tis evident their strength is past.
They're hardly worth the sowing!
Wild flowers beautify the spring,
And no one calls them vicious;
Wild zephyrs dance, and wild birds sing,
And make the time delicious.
Youth is the springtime of our years
(When grown beyond the child ones),
And Nature wills its hopes and fears—
And oats— must all be wild ones.
Wild flowers lose their freshest charm
When brought to cultivation :
Wild oats are wicked things to farm,
In some folks' estimation.
Yet both were wild when Earth was young
Till people caught and tamed them ;
The flowers poets praised and sung :
The oats— they never named them !
OATS.
youth's life is coming, while to age
'Tis gone, or quickly going ;
Old Time seems very dull and sage —
To youth so gay and knowing.
But while we, with the world, grow old,
Our indolence increases —
Our love of wild things waxes cold,
And, save of wild ducks, ceases !
When youth has sown its wildest oat,
And wildest hope has buried
As dead as any shade in boat
By ancient Charon ferried,
Though hope may be forever flown,
Fleet Time is never stopping,
And shows the grain that youth has sown
Is ready for the cropping.
Youth casts abroad the seed, and deems
It makes existence "jolly,"
But in the aftertime it seems
Unutterable folly.
, For life's experience will show
When age is on us creeping,
Wild oats were costly things to sow.
And valueless in reaping ! —Fun.
RUSSIA vs. ENGLAND.
Some time ago, when Russia was a perfect porcupine of bristling
war sentiments, this paper asserted, in the teeth of popular American
aentiment, that Russia could not go to war with England—that not alone
the impoverished condition of her resources, but also the state of her
internal social condition, would render it impossible for her to wage a
war with a Power which — so far as Russia is concerned, at least— is the
strongest in the world. This assertion was probably laughed at bymany
an American who places strong faith and an undivided affection in any
nation { Vide the recent Irish -trouble-sympathy meetings) that is hostile to
England. However:
" Truth crushed to earth will rise again,
The eternal years of God are hers ;
But Error, writhing in her pain,
Will die amid her worshipers."
Thus it comes about that the latest news informs us that the Czar has
summoned his foreign diplomats and most trusted advisers, not to con-
sider how best the threatened war with England may be conducted, but
how best it may be averted.
In accordance with our prediction, he is backing down in a manner that
is pitiful to see in the autocrat — the representative— of a brave but mis-
led nation. In "bluff" the Russian Government has defied all Europe.
It set itself up as a military colossus, and with that bugbear on its ban-
ner, flew in the face of its European compeers, until it was set back, in
international opinion, a century or so by the war with Turkey. By dint
of bad faith and constant betrayal of its allies and oppression to it3 pro-
tege's, Russia has come to be hated by the very peoples upon whom she
really leans for her future existence. Nor is this all. Within her own
borders there are forces brewing which will some day — and Heaven only
knows how soon ! — end in a hideous upheaval. Her Czar, her Autocrat,
her Go.l, is a madman, or soon will be. But even this poor, overburdened
creature is in hourly danger of meeting a violent death at the hands of
his beloved children. The public purse is exhausted. Conquest — even
over semi-savage tribes — seems to be at an end. China, putting on a bold
face (and China could have used stronger measures, if need be), excelled
the Muscovite in this famous game of bluff, and got both damages and
costs from the bankrupt Empire. It is impossible to describe the state of
that Empire at the present moment. Anarchy is too weak a word for
the emergency. The trouble does not arise from the lowest classes— from
those who, for a matter of difference in opinion, will threaten to wade
knee-deep in gore ; it arises from a thinking class, who. knowing and feel-
ing that their country has no right to the position which she claims in the
European family of nations, would fain give her a more legitimate place.
But enough of Russia. How wide is the difference between that Power
and the nation which she has sought these many years to deceive and has
these many years been checked by !
England holds the reins of the world, and it is no use for us to deny it.
Her dominions cover more ground on this globe of ours than any other
nation can lay claim to. On this very continent — the " Monroe Doctrine "
to the contrary "notwithstanding — she possesses a greater extent of terri-
tory than this glorious Union. Worthless a great part of it may be, but
how much of our boasted soil is also worthless 1 Consult the Government
survey, topographical and geographical maps for the particular.
Aside from this poor stretch of earth, how much does England own ?
We give it up. For if we guessed aright to-day our calculation would be
set wrong by her new acquisitions to-morrow. The number of Victoria's
subjects ? Well, they quadruple those of any other earthly sovereign, and
there we cease to answer conundrums.
While we are on this question of England's pre-eminence, a word or two
about the Anglo-American commercial question. Morning after morning
and night after night, Pecksniffian editorials in the dailies inform us that
England is starving for American commodities. These papers may talk
beef, or, possibly, bogus mining stock, and be correct ; but when it comes
to a matter of manufactured iron, cotton, cutlery, and such like goods
exported to England, these aforesaid newspapers lie, if statistics have any
truth in them. We do not pretend to say that this paragraph has not
wandered from its original theme ; but a cosmopolitan journal must be
pardoned if it occassionally prints a cosmopolitan article.
They "were meandering arm in arm up the street, and a short dis-
tance ahead of them walked a young lady very handsomely attired. The
sun was about setting, and its light was throwing a beautiful crimson
glow over the earth. He said, in rather a subdued tone of voice, " How
beautiful! Perfectly grand!" etc. "Well, I don't know," was the re-
sponse of the fair one by his side, " I don't admire her style, and the dress
is a mighty poor fit." He weakened, and the sunset interested him no
more. — Yonkers Gazette.
It is said that a girl who can shed three or four tears at a critical mo-
ment and follow them up with a quivering sigh, can marry all around a
good-looking blonde who does nothing but try to blush.
AN EXTRAORDINARY QUACK.
A singular account of the doings of a female charlatan, styling her-
self Madame Enault, who has been making a great stir in Birkenhead,
has been forwarded to us. It is alleged that Madame Enault, who has
been in Rome, where her father isa physician, has studied medicine inParis,
Italy and Belgium, and possesses the medical diplomas of these countries.
She has, it is announced, practiced in Rome for eighteen years, and adopt-
ing the somewhat remarkable role of a female Dulcamara, has traveled
throughout France, Au3tro- Hungary, and the southern part of America,
reaping, we are told, both praise and profit by her labors. It may, how-
ever, be noted that in her foreign travels the lady was accompanied by her
husband and by a " Dr. Paul Duflot ;" the latter is now with her in En-
gland, and, the same account informs us, has on several occasions proved
himself an excellent substitute for Madame Enault when she was indis-
posed. At Birkenhead thiB lady, who talks little or no English, but con-
verses in French or Italian, has taken up her abode at one of the principal
hotels. There she receives patients afflicted with such ailments as she
undertakes to cure, but which, we are oddly informed, must not be of an
internal nature. Her charge is five shillings a visit, and she declines to
receive more than fifty patients at a time ; but the account from which
we gather these details states that on the occasion of the reporter's visit
four hundred persons were besieging the door. Her diagnosis would seem
to be extremely rapid, for we are told she can invariably "tell at a glance"
what to do with her patients and what they require.
As, however, her materia medicat as will be seen later on, is of a some-
what limited character, this perhaps is not so much to be wondered at.
Not content, however, with her main practice, Madame Enault takes her
rides abroad to heal the sick. This is done in true Dulcamara style. A
large, carved, gilded and decorated chariot drawn by three horses abreast,
fantastically caparisoned, receives the lady, as well as eight bandsmen,
who are disposed of in the back part of the chariot. Attired in ruby silk
and cloth of gold, a tiara of pearls and silver on her head, and attended
by M. Duflot, she drives down to the ground selected for her operations,
where she covers her gorgeous attire with a professional Mackintosh
apron with pockets, arranges instruments, lint and other necessaries, and
then announces her willingness to extract teeth without fee or reward.
On the occasion described, we are told that, for more than an hour, she
was exracting teeth as fast as people could open their mouths to receive
the forceps. All this time an enormous mass of patients are waiting their
turn, including poor creatures afflicted with deafness, blindness, rheuma-
tism, tumor, and various enlargements of the head and neck. Now comes
the tug of war, or rather the means of providing its sinews. Madame
begins a speech in French, which is interpreted sentence by sentence as
she goes on. In it she vaunts the " Indian malachite, contained in small
bottles, as a cure for toothache, inflammation of the lungs, loose teeth,
headache, neuralgia, dizziness, cuts, burns, scratches, rheumatism, ear-
ache," and hoc genus omne.
Nor does she content herself with simply vaunting its virtues ; she bor-
rows a knife, cuts her finger, places on it some lint steeped in " Mala-
chite," and in a few minutes shows the cut to be quite healed. She then
proceeded to make an apparently lame man walk ; removed a tumor from
a man's head, after an application of " Malachite," to the intense admi-
ration of the crowd, who, it seems, were full of tales of wonderful cures
effected by Madame Enault. And now came the moment to reap the
harvest produced by all these gratis wonders. Hundreds of buyers are
eager for a bottle of "Indian Malachite," at the low price of two shil-
lings ; and, to show the immense extent to which this so-called remedy is
sold, and these poor people are duped, the manufacturers of the bottles
in which it is put up state that they have delivered upwards of fifty thou-
sand of them to Madame Enault during the last few weeks. — British
Medical Journal.
GENERAL GRANT AND THE PRESIDENCY.
After all, General Grant is not to be blamed very much for again seek-
ing the Presidency. It is rather hard for a man of his years and ambi-
tious nature to be placed in a position where he is compelled to admit that
his career is finished. For of all uninfluential men in this country, the
ex-Presidents have been the most so. Martin Van Bureu left the Presi-
dential chair in 1841, and died in 1862. These twenty-one years were the
most uneventful of his life. He had absolutely nothing to do ; no place to
look forward to ; no prize to win. He had less real influence, politically,
than the coroner of his county. This, to a man accustomed to power and
patronage, was very hard to endure. Millard Fillmore spent his ex-
Presidential years in speculating in bonds and stocks. No one ever thought
of consulting him in political matters. James Buchanan retired to his
bachelor home in Lancaster County, Penn., in 1861, and was never much
heard of afterward.
General Grant is shrewd enough to know full well how rapidly his influ-
ence and fame will decline as soon as he settles down in Galena. There-
fore it is that he is so continuously on the move — visiting and obtaining
public receptions. But his travels must soon have an end. He has now
been nearly the world over, and new fields are getting scarce. Should he
fail of a third-term nomination, he sees oblivion staring him in the face.
He knows the world is moving, in this aggressive age, at a rapid gate, and
that he who is not at the front is soon left behind and comparatively for-
gotten. Hence the almost superhuman efforts he and his friends are
making to reach again the White House. And we must confess that, but
for the traditions of our Government, limiting the Presidential term to
eight years, General Grant would have a fair show for another nomina-
tion. But the unwritten law of the Republic forbids it, and we prophecy
that the next Republican nominee will not be General Grant. In this
connection, we quote from the Washington Capitol, of November 30th:
The friends of the Grant boom will be vastly disappointed when the re-
sults of the nominating convention come to be counted up and placed to-
gether. They will find that not Grant, but Sherman, or perhaps Blaine,
will be the nominee of the Republican Party. These last two men are
quickly, quietly and determinately at work in their ambitious aims, and
when the Grant boom will have spended itself, will flash out with intens-
est power. To boost, not himself, but the extreme Republican Party,
Gen. Grant is being deftly led about the country like a prize bull with a
ring through its nose, and, when the time for provender and feeding comes
about, his keepers, not himself, will fatten on it.
Columbus made the egg to stand, but other Italians of less renown
have made the peanut-Btand.
Dec 20, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER
U
THE TOWN CRIER.
lU»rib« Orimr "Wh*t (h. .I.tiI »rl loe.t
Q*9 that will pUj tb* dvtil.t.r with y«a."
" II* d • anna in hli tail u \oat at • (U.l.
Which mad* him craw bold«r and bolder. '
Vont yer bay some Sapoleyo^" ..uoried * recent arrival from
the land <>f Xod, the other day, ..f ■ woll kn>wn htvker.
" Bapotto ?" rapliad th« American, without a .mil*. " Well, I guem I
will. I* it stronger thnn Peruvian hark V
" Stronger v,|| I should say it roe. Yon try it ! Only two bits |"
' Hut will it absolutely cure drunkenneoi f
44 Hahsnlutely ? So, not by a jolly long tight. Hit', to take the stains
out •> v-T blooming clothes."
" Haven't got any stains on my dothee, Will it cure corns?"
* '.l""1" . **■ n'\hut it'll Polish yer blasted silver quicker nor nothing."
' Haven t any silver. If it don't cure corns, or drunkenness, I don't
want it.
And there was an irate Briton walking down California street, hugging
his box of Sapolio, and murmuring: "I vooder ran these blooming
Yanks 11 hever learn hanything. That cove warn't lushy neither, but
the hidea that this ere stuff would do him hany good, ven he takes his
swipes too 'eavy." And he got outside of five cent's worth of beer from
sheer pity.
One by one the sweet illusions of youth fade away in the distance ;
in point of fact, evaporate. If there was any one crowned head that
might have been counted on to rej-el the confident interviewer, it was
surely the King of Spain, who sits iu the seat of the lord of two worlds,
and ngns his decrees: " I. the King." And now the King of Spain and
the Indies smiles blandly on the reporter, and tells how his royal heart
was wholly given to Mercedes, and how he wept over her coffin for two
months, and then sought for amusement, but all hi vain, till he fell in
love, as a matter of policy, with the Austrian Archduchess. And now,
worn out by deceptions (a very unkind allusion to Mercedes, if it means
anything at all), this tired old man, of less than 25, hopes to be happy in
a modest way at his owu hearth. This is, without doubt, the greatest
descent royalty has made in this age of reporting ; and the only triumph
left for the newspaper is to interview the Pope.
The most humorous introduction hitherto unrecorded took place
about four years ago in a local music store. The great basso, Carl
Formes, had just come here from New York, and he was presented by an
elongated baritone, then in the employ of the house, to our well-known
contra-basso. Walter Campbell. " I am proud to meet you," said Herr
Formes (in a low G). "Delighted to know you," said Campbell (in F,
one tone lower). **Yon are a singer, I believe," continued the great
artist (this time on a low E flat). " Yes, I sing bass," retorted our local
trombone (this time in D natural, with a 32-foot tone). " Come out and
take a cigar," urged the great impersonator of '* Leporello" (going him
half a tone deeper, down to D flat). "I will," gurgled our Walter in a
clear manly C, from the depths of his chest. And then each one felt that
the other was a basso, antl they have been friends ever since.
A very unpleasant invention has just been made in Germany, noth-
ing less than a process for embalming dead bodies in a way that preserves
their color, size and flexibility. S*> that, instead of getting rid of your
relatives, once they give up the ghost, you will be expected now to keep
them in a limp, disagreeable condition for constant reference and compari-
son. If, unluckily, a visitor remarks a likeness in your second daughter
to her amiable aunt who died two years ago, you will have to turn on
the gas in the family tomb, and invite the company in to handle the damp
old lady, and refute the visitor's libelous remark. Or imagine your wife
driving you mad by weekly visits to your preserved mother-in-law, and
telling you how sweetly the departed saint smiled on her from the coffin
you vainly tried to bury ten fathoms deep!
A cheerful epitome of the Clarke case, which has been so promi-
nently before the public lately, would be somewhat as follows: A bed-
ridden mother in the foreground, constantly frightened out of her life by
a violent son, who had the misfortune to kill his father, shoot a "land
squatter" dead, and then threaten his maternal parent with a similar
dose. To this add the fact that the angelic youth is the third husband of
a woman whose second husband died of an overdose of laudanum, and a
cheerful picture of the happy present and, possibly, delightful future of
Frederick W. Clarke is at once obtained. His one motto in life seems to
be: " Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the
land," etc., etc., where powers of attorney and sick parents are so plenti-
ful.
We asked a well-known negro minstrel the other day what he
thought of Mr. Graham's performance of "Caltivo"iu Piff-Paff. He
replied : " Oh, its multy caltivo. I wouldn't parga a yunep to see his nibs
yalp. He ought to take a doss on the meat safe. Nixie, Cully, I ain't
on the bevy. Here's his nibs now, Nanty parlare." If any one can ex-
plain what the gentleman meant and what language he was talking he
will confer a favor on the dramatic critic of this paper. All communica-
tions strictly confidential.
What's in a Name ? — The inventor of those instruments of torture —
barrel organs— has just departed this life, at the age of 81, and it now ap-
pears that his name was Jacob Blessing. The cause of his decease,
though not stated, was, we presume, an organic affection. That he will
be remembered with grateful feelings by all, is, we fear, doubtful, for
there be some we know who will consider that it was only by name that
he was a Blessing,
The "Call," in a puff of a sculptor, praises him for his "anatomical
truth." We like the expression, as we know of several statues which are
remarkable for their physiological falsehoods, their muscular mendacity,
their veiny incorrectness, and curval exaggerations. Anatomical truth is
a fathomless epithet. It implies brachial beauty, cerebrine charms, and
pedal perfection. It is a new idea, in fact, for the exhausted art critic.
Gov. Kinkead, Alex. Wise, and others, left Winnemucca on Tuesday
last on runners, and the sleighing is reported excellent. Things are a
good deal like this in the Ute country, only there it is the slaying that is
excellent, and the runners that leave. It's all in the way you put it.
. ?*6„Utw* bMWrotoot ln-Ututtoo opened k known m the " Hood.
lum* dome. Ah :t«o who can swoar. g*i drunk. fi«ht
an.l unj obecene lamma**, can l* admitted on lurukhip* th« n.-oeaaary
L'rV;N ll. » ■» he matron with a aand club, whoae
UUoua, tht Idea li nuneeted to th« Mff Cbkf a* 0M which would opei
very luooeMfully on the tobexon i bevtnf, hoi nouthed.ctnntt* raok
mile .beast* who ooomgaU around our street corners at night, and
Kghtfntiraigfci .. 190 pong I., ud who motmam 16 In ha round tht for.
rw 1 ."'7 V ■'. ""'"*■"» «m|>lT provided with birch rod., rti,.| the
■ u < hicf ( . » ley While Um above !■ .lightly tie
ipsrfttt
.kini:
in. And nil
the air with their foul cur** ud filthy remark.. There in a Ml Bald tot
rvfunn ju.t right here.
A lamentable case of «uiclde i. imrttd from Baltimore. A man
w«« found dead in In. lH-d »t one of the laiye hotel.. On the table in the
room mi ■ bottle of proaii ., Id, p,rti»lly empty; «nd by the sido of
tliw a few word. „, pencil: •• Fbntri me. I u*.k' the paper thinking it
was valuable, and when I opened it enough, I mu.t die! " The paper
was lying on the floor partly open. It proved to be Secretary Sherman's
lost report, (or which be had offend $1,000 reward.
The Prince of Wales made bin Brut pun the other day. He remarked
to i.nr.i BeMonsBsld, ova a pot of l>eer in the House of Loidi : "A
shoemaker a ■ lllpper-y fellow, my Lord, ain't he ? " " Yes." replied the
Fremier promptly ; "he has so much to do with -eels." " Ah." aaid the
1-nnce, 1 thought you'd a sole above that." " No." replied Dizsy : " I
feel very gaiter night." "Oh, .hoe," aaid the Prince; let's have some
more beer ; and they did.
It is thought that leeches, if taken into the human stomach, would
be tar from wholesome in their effect on the economy; but this is all sur-
mise, since there is no recorded fact of the kind, the experience of the
proprietor of the Call, who is just now suffering from the brisk activity of
a tew leeches, swallowed on the :10th September last, is deplorable for him
but affords, unhappily, no observations that could be made useful to the
human race.
In the appraisement of the O'Brien estate is quite a list of promis-
sory notes of various persons, returned by the appraisers as of no value
It was with some anxiety that the T. C. looked through these names
fearing at every moment to come upon his own , but he breathes more
freely. It is quite clear the late Mr. O'Brien appreciated that little
1. O. U. He Beenis to have put it where it would do the most good.
Christmas is coming, and the happiest men in town are the doctors and
the undertakers. The Society for the Promotion of Mortality holds its
high-jinks about this time, and every medico you meet smiles a long-
drawn, deep and crafty smile. He looks at you that he may know you
again in ten days, when he finds you writhing on your bed with that lump
of mince-pie unreduced.
Now that we have a new Chief of Police it is cheering to see how
steadily the papers call his attention to the same little primary duties of
his office that every Chief has heard of, and not one has ever paid the
least attention to. We are a great people, full of trust in ourselves, firm
believers in our institutions, and devoted with undying devotion to cheap
humbug.
It is said that the relic attached to the Prince Imperial's watch, which
was lost in Zululand, was a fragment of the true cross, that was worn by
Napoleon III. as a talisman, and bequeathed to his son. Considering
the far from glorious termination of the lives of both, it might seem bet-
ter to leave this powerful talisman where it is than to look for it.
An enthusiastic commercial paper declares that if Leon Chot-
teau's proposed treaty is carried through Congress, it is all over with the
prosperity of the United States. This is bad news for some of us, but
there's one comfort: if we are ruined, we'll get even with Chotteau by re-
pudiating our debts to the Frenchmen.
The publishers of the North American Review quote, in advertising
their magazine, the California Independent, and to this effect : " The
most choice coinage of the best minds of the age." This rhetoric has a
strangely familiar twang ; but who in thunder is the California Inde-
pendent, of San Francisco ?
A miserable ruffian, who ought to be made up into doughnuts, writes
from Washington to the Philadelphia Times that Mrs. Key is in the full
blush of rriddle-aged womanhood. We blush to write it, hut we always
thought this period of life was the exclusive property of Susan B. An-
thony.
French brandy crop a failure! Let her fail ; who's afraid ? This
pernicious habit of drinking spirits has ruined countless men and degraded
whole nations, and there ought to be rejoicing everywhere at the loss of
the brandy crop. Who wants brandy when he oan get good whisky ?
The alleged difference between our so called ancestors, as it were,
aud our supposititious selves is that, while many of them were three-
booters, we only wear two. This joke, when thoroughly digested, is an
excellent incentive to delirium tremens.
An American, who visited Victor Hugo, was amazed to find that the
poet knew nothing of Emerson. A sad case ; but it would be a good deal
better for 2,000,000 young Americans, of both sexes, if they were as ig-
norant as Victor Hugo.
The Town Crier is very curious to know why it is, at this time of the
year, the fond father always buys his boy a tin trumpet, when, if Master
Hopeful attempts to perform on the instrument, he is immediately told to
stop or be thrashed.
The surprise expressed at the exploits of Oleomargarine Paraf in the
Chilian artillery service shows great lack of reflection. If anybody could
make cannon balls fly like greased lightning, it ought to be the inventor
of bull-butter.
■When John Monigrip's wife asks for a dollar or two for current
demands, he smiles sweetly, as he says : " True love, darling, seekB no
change."
Tim Tack, a Celestial, was brought up in the Police Court on Thurs-
day for selling lottery tickets ; and the Judge, perfectly reckless of con-
sequences, sat down on him.
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Dec. 20, 1879.
C* P. ■»■ r>
Overland Ticket Office : Ferry Landing-, foot
of Market street. —Commencing- Monday,
May 19th, 1879, and tmtil farther notice,
aine Boats wil leave
SAW FRANCISCO:
7f*A * A. M. (daily), Vallejo Steamer (irom Market
• -J J street Landing — Connecting with Trains for
Napa (Stages for Sonoma), Caliatoga (the Geysers),
and Sacramento. Connecting at Davis (Sundays except-
ed) for Woodland and Knight's Landing, and at Wood-
land for Williams and Willows.
(Arrive San Francisco 8:10 P.M.)
7aaa.1I. (daily) Local Passenger Train (via Oakland
• UU Ferry) and via Livermore arriving at Tracy
at 11:30 a. M. and connecting with Atlantic Express.
Connects at Niles with Train arriving at San Jose at
10:15 A.M. . ^ onc .
(Returning, train from Tracy arrives at 6:05 P.M.)
8 flf\ A.JL (daily), Atlantic Express Train (via Oak-
• UU land Ferry, Northern Ry. and S. P. & T. R. R.)
for Sacramento, Marysville, Redding, Portland (Or.),
Colfax, Reno (Virginia City), Palisade (Eureka), Ogden
and Omaha. Connects at Gait with train amvuig at
lone at 3:40 p.m. - .
(Arrive San Francisco 5:15 p.m.)
Sunday Excursion Tickets to San Pablo and Martv-
nez at Reduced Rates.
1 r\ fk/\A-M. (daily) via Oakland Ferry, Local Passen-
1U.UU ger Train to Hay wards and Niles.
(Arrive San Francisco 4:05 p.m.)
3f\f\ P.M. (daily)San Jose Passenger Train (via Oak-
.UU land Ferry and Niles), stopping at all Way Sta-
tions. Arrives at San Jose at 5:20 P.M.
(Arrive San Francisco 9:35 A.M.)
3 A A P-M- (daily) Northern Railway Passenger Train
9\}\J (via Oakland Ferry) to San Pablo, Martinez
and Antioch.
(Arrive San Francisco 9:35 A.M.)
4 f\r\ P.M. (daily) Arizona Express Train (via Oak-
•ViU land Ferry, Northern Ry. and S. P. & T. R. R.)
for Lathrop (and Stockton), Merced, Madera, Visalia,
Sumner, Mojave, Newhall (San Buenaventura, and Santa
Barbara), LosAngbles, "Santa Monica," Wilmington,
Santa Ana (San Diego), Colton and Yuma (Colorado
River Steamers), connecting direct with Daily Trains
of the Southern Pacific Railroad of Arizona for Mari-
copa (Daily Stages for PhcDiiix and Prescott), and for
Casa Grande (182 miles east from Yuma), and end of
Track (Daily Stages for Florence and Tucson).
"Sleeping Cars" between Oakland, Los Angeles and
Yuma.
(Arrive San Francisco 12:35 P.M.)
4AA P. M. (Sundays excepted) Vallejo Steamer (from
.UvF Market Street Landing), connecting with trams
for Calistoga, (the Geysers), Woodland, Knight's Land-
ing and Sacramento ; and at Sacramento with Pas-
senger Train, leaving at 9:35 p.m. for Truckee, Reno,
Carson and Virginia.
" Sleeping Cars" between Vallejo and Carson.
(Arrive San Francisco 11:10 A.M.)
4nn P-M- (Sundays excepted) Sacramento Steamer
. UU (from Wash'n St. Wharf), for Benicia and Land-
ings on the Sacramento River.
(Arrive San Francisco 8:00 p.m.)
4A f\ P.M. (daily), Through Third Class and Accom-
• \J \J modation Train (via Oakland Ferry, North-
ern Ry. and S. P. & T. R. R.) connecting at Lathrop
with Train arriving at Los Angeles on second day at
11:55 A.M. (Arrive San Francisco 9:05 A.M.
4QAP.M.(daily) Local Passenger Train (via Oak-
■ OV/ land Ferry) to Hay wards, Niles and Liver-
more. (Arrive San Francisco 8:35 a.m.)
5AAP.M. (daily) Overland Emigrant Train (via
>\J\J Oakland Ferry and Northern Railway) to
Ogden, Omaha and East.
Public conveyance for Mills Seminary connects atSem-
nary Park Station with all trains, Sundays excepted.
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Co., Jewelers, 101 and 103 Montgomery St., S. F.
T. H. GOODMAN, Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agt.
A. N. Towms, General Superintendent.
$25to$5000|J
I Judiciously Invested In
I Wall Si. lay b the faunda-
| tloa for fortunes every
week, and pave immense profits l<y the New Cnpt tallzalioa
System o f opirat in jj In Stocks. Full explanation on applica-
tion to Adams, Kdov.-k A- Co. , Bankers, 38 Broad St., N. T.
IS LIFE WORTH LIVING ?— BY W. H.
MALLOCK.
Editor News Letter :— In a review article
which appeared in last week's New* Letter, under
the above heading, the reviewer, not content
with pointing out what he considers the weak
points in Mallock's arguments, or his inconclu-
sive reasoning — if such be found in his book —
must needs go out of his way to make a direct
attack on the Catholic religion. Now, sir, it is
not from any importance w ich I attach to such
puerile attacks on the faith which I hold and
teach, that I notice this one ; but because my
name has appeared from time to time in your
columns, and because your readers may think
that I approve of what I do not rebuke. When
he tells us that Roman Catholicism " leads us
into outer darkness," he simply insults the great-
est minds and clearest intellects of the present
and by-gone centuries. " The modern mind," he
says, "has an enthusiastic desire for light." True
enough ; but does he not perceive that the world
of to-day is dividing itself between Catholicism
and blank infidelity ? — between something which
reaches the heart and has power to control
the passions of the masses of mankind, and the
speculative negations of modern so-called philos-
ophy? Mind and heart want something better
than negations.
John J. Bleasdale, D.D.
120 Sutter street, San Francisco.
CHRISTMAS-HOLLY BERRIES AND
FLOWERS.
The Young Ladies' Flower Mission, of our
city, are anxious to do something handsome for
the sick poor at the hospitals, eta, Christmas
Day. They ask for contributions of holly berries
from the country, to be sent to their rooms next
Tuesday, at 218 Stockton street. Fruits and
flowers will also be very acceptable if sent to
their rooms every week, Thursday mornings. To
give some little idea of what these twenty young
ladies are doing every Thursday, as the almoners
of the benevolent, we are authorized to say that
for the past few Thursdays they have made and
distributed, at the several hospitals of our city,
an average of 500 bouquets ; in all, since Sept.
14th, they have made and carried out about 5,000
little nosegays, besides boxes and packages of
fruit. On Thanksgiving Day 400 bouquets were
taken to the City and County Hospital (one for
each inmate), besides fruit, etc. These ladies
have also another surprise— Christmas gift for all
the sick poor of the city. Now, then, who will
volunteer to help on this work of love ?
The finest assortment of Ornamental Silver
at Geo. C. Shreve& Co.'s.
.ooTHEnumani
WINTER ARRANGEMENT.
Commencing Friday, Nov. 21st, 1879,
and until further notice. Passenger Trains will leave
San Francisco, from Passenger Depot on Townsend
street, between Third and Fourth streets, as follows :
8 0A a.m. daily for San Jose and Way Stations.
• *J" £3^* Stages for Pescadero (via San Mateo)
connect with this train only.
lO ^O jLM* da^y'or San Jose, Gilroy, Hollister,
AV/.OVJ TresPinos, Pajaro, Salinas, Soledad and
all Way Stations. 6c^ At Pajaeo, the Santa Cruz
E. R. connects with this train for Aptos, Soquel and
Santa Cruz. ^=" At Salinas the M. & S. V. R. R.
connects with this train for Monterey. fW Stage
connections made with this train. (Pescadero Stages via
San Mateo excepted.)
Q QQ P.M. daily (Sundays excepted) for San Jose,
*J»*J" Gilroy, and principal Way Stations,
A 9H p.m. daily for San Jose and Way Stations.
fi SO MC--~daay»*or Menlo Park and Way Stations.
j9S~ The Extea Sunday Trains to San Jose and Way
Stations have been discontinued for the winter season.
Second-Class Fare.
Between San Francisco and San Jose. $1.00.
On Freight Trains only, leaving San Francisco at 4:00
A.M. and 10:40 A.M.". San Jose at 5:35 a.m. and 8:30 p.m.
(daily, Sundays excepted).
Excursion Tickets at Reduced Bates
To San Jose and intermediate points sold on Saturdays,
and Sunday mornings, good for return until following
Monday inclusive.
Also, EXCURSION TICKETS to Aptos, Soquel, Santa
Cruz and Monterey, sold on Saturdays only— good for
return until the following Monday inclusive.
^£~ Principal Ticket Office— Passenger Depot, Town-
send street. Branch Ticket Office — No. 2 New Mont-
gomery street, Palace Hotel.
A. C. BASSETT, Supt. H. R. JUDAH, A. P. & T. A.
SOrTHEBX DIVISIONS.
Commencing Monday, May 19th, 1879,
^£~ Passengers for points on the Southern Divisions
of the road will take the cars of the Central Pacific Rail-
road via OAKLAND, leaving SAN FRANCISCO via Ferry
Landing, Market street, at 4:00 p.m. daily (Arizona Ex-
press Train), and making close connection at GOSHEN
for Sumner, Mojave, Los Angeles, Wilmington, Ana-
heim, Colton, Colorado River, Yuma, Maricopa and Casa
Grande (182 miles east from Yuma). Nov. 22.
Commencing Sunday, Nov. 16th, 1879,
and until further notice, Boats and Trains will
leave San Francisco (Washington-st. Wharf) as follows :
3(~fcO p.m. daily (Sundays included), Steamer
• " " " James M. Donahue " (Washington Street
Wharf), connecting with Mail and Express Train at Don-
ahue for Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Healdsburg, Cloverdale, '
and way stations. Making stage connections at Geyser-
ville for Skaggs' Springs ; at Cloverdale for Ukiah, Lake-
port, Mendocino City, Highland Springs, Bartlett
Springs, Soda Bay and the Geysers.
g-af" Connections made at Fulton on following morn-
ing for Korbel's, Guerneville and the Redwoods.
(Arrive at San Francisco, week days, 10:10 A.M. ; Sun-
days, 11 A.M.
Freight received from 7 a.m. till 2.30 p. m.,
daily (except Sundays) .
Special Notice.— The Sunday Excursion Trips are dis-
continued until further notice.
Ticket Office : Washington st. Wharf.
A. HUGHES,
Gen. Manager.
JAS. M. DONAHUE,
Gen. Pass. & Tkt. Agt.
SONOMA VALLEY RAILROAD.
The Steamer " Sonoma" leaves Wash-
ington-street Wharf daily (Sunday excepted) at 2
p.m., for Norfolk, connecting with cars for the town of
Sonoma and way stations, arriving 6 p.m.; returning,
leaves Sonoma 7 a.m. , arriving at San Francisco 11 a.m.
For further particulara apply at General Office, 426 Mont-
gomery street, or at Washington-street Wharf.
JAMES M. DONAHUE,
Dec. 6. G. P. and T. Agent.
Dec. 90, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTlSKK.
37
NOTABILIA.
THE PEDDLERS SONG.
Law.) as white as driven snow ; Gold quoij«s and stomachers.
Cypress black as e'er was CPOW ; For my lads to gin their dear* ;
Gloves as sweet as damask roses ; Pins and poking-stieks of steel.
Masks for faces and for noses ; What maids lack from head to heel:
Bogle-bracelet, necklace, amber ; Come buy of me, come; come buy, come buy.
Perfume for a lady's chamber; Buy, lads, or else your lasses cry.
William Siiakspearr.
One Cold is sometimes contracted on top of another, the accompany-
ing Cough becoming settled and confirmed, and the Lungs so strained and
racked that the production of tubercles frequently follows. Many exist-
ing cases of Pulmonary Disease may be thus accounted for, and yet how
many others are now carelessly allowing themselves to drift through the
preliminary' symptoms, controlled by the fatal policy of allowing a Cold
to take care of itself! On the first intimation of a Cough or Cold, or any
Throat or Lung trouble, resort promptly to Dr. Jayne's Expectorant, a
safe curative of long established reputation, and you may avoid the con-
sequences of such dangerous trifling. Sold by Crane & Brigham, San
Francisco.
Gee Jam, a converted Christian, in his zeal for knowledge, got into
Beecher's pulpit, the other day, and recited the Lord's Prayer and several
passages of Scripture in the Chinese language. The people were awe-
struck at the Bound of the Word in the strange tongue of the uttermost
East. Their emotions would have been too many for them if they had
understood what Gee Jam really said, to this effect : " May the devil fly
away with you, for a pack of noodles, and Tom-noddies, and addlepates,
and whatever else is endlessly silly," and so on. There are impostors of
every kind in this celestial business, but the perfection of hats, in style
and make and variety, is at Herrmann's, 336 Kearny street.
It turns out, of course, that there was no political significance in the
attack on the Viceroy of India, but the affair was not, as the Times re-
ports, a mere sensational incident. A private examination of the would-
be assassin has revealed the fnct that he owed Lord Lytton a grudge for
Owen Meridith's poetry, which had been given him as a school-book to
be turned into Urdu. An examination, discreetly conducted, never fails
to bring out the truth, as in the case of the Original Swain's Bakery, 213
Sutter street, which is acknowledged by all to be the best and most el-
egant place in the city for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
The magnificent new hotel to be opened in Berlin next winter will
leave the Palace in the rear. It will contain a palm-garden, a theater, a
colossal fountain in the great courtyard, rooms veneered with green and
yellow marble, an Anglican chapel, a Lutheran chapel, and a synagogue,
and hitherto unheard-of improvements. The champagne on its lists will
be the Pommery, the only brand admitted to the tables of the nobility
and the sovereigns of Europe. Wolff & Rheinhold, 334 Washington
street, agents.
The London Times, of Dec. 13th, says that England would hear of
Grant's selection as President of the United States with peculiar satisfac-
tion. And so would Grant himself ; and we in-line to think they will
both be satisfied. Those who call at 0. Lawton & Co.'s for a selection of
exquisite china or glass or porcelain of any variety, Sevres, Majolica,
Crackle, Cloisonne^ or Palissy, get perfect satisfaction and delight, for
prices are reduced 33J per cent., the firm making their purchases directly
from the factories abroad.
An elegant French China Set may be bought almost anywhere to-
day for $10, bo great has been the production in this line for some years
past, but nothing makes French ware out of fashion, for its beauty is un-
surpassable. Precisely the same quality in Mrs. Skidmore's hats and
bonnets and millinery goods keeps her magnificent emporium, at 1114
Market street, constantly crowded with the elite and the distinction
among the ladies of San Francisco.
So brief and evanescent is the fame of beauty 1 To-day on the lips
of all men and triumphant in the eyes of all ; to-morrow forgotten as if
she had not been. It is strange, but people are already ceasing to speak
of Sara Bernhardt. Only one resource never fails. Mine. Rachel's
Enamel Bloom is the sine qua non of perennial loveliness.
Dr. Samuel Peters eays that Cod Liver Oil revolutionizes the whole
system, builds up every cell and reorganizes the vital forces. In short, it
makes a new man of one ; and this is also the effect of the matchless un-
derclothing Carmany & Crosett supply at 25 Kearny Btreet.
The works In bisque. hm«», u^ m* cry**!, and otto moat
beautiful materials to I* .*,„ at IV Nathaa A < V'i, 130 Suiter street, ar*
past specifying md yet tvtry one of ihero Is a triumph of art, w..rthr
of the most cultivated home even t refinement With Vim,
w Statuary, Husi*. .T, FsnHaien Standi, l
•Sets, and a thousand other r»M SO plea** the taate and culti-
rate the eye, one has only the dJffii ultv of choice to overcome. The
prices suit all.
It Is comforting lo know, thrown the telnrraph, that last week there
won only twodeathi »t BodW, *nd that nrithrr death died of pncunioni*.
\\ ben we think ho* it mi^t bavi boon, it really MOM a* if ft* ooold not
06 grateful onoogh; and we an- perfectly happy, now that we get our
supplies of coal fr.-m .1. Macdoonugb, Sfi Market street, who had always
on band th« famous Red Ash, bssldsi Scotch, Kiwtern, Australian and
Northern Coals.
Not every one knows how to *pen<l hi« money when the Christmas
time cornea round, and soma, wa are afraid, have no money to spend ; but
to whichever class s man belongs b« i- ion of doing right when he goes to
Landsberger for his Gerke Wine No letter present to cement friend-
ship than a doien of this best of table wines ; and no cordial so cheering
to the heart that is ready to cink with despondency.
.D. W. Laird, 27 Post street, opposite the Miwonio Temnle, wishes to
give notice that those who expect to secure specimens of his splendid
California turquoise jewelry, must apply without an hour's delay. Orders
are pouring in.
Don't use stimulants, but nature's real brain and nerve food— Hop
Bitters.
Price's Carvers.- Send a set East to your friends for Christmas. No.
415 Kearny Btreet. Grinding and Repairing.
New Styles of Watch-Cases at Geo. C. Shreve & Co.'s, 110 Mont-
gomery street.
OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP CO.,
For Japan and China, leave wharf, corner First and Bran-
nan streets, at noon, for YOKOHAMA AND HONGKONG, connecting at
Yokohama with Steamers for Shanghai.
GAELIC December 6th, February 28th.
BELGIC January 17th, April 10th.
Cabin Plans on exhibition and Passage Tickets for sale at No. 2 New Montgomery
street.
For Freight, apply to GEORGE H. RICE, Freight Agent, at the Pacific Mail Steam-
ship Company s Wharf, or No. 218 California street.
T. H. GOODMAN, General Passenger Agent.
LELAND STANFORD, President. Nov. 1.
FOR PORTLAND AND ASTORIA, OREGON.
The Oregon Steamship Company and Pacific Coast Ste un-
ship Company will dispatch every five days, for the above ports, one of their
new Al Iron Steamships, viz.: OREGON, GEORGE W. ELDER, and STATE OF
CALIFORNIA.
Sailing Days
Dec. 3, 8, 13, 18, 23, and 28. I Jan. 2, 7, 12, 17, 22, and 27.
At 10 o'clock A. M,
Connecting at Portland, Oregon, with Steamers and Railroads and their connecting
Stage Lines for all points in Oregon, Washington and Idaho Territories, British
Columbia and Alaska.
K. VAN OTERENDORP, Agent 0. 8. S. Co.,
No 210 Battery Btreet, San Francisco.
GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Agents P. C. S. S. Co.,
Dec. 6. No. 10 Market street, San Francisco.
CUNARD LINE.
British and North American Royal Mall Steamships be-
tween NEW YORK and LIVERPOOL, calling atQUEENSTOWN, sailing from
New York EVERY WEDNESDAY.
BOTHNIA December 17th.
GALLIA : December 24th.
ALGERIA » December 31st.
SCYTHIA January 7th, 1880.
ABYSSINIA January 14th, 1880.
PasBaire can he secured and all Information given on application to
WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO.,
Nov. 22. 218 California st.
PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
Steamers ol this Company will sail from Broadway Wharf
for PORTLAND, Oregon), every 5 days, direct, and for LOS ANGELES, SANTA
BARBARA SANTA CRUZ, SAN DIEGO, SAN LUIS OBISPO and other NORTH-
ERN and SOUTHERN COAST PORTS, leaving SAN FRANCISCO about every
third day.
For Day and Hour of Sailing, see the Company's Advertisement in the San Fran-
cisco Daily Papers.
Ticket Ofiice, No. 314 Montgomery Street, near Pine.
GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Agents,
March 16. No. 10 Market street.
PAVILION, SACRAMENTO!
Inauguration Week. --Two Grand Pedestrian Tonrnaments I
Six-Day Go-as-you-please ! One Each for Ladies and Gentlemen. Ladies' Race
commencing Monday, January 5th, 1880. Gentlemen's Race commencing Monday,
January 19th. 1880. For particulars, address
Dec. 13. MARK THALL, 331 Kearny street, Room 9.
ROOFS
Of Tin or Asphaltum Repaired. Tin Roofs Painted. Send
orders early to the OLD STAND, No. 819 Market street, opposite Stockton.
Estimates furnished free of charge. [Dec. 6.] H. G. FISKB.
QUICKSILVER.
For sale— -In lots to suit, by Thomas Rell A Co., No. 309
Sansome street, over Bank of California. Nov. 16.
28
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Dec. 20, 1879.
THE GRANITE OF PENRYN.
This now famous quarry is situated about twenty-eight miles from
Sacramento, and three miles from Auburn, the eounty-seat of Placer
County. It is the creation of Mr. G. Griffith, an experienced quarry-man,
who, as long ago as 1853, supplied the granite for the Adams Express
Building, in Sacramento, and also for the fortifications of Alcatraz and
Fort Point, from the first quarry opened in this State. In 1864, Mr.
Griffith located the Penryn quarry, which he has made the center of a
thriving settlement, inhabited almost wholly by the families of his work-
ingmen. The advantages of the position are unsurpassed. Every facility
is at hand 'for shipping, a decisive consideration with a material so
weighty and bulky as granite ; and the quality of the stone has secured
for it a constantly increasing demand. Unlike most granites, it is per-
fectly free from iron, and is not, therefore, affected by the moisture of the
atmosphere. This quality gives it a special value for monuments, obelisks,
fountains, walls and steps. It has also been greatly used for building
purposes in general, and for the supporting columns of great stores and
warehouses. The use of iron for this last purpose is more widely spread
than the principles of sound construction would admit, so many are the
risks to which the building is exposed when it rests upon pillars of this
seemingly solid material. Even under the best conditions iron is liable to
flaws, which only reveal their existence under Borne sharp test, that brings
with it instant ruin, as in the case of extremely cold weather, or the
check of an earthquake or a fire, when the metal loses cohesion at the
weak spot by a too rapid expansion.
Another peril to which the employment of iron pillars expose a building
has been again and again unhappily illustrated in great fires. The pil-
lars, which are always hollow, and, therefore, Boon heated through, soften
and collapse, when instant destruction follows.
Polished Granite Columns, Entrance New Stock Exchange.
Executed by G. Griffith, Penryn, Cal.
The knowledge of these disadvantages is bringing granite every day
more and more into prominence as the tit material to take the place of the
metal columns ; and while there is the confidence of greater security at-
tached to the use of granite, there is also an absolute economy, since, once
in position, it calls for no special care, and, in particular, does not require
the periodical painting without which iron goes to decay.
The Penryn quarry is practically inexhaustible. The present demand,
which is to the extent of 10,000 tons a year, is steadily increasing, and
the orders are from all points of the coast. For external walls and en-
closures, this granite is often used in the simple hewn form ; but there iB
a growing requirement for the polished material, more particularly for
sepulchral urns, obelisks and monuments, and for the grand approaches
to the more stately mansions of the wealthy. So wide has been the ex-
tension of the taste for this polished granite, that Mr. Griffith has built
at his quarry a large polishing mill, the only one of the kind in Califor-
nia. Ihis is a building 200 feet long by 40 feet wide, and its present
capacity, which is, however, to be largely increased, is of 100 cubic feet
per day. There are two stone polishing carriages for flat surface work,
each twenty-six feet long by six feet in width, and worked by a spring
wheel, which is driven by two belts. A stone of more than ten tons
weight can be polished on these. The mill has also two polishing pendu-
lums and two very powerful lathes, capable of polishing with ease a solid
block of ten tons weight. Besides these there are eight vertical polishers,
every kind of mold, both large and small, and of machinery for flat sur-
faces. The derricks are, of course, very numerous, the six largest being
each able to lift twenty tons with ease.
s To work the derricks and the polishing mill there are three steam en-
gines ; and the force employed by Mr. Griffith is, 4 blacksmiths, 2 car-
penters, 3 engineers, and 150 quarrymen and stone-cutters. Not un fre-
quently the numbers are very much greater, and the vast stone sheds,
with their room for 200 stone-cutters, are often found crowded. It is but
lately that Mr. Griffith has opened a quarry of very beautiful black
granite, and this material will be largely used in the adornment of Mr.
J. C. Flood's magnificent new residence at Menlo Park, the contract for
all the Btonework having been made with Mr. Griffith. The buttresses
which are to support the walls of this great building, according to the de-
signs of Messrs. Laver & Curlett, the architects, are to be of carved and
polished black granite ; and the same beautiful material will be employed
for the coping of a beautiful fountain in the grounds.
Carved Granite Window, Top Keal Estate Associates1 Building. .
Executed by G. Griffith, Penryn, Cal.
Among the more notable buildings and great public works for which the t
Penryn quarry has furnished the granite, are the United States Mint, the
New City Hall, the New Stock Exchange, the contract for which t
amounted to $70,000, the Real Estate Associates Building, which took to i
the amount of 825,000, and many of the well-known residences of city <,
magnates, such as those of Governor Stanford, Charles Crocker, Mark ■
HopkinB, and others. The contract for the Dry Dock at Vallejo, orig-
inally made with another party, was subsequently given to Mr. Griffith.
This amounted to $130,000.
Visitors to the beautiful cemeteries of the State have not failed to ad-
mire the stately monuments, with which every one of them has been
adorned by Mr. Griffith. At Calvary the superb tomb of Win. S.
O'Brien, constructed under the superintendence of Messrs. Laver & Cur-
lett, the family vault for Mrs. A. Patton, at Laurel Hill, and at the Ma-
sonic Cemetery, the lofty Spreckles monument, the shaft above the grave
of Judge Tracy, and the family tombs of W. T. Garratt, Mrs. Biggs, Mrs.
Tyler, MeBsrs. Freeman, Effinger and others, are all of this most appro-
priate and imperishable material.
Carved Granite Window, Second Floor Real Estate Associates'
Building. Executed by G. Griffith. Penryn, Cal.
Among the most remarkable sepulchral monuments in the interior of
the State is the magnificent shaft erected in memory of the late Wm.
Watt, at Grass Valley.
It seems well to notice, among the works due to the skill of Mr. Grif-
fith, one of the most curious monuments ever designed, in advance of bis
decease, by the forethought of the owner. This is a pyramid of blue
granite, made, in all but the proportion of the base line, in imitation of
Deo. 20, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISKK.
IbiC.reat Pyramid It ,.. 8 feet high, and 8 feet nun >t the hw;
ff"1 » "r'"^ ",,h «n«TipU..iu in verae compoaed for ttio owner. Mr.
T5rJ\T • r*™.rJ'nt< thr singular ni.rirn.T. ot bin life, which have
narked him a. not in the roll ,.f common men. In all there an 740 let-
5- *£tf ""• ""' "k'ly to .b* rr*d- w' ID»V l>or». by the latest po»-
tjrlty. Thl. monument may be seen »t the end of Tyler street, a nhort
Ustance from the terminus of the Lone Mountain cara.
Resides tbew more directly ^instructive uwa, the Penryn granite is
employe! al*. for paving purpose, in thi« city, and at Sacramento more
•specially, though, with the increasing desire for permanent roadways.
other places are beginning to employ the granite blocks.
SHALL AMERICA SETTLE THE LABOR PROBLEM ?
Two months ago. we published an article under the caption of " A
Department of Statistics. We observe »inoe that Senator Hoar, of
Massachusetts, has introduced a bill in Congress, taking in some, but not
all. of the salient features of our artiele. A> the matter will come up for
discussion, we suggest to nor Pacific Coast Senators, noUbly to Senator
^onM- wh» •".»> f"'1 sympathy with the idea, enunciated, to so amend
Senator Hoar s bill as to bring it in accord with the ideas of the most ad-
vanced thinkers of the modern world. It is contended by some shallow
writers that inventions simply displace labor without discarding it As
proof positive on the other side, we point to the enormous surplus of the
unemployed in every manufacturing center. Here, in San Francisao,
while the nominal rate of mechanics' wages has been *3 per day, the
average worker has been unable to obtain work for more than half time
rrom the tenor of our exchanges, we find the same discrepancy exists
elsewhere. What is the remedy! It is, as we have long since pointed
out, a statistical department of Government, which shall gather facte and
figures relative to the bearing of machinery upon labor. No just man
desires to see a large proportion of his fellow-creatures deprived of em-
ployment, and forced to accept charity or the shelter of an almshouse; or,
worse still, to be driven into crime which his soul abhors. Let us be just
and to that end let us promote every scheme to ascertain realities, so that
legislation may be based upon something above theory. If it shall prove
that the existing order is right, then we have lost nothing in the search-
but if it appears that we are drifting blindly toward the chaos which has
enveloped all the historical civilizations of the world, then we shall have
gained much indeed. There is no nation so capable as the United States
of sounding the depths of this present mystery. Then will be found a
concord among employers and employes, both intent upon reaching a
righteous end. Hence, we call upon our delegation in Congress to see
that such amendments are made to the Hoar bill as will result in America
finally solving the great Labor problem.
THE EXCESSIVE BAIL OF J. C. DUNCAN.
The " News Letter " is always fearless in expressing an opinion. No
promptings of expediency control its action. It has discussed public and
private wrongs, and has dealt its shafts with unsparing hand and with
nltimate success. The excessive bail of J. C. Duncan has not only at-
tracted the attention of the News Letter, but has called forth the sympa-
thy of our citizens generally. Here is a case where the prosecution holds
the defendant on a number of charges, and yet makes no attempt to bring
more than one of them to an ultimate conclusion. On theBe charges they
have accumulated bail to such an extent that it becomes simply a denial
of the constitutional right of the accused. In two years theie have been
several trials on the one indictment only, with a disagreement of the jury
in each instance. The total of bail amounts to the enormous sum of
$113,000, requiring bailsmen in the sum of $226,000 !
It has been shown by the evidence of witnesses that the defendant has
had no connection whatever with several of these charges, and that a con-
viction could not possibly ensue ; and yet no reduction of the excessive
aggregate has been made. Bonds, voluntarily proffered, have been filed,
with the names of A. A. Cohen, Judge Delos Lake, Frank Pixley, G. H.
Perrine, A. G. Abell and others, to the amount of $90,000, being $45,000
on the bail ; but the inability of the defendant to furnish the balance has
detained him in prison, while an impoverished wife and little children,
suffering from months of almost fatal sickness, have needed him as a pro-
tector and bread-winner. But the wrong has not stopped here. It is
well known that Mr. Duncan has been most anxious to assist, in every
way in his power, the depositors who suffered by the failure of his bank
—a failure brought on by the fearful collapse in real estate and other se-
curities. He is still full of hope and courage, and has a proper apprecia-
tion of the fact that everything of life to him in the future depends upon
his succoring many poor people who lost their money in his institution.
He has always evinced the most earnest desire to work unremittingly for
their interests. The principal depositors are in accord with him in this ;
and yet he has been held for two years as in a vice, without the power to
aid his suffering family and his expectant creditors. When will this legal
injustice cease ?
Ed. News Letter: I have long had it in mind to make an effort to in-
terest the miners of this and the neighboring States to make collections of
the gem-stones, and other precious minerals usually associated with them,
in order that I may determine their character and classify them. It is
beyond doubt that not alone have a few diamonds been found in Califor-
nia, but others, such as Zircons, Hyacinths, garnets, peridots ; and, where
they were picked up, others were not far off. Those seen by me were
amall, but that is no great wonder, since it is the law of nature to form a
vast_ quantity of small things and only comparatively few large ones.
Having already described and classified the gems of Australia, which,
with the single exception of the soft emerald, comprise every known gem
and precious stone, I thought it worth while to attempt the same work
here. Now, with a view thereto, I would invite miners to send through
the post, addressed to me, care of either the Curator of Minerals at the
Academy of Sciences, in San Francisco, or to the editor of the News Let-
ter, Buch transparent, or nearly transparent stones, not being mere quartz
pebbles, as they consider likely for being of value or interest. If they
prove of any value, notice will be sent to the owner, and, if required, re •
turned also. Our object is to form a characteristic collection for the Acad-
emy of Sciences, which may be inspected at any time.
120 Sutter street, Dec. 18, 1879. John J. Bleasdalb, D. D.
Sterling Silverware. — A large assortment of elegant designs at Ran-
dolph & Co.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
- Theresullof the He.ller Mrlntyre quarter mile race,
last Sunday, .how, that it wa.. a. <rs .uted. . fraud. Iledley won, in
Mt. seconds, beating M.-lnlrre, who hw a record several second, lower,
nt.n yard.. Some of Mclntyre . friend, uv that hi. trainer Uli.iv.-I
him by bringing him to the . r«t. 1, .ule and weak. If that m l
owe, he should have forfeited. »,„| not allowed hi. friend, to bat OB t.i.n
wnen he know he had no chaaoa of vlnalnc Bat *a don't bslisfsMo-
Intyre ever tried t.. win. The whole affair wa. run to make money, and
not to te-t the two men. A challenge fr-m Mclntyre to Hedley h now
'ioj "' l.° kw'' "p !** cim'*- Th" "*' v»r<1 r»" w»" w<>n »y t'avis in
loj second., though he is credited with V| by the daily Damn, Callahan
won the ten-mile walk in 1 hr. .C , ,u „,,,„, |, with M miles,
——I he six day " go a. you plea~>. toMsn up by the Pedestrian League,
will commence at 10 p.m., Dsonabsr '-"th. at the Mechanics' Pavilion.
Wrestling- A re|ietitinn of the Roman wrestling hippodrome, that
disgraced athletics in this city a few years since, is aliout to commence.
I be inauguration will take place at Piatt'. Hall, December SSd, with all
the old frauds and several new ones in the bill. Sensible people will not
bet on the results.
[Remainder of Sporting Item* Unavoidably Crouxled Out.]
A Tr"? dell6°tful entertainment wa. given last Friday, at Lough-
f"" 8 Hall, Post street, by the Young Folk.' Larkin Street Presbyterian
Church Society. The readings, recitations, tableaux, music and singing
were all excellent, and did credit to the performers in every instance. The
popular little farce of Box and Cox was the great feature of the evening,
and it richly deserved to be for the clever way in which it was acted. We
"t6 t?3ur?d tnat S?r- w- ?■ Simpson, as "Cox," madehis firstappearance on
the boards on this occasion, but bo complete was his self-possession and so
natural his acting that it is difficult to believe the statement, Mr. F. W
Lux, as " Box," played his part with no less skill ; while Miss F. Bernard
made the most charming " Mrs. Bouncer " imaginable. Her only fault
was that she was too pretty— ah, yes ! far too pretty for a landlady of
' Bouncer's " stripe. The audience was both high-toned and apprecia-
tive, and evidently enjoyed their evening exseedingly.
The visitors to the Pavilion during these holiday times have not
failed to remark the splendid show of tine books exhibited by Keller &
Co., just inside the entrance. This firm is already known to collectors as
the agent of many superb publications brought out within the past ten
years, as well as for the carefully selected stock of classical, rare and
valuable works kept at the store on Post street. No book-lover can pass
by the beautifully arranged department of this house; and it is a study
in itself to turn over the specimens of fine typography and binding; the
noble quartos dear to our forefathers; and the artistic products of presses,
whose renown has gone out into all lands. It is enough to look at the
tree-calf, the morocco, the delicately tinted edges and the symmetrical
forms of these volumes, to recognize that binding is a fine art, and that
Keller & Co. know how to choose their binders.
The New Diving Apparatus.— The invention of Mr. Fleuss bids fair
to be of astounding interest. He is now exhibiting at the Royal Poly-
technic Institution, London. Mr. Fleuss puts on a helmet covering the
entire head, and shuts off all communication with the outer air. He then
descends into the water, in which he remains immersed for an hour or
more. During this time he is seen to move, pick up coins, and assume a
partially recumbent posture. No bubbles of air are given off from the
apparatus, and no communication is made with the surface. On emerg-
ing from his Bubmersiou, Mr. FleuBS is slightly pale, but otherwise not se-
riously disturbed. Mr. Fleuss is an Fnglishman, formerly an officer in
the P. & 0. Steamship Company, and he has been a year in completing
his remarkable experiments. His invention is at present a profound
mystery, but he says nothing is more curious than its simplicity.
The glad spirit of this holiday season brings many persons from the
country to see old friends and talk over the events of the year. Every
one finds occasion to provide himself with some necessary articles, and at
the IXL store is to be found an assortment of undershirts and drawers,
shirts, vests, boots, neck -gear, hats, shirt-studs, coats and trowsers, over-
coats, and in short overy article of a complete outfit, of the very best
quality and at prices below those charged at other places. Visitors
should bear this in mind, that they may not lose their time.
The constant rivalry among the wine manufacturers of the great
champagne district, while it brings forward every year new brands of
great excellence, keeps up the energy of the old established houBes, not
to fall below their reputation ; and the verdict of all connoisseurs testifies
to the matchless quality of the Piper-Heidsieck, which has remained a
favorite with every people, for delicacy of flavor, sparkle and vivacity and
singular purity. The sole importer of this superb vintage on this coast is
Henry Lund, 214 California street.
Mr. W. O. Langhua, his many friends will be pleased to know, has
established an office for Marine and Fire Insurance business at 218 Pine
street. His experience in every line of insurance for four years in other
cities, and during the past four years with Hutchinson & Mann, gives
him exceptional advantages. He receives business for any company,
more particularly for those of which Hutchinaon & Mann are agents.
"My eyes!" said Joe, "no oyster-sauce for the turkey?" And he
laid down his head on the table and wept ; and well he might. Like a
turkey without oyster-sauce, like Jack without his Jill, would be Christ-
mas without one of Swain's extra mince pies, from 213 Sutter street, the
Original Swain's mince pies, famous in every household on the coast.
Send in orders early.
Such Is the respect shown by England for Russia, that the former
is about to take off her 'at.
Geo. C. Shreve & CO., jewelers, 110 Montgomery street, mark all
goods in plain figures and have but one price.
30 SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND Dec. 20, 1879.
GUARANTEED THE BEST IN USE !
CALIFORNIA SkWS&S SILK.
THE ONLY SILK MAJOE OJS THE PACIFIC COAST !
aggregate: assets $40,647,942
IMPERIAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, of London, - - Instituted 1803.
LONDON ASSURANCE CORPORATION of London, Established by Royal Charter 1720.
NORTHERN ASSURANCE COMPANY of London, - - Established 1836.
QUEEN INSURANCE COMPANY of Liverpool, - - Established 1857.
A JOINT POUCT ISSUED BV THE POUR COMPANIES.
W. LANE BOOKER, Agent and Attorney. ROBERT DICKSON, Manager.
317 CALIFORNIA STREET. SAN FRANCISCO.
HAT .T-PO-R.TTT A
SUQAR REFINERY!
Manufacturers of the Standard Syrup, J
A Superior Article, put up in barrels expressly for home consumption.
Also, EXTEA HEAVY SYRUP, in barrels, for export. ]
REFINED SUGARS!
AT LOWEST MARKET RATES.
Office.— 215 Front Street, Up Stairs.
The California Powder Works
SANTA CRUZ GUNPOWDER,
Superior Sporting Powder, Shot, Caps, Wads, Ammunition and Fuse.
ROUND GRAIN, BRIGHT GLAZE, in IRON and WOODEN KEGS.
Principal Office, 230 CALIFORNIA STREET, San Francisco.
Deo. 20, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
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"The World." the Flesh, and the Devil.
IBy a TrnthrVl Fmieu. 1
A SERMON IN STONE.
0!f A " BUST" (1NKX0WN) IS THE BRITISH HCBIUlf, BT AUSTIN DOB30N.
Who were yon once? Could we but You tried the cufaV-MC of Thought—
IBM. The swift descent of pleasure —
We might perchance more boldly You found the best Ambition brought
Define the patient weariness Was strangely short of measure ;
That sets your lips so coldly ; You watched, at last, the fleet days
You lived, we know, for fame and Till— drowsier and colder— [fly,
blame ; You felt Mercurius standing by
But sure, to friend or foeman, To touch you on the shoulder.
You bore some moredistinctive name "Twas then (why not!) the whim would
Than mere " B. C. — and "Roman. come
Your pedestal would help us much, That, howso Time should garble
Thereon your acta, your title. Those deeds of yours when you were
(Secure from dull Oblivion's touch!) dumb.
Had doubtless due recital ; At least you'd live— in Marble ;
Vain hope! not even deeds can last! You smile to think that after days
That stone, of which you're minus, At least, in Bust or Statue, [gaze.
Maybe with all your virtues past (We all have sick-bed dreams!) would
Endows . . a Tigellinus! Not quite incurious, at you.
We seek it not ; we should not find. We gaze ; we pity you — be sure!
But still, it needs no magic In truth, Death's worst inaction
To tell you wore, like most mankind, Must be less tedious to endure
Your comic mask and tragic ; [true, Than nameless petrifaction ;
And held that things were false and Far better, in some nook unknown,
Felt angry and forgiving, To Bleep for once — and soundly —
As step by step you stumbled through Than still survive in wistful stone,
This lifelong task . . of living! Forgotten more profoundly!
The Archduchess Christine's splendid trousseau contains some
twenty-five dresses in all, a detailed description of which we will, how-
ever, not venture upon, merely remarking that the toilette to be worn on
the occasion of the state entry into Madrid is exceedingly handsome. It
is red and yellaw— the Spanish colors— and consists of a tight-fitting yel-
low-satin body cut en coeur and trimmed with scarlet " ruching," the
sleeves puffy and slashed between shoulder and elbow. The skirt is like-
wise of yellow Batin ; the train of scarlet velvet beautifully worked with
the arms of Spain seme*d over it. The fan is of black ostrich feathers,
each of which is ablaze with fiery rubies and golden topazes. Twelve
dozen of each article of linen have been provided. One of the most re-
markable features in the collection are the stockings, of which there is an
endless variety. The finest of these are of cashmere wool, and cost the
trifle of seventy florins per pair. The satin bedcovers are also worth men-
tion, on account of the working of the united Spanish and Austrian arms
with which they are adorned. The handkerchiefs, of which there are five
hundred, are marked " Cristie" (her Majesty's petit nom), the work imi-
tating her own handwriting. The Queen of Spain appears to be a young
lady with a will of her own ; her Majesty insists on traveling in the same
Btate railway-train from Vienna to Madrid, and special arrangements
have accordingly had to be made. She has ordered a number of artistic
objects iu silver from the Court jeweler, Mayer. These she presents as
keepsakes to her friends, who come to wish her good-bye, at the audiences
which she daily holds for that purpose. For herself she has ordered a
massive washhandstand service in silver. — Mrs. Langtry has recently
been staying at Brighton as tbe guest of the Reuben Sassoons. It was a
pretty sight to see the fair Jersey lily, draped in a white mantle, driving
along the cliff in a well-turned-out victoria with her host, whose black
beard, dark eyes and swarthy complexion formed an admirable foil — or
should we say contrast ? — to her resplendent fairness. For all the world,
they looked like Othello and Desdemona in actual flesh and blood. On
one day she went to the Hove Rink, and skated for more than an hour,
greatly to the gratification of the Cliftonvillers, who are now its chief
supporters. Nothing could be more graceful than her movements on the
wheels, albeit she came to grief once, and had a bit of a fall, notwith-
standing that she had a trusty cavalier in attendance in the shape of the
Honorable Frederick Bennet. We understand that Mrs. Langtry was
present at the Polo ball at the Pavilion. It must not be thought that
Mrs. Langtry has the field all to herself at Brighton ; on the contrary,
every one has gone wild about the three young ladies from Chislehurst,
who, with their brilliant complexions, sparkling eyes, and lithe figures —
clad in blue serge, with red turban headdresses, or toques— are the cyno-
sures of all eyes. It would be trite to say they are like the graces, but
that they are graceful to a degree is self-evident to any one who sees them.
It is no secret that tbe Empress of the French was not a little influenced
in according the Prince Imperial her permission to go to the Cape, seeing
his declared devotion to one of these young ladies, whose mother, by the
way, is, if possible, handsomer than the daughters. They are Roman
Catholics ; and it is said that the number of young men who have gone
over to that Church, or at least taken to going to it at Brighton, is pro-
digioUB. In addition to these, the list of admitted beauties staying at
Brighton comprises: Mrs. Beare, Miss de Worms, Miss Badderly, Miss
Craigie-Halkett, Miss Porter, Miss Piercey. Miss Dun Gardner, and many
others, if we had only the good fortune to know their names. — World.
A passer-by puts his head in at the window of the shop where an
honest cobbler is working, never thinking of evil, and says cheerfully:
" Well, my friend, how many thieves are there in this street, not count-
ing you ?" " What! " yells the cobbler, " without counting me ?" " Well,
then," says his imperturbable questioner, " how many are there counting
you i "
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
Recorded In the City and County of Ban Francisco. California, for
the Week andlns December 18th
Omptini/rom tht Avwrda o/IAr Vommtrrial Agrnty, 401 ( \tl\fnrn in .11. , N. K
Saturday, December 6th
OBUHTOa AND OKANTSI.I
Jno Q Klumpkc to F « Mech Ilk
Sampson Tarns to Joshua Hrnrir
Christopher Turk lo Wm Noethlg
Henry Mahan to Marcus GcU. . . .
Benedict Englcr to O Engler
lie* p I. S * Ln Ann to H Struirr
Same to Jno H Frledrlchs
Charlotte Spear to L S Inn Shelter
J M Green to Sarah A Gnmnel
H 0 Horn to J M Matbcwa „
Mary J Blair to Edwd McQIrnn..
Patk F Benson to Annie Benson . .
T M Williams to O A Williams .
oiacnirrioN.
N,' Kranrlaroand Polk, 117:6x137:6 ....
S cor Mlaalon and Fremont, aw 137:6—
B and W MO, 841. 343
I'nd M e Mlaalon, 80 n l.Mh, n IC.xlGO
M B blk 31
K rieree, 10U n Eddy, n 76x90- W A 384
anhject lo mortc 14.487
S I'nfon, 100:9 w Kearny, w 30x67:6—
60-VSS4
Lot 30 blk 787 Tide Land*
Treat are, 135 n 3d st, 3ixl32:0-Mla.
Finn Block M
S« Minna, 100 sw 6tb. 35x75— 100-v»ra
anhject to mortg $1 ,700
W Leavenworth, 187:0 n Ual, 137:6x66:8
Com 80 n 23d and 80:7 w Bartlett, 40x39
S cor Folaom and Main, aw 137:6x137:6.
S lllll. 105 e Guerrero, 33xl05-M B74
P V Iota 5, 8, 9 and 18; also properly In
otber conntiea
mica
I 5
1
13,500
1,000
3.000
1
18,000
Gift
Monday, December 8th.
Daniel E Martin to Sarah Cooling
Wadham N Diggle to R Danamnir
Jno W Porter to Anna D Cnrry. . .
P McDonnell to A von Gregltngen
Lau Hill Cem Asn to J J Valentine
J W Wblte to Jane T White
Daniel JoneB to Jno H Dawson . . .
F Sichcl t Co to I, Dinkelsplel .
Wm H Ross to Mary Ross
Henry Barrol lhet to W J Gunn . ,
Lota 7 and 8, blk 807 Case Tract
Undivided half, e Drnmra, 60 n Jackson,
e 53, s 30 etc to commencement
S Pt Lobos, 380 w Capitol, 35x135 enb-
dlv blk L Railroad Hd
W Howard, 95 n 33d, n 30x133:6
Lot 3338
E bulf, P V lot 105
S 36th, 160 e Sanchez, e 80x238— Harp-
er's Addition 93
Assignment of all estate whatever for
benefit 01 creditors
E Valencia, 85s35tb, a 30x137:6- Mis-
slon Block 183
S Tyler, 110 w Buchanan, 37:6x137:6-
W A 382
t 900
30,000
130
1,000
195
Girt
500
Gift
3,025
Tuesday, December 9th.
John C Gouldin to H C Bunker...
M O'Connell to Coth O'Connell...
S Morgenstern to Henry Frank. . .
Wm C Forsyth to Jno F Lynch . .
Western S & T Co to P Campbell.
John M Byrne to W Merkeibacb..
Caroline Lewis to A Lewis
Wm H Schneider to Nath Carry. . .
T J Gallagher to John Prnnty
Ada Hall to ThoB T Crittenden
S Hill, 355 w Valencia, w 34, etc
Sw 6th, 105 se Minna, ae 35x75
Sw 4th, 130 se Uranium , se 34x100
Se StevenBon, 130 ne 10th, ne 25x65
Sundry lota in different partB of city....
N Oak, 178:6 w Van Ness, w 45:10x120. .
E Polk, 85 s Turk, s 24:6x83
AsBigns all prony for benefit of creditors
Lota 23 to 36, blk 872, Holey Tract
Sw Cal'a and Stockton, 117:6x68:9
$1,000
Gl t
1
1,400
900
6,500
1,250
'600
1
Wednesday. December 10th.
Dan') E Martin to ThoB Carran
Geo R Munro to Park White. .
Wm A Cranage to Bernard Roarke
J S Alcmany.to P G Qalpln.. . .
A Doherty to City and Co S F..
Pat'k Carroll to Wm WllliamB .
John McDonald to John Dowling.
E McCarthy to Bank of Cal'a
Wm Worfot to Josephine Worfot,.
S D Theller to Eugenia J Cobb. . .
Peder Sather to J F S Brugulcre.
Clara Berger to Winnie Wright . .
Geo Mr. Wil lianiB to H SchaeOe. . .
CorneliuB Collins to J C Wagner.
J S F H'd & R R As'n to J Curtis
Sohn A Miles to Jbb A Perry
Lot 32, blk 306, Case Tract
Lots 26 and 37, blk 19, R R Av Ex Hd. .
Se Shipley, 100 sw — , 25x75— 100-v 193.
Se Vsllejo and Stockton, e 137:6x68:9-
60-vara92
W Bernal, 234:2% n Precita av, n 10:9V
w 116:8, s 3. nell7 to com
W Devis'do, 187:6 n Eddy, s 25x75— W
A 608, subj to mortg $1,400
TJnd % e Scott, 106:6 s O'Farrell, s 37x
137:6 ; und * e Scott, 107:6 s O'Far-
rell, e 114, n 8 Inch, w 1 14 to com
W Powell, 137:6 n Ellis, n 34:4)^x137:6-
50-vara945
Sundry lots in different narts of city
Lot 13, blk 10, College Hd
Ne Sacto and Franklin, e 68:9xl27:8K—
W A89
Lota 1178, 1180, 1182, 1184. Gift Map 2,
lots 11, 12, 14 to 18, Gilt Map 4
W Sanchez, 76:6 a Valley, s 25x105
Nw Larkln and Pacific, n 67:81a x w 53—
Bilbject to mortgage 34,000
Lots 8, 9, blk 854: S S FH&RR As'n.
W Wosh'n av, 150 s Precita PI, 8 50x110
-PV14810 153
400
600
1
1
300
5
19,448
1
6
Girt
425
6,600
1
Thursday, December 11th.
Eliza Chester to Wm H Hyde . . . .
H N Brunning to S and L Soc'y .
MP Howe toOFCom'ty...
Chas Otto to Jas C Patrick .
J A Du rand to L Brand
Ne Hampton Place, 313:6 fie Folsom, se
20:6x55— 100-vara 42
Lota 170. 174, 175, 176, blk 121, Central
ParkH'd
Lot 5, Yerba Buena Section Plat 8
S Bush, 114 e Kearny, e 23:6x68:9
Lots 43 to 45, blk 39, City Land Asn; iota
1 to 4, blk 4, R R H'd; and aundry lota
ln Gift Map 3
N Geary, 160:5 e Stockton, e 33:11x60
50-vara 755.
Adolph N Ubl to Sam'l P Kimbcr,
Geo F Baker to Fred'k Delnlnger. Se Cal'a and Leav'th, e 69x60—50 v 1136 13,000
12,500
1,000
1
16,000
Friday, December 12th.
R D Chandler to Hinds Fuller . . .
Hinds Fuller to Geo Hearst
JaB McKinley to same
Jas Badger to Jas Nolan
Wm T Fonda to Wm M Fonda..
F Delnlnger to M Deininger....
Pat'k Mltcholl to Marie C Droger
John F Mitchell to aame
Burnett C Sweet to Tbos Fanning
J Callaghan to M L McDonald ..
Lot 21, blk 11, Flint Tract H'd
Same
Same
Sw Langton, 275 nw Folsom, bo 35x75—
100-vara 258
Lot 20, blk 19, Market St H'd
Se California and Leavenworth, e 69x60,
50-vara 1136
Sw Bueh and Lagnna, w 37:6x87:6— W
A 233
Same
Lots 493, 494, 496,'498, 500, Gift Map 3..
E cor Market and Brady, ne 307:4)4x180
-MB 13
8,000
5
3,900
8,900
32
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Dec. 20, 1879.
THE STOCK-DEALER S LAMENT.
[West of Tennyson, in Three Groans.]
Break, break, break !
Like bubbles out on the's?a —
I would that my tonguec.iuld utter
The curses that rise in me.
O, well for the cautious man
Whose head was level and cool ;
And well for the lucky dog
Who sold ere they broke the pool.
And the nobby directors build
Their palaces there on the hill.
But O, for a touch of the vanished coin
The chink that, alas ! is still.
Break, break, break !
Like bubbles out on the sea!
But the tender grace of the margin
that's gone
Will never come back to me.
Stocks that have us in their net,
Will they pass and we forget I
Many deals will make us fret,
More assessments wait us yet,
Stock the gift is stock the debt.
The splendor falls on castle walls,
Built out of stocks in fancy's story,
The market breaks —each stout heart
quakes,
For vanished now is all the glory.
Bawl, brokers, bawl,
In vain for buyers calling;
Answer, echo, answer,
Falling, falling, falling.
0 hark ! 0 hear ! how strong and
clear,
And stronger, clearer, wilder growing,
From near and far, from street and car,
A stream of curses steady flowing.
Bawl, brokers, bawl,
Sell out all who trusted;
Answer, echoes, answer,
Busted, busted, busted !
Ah, me ! the sigh, the tear-filled eye,
The broken heart's last awful shiver,
The crazed brain, a moment's pain, 5
And the grave shuts them in forever.
Bawl, brokers, bawl !
Let us hear the ruined ones replying:
Answer, victims, answer,
Dying, dying, dying !
TAX TITLES.
In the matter of real estate sold for taxes, it has been asserted by
able attorneys that the titles conveyed are invalid in law, and can be up-
set in a court of equity. It sometimes happens that property in litigation,
upon which the holder is unable to pay, is sold for a mere trifle, and a tax
deed recorded to further cloud its legitimacy. It has always seemed ab-
surd to us that when a levy is made to the extent of two and a half per
cent., that the government should claim the right to convey the remain-
ing 97£ or 98 per cent., upon which, in reality, it has no claim whatever.
Heal estate, it is well known, is seldom assessed at its actual cash value,
although the law so directs. Hence the percentage covered by the tax
levy should be ample to liquidate all proper claims, without trespassing
upon the remainder, which, in fact, belongs to the delinquent. In effect,
the State acquires an undivided interest in property to the extent of its
assessments, and nothing more. That undivided interest, undoubtedly,
it has a right to realize upon, and if sufficient is not received to liquidate
the tax, it is proof positive that the property has been assessed too high,
and that the officials have exceeded their duty. In that case, the claim
should be bought in by the State and retained as a lien upon the prop-
erty, estopping any transfer of the same until the tax, with costs and in-
terest, should have been liquidated. Theoretically the law abhors a for-
feiture, as against public policy, but practically it aids and abets a for-
feiture. The holder of a tax title is authorized to demand an advance of
fifty per cent, upon the amount paid, if settled within a year, after which
time the tax purchaser is allowed to ask as much as his elastic conscience
suggests.
To any person who has ever attended a tax sale it must have been evi-
dent that several cliques of professional tax-title dealers were acting to-
gether upon a well understood basis of " You let me have this piece and
I'll let you have that." The consequence is that there is no particular
competition, excepting where very valuable properties may be in ques-
tion. The Legislature should regulate this matter, so that the delinquent
taxpayer's rights may be more adequately protected. We would suggest
that no absolute title, even prospectively, be conveyed, but that the
Sheriff's deed simply constitutes a lien upon the property, bearing inter-
est upon all outlays at the rate of two per cent per month until paid, and
that no transfer by the delinquent be valid in law until the lien in ques-
tion be first liquidated.
It is, of course, necessary that revenues should be raised to support the
Government ; but the equitable rights of the people, who are oftener de-
linquent from necessity rather than choice, should be protected as far as
possible. We reiterate our belief that where a tax title conveys an in-
terest greater than the percentage assessed by the Government, a court
of inquiry would invalidate the same upon a proper representation.
There is reason to expect much litigation from this Bource in the future.
San Francisco Merchant.
REMARKABLE TWINS.
There is at present in Bombay a living object that may rightly be
classed among the most curious phenomena of nature. At a house in
Mazagon may be seen a pair of female twins, separate in every respect
but from the breast bone to the lower part of the abdomen, which is
closely joined. The upper breast bone of each infant is linked into the
other, the outer skin covering both trunks. The twins are joined front
to front ; shoulderB, arms, lower limbs and feet perfectly formed, and de-
velopment healthy, while the heads are well shaped and the faces really
pretty, with beautiful eyes, large and bright. The twins are six months
and twenty days old, are in perfect health, and measure twenty inches in
hight, one appearing— but in a very trifling degree — larger than the other.
Both have vigorous appetites and take kindly to the feeding bottle, are
extremely lively, and appeared good tempered. The pulses beat in uni-
son, they generally fall asleep or keep awake together, and their actions
are unusually simultaneous, though sometimes one would cry while the
other was quietly drawing at the mouthpiece of its bottle. The strangely
united pair were born in Dapooli, in the Rutnagherry Collectorate, the
father being a Mahommedan and a seafaring man, while the mother has,
besides, a pretty little daughter of about ten. According to the former's
account, he called in a native doctor at Kutnagherry, whose opinion was
that there was a connection internally between the abdomens, so that of
whatever sustenance the one took, a portion passed to the other. How-
ever that may be, the infants feed separately, each having a bottle to
itself, and draw vigorously at their nourishment. This same doctor also
declared it would be impossible to separate them without extinguishing
life. The twins have, up to this time, never been ill, and to every ap-
pearance are likely to grow up, — Times of India,
THE LETTERS OF CHARLES DICKENS.
It was not likely that Mr. John Forster's " Life of Dickens" would
remain the sole literary and biographical memorial of that author, who is
read more extensively than any other, with the possible exception of
Shakespeare, by the whole English -speaking race, and who leapt at once
to the pinnacle of fame, and remained within the public gaze for upwards
of thirty years. The few who were intimate with Dickens during the
last dozen years of his life trace in Mr. Forster's book but a faint reflec-
tion of the man whom they knew and loved. In those pages they find
the man of business, now working at his books, now grinding at his read-
ings ; but of the genial humorist, the man of delicate fancy, the ever-
pleasant companion, the ever-helpful guide and adviser, they see little.
" Of all his attractive points in society and conversation," says Mr. For-
ster, " I have particularized little, because in truth they were himself."
This is doubtless so to a certain extent ; but the real reason why Mr.
Forster's book reflects so little of Dickens in his later years iB, that in
those years its author saw comparatively little of him.
This is to be accounted for in various ways — partly by the fact of Mr.
Forster's marriage, which necessarily gave him domestic ties and more
settled habits; partly by his appointment to a Commissionership in Lu-
nacy, which necessitated very frequent absence from London, and kept
him closely engaged.
The letters, now for the first time collected and given to the world by
the loving hands of the two constant inmates of his home, will prove of
vast assistance in enabling readers to understand the character, the inner
life of the author, who, far beyond all others, excites our personal inter-
est and evokes our personal affection. In them, drawn by his own hand
with all his peculiar verve and vigor, with all his singular clearness and
perspicacity, we find the man Charles Dickens in every phase of his con-
stantly varying existence — from the time when, at the outset of his
career, he wrote of "an offer of £14 a month as an emolument too tempt-
ing to resist," to the days when he confesses that his "worldly circum-
stances are very good," that "I don't want money. All my possessions
are free, and in the very best order" — from the dawn of his genius to his
sudden and premature end. There is not a note in the whole gamut of
human life left untouched. We see him as the young husband sending
his " dearest love" a cheery account of a pleasure-trip to Stratford; as the
father giving affectionate counsel, or graphic descriptions of his various
tours, to his children — now earnestly advising his sons on serious topics,
now playfully amusing his daughters; as the friend heartily condoling;
with his correspondents in affliction, or sketching in inimitable colors the
mode and manner of his life, or proving the depth and sincerity of his
regard by answering, in closest detail, the questions which have been
asked him. ,
Those who were unacquainted with Dickens will be surprised at the
elaborate care, as shown in these letters, with which he edited the period-
icals under his charge, at the time and trouble bestowed on the contribu-
tions submitted to him, at the readiness and facility with which he was
always undertaking something involving personal labor and pains for the
benefit of others, at the innate heartiness and geniality which, in the
midst of his hardest work, found expression in cordial hospitality and
wholesome pleasure. In these volumes will be found a thousand traces
" Of that best portion of a good man's life,
His little nameless unremembered acts
Of kindness and of love ;"
from them the outer world will learn that the human-heartedness, the
constant geniality, the thoroughness, the energy, the warm Christian char-
ity, which have delighted it in Dickens' books, were the outcome, the
emanation, of the man's own spirit. The publication of the Letters
should be a matter of congratulation to the whole reading publie ; it will
be a matter of real delight to very many of Dickens' warmest friends and
admirers who were anything but satisfied with Mr. Forster's biography,
and whose only source of everlasting regret can now be that the bright,
earnest eyes are veiled for ever, that the rich, mellow voice is still, and
that the touch of the vanished hand will be theirs no more.
♦By his sister-in-law and his eldest daughter. 2 vols. (Chapman & Hall.)
A Clergyman, who lately left Liverpool in one of the huge ocean
steamers, began to feel rather uncomfortable soon after leaving the mouth
of the river, and having had an introduction to the captain, sought him
out to learn if there was any danger. The captain did not answer imme-
diately, but led his passenger to the forecastle, and told him to listen to
what was going on. The clergyman was shocked to hear a party of sail-
ors swearing vigorously, and expressed his horror to his conductor. The
captain merely remarked ; " Do you think these men would swear in such
a manner if there was any real danger?" whereupon the parson appeared
satisfied and retired. A day or two afterwards, when they encountered
rather a severe storm, the clergyman, remembering what he had been
shown before, managed to make his way with great difficulty to the fore-
castle, and was overheard by the captain, as he came away, exclaiming to
himself: " Thank God, they're swearing yet /"—Sporting Times, London.
The slander action brought by the widow of the composer Horsley
against Bishop Wingfield, of Benicia, is, we hear, to be settled privately.
The Bishop finds that the lady is veritably the composer's widow, and
that he bad been told an audacious crammer about her. An " unbeliev-
ing " Hebrew first started the whole story on its travels, and the poor in-
nocent Vicar of Christ fell into the trap and believed the unbeliever. How
that Hebrew must have chuckled when he caught a live Bishop to hawk
about his ugly slander for him. Beware of the Jews, my lord Bishop.
Don't get into their hands again, unless you make Uncle Harris a visit to
help you to pay the damages. But let that be your last transaction
with them.
The I X L makes a specialty of the best and cheapest goods for the
holidays, the newest toys and presents, and notions of every kind ; and
the reputation of the old place for fair dealing and fine quality of goods
is kept up to the mark. It keeps ahead of all !
The paper on "Rotten Wood," read by Dr. Brewer before the Amer-
ican Health Association, had nothing to do with any political platform.
For Gems and Diamonds go to Geo. C. Shreve & Co., 110 Mont-
gomery street.
Dec 20, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER,
BIZ.'
The Holiday trade bw wt in wt;"n>u«lj.ft&d our streets are crowded
day and nucht with e^tr purrbiMT* ..f gUts, of Ktealer <>r Nm niagni
tade. The leimt costly find by fur the ^rratnt number of buyer*, al -
though it murt be confessed, all thing! mil widen il. that a much Kreatcr
•urn in the aggregate will be invested thin year in Christmas cifts than
eter before. Our dealer* in gold and silver goods, jewelry, silks, eatfau,
etc., have, as will be seen by reference to the crowded columns of the
Aeir* Letter, made heavy investments, and secured large and well selected,
as well as valuable, goods, suited to those having large eums to invest ;
and surely the bazaars and other stores uj»on Kearny, Montgomerv, Mur-
ket, Sutter and Post streets all make k,-littering displays of their holiday
wares. Not less than half a million, and possibly a million, of dollars
have thus been invested abroad, in France, t»ermnny, etc, bv our mer-
chant princes t<> gratify the whims and fain-its of the Santa Clam fami-
lies of the Pacific Coast, One has only to drop into the Mechanics' Pa-
vilion for an hnur to see the crowds of eager buyers of gifts, to satisfy
themselves that all is not gold that glitters, and that the supply of such
goods is inexhaustible.
For Staple Goods, Wares and merchandise this is the season to look
for dullness and general inactivity. Our merchants are now writing up
their books, taking account of stocks, and looking over the year's trans-
actions and preparing themselves for even greater things in the year be-
fore us. The year 1879 will exhibit a much greater and better financial
record than for either of the two preceding years of traffic upon the Pa-
cific slope. The only exceptions to this general rule are chargeable to
those dabbling in mining stocks to the exclusion of other legitimate
business.
Our agriculturists have had a remarkable season of general prosper-
ity. Their crops of Wool, Wheat, Hops, Grapes, etc, have all sold at
highly remunerative prices, and these have been enabled to pay off old
mortgages upon their farms, etc They have paid off old store accounts,
and thus country traders and merchants have been enabled to pay up city
merchants much better than for several seasons past, enabling all parties
to enter upon the new year with improved prospects. K .
The present Winter season has thus far been remarkably propi-
tious for the husbandmen. The whole State, from north to south, east to
west, has already received a copious rainfall. ' The ground is well satu-
rated with water, even in our dry valleys. More land has been turned up
by the plow than ever before in our history, and the breadth of virgin
land to be brought under cultivation on the Pacific Slope in 1880 will be
greater than ever, with good assurances of bountiful crops. Our sheep-
men are also greatly encouraged by the good pasture everywhere obtain-
able for their flocks, while high prices for their wool seem to be well as-
sured even thus early in the season.
Our Vintners are extending the area of vine culture very considerably,
as our wines are now attracting the marketB of the world. A better price
for Grapes is now assured them than ever before ; and to this is to be
added the great and marked success that has thus far attended the Raisin
curing business the pastseason. The quality of this year's crop of Raisins has
been very generally approved bybuyersin the Atlantic States. Our Almond
and Nut crops generally are very promising, and we will soon have a
large surplus of all these articles.
The Breadstuff markets of the Pacific have already become a large
factor in the world'B commerce. Our Grain fleet the present season, dat-
ing from July 1st, now numbers to Europe 168 vessels— six more than
last year at the same time — showing our Wheat exports at date to be
6,500,000 centals, valued at $12,225,000. Of Flour, we have this season
exported 215,000 bbls, against 245,000 bbls same period of last year.
Receipts of Wheat and Flour combined, from July 1st to Decem-
ber 16th, aggregate, in round figures, 8,455,000 ctls; same time last year,
7,415,000 ctls.
wheat. — Transactions in December have been large; Spot purchases
great, chiefly on the basis of 2c $ lb for cargo lots; in a few instances, a
trifle more has been paid; the range for the month, $1 95@$2 05, closing
at the inside figure. During the past ten days several cargoes of Wheat
have been Bold, on passage to both England and France, and at the fol-
lowing prices: California cargoes sold on orders, No. 2 Standard, iron
ship, 10,000 qrs, 57s. 6d.; No. 2 ditto, wood, 10,000 qrs, 57s.; ditto, wood,
10,000 qrs, 56s. 9d. For direct shipment, No. 2 Standard, wooden ship,
56s. for 8,000 qrs; on orders, No. 2, wood, 57s. 6d. for 5,000 qrs; Oregon
"Valley, one cargo, iron ship, 59s.; ditto, 58s. 6d.; ditto, 58s. Another
cargo, for France direct, sold at 59a.
Flour.— The City of Tokio, hence for Hongkong on the 27th instant,
will carry 1,300 tonB. Of this, 600 tons is Extra from Sperry's Stockton
City Mills, sold at $6. Other shippers are numerous. More would cargo
were it not for the pressure of other goods. Oregon continues to send us
of her surplus. The George W. Elder, just at hand, brings 6,000 qr Bks
Extra. The price of Superfine Standard is $4 50 ; Extra do, $5 ; Extra
Family and Bakers' Extra, $6@&6 50 per 196 lbs, all in cloth.
Barley.— The stock is large and market slack at lc $ lb for best brew-
ing ; f c for coast feed. Chevalier is all exhausted. Shipments East by
rail, three months, 157,609 centals ; exported by sea, 392,000 centals-
leaving on hand a very large surplus. We quote Bay 85c to $1 ; CoaBt,
674 to 75c per cental.
Corn and Beans. — Crops large and stocks burdensome. The former
Bells at one cent, and the latter at the same for many descriptions.
Oats.— Supplies are very liberal from the north, and the market dull
at l£@lic per pound.
Hops.— The Pacific crop has been placed at 11,000 bales ; present
stock, 1,000 bales ; price, 25@37£c.
Wool. —Stock very small. Sales during the week of 125,000 lbs. Hum-
boldt fleece at 33£c; 500 bales Red Bluff, ditto, at 26@27c
Hides.— Dry are in good request at 20c, Wet Salted 9@10c.
Tallow.— The supply ia free, and market steady at 5}@6c; Refined,
7| cents.
Borax.— There is no special movement at present. The price is the
same as for months past, for 10-ton lota, 6@7c.
Bags,— Sales of 1,000,000 Burlap Standard, 22x36, for May delivery,
10ic.
Coffee. A few *mall lot* of o«w cn>p Ontral American have been
noemd. Mot do< Mosjfci ->f all kind* tight
Sugar. Another '>. jwr pound rodootfon this week on all reflntd,
N..w Onbttsad Crashed Qo; Yellow sad Golden, 10W lie.
Coals. We know ol nosltentioa in prlot of f<»r*itm or other Coals.
Prices rule low for all kind*
, Quicksilver. The enert denund i» liirhL Shipment* this week to
Msrstlsn sad 8sn Bias, 7W flasks. It i* very noersUy anpnosed that
the City ol Tokto. hence for Hotnjkoog on the 27th instant, will carry a
light quantity. Present prlot, ;*7c.
Metals. The market is dull, and price* quite nominal for all kinds.
Rice.- Supplies are free. Hawaiian. »V<MiJ<- ; Mixed China, 4ftc ; No.
1 ( Jhina, Bo ; No. 3, Mw ftfc ; Japan, 5J@6c
Salmon. — We know of no movement in Gets Salmon: holders firm,
stock all concent rattd in the hands of one rich house, who hold firmly at
$1 35® 1 4:> per dot, for L*tb, titi*.
Freights and Charters. At this writing there are but two ships dis-
engaged in port. Wheat rate to Europe, 65(§ 70s. fur wood and iron ; the
latter to Cork or Falmouth for orders to Continent. There are at date
twenty- two ships now on the berth loading Wheat for Europe.
THE SECRET AGREEMENT WITH GERMANY.
There are startling rumors in the air, which the well-informed do
breathe. First, it is positively asserted that a new Secret Agreement
has been made between England and Germany, having for its object to
dispose of Russia finally, and for good and all, by opposing to her a solid
Anglo -Teutonic alliance. France, it is said, has been "squared" not to
interfere with this alliance by any new action against Germany in regard
to the old quarrel between them; Austria is chained to the car of the
allies — and the thing is done. England is to be supported in the East, to
the extent of allowing her to establish such a protectorate of Turkey in
Asia as will amount to its annexation; she is to be seated practically on
the eastern shores of the Bosphorus, the Sea of Marmora and the Darda-
nelles, and titularly within the Black Sea itself, where she is to have a
port, Bay Sinope. Meantime she is to annex Herat, and so make every-
thing safe on that side. Germany, on the other hand, is to annex the
rest of Denmark and the Baltic provinces of Russia, and Holland is also
to fall to her peaceably and voluntarily, as may be arranged. Thus, it is
said, Russia will be finally rendered harmless; for England will have her
hand upon one of the two Russian nostrils at the Bosphorus, and Ger-
many her hand on the other at the Sound, the result of which will be
that the Muscovite can be pinched out of breath whenever he shows him-
self intractible. — Vanity Fair, November 29th.
The San Diego Union is probably not far from right in its conclusion
that Thomas A. Scott, President of the Texas Pacific Railroad Company,
will be ready to build that transcontinental line when the country is suf-
ficiently settled to assure local business. The appeal to him by the City
Board of Trustees of San Diego, and his calm reply, are very pleasant
reading for outsiders. He has failed to build the road, and the city has
lost heavily in consequence ; but he declares that, in consideration of an
amicable settlement of the pending litigation, he is willing to give back
half the 10,000 acres donated him, provided 100 miles of road be built
from San Diego eastward, without prejudice to the location or facilities
accorded him.
" So my Lord Beaconsneld is to have a special train all to himself
to Windsor," said an advanced Liberal. " We Radicals don't have special
trains to Windsor. We Radicals hate Windsor." "You do," replied a
Tory, '* and likewise the commodity which is named after Windsor."
" What is that?" "Soap."— Sporting Times, London.
If there are any toys that cannot be had cheaper at the Great Ex-
position than elsewhere, they must be toyB of the mind ; drumB, dolls,
carriages, musical boxes, tops, houses, rabbits, singing birds, jumping-
jacks, velocipedes, dogs, and horses and monkeys. There ia nothing
wanting, and every child can please its fancy and its father's pocket.
Private tutor to inebriated Irish pupil : !*Do you mean to tell me,
sir, that you have only bad one. glass of whiBky ?" Inebriated Irish pu-
pil : " No more, sorr." Private tutor: "And where did you get that
one?" Inebriated Irish pupil : " Oh, at the divil of a lot of places." —
Sporting Times, London.
ANNUAL MEETING.
Bullion Mining Company .— The Stockholder* or the Bul-
lion Mining Company are hereby notified that the Annual Meeting of the
Company, for the election of a Board of Directors to serve for the ensuing year, and
for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before it, will be
held at the office of the Company, No. 323 Montijomery street, Safe Deposit Build-
ing, on THURSDAY, the 8th day of January, A.D. 1880, at the hour of 10 o'clock
p.m. The transfer bookB will be closed on Monday, Dec. 29th, and remain closed un-
til after the election. J. M. BRAZELL, Secretary.
San Francisco, Cal., December 15th, 1879. Dec. 20.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Office of Consolidated Virginia Mining Company, Room 26,
Nevada Block, San Francisco, Dec. 13th, 1879. —At a meeting of the Board of
Directors of the above named Company, held this day, a Dividend (No. 51) of Fifty
Cents per share, was declared payable TUESDAY, 23d instant. Transfer books
closed until 24th instant. [Dec. 20.] A. W. HAVENS, Secretary.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Office of California Mining Company, 33 Nevada Block, San
Francisco, Dec. 13th, 1879.— At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the
above-named Company, held this day, a Dividend (No. 34) of Fifty Cents per share
was declared, payable MONDAY, December 22d. Transfer Books cloBed until 23d
instant. [Dec. 20.] C. P. GORDON, Secretary.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Office of the Eureka Consolidated Mining Company, Ne-
vada Block, Room No. 37, San Francisco, Dec. 15, 1879.— At a meeting of the
Board of Directors of the above-named Company, held this day, a dividend (No. 50)
of Fifty Cents per share was declared, payable on SATURDAY, Dec, 20th, 1879.
Transfer Books closed until the 22d instant.
Dec. 20. W. W. TRAYLOR, Secretary.
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER.
Dec. 20, 1879.
THREE FOUL BIRDS— DEWEY, BASSETT AND AMELIA.
Our sincerest apology is due our readers for presenting to them, in
this our Christmas number, three dirty birds. A cut off the breast of a
fat turkey would be more appropriate, but of that goodly food there is
not enough to go round. We have distributed all we had throughout
other columns of the paper. To occupy this corner we have nothing left
but three filthy birds, that are as nauseous as an emetic. Those who do
not like our preliminary description of them may pass to more savory
food. These three foul birds are called blackmailers. One is in jail npw,
another has been there before now, and the other ought to have been
there ere this, if his own confession be true. They are sometimes known
as Amelia Smallman, Squire P. Dewey, and something or the other—
" Bassett." They are blackmailers every one. We have no hesitation in
saying so. More, we say that they have allowed themselves to be "found
out," which grievously aggravates their offenBe. That Amelia, of the evil
eye, is a blackmailer is known far and wide. She is now in prison, con-
victed of felony, and sentenced to several years' confinement. She has
had many adventures, but, being a woman, she was invariably allowed to
escape, until at last she got caught in a trap of her own setting. She
pretends to have a grievance against one of our prominent capitalists, and
in that position she is capable of being used. That Bassett has used her,
we have heretofore demonstrated; indeed, the fellow, with astounding
effrontery, has confessed his own shame. He is a scribe of no repute, but
is possessed of more cheek than brains. He is the first, last and only
writer we have ever met with who shamelessly confessed, over his owu
signature, that he had undertaken the defense of what he believed "a
persecuted and innocent woman," and then took a bribe to abandon her
cause in the hour of her supreme peril, and that only when he found it
useless to come, and come again, for more " hush money,"did he refuse to
longer give the consideration for which he admits he accepted $500.
Dirty as is the female bird, she is cleanliness itself compared with the
self-convicted Bassett.
Now comes to the front the insidious Squire P. Dewey, who sneaks into
the nest of the other two dirty birds, and makes common cause with
them. Amelia was in pursuit of blackmail, so was Bassett, and so was,
and is, Squire P. Dewey. What Dewey's grudge is we all know. He
shorted stocks when he ought to have gone long upon them, and then
blamed the capitalist for his losses. He finds Amelia's grievance and
Bassett's weak pen, and sickly sheet, valuable adjuncts to his larger
scheme of blackmail, in which he mixeB not a little malice. We -even
Bay, he finds Bassett's weak pen a valuable adjunct. He does, because he
cannot trust his own. Just about this time, last year, he took it up, and
made such a fool of himself that he has been the laughing stock of the
whole city ever since. Up to that time he thought he could write, but,
our- word for it, he has never thought so since. The answer he drew upon
himself, and which appeared in the News Letter of December 14th, 1878,
he will not forget to his dying day. It simply annihilated the very loud
pretenses of Squire P. Dewey, drove him into obscurity, and left him
stripped of plumes not his own, tore away disguises that had previously
served to hide ugly things, and generally exhibited him in his true colors.
His discomfiture was so complete that he has ever since felt constrained
to work in the dark, like the moles and the bats. His hand has rather
been felt than seen. The other night he managed to get a tight grip upon
it, and held it long enough to enable us to determine what he is about.
He has gone over to Amelia, the naughty, and to Bassett, the bribed.
They are, metaphorically speaking, three in a bed, and a crowd at that.
Yea, verily, a dirty crowd ! Convicted, or self- condemned blackmailers,
every one ! We say that we discovered Squire P. Dewey in that crowd.
We did. He was there undoubtedly. We make two points out of the
fact. First, that he was taking a low down way of getting even with his
enemies. Secondly, that he, a person of high pretensions, had at last
sunk to hiB proper level, or at least to a level not far removed from that
of his early days. Dewey was closeted with Bassett nearly two hours.
Collins, the assistant scribe, was being paid by Dewey, and Dewey was
giving Bassett a bond of $300 to relieve him from his most pressing cred-
itors. Dewey, Bassett and Amelia, as partners, would at first sight seem
amazing, but, upon reflection, it is the most natural of alLalliances, con-
sidering their common motive. They are each after blood-money, and
they each expect to get it from the same source. That Amelia has been
sentenced, we all know; that Bassett has confessed, those few know who
read his paper, and that Dewey's- position is clear is apparent to all who
may have read the following note of his, addressed to a friend of the
Bonanza firm :
" Through misinformation I was made to lose, in a transaction in the Bonanzas,
the sum of 952,000, that information coming from an official source, and being a
question of fact, and not of opinion. I claim that that loss ought to be made good
to me, hence my intention to pursue it. But, as you have been pleased to remark,
' that course leads to an estrangement of old friendships, as we 11 as of business and
social relations, and the matter had better be accommodated by mutual concessions,
if possible.' I am willing to treat in that spirit, and will make the following propo-
sition for a compromise of the whole matter, viz. : I will sell to your friends 1,000
shares Of California, which I hold, for the above named sum of 352,000, which will
divide the loss, with the understanding that thereupon our old social relations
shall be renewed as if nothing bad happened to interrupt them , and that counsel or
friends on either side, however intimate, shall know nothing more of this matter
than that explanations, mutually satisfactory to all parties, has been made."
It so happened that, after writing this very equivocal little note, Squire
P. Dewey forgot its existence, and, failing to obtain his hush money, be-
gan a newspaper warfare of an exceedingly bitter character. He de-
scribed the Bonanza people as persons he did not meet among gentlemen,
and extolled his own superior surroundings. Thereupon his own note, as
above, was sprung upon him, in which he expresses his extreme desire
that, after receiving his hush money, " their old social relations should be
resumed as if nothing had happened." The springing of that note upon
him proved him a blackmailer, and gave the lie to his pretenses about
superior social position. Then followed a true story of his antecedents.
Out of his own mouth he was proved to be a moral monstrosity — a man
who admitted that he could deliberately flatter "the low and' the vulgar"
foe money; a man who confessed shame without, apparently, being con-
BciouB of it; a man who had hatched! phrases, intended to extort hush
money; a man who vaunted his gentility, but turned out to have been a
billiard-marker, bar-tender and a real-estate wrecker, who had been
arrested in New York, on the point of his departure for Europe, and
placed under $50,000 bonds. Squire P. Dewey was exposed most unmer-
cifully, and seemed to retire from public gaze, for we have Been or heard
but little of him since. We now, however, find him in appropriate com-
pany, and doing congenial work, and think it right to make known the
facts to a curious public. He has resumed business under the firm name
of Dewey, Smallman & Bassett. It will be noted that the middle man
in this new firm is a prostitute, and it is|quite appropriate that she should
be hung on the cross of public opinion, between two blackmailers. Per-
sons of average common sense are surprised that Squire P. Dewey would
have taken up such a matter to make a fight on; they gave him credit for
better judgment. "Those that live in glass houses should not throw stones."
The experience of the Dewey family, in the women line, would have sug-
gested another line of attack. The recollections of Madge Taylor ought
to be too fresh in the memory of the worthy Squire to permit him to
open up such a dangerous Bubject. They had Madge arrested, indicted,
and, when the day of trial came on, they fell down and consented to a
light fine; and very properly too, because they did not want Madge to
relate on the witness stand a little story that she was prepared to tell
about the peculiar method adopted by the Dewey family while visiting her
boudoir. Madge is a little off color, it is true, but she is a queen along-
side of Amelia Smallman, and, in addition to that, is neither a black-
mailer nor a convicted felon. Amelia is both, and yet Squire P. Dewey,
in hiB frantic, blind rage to get even with the Bonanza people, has gone so
far as to adopt her tight, and make her the central figure in the new
blackmailing firm of " Dewey, Smallman & Bassett," proprietors of the
Golden Era— a, nice Sunday paper for families. We wish the new com-
bination the kind of success which they so righteously merit.
DEATH OP A VETERAN EDITOR.
Mr. John Delane, who has just died in his sixty-third year, was for
many years editor of the London Times newspaper. During his thirty-
six years of office, Mr. Delane worthily vindicated the dignity of jour-
nalism, and maintained and advanced the great property committed to
his charge. Writing but little himself, he supervised everything that
was presented for publication in the journal, and had a special facility in
giving felicitous and telling headings to the ordinary news paragraphs.
A constant diner-out, it was his inflexible rule to leave the company at
half-past ten, and proceed to the office, there to remain until the paper
had gone to press, when he would walk back to his chambers at Serjeants'
Inn. In his prime he was a man of florid presence, more like a country
squire than a slave of the lamp ; and, though he would speak pungently
on occasion, generally more given to listen than to talk. In his Ladies'
Parliament, Mr. Gr. O. Trevelyan says :
" When the circle of diners is laughing with Fane,
And Harcourt is capping the jokes of Delane."
But, in sober truth, Mr. Delane's jokes were few and far between. He
possessed, in the highest degree, far more sterling qualities: in urbanity,
punctuality and tact no man excelled him. He was an admirable reader
of character ; he recognized at a glance each ripple that swept over the
face of society, and knew what it portended. The great secret of his suc-
cess as an editor was, that he never delegated to subordinates what he
knew he ought to do himself, and that he never burdened himself with
minor duties which might be safely left to vicarious industry and well-
paid discretion. To be powerful is to be courted ; and it is needless to say
that Mr. Delane's society was eagerly sought in high and influential
?[uarters. At Broadlands, at Highclere and Strawberry Hill he was a
requent and welcome guest ; and among his intimates were Gladstone,
Cockburn, Lowe, Edwin LandBeer and Charles Dickens. He had been
ailing for a long time, failing in mind as well as in body; but we believe
the actual cause of hie death was acute Bright'B disease. For the last two
years he has resided at his charming place on Ascot Heath, where in hap-
pier days it was his custom to keep open house during the race-week. Of
course, he had his faults and his shortcomings ; but of him it may be
fairly said that no more competent man ever filled a most difficult and a
most distinguished post.
[It was, as before stated, that in 1849 Mr. Delane requested the propri-
etor of the News Letter to give him his- views on California, which were
conveyed in three letters, printed in that year in the columns of the
Times. These letters were followed by other correspondents, who have
so thoroughly aided to popularize our country.]
ONE THING CERTAIN.
It is one of the advantages which Californians perhaps rarely appre-
ciateat their full value that while we have no extreme weather there is
always enough coolneBB in the air to make the heavier and more rich-look-
ing stuffs suitable, at whatever season, and all the vast variety of furs,
which in the East are drawn out but once a year from their long repose,
may here enter into the composition of a splendid costume without ex-
citing surprise in the beholder. The sealskinBj in particular, are always
in season in our streets, and the assortment of these and other costliest
robes now to be Been in the windows of the White House, corner of Post
and Kearny streets, are such as but few houses in either hemisphere can
show.. The cloaks and circulars, fur-lined, and of every exquisite shade^
the dolmans, the India camel's hair shawls and ulsters, fairly amaze by
their variety and richness. The dreBs goodB, from the finest factories of
Prance, Belgium and England, as well as from the Eastern looms, the
silks and velvets, the complete assortment of ail styles of staple and
fancy goods, have never been equaled in this city, and with these are
offered masterpieces of French art in terra-cotta and bronze, in crystal and
enamel, and the very latest designs and styles of fans in bewildering pro-
fusion. Everything that comes, from this establishment bears the stamp
of the most finished taste, added to the highest quality of material. It
is to this corner, therefore, that the most exacting and fastidious of our
leaders of society naturally turn their steps when looking for latest fash-
ions or "new combinations of the ever-shifting kaleidescope of fancy.
Orders from every part of the coast testify to the appreciation of what is
offered by this house.
The endless variety of the toys offered for inspection at the Great
Exposition in the Mechanics' Pavilion ia the wonder of all parents aud
the. delight of the young folks. No Fair ever held in this city can com-
pare with this, and the fact that these articles are sold at lower prices
than in the city is not to be lost sight of. Money talks ; and to get what
you want of the best quality, at a low price, is enough of itself to make
this Toy Exposition memorable as the greatest occasion ever afforded.
On these counters are to be found every article that can be named, from
a penny whistle to a service of plate.
Prloa par Copy. 10 Cants.]
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No. 24.
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Stocks and Bonds.
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ENGLAND'S UNDERTAKINGS.
Mr. Gladstone, during a speech the other day, spoke of England's
undertakings as follows :
There is not a country in the history of the world that has undertaken
what we have undertaken, and when I say what we have undertaken, I
do not mean what the present Government have undertaken, but what
England, in its traditional established policy and position, has under-
taken. There is no precedent in human history for a formation like the
British Government. A small island at one extremity of the globe peo-
ples the whole earth. But it is not satisfied with that; it goes among
the ancient races of Asia, and subjects 240,000,000 of people to its rule
there. Along with all this, it distributes over the world a commerce
ench as no imagination ever conceived in former times, and such as no
poet ever painted ; and all this it has to do with a strength that lies
within the narrow limits of these shores — not a strength that I disparage ;
on the contrary, I wish to dissipate, if I can, the idle dreams of those
who are always telling you that the strength of England depends, some-
times they say upon its prestige, sometimes upon extending its empire,
but upon what it possesses beyond these shores. Rely upon it, gentle-
men, the strength of Great Britain aud Ireland is within the United
Kingdom. Whatever is to be done in defending and governing those vast
colonies, with their teeming millions, in protecting that unmeasured com-
merce, in relation to the enormous responsibility of India — whatever is
to be done must be done by the force derived from you and from your
children, derived from you and your fellow-electors in the land, from you
and the citizens and people of this country.
And why? They are between some three and thirty millions of per-
sons. They are a population less than the population of France, less than
the population of Austria, than the population of Germany, less than the
population of Russia; but the populations of France, Austria, Germany
and Russia are quite able enough to settle their own matters within their
own limits. We have undertaken to settle the affairs of a fourth, or
nearly a fourth, of the-entire human race scattered over the world; and
is not that enough for the ambition of Lord Beaconsfield ? It satisfied
Mr. Pitt, Mr. (Janning; it satisfied Sir Robert Peel; it satisfied Lord
Palmerston, Lord Russell and the late Lord Derby; and why cannot it
satisfy, I wish to know, Lord Beaconsfield and his colleagues ? It seems
to me they are all very much of one mind. They move with harmony
among themselves. Is it not enough to satisfy the ambition of the mem-
bers of the present Government ? I affirm on the contrary. Strive and
labor as you will, I speak after the experience of a lifetime, of which a
fair portion has been spent in office — strive and labor as you will in Par-
liament and office, human Btrength and human thought are not equal to
the discharge of the whole duties appertaining to Government in thiB
great, wonderful and world-wide empire.
The late Sergeant Cox, of London (an old school-fellow of the pro-
prietor of the News Letter), who combined the characters of lawyer and
judge, had one unique and most successful peculiarity — that of owning
newspapers and making them prosperous. These he would buy when
they were nearly dead, and impart to them complete vitality. The
Queen was his, and the Field and the Law Times, all purchased for a song,
and, under his management, made to yield a princely revenue of £30,000
a year.
Office of the Sau Francisco News Letter, Slercnaut Street,
Nos. 607 to 615, San Fraucisco.
GOLD BARS— 890@910— Silver Baes— 5@15 # cent. disc. Mexican
Dollars, 7@8 per cent.
8&" Exchange on New York, £@— per cent. ; On London, Bankers,
49| ; Commercial, 50d. Paris, sight, 5 francs per dollar. Telegrams,
3-10 per cent.
«3- LateBt price of Sterling, 482£@485.
AS" Price of Money here, \
open market, 1@1£.
5}1 per cent, per month — bank rate.
)emand active.
In the
Laying the Top Stone of a Steeple.— A ceremony of a kind not
common in England took place on the 15th instant, at St. Mary Abbot's,
Kensington. This was the formal laying of the top stone on the steeple,
which is 278 feet high, or 76 feet taller chan the monument. Designed by
the late Sir Gilbert Scott, the church has been built in place of one
which the Queen attended when a child, and in which she was baptized.
The total cost is nearly £50,000, of which £6,000 is yet needed. The
steeple was almost hidden by scaffolding, gay with many flags, highest of
all being the Royal Standard. Immediately after the opening sf a special
service within the church, the Vicar {the Hon. and Rev. Carr Glynn)
began ascending the steeple for the purpose of laying the stone. To pre-
vent giddiness, the ladders were enclosed in rough wooden shafts, but the
ascent was still exciting. At the top was a small platform, from which,
in clearer weather, Windsor Castle had been seen, and which was sur-
rounded by substantial bulwarks, to the great relief of some present, who
were not reassured when a light breeze perceptibly swayed the scaffolding.
Among the twenty persons on the platform were Mr. R. Pearson, church-
warden; Rev. T. Acland, head master of Kensington Grammar School.
The stone having been placed by the Vicar in the name of the Trinity, a
few simple prayers were said, both in the church and at the top of the
steeple, concurrent action being insured by a signal. The company then
descended, an operation which the bolder climbers accomplished in ten
minutes.
Baldwin must go. We have announced that Baldwin must take
himself, his surroundings and all that is distinctively Balwinian away
from the hotel which he most mistakenly called after himself. As we go
to press, we learn that our pronunciamento is about to take effect. Bald-
win retires on the 1st of January, and H. H. Pearson, late of the Cos-
mopolitan, succeeds him. Any change is better than none. We con-,
gratulate the guests of the house upon the result of our labors. The fu-
ture management of the house will be as fully, freely and as fairly com-
mented upon as was that which now throws up the sponge and retires.
Melting Points of Refractory Metals. — In connection with con-
temporary experiments on electric lighting by the incandescence of re-
fractory metals, it is interesting to note the following melting points, as
determined by M. Violle: Iridium, 1,950 deg. centigrade ; platinum,
1,775 deg.; palladium, 1,500 deg.; copper, 1,054 deg.; gold, 1,035 deg.;
silver, 954 deg. The specific heat of iridium, like that of platinum, regu-
larly increases with the temperature. The specific heat of gold varies
little up to 600 deg., and then increases sensibly on approaching the melt-
ing point. — Electrician.
Overland Freight Traffic— The freight forwarded by rail to Eastern
points from San Francisco and interior cities, during the month of No-
vember, weighed 19,767,820 pounds. The largest monthly shipment from
San Francisco duriug the year was in October, the same being true of the
interior shipments. At the customary allowance of ten tons to each car,
it must have required 70,393 ears to transport the overland freight from this
State in the eleven months ended November 30, 1879.
Jaa. C. Flood, Esq., made his usual Christmas donation to each of the
Orphan Asylums and other charities of the city, in the liberal style which
he has led the public to expect of him, all but one of the gifts being of a
Thousand Dollars.
Beerbohm's Telegram— London and* Liverpool, Dec. 26, 1879.—
No telegram to-day ; London Exchange closed.
Several pages of valuable articles are unavoidably omitted this week.
Printed and Published by the Proprietor, Frederick Marriott, 607 to 615 Merchant Street, 8an Francisco, California,
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Dec. 27, 1879
DICKENS IN VERSE.
In the "Fortnightly Review" for December is an article, by W.
Minto, entitled The Letters of t'harlea JHckens. The following extract is
something new :
" Once we find him ' dropping into poetry ' in his friendly invitations.
He was hard at work on David Copperfteld, which he again and again de-
clared to be hiB favorite work, when he sent the following verses to Mark
Lemon, to the tune of ' Lesbia hath a beaming eye :" —
1.
Lemon is a little hipped,
And this is Lemon's true position ;
He is not pale, he's not white-lipped,
Yet wants a little fresh condition.
Sweeter 'tis to gaze upon
Old ocean's rising, falling billows,
Than on the houses every one,
That form the street called Saint Ann's WiHers.
Oh, my Lemon, round and fat,
Oh, my bright, my right, my tight 'un,
Think a little what you're at —
Don't stay at home, but come to Brighton !
2.
Lemon has a coat of frieze,
But all so seldom Lemon wears it,
That it is a prey to fleas,
And ev'ry moth that's hungry tears it.
Oh, that coat's the coat for me,
That braves the railway sparks and breezes,
Leaving every engine free
To smoke it, till its owner sneezes !
Then my Lemon, round and fat,
L., my bright, my right, my tight *un,
Think a little what you're at —
On Tuesday first, come down to Brighton !
"REDEEMING A BRIDE."
Modern law and ancient custom have come into conflict lately at
Avenches, in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland, to the utter discomfiture
of the latter. It is the custom in many Swiss villages, when a maiden
belonging to the parish accepts " a foreigner " — an inhabitant of some
other parish — as her bridegroom, to compel the successful snitnr to re-
deem bis bride from her own native community by paying an indemnity
in money to the young men of the place. This Lostgeld, or ransom-
money, is usually demanded immediately after the marriage, when the
bridal couple are leaving the bride's village. A chain or rope is Btretched
across the road in front of the bridal-wagon, and is not removed until the
husband has paid to the young male representatives of the tribe the price
of the daughter whom he is about to carry away. The custom has been
much corrupted in the course of time, and the money is now not unfre-
quently extorted from the father who is abont to lose his daughter, in-
stead of being demanded, with a plea of immemorial unwritten right,
and a Bhow of force, from the husband who has robbed the village of a
marriageable maiden. In Vi 11 ars-le -Grand, not far from Aveitches, the
village youth met in council, and resolved that the father of a departing
bride should be made to pay a sum of 50 francs, as a fine for marrying
his daughter to a foreigner. A deputation was sent to him, which, after
informing him of this resolution, threatened him with a "charivari" in
the event of his refusal. The father offered 30 francs ; this sum, how-
ever, was refused as insufficient, and for three successive nights the young
men and lads of the village executed a fearful "cats' concert " under-
neath the daughter's window. The father complained to the police ; the
case was brought before the district court, and four of the ringleaders, in
spite of their plea of custom, were condemned to five days' imprison-
ment, a fine of 25 francs each, and payment of the costs.
MUCH REMAINS.
It is extremely gratifying to be able to record a most prosperous
holiday season in this city. The throngs of happy faces in the streets
have grown day by day during the past two weeks, and on the 24th it
was a treat to any man, with a little kindliness in his nature, to work his
way through Kearny street. Walking freely was out of the question, so
continual were the interruptions at the corners and in front of the shop
windows, gay with every kind of attraction. Especially was this the
case before the White House, where every day brought to light new won-
ders in taste and style and in rich material. Ladies, intent on presents
for the little ones at home, were forced to pause that they might admire
the laces, the silks and satins, the wonders in furs and Oriental shawls,
the gold and silver and silk embroideries, the fans that Beemed to be
wings from Birds of Paradise, and the countless exquisite shapeB in
which the inexhaustible fancy embodied its creations. Side by side with
these were the beautiful crystal and cut glassware, and bronzes from the
world's^ capital, and the sculptures in marble and terra cotta, that give
the artist's dream an imperishable shape. The resources of this house
seem to be limitless, for, after the vast sales of the Christmas week, the
windows are splendid with the preparations for the new year.
A valedictory address, delivered by Dr. W. F. McNutt to the grad-
uating class of the Medical Department of the University of California,
has just come to hand. As a speech, delivered by a man of wide learn-
ing and experience to those about to enter the battle of life, we have sel-
dom seen any words so bold and at the same time so replete with common
Bense. There are truths which must be told at all hazards, if the health
and morals of the rising generation are to be cared for. Dr. McNutt
has not shrunk from the difficult duty which his conscience and position
imposed upon him ; and while we have not space to reproduce his able
arguments and lucid reasoning in these columns, we would strongly urge
the thinking public to read the pamphlet containing his address.
A National Curiosity. — A recent number of the Exchange and Mart
contained the following advertisement: " Wanted a walnut wood cottage
pianoforte by a widow lady with carved legB!"
One Way of Settling the Difficulties in Ireland
Waiting for their Salaries at "The Baldwin."
'HowYoong the Rising: Generation of California
Smoke, to be sure!"
do begin to
The Last Presentation of " Pinafore." At the line, " Well, hardly
ever," the Performance Ended as above Indicated.
Pec. 27, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVKKTISKU.
3
BOOKS AND MAOAZiNCa
HI* Majf «ty . Myself Boston, RolM.ru Brv>thcre j S*n Kraiuiteo, Billings, Hm-
bouni'
This is one of the X«> Name Series, and, if not interesting, is at times
a provoking story. An nM Scotchman, nltled in Vermont, brings first
one then another mister to live with him. Hardly has the second Arrived,
when a young Southerner falls in love with anil mm I Ml her, and imme>
dUtely after comes a Vermonter to Carry off the elder sister. After a few
years both hmhunds die, and each widow is left with one son. The
mothers do not live Ion g, and the old Scotchman takes his nephews in
hand, educates them, and the plot bogtha to thicken. They, in turn,
marry two sisters, twin L*r«ndchildren of a skeptical old German. The
Vermont nephew booomoa a (HipiiUr minister, without convictions. His
wife, much sunerinr to him intellectually, pushes liim on, and is seem-
ingly contented with the fate made for her. till her husband's college
friend, the Admiral Crichton of the time, comes back from Europe, know-
ing all things, even women's hearts, and a genius fit for everything,
though with a weak spine. Of course, the intellectual woman finds her
heart at last, but the genius is moral also, and runs away from her. We
are just allowed to see in the last page that the popidar minister is to be
properly killed off by the fall of a pine branch, under which he lies and
watches the sunset. The genius and the intellectual wife are the two for
whom one cares a little ; but even for these the interest is rather languid,
and Crichton is not far from boring the reader. The other figures in the
story are very lifeless.
Stories or War Told by Soldiers. Collected and Edited by Edward E. Hale. Bos-
ton, Roberts Brothers ; San Francisco, Billings, Harbourne & Co.
It really seems as if nothing hut the disease of book-making can have
moved Mr. Hale to put together these scrappy memoranda of the Civil
War, from the reports of generals, letters of private soldiers and news-
paper articles. They add nothing to the outline of the story, and they
help in no way to understand the issues at stake ; while as reading for
boys it would be difficult to approve them. Bravery is more common
the world over than cowardice, and it is not a good training to puff up
children with conceit of the people they belong to.
Irene, the Missionary. Boston, Roberts Brothers; San Francisco, Billings, Har-
bourne & Co.
This book, whose author is not named, gives the story of Irene Grant,
a young American girl, who goes to the Syrian Missions under the care
of Mr.t Mrs. Payson, who have already toiled in that vineyard. On
the steamer the party meet Mr. De Vries, a rich young man from Al-
bany, who travels to inform his mind, and aho to get rid of ennui. They
join forces, do the necessary amount of sentiment in the Lebanon coun-
try and elsewhere, and the young people get to thinking a great deal of
each other, though De Vries makes little excursions into the pays du tendre,
especially with a wonderfully lovely young Syrian. They meet, after a few
weeks' separation, at Damascus, during the Mahoinmedan outbreak
against the Christians. De Vries, with a friend and an Arnaout, who is
a very son of thunder, saves the ladies and gets them out of the city.
Abd-El-Kader's noble conduct in this affair is just noticed, but the writer
misses the opportunity for bringing the heroic chief upon the scene. Na-
turally, there are explanations after the escape, and everything goes right.
It is of interest to Californians to note that our local word, hoodlum, is
accorded the rights of citizenship in this book.
Dr. Ayer's Almanacs — we mean the quack, not our respected fellow-
citizen of the same name. As usual, at this time of the year, we have
been furnished with a bundle of Dr. (?) Ayer's almanacs for the new
year, 1880, in several European languages, such as German, Dutch, Swed-
ish, Spanish, French, Portuguese, and one or two others, besides English.
After looking through this fardel of advertising quackery, one is Btruck,
among other things, by the skillful way in which the customs and habits
of different nationalities are turned to account in each of these several
compilations. We remark, for example, not alone descriptions of and al-
lusions to prevailing epidemics, and complaints commonly incidental to
peculiar local and climatic causes, all of which are'to be cured by the one
sovereign remedy — but that other matters, of a nature interesting or dis-
gusting, are omitted or modified to suit the tastes of different countries.
In most of the pamphlets an outline of the human subject, with refer-
ences to particular parts of the body, if not actually obscene is highly dis-
gusting, is dropped out of the Portuguese issue, perhaps in compliment to
the superior delicacy of that people ; but far more likely because such an
exhibition would subject the pamphlet in that country, as it would in
Australia, to seizure by the police as obscene, after which would follow sum-
mary conviction and a heavy fine or imprisonment. In the Spanish and
Portuguese issues all the saints' days and church festivals are placed in
the proper order of their annual recurrence ; while the non-Catholic world
is treated to anniversaries of New and Old World worthies, battles, earth-
quakes, calamities, disasters and triumphs, political and others. The
moral of it all is, that the world is full of gullible foolB, and that any
quack will prosper who has brazen impudence enough to take advantage
of their folly, and wickedness enough to hold on to lying promises of
health, while all the time he is realizing a fortune, and pleasantly laugh-
ing at the prodigious stupidity of his dupes!
Appleton's, for January, has some choice articles. " Cinderella," by
W. R. S. Ralston, traces the legend of the lost slipper through all lands.
The tales of the number are " The Seamy Side " and "A Stroke of Diplo-
macy." Mr. Gladstone's literary claims are discussed with fairness and
critical insight, and the " Letters of Charles Dickens," just edited by his
sister-in-law and his daughter, put him in a much more favorable light
than Forster's inadequate biography. Dr. J. P. Thompson's plea for a
scientific treatment of religion as a constant fact is well argued, though it
cannot be looked upon as original or new. The " Fragments " are ** M.
Arnold on Poetry " and "Mr. Irving's ' Shylock.'" The Editor's Table
and Book Notices are full and entertaining.
The Daily Stock Report, brought out on the 22d instant, a sextuple
edition, a marvel of arrangement and thoroughness, with statistics of
mines and mining shares not to be found elsewhere. The entire period ■ f
the Comstock speculation is covered, with highest and lowest prices, size
and location of mines, and general review. Every other mining district
is specially and exhaustively treated, and the publication does the great-
est honor to the enterprise of the proprietors.
"Puck's" Annual is simply admirable. It is in magazine form and
contains 120 pages, filled with bright and witty text, and crowded with
capital illustrations. The calendar leads off, and the mirth-provoking
tone is kept up to the end, with verse and prose, short stories and char-
acter sketches. The " City Types - are excellent.
THOMAS DAY,
122 and 124 SUTTER STREET,
Has a Splendid Assortment of
FRENCH MANTEL CLOCKS!
Beautiful In Design, with Cathedral Striking Gongs, All Patent
Movements, and Very Much Admired.
BE BIS SOME ELEGANT
NEW STYLES OF GAS FIXTURES!
New Pattern of Gas Heaters for Parlors, Offices, Bedrooms, Eto.
THE BEST ASSORTMENT OP
POLISHED BRASS FIRE SETS,
With Coal Hods to Match, to be Pound in this City.
Bis Boliday Specialties Must be Seen to be Appreciated.
£*7~ His Show Window has the Most Tasty Assortment of Fancy
Goods to be Pound in the City. Dec. 27.
CENTRAL PACIFIC R. R. CO.
Notice to Shippers and Consignees.
On and after Monday, the 29th Instnnt, A1,L FREIGHT
shipped from nr to dan Francisco and any of the following-named points will
be received and delivered, as the case may require, only at
MARKET-STREET WHARF,
namely: Goodyear's, Teal, Suisun and Fairfield, Cordelia (formerly Bridgeport),
Creston, Napa Junction, Thompson's, Napa, Union, Oak Knoll, Truebody's, Yount-
ville, Oakville, Rutherford, Bello, St. Helena, Eano, Bale, Walnut Grove and Calis-
toga, and points reached via these stations. Also, Knight's Landing, Colusa,
Princeton and Jacinto, and points on the Sacramento River above Knight's Landing.
And all Freight to or from the points below named will be received and delivered
only at
C. P. R. R. FREIGHT DEPOT,
corner of Fourth and King streets, namely : Cannon's, Eliuira, Batavia, Dixon, Fre-
mont, Davis, Swingle's, Merritt, Woodland, Curtis, Yolo, Black's, Dunnigan's, Har-
rington, Arbuckle, Berlin, Macy, Williams, Maxwell, Delevan, Norman, Logandale
and Willows.
Freight for or from Vallejo, Benicia, and points on Sacramento River betow Sacra-
mento, will be received and delivered at WASHINGTON-STREET WHARF, aB here-
tofore, until further notice. J C. STUBBS, General Freight Agent.
Approved: A. N. TOWNE, General Superintendent. Dec. 27.
J. A. HUNTER, M. D.,
No. 3S1 Sntter street, devotes Special Attention to Catarrh,
Deafness, Bronchitis, Asthma, Consumption, and all ailments of the Throat,
Lungs and Heart. __ Dec. 27.
WONDERFUL SALE OF BEER!
{From the St. Louis " Republican," November 5th, 1879.]
1.ARGE BEER SALES.
The official returns to the Revenue Department for the year ending November 1st,
show the enormous quantity of 100,905 bbla. of Lager Beer, sold by the
* Anheuser & Busoh Brewery.
The Agents for this Coast are
RUHL BROTHERS,
No. 532 Montgomery Street, San Francisco.
[Dec. 20.
AN ETCHING AS A CHRISTMAS PRESENT.
Fine Etchings, suitably framed, make very acceptable
presents. They are the original works of famous European painters, and
proofs cost from $2 to S4 each. W. K. VICKERY has a large collection of Rare
Etchings and Rare Engravings, and will be glad to have visitors call and inspect them
at Room 8, Thurlow Block (126 Kearny street), San Francisco. Open from 9 a.m. to
5 P.M., and evenings. Dec. 20.
Francisco Daneri .
D
F. DANERI & CO.,
Henry Oasanova,
ealcrs lu Wines, Liquors and Groceries, bare removed to
Nos. 27 and 29 CALIFORNIA STRKET. Dec. 20.
WILLIAM P. HUMPHREYS,
Late City and County Surveyor, hat* removed to No. 639
WASHINGTON STREET, where he will continue to practice his profession.
All Surveys and Estimates guaranteed. Dec. 20.
G. E. BARTON,
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law,
629 KEARNY STREET ROOMS 1 and 9.
[December 20.]
REMOVAL.
Dodge, Sweeney A Co., Importers and Wholesale Provision
Dealers and Commission Merchants, have removed fr.m No. 406 Front street
to the new store, 114 and UH Market street, and 11 and 13 California street, where
they will be pleased to see their friends. Dec. 20.
REMOVAL.
WO. Langbua, Hnriue and Fire Insurance Agency,
• (Established IS76), removed to No. 213 PINE STREET. Office with Crocker
& Suydam. Dec 20.
ROOFS
Of Tin or Asphaltnm Repaired. Tin Roofs Painted. Send
orders early to the OLD STAND, No. 810 Market street, opposite Stockton.
Estimates furnished free of charge. IDec. 6.) H. G, FISKE.
QUICKSILVER.
or sale— In lots to suit, by Thomas Rell A Co., Mo. S05
Sansonte street, over Bank of California. Nov. 16.
F
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Dec. 27, 1879.
THE CONDENSER.
[From Every Source.]
The first messages transmitted by the new cable between Brest and
Cape Cod were between the Presidents of the French Republic and of
the United States. The former telegraphed : " Paris, 20Novembre, 1879.
Le President de la Republique Francaise inaugure le noveau cable qui
unit la Prance el l'Amerique en envoyent l'expressiun de ses sentiments
les plus cordiaux a Monsieur le President de la Republique des Etats-
Unis.'! The following is the reply of President Hayes: "Washington,
November 21, 1S79.— The President of the United States has received
with the greatest pleasure the agreeable communication in which the
President of the French Republic announces the successful laying of the
new Transatlantic cable. He hopes that this cable will be the means of
transmitting only messages of friendship and respect between the Gov-
ernments and the citizens of the two countries."
We have before us a long report of a lecture by Mr. G-. F. Sargent at
Nisch on magnetism and health. The lecture contains a good many his-
torical statements that must have been gathered together with grep-t
labor. The lecturer states that electricity was known six hundred years
before the commencement of our era. Its virtues, too, were recognized,
for we are told in the year of Our Lord 10, by Scribonius Largus, an
eminent Roman physician and author, that Anthero (a freeman of Tibe-
rius) was cured of the gout by the shocks of a torpedo-fish —a thick, flat
fish, found on the shores of the Mediterranean, and on the Atlantic coast
of France. — Electrician.
Lord Beaconsfield wishes it to be generally known that he has no kind
of intention to dissolve the present Parliament before it has reached the
end of its statutory existence, and has come to its natural end by the
efflux of time. " My dear friend," he said, with the most impressive
solemnity, a few days ago, to a gentleman who was with him, " do you
wish to know when I mean to dissolve ? I will tell you, and what I tell
you is what I have told my secretaries to tell all those who are entitled
to know. The year after next I shall begin to think of a dissolution." —
Vanity Fair, Dec. 6(A.
In one of his recent speeches in Edinburgh, Mr. Gladstone, be-
fore a refined audience where many of the gentler sex were present, ad-
dressed them as " women." and remarked : "I use the expression women
with greater satisfaction than I use the name of ladieB."
They have discovered 5,000,000 acres in South Australia and 20,000,000
acres in Western Australia of good land.
Peer statistics per man per year : Britain 250 pints, Belgium 260£, Ger-
many 164 (?), United States 68, Austria 59, France 37, Holland 61, Den-
mark 104, Sweden 40, Switzerland 49, Norway 65, Luxembourg 37, Rus-
sia 5.
Population of the elobe, 1,421,000,000. Europe 309, Asia 824, Africa
199, Oceanica 4, America 85. Deaths per day, 97,790 ; births per dav,
104,800.
Telegrams from City of London in October, 78, 182,964 j October, 79,
234,839. From Stock Exchange, 79,370, against 112,163.
A pilgrimage from England is being organized on a large scale, to assist
at the celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the declaration of
the dogma of the Immaculate Conception. •
The Italian Government are about to establish an observatory on
Mount ./Etna. The air there is so pure and clear that Venus casts a
shadow.
The sources of the Niger have been discovered by two Frenchmen, M.
Zweifel and M. Moustier, sent by M. Verminek, of Marseilles, a mer-
chant. They are three in number, rising in one of the northern spurs of
the Kong mountains. Kong, in Chinese, means a tank — (coincidence).
A block of land on Collins street, Melbourne, sold in 1838, by Govern-
ment, for £1,330, is now worth £1,483,350. San Francisco can hardly beat
that.
They can only fire five shots in four hours with the 80-ton gun ; 425 lbs.
of powder and 1700 lbs. shot; 2500 yards.
The " chemical " theory is the prevalent one in England. Chemicals
enter into everything, and brisk trade in chemicals means national pros-
perity. Liebig said : " Tell me what a country's consumption of sul-
phuric acid is and I will tell you what her wealth is." We shall be glad to
hear from Barbary Coast and Tar Flat.
French Board of Trade returns show imports increased 385 millions of
francs. Exports decreased 45 millions during the first ten months of this
year. Bad harvest.
There is a "Priests' Protection Society" in Dublin, for the protection
of Roman Catholic clergy converted to Protestantism. Income, £700 per
annum ; expenses, £70 per annum. They have one priest under protec-
tion. Healthy society !
The average size of farms in seventeen representative counties in En-
gland is 152 acres ; average in America, 153 acres. Close.
A Casabarnanca.— The boy stood on the back-yard fence, whence all
but him had fled, the flames that lit his father's barn shone just above
the shed. One bunch of crackers in his hand, two others in his hat, with
piteous accents loud he cried, " I never thought of that! " A bunch of
crackers to the tail of one small dog he'd tied j the dog in anguish sought
the barn and 'mid the ruins died. The sparks flew wide and red and hot,
they lit upon the brat ; they fired the crackers in his hand and eke thoBe
in his hat. Then came a burst of rattling sound — the boy! Where was
he gone ? Ask of the winds that far around strewed bits of meat and
bone, and scraps of clothes and balls and tops and nails and hooks and
yarn, the relics of the dreadful boy that burned his father's barn.
& CO.
SUCCESSOR TO
SNOW & MAY.
Call Attention to their Extensive stock of Goods suitable
for HOLIDAY PRESENTS, comprising Christmas and New Year's Cards in
great variety ; novelties in Panel Pictures, Brackets, Easels, Frames and Passepar-
touts, and the latest publications in Engravings and Photogravures.
Dec. 20.] 20 Post street, Opposite Mechanics' Institute.
WAKELEE'S AURE0LINE
Produces the Beautiful Golden Hair so Much Admired.
SUPERIOR TO THE IMPORTED ARTICLE
— BT REASON OF ITS-
FRESHNESS AND CAB.E "USED IN ITS PRODUCTION.
PBICE, LARGE BOTTLES. #2.
Manufactured by H. P. WA.KELEE & CO., Druggists, corner
Montgomery and Rush streets, S. F. [Aug1. 2.
ESSENTIAL OIL OF EUCALYPTUS AMYGDALINA.
BossitoTs "Parrot" Brand is the original ail(| only gen-
uine Eucalyptus Oil imported, and used internally under medical prescrip-
tion, and externally for all rheumatic and bronchial affections, as well as for local
pains, bruises, sprains, etc., for which it is an undoubted specific. For sale by all
druggists. W. H. CAMPBELL, Sole Agent,
Nov. 29. 402 Front street, San Francisco.
R0EDERER CHAMPAGNE. '
Notice. --The Trade and the fnblic are informed that we
receive the genuine LOUIS ROEJDERER CARTE BLANCHE CHAMPAGNE,
direct from Mr. Louis Roederer, Reims, over his signature and Consular Invoice.
Each case is marked upon the side, " Macondray & Co., San Francisco," and each
bottle bears the label, "Macondray &Co., Sole Agents for the Pacific Coast."
Oct. 11. MACONDRAY & CO., Sole Agents for the Pacific Coast.
E.M.Try. FRY, WATTLES & CO., J.B.Watties.
Stock Brokers,
303 Montgomery Street, S. F., Under the Nevada Bank.
B^F" Money to loan on active accounts. Nov. 8.
Geo. C. Hickox.
GEORGE C. HICKOX & CO.,
E. C. MgFablane.
Commission Stock Brokers (San Francisco
/ change, No. 230 Montgomery street, San Francisco.
Stock Ex-
May 4.
J. A. RUDKIN,
Member S. F. Stock and Exchange Board, 433 California
street. STOCKS bought and Sold on Commission. Liberal Advances
made n Active Accounts. Oct. 26.
E. E. Eyrb.1 Members S. F. Stock and Exchange Board. [J. H. Jones.
EYRE & JONES,
Stock Brokers,
320 PINE STBEET, SAN FRANCISCO. [Sept. 27.
ANDREW BAIRD,
Negotiator of Loans and Commercial Paper,
Broker in Local and State Securities,
No. 312 California Street San Prarcisco.
[P. O. Rox 1,308.} July"19.
D. V. B. Henarie.
E. MARTIN & CO,
Edward Martin.
Importers and Wholesale Sealers in Wines and Liquors.
Proprietors of Miller's Extra Old Bourbon and J. F. Cut-
ter Extra Old Bourbon and Bye Whiskies.
April 5. 408 Front Street, San Francisco.
AGENTS, READ THIS!
We will pay Agents a Salary of #100 per month and ex-
penses, or allow a large commission, to sell our new and wonderful
inventions. We mean what we say. Sample Free.
Address SHERMAN & CO., Marshall, Mich.
W Morris. MORRIS & KENNEDY, J. F. Kennedy.
Importers and Beaters in Sfoldings, Frames, Engravings,
Chromos, Lithographs, Decaleomanie, Wax and Artists' Materials, 21 Post
street, nearly opposite Masonic Temple, San Francisco. Feb. 4.
SCHWAB & BREESE,
New Art Gallery, ti2 I Market street, opposite Palace Hotel.
Oil Paintings, Engravings, Wax and Artists' Materials.
Kg= ADMISSION FREE. Sept. 13.
SNOW & CO.,
No. 30 Post street, opposite Mechanics" Institute, Import-
ers and Manufacturers of Pictures, Frames, Mouldings, and Artist's Ma-
erials. Established 1849. Sept. 20.
N'
ALASKA COMMERCIAL COMPANY,
o. 310 Sansome street, San Francisco, Wholesale Bealer
in Furs. Sept. 21.
R. H. LLOYD,
Attorney-at-Law, Room. 13, Nevada Block.
Dec 27, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
A BINOINQ LBSSON
(From out New York Correspondent.]
A nightingale tang at the break of the day
When the nightingale'* note should have died away,
And her son; was so tender, so sweet and clear
That the birds of the day could not choose but hear,
As she sang iu a voice that was pure nnd true,
Ob, little bird*, little birds, sing as I do.
So each little sun-singer lent an ear,
And they sang together, sweet, soft and clear.
Yet their voice! in harmony would not blend J
With the mmtoal voice »>f their midnight friend.
And her soft throat swelled as she warbled anew —
Oh, little birds, little birds, sing as I do.
So they turned from her voice and drove her away.
The poor little singer, these birds of the day,
But she still is singing her sad little song
Flooding earth with its melody all night long —
** The darkness for me and the sunlight for you ;
But little birds, little birds, sing as I do." •
And is not that spirit a wonderful thing
That all through the darkness hath courage to sing;
That brave little soul that, with melody rare,
Creates its own sunshine and drowns its own care?
No marrel, sweet singer, the warblers are few
Whose souls have the courage to sing as you do.
MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY'S ANNUAL RECEPTION.
Notwithstanding the excessively boisterous and rainy weather on
Friday, the 19th instant, a very fair attendance of visitors and members
assembled in the great hall below the Mercantile Library. The micro-
scopes numbered more than a dozen, out of the twenty which would have
been there but for the bad weather. Those, however, which were dis-
played comprised several of the very grandest and most expensive, con-
spicuous among which was an almost priceless one by Beck & Beck, the
entire mechanical appliances being made of aluminum, and, though ap-
? earing very massive, was as light as would insure perfect steadiness.
_ ts range of powers was complete up to the vast hight of l-40th of an
inch. Mr. Hanks showed a fine instrument, with some special appli-
ances to insure perfect centering. Dr. Mouser exhibited a wonderfully
striking preparation of the circulation of blood in a living frog. The au-
dience appeared to take very lively interest in the various objects.
One cannot help thinking what a lasting benefit the members of the
Society might confer on the citizens, if they could be induced to devote
only a moderate amount of attention upon the articles of consumption of
all kinds iu use in San Francisco. That adulteration is rife no sensible
man doubts, from what has been published from time to time in the
News Letter ; and just where chemistry and unaided vision fail to detect
sophistication, the microscope lays it bare. Not alone in articles of food,
but in expensive articles of clothing — and, indeed, in a thousand useful
ways — the microscope alone can point out deception. No one, however,
for one moment admires less the zeal and perseverance of the members in
exploring that vast world of minute life, so beautiful and so interesting in
itself. Yet Horace's rule holds good : " Omne tulit punctum qui miscuit
utile dulci." "He who blended the useful with the delightful, accom-
plished everything."
POPULATION OP AFRICA.
Some authorities accord to Africa not more than 100,000,000 of in-
habitants; others still less. German geographers suppose that Africa con-
tains somewhat more than 200,000,000 of inhabitants. The latest English
publications estimate the population at 186,000,000, which, for an area of
11,500,000 square miles, gives an average of 16 inhabitants per square
mile, or a specific population ll.V times less than that of France. It
should be observed that the approximative figure of the population, ap-
plied to the whole of the African continent, will not give a just idea of
the compact character of the populations of the interior. The negro
regions are by far the most populous parts of the continent. If the popu-
lations are sparse in the desert parts, they are very dense in other regions.
Thus, in the Soudan the population is estimated at 80,000,000, or about
53 per square mile. The town of Bida, on the Niger, has 80,000 inhabit-
ants. The population of East Africa is estimated at about 30,000,000,
aud that of Equatorial Africa at 40,000,000. One of the latest authorities
divides the population of Africa as follows, among the great families into
which ethnologists have divided the races: Negroes, 130,000,000; Hamites,
20,000,000; Bantas, 13,000,000; Fulahs, 8,000,000; Nubians, 1,500,000;
Hottentots, 50,000. This would give a total population of 172,550,000.
These data are taken from a paper by M. A. Raband, in the Bulletin of
the Marseilles Geographical Society.
DIAMONDS AND OTHER PRECIOUS STONES OF CALI-
FORNIA.
Ed. " News Letter:1* Since I began last week calling attention to
the deposits of diamonds and precious stones of this and the neighboring
States, I found in a few minutes amongst a very small quantity of dark,
sandy matter, no less than jEw small and very perfect crystals of diamond,
the other matters being minute but quite perfect prisms of transparent
quartz and amorphous black iron ore. These diamonds are not exactly
microscopic, for in the first instance I used only my unaided eyes in se-
lecting them ; but when magnified a few times the minutest details of their
crystalline structure were beautifully shown. One of them, which I in-
tend to preserve, is even a rare form of crystalitation of the diamond.
The most promising feature in the little collection is the circumstance that
there seems to be neither fracture nor abrasion of the soft quart? crystals,
several of them having both of their terminal pyramids quite perfect.
John J. Bleasdalb, D. D.,
December 23, 1879. 120 Sutter St., City.
A correspondent writes: The editor of a well-known Irish paper
wrote as follows to a friend of mine, a lady, who had sent a poem to him:
" Madam, there are two drawbacks to your effusion: first of all, the
handwriting is so bad that I couldn't read it ; and, secondly, after I had
read it, I found it defective in rhymes." — May fair.
THE REFORMER REFORMED.
Colonel "Valentine Baker, late of the British Army, having been ap-
pointed by the Porte to superintend the reforms in Asia Minor, contem-
plateth that reform which he deemeth of the first importance, to wit :
that the women should be leas strictly secluded.
The "unspeakable Turk," however, in his hatred of civilization and
progress, objects rudely, as above depicted, remarking, " Allah, bismil-
lah, Inshallah !" which, being interpreted, Bignifieth : " By the beard of
the Prophet, you're at it again, Val !" Rumor saith that the gallant
Colonel will next take service with the Muscovite.
Ornamental Fixture in Union Square.
"Dressed to Death." — A case for an inquest was reported to the
City Coroner on November 22d, which illustrates the correctness of the
old saying of " having too much of a good thing." It appears that an old
lady named Keylar, aged seventy, had come from Cheshunt to London by
rail, and was proceeding to Broad Street Station on her way to Chalk
Farm, where she was to visit a relative. When she ascended the station
stairs she had a fainting of the heart, and expired before a doctor
could be fetched. That her death was accelerated by her being over-
weighted with clothing may be judged from the fact that she had on two
chemises, two pairs of stockings, two pairs of flannel drawers, two flannel
petticoats, two skirts, four jackets, two crossovers, a thick cloth jacket
trimmed with fur, a thick woolen shawl, a fur boa, two caps, and a bon-
net and boots.
Useful Recipe. — How to make jam tart,
you put in the plums. — Judy.
Leave out the sugar when
Artistic Novelties, manufactured from California quartz, at Ran-
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SAN FRAKCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Dec. 27, 1879.
AN ENGLISH NOVEL.
BY AH AMERICAN ATJTHOB.
[Continued from last week's issue.]
ChapteeYII. — The Opera.
The Queen's Opera House is crowded from pit to dome. Long before
the hour for the raising of the curtain, that announcement so cheering to
the heart of every star — "standing-room only" — has been displayed in
front of the box office. The dress circle, parquet, orchestra seats, family
circle and gallery are one seething cauldron of human faces and gently
waving feminine fans, the only vacant places in the whole theater being
the two proscenium boxes on the left of the stage. The lower box — the
manager's own — has been tendered by the management to the Queen,
and gratefully accepted by her Highness. The upper one has been en-
gaged for the Earl of Thames and family. Neither party has as yet ar-
rived, and though the opera, as announced in the papers of the day, is
Trovatore, with Sig. Brignoli in the title role and Lablache and Grisiin
the other leading parts, it is doubtful if the ringing up of the curtain is
awaited with more impatient expectancy than is the arrival of the occu-
pantB of those two private boxes. Bets are almost equally divided as to
which will be the first to appear, the Queen or the Thameses, with a
slight leaning in favor of the Queen. The audience are beginning to erow
weary; the unceasing cry of " Candy and peanuts!" has become monoto-
nous, and just as a faint rumble of impatient feet has begun to make it-
st/lf heard on the floor, the door at the back of the manager's box is
thrown violently open, and Sir Brown enters with drawn sword, followed
by the Queen in her robes of state, and accompanied by the Lady Mattie
Raleigh and the Count de Jones. The faint murmur of shuffling feet
swells into a thunder of applause as "Victoria takes her seat opposite to
Miss Raleigh, and the bell for the raising of the curtain is drowned in
the cry of " Hats off in front!"
The curtain goes up, and the opera commences with the beautiful
" Misery," so familiar to every opera-goer.
But let us proceed to the middle of the second act, at which period
Evy, accompanied by the Prince of Connaught, who is now her acknowl-
edged beau, enters the Thames box. Evy looks radiant in a white basket
cloth suit, trimmed with ostrich feathers, and hat to match. A pair of
twenty-two buttou black kid gloves, stitched with red, extend to her el-
bows. There is a murmur of admiration that makes " Azucena " frown
as Miss Evy and Mr. Connaught seat themselves in the front of the box.
Suppose we follow them and hear their talk.
" Well, if he ain't just too sweet to live," Evy says softly to herself as
she burys her opera-glasses in the tenor.
" What's that you're a-saying ?" demands the Prince, hoarsely.
"Nothing," replies Miss Thames. "I was only talking i-talian to
myself."
"In your mind," grunts Mr. Connaught.
" Take your glasses and tell me who's here," says the Lady Genevieve,
her intention being to occupy the Prince while the tenor is on the stage.
Smart girl. Young Connaught takes her telling, and putB his operas up
to his eyes.
" Ain't a human in the house I ever see before," he says, looking full at
Evy the while under the glasses. Smarter boy.
■ "No? Why, I heard tell as your mother was coming," replies Miss
Genevieve. Oh, dear! I must make out to send him a note."
" Yes, she's in the box below," says the Prince.
"Is that so ?" answers Evy, abstractedly. "Oh, my! Ain't he too
lovely for anything ! How shall I manage it ? Oh, dear! I'm real glad
that act's over," she adds, as the curtain descends.
" Me, too," remarks the Prince, getting up and buttoninghis sack-coat.
" I guess I'll happen in and see mother. Mattie's there," he adds, calcu-
lating to rile Evy.
" Ib she ?" asks Evy, with evident unconcern, for she is thinking of the
tenor. " Give her my love, and tell her — yet stay. Loan me your lead
pencil and 111 write my message. You'd be sure to forget it."
The Prince takes a long black " Faber," with rubber on the head, from
a holder fastened to his vest, and hands it to Evy. She tears her pro-
gramme in two, and hastily scribbles something on it ; then she stops
suddenly and says:
"Never mind, I won't write. Tell her I can't go to-morrow — shell
savvy."
" Gimme the lead-pencil," says the Prince.
" 111 keep it till you come back," replies Miss Evy, playfully. "And
see here. Don't you want to do me a great favor?" she asks, with the
end of the pencil to her lips.
"Well, spit it out," replies the Prince, with his hand on the door
handle. " I'm in a hurry."
" Buy me a bo — kay from the man in the lobby," she says.
"What for?" asks Mr. Connaught. " Bo-kays cost money this time
of year."
" Oh, I just want one — please," says Miss Evy, coaxingly.
" Oh, all right." he growls, and is gone.
" There, if I didn't engineer that real splendid," Evy says to herself as
the Prince's footsteps die away. " I've got pencil and paper— now for the
note." Hastily spreading the other half of the programme on the bend
of one of her limbs, she writes as follows:
mi darling i love you to distrackshun how can we meat rite and tell your
own Evy."
This she quickly folds, puts into the envelope the box ticket had come
in, fastens it up, and hides it in her glove as she hears a step outside the
door. The box door opens, and in walks the Judge with a huge bouquet
in his hand.
" Why, Judge! " cries Evy, eyeing the nosegay.
" Yours," says bis Honor, bowing low.
" I've a mind not to speak to you," says Miss Thames, her manner
changing, sudden like.
"Wh— why?" demands the Court, elevating its eyebrows. "What's
the matter with you ? "
" You never came to Ma's Kittledrum to-day," pouts Lady Genevieve.
"Couldn't.^ Honest Injin I couldn't," replies the Judge,
quid out of his mouth and throwing it in the spittoon,
all day."
" Playing poker, I guess," says Evy, with a suspicious sneer.
taking the
' Was occupied
" Nary a poker," returns hia»Honor. " No, sir j no such luck for this
child. I've teen sitting on the bench earning myB&lary. That's where
I've been."
" Is that so ?" asks Miss Thames.
The Judge nods and says " TJm-um."
" I take it all back, then," apologizes Evy.
" Accept this as a peace-offering, Miss," says the Judge, with a low
bow, as he hands the bouquet to Miss Evy.
" It's real kind of you," smiles Lady Genevieve, as she takes the bou-
quet and smells it.
" Don't mention it," replies the Court, gallantly, as it seats itself in the
other chair. The bell rings for the curtain to rise. At the same moment
a loud knock sounds on the door without.
" Get up and see who it is. I'm awful tired," Evy says to Mb Honor,
who rises reluctantly and goes to the door.
_ While the Judge's back is turned, Lady Genevieve sticks the note hur-
riedly into the bouquet, and looks round to see the box door burst in with
a swinging crash, as her father, the Earl, falls in headlong onto the Judge,
and both go down sprawling on the floor, the Earl on top.
"Let me up, I tell you," roars the Judge, as soon as he can get his
breath. "What do you take me for? Do you think I'm made o'
feathers ?"
" Waz a mazzer wi' you ?" gurgles Mr. Thames.
"I'll show you pretty d — d quick !" yells his Honor. "Let me up, I
tell ye, or 111 put a head on you quicker 'an wink."
Evy gets up, and, taking her father by the ear, gives it a good pinch.
" Ouch !" he hollers. " Wha— whas ye doin'? Wh — who's there ?"
" Amasy !" cries Evy, imitating her mother's voice.
"H — U's kitchen !" exclaims the Earl, sobered for the minute, as he
scrambles up. " I thought you was to home in bed. Where is she ?" he
asks, as he looks about and falls sitting on the sofa at the back of the box.
" That's all right," says Evy. "You behave." And she seats herself
in the front again.
" D — n pretty how do ye do," mutters the Judge to himself, as he gets
on his feet. " There's a spick span new stovepipe gone to h — 11. You're
a sweet-scented old galoot, you are," he adds to the Earl, who is wiping
imaginary moisture from his mouth with his open hand, and grinning the
while.
" Tha— thas aw right," grunts Mr. Thames, gradually lapsing into som-
nolency, as he extends a limp hand to the Judge. " Sha — Sha-a-ke !"
" See ye in h— 11 first !" shouts his Honor. "Who's going to pay me
for that hat?"
" I — I will," replies the Earl, suddenly rousing himself. I — I — I wilL
Le — Lesgoantakerdrink."
" Don't mind if I do," returns the mollified Court. " Can you walk ?"
" C — course I ca — can," replies Mr. Thames, getting up and falling
over against the Judge, who grapples him.
" That's right; hook on to me," says his Honor, puttinghis arm through
the Earl's. " I'll take you along all right."
"Where you going, Father ?" demands Miss Evy, attracted by the
opening of the door.
" Setemupagain — for the b — boys 1" calls back the Earl, as he and the
Judge make a lurch through the doorway.
" Don't make no fuss, Miss," says his Honor, as Evy rises and comes
toward them. " I'll carry the old man home."
" Now for it," the Lady Genevieve murmurs to herself, as she closes
the door softly after the retreating figures. "Couldn't pick a better
time."
The tenor has just ended the famous Aria, that begins the third act,
amid shouts of applause, when Evy appears at the front of the box and
Gracefully throws the bouquet. There is a new burst of plaudits as she
oes so, and, stopping to bow her acknowledgments — ah, fatal act ! — she
does not see that, though the bouquet reaches the feet of the tenor, the
note — oh, misfortune untold ! — flutters out from its hiding-place, and
drops right into the lap of Miss Mattie Raleigh, who is seated in the box
underneath.
As the fates would have it, a very dissipated looking hoodlum, who had
been trying to mash the Lady Mattie all evening, was Btanding directly
under where she sat in the Queen's box when the bouquet waB thrown.
We shall see, as our story proceeds, that Miss Raleigh knows how to put
two and two together. But we must not anticipate. Happy in her ig-
norance and joyful at the thought that her fond missive had reached its
proper destination, Evy turns with a radiant smile to greet the Prince,
who, at that moment, re-enters the box.
" What an age you've been away !" she says, reproachfully.
" Seems about two minutes to me," he answers, still keeping up his
game of bluff.
But Miss Genevieve is too intensely happy to care — poor, innocent
child — or to notice the clove-like odor that pervades the atmosphere.
" Where's the bo-kay?"asks the Prince, after a minute.
" What bo-kay ?" says Evy.
"Why, the one I sent you, of course," replies Mr. Connaught, some-
what impatiently.
"You didn't send me no bo-kay that Iknowof," answers Miss Thames,
with a Bneer.
"I didn't, eh ? Wasn't the Judge here ?" demands the Prince.
"Guess he was," says Evy. " He gave me one, if that's what your after."
" Didn't he tell you I sent it ?" asks the Prince.
" Not much, he didn't, when he bought it himself, I reckon," replies
Evy. " Oh, no, the Judge ain't that kind of a man."
" D—d old beat," mutters the Prince. "I thought he'd do that. Where
is it, anyhow ?"
" Fell out of the box just as you come in," says Miss Thames, quickly.
" But let's go home. I've seen enough of this. Ain't you ?"
" I'm agreeable," replies the Prince.
" All right, we'll travel, then," remarks Miss Genevieve, stooping down
to put on her gum shoes, while the Prince turns up the bottoms of his
pants.
" Would you like some ice cream?" he asks, none too pressing, as they
gain the street, and he feels in his vest pocket to see how much change
he's got. " I'm f earful that'B the last car, however," he adds. "What do
you say ?"
" Not if I know myself," replies Evy. " I ain't going to foot it home
for no plate of ice cream."
So they get into the car.
[Continued Next Week.]
Dec 27, 1879.
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SASI FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Dec. 27, 1879.
"PLEASURE'S WAND."
"We Obey no 'Wand but Pleasure'*."— 21m» Moore.
Bush Street Theater. — There is no doubt of the fact that burlesque
troupes exercise a great attraction upon theater-goers, especially male,
and more especially club men and men about towD. When " Dr. Ox,'' in
Oxygen, threw that cannon ball into the auditorium of this theater he
was warned to be careful that he dropped it in the center aisle. He could
not throw it anywhere else conveniently without hitting some club mem-
ber. In these butterflies of life the love of beauty is strongly developed.
When this galaxy of manly beauty is taken into consideration, it would
seem that the result of such an assemblage would be fatal to the im-
pressible female human nature that disports itself in graceful form for the
amusement of the public. That such is not the case is an upset to all
orthodox theories. The weakness of average human nature must be con-
ceded. What indefinable conflicting emotions thrill through the average
manly bosom when the glances from fairies, princes and pages linger upon
it for a moment as they pass to the next man. There is the glance of
Ada Lee's gazelle eyes that speaks bo enconraginly to the homeliest:
" You're really not a half bad-looking feller, yon know." There's Alice
Wright's pout, that conveys the half contemptuous intimation, "lam
afraid you are nobody in particular, but still " There is the steady
gaze of Annie Deacon, that says : ** I'm not proud, even if I did look so
pretty in Oxygen." There's the flash of Ella Chapman's prominent orbs
that takes you all in and — drops yon all out again. There's Kate Ever-
leigh's grateful, melting look, that seems to thank you for your admira-
tion, and adds : " I wish we were playing Robinson Crusoe." There's Car-
rie McHenry, who fixes you with a sudden Bnap of her eyes and says :
"Oh, you think that you're a good-looking fellow! Now, don't
you ! Oh, my !" Then there is the constant harassing uncertainty as to
whether it is you, or the man before you, or the man behind you, or the
man next to you, that the fair one is looking at. Added to a conviction,
strengthened by consideration, that a burlesque actress can scarcely be
expected to remember the twenty thousand faces Bhe sees upturned
towards her in the course of a fifty weeks' tour through the United StateB.
Oh, yes ! There's a good deal of excitement about a burlesque company,
for unmarried men and married men also. But all this is digression)
Bluebeard is, I think, the best show this company has so far made. The
burlesque is bright and full of life and action j the different scenes go off
with snap and vivacity. The selections of music are of a nature to tickle
the popular taste, the coBtumes very, very pretty, and each and everyone
of the cast is seen in best form. Roland Reed is a comedian who grows
into more favor with every appearance. He is exceedingly funny as the
"Azure Pasha," and peals of laughter greet his every movement. The
long scene with the " Heathen Chinee " is the only tedious moment in the
whole piece. It is too long drawn out, and Maflin does not make a good
Chinaman. Miss Roseau wears a very handsome costume, and sings
several songs in her usual way. Comparatively speaking, her rendition of
" Hark the Drum," a very meritorious martial composition of Mr. JeBse
Williams, is her best local vocal effort. The run of thiB burlesque is an
assured fact, for it is brimful of amusement and jollity.
Baldwin Theater. — It is evident that a London run is no criterion to
go by as to the merits of a play, for New Babylon, dramatically considered,
is, to say the least, a very weak composition. The plot is weak, and the
characters badly drawn. Much of its success must be due to the realism
of its local scenes and characters. This element does not operate in this
country, and life-like representations of London people are appreci-
ated merely on general principles. There are speaking parts by the
dozen, most of them in efficient hands, though here and there can be seen
bad amateurs trying their best and doing their worst. The stage manager
should exercise a little more discretion in selections, and should not en-
trust the character of an English gentleman to a supernumerary, with de-
cided Bowery Boy peculiarities, i.e., "Broughtom Sulney." As "Ezra
Lazarek," the Jew, Jennings gives one of his capital eccentric impersona-
tions. Logan Paul is a decidedly lifelike Celestial, and King Hedley a
thorough 'oss fancier. Miss Jean Clara Walters plays the outcast, "Aunt
Crazy," admirably. It is by far the best piece of acting this actress has
yet done. The other characters call for no comment. A great deal has
been done in the matter of scenery, and some of the tableaux, notably the
wreck, are strikingly handsome. The chief attraction lies in the intro-
duced specialties. The Davene Erench Troupe are wonderful acrobats.
They perform the hardest of feats with remarkable ease and grace. They
are the best in this line that have appeared in this city in years. This
part of the entertainment is decidedly enjoyable. The " American Four"
are very ludicrous in their antics, which consist of song and dance, com-
bined with indescribable capers. The fact that this style of performance
is hardly en rapport with the standing of this theater, is forgotten in the
peals of laughter that greet the falls and tumbles of this mercurial quar-
tette. In addition to these specialties, a good ballet will be introduced on
Monday next, with Miss Roseri as prima.
Standard Theater.— The entertainment offered the public at this
theater is one of great merit. Herrmann is a most admirable prestidigita-
teur. He is neat and deft in all his tricks. Some of them are old ones
in new shape ; others entirely novel and original. Like Heller, Herr-
mann depends a good deal upon intricate apparatus for the development
of his diablerie. This adas to the interest of his performance, mere
sleight of hand losing all its charms in face of large audiences. Herr-
mann is gifted with a ready and witty tongue, which adds not a little to
his entertainment. His attendant, Mile. Addie, one of the few women
to whom male attire is becoming, flits around always at the right place*
and at the proper time. The decapitation scene is a nicely managed illu-
sion. The Lorellas are disciples of the Majttton school. They lack the
grace that was characteristic of those grotesques, but are far more agile,
aud have more variety to their contortions. They are local artists,whose
debut, some years back, was hardly promising, but they have improved
wonderfully. The full houses testify to the amusement this entertain-
ment provides.
Melville English Opera Troupe.— This organization will open at the
Bush Street Theater early in January. It will be a very strong company,
including Mmes. Emily Melville, Laura Joyce, Lily Post, Annis Monta-
gue, and MesBrs. H. Vernon, C. H. Turner, Henry Peakes, Dochez, etc.
Miss Montague and Mr. Turner left New York on the 20th inst. for this
city.
California Theater. — The Christmas production at this theater, the
Seven Sisters, with its mass of spectacular attractions, is doing a big busi-
ness. In plays of this character there is no call for dramatic criticism.
As long as the eye is pleased and laughter created, everything else is sub-
ordinated. The transformation scene is, without exception, the most
beautiful one ever shown in this city. It is gorgeous in its splendor and
brilliancy. The two ballet dancers are exceedingly graceful and agile.
Gibbons, the trapeze balancist, does hie difficult act with remarkable ease.
Rose Julian, a pretty child, is the easiest and most graceful contortionist
I ever saw. Mathilde Bonnay plays the xylophone with great delicacy.
The chorus is good, the Zouave Drill very well done by a bevy of girls in
Jicturesque costumes. There are demons and spring traps enough. Miss
'Ouise Beaudet is as charming as it is possible for youth and beauty to
be. Mr. Russell Bassett gives several imitations of actors, that are all
rather mediocre, except that of Max Freeman, as *' Baron Stein." This
one is capital. All of the cast do well, with the exception of Miss Gran-
ville. This actress gives her character an unnecessary amount of coarse-
ness and vulgarity, which, while it may please the gallery, disgustB the
dress circle. Some of the scenes, which are at beat but improvisations of
those on the stage, might with advantage be lert out. On Christmas af-
ternoon and evening the house was tested to its utmost capacity, and
every one seemed well pleased.
German Theater. — The innovation of Sunday evening performances
at all the theaters, coupled with the establishment of beer gardens and
Tivolis, has been greatly prejudicial to the Buccess of the German com-
pany. These outside attractions draw away a large number of the regu-
lar habitues from both the family and dress circles. It is to be regretted
that, in view of these causes, this admirable company is not receiving the
?atronage and attention it so richly deserves. The venture of a German
'heater, with its hebdomatical performances, is at best but a fair specu-
lation, and Mrs. Gene"e has the right to expect the support of our Ger-
man-speaking citizens, especially when the excellence of her artists is con-
sidered. The performance last Sunday evening was a most amusing one,
the different members appearing at their best. Miss Mundt-MuJbach
does not possess vocal abilities equal to her dramatic, and should not at-
tempt to display them. On next Sunday, 500,000 Devils, a spectacular
piece, will be given, with all the scenic effects, ballet and variety acts that
form so entertaining a part of the Seven Sisters.
Fedestria nism Again. — The "go-as-you-please" men having united
among themselves, propose to commence a six days' walking match, to
begin at 10 P. M. on Monday next, at the Pavilion. All the prominent
walkers are in it, with several new men from the East, and an Apache
Indian of great prowess as a runner. The number of entries up to date
is twenty- eight. The Union Gatling Band is to discourse sweet music
each evening. Great care is being taken in the management of the whole
affair, and an exciting contest will inevitably result. Heretofore, the
walkers have done all the work, and been almost the sole attraction, yet
have obtained but little of the money. In the forthcoming match the
profits will very properly go to the men.
Charles Goodwin, Treasurer of the Baldwin Theater, arrived last
week from New York, where he had been to engage fresh talent for the
holiday season. He brought with him over fifteen persons to strengthen
the company, and his ability in the important position he holds is the
more creditable to him that he is the youngest man in the business.
The sale of seats for the Patti grand concerts is going on at Sherman,
Hyde & Co's at a rate which will probably leave none available in two
days more. The first concert of the six will take place on Monday, Jan-
uary 5th. This is the great musical occasion of the day, and the finest
treat offered for years.
Woodward's presents a grand bill for Saturday and Sunday, of nov-
elties amazingly rich, even after the Christmas triumph.
Chit-Chat. — Wagner has written a powerful article against vivisection.
— — Rubenstein's Nero is to be produced next season in London— What
a Lotta husbands Lotta is said to have !—— Gerald Eyre of Wallack's is
the coming Montague.-^— In New York Remenyi is not appreciated,
fault being continually found with his intonation.— Who is the Ameri-
can prima donna that Mr. Dulcken is going to take East from here ?^—
Capoul sang thirty-one times in November, at §200 a time !— • Alexan-
der, of Russia, has survived Nihilism and escaped all attempts to assassi-
nate him ; but now that he is informed that Anna Dickinson is writing a
Russian play, he says that he "will come right down," and had rather
die, anyhow. ^^ In the West Carlotta Patti is a pecuniary, but not an
artistic success-^^Campanini is still the favorite tenor East. His sing-
ing is said to be delightful. ^— W. S. Gilbert has written a new comedy
for Sothern. i Frank C. Bangs is married. ^— It is rumored that ninety-
seven amateur " stars " are about to take the road, and they are all pre-
pared to play "Lady Macbeth" or "Richard III." Those of the males
whose Mas "put up" for their darlings are all inclined to wear their hair
banged a la Irving.— 'The cold snap has interfered with the business of
the theaters. *
Krug Champagne. — Private Cuvee, in quarts and pints ; Shield—
Krug — in quarts and pints ; Premiere Qualite, in quarts and pints. For
sale by Hellman Bros. & Co., corner Front and Jackson streets.
How generous and cordial iB the feeling between Mr. M. J. Flavin
and bis army of employees at the Grand Toy Exhibition, is shown by the
fact that these have united in contributing to a testimonial of unique and
beautiful design, to be presented in their name to the enterprising Man-
ager of this great undertaking. This is a match-safe of Bolid gold, with
quartz setting in horseshoe form, and inscribed as follows:
Presented to M. J. Flavin
By the Employees of the
Grand Toy Exhibition*
Dec. 25, 1879.
STANDARD THEATER.
MA. Kennedy, Manager. --Monday Evening) Dee. 29th,
a Second week of the Great and Only
Hermann, M'He Addie* and tke Lorellas-!
Entire change of bill. Fresh tricks, new illusions. M'LLE ADDIE, " Asleep in Mid
Air," a Poetical and Graceful Illusion. The ELFIN LORELLAS, in new antics, and
a sensation called " I^'ESCALIER TERRIBLE," Grand Matinee New Year's Day.
See dally papers for advertisements. Matinee this Saturday afternoon.
Dee. 27. FRED. G. MAEDER, Business Manager for Herrmann.
Deo. 27, 1879.
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One of the Most Corrupting Sights on Kearny street.
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ArUatic Touches Preparatory to Receiving Callers New Tear's Day
Overwhelming- Disaster— Arrival of a New * ■ Pinafore ' * Troupe.
MECHANICS' PAVILION.
Commenoini; MONDAY, Deoomber 29th, 1819, at 10 P.M.,
And Continuing 6 Dags (144 Hours).
First Six-Days " Go- As- You -Please "
INTERNATIONAL PEDESTRIAN TOURNAMENT!
OPEN TO ALL!
Under the Auspices of the Pacific Coast Pedestrian League.
The Following nre the Names of Contestants:
Brooklyn Boy, Apache Indian, Nick,
Wm. Vance, Chas. J. Sheridan,
Henry Mirabeau, Wm. F. Dugan,
W. H. Scott, C. F. Mack,
C. S. Matteson, T. A. Sorrell,
Wm. Wood, A. E. Reid,
A. A Drew, Harry McGinn,
Frank Curtis, L. H. Emerson,
G. Guerrero, G. E. Dunn, E. J. Eaton.
Peter Mclntyre,
J. Murdock,
J. D. Stewart,
W. W. Blake,
Peter Uddin,
J. Ferguson,
Dennis Collins,
John Kibbler,
Apache Indian, Bob,
TWO HOURS LADIES' CONTEST!
Go- As- You- Please, for a Purse of $300.
First Prize, 8150. Second Prize, 8100. Third Prize, 850.
Start to be Made MONDAY, Dec. 29th, at 7:30 p.m.
A Specialty will be Made of the Music,
BY THE
union QATLING BAND,
Which will give a Grand Promenade Concert each Morning, Afternoon and Evening.
ADMISSION FIFTY CENTS.
P. McINTYRE, J. D. STEWART, C. S. MATTESON. Directors.
WELLS, FABGO A CO.'S BANK, Treasurer.
MARK THALL, General Manager.
[December 27. J
GRAND OPERA HOUSE.
The Music*! Sensation of 18801 Patti Grand Concerts! Slg-
nori CHIZZ >LA and DE VIVO take pleasure to announce a Beries of SIX
PATTI CONCERTS, and at each Concert a new and magnificent programme of
classic, operatic and popular music— at the same time they are happy to introduce
for the first time to the public of San Francisco, THE OUEEN OF CONCERT SING-
ERS,
La Diva Carlotta Patti!
Who will appear in conjunction with the following grand Concert combination: MR,
KETTEN, the great Poetic Pianist ; MR. DE MUNCK, tbe King of VioloucellistB :
MR. TOEDT, the silver-voiced Tenor; SIG. CIAMPI-CELLAJ, the Eminent Bari-
tone ; MR. DULCKEN, Musical Director. The Concerts will take place on
MONDAY EVENING Jan. 6th, 1 MONDAY EVENING Jan. 12th.
WEDNESDAY EVENING Jan. 7th, WEDNESDAY EVENING Jan. 14th,
FRIDAY EVENING Jan. 9th, | FRIDAY EVENING Jan. 16th.
SUBSCRIPTION TICKET (six nights) $10. Prices of Boxes according to location.
The sale of Subscription Seats is open till Tuesday, December 30th, at Sherman,
Hyde & Co. 'a Music Store. Ou Wednesday will commence the sale of seats for single
nights. Dec 27.
CALIFORNIA THEATER.
WB. Barton, Manager; Barton Hill. Acting Manager.
• The Most Gorgeous Spectacle ever produced on the Pacific Coast. Curtain
falls at 11 p.m. This (SATURDAY) Evening, December 27th, and at the SATUR-
DAY MATINEE. Iustant success of the Magnificent Spectacle, the
Seven Sisters !
With its Wealth of Scenic Splendor, Superb Cast. Grand Ballet, introducing
M'LLES CAMIS and ORTORI. Superb ChorusI Brilliant Costumes! Lightning
Zouave Drill! The great GIBBONS, " King of the Air." MONS. DOURAY, Cham-
pion Athlete ; ROSA JUL1EN, the renowned Contortionist; MATH1LDE BONNAY,
the Xylophonist; The Great Transformation Scene; the LAKE OF SILVER;
BIRTH OF THE BUTTERFLY IN THE BOWER OF Fi£RNS. Seats at the Box Of-
fice Dec. 27.
THE BALDWIN THEATER.
Thomas Magnlre, Manager.— Enormous Success of tbe
Great London Sensation,
The New Babylon!
Now running to crowded houses at the Duke's Theater, London, where it has already
reached its 400th representation. Every Evening. The full strength of the Baldwin
Company in the cast. Tremendous Hit of the FRENCH TROUPE DAVENE.
Brilliant Success of the AMERICAN FOUR, the best Specialty and Song and Dance
Artists on the American Stage. The Novelty ot the Season, the JOCKEY DANCE.
GRAND BABYLON MATINEE on NEW YEAR'S DAY and EVERY SATURDAY.
Monday, December 29th, first appearance in California of the great Premier
Danseiise, M*LLE ROSERI. Dec. 27.
BUSH-STREET THEATER.
Charles E. Locke, Proprietor and Manager.— This Evening
and Saturday Matinee. The Sixth Successive Success !
Bine-Beard !
By the Famous COLVILLEOPERA BURLESQUECOMPANY. MISS EMEROSEAU
as "Selim," and every member of the Company in the cast of characters. New Mu-
sic, New Scenery, and New Local Hits ! Secure yuur Seats in advance. In active
preparation, THE BOHEMIAN G-YURL ! There will be a limited revival of THE
MAGIC SUPPER, OXYGEN, and ROBINSON CRUSOE. Dec. 87.
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Dec. 27, 1879.
LORELEI.
[From Seine, by George Gossman.)
Ah, what all this Badness presages,
That haunts my mind to-day,
With a legion of by-gone ages,
I cannot drive away.
The air is still and it is darkling,
And stilly flows the Ehine
She combs it with a comb so golden,
And siDgs a song thereby;
And it sounds like a song of olden
Of wondrous melody.
The boatman below is forgetting
About the Falls that are nigh:
The sun on themountain issparkling A wild spell his heart is besetting,
Its mildest ev'ning shine.
I see a charming maid reclining,
So wonderful up there,
And see her golden jewels shining
She combs her golden hair.
As he gazeth on high.
But I fear he'll go to destruction,
Against the rocks he'll run —
- And this, by her song of seduction,
The Lorelei hath done!
Baldwin's Lennie. Baldwin's Latest.
San Francisco, as every body knows, is blessed with a Baldwin man
and a Baldwin house. The man has made the house, and the house is
just about what one would expect that man to make it. When this much
is said, perhaps the whole story is as fully told as it need be. He who
knows the man can hardly be said to be unacquainted with the house,
even though he may never have seen it. The old axiom, slightly changed,
exactly meets the necessities of the occasion — "like master, like house."
The similarity begins even at the name, though it is far from ending at it.
The manager is like his master. The servants imitate him. The guests
talk about him and discuss his favorite topics, and, in short, the whole es-
tablishment, lock, stock and barrel, is Baldwinian. It is a representative
institution in every respect. What more need be said of it ? It is claimed
that it is a high-toned hotel. Yes ! verily it is, if Baldwinism is a syno-
nym for that kind of tone. In that house Baldwin is said to have first
met his Lennie, a lady of a certain kind of tone. There, too, he now has
his "latest," who, by reason of her close alliance with Baldwinianism,
is entitled to be received and treated by the guests as the first lady of the
house. These be the best evidences we know of as to its tone. At any
rate, they indicate that it is truly Baldwinian.
GOLD AND SILVER IN THE BANK OP FRANCE.
The Bank of France has adopted the plan of giving a weekly state-
ment of the amount of gold and of silver contained in its reserve. On
November 20th the amounts held were as follows, the dollar being taken
as equal to 5 francs :
Gold. Silver.
Paris §96,900,207 $138,418,919
Branches 60,066,000 103,792,185
§15G,966,207 $242,211,104
The total reserve is thus 8399,177,311, which, compared with the pre-
vious week, is a decrease in gold of $3,800,000, and an increase in
silver of six hundred thousand dollars. When, however, we look at a
silver reserve in this one French Bank of $242,000,000, we cannot hut
call attention to the paltry $50,000,000 of silver coined by the United
States, of which Secretary Sherman complains so bitterly and so unin-
telligently. The Treasurer of the greatest silver-producing country in the
world whines over having had to coin $50,000,000 in standard silver dol-
lars, while a single bank, an institution carried on solely for profit, is
willing to hold five times that amount, and to be glad to get it. The fact
is, Frenchmen understand this question of silver, and are not afraid of
it ; but Mr. John Sherman, being a politician who has been committed
for twelve or fifteen years to the single gold standard, does not under-
stand the bearings of the silver question, and therefore does not know
what to do with silver except to protest against it. Congress, however, is
wiser, and has decreed, in spite of the Secretary and the President, that
silver shall remain as it is in the currency of the United States.
Robust and blooming health in Hop Bitters, and no family can
afford to be without them. See another column.
An elegant assortment of Gold Watches and Chains at Randolph &
Co. s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
INSURANCE.
HUTCHINSON & MANN,
INSURANCE AGENCY,
No. 3S2 &. 334 California Street, San Francisco, Cal.
GIRARD of Philadelphia.
HOME of ColumbuB,
NEW ORLEANS ASSOCIATION
PEOPLES of Newark.
Fire Insurance.
LA CAJSSE GENERALS of Paris.
ST. PAUL ....of St. Paul.
TEUTON1A of New Orleans.
BERLIN-COLOGNE of Berlin.
REVERE of Boston. lLA CONFIANCE of Paris.
PARIS UNDERWRITING ASSOCIATION \ of Paris.
LONDON AND PROVINCIAL MARINE INSURANCE CO of London.
Capital Represented $23,000,000.
All Losses Equitably Adjusted and Promptly Paid.
HOME MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. OF CALIFORNIA.
Principal Office, 406 California Street, San Francisco.
Cash Assets, January 1, 1877, §095,291 ; Liabilities, §5,952 ; Surplus for Policy
Holders, §589,339. J. F. Houghton, President ; L. L. Baker, Vice-President;
Charles R. Story, Secretary. R. H. MAGILL, H. H. BIGELOW, General Agents.
Directors. — San Francisco — L. L. Baker, John H. Redington, J. F. Houghton,
R. B. Gray, Robert Watt, John Currey, L. L. Baker, W. F. Whittier, C. G. Burr, E.
M. Root, W. H. White, J. L. N. Shepard, W. M. Greenwood, George S. Mann, Cyrus
Wilson, W. T. Garratt, C. Waterhouse, A. P. Hotaling, A. Block, A. K. P. Harmon,
G. S. Johnson, W. O. Wilson, A. W. Bowman, H. L. Dodge, Charles R. Story. Ala-
meda County Branch — V. D. Moody, Chauncy Taylor, A. C. Henry, Robert S. Far-
relly, Joseph B. Marlin, W. B. Hardy, T. B. Simpson. San Diego— A. H. Wilcox.
Sacramento — Mark Hopkins, D. W. Earl, Julius Wetzlar, James Carolan. San Jose —
T. Elkird Beans, B. D. Murphy, A. Pfister, J. H. Dibble, J. S. Carter, Jackson Lewis,
Jacob Rich, John Auzerais, John Balbach. Stockton — H. H. Hewlett, Chas. Belding,
J. D. Peters, A. W. Simpson, H. M. Fanning. Marysville— D. E. Knight. Grass
Valley— Wm, Watt, T. W. Sigourney. Portland, Oregon— W. S. Ladd, C. H. Lewis,
P\ Wasserman, B Goldsmith, D. Macleay. Virginia City, Nevada— John Gillig, Isaac
L. Requa. March 17.
FIRE ANQ MARINE INSURANCE.--UNI0N INS. CO. OF S. F.
The California Lloyds.--- Established in 1861.— Jfos. 416 and
418 California street. Cash capital §750,000 in Gold. Assets exceed §1,000,000
Coin. Fair Rates ! Prompt Settlement of Loses ! ! Solid Security I ! DIRECTORS.
— Sax Francisco— J. Mora Moss, N. G. Kittle, M. J. O'Connor, R. S. Floyd, Mosea
Heller, Adam Grant, Daniel Meyer, AntoineBorel, Charles Kohler, E. L. Goldstein,
I. Lawrence Pool, A. Weill, Joseph Brandenstein, Charles Bauin, James Mofiitt,
Benjamin Brewster, L. Cunningham, W. M. Hoag, Nicholas Luning, John Parrott,
L. A. Booth, Julius Baum, Myles D. Sweeney, Jas. M. Goewey, Edward Cadwalader
Bartlett Doe, Gustave Touchard, J. H. Baird, J. G. Kittle, George C. Hickox, C. Du-
conunun, Wm. Scholle, John Conly, Ig. Steinhart, W. B. Stone, J. O. Eldridge, A.
B. Phipps.
GUSTAVE TOUCHARD, President. N. G. KITTLE, Vice-President.
Charles D. Haven, Secretary. Geo. T. Bohen, Surveyor. Aug 31.
THE STATE INVESTMENT AND INSURANCE CO.
I IKE AIVD MAKIN£.
Clash Assets, 9450,000.— Principal Office, 218 and 220 San-
j some street, San Francisco. Officers : — A. J. Bryant, President ; Richard
Ivers, Vice-President ; Charles H. CosniNO, Secretary ; H. H. Watson, Marine
Surveyor. Board of Directors : — Peter Donahue, James Irvine, C. D. O'Sullivan,
A. Boequeraz, R. Harrison, A. H. Rutherford, R. Bailey, E. W. Corbert, George O.
McMullin, A. J. Bryant, Frank M. Pixley, E Burke, H. H. Watson, Dr. C. F. Buckley,
P. J. White, E. M. Root, M. Mayblum, Richard Ivers, John Rosenield, Daniel
Callaghan. P. H. Russell, Sacramento. John G. Downey, Los Angeles. Wm.
Hood, SonomaCounty. H. W. Seale, Mayfield. Geo. Rutherford, San Jose. Feb. 16.
THE MARINE INSURANCE CO. OF LONDON, ENGLAND.
[ESTABLISHED 1836. i
Whole Amount of Jo nt Stock and Guaranteed Capital. .$5,000,000.
Whole Amount of Capital paid up 900,000.
Cash Assets December 31, 1876 3,710,000.
The undersigned have been duly authorized to issue Policies at current rates on
Freight and Shipments to or from England, Europe, New York, Japan, China, Aus-
tralian Colonies, Sandwich Islands, and Northern Coast Ports. If desired, policies
made payable at port of termination.
WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO., Agents,
Aug. 10. 218 California street.
~ THE SWISS MARINE INS. COMPANIES COMBINED."
Switzerland, of Znricli, Capital 5,000,000 francs: Helvetia,
of St. Gall, Capital 10,000,000 francs ; Baloise, of Basle, Capital 5,000,000 francs.
These three Companies are liable jointly and severally for all losses that may be sus-
tained. Losses made payable in all the principal seaports of the world. In the set-
tlement of all claims under an English policy, these Companies will strictly adhere to
the conditions and customs adopted at Lloyds, and submit to English jurisdiction.
June 9. HARRY W. SYZ, Agent, 225 Sansome St., S. F.
NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL LIFE INSUR. CO. OF BOSTON.
Has transacted tbe business of Life Insurance for nearly
thirty-five years. Its assets amount to over Fourteen Million Dollars. The
law of Massachusetts makes all its Policies nonforfeitable. It is a Purely Mutual Com-
pany, dividing every cent of surplus among Policy-holders. This is the Only Com-
pany on the Pacific Coast governed by the Massachusetts Lapse Law. This company
has corari'ied with the new Insurance Laws of California.
WALLACE EVERSON, General Agent.
Sept. 22.] 328 Montgomery street.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN MARINE INS. CO. OF LIVERPOOLT
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Capital SS.OOO.OOO.— -Asciils:
316 California street, San Francisco.
Balfour, Gnttarie * Co., No.
Nov. 18.
AGGREGATE ASSETS,
840,647,942.
Imperial Fire Insurance Co. , of London Instituted 1803.
London Assurance Corporation, of London
Established by Eoyal Charter 1720.
Northern Assurance Corporation, of London Established 1836.
Queen Insurance Company, of Liverpool Established 1857.
A JOINT POLICY ISSUED BY THE FOUR COMPANIES.
BOBBBT DICKSON, Manager.
W. BANE BOOK Bit, Agent and Attorney.
317 CALIFORNIA STREET, S. F. [Oct. 11.
Dec. 27, «79.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
11
Kalloch as He Was.
The Rev. I. S. Kalloch, Mayor of San Francisco, has had a curious
past, and firmly anticipates a more extraordinary future. We picture
him as he was, and as he is, but who shall venture to portray him as he
will be ? He began preaching without so much as a preaching house.
He now preaches in a great Tabernacle, and expounds the law in the
City's Hall. We see him as he was, lean and meek.
As He Is.
We notice him as he is, firmly fixed in an enduring pulpit. He is fat,
and aggressive, and most pronounced. The one led him into the Chief
Magistracy, the other he hopes will guide him into the Senatorial Chair.
Will it? We shall see.
Kearney's Frantic Efforts to Maintain the Lead of the W. P. C.
The Sandwich Islands.— The area of the Sandwich Islands is offi-
cially stated as follows : Hawaii, 2,500,000 acres; Maui, 400,000 acres;
Oahu, 350,000 acres; Kauai, 350,000 acres; Molokai, 200,000 acres; Lanai,
100,000 acreB; Nichan, 70,000 acres; Kahulin, 30,000 acres. The census at
the end of 1878 showed a total population of 57,985, being 1,088 more than
in 1872. The natives and half castes decreased from 51,531 in 1872 to
47,508 in 1878; but the foreigners increased from 5,366 to 10,477. In 1878
there were 1,276 Americans, 883 British, and 5,916 Chinese, the last in-
creasing very rapidly. The exports and imports exceed §3,000,000 in
value. The reciprocity treaty with the United States, which has largely
increased our trade with the Islands, has had the effect of alsj increasing
the British trade.
Geo. C. Shreve & Co., jewelers, 110 Montgomery street, mark all
goods in plain figures and have but one price.
BANKS.
THE BANK OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO.
Capital $3,000,000.
W SI. A LVORD Preslilcn t.
THOMAS UKOW.V, Cashier | H MIKKAV.Jr.lHsri.slu.i
Akknth :
Now York, Agoney of tho Bank of Calfnrnia ; Boston, Trcmont National Bank
Chicago, Union National bank ; St Louis, Boatnian'H Saving Bank ; New Zealand,
tho Bimk of Now Zealand ; London, China, Japan, India and Australia, the Oriental
Bank Corporation.
The Bank bMAgenofea at Virginia City and Gold Hill, and Correspondents in all
the principal Mining Districts and Interior Towns of the Pacific Coast.
Letters of Credit issued, available in all parts of the world. Draw direct on Lon-
don, Duhliu, l'ariw, Berlin, Bremen, Hamburg, Frankiort-on-the-Main, Antwerp,
Amsterdam, St. Petersburg!!, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Christiana, Locarno, Mel-
bourne, Sydney, Auckland, Hongkong, Shanghai, Yokohama. Nov. 4.
FIRST NATIONAL GOLD BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Paid up Capital «2,000,000, Gold. President, R. C. Wool-
worth ; Vice-President, D. Callaghan ; Cashier, E. D. Morgan.
Directors :— R. C. Woolworth, D. Callaghan, C. G. Hooker, C. Adolph Low, Peter
Donahue, Isaac Wormser, Edward Martin, James Moffltt, N. Van Bergen,
Correspondents— London : Baring Bros. & Co. Chartered Mercantile Bank of In-
dia, London and China. Dublin : Provincial Bank of Ireland. Hamburg : Hesse,
Neuman&Co. Paris: Hottingucr&Co. New York: National Bank of Commerce. Bos-
ton : Blackstone National Bank. Chicago : First National Bank. This Bank is pre-
pared to transact a general Banking business. Deposits in Gold, Silver and Currency
received subject to check or on special deposit. Exchange for sale on the principal
cities of the United States, Great Britain, Ireland and the Continent. Commercial
Credits issued available in Europe, Chii.a and Japan. Collections attended to and
prompt returns made at the lowest market rates of Exchange. Jan. 19.
BANK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter.— Capital paid up. 81,SOO,»
000, with power to increase to §10,000,000. Southeast corner California and San-
some streets. Head Office— 23 Cornhill, London. Branches— Portland, Oregon; Vic-
toria, New Westminster and Cariboo, British Columbia.
This Bank transacts a General Banking Business. Accounts opened subject to Check
and Special Deposits received. Commercial Credits granted available in all parts of
the world. Approved Bills discounted and advances made on good collateral security.
Draws direct at current rates upon its Head Office and Branches, and upon its Agents
as follows :
New York, Chicago and Canada— Bank of Montreal ; Liverpool— North and South
Wales Bank ; Scotland— British Lineu Company ; Ireland— Bank of Ireland ; Mex-
ico and South America — London Bank of Mexico and South America ; China and
Japan— Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, and Oriental Bank ; Australia
and New Zealand — Bank of Australasia, Commercial Banking Company of Sydney,
and English, Scottish and Australian Chartered Bank.
May 18. FREDERICK TOWNSEND, Manager.
LONDON AND SAN FRANCISCO BANK, LIMITED.
Capital, $5,000,000, of which $3,000,000 is fully paid up as
present capital. Reserve Fund, §300,000. San Francisco Office, 424 Califor-
nia street; London Office, 22 Old Broad street. Manager, ARTHUR SCRIVENER ;
Cashier, WILLIAM STEEL. London Bankers, Bank of England and London Joint
Stock Bank ; New York, Drexel, Morgan & Co. ; Boston, Third National Bank.
This Bank is prepared to transact all kinds of General Banking and Exchange Busi-
ness in London and San Francisco, and between said cities and all parts of the
world. March 30.
THE NEVADA BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO.
Capital Paid Up $3,000,000.
Reserve, U. S. Bonds 3,500,000.
Agency at JJew York, 62 Wall street.
Agency at Virginia, Nev,
Buys and sells Exchange and Telegraphic Transfers. Issues Commercial and Trav-
elers' Credits. This Bank has special facilities for dealing in Bullion. Nov. 8.
SECURITY SAVINGS BANK.
GUARANTEE CAPITAL, 9300,000.
Officers: Vice-President, Jerome Lincoln: Secretary, W.
S. Jones ; Attorney, Sidney V. Smith. Loans made on Real Estate and other
Approved Securities. Office : No. 215 Sansome street, San Francisco. Oct. 14.
THE GERMAN SAVINGS AND LOAN SOCIETY.
Deutsche Spar unit Loililmuk. So 526 Call I orniu street. San
Francisco. Officers : President, L. GOTTIG. Board of Directors. — Fred.
Roeding, Chas. Kohler, Edw. Erase, George H. Eggers, N. Van Bergen, H. L. Simon,
Peter Spreckels, Ign. Steinhart. Secretary, GEO. LETTE ; Attorney, JOHN R.
JARBOE. May 18.
THE ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN BANK, LIMITED.
422 California St., San Francisco.
London Office, 3 Angel Conrt ; New York Agents, J. W. Sel-
igman &, Co., 21 Broad street. Authorized Capital Stock, $8,000,000. Will re-
ceive Deposits, open Accounts, make Collections, buy and sell Exchange and Bullion,
loan Money, and issue Letters of Credit available throughout the world.
FRED. F. LOW, IGN. STEINHART, Managers.
P. N. LilientiiaIi, Cashier. Sept. 13.
SUTRO & CO.,
Bankers and Brokers, 40$ Montgomery street, pay the
highest prices for United States Bonds, County and City Bonds, Currency,
Foreign Coins and Gold Dust. Dec 13.
ANNUAL MEETING.
Bullion Mining Company .--The Stockholders of the Bul-
lion Mining Company are hereby notified that the Annual Meeting of the
Company, for the election of a Board of Directors to serve for the ensuing year, and
for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before it, will be
held at the office of the Company, No. 323 Montgomery street. Safe Deposit Build-
ing, on THURSDAY, the Sth day of January, A.D. 1880, at the hour of 10 o'clock
P.M. The transfer books will be closed ou Monday, Dec 29th, and remain closed un-
til after the election. J. M. BRAZELL, Secretary.
San Francisco, Cal., December 15th, 1879. Dec. 20.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
The Home Mntnal Insurance Company will pay Its regular
monthly dividend of One (1) Dollar per share on its capital stock on December
10th, 1879. CHARLES R. STORY. Secretary.
Dec. 13. 406 California street.
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Dec- 27, 1879.
ELECTRIC VALENTINE.
The late Frot Clerk Maxwell waa in the habit of recreating his
mind from itB severer tasks by penning amusing physio-comic parodies
of well-known poems. One of the best of these was his electric valentine,
which runs as follows ;
Telegraph Clerk A to Telegraph Clerk B :
*' The tendrils of my soul are twined
With thine, though many a mile apart;
And thine in close-coiled circuits wind
Around the magnet of my heart.
*c Constant as Daniell, strong as Grove;
Seething through all its depths, like Smee;
My heart pours forth its tide of love,
And all its circuits close in thee.
" O tell me, when along the line
From my full heart the message flows,
What currents are induced in thine?
One click from thee will end my woes."
Through many an Ohm the Weber flew,
And clicked this answer back to me :
" I am thy Farad staunch and true
Charged to a Volt with love for thee."
— The Electrician.
THE IRISH QUESTION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND
THE UNITED STATES.
The Irish Question is mainly one of the land laws and their opera-
tion; of the social and economic condition of the Irish people. In the
December number of the Nineteenth Century Mr. J. O'Connor Power,
M. P. for County Mayo, writes on "The Irish Land Agitation." He
remarks: '.' 'The worst fed, the worst clothed, and the worst housed peo-
ple in Europe'" — this is the description which ever impartial traveler, who
has seen the Irish people at home, has given of them. It is not in the
nature of things that the Irish cultivator Bhould be as industrious as the
peasant proprietor in the Channel Islands, or on the Continent, for the
former wants that which the latter possesses — security. The former is
liable to eviction at the will and pleasure of a task-master; the latter is
the undisputed lord of his own land, and possesses 'the magic of proper-
ty, which turns sand into gold.' Mr. Mill well recognized the premium
on idleness, under the tenant- at- will system, when he said that the Irish
tenant was the only human being in existence who had nothing to gain
by increased industry, and nothing to lose by increased idleness." This
writer quotes Mr. Froude, as follows: " The landlords in Ireland repre-
sent conquest and confiscation, and they have gone on with an indiffer-
ence to the welfare of their tenants that would never be tolerated in Eng-
land or Scotland." Mr. Power says of the landlords that " they are, as a
class, the most listless and unenterprising, and non-producing section of
the country, while at the same time they are the masters of its resources."
Now, then, we accept Mr. Power's views, and they amount to this — that
the Irish peasant and the Irish tenant farmer are very badly treated and
very badly off, and that the cause of thiB bad treatment and this poverty
is the Irish landlord. It is entirely an Irish question, a question in
which Irishmen are the oppressors and Irishmen are the oppressed. In
England, where farmers are often tenants-at-will, the same as in Ireland,
there are no standing charges of oppression by the landlords; and in
Scotland, Ion" leases are the rule, while tenants-at-will are almost un-
known, and there also the utmost harmony prevails between tenants and
landlords. When, therefore, we deplore the overstrained relations
between landlord and tenant in Ireland, we are deploring that the peas-
ants and tenant-farmers should be the worst-fed, worst-clothed and worst-
housed in Europe, and that Irish landlords — their own countrymen —
should, in most cases, according to Mr. Power and other Irish authori-
ties, exercise over these peasants and tenant-farmers a tyrannical and ex-
tortionate oppression such as would not be tolerated in England and
Scotland, even though in England the land-tenure is precisely the same.
While we Bay it would not be tolerated in England, we may also say of Eng-
lish landlords that they have never, as a class, shown such harshness, and
perhaps it would not be incorrect to say that it is not in their nature to
exercise such oppression.
Regarding the question, therefore, as chiefly economical — one, namely,
of the relation of Irish landlord to Irish tenant — the actual issue comes
to be, What will the Irish landlord do to ameliorate the condition of the
Irish tenant, and what can the Parliament of the United Kingdom do in
the way of legislation that will improve the condition of the Irish peas-
ants and tenants, while it does not work any substantial injustice to the
Irish land-owner? Mr. Power, who, writing for the general public, deals
with real issues, and not, as is often, the case with the Irish political lead-
ers, with imaginary or irrelevant issues, asserts that " it is the duty of
Parliament to step in and promote by legislation an undertaking which is
admittedly of national utility and importance. The waste lands would
amply repay reclamation, although I admit particular caseB may be
quoted in which reclamation has not been remunerative." Again, he
says : " It is proposed that the State should take over the land, giving
the landlords proper compensation, and settle the tenants upon it perma-
nently as tenant proprietors. This proposal, considered in its financial
aspect alone, will appear formidable to many people, for it is estimated
that it would require £250,000,000 to carry it out." He then quotes ap-
provingly a resolution of the National Land League embodyingthe
method by which an occupier- proprietary may be established. "That
the objects of the League can be beet attained— (1) by promoting organ-
ization among the tenant farmers ; (2) by defending those who may be
threatened with eviction for refusing to pay unjust rents ; (3) by facilitat-
ing the working of the Bright clauses of the Land Act ; and (4) by ob-
taining such a reform in the laws relating to land as will enable every
tenant to become the owner of his holding by paying a fair rent for a lim-
ited number of years." He further says : " It only remains, then, to
push forward with the utmost energy those minor reforms framed
to mitigate the evils of the existing system, such as the
abolition of all artificial restrictions on the Bale and transfer of
land, the abolition of the laws of primogeniture and entail the more effi-
cient working of the Bright clauses of the Land Act, and the reclamation
and the distribution of the waste lands, while keeping steadily in view
the main object of emancipating the entire agricultural population from
the power of landlordism. * This is Mr. Power's solution, and though we
do not think it will all be realized within a limited number of years, we
nevertheless believe that the main features of it will be readily granted
by the British Parliament. Ten years ago Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Bright,
and the great mass of the Liberal party, were perfectly ready to have
passed the Bright clauses in a form that would have given great facilities
for the tenants to become proprietors ; in fact, would have done all that
the Government could properly do in the matter, because, after all, the
Government are not going to make the tenants a present of their farms,
but will advance money at the lowest rates of interest to the extent of
two-thirds of the appraised value, and the tenant must pay the annual in-
terest and a further Bum as a sinking fund in repayment of capital. If
the tenant farmers of Ireland can make t ieBe anuu. 1 payments lor a long
period of years, perhaps thirty-five, and provide for the payment of the
remaining third to the landowner, they will acquire the fee simple of their
lands ; if not, then it will demonstrate that with the loan of large sums
of money at the loweBt rates of interest tenant farmers cannot make such
profits out of the land as to become proprietors even in thirty-five yearB.
Irish authorities say the tenants can do so, and we sincerely hope that this
vast amelioration of the condition of the Irish tenant farmer may be car-
ried to a successful issue. It would seem as if primogeniture and entail
are doomed to pass from the statute-book ; but we doubt whether the
British Government will, as a Government, undertake the purchase of
waste and bog lands, their reclamation and their subsequent sale. Mr.
Parnell'a viBit to the United States is worthy of all sympathy, because it
is a duty the wealthy Irishmen of the United StateB owe to their poor
countrymen to help them in their distress. But we must repeat that the
question is an economical one between Irishmen themselves, to be dealt
with in a calm but earnest and liberal spirit, and not a political one, to be
dealt with by denunciations of passion and prejudice, which only disgust
the real friends of the Irish peasant and tenant farmer, and bring no
amelioration of the lot of these unfortunates.
THE TEACHERS' SALARY QUESTION.
There is much that may be said on both sides of the question of
economy that is sought to be practiced in the Public School Department.
The total expenditure for education involves a tax greater than citizens
generally care to pay just now. A demand was made in certain quarters
for a reduction, and, at the election, the Republicans who have been
elected promised to bring the expenses down to a certain specific amount.
That promise, like most given at election times, was not very nicely calcu-
lated. It sounded well and caught votes, which waB much, if not all, the
good that was in it. The time has come when that promise has to be car-
ried out. It proves to be a difficult but not impossible task. It can be
accomplished, but, it is Baid, only by reducing the salaries of teachers to
a point which, in many cases, is unduly low. The pressure upon a most
deserving class is great, indeed, too great to be borne with equanimity.
A minimum ought to have been fixed, below which no salary should be
touched. That minimum ought to be higher than that which has found
favor in the eyes of School Directors. Some of the higher salaries would
bear to be brought a little lower, while the lowest ones might wisely be
taken up somewhat higher. We are not enamored with any of the reduc-
tions ; all we say is, that if they must be made, they can be carried out
with more equity. If the Directors steal nothing themselves, and are
vigilant in preventing stealing in others, we verily believe the total reduc-
tion would be accomplished without touching teachers' salaries at all.
We openly confess that we have but little confidence in certain Directors,
and certainly none at all in the Superintendent.
MON3. MOREL, THE FOOT-AND-FACE QUACK.
Mons. Morel pretendB to cure corns, take freckles out of the face and
make ladiea beautiful for ever. He is a pretender of the worst kind.
Some months ago we gave him a most thorough ventilating, and had
hoped that was the last of him. It ought to have been. It was explicit-
neBS itself. The names and residences of many of h's victims were given,
so that those who ran might read, the fact that he was a most pronounced
swindler. But he turns up again. The other day he asked a lady $50 to
make her face as smooth as marble, got the money, and gave her a written
guarantee that he would accomplish what he promised. This he usually
does, because he imagines that, under the peculiar circumstances, no one
would ever care to prosecute him. In this case he made a mistake. The
lady had him arrested for obtaining money under false pretenses, and last
week he stood his trial therefor. A thick-skulled jury failed to unani-
mously find him guilty, though seven of them stood out for conviction.
He will be re-tried next week. We sincerely trust that he will receive
full justice. The stuff he gave the lady proved, upon analysis, to be
merely rose water. It was a dear $50 worth to her; what it will prove to
be to him remains to be seen.
A WITNESS AGAINST BALDWIN DISAPPEARS.
A. D. Pensonnier, who is the principal witness for the Government in
the case of E. J. Baldwin, under indictment for irregularities in connec-
tion with his Los Angeles distillery, was at his own request arrested as a
witness and placed on Alcatraz Island, to be kept there in default of
§1,000 bail. While he was so confined, in November last, a bond for the
amount of his bail was executed by E. Dubedat. When the case was
called for trial in the United States District Court on the 16th instant,
Pensonnier could not be found. The United States District Attorney
represents that Jules Cavallier, a clerk for Baldwin, deposited $1,000 in
gold with the surety as indemnity. As near as can be ascertained, Pen-
sonnier left for Central America about ten days before the case was called
for trial. The United States Grand Jury are investigating the circum-
stances connected with this somewhat singular affair. We trust that there
will be nothing lacking in the U. S. District Attorney's office in re-
gard to this case. We mean to see that justice does not suffer in any offi-
cial's hands. There have altogether been too many opportunities afforded
rich men in this city to escape punishment by the mysterious disappear-
ance of witnesses.
County Hospital. — There has been a disgraceful episode at the City
and County Hospital. An old woman, aged 72, was denied admittance
on a most frivolous pretext. We call upon the Hospital Committee to
investigate those charges. If they are true, the public want to know it,
and equally so if they are untrue. Arise and explain, Messrs. Super-
New Styles of Watch-Cases at Geo. C. Shreve & Co.'s, 110 Mont-
gomery street.
Dec. 27, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
13
THE TOWN CRIER.
"II**r th* Cri»r!" "Vhrt th« d»*ll »rt tbon?
* On* lh»l will pUj the dpnl. »if with joo."
" H»*d * »tin* Id his Uil »• Ionic u » flalf.
Which made him craw boldsr and bolder. *
The Town Crier always feela pity rise in his inmost soul when he
mm » fine property in fools going to ruin for want of a man to do the
fooling. Tottti Crier is the man required, and, for a consideration, he will
dress and make op for the part, and on next Sunday deliver inch a speech
aa will draw tears {and cent*) from every Tip. that is not a turnip. Aw
thus : " Giktb as' Ljedibs : I am here among yez onoe more in spite of
all the murthering, thieving, bloody, skulking, Masted, bulldozing bond-
holders that are always trying to kill me. They nearly did the job
this time, and I owe my life to — what do you think now ? — to a dirty,
heathen, pig-tailed Chinaman. Them Chinese must go 1 [Great cheer-
ing.] When I parted from you the Sunday before last, after a fine fare-
well collection, I took a Pullman palace car to go East and arrange with
the patriot Paxnell the indejtendence of Californiaand Ireland. Ireland
for the Irish ! [Cheers. J California for the Calif ornians ! [Great cheers.]
and chopstick China for the Chinese ! [Enthusiastic cheering.] Now, what
do you think the rotten railway rogues and bloody blaggards did to the
train I was traveling in. When the cars reached Carlin the railroad com-
pany put a snowdrift in front and stopped them. [Groans and hisses.]
Then Misther Conductor came into my Pullman car and tipped the wink
to the stockbrokers that were skedaddling to their New York brother
swindlers, and they all left the car. But Dennis is too cute for these imps
of Hell, bummers and vagabones, so he quietly slipped out and went into
the smoking car and sat down between six Chinamen, with tails, smoking
opium, the nasty heathen brutes. [' Thnie for you, Dinnis!'] The conductor
never knew I left the Pullman car, and they shunted it on to a siding, and
then the train started on its way back to San Francisco. Then up jumped
500 Utes, that President Stanford brought all the way from Colorado to
kill Dennis, and, with a whoop that would tear your scalp off, fired a volley
of bullets and poisoned arrows right through the empty Pullman car. It a
as true as gospel. The blaggard of a conductor walked in. 'Johnny,'
saya he, ' Denny Kearney gonee blazee. Velly bad man. Chinee no go
now. Denny gonee blazee, gonee blazee. Savee, Johnny?1 * Yah, yah/
says I ; ' me savee Kearney gonee blazee, all to blazee. Chin foooo !' "
Now, gentlemen of the W. P. C, make your bargain with me. Twenty-
five dollars and half the takings and the Town Crier will be your own de-
voted, pure patriot next Sunday on the Sand-lot, from 1 P. M. till 2:30 p. M.
He'll give fits to the Education Commissioners, kill the Chronicle, and
smut Smoot all over with soot. All for twenty-five dollars and half the
takings. Address T. C, stating terms, office of the S. F. News Letter.
A gentleman with an artistic name writes about one column in a
daily paper to enforce upon us the glorious truths — that the Greeks made
their statues in clay before they made them in marble; that terra cotta
means baked clay; that he, the artistic name, has seen and knows some
of the European capitals, and that this city has points about it, which
make it more worthy of decoration than any other upon earth. This last
statement seems to be sweeping, but it is a bare recognition of the truth.
All the cities that have been, and are to be, are not only inferior to this
in fitness for decoration — they are inferior in historic claims, in moral
dignity, in intellectual elevation, in artistic genius, in political purity and
in a general splendor of whoop-up. Not only so; for, though terra cotta is
a better material than the clumsy marble of the Greeks and the coarse
bronze of the Romans, even terra cotta will disappear when the genius of
San Francisco makes statues of the elastic and indestructible India-rub-
ber. And the first statue shall be one of E. R. Garczynski.
The caravansary where the writer takes his meals has recently im-
ported a Bpecial servant of the Hibernian persuasion, and, as a preliminary
course of instruction, set her at work clearing out the rubbish left about
the house by her predecessor. Among the lot of discarded usefulness
were a couple of articles, in shape elongated hemispheres, and on close
examination by Honora were found to be composed of wire, cotton and
bird seed. They were objects of intense interest to the new gir-r-1, who,
after in vain trying to understand their use, called to her assistance the
younger daughter of the landlady, aged fourteen, who, in a straightfor-
ward, childish way, explained to the new arrival that they were used to
add symmetry to the female form divine, and were a great assistance to
the dressmakers. " And shure," says Honora, " are they not afraid at
all at all ?" " Afraid of what ?" says young America ; " what is there to
be afraid of?" "On my soul!" responded Honora; "are they not
afraid to be struck dead immajitly for going agin the will of Qodf
The wise men in the East are fussing about Adam's statue. The
ladies of the West have taken up Eve. Yesterday a deputation of them
interviewed the Town Crier, urging him to advocate his poor mother's
cause. They cracked up Eve, and ran down Adam awfully. Adam was
mean; he told tales on Eve about that apple. Eve didn't tell on Adam;
she was true as steel. When the dreadful day came, and the Deputy
Sheriff ejected them from their homestead, Eve didn't stand there blub-
bering, but set to work at once and made Adam an Ulster of fig-leaves,
and herself a new petticoat. She deserves, and must have, a statue. The
Western ladieB are quite right, and Mother Eve should have a statue, but
so should the two monkeys that Cain and Abel must have married. Let
our foremothers have a marble group—Eve in the center, brandishing a
rib-bone, delicately emblematical of the female love of ribbons; two lady-
like-looking monkeys, with banged hair and papooses; a tree behind the
monkeys, and the word " Excelsior" on the pedestal.
The following advertisements are taken from a morning contem-
porary: " The gentleman who sat down on a cream pie in a Market street
car on Christmas Eve, is known to the lady who had just purchased it,
and, even though he may have no regard for the hungry orphans for whom
it was destined, he is urged to at once remit $1.50 and the expense of this
advertisement to the business office of this paper, to save the exposure
which will follow of his disgusting conduct." Right underneath it, this
Janus of a journal evidently accepts the money of the other side, as the
subjoined will testify: "If the slightly intoxicated lady who allowed a
gentleman to spoil a $10 pair of beaver pants by placing a lot of slush,
wrapped up in paper, on the seat he was about to occupy, does not im-
mediately remit that amount to the care of A. B., at this office, a full
account of the affair will shortly be given to the press."
Nothing so distinctly marks a free and intelligent people as a becoming
sense of its own dignity and a readiness to hear the truth. It is, there-
fore, with singular pleasure that we give circulation to this glowing tri-
bute to America, from the AUa jf December 26th: " The American peo-
5le are noble, generous and magnanimous. They are good and great,
hey are brave, and generally, as a nation, just The institutions under
which we live * * are greater, nobler and more Btable than those of
any other Government on the civilized globe." Also, the editor of the
Alta ia bland, passionate and deeply religious ; he lays it on rather thick,
but he is a good and great American, and of Buch " air our inatitooshuns/'
We have received the following letter of inquiry:
" Dear Sir— Is it proper to hit vour brother between the eyes, at a full-
dress evening party, when he treads on your toeB by accident ? I did this
on Christmas Eve, and have not heard the last of it. Please reply in the
columns of your valuable paper. A Constant Reader."
[It is not proper, unless your brother is a good deal smaller than your-
Belf. You must be a fool, and the Morning Call is the only paper for
you.— Ed. N. L.]
The " Gospel Banner " says that the great deficiency of Christianity
is, that it makes the penalty of sin doubtful. That is what we have al-
ways maintained, and we have begged the clergy, year after year, to trot
out their devil, so that a man might believe and be saved ; but all in
vain. The devil a hell or Satan can a man get out of them for love or
money ; and what can we do but follow after Beecher and Ingersoll ?
Give us just one good squint, at least, or we shall be damned
We are repeatedly asking the telegraph people to point their
sentences and capital their words. Neglecting (as they always do) to take
this trouble, they told the London papers that Lord Carnarvon at Win-
chester said: " The worst-paid country curate is expected to preach twice
on Sunday with the persuasiveness of a journeyman-tailor, and the elo-
quence^of a barrow." For " journeyman-tailor " read " Jeremy Taylor,"
and initial "Barrow " with a capital letter, and all is right.
A gentleman from New Zealand was recently praising the clearness
of the climate there, and remarked incidentally that he had Been Ju-
piter, and all his satellites, hundreds of timeB on these islands, with the
naked eye. A listener inquired if they were luminous bodies of fire, and,
on receiving an answer in the affirmative, modestly inquired who had
satellite to 'em. This is a little obscure, but worth the entire price of the
paper when you grasp it.
The Mayor's order prohibiting the appropriation of the sidewalks by
fruit-stands and peanut vendors is a noble vindication of popular rights ;
but the citizens, who would like occasionally to get across the street
without being forced to hop over the cobblestones, are waiting with bated
breath to hear him thunder against the men who halt their horses and
vehicles exactly on the crossings. If reform is the order of the day,
here's a chance for it.
There were a hundred and fourteen cases of alcoholic poisoning ten-
derly relegated to confinement in the City Prison on Christmas day. The
superior quality of the water in that institution and the luxurious treat-
ment of the institution enabled them to appear yesterday morning as
perfect cures before Dr. Louderback, up stairs. In most cases, a modest
fee of S5 was demanded for the kindly care bestowed on them in the jug
below.
The unusual splendor of these columns to-day is due to the piety of
the Town Crier on Christmas. Always remarkably good, he makes a
Eoint of excelling himself in prayer and praise at this season, and the
iord makes both his face and pen to shine accordingly. Go and do like-
wise. A bottle of champagne does not interfere with the working of the
spirit.
An exchange says that the present cold weather renders an overcoat
a positive necessity. This is emphatically denied by the floating popula-
tion on the city front, who insist that a bale of hay below and two on
top, with a positive assurance of a daylight suck at an empty beer keg, is
preferable to the finest ulster ever manufactured.
Turn about is fair play. The New York Board of Aldermen have
moved for the suppression of female pedeBtrianism as an odious, indecent
and demoralizing kind of performance. And now the people are crying
out for the suppression of the Aldermen themselves, as demoralizing, in-
decent and odious performers.
There is a good stroke of business to be done by any market man
who has old eggs on hand, by shipping them to points where J. J. Owen
gives his lecture on the Malthus doctrine. He has been greeted with up-
roarious applause in this way at one or two places, but the eggs up-country
are all sound.
Prince Alexander, of Bulgaria, writes for the papers. That ac-
counts for the stupidity of some of them. We felt sure that none but a
" right royal ana legitimate head" could produce the matchless rig-
marole we find in various exchanges. As Americans, we feel relieved.
Alexandrina Kedrolivausky has brought suit against G. Niebanm
for calling her out of her name. Defendant swears he couldn't help it,
for the thing was harder to manage than a shirt of eleven yards. The
Court reserves judgment till the name can be uncoiled.
It is a great privilege to have a free press. We have read in at least
seventeen papers, within two days, that Christmas has come and gone,
and that the end of the year is at hand. We take pleasure in echoing
the sentiment, for the benefit of our readers.
A gentleman who kept Christmas with a party of good fellows wishes
to know what will cure a trembling of the hand. We told him to try
whisky, but he said he had been trying it for forty-eight hours, and the
old fist kept on wiggling.
In Strasburg 350 persons are engaged in the business of cramming
geese for pate de foigras. We are obliged to say it, for fear some other
blockhead may, that American geese do their own cramming.
Devotees of the manly fcport of football complain that kicks hurt more
than usual in this sharp weather, and there is a movement literally on
foot to play in carpet slippers when the thermometer gets down to 36.
The London Economist never heard of Kearney, but then the agi-
tator never heard of the Economist ; so that account's square.
It's very cold up in Virginia City, and many a poor fellow would like
to have a little Skae tin.
14
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Dec. 27, 1879.
C. P. R- R.
Overland Ticket Office : Ferry Landing-, foot
of Market street. —Commencing- Monday,
May 19th, 1879, and until further notice,
hlqs Boats leave
SAN KA? ISCO:
7 C,t\ A. M. (daily), alle*
% **J J Street Landin ; -0 ■
Napa (Stages for Sono a),
and Sacramento. Conne t t
ed) for Woodland and K i-
land for "Williams and Wi *o 7 8
(Arrive San Francisco 8:10 p.m.)
Steamer (from Market
anecting with Trains for
Calistoga (the Geysers),
Davis (Sundays except-
Landing, and at Wood-
7(\-(\ A.M. (daily) Local Passenger Train (via Oakland
• "" Ferry) and via Livermore arriving at Tracy
at 11:30 A. M. and connecting with Atlantic Express.
Connects at Niles with Train arriving at San Joae at
10:15 A.M. .
(Returning, train from Tracy arrives at 6:05 p.m.)
8AA A,M. (daily), Atlantic Express Train (via Oak-
.UU land Ferry, Northern Ry. and S. P. & T. R. R.)
for Sacramento, Marysville, Redding, Portland (Or.),
Colfax, Reno (Virginia City), Palisade (Eureka), Ogden
and Omaha. Connects at Gait with train arriving at
lone at 3:40 p.m.
(Arrive San Francisco 5:15 p.m.)
Sunday Excursion Tickets to San Pablo and Marti-
nez at Seduced Bates. ,
■j A A rw A. M. (daily) via Oakland Ferry, Local Passeo-
11/. U U ger Train to Hay wards and Niles.
(Arrive San Francisco 4:05 p.m.)
3f\fk P.M. (daily) San Jose Passenger Train (via Oak-
• \J\J land Ferry and Niles), stopping at all Way Sta-
tions. Arrives at San Jose at 5:20 p.m.
(Arrive San Francisco 9:35 A.M.)
3f\{\ P.M. (daily) Northern Railway Passenger Train
• U \J (via Oakland Ferry) to San Pablo, Martinez
and Antioch.
(Arrive San Francisco 9:35 A.M.)
A f\f\ P-M. (daily) Arizona Express Train (via Oak-
tt.UU land Ferry, Northern Ry. and S. P. & T. R. R.)
for Lathrop (and Stockton), Merced, Madera, Visalia,
Sumner, Mojave, Newhall (San Buenaventura, and Santa
Barbara), Los Angeles, "Santa Monica," Wilmington,
Santa Ana (San Diego), Colton and Yuma (Colorado
River Steamers), connecting direct with Daily Trains
of the Southern Pacific Railroad of Arizona for Mari-
copa (Daily Stages for Phccnix and Prescott), and for
Casa Grande (1S2 miles east from Yuma), and end of
Track (Daily Stages for Florence and Tucson).
"Sleeping Cars" between Oakland, Los Angeles and
Yuma.
(Arrive San Francisco 12:35 p.m.)
4nn P. M. (Sundays excepted; Vallejo Steamer (from
• V/l/ Market Street Landing), connecting with trains
for Calistoga, (the Geysers), Woodland, Knight's Land-
ing and Sacramento ; and at Sacramento with Pas-
senger Train, leaving at 9:35 P.M. for Truekee, Reno,
Carson and Virginia.
" Sleeping Cars " between Vallejo and Carson.
(Arrive San Francisco 11:10 A.M.)
4f\f\ P.M. (Sundays excepted) Sacramento Steamer
• vU (from Wash'n St. Wharf), for Beniciaand Land-
ings on the Sacramento River.
(Arrive San Franci3co8:00 p.m.)
4r)f|P.M. (daily), Through Third Class and Accom-
• V«rf-' modation Train (via Oakland Ferry, North-
ern Ry. and S. P. & T. R. R.) connecting at Lathrop
with Train arriving at Los Angeles on second day at
11:55 a.m. (Arrive San FrancUco 9:05 A.M.
A QA P.M. (daily) Local Passenger Train (via Oak-
tOv land Ferry) to Hay wards, Niles and Liver-
more. (Arrive San Francisco 8:35 a.m.)
5(~\r\P.M. (daily) Overland Emigrant Train (v
• V^V/ Oakland Ferry and Northern Railway) 1
Ogden, Omaha and East.
Public conveyance for Mills Seminary connects atSem^
nary Park Station with all trains, Sundays excepted.
FERRIES AND LOCAL TRAINS.
From "SABf FRANCISCO," Daily.
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8.00
8.30
9.00
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10.00
10.30
11.00
11.30
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1.00
1.30
2.00
3.00
3.30
4.00
4.30
5.00
5.30
6.00
6.30
7.00
8.10
9.201
10.301
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7.00
8.00
9.00
10.00
11.00
12.00
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10.30
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10.30
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B6.30
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A. M.
B6.10
8.00
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12.00
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at
West Oakland
To " SAX FRANCISCO," Daily.
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(Broadway.)
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A. M. | A. M.
A. M.
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p. M.
B5.40
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B 5.10' B8.00
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8.00
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p. M.
6.40
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6.60
1.20
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7.00
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b— Sundays excepted.
•Alameda Passengers change cars at Oakland.
Creefa Route.
From SAN FRANCISCO— Daily— MAO, b6:30, 7.20, 8:15,
9:15, 10:15, 11:15 A.M. 12:15, 1:15, 2:25, 3:15, 4:15,
5:15, 6.15 P.M.
From OAKLAND— Daily— B5.S0, BB:20, 7:10, 8:05, 9:05,
10:05, 11:05 A. M. 12:05, 1:05, 2:15, 3:05, 4:05, 5:05,
6:05 p.m. — Sundays excepted.
Official Schedule Time" furnished by Randolph &
Co., Jewelers, 101 and 103 Montgomery St., S. F.
T. H. GOODMAN, Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agt.
A. N. TowirEr General Superintendent.
$25to$5000|ffi
ijndldotiel? Invested In
Wall St.lays the fouuda-
l Tor fortunes every
v". 1: , and psys itnmeneo profits by tl.o New Capitalization
Eyetem oroperatlnK in Stocks. Full explanation on applica-
tion to An.ua, Bnu wn .'; Co, , Bankers, 28 Broad St., N. Y.
Natural beauty surpasses any-
thing which can be imparted by
artificial means. PHOSPHATE
SOAP gives health to the skin
simply by removing impurities »»»d
eradicating the poisons which gi. . e
rise to skin diseases.
Not only tor craily use on the fac9
and hands, but for bathing the
entire body, there is nothing equal
to PHOSPHATE SOAP. It is a
thorough disinfectant and removes
offensive odors of every kind.
Ladies who have injured the skin
by the constant use of cosmetics
may do much to restore their faces
to that beauty which nature alone
can give by constantly using PHOS-
PHATE SOAP.
For chapped hands the constant
use of PHOSPHATE SOAP will
be recommended by all who give
it one fair trial.
If you want a nice article of
Toilet Soap and something that is
beneficial to the skin, buy PHOS-
PHATE SOAP.
Ladies who wish to make the
skin look beautiful and natural
should use PHOSPHATE SOAP.
Manufactured by "Standard Soap Co.,"
204 Sacramento St.. San Francisco.
Ask your Druggist for it.
NOTICE.
For tbe very best photographs go to
BRADLEY & RULOFSON'S, in an Elevator, 429
Montgomery street. Oct. 29.
WINTER ARRANGEMENT.
Commencing- Friday, Xov. 21st, 1879,
and until further notice, Passenger Trains will leave
San Franeiaco, from Passenger Depot on Townsend
street, between Third and Fourth streets, as follows :
8.30'
a.m. daily for San Jose and Way Stations.
_ " Stages for Pescadero (via San Mateo)
connect with this train only.
]A QA A.M. daily for San Jose, Gilroy, Hollister,
-H-'.Ov/ Tres Finos, Pajaro, Salinas, Soledad and
all Way Stations. &§" At Pajaro, the Santa Cruz
R. R. connects with this train for Aptos, Soquel and
Santa Cruz. ggf At Salinas the M. & S. "V. R. R.
connects with this train for Monterey. (£^~ Stage
connections made with this train. (Pescadero Stages via
San Mateo excepted.)
Q Qf) P-M. daily (Sundays excepted) for San Jose,
"•"" Gilroy, and principal Way Stations.
A Q(~\ p.m. daily for San Jose and Way Stations.
Ci QQ p.m.— daily, for Menlo Park and Way Stations.
4J®~ The Extra Sunday Trains to San Jose and Way
Stations have been discontinued for the winter season.
Second-Class Fare.
Between San Francisco and San Jose SI. 00.
On Freight Trains only, leaving San Francisco at 4:00
a.m. and 10:40 A.M.; San Jose at 5:35 A.M. and 8:30 p.m.
(daily, Sundays excepted).
Excursion Tickets at Reduced Bates
To San Jose and intermediate points sold on Saturdays,
and Sunday mornings, good for return until following
Moi.day inclusive.
Also, EXCURSION TICKETS to Aptos, Soquel, Santa
Cruz and Monterey, sold on Saturdays only— good for
return until the following Monday inclusive.
B5F~ Principal Ticket Office— Passenger Depot, Town-
send street. Branch Ticket Office— No. 2 New Mont-
gomery street, Palace Hotel.
A. C. BASSETT, Supt. H. R. JUDAH, A. P. &T. A.
SOUTHER V DIVISIONS.
Commencing Monday, May 19th, 1879,
EST" Passengers for points on the Southern Divisions
of the road will take the cars of the Central Pacific Rail-
road via OAKLAND, leaving SAN FRANCISCO via Ferry
Landing, Market street, at 4:00 p.m. daily (Arizona Ex-
press Train), and making close connection at GOSHEN
for Sumner, Mojave, Los Angeles, Wilmington, Ana-
heim, Colton, Colorado River, Yuma, Maricopa and Casa
Grande (182 miles east from Yuma). Nov. 22.
Commencing' Sunday, Xov. 16th, 1879,
and until further notice, Boats and Trains will
leave San Francisco (Washington-st. Wharf) as follows :
3(")/~\ p. M. daily (Sundays included), Steamer
m\Jy/ "James 5f. Donahue" (Washington Street
Wharf) , connecting with Mail and Express Train at Don-
ahue for Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Healdsburg, Cloverdale,
and way stations. Making stage connections at Geyser-
ville for Skaggs' Springs ; at Cloverdale for Ukiah, Lake-
port, Mendocino City, Highland Springs, Bartlett
Springs, Soda Bay and the Geysers.
ggr1 Connections made at Fulton on following morn-
ing for Korbel's, Guerueville and the Redwoods.
(Arrive at San Francisco, week days, 10:10 A.M. ; Sun-
days, 11 A.M.
Freight received from 7 a.m.. till 2.30 p. m. ,
daily (except Sundays).
Special Notice.— The Sunday Excursion Trips are dis-
continued until further notice.
Ticket Office : Washington st. Wharf.
A. HUGHES,
Gen. Manager.
JAS. M. DONAHUE,
Gen. Pass. & Tkt. Agt.
SONOMA VALLEY RAILROAD.
The Steamer " Sonoma" leaves Wash-
ington -st l'L-et Wharf daily (Sunday excepted) at 2
p.m., for Norfolk, connecting with ears for the town of .
Sonoma and way stations, arriving 6 p.m.; returning,
leaves Sonoma 7 A.M., arriving at San Francisco 11 A.M.
For further particulars apply at General Office, 426 Mont-
gomery street, or at Washington-street Wharf.
JAMES M. DONAHUE, _ I
Dec. 6. G. P. and T. Agent. •
27, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVEKTISKK.
15
NOTABILIA.
THE PEDDLERS SONG.
kW3 m white as driven snoif ;
mn black as e'er was crow
40M» w sweet as damask n >ses ;
s for fjues and for noses ;
OgU-brmrelet, necklace, amber;
erfunte (or a lady's chamber;
Gold qunips and stomachers,
F.r nn lads to give their dears ;
Pins and poking-sticks of steel.
What maids lack from head to heel:
Dome t'uy of me.come; come buy, come buy,
Buy, lads, or else your lasses cry.
William Suakbpearb.
The "Modesto Herald "says that everybody owning land within a
idiua of ten miles of the Olsen Mine has now got prospecting on the
run, and cruelly adds: " They had to import some brains from San
'rancisco on purpose." The Herald ou^ht to know its own people ; but
rery man of brains in this city goes prospecting for his breakfast and
inner to the Original Swain's Bakery, 213 Sutter street. The quality and
lie style of the meals at this family restaurant nourish and increase the
itellect as well as the physical beauty.
Time was when only a man of wealth could afford to have a choice of
'alissy ware, or even a single piece ; so difficult was it to reproduce the
delity and the natural look of those wonderful works. But to-day, for a
loderate sum, one can find at O. Lawton & Co.'s, specimens of the rarest
'alissy or Majolica, or old Persian wares, direct from the great factories,
'hich copy in facsimile these master-works, and supply them at a reduc-
on of 33£ per cent, on previous prices.
Great preparations are making in Canada for the reception of the
'lint-ess Louise, who is soon to return from her visit to England. Rideau
tall is being fitted up, and there is to be a real Vice-Regal Court, with
U the pomp and circumstance of royalty. The Viceroy has sent a large
rder for Poinmery Champagne, the exclusive choice of crowned heads.
■gents for this city. Wolf & Rheinhold, 334 Washington street.
When mind and body are out of sorts, with cold extremities, a yel-
iwness in the skin, costiveness, dull headache, and an indisposition to
iir about, be sure you are in for a Bilious Attack, springing from a more
r less Disordered Liver. Dr. Jayne's Sanative Pills will bring about the
.iver to a healthy condition, and speedily remove all biliary distress.
old by Crane & Brigham, San Francisco.
No one who is engaged in business should neglect to keep copies of the
itters he writes, whether they seem to be important or not. What is
lought trifling at the moment often proves to be extremely serious ; and
ow that the Multiplex Copying Tablet requires nothing but the pressure
f the sheet on its surface to give copy after copy, every one should attend
> this matter. The California Novelty Works, 46 St. Ann's Building,
pposite the Baldwin.
It is the motto on the shield of Peru : I'irme y Feliz -por la Union.
'he sentiment is a noble one and commends itself to the heart of every
lan, whose domestic bliss has been rendered firm and happy by the Union
ange, from Montanya's. Battery street, below Front. Who could hold
ack from conferring upon his family and himself a boon so priceless, and
ving in the calm of well-ordered days ?
The excitement over Home Rule continues in Ireland, not only with-
ut abatement, but with an added intensity. Meetings are held in all
artB of the country, and resolutions passed to stand by one another for
le good of the old land. Americans may well take a lesson from the
atriotic Irish, and rule out from their own homes every form of con-
imption by using F. & P. J. CasBin's Rock and Rye Cordial, the certain
unedy.
It beg'ns to look as if the earrings were at last to go the way of the
ose-rings, whose early demise may be considered untimely by comparison,
hat beauty unadorned by these gimcracks will be more beautiful than
per, one cannot doubt ; and yet it is certain that Bradley & Rulofson
ill always take, as they now take, perfect pictures of the loveliest faces.
One of Cetewayo's most imperative demands after his capture was for
l English hat— a plug hat, in fact. The lordly savage, a king every foot
him, and there are a good many, could not fail to see that this head-
ece was a Bign of empire. What the English hats were to Cetewayo,
^bite's hats, from 614 Commercial street, are to others.
The neat old gentleman was recognized by the hero of the novelet
distance of three squares, so characteristic was the back of his coat ; and
le wearer of Carmany & Crosett's underclothing and shirts is known at
ice by his easy bearing and the manly dignity of his walk, when he
area 25 Kearny street.
Of all the changes in office brought about by the result of tho recent
election, it is remarked with no rarnrisa, but with great satisfaction, that
those clerks in municipal offices who wore Herrmann's hats have kept
their platvn, without exception. The fart in that no greater mwmilMnda-
tion can be given f..r efficiency, general education and high sense of honor
than a hat from 336 Kearny street.
Whether the winter is cold or mild, whether it is wet or dry, it
is i always winter, and, 0\ en in this charming country, calls for the comfort
of a fireside. The coal fire is an institution with us, as it is in England ;
and .1. Macdonough, 25 Market street, has always on hand every kind of
Lastern, Scotch, Australian and Pacific Coast coal.
A lady teacher of a Sunday School commended one of her pupils as a
nice little Christian who said her prayers beautifully, but sadly needed
This
is a warning
Madame Rachel's Enamel Bloom to make her perfect. .
to all to care for their complexions in time. What avails the grace of
God if the skin is rough ?
The number of new and exquisite Btylea of bonnets for the holidays,
to be seen at Mrs. Skidmore's, 1114 Market street, is the theme of remark
among all the fashionable world. Every day, for three weeks past, these
headquarters of taste have been thronged with the beauty and intelligence
of our city.
B. Nathan 8c Co., 130 Sutter street, have been surprising the public
with the magnificent Bronzes and Parisian goods offered at from 30 to 40
per cent, reduction in price, being positively below the cost of importa-
tion. Besides these, their Antique Polished Brasses have excited a won-
derful interest.
S. C. Thompson, of the Panama Railroad, does not see how America
is to lose her prestige if De Lesseps does cut a canal through the Isthmus.
This is good common sense ; and equally secure is the prestige of Lands-
berger's Private Cuvee, come what may.
California turquoise is one of the most beautiful materials for jew-
elry ever brought into the market, and there is no present that can be
made to a friend here or at the East that can be compared with the speci-
mens made by D. W. Laird, 27 Post street.
"Crooking the elbow " is a phrase of old date in the language, and
has always been held to mean that a man took more than was good for
him; but since Napa Soda has been known there is nothing more com-
plimentary to be said of any one. The more he takes the better he is in
every way.
J. M. Litchfield & Co. are the oldest established and best known firm
of merchant tailors, 405 Montgomery street. Their goods are of the
best quality, and their cutter and fitter the most accomplished on the
Coast.
You can save Doctor bills and keep your family always well with
Hop Bitters. Read advertisement.
City
TREASURER'S OFFICE,
and County of San Francisco, September 9, 1879.
Redemption of San Francisco Bonds,
ISSUE OF 1858.
Holders of Bonds of the City and County of San^Francisco,
issued under "An Aci- to provide for the Funding and Payment of the out-
standing Unfunded Claims against the City of San Francisco, and against the County
of San Francisco, as they existed prior to the first day of July, A.D. one thousand
eight hundred and fifty-six," approved April '20, 1858, are hereby notified that the
Commissioners of the Sinking Fund of the above named Bonds will receive sealed
proposals for the surrender of any portion thereof, at the City and County Treas-
urer's office, New City Hall, San Francisco, until 12 o'clock noon,
Wednesday, December 31st, 1S79.
The amount to be applied to the Redemption of these Bonds is more or less, One
Hundred and Eighty Thousand Dollars (£180,000).
Bidders will state at what rate they will surrender their Bonds, for payment in
United States gold coin.
Each proposal must be accompanied by a deposit of ten per cent, of the Bonds of-
fered, or their equivalent in coin, or certified checks, and should the Bonds tendered
not be presented within ten days after the award, the next lowest bid will be ac-
cepted.
No proposal above par will be entertained.
Proposals to be indorsed " Proposals for surrender of Bonds, issue of 1S5S."
A. J.BRYANT, Mayor,
COLIN M. BOYD, Auditor,
CHAS. HUBERT, Treasurer.
Sept. 13. Commissioners of the Funded Debt.
AVERILL MIXED PAINT,
The Best, Most Durable and Beautiful of All Paints.
PRBPAJtED XFADT FOX USE,
AND OF ANY SHADE OR COLOR DESIRED.
Sept. 27.
O. S. OBKICK, General Agent,
329 Market St., Opposite Front.
PROF. JOS. JOSSET,
Graduate of (lie University of Faris; Ex. Professor of De
la Mennais' Normal, France ; late of Point Lorua Seminary, San Diego. Pri-
vate Lessons in the French Language. Residence: Post street, between Powell and
Stockton, next to Red Men's Hall. At home from 12 to 2 p.m. Prrrate Lessons
given at the residence of the pupil. Dec. 6.
BRITISH BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF CAL.
Attendance, daily, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., by the under-
signed, to receive subscriptions and donations, and to furnish all information
relating to the Society. J. P. McCURRlE. Secretary,
Oct. 23. 730 Montgomery street.
^~ 7 7 a rear and expenses to agents. Outfit Free. Address,
<fi>* • * June?.] P. O. V1CK.ERY, Augusta, Maine.
16
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Dec. 27, 1879.
■I Flatter Myself that I can Entertain more New Tear's Callers
than any other Lady on our Block."
The City, Over-Burdened with Taxes, is being Driven by a Rep-
resentative "Workingman.
The Funny Man Employed by the "News Letter" for this
Christinas Season Only.
Geo. C. Shreve & Co., jewelers, 110 Montgomery street, mark all
oods in plain figures and have but one price.
THE
EQUITABLE
LIFE T
Assurance Society
l
OF THE UNITED STATES,
rtt
120 H3i*o«,ct-\xr«,y, KToxat "STorls*,
III
Assets Over
$36,000,000.1
•
On the most conservative basis, the Equitable's Surplus is
larger than that of any other company in the oountry.
The average annual new business of the Equitable Life ■
Assurance Society has for the past eight years been LARGER
than that of
ANY OTHER COMPANY IN EXISTENCE.
This is due in part to the great financial strength of the:
Society; to its invariable promptness in the settlement of
death claims ; to its strict adherenoe to equitable as distin-
guished from merely technical settlements, and to its special
forms of assurance under which the most liberal DIVI-
DENDS of PROFITS are realized.
INCONTESTIBLE ASSURANCE.
Throughout the United States the old and new Policies
alike of the Equitable Lire Assurance Society are made I
incontestible after three years from their date.
Each ordinary Policy provides for a definite surrender
value in paid-up assurance, in case the Policy is forfeited
after THREE YEARS from its date.
TONTINE POLICIES.
Holders of these Policies that have been running for only
seven or eight years, are beginning to receive annual divi-
dends of from 75 to 85 per cent, on the annual premium.
Each Tontine Policy contains a definite surrender value
in cash, in case of withdrawal at the Tontine period.
WM. D. GARLAND,
Manager for Pacific Coast,
Office: 240 MONTGOMERY STREET,
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.
Dec 27, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
17
THE DECLARATION.
{From Heinty 6jr Qtorgt Qo$tman.)
ID generation* are paming, Ooce mm I should like to see you,
And the years come and iro,
hat mv lovt- t*> you, my dearest.
Shall never va
A u< I fall upon my knee,
And tenderly declare: Madame^
I'm yours rttpcetfulty.
ART JOTTINGS.
Tbe art year has its beginning and ending in the holiday season. It
about < 'hriotmas time that all engaged in catering to the (esthetic taste
the public are supposed to enjoy the fruits of a bountiful harvest. It
at this season, too, that the artist receives the encouragement so much
leded to carry him through the dull summer months into the next holi-
With these facts in view, it seems strange that our artists have not the
tn'^ht to prepare an exhibition of their works at the Art Association
alleries during the holidays. It is safe to say that a large number of
untings could be sold at good^rices.
Instead of this we find mamprn them contributing trash to the auction
art ; others are paying too much attention to a line of business far re-
eved from the tine arts, while still others shut themselves and their
ictures up in their studios, as if in fear of healthy criticism.
It cannot be denied that art has made no material advance in San
Yanciitco tbe past rear ; indeed, it is a question if it has not retrograded,
nd that too seriously. In the very nature of things it cannot stand still,
; has either lost or gained ground. There can be no question that the
ia»emination of art knowledge among the masses has made them more
ritical, and that the school of the Art Association has taught many
_ people to paint pictures of still life and easy landscapes, many of
lem coming into the market to compete with the work of professionals;
ut is there not room for all ? To be sure, this rivalry is a serious blow
o the principle, too long practiced, of getting " all you can for a picture,"
BRardlees of the time taken to paint it, or its true merit. An artist is no
re entitled to exact a large value for work which costs him but little
e and intelligent effort, than is a member of any other profession —
:, indeed ; for the greater part of art education comes of native ability.
9 profession of art requires less of what is known as " the higher edu-
tion " than that of any other, and, consequently, less is due it as com-
insation for the years of study required to perfect a man for the other
recessions, say law or medicine. The halo of mystery which has so long
ung around art is fast disappearing, and, in its stead, there comes to the
irface the practical. Art — high art — as formerly understood, is fast dis-
ppearing, and. in its stead, comes the art of general utility, that which
pleasing, and, consequently, useful to all. Let it not be understood
At we for a moment undervalue the works of great masters, whether
lodern or ancient, but what we mean to say is this: that this age is be-
aming decidedly practical on all questions, and that of art is no excep-
on.
The day has passed when an artist can obtain high prices for work
hich, to a very large extent, is an industrial effort. The works exhibited
f Mr. Williams' pupils the present term demonstrates, beyond contro-
irsy, that the higher excellencies of the profession — and that alone— can
mmand large values.
The pictures on view are highly creditable, although many of the best
Qpils have left the school and set up studios for themselves, intending
> follow art as a profession. We have in our midst a number of artists
' high repute, and what have they produced the past year ? Not a sin-
e picture of note ! Nothing which excels, or even equals, the efforts of
revious years. It is true that public patronage, from causes which we
ill not here discuss, has offered hut poor inducements to art; but is that
good and sufficient reason why artists should stoop to the very ques-
onable means latterly employed of turning out trash by the square yard
id palming it off upon a too credulous public, through the medium of
inerant pedlers, in every prominent town on the coast, from Portland to
in Diego.
In every art-buying community there are two distinct classes — those
ho buy pictures which appeal to the uncultivated taste, and those who
low the quality of what they are purchasing. And an artist can no
ore cater to the tastes of these two classes at one and the same time,
lan can a physician — having a quack steering-in shop — maintain a re-
sectable practice ; or a lawyer, known to be a hanger-on at the Police
ourt, a reputable clientage.
The artists will find, to their sorrow, that they cannot serve two mas-
rs — ignorance and intelligence — and that they cannot gull the one and
ipose upon the other.
The right course of an artist is, in the very nature of things, more
early defined than that of any other profession, for their blunders are
iting ; they make their own record ; pictures survive those who buy
id sell them — a perpetual reminder of good or evil — while the misdoings
: any other profession, if not previously forgotten, pass away with the
irpetrator and his victim.
For years past we have endeavored to be as lenient as possible toward
lOBe who follow art as a profession in this city. If we have erred at all
■and no doubt we have — it is because many thingB have been kept from
ie public which they ought to have known.
It is impossible for a writer on art to criticise adversely the work of an
tist without being subjected to more or less annoyance. The public
« told that his motives are not what they ought to be ; that the criti-
>m appears because they did not see tit to pay for its suppression, and
on. It is not necessary now to say that such talk on the part of the
tists is foolish, for time and again we have dared them to cite a single
stance where they have influenced us by any improper means.
What has been done heretofore — whether right or wrong — has been
me with an honest intention to promote the interests of the Fine Arts
this city. We shall continue in the same course, with a view to the
at interests of the artists and their clients, the public
'There's a Divinity Doth Hedge," Etc.— Juvenile "Scold."
yer nasty thing! if yer father wasn't a p'liceman, I'd smack yer!"-
unch.
rling Silverware. — A large assortment of elegant designs at Ran-
ilph & Co.'s. corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
Private Theatricals at the Western Addition.
One of the Seven Sisters' Coryphees.
An ex-State Senator, who has Pleaded before the Bar, Practiced at
it, and has a Bar in his Name If you want to know more of
this Man of the Bar, ask Stow bow he Induced him to Vote for
Farley, and then you will find a Tender Corn on the Member of
the Bar's Toe.
We take from the Commercial Herald the following items : Duties
paid at San Francisco Custom House from January 1 to December 25,
1879, S5, 463,519 90 ; same period, 187$, §6,295,431. Money on the best
security is from 15 to 24 per cent per annum in Montana. Marine losses
for November were 50 total and 3 missing vessels given up for lost — all to
or from the United States. Exclusive of cargoes, the loss is $1,285,000.
18
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Dec. 27, 1879.
Dr. Li Po Tai.
The great Chinese quack, who knew nothing of anatomy, and had not
even learnt that the blood circulated throughout the human system, and
who, about a year ago, was the recipient of a grandiloquent editorial puff
from a grandiloquent weekly contemporary, has at last been found out,
and, thanks to a righteous law, has been fined for illegally practicing a
profession of which he was ignorant, and, we presume, has gone into pri-
vate life with the fortune he had made in practicing upon many who
ought to have known better than let him. Dr. Li Po Tai is no longer
visited by the so-called elite of the city, but stands convicted and sentenced
as the quack he is. It is said that, some time ago, Dr. Maxwell, the well-
known and able physician of that name, happened to see one of his
wealthiest patients entering the office of the great Chinese quack, and
thought he would follow and see, from motives of curiosity, what might
take place. To his surprise, Li Po Tai was feeling the lady's pulse after
the most approved method of scientific physicians. Now, as Li Po Tai
confessedly ignores the theory of the circulation of the blood, and as phy-
sicians feel the pulse in order to determine whether the blood is flowing
feebly, regularly or rapidly, it is impossible to tell why Li Po Tai was
feeling it, except, perhaps, that he divined that "Melican woman liked
to be fooled that way." Our artist most admirably pictured Dr. Max-
well's very natural surprise at having the methods of his science copied
by the unbelieving heathen quack.
Coll Deane Seeking the New Bonanza.
ENGLISHMEN
CHARACTERISTICS OF SCOTCHMEN,
AND IRISHMEN.
The special enthusiasm fpr Mr. Gladstone in Scotland is to be ac-
counted for, we think, in two ways. One is that a man of his type is
more sympathetic with the Scotch people than with any other of the
races which make up the United Kingdom. He is of Scotch descent,
and he possesses in singular combination some leading characteristics of
the Scotch nature — an unwearied power of ratiocination, a dour opmion-
ativeness which never lets go a point of conclusion, a fiery energy (the
perfervidum ingenium Scotorum), which, in many Scotchmen, lies con-
cealed under a placid exterior, but which is manifest in Mr. Gladstone.
All these qualities attract Scotchmen to Mr. Gladstone in away in which
the sensible but n on -ratiocinating Englishman of the South or the humor-
ous and imaginative Irishman is not attracted. Indeed, it is a constant
mystery and perplexity to the Scotch mind why Gladstone is not liked
elsewhere as he is in Scotland itself. Scotchmen are convinced by his ra-
tiocinations, admire his stubbornness of opinion, and are carried away
with his zealous fire ; and they cannot understand why all their fellow-
subjects are not moved in the same way. — London Statist.
GEO. STREET, Ag&rtt News Letter, 30 CornhiU, E. C, London.
IN CONSEQUENCE OF SPURIOUS IMITATIONS OF
LEA & PERRIXS" SAUCE, which are calculated to deceivi
the public, Lea and Perrins have adopted A NEW LABEL, bearing their sit
nature, thus, " LEA & PERRINS," which is placed on every bottle of WORCESTE1
SHIRE SAUCE, and without which none is genuine.
Ask for LEA & PERRINS' Sauce, and see name on wrapper, label, bottle and stop
per. Wholesale and for export by the proprietors, Worcester ; CroBse & BlackweU
London, etc., etc., and by grocers and oilmen throughout the world.
Nov. 16. MESSRS. CROSS & CO.. Agents, San Francisco.
ROWLAND'S
M.A.C ASS AJR OIL strengthens the Hair and prevents it falling off. The bottle
have a glass stopper, and not a cork.
KALYDOR beautifies the Complexion and eradicates Freckles, Tan, Prickly Heat
Eruptions, etc.
ODONTO whitens the Teeth, prevents and arrests decay, and gives a pleasing
fragrance to the breath.
ETJKONTA is a new and delicate toilet powder.
Ask for ROWLAND'S articles, of 20, Hatton Garden, London, and avoid cheaj
imitations. Sold by Druggists, Bazaars, etc.^Jl over the world. May 3.
F
LIEBTG COMPANY'S EXTEACT OF MEAT.
Inestaml Cheapest Meat -flavoring Stock for Soaps, Bfadt
Dishes and Sauces. March
LTEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT
[s a success and boon for which Nations should feel grata
f nl. See " Medical Press," " Lancet," " British Medical Journal," etc.
LTEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF ME4T-
Caution— Gen nine only with fac-simile of Baron 1-iebijr'*
Signature, in blue ink, across Label. " Consumption in England increased ten*
fold in ten years." March &
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
To be had of all Store-keepers, Orocers and Chemists. Sole
Agents for the United States (wholesale only), C. David & Co., 43, Mark Lane
London, England. March 2.^ '
CHARLES LANGLEY & CO.,
. Wholesale Druggists,
Importers of Pare English, French and German Drags
PATENT MEDICINES, Em.,
100 and 102 PEONT STREET,
San Francisco.
[Sept 6.
Henry B . Williams. Henry B. Williams
WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO.,
SHIPPING) AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
No. 218 California St., S. T. [July 27]
Newton Booth, C. T. Wheeler, Sacramento. I J. T. Gloter, W. W. Dodob, S. F
w*
W. W. DODGE & CO.
olesale Grocers, corner Front and Clay streets, San
Francisco. April 1. "
CASTLE BROTHERS,
ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAR 1850.
Importers of Teas and East India Goods, Nos.313 and 310
Front street, San Francisco. Jan. 13. *
J. M. Neville. REMOVAL.
BAGS, TENTS AND
NEVILLE & CO.,
No.'s 31 and 33 California Street, S.
San Francisco.
Geo. H. Bryant,
HOSE.
E. corner of Davis,
[AuGf. 2;
L.H.Newton. NEWTON BROTHERS & CO., M. Newton.
Importers and wholesale dealers in Teas, Foreign Goods and
Groceries, 204 and 206 California street, San Francisco, Cal May 25.
s
J. C. MERRILL & CO.,
hipping and Commission Merchants, Agents for the Sand-
wich Islands Packet Lines, 204 California street, S. F. April 13^
s
JOSEPH GILLOTT'S STEEL PENS.
Gold Medal, Paris, 1S7S.
old by all Stationers. Sole Agent for the United Si a ten:
MR. HENKT HOE, 91 John street, N. Y. Jan. 5.
DOGS.
Gi: verill, the Celebrated Canine Doctor from London, can1
* be consulted for treatment or purchase. Fee, §1. Address,
G. EVERILL, 528 California street.
P^" Sure cure for worms, distemper, canker and mange sent free by mail oil
receipt of §1. Oct. 18.
D. HICKS & CO.,
Bookbinders and Blank Book Manufacturers,
NO. 543 CLAY STKEBT.
^g" Blank Books Billed, Printed and Bound to Order. [Nov. 8.4
COKE CHEAPEST FUEL.
Redaction in Price : Wholesale Price, 50 cents per barrels
Retail Price, 60 cents per barrel, at the works of the SAN FRANCISCO GAffl
LIGHT COMPANY, Howard and First streets, and foot of Second St. Jan. 12.
TABER, HARKER & CO.,
X3TP0BTEBS AND WHOLESALE GXOCESS,
10S and 110 California St., S. r.
fApri) 19.)
27, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
19
CRADLE, ALTAR, AND TOMB.
CRADLE.
miT -li» thi«
►-In X
« ifc i>f Jus. Ariatidc, a daughter.
; . Bmiod, a daughter.
i D >! Bnras, a daughter,
rifi .) \l Bnodrastabi, » daughter.
I Will K Eason, a daughter.
mnar avth, t-- the a Ife ofOol. J. H. Fhim. a son.
mu t l t t h . (■> tin «.fi ol v. Huff, a duurbvar,
ember nth. to tbc artfa >>f I>. Lmos, a sen.
r 19th, to the witt of H. J. MeKnight, a eon.
December MMb, t-- tha wife <-f llug» Rothsebud, a son.
*h, t.. Hi.-
ARian
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Bl BJtl
Ba.M
bi
Fum
Horr
Lri i
McKn
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Smith In this city. iKvctulwr 19th, to the wtfa of E. Irvingljiuith, a daughter.
ALTAR.
Blam-ID *\tk - In thin city. October 4th. Arthur M Blade to Martha E. Uubner.
Cartkr-Layrkmcr— In Oakland, December 8Mb, Enroll farter to Eliza Lawrence.
Gkrrn-IIrck -In thi? eity, December 16th, George W, Green to Li trie Beck.
Gaok-Dams in toil city. December 9th, v.. M. Oage t.. Fvunie l' Davis.
Ji.iiNsoN-Mmn- In Woookud, December 9th, Arthur Johnson to Ellen High.
JliDDLKUorr-EAflTox— In Koseville. December 19th, G. Middlehoff to H. Easton.
jfoLAX-YORS- In this dty, November 13th. James Kouui to Katie U. Yore.
O'Nr.iLL-LriTK-ln this city, December 20th, Arthur V. O'Neill U> Mnmie Leite.
SiiAV-MttKRiLL— In this eity, December 17th, George N. Shaw to Carrie Merrill.
Sackktt-Loi'p— In E.\st Oakland, DecembeT 17th, John E. Sackctt to Ella M. Loud.
Sivkrtskn-Anderson — In this eity. December l^th, If. Sivertsen to J. A.Anderson.
Bavtibr-Sukrrt— In this eity, December 17th, N. Sawyter to Hanuie Sherry.
TOMB
Asprrws— In Oakland, December 17th, Frederick J. Adams, aged 10 years.
AlBlsctlRK— In thi- eily, December 17th, Bruno Aibischer, aged 61 years.
Brruantz— In this city. December 21st, Peter W. Bergantz, aged 72 years.
Bknnot— In this eity. December 22d, Joseph Bennett, aged 35 years.
■MAX— In this eity. December. 17th, Thomas J- Eagan, aged 23 years.
Fritz— In this city, December 1Mb, Joseph M. Fritz, aged 47 years.
Gardner— In this city, December 21st, Anna B. Gardner, aged 6S years.
HaRTr— In this eity, December 20th, John A. Uarty, aged 43 years.
Kt-iNF.-ln San Jose. December 17th, Mrs. Elodie Kline, aged 34 years.
La.voford— In this city, December 18th, Mrs. Mary Lamrford, aged 50 years.
Laimf.e — In this city, December 18th, Louis Laimee, aged 25 years.
Mallat— In this city, December 19th, Margaret Mallay, aged*41 years.
McCarthy — In this city, December lUth. Eugene McCarthy, aged 69 years.
Mommy — In this city, December 17th, Johanna Murphy, aged" 50 years.
Boebick — In this city, December 17th, John M, Roebuck, aged 17 years.
Simmons— In this cit;-, December 22d, Carlos A. Simmons, aged 5 years.
Van Damme— In this city, December ISth, Maria T. Van Damme, aged 69 years.
Wallace— In this city, December 21st, Capt. Thos. Wallace, aged 75 years.
The Founders of the W. P. C
Kearney, Wellock and Knight were the founders, as our readers may
possibly remember, of the Workingmen's party. They founded it as a
"piece club," but the rivalry of the Gall and Chronicle, and the adventi-
tious aid born of hard times, gave it an importance that its early pro-
moters little expected. Poor Knight, the Bohemian, has been kicked out,
and travels around looking as if a good square meal would do him infinite
good. Wellock married a widow rich enough to keep him. Kearney
still figures in the party, but looks as if he were on his way to the rear ;
at any rate, he is being overshadowed by Kalloch's canonicles and May-
oral robes of office. Welloek's position is peculiar. He talks to Kearney
as no other of his followers dare do. The wiseacres have it that he knows
all the early secrets of how he and Kearney managed to run things, and
that the former could not afford to have those things told just now. Wel-
lock is, undoubtedly, the abler man of the two, but neither can boast of
much ability — nor of the other thing, either, for the matter of that.
The finest assortment of Ornamental Silver at Geo. C. Shreve & Cos.
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
Recorded inlthe City and County of San Franciaco, California, for
the Week ending December 19th.
Compiled from the Records of the Commercial Agency, 401 California AY., 8.F.
Saturday, December 13th.
QRANTOR AND ORASTRR,
DESCRIPTION.
Edw B HolmcB to W W Traylor . .
B Thompson to Laura M Barrows
II Kilhnm to Alonzo T Noble
Andrew Walker to Jas 8 Hill
Geo Edwards to Robert P Banter
Chas Hansen to Sarah Sweetman
Patk F Walsh to M Levy..
8 Zemaneky to Marcus Levy
Wm Hilling to Kate Condon
Robt White to Wm Wright
Jas Curlev to Wm J Nash
PG Peltret to Jno Mnlcahy
Jas Cnrley to Mas Sav &Loan Bk.
L R Townsend to Margt B Searles
John Lynch to Ann J Daly
Sw Fillmore and Fulton, s 66:9x137:6—
W A 866
X Sutler, 47:6 c Baker, e 25x87:6— W
A538
N Day, 100 e Dolores, e 175x114
W Dolores, 71 n Clipper, n 34x101:9 ....
\V Nop, 76:6 n 23d, n 36x105
S Jackson, 95 e Fillmore, e 25x127:8^—
W A 317 .;..
8 Turk, 137:6 w Taylor, w 50x137:6-50-
varal049
Same
Lot? 22, 23, blk 15, City Land Ass'n ....
W Valencia, 255 s 25th, s 37:6x90
W Dame, 325N Randall, n 60x125
E Harrison, 25 s 2fith , s 25x100— M B 202
Nw Valencia and 2lith, n 35x90
W Berlin, 50 s Irving, s 50x120
Nw 8th ave and M st, w 75x100 ; also,
nw Arlington, 274 ne Miguel, ne 29x
100— Fairmount
14.000
1,000
1,542
2,200
1,250
1,300
16,000
5
100
175
850
650
2,500
50
Monday, December 15th.
John Knock to Otto Fausa
Theresa Scho to C B F Scho
J McGill to W BTollis
W O M Berry to W T T Schenck.
T McNamara to John Levy
Dan'l Jones to Albert H Paul
R G Horn to Charlotte Wolfe. . . .
JFTaylortoC Coakley
Annie A Pratt to Wm Brown.
Sw BuBh and Baker, w 137:6x137:6— W
A 583, subj to raortg $4,000
Lot 106, Academy Tract, and lot 8, blk 6,
University Monnd Survey
E Octavia, 110 n Geary, n 27:6x110— W
A 156
Assigns all property whatever for bene-
fit of creditors
S O'Farrell, 137:6 e Franklin, e 68:9x
170— W A 81 '.
N Union, 48 e Leav'th, e 25, n 137:6, w
3, s25, w 22, s 112:0 to com
Com 56:6 w Bartlett, and 80 n 23d, w 24
xn 40— MB 136
S Sierra, 76 e Michigan, e 25x100
Sw Sierra and Georgia, w 25, s 65, w 25,
s 8:6, e 50, n 73:6 to com-P N 444. . . .
$ 500
Gift
5
5
5
384
1,100
Tuesday, December 16th.
A J Donzell to Alice Donzel .
Geo W Prescott to Henry T Scott
Same to Irving M Scott. . .
N Landry to JW Allyne..
F Dohs to A Demartini .
A St Paul to B Richardson. . .
S L Green to Cath A Cofrau .
Daniel Jones to Patk Blake .
WHyde, lS:9n Filbert, n 50x137:6—50-
vara 786
Und 1-3 se Mission, 68:9 ne Fremont, ne
68:9, Be 183:4, etc
Und 1-3 same
Sw Stewart, 183;4 nw Howard, nw 45:10
Xl37:6-A& W 688
N Filbert, 199:6 e Stockton, e 48x120—
50-vara 45S
OL bike 994 and 995
Und 1-5 n w Clementina, 191 ne 2d, ne 34
x80 — 100-vara 56
Se Minna, 200 ne 6th, bc 75, ne 30, nw
40, ne 2?o inches— 100-vara 221
16.666
16,666
6,500
600
500
4,500
Wednesday, December 17th.
Geo Spanagel to Henry JTampel. . .
John L Barrett to Cal S and L Soc
J F Kennedy to A J Turner
John Maisch to A H Liseak, Jr . . .
Jos Kemp to Eliza J Kemp
Same to same..
RW Collins to Dan'l Swett......
E W Ashby to J C Wilmerding . .
Dan'l Swett to Chas Mayne
Wm Blanding to Elizth G Welsh.
W C Moody to Geo McWilliams .
Geo McWilliams to H Parkhurst.
Oscar Fobs to Geo Ross
Ann J Daly to Rosa Biagini.
Nw Larkir: and McAllister, w 137:6x120,
W A 5
E Howard, 215 s 22d, s 45 x 122:6- M B
138
N Precita ave, 50 w Bernal, w 44:3Jtf, n
99:3, e44, s 110 to com
N Geary, 252:1 w Dnpont, w 22:11x60—
50-vara 755
Ne 20th and Stevenson, e 40x85; w Mis-
sion, 110 n 19lh, n 25x80; neArmy and
Noe, e 80x114
E Mission, 220 s 18lh. s 30x122:6 ; also,
e-Cherry,32:2?-.i s Jackson, e 117:9 x n
32:2W
EMontg, 68:9 n Green, n 91:8x91:8
S Islais, 50 e Delaware, e 50x100
E Montgy,68:9 n Green, n 91:8x91:8
Se Bryant, 265 ne 4th, ne 10x80
E Cal'a av, 775 n Prospect pi, n 50x80—
P V 119 and 120
E Cal'a av, 800 n Prospect pi, n 25xS0—
P V119
Lots 28, 29, 30, P V Lands
W Ohio, 97:6 b Broadway, b 20x52
13,500
$3,884
975
15,000
Gift
Gift
46
325
8O0
1,800
Thursday, December 18th.
O F Cem'ty Ass'n to Theo Wagner
Nat'lG Bk&TCo toJosPlaw...
R G Horn to Mary Fitzgerald
JO'Reiley to W J Gnnn
City and Co S F to Cath McGory.,
Geo Brown to Anna M Giselman. .
Danl J Mooney to Eliza Hamerton
A W Geist to Wm M Hoag.
Jnlia Vtn Den Bergh to same..
Same to same
Henry L Dodge to same
John D Reilly to Jas Healey...
Lot 5, Parker Hill Section Platl $ 350
Lots 6, 8. 9, 10, blk 15, Market St H'd.. 5
Com 40 w Bartlett and 80 n 23d, n 40x22.
MB 136 352
S Army, 160 w Sanchez, w 80x114— H A
128 10
W Alabama, 104 s 24th, s 26x100— M B
174
Undiv H n Tyler, 137:6 w Devisadero, w
68:9x137:6 1,750
IS 2!»h, 180 e Sanchez, e 25x114 300
Und 3-5 nw Leavth and Sutter, n 24:4 V
w 14:2, S 1, elc | 2.220
Same i 3,700
Same | 1,430
Same I 1
Se Church and 22d, s 52x125— H A 67. . . | 1,000
Friday, December 19th.
Edw F Hall, Jr, to Rob Sherwood
Mary Mac Swincy to John Center
Sw Pine and Leav'th, w 185x137:6—50-1
vara 1182 and 1227 |$ 5
E Shotwell, 137:6 n 33d, s 30x122:6— M Bl
138 [ 1,500
John Mailer to Jas Aitken I W Diamond, 64 s 23d, s 50x100 450
Sampson Tama to Jerome English|N Haight, 275 w Scott, e 50x137:6 ! 1,775
20
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Dec. 27, 1879.
YE MERRY BALLAD
Of ye Baron, ye Brewer, and ye Mayde.
0, he was a Brewer bolde,
And she was a Ladye faire,
And she fell in love with his nose and beard,
And he with her golden haire.
She read him her father's will.
Quoth the Brewer: " It may not be !
Xour Pa is a Baron both rich and proud,
He'd revoke it if you married me."
But the Brewer was a wily knave.
Muttered he : " I'll risk my pate
To fool the old man with a clever little plan !"
So he hammered at the Baron's gate.
"0, Baron so proud !" he cried,
" My stock of beer's too large ;
If you've got an empty cask, I'll fill it to the brim,
And send it home without any charge."
The Baron he stroked his paunch,
And grinned from ear to ear;
" In the back yard," he chuckled, "there's a cask to be found,
And be quick, for I'm fond of my beer !"
It needeth not to be told
What the game was the Brewer played,
For here you behold how an empty barrel
Can be filled with a faire young mayde.
Likewise how the Mayde was rolled
O'er the cobble — the cruel cobble— stones,
Till she reached the Brewer's house more dead than alive,
With the marrow all shaken from her bones.
When the Baron proud had waited long,
And had thirsted in vain for his beer,
He whipped out his sword and he ripped and he roar'd,
Till he fill'd the old nurse with fear.
But his oaths were of no avail,
For to church the young people hied,
And the Ladye so faire, with considerable haire,
Became the jolly Brewer's bride.
The Troubles of British Farmera— The London Daily News con-„
denses the troubles which the British tenant farmer has to contend with
as follows : " A load of high rent, strict covenants, bad farm premises,
damaging hedges and timber, over-much game, dear and inefficient labor,
unfairly fixed tithe rent charge, heavy rates and taxes, tremendous duty [
on his malting barley, imported cattle disease, costly middlemen, adulter-
ating cake and manure makers, dear tradesmen, because of the law of dis-
tress, and other disadvantages."
Price's Carvers.— Send a set East to your friends for Christmas, Wo.
415 Kearny street. Grinding and Repairing.
For Gems and Diamonds go to Geo. C. Shreve & Co., 110 Mont-
gomery street.
I:
Dec. i7, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVEKTISKK.
21
AN ATTRACTIVE DISPLAY.
Moim J. W. Buinham & Co, the (noimis carpet dealers on Pcwt
•trret, bava ; k "i 'it-w j:.'<m1!*, Dot t«> bfl
f«.un«l at any other establishment. They baw made a f|»ecialty of furni-
\m\ qualities aim oat infinite, ami with carpets made
■ I finish. An extreme reduction in price.** has been
Ji the standing of the homo, and its arrangements
with prodttcen in the Kaat and in Europe; and entirely new styles of
Bodv Bmesela are now offered at $1 60 t.. SI 75. and of tapestry at ■?! 10
■ -prices hitherto unheard of in this market. Of furniture, they
ha*e a fine line of nigs in endless variety, for parlor, drawing-room,
library and bedre-.m OSSj Nottingham lace curtain*, extrenu-ly pure and
utM.jualed in the eitv; curtain poles of most elegant design, in ebony and
gilt, and black walnut and gilt, with rings and ornaments to match in
style and Hni-h. Their bt.*ck of easels, for artists and amateurs, has
attracted treat attention. A line of these, in polished ebony and gilt, of
remarkably graceful sha|>es and designs, baa just been opened and may
now W inspected, together with music racks ami stands, in the Banie
beautiful wood. Nothing quite equal to these novelties has been seen in
San Francisco for many years, and persona of culture and refinement,
and all those interested En the appliances which beautify and adorn the
home life, will do well to gratify themselves by a visit to the spacious
rooms of this firm.
Now that the Grand Toy Exhibition is over, and the field clear,
we are aide to look at the results accomplished, and estimate the enter-
prise a little more coolly than while it was still an experiment; and there
is bat one voice from the public to praise it as the most daring and high-
spirited commercial venture ever pushed through to success in this city.
For, successful it has been up to the limit of the projector's imagination.
The idea so well conceived was carried out with the careful attention to
details which tnark* the coutroling mind, and from first to last not a
break occurred in the working of all that complicated machinery of a
grand bazaar for a city of 300,000 inhabitants, improvised from his own
resources by a merchant already engrossed in directing three large estab-
lishments. M. J. Flavin has made for himself a name among our busi-
ness men that will be more and more widely recognized with every year,
as synonymous with successful daring, large ideas and commercial
enterprise.
To insure your home from loss through fire is one of the most essen-
tial duties of life. Any man who can afford to have a home can afford to
have it insured. That's very certain. Having determined upon insur-
ing, the next question is as to a safe office in which to carry out so im-
portant a transaction. It is idle to insure unless you are well assured
of the financial soundness of the company you are dealing with. No
agency in San Francisco is surpassed by that of Messrs. Hutchinson &
Mann, Xos. 322 and 324 California street. General Hutchinson has long
been a man of mark in our midst, whose business integrity has always
Btood high. Mr. Mann is known as an able expert, and a most excellent
and honorable business man. The firm are agents for some thirteen home
and foreign insurance companies, and consequently offer the great advan-
tage to insurers of spreading risks over a number of companies.
"While the various piano-makers have been tearing each other's
hair and whiskers, and fighting over that gold medal, one large manufac-
turing firm has quietly come to the front, without any big drum, and
taken the musical world captive by the mere superiority of its instru-
ments. The Hazelton pianos have fairly won their place as the best for
elastic touch, singing quality, power and delicacy of tone, and the high-
est excellence in workmanship. At the Centennial Exhibition their mer-
its in all these respects were recognized and rewarded by the highest prize
in the gift of the Commission. The agency for this coast is in the hands
of Charles S. Eaton, 647 Market street, where a large stock is constantly
kept on hand, of square, grand and upright, in every kind of case. The
Hale organ, acknowledged as the best, is also to be had only at this place.
The Equitable Life Assurance Society has a most enviable reputa-
tion for prompt and unhesitating payment of losses. Its rule has always
been to pay within sixty days after receipt of papers containing proofs of
death. The case of Col. Walton Dwight, who was insured in this com-
pany for S50.000, excited great interest at the end of the year 1878, from
the promptness with which the Equitable met its liability, the money hav-
ing been paid on the fifty-ninth day after the papers were received. The
public confidence in this company is, as it Bhould be, unbounded.
Mrs. Lewis, the celebrated fashionable dressmaker of Thurlow Block,
is fairly overrun with orders at this season. Her elegant parlors are
thronged with the <51ite of society, who cannot afford to miss the inspec-
tion of the costly and artistic dresses there on exhibition. Mrs. Lewis's
cutter is known in every city of this State and of the coast as simply
matchless, and her talents are daily called in requisition, almost beyond
the limits of physical strength.
The most tasty show window and the best assortment of fancy goods
are to be found at the store of Thomas Day, 122 and 124 Sutter street.
He has a splendid assortment of French mantel clocks, beautiful in de-
sign, with cathedral striking charms, which are very much admired. A
marvelously wonderful array of gas fixtures, exceeding anything ever
offered in this city. In short, his holipay specialties must be seen to be
appreciated.
Butler & Haldan, already well known to the business community as
general agents for the British America and Western Assurance Compa-
nies, of Toronto, have just been appointed agents of the Phoenix, of Lon-
don, a first-class company, established in 1782, and with net surplus over
liabilities of $3,123,267 45.
Many of the ladies at the Millais wedding were more beautiful than
Mrs. Langtry and Mrs. West, and the case is the same here. The reign-
ing belles are not always the loveliest women, and now that Wakelee'B
Camelline is used by every lady in the place, nobody can say which one
is fairest.
The California Sugar Refinery has notified the trade that the guar-
antee of prices will be withdrawn on the 1st proximo.
Nothing more intrinsfoally valuable, more certain to become rare with
time, can be Found than the works of Japanese and Corean art, now kept
on hand byG.T. Marsh A Co., 626 Market street, under the Palace.
Their collection includes many unique specimens from the cabinets of
Daiinios, :v< well as antiquities highly prized throughout the Orient. The
quaint anil QUrloUS designs of the little-known Coreanx, Loo-Ohoo island-
en*. Pormoaans, and nthere, are always to be found at this store ; and
there is no such exhibition of artistic bronzes in Ameiica as that here of-
fered for inspection. Visitors from the art centers of Europe too gener-
ally succeed in carrying off treasures which ought to adorn our San
Francisco mansions.
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
The Compnny'B atennurs will sail n» follows at 12 M:
CITY OKTOKIO, Doc. 27th, March 20th-CITY OF PEKING, Feb. 7th, May
1st— fur YOKOHAMA and UONOKONO.
SOUTH CAROLINA, December 27th, tor PANAMA and NEW YORK, calling at
ACAPULCO.
Tickets to and from Europe by any lino for sale at the lowest rates ; also to Ha-
vana and all West India ports.
GRANADA, January 5th, for NEW YORK and PANAMA, calling at ACAPULCO,
SAN JOSE DE GUATEMALA, LA LIBERTAD and PUNTA ARENAS.
CITY OF NEW YORK, January 18th, at 12 o'clock M., or on arrival of the English
mails, for HONOLULU, AUCKLAND and SYDNEY. $10 additional is charged for
passage in Upper Saloon.
CITY OP CHESTER, Dec. 30th, for VICTORIA, PORT TOWNSEND, SEATTLE
and TAO'MA, connecting at TACOMA with Northern Pacific Railroad for PORT-
LAND, Oregon. Tickets must be purchased before 11 a.m. on day of Bailing, at
Wharf Office. For freight or passage applv at the office, cor. First and Brannan
Btreets. [Dec. 20.] WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO., Agents.
FOR PORTLAND AND ASTORIA, OREGON.
The Oregon Steamship Company and Pacific Coast Sfe m-
ehip Company will dispatch everv live days, for the above ports, one of their
new Al Iron Steamships, viz.: OREGON, GliORGE W. ELDER, and STATE OF
CALIFORNIA.
Sailing Days
Dec. 3, 8, 13, 18, 23, and 28. | Jan. 2, 7, 12, 17, 22, and 27.
At 10 o'clock A, M.
Connecting at Portland, Oregon, with Steamers and Railroads and their connecting
Stage Lines for all points in Oregon, Washington and Idaho Territories, British
Columbia and Alaska.
K. VAN OTERENDORP, Agent O. S. S. Co.,
No 210 Battery street, San Francisco.
GOODALL, PERKlNS & CO., Agents P. C. S. S. Co.,
Dec. 6. No. 10 Market street, San Francisco.
PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
Steamers of this Company v. ill sail from Broadway Wharf
for PORTLAND, Oregon), every 5 days, direct, and for LOS ANGELES, SANTA
BARBARA, SANTA CRUZ, SAN DIEGO, SAN LUIS OBISPO and other NORTH-
ERN and SOUTHERN COAST PORTS, leaving SAN FRANCISCO about every
third day.
For Day and Hour of Sailing, see the Company's Advertisement in the San Fran-
cisco Daily Papers.
Ticket Office, No. 214 Montgomery Street, near Pine.
GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Agents,
March 15. No. 10 Market street.
CUNARD LINE.
British and North American Royal Mall Steamships be-
tween NEW YORK and LIVERPOOL, calling atQUKENSTOWN, sailing from
New York EVERY WEDNESDAY.
BOTHNIA December 17th.
GALLIA December 24th.
ALGERIA December 31st.
SCYTHIA January 7th, 1860.
ABYSSINIA January 14th, 1880.
Passage can be secured and all information given on application to
WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD ft CO.,
Nov. 22. 218 California St.
OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP CO.,
For Japan and China, leave wharf, comer First and Bran-
nan streets, at noon, for YOKOHAMA AND HONGKONG, compacting at
Yokohama with Steamers for Shanghai.
GAELIC December 6th, February 2Sth.
BELGIC January 17th, April 10th.
Cabin Plans on exhibition and Passage Tickets for sale at No, 2 New Montgomery
For Freight, apply to GEORGE H. RICE, Freight Agent, at the Pacific Mail Steam-
ship Company's Wharf, or No. 21S California street.
T. H. GOODMAN, General Passenger Atrent.
LELAND STANFORD, President. Nov. 1.
CALIFORNIA SUGAR REFINERY,
Manufacturers of the Standard Syrup, a superior article
put up in barrels expressly for home consumption. Also. Extra Heavy Svrup
in barrels for Export. Refined Sugars at lowest market rates. Office, 215 Front
street, up stairs. Dec. 21.
JOHN JENNINGS
Hooper's South End Warehouses, corner Japan and Town-
send streets, San Francisco. First-class Fire-Proof Brick Building, capacity
10,1)00 tons. Goods taken from the Dock and the Cars of tbe C. P. R. R. and S. P.
R. R. free of charge. Storage at Current Rates. Advances and Insurance Effected.
SEEDS.-
RJ, Trnmbnll A Co., 419 anil 431 Sansome street. Hen-
• lucky Blue Grass, Alfalfa, Mosquit, Timothy, etc., etc. Vegetable Seeds
of all descriptions. jf0v. 29.
CUMBERLAND MINE,
Yavapai County, Arizona. Office : No. 417 California St.,
San Francisco, California. President, GEORGE M. C1PRICO. Secretary, J.
H. GRIFFITHS. Office Hours : 2 p.m. daily. Oct. 11.
22
SAX FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Tec. 27, 1879.
"BIZ.
The extremely cold weather experienced by us in San Francisco,
for the entire week under review, seems to have frozen up all the usual
channels of business, and given the field entirely up to the holiday traffic.
This important branch of trade has been more stirring this year than ever
before. Our streets, both night and day, thronged with the eager crowd
of shoppers, and the number and amount of articles sold, exceed all belief.
A few passing remarks upon the weather: Sunday morning last, the
first ice of the season was seen in our Btreets. Later on, some light show-
ers of both rain and hail, and on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday the
weather was bitter cold, ice forming in our streets l£ inches in thickness.
The water in pipes, on the outside of some houses, was frozen stiff on
Thursday morning, but no indoor damage from ice. The thermometer
dropped, at 6 a.m., to 28°.
In commercial circles the roost noteworthy feature of the week was
the public offering of 1100 bags strictly prime Green Coffee, old crop Sal-
vador and Guatemala. The attendance was large but the bidding slow.
Only about one-half of the invoice sold at 17§@17£c, 90 days, the balance
withdrawn. This Coffee was from second hands, and sold at a very inop-
portune moment, and for what reason is not now apparent. One month
ago the spot Coffee market was entirely bare, none in first hands ; but
upon the arrival of some 3500 bags from Central American old crop and
the near appearance of the new seemed to startle holders. At the begin-
ning of December this same Coffee was salable at 20c, showing an un-
locked for decline of 2£c per pound, with a prevailing impression that high
prices are to rule all the season.
Sugar.— Since our last reference, the California Refinery reduced the
price of Yellows £c. This was on the 18th inst., but on the 19th, the day
following, upon receipt of New York advices of a rise in that market,
prices here were advanced ^c. per pound on all kinds, making the price of
White Cube and Crushed at 12£c. ; Yellows, 10@10&c. The Ella, from
Honolulu, has just arrived, with 6,900 bags Sugar for the California Re-
finery. Previous to this arrival, stocks were entirely exhausted.
Freights and Charters. — During the week we have had several ar-
rivals of vessels, seeking, and this has occasioned a decline in Wheat
freights to a direct port — Liverpool or Havre — to 60s.@62s. 6d. for Amer-
ican ships. British Iron vessels, to Cork or Falmouth, for orders, may be
quoted at 65s.@67s. 6d., latter to the Continent. We have now fifteen
vessels in port disengaged, about half the number suited to the Grain-
carrying trade of the port. There are yet on the berth, loading, twenty-
five vessels, of 33,000 tons register.
Breadstuffs.— Our season's receipts to this date in round figures,
Wheat and Flour combined, 8,800,000 centals, being 1,300,000 ctls. greater
than for a corresponding period of last year. Our exports to all countries
for the same period amount to: Flour, 219,250 bbls. ; Wheat, 6,825,000
ctls,; as against same time last year of 253,000 bbls. Flour, and 6,200,000
ctls. of Wheat. We have yet a large surplus of Wheat to go forward,
although much more than one-half of the crop has already been marketed.
The Wheat market has been quite active during the week, at S2@S2 05
for choice shipping Standard, and §2 05@$2 10 per ctl. for gilt-edged Mill-
ing, the market closing firm.
Flour.— The Pacific Mail steamer City of Tokio, hence for Hongkong
on the 27th instant, will carry the bulk of 1,300 tons. One-half of this
Sperry's Stockton City Mills ; price, S6. Extra choice Bakers' and Fam-
ily Flour is held at $6 25@6 50 $ 196 lbs.
Barley. — The stock is large and the market very quiet at lc per lb for
Extra No. 1 Brewing; other grades of do, 95@97ic ; feed, 65@75c per
cental — former for dark coast. Our surplus large.
Beans and Corn. — We have nothing of interest to remark. Stocks
excessive and prices low, from lc upwards.
Oats receipts from the north free and liberal, and the market dull, at
51 15@S1 35 per ctl.
Hops. — Stocks are nearly exhausted. Price. 25@37jc.
Wool. — No stocks here ; all exhausted ; prices nominal.
Tallow. — Nothing doing. Price, 5£@6c ; refined, 7£c.
Salmon. — There is no demand at present ; holders firm for 1- tb. tins
at SI 35@1 45 $ doz.; stock light.
Quicksilver. — The spot stock is upward of 3,000 flasks, price nominal,
37£c.
CoaL— The arrivals during the week have been liberal, but prices re-
main unchanged.
Metals. — This being the dull season, the demand for all kinds is light,
and prices nominal.
SAN FRANCISCO IiAWTERS.
The law iB a noble profession. We feel the truism more forcibly when
we see the continued and unselfish devotion of the counsel for J. C. Dun-
can to obtain justice and fair play for their client. We have Baid, in
reference to this case, that David McClure and A. A. Cohen shed luster
on the bar of San Francisco by their long services, without pay or reward,
through the several trials of the defendant. They have pledged them-
selves to continue these services to the end. During the present holidays,
when men (and rich men especially) turn their attention to their families
and the good cheer of the season, Mr. Cohen has left every consideration
of self behind him, and unremittingly given his time to the question of
the reduction of Mr. Duncan's excessive bail, and his relief from a long
and unjust imprisonment. During the past year Mr. McClure, though
often suffering from serious illness, never failed in his constant attention
to the case; many times laying aside business with large fees attached, to
be ready for the trial. His late associate, John M. Coghlan, through his
fatal illness, in the fever of delirium, dwelt almost incessantly on the sad
fortunes of the man he had so eloquently defended. It reconciles one to
many bad phases in the doings of mankind to record the above brief men-
tion of good deeds.
St. John's Presbyterian Church, Post street, between Mason and
Taylor. Rev. Dr. W. A. Scott, Pastor, preaching as usual Sunday at 11
A.M. and 1\ P.M. Sunday School and Bible Class, 9£ A. M. Prayer and
Praise Service, 6 J p.m.
Warfare out of Place.— A naval battle in the Pacific.
" JPlease, Ma, if 2fo. 1 calls, don't tell him I've gone to uteet the
fellah I made a -mash with, yesterday, on the Oakland Boat."
The Clarke Estate of $200,000, as it willAppear when the Lawyers
are Througrh[with It.
How the Great St. Julian Made his Wile in 2:12 1-4.
A Result o£Jhe late'Storm in the Western Addition, The Wind
carried part of the Mouse away, and she made for the Street
as Above*, __.__._
Dec 27, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVEKTISEK.
HUTCHIHSOH & MAffl,
INSURANCE AGENCY,
Nob 8QB cfc> 824= California Stroot, Sau. Francisco, Oetl.
FIRE INSURANCE :
6IBABD of Philadelphia
HOME of Columbus
NEW ORLEANS ASSOCIATION
PEOPLES of Newark
REVERE of Boston
LA CAISSE GENERALE of Paris
MARINE INSURANCE:
PARIS UNDERWRITING ASSOCIATION of Paris
LONDON AND PROVINCIAL MARINE INSURANCE CO ofLondon
CAPITAL REPRESENTED, (23,000,000- All Losses Equitably Adjusted and Promptly Paid.
ST. PAUL of St. Paul
UNION of Galveston
TEUTONIA of New Orleans
BERLIN-COLOGNE of Berlin
LA CONFIANCE of Paris
BUY
BLANK BOOKS FOR 1880,
M^DE from:
CAREW PAPER.
Manufactured only by
327, 329, 331 Sansome Street, San Francisco, California.
THE YOUTHS' DIRECTORY.
This institution, maintained by the generous offerings of the public,
is a temporary shelter for friendless boys of any race or creed awaiting
situations. It includes, in the same building, an intelligence bureau
equally free for all sorts of young people of either sex, in quest of work.
The establishment affords, gratuitously, all the necessaries of a home.
There is no class discrimination made beeween applicants at the reception
office. No. 1417 Howard 3treet, open every day from 9 o'clock in the
morning until 1 in the afternoon. During the twelve months ended De-
cember 1st, 1879, there were placed at service, in town and in the country,
4,390 boys, 983 girls, and, incidentally, 289 men, making a total of 5,662,
or about 16 a day, on a medial estimate. Very many of the stronger lads
were hired to pick hops, gather fruits, and harvest the grain. Their wages
averaged $15 a month, with board and transportation. For the same pe-
riod, the refectory provided 6,993 warm, substantial meals, while the
dormitory furnished 2,276 lodgings, with clean beds, wearing apparel, and
requisites for washing purposes.
The Youths' Directory was organized by the large-hearted citizens of
San Francisco, and it now stands upon a basis of the broadest charity,
without distinction of origin or denomination. Among its promoters may
be mentioned, at random, the names of Archbishop Alemany, D. O.
Mills, James C. Flood, Milton S. Latham, John W. Mackay, Lloyd
Tevis, Joseph A. Donohoe, VV. Lane Booker, James R. Kelly and Gus-
tave Touchard. It was founded in 1874. From that time to this, ac-
cording to records carefully kept, the agency has procured employment to
upward of 16,000 hoys, 2,000 girls, and some 800 men, representing indi-
viduals of every tongue, kindred, religion and typo in society, with ages
ranging, in the aggregate, from early childhood to mature life. The insti-
tution, in all its departments, continues to be managed on principles of
the utmost economy consistent with due sufficiency. Its running outlays
have never exceeded the rate of SlOOpermonth.
Contributions in cash, or in kind, for the benefit of our wards and
waifs, are earnestly solicited at this season of blessed benefactions to the
poor, aud of universal joyance. A. P. Dietz, Superintendent.
EDWARD BOSQUI & CO.,
Printers, Engravers, Utliog rapbers and Bookbinders,
Leidetdorff street, from Clay to Commercial.
HIGHEST STOCK QUOTATIONS
For the 'Week Ending Deo. 26th, 1879.
HIBERNIA BREWERY,
Howard Street, Between Eighth and Ninth.
Dec. 7.) ST. XUlfAlf, Proprietor.
WM. F. SMITH, M.D.,
Oculist and Anrist, 313 Bnsh Street.
Aug. 16)
Office Hours, from 1» M. to 3 P.M.
MADAME WALDO COHEN,
Finishing Lessons— Piano. S3 Per Lesson.
Name of Mihb. Sat.
Sept. 20.
507 Hyde Street, San Francisco.
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Gould & Curry.
Gila
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Hale&Norcrosb.
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"Justice
Jackson
Kentuck
Leopard
Lady Wash'n ....
Leviathan
•Mexican
Modoc
Manhattan
Northern Belle . .
Ophir
•Overman
•Potosi .
Raymond & Ely.
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•Sierra Nevada ..
Silver Hill
•Seg Belcher
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Succor
Silver King, Ara .
Silv King South.
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Union Con
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24
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER.
Dec. 27, 1879.
LETTER PROM NEW YORK.
Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York, Dec. 15, 1879.
Friend News Letter: Agreeable to promise, I Bhall occasionally send
you a few chatty lines from this the great moneyed center of American-
ism. I find New York a wonderfully improved city since I left it some
four or five years ago. New hotels, combining every element of elegance
and comfort, have been erected in the streets far " up town," and " flats,"
containing a number of comfortably arranged suites of rooms, suitable for
housekeeping, with private entrances, elevators, and all the modern luxu-
ries, are springing up in very many convenient localities, and offer to per-
sons of moderate means most comfortable opportunities for a home in the
heart of the city, without completely depleting their exchequers. These
flats, unfurnished, are rented at prices ranging from $15 to §200 per
month. Furnished houses are from @150 to $300 per month, and unfur-
nished ones, in convenient localities, from $125 to $200. These items may
prove interesting, inasmuch an many California people are here, and ru-
mor has it that many more are coming. The up-town headquarters of the
San Francisco delegation is at this hotel, and in the evening a very slight
stretch of the imagination would almost make one believe that he was in
one of the commodious hallways of the Palace, surrounded by many of
the habitues of that famous caravansary. The "Boi-eel building" No. 115
Broadway, nearly opposite Wall street, is the selected place of congrega-
tion " down town." The building is a very complete and elegant one in
all its appliances, is seven stories in hight, has four hydraulic elevators,
each with a capacity for twenty passengers, constantly running, and con-
tains some of the most attractive suites of offices in the city. These have
been largely monopolized by the mining operators from California, Ne-
vada, Arizona and Colorado. At a future day I may give you a resume'
of the modus operandi of the various companies, but as yet I am " too
fresh," as they say here, to do so understandingly. Suffice to say, at this
writing, that mining matters generally are attracting universal attention,
and the most conservative men of this city are investing large amounts of
money in these new classes of securities. Colorado properties are the fa-
vorites, and the Leadville mines are in great demand. Senator Jones,
George D. Roberts, James R. Keene, our old stand-by Gasbwiler, Dave
Ferris, and many others well known in San Francisco, are among the for-
tunate ones.
Arizona enterprises are also among the favorites, and many good pro-
perties are in the market, and have very flattering prospects. The Bodie
and California mines are not in so much request, yet there is plenty of
room here for any good operation that will bear proper investigation, and
is not a swindle. The " Western men," as they call the crowd here, are
generally above the average for honesty, and stick well together, and if a
clieat gets in among them they run him, out. I say this, so that any of that
kind who may read had better keep away from here. One or two black
sheep have been in the fold. They are in California now, and had better
stay there.
Of the well-known ex-San Franciscans located in this city at present,
I have met D. O. Mills, who has recently purchased an elegant house on
Fifth Avenue ; James R. Keene, who now does the various clubs and ho-
tels with a savoir fain not born in California street, and who is an ac-
knowledged money power ; William M. Lent, the omnipotent manager
of the Bodie elements; Emile Justb, now a prominent banker and broker;
Captain Bradbury, formerly of the P. M. S. S. Co.; Captain Charles C.
Comstock, Ford H. Rogers, George D. Roberts, Dave C. Ferris, B. B.
Minor, A. P. Minear, George Geisse, Wm. Hamilton, Dr. Sanders, Ver-
non Seaman, Gus Bowie, John W. and Sim Gashwiler, T. P. Cronise,
Sam Brannan, Gen. J. B. Frisbie, Gen. J. F. Miller, Louis Franconi,
Col. Smith, of Tacoma, J. T. Boone, H. C. Logan, Julius Hirshfeld, D.
F. "Verdenal, and a host of others whose names at present do not occur
to me.
Edwin B. Abbott, a gentleman who had a large circle of acquaintances
in San Francisco, died here last week, deeply regretted.
The many friends of Charles E. Hill, in San Francisco and China, wiil
rejoice to know that the famous Hill divorce case has just been decided
in his favor by the Court, at Bridgport, Conn. The evidence developed
a deep conspiracy against Mr. Hill, engineered by a scheming wife and a
Reverend (God Bave us from such Reverends!) Hard-Shell Baptist Minis-
ter, Matthew T. Yates, of Shanghai, China, through which Hill hasbeen
despoiled of a large amount of property, as well as a wife. The interest
manifested in the case is very wide-spread, evidence having been supplied
from China, California and Europe, costing a large amount of money.
Mr. Hill now holds the whip, and, in the interests of society, it is to be
hoped that he will use it to the utmost over the Reverend despoiler of his
wife and his home.
Harry Edwards and Charles R. Thome, Jr., are great favorites here.
The former holds forth at Wallack's, and the latter at the Union Square
Theater.
The weather is mild and pleasant, and, as yet, the wintry blasts have
not put in an appearance. Enough now for a little while.
"More Anon."
THE FREE-PASS BEAT.
"Ah! Mr. Slocum, you are the agent of South-Northern Pacific
Railroad !" "Yes, sir."
"Ah! dear me, ah! I am the Reverend Hezekiah Skinlittle, nf the
Methodist Episcopal Church, and, ah! I thought I'd just look in to see
you." " Yes, sir."
" I want my yearly pass renewed over your route, and, ah, you see,
there's a Synod going to meet at Ashbarrel to-morrow. Ah, and I should
just like to introduce my brother-in-law, Mr. Jeremiah Cantbug."
"Glad to make your acquaintance, sir,"
"Ah, yes. He's of our church. I'll just ask you for a pasB for him,
too. He's in our Church, sir." " A pass for him ?"
"Yes, ah, thaDk you. Yes, one for him and his wife — my sister, you
know — and four children." " Wife and four children?"
" He wants to go to the Synod, too, and to give his family a little trip ;
they didn't get out of town this summer, ymi see."
" I guess I shall have to write about getting a pass for your brother-in-
law and his family. The railroad ain't got anything to say against cler-
gymen, but this is kinder rubbing it in."
" Ah, no ; not at all, I assure you, Mr. Slocum. The opposition line
wouldn't object. I fear, ah, you ain't got The Grace, young man."
The pass was obtained. — Puck's Annual.
Phoenix Assurance Company
OF LONDON, ENGLAND.
British America Assurance Comp'y
OF TORONTO, CANADA.
Western Assurance Company
OF TORONTO, CANADA.
BUTLER & H ALDAN,
Gen'l Agents for Pacific Coast,
413 CALIFORNIA STREET, - - San Francisco.
GRAND HOTEL,
JOHNSON & CO.,
Proprietors.
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SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
B. B. SWAIN.
E. B. BOBINSON.
THE ORIGINAL
SWAIN'S BAKERY
ESTABLISHED 1856.
Ice Cream, Charlotte Russe, Extra Mince Fies.
laadies' Restaurant.
313 SUTTER ST., SAN FRANCISCO.
Cakes of all kinds for the New Year Table.
CE&UPAGN
Notice !
THE TRADE and the Public are informed that we receive the gen-
uine LOUIS ROEDERER CARTE BLANCHE CHAMPAGNE di-
rect from Mr. Louis Roederer, Reims, over his signature and Consular
Invoice. Each case is marked upon the side, "Macondray & Co., San
Francisco," and each bottle bears the label, "Macondray & Co., Sole
Agents for the Pacific Coast."
MACONDRAY & CO.,
Sole Agents for the Pacific Coast.
Prlr« per Copy. 10 Caste.'
ESTABLISHED JOEY. 20. 185fl.
I Annual Subscription. J5.
8jtfl p^©39jBS
DEVOTED TO THE LEADING INTERESTS OF CALIFORNIA AND THE PACIFIC COAST.
Vol. 30.
SAN FRAN0IS00, SATUEDAY, JAN. 3, 1880
No. 25.
PRICES OF LEADING STOCKS AND GOV. BONDS.
San Francisco January 2, 1H80,
Stocks and Bonds.
C»1. St. Bonds, 6*s,'57,(nom)
8. F. CHy * Co. B'ds, tts,'6a
S. F. C i Co. B'ds, 7s(notn)
Mouthy Av. Bonds (nom)..
Diip 'iif. Street Bonds
B»cr»mento City Bonds....
Stockton City Bonds, 6*8...
Tuba County Bonds, 8's
Santa Clara Co. Bonds, 7's .
C. P. R K. Stock
C. P. R. K. Bonds
Oakland City Bonds, 8*fl
Bank of California (new stk).
First National
Pavific
California Ins. Co
Commercial Ins. Co
Fireman's Fund Ins. Co. . . .
Bid.
100
Asked
102
Nom.
Nom.
Nom.
Nom.
65
70
80
90
26
28
90
95
103
106
105
107
85
90
108
110
112
115
123
125
95
97J
115
120
103
112
75
80
115
120
Stocks and Bonds.
Home Mutual Ins. Co
State Investment Ins. Co . .
Union Ins. Co
City K K
Central R. R. Co
Clav Street Hill R. R
Market Street R. R
N. B. and Mission R. R
Omnibus R. R
Potrero-and Bay View R. R .
Giant Powder Co
Atlantic Giant Powder
S. F. Gaslight Co(ex div)...
Oakland Gas Co
California Powder Co
S. V. W. W. Co (ex div)....
Nevada Co. N. G. R. R. Bds
Virginia. & Truckee " "
Asked
90
10S
116
40
60
23
70
32
35
160
135
7S
33
98
85J
95
101
Gas Stocks continue to be greatly depressed. During the fright some
few salea were made as low as 75, but that price is freely bid as we write
without finding sellers, so we may presume that this is the lowest point,
any way for the present. The sales of the week have been quite lim-
ited, prices all through the list favoring the buyer. The turn of the year
will, however, bring buyers into the market, and we hope for better times.
Andrew Baird, 312 California street.
THE STOCK MARKET.
The market opened dull and lifeless at the commencement of the week,
which was only to be expected, considering the interruption of the holi-
days, and the general settling up of business affairs consequent upon the
close of the year. Toward the close of the week, however, a slightly bet-
ter feeling prevails, and the market seems to respond gradually both in
* prices and volume of business. Belcher continues to ascend the scale,
under reported favorable indications on the 2700-foot level, but nothing
confirmatory can be ascertained from official sources. The movement in
the stock, however, would seem to indicate that some improvement has
taken place, and a further advance is probable. In Union and Sierra Ne-
vada the situation remains unchanged. The pumps for the Union shaft
are already on the ground, and every possible effort is being made to get
them in place and ready for operation. As near as can be calculated, it
will require from forty to fifty days to get everything in complete work-
' ing order. At other points there is nothing of importance to note. Out-
side stocks are without change and offer but little inducement to operators.
The dividend in Bodie is undoubtedly the last for the present.
Beerbohm's Telegram.— London and Liverpool, Jan. 2, 1879.—
Floating Cargoes, not much demand; Cargoes on Passage, neglected, no
business doing; No. 2 Spring Off Coast, 54s. 6d.; Red Winter Off Coast,
58s.; California Off Coast, 58s.; California Just Shipped, 58s.; California
Nearly Due, 56s.; Liverpool Spot Wheat, market quiet, of a holiday
character; California Club, No. 1 Standard, 12s.; California Club, No.
2 Standard, lis. 7d.; California Club, Western, lis. 7d.; California Club,
White Michigan, lis. 7d.; No. 3 Spring, 9s. ld.@10s.; Wheat on Pas-
sage to U. K., 2,250,000.
Latest from tlie Merchant's Exchange.— New York, Jan. 2d,
1880. United States Bonds— 4s, 104J ; 4is, 1064;; 5s. 103£. Sterling Ex-
change, 4 82i@4 84i. Pacific Mail, 37§. Wheat, 150@156. Western Union,
103. Hides^ 25@25i. Oil— Sperm, 100@101. Winter Bleached, 110@118.
Whale Oil, 57(®58; Winter Bleached, 60@65. Wool— Spring, fine, 30@
38 ; Burry. 18@22 ; Pulled, 35@45 ; Fall Clips, 20@25 ; Burry, 22@30.
London, Jan. 2d.— Liverpool Wheat Market, 10s. 8d.@lls. 9d.; Club,
lls.6d.@lls. lOd. U. S. Bonds, 5's, 106§; 4's, 106;*; 4£'s, 109$. Consols,
97 1-1 6.
Quicksilver.— Our total receipts from the interior, the past three
years, stand thus, and are not to be considered as the entire production of
the mines, as a good deal went East direct : 1879, 70,360 flasks ; 1878,
02,340 flasks ; 1S77, 69,621 flasks. Exports same time: 1870, 51.687
flasks, valued at §1,503,106; 1878. 34,184 flasks, valued at 81,139,552
1877, 46,239 flasks, valued at $1,647,554. Overland shipments for eleven
months of 1879 were 10,000 flasks.
Office of the San Francisco News Letter, Merchant Street,
Nos. 607 to 616, San Francisco.
GOLD BARS— 890@910— Silver Bars— 5@15 # cent. disc. Mexican
Dollars, 7@8 per cent.
tST Exchange on New York, ^@ — per cent. ; On London, Bankers,
49§ ; Commercial, 50d. Paris, sight, 5 francs per dollar. Telegrams,
3-10 per cent.
' Latest price of Sterling, 482£@4S5.
" Price of Money here, |@1 per cent, per month — bank rate,
open market, 1@1^. Demand active.
In the
Another duel has been fought "with swords," iu or near Paris. Of
course, between newspaper men; also, of course, the duel was bloodless.
Humbert, of the Mot d'Ordre, had his sword broken by his adversary,
the editor of that most inflammable of sheets. La. Lanterne, and — " the
duel was stopped.'1 Is it not time that all such foolishness should be
"stopped" before it begins? The French pride themselves upon tolerat-
ing the duello, after every other nation has prohibited it. But what a
mockery of the ancient "institution" is that now practiced in France !
Think of the duels in the days of Louis Quatorze, or even his degenerate
son, Louis Quinze ! There not only principals fought, but also seconds,
and there were often four "seconds" on each side. And, moreover, it is
on record that usually all loere killed. It is needless to draw a comparison.
Nowadays French editors seem to fight for glory, and very cheap glory
at that. In the old days they fought for honor— and a very good sample
of honor it was.
Legislation and the Mormons.— The Mormons, it seems, are at
length seriously alarmed concerning the steps taken by the United States
Government to extinguish polygamy in Utah, but we doubt whether their
apprehensions are well founded. If polygamy could be openly practiced
all these years in defiance of the country's laws and public sentiment, it
may be doubted whether legislation can do away with it. A national
vigilance committee is probably the only engine of destruction that can
be brought to bear successfully against the ramparts of the Mormon
abomination. The polygamists are entrenched behind thick walls of fraud
and corruption, and will hesitate at no means to hold their position. The
best legislative remedy that can be devised will be defeated or rendered of
no effect. A St. Bartholomew or Mountain Meadows massacre is our
last hope if we really wish to destroy the breed.
President Leland Stanford, of the Central Pacific road, intends to
plant every tree, shrub and vine that will grow in California on an ar-
boretum of some 300 acres, which he has set apart for that purpose on his
Menlo Park estate, near San Francisco. He has just bought 1,231 kinds
of plants at Flushing, L. I., which required several cars for their passage
to California, and he intends to give a practical test of his belief that
California will grow a greater variety of plants than any other country in
the world.
Wheat Exports. — For the first six months of the harvest year, end-
ing December 31st, we have sent to Europe 180 vessels, against 175 ves-
sels same time the year previous, carrying 6,913,000 ctls. Wheat, and
6,473,855 ctls. in 1878, besides Flour, etc. There are at this' date 24 vessels
on the berth, of registered tonnage 31,489 tons. Within the past few
days, S2 10@2 124 per ctL has been paid for a cargo of Wheat for Callao.
Ex-Police Judge Louderback was presented on New Year's Day
with a handsome gold watch and chain, by Chief Crowley, on behalf of
the Police Department, and also an order for a present yet to be selected.
Tins tribute of respect and regard must^ be more gratifying to Judge
Louderback that it is the spontaneous offering of a body with which he
has no longer any official connection.
E. Grisar & Co. give the following figures of wool product for 1879:
Clip for the year, 46,903,400 pounds, of which 23,789,300 were Spring,
20,614,100 Fall clip, and 2,500,000 pulled wool from the city. Wool
received from Oregon. 6,988,200 pounds.
According fco Qalignani's Messenger the world's annual output of
watches is just 2,500,000, and some 4.000,000 time-pieces are yearly dis-
tributed over the four quarters of the globe.
Printed and Published by the Proprietor, Frederick Marriott, 607 to 615 Merchant Street, San FrancJECO, Oahiomia.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Jan. 3, 1880.
THE SALARY. PLEDGE.
The salary pledge was evil in its inception, and is likely to terminate
villainously. In the first instance, it was a most pretentious bid for
votes, and the offer of a bribe within the meaning of the law. Judge
Wright held that clearly enough in the first instance. His judgment
was strong, but his backbone proved to be weak. By a species of judicial
jugglery he went back upon himself. He held that the pledge was an
offer of a bribe, but, because of laches of his own, it suddenly lost its ob-
jectionable character, and hence it came about that an offense which the
proper judicial officer had declared to be unlawful, and contrary to pub-
lic policy, was allowed to pass not only unwhipped of justice, but with-
out a final decision going to its merits. The whole of those most
unsatisfactory legal proceedings relating to the salary pledge remain a
scandal and a shame, calculated to give a thinking mind but very little
confidence in the fitness and firmness, under pressure, of our Judiciary.
The most of that pressure came from the Bulletin, and will remain a dis-
grace to it as long as men are capable of thinking; The legal conse-
quences of an illegal act having been got rid of, we now encounter a new,
hut not unexpected, phase of the bad business. Several of the men who
obtained office by means of the pledge now want to ignore it. They, sin-
gularly enough, ask the Ward clubs to relieve them of an agreement
which they entered into with every person who voted for them ! Why
they go to the Clubs for this relief is made apparent enough in the expo-
sures of Sheriff Desmond. He told these accommodating gentlemen of
the Clubs that they were office-seekers, who were disgracing themselves
and their party. His language was bold, and almost offensively denun-
ciatory. He evidently is disgusted with the manner in which the mem-
bers of the Clubs have hounded him for minor offices. If he would only
make them deputies, they would relieve him of his promise to the rate-
payers, to refund half his salary. That is what it amounted to. If that
was not a cool, impudent and even villainous proposition, we know not
how to designate it. Now comes Mayor Kalloch in regard to the salary
pledge. He says he never took it. If he endeavors to escape its effects
by any such plea, his political death will be so near at hand that we shall
lose the interest which we confess we feel in his future career. If he did
not go on the rostrum and take the pledge in so many words, he did take
it by every other act that is usually understood as binding an honorable
man. He accepted the nomination from a party that had a platform, and
a schedule of salaries that its nominees were to be satisfied with. He
sailed under that party's colors, profited by them, and can have no decent
pretext for abandoning them now. He is not true to himself when he
permits such idle excuses to be made for an inexcusable act.
AN UNFORTUNATE VETO.
Mayor Kalloch, in his inaugural, did some tall talking as to what
would happen if his vetoes were over-ridden by unkallochized Super-
visors. He intimated that he had somewhat exceptional means for reach-
ing the public ear, and boldly declared that he would make the most of
his opportunities if occasion should offer. He would go outside and talk
to the people over the heads of recalcitrant City Fathers, that he would !
We said at the time that the challenge thus thrown down was an unfortu-
nate one. It was practically an invitation to the Supervisors to do just
what they have 63>ne. If the Mayor originally meant what he said — and
if he did not — he ought never to have said it — he should have waited for
a strong occasion to arise before taking issue with the men he proposed to
fight. This essential point he woefully neglected. He chose his battle-
ground badly, and gave away all the advantages of position to his oppo-
nents. The franchise which he vetoed was not subject to the criticism
that had been applied to others that had preceded it. This fact the Mayor
was undoubtedly ignorant of. His betrayal of want of knowledge was a
sad weakness to begin with. Then this particular franchise was for a road
that is greatly needed, that is unanimously demanded by the property-
owners, and for which sewers have been built and other expensive arrange-
ments completed. To give battle under such circumstances was to invite
the inevitable defeat which followed. The veto was set aside by a vote
that was substantially unanimous, and the circumstances were so favorable
to the Supervisors that the Mayor dare not carry out his threat to talk
over their heads to the people outside. He has been ignominiously
beaten. His first veto was lengthy, verbose, and ill-timed. Moreover, it
betrayed some ignorance of the subject of which it treated. It was forth-
with over-ridden, and instead of Mayor Kalloch going before the people,
as he had threatened, he went to the country for the benefit of his health.
We said two or three weeks ago that we would watch the efforts of this
apparently hold, audacious and able man to reach the Senatorial chair. In
one week we have to report two bad failures. The ignominious defeat of
his first veto and his sneaking endeavor to get out of the salary pledge.
Is he a second Kearney in point of moral and physical cowardice? Al-
ready is he detected in making threats and in running away when the time
came for carrying them into effect. That Senatorial chair begins to fade
away in the distance.
NOBODY'S CAT.
[BY MAEY ESTHER MILLER.]
He comes again, thatsneakingscamp,But now, you beast, you wretched
That vile disreputable tramp ;
That yellow cat, with one eye out
And minus half his tail — the lout ;
His scanty hair torn out in fight —
A wretch forlorn, a sorry sight.
I mind me well, not long ago
wight.
Begone from decent people's sight. ^
Go steal from swine your mouldy bit,
Make haste my premises to quit,
Or else be pelted well with stones.
There now, jog on, old crazy bones.
But what is this that dimB my eyes ? I
He paced these fields a full-fledged What stirrings of my soul arise?
beau.
There's something human in youi
look.
His whiskered head, his dainty paw, look
His glossy coat, without a flaw A S0Tnething that I cannot brook.
His well-curled tail, his high-bred That boy of mine in foreign landSj
stare, # Afar from reach of loving hands.
.Proclaimed him favored of the fair, m ,, , *. -n> L » ^ -i 1 t.
Polled on by k ortune s fickle beams,
Ah ! then his food was creamy milk, Only to see their fading gleams
His bed a lounge of down and silk ; (For some get wealth and some get
A darling mistress sought his weal, pain,
No grief her petted puss might feel. And some get want 'and others gain;)
By night, by day, he went his ways, In life's hard race, oh ! what if he
Well surfeited with love and praise. A friendless, homeless wand'rer be I
Come back, Grimalkin, wretched thief,
For all your pains now here's relief ;
A kindly hand to stroke your fur,
A bed where you may dream and purr,
No more on Winter nights to roam,
For here are friends and here a home.
— Independent. *
FOEMTS ON STOCKS.
Our readers will bear us witness that we have almost invariably ad-
vised them against stock gambling. Nay more, we have ere now so ex-
posed the bad game as to make its dangers fearfully apparent. Bucking
the tiger or playing against loaded dice was safety itself when compared
with dealing in stocks, against the wiles of the insiders. Pretending to
buy for the outsider at the highest figure of the day, and to sell at tin
lowest, was one of the tricks of the average stock sharp. Shorting the^
market with customer's stocks was another, whilst " washing" a par-;
ticular stock up or down was a third. It was, and is, an infamous Bystem]
that may well be improved by legislation. For these and other reasons
that we have time and again given with irresistible force, we have gen-
erally advised against dabbling in stocks. Just now, however, we think
we see cause for slightly modifying our views. Circumstances alter
cases. Prices are absurdly low. A panic has been gotten up by the in-
siders, in order to corral the stocks of outsiders at abnormal figures, j
Stocks are to-day a safe buy. The insiders are loading up. If your money
is safely invested let it remain so ; if it is in a business, do not disturb it j
but if you have any idle coin, that you are not likely to want for some
months to come, then you can safely buy stocks at present prices. Do
not buy them on margins. Pay for them outright. Take them home, so
that your broker may not use them for shorting purposes. And don't in-
vest all your money, but keep some, as you will need it to pay assess-
ments. If you buy in this way before the market has recovered from the
panic, you will make a large interest on your investment some time before
the year is out. The Comstock is not played out yet. Mines are to-day
selling for less than the machinery would bring. This condition of things
is brought about by design. The same thing has occurred often before.
The evil with our people is that they never want stocks when they are low,
and only become mad to possess them when they are high. Let them for
once change theirtactics, and our word for it they will profit by the oper-
ation.
6
A STRANGE CAREER.
On toe 30th of December, 1879, the body of C. D, Parkhurst was
buried in the Odd Fellows' Cemetery at Watsonville. Parkhurst reached
this State in early days, his previous life being more or less unknown,
and at once engaged as a stage-driver on the Stockton and Mariposa
route. He was famous for nerve and skill as a driver, and was dreaded
by the highwaymen and road-agents, one of the most desperate among them
having been shot by him. Later he drove on the Oakland and San Jose
road, maintaining always the reputation of an expert whip. Occasion-
ally, in Winter-time, he gave up the coach and took to cutting timber,
ana was soon known as a capital hand at it. Some years ago he gave
up the road and took a stage station on the Watsonville and Santa
Cruz route. This he also gave up, and finally settled near Watson-
ville, where he died. Parkhurst was always cheerful and quiet in de-
meanor, and his habits were good. He took his pipe and his tobacco,
his glass of grog and his band at cards, but never to excess ; and he
never talked about his own affairs. During the last years of his life he
suffered with rheumatism, which gradually broke him down. His age,
at the time of his death, could not have been far from the sixty-seven
years he acknowledged. When the body was being prepared for burial it
was found, to the amazement of every one, that Parkhurst was a woman,
and, as the medical men declared, had been a mother. The secret kept
through all those years of exposure and rough adventure is now beyond
investigation forever.
The San Francisco Mint coined for the year 1879 §38,065,750, of
which §9,110,000 was in Standard Dollars, §24,476,000 in Double Eagles,
§2,240,000 in Eagles, §2,131,000 in Half-Eagles, and §108,750 in Quarter-
Eagles.
J*n. 3, 1880.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
NEW-YEAR RESOLVES OF PROMINENT PERSONa
It hat come t.» the knowledge of the Xriet Letter that a number of
onr prominent citizens have formed re*o)vea for the New Year of a
highly appropriate character. The practice U a good one, and worthy of
imitation. For the horn-fit of tho*o who have neglected to take stock <»f
the |wt, and have not reaolved as to the future, we present them with
model resolution* of men who are modall in their way: J. C. Flood has
concluded that, when a man has enough of wealth, it is well to enjoy it
while he may. That Mackay openlv avows his convirtion that there is
not money enough floating about in San Francisco to buy the next bonan-
u, and so has concluded to operate it in New York. Baldwin has de-
termined to respect the Xttc$ Letter more than ever, to eschew "high-
toned " hotel keeping, and, above all things, to avoid crookedness in his
distillery operations. Squire P. Dewey having become satisfied that it
hurts to buck his soft pate against solid granite, has sworn that he will
never again invite criticism as to hi* antecedents, his colored partner, his
bar-tending, his billiard -marking, his trunk-carrying, his arrest prior to
an intended visit to Europe; nor to the manner in which he was charged
with looking after the estate of Rodman M. Price. De Young and Kal-
loch have concluded to kiss and make up, at a price reserved. That
Geo. C. Gorham resolves that he can never be politically dead, whilst he
can act as huckster for a fire paper. George is never far wrong on ques-
tions relating tu No. 1. That Geo. C. Perkins has determined to be a
popular Governor, and has concluded that the only way to be so is to run
the Governorship as he runs bis other ships; he means to command, and
intends always to be on the look-out himself when passing points of dan-
ger. Above all, he will take care that neither the doctor, steward nor
cook shall do the navigating. Petty officers and ordinary seamen must
be content to keep quiet and obey orders. The new Supreme Judges
have added to their official oath a sworn declaration that they will always
be np with the work on their calendars, and that they will pass every
case for the term, that is not ready when called. Those are admirable
resolution, which they should " treat" at the first opportunity. Kalloch
will never issue another veto, unless he is sure of four votes to sustain
him. That the twelve Superior Judges have determined never to quarrel
among themselves. That Nap Broughton and the rest ot the boys have
concluded that they will flourish around the Capitol, notwithstanding that
lobbying is abolished by Constitutional enactment; they are furthermore
resolved to "see" the Workingmen's Senators and Assemblymen. " The
boys" think their calling and election sure as long as they " divvy" fair.
Certain of the Supervisors have resolved themselves into a ring, that will
prove to be tho most unpopular one that has ever existed in f San Fran-
cisco. That Kearney has determined not to join forces with the Demo-
crats unless they let his hand into the general fund. That General Grant
means never again to measure Sharon's breeches' pocket by a Nevadian
measure.
THE FUTURE OF THE BALDWIN.
We said that Baldwin "must go," and he has gone. The result
was a foregone conclusion. The San Francisco of to-day is very different
from that of times past. There is beginning to be a public opinion that
makes itself felt, in regard to the observances of the proprieties of life.
The defiance of good morals, that could at one time have been boasted of
with impunity, can now hardly be tolerated. This is evidenced plainly
enough in the case of the man Baldwin. He ran a muck against public
opinion, and in the end has been sadly worsted. That he lacked essential
qualifications to the management of a high-toned hotel, was apparent
enough to those who knew what was what. The News Letter merely did
its duty in the premises, and the result is that Baldwin is relieved of the
cares of high-toned hotel management, and is now free to give his undi-
vided attention to his defence in the matter of the two indictments pend-
ing against him in the United States Courts. We turn our attention to
'* The Baldwin " of the future. Mr. H. H. Pierson, who, in his time,
made a success of the Buss House, and a failure of the Cosmopolitan, is
now the lessee of the Baldwin. We hope he has entered into no engage-
ment to preserve the name of the house intact. That ought to be changed
decidedly! So long as it is maintained we fear it will prove an obstacle to
success. It was in wretchedly bad taste for the proprietor to have called it
after himself. So long as it bears that name, so long will it smack of
Baldwinism ; and so long as it savors of that, so long will its success be a
matter of grave doubt. Our advice to Mr. Pierson is to change the name
by all meanB. We presume the house will hardly, hereafter, be run as
" first class," but will take rank with the Buss and the Cosmopolitan.
If its terms are lowered and inducements offered our country cousins, we
may expect that they will patronize it. Mr. Pierson has long been a
caterer for middle class citizens, and for plain folks from the country, and
if he can, by economical rates and good management, attract his old cus-
tomers to the house he has now taken, he may make it a paying second
class institution, which is far better than running it as the losing, nonde-
script concern it has hitherto been. Meanwhile, Baldwin has gone —
where the woodbine twineth. We said he would. We have not yet ex-
hausted our efforts in regard to the hotel life of onr city.
TWO STYLES OF NEW YEAR RECEFTIONS.--WHICH
IS THE BEST?
Miss Elton is young and pretty, but then she has convictions on the
temperance question, and no man shall Bay she helped him on the down-
ward path. So she is ready to greet the New Year soberly, with inter-
change of calm and Christian sentiments, and has full time to meditate
what she shall say to young Rattle, whom she is disposed to reform.
Somehow he must have lost his way.
Miss Bilkins is no longerin the first blush of youth, but shehas studied
the ways of the animal to some purpose, and her punch is just superb.
She has to keep at it all day, for the gentlemen can't keep away from her
house, and the Charley has to gather up the slain in the small hours.
The New York Herald on Mr. ParnelTs Visit.— The New York
Herald gives the following good advice to the Irish people in the United
States : " If Mr. Parnell could carry out his crazy programme, mud cab-
ins would be as numerous ten years hence in Ireland as in 184L What
we say, therefore, to the Irish of the United States is not to give one
cent for Mr. Parnell and his crowd, but millions to help emigration to
this country. Here is room for all who come ; cheap, fertile lands ;
every Irish family may easily, with industry and economy, own its own
acres ; here is work at good wages ; no landlords, no bailiffs ; but let ua
have no Fenian nonsense, no proposition to free Ireland by processions
three thousand miles off. That does no good ; it only fills adventurers'
and demagogues' pockets."
For Gems and Diamonds go to Geo. C. Shreve & Co., U0 Mont-
gomery street
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Jan. 3, 1880.
AN ENGLISH NOVEL.
BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR.
[Continued from last week's issue.]
Chapter VIII. — The Country Seat.
It is the first of May— beautiful, blossoming, bird-singing May— and
the vast city of London is empty. Empty, we say, but we do not mean
that quite. Everything goes on as it " used to was" in the business quar-
ter, and it is only observable in the fashionable " West End," about the
aristocratic districts of Camden Town, Hatnpstead and Bethnal Green
that the exodus of " fashionables " is most apparent. "To Let " is the
unvarying notice that stares one in the face from the door-posts and in
the first-story windows of the houses situate on the streets of those high-
toned neighborhoods. For a month the thinning-out process had been
going on? Family after family went on declining housekeeping, and
oradually the Saturday afternoon gaily attired promenaders on the Strand
and Tottenham Court Road had grown " small by degrees and beauti-
fully less," until a fashionably dressed lady or stylishly attired gentleman
was only on rare occasions to be met with on those thoroughfares. As
the end of April approached, where naught but aristocratically appointed
equipages with coachmen in nobby liveries were seen, now nothing but
express wagons loaded with furniture and bedding were encountered.
Most of the theaters had been closed up a week ago ; the street cars af-
forded a seat at all times to the latest comer, and all betokened as clearly
as could be the flight of the elite from London. Where had they gone ?
Ah where not ? Some had flown to enjoy the cool saline breezes on the
sea-shore at Harrogate, that most fashionable of all English sea-side
watering-places ; others had flitted to Paris, there to live in apartments
and economize till the commencing of the next party season ; others had
withdrawn from the irksome and more expensive details of housekeeping
and had taken rooms at cheap hotels in the city, under preterm of soon
going abroad, while others had retired to the quiet and seclusion of their
ancestral country seats. Among the last named, though the first to take
their departure, were the Thameses. It was ever Mrs. T.'s aim and am-
bition to be ultra-fashionable, and for that reason the end of March had
seen her and the Lady Evy comfortably ensconced in their rural abode.
The Earl did not accompany them. His business would not permit, but
he generally arranged to pass from every Saturday night to Monday
morning in the bosom of his family. Let us follow the T.'s to their
charming retreat. Regent Castle, as the Thames ancestral hall is named,
is a finely built edifice, with all the modern improvements, and is situate
in the beautiful county of Cornwall, so famous for its mountain scenery
and lakes. The house is a two-story frame, with mansard roof, painted
light mauve, witb dark pickings about the cornices, window jambs and
door-posts. Wide verandahs extend on all sides round the main building,
interrupted only at the back, where a one-story cuisine wing (as the
Countess calls it) had been added on after the house had been built. This
latter had been Mrs. Thames' idea, as before then the smell of cooking,
which had been done in the basement, permeated the abode, and, as the
Countess said: " Made people sick of their victuals before they got them,"
especially so when the Earl indulged in his favorite dish of fried onions.
The front was ornamented by a stylish front stoop, or, as Lady Thames
(who was very Frenchy in ber tastes and language, when there were no
French people round) called it, a " Board Go-chair." This suburban resi-
dence stood back some distance from the road in the midst of a clump of
dwarf oaks and sugar maples, and was surrounded by quite a fine flower
garden. A fountain, seldom used in the summer time, owing to the
scarcity and high price of water, was placed opposite the main entrance ;
to the left was the orchard — not bearing fruit as yet — at the right, the
croquet ground, and at the back the vegetable garden, barn-yard, barn,
and the usual outhouses observable adjacent to the country residences of
gentlemen of wealth ; while beyond that again, at the back and two
sides, stretched about 147 acres, and a few perches of fine agricultural and
grazing land, interspersed here and there with palmettos, dwarf elders
and incipient Washingtonias, but much overgrown with sage-brush and
chapperal. The Earl had been much pestered with squatters on his land,
and until a suit involving the title to a greater portion of it, which was
then before the Supreme Court, was decided, he — to use his own words —
" didn't want to lay out no more money on the doggoned place in clearing
that land, till he knew how he was fixed." A graveled private road, quite
half a mile in length, owing to the kinks ingeniously imparted to it by the
party who laid it out for the Earl, led from the public road, where there
was a wide gate in the fence, to the front stoop. It was also the Earl's
intention to move the house back a hundred feet or so, and thereby
lengthen this avenue, as soon as the aforementioned question of title
Bhould be settled, and to the end that the ultimate decision, whenever
Judge Skeesicks might determine to make one, should be in the Earl's
favor, the honorable Court was a frequent visitor and welcomed guest at
the Thames' fireside. The Judge liked the treatment be got, and, there-
fore, indefinitely postponed the announcement of his judgment.
Such were the externals of the rural abode of Mr. Amasa Thames,
Earl. What its internal arrangements are we shall most likely see as
our story goes on.
It is Saturday afternoon, and the old Countess and Evy are sitting on
the verandah awaiting the arrival of the last train from the city. They
expect the Earl by it and a few friends, whoever, in fact, he may choose
to ask down as he meets them down town during the day. Evy has spe-
cially charged him to bring the Prince along, and she awaits the warning
whistle of the locomotive in a state of nervous excitement bordering on
hysteria. Mrs. Thames' thoughts, however, run in a different channel.
They are equally divided between the hope that Mr. T. will not forget to
remember to bring down the Sunday's marketing, of which she had sent
him a list by telegraph that morning, and the fear that he may have met
the Judge, and not only bring him along with him, but that when he ar-
rives he may be a little " how come you so ?" and make a show of himself
before the company. It is true she has reason for fear on the latter hand.
The Earl has of late become addicted to the vice of intoxication to an
alarming degree, and the Countess is terribly concerned over it. On the
present occasion she shows it in her face— so much so, that Evy forgets to
fidget, and asks:
" What ails you, ma ? Your face is all puckered up like anything."
" Plenty," is the Countess's laconic reply.
"Well, what?" persists the Lady Genevieve.
" I'm 'fraid as father '11 forget them ducks," answers Mrs. Thames, and
the tears steal into her eyes ; " and what "
" Pshaw! . That ain't nothing," interrupts Evy scornfully. " I'm 'fraid
he'll forget the Prince."
" And what we'lldo without them ducks, /don't know," continues Mrs. T.
" Oh, give us a rest on them ducks!" exclaims Evy. "I'm just sick of
them. I ain't heard nothing else but about them ducks since I got up this
morn. Tell us something fresh for a change."
"Well, I'm dreading like, that father 11 meet that mis'able old Judge.
I know he'll get tight if he does," sobs the Lady of Thames. " Oh, deary
me — boo-hoo."
" Quit, I tell you! Shut up! or you'll start me a-going, too. I'll scream
like all possessed if you don't quit this minute," cries Lady Genevieve,
starting up and giving her mother a good shake.
" Well, dear, I'll quit," answers Mrs. Thames, submissively drying hep
eyes in her point lace handkerchief. " But whenever I think of that
pesky old scarecrow of a Judge it gives me a spasm. I can't abide him."
It was so. The Judge was Mrs. T.'s pet aversion, and, despite the fact
that on him depended whether they should be turned 'out of house and
home, she made no secret of it, even to the Court's face.
But what have we been thinking of all this time, and never said a word
about Mrs. and Miss Thames's toilettes ? Pardon, us, dear reader. We
will not offend again. Evy wears a white pique" suit, trimmed with Ham-
burg edging and yellow ribbonB. The skirt is short, and displays under-
neath a pair of new brown morocco slippers, with gold buckles and ro-
settes, in the center of each of which sparkles a solitaire diamond, of large
size and the purest water. [M. B. — They are Miss Thames's earrings,
which she has adroitly fastened to the rosettes, as she had gotten sick of
wearing them in her ears and sighed for a change.] Bright cardinal red
hose, a pair of light blue twenty-one button gloves, and a brown straw
hat, trimmed with Bcarlet ribbons to match the stockings, completes her
captivating entourage. Mrs. Thames is attired in a black silk velvet court
dress, with white feathers in her hair, but no gloves, as the weather is too
hot for ber to force them on over her knuckles, which have become so
swollen that she can't get her dozen or two rings off.
But what is that ? Yes, it is the toot of the locomotive as the cars ap-
proach the depot over yonder.
" O mi! 0 mi! " cries Evy, jumping up and clapping her hands together
in a paroxysm of delight, regardless of her expensive gloves. " There it
is, ma! They'll soon be here now. Oh, ain't I just glad. Don't you
hear, ma?" as the cars give another staccato toot to show they have
stopped.
"Yes, dear," replies Mrs. Thames. "But I can't help dreading to
meet father. If he hasn't brought them "
"Hi! Whoop! Yah! Ha — a — a!" screams the Lady Genevieve. "X
told you I'd yell if you gave us any more of them ducks." The sound
of wheels upon the private road stops a repetition of Evy'a yell, and puts:
an end to further parley between the mother and daughter. Pretty soon
the family rockaway looms in sight and draws up under the porte cochere.
The first person Mrs. Thames espies, seated by the driver, is the Judge.
" Saix alive!" she exclaims. " What did I tell you, Lady Genevieve ?"
" Can't you hush ?" cries Evy. " You'll be heard."
The Countess hushes, but plays nervously with her handkerchief while
Evy scrutinizes the guests as they descend from the rockaway. The ve-j
hide is crowded to its utmost capacity, and it is a puzzle how so many
humans could have got into it at one time. Mrs. Thames, as she looks
on, for the moment forgets her present causes of anxiety in fear that the
springs of the new rockaway have been broken, and solicitude for the
single animal that has had to pull the load, and now stands in a lather,
with its tongue hanging out. First of all, four young gentlemen in dust-
ers, and with carpet sacks in their hands, spring out. They eacb in turn
assist the Lady Mattie Raleigh, the Baroness of Langham and Miss Lyfc-
ton (Countess) to alight, and these are followed by two more nobbily
dressed young gentlemen. Lastly, in a few minutes slowly emerges the
Earl, with his arms full of brcwn paper parcels of every size and descrip-
tion and reaching up to his chin, with which he steadies the whole. Mrs.
Thames gives a sigh of relief when she sees him staggering forward under
his load, and is pleased to note that his uncertain movements are not oc-
casioned, as she had feared they would be, by the presence of too much
"tansy" within him. Ashe reaches the stoop, declining on his way all
offers of assistance by a gruff "No, I tell ye," and a backward kick, she
cries out in delight:
" Why, Amasy! Let me help you."
" Keep your shirt on, old woman," he calls back. " I'll engineer this
job myself, or bust."
Followed at a secure distance by the Countess, who has observed his
previous manner of resisting aid, he staggers into the entry and on into
the kitchen, where he lets his cargo fall from his arms in a scattering flop
upon the table.
" Phew! " he exclaims. " I tell ye it makes a man steam to tote such
a load as that all at once. Just feel my shirt collar, mother."
But Lady Thames has thoughts beyond that. Her lynx eyes have
failed to detect among the parcels one that in shape resembles the out-
lines of ber expected water-fowls. Her heart sinks within her.
" Didn't you fetch them ducks ?" she asks, with the last gleam of hope
dying out of her eye.
'* I tell ye," replies the Earl, evasively, as he turns to lift a griddle off
the cooking Btove and spit into the fire. " I tell ye what I did. I got
late to market and they wasn't no ducks left, except one old buckskin
span, and the man wanted I should pay a dollar and sixty-five cents for
'em. But I told the feller I'd be doggoned if I would. I wouldn't pay
no such price as that for no ducks, let alone a couple of withered carcases
like that. Now, hold on, I tell ye! Don't get the high strikes yet awhile,"
he adds, as Mrs. T.'s face gives marked evidences of the incipient stages
of such an attack. " I brought three beautiful quails in place of the web-
foots."
" Quails!" shrieks the Countess. " What's three quails among a hun-
gry crowd like that outside? You had a right to have knowed that, iff
They're out of season, too."
" I know it," replies the Earl, with a sly wink. " That's how I come
to get 'em so reasonable. Ouly twenty-five cents for the three."
"But they won't be enough, I tell you!" screams Mrs. Thames.
" Why, ain't ye got nothing else in the house ?" ask3 Mr. Thames.
"Not so much as a soup-bone," says Lady T., "unless you fetched
something here," and she begins to rummage and tear open the bundles
spread out on the table to see.
.Tan. 3, 1880.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
ive them thing*
I .r.Kvru-s."
Thame*, « itti tearful
*»nd let yon make wbal •zoom you like to the folks out
nation,
remarks Mr. Thame*. "Not so fast," and he
bawthr-I»>r with hi* body, "Say, Judge!" he calls out through the
along! "
■ids the driver on the rock-
awav, refusing to alight ; but upon bearing tin- Earl's summons he hops
nff hi* p oorn kernel in ■ popper, and, Bshing out a huge
■ iron under the seat, travels into tha home with it on hi* arm.
wray, your Honor," shouts the Karl along the entry. " There
now," he adds to hu wife as the Judge deposits the baski t on the kitchen
flo..r. " 1 guess you'll find enough for the dinner in that— them ducks
included. I was only giving you a little taffy >
Put Mrs. T. does not see. She does not deign to reply, but sets to work
pullirn; the basket open,
"Come along, Judge/' the Earl continues: "me and you'll have a
anoktail while toe old lady tends to the dinner.
" Slong, ina'am," aays the Judge to the Countess as he ami the Earl
way. Hut Mrs. T.*a arms are up to their elbows in the basket and
■be take.-* do notice.
Hut what has the beauteous Lady Genevieve Thames been doing all
this while? We left her on the stoop watching the guests emerging from
the deep recesses of the family rockaway. As each one descends, she
scans them keenly in search of her expected beau, but each time she is
doomed to disappointment. At last she sees her father get out, and then
she knows that hojw must be given up, as the Earl is too well versed in
social etiquette to precede a guest in anything. But who is that upon the
seat by the driver, whose dark form is dimly discernible through the
nthenngdusk ? Ah! "Is it the Trince?" she thinks. "I wonder!"
Pshaw! Evy. Where is your memory? Didn't your ma tell you, not
five minutes ago, it was the Judge? But she has forgotten, or, it
may be, her matchless eyes are over-strained. While the new arrivals one
by one ascend the steps to the stoop and look about in vain for some one
to receive and welcome them, and then retire within the entry, Evy
stands gazing at the figure by the driver, thinking it is a plan of the
Priuce to wait till the others have disappeared and then get down and
greet her as she would be greeted by the one she loves best on earth
(next to the tenor and a nobby clerk with sleepy eyes and a lunar caustic
mustache she has lately seen in a dry goods store in the city). " It was real
smart of him to think of it," she says to herself. "But why don't he
come now. There ain't nobody looking,"
But the figure never stirs, never looks her way, except to spit, now and
then, over the wheel, and seems in earnest confab with the driver. There
is a limit to human endurance, however, and the Lady Genevieve is no
exception to the rule.
" Wonder if he sees me?" she muses. " Guess I'll try," and she gives
a cough. There is no reply, and she coughs again. Still no answering
sign, and again she coughs, ending with a prolonged " A — Item!"
" Guess that female's got a cold, George," remarks the Judge to the
driver, as he discovers Evy during one of his hurried expectorations.
" Sounds d d like it," replies the affable help. " Wonder why in
h 1 the old man don't call you in. The mare '11 get the staggers if she
atands here in the cold much longer, sure as you're born."
"I guess he and the old woman are having of it hot in the kitchen,"
chuckles the Judge.
" I reckon that's about the size of it," returns George.
" Wish he'd hurry up his cakes anyhow," continued his Honor. *( I'm
most froze for a nip."
Another A— hem from the stoop greets their ears.
"Got it bad, ain't ye?" says the Judge. " Why don't ye blow your
nose? I see you've got a handkerchief. Who is she, anyhow?" he asks
George.
" Oh, Evy, I guess," replies George carelessly, beginning to whistle a
popular air.
" Evy?" says his Honor. " What in the d 1 is she doing there ?"
" Mashing some feller, I reckon," answers the driver. " That ain't
nothing strange for her."
" Wonder if it's this chicken she's after ?" muses the Judge, as yet an-
other signal of cough and handkerchief comes from Evy. " Want me !"
he calls, softly.
_ " He's mocking the Judge," says Evy to herself. "Ain't he just splen-
did the way he does it! Yes, I do," she calls back.
" Can't come yet awhile," responds his Honor.
" Wh — why?" calls Evy, plaintively.
" Your pa told me to wait here till he called me in," shouts the Judge.
" I'll not be long, for I won't stop here Hve minutes more ou no account;
you can bet your bottom dollar on that."
" I wonder if it is Mr. Connaught, after all?" Evy asks herself, her
doubts raised by the idea of her father treating a nobleman in such away.
"Say, Billy !" she calls to the driver (he is called both George and Billy
in the Thames household).
" Well," replies Billy (or George).
" Who's that feller you've got up beside you ?" she asks.
"What, here?" interrogates George (or Billy).
" Yes, who is it ?" demands Lady Genevieve.
" Why, the Judge, of course," answers the driver.
"The Judge !" exclaims Evy. ("Wonder who in h — II she takes me
for?" inwardly queries his Honor.) "The Judge! You ain't fooling?"
she persists.
" No, sir ; not much. It's his Honor, sure enough," says Billy.
" And where's the Prince, then ?" asks Genevieve.
"Uamfino," replies Billy.
" Didn't he come along with the crowd ?" demands Miss Thames.
"Not this trip, I reckon," answers George.
During this parley, the Judge, in response to the Earl's summons, and
unnoticed by Evy, has gone inside with the basket. The Lady Gene-
vieve's tears are checked by her rising indignation at her pa.
" I'll go right in and ask him how he dared to come without him," she
mutters, as Billy drives the mare to the barn. But in the entry she
encounters the guests, who are standing round talking in whispers to
each other.
"Why, what are you doing here ?" she asks. "Why don't you step
into the parlor?"
" Don't know where it i>," is the rsajponM In ononis.
" Why, there's the door. Goin.sJTL says Lady Bvr. "I'll be back
In ■ minute.*1 As she turns she meets her pa and the Judge.
1 think that's real iii.:ui nf yon, pa," sue lays in a reproachful tone.
" \\ hat are ye driving at, daughter r tain the Earl. " Speak up."
" Why, you never brought "
"Yes, [ did, too. Mother 'U show 'em to ye in the kitchen," interrupts
Mr. Thames, " They're in the oven by this time, I reckon."
"What on earth are sou talking about, pftf" demands the Lady Eva.
" 1 mean the Prince."
"What, young Mr. Connanght?" asks the Karl.
" yes," says Evy. " I'll bet you never gave him mv note."
" Didn't. I ?" icplie^ Mr. Thames, confidently. "I'd like to know the
reason if 1 didn't, that's nil."'
" Then why didn't he come down?" demands Evy.
"Can't prove it by mo," answers -Mr. Thames.
"Stand down," says the Court, forgetting itself.
" He ain't here, anyhow; that's all I know," continues the Earl, heed-
less of the interruption.
"And didn't he send no answer ?" queries Lady Genevieve, as her
father and the Judge are moving away.
" Now, ain't that remarkable ?" says Mr. T. " Blamed if I didn't for-
get he gave me a note for you. Lenune Bee. Where'd I put the dog-
goned thing? O, yes. I remember it smelt of peppermint, or Floridy
water, or some smelling stuff, so I put it here," and as the Earl takes off
his hat, the Prince's note drops on the floor. "There it is. I know'd I
had it somewheres."
Evy picks up the note, puts it in her pocket, and, hastening up stairs
to her room, locks the door, lights the gas (Regent Castle has its own gas
machine), and, in the privacy of her chamber, tears open the note and
reads it. It is written in a neat business hand, and runs as follows :
Tower ov London, May 1st, 187-.
To the Lady Genevieve de Thames— DitAR Miss : Yours of this date to hand.
Sorry can't accept invite. Have to take dinner with mother at home. Will try and
come after dinner by special train Don't depend on it, for can't nevertell what may
happen. Count on me by first train in morning.
Respectfully, Artiius Cojjnaught (Prince).
" Ain't it sweet ?" Evy says to herself, as she reads it for the dozenth
time, and fondly kisses it. " How beautiful he writes ! I knew that old
fiend of a mother of his would keep him. But never mind. See if I
don't pay her back, nasty old thing. Perhaps he'll come to-night, after
all. But if he don't, I have this to console me," and she fishes the tenor's
picture out of her bosom. "But I must see to the folks down stairs."
Taking one last fond look at the picture, and giving one final kiss to the
note, she deposits both within the neck of her dress and descends to the
lower story again. The Earl and the other gentlemen are taking a social
cocktail at a table in the entry, and her father is telling the others to
" Drink hearty," as she passes along to the parlor. In that elegant apart-
ment of luxury and wealth she finds the three young ladies seated and
engaged in an animated conversation, which comes to a sudden stop as
Evy appears in the doorway.
"Would you like to fix up before dinner?" Evy asks, "It's most
ready."
" I guess I'll do as I am," says Lady Mattie Raleigh.
" Me, too," adds Lady Lytton (Countess).
" I reckon my hands are clean enough. I wore my gloves down all the
way," remarks the Lady of Langham.
" Just as you say," replies Lady Evy, in a fatigue tone. "I'm agree-
able."
" Find out what the gentlemen are going to do, and we'll act accord-
ing," suggests Miss Mattie, who seems a leading spirit by nature.
So Evy goes to the door and calls :
" Say ! Are any rf you going to fix up for dinner?"
No one replies, for no one knows what to say.
" Pa, what do you say about it ?" asks Evy, taking in the situation at a
glance. ■
"I guess we won't have time. I reckon we'll answer as we are," the
Earl replies, looking round at the others. " I washed my hands before I
left the office, and I guess the rest of 'em did likewise. Here," he adds,
as he takes a pocket-comb out of his pants pocket. "Pass that round,
gentlemen. Throw off your dusters, and those who need it will find a
broom-brush hanging up in the back entry. I reckon we'll keep till the
meal's over, anyhow, daughter. "-
So Evy turns back to the parlor, and settles the question. Two minutes
later there is a murmur of gratified voices outside, and the Judge sticks
his head in at the parlor door and calls : " Dinner f
" Come along, everybody !" shouts the Earl from the entry. " We
don't stand on no ceremony in this h,ouse."
[Continued Next Week.]
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Jan. 3, 1880.
"PLEASURE'S WAND."
"We Obey no Wand Imt Pleasure's."— Tom Moore.
Standard Theater. — Herrmann's second programme is still more
attractive than the first. It is full of novel and well managed tricks, that
are new in design and execution. With these are interspersed old and
hackneyed tours Wadresse that, performed in Herrmann's neat and deft
way, have all the charm of surprise. Some of the tricks are extraordi-
narily good, and baffle the most minute attention. The bringing into
prominence of well known people in the audience, as involuntary con-
federates, may please the vulgar and cause laughter, but it is not in good
taste, and decidedly objectionable to the victims; The illusion, "Asleep
in Mid-Air/' is capitally managed, and the different postures^ of Mile.
Addie form graceful pictures. The Lorellas do their usual business, and
are deservedly applauded. The audiences have been large, and seemingly
very well pleased. Herrmann's repertoire of illusions is so extensive and
varied that changes of programme are of frequent occurrence, thus keep-
ing up constant novelty.
Concerts. — The concert of the Schmidt Quintette on Tuesday was but
fairly attended. Miss Alice Schmidt, who is ill from overwork, both
physical and mental, was to have been replaced by Mr. Louis Lisser.
This gentleman was, unfortunately, also indisposed. At short notice, Mr.
Espinosa took part in the concert. His selections were performed in his
usual satisfactory way. In his cello solo, Canzonetta (1680), by Scar-
lutti, Mr. Ernest Schmidt displayed a breadth of tone and depth of ex-
pression indicating great progress. Martini's " Gavotte" was played by
him with all the requisite lightness and execution. The violin duet by
Spohr (Op. 67), Allegro, Larghetto and Hondo, was the gem of the even-
ing. It was admirably played by Messrs. Clifford Schmidt and Louis
Schmidt, Jr. Haydn's string quartette (Op. 76), No. 4, was deliriously
given. In the quintette G minor, by Mozart, the Schmidts had the valu-
able assistance of Mr. Fred. Mundwyller. This was the last concert of
the season.
Bush Street Theater. — The business and detail in Bluebeard have
been elaborated, and the performance as a whole was a most amusing
one. The female chorus is a very good one. The girls are pretty, are
picturesquely dressed and sing correctly. "Dreaming by_ Night," the
rondo sung by them, is nightly encored. Of all the singing numbers,
" The Triton" is undoubtedly the most effective. This is an ancient com-
position. The Magic Slipper and Oxygen are to be revived for a few per-
formances, and then The Bohemian G-yurlis to be produced. This is said,
by those who have seen it, to be a most amusing and farcical burlesque.
A word of praise must be given to the costumes that have been displayed
by this troupe ; they are all gotten up in remarkable good taste. Those
of Misses Deacon and McHenry in Bluebeard are exceedingly "crummy."
A great merit of this troupe is the admirable ensemble. This is due to
the efficiency of the stage manager, Mr. Forrester, who |is up to all the
points of burlesque.
California Theater. — The different attractions in The Seven Sisters have
proved strong enough to nightly fill the house. Mathilde Bonnay plays
on the xylophon with remarkable delicacy and sweetness. The pretty
child, Rose Julian, is a contortionist of unusual grace and flexibility.
There is an ease about all her movements that is wonderful. In addition
to his trapeze performance, Gibbons introduces this week a peculiar bal-
ancing act, daring and difficult in the extreme. To succeed The Sisters
The Seven Brothers will be produced, retaining all the clever specialties
and the gorgeous transformation scene.
Baldwin's Theater. — This is the last night of The New Babylon. On
Monday The Palace of Truth will be given, and the Davene Family and
American Four will appear between the acts. The former are clever
gymnasts and do their different difficult feats with ease and grace. The
antics of the American Four cannot be described ; they must be seen to
be appreciated. From the moment they come on the stage till their exit
laughter reigns supreme. All ideas of danger and accident are by them
set at defiance. Mile. Roseri is an agile, though not a remarkable dancer.
The audiences have been large.
Patti Concerts. — The cultured and musical society of San Francisco
have a treat in store for next week. The renowned Oarlotta Patti com-
mences a series of concerts at the Grand Opera House next Monday even-
ing. The Opera House being the largest one west of Chicago, only pop-
ular prices will be charged. The management wisely concluded to have
large audiences at reasonable prices of admission, to smaller audiences at
exorbitant rates. The merits of the different members of the company
are too well known to require preliminary notice.
The Handel and Haydn Soiree, held at 647 Market street, on Fri-
day, the 26th of December, was a most enjoyable and successful affair.
The programme was well carried out, the best performed number being on
the piano by Mme. Waldow Cohen, accompanied by Mr. Weiehert on the
violin. This pianiste should be heard oftener. A pleasant foature of the
evening was the presentation to Mr. Gustav Hinrichs, the Society's con-
ductor, of a handsome gold baton.
English Opera.— Miss Annie Montague and Mr. C. H. Turner have
arrived, and rehearsals of The Dragoons of Villars are in progress. The
chorus is going to be a good one. For Conductor, Mr. William Withers,
Jr. , is spoken of.
Woodward's had a superb programme for New Year's Day, and this
day and to-morrow the Acting Dogs, Kentucky Jubilee Singers, the troupe
of Acrobats, the Fun-maker, and endless attractions.
Wilhelmj. — This great violinist will soon he among us. His first eon-
cert is Announced for January 19th.
Chit-Chat. — The Berlin police, in deference to political sentiment, re-
cently prohibited Mme. Ristori's performance of "Marie Antoinette."
— A Berlin critic speaks thusly of this actress' impersonation of " Me-
dea :" " It is an exact reproduction of her performance of the part in
1856. Thus years roll on, but the Marchioness del Grille grows no older. "
The Davene family, now tumbling at Baldwin's, consisted originally
of five members. Robert Caldwell, otherwise known as " Little Bob,"
was committed by Judge Donahue, of New York, to the charge of Man-
hattan College, at the request of the New York Society for the Preven-
tion of Cruelty to children. His relatives, since heard from, sanction
these proceedings.— -Gilmore's national anthem, " Columbia," is said to
be a grand, noble national air, the carping of the Press, etc., to the con-
trary notwithstanding.^^Faure receives 50,000 francs for five weeks at
Monaco and Nice. With all this, his voice is failing. His nose has more
to do with his notes than his chest. His continual use of the tremolo
conveys the impression that his organ ia worn out.^— Some one has
spoken of Brignoli as follows : " He verges on the fossil stage, but he still
cocks, with much youthfulness, the curious little hats that it is his pleasure
to wear."— —Miss Amy Sherwin, of Grand Opera House Pinafore noto-
riety, is going to sing " Marguerite" in Hector Berlein's Damnation of
Favst, with the New York Symphony Society.^— We can forgive Bos-
ton its conceit and arrogance, and admit its intellectual superiority, for it
shows true artistic appreciation in recognizing Miss Cavendish as a tal-
ented actress. This paper has always expressed itself thusly on this
subject.^— The stage doorkeeper at Wallack's has been connected with
that play-house for eighteen years, and says that during that time he
never saw a drama, opera or comedy performed. " I have no interest in
the play, and would not sit through a piece if paid for it !" are his words.
^— Gil-Naza, the creator of " Coupeau" at the Paris Ambigu, has been
a metal gilder, wig-maker, singer at cafe concerts, a dentist, a medical
student and a manager. His name is Chapoulade.-^— Tennyson's one-
act comedy, Falcon, is a dead failure in London.— ^The Emperor of Ger-
many has conferred upon Adelina Patti the gold medal for art and sci-
ence.—In Montgomery, Alabama, there is a parrot that whistles the
Pinafore tunes !— Patti paid the Marquis of Caux $200,000 to be unmo-
lested.-^— Tlie Banker's Daughter is asuccess in London.— -Henry Irving
advertises Gladstone's experienced pleasure at seeing the Merchant of
Yen ice. -^— What do you think of the beauty displayed in the California
and Baldwin ballets ?
Krug Champagne.— Private Cuvee, in quarts and pints ; Shield—
Krug — in quarts and pints ; Premiere Qualite, in quarts and pints. For
Bale by Hellman Bros. & Co., corner Front and Jackson streets.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE.
Patti Grand Concerts!— The sale of seats for any day of the
PATTI CONCERTS commenced yesterday, Jan. 2d, at 9 A.M.,Eat Sherman,
Hyde & Co. 'a Music Store. PATTI! PATTI! The Management has the honor to
announce a series of SIX PATTI CONCERTS, commencing on MONDAY, January
5th, this occasion being" the first appearance in San. Francisco of the UNRIVALED
CONCERT SINGER,
Mine. Carlotta Patti !
And of the following Eminent Artists: MR. KETTEN, the great Poetic Pianist ; MR.
DE MUNCK, the King of Violoncellists ; MR. TOEDT, the silver-voiced Tenor ; SIS.
CIAMPI-CELLAJ, the Eminent Baritone ; MR. OWEN, Accompanist. SECOND
CONCERT, Wednesday, Jan. 7th ; THIRD CONCERT, Friday, Jan. 9th ; FOURTH
CONCERT, Monday, January 12th; FIFTH CONCERT, Wednesday, Jan. 14th.
SIXTH AND POSITIVELY LAST CONCERT, Friday Evening, Jan. l«th. Prices of
Admission: Orchestra and Parquette (Reserved), §2 00; Dress Circle (Reserved),
§1 50 ; General Admission, SI 00 ; Family Circle, 75 cents ; Gallery, 50 cents. SeatH
can be secured on and after Friday, January 2d, at Sherman, Hyde & Co,'s Music
Store. Jan. 3.
CALIFORNIA THEATER.
WIS. Bar ion, Manager; Barton Mill, Acting: Manager;
• George D. Chaplin, Stage Manager. This (Saturday) Evening, January3d,
Continued Success of the Magnificent Spectacle,
Seven Sisters !
With its wealth of splendor, including PORTER'S GORGEOUS TRANSFORMA-
TION. This scene is the finest ever produced on the Pacific Coast. M'LLES CAMIS
and ORTORI, ancfGrand Ballet. The Great GIBBONS, "King of the Air;" ROSIE
JULIEN, the Great Contortionist; LOUIS DOURAY, the Champion Athlete ; MA-
THILDE BONNAY, the Xylophonist; the Lightning Zouave Drill, and the greatest
east ever seeu. GRAND MATINEE to-day at 2 p.m. Reserved Seats for Evening
Performatces without extra charge. Matinee Prices as heretofore. Jan. 3.
~~ THE~" BALDWIN THEATER. ~
Thomas Maguire, Manager. — This (Saturday) Evening;,
Jan. 3d, Second Week and Enormous Success of the Great London Sensation,
The New Babylon!
First Appearance in California of M'LLE ROSERI. The full strength of the Bald-
win Company in the cast. THE FRENCH TROUPE DAVENE, THE AMERICAN
FOUR. GRAND BABYLON MATINEE to-day at 2 P.M. Monday, January 5th —
Grand Production of
The Palace of Truth!
Introducing ail the great specialties, with other great attractions shortly to arrive
from the East. *. Jan. 3.
BUSH-STREET THEATER.
("Charles E. ILocke, Proprietor and Manager. --Ninth Week
J and last but two of the highly successful engagement of the famous COLVILLE
OPERA BURLESQUE COMPANY, who, owing to the continuous success, will, dur-
ing the remainder of the present week— SATURDAY MATINEE, SATURDAY EVE-
NING, SUNDAY EVENING— appear in the great burlesque of
Bine-Beard !
with its wealth of Scenery and Musie, and every member of the Mammoth Company
in the cast. Monday Evening, January oth — First production in the United States
of Mr. H. J. Byron's Burlesque, THE BOHEMIAN GY-URL ! Jan. 3.
STANDARD THEATER.
MA. Kennedy, Manager. --Monday Evening, January 5tfa,
• Every night and SATURDAY MATINEE. Third week and Continued Tri-
umph of
Hermann !
Another Change of Bill, and MLLE. ADDIE as a Medium, in MODERN SPIRITUAL.
ISM. Light Seance! No Darkness! Is it Spiritualism or " Hermannism V The
LORELLAS, in New Acts. No free list.
Jan. 3. FRED. G. MAEDER, Business Manager for Herrmann.
PROF. JOS. JOSSET,
Graduate of the University of Paris; Ex. Professor of »e
la Mennais' Normal, France ; late of Point Loma Seminary, San Diego. Pri-
vate Lessons in the French Language. Residence : Post street, between Powell and
Stoekton, next to Red Men's Hall. At home from 12 to 2 P.M. Private Lessons
given at the residence of the pupil. Dec. 6.
MADAME WALDO COHEN,
Finishing Lessons—Piano. $3 Per Lesson.
Sept. 20. 507 Hyde Street, San Francisco.
R. H. LLOYD,
Attorney- at- Law, Room 13, Nevada Block.
Jan. 3, 1880.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
SPORTINC ITEMS.
Rowing Eloyt't n w ■hell, built hy Tirohiir, miiU him admirably,
an-1 \* in erary ra»pect * fir Kort bai boan Indnoed t.> a*6
«rs lasteMi of the straight bUdm h« propOMd to row with. His
- hi« been rvt*nletl by bad mother, but ha already shows f orm
that will pat Ia'aIit on hw mettle bafora the 6vc miles are rowed, Leahy
i> in perfect ooodltioo, and oon6dent <>f aoooaaa.^^Taa Cotrford-Leahy
race i* 5till in abeyance, though it i ■■ ■ .tin fcooome off early in the
Spring. -'> '"taford, in a communication t<> the tfowt £efler. aaya that Ms
new shell errived in good •Tier and suit* bin splendidly, and that in it he
has no fear <>f the result of a race with Leahy in the beet boat the latter
can pet. —The second entertainment and party of the Dolphin Roving
Bod Swimming Club will take place on January 31st, at die Saratoga
itaeic HaII, sis Geary street. The Dolphins keen np steady practice, in
spite of the weather. ^— The Neptune » Mub have liad several very enjoy-
able excursion* on the bay recently, and have, arranged for two pleasure
tripes this month, if the weather is at all decent.^— The ranch-talked of
race for $100 in wherries, between Price and Roach, is as far from coming
off a» it ever was ; but as part of the coin is up, and both men think they
can win, it will probably be rowed this year, bar accidents. The nominal
betting on the race is two to one on both men, but so far no one has been
fonud rash enough to sink any cash on the result. ^— The Oxford iuter-
DoUsgiate eu'lit-oaredraoe was won by Hertford, who beat Christ Church by
about seven seconds, and scored the first victory ever recorded since Hert-
ford wan founded. ■'■< !ourtney*a deposit of £50 for a match with Boyd
or Elliott has not yet been covered by either of the men.
Pedestrianiani. — The 6ve-raile race at the Recreation Grounds, last
Sunday, was won by an Apache Indian named Bob, in 31 m.; pood time,
considering the bad condition of the track. P. Guerrero made a good
second, in 31 m. 2 sec The 125 yards race was won by Gilpin, with
fourteen feet allowance, in 12£ sec. A three-mile race for women fell to
Mrs. L. Ferguson. Davis won the quarter-mile race in 50J sec, about
foor seconds less time than it took King Hedley to defeat Mclntyre. Al-
though Hedley was entered for the quarter-mile race he did not start, an
alleged sprained ankle serving for an excuse. The six-day "go-as you-
please," under the auspices of the Pacific Coast Pedestrian League, com-
menced Monday last at 10 p.m., with twenty-four contestants. Previous
to the start, a three hours' race for women was won by an Apache Indian
girl, named Kep Set, who covered 13 3-7 miles ; Miss Barrett, aged six-
teen years, second, 13 5-14 miles. The first twenty-four hours of the six-
day race showed very fair average scores: A. R. Reid, 101 miles ; A. A.
Drew, 100 miles ; P. Mclntyre, 100 miles ; J. Murdock, 106 miles. The
rest of the men, with the exception of Indian Bob, who had withdrawn,
had scored from 66 to 93 miles. Wednesday, Mclntyre 's knee gave out,
on account of rheumatism, which necessitated his leaving the track and
taking a Turkish bath, which gave him great relief. The attendance at
the match has been very good, in spite of the cold weather, and the inter-
est is increasing nightly.
Football. — The football match between the Wanderers and Oaklands,
at the Recreation Grounds last Saturday, was the best contested and most
exciting game played on this coast. The wanderers got the kick-off,
which they followed up so closely that in three minutes Oakland had to
touch down for safety. After twenty minutes hard play all over the field
Capt. Wallace got a touch down for the Wanderers with no results.
Shortly before time was called Nicholson made a touch down for the Wan-
derers by a splendid run, and kicked a goal in good style. That con-
cluded the game in favor of the Wanderers, by one goal and one try to
nothing for Oakland. The sides were as follows : Wanderers — Cohen,
back; Nicholson and Page, three-quarter back ; Wallace and C. Okell,
half back ; Girven, Beazley, Blackie, E. Okell, Wilson, Lawton, Fergu-
son, Browne, Peterson and Mathieu, forwards. Total, 15. Oaklands —
Lachlan, back ; Johnson and Scott, three-quarter back ; Whitehead and
Deane, half-back ; Catton, Cadogan, P. T. Belcher, G. T. Belcher, Sime,
Bradley, O'Connor, Searle, J. J. Searle, forwards. Total, 14. Umpires,
Messrs. Theobald and Thompson.— The Oaklands and Wanderers will
play a match at the Recreation Grounds this afternoon.-^— The football
clubs have just- cause for complaint against the young man who reports
their games for the Chronicle. His reports are incorrect and unfair, and
he attempts to conceal his ignorance of the game by ridiculing the playerB,
although both clubs compare favorably with the amateur clubs of the
Eastern States or England.
Shooting. — Some good bags of ducks were made off Alameda Wharf,
last week.— Robins are very plentiful in all the Bay counties.— —Ducks
Beem to be leaving the interior and Hocking toward the Coast.— Around
Meiggs' Wharf, at North Beach, ducks have been plentiful, affording
good sport during the moonlight nights. The pleasure of these sportsmen
is very annoying to residents of the neighborhood.-^— The new line of the
C. P. R. R., from Oakland Point to Benicia, passes through some of the
finest duck country in the State, millions of ducks rising as the train
passes through the Suisun marshes.
Coursing. — The Pioneer Coursing Olub will hold their Spring meeting
early in March. Present indications justify the expectation of a big en-
try and a successful meet. ^— The first open meeting of the Pacific Coast
Coursing Club will be held in February, time and place-not yet fixed.
We hope that the Club will select Merced or Point of Timbers, for their
meet, in preference to Modesto, as the ground around the latter place is
favorable neither to dogs nor spectators, horses are poor and scarce, and
the whisky is simply fearful. The quality of the latter can be ascertained
from the fact that two drinks of it caused Judge P to lose three con-
secutive games of pedro.
Baseball. — A game will be played at the Recreation Grounds tomor-
row (Sunday), for the benefit of Williamson and Cary, of the Chicago
White Stockings, between the champion Knickerbockers and the follow-
ing picked nine; Williamson, catcher ; Mast, pitcher ; Denny, first base;
Quest, second base ; Piercy, third base ; Cary, short stop; Sweeney, left
field ; Hamilton, center field ; Cullen, right field.— Edward Nagle, late
of the Eagles, has returned from Victoria, B. C.
Bicyoling, — We hear that Kohlman and Jacobi are making arrange-
ments for a bicycle race, to take place within a month. ^^The third race
for the 50-mile amateur championship of England was won by H. Os-
borne, who started favorite in the absence of Cortis. No official time was
taken.
THE CASE OF MME LENONEL.
The News Letter contained in It* last laaueabriel reference to the
case of an aged woman who had baau denied admission to the County
aOSfrital Upon the most frivoloni pretext, and rudely turned from its
doom. This pisoaof brut dity occurred on the 19th of December, and on
the 27th Mine. Lermriel ,|j,.,i lx\ the Almshouse, into which she had been
i and surrounded with every care by Superintendent Keating.
In order that the public may fully comprehend the matter, it is neces-
sary to give the details.
It appears that Miin-. Lsnonsl had l>een a resident of San Francisco
for some twenty-five years being aged seventy-two at the time of her
death. Of all her family but one was left, a lad of about eighteen, the
sole support of his mother, after peouniary misfortunes had reduced her
to poverty. For a long time the old lady had been afHicted with dropsy,
and as her son's earnings were insufficient to empply proper care, she was
compelled to pass her days in a lonely room, without the assistance her
malady required. It was finally concluded that in the County Hospital
she could at least secure such attention for the remainder of her days as
the good people of this city have generously provided for the sick and
helpless. Dr. Toland was consulted as to the necessity and method of
obtaining a permit, and said it would only be necessary to take the appli-
cant to the hospital, when she would at once be admitted. Accordingly,
on the 19th of December, the old lady was driven to the hospital, accom-
panied by her son. Arrived there, the person in charge refused to receive
her without a permit. The poor sufferer was then driven to the Mayor's
residence, and the required document obtained. Armed with this, a sec-
ond trip was made to the hospital, when the person in charge, after secur-
ing and retaining the permit, thrust the applicant forth, saying there was
no room»and there was nothing the matter with her. So, back through
the driving storm, the sufferer was taken to her lonesome room, with the
sequel as given above.
If ever a case called for thorough investigation and prompt action, it is
this of Mme. Lenonel. It would seem that, in charitable institutions,
there is a class of attendants, whose constant experience with the sick,
instead of softening their natures, brutalizes them. Such persons are
not only unfit for the positions they occupy, but are a great detriment to
the purposes for which charities are founded. Whenever it becomes evi-
dent that the attendants in a hospital are callous to human suffering, and
deaf to sympathy, it is proof positive that they are unfitted to remain in
their positions, and should be dismissed.
We do not envy the thoughts of those whose brutality shortened Mme.
Lenonel's brief span of life, nor can we hope that remorse exists with
those devoid of conscience; but if there is anything in public contempt,
and expulsion from office, public opinion demands that this much punish-
ment at least shall be meted out to the offenders.
W Morris.
MORRIS & KENNEDY, J.F.Kennedy.
Importers And Beaters in Moldings, Frames, Engravings,
Cnromos, Lithographs, Decalcomanie, Wax and Artists' Materials, 21 Post
street, nearly opposite Masonic Temple, San Francisco. Feb. 4.
SCHWAB & BREESE,
New Art Gallery, till Market street, opposite Palace Hotel.
Oil Paintings, Engravings, Wax and Artists' Materials.
gg- ADMISSION FREE. Sept. 13.
SNOW & CO.,
No. 20 Post street, opposite Mechanics' Institute, Import-
ers and Manufacturers of Pictures, Frames, Mouldings, and Artist's Ma-
erials. Established 1319. Sept. 20.
CALIFORNIA SUGAR REFINERY,
Manufacturers of the Standard Syrup, a superior article
put up in barrels expressly for home consumption. Also, Extra Heavy Syrup
in barrels for Export. Refined Sugars at lowest market rates. Office, 215 Front
street, up stairs. Dec. 21.
JOHN JENNINGS
Hooper's South End Warehouses, corner Japan and Town-
send streets, San Francisco. First-class Fire-Proof Brick Building, capacity
10.U00 tons. Goods taken from the Doek and the Cars of the C. P. R. R. and S. P.
R.' R. free of charge. Storage at Current Rates. Advances and Insurance Effected.
CUMBERLAND MINE,
Yavapai County, Arizona. Office: Ko. 417 California St.,
San Francisco, California. President, GEORGE M. CIPRICO. Secretary, J.
H. GRIFFITHS. Office Hours : 2 p.m. daily. Oct. 11.
BRITISH BENEVOLENT SOClfTY OF CAL.
Attendance, daily, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., by the under-
signed, to receive subscriptions and donation, and to furnish all information
relating to the Society. J- P- McCURRIE, Secretary,
Oct. 23. 730 Montgomery street.
D. V. B. Henarie. ......... ^ Edward Martin.
E. MARTIN & CO.,
Importers and Wholesale Dealers in. Wines and Liquors.
Proprietors of Miller's Extra Old Bourbon and J. F. Cut-
ter Extra Old Bourbon anil Rye Whiskies.
April 5. ^08 Front Street, San Francisco.
AGENTS, READ THIS!
We will pay Aeents a Salary of glOO per mouth and ex-
penses, or allow a large commission, to sell our new and wonderful
inventions. We mean what we say. Sample Free.
Address SHERMAN & CO., Marshall, Mich.
EDWARD BOSQUI & CO.,
Printers, Engravers, Lithographers and Bookbinders,
Leidcsdorff street, from, Clay to Commercial.
WM. F. SMITH, M.D.,
Oculist and Aurist, 313 Bush Street.
Aug. 16] Office Hours, from 12 M. to 3 P.M.
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Jan. 3, 1880
THE BACHELOR'S LAST HOURS.
Kot a laugh was heard, nor a joyous note,
As our friend to the bridal we hurried ;
Not a wit discharged bis farewell joke,
As the bachelor went to be married.
We married him quickly to save his fright,
Our heads from the sad sight turning ;
And we sighed as we stood by the lamp's dim light,
To think him not more discerning.
To think that a bachelor, free and bright,
And shy of the sex as we found him,
Should there at the altar, at dead of night,
Be caught in the snares that bound him.
Few and short were the words we said,
Though of cake and wine partaking ;
We escorted him home from the scene of dread,
While his knees were awfully shaking.
Slowly and sadly we marched him adown
From the top to the lowermost story ;
And we have never heard from nor seen the poor man
Whom we left alone in his glory.
— Public Opinion,
BUTTONHOLE'S ACCOUNT OF THE MTT.T.AIS* WEDDING.
Viewed Bimply as a marriage, the marriage of Miss Milhds and
" Willie " James, in St. Peter's, South Kensington, one recent Friday
morning, was, to quote the comment of a feminine spectator, *' a very
pretty marriage." The sacred edifice was charmingly decorated with
flowers, the dresses were smart, the bride was at once beautifnl and
happy, the bridesmaids were comely, and all concerned kept their heads
in a most sensible and unaffected manner.
The bridegroom, having arrived with an early promptness that be-
tokened his eagerness for the silken chain, took up an attitude of military
alertness in front cf the altar, or, as a nautical person in the crowd
termed it, " at the break of the poop."
The crowd in the church was simply unique. The whole gamut of the
notabilities of this island was exhausted — soldiers and artists, novelists
and beauties, poets of either sex, interspersed among peers; fighting-men
fresh from Zululand dotted among ladies, whose laurels have been won in
quite other lists. Scarcely a face but it was the keynote to some memora-
ble association.
Among the minor episodes of the wedding ceremony were the unaccount-
able modesty of Mr. William Black, and the somewhat indecorous, not to
say ill-mannered, character of the notice bestowed on, and not wholly
enjoyed by Mrs. Langtry. Mr. Black is of an imposing presence; he has,
to a great extent, lost the accent of the Saut-market. It is our misfor-
tune, rather than his fault, perhaps, that he has been guilty of some
novels; and altogether there seemed no adequate reason for the herculean
efforts to plunge himself into obscurity. It may be mildly remarked that
the comfortable seats in St. Peter's Church were obviously intended for
quite another use than to be employed as elevated perches for people to
gaze with flagrant curiosity on a wholly inoffensive private gentlewoman.
I live now in hope to witness the early discomfiture of that ghastly and
spasmodic infliction, the wedding-breakfast. The Millais have courage-
ously laid the axe to the root of that preposterous tree, which I trust will
speedily utterly cease to cumber our social ground. It was a charming
substitute they tendered for it — a ball that sparkled with a brilliancy of
quite exceptional radiance. All the rival queens were in the arena ; and
some dispassionately critical and impartial observers had ample confirma-
tion of the view they have consistently held, that there exists much
greater and sweeper beauty outside than inside the pale of the conven-
tional and accepted beauties. Prettier roses lurk under the foliage of
private life than the blooms that flaunt the sun, and challenge admiration
as if it were their right.
Still the universally recognized beauties were charming: Mrs. Langtry,
in palest possible pink, trimmed with black, looking immensely well ;
Mrs. C. S. West, with a bouquet like a five-o'clock tea-table, quite the
biggest I ever saw ; Mrs. Wheeler, Mrs. Mackintosh, and Lady Walter
Campbell, perhaps the handsomest of all.
Mr. Millais' studio was turned into a ballroom, and it must be admitted
that a beautiful studio makes a delightful ballroom. Till long after mid-
night the rooms were too crowded for much dancing ; but, indeed, in'-a
throng so varied,_ so composed of notabilities of every kind, so brilliantly
kaleidoscopic in its many-sided picturesqueness, it must have been felt
by most that it was a was© of time to dance. You may dance any night.
Not twice in a lifetime will you see so noteworthy an assemblage as that
which thronged Mrs. Millais' reception-rooms on the night of Friday last.
Nor is given to many men the good fortune to slay a brace of Zulus
ipsa manu, with point to the right and " long drawing cut ' to the left,
and to marry a charming and beautiful girl within the same half-vear. —
Buttonhole, in the World.
The Sheffield English papers announce the death of Jack Morgan,
Lord Galway's huntsman, who last week fell down insensible whilst out
at exercise with the hounds. He was a fearless rider, and about a week
before bis death met with a fall, through his horse stumbling at a blind
ditch. His forehead was cut, and he was much shaken. He had seen a
great deal of life, having hunted jackals and tigers in India, and ridden
and won several races on the flat at Calcutta for Col. Pearson. He was
lately presented with a purse of £800 and a gold watch from the gentle-
men of the hunt.
We don t know whether it is old or not, but we heard a lady ask a
friend, in a street car, the other day : "Annie, is it proper to say this
'ere, that 'ere?" " Why, Kate, of course not," was the reply. " Well,"
said Kate, "I don't know whether it is proper or not, but 1 feel cold in
this ear from that air." The conductor fainted.— JPhila. Item.
An elegant assortment of Gold Watches and Chains at Randolph &
Co.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
Remember that a little Hop Bitters saves big Doctor bills, and cures
when all else fails. Read advertisement.
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INSURANCE AGENCY,
No. 332 & 334 California Street, San Francisco, Cal.
Fire Insurance.
GIRARD of Philadelphia.
HOME of Columbus.
NEW ORLEANS ASSOCIATION
PEOPLES of Newark.
REVERE of Boston.
LA CAISSE GENERALS of Paris.
ST. PAUL of St. Paul.
TEUTONIA of New Orleans.
BERLIN-COLOGNE of Berlin.
LA CON FIANCE of Paris.
Marine Insurance.
PARIS UNDERWRITING ASSOCIATION of Paris.
LONDON AND PROVINCIAL MARINE INSURANCE CO of London.
Capital Represented $23,000,000.
All Losses Eqxixtably Adjusted and Promptly Paid.
HOME MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. OF CALIFORNIA.
Principal Office, 406 Caliiorxiia Street, San Francisco.
Cash Assets, January 1, 1877, S&95.291 ; Liabilities, $5,952 ; Surplus for Policy
Holders, §589,339. J. F. Houghton, President ; L. L. Baker, Vice-President ;
Charles R. Story, Secretary. R. H. MAGILL, H. H. BIGELOW, General Agents.
Directors.— San Francisco— L. L. Baker, John H. Redington, J. F. Houghton,
R. B. Gray, Robert Watt, John Currey, L. L. Baker, W. F. Whittier, C. C. Burr, E.
M. Root, W. H. White, J. L. N. Shepard, W. M. Greenwood, George S. Mann, Cjtus
Wilson, W. T. Garratt, C. Waterhouse, A. P. Hotaling, A. Block, A. K. P. Harmon,
G. S. Johnson, W. O. Wilson, A. W. Bowman, H. L. Dodge, Charles R. Story. Ala-
meda County Branch— V. D. Moody, Chauncy Taylor, A. C. Henry, Robert S. Far-
relly, Joseph B. Martin, W. B. Hardy, T. B. Simpson. San Diego— A. H. Wilcox.
Sacramento — Mark Hopkins, D. W. Earl, Julius Wetzlar, James Carolan. San Jose —
T. Ellard Beans, B. D. Murphy, A. Pfister, J. H. Dibble, J. S. Carter, Jackson Lewis,
Jacob Rich, John Auzerais, John Balbach. Stockton— H. H. Hewlett, Chas. fielding,
J. D. Peters, A. W. Simpson, H. M. Fanning. Marysville— D. E. Knight. Grass
Valley— Wm. Watt, T. W. Sigoumey. Portland, Oregon— W. S. Ladd, C. H. Lewis,
P. Wasserman, B Goldsmith, D. Maeleay. Virginia City, Nevada — John Gillig, Isaac
L. Requa. * March 17.
FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE.--UNION INS. CO. OF S. F.
The California jLloycis.--- .Established in 1S61.— Kos. 416 and
418 California street. Cash capital $750,000 in Gold. Assets exceed $1,000,000
Coin. Fair Rates ! Prompt Settlement of Loses ! ! Solid Security ! ! DIRECTORS.
—San Francisco— J. Mora Moss, N. G. Kittle, M. J. O'Connor, R. S. Floyd, Moses
Heller, Adam Grant, Daniel Meyer, AntoineBorel, Charles Kohler, E. L. Goldstein,
I. Lawrence Pool, A. Weill, Joseph Brandenstein, Charles Bauiu, James Moffitt,
Benjamin Brewster, L. Cunningham, W. M. Hoag, Nicholas Luning, John Parrott,
L. A. Booth, Julius Eauni, Myles D. Sweeney, Jas. M. Goewey, Edward Cadwalader
Bartlett Doe, Gustave Touchard, J. H. Baird, J. G. Kittle, George C. Hickox, C. Du-
conunun, Wm. Scholle, John Conly, Ig. Steinhart, W. B. Stone, J. O. Eldridge, A.
B. Phipps.
GUSTAVE TOUCHARD, President. N. G. KITTLE, Vice-President.
Charles D. Haven, Secretary. Geo. T. Bqhen, Surveyor. Aug. 31.
THE STATE INVESTMENT AND INSURANCE CO.
a'lJKK A>1> MARINE.
d"1asEa Assets, $450,000. — .Principal Office, SIS and 220 San-
\j some street, San Francisco. Officers : — A. J. Bryant, President ; Richard
Ivers, Vice-President; Charles H. Cusuinq, Secretary; H. H. Watson, Marine
Surveyor. Board of Directors :— Peter Donahue, James Irvine, C. D. O'SulIivan,
A. Bocqueraz, R, Harrison, A. H. Rutherford, R. Bailey, E. W. Corbert, George O.
McMullin, A. J. Bryant, Frank M. Pixley, E Burke, H. H. Watson, Dr. C. F. Buckley,
P. J. White, E. M. Root, M. Mayblum, Richard Ivers, John Rosenfeld, Daniel
Callaghan. P. H. Russell, Sacramento. John G. Downey, Los Angeles. Wm.
Hood, SonomaCounty. H. W. Seale, Mayfield. Geo. Rutherford. San Jose. Feb. 16.
THE MARINE INSURANCE CO. OF LONDON, ENGLAND.
[JBSTAJBZISMJEJD 1836.]
Whole Amount of Jo;nt Stock and Guaranteed Capital. .$5,000,000.
Whole Amount of Capital paid up 900,000.
Cash Assets December 31, 1876 3,710,000.
The undersigned have been duly authorized to issue Policies at current rates on
Freight and Shipments to or from England, Europe, New York, Japan, China, Aus-
tralian Colonies, Sandwich Islands, and Northern Coast Ports. B: desired, policies
made payable at port of termination,
WILLIAMS, BLANCHAP.D & CO., Agents,
^Aug. 10. 218 California street.
THE SWISS MARINE INS. COMPANIES COMBINED."
Switzerland, of Zurich, Capital 5,000,000 francs; Helvetia,
of St. Gall, Capital 10,000,000 francs ; Baloise, of Basle, Capital 5,000,000 francs.
These three Companies are liable jointly and severally for all losses that may be sus-
tained. Losses made payable in all the principal seaports of the world. In* the set-
tlement of all claims under an English policy, these Companies will strictly adhere to
the conditions aud customs adopted at Lloyds, and submit to English jurisdiction.
June 9. HARRY W. SYZ, Agent, 225 Sansome St., S. F.
NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL LIFE INSUR. CO. OF BOSTON.
Has transacted the bnsiness of I*ife Insurance for nearly
thirty-five years. Its assets amount to over Fourteen Million Dollars. The
law of Massachusetts makes all its Policies nonforfeitable. It is a Purely Mutual Com-
pany, dividing every cent of surplus among Policy-holders. This is the Only Com-
pany on the Pacific Coast governed by the Massachusetts Lapse Law. This company
has como'ied with the new Insurance Laws of California,
WALLACE EVERSON, General Agent.
_Sept^2-£1] 328 Montgomery street.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN MARINE INS. CO. OF LIVERPOOL.
Capital $5,000,000. — Agents: Bnlfonr, Guthrie & io.,No.
3L6 California street, San Francisco. Nov. 18.
c
AGGREGATE ASSETS,
840,647,942.
Imperial Fire Insurance Co. , of London Instituted 1803.
London Assurance Corporation, of London —
Established by Royal Charter 1720.
Northern Assurance Corporation, of London Established 1836.
Queen Insurance Company, of Liverpool Established 1857.
A JOINT POLICY ISSUED BY THE FOUR COMPANIES.
ROBERT JDXCKSOIT, Manager.
W. ZA2TE BOOKER, Agent and Attorney.
317 CALIFORNIA STREET, S. F. [Oct. 11.
Jan. 3, 1880.
(.'AUI'OKNIA ADVERTISER.
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
Recorded In the City and County of San Francisco, California, for
the Week endlnir December 30th.
OompiUdfnmtk, Mf-nUoftnr Cwnmmial loviuy, 401 California St., S.F.
Saturday, December 20th.
QaiXTOB AM» HRAXTBt.
DBSrHIITlON.
Geo Jlulle r to Margt Mailer. . .
Wm Hale to Mary C Blctlun...
Wni Boanortt lo M Gmdwohl
Wm F Qaraiee lo A Hoelscher..
Tho. Young lo Susan Crooks..,
' Aaron Doad to Flora H Hope. . . .
Chas Haukcn to A M FlUpatrick.
, S A Bellene lo Louise K ponrlfl . .
D C Anderson to Ann McCarthy .
M Mciatfcry to .1 II A Folkers...
P MrTimncy to Mary McTamney
Jas HcKew to Ju Cooney
...-her tu Nellie Tucker...
£ Massounettc to A St Paul
Jos Wrigley to C B Williams ..
Same to same
P L Jagon to Benj Gleizes .
i: r. MSflo Bomrd, M 80x68—
»tan 279
. mil Buchanan, 2l'.J:2liixl37:0—
w a m
Lots Wf! to 1 14, QIO Mad a
. 1, 39 to 48, blk 87. Case Tract. ,
Su Salter unit Jones, w 67:6, etc, eubj'l
to mortgsge$81tfl00
N mill. 185 n sandier., w 26, n 1 18, etc.
M B no
s Grove, IDS iv OctSTls, w 26x190
I: Battery. 91:8 n Jackson, 46:10x187:6,
B A W :.l
iLolS. blk 86, fnlv'lv Ex Hd
|8w Ily.l,- mill Turk, v, 02:0x82:0-50-vara
I 1335
I'mi '« se Jessie, 125 ne 0th, ne 26x80...
E Mission. 88811 SOth. n 32x115
Lot 1598, Gilt Map 3
Und Kill ft, 120 w 18th av, n 150, w 80,
etc. O L 005
Nw Mission and 13th, w to s line of west
Mission, n 87:8 to com
Bw Mission and 13th, n 22:2, wto wMia-
sion, s 22:1 to com
Assignment of all property whatever for
benefit of creditors
$1,100
6
6
700
1,000
3,040
ISO
26,500
1,900
Gift
3.10
572
Monday, December 22d
Anna L Menges to H Scbussler.7
Smith Whiting to Evelyn Nixon.
F Dohs to John Dohs
Richd F Knox to Cyrns H Street.
Cyrus H Street to W B Kennedy.
Bank of Cal to O D Baldwin
Jos Alexander to Sophia Isaacs .
Jos Holden to Mary A Brown
TO Cockrill to Chas G Sbipman.
M Reese to Martha Sephtuu
Same to J Friedman
Cuas JSheehy to Mich'] Kirby .. .
F Opperman to C Severin
Se Ellis and Taylor, s 62:6x87:6— subject
to mortgage $11.00:1
S Broadway, 143 e Van NesB, e 25:10 x
137:0, subject to mortgage
Lot 501, Gilt Map l.and SOS, 867, 869,871
and 873, Gift Map 2
Lot 15, blk 395, Great Park U'd
Same
W Powell, 137:6 n Ellis, n 34:4>4xl37:6—
50-vara915
S O'Farrell. 137:6 w Taylor, e 25x62-50-
varal014; c Stockton, 57:0 s Sac'to, s
20x60— 50-vnra 130
S 24th, 125 w Diamond, w 51:8x114
Lots 23 and 24. blk 37, City Land Ass'n.
Se Howard, 405 sw 1st, sw 25x85—100-
vara47
Sw Washn and Montgomery, s 46:6x38,
50-vara 3
E Castro, 50 b 14lh, s 26x100, M B 118,
sobj to mortg$800
W Alemany, 100 n lTth, u 20x74:10, sub
to mortgage 8600
12.000
5 950
108
125
250
2,000
1,000
100
4,000
22,500
2,100
600
Tuesday, December 23d.
Louise E Uorris to C DorriB
John Gorman to Mary Gorman.,.
H E Mathews to Geo Stevens. . .
'Elizlh O'Brien to Catb Connell...
Thos Connell to Elizth O'Brien. . .
Rhoda A Glynn to Julia E Savier.
P McNamara lo Danl Jones
H T Fairbanks to John S Barrett.
Melvina Hoops to Henry Prince.
Same to same
H G Prince to Robt Hayes
Tbos Spooner to Jas Lynch
Miirg Gallagher to Enos Woods..
S Turns to Julius Jacobs
Real Estate Associates to W Hollis
Fredk Mason to Jno Bcnsley...
Same to same
A T Lawton to A McNntt
Wm S Chupman to B'k California
WJGunnto Wm Worthington.,
Wm Worthington to J Robinson. ,
Edward F Woodhull to S Haslett. .
|Und a e.Battery, 91:8 n Jackson, 45:10
Xl37:0 -B & W 54
N Union, 77:6 e Mason, e 20x58— 50-vara
4115
E Central av, 102:6 n Sutter, 27:6x2li):8.
E Fair Oaks, 244 n 24th, n 32, etc; e Old
San Jose Rd, 227:6 s 25th. s 32:11x90 -
MB1S4
Same
Lot 4, bik IS, West End May 2.... ....
Sw O'Farrell and Buchanan, 8 25x90—
W A 278
N Geary, 109 e Van Ness, e 55x120— VV
A 57
Ne 20th and Eureka, n 11 inches x 125
S Eurdka, 55 n 20th, n 20x125
Sameas ubove2 — **
Lots 42, 43, b k 51, City Land Assn..'
E York. 200 s 22d, s 25xl0O-M B 148. ■
N Haight, 200 w Scott, w 50x137:6— W
A 448
S Post, 87:6 w Webster, 65:9x137:6. .
Oiid9-10tho PN blk 176
Und hall' P N blks 105; 104 and und i-i
of 174
N John 160:5 e Mason, 37:9x60
Und half lots 4, 5, o, sec 30 T 2, sr 6 w
containing 56:07-100 acres
E Dolores, 230 s 24th, s 30x125
Lots 2, 8, 9, blk 51 Excelsior Hd ....
S Ciay, 27:6 e Broderick, 27:6x100
% 5
l',340
S
5
Gift
10
6
30
6
36
400
1,100
2.000
$ 500
5,500
24,000
2,500
10
5
800
2,100
Wednesday, December 24th.
Mary Chapman to S F Morris...,
A F Allovon to Moses Hopkins.
W Hollis to J ACRocder
J W Maillot to DT Phelps
Ezekiel Wilson to C Alpers..
C Alpers to Chas Mayne
C L Street to W Hollis
Albert Brown to same
L S B Sawyer to Frank L Parker .
C W Fox to Laura M Gasbwiler ..
G Demartini to A Spinetti
M Reese to Leiser Hertz
M Moritz to Lawrence Gottig....
Colin M Boyd to Annie R Boyd..
N Tehama, 355 w 1st, w 26x80— 100-vara
47 in trust «, i
Se Market, 156 ne 7:h, ne75 x 90— 100- v
244 54,000
N O'Farrell, 437:6 w Steiner, w 22x82:0. 3,500
S Dorland, 125 e Dolores, e 49:4xll5-M
B79 1,900
Sundry lots in Dunphy Tct, Tide Lands 1,000
Same 3 ooo
W Mission, 60:3 s 21st, s 25x92:6— Mis'n
Block 65 • 5
W Hampshire, 226 8 24th, s 24x100— M
B 170 5
N Washn, 103:1X e Broderick, e 34:4Kx
127:8l4-WA497 1,250
E Kearny, 37:6 n Pine, n 100x63:9— 50-v
277 S
Und X lots 1 to 11, blk 21, and lots 4 to
10, blk 22, West End Map 1 1 000
S Pacific, 91:8 e Montgy, e 22:11x86:9.. 4,700
E Folsom, li5 b 23d, s 30x90
Se Howard, 275 ne 2d, ue 20 x 85— 100-v
47 1 Gift
Friday, December 26th.
Ja; Ambrose to D R McNeil 1L0I IS. blk aoTCIty Land Asn .
John Dobs to Anna L Delis
Henry Lankenau to U Joosl
■ ill Map 2,
■ anil lOI 601, Glfi Map 1
I ml U II lath av. 21m n I' st, w 60x100,
O'Ncll mid llali- v Tract
< Koopmansc ptoD Koopraansr 'p s Green. 92:3 \\ Powell, w 81:2x69:9 .'.()-
. , „-,.,, vafaS88
Annie E Dickinson to S B Welch. iRIglil ol iniv within 4 tt of lot in W A
blk 107, a» per on ol Deeds pace 2V.il
l.i.t 8, blk 68, lol 8, blk 68, lot 0, blk 55,
, mill lots 1,8, blk 31. Paul Tel It'll
n Mission, mi i- mi. 86x90 loo-v 17 ...
I: I irkln, 1:1 1; 11 Yiilliju.n 25x110, being
in .Ml. v 13117
Nr 171I1 nve mid Q street, 25x100 O'Ncll
mnl Hull vblk 333
Sundry lots tlironght the city
Ne Day ami Chnrcb, u 04x80
Lot 40 Sec 21, North Addition to Ma.
son Cemetery
W Sbotwell, 250 s 25d, n 59x122:6
VV Ferris, 210 n Ft Lobos, 25x126
N Geiiry, 87:6 e Larkiu, 50x137:0, being
in 60-V1421
N Valley, ISO e Noe, 25X114-H A 125. .
Sundry lots throughout city
Lots 44, 45, blk 41 City Land Assn
Nw Alabama and 26lh, 20x190
Se Franklin and Bay, 50x137:6
Paul Tract lid Asn toO E Lang ..
Walter Walsh to Jas Burke
Hi -III -Murdoch to Jno Kennedy
GeoW Frlnkto JnoWcith
Roht Murdoch to LGotllg
Jas Spiuitou to Mary S Walker .
Wm M Edgar to Kiltie McLeod . . -
Alden W Jackson to M E Morrison
G (' W Better lo U Wannenmacbcr
A H Methven to David Hunter. ..
Peter Dean to Catb Osgood
Lydia Morton to Sami crim
Jas D McCloskey to A Scholle....
Peter G Peltret to Margaret Shea.
Dennis O'Brien to Geo Lang
100
Gift
200
1
1
250
12,000
300
6
600
4,000
6
14,500
225
5
213
S25
470
Saturday, December 27th.
Calvin Nutting, Jr, to AT I Nuttinj
S JTnttleto J Dunning
J Kohlmoos to F Campe
Hutchings & Co to R S Uowland
S Tyler, 125 c Scott/e 26 x 137:6-W A
431
Ne Dore, 253 uw Bryant, nw 22 x 85— M
B 41
Nw cor Tehama and 4th, n 25x75, subj't
to mortgage $S,000
Assigns all property for the benefit of
creditors
L L Robinson toN Atkinson ISundry lots in diOcrent homesteads
Lots 37 and 38. blk 40, City Land As'n..
Sw Harriet. 200 se Howard, se 25x75-
100-vara25S
N Bdway, 12Jfi varas e Mason, e 12>S va.
ras x50 varas— 50-v 332
Same
S 23d, 95 e Columbia, e 25x104
N Bdway, 170:3 w Polk, w 30x32:6
R M Johnsou to Geo C Hawley..
Bd T L Comrs to Thos Simpson .
Thos Magner to J T Magner
J T Magner to Cath Magner
John Moriarty to Wm O'Brien..
FD Cottle to Ellen K Gould....
Gift
600
15,000
1
160
1,037
Gift
1
Monday, December 29th.
Jos T Burus to Jas H Burns..
Jas H Burns to Jos T Burns. .
WC Talbot to Margt O'Dowd...
John O'Dowd to Wm C Talbot. .
S W Stedman to J K Alexander .
Edw Vallely to S and L Soc'y
Jas McDonough to Mas Sav & L B
P S Williamson to E Williamson
H W WeiSB to M Schwamm ... .
Sametosame
Same to same
H Gallagher to M Gallagher
Andrew Wilkie to Chaa F Doe...
John Meyer to Maggie McMillan.
Virginia Crofts to E C Hagthrop.
Julietta Streets to same
Michl Boes to Jean Trouillet
Chas Gerema to J Gerema
Sw Folaom and 13th, s 96, etc ; also, P
V lot No 107; also, und H se Battery
and Pine, se 2:6x30
W cor Burns and 11th, nw 40, etc; also,
sw 11th, 160 nw Folsom, nw 40, etc;
also, nud M se Battery & Pine, 62:6x30
N Pacific. 519:6 e Franklin, e 47:6x100
W A 93
N Pacific,'*) o Franklin", e"«:tei6o— W
A93
Lots 05 and 60. Terrace H 'd
S Bdway, 112:6 w Montgy, w 25, etc. . .
Sundry lots in Holliday Map A and the
Cobb Tract
S Cala, 19:6 w St Marys Alley, w 20x60 .
Lot 78. West End H'd
Lot 83, same
Lots 18, 19, Harris Map 1 of PV Lands.
Sw Hampshire and 22d, w 50x100
S Oak, 37:6 e Buchanan, e 25x120
Lots 4 to 7, blk 33, City Land Assn
N Sutter, 275 w Mason, w 50x137:6
Same
Se Folsom, 175 ne 6th , se 25x90
WRIIch,225n Brannan.n 60X75— 100-
vara 1 03
5
4,000
1
"m
4,813
Gift
200
200
400
1
7,500
75
1
1
2,500
Gift
Tuesday, December 30th.
Saml Webb to Susan W Webb...
TMJDehontoWm B Bacon . . .
J W Herbert to Hib S & L Soc'y.
Anne Ellis to John McNulty
Nw Fell and Polk, w 100x35 ; also, B &
Water lots 648. and property in Ala-
meda
Com 7 ft 8 of n 1 ol 16th st, and 61:3 e of
1 Church, nw 64, etc— M B 83 and S2,
Sw Nevada. 203 se FolBom, se 2S, sw
71:3, etc-MB9
Sw F'lllmore and Sacto, s 54:6xS0— W A
353
Se 23d and Chattanooga, e 32x100
E Brannan, 1(10 n Channel, n 37:6x120
S cor 15th ave and Gst.se 200x100— sub
blk 314, S S F lid & R R Assn.. . .
Lots 16, 17. 32, 33, blk 503, Haley Purch
Lot 27, blk 2(10, Gardcnville Hd; also, n
Glover, 183:4 w Jones, w 23x60— 50-v
874; also, s Glover, 137:6 e Leav'th, w
23x60 -50-v 8S7
E York, 200 s 22d, s 25x100— M B 149. . .
S Natoma, 255 e Od, s 65, e 20, 8 1, e 60,
n 80, w80 to beg— 100-vara 29
E Pierce, 100 n Eddy, n 75x90, subject to
mortgage for $1487
N McAllister, 30 w Gongh, w 3x100— W
A 152
.. E Polk. 60 n Lombard, n 27:6x6S:9
Geo Stevens to H EMalbews !E Central av, 137:6 n Sutter, n 52x210:8.
Geo Edwards to Andrew Walker.
Mary Ellia to H Levison
S and i, Socy to Thos W Freelon
JasM Crontnto Jos H Foote.
Michl Shell to Mary Conway..
Hannah Gallagher to Enos Woods
W P Mnhoney to La SocFrancaise
Marcus Getz to Gette Getz .
JohnOwena to C Turk..
F J Ballinger to Marg A Elliott..
.40,000
1
499
4,750
2,650
600
1
5
4,000
1
10,460
Gift
5,250
150
871
AVERILL MIXED PAINT,
The Best, Most Durable and Beautiful of All Paints.
PItEPJJRED READY FOB USE,
AND OF ANY SHADE OB COLOR DESIRED.
Sept. 27.
O. S. OltKIfH. General Agent,
329 Market St., Opposite Front.
ALASKA COMMERCIAL COMPANY,
i. 310 Sausouie street, Suu Frauciseu, Wholesale Dealer
in Pura. Sept. 21.
N'
10
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Jan. 3, 1880
THE OLD YEAR OUT, AND THE NEW ONE IN.
1879 has gone, and we propose to throw no glances of regret after it.
It brought little of good to anybody we know. For ourselves, it left us
one year older than when it first dawned upon us. That is about the
worst service it did us. Otherwise we have personally but little reason to
bear it ill-will. The News Letter has lived and prospered. Its make-up
has been greatly improved, while its columns now, as ever, speak for
themselves with no uncertain voice. Our successful passage through a
year of hard times abundantly shows the wisdom of our original — and
now traditional — policy of "sticking to our friends and making money. "
By that course we live, respected alike by our friends, our enemies and
ourselves. Your friend always respects you when he knows he can de-
pend upon you, and he values your services none the lees because you re-
alize their worth yourself. Your enemy is none the more your enemy
because you fight him square out from the shoulder. He knows just
wbat to expect, and governs himself accordingly. Your respect for your-
self is always considerable when you are making money. You seem to
enter into a kind of confidence with yourself, and complacently observe:
*' I am a smart man, ain't I ? I make money at a time when most people
lose it ?" Yes, there is nothing makes a man so self-respecting as the ac-
cumulating of money. Hence, we attend to that essential point, whatever
else we do. In that particular all years are about alike to us. Come rain
or come sunshine, we go on in the even tenor of our way, and — make
money. We regret that all our friends have not been able to act simi-
larly during the past year. .Few of them are richer^ though many of them
my be wiser for having lived through the vicissitudes of 1879. The inex-
orable mower has been at work, and has carried off all too many of our
old-time friends. Our grievances against him in that respect are numer-
ous and hard to bear. No, we love not the old year, and are glad that
be^has preceded us in passing away to the majority. We have outlived
him, for which we thank God, but still keep our powder dry. Our friends
everywhere we wish a happy new year. To our readers generally we have
this to say, that, if they will preserve a good digestion and a clear con-
science, they will possess the most important requisites to true happiness.
To our San Franciscan readers we offer prescriptions that are of a more
specific character. We are better acquainted with their needs. Let them
abandon gambling and the gambling Bpirit, and stick to their legitimate
business. Business will stick to you only when you stick to it. That
fact is growing stronger every day. This is going to be a good year for
those who cultivate the soil. They should sow wide and sow early, in
order that they may advantage by these seasonable rains. Above all, our
people must help to create a more healthy tone to society generally.
There remains yet too much fast life, that ought to have passed away
with the excitement that attended the easy getting of gold. Hoodlum -
ism in the old, as well as in the young, is too common. Our city is old
enough to be more settled, staid and decorous. The sooner it is, the sooner
we shall have real cause to be proud of it. Pure life means long life, and
that is what we wish our readers here and everywhere. The old year is
gone, the new haB auspiciously commenced. After all, it will be about as
happy as we choose to make it.
THE MEETING OF THE LEGISLATURE.
Before our next publication, important ceremonies will take place
at Sacramento. The new Legislature will be organized, the new Gov-
ernor will be inaugurated, and the whole machinery of State Government
will be set in motion anew. The ceremonies attendant upon the installa-
tion of Governor Perkins will be the most pleasant ; whilst those con-
nected with the meeting of the new Legislature will probably be the most
important. Never — or perhaps, more correctly speaking, hardly ever —
has a more important Legislature convened in thiB State. The new Con-
stitution has got to be rigged, ballasted, officered, manned and navigated
into successful operation. The legislators who have undertaken this dif-
ficult task are by no means skilled at the buBineBs. The majority are
about as unBeamanlike a crew as ever run a ship ashore. Instead of hav-
ing qualifications above the average, they promise to sink below medioc-
rity. The session will be long, continuing probably for six months. The
whole body of our laws will have to be reformed, bo as to fit into the re-
quirements of the new Constitution. That will be a most difficult task
that will undoubtedly be rendered easier because of the labors of the Com-
missioners appointed jointly by Governors Irwin and Perkins. It bodes
ill that several of the new legislators object to the appointment of that
Commission, on the ground that their functions are being usurped. We
pity such men, and we condole with the State that claims them for law-
makers. We know several who have expressed that objection, and not one
of them possesses the qualifications to perform the duties which, happily
for them and the State, they will in some measure be relieved of. They
should thank heaven and the two Governors that their burdens have been
lightened. Yet we are told that bills drafted by the Commissioners will
meet with unreasoning and unreasonable opposition, "just to show the
independence of the Legislature.'' Members of both houses would do
weljl to enter upon their arduous labors in a more worthy spirit. We hope
to be able to give considerable attention to the sayings and doing3 of
members as the session progresses.
THE DEAD YEAR.
Gone is another year —
Withered, yellow and sere.
Its days o'er the grave of Time are strown
Like leaves from some tree of mourning blown.
But dead though those days may be,
They have voices for yon and me;
And their whispers rise to our listening ears,
As they tell the fulfillment of hopes and fears.
Some hearken with faces pale,
As their Past tells its dismal tale ;
But some at the whispering days may smile
For their Past has been free from grief or guile.
But whether the tears arise,
Or we listen with 'beaming eyes,
I doubt if in all the world there's one
Can say all he had to do was done.
We may not life's battle shirk,
Or play when we ought to work;
But no matter how swiftly we toil, alas!
Faster still runs the sand from Time's hour-glass.
But the birth of another year
Bids the worker be of cheer ;
For it seems like another start in the race,
Where each may yet hope to win a place.
So those who were far behind
Should afresh their loins bind.
And with staff in hand and a hopeful heart
feet forward to play a more manful part
'Tis the season of high resolve,
And although the years revolve
Without our reaching the goal of rest,
Let us have it to say: "We have done our best."
THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
We venture the prediction that, however efficient the new District
Attorney and his assistants may prove, they will leave office more un-
popular than any men who have ever heretofore occupied their positions.
We belive that Smoot, Marshall and Levy are quite as strong a team as
any of their predecessors ; but they will fail to give satisfaction, never-
theless. The fact is, the functions of the office are so changed that it is
not in the power of man to so discharge them as to win popularity at this
time, and in this place. The District Attorney is practically the sole
Grand Juror of the city and county. At his sovereign will and pleasure
he may let the guilty escape, whilst he puts the innocent on trial. It has
become, to a large extent, his business to determine who are the one and
who the other. We say that no mortal man can discharge such a duty
satisfactorily to the people, in these doubting and suspicious times. He
will assuredly be charged with private malice by many, and with subjec-
tion to corrupt influences by others. Let him present certain persons for
trial, or fail to present them, and in either event he will make most bitter
and unrelenting enemies. He will be subjected to pressure from his
brethren of the Bar, from influential constituents, and, we are sorry to
say, from the Press. How is it possible for an elective official to with-
stand so much electoral power ? It is true that he may throw a good deal
of the responsibility upon the committing magistrate j but he can't throw
it all there-^not by a great deal. He must needs put his harness on, and
keep his own shoulders well up to the collar. If he can do that, and yet
preserve his withers so unwrung and ungalled that he can move to the
right or left without getting hurt; he will, of a certainty, possess more
than human powers. Suppose he had had to deal with the cases of
Schultz, De Young, Tibbey and the Smallmans, how would he have
acted ? Act as honestly as he might, he would have been subjected to
clamor that would have ended in unpopularity. The Grand Jury system
had its evils, but the difficulty was to devise a better method. Our Con-
stitution-makers have given ub a substitute that is by no means new. It
has been tried elsewhere, but everywhere and always it has created much
irritation and not a little opposition. Nowhere has it ever been operated
under such unfavorable conditions as it is now being here. The Bteals
here are big, and the men engaged in them are influential. Confidence in
public men can hardly be said to exist. Public opinion would indict any
man upon suspicion as light as air. A sensational Press would not only
abet such a condition of opinion, but would manufacture it. The only
bulwark against such an assault upon our liberties is an elective District
Attorney. Save the mark 1
It was felt as a great blow to the enjoyment of the New Year festivi-
ties that Miss Kep Set, the enchanting Indian pedestrian, or female
racer, did not receive J and social circles are still agitated by painful emo-
tions in consequence.
Artistic Novelties, manufactured' from California quarU, at Ran-
dolph & Co. 's, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
Jan. 3, 1880.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
11
THE TOWN CRIER.
'H#»r th» Crter'" "What the <Ut)1 trt thoa?
"On* th»t will pity th« dovil.sir with yea."
* Hr'd m tiinc in his tail «• ton* ** » tUil.
Which inuU htm crow bolder and bolder.
Some ingenious political economists are making capital of the
United States Consuls report, from Hankow, of the increase in the im-
portation of American sheetings at that port, in place of British, which
previously supplied the market. The cause of the preference shown the
American goods is their superior quality and purity; and while some de-
clare this to be due to the native honesty of the American manufacturer,
others ascribe it to his greater fairness of mind and cosmopolitan spirit.
" Native honesty" of the American is a delicious phrase, on which one
loves to linger, but the effect of the cosmopolitan spirit on the soundness
of cotton goods demands for its due consideration the whole force of the
human intellect. Not being political economists, we venture meekly to
offer an explanation of the intricate problem which now engrosses so
many minds of the first order. The British manufacturer had the mar-
ket in his hands, honestly won by supplying a good article at a fair price,
till at length competition at home and abroad, and the natural leaning of
man toward rascality, led him to cheapen and worsen his goods. The
American, having a market to make, begins as the Briton began; and
when he thinks his game is made, he will take to swindling the Hankow
folk as a duck takes to water. The whole thing is put in a nutshell by
old Col. Chartres: "I would give £10,000 for a good character, for I
could make £50,000 by it."
One of the cheapest entertainments offered is a Teachers' Conven-
tion, like the one just closed at Lincoln School. Some serious work is al-
ways done, but never a day passes without posturings and ground and
lofty tumbling by some volunteer mountebank or other. The cock of the
walk at the late Convention was a Dr. Levison, father of one of the
twelve tribes, and possessor of knowledge. This ingenious gentleman
forced himself into an invitation to lecture, and told the company that he
could bang the most erudite men of America at spelling, and that science
was nowhere when he was moving around with his tail on. " Just look
at me," he said, *' and admire the product of the ages and of concrete old
clothes." Always go to these conventions.
We really think California has been hardly used by the Freedmen's
Relief Association, and other manipulators of the negro exodus to Kan-
sas. It seems that there are now a good many thousands of these fugi-
tives from Egyptian bondage tramping, in a most picturesque manner,
through Kansas, and beautifully diversifying the landscape and the char-
acter-types in that too-favored land ; while we are left out in the cold, to
get along as we can with the unsightly recruits of the Sand-lot. If this is
the Lord's doing, it is marvelous in our eyes that we cannot have our
share of these unhappy vagabonds. They are not pleasant alongside of
one, but they would stand out in bold relief against our yellow hills.
A journal of civilization is a good thing to have in the house. We
have just been reading in one that the nails should be kept clean and pol-
ished and nicely shaped. Good advice, as imp- as it goes, but the mind
likes a definite object, and the journal in question forgets to explain why
it is better to keep good nails. They will always be found useful in the
little arguments which are apt to come up in the family circle. Nothing
so quickly brings one's relatives round as a dexterous clawing. It was on
this principle that Caasar made his cavalry strike at the faces of their ad-
versaries. No woman especially can resist a scratched face.
The Town Crier has made and solemnly sworn to his good resolu-
lutions for the year 1880. He never will deride anything good or sacred ;
he will not sneer at humeri progress or the legs of any ungraceful devine ;
he means to believe in the purity of politics, in the Evening Bulletin, in
the good time coming, in the way of salvation, in the Board of Educa-
tion, in local art, in California claret, in hell and damnation, in Mayor
Kalloch, in the little church round the corner, in the Comstock, in the
third term, in the higher education and woman suffrage and the rest of
mankind ; and in twenty-dollar pieces when he can get them.
Appropriate religious services were held in many of the churches
on New Year's Day, and equally appropriate services, far from religious,
were carried on with great unanimity by the congregations when scattered
to their homes. There is nothing like the communion of saints when par-
taking of the elements, more especially the liquid one. A contrite blush
for the follies of the past year suffused the cheeks of the worshipers ; and
they feel inclined to sin once more, if it were only for the sweetness of
the incoming grace.
Writers on history are fond of telling ns that a nation passes
through stages of growth and decay just as a man does, and that national
debts were nearly always of very little importance; but when the Town
Crier tries to develop his debts as if he were a nation, the State of Cali-
fornia talks about its peace and dignity, and goes for him. He calls this
rough.
Bull-butter Paraf is a man of honor anil of science. He says so, and
DA ought to know; but he is a mere chicken to J. R Nichols, of Salt Lake
City. Paraf says he can get gold out of copper ; Nichols discounts him
With a plan for reducing one which shall save the present waste of " from
40 to 80 percent.;" only that, and nothing more. With the mean jeal-
ousy bus niin. Is always bear to genius, the metallurgists cannot be mado
to give Nichols fair play, and the poor man can't *et any low-grade speci-
mens for reduction. Let him try Paraf for from 40 to 80 per cent, and
Paraf in turn might extract something from Nichols' coppery cheek.
Statistics are always valuable, and figures can't lie. There were 238,-
004 calls made on New Year's Day ; one out of every five and a half
was made in a vehicle, and one out of seven and three-eighths on horse-
back ; 1,071,018 drinks were taken, averaging ft gill and a quarter each,
for the San Francisco power of suction is " werry good ;" 197,026 citizens
were escorted home on the 2d of January, and no less than 7,084,291 vows
against drinking were registered above, the consequent demand for sta-
tionery in the Hall of Records keeping all the disposable angels busy till
their wing-feathers wore out.
One of the neatest little operations is the Czar's abdication in favor
of his son. Nothing so ingenious has been seen since Artemus Ward's
patriotic sacrifice of all his male relatives in the rebellion. It must grow
monotonous at last, this being shot at and blown up and poisoned ; and
the boys might as well give the old man a rest, while they take their turn
at the wheel.
That last bottle of champagne, on the last night of the Old Year,
was too much for all the company. We've all been shaky in the head
ever since, and some of us can't see out of both eyes. After all, the
change is too abrupt when it does come. There ought to be a wire road
from one year to another. Perhaps the Supervisors would grant the
franchise.
Young Slapdash, who dipped his ambrosial curls into the bowl of
egg-nog at the Hon. Mrs. Sliuer's reception on New Year's Day, under
the impression that he was being shampooed, has not been able to account
for the feeling he experiences when he sits down. " It's just as if I'd
been riding a bucking mustang for forty-eight hours," he says.
The Pittsburgh people get their public school teachers literally dirt
cheap. The town is so infernally nasty with blacks in the air, in the
soup, in the water, in the churches, and streets, and theaters, and saloons,
that people who care for clean collars and shirts run away from the place,
and only an indifferent article is left.
TBey are plucky girls in Indiana. Why should not the lady copy-
ists just turned out at the City Hall imitate the school girls of Wayne
county, and " lay" in wait to kill the girls that take theirplaces ? A good,
resolute will to do a thing is admirable in these days of conventionality.
Knock 'em on the head, ladies. '
It is all right to be keen on reform, but the Board of Education does
look a little too much in one direction. Perhaps we hear too much of the
suffering taxpayers, and not quite enough of contracts and supplies.
There are some things besides teachers' salaries which the public would
do well to have an eye on.
A gentleman who made a call at one of our hotels, a few days ago,
was slightly disgusted at finding his remarks during his visit reproduced,
with trimmings, in one of the daily papers. He thinks that hereafter he
shall shoot any third person he finds in the parlor, merely as a precau-
tionary measure.
Mr. Parnell is sneered at because he has made but a slight reduction
in the rent of his tenants, in comparison with that made by many other
landlords ; but his critics do not consider that he throws in his elo-
quence for nothing, and this is surely worth a few extra shillings, wind
though it be.
Jones says he don't want any more of your new Constitution. The
darned thing is a swindle any way, when the tax collections go on just as
they used to. Is that what you call reform ? A roan might as well live
in Germany or Eooshia. Jones is a philanthropist. He feels for others'
woeB.
1880 came in on time. So did Lesseps, and the canal is begun. The
only thing needed to make it a perfect success is a good, steady opposi-
tion from the New York papers. So far they have deserved well of their
country and the rest of mankind.
Edison's electric light is a perfect success, works wonders at Menlo
Park, but cannot be shown for some time yet in New York. There is al-
ways a little drop of something bitter in the cup of sweetsr and we must
try to bear as we may.
Gen. Grant's tour in the South only seems to exasperate the Stal-
wart mind, and give more power to the Stalwart elbow. Their outrage-
mill keeps on with full Bteam, but the activity has a very pathetic aspect
to the looker-on, considering that nothing can stop that third term.
Senator Jones never said that Leadville was always ahead of the
Comstock. What he did say was that the reporter's head was a perfect
Galena in comparison with Leadville.
12
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Jan. 3, 1880.
Commencing* Sunday, \ov. 16th, 1879.
and until farther notice, Boats and Trains will
leave San Francisco ( Washington-st. Wharf) as follows :
3(^if"\ p. m. daily (Sundays included), Steamer
• " ^ " James M. Donahue " (Washington Street
Wharf) , connecting with Mail and Express Train at Don-
ahue for Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Healdshurg, Cloverdale,
and way stations. Making stage connections at Geyser-
ville for Skaggs' Springs ; at Cloverdale for Ukiab, Lake-
port, Mendocino City, Highland Springs, Bartlett
Springs, Soda Bay and the Geysers.
g^^ Connections made at Fulton on following morn-
ing for Korbel's, Guerneville and the Redwoods.
(Arrive at San Francisco, week days, 10:10 A.M. ; Sun-
days, 11 A.M.
Freight received from 7 a.m. till 2.30 p. m.
daily (except Sundays).
Special Notice.— The Sunday Excursion Trips are dis
continued until further notice.
Ticket Office : Washington st- Wharf .
A. HUGHES,
Gen. Manager.
PETER J. McGLYNN,
Gen. Pass. & Tkt. Agt.
C r m Ha R.
Overland Ticket Office : Oakland Ferry, foot
of Market street.— Commencing' Sunday.
Dec. 28th, 1879, and until further notice,
Trains and Boats will leave
SAM FBAXCISCO:
*7 OAA.M. Daily— Local Passenger Train via Oak-
"*-*" laud, Niles, Livennore and Stockton, arriving
at Sacramento at 1:40 p.ii., and connecting with Atlan-
tic Express. Connects at Niles with Train arriving at
San Jose at 10:30 a.m., and at Gait with train for lone.
7 0 i\ A.M. Daily— Local Passenger Train via Oak-
• "*/ land to Martinez and Antioch Connects at
Vallejo Junction for Vallejo, Napa (Stage3 for Sonoma),
St. Heleua (White Sulphur Springs) and Calistoga
(Stages for the Geysers) .
Sunday Excursion Tickets, at Reduced Eates,to San
Pablo, Vallejo, Benicia and Martinez.
Q Q (t A.M. Daily— Atlantic Express via Oakland and
v.OV/ Benicia for Sacramento, Colfax, Reno (Vir-
ginia City), Battle Mountain (Austin), Palisade (Eure-
ka), Ogden, Omaha and East. Connects at Davis, Sun-
days excepted, for Woodland, Williams and Willows.
Connects at Sacramento daily with the Oregon Express
for Marysvilie, Chico, Red Bluff and Redding (Stages
for Portland, Oregon).
1 0 OO^51" DaUy—LocaX Passenger Train via Oak-
XlAlfl/ land to Haywards and Niles. ^^^
3f\r\ P.M. Daily— Local Passenger Train via
• "v land and Niles, arriving at San Jose at 5:25
Oak-
P.H.
Q OO *>'^' Daily— Local Passenger Train via Oak-
*-*•"" Jand for Martinez and Antioch.
4C\f\ P.M. Daily— Arizona Express via Oakland and
• vv Martinezfor Lathrop (and Stockton), Merced,
Madera (Yosemite and Big Trees), Visalia, Sumner,
Mojave, Newha.il (San Buenaventura and SantaBarbara),
Los Asgelks, " Santa Monica," Wilmington, Santa Ana
(San Diego), Colton and Yuma (Colorado River Steam-
ers), connecting direct with Daily Trams of the South-
ern Pacific Railroad of Arizona for Mari.-opa (Stages
for Phoenix and Prescott), and for Casa Grande, 182
miles east from Yuma (Stages for Florence, Tucson and
Tombstone. S'eeping Cars between Oakland, Los An-
geles and Yuma.
Connects, Sundays excepted, at Vallejo Junction for
"Vallejo, Napa, St. Helena audCafistoga.
A OO ***^" Sundays excepted -Sacramento Steamer
^£<tJ\J (from Wash'u St. Wharf), for Beniciaand Land-
ings on the Sacramento River.
4(~t/"kP.M. Daily— Through Third Class Train via
• *-' ^ Oakland, Martinez and Lathrop for Los An-
geles and points in Arizona.
4- R0P-M* Dotty— Local Passenger Train via Oak-
J^'OiJ iat)(i and Benicia for "Sacramento." Con-
nects daily ; except Sundays, at Davis with Local Train
for Woodland and Knight's Landing, and at Sacramento
with the "Virginia Express" for Reno, Carson and Vir-
ginia. Sleeping Cars (except Sundays) Oakland to
Carson.
FERRIES AND LOCAL TRAINS.
From "SAW FRABTCISCO." Daily.
OAKLAND.
A. M.
p. M.
A. M.
A. H.
B6.10
12.30
7.00
B7.0C
7.00
1.00
8.00
B9.O0
7.30
1.30
9.00
B10.00
8.00
2.00
10.00
P. M.
8.30
3.00
11.00
B5.O0
9.00
3.30
12.00
9.30
4.00
P. M.
10.00
4.30
1.30
10.30
5.00
2.00
11.00
5.30
•3.00
11.30
6.00
4.00
12.00
7.00 6.001
8.10b*7.00
9.20Ib*8.10
10.301 *1030l
5L.P
«
A. M.
6.10 7.30
7.30| 10.00
8.30- P. M.
A. M.
7.30
8.30
9.30
10.30
11.30
P. M.
12.30
1.00
3.30
4.30
5.30
6.30
7.00
8.10 A. SL
9.20 7.30
10.30 p. II.
B11.45I 3.00
3.00I 10.
4.30
1.00
3.00
4.00
5.00
6.00
A. M.
B6.10
8.00
10.00
12.00
p. M.
1.30
3.30
4.30
5.30
B6.30
Change Cars
at
West Oakland
To " SAW FBAJf CISCO," Daily.
a
B5.40 B5.40
6.30 B 6.30
S.00|
10.00
12.00
P. u. I
1.30
3.30 1
4 30|
5.30
B6.30I
7.30
8.30
9.30
10.30
11.30
p. M
1.00
3.00
4.00
5.00
6.00
A. Id.
7.00
8.00
P. M.
2.35
3.51
Q H
,»« .a
9sdl N
;*.£]-
H
Change Cars 7.10!
at ! p. M.
WestCaklnd.1 1.30
a. m. j a. u.
B5.10 B8.00
B5.50B10.00
6.40]b11.00
7.40| p. jl
8.40] B6.00
9.40
10.40
11.401
P. il.
12.40
1.25
2.40
4.401
5.40
6.40
7.50
9.00
10.10
'3
A. M.
B*5.00
B>5.40
'6.25
7.00
8.03
9.00
10.03
11.03
12.00
P. M.
1.00
3.00
*3 20
4.00
5.00
| 6.03
B*7.20
B-8.30
>10.00
OAKLAND.
(Broadway.)
a. si.
B5.20
B6.00
6.50
7.20.
7.50l
P. M.
12.20
12 50
1.20
1.50
2.50
8.25
3.20
8.50
3.5C
9.20
4.2C
9.50
4.5C
10.20
5.2C
10.50
5.5C
11.20
6.25
11.50
6.50
S.OC
9.10
10.20
b— Sundays excepted.
•Alameda Passengers change cars at Oakland.
Creek Route.
From SAN FRANCISCO— Daily— B5:i0, B6:30, 7.20, 8:15,
9:15, 10:15, 11:15 a.m. 12:15, 1:15, 2:25, 3:15, 4:15,
5:15, 6.15 P.M.
From OAKLAND— Daily— b5:30, b6:20, 7:10, 8:05, 9:05,
10:05, 11:05 A. M. 12:05, 1:05, 2:15, 3:05, 4:05, 5:05,
6:05 p.m. b— Sundays excepted.
"Official Schedule Time" furnished by Andersos &
Randolph, Jewelers, 101 and 103 Montgomery St., S. F.
T. H. GOODMAN, Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agt.
A. N. Towsb, General Superintendent.
;c> RAI L.Fg OAP.-<p
WINTER ARRANGEMENT.
Comnienciugr Friday, Not. 21st, 1879,
and until further notice, Passenger Trains will leave
San Francisco, from Passenger Depot on Townsend
street, between Third and Fourth streets, as follows :
8 0Aa.m. daily for San Jose and Way Stations.
.OV_/ g^ Stages for Pescadero (via San Mateo)
connect with this train only.
4 9r) P.M. Daily— Local Passenger Train via Oak'
•OV7 land for Haywards, Niles and Livennore.
Public conveyance for Mills Seminary connects atSem-
nary Park Station with all trains, Sundays excepted.
i^ OO P-SI' Daily— Overland Emigrant Train via
*-'• " " Oakland, Benicia and Sacramento for Ogden,
Omaha and East.
Connections for " Vallejo" made at Vallejo Junction
from Trains leaving San Fraiiciscu 7:30 a.m., 9.30 a_m.,
3:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.
1 ( ^ QO A-M- daily for San Jose, Gilroy, Hollister,
X\J.*J\J TresPinos, Pajaro, Salinas, Soledad and
all Way Stations, t^Sp* At Pajaro, the Santa Cruz
R. R. connects with this train for Aptos, Soquel and
Santa Cruz, g£r* At Salixab the M. & S. V. R. R.
connects with this train for Monterey. g^~ Stage
connections made with this train. (Pescadero Stages via
San Mateo excepted.)
Q QfifM. daily (Sundays excepted) for San Jose,
t,,t,v-/ Gilroy, and principal Way Stations.
A O O PM- daily for San Jose and Way Stations.
II Q(~) P"M — daily, for Menlo Park and Way Stations.
4ST The Extra Spkdat Trains to San Jose and Way
Stations have been discontinued for the winter season.
Second- Clasg Fare.
Between San Francisco and San Jose §1.00.
On Freight Trains only, leaving San Francisco at 4:00
a.m. and 10:40 A.M.; San Jose at 5:35 a.m. and fc:30 p.m.
(daily, Sundays excepted) .
Excursion Tickets at Reduced Bates
To San Jose acd intermediate points sold on Saturdays,
and Sunday mornings, good for return until following
Monday inclusive.
Also, EXCURSION TICKETS to Aptos, Soquel, Santa
Cruz and Monterey, sold on Saturdays only— good for
return until the following Mouday inclusive.
E5P~ Principal Ticket Office— Passenger Depot, Town-
send street. Branch Ticket Office— No. 2 New Mont-
gomery street, Palace Hotel.
A. C. BASSETT, Supt. H. R. JUDAH, A. P. & T. A.
SOUTHERN DIVISIONS.
Commencing Monday, May 19th, 1879,
J5?~ Passengers for points on the Southern Divisions
of the road will take the cars of the Central Pacific Rail-
road via OAKLAND, leaving SAN FRANCISCO via Ferry
Landing, Market street, at 4:00 p.m. daily (Arizona Ex-
press Train) , and making close connection at GOSHEN
for Sumner, Mojave, Los Angeles, Wilmington, Ana-
heim, Colton, Colorado River, Ycma, Maricopa and Casa
Grande (182 miles east from Yuma). Nov. 22.
Natural beauty surpasses any-
thing which can be imparted by
artificial means. PHOSPHATE
SOAP gives health to the skin
simply by removing impurities o^d
eradicating the poisons which gi.*e
rise to skin diseases.
Not only lor craily use on the fac9
aDd hands, but for bathing the
entire body, there is nothing equal
to PHOSPHATE SOAP. It is a
thorough disinfectant and removes
offensive odors of every kind.
liadies who have injured the skin
by the constant use of cosmetics
may do much to restore their faces
to that beauty which nature alone
can give by constantly using PHOS-
PHATE SOAP. .
For chapped hands the constant
use of PHOSPHATE SOAP will
be recommended by all who give
it one fair trial.
If you want a nice article of
Toilet Soap and something that is
beneficial to the skin, buy PHOS-
PHATE SOAP.
Ladies who wish to make the
skin look beautiful and natural
should use PHOSPHATE SOAP.
Manufactured by "Standard Soap Co.,"
204 Sacramento St., San Francisco.
QEIF3 Ask your Druggist for it.
SONOMA VALLEY RAILROAD.
The Steamer " Sonoma" leaves Vt'sisli-
iugtnn-street Wharf daily (Sunday excepted) at 2
p.m., for Norfo'k, connecting with cars for the to«vn of
Sonoma and way stations, arriving 6 p.m.; returning,
leaves Sonoma 7 A.M., arriving at San Francisco 11 a.m.
For further particulars apply at General Office, 420 Mont-
gomery street, or at Washington -street Wharf.
JAMES M. DONAHUE,
Dec. 6. G. P. and T. Agent.
NOTICE.
For tbe very best pbotog-rapbs go to
BRADLEY & RULOFSON'S, in an Elevator, 429
Montgomery street. Oct. 29.
$2oto$5000|J
I Judiciously Invented In
| Wall St.lays tho fuUDito-
» for fortunes every
■weck.nnilpnyBinimenPo profits by the New Capitalization
System of operating In Stocks. Fu!l explanation on applica-
tion to Aii Aii a, 1;u<_mv.\- A Co., Bankers, 2d Broad St. ,N. V.
Jar. 3 1880,
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
13
NOTABILIA.
THE PEDDLERS SONG.
Lawn na white as driven snow ;
Cypress Mack as i-Vr was crow ;
- SWMt as damask r< sea ;
Masks for facee and for noses ;
Buple-bracclet, necklace, amber;
Perfume for a lady's chamber;
Gold quoips and stomachers,
For my lads to give their dears ;
Pins and poking-Sticks Of steel.
What maids lack from head to heel:
Come buy of me,oome; come buy.come buy,
Buy, lads, or else your lasses cry.
William Suakspkarb.
Man can noe more knowe woman's mynde by tears
Than by her shadow judge what clothes she weares.
So says the wisdom of our English forefathers, and the lesson is that a
man's mind may be known by the tipple he atfects. If he is a man of
taste and refinement he goes to Wolff & Rheinhold, 334 Washington st.,
for their fine clarets from Dubos Freres, of Bordeaux, their Haute Lafitte,
Chateau Leoville, Chateau La Rose, Chateau Margaux and other. And
on New Year's Day and other festivals he treats his friends to Pommery,
the brand of Champagne kings and nobles will have.
Why run any risk with your Cough, Cold, Hoarseness, or indeed any
Pulmonary or Bronchial Complaint, when a remedy safe, thorough and so
easily obtained as Dr. Jayne's Expectorant can be had ? If you have
contracted a severe Cold, save your Lungs from the dangerous irritation
and inflammation which frequently brings about Consumption, by
promptly resorting to the Expectorant ; and if troubled with any affec-
tion of the Throat, you will find this remedy equally effectual in afford-
ing relief from obstructing phlegm, and in healing the inflamed parts.
Shakespeare's house, one of the old relics of London, has lately
passed away to make room for modern buildings, but his works are im-
mortal, and those who desire to become familiar with them can obtain the
complete edition in one large handsomely-bound volume, 11^ by 8^ inches,
on tinted paper, in gilt and illustrated, as a premium to Dr. Footers Health
Monthly, by sending One Dollar for a year's subscription. Sample copies
of the latter sent free by the Murray Hill Pub. Co_ 129 E. 28th Street,
N. Y. City. __
Judge Eldridge, of Memphis, fined himself ten dollars for tardiness
in attending court. Two lawyers made able arguments to have the fine
remitted, but the Judge was firm. Any man that misses taking his break-
fast or lunch or dinner at the Original Swain's Bakery, 213 Sutter street,
fines himself much more heavily than the Judge did, for he loses the best
cooked meals in the city, served in the best and most elegant, at the most
moderate prices. The English muffins at Swain's are a breakfast for the
Experienced farmers say that young chickens and turkeys should
not be allowed to drink water in these cold days, for they get their littla
crops chilled. History repeats itself, especially natural history, and the
law for chickens is a law for the two-legged animal without feathers. No
man who cares for his crop or his health will neglect to use F. & P. J.
Cassin's Rock and Rye, the certain defense against pneumonia and con-
sumption.
A suit has been brought against E. Johnson by Mr. R. Pilkins, who
claims twenty thousand dollars damages forslander. It appears that Mr.
Johnson declared before a numerous assemblage that Mr. Pilkins did not
buy his hats where gentlemen always do, at White's, G14 Commercial
street. When the case was called the first time, Mr. Pilkins did but
make his appearance when the conscience-stricken Johnson cried: "His
hat is from White's." Sensation in Court.
Dan Rice, the comedian, has been converted by Moody and Sankey,
and has been engaged to lecture upon his conversion throughout the
West. What's bred in the bone, etc., for the tens of thousands who are
converted into holy men by the underclothing and perfect shirts of Car-
many & Crosett's make, from 25 Kearny street, do not need to lecture.
Their very appearance converts the sinner.
A fire at the Sforza Cesarini Palace, in Rome, two weeks ago, destroyed
some rare treasures of art, which have left no duplicates. A bitter loss
to the world ; but no fire, however destructive, could produce the same
result at Mrs. Skidmore's Emporium of Fashion, 1114 Market street.
Her resources are equal to every occasion, and bring out every day won-
derful triumphs to delight the eyes of the ladies of San Francisco.
The Rochester Sunday Morning Herald calls the Maine business
a gross and criminal blunder, aa it is. Not less criminal is the dullness of
those who do not take advantage of Mme. Rachel's Enamel Bloom to per-
fect their charms.
1880 h upon qs, and from every Lndfottion the Union of our fatbara
UfltiU Mfe. We have every reeeon t.. be glad, having that and tin- dollar
of our daddies. But even more than theee Montnnye'i Onion Range.
fr.'in Jaokeon street below Battery, (rive* aienranoeof rest and peace and
eternal onion t<» household! and discordant Webster would
nave died happy oonld he have foreseen toll range.
It is quite true that there i^ very little noise made about Bradley &
Rulofeon a photographs, and fur the same reason that men make no noise
about the snnshine. We enjoy it and bask in it, and cannot live without
it. and a house without photographs by Bradley & Kulofson is a house
without sunshine .>r beauty. A collection of their pictures is a joy and a
consolation forever,
« was remarked, with a kind of surprise, by the gentlemen, in their
Tsew Year round of visits, that the complexions of all the ladies were
simply exquisite, and at first they were inclined to think this was an op-
tical allusion produced by copiona champagne. Inquiry at headquarters
showed that Wakelee's Camelline was the magical cause.
The unexampled severity of our Christmas weather has made exten-
sive and unceasing demands upon J. Macdonough'a stock of Scotch, Aus-
tralian, Eastern and Pacific Coast coals; but, so admirable are his ar-
rangements and the organization of his business, that the endless orders
which pour in at 25 Market street are promptly met.
Housekeepers are advised to call upon Hartshorn & McPhun, 112
Fourth street, near Mission, for all kinds of carpets, oil-cloths, Linoleum
mattings, etc. ; also, manufacturers of store and house window shades,
plain or ornamented. Give them a call for first-class work, at the lowest
prices in the city.
$850,000 worth of silkworm-eggs just passed across the con-
tinent, to France and Italy, from far-otf Japan. It makeB one weep to
think that these eggs ought to have been produced in California; and
they will be now that Napa Soda is brightening the wits and sharpening
the enterprise of the people.
Deaths from meteoric showers average one in a century, a per-
fectly frightful rate of mortality. The only safeguard against this de-
structive agent is Landsberger's Gerke Wine, which never fails to avert
the impending blow and pass it on to the next.
Price's Carvers.— Send a set East to your friends for Christmas. No.
415 Kearny street. Grinding and Repairing.
Dyspepsia, Biliousness, Nervousness and miserableness all cured with
Hop Bitters. See notice.
Henry B. Williams. Henry B. "Williams.
WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO.,
SHIPPING AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
No. 218 California st., S. F. [July 27.
Newton Booth, C. T. Wheeler, Sacramento. | J. T. Glover, W. W. Dodge, S. F
w. w. dodge & CO.
holesale Grocers, corner Front and Clay streets, San
Francisco. April 1.
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CASTLE BROTHERS,
ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAR 1850.
Importers of Teas and East India Goods, 9ics.S13 and 215
Front street, San Francisco. Jan. 13.
J. M, Neville.
Geo. H. Bryant.
REMOVAL.
BAGS, TENTS AND HOSE.
NEVILLE & CO.,
No."s 31 and 33 California Street, S. E. corner of Davis,
Sah Francisco. [Auir. 2.
L.H.Newton. NEWTON BROTHERS & CO., M. Newton.
Importers and wholesale dealers in Teas, Foreign Goods and
Groceries, 204 and 20(i California street, San Francisco, Cal May 25.
J. C. MERRILL & CO.,
anil Commission Merchants, Agents for the Sand-
April 13.
Ship pin
wich Islands Packet Lines, 204 California street, S. F,
TABER, HARKER & CO.,
IMPORTERS AJfD WHOLESALE GROCERS,
10S and 110 California St., S. F.
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MR. HENRY HOE, 91 John street, N. Y.
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DOGS.
G Ever 111, the Celebrated Canine D>octor from London, ran
■ be consulted for treatment or purchase. Fee, SI. Address,
G. EVERILL, 52S California street.
g?gp" Sure cure for worms, distemper, cauker and mange sent free by mail on
receipt of 91. Qct- 18-
D. HICKS & CO.,
Bookbinders and Blank Book Manufacturers,
NO. 543 CLAY STREET.
53P™ Blank Books Ruled, Printed and Bound to Order. [Nov. 8.
COKE CHEAPEST FUEL.
Redaction In Price : Wholesale Price, 50 cents per barrel ;
Retail Price, 60 cents per barrel, at the works of the SAN FRANCISCO GAb-
L1GHT COMPANY, Howard and First streets, and foot of Second st. Jan. 12.
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1
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Jan. 3, 1880.
"The World," the Flesh, and the Devil.
[By a Truthful Penman.]
The Queen haa sent £3 to an old dame in Scotland who is said to have
succeeded in reaching her 107th year. This is the party who ought to be
able to answer Mr. Mallock's query, Vis life worth living for?"— three
pounds.^— The woman at Horsham, who agreed with a dealer to sell her
infant for seventeen and six, and, when she had got the money, snatched
the child away, slapped the dealer's face and decamped, was indeed a
knowing card to cut after her deal. The Telegraph alludes to the circum-
stance as " a curious case of child-selling," but we should say it was the
man who was " sold" &nd no kid.—" The Cardinal Archbishop of Ma-
lines, in a pastoral which he has just published, gives an authoritative
definition of Papal infallibility. He says : " The Pope is not infallible
when he expresses only his own thoughts; but he is infallible when he de-
fines, as Head of the Church, truths contained in the deposit of revela-
tion—in Scripture and tradition. The Pope is not infallible when he
judges questions of persons — questions purely personal; but he is so when
he judges questions of doctrine which concern faith and morals, revealed
truch or revealed law; as the Pope is infallible only when he is sustained,
not by the testimony of men, but by the testimony of God. The Pope
is not infallible when he treats, as a private doctor, even questions of
doctrine; but when he judges by virtue of his apostolic authority that a
doctrine which concerns faith and morals, the revealed truth and the re-
vealed law, must be held by the Universal Church." It seems to _ result
from this definition that the Pope, in his long correspondence with the
Belgian Government relative to the school question, was infallible when
he approved the attitude of the Belgian bishops with regard to doctrine,
hut that he was not infallible when he disapproved their attitude with re-
gard to the measures taken by them for -enforcing the doctrine. The Car-
dinal evidently desires to lessen the effect produced on the Roman Cath-
olic population by the fact now demonstrated to them, that the bishops
at least are not infallible, at any rate in the judgment of the Pope.— It
is to be hoped that ladies (and there are many who would wish to do so)
intending to skate in London will take the precaution of being attended
by a male escort. The other afternoon I was witness to a humiliating
sight. Walking up St. James's-street, I saw two young ladies surrounded
by a mob of ruffians, who, in advance and behind, with loud yells and op-
probious language, accompanied them up the street. Fortunately, as
they reached Brooks' Club, one of the servants (and, to his credit, be it
spoken) allowed them to enter a side entrance, and closed the door. The
mob remained yelling outside, and amused themselves by pulling the
house-bell. On inquiring the cause, I found that the young ladies, while
on the ice, had unfortunately slipped in. Instead of being objects of sym-
pathy and compassion, in their stead they met with brutal derision and
insult. I inquired of one of the young ruffians what the joke was, and,
failing to find it out, I crossed the street to a sergeant of police, who, ar-
riving on the spot, at once put a stop to this shameful exhibition. During
this inclement season, on our pieces of water where skating prevails, a
vulgar system of horseplay is too prevalent. Respectable people, es-
pecially ladies, are insulted when they wish to enjoy the pastime of skat-
ing, so as to make one reflect sometimes whether the liberty of the sub-
ject has not degenerated into license. I hope our police magistrates will
not only put down with a strong hand, but punish severely, in all those
cases where the offenders are shown to have come out with a determined
intention to insult those who are defenceless and weak. — The World.—
Notice. — The " Japan Weekly Mail,'" which yearly changes its politics,
monthly its editors and daily its principles, and with which is incorpor-
ated the " Japan Times," the "Japan Herald," the "Japan Gazette." the
" Tokio Times," the " Echo du Japon," the " Courrier dn Japon," the
"Mai Nichi Shinbun," the " Maru Mara Chimpun,'1 the " Hiogo News,"
the "Nagasaki Rising Sun," the " Hawaiian Icicle," the "Hakodate
Snorter," and the " Japan Punch," will continue, as heretofore, to receive
subscriptions in advance. The "terms of the Taira" and quadruple
acrostics, §24 per annum. -^— A disgraceful fight occurred recently in the
Presbyterian Church at Pittsburg, Pa., between two factions, one favor-
ing Rev. Mr. Woodside and the other another clergyman. Mr. Woodside
attempted to go into the pulpit, when his rival attacked him. A general
fight ensued, extending throughout the whole congregation, and joined in
by the ministers. For a quarter of an hour the battle raged furiously.
Heads were punched, eyes were blackened, arms broken, and women
knocked down. The yells and screams were frightful. The police finally
quelled the riut and made several arrests. In the row, pews and other
furniture were broken, and hymn-books, Bibles, hair-pins and false hair,
were scattered in every direction. Much indignation prevails in church
circles, and the presbytery will investigate the matter. Two noted New
York criminals, named Sawyer and Fredericks, being taken from New-
ark, N. J., to the Trenton prison recently, jumped from a rapidly- moving
express train, near Shelton, and were probably fatally hurt. They were
handcuffed and chained together by the feet, but, being allowed to go to
the water-closet, they broke out a window and climbed out on the plat-
form. The Sheriff made a dash for them there, but they broke away and
sprang off, and the train was not stopped till it reached New Brunswick.
Sawyer bit his tongue off in the leap and bled bladly, but both men man-
aged to hobble into the country for concealment. A farmer captured
them, however, and took them to the New Brunswick jail, before the
Sheriff and a force of men who went in search of the convicts could re-
turn. ^^The Londun correspondent of the Newcastle Chronicle says :
" I believe that Mr. Burt, M.P., and Mr. Macdonald, M.P., might be of
infinite service to their principal constituents (the pitmen) if they
would devote a little of their leisure time to a study of the mysteries of
the London coal trade."
WEIiLS, FARGO & CO.'S ANNUAL STATEMENT OP
PRECIOUS METALS.
Wells, Fargo & Co., Exchange, Banking and Express, )
San Francisco, December 31, 1879. j
Dear Sir : The following is a copy of our annual statement of precious
metals produced in the States and Territories west of the Missouri river,
including British Columbia (and receipts in San Francisco by express
from the west Coast of Mexico), during 1879, which shows aggregate pro-
ducts as follows : Gold, §32,539,920; silver, §38,623,812; lead, $4,185,-
769. Total gross result, §75,349,501— being leBs by §5,805,121 than for
1878.
California shows a decrease in gold of §140,342, and in silver of §589,-
146— a ntt decrease of §729,488. Nevadashows a total fallingoff of §13,-
184,235, the yield from the Comstock being only §8,830,562, as against
§21,295,043 for 1878— a decrease of §12,464,481 from that locality. The
product of Eureka District is §5,859,261, as against §6,981,406 for 1878—
a decrease of §1,122,145. Utah shows a falling off of §595,734. Color-
ado shows an increase of over §8,000,000, chiefly from Leadvile District.
It has been exceedingly difficult to arrive at the actual production of
Leadville, the two most reliable reports varying more than §2,000,000.
We have adopted an average based upon the conflicting figures. Dekota
shows an increase of §993,183.
STATEMENT OF THE AMOUNT OF PRECIOUS METALS PRODUCED IN THE STATES
AND TERRITORIES WEST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER, INCLUDING BRITISH
COLUMBIA {AND RECEIPTS IN SAN FRANCISCO BY EXPRESS FROM THE
WEST COAST OF MEXICO), DURING THE YEAR 1879 :
Gold Dust &
Bullion by
Express.
Gold Dust &
Bullion by
other con-
veyances.
Silver Bui
lion by Ex-
press.
Ores & Base
Bullion by
Freight.
California
Nevada
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Montana
Utah
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Dakota
Mexico (W Coast)
British Columbia..
916,348,730
168,847
943,601
77,579
1,035,804
1,907,053
211,640
3,144,697
19,800
212,722
2,674,156
92,916
976,742
§817,436
94,360
7,757
207,160
95,352
21,164
314,469
21,272
634,831
Totals §27,814,287 $2,113,801 §26,187,019 319,234,394 §75,349,501
S739.440
16,622,472
578,336
1,194,389
2,559,042
1,594,349
603,000
1,046,036
1,249,955
$285,367
5,206,
270,000
432,226
2,677,033
9,360,000
662,373
"341" bob
, 190,9?3"
,097,714
,037.961
85,336
,091,300
,629,020
,463,879
,413,515
622,800
,942,403
,208,987
,683,871
976,742
The bullion from the Comstock Lode contains 41 20-100 per cent, gold,
and 58 80-100 per cent, silver. Of the so-called base bullion from Neva-
da, 27 per cent, was gold, and of the whole product of the State 27 50-100
per cent, was gold.
The gross yield for 1879, shown above, segregated, is, approximately,
as follows:
G-old 43 20-100 per cent $32,539,920
Silver 51 25-100 per cent 38,623,812
Lead 5 55-100 per cent. 4,185,769
§75,349,501
The outlook for 1880 does not indicate a greater product than for 1879.
ANNUAL PRODUCTS OF LEAD, SILVER AND GOLD IN THE STATES AND TER-
RITORIES WEST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER, 1870-79.
1870..
1871..
1872. .
1873..
1874.,
1875..
1876..
1877..
1878.
1879..
log.!
.3*
re £>Os ^d
854,000,000
53,284,000
62,236,959
72,258,693
74,401,045
80,889,057
90,875,173
98,421,754
81,154,622
75,349,501
352,150,000
65,784,000
60,351,824
70,139,860
71,965,610
76,703,433
87,219,859'
95,811,5821
78,276,167|
72,088,8881
The Net Product of the States and
Territories west of the Missouri
River, exclusive of Brit. Columbia
and West Coast of Mexico, divided,
is as follows :
LEAD.
«1,080,
2,100,
2,250,
3,450.
3,800:
5,100,
5,040,
5,035.
3,452
4,185
SILVER.
817,320,000
19,286,000
W,924,429
27,483,302
29,699,122
31,635,239
39,292,924
45 846,109
37,248,137
37,032,857
GOLD,
833,750,000
34,398,000
38,177,395
39,206,558
38,466,488
39,963,194
42,886,935
44,880,223
37,576,030
31,470,262
The exports of silver during the present year to Japan, China, India,
the Straits, etc., have been as follows: From Southampton, 533,000,000;
Marseilles and Venice, 85,000,000; San Francisco, 38,000,000. Total,
§46,000,000, as against §39,000,000 from the same places in 1878,
Jno. J. Valentine, Gen'l Superintendent.
New Styles of Watch-Cases at Geo. C. Shreve & Co.'s, 110 Mont-
gomery street.
DIVIDEND NOTICti.
Tbe German Saving's and Loan Society.— For the half year
ending' this date, the Board of Directors of the German Savings and Loan So-
ciety have declared a dividend on Term Deposits at the rate of six and nine-tenths
(6 9-10) per cent, per annum, and on Ordinary Deposits at the rate of five and three-
fourths (53) per eent. per annum, free from .Federal taxes, and payable on and after
the 15th day of January, 1880. By order. GEO. LETTE, Secretary.
San Francisco, December 31, 1879. Jan. 3,
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
San Francisco Savings Union, 532 California street, corner
Webb. — For the half year ending with December 31st, 1879, a dividend has been
declared at the rate of six and six-tenths (6 6-10) per cent, per annum on Term De-
posits, and five and one-half (5£) per cent, per annum on Ordinary Deposits, free of
Federal Tax, payable on and after Thursdav, January 16th, 1880.
Jan. 3. LOVELL WHITE, Cashier.
Jan. 3, 1880.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER,
15
BUDDHA'S FIRST SERMON.
The Buddha a Fust Scimon U tspMbUj worthy of attention from
111* fait that hart .in* I pithy •fDtoDOft tin- very
•Mcnre of that remarkable iratem which ha.* to prannmd an influence on
tb« n li«*ioii« hiatory of *o lance a porUuil of the human imo*. And it is
r»* n<>tewi>rtnr wn- - <f aatvation which it pronoiinds,
tli-' Kingdom of Righteooanean of which it in otllod the K.-un. latum, are
•Qnpor'. ■ pti >ii- which DudwHo the teaching* "f
Hffaoi founders, are entirely lndepsndfD.1 of the belief in B mml,
of the belief in God, ami of the belief in a future tile.
t'irxt Sermon occupies among the Boddhbton position similar to
that hehl among the Christians by Um Sermon on the Mount, and the
day on which it was delivered is m sacred in the Baddbist Church as the
PeoteooBt in moot of the Churches "f Christendom.
On the question of future life, opinion had reached in India, in the
fifth century before Christ, a cimilar st.-ure to that we have now- reached
the West. The affirmative doctrine hail had a similar history, and
was, in some form or other, universally held by all except a few of the
most advanced materialists ; while its defenders put forward regarding it
as various as the many modifications of the doctrine now taught
anion l: ourselves. On the two pessimist questions as to the value of life,
the Indians were already somewhat more advanced than Europeans now—
whether more acurate or not it is not necessary to consider — for pessimists
were in as great a majority there as they are now in a minority here.
It was then that there arose the mightiest thinker India has produced,
and one of the greatest and most original thinkers on moral and religious
questions whom the world has yet seen, and he propounded a scheme of
salvation without any of the rites, any of the ceremony, any of the
charms, any of the various creeds, any of the priestly powers, without
even any of the gods in whom men so love to trust.
The Sermon is preserved to us in the Pali text of the Buddhist Pitakas
in the so-called Sutra of the Foundation of the Kingdom of Righteous-
ness, and is certainly among the very oldest records of the Buddhist be-
lief. The following is a literal translation:
44 There are two extremes," says the Buddha, " which the man who has
devoted himself to the higher life ought not to follow — the habitual prac-
tice, on the one hand, of those things whose attractions depends upon the
passions, and especially of sensuality (a low and Pagan way of seeking
gratification, unworthy, unprofitable, and fit only for the worldly minded);
and the habitual practice, on the other hand, of asceticism [or self-morti-
fication], which is not only painful, but as unworthy and unprofitable as
the other.
"But the Tathagata has discovered a Middle Path, which avoids these
two extremities, a path which opens the eyes, and bestows understand-
ing, which leads to peace of mind, to the higher wisdom, to full enlight-
enment—in a word, to Nirvana. And this path is the Noble Eightfold
Path of
Right views, A harmless livelihood,
High aims, Perseverance in well-doing,
Kindly speech, Intellectual activity, and
Upright conduct, Earnest thought."
" Birth," said the Teacher, " is attended with pain ; and so are decay
and disease and death. Union with the unpleasant is painful, and separa-
tion from the pleasant ; and any craving that is unsatiated is a condition
of sorrow. Now, all this amounts, in short, to this: that wherever there
are the conditions of individuality, there are the conditions of sorrow.
This is the First Truth, the truth about sorrow.
** The cause of sorrow is the thirst or craving which causes the renewal
of individual existence, iB accompanied by evil, and is ever seeking satis-
faction, now here, now there — that is to say, the craving either for sen-
sual gratifications, or for continued existence, or for the cessation of exist-
ence. This is the Noble Truth concerning the origin of sorrow.
"Deliverance from sorrow is the complete destruction, the laying aside,
the getting rid of, the being free from, the harboring no longer of this
passionate craving. This is the Noble Truth concerning the destruction
of sorrow.
"The path which leads to the destruction of sorrow is this Noble
Eightfold Path alone — that is to say, right views, high aims, kindly-
speech, upright conduct, a harmless livelihood, perseverance in well-doing,
intellectual activity, and earnest thought. This is the Noble Truth of
the Path which leads to the destruction of sorrow."
Now, it is the effort, the struggle necessary to maintain individuality
which, according to the Buddha, is the essence of sorrow ; and the condi-
tions of this individuality are the conditions also of sorrow. At birth, at
the starting into life of the individual, there is a mighty effort ; Nature is
arrayed, as it were, against itself, and there follows a pain, severe because
the effort is severe. With a bound and a leap, full of the strength born
with the pain, the individual starts along his course. But the new
strength soon flags and becomes exhausted. To maintain itself as a sepa-
rate being, the effort must be continually maintained ; but the effort is
pain— the pain of decay — and dies out at length in its last flicker in the
pain of death. And in its course from birth to death, whenever the in-
dividuality, the separateness, is brought most distinctly into play (in the
severance from what it loves, for instance, or in the union with what it
hates), there, with the assertion of the individuality, is found also the pro-
duction of pain. This is the first Noble Truth, the truth about sorrow.
The second Truth carries the argument somewhat farther. These being
the conditions of sorrow, what is its cause ? Its cause, says the teacher,
is a strange and almost irresistible craving felt by every individual — a
craving it seeks to gratify in various ways, but especially in the lust of the
flesh, or the lust of life, or the attempt to escape from the consequences
of its separation.
The third protest is directed against the doctrine, "Let us eat and
drink, for to-morrow we die." " If you have so far accepted my system,"
a Buddhist teacher would say, "as to have discarded the current pagan
notions of a soul, cast not therefore all scruples to the winds, devote not
yourself therefore to the gratification of your baser capabilities. This
would indeed be to escape one evil only to fall into a greater. And it is
only the base and cowardly whom the struggle against the lust of life, or
the sense of the evils of existence, can drive to suicide or to despair."
The only true corollary from the second Truth is the third. You must
conquer the evils of life, which are due to this strange but undeniable
craving, by the destruction of the craving from which they spring. And
this is to be done in no other way than that laid down by the fourth
Truth — the cultivation, namely, of the opposite condition of mind, of the
equanimity that will result from kindnomi, from self-culture, and from
self control. - T. W, &Aj» Davids, in FWnightly.
WONDERFUL SALE OF BEER!
[From thr st. Lowti ■• Republican," Kowmtw xth, 1879.1
LARGE milt lAUft.
The official returns t<> the Revenue Department fur i ho year oniling- November 1st,
■how the enormous quantity of 100,000 bbls. of Laser Beer, aold by tiio
Anhonsor & Bnsoh Brewery.
The Agents f..r this Const are
RUHL BROTHERS,
No. 522 Montgomery Street, Nnn Francisco. [Dec. 20.
JOYCE'S SPORTING AMMUNITION.
[ESTABLISHED 1820.]
The Attention of Nporlsmen In Invited to the following
Ammunition, ol the best quality, son in general uso throughout England,
India and the Colonies : Joyce's Treble Waterproof and F 3 Quality Percussion
Caps ; Chemically-prepared Cloth and Felt Gun Wadding ; Joyce's Qas-Tight Car-
tridges, for Pin-fire and Central-lire Breech-loading Ouns ; Wire Cartridges, for killing
game at long distances, and every description of Sporting Ammunition. Sold by
all gun-makers and dealers in gunpowder.
FREDERICK JOYCE & CO., Patentees and Manufacturers,
_Scpt. 20. ______ _ fi7 Upper Thames street, London.
FOR PORTLAND AND ASTORIA, OREGON.
Til. Oregon steamship Company anil Paciflc Coast Stenm.
ship Company will dispatch everv live dava, fur the above porta, oue of their
newAl Iron Steamships, viz. : OREGON, GEORGE W. ELDER, and STATE OP
CALIFORNIA.
Sailing Days
Deo. 3, 8, 13, 18, 23, and 28. I Jan. 2, 7, 12, 17, 22, and 27.
At lO o'clock JL. It.
Connecting at Portland, Oregon, with Steamers and Railroads and their connecting
Stage Lines for ail points in Oregon, Washington and Idaho Territories, British
Columbia and Alaska.
Dec. 8.
K. VAN OTERENDORP, Agent O. S. S. Co.,
No 210 Batterv street, San Francisco.
GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Agents P. C. S. S. Co.,
No. 10 Market street, San Francisco.
OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP CO.,
For Japan and China, leave wharf, corner First and Bran-
nan streets, at noon, for YOKOHAMA AND HONGKONG, connecting at
Yokohama with Steamers for Shanghai,
GAELIC December 6th, February 28th.
BELGIC January 17th, April 10th.
Cabin Plans on exhibition and Passage Tickets for sale at No. 2 New Montgomery
street.
For Freight, apply to GEORGE H. RICE, Freight Agent, at the Pacific Mail Steam-
ship Company s Wharf, or No. 218 California street.
T. H. QOODMAN, General Passenger Agent.
LELAND STANFORD, President. Nov. 1.
CALIFORNIA AND MEXICAN S. S. LINE,
For Mazatlan and Gnaymas.-Ttae Steamship ">c«l)prn."
(Wm. Metzger, Master) will leave for the above ports on MONDAY, Jan.
5th, 1880, at 12 o'clock m., from Folsom-street Wharf. Through Bills of Lading
will be furnished and none others signed. Freight will be received on Tuesday,
December 30th. No Freight received after Saturday, January 3d, at 12 o'clock m.,
and Bills of Lading must be accompanied by Custom House and Consular Clearances.
For freight or passage, apply to J. BERMINGHAM, Agent,
Jan- 3. No. 10 Market street.
Francisco Daneri. Henry Oasanova.
F. DANERI & CO.,
Dealers In Wines, Liquors anil Groceries, nave removed to
Nos. 27 and 29 CALIFORNIA STREET. Dec. 20.
~WILl7mvTT~HUMPHREYS,
Late City and County Surveyor, has removed to No. 639
WASHINGTON STREET, where he will continue to practice his profession.
All Surveys and Estimates guaranteed. Dec. 20.
REMOVAL.
Dodg-e, Sweeney <fc Co., Importers and Wholesale Provision
Dealers and Commission Merchants, have removed from No. 406 Front street
to the new store, 114 and 116 Market street, and 11 "and 13 California street, where
they will be pleased to see their friends. Dec. 20.
REMOVAL.
WO. Laugrhua, Marine and Fire Insurance Agency,
a (Established 1876), removed to No. 218 PINE STREET. Office with Crocker
& Suydam. Dec. 20.
ROOFS
Of Tin or Aspbaltum Repaired. Tin Roofs Painted. Send
orders early to the OLD STAND, No. 819 Market street, opposite Stockton.
Estimates furnished free of charge. [Dec. 6.] H. G. FISKE.
F
QUICKSILVER.
or sale— In lots to suit, by Thomas Bell & Co., No. 305
Sansome street, over Bank of California. Nov. 16.
G. E. BARTON,
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law,
629 KEARNY STREET ROOMS 1 and 2.
[December 20.]
J. A. HUNTER, M. D.,
No. 321 Sutter street, devotes Special Attention to Catarrh,
Deafness, Bronchitis, Asthma, Consumption, and all ailments of the Throat,
Lungs and Heart. Dec. 27.
SEEDS.
RJ. Trumbull A Co., 419 and 421 Sausome street. Ken-
• tucky Blue Grass, Alfalfa, Mosquit, Timothy, etc., etc. Vegetable Seeds
of all descriptions. Nov. 29.
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Jan. 3, 1880.
^ THE GRANITE OF PENRYN.
This now famous quarry is situated about twenty-eight miles from
Sacramento, and three miles from Auburn, the county-seat of Placer
County. It is the creation of Mr. G. Griffith, an experienced quarry-man,
who, as long ago as 1853, supplied the granite for the Adams Express
Building, in Sacramento, and also for the fortifications of Alcatraz and
Fort Point, from the first quarry opened in this State. In 1864, Mr.
Griffith located the Penryn quarry, which be has made the center of a
thriving settlement, inhabited almost wholly by the families of his work-
ingmen. The advantages of the position, are unsurpassed. Every facility
is at hand 'for shipping, a decisive consideration with a material so
weighty and bulky as granite ; and the quality of the stone has Becured
for it a constantly increasing demand. Unlike most granites, it is per-
fectly free from iron, and is not, therefore, affected by the moisture of the
atmosphere. This quality gives it a special value for monuments, obelisks,
fountains, walls and steps. It has also been greatly used for building
purposes in general, and for the supporting columns of great stores and
warehouses. The use of iron for this last purpose is more widely spread
than the principles of sound construction would admit, so many are the
risks to which the building is exposed when, it rests upon pillars of this
seemingly solid material. Even under the best conditions iron is liable to
flaws, which only reveal their existence under some sharp test, that brings
with it instant ruin, as in the case of extremely cold weather, or the
check of an earthquake or a fire, when the metal loses cohesion at the
weak spot by a too rapid expansion.
Another peril to which the employment of iron pillars expose a building
has been again and again unhappily illustrated in great fires. The pil-
lars, which are always hollow, and, therefore, s >on heated through, soften
and collapse, when instant destruction follows.
f0$y^Trr*^$L
Polished Granite Columns, Entrance New Stock Exchange.
Executed by G. Griffith, Penryn, Cal.
The knowledge of these disadvantages is bringing granite every day
more and more into prominence as the fit material to take the place of the
metal columns ; and while there is the confidence of greater security at-
tached to the use of granite, there is also an absolute economy, since, once
in position, it calls for no special care, and, in particular, does not require
the periodical painting without which iron goes to decay.
The Penryn quarry is practically inexhaustible. The present demand,
which is to the extent of 10,000 tons a year, is steadily increasing, and
the orders are from all points of the coast. For external walls and en-
closures, this granite is often used in the simple hewn form ; but there is
a growing requirement for the polished material, more particularly for
sepulchral urns, obelisks and monuments, and for the grand approaches
to the more stately mansions of the wealthy. So wide lias been the ex-
tension of the taste for this polished granite, -that Mr. Griffith has built
at his quarry a large polishing mill, the only one of the kind in Califor-
nia. This is a building 200 feet long by 40 feet wide, and its present
capacity, which is, however, to be largely increased, is of 100 cubic feet
per day. There are two stone polishing carriages for fiat surface work,
each twenty-six feet long by six feet in width, and worked by a spring
wheel, which is driven by two belts. A stone of more than ten tons
weight can be polished on these. The mill has also two polishing pendu-
lums and two very powerful lathes, capable of poli.hing with ease a solid
block of ten tons weight. Besides these there are eight vertical polishers,
every kind of mold, hnth lartrp nnrl small, and of machinery for flat sur-
faces. The derricks are, of course, very numerous, the six largest being
each able to lift twenty tons with ease.
t To work the derricks and the polishing mill there are three steam en-
gines ; and the force employed by Mr. Griffith is, 4 blacksmiths. 2 car-
penters, 3 engineers, and 150 quarrymen and stone-cutters. Not unfre-
quently the numbers are very much greater, and tha vast stone sheds,
with their room for 200 stone-cutters, are often found crowded. It is but
lately that Mr. Griffith has opened a quarry of very beautiful black
granite, and this material will be largely used in the adornment of Mr.
J. C. Flood's magnificent new residence at Menlo Park, the contract for
all the Btonework having been made with Mr. Griffith. The buttresses
which are to support the walls of this great building, according to the de-
signs of Messrs. Laver & Curlett, tbejarchitects, are to be of carved and
polished black granite ; and the same beautiful material will be employed
for the coping of a beautiful fountain in the grounds.
Carved Granite Window, Top Heal Estate Associates' Building.
Executed by G. Griffith, Penryn, Cal.
Among the more notable buildings and great public works for which the
Penryn quarry has furnished the granite, are the United States Mint, the
New City Hall, the New Stock Exchange, the contract for which
amounted to 870,000, the Real Estate Associates Building, which took to
the amount of §25,000, and many of the well-known residences of city
magnates, such as those of Governor Stanford, Charles Crocker, Mark
Hopkins, and others. The contract for the Dry Dock at Vallejo, orig-
inally made with another partv, was subsequently given to Mr. Griffith.
This' amounted to $130,000.
Visitors to the beautiful cemeteries of the State have not failed to ad-
mire the stately monuments, with which every one of them has been
adorned by Mr. Griffith. At Calvary the superb tomb of Wm. S.
O'Brien, constructed under the superintendence of Messrs. Laver & Cur-
lett, the family vault for Mrs. A. Patton, at Laurel Hill, and at the Ma-
sonic Cemetery, the lofty Spreckles monument, the shaft above the grave
of Judge Tracy, and the. family tombs of W. T. Garratt, Mrs. Biggs, Mrs.
Tyler, Messrs. Freeman, Effinger and others, are all of this most appro-
priate and imperishable material.
Carved Granite "Window, Second Eloor Real Estate Associates'
Building1. Executed toy G. Griffith, Penryn, Cal.
Among the most remarkable sepulchral monuments in the interior of
the State is the magnificent shaft erected in memory of the late Wm.
Watt, at Grass Valley.
It seems well to notice, among the works due to the skill of Mr. Grif-
fith, one of the most curious monuments ever designed, in advance of his
decease, by the forethought of the owner. This is a pyramid of blue
granite, made, in all but the proportion of the base line, in imitation of
Jan. 3, 1880.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
17
h, mM S feet Muare *t the b*#e ;
mp*xwil fur the owner, Mr.
ol his liff, which haw
poll of outnmon men. In all there are 740 let
■ly to be read, we may bop*i t>y the lata
may he neen at the end
fn'in the terminal of the Lone Mountain cars.
iy he seen at the enil
street, n slim t
tly ii instructive usee, the IVnryu granite is
for paving purpose* in thii city, ami at Sacramento more
with the inm-asing desire for permanent roadways",
ouer . finning t<> employ the granite Mock*.
DICKENS' ESCAPE IN A RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
The feaitul railway accident on the Tay bridge naturally brings to
miu.i the deecriptioD left by Charles Dickens of the one atSUplehurat in
the Summer "f L86B :
" 1 waa in the only carriage [he writes] that did not go over into the
atrtum. It was caught upon the turn by some of the ruin of the bridge,
■nd hnng enanended and balanced in an apparently impossible manner.
Two laches wire my feUow^paaeengers, an old one and a young one. This
la exactly what passed. Yon may judge from it the precise length of the
: Suddenly we were off the rail, and beating the ground as the
car of a balfamptied balloon might The old lady cried out. ' My God !'
and the young one Bcreamed. I caught hold of them bath (the old lady
eat opposite and the young one on iny left), and aaid : ' We can't help
ourselves, but we can l>e quiet and composed. Pray don't cry out.: The
old lady immediately answered: 'Thanh you. Rely upon me. Upon
my soul I will be quiet.1 We were then all tilted down together in a
corner of the carriage, and stopped. I said to them thereupon : 'You
may be sure nothing worse can happen. Our danger must be over. Will
you remain here without stirring while I get out of the window?' They
both answered, quite collectively, ' Yes,' and I got out without the least
notion what had happened. Fortunately I got out with great caution and
stood upon the step. Looking down I saw the bridge gone, and nothing
below me hut the line of rail. Some people in the two other compart-
ments were madly trying to plunge out at window, and had no idea that
there was an open swampy field fifteen feet down below them, and noth-
ing else ! The two guards (one with his face cut) were running ujj and
down on the down side of the bridge (which was not torn up) quite wildly.
I called out to them : ' Look at me. Do stop an instant and look at me,
and tell me whether you don't know me.' One of them answered : 'We
know you very well, "Mr. Dickens.' ' Then,' I said, ' my good fellow, for
God's sake give me your key, and send one of those laborers here, and I'll
empty this carriage.' We did itquite safely, by means of a plank or two,
and when it was done I saw all the rest of the train, except the two bag-
gage vans, down in the stream. I got into the carriage again for my
brandy flask, took off my traveling hat for a basin, climbed down the
brickwork, and tilled my hat with water.
" Suddenly I came upon a staggering man covered with blood (I think
he must have been flung clean out of his carriage), with such a frightful
cut across the skull that I couldn't bear to look at him. I poured some
water over his face and gave him some to drink, then gave him some
brandy, and laid him down on the grass, and he said, ' I am gone,' and
died afterwards. Then I stumbled over a lady lying on her back against
a little pollard-tree, with the blood streaming over her face (which was
lead color) in a number of distinct little streams from the head. I asked
her if she could swallow a little brandy and she just nodded, and I gave
her some and left her for somebody else. The next time I passed her she
was dead. Then a man, examined at the inquest yesterday (who evidently
had not the least remembrance of what really passed), came running up
to me and implored me to help him find his wife, who was afterward found
dead. No imagination can conceive the ruin of the carriages, or the ex-
traordinary weights under which the people were lying, or the complica-
tions into which they were twisted up among iron and wood and mud and
water. "
MARRYING HER NEPHEW.
Some time last year, Mr. Benjamin Barnes, of Salem, N. Y., de-
parted this life, and a post-mortem examination revealed the presence of
sufficient arsenic in his stomach to cause death. His wife was suspected
of having administered it, and was indicted therefor, tried and acquitted.
It was admitted upon the trial that, in company with her nephew. Wal-
lace Barnes, she had, previous to her husband's decease, purchased a
quantity of arsenic, but as the delicate scientific tests for identifying ar-
senical octahedrons, which have made the Hayden case famous, were not
employed to ascertain whether the arsenic in Mr. Barnes' stomach corre-
sponded with the arsenic which his wife bought, the jury were compelled
to decide the matter independent of such aid, and gave the widow the
benefit of the doubt. Their verdict was rendered on the 30th of October
last, and a day or two ago she married the nephew. The dispatch com-
municating this intelligence states that "the event occasions much com-
ment." The Neio York Sun very wisely remarks: We are uot surprised.
A country village that refrained from discussing a climax of that sort
would justly be deemed incapable of appreciating its opportunities and
unworthy of the reputation of a country village. In great cities where
the market of poisoned men's widows is always easy, nothing is thought
of such a thing. It is considered reasonable that if a woman has confi-
dence enough in her husband's nephew to go shopping with him for ar-
senic, she should trust him enough to marry him after her husband's
death. With a rural community, however, it is different, and we ought
to feel grateful that it is so, for otherwise the world might lapse into to-
tal ignorance of the subtle relations that often subsist between murder
and matrimony.
All the noted beauties of London were at the Millais wedding,
" none in jags and none in tags, but all in silk attire ;" the bridesmaids
were all pretty and young, and their red "toques" became them well,
though the general effect was rather theatrical ; the dresses of the guests
were decidedly monotonous, being all, with perhaps half a dozen excep-
tions, composed of some shade of red velvet. Mrs. Laugtry looked well,
and not a little conspicuous in her scarlet tight-fitting costume ; one could
not, however, help being forcibly reminded of a certain character in
Faust, when she allowed her long black mantle to descend and display her
scarlet form. — Truth
The finest assortment of Ornamental Silver at Geo. C. Shreve & Cos.
=^===___ BANKS.
THE BANK OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO.
Capital $3,000,000.
WH, AI.VORD I'rrshl.ul.
THOMAS BROWX, (anlilor | B. NIKKAT, Jr., AjuTt Cashier
AoKNTH :
New York, anncj ol the Bank ■ -( California; Boston, Trenmnt National Bank
Chicago, i Tii. * r i Nation*] Bank : Bl Louis, Boatman's Baring Bank ; New Zealand,
Che Bink .'[ Hew Zealand ; London, China, Jujtan, India and Australia, the Oriental
Bank Corporation,
The Bank baa Agenda al Virginia CJtj and Gold Hill, and Correspondents in all
tin- principal Mining Districts and Interior Towns of the Pacific Coast.
Letters of Credit issued, available In all imrts of the world. Draw direct on Lon-
don, Dublin, i':iri-), Berlin, Bremen. Hamburg, Frankfort-on-the-Main, Antwerp,
Amsterdam. St, Peteraburgh, Copenhagen) Stockholm, Christiana, Locarno, Mel-
bourne, Sydney, Auckland, Hongkong, Shanghai, Yokohama. Nov. 4.
FIRST NATIONAL GOLD BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO, CAL
Paid up Capital s_i.ooo.ono. Gold. President, K.C. Wool-
worth -, Vice-President, i>. Callaghan; Cashier, E. D. Morgan.
DiRKCToas :— R. C. Wool worth, D. Callaghan, C. G. Hooker, C. Adolph Low, Peter
Donahue, Isaac Wormser, Edward Martin, James Moffltt, N. Van Bergen.
Correspondents— London : Baring Bros. & Co. Chartered Mercantile Bank of In-
dia, London and China. Dublin : Provincial Bank of Ireland. Hamburg : Hesse,
Neuman&Co. Paris: HottinguerJc Co. New York: National Bank of Commerce. Bos-
ton : Blackstone National Bank. Chicago : First National Bank. This Bank is pre-
pared to transact a general Banking business. Deposits in Gold, Silver and Currency
received subject to check or on special deposit. Exchange for sale on the principal
cities of the United States, Great Britain, Ireland and the Continent. Commercial
Credits issued available in Europe, Chu.a and Japan. Collections attended to and
prompt returns made at tbe lowest market rates of Exchange. Jan. 19.
BANK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter.—-* Capital paid np, 81, SOU, -
000, with power to increase to 810,000,000. Southeast corner California and San-
somestreets. Head Office— 28 Cornbill, London. Branches — Portland, Oregon; Vic-
toria, New Westminster and Cariboo, British Columbia.
This Bank transacts a General Banking Business. Accounts opened subject to Check
and Special Deposits received. Commercial Credits granted available in all parts of
tbe world. Approved Bills discounted and advances made on good collateral security.
Draws direct at current rates upon its Head Office and Branches, and upon its Agents
as follows :
New York, Chicago and Canada— Bank of Montreal; Liverpool — North and South
Wales Bank ; Scotland— British Linen Company ; Ireland — Bank of Ireland ; Mex-
ico and South America— London Bank of Mexico and South America ; China and
Japan— Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, and Oriental Bank ; Australia
and New Zealand — Bank of Australasia, Commercial Banking Company of Sydney,
and English, Scottish and Australian Chartered Bank.
May 18. FREDERICK TOWNSEND, Manager.
LONDON AND SAN FRANCISCO BANK, LIMITED.
Capital, 85,000,000, of which $3,000,000 is fully paid up aa
present capital. Reserve Fund, $360,000. San Francisco Office, 424 Califor-
nia street ; London Office, 22 Old Broad street. Manager, ARTHUR SCRIVENER ;
Cashier, WILLIAM STEEL. London Bankers, Bank of England and London Joint
Stock Bank ; New York, Drexel, Morgan & Co. ; Boston, Third National Bank.
This Bank is prepared to transact all kinds of General Banking and Exchange Busi-
ness in London and San Francisco, and between said cities and all parts of the
world. March 30.
THE NEVADA BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO.
Capital Paid Up $3,000,000.
Reserve, TJ. S. Bonds 3,500,000.
Agency at New York, 62 Wall street.
A.gency at Virginia, 2fev.
Buys and sells Exchange and Telegraphic Transfers. Issues Commercial and Trav-
elers' Credits. This Bank has special facilities for dealing in Bullion. Nov. 8.
SECURITY SAVINGS BANK.
GUARANTEE CAPITAL, 8300, 000.
Officers: Vice-President, Jerome Lincoln; Secretary, W.
S. Jones ; Attorney, Sidney V. Smith. Loans made on Real Estate and other
Approved Securities. Office : No. 215 Sansome street, San Francisco. Oct. 14.
THE GERMAN SAVINGS AND LOAN SOCIETY.
Deutsche Spar uml Leililtank, No 52s €aliforniastreet,San
Francisco. Officers : President, L. GOTTIG. Board of Directors. — Fred.
Roeding, Chas. Kohler, Edw. Kruse, George H. Eggers, N. Van Bergen, H. L. Simon,
Peter Spreckels, Igu. Steinhart. Secretary, GEO. LETTE ; Attorney, JOHN R.
JARBOE. May 13.
THE ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN BANK, LIMITED.
422 California St., San Francisco.
London Office, 3 Augel Court ; New York. Agents, J. W. Sol-
igman & Co., 21 Broad street. Authorized Capital Stock, #3,000,000. Will re-
ceive Deposits, open Accounts, make Collections, buy and sell Exchange and Bullion,
loan Money, and issue Letters of Credit available throughout the world.
FRED. F. LOW, IGN. STEINHART, Managers.
P. N. Ltlienthal, Cashier. Sept. 13.
sutro & CO.,
Bankers anil Brokers, 408 Montgomery street, pay the
highest prices for United States Bonds, County and City Bonds, Currency,
Foreign Coins and Gold Dust. Dec. 13.
E. M. Fiy. _ FRYTWAtfLES- & CO., J. B. Wattles.
Stock Brokers,
-303 Montgomery Street, S. F., Under the Nevada Bank.
S3?" Money to loan on active accounts. Nov. 8.
Geo. C. Hickox. E. C. McFarlane.
GEORGE C. HICKOX & CO.,
(louiuilssioH Stock Brokers (San Francisco Stock Ex-
J change. No. 230 Montgomery street, San Francisco. May 4.
ANDREW BAIRO,
Negotiator of Loans and Commercial Paper,
Broker In Local and State Securities,
No. 312 California Street San Prarcisco.
[P. O. Box 1,208.] July 19.
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Jan. 3, 1880.
BIZ.
Wishing the patrons and readers of the News Letter a happy and pros-
perous new year, with the compliments of the season, we remark that the
business transacted during the closing week of the old year has not been
marked by any notable transactions in commercial circles. Neither is it
a period when any activity in trade circles is to be looked for. Quite the
contrary ; it beiDg the time for balancing accounts, looking to the new
year to atone for the delinquencies of the past. Money is plentiful, but
hjtrd to get hold of, except upon the very best of gilt-edged securities, and
then it is easily obtained at very low California rates of interest. Real
estate transactions have been more numerous during December than for
many months previous, and a more hopeful feeling for the future seems
to be entertained by the masses. A very large sum of money has been
withdrawn the past few weeks from general circulation for the payment
of taxes which become delinquent on the 5th inst. Some important mer-
cantile changes are to be noted at this time. The most prominent are
those of the dissolution of the well-known house of Williams, Blanchard
& Co., Mr. H. P. Blanchard having retired from the firm some months
since. Hereafter the business will be transacted by Williams, Dimond &
Co. The senior partner, Henry B. Williams, has been personally known
to us for more than a quarter of a century the very embodiment of an
honest, upright, conscientious merchant. Mr. W. H. Dimond has been
intimately connected with the house for many years, having had special
charge of the Hawaiian business of the firm. Mr. A. Cheseborough has
the management of the shipping department, and has had large experience
in the chartering and handling of vessels in this city, and is very popular
on 'Change. Williams, Dimond & Co. are the resident agents of the Pa-
cific Mail Steamship Company, Cunard line of steamers, the Hawaiian
line of packets, and also of several marine insurance companies. Having
large capital and credit, this house commands the con6dence of the public
in a very marked degree. In this connection it is well to note the removal
from Front street to California and Market Btreets of some half dozen
wholesale jobbing houses, among them Wellman, Peck & Co., Dodge,
Sweeney & Co., Root& Sanderson, Merry, Faull &Co., F. Daneri & Co.
John Taylor & Co., for twenty years on Washington street, also remove
to the same locality, all located east of Front street, toward the ferry
landings. A Mau & Co. remove from California to Pine street, corner
Front. Williams, Dimond & Co. also change their location as above.
Castle Brothers will not remove their Front-street store, but have en-
larged their storage capacity by attaching the store adjoining, and mark
this departure by taking into copartnership Mr. Walter M. Castle, con-
tinuing the. old firm name of Castle Brothers, which is one of the very
oldest grocery houses in our city. Thus it is that our heaviest business
nouses are working southward, taking advantage of the splendid new
stores that have been erected there the past two years.
Freights. — We have had several additions to our disengaged fleet of
qhips during the week past. But few charters for Wheat have, however,
been brought to our notice ; nevertheless a few grain charters have been
written, at prices showing quite a strong market. There are but few
British iron ships in port, and these may be quoted at 65s.(5}67s. 6d, while
American ships rule from 60s@62s 6d to a direct port. We have consid-
erable Wheat yet to go forward, and during the month of January we
look for quite a spirited export trade in breadstuff's.
"Wheat. — Early in the week the market was quite active, several thou-
sand tons being purchased for export at §2@2 10 for strictly choice No. 1,
and for No. 2, SI 85@1 90 per cental.
Barley is neglected, and prices rule low. The very best brewing will
scarcely command lc per lb, while dark coast feed sells at 65@70c,
and bright bay feed, 75@80c per cental. Chevalier is about out of stock.
Corn and Beans. — About lc $ lb will cover the range for either, in
round lots, were they wanted for export.
The arrivals from abroad during the week embrace the 0. and 0.
steamship Belgic, from Hongkong and Yokohama, with a valuable cargo
of Silkworm Eggs, Silks, Teas, etc. , to go East by the overland railroad ;
besides a large quantity of Rice, Teas, Spices, etc., for this city. The
Pacific Mail steamship City of New York, from Australia, arrived same
day as above, December 10th, with passengers, Government mails, etc.
She had but a very meager freight list, not being able to go into Hono-
lulu harbor by reason of a very severe gale, which rendered it impracti-
cable for the steamship to enter. The pilot came out and was taken on
board the steamer, and brought to this port, butwhat became of the pilot
boat is not known. This, we believe, is the first time that the steamers
have ever been prevented from making their usual stop at the Islands.
It, of course, is a great loss and disappointment to all parties having
business relations with Honolulu. There was a good many passengers
waiting her arrival, and a large quantity of Sugar. Rice and Bananas to
he shipped here by the steamer, and which now will be delayed at least
one month.
The departures during the week include the Pacific Mail steamship
City of Tokio, for Hongkong, via Yokohama, with about 600 Chinese
passengers, etc., and for cargo some 14,500 bbls. Flour, 30,683 tbs. of Gin-
seng, etc. The P. M. ship South Carolina, for Panama, carried en route
to New York, via the Isthmus: Barley, 9.687 ctls. ; Brandy, 2,121 galls.;
Wine, 22,041 galls.; Wool, 18,227 lbs.; Ivory, 1,385 lbs.; Pig Lead, 313,-
834 lbs.; Whale Oil, 2,524 galls.; Salmon, 25 bbls., etc. She also carried
en route for Bremen, 2,887 lbs. Whalebone ; also, for Liverpool, 84 bbls.
Copper Ore.
The Fresno, for Bordeaux, France, has taken her departure,1 carry-
ing Wheat, 39,395 ctls.; Flour, 30 bbls.; Beans, 67,486 lbs.
From Liverpool. — The ship Mitredale has arrived, bringing for cargo:
Tin Plate, 4,800 boxes ; Salt, 5,876 bags.; Caustic Soda, 450 drums, be-
sides a large quantity of other merchandise.
Salt. — We note a sale of 2,600 fifty-pound bags of Ashton's Superior
Liverpool Stoved, ex-ship, at S23 ; other kinds rule from §18 to §20.
Quicksilver. — Our shipments to China the past year aggregate 36,696
flasks, and yet not a flask went out by the City of Tokio on the 27th ult.
The present nominal price is 38£c, but one leading holder is asking 40c,
but there is no business.
Borax.— An advance of lc per pound has been realized— say 8@10c for
the two grades. It is probable that a further rise will take place ere
long.
_ and Bagging. — By reason of high Calcutta freights, the price of
Jute aud Jute fabrics is upward, consequently holders of Burlap Grain
Sacks are firm in demanding 10^c for all June delivery.
Coffee. — The market is demoralized. Ever since the auction sale of
C. A. Green's, at 17|@17ie, no sales are reported. By the Granada,
from Central America, 2,200 bags new crop Coffee was received, some of
it under 21c limits, while the spot price is now only 18c for best parcels.
Sugar. — There is no change to be noted in the price of Refined— say
12@12£c ; Yellow and Golden, 9@10Jc. Since our last reference, two
cargoes of raws have arrived from Honolulu— the Ella, with 6,912 bags,
and the Cyane, with about 6,000 bags, all for the refiners.
Rice. — About 2,000 bags of Hawaiian have been received since our
last, price 6i@6ic ; 20,000 mats of China also received. This is quoted
at 5£@6c ; mixed China, 4fc.
Metals. — About 800 tons American Pig Iron have recently been sold ;
quotable at $30, but now held higher. Tin plate is now held at S9 ; Syd-
ney Pig Tin at 20@21c.
CoaL— The Juno, from Sydney, brought 2,000 tons for the Rolling Mills.
The market is copiously supplied from British Columbia mines, quotable
at S7@8 by the cargo; Seattle, from Washington Territory, at 86 50:
California Mt. Diablo, $4@4 50.
Case Goods. — A round purchase of 10,000 cases 1-Ib. Oregon Salmon
may be noted. This places the entire stock on the Pacific Slope all in
the hands of one house, who hold it firmly at SI 35@1 45 per doz.
Wool, Hides and Tallow.— Our stock of Wool is entirely exhausted;
prices nominal. Dry Hides find ready sale at 20@21c; Crude Tallow
sells at 5£c; 17,500 lbs. Refined sold for export at 7&c. cash.
Fruit and Vegetables. — The severe cold weather experienced by us
the last fortnight has cut off our supplies of Strawberries, and frozen
some of our exposed Potatoes and Vegetables. By the failure to enter
the harbor of Honolulu by the Australian steamship City of New York,
we are without our usual holiday supply of Bananas ; but the South
Carolina, from Central America, brought up a good supply of Oranges,
Limes, etc. Apples are very plentiful and cheap, with a good sprinkling
of Oregon supplies.
St. John's Presbyterian Church, Post street, between Mason and
Taylor. Rev. Dr. W. A. Scott, Pastor, preaching as usual Sunday at 11
a.m. and 1\ p.m. Sunday School and Bible Class, 9£ A. M. Prayer and
Praise Service, 6 J p.m.
Sterling Silverware. — A large assortment of elegant designs at Ran-
dolph & Co. 's, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
GEO. STREET, Agent News Letter, 30 Cornhill, E. C, London.
NOTICE.— The Best Food for Infants, prepared by
Savory & Moore, and supplied to the Royal Nurseries of
England, Russia, etc., contains the highest amount of
nourishment in the moat digestible and convenient form.
IT IS THE MOST PERFECT substitute for healthy
Mother's Milk, possessing all the elements necessary for
the health i growth and vigor of the child.
MALTED ON LIEBIG'S principle, it has only the
sugar natural to milk, and is consequently free from the
artificial and injurious sweetness of other foods.
THOROUGHLY COOKED, it is always ready for use,
saving Mothers and Nurses much time and trouble-
tins, Is., 2s. 5s., and 10s. each.
SAVORY & MOORE, 143, New Bond street, London,
and Chemists, etc., everywhere. July 19.
IN C0NSEQUENCE~0rSPURr0US"lMITATI0NS 0F~~
LEA & PERKINS' SAUCE, which are calculated to deceive
the public, Lea and Perrins have adopted A NEW LABEL, bearing their sig-
nature, thus, " LEA & PERRINS," which is placed on every bottle of WORCESTER-
SHIRE SAUCE, and without which none is genuine.
Ask for LEA & PERRINS' Sauce, and see name on wrapper, label, bottle and stop-
per. Wholesale and for export by the proprietors, Worcester ; Crosse & Blackwell,
London, etc., etc., and by grocers and oilmen throughout the world.
Nov. 16. MESSRS. CROSS & CO.. Agents, San Francisco.
ROWLAND'S
MACASSAR OIL strengthens the Hair and prevents it falling off. The bottles
have a glass stopper, and not a cork.
KALYDOR beautifies the Complexion and eradicates Freckles, Tan, Prickly Heat,
Eruptions, etc.
ODONTO whitens the Teeth, prevents and arrests decay, and gives a pleasing
fragrance to the breath.
EUK.ONTA is a new and delicate toilet powder.
Ask for ROWLAND'S articles, of 20, Hatton Garden, London, and avoid cheap
imitations. Sold bv Druggists, Bazaars, etc., all over the world. May 3.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
f nest and Cheapest Seat-flavoring Stocfa for Soups, Made
Dishes and Sauces. March 2.
QAVORY and
71TOORES
O EST FOOD
TTIOB TMTAWTS.
F
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT
[s a success and boon for which Nations should feel grate-
ful. See " Medical Press," " Lancet," " British Medical Journal," etc.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF ME4T-
Cant ion— Gennine only with fac-simile of Baron I-iebigr's
Signature, in blue ink, across LabeL "Consumption in England increased ten-
old in ten years." March 2.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
To be had of all Store-heepers, Grocers and Chemists. Sole
Agents for the United States (wholesale only), C. David & Co., 43, Mark Lane,
London, England. March 2.
CHARLES LANGLEY & CO.,
Wholesale Druggists,
Importers of Pare English, French and German Drugs,
PATENT MEDICINES, Etc.,
100 and 102 FRONT STREET,
San Francisco. [Sept. 6.
Jan. 3, 18«0.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTIS ER.
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USEFUL KNOWLEDGE.
•naK]
The Argentine States sis developing the growth of wheat Their
re val>ie<l «t L?.V>,O00. Very good indeed for prscti-
i- fir»t whe*t -growing year >i the BepQObo. The Buenos Ayres
lor this wAxon more than doable last year's yield,
and its accounts are highly ■
Scotland Yard detectives hare tented ont n wholesale Factory for
tore of Forged notes. At the police court where theproduc-
■n w.-r>- ohargsd. about 17,000 Forjred notet were laid on the solicitor's
table. Beyond this a considerable quantity had been burnt as soon as
the detectives pot foot in the factory. Toe notes are imitations of Rue-
sian rouble notes. The mannfaotnxen speak the Polish language.
The recent fairs <<f Nijni*Novgorod and t'harkoff showed a consider-
able activity in both Bnasianand foreiga*manafactureB, At the former
Fair, reckoning the rouble at •_'-.. over til, 000,000 sterling value of goods
were brought to market, and in 57 'lays the sales reached nearly f 10,000,-
000 sterling. It must be remembered that just now Russia is suffering
from an inflation of the currency, which develops inflation in trade, likely
to end sooner or later in a collapse.
A trade has been chine between Australia and this country in smoked
kangaroo tongues. This1 is another instance of catering to the fads of
epicures, for such eccentric exports cannot be .considered due to bona fide
demand from ordinary food consumers.
The Cunard Company have concluded a contract with a Scotch firm
oi shipbuilders to build a Bhip the size of which will be exceeded only by
the Great Eastern. The Sahara, for such is to be the name of the new
steamer, will lie built of steel. .She will be 7,500 tons burden and 10,000
horse power, her dimensions being 500 feet in length, 50 feet in breadth,
and 41 feet in depth, propelled by inverted direct-acting compound en-
gines, with three cylinders and seven oval tubular boilers, having 38
furnaces and 1.000 feet of effective firegrate surface. She will have an
extra promenade deck, and will practically be a five-decker, being fitted
for 450 first-class and 000 steerage passengers, with accommodations for a
crew of 200 officers and men. Her cargo capacity will be equal to 6,500
tons, with 1,700 tons of coal and 1,000 tons of water ballast, having a
double bottom. The ship is to be ready for sea in March, 1881.
The ages of the British vessels wrecked during the year ending June
30, 1878, were as follows : 220 wrecks and casualties happened to nearly
new ships, and 325 to ships from 3 to 7 years of age. Then there are
wrecks and casualties to 508 ships from 7 to 14 years old, and to 811 from
15 to 30 years old. Then fellow 418 old ships from 30 to 50 years old.
Having passed the service of half a century, we come to the very old
ships, viz. : 54 between 50 and 60 years old, 26 from 60 to 70, 17 from 70
to 80, 8 from 80 to 90, 1 from 90 to 100, and 2 upwards of 100 years old !
Mr. Bright, in a recent speech, has assured our traders that the plaint-
ive bleats for protection of British industry are based upon a misconcep-
tion of what are the imports, into this country, of manufactured goods.
He pointed out, on the authority of a work which he quoted, that of the
total imports we receive 91 per cent represent food products or raw ma-
terial for ns to manufacture up, and only the remaining 9 per cent, con-
sists of manufactured articles.
According to a German professor, all the late bad weather, and
more, might have been expected from the position of the planets, one of
which, namely, Jupiter, is a thousand times larger than the earth ; and,
what is worse, we are not even yet fairly at the beginning of evils. The
bad times, whatever cyclical people may say to the contrary, are to begin
in 1880, and to last until 1885. We are, he says, approaching one of the
most perilous and malefic periods of the earth's history, for since the com-
mencement of the Christian era the perihelia of the four great planets of
the solar system — Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn and Neptune — have not been
coincidental. But this is about to occur. Soon after 1880, for the first
time in 2,000 years, all four of these planets will be at their nearest ap-
proach to the sun, or in perihelion. So that for a few years, say from
1880 to 1885, if the professor is right, the vitality of every living thing
will be put to a severe and trying ordeal. His view is, that when one or
more of the large planets is nearest to the sun, the temperature and con-
dition of our atmosphere are so disturbed as to cause injurious vicissi-
tudes, terrific rains, prolonged droughts, etc., resulting in the destruction
of crops and pestilences among human beings and domestic animals.
It is highly gratifying to record any genuine expression of respect
and good will between employers and employees. An instance of that
kind occurred on New Year's Day, when the clerks of the Great I X L
Auction House presented M. J. Flavin, the proprietor, with a splendid
copy of " Knight's Illustrated History of England.'' A neat presentation
speech was made by one of the clerks, to which Mr. Flavin replied by
thanking all concerned, and inviting them to dine with him later in the
day. This shows one of the secrets of Mr. Flavin's success. He acts to-
ward his employees with such kindness and courtesy that they are all de-
voted to his interest.
Mr. Thos. Young, for more than twenty years identified with the real
estate business in this city, has removed from the old, well-known office,
to a new one at the corner of Sutter and Montgomery streets, where he
will be happy to welcome his friends.
The best cutter and fitter of gentlemen's clothes is at J. M. Litch-
field & Go's o]d established house, 405 Montgomery street. Their stock
of broadcloths, cassimeres, tweeds, etc., is the largest and best in the
city. ■
HIBERNIA BREWERY,
Howard Street, Between Eighth and Ninth.
Dec. 7] X. XPX.iX, Proprietor.
n a year and expenses to agents. Ontfit Free. Address,
June 7.] P. O. V1CKERY, Aujrusta, Maine.
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HIGHEST STOCK QUOTATIONS
For the Week Ending Jan. 2, 1880.
Cow film, by Qstnunj " , I!: KOI A i'o . 880 UomraouiRY Street.
Argent l
'Andes
Alpha
Alt*..
•Bullion .
•Belcher
•Beat A: Itolcher
Benton
Bodie
Boston I Ion
'Oona Imperial ..
•Crown Point.
•Chollar
California
Con. Virginia
•Caledonia
Confidence
Con Pacific.
Eureka Con
Exchequer
Fairfax
Gould & Curry .
Gila
Grand Prize
Hale & Norcross.
"Julia
"Justice
Jackson
Ken tuck
Leopard
Lady Wash'n
Leviathan
•Mexican'
Modoc
Manhattan
Northern Belle
Ophir
•Overman
♦Potosi
Raymond & Ely
♦Savage
•Sierra Nevada .
Silver'Hill
*Seg Belcher . . .
Solid Silver
Succor
Silver King, Ara
Silv King South
Tip-Top
Union Con
Utah
Yellow Jacket. .
Assessments are now due on the Stocks above marked thus *
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVALS AND CLEARANCES AT THE PORT OP SAN FRANCISOO, FOR
THE WEEK ENDING JAN. 2, 1880.
ARRIVALS.
DATE.
VESSEL.
MASTER.
WHERE FROM.
CONSIGNEES.
D'c27
.. 28
Cavarly ....
Cowell
Hanson ....
Murphy ....
Meyer
Day
Phillips ....
Melbourne....
Callao
Auckland ....
Hongkong....
Honolulu
Williams, BIanchard& Co.
Balfour, Guthrie & Co.
Rodgers, Meyer & Co.
J. W. Grace & Co.
O. & O, S. S. Co.
Master.
Balfour, Guthrie & Co.
Jones & Co.
.. 29
.. 30
.. 30
.. 30
.. 31
Ship Minister of Marine
St'rBelgic
Bktne Laura Burnhaui
CLEARANCES.
DATE.
VESSEL.
MASTER.
WHERE BOUND
BY WUOM CLEARED.
D'c 27
.. 27
St'r City of Tokio , . .
St'r South Carolina.. . .
Maury
White
Messer
Armstrong. .
Melander ...
Mackie
Doane
Burns
Yokohama , . .
Queenstown . .
Queenstown . .
Bordeaux ....
Cork
Queenstown . .
Tahiti
Williams, Blnnchard & Co.
Williams, Blanchard& Co.
.. 27
Rodgers, Meyer & Co.
.. 27
.. 30
.. 30
.. 30
.. 31
Bark J. W. Seaver....
St'r City of Chester
Ship Jos. S. Spinney..
Bark Jonathan Brown.
Williams, Blanehard &Co.
Williams, Blanchard &Co.
G. W. McNear.
G. W. McNear.
A. Crawford & Co.
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
The Company's steamers will sail as follows at IS SI:
CITY OP TOKIO, March 20th— CITY OF PEKING, Feb. 7th, May 1st— for
YOKOHAMA and HONGKONG.
GRANADA, January 5th, for NEW Y'ORK and PANAMA, calling at ACAPULCO,
SAN JOSE DE GUATEMALA, LA LIBERTAD and PUNTA ARENAS.
Tickets to and from Europe by any line for saje at tbe lowest rates ; also to Ha-
vana and all West India ports.
CITY" OF NEW Y'ORK, January 19th, at 12 o'clock m., or on arrival of the English
mails, for HONOLULU, AUCKLAND and SYDNEY. $10 additional is charged for
passage in Upper Saloon.
DAKOTA, January 10th, for VICTORIA, PORT TOWNSEND, SEATTLE,
and TAOoMA, connecting at TACOMA with Northern Pacific Railroad for PORT-
LAND, Oregon. Tickets must be purchased before 11 a.m. on day of sailing, at
Whart Office. For freight or passage applv at the office, cor. First and Brannan
streets. [Jau. 3.J WILLIAMS. DI.MOND & CO.. Agents.
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER.
Jan. 3, 1880.
THE TAY BRIDGE DISASTER.
Of all the appalling disasters that ever shocked mankind, that which
recently occurred on the Tay bridge is the most dreadful, when all its cir-
cumstances are considered. Stereotyped newspaper phrases, such as be-
ing "hurled into eternity," and so forth, fail to convey an adequate sense
of the horrible reality. When a man— one solitary individual — goes out
of bis house, aud is never seen again, it is dreadful enough ; but here
were hundreds of human beings that whisked out of a railway station
into the blackness of a stormy night, and disappeared from sight forever.
Ships have gone out of port and never been heard of afterwards, but the
mind is so familiar with the dangers of the deep that such an awful ca-
tastrophe does not so deeply impress the mind as does this oalamity. If
the train had been smashed to atoms, and the mutilated bodies of those it
carried had been scattered over the track, with not a survivor left to tell
the tale, there would still be less of horror in the hideous ruin than in
this silent vanishing of life. The dark imagination of an Edgar Poe
could not have conceived anything more wierdly terrible. Bailway acci-
dents are nowadays so common that probably a train never leaves a sta-
tion without anxiety being felt by those who ride in it, or see it off.
But in the minds of those who anticipate the danger, it takes the
shape of a crash, a wreck, a calling for assistance, a bustle and stir
among the dead and wounded. How infinitely more awful is the noise-
less extinguishment that took place on the Tay Bridge. What must
h&ve been the feelings of the railroad officials who saw the train start,
when they could learn no farther tidings of it ! What must have been the
feelings of those who, from the farther end of the bridge, saw a swift-
descending avalanche of fire plunge into the black waters below, and then
vainly waited, with straining ears, for the sound of thundering wheels
above the tempest ! How must those few daring men have felt who crept
along the bridge that stormy night only to find a black gulf yawning
above the waters ! Let us not attempt to imagine the struggles of the
caged victims. The whole subject is too terrible for contemplation.
Nevertheless, it does not seem that the blame can be fixed on any one in
particular. The Company certainly spared not expense in building the
bridge, and on all hands it was regarded as a model of engineering
achievement. That its construction was faulty, there can now be no
doubt, but it seems equally certain that its faultiness could not have been
foreseen even by the man who built it. Through the kindness of a gen-
tleman in this city, we have obtained photographic views of the bridge,
and shall next week give an illustration from them.
SYMPATHY WITH THE IRISH.
It 'would, be incorrect to say that the sympathy of Irishmen in
America for their countrymen in Ireland is out of place, but we think
that the spirit in which that sympathy is manifested is altogether unbe-
coming. That there is great distress among the poor classes in Ireland
no one will deny, and if Americans can relieve that distress it is well that
they should do so. But the sympathy shown should not take a political
shape. " Resolutions " condemning English laws, and blaming the Brit-
ish Government for the Irish troubles, can accomplish nothing. Every-
body knows, or should know, that the tenure of laad in Ireland is almost
precisely the same as the tenure of land here. The system has its evils,
but to remedy those evils the first statesmen of the century have racked
their brains in vain. As long as the world lasts there will be rich people
and there will be poor, and the poor must go to the wall. This truth is
as apparent and its results are as deplorable in England and in Scotland
— aye, and everywhere else, including America — as tbey are in
Ireland. The only difference lies in the temperament of the
people who have to suffer under an unchangeable social
law. The English Government has done everything it could to
mitigate the misfortunes of the sister isle ; but the Irish are a hot-headed,
impatient, and turbulent race, and would be satisfied with nothing but
the fate of the famed Kilkenny cats. Their agitation is always political
and never practical. If they are hungry they do not look for bread, but
immediately growl at the system of government under which they expe-
rience want. And when they butt against the Constitution and statutes
of England they invariably come out of the quarrel with sore heads.
Americans should not encourage them in this folly. If we can send them
food and clothing and money, let us do so by all means ; but for us to
adopt and indorse their political views, and lend ourselves to the senseless
abuse of England on their account , is very foolish on our part.
We do but speak for the public when we announce, with the deep-
est regret, the withdrawal of Judge Louderback from the bench of the
Police Court, which he has occupied to the entire satisfaction of the com-
munity for eight years. Under the New Constitution his term of office
ceased with the last day of the year 1879, and he will resume the practice
of the law, with all the advantages of great experience and a most envia-
ble reputation for inflexible uprightness and an abiding sense of public
duty. No official has ever commanded, in a higher degree, the respect
and confidence of the people.
Geo. C. Shreve & Co., jewelers, 110 Montgomery street, mark all
oods in plain figures and have but one price.
FINANCIAL LEGISLATION.
Congress will soon reassemble, and the uppermost thought is, what
shall be done in the way of financial legislation ? Secretary Sherman, as
the mouthpiece of the National Bank ring, demands that greenbacks be
retired and silver practically demonetized, .by a cessation of coinage. To
this the West is solidly opposed, and even in New England and the Mid-
dle States — the strongholds of the Bank party— there is a respectable and
growing minority opposed to these one-sided schemes. Than President
Hayes's message nothing could be more inopportune to the interests of his
party. Before the assembling of Congress, and flushed with recent vic-
tories, the Republicans were confident of the Presidential election ; but
now they are divided into sections, composed of monometalists, bi-metal-
ists, silver men and greenbackers. It would appear almost impossible for
any financial legislation to succeed during the present session, but that
attempts will be made no one can doubt. It is necessary for the Demo-
crats to regain some of their lost ground in the great West, and they can-
not do it better than by leading an attack— or following one — upon the
National Bank Act. If $750,000,000 of currency are necessary for the
transaction of business in the United States, there is every reason why
Uncle Sam should make any profit that is to be made — thereby reducing
taxation— instead of presenting that profit to the National Banks, and
thereby maintaining taxation. As for the silver question, events have
confirmed the opinion expressed in these columns more than five years
ago. Great Britain and Germany must, in the near future, return to bi-
metalism in self- protection. Prince Bismarck has ordered a cessation of
sales of silver, acting upon the advice of Von Dechend, president of the
Reichs-Bank, who demonstrated that upon sales of 439,000,000 marks of
coined silver, there had been an unnecessary loss to the Empire of four-
teen and one-third per cent., or 64,911,980 marks! We venture to predict
two things: First, that bi-metalism will be re-established in Europe in-
side of two years ; and, second, that Senator Jones's forthcoming speech
will be as great a surprise as his memorable speech on the Silver Bill.
RIGHT AGAIN!
Our predictions concerning the result of the " tight fix " into which
the British were reported, by the jubilant American press, to have brought
themselves in Afghanistan, have, of course, been verified. We said that
the " tight fix " would prove to be a myth, that the British were quite
able to take care of themselves, and that their friends had no cause for
alarm ; and we were right in each particular. The rebellious Afghans
were routed even before the British reinforcements arrived on the ground,
and the invader's grip on the country is now stronger than ever. Let it
be understood, however, that on this account we do not set up as prophets,
or lay any claim to a gift of second sight. Although, from the breaking
out of the Russo-Turkish war down to the present day, we have been
singularly successful in giving our readers a correct version of European
affairs, especially where England was concerned, we see no reason to
boast about it. The achievement is too easy to brag of. It is only neces-
sary to follow too rules, and the thing is done. The first rule is to exer-
cise a little dispassionate common sense— to look at the facts as they really
are, and not as the American public would like to have them. The second
rule is to believe the opposite of every foreign telegram that places Eng-
land in a bad light. For instance, if the telegraph informs us that the
British troops are completely surrounded by the enemy, and that all their
supplies are cut off, it is quite safe to assert that the exact opposite is the
case. There is no exaggeration about this, as we have proved in these
columns time and time again. If the telegram comes from New York or
Chicago, the rule is absolutely infallible, and it seldom misleads if the
news comes direct from abroad, because the information is there collated,
not with any desire to state the truth, but with the sole object of pleasing
Anglophobe readers in this country.
THE "SPHYNZ" AGAIN.
If General Grant deserved the title of " Sphynx " during his admin-
istration of the nation's affairs, he certainly has a still stronger claim to it
now. He stands before the people in a role that is neither creditable nor
profitable to himself. He is evidently hanging back to see which way the
cat will jump before committing himself, and is playing with a sort of
fire that cannot fail to scorch him sooner or later. He must know
whether he would be willing to serve as President for a third term or not,
but he refuses to say anything on the question. Whether he would be
willing to accept a nomination is another matter, since that would natur-
ally depend upon the nomination being Btrong enough to give him a fair
chance of success ; but he must certainly be able by this time to say
whether he would consent to be elected. It is plain enough what the Gen-
eral is driving at. If he cannot get a nomination — or, at least, a strong
one — he wants to be able to say that he refused a third term ; but if he
sees a pretty safe chance of securing the Presidency, he is going to take it,
sure. It would be so easy for him to declare his principles, however, that
if he should refuse a nomination now, no one would believe that he ob-
jected to a third term for any other reason than that he could not get it.
If this is the conduct of a frank soldier or an honorable statesman, we
are much mistaken in our estimate of character.
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DEVOTED TO THE LEADING INTERESTS OP CALIFORNIA AND THE PACIFIC COAST.
Vol. 30.
SAN FRAN0IS00, SATURDAY, JAN. 10, 1880.
No. 26.
Offlr*- of the San Francisco News Letter, Merchant Street,
Nos. 607 to 615, San Francisco.
/^OLDBARS-S90@910— Silver Bars
Dollars, 8@8£ per cent.
-5@15 # cent. disc. Mexican
" Exchange on New York. 3-10 $ cent., strong; On London, Bankers,
49§ ; Commercial, 50d. Paris, sight, 5 francs per dollar. Telegrams,
35-100 per cent.
• Latest price of Sterling, 482@484J.
* Price of Money here, i
open market, 1@1£.
§}1 per cent, per month — bank rate.
)emand active.
In the
PRICES OF LEADING STOCKS AND GOV. BONDS.
San Francisco January 9, 1H80.
Stocks and Bonds.
Cal. St. Bonds, 6's,'57,(nom)
S. F. City & Co. B'ds, 6s, '58 Nom,
S. F. 0. & Co. B'ds, 7s (nom)
Montg'y Av. Bonds (nom). .
Dupont Street Bonds
Sacramento City Bonds....
Btockton City Bonds, 6"s. . .
Yuba County Bonds, S's
Santa Clara Co. Bonds, 7's .
C. P. R. R. Stock
C. P. R- K. Bonds
Oakland City Boud3, S's
Bank of California (new stk).
First National
Pacific
California Ins. Co
Commercial Ins. Co
Fireman's Fund Ins. Co. . . .
Bid.
Asked
100
102
Nom.
Nom.
Nom.
Nom.
65
70
80
85
26
28
90
95
103
106
105
107
85
90
108
110
112
115
123
125
95
97i
115
120
10S
112
75
80
115
120
Stocks and Bonds. Bid.
Home Mutual Ins. Co 85
State Investment Ins. Co .. 103
Union Ins. Co 114
CitvR. R 35
Central R. R. Co 43
Clay Street Hill R. R ,
Market Street R. R
N, B. and Mission R. R
Omnibus R. R
Potrero and Bay View R. R
Giant Powder Co
Atlantic Giant Powder
S. F. Gaslight Co (ex div)..
Oakland Gas Co
California Powder Co
S. V. W. W. Co (ex div)...
Nevada Co. N. G. R. R. Bds
Virginia & Truckee '
Asked
90
105
116
40
47
23
70
32
35
160
135
85i
95
101
The transactions in local securities during the past week have been
quite limited, and there is but little change in our quotations. There has
been a speculative demand in Gas stock, and all that was offered at 75
has been freely absorbed ; and there is none for sale at the moment be
low our extreme quotations.
Andrew Baird, 312 California street.
Beerbohm's Telegram. — London and Liverpool, Jan. 9, 1880.—
Floating Cargoes, very dull ; Cargoes on Passage, neglected, no busi-
ness doing; No. 2 Spring Off Coast, 53@54s.; lied Winter Off Coast,
56s.; California Off Coast, 56s.; California Just Shipped, 58s.; California
Nearly Due, 56s.; Liverpool Spot Wheat, firmer ; California Club, No.
1 Standard, 10@lls.; California Club, No. 2 Standard, lis. 5d.; Califor-
nia Club, Western, lis. 5d.; California Club, White Michigan, lis. 6d.;
No. 3 Spring, 10s. 5d.@10s. lid. English Country Markets, turn dearer.
Liverpool Wheat, 10s. 8d., lis. 6d., 10s. 2d., lis. N. Y. St. Ex., 82£@
85. Market dull.
Latest from the Merchant's Exchange.— New York, Jan. 8th,
1880. United States Bonds— 4s, 103i ; 4£s, 106£; 5s, 103g. Sterling Ex-
change, 4 82£@4 85. Pacific Mail, 38g. Wheat, 150@156. Western Union,
103. Hides, 2-lh(a)2o. Oil— Sperm, 100@101. Winter Bleached, 110@118.
Whale Oil, 57@58; Winter Bleached, 60@65. Wool— Spring, fine, 30@
38 ; Burry, 18@22 ; Pulled, 35@45 ; Fall Clips, 20@25 ; Burry, 22@30.
London, Jan. 8. — Liverpool Wheat Market, 10s. 8d.@lls. 6d. : Club,
Us. 2d.@lls. 10d. ; U. S. Bonds, 5's, 106£; 4's, 1061; 4£'s, 110J. Consols,
971316.
We understand that the complete scheme of promotions in the
China Consular Service has been decided on by the Foreign Office, and
only awaits the approval of her Majesty. The Hon. Thomas Grosvenor,
lately appointed Secretary of Legation at Peking, will proceed, via San
Francisco, early in February. Mr. Carles, First Class Assistant, proceeds
to Shanghai by the P. and O. mail from Southampton on the 25th. Mr.
Owen Denny has been nominated United States Consul at Shanghai.
Quicksilver. — Within the past few days London cablegrams announce
a rise from £6 10s. to £7 5s. $ bottle. This advance came sooner than
was expected. Our Spot stock is now 5,000 tlasks; the nominal price,
40c, but some holders refuse to name a price under 45c. There are evi-
dently better prices in store for 1880 than in the year just closed.
GOVERNOR PERKINS' INAUGURAL.
The inaugural address delivered by Governor Perkins on Thursday
was able, exhaustive and statesmanlike. All questions relating to the
welfare of the State, to the head of whose government he has been called,
were dealt with in a frank and masterly manner. There was no shirking
disagreeable topics, as is usual in such cases, nor was the address a mere
tissue of sounding but meaningless sentences. A document more replete
with common sense and sound judgment it has never been our fortune to
peruse ; and the man whose ideas and sentiments it expresses cannot fail
to make a good Governor from a great State. The fact that the addresB is
of this solid and practical nature makes tne hopeful views which it con-
tains all the more encouraging. Governor Perkins has evidently the
strongest faith in the high destiny of California. He is proud of the ship
of which he takes command, and he predicts that her voyage will be a
prosperous one. It is very cheering to hear this from such a source, for if
the Governor really believed the opposite, he would most surely have said
so. The people wish him all the prosperity which he predicts for them.
THE STOCK MARKET.
There has been a marked increase of business at the Boards during
the past week, and prices show a slight advance with a gradual strength-
ening tendency. The North-end stocks continue the favorite speculation,
and offer the best opportunities for turn buyers, while the sharp fluctua-
tions in Belcher have made this stock a leading feature at the Boards.
The news from the 2760-foot level continues to be of a favorable character,
showing stringers of ore giving satisfactory assays. With the opening of
the 3,000-foot level, which will be ready for cross-cutting in about six
weeks, we may expect considerable activity in the stock. Outside stocks
show a marked improvement, particularly Mt. Diablo, Northern Belle,
Eureka, Mono, and others of the lesser priced Bodies. At the close busi-
ness was exceptionally dull. "2
According to the Wreck Register, the number of shipwrecks, cas-
ualties and collisions in and near the coasts of the United Kingdom from
July 1, 1878, to June 30, 1879, was 3,641, of which, however, only 422
cases involved total loss, and loss of life occurred in only 126. This is not
a large proportion, seeing that the number of British ships alone entering
in and clearing outwards to and from ports in the United Kingdom in
one year averages 600,000, representing a tonnage probably of 102,000,000.
Since 1852 the number of wrecks and casualties on our coasts, according to
the records of the National Lifeboat Institution, has been 46,320, with a
loss of 17,829 lives. The loss of life during 1877-78 was 892, including 318
in the Eurydice. _. . ^
Edison's Success Doubted.— London, January 8th. — A Paris corre-
spondent telegraphs that the news of Edison's discovery in electric light-
ing has produced some sensation there. Count Du Moncel, who is re-
cognized as the highest authority of electric science, writes to the Temps,
saying that the new lamp is not new, and he warns the public against the
pompous announcements from the new world.
The Naumkeag Mining Company has filed articles of incorporation
in Department No. 10 of the Superior Court. Capital stock, §5,000,000.
Directors— J. L. Moody, J. M. Getchell, M. L. McDonald, A. W. Fos-
ter, T. E. Parish, Thomas Bell, William Moody. Also, the Head Center
Consolidated Mining Company, with the same capital stock and Board of
Directors.
Schouvaloffs Prospects.— London, January 8th. — A dispatch from
St. Petersburg saya that the Moscow Gazette asserts that Count Schouva-
loff is likely to be appointed Ministor of the Interior, with a department
of political police in his Ministry, in lieu of the third section of the Im-
perial Chaneellerie, which will be abolished.
The Prince Imperial Memorial.— Paris, January 8th.— The sub-
scriptions for the memorial to the Prince Imperial have closed. The
amount subscribed was 200,000 francs. The Memorhil Committee propose
to erect a chapel on the elevated point between the Arc de Triomphe and
the Hotel des Invalides.
The Italian Government has sent circulars to all its Embassadors
abroad, giving full explanations of the events attending the funeral of
General Anezzauna.
The statement that the Count de St. Vallier, Minister at Berlin, has
withdrawn his resignation, is denied.
Printed and Published by the Proprietor, Frederick Marriott, 607 to 615 Merchant Street, San FranclBco, California.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Jan. 10, 1880.
FLOSSIE AND THE SNOW.
A little Anglo-Indian, And Flossie scampered out in glee
Not very long ago, When she beheld the sight,
Enjoyed her first experience To feast her eyes and rosy lips
Of real Christmas snow. Upon the jewels bright.
All night the snow was falling She gathered, too, an ample store
And covering the ground, And laid it safely by,
So when she woke you cannot guess "Because the angels mightcome down
The wonders Flossie found. And steal it to the sky."
Such loads of pretty sparkling white But all in vain ; next morning came,
As every leaflet bore, 'Twas nowhere to be seen; [brown,
And every blade and every twig, Once more the trees were bare and
Were never seen before. Once more the grass was green.
'Twas lying thick on all the walks, And little Flossie's hoarded store,
It topped the garden gate ; So beautiful and bright,
It dressed the silent, gloomy streets A wicked fairy stole away
In ermine robes of state. That very, self -same night.
How many of our valued things,
The aged only know,
Will melt beneath the touch of time
And prove like Flossie's snow.
And if existence' troubles
We only could forego,
Could only see them vanish
And melt as doth the snow ! j.
San Francisco, January 9, 1880.
GAMBLING EXTRAORDINARY.
With shame it may be said that there are places in our State where
gambling may be expected to be found. With still greater shame it may
now be said that it is to be found where it ought never to have been ex-
pected. Briggs, Robson, and other "sports" of our city, with whose
names, we confess we are not familiar, ply their calling as if it were not
one prohibited by law. Successive Chiefs of Police wink at it, and the
thing goes on, though we have never hitherto heard of a good reason why
it should. We at last know of such a reason. While gambling is prac-
ticed by the highest legal officers as a duty of State, why should common
mortals be punished for engaging in it as a pastime ? A high old game
was gotten up the other day, and that, too, under the authority of a most
pretentiously moral Constitution. It was not played away in a back
room, with the inner doors locked and barred, and the outer one jealously
guarded by an efficient " bruiser." The bad example was set in the pres-
ence of the people. Their Honors the Judges of the Supreme and Superior
Courts of the State were the players. The stakes were high. Eight years of
Supreme Judgeship, with attendant honors and emoluments, depended upon
the turn of a card, or upon whatever instrument of gaming was used.
We are not told whether it was a " square" game or a "hogging" game,
or what sort of game it was. But we know it was a game, and one of
chance, such as good citizens rightly denounce, as well as such as the law
prohibits in most men. McKinstry and Thornton won eleven years of
office, whilst Sharpstein and Ross secured only three years. Finn came off
with but one year, while Ferral triumphed with five. Merit had nothing to
do with it, justice was not consulted, and the whole transaction was, in its
inception and in its results, a discreditable pandering to that spirit of gamb-
ling which is the greatest curse that to-day afflicts ourState. We confess to
some curiosity as to how the game was played out. We hear that it was
draw poker, and that Ferral bluffed him, while McKinstry held a "full"
to Sharpstein's " flush." It is expected that hereafter Ferral will develop
a weak side when his brother gamblers appear before him. He now
knows how the thing is himself. Having played and won, with what
conscience can he be hard upon others similarly fortunate ? He surely
won't be. His Honor, enjoying the emoluments of five years of office,
may be told that gambling is naughty, but he knows it's nice. We should
not be surprised if the new Supreme Court be divided in opinion as to
the constitutionality of future anti-gambling laws. Sharpstein and Ross will
be very decided on the one side, while McKinstry and Thornton will be
equally firm on the other. McKee and Myrick may be excused if they
are a little undecided on the point. They won seven years, when they
might have secured eleven. On the other hand, they might have been
compelled to remain content with but three. Under the circumstances,
we should not like to predict what their leanings might turn out to be.
Seriously, this latest exhibition of gambling was a disgrace to the framers
of our Constitution and to the State. The dragging of the ermine of the
Judges through such a filthy process was a bad inauguration of a Judici-
ary from which great things are expected.
THE KING IS DEAD!
Norton the First, Emperor of the United States and Protector of
Mexico, is dead. Not killed by the hand of an assassin, however, as may
be expected of most monarchs now a-days, but suddenly struck down in
the streets by death in some natural shape. San Franciscans will miss
the familiar form of Emperor Norton. He has long been a ieature of our
city, though, perhaps, not a very desirable feature. He was harmless and
inoffensive, and was everywhere treated with kindness and indulgence.
But we are glad that in this case, when we cry " the King is dead !" we
cannot add, "long live the King !" Norton I. is the last of his dynasty.
Many old Californians will remember his predecessors, but heirs he has
none. We are glad of it. The Emperor himself— may he rest in peace-
was welcome enough to his throne, but let no pretender arise to claim
Norton's fallen scepter.
In London, during the past year, 56 streets have been re-named, 27
have been re-numbered, and 74 new streets have been built and added to
the Directory. No less than 155 new trades have sprung into existence
during the past twelve months. Some of the designations are very singu-
lar, the list including such quaint occupations as "spark arresters" and
" bronchitis kettle manufacturers."
THE HEALTH OF THE CITY.
Although the mortality of the last two weeks of the year 1879 com-
pares very favorably with that of the year 1878, it cannot be said that the
general health of the community is as good as usual. In consequence of
the cold and damp weather, and the very frequent and excessive changes
of temperature, there has been an epidemic of rheumatism and catarrhal
discorders. Influenza, bronchitis, culminating often in pneumonia, have
been very general — children have suffered less than adults. The extent to
which pneumonia must have prevailed may be shown by the number of
deaths, which amounted to 21 in the two weeks ending January 2d. Of
these, all but three were of persons over five years of age, and by far the
larger number were in the very prime of life. Ordinary pneumonia in
adults is not by any means a dangerous disease, and the mortality is not
usually more than 4 or 5 per cent, of those attacked ; so that it is proba-
ble that at least 400 persons have had it within the last three weeks.
There has also been a high mortality from other forms of lung disease.
Last week there were three deaths from bronchitis, 3 congestion of the
lun^s, 1 gangrene, 14 phthisis. There are still a few deaths from diph-
theria and. typhoid fever. The aged are beginning to feel the effects of
cold. There was one death from old age last week, and three have already
occurred this week. These facts should be regarded as a warning for
every one to keep good fires in the houses, and to clothe warmly out of
doors. They also point to the great importance of watching carefully the
prodromata of disease, and particularly the early symptoms of bronchitis
and pneumonia. Men of the strongest constitutions ought not to neglect
a chill, a pain in the head or side, a cough and oppression of the breath-
ing. Even when slight, these symptoms may be the harbingers of a pneu-
monia which nothing but a careful medical examination will surely
demonstrate. Early rest, good nursing and a warm bedroom will be more
efficacious now than the most skillful medication at a later date. These
warnings apply with double force to young persons, particularly ladies,
whose nervous susceptibilities are so much more acute than those of men.
Ladies who clothe in furs and ride in close carriages during the day, too
often go out in evening costume and expose themselves to the night air, to
heated ball-rooms, to cold supper rooms, and to colder carriages and bed-
rooms on returning home. They are doing so at the risk of their health,
and even of their lives. An acute pneumonia, or pleurisy, or pericarditis
thus established may tax the highest skill of the medical attendant, and
although such diseases are not necessarily fatal, they are too often the
foundation of impaired health and incurable disease.
DOINGS AT SACRAMENTO.
The Executive and law-making powers have been inaugurated
at Sacramento, durink the past week, in a manner creditable to all par-
ties concerned. The State needs an Administration that will restore con-
fidence to all interests, and in Governor Perkins it has undoubtedly got
what it needs. So far, he has fulfilled public expectations; his inaugural
is an able document, conservative in tone, progressively suggestive in
character, and confidence-inspiring in all its parts. His appointments, so
far, are excellent, and altogether he has posed before the public in a man-
ner that, while it delights his friends, disarms his political opponents.
The new ship of State is afloat, skillfully commanded, ably officered, and.
well formed in every respect. We predict a most successful voyage. The
Legislature has also commenced its functions exceptionally well. The
organization of both houses was effected with more than customary de-
corum and efficiency. The scramble for minor offices, though considera-
ble, was embittered by no such scenes as have occurred on other
occasions; honest and capable officials have been chosen, and Representa-
tives have thus early been enabled to reach the real duties of their posi-
tions. In Mr. Cowdery an admirable Speaker has been elected. Court-
eous, yet firm, an able parliamentarian, who is likely to be quick yet fair
in his decisions, he will fill the important position to which he has been
elected with credit to himself, and with advantage to the Legislature and
to the State. The Hon. Grove L. Johnson leads the Senate, which is so
bitter a dose to the " live paper" that it has had, for several days past, a
relapse to its very worst manners, which is saying not a little. A long
session and much hard work is in store for the members of the Senate and
Assembly; and the way in which they have begun is a good augury that
they will more nearly fulfill the expectations of the people than did most
of their predecessors. "We think there is much in this week's doings at
Sacramento that is calculated to inspire confidence all round. The be-
ginning is good; may the ending be worthy of it !
FALLEN ROYALTY.
The journey of the Empress Eugenie from Madrid to Chislehurst
must have tried her strength. Her Majesty started from Madrid on Sun-
day, December 7th, by the ordinary 4:45 express. As the line is single,
she had to stop for three-quarters of an hour, in a siding, at the first sta-
tion, in order to wait for the return of the special train which bad con-
veyed the Archduchesses to the Escurial in the morning. At Vallaloid
the express was two hours behind time ; and, a little further on, at 3 in
the morning, in the center of the plateau of Old Castille, it came to a
standstill, and the passengers were informed that a goods train was of the
line ahead, and that they were to get out and walk three-quarters of a
mile in order to exchange carriages with the down train for France, which,
luckily, had just arrived at the other side of the accident. So the Em-
press and Mdlle. de Lerminat had to face the freezing wind and scramble
over ice and stones in the dark for twenty minutes. The special envoys
to the Royal marriage from Bavaria, Greece and Japan were in the train,
and made the change as best they could; but the Chinese mission, which
also formed part of the convoy, absolutely refused to move, and was con-
sequently carried back to Madrid. Miranda was reached at 10:30 in the
morning, five hours late; and there it was discovered that the twoluggage-
vans were on fire; so they had to be emptied and replaced, another hour
.being lost in the process. Finally, the Empress reached Hendaye at 5:30
p.m. on Monday, instead of 11 a.m. No train onward was available till
9:30 in the evening. At that hour the Empress started again, and reached
Bordeaux at 5:30 in the morning; continuing her journey by the rapid at
7:50, she got to Paris at 8 P.M. on Tuesday, in time to catch the Calais
mail at 7:45; and, at last, arrived at Chislehurst on Wednesday morning,
after three nights in the snow. — London World. [This, it must be re-
membered, was the Empress' return from the burial of her mother. How
different would have been the circumstances of the journey had it been
made in 1869 instead of 1870.
J»n. 10, 1880.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
9
already
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NATIVE OEM3 AND PRECIOUS STONES
Editor News Letter Dial Sin -. Yen haw done dm the Undneea
r tw iiiunii- Uioni oaUing
rtaioly interesting indications of
Japoriti n f gmna an 1 tlth of the mines of
S mth Pacini- sl.>(>.>; and,
.• I have - .'' n*ur* myself that I am not mis-
laken, I a«k for a farther aUowau p mm valuable columns to
•mincntly before the public, especially miners and
thoae interested in mine*.
There i* a proverb in the Brazil that " a man who has a cold raino is
it the owner of a diamond mine never." Whether such may prove
to be the ca*e hen- <>r not i* at present problematical ; but certain it is
that neither here, with .ill the advantages California }>-»sjiesses, nor in Aus-
tralia, has it yet been shown that mining for the precious metals has a
-f substantial advantage to the general public, or the vast mass of
mine laborers themselves. Of oonne, there i* now oofoolisb anticipation
of immediate wealth held ont by an inquiry into the capability of the
country to yield diamonds and preeiou-* stones of great value— they must
corneas a result of many preliminary investigations and tentative experi-
ments in searching for them. It took me many leisure hours during
twelve years, under favorable conditions, to collect and determine the
gems and precions stone* and their associate rocks in Australasia, But
then all was new, and each substani-*' had to be examined in a way now
no longer needed, l>ecause ma^tly the inspection of a specimen will suffice.
That the people of California ought to appreciate their native gems is but
natural ; yet with the exception of the works wrought out of fragments
of quartz, containing specks of gold, and more commonly of iron pyrites,
one finds hitherto no attempt to seek for and turn to account the finer
kinds of precious stones, such as the variegated jaspers, sards and chalce-
domy ; while the common amythists, real or spurious, appear on almost
every hand, especially on the hands of ladies ! I have seen thousands of
diamonds in rings, shirt-studs, and worked into parures for ladies, whose
price is very high indeed in the jewelers' stores, yet but extremely few
that are not glaringly defective in one or other important character.
However, my present object is not to attack public taste, but while I re-
main here to ascertain what there is of gems and precious stones in Cali-
fornia, and compare the mines of the country with those of Australia and
the Brazil. Any good coming out of the investigations may go to whom
it concerns. John J. Bleasdale, D. D.
HOW MANY APPLES DID ADAM AND EVE EAT ?
SOme say Eve 8 and Adam 2, a total of 10 only. Now, we figure the
thing out far different. Eve 8 and Adam 8 also. Total, 16. — Boston Jour
nal. We think the above figures are entirely wrong. If Eve 8 and Adam
82, certainly the total will be 90. Scientific men, however, on the strength
of the theory that the antediluvians were a race of giants, and conse-
quently great eaters, reason something like this : Eve 81st, and Adam 82.
Total, 163. — Gloucester Advertiser. Wrong again. What could be clearer
than if Eve 8-1-lst, and Adam 8-1-2, would notthe whole be 1,623 ? — Boston
Journal. I believe the followingto be the true solution : Eve 8-1-4 Adam;
Adam 8-1-2-4 Eve. Total, 8,698,— Veritas. Still another calcultion is as
follows: If Eve 8-1-4 Adam, Adam 8-1-2-4-2 oblige Eve. Total, 82,056.
We think, however, this is not a sufficient quantity ; for though we ad-
mit that Eve 8-1-4 Adam, Adam if he 80, 8-1-2-4-2 keep Eve company.
Total, 8,082,056. - N. Y. Mail. You do the fair thing by Adam, brother,
but you slight Eve, This poor smit-10-1-8-1-4-2 please the serpent, and
Adam, of coarse, if he, as good husbands do, oft-10-80-8-1-2-4-2 keep Eve
company. Total, 109,099,384. — Syracuse Journal.
Much has been said, and too much perhaps cannot be said, of the un-
happy condition of the Czar. But the second personage in the State is
hardly less unhappily situated than its head, while in one particular the
case of the Czarewitch possesses a special claim to commiseration. He is
believed to be in sympathy with the party of reform in Russia, and in
political disagreement with the Czar as regards the expediency of
attempting to remodel the institutions of the empire in a constitutional
sense. At the present moment, therefore, when a cause with which he is
known to sympathize is being associated with and disgraced by the crimes
of revolutionary conspiracy, the position of the Czarewitch has of course
become a most painful one. Profound compassion must be felt for a son
who is condemned to see the life of his father again and again attempted
by men whose political demands he is supposed to favor, and whose crimi-
nal methods of asserting them he can of course do nothing to check. Yet
more complete becomes the misery of his situation when he feels that,
though differences of opinion have in no degree affected his personal rela-
tions with his father, it is impossible for him to impose silence on the
gossips who assert that political discord has led to mutual estrangement.
In a paper lately read by the second president of the Russian Tech-
nical Society some interesting details are given of the four cruisers pur-
chased by the Russians last year in America. The first vessel bought,
the State of California, afterward christened the Europe, was in an un-
completed state on the slips when purchased, and for her a sum of $400,000
(£80,000) was paid ; the cost of making the alterations necessary to con-
vert the ship into a man-of-war being included in the purchase-money.
The next two vessels obtained were the Columbus and Saratoga, afterward
rechristened the Asia and Africa, for which $335,000 and §275,000 (£67,-
000 and £55,000) were given respectively. These two steamers were afloat
when purchased, and most extensive alterations had to be made in them
before they could be considered serviceable fighting ships. Apparently
the experience gained in thus converting these two vessels convinced the
purchasers that it would prove less costly and more satisfactory to build
an entirely new ship than to alter one already completed ; for instead ot
expending the remainder of the money at their disposal in buying an-
other vessel, they ordered a fourth cruiser to be built for them in an Amer-
can yard, on a design prepared by Russian engineers, at a cost of S275,-
000 (£55,000).
A Child without a Christmas present is apt to think his stockings were
hung up in the wrong chimnev, and to wish he had been born in some
other family. — New Orleans Picayune.
A Jelalabad correspondent reports that the Mollahs are increasing
in their attempts to incite the Mohammedans to insurrection.
ROYAL PREFERENCES.
The following fa the full list of the preferences, (Hays the Court Jour-
the PrinoMo! Wale*, as she recorded them in a scrap-book at
BaiToir Castle, fast twelve vim esjO) moo after her marriage. Her
favorite Queen and King are Qneen Dajrmai end EUohard Oojor de Lion;
her favorite hem. poet and artist. are Wellington) Byron and Sir Joshua
Reynolds; her favorite author, Ohariai DIOKOIIB; her favorite virtue,
charity; her favorito color, blue; her favorite dish, a French tart; her fa-
vorite flower, the rose; her favorite name. Mary; her favorite occupation,
reading aloud; her favorite amusement, " driving my ponies;" her favorito
motto, Dim tt Bfon Droit her husband's, by the way; her favorite
locality, home; her chief ambition, not to be fast, and, as for her chief
dislike, she has none.
A Scared Barber. — There is a story told of a colored barber in this
city, which is very Laughable if the reader can only conjure up the sceue
before him. Sambo was one day latelv called upon to shave a dead man.
He had nearly concluded the task, and was nutting the final touches to
his handiwork, when, on leaning over the body to make sure that every-
thing was slick on the side away from him, he leaned heavily with his
hand upon the body. This forced the collected air up through the dead
man's lungs. The corpse's mouth flew open, and he breathed a mighty
sigh straight into Sambo's face. That's all the story. The effect on the
barber cannot be described in words. But his friends say that that nigger
has been snow-white from head to foot ever since.
Mr. Gladstone, atDalmeny, replying in a playful speech to the toast
of his health proposed by Lord Rosebery, and alluding to the many pres-
ents he had received from deputations and representatives of various in-
dustries, observed that he had not even been housed and fed but clothed,
having received from various quarters a complete suit of clothes, with the
exception of hat and boots. "This," said Lord Rosebery, quickly, "is
an omission that must be remedied." And so it was. When Mr. Glad-
stone left Dalmeny he carried in his portmanteau a splendid Glengarry
cap and a pair of strong boots, completing his Scotch outfit.
The queer-looking old man who has been perambulating the streets
for a week past, with a lighted lantern in his hand, in broad daylight, was
brought before the Commissioners in Lunacy on Wednesday as insane.
Being asked why he carried his lantern, he said he had learned from the
daily papers that the moral sense of this community had received a severe
shock by the news of the defalcation and flight of Gideon M. Berry, and
as he had never personally known that the community possessed any
moral sense, he was anxious to find it, and see what it looked like. The
Commissioners looked at one another, and dismissed the case.
We regret to record the retirement from his old business of Mr. F.
B. Taylor, the well-known importing, shipping and commission merchant.
At the same time it is a pleasure to know that the business has been
bought by two gentlemen of such established integrity, ability and enter-
prise as Mr. D. G. Soofield and Mr. Harry L. Tevis, who, on the second
of this mouth, formed a co-partnership under the firm name of Scofield &
Tevis, formal notice of which is given in another column. Beyond a
doubt the good will of the business will increase and multiply under the
new regime, prosperous as it was under the old.
The Queen of Spain's Illness. — Telegrams from Spain bring gloomy
tidings of Alfonso's bride. Her health is said to have been rudely shaken
by the recent attempt on her husband's life, and her consequent illness
has taken the dangerous form of epileptic fits. Should Christine, like
poor little Mercedes, leave Alfonso a widower, the young King will have
some difficulty in obtaining a third consort. The royal matrimonial mar-
ket is just now very short of Catholic princesses, but what there are will
probably shrink from being wooed by such an unlucky husband as Al-
fonso XII.
A sad misfortune lately befell a New Orleans Judge. It is related of
him that, as he was riding in the cars, from a single glance at the counte-
nance ot a lady at his side, he imagined that he knew her, and ventured
to remark that the day was pleasant. She only answered," Yes." " Why
do you wear a veil?" " Lest I attract gentlemen." " It is the province
of gentlemen to admire," replied the gallant man of law. "Not when
they are married." "But I am not." "Indeed!" " Oh, no ; I'm a
bachelor." The lady quietly removed her veil, disclosing to the aston-
ished magistrate the face of his mother-in-law. He has been a raving
maniac ever since. — Philadelphia Journal.
A correspondent "writes : I examined yesterday a curious old fan
which has a historical interest, for there i3 painted on it a representation
of the trial of Warren Hastings. There is a suggestion in this fact which
might be useful to the educational authorities. If a lady some ninety
years ago found it profitable to fan herself with the trial of Warren Hast-
ings, why should not ladies nowadays impress historical incidents on their
memories in the same way? Your partner at the ball might in the in-
tervals of the danee abstract herself from the frivolity of the moment by
cooling her cheeks with the Bulgarian atrocities.
P. B. Kennedy, as a manufacturer of gloves, has no rival either in
America or France. He has devoted much time, money and pains to
make this branch of his business perfect, and the result is that Kenne-
dy's seamless kid gloves, of all sizes, colors, and numbers of buttons, are
the most neat and durable article of the kind that money can purchase.
His establishment at 232 Kearny street, between Sutter and Bush, offers
innumerable attractions, but his gloves, above all, show what taste, enter-
prise and fair-dealing combined can accomplish.
A Gold Hill Slander. — A stranger in Bodie, one day last week, in
eating a plate of hash at a restaurant, being very hungry, unguardedly
neglected to chew it properly, and swallowed a large coat button. They
doctored him for the pneumonia three days before he was able to explain.
Then they fed him a big button-hole tied to a string and fished it out in
no time. He screens all his hash now through a cane-bottomed chair very
carefully before eating. — Gold Hill News.
Krug Champagne.— Private Cuvee, in quarts and pints ; Shield —
Krug— in quarts and pints ; Premiere Qualite, in quarts and pints. For
sale by Helhnan Bros. & Co., corner Front and Jackson streets.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Jan. 10, 1880.
AN ENGLISH NOVEL.
BY AN AMEBICAN ATJTHOB.
Chapter IX. — The Dower.
Preceded by the Earl and the Judge arm-in-arm, the assembled com-
pany make their way in twos and threes to the dining-room, an elegant
apartment situate behind the parlor, the walls and ceiling of which have
been elaborately frescoed by the hand of — who do you think ? Why, Evy
herself — the fair, the refined, the beautiful, the accomplished Lady Gene-
vieve Thames. There was, indeed, scarcely anything the gifted daughter
of this aristocratic house could not do when she set her mind to it. She
was a very smart girl, and no mistake. Take, as a sample, the instance
in hand. We said the room was frescoed. So every one thought, and so
Evy intended they should think. But, dear reader, we will tell you a
secret. It was not frescoed at all. This is the way it was: At odd times
the old Countess had accumulated quite a number of chromos. Some she
bought outright ; others accompanied the pictorials and periodicals the
Earl would sometimes bring home, while others she became possessed of
by purchasing every mortal thing she saw advertised with which a chromo
was given away. Even the fruit and oyster cans, and the fancy wrappers
of the Earl's fine-cut added their quota. One day, when the Lady Gene-
vieve was rummaging over her ma's cupboard in search of a piece of old
black silk with which to line a sack she was making, she came upon this
assortment of chromos stowed away on a top shelf, and as carefully ar-
rayed in order, labeled and dated, as the collection of some ancient bric-
a-brac sharp.
" Why, ma! ™ cried Evy, " what you got here ?"
Mrs. Thames looked up from the sewing machine, and glanced over the
top of her specs.
" Never you mind," she replied. " You leave them be."
" I wunt," said Evy, reaching up and grabbing down an armful. " I'm
just going to see what you got hid away here. Something you don't want
me to see, I bet. I know your tricks." So Evy jumped down off the
chair she was standing upon, and, depositing the chromos on the floor, sat
down beside them, and gave her thumb a preparatory lick.
" Oh, mi !" she exclaimed in delight. *' What a lot of pictures! Where'd
yon get 'em all, ma f*
" I got 'em, that's enough for yon, I guess,"5 answered the Countess,
setting the machine a-going again. " See that you don't thumb them to
pieces, for they cost me a sight of trouble getting of 'em together."
For the nest five minutes nothing is heard but the " clickety-click —
clickety-click " of the silent Singer, interspersed with exclamations from
Lady Evy, such as these:
" Oh, mi !" " Well !" " Did you ever! " " Ain't that sweet !"
" Pshaw! " " How too lovely! " and " Well, I never! "
Then silence reigns in the room, and, but for the ceaseless hum of the
machine, the dropping of a pin might be heard, did the Countess permit
the escape of one cf the half-dozen she holds between her compressed lips.
Yes, the lovely Genevieve sits on the floor, with her hands clasped to-
gether in her lap, her eyes looking straight before her into vacancy, and
apparently studying out some self-imposed problem. Just as her ma turns
to tell her " not to idle no more over them pictures, but to put 'em away
and go on with her sack," Evy gives the stack of chromos a resounding
slap with her open hand, and says:
"That's just what I'll do."
"I'm glad to hear it," replies her ma. "You've fooled away enough
time already. Pot 'em back where you got 'em, child."
"Not much I won't," returns Miss Thames. "I tell you what I'm
going to do. I'm going to fresco the dining-room with them, like they got
it in the theaters."
"Not much you ain't," cries Mrs. Thames. "Do you think I slaved
myself collecting them things for any such thing as that? No, indeed,
you shan't do nothing of the kind."
"I will, too," says Evy. "Now, ma, I just wilL I'll cry "and go to
bed and stay there if I can't."
The poor Countess knows what that means, and submits with the best
grace she knows how.
So Evy sets to work with scissors, paste-pot and step-ladder, the sack is
forgotten, and before she is three days older the dining-room is trans-
formed from a white walled, staring room, into what Mrs. Thames calls
" a bonboneer turned inside out." Though she was loathe to part with her
art treasures, she cannot help evincing pleasure at this charming meta-
morphosis her child has wrought with their aid. When the Earl comes
down on Saturday night, Evy says nothing, but watches in silence the ef-
fect upon him when he sees it for the first time. " The h — 11 !" is all he
says, but Genevieve knows from experience he could not have passed a
higher encomium, especially as, a few minutes later, she hears him mutter
to himself:
"Looks like a high-toned saloon."
But we have digressed. Pardon us, reader, dear. We will now return
to the dinner.
"Everybody sit down as they feel like," says the EarL seating himself
at the head of the table, while the Judge drops into a chair to his left.
" As I before remarked, we don't have no ceremony in this house."
The guests do as they are told, Evy, with charming grace, setting them
the example, and then there is a pause, while Mr. Thames takes a couple
of evening papers from his pocket, one of which he passes to the Judge:
the other he unfolds, and then refolding it into a convenient shape, props
it up on the table in front of him and begins to read. Then Lady Gene-
vieve speaks:
" Wonder where ma is ?" she says. Then an idea seems to strike her.
"Why, what have I been thinking about? I don't believe any of you
folks know each other," and she looks around with bewitching iiaivete.
" 111 fix it, though. Everybody! " she exclaims ; " let me make yi
'quainted with everybody else — no occasion for names, I guess."
A mutual nod of recognition is awkwardly executed by the assei
blage, as the Countess enters the room from a side door.
"Here'sma!" criesEvy. "Now, Pa!"
The Earl, however, is too deep in the financial column to hear, a
Mrs. Thames, with a very red and anxious face, take the seat at the ft
of the table that Evy has thoughtfully reserved for her by tilting it i
ward on its fore-legs.
" What made you come, ma ?" asks Evy, playfully, as her mother wiy
her forehead with her point aVapplice pocket-handkerchief. " Didn't kn
you ever eat dinner."
" Was asleep upstairs," replies the Countess, not noticing her daughte
badinage.
"Ha-ha!" laughs the Judge from the other end of the table. "Tw
too thin."
Mrs. Thames gives him a look and sets her teeth.
11 Shouldn't have woke up, either," she continues, " if I hadn't he;
the Judge yelh"
" Didn't yell, I tell ye," calls back his Honor.
The Countess, fearful of the consequences of any back talk with him
the present occasion, wisely determined to ignore him quite, as she*
vates her eyebrows at Evy and mutters something under her breath.
" Oh, pshaw! " says Lady Genevieve, impatiently. " Have I gut to
all over that again? Say, folks: this is ma — ma, these are the foUn>
and she gives a graceful wave with her hand. " Now, I guess everybodl
'quainted. Say, pa! Ma's come! "
" Glad to hear it," responds Mr. Thames, looking up from his papers,
grabbing hold of the soup ladle. "But look a-here, mother," he ad
looking over at the Countess. "There ain't no plates."
Mrs. Thames frowns and shakes her head. "John! Come in, nov
she calls to the shaved head of a Celestial, which peers out through,
closet slide connecting with the kitchen.
N. B. — The Thameses employed coolie labor in the country, alwayaj
The China-boy appears in the doorway with his white sleeves nes
rolled up.
" You wantee me ?" he asks, innocently.
" Guess we do," replies the Earl, " or we shouldn't 'a called ye. Hu
up and fetch a stack of clean plates, you bronze heathen."
_ "No, no, no," cries Mrs. Thames, fidgeting about in her chair, and{
ting in a frown or other facial expression of displeasure at the Earl wb
ever she can catch his eye.
" Wonder what in h — 11 's the matter with mother ?" mutters the la
to the Judge.
"Putting on some new French scollops, I reckon," replies his Honor
"Tell us what you want, anyhow, and don't sit there puckeriiR
your face like a washboard," calls the Earl, exasperated beyond forb*
ance as he mimics his wife. " I don't stay famished not much lonj&
tell you that flat and plain."
The Countess elevates her eyebrows for the twentieth time, and g
her hand a beckoning wave.
" Me no sabby," grunts John, preparing to depart.
" Me show you, Lung-ti-fung," cries Evy, gallantly coming to thei
cue. " Catchee bowl— put allasame here," and she points in front of:
Countess.
A gleam of intelligence comes into the almond eyes.
" Me sabby," he grins, as he proceeds to grab the tureen.
" Hold on a minute, my son," says the EarL " If that's the racket
guess I'll take mine during the present lull," and he helps himself ♦
couple of ladlefuls. " Lug it off now," he adds to John.
J ohu makes straight for Mrs. Thames with the tureen in an Asiatic t
"No, no, no!" cries Mrs. Thames in her despair, at last finding!
tongue. " That's not the way. Pass it round. You show him, E™
The Countess, ever in the van of the fashionable world, desiresj.
naturally, that her dinner shall be served in the latest Parisian styft
" Come here, Lung! " Genevieve calls. "Me show you again," ana
helps herself to some soup. "Now do allasame everybody. Sabby y-
"01 lite; me sabby wellee well," and John goes his rounds succ
fully, though the soup has declined somewhat in temperature, owin
the many delays it has had to encounter, which fact may be gaugep
the Earl's remark to the Judge, as he throws down his spoon:
" That stuff ain't worth a continental now. It's as cold as our hallB
in summer time. Wish these Paree humbugs was to h — 11 and gone,",
he buries himself again in the paper.
" You are a normal elucidator of labyrinthian paradoxes, Miss E
gallantly ventures Mr. William Blackstone, Baronet (a lineal descent
in blood and profession of the famous English attorney), a young t
with long black hair falling over his coat-collar, and a thin mustache
goatee. He sits next to Lady Genevieve, and lies back in his chair •
grand composure as he awaits her reply. The Lady Evy eyes him wi
puzzled look, and says:
"How?"
The young barrister repeats his hazardous remark.
" Give it up," says Evy.
Again does the youthful solicitor seek to enlighten her.
" I never studied Greek at school," Evy replies. " Pa thought it V
waste of time. Have some more soup? I see your plate's out."
Sir Blackstone turns with a disgusted look to his next-door neighb<
the other side, a youth of eighteen summers, with hair parted in the I
die, and the latest thing in neatly tied white neckwear showing unde
gray sack coat.
"Reside in London, sir?" inquires the attorney, carelessly, as he
Mb fingers through his hair and keeps them there in graceful pose.
"Um, um," replies young Lord Summersault between swallow
he quaffs his goblet of ice-water.
" In business ?" proceeds the barrister.
" Should say I was," answers Lord S., compressing his lips as he
down the tumbler. " Ah. I was powerful dry."
" What business are you engaged in, sir?" urges Mr. B.
" Clerking," laconically responds the young nobleman, and, takinj
his knife, he taps the following telegram on the edge of his soup plal
Miss Lytton, who sits opposite:
" Ain't this an awful stiff ?"
"He does look like a tough citizen, that's a fact," the LadyLj
taps back with her spoon on her front teeth.
Ai
.Tan. 10, 1880.
CALIFORNIA ADVKRTISF.R.
Mr. Snmmerwo.lt turns to the Attorney again, anil aska :
" An* TOO a I<ontlt»n rant! email, t<*>. 5ir?"
* I claim that honorable distinction* answers Sir Blackstone, proudly.
" What** roar business?"
" I have the honor to be a Uuib of tho law, like my gifted progenitor,"
tbi hamster, pompously.
'• Ben admitted P
*' That fact, nir," says the attorney, warming up with genuine esprit '/"
corps, " cannot be questioned in a collateral proceeding, as it is a part of
the record."
" Hunt: out your ihingla yet?" goes on Lord S., taking for granted the
last reply wjw in the affirmative.
" Such is the general impression in the metropolis V responds the bar-
onet, grandly.
" Hum. Get any business?"
"To that, sir, I shall reply in language free from the taint of ambiguity,
either patens or latent : tdightually. Ah, ha, ha !"
" YouYe a queer cuss, that's what I think," says Lord S., faintly join-
ing in the other's laugh.
'' Sir 1" demands Sir B., with a scowl, as he clutches the back of his
head with his band. " Do you mean to insult me P
" Oh, no; that's all right; only poking a little fun at you," replies Mr.
Summersault, playfully, but nevertheless going down for his gun in his
back pants jKx-ket. "Take your hand down, sir."
The attorney does so, remarking with emphasis, " See, sir, that you do
not offend in like manner again." Then he frowns and turns his back on
Mr. S., while the expression of Evy's face shows he has again attempted
to engage her in conversation.
[Continued Next JT«a-.]
APPOINTMENT OF A RESIDENT MINISTER IN LONDON
BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT.
The Canadian Government have taken an important ?tep, in the
decision to maintain for the future a Minister in London to attend to the
affairs of the Confederation. It is evident that some such official repre-
sentation has become a necessity, so that there may be continually at the
elbow of the Colonial Secretary in London, who is always a member of
the British Cabinet, some one competent to instruct and enlighten, and
at the same time authorized to urge and, if need be, to worry the placid
John Bull who may hold the Colonial Office. It is not improbable that
this may be the beginning of an important change in the relations of the
colonies to the mother country, as the fact that the want of a Resident
Minister is felt by Canada undoubtedly points to an inherent necessity of
a similar official for the other colonies. The tendency of this step will be
to give rise to a virtual representation of all the colonies by Ministers in
London, and there is every likelihood that, ultimately, these Ministers
will be formed by legislation into a Colonial Council. There is no doubt
that the present tie between the self-governing colonies and the Home
Government is too loose, and that it requires to be tightened in the inter-
ests of the empire. It would be difficult to forecast the future of the
relations of the colonies. Numerous writers have propounded schemes of
representation of the colonies in Parliament itself, but we doubt whether
such an extreme step as that is likely ever to be taken. But nothing is
more probable than that a Colonial Council will gradually evolve itself,
with powers and duties commensurate with the growing requirements of
the colonies themselves, and with the interests of the population at home
in the large and expanding field for commerce and emigration that the
colonies offer.
THE PRECIOUS METALS IN THE UNITED STATES.
We published, last week, Mr. Valentine's very elaborate statement
of the production of the precious metals in the States and Territories
of the United States west of the Missouri River, and also the arrivals
from British Columbia and the west coast of Mexico. As this is the
only authoritative statement on the subject, and one for which Mr. Val-
entine deserves the best thanks of the community, we separate out from
his figures, and present the following table for convenience of permanent
record :
Production of the Precious Metals in the United States West
of the Missouri River.
BANKS.
Tear.
Silver.
1870 $17,320,000
1871.
1872
1873,
1874.
1875.
187G.
1877.
1878.
1879.
19,286,000
19,924,429
27,483,302
29,699,122
31,635,239
39,292,924
45,846,109
37,248,137
37,032,857
Gold.
$33,750,000
34,398,000
38,177,395
39,206,558
38,466,488
39,968,194
42,886,935
44,880,223
37,576,030
31,470,2621
Total Silver
and Gold.
$51,
53
58
66,
68,
71.
82,
90
74
070,000
,684,000
101,824
,689.860
165,610
603,433
,179,859
,726,332
,824,167
,503,119
The United States consul at London makes two annual reports,
one showing the trade of London and one the trade of the United King-
dom. There is a change for the better in the trade of the United King-
dom, caused by the renewed American demand for British manufactures
of scrap and railroad iron. There has been a distinct increase in the last
few months of exports generally, with rising prices in the wholesale mar-
kets and a decided change in the returns of railroad traffic. The emi-
grants in 1878 numbered 112,902, one-half going to the United States,
one-third to Australia and New Zealand, and one-tenth to British North
America, _ The total number of the poor in receipt of relief January 1st
in the United Kingdom was 986,904, there being an increase in Ireland
and a decrease in Scotland. In the primary schools there was an increase
of 300,000 pupils in 1878. The total expenditure for schools by the gov-
ernment was $13,667,020.
$500 will be paid for any case that Hop Bitters will not cure or help.
Doubt not. See another column.
The apple that tempted Eve must have been apple-jack. — Pack.
THE BANK OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO.
Capital $3,000,000.
WM. AI.VORD President.
THOMAS BKOWN, Cashier | B. MURRAY, Jr., AwTl Cashier
AOKNTS :
New York, Agency ol tho Bank of Calfnrnm ; Boston, Trcmont National Bank
Chicago, Union National Bank ; St, Louis, Boatman's Saving Bank ; Now Zealand,
the Bank of New Zealand ; London, China, Japan, India and Australia, the Oriental
Bank OOTpOimtioiL
The Bank has Agencies at Virginia City and Gold Hill, and Correspondents in all
the principal Mining Districts and Interior Towns ol the Pacific Coast.
Letters of Credit issued, a%"ailable in all parts of the world. Draw direct on Lon-
don, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Bremen, Hamburg, Frankfort-on-the-Main, Antwerp,
Amsterdam, St. Potersburgh, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Christiana, Locarno, Mel-
bourne, Sydney, Auckland, Hongkong, Shanghai, Yokohama. Nov. 4.
FIRST NATIONAL GOLD BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Paid Dp Capital $2,000,000, Gold. President, R. C. Wool-
wortb ; Vice-President, D. Callaghan ; Cashier, E. D. Morgan.
Directors:— R. C. Woolworth, D. Callaghan, C. G. Hooker, C. Adolph Low, Peter
Donahue, Isaac Wormser, Edward Martin, James Moffitt, N. Van Bergen.
Correspondents— London : Baring Bros. & Co. Chartered Mercantile Bank of In-
dia, London and China. Dublin : Provincial Bank of Ireland. Hamburg : Hesse,
Neuman&Co. Paris: Hottinguer&Co. New York: National Bank ol Commerce. Bos-
ton : Blackstone National Bank. Chicago : First National Bank. This Bank is pre-
pared to transact a general Banking business. Deposits in Gold, Silver and Currency
received subject to check or on special deposit. Exchange for sale on the principal
cities of the United States, Great Britain, Ireland and the Continent. Commercial
Credits issued available in Europe, Chii.a and Japan. Collections attended to and
prompt returns made at the lowest market rates of Exchange. Jan. 19.
BANK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter.--- Capital paid np, 81,800,-
000, with power to increase to §10,000,000. Southeast corner California and San-
some streets. Head Office— 28 Cornhill, London. Branches— Portland, Oregon; Vic-
toria, New Westminster and Cariboo, British Columbia.
This Bank transacts a General Banking Business. Accounts opened subject to Check
and Special Deposits received. Commercial Credits granted available in all parts of
the world. Approved Bills discounted and advances made on good collateral security.
Draws direct at current rates upon its Head Office and Branches, and upon its Agents
as follows :
New York, Chicago and Canada— Bank of Montreal ; Liverpool — North and South
Wales Bank ; Scotland— British Linen Company ; Ireland — Bank of Ireland ; Mex-
ico and South America — London Bank of Mexico and South America ; China and
Japan —Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, and Oriental Bank ; Australia
and New Zealand — Bank of Australasia, Commercial Banking Company of Sydney,
and English, Scottish and Australian Chartered Bank.
May IS. FREDERICK TOWNSEND, Manager.
LONDON AND SAN FRANCISCO BANK, LIMITED.
Capital, $5,000,000, of which $3,000,000 is fully paid np as
present capital. Reserve Fund, $360,000. San Francisco Office, 424 Califor-
nia street ; London Office, 22 Old Broad street. Manager, ARTHUR SCRIVENER ;
Cashier, WILLIAM STEEL. Loudon Bankers, Bank of England and London Joint
Stock Bank ; New York, Drexel, Morgan & Co. ; Boston, Third National Bank.
This Bank is prepared to transact all kinds of General Banking and Exchange Busi-
ness in London and San Francisco, and between said cities and all parts of the
world. ____ March 30.
THE NEVADA BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO.
Capital Paid TJp $3,000,000.
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Jan. 10, 1880,
"PLEASURE'S WAND."
"We Obey no Wand hut Pleasure's/'-- Tom Moore.
Baldwin's Theater.— "With The Palace of Truth at this theater, and
Pygmalion and Galatea at another, W. S. Gilbert may be said to be well
before the public. These two well written emanations from his gifted
pen are, perhaps, the best he has given the world. The Palace of Truth
is a clever satire on the general insincerity of mankind. It is written in
a wonderful vein of humor. It is, perhaps, one of the most difficult plays
to act well that is on the stage. While under the influence of the charm
which reigns in the palace, the personages are compelled unwittingly to
speak the truth. This necessitates at times action, gesture, facial expres"
sion and by-play directly opposite in meaning to the words Bpoken. The
intense difficulty of carrying out this idea can be easily imagined. The
two leading female characters are free from any such requirements, but
are in themselves well drawn and developed. To the credit of the com-
pany at this theater, it can be said that in the main the play is well acted.
The " PrincesB Zeolide " is a delicious picture of the gradual budding into
womanhood of a sweet, coy maiden. The modesty, the shyness, that lit-
tle by little gives way to the tenderness and frankness of pure love;
the virgin heart, growing and expanding under the influence
of girlish passion and affection, all these delicate emotions are treated
with rare skill. Miss Lewis plays the part with true artistic interest.
" Mirza" is an example that piety, humility and goody-goody ideas gen-
erally, may often cover deceit and wickedness. Miss Carey plays the
character admirably. She enters into the spirit of the author's idea with
skill and ability. As " King Phanor," Mr. Bishop might be acceptable,
except that he, as usual, overacts and exaggerates the coarser features of
the part. That he causes laughter is no evidence that the humor of the
character is well given, for it is due more to the characteristics of
the actor than to that of the roU. Lewis Morrison makes but an indif-
ferent " Philamir," but it is at best a very thankless part. Miss Walters
and Mr. Bradley are very satisfactory in their respective lines. The scenic
effects are rather mediocre, excepting the prismatic fountain, which is a
beautiful and attractive sight. A vigorous protest is entered against the
introduced specialties. They are out of place in conjunction with Gil-
bert's work. The acrobats do wonderful feats, but their faces too plainly
show the danger and pain created in some instances. The posturing itself
has elements of repulsiveness. The American Four are very amusing,
but it is fun of a low order, not suitable to the surroundings of such a
theater as Baldwin's.
Bush Street Theater.— The Bohemian Gy-url is probably, from an
English standpoint, a wonderfully clever burlesque. It has that reputa-
tion. But to us Americans it 1b insufferably trashy and stupid. The
jokes in Punch and Fun, which cause the Britishers to fairly shake hilari-
ously, fail to raise a smile on our lips. The same effects are produced by
this production of H. J. Byron's. Witnessing this performance one
evening during the week with a friend, I could not help but notice this
differencein the appreciation of what is humorous. He isan intelligent, well-
educated, literary Briton, and in theatrical matters, a thoroughly au fait
person. The puns, the jokes, the different points that to him seemed the
brightest and the wittiest, seemed to me but idiotic effusions and blank
inaptitudes. To me this is an inexplicable fact. If there is any life, any
fun in this performance it is due to the cleverness of the acting. Reed
plays "Devilshoof " on Byron's idea, making him a low costermonger.
This is a provincialism that naturally fails to be recogni2ed here. By
changing the lines here and there and burlesquing it in his own way Reed
would make a better hit. As it is, though, it is a clever bit. As " Arn-
heim" Graham is very laughable. The mock air of sadness and sorrowis
amusingly depicted, and the incessant efforts to sing " The Heart Bowed
Down " are most ludicrous. Among the female members of the company
Ella Chapman pre-eminently shines. She plays_ "Thaddeus" with all
her sprightliness and grace. This little actress is a capital burlesquer.
Misses Everleigh, Lee and Deacon have little to do but to look pretty,
and that is an effort without effort. Miss Leighton and Wright are as
usual satisfactory. Miss McHenry has a capital part, which she plays
with all her chic and sparkle. Her costume is very picturesque, and she
loots very charming with browned skin. Miss Roseau appears to better
advantage this week than heretofore. She sings her different selections
with less mannerisms, and correspondingly with more effect. The " Song
of the Whippoorwill was sung with unusual clearness, a high C sharp
being taken with ease and distinctness. The chorus does good work.
The stage, as usual, is well managed.
California Theater. — Gilbert's Pygmalion and Galatea is a charming
work. It is full of wit and satire, clever in dialogue, and effective in con-
struction. Gilbert's humor is of a peculiar kind ; it is twofold in its
meaning. There is a superficial jocosity that arouses the uneducated and
inattentive listener, and there is the true wit underneath for the educated
and intelligent. The idea of vivifying "Galatea," the Btatue, of putting
this being— a beautiful woman physically, a mere babe mentally — among
a lot of average human beings, with all their vices and foibles, is a very
ingenious one. Gilbert has treated it with remarkable skill. Of the act-
ing, little can be said in praise. The play was evidently hurriedly gotten
up, the marks of haste being apparent. Miss Rose Osborne was some-
what disappointing, from the fact that she seemed listless and indifferent.
She is too good an actress to play anything badly, and, with a little effort
and study, could play " Galatea" with all the necessary details. " Cyn-
isca," which will be remembered as the part in which Miss Ellie Wilton
made her first great hit, was played very tamely and weakly by Miss
Adams. The delightful little ingenue, Miss Louise Beaudet, gave a charm-
ing picture of " Myrine." The men of the cast were so equally unsatis-
factory that to particularize would be unjust. The different specialties of
The Seven Sisters were retained during the week.
Standerd Theater. — Herrmann's programme this week containsl)
few novelties. The tricks are mostly repetitions of former programnS
The medium exhibition of Mile. Addie is an uninteresting and tedio
performance. The cannon feat of this artist will shortly be product
The Lorellas continue their grotesque and amusing " Legomania." a?
attendance has been very good, the multifarious other attractions cc
sidered. With a frequent change of programme this show is good 1
some weeks. There is one thing for which Herrmann deserves sev<
blame: he is in the habit of taking unwarrantable liberties with his au
ence. It is a well-known custom for necromancers to ask individu
present for slight help. This is all very well, as long as the result is i
ridicule for the volunteer. Herrmann invariably does something tl
makes a fool of the person. This causes laughter in the audience, but
decidedly unpleasant to the victim. A gentleman pays his admission i
to be amused, not to amuse others. If, judging from the experience
others, the person asked to assist thinks it better to refuse, and thus p
serve his dignity, it is his right to do so. In making any remarks afi
on the refusal, particularly of an abusive and " bulldozing" nature, He
mann oversteps all bounds of propriety.
The Young Men's Hebrew Association will repeat their perforj
ance of Our Boys, given some time ago at the Standard Theater, at 1
California Theater this evening. As an amateur performance, it is c
worthy of great praise.
Chit-Chat. — Latest European advices announce the death of Wie
awski, but it is believed to be a false report. It is to be hoped so.—
Rosa Bonheur has just purchased a magnificent lion from the Zoology
Gardens at Marseilles, France, at the alleged price of one thousand dolla^
It is her purpose to paint its portrait for exhibition at this year's SaLt
—Joe Jefferson intends to stay some time on his Louisiana plantatl
——Recorder Hackett was a son of the noted comedian, James H. Ha
ett. His mother, Catherine Sugg, was a daughter of Lee Sugg, an 1,
glish pantomimist of mark. She was a favorite actress and vocalif *
the old New York Park Theater.^— Gustave Dore continues busy
trating Shakespeare, and in a number of drawings he is utilizinj
sketches he made in Scotland last year. The first installment of his
will be published in a.^ew months.— P. T. Barnum has prest
Bridgeport, Conn., with a $7, 000 bronze fountain. —Among the
at the Royal Conservatory, Leipsic, are two very promising young
ists. One is a thirteen.-year-oldJfrom Philadelphia, named Rhodes, anj
other is a fifteen-year-old from Copenhagen, named Von Damek.' j|
American prima donna, Miss Van Zandt, is going to appear at the
Opera Comique. She is studying Mignon, under the auspices of Thor
himself.— Henry Peterson, of Philadelphia, has written and publish
Julius Ccesar, a five-act tragedy in blank verse. It illuminates " Julii j,
but smirches "Brutus " and " Caasius."— Bijou Heron is coming to
country next Summer.-^— Marie Prescott is going to play Forget-M ffi
in Boston next week! Great God !!^— "Max Adeler" has a libft
which Alfred Cellier is going to set to music. ^— Can it be said of ail
who enters the theater on a newspaper pass that " he doth press himi , f,
into the house?"-^— A Washington critic (!) speaks of Shakespeare's Vir$
ius /—Sarah Bernhardt puts on almost regal airs, and the people J
her to the top of her bent. She is building a palatial villa, to be decora
by the first artists of France.
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THE BALDWIN THEATER.
Thomas Mas u ire, Manager. — Euormoas Success! T '
(Saturday) Evening:, Jan. 10th, grand production and first time in 8 yeai
the fairy comedy, by W\ S. Gilbert, Esq.,
The Palace of Truth!
An Extraordinary Cast. Matinee to-day at 2 p.m. Incidental to the play will In' s
troduced M'LLE ROSERI, assisted by Miss Jennie Walton, Miss Lizzie Le Roy, . &**
Hattie Kelsey, and Miss Laura Belle, in a Grand Ballet; also, the Celebrated Fn alii
Troupe, DAVENE, in entire new acts, and the AMERICAN FOUR in another g '
specialty. Sunday Evening, Jan. 11th— Benefit of the AMERICAN FOUR.*
NOUNCEMENT.— Due notice will be given of the first appearance of CI?
MORRIS. Jan. 3
CALIFORNIA THEATER.
WB. Barton, Manager; Barton A! ill. Acting Miur .,
■ George D. Chaplin, Stage Manager. This (Saturday) Afternoon, JaS
10th— PYGMALION AND GALATEA MATINEE. This (Saturday) Evening, BS
of the Young Men's Hebrew Association— Byron's comedy, OUR BOYS. The et
cast from the Dramatic Circle of the Association, and other attractions. Mjr
Jan. 12th— THE ELVES; or, THE STATUE BRIDE. Thursday, Jan. 15th— H
of the Machinists, Orchestra and Employees. Friday, Jan. 16th— Benefit off
PORTER, Scenic Artist. Saturday Evening, Jan. 17th— Benefit of MISS B]
CHAPMAN. Monday, Jan. 19th— The Great WILHELMJ. JaaJ
BUSH-STREET THEATER.
(Charles E. Locke. Proprietor and Manager.— Tenth W<
j and last but one of the highly successful engagement of the famous COLTST
OPERA BURLESQUE COMPANY. Another Entirely New Burlesque. This Si
day and Sunday Evening, and Saturday Matinee, last times of H. J. Byron's li kji
Burlesque,
The Bohemian Gy-url !
Supported by every member of the mammoth Company. Monday, Jan. 1 2th|
week of the Colville Company, during which five burlesques will be presented:
YGEN, MAGIC SLIPPER, ROBINSON CRUSOE, PIFF-PAFF and BOHEM
GY-URL. Jan,
STANDARD THEATER.
MA. Kennedy, manager. -Still Another Change of I
• gramme 1 The Great and Only
Herrmann !
Saturday, January 10th, and every night, including1 Sunday. Performs for a J
Week. M'lle Addie as a "medium," in MODERN SPIRITS; or, is it Spintua
or is it Herrmanuism? All in Light— No Darkness— See it and don't see it! %jS
ELFIN LORELLAS in New Acts, REGULAR MATINEE SATURDAY. Moi ^
Next -Herrmann's Great CANNON ACT. A Human Being Fired 50 feet into 8] ■>■
Jan 10 FRED. G. MAEDER, Business Manager for Hernnai ?
GRAND OPERA HOUSE.
Pattt Grand Concerts.— A Great Success! Pattl, Ket*
De Munck, Toedt, Ciampi. S. Arrila-ra, Accompanist. This (Saturday) A
noon, January 10th— PATTI GRAND MATINEE. Admission, 75 cents ; Eeae
Seats and Dress Circle, SI; Orchestra, SI 50. Seats can he secured this raorml
Sherman, Hyde & Oo.'s Music Stores. PATTI GRAND SUNDAY CONCERT, Sn<
Evening, January 11th. Popular Prices. Admission, 75 cents; Reserved Sea*
and 31 50, according to location. Family Circle, 50 cents; Gallery, 25 cents. P*
GRAND CONCERTS— Monday, Jan. 12th; Wednesday, Jan. 14th; Friday, Jan...
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Patti Concerts. -Taken as a whole, the troupe of artists
w with as is capable of giving a musical entertainment of great merit.
is stnmcer in its instrumental than in its vocal features. Signor
kj is a mild baritone: ho has a pleasant, flexible voice, but
pin a tame, spiritless war. Mr. Tbea Toedt has a sweet, pure tenor
at; its tone is remarkably sympathetic and agreeable. This artist
» with rare taste and depth of faeliug. Ha enunciates and intonates
h clearness and accuracy. It Is a voice that charms when heard in
ihetic ballads and love songs. The pianist, Mr. Henry Ketten, is a
former of great mechanical ability. The intricacies of execution are
bun open and easy. It is a case of " Fingerfertigkeit " developed to its
best mean. His trills, his chromatics ana scales are clear and distinct,
a in the most accelerated tempus. The diminuendos and oresoendoa
admirably manageil. All this indicates the possession of a wonderful
hnique. It automatic perfection in piano playing is the superlative of
, then is Mr. Ketten one of the world's great player*. But this is not
Mechanical jierfectton is merely the result of constant study and
nous perseverance. It is an acquired faculty. The genius, the soul to
irpret music, t«> give meaning ami life to its every note, that is a gift
nature, and Mr. Ketten has not been so honored. There is no
ith, no feeling in his playing— nothing that breathes vitality. The
id simply directs the marvelous mechanism, coldly and without a men-
throb. Judged simply as a concert performer, as a pianist who can
joish by brilliancy and accuracy of execution, for whom technical dif-
lties do not exist, Mr. Ketten is a great player; but to those who look
per into music, to those for whom harmony is a form of expressing hu-
l thoughts and emotions, and the noblest form at that — to such minds
. Ketten is but an unsatisfactory performer. There are nowadays so
f good piano forte- players that, to entitle one to fame, the possession
mius is necessary. A man like Rubinstein, who can interpret music,
ring the works of the great masters, and vivifying their noble thoughts
the breadth of his genius — such a man is an artist ! Ketten is a con-
t pianist. With the well known taste of our audiences, it is safe to
diet great popularity for him, for his style is the one that pleases them.
Mnnck is a great violoncello player. He is a young man yet, and,
ring by his present performances, will rank as an artist in posterity
n Grutzmacher and Servais. The characteristics of Mr. De Munck's
dUng of his instrument is a wonderful breadth and evenness of tone.
9 notes are pure and round, the sound full and true. There is an al-
it total absence of that rasping harshness generally associated with
ring on this instrument, and the produced harmony is rich and warm.
. De Munck is a true artist. He invests the andante passages with
tic pathos and genuine sentiment. Some of these bits of harmony
D actaally to possess human vocal vibrations. In execution he is
ply wonderful. The most difficult cadenzas are played with distinct-
l and clearness. Mr. De Munck possesses the soul of a musician,
tt the mechanical ability to give expression to its artistic feelings,
a position that Carlotta Patti occupies — or, rather, has occupied— in
seal circles, is so well known that reference thereto is hardly neces-
r. For many years, she has been the foremost concert vocalist of the
Id. Gifted with a wonderful voice, its notes clear and delicate, per-
ily versed in the art of singing, schooled in the extreme, possessed of
Unusual flexibility and ease of execution, her position was an em-
ntly deserved one. The popularity and appreciation she enjoyed was
ist recognition of her artistic merits. But; the Carlotta Patti of to-
r is no longer the songstress of ten or fifteen years ago. The same
rvelous art and schooling is there, but the voice is worn and tired,
ne of the notes are threadbare, thinned by age and constant use. The
cution is heavy, and at times strained. Difficult bits of vocalization,
t once poured from her throat with limpid facility, are now but
oed efforts. Withal, Patti is a singer to hear, for her faults are due to
ural causes, the ceaseless, relentless hand of Time. She can still charm
tther art, if her voice has faded. Mr. Owen accompanies with taste ;
Arrileaga rather mediocrely. The attendance has been large, and will
loubtedly continue so, for these concerts deserve patronage.
Herman Theater. — The character of " Louise," in Schiller's Kabale
I Liebe, is a difficult one to properly portray. To say that Miss Linde-
an was very satisfactory in her rendition of it, last Sunday evening, is
icient praise. She delineated the emotions and feelings of the musi-
c's daughter with rare taste, indicating the possession of great talent on
part, which, with advancing maturity, will put her in a foremost po-
on on the stage. The favor she is held in by theater-goers was exem-
fied by numerous floral tributes. The excellence of the company was
.infested by the admirable cast. On next Sunday eveuing an amusing
ice will be given, with Miss Fiebach, the delightful soubrette, in a cap-
1 character.
Woodward's Gardens, always in the van as a place of popular
ort, will now offer more attractions to the pleasure-seeker than ever,
a great number of new people have been engaged. To-day and to-
>rrow (Sunday) there will be a grand entertainment, embracing a great
mber of new features. Among other things, the ten Kentucky Jubilee
lgers will appear in the sketch " Walking for dat Cake."
Vhe programme of the society event contemplated by Mrs. Hall Mc-
lister, namely, an amateur presentation of La Grande Duchesse at one
the theaters, has been changed, it being now intended to substitute The
merer for the opera named.
The Prize Club for 1880" will give an Invitation Masquerade
til at Union Hall, Friday evening, March 5th. There will be a num-
r of prizes offered.
The Southern Pacific Railroad Company, as we are informed by
. R. Judah, the Assistant Passenger and Ticket Agent, has made special
rangements for the transportation of excursion parties to the various
)ll-known picnic grounds on its line of road at very low rates. These
sorts, as our readers know, include San Bruno, Milbrae, Belmont, Red-
iod, Fair Oaks, Menlo Park and San Jose. Full information as to
tes, terms, etc., may be had by applying at Room 33, Railroad Build-
g, corner of Fourth andTownsend streets.
One of the daily papers is calling for the restoration of perfect con-
lence between labor and capital. That's what the Town Crier likes to
far about. He's been laboring with all his might to get the confidence
some capitalist, for a long time past, and without success. Every one
applies to makes the same brutal remark about collaterals. Let us
fcve confidence.
SPORTING ITEMS.
Football. -The matoh lust Saturday at the Recreation Grounds, be-
tween the Wanderer* and Oakland*, furnished conclusive proof that the
former i* by odd* the stronger club. Although the Uaklnnds struggled
hard, playing a good losing game, the weight and skill against them was
too much for them, and the score against them of one goal and two trys
to their one try, forced them to confess that, unless they enroll some
Fresh talent it. is oselesa for them to try conclusions again with the in-
vincible "Wanderers." Following are tho teams: Wanderers— Back,
Sanderson ; three-quarter back, Nicholson and Pa<*e ; half back, Wallace
and O'Kell ; forwards, Girven, Beazley, Blackie, E. OKell, Wilson, |Law-
ton, Ferguson, Browne, Peterson and Mathieu ; total, 15. Oaklands—
back, Lachlan ; three-quarter back, Johnson and Scott: half back,
Whitehead and Dean ; forwards, Cadogan, Catton, Belcher, G. T.
Belcher, Sime, Bradly, O'Connor, P. Searle, J. J. Searle and Thompson ;
total, 15. Umpire, Theobald. Mr. P. Thompson, a gentleman who did
much to advance the game in San Francisco, left for Kansas City last
Tuesday.— There will be a scratch match at the Recreation Grounds
to-day, between selected teams of the Wanderers Club. Ball to be kicked
off at 2:30 p.m.
Rowing. — We hear occasional rumors that there is a job concocting in
the_Hoyt-Leahy race. The alleged suspicious actions that prompt the
notion a*e that the backers of the respective men are more friendly, and
meet for private consultation oftener than they should. In addition, it is
Btated that Hoyt will row in a boat furnished by Leahy's friends, he hav-
ing injured the boat built for him by Twohig. The fact that gate money
is one of the prime objects of the match, and the connection of certain
well-known sports with one, if not both, of the men, lends some slight
color to the suspicions ; but, for all that, we believe that at present the
match is on the square for blood and the stake. It is perfectly proper
that professional oarsmen should get back part of their expenses of a
match by chartering a steamer and charging a fee to see the race. We
hope that, unless there is more tangible proof of fraud than exists at
present, outsiders Will stop their cry of " wolf," that tends to unjustly in-
jure the reputation of gentlemen whose characters hitherto were consid-
ered above suspicion. Both Hoyt and Leahy are taking as regular prac-
tice as the weather will permit.
Coursing. — Last Sunday several good matches were run off at Whit-
comb's ranch, near Sacramento, under the auspices of the Capital Cours-
ing Club. The first race was between W. Meharry's Maid of Erin and
T. Harris' Topsy. The dogs got an even slip to a good hare, that made
a game run of two miles before being killed. The work was very even
up to the last turn, when the Maid scored a "go by," which gained her
the wager of $200. T. HarriB offered a fine blanket as a prize for a com-
petition among all the dogs present, on condition that Douglass' Colleen
Bawn, which was under the charge of P. Lyman, should run. Mr. Ly-
man declined to run another man's dog more than one race, and as the
prize was offered merely to get a run from the visiting dog, it was agreed to
match Maid of Erin against Colleen Bawn. The latter won so easily that
the Sacramento dog men fancied that their champion had run against
Minnehaha or Jemima in disguise. T. Jones acted as judge and J. Fitz-
simmons as slipper. — » We hear that several unknown dogs, of alleged
great ability, will be entered for the open meeting of the Pacific Coast
Coursing Club.
Fedestrianiam. — The six-day " go-as-you-please," under the manage-
ment of the Pedestrian League, closed last Sunday at 10 p.m. Murdock
was declared the winner, with 481 miles to his credit ; Eaton second, 472
miles; Kibbler third, 466 miles; Reid fourth, 462 miles. The match
was not a pecuniary success, owing to the bad weather, and we consider
it highly creditable to the managers that, in spite of the loss, all bills
were paid. At the conclusion of the race, a ten-mile race was run be-
tween J. O'Rourke and P. Guerrero for $80 a side. The former won.
No official time was taken, but outsiders gave it as 1 hr. 26 min.^^The
football clubs are arranging for a 220-yards handicap race, open to all
amateurs. — There is talk of a 65-yard race between Thompson and Da-
vis, to come off shortly. Thompson's friends think he cannot be beaten
at that distance, but we are of opinion that Davis has never shown his
best speed, and will prove, at least, a very formidable antagonist.
Swimming. — Mr. Smith, President of the Neptune Swimming and
Boating Club, tendered his resignation last Sunday, on account of leaving
the city. Mr. W. Andoe succeeds Mr. Smith. B. Searight was elected
Vice-President, and R. Melrose elected a Director. ^^T he Pacific Ama-
teur Rowing Association hold a meeting at the Academy of Science build-
ing this evening. ^— The Southern Pacific Railroad Company are erecting
a splendid hotel and bath-houses at Monterey, which can be easily reached
by the special fast trains the company intend to run during the season.
W. H. Daily, champion swimmer of California, will most likely be the
superintendent of the bathing houses, having been sent by the company
to select the site and order what improvements he deemed necessary. The
S. P. R. R, Co. have shown commendable enterprise in securing the ser-
vices of Mr. Daily, for his presence on the beach will be a guarantee
against drowning accidents.
Baseball — In spite of the cold, raw weather there was a fair attend-
ance at the Recreation Grounds last Sunday to witness the game between
the Knickerbocker and Union Clubs, for the benefit of Williamson and
Carey. The match was well played throughout, Quest's play at second
base being remarkably good. He made five "put outs " and five " as-
sists " without an error. The Knickerbockers won, with a score of 5 to 3.
^^Company B, of the Military League, forfeited their chance of Becond
place to the MacMahon Club, by non-appearance on the ground last Sun-
day.—-The Unions will play a picked nine at the Recreation Grounds
to-morrow, for the benefit of Joe Quest. As an additional attraction
there will be an exhibition of ball throwing and a hundred-yard foot-race,
open to all, for a purse.
Shooting. — Game is rather scarce in the south and interior of the
State, but up north and around the bay is unusually plentiful. ^^H.
Gallagher writes from Point of Timbers that, reports to the contrary not-
withstanding, ducks, geese and hare are very plentiful around that sec-
tion. —The first series of matches for the Folsom Club's gold medal was
won by John Woodward, who had to shoot off ties twice. C. L. Ecklon,
M. R. Riddle, A. Halen and J. Woodward, each killed ten birds out of
eleven, and, in Bhooting off, Ecklon again tied Woodward with three out
of four.
8
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Jan. 10, 1880.
!THE>LAST PRAYER OF MARY QUEEN OP SCOTS.
This famous' 'prayer was composed by Mary Queen of Scots. The
translation given is one which " E. A. W./* of New Eochelle, has pre-
served in1 her common place book for thirty years*
O, Domine Dens,
Speravi in te ;
O, cara mi Jesu,
Nunc libera me;
In dura catena,
In misera poena,
Desidero te ;
Languendo, gemendo,
Et gennflectendo,
Adoro, imploro
Ut liberes me !
Thou Lord art my God,
I have trusted in Thee,
Jesu, thon Saviour,
Liberate me !
For in prison bound,
"With deep sorrow around,
I languish for thee ;
In despair, eark and care,
With contrition's deep prayer
I adore, I implore
Thee, liberate me !
[Communicated.]
CLUB TALK.
At the club we discuss everything and decide nothing. The egotism
of men makes them tenacious of opinion, even when they know little of
the matter in dispute.
How the dictionaries lie! Demijohn, we are informed, is from
dame-jeanne, i. e., Lady Jane. But Wilkinson, in his Egyptian Antiqui-
ties, tells us that it is an Egyptian word, meaning a wicker- covered glass
bottle, and that it was used in this sense fifteen centuries before Christ ;
the proof being that it is still to be seen sculptured in hierogiyphics be-
neath representations of the object it stood for, and upon buildings of
that remote period.
The demagogues, both the speaking and the writing demagogues,
have had a good deal to say about the extortion of the Central Pacific
Kailway. One has only to travel through California or Nevada, away
from the railway, to reali2e the injustice of this clamor. Your only con-
veyance is a stage-coach, which, at the best, has six horses, and goes at
the rate of seven miles an hour. You are &queezed inside with eight
others, and so tighily as to render it impossible to move bone or muscle.
One of the female passengers (there is always one) complains of cold, and
desires the windows closed. You are now pent-up, stifled, asphyxiated
with stinking air. Somebody, sicker than the rest, voids his supper in the
darkness. You are disgusted, but what can you do ? It is night, and
freezing, and you are twenty miles away from a habitation. Or, you are
on the outside. Thermometer ten degrees below zero. A fierce snow-
storm, accompanied with hail, blows directly into your face. In vain you
cover up with blankets j the wind appears to go through every bone in
your body. Your heels and knees are frozen, your fingers are dead. In
summer-time you are in an open, one-horse "buck-board," with a vertical
sun to broil your brains. It is thirty miles to the next " station," and,
when you reach it, this proves to be a cow-shed in a desert. You eat a
repulsive meal, engendered and completed in filth ; then mount your
buck-board again, and start for the next station. In the midst of clouds
of dust, so thick that you cannot see the man who drives you, you hear
him commanded by somebody without the vehicle to " hand down that
box," and know that your person is covered by the carbine of highway-
man. 0, how you curse the demagogues, and srroan in despair for the
safety, the comfort, the luxury of the Central Pacific!
Airs. McLean, of 34th street and Fifth ave, one of the belles of New
York, very talented, very pretty, and, what is more than all, very eich,
is to visit us in the course of a few weeks. Miss Vanderpoel accompanies
her, and will assist in harrowing the feelincrs of our too susceptible sex.
At least, this is what they hint at the club.
They make artificial ostrich feathers now in New York. The quill is
made of celluloid or xylonite, and the remainder of silk. The imitation
is so close that none but experts can distinguish the real from the false,
whilst the latter can be furnished at one-fourth the price. The invention
must eventually have a depressing effect on the recently instituted experi-
ments in ostrich farming at the Cape of Good Hope, and whoknows that
it may not materially aid in saving the birds from the extinction that be-
fell the hapless dodo ?
Count Joannea is dead. Poor fellow, he was crazy, but had no little
abilitv. Joannes was an Englishman, an actor and a tuft-hunter. He
acquired the title of Count from some petty German Prince, whose prin-
cipality was swallowed up in the events of 1866, and heard of no more.
But Joannes stuck to his title, and was furiously offended when anybody
questioned it. The corrupt Judge McCunn made him a "counsellor" of
the Superior Court of New York about fifteen years ago, and thus be-
Btowed upon him another title. Joannes signalized his advent as a lawyer
by immediately commencing a number of libel suits against people who
had ridiculed his pretentions to nobility. Among these was John Clancy,
who used to edit the Leader, a literary paper something like the JVews
Letter. Clancy got the best of the Count, but the latter outlived him, and
got his revenge byaspersiDg his memory. I once had the temerity to ask the
Count to dinner along with a number of clever people and bon vivants.
We expected to extract some amusement from the Count's pompous dress
and absurd pretensions. To our surprise, he came clothed with extreme
good taste and in the pink of the fashion ; full tenne de ville, white under
waistcoat and tie, kid gloves, etc., and, to our great disappointment, he
talked sensibly. I saw him once in "Richard the Third." He was a
good actor, but his egotism made him continually emerge from the part,
and show us, not "Richard," but George, the Count Joannes. Some of
the audience jeered him, but he took their raillery in good part, and went
on with the " business," with which, by the way, he was thoroughly fa-
miliar. This was some ten years ago, and he must have been nearly sev-
enty years of age at the time ; but he wore his usual brown wig, and
looked fresh and fully twenty years younger than I fancied he was.
Joannes was a smatterer in many things, but his love of notoriety and
worship of the great stood in the way of any opportunity he may have
had of becoming proficient in any of them. He had domestic troubles,
too j and probably if we knew all his history, we should discover that,
like many another warm-hearted man, he was ruined for want of a loving
and self-sacrificing woman to encourage, aid and reward his struggles in
life. Peace be to his ashes !
An elegant assortment of Gold Watches and Chains at Randolph &
Co.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
GJEO. STJRJBJETf Agent News Letter, 30 Cornhill, -E. C, London.
IN CONSEQUENCE OF SPURIOUS IMITATIONS OF
LEA & PEBBINS' SAUCE, which are calculated to deceive
the public, Lea and Perrins have adopted A NEW LABEL, hearing their sig-
nature, thus, " LEA & PERRINS," which is placed on every bottle of WORCESTER-
SHIRE SAUCE, and without which none is genuine.
Ask for LEA & PERRINS' Sauce, and see name on wrapper, label, bottle and stop-
per. Wholesale and for export by the proprietors, Worcester ; Crosse & Blackwell,
London, etc., etc., and by grocers and oilmen throughout the world.
Nov. 16. MESSRS. CROSS & CO., Agents, San Francisco.
ROWLAND'S
MACASSAR OIL strengthens the Hair and prevents it falling off. The bottles
have a glass stopper, and not a cork.
KAX.YDOB, beautifies the Complexion and eradicates Freckles, Tan, Prickly Heat,
Eruptions, etc.
ODONTO whitens the Teeth, prevents and arrests decay, and gives a pleasing
fragrance to the breath.
ETJKONIA is a new and delicate toilet powder.
Ask for ROWLAND'S articles, of 20, Hatton Garden, London, and avoid cheap
imitations. Sold bv Druggists, Bazaars, etc., all over the world. May 3.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
inestand Cheapest Meat -flavoring Stock for Soups. Made
Dishes and Sauces. March 2.
F
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTEACT OF MEAT
[s a success and boon for which Nations should feel grate-
ful. See "Medical Press," "Lancet," "British Medical Journal," etc.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT-
Caution—Genuine only with fac-simile of Baron Liebig's
Signature, in blue ink, across Label. " Consumption in England increased ten-
old in ten years." March 2.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
To be bad of all Store- keepers, Grocers and Chemists. Sole
Agents for the United States (wholesale only), C. David & Co., 43, Mark Lane,
London, England. March 2.
LANGLEY & MICHAELS,
SUCCESSORS TO
CHARLES LANGLEY & CO.,
"Wholesale Druggists,
Importers of Pure English, French and German Drngs,
PATENT MEDICINES, Etc.,
100 and 102 FRONT STREET,
San Francisco.
[Sept. 6.
REMOVAL.
Dodge, Sweeney & Co., Importers and Wholesale Provision
Dealers and Commission Merchants, have removed from No. 406 Front street
to the new store, 114 and 116 Market street, and 11 and 13 California street, ■where
they will be pleased to see their friends. Dec. 20.
REMOVAL.
WO. Laeig-bna, Marine and Fire Insurance Agency,
o (Established 1876), removed to No. 218 PINE STREET. Office with Crocker
& Suydam. Dec. 20.
ROOFS
Of Tin or Asphaltum Repaired. Tin Roofs Painted. Send
orders early to the OLD STAND, No. 819 Market street, opposite Stockton.
Estimates furnished free of charge. [Dec. 6.] H. G. FISKE.
QUICKSILVER.
For sale— In lots to suit, by Thomas Bell & Co., No. 305
Sausome street, over Bank of California. Nov. 16.
WM. F. SMITH, M.D.,
Oculist and Aurist, 313 Bush Street.
Aug. 16 ] Office Hours, from 12 M. to 3 J*.Jf.
J. A. HUNTER, M. 0.,
No. 331 Sutter street, devotes Special Attention to Catarrh,
Deafness, Bronchitis, Asthma, Consumption, and all ailments of the Throat,
Lungs and Heart. Dec. 27.
AGENTS, READ THIS
We will pay Aleuts a Salary of $100 per mouth and ex-
penses, or allow a large commission, to sell our new and wonderful
inventions. We mean what we say. Sample Free.
Address SHERMAN & CO., Marshall, Mich.
EDWARD BOSQUI & CO.,
Printers, Engravers, lithographers and Bookbinders,
Leidesdorff street, from Clay to Commercial,
SEEDS.
KJ. Trumbull & Co., 419 and 421 Sansome street. Hen-
• tucny Blue Grass, Alfalfa, Mosquit, Timothy, etc., etc. Vegetable Seeds
of all descriptions. Nov. 29.
Q77 7 a year and expenses to agents. Outfit Free. Address,
«P* • • June 7.] P. O. V1CKERY, Augusta, Maine.
J»n. 10, 1880.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
B
CRADLE. ALTAR. AND TOMB.
CRADLE.
>ru> In Sinn Cms, December 26th. to the wife nf 8. H. Bailey, a eon.
UUUT - In IUi.f-.rtl. January 1*1, to the » iff ol F, A lllaxclev, a son
N »|«>. m»-eml<er 22d, to the wife of It ruff, a son.
u— I" KaklanJ. January 1st, to Die oil freeman, a daughter.
Um »:(,- ,,/ K. H. t;..].litein. aeon.
' i Onm, lkvemoer 30th. to tin < : irvelon, a son.
;• . Jauuary 1st. t., the wife of Wan.cr Henry, a son.
In this city, December 45th, to the wifo .-f Fritl Herdcl. a sou.
Januarv 2,1. to the wife ..f C. Johnson, a daughter.
ssot - In this city. December ^th. to tin- wife ,.f o. tlUen. a daughter,
-itaoa-ln this city, January 2d. to the wife ..f Thos Taylor, a sou.
uvea - In Alameda, January 2d, to the wife of QsoEJS W. Trover, a son.
ALTAR.
s»-I'>»ks -In Santa Rosa, January 1st. Edward D. Barnes to Fannie II. rarks.
■s-Baiaoe -In New York, December 31st, V CarisUen to Alice F. liriggs.
r— In Sacramento, December 98th, Howell ''lark to Annie Qftlloup.
t-llr.KKi, k - In Sacramento, January 5th, Harvey Horrtck to Carrie llcrrick.
■rr-ln Sacramento, December 24th, Bird Hotloy to C, Lippincott,
Hi r-sr.tutr— In this cilyjDcccnilier soth, N. Jacobs to D. Hunneberry.
err -Oo 1 1 i:\-ln this city. January 4th. Mandel Levy to Hannah E. Cohen.
oOwx-BosTw-icK— In Woodland, December 81st, I, W, Uooroto Emma Boatwick,
oou-Mi •»« - In Sacramento, January 3d, A. N. Moore to Nellie Munk.
iMiTAt-MKYr.R— In this city, Dccctnhr 81st, Win. J. Ridgeway to Mary E. Meyer.
urnaaos-RtoRDAN- 111 this city. Jauunrt .Ml.. W. «', Sanderson to Belle Riordan.
ukiiart-Y* ard- Iii this city, Hecenjber 31st. Robert Urquhart to Kate Ward.
Aju>-Ct.v'M\ciu.ui— In Santa Crur, December 28th, John Ward to S. Cunningham.
-— -OetAXTiLLE— In Grass Valley, December 25th, J. T. Waslcy to I. Granville.
TOMB
ox— In Oakland, December 21st, Mrs. Agnes Atherton, aged 57 years.
-In this city, January 1st, Mary Burns, aged 42 years.
-In this city, January 2d, Philip Bogan, aged 50 years.
somkfr -In this city. January 0th, Margaretta Dronuner, aged 70 years.
BALLON-In this city, January 1st. Thomas Fallon, aged 53 years.
rckhas-Iii Oakland, January 1st, Charles Ueckman, aged 50 years.
Ass-iNs— In this city, January 6th, Bridget Haskins, aged 46 years; also, her chil-
dren—Anna, aged 19 years; John E.. aged 4 years; and Ellen A., aged 2 years.
OsBTfinsxT— In this city, January 1st, Simon Kozminsky, aged 44 years.
1ST— In this city, January' 3d, Thomas Kent, aged 62 years.
Aaaox— In this city, January 6th, Christina Larson, aged 24 years.
ut-In this city, January 6th. Carl Frank Nager, aged 36 years.
—In this city, January 1st, Peter Page, aged 54 years.
-In San Mateo, January 6th, Dr. John B. Rice, aged 60 years
uses— In this city, January 4th, Peter Rasmusen, aged 27 years.
HNS — In this city, January 2d, J. G. Stearns, aged 49 years.
atloe,— In San Mateo, January 2d, Edward Ives Taylor, aged 23 years.
THE IRON PEN.
[Made from a Fetter of Bonnivard, the Prisoner of Chillon ; the Handle
f Wood from the Frigate Constitution, and bound with a Circlet of Gold,
vrith three precious Stones from Siberia, Ceylon and Maine.]
By Henry W. Longfellow.
thought this Pen would arise Then must I speak, and say
'rom the casket where it lies— That the light of that summer day
Of itself would arise, and write In the garden under the pines
ly thanks and my surprise. Shall not fade and pass away.
Mien yougaveit me under the pines, I shall see you standing there,
dreamed these gems from the mines Caressed by the fragrant air,
Of Siberia, Ceylon and Maine With the shadow on your face,
Yould glimmer as thoughts in the And the sunshine on your hair.
mef ' t I shall hear the sweet low tone
.hat this iron link from the chain Of a voice before unknown,
)f Bonnivard might retain Saying, "This is from me to you—
Some verse of the poet who sang From me, and to you alone."
Df the prisoner and his pain ; And in wqrds not idle and vain
Ihatthis wood from the frigate's mast I shall answer, and thank you again
Might
write me a rhyme at last,
For the gift, and the grace of the
As it used to write on the sky gift,
| The song of the sea and the blast. O beautiful Helen of Maine!
But motionless as I wait, And forever this gift will be
hike a bishop lying in state As a blessing from you to me,
I Lies the Pen, with its mitre of gold, As a drop of the dew of your youth
And its jewels inviolate. On the leaves of an aged tree.
Prom japan.
The Japanese papers, received by the last mail, denounce the sbip-
1 iwners' combination to monopolize the trade with Europe as both weak
Hid foolish, and predict its speedy collapse. It is to be hoped they will
rove true prophets, for the Empire is already suffering sufficiently from
be blessings of paper money, worth on the 12th December last 67 cents
o the dollar. This state of things has been brought about, not by war
pr famine or internal convulsions, or the necessity of maintaining vast arm-
ments, but purely and entirely by the fatal facility of heaven-born
nanciers. The great silk exhibition at Yokohama, on the 25th Novem-
er, was very successful. In all 439 prizes were distributed, but the
ournals, while expressing their gratification at this result, regret that
iteps are not taken to discourage the export of the Bilk-worm eggs to
taly. These precious eggs are not, however, the product of the utter-
aost East to be met with in Italy. Mr. Asano, of the uative journal,
Choya Shinbun, was at Naples on the 23d September last, and writes from
there : "As Naples is an ancient city, the houses are old, and the inhab-
itants are also dressed in old and dirty clothes. In this city I did not see
one fine lady. Among other ancient buildings which excited my wonder,
there is one of wax." In the church of San Gennaro he saw a box with
a small opening in the cover, and was told that by_ means of this " the
chief priest may be induced to speak very secretly with his friends." We
cannot but congratulate ourselves that Mr. Asano is less disposed to se-
crecy than the chief priest.
Artistic Novelties, manufactured from California quartz, at Ran-
dolph & Co.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
Rum and murder are brethren ; they both come from Cain.
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
Recorded In the City and County of San Francisco. California, for
the Week ending January 6th, 1880.
OompiUdfrom the Rmrdt of the < bnwunfcll Agency, 4U1 California St., S.F.
Wednesday, December 31st.
lllUSTnll AND ORANTKE.
DKSCItirTION.
S G Brignsrdcllo idQB Bradford
Same to same
Same to same
W J Dulton to Jos Specrs
John Satlcrlee to M Thompson.
Same to Geo A Sattcrlee ,
SametoPJ French
Same to Helen Hovey
J Sattsrlee to Anne S Taylor .
Same to W Sattcrlee..
B Bennerscheidt to A Lochhead .
LTevis to Jas McMickell
Thos P Ash to Jas Mulcahy
Henry A Plate lo J B Plate
Same to AngllBta S Plate
Fredk Ogden to Mary L Ogden. ..
Leiser Hertz te Dorn Hertz
A Mcllwain to John Mcllwain.
Herman Bendel to O W Richards
Saml Greer to Sarah Greer
Wm Corcoran to L Gottig
E C Skinner to C E Haseltine
Geo B Volman to Mas S & L Soc'y
Blk 463. Bay View H'd
I. or- l .■.'.:;. i. :i i„ in : and 24, blk 11,1
BayVlewn'd
Rlk 583, Hay View lid
8w Onion and Mason, w 33:6 x 60— 50-
vara til I
Sw Jackson and Franklin, w 231:9. a
127:8^, etc ; also, s Jackson, 148 e
Van Ness, c 40x127:8*
Nw Gough ond Washington, w 802:6,
elc; also, n Washington, 123 o Van
Ness, c 60x127:8 M
W Franklin, 50 n Waeh'n, it 08:9x137:6,
W A 122
W Franklin, 118:9 n Wash'n, n 68:9x
137:6--WA122
Sw Jackson and Van Ness, s 127:8*x
260:7; Be Washn and Van Nese, e 151
xl27:8i(; b Jackson, 123 e Van Ness,
e 25x127:8 !<
Nc Washn and Van Ness, e 123x255:4*;
also. 8 Jackson, 188 e Van Neas, e 55x
127:5*; sc Jackson and Franklin, e
184:8x127:8*
Nw 17th and Douglass, n 55x45
S PI Lobos av, 32:6 w 2d av, w 25x100 . .
S Bills. 112 e Pierce, e 25x100
Sundry lots in different parts of city
Same, except 2-12 instead of 1-12
N 27th, 240 w Diamond, w 80x114; n
Clipper, 160 w Diamond, w 80x114 ...
Und * s Pacific, 91:8 e Montgy, e 22:11
x68:9 „;
E cor 9th and Minna, se 40x60 ; alBO.'e
cor 6th and Shipley, se 155, etc; also,
w cor Bryant and 5th, 62:6x82:6
W cor Harrison and 10th, nw 25x84 -M
B8
K Hyde, 137:6 n Eddy, s 25 x 87:6—50-
vara 12il
E Octavia, 3 s Halght, s to Waller, e to
Waller, etc
N 26th, 90 w San Jose av, w 30:3x30
Lois 33 and 34, blk ,9, City Land ABs'n.
19
42
88
0,250
78,993
12,750
12,750
80,651
79,772
5
550
6
6
5
Gift
Gift
5
2,000
6,000
5
6
2,000
Friday, January 3d.
W H Brun to L F Holtz
O D Baldwin to David Barry
Palk Rufferty to F Raymond
Frank Raymond to G R Williams.
Cbas Acbton to A G Fitzpatrick . .
H S and L Soc'y to W J B Joy. . . .
Oakland Bk of Save to A Bowman
John Lottritz to Mary J Kohb
R H Lloyd to Maria Stoltz .
John H Lick to R S Floyd .
M C Bateman to Sav and Loan Soc
Sam Crim to Chas Smith
J 0 Pelton to Lafayette Story .
Lloyd Tevis to Jno Lemmermann
Lewis E Ritter to Oiprien Pedrini
Jean Bloch to Julia Bloch
W Hollis to DR Avery
Robt Brotherton to E Moriarty
Solomon Heydenfelt to G L Bradly
Geo L Bradley to Benj C Wright. ■
Lots 441 and 442, Silver Terrace H'd
N Commercial, 60 e Battery, e 25x59:9. .
Lot 16, blk 640, Point Lobos Hd
Same
S O'Farrell, 137:6 e Broderick, e 100X
137:6, eubj to mortgage for $2,200
Sw Nevada, 203 se Folson, Be 28, sw
75:3, etc-MB9
Sundry tots in S S F Hd & R R Assn . .
S 16th, 94:10 e Valencia, e 39:0«xll6— M
B45
Lot 1231, Gift Map 4
Sw Montgy and Sntter.w 315, etc, and 8
other pieces
W Leavenworth, 25:2 n Jackson, n 86:9
w 162:6, s 30, e 24:6, b 82, etc
W Capp, 40 n 22d, n 40x122:6
N Pine, 115 w Polk, S8:6xl37:6-West-
ern Addition 55
N Pt Lobos Ave, 57:6 w 1st ave, w 25 x
100-OL182
N Post, 176:3 e Jones, 20x60
S Green, 137:6 w Stockton, w 21:6x130
Sw Steiner and O'Farrell, 92:6x25— W
A 385
S Waller, 131:3 w 25x120
S Bosh, 82:6 e Gongh, 77:6x120 ..
SBnsb, e Gough, e 27:6x120
$ 375
8,000
1
118
7,000
1,100
854
7,500
1
8,600
1
7,500
525
550
5
4,200
1,000
1
1
Saturday, January 3d,
J R Bolton to G Ferrea
Fook Yun Tong to Fun,
Jas Weir to same
Cornelius Keefe to Cath Keefe
;Pak.
Same to John Barry
John McLennan to Mary Morris.
Sing Mun to Chay Yune .
L Corbctt to AlpheuB Boll
C H Leavitt to Firemans F Ins Co
Wm O'Shea to G R Williams
A Richet to Therese Bareis
E Dorris to Jas R Bolton IN Union, 92 e Dupont, e 23x69— 50-vara
414
Same
W Dupont, 86 b Jackson, s 18:6x100
Same
N Geary, 77:1 e Lagnna, e 25:10x120;
also, a Post, 77:1 e l,agana, e 25:10x
120-WA201
N Stevenson, 225 e 7th, e 25x76— 100-v
244, in trust
N O'Farrell, 80 w Devlso, w 45x80— W
A506
N Coml, 171:6 w Kearny (old line), w
20x60— 50-vara 80
S 20lh, 55 e Church, e 25x114— M B 88 . .
Ne Beal 183:4 nw Folsom, nw 45:10x
137:6-B& W428
Se Bemis, 162 sw Miguel, sw 50x100
S Vallejo, 34:4« w Mason, 84:4>J22:11-
60-vara6I0
Lot 19, Bee 22, N Addn
Same
JE cor Harrison and Chesley, ne 40x60—
10O-vara272
W Sanchez, 26 b Army, s 44x80
N Jackson, 110 w Hyde, w 27:6x112:6—
50-vara 1308
Sw Baker and Beacb, s 35x137:6
Und a e Fillmore, 137:6 n Post, n 27:6x
119-W A310
J Radston to Win Romberg Ne Moss PI, 105 nw Folsom, nw 50x75..
John Tuck to B J Shay Precita Valley lot 334
B J Shay to John Tnck ISame
Morris Colman to S Colnian !50-vll02; also nw Folsom, 343:9 Bw4th,
sw 34:4«xl60— 100-vara 142
Chas Miller to Johanna Miller 'S Satter, 116:6 w Hyde, w61, etc
MasCem Asn to Jos Clement
J Clement to Carrie Stevenson
Adolph D Klein to F Bellmcr
H Wbiehnrst to Geo Edwards
W H Martin to W Hollis
N S F Hd & R R Asn to P Morgan
Lewis Abel to Marcus Levy . . .
J 1
2,550
10,000
1
Gift
1
3,000
10,000
903
10,930
150
103
1
7,500
5
6
500
1,250
4,500
750
80,000
Gift
10
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Jan. 10, 1880.
STOCK DEALING AND LEGISLATION.
The New Constitution gives the Legislature power to regulate stock
dealing, or to suppress it altogether. Already one or more bills have
been introduced npon the subject, and more are promised. It looks as if
the next "brokers' deal will come off at Sacramento, and we should not
be surprised if much money is made, and loBt, upon the operations that
may take place there. There is need for legislation. The system of
stock gambling, as it has long been practiced in this city, has well nigh
run itself into the ground. The public have become disgusted with it,
and have almost ceased to take part in it. The game was too uneven.
The dice were all loaded to the advantage of the insider. The outsiders
always lost, until confidence waB very properly withdrawn from the busi-
ness. Brokers, and a class of adventurers called " chippers," have now
the game almost to themselves. We are persuaded it will prove beneficial
to the legitimate brokers to have the business regulated by a few plain,
effective, but not unnecessarily harrassing enactments. Nothing can be
better calculated to win back the departed confidence of buyers than the
a sBurances of fair dealing that an honest law will supply. Wash sales
ought, for instance, to be stringently prohibited. They are false in their
inception, and intended only for fraudulent purposes. No honest broker
can possibly urge seriouB objection to the abolition of so iniquitous a sys-
tem. Then it is proper that a man's property in a certificate of stock
should be as capable of being identified as iB Mb property in a piece of
land. He is no less entitled to a clearly defined title to the one than he
is to the other. For this reason his account should state the number of
the certificate of stock bought on his behalf. This simple provision at
once annihilates half the evils of stock gambling. It prevents the cus-
tomers' stockB from being used to short the market with, and at once
ends, the worst gambling feature that has ever entered into stock dealing.
Most assuredly, if brokers desire that the business Bhallbe a legitimate
one, they cannot possibly object to such a provision as this. It has been
adopted with great advantage by the London Stock Exchange. It may
well become law here. The new enactments should be few and Bimple.
If harrassing legislation should be attempted, it will defeat itself. The
By stem should be wisely regulated, not abolished. It must be remembered
that, evil as it has been, it has developed our mines.
THE RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS.
The Railroad Commissioners would now all be at their posts of
duty if only they happened to know where those posts are located. The
Commissioners have reached Sacramento in search of their duties, but,
up to the present, have not succeeded in finding them. The Constitution
called she Board of Transportation Commissioners into existence, clothed
them with large powers, but tailed to provide them with salaries, clerks,
offices, traveling expenses, etc., and, as a consequence, they are awaiting
the pleasure of the Legislature in regard to those matters. What that
pleasure may happen to be, is not a dead sure thing at this time of writ-
ing. It is quite possible that there may be delay and doubt, and even
disappointment, in store for Messrs. Stoneman, Beerstecher and Cone.
The same people who adopted the Constitution that gave them official
Btation, have since then, and as the result of a sober second thought,
elected a Legislature, which haB a potent voice in determining how far the
Commissioners shall be a power for evil. We presume that, in the end,
they will be set to work, that the requisite appropriations will be made,
and all necessary legal machinery provided. The Commissioners have
powers that they can never exercise creditably. Impossibilities are ex-
pected of them. It is not in such inexperience as theirs to settle all the
complicated questions arising out of transportation and railroad difficult-
ies. The very best thing to do is to set them to work, and so permit
them to make fools of themselves. Fancy young Mr. Beerstecher, a recent
arrival in our city, whose business is that of a lawyer without a practice,
determining, with a stroke of a pen, problems that puzzle the greatest
railroad experts of the nation! Bahl
TICKLE ME, AND ILL TICKLE THEE.
The above caption fairly describes a practice that haB been carried
to extremes during the late dull season by certain city and country news-
papers. Copious extracts from country papers are given, expressing high
admiration for the paper which reproduces them. ItB enterprise, its fair-
ness, the completeness of its news, the vigor and brilliancy and high moral
tone of its editorial articles, and the magnitude of its influence on this
day and generation, are above all praise. Each paper, in quoting eulogies
on itself, is, however, preaching to be converted. It's own readers believe
all this, or some of it, already, so that the space devoted to it is, to a
large extent, waBted. We would BUggest, therefore, that each Bhould ex-
change eulogies with itB city contemporaries, so that the readers of the
Bulletin should see what some of the country papers think of the Post,
and thoBe of the Call what some of the country papers think of the
Chronicle, and so on to the end of the dailies. In this way * knowledge
of the real value of the newspaper presB of our city would be diffused,
which iB now confined to a comparatively small circle. As a general rule,
each man thinks his own paper is the only one worth reading, whereas
there are within easy reach evidence that four or five or more papers are
aB great, if not greater, in power and goodness. By this plan, too, we
may add, the reputations of proprietors for modesty, which is now much
obscured, or rather totally eclipsed, would be vindicated and made plain.
Some such change is sorely needed, for recent re-publication of whole col-
umns of puffs has been nauseating.
A lively "writer describes the young Queen Marie Christine of Spain
as a " slip of immaturity, a bread and butter miss, slender, colorless, and
with a face indicating nothing so much aB utter neutrality in all things."
Her mother, however, is rronounced "a charming creature, in the final
days of her thirties, round waieted, plump shouldered, with soft, dark,
laughing eyes, superb black hair, and a bust of ivory whiteness."
THE POET'S HOUSE.
Where should the poet's house and household be ?
Beneath what skies, in what untroubled air
SingB he of very joy of Bongs so fair
That in their steadfast laws he most is free ?
In woods remote, where darkly tree on tree
Let fall their curtained shadows to ensnare
His dreams, or hid in fancy's happiest lair —
Some laughing island of the stormless sea?
Ah, never such to him their welcome gave !
But, flattered by the gods in finer scorn,
He drifts upon the world's unresting wave,
As drifts a sun-flower by the tempeBt torn
From sheltered porcheB of the coral cave
Where it expands, of calm and silence born.
— Bayard Taylor,
NOT SO, JUDGE!
The newly elected Judge of the Superior Court of Alameda County
delivered a lengthy address, the other day, upon taking his seat for the
first time, which we trust will be taken to heart by the members of the
Bar. He made one statement, however, that requires considerable modi-
fication. He said that it was a disgrace which attached
to the administration of the law by English speaking people
that delays continued to extend, and increase, or words
to that effect, for we have not the report at hand. The Judge is mistaken
if he thinks that English speaking people everywhere have failed to find
checks to the law's delays. In a copy of the Law Journal, published in
London, we recently read that the average period in which civil suits in
that great city had been settled during 1878 was slightly over two months.
In San Francisco, we venture to Bay, the average period would be more
nearly two years. The truth is, we have not in this country kept pace
with the refoims in the practice of the law that have been effected else-
where. We copied the practices of England nearly a century ago, and
have not improved upon them as we ought to have done. No doubt this
is largely to be accounted for by the fact that our legislatures are made up
principally of lawyers. A lamentable paragraph is now going the rounds
of the press, which shows that nine-tenths of the members of the United
StateB Senate, and about three-fourths of the members of the House of
Representatives are lawyers. In our own State Legislature lawyers
largely predominate. Lawyers have an interest in rendering laws compli-
cated, and in creating incentives to litigation. They ought not, there-
fore, to be so frequently sent to make laws. We presume that now that
the capacity for work of our Supreme Court has been increased two-fold,
decisions will be more quickly reached. It is to be hoped that they will,
for the law's delays in this State had reached a point that was intol-
erable.
SUPPRESSING FOUL LITERATURE.
A bill has been introduced into the Legislature at Sacramento which
has a most excellent object in view. It seeks to suppress the Police Ga-
zettes, and other publications of that ilk, which purport to give illustra-
tions of great crimes. It is really wonderful how such publications are
increasing and multiplying. They form a large portion of the stock in
trade of almost every book store. They find their way into the hands of
young people, and do incalculable mischief. By them crime is made cap-
tivating, and criminals are exalted into heroeB. They enter into respect-
able households, and steal away the sons and daughters of honest parents.
San Quentin's inhabitants are largely made up of such sons, who have
learnt their first lessons in crime from some one or other of the abomina-
ble publications of the period. It would be well if the whole evil could
be probed to the bottom. Illustrated Police Gazettes are bad enough, and
their sale may be well prohibited. But the evil does not stop there. The
dime novel and flashy publications of all kinds and degrees ought to be
got rid of. The task is a difficult, if not an impossible one, for the Legis-
lature to thoroughly accomplish. It may, however, do something, and it
will undoubtedly do much if it succeeds in preventing the sale of illus-
trated journals of crime. Parents and educators should look into this
subject. More encouragement should be given to the publication of books
suited to young "people. Publishers who can be trusted to print works
possessed only of a good, sound, vigorous, healthy moral tone should be
patronized. Parents altogether neglect their duty in this matter, in too
many instances. The whole land is being flooded with the most abomina-
ble publications that ever found their way into the hands of young peo-
ple. It is well that the subject should astract attention and be legislated
upon, as far as it can be. Parental supervision ought to accomplish the
rest.
AN IMPORTANT OFFICER
Ex-Govemor "William Irwin, who has just left office with the high
credit of being one of the best Governors California has ever had, made a
recommendation in his laBt message to the Legislature which is worthy of
attention. In speaking of the change in the system of management of
the State prison, provided for by the new Constitution, and the power of
appointing and removing all of the subordinates being placed in the
handa of the warden, he says: " This is a very great power to place in the
hands of a single individual, but, I think, a very proper and necessary
one. In my opinion, such power must be exercised by some one, to secure
the proper government of a prison. But it is a power which should
be intruBted only to a person of the very highest character, one endowed
with many and varied intellectual and moral qualities in a high degree.
And I hazard nothing in predicting that the Buccess or failure of the sys-
tem of prison management, provided for by the new Constitution will be
due more to the character of the persona who shall be placed in charge
of the prisons, as wardens, than to all other causes. Clothed with auto-
cratic power, as they will be, they should possess that elevation and com-
posure of character, that complete freedom from passion, prejudice and
bias, that will enable them to act with prudence, moderation, humanity
and absolute justice under all circumstances." These words are sharp
and clear cut. They are, it must be confessed, amply justified by the in-
creased importance given to the office. It will be well, therefore, for the
appointing power to see well to it that no mistake is made in this matter.
The State prison at San Quentin has long been a disgrace to the State. If
Governor Perkins succeeds in finding a warden who will reform it, a great
good will be accomplished.
Jan. 10, 1880.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
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THE TOWN CRIER.
"Hur tbt CriiT-" " Wh»i th» 4«»U »rt thooT
"Oa« ih»t will pUy tb« J*»it.».r with jon."
" He'd » »tinc in hii t*il »• lone a» » fl»il.
Which m*dP him crow N<td*r and bolder. '
Th© Bon, the Earth, the Moon, and the heavenly bodies generally, it
aeemn, arv going on a regular out-and-out tear to morrow. Shame on
thi-in ! for it will Ih> the Sabbath. Profeteor Davidson knows all about
it, ami (rave the business away in a most cold-blooded manner at the
my of Sciences the other night. It's nil very well to dub the im-
pending hi^'h jinks an "eclii*e," but the Professor can't fool us with his
eu|>lnmi;>ui!*. We are not personally acquainted with all the parties who
arv going to take a hand in the spree, but they are evidently hard cases
and ought to be suppressed. Just think of it ! To begin with, the Total
Phase i» going to strike the California coast with his central line at a cer-
tain point and at a fixed second. Now, what jb the T. P. going to do
that for ? What harm has the California coast done to him i And if we
know just when and where the rutfiau is going to make this unwarranted
assault, why don't the police look out for him ? Furthermore, the At-
mosphere is going to be disturbed by " irregular refraction"— alias, we
suspect, tangle-foot whisky— and, to keep the etherial debauchee com-
pany, "the limbs of the Sun and Moon will be unsteady, blurred and
cunfused." We could have believed tbisof the rubicund and rollicking Sun,
but the Moon — the calm, pale, chaste Moon — we thought better things of
her. Xor is this all; for, after a general ini.\iug-up of things, "the Sun's
bright limb will re-appear from behind the Moon." Now, what is old
Sol going to be after, anyway? About this time Bailey's Beads— who-
ever they may be — and certain parties known as Spurious Discs are going
to chip into the game, and there will be the devil to pay generally.
Now, we want to know if this thing can't be Btopped. A lot of frowsy,
old fossilized scientists are going to watch the disgraceful proceedings
through their telescopes, but what can thty do ? Why, the Professor him-
self says that the chances are a million to one against their catching bo
much as an intra- Mercurial Planet, though he adds that they are " pre-
pared to determine its position if it should be caught." A pretty pun-
ishment that, for a drunken Sabbath-breaker ! Will the Supervisors take
active steps in the matter, or will they not ? If they could stop the Pas-
sion Play, they can stop this little celestial racket — or ought to.
The "Alta,"one day this week, printed a brief rhyming something,
which purports to be an adieu "to CauAain B. F. S., ship Importer" by
" W. H." There is a wild, rapturoufl^>eauty, and, withal, a fathomless
depth of pathos about this production, which proves conclusively that the
spirit of poesy is still grandly rampant on these golden shores. The clos-
ing lines are particularly felicitous and touching. "W. H." casts his
prophetic vision onward to the time when " Captain B. F. S." has dropped
his anchor in the other and better world. He proceeds:
" If I but find the happy place,
I promise soon to show my face —
Unless, alas! I should be hence,
Beyond the steep and " Styg'an fence!
And if I am, please wipe your eye,
And simply say : "Old friend, good-bye."
It will be observed that the bard has his doubts whether he will "find
the happy place " (and so have we), but if he does make the riffle he's com-
ing right straight to the front. There is a remote possibility, he opineB,
with true poetic modesty, that he may be on the wrong side of the " steep
and Styg'an fence " — which would be sad indeed. In this case, the course
to be pursued by the glorified and immortal skipper is distinctly laid
down. He will " please [poets are alwayB civil] wipe his eye, and simply
say: Old friend, good-bye." Mark, he is not required to make a long
speech of condolence, or anything of that sort, nor need he wipe the other
eye, but is to cut the interview aB short as possible. The spectacle of the
carbonized bard hanging on to the warm side of the *' Styg'an fence,"
and the affected tar blowing his nose on the hem of his snowy robe on
the cool side, would make a sublime subject for one of our local artists.
One Alvers was arrested the other day for having sold inferior oil as
superior oil, and having put it in a can bearing the label and trademark of
an Eastern firm. May the Lord in His infinite mercy deliver us ! Were
the arresting officials struck by lightning, or what had this unhappy Al-
vers done to offend them ? Jugged for selling an article inferior to what
he represented it to be ? Ghost of Jehosaphat ! Is there now one seller
ot anything in this city, from the six-collar-buttons-for-a-bit boy to
Lucky-Baldwinin-all-his-glory, who feels himself safe from arrest? Cast
into a dungeon vile for using a bogus label? Shade of the great god
Sham, assist us ! Why, from a box of boot-blacking to a case of Cham-
pagne it can't be otherwise. They all do it ! Mr. Alvers ! Mr. Alvers I
make a clean breast of it. Tell us what you have done to be thus sig-
naled out for vengeance. But hold ! There may be no mystery about it.
Perhaps, like the unfortunate, licenseleBs peddlers, whom we daily see
" taken in " to adorn somebody's star, your only offense lay in*being poor
and friendless.
There is a warm discussion going on among the pedestrian frater-
nity as to whether " early walking on an empty stomach or on a full one"
is beBt. Now, for our part, we should prefer to foot it on the sidewalk or
a saw-duBt track ; but if a stomach is really the proper thing, we admit
that the choice referred to has its difficulties. There would be a certain
Bpring and elasticity about the full article which would be lacking in the
empty ; but then there would also be a rotundity perilous to the footing,
and a danger of breaking through, which would not be encountered on the
break f as tless, and consequently more flat and shallow surface. We will
Bubmit the question to our sporting editor, but personally we give the
conundrum up.
We are sick and tired of reading about Berry's defalcations. We
can't pick up a paper but what his odious name appears under all the va-
rieties of alliterative headings, that delight the bouIs of the young men
on the dailies. Now, Berry was a bad man — a dambad man — and for
heaven's sake let him alone at that till he's caught, at least. Call him
what you like, but get it over, and talk about something else. Say he
was a straw-Berry, because so worthless, a black-Berry, because so iniqui-
tous, a rasp-Berry, because so hurtful, a bill- Berry, because so expensive,
a goose -Berry — but no, we can't call him that till we catch him. How-
ever, let's have a rest about this Berry, anyway.
Mrs. Emily Pitts-Stevens, we rejoice to learn, has returned from the
southern ooontiss, where ih« " m«t with extraordinarv raoOBM in orKan.
lling juvenile Btnda of Hops." Kxactly what a " Kind of Hop,-" i«, wo
do not Pretend to know ; but for tnanv warn we have had a strong abid-
ing fjiiili in th.- fair Kmily. and are psRSOtb willing to believe that any-
time she organic*-" is all serene. Right here, however, we wish to
contradict the rumor that the lUOCOSffrul young creature has returned with
the intention of permanently resting from her labors on a shelf in tho
Anatomical Museum. We don't say that the manager of that institution
did not want a good, reliable niunimv. We don't say that he did not
make a very handsome offer to Emily in the mutter— promising to stuff
her with the very best sage and onions, put her in a new glass case, and so
forth. But we are in a position to inform our readers that Pittsy refused
the offer with withering scam. In the first place, as she says, she wouldn't
keep in anything but vinegar or lime juice ; and, in the second place, she
LB going to return to the field of her labors. Now, the "southern coun-
ties never did us any harm, and we sympathize with them under thiB im-
pending affliction ; but let the "southern counties" remember that whom
the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and that if they have their small-pox,
Pitts-Stevens, sheep-rot and kindred evils in this world, the greater shall
be their reward in the next. Besides, as a practical illustration of the im-
perishability of matter, Emily teaches a useful philosophical leBSoti where
ever she goes.
The officials elected by the Workingmen's Party have received their
first month s salary, a portion of which, according to their ante-election
pledges, they ought to pay back into the municipal money-bags. But
what was easy enough to promise is very, very hard to perform. While
the chance of being elected was doubtful, and the salary was yet afar off,
the poor devils of candidates would have registered an oath to renounce
all but four bits a day if they could only get office and be Bure of at least
one square meal per diem. But now that the twenties— the round, fat,
heavy, glittering twenties— have been paid into their pockets, it is excru-
ciating to have to give up a portion of them, especially when bound to do
so by no stronger bond than a solemn promise. It is no wonder, then,
that Borne of these worthies have come to think that, after all, such re-
payment would smell of bribery, and to find innumerable legal difficul-
ties in the way of the fulfillment of their pledges. Now, we and all other
decent people said that the pledge in itself was a bribe, but it was given
nevertheless, and those who gave it got into office by doing so. The
meanest man on the face of this planet is he who attains an object by
promising a bribe and then goes back on those who did his dirty work.
There is a fellow at Santa Paula (we forget exactly where Santa,
Paula is, but it's in this State somewhere) who for some time past has
been digging up various sums of money— now fifty, now a hundred,
and anon a hundred and fifty dollars— in various parts of a cer-
tain small plot of ground. It is believed tha some idiot of former days in-
vested his money in real estate very literally by burying it thereabouts,
and to account for the dispersion of the coin the dailies insist that it must
have been " scattered by rodents." ("We believe that, of our thirty-odd
dailies, every solitary one has used that expression about three times.]
Now, we always envy the lucky finder of a mine which it will take thou-
sands to work before a cent is returned j but the besotted beast who will
deliberately turn up minted coin with his clumsy spade is a creature to be
abhorred and spat upon. Are people of intellect and brains to slave for a
square meal a day, while barbarous rustics meet with bull-luck of this
sort. If there is a Providence which shapes our ends how awfully mis-
shapen some of us must be !
Since Charley Parkhurst turned out to be a woman, there has been
a mighty weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth among his old asso-
ciates, in that they did not know it sooner. There's not one of them that
doesn't recall some time when circumstances were such that he "might
'a guessed it," and all seem to wind up their recollections with the remark,
*' I wish I'd 'a knowed." They say that every stage-driver in that section
is now treated with great delicacy and deference. He may swear like a
trooper and be bearded like a pard, but he can't rub out the suspicion
that he belongs to the gentle sex. Some of them are very mad about
this, and, really, it must be exasperating. No "good stories" are told
in their hearing any more, and if they tell any themselves their compan-
ions look ashamed of them. We expect to hear shortly of somebody be-
ing shot for tickling some crusty old stage-driver under the ribs. The
only consolation the gentlemen of the road have, is that they never have
to pay for their own drinks now.
The Finance Committee, to whom a number of charges of official
irregularity were recently referred, decline to investigate these charges, on
the ground that it will -t cost too much." We like this. There is an ele-
ment of rigid economy about it which we admire immensely. With a
Finance Committee entertaining such wise and lofty ideas, the city ought
to become exceedingly opulent in a short time. No matter how heavily
the municipal coffers are plundered, only let us have the proud privilege
of paying a Finance Committee not to do its duty, and we shall soon have
no taxes to pay — likewise nothing to pay them with. If the law-courts
will but adopt the system of these sapient financiers, one important item
of expense may be at once saved by abolishing the State and City prisons.
And now the "colored citizens" are beginning to set up a sort of
Ethiopian howl because nobody has given them any offices, or " positions
of trust and honor," as they are pleased to call it. Well, we don't see
why they should not have a chance at the public corn-crib as well as their
uncolored brethren. There is no reason why a black man should not
steal as deftly as a white man, but, if you don't give the former a show,
how is he to prove his intellectual equality ? This is a free country, and
the African should have an opportunity to qualify himself for the State
Prison as well as the Caucasian office-holder.
A shoemaker of Southampton, England, exhibits in his shop-window
a shoe worn by Oliver Cromwell when he was six months old. We hear
that a number of high-souled (not "soled") Americans are subscribing to
Surchase this valuable relic with the intention of placing in it a copy of
tagna Charta and the Declaration of Independence, and depositing it in
the tomb of Gen. Washington. This would indeed be the concentrated
essence of repubUcanism, and the whole batch would be well buried.
Nothing has been lacking to the completeness of the terrible accident
on Union street last Tuesday. A fire in the early morning burns and suf -
focates a mother and three of her children ; but, as if this were not
enough to make the hair stand on end with horror, the papers, with the
sternest sense of duty, call it a " holocaust" — i. e., a " burnt offering."
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SAJS" FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Jan. 10, 1880.
Commencing Sunday, Nov. 16th, 1870,
and until further notice, Eoata and Trains will
leave San Francisco (Washington-st. Wharf) as follows :
3 00 p.m. daily (Sundays included), Steamer
• "\_/ "James M\ Donahue" (Washington Street
Wharf) , connecting with Mail and Express Train at Don-
ahue for Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Healdshurg, Cloverdale,
and way stations. Making stage connections at Geyser-
ville for Skaggs' Springs ; at Cloverdale for Ukiah, Lake-
port, Mendocino City, Highland Springs, Eartlett
Springs, Soda Bay and the Geysers.
g^T" Connections made at Fulton on following morn-
ing for Korbel's, Uuerneville and the Redwoods.
(Arrive at San Francisco, week days, 10:10 a.m. ; Sun-
days, 11 A.M.
Freight received from 7 a.m. till 2.30 p. m.
daily (except Sundays).
Special Notice.— The Sunday Excursion Trips are dis-
continued until further notice.
Ticket Office
"Washington st. Wharf.
A. HUGHES,
Gen. Manager.
PETER J. McGLYNN,
Gen. Pass. & Tkt. Agt.
c.
P. R. R.
Overland Ticket Office : Oakland Ferry, foot
of Market street. --Commencing Sunday,
Dec. 28th, 1879, and until further notice.
Trains and Boats will leave
SAN FRANCISCO:
7 0AA.M. Daily— Local Passenger Train via Oak-
•O" land, Niles, Livermore and Stockton, arriving
at Sacramento at 1:40 p.m., and connecting with Atlan-
tic Express. Connects at Niles with Train arriving at
San Jose at 10:30 a.m., and at Gait with train for lone.
7QA A.M. Daily — Local Passenger Train via Oak-
• 0\/ land to Martinez and Antioch. Connects at
Vallejo Junction for Vallejo, Napa (Stages for Sonoma),
St. Helena (White Sulphur Springs) and Calistoga
(Stages for the Geysers).
Sunday Excursion Tickets, at Reduced Bates, to San
Pablo, Vallejo, Benicia and Martinez.
9 0(\ A.M. Daily— Atlantic Express via Oakland and
■ OU Benieia for Sacramento, Colfax, Reno (Vir-
ginia City), Battle Mountain (Austin), Palisade (Eure-
ka), Ogden, Omaha and East. Connects at Davis, Sun-
days excepted, for Woodland, Williams and Willows.
Connects at Sacramento daily with the Oregon Express
for Marysville, Chico, Red Bluff and Redding (Stages
for Portland, Oregon).
T f\ A AA.M. Daily— Local Passenger Train via Oak-
lu.UU land to Hay wards and Niles.
3AA P.M. Daily— Local' Passenger Train via Oak-
.\J\J land and Niles, arriving at San Jose at5:25 p.m.
3 A A P.M. Daily— Local Passenger Train via Oak-
• «" land for Martinez and Antioch.
4 A A P.M. Daily— Arizona Express via Oakland and
.\J\J Martinez for Lathrop (and erced,
Madera (Yosemite aud Big Trees), Visalia, Sumner,
Mojave, Newhall (San Buenaventura and SantaBaroara),
Los Angeles, "Santa Monica," Wilmington, Santa Ana
(San Diego), Colton and Yuma (Colorado River Steam-
ers), connecting direct with Daily Trains of the South-
ern Pacific Railroad of Arizona for Maricopa (Stages
for Phconix and Prescott), and for Casa Grande, 182
miles east from Yuma (Stages for Florence, Tucson aud
Tombstone. Sleeping Cars between Oakland, Los An-
geles and Yuma.
Connects, Sundays excepted, at Vallejo Junction for
Vallejo, Napa, St. Helena and Calistoga.
4AA P.M. Sundays excepted— Sacramento Steamer
.UV (from Waah'n St. Wharf ), for Benicia and Land-
ings on the Sacramento River. ^^^
400PM* Daily— Through Third Class Train via
• ^ " Oakland, Martinez and Lathrop for Los An-
geles and points in Arizona.
4- ^O P"M' Datty— Local Passenger Train via Oak-
^t«Ov land and Benicia for "Sacramento." Con-
nects daily, except Sundays, at Davis with Local Train
for Woodland and Knight's Landing, and at Sacramento
with the *' Virginio Express" for Reno, Carson and Vir-
ginia. Sleeping Care {except Sundays) Oakland to
Carson.
4Q(~\ P.M. Daily— Local Passenger Train via Oak-
•OV land for Hay wards, Niles and Livermore.
Public conveyance for Mills Seminary connects at Sem-
nary Park Station with all trains, Sundays excepted.
£C C\f\ P-M. Daily— Overland Emigrant Train via
'-'• ^-, ^ Oakland, Benicia and Sacramento for Ogden,
Omaha and East.
Connections for " Vallejo" made at Vallejo Junction
from Trains leaving Sau Francisco 7:30 a.m., 9.30 a.m.,
3:00 P.M., 4:00 P.M. and 4:30 p.m.
FERRIES AND LOCAL TRAINS.
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* Alameda Passengers change cars at Oakland.
Creel* Route.
From SAN FRANCISCO— Daily— J&-AQ, b6:30, 7.20, 8:15,
9:15, 10:15, 11:15 a.m. 12:15, 1:15, 2:25, 3:15, 4:15,
5:15, 6.15 p.m.
From OAKLAND— Daily— b5:30, b6:20, 7:10, 8:05, 9:05,
10:05, 11:05 A. M. 12:05, 1:05, 2:15, 3:05, 4:05, 5:05,
6:05 p.m. b-/"
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T. H. GOODMAN, Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agt.
A. N. Towne, General Superintendent.
Natural beauty surpasses any-
thing which can be imparted by
artificial means. PHOSPHATE
SOAP gives health to the skin
simply by removing impurities v*d
eradicating the poisons which give
rise to skin diseases.
Not only lor craily use on the fac9
and hands, but for bathing the
entire body, there is nothing equal
to PHOSPHATE SOAP. It is a
thorough disinfectant and removes
offensive odors of every kind.
Ladies who have injured the skin
by the constant use of cosmetics
may do much to restore their faces
to that beauty which nature alone
can give by constantly using PHOS-
PHATE SOAP.
■WINTER ARRANGEMENT.
Commencing' Friday, Not. 31st, 1879,
and until further notice, Passenger Trains will leave
San Francisco, from Passenger Depot on Townsend
street, between Third and Fourth streets, as follows :
8 0A a.m. daily for San Jose and Way Stations.
. O \J ggjf Stages for Pescadero (via San Mateo)
connect with this train only.
I A OA a.m. daily for San Jose, Gilroy, Hollister,
-i-V/.Ow TresPiuos, Pajaro, Castroville, Monterey,
Salinas, Soledad and all Way Stations. &§"* At Pa-
jaro, the Santa Cruz R. R. connects with this train for
Aptos, Soquel and Santa Cruz. g^P3 At Castroville,
change cars for Monterey. VP&~ Stage connections
made with this train. (Pescadero Stages via San Mateo
excepted.)
O Q(") p-M. daily (Sundays excepted) for San Jose,
tJttjyj Gilroy, andprincipal Way Stations.
A OA p.m. dailyfor San Jose and Way Stations.
Li Q(~) p.m.— daily, for Menlo Park and Way Stations.
&g- The Extra Sunday Trains to San Jose and Way
Stations have been discontinued for the winter season.
Second-Class Fare.
Between San Francisco and San Jose. $1.00.
On Freight Trains only, leaving San Francisco at 4:00
a.m. and 10:40 A.M.; San Jose at 5:35 irM. and 8:30 P.M.
(daily, Sundays excepted).
Excursion Tickets at Reduced Bates
To San Jose and intermediate points sold on Saturdays,
and Sunday mornings, good for return until following
Monday inclusive.
Also, EXCURSION TICKETS to Aptos, Soquel, Santa
Cruz and Monterey, sold on Saturdays ouly — good for
return until the following Monday inclusive.
psr" Principal Ticket Office — Passenger Depot, Town-
send street. Branch Ticket Office — No. 2 New Mont-
gomery street, Palace Hotel.
A. C BASSETT, Supt. H. R. JUDAH, A, P. & T. A.
SOUTHERN DIVISIONS.
Commencing Monday, May 19th, 1S79(
$W Passengers for points on the Southern Divisions
of the road will take the cars of the Central Pacific Rail-
road via OAKLAND, leaving SAN FRANCISCO via Ferry
Landing, Market street, at 4:00 p.m. daily (Arizona Ex-
press Train), and making close connection at GOSHEN
for Sumner, Mojave, Los Angeles, Wilmington, Ana-
heim, Colton, Colorado River, Yuma, Maricopa and Casa
Grande (182 miles east from Yuma). Nov. 22.
SONOMA VALLEY RAILROAD.
The Steamer <( Sonoma" leaves Wash-
ington-street Wharf daily (Sunday excepted) at 2
p.m., for Norfolk, connecting with cars for the town of
Sonoma and way stations, arriving 6 p.m.; returning,
leaves Sonoma 7 a.m., arriving at San Francisco 11 A.M.
For further particulars apply at General Office, 426 Mont-
gomery street, or at Washington-street Wharf.
JAMES M. DONAHUE,
Dec. 6. G. P. and T. Agent.
NOTICE.
For the very best photographs go to
BRADLEY & RULOFSON'S, in an Elevator, 429
Montgomery street. Oct. 29.
ALASKA COMMERCIAL COMPANY,
N'
o. 310 Sansome street, Sail Francisco,
Wholesale Dealers in Furs. Sept. 21.
For chapped hands the constant
use of PHOSPHATE SOAP -win
be recommended by all who give
it one fair trial.
If you want a nice article of
Toilet Soap and something that is
beneficial to the skin, buy PHOS-
PHATE SOAP.
Ladies who wish to make the
shin look beautiful and natural
should use PHOSPHATE SOAP.
Manufactured by "Standard Soap Co.,"
204 Sacramento St., San Francisco.
Ask your Druggist for it.
Jan. 10, 1980.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
13
"The World/' the Flesh, and the Devil.
[By a Truthful Penman.]
It is the intention of the Empress Eugenie so to time her visit to
Zulu land that she may be on the spot where her son met his death on the
anniversary of that sad event, the let day of June. Lieutenant Carey
will not be detailed as the escort "f the illustrious lady in that sad pil-
f\Ve understand that this sombre duty will be devolved upnn
ir Evelyn Wood, for whnm poor Prince Louis had conceived a great re-
gard durtnff the latter *s ahnrt career in Zululand. Apart from this, how-
ever. Sir Evelyn labors under certain disadvantages in acting as cicerone
to the Empress, since he was not present at the discovery of the poor
Prince's body, nor, in fact, did he see the Prince alive or dead after the
latter left the Kambula camp before the invasion march began.— —The
father of Mr. Joseph Biggar is no more. The deceased, who was known
as "Big Biggar," was a tine looking man, a rigid Presbyterian, and a
very prosperous merchant. He was one of the first proprietors of the
plster Banking Company, and had been a pupil of Sheridan Knowlea in
his schooldays. His dlustrious son does not appear to have enjoyed the
advantage of exigent elocutionary training.^— The idea of the juvenile
Pinafort is American, not English. Such a miniature representation was
given in Xew York last year, and with the gratifying result that it ran a
month longer than the kindred piece by the elders. The microscopic
youth who played Admiral Sir Joseph Porter used to delight in the after-
noon in linking his -arm with Mr. J. G. Taylor, the adult Admiral, and
walking down Fourteenth street to the ditty, " We're bosses of our shows,
ain't we, Mr. Taylor?" " Yes, you're Admiral now," used Jimmy to re-
ply, with concentrated sarcasm; "but this evening — remember!" The
sprightly lad who filled the leading role by the light of day was but Mid-
shipmite by light of gas.— —It is a satisfactory symptom in Italian poli-
tical life that little by little the great Roman houses, which had always
kept sulking in consequenoe of the events of 1870, are now coming round
and reopening their reception rooms. Tho fact is even so general as to
lead one to the surmise that it may well have taken its source in some
watchword from the Vatican. Thus, last year, on the occasion of Queen
Margherita's illness, Prince Borghese had his name put down on the regis-
ter at the gate of the QuirinaL This year the late commander of the
fjuarda nobile, Prince Barberiui, has for the first time for nine years sent
invitation cards for a grand ball. Finally, no less a personage than Prince
Mario Chigi, the hereditary Marshal of the Conclave, has just been pres-
ent at a military council, of which he is a member by right of office.
Some people will have it that Pope Leo XIII. himself only awaits a tit
opportunity to become reconciled to the new order of things.— Ccelum
-non animum, etc. Dr. Sullivan, with mind composed after his voyage
across the Atlantic, is already at work. He is setting to music " The
Seagull," a lyric by Mrs. Marion T. Fortescue, one of the wittiest and
most charming hostesses of the New York society that clusters around
"Fif."— World.—* The late Duke of Portland was the elder brother of
Lord George Bentinck, and Earl Canning and Mr. Charles G-reville were
his first cousins. It is long since the eccentric Duke has been heard of in
the world, and in spite of the vast sums he squandered at Welbeck in
making stables, ranges of galleries, and a church underground, and in
numerous other ways, he must have been one of the richest peers in Eng-
land. It is estimated that he has left property worth over £2,000,000. —
Truth.-**— -Prompt Justice. — At the Walsall (Eng.) County Court, re-
cently, a case was called on, for which plaintiff, defendant and several
witnesses had been waiting all day. His Honor looked surprised on find-
ing that the amount in dispute was only 8d., but having elicited from the
litigants that they were quite prepared to leave the matter in his hands
unreservedly, he quickly brought tbe 8d. from his pocket and passed it to
the plaintiff, to the great amusement of a crowded court.^^The Duke of
Argyll has written for Eraser's Magazine a series of papers describing his
trip to America. The first appears in this month's number, and contains
his impressions of the landscape generally, and the Canadian scenery par-
ticularly ; it is very interesting. — Truth.— There is a good story going
about of the Duke of Rutland, which we hope is true, because it is so
good a story, whether it is true or not we do not know. The story is,
that fifteen of his tenaats gave him notice to quit their farms, that he ac-
cepted their notices, and that when the day came for paying the rents,
his agent announced that the Duke had directed him to return the whole
of the year's rent to every one of the tenants except to those fifteen who
had given notice. The feelings of the fifteen when they reflected that but
for their notices they would have had their year's rent in their pockets,
instead of leaving it in the agent's hands, may be only faintly conceived
by a very vivid imagination. Persons using telephones should be care-
ful to refrain from indulging in language not intended for ladies to hear.
There are ladies employed in the exchanges, and it is not agreeable for
them to have to listen to obscenity. Recently a case of the kind oc-
curred, and from appearances there is going to be trouble over it. A
young lady employed in a telephone exchange reported that some very
indecent language had been used by some one talking into a telephone
located at one of the leading business houses of the city. An agent was
sent to the place of business referred to, and he was there told that the
offense against decency was committed by a subscriber who did not be-
long to the establishment, but happened in and used the telephone. When
the agent asked to be furnished with the name of the visiting subscriber,
he was told that it was none of his business. At noon the telephone was
removed from the house where the indecent message had emanated from,
and in the afternoon notice was served upon the Telephone Company to
the effect that suit would be instituted for damages for the unexpired
term of the contract. The suit will doubtless create somewhat of a sen-
sation.— Cincinnati Enquirer,
INSURANCE.
HUTCHINSON & MANN,
INSURANCE AGENCY.
No. 322 A- 324 Cnllfnrnin Nlrrrl, Nun FrancUco, CM.
Fire Insurance.
GIRARD of Philadelphia.
52ft1 of Colombo*
M:\v ORLEANS ASSOCIATION...
>'i"i'i.i.s ..I Newark.
KtiEKE
LA t'MSSEOENEHALB of Paria
BT I'M 1 of St. Paul.
HI l ( 'MA of Now Orleans.
BERL1N-COLOQNE of llerlln.
I.A (ONr'IANCE of ParU.
Marine Insurance.
PAWS tWDERWRrnNO ASSOCIATION of Paris
LONDON AM) pin imn.ial MARINE INSURANCE CO ..of London.
Capital Represented $23,000,000.
Alt I°"" Equitably Adjusted and Promptly PoM.
HOME MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. OF CALIFORNIA.
Principal oaice, 40G < til i i aru in street, Nnu Francisco.
Cash ABBots, January 1, 1877, SM6.2U1 ; Liabilities, $6,052 ; Surplus for Policy
Holoers, S68I1.339. J. F. Houghton, President; L. L. Baker, Vice-President;
Charles R. story, Secretary. R. H. MAOILL, H. H. B1GELOW, General Agents.
Directors -San Francisco— L. L. Raker, John H. Redinrton, J. F. Houghton,
K. u. Gray, Rooert rtatt, John Currey, L. L. Baker, \V. F. Whittier, C. C. Burr, E.
™'-, ',« ™ ' whlte- J- L- N- Shepard, W. M. Greenwood, George S. Mann, Cyrus
Wilson. W. T. Garratt, C. Watcrhouse, A. P. Hotaling, A. Block, A. K. P. Harmon,
G. S. Johnson, W. O. Wilson, A. W. Bowman, H. L. Dodge, Charles R. Story. Ala-
meda County Branch- V. D. Moody, Chauucy Taylor, A. C. Henry, Robert's. Far-
relly, Joseph B. Marlin, W. B. Hardy, T. B. Simpson. San Diego-A. H. Wilcox.
Sacramento-Mark Hopkins, D. W. Earl, Julius Wetzlar, James Carolau. San Jose—
T. Ellard Beans, B. D. Murphy, A. Pflster, J. H. Dibble, J. S.Carter, Jackson Lewis,
Jacob Rich, John Auzerais, John Balbach. Stockton— H. H. Hewlett, Chas. Belding
,,' J?' ,.<;rs' A' W' SlmPson, H. M. Fanning. Marysville— D. E. Knight. Grass
Valley— Wm. Watt, T. W. Sigouraey. Portland, Oregon— W. S. Ladd, 5. H. Lewis,
P. Wasserman, B Goldsmith, D. Macleay. Virginia citv, Nevada— John Gillig, Isaac
L- "oo."*- March 17.
FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE.--UNION INS. CO. OF S. F.
rflUe California Lloyds. — Established in 1861. Nos. 416 and
JL 4TS California street. Cash capital 8750,000 in Gold. Assets exceed 81,000 000
Coin. Fair Rates ! Prompt Settlement of Loses ! ! Solid Security ' ' DIRECTORS
—San Francisco— J. Mora Moss, N. G. Kittle, M. J. O'Connor, R. S. Floyd Moses
Heller, Adam Grant, Daniel Meyer, Antoino Borel, Charles Kohler, E. L. Goldstein
I. Lawrence Pool, A. Weill, Joseph Brandenstein, Charles Bauin, James Moffitt'
Benjamin Brewster, L. Cunningham, W. M. Hoag, Nicholas Lulling, John Parrott'
L. A. Booth, Julius Baum, Myles D. Sweeney, Jas. M. Goewey, Edward Cadwalader
Bartlett Doe, Gustave Touchard, J. H. Baird, J. G. Kittle, George C. Hickox C Du-
coinmun, Wm. Scholle, John Conly, Ig. Steinhart, W. B. Stone, J. O. Eldridge A
B. Phipps. ° '
GUSTAVE TOUCHARD, President. N. G. KITTLE, Vice-President.
Chari.ks P. Haves, Secretary. Geo. T. Boiibn, Surveyor. Aug. 31.
THE STATE INVESTMENT AND INSURANCE CO.
FIKE ANI> MARINE.
Clash Assets, $450,000.— Principal Office, 218 and 220 San*
J some street, San Francisco. Officers :— A. J. Bryant, President : Richard
I vers, Vice-President; Charles H. Cushing, ^Secretary; H. H. Watson, Marine
Surveyor. Board of Directors :— Peter Donahue, James Irvine, C. D. O'Sullivan
A. Bocqueraz, R. Harrison, A. H. Rutherford, R. Bailey, E. W. Corhert, George o'
McMullin, A. J. Bryant, Frank M. Pixley, E Burke, H. H. Watson, Dr. C. F. Butkley"
P. J. White, E. M. Root, M. Mayhlum, Richard Ivers, John Rosenfeld, Daniel
Callaghan. P. H. Russell, Sacramento. John G. Downey, Los Angeles Wm
Hood, Sonoma County. H. W. Seale, Mayfield. Geo. Rutherford, San Jose. Feb. 16.
THE MARINE INSURANCE CO. OF LONDON, ENGLAND.
[ESTABLISHED 1836.]
Whole Amount of Jcnt Stock and Guaranteed Capital. .$5,000,000.
Whole Amount of Capital paid up 900,000.
Cash Assets December 31, 1876 3,710,000.
The undersigned have been duly authorized to issue Policies at current rates on
Freight and Shipments to or from England, Europe, New York, Japan, China, Aus-
tralian Colonies, Sandwich Islands, and Northern Coast Ports. If desired, policies
made payable at port of termination.
WILLIAMS, DIMOND & CO., Agents,
Aug. 10. 218 California street.
THE SWISS MARINE INS. COMPANIES COMBINED.
Switzerland, of Zurich, Capital 5,000,000 francs; Helvetia,
of St. Gall, Capital 10,000,000 francs ; Baloise, of Basle, Capital 6,000,000 francs.
These three Companies are liable jointly and severally for all losses that may be sus-
tained. Losses made payable in all the principal seaports of the world. In the set-
tlement of all claims under an English policy, these Companies will strictly adhere to
the conditions and customs adopted at Lloyds, and submit to English jurisdiction
June 9. HARRY W. SYZ, Agent, 225 Sansome St., S. F.
NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL LIFE INSUR. CO. OF BOSTON.
Has transacted tbe business of Life Insurance for nearly
thirty-five years. Its assets amount to over Fourteen Million Dollars. The
law of Massachusetts makes all its Policies nonforfeitable. It is a Purely Mutual Com-
pany, dividing every cent of surplus among Policy-holders. This is the Only Com-
pany on the Pacific Coast governed by the Massachusetts Lapse Law. This company
has comp'ied with the new Insurance Laws of California.
WALLACE EVERSON, General Agent.
Sept. 22.] 328 Montgomery street.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN MARINE INS. CO. OF LIVERPOOL.
C Capital $5,000,000 Agents: Bal lour. Guthrie A Co., No.
J 316 California street, San Francisco. Nov. 18.
"aggregate assets,
840,647,948.
Imperial Fire Insurance Co., of London Instituted 1803.
London Assurance Corporation, of London
Established by Royal Charter 1720.
Northern Assurance Corporation, of London Established 1836.
Queen Insurance Company, of Liverpool Established 1857.
A JOINT POLICY ISSUED BY THE FOUR COMPANIES.
ROBERT DICKSON, Manager.
W. LANE BOOKER, Agent and Attorney.
317 CALIFORNIA STREET, 8. F. [Oct. 11.
14
SAN FRANCISCO 1STEWS LETTER AND
Jan. 10, 1880.
ORCHARD WEDDING.
There's a wedding in the orchard, dear,
I know it by the flowers ;
They're wreathed on every bow and branch,
Or falling down in showers.
The air is in a mist, I think,
And scarce knows which to be —
Whether all fragrance, clinging close,
Or bird-song, wild and free.
And countless wedding jewels shine,
And golden gifts of grace;
I never saw snch wealth of sun
In any shady place.
It seemed I heard the fluttering robes
Of maidens clad in white,
The clasping of a. thousand hands
In tenderest delight.
While whispers ran among the boughs
Of promises and praise ;
And playful, loving messages
Sped through the leaf-lit ways.
Then were there swaying to and fro ;
The weeds a-tiptoe rose ;
And sang the breeze a sudden song
That sank to Budden close ;
And just beyond the wreathed aisles
That end against the blue,
The raiment of the wedding choir
And priest came shining through.
And though I saw no wedding guest,
Nor groom, nor gentle bride,
I knew that holy things were asked,
And holy love replied.
— Mary Mapes Dodge.
WHEAT -GROWING IN CALDTORNIA.
Mr. J. J. Tylor has contributed a long letter to the London Economist,
of December 13th, dated San Francisco, November 10th, 1879, on the
subject of wheat-growing in California. He Bays the crop available for
export last season was about 20,000,000 bushels, the largest ever known, as
against 13,500,000 bushels in 1878, 8,250,000 in 1877, and 17,000,000 in
1876. The causes of increased crop he attributes to increased area of land
under wheat, and not to increased produce per acre. _ The farmer here
owning land not exceeding ten miles distance from a railway or navigable
stream, can deliver his wheat at the port for twenty-six shillings per quar-
ter, and leave a small profit in cost of production. At the present time
he can obtain about thirty-eight shillings per quarter at the port of ship-
ment. These minimum and maximum prices correspond respectively to
thirty -four shillings at the port, and fifty shillings per quarter selling price
delivered at Liverpool, allowing for the recent rise in freight. The aver-
age production of wheat in the Pacific States from land enjoying an aver-
age of twenty inches of rainfall and fairly regular climate, is about 2£
quarters per acre, and these conditions represent those of the bulk of the
land supplying wheat for English markets. Direct taxes are levied to the
extent of say 2 per cent, on the assessed value of all the farmer possesses,
exclusive of Government bonds and growing crops. The taxes are not
more than one-fifth what a farmer pays in England. Machinery of all
kinds is dearer than in Great Britain, and is protected by a heavy duty.
It is obtained from the Eastern States, railway carriage increasing the
cost from 10 to 30 per cent. Farm laborers obtain six shillings per day,
with board, for ten hours per day. The production of wheat in propor-
tion to number of laborers employed is probably double or one-third
greater in the Pacific States than in England, on account of the climate
rendering less labor necessary. Cheap and abundant food produces gen-
eral prosperity, and makes employment plentiful and labor well-paid.
Land under cultivation near a railway station maybe obtained for from
£2 to £5 per acre, yielding crops of from 30 to 60 bushels, or may be
leased for one-quarter of the crop paid in kind. The machinery for reap-
ing, winnowing and sacking, at one operation, is most generally used, and
always hired by the smaller farmers holding from 160 to 1,000 acres un-
der wheat. The hiring system succeeds here, while it has been a failure
in England, because here the same machinery can do profitable work for
three months, while in England the harvest must be got in within a week
or two all over the country. Plowing, except on stiff clay land, con-
tinues the whole year.
The total cost of harvesting by hired machinery, on average land, is
about 10|d. per quarter. Owing to the dry condition in which grain is
harvested, considerable increase of weight takes place during the sea voy-
age to England, due to moisture absorbed. Making allowance for the
increase in weight, the cost of freight to Liverpool is from 5s. to 10s. per
quarter, or equal to a charge of 12s. 6d. to 25s. per acre. The mining in-
terests of this and neighboring States have led to the comparative neglect
of agriculture for many years. The exports from the mines, valued at
£10,000,000 sterling in 1876, and £12,000,000 in 1877, sank to £7,000,000
in 1878, and will probably be less in 1879. The other exports of produce
from the Pacific States were over £6,000,000 in value in 1876, under £6,-
000,000 in 1877, about £7,000,000 in 1878, while the export of wheat alone
in 1879 is estimated at £5,000,000.
St John's Presbyterian Church, Post street, between Mason and
Taylor. Rev. Dr. W. A. Scott, Pastor, preaching as UBual Sunday at 11
A.M. and 7J p.m. Sunday School and Bible Class, 9^ A. M. Prayer and
Praise Service, 6£ P.M.
"COUNTING OUT."
"Counting out" bids fair to become an established practice in this
country. Hereafter it will not be so much asked if the candidate for office
is honest, or capable, or even available, as it will be, " Can he be counted
in !" The time has nearly arrived when that question is to be the touch-
stone by which to determine the candidature of high officials under this
government of the people. The great fraud perpetrated at the last Presi-
dential election was the highest possible consummation of the evil prac-
tice, and since then the system has spread with the rapidity of a blazing
fire before a hurricane, until to-day there are few States in the Union in
which there are not signs that the next great struggle will turn upon the
ability of the respective parties to manipulate a fraudulent count. Staid
old Maine has just achieveda triumph in the new science that weare con-
strained to think will be like the seed cast upon the waters, which re-
turns again after many days. The process has produced a Legislature
which, for the first time in many years' experience in that State, is Demo-
cratic in both Houses. It is unnecessary to enter into the merits or de-
merits of the tall talk and bluster that is being used on the one side, or
into the technical excuses that are being offered on the other. To do that
is needlessly to confuse one's self. To say that the now well-known sys-
tem of " counting out " a majority and " counting in " a minority has
been resorted to is to say all that is necessary to a full comprehension of
what has taken place. Of course, plausible excuses are not absent. Gov-
ernor Garcelon has found them in abundance. So did the eight to seven
commission find them when it was requisite to turn a majority of a quar-
ter of a million votes, cast in favor of Tilden, into a majority of one
electoral vote for Hayes. New York is in like manner finding precedents
and excuses for cheating the popular vote of that great State, and pro-
poses that the Legislature, because it happens to be Republican, shall
chose the Presidential electors. Democrats, not to be outdone, threaten re-
prisals in other States, and so the new practice of ' 'counting out" extends, un-
til it threatens to become deep-rooted, andone of the established institutions
of the Republic. If the frauds of the last Presidential contest t»ught
anything at all, it was that they clearly indicated that both parties should
join in an endeavor to devise a method by which an honest count might
be insured in 1880. But it is now certain that nothing of the kind may
be looked for. The Republicans fixed up the last counting to suit them-
selves ; the Democrats, having now the control of Congress, are quite
willing to take their chanceB of succeeding in the management of the next
count. The issue is already made up. It is not one of men, or of prin-
ciple, but purely and simply one of counting — a mere question of figures.
Figures may be made to lie, as we all know. They will be most infa-
mously at the next Presidential election, as they did at the last one, and,
as we fear, they will continue to do, until a climax is reached which will
leave us a Mexicanized Republic. This outlook should be little short of
appalling to patriotic lovers of their country. If eternal watchfulness be
the price of liberty, then of a verity that price is not likely to be paid
here and in these times. The people are slumbering whilst liberty ap-
pears to be preparing to take her departure. That is not liberty which
by force or fraud cheats the people of their suffrages. On the contrary,
it means a degree of anarchy and confusion which even good citizens, in
the end, will be glad to see terminated by Dictatorship. If Macaulay
had written his celebrated letter to-day, instead of forty years ago, he
could not have more clearly indicated the impending condition of things
in this Republic. Whither are we drifting?
HOME LIFE A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
One hundred years ago not a pound of coal or a cubic foot of illu-
minating gas had been burned in the country. No iron stoves were used
and no contrivances for economizing heat were employed until Dr. Frank-
lin invented the iron framed fireplace which still bears his name. All the
cooking and warming in town, as well as in the country, were done by the
aid of a fire kindled on the brick hearth or in the brick ovens. Pine knots
or tallow candles furnished the light for the long Winter nights, and
sanded floors supplied the place of rugs and carpets. The water used for
household purposes was drawn from deep wells by the creaking sweep.
No form of pump was used in this country, so far as we can learn, until
after the commencement of the present century. There were no friction
matches in those early days, by the aid of which a fire could be easily
kindled, and if the fire went out upon the hearth over night, and the tin-
der was damp, so that the spark would not catch, the alternative remained
of wading through the snow a mile or so to borrow a brand from a neigh-
bor. Only one room in any house was warm, unless some member of the
family was ill. In all the rest the temperature was at zero during many
nights in Winter. The men and women of a hundred years ago undressed
and went to their beds in a temperature colder than that of our barns and
woodsheds, and theynever complained. — New Orleans Picayune.
To the sneak-thief who snatched a black morocco -leather satchel
from an express standing in Merchant street, by the News Letter office, on
Monday last: "As the contents of that satchel can be of no use to you
personally — nor of any value to any one, beyond a dollar or two, except
to myself — I ask you, in the name of such decency as I have known to be
felt heretofore by sneak thieves, to send me the pawn tickets, if the
things are pledged, to the address below, or an anonymous postal card,
stating where they have been disposed of, that I may redeem them. If
you do this, you will not be the first who has so obliged me. As to my
name, you know that well enough by this time. J. J. B.,
News Letter Office, S. I\
It is not well to be hypercritical, but in times when the delicate
moral sense of the Postmaster-General requires him to open private corre-
spondence, in order to protect people, who wish to buy lottery tickets,
from themselves, it may not be superfluous to suggest that thore is some-
thing very like throwing dice for the drinka in the drawing of lots for
terms by the Justices of the Supreme Court. It may not be immoral,
any more than church raffles are immoral, but, as the crazy miller said
when he excused himself for taking too much toll because he gave it to
the poor, "it's a tarn tight squeeze."
Sterling Silverware. — A large assortment of elegant designs at Ran-
dolph & Co.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
Jan. 10, 1880.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER,
15
GOSSIP FROM NEW TORK.
New York, Dec. 98th, 1879.
Dear News Letter: -The p.wt wwk h»* be*n one of bony, bulla
■ fmii'ti to the rwidrati of i i.-tliaiii, and the wtreet* have Men iit.r-
iana and carriage*, all apparently intent upon
purrhMiDt: Urpe and small artlelta for beUdfty offering*. Tiffany is re-
nearly a million dollar* worth of diamond* alone, and
other It- mli Hi* —tnhliihiwiti have transacted an immense amount of lund-
new in their various department* ; in fact, this* profusion In money spend
in£ deroonst™t*» very cwioluaivtly that no " hard times " at present ex-
ist in New York. The weather has been disreputable, and slush and
mud ankle-deep would, in ordinary times, have kept |>eople indoors, but ,
in the two dan baton Christmas it did not, to all ap|>earances, make any I
appreciable difference. In the purchasing of elecant luxuries, the prodl-
pality of certain Califbrniaas has caused considerable amusement among I
itive New Yorkers. For instance, at a leading furniture estab- I
Ushraent on Lexington Avenue, ha* been on exhibition, since 1870, a very
magnificent bed-rooru seL This has been admired by nearly everybody,
great and small, on the Atlantic Coast, yet none have been so timerousas
bo purchase it. even with its centennial medal as an additional induce-
ment. It was originally valued At several thousand dollars, but for a year
or two has been begging a purchaser at very much lower figures. The
newly-fledged married California^, however, came at last. He took the
whole lot at one fell swoop, at a price in excess of any ever asked before,
and away went the well-known honored relics to grace an apartment in a
home prepared for its reception on Nob Hill. Another case in point is —
well, his name shall be nameless— but he purchased for $8,000, at a lead-
ing emporium, a pair of very elegant vases, beautifully inlaid with gold
and silver. These had been repeatedly offered for $3,000, "with no
takers," and, as they were shipped, plainly addressed to Mr. , San
Francisco, the merchant very complacently rubbed his hands together,
and remarked, "Another bonanza heard from, and $5,000 ahead! God
bless the argonauts of California !" These New Yorkers have no very
exalted opinion of the "Pacific Slopers," except in the matter of their
ability to disburse legal tender notes and twenty-dollar pieces, and when
they once get a fair show at them, ask prices with a cheek that would put
that of even Denis Kearney to the blush. To buy goods in New York at
reasonable prices, one must dissemble as to the place of his residence,
for to be known as a Californian at once opens the flood-gates of the most
extravagant demands.
Jim Keene is a recognized power among the financiers in this city, and
may be seen daily in the street or in the neighborhood of Delmonico's.
He appears to be under the management now of Tom Edmondson {for-
merly in the wheat " reducing " business in Alameda), and is continuously
in his company. It is generally surmised that this engagement of Mr. E.
is a peculiarly successful one for himself. Gen. Gashwiler, who has been
quite ill for many weeks, is now recovering from his troubles. Col. Dave
Buel, formerly of California, reached here last week from Idaho. He is
a magnificent specimen of manhood, and stands six feet five inches in his
stockings, and his appearance on Broadway always creates a decided im-
pression.
Interest in mining enterprises is on the increase, and all good and legiti-
mate operations, that have a real value, may be brought here with a fair
prospect of success. You must not, however, from this remark, imagine
that the people here are inclined to be reckless in their mining ventures.
Money is plenty enough, yet they have had their eye-teeth cut by many
wild-cat propositions, and all of such a character had better stay away.
The mines in Colorado are paying regular dividends, and this has given
them a vast advantage over many very excellent enterprises located in
Idaho, Arizona and California. As for the Comstock, a feeling of dis-
trust appears to be uppermost in the public mind where its mines are con-
cerned, and the fear of assessments will deter much investment in that di-
rection until it may develop another paying bonanza. The report is cur-
rent here that Flood & Co. are going to establish themselves in this city,
but I am not able to verify the same.
In closing thiB letter, it pleases me much to tender the News Letter all
the happy compliments of the season. "More Anon."
Women, if they are really anxious, as they profess to be, to make the
world better than it is, might with advantage give up what they term
their " back-jacket pockets." It is almost impossible for a thief to resist
making a grab at a purse carried in a pocket so fashioned that it can be
emptied without difficulty or danger unless a detective happens to see the
operation. At the Guildhall Police Court, on Wednesday, a man who
had stolen a purse out of a lady's back-pocket, while she was looking
into a shop-window in St. Paul's churchyard, and was captured after a
chase by two detective officers, made, it appeared by the evidence, a most
touching appeal to his captors to let bim go. "They might," he said,
" kill him if they liked. He had spent seventeen years in prison, and
the police would not give him a chance to live. There were ten detect-
ives to one thief in the city now, and there was no chance for a thief at
all." He was sentenced to six month's imprisonment with hard labor,
and certainly deserved his punishment. If ladies, however, will put their
purses into their back jacket-pockets, and pensively gaze at the articles
exhibited for sale in the shop- windows, it is not surprising that they are
robbed, and it is hard on the rate-payers that a freak of fashion should
render necessary the employment of a host of detectives, whose strength
might otherwise be greatly reduced.— Pall Mall Budget.
The Bombay Gazette tells a story of a hand-to-hand fight in this
Afghan war which certainly deserves a word of notice. During the Khe-
lat-i-Ghilzai advance, Colonel Kennedy's force distinguished itself greatly
by the pluck, energy and skill with which they entrapped some two hun-
dred Afghan horsemen into a fight in the open. Twenty fanatics, how-
ever, took refuge upon a precipitous hillock. These desperadoes, who
wished nothing better than to be attacked, were assailed by Captain Sar-
torious, eight men of the 59th Foot, and a Beloochee volunteer. In the
struggle which followed after they clambered up, the whole twenty Ghazis
were accounted for, our side losing one killed and several, including Cap-
tain Sartorious, wounded with tulwar slashes. When the circumstances
are taken into account, this was perhaps as bold a bit of hand-to-hand
fighting as has occurred of late years.— Pall Mall Budget.
Bismarck has had a fresh and violent attack of rheumatism.
Prehistoric America. A pnper by the Bar. Stephen D, Pest <-f
Clinton, Wfa,, <<n tin* SoorOM of Information a* to the PrthifltOlia Con-
dition of America, has been reprinted in pamphlet form from the la*t
number of the America* Antiqwniaa, but it i» hardly olssx why this
should have been dona. While Mr. IVet states correctly that the sources
in ipiestion are tradition, srch»*dugy and physical mofimphy, he does
not add anything to the farts already known, nor do Id* speculations go
beyond thoM TafQO, ssntra] considerations which occur t<> every intelli-
gent person, brought face to face with a great historical problem, for the
solution of which he has no special resources at hand.
SIGNAL SERVICE METEOROLOGICAL REPORT, WEEK
ENDING JAN. 8, 1679, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Highest and Lowv.it Barometer.
Prt. 2. Sat. 3. Sun. 4. Mon. 6. Tue. 6. Wed 7. I Thr 8
30.104
30.110
30.215 30.248 30.250 30.156 20.933
30.186 30.200 30.184 30.033 29.705
Maximum and Minimum Thermometer.
30.196
80.028
54 62 47 48 I 40 I 69 |
42 I 45 j 41 | 44 41 46
Mean Daily Humidity,
90 j | 84.3 | 79.7 | 81.7 | 84.3 I 75 |
Prevailing Wind.
SE. | NW. | NE. | SE. | SE. | S. |
Wind-- Miles Traveled.
105 | 119 | 158 | 120 | 121 | 164 |
State of Weather.
Cldy. | Cldy. | CIdy. | Fair. | Fair. | £Cldj. |
Rainfall in Twenty-four Sours.
.12 | | | | | .24 | .12
TotalRain During Season beginning July 1, 3879. ..9.78 inches.
56
46
71
W.
279
Fair.
CO-PARTNERSHIP NOTICE.
We, the nndersifened, h»\e this day formed a co-partner-
ship under the firm name of SCOFIELD & TEVIS, for the transaction of
a General Importing, Shipping and Commission business, succeeding to the business
heretofore carried on by F. B. Taylor & Co. D. G. SCOFIELD,
San Francisco, January 2d, 1880. HARRY L. TEVIS.
NOTICE.— Having sold to Messrs. Scofield and Tevis the Btock of merchandise,
warehouse, and good-will of the business heretofore carried on under the firm name
of F. B. Taylor & Co., I heartily recommend them to the trade as my successors in
business, and ask for them a continuance of the patronage so liberally bestowed on
the old house during the past 28 years. F. B. TAYLOR.
San Francisco, January '2d, 1880. Jan. 10.
CO-PARTNERSHIP NOTICE.
The bnsiness heretofore conducted by Henry B. Williams,
under tbe Arm name of WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO., will be continued
and carried on by the undersigned, who will assume all contracts, and will receipt
aud liquidate any and all indebtedness due to and owing by said firm, under the firm
name of WILLIAMS, DIMOND & CO. HENRY B. WILLIAMS,
A. CHESEBROUGH,
San Francisco, December 31st, 1879. [Jan. 10 1 W. H. DIMOND.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Office of the Standard Con, mining: Company, San Fran-
cisco, Cal., Jan. 2d, 1880.— At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the
above-named Company, held this day. Dividend No. 11, of Fifty Cents per share,
was declared, payable on MONDAY, January 12th, 1880, at the office in this city,
or at the Agency of the Nevada Bank of San Francisco, in New York.
WM. WILLIS, Secretary.
Office— Room No. 29, Nevada Block, No. 309 Montgomery street, San Francisco,
California. Jan. 10.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Office of the Hiberuia Savings and Loan Society, JJ. E.
corner Montgomery and Post streets, San Francisco, January 5th, 1880. —
At a regular meeting of the Board of Directors of this Society, held this day, a Div-
idend at the rate of six and a half (6£) per cent, per annum, for the six months end-
ing with December 31st, 1879, .was declared on all deposits, payable from and after
this date, free from Federal Tax. [Jan. 10.] EDW. MARTIN, Secretary.
REMOVAL.
Thomas Young1, Real Estate Broker, has removed from
No. 424 Montgomery street to the S. E. corner Sutter and Montgomery, over
Chester's Dry Goods Store, and opposite the Lick House. Entrance on Sutter
street, No. 39. Jan. 10.
NOTICE.
The Delinquent] Poll Tax Roll for 1870 1s now being- made
up. All who are liable and have not paid, and who do not desire to have their
names appear in that list, must obtain their receipts before January 10th, 1S80.
ALEXANDER BADLAM, City and County Assessor.
December 29th, 1879. Jan. 10.
WAKELEE'S AUREOLINE
Produces the Beautiful Golden Hair so Much Admired.
SUPERIOR TO THE IMPORTED ARTICLE
— BY REASON OF iTs-
FRESHNESS AND CARE USED IN" ITS PRODUCTION.
PRICE, LARGE BOTTLES. £2.
Manufactured by H. P. WAJLEIEE & CO., Druggists, corner
Montgomery and Bush streets, S. F. [Aug. 2.
G. E. BARTON,
Attorney and Counsellor- at-Law.
689 KEAMNY STREET BOOMS 1 and 3.
[December 20.]
MADAME WALDO COHEN,
PIANOFORTE AND SINGING,
Sept. 20.
t>07 Hyde Street, San Francisco.
16
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Jan. 10, 1880.
" FUN'S " FIJGHTY FANNY.
Oh, don't mind me. Ha! ha! he! he!
No one minds me a rush ;
They only say, " Ah, that's her way."
Oh, don't!— you make me blush!
Girls will be girls! 'Twas ever thus, and youth must have itB fling ;
Well, yes— I own it ; well, what then? I am a flighty thing!
Tis nice to walk with men and talk
About — I don't know what ;
I'm not a nun, I like the fun —
Why shouldn't I ? Why not?
Tm not a bashful maid— not I ! I laugh and dance and sing,
Acknowledging— and what's the harm ? — I am a flighty thing!
I trim my face with ev'ry grace
That's purchased at a shop,
I make up fair and dye my hair —
And still the men won't pop.
Oh, will no wealthy bachelor come hither with a ring,
And lead to Hymen's altar this poor single flighty thing?
My waist is small, my heels are tall,
My giggle's quite divine ;
Some stare aghast and call me "fast,"
I'm sure the fault's not mine.
'Tis only that with spirit I have cut my leading string,
And gone into society a flirty, flighty thing.
It grieves my heart to play the part
Again year after year ;
'Spite Bcandal's tongue I still am young,
And suck a little dear!
A pretty pet, a playful puss! To youth I fondly cling,
And gambol round the bachelors a flighty little thing !
'Tis true Lord Fred last evening said
Of angels in the sky
I was the queen. What could he mean ?
He knows I cannot fly.
Yet now I guess his reason. Though he saw no sprouting wing,
He called me angel p'raps because— I'm such a flighty thing !
BOGUS MEETINGS IN REFERENCE TO THE PIONEER
BANK.
A second meeting, engineered by Jack Stratman and three or four
others, was held on Saturday last for the purpose of forming a club to
hound J. C. Duncan. At half-past seven, the time stated, thirty persons,
by actual count, were in the Fifteenth District Court-room! Sometime
after eight, the meeting was organized, with just forty persons assembled.
At least one-half of these, as shown by the Chronicle report, were op-
posed to the operations of Stratman and his friends. Mr. Jay E. Rus-
sell, a depositor, and representing over one hundred thousand dollars' in-
debtedness of other depositors, was not allowed to speak or to read a
plain business statement of the affairs of the late Pioneer Bank. The
four conspirators declared that the meeting was to form an organization
against Duncan, and those who did not favor it should not interfere! Out
of over two thousand depositors, less than twenty responded to the Strat-
man's hounding. But this was enough for the passage of a string of reso-
lutions and a false and unfair report, to be published in the Call and Post.
However, a bona fide meeting will soon be held, and a fair expression of
opinion will be had. A great number have already signed the call for
this meeting, with the names of nearly every large depositor heading the
list. The atrocious sentiments of the Stratman crowd find no echo from
them. They are in favor of an opposite line of policy, and will give every
aid to the business propositions which are now before them.
And a word, before we leave the subject, to the men who are doing
some one's dirty work iu their continued and untiring abuse and misrep-
resentation. The News Letter knows them. One was convicted on his
own confession of sending to New York, for the purpose of defrauding his
partner, a lead bar, paying him with a receipt from Wells, Fargo & Co.
for what was supposed to be gold. Another has been seriously compro-
mised by the charge of embezzling Government funds, and by frequent
appearances before the Police Court. Another has been twice arrested
for perjury, and, a few weeks ago, remained some days in the lower cells
of the county jail. Another has been several times arrested for extortion.
Another was implicated in that infamous swindle which beggared thou-
sands of widows and orphans in Germany, and excelled in its shameless
fraud all other vile schemes that have disgraced the country. This was
the bogus California Pacific Railroad, a history of which is now being
written by a gentleman of this city, and in due time will be given to the
world. We could go on with this list, but the subject will bear more
elaborate mention, and we shall give it, if necessary, to the bitter end.
We see that Mr. Russell has insisted on the Call's publishing his protest
against these bogus meetings. One Albert Preece, a clerk in the Central
Pacific Railroad office, ventures a silly reply. This Preece has been pub-
lishing doggerel verses against Mr. Duncan in one of the weeklies, and
has sent insulting and abusive letters to a man who is at present helpless
to vindicate himself. These are cowardly acts. People seldom stop to
think that the lower class of subordinates in great companies are in no-
wise connected with the big hearts and large brains of the great chiefs.
Amid the changes incident to every commercial community, the old
established house of J. M. Litchfield & Co., 405 Montgomery street,
keeps its place and its reputation for the best stock of cloths, cassimeres
and other goods, and for turning out none but perfect work.
E.M. Fry. FRY, WATTLES & CO., J.B.Watties,
Stock Brokers,
303 Montgomery Street, S. F., Under the Nevada Bank.
J3?~ Money to loan on active accounts. Nov. 8.
Geo. C. Hickox. E, C. McFarlahb.
GEORGE C. HICKOX & CO.,
Clommission Stock Brokers (San Francisco Stock Ex-
J change, No. 230 Montgomery street, San Francisco. May 4.
ANDREW BAIRD,
Negotiator of Loans and Commercial Paper,
Broker In Local and State Securities,
No. 312 California Street San Francisco.
[f . O. Box lj208.] July 19.
"W Morris.
MORRIS & KENNEDY.
J, F. Kennedy.
Importers and Dealers in Holdings, Frames, Engravings,
Chromos, Lithographs, Decalcomanie, Wax and Artists' Materials, 21 Post
street, nearly opposite Masonic Temple, San Francisco. Feb. 4.
N'
SCHWAB & BREESE,
ew Art Gallery, 624 Market street, opposite Palace Hotel.
Oil Paintings, Engravings, Wax and Artists' Materials.
' ADMISSION" FREE. Sept. 13.
SNOW & CO.,
'VTo. SO Post street, opposite mechanics' Institute, Import-
X i ers and Manufacturers of Pictures, Frames, Mouldings, and Artist's Ma-
crials. Established 1849. Sept. 20.
CALIFORNIA SUGAR REFINERY,
Mannfactnrers of the Standard Syrup, a superior article
put up in barrels expressly for home consumption. Also, Extra Heavy Syrup
in barrels for Export. Refined Sugars at lowest market rates. Office, 215 Front
street, up stairs. Dec. 21.
JOHN JENNINGS
Hooper's South End Warehouses, corner Japan and Town-
send streets, San Francisco. First-class Fire-Proof Brick Building, capacity
10,000 tons. Goods taken from the Dock and the Cars of the C. P. R. R. and S. P.
R. R. free of charge. Storage at Current Rates. Advances and Insurance Effected.
CUMBERLAND MINE,
Yavapai County, Arizona. Office: No. 417 California St.,
San Francisco, California. President, GEORGE M. CIPRICO. Secretary, J.
H. GRIFFITHS. Office Hours : 2 p.m. daily. Oct. 11.
BRITISH BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF CAL.
Attendance, daily, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., by the under-
signed, to receive subscriptions and donations, and to furnish all information
relating to the Society. J. P. McCURRIE, Secretary,
Oct. 23. 730 Montgomery street.
Nbwton Booth, C. T. Wheeler, Sacramento. | J. T. Glover, W. W. Dodge, S. F
W. W. DODGE & CO.
holesale Grocers, corner Front and Clay streets, San
Francisco. April 1.
w
CASTLE BROTHERS,
ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAR 1850.
[mporters of Teas and East India Goods, Res. 213 and 215
Front street, San Francisco. Jan. 13. ,
Francisco Daneri.
D
F. DANERI & CO.,
Henry Casanova.
ealers iu Wines, Liquors anil Groceries, liuve removed to
Nos. 27 and 29 CALIFORNIA STREET. Dec. 20.
L.H.Uewton. NEWTON BROTHERS & CO., M. Newton.
Importers and wholesale dealers in Teas, Foreign Goods and
Groceries, 204 and 206 California street, San Francisco, Cal May 26. :
S
TABER, HARKER & CO.,
IITPOMTJEBS AND WHOLESALE GXOCEBS,
108 and 110 California St., S. F.
[April 19.]
JOSEPH GILLOTT'S STEEL PENS.
Gold Medal, Paris, 1878.
old by all Stationers. Sole Agent for the United States:
MR. HENRY HOE, 91 John street, N. Y.
DOGS.
4~i E ver ill. the Celebrated Canine Doctor from London, can
V3T» be consulted for treatment or purchase. Fee, SI. Address,
G. EVERILL, 528 Calif ornia street.
83^°" Sure cure for worms, distemper, cauker and mange sent free by mail ou
receipt of §1. Oct. 18.
D. HICKS & CO.,
Bookbinders and Blank Book Manufacturers,
KO. 543 CLAY STEEET.
f^°* Blank Books Ruled, Printed and Bound to Order. [Nov. 8.
COKE CHEAPEST FUEL.
Reduction in Price : Wholesale Price, 50 cents per barrel ;
Retail Price, 60 cents per barrel, at the works of the SAN FRANCISCO OAS-
LIGHT COMPANY, Howard and First streets, and foot of Second St. Jan. 12.
WILLIAM P. HUMPHREYS,
Late City and County Purveyor, has removed to No. 029
WASHINGTON STREET, where he will continue to practice his profession.
All Surveys and Estimates guaranteed. Dec. 20.
R. H. LLOYD,
Attorney-at-Law, Room 13, Nevada Blook.
Jan. 10, 1880.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER
17
NOTABILIA.
THE PEDDLERS SONG.
Lawn u white as driven snow ;
Oram Mack as e'er wm crow ;
> swecfaa damask roses;
Masks for faces and for noses ;
Bii£lc-t>ntcv1et, necklace, auber;
Perfume for a lady's chamber;
Gold quoips and stomachers,
For my lads to give their dearj ;
Pins and poking-sticks of steel.
What maids lack from head to heel:
Come buy of me.come; come buy.come buy,
Buy, lads, or else your lasses cry.
William Suasspearb.
Sitting Bull, they say, 19 once more going on the war-path. This ru-
mor is founded on a telegram just received by the Secretary of War that
the Sioux chief recently forwarded an enormous order for the renowned
Averill Mixed Faint, wherewith to adorn himself and his warriors for the
war-path. The wily Indian evidently knew that the Averill Mixed Paint
is the best, roost durable and most beautiful of all pigments, and since it
is prepared ready for use and of any shade or color desired, he can lay it
on his lovely features at a moment's notice. O. S. Orrick, the General
Agent, of 329 Market street, opposite Front, takes great pride in this
order.
It has always been a puzzle to scientific men what the "manna from
Heaven," upon which the Israelites fed, really was. The secret has at
last been discovered. The manna was nothing else than the delicious,
wholesome and nutritions article of diet which Castle Bros., of 213 and
215 Front street, now offer to the public as Snow-Drift Granulated Corn.
Being prepared from carefully selected corn, it contains the very essence
of the life-giving principle, and, while it is highly recommended for in-
valids and convalescents, it is also a delightful food for adults, and espe-
cially children in the full enjoyment of health.
Flunkeiana. — "Hullo, Nupkins! Surely, you can sweep away the
snow from the door-step without hiring those three boys! " " I take the
remuneration on myself, sir. I should lose my chance of another place if
I was seen doing ' parochial ' work! " — Punch.
It's all very well to "swear off" at this season, but how is the oath
to be kept while the Anheuser and Busch Brewery continues to sell its
delicious beer on this coast through its agents, Ruhl Brothers, of 522
Montgomery street ? Under such temptation the most iron resolve be-
comes brittle as glass. When we learn from the official returns to the
Revenue Department for the past year, that in that period 100,905 bar-
rels of Lager Beer were sold by the Anheuser and Busch Brewery, we
are able to form some conception of the enormous demand for the bev-
erage as made by this celebrated house.
"I would give a thousand dollars to have hair the color of that
girl's," exclaimed one of our most beautiful society heiresses, the other
evening, as she gazed enviously at the lovely golden tresses of a rival
beauty. "You can have it for less than that," said a friend near by ; "for
that glorious golden color is produced by Wakelee's Aureoline, which only
costs $2 for a large bottle, and is in every way superior to any imported
article." Manufactured by H. P. Wakelee & Co., druggists, cor. Mont-
gomery and Bush streets.
How to Draw a Mercator's Chart,
and drag it along.
-Tie a piece of string round it
The terrible severity of the weather throughout the West of Eu-
rope and all over the United States has greatly increased the mortality
from pneumonia and the various forms of consumption. All should take
warning in time and strengthen the system by the healing and soothing
Rock and Rye Cordial, made by F. & P. J. Cassin, of pure rock candy
and the best old rye whisky. This is a sure protection against consump-
tion and all lung complaints.
Mr. Gladstone, when speaking, never refers to printed papers or blue-
books, but to half -sheets written on one side, which he has in a heap laid
on the top of his hat. In like manner the underclothing and shirts sold
by Carmany & Croosett, 25 Kearny street, are not gathered from other
quarters, but wrought out by their own matchless skill from the best ma-
terials.
A youthful Latinist having been bidden to decline pomwn, an apple,
replied that he was not such a fool. — Fun*
The Cardinal Archbishop of Malines has given a subtle definition
of the Papal infallibility, which should satisfy the most exacting ; and it
is not too much to say that Napa Soda, which is fresh from Nature's la-
boratory, is the infallible safeguard of health.
Senator Thurman. while «poaking in the Senate, learni forward, not
with round iboaldara, but Mi-nasUy. !!«• trlpa hii forobMd much with a
red bindkcrahlef. and ■MOM t>' pondM in hi* BpWQb. A man no |»«>nilcr-
DM, and niauuauuj ..f nch MTOWt nhouldern, may well lv forgiven In- red
bandanna, but nothing can new bin ignorance of tin* fact that White,
8M ( ommervial street, ha* the newest and most stylish hats for gentle-
men.
A New Tork paper records, with scandalous levity, that Oen. Sher-
man hrid an ia/enia/leToo on Forefather^ Day is that city. The fore-
when do Dot mm to be the worse for this flippancy, but the man who
don Dot take his breakfast and dinner at the Original Swain's Bakery, 213
Sutt.r street, has a truly infernal time of it. The cooking and the ser-
vice at this elegant family restaurant are the very best in the city.
It is nobler, brethren, to persecute offenses than offenders. Suppose
we punish a bottle of rum 1—PucL
Spelling Reform is yet a thing of the future, and, until it becomes
§enerally adopted, all persons who use pen or pencil want a handy pocket
ictionary. The neatest and most complete thing in this line is given
away as a premium to all who send Fifty Cents for one year's subscrip-
tion to the Health Monthly. Sample copies sent free by the Murray Hill
Pub. Co., 129 E. 28th Street, New York City.
How often, in the great cities of the East, has a sudden snow-storm
done havoc among the exquisite hats and bonnets of the beau monde!
Nothing of that kind is to be feared in this fortunate clime ; and the
belles of San Francisco fully appreciate the triumphs of art offered at
Mrs. Skidmore's Emporium, 1114 Market street, and wear her choicest
specimens of skill without one misgiving for the changing sky.
When Mr. Charles A Dana sat down on the Philadelphia bed which
was made for the use of the Emperor Dom Pedro, of Brazil, he felt, in
his own words, " Imperial thrills " going through his system. Without
going so far as Philadelphia, imperial thrills and imperial power of mind
and body may be had by every one in Landsberger's Private Cuvee, the
most exquisite sparkling wine of the Pacific. Coast.
Singular Advice. — A stationer's window contains the following:
" Die stamping."
Dr. Johnson thought Frederick the Great was to be commended be-
cause he remembered where a particular bottle of wine was placed in the
cellar. Old Fritz liked the best vintage, and had spotted that very bottle
of wine, of course. One might as well think of praising those who re-
member that Bradley & Rulofson's photographs are the best in the world.
How could they help remembering it ?
The recent holidays have immensely increased the demand for Mon-
tanya's Union Ranges. There have been so many Christmas and New
Year's dinners spoiled in households that did not possess this matchless
comfort, that fathers of families have lost patience and insisted upon hav-
ing one without delay. In this way the affliction of a moment is made to
result in lasting peace.
We "wish Governor Garcelon a Happy New Year — and we hope he
may get it.
The "London Athenaeum" has discovered that petroleum was
known as long ago as the time of Alexander the Great, and regrets that
the great Emathian Conqueror made no use of it. We rather think he
struck oil when he marched into Persia ; but it is certain that the lovely
Thais used Madame Rachel's Enamel Bloom to make herself irresistible.
Housekeepers are advised to call upon Hartshorn & McPhun, 112
Fourth street, near Mission, for all kinds of carpets, oil-cloths, Linoleum
mattings, etc.; also, manufacturers of store and house window shades,
plain or ornamented. Give them a call for first-class work, at the lowest
prices in the city.
No one can be sick if the stomach, blood, liver and kidneys are well.
Hop Bitters keeps them well.
WONDERFUL SALE OF BEER!
[From the St. Louis "Republican," November 5th, 18 79 A
LARGE BEER SALES.
The official returns to the Revenue Department for the year ending November 1st,
show the enormous quantity of 100,905 bbls. of Lager Beer, sold by the
Anheuser & Busch Brewery.
The Agents for this Coast are
RUHL BROTHERS,
No. 522 Montgomery S treet, San Francisco.
[Dec. 20.
ROEDERER CHAMPAGNE.
"VTotice.--The Trade and the Public are informed tbat we
Jji receive the genuine LOUIS ROEDERER CARTE BLANCHE CHAMPAGNE,
direct from Mr. Louis Roederer, Reims, over his signature and Consular Invoice.
Each case is marked upon the side, " Macondray & Co., San Francisco," and each
bottle bears the label, "Macondray &Co., Sole Agents for the Pacific Coast."
Oct. 11. MACONDRAY & CO., Sole Agents for the Pacific Coast.
D. V. B. Henarie.
E. MARTIN & CO.,
Edward Martin.
Importers and "Wholesale Dealers in Wines and Liquors.
Proprietors of Miller's Extra Old Bourbon and J. F. Cut-
ter Extra Old Bourbon and Rye Whiskies.
April 5. 408 Front Street, San Francisco.
HIBERNIA BREWERY,
Howard Street, Between Eighth and Ninth.
Dec. 7.] M. yUNJ^N, Proprietor.
18
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Jan. 10, 1880.
BIZ.
We have had two arrivals from Honolulu this week with Sugar:
The bark Discovery, with 7,426 pkgs., and the D. C. Murray, with 4,805
pkgs. The bulk of this goes direct to the Refinery. On the 5th inst the
California Sugar Refinery reduced prices on all refined grades \c. per
pound ; now Cube and Crushed, 12@12£c, Yellow and Golden, 9J@10c.
This is yet rather above the relative Eastern prices, taking freight and
expenses into account. In future the California Refinery declines to make
up any loss to purchasers for stocks on hand when a decline in price is
announced, as has been their custom heretofore, it now being their
avowed intention to follow Eastern prices, and thus every one in the trade
must look out for himself. It is now stated that the American Sugar
Refining Co., and of which 0. Adolphe Low & Co. are leading stockhold-
ers, have purchased outright the Bay Sugar Refinery, and will henceforth
run it. This purchase carries with it the patent right to make the super-
ior Cube Sugar. The American Co. have also purchased a site for a new
refinery at North Beach, in the immediate vicinity of the Bay, with the
avowed intention of doing their full share of the refining business of the
Pacific Slope.
The Coffee Market at this writing seems to be in statu quo. San
Francisco imports from Central America during 1879 were 11,891,445 lbs.,
being 2,045,551 lbs. less than in the preceding year. The prices for good
Central American descriptions opened January, 1879, at 15i@16c for new,
and 15c for old, while the medium and lower qualities sold at low and
irregular rates. In November strictly prime Guatemalas and Salvadors
were held as high as 20c. As remarked above, there has been a good de-
mand for Eastern markets. The total shipments were 20,118 bags, and
consisted of 17,509 Guatemala, 1,273 Salvador, 1,134 Costa Rica, and 202
Nicaragua. Of the above quantity, St. Louis took 10,567 bags and Chi-
cago 5,779 bags. Java Coffee was abundant in the early part of the year,
and prices opened at 22c. The late arrivals found the market entirely
bare, and sold at 26@27c. The stock of Coffee in first hands, on the 31st
of December, 1879, consisted of 5,536 bags Costa Rica (all of the old
crop), 2,836 Guatemala (of which 2,343 bags are of the new crop), 132
Salvador (new crop), 55 New Granada, 605 Manila, 393 Java and 740 Rio;
in all, 10,097 bags, all of which arrived in the month of December. In
second hands the stock of all kinds was 7,156 bags. The distribution for
consumption of the Pacific States and Territories was 11,022,345 lbs., or
763,857 lbs. less than in 1878.
The Wool Market in Califomfa during 1879 has been a complete
contrast to that of the preceding year. In 1878, shrinkage in values was
constant until prices touched the lowest point realized since the period
California wools commenced to improve, while in 1879 the appreciation in
values was rapid, being accompunied with an excited demand, large
enough to take up wools as fast as they arrived. At the opening of the
year the outlook was most discouraging, the manufacturing interests being
in a very bad condition, and the losses arising from failures and de-
preciation in values made dealers very cautious. The general improve-
ment, however, iu the East made itself felt here about the time receipts
began to increase, and, as wools improved in quality, the demand was suf-
ficient to prevent any accumulation of stock. Prices advanced con-
stantly, until they were from 30 to 40 per cent, above opening rates. Thi3
demand continued without interruption and prices advanced almost daily,
until Fall wools reached the highest rate3 realized since 1871. Stocks to-
day are exceptionally small, and receipts are almost nominal, as growers
hurried forward their wools early in order to take advantage of the high
rates ruling. The character of the clip was far above the average, and
with the exception of wools from a few localities which suffered from
drought, is superior to that of any clip ever grown on this coast.
Breadstuff. — There is very little new or of interest to be said at this
time respecting Wheat or Flour. Prices of good standard Wheat, No. 1,
rules at S2@2 10 ; Nu. 2, SI 90@1 95 ; No. 3, SI 80@1 85 per ctl. The
Belgic, hence for Hongkong on the 17th inst, will carry 1,100 tons of this;
nearly one-half is Sperry's Stockton City Mills ; price, $6. Superfine
grades, for shipping, rule from $4 to §4 50 per 196 lbs.
Barley is very quiet at 90@95c. per ctL for Brewing, and for Feed 65
@75c.
Freights and Charters.— We have now about 16,000 tons of disen-
gaged tonnage in port. On the European berth about 20 vessels, 25,615
tons register. The British ship Eildenhope was chartered prior to arrival
at £2 17s. 6d., to Cork or Falmouth, U. K. The ship St. John, 1,885
tons, was a spot charter at £2 15s. 6d. to Cork, IT. K. , or to Havre, £2 18s.
The freighting business is rather slack at the moment. There is en route,
to arrive here within five or six months, about 140,000 tons, against 83,-
000 for same time last year.
A review of the pig-iron market of California shows that the fluctua-
tions in value have been greater this than preceding years, caused par-
tially by concentration of the stock of iron here, and at the same time a
marked appreciation of prices took place at all ports of production.
Prices since the advance have been well sustained, but the consumption
is very light at present, there being a sparsity of buildings in course of
construction, and orders for mining machinery are very limited. Scotch
aoft iron is not as generally used in the manufacture of machinery as
formerly, American brands being preferred by foundrymen. This ac-
counts for the ligbt consumption of Scotch this year. Oregon iron is
growing in favor and finds ready sale. The price at which pig iron is
being offered restricts importations, thus causing the unusually small
quantity now afloat — 1,500 tons less than the average. The average quota-
tions of iron for the past four years show it to have been an unprofitable
article to importers.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER.
SUBSCRIPTIONS:
United State* 05 a Year. | Foreign 06 a Tear.
4STPostag-e Prepaid"®^
The following- firms are authorized to receive subscriptions and advertisements lor
the San Francisco News Letter:
London, Eno.— W. H. Smith & Sons, 186 Strand, W.C. ; George Street & Co., SO
Cornhill, E.C. ; F. Algar, 8 Clement's Lane, E.C. ; American Exchange and Reading
Rooms, 449 Charing Cross, W.C; ; Delizy, Davies & Co., 1 Cecil street, Strand, W.C;
Wm. Wilson, 6 Talbot Court, Eastcheap, E.C.
Paris, France.— Charles Legay, 1 Rue Scribe; "Ang-lo-Amcrican Bank," 19 Boule-
vard de la Madelaine.
New York.— S. M. Pettengill & Co., 37 Park Row; George P. Rowell & Co. , 10 Spruce
street ; A. Brentano, 37 Union Square ; MacKenzie, Phillips & Co., 115 and 117 Nas-
sau street ; E. Duncan Sniffen, 31 and 32 As tor House offices ; John F. Phillips &
Co., 27 Chatham street.
Boston, Mass. — S. M. Pettengill & Co., 10 State street.
St. Louib, Mo. — Rowell & Chesman, corner Third and Chestnut.
Chicago, III. — Cook, Coburn & Co.
Philadelphia, Penn. — S. M. Pettengill & Co., 701 Chestnut street.
Cincinnati. — E. N. Fleshman & Co., N.E. corner 4th and Race streets.
New Haven, Conn. — H. P. Hubbard.
Victoria, B. C— T. N. Hibhen & Co.
Sacramento.— A. S. Hopkins. [February 2.
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
The Company's steamers will sail as follows at 12 N:
CITY OF TOKIO, March 20th— CITY OF PEKING, Feb. 7th, May 1st— for
YOKOHAMA and HONGKONG.
CITY OF PANAMA, January — , for NEW YORK and PANAMA, calling at
MAZATLAN, SAN BLAS. MANZANILLO and ACAPULCO, connecting at Acapulco
with Company's Steamer for all Central American ports -calling at SAN JOSE DE
GUATEMALA and LA LIBERTAD to land passengers and mails.
Tickets to and from Europe by any line for sale at the lowest rates ; also to Ha-
vana and all West India ports.
CITY OF NEW YORK, January 19th, at 12 o'clock M., or on arrival of the EngliBh
mails, for HONOLULU, AUCKLAND and SYDNEY. $10 additional is charged for
passage in Upper Saloon.
DAKOTA, January 10th, for VICTORIA, PORT TOWNSEND, SEATTLE,
and TACOMA, connecting at TACOMA with Northern Pacific Railroad for PORT-
LAND, Oregon. Tickets must be purchased before 11 a.m. on day of sailing, at
Wharf Office. For freight or passage apply at the office, cor. First and Brannan
streets. [Jan. 10.] WILLIAMS, DIMOND & CO., General Agents.
OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP CO.,
For Japan and China, leave wharf, corner First and Bran*
nan streets, at noon, for YOKOHAMA AND HONGKONG, connecting at
Yokohama with Steamers for Shanghai.
GAELIC December 6th, February 28th.
BELGIC January 17th, April 10th.
Cabin Plans on exhibition and Passage Tickets for sale at No. 2 New Montgomery
For Freight, apply to GEORGE H. RICE, Freight Agent, at the Pacific Mail Steam-
ship Company s Wharf, or No. 218 California street.
T. H. GOODMAN, General Passenger Agent.
LELAND STANFORD, President. Nov. 1.
FOR PORTLAND AND ASTORIA, OREGON.
The Oregon Steamship Company and Pacific Coast Steam-
ship Company will dispatch everv five davs, for the above ports, one of their
newAl Iron Steamships, viz. : OREGON, GEORGE W. ELDER, and STATE OF
CALIFORNIA.
Sailing: Bays
Jan. 2, 7, 12, 17, 22, and 27. I Feb. 1, 6, 11, 16, 21, and 26.
At 10 o'clock A. M.
Connecting at Portland, Oregon, with Steamers and Railroads and their connecting
Stage Lines for all points in Oregon, Washington and Idaho Territories, British
Columbia and Alaska.
K. VAN OTERENDORP, Agent O. S. S. Co.,
No. 210 Battery street, San Francisco,
GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Agents P. C. S. S. Co.,
Jan. 10. No. 10 Market street, San Francisco.
CUNARD LINE.
British and Worth American Royal Kail Steamships be-
tween NEW YORK and LIVERPOOL, calling at QUEENSTOWN, sailing from
New York EVERY WEDNESDAY.
BOTHNIA December 17th.
GALLIA December 24th.
ALGERIA December 3l8t.
SCYTHIA Jannary7th, 1880.
ABYSSINIA January Uth, 1880. ■
Passage can be secured and all information given on application to
Nov. 22.
WILLIAMS, DIMOND & CO.,
218 California st.
AVERILL MIXED PAINT,
The Best, Most Durable and Beautiful of All Paints.
PMEPAKED REA.VY FOB JTSXI,
AND OE AHY SHADE OR COLOR DESIRED.
Sept. 27.
S. OBBICE, General Agent,
329 Market St., Opposite Front.
PROF. JOS. J0SSET,
Graduate of tbe University of Paris; Ex. Professor of De
la Mennais' Normal, France ; late of Poiut Loraa Seminary, San Diego. Pri-
vate Lessons in the French Language. Residence : Post street, between Powell and
Stockton, next to Red Men's Hall. At home from 12 to 2 p.m. Private Lessons
given at the residence of the pupil. Dec. 6.
Jan. 10, 18P0.
CALIFORNIA ADVEUTISKK.
19
AN ENGLISH NOVEL.
BT AN AMERICAN AUTHOR.
[Otmi fifth Pape.]
Bt the tini.> »oup i* remored, talk has b« iom animated, if not general.
'•Th#y want no ti«h in market,' Mr.. Thame* -ays, apologetically, to
bo on- in particular, m John sets a smoking dUh of corn bftef and cabbage
Worv the Earl.
they wm," remarks the Jndge, in n lond tone.
F Jttinar amid they wa'ot, and he had ought to know, 1 gtiea," retorts
the fount***, yet dreading the termination.
"Didn't neithnr," grunt* Mr. Thames, as he feels the edge of the
earrrr with his thumb after sharpening it vigorously on the steel. "They
was piles of *had," he adds, despite the t 'onntees'a appealing look. " You
didn t never tell me to get none."
"Ah, ha!" chuckles his Honor. "That's a pretty considerable give
•war. ain't it *"
" lien holding f ourt this last month or two ?" asks Mrs. Thames, who
knows his Honor's weak point. The Court's neglect of its duty is com-
mon talk.
"Never you mind the Court. She can take care of herself, I reckon,"
replies his Honor, reaching for a spray of pickled cauliflower from
a tauter some few seats away, and putting it into his mouth with his
1 Looks like she could, I'll allow," says the Countess, as she sees the
pickle disappear between his teeth.
f Correct, ' smilingly says his Honor, fishing with his knife for an onion
he observes underneath the others, and willing enough that peace shall
be declared. "Ain't nothing mean about me. That's the kind of hair-
pin I am.'
In the meantime the Earl has cut the corn-beef into slices.
'* Amasy !" cries Mrs. T., in dismay. " Didn't I say the victuals was
to be passed round ?"
" Well, I only sliced it up handy like for the folks," replies the Earl,
transferring a couple of slices of meat and a spoonful of cabbage to his
own plate and that of the Judge.
The Countess sees it is useless to continue her new-fangled mode of
serving the victuals, and allows the dinner to proceed in accordance with
its usual custom when there is no company present, much to the Earl's
evident satisfaction.
"Now I guess we'll get a square meal," he observes to the Judge,
who is too busily occupied in stripping a corn-cob with his teeth to make
a reply.
The Count de Jones and Miss Raleigh, who have both engineered mat-
ters so as they shall set together, have been [conversing in whispers the
while. It is often difficult to catch what they are saying, Evy finds, as
she strains her ear in that behalf and neglects her food. But, from what
she has been able to hear between the conundrums the Right Honorable
Baronet has tirelessly put to her, and her evasive answers thereto, she can
gather that the two are plotting some mischief to some one.
" Just wait till he comes, that's all," Lady Mattie whispers. "I'll make
it considerable lively for ."
At this point the attorney propounds another riddle.
"She'll have to take aback seat, then, I reckon," replies the Count.
"She don't suspect you got the "
!' I pause for a reply from the fairest of her sex," persists the barrister.
"Quit a minute," says Lady Genevieve. "Don't you see I'm trying to
hear what them two are a-saying V
" Eaves-dropping, Miss, let us observe," continues Evy's tormentor,
is a habit greatly to be condemned, and consequently one that, I should
say, sits not well upon such as you. What say you to that ?" Evy
does not heed him, but, as he again pauses for a reply, she hears Mr.
Jones say :
" .Sure it's from her?"
"Course," says Miss Mattie. " What do you take me for?"
" How you know ?" asks the Count.
" Why, ain't I got "
"Will the honorable Miss Genevieve Thames deign to reply to my
humble inquiry?" breaks in the baronet. He thinks Ms language, as it
is, real elegant, but he's a fraud and wants to play as he's fresh with the
beauteous Genevieve.
,' I'm thinking out the answer," Evy says quickly. " Give me a show,
can't you ?"
" Ah, so so," says Mr. Blackstone.
Lady Eva still listens as Mr. de Jones speaks again.
" If you're certain sure it's her writing, 'course that settles it."
Evy turns pale to herself as the true subject of their converse flashes
upon her — the night of the opera — the note to the tenor concealed in the
bouquet — her wonder and chagrin at his not having noticed it in any way
—all, all— she is discovered— they are talking of her, and mean to betray
her to the Prince. She leans back in her chair and closes her eyes. Mr.
Blackstone is alarmed.
"It pains me much, my dear Miss," he says tenderly, " that framing
a reply to my late observation should have been the occasion of so much
cerebral disturbance."
In her misery Evy cannot help smiling that he should think she was
giving him or his questions a thought. But his remark has shown her
that her actions have been observed, and that it will not answer for her
to give herself away like that, all at once. No, no. She must not let the
plotters see she has heard them. She must keep her wits about her and
foil the enemy, and all may yet be well.
' Yes, Lady Genevieve Thames," she says to herself, " brace up and
have some style about you, or all will not be well."
With an effort she regains herself, none too soon, for ere she has com-
menced to open her beauteous eyes, the Earl calls out :
"Sick, daughter?"
"No, I ain't," she replies, indignantly, straightening up. " I'm all
right."
Thought you looked like you wanted mother to get you some physic,"
replies the Earl.
' Pa 1" cries Evy, as a titter goes round the table.
" Won't nobody have no canvas-backs — don't all speak at once ?" asks
the Earl, in a loud tone, as John places before him the subjects of Mrs.
Thames's all day anxiety. " Gosh ! they're leathery," he says, as he tries
il into the br
„ ZM* P£y» too»" wmarkt the Judge, who loolaon at the operation.
1 hey ftllilii k*,"
"BUmed if I don't think you're right," retaroi the Earl, laying down
ou Knife and fork and pfekii red l«s for closer naHalinsi
i h.u .smell, lik.- a Nantucket codfish factory in disfc
'hev re ■ span o' loons, that's whal they an-." says the Judge.
... 1 hats what I think." remarks the Karl, " 1 know'd there was some-
thmg outer kilter when the feller give 'em to me for half a dollar, dog-
gone him. Take em away, John, my eon. I guess we won't none
take no .luck in our'., to-day. Fetch in the 'pfeen things' as soon's you
lllV;- !|,L :li!i!-- looking round with a smile.
, 1 t!!Hi1at is 1;l?"l-',lj '"• •ll1;1. ''^y's drooping spirits are greatly revived
ited by a goodly assort-
ihe baa eaten nothing.
gSj except to chuck your
peach stones and apple cores into," says Mr. Thame*, as he throws the
remnant .>t a bell-flower he has just devoured into his finger-howl.
Like to smoke, gentleman ?" he asks, taking a paper of cigars out of
his breast pocket. " Help yourself and pass "em along, Judge."
" Ma I criea Evy, giving a slight cough.
The Countess is busily engaged in the pleasant occupation of extracting
with her fingers, a large peach-stone from her mouth, and does not observe
the hint.
Evy, however, has had her temper, forbearance and patience, too sorely
tried to make another effort with her ma, and proposes to run the busi-
ness herself.
"W^V'fh.f says, getting up and opening the door as she looks back at
the ladies, if you're through, I guess us feminines had better quit," and
followed by the Countess of Thames and the other ladies, she leaves the
dining room.
.me uc*«en is urougoc in, ana isvys drooping spu
by a quarter section of pumpkin pie, supplement*
merit of hickory nuts and raisins, for heretofore eb<
" Never could see the use of them all Bred thing*
HIGHEST STOCK QUOTATIONS
For the "Week Ending Jan. 9, 1880.
Compiled by George C. Hickox & Co., 412 Montgomery Street.
Name of Mike.
Argenta
•Andes
Alpha
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Benton
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'Julia ,
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Jackson
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Leopard
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Leviathan
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♦Potoai
Raymond & Ely
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Assessments are now due on the Stocks ahove marked thus *
It may not be generally known that the renowned dry-goods firm of
Colman Brothers has lost one of its most popular members by the retire-
ment, on the first of this year, of Mr. Solomon Colman, owing partly to
that gentleman's feeble health and partly to his having attained to the
opulence which his industry, grit, integrity and ability so richly merit.
We sincerely hope that his well-earned rest from the canes of business will
not only restore him to health, but will also enable him to enjoy to the
full all the pleasure which leisure can confer upon those who have— as he
has — both the taste and the money to^ make the most of a good life.
Henceforward the business will be carried on by Messrs. Morris, Abra-
ham and Charles Colman, under the old firm name of Colman Brothers.
Their wholesale house has been removed from 107 Battery street to their
new Btore at the N.W. corner of Sutter and Sansome.
A very neat little map of the mineral field of Southern Arizona,
giving locations of all the mining districts within one hundred miles of
Tucson, has just been published by T. R. Sorin, of Tucson, and will be
mailed prepaid on receipt of fifty cents.
20
SAN" FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER.
Jan. 10, 1880.
TEMPER THE WIND TO THE SHORN LAMBS.
We suppose it is impossible to carry out necessary measures of
economy without their bearing heavily somewhere, but they should be so
ordered and contrived as to cause as little hardship as possible to those
least capable of sustaining it. That is the exact point in which our
School Directors have failed. They have taken off an undue share of the
lowest salary. It would have been much more righteous if they had
refused to touch the lowest at all. A teacher of a primary class has a
body and soul that needs to be kept together, as well as the Principal has.
It is true that greater fitness should reap greater rewards, but the re-
wards ought not to be disproportionate. There is, moreover, as much
fitness, of a certain kind, required of the one teacher as of the
other. Indeed, we are not sure that there are not more failures
as primary teachers than as principals. Capacity to win marks
at an examination may make a Principal, but it never has, and never
will, impart that peculiar skill, cunning, or whatever you may choose to
call that valuable faculty, so rarely found, and so precious when found —
that of being able to teach the dawning mind how to learn. "We say,
therefore, that the disproportion between the highest and lowest salaries
of our teachers is too great. Then, again, we know of no
reason why the lowest-paid teachers should be selected for dismissal.
Having had the lowest pay, they have had the least opportunity of saving
money, and consequently are the worst prepared to weather the storm.
Therefore we Bay: " Gentlemen of the Board of Education, if you must
economi7e Btrike at the well paid, and temper the cold winds of economy,
just a little, to the shorn lambs." If the Directors would exhibit as much
good feeling in this matter as the teachers are doing to one another, we
should be glad to record instances of it. A most touching circumstance
has reached us. In a certain large school in this city, a primary teacher
was marked out as a victim to the latest phase of economy. She was
about to be dismissed. Her fellow-teachers felt that there was no reason
why she specially should be selected to suffer. They determined to give
her a chance, and resolved that the question of who should go should be
determined by lot. The lot, most unfortunately, fell upon a young lady,
one of the very best teachers in the Department, who has an aged mother
to support. She left the school amidst a scene never to be forgotten,
pupils and teachers alike being moved to tears at her departure and hard
fate. The method by which the result was determined wa3 bad, because
the element of gambling entered into it, but it was noble and chivalrous,
for all that. The Directors ought to provide a better method. Most cer-
tainly they ought to see that that particular lady does not suffer. "We
are sorry we have not her name, or we would give it the prominence it
deserves.
FARNFJ.Ti
Mr. diaries Stewart Pamell has come over the water with a great
flourish of trumpets, to champion what he is pleased to call "the Irish
cause." Not being able to attract sufficient notice at home — or, at least,
notice of any different kind than any other contemptible nuisance would
attract — he has come to America in search of applause and notoriety —
both of which we are too ready to accord to plausible charlatans of all
sorts. In New York, the center of Irish demagogism, he has found a
congenial atmosphere, so far as appreciative audiences go ; but we are glad
to see that the best part of the American press, and the best part of the
American people— including many thorough-paced but intelligent Irish-
men— have terribly snubbed the " great agitator." And what is Parnell !
He is an educated Denis Kearney — which is equivalent to saying that he
is an insincere, selfish, political posturer ; a cunning mountebank, who
will hesitate at no trickery by which he can make capital for himself.
There is this difference, of course: Kearney is after money, while Parnell,
having enough of that commodity, is after notoriety, no matter how
malodorous. The "great" agitator is also a great landowner, and he
owns his land, and sticks to it, too, under the very same system which he
comes over here to abuse as "landlordism." He made a reduction of
rent of twenty-five per cent, to his tenants, some time ago, and he has
not finished talking about it yet. But this reduction is not nearly so
great as those made almost daily by other landlords in Ireland and Eng-
land. What an arrant quack the man is, is shown by the opening sen-
tence of his first speech in America at Madison Square Garden, last Sun-
day. "The American nation," he said, "has by common consent been
made an arbiter in this great struggle for land in Ireland. The landlords
in Ireland, forthe first time in history, have come before the bar of Ameri-
can opinionto plead their cause as best they may." Now, who would not
lose his patience under the infliction of such outrageous buncombe as this.
Does Mr. Parnell take the American people for fools that he tries to cram
such claptrap as this down our throats? Who has made the American
nation the arbiter, etc.? Mr. Parnell ? Then, after a few more similar
catch-penny sentences, he comes to the begging question, and solicits alms
for his oppressed country, on the ground that England ignores Ireland's dis-
tress. Now, if Ireland needs help Americans will give it, but in doing so
they will not assent to the proposition that England has refused it, any
more tbanwhen England contributed — as she so often has — to relieve dis-
tress in this country, she thereby implied that we were backward in doing
our best. The English Government has done, and stands ready to do
again, everything that is possible to ameliorate the condition of a people
who will not be bettered if their own perversity can help it. We will as-
sist England in her difficult task, but to do so in the spirit that Parnell
seeks to instil would be to insult a Government which we respect. But
why waste valuable space on such an unworthy object as this recreant
political acrobat? Americans are too well used to selfish demagogism and
Fourth of July bluster not to see through the thin disguise which Charles
Stewart Parnell wears. In New York he may be at home. Let him
tackle New England and make the most of the reception he get there.
THE CRISIS IN EUROPE.
How much of the dispatches we have received here during the past
few days concerning the political situation in Europe is true, is not an
easy matter to determine. Usually the dailies correct their electric lies
the day after printing them, but on this occasion they have reiterated and
added to their telegrams. Let us, therefore, suppose that where there is
so much smoke some fire exists, and believe that for once they give us
genuine news. In this case the tidings are of a most exciting nature, for
they make it apparent that a great European war is almost inevitable,
unless, as is more than probable, Russia has once again resorted to her
famous game of bluff. In the first place, we hear that Russia is massing
troops on her western frontier, and laying in war material in vast quanti-
ties. This, of course, means a threat of war against Germany and Aus-
tria, even if we take no account of the menacing utterances which the
Russian Government has lately permitted its press to adopt toward its
western neighbors. But, evident as this fact appears, can we believe it to
be a fact ? What does Russia think to gain by war ? Where does she ex-
pect to find the means to prosecute such a gigantic struggle ? To which
Power does she look for support ? It is diflfiult to answer these questions.
Russia is bankrupt now, both in honor and in pocket ; she must be mad
also if she thinks to replenish her treasury or restore her prestige by a re-
sort to arms against two of the strongest Powers in Europe. In all the
world, Russia can only look to France for assistance, and France will
give it to her, not for friendship's sake, or even to further her own inter-
ests, but merely for the purpose of wreaking her vengeance upon Ger-
many. We do not altogether like the arrogant attitude which Germany
has assumed toward the rest of Europe since her victory in 1871.
We should not be very sorry to see the Germans get a set-
back, if only to secure the balance of power, which means
peace. But if, for mere purposes of retaliation, Prance takes sides
with Russia against the tranquility of Europe, she will richly deserve
the fate that must surely overtake her. It is not Germany and Austria
alone against which Russia and France would have to contend. England,
despite her friendliness tq France, would not miss the - opportunity ol
striking at her ancient enemy, and England would bring victory to the
cause she espoused. Turkey, of course, would see a chance to regain her
lost provinces by again giving battle to the Muscovite. Italy, in the
same way, would surely ally herself to any strong Power, with whose aid ■
she could reconquer the Italian territories held by Austria. Thus it
would be Russia and France against the rest of fighting Europe. If we
can believe the dispatches, the German Government, through its official
or inspired organs, seems to be assuming a very domineering, if not inso-
lent attitude toward France. For instance, the Cologne Gazette, a power-
ful journal well known to mirror the views of the German Chancellor,'
has the impudence and bad taste to say that "no Ministry in France can
last long if Bismarck opposes it." Now, the French are quick-tempered
and proud as they are good-natured and brave, and such utterances as
that above quoted, directed against France, are more likely to make war
than if Russia were struck on the mouth and branded as a coward. We
have said that it is more than likely that Russia is only bluffing. There
is, however, one chance that she is terribly in earnest. It has time and
again happened that the internal affairs of the empire have become bo
shaken, her people so discontented — nay, so charged with revolutionary
ideas — that the distraction afforded by a great foreign war was the only
means of preserving peace at home. This is said to have been the case
when war was declared against Turkey. It is more than ever the case
now. If, then, the troubles of Russia can only be relieved by plunging
Europe into misery and desolation, then we may indeed expect war with
a vengeance.
THE COMING LIGHT.
If Edison's public exhibition of the perfected electric light at Menlo
Park was all it is claimed to have been, the gas companies may as
well make up their minds to wind up their affairs, and take their place
among the relics of the past. At the time when the most important cities
were Lighted by only a few score of dim oil-lamps, people wondered how
their predecessors could have got along with no light at all ; or, at best,
with a torch carried in the hand. When gas came into use, the oil-lamp
was regarded as a hideous and useless curiosity, and it was believed that
no farther improvement could be made. But the electric light is a far
greater improvement on gas than the latter was on the oil-lamp, and it is
now the turn of the yellow, flickering, noisome and dangerous spirit of
King Coal to go to the wall — or rather to come down from wall and ceil-
ing and return to the bowels of the earth. The use of electricity for
illuminating cities has hitherto been impracticable, because no method of
sub-dividing the light had been discovered. At the same time, however,
the electric lamp has been very extensively used by private parties, both
in buildings and on the street, as an advertisement. In this city, for in-
stance, every gas-lamp might be turned out on Kearny or Montgomery
streets, and there would still remain more than sufficient light, so numer-
ous are the electric lights that hang before stores and business houses.
Nevertheless the gas companies have held their own, for the reason above
stated. Now, however, it seems that their reign is over, for it is confi-
dently declared that Edison, despite all the ungenerous sneers to which
he has of late been subjected, has at last accomplished the task to which
he set himself. The light is subdivided ; in other words, it is made cheap
enough to burn in large quantities over an extensive area, and already ne-
gotiations are being opened with municipal governments for its introduc-
tion into the streets of cities. It is not without an immense expenditure
of brain and labor that this result has been achieved. Not Edison alone,
but scientific and ingenious men all over the world have long been de-
voting all their knowledge and energies to a solution of the problem which
Edison has just mastered. In France, especially, the greatest attention
has been given to the subject, and we have at this moment before us a
copy of a splendidly printed monthly journal, La Lumiere Electrique, which,
as its title implies, is wholly devoted to the new light. Our young Amer-
ican discoverer therefore deserves higher credit for his success than if he
had worked secretly and alone, for he has competed with the brightest in-
tellects of the world, and has come out triumphant.
In the district of Waldai in Russia wolves are making great rav-
ages this year, and it is feared that the losses of the peasants will Burpass
those of 1878. The bill of slaughter for this year alone in the above dis-
trict includes 276 horses, 854 colts, 1,653 sheep, 237 cows, 740 calves, and
295 goats and pigs.
Pric* p«r Copy. 10 Cants.;
ESTABLISHED JULY. 20. 1856.
I Annual Subscription, S5.
(Enlifyxmix ^mtxxxstx.
DEVOTED TO THE LEADING INTERESTS OP CALIFORNIA AND THE PACIFIC COAST.
Vol. 30.
SAN PSAN0IS00, SATURDAY, JAN. 17, 1880.
No. 27.
pi OLD BARS— R90@910— Silver Bars— 5@15 $ cent. disc. Mexican
*J Dollars, 8(5 -t\ per cent.
tr Exchange on New York. 3 10 £>" cent., strong; On London. Bankers,
494 ; Commercial, 50d. Paris, sight, 5 francs per dollar. Telegrams,
» 10O percent.
»- Latest price of Sterling, 48-.'5@485.
■ Price of Money here,
open market, loj 1 A.
@1 per cent, per month — bank rate. In the
)emand active.
PRICES OF LEADING STOCKS AND GOV. BONDS.
San Francisco January 16, 1X80.
Stock* and Bonds.
Cal. St. Bonds, li's,*57, (nora),
8. F. City & Co. B'ds, 0s,'58!
S. F. C. &Co. B'ds,7e(oOUl)
Montg'v Av. Bunds (nom)..
Xhipont Street Bonds
Sacramento City Bonds.. . .
Stockton City Bonds, 6'9...
Yuba County Bonds, 8's
Santa Clam Co. Bonds, 7's .
C. P. R. R. Stock
a P. R. K- Bonds
Oakland City Bonds, S's
Bank of California (ex div), . .
First National
Pacific
California Ins. Co
Commercial Ins. Co
Fireman's Fund Ins. Co
Bid. Asked
100 102
Nom. I Nom.
Nom. Nom.
66
80
26
90
103
105
85
106
112
125
98
115
10S
75
115
Stocks and Bonds.
Home Mutual Ins. Co
State Investment Ins. Co ..
Union Ins. Co
Geary Street R. R
Central R. R. Co
Clay Street Hill R. R
Market Street R. R
N. B. and Mission R. R
Omnibus R. R
Potrero and Bay View R. R.
Giant Powder Co
Atlantic Giant Powder
S. F. Gaslight Co (ex div)...
Oakland Gas Co
California Powder Co
S. V. W. W. Co (ex div)....
Nevada Co. N. G. R. R. Bds
Virginia & Truckee "
Bid.
85
108
111
55
43
21
30
150
130
79
31
95
84J
98
102
Asked
90
105
116
60
47
23
70
32
35
160
135
80
33
98
85
100
104
The dividends declared during- the week have been above the average.
We describe them very briefly to-day, but in our next issue will print them
in full and in detail.
The Bank of California declares 24 per cent, for the previous quarter ;
the Pacific Bank, 2^ per cent.; the First National, 2£ per cent., also for
the previous quarter.
Insurance Companies: The California, 6 per. cent, for the previous
quarter ; Union, 4 per cent., ditto ; Firemen's Fund, 4 per cent., ditto ;
State Investment, 2 per cent, for the previous month; Commercial, 1 per
cent., ditto; Home Mutual, 1 per cent., ditto.
The small quantity of County Bonds that were for sale have been eag-
erly purchased, at full prices, and there are none now to be bad.
There is a dearth of investment securities, whilst money is freely of-
fered, at very low rates.
Andrew Baird, 312 California street.
Beerbohm's Telegram.— London and Liverpool, Jan. 16, 1880.—
Floating Cargoes, slow ; Cargoes on Passage, inactive ; No. 2 Spring
Off Coast, 52@52s. (id.; Red Winter Off Coast, 53s.; California Off Coast,
54s.; California Just Shipped, 54s. ; California Nearly Due, 53s.; Liver-
pool Spot Wheat, 10s. 8d., lis. 5d., lis. 5d., lis. 9d., dull; California
Club, No.l Standard, 7@lls.; California Club, No. 2 Standard, lis. 2d.;
California Club, Western, lis. 2d.; California Club, White Michigan,
lis. 3d.; No. 3 Spriug, 10s. 2d.@10s. Sd. English Country Markets, gen-
erally cheaper. N. Y. St. Ex., S2£@85. No oargoes for sale Off Coast,
15@20s. Mark Lane Wheat, very heavy Continental demand. Market
very flat. ■
Latest from the Merchant's Exchange.— New York, Jan. 16th,
1880. United States Bonds— 4s, 1044 ; 44s, 107§; 5s, 103g. Sterling Ex-
change, 4 824@4 85. Pacific Mail, 4l£. Wheat, 150@145. Western Union,
1024. Hides" 244@25. Oil— Sperm, 105@110. Winter Bleached, 10o@123.
Whale Oil, 58<§f60; Winter Bleached, 624@,65. Wool— Spring, fine, 30@
38 ; Burry; 18@22 ; Pulled, 35@45 ; Fall Clips, 20@25 ; Burry, 22@30.
London, Jan. 16. — Liverpool Wheat Market, 10s. 6d.@lls. 4d. ; Club,
lla.3d.@lls. 8d ; U. S. Bonds, 5's, 105g;4's, 107§; 4£'s, 106. Consols,
not quoted.
S. F. Stock Exchange Committees.— The following is the list of
new Committee appointments for the San Francisco Stock Exchange:
Executive— A. H. Lissak, E. E. Eyre, C. W. Fox, J. T. Goodman, K.
F. Morrow; Finance— George W. Cope, S. B. Wakefield, Wm. Mcintosh;
Stock List- -George I. Ives, E. Cahill, W. C. Budd, J. C. Wattles, M.
Eerman; Commissions and Rules— W. E. Hale, Scott Wilson, A. C.
Gurnett.
Census of the United States.— There is a census day and a census
year. The census day is June 1, 1880 ; the census year comprises the 12
months ending on that day. For the census day, the law requires the
statistics of the then living inhabitants, embracing the facts of age, sex,
color, nationality, occupation, illiteracy, etc. For the census year the
law requires the statistics of agriculture, manufactures, mining, and the
fisheries, of taxation and public education, of mortality and the causes
of death during the entire period. The census year is now current, and
these classes of statistics are being collected, so far as may be, as they
occur ; the statistics will thus be more accurate than by waiting till the
close of the year, and then seeking to recover them by recollection, which
is always certain to be more or less defective or erroneous.
Another Hotel Scandal.— The following is the argument of a story
which is now in course of preparation for the press. We have seen a few
of the proof-sheets. It is literally a grand hotel scandal. A confiding
wife defrays the expenses of a divorce for a lady friend, who, to recipro-
cate this kindness, bestows her affections on the husband of her benefac-
tress. The injured wife discovers the intrigue, and has a detective to
watch them. The scene changes to Jack Gamble's retreat, on the San
Bruno road, where the outraged wife surprises the guilty pair enjoying
each other's society. The injured lady is now ill in bed from the effectB
of the shock. The divorced lass has gone to Oakland, and during her ab-
sence the unfaithful husband is dealing with Lady Bryan.
For Shame ! — We have recently learned the inside history of a fash-
ionable wedding, that will put San Francisco to the blush. A millionaire,
to get rid of the woman that loved him, had her placed in a lunatic asy-
lum in the East, in order to get her out of the way while be married a
beautiful San Francisco young lady. So far his plans were a complete
success. But, as he still keeps up his expensive bachelor quarters in
Thurlow Block, and as the lunatic is about sane again by this time, we
suppose he is sowing the seed for another of those divorces in high life
which have so frequently scandalized San Francisco.
Dr. James Simpson has been appointed by Governor Perkins a
member of the Board of Health of this city, vice Dr. Shorb, resigned.
Dr. Simpson does not now take his seat at the Board for the first time,
he having previously been a most active and efficient member. When his
term expired he was displaced by a Democrat. Having followed his
party into retirement, it is but fair that he shouid share its honors, now
that it has come into power again. The office is an honorary one.
Tax Collections. —The following shows the total collections by Tax
Collector Tilson from November 14, 1879, to January 5, 1880, inclusive —
the time he has been in office: Real estate, §2,966,124; State personal,
§170,655 52; Montgomery avenue assessment, §51,008 25; city and county
personal, §23,389 46; city and county personal, 5 per cent, added, $1,-
144 02; Dupont street assessment, §10,531 09; taxes of former years,
$56,034 24. Grand total, $3,278,886 58.
Government Aid.— London, Jan. 15.— Sir Stafford Northcote, Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, speaking at a Conservative banquet
at Stroud, confirmed the announcement of the intention of
the Government to issue loans in Ireland, and said the Govern-
ment had authorized the various Boards to overstep their powers, if
necessary, and that on the assembling of Parliament the Government
would present a bill of indemnity for all expenditures thus incurred.
The Trades-Union.— A preliminary meeting of the Trades-Union was
held on Wednesday night in Charter Oak Hall, at which the conditions of
the various mechanical trades was discussed. It was decided to hold a
conference meeting to morrow, for the purpose of bringing the actual
condition of all trades before the people.
A communication from the United States Consul at Tahiti says that
the Government of the Society Islands proposes to levy a duty on all
moneys introduced in the colony or its dependencies on and after Febru-
ary 1, 1880, with the exception of money from France.
Over $475,000 were collected by the Alameda County Tax-Collector
during the past three months. The amount that now remains delinquent
is §39,31S.
The steamer "Victoria" sailed yesterday morning for Nanaimo.
Printed and Published by the Proprietor, Frederick Marriott, 607 to 615 Merchant Street, San Francifico, California,
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Jan. 17, 1880.
HINTS TO THE CHIEF JUSTICE.
Our present most estimable Chief Justice owes his position to the
great respect that is entertained for him as a man, rather than to his
status as a lawyer. That he was honest, well-meaning and incorruptible
got firmly fixed in the public mind, and his election was the result. Un-
der the new Constitution, the. duty is put upon the Chief Justice of ar-
ranging the Court into two divisions, and of determining the order of
business. Chief Justice Morrison has already announced how he will
divide the cases between the two divisions of the Court. The plan he
has hit upon looks simple, and appears on its face fair enough, but we
take leave to*say that it will work unsatisfactorily. He proposes to give
all the even numbered cases to one division, and all the odd numbered
ones to the other. But it often happens that a number of cases follow
each other on the calendar that are of like meaning and import, and in-
volve like questions of law. It will not be contended that they should be
divided alternately, and made to engage the attention of both divisions of
the Court. That would be inconvenient in every way. Both divisions
would be engaged in hearing the same arguments, and both would have to
render decisions on the same point. Now, we are, we trust, duly im-
pressed with the learning and ability of our new Supreme Court, but we
do not believe it infallible. It will, we fear, happen that if both branches
of the Court be called upon to decide the same point of law, at one and
the same time, there will be decisions both ways, which would be a most
unfortunate position to place their Honors in. Attorneys have ere now
given opinions both ways, and even Judges have been known to reverse
themselves ; but for a Supreme Bench, whose decisions are to be printed as
a guide to themselves, to lawyers and to litigants, to have it permanently
reported that they have two opinions on one and the same question would
be a position too absurd for endurance. The highest dignitaries of the
Bench would be laughed at by the youngest fledgling of the Bar, and
even impious laymen would point derisively at so mixed a condition of
things. We are persuaded that the Chief Justice will find it a much
more difficult matter to properly divide the business of his Court than he
appears to imagine. There will be heavy cases and light ones. There
will be arguments that will continue for days, and arguments that will
end in an hour. There will be judgments that can be arrived at in a few
minutes, and others that will demand serious thought, and, perhaps, much
reading, for days. To take note of these things, and govern himself ac-
cordingly, would seem to be the duty expected of the Chief Justice. If
a simple division of all the cases into two parts were all that was neces-
sary, that could have been accomplished by Legislative enactment. It
was seen, however, that considerable executive ability would from time
to time be needed, and hence the appointment of an officer charged with ex-
ercising that kind of ability. Then, as to the particular division that is to be
made of the six Justices, it would seem proper to exercise a certain de-
gree of discretion in that matter. No lawyer would, for instance, care to
see McKinstry, Thornton and Sharpstein in one division, and McKee,
Boss and Myrick in the other. That is to say, he would not care to
have all the legal strength in one division and all the legal weakness in
the other. A hint to the wise should suffice.
TE INOI A TE ARIKT.
The Prayer of the Lord in Maori. — Among the leading progressive
States of the world, New Zealand justly claims a prominent position.
Thirty-five years ago the white population amounted to a very few thou-
sands, scattered here and there through a country stretching from 51 deg.
south latitude to 35 north, embracing every sub-tropical and temperate
climate, with capabilities for all kinds of industrial development — agricul-
ture, manufactures, mining; a soil abounding in natural fertility, in
places stretching into vast plains, as at Canterbury, in others lightly tim-
bered and resembling extensive parks; and again, in others, covered with
dense forests of many varieties of timber valuable for all industrial pur-
poses. Coal, iron, gold, tin and copper are among the products of the
mines; while the native flax (Phormium tenax), which may be seen grow-
ing luxuriantly in the inclosure at our Postoffice, forms a never-failing
source of wealth wherever attention is paid to it.
As is natural to be expected in a seaboard so extensive, the harbors are
numerous and commodious, and the cities built upon them solid and
prosperous. Railroads and telegraphs traverse the State in all directions.
In spite of the many drawbacks in the early years of the settlement,
among which was the now exploded attempt to make a sort of miniature
copy of the United States out of its political development, the country is
prosperous and possessing an almost incredible confidence in the future.
Meanwhile neither a condition of peace nor war appears to arrest the
decay of the fine, intelligent, native race ; a race, one would think to look
at them, capable of doing or enduring any trial ; yet European habits of
life, both in clothing and food and housing, tell upon their naturally
strong frames, and either produce or foster the scrofulous diathesis which
is daily undermining their health.
These remarks have been elicited by a very artistic and beautiful pho-
tograph of the Lord's prayer, sent to the editor of the News Letter by the
last Australian mail, both in Maori and English, the framework of which
consists of a varied collection of native ornaments, weapons, utensils,
masks, and what may be called artistic designs, such as are to be found in
their whares and permanent pahs. Many have settled down in agricul-
tural pursuits, while a considerable remnant still try to hold their own in
Waikato district, and occasionally, as recently, threaten to give trouble ;
sml the fiat has gone forth, and the rest is only a matter of time.
The thanks of the News Letter are due to the able artist who sent this
specimen of New Zealand workmanship and photography.
CALIFORNIA'S EXAMPLE TO THE NATION.
The manner in which our State is off with the old and on with the
new administration is just now an example worthy of imitation by the ■
nation. Our people were in dead earnest over the election ; they fought
it out for all that was in it ; but having done that, they, without distinc-
tion of party, submit peaceably, lawfully and even cheerfully to the re-
sult as determined by the ballot-box. That they did so Butmit was not
because there was no room, pretense or excuse for a row. Never, proba-
bly, did a State election present better opportunities or stronger occasions
for a war of words, or of arms, than did ours. A new Constitution raised
a host of doubtful issues as to the rights of office-holders, which might
have created contests innumerable. There was the case of the hold-over
Senators, for instance. They were, it must be confessed, hardly dealt
with. They had been elected to offices which they were not allowed to
fill. They were deprived of their property — for an office is property —
without due process of law, contrary to the National Constitution, which
is superior to that of any State, and accordingly they might have made a
fight on grounds much more tenable than those which sufficed to seat
President Hayes, to cheat Louisiana of her rightfully elected Governor,
and to bedevil the legislative and executive officials of Maine. We say,
then, that if all parties here have submitted peaceably, and even cheer-
fully, to an entire change in the existing order of things, it was not be-
cause of any lack of excuse for a very different proceeding. In these
times of counting in and counting out, and of holding on to office until
forcibly driven from it, there is much that is creditable and refreshing in
the experiences this State has just gone through. The outgoing and the
incoming Governors joined hands to do a good work before the one was
out or the other was in. Governors Irwin and Perkins set a good exam-
ple when they united in the responsibility attaching to most necessary, yet
unauthorized, appointments. We refer to the Commissioners appointed to
shape the codes in accordance with the new Constitution. That was a good
thing done undoubtedly, yet it never could have been seriously considered if
it had not been for the harmony existing between the Democratic Governor i
and the Republican Governor-elect. More recently, the old administra-
tion has gone out and the new one has come in, and the attendant cere-
monies have been most creditable to all concerned. Governor Irwin has
been credited on all hands with having made an efficient governor of the i
whole people. Though a strong party man, be has been the Governor of
no one party, but of the entire State. He has discharged his onerous du-
ties faithfully, and his political opponents have borne cheerful testimony
to the fact. Governor Perkins won his election honorably and fairly, as i
is admitted by the parties opposed to him. He assumes office with the
good wishes of everybody. The inaugural ball was attended by the old
and new administrations, and by leading men of both parties. The har- |
raony and good feeling that prevailed are worthy of all commendation.
We allude to these matters thus pointedly, because they furnish a lesson i
that the nation is badly in need of. The old fashion of submitting to the
results of the ballot appears to have gone out in too many other States, |
California still adheres to it, and shows no signs that she has any desire to i
depart from it. We wish we could say so much for the whole country. ■
It is to be feared that the example of Maine will be more potent. There <!
are many thinking people who realize that the question of the next na- t|
tional count presents most critical aspects.
PROBABLY A SLANDER.
Dr. Charles Bishop, the celebrated pathological comedian, who
recently graduated with high rhubarb -an d-magnesia honors, and who has
since written a treatise on skin and buskin diseases, is earnestly prac-
ticing his alleged professions. He never goes out without a "stereo- |
scope," with which to listen to the valvular action of his friend's peri- 1
curdia, and he dissects, stomachically, more tender-loin beefsteaks than
any jEsculapian disciple of Momus extant. As is well known, he is
always getting off old saws, that have been filed by Joe Miller fifty years
ago, but he recently propounded such an execrable conundrum that
James O'Neill threatened to go East, to Wallack's, if he ever repeated it.
He asked that gentleman why Patti was entitled to respect when she
failed to appear at a concert; and, before his listeners could digest the
riddle, he continued: "Because she is a non est singer." "Non est," yelled
poor O'Neill, as he fell fainting into the arms of Treasurer Goodwin, and
tried to go through his pockets, "Non est! inventus something new."
Fortunately, John E. Owens was just coming out of Slaven's drug-store,
with a bottle of tincture rhubarbicus and some essence of Jink-oktalic
acid, and Mr. O'Neill's life was saved. The cruel perpetrator of the above
mercifully used his medical knowledge by freely bleeding him in the stom-
ach, and the impending meningal ceribritis, of which there were fourteen
different symptoms* was stopped. The worst feature of the story is yet
to come. Dr. Bishop sent Mr. O'Neill in a bill of S10 for medical treatment,
and has attached his salary for that amount. His proceedings since he
became an M. D. have been perfectly shameful. He put three leeches on
a ballet girl's neck one night during the run of the New Babylon, and
Manager Maguire still suffers tortures from the effects of a huge fly blis-1
ter that he allowed Mr. Charles Bishop, comedian and surgeon, to put on
his chest, under the pretense that it would draw good houses.
The Englishman and Christmas.— There are two things which an
Englishman never forgets — Christmas and his bath-tub. Sir Samuel
Baker, in his account of his last African expedition, mentions incidentally
that the tin bath-tub which accompanied him was the same one which he
had taken with him during his previous African explorations. It was |
true that the greater part of his journey was made on the Nile, where it
is possible for one to bathe without a tub, but nevertheless with true En-
glish conservatism he does not admit the possibility of traveling without
a tin bath-tub. So, too, he exhibited an equal determination to do honor
to Christmas, and transported into the heart of Central Africa English
plum-pudding sealed up in tin cans. He could face hunger and disease'
and hostile savages, but he could not face the prospect of Christmas
without plum-pudding.
A Hard- Working Tramp. — It was stated the other day at a meeting)!
of an English Board of Guardians, that a certain tramp had been admit- 1
ted to " the House " no fewer than twenty-seven times in three years ;|
but he was always well received, as, being able and willing to break 6 cwt. f
of stone in two hours, he more than earns his keep.?;. Such a man ought'
surely to be able to find regular employment.
Jin. 17, 1$80.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER,
MAUD MULLER ON ICE.
Maud Mull'T, ob » winter*! day.
Went out upon tlu lot to pUy.
Beneath her I Why gleamed ht»r locks
Of rod banged hftir, an. 1 ber crimson socks.
Bbfl skated shout from t<*n to two.
And then « hole in the ice, fell through.
On the bottom of the pond she sat.
As wet and mat as a tiLttf <lrowned rat.
A man with hickory (tola went there.
And Banna* her out by her auburn hair;
And her mother i* Bald to have thumped her well,
Though just how hard Alias Maud won't tell.
And hung her over a stovepipe to dry.
With a thumb in her mouth rind a fiat in her eye.
Alas! for the maiden ; alas! for the hole.
And 'rah for the man with the nickory-pole ;
For the truest words of tongue or pen
Are **a skating girl's like a headless hen."
— Unidentified Exchange,
A RICH MAN UNDER INDICTMENT.
Baldwin's luck forsook him as a hotel proprietor, but as a rich man
under indictment, it seems to stand him in good stead. At any rate,
whether it be luck or the ownership of coin or honest merit, it is certain
that at present he is iu a positiou in Judge Hoffman's court to laugh two
indictments against himself into scorn. Now, it concerns the public to
know how he comes by that most fortunate position. If ever a man cau
be said to be public property, it surely is when a prima facie case of de-
frauding the revenue is made out against him. We are all contributors
to the revenue, and he who cheats that fund robs every one of us. He
who swindles a merchant hurts only one man by his act, though by his
example he may injuriously affect a great many. The defrauder of the
public funds cheats us all, and as that kind of robbery is generally the
most extensively advertised, so it comes that the bad example in that case
is proportioned to the amount of advertising it gets. If it happens that
» safe deliverance out of all his indictments is vouchsafed to the rich rob-
ber, but denied to the poor one, then the badness of the example is inten-
sified beyond the power of human computation. Baldwin is a rich man.
He is under two indictments for pretty big frauds upon the revenue. It
looks as if he will hardly have to submit to a serious trial. Cause why?
The principal witness is non est. He was here all right, until somebody
helped him away. He was rather afraid himself that he wouldn't be
permitted to remain, so he asked to be taken care of at Alcatraz. His
wish was gratified, but not for long. One fine day a person known to
Baldwin deposited SI, 000 for the release of the man who had voluntarily
chosen confinement. He was released, and, it is said, has reached Mex-
ico. At any rate, the United States Marshal has certified that he cannot
be found, and Baldwin is happjr. The fraud upon the revenue, if
any there were, is likely to go unpunished. The law is de-
fied, and Judge Hoffman's Court is in a state of impotency,
which, by the way, is a condition it is too often in. Somehow
or the other, the impotency is painfully apparent when the frauds are
large. When they are sirall, it altogether disappears. Whoever heard
of a Chinaman escaping when charged with selling unstamped matches ?
In his case, the attendance of the witnesses is always procured. But
where is the man, and what is his name, who ever heard of a big distillery
robber being successfully prosecuted ? We do not ourselves remember a
single instance. There have been many charges, but if there has been a
single conviction it has escaped our memory. Special agents of the
Treasury have time and again endeavored to do their duty, but have com-
plained more than once that they have been thwarted in quarters where
they had a right to look for assistance. Whisky rings were more success-
fully protected here than elsewhere. Even President Grant failed to
" take care" of them in St. Louis and Chicago, but much smaller officials
succeeded in doing it in San Francisco. Is anybody in power helping
Baldwin out of his scrape ? We do not charge that there is, but we do
most boldly assert that it looks very much as if there was. When all the
known circumstances regarding that witness are told, they will have an
ugly appearance. When the tricks are described which were plavedupon
the Treasury agent who stopped at the Baldwin, the public will be en-
lightened, and somebody will squirm. We KNOW somewhat of these
things, but this is another instance in which it is one matter to know a
thing, and quite another to be able, to produce your witnesses to prove it.
But the whole thing will come out in good time. We wait and watch
every act of the TJ. S. officials, and shall continue to do so to the end.
Meanwhile we shall recur to this subject as often as occasion and the
public interests may require us so to do.
ARIZONA.
t Perhaps within the jurisdiction of the United States, no part or por-
tion of her people have been, until recently, so shamefully neglected as
Arizona in regard to mail facilities. There are sections of that country
rich in agricultural, pastural and mining lands, densely settled, without
any mail facilities whatever.
The daily arrival of mill and mining machinery for new plants, and
tools, supplies, etc., for those already established, is a diurnal attestation
to the rapid developments making in Arizona, and they speak louder than
the most flattering reports our mining experts and other visitors could
make in praise of the Territory as a place of investment. — Arizona
Miner.
Whoo Ceronomio, with ninety-three of his band of Apache Indians,
has just surrendered to the military authorities at Rucker, and will be
sent at once to San Carlos. This is the band which has been depredating
for some months along the border, and who did much of the work cred-
ited to Victorio's band. The military of Arizona have been pressing them
closely for the last few weeks. This surrender virtually wipes out the
renegade Indians in southeastern Arizona and on the borders of Sonora.
Much credit is due the military for their quiet and persistent pursuit of
these Indians, and more especially to Captain Haskell, who has been on
the border engineering the military movements. — Tucson Star.
TORTURE IN JAPAN.
If w© may trust the "Japan Mail." the bland empire of tho East
has at hist formally Rot rid of tortarn, a not Im important step in eivili
zatioii than anv it hsi recently taken. Considering that torture boot
merely a Ungulftrly brutal and demoralizing practice, but also OUrloUSiy
ill adapted for the attain men t <>f the end proposed, it i« remarkabla that
it ^ should have continued so late in the history of the world. English
historians, al leasl some of them, an- particularly proud of the fact that
it was never legal in England, and that a declaration to that effect on the
part of the jndpea in Fel ton's ease sufficed to stop the evil practico which
had grown up in Tudorand early Stuart times. In Scotland It lasted and
was [ega] much longer, as all readers «>f history and fiction about the Cov-
enanters ore aware, while on the Continent it only ceased with the
eighteenth century. There is a horrible story to the effect that not very
early in the last century one of the abtwea in the Fleet and Marshalsea
jails was the torturing of prisoner! by the jailers in drunken sport with
the obsolete instruments of cruelty which still remained in the building.
rhis, however, was scarcely the fault of English law ; and the debated
Question as to whether pressing to death was or was not torture may be
left undiscussed. Eastern countries have always been notorious for the
diabolical ingenuity with which they have multiplied forms of cruelty.
But the Japanese seem at last to have realized the very simple fact, that
though torture is an admirable means of getting at falsehood, or of con-
firming previously arranged theories of the torturers, it is one of the very
worst means possible for getting at truth. The Chinese might in this, as
in some other things, study with advantage the institutions and conduct
of their neighbors.
PANAMA CANAL.
Captain Bedford Pim, M.P., read a paper lately at a meeting of the
Society of Arts, London, on the Panama Canal, regarding which he is
known to possess special knowledge obtained on the spot. He said, in
regard to the political or diplomatic aspect of the situation, and how this
enterprise would affect the relations of the great nations, that a canal
across Central America would be the gate of the Pacific to the United
States, a gate which no American statesman would allow to bt in the
governmental keeping of any other country. He advocated that France,
England and America should join in guaranteeing the interest on the
money requisite to complete the canal. He was in favor of cutting the
canal from Monkey Point, forty miles north from Greytown, to Nicara-
gua, thence to Lake Navigation, Rio Panaloya to Lake Managua, and so
to Realijo— in all 290 miles. The cost he estimated to be, at the outside,
§30,000,000, and he considered that the British third of the 3 per cent,
interest on this amount would be vastly beneficial to the nation by the
consolidation of the friendly feeling between England, the United States
and France.
The following characteristic notice is painted in large letters on a
fence in front of a large two-story dwelling house on Union street, near
Powell. The following is 3 verbatim copy : " Heathenism and its calami-
tous abominations. Who are the worst enemies of our glorious country,
those who oppress the working classes and widows and orphans and de-
stroy our business prospects generally by flooding our city and State with
the ungodly, filthy heathen, teaching them to make cigars, boots and
shoes, and various kinds of wearing apparel, and so forth, where our people
are unemployed, suffering in poverty. Are they not worse than inhuman
traitors, and should be treated by every good man and woman with scorn
and contempt. We say to all, save your country from Chinese rule and
ruin by withdrawing your patronage from every kind of Chinese labor,
buying nothing out of any store that they make."
Smoking in Germany last year cost the nation some £17,650,000.
Over 100,000 tons of tobacco were consumed, 29,000 tons being made into
cigars, and 8,000 into snuff, seven milliard cigars being consumed, thus
giving a daily average of two cigars to ten million smokers. More than
a third of the tobacco was grown in the Empire itself, and two-thirds of
this quantity came from Rhenish Bavaria, Baden, Southern Hesse and
Elass-Lothringen. In future cherry-leaves are to be used in the manu-
facture of tobacco. Apropos of the fragrant weed travelers iu Italy may
be warned not to carry any tobacco. with them over the frontier, as a Ro-
man Court has decided that a quantity of two grammes (a little over a
dram) is sufficient to establish a breach of the important laws. — London.
Graphic.
Pope Leo XEII.'s economical habits continue to vex the many
hangers-on of the Vatican, who find their prerogatives cut off and the ex-
penses rigidly reduced. We are told that His Holiness' personal expend-
iture only amounts to £300 monthly, whereas in Pius IX. 's days it
reached £800. Now, however^no luxuries are allowed, and few presents
made, the surplus over the ordinary expenditure being given to charities.
Formerly most of the fruits and vegetables in the Vatican garden were
distributed to divers dignitaries and charities, but the Pope has ordered
them to be sold.
One of our contemporaries calls attention to an " ad," in last Sun-
days Call, reading: "Lost, alight lady's bow," and suggests that there
will be trouble when the bow is found, whether it should be delivered to
a blonde or a light weight lady. Now, for our part, we perceive a mis-
print in this. The young person in question — somebody's light-o'-love,
we presume — has evidently been jilted. Beau was the word.
He had been bullying the waiter, who was very meek and about
seven feet high. Finally the guest struck that big waiter, by way of a
gentlemanly rebuke. And then the big waiter drew himself up till he
looked like a shot-tower, and said: " Boss, this dinner is 75 cents if I lam
back, and S10 75 without the lam. Check 1"
That was a smart lessee who, on applying to the Lord Chamber-
lain for permission to indulge the ladies of his ballet in remarkably short
dresses, exclaimed, " Woman wants but little here below, nor wants that
little long. " — Sporting Times.
G. E. BARTON,
Attorney and Cotmsellor-at-Law.
«»9 KJEJJtNT STREET HOOXS 1 atid 2.
[December 20.]
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Jan. 17, 1880,
AN ENGLISH NOVEL.
BY AN AMEKICAN AUTHOR.
Chapter X. — The Telegbam.
It had been the intention of Miss Thames, upon quitting the dining-
room, to go straight up-stairs to bed. She halts, however, at the foot of
the grand staircase, and ponders with her hand resting on the hat-rack.
" Like as not it'll draw attention if I go and do such a thing as that,"
she says to herself. '* And, besides, he may come down after all in the
special. To have him arrive and no me around, why, 'course the other
crowd would get bold of him, and then all the fat would be in the fire.
Not much," she adds, decisively. "No, siree. Genevieve, my dearest,
you've had a narrow escape of being a first-class snide.'" She forthwith
turns and enters the spacious parlor. By the feeble rays of the single
gas-jet that is turned down to almost an invisible blue speck, she can just
discern her ma dozing in the depths of a sleepy hollow in one corner,
while the other ladies are huddled together three abreast on a clipper
lounge near the window. It is moonlight without, as she can see through
the chinks of the closed inside blinds; the window opens on the verandah,
and the verandah leads round to the dining-room window, where the
gents are. Evy draws her own conclusions, and so may you, dear reader.
" They got a real sweet gros grain diagonal in six shades of mauve, at
that new store in Cheapside," Miss Raleigh is observing, as the Lady Evy
enters. " I saw it this morning. I guess I'll buy me enough for a sack."
" Is that so ?" says Countess Lytton.
Evy is in no mood for joining their confab. She has weightier matters
to consider, at the present time, so she throws herself into a hair-cloth
rocker, unobserved, and closes her eyes for meditation.
" I thought diagonals had went out of fashion last year," pursues Miss
Lytton, in a yawning tone.
" Yes, but they're coming in again," replies the Lady Mattie, author-
itatively.
" Not much, they ain't," sneers the Countess.
" The clerk told me they was — there, now," says Miss Raleigh, de-
cisively.
"Who — that little feller with the burnt cork on his pink mws-tache ?'
asks the Baroness of Laugbam.
*' Um — um," says Miss Mattie.
Evy knows they are talking of one who has lately become very dear to
her. She smothers, with an effort, the resentful retort that has sprung
to her lips, and from that moment resolves to hate the Baroness.
' Don't you pay no attention to nothing he tells you," remarks the
" Wh— why ?" asks Lady Raleigh.
" He's a fraud," answers Miss Langham.
Evy has to clutch the arms of the rocker to keep from springing, tooth
and nail, upon the foul asperser of her cherished one. She knows she
would but give herself away, and controls her almost overwhelming in-
dignation.
" He ain't. He's real sweet," says Lady Mattie, and Genevieve can
almost find it in her heart to forgive the foul plot the other has been con-
cocting against her, until the thought flashes upon her that Miss Mattie
may have solider reasons for her opinion than would comport with Evy's
happiness, and then the demon of jealousy rises within the heart of Lady
Genevieve, and her feelings of loathing for her rival redouble the hatred
that rankles in her breast. Poor Evy ! thy meditations ars sadly dis-
turbed. A e ^ertheless, she thinks on.
" Sacks jg awful snide, now," chips in Lady Lytton, meaning that Lady
Mattie sb^u t have a walk-over like that, if she can put a spoke in her
wheel.
"They are, too," replies Miss Raleigh, defiantly.
" No, they ain't," snaps Miss Lytton, eager for the fray.
"They are !"
"They ain't!"
" Polly Knickerbocker says they was all the fashion in PariB. Now,
what you got to say ?" says Lady Mattie, confidently.
" Pshaw ! She don't amount to nothing," replies the Countess.
" She don't, eh ?"
" No, she don't."
"Ain't her pa a duke?" asks Miss Mattie, triumphantly.
" I don't care," cries Miss Lytton. " So's mine ; and I don't put on no
airs like she does. She don't know nothing about Paris, anyhow, duke
or no duke."
" I want to know the reason she don't?" demands the Lady Mattie,
hoarsely. "Ain't she just come back from Europe with half-a-dozen
Saratogas full of suits and costumes from Worths. What are you givin'
us, anyhow ?"
" That don't amount to a row o' pins," retorts the Countess. " They
ain't no sack among the whole lay-out, I'll bet a small-sized cooky. Don't
be foolish, child. I know what I'm talking about. I say, sacks ain't no
account."
"Yes, they are, too," croaks the Lady of Thames, half asleep as she
turns in the sleepy hollow. "You can get five cents apiece for 'em if
they're good gunnies, and not much wore. They make fust-rate aprons,
too." She starts up broad awake at the titter that follows, and stares
about her. " Wonder what's the use of father stayin' in there burning
up the gas along with them "
" Ma ! what on earth are you talking about?" cries Lady Genevieve.
" Go to sleep again. Don't talk so loud, girls. Ma wants to nap."
The Lady of Thames subsides with a sigh, and relapses into somno-
lency. Peace having been restored by the effect of her chance remark,
the conversation in the window proceeds harmoniously, and, in obedience
to Evy's command, iu subdued and inaudible whispers, interspersed now
and then with a giggle, a feminine squeal, and a faintly uttered "H— sh!"
Presently the sound of male voices on the verandah without, coupled
with the fragrant odor of the burning Havana, steals softly in, while
gently swaying red cigar endB pass to and fro before the window. As the |
three on the lounge spring up to peek out before committing the rashness
of discovering their whereabouts to whoever may be outside, Evy brings
her meditation to a successful termination.
" That's jusfc what I'll do," she says, starting up. " I'll Bend him a tel-
egram. _ See if I don't fix 'em that way."
She rises abruptly and ascends to her chamber. There she seats herself
before her buhl escritoire, and commences to write. Sheet after sheet and
quire after quire of the finest extra Congress note vanish to destruction
beneath her lead pencil, in the vain effort to condense her message within
the desired limits. But it waxes late ; the alarming fact that she has
reached the last half sheet of paper admonishes her, and spurs her to re-
newed exertion. She is equal to the occasion. With a flash, as of inspira-
tion, she dashes off the following :
Mr. A. Connavght, Prince, London;— Say dontyouon no akountcometo niteby
the speshul hue terbel sik and hav went to bed. Genevieve,
"There!" she exclaimed. "I guess I know how to write a telegram
as good as any of the rest of 'em ; even if it does take stacks of paper.
Now, let's see about the coin. I'd send it C.O.D., but I know he'd get
awful mad ; he's real mean about such trifles."
She takes out ber tortoise-shell and gold purse, with her monogram be-
neath a ducal coronet in brilliants on the outside, and opens it.
"Pshaw! There ain't nothing here but a nickel and two car tickets.
I'm broke. Now, what'll I do ? Oh, I know. I'll ask pa."
Hastily descending to the dining-room, she first listens to make sure
her pa is there.
"Just take another snootful," she hears him say, and then she opens
the door softly and calls:
"Pa!"
The Earl is pressing the tansey on the Judge, and doesn't hear her.
" Pa! " she calls again.
" Well, well ; what ye want now ?" he shouts back.
" Gimme a quarter," says Evy, coaxingly.
"What for?" asks Mr. Thames, with true parental forethought.
" I want it."
"Tell your father what you want it for, and you shall have it, my
daughter," proceeds the Earl, putting his hand into his pants pocket.
Mr.' Thames always encouraged confidence in his children in that way.
** I want to give it to a poor man who ain't had nothing to eat for two .
days," says Evy.
" Not much," shouts the Earl, pulling his hand out of his pocket. " I )
don't give no money to no blamed tramp. Tell the cuss to travel, or I'll
go and fire him out myself. As I was remarking, Judge "
" Pa. I was only fooling," says Evy.
" All right, daughter. Shut the door and go away," says Mr. Thames," '
" I mean I don't want no quarter for no tramp," explains Lady Gene- ;j
vieve.
" Well, what for, then ?" demands the Earl, gruffly.
" Come here and I'll tell you," Bays Miss ThameB.
Mr. Thames gets up with a muttered oath and comes to the door.
"Now, what is it?"
" Ma wants it to make up Lung's wages — this is Saturday night, and :J
there's two^weeks5 due him," says Evy in a half whisper.
" Why, I gave her his wages in the kitchen before dinner," replies the t
Earl, growing visibly as well as audibly impatient. "She said they \\
wasn't but four dollars and a-half comin' to him, as he'd broke the new '
syrup pitcher yesterday. Guess you're fooling again. Don't let me have J
no more of it, daughter," he adds, sternly, as he turns to go back to the J
table.
Genevieve was his pet, so he never got real mad with her, though she J
often riled him a good deal.
Lady Evy is non-plussed for the moment. But the telegram must go, i
and her wits rally at the thought.
" I ain't fooling," she replies. " Ma had to use a quarter for a bag of |
salt."
" I tell ye I brought down a bag o' salt," says the EarL
" Yes, but " says Evy, groping about in her mind.
"But what?" demands the Earl, with a don't-try-me- too-far look in
his eye.
" The bottle of pickles broke in the basket and spoilt the salt," gasps
Evy, despairingly.
" Didn't bring no pickles this trip," remarks the Earl quietly, but with
danger in his tone. Got anything further to offer?"
" No, I haven't! " cries Evy. " Keep your nasty, hateful old quarter.
I don't want it," and she puts her handkerchief to her eyes and begins to
sob.
" Pshaw! " says her pa, softened right in a minute, and putting his
hand back in his pocket. ** Don't ye cry. daughter. Come, I'll give you
the quarter. Here," and he feels about for a minute or two, while Evy
looks out through a corner of her handkerchief and keeps up the sob.
"Blamed if I've got a dime about my clothes. No, sir; not a soo
markee."
" Miss Genevieve's sobs are painful to hear.
"Look a-here, Judge," says Mr. Thames. "Loan me a quarter."
" Haven't got nothing less than a twenty about me," replies his Honor,
helping himself to the Bourbon.
" Well, gimme that," says the Earl. " I'll hand you the change iu the
morning."
The Judge sees he is cornered.
"Lemme see," he says, going down into his pocket; "I guess I have I
got a quarter I forgot about," and he produces the desired coin, in the
glad possession of which Evy departs.
" I can always come it over pa every time by cryin'," she laughs to
herself, as she makes for the back door, and thence runs out to the stable, [
George has just locked the stable door for the night, and is lighting i
fresh cigar as Lady Genevieve appears on the scene.
"Hello, Billy!" says Evy.
"Hello yourself!" says George.
" Say, don't you want to do me a particular great favor?" asks Lady $
Evy in a winsome tone.
Depends on what it is," replies the guarded help.
"I want you to carry this telegram up to the office at the railroad I
Jan. 17, 1880.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
dtvoU" *ay* Kvy. " If it wun't so late, and such a crowd of folks in-
hppens that the young la.ly operator in the telegraph office
Sunk," as he calls her, and ho h an been wanting all eve-
ning a - then* and > ■ • her. Hen.- has this m- -.-■■■
Ivy'* mine so oppnrtnnely to the fore, yet the perversity "f liis nature
iisoch th.tf he won't allow he's gla i. S\i h is the playful way of helps,
n't answer, hut chews away M the end ol hu (agar.
*' Will yon -.'■>. please, t.> oblige me?" Evy usks.
"Phew!" h- says, letting go a mouthful of smoke. "What, at this
Hbm o' night r
"tJmum," says Evy. " Won't you tike it for me, please ? It's very
important"
"I ain't stuck after it," answers Billy; " that's a foot."
4* I'll il» something for you if you do," urges Miss Kvv Thames.
" < Hi, all right," says George, with sudden determination. " Chuck her
oTer here."
"There," says Evy, handing him the telegram and the quarter.
, holt on there!" calls George, as Evy starts to run back to the
house. " What's your hurry ?"
But Evy does not stop to reply. There is one thing the Lady Gene-
vieve never permits, and is ever quick to resent, vis., familiarity from her
father's servants.
"Couldn't 'a happened better." George soliloquizes, as he deposits the
quarter in his vest pocket " I'll send the message C.O.D., and buy some
peanuts and pop-corn for Sal with this."
As Miss Thames reaches the house, the strains of music fall upon her
ear, and, peeking in through the parlor door as she passes, she sees that
the others are having a social dance— Miss Lytton presiding at the piano.
Her ma is missing, and has evidently retired. Evy takes a quiet survey
of the gentlemen.
" Ain't a feller there I care about," she says. "Everything's safe now,
80 I reckon I'll go to bed. Good-night, all," she observes, mentally, as she
ascends the grand staircase.
[Continued Next Week.]
PETTED PROFESSIONALS.
Speaking of the fete recently held in Paris for the relief of the Murcia
sufferers, a correspondent of the London Truth writes: " Of all the innu-
merable lions at the Hippodrome, the espadas, or professional bull-fight-
ers, were the most lionized. I heard from one of the stewards of the fete
that the five who were at the Hippodrome are paid for showing them-
selves there at the rate of £40 a day while they are at Paris. This does
not include their hotel bills. In Spain their yearly earnings range from
£4,000 to £6,000 a year, and no prima donna receives handsomer presents
from male enthusiasts and female admirers. If it were customary for
them to go in their bare feet, they would, I dare say, wear diamonds on
their toes as well as on their fingers, which are covered with these spark-
ling gems. They have double buttons of diamonds, large as marrowfat
peas, to button their shirt-collars, and rows of smaller ones fastening their
embroidered linen breast- fronts. In the buckles of their inexpressibles,
and the rosettes of their shoes, there are stones of the finest water. Span-
ish ladies of rank are not ashamed to write love-letters to espadas, and
the ex-Queen, though on her good behavior, cast knowing glances at those
in front of her box at the Hippodrome, and nodded familiarly at them.
Parisiennes wondered at her. The espida is a dandy without being a fop.
If he chooses, he can pass his evenings in the company of grandees. If
he is ill, the King sends daily to inquire after the state of bis health, and
he must be a careless dog if he is not able to retire in the prime of life
from the arena on a good fortune."
EXPORTATION OF LIVE STOCK FROM CANADA.
Canada is rapidly following in the wake of the United States as an
exporter of live cattle to the British market. The following figures show
the increase in the number of live cattle exported from Montreal to Great
Britain:
Total Export of 1879 1878 1877
Cattle 24,832 18,655 6,940
Sheep 78,792 41,250 9,509
Swine 4,745 2,078 430
The figures for each year represent the exportation of live stock from the
opening to the close of navigation on the St. Lawrence &iver. During
the winter season, Canadian cattle are exported from Halifax, Nova
Scotia, and the Dominion Government are erecting sheds there for their
proper reception and shelter.
An Eclipse Painting.— Viewed from Pacific Hights, the lights and
shades reflected by the eclipse upon the bay were weird and beautiful.
We do not know whether auy artist has ever attempted to transfer to
canvas the wonderful effects of an eclipse, but trust that this suggestion
will be fruitful when the next one occurs. We have scenery painted at
all hours of the day and night, but, so far as our recollection serves, have
never seen an "eclipse landscape." Had some of our painters been
thoughtful, the fairy-like panorama of Sunday would have been perpetu-
ated. However, it is not too late to profit by the suggestion, as there is
to be another partial eclipse this year.
t Of all the wild stories, this last is the wildest. Lord Beaconsfield's
sins are of course few, but this last sin of his, which is attributed to him
without an iota of evidence, is too much for credibility. It is said that
he contemplates nothing less than the repeal of the Septennial Act, so
that he may postpone the dissolution as long as he pleases, and install
himself as Dictator until the Eastern question is settled and the finances
are in good order. It is quite as likely that he would assassinate Cete-
wayo if he is ever brought to England.
Humiliating. — Leigh Hunt's father was a stalwart clergyman, who
knew not what it was to truckle. One day, being in company with a cer-
tain fat and purse-proud bishop, they fell into a discussion, in which the
pompous prelatical bishop bigot deemed his dignity would go for half the
argument. Finding that Mr. Hunt had the best of it, he turned fiercely
on him, saying, " Sir, do you know what I am?" "Dust and ashes, my
lord," replied the clergyman.
BANKS.
THE BANK OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO.
Capital $3,000,000.
WH.AI.VVRD Pr.-«l.lpn«
THOMAS Blinv «B»lilrr B MI RBAY, Jr A»»l< „,l,l,r
Aoknt* :
New v>rk. Agency of the n.mk „( oifomla ; Boaton, Tremout National Bank
i won National Bank ; 81 l is. Boatman'! Baring Bank ; Now Zealand
tne Bank 01 Nov Zfalaml ; London, China, Janan, India and Australia, the Oriental
Bank Corporation.
Tho Bank hag agonclol al \ Irglnh CitJ and Sold Hill, and Correspondents In all
the principal Mining Districts and Interior Towns of tho Pacific Coast.
Letters of Credit issued, available in all parts of the world. Draw direct on Lon-
don. Dunlin, Pans, Berlin. Bremen, Hamburg, Frankfort-on-thc-Main, Antwerp
Amsterdam, St. rcteralmroh. r.i|.,iiliai;en, Stockholm, Christiana, Locarno, Mel-
bourne, Sydney, Auckland, Hongkong, Shanghai, Yokohama. Nov. 4.
FIRST NATIONAL GOLD BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Paid np Capital S2.00O.000. Gold. President, R. C. Wool-
worth; Vice-President, L>. Callughan ; Cashier, E. D. Morgan.
Dirkctors :— R. C. Woolworth, D. Calloghan, C. G. Hooker, C. Adolph Low, Petor
Donahue, Isaac Wormser, Edward Martin, James MoHitt, N. Van Bergen.
Correspondknts— London : Baring Bros. & Co. Chartered Mercantile Bank of In-
dia, London and China, Dublin ; Provincial Bank of Ireland. Hamburg : Hesse
Neuman&Co. Paris: Hottinguer& Co. New York: National Bank of Commerce. Bos-
ton : Blackstone National Bank. Chicago : First National Bank. This Bank is pre-
pared to transact a general Banking business. Deposits in Gold, Silver and Currency
received subject to check or on special deposit. Exchange for sale, on the principal
cities of the United States, Great Britain, Ireland and the Continent. Commercial
Credits issued available in Europe, Chii.a and Japan. Collections attended to and
prompt returns made at the lowest market rates of Exchange. Jan. 19.
BANK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter.— Capital paid up, #1,800,-
000, with power to increase to §10,000,000. Southeast corner California and San-
some streets. Head Office— 2S Cornhill, London. Branches— Portland, Oregon; Vic-
toria, New Westminster and Cariboo, British Columbia.
This Bank transacts a General Banking Business. Accounts opened subject to Check
and Special Deposits received. Commercial Credits granted available in all parts of
the world. Approved Bills discounted and advances made on good collateral security.
Draws direct at current rates upon its Head Office and Branches, and upon its Agents
as follows :
New York, Chicago and Canada— Bank of Montreal ; Liverpool— North and South
Wales Bank ; Scotland— British Linen Company ; Ireland— Bank of Ireland ; Mex-
ico and South America— London Bank of Mexico and South America ; China and
Japan— Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, and Oriental Bank ; Australia
and New Zealand— Bank of Australasia, Commercial Banking Company of Sydney,
and English, Scottish and Australian Chartered Bank.
May 18. FREDERICK TOWNSEND, Manager.
LONDON AND SAN FRANCISCO BANK, LIMITED.
Capital, $5,000,000, of which $3,000,000 is fnlly paid np as
present capital. Reserve Fund, $360,000. San Franciseo Office, 424 Califor-
nia street; London Office, 22 Old Broad street. Manager, ARTHUR SCRIVENER ;
Cashier, WILLIAM STEEL. London Bankers, Bank of England and London Joint
Stock Bank ; New York, Drexel, Morgan & Co. ; Boston, Third National Bank.
This Bank is prepared to transact all kinds of General Banking and Exchange Busi-
ness in London and San Francisco, and between said cities and all parts of the
world. March 30.
THE NEVADA BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO.
Capital Paid TJp $3,000,000.
Reserve, TJ. S. Bonds 3,500,000.
Agency at New York, 62 Wall street.
Agency at Virginia, Nev.
Buys and sells Exchange and Telegraphic Transfers. Issues Commercial and Trav-
elers' Credits. This Bank has special facilities for dealing in Bullion. Nov. 8.
SECURITY SAVINGS BANK.
GUARANTEE CAPITAL, $300,000.
Officers: Vice-President, Jerome Lincoln; Secretary, W.
S. Jones ; Attorney, Sidney V. Smith. Loans made on Real Estate and other
Approved Securities. Office : No. 215 §ansome street, San FranciBco. Oct. 14.
THE GERMAN SAVINGS AND LOAN SOCIETY.
Deutsche Spar und Iieihbank, No 536 California street, San
Franciseo. Officers : President, L. GOTTIG. Board of Directors. — Fred.
Roeding, Chas. Kohler, Edw. Kruse, George H. Eggerp, N. Van Bergen, H. L. Simon,
Peter Spreckels, Ign. Steiuhart. Secretary, GEO. LETTE ; Attorney, JOHN R.
JARBOE. May 18.
THE ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN BANK, LIMITED.
422 California St., San Francisco.
London Office, 3 Angel Court ; New Tork Agrents, J. W. Sel-
igman & Co., 21 Broad street. Authorized Capital Stock, -96,000,000. Will re-
ceive Deposits, open Accounts, make Collections, buy and sell Exchange and Bullion,
loan Money, and issue Letters of Credit available throughout the world.
FRED. F. LOW, IGN. STEINHART, Managers.
P, N. Lilip.nthal, Cashier. Sept. 13.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
The German Savings and Loan Society .--For the half year
ending this date, the Board of Directors of the German Savings and Loan So-
ciety have declared a dividend on Term Deposits at the rate of six and nine-tenths
{6 9-10) per cent, per annum, and on Ordinary Deposits at the rate of five and three-
fourths (5|J) percent, per annum, free from Federal taxes, and payable on and after
the 15th day of January, 1880. By order. GEO. LETTE, Secretary.
San Francisco, December 31, 1879. Jan. 3,
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Office of the Hiberuia Savings and Loan Society, N. E.
corner Montgomery and Post streets, San Frauci-co, January 5th, 1580.—
At a regular meeting of the Board of Directors of this Society, held this day, a Div-
idend at the rate of six and a half (6J) per cent, per annum, for the six months end-
inn; with December 81st, 1879, was declared on all deposits, payable from aud after
this date, free from Federal Tax. [Jan. 10.] EDW. MARTIN, Secretary.
F
QUICKSILVER.
or sale— In lots to suit, by Thomas Bell dc Co., No. 305
Sansome street, over Bank of California. ■ Nov. 16.
SAK FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Jan. 17, 1880.
"PLEASURE'S WAND."
"We Obey no "Wand but Pleasure's."— Tom. Moore.
California Theater. — This theater has been closed during the week,
Messrs. Barton and Hill having finally relinquished all hope of restoring
to the old place its former prestige. Their last effort, extending from the
engagement of Frank Mayo to the production of Pygmalion and Galatea,
was a forlorn hope, and it has failed. The causes of the gradual loss of
popularity and patronage which the Calif ornia Theaterhasundergonehave
so often been discussed by press and public, that it is unnecessary to
recur to them. The management has been guilty of shortcomings, but
the principal fault lies not at its door. If some of the performances to-
tally lacked merit, others were of a nature to interest and amuse the pub-
lic. But the public refused to patronize anything and everything. In
some cases the attractions were really strong ones, but all to no purpose —
the people would not come. It is a matter of regret that Messrs. Barton
and Hill have been unsuccessful, for they are enterprising managers and
amiable gentlemen. Mr. Colville has taken the temporary management
of the theater, commencing on Monday evening. On the off nights of
the Wilhelmj Concerts the burlesque troupe appear. If this attempt is
successful, the burlesquers will tarry longer with us, appearing in several
new productions.
Standard Theater. — This week was announced as the last week of
Herrmann, but, in view of the large attendance, the engagement will
probably be extended. The programme has been a varied one, commenc-
ing with a few tricks, neither novel or wonderful in any respect, continu-
ing with the "Asleep in mid-air" and decapitation illusions and the Lo-
rellas, and ending with the cannon act. This trick, when performed in a
large amphitheater by an experienced gymnast, who can lend grace and
effect to the serial flight, must be an interesting one ; but as produced at
this theater it is simply ridiculous. A large net is spread over the audi-
torium, with a bull's-eye of carpet. From an upper side box projects a
Quaker gun. The person performing the trick gets into this, and, at the
same time as an explosion is heard, a sort of Jack-in-the-box spring is
loosened, and out flies the bore-d occupant. The body comes out all in a
heap, and before there is any time for it to straighten out it has struck the
bottom of the net. The heavier side of the anatomy goes ahead as it
were, and the result is a rather ungraceful one. The pretty, plump girl
who at first did the trick has since resigned in favor of the youngest Lo-
rella, who, being an acrobat, is more successful.
Baldwin's Theater. — The second week of the Palace of Truth has
drawn fair houses. As a whole, Gilbert's comedy was well acted, though
some changes in the cast would have made the performance a more com-
plete one. Misses Carey and Lewis should have exchanged roles. The
character of " Mirza" is particularly in Miss Lewis' line, and that of
"Zeolide" just suitable to Miss Carey, who has, besides, played it a great
many times. It is a matter of great surprise that this partition of char-
acters was not made, and the fault must evidently be in the want of a
careful and efficient stage manager. The great defect in this admirable
company has always been a lack of discipline — a want of authority. On
Monday Miss Clara Morris appears in Man and Wife. It is useless to
say that the theater will be crowded. That is the usual state of things
wherever this gifted actress appears. The company at this theater will
shortly be reinforced by the engagement of Mr. Max Freeman, who will
make a specialty of character and dialect parts. Mr. Freeman is an actor
of rare abilities, who has only too long delayed.his accession to the Eng-
lish-speaking stage.
Bush Street Theater. — The last week at this theater of the Colville
Troupe has been taken up with repetitions of the different burlesques
produced during the very successful three months' engagement. This
troupe has become a great favorite with our theater-goers through many
excellent qualities: the cleverness of its comedians and the good looks
and style of its girls. Next week they move to the California, and, it is
to be hoped, will carry out their intention of appearing in several new
burlesques. On Monday the English Opera season will commence. The
opening opera will be Maillart's opera. The Dragoons of Villars. This is
one of the gems of the French Opera Comique repertoire, and, if well
sung and acted, will undoubtedly score a success. The troupe is a strong
one in every respect. The soloists are all artists of well-known merit ;
the chorus is to be composed of new and fresh voices, and the orchestra
will be the present efficient one, strongly reinforced, under the leadership
of Mr. William Withers, Jr. The popular taste will undoubtedly be hit
by this enterprise.
Chit-Chat. — Lotta has been called as a witness in the De Bar case in
St. Louis. Asked her age, the only answer she would make was : " Peo-
ple would not believe me if I told, for some say I am forty-five.— -—Sal-
vini has been playing in Vienna at the unlucky King Theatre, which has
had nine managers in four years.— —As an Evangelist Dan Bice shows
the same appreciation of the value of advertising that he did when he led
a circus van. On his letter headings is a circus-clown gaudily pictured
on a skeleton horse, with these words in letters of red : Dan Rice's New
Departure — A Jump from the Ring to the Rostrum.— It is said that
when Adelaide Neilson retires from the stage she will marry an English-
man of high degree. Poor fellow, he is assuming a huge responsibility. — -
Wieniawski is- not dead but better. —-Gounod has just composed a mis-
erere for four voices and a solo. -—Richard Wagner is dangerously ill with
erysispelas.^— Mdlle. Marimon came to New York to make up a loss
sustained by speculating at the Paris Bourse on a point given her by a
cousin. ^— Miss Maud Granger is to be married. Same re mark as applied
to Miss Neilson.^— James O'Neil is said to be heavily interested in the
Hercules mine, Arizona.— —At Tony Pastor's wooden wedding, his
friends of the San Francisco Minstrels sent him, as their present, four
cart-loads of kindling wood.
Patti Concerts. — The dissensions which have reigned in the private
affairs of the members of this troupe, have materially interfered with ite
success. The withdrawal of Mr. Ketten, the pianist, from the concerts
was a serious defection, as he was undoubtedly the popular, if not the art-
istic attraction. In his selections, this artist has evidenced too much par-
tiality for his own compositions, having played but little else. It must
be said that these are of a nature to please a superficial audience, being
all admirable bits of music. Mr. Ketten did give two of Chopin's works,
but, in his performance of them, he substantiated the opinion expressed
in these columns last week, that he is a wonderful pianist — from a me-,
chanical and technical point of view. If one can banish the idea that
there is more in music than the mere succession of sounds, and more in
its rendition than mere physical difficulties, then is this artist a glorious
one to listen to. Mr. De Munck has, if possible, hightened the opinion
which his first appearance created. He possesses a wonderful command
over the instrument. There is no point of tone or execution of which he
is not master. There has hardly been enough variety in his selections,
and the constant playing of " Old Folks at Home " becomes rather te-
dious. Of Signor Ciampi-Cellaj little can be said in praise. Every one
of his songs^ were given in a spiritless, ineffective way. Mr. Toedt is
simply a delicious tenor. Both in voice and schooling he is perfect, and in
listening to him, nothing but true pleasure is experienced. Carlotta Patti
has failed to excite any inordinate amount of enthusiasm. After so much
expectation had been raised, it was natural that disappointment would
follow. The singing of Scotch ballads at concerts is a cummon custom of
concert singers, and Patti follows this custom. It is, in her case, a mis-
take, for in their interpretation she is at her weakest. She lacks the
sympathetic features of tone and manner to render these selections ac-
ceptable and pleasing. In other selections she gave full evidence of her
perfect musical art.
Wilhelmj. — This great artist will give his first concert on Monday
evening, at the California Theater. It is with feelings of rare pleasure
that this announcement is made, for opportunities to hear great mu-
sicians are but of seldom occurrence on this coast. Wilhelmj is one of
the greatest living violinists. He is the peer of "Vieuxtemps, Wieniawski
and Joachim. He is accompanied by Mile. Marie Salvotti as prima
donna, and Mr. Max Vogrich as pianist. Report speaks well of both thes*
artists. The public will not fail to respond to this call on their artisti
appreciation.
German Theater. — The performance to-morrow evening is for the ben-
efit of Mr. F. Urban, the comedian of the troupe. An actor of great
humor and character, a good singer and a genial fellow, he deserves a
bumper, which, it is hoped, those whom he so fully and often amuses
will not be backward in awarding to him.
A particularly attractive programme is issued forthe entertainment
at Woodward's Gardens to-day and to-morrow. The Performing Dogs,
the Jubilee Singern, Prof. Johnson, the Harmonica Soloist, Miss Maggie
Webb, the charming balladist, and the "Pancratio School" of acrobats—
these are only a few of the good things that go to make up the enter-
tainment.
Charley Goodwin, the Treasurer of the Baldwin Theater, takes a
benefit on Sunday (to-morrow) evening. Mr. Goodwin is courteous and
affable in his position, always ready to oblige the patrons of the theater.
He is singularly efficient and enterprising, and in all respects worthy of >
public favor. Under these circumstances it is with pleasure that this
benefit is announced, and the hope expressed that it will prove very
remunerative. A splendid bill is offered for the occasion.
Krug Champagne. — Private Cuvee, in quarts and pints ; Shield—
Krug — in quarts and pints ; Premiere Qualite, in quarts and pints. For
sale by Hellman Bros, & Co., corner Front and Jackson streets.
CALIFORNIA THEATER.
Wilhelmj Concerts. --Under tne Management of Mr. Saju'l
ColviUe.-CTrand Re-opening, MONDAY EVENING, January 19th, 1880, and
First Appearance in California of the World's Greatest Violinist,
August 'Wilhelmj!
Assisted hy the eminent dramatic Prima Donna, MARIE SALVOTTI ; the celebrated
young Hungarian Pianist, MAX VOGRICH, and a selecL Orchestra, under the per-
sonal direction of MR. RUDOLPH HEROLD. Box Office of the Theater now open
for the sale of seats in advance. Scale of Popular Prices : Orchestra and Dress Circle,
including Reserved Seats, §1 50; Balcony, including Reserved Seats, §1 ; General Ad-
mission, SI; Balcony, 50 cents. Wilhelmj's Second Concert, WEDNESDAY, Jan.
21st: Wilhelmj's Third Concert, FRIDAY, Jan. 23d. GRAND WILHELMJ MAT-
INEE SATURDAY, at the Usual Matinee Prices. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
Evenings, January 20, 22 and 24-COLVILLE OPERA BURLESQUE COMPANY.
THE BALDWIN THEATER.
Thomas Magnlre. Manager.— This ;Sitturilay ) fcveiiiug-. Jan.
17th, Last .Night of
The Palace of Truth!
Last Appearance of the DAVEtJE TROUPE, AMERICAN FOUR, and MLLE. RO-
SERI. This (Saturday) Afternoon-LAST PALACE OP TRUTH MATINEE. Sun-
day, January 18th— Benefit of MR. C. H. GOODWIN (Treasurer). Monday, January
19th -CLARA MORRIS in her own version of MAN AND WIFE. Notice.— Seats
for Clara Morris' engagement may now be had at the Box Office. Jan. 17.
BUSH-STREET THEATER.
Charles E. Locke, Proprietor. --Lttst Week of the Eng-age-
ment, and Farewell Performances of the following burlesques, by the famous
COLVILLE OPERA BURLESQUE COMPANY. Change of Bill with each appear-
ance. Supported by every member of the Mammoth Company. Saturday Matinee,
MAGIC SUPPER; Saturday Evening. BOHEMIAN GY-URL ; Sunday Evening,
OXYGEN. Monday Evening, Jan. 19th, MELVILLE ENGLISH OPERA CO. in
Friquet; or, The Dragoons of Villars.
g^T" Reserved Seats now on Sale at Box Office. Jan. 17.
STANDARD THEATER.
MA. Kennedy, M aiiag,er..-This (Saturday) Evening-, Jan*
• 17th, and Every Night,
Herrmann, Mile. Addie and the Lorellas!
Production of the GREAT CANNON ACT. A Human Being Fired from a Cannon
50 feet into space. Real Cannon — Real Powder— Real Explosion— Real Live Shot-
Now the Reigning Sensation in Europe— A Humau Projectile— The Ne Plus Ultra
of Effects— No Illusion, but an Actual Feet.
Jan. 17. FRED. G. JIAEDER, Business Manager for Herrmann.
J*n. 17, 1980.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER,
SPORTING ITEMS.
Pe
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Cut
e»trtmiam. -Thf Sa.rr*ni»«n*'> fvm.\Ic hi Jay " fro- as- vou- please,"
lUbeU Laat Sun.Uy. was a financial •nim«, and that is about all
tn ba said in it* fav.tr. Tba walkan char^* fcha nuuuwara with
maoaaers retaliate by saying that the walkers Injured the
by improper conduct. Th . pioplfl ««>• that the affair
a fraud nil round, that the score was Qotoriooaly Iih orroct, and that
by th
ilil "
Donley off the track for fear she woolS "out«ffoMtD« Baatern
champion. Tuurtilotte was alleged t.. have won the tir*t prise, about
•ISO, with a score of mile* and laps that would take Up more room than
99 have to spire in this column. Von II rg was given second place, and
Mrs. Santos third. Simmonds, one of the managers, threaten* to arrest
Tball ami Love, bis partners, fur an alleged embezzlement of funds, and
Baily, an employe of Tball aud Love, charges that he was also defrauded
by them. The result of all this public washing of pedestrians1 dirty
socks will be somewhat btmetieial, as it will so injure the business that its
ill menu will be compelled to take up s.inae other trade. — »A six-day
Walk is advertised to commence at Sacramento on Monday next, under
the management of Simmonds, of that city. Mclntyre, ami several other
well-known legists, are on the list of entries, though it is well known
they will not walk. It is just possible that the affair will make some
money, and perhaps produce a champion whose record will eclipse all pre-
ues, but there is no doubt that it is a fraud from the start.
Guerrero will take a benefit at the Recreation Grounds to-morrow. The
chief attraction is a mutch between himself and the celebrated long-
distance horse, " Pinafore," who is to go as it pleases twenty miles while
Guerrero travels ten. Lest the oft-gulled public should be induced to ex-
t a fair match, we beg to inform them that the beueficiary is to receive
> for his interest in the affair. We are also informed that Guerrero is
to be allowed to win the race, unless an uuforseen alteration of his value
in the pools should make it more profitable for the horse to get first place.
"he other races to come off on the same occasion are no doubt fixed. -^—
Arrangements are being made for walking and running races between the
)ld-time pedestrians of California. McGreavy, Mike Sully, Jimmy Ken-
novan and the *' Plowboy," have signified their desire to compete. It is
likely that Kennovan, as the exponent of the old school, will be matched
against Professor Allen, who will use nis modern " alligator amble " by
special request for that occasion only. We anticipate lots of fun from the
contest.
Rowing. —Henry Hoytis in Vallejo, training for his race with Dan
Leahy. The boat he is now using for practice belonged to the late Mr.
Ballantyne, who imported it from England. He will most likely row the
race in Sullivan's shell. Leahy will not leave the city to train, but con-
tinue the same exercise he has been taking for some weeks past.
Messrs. Pi ice and Roach had a friendly trial at Long Bridge last Thurs-
day, in which Roach came out ahead Neither of the gentlemen showed
good form, but allowance must be made for the fact that Price's oars were
too long for his boat, and Roach's boat wa3 far too short for his legs.-^—
There is every prospect of unusual activity in San Francisco rowing
circles during the coming season. Several of the clubs are contemplating
the purchase of new boats, though we believe they are all better equipped
in that respect than Eastern clubs of about the same strength.-^— Two-
hig has been unable to find a purchaser for the four-oared barge he built
recently, the general opiniou being that she is not built strongly enough
for the rough water of our bay. ^— We hear that the new club and boat-
house for the Neptune Club is not likely to be built this season, as the
owners of the ground have failed to offer suitable terms. .
Cocking. —A cock-fight came off at Sacramento, last Monday night,
under the management of Isadore Townsend, proprietor of the Union
Hotel. The pit was built in Bill Blackwood's stable, on Third street be-
low K. It was rather small, but properly fitted up. The attendance
was small but select, the Legislature and State officers being represented.
The first tight was between a red bottomed 5 lb. 8 oz. bird and a speckled
cock of about the same weight. The red bird proved the victor, killing
his antagonist after a game fight of twenty minutes. The other match
was between two Sacramento birds of mixed breed that made a fair fight,
but at the end of fifteen minutes one of them showed his lack of blood by
refusing to come up, though he had considerable life in him. The birds
were "heeled" with the regulation needle gaff, an inch and a quarter
long. There will be " main ' fought at the same place this evening. Sev-
eral birds from San Francisco and Stockton are expected to fight.
Baseball.— The game at the Recreation Grounds last Monday, be-
tween the Union Club and a picked nine, was a very tame affair, only
relieved from being entirely uninteresting by the eccentric pitching of
Brown, the picked pitcher of the picked nine. The Unions won; score,
21 to 1 that ^ their opponents got by accident.— The last baseball game of
the season is to be played at the Union Grounds to-morrow, January
18th, between Our Boys and the Unions, for the benefit of William M.
Kelly. Mr. Kelly is the gentleman who brought the celebrated White
Stocking Club, of Chicago, to California, and deserves the highest credit
for his endeavors to popularize the national game on this coast. He has,
in fact, succeeded in doing so, but it is to be regretted that financially his
efforts have not done him much good personally. It is, therefore, all the
more to be desired that his benefit shall be liberally patronized.
Coursing.— The Pioneer Coursing Club held a meeting last Thursday
night. Mr. Murphy was proposed for membership. The suggestion
from President Adams that the Club have a match at Sacramento while
the Legislature is in session was discussed, it was finally decided to leave
the matter open till the regular meeting night when all arrangements for
the spring coursing will be decided. The Pacific Coast Coursing Club
will hold their first open meeting the last week in February. The en-
trance fee will be $5, nominators will vote for the judges, slipper and
Stewards.
Football. — There was a scratch match between picked teams of the
Wanderers' Club, at the Recreation Grounds last Saturday. The match
was won by the team under Wallace, which defeated Cadogan's team by
J " trys" to nothing. The Wanderers and Oakland Clubs will play a
match at the Recreation Grounds this afternoon. Ball kicked off at 2:30
P. M.
William's Favorite Sweetie (just now).— Butter-Scotch.— Punch,
PLEASANT POTENTATES.
The Comte de Seraellc. who returned from Uu banks ot
the Niger, whither he was i ni when Marshal MaoMahon was President
of the French Republic, has just published a few mors chapters of his
■tartUng narrative. The < ' .not i iys thai on reaching Lokodga he offered
the Sultan "f that place ion nds,wherson Mi-* Majesty shouted,
" I am ■ great Saltan, and not a do : ' I don't want your presents : give
m.' rin and rum !" The * !onnt thought he was going to be assassinated,
but he forced hi* interpreter to my he was not Engusb, but French ; that
he bad never been received before by snob, a dog; thai he feared neither
fir-- nor poison, etc. This langu ige having sobered the Sultan, the Count
gave him a bottle of gin, which produced another fit of delirium tremens.
The I fount adds that the Sultan is completely abruti, ami that he has no
authority over his subjects, who have imposed upon him a Parliament,
with which he gets drunk from morning till evening. At Onitcba the
Count came serosa several English establishments, and be complains that
our countrymen were rather jealous of him, and were more inclined to
throw obstacles in his way than to help him On his road. Higher up the
country, in the country of the Mitchi*. the < 'mint nearly saw his travels
brought to an abrupt conclusion. However, the king, after slaying before
him 100 human victims and examining their entrails, declared them favor-
able, and made the Count a present of twenty wives. The 100 victims
were cut up into small pieces, which were distributed through the city,
and the Count, who dined with the Sultan in the evening. was obliged to
eat a morsel and to take a draught of human blood. Fortunately, he
was able to conclude his repast with fruit aud palm wine. The Count
writes glowingly of the natural wealth of the country, which evidently
requires a good deal of opening up.
At the Cattle Show.— Young Farmer: "Are you fond of 'beasts,
Miss Gusherton?" Miss Gusherton: "Oh, really, Mr. Pawker, if you
mean that as a declaration, you must speak to mamma!" — Punch.
C. AD0LPHE LOW & CO.,
„ ..„ „„ .—»„„„ Commission Merchants,
SAN FRANCISCO and NEW IOXK.
g&" Agents of American Sugar Refinery, corner of Union and Battery streets,
San Francisco, California. Jau. 17.
'STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING.
Office of tbe Standard Consolidated >I iuiiig Company, San
Francisco, January 14th, 1880. -First Annual Meeting. — The First Annual
Meeting of the Stock holders of the above-named Company, for the election of seven
Directors and the transaction of such other business as may be presented, will be
held on MONDAY, February 2d: 1880 (first Monday in February), at 1 o'clock p.m.
on that day, at the office of the Company, Room No. 29, Nevada Block, No. 309
Montgomery street, San Francisco, California. Transfer books will be closed on
Tuesday, January 20th, 1830, at 3 o'clock p.m., and will remain closed until after the
Annual Meetiug. _ [Jan. 17.] _ WM. WILLIS,_Secretary._
STOCKHOLDERS1 MEETING.
Home Mutual Insurance Company, 406 California street,
San Francisco.— The Sixteenth Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the
Home Mutual Insurance Company will be held at this office, at 1 o'clock P.M., on
MONDAY, January 19th, 18S0, for the election of Directors to serve for the ensuing
year. Polls will be open from 1 until 4 o'clock.
Jan. 17. CHARLES R. STORY, Secretary.
MERCANTILE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.
Tbe Annual Election of Officers of this Association, for the
ensuiug year, will be held at the Rooms of the Library, No. 216 Bush street,
on MONDAY, January 19th, 1880. Only members personally present are entitled to
vote. Polls open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and from 6 to 8 p m.
ARTHUR M. EBBETS, President.
George W. Frank, Recording Secretary. Jan. 17.
CO-PARTNERSHIP NOtlCET"
Tbe business heretofore conducted by Henry B. Will lams,
under the firm name of WILLIAMS, BLANCHARD & CO., will be continued
and carried on by the undersigned, who will assume all contracts, and will receipt
and liquidate any and all indebtedness due to and owing; by said firm, under the firm
name of WILLIAMS, DIMOND & CO. HENRY B. WILLIAMS,
A. CHESEBROUGH,
San Francisco, December 31st, 1879. [Jan. 10 ] W. H. DIMONP.
James H. Grossman.] tH. F. Baker, O.E., Mining Engineer.
CROSSMAN & BAKER,
Mine Brokers, 3'i-i Pine street, San Francisco, California.
Mining Properties Examined, Surveyed and Reported on ; Ore and Minerals
Assayed or Analyzed ; Sales Negotiated or Capital procured for development. Con-
nections in London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Balti-
more, St. Louis and Chicago. Jan. 17.
GUS. V. DANIELS,
Successor to Thomas & Daniels, of California Paint Com-
pany's House Painting Department. House, Sign and Ship Painting, and Pa-
per Hanging. Walls Repaired, Whitened or Tinted any shade or color. AH orders
promptly attended to and work guaranteed.
Jan. 17. 27 and 95£ STEVENSON STREET, San Francisco.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Savings and Loan Society, 619 Clay street. --For the hair
year ending December 31st, 1879, a dividend has been declared on all deposits
at the rate of five and one-half (5£) per cent, per annum, free of Federal Tax, and
payable on ai.d after January 15th, 1880.
Jan. 17. CYRUS W. CARMANY, Cashier.
MME. ZEITSKA'S
French, German and English Institute for Voting Ladies,
and Kindergarten for Children from 3 to 6 years, 922 Post street.
Jan. 17. MME. B. ZEITSKA, Principal.
W. K. VICKERY,
arc Engravings aud Etchings, 126 Kearny street (Thurlow
Block, Room 8), San Francisco. Office Hours, from 1 to 5 P.M. Jan. 17.
R
GEORGE C. HICK0X & CO.,
Stock Brokers,
Have Removed to No. 412 Montgomery Street. [Jan. 17.
JULES TAVERNIER'S NEW STUDIO,
728 Montgomery Street.
[Jan. 17.
8
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Jan. 17, 1880.
ELECTRICITY IN PUTTJRO.
The part which electricity is destined to play in the world's affairs in
the future is simply incalculable. The more one thinks of it, the more in-
conceivably vast the subject becomes. It is no hastily formed opinion to
believe that the time will come, and come shortly, when electricity will
be applied to every human want which can be artificially or mechanically
supplied. More than this, the young giant which has so lately sprung to
life will also create wants, and, like the genius of Aladdin's lamp, beseems
to need only to be told what is required of him and he does it, no matter
how seemingly impossible the requirement may be. Our grandfathers —
nay, our fathers, in their youth — would have scoffed at the idea of a
steam locomotive ; still more would they have denounced as a lunatic the
man who should have predicted the electric telegraph. As for the tele-
phone, they would have entertained the idea of such a thing much as we
have entertained the pretensions of the late Emperor Norton — merely as
the hallucinations of an idiot. For us, however, the telegraph, the tele-
phone, the electric light, and many other uses which electricity is now
made to serve, are established facts. And so astounding are they to
thinking people who have leisure enough not to take every new discovery
as a matter of course, that the future of electricity has become a subject
of deep interest. How much is being done to develop that future, the la-
bors of silent workers in all parts of the world, whose success in some
particular occasionally bears rich fruit, alone could tell. But the number
of periodicals specially devoted to the subject speaks a plainer story.
' How many these are altogether we do not know, but the principal and
most familiar are: for France, La Lumiere Eleetrique (monthly), and
L'Electrzcite (fortnightly); for Belgium, the Electrica (monthly); for Swit-
zerland, the Journal Telegraphique (monthly); in America, the Journal of
the Telegraph (fortnightly), and the Operator (fortnightly); in England,
the Electrician, published weekly, and the Telegraphic Journal, twice a
month. Italy possesses its La Natura, once termed L ' Electrisista, and
the BuUetino Telegrafico. To these may be added the Journal of the Soci-
ety of Telegraph Engineers, in England j the official Annales Telegraphique,
appearing bi-monthly, in Paris ; the Journal of the Electrical Society of
Chicago, and the Journal of the Electrical Society of Melbourne,
The uses to which electricity is put, and the miracles worked by it, suc-
ceed each other so rapidily that it is no wonder people are obliged to take
them all for granted. If the telephone were suddenly taken away from
us now we should miss it to an extent which would bring us to our senses
and compel us to appreciate its discovery. As it is, we shall leave it to
be admired and wondered at by the next generation. The telephone,
however, is already so highly perfected, so completely serviceable for its
purpose, that it will probably never be greatly improved upon. This is
not the case with the latest offspring of electricity — the electric light.
Though incomparably superior to every other light, its general use is as
yet limited. But what is its future ? With the electric light the night
can be turned into day, the dangers and difficulties attendant upon dark-
ness, at sea and ashore, can be defied, and man can see the sun sink with
the knowledge that he can replace the inexorable luminary by another
just as good and a great deal more obedient. To attempt to enumerate the
great and strange services which this new light is evidently destined to
perform would take a volume ; but if the reader has any ingenuity or im-
agination he will find food for thought in contemplating its future.
A LUCKY GAMBLER.
The late Duke of Portland and his father assumed the additional
name of Scott, in accordance with the will of General Scott, the father of
the Duchess, from whom they inherit their Ayrshire estate. General
Scott was all his life a professional gambler, and notable as being about
the only playing gentleman of that time who was not half ruined at the
tables. In 1755 Horace Walpole relates his having won over thirty
thousand pounds at White's from Sir John Bland, and described him as
" a Captain Scott, who at present has nothing but a few debts and his
commission." Afterwards he took to whist, and living by rule and keep-
ing his head cool, he always possessed in that drinking age one very con-
siderable advantage over his adversaries ; besides, he was a most scientific
player, as whist was then played. He made a very great fortune at play,
leaving a considerable estate and a large sum to Lady Tichfield, and £80,-
000 each to his younger daughters, Lady Donne and Mrs. Canning. His
grandson, Lord Henry, inherited his whist talent to the full, for he was
one of the finest players of quite an Augustan Age of whist. It is a
question, though, whether the General would have approved his grand-
son's invention of the " call." A story was told of him that, playing at
the card-table at Versailles, before the Revolution, when Marie Antoin-
ette was present, and when the stakes were enormous, the Queen appealed
to the players for alms on behalf a distressed widow. Scott, who wished
to astonish the Court, cried out in bad French, (t Voila pourte veuf," and
staked the whole of the great pile of gold that was lying before him on
the coup, and having won, ostentatunisly poured it into the basket that
was being handed round. — Truth.
A Veteran.— Colonel C. M. Macgregor, C.B., who is mentioned as
having recovered the guns abandoned by General Massy in the action be-
fore Cabul on the 11th of December last, was three times wounded in the
mutiny, and was twice in that campaign mentioned for distinguished gal-
lantry. China gave him a second medal and four extra wounds. Bhootan
furnished him with a third medal and an eighth and ninth wound. Abys-
sinia brought him a medal. Now, at twenty-three years' service, he finds
himself a full colonel, with five war medals, the C.B., C.S.I., CLE., and
Chief of the Staff to the army in Afghanistan.
INSURANCE.
HUTCHINSON & MANN,
rNSTJEAlTCE AGENCY,
So. 323 «t 324 California Street, San Francisco, Cal.
Fire Insurance.
GIRAKD of Philadelphia.
HOME of Columbus.
NEW ORLEANS ASSOCIATION
PEOPLES of Newark.
LA CAISSE GENERALS of Paris.
ST. PAUL of St. Paul.
TEUTONIA of New Orleans.
BERLIN-COLOGNE of Berlin.
REVERE of Boston. | LA CONFIANCE of Paris.
Marine Insurance.
PARIS UNDERWRITING ASSOCIATION of Paris
LONDON AND PROVINCIAL MARINE INSURANCE CO of London.
Capital Represented $33,000,000.
All Losses Equitably Adjusted and Promptly Paid.
HOME MUTUAL INSURANCE CO, OF CALIFORNIA.
Principal Office, 406 California Street, Kan Francisco.
Cash Assets, January 1, 1877, §095,291 ; Liabilities, $5,952; Surplus for Policy
Holders, §5S9,339. J. F. Houghton, President; L. L. Baker, "Vice-President ■
Charles R. Story, Secretary. K. H. HAG1LL, H. H. BIGELOW, General Agents.
Directors.— San Francisco— L. L. Baker, John H. Redington, J. F. Houghton,
R. B. Gray, Robert Watt, John Currey, L. L. Baker, W. F. "Whittier, C. C. Burr, E.
M. Root, W. H. White, J. L. N. Shepard, W. M. Greenwood, George S. Mann, Cyrus
Wilson, W. T. Garratt, C. Waterhouse, A. P. Hotaling, A. Block, A. K. P. Harmon.
G. S. Johnson, W. O. Wilson, A. W. Bowman, H. L. Dodge, Charles R. Story. Ala-
meda County Branch— V. D. Moody, Chauncy Taylor, A. C. Henry, Robert S. Far-
relly, Joseph B. Martin, W. B. Hardy, T. B. Simpson. San Diego— A. H. Wilcox.
Sacramento— Mark Hopkins, D, W. Earl, Julius Wetzlar, James Carolan. San Jose—
T. Ellard Beans, B. D. Murphy, A. Pfister, J. H. Dibble, J. S. Carter, Jackson Lewis,
Jacob Rich, John Auzerais, John Balhach. Stockton— H. H. Hewlett, Chas. fielding,
J. D. Peters, A. W. Simpson, H. M. Fanning. Marysville— D. E. Knight. Grass
Valley— Wm. Watt, T. W. Sigourney. Portland, Oregon— W. S. Ladd, C. H. Lewis,
P. Wasserman, B Goldsmith, D. Macleay. Virginia Citv, Nevada— John Gillig, Isaac
L. Requa. . March 17.
FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE.--UNION INS. CO. OF S. F.
The California Lloyds.— -Established in 1861.— ffos. 416 and
418 California street. Cash capital §750,000 in Gold. Assets exceed $1,000.00&
Coin. Fair Rates ! Prompt Settlement of Loses ! ! Solid Security ! ! DIRECTORS
—San Francisco— J. Mora Moss, N. G. Kittle, M. J. O'Connor, R. S. Floyd, Moses
Heller, Adam Grant, Daniel Meyer, Antoine Borel, Charles Kohler, E. L. Goldstein
I. Lawrence Pool, A. Weill, Joseph Brandenstein, Charles Bauia, James Momtt!
Benjamin Brewster, L. Cunningham, W. M. Hoag, Nicholas Luning, John Parrott,
L. A. Booth, Julius Baum, Myles D. Sweeney, Jas. M. Goewey, Edward Cadwalader
Bartlett Doe, Gustave Touchard, J. H. Baird, J. G. Kittle, George C. Hickox, C. Du-
commun, Wm. Sebolle, John Conly, Ig. Steinhart, W. B.Stone, J. O. Eldridire A.
B. Phipps.
GUSTAVE TOUCHARD, President. N. G. KITTLE, Vice-President. *
Charles D. Haven, Secretary. Geo. T. Bohbn, Surveyor, Aug 31.
THE STATE INVESTMENT AND INSURANCE CO.
ft'lKJE AND aiAttlKE.
Clash Assets, $450.000.— Principal Office, S18 and 320 San-
j some street, San Francisco. Officers :— A. J. Bryant, President ; Richard
Ivers, Vice-President ; Charles H. Cusijino, Secretary ; H. H. Watson, Marine
Surveyor. Board of Directors :— Peter Donahue, James Irvine, C. D. 0'Sullivan,i
A. Bocqueraz, R. Harrison, A. H. Rutherford, R. Bailey, E. W. Corbert, George 0.
McMullin, A. J. Bryant, Frank M. Pixley, E Burke, H. H. Watson, Dr. C. F. Buckley,'
P. J. White, E. M. Root, M. Haybhim, Richard Ivers, John Rosenfcld, Daniel <
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Whole Amount of Capital paid up 900,000.1
Cash Assets December 31, 1876 3,710,000.1
The undersigned have been duly authorized to issue Policies at current rates on
Freight and Shipments to or from England, Europe, New York, Japan, China, Aus-
tralian Colonies, Sandwich Islands, and Northern Coast Ports. If desired, policies,
made payable at port of termination.
WILLIAMS, DIMOND & CO., Agents,
_Aug. 10. 218 California street.
THE SWISS MARINE INS. COMPANIES COMBINED.
Switzerland, of Zurich, Capital 5,000,000 francs; Helvetia,!
of St. Gall, Capita] 10,000,000 francs ; Baloise, of Basle, Capital 5,000,000 francs.
These three Companies are liable jointly and severally for all losses that may be sus-
tained. Losses made payable in all the principal seaports of the world. In' the set-1
tlement of all claims under an English policy, these Companies will strictly adhere to
the conditions aud customs adopted at Lloyds, and submit to English jurisdiction
June 9. HARRY W. 8YZ, Agent, 225 Sansome St., S. F,
NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL UFE 1NSUR. CO. OF BOSTON.
Has transacted the business of Life Insurance for nearly;
thirty-five years. Its assets amount to over Fourteen Million Dollars. The'
law of Massachusetts makes all its Policies nonforfeitable. It is a Purely Mutual Com-:
pany, dividing every cent of surplus among Policy-holders. This is the Only Com-
pany on the Pacific Coast governed by the Massachusetts Lapse Law. This company'
has complied with the new Insurance Laws of California.
_Sept. 22.]
WALLACE EVERSON, General Agent.
328 Montgomery street.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN MARINE INS. CO. OF LIVERPOOL.
o
lapital $5,000,000.— Agents:
316 California street, San Francisco.
Bnlfonr, Guthrie & Co., Bfo
Nov. 18.
AGGREGATE ASSETS,
840,64X948.
Imperial Fire Insurance Co., of London Instituted 1803.!
London Assurance Corporation, of London
Established by Boyal Charter 1720.1
Northern Assurance Corporation, of London Established 1836.'
Queen Insurance Company, of Liverpool Established 1857.''
A JOINT POLICY ISSUED BY THE FOUR COMPANIES.
ROBERT DICKSOir, Manager
W. LANE BOOKER, Agent and Attorney.
317 CALIFORNIA STREET, S. F. [Oct. 11.
J»n. 17, 1880.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
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CRADLE. ALTAR. AND TOMB.
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•Urc
Vt'> It
CRADLE.
-In thli city, January Mh. t»» the vifi of lUrrt« Ctehcn, a daughter.
I . r .jiur. « son.
I Mill.
h Baotay, a daughter.
i— In K. ■ . urv *i|. t«i tin Haulon, a daughter.
i— to thb S Hftrdtr, ftson.
-nTi-ln :«ry(Uh, to tb< wll olM. LwbwwttS, ft daughter.
wifoi'fS I jiU, k daughter.
Ulnar) 6th, (■> Hi. irjfc q| K. (.'. 1.u|ht, ■ •OB.
ill -In thi* <it>, January tSth, lo the uiio of .1 TraviK-r. I ton.
Wort Oakland, January 6th, u* tho vrilY < >f i: li. Yun Baden, a son.
ALTAR.
Bowax-CLtftKK In thi* city. Jainan '/>ih. Henry \. Rowen to Mary A. Clarke.
OocKMLL-lirAiirtw In San Kafael, January 1st. T, <) OookriU t-> Josta Benhelm.
• \rwalh In this city, January 11th, Won Ooba t" Delia Bearwald.
Fka'CM-Ai Lrs - In this city", January nth, Win. M. KmncU to Flora Allen.
PixXBRTT-OanitT— In this city , January m!i, M. J. Finncrtv t.< Mun Ann J. Casey.
0»iw-Caihnfj«— In thi* citv, Januarj 1st, Oscar D. Owen to Acnes M. Cairnes.
pAUUft-BBLClKR— In Oakland. Docombor 29th, Frank L. Palmer to Martha Beleher.
w-Mbvkr— In this city, December 31st, Won J- EUdjmway to Mary E. Meyer.
Smitii-Birshardt— In this city, January Sth, Wni, H. Smith to Elix'th Bernhardt.
tTtot'ttART-WARD— Ic this city, December Slat, Robert Drqutaart to Katie Ward.
Zacuarijlh-ArmsTRonu— In this city, January 7th, M. Zaoharias to J. Armstrong.
TOMB
Boa as - In this city, January 2d. Philip H. Bogmn, aged 50 years.
Hartley — In this city, January 13th, Johanna Hartley, aged SI years.
Dkxsis— In till;, city, January 12th, Mary Dennis, aged d(5 years.
Fallon — In this city, January 1st, Thomas Fallen, aged 68 years,
Fa<hs — In this city, December 20th, Francis Pagan, aged 15 years.
Gilbkkt— In this city, January 8th, Mrs. Catherine Gilbert, aged 51 years.
Hbookpetii — In this city, January 9th, John Hedgepeth, aged 46 years.
Hark- In this city, January 11th, Mrs. Dora M. Hare, aged 52 years.
Jacgt-RLix- In this city, January 12th, Emile H. Jacquelin.
Kelly — In this city, January tSth, Mary Kelly, aired 35 years.
Kkllkiier -In this city, January 13th, Daniel Kelleher, aged 50 years.
Kkst — In this city, January 3d, Thomas Kent, aged $2 years.
■UOSIT — In this city, January 3d, Elizaheth Mahoney, aged 65 years.
MaRciiaxd— In this city, January 12th, Constant Marertand, aged 80 years.
McRar— In this city, January 9th, P. A. McRae, aged 70 years.
Norton— In this city, January 8th, Joshua A. Norton, aged 65 years.
Smith— In this city, January 3d, John H. Smith, aged 22 years.
Taylor— In San Mateo, January 2d, Edward Ives Taylor, aged 23 years.
BONBON-CRACKER RHYMES.
We pulled together ; the result, you see,
A Bugar'd outcome from our friendly strife ;
Say, shall the motto of our future be,
To pull together through a sweeten'd life ?
As onward we journey, through life's changing weather,
We oft pull asunder instead of together,
Then may anger, in noisy sparks, flash and expire,
Leaving love like the bonbon, unscathed by the fire.
Right merrily the cracker comes to grief,
If finger'd featly ;
May every rift between us be as brief,
And end as sweetly.
We pull — I wince with sudden smart,
You calmly eat the sugar heart.
Thus may our lot apportion'd be ;
The pain to me, the sweets to thee.
He. — My heart, fair girl, iB wholly thine.
Say, wilt thou be for ever mine?
She. — Than this what conduct can be blacker,
To pull and also tell a cracker?
Fond lovers, pause ! in cracker bonbon see
What hasty matrimony proves to be.
The hands are join'd, but then with swift dispatch
The union may be sever'd by the match.
— Various Authors.
TOBACCO.
The last number of the Imperial Statistics of Germany compares the
taxation of the chief nations of the world in respect to tobacco. Of the
countries where the sale is a Government monopoly, Prance last year stood
first, the gross duty, with profits, amounting to 7s. l^d. per head of the
population annually, the net revenue from the article being 5s. 8£d. per
head. In Austria the gross was 5s. 5|d., the net 3s. 5d. ; in Hungary the
gross 33. 3id., the net Is. 7d.; in Italy the gross 3s. lid., and the net 2s.
84d. In Great Britain the duty and licenses brought in 4s. 10|d. perhead
of the population for the year, and in the United States 4s. 4^d. In
Germany, on the other hand, where the duty was very light, the average
was no more than 73d. per head of the population. The value of the to-
bacco consumed in Germany in 1878 is calculated to have been 353,000,000
marks, or about $88,000,000, the total return to the revenue being about
$6,600,000. The quantity consumed in that Empire in the year is stated
at 2,196,000 cwts., or rather more than 100,000 tons. Rather more than
one-third of the weight of tobacco consumed was grown within the limits
of Germany.
The public has already heard that a large sum in Russian gold was
found at Cabul. The " eight lakhs of rupees " which were got from Ya-
koob Khan were all in Russian specie, and the British soldiers have since
been taking their pay in gold roubles. We also read in a trustworthy
letter sent home by an English officer at Cabul that all the Ameer's troops
were dressed in Russian uniforma, with, in many cases, the Russian eagle
on the buttons. Possibly, however, these same buttons may have got
into Afghanistan as mere articles of commerce. — Pall Mall Budget.
It is impossible to remain long sick or out of health where Hop Bit-
ters are used. See another column.
'./ <> 9TBBBT, l/(.r HT«m irltrr. 30 CornhiU, K. C.t London.
IN CONSEQUENCE OF SPURIOUS IMITATIONS OF
LEA A l'KKICI \v SAUCE, iihli'h aro rnlriilatcil to ilrc-rlvo
tli, public, !.>'.> Mid Parrlna Imr adopted A NEW LABEL, bearing tluir slif
■utiuv. linn. •• UU * PERKINS.- »ln,l, I. pkoad Ml mrjboUla "( WORCESTER-
Mlllth >Al OK. ami witli.Mil which none i, tannine.
Ask f,T LEA ti PBRRINS' Sao, a, and BM nam.- on wrapjwr, label, bottle and 9U>p-
iht wholesale and for airport bj tna proprtatora, Woroamtw ; OroneJI Blaokwan,
London, otc, ate., and b> grocers and oilman throughontUia world.
N"v "'• Missus. CROSS li cm.. Aitcnts, San Francisco.
ROWLAND'S
MACASSAR OIT* Rlrci.jrtr.iM.*. the Hair and prevents it falling off. The bottlog
have * rlasa itoppor, and not ■ oark.
KALYDOR HMltiOea the Oomploxlon and enulieates Froekles, Tan, Prickly Heat,
Kruptlona, etc.
ODONTO whitens the Tooth, prevents and arrosts decay, and givca a pleasing
fragrance t<> the breath.
ECJKONIA la i dow and delicate toilet powder.
Ask for ROWLAND'S articles, of 20, BattOD tlarden, London, and avoid cheap
imiUtions. Sold bv Druggists, liazaars, etc., all over the world. May 3.
F
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTEACT OF MEAT.
Inest aim. Cheapest Heat-flavoriug Stock for Soups, Made
Dishes and Sauces. March 2.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT
success ami boon for which Nations should feel grate-
il. See " Medical Press," " Lancet," " British Medical Journal," etc.
[h a
ful.
LIEEia COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF ■ MEAT-
(1.»h(m>ii--«;, ini.n, only with fac-simlle of Baron TJel>lK>
J Signature, in blue ink, across Label. "Consumption in England increased ten-
old in ten years. " March 2.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
To be had of all Store-heepers, Grocers and Chemists. Sole
Agents for the United States (wholesale only), C. David & Co., 43, Mark Lane,
London, England. March 2.
JOYCE'S SPORTING AMMUNITION.
[ESTABLISHED 1820.]
rilhe attention of Sportsmen is invited to the following
I Ammunition, of the best quality, now in general use throughout England,
India and the Colonies : Joyce's Treble Waterproof and P 3 Quality Percussion
Caps; Chemically -prepared Cloth and Felt Gun Wadding; Joyce's Gas-Tight Car-
tridges, for Pin-fire and Central -fire Breech-loading Guns ; Wire Cartridges, for killing
game at long distances, and every description of Sporting Ammunition. Sold by
all gun-makers and dealers in gunpowder.
FREDERICK JOYCE & CO. . Patentees and Manufacturers,
Sept. 20. 57 Upper Thames street, London.
Asthma, and difficult breathlngr arising? from affections of
the Respiratory Organs, promptly relieved and paroxysms averted by
Datura Tatula Inhalations, for which purpose the plant is prepared in
all the usual forms for smoking, and also as pastilles and powder for burning
_m a plate or censer. In
Asthma and Analagous Diseases the superior efficacy of thia plant,
prepared as above mentioned, has been for the last 40 years recognized by the
Medical Profession and the public in all parts of the world. Prepared only by
Savory & Moore, 143, New Bond-street. Testimonials accompanying each
box of Cigarettes, Cigars and Pastilles. Tins, in the economical form of tobacco,
and also in powder for burning, from 2s. 6d. to 21a. Of chemists, etc., everywhere.
[Juue21.]
LANGLEY & MICHAELS,
SUCCESSORS TO
CHARLES LANGLEY & CO.,
Wholesale Druggists,
Importers of Pure English, Freuch and German ©rugs,
PATENT MEDICINES, Etc.,
100 and 102 FRONT STREET,
San Francisco.
[Sept. 6.
WAKELEE'S AURE0UNE
Produces the Beautiful Golden Hair so Much Admired.
SUPJEXXOR TO THE IMPORTED ARTICLE
— B7 REASON OF ITS—
FRESHNESS AND CARE USED IN ITS PRODUCTION.
PRICE, LARUE BUTTLES. 82.
Manufactured by H. P. WAKEZEE <fe CO., Druggists, corner
Montgomery and Rush streets, S. F. [Aug. 2.
JOHN JENNINGS
Hooper's South End Warehouses, corner Japan and Town-
send streets, San Francisco. First-class Fire-Proof Brick Building, capacity
1O.U00 tons. Goods taken from the Dock and the Cars of the C. P. R. R. and S. P.
R. R. free of charge. Storage at Current Rates. Advances and Insurance Effected.
CUMBERLAND MINE,
ravapai County, Arizona. Office : No. 417 California St.,
San Francisco, California. President, GEORGE M. CIPRICO. Secretary, J.
H. GRIFFITHS. Office Hours : 2 p.m. daily.
Oct. 11.
WILLIAM P. HUMPHREYS,
Late City and County Surveyor, has removed to So. 629
WASHINGTON STREET, where he will continue to practice his profession.
All Surveys and Estimates guaranteed. Dec. 20.
Sept. 20.
MADAME WALDO COHEN,
PIANOFORTE AND SINGING,
507 Hyde Street, San Francisco.
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Jan. 17, 1880.
AS "WE EXPECTED.
Last week -we -were derisively prophetic at the expense of the new
Railroad Commissioners. We said they were at Sacramento ready to per-
form their duties, if only they knew what those duties were ; and fur-
thermore that they would be at their posts, if only they knew where they
were located. It turns out that we understood their difficulties, and an-
ticipated them. A week has gone by, and the Commissioners are in a po-
sition that is pretty accurately described above. They don't know what
their duties are, and they are not provided with headquarters, or any
other quarters. Their offices ought to be in San Francisco, but the State
has no fitting apartments to give them. They were supposed to be en-
titled to exercise certain plenary powers over transportation companies.
But now innumerable difficulties start up. The question arises, What is
a transportation company ? It is defined to be a common carrier. But
Denis Kearney, when he earned an honest living, was that. It is said
that he is now interested in an incorporated drayman's business. If so, he
is clearly subject to the authority of the Transportation Commissioners,
So are all draymen ; so are all package transfer agents ; so are all hodmen
who carry a load of bricks in a hod to the top of a building; so is every
newsboy who carries newspapers about the city, and so is every man,
woman and child who carries or transports any article whatever from one
place to another, for hire. In short, there is no beginning and no end to
the duties of these most mighty Commissioners. There is no beginning,
because the Legislature has yet to give them the power to make a start.
That effected, there is no end, for if they are to regulate all transporta-
tion, and all common carriers, then who may they not regulate? Young
Mr. Beerstecher, who came here but the other day, and whose occupa-
tion is that of a lawyer without a practice, has undertaken to teach Stan-
ford and Crocker, Towne and Goodman, how to run a railroad; Goodall
& Perkins how to run a steamer, and even Denis Kearney how to run a
dray. We i ather incline to the belief that he will put the cart before the
horse all the time. Every snob to his last. Beerstecher to his. It is by
no means a sure thing what the Legislature will do with the three snobs
who have left their lasts. At present they are without salaries, offices,
duties, clerical assistants and traveling expenses. It is even said that
Cone and Beerstecher are " dead broke," and contemplate beginning and
ending their authority over the railroad company by asking to be taken
home.
THE SOCIAL SIDE OF THE NEW ADMINISTRATION.
Governor Perkins is up to business. His every appointment, so far,
indicates that. He means to luse no opportunity to lengthen and
strengthen his stakes, so that his hold upon the State, and every interest
in it, will be a fiim and abiding one, that; will stand him in good service
during his tenure of office, and long after it. By law he is commander-
in-chief of the State's military forces. The position, in times of peace,
has more of show in it than of Berious business. It is essentially a show,
and little else. On parade and gala days, on Fourths of July, and such
like occasions, it is pleasant to behold the gay uniforms of his Excellency
and staff. The sight tickles the public fancy, it specially pleases the la-
dies, and it magnifies and exalts the officers in their own estimation, at
least. Governor Perkins, like his predecessors, was under the necessity of
appointing his military staff. In doing so, be has taken a new departure.
He has given the young millionaires a chance. The Messrs. Crocker,
Flood, Spreckels and McLane hase been duly commissioned as of the staff
of his Excellency. These appointments will please the old folks, delight
the young men themselves, and will be agreeable to our best society, and
will do nobody any harm. The new administration evidently means to
be strong on its social side. It means to cultivote society and keep on
good terms wit it, which is eminently fit, proper, and, above all, wise.
Keep the world in a good temper, and you may do pretty much with it
as you will. Our astute Governor sees the point, and means to make it
for all there is in it. Of the Gouernor and his staff it may hereafter be
said that not Solomon in all his glory was arrayed like unto these. A
State House, and occasional Gubernatorial balls, will be in order under
this administration. Let that mansion at Sacramento become the pro-
perty of the State without delay.
LET US ALONE.
The stock sharps object to any legislative interference whatever.
They point to the great things mining has done for this city and coast.
Yes, it is true that mining has accomplished great things, but it is not
true that stock eharping, as it has come to be practiced in late years, has
been of any benefit to mining, or to our people generally. On the con-
trary, the evils that have been made to attend upon buying and selling
stock sis now proving the greatest curse that has yet befallen the interests
of bona fide mining. The people have become disgusted with the whole
business and are withdrawing from it as from a plague. The manipula-
tors will soon be left alone to pay the assessments. It is because we are
friends of honest mining that we are in favor of a few effective legal re-
straints upon the dishonest practices that are made to surround it. The
cry of the brokers is "let us alone." That is precisely the cry of the thief
who is caught making away with his plunder. Everything that is illegiti-
mate should be cut away from the business. Wash sales are illegitimate,
so are false accounts of purchases and sales, so are loans of your custom-
er's stocks for the purpose of shorting the market. These things can be
Btopped, and they must be stopped, and that, too, in the interests of hon-
est mining and decent brokers. This business is in need of the people's
confidence, and that is something it will never again obtain, unless sub-
stantial guarantees t are afforded that the public will be honestly dealt
with.
The "Springfield Republican" says the Republican party cannot
afford to Bhoulder Grant. It ia possible that the old man may talk back
at this, and say that he cannot afford to shoulder the Republican party.
THE LEGISLATIVE MARKET.
The state of things at Sacramento
(Woe is me that I must speak!)
Is not quite what honest patriots
From thair legislators seek.
I have heard of base corruption,
Itching palms and brazen bribes;
But the deeds of these men place them
Beyond the usual diatribes.
A hand sticks out from every coat-tail,
Open, waiting for a fee;
Make it large, or make it trifling,
As your cause or hopes may be;
But give something, or turn homeward,
Gold, gold, gold ! is all the cry.
Reason? Justice? Merit? — nonsense!
If you need a vote — then buy.
'Tis the Legislative Market —
Listen to tMfe gavel's blows :
" Law on contracts? Who bids highest?
Going — gone. To Smith it goes !
Coolie labor? Fine law, genTmen !
I am offered — who speaks last? —
I am offered — thank you; take it —
Passing— passing — passing — Passed !"
Some things can't be bought, however —
Season's rather late you know ;
Ask for Honor — what's the answer ?
" All sold out, sir, long ago."
Dignity — Good Faith — a Statesman?
Such demands create a shock,
For the Legislative Market
Never keeps such trash in stock.
Sell away! Bring down your gavels?
Every blow shall drive a nail
In the coffin of the nation
That puts up her laws for Bale.
From the soiled, degraded statutes
Time shall weave her shroud at last,
Echoing from your lips her death-song:
' ' Passing — passing— passing — Passed !"
COCK-FIGHTING LEGISLATORS.
In our column of sporting news the reader will find an account of
a cock-fight, which recently took place in a stable at Sacramento, and was
attended by several members of the Legislature and State officers. Al-
though our sporting editor chronicles the event as a mere matter of course,
we are disposed to look upon it in quite another light. We regard it as
outrageous that such an exhibition can be publicly witnessed in the State
Capital without any interference on the part of the police ; but when, in
addition to the ordinary sort of blacklegs who adorn such *' sport " with
their presence, there were to be seen among the spectators a number of
our law-makers and public officials, it is high time that the disgrace should
be exposed and stamped out. If our chosen Solons are muddle-headed,
obtuse, ignorant and corrupt, it is more our fault than theirs, and it serves
us right for electing them or allowing them to be elected. But while we
must expect '" rings," we don't want them to be twelve-foot rings or cock-
pits. The fact of the matter is that the members of our present Legis-
lature seem to be entirely indifferent to everything but their own pleas-
ure and emolument. They have already drawn a very large sum in the
way of salaries, yet not a single bill has yet been passed, nor has any
business been done. Lobbying, we are assured, was never carried on so
openly and extensively as now, and there seems to be a "job" in every
breath of air that blows. But, aB we said before, all this we had to ex-
pect. Cock-fighting, gambling, and similar gentlemanly recreations,
however, did not enter into our calculations, and the sooner our law-givers
cease to indulge in them, and learn to live decently, the better for the
reputation of the State.
IN RE EDISON.
"Will somebody tell us just what Edison has done and what he has
not? Americans naturally take a pride in the man, and they think he
has done a great deal. But the English and French journals are continu-
ally coming out with learned articles which conclusively prove (to their
own satisfaction) thst everything which Edison discovers was discovered
long ago in Europe, and is an old story. It matters not that the
discovery was never applied. They are content to put the falsehood
in print and let the seed bear what fruit it may. Now, we believe that
Edison is the original discoverer of all the wonders which of late have
electrified the world. The telephone, the microphone, the audiphone, and
numerous other " phones ;" the phonograph, and sundry other " graphs,"
are the offspring of his marvelous invenitve power and studious research.
He may not have perfected them all. Perhaps his fault has been that he
has attempted too many things at once, but he has planted the germ, and
those who have tried to steal the growing sprouts of his intellect are sim-
ply plagiarists and quacks. We -are confident that the day will come
when Edison will take the foremost place among the world's benefactors ;
but in the meantime we wish to know just what his title to fame is in
the opinion of scientific men and specialists in his line. What has he in-
vented ? What has he improved upon ? What has he absolutely crea-
ted? If some competent authority will answer these questions honestly,
he will do an important service.
Not Wise. — Bankrupts must not make away with their assets. Few
of them acknowledge to having any assets to make away with. Win.
Helm became bankrupt while the owner of a good note for $14,000. This
he transferred to John H. Wise for a parcel of land, and for so doing is
now called upon to answer the charge of embezzlement. Another ques-
tion arises as to liability of Wise. If he knew that Helm was bankrupt,
and that the note was part of his assets, then Wise is liable for the note.
The taking of that note was certainly not wise, even if it was no worse.
Jan. 17, 181=0.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
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THE TOWN CRIER.
"IlMr lh» Ottarf" "' Wh*t th» d«Til «rt IhoaT
' On* that will plaj th« .irxil, *,.- with yea."
1 H*'d • Mine in hip t»il *■ ion* »» * fl*il.
Which ni*u> him crow bold or »nd bolder. '
The eociety " Jenkins — t. 1., the man who report* "eocnU events,"
bts Wen ict flvd at and kit-kid from lima immemorial, and we usid to
think be richly deterred the privilege. We have changed oar opinion.
Pity, profound pity — end Dot booting— is the proper treatment of Jenk-
ins. Y-u see, we have come to know, by diligent investigation, that
the Jenkins of a newspaper's staff is selected for accomplishments of a
peculiar kind, and it is beeanse he cannot help possessing these occom-
pli.-lmients that he meriU our sincere pity. At the ri?k of offending our
OonUmporariee, by letting the public have a glimpse behind the scenes,
we will enumerate a fraction of the talents that Jenkins must have. He
must be a lickspittle, HfMCtnrr non fit; lie must be able to bury his self-
respect clean out of sight; he must be a remorseless liar of the first water;
be must be a born flunkey; he must be a milliner in breeches; he must
be able to intrude where he is not wanted; he must be content to be
treated as vermin, if caught; he must have absolute command over
infamous English aud unrecognizable French. The creature in whom all
these gifts, and many more of like quality, are blended, is in some sort
worthy of admiration. And we have found the king of his kind— we
have discovered the brightest star in the glorious galaxy of Jenkinses.
Breathe it softly ! This pearl beyond all price is employed on the Morn-
ing Call The rest of the world may boast of its seven wonders, of its
mighty monuments and everlasting temples; but California eclipses them
all while it possesses the Call Jenkins. The Pyramids, the statue of Ju-
Kiter, the Colossus of Khodes, and all the rest of them, must reverently
ag their heads before this phenomenon's report of the recent "inaugural
hall" at Sacramento. We have not space to dwell upon the grandeur of
his utterances, but, at the risk of advertising gratis, we say by all means
buy a copy and be petrified. The genius that can speak of restaurants
and hotels as "co-adjutors of the inner man," who can describe — but,
enough ! We had intended to quote liberally, but stand powerless and
appalled before such a magnificent display of all the accomplishments we
have mentioned above as appertaining tu a first-class Jenkins.
Since the recent exposure of the fact that Mr. John Clifford, the
Workingmen's architect of the New City Hall, is not pre-eminently a
shining light in his profession, some new facts have come to the surface
concerning him and his chief draughtsman, Carl Browne, late "secre-
tary " to Denis Kearney. It is related that, one day recently, Clifford
was strutting about and occasionally squinting along a wall which was be-
ing built " to see if it was even," as he said. One of the workmen, rather
piqued that the accuracy of his work should be doubted, handed the
architect a spirit-level. Clifford looked at the instrument for a moment,
and then inquired haughtily: "What do you expectme to accomplish
with that barometer, my friend ?*' On another occasion, Clifford, being
in his office, pottering over some of his predecessor's plans, asked Carl
Browne to go out and fetch a pair of compasses. The obedient head
draughtsman vanished, and, after being absent about an hour, re-entered
the room with a great bundle under his arm. " I had such a time getting
'em," said he, as he sank exhausted into a chair. " I should think so, by
the time you've been about it," answered his chief. "But what have
you got in the bundle ?" " Why, the compasses, of course. I had to run
all over town for 'em, and they cost i860 apiece. But the city pays."
And, sure enough, on unrolling the bundle it proved to contain two im-
mense ship's compasses! The great architect explained. " Well, why
didn't you say so ?" cried Carl, angrily ; " how was I to know you meant
tbem little pricker things. I've got lots of them, in my office."
John Bright is a great man— a wonderful man ; but we are inclined to
think that he occasionally distorts facts to suit the occasion. In an im-
portant political speech, the other day, he saw fit to point out how vastly
superior America was to England in every respect, and to back up his po-
sition he quoted the statement of a " Mr. Potter" (who, it seems, has
recently honored the United States with a visit), that he (Potter) "only
saw four drunken people in America." Now, we don:t know Potter, but
we feel sure that he must be an observant man, and one who has traveled
much in this glorious country of ours. Nevertheless, we are morally cer-
tain that if Potter had more closely investigated the subject than he did,
he would have seen at least two more drunken men in America — making
in all seven. And we think — we cannot help but think— that Mr. Bright
must have known that Potter was out in his figures. Why, without
looking for them, we ourselves distinctly remember having seen three
drunken men in this sovereign State alone. We are not sure but what we
have seen four. Allowing, however, that we were ourselves "under the
influence" at the time, and saw double, there have, to our certain knowl-
edge, been at least one and a half drunken men in California. This is a
Bingularly temperate country ; so, when we take the more vicious States
into consideration, it becomes evident that Mr. Potter was struck stone-
blind about thirty seconds after landing. And we are sorry to be obliged
to believe, Mr. Bright, that when you quoted P. for campaign purposes,
you were aware of his sad affliction.
With "apt alliteration's artful aid" the gentlemen who write head-
ings (or " captions " as they always — aud always wrongly — call them) for
the daily press are rapidly drifting toward the lunatic asylums. It seems
nowadays to be a recognized fact that no article can possess any earthly
interest that has not an alliterative title. The trouble is that human in-
genuity is about exhausted in this direction. The fertile days when a sin-
gle paper could give the yellow fever a different name every day for three
weeks running, from " Bronzing Breath" to "Saffron Scourge," are dead
and gone. We have now reached a barren period when not a single paper
in the United States has been able to refer to the Garcelon trouble with-
out calling it the " Maine Muddle." Call in Edison, gentlemen of the
Press ; perhaps with a battery or two he could get up some other combi-
nation for a change.
A husband in Wales has been convicted of kissing his wife against
her will, and sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment for the same.
The punishment setms unjust and excessive, but we needn't trouble our-
selves about that. When such an outrage is perpetrated in this Paradise
of matrimonial devoton, the end of all things will be close at hand.
The famous Pinafore gag does, we confess, make one weary— it is,
in fae^ beooming dangerous, :unl might to be suppressed by actof law. But
what is "h— d v .■ r'*to John II. Burke, in the way of public nuisances!
The T. C. herewith offers ■ prise medal to the man, woman or child who
will once and forever so ti\ John H. Burke that his name Bhall never-
more be heard among the sons of men. The man is not only a fool for
thinking that he can accomplish anything in the premises, but he is also
an arrant humbug for keeping it up in spite of all friendly advice and re-
monstrance. A oontemporary has suggested that J. H. B. become the
sncOMBOr to the late Emperor Norton* We say no! emphatically. We
do not deny that the person in question is crazy enough for the position,
but this city does not need a perambulating enietic. As for the medal
we offer for Burke's quietus, it will be made of the very best foolscap (in
memory of the deceased); the obverse will represent the celebrated class-
ical scene of Hercules slaying Balaam's Ass with a diamond drill ; the re
verse (which will be pink, to remind the wearer that it was cut from the
/reus Litter's cover) will represent, in basso relievo profundo pianissimo, a
bull and a bear shaking hands over the bloody chasm which the defunct
has left in boredom.
It seems likely that a great deal of fun will be got out of the present
State Assembly, owing to the fact that it is largely composed of men who
have about as much idea of parliamentary usages and amenities as they
have of the social ditto. Assemblyman Braunhart doubtless imagines
that, when he says " I don't intend to have any further debate," he is
making his mark as a legislator. Will the young gentleman be offended
if the Town Crier informs him that this is really not the case — that, on
the contrary, a repetition of such sentiments may cause his name to be
spelled b-1-a-c-k-g-u-a-r-d. In the same way, Assemblyman Fox probably
feels confident that he has immortalized himself by dubbing the Chinese
" tadpoles from Asia." Permit us to inform you, Mr. Fox, that your epi-
thet (or epigram, as you perhaps would call it) has no point whatever —
that it is, in short, a very silly thing to say. True, the Chinaman has a
tail, and the tadpole is pretty well provided in that respect; but remem-
ber, Mr. Fox, that you are not now on the Sand-lot, but are drawing sev-
eral dollars a day to talk sensibly, and above all things do away with the
Sand-lot hallucination that a Chinaman's queue is his chief offense.
"Lucky " Baldwin has earned his title in a great many ways, and
his luck has been all the more astounding because it has come to him in
spite of his defiance of all the good old traditional rules and precedents.
He has completely capsized, as it were, our faith in the copy-book max-
ims of our youth. Just think of a few of them : " Honesty is the best
policy;" "The wicked man shall fall by his own wickedness ;" "The
Lord castetb away the substance of the wicked ;" '* Be virtuous and you
shall be happy," which, of course, also implies the opposite; " The belly of
the wicked shall want." All these, and a host more, we now believe to
be lies, for does not Baldwin thrive? True, the star of his prosperity has
waned a little of late, in hotel and distillery affairs especially, but does
not fortune still smile upon him in the matter of witnesses ? No sooner
does somebody crop up who is able and willing to testify against this roost
lucky of men, than that somebody is sure to vanish from human vision
and the reach of the law. Of course, Baldwin has nothing whatever to
do with their disappearance. It is only just his luck. But how to recon-
cile Buch luck with the proverbs above quoted is what puzzles us.
The annoyance to which License Collector Sinton has been subjected
lately by the charges preferred against him by C H. Dillon should be a
warning to our city officials to do one of two things : either keep their lit-
tle irregularities, if such they commit, to themselves, or else never dream
of discharging an employee who has got the inside track of their misdo-
ings. With some of G-od's creatures — and this Dillon seems to be one of
them — there is no depth of meanness which spitefulness will not lead
down to. For the public good they care about as much as a hog does for
a Bible ; but offend them, and they will make the public good, or any
other high and lofty humbug, a pretext for getting even. Knaves are
generally crafty. Dillon is an exception to the rule. He has given him-
self away. Hia animus is evident, and if Sinton lias (and we doubt it)
slipped at all, he deserves to be set on his feet again simply because it is
Dillon who accuses him.
The newspapers here have kept pretty mum about it, but it is a fact
nevertheless that one Enos, a member of the State Assembly, has intro-
duced a bill providing that the testimony of an alien ineligible for citizen-
ship shall not be accepted as evidence against a citizen ; and, further-
more, that the testimony of an alien eligible for citizenship, but siill not
a full-fledged citizen, shall in like manner be worthless, unless corrobo-
rated by a citizen. A strait-jacket for Enos is, we believe, the proper
thing for the emergency. But if Enos is actually sane, then we think
that a monument of brass ought to be set up in honor of the gentleman's
superhuman cheek. Cheek, did we say ? Let some genius arise to in-
vent a word that will adequately express our opinion of Enos.
A young man with a genius for political economy wishes to have some
of the San Francisco theaters closed, so that the others might do a good
business. This is a most hopeful suggestion, and should be carried into
effect without delay. At the same time, the principle might be applied
in» other directions with advantage. For instance, there are too many
newspapers. If half of them were suppressed, the others might be able
to live. There are too many writers for the press ; if all the others were
knocked in the head, the Town Crier could grow rich. The study of po-
litical economy expands the mind.
A love-mad girl in Rochester, N. Y., kills her father and then her-
self, and the papers all derive great satisfaction from calling it " a double
tragedy." Now, a tragedy is a tragedy, only that and nothing more.
Would you think, Messieurs the reporters, of calling the Tay bridge acci-
dent a " niuety- six -fold tragedy,' because that number of people were
killed ? Why, then, call the Rochester affair " a double tragedy,'* be-
cause two were killed? Learn to write, gentlemen ; learn to write.
Supervisor C. I*. Taylor is a gentleman that will bear watching. We
do not wish to be misunderstood, and we do not wish Mr. Taylor to bear
down upon this devoted office with a mountain howitzer in one hand, and
the saber of his sire in the other, as is the manner of Supervisors who
think themselves aggrieved. We simply say that this particular City
Father will bear watching, and (God and Mr. T's shotgun willing) we
intend to take oxir share of the vigil. Verb. sap. sat.
Why is a man always ill-natured the moment he leaves Yuma? Be-
cause he is then out of Yuma, of course. Next !
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Jan. 17, 1880.
Commencing' Sunday, Wov. 16th, 1879,
and until further notice, Boats and Trams will
leave San Francisco (Washington-st. Wharf) as follows :
3 00 p.m. daily (Sundays included), Steamer
• vJ \J "James M. Donahue" (Washington Street
Wharf) connecting: with Mail and Express Train at Don-
ahue for Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Healdshurg, Cloverdale,
and way stations. Making stage connections at Geyser-
ville for Skaggs' Springs ; at Cloverdale for Ukiab, Lake-
port, Mendocino City. Highland Springs, Bartlett
Springs, Soda Bay and the Geysers.
g^T* Connections made at Fulton on following morn-
ing for Korbel's, Guerneville and the Redwoods.
(Arrive at San Francisco, week days, 10:10 A.M. ; Sun-
days, 11 A.M.
Freight received from 7 a.m. till 2.30 p. m.,
daily (except Sundays).
Special Notice.— The Sunday Excursion Trips are dis-
continued until further notice.
Ticket Office : Washington st. Wharf.
A. HUGHES,
Gen. Manager.
PETER J, McGLYNN,
Gen. Pass. & Tkt. Agt.
C. P. R. R.
Overland Ticket Office : Oakland Ferry, foot
of Market street. —Commencing" Sunday,
Dec. 28th, 1879, and until further notice.
Trains and Boats will leave
SAN FttABTCISCO:
7 0AA.M. Daily— Local Passenger Train via Oak-
•O \J land, Niles, Livermore and Stockton, arriving
at Sacramento at 1:40 p.m., and connecting with Atlan-
tic Express. Connects at Mies with Train arriving at
San Jose at 10:30 a.m., and at Gait with train for lone.
7 9A A.M. Daily-
* »0\J land to Martinez and Antioch.
-Local Passenger Train via Oak-
___trtiuez and Antioch. Connects at
Vallejo Junction for Vallejo, Napa (Stages for Sonoma),
St. Helena (White Sulphur Springs) and Calistoga
(Stages for the Geysers) .
Sunday Excursion, Tickets, at Seduced Eatestto San
Pablo, Vallejo, Benicia and Martinez.
9Q A A.M. Daily— Atlantic Express via Oakland and
•OU Benicia for Sacramento, Colfax, Reno (Vir-
ginia City) , Battle Mountain (Austin), Palisade (Eure-
ka), Ogden, Omaha and East. Connects at Davis, Sun-
days excepted^ for Woodland, Williams and Willows.
Connects at Sacramento daily with the Oregon Express
for Marysville, Chico, Red Bluff and Redding (Stages
or Portland, Oregon). ____
-| f\ AAA.M. Daily— Local Passenger Train via Oak-
XV/.^/U land to Haywards and Niles.
3 AA P-M. Daily— Local Passenger Train via Oak
.\J\J land and Niles, arriving at San Jose at5:25 p.m.
3 A A P.M. Daily— Local Passenger Train via Oak-
* \J\J land for Martinez and Antioch.
4AA P.M. Daily— Arizona Express via Oakland and
.\J\J Martinez for Lathrop (and erced,
Madera (Yosemite and Big Trees), Visalia, Sumner,
Mojave, Newhall (San Buenaventura and SantaBarbara),
Los Angeles, " Santa Monica," Wilmington, Santa Ana
(San Diego), Colton and Yuma (Colorado River Steam-
ers), connecting direct with Daily Trains of the South-
ern Pacific Railroad of Arizona for Maricopa (Stages
for Phcenix and Prescott), and for Casa Grande, 182
miles east from Yuma (Stages for Florence, Tucson and
Tombstone. Sleeping Cars between, Oakland, Los An-
geles and Yuma.
Connects, Sundays excepted, at Vallejo Junction for
Vallejo, Napa, St. Helena and Calistoga.
4AA P.M. Sundays excepted— Sacramento Steamer
,\J\J (from Wash'n St. Wharf), for Beniciaand Land-
ings on the Sacramento River. ____
4f|r\P,M. Daily— Through Third Class Train vii
• V-/ \_/ Oakland, Martinez and Lathrop for Los An
geles and points in Ariz ma.
4.30
P.M. Daily— Local Passenger Train via Oak-
nects daily, except Sundays, at Davis with Local Train
for Woodland and Knijrht's Landing, and at Sacramento
with the " Virginia Express " for Reno, Carson and Vir-
ginia. Sleeping Gars (except Sundays) Oakland to
4 0A P.M. Daily — Local Passenger Train via Oak-
• Ovy land for Haywards, Niles and Livermore.
Public conveyance for Mills Seminary connects at Sem
nary Park Station with ail trains, Sundays excepted.
K f)C) P-M. Daily— Overland Emigrant Train via
*-*• ^ ^ Oakland, Benicia and Sacramento for Ogden,
Omaha and East.
Connections for " Vallejo" made at Vallejo Junction
from Trains leaving San Francisco 7:30 a.m., 9.30 a m
3:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.
FERRIES AND LOCAL TRAINS.
From "SAS FBAITCISCO." Dally.
A. M.
B6.10
7.00
7.30
8.00
8.30
9.00
9.30
10.00
10.30
11.00
11.30
12.00
p.' M.
12.30
1.00
1.30
2.00
3.00
3.30
4.00
4.
5.00
S.
6.00
§3
A. M.
7.00
8.00
9.00
10.00
11.00
12.00
P. M.
1.30
2.00
•3.00
4.00
5.00
7.00 6.00
_.10 B*7.00
9.20Ie*8.10
10.30 *1030
Bll.45lp.*1145
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A. M.
B7.00
B9.00
B10.00
P. M.
B5.00
8J
A. M. A. M.
B6.10 7.30
7.30| 10.00
8.30; P. M.
10.30
11.30
p. M.
12.30
1.00
3.30
4.30
6.30
6.30
7.00
8.10
9.20
10.30
Bll.45
4.30
A. M.
7.30
P. M.
3.00
A. M.
7.30
8.30
9.30
10.30
11.30
p. M,
1.00
3.00
4.00
6.00
6.00
B6.30
s
p
A. M.
B6.10
8.00
10.00
12.00
P. M.
1.30
3.30
4.30
5.30
B6.30
To " SAJT FKAS CISCO," Dally.
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A. M.
A. M.
A. M.
B5.40
B5.40
7.00
B6.30
B6.30
8.00
8.00
7.30
P. M.
10.00
8.30
2.35
12.00
9.30
3.51
P. M.
1.30
10.30
11.30
3.30
p. M.
m
4.30
1.00
5.30
3.00
"•la
B6.30
4.00
5.00
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6.00
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A. M.
7.10
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P. M.
WestC
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1.30
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b 5.10; bS.oo
B 5.50 B10.00
6.40
7.40
9.40
10.40
11.401
p. M.
12.40
1.251
2.401
4.40
5.40
6.40
7.50
9.00
10.10
A. M.
J-5.00
B»5.40
•6.25
7.00
8.03
9.00
10.03
11.03
12.00
p. M.
1.00
3.00
*3.
4.00
5.00
6.03
B*7.20
B"8.30
»10.00
OAKLAND.
(Broadway.)
A. M.
P. M.
B5.20
12.20
B6.00
12 50
6.50
1.20
7.20
1.60
7.50
2.50
8.25
3.20
8.50
3.50
9.20
4.20
9.50
4.50
10.20
5.20
10.50
5.50
11.20
6.25
11.50
6.50
8.00
9.10
10.20
b— Sundays excepted,
♦Alameda Passengers change cars at Oakland.
Creel* Route.
From SAN FRANCISCO— Daily— V5:i0, B6:30, 7.20, 8:15,
9:15, 10:15, 11:15 A.M. 12:15, 1:15, 2:25, 3:15, 4:15,
5:15, 6.15 P.M.
From OAKLAND— Daily— sS:'60, b6:20, 7:10, 8:05, 9:05,
10:05, 11:05 A. M. 12:05, 1:05, 2:15, 3:05, 4:05, 5:05,
6:05 p.m. b— Sundays excepted.
"Official Schedule Time" furnished by Anderson &
Randolph, Jewelers, 101 and 103 Montgomery St., S. F.
T. H. GOODMAN, Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agt.
A. N. Townb, General Superintendent.
Natural beauty surpasses any-
thing which can be imparted by
artificial means. PHOSPHATE
SOAP gives health to the skin
simply by removing impurities »=»d
eradicating the poisons which gi. < e
rise to skin diseases.
Not only lor oraily use on the fac9
and hands, but for bathing the
entire body, there is nothing equal
to PHOSPHATE SOAP. It is a
thorough disinfectant and removes
offensive odors of every kind.
Ladies who have injured the skin
by the constant use of cosmetics
may do much to restore their faces
to that beauty which nature alone
can give by constantly using PHOS-
PHATE SOAP.
WINTER ARRANGEMENT.
Commencing Friday, Nov. 21st, 1S79,
and until further notice, Passenger Trains will leave
San Francisco, from Passenger Depot on Townsend
street, between Third and Fourth streets, as follows :
8.30 '
daily for San Jose and Way Stations.
* Stages for Pescadero (via San Mateo)
connect with this train only.
1 O ^O A'M' daily for San Jose, Gilroy, Hollister;
■J-v/.Ow Tres Phios, Pajaro, Castroville, Monterey,
Salinas, Soledad and all "Way Stations. fgSJf At Pa-
jaro, the Santa Cruz R. R. connects with this train for
Aptcs, Soquel and Santa Cruz. ggf At Castroville,
change cars for Monterey. B3F" Stage connections
made with this train, (Pescadero Stages via San Mateo
excepted.)
O Qf ) P-M. daily (Sundays excepted) for San Jose,
*J.Ov/ Gilroy, and principal Way Stations.
A Q(~\ P-M. daily for San Jose and Way Stations.
6.30
p.m. — daily, for Menlo Park and Way Stations.
J8®~ The Extra Sunday Trains to San Jose and Way
Stations have been discontinued for the winter season.
Second-Class Fare.
Between San Francisco and San Jose 31.00.
On Freight Trains only, leaving San Francisco at 4:00
A.M. and 10:40 A.M.; San Jose at 5:35 A.M. and tt:30 P.M.
(daily, Sundays excepted).
Excursion Tickets at Reduced Bates
To San Jose and intermediate points sold on Saturdays, i
and Sunday mornings, good for return until following
Monday inclusive.
Also, EXCURSION TICKETS to Aptos, Soquel, Santa
Cruz and Monterey, sold on Saturdays only— good for
return until the following Monday inclusive.
|@P~ Principal Ticket Office— Passenger Depot, Town-
send street. Branch Ticket Office — No. 2 New Mont-
gomery street, Palace Hotel.
A. C. BASSETT, Supt. H. R. JUDAH, A. P. & T. A.
SOITHEKV DIVISIONS.
Commencing Monday, May 19th, 1879^
g^~ Passengers for points on the Southern Divisions
of the road will take the cars of the Central Pacific Rail-
road via OAKLAND, leaving SAN FRANCISCO via Ferry
Landing, Market street, at 4:00 p.m. daily (Arizona Ex-
press Train), and making close connection at GOSHEN
for Sumner, Mojave, Los Angeles, Wilmington, Ana-
heim, Colton, Colorado River, Yuma, Maricopa and Casa
Grande (182 miles east from Yuma). Nov. 22.
SONOMA VALLEY RAILROAD.
The Steamer " Sonoma," leaves Wasb-
ington-street Wharf daily (Sunday excepted) at 2
P.M., for Norfolk, connecting with cars for the town of
Sonoma and way stations, arriviug 6 p.m.; returning,
leaves Sonoma 7 A.M., arriving at San Francisco 11 a.m.
For further particulars apnly at General Office, 426 Mont-
gomery street, or at Washington-street Wharf.
JAMES M. DONAHUE,
Dec. 6. G. P. and T. Agent.
NOTICE.
For the very best photographs go to
BRADLEY & RULOFSON'S, in an Elevator, 429
Montgomery street. Oct. 20. £
ALASKA COMMERCIAL COMPANY,
N'
o. 310 Sansome street, Sail Francisco,
Wholesale Dealers in Furs. Sept. 21.
For chapped hands the constant
use of PHOSPHATE SOAP wiU
be recommended by all who give .
it one fair trial.
If you want a nice article of
Toilet Soap and something that is
beneficial to the skin, buy PHOS-
PHATE SOAP.
Ladies who wish to make the
skin look beautiful and natural
should use PHOSPHATE SOAP.
Manufactured by "Standard Soap Co.,"
204 Sacramento St.. San Francisco.
Ask your Druggist for it,
Jan. 17, 1880.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
13
"The World," the Flesh, and the Devil.
[By a Truthful Penman.]
When we hear people talk of tbeCzarewith "entertaining liberal
iiltas," " being in faros i.f Constitutional reform," and the rest of it for
. we smile. It always is and always has been a tradition witb
despotic or even semi-desjK»tic Uovernmenta, that the heir to the throne
should be "liberal " — till he comes to the throne. The present Czar was
liberal while he was in that position, so too was the Emperor William ;
and we know what they have been since. The tradition is a simple but
very effective one, the object of which is to gain adherents for the throne
all round. The monarch beads and gains the old school of absolutists,
i he heir-apparent beads and gains the believers in the new methods.
There is never anything in it but masquerade ; and the domino is always
changed when the heir comes to the throne. ■■■Pleasant times are coming
for the officers of the Russian Army. General Todlelien, addressing the
officers under his command, the other day, informed them that be feared
that esprit de corp had been carried too far, aud that in consequence a
Nihilist taint had spread through the army. He warned them, there-
fore, that it was their duty to watch, each other. Spies in the drawing-
room are common in Russia ; but spies not only in the mess-room, but in
the officers' own quarters, will be terrible.^^A few friends of the late
Print e Imperial, despairing of the erection of any National Memorial to
the Prince in one of the London parks, have asked the Duke of Suther-
land to allow them to place a statue in Stafford House Garden, in such a
situation as will enable it to be seen from the Mall. The Duke has
agreed to give his consent, provided only that the statue shall be a
worthy and appropriate one. — Vanity Fair.—— At present the Czar can
only get from place to place in his dominions by such means as were re-
sorted to on the occasion of his proceeding from Moscow to St. Peters-
burg— namely, by repeatedly changing his train upon the journey. Nor
was even this precaution deemed sufficient. For fear that, after all, the
conspirators might hit upon the right train, it wAs thought advisable to
guard the whole line of railway from Moscow to St. Petersburg, nearly
four hundred and fifty miles, by military posts stationed at every fifty
paces. And as each of these posts consisted of several men grouped round
a watch-fire, a large force must have been required to protect the sove-
reign on his perilous journey. — Pall Mall UuGfc/ci.^— Miss Hosmer, the
celebrated American sculptor, has left London for Rome. Her confidence
of success in the discovery of the secret of perpetual motion is not a whit
shaken, notwithstanding the denial of its possibility by so many savans.
She has taken vast premises in Westminster for the construction of the
necessary machinery, and hopes to present her discovery to the world be-
fore Easter. Not only will Miss Hosmer obtain fame and glory, should
she be successful, but will, moreover, realize a gigantic fortune by the
promulgation of her secret. There is scarcely a government or University
in Europe that has not offered a magnificent reward for the discovery of
the perpetual motion. And numberless legacies have been left from time to
time for the same purpose from enthusiastic savans in all parts of the
world. All these will be hers.-^The Empress Eugenie inherits £32,000
a year from her mother.^— Sir Julius Benedict is to be married on the
23d of December. The Benedict is seventy-five years of age.— —The Sir
Rowland Hill Memorial Fund now amounts to between £0,000 and £7,000.
A colonial sub-committee and a workingmen's committee have been
formed, and the postmasters are taking up the matter very warmly.—^
A gown of transcendant genius, soon to appear on the English stage, has
its train made of cream satin, embroidered with gold, and its front and
side breadths of gold-colored satin, brocaded in white. Network of gold
and crystal covers the front of the waist and down the skirt in a way cal-
culated to draw tears to the eyes of the most hardened audience.— The
chief of the Secret Service division of the Treasury Department at Wash-
ington, in his report for the past year, just issued, says that at no time
in the history of national banking in the United States has such mechan-
ical skill been displayed in the production of counterfeit notes as has
marked the issues of the past year. So fine is the work, and so close is
the imitation, that it has become necessary in several instances to recom-
mend to the public the refusal of all notes of the denominations and banks
thus counterfeited. Of the old gangs of counterfeiters of paper money
who for years plundered the community but two remain, and they are
somewhat thinned through the intervention of justice. But new and
more skillful combinations have been formed from the criminal classes
known as forgers, cheque-raisers, bank-burglars and gamblers ; and these
gangs, by the aid of much ill-gotten wealth, command talent and skill,
and present phases of operation which render the detection of the crimi-
nals more difficult, tedious and costly than formerly,— —The death is an-
nounced of M. Claude Etienne Minie", the inventor of the carbine known
by that name. He was born in Paris in 1804. He entered the army as a
private, but rose to the captaincy of a company of chasseurs a pied. It
was then that he conceived the idea of improving the weapon used by
this corps d' elite. He refused to make money out of his inventions by
patenting them, or to quit France for superior service in Russia.— Mr.
Beecher stated from his pulpit that, though it was not customary to in-
vite ladies to call on New Year's Day, yet he did so at the request of
many ladies. And many ladies called on the eminent divine.-^ The
other day thirty-five (^tory girls in Washington, D.C., got up a subscrip-
tion and a grand presentation of a magnificent, tall, smooth-bore beaver
to their employer. The presentation and speeches occupied forty-seven
minutes, which the gifted gentleman computed by his own watch, and that
time was duly docked from the wages. The girls brought in a bill for
listening to his speech at so much a minute, but the charge was not cred-
ited.^—Scene on a schooner loading: Hurried Business-man to Schooner1*
Cook— " Are you the mate*" Cook—il No, surr, but faith an' Oi'm the
man as cooks the mate."
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
Recorded In the City and County of San Franoisco, California, for
the Week ending January 9th, 1680.
CompUcdfrom the Records of the Commercial Agency y 401 California St., 8,F.
Monday, January 5th.
GRANTOR AND GRANTEE.
DESCRIPTION.
Wm 11 Brown to H Underwood..
Thos Fallon to Maria Fallon ....
Same to same
F M Plrlcy to Amelia V Pisley . .
Julia M Dehon toTMJ Dehon .
Frank Raymond to Jose Franca.
J J O'Brien to David Cahn
W J Gtmn to Edward Kerr
Fredk Brllmcr to A D Klein .
Patk Dclaney to Mary K Delaney
W Coddfneton to F & Much Bank
Hanniih Murray to E Hageboom.
L Lercuri to F Campodonica.
Eliza F McMullin to J McMullin .
jNComM, 84;ljf e Monttry, e 18:6x59:9;
| BW Mission and G8th, 8 85x100
|SFell,55e Laguna, e 27:6x120
S Union, 152:8 w Hyde, w 21x65
|\V A blk 345: 60-v 1, 5, 6, W A 344 ..
iMission Blocks 90 and 37
Lot 1518, Gilt Maps .'..'. ".!','"
Sundry lots in Western Addition
|S Army, 160 w Sanchez, w 80x114
<Se Natoma, 225ne9tb,ne 25x75
jNw Howard, 150 ne 4th, ne 25x80
(Sundry properties in different parts city
:Lot 421, Mission St Ex Hd ,
Lot 14, blk 354, Hunter Tract
|N Car a, 137:6 w Hyde, w 55x187:6; also
I n California, 112:6 w Hyde. 25x137-6-^
| 50-varal316
25,000
Gift
urn
Gift
1
25
5
710
5,000
Gift
1
5
Gift
Tuesday, January 6th.
W J F Douglass to Margt Dyer. .
Jas Byrnes to John Parnell
0 F Doe to J M Comerford
Same to same
J M Comerford to Henry Butcher
Same to Abram It Evans
Same to Mary Sinz ','..'.
Same to Wm Cooney
Thos Magee to W Hollia ..."
H L Hutchinson to D M Bokee
John D Yost to Wm T Hooper.. . .
John Wheat to John Burns ....
C Hillstrommer to C J Wingerter,
Jas G Shyne to Geo Fitzmorrie. . .
FLA Pioche to Mary Dennis
Jacob Miller to Leset Miller
Wm Prien to Elise Prien
Cornelius Mooney to F Wensinger
Thos Boyce to Andrew Fraser....
W 2dav, 85 n 16th, n 15x25 ....
Lots 13 to 36, blk 213, O'Neil & H Tract
W Church, 80 s 27th, s 25x80
S Duncan, 225 c Church, e 25x100; also,
s 27th, 392 e Church, e 25x1146 also, n
Duncan, 316 e Chinch, e 24x114
VV Church, 80s 27th, s 25x80
S 27th, 392 e Church, e 25x114
N Duncan, 316 e Church, e 24x114
S Duncan, 316 e Church, e 24x114 .'.'.'.
Se Poet aud Octavia, e 27:6x110
E Pierce, 103 n Sacto, n 25x109:9 ...".
W Buchanan, 51 s Jackson, s 25x80*
Sw Rauech, 225 se Howard, so 25x112
also, nil interest in estate of Mary A
Burns, deed
N Pine, 206:3 w Fillmore, 34:4^x137-6 ~
W A 353
W Mission, 85:9Xp 23d, 8 25x125*
Lot 19, blk 26, City Land Ass'n .."'. "
Lot 2, blk 307, 8 SF
W Steiner, lit) s Fell, s 27:6x110 ". "
Se Park ave, 132:11 sw McAllister, sw
25xl00-City Hall Lot 20 ...
Sw Santa Clara and Potrero ave, s f 50s
200; also, nw Mariposa and Potrero
n 150x200 .....' I
5
700
600
1,400
650
5
5
2,000
2,000
2,000
5
Gift
Wednesday, January 7th.
C H Street toMartbaM Reed ....
Fite! Phillips to Lina Kallman
M A Wilson to S F Sav Union.
W F McAlester to Ella J Howard.
C Turk to M Tiedemann
A F Graham to GeoC Hawley...
J S Alemany to Wm Wallace. .
N Van Bargcn to Bay Sugar Refy
Bay Sugar Refy to Am Sug Ref'y
JC Weir to Asa R Wells
Same to same.
Lots 7 and 8, blk 364, and lots 10 and 15,
blk 365, Great Park H'd....
N Geary 62:6 w Dnpont, w 22:6x60-50^
vara 757
N Wash'n, 215 eDrnmra.e 20x66".".' ..
W Octavia, 103:1# s Cal, s 34:4^x137:6.
W A197 . ... '
N McAllister, 30 w Gough, wi Yn'ch'x
150-W A152
Lots 345 and 360, Gift Map 4; also 178l',
Gift Map 3, also w Bryant, 130 n25lh,
n2fixl00 '
Nw Geary and Lyon, w 202, n 213:4, "e to
Lyon , s 182:6 to com
W Battery. 75 a Union, s 25x120 ..."!!!
Sw Battery and Unio, s 100x120
Nw Mission. 275 ne 5th, ne 37:6x160; nw
Mission, 300 neGth.ne 25x90; nw Mis-
sion, 325 sw 5th, sw 25x90
Same i. '
$ 500
2*,ibo
6,000
50
1,875
1
10,000
75,000
960
2,133
Thursday, January 8th.
Fred'k Mason to S and L Socy....
John E Mason to same.
Ellen P Church to J F Smith
John D White to S aud L Soc'y . ,
Elizth J Thompson to A Borcl....
Jane E W Bcnckert to J Brandon
Jos J Bamber to Florence Palmer,
Same to Eliza V Bamber
Danl F Macy to Wm W Macy ....
Juan de Cima to V L de Cima ....
A Rosenfleld to S Barker
A B Prescott to C C McGovern .
ISundry lots in Golden City H'd
pamc
JNw Elizabeth and Diamond, 176:Sxlii"
iE Stevenson, 135 n 18th, n 25x80
[Lot 14, blk 367, SSPHd&RR Aen ."
Und x nw Fell and Laguna, w 27:6x120,
| W A 221 ?...
N N Pt st, 137:6 w Hyde, n 275. "eVc-5C*-
varas 1341 and 1340
S Beach, 206:3 W Hyde, w 66:6x'l3V;6-
50-varal341
S28lh. 2S0e Dolores, e25:8xli4 ..".
E Franklin, 68:9 n Grove, 103:1^x166:9,
W A 75
Und 1 acre, Joaquin Piua Grant".".''"".''
Sw Bay and Dcvisadero, s 137:6x137:6—
WA486-...
I 5
5
1,500
1,700
900
2.500
Gift
800
Friday, January 9th.
Lloyd TeviB to J B Haggin
Ferd Reis to George Hearst
Saml J Straus to same
Pat'k Conway to Kate Kimple —
Yee Hiug Toug to Chin Yet Lung
Jos T Silva to Jos S Friedman. . . .
Same to same
J S Friedman to Raymond Fos...
Bltm J Scanlin to Danl Jones-....
Jos Demuriini to L Cavaguaro
Martha Schroth to Mary Bowcher.
S L Jones to Sophia Searlc
Martin Fuller to Alice J Allen
Nw cor Franklin Merrida Tct in O L blk
179. th sw 30:25 che, etc; also, por O
L 184 und 284
Nw Mission and Napa, n 345:7, nw 28:2,
etc; also, und J$ se Irwin, 275 oe 7th,
ne 275x240— S B blk 32
Se Irwtn, 275 ne 7tb, ne 275x240-3 B
blk 3a
Lot 7, blk 268, SSF
« 1
N Commercial, 68:9 e Dupont, e 34:4x60,
buoj to mortgage #7,000
Nw Dupont and Greenwich, n 18x60 ...
Same
Same
Ne Folsom av, 100 se FoJsoro, i^xKit;.
W Union pi, 58:9 s Union st, 15:3x58:9,
subj to mortgage
Partition Deed".
N McAllister, 127:6 c Steiner, R5^9xl37:6
Nw Green and Hamlin, 53:9x20
5
235
8,000
88
108
355
700
1
1
5,000
100
14
SAN" FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER.
Jan. 17, 1880.
THE REPORT OP THE TRANSPORTATION COMMIS-
SIONER.
The report of the Transportation Commissioner for 1877-78
has been submitted to the Legislature, and we print a synopsis of it to-
day. In the light of the blind and unintelligent legislation incorporated
with the New Constitution this report is calculated to be instructive read-
ing, though it may be feared that those who insisted, in the teeth of all
the evidence extant, upon making the organic law rediculous in this con-
nection, are incapable of deriving any enlightment from the plainest
records of experience. The report of the Transportation Commissioner
is a bulky volume, and its size may intimidate the average reader. But
the kernel of the report is to be found in a comparatively small compass,
and this part should be carefully studied by every member of the Legis-
lature, and especially by every member of the Committee on Corpora-
tions. The sub-articles on " Influence of Through upon Local Rates,"
"Discrimination," "Inflexible Bates," "Competition," Elements Deter*
mining Local Rates," "Principles Governing Railroad Rates," and the
" Conclusions," are specially valuable, for in these sections are discussed
all the questions which affect legislation upon transportation. And the
first fact to be noted is that the California Transportation Commissioner
has reached the same conclusions and convictions which the Massachusetts
Railway Commission reached long ago, and which every body of the kind
has in turn reached, no matter under what circumstances they were
created. The gist of this unanimous discovery may be stated as a realiza-
tion of the truth that all attempts to control transportation by mere force
are impracticable, but that by a restrained supervision all the security
required for the protection of the public can be obtained. The Massa-
chusetts"Board has put the case thus : " It is quite safe to say that the
nature of this reform is little understood by even those engaged in the
management of railroads, much less the general public. It includes, how-
ever, the whole principle of the regulation of railroads by supervision, as
opposed to their regulation by penal enactments. It is based upon the
conviction that the severe compulsory legislation known as G-rangerism, is
not only in itself impolitic, and opposed to the spirit of American insti-
tutions, but it is also by no means the most effectual way of remedying
the abuses incident to the rapid and peculiar development of the railroad
system. It is an unreasoning appeal to force, to instantly bring about an
imagined result, instead of a reliance on the controlling power of an edu-
cated public opinion, resulting from a full and patient discussion." This
has been the experience of legislators and commissioners throughout the
civilized world, and it is therefore time that the uniform results of vari-
ously applied experiments should be recognized as determining the char-
acter of the agency dealt with, and as demonstrating the futility of all
merely coercive ways of regulating it. If anything can be said to be
thoroughly established in regard to transportation, it is the impractica-
bility of regulating it from a police standpoint. This, however, is by no
means the only fact about it whicli ought to be regarded as settled. Leg-
islators who are ready to admit the uselessness of penal legislation often
nevertheless imagine that it is possible to amend what they deem abuses
in the system of transportation, and there is nothing on which more time
and labor have been wasted than in the attempt to regulate through and
way rates upon some theory that will do away with the influence of com-
petition and geographical advantages. It is necessary, however, to real-
ize that this question, too, has long since been practically settled, and that
those who refuse to acknowledge its settlement are only producing dark-
ness by shutting their own eyes.
The fact is pointed out by the Commissioner that " in all the States
having Commissions, except Illinois, the Massachusetts plan of control
has been adopted, yiz. ; that of ' supervision and publicity, ' " in preference
to giving Commissions a power which experience has shown to be useless.
This proves that there is now practical unanimity upon the scope of rail-
road regulation throughout the country, with the single exception of Cal-
ifornia, which State, with better means of information than any other in
the Union possesses, has, by the folly and perverseness of her least intel-
ligent elements, been put behind the age in this respect. In regard to the
question of through and local rates, which the framers of the new Con-
stitution undertook to determine in open disregard of all the facts, the
conclusion reached by the Commissioner is significant. In his summing-
up he lays it down as an axiom that " equal mileage rates are inexpedient
and impracticable, because they would tend to prevent competition at all
points where transportation by water and rail meet. Special rates at such
points should be permitted, which should be open to all shippers under
like circumstances." Unfortunately this is directly at variance with Sec-
tion 21, Article XIL, of the Constitution, which provides that "Persons
and property transported over any railroad, or by any other transporta-
tion company or individual, shall be delivered at any station, landing or
port, at charges not exceeding the charges for the transportation of per-
sons and property of the same class, in the same direction, to any more
distant station, port or landing." Under that disastrous clause the city
of Los Angeles, for example, is deprived of railroad facilities to San
Francisco, for it is made impossible for the railroad to compete with ocean
carriers, and consequently it must abandon the traffic. We do not know
what the^ Legislature can do about this most mischievous section, more-
over, for it is self -en acting, and requires no statutory enforcement. The
Railroad Commissioners, though given the widest powers, are not com-
pelled against their judgment to exercise an authority which may seem
to them injurious to the public interests, but the framers of the Constitu-
tion were determined that this particular piece of evil should be put be- [f
yond evasion, and so they have done their best to deprive all terminal
points of the advantages which their geographical position confers upon
them. We do not hesitate to affirm that this is the most stupid and mis-
chievous piece of work ever fastened upon a community by being en-
grafted upon the organic law. It is not the railroad that is mainly in-
jured by it, but' the people of Los Angeles and of all other terminal points
to which it can be held to apply. And it is a bitine satire upon the in-
telligence of the Convention that the Commissioner of Transportation,
after two years of special study of this and cognate problems, should now
come forward and point out that the only possible effect of applying the
dictum of the new Constitution on this head, will be " to prevent compe-
tition at all points where transportation by rail and water meet."
It is further to be remembered that the investigations of the Railroad
Commissioner have led him to conclusions which in every case traverse
the commonly accepted legends in regard to transportation. The attempt
to unearth flagrant abuses in railroad management, for example, has re-
sulted in no revelations. Notwithstanding the intemperate talk of dema-
gogues during the last political campaign, it has been found that very few
complaints were made against the railroads by any of their customers,
while whenever a substantial cause of dissatisfaction was discovered, the
corporations exhibited the utmost willingness to rectify mistakes. Again,
the Commissioner directs attention to the fact that in every instance the
rates of fares and freight charged are much below the amounts allowed by
law, and that the tendency is constantly towards reductions at the earliest
possible moment. Thus, while the California railroads are empowered by
law to charge 15 cents a ton for freight and 10 cents a mile for passengers,
in fact the average charge for freight is but 2.67 cents per ton per mile,
while the average charge for passengers is about 3 cents per mile. The
minimum freight charge, moreover, is very much lower than the average.
It is less than half a cent per ton per mile, and at this extremely low rate
a very considerable and constantly increasing percentage of* all the traffic
is done. A comparison between rates of freight and fares in this and
otherStates shows that the California companies are making more moder-
ate charges proportionately than any other corporations in the country,
for while the local rates are in almost every instance actually lower than
Eastern rates, the cost of operation, including the wages of employees,
is considerably higher here than beyond the Rocky Mountains. It is the
opinion of the Commissioner that "competition, based upon transporta-
tion by water, constitutes a controlling factor in regulating railroad rates
in freight, and it should be given free scope." Here again, however, the
Constitution bars the way. Tbe conclusions of the report indeed point
to the adoption of a State policy which that fatuous instrument has ren-
dered almost if not quite impracticable. For it is laid down as a rule of
guidance that the State should protect and defend the public" interests by
keeping open the water ways, and encouraging competition ; and between
the hydraulic miners and the Constitution it has become extremely diffi-
cult to follow this advice. The dispassionate student of this valuable and
interesting report will rise from its perusal with the reflection that it indi-
cates as the wisest course for the State to pursue a policy already blocked
by the Constitution ; and that the railroad programme of that instru-
ment rests upon assumptions, every one of which is here shown to be fal-
lacious, by the only methods which can ever justify rational conviction,
namely, actual observation and experiment. After the reckless and irre-
sponsible ravings of the political campaign come the impartial statements
of the people's responsible officer, and the difference between the two is so
great that they might well refer to transactions had upon different and
distant planets. It is needless to say whiuh affords the most trustworthy
basis for legislation, for while the first is mere froth and fantasy, the
latter is the sober and solid result of patient and prolonged investigation.
— Record- Union.
St. John's Presbyterian Church, Post street, between Mason and
Taylor. Rev. Dr. W. A. Scott, Pastor, preaching as usual Sunday at 11
a.m. and 7£ p.m. Sunday School and Bible Class, 9£ A. M. Prayer and
Praise Service, 6^ P.M.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVALS AND CLEARANCES AT THE PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO,
THE WEEK ENDING JAN. 16, 1880.
FOR
ARRIVALS.
DATE.
VESSEL.
MASTER.
TTHEREFROM.
CONSIGNEES.
Jan Id
.. 10
.. 10
.. 11
.. 12
ShipCarbet Castle
Ship Roxellana
Bark Louise Marie ....
Mallundaine
Aubault.. ..
Evans
Philadelphia. .
Simon's Bay..
Newcastle
George Howes & Co.
Balfour, Guthrie & Co.
Balfour, Guthrie & Co.
Balfour, Guthrie & Co.
Master.
Flint, Peabody & Co.
Ship Alex. McNeil ...
.. 14
Brockleba'k.
Macondray & Co.
CLEARANCES.
DATE.
VESSEL.
MASTER.
WHERE BOUND
BY WHOM CLEARED.
Valentine ..
Turner
Reed
Gilmore...
Queenstown ..
Liverpool
Queenstown . .
Callao
. 10
Ship Thurland Castle. .
Degener & Co,
.. 12
.. 13
.. U
Ship H. S. Gregory ...
Ship Storni King
Brig Levi Stevens
G. W. McNear.
Hutchinson & Mann.
Parrott & Co.
CO-PARTNERSHIP NOTICE.
We, the undersigned, have this day formed a co-partner-
ship under the firm name of SCOFIELD & TEV1S, for the transaction of
a General Importing, Shipping: and Commission business,, succeeding- to the business
heretofore carried on by F. B. Taylor & Co. D. G. SCOFIELD,
San Francisco, January 2d, 1880. HARRY L. TEVIS.
NOTICE.— Having sold to Messrs. Seofield and Tevis the stock of merchandise,
warehouse, and good-will of the business heretofore carried on under the firm name
of F. B. Taylor & Co., I heartily recommend them to the trade as my successors in
business, and ask for them a continuance of the patronage so liberally bestowed on
the old house during the past 28 years, F. B. TAYLOR.
San Francisco, January 2d, 1880. Jan. 10.
Jan. 17, 1880.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
15
THAT CANADIAN MINISTER IN LONDON.
Editor News Letter : -The author of the article in your last week's
issue, entitled " Appointment • >( .* Resident Minister in London by the
Canadian Government.'* writes upon n subject in regard to which he ev-
idently has not taken the pains to inform himself. His contribution is
■ 1 in error and shaj^en in inaccuracies. He tells us that*' it is not
il.le thai this :ipp .iiitnient may be the beginning of an important
change in the relations of the colonies t.> the mother country, a-s the fact
that the want of a Resident Minister, felt by Canada, undoubtedly points
to an inherent necessity of a similar official for the other colonies." The
fact is that the appointment named is not the beginning of the important
ohange aUnded to, It is rather nearer the end than the beginning, Can-
ada being almost the lost to adopt the example set by most other British
Colonies many years ago. Your contributor can hardly have visited Lon-
don during the last dozen years, or be would have been acquainted with
the fact that a most formidable edifice, known as "Victoria Buildings,"
Victoria street. Westminster, is almost wholly occupied by Colonial repre-
sentatives, discharging functions analagous to those of Ministers Resident.
Many colonists of distinction have done the Empire service in that ca-
pacity, and have, in consequence, received titular honors at the hands of
her Majesty the Queen. They are invariably well paid and know how to
maintain appearances. Not a few Ministers Plenipotentiary and Envoys
Extraordinary, accredited from foreign powers to the Court of St. James,
cut sorry figures when compared with representatives of certain of the
more wealthy Colonies. Then, again, the writer tells us that "there is
every likelihood that ultimately these ministers will be formed into a Co-
lonial Council." By virtue of a special charter they, and other
distinguished Colonists, are already incorporated under that name.
Their proceedings have frequently been reported. A recent proposal,
emanating from them, is the erection of a magnificent building, to
be located near the Thames embankment, and to serve as a Mu-
aeum of all that is valuable in Colonial products, as offi-
ces for Colonial Representatives and Immigration Agents, and
aa a place of resort and information for Colonists generally.
There is every reason to expect that the idea will shortly be carried out
under the auspices of the " Colonial Council," the different Colonies pay-
ing their pro rata toward its cost. Your contributor touches upon the
question of the representation of the Colonies in the Imperial Parliament,
and ventures the opinion that " no such extreme step as that is ever likely
to be carried out. " Of course, this is a mere opinion which every man is en-
titled to express, but when that man is shown to be a wretchedly bad
authority on all other colonial topics, his opinion in regard to this one is
surely not entitled to much consideration. The closest observers believe
that the day is not far distant when the leading colonies will have direct
representation in the Parliament of the Empire. That is the view taken
by those representatives of the Colonies, who, by their close intercourse
with Downing street, have had the best opportunity of judging. In a
certain sense the Colonies are already well represented in both Houses.
Returned Governors are to be found among the Lords, whilst returned
colonists cut a somewhat prominent figure in the House of Commons.
The late Gladstone administration in the persons of Mr. Lowe, Chancel-
lor of the Exchequer, and Mr. Childers, first Lord of the Admiralty, did
homage to the vigor, the experience and the great ability of two distin-
guished colonists. That the Colonies will directly elect members to the
House of Commons is believed to be only a matter of time. The sixty
Home Rulers, who, in the next Parliament, are likely to hold the balance
of power, will certainly hasten that time. A conservative and loyal off-
set to the Home Rulers is needed. It can be found in colonial represent-
ation. There are as able Parliamentarians to be found in the Colonies as
in any part of the Empire. Their loyalty surpasseth even that of Eng-
lishmen at home. The experience acquired in colonial life would prove
invaluable. The addition of such new and true blood will, in the opinion
of many clear thinkers, become an essential to the British Parliament.
Yours, X.
MIDDLEMISS, OF THE BRILLIANT MINE, AGAIN.
Every reader of the "News Letter" will remember Middlemiss,
of the Brilliant mine, who had the temerity to bring a libel suit against
this paper, and was exposed for his pains. We showed how the stock-
holders of the Brilliant mine were taken in and done for. We venture
to think that no other such " brilliant " mine management has been ex-
hibited in this city. The Legislature should take a note of that case,
with a view to preventing similar swindles in the future. We also had
that little story told on the witness stand, how a gas-lighter was broken
over his head because of an escapade with a servant maid at the Palace
Hotel. It turns out that he was an absconder, and that he came here
under circumstances described in an article in the National Police Gazette,
which reads as follows :
Two years ago the Convent of the Sacred Heart arranged a grand lottery scheme
for the'bencfit of the Catholic Church, under the patronage of the bishop of the
diocese and an influential Board of Managers. Two or three hundred thousand
tickets, at SI each, were issued and sold to the faithful throughout the United States,
even as far as California, but up to the present time no lottery has been held, and,
from all appearances, there is not much likelihood of any ever coming off. Letters
have been pouring in from all parts of the continent, even from France, inquiring
into the matter, and, in order to get at the bottom of it, Mr. Coehue, the managing
director, was interviewed about it This gentleman occupies a responsible position
in this city. He stated that over fifty thousand tickets were given to Rev. Mr. Ville-
neuve, who distributed them for sale", but to such irresponsible parties that no money
had ever been returned to the treasury for them. A broker named Middlemiss, and
a speculator named Goff, both of whom subsequently absconded, the former to San
Francisco, obtained thousands of the tickets, which they sold and pocketed the
money. Through many other channels the tickets disappeared without the funds
coming to the treasurer. What money was actually received was spent in advertis-
ing, and at the present moment there is not a dollar on hand for the prizes. The
bishop is now absent in Rome, and, until bis return, nothing can he done. Unfor-
tunately, his lordship is in such embarrassed circumstances that he cannot do any-
thin" for the thousands of people who have been swindled out of their money. The
Rev. Mr. Russolat, priest of Notre Dame Church and Chairman of the Catholic
School Board, has intimated his intention of bringing an action for libel against sev-
eral persons for alleged slanderous attacks upon him as a member of the Board.
Lady lawyers are common enough in America, but the first applica-
tion ever made by a woman in England to undergo the preliminary exam-
ination required before entering into articles of clerkship to a solicitor,
the Law Times tells us, has lately been submitted to the Council of the
Incorporated Law Society. The lady will present herself for examina-
tion in February next.
SIGNAL
SERVICE METEOROLOGICAL REPORT,
WEEK
ENDING JA
Big
N. 16. 1880, SAN PRANCI
SCO..CAL.
hest and Lowest Baromete
Fri. 9.
Sat. 10.
Sun 11.
30.440
30.327
Mori 12
Tue 13.
Wed 14
Thrl6
80.188
29.830
30.327
20.807
30.440
30.300
30.316
30.218
30.276
30.233
30.277
30.163
Maximum and Minimum Thermometer,
67
48
62 1 64 I 48 | 64
44 1 40 41 43 '
67
43
60
48
84.3
Mean Daily Humidity,
68.3 | 70.3 | 03 | 68.7 |
Prevailing Wind.
79.7 |
68.3
SW.
NW. | N. | N. | N. |
NE. |
S.
281
Wind — Miles Traveled.
362 | 228 | 77 | 168 |
82 |
68
Cldy.
State of Weather,
Clear. | Clear. | Clear. | Clear. |
Fair. |
Fair.
1.03 |
Rainfall in Twenty-four Hour.
.03 | 1 | |
.
Total Rain During Season beginning July 1, 1879.. 10.84 inches.
NEWS FROM AUSTRALIA.
Sydney, N. S. W., December 1, 1879.
Editor News Letter : — Matters in connection with the Sydney Exhi-
bition are rather quiescent this month, the daily attendance of visitors
not being so large as the Commissioners could desire, although nothing
has been left undone nor are fresh attractions wanting with which to in-
duce the Australian public to beguile a day in contemplating the wonders
within the " Garden Palace." It is a matter of great regret to those who
cannot attend during week days, at the action of the Commissioners in
closing the exhibition at night and on Sundays. The Art Gallery, which
has recently been thrown open to the public, is the center of attraction at
present. The Daily Telegraph suggests the propriety of prosecuting the
Commissioners for displaying to view nude works of art, several of its
readers having taken exception to them on the ground of their being in-
decent.
The coal miners' strike at Newcastle, which had continued during the
greater part of last month, was, two weeks since, beginning to assume a
serious aspect, owing to a threatened collision between the society and
and the non-society men, the latter choosing rather to continue at work
than to join the strikers. The N. S. W. military were dispatched to the
scene of the strike, in order by their presence to prevent riots and blood-
shed. Peace was subsequently restored, and the men resumed work.
The colonists of New South Wales and Victoria were thrown into a
state of unusual excitement on the 17th of last month, when it became
known that six bushrangers had stuck up the Gundagai station near
Wagga Wagga, N.S.W. The gang, after locking up some thirty or forty
persons on the station, captured and rifled the mail-coach. The manager
of the station came very near being strung up with a rope around his
neck, for not obeying his captors' demands. The presence of women
alone saved him. Meanwhile the police at Wagga were informed by a lad
of the presence and doings of the bushrangers. Accordingly, four
mounted troopers were dispatched to the scene of the outrage. On their
arrival, the bushrangers engaged them, and a lively skirmish ensued, the
result of which ended in the discomfiture and retreat of the troopers,
minus their horses. They had not retreated far when a second detach-
ment of six troopers met them. Being thus reinforced, a fresh attack on
the bushrangers was determined upon. The latter, seeing the odds
against them, retired under the shelter of an adjacent hut, and pre-
pared to give the troopers a hot reception. After a little desultory firing
on both sides, the troopers decided upon making a vigorous onslaught
upon the enemy's position. The order was given to charge, and a volley
was poured into the hut at close quarters. When the smoke had cleared
away, two of the bushrangers were found shot dead, a third whs wounded
in the arm, while two of their number had thrown up their hands and
surrendered. The remaining one had secreted himself in the hut, but was
subsequently discovered. One trooper only was injured, who has since
died from the effects of his wounds. The leader of the gang, who was one of
the two that had surrendered, was discovered to be the notorious Egerton
bank-robber, Capt. Moonlite. This is the third bushranging enterprise
that has been nipped in the bud since the successful operations of the
Kelly gang, who, by the way, have not been heard from for some months
past. '' c. s.
A CURIOUS FACT.
Lady Westminster has just published, in her work describing her
journey, taken some years ago, through Russia, Sweden and Norway, a
fact in natural history worthy of record. It is that of the "steppe"
horse performing an act of phlebotomy. In a letter to the Pall Mall Ga-
zette, which reviewed this work, Lord Cathcart confirms this theory. His
Lordship says : " My grandfather was a friend, and on many a well-
foughten field a comrade in arms, of the Hetman Platoff. Platoff gave
my grandfather a clever little steppe horse, which he brought to England
and had in his stable for many years. The horse was a great favorite,
and his business was to carry an uncle of mine, then a boy, now happily
alive and well. Last Summer I had a long conversation with my uncle,
of which 1 made a note. I cannot at the moment refer to the note, as it
is in the country. He told me that regularly every Spring the little
steppe horse bled himself by opening a vein with his teeth — I think my
uncle said on the arm or leg. This phlebotomizing instinct in these horses
is no doubt implanted by nature to counteract the inflammatory tendency
caused by a sudden transition from almost starvation to a flush of rank
Spring herbage."
Traveler: "Here, waiter, take this steak away, and give it to the
poor. It's as tough as "
Waiter (blandly): " We've never 'ad no complaints, sir."
Traveler: " Xo — because that wretched old cow had 'em all I"
—Sporting Times.
16
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Jan. 17, 1880.
MY WHITE CHRYSANTHEMUM,
As purely white as is the drifted snow,
More dazzling fair than Summer roses are,
Petalled with rays like a clear rounded star,
When winds pipe chilly and red sunsets glow
Your blossoms blow
Sweet with a freshening fragrance, all their own,
In which a faint dim breath of bitter lies,
Like wholesome breath 'mid honeyed flatteries,
When other blooms are dead and birds have flown,
You stand alone.
Fronting the Winter with a fearless grace,
Flavoring the odorless gray Autumn chill,
Nipped by the furtive frosts, but cheery still,
Lifting to heaven from the bare garden place
A smiling face.
Roses are fair but frail, and soon grow faint,
Nor can endure a hardness ; violets blue,
Short-lived and sweet, live but a day or two;
The nun-like lily bows without complaint
And dies a saint.
Each following each they hasten them away,
And leave us to our Winter and our rue,
Sad and uncomforted ; you, only you,
Dear, hardy lover, keep your faith and stay
Long as you may.
And so we choose you out from all the rest
For the most noble word of "Loyalty."
Which blazoned on your petals seems to be ;
Winter is near— stay with us ; be our guest ;
The last and best. —Christian JJnion^
A NEW SOCIAL MENTOR.
A sadder commentary on the condition of society in San Francisco
could hardly be imagined than that conveyed by the articles on Etiquette
with which the creature {sex unknown), who runs the Ladies1 Column of
the Sunday Chronicle, has of late thought proper to afflict the readers of
that journal. The opinion which this modern Chesterfield seems to en-
tertain of the mental status and polite education of the ladies he, or she,
seeks to instruct in " manners," is truly deplorable. From the sort of in-
formation this self-constituted mentor doles out in choice tit-bits week
after week, it might fairly be supposed, and, no doubt, such would be the
impression made abroad, that the ladies of our city consisted of a lot of
females who have recently retired from the arduous duties of the wash-
tub ; been elevated, by a sudden rise in the stock market, from the ob-
scurity of "general house-work," or that the striking it rich by their
Sunday evening followers has resulted in their being made " daeent
women, bedad," with a pleasant termination to their labor in the preca-
rious field of baby-hawking. That society is not made up of such, none
know better than the ladies themselves. Yet what other conclusion would
be deducible on reading such elegant extracts as the following: "Written
invitations to dinner should always be replied to;" " gloves should be
removed at dinner," and " The lady of the house should not speak to her
guests of the cost of any dish on her table, or any article of dress or house-
hold furniture, unless the information is asked." It is doubtless true
that the boss of the aforementioned column may have solid reasons for
believing that its constant rep-ders require these timely hints, and that the
publication of them will obviate the necessity of purchasing Beadle's
dime handbooks on every branch of the subject. We shall, therefore,
express no wish to interfere with this Kindergarten system of instruc-
tion in the proprieties of life, except in so far as to suggest that the col-
umn be headed, "For Retired Washerwomen, Exempt Chambermaids
and Quondam Nurse-girls," instead of "For the Ladies ;" and that the
admirable Crichton who presides over it confine himself (or herself) to the
imparting of correct information, even though it should partake of the
nature of a sine qua non to those who have been so fortunate as to have
possessed a grandfather. When that limit is overstepped, we shall enter
our protest on the minute, as we do right here. We object, in the name
of humanity and of decency, to the wilful misleading of our innocent and
confiding ex-help in such a flagrant manner as this: "Married ladies
should not sign ' Mrs.' before their names when writing to members of
their own family or very intimate friends.'" Or this: " Toaddress a young
lady as Madame is a rudeness that may be resented by refusal to reply
to the speaker or writer of the objectionable term."
The Coming Chinee.— There is reported to be a significant increase
of Chinese inhabitants in New York. Hitherto the Mongolian has con-
fined himself almost exclusively to the Pacific Slope, but now he is not
only taking upon himself a number of industrial functions in New York,
but also taking unto himself a wife, though the latter, it seems, he draws
chiefly from German and Irish households. Now that John Chinaman
has found his way to the eastern seaboard, maybe he will take a look
across the Atlantic, and ultimately supercede Swiss and Italian waiters,
who have long since dispossessed the natives in our London caf4s and res-
taurants. Perhaps an infusion of Chinese might do something to temper
the servantgalism of which we have so hopelessly complained for years
past. — Social Notes, London.
Russia has asked the Prussian Government to grant extradition of
thirty-six deserters from the Russian army, who recently crossed the fron-
tier into Germany.
Sterling Silverware.— A large assortment of elegant designs at Ran-
dolph & Co.'s, corner Montgomery and Sutter streets.
E.M.Fry. FRY, WATTLES & CO., J.B.Watties.
Stock Brokers.
303 Montgomery Street, S. F., Under the Nevada Bank.
ggF" Money to loan on active accounts. Nov. 8.
Geo. C. Hickox. E. C. McFahlanb.
GEORGE C. HICKOX & CO.,
Clommission Stock Brokers (San Francisco Stock Ex-
/ change, No. 230 Montgomery street, San Francisco. May 4.
ANDREW BAIRD,
Negotiator of Loans and Commercial Paper,
Broker in Local and State Securities,
No. 312 California Street San Francisco.
[2». O. Box 1,208.] July 19.
MORRIS & KENNEDY, J. P. Kennedy.
"W Morris.
Importers and Healers in moldings, Frames, Engravings,
Chromos, Lithographs, Decalcomanie, Wax and Artists' Materials, 21 Post
street, nearly opposite Masonic Temple, San Francisco. Feb . 4.
SCHWAB & BREESE,
New Art Gallery, 024 Market street, opposite Palace Hotel.
Oil Paintings, Engravings, Wax and Artists' Materials.
&&> ADMISSION FREE. Sept. 13.
SNOW & CO.,
~VTo. 20 Post street, opposite Mechanics' Institute, Import.
_13( ers and Manufacturers of Pictures, Frames, Mouldings, and Artist's Ma-
erials. Established 18'49. Sept. 20.
AVERILL MIXED PAINT,
The Best, Host Durable and Beautiful of All Paints.
PREPARED REA.DT FOR USE,
AND OF ANY SHADE OR COLOB DESIRED.
O. S. OBKICE, General Agent,
Sept. 27. 339 Market 8t., Opposite Front.
Newton Booth, C. T. Wheeler, Sacramento. | J. T. Glover, W. W. Dodge, S. F
w;
W. W. DODGE & CO.
holesale Grocers, corner Front and Clay streets, San
Francisco. April 1.
CASTLE BROTHERS,
ESTABLISHED IN THE XEAE 1850.
Importers of Teas and East India Goods, Ncs.213 and 215
Front street, San Francisco. Jan. 13.
Francisco Daneri.
F. DANERI & CO.,
Henry Oasanova.
ealers in Wines, Liquors anrt Groceries, have removed to
Nos. 27 and 29 CALIFORNIA STREET. Dee. 20.
L.H.Newton. NEWTON BROTHERS & CO., M. Newton.
Importers and wholesale dealers in Teas, Foreign Goods and
Groceries, 204 and li0(j California street, San Francisco, Cal May 25.
TABER, HARKER & CO.,
IMPORTERS JJiD WHOLESALE GROCERS,
10S and 110 California St., S. F.
r April 19.] i
PROF. JOS. JOSSET,
Graduate of the University of Paris; Ex, Professor of »e
la Mennais' Normal, France ; late of Point Lonia Seminary, San Diego. Pri-
vate Lessons in the French Language. Residence : Post street, between Powell and
Stockton, next to Red Men's Hall. At home from 12 to 2 p.m. Private Lessons
given at the residence of the pupil. Dec. 6.
JOSEPH GILLOTT'S STEEL PENS.
Gold. Medal, Paris, 1S7S.
old by all Stationers. Sole Agent for the United States:
s
MR. HENRY HOE, 91 John street, N. Y.
Jan. 5.
D. HICKS & CO.,
Bookbinders and. Blank Book Manufacturers,
1TO. 543 CLAY STREET.
(EP" Blank Books Ruled, Printed and Bound to Order. [Nov. 8.
COKE CHEAPEST FUEL.
Reduction in Price: Wholesale Price, 50 cents per barrel ;
Retail Price, 60 cents per barrel, at the works of the SAN FRANCISCO GAS-
LIGHT COMPANY, Howard and First streets, and foot of Second st. Jan. 12.
AGENTS, READ THIS
We will pay Aleuts a Salary of $100 per mouth and ex-
penses, or allow a large commission, to sell our new and wonderful
inventions. We mean what we say. Sample Free.
Address SHERMAN & CO., Marshall, Mich.
EDWARD BOSQUI & CO.,
Printers, Engravers, Lithographers ail(| Bookbinders,
Iiddesdorff street, from Clay to Commercial*
CALIFORNIA SUGAR REFINERY,
Manufacturers of the Standard Syrup, a superior article
put up in barrels expressly for home consumption. Also, Extra Heavy Syrup
in barrels for Export. Refined Sugars at lowest market rates. Office, 215 Front
street, up stairs Dec 21.
BRITISH BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF CAL.
Attendance, daily, from 10 a. in. to 1 p.m., by the under-
signed, to receive subscriptions and donations, and to furnish all information
relating to the Society. J. P. McCURRIE, Secretary,
Oct. 23. 730 Montgomery street.
Jan. 17, 1880.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
17
NOTABILIA.
THE PEDDLERS SONG.
Lawn as white as driven snow ; Gold quoips and stomachers,
Cypress black as e'er was (.tow ; For my lads to give their dears ;
Gloves as sweet as damask roses ; Pins and poking-sticks of steel.
Masks for faces and for noses ; What maids lack from head to heel:
Bugle-bracelet, necklace, amber; Come buy of me.come; come buy .come buy,
Perfume for a lady's chamber ; Buy, lads, or else your lasseB cry.
^^ William Shakspearb.
"If matches are made in heaven, where do they get the brim-
stone?" presumptuously inquires the editor of Frearson's Weekly. It's
none of that gentleman's business. His curiosity about brimstone will
probably be satisfied some day, but meantime the best thing- he can do is
to make it known to his readers that the Chilson Patent Improved Cone
Furnace, for which De La Montanya, of Jackson street, below Battery,
is the agent, is the best furnace ever invented for use in large buildings
and private mansions. Forty thousand of these furnaces are in use in the
churches, schools, etc., of America and Europe.
Turkey is fowl and yet is fare. Virtuous age may be reverenced in
mankind, but young blacklegs are to be preferred among turkeys. Hav-
ing chosen your turkey, hang it up by the heels ; afterward smash its
breastbone, cut off its toes, and skin its feet; but take care, nevertheless,
not to stir its bile. — Fun. ^^
" What ia it the sad sea waves ?" asks a contemporary. Well, the sad
sea, as a general thing, waves an empty bottle that once contained Lauds-
berger's Private Cuve"e, and through the moaning tide the attentive
listener on such occasions may hear these words:
You ask me why I'm so sad to-day,
Then fill up this bottle with private Cuvee
And I'll answer your riddle as best I may.
It may prove necessary to annex Maine to the British provinces, so
that it may be properly governed, but what England is really most anx-
ious to annex is a store at 614 Commercial street. John Bull, as we all
know, has a weakness for a good hat, and all the world is alive to the
fact that, at the store above-mentioned, White, the hatter par excellence,
keeps the best and most stylish headwear for gentlemen that this planet
affords. It is said that a man may be never so shabby in his clothes,
and still look well-dressed if only his hat and boots are respectable. Mr.
White will attend to the former requisite.
We Should Think So.— One thousand seven hundred and twenty-
eight inches make a solid foot.
He pressed her portrait to his lips:
" O, darling mine! " he cried,
' This photo all creation whips,
Who took it?" Then he spied
Three medals and a famous name:
" Ha! by the Holy Rood!
Bradley & Bulofson's the firm ;
No wonder that it's good."
It ia the boss printer who takes an honest boy and makes a devil of
him, but far different is the influence exercised upon mankind by the fa-
mous Rock and Rye Cordial, made by F. & P. J. Cassin from pure rock-
candy and the finest old rye whisky. This delightful cordial is an infal
lible safeguard against consumption and lung affections, but is such a
pleasant medicine to take that we may almost be glad that the threaten-
ing prevalence of such complaints makes tbe drinking of Rock and Rye a
measure of prudence, if not of necessity.
"We hear of men sowing wild oats, but who ever heard of a woman
sewing anything but tares ?
" Beauty draws us with a single hair," according to Pope ; but if that
hair is the only one on beauty's head, then — well, hardly ever would
Alexander P. be right. But a woman as bald as a Call man's joke could
transform herself into a Venus by using Madame Rachel's Enamel
Bloom. And the best of it is, that no one would dream that she did use
it, so natural is its effect.
In theater, church and dining-room
The prettiest use Enamel Bloom.
The greatest nourishing tonic, appetizer, strengthener and curative
on earth. Hop Bitters. See notice.
Truth is mighty— mighty scarce ; but not half so scarce as the mira-
culously good taste displayed by Mrs. Skidmore, of 1114 Market street,
in her selections of hats and bonnets for the dainty darlings of San Fran-
cisco. Mrs. Skidmore's fashionable millinery parlors are daily crowded
with the elite of the city, for it is has become an acknowledged fact that
in her line she has become to Sau Francisco what Worth is to Paris. To
buy a hat elsewhere is to be unfashionable.
When William to Jemima paid
The philopena which he owed her,
He handed to the blushing maid
A foaming glass of Napa Soda.
A handkerchief flirtation is a very simple thing. It only requires
two fools and two handkerchiefs. But at the fashionable rendezvous for
ladies, the Original Swain's Bakery, 213 Sutter street, there is none of this
sort of thing. Only the creme de la creme of society frequents that most
select of restaurants, and it is due to this fact, as much as to its reputation
for always having the choicest and best served delicacies, that so many
ladies make appointments to meet each other there to partake of lunch or
a light refection of ice-cream, cakes, Charlotte Russe, or similar dainties.
A Lean Customer. — There is a man in Indiana so thin that when the
sheriff is after him he crawls into his rifle, and watches his adversary
through tbe touch-hole.
A Free Book for the Sick !— Containing nearly 100 pages, in pamph-
let form ; shows how Chronic Diseases can be positively cured by an orig-
inal system of practice. It contains valuable and suggestive notes, by
Dr. E. B. Foote, on nearly all the chronic ills to which the human family
is subject, besides illustrative cases, and will be sent by mail to any one
sending their address and a three cent stamp to pay cost of mailing. Ad-
dress Murray Hill Pub. Co., 129 E. 28th Street, N. Y. City.
A Card.— We take much pleasure in informing friends and the public
at large that Dr. Funke (Baron von Koehring), who has been maliciously
prosecuted by certain individuals, received the affirmation of his gradua-
tion (diploma) aB M.D. at the University of Berlin, Prussia, dated March
11, 1865. Said certificate bears the Great Seal, and is signed by the pres-
ent Rector of aforesaid University.
E. Steele, Secretary. The Physiological Society.
Housekeepers are advised to call upon Hartshorn & McPhun, 112
Fourth street, near Mission, for all kinds of carpets, oil-cloths, Linoleum
mattings, etc.; also, manufacturers of store and house window shades,
plain or ornamented. Give them a call for first-class work, at the lowest
prices in the city.
WONDERFUL SALE OF BEER!
[From the St. Louis "Republican," November 5th, 1879.]
I.AR«K BEER SALES.
The official returns to the Revenue Department for the year ending November 1st,
show the enormous quantity of 100,905 bbls. of Lager Beer, sold by the
Auheuser & Bus oh Brewery.
The Agents for this Coast are
RUHL BROTHERS,
JVo. 522 Alo.Ugouiery Street, San Francisco.
[Dec. 20.
ROEDERER CHAMPAGNE.
Notice.— The Trade and the Public are informed that we
receive tbe genuine LOUIS ROEDERER CARTE BLANCHE CHAMPAGNE,
direct from Mr. Louis Roederer, Reims, over his signature and Consular Invoice.
Each case is marked upon the side, " Macondray & Co. , San Francisco," and each
bottle bears the label, " Macondrav & Co., Sole Agents for tbe Pacific Coast."
Oct. 11. MACONDRAY & CO., Sole Agents for the Pacific Coast.
D. V. B.Henarie.
E. MARTIN & CO.,
Edward Martin.
Importers and "Wholesale Dealers in Wines and Liquors.
Proprietors of Millar's Extra Old Bonrboii and J. F. Cut-
ter Extra Old Bourbou and Itye Whiskies.
Aprils. 408 Front Street, San Francisco.
HIBERN1A BREWERY,
Howard Street, Between Eighth and Ninth.
Dec. 7.] M. yVNAJf, Proprietor,
REMOVAL.
Dodge, Sweeney *i Co., Importers and Wholesale Provision
Dealers and Commission Merchants, have removed fnm No. 406 Fr-iiit Street
to the new store, 114 and 116 Market street, and 11 and 13 California street, where
they will be pleased to see their friends. Dec. 20.
REMOVAL.
Thomas Toungr, Real Estate Broker, has removed from
No. 424 Montgomery street to the S. E. corner Sutter and Montgomery, over
Chester's Dry Goods Store, and opposite the Lick House. Entrance on Suiter
street. No. :W*. Jan- 10-
REMOVAL.
WO. Eaugbua, Marine and Fire
m (Established 1876), removed to No
& Suydam.
Insurance Asency,
13 PINE STREET. Office with Crocker
Dec. 20.
ROOFS
f Tin or AsphaHum Repaired. Tin Roors Painted. Send
orders earlv to the OLD STAND, No. SIS
\J orders
Estimates furnished free of charge.
. $19 Market street, opposite Stockton.
|Dec. 6L] H. G. FISKE.
SEEDS.
RJ. Trumbull A Co., 419 and 421 Sausome street. Ken-
• tncky Blue Grass, Alfalfa, Alosquit, Timothy, etc., etc. Vegetable Seeds
of all descriptions.
Nov. R
Ci~ 11 a year and expenses to agents. Outfit Free. Aiidress,
V* ' ' June 7.] P. O.V1CKERY, Au-usta, Maine.
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Jan. 17, 1880.
BIZ.
Thus far in January business has been more than usually quiet. Mon-
ied men and otbers seem to be looking to the Legislature to see what they
are going to do toward easing off the workings of the new State Consti-
tution, and this, in fact, may be said of our merchants and real estate
owners, who have at heart the welfare of the commonwealth. In com-
mercial circles there has been something of an upheaving in Iron, Steel
and Hardware generally. Nails have lately been advanced $1 per keg.
Coffee, Sugar and Rice remain as before noted ; prices unchanged.
As for Teas, on the 20th inst. S. L. Jones & Co. will hold an auction sale
of 3,500 pkgs. of Comet Oolongs and Japan Greens, all of recent impor-
tation. Salmon is held with increased firmness. The entire stock of
canned is now in the hands of a single firm.
Quicksilver. — Prices for the past two years have been so low as to
cause a number of mines to shut down and wait for a rise in Mercury,
which, from figures annexed, really look as though that day was not far
distant. Our total products for 1879 is placed at 73,684 flasks against 63,-
484 flasks in 1878. From statistics recently compiled by the Commercial
Herald, from official sources, the following results are obtained : January
1st, 1878, stock on hand, Hongkong, 20,000 flasks ; London, 40,000 flasks;
San Francisco, 15,000 flasks; scattering, 5,000; total, 80,000 flasks. Each
flask weighing 76£ lbs. The products in California : Flasks in 1878, was
63.000 ; 1879, was 73,000. Almaden, Spain, 1878, 40,000; do., 1879, 40,-
000; Idria, Austria, 1878, 10,000; do., 1879, 10,000. Showing that with
the stock of 80,000 on hand in the leading markets of the world, Dec. 31st,
1877, we have to account for 316,000 flasks. On Dec. 31st, 1879, the
stocks were as follows : In London, 20,000 flasks ; Hongkong, 12,000 ;
San Francisco, 5,000; scattering, 13,000 ; total, 50,000. Which, deducted,
leaves for the consumption of the world, in two years, 267,000 flasks, or an
annual consumption of 133,000 flasks. The consumption prior to 1876
was generally computed at about 80,000 flasks. In 1875-76 and 77, at
100,000 to 105,000 flasks annually, and now we show it to have been 133,-
000 flasks annually for the past two years. The advance in London
since the first of the year 1880 would lead us to suppose that holders there
had discovered these facts, and well may they be astonished. It is very
clear to our minds that the very low prices ruling the world over the past
two years has greatly increased the consumption of Mercury in the arts,
particularly in China, whils the consumption at the East has been greatly
increased of late by the free use of it in making patent paints, etc. It is
admitted that the Bonanza mines of Nevada have used less quicksilver
the past two years than formerly, yet other mines are using a greater
quantity than heretofore. The present price here is entirely nominal, 45
cents asked, 40 cents offered.
The Breadstuff Market has undergone no material variation since
the 1st of the month. Good to Choice Milling Wheat still commands
S2@2 05, and for Gilt-Edged No. 1 $2 10 # cfcL Shippers, however,
offer but SI 85@S1 90 for No. 2, but for the pick of the offerings have
to pay SI 95. Ships on the berth have commendable dispatch, the de-
liveries from the interior being very free. The Belgic, for Hongkong,
this day will carry about 1,100 tons Flour, the half of which is Sperry
Stockton City Mills; price, S6. The Golden Gate Genesee, Vallejo, Star
Mills and other Extras, Baker and Family brands, command $6@6 50 $
bbl, according to quantity.
The Wheat Crop of 1879.— For export, 550,000 tons; consumption,
200,000 tons; seeding. 250,000 tons. Total, 1,000,000 tons. Estimates of
stock on hand vary from 200,000 to 250,000 tons. The Produce Ex-
change is busy getting State stocks of Flour and Grain, but the work is
slow and many holders are unwilling to show their hands.
Barley.— There continues to be a good Eastern demand. California
crop of 1879 is estimated at 6,000,000 centals. Of this we have received
1,000,000 ; on hand, 2,000,000 ; total, 3,000,000— balance consumed in the
State. About one-third of the entire product comes to this city. We
quote Bay brewing at 90@95c ; feed, 65@70c for Coast, and 75@80c for
Bay.
Oats.— Market dull at SI 30@1 45 per cental, latter for Surprise.
Corn.— Fair demand at 95@S1 per cental.
Hops. — Stock light and prices nominal.
Tallow.— Fair demand at 5i@7ic for the two grades.
Hides.— Dry, 20@21c.
"Wool. — The market is bare of stock, and prices entirely nominal.
Freights and Charters.— During the week we have had several im-
portant arrivals. There are now on the berth under engagement 29,650
tons. The disengaged fleet is 20,360 tons, and there is a fleet en route to
arrive here within the next five months, 120,000 tons ; same time 1879,
81,000 tons ; 1878, 113,800 tons. At this writing, Wheat freights to
Havre or Liverpool direct maybe quoted at 60@62s. 6d. ; British Iron,
6os. If to Cork or Falmouth, U. K. or Continent, the usual difference is
demanded. The French bark Gange has been chartered to load Wheat
and Rye for Bordeaux.
Sympathy is valuable when it is adequate to the 'occasion. A poor
tenant went to his landlord on rent day and told him that one of his best
cows had been choked to death. She tried to' swallow a turnip, but the
obstinate vegetable stuck fast, and the cow died. , The interested land-
lord demanded the details and wanted to know whether the tenant was
sure that it was a turnip that killed her. "Yes," was the reply "we
cut her open and found it fast in her throat." " Well, sir," said the land-
lord, I am glad you got your turnip back. Now, how about the rent ?"
— Sporting Times.
MISSION BAY GRAIN WAREHOUSES.
It cannot be denied that the Mission Bay Grain Warehouses are the
most perfect of the kind in California, and are a credit to the port of San
Francisco. Their conveniences and arrangements for loading vessels are
beyond reproach, and the interests of both shareholders and patrons are
carefully and ably looked after by Mr. Sinclair, the manager, and his as-
sistant, Mr. Bent.
For all this, there are one or two things which are lacking, and they
affect the comfort, safety and convenience of an immense number of men,
who have to pass to and fro between the mainland and the island, in the
early morning, at noon for dinner, and in the evening when their day's
labor is over.
The only means of transit is the small steamer Elizabeth Mary, licensed,
we believe, to carry forty passengers. Up to within a few days since, it
was not an uncommon thing to see from one hundred to one hundred and
fifty — or even more — men, packed like sardines on the deck of this tiny
craft, which puffed and struggled like a little Hercules to carry its living
freight across. Can we not realize what a terrible calamity might occur I
Can we not realize the horrible, heart-rending desolation an accident at
such a time might occasion in our midst!
Within the past few days, however, the little vessel, having been re-
surveyed and re-classed and a new certificate given, every effort has been
made by the captain to limit his freight to fifty head. Frequently it is
impossible for him to do it, for the men, to all of whom time is precious,
will jump on board, even when the steamer has left the wharf, at the risk
of their lives. Some of them must be left behind in the crush, and,
probably, owing to their involuntary absence, some delay is caused in the
loading of ship3, or, at all events, the proper working is interfered with.
As a remedy for this inconvenience, we must insist upon better arrange-
ments being made for the passage of the laboring men and others whose
business requires them to be there. We do not take upon ourselves to
point out the manner of the improved means of conveyance, but we do
insist that attention should be given to this matter by the wealthy com-
pany owning the valuable little rock, without loss of time. If it is lost
sight of now, the carefulness of the captain to restrict the number of his
passengers will doubtless ultimately be relaxed, the old crowding and
packing will again become the practice, and some day there will be quite
a number of widows and orphans, with just and legal claims upon the
owners of the warehouse and steamer.
There is another suggestion which we think it our duty to make for the
benefit of the poor laboring man. The average number of men, taking
the year round, who have to cross to this side for dinner and return, is,
we believe, about 100 per day — perhaps more. These poor devils leave
the rock by the boat at noon, cross, rush up to a restaurant, "bolt" their
hardly-earned dinner, and have to be at the boat again by a quarter to
one o'clock. How much time to rest have they, after a hard morning's
work, before commencing work again at one o'clock?
As a remedy for this, we would suggest the establishment of a restau-
rant on the island itself. As a commercial speculation, it would pay, to
say nothing of the great boon it would be to the men, and the reduction
it would make in the risks of transportation.
Where is money first mentioned in the Bible?
brought the green back to Noah.
-When the dove
HO, FOR ARIZONA!
Does it ever occur to the busy people of San Francisco that there
are in their midst great numbers of unemployed men — clerks, book-keep-
ers, artisans and laborers — who find it quite as difficult to find employ-
ment in this city as they would if thrown upon their own resources in a
strange city in the old country. It is true, nevertheless, and many other
poor devils are employed at rates which barely suffice to keep body and
soul together. Men of intelligence and business capacity, acting on the
principle that half a loaf is better than no bread, take what they can get
— even less than laborers' wages in Borne cases —and do their duty faith-
fully to their employers, but are all the time anxiously looking out for
something better to turn up.
We are glad to hear that among the unemployed there is a growing de-
sire apparent to strike out for new ground, and we would decidedly wish
to encourage this feeling. Arizona is most frequently the point which at-
tracts the attention of the energetic unemployed. We have " bin thar,"
and had we been without family ties would have remained there. It is
scarcely yet the country to take a woman or child to. Arizona is the
place for the young man, hardy, able, and willing to work, without kid
gloves. He must have no incumbrances with him, and must leave none
behind with claims upon his earnings, for he may earn very little for some
time. He ought to be. perfectly free and unfettered, and be prepared to
rough it, with blue shirt and overalls for his dress suit. He must put on
no airs, but come right down to solid, hard-pan work, and take hold of the
first thing of whatever character which presents itself to him as a means
of paying for his board.
The mineral wealth of Arizona is as yet almost unknown — fully three-
fourths of the country have never been visited by the modern prospector.
As an agricultural country, there is no doubt a bright future before it.
Some of its so-called deserts are really broad and expansive valleys, with
the richest soil, ten to twenty feet in depth. All that is lacking there is
water, and the artesian well will shortly supply that. At this time the
margins of many of the streams are cultivated, as well as some fine val-
leys which are irrigated, and the cultivator, as a rule, soon accumulates
wealth. The neighborhood of Phoenix is a splendid farming country, and
is cultivated for miles around the city.
The railways are rushing in, and there will be prosperity in all the
country down there— from and including New Mexico, through Arizona
and Sonora, to the Mexican port of Guaymas, which we prophesy will
be an American port within a few years.
Ye young men who are bumming around this city, doing nothing— do-
ing no good, but considerable harm by bringing down wages to starvation
prices— "git out," strike out for yourselves and secure your share of the
wealth which at present is buried in the newer parts of the Pacific
Coast. California, though only young, is prematurely aged from differ-
ent causes, which we have neither time nor space to enter upon now. Go t
He was an old rounder. His face had been familiar in the Police
Courts for half a century. Now the Judge sent him up for a high-art, .
first-class burglary — sent him up for twenty years. "Thank you, your
Honor," he cried, raising his arms in gratitude to heaven : " Thank you,
gen'lemen of the jury. I never expected to live that long !"
Jan. 17, lg80.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
19
Good Wine.— That California will make a name in the world for the
production of the beat of wines we arc very sure. Of course, much re-
mains t<> be done. We have as yet but taken the initial step as it were.
But we have begun well, and the end is beyond a peradventure. Having
so much involved in the future of this industry, our people realize that
too much cannot 1h» said too help it along. A call at Kamlsher^er's or
Holder's in this city will well repay the visitor. We question whether
the majority of our people know really the high degree of excellence that
has been arrived at. Increased capital will permit of longer keeping, and
greater experience of our local peculiarities of soil and climate will enable
perfection to be reached. Wine-making is a great industry that may not
be successfully carried on by the individual grape-grower, unless he com-
mand!* capital enough to pursue the business on the vastly expensive scale
which is indispensable to success.
Reviews. -The Western Lancet, January, 1880. The journal just re-
ceived is undoubtedly the best ever issued on this coast. The staff of
contributors has evidently been enlarged. The origiual contributions are
varied and interesting, and the Periscope a faithful exposition of medical
advancement. We note especially a very modest account of a very for-
midable operation by Professor W. E. McNtttt, and an interesting ac-
count of the late epidemic of croup and diphtheria by Dr. J. H. Stallard.
We entirely indorse the editorial on the Ethics of Consultations. The
patient is the only person whose wishes ought to be obeyed in the selec-
tion of a consultee, and for ourselves we should regard it as an imperti-
nence if our family physician should object to meet any qualified physi-
ciaD whom we choose to name. We commend The Western Lancet to the
medical fraternity of the Pacific Coast.
The Oriental Mine. — There has, within the past week, been a marked
increase in the value of the stock of the Oriental Mine, at Alleghany.
The cause of this is not generally understood, but, from private letters
recently received at this office from Sierra county, we are enabled to give
a brief, and, what we believe, correct statement of the causes bringing
about the advance. While engaged in sinking the main shaft, the miners
have encountered an entraordinarily good ore body, that gives promise of
early bullion shipments. The employes of the company are close-mouthed
regarding the character of the development, having evidently been cau-
tioned to that effect ; but the general impression has somehow got out
that other portions of the mine are also improving with each day's work
done. — Nevada Transcript, January 10, 1880.
It is popularly said that, in the manufacture of gloves, San Francisco
is the only rival of Paris. Nobody has contributed more toward the form-
ation of this flattering opinion than Mr. Fred. H. Busby, of 412 Market
Btreet, whose stag-head trade-mark is as well known as those of the most
celebrated Parisian manufacturers. Gloves, gauntlets and mittens of all
descriptions are most beautifully wrought by this tasteful and enterpris-
ing manufacturer, and the durability of his work is said on all sides to be
as surprising as the moderation of his prices. The secret of his success,
he has himself assured us, lies in the fact that he uses none but the very
best material and employs none but the very best workmen.
Taber's Photographic Parlors, on Montgomery and Market streets,
have undergone a delightful transformation during the past few weeks.
During all the time that Mr. Taber has occupied these rooms they have
been considered among the handsomest in the city, but since their recent
renovation it is certain that no other business establishment in San Fran-
cisco excels them in beauty and comfort. In decorating and furnishing
the Gallery the most exquisite taste has been shown ; and that the pro-
prietor has been able to bear the great expense entailed, is the best evi-
dence that the excellence of his work has met with liberal appreciation
from the public.
Mr. Gus. V. Daniels has succeeded to the firm of Thomas & Daniels,
house, sign and ship painters, so well and favorably known for the thor-
oughness of its work. Mr. Daniels, who has also charge of the painting
department of the California Paint Company, \b now prepared to promptly
execute orders for painting, whitening and paperhanging, in the most art-
istic style known to his craft. Having engaged a large staff of the most
efficient and experienced workmen to be obtained on the coast, he is con-
fident of giving as complete satisfaction to customers in the future as the
firm he succeeds has always done in the past.
If you 'wish to be warm and comfortable during these cold days and
freezing nights, use Seattle Coal, which possesses every advantage that is
desirable in coal. It makes a clear, steady fire, burns longer than the
Bame quantity of any known fuel, throws out a wonderful amount of heat,
leaves very little ash, and this of the cleanest sort, and creates no soot to
choke the chimney. Both for cooking and heating purposes Seattle (foal
is the best, while, if appearances are considered, it makes a prettier fire in
the drawing-room than any other coal.
The firm of Crossman & Baker, 324 Piue street, has perfected
arrangements to do a general business as brokers in mining properties of
all kinds, and is now prepared to survey, examine and report on such.
The firm neither buys nor sells mines on its own account. Its object is to
bring investor and mine-owner together, and this it has special facilities
for doing.
A well-made shirt is nuite as indispensable to a gentleman's attire
as well-cut outer clothing. The shirts furnished by J. M. Litchfield &
Co., of 417 Montgomery street, are not only perfectly made, but are also
of the very best material the market affords, and are sold at reasonable
prices. The Bame may be said, however, of all the large stock of gents'
furnishing goods kept by J. M. Litchfield & Co.
It is becoming more and more the practice of landowners to make
enormous provision for their families by insurance, and it must take a
large figure out of their incomes. It is, for instance, said that the Earl of
Fife was insured for £280,000. Of course, the earlier insurances made by
him must have paid pretty well, and the companies which had them were
lucky; but some of his later investments, for realization after death, will
cost the companies a pretty penny. Of course, the sum has been divided
over pretty nearly the whole insurance world.
Grave robbing is an Ohio industry.
HIGHEST STOCK QUOTATIONS
For the Week Ending Jan. 16, 1880.
Compiled bt Gkorgb C. Hickox & Co., 412 Montgomery Street.
Name op Mine. Sat.
Argcnta
'Amies
■Alpha
♦Altu
Bullion
Belcher
*Best & Belcher.
Benton
Bodie
Boston Con
♦Cons Imperial . .
Crown Point
Chollar
California
Con. Virginia
Caledonia ....
Confidence
Con Pacific
Eureka Con
Exchequer
Fairfax
Gould & Curry..
Gila
"Grand Trite . . .
Hale&Noruross.
"Julia
'Justice
Jackson
Kentuck
Leopard
*Lady Wash'n . .
Leviathan
♦Mexican
Modoc
Manhattan
Northern Belle . .
Ophir
♦Overman
Potosi
Raymond <* Ely.
♦Savage
•Sierra Nevada.,
♦Silver'Hill
Seg Belche**
Solid Silver
Succor
Silver King, Ara.
Silv King South.
Tip-Top
Union Con
Utah
Yellow Jacket. ..
123
TOBBSAt.
20.1
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TnPRSDAT.
A.M. P.M.
194
Friday.
Assessments are now due on the Stocks above marked thus *
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
The Company's steamers will anil as follows at 12 M:
CITY OF TOKIO, March 20th-CITY OF PEKING, Feb. 7th, May 1st— for
YOKOHAMA and HONGKONG.
CITY OF PANAMA, January — , for NEW YORK and PANAMA, calling at
MAZATLAN, SAN BLAS. MANZANILLO and ACAPULCO, connecting at Acapulco
with Company's Steamer for all Central American ports - calling at SAN JOSE DE
GUATEMALA and LA L1BERTAD to land passengers and mails.
Tickets to and from Europe by any line for sale at the lowest rates ; also to Ha-
vana and all West India ports.
CITY OF NEW YORK, January 19th, at 12 o'clock m., or on arrival of the English
mails, for HONOLULU, AUCKLAND and SYDNEY. $10 additional is charged for
passage in Upper Saloon.
Round the World Trip, via New Zealand and Australia, ?650. Tickets also issued
from San Francisco to New York via New Zealand and Australia.
CITY OF CHESTER, January 20th, for VICTORIA, PORT TOWNSEND, SEATTLE
and TACOMA, connecting at TACOMA with Northern Pacific Railroad for PORT-
LAND, Oregon, and at Seattle with local steamers for Skaget River and Mines,
Tickets must be purchased before 11 a.m. on day of sailing, at Wharf Office.
For freight or passage apply at the office, cor. First and Brannan streets.
Jan. 17. WILLIAMS. DIMOND & CO.. General Agents.
FOR PORTLAND AND ASTORIA, OREGON.
TheOregron Steamship Company ami Pacific Coast Ste m-
ship Company will dispatch every five days, for the above ports, one of their
new Al Iron Steamships, viz.: OREGON, GEORGE W. ELDER, and STATE OF
CALIFORNIA.
8811109 Bays
Jan. 2, 7. 12, 17, 22, and 27. I Feb. 1. 6, 11, 16, 21, and 26-
At 10 o'clock A. M,
Connecting at Portland, Oregon, with Steamers and Railroads and their connecting
Stage Lines for all points in Oregon, Washington and Idaho Territories, British
Columbia and Alaska.
K. VAN OTERENDORP, Agent O. S. S. Co.,
No "210 Batterv street, Sao Francisco.
GOODALL, PERKINS £ CO , Agents P. C. S. S. Co.,
Jan. 10. Ni>. 10 Market street. San Francisco.
WM. F. SMITH, M.D.,
Oculist and Aurist. 313 Bush Street.
Aug- 16 ] Office Hours, from 12 .Tf. to 3 P.M.
J. A. HUNTER, M. D.,
No. 321 Slitter street, devotes Special Attention to Catarrh.
Deafness. Bronchitis, Asthma, Consumption, and all ailments of the Throat,
Lungs and Heart. Dec. "27.
R. H. LLOYD,
Attorney-at-La-w, Room 13, Nevada Block.
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SAN" FJftANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Jan. 17, 1880.
THE TROUBLES IN MAINE.
The doings in the State of Maine are peculiarly important only be-
cause they portend what is likely to happen at the next Presidential con-
test. What is now taking place there is pretty nearly sure to be repro-
duced in every State in which the vote is close. Bitter contests are inev-
itable, and the Lord only knows how the Presidential election will be de-
termined. An evil spirit of catch-who-can and hold-who-may is abroad
in the land. Fair counting, and honest declarations of the results, are
very far from the average politician's mind. It may be mentioned that
no persons, who confine their reading to the daily papers of San Fran-
cisco, can possibly form a true idea of tbe merits of the difficulty in
Maine. Until this year the counting has been in the hands of the Re-
publicans of that State, and most dishonest counting it appears to have
been. Whenever a technicality offered to count out an opponent, it
was readily availed of, and whenever an appeal was taken to the Republi-
can judges, they favored the technicality, and gave it the force of an
authoritative decision. This year Governor Garcelon happened to be in
office, and he thought that what was sauce for the goose was sauce for the*
gander. He took the whole body of decisions as he found them in the
reports of the Supreme Court of his State, and applied them to the errors,
oversights and frauds which were attendant upon the late State contest.
By rigid application of these decisions, he managed to count in a majority
of his own party. He copied the rules of legal construction framed by
his opponents. Just that and nothing more. When asked to submit his
course to the judges, he did so with alacrity, quoting their own previous
decisions to support him in every instance. With amazing effrontery
they reversed themselves, and proclaimed that which they ought to have
held in the first instance, namely, that the spirit, and not the letter of the
law, ought to prevail when the question is one of depriving the people of
their vote. With such Judges, who is to decide ? We fear there is no
confidence anywhere, and that soon the rule of force, and not the rule of
law, will determine all such questions. The political outlook is, to our
mind, a deplorable one.
A MEAN ARTIFICE.
We have no desire to belittle the dreadful distress with which un-
happy Ireland is beyond doubt afflicted, but in the name of common
sense we protest egainst the idiotic telegrams which put that distress be-
fore the American public in a false light. We quote one of these, pub-
lished in Thursday's Bulletin, under the heading " Misery in Ireland," as
an example : " A woman applied for admission to the workhouse on Tues-
day with her children, one of whom was dead in her arms from hunger
and exposure, the woman having walked the distance of forty miles."
Now, what was the matter with the man who would send over many
thousand miles of wire news of an incident which, though sad enough
truly, is only too common, even in the most favored lands, our own not
excepted? Are we to think that the sender of such a message was under
instructions to forward anything that would excite indignation against
England among the ignorant ? It looks as if this was the case. Go to
our police stations any night, and see if you do not find mothers with
children in their arms as destitute and wretched as this poor creature in
Ireland, applying for food and shelter. Suppose the English correspond-
ents stationed in every great American city were to telegraph to England
all such mournful episodes that they could discover ; and suppose, more-
over (what is impossible), that the English papers should condescend to
print such trash, what would be the result? America would look to the
reading public like a vast abode of paupers, and the inhumanity of the
American Government would be held up to the execration of mankind.
Further comment is needless. What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the
gander. Ireland is in great distress, but that gives us no excuse for using
that distress to " make capital " against hated England.
COOLDNG DOWN.
The hot blood that was at boiling point the other day between Ger-
many and Russia seems to have simmered down. There has been a brawl
between Russian and German military officers on the Polish frontier, but,
though the telegraph has thought it worth while to record the fact, it, of
course, has no bearing upon the position of international affairs. The
aforesaid simmering down, however, from undisguised threats, massing of
troops, etc., on Russia's part, to an apparent understanding, is more wor-
thy of consideration. We said last week that Russia was "bluffing."
The subsequent silence seems to bear us out in our opinion. Germany is
far too highly inflated with a sense of its own power and importance to
stoop to a conciliatory compromise. It looks, then, as if Russia, despair-
ing of accomplishing anything by empty brag, has once more taken water.
England is, by force of arms, bringing matters to a head in Afghanistan.
The hostile tribes continue to do their best, but at every engagement they
are repulsed with, heavy loss, and their total surrender is merely a ques-
tion of time. England, however, has gone beyond the natural boundary
which the great mountain ranges mark as the safest limit of her Asiatic
empire. In this the highest authorities agree that she has done wrong.
Be this as it may, the Rubicon is crossed, and England has now no help
for it but to hold and defend against all comers the territory over which
she has virtually declared her sovereignty. We are as sure that she will
do this, and do it successfully, as we are that the sun will rise to-morrow.
A Line of Cars Needed.— Why is there not a line of horse-cars run-
ning round, or as nearly round as possible, the City Front— say from
North Point to the Long Bridges ? Every one connected with the ship-
ping interests of the port will agree that the want of car conveyance
from wharf to wharf is much felt, and there is little doubt but that it
would be a paying concern if carried out. In New York one can take
the cars away up at Harlem, on the East River, and travel, with only one
charge, right away around the front up to the Lord knows where on the
North River.
ODE TO MR. GLADSTONE AND THE ELECTORS OF
MIDLOTHIAN.
To Scotland he went with a threadbare coat,
And with breeks that were frayed at the heels;
At Carlisle they gave him a brand new suit,
And another at Galashiels.
His coat years ago (maybe thirty and ten)
Was a coat of the grand Tory blue,
But he's turned it and dyed it so often since then,
That 'tis now of a nondescript hue.
So thanks, " brither Scats," for new-clothing the chiel,
But a coatie alone is but vain ;
Send him South, after laying the Radical deil,
In his right mind, a Tory again !
ALL FOR BUNCOMBE.
Much of the legislation proposed at Sacramento during the week has
savored of charlatanry and humbug. As perhaps might be expected, the
Workingmen's representatives have enjoyed almost a monopoly of this
evil work. They have introduced bill after bill that was all for bun-
combe. It is well that most of these mischievous measures have to go
before the Judiciary Committees of both Houses. Those Committees are
made up, for the most part, of able men, learned jurists and sound Con-
stitutional lawyers, who may be depended upon to prevent unconstitu-
tional and mischievous legislation. If it were not for this most admira-
ble check upon villainous proposals, the statute book would inevitably be
soon encumbered with a mass of the most inconsistent and absurd laws
that it is in the power of the human mind to conceive of. Law-making
requires wide experience, great constructive ability, and a complete
knowledge of the effect and meaning of written words. These are the A
B C of the business. Without these attainments, no man is fit to occupy
the humblest seat in the halls of legislation. At Sacramento there are
men who can neither write plain English, nor construe it when it is writ- ,
ten for them. But then that is just what we must expect so long as we
are dominated by the Sand-lots. The San Francisco delegation, as a
whole, does this great city no credit. It is here that the intellect and
brains of the State are largely centered, yet we chose representatives that
very badly compare with those sent from country districts. We have sent
admirers of the new Constitution, who, with strange inconsistency pro-
ceed to offer bills that do the greatest possible violence to that instrument.
That's the " wisdom" of the Sand-lots with a vengeance !
PROMPT AND LEGAL.
Judge Halsey did precisely what the law required of him, when he
declared the office of Sheriff of this city and county vacant. He had no
option. Had he failed to do his duty in the premises he would himself
have been liable to impeachment. The statute bearing on the subject is
mandatory. S. C. Hastings, one of Sheriff Desmond's bondsmen, had
withdraw from the bond, of which Desmond was duly notified more than
ten days prior to Judge Halsey's action, but no notice was taken by the
Sheriff of the intimation given to him. The Political Code, Section 975,
says: "In ten days after the service of such notice, the judge, court,
board, officer, or other person with whom the same is filed, must make an
order declaring such office vacant, and releasing such surety from all lia-
bility thereafter to arise on such official bond, and such office thereafter
is in law vacant, and must be immediately filled by election or appoint-
ment, as provided for by law, as in other cases of vacancy of such office,
unless such officer has before that time given good and ample surety for
the discharge of all his official duties as required originally." It will be
perceived that the law provides that the Court " must make an order de-
claring such office vacant. " Some judges and other officials that we have
had ere now would have found it convenient to evade the law. Judge
Halsey deserves credit for his prompt and legal action. If all persons in
authority will take example by him, it will result that official bonds will
hereafter be of some value. Heretofore those documents have almost in-
variably proved to be defective when calls were liable to be made upon
them.
THE TRUE SOURCE OE THE CZARS DANGER.
There is a rumor now current that the recent attempts on the Czar's
life emanate from the clique by which it is well known that he is ruled.
Of course it is not meant to be said that this clique really intended to
kill the Emperor, but that by this means they thought to frighten and
irritate him into abandoning the liberal ideas which he notoriously en-
tertained, and to compel hirn to turn to the iron despotism of his fore-
fathers as the only salvation for his dynasty. This is a novel view to take
of\the matter, but it is an exceedingly interesting and plausible one. If
the Czar's corrupt entourage was really the source of the recent harmless
explosion, for the purpose named, their conspiracy has certainly been a
complete success ; for his Majesty has fallen into a fit of the sulks, and
has foresworn all governmental reforms. But what a biting satire upon the
Nihilists the existence of such a scheme would be! The very measures
by which these latter are trying to bring about the reforms they so sin-
cerely desire are used by their enemies to utterly destroy all hope of those
reforms. Nothing could be at the same time more ludicrous and more
intensely Russian.
AN EASTERN PAPER OUR ON NEW CONSTITUTION.
The New York Star is severe on our New Constitution, according
to a recent telegram. We are not disposed to regard with favor an ad-
verse criticism from a paper published in a State so notoriously corrupt
and misgoverned as this same New York ; but nevertheless we are con-
strained to admit that such strictures are loudly called for. We said, be-
fore the New Constitution was accepted by popular vote, that it was a
bad and dangerous instrument, and we stick to our text. It was an ill-
begotten, legal bastard, and we have no faith in it whatever. Day after
day its weak points are becoming more and more apparent, and we do not
hesitate to predict the speedy repeal of its most radical clauses. We are
aware that it is the fashion to meekly swallow the pill that has been ad-
ministered by the great army of the "discontented." Swallow it? Of
course, we are obliged to. But that is no reason why we should not throw
it up at the earliest opportunity.
Ouray will Hatch up an Indian war before he finishes promising peace.
Price per Copy. 10 Cents.]
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DEVOTED TO THE LEADING INTERESTS OF CALIFORNIA AND THE PACIFIC COAST.
Vol. 30.
SAN FEAN0IS00, SATURDAY, JAN. 24, 1880.
No. 28,
PRICES OF LEADING STOCKS AND GOV. BONDS.
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Sacramento City Bonds
Stockton City Bonds, 6's...
Tuba County Bonds, 8's. . . .
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Oakland City Bonds, 8's —
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S. F. GaslightCo(exdiv)...
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to purchase at our quotations. 130 has been paid for the stock of the
Bank of California, 82 for Gas, and 87 for Spring Valley Water stock.
These quotations are, however, exceptional, and merely indicate the
scarcity of the securities mentioned.
Andrew Baird, 312 California street.
THE STOCK MARKET.
The market for the past week has been decidedly of a fluctuating
character, the Gold Hill stocks still being the favorite gambles. The Bel-
cher deal seems to have reached its climax, and there is every reason to
believe that the "insiders " have unloaded considerable of the stock. Re-
liable news from the mine does not justify even the present price, and the
recent rose-colored reports seem to be generally discounted. The feature
of the week was the " grand transformation scene" in Lady Bryan, which
started at twenty cents and rapidly advanced to $4, at which price the
insiders accommodatingly furnished all the stock that was required, and
sold it down again to the bed-rock price of fifteen cents. The deal was
made by the most approved salting process, and the management have
every reason to feel satisfied with the pecuniary results. Of the outside
stocks Mono Bhows a marked advance, under favorable reports from the
mine. The improvement is in the bottom of the shaft, and unless further
trouble is experienced from the heavy flow of water in the mine we may
look for considerable activity in the stock. Bodie has declared a dividend
of twenty-five cents per share, payable February 2d, which is without
doubt the last for some time. At the close the market was fairly active
and prices well sustained.
The death of the late Bishop of Guildford took place at All Saints
Church, Ryde, just after the morning service had been concluded. The
deceased had just preached an impressive sermon, and, after reading the
prayer for the Church militant, remained kneeling before the altar. He
was suddenly heard to cry out, and then fell forward on his face. The
vicar, assisted by some other gentlemen, came to his aid and assisted him
to the vestry, but within five minutes life was extinct. The death is at-
tributed to heart disease. What made the occurrence the more painful
was the fact of Mrs. Utterton being herself present in the church. The
deceased, Dr. John Sutton Utterton, was born at Ipswich in 1814, being
a son of the late Col. Utterton. He received the appointment of suffragan
bishop of Guildford in 1874, being previously well known in South Lon-
don, where he founded the Surrey Church Association, — British Empire,
Dec. 27, 1879.
Is there no clause in the new Code which will prevent the distillers
at Berkeley from making such stuff, the smell of which, permeating the
■ atmosphere around the neighborhood of the distilleries in that suburb,
leads men into the delusion that they see wild cats there ? Last week a
man uamed Gross, hunting near said distilleries, shot two voung girls,
under the impression, he says, that they were wild cats, as ne had seen
two there the week before. Shades of the great jim-jams ! It was bad
toough, " lang syne," wheu the distilleries made that which only raised
snakes or rata. But now, forsooth ! wild cats ! ! The wind having been
northeast for some days, wafting the delectable vapor towards Pine street,
I Biay account for the large afternoon list of mining securities.
An important railroad communication has been received at this of-
fice too late for insertion iu this issue.
GOLD BARS— 890@910 -Silver Bars— 5@15 tf cent. disc. Mexican
Dollars. §(8)Sh uer cent.
*3" Exchange on New York, 3£ fc? cent., strong; On London, Bankers,
49£@49g ; Commercial, 50d. Paris, sight, 5 francs per dollar. Tele-
grams, 35-100 per cent.
OSS' Latest price of Sterling, 485i@485.
" Price of Money here, 3@1 per cent, per month — bank rate. In the
open market, 1@1£. Demand active.
Beerbohm's Telegram.— London and Liverpool, Jan. 23, 1880. —
Floating Cargoes, heavy; Cargoes on Passage, neglected, no business
doing; No. 2 Spring Off Coast, 51s.; Red Winter Off Coast, 53s.; Cali-
fornia Off Coast, 54s.; Liverpool Spot Wheat, dull ; California Club, No.
1 Standard, lis. 5d.; California Club, No. 2 Standard, lis. Id.; Califor-
nia Club, Western, lis. 3d.; California Club, White Michigan, lis.
2d.; No. 3 Spring, 10s. ld.(Sjl0s. 9d. English Country Markets, quiet.
N. Y. St. Ex., 83@85. Mark Lane Wheat, very heavy. Market very
flat. Weather in England, fair; New Corn, 5s. 6d.; Western Canal
Flour, 9s. 6d.@12s.; Canadian Peas, 63. 9d.; Western Winter, 10s. 4d.@
lis.; Breadstuffs, small business at lower prices.
Latest from the Merchants Exchange.— New York, Jan. 23J,
1880. United States Bonds — is, 104f ; 44s, 107g; 5s, 103£. Sterling Ex.
change,4S3@4 85. Pacific Mail, 39. Wheat, 143@148. Western Union,
102£. Hides, 24,tf2>25. Oil— Sperm, 110@111. Winter Bleached, 115@123.
Whale OO.60®61; Winter Bleached, 62.1@65. Wool— Spring, fine, 30@
38 ; Burry. 18@22 ; Pulled, 35@45 ; Fall Clips, 20@25 ; Burry, 22@30.
London, Jan. 23. — Liverpool Wheat Market, 10s. 3d.(g>lls. 2d. ; Club,
lis. ld.@lls. 5d. ; U. S. Bonds, 5's, 105|; 4's, 107$; 4Vs, 111. Consols,
not quoted.
The Rowland Hill Memorial is to be in the form of a benevolent
fund for the succor of aged and distressed Postotfice employees, their
widows and orphans throughout the United Kingdom ; and a statue or
other monument of Sir Rowland Hill himself. This was decided upon at
a public meeting held at the Mansion House the other day, under the
presidency of the Lord Mayor. His Royal Highness, the Prince of
Wales has consented to become the patron of the fund, which now amounts
to close upon £7,000.
Sale of New York Central Railway Shares.— London, January
22cL — The sale effected by the Syndicate of New York Central Railway
shares is an entire success. Various papers attack the sale as an attempt
to milk the English market. A communication to the Times declares
that the Syndicate's main object is to make a profit of over $3,000,000
above the price paid to Yanderbilt. —
"Liabilities, £119,000; assets, £3 10s. Gd." This was a case in an
English Bankruptcy Court, a short time ago. And yet people die of
starvation, and other people work for a living. It seems preposterous to
be a bricklayer, or an author, or a chimney-sweep, or a curate, when you
can owe £119,000 on an available capital of £3 10s. 6d.
C. P. Huntington, Vice-President of the Central Pacific R. R., in be-
half of himself aud other owners of the road, has sold to an Eastern
syndicate 50,000 shares of stock at 75, with an option of 50,000 more.
Privilege extends to six months, payment to be made in cash. This
transaction is expected to be followed by others equally important.
We have the rumor of a big scandal regarding the misappropriation
of $2,000,000 worth of bonds by a lady of this city. We propose to be
thoroughly sure of the facts, however, before exposing it or mentioning
names.
Mr. Amery, an American petroleum -well owner, has arrived at Baku,
Russia, to inspect the naptha fields of the peninsula of Apsheron. —The
Continent {tiatam).
Colon. January 22.— The British Consul here says English interven-
tion in the war between Chili and Peru will begin in eight day-.
Printed and Published by the Proprietor, Frederick Marriott, 607 to 615 Ksrchant Street, &«m Francisco, California.
SAX FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Jan. 24, 1880.
OUR POLICE BULLIES.
[But yOT our "bully" Police.]
The Police of New York have won for that city an addition to the
unenviable reputation which, both in political and in municipal affairs,
it has so long enjoyed. The blood- drip ping club of Captain Williams has
achieved for its brutal owner the notoriety which he undoubtedly craved,
and the promotion (to the shame of America, be it said !) which will put
money in his pocket. This notable example— spread far and wide by the
class of papers which finds favor in police stations and low bar-rooms-
has, it seems, spread its contagion to our San Francisco police. There
are, and have been for months past, complaints on file in this office,
of a character which we hesitate to place before the public— believing, as
we do, that a decently managed and decently conducted police ought
always to have the benefit of the doubt, and of the law. But there must
be a limit set somewhere. When, for instance, it comes to setting down
the number of arrests an officer makes to his credit, and relegating to the
limbo of disgrace an officer who has simply taken into custody those
whom his sworn duty compels him to " run in," then we must expect out-
rages of the grossest kind. Within the past few months men guilty of no
offense beyond possibly an inability to defend themselves against a club,
or a slimness of purse, which makes the retention of counsel impossible,
have been remorselessly " taken in" to " adorn the star" of some am-
bitious and unscrupulous Bobby. Sometimes, truly, the officer has found
that he has "made a mistake," that he has arrested the wrong man, and
then, in the morning, he is very anxious to "settle the matter" by having
three or four of his own cases dismissed by the Prosecuting Attorney
without further proceedings. But it is not always that the unhappy ar-
rested commands sufficient influence to bring about a dismissal, and in
such cases great injustice is invariably done. It has, in short, come to
this pass: That this is a free country, and the police can do whatever they
please. We witnessed a case in point a night or two ago. Walking along
Kearny street, at ten or eleven o'clock, we saw a lad — a mere boy — ad-
dress a citizen, and we saw the citizen kick the lad in such a brutal man-
ner as to send him off crying— a cripple, for a few hours, at least. Several
other indignant people saw this as well as ourselves, and, in company
with these, we asked the sobbing boy how it came about. His offense
consisted in asking his assailant for a meal. Now, we admit the provoca
tion. There are too many beggars in town. But, full of wrath at the
cowardice of a big, heavy man thus maltreating a child, we and our sym-
pathizers turned back to the restaurant which the man bad entered, tak-
ing with us the alms-asker. The latter was placed at a table, and the
square meal he evidently needed was paid for. In return he pointed out
his assailant. By five or six persons present that individual was recog-
nized as a well-known Keamy-street policeman in plain clothes. The in-
dignant remarks addressed to him he meekly sat down under, and it is
probably luckyfor him that he did. What, however, we want to get at
is, whether our police, either in plain clothes or uniform, are to be per-
mitted to daily and nightly commit outrages upon humanity and justice,
or whether San Franciscans will take it upon themselves to reform a force
which, as at present constituted, seems to be more of a menace than a
safeguard to the community. The trouble is that it is politics, not effi-
ciency and capacity, to which our police force owes its personnel.
REAPDNG THE WHIRLWIND.
The State and City Officials elected by the Workingmen seem to be
having a pretty lively time of it. There isn't one of them whose official
conduct hasn't been denounced by some " club " or other of his party, and
about half of them have been requested to abdicate. One has already
been forced to resign through incompetency, others promise to follow his
example, and all ought to do so. Every official elected has filled every
place under his patronage with — or nearly every place — with members of
his party, but there are not positions enough to go round, and the hungry
horde are beginning to turn ravenously upon the men they puffed up and
fawned upon a month or two ago. A few of the officers elected to the
more important positions of public trust have been wise enough to retain
the services of at least one subordinate well posted in the affairs of their
respective departments, irrespective of party demands. But for this we
might expect to see the whole political fabric built up by the Workingmen
go to pieces at any moment. The successful candidates now begin to see
what it is to be boosted into office by dirty hands. They begin to
discover that they were not elected on their own merits ; but simply
tools and puppets through whom every ward-striker and politi-
cal bummer might work his way to a fat salary. They have
done their best to fulfill the humiliating obligations which they
have placed themselves under in relation to their party. But by this time
they have learned how difficult it is to satisfy the appetite nf hngs. Their
regrets, however, come too late. They cannot retreat without dishonor,
any more than they can stand their ground without being daily subjected
to all manner of abuse and ridicule. Many of them are ignorant, and by
nature dishonest ; but even these find it very difficult to carry out the cor-
rupt schemes they had counted upon without great danger of detection.
They are too closely watched. Had the candidates of any other party
been elected, people would have looked out for the ordinary appropriation
of the spoils ; but when the sand lot rabble won the day — at least so far
as the city is concerned — then the public knows that it has to look to its
purse as one would in a crowd of pickpockets. In short, we don't envy
the officials representing the W. P. C. Honest or dishonest, they are in
a bad fix, which promises to grow worse as time goes on. They sowed
the wind, and they, instead of us, seem likely to reap the whirlwind.
MR. McSTOPPEN'S DILEMMA.
D— — is a penman, and does a great deal of confidential writing. Has
his "ad." in the daily papers: "Letters written, etc." He is withal a
wag, and, as he says, has missed many a fortune rather than miss a joke.
Into his sanctum, a few days ago, tripped a gentle creature who keeps
furnished rooms to let, and who, in days gone by, had charged D fif-
teen dollars a month for a five dollar room. She is at least 40, and far
from fat or fair. She spreads her net deftly for newly arrived gents. She
said: " Mr. D , I want you to write a note for me to a gentleman —
very nicely." D wrote from dictation:
Bear Mr. McStoppen, Buss House: Will you please call upon me this
p.m. from 2 to 4 or from 7 to 9. I wish to have some conversation in re-
gard to going to Arizona. Yours truly, Miss Wareham,
354 T Street.
Enclosed in a pink and scented envelope, this missive was directed in a
fine female handwriting, " J. C, McStoppen, Russ House," and placed in
a pillar box on the corner. The dame, forgetting to pay for the writing
of the letter, but giving D a smile which left deep furrows in the
frescoes of her face. As soon as she had gone out, I> grasped a coarae
pen, and, in a strong, bold hand, wrote the following note:
Mr. McStoppen, Russ Souse, City — Sie: Finding a blotter on my daugh-
ter's writing-desk, curiosity led me to hold it up to the mirror. I find it
to expose an appointment from my daughter, to meet you at my own
house, sir, at an hour when the rest of the family are supposed to be out.
Come, sir, if you think it best. I'll be at home, sir, to receive you and
welcome you. with sanguinary hands, to a most sanguinary grave. If you
fail to come, I shall call at the Russ House for you the next day.
B. Wakehaii, 35J T street.
This was posted— and at 11 o'clock when the mail-carrier arrived at the
hotel, D and a friend, who was in the secret, went over to the Russ
House, and McS was pointed out by the clerk. He was in the bil-
liard room, and the clerk handed bim two letters, which D , of course,
immediately recognized, opening the smaller one first. McS read it
carefully, and with a very gratified smile and nod of his head placed it in
his breast-pocket and proceeded to read the other. Gradually the smile
vanished and a paleness came over his face. Drawing the other note
from his pocket he hastily compared the two, and, going quickly to the
office, ordered his trunks brought down, paid his bill, and was driven to
the San Rafael boat. He did not go, however, but when the carriage had
driven away called an expressman and ordered his baggage to a house
near the Bush Street Theater, where hehired a pri\ a^.e foom under an as-
sumed name.
D went to the housekeeper the next day, and asked, in a loud tone
of voice, " Is there a man named McStoppen rooming here ?" Being an-
swered in the negative, of course, D withdrew. And as he did so,
McS. peered over the balustrade to see who he was. And now every day
D is on Bush street, opposite this house, while an anxious face is
watching him from behind the blinds. D says it is better than nail-
ing the weathercock in an easterly direction in front of a rheumatic's win-
dow. It keeps McStoppen in his room most of the time — when he sees
D parading up aud down the opposite side of the street — and, of
course, imagines him to be the irate papa.
1879.
ENGLAND'S EPITAPH FOR
[From two points of View.]
Vanity Fair, a clever London weekly paper of extreme "liberal"
views politically and an unflagging assailant of the present " Conservative"
Government, sees fit, in itB wisdom, to print the following epitaph on
1S79, applying it, of course, to the British Empire only :
" Here lies 1S79 ; bringing in its Early Dawn to Sir Bartle Frcre a Triumphant In-
dependence of Home, and to British Arms the Disaster of Isandula, it enabled
Sir Garnet Wolseley to get Alive out of Cyprus, and won for Lord Chelmsford the
Everlasting Reputation of a good After-Dinner Speaker. Dragging its Slow Length
through a Session and a Season alike Dismal, Dubious and Damp, it consoled Society
with French Comedy, and blessed the Country with a Scotch Banking-bill. Later
on, showing, in the Treacherous Murder of Major Sir Louis Cavagnari and the other
Heroic Members of the British Embassy at Cabul, that the Frontier which for Party
Purposes it may be convenient to call Scientific, may in Effect be nothing better
than a Phrase equally void of Accuracy as of Sense ; and thereby obliging England
suddenly to Embark in a Struggle that mav yet cost her the Loss of her Indian Em-
pire, it nevertheless in its Declining Days, soothed by Thirty-five Columns of Mr.
Gladstone's Eloquence, succeeded in striking Two Decisive Notes of Reaction and
Triumph For showing Political Opinion Captive to Waddy at Sheffield, and a band
of Zulu Warriors Submissive to Farini at the Aquarium, with a Falling Glass and a
Rising Temperature, it Expired on the Thirty-first Day of Deceml er, Impotently and
Imperially; Remembered by Few, Regretted by none, but Jeered at by All ; and
has now passed away to the Limbo of History, to be Labeled henceforth as an Epoch,
in which Empire and Liberty took permanently to Alcohol and left Honor at. Peace."
Pretty good for Van ity Fair, if it chooses to think that way. But,
without further comment, we will venture to another epitaph, which we
are sure will be more in accordance with the feelings of Englishmen in
this part of the world, and which, if not so gracefully written as the
" liberal " version, will at least possess the meritof being more truthful:
Here lies 1879 : bringing in its early dawn, through Sir Bartle Frere, a
triumphant vindication of England's right to protect her colonists, and to
British soldiers the proud privilege of dying bravely for the defenceless.
It enabled Sir Garnet Wolseley to see Cyprus squarely governed, and won
for Lord Chelmsford the honorable reputation of a brave though unsuc-
cessful officer. Leaping swiftly forward, through a session unequaledfor
its brilliancy, it tilled the nation with confidence and blessed the country
with wise statesmanship. Later on, proving, by the treacherous murder
of Major Sir Louis Cavagnari and the other heroic members of the Brit-
ish Embassy at Cabul, that if the frontier, which, for party purposes, the
opposition had denounced as useless, had been established sooner, the
massacre would have been prevented ; and thereby inducing England to
engage in a war which has added a rich province to her Indian Empire,
it nevertheless, in its declining days, galled by no less than thirty-five col-
umns of Mr. Gladstone's hypocrisy, was unkind enough to show the world
the pitiable spectacle of a small faction of the British public, called
"Liberals," kow-towing to a narrow-minded old woman named John
Bright. Finally, on the 31st of December, it expired with imperial dig-
nity, remembered with pride and gratitude by all truly loyal and patriotic
Englishmen as an epoch in which the Empire and its prestige was firmly
established before the world.
Jan. 24, 1880.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
"HUNCHY" AND "Sia"
" Hunchy ! Bunchy !" That boy affain ! Harry, come here, my lad.
i, "I da not wish to believe t h:vt your nature it* really bad ;
Biit yoarYe *uch a dev , well, I won't say what— for I think your heart
i.< Hk'ht,
Haviug seen you strike (as strike vou should) for the smaller boy in a
fight
But. Harry, my son, it's a coward's part to jeer at the wretch whom God
For reasons we cannot penetrate, h t'l under His sandal trod —
Hath under His sandal beaten down and left deformed to squirm
\ Through life, as you from your heel mi^ht shake a crushed and helpless
worm.
" Hunchy ?" Sit down by me, my son, and I'll tell you how and why
That wee small chap has given cause for your thoughtless, heartless cry.
•'Hunchy ! *' " Hunchy ! " why all the earth has not enough of gold
To buy the little that " Hunchy " doth by right of valor hold.
And if you, my boy, so straight and fair, were crippled as "Hunchy " is,
And had earned your badge of deformity as " Hunchy " merited his,
ROT medal, nor cross, nor garter gemmed would make me half so proud
As the " hunch " that proved that a son of mine was above the common
crowd.
* Hunchy" isn't so young as he looks— he's puny and weak, you know;
But though the plot of the tale I tell was laid eight years ago,
He was then as old as you are now — that's twelve— and was just as bright
And straight and handsome a bnnnie lad as ever pleased mother's sight.
He had no mother, though, she died— well, it doesn't matter how,
And his father — he was killed, I think, in some drunken, pot-house row ;
But he had a sister, a tiny minx, perchance some four years old,
And he hired a woman's care for her by peddling fruit, I'm told.
And " Sis " was her brother's sole delight, his idol by night and day ;
For her he saved, for her he toiled, nor envied the boys at play,
But stuck to his work like a little man, and when his task was done,
Home he eagerly sped as fast as his tired legs could run.
And there always peered over the window-sill a pair of big blue eyes
That watched him come tearing up the street with a sort of mock surprise,
Though their owner knew that he always came at just that time and pace
And already had puckered her rosy lips to kiss Ms glowing face.
One day, as he thus was speeding home, he heard the fire-bell ring ;
A moment he listened, then forward flew like a bird upon the wing ;
' I know it, I feel it! " he faintly gasped, and his face grew deathly white;
' It's the house we live in! " A minute more and he saw that he was right.
Like a bolt from a cross-bow shot, he pierced through the scared and
gaping crowd
To where a woman stood wringing her hands as she sobbed and cried
aloud ;
He gripped her arm as he fiercely asked; " Where's she ? Quick — answer!
Where ?"
And the woman pointed toward the flames and huskily answered " There!"
Then from the lips of the gazing crowd a cry of horror came,
As the boy sprang forward and disappeared 'mid the wreathing smoke
and flame;
And again that wail of fear was heard as a window was wide up-flung,
And, tied to a rope of knotted sheets, a white bundle downward swung.
Ascore of hands seized the senseless child — for the bundle was little "Sis."
A moment later a tongue of flame leaped forth with a serpent's hiss,
Touched the rope of knotted sheets and climbed to the window-sill;
And the crowd drew its breath in one mighty sigh, and then with awe
grew still.
"HI jump ! you can't catch me, but when I fall take me out to little
' Sis ' "
Then all they heard through the roaring flames were the last words —
"one more kiss."
A thud — a moan — and they bore him out a senseless lump of clay ;
Not dead, but for evermore to be the " Hunchy" you teased to-day.
There, Harry, my lad, don't mind the tears, let them trickle down if they
will ;
I'm glad to see that with all your pranks your heart's ia its right place
still;
But remember, a broken form may hold a soul without a flaw,
And I'm sure you won't call the poor crippled lad "old Hunchy" any
more.
San Francisco, Jan. 23, 18S0. H.
AN IMPENDING SACRILEGE.
Not only is St. Mark's at Venice threatened, but also its pigeons—
those pigeons that thrust themselves so obtrusively on the notice of every
visitor to Venice and are so characteristic of the famous Piazza. Many,
Bays the Pall Mall Bu<lget, are the stories told of their origin ; how their
ancestors served the Republic by bringing back news from its fleets, and so
on; but none of them are very well established, except that the birds have
always been regarded as town property, and have been fed out of a fund
Bet apart for that purpose. This fund is now said to have been a donation
from a private individual, the Countess Policastro, who, during her life-
time, always fed the birds at 2 o'clock, and left money to be applied to a
continuance of the custom ; certain it is, that as the clock strikes 2, the
pigeons swarm to St. Mark's from all parts of the town, and it is one of
the sights to go and see them fed. Until lately it would have been
thought little less than sacrilege to touch a feather of their wings, aud
they knew it so well that they would settle on any one they suspected of
having corn concealed about him, and never dreamed of moving out of
the way of people crossing the Piazza ; but when Venitian men lose re-
spect for their church, Venitian boys cannot be expected to retain it for
their pigeons, and some days ago one was discovered carrying off a
pigeon, evidently with a view to pie. Had he been promptly corrected
there would have been little harm ; but the case came before the law-
courts, ami it was argued and decided that the pigeons had never been le-
gally conveyed to the town, consequently they were nobody's property,
but, so to speak, wild fowl, and that the boy was only following; his
natural instincts in catching them, and must be acquitted. It seems hard
on the pigeons, after having had it their own way so long, and being led
to believe that they were a regular institution.
A Roarin' Trade— Street preachin'.
WHEAT TABLES.
We have been favored by a friend with a copy of certainly one of
the most useful books of tables hitherto produced in this State, which
will undoubtedly be a great convenience in the business of all shippers,
dealers, and charterers of vessels in this country, as well as to the mer-
chants and others in the old country, and will be appreciated by them.
It is the production of several months of labor of Mr. Thomas Wintring-
ham, cashier of Messrs. Parrott & Co., and Mr. Wintringham well de-
serves the reward which the profit on the sale of his book will doubtless
bring to him. The work includes a table to calculate commissions on
freight per 500 lbs., at from £1 10s. to £4 per ton of 2,240 lbs.— a formula
for obtaining comparative cost of insurance on gross and net invoice val-
ues—a table to calculate freight per 500 lbs., at rates from £1 10s. to £3
19s. 6d. per long ton ; and the main tables, to calculate the cost of wheat
per 500 lbs. — c. f. and i.— at prices in San Francisco from $1.50 to $2.25
per 100 lbs., freights from £1 10s. to £4, and exchange from 49 pence to 50
pence. Take the book altogether, we would strongly recommend it to all
parties interested in the Wheat trade or in ships, both here and in Eu-
rope. The amount of labor involved in such a work appears in the fact
that, though comparatively small in bulk, its price is ten dollars.
The star of the Berlin season is the young Princess Frederick of
Hohenzollern, niece of the Empress and ward of the Emperor of Aus-
tria. Her mother is the Princess Thurn and Taxis, the eldest of the six
daughters of the Duke Maximilian in Bavaria, of whom the others are
the Empress Elizabeth of Austria, Queen Marie of Naples, Princess Ma-
tilda, married to Count Trani, brother of the King of Naples, and Prin-
cess Sophia, wife of the second son of the Due de Nemours, the Due
d'Alencon.
KEYSTONE CLOTHES WRINGER.
The Best in the World.
Send for Descriptive Circular.
General Agents:
WIESTER A CO.,
17 New Montgomery Street, 8. F.
[January 24.]
TO MINE OWNERS.
THE SYNDICATE MINING ASSOCIATION
Was Organized August 28th, 1878, for the Purpose of Capitalizing Mining Properties,
Expecting that by Care and Preliminary Expenditure, it would be Able
to Secure and Promote only Dividend -Paying Mines.
The Directors of the Syndicate Mining- Ass'n, of Baltimore, Did:
Mr. Charles G. Kerr, Lawyer, Baltimore, Md President.
Governor Oden Bowie, ex-Governor of Maryland Vice President.
Mr. Wm. Emmet Banks, Merchant, Baltimore Treasurer.
Col. Harry McCoy, Baltimore Secretary.
Hon. G. C. Walker Ex-Governor of Virginia.
Hon. Robert T. Banks Ex-Mayor of Baltimore.
Hon. E. J. Henkel, M.C Anne Arundel Co., Maryland.
James D. Martin Merchant, Washington, D.C.
Hon. John Merrvman Ex-State Treasurer, Md.
Hon. M. W. Ransom United States Senator, Weldon, N.C.
E. McMurdy Inspector.
SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE:
Room 26, Cosmopolitan Building, No. 203 Bash Street.
[January 24.J
~ ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
Halo anil Jfforcross Sliver Mining Company. --Location of
principal place of business, San Francisco, California— Location of works,
Virginia Mining District, Storey County, Nevada.— Notice is hereby given that at a
meeting of the Board of Directors, held on the fourteenth day of January, 1830, an
assessment (No. 63) of One Dollar per share was levied upon the capital stock of the
Corporation, payable immediately, in U. S. gold coin, to the Secretary, at the office
of the Company, Room No. 58, Nevada Block, northwest corner Pino and Montgom-
ery streets, San Francisco, California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall remain unpaid on the NIXFTBENTH
day of FEBRUARY, 1880, will be delinquent and advertised for sale at public auc-
tion ; and unless payment is made before, will be sold on THURSDAY, the ELEV-
ENTH day of MARCH, 1830, to pay the delinquent assessment, together with costol
advertising and expenses of sale. By order of the Board of Directors
JOEL F. LIGHTNER, Secretary.
Office— Room No. 53, Nevada Block, northwest corner Pine and Montgomery
streets, San Francisco. Jan. 24.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Office of the Bodie Consolidated Mining- Company, Room
63, Nevada Block, San Francisco, Jan. 17th. 1380.— At a meeting of the B^ird
of Directors of the above-named Company, held this day, a Dividend (No. 7) OJ
Twenty-five Cents per share was declared upon the capital stock of theCompany. pay-
able on MONDAY, Feb. 2d, 1380. at the office of Messrs. Laidlaw & Oo., Now York,
only on the stock issued from the Transfer Agency in that city, and at the Ban Fran-
Cisco office only on stock issued here. Transfer books will close on Tuesday, Jan.
20th, 1330, at 3 p.m. [Jan. 24.] WM. H LENT, Secretary.
^DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Office of the Enreka Consolidated Mlnlnsr Company. Xe-
\iid.i Block, Boom No- 37, San Francisco, Jan. 16, 1880.— At a meeting of the
Board >>f Directors of the above named Company, held this day, a dividend (No. SI)
of Fifty Cents per share was declared, payable on TUESDAY, January 20th, 1830.
Transfer Books closed until the 21st instant.
Jan. 24. P- JACOBUS. Assistant Secretary.
BOKER'S BITTERS.
The Undersigned is Sole Ageut in California for the sale of
the above Celebrate 1 Bitters. He is prepared to deal with Merchants and
Jobbers on the most reasonable terms. GE'"»RGK MEL.
Jan. S4> *" California ?trett. San Francisco.
JONAS J. MORRISON,
Lumber Dealer.
A Choice Assortment offiagar Pine. Spraee Shelviner.Plne
Stepping1, i>rv Suri.ice Redwood, and a full line of Banding Material, .always
on hand. ■>"»- 2*-
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Jan. 24, 1880.
AN ENGLISH NOVEL.
B"3T AN AMERICAN ATJTHOH.
Chapter XI. — The Hunt.
"When the Lady Genevieve descended, on the following morning, she
found that breakfast had been through quite awhile, and that all the folks
were assembled out doors in front of the house. A sudden fear possessed
her that the Prince had arrived unbeknown to her while she had been
lagging abed. She turned pale as a sheet.
The Earl, rifle in hand, was entering the front door as she reached the
foot of the grand staircase.
" Is the Prince come?" she inquired, breathlessly.,
"Not as I know on," replied her pa, trying to push past her. "No,
sir ; I ain't seen nothing of no Prince. Say, lemme get on."
But the fair Genevieve still detains him.
" Then wherefore is this thus ?" she asks, pointing out through the door.
"Going gunning," Bays the Earl. "Don't.you see I'm all fixed up for
a hunt ?"
For the first time Evy noticed that her pa was accoutered in a com-
plete suit of buckskin-fringed shirt and leggings and a squirrel-skin cap.
"You'd oughter know'd that when you seen old trusty here," Mr.
Thames added, as he patted the barrel of his weapon.
The Earl passed on, and then the fact dawned upon Evy that there was
going to be a fox-chase.
Yes, after Genevieve had retired, the night before, a fox-hunt had been
planned for the morrow. The Judge had been the first to suggest it. He
and the Earl had been sitting in the dining-room and fast nearing the
bottom of their third bottle of " Blue Grass," while the young folks were
enjoying the social dance in the parlor.
"Say, old man," said his Honor, "what you calculate on doing to-
morrow 2"
" Blamed if I know," answered the Earl.
" Mother wants I should put up some shelves for her in the store-room^
but I guess that'll keep. I thought some of walking into town to see
how things is panning out. They's to be a primary there this coming
Wednesday week, and the folks round hereabouts want I should run for
Parliament next election."
" Goin' to run ?" asks the Judge.
"Well, I ain't settled* as I shall," returns Mr. Thames. "Don't know
yet awhile. You see, being nominated means planking out a mint o'
money beforehand, and having to stump the State afterwards, besides in-
terfering with my business."
"That's so," concurs the Court. " I've been there myself. I tell ye,
fust and last, running for office in this country means coin the worst kind.
It cost me considerable to git where I am ; but you better believe I'm
doin my level best to get it back. A man's salary ain't no interest on the
capital invested, sure's your born. Yes, sir ; runnin' for office means coin
from the word go. First gettin' the place, then keepin' it, and last wise
livin' by it. How's your business now?"
"Way up," replies Mr. T., confidently. "Ain't none better in the
city."
"Then stick to business and leave pol'tics alone," says the Judge,
sagely. " I know what I'm a-talking about."
The Earl seems dubious. He has a hankering for the senatorial toga,
and thinks it will set well upon him along with his Earl's coronet.
" Well, I tell ye," continues his Honor, seeing how the wind lays.
" Don't do nothing too much in a hurry like. We'll talk it over again
to-morrow night. Meanwhiles, let's have some fun to amuse the folks."
"Juatas you say," acquiesces the Earl, agreeably, as he divides the
last of the "corn juice" equally into his own and the Judge's tumbler.
" Guess mother'll be at me hot foot about tbem shelves if I stay loafing
about the house all day. What you propose to do?"
"Let's all go gunning," replies his Honor.
" What for ?" asks the Earl. " Ain't no game to speak of about here,
except a few robins and ground hogs."
" I ain't alluding to no Bmall fry like that," says his Honor, grandly.
" I'm talking about a real old-fashioned fox-hunt."
"Can't scare up no foxes round here, not as I know," returns Mr.
Thames, dubiously, as he sips his liquor. " They ain't been no fox here
since I located on this land. The pot-hunters make it too hot for 'em, I
reckon."
" That's all right," says the Judge, confidently. " I'll bet you a quar-
ter I scare one up if I go out. You didn't know I was a hunter, did ye?
I tell you, I'm some on the hunt."
So it was agreed, and the Judge went right away to tell the folks in
the parlor about it. The ladies were delighted.
" Oh, ain't that real splendid! " they all cried in chorus.
But there didn't seem to be the same unanimous enthusiasm displayed
by the gentlemen.
"I ain't had a gun in my hand for years," remarked the Count de
Jones, diffidently.
"I ain't no shooter to speak of," said Mr. Lord Summersault. " Except
with a deringer," he added quickly, as he caught the sneering gleam in
the Baronet's eye.
" We two was thinking of going to see the baseball match," observes
the Count of Devonshire, nudging Cornet Marlborough. "Say yes,
Billy."
"Yes," lisps the Cornet, languidly.
"Besides," urges Ensign Wellington, coming to the front as becomes a
military man, " you ain't got enough weapons to go round."
The Ensign has been hoping for a quiet day under the trees along with
the Lady of Langham.
" Nor horses," chips in Mr. Summersault. " You got to ride horseback
when you go for a fox hunt," he adds, knowingly.
" That's so," says the Count of Devonshire. " I was to one in Liver-
pool last year, and most everybody rode horseback."
" That's a clincher, I reckon," remarks the Ensign in a relieved tone,
as he turns away.
" Got through ?" asks the Judge.
The silence of assured victory gives assent.
" Because," he continues, " I'll agree to furnish all the horses and guns
you'll have occasion for."
" Where'll you get 'em ?" ask the gentlemen in a body.
" That's all right," replies the Judge, waving his forefinger, as he puts
his other thumb in the arm-hole of his vest. " You'll see where I get 'em
when the time comes. Meanwhiles, prepare for a regular old-time fox-
chase to-morrow. I'll rig you all out fair and square."
[Continued Next Week.]
The Force of Habit.— Scene : Ladies' Boarding School; Sergeant
drilling class. Sergeant: "Heads erect, shoulders square, eyes looking
straight to the front, lean well forward on the fore part of the feet, thumbs
touching the seams of the trou — Ah ! Ahem ! as you were." [General
tittering.]— Glasgoio Bailie.
BANKS.
THE BANK OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO.
Capital $3,000,000.
WJH. ALTORD President.
THOMAS BROWN, Cashier | B. MWtBAI, Jr., Ass' t Cashier
Agents :
New York, Agency of the Bank of Calfornia ; Boston, Tremont National Bank
Chicago, Union National Bank ; St. Louis, Boatman'B Saving Bank ; New Zealand,
the Bank of New Zealand ; London, China, Japan, India and Australia, the Oriental
Bank Corporation.
The Bank has Agencies at Virginia City and Gold Hill, and Correspondents in all
the principal Mining Districts and Interior Towns of the Pacific Coast.
Letters of Credit issued, available in all parts of the world. Draw direct on Lon-
don, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Bremen, Hamburg, Franklort-on-the-Main, Antwerp,
Amsterdam, St. Petersburgh, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Christiana, Locarno, Mel-
bourne, Sydney, Auckland, Hongkong, Shanghai, Yokohama. Nov. 4.
FIRST NATIONAL GOLD BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Paid ap Capital $2,000,000, Gold. President, R. C. Wool-
worth ; Vice-President, D. Callaghan ; Cashier, E. D. Morgan.
Directors : — R. C. Woolworth, D. Callaghan, C. G. Hooker, C. Adolph Low, Peter
Donahue, Isaac Wormser, Edward Martin, James Moffitt, N. Van Bergen.
Correspondents — London : Baring Bros. & Co. Chartered Mercantile Bank of In-
dia, London and China. Dublin : Provincial Bank of Ireland. Hamburg : Hesse,
Neuman&Co. Paris: Hottinguer&Co. New York: National Bank of Commerce. Bos-
ton : Blackstone National Bank. Chicago : First National Bank. This Bank is pre-
pared to transact a general Banking business. Deposits in Gold, Silver and Currency
received subject to check or on special deposit. Exchange for sale on the principal
cities of the United States, Great Britain, Ireland and the Continent. Commercial
Credits issued available in Europe, ChiLa and Japan. Collections attended to and
prompt returns made at the lowest market rates of Exchange. Jan. 19.
BANK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter.— Capital paid up, $1,800, -
000, with power to increase to §10,000,000. Southeast corner California and San-
some streets. Head Office— 28 Comhill, London. Branches— Portland, Oregon; Vic-
toria, New Westminster and Cariboo, British Columbia.
This Bank transacts a General Banking Business. Accounts opened subject to Check
and Special Deposits received. Commercial Credits granted available in all parts of
the world. Approved Bills discounted and advances made on good collateral security.
Draws direct at current rates upon its Head Office and Branches, and upon its Agents
as follows :
New York, Chicago and Canada— Bank of Montreal; Liverpool— North and South -
Wales Bank ; Scotland— British Linen Company ; Ireland— Bank of Ireland ; Mex-
ico and South America — London Bank of Mexico and South America ; China and
Japan— Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, and Oriental Bank ; Australia
and New Zealand — Bank of Australasia, Commercial Banking Company of Sydney,
and English, Scottish and Australian Chartered Bank.
May 18. FREDERICK TOWNSEND, Manager.
LONDON AND SAN FRANCISCO BANK, LIMITED.
Capital, $5,000,000, of which $3,000,000 is tally paid up as
present capital. Reserve Fund, $3(10,000. San Francisco Office, 424 Califor-
nia street ; London Office, 22 Old Broad street. Manager, ARTHUR SCRIVENER ;
Cashier, WILLIAM STEEL. London Bankers, Bank of England and London Joint
Stock Bank ; New York, Drexel, Morgan & Co. ; Boston, Third National Bank.
This Bank is prepared to transact all kinds of General Banking and Exchange Busi-
ness in London and San Francisco, and between said cities and all parts of the
world. March 30.
THE NEVADA BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO.
Capital Paid T7p $3,000,000.
Reserve, TJ. S. Bonds 3,600;000.
Agency at Hew Tork, 63 Wall street.
Agency at Virginia, Nev.
Buys and sells Exchange and Teleffraphie Transfers. Issues Commercial and Trav-
elers' Credits. This Bank has special facilities for dealing in Bullion. Nov. 8.
SECURITY SAVINGS BANK.
GUARANTEE CAPITAL, 8300,000.
Officers: Vice-President, Jerome Lincoln ; Secretary, W.
S. Jones ; Attorney, Sidney V. Smith. Loans made on Real Estate and other
Approved Securities. Office : No. 215 Sansome street, San Francisco. Oct. 14.
THE GERMAN SAVINGS AND LOAN SOCIETY.
Deutsche Spar mid I*eibhanlt, Mo 520 Calif orniastreet, San
Francisco. Officers : President, L. GOTTIG. Board of Directors. — Fred.
Roeding, Chas. Kohler, Edw. Kruse, George H. Eggers, N. Van Bergen, H. L. Simon,
Peter Spreckels, Ign. Steinhart. Secretary, GEO. LETTE; Attorney, JOHN R.
JARBOE. May 18.
THE ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN BANK, LIMITED.
422 California St., San Francisco.
London Office, 3 Angel Court ; Sen Tork Agrents, J. W. Sel-
igman & Co., 21 Broad street. Authorized Capital Stock, 86,000,000. Will re-
ceive Deposits, open Accounts, make Collections, buy and sell Exchange and Bullion,
loan Money, and issue Letters of Credit available throughout the world.
FRED. F. LOW, IGN. STEINHART, Managers.
P, N. Lilienthal, Cashier. Sept. 13,
Jan. 24, 1880.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
A VASSAR GIRL
She leaned her hem! on shapely hands,
And let her girlish fancy rove ;
Amid the dingy diagrams
She dreamed of lovers and of love;
When: "Take the hlat.klio.ird, if you please,"
Snapped out the grim professoress,
*' And find the sine of 12 decrees
And ;tO minutes" — more or less.
She started up with flushing face,
And looked around the room half scared ;
Then said, remembering the place,
" Not prepared!"
She had a lover like a prince,
A loyal lover, too, I wis ;
And though she feigned indifference,
Her foolish little heart was his.
So when upon the star lit strand
He spoke of all his hopes and fears,
And pressed her soft patrician hand.
He told his love to willing ears !
Though still she would not yield as yet,
Lest he should think she really cared,
But whispered low, the sly coquette,
" Not prepared! "
They were engaged ; and then again
To test that lover's fealty,
She treated him with cool disdain,
And flirted most outrageously. ,
But when her lover came no more,
She wrote and said remorsefully,
** Will you not seek me, as before —
Redeem your pledge— and marry me?"
The answer came ; with blush divine
She broke the waxen seal half-scared j
Then weeping, read the single line—
" Not prepared !"
— Acta Columbiana.
REMINISCENCES OP CAIiCRAFT.
A correspondent writes to the London Truth:
" I Buppose I am the only person with whom the late hangman had any
relations approaching friendship. Some twelve years ago I used to fish
nearly every Saturday afternoon in the Lea near Sewardstone. After-
noon after afternoon there was wont to confront me on the left bank a
little old man with a long white beard. We began to converse on fishing
topics, and gradually grew quite intimate, always, however, with the
stream between us. At length, one day, a sudden thunderstorm came ou,
and refuge had to be sought. I counseled the old man to make for a
bridge, get to my side, and accompany me to the Fountain, a well-known
fishing public-house. As we were approaching the public-house he
stopped, and said he would rather that I went in alone. I pressed him
for his reason. Finally, with some emotion, he told me who he was,
spoke of the possibility of his being recognized, and the embarrassment
the recognition would cause to me.
I always take a man as I find him ; and if Titus Oates were a man of
social tendencies, I should not have the slightest hesitation in standing
him a dinner at the Continental. Calcraft, I think, was touched, and we
became almost friends, as we sat and drank while the thunderstorm spent
itself. Then and afterward he told me some curious anecdotes of his pro-
fessional career. Mrs. Manning, he said, was the worst subject he ever
had worked off. She was somehow a sort of distant cousin of his, and
when on the scaffold he spoke to her soothingly. Her return was to make
her teeth almost meet in the ball of his thumb as he pulled the nightcap
down over her face. He promised to give me whole sheaves of anecdotes,
and I at one time contemplated his biography; but I was called abroad,
and never saw the old man afterward.
Their ran through Calcraft's nature a curious vein of romance. When
I knew him he had an only daughter, just grown up, on whom he doted.
She bad found a sweetheart, so he told me one day in our cross stream
g03Bips, and she asked her father to be allowed to bring him home. Cal-
craft counseled the girl to be candid with her lover as to her father's "pro-
fession " — the expression was his own ; but the girl could not bring her-
self to speak out, and she successfully entreated her father to keep the
grusome secret also. The lover was an assiduous visitor to the maison
Calcraft up the New North-road way, and the marriage-day was actually
fixed. He owned that be was miserable with the sense of false pretence,
and the presentiment of impending misfortune. One night, after the
lover had said good-bye to his girl, a genial neighbor stopped him — a
woman, of course, Calcraft bitterly interpolated —and revealed to the
lover who his impending father-in-law was. The fellow went away, and
never came back. The girl was miserable, and the poor old hangman
was doubly miserable, partly in sympathy for his child's suffering, partly
in remorse for his own share in bringing it about. Here is the theme for
a tragedy in the hands of a man like Mr. Wills."
At a recent meeting of the Scottish Food Reform Society, the com-
pany, to the number of twenty, sat down to a repast, consisting of six
courses — lentil and barley soup, haricot-bean pies, haricot-bean omelets
with sauce, hominy pudding, pearl meal pudding, and tapioca and apples.
The cost of the whole, exclusive of cooking, came to threepence-halfpenny
per head. Tins was extravagant, as no use was made of the barley straw,
which, finely chopped up and roasted with a little medical rhubarb pow-
der over the top, goes a long way.
The Gainsborough hat having had its day and nearly ceased to be,
now conies the Reynold's coat, which is copied from Reynold's portrait of
Lady Spencer. It is made almost precisely like a Breton coat with plush
lappels opening over a waistcoat of gray and black pekin velvet. The
material is damask, but the pockets are of plush, and the whole garment
is elegant.
No matter what your feeling or ailment is, Hop Bitters will do you
good. Prove it. See another column.
A CHILD OF MISFORTUNE.
Poor D— , now that he's dead and gone, there can be no harm in re-
lating his wonderful and many escapes during his lifetime. When at
school he narrowly escaped drowning ; whilst at cricket a ball hit him in
the eye, and for months his sight was despaired of ; falling from a tree he
broke his arm— the fruits of dishonesty— but not of those he ascended
the tree for ; whilst playing at foot-ball he snapped his knee-cap. He
entered the army; was twice paralyzed by blows from polo sticks, but re-
covered ; broke two ribs when riding a steeplechase ; twice thrown from
his horse and badly injured, and, when recommended not to ride any
more, he bought a trap, and the first day was capsized and the trap
smashed. After these mishaps one would have thought he might have
been allowed to rest in his grave, but on the way to the burial place, the
wheel of the gun-carriage came off, precipitating the coffin to the ground,
and, when it was being lowered into the Gft. by 2ft. hole, a rope broke,
and the coffin fell to the bottom, bursting out at its head. Sequel— While
the soldier who was performing the office of sexton was filling in the
grave, and the funeral party were looking on, they were surprised by the
enemy and had to bolt. The acting sexton was jumping out of thegrave,
when he met his death, and in the act of falling his rifle exploded, and
the bullet passed through the head of the foremost of the enemy, who
fell face downwards into poor D 's grave.— English Exchange.
A DUKE'S IDEAS.
The following are the prefatory remarks of the Duke of Somerset to
his volume just^ published under the title of Monarchy and Democracy:
An endeavor is made in the following short and fragmentary chapters
to trace the growth of modern political opinion. For this purpose the
doctrines propounded by distinguished French, English and American
writers are cited, the value of their doctrines tested by later experience,
and their predictions compared with subsequent events. Our present
form of government is a fusion of monarchy and democracy, in which
fusion, during the last fifty years, democracy has been continually ad-
vancing. Whether this movement indicates the progressive improvement
°f the Constitution, or its deterioration and decay, is a question on which
politicians will differ. * To secure to advantages of government with the
least possible inconvenience to the governed,' is not a bad criterion of
statesmanship, but it is not the system which prevails in the present day.
There is an incessant interference with the governed ; and the legislation
of every recurring session imposes some new restriction on human free-
dom.^ This constitutes only one of the problems submitted for considera-
tion in the following pages, but it involves a principle which should be
closely watched."
WAKELEE'S AUREOLINE
Produces the Beautiful Golden Hair so Much Admired.
SUPERIOR TO THE IMPORTED ARTICLE
— BT REASON OF ITS-
FRESHNESS AND CAKE USED IN ITS PRODUCTION.
PRICE, LARGE BOTTLES. $2.
Manufactured by H. P. WAEELEE & CO., Druggists, corner
Montgomery and Bush streets, 8. E. [Aug. 2.
CO-PARTNERSHIP NOTICE.
We, the nntlersisrited, have this day formed a co-partner-
ship under the firm name of SCOFIELD & TEVIS, for the transaction of
a General Importing-, Shipping' and Commission business, succeeding- to the business
heretofore carried on by F. B. Taylor & Co. D. G. SCOFIELD,
San Francisco, Jauuiry 2d, 1880. HARRY L. TEVIS.
NOTICE.— Having sold to Messrs. Scofleld and Tevis the stock of merchandise,
warehouse, and good-will of the business heretofore carried on under the firm name
of F. B. Taylor & Co., I heartily recommend them to the trade as my successors in
business, and ask for them a continuance of the patronage so liberally bestowed on
the old house during the past 2S years, F. B. TAYLOR.
San Francisco, January 2d, 1880. Jan. 10.
CO-PARTNERSHIP NOTICE.
The business heretofore vomlncted by Henry B. Williams,
under the firm name of WILLIAMS, BL\NCHARD & CO., will be continued
and carried on by the undersigned, who will assume all contracts, and will receipt
and liquidate any and all indebtedness due to and owing bv said firm, under the firm
name of WILLIAMS, DIMOND & CO. HENRY B. WILLIAMS,
A. CHESEBROUGH,
San Francisco, December 31st, 1S79. [Jan. 10 ] W. H. DIMOND.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
The German Saving's and Loan Society.— For the half year
ending this date, the Board of Directors of the German Savings and Loan So-
ciety have declared a dividend on Term Deposits at the rate of six and nine-tenths
(0 9-10) per cent, per annum, and on Ordinary Deposits at the rate of five and three-
fourths (i>3) per cent, per annum, free from Federal taxes, and payable on and after
the 15th day of January. 1830. By order. GEO. LETTE, Secretary.
San Francisco, December 31, 1879. Jan. 3,
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Office of the Fflbernia Savings and Loan Society, X. E.
corner Montgomery and Post streets, San Francisco, January 5th, 1880.—
At a regular meeting of the Board of Directors of this Society, held this day, a Div-
idend at the rate of six and a half (6J) per cent, per annum, for the- six month3 end-
ing with December Slat, 1879, was declared on all deposits, pavable from and after
this date, free from Federal Tax. [Jan. 10.] EDW. MARTIN, Secretary.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Saving!) and Loan Society, 619 Clay street. --For the half
year ending December 31st, 1>7;>. a dividend has been declared on all deposits
at the rate of five and one-half (."^) per cent, per annum, free of Federal Tax, and
payable on ai.d after January loth, 1880.
Jan. 17. CYRIS W. CARMANT, Cashier.
GUS. V. DANIELS,
Successor to Thomas A Dauiels, of California Paint Com-
pany's House Painting Department. House, Sign and Ship Painting, and Pa-
per Hanging. Walls Repaired. Whitened or Tinted any shade or color. All orders
promptly attended to and work guaranteed.
Jan. 17. 27 and 95i STEVENSON STREET, San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Jan. 24, 1880.
"PLEASURE'S WAND."
""We Obey no Wand hut Pleasure's."—^"* Moore,
Bush Street heater.— Operas of the style that the Melville Com-
pany propose producing require of their interpreters hoth vocal and dra-
matic ability. They all, more or lesB, contain long dialogues. In criti-
cising these performances it is therefore necessary to consider both of these
points. Judging from the performances of the initial opera, The Dra-
goons of Villars, this company is not strong enough in these requirements
to satisfactorily amuse the public. It is true there are several artists in
reserve, and they will perhaps strengthen the weaker points. Of Miss Mel-
ville it can be said that, as "Rose Friquet," she was perfectly successful,
vocally speaking. She sings the score archly and charmingly. It is well
suited to her voice, the range calling into service her lower notes, which
are round and rich. She enunciates her phrases clearly and distinctly.
She is vivacious in her acting, but failed to give the country tom-boy the
proper color. Her " Friquit" is a polite and refined lady masquerading,
not a village hoyden in naturalibus. Of Mr. Vernon, the tenor, little in
praise can be said. He sings fairly, but acts badly. His voice is pure
and true in the middle register, inaudible in the lower, and thin in the
upper, with a strong tendency to fiat. His dramatic efforts smack
involuntarily of burlesque. Miss Lily Post is a most charming little
comprimaria, and sings and acts very nicely. Dividing the honors
with Miss Melville stands Mr. Peakes. This artist is a sterling one. A
capital actor, dramatically effective, and a good singer — one with a good
method. His voice has lost some of its resonance since he last appeared
in this city, but not to any alarming extent. Mr. Dochez is an old-timer,
with a voice worn and fatigued. Mr. Barrows is clever as a comedian,
but, unfortunately, ineffective as a vocalist. The chorus is large and
well drilled. The voices are fresh and strong, and tempo and sha-
ding are well observed. The orchestra is effective. "What the company
lack is a good baritone, a tenor de grazia and a buffo. These are essen-
tials to satisfactory performances, and the management will find it
necessary to strengthen the troupe in this direction. That done, there
can be no doubt of its success. In Emelie Melville and Peakes lies a
tower of strength ; but, without supports, the best tower will fall. Miss
A rim's Montague and Mr. Turner appear next week. These two are very
good artists. The Chimes of Normandy will then be produced. It is easy
to see that it will be done effectively, though at present writing it is hard
to divine by whom the " Marquis" will be sung.
Baldwin's Theater. — The favor and popularity that Miss Clara Mor-
ris enjoys in this community have never been so exemplified as by the
immense audiences that have uncomfortably filled this theater during the
week. This version of Man and Wife is a rather free adaptation of
Wilkie Collins' novel. It is rather compactly constructed, and, with the
exception of the ''Hester Dethridge" episode, which is somewhat indis-
tinctly worked in, is sufficiently intelligible to render a previous knowl-
edge of the story unnecessary. The character of "Anne Sylvester " is not
one that affords Miss Morris a great opportunity to display her wonder-
ful mimic abilities. There are no strongly marked characteristics about
the unfortunate governess. She possesses no peculiarities nor abnormally
developed traits, to which the actress' genius can give life and reality; she
is simply a woman with a woman's extremes of strength and weakness.
These phases Miss Morris delineates with all her wealth of emotional
ability, with all her talent of elocution, and with all that minutia and de-
tail of natural gesture and by-play that she revels in. In assuming char-
acters, Miss Morris invests them with a wonderful breadth and vividness,
and enters into the spirit of the role with an irresistible force and vigor.
As a whole, Miss Morris' "Anne Sylvester" is above criticism. There is
one little episode in the last act, though, with which fault can be found.
When "Anne Sylvester" receives from the family physician a letter in-
forming her of her husband's danger, it would seem natural for the
news to produce some sort of effect upon her. Miss Morris simply reads
the letter and puts its aside, without any show of feeling or emotion, or
even indifference. This is hardly consistent with human nature. The ex-
cellence of the Baldwin company has undoubtedly never been so proven as
durincrthisweek. Itisarare sightto seeaplaysoadmirablyactedas Man and
Wife has been. In the development of the plot, several of the characters
become in turn prominent figures, and good acting is a necessity to its
success. It can be said that the whole cast is of great excellence. Miss
Carey makes a delicious girlish figure of "Blanche Lundie." It is a
sweet, arch, vivacious picture of girlhood. Miss Walters, as "Lady
Lundie," is sufficiently aristocratic and dignified in manner, if not in ap-
pearance. Miss Revel gives one of her truthful Scotch dialectic charac-
ters with her usual skill. As " Mrs. Glenarm," Miss Thome does re-
markably well for a comparative novice. The minor parts, by Misses
"Wetherell and Cowles, are played with discretion and neatness. On the
male side there is also almost nothing but praise due. If Mr. O'Neill
does not very definitely carry out the novelist's idea, he does sufficiently
the dramatist's. In the scenes with ' Anne Sylvester," he strikes the true
key of the character. A being, rugged in its stoicism, a man that seems
to breathe forth the knowledge of his physical superiority, and the indif-
ference to his mental inferiority. In his scenes with " Brinkworth," and
the others, O'Neill disregards this idea, and evidences intellectual activity
and a certain nervousness of manner that is inconsistent with his own
true conception of the character. Mr. Morrison is very good as " Brink-
worth " in the serious scenes— in the others he entirely overdoes the com-
edy traits. " Sir Patrick Lundie " is admirably acted by Mr. Bradley.
He gives the true ring to the old gentleman, with his dignity, amiability
and knowledge of the world. As " Bishopriggs," the canny Scot, Mr.
Jennings again proves what a clever character actor he is. It is, undoubt-
edly, a feature of the whole performance. Such a complete identification
into a character is rarely seen. It is a genre picture, drawn in minute and
accurate lines. The old fellow seems to have stepped out of the book,
perfect in detail and true to life. The scenery is rather neat, the last set
being Eastlake in its character, though the different pictures were rather
peculiarly hung. On Monday, Camille will be produced.
Wilhelmj Concerts. — There has rarely been so instantaneous a suc-
cess as that achieved by Wilhelmj. He is a great artist — one who ap-
peals to the heart, to the soul, to the sentiment that all mankind possess
in a greater or lesser degree. Technically perfect in all respects, he inter-
prets the mechanical difficulties of instrumental music as but few can.
But this is nothing in itself, when compared to the genius that infuses
life and meaning into the harmonies of the great masters. Music is one
of the noblest forms of human thought, and Wilhelmj expresses and vivi-
fies these emanations of the mind with depth and nobility. His tones
are so broad and true, so rich and pure, that they indelibly impress them-
selves on the listener. So sweet and pathetic are his noteB that they
seem to awaken echoes on one's heart-strings, and the sorrows and
pleasures treasured up in one's memory are awakened and revived. It is
by these signs that the true artist is recognized — the man in whose hands
the violin is but what the tongue is to the orator, or the pen to the writer,
the means of expressing the inspirations and the emotions of one's better
self. Wilhelm j's rank as one of the foremost violinists living is a fact be-
yond cavil. But the cause of his success is not in this fact. It is that
he succeeds in moving one and all by his playing, that his listeners are
carried along in spite of themselves, as in a dream. The sorrows and
worries of the world, its bitterness and coldness, all this is forgotten, and
nought but the better feelings of humanity remain. In Mr. Max
Vogrich, Wilhelmj has an able accompanist. As a pianist he is not of
extraordinary ability, but is gifted with brilliancy of execution and a fair
depth of feeling. Miss Salvotti has a good voice, of good range, but seem-
ingly worn. Her execution is hard and rough, and her phrasing but me-
diocre. The orchestral accompaniments call for little mention. There
are too few participants to give much power to their work. As Wilhelmj
will remain another week, another opportunity will be offered to dwell on
his great talent.
California Theater.— On the off nights of the Wihelmj concerts the
Colville Company have appeared at this theater, to remarkably full
houses. Robinson Crusoe has been given, with all its wonted vim, to the
great amusement of the coterie of young admirers that nightly holds
service at this shrine of beauty. For next week, U Trovatore is an-
nounced. It is safe to say that this clever troupe will make this a most
amusing affair. In reference to the future of this theater, and the con-
flicting rumors regarding Lawrence Barrett and the management, every
paper has had its say, and this one will not be left out in the cold. From
information derived from the most trustworthy sources, it can be stated
as a positive, undeniable fact that the stockholders have had no negotia-
tions of any sort whatsoever with Mr. Barrett or his agent, and that they
are at a loss to understand the rumors that are circulating.
Standard Theater. — For his last week Herrmann has offered a rather
mixed bill. The shooting by a file of soldiers of a volley at Herrmann,
is an effective trick, though slightly transparent. Addie a velocipede act
is a graceful performance. The cannon act has been abandoned, the
younger Lorella, who has been the performer, having been slightly
burned about the face by the powder on Monday evening. The panto-
mime, which has been given instead, is a very idiotic affair. The attend-
ance has been good, the number of attractions considered.
Woodward's Gardens. — Saturday and Sunday, January 24th and
25th. This delightful holiday retreat, for entertainment and health, has
had a number of new attractions lately added to its already extensive col-
lection. But for the two days, January 24th and 25th, an extra treat has
been arranged for the public. The programme is perfectly replete with,
novelties. This will be the first appearance of James Webster and also of
Harry Grandall, who will appear in their new Southern sketch, " The
Picnic."
German Theater. — Urban's benefit was an ovation. The theater was
crowded, a fitting tribute to a talented actor. In the part assumed on
Sunday evening by the beneficiary, opportunity was given him to show
his capabilities as the delinations of both pathos and humor. It was a
rare piece of acting. To-morrow evening a new comedy will be produced.
It is by O. Justinius, and is entitled Our Gipsies.
Chit-Chat. — The Royal Academy of Music has sustained an irrepara-
ble loss. The Duke of Edinburgh has voluntarily ceased to be a director
of it.-^At last advices Sir Julius Benedict and Lady Benedict were
spending their honeymoon in a choice bit of English landscape, far from
the city's din. Lady Benedict is the very youthful Miss Fortey that
waB — that is, she is not as yet forty, unless pianoforte — a pianist who un-
til recently was a student. Sir Julius Benedict is verging on octogenari-
anism.^— Joseffy came suddenly to a standstill last week. He broke a
finger-nail, and this necessitated a surgical operation.^— Alice Harrison
wants to be a manageress and is going to England to pick out a troupe.
^—Sixteen years ago Sardou promised a play to the Palais Royal Thea-
tre, but he has always avoided the issue. It is rumored that he will now
fulfill the promise by touching up a play written in his adolescence.^—
Frank Lawlor is now manager of the Paulding Combination.—— When
Sothern gets here, shortly, he will produce his new play. It is by Mrs.
Harry Beckett, and is entitled a Beggar on Horseback^— Willie Seymour
is temporarily supporting Barrett.' ' ■■ Adelina Patti's matrimonial affairs
are to be settled this month. Carlotta, with De Munck, Ciampi and bag-
gage, has let for Australia. There will be lively times on the steamer.—
Rose Osborne is handsomer off the stage than on, which is saying a good
deal. ^— That enterprising fellow, Manager Harry Sargent, has in Miss
Adele Belgarde another dramatic bonanza, judging by Eastern reportB.
She is a very handsome woman and possessed of remarkable talents. It
is her intention to appear here in Spring, and all will be glad to welcome
her and her able manager, scarf-pin and all.
Krug Champagne.— Private Cuvee, in quarts and pints ; Shield—
Krug — in quarts and pints ; Premiere Qualite, in quarts and pints. For
sale by Hellman Bros. & Co., corner Front and Jackson streets.
Couldn't See It. — Caller to Postmaster — "I want to send fifty francs
to my son; how much '11 it cost?" Postmaster — "Ten sous." Caller —
" There you are." (Gives him ten sous.) Postmaster — "Hi, there ! but
where's the fifty francs?" Caller — "What ! Have I got to give you the
fifty francs too? I don't see what saving there is in this money order
business."
Jan. 24, 1880.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
SPORTINC ITEMS.
Fishing. Lovers of tlie gentle craft who enjoy the sport for its own
sake, those who practice it merely t«> supply their tables with finny deli-
cacies, and the great majority who do not fish at all, but depend on the
labor of others for the indispensable salmon, trout, and other food-fish,
should join to protest against Senator Wendell and his bill for the aboli-
tion of close time for salmon. It is true that Wendell proposes to pro-
hibit siil ra on -fishing from Saturday sunrise to Sunday sunset in each week,
in lieu of the present close season of six clear weeks in the Fall, when the
female fish are spawning. But the Senator is either ignorant of the fact
th:»t no fish are caught on Saturday and Sunday, as their is no market for
their sale, or he is trying to throw dust in the eyes of his brother legislat-
ors. It appears to many people that Wendell only introduces his bill to
strengthen bis position with the ignorant fisherman and grasping cannery
owners of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers. The total annihila-
tion of salmon in this State may be a small matter to Wendell, or only of
consequence to him as an article of barter for political capital, but it is a
very grave and important subject to thousands of persons who find salmon
at present a cheap and palatable article of diet, but who, if Wendell's bill
becomes law, will be forced to look upon it as an article of luxury far be-
yond their reach. There is a Fish Commission in this State, composed of
honest, able men, who devote their time to fish culture without receiving
one cent of pay from any source. Previous Legislatures have set aside
sums of money for the preservation of fish and the enforcement of fish
laws, under the direction of our Fish Commissioners. All legislation
respecting fish should emanate from them, or, at least, be referred to
them ; yet this Wendell, in his dense ignorance of the subject or his dis-
honest desire to make it subservient to bis personal profit, desires to pass
a law that ignores the Fish Commissioners, and at one blow shatters the
fruit of their arduous labors. It is to be hoped that the present Califor-
nian Legislature will not commit itself to so barbaric an action as with-
drawing all protection from so game and useful a fish as salmon.
Fedestrianism. — The races at the Recreation Grounds last Saturday
produced several first-rate performances. The quarter-mile run was won
by Robinson in 58 seconds, McMillan second, JSisman a bad third. The
next event was a hundred-yard race, three heats, between Horace Hawes
and R. S. Haley, of the Olympic Club. Mr. Davis was starter, Mr. Law-
ton referee. After a " no heat " the men got off in good order, though
both were ahead of the pistol, which accounts for the fast time given,
10£ seconds, on a bad track, Hawes getting in first. The final heat was
also won by Hawes ; time given, 10 1-5 seconds, though 10| would have
been much nearer the mark. A three-mile race between Cole and Mc-
Millan was won by the former, in 19 minutes 52^ secouds. Church de-
feated Berry in a hundred-yard race; no official time. The five-mile bi-
cycle race between Bennett and Merril was won by the former.-^— There
will be a five-mile walk at the Recreation Grounds to-morrow.— A
quarter-mile run for S500 has been arranged between King Hedley and
Davis, the well-known sprint runner, to come off February 8th. Davis
is the favorite, many persons believing that his recent record of 50 sec-
onds was correct, and basing their judgement on that performance. We
learn, however, that the course on which he made that time was about
twenty yards short, which would bring his time up to a trifle over 52|
seconds, which should be further raised to allow for an advantage at the
start. If Hedley can get in condition to run the race out we believe that
he has a trifle the best of it. In his present condition the race is about
sixty yards too long for him— ^— The six-day walk at Sacramento com-
menced last Monday with fifteen starters.
Baseball. — The Pacific Coast Baseball League organized last Wednes-
day. The following were the delegates from the different clubs: Pacific —
A. Fritz, J. Shear, W. Jourdan ; Athletic— L. N. David, J. J. Donovan,
J. McKenna ; Knickerbocker— J . J. Driscoll, C. Lyons, J. Riley; San
Francisco— L. Mursch, J. Stroud, E. W. Keating ; Bay City— E. J.
Schroeder, E. C. McFarlane, A. W. Hume ; Union— M. Jacobi, M.
Frank, W. J. Kohlman. Messrs. Fritz, David, Driscoll, Stroud, Jacobi
and McFarlane were appointed a committee on bye-laws and constitution,
with power to name the number of clubs to compose the League. The
meeting then adjourned till next Thursday. —The game last Sunday at
the Union Grounds, for the benefit of W. W. Kelly, was won by the
Unions, who defeated Our Boys by a score of 4 to 1. Kelly was fortu-
nate in selling his gate receipts to Kohlman and Jacobi for $200, as, from
the looks of the crowd present, less than $50 was taken in.— —The prin-
cipal fight in the Pacific Coast Baseball League will be on the choice of
playing-grounds. It is impossible to ascertain the choice of the players,
but there can be no question that a large majority of regular spectators
prefer the Recreation Grounds, on account of their better location. ^^A
game will be played at the Union Grounds to-morrow between the
Knickerbockers and Unions, for the benefit of Barnie. A large attend-
ance is anticipated, from the popularity of the beneficiary and the excel-
lence of the players comprising the teams.
FootbalL — The Wanderers and Oakland Clubs played a match at the
Recreation Grounds last Saturday. Following were the teams : Wander-
ers—Wallace, Hellman, Blackie, Girven, Burling, Lucas, Nicholson, Fer-
guson, Okell, Peterson, Theobald, Page, Wildes, Lawtou and Wilson.
Oaklands— Cadogan, Scott, Johnson, Belcher, Sime, Deane, A. Tobin,
Oliver, Whitehead, Cotton, Nealon, Moss, Searle, J. J. Searle and Wil-
liams. At the conclusion of the match the score stood : Wanderers,
three trys ; Oakland, two trys. The same clubs will play at the Recrea-
tion Grounds this afternoon. We have been requested to suggest to
several of the above players, whose names we withhold, that as ladies are
present at the games, it is their duty to wear clothes becoming a gentle-
man ; and, should they be so unfortunate as to get their uniform torn, to
leave the ground, and not continue to play in a worse than semi-nude
state.
Coursing. — The Capital Coursing Club was organized, at Sacramento
last Tuesday, with the following officers: President, Albert Manning;
Secretary, A. S. Woods; Treasurer, P. Kelly.— The match at San Jose,
between "Smuggler" and " Tipperary Boy," has been declared off.-^—
The open Spring meeting of the San Jose Coursing Club will be held
next week; time and place not yet fixed. Entries of dogs from all parts
of the State are solicited.
Bicycling.— The six-day bicycle ni-Uch, riding time limited to 1-4 hours
each day, that finished at Hull, England, December 20th, was won by
Waller, who rode 950 miles in the specified time.
Rowing. — Hoy t appears to have considerable trouble about hiB boats.
His last investment in that direction w;ts the purchase of G. Strong's
shell at a private bargain, which we hear was $70. The shell weighs 45
{xumds, has a fixed seat and old style outriggers. Experts say she is a
aithful copy of Noah's first attempt at naval architecture. It is further
alleged that Strong built her himself in a cellar ten years ago, and that
she has been in the cellar the greater part of the intervening time. All
hands agree in congratulating Strong on the sale.
Wrestling. — Driscoll and Watson will wrestle for the championship of
the Pacific Coast at the Recreation Grounds to-morrow. The business
has the old circus appearance, and does not give the winner the title, as
regular championship preliminaries have not been observed.
PUTTING SALT ON THEIR TAILS.
Flyaway, one of our local ink-slingers, borrowed a gun last Saturday,
and having hired a lot of the new diving decoys, started to a point on the
line of the new narrow-guage road to shoot ducks, his friend Highflyer
promising to join him on Sunday. Before starting, Flyaway told High-
flyer that he bad arranged for guns, shells, etc., at street, and for
H. to go there and find shells already loaded, etc. H. went to the place
designated late Saturday evening and received the Bhells which F. had
ordered, not knowing, however, that he had also ordered them to be loaded
with salt instead of shot. Flyaway arrived on the grounds too late for
shooting that evening, but was up betimes Sunday morning, was rowed
oyer to the sbooting blind, and left there, after, of course, having set out
his decoys. These decoys are so arranged that by pulling a string they
are drawn under the water, and really look like living ducks at a short
distance.
The ducks were not very plentiful, and F. pulled the strings until his
arm ached, and finally, when he did get a shot at a flock, he missed get-
ting even one. After several ineffectual discharges of the small cannon
with which he had provided himself, he thought of examining the shells,
which he found loaded with salt, the man having loaded all the shells he
sold that day with salt — finding it much cheaper than shot — and being
delighted at the hint that Flyaway had given him — in perpetrating a
joke on H. Disgusted at the recoil of his own joke, F. was making ready
to take up his decoys, when he espied his friend H. coming across the
marsh, gun in hand. A bright idea seized him (something which nobody
else had told him) and laying down again and pulling some branches, of
which the blind was made, over him, he commenced to pull the decoys,
and, obedient to the string, the decoys commenced diving.
Highflyer, who would rather shoot at a sitting mark than at one flying,
crept up to within a good shooting distance, and as the ducks came to the
surface, blazed away. Down went the ducks. As quick as he could load
and fire be did so. Again and again he fired, and the ducks, obedient to
the pulling of the string, dived just long enough to allow Highflyer to
load, and, coming to the surface, would receive the fire of the now irri-
tated Nimrod.
Flyaway knew that his friend had just forty shells, and had counted
up to nineteen double shots. Up came the ducks again. Bang went the
gun. But before they came up to catch the second barrel, a dog who had
heard the incessant firing at Milpitas, and had come running across the
marsh to join the sport, plunged into the water, and just as the decoy
came to the surface, seized it, and brought it ashore, with all the strings
attached.
Flyaway, in his ecstacy, forgetting the remaining charge in H.'sleft
barrel, sprang out from his hiding-place, and, dancing around, shouted
"Ha! ha! sold again. Wooden ducks! salted cartridges!" He fairly
rolled on the ground with delight at H.'s discomfiture. As he turned, in
his glee, H. brought his gun to his shoulder, and, pulling the trigger, shot
the whole charge into the region of F.'s anatomy just above his boot-legs,
behind, knocking him into the mud in front of the blind, from which he
had to be hoisted out with a Derrick. [Postscript. — The doctor has suc-
ceeded in extracting some of the salt. Highflyer says that the remainder
will not hurt him, as he was altogether too fresh — before.
CALIFORNIA THEATER.
Umler the Management of Mr. Samuel Colville. --Grand
WILHELMJ MATINEE CONCERT, Saturday, Jan. 24th. Popular Prices!
COLVILLE OPERA BURLESQUE COMPANY, Saturday Ewning', Jan. 24th, in
ROBINSON CRUSOE. Second Series of
Grand Wiilielnij Concerts
will be given as follows : Monday Evening, Jan. 20th ; Wednesday Evening, Jan.
2Sth ; Thursday Matinee, Jan. 29th; Friday Evening, Jan. 30th— upon thesamescale
of completeness and liberality as last week. Seats may be secured in advance.
COLVILLE'S OPERA BURLESQUE OOMPANP will appear on the evenings of Tues-
day, Thursday and Saturday, and Saturday Matinee, in the burlesque,
Ill-Treated II Trovatore !
THE BALDWIN THEATER.
Thomas M affaire, Manager.-- Houses Crowded I Immense
Success of the Ore it Emotional Actress. CLARA MORRIS, in her great char-
acter, ANNE SYLVESTER, in her own version of
Man and Wife!
This (Saturday) Afternoon, Jan. 24th, FIRST CLARA MORRIS MATINEE, at 2 p.m.
Notice.— In cons-,t[ueuce of the euormous expense attendant on the engagement of
Miss Clara Morris, the Prices of Admission to the Matinee Performances will be the
someaa at night. This (Saturday) Evening, Grand Complimentary Benefit of MISS
BELLE CHAPMAN ! AFTER DARK, and Other Specialties. Monday, Jan. 26thf
Camille 1
STANDARD THEATER.
MA. Kennedy, Manager. .-This Saturday) Evening, Jan-
• aray 34th,
Herrmann !
Last night but one of his great California Engagement of five weeks to Splendid
Houses. Great and Attractive Bill! The Beautiful M'LLE ADDIE in- her Daring
Velocipede Act, etc. The ELFIN LORELLAS in their Gambols. Tba Startling Rifie
Act Oomic Pantomime. Secure Seats at Once. REGULAR MATINEE SATUR-
D AY. Sunday— LORELLAS' BENEFIT. Jan. 34.
BUSH-STREET THEATER.
Cbarles E. Lorke. Proprietor.— Emelie Melville English
Opera Company. Every Evening this Week, including Sunday, and at
Saturday Matinee,
Friqnet; or, Los Dragons do Villars.
Monday, January ttth, Superb Production of THE CHIMES OF NORMANDY
Seats on sale six days in advance. Jan. 24.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Jan. 24, 1880.
OUR SHIPS AT SEA.
How many of us have ships at sea,
Freighted with wishes and hopes and fears,
Tossing about on the waves, while we
Linger and wait on the shore for years,
Gazing afar through the distance dim
And sighing, will ever our ships come in?
We sent them away with laughter and song,
The decks were white and the sails were new,
The fragrant breezes bore them along,
The sea was calm and the skies were blue,
And we thought as we watched them sail away
Of the joy they would bring us some future day.
Long have we watched beside the Bhore
To catch the gleam of a coming sail,
But we only hear the breakers' roar
Or the sweeping night wind's dismal wail,
Till our cheeks grow pale, and our eyes grow dim,
And we sadly sigh, will they ever come in?
Oh ! poor sad heart with its burden of cares,
Its aims defeated, its worthless life
That has garnered only the thorns and the tares,
That is seared and torn in the pitiful strife.
Afar on the heavenly golden shore
Thy ships are anchored forever more.
Florence Orover.
EGIBI & CO., THE OLDEST BANKERS.
In ancient Babylonia and Assyria, as in Egypt, the precious metals,
and especially silver, circulated as uncoined ingots. They were readily
taken, indeed, but taken by weight and verified by the balance like any
other merchandise. The excavations in Assyria and Babylon, which have
thrown so much li^ht upon ancient history, have afforded us some inter-
esting information as to the commercial arrangements of these countries,
and we now possess a considerable number of receipts, contracts, and
other records relating to loans of silver on personal securities at fixed
rates of interest ; loans of landed or house property; sales of land, in one
case with a plan ; sales of slaves, etc. These were engraved on tablets of
clay, which were then burned. M. Lenormaut divides these most inter-
esting documents into five principal types: 1. Simple obligations. 2.
Obligations with a penal clause in case of nonfulfillment. One he gives
which had 79 days to run. 3. Obligations with the guarantee of a third
party. 4. Obligations payable to a third person. 5. Drawn upon one
place, payable in another. He gives the following illustration of one of
these letters of credit: ""Four minas 15 shekels of silver (credit) of Ardu-
Nana, son of Yakin, upon Mardukabalussur, son of Mardukbalatirib, in
the town of Orchoe. Mardukbalatirib will pay in the month of Tibet 4
minas 15 shekels of silver to Belabaliddin, son of Sennaid. Our, the 14
arakhsamna in the second year -of Nabonidus, King of Babylon."
Then follow the names of witnesses. Nabonidus lived about 550 B. C.
These Assyrian drafts were negotiable, but from the nature of things
could not pass by indorsement, because, when the clay was once baked,
nothing new could be added, and under these circumstances the name of
the payee was frequently omitted. It seems to follow that they must
have been regularly advised. It is certainly remarkable that such instru-
ments, and especially letters of credit, should have preceded the use of
coins. The earliest banking firm of which we have any account is said
to be that of Egibi & Co., for our knowledge of whom we are indebted to
Mr. Boscawen, Mr. Pinces and Mr. Hilton Price. Several documents
and records belonging to this family are in the British Museum. They
are on clay tablets, and were discovered in an earthenware jar found in
the neighborhood of Hillah, a few miles from Babylon. The house is
said to have acted as a sort of national bank of Babylon. The founder
of the house, Egibi, probably lived in the reign of Sennacherib, about
700 B. C. This family has been traced during a century and a half, and
through five generations, down to the reign of Darius. At the same time
the tablets hitherto translated scarcely seem to me to prove that the firm
acted as bankers, in our sense of the word. — Sir John Lubbock, in Nine-
teenth Century.
The art of drinking wine is unknown except at Bordeaux, for with
the Bordelais it is an art, and it is quite a sight to witness the operation.
The butler, with a serious air, announces, on pouring it, " Chateau-Gria-
court," or "Lascombe," or "Margaux of 1849." The guest silently takes
the glass between his thumb and forefinger, raises it to a level with his
eye, and with a slight movement of the elbow, gives the liquid a rotary
motion. This sets free the aroma. He sniffs the perfume circulating on
the edge of the glass, looks at the ruby color scintillating in the glass,
then drinks it off deliberately in small installments. Silenee follows ;
the guests look at each other ; the host has an anxious air, awaiting the
verdict ; then opinions are given in turn in a serious tone, and the wealth
of adjectives at the command of a Bordelaisis revealed. If the judgment
is unfavorable, the wine is declared rebelle, dttr, sans ame, deplaisant, cho-
guanty antipathique, imperatif, and I heard my neighbor, a man of weight
and wit, describe the wine we were drinking as muet. If, on the contrary,
the judgment is favorable, eyes sparkle, and the wine is styled aimable,
gracteux, seduisant, passione, elegant, riche, jier, grand, beau, doux, par-
fume, insinuant, coquet, ravmant, incomparable, plein d'amour. "But,
madam," said I to the lady next me, " since your husband gives such ad-
jectives to wine, what does he use to you to express his affection ?"
" Well," she replied, "he calls me Lafitte, 1848."
An English undergraduate at examination, on being told to repeat
the parable of the Good Samaritan, thus did it: "A certain man jour-
neyed from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves." Then he
stopped. "Go on, sir," said the examiner. "And — " "And what?
Goon, sir." "And the thieves sprang up and choked him!" triumph-
antly ended the youth.
INSURANCE.
HUTCHINSON & MANN,
LTJSTTRANCE AGENCY.
No. 322 A 324 California Street, San Francisco,
Eire Insurance.
GIKARD of Philadelphia.
HOME of Columbus.
NEW ORLEANS ASSOCIATION
PEOPLES of Newark.
REVEBE
LA CAISSE GENERALS of Paris.
ST. PAUL of St. Paul.
TEUTONIA of New Orleans.
BERLIN-COLOGNE of Berlin.
of Boston. |LA CONFIANCE of Paris.
Marine Insurance.
PARIS UNDERWRITING ASSOCIATION of Paris.
LONDON AND PROVINCIAL MARINE INSURANCE CO of London.
Capital Represented $83,000,000.
All losses Eqxtitably Adjusted and Promptly Paid.
HOME MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. OF CALIFORNIA.
Principal Office, 406 California Street, San Francisco.
Cash Assets, J anuary 1, 1877,5595,291; Liabilities, §5,952; Surplus for Policy
Holders, §589,339. J. P. Houghton, President ; L. L. Baker, Vice-President ;
Charles R. Story, Secretary. R. H. MAGILL, H. H. BIGELOW, General Agents.
Directors. — San Francisco — L. L. Eaker, John H. Redington, J. F. Houghton,
R. B. Gray, Robert Watt, John Currey, L. L. Baker, W. F. Whittier, C. C. Burr, E.
M. Root, W. H. White, J. L. N. Shepard, W. M. Greenwood, George S. Mann, Cyrus
Wilson, W, T. Garratt, C. Waterhouse, A. P. Hotaling, A. Block, A. K. P. Harmon,
G. S. Johnson, W. O. Wilson, A. W. Bowman, H. L. Dodge, Charles R. Story. Ala-
meda County Branch — V. D. Moody, Chauncy Taylor, A. C. Henry, Robert S. Far-
relly, Joseph B. Marlin, W. B. Hardy, T. B. Simpson. San Diego— A. H. Wilcox.
Sacramento — Mark Hopkins, D. W. Earl, Julius Wetzlar, James Carolan. San Jose —
T. Ellard Beans, B. D. Murphy, A. Pfister, J. H. Dibble, J. S. Carter, Jackson Lewis,
Jacob Rich, John Auzerais, John Balbach. Stockton— H. H. Hewlett, Chas. Beldiog,
J. D. Peters, A. W. Simpson, H. M. Fanning. Marysville— D. E. Knight. Grass
Valley— Wm. Watt, T. W. Sigourney. Portland, Oregon— W. S. Ladd, C. H. Lewis,
P. Wasserman, B Goldsmith, D. Macleay. Virginia City, Nevada — John Gillig, Isaac
L. Requa. March 17.
FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE.-UNIOil INS. CO. OF S. F.
Tne California Lloyds. — Established in 1861. — Xos. 416 and
418 California street. Cash capital £750,000 in Gold. Assets exceed $1,000,000
Coin. Fair Rates ! Prompt Settlement of Loses ! ! Solid Security ! ! DIRECTORS.
—San Francisco — J. Mora Moss, N. G. Kittle, M. J. O'Connor, R. S. Floyd, Moses
Heller, Adam Grant, Daniel Meyer, AntoiDeBorel, Charles Kohler, E. L, Goldstein,
I. Lawrence Pool, A. Weill, Joseph Brandenstein, Charles Baum, James Moffitt,
Benjamin Brewster, L. Cunningham, W. M. Hoag, Nicholas Luning, John Parrott,
L. A. Booth, Julius Baum, MylesD. Sweeney, Jas. M. Goewey, Edward Cadwalader
Bartlett Doe, Gustave Touchard, J. H. Baird, J. G. Kittle, George C. Hickox, C. Du-
commun, Wm. Scholle, John Conly, Ig. Steinhart, W. B. Stone, J. O. Eldridge, A.
B. PhippB.
GUSTAVE TOUCHARD, President. N. G. KITTLE, Vice-President.
Charles D. Haven, Secretary. Geo. T. Bqhen, Surveyor. Aug. 31.
THE STATE INVESTMENT AND INSURANCE CO.
I IKK AND MAUOE.
Clash Assets, $450, OOO. ---Principal Office, 218 and 330 San*
J some street, San Francisco. Officers : — A. J. Bryant, President ; Richard
Ivers, Vice-President ; Charles H. Cdsiiing, Secretary ; H. H. Watson, Marine
Surveyor. Board of Directors : — Peter Donahue, James Irvine, C D. O'Sullivan,
A. Bocqueraz, R. Harrison, A. H. Rutherford, R. Bailey, E. W. Corbert, George 0.
McMullin, A. J. Bryant, Frank M. Pixley, E Burke, H. H. Watson, Dr. C. F. Buckley,
P. J. White, E. M. Root, M. Mayblum, Richard Ivers, John Rosenfeld, Daniel
Callaghau. P. H. Russell, Sacramento. John G. Downey, Los Angeles. Wm.
Hood, SonoraaCounty. H. W. Seale, Mayfield. Geo. Rutherford, San Jose. Feb. 16.
THE MARINE INSURANCE CO. OF LONDON, ENGLAND.
[ESTABLISHED 1S36.]
Whole Amount of Jo:nt Stock and Guaranteed Capital. .$5,000,000.
Whole Amount of Capital paid up 000,000.
Cash Assets December 31 , 1876 3,710,000.
The undersigned have been duly authorized to issue "Policies at current rates on
Freight and Shipments to or from England, Europe, New York, Japan, China, Aus-
tralian Colonies, Sandwich Islands, and Northern Coast Forts. If desired, policies
made payable at port of termination.
WILLIAMS, DIMOND & CO., Agents,
Aug. 10. 218 California street.
THE SWISS MARINE INS. COMPANIES COMBINED.
Switzerland, of Zurich, Capital 5,000,000 francs; Helvetia,
of St. Gall, Capital 10,000,000 francs ; Baloise, of Basle, Capital 5,000,000 francs.
These three Companies are liable jointly and severally for all losseB that may be sus-
tained. Losses made payable in all the principal seaports of the world. In the set-
tlement of all claims under an English policy, these Companies will strictly adhere to
the conditions and customs adopted at Lloyds, and submit to English jurisdiction.
June 9. HARRY W. SYZ, Agent, 225 Sansome Bt., S, F.
NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL LIFE INSUR. CO. OF BOSTON.
Has transacted tne business of Life Insurance for nearly
thirty-five years. Its assets amount to over Fourteen Million Dollars. The
law of Massachusetts makes all its Policies nonforfeitable. It is a Purely Mutual Com-
pany, dividing every cent of surplus among Policy-holders. This is the Only Com-
pany on the Pacific Coast governed by the Massachusetts Lapse Law. This company
has comn'ied with the new Insurance Laws of California.
WALLACE EVERSON, General Agent.
Sept. 11.\ ■ » _ 328 Montgomery street.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN MARINE INS. CO. OF LIVERPOOL.
L Capital $5,000,000.— Agrents:
J Sl& California street, San Franciaco.
Balfour, Gulliiie & Co., No.
Nov. 18.
AGGREGATE ASSETS,
$40,647,942.
Imperial T'ire Insurance Co. , of London Instituted 1 803 .
London Assurance Corporation, of London
Established by Boyal Charter 1720.
Northern Assurance Corporation, of London Established 1836.
Queen Insurance Company, of Liverpool Established 1857.
A JOINT POLICY ISSUED BY THE FOUR COMPANIES.
It OB EM T DICKSON, Manager.
W. J.AXE BOOKEM, Agent ami Attorney.
317 CALIFORNIA STEEET, S. F. [Oct. 11.
Jan. 24, 1880.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
THE TROIKA.
Vot ydit troUca udatatya.
[Ruaalu Btaljihiiig-SoBg ]
Hear ye the troika-bell a-rtoginff.
And see the peasant driver there ;
Hear ye the mournful song he's ringing,
Like distant tolling through the air?
'* 0 eyes, blue eyes, to me so lonely,
0 eyes — alas ! — ye give me pain,
0 eyes, that once looko.I at me only,
1 ne'er shall see your like again.
M Farewell, my darling, now iu heaven,
And still the heaven of my soul ;
Farewell, thou father town, O Moscow !
Where I have left my life, my all."
And ever at the rein still straining,
One backward glance the driver gave ;
Sees but once more a green low hillock,
Sees but once more his loved one's grave.
SONGS OF THE RUSSIAN GIPSIES.
In an exquisitely "Written article on the Russian Gipsies, pub-
lished in MacmitUnCs Magazine* Charles G. Leland speaks as follows of
the singing of this strange people. We wish we had space to quote at
greater length, for the subject of the paper is as interesting as the style of
its author is fascinating:
"These artists," writes Mr. Leland, "with wonderful tact and un-
taught skill, have succeeded iu all their songs in combining the mysteri-
ous and maddening charm of the true, wild Eastern music with that of
regular and simple melody, intelligible to every Western ear. I have
never listened to the singing or playing of any distinguished artist — and
certainly never of any far-famed amateur — without realizing that neither
words nor melody was of the least importance, but that the manner of
performance or display was everything. Now, in listening to gipsy sing-
ing, one feels at once as if the vocalists had entirely forgotten self, and
were carried away by the bewildering beauty of the air and the charm of
the words. There is no self- consciousness, no vanity — all is real. The
listener feels as if he were a performer — the performer is an enraptured
listener. There is no soulless " art for the sake of art," but art for direct
pleasure.
" We intend to sing only Romraany for you, rya," said the young lady
to my left, " and you will hear our real gipsy airs. The Gajl (Russians)
often ask for songs in our language and don't get them. But you are a
Romanichal, and when you go home, far over the baro kalo parti (the
broad black water, i. e., the ocean), you shall tell the Rommany how we
can sing. Listen! "
And I listened to the strangest, wildest and sweetest singing I ever had
heard — the singing of Lurleis, of sirens, of witches. First, one damsel,
with an exquisitely clear, firm voice, began to sing a verse of a love-ballad,
and as it approached the end the chorus stole in, sottly and unper-
ceived, but with exquisite skill, until, in a few seconds, the summer
breeze, murmuring melody over a rippling lake, seemed changed to a mid-
night tempest roaring over a stormy sea — in which the basso of the kalo
shuresko (the black captain) pealed like thunder. And as it died away a
second girl took up the melody, very sweetly, but with a little more ex-
citement— it was like a gleam of moonlight on the still agitated waters, a
strange contralto witch -gleam— and then again the chorus and the storm,
and then another solo yet sweeter, sadder and stranger — the movement
continually increasing, until all was fast, and wild, and mad — a locomo-
tive quickstep, and then a sudden silence — sunlight — the storm had blown
away."
Mr. Edison has begun frightening the Gas Companies again. That
sportive youth is about the most efficient practical joker that these sol-
emn modern days have produced. Last year at this time he was flutter-
ing the scientiBc Volscians by announcing those economic burners of his,
which (he told us) were to be partly made of a pleasing material which
costs one hundred and twenty-seven shillings per ounce. Now it appears
the burners are to be made of charred drawing-paper. This is most ex-
citing and interesting. The telegram lets us know that " the charred pa-
per is attached to platinum wires, and hermetically sealed in a glass globe
from which air has been exhausted. This attached to a wooden stand or
ordinary gas fixtures is the whole lamp." Of course, as there are no mas-
sacres or secret treaties for people to amuse themselves with, it is quite
right that we should have some innocent diversion ; but why could not
the wild correspondent who sent over this fresh information hit upon
something original ? It appears that Mr. Edison is going to use vegetable
charcoal by a silly and roundabout method. What of that ? Is that any-
thing new? The mysterious hermetically sealed globe, too, is an ancient
device. Two years ago Mr. Sawyer, a Canadian electrician, tried enclos-
ing charcoal burners in a sealed globe, but it was found that a fine dust
settled upon the glass and quite obscured the light. Now, at this time
of day, Sawyer's patent is tricked up in a Delphic sort of saying, and
people are once more running about trying to sell their Gas shares. Still,
America is a great country, and its free citizens have a right to get rea-
sonable fuu out of effete civilizations. —Pall Mall Budget.
The Princess of Wales has had a new shooting costume, made of a
ribbed woolen material that clings closely to the figure, and is fastened
on in some mysterious fashion, as puzzling as that of the Jersey. A
double-breasted jacket, with standing color, and a jockey hut with folds
and a knot for trimming, complete the costume.
Drilling her clas* in poetry, recently, an Aberdeen teacher quoted from
the familiar lines of Tennyson, " You must wake and call me early, call
me early, mother dear." *' Now," she asked, " why did the girl want to
be called early ?" "Don't know," replied Tommy, "unless it was be-
cause that was her name."
The latest fashion now is for the European golden youth to wear a
small watch let into a round knob on the top of their walking canes.
AN ACTORS RUSE.
A well-known provincial actor in Russia, wishing to fill the the-
ater on his benefit night at Smolensk, a town where the people are too
stingy to take any other tickets but free passes, hit upon a dodge of his
own for gaining a crowded audience. Obtaining the sanction of the police,
he scattered a large number of red tickets— the usual color of free passes
— about the streets, at the same time arranging with the officials at the
theater that the free color that night should be blue. In the evening the
entrance to the theater was crowded as it had never been before, and when
the inner door was opened, the public, most of whom had placed their
fur cloaks and their warm boots in the cloak-room, surged along the pass-
age toward the seats, " These tickets are no use," politely exclaimed the
inspector, handing them back to the crowd on its arrival. "How so?"
demanded the people in a chorus. " They are red ones." " We see that,"
replied the ticket inspector ; " but they ought to be blue. You probably
picked them up in the street." The public turned red with confusion,
and retired to get proper tickets at the cashier's office. The theater was
crammed with spectators, and M. Petroff was applauded by hundreds
who would have torn him to pieces had they been aware at the time of
the trick be had played on them.
C. ADOLPHE LOW & CO.,
Commission Merchants,
SAX FRANCISCO and NEW YOSK.
6^T* Agents of American Sugar Refinery, corner of Union and Battery streets,
San Francisco, California. Jan. 17.
D, V. B. Henarie. Edward Martin.
E. MARTIN & CO.,
Importers and Wholesale Dealers in Wines and Liquors.
Proprietors of Miller's Extra Old Bourbon and J. F. Cut-
ter Extra Old Bourbon aud Bye Whiskies.
April 5. 408 Front Street, San Francisco.
HIBERNIA BREWERY,
Howard Street, Between Eighth and Ninth.
Dec. 7.] M. NXTNAN, Proprietor,
CALIFORNIA SUGAR REFINERY,
Manufacturers of the Standard Syrup, a superior article
put up in barrels expressly for home consumption. Also, Extra Heavy Syrup
in barrels for Export. Refined Sugars at lowest market rates. Office, 215 Front
street, up stairs Dec. 21.
AGENTS, READ THIS!
We will pay Agents a Salary of $100 per mouth and ex-
penses, or allow a large commission, to sell our new and wonderful
inventions. We mean, what we say. Sample Free.
Address SHERMAN & CO., Marshall, Mich.
BRITISH BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF CAL
Attendance, daily, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., by the under-
signed, to receive subscriptions and donations, and to furnish all information
relating to the Society. J. P. McCURRIE, Secretary,
Oct. 23. 730 Montgomery street.
WILLIAM P. HUMPHREYS,
Late City and County Surveyor, has removed to Ifo. 629
WASHINGTON STREET, where he will continue to practice his profession.
All Surveys and Estimates guaranteed. Dec. 20.
WM. F. SMITH, M.D.,
Oculist and Aurist, 313 Bash Street.
Aug. 16 ] Office Hours, from 12 M. to 3 JP.Jtf.
i. A. HUNTER, M. D.,
No. 321 Sutter street, devotes Special Attention to Catarrh,
Deafness, Bronchitis, Asthma, Consumption, and all ailments of the Throat,
Lungs and Heart. Dec. 27.
REMOVAL.
Thomas Tonn?, Real Estate Broker, has removed from
No. 4-24 Montgomery street to the S. E. corner Sutter and Montgomery, over
Chester's Dry Uoods Store, and opposite the Lick House. Entrance on Sutter
street, No. 39. Jan. 10.
ROOFS
Of Tin or Asphaltum Repaired. Tiu Roofs Painted. Send
orders early to the OLD STAND, No. 819 Market street, opposite Stockton.
Estimates furnished free of charge. [Dec. 6.] H. G. FISKE.
SEEDS.
RJ. Trumbull * Co., 419 and 421 Sansome street. Ben-
, tacky Blue Grass, Alfalfa, Mosquit, Timothy, etc., etc. Vegetable Seeds
of all descriptions. Nov. 29.
MADAME WALDO COHEN,
PIANOFORTE AND SINGING,
Sept. 20. GO? Hyde Street, San Francisco.
MME. ZEITSKA'S
Freueh, German and KiiKllsh Iustltnte for Toons Ladies,
and Kindergarten for Children from 3 to 6 years. 922 Host street.
ja„ n, " MME. B. ZEITSKA, Principal.
QUICKSILVER.
tor sale-— In lots to suit, by Thomas Bell A Co., So. 305
Sansome street, over Bank of California. Nov. 16.
F
G. E. BARTON,
Attorney and Connsellor-at-Law.
629 KEAXXY STREET BOOMS 1 and 2.
[December 20.1 ____
R. H. LLOYD,
Attorney-at-Law. Room 13. Nevada Bloofc.
.r> — — -7 a year and expenses to agents. Outfit Free. Address,
[| <JJl| I t June 7] P. O. V1CKERY, Augusta. Maine.
10
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AKD
Jan. 24, 1880.
AFTER THE INSURANCE COMPANE3S.
How far local and foreign insurance companies should be subjected to
legal supervision has long given rise to many vexed questions. The sub-
ject has been up for consideration at almost every session since, in this
State, sessions began to be. The game has been one of reprisals. Local
companies don't like the foreign ones, and make many objections to them,
some of which are undoubtedly well-founded, whilst others are as cer-
tainly transparent attempts to create causeless prejudices. The foreign
companies thus assailed turn upon their opponents, and generally give as
good as is sent. So the warfare goes on, sometimes in favor of the one
belligerent, and sometimes in favur of the other. But no decision has
yet been arrived at that is satisfactory to both sides. That, in the nature
of the struggle, seems impossible. Local companies, or some of them,
seek to impose legislative restrictions that will have the effect of driving
their foreign competitors away. They point to the vast sums those com-
panies draw from the State, and claim, with apparent justice, that it would
be better for the State, and every interest in it, if the money were kept
here, as it would be, if only local insurance companies were legalized.
On the other hand the foreign companies claim that the vast
insurance business of this Coast could not, with safety to
insurers, be intrusted solely to local incorporations. It is
pointed out, with a force that seems well-nigh irresistible, that the
Chicago fire bankrupted the local companies, while the foreign ones, as a
rule, promptly met their losses and continued their business. It is
claimed that the same thing would occur here in the case of a widespread
conflagration. These are the substantial issues that divide the two part-
ies. They are seldom confessed in these plain terms, but they are the
re al and true issues which underlie all mere surface pretexts. The con-
flict, if left to the companies themselves, is an irrepressible one. But
there is a third party that has, perhaps, the most vital interest in the
matter — that is the public. That third party is now in shape to settle
all questions pertaining to insurance in a lasting and equitable manner.
It has a right to Bay how, upon what conditions, and by whom it will
have its insurance business done, and through its representatives at Sac-
ramento it means to exercise that right. The Hon. Grove L. JohnBon has
introduced a bill that is lengthy, and very explicit in detaiL It pleases
neither local nor foreign companies, both of which, it is said, intend to
change their character, each in its own way. The subject is a large one,
to which full justice cannot be done in a single article. We content our-
selves this week by stating the nature of the dispute. Hereafter we shall
pre sent the whole case from the standpoint of the public interest.
OUR REPRESENTATIVES.
By a legal figment the whole people of the State are now supposed
to be assembled in the Capitol building at Sacramento ; the substantial
fact being that they are represented there by their duly chosen repre-
sentatives. Of those representatives it is not possible to give a very pre-
cise account as yet. Many of them are new to their business, and quite
unfit for it. The Senate is intellectually a much stronger body than the
Assembly. In the latter House Fox, May and Tyler are doing the most
work, which isn't saying much, whilst Braunhart and Maybell are doing
the most and the tallest talking, which is saying not a little. The Senate
has become idle and listless, awaiting the decision of the Supreme Court
as to whether all bills are to be read three times at length or only once.
The judgment of the Senate is that the Constitution requires that they
should be read three times, but finds that course to be almost impractica-
ble. Half of each legislative day would be occupied in the tedious pro-
cess. At present Secretary Boruck pursues his reading with a persistence
worthy of a better cause. There are those who think there need not have
been so much difficulty about this question. The Constitution only says
that the third reading is to be " at length ;" the other " readings " may
be taken in the invariable parliamentary sense. That that does not
mean reading " at length " every parliamentarian knows. Anyhow, the
question will soon be set at rest by a decision of the Supreme Court. In
the Senate the three parties are fortunate in their leaders. Grove L.
Johnson does good service for the Republicans, Enos for the Working-
men, and Satherwhite for the Democrats. "We may hope that in a week
or two both Houses will settle down to hard work.
ANOTHER HINT.
Last "week we respectfully suggested to Chief Justice Morrison cer-
tain changes in his proposed division of the business of the Supreme
Court. The alloting of all the odd-numbered cases to one department, and
all the even-numbered ones to the other, will not work as a hard and fast
rule. It will necessarily have to submit to very considerable modifica-
tions. There is another hint that we should now like to throw out. It is
that all cases that have come up on appeal, from Courts over which mem-
bers of the Supreme Bench formerly presided, should be so allotted as not
to come before the department of which the Judge who originally tried
the case is a member. Of course, such a Judge would be disqualified in
regard to any such case; but the parties have a right to a hearing before
three Judges. Moreover, the fact would possibly, though unconsciously,
have some weight with the two remaining Judges, that their colleague
bad rendered the decision tbey are called upon to reverse. The amenities
of social life are strong ties between members of the Supreme Bench. It
is well that it should be so. Nothing would be more unfortunate than
an apparent want of cordiality among members of the highest Court of
appeal. It will be well when all the cases are heard, which may have
come up from District Courts over which any of the present Supreme
Judges presided. Meanwhile their Honors cannot exercise too great cau-
tion in guarding against unconscious bias in such cases.
A flowery name for the people of the United States : The Car-nation.
A BROKEN THREAD.
The leaf has fallen from the tree ; And better than his best was this-^ j
The bird has flown beyond the sea; The touch thatstiU'dmyheart;thekiss
The flow'r, its breath and color spent, That filled my soul's deep waiting cup
Again with hueless dust is blent ; As dawn-dew fills the lily up ;
Of all my vision feasted on Eyes whose long glances, gladly won,
The husk is left — the soul is gone ; Seemed never ended nor begun
Iweepandsay, "God's will be done." But always mine. God's will be done!
Yet what God gave was all his best ; God's will ; His will that gave the joy
The merry music of the nest, He takes agaiD, so naught should cloy,
JTlowers in the loneliest solitude Nor too much sweetness sate the sense
Andpathwaysthro'thedensestwood. Or change to cold indifference.
Glad waters singing in the sun The utmost race untried, unwon,
And fruits red-ripening one by one Untouched the goal we counted on,
Told how God's blessed will was done. He bids us pause. His will be done.
O blessed soul, what lot is thine,
For whom the heavenly tapers shine ;
Who leavest flower, and nest, and song,
The paths of heaven to move along ;
Thou whose bright thread, so fair begun,
Has snapt apart, too finely Bpun!
God holds both ends. His will be done.
THE TRUE FACTS IN THE CASE
It seems strange that no mention is made in the English papers of a
matter which is reported to be playing a very important part in Russia
just now as between the Czar, his wife and his son, and which may soon
produce the most important results. We do not vouch for the accuracy
of the tale, which indeed seems too wildly improbable to be true ; but we
know that it is generally repeated and believed in Russia, and it has
reached us from three independent sources substantially in the same
terms. The tale told then is as follows : At this moment the Emperor
is separated from the Empress his wife through a liaison he made some
years ago with a young Princess of a well-known name. The liaison has
been generally known for the past seven or eight years, but during the
last summer the matter became one of public notoriety, as the lady was
living in Tzarskoe, close to the Palace. At last the Empress met the
Emperor driving with two children, and demanded explanations, which
resulted in her going abroad, and in her expressing her determination not
to return to Russia. The Emperor's detention in the Crimea was caused
by the expected confinement of the Princess of her third child, and it ia
generally believed in Russia that the object of upsetting the train was to
reach her. The report runs that the Princess has told her entourage that
the Emperor promised to marry her if the Empress dies, and that he
will in that case abdicate in order the more easily to do so.
WANING LIBERTY.
If there were any use in further showing that true liberty is being
stolen from the people of this country through the machinations of po-
litical parties, a most telling moral might be drawn from the doings in
Maine during the week. A militia General, named Chamberlain, had as-
sumed and successfully maintained a dictatorship, for which, of course,
there was no warrant of law. Members of the Legislative department of
the Government, about whose election there was no dispute, were refused
admission to the State House, while others were admitted who had hardly
a color of right to be there. It is needless, perhaps, to add that those
who were admitted were friends of the party that control the militia,
while thosewhowere excluded were members of the opposite party. Twoso-
called Legislatures remain in session. The Fusionists acted upon prece-
dents that had before then been established by Republican Supreme
Judges, and based their claims upon those decisions as found in the duly
authorized reports. Yet those self-same Judges reversed themselves, in
order to maintain the supremacy of the party to which they owe their
places upon the Judicial Bench. Thus we find Judges acting as the worst
of partisans, Legislators forcibly excluded from seats that are not even in
dispute, and a General successfully declaring himself a dictator, and all
this in the sacred name of liberty, in an old and staid Northern State.
TOLLS ON COMMERCE.
The Harbor Commissinners undoubtedly did a wise thing when
they abolished the tolls collected on the city front. Tolls on commercebave
been condemned everywhere. To build up a great commercial port
worthy of the one important harbor and city of the Pacific coast, it ia
essential that all charges should be reduced to the lowest possible mini-
mum. We have a suspicion that there is room yet for lessening the ex-
penses of entering and leaving this port. The pilot dues are high and the
charges of steam tugs are enormous. We don't know any good reason
why they should be so, and we are not quite certain who is responsible
for the fact that they are. What we are very clear about is that it is to
the best interests of the mercantile community, as well as to those of the
city generally, that this should be made as nearly a free port as possible.
It is far from that at present. Somehow or other the unfortunate fact has
gone abroad that this is one of the most expensive ports in the world to
enter. If there are any taxes remaining that are in any manner akin to
the now abolished tolls, the expensiveness of the port may well be ac-
counted for. The tolls were unnecessary, because sufficient revenue was
collected without them. Moreover, the cost of their collection absorbed
an enormous proportion of the total collected. By all means reduce port
charges.
REVIVAL OF TRADE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.
Mr. Richard Seyd has published his annual statistics of failures in
the United Kingdom, showing that the numbers last year were 16,637,
being 2,546 in the financial, wholesale and manufacturing branches of
trade, and 14,091 in the retail trades, builders, publicans and non-traders.
The corresponding numbers for 1878 were 2,643 and 12,416 respectively,
making a total of 15,059. This shows an increase in 1879 over 1878. It
is, however, shown that the last half of the year 1879 has produced con-
siderably fewer failures than the first half, London giving 215 in the sec-
ond half of 1879, against 315 in the first half, and Liverpool 29 against
55. These figures, coupled with numerous signs of business activity in
the United Kingdom, prove that the bottom of the depression has been
reached, and some progress made towards recovery j so that England is
following the United States in the much-needed revival of trade.
.Tau. 24, 1880.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
11
THE TOWN CRIER.
'Hsar I hi- Orltft" "What th« dart) art thoa?
' One thai will plaj tho devil. ai? with yon."
" H»*d ft •tin* in his Uil an lone as a flail.
Which mado hitn «row bolder and bolder. '
In another column will be round a paragraph headed, " A Child of
Misfortune," taken from an English paper. Now, we don't pretend to
say that " in>or 1) " was not singularly unfortunate in some respects,
but, in comparison with our recently deceased friend B , " poor D "
was the luckiest of men. Now, poor It was born under a cloud, for
when he came into the world he was not on terms oi intimacy with a liv-
ing soul except his mother. It is unnecessary to say that he had the
una! course of croup, measles, chicken pox, mumps, spankings, d cetera.
Inseparable from childhood. When six months old he mistook a red-hot
pofcer for a milk-bottle — an error of judgment which caused him to lisp
lor the rest of his life. Six weeks later, the nurse-girl dropped him from
an eight story window, whereby he was smashed so flat that he never
thereafter required a door to be opened, hut slipped under it like a postal
card. This misfortune led to another, for, when bathing in the sea a few
years later, he was mistaken by some fishermen for a new species of
flounder, and, having been knocked on the head, was sold as such in the
public market. The genial warmth of a restaurant cook's frying-pan re-
vived him, and he would have been absolutely naked when he reached the
street about two seconds later, if he had not fortunately been ordered
*' breaded." When twelve years old his bead was knocked off with a
baseball. When thirteen, he lost both his legs in running away from a
bull-dog. When sixteen, his arms were carried off by a girl he was hug-
ging too closely. When twenty, the rest of his body was lost sight of in
a nitroglycerine explosion. After that he didn't seem to care much for
the vanities of life, so he got married. His wife didn't have many child-
ren, which soured her temper. She couldn't pull his hair, on account of
the baseball accident, nor could he kick or pound her because of the bull-
dog and hugging casualties. Consequently, both died of chagrin. While
the hearse was going to the cemetery the horses bolted, and — but enough;
now let the effete Britishers trot out their next unlucky man.
The suburban village of Oakland has always been celebrated for the
choice variety uf pot-hunter which it produces. Its eucalyptus trees —
even its famous breed of young ladies, who never stir out without a bun-
dle— are as nothing when compared to its Sunday Nimrods. The skill of
these ardent lovers of the chase has passed into a proverb. It iB only
necssary to provide one of them with an ancient fowling-piece, and we
will back him to let it off more successive times without hitting what he
aims at than any breathing mortal out of his own tribe. It is one of his
peculiarities, however, that he invariably succeeds in hitting something
that he didn't aim at. This singular gift he turns to advantage with ex-
traordinary sagacity. When he wishes to strike down that fearful beast-
of-prey, the ground-squirrel, he draws a careful bead on the nearest cow,
hog or chicken. This he, of course, misses with unvarying accuracy, and
if the squirrel isn't hit, then something or somebody else is. It was on
this principle that Mr. Gross proceeded last Sunday, when, seeing what
he thought to be a wildcat in a tree, about a hundred yards or so from the
City Hall, he took careful aim at two young ladies, in hope of thus bring-
ing the wild beast down. There was, however, either something wrong
about the gun, or else the human targets bad sinned grievously before
Heaven; for, for the first time since tire world began, an Oakland pot-
hifhter hit what he fired at, and the two girls fell fearfully wounded. We
offer this explanation because certain newspapers, evidently ignorant of
the habits of the genus Atkens-of -the- Pacific us Pothunterus, have en-
deavored to throw the blame upon Mr. Gross. Nothing could be a more
gross injustice. He simply acted in accordance with the instincts of his
race, and is clearly not responsible for the phenomenal accuracy of his aim.
There is a singular fitness about the San Francisco brokers giving
Herrmann a farewell benefit. A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind,
and we are not surprised that our stock brokers have unbounded admira-
tion for such a consummate master of trickery as the great magician. It
Beems to us, however, that there must be a strong element of envy as well.
Heaven knows, the gentlemen of the Board are tricky enough for the con-
fiding public's good ; but though they can convert promised dividends into
actual assessments with a skill that is admirable, and cau spirit away the
hoarding of poor devils like the T. C, with commendable alacrity, still
they are only amateurs in the black art as compared with their beneficiary.
It cannot be said that they lack the will to deceive, but the difference be-
tween them and Herrmann is, that they sometimes get found out, and he,
it is said, never does. Nevertheless, as we said before, it is strictly in ac-
cordance with the eternal fitness of things that the tricksters of the
Board should tender a compliment to their eminent brother of the
" boards."
So Clifford has resigned bis position as architect of the City Hall, has
he? Well, people have been saying that Clifford isn't a clever man; but,
for our part, we think that this resignation of his both ingenious and in-
genuous. You see, some men would have thought that to be a writer of
blackguardly, cowardly and libelous anonymous letters, and withal to
know nothing of architecture, would not offer any bar to hanging on to a
well-paid office. But not so Clifford. With great tact and discretion he
acknowledges the fact that to be the sort of hairpin referred to above, docs
disqualify; hence his resignation. We congratulate him on his sound
common sense, which can only be perfected by his supplementing his
resignation as architect by his resignation as a citizen of San Francisco.
This bint he will no doubt be glad enough to profit by, if Justice is only
blind enough to give him a chance.
What's the row between the druggists and the doctors? That
aspiring mannikin, Assemblyman Braunbart, recently introduced a bill
making it a misdemeanor for a druggist to give a commission on prescrip-
tions, or for a physician to receive the same. And behold ! the druggists,
in congress assembled, declare this bill to be just and righteous. It is so
well known that a Mutual Profit Association, on the prescription-com-
mission plan, has from time immemorial existed between our doctors and
pharmaceutists (as they delight to style themselves) that we sniff the odor
of a decided "unpleasantness" in this approval of Brauuhart's latest
delirium. However, it is all for the good of the beloved Public, and we
pat the druggists on the back accordingly.
The champion wooden leg of the world is, we are prepared to bet,
worn by a lady named Viola A. Pomeroy, who, by virtue of this miracu-
lous bogus limb, seems likely to achieve a fame which, it seems, her pro-
fessional gifts have hitherto not won for her. She played, or was
engaged to play lately— a prominent part in an alleged opera bouffe at a
certain bear-garden— beg pardon, beer-garden— in this city. So far as we
can get at the facts, the proprietors not only entered into a contract for
her services, but actually saw her go through the part in rehearsal, and
with approbation. Suddenly, however, the unipedal lady receives a note
from the proprietors of the bear , we mean beer-garden, stating that
they had heard, through " people who have a reason to know," that the
fair Viola could not do the part justice because she is not " as nimble as a
cat."^ Now, we are not partial to ladies with wooden legs. Everything
in this world must be genuine to suit our taste. But we think that Viola
is hardly used. If she could skip agilely on the mimic stage for a long —
very long, we hear— series of years, defying detection as to the shape and
action of the limb in question, and could, furthermore, deceive-the close
and gas-lit scrutiny of these unchivalrous proprietors themselves, why
should she be deprived of her engagement because sundry malignants, who
have " a reason to know," (what reason, we wonder?) denounce one of her
legs as a fraud? O, we have said, however, a leg that can play nature's
part so accurately as this is, the boss sham of the century.
Senator Enos is a man destined to make his mark. That mark may
be made with a hammer upon stones which the Warden at San Quentin
appoints him to break, or it may be indelibly impressed, by bis adamant-
ine cheek, upon the knot of a hangman's rope; but, however that may be,
Enos is going to distinguish himself somehow, or perish in the attempt.
We are inclined to think that he will accomplish his end by putting
money in his purse, which is the way by which most of our locally great
men scramble into the temple of Fame. Enos has a delightful knack of
baiting his Senatorial hook in a manner to catch all sorts of fish. No
matter what bill comes up, he is sure to oppose it, but he does so in a
hesitating, open-to-conviction sort of way, which speaks volumes. "I
don't like you," says he to the Water, or the Gas, or the Railroad, " but
here I am; come and see me; perhaps on closer acquaintance I may enter-
tain a more golden opinion of you." Pitch in, Enos, old boy I We like
your impudence, and you're probably no worse than the rest.
The official course of City and County Attorney Murphy is of that
sort which takes its name from that most crooked of rivers, the Meander.
Far be it from us to assert, or even most remotely imply, that the gentle-
man in question would be guity of "putting up a job ;" but we should
be equally reluctant to admit that if anybody had told us that J. Luttrell
Murphy had not put up a job in relation to the Stratton Survey business
we should fail to call our informant a fibber, to put it mildly. This may
seem obscure to the uninitiated, but to the attorney aforesaid there will be
nothing enigmatical about it. No set of ninepins that was ever put up
stood in greater peril of tumbling over before the next skillful bowler than
does our present set of State, County and City officials. It would do Cali-
fornia no credit to have the massacre artistically performed, and we don't
want to hurry up the grand tumble. But duty is duty, and if Murphy
does not mend his ways the tintinabulation of the Town Crier's bell will
yet be beard at his official execution.
Among a set of resolutions adopted by the " W. P. C. County In-
vestigation Convention," in laudation of Mayor Kalloch, is one clause
that is too good to be missed. To-wit : " Resolved, that the name of Dr.
Kalloch shall not be mentioned during this session except in praise."
This is about the best resolve for an " investigating" convention to begin
with that we have ever heard of. It certainly is a clincher to any sacre-
ligious person who might desire to investigate the saintly Mayor himself.
But, in view of what past revelations have brought to light, perhaps it is
better for the city'B health that St. Kalloch 's character and conduct should
be kept under this sort of verbal chloride of lime, at all events until the
danger from the epidemic on the quarantined Peking is over. The small-
pox and Kalloch's record at one and the same time would be too much
for any community to stand.
Can it be that the editors of " our new magazine " are starving them-
selves to death in their disinterested desire to furnish this benighted coast
with " really good literature, you know?" To read their book reviews
and editorial drivel, one would actually imagine this to be the case.
Every page teems with the fancies of a stomach howling for food. This
volume, they say, is very " fresh and crisp;" that is very " juicy reading;"
another is " full of meat," with a table of contents that is " most appe-
tizing," while a fourth is described as "succulent and nourishing litera-
ture." Truly, our newborn exponent of " culcher " ought to feed its
editors if it can't it's contributors.
We leam that a " Swearing Club " has been instituted at one of the
London theaters, the object of which is not to promote profanity, as its
name might seem to imply, but to check it by fining the actors (and
actresses ?) who indulge in the same. Now, it seems to us that if our
theatrical managers were to adopt this system they would not only have
no salaries to pay, but would also derive a very considerable revenue from
those actors who had any money laid by — if any such there be. On the
other hand, if the stage -managers were subjected to the same rule, a fresh
one would be required each day to replace the one bankrupted by the
the previous rehearsal.
An unaccountable quantity of brotherly love seems to exist among
the Police Court shysters in these times. We havn't had a goad square
knock-down in his Honor's presence for a week or more. But inacertain
Court of more pretentious standing in this city there was a fracas, which
nearly came to a rouch-and-tumble. A lawyer of some local renown lost
bis ca^e, his temper, three buttons off his waistcoat, some gallons of hon-
est sweat, and a pint or so of hair-oil, to the vast amusement of all pres-
ent. The heavy losses he sustained was probably what moved the Judge
not to fine him for contempt of Court.
Four different individuals are fighting madly for the privilege of ad-
ministering upon the estate of Adam Lenhardt, who recently died in this
city. Now, under these circumstances, if we were sole devisee of that
estate, which is valued at 50,400, we would sell out for a car ticket. Only
vultures would wrangle over the pickings of a carcass in this manner, and
vultures, as a rule, don't leave much when they get their swing at a
square meal.
Johanna Donovan picked Thomas Eagan's pocket of $!">, but accord-
ing to the Vail, the depraved Johanna "inserted her hand in Thomas Ea-
gan's pocket and extracted therefrom the sum of $15."
12
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Jan. 24, 1880.
Commencing- Sunday, Nov. 16tn, 1379,
and UDtil further notice, Boats and Trains will
leave San Francisco (Washington-st. Wharf) as follows :
3AA p, m. daily (Sundays included), Steamer
• \jy~J " James M. Donahue " (Washington Street
Wharf) , connecting with Mail and Express Train at Don-
ahue for Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Healdsburg, Cloverdale,
and way stations. Making stage connections at Geyser-
ville for Skaggs' Springs ; at Cloverdale for Ukiah, Lake-
port, Mendocino City, Highland Springs, Bartlett
Springs, Soda Bay and the Geysers.
g^* Connections made at Fulton on following morn-
ing for Korbel'Sj Guerueville and the Redwoods.
(Arrive at San Francisco, week days, 10:10 a.m. ; Sun-
days, 11 A.M.
Freight received from 7 a.m. till 2.30 p. m.,
daily (except Sundays).
Special Notice.— The Sunday ExcursionTrips are dis-
continued until further notice.
Ticket Office : Washington st. Wharf.
A. HUGHES,
Gen. Manager.
PETER J. McGLYNN,
Gen. Pass. & Tkt. Agt.
C. P. R. R.
Overland Ticket Office : Oakland Ferry, foot
of Market street.— Commencing' Sunday,
Dec. 28th, 1879, and until further notice,
Trains and Boats will leave
SAN FRANCISCO:
7 0AA.M. Daily— Local Passenger Train via Oak-
•Ov land, Niles, Livermore and Stockton, arriving
at Sacramento at 1:40 p.m., and connecting with Atlan-
tic Express. Connects at Niles with Train arriving at
San Jose at 10:30 A.M., and at Gait with train for lone.
7 0(\ A.M. Daily-
*0\/ land to Martinez and Antioch.
-Local Passenger Train via Oak-
Connects at
VallejO Junction for Vallejo, Napa (Stages for Sonoma),
St. Helena (White Sulphur Springs) and Calistoga
(Stages for the Geysers) .
Sunday Excursion Tickets, at Reduced Rates, to San
Pablo, Vallejo, Benicia and Martinez.
9 0(\ A.M. Daily— Atlantic Express via Oakland and
• OU Benicia for Sacramento, Colfax, Reno (Vir-
ginia City), Battle Mountain (Austin), Palisade (Eure-
ka), Ogden, Omaha and East. Connects at Davis, Sun-
days excepted, for Woodland, Williams and Willows.
Connects at Sacramento daily with the Oregon Express
for Marysville, Chico, Red Bluff and Redding (Stages
or Portland, Oregon).
"1 f\ (\(\AM. Daily— Local Passenger Train via Oak-
-LV/. \/Vr land to Haywards and Niles.
3AA P.M. Daily— Local Passenger Train via Oak-
• wl/ land and Niles, arriving at SanJose at5:25 P.M.
3AA P.M. Daily— Local Passenger Train via Oak-
• " " land for Martinez and Antioch.
4AA P.M. Daily — Arizona Express via Oakland and
.\J\J Martinez for Latbrop (and Stockton) Merced,
Madera (Yosemite and Big Trees), Visalia, Sumner,
Mojave, Newhall (San Buenaventura and SantaBarbara),
Los Angeles, " Santa Monica," Wilmington, Santa Ana
(San Diego), Colton and Yuma (Colorado River Steam-
ers), connecting direct witb Daily Trains of the South-
ern Pacific Railroad of Arizona for Maricopa (Stages
for Phcenix and Prescott), and for Casa Grande, 182
miles east from Yuma (Stages for Florence, Tucson and
Tombstone. Steeping Cars between Oakland, Los An-
geles and Tama.
Connects, Sundays excepted, at Vallejo Junction for
Vallejo, Napa, St. Helena and Calistoga.
4f\f\ P.M. Sundays excepted— Sacramento Steamer
,\J\J (from Wash'u St. Wharf), for Beniciaand Land-
ings on the Sacramento River.
4nAPM. Daily— Through Third Class Train via
•x-/x-/ Oakland, Martinez and Lathrop for Los An-
geles and points in Arizona.
A Q A P.M. Daily— Local Passenger Train via Oak-
~X.tJ\J ianti aud Benicia for "Sacramento." Con-
nects daily, except Sundays, at Davis with Local Train
for Woodland and Knight's Landing, and at Sacramento
with the "Virginia Express" for Reno, Carson and Vir-
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4 Or) P.M. Daily— Local Passenger Train via Oak
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Public conveyance for Mills Seminary connects atSem-
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^ DOPM Daily— Overland Emigrant Train via
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Omaha and East.
Connections for " Va'lejo" made at Vallejo Junction
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•3.20
4.00
5.00
6.03
B*7.20
B'8.30
•10.00
OAKLAND.
(Broadway.)
A. M.
p. M.
B5.20
12.20
B6.00
12 50
6.50
1.20
7.20
1.50
7.60
2.50
8.25
3.20
8.50
3.50
9.20
4.20
9.50
4.50
10.20
5.20
10.50
6.50
11.20
6.25
11.50
6.50
8.00
9.10
10.20
b— Sundays excepted.
♦Alameda Passengers change cars at Oakland.
Creek Route.
From SAN FRANCISCO— Daily— T&-A0, B6:30, 7.20, 8:15,
9:15, 10:15, 11:15 A.M. 12:15, 1:15, 2:25, 3:16, 4:15,
5:15, 6.15 P.M.
From OAKLAND— Daily— B5-.20, b6:20, 7:10, 8:05, 9:05,
10:05, 11:05 A. M. 12:05, 1:05, 2:15, 3:05, 4:05, 5:05,
6:05 p.m. B— Sundays excepted.
"Official Schedule Time" furnished by Anderson &
Randolph, Jewelers, 101 and 103 Montgomery St., S. F.
T. H. GOODMAN, Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agt.
A. N. Towne, General Superintendent.
UTatural beauty surpasses any-
thing which can be imparted by
artificial means. PHOSPHATE
SOAP gives health to the skin
simply by removing impurities s^d
eradicating the poisons which gwe
rise to skin diseases.
Not only for aaily use on the fae9
and hands, but for bathing the
entire body, there is nothing equal
to PHOSPHATE SOAP. It is a
thorough disinfectant and removes
offensive odors of every kind.
Ladies who have injured the skin
by the constant use of cosmetics
may do much to restore their faces
to that beauty which nature alone
can give by constantly using PHOS-
PHATE SOAP.
WINTER ARRANGEMENT.
Commencing Friday, Nov. 21st, 1879,
and until further notice, Passenger Trains will leave "
San Francisco, from Passenger Depot on Townsend
street, between Third and Fourth streets, as follows :
8.30'
A.M. daily for San Jose and Way Stations.
__.=* Stages for Pescadero (via San Mateo)
connect with this train only.
1 O RO AM- d^y*01" San Jose, Gilroy, Hollister,
lu.Ov Ttes Pinos, Pajaro, Castroville, Monterey,
Salinas, Soledad and all Way Stations. gp= At Pa-
jaro, the Santa Cruz R. R, connects with this train for
Aptos, Soquel and Santa Cruz. ggg^ At Castkovillb,
change cars for Monterey. %W~ Stage connections
made with this train. (Pescadero Stages via San Mateo
excepted.)
3.30
p.m. daily (Sundays excepted) for San Jose,
Gilroy, and principal Way Stations.
lOA p.m. daily for San Jose and Way Stations.
6.30
p.m.— daily, for Menlo Park and Way Stations.
fiSF" The Extra Sunday Trains to San Jose and Way
Stations have been discontinued for the winter season.
Second-Class Fare.
Between San Francisco and San Jose §1. 00.
On Freight Trains only, leaving San Francisco at 4:00
a.m. and 10:40 a.m.; San Jose at 5:35 A.M. and 8:30 P.M.
(daily, Sundays excepted) .
Excursion Tickets at Reduced Bates
To San Jose and intermediate points sold on Saturdays,
and Sunday mornings, good for return until following
Monday inclusive.
Also, EXCURSION TICKETS to Aptos, Soquel, Santa
Cruz and Monterey, sold on Saturdays only — good for
return until the following Monday inclusive.
fi^~ Principal Ticket Office— Passenger Depot, Town-
send street. Branch Ticket Office — No. 2 New Mont-
gomery street, Palace Hotel.
A. C. BASSETT, Supt. H. R. JUDAH, A. P. & T. A.
SOUTHERN DIVISIONS.
Commencing- Monday, May 19th, 1879,
£5F"* Passengers for points on the Southern Divisions
of the road will take the cars of the Central Pacific Hail-
road via OAKLAND, leaving SAN FRANCISCO via Ferry
Landing, Market street, at 4:00 p.m. daily (Arizona Ex-
press Train) , and making close connection at GOSHEN
for Sumner, Mojave, Los Angeles, Wilmington, Ana-
heim, Colton, Colorado River, Yuma, Maricopa and Casa
Grande (182 miles east from Yuma). Nov. 22.
SONOMA VALLEY RAILROAD.
The Steamer " Sonoma" leaves Wash-
ington-street Wharf daily (Sunday excepted) at 2
p.m., for Norfolk, connecting with cars for the town of
Sonoma and way stations, arriving 6 p.m.; returning,
leaves Sonoma 7 a.m., arriving at San Francisco 11 a.m.
For further particulars apply at General Office, 426 Mont-
gomery street, or at Washington-street Wharf
JAMES M. DONAHUE,
Dec. 6. G. P. and T. Agent.
ALASKA COMMERCIAL COMPANY,
No. 310 Sansome Street,
San Francisco,
WHOLESALE J>EAJ,JEItS IN FURS.
[September 21.]
NOTICE.
For the very best photographs go to
BRADLEY & BULOFSON'S, in an iilevator, 429
Montgomery street. Oct. 29.
For chapped hands the constant
use of PHOSPHATE SOAP wiU
be recommended by all who give
it one fair trial.
If you want a nice article of
Toilet Soap and something that is
beneficial to the skin, buy PHOS-
PHATE SOAP.
Ladies who wish to make the
skin look beautiful and natural
should use PHOSPHATE SOAP.
Manufactured by "Standard Soap Co.,"
204 Sacramento St., San Francisco.
Ask your Bruggist for it.
Jan. 24, 18«0.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
13
"The World," the Flesh, and the Devil.
[By a Trnthfnl Penman. 3
Slang is occasionally heard in the pulpits of Nonconformity and of the
Broad Church. Perhaps even a stranger place to encounter it is in a lead-
ing article in the Times on an ecclesiastical subject. The following occurs
in one discoursing on the life of the late Bishop Wilberforce (Dec. 20th);
** One by one he spotted the teachings and the ways that would land him
in a cut de sac. "^— They are smart people over in Cork, but the laugh
this time is not on their side. The other night they vociferously refused
to allow Mr. Archibald Forbes to deliver his Zulu War lecture to them,
on account of some old grudge dating from the idiotic period of John
Mitchell's candidature for Tipperary. When they had accomplished their
purpose, interspersing the proceedings with eggs heaved at the would-be
lecturer, they serenely demanded to have their money returned to them.
But they did not get it ; and now, when they reflect that Mr. Forbes has
pocketed their money without having been put to the trouble of deliver-
ing his lectnre, they begin dimly to recognize the truth of the geograph-
ical axiom that the Scot is too far north for the Irishman.— -The New
York World lets us into some of the secrets of the extravagance of the
wives and daughters of Irish absentee landlords in London. They wear
long and myriad-buttoned gloves of white kid at dinner, which are
changed at every course. Thus one of these aristocratic dronesses will
exhaust as many of these costly Houbigants or Pivers at a meal as would
support a half-dozen tenant-farmers for a week. Horrible to reflect upon!
But how about the finger and wrist jewelry? Are rings and bracelets
worn over or under these gloves, O moat sapient of namesakes ? — London
Wor/i£.^— The increased attention which Russia is devoting to Japanese
affairs is shown by the elevation of her representative at Tokio from the
rank of Minister "Resident to that of Envoy Extraordinary, his salary
at the same time being raised to 30,000 roubles, or not far short of £3,000.
—A certain youthful peer, on his way to Bhoot in the West, was dining
at Delmonico's, in New York, the other day, and was recounting to the
genial editor of a New York daily paper the things that had struck him
most since landing. Among others: I had no idea," said he, pointing to
a nigger waiter, " that the North Americans were so black. — Vanity Fair.
— Of the two English ladies who have just obtained the diploma of a
doctor at the Paris Faculty of Medicine, one, Mrs. Marshall, is the sis-
ter-in-law of Mrs. Anderson Garrett, and the other, Mrs. Chaplin Ayr-
ton, the author of a charming book on " child life in Japan," published in
Loudon last year. The subject of her medical thesis was the average
bight and physical characteristics of the Japanese race.— —Lord Ray-
leigh, the uewly-elected Professor of Experimental Physics at Cambridge,
is an ardent Spiritualist. It is an admirable appointment, though, as he
is a scientific scholar and investigator of rare attainments. — London Truth.
•-(—Mrs. Astor, the richest American lady in Rome, and one of the most
amiable and accomplished of ladies, has begun her receptions, which are
attended by all the flower of American, English and Roman society. It
is quite a treat to have an entree to her salons.— — Miss Dudu Fletcher,
who will shortly be Lady Wentworth, is the granddaughter of the emi-
nent divine, Dr. Caesar Malan, of Geneva, Switzerland, and on her father's
side belongs to the family of wise and beautiful Grace Fletcher, who was
Daniel Webster's first wife.-^A recent novelty in Parisian high life
consisted in a series of monochromatic balls, the color of the card of invi-
tation indicating that of the ball-dress which each lady will be expected
to wear. Thus there were rose soire"s, lilac routs, mauve balls, and proba-
bly a dark yellow carnival. Blue, white and red costumes were ordered
for political reasons, and in that case the various fractions of the monde
politique had wide scope left for the choice of certain shades to be worn at
the Terpsichorean revels. — Court Journal.— An Italian paper thus tabu-
lates the attempted regicides of 1878 and 1879: There have been two at-
tacks on the Emperor William, one against King Humbert, one » gainst
King Alfonso, and two against the Czar. Sovereigns, it remarks, will
soon reckon their years of rule by these outrages, the Czar having ex-
perienced four and the Emperor William five. Napoleon III. had seven.
—The Republican papers in Paris have noted with intense glee that the
contributions of the Orleans Princes to the various subscriptions now open
on behalf of the sufferers by the severe winter are by no means exressive,
and recall to mind on the occasion the stinginess which was a leading
feature in the temper of the late King Louis Philippe. A curious illus-
tration of this was given by the late Henry de la Touche, the manager of
the old Figaro. According to his account the Prime Minister, Casimir
PeVier, had once called at the Tuilleries, at the time appointed for a
Cabinet Council, to see why the King did not put in an appearance. He
found him with a pair of tongs in hand, busily engaged in a careful
search among the cinders in the fireplace. "What is the matter?" in-
quired the Premier. "Why, my dear IMrier," was the sorrowful answer,
" I have dropped a ten-sous piece in those cinders, and I have been a
quarter of an hour looking for it without result." The Minister at once
put his hand in his waistcoat pocket. " All right, your Majesty," said
he, "here is one franc for you, but pray come to the Council." Louis
Philippe could not help laughing, but he took the silver all the same.^
Compass deviation we know is caused by " local attraction," and the fol
lowing curious example of it, according to the judgment of a yacht " cap-
tain," is said to have occurred last autumn. Said the " captain" to the
owner: " I wish, sir, you would ask that lady to move away from the bin-
nacle ; the ironwork in her head puts our compass wrong." The aston-
ished owner exclaimed: *' What on earth do you mean ?" and the ** cap-
tain " soon explained himself. "You see, sir, the lady's head is cram
full of iron hairpins, and every time she sits down near the binnacle, she
puts the compass out agood point and a-half." It is needless to add that
the lady was removed to a berth remote from the binnacle. — Tr«(A.^— If
woman had the ballot, what would she do with it ? It isn't lung enough
for a belt or big enough for a bustle.
E.M.Fry. FRY, WATTLES & CO., J.B.Watties.
Stock Brokers i
303 Montgomery Street, S. F.t Under tbe Nevada Bank.
fjgT" Money to loan on active accounts. Nov. 8.
Geo. C. Hickox.
GEORGE C. HICKOX & CO.,
E. C. MoParlane.
Clommisslon Stock Brokers (San Francisco Stock Ex-
■/ change, No. 230 Montgomery street, San Francisco. May 4.
James H. Grossman.] [H. F. Baker, O.E., Mining Engineer.
CR0SSMAN & BAKER,
Mine Brokers, 324 Pine street, San Frauclsco, California.
Mining Properties Examined, Surveyed and Reported on ; Ore and Minerals
Assayed or Analyzed ; Sales Negotiated or Capital procured for development. Con-
nections in London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Balti-
more, St. Louis and Chicago. Jan. 17.
GEORGE C. HICKOX & CO.,
Stock Brokers,
Have Removed to No. 413 Montgomery Street. [Jan. 17.
ANDREW BAIRD,
Negotiator of Loans and Commercial Paper,
Broker in Local and State Securities,
No. 312 California Street San Francisco.
[P. O. Box 1,208.] July 19.
W Morris. MORRIS & KENNEDY, J.F.Kennedy.
Importers and Dealers in Moldings, Frames, Engraving's,
Chromos, LithogTaphe, Decal toman ie, Wax and Artists' Materials, 21 Post
street, nearly opposite Masonic Temple, San Francisco. Feb. 4.
SCHWAB & BREESE,
ew Art Gallery, «21 market street, opposite Palace Hotel.
Oil Paintings, Engravings, Wax and Artists' Materials.
6sg- ADMISSION FREE. Sept. 13.
SNOW & CO.,
No. 20 Post street, opposite Mechanics' Institute, Import-
ers and Manufacturers of Pictures, Frames, Mouldings, and Artist's Ma-
erials. Established 1849. Sept. 20.
W. K. VICKERY,
are Engravings and Etchings, 126 Kearnystreet (Tburlow
Block, Room S), San Francisco. Office Hours, from 1 to 5 p.m. Jan. 17.
N'
R
JULES TAVERNIER'S NEW STUDIO,
128 Montgomery Street. [Jan. 17.
AVERILL MIXED PAINT,
The Best, Most Durable and Beautiful of All Faints.
PREPARED READY FOR USE,
AND OF ANY SHADE OR COLOR DESIRED.
Sept. 27.
O. S. OBKICE, General Agrent,
329 Marhet St., Opposite Front.
Nbwton Bootu, C. T. Wheeler, Sacramento. I J. T. Glotea, W w. Dodge, S. F
w
W. W. DODGE & CO.
holesale Grocers, corner Front and Clay streets, San
Francisco. April 1.
CASTLE BROTHERS,
ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAR 1850.
[mporters of Teas and East India Goods, Ncs.213 and 215
Front street, San Francisco. Jan. 18.
Francisco Daneri .
F. DANERI & CO.,
Henry Oasanova.
ealers in Wines. Liquors and Groceries, have removed to
Nos. 27 and 29 CALIFORNIA-STREET. Dec 20.
D
L.H.Newton. NEWTON BROTHERS & CO., M.Newton.
Importers aud wholesale dealers in Teas, Foreign Goods and
Groceries, 204 and 206 California street, San Francisco, Cal May 26.
TABER, HARKER & C0.,~
IMPORTERS AUD WHOLESALE GROCERS,
10S and 110 California St., 8. F.
fApril 19.]
PROF. JOS. JOSSET,
Gradnate of the University of Paris; Ex. Professor of De
la Mennais' Normal. France ; late of Point Loma Seminary, San Diego. Pri-
vate Lessons in the French Language. Residence : Post street, between Powell and
Stockton, next to Red Men's Hall. At home from 12 to 2 p.m. Private Lessons
given at the residence of the pupil. Dec. 6.
JOSEPH GILLOTT'S STEEL PENS.
Gold Medal, Paris, 2878.
old by all Stationers. Sole Agent for the lulled States:
SIR. HENRY HUE, 91 John street, S. Y. Jan. 6.
s
0. HICKS & CO.,
Bookbinders and Blank Book Manufacturers,
543 CLAY STREET.
NO.
' Blank Books Ruled, Printed and Bound to Order.
[Not. S.
COKE CHEAPEST FUEL.
Reduction In Price: Wholesale Price. 50 cents per barrel :
Retail Price. 60 cents per barrel, at the work? <i Ibc SAN PBAHC1S0O GAS-
LIGHT COMPANY, Howard and First streets, and foot of Second at. Jan U.
EDWARD BOSQUI & CO.,
Printers. Engravers. Lithographers and Bookbinders,
Lcidesdorff street, from day to Commercial.
14
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Jan. 24, 1880.
"HOMEWARD BOUND."
No, 111 never visit the old home, Jack —
The home that was once so dear —
There is no one there to wish me back,
And the wife and lads are here.
But you, my brother, have got no ties.
You can go and come at will;
For you I think it is right and wise
To cling to the old place still-
Will you visit the line of beech on the drive,
And look at the seventh tree?
I think you'll find, if it's still alive,
Some letters carved by me.
I fancy they cannot be worn away
If the tree is still in life —
I remember cutting them there one day,
With the Dad's old, broken knife.
And I thought, as I carved those letters there,
That I yet might stamp my name
As deep in the hearts of my fellow-men,
As clear in the book of fame.
But the dreams we dream in our boyhood's pride,
And the castles that we build,
Must often in manhood be laid aside,
Remembered, though unfulfilled.
But you'll not forget to visit the spot
And say if you find my name,
For I sometimes fancy my life was not
The worse of that lofty aim.
For the higher the mark we point at here
The higher our darts will fly,
And they shoot farthest who do not fear
To aim at the very sky.
The churchyard corner you'll not forget ;
The mother and Dad are there —
I think you'd have my company yet
Were the old home not so bare.
But remember, in roaming the old place, Jack,
You must see it all for me,
And if any good wind should blow you back,
I'll welcome you heartily.
San Francisco, Jan. 23, 1880. G. H. J.
WHEAT-SHIFPDXG FROM SAN FRANCISCO.
We recently called attention to the considerable increase in last sea-
son's crop of California wheat over previous years. As the ultimate and
lasting prosperity of California depends now much more upon her agri-
cultural than her mining products, it will be a satisfaction to all to know
that the area of land under wheat will, nest season, far surpass anything
that has hitherto been attempted; and, judging from the^ favorable
weather so far, we may confidently hope for a further gigantic increase of
groduction, and consequently increased wealth for the producers and the
tate-at-large. While congratulating ourselves on the prosperity of the
past, and the prospective prosperity of the future, we think it not entirely
out of place to look a little into the details of our shipping trade. There
is decidedly something wrong in our system, or, correctly speaking, there
is no proper system at all, and it would probably open the eyes of both
dealers and farmers if they could be made to realize the extent of their
losses through their lack of system. We stated in our last_ that, owing
to the dry condition in which our grain is harvested and shipped, a con-
siderable increase of weight takes place during the sea voyage to Europe,
owing to the absorption of moisture. Such is really what ought to take
place with most of our wheats, and no doubt does in fact, but most of our
exporters, we think, will agree that their returns of weight from the other
side do not always confirm this assumption, and they do not always as-
cribe it to incorrect weighing on the other side The reason may most
fenerally be ascribed to incorrect and loose weighing at the ship's side, in
an Francisco.
When wheat is incorrectly weighed into the ship here, and the buyer of
the wheat, who is generally the shipper, loses thereby, it must not be
assumed that the farmer gains by the transaction. By no means. That
is " fixed " between the dealers and some " go-between." Be it distinctly
understood that we only speak of some dealers and some " go-betweens,"
who are quite well known to the trade. The great bulk of our dealers,
weighers and others are, we are proud to say, sans reproclie, but a few
black sheep there certainly are. The poor farmer suffers on all sides, and
well he deserves it sometimes. Any man who will take the trouble to
walk around our wharves and different wheat-shipping stations, and will
observe for himself, must see the lamentable waste of wheat which takes
place. Much of this waste is owing to the reckless manner in which
farmers pack their produce, and until they learn that the " penny wise
and pound foolish" maxim is a bad one, they will continue to lose many
dollars which ought to go into their pockets. It would bring tears into
the eyes of any European farmer to see the infamous waste of God's pro-
duce, which we are so accustomed to here, through the carelessness and
stupidity of our farmers in using inferior, rotten and sunburnt sacks, and
sewing them up badly with poor, cheap twine. Tons of wheat — hundreds
of tons of wheat — each season, which ought to go to increase the returns
of the producers, are recklessly wasted from these causes. We would
earnestly recommend our farmers in future to use only the best of bags and
best of twine, to see that the mouths of the sacks are properly sewed up,
and when all this is done, not to expose them to the sun more than is ab-
solutely necessary.
The most important reform, however, which we desire to see carried
out is the grading system. None but the initiated know what a motley
assortment of wheats go to make up a standard California cargo— say of
No. 2 shipping wheat. It is very different in New York and other East-
ern shipping ports, and we earnestly hope to see the same system of grad-
ing wheat adopted here.
Ed. " News Letter " — Sir : Thecircumstance of having seen my name
cited, in an advertisement in the Call, as having expressed, some months
ago, a favorable opinion, as you may remember I did in the News Letter,
of the capabilities of Fresno countyfor resisting the phylloxera vastatrix,
and producing generous wines, is the occasion of my troubling you with a
few lines in support of what I then stated and still maintain. What a
man believes on conviction he has a right to defend. I have no deBire to
mix up in a quarrel between the Daily Evening Post and the managers of
the Enderby Rancho. I wish only to undeceive the public as to the
fitness of the reporter sent by the Post to report upon the district extend-
ing some six or seven miles around Fresno City, including the Eisen Vine-
yard. Where recourse can be had to irrigation, especially in unusually
dry seasons, no portion of Southern Europe can excell that district for
generous wines. I Bpent two whole weeks at the Eisen Vineyard last
Autumn, before the vintage, and examined carefully, and distilled, and
otherwise investigated every variety of wine in the cellars, and the result
is the opinion I then stated. The writer plainly knows nothing of the
wine countries of Spain or Portugal, and displays not alone ignorance but
malice also when he goes out of his way to criticise the wines and attack
the credit of Eisen Brothers as proprietors of a fine, fruitful vineyard.
The hypocritical cant in which he indulges when speaking, whether of the
Zinfandel wine or the duties of a public journalist, is beneath contempt.
I happen to have some bottles' of that wine here, and have again to-day
re-submitted it to distillation, and other tests, with the following results :
Alcohol 13.458, tannin quite abundaut, flavor full and fruity, color dark
as any pure French claret — a generous wine.
On seeing my name used by the Call, I at once wrote to Dr. Gustav
Eisen to inquire, and yesterday received the following in reply to my
querery :
"As far as I know no reporter from the Evening Post has ever been
down here, and none has had access to our wines. I believe the whole article
is maliciously got up, because neither Mr. Kearney nor my brother
wished to subscribe to the Evening Post. My brother, while calling at
Kearney's office on Montgomery street, was interviewed by an agent, but
refused the paper. This happened about ten days ago."
Now, as to the grand programme of the future of the Enderby Rancho,
while at Fresno I was driven through one or two of the colonies nearest
to Fresno City, and saw the raisin farms that at present exist, and with
one exception, that comprising the largest area of any, and apparently
the longest in bearing, there was an air of misery all around ; roads
detestably bad in fine weather, fences broken down, little vineyards un-
cultivated and full of weeds, dwellings and their surroundings in a slov-
enly condition, and the very chickens looking woe-begone. And no wonder
when poor people have settled down to make a living out of twenty or
thirty acres by the cultivation of alfalfa and the growing of raisins. To
live decently and rear a family requires capital and time— three years at
least before the grapes are fit for drying. But there is one master evil
ever present in that irrigated country — remittent fever, of which I have
had the most painful experience in my own person. I would not live a
year there for the best lot on the Enderby Rancho.
John J. Bleasdale, D. D.
News Letter Office, Merchant St.
A BRAINIAL SUPPER.
In the course of a lecture on physiology, delivered the other eve-
ning at Steinway Hall, New York, Dr. T. S. Lambert incidentally de-
scribed what he called a brainial supper — a novel repast, which the lec-
turer said he had once given to some thirty or forty gentlemen, and the
like of which feast had never been known before or since. It is the doc-
tor's theory that the average New Yorker — the professional or mercantile
man in active business — requires much more brain food than he now com-
monly receives. The model supper consisted of the following dishes :
First Course — Toasted crackers and toasted cheese, in the Russian
fashion, as an appetizer. Second Course — Oysters on the half shell and
cold cabbage. Third Course — Sardines in oil. Fourth Course — Codfish
and cream. Fifth Course — Lobster salad. Sixth Course — Stewed tripe
and green peas. Seventh Course — Calves' brains on toast, Graham bread
and oaten grits, wheaten grits with cream. Dessert — Baked sweet apples
and baked sour apples. Drink — Cold water. Concerning all these dishes
the doctor made a special plea as to their wholesomeness. Cheese was
very wholesome ; of oysters he spoke enthusiastically as brain food, and
cabbage, he said, was the most easily digested of vegetables. Preserving
sardines in oil retains all the virtue of the fish, and makes them very de-
sirable as food. The stewed tripe is also a noble dish. To illustrate the
importance of proper brain food, the doctor said that you can put the
stiffest-willed of men into prison and feed him on hard tack and pork,
and in a few months his spirit will become broken, because the brain be-
comes exhausted and broken down.
GREAT FEAT IN DRADGHT-PLA'STNG.
Mr. Wm. Strickland, of Leeds, the champion blindfold draught-
player, lately accomplished a great feat in draught-playing, at the Cen-
tral Club, Trongate, Glasgow. He undertook to play ten games simulta-
neously against as many opponents, and that, too, without either seeing
boards or men. Play began a few minutes after seven o'clock, and con-
cluded about eleven. After playing a couple of hours Mr. Strickland
said he would call out the position of the pieces if it would prove of in-
terest to the spectators, and this he did without a mistake, showing that
he had as good a view in his " mind's eye " of the respective pieces as the
players who had their boards before them. The audience gave a hearty
round of applause on his accomplishment of this feat. Mure surprising
still, on the games being finished, he repeated all the moves made in the
ten games (a total of nearly 450 moves); and then, the crowning feat, he
gave every move backward. The score — four wins for Strickland, three
wins for his opponents, and three games drawn — is surprising when the
[( skill of his antagonists is taken into account.
Jan. 24, 1880.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
15
DOINGS AT SACRAMENTO.
[FROM OUR OWN CO R R E SP ON P EXT.]
The select men of our State are at Sacramento. They are the peo-
ple's chosen ones. It is reasonably to be supposed that they were selected
because of their very special qualifications for the onerous business of
making laws for the State. They are one hundred and twenty men elimi-
nated from among two hundred thousand, for the express purpose of
guard in is' liberty in its truest, noblest and best sense. That is tneirBWorn
duty, and verily 'tis a sacred engagement ! To guard the rights of per-
sons and the rights of things, and to prevent public and private wrongs,
they have been clothed with the powers of the whole people. They are
the product of a free, unfettered ballot. No King, Emperor or Czar has
stood between them and the people, whose creatures they are. They are,
or, rather, ought to be, the true metal that has remained after a process
of milling and refining that has been supposed to be most thorough. They
are the residuum of one hundred and twenty parts of pure gold, that has
been found to exist in two hundred thousand parts of rough ore. They
are the choice of the people, and the choice of the people are — whom ?
Well, about that the least said the soonest mended. Ihese select men
have exceptionally onerous duties to perform at this session. They have
to bring the whole body of laws into harmony with a new Constitution
that aims at unsettling nearly every man's affairs, and would have dis-
turbed the whole order of creation if it could. To make that Constitu-
tion as little unsettling as possible, and, indeed, to make it at all worka-
ble, a vast amount of thoughtful, practical and conservative legislation is
necessary. What is the outlook for legislation of that kind ?
A representative of the News Letter has spent the last three or four
days at Sacramento, in an earnest endeavor to find an honest answer to
that question. He has used such opportunities as occasions offered to
take stock of the members elect, and has made an examination, neces-
sarily very cursory, of the bills introduced, and he regrets to say that,
if his judgment is not altogether at fault, the present condition of things
at Sacramento is calculated to strike a thoughtful mind with dismay.
Confusion and chaos reign supreme at present. Both houses are largely
composed of new members, unacquainted with the forms and require-
ments of legislation, and without any clearly defined public ends in view.
There are no leaders, because there are few, if any, followers. Almost
every man is on his own hook, intent upon airing his eloquence, magnify-
ing his little crotchet, and determined to make what he is pleased to call
"a record for himself." Many of the most inexperienced members are
the most prolific introducers of little bills. Yea, they are very little. The
best excuse that can be given for their existence is like that given by the
girl for her child of illegal paternity : " It is such a very leetfe one." Al-
most every small affair of life is proposed to be legislated upon. A very
hasty examination of the many bills introduced suffices to show that
fully seventy-five per cent, of them are fatally defective in some point or
other, so if they receive the assent of both houses and the signature of
the Governor they will yet fail to become effective laws, because of their
lacking some essential element to render them legal and constitutional.
One section of the new Constitution, which we had supposed had become
widely understood, is being as completely ignored, by all parties, as if it
had no existence. The new Constitution members even, who were elected
as the special guardians of our present fundamental law, give it the go-by
as readily as those who were opposed to that instrument. Special legisla-
tion was supposed to be at an end, and that all laws hereafter should be
*' general in their operation," yet there is hardly a member who has not
introduced one or more bills that are essentially local to the city and
county he represents. Special laws are being offered as numerously as
ever in regard to San Francisco, the subterfuge of making them applica-
ble only to cities having over 100,000 inhabitants being resorted to. San
Francisco being the only city in the State having that population, it fol-
lows that the legislation in question is "special" to it. This evasion is
being resorted to under cover of a decision rendered in Illinois during the
" Granger crare," but that decision was not rendered in the teeth of such
mandatory words as are employed in our new Constitution, and for that
and other reasons cannot be considered a case in point. Certainly if such
an evasion of precise words and a clear intent is successful,
then it must be confessed, indeed, that it has passed beyond the power
of human ingenuity to formulate words that are incapable of evasion.
It is astonishing that a man of acute mind like John F. Swift has fol-
lowed an evil example, by availing himself of this miserable subterfuge
in order to get his proposed charter for this city introduced to the Legis-
lature. We do not think that Mr. Swift's private opinion accords with
his public act in this matter, and we should be amazed if he were to stake
the smallest particle of his reputation as a lawyer upon the constitution-
ality of his proposed charter. A still more remarkable and lamentable
fact is that the Judiciary Committee of the Assembly — the specially ap-
pointed guardian of the legality and constitutionality of all laws referred
to it — is ignoring its functions as completely as if it had not sworn to dis-
charge them in all honor and good faith. Many bills have been reported
back and recommended for passage which fail in some one or more par-
ticulars to comply with the mandatory words of the Constitution. One
very frequent error made by the Committee and its Chairman is omitting
to mention in the title of bills the object sought to be accomplished. The
Constitution is particularly clear as to this very excellent requirement.
Heretofore it has been a common practice to smuggle dangerous sections
into bills, whose titles gave no inkling of the little joker contained there-
in. Mr. Fox has a number of bills of his own introducing that are merely
described in their titles as acts " to amend sections blank of the Political
-Code." That is in no respect a statement of the object of the bills, and
though it is a form of words that comes ready_ enough to the mind of an
attorney desirous of covering up things, it is not a compliance with the
new order of things, which demands that every bill shall be stamped with
an honest statement of its objects on its face. The defect alluded to is
serious, but it is not the only one that may be pointed out in bills that
have emanated from the Judiciary Committee of the Assembly- If, then,
the majority of the members are ignorant or inexperienced, and if so high
and responsible an authority as the committee of legal advice is careless
and indifferent as to the performance of its duties, how, in the name of
all that is good, are we to obtain the legislation that is essential at this
session ? On previous occasions it mattered little whether there was any
legislation at all or not, but that is very far from being the case now.
Numerous laws will soon cease to be operative, unless harmonized with
the new Constitution. Every Commission and Board now exercising mu-
nicipal functions in this city will necessarily cease and determine on the
1st of July next. Meanwhile, laws must be passed for the management
of the Police, Fire, Health, City Hall and other departments of the city
government that are not now directly under the control of the Supervis-
ors. What is true of San Francisco is meaaureably true of all other cit-
ies throughout the State. The outlook for procuring all this necessary
legislation is dark in the extreme. It may be that the new members will
have talked themselves out in two or three weeks, and that a disposition
will then grow to submit to leadership, and to promote practical legisla-
tion. There are a few capaple men in the Assembly, and quite a number
in the Senate, to whom we will from time to time do justice. The neces-
sities of the State require that the able men bring order out of the present
chaotic condition of things. Let us hope that they will. n.
HIGHEST STOCK QUOTATIONS
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SIGNAL SERVICE METEOROLOGICAL REPORT, WEEK
ENDING JAN. 2
S, 1880, SAN FIU>
lNCISCO. cal.
Miff heat
and- Jjowest Saro
meter.
Fri. 16.
Sat. 17.
30.118
29.876
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Mon 19.
Tue 30.
Wed 21
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30.184
30.106
30.109
29.S76
30.237
30.109
30.308
30.237
30.283
30.233
30.250
30.122
Maximum and Minimum Thermometer*
60 1 53 1 56 | 62 1 54 1 53 1 53
43 47 47 43 | 44 | 44 | 43
Mean Daily Humidity.
03 | 70.3 | 827 | 85.7 | 83.7 | 89.3 | 84.3
Prevailing Wind.
NW. | N. 1 W. | NE. | W. | S. | W.
Wind — Miles Traveled.
82 | 124 | 9* | 121 | 61 | 84 I 64
State of Weather.
Clear. | Clear. | Clear. | Fair. | Fair. | Fair. | Fair.
Rainfall in Ttventy-four Hours.
1.03 | .03 | | | | |
Total Ha in During Season beginning July 1, 3879. .10.84 inches.
Hiram Ulysses' Catechism.— What is the chief end of the Republi-
can Party ? Grant. Who was the father of the Republican Party ?
Grant. Who first discovered that the world was round ? Grant. Who
died on a thousand battle-fields during the war ? Grant. Who found
Moses in the bullrushes ? Grant. Who was the first man ? Grant.
Who first sailed around the Whisky Ring? Grant Who wrote the
Declaration of Independence ? Grant Who was the first tanner ?
Grant Who first discovered the Quakers? Grant Who the h— 1 is
Grant ? Grant— Oklone States.
16
SAN" FRAKCISCO NEWS LETTER.
Jan. 24, 1880.
THE BEAUTIFUL SNOW.
[BY W. A- CROFFUT.J
O, the snow, the boot full o' snow,
Dear to the heart of the small fellow,
Who slides on his sled down the icy track,
A-lying, as usual, on his stomach,
Riding,
Gliding,
Yelling along,
Shouting aloud to the laggard pung,
Seeing a female and going for her,
And tossing her up on the swift runner,
Who, when she comes down, observes a broad grin
On the vanishing face of the bad urchin.
0, the snow, the boot full o' snow!
Now for a sleigh and a young widow,
Or a maid {it is certainly much more fun
Than to rumble along in an old wagon) —
Prancing,
Dancing,
Glancing by.
'Tis good for the nerve3, yes, very.
She timidly yields her hands to his,
And he shelters her from the cold breezes ;
The buffalo covers them up to the chin
And he taketh toll at the bridge— certin.
O, the snow, the boot full o' snow,
Heaping the streets and the calm meadow.
On the water-pipe the frost king sits
And the plumber goeth on his visits —
Loa6ng,
Dawdling,
Trying to sing.
With the susceptible cook flirting.
He eats and he drinks and he winks at her,
And solders the pipe with his gold solder,
And he makes enough, ere the day is done,
To buy him a new brownstone mansion.
EXHALING SOULS.
The latest alleged discovery in the field of physiology and meta-
physics is that of a German savant. Duntsmaier, who claims to have
discovered that the characteristic quality, or, as he phrases it, the soul,
of every animal and human being is exhaled in its breath, and may be
preserved and transmitted. He goes so far as to claim to have established
the truth of the theory by practical experiments. Of his theory and ex-
periment the following outline will suffice to convey an idea. Starting
out with the assumption that the soul is an odor, a pretty violent assump-
tion, most persons will say, Herr Dunstmaier argued that it is radiated
from living beings somewhat as light is from a luminous body, and if light
can be collected and tixed by a photographic plate coated with iodide of
silver, he argued that the soul odor could also be collected and fixed :
" What body, now, is as sensitive to odor as iodide of silver is to light?
Evidently the nerves of smell in a dog. In the center of the laboratory
a cage containing twenty hares was placed, and a dog was admitted to
the room. He at once made violent efforts to get at the hares, which, of
course, in their terror, rushed to and fro in their cage. After two hours
of this torture the dog was killed, the nerves of smell and the mucous
membrane removed, and rubbed up in a mortar with glycerine and water.
The twenty hares had been exhaling their souls for two hours, and the
dog, during all his panting and snuffing, inhaling them for the same
length of time. The glycerine might be expected then to contain a cer-
tain quantity of the soul of the hare, the main characteristic of which is,
of course, timidity. That this was the fact, the following experiments
seemed to prove :
A few drops of the extract were administered to a cat; she ran away
from some mice instead of pouncing upon them. By the subcutaneous
injection of only two cubic centimetres a large mastiff was rendered so
cowardly that he slunk away from the cat. By a similar experiment, in
which, however, a young Hon in a menagerie played the part of the
hares, Dunstmaier succeeded in isolating the soul-substance of courage,
and in transmitting it to other animals. Still more interesting experi-
ments showed clearly that these psychotypic glycerine extracts had a de-
cided effect on the human species. Thus, after swallowing a small dose of
psychotypic timidity, Dunstmaier had not courage to believe in his own
great discovery.
GuBtave Dore has taken a contract to illustrate Shakespeare. He
will do wonders with the weird, cabalistic scenes of the Tempest, the
witches on the blasted heath, in Macbeth, the madness of "King Lear;"
possibly the figures only of "Richard III." and "Shylock," but the
genius of the man who painted the Maleboge circle is too grotesque and
terrible for Romeo and Juliet, Love's Labor Lost, Hamlet, and Midsummer
Nights Dream. I am sure the "young, wanton and effeminate" secre-
taries of the French Legation will see that it is not their countryman's
mission to illustrate Shakespeare. Let him try his hand on the scenes of
the French revolution. — The Republic.
Scene : A ward in the infirmary. Lady Visitor — " Are they kind to
you here ?" Patient (who is recovering from his illness and is very raven-
ous)—" No, I never get hauf ma ful." L. Y. — " Indeed ! Could you eat
an egg ?" Patient—" Eat an egg ! Could a' eat twa ? Mem, I could eat
the chap that laid them." — Glasgow Bailie.
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
Recorded in the City and County of San Francisco. California, for
the Week ending January 16th, 1880.
Compiledfrom the Records of the Commercial Agency, 401 California St. , 6'. F.
Saturday, January 10th.
GRANTOR AND GRANTEE.
J C Weir to Leong Nam Yune....
Hung On to same
Chung Hoon to same..
DESCRIPTION.
SSPI&RR Asn to W J Hardy
W J Hardy to Henry C Judson...
Thos Carter to Martin Carter
Geo Fitzmorris to H Gallagher...
Albertina Henrick to A Eorichs..
E L Vanderburg to Isaac Levy . .
Danl D Martin to Louis Cayron..
Com 30 ft e from se cor of brick building
on so corner Jackson and Wash'n,
thence e3s80
Same; also, e Dupont, 40 s Wash'n, s 18
x51 :10-50-vara 52
S Jackson, 147:3 e Dupont, 18:7x80-50-
vara 50
Lots 1 and 2, blk 1019
Same
Se Berrv, 137:6 ne 6th, ne 91:8x137:6—
SBblk22
W Mission, 85:9!b s 23d, s 25x125....
N Union, 20 e Jones, e 20x77:6
NSntter,56 w Webster, w 24x75
INe Zoe, 237:6 se Bryant, se 20x75....
$ 1
10,000
10,000
2
400
5
2,000
Gift
4,700
1,800
Monday, January 12th.
John Reynolds to Peter S Casey.
John B Lewis to H J Booth
Peter McCann to A J Shrader
Danl Mahoney to Julia Shay
N G Bk & T Co to I Wickersham.
GeoMearns to H L Miller ,
Leopold Greget to Pierre Jullien
Pioneer L and L Asn to H J Speer
Jose A Conboi to John W Hinds..
Alice A Donzell to Ida Wagner . . .
TBBAto Mary H De Crano
J A Barham to Orlando Bozio ....
Henry Pierce to M Krnse
Martin Kedon to Eliz'th Mitchell.
J Eichenlaub to Cath Eichenlaub .
Sub 89, Haley Map No 1, P V Lands ...
N Clipper, 80 w Diamond, w 60x114
Und 5-17 blocks 28. 43, 44, 48, 60, 56, Gl,
'9, 82, Dnnphy Tract
Lot 335 and 336, Gift Map 1
Lots S to 12, 15 to 20, blk 4; lots 1, 11 to
18, blk 16; lots 2 and 12, blk 12-Flint
Tract Hd
N Jackson, 220 w Larkin, w 50xl27:SM
WA 20
Com on ne line of 100-v 4, Lagoon Sur-
vey, 65:6 nw from e cor of sd lot, nw
100xsw275
Lot 14, blk P, lot 14, blk 2-R R H No 2
Sundry lots in Gift Map 3 and 4
W Hyde, 60 n Filbert, n 8:9x137:6
No Calaand Broderick, e 55x105
S Howard, 225 e 6tb, w 12:6x80
Ne Stockton and Pt'eiffer, n 47:6x77:6. .
Se Sutter and Broderick, e 55x87:6
Uudiv % ne Langton, 100 se Howard, se
25x80— 100-vara 259
2,000
5
2,250
5
5,000
36
1,500
525
10,270
2,250
2,600
25
Gift
Tuesday, January 13th.
Geo Lander to John Wiederhold .
Chas H Gwynn to Laura Holmes.
Wm H Worth to C P Hatch..
T R E A to W Hollis ,
Paul Rousset to Fabian Toplitz .
Bernard Rourke to Ann Cranage
Orlando Fuller to Addie Fuller..
Alice Kelly to Bridget McCarthy.
Jas Getty to Wm J Getty
MasS and L Socy to H Hinkel.,
H Hinkel to L Vesarin ....
R E Hongbton to L Gottig. ,
S Vallejo, 92:10>£ e Franklin, 68:7x137:6
N Pine, 114:7 e Laguna, e 22:11x137:6—
W A 197
W Elgin Park, 163 n Ridley, n 22x75-
| subject to mortgage
Se Octavi* and Post, e 27:6x110
Se Baker and Fell, e 396:10^x275
Se Shipley, 150 sw 5th, sw 25x75
Sw Stanford, 200 nw Townsend, 25x80-
* 100-vara 149
N Cala, 82:6 w Deviaadero, w 27:6x53:1-
W A 500
IS Pine, 125 e Franklin, e 25x60
Se Washn and Webster, e 137:6x127:8^,
! WA269
IE Webster, 78:9^ s Washn, s 24:5x87:6.
'E Harrison, 60 n 23d, n 70x100
$4,000
3,000
2.515
5
30,000
500
Gift
1.500
Gilt
8,000
"Wednesday. January 14th.
E P Warburton to Robt McElroy .
Anna Taaffe to Thos T Crittenden
T T Crittenden to John Finlay
John R Sprint: to Geo D Morse. . .
John Laftertyto Edw M Mott
John Barbee to Emma Barbee ....
Jas Boylan to John Sullivan
Danl Jones to I B L Brandt...
H N Norcross to Jas Brooks.,
J M Oomerford to Eliza Comerford
Jas Casey to Robt McKeen ....
Sundry lots in Sunny Vale Hd and pro-
perty in San Mateo Co
Sw Chestnut and Jones, s 118x137:6—50
vara 688
Same
Lots 9, 10, blk 17, West End Map 3
Nw Louisa, 422:6 ne 4th, ne 20x70
N Union, 73 e Leavth, e 45:6x137:6—50-
vara396
Se Stevenson, 498 sw 7th, bw 27x75
100-vara 264. ,
S Elizabeth, 130 e Castro, e 25x114
Assigns all propty whatsoever for ben-j
efit of creditors t
S 28th, 135 e Church, 25x114
SDnncan,260 w Guerrero, w 50x114—
Bnbject to mortgage I
8,000
8,500
1,000
10
Gift
2,700
700
1
1
Thursday, January 15th.
John Cowell to E V Cowell.. .
Jos Boyd to Jas Boyd
Ann J Daly toWn Kearney..
EMcGary to T J Andrews
J H Miller to Mrs P E Hardin*. . . ,
La Soc Francaise to J Lohrmann
Ne Union and Battery, n 155, etc, eubj't
to mortgage $18,000
Und JS w Montgomery, 26:3X s Union,
s23:S^x70
W M st, 75 n 8ih av, n 25x75; sub lot 39,
Central Park Hd
Nw Branuan and Zoe, w 30x160
W Selina PI, 110 n Cala, w 58, etc— 50-
varal31
N Clay, 114:7 e Drurom, e 22:11x115 ....
55,000
COO
222
12,000
1
12,000
Friday, January 16th.
A Borel to Bay City R E Assn
Bay City R E As'n to E B Pond. . .
EBPond to Geo A Hill
Geo A Hill to E B Pond
M L Perry to La Soc Francaise. . .
Wm Holden to T A Talbort
Mary Carragy to Annie E Hnff ....
Henry Hinkel to Louisa F Stahl ..
Same to Jas M Pierce
Same to Geo Johnson
Julius C Reis to Thos B Howard..
A Hensing to W A Stewart
)ft-
W Jones, 97 b Sac'to, s 6 inches x
50-varal079 .__
Sw Jones and Sac'to, s 99:7, w 60, etc—
50- vara 1079
Same
Same; subject to mortgage
E Stockton, 107:6 s Sac'to, s 30x60-50-
varal36
Sundry lots in Gift Map 2 and 3
N Pine, 135 e Fillmore, e 27x87:6— W A
313
N Washn , 33:« w Fillmore, w 35:6x102—
W A 350
W Fillmore, 102 n Washn , n 25:8^x110,
W A 350
N Wash'n, 59 w Fillmore, w 25:6x102—
W A 350
Ecor 8th and Townsend, ne 275, se 275,
bw36:7J£, etc
Sw Oak Grove ave, 175 se Harrison, se
5
5
4,000
250
1,700
5,500
5,500
5,500
6
~
Jan. 24, 1880.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
17
NOTABILIA.
THE PEDDLERS SONG.
Lawn as white as driven snow ;
Cypress Mack as e'er was crow ;
Gloves as sweet as damask roses;
Masks for faces and for noses ;
Bugle-bracelet, necklace, amber;
Perfume for a lady's chamber;
Gold quoips and stomachers,
For my lads to give their dears ;
Pins and poking-sticks of steel.
What maids lack from head to heel:
Come buy of me, come; como buy,come buy,
Buy, lads, or else your lasses cry.
William Shakspeare.
When Sir Walter Scott wrote that woman is "hard to please," he
had never seen a woman regarding1 herself in a mirror after using Madame
Rachel's Enamel Bloom. The face of that woman would have effectu-
ally cured the Scottish bard of the opinion quoted above. Madame
Rachel's Enamel Bloom is so inexpensive to buy, so easy of application
and so perfect in its result, that it works like a charm upon woman's
fancy the wide world over. It beautifies without betraying any artificial
agency. It is as harmless to the skin aa it is fragrant to the mustache
that approaches it. If your complexion is indifferent, make it perfect
with Enamel Bloom. If it is lovely, make it incomparably more so by
Enamel Bloom. There's nothing like it.
There is nothing which a great and fashionable city so much needs
as a public refectory where ladies and their consorts can go without re-
proach, or where ladies can meet each other for the purposes of social
chat or company during the day. In San Francisco this want is solely
supplied by the Original Swain's Bakery, 213 Sutter street, an establish-
ment which is daily thronged with the beauty and fashion of our city.
The atmosphere of high-bred society pervades this restaurant, but its
** tone " is by no means the only desirable thing about it, for the delicacies
and good things of every kind are both better cooked and better served
than at any other house of the kind in the metropolis of the West.
Women in India have now a periodical of their own, written espe-
cially for their benefit by Hindoo ladies — the Bamabodhini Putrica Redi
vivus.
Darkness that may be felt — a black hat. Mrs. Skidmore has many
Buch in her elegant millinery parlors at 1114 Market street, but she also
has hats and bonnets of every conceivable shade, color, material and
style. The most fastidious and refined taste can be gratified and suited
by a visit to this fashionable establishment. Mrs. Skidmore'a own ex-
perience and true artistic sense have prompted her to engage only the
most accomplished assistants, and the result is that her parlors are daily
frequented by the " best people " of San Francisco. A visit to this re-
nowned establishment will amply repay ladies who enjoy what is new and
beautiful in fashionable millinery.
" I think the turkey has the advantage of you," said the landlady to
the inexpert boarder who was carving. "Guess it has, mum— in age."
The landlady was so discomfited by this discourteous retort that imme-
diately after dinner she took a taste from a bottle labeled " Rock and Rye
Cordial, made by F. & P. J. Cassin, corner California and Drumm
streets." The old lady hed cured herself of a long-standing lung com-
plaint with this delicious cordial in days gone by, and she now found it
very efficient in bracing her up against the cruel repartee of her boarder.
A red-hot ball thrown at the Rochester boys by some base batsman
will make them hop bitterly.
A monarch of the seize is the Sheriff, but more than a monarch
among photographic firms is that of Bradley & Rulofson, of 429 Mont-
gomery street. The fame of this house has extended to the uttermost
parts of the earth, and in the great European cities their handiwork is
more frequently seen than that of the local artists. Not only does every
traveler visiting San Francisco make a point of being photographed by
Bradley & Rulofson, but orders for copies and duplicates are constantly
being sent for.
Men and women out of employment can find no more profitable
business than selling " Plain Home Talk and Medical Common .Sense,"
a practical treatise on chronic diseases, sexual physiology, and a
thousand things worth knowing, by the popular physiological author, Dr.
E. B. Foote. It is the cheapest book in the English or (lerman language ;
1,000 illustrated pages ; just issued on new type for Si. 50. Libera.1 dis-
count to agents. Two copies by mail, postage prepaid, for Two dollars.
Try it. Address Murray Hill Pub. Co., 129 E. 28th Street, N. Y. City.
A handbill, announcing a temperance picnic in a Lancashire town,
finished with an after thought, expressed by a preliminary N". B. The
faithless and meek, says a local contemporary, construed it into "no beer."
Persons who eat cucumbers do not have their labor for their pains,
but the reverse, and persons who drink Landsberger's Champagne find
pam a hollow sham, as a matter of course. The renowned Private Cuve"e,
sold by this house, is as exhilarating and enjoyable as it is harmless in its
effects. It is good for the system and good for the heart, and should be
drunk by all who can appreciate a really tine wine. Connoisseurs who
have tried Private Cuve'e unanimously pronounce it equal to the best
French wines, and the public testimouials awarded to it confirm this
opinion.
Fhes have so many eyes that it is no wonder they leave their specks
everywhere, but, on the other hand, it would be a very great wonder if
anybody should fail to appreciate the Chilson Patent Improved Cone
FurnaceB, of ten sizes, for which De La Montanya, of Jackson street,
below Battery, is the agent. These furnaces are principally intended for
large buildings and for heating purposes, but when it comes to cooking,
De La Montanya is still ahead, for it is admitted that his celebrated
Union Range has no rival.
First Urchin (with elation) : " We've a pug dug at hame !" Second
Do. (derisively) : " Aye, an' ye've a pug no3e tae !"
Niagara Falls, but White's reputation doesn't. We mean White, the
hatter, of 614 Commercial street. His hats are acknowledged on all
hands (or heads) to be marvels of manufacture as to fit, style and qual-
ity. This being the case, it gives us pleasure to record the fact that Mr.
White's business has lately increased to an extent which eclipses the trade
of all his rivals put together. If you want a hat, durable, fashionable
and cheap, by all means go to White's, 614 Commercial street.
Housekeepers are advised to call upon Hartshorn & McPhun, 112
Fourth street, near Mission, for all kinds of carpets, oil-cloths, Linoleum
mattings, etc.; also, manufacturers of store and house window shades,
plain or ornamented. Give them a call for first-class work, at the lowest
prices in the city.
Though porter makes a man fat, too much of it will make a man lean
— against a post. The best drink to correct this latter tendency is Napa
Soda, which may be taken in any quantity without any but the most
pleasant and wholesome effects.
Why do Hop Bitters cure so much ? Because they give good digestion,
rich blood and healthy action of all the organs.
GEO. STREET, Agent Neivs Letter, 30 Cornhill, E. C, London.
IN CONSEQUENCE OF SPURIOUS IMITATIONS OF
LEA A PERKINS' SAUCE, which are calculated to deceive
the public, Lea and Perrins have adopted A NEW LABEL, bearing their sig-
nature, thus, " LEA & PERRINS," which is placed on every bottle of WORCESTER-
SHIRE SAUCE, and without which none is genuine.
Ask for LEA & PERRINS' Sauce, and see name on wrapper, label, bottle and stop-
per. Wholesale and for export by the proprietors, Worcester ; Crosse & Blackwell,
London, etc., etc., and by grocers and oilmen throughout the world.
Nov. 16. MESSRS. CROSS & CO., Asjents, San Francisco.
ROWLAND'S
MACASSAR OIL strengthens the Hair and prevents it falling off. The bottles
have a glass stopper, and not a cork.
KAJjYDOR beautifies the Complexion and eradicates Freckles, Tan, Prickly Heat,
Eruptions, etc.
ODONTO whitens the Teeth, prevents and arrests decay, and gives a pleasing
fragrance to the breath.
E UK.ONIA is a new and delicate toilet powder.
Ask for ROWLAND'S articles, of 20, Hatton Garden, London, and avoid cheap
imitations. Sold bv Druggists, Bazaars, etc., all over the world. May 3.
F
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTKACT OF MEAT.
Inestaiiil Cheapest Meat-flavoringr Stock for Sonps, Made
Dishes and Sauces. March 2.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTEACT OF MFAT
[s a snecess and boou for which Nations shonld feel grate-
ful. See " Medical Press," "Lancet," " British Medical Journal," etc.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
Cantlon— Oe nnine only with fac-slmile of Baron Lleblg's
Signature, in blue ink, across Label. "Consumption in England increased ten-
old in ten years." March 2.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
To be had of all Store-keepers, Grocers and Chemists. Sole
Agents for the United States (wholesale only), C. David & Co. , 43, Mark Lane,
London, Enj-land. March 2.
LANGLEY & MICHAELS,
SUCCESSORS TO
CHARLES LANGLEY & CO.,
Wholesale Druggists,
Importers of Pore English. French and German Drags,
PATENT MEDICINES, Etc.,
100 and 102 FRONT STREET,
Sax Francisoo. [Sept. 6.
JOHN JENNINGS
Hooper's Sonth End Warehouses, corner Japan and Town-
send streets. San Francisco. First-class Fire-Proof Brick Building-, capacity
10,000 tons. Goods token from the Dock and the Cars of the C. P. K. R. and S P.
R. R. free of charge. Storage at Current Rates. Advances and Insurance Effected.
CUMBERLAND MINE,
"\Tavnpf»f County. Arizona. Office: No. 417 California st.,
J_ San Francisco. CUifornia. President, GEORGE M. CII'RICO. Secretary, j'.
H. GRIFFITHS. Office Hours : 2 p.m. daily. Oct. 11.
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Jan. 24, 1880.
"BIZ.
Thus far during the current month business generally has been ex-
ceedingly inert in nearly all trade departments. The Spring trade has
not yet opened, money is both cheap and plentiful, our monetary reser-
voirs running over with surplus coin, but the demands for investment
seem to be greatly restricted. Perhaps there is more inquiry for real es-
tate than we have been called upon to notice for some time past, yet buy-
ers are very careful and scrutinizing before making purchases. As for
merchandise operations, we fail to perceive the slightest disposition to op-
erate speculatively in any article of Staple Goods, Wares, etc. The gen-
eral jobbing trade of the city is good, yet there is no active stir upon
'Change, or in business circles generally. Our stocks of merchandise are
far less than the average of past seasons, and with good crop prospects we
see a promising future before us.
Our European grain fleet, dating from July 1st, the beginning of
the harvest year, now aggregates : 1879, 198 vessels with 7,660,340 cen-
tals of wheat ; value, 814,603,342. 1878, 188 vessels with 6,783,048 centals
of wheat ; value, §11,673,103. And at this date there are 18 ships on the
berth of 22,114 registered tons. Thus far the outward wheat movement
has been on of great activity ever since harvest, thus showing the wis-
dom of our farmers in selling and meeting the market promptly. The
result, paying prices have been realized, and the greater part of the crop
has already gone forward and been sold by the shippers at good profits.
About a month ago we recorded sales of several cargoes en route at
56@60 shillings. Now, like cargoes have been sold in England within a
week as low as 51@52s. 6d. The present spot price of shipping wheat
No. 2, is SI 85@1 90 per ctL, and choice milling S2. This is a decline of
about 10 cents per ctl. since the incoming of the new year. In this con-
nection we note that Dr. Glenn, of Colusa, ships two large cargoes of
wheat to Europe on his own account. The ship Samuel Watts has sailed
with 60,214 centals, and the ship Detroit is now on the berth loading,
having been chartered by Dr. Glenn at a low figure, say 50@52s. 6d.,
which is a big decline in freights from December rates. It is, however,
said that there is another large American ship in port of 2,500 tons regis-
ter which, it is thought, may yet be secured at less than 50 shillings. This
great decline in wheat freights is quite unexpected, but it is no doubt the
result of the big wheat blockade at the East growing out of the 20,000,000
bushels of wheat locked up by Keene and his associates, thereby prevent-
ing the loading of some 800 ships now in waiting in New York order.
While all this speculation is going on Europe is being supplied with large
cargoes from other countries, glutting the English market with bread-
stuffs, causing a big break in that market, notwithstanding the grain lock
up in Chicago, New York and Baltimore. It is the fear that when this
immense supply is released, which must necessarily be the case ere long,
that the bottom of the European market will drop out before the balance
of our wheat can arrive out.
The Barley market is without movement— low prices continue to
rule, say 90c. per ctl. for Brewing, 75c. for Feed. No Chevalier here.
Rye.— There is a small vessel now on the berth for Bordeaux, which
will carry 500 tons ; price, SI 15@-S1 20 per ctl.
Hops.— Our stock is about all marketed, the little that remains will be
wanted for local use at 25@37^c.
Wool.— Our supplies have all been marketed, and prices nominal.
Tallow. — There is a fair supply at 5^@7£c. respectively.
Hides.— Prices ease off a little, owing to the declining tendency of the
New York Leather market. We quote Dry, 20c; Wet Salted, 9@10c.
Honey. — The receipts are small. We quote Strained at 10@llc; for
Amber and Red, and for choice White, 12£c.
Fruit. — We are now receiving free supplies of California Oranges, of
very superior quality, large and fine — selling as to size from $10 to $30
per M.
The feature of the week in trade circles has been the auction sale of
Teas by S. L. Jones & Co., being of the importation of Messrs. Macon-
dray & Co. The catalogue called for 3,500 packages Green and Black, in
all styles — papers, bulk, jars, boxes, etc. About one-half of the offering
sold, say 1,000 hf. chests Japan Greens, at 39i@38&c: Comet Oolongs,
52i to 55c.
Coffee. — The market is dull and inactive, pending fresh arrivals of Cen-
tral American of the new crop. Price, 18@18£c.
Sugar.— There are no market changes to record. White Refined, 11£
@12£c ; Yellow and Golden, 9i@10Jc.
Rice. — Imports free ; stocks of Chinese large. We quote : Hawaiian
Table, 6@6ic ; China Mixed, 4|@5?c : No. 1 China, 6@s6ic : No. 2 do.,
5i@5gc.
Quicksilver. — There is a perfect standstill to the market price, 40c
nominal.
Salmon. — There is no movement and no change in prices ; say for 1-lb
tins, SI 35@@1 45 tf dozen.
Metals — Holders are firm in their views and demand high prices for
Pig Iron, Tin Plate, etc., but there is no demand at present ; trade very
slack. A sale of 5,000 kegs Nails to arrive is reported at $5 50.
Coal. — The market is very quiet, with few cargo sales of foreign to
record. Last sales of West Hartley, §7 50 ; Wellington, $8 ; jobbing at
S9 ; Coast Coals, $4@$4 50 for Screenings, @5 50@S6 50 for Coarse.
A fashion magazine says: " Ulsters will be worn somewhat longer
this season." The men who wear them will have to wear stilts.
CRADLE, ALTAR, AMD TOMB.
CRADLE.
Forsyth— In this city, Jauuary 20th, to the wife of Elijah Forsyth, a daughter.
Lerri — In this city, January 21st, to the wife of Joseph J. Lerri, a daughter.
Lillis— In this city, January 18th, to the wife of Edward Lillis, a daughter.
Miller— In this city, January 21st, to the wife of Phillip Miller, a daughter.
Miesner— In this city, January 19th, to the wife of Henry Miesner, a daughter.
McGann— In this city, January 16th, to the wife of Michael M McGann, a son.
Nicolls —In Oakland, January 17th, to the wife of H. B. Nicolls, a daughter,
Rivas — In this city, January 19th, to the wife of Dr. Isaac Rivas, a sou.
Small— In this city, January 16th, to the wife of Chas. H. Small, a son.
Young— la this city, January 16th, to the wife of Andrew Young, a daughter.
ALTAR.
Bacigaldpi-Jounsos'— In this city, January 10th, Louis Bacigalupi to Ida Johnson.
DeGraff-Gollins— In Modesto, January 13th, John H. DeGraff to L. A. Collins.
Keltv-Barnes — In this city, January 20th, James E. Kelty to Etta Barnes.
Lac ey- Walker— In this city, December 27th, Charles H. Lacey to Alice Walker.
Robx.rt-Fra.ncis— In Femdale, January Uth, Robert Robart to Amelia Francis.
Rodgers-Monghan — In this city, January 8th, John Rodgers to Caroline Monghan.
Stqlts-Morse— In San Juse, January 11th, Albert Stults to Anna J. Morse.
Toll-Waitk— In Chico, January Sth, Jonathan L. Toll to Myra Waite.
Van Pblt-Featiibrstan— lu Oakland, Jan. 17th, W. Van Pelt to Nellie Featherstan.
Williams-Hunt — In Sacramento, January 14th, Dr. N. Williams to Susan E. Hunt.
TOMB
Carroll— In Oakland, January 20th, Daniel C. Carroll, aged 39 years.
DeBare— rn thi3 city, January 21st, R. B. DeBare, aged 55 years.
Gallagher — In this city, January 20th, Willie Gallagher, aged 6 years.
Lowther— In this city, January 20th, Francis E. V. Lowther.
Montufar— In this city, January 17th, Maria M. dc Montufar, aged 45 years.
Montgomery— In this city, January 2lst, Mrs. Rebecca Montgomery, aged 37 years.
Olmstead— In this city, January 17th, Mrs. Sarah Olimtead.
O'Sullivan— In this city, January 15th, Richard O'Sullivan, aged 50 years.
Pierce— In this city, January 14th, Wm. H. Pierce, aged 45 years.
Randolph— In this city, January 21st, Emma Randolph, aged 51 years.
Rutherford— In this city, January 21st, Alexauder Rutherford, aged 36 years.
Shbrer— In this city, January 16th, Joseph Sherer, aged 44 years.
CLUB TALK.
Speaking of the difference between common and proper names, one of
our club men said he could show how a proper name was a common one,
and a common name a proper one, and to prove this he told the following
story :
The death of Morton McMichael, President of the Union League Club
and formerly Mayor of Philadelphia, recalls an interesting episode of
some twenty-five years ago. Mr. McMichael was the editor of the North
American, the oldest newspaper in Philadelphia, and one of the oldest in
the United States. He was the editor in 1854 ; he continued to be the
editor up to 1879. In the former year, in consequence of an article which
appeared in the issue of the North American of September 18th, he was
called to personal account by Hon. James Cooper, Senator in Congress
from Pennsylvania, and invited to a duel. This, after consultation with
his friends, Mr. McMichael declined, and, so far as the duel was con-
cerned, the affair ended. But not so the effect of having to receive and
consider the hostile cartel. Mr. McMichael could never afterward bear
to hear the name of Cooper spoken, and he never pronounced it himself.
He would say Cowper or Copper or Kupper, but never Cooper. The con-
sequence of this strange avoidance of a common name was innumerable
mistakes ; and he carried this odd habit so far as to calla cooper a " bung-
starter" or a "shook- joiner," but never by the proper name of his calling.
He who loses in stock gambling is like he who loses in love ; he is com-
pelled, from fear of ridicule, to suffer his loss in silence. And there is
this further analogy between the two classes of misfortune : the honest
gambler, like the sincere lover, has everything at stake. The coquette,
like the stock sharp, risks nothing.
It was Pythagoras who used the phrase : "Music of the
Spheres." " He supposed it to be that harmony which resulted
from the orderly motion of the heavenly bodies and which, though
inaudible to human ears, nevertheless existed, and with suitable ap-
pliances was susceptible of being heard. This exquisitely refined
notion reminds one of Babbage's theory of sound as elaborated
in his celebrated Ninth Bridgwater Treatise. He therein holds that
sound is indestructible, and that although it may be lost to human
ears, it goes on forever and is audible to somebody somewhere, or may be
recalled by suitable mechanical devices. Thus, he says, the dying shriek
of the slave from the hold of a prison ship, though lost to the averted
ears of his cruel captors, nevertheless goes on forever, and may reach the
senses, if not of distant sentient beings, of future generations of men.
So the Baron Munchausen tells us ot the trumpeter, whose tunes, frozen
by the cold of the Arctic region, were thawed out again. So also, the
modern phonograph registers an audible sound and gives it out again at
Pleasure of the operator. If the phonograph realizes the comic dream of
lunchausen, why may not the micrometer, which renders a fly's foot-fall
audible, realize the serious and poetical one of Pythagoras ? The agree-
ment which exists between music and colors was discovered by De Chev-
reuil, the master of the celebrated G-ohelin Tapestry Works near Paris.
He showed that as there were three elementary and seven full tones in
music, so were there three elementary and seven full tones in colors, as is
seen in the rainbow. Moreover, he showed that as harmony in music
consisted of three fundamental chords, the common chord, the dominant
seventh and the flat ninth, which, with their inversions, are alike trace-
able in major and minor keys, so in colors a similar agreement existed,
counting the first color of the iris as one and the last color as seven. The
same intervals in music and colors made harmonious chords or discords.
No more interesting experiments have ever been attempted in the
New World than that of the " Wheat Colonies " of La Plata. These
have been especially established in the province of Santa Fe", around the
provincial capital of the same name, and have recently been officially
visited by the President of the Republic, who, it is said, was amazed at
the progress that has been made. In point of abundance and quality,
the corn thus grown is reported as being equal to that produced in any
market of either America or Europe, and the prospect thus opened up is
practically illimitable. South America threatens to become a formidable
rival to North America, and to share some of England's coin with her
henceforth.
Jan. 24, 18*0
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISE!*.
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THE LAST PLY.
With chilly feet ami drooping wings
He batUS upon the vrioOBW pane,
A«*l hoarsely lie his death Mug BTOgB ;
lie bath t boH of window pane.
Oatiide the earth i* robed in white ;
X" ooml inside, For coal i.-* hi-h,
With prospects dark he must alight
While Winter takes him on the fly.
The man who said, "Oh, dumb the flies,'"
Has gut his wish, for he is dumb ;
Hut gaspingly in death he cries,
" There is no word so sweet as hum."
Ami he who blew all kinds of meat
Now murmurs with a dying tone,
' Thongh I retain my carcass sweet,
I find myself a poor fly blown."
The wind that blew hath made him blue,
And cold his skin doth mottle;
If nicely corked and wintered through
He'd be a big blue bottle.
All Summer long, in shining robes,
He probes the flowers and mosses ;
But now, alas ! he cannot probe,
For froze is his proboscis.
Poor fly, his buzziness is o'er,
Alas ! his hum is in the dust :
His corpse will float on tea no more,
Nor pass for cloves in cake, I trust.
— A. T. Warden.
THAT SHAMEFUL AND EXCESSIVE BAIL.
A great wrong, under the color nf law, is being done in the case of
J. C. Duncan. The only interest the News Letter has in the matter is
that feeling of resistance to oppression which every right-minded man
must have, let it come in whatever guise it may. We have set forth the
facts before. For two years the defendant has been held on excessive
and unconstitutional bail, resulting from a multiplication of charges,
only one of which the prosecution will ever pretend to bring to trial. A
demand is made for bailsmen in the sura of 3226,000 ! The friends of the
defendant have tiled 390,000 of this amount, and here their ability seems
to culminate. This fills all the requirements of law — the appearance of
the accused for trial. But a half-dozen lying and unscrupulous men com-
bine together to hound a helpless and impoverished man, and they so far
have controlled the action of the officers of the Courts. They hold bogus
meetings, representing 20 depositors of the Pioneer Bank {out of 2,000),
and every Saturday night their falsehoods are put into b*ad English, to be
paraded under sensational headings in the Sunday dailies. Usually,
Monday sees the absolute denial of this bosh, but in the meantime the
object is attained. The great mass of Mr. Duncan's depositors oppose
these proceedings, and are arranging for a very outspoken demonstration
against them. He is powerless until the balance of his bail can be ob-
tained.
SOMETHING NEW IN PHOTOGRAPHY.
Mr. I. W. Taber's idea — which, by the way, he has now carried well
on toward completion — of making Photographic Albums of the promi-
nent persons, principal business houses and choicest views in and about
San Francisco, is a new departure, and one well worthy of attention. The
work is designed to take the sumptuous shape of a large 12x16 volume,
bound in gold and morocco, and is to cost in the neighborhood of 35,000.
As copies of this attractive and rich-looking volume are to be distributed
gratuitously in all the first-class places of public resort in the principal
Western and Eastern cities, shrewd men will at once see the advantage jf
advertising themselves or their places of business in its pages. If any
have their doubts, a glance at the sample copy, now on exhibition at Mr.
Taber's Photographic Parlors, at the corner of Montgomery and Market
Btreets, will speedily convince them. It is the inventor's design to take
no photographs of buildings, residences or out-door objects for less than
half a page, but objects and persons photographed within doors can be
taken for less than half a page. We do not doubt that this novel and in-
genious enterprise will prove both lucrative to the gentleman who con-
ducts it, and a profitable medium of advertising to business men gen-
erally.
Whittaker's famous Star Sugar-cured Hams, for which Breeze &
. Loughran, corner of Washington and Druram streets, are the agents
here, are the leading specialty of a great Eastern firm of packers and
provision-merchants. No similar article offered to the public can
approach these hams in quality or careful preparation for the market.
Their well-known delicious tenderness and delicacy of flavor are secured
by the old-fashioned, but thorough, slow-curing and smoking process.
Besides being more than 60 per cent, better than any other hams in the
market, they are also, when their quality is taken into consideration, 60
per cent, cheaper than many hams offered by some grocers of elastic con-
science. Their great superiority more than pays for their slightly higher
cost over inferior goods^
The Syndioate Mining Association, of Baltimore City, incorporated
under the laws of Maryland, will raise money to purchase and work
mines. The Syndicate is organized not to mine, hut to form mining com-
panies. Each of these companies will contribute cash and stock to the
parent association:; ; through these contributions the Syndicate will be
enabled to pay cash dividends, in addition to which it will have stock in
all companies under it, to which is to be added the income to be de-
rived in the way of fees from acting as financial, transfer, registering and
purchasing agents for other corporations.
Col. Harry McCoy, Secretary, Baltimore, Md.
It is universally conceded that the firm of J. M. Litchfield & Co.,
of 417 Montgomery street, bears off the palm from all competitors in the
line of custom-made clothing and gents' furnishing goods. This house de-
serves the highest credit for its enterprising determination to please all
customers, by giving them their money's worth.
We have pleasure in quoting from the Cape Town Lantern the fol-
lowing complimentary remarks concerning nn old friend who is well
known to all Calif ormans:
"Mr. Stephen Massett (.Icema Pipes, of Pipesville) gave his first en-
tertainment, recently, at the Mutual Hall, Cape Town. Mr. Massett's
style is unique. There is none of the sameness of the mere lecturer or
elocutionist For an hour and a half, without a break, Mr. Massett held
his audience enchained, and it is not too much to say that, at the close,
there was but one expression of opinion concerning him, and that of the
most favorable character. Few, perhaps, among the audience had had
tho opportunities to enable them to recognize the faithfulness of the imi-
tations of Charles Kean or Artemus Ward, but nearly all could appreciate
from their own recollection those of the Rev. Chas. Clarke and Madame
Anna Bishop ; but where all the dishes at the banquet were so good, we
should need to be the very prince of gourmets to select a particular plat,
and we can only say to our friends and readers that, if they place any
faith in our judgment, they will do as we intend doing, and not allow one
single representation of Mr. Massett's to pass unattended."
If a colossal jury were formed of all the men — aye, and ladies too —
who enjoy a really tip-top tobacco, either in the form of a cigarette or a
pipe, in favor of what particular brand of the weed would they unani-
mously give their verdict ? Why, Old Judge, of course ! The conun-
drum is altogether too easy. They all like it — men, women and sucking
babes — and the firm of Falkenstein & Co., the agents, may congratulate
themselves on having struck a bonanza in Old Judge. Its fragrance is
only equaled by the delicacy of its flavor.
"Lady Bryan has burst," says a telegram from Virginia City.
"Poor thing," you exclaim, " how did she come to do it?" The some-
what startling announcement, however, does not refer to a lady, but only
to a so-called "silver-mine,1' the management of which has been a trifle
queer lately. In most of the Nevada mines the stockholders find their
disappointment in expected silver not appearing in any shape, but iu
Lady Bryan virgin silver turns out to be virgin solder. Solder-gain ! say
the stockholders. But the telegram goes on to inform us that " Kelly
says the miners salted the drill-holes on him, and people say that Kelly
salffed the mine on them. " What a singular proceeding in either case!
What a curious sensation it must be to have a mine " salted " on one.
But then brother Pickering is resposible for the statement, and we all
know that the CaWs " English " is past finding out.
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
The 4'omgmiiy's steamers will sail as follows at 13 M:
CITY OF TOKJO, March 20th— CITY OF PEKING, Feb. 7th, May lat-for
YOKOHAMA and HONGKONG.
ALASKA, January 23th, for PANAMA and WAY PORTS.
CITY OF PANAMA, February 4th, for NEW YORK and PANAMA, calling at
MAZATLAN, SAN BLAS, MANZANILLO, ACAPULCO, SAN JUSE DE GUATE-
MALA, LA LIBERTAD and PUNTA ARENAS.
Tickets to and from Europe by any line for sale at the lowest rates ; also to Ha-
vana and all West India ports.
ZEALANDIA. February 16th, at 12 o'clock M., or on arrival of the English
mails, for HONOLULU, AUCKLAND and SYDNEY. $10 additional is charged for
passage in Upper Saloon.
Round the World Trip, via New Zealand and Australia, SG50. Tickets also issued
from San Francisco to New York via New Zealand and Australia.
DAKOTA, January 30th, for VICTORIA, PORT TOWNSEND, SEATTLE, and
TACUMA, connecting at TACOMA with Northern Pacific Railroad for PORT-
LAND, Oregon, and at Seattle with local steamers for Skaget River and Mines.
Tickets must be purchased before 11 a.m. on day of sailing, at Wharf Office.
For freight or passage apply at the office, cor. First and Brannan streets.
Jan. 24. WILLIAMS. D1MOND & CO.. General Agents.
FOR PORTLAND AND ASTORIA, OREGON.
The Oregon Steiunship Company and Pacific Coast Steam-
ship Company will dispatch every five days, for the above ports, one of their
new Al Iron Steamships, viz.: OREUON, GEORGE W. ELDER, and STATE OF
CALIFORNIA.
Sailing Days
Jan. 2, 7, 12, 17, 22, and 27. I Feb. 1, 6, 11, 16, 21, and 26-
At 10 o'clock A. M,
Connecting at Portland, Oregon, with Steamers and Railroads and their connecting
Stage Lines for all points in Oregon, Washington and Idaho Territories, British
Columbia and Alaska.
K. VAN OTERENDORP, Agent O. S. S. Co.,
No. 210 Batterv street, San Francisco.
GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Agents P. C. S. S. Co.,
Jan. 10. No. 10 Market street. San Francisco.
OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP CO.,
For Japan anil I'll inn, leave wharf, corner First and Bran-
nan streets, at noon, for YOKOHAMA AND HONGKONG, connecting at
Yokohama with Steamers for Shanghai.
GAELIC December 6th, February 2Sth.
PELGIC January 17th, April 10th.
Cabin Plans on exhibition and Passage Tickets for sale at No. 2 New Montgomery
street.
POT Freight, apply to GEORGE II. RICE, Freight Agent, at the Pacific Mai) Stesm-
ehip Company's Wharf, or No. 21S California street.
T. H. GOODMAN, General Passenger Agent.
LF.LAXO STANFORD, President. Nov. 1.
CUNARD LINE.
British and North American Royal Mall Steamships be-
tween NEW YORK and LI VEKPOOL, calling at QUKBNSTOWN, sailing from
New York EVERT WEDNESDAY.
BOTHNIA December 17Ui.
GALLIA. December 24th.
ALGERIA December 31st.
SCYTHIA .Tanuarv 7th, 18S0.
ABYSSINIA January 14th, 1890.
Passage can be secured and all information given on application to
WILLIAMS, DIMOND 4 CO..
Nov. 22. 21S California at.
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SANT FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER.
Jan. 24, 1880.
SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS MUST GO.
Special Commissioners, of every kind, that are performing munici-
pal functions, must go. That is an order as imperative as the Constitu-
tion of the State of California can make it. That instrument, so full of
doubtful phraseology, issues, in language that is clear cut and unmistaka-
ble, the death warrant of every Commission or Board that is now exercis-
ing any municipal functions whatever. Thus it comes that the Police
Commissioners go, and not tbey only, but every officer and private who
owes his appointment to them. The Fire Commissioners and their offi-
cers and men go. The City Hall Commissioners follow Clifford. The
Board of Health and its officers go. Street-widening Commissions are at
an end. Moreover, they cannot be resurrected in any shape. Special
Boards and Commissions are abolished forevermore. Hereafter they will
cut no figure in the government of any city or county in this State. The
only difficulty that at present exists is to devise a means to put existing
Commissioners quietly to rest, by transferring their functions to the duly
constituted city government, as it exists in the person of the Mayor and
Supervisors. We venture, with some confidence, to say that this transfer-
ence of functions ought to have taken place ere this if the Constitution
had been complied with. We don't believe that a single act now performed
by any existing Commission is legal. We don't believe it, because the Con-
stitution says it is not. Some lawyers have given paid-for opinions, which
declare that present Commissions remain until the Legislature provides
who shall be their successors. But the Constitution is self -operating in that
respect, inasmuch as it confers upon the Boards of Supervisors the power
to make all necessary regulations for the management of the police, the
maintenance of the health of the city, and for other municipal purposes.
The Board of Supervisors is derelict in its duty when it fails to exercise
the functions constitutionally conferred upon it. That being the case,
the Legislature will doubtless intervene in a few days, and members will
see to it that they, at least, do not violate their oaths to be guided by the
requirements of the Constitution. There may be those who will regret
to see the powers of Special Commissioners handed over to an elected city
government ; but no believer in government by the people can possibly
entertain any such regret. If power is to reside in one man, then ap-
pointed Commissions are all right; but whilst our State and nation
hold the doctrine of government by the people, it is a monstrous anomaly
to set aside that principle in our cities. We elect Supervisors, and then
put out all their really important work to be done upon Commission. It
has been said that Supervisors are corrupt, and that they cannot be as
well trusted as speci illy appointed Commissioners. But admit that, and
then there is an end to popular government. We believe in giving full
play to our institutions. If they fail, so be it. Let them be not bar-
nacled by systems alien to the country and its government.
A BITE IN IT.
Fusel Oil and sulphuric acid in whisky are rather liked by some
people. They prefer their drink to go down their throats, leaving behind
■a sensation as if it had a sharp bite to it. Our present purpose is not to
say anything more about fusel oil or sulphuric acid, except to use them as
an illustration. A bill has been introduced in the Senate that has a sharp
bite to it. What fusel oil and sulphuric acid are to whisky that Grove
L. Johnson's cumulative taxation bill is to large land-owners. Not hav-
ing the vitiated taste of whisky drinkers, we don't think they will like it.
But it is in the hands of a man who generally passes his bills, and who is
bent upon passing this one if possible. If it becomes law it will suon
make an end of land monopoly. Large estates will be forthwith divided
up into blocks not larger than three hundred and twenty acres and sold to
the highest bidder. The small farmers and workingmen in the Legisla-
ture will be pretty sure to favor such a bill, or else they will be recreant
to the principles they have professed to cherish. If large land-holders
propose to oppose the bill they had better be alert. It is printed and is in
a forward position on the file. The bite in it consists in this : that, in ad-
dition to the regular tax, five per cent is to be added for every three hun-
dred and twenty acres after the first, and the five per cent, is to be reck-
oned cumulatively upon each and every succeeding three hundred and
twenty acres, after the manner of the horseshoe-nail problem in geometri-
cal progression of our school-days. Of course, the taxation would mount
up so speedily that the division of large estates would be inevitable.
Would this be a desirable result ? Though much may be said on both
sides of that question, the outcome of experience favors moderate sized
estates. In France, Belgium and Holland the mass of the
people owe whatever prosperity they know to the wide di-
vision of land among them. Very large landed estates seem invariably
to beget extreme riches and extreme poverty, neither of which conditions
is good for the commonwealth or for its individual members. California
is not the first new State in which land monopoly has been permitted to
grow up. In Australia the same thing has occurred, and a remedy has
been found for it in the colony of Victoria. Strange to. say, it is very
like that which Mr. Johnson has hit upon. It is simply a graduated land
tax, increasing in proportion to quantity. Land ought not to be looked
upon as a merchantable commodity, of which every man has a right to
buy as much as he can pay for. The majority of mankind have not the
wherewith to buy the smallest possible area. Yet every man is entitled to
enough land on which to exercise his living body, and in which to bury
his dead carcass. If every man is entitled to buy all the land he is able
to pay for, a "corner" might be got up to monopolize the whole earth.
We hear of a "corner" to control the entire wheat product of a continent.
It is only a step from that point to the other of controlling the land on
which the wheat grew. No sane man will say that that is a state of things to
be toleratedfor a single moment, yetit is the natural reductio ad absurd umoi
the argument of the land monopolists. The division of the vast areas of
land held for speculative purposes in this State would be the surest way
of restoring general prosperity to our people that we know of.
MR. ADOLFH SUTRO ON THE STJTRO TUNNEL.
Mr. Adolph Sutro delivered an address to the Bullion Club of New
York, on November 6th, on the Sutro Tunnel. He described the main
features of the Comstock lode, explained the varions theories regarding
the formation of the lode, and left his hearers to judge whether the form-
ation had been by the process of deposits from thermal waters or by vol-
atilization, or by both these processes, and perhaps by other means. He
accounted for the speculative character of the Comstock mines by ex-
plaining that the bonanzas that have at various times been discovered
have been found, not in the ledge, but usually outside, and to the east of
the vein ; so that the uncertainty as to whether a bonanza might not be
struck in any mine at any momeut has caused very large importance to
be attached to indications that may now and again occur, The frequent
discovery of promising indications is the cause of those violent fluctua-
tions in the price of the shares of the Comstock mines, so far, at least, as
the prospects of the mines are concerned, and apart from the action of
manipulators. Mr. Sutro stated that at the present depth of the mines,
the water is in some places at a temperature of 165 degrees, and that if
the shafts were carried down 3,000 feet deeper, the water would be found
in a boiling condition. This increasing heat points to the limit of depth
at which mining will have to be abandoned. The tunnel has materially
helped to reduce the temperature for working at present depths, and, by
taking off the water, has greatly facilitated operations. At these depths,
however, development is very slow. Where formerly it took only three
months to explore a new level, now it takes six, nine or twelve months.
He stated his belief that the Comstock could be successfully worked for
thirty, forty or fifty years to come, below the present depth, and that
there was low grade ore above it to last for a hundred years to come. In
the meantime, there remains a very large amount of work to be done to
put the chief mines in connection with the tunnel, but Mr. Sutro's in-
domitable energy will doubtless push the work through as rapidly as it is
practicable. The Comstock has already yielded about $400,000,000 of
gold and silver— probably 8230,000,000 of silver and 8170,000,000 of gold;
and if Mr. Sutro's prognostications are correct, the Comstock lode will
maintain a leading position amongst the mining districts of the United
States for at least half a century to come.
LEGALIZING EXTORTION BY MEANS OP FEES.
Senator Satterwhite has introduced a bill, which covers fourteen
pages of closely printed matter, that ought to be called " a bill to legalize
extortion by means of official fees." It provides for a revival of the old,
iuiquitous and most abominable system of allowing officials to pay them-
selves, by extortionate fees, for every possible act they may be called
upon to perform. There is a schedule of fees allowed to be charged, and
it is certainly about the most formidable document we ever came across.
There is a fee for every movement of any official's finger. Litigants are
to pay an additional 810 upon entering suit, the same to be held by the
Clerk of the Court to pay expenses, and further sums may be demanded
from time to time, and in default of payment the cause may be dismissed.
There is a fee for filing any document, another for docketing it, another
for indorsing it, another for bringing it into Court, another for putting
the Court seal upon it, another for attaching-the signature of the Clerk,
and so on through a long list covering thirteen of the fourteen pages of
which the bill is composed. Bad as the legal fees would be, it is certain
that, once the system is introduced, they would be dishonestly enlarged.
The public would be swindled wholesale, and clerks would grow rich and
dishonest. The genius of all modern experience, in this direction, favors
the abolition of fees, and the payment of certain and fixed salaries. This
State has tried both systems, and has no reason to return to its early,
vicious and condemned methods. Senator Satterwhite's lull is one that
we can hardly speak of with patience or courtesy. It ought to be kicked
out of the Senate without ceremony.
THE CHANGE OF CITY HALL ARCHITECTS.
We believe Architect Clifford to be a singular compound of fool
and knave. We feel assured that he was utterly unfit to supervise, the
erection of the new City Hall. David Farquharson, besides others, says
so, and we are quite willing, as the public are, to take his word for any-
thing he may choose to assert. But we further believe that Clifford might
have been a greater fool, much more of a knave, and even more incom-
petent professionally than he is alleged to be, and the Chronicle would
never have devoted two or three columns a day to his exposure if he had
not been a friend of Denis Kearney's and an appointee of Mayor Kal-
loch's. The reappointment of Mr. B. A. Hatherton as architect was a
becoming and proper step on the part of the City Hall Commissioners.
That gentleman stands in the very front rank of his profession, and in
times past has always been noticeable for the industry and attention
which he devoted to the various duties which he is now once more called
upon to perform.
SHERMAN AND JOHNSTON.
General Jo. E. Johnston, the famous ex-Confederate warrior, is
Chairman of the Sub-Committee on Military Affairs. What a world of
queer vicissitudes we live in. Johnston is about to report a bill for the re-
organization of the army, in accordance with the plans of General Sher-
man. How the men who faced each other in the long struggle that closed
at Atlanta must laugh over their present relations. General Sherman
knows, and frankly admits, that Johnston is a perfect master of military
art and science, and is, above all men in Congress, competent to the tUity
mentioned; therefore he is in accord with his old opponent. It is a pity
the non-combatants are not equally appreciative of each other. If the
leading political managers of both parties were in like manner courteous
and just towards each other, politics would be raised to a higher plane,
the men themselves would be happier and better, and the whole people
would be restored to a harmony and concord that would be fruitful of
good results to the nation.
Colonel Knight, M. P., speaking at a volunteers' dinner held at Kid-
derminster, England, recently, said history told them there was only one.
road to greatness, and that was to be able to fight. However insignifi-
cant England might appear on the map, she had risen in greatness be-
cause she had bred a race able and ready to fight any other race of men in
the world and beat them. He regretted that he had not lived in more
stirring times.
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DEVOTED TO THE LEADING INTERESTS OP CALIFORNIA AND THE PACIFIC COAST.
Vol. 30.
SAN PKAN0IS00, SATUKDAY, JAN. 31, 1880.
No. 29.
PRICES OF LEADING STOCKS AND GOV. BONDS.
San Francisco January 30, 1880.
Stocks and Bonds.
BOKM.
Oft). State Bonds, 6's,'57 .
S. F. City & Co. B'ds, 6s, '58
S. F. City & Co. B'ds, 7s . . .
Montg'y Av. Bonds
Dapont Street Bonds
Sunmento City Bonds
Stockton City Bonds
Tuba County Bonds
Jfarysville City Bonds
Santa Clara Co. Bonds
Vlrga & Truckee R. R. Bds.
Nevada Co. N. G. R. R. Bds
Oakland City Bonds.
BANKS.
Bank of California. . .
Pacific Bank
First National
ISSl'RANCE COMPANIES.
Union (ex div.)
Fireman's Fund (ex div) ,.
California (ex div)
State Investment
Home Mutual
Bid.
Asked
100
102
Nora.
Nom.
Nom.
Nom.
65
70
SO
85
26
2S
90
95
103
106
100
102
105
107
100
102
95
100
112
115
125
1ST!
115
120
95
97J
1U
116
115
120
108
112
103
105
90
95
Stocks and Bonds,
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Commercial
Western
RAILROADL.
C. P. R. R. Stock
C. P. R. K. Bonds
City Railroad
Omnibus R. R
N. B. and Mission R. R
Sutter Street R. R
Gearv Street R. R
Central R. R. Co
Market Street R. R
Clay Street Hill R. R
MISCELLANEOUS.
F. Gaslight Co
Oakland Gaslight Co
Sacramento GaslightOo. . . ,
California Powder Co
Giant Powder Co
Atlantic Giant Powder
Gold and Stock Teleg'h Co
S. V. W. W. Co. 'a Stock...
S. V. W. W. Co.'s Bonds . .
70
Nom.
85
109
45
25
60
18
56
43
6
21
81J
31
U4
95
150
130
100
86
99
75
Nom.
S7
110
50
27£
68
20
58
45
23
33
134
98
160
135
120
86J
100
There has been an active business in local securities during the week,
and prices have been well maintained. Mortgages, however, are difficult
to negotiate, lenders on this class of security acting with excessive cau-
tion. There is no change in the money market ; with prime collaterals it
can be borrowed at very low rates.
Andrew Baird, 312 California street.
THE STOCK MARKET.
For the week juat passed there is little of interest to record, and
I matters generally are at a standstill. A marked improvement has taken
I place in Sierra Nevada on the 2300 level, at a point about 120 feet north
of the incline, which promises well, while a considerable improvement is
I shown in the easterly workings of the mine on next level below. Quite a
I sharp advance was made in the stock early in the week, under
liberal purchases from the "inside," though a subsequent reac-
tion has set in. The pumps at Union shaft will probably be in place and
ready for action about the middle of next month, when we may look for a
vigorous prospecting of the lower levels, and exciting times in the North
End stocks. The recent sharp advance in Belcher is said to be occasioned
by favorable developments encountered in the winze going down from the
2760-level, though we cannot get any reliable information that any such
; winze has been started. It is well known, however, that certain large
operators are heavy buyers of the stock. Of the outside stocks, there is
little doing of any consequence.
ARRIVAL OF THE AUSTRALIAN MAIL.
I Just before going to press we received our customary 61es of ex-
, changes from the Colonies, and can this week select only a few prominent
! topics for observation. From New South Wales we learn that the Exhi-
bition is doing its appointed work efficiently— instructing the artisan and
elevating the artistic taste of all classes. Here is a new idea, if cruelty
to animals can be avoided: "At Gunning a race has commenced, on con-
dition that each owner ride his own horse from 6 in the morning to G at
night, for three successive days; $250 a side." The Legislative Assembly
has been dissolved in Victoria, and the country is in the throes of an ex-
I citing election. The issue is: Government by the representatives of an
insatiable rabble or by Constitutional law. A well-informed private cor-
j respondent writes: " We are all going to the devil here as hard as we can
drive— you know we have been doing so for the last five years. Berry,
political chief, has played the very deuce with the place. The Exhibi-
tion, I fear, will be a failure. Nothing worth mentioning from South
Australia beyond an excessively high tide, which for a few hours threat-
| ened damage to some ships ; no casualties."
We hear that, connected with a certain fashionable bathing establish-
ment in this city, is a department devoted to the application of electric-
ity in such a manner as to produce abortions. We do not believe such a
wholesale murdering establishment could exist in any community without
! the intervention of the police. If this matter is as represented, we shall
i bring the whole force of the News Letter to expose the monstrous infamy.
GOLD BAKS— 890@910— Silver Bars— 5@15 tf cent. disc. Mexican
Dollars, 9jj@10 per cent.
O" Exchange on New York. 3^$ cent., strong; On London, Bankers,
49i@49g ; Commercial, 50d. Paris, sight, 5 francs per dollar. Tele-
grams, 35 per cent.
«S" Latest price of Sterling, 483@485.
#3" Price of Money here,
open market, 1@1^.
@1 per cent, per month — bank rate. In the
Demand active.
Latest from the Merchant's Exchange.— New York, Jan. 30th,
1880. United States Bonds— is, 104J ; 4Js, 107§: 5s, 104. Sterling Ex-
change, 4 83@4 85*. Pacific Mail, 39£. Wheat, 135@145. Western Union,
103g. Hides, 24£@25. Oil— Sperm, 106@110. Winter Bleached, 115@123.
Whale Oil,60@61; Winter Bleached, 62i@65. Wool— Spring, fine, 30®
38 ; Burry, 18@22 ; Pulled, 35@45 ; Fall Clips, 20@25 ; Burry, 22@30.
London, Jan. 30. — Liverpool Wheat Market, 10s. Od. @10s. lid. : Club,
10s. 10d.@lls. 3d. ; U. S. Bonds, 5's, 105& 4'a, 107 J; 4Vs, 111J. Consols,
97 13-16.
Sacramento, January 29th. —The Senate Election Committee met
to-night, to consider the contested election ease of Byrnes against Desty,
Paul Newman presiding. All present but Kyan. On the motion of
Grove L. Johnson, it was resolved that Desty was not entitled to his seat,
not being eligible, owing to his not being a citizen and elector of Califor-
nia or the United States.
The Opium Trade. — The importation of opium into China has in-
creased as follows since 1871 : In 1871, 59,670 piculs; in 1872, 61,193
piculs; in 1873, 65,797 piculs; in 1S74, 67,463 piculs; in 1875, 66,461 piculs;
in 1876, 68,042 piculs; in 1877, 69,052 piculs; in 1878, 71,492 piculs. The
picul is equal to 1334 lbs. avoirdupois. Most of the opium finds its way
into China through Hongkong. The largest portion of it is of the Malwa
growth; the rest comes from Patna, Benares, and other parts of India.
About 11,000 chests are sent yearly to America for the use of the Chinese
living in California.
New York, February 29th.— The Graphic publishes a dispatch from
Odessa containing a rumor that a Russian transport vessel, with 2,000
troops aboard, has been lost in the Caspian Sea, and that most, if not all,
the soldiers perished.
London, January 29th.— The Duchess of Marlborough character-
izes Parnell's statements that the fund which bears her name only re-
lieves tenants who have paid their rent, and that its promoters have po-
litical objects, as gross falsehoods.
We are informed that quite a large party of gentlemen are coming
from Utah to this city, here to be joined by others, with the intention of
proceeding to Ari7ona for business purposes and the location of mining
claims.
Rome, January 29th.— In view of the critical position of Italian in-
terests in South America, the Government will send out two men-of-war
for their protection, if consular reports warrant it.
A few links in the chain of evidence regarding the lady that got hold
of 82,000,000 of bonds and compromised with the owners for §700,000 are
still hanging together. "We are on their track."
Washington, January 29th.— The Treasury Department purchased to-
day 615,000 ounce* fine silver for the mints of Philadelphia, New Orleans
and San Francisco.
The Commissioners of the new City Hall have confirmed the reap-
pointment of E. A. Hatherton as Architect. We congratulate him.
A bill to repeal the Press "gag law" has been passed in the Assembly
— about the wisest thing that body has yet done.
On and after February 1st dogs will be carried on the S. P. R, Fv.
at half rates on round trip tickets.
The steamer Zealandia arrived on Thursday from Sydney, Auk-
land and Honolulu.
Printed and Published by the Proprietor, Frederick Marriott, 607 to 615 Merchant 8treet, 8an Francisco, California,
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Jan. 31, 1880.
AT THE PLAY.
She was a lady fair to see —
Bright were the gems on round arm and wriBt.
A gallant right bonnie and bold was he
Whose lips in the shadow her soft hair kissed.
They sat in a box while the play went on;
He was no husband, hut she was a wife;
And they flirted — just flirted — amid the song
And music — fit types of their moth-like life.
Far away, in dark Zululand,
Her English husband kept watch and ward,
And in camp-fire visions her tresses fanned
His brow, while his grasp held the unsheathed sword;
But how can she think of- the old-time love
Who dreams of his queen 'neath the shadow of Death,
While this soft-tongued serpent doth round her more,
Filling ears and heart with his poisoned breath?
Well-a-day ! She is rich and proud ;
She may conquer or he may win ;
The voice of scandal, though hoarse and loud,
Will only whisper their gilded sin.
But turn and look at the three-year girl
With velvet cushions beneath her head,
Who listens not to the opera's whirl,
But finds in this theatre-box her bed.
"Was she a motherless waif ?" you say.
Motherless ? p'rhaps it were better so !
" Starving and homeless, that thus she lay
Sleeping in such a strange place ?" Ah, no ;
The radiant vision in furs and silk
Whom I faintly sketched in the flirting scene —
From her the babe drew its mother's milk
In days ere the Zulu war had been.
She, too, lives in her father's dreams,
And his lips breathe softly his darling's name ;
Little wots he of the tempter's schemes,
Little he knows of the mother's shame ;
But least of all could his. heart believe
That his baby-daughter is here to-night,
That her presence so holy and pure may screen
The mother's guilt from the people's sight.
Could he but know it — ah, tempter sly —
Your just fate would come swift and ^nre,
And the wrathful fiash of the husband's eye,
You could scarce like the wife's soft glance endure !
And thou, true mistress and faithless wife,
Would'st need to shrink from Ms arms— but, nay —
He would punish thee with a gift of life
That should wrack thy soul till its final day.
San Francisco, January 30, 1880. H.
A BRITISH COMPLIMENT TO SAM WARD.
The last of the series of excellent semi-caricatures (if we may so call
them) issued by Vanity Fair, represents " Uncle " Sam Ward. "Jehu
Junior," in his usual graceful style, thus discourses of his subject :
"Every traveler to the United States whose lot has fallen in pleasant
places is sure to have met with Sam Ward, protector of the English and
uncle of the human race. He is the one man who knows everybody worth
knowing, who has been everywhere worth going to, and has seen every-
thing worth stepping aside to see. He comes of a good old New York
stock, and was educated at the New England University of Harvard.
By marriage he was connected with the famous Astor family. Like most
other Americans, Mr. Ward has in his time tried his hand at almost
everything. For some years he acted as a sort of Parliamentary Agent in
Washington, without much profit to himself, though often with great ad-
vantage to others. He is now the intimate friend and companion of Mr.
James Keene, the millionaire who descended from California upon New
York a few years since, upset the schemes of the oldest and shrewdest
financiers, dazzled the public, bewildered the market, added a few more
millions to his huge store, and now means to come over to England and
win the Derby. From Sam Ward Mr. Keene has obtained many a
serviceable piece of advice, and he has shown that he is not ungrateful
for it. According to the almanac Mr. Ward may possibly be somewhere
about Bixty-five, but in health, energy and spirits he is not more than
three or four-and-twenty. Altogether he must be looked upon as one of
the most fortunate, as well as the most popular, of living Americans.
There is no man alive who has performed such generous acts, or thought
so lightly of them afterward. The prince of good livers, a delightful
companion, a ruffler in his day, a sound scholar, a thoughtful reader, a
man of much experience, observation, and wisdom, he is yet seen at his
best in some act of gentle ministration to the poor and afflicted. His
fund of anecdote is inexhaustible ; his very presence in a room is enough
to put everybody else in good humor ; his wit is ready, and his good-
nature so great that most Englishmen who have seen New York bring
back from it as one of the most pleasant of their reminiscences the mem-
ory of * Uncle Sam.' "
A competing hotel out West says generously of another that
stands without arrival."
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A CHARACTERISTIC LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
The National Capital is just now a scene of unprecedented gaiety.
The beau monde is quite recherche. Sal masques, soirees dansantes, etc., are
of nightly occurrence, to say nothing of the dancing-parties, where, as
the poet felicitously hath it —
" Bright the lamps shine o'er fair women and brave men."
Last night Mrs. De Snobs, the lovely wife of the noble Ambassador
from the Lobos Islands, gave a grand social. It was a recherche sorry dah-
sante. Wit, sparkling repartee and bon hominy crowned the golden
hours. There was the stalwart and princely Snodgers, with bright but-
tons all over him, and there was his wife, who looked quite ad infinitum.
It is rumored here, enpassant, that the Hon. Snodgers has publicly stated
that if he ever has a daughter, and that daughter is a female daughter,
and he ever catches a man by the name of Thompson (with a p) making
love to that daughter, he (Snodgers) will beat him unmercifully with his
best gold-headed cane. But, n'importe. To return to the gay scene :
Here comes the fascinating and truly beautiful Miss Smyth, daughter of
the Elder Smyth, the eloquent member from Beanville. Her features are
classie, but tinged with enough bon hominy to make them au fait. She
is dressed in gorgeous style. I asked her how much her things cost, but
she, with indescribable naivete, told me that when I found out she'd wish
I'd let her know — saying which she whirled her fan (which is dove-white
silk and covered all over with little silver spangles) around with delight-
ful abandon. Depend upon it that Miss Smyth's things cost a large Bum
of money.
But old Smyth has lots of money. He made a princely fortune publish-
ing a country newspaper before he was elected to Congress. But soft
With stately tread, proud, defiant mien, etc., now comes Lord Boozle.
Gold buttons flash all over his gorgeously embroidered coat and snow-
white silk stockings. He meets Count Alfred de Flatte. They smile,
halt and accost each other in the original Greek: " Is yer nibs running
for peck?" Lord Boozle asks, and the Count answers, "Sides, Cully."
They then retire to the table dfhote. Other celebrities, male and female,
pour in sparkling, dazzling torrents past me, but I cannot describe them
now. I cannot refrain from mentioning the fact, however, as an evidence
of the wealth and intelligence of the persons in attendance at this grand
matine'e, that the gold buttons alone upon the Count de Smoffer's vest
cost $273!!!
I am stopping at the Bunker House. The table d'hote abounds with the
best the table affords, and Mr. Bunker sees to it that everything is au
fait and recherche about his hotel. His gentlemanly clerks, Messrs. Noz-
zle and Gozzle, are princes of good fellows. Gozzle, en passant, is a good
deal of a wag. Au reservoir. J. Augustus.
— Artemus Ward, per Cleveland Voice.
THE NEW STAFF OFFICERS.
On Monday last Governor Perkins, Commander-in-Chief of the Na-
tional Guard of California, and W. H. L. Barnes, commanding the same,
made their staff appointments. The importance of having our State pro-
tective force ably officered caused people to look forward to these appoint-
ments with considerable solicitude. The result is more than satisfactpry.
As the following list will show, the blood, wealth and commercial inter-
ests of the State are all represented in the highest possible degree, which,
as we have before pointed out, is in time of peace the chief end to be
sought. The Governor's staff consists of : G. W. Grannis, of San Fran-
cisco, an active worker in the National Guard from its inception, Chief
Engineer, with rank as Colonel ; William Harney, the well-known notary
public and former County Clerk, Paymaster-General, with rank as Col-
onel ; Samuel C. Denson, of Sacramento, Judge Advocate, with rank as
Colonel ; W. W. Dodge, the well-known Front-street merchant, In-
spector-General of Fufle Practice, with rank as Colonel ; A. Stockton, of
San Joaquin, Surgeon- General, with rank as Colonel ; Wm. H. Dimond,
of the firm of Williams, Dimond & Co., agents of the Pacific Mail, Cu-
nard and other steamship lines, aide-de-camp, with rank of Lieutenant-
Colonel ; the remaining Aides-de-Camp being Chas. F. Crocker, son of
Chas. Crocker, the railroad magnate ; Jas. C. Logan, of Butte County ;
John D. Spreckels, son of Sir Claus Spreckels ; Jas. L. Flood, son of the
Bonanza King, and Wm. L. Perkins, of Butte County. Major-General
W. H. L. Barnes, commanding National Guard of California, has ap-
pointed the following as his Staff : Harry T. Hammond, Assistant Adju-
tant-General ; Alexis W. Von Schmidt, Engineer Officer ; Joseph W.
Litchfield, Advance Officer ; Marcus D. Boruck, Quartermaster ; Tristan
Burgess, Commissary ; Henry J. Burns, Inspector of Rifle Practice ;
Samuel D. Mayer, Paymaster ; Reuben H. Lloyd, Judge Advocate ;
James W. Keene, Surgeon ; Wm. S. Barnes and Frank X. Cicott, Aides-
de-Camp.
BOOK REVIEWS.
The Western Lancet for January, 1880, came to hand last week. As
usual, it abounds in articles of great interest and value to the medical
profession. A letter on the " Management of the City and County Hos-
pital " is particularly worthy of attention.
The Coast Review for January is also before us, and we have Beldom
seen a better number. To insurance men this monthly periodical is as
useful as it is interesting, instructive and critical.
The California Architect and Building Review is a monthly pe-
riodical which has just made its first appearance, and we can truly say
that if its dress and contents are always to be as excellent as in this first-
born number, we hope to welcome its monthly advent for many years to
come. Its title explains its special object, but it is filled with good read-
ing of all sorts, and is richly illustrated.
The biennial report of the Napa State Asylum has just been pub-
lished. It is lucid and ably put together. The Trustees are to be con-
gratulated on the satisfactory condition of the institution.
The catalogue of the twelfth annual exhibition of the American
Water Color Society is a very charming little volume, filled as it is with a
great number of excellent wood-cuts representing in miniature many of
the pictures exhibited. Catalogues are, as a rule, a dry species of litera-
ture, but this one is well worth obtaining for present enjoyment and future
preservation.
A man asked for admission to a show for half-price, as he had but one
eye.
Jan. 31, 1880.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
THE FUTURE OF CALIFORNIA HATT.ROADa
The sale of a certain amount of stock in the Central Pacific Railroad
ha* tri ven rise to speculation a* to the future of California railroads. Some
people think they see in thin ftmlfl ft design on the part of the present own-
en* to withdraw from railroad enterprises. If these surmises were correct
thi-y would furnish much eause for sorrowful regret throughout the Pa-
cific coast, Though it is true that the people of this coast have dime much
for the railroad men, it is equally true that the railroad men have done a
very great deal for the coast. Their interests are identical, and cannot
now oe severed without great injury resulting to the coast, and to the
whole people thereof. The withdrawal of the stout hearts, willing hands
and fertile brains that are building and operating the railroads of Cali-
fornia would be a public calamity. We are, therefore, glad to have the
knowledge that they have no intention of withdrawing. The exact con-
trary is their intention. They mean to lengthen and strengthen their
stakes, and to become more than ever allied to the coast and its interests.
The side of stock alluded to is a step in that direction. It is a move that
means two things. First, it means a recognition of the wisdom of giving
a larger number of persons an interest in the Central Pacific. There will
he more people interested in its success and in protecting it from wanton
Attack. It will have more friends and fewerenemies. The national debts
of England and of France remain unassailed, for the good reason that the
people own their country's indebtedness. If a considerable portion of our
most influential citizens own stock in our railroads they, so far from as-
sailing it, will become its defenders and guardians of its interests. Sec-
ondly, the sale of the stock of the completed road will supply funds for
the building of the yet uncompleted one. With great ends and aims in
view the Southern Pacific is about to be pushed on until it makes connec-
tion with the City and Gulf of Mexico. Governor Stanford's wish that
he may live to see the day when he may look down from his residence
with satisfaction at the sight of long trains arriving in San Francisco,
laden with the wealth of Arizona and with the products of Mexico, seems
as if it will be realized at an early date. A new departure has been made.
The Southern Pacific is to be pushed ahead as fast as men and money can
push it. Large quantities of material are already on the ground. Work-
men are being sent forward as rapidly as possible, and soon the track will
be laid at the rate of two miles per day, or more. It is confidently be-
lieved that within two years this road will be completed from ocean to
gulf, and a continuous line of steel rails, owned by one company, will
stretch from San Francisco to Galveston, and perhaps to New
Orleans. This means not merely the opening of another trans-
continental line, but it means a line of 1600 miles from ocean to
ocean instead of 3,000. It means a transcontinental line on which
there shall be no break of ownership, and which shall be controlled from
the Pacific Coast, and operated so as to build up its interests. The Cen-
tral Pacific is but a single section of the great overland road, and, in all
their arrangements relating to through business, its owners are very much
at the mercy of the Eastern roads, and this difficulty is the cause of much
of the discrimination in local rates, that has given such dissatisfaction.
The Central Pacific people have, we believe, long realized that the ar-
rangements forced upon them by other roads are against their true inter-
ests, and have wished to put down fares to such a low figure as to attract
immigration ; but bave been prevented by the demands of the other
roads, the Union Pacific especially, having been actuated by the policy of
keeping the tide of immigration from flowing west of Ogden, in order that
it might spread along its line, taking up its lands and building up a way
business. Of the §65 charged for emigrant tickets, the Central Pacific
gets only S6, so that the reduction they desire is impossible. But with a
road from ocean to ocean they will be masters of the situation. They
will not only be able to carry passengers and freight as low as they please,
from New Orleans to the Oregon line, but they will compel these connect-
ing roads to lower their rates or lose their business. The Southern road,
when completed along the route now proposed, will nowhere have a grade
of over forty-two feet to the mile, on which one locomotive will be able
to pull sixty-five freight-cars, and where there will be no difficulty from
snow, and the great expense of building and maintaining snow-sheds and
tunnels will be altogether avoided. The Railroad people have already a
line of steamers running from San Francisco to China. They propose to
put on between Liverpool and their Eastern terminus a line of the very
largest steamers that can be run swiftly and economically. This done,
they will be prepared to compete with the Cape Horn route, and even
with that of the Isthmus of Darien, should the canal ever be built, for
the trade of the Pacific. They propose to take in this way all the grain
export of California and Oregon. At all the stations in our great interior
valleys will be erected warehouses, from which the grain will be dumped
into cars. At Galveston or New Orleans it will be emptied into the holds
of steamers, and be raised at Liverpool or London by elevators, thus
avoiding the cost of handling, and, what is still greater, the cost of sacks.
Three months' interest will be saved, and the insurance by tt»( route will
be merely nominal. They expect to so lower the rates as to turn the
whole export of grain over their line, and, as the cars must necessarily
return, it is intended that freights westward shall be equally low. This
is not only a new departure, but a great departure also. It involves big
things for this coast, among which we may name the development of
Bouthern California, of Arizona, New Mexico, western Texas, and the
northern States of Mexico. It means an impetus to the growth of Cali-
fornia in population and wealth, such as has not been seen since the dis-
covery of gold.
Death of a Pioneer. — Mr. Wm. Stringer died at his residence yester-
day morning, after a short and painful illness. He was born in England
on the 18th of April, 1806. In 1831, a year after his marriage, he emi-
grated to New York, where he became a prominent clothing merchant;
but, upon the discovery of gold in California, he closed up his business
and took passage for San Francisco by way of Panama. He arrived in
San Francisco June 30, 1849, went into the coal business, and made this
city his residence. The deceased was 74 years of age, and of an energetic
and nervous temperament. The funeral took place yesterday afternoon,
from his late residence, 2007 Taylor street.
W here will the " Ceramic craze " cease ? A San Francisco wife kept
her husband on preserved ginger for a month that she might have the jar
to stick a sunflower and a couple of blue beetles on, for the parlor manteL
It now makes a fitting and economic tombstone, needing no epitaph. But
she visits it gingerly, saying it jars on her nerves.
THE HEALTH OF THE CITY.
As we anticipated, there was diminution of the mortality last week,
due to the advent of milder weather. But the recurrence of unusual cold
will no doubt result in a higher death rate for the next week or two. In-
fluenza has assumed an epidemic form, whole households suffering with
varying intensity. The question of the hour is the probability of a new
epidemic'of small-pox, due to the failure of the quarantine officers to ar-
rest the importation of the contagion brought by the City of Peking. The
vessel was allowed to come alongside the wharf before proper measures
had been taken to secure the public from danger. The passengers and
stevedores seem to have passed to and fro without hindrance. Several
persons suffering from varioloid have escaped into the city, and have been
seen on the thoroughfares, and we can scarcely hope to escape, especially
when the Chinese passengers now confined on board the Constitution come
on shore with their bundles of infected clothing.
The whole affair reflects badly upon the port sanitary authority, which
seems to have been taken completely by surprise. Now that the mischief
is done, we hear of the ship being ordered off, of great destruction of bed-
ding, of the consumption of hundreds of pounds of disinfecting materi-
als, and the re-vaccination of the passengers still confined on board the
Constitution and the Colorado. But we have again to draw attention to
the absence of any proper means of disinfecting the clothing and bedding
of persons exposed to contacion. Experience has shown that boiling and
washing are by no means effectual, and that all woolen articles require to
be submitted to a high temperature for a short time, in order to destroy
the fomites of the disease. All the port sanitary authorities in England
are supplied with ovens, in which the bedding and clothing of infected
vessels and houses are at once promptly disinfected, without loss or de-
struction of property of any kind. If such an apparatus were employed
here, it is easy to see how much the operations of quarantine would be
improved and shortened.
The whole of the ship's bedding could have been rendered harmless in
a few hours and the persons of the passengers would be detained only so
long as was necessary to allow the development of latent or incubating
disease. Nor ought it be necessary to detain such an important vessel as
the City of Peking for more than a few days. An isolated hospital or
ship ought to have been ready to receive the passengers, and an isolated
warehouse for suspicious cargo. The clearing having been accomplished
the ship would be quickly released.
Notwithstanding Mr. Bright's rhetorical boldness, he is said to be
constitutionally a very timid man and particularly afraid of the sea. He
stated, in his Bpeech at Mr. Potter's reception, that the President of
America had invited him to go to Washington, but he was unable to ac-
cept the invitation. His own friends say that there is nothing Mr. Bright
is more eager to see than America, and to enjoy the ovation he would
there receive, but that he never could get up his courage to undertake the
voyage, such is his fear of the sea. He did not go to Ireland until after
the late Mr. Peabody asked him again and again; for even the passage
from Holyhead to Dublin had terrors for him.
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AN ENGLISH NOVEL.
BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR.
Chapter XII.— The Quakbel.
The Judge was as good as his word. He had no difficulty in providing
the requisite number of horses from the Earl's princely and magnificently
appointed stables, but getting enough guns for the crowd was where the
trouble began. This obstacle he, however, surmounted by sending Billy
round, much to that young gentleman's evident disgust, to the neighbor's
honses to borrow all that the private armory of the Earl was unable to
furnish.
*' Pick out your palfreys and your weapons, gentlemen," commanded
the Judge. "It's time to travel. Isn't the fair Miss Evy going along,
too ?" he inquired of Lady Genevieve, as she Btood on the porch survey-
ing the scene.
"Not much," replied Evy, giving her skirts atwitch as she disappeared
into the house.
At the last minute it was discovered that the Count de Jones and Lady
Raleigh were missing ; ditto the Baronet.
" There ain't no time to lose looking for 'em," said the EarL
So each gent selected a gun from the stack on the stoop, and then
mounted the prancing steed allotted to him, while the ladies, not having
thought to bring down their riding-dresses, were forced to bestow them-
selves within the roomy rockaway.
" All ready ?" asked the Judge, his horse curvetting under him, as he
looked round.
" Hold on a minute," said Lord Summersault, who had not yet
mounted. " I've just been fixing the cinch j" with which he threw him-
self upon his horse, and the cavalcade rode away.
We will now return to Evy. Her toilette on the present occasion we
need not describe. It is the same she wore the evening previous— a thing
that never happened before to one so fashionable as the beauteous Gene-
vieve. But the truth was, she hadn't been to bed all night. She had sat
up in her room reading over old love letters and Borting locks of hair and
faded flowers for an hour or two after she had retired, and then, as sleep
didn't seem to woo her tender eyelids, she took up a French novelette and
commenced to read. In its pages she saw herself portrayed a hundred
times as the heroine, and so absorbed did she become in its ardent recitals
and love passages, that the morning sun was streaming in through the
blinds she had forgotten to close, when she laid the book down.
"How like me and the Prince it all is," she said. "Oh, mi! If it
ain't to-morrow morning already! What a fright I'll look when the
Prince comes."
But she reflected that she would he spared the double trouble of dress-
ing herself and readying- up the room. There was some comfort in that.
Taking a soft towel, she breathed lightly upon it, and quickly performed
her morning ablutions. Then a slight touch of rouge on each pale cheek,
a smoothing back of her beauteous hair with the tips of her lip-moistened
fingers, and she was ready.
Pardon us this digression, kind reader. We will pass over her hurried
breakfast in the kitchen, the things having been cleared away in the
dining-room, and will follow her to the croquet ground, where she stands
listlessly knocking the balls about, and wondering why the Prince doesn't
make his appearance.
While so engaged the Baronet joins her. He had been concealing him-
self in the orchard till the hunters had departed.
" Oh, Pshaw! " says Evy, throwing down her mallet when she sees him.
" Now for another dose."
" So the fair Miss Evy, like myself, abstained from participating in the
pleasures of the chase this beautiful Spring morn?" ventures the Attor-
ney, picking up the mallet.
" I can't ride horseback," replies Miss Thames. " It makes me sick."
" Ah !" says the baronet, handing her the mallet with a low bow.
" Shall we indulge in this pastime, Miss ?"
" Rather be excused, if it's the same to you," answers the Lady Gen-
evieve. " I'm awful tired. I guess I'll go in and take a nap before the
folks get back."
As she turns to go, the sound of voices, amid the trees that skirt the
croquet ground, reaches her ear. They seem familiar. She stops and
listens. Can it be ? No. Yes, it is. O, horror! She turns white and
trembles as, walking slowly towards her and conversing together in
earnest conversation, his arm passed familiarly through that of his part-
ner, she espies the Lady Raleigh and the Prince. She has not time
to fly, for the next instant the two emerge from the trees and stand be-
fore her.
" Why, Prince !" says Evy, feigning surprise.
"Your most obedient, Miss," replies the Prince, haughtily waving his
hand, but keeping the other linked into Miss Raleigh's arm.
The coldness of his greeting is too apparent to even more sensitive eyes
than Evy's. She feels her blood turning to ice in her veins, but with an
effort she retains her calmness.
"Just come ?" she asks.
"No, madam. Just going," returns Mr. Connaught, stiffly, through
his teeth.
" Wh— why," gasps poor Evy, " I thought as you was coming down to
pass the day V
"Well, I've changed the programme," replies the Prince. My train
awaits me at the depot. Farewell !"
The Baronet, true to his opiniuns on the subject of eavesdropping, has
been sauntering up and down the other side of the ground so as not to
hear what has been passing. As he turns grandly in his walk, a piercing
shriek from Lady Evy greets his ears, and, rushing gallantly forward to
her assistance, she falls fainting in his arms. The Prince curls his lip
with a sneer, and turns on his heel,
" One moment, sir," says Mr. Blackstone, as he lays Evy down ten-
derly on a settee near at hand. "As the protector of this young lady, I
demand an explanation of this untoward behavior."
" Who are you, sir ?" demands the Prince.
" I am forced to say, sir," replies the Baronet, taking out his card-case,
"that I shall be obliged to propound the same interrogatory to yourself.
Your physiognomy is unfamiliar to me. Here, sir, is my card."
Miss Raleigh thinks there is going to be a muss, so she disengages
her arm from the Prince and runs into the house.
" And I," returns the Prince, as he takes the Baronet's card and reads
it with a smile, " have no explanation to make to 'Baronet Blackstone,
Attorney-at-Law. ' "
" Your name, sir ?" demands the Baronet, getting mad.
" O, most everybody knows who / am, I guess," replies Mr. Connaught,
facetiously. " Got a lead pencil ?"
The Lady Raleigh loans him one she has fastened to her chatelaine.
"There," says the Prince, handing Sir Blackstone's card back to him
after scribbling something on it hurriedly. " I reckon that'll answer the
purpose."
"You shall hear from me, sir," replies the Baronet, as he glances at
the name.
" Don't forget," calls back the Prince, playfully, as he takes his de-
parture.
Evy slowly returns to consciousness, and, with the Baronet's assistance
and that of the Count of Jones, who now appears upon the scene, she
regains the house, and, without a word, seeks the seclusion of her own
room.
It is late when the hunters return; the Judge, proud in the possession
of the fox, whose gory carcasB, as a token of his unerring rifle, hangs
from the horn of his saddle.
"Tain't no fox at all," says the Earl, confidentially, to the others as
they dismount. "The old man thinks it is, and let him. But 'tain't
nothing but a doggoned old coyote."
[Continued Next Week.}
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[January 24.]
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"Was Organized August 28th, 187S, for the Purpose of Capitalizing Mining Properties,
Expecting that by Care and Preliminary Expenditure, it would be Able
to Secure and Promote only Dividend-Paying Mines.
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[January 24.j
ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
Hale and Norcross Sliver Mining- Company .--Location off
principal place of business, San Francisco, California—Location of works,
Virginia Mining District, Storey County, Nevada.— Notice is hereby given that at a
meeting of the Board of Directors, held on the fourteenth day of January, 1880, au
assessment (No. 63) of One Dollar per share was levied upon the capital stock of the
Corporation, payable immediately, in TJ S. gold coin, to the Secretary, at the office
of the Company, Room No. 68, Nevada Block, northwest corner Pine and Montgom-
ery streets, San Francisco, California,
Any stock upon which this assessment shall remain unpaid on the NINETEENTH
day of FEBRUARY, 1880, will be delinquent and advertised for sale at public auc-
tion ; and unless payment is made before, will be sold on THURSDAY, the ELEV-
ENTH day of MARCH, 1880, to pay the delinquent assessment, together with cost of
advertising and expenses of sale. By order of the Board of Directors
JOEL F. LIGHTNER, Secretary.
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CALIFORNIA ADVERTISKK.
A MISTAKE. OR WORSE.
An article recently published in Th>- South, and copied at length in
the A> . while speak in „* principally of mining matters, thus
refers to the influence of the railroad upon our territory: " The Centra]
PacihV Railroad ilao, which, while absnrMns the traffic of tlie Wastern
Continent, crushed and still crushes by its exorbitant rates the population
It was built to accommodate, saw in the growing prosperity of Arizona
rival lims crossing the Territory and the downfall of its extortionate
profits, so all its vast influence was thrown against the welfare of the
youngest scion of the American Union."
Not that The South has any particular influence, or that hy its grossly
malicious statements it can change the opinion of those who know the
past and present of Arizona, do we refer to the article respecting this ter-
ritory. The writer displays the most lamentable ignorance of the truth.
His knowledge of what Arizona lias been, ami what it is, is evidently
vague and indistinct. So palpable is this that we are inclined to think
almost that he would be unable, if the question were put to him, to de-
scribe its locality and say by what States and Territories it is bounded.
That he Is aware of the difficulties and dangers attending the settlement
ami development of the resources of Arizona in former years, we very
much doubt ; indeed, we think he knows nothing whatever of them.
W hy. then, knowing his ignorance, as he must have done, he has con-
sented to make himself ridiculous in the eyes of those familiar with the
situation, we are unable to conceive. It would not be human nature,
however, if he did not, like others of his kind, manage to have hiB say
about the Central Pacific Railroad, its "exorbitant rates" and its "ex-
tortionate profits." When, however, he charges that corporation with
throwing all of its great influence a&ainst the welfare of Arizona, then
the laugh conies in. When he says the Railroad Company desires to
crush the "youngest scion of the American Union," and thereby kill the
goose that may, at some future time (it's not doing so at present), lay the
golden tgg, then the " write me down an ass" becomes painfully apparent.
The possessor of so much knowledge respecting Arizona and its resources,
and the desires and purposes of the Company at present owning and con-
trolling the only railroad within the Territory, should have visited this
country three years ago, and again within six months past. Had he done
so he would have been much better informed as to the manner in which
the Railroad Company is using its vast influence against the Territory.
He should have taken the stage ride from San Diego to Prescott or Tuc-
son. He should have been compelled to pay teaming rates on freight
between Yuma and the points named, and then have been permitted to
note the changes between that period and the present time. Possibly
then, if not influenced by other causes, he might think differently and be
willing to do only justice to those men who, with their money, their en-
ergy and determination, have done more for Arizona than all of its popu-
lation together. The present prosperity uf Tombstone, Patagonia and
other mining districts of Arizona is mainly owing to the near approach of
the railroad. As the road progresses, their importance will be more fully
developed. Ores which are now valueless will be worth mining, mines
which before and still are considered not worth working, will in a little
time more pay their owners a profit, and all this brought about by reason
of cheap transportation. And yet, according to The South, the railroad
is crushing Arizona. Travel through the country is now safe, stage routes
have been shortened, fares reduced, and for a long distance within the
Territory the comfortable passenger car has taken the place of the mud-
wagon, and still the railroad is playing the mischief with the interests of
Arizona. Soou the iron-horse will be found many miles beyond where it
is at present, and greater facilities will be added to those already in ex-
istence. The passenger, the raerchaut, the miner, the farmer, in fact
every class will be much benefitted thereby, and yet this terrible railroad
corporation is desirous of using its vast influence against the well-being
and prosperity of the young Territory, and preventing, as far as possible,
the development of its mineral and agricultural resources.
There is another advantage accruing to the Territory of Arizona which
it will be as well here to refer to. The South will probably consider it one
form of crushing — a use of " vast influence " against the best interests of
this section of our country — it may be looking through its glasses, but
with our eye-sight a different picture is presented. We refer to the ben-
efit the Government derives by the rapid building of the railroad in ques-
tion. Before its advent it was absolutely necessary to put a large force
of troops in the Territory for the protection of the persons and property
of its settlers. A vast sum of money was annually expended in trans-
porting them and the supplies necessary for their subsistence. It was the
most expensive of our frontier military departments. Now the number
of troops has been reduced to a minimum ; the expenses of the quarter-
master's department are not a tithe of what they were, and but a little
time^nore will be necessary in order to reduce tbe number of military
?osts still further, and the troops necessary to properly garrison them.
n this respect Arizona is being crushed, that is, if we believe all the
South asserts, and the Arizona Sentinel copies. We do not propose to go
into this subject through all its length and breadth. It would take too
much space to show fully all the advantages derived by the people of
Arizona in having the Southern Pacific Railroad at their doors. They
know them all, and, we believe, fully appreciate them. When, however,
we consider the matter well, we are less surprised at a stranger, compara-
tively, such as the writer in The South must be, expressing such opinions,
but we are astonished that an Arizona paper edited by one so closely al-
lied to the interests of Arizona, aud the railroad within it, should have
copied an article of the kind without contradicting that portion of it which
he well knew to be without the slightest foundation in fact. It strikes
us that by doing bo he, rather than the Railroad Company, is striking a se-
vere blow against the youngest scion of the American Union.
— Arizona Star.
At many of the leading drapery establishments, the young lady em-
ploye's have struck against fitting on the new-fashioned jerseys, owing to
the manual labor required to pull them over the fair customers' heads.
The duty, therefore, now devolves, in many instances, upon the shop-
walkers. "Aud when I took the beautiful Mrs. " (mentioning one
of our fashionable beauties) " in hand." observed Mr. Gimp to us, "it
was, I assure you, sir, the most trying moment of my life !" — Sporting
Times.
The Frenchman who attended a fox hunt was asked where the meet
came off. Having been thrown, he replied that it came off his hands and
knees.
ARISTOCRATIC SCANDALS.
What a delightful scandal in high life the following paragraph—
quoted from one of the first of English "society" journals— would fur-
nish a text for, if the "true inwardness" of the facts could be made
public. The journal En question is reviewing the latest edition of the
"Snobs' Bible," Burke's Peerage, and complains that "no mention is
made of the divorce of Colonel Charles Norton, the heir-presumptive to
the peerage of Grantley, from his wife ; of that lady's subsequent mar-
riage to Lord Grantley, the present holder of that peerage; or of the
birth of a daughter to his Lordship within a day or two after his wedding.
Yet these eveuts took place early last November, and the preface to this
Peerage is dated 8th December, 1879." Great guns! What a bonanza
certain of our dailies would have found in this if Nob Hill, instead of the
British Peerage, had possessed such an awkward family "situation."
Talking1 of "Peerages," however, it seems that a new compiler of that
sort of literature, one Foster, has arisen, who is likely to cause a sensa-
tion, from the fact that he — according to another "society" journal —
" discards the polite fictions current in genealogy, and seems to take a
positive delight in dragging the skeleton out of the cupboard. A baronet
who married on 5th June, 1872, has the following comment attached to
the birth of his Bon and heir : ' Registered 9tb September, 1872, as having
been born on the preceding 5th June ;' whilst the daughter of an eminent
Judge, who married a relation of the Duke of Devonshire, has the word
daughter in inverted commas, to call attention to the fact that her father
is described on another page as unmarried."
BEEF AND BEER.
The cynical will point out that we get the best of our English beef
from the land whence the leading Italian prima donnas are imported, and
we shall have homilies on cooking, dissertations on moderate living, to-
gether with, no doubt, the suggestion that since we find no fault with
Jonathan's beef, we should also import his beer. In truth, this last pro-
posal has been made frequently of late, and the great brewers of Burton-
on-Trent will discover one of these days that if they do not brew a mild
and palatable ale that will be drunk with as much pleasure and as little
harm as the lager-beer of the United States, some rival firms will take
the business out of their hands. The Burton brewers could do it. As it
is, they brew a mild ale for private usp which belongs to the lager cate-
gory; but for the " publican and sinner," the hotel tap, and the public bar,
there is nothing but the bitter ale, which destroys your palate and mud-
dles your head. English beer always had this intoxicating power, the
which is vauntingly heralded in the ballads of olden days. It might be
worth the while of the temperance societies to import or brew a liffht,
mild laa:er-beer for England. Vienna and German beers are already sold
in London ; but they are dear, and they do not begin to compare with
the beer of New York ; they are as poor compared with Milwaukee as an
American mutton chop is to one cut from an English Southdown. — Lon-
don Correspondent of the New York Times.
A SCHOOL FOR ACTORS.
That the happy-go-lucky way in which recruits are gained for the
English stage should be abandoned has long been the earnest wish of all
who care for the drama ; and now so serious a person as Professor Henry
Morley comes forward with his plan for a Dramatic Institute, the begin-
ning of which is to be a school for the training of young actors and act-
resses. This is all very good. And now that the stage has become one of
the recognized professions for well-born younger sons, something of the
kind will undoubtedly before long be started ; but the Professor seems to
put the cart before the horse when he makes tbe proviso that before they
are admitted to this school these young people " must have shown skill
enough to obtain a first engagement at a London theater," or that " they
satisfy the managing committee that they possess a fair aptitude for the
profession." This sounds like not permitting a boy to enter water until
he can swim. Certainly in acting it is above all I e premier pas qui coute.
A young actor who had gained an engagement would not then begin to
think of going to school to learn how to act.
Some surprise has been expressed that the Government, instead of
arresting comparatively subordinate utterers of alleged seditious language
in Ireland, did not arrest some of the more prominent leaders among
those who have taken up the "anti-rent" agitation — such as Mr. Par-
nell, who was reported by the newspapers to have used language of a very
exciting description. The explanation of this is that in the case of Mr.
Parnell there was no Government reporter present who could swear that
he had heard seditious language actually uttered and had taken the words
down, aud there was, therefore, no sufficient proof in the one case,
though there was held to be such in the others. As soon as it became
known that Government reporters were to be sent to the meetings, the
principal leaders were found at once to be most surprisingly moderate in
their language. Those who were arrested were not so careful. — Overland
Mail.
Doctots and Druggists. — We observe with great satisfaction that a
law has been proposed in the Legislature with the object of putting an
end to the disgraceful system of percentages. It is clear that the prac-
tice is thoroughly condemned by the druggists, as we believe it to be also
by the leading members of the medical profession. We hope that the
pressure of professional opinion will be brought to bear on those practi-
tioners who still practice this dishonest method of augmenting their fees.
We would like to see a petition from the medical fraternity in favor of
the bill. But we cannot forget that it is in their power to put down the
practice without legislation.
In a poem read at the reunion of alumni of the Boston Latin School,
appeared the following lines:
'Tis our great public schools ; may their influence spread
Until statesmen use grammar and dunces are dead,
Until no one dare say, in this land of the free,
" He done " for " he did," or " it's her" for "it's she."
They tell a story about a man out West who had a hare-lip, upon
which he performed an operation himself, by inserting into the opening
apiece of chicken flesh. It adhered and filled the place admirably. This
was all well enough, until, in compliance with the fashion, he undertook
to raise a mustache, when one side grew hair and the other feathers.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Jan. 31, 1880.
"PLEASURE'S WAND."
"We Obey no Wand but Pleaspre's/'—Jo^ Moore.
California Theater.— Of all the amusing things that the clever Col-
ville Troupe have produced, their last burlesque, III- Treated H Trovatore,
is one of the best. It has all the elements necessary to make it a success.
It is funny in itself, and is capitally played. The situations are comical,
the music is sprightly, and the fair creatures are all adorned in pretty cos-
tumes, full of chic and style. The comedians, Reed and Graham, have
capital parts. Reed, as " Azucena," is too droll for anything, his mock-
tragedy being very ludicrous. In make-up he is not quite as successful,
the one adopted being hardly the most appropriate or effective one. Gra-
ham has a part full of strong burlesque points, and he makes the most of
them. His singing of "The Ba-Lamb " (II Balen) must be heard to be
appreciated. Among the actresses, Miss Ella Chapman shines as usual.
Miss Roseau is, as in all the other burlesques, totally unsatisfactory. She
acts badly, and sings in about as unartistic a way as it is possible for a
person to sing. This troupe has made a long stay here, and will return
East, leaving behind the moat pleasant recollections. It has been remark-
ably successful, considering the total lack of vocal ability. This is prin-
cipally due to the efforts of Ella Chapman and Messrs. Reed and Forres-
ter. As a burlesque actress, the little one stands very high. Wonderfully
graceful, full of vim and action, cute and cunning in manner, she fasci-
nates and captivates. Reed is a very clever comedian. He possesses a
rich fund of humor and a wealth of mimicry. In Forrester the troupe
have the very best of stage managers. It is no easy job to successfully
direct a burlesque, but the task has been satisfactorily accomplished. The
discipline the troupe is under, the completeness and perfect detail of all
the performances, are the evidences of his ability. Miss Carrie McHenry
and Mr. Graham have given strong support to the stars. Miss Roseau
has but two points in her favor: a good voice and a remarkable taste in
pretty costumes. In the latter respect she has displayed gems of beauty.
The good organ she possesses loses all its charm through her disagreeable
way of using it. Her singing is so full of mannerisms, so defective of the
simplest rules of vocal art, that whatever pleasure might be derived from
listening to the voice is obliterated by these defects. When the pretty
faces, the shapely limbs and the brilliant costumes have departed, there
will be an aching void left.
Bush Street Theater. — It was a managerial mistake to have reserved
the opera, Chimes of Normandy, for the second week, instead of opening
with it. It is such a successful production that it would have given the
enterprise a capital start. Planquette's work is full of pretty melodies,
tunes that linger in the memory, and that is pleasant to hum and recall.
For this reason it is popular. As a whole, it is well rendered by this
troupe. Miss Melville sings and acts " Serpolette" charmingly— that is,
there iB a medium of excellence that pleases. It is this combination that
makes her a true opera-comique prima donna. It will not do to consider
her efforts from either a vocal or dramatic point of view separately ; for
the defects would appear that are lost in the agreeable ensemble. Miss
Montague has a mezzo-soprano voice, very pure and sympathetic. She
sings with a true pathetic ring. Her notes are resonant, and her execu-
tion clean and neat. The sweetness of her singing made her an immedi-
ate favorite with the public. Turner is a very good tenor. As an actor,
he is natural and effective. Barrows makes a very amusing "Bailiff."
The "Gaspard'' of Mr. Peakes is, in view of the fulsome advertising, a
disappointment. It is a well-played character part, but not to be com-
pared to either Meade or Maguire's rendition of the old miser. It is
a revelation, though, as regards the vocal portion ; for the oth-
ers as singers are nil. Of Mr. Vernon as the "Marquis," noth-
ing in praise can be said. He Bings badly and does not act at all.
The part is a splendid one, and it detracts from the general effect to have
it so badly given. The chorus do well, but lack direction in stage busi-
ness. They indulge in no by-play, but stand helplessly huddled here and
there. The improvement of these performances on those of the previous
week is very remarkable. The weakest point of t^e troupe still remains
in statu quo — the lack of a baritone. Pinafore is to be produced with a
great cast, including Mr. Toedt and protege, Mr. John Bowers.
Baldwin's Theater.— Camille was produced on Monday and Tues-
day evenings ; since that time Miss Morris being indisposed, Forget-
Me Not was revived, with the old cast. As Camille will be repro-
duced later in the engagement, a review of Miss Morris in this
character is temporarily deferred. It will suffice to say to-day that, as a
whole, the drama was admirably played. The accession of Miss Beaudet
and Mr. Welles is a strong one. Mr. Morrison was rather too melodra-
matic in manner, and too villainous in appearance. Immense audiences
have been the rule. There is perhaps no other play on the American
stage that drawB like Dumas' masterpiece. The morbid desire all women
have to raise the vail from the lives of the frail of their sex, and see for
themselves what it hides, will account for this. The purer the woman,
the more inquisitive she will be as to the secrets of vice. Her curiosity
will be excited all the more by the fact that to her purity, her vir-
tue, all beyond the line is inexplicably unaccountable. Why is it
that human nature loves to be harrowed up by such exhi-
bitions of one's misery? This is a fact that defies "analysis.
Miss Morris excels in the depiction of suffering, both physical and men-
tal. There are many emotional actresses, but none with the ability of
Clara Morris. The company at this theater is now a splendid one, and
is doing some remarkable work. As said above, the accession of Miss
Beaudet and Mr. Welles has materially strengthened the weaker points,
and the engagement of Mr. Max Freeman will prove to be another valua-
ble acquisition. He will make his debut on Monday as the " Count de
Sommerine," in Alixe. This is one of the most touching of plays, and
one of the very best of Miss Morris' characters. It will be cast with the
flower of the company, and will be one of the events of this engagement.
Wilhelmj Concerts. — The wonderful playing of the great artist, Wil-
helmj, has created a profound sensation in this community, and all the
concerts have been largely attended. The audiences have all been held
spell-bound by the depth and breadth of his harmonies, by the ease and
facility of his execution, and, above all, by the soul, the genius that per-
meates the evolved music. Mr. Max Vogrich is a peculiar pianist. He
plays the classical school remarkably well, and in. his selections of Beetho-
ven and Chopin, has deserved more recognition than has been awarded
him. Per contra, as an exponent of the Liszt bravura and colorature, he
is sadly inefficient. This style of music seems entirely foreign to him. It
is evident that he has not studied it, and is merely playing it in deference
to public taste. Of Madame Salvotti it is hard to say anything in praise.
She has a fair voice, but sings badly, and there is not one of her selections
that could have not been rendered by local singers. One of the members
of the orchestra indulged, one evening last week, in an exhibition which
deserves the severest censure. Remaining on the stage during "Vbgrich's
solo, he actually took up a paper, and, burying his head in it, calmly read
until the pianist had left the stage. This was more than bad taste ; it
was disrespectful to the soloist and an insult to the public.
Ketten Recitals. — Mr. Ketten did not do himself justice by his per-
formances with the Patti troupe. His selections in the concerts of that
serieB were not indicative of the ability he possesses. The two recitals of
the week have proved him to be a pianist the like of which has never
been heard in this city. His programmes have included the names of all
the best composers. His playing of the Beethoven sonatas, of Schumann,
Schubert and Chopin, has been so wonderfully good that nothing but un-
stinted praise can be awarded him. His interpretation of Chopin is re-
markable for its truth to the composer, and the same may be said of all
his selections. In speaking of Mr. Ketten in these columns before, he
was written down as a magnificent mechanical player, and nothing more.
These recitals have been so brilliant that amende honorable is made.
Judging by his present performances, he is a true artist of genius. He
infuses into his playing a remarkable vigor, and an individuality that is
striking. The pleasure his playing has given to one and all of his listeners
cannot be described.
Mrs. Scott- Siddons gave a reading at the Asbury University, Green-
castle, Ind., for the benefit of the institution. She wore a handsome eve-
ning dre8a, and as low at the neck as is ordinarily worn. On the follow-
ing morning she attended the religious services, and was vehemently
prayed for by a professor, who described her dress to Providence as dis-
graceful to herself and insulting to the audience. What do you think of
this preacher, who takes D. P. in a corner, as it were, and quietly tells
D. P. all about Mrs. Scott-Siddon's low-neck dresB. But, jesting aside,
it is by such outrageous actions on the part of ministers that, in so many
intelligent minds, religion is brought into disrepute. Mrs. Scott-Siddons
is a lady, and the fact that the insult offered her by this nameless preacher
went unpunished is a reflection on the gallantry of the Greencastleites.
German Theater. — Our Gipsies, produced last Sunday evening, proved
to be a very clever, amusing comedy. It was very well acted and received
with applause. Jtobinson Crusoe was given by the Colville Troupe, and
the two attractions drew a good house. Next Sunday evening Wilhelmj
will give a concert. The German company has sustained a great loss in
the withdrawal of Mr. Max Freeman. The high degree of perfection
this company has attained has been largely due to his ability and talents.
This secession has engendered, on the part of Mrs. Genee, a Blight bitter-
ness of feeling which she rather ungrammatically ventilated in the daily
press. Calmer consideration will, it is to be hoped, smooth matters.
Go to Woodward's Gardens to-morrow, if you wish to see Herr-
mann, the King of Wizards, in his famous cannon act, in which a human
being is fired fifty feet into space from the mouth of a gun. Other at-
tractions on the programme are the Lorellas, or Elfin Sprites, the De
Angelis, the Athletic Troupe, and Webster, the Irish comedian.
Italian Opera. — In a few months Strakosch will again visit this city
with a good, strong troupe. By rectifying some of the managerial errors
of his last visit a successful season is an assured fact. A lower range of
prices and noparsimonyin chorus and orchestra are serious things to be con-
sidered.
Chit-Chat.— Haverly is spreading out his managerial nets. He has
leased the N. Y. Fifth Avenue Theater for a term of years, commencing
Sept. 1, 1880, at an average annual rental of S23,000.— Neilson's receipts
during her recent two weeks' engagement in St. Louis were over $15,000.
^^Albani has been a great success in Italy. ^—Millard has written
three new songs. ^^Lawrence Barrett proposes reviving the drama of
Louis XI. and George Baker's tragedy of Francesca di Meinini, played
twenty-fiye years ago by E. L. Davenport. -^— Seiior Sarasare, the Span-
ish violinist, goes to Paris and thence to Germany, having declined Eng-
lish engagements. ^— Gerster, who has not sung all winter, expects to re-
appear in America at the close of the year.— At a benefit in New York
for the Irish Famiae Sufferers, Miss Blanche Roosevelt sang a song, words
by Joaquin Miller and music by Arthur Sullivan.^^In the journal
Paris- Murcie, of which a few copies have reached here, Adelina Patti de-
scribes her emotion when she Bings in public : When she sees her name
on the bill she becomes nervous and agitated as the fatal hour of the per-
formance approaches, the fever of the footlights gains upon her more and
more, and at the last moment, when she is about to quit her dressing-
room to enter upon the stage, she is animated by one single sentiment —
terrible frights. ^—Richard Wagner Bays he will compose no more music.
— —At a charity concert recently given at the Royal Albert Hall, Lon-
don, the Duke of Edinburgh made his appearance among the first violins
in the orchestra. ^^ Lucca's former husband, the Baron Rah den, having,
at the irresistible request of the Emperor, withdrawn his objections, she
will re-appear there shortly.— —Miss Van Zandt, now known as Marie
Vauza, a favorite American prima donna, is to make her debut in Paris.
^— Harry Krouse is displaying great talent in the drilling of the Chil-
dren's Opera Co. The Little Duke has been rehearsed, and Chimes of Nor-
mandy are the next thing to be studied.— The future of the California
Theater is as yet uncertain. Letters received during the week from the
East speak of Barrett's withdrawal from his proposed management.
This whole business is a peculiar one. Barrett did try to engage people,
although not one word of negotiation had passed between him and the
owners. He has now announced that he has given up the scheme.—
There has been such a multitude of attractions during the past week that
the critics' time has been a lively one, preventing the usual careful consid-
eration.
Jan. 31, 1880.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
SPORTING ITEMS.
Fishing. Verily our Board of Supervisors ore mighty sportsmen,
Mf»d*Uy well [xmted in fishing, and among thein all Supervisor Stetson
is the greatest authority on that sport. Last Monday night that gentle-
man stated to his* brother sports that "he was a member of the Sport-
man's Club which had placed 231,000 ri>h in Lake Meroed. Many of the
6«h had died and others had not matured, thereby showing that the water
did not agree with them. The fish that had lived were very thin." If
Stetson had ever read the story of Ananias he would most likely have
been alraid to make a statement »<■> utterly at variance with facts, and had
his brother Supervisors known anything about the merit of Lake Merced
as a fishing place, they would not have allowed his statement to go uncon-
tradicted. \V. W. Tray lor stated in a recent speech before the Senate that,
prior to the formation of the Sportrnan'a Club, he and other members of
the Ai^lhnsiiling Society used to catch from twelve to thirty fish, wei^h-
in^.* from one to three pounds, in evening and morning fishing in Lake
Herosd. A few months ago Mr. Scott took a expounder in the lake, Mr.
jessop captured one weighing 7\ pounds, and Dave Nesfield landed a ver-
itable monster weighing 9 pounds. If Mr. Stetson is, as he says, a mem-
ber of the Sportsman's Club, he can see by their book, kept at the lake,
that from the first of April to the first of Nov., 1879, 15,000 fish were
caught in Lake Merced, averaging two pounds in weight. Our leading
sportsmen, who have the privilege of fishing there, all agree that Lake
Merced is far superior to any similar piece of water in America for rais-
ing fish, and that fish taken from it at proper Beasons are always plump
and in good condition. We advise Mr. Stetson to learn a little more be-
fore he gives lectures on fishing to the Board of Supervisors, so that,
through ignorance, he will not injure his character for veracity.
Wrestling.— -The col lar-and elbow wrestling match, best two in three
falls, between Driscoll, of Bodie, and Nolan, of Santa Cruz, that came off
at the Recreation Grounds last Sunday, furnished a great deal of fun to
those of the spectators who could appreciate a joke. P. Lyman was ref-
eree. Jim Nolan was judge for Driscoll. W. H. Daily, the swimmer,
judged for Nolan. After the two men had danced around about seven
minutes, and shown off every style of step from the Boston Dip to Pro-
fessor Allen's peacock strut, the ground flew up and caught Driscoll in the
middle of the back, which was considered by Daily sufficient grounds for
claimiog a fall for Nolan. After reading the rules three times, and argu-
ing learnedly on hip^s, back-heeling, clutches and cross-buttocks, referee
Lyman allowed the fall to Nolan. The men soon came together for the
second bout, which inaugurated a series of evolutions similar to the
"Turkish Patrol," painted in water-colors by an unnamed lady artist.
At times the movement was slow and well sustained, like Wilhelmj's ren-
dering of "Home, Sweet Home ;" then like a flash it would branch off
into an imitation of a brush for the lead between Commodore Nutt and
Jimmy Kennovan. After fifty minutes of this exercise, Nolan looked so
blown that Daily sparred for time by calling attention to an infraction of
Rule 9. As the referee had forgotten what that was, he ordered the men
to let go holts while he perused the rules. As he spelt all the big words,
Nolan had lots of time to recover, and when they again came together, it
took him less than five minutes to down his man. There was some doubt
about the fall, but the referee was too tired for further argument ; so he
gave the match to Nolan.
Rowing, —To-morrow, if the weather is at all fair, the five-mile race
between Hoyt and Leahey will be rowed. The last finishing touch has
been put on the men's training, their boats have been polished, and noth-
ing remains for them to do but row their best. Both parties have char-
tered steamers for the use of those who desire to see the race. They will
leave the wharf at 11 A.M. to-morrow. After careful weighing of the
merits of the men, and regularly witnessing their practice pulls, it seems
to us almost impossible to rind any advantage on either side. Hoyt is
the stronger man, and, no doubt, the best stayer, but he has handicapped
himself by selecting a boat ten pounds heavier than his opponent's.
Leahey has the most experience in shell boats, and is the most finished
oarsman, but, in our opinion, he has been over-confident of winning, aud
slurred bis practice. If that is actually the case, the last mile may find
him in the rear though he took a good lead at she start. Neither of the
men know the course over which they are to row. That is a point in
Hoyt's favor, as he is an experienced boatman, able by a glance to deter-
mine the strength of a current and the run of an eddy. The public need
have no fears about the honesty of the race — it is for blood and money.
Chas. Yale, the referee, is a gentleman of well-known probity, who would
allow no boat-sawing, oar-breaking or unshipping of rowlocks to deter-
mine the race, and we feel sure he would not have acted were he not con-
vinced that it is an honest match between honest men.
Shooting. — We call attention of sportsman's clubs in this State to
Senator Glasscock's bill for the extermination of wild or ferocious animals.
In our opinion it is a dangerous measure, for if it passes a few interested
farmers have the power to kill off all the game in their section of the
State regardless of close of season or their value as an article of food or a
means of sport. There is no restriction in the bill as to the class or spe-
cies of animal, provided it is wild or ferocious, which, of course, embraces
every kind of game in the State, from the ferocious wildcat to the wild
duck, all of which have enemies who desire their extermination.— —Dr.
and Mrs. Ruth gave a very clever exhibition of fancy shooting at Shell
Mound Park last Sunday. The Doctor did some dangerous feats of
shooting balls held in the hand or mouth of an assistant. Their chief
merit lay in the risk of killing the assistant by an unfortunate shot. Both
of the shooters were good, but we have seen Tom Tunstead perform feats
with a rifle far more difficult than any in their programme.
Fedestrianism. — The Sacramento six-day walk turned out as we pre-
dicted—a fraud all round. The manager swindled the walkers, and the
walkers got their record swelled by the scorers. '—Nevada City is now
suffering from au onslaught by the same crowd of female tramps who
helped to desolate this city some time ago. — — The 220-yard race for
members of the football clubs, at the Recreation Grounds, was not
finished last Saturday. The final heat will be run to-day. Oliver, 15
yards, won the first heat; Nicholson, scratch, second. Sime, 5 yards, won
the second heat; Okell, scratch, second.
Football. —The Wanderers defeated the Oaklands, at the Recreation
Grounds, last Saturday. Score, 1 goal to 1 try. The winners had the
worst of the game all through, and only made the goal by a lucky kick of
Nicholson's.-^— Same clubs will play at the Recreation Grounds to-day.
A TRICK OF DISCHARGED DOMESTICS.
Every San Francisco housekeeper who is in the habit of employ-
ing Chinese domestic-s, is familiar with their trick, when discharged, of
writing up, in out-of-the-way places, information for the benefit of their
successors. Many a kind and lenient mistress has been sorely puzzled to
divine why her "China-boys" leave her service one after another almost
as soon as they are engaged, until some day she discovers certain strange
characters inscribed behind a mirror or under a table in the kitchen or
servant's room. This " handwriting on the wall" being interpreted by
some accommodating Mongolian Daniel — generally the washman, vegeta-
ble peddler, or other Chinaman not interested in domestic service — very
soon dispels the mystery. For there it is in black and white that the mis-
tress aforesaid is stingy, or a scold, or a slave-driver, or " bad pay," or too
careful to see that she is not robbed of sugar, tea, etc. Of course, the in-
formation thus imparted is not always accurate, because it is generally
left by a Chinaman who has been discharged in disgrace ; but frequently
the lady or the " boss" — as the Chinese always call the man of the house
— can recognize some unpleasant truths in the inscription. In any case,
the ruse is often the cause of much annoyance. It seems, however, that
it is not Chinamen alone who practice this sort of trades -union ism, as the
following story from an English exchange will show: " A short time ago
a lady took it into her head to discharge all her servants at once. To
prevent the transmission of evil traditions, the old servants were Bent out
of the house before the new servants arrived. This precaution was, how-
ever, nearly proving a failure. The house having been cleared, the lady
by chance went down into the kitchen, and happening to look into one of
the drawers found a paper left by the outgoing servants for the guidance
of their successors. On this paper was written the character of the uns-
tress—for a wonder a pretty good one — and instructions as to whaj; each
servant should do or not do, and hints as to how the employer was to be
defrauded."
A MEAN GALLANT.
Scene ; Carnival at Union Hall. Small boy, about six feet high, aged
twenty-five. An ex-counter-jumper, raised to the position wealth gives,
by a widowed "Auntie." Becomes desperately enamored of the pretty
ankles of a lady in a mask. Solicits permission to call. After a few days
it is granted. Calls nine times in eleven days, and entertains his hostess
with the exact price of dry goods, from hose to silk, till he becomes insuf-
ferable, as a bore. Takes her to a ball, in white satin and gilded slippers,
and remembering that "economy is the road to wealth/' permits her to
walk home in the mud and rain with no protection but a water-proot
cloak. Invites her to another for a week later. Lady shrewdly declines
also on the score of economy — in matter of dress, on her part— and ridi-
cules his gallantry till the following effusion is produced :
City, Dec 23d
Madame as you are having lots of fun over me I am glad to
think some one thinks enuf of me to make fun I will make alounce for
the fun an consider them as maks it far beneth my notis I asure you I
am not bad of enuf to pay S3 00 or four for your company by gittin a cab
an hav you say what a fool that small infant is as my young ladie friends
is to numerus to menshun and if thur is fools to pay for your compny I
aint fur I can go out with a difent lady evy day, and thay is ladys tu I
ashure yon and wont make fun of a gentlemun of my Btandin in life
[He is not a counter-jumper now.] now I dont mind spendin $1 00 or
five Dollas with a nice lady when it is one that would aperichate it the
Resen I did not git a cab that party I didnt think you was customd to it
and want worthy of it yourn Respfly Harry R
No. Howard st.
The O. T. H. E. R. Club will give its fourth dramatic entertainment
at the Western Addition Music Hall (California street, near Fillmore) on
Tuesday, Feb. 10th. The programme is a very attractive one. Among
the features most looked forward to are a recitation by Mr. Lewis Morri-
son, of the Baldwin Theater, who is an honorary member of the club, and
a vocal duet, to be sung by Miss Jovita A. Ferrer and Mr. D. W. C. Nes-
field. The singing and recitations over, the third Jact of Othello will be
presented, while that will be followed by the farce To Paris and Back for
Five Pounds.
" Sure, Mike, and what sort av whisky does yer brudder Dennis kape
here now when he's got a public av his own ?" Mike — Sorra the betther's
(hie) out av the old country, Barney dare ; just look at me now (hie), look
at me for (hie) ninepence.
Barton Hill is to have a monster benefit. This is a well-deserved
compliment.
BUSH-STREET THEATER.
Charles E. Locke, Proprietor. --Last Perform an ces of the
CHIMES OF NORMANDY. Superb Cast, embracing MELVILLE. MONTA-
GUE, TURNER, PEAKES. Matinee Saturday. Monday Evening, February 2d,
Production ot
The Ideal Pinafore!
As producad at Haverly's Lyceum Theater, New York, and the Boston Theater,
Boston, with every member of the Melville Opera Company in the cast, including
Mr. Theo J. Toedt (late tenor with the Patti Coucert Company) as Ralph Raokstraw;
Mr. C. H. Turner as Captain Corcoran; Mr. Harry Peakes as jOick Deadeye; Annia
Montague as Josephine; etc. , etc. Jan. 31.
CALIFORNIA THEATER.
Under the Nanagreinent of Mr. Samuel Col vllle. --Saturday*
January 31st, the 99th and 100th representations in Sau Francisco, by the Fa-
mous COLVILLE OPERA BURLESQUE COMPANY. Two Performances. Matinee
open at 1; begins at 2; over at 4 o'clock,
Ill-Treated II Trovatore !
Evening-, the 100th representation. A Gala Night. Benefit of MISS EME ROSEAU.
Two Pieces. Act 1, ILL-TREATED IL TROVATORE. Scene 2 and 3, OXYGEN.
Concluding with the Excelsior Chorus and Auld Lang Syne. Jan. 31.
THE BALDWIN THEATER.
Thomas Hag-uire, Manager. --Oil account of the continued
illuess of CLARA MORRIS, her physicians have deemed it necessary that she
should have a few days' rest. Saturday, Jan. Slat, Benefit of NELLIE HOLBROOK
and GEORGIE WOODTHORPE -HAMLET. Sunday Evening. Feb. 1st. Benefit of
the Great and Only HERRMANN. Drama and Magique. Monday, Feb. 2d,
Clara Morris in " Alire."
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Jan. 31, 1880.
AN INVITATION.
Come forth, for dawn is breaking ; Strong wine of exultation,
The sun has touched the snow ; Free thoughts that laugh at death,
Our blithe sledge-bells are calling, Shall warm our winged spirits,
And Christian waits below. Tho5 the chill air freeze our breath.
"With many a waif of music
And memory-wafted song,
With the melody of faces
Loved when the world was young
All day o'er snow-drifts gliding
'Twixt gray-green walls of ice,
"We'll chase the winter Bunlight
Adown the precipice.
Above the black swirling death- wavesWith dear Hellenic stories,
"We will not shrink nor blanch, And names of old romance,
Tho' the bridge that spans the torrent "We'll wake our souls' deep echoes
Be built by an avalanche. "While the hills around us dance ;
"We'll talk of love and friendship Dance to the arrowy motion
And hero hearted men, Of our sledge so firm and free,
'Mid the stems of sparkled larches Skimming the beaten snow-track
In the fairy-frosted glen. As a good ship skims the sea.
With flight as swift as swallows
We'll sweep the curdled lake,
Where the groans of prisoned kelpies
Make the firm ice pavement quake.
We'll tread the sombre forest
Where giant pines are crowned
With snow caps on their branches
Bent to the snowy ground.
Like love, like all that's joyous,
Like youth, like life's delight,
This day is dawning o'er us
Between a night and a night.
0 friend, 'tis ours to clasp it!
Come forth ! No better bliss
For hearts by hope uplifted
Hath heaven or earth than this !
— J. A. Symonds, in the Cornkill.
LIGHT ON AN IMPERIAL MYSTERY.
The name of the Empress of Russia has been a good deal in people's
mouths lately. It may therefore interest our readers to read the follow-
ing account of her birth and character, abridged from " Les MyBteres de
la Russie," by M. Frederic Lacroix, published in 1S45. Traveling through
Germany with the view to finding a suitable bride, Alexander arrived at
the Court of the Grand Duke of Hesse- Darmstadt, and was received with
great pomp. The Grand Duke, anxious to become the father-in-law of
the Czarewitch, presented two of his daughters to the young Prince. The
latter, however, was polite, and nothing more. However, among the
young ladies who composed the Court of the GrandDuke, the Czarewitch
remarked one whose modest appearance and simple attire were in remark-
able contrast to the luxury and formality which prevailed around her.
Evidently she did not belong to the Grand Ducal family, for at table, at
the play, everywhere, in short, she occupied the second rank, and seemed
completely foigotten, not to say treated with contempt. This mystery
provoked the curiosity and interest of Alexander, who ended by falling as
desperately in love with the girl as his cold nature would allow. He made
inquiries, and ascertained that her history was rather a singular one. One
of the Grand Duke's chamberlains allowed himself to become enamored
of the Grand Duchess, and there was reason to suspect that his love was
returned. One day the Grand Duchess was confined of a daughter. The
Grand Duke displayed great chagrin at the event. The child whose un-
desired appearance caused so much grief and scandal was brought up at
the Grand Ducal Palace ; but deprived of the care of her mother, who
died while her daughter was still an infant, the poor little thing, though
not formally disavowed, was made every day to expiate her mother's fault
by humiliations of every sort. From this unhappy lot she was de-
livered by her marriage with the Czarewitch, and it is she who is now the
Empress of Russia.
ALWAYS GOING— NEVER GONE.
Our national 'cuteness, says the San Francisco Neics Letter, is the ad-
miration of the whole world. " As smart as a Yankee" is a phrase that
has been translated into every language spoken on this planet, whether it
has a dictionary or not. And this reminds one that there is no line or
profession in which the American journalist is so smart as in forecasting
the future difficulties of England. Week after week the enlightened ed-
itor, from Oregon to Albany, treats his readers to a disquisition on the
imminent difficulty in which England is placed — how inferior her navy is
to that of Russia, and how it is only a question of a month or so before
her colonies will be independent of her, her trade gone, her subjects reb-
els, and Macaulay's typical New Zealander gazing on the ruins of London
bridge. But, as the Englishman, who described the American at a bar,
remarked: "Venever they takes their swipes, they sez, sez they, "Ere
we go,' but the fellers stay there hall night along, and never goes ;" and
bo it is pretty much the same with the American's estimate of Albion :
'■' She's always kinder going to pieces, but she never goes." — Court Circular.
There are a good many people who are Mark Tapleys with regprd to
the misfortunes of others, and this comfortable tendency was perhaps never
more strongly shown than by a remark in an article which appeared in a
daily paper recently. The writer, commenting on the Tay Bridge acci-
dent, says it really will have done good if it teaches railway directors to
think less of declaring good dividends, and to lay up a surplus fund in
case of a rainy day. Ninety lives to teach these gentlemen a lesson in
finance seems a high price ; but no doubt, after the first natural outburst
of emotion at the butcher's bill, the enduring feeling caused by this calam-
ity on holders of North British stock will be that of annoyance at its fall
in the market.
A gentleman would insist on standing in the stalls, much to the an-
noyance of the pit-ites. Various were the calls of "Sit down!" "Get
out !" '* Sit down in front !" all of which were unattended to by the of-
fending gentleman, when a single voice calling from the back of the pit
caused him to flop into his seat electrically. It warbled, " Leave him
alone, he's only a tailor a-resting kissel/.'" — Sporting Times.
INSURANCE.
HUTCHINSON & MANN,
INSTJBANCE AGENCY.
& 334 California Street, San Francisco,
Fire Insurance.
GIRARD of Philadelphia.
HOME of Columbus.
NEW ORLEANS ASSOCIATION
PEOPLES of Newark.
LA CAISSE GENERALS of Paris.
ST. PAUL of St. Paul.
TEUTON1A of New Orleans.
BERL1N-COLOGNE of Berlin.
REVERE of Boston. lLACONFIANCE of Paris.
PARIS UNDERWRITING ASSOCIATION '. of Paris.
LONDON AND PROVINCIAL MARINE INSURANCE CO of London.
Capital Represented $23,000X00.
All Losses Equitably Adjusted and Promptly Paid.
HOME MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. OF CALIFORNIA.
Principal Office, 406 California Street, San Francisco.
Cash Assets, January 1, 1877, §095,291 ; Liabilities, 85,952; Surplus for Policy
Holders, §589,339. J. F. Houghton, President ; L. L. Baker, Vice-President ;
Charles E. Story, Secretary. R. H. MAG1LL, H. H. BIGELOW, General Agents.
Directors. — San Francisco — L. L. Baker, John H. Redington, J. F, Houghton,
R. B. Gray, Robert Watt, John Currey, L. L. Baker, W. F. "Whittier, C. C. Burr, E.
M. Root, W. H. White, J. L. N. Shepard, W. M. Greenwood, George S. Mann, Cyrus
Wilson, W. T. Gamut, C. Waterhouse, A. P. Hotaling, A. Block, A. K. P. Harmon,
G. S. Johnson, W. O. Wilson, A. W. Bowman, H. L. Hodge, Charles R. Story. Ala-
meda County Branch— V. JL>. Moody, Chauncy Taylor, A. C. Henry, Robert S. Far-
relly, Joseph B. Marlin, W. B. Hardy, T. B. Simpson. San Diego— A. H. Wilcox.
Sacramento — Mark Hopkins, D. W. Earl, Julius Wetzlar, James Carolau. San Jose —
T. Ellard Beans, B. D. Murphy, A. Pfister, J. H. Dibble, J. S. Carter, Jackson Lewis,
Jacob Rich, John Auzerais, John Balbach. Stockton— H. H. Hewlett, Chas. Belding,
J. D. Peters, A. W. Simpson, H. M. Fanning. Marysville— D. E. Knight. Grass
Valley— Win. Watt, T. W. Sigourney. Portland, Oregon— W. S. Ladd, C. H. Lewis,
P. Wasserman, B Goldsmith, D. Macleay. Virginia City, Nevada— John Gillig, Isaac
L. Requa. ^_ March 17.
FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE.--UNIBN INS. CO. OF S. F.
Tbe California Lloyds.--- JEstablisbeu in 1861.— Nos. 416 and
418 California street. Cash capital §750,000 in Gold Assets exceed §1,000,000
Coin. Fair Rates ! Prompt Settlement of Loses ! ! Solid Security ! ! DIRECTORS.
—San Francisco — J. Mora Moss, N. G. Kittle, M. J. O'Connor, R. S. Floyd, Moses
Heller, Adam Grant, Daniel Meyer, AntoineBorel, Charles Kohler, E. L. Goldstein,
I. Lawrence Pool, A. Weill, Joseph Brandenstein, CharleB Baum, James Moffitt,
Benjamin Brewster, L. Cunningham, W. M. Hoag, Nicholas Luning, John Parrott,
L. A. Booth, Julius Baum, JlylesD. Sweeney, Jas. M. Goewey, Edward Cadwalader
Bartlett Doe, Gustave Touchard, J. H. Baird, J. G. Kittle, George C. Hickox, C. Du-
commun, Wm. Scbolle, John Conly, Ig. Steinhart, W. B. Stone, J. O. Eldridge, A.
B. Phipps.
GUSTAVE TOUCHARD, President. N. G. KITTLE, Vice-President.
Charles P. Haven, Secretary. Geo. T. Bohen, Surveyor. Aug. 31.
THE STATE INVESTMENT AND INSURANCE CO.
FIKE A.Mf MAKI^fc.
C^asb Assets, 9450,000.— Principal Office, 218 and 230 San*
j some street, San Francisco. Officers : — A. J. Bryant, President ; Ricuard
Ivers, Vice-President ; Charles H. CosniNa, Secretary ; H. H. Watson, Marine
Surveyor. Board of Directors :— Peter Donahue, James Irvine, C. D. O'Sulhvan,
A. Bocqueraz, R. Harrison, A. H. Rutherford, R. Bailey, E. W. Corbert, George O.
McMullin, A. J. Bryant, Frank M. Pixley, E Burke, H. H. Watson, Dr. C. F. Buckley,
P. J. White, E. M. Root, M. Mayblum, Richard Ivers, John Rosenfeld, Daniel
Callaghan. P. H. Russell, Sacramento. John G. Downey, Los Angeles. Wm.
Hood, SonomaCounty. H. W. Scale, Mayfield. Geo. Rutherford, San Jose. Feb. 16.
THE MARINE INSURANCE CO. OF LONDON, ENGLAND.
[ESTABLISHED 1836.}
Whole Amount of Joint Stock and Guaranteed Capital. .$5,000,000.
"Whole Amount of Capital paid up '. .. 900,000.
Cash Assets December 31 , 18?6 3,710,000.
The undersigned have been duly authorized to issue Policies at current rates on
Freight and Shipments to or from England, Europe, New York, Japan, China, Aus-
tralian Colonies, Sandwich Islands, and Northern Coast Ports. If desired, policies
made payable at port of termination.
WILLIAMS, D1M0ND & CO., Agents,
Aug. 10. 218 California street.
THE SWISS MARINE INS. COMPANIES COMBINED.
Switzerland, of Zurich, Capital 5,000,000 francs; Helvetia,
of St. Gall, Capital 10,000,000 francs ; Baloise, of Basle, Capital 5,000,000 francs.
These three Companies are liable jointly and severally for all losses that may be sus-
tained. Losses made payable in all the principal seaports of the world. In' the set-
tlement of all claims under an English policy, these Companies will strictly adhere to
the conditions and customs adopted at Lloyds, and submit to English jurisdiction.
June 9. HARRY W. SYZ, Agent, 225 Sansome st., S. F.
NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL LIFE INSUR. CO. OF BOSTON.
Has transacted tbe business of Life Insurance for nearly
thirty-five years. Its assets amount to over Fourteen Million Dollars. The
law of Massachusetts makes all its Policies nonforfeitable. It is a Purely Mutual Com-
pany, dividing every cent of surplus among Policy-holders. This is the Only Com-
pany on the Pacific Coast governed by the Massachusetts Lapse Law. This company
has comn'ied with the new Insurance Laws of California.
WALLACE EVERSON, General Agent.
^Sept^iJJ " 328 Montgomery street.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN MARINE INS. CO. OF LIVERPOOL.
C lanital $5,000,000.— Agents: Balfonr, Gutbrie & Co., STo.
j 316 Calif ornia street, San Francisco. Nov. 18.
AGGREGATE ASSETS,
840,64X942.
Imperial Fire Insurance Co. , of London Instituted 1 803.
London Assurance Corporation, of London
Established by Royal Charter 17SO.
Northern Assurance Corporation, of London Established 1836.
Queen Insurance Company, of Liverpool Established 1857.
A JOINT POLICY ISSUED BY THE FOUR COMPANIES.
KOBEXT DICKSON, Manager.
W. XAJTE SOOKEli, Agent and Attorney.
317 CALIFORNIA. STREET, 8. F. [Oct. 11.
Jan. 31, 1S80.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISKK.
CRADLE, ALTAR, AND TOMB.
CRADLE.
QALLor-tn this city, January Utb, to the «Ha of J. T. Gallop, a son.
Robtrl Qann, a daughter.
«iff >-f J K iii-hcr, a son,
■•• the wife of C. Lemon, n daughter.
. Jnauj SOtb, to the wife of I*. Lapachet, a son.
Mi*Riiir - In tin* ui>. January S5|h, U) the « Ifc <>[ Thmims Murphy, a son.
In this •it.v, January 10th, t > the w if ol John lioru, a daughter.
. Junimn -7th, t . ilu .i il .if ,\. Pcderscn, a son.
ScnuoRoea in thli riiy. January Nth, to the wife of C. Schrocdar, a daughter.
Thiilb— In Yolo countr, January 84th, t-- the wife of H. O. Tbtele. a son.
Thrbiaull — Near Auburn, January tSd, t- the wife of G Threlkell, n daughter.
Van* Vliet— In tins oily, January 95th, to the wife "f Leon Van VHot, a son.
In this city, Janumr] 86th, to the write ol Henry Weisse, r daughter.
Walsh — lu thil tit; , January 26th, to the wife of James A. Walsh, a son.
ALTAR
Cartfrov-Hantwe— In this city. January 27th, L, P. Carteroti to Marie Uandaye.
Gathu-Shwwood— in this city, January 8flth, Win, J. rather to Eifie L. Sherwood.
bVARDs-MAXKixa— En thi-* city, January 26th, Thos, Edwards to Mamie Maiming.
Hill-Waitb— In this city, January 2lst, John O. Hill to Frankio Waite.
Mk< krhelp-Matkr — In this city. January 25th, Jam Bfeyerfleld to Sarah Mayer.
Regal-Hir^u —In this city. January 27th, Guillalme Regal to Ernestine Hirsch.
k-isAGRCE- In Castrovitle, Januarj 20th, Thos. Sweeney to Ellen Sagrue.
TuoRSLBT-UoEpr.NKR— In this city, January 2lst, Win. H. Thorn ley to F. Doepfner.
TOMB
Alexander- In this city, January 24th, James Alexander, aged 59 years.
Brooks— lu this city, January 26th, Ida Bell Brooks, aged 24 years and 9 months.
BOHNS— In this city, January 86th, Martin Burns, aged 48 years and 2 mouths.
Cami'SKLL— In this city, January 28d, Donald Campbell, aged 41 years.
Cashes— In this city, January 25th, Thomas Cashen, aged 50 years.
Cables— In this city, January 26th, Mrs. Mary A. Cables, aged".r»'J years.
Doslo.v — In this city, January 2t>th, Joseph A. Donlon, aged 19 years and 6 months.
Faiiv — In this city, January 86th, Annie Fahy, aired 30 years.
Giblin — In this city, January 25th, Catherine" H. Giblig, aged 34 years.
Ham— In this city, January 27th, 1. Harry Ham. aged 25 years and 3 months.
Hbrroott — In this city, January 25th, Mrs. J. C. H. Hen-got*, aged 34 years.
LmMCHBR— In this city, January 26th, Emma Lindacher, aged 21 years.
Marlet — In this city, January 20th, Alice C. Marley, aged 33 years.
Rilky— In this city, January 26th, Patrick Riley, aged 4ii years.
RorER— In this city, January 20th, Mary Roper* aged 38 years.
Simon— In this city, January 25th, Johanna Simon, aged 57 years.
Tiersey — In this city, January 26th, Thomas Tierney, aged 35 years.
Wands— In this city, January 24th, James Wanda, aged 36 years.
Webber. -Iu this eity, January 26th, Thomas Webber, aged 60 years.
PETERS PENCE.
It is understood that Leo XIII. intends to issue an Encyclical to all
the Bishops of Roman Catholic Christendom, which will deal exclusively
with the pressing question of Peter's Pence. The Bishops will be stren-
uously urged to lay to heart the regular and systematic collection of the
ancient Papal offertory, which is likely to become, before long, by far the
most important of all the Papal sinews of war. E:ich Bishop is to be
told that it must becoras a matter of conscience with him to see that the
collection is satisfactorily organized within his own diocese. The Peter's
Pence, it must be remembered, now forms the only certain source of in-
come for the Holy See and the Pope. During the first ten months of the
past year, the richest flood of Peter's Pennies came out of France, no less
than l,000,000f. of French money being dispatched to the Vatican in the
shape of (more or less) voluntary offerings. America came next, sending
900,000f.; " Protestant " England was third, with her 750,000f.; Austria-
Hungary took the fourth place, with 700,000f.; while Germany, notwith-
standing all the energy and eloquence of the Center, onlv contributed
150,000f. Belgium, during the first eight months of 1879, forwarded
300,000f. ; Holland, 60,000f. ; and Switzerland, 30,000f. In Italy the
Peter's Pence, up to October 31st, reached the sum of 600,000f. The re-
ceipts from Spain, Portugal, and the Roman Catholics of Russia and
European Turkey, are not yet reported,— -.European Mail.
PHILOSOPHY NOT PISTOLS.
'Tis sweet to love, To love a girl
But ah, how bitter And then not git her.
As evidence of the above, says a Philadelphia paper, think of young
Mr. M., of this city, who had loved to deperation all Summer a pretty
Chestnut-street girl. Think of the many lines of love-burdened lore he
poured into her willing ear. Think of the theater-tickets he has invested
in. Think of the buggy-rides, the flowers, the photographs, the ice-cream
treats, the rings, the lockets, etc., ad infinitum, that have been hers at
his cost ! and then meditate upon his disappointment when, a few days
since, the fair creature informed him, in a sublimely innocent manner,
that her wedding would shortly take place with Mr. S., of Kalamazoo.
Did young Mr. S. drown himself? Did he snap a pistol at his lacerated
heart? Did he take laudanum, arsenic, or lock himself up with a char-
coal furnace ? No ! But he acted like a philosopher. He referred to his
diary. He procured two sheets of commercial paper. He made out an
itemized account of the money he had spent upon the "gal who flung
him," and sent it to the old man. The young lady pronounced it all " O.
K," and young Mr. M. received a check for the amount upon a promi-
nent bank, upon which he obtained the money, and is now bitterly happy.
A Horse that Drinks Beer Like a Man.— A case of a horse ad-
dicted to intemperance was investigated on Tuesday at the Birkenhead
Police Court. Its master was summoned for furiously driving it, and ex-
plained that the animal formerly belonged to a commercial traveler, who
used to stop at a hotel near the spot where the alleged furious driving oc-
curred. The animal exhibited a strong disinclination to pass the place,
which could only be overcome by a vigorous application of the whip. The
utter depravity of the horse was shown by a statement that it would
stand on its hind legs and "drink beer like a man." No fine was in-
flicted.— Court Journal.
There is the true spirit of poesy about the final couplet of Mr. P.
Gilmore's National Hymn .-
" We ask with reverence, love and awe,
God bless and save Americaw !"
Hop Bitters have more patience than Job, curing thousands of patients
daily. See Proverbs.
WAKELEE'S AURE0LINE
Produce* the Beautiful Golden Hair so Much Admired.
SUPERlOlt TO Tilt: IMPORTED ARTICLE
— Bt RUKOR OH ITU —
FRESHNESS AND CARE TJSED IN ITS PRODUCTION.
PRICK, I.VIMJi: BOTTLES. $•£.
Manufactured In/ If. !•. II AKELEE A CO., Druggists, corner
Montgomery and Hush streets. S. E. [Aug. a.
CO-PARTNERSHIP NOTICE.
We, the nndersi:?iieil, have this day formed a co-partner-
ship under the firm name of SCOFIELD & TEVIS, for the transaction ol
a General Importing, Shipping and Commission business, succeeding to the business
heretofore carried on bv F. B. Taylor & Co. D. G. SCOFIELD,
San Francisco, January 2d, 1830. HARRY L. TEVIS.
NOTICE.— Having sold to Messrs. Scofield and Te vis the stock of merchandise,
warehouse, and good-will of the business heretofore carried on under the firm name
of F. B. Taylor & Co., I heartily recommend them to the trade as my successors in
business, and ask for them a continuance of the patronage so liberally bestowed on
the old bouse during the past 23 years, F. B. TAYLOR.
San Francisco, January 2d, 1SS0. Jan. 10.
dividenT~notice.
The German Savings and Loan Society .--For the half year
ending this date, the Board of Directors of the German Savings and Loan So-
ciety have declared a dividend on Term Deposits at the rate of six and nine-tenths
(t> 9-10) per cent, per annum, and on Ordinary Deposits at the rate of five and three-
fourths (njj) per cent, per annum, free from Federal taxes, and payable on and after
the 15th day of January, 1SS0. By order. GEO. LETTE, Secretary.
San Francisco, December 31, 1879. Jan. 3,
~ DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Office of the Hibcruia Savings and loan Society, X. E.
corner Montgomery and Post streets, San Francisco, January 5th, 1880. —
At a regular meeting of the Board of Directors of this Society, held this day.fca Div-
idend at the rate of six and a half ((>J) per cent, per annum, for the six months end-
ing with December 31st, 1879, was declared on all deposits, payable from and after
this date, free from Federal Tax. [Jan. 10.] EDW. MARTIN, Secretary.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Savings and Loan Society, 619 Clay street. --For the half
year ending December 31st, 1879, a dividend has been declared on all deposits
at the rate of five and one-half (5$-) per cent, per annum, free of Federal Tax, and
payable on ai.d after January 15th, 1880.
Jan. 17. CYRUS W. CARMANY, Cashier.
GUS. V. DANIELS,
Successor to Thomas A Daniels, of California Paint Com-
pany's House Painting Department. House, Sign and Ship Painting, and Pa-
per Hanging. Walls Repaired, Whitened or Tinted any shade or color. All orders
promptly attended to and work guaranteed.
Jan. 17. 27 and 95j STEVENSON STREET, San Francisco.
C. AD0LPHE LOW & CO.,
Commission Merchants,
SAX FRAXCISCO and NEW TOltK.
H^ff Agents of American Sugar Refinery, corner of Union and Battery streets,
San Francisco, California. Jan. 17.
D. V. B. Henarie. Edward Martin.
E. MARTIN & CO.,
Importers and 'Wholesale Dealers in Wines and Liquors.
Proprietors of Millar's Extra Old Bonrbon and J. F. Cut-
ter Extra Old Bourbon and Rye Whiskies.
April 5. 408 Front Street, San Francisco.
HIBERNIA BREWERY,
Howard Street, Between Eighth and Ninth.
Dec. 7.] M. NUNAjr, Proprietor,
CALIFORNIA SUGAR REFINERY,
Manufacturers of the Standard Syrup, a superior article
put up in barrels expressly for home consumption. Also, Extra Heavy Syrup
in barrels for Export. Refined Sugars at lowest market rates. Office, 215 Front
street, up stairs. Dec. 21.
AGENTS, READ THIS!
We will pay Agents a Salary of Sioo per month and ex-
penses, or allow a large commission, to sell our new and wonderful
inventions. We mean what we say. Sample Free.
Address SHERMAN & CO., Marshall, Mich.
BRITISH BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF CAL.
Attendance, daily, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., by the under-
signed, to receive subscriptions and donations, and to furnish all information
relating to the Society. J. P. McCURRIE, Secretary,
Oct. 23. 730 Montgomery street.
WILLIAM P. HUMPHREYS,^
Late City and County Surveyor, has removed to No. 629
WASHINGTON STREET, where he will continue to practice his profession.
All Surveys and Estimates guaranteed. Dec. 20.
~WM. F. SMITH, M.D.,
Oculist and Aurist, 313 Bnsh Street.
Aug. 16.] Office Hours, from IS M. to 3 P.M.
J. A. HUNTER, M. 0.,
No. 321 Sutter street, devotes Special Attention to Catarrh,
Deafness, Bronchitis, Asthma, Consumption, and all ailments of the Throat,
Lungs and Heart. Dec. 27.
REMOVAL.
Thomas Tonne;, Real Estate Broker, has removed from
No. 424 Montgomery street to the S. E. corner Sutter and Montgomery, over
Chester's Dry Goods Store, and opposite the Lick House. Entrance on Sutter
street, No. 39. Jan. 10.
10
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Jan. 31, 1880.
COMMERCIAL FAILURES ON THE PACIFIC COAST.
The Pacific Coast failures supply a text upon -which a volume might
he written. For long years the Pacific States were ahead of all others in
point of material prosperity. "We might lack refinement, and many of
the fine things which Eastern States boasted of, but we had prosperity.
Employment was abundant and remunerative. Money was plentiful, and
failures comparatively unknown. Californians were proud of the Golden
State, and scouted the idea that it could ever be viBited by hard times or
commercial declension. The unhappy fact is present with us that no
part of the Union is at this moment so unprosperous as are the Pacific
States. The Clearing-house returns of Sau Francisco are the only ones
that show a decrease of business. In all other large cities there is a re-
vival of trade that is truly remarkable. It appears, further, that there
were last year but 6,658 failures in the United States, with liabilities ag-
gregating 898,000,000. In 1878 the failures were 10,478, with liabilities of
§234,000,000. The decrease for 1879 was, therefore, very large, being in
numbers 3,820, and in liabilities 8136,000,000. Nothing could be more
convincing proof than these figures of the reality of the wave of re-
turning prosperity which last year swept over the whole country, with the
exception of the Pacific States. That the wave did not include the latter,
is shown with equal clearness by the statistics. For example, we exam-
ine the distribution of failures for 1879, and find it to be as follows: In
the Eastern States 1 in 85, in the Middle States 1 in every 100, in the
Southern States 1 in every 93, in the Western States 1 in every 159, in
the Pacific States and Territories 1 in every 45. This is an extraordinary
showing, that should engage the serious attention of every thinking man.
There exists no real necessity forthis commercial declension. Crops have
been good, and have realized more than average prices. The material re-
sources of the State are as abundant as they ever were. But there zb a
lack of confidence in each other. The existence of a communistic feeling
has frightened capital, money has been withdrawn from circulation, busi-
ness-men have felt the resulting pressure, the purchasing power of the
poorer classes has declined, and hard times and failures are the conse-
quences. But there are signs that things are mending. If the Legisla-
ture will give us conservative and safe legislation, so that capital may
renew its confidence in the stability of things ; if workingmen will agitate
less and work more ; if our whole people will find some productive thing
to do, and do it with all the vim and spirit for which Californians receive
credit, our State will soon be visited by returning prosperity, and the ex-
isting disgrace of being a bankrupt people will be speedily wiped out.
The fault is with our people, and not with the fertile and beautiful State
they occupy. This subject is a large and important one, that ought to
engage very general attention. We can do but slight justice to it in a
single article. It will bear referring to again and again. In it is con-
cerned the material prosperity and even the very existence of the people.
A PLEA FOR ST. VALENTINE.
With the approach of St. Valentine's Day, we occasionally see the
love-sick swain soiling the shopman's stock in his search for an appropriate
*' sonnet to his mistress' eyebrow." This is in accordance with the sweet
and tender traditions of the day; but it may not be out of place to re-
mark that for every one such amorous turtle-dove, we see a thousand vul-
tures gazing into the shop-windows in search of the right sort of illus-
trated carrion wherewith to glut their malice on the day sacred to love.
Discharged servants, snubbed mashers, spiteful spinsters, envious and ma-
licious people of all sorts— these it is who make St. Valentine blush for
the hideous, venom-dripping daubs which disgrace hiB anniversary. An
anonymous letter-writer is justly regarded as the meanest sort of human
cur, yet the people who would kick him the hardest do not hesitate to
scatter broadcast the miserable abortions which find such a ready sale at a
cent apiece. " It is all done in f tin. " O, of course! but it is a very sorry
and cowardly kind of fun, to our thinking. It is all very well to say that
the recipient of a " one cent valentine " can treat it with all the indiffer-
ent contempt it merits; but as the anonymous letter, however scrupu-
lously ignored, never fails to have its baleful effect, bo it is with the cow-
ardly missives in question. They are made to strike at -every unfortunate
condition of life, every venial weakness, every physical short-coming,
with such diabolical ingenuity, that it is the easiest thing in the world for
the coward to find the right shaft to wound his victim. It were far
better that St. Valentine's Day, with all its gentle associations, should be-
come a thing of the past, than that we should dishonor our forefathers'
anniversary of love by converting it into an annual escape valve of envy,
hatred, and all uncharitable things.
GRAND RAILWAY SCHEME.
A petition has recently been presented to the Senate at Washington
asking that the President be authorized to invite the Governments of dif-
ferent South American Republics and States to send delegates to a con-
vention proposed to be held in Washington, which " shall adopt measures
to be carried out in the interests of peace, commerce and mutual prosper-
ity." The principal measure to be proposed, according to the petition, is
by the united efforts of the South American Governments, guided by the
experience of our railroad men, to form the basis for the organization of
an administration for the establishment of a line of railway, connecting
this country with Colombo, Venezuela, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay and
the Argentine Republic, and on the Pacific Coast with the principal sea-
ports, with one branch reaching Valparaiso. What a vast field such a
connection would open out to the commerce of this country ! Here is a
great continent right at our very door, and Great Britain almost monopo-
lizes the trade. Where is the boasted energy of our merchants and capi-
talists ? We see great difficulties in the way of carrying out such a gi-
gantic Bcheme within an early date, but no man of common sense will
doubt that the day will cnine, remote though it may be, when it will be
possible to travel by rail from end to end of the two continents.
FOR OR AGAINST FOREIGN INSURANCE COMPANIES.
The insurance business is a large one. It is being agitated by pro-
posed legislation at Sacramento. Foreign companies are to be wiped out,
or, at least, very heavily handicapped by a stamp tax, from which local
companies are to be exempt. The cry is a very taking one with our peo-
ple that the profits of the local companies remain here. But there is an
answer that is equally taking with insurers ; it is that foreign companies
can be relied upon to pay great losses, while the local ones cannot. This
was proved by the Chicago experience. The returns of the actual insur-
ance business done in this State shows that there is a widespread prefer-
ence for the foreign companies. The paid-up capital of all outside tire
insurance companies doing business here is §27,074,000, and that of the
foreign marine insurance companies is §11,325,903 ; total paid-up capital
of all outside companies, §66,335,903. The total paid-up capital of the
California fire and marine insurance companies is $2,100,000. For the
benefit of these two millions of fiome capital a stamp tax Ib proposed to
be levied upon sixty-six millions of other capital which exists as a guar-
antee for the payment of losses incurred to Californian insurers. The
amount of tire and marine riskB written in this State in 1878 by the home
companies were §73,374,092. The total risks written by outside compa-
nies were §236,371,719. The amount of risks by the outside companies
were but three times their paid-up capital, whilst those of the home com-
panies was thirteen times their paid-up capital. These figures constitute
a wonderfully strong showing. If anything as strong can be said on the
other side we should like to know what it is. It appears, on the face of
it, as if this attempt to tax foreign companies out of existence were de-
liberately designed to drive corporations from the State, upon which the
security of three-fourths of nearly all destructible property rests. Local
companies might be willing to take up the risks, but with their Bmallcapi-
tal of two millions how are they going to protect them ? They would
willingly receive premiums, but where are the losses to come from ? That
is what insurers want to know. It may be said that increased local capi-
tal would come into the business. But where are §236,000,000 to come
from? When that question can be satisfactorily answered we shall be en-
tirely on the side of the local companies.
PHYSICIANS AND DRUGGISTS.
" Scratch me and I'll scratch thee," is an old proverb, well under-
stood by the physicians and druggists of this city. The druggist not only
puffs the physician, but levies largess for him in the shape of commissions,
and the doctor, in his turn, favors the druggist and himself at the same
time by sending his prescriptions to a particular drug store. The whole
business is a bad and shameful one, that robs the patient, degrades the
physician, and too often constitutes the druggist a robber of the most es-
sential qualities of the medicine he makes up. It is an imposition upon
patients, who are thus forced to pay a second fee to the doctor, and forno
consideration. It degrades the physician, because it is an underhand
trick, unworthy of an educated gentleman. It often constitutes druggists
thieves in this : that they often give such high commissions that they are
tempted to put in only one-half or one-third of the more costly drugs pre-
scribed, thus, of course, neutralizing the physician's combinations, and in
many cases, doubtless, depriving the medicine of its beneficial effects.
The fact is that the drug business, at the best, is one in which extortion-
ate charges, that are out of all proportion to the value of the thing sold,
are maintained. When commissions varying from 50 to 150 per cent, are
added, the thing becomes less endurable than highway robbery. A bill
has been introduced into the Assembly to cure this monstrous system. It
ought to pass. The subject is not a new one to the Sews Letter. We have
ventilated it ere now with considerable effect. At one time it was pretty
accurately within our knowledge what commissions were allowed by cer-
tain druggists to particular physicianB. Some druggists gave any com-
mission that was asked for, saying that it was a matter of indifference to
them, as they added it to the coBt of the prescription. Many tricks were
availed of as a means to insure the prescription reaching the right drug-
gist. Sometimes they were put in sealed and addressed envelopes ; at
other times they were written so that only one man could read them. By
all means, Bweep away the abominable system.
MANUFACTURING OPINIONS BY TELEGRAPH.
The telegraph monoply is a wondrous power in the laud. It manu-
factures political opinions and controls political results. It makes presi-
dents. It colors favorably everything that takes place in one section of
the country, and colors everything unfavorably that takes places in an-
other section. It gets up " booms " in favor of persons, places and things.
It rigs markets, supports " corners," inflates stocks, reports one congress-
man and misreports another, makes and unmake public men, and gener-
ally so contrives things as to rule the country and almost every interest
in it with an effectiveness unknown to any king or kaiser. It is a terrible
power, all the more dangerous because its influence is more often felt than
seen. Just now it is engaged in manufacturing the next President. The
bead that runs the monopoly does not seem to be very clear as to which
way things are to go. One day it blows hot and another day cold. The
monopoly has long favored the Republicans, and it will continue to do so
aa long as that party is in power. But let the Democrats elect their
President and then what a change there will be ! The telegraph will talk
as if it had always been Democratic. That is doubtless why the present
Democratic Congress does not undertake to regulate the monopoly. They
think the day is at hand when it will be their subservient tool, as it has
long been that of the opposite party, hence they leave it alone. It is a
pity that the interests of the whole people cannot be made to rise superior
to all party advantages. The time is coming when electricity must no
more be a monopoly than the air we breathe. At present the electric
current is made to lie infernally, indeed it may, without fear of success-
ful contradiction, claim to be the champion liar of the American Conti-
nent. The time is coming when the American people will require guar-
antees that its utterances shall preserve somewhat more of the truth.
One Texas boy, the wires tell us, made sport of another Texas boy's
clothes, and was fatally shot for his joke, after having first slashed the butt
of his wit with a razor. That's the way they teach the young idea how to
shoot— and cut — down there. But what can you expect from a country
where the parson puts his hand on the Colt reposing under his pulpit-
cushion when he reads the seventh commandment and those which relate
to stealing and killing ; where the women carry a Bowie in their stocking,
and the sucking babe has a six-shooter for a rattle ?
Jan. 31, 18=0.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
11
THE TOWN CRIER.
*H»»r tb* (Mart*1 "Whu th« d«Til «ri ihon'.'
'On* tbftt will plftj tb* dent, tu with you."
" H*'d ■ «imi In bis Uil «-» ion* »« a flail.
Which nud* htm gruw boldar and bolder."
California in always ahead in the matter of curiosities, but this week
one ha* been added to the list which will turn less fortunate States preen
with envy. William Broderick, who ban been Chiei Deputy in the Reg-
istrar of Voters' offii a since ita creation, ha* wtbtntatit$ resigned hit post-
We are aware that this astounding statement will be set down
as a d- d lie by every American sovereign that reads it. We are aware
that the like was never known before, and in all human probability never
will be known again. But the fact remains that an office-holder has re-
signed, and there « no getting around it. So much excitment has been ex-
cited by this unheard-of event that Mr. Broderick hus aj-ked the Gov-
ernor to call out the militia, as the curiosity of the people to see him, and
feel him to make sure that he is alive, places him in great danger. We
hear that Barn urn has offered an enormous sum for the privilege of ex-
hibiting him, and that Madame Tusseaud has bid very high for a cast of
his bust in wax, but we cannot vouch for the truth of these rumors. It
may be that a morbid craving for notoriety — an ambitious desire to do
what no man has ever done before him— has prompted Mr. Broderick's ac-
tion : but however that may be, it would be a burning shame if the Legis-
lature were to permit such an extraordinary curiosity to leave the State,
when a liberal appropriation might purchase it, and perhaps pay for its
being embalmed and set up in Golden Gate Park as an everlasting monu-
ment to California's incomparable fecundity in the way of things unique.
In anticipation of this being done, we have applied to one of the poets of
' our new magazine" (knowing they do not charge anything) for a suitable
inscription, with the following result :
Here's a stuffed office-holder who resigned
[Bona fide, not enforced, bear in mind).
And each Californian thinks that the Pyramids and Sphynx
And all wonders that men boast are whipped hollow on this Coast,
By our stuffed office-holder who resigned.
She ■was to meet her adored one on the nine o'clock Oakland boat,
and it wanted fifteen minutes of the hour. Her hand was on the door to
go out, when it struck her that she had forgotten to line her left eye-brow.
Rushing to the glass to rectify this, she discovered a small red spot, com-
memorative of a departed pimple. A dab of lily-white settled that de-
fect, and she was about to make a fresh start, when a backward glance
assured her that her new hat was not as becoming as it should be. So she
stopped just long enough to give it a punch over one ear and a " hyke " in
the back. Then her " Recamier locks " wanted a little arranging, and an
inch of blonde must be pinned across her nose. Then she parted her lips
to see if her filled tooth showed very plainly, and that started a most se-
ductive dimple in one cheek, which suggested a scrap of black court-
plaster on its very verge to call attention to its dangers, like a sign-board
on a thinly frozen pond. Then she tipped the glass and stuck in the curl-
ing tongs to hold it, and walked across the room with her head over her
shoulder to get a back view, gave her drapery a twich here and pat there,
tried to see how long a step she could take without bursting the tapes,
gave herself a little shake like a sparrow after a shower, changed her four-
button gloves for six, sprinkled Lubin's latest on her handkerchief,
stamped her little French heels once or twice to settle herself, and seizing
her parasol in the most approved style to show the lace to advantage,
started for the ferry, where a smiling official, either in a fit of admiration
or sarcasm, offered her his glass with which to watch the fast receding
boat, already half across the bay.
It is singular what unreasonable prejudices and unaccountable preju-
dices some people have. An old '49-er, who has resided in this city ever
since " the water came up to Montgomery street, sir," was going out to
his home, which lies on the extreme outskirts. of the city, very late one
night this week. He found two street-cais waiting to proceed in his di-
rection, and they were the last. The first he got into was filled with
Chinamen just escaped, through the negligence of the Health Officers,
from the smallpox-stricken City of Pekin, and our pioneer dodged back
out of that like a scared rat. From the second car, however, he dodged
back with the rapidity of two scared rodents. And because why ? There
were only two persons in the car, and they looked clean and decent
enough; indeed, one of them, not content with the advantages which Na-
ture had so lavishly bestowed upon him, was enameled as to his face and
bootblacked as to his beard. Why, then, did the veteran retreat with
such velocity, and enter the smallpox-freighted vehicle ? He had rheuma-
tism, and couldn't walk; he had no money and couldn't stay; but the
twain in car number two were Loring Pickering and Deacon Fitch, rub-
bing noses over their small adB., and of two evilB he chose that which, in his
estimation, was the lesser. Such is prejudice, though the pioneer in ques-
tion has the reputation of being a pretty good judge of men.
Regarding the Anti-Quackery Act as a legal sprout of our own plant-
ing, we are pleased to see that, though somewhat Btunted in its youth by
a venial legislature, it still bids fair promise to stand as a very prickly
hedge between licensed murderers and their victims. The Supreme Court
has decided that the right to grant medical certificates in this State shall
not be conferred on every little band of professional cut-throats which
chooses to open a diploma-shop, but shall b*1 confined to three medical
societies, as stipulated by the amendment of 1878. Of course we do not
pretend to say that diplomas cannot still be bought for so many dollars
apiece, but where there is a monopoly prices are always high, and it is at
least some consolation to know that our aspiring quacks will have to pay
pretty well for the privilege of killing under sanction of the law.
Now comes a Dr. Ruth, who is going to lick spots out of Carver as
a shootist, as an exhibition given by him last Sunday at Shell Mound
Park goes to prove. How is it that all these crack shots are " doctors ?"
It looks bad. It seems as if every medical man was instinctively gifted
with the knack of killing. In the old days, their pills were their only
bullets, and deadly enough they were ; but now they are "giving the
business away " by taking to bullets of lead. Let us get up another war
for the sake of enlisting the doctors on both sides. There would be loss
of life, on account of ther talent for murder, of course ; but if they killed
each other to the very last quack, it would be economy of life in the long
We have received^ and have an abiding faith that every other news-
pnper in the United States has received — a modest request from Gen. G.
P. Beauregard (whoever he may be) that we will kindly insert, for a pe-
riod of »ix months or mo, an advertisement somewhat longer than your
arm, concerning a " book on the war," by one Hood, lately deceased. In
ntum we are to have the privilege of sending a receipted bill to Gen. G.
T. B., and are also made welcome to innumerable " blessings of heaven "
for " contributing our mite " [mite is a good word for a twenty-dollar ad.
kept in for six months), to the future support of " ten little babeB " left
by the aforesaid Hood, lately deceased. Accompanying the written re-
quest is a circular, containing fifteen (15) notices of the book in question
(or, rather, of (Jen. Beauregard). These notices are to be used in succes-
sion, and " instructions to the printer " insist that they shall " be inserted
as reading matter and the proof carefully read by copy." Furthermore,
" suggestions for the composing-room " warn the foreman to put the ad-
vertisement " as near reading-matter as possible, and well up in the col-
umn." The cheek of Gen. G. T. B. is too stupendously sublime for our
feeble pen to do it justice, but we have done it homage by inserting one
of his fifteen notices in another column. But we feel it our duty to in-
quire'whether a man who, like this Hood, leaves "ten little babes " be-
hind him, deserves any sympathy ? Unless his wife was delivered of
decimals, he must either have been a Mormon or a shockingly immoral
man.
A few evenings since, a Judge of one of our Courts (his name wasn't
Lark, but very like it) started out intending to make a call in the vicinity
of California street and Van Ness avenue. His Honor, as many Judges
have before and will again, had been " partaking" rather freely, and was
hardly in a condition to pay visits where accuracy regarding streets and
numbers was absolutely necessary in order to prevent confusion. Never-
theless, the legal luminary determined to " try it on," believing himself
all right, as is the manner of gentlemen "under the influence." After
wandering about for some time, he at last hit the house, or at least he
thought he had, and boldly entered a mansion situated near Sutter street
and Van Ness avenue. The lady of the house knew the Judge, and did
her best to entertain him, of course noticing his condition and seeing that
he had made a mistake. After a little while His Honor rose to leave,
but, on reaching the hat-rack, failed to discover his head-covering. The
Chinese servant was summoned and was asked where the gentleman's hat
was. John replied, with a smile lurking in the tail of his eye, " Me no
sabbee; he no bab hat when he come inside." Matters now looked serious.
No hat could be found, and the Judge was about to leave without one,
when, upon opening the front door, the missing tile was discovered on the
railing outside, where his Honor had placed it before entering the house.
This is a true story, so help me Bob !
Quoth Braunhart : "What's this that I hear? Tyler calls me ( the
gent from Judea !' Permit me to say you have heard an ass bray." And
they had — when young B. took his chair. For if B. would his "Web-
ster" consult, be would find that, regardless of cult, or political views,
Jews must ever be Jews, and to call them so doesn't insult. But since B.
is ashamed of bis race, and counts his descent a disgrace, let him hide that
descent (our advice is well meant) by removing the nose from his face.
An "Anti-Chinese Council " has passed a resolution, requesting the
Legislature to take action on the Chinese question, otherwise there will
be a shedding of bul-lud. The request isn't original. We've heard it
somewhere before. But the originality of the resolution comes in where
the "sixty-two members" composing the Council speak of themselves as
" we, the sovereign people of this State." This is a monopoly of
sovereignty, of .which we didn't suspect the existence.
That unsavory sorehead, Wedlock, objects to the introduction of one
cent coins on this coast. He's afraid somebody will buy him up with one
of them, at the risk of even then paying double his value. While there
is no coin in circulation worth less than five cents nobody can afford to
buy the fellow. Waltz around, Wellock, and see us, and mind and bring
your coffin with you, as our stock is exhausted. You'll know the T. C.'s
sanctum by the inscription over the door : " Rubbish shot here."
Commercial reports are unanimous in assuring us that the distil-
leries throughout the United States were never so busy as now. We
presume this is due to the near approach of St.Patrick's day, combined
with the visit to our shores of that disinterested patriot, Mr. Parnell.
We are pleased to be able to inform our Hibernian readers that if enter-
prise and hard work can accomplish anything, no dearth of potheen will
keep either saint or patriot from being well wetted.
Fournier, a high functionary of the French War Department, being
summoned to produce hia accounts, blew out his brains, last Sunday, be-
cause the said accounts were " crooked." In the name of Heaven, we
beseech our bankers, brokers and commercial men not to begin summon-
ing their employe's to do likewise, until Lone Mountain Cemetery is en-
larged and half a dozen new morgues are erected.
Hattie Whitcomb, the child who was mistaken for a wild cat and
filled with buckshot by a lout named Goss, or Gross, died on Wednesday
Her slayer should now be made intimately acquainted with a nine-tailed
cat to impress upon his mind the difference between little girl3 and preda-
tory members of the feline persuasion. Meanwhile, the functions of the
poundman ought to be extended to the lassoing and drowning of the rest
of the tribe of Oakland pot-hunters.
M. Isidor Henri de Chesse, the newly appointed Governor of the
French Oceanic possessions, arrived here on Tuesday. — Vailt/ paper. The
Tahitians are to be congratulated on having a Governor who is nearly, if
not quite, the cheese. [N. B. — Relatives and friends of the man who
brought this joke to us are respectfully invited to attend his funeral from
this office to-morrow. P. S. — A new club, warranted skull proof, is
wanted at this sanctum.]
Scene, a restaurant. Copper -fastened gentleman, who is passionately
fond of Chutnee, has a cup of boiling tea spilt into his lap by his
neighbor. Howl of mingled agony and terror from c. f. g. Profuse apol-
ogies from tea-spiller. Intense relief on part of c. f. g. , who exclaims :
** Only tea, eh? Oh, that's nothing. It wasn't so much the pain, you
know, but — I've been so often warned — I thought it was the Chutnee break-
ing out ! "
"When we moderns say that a person is as obstinate as a mule, we
have explained the situation as forcibly as our poor language will permit.
But the old Romans knew better ; they knew something far more obsti-
nate than a mule, and therefore called woman mutter. The Latin always
knows what it is about.
12
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Jan. 31, 1880.
Commencing- Sunday, Nov. 16th, 1579,
and until further notice, Boats and Trains will
leave San Francisco (Washington-st. Wharf) aa follows :
3r»A p.m. daily (Sundays included), Steamer
• v/ w " James M. Donahue " (Washington Street
Wharf) , connecting with Mail and Express Train at Don-
ahue for Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Healdshurg, Cloverdale,
and way stations. Making stage connections at Geyser-
ville for Skaggs' Springs ; at Cloverdale for Ukiah, Lake-
port, Mendocino City, Highland Springs, Bartlett
Springs, Soda Bay and the Geysers.
&g~ Connections made at Fulton on following morn-
ing for Korbel's, Guerneville and the Redwoods.
(Arrive at San Francisco, week days, 10:10 A.M. ; Sun-
days, 11 A.M.
Freight received from 7 a.m.. till 2.30 p. m...
daily (except Sundays).
Special Notice.— The Sunday ExcursionTrips are dis-
continued until further notice.
Ticket Office : "Washington st. Wharf.
A. HUGHES,
Gen. Manager.
PETER J. McGLYNN,
Gen. Pass. & Tkt. Agt.
C. P. R. R.
Overland Ticket Office : Oakland Ferry, foot
of market street. --Commencing Sunday,
Jan. 25th, 1880, and until further notice.
Trains and Boatsgwill leave
SAW PKA1VCISCO:
7 0 A A.M. Daily— Local Passenger Train via Oak-
• *5v land and Benicia to Sacramento. Connects at
Vallejo Junction for Vallejo, Napa (Stages for Sonoma),
St. Helena (White Sulphur Springs) and Calistoga
(Stages for the Geysers). Connects also at Port Costa
for Martinez, Antioch and " Byron."
Sunday Excursion Tickets, at Reduced Eates,to San
Pablo, Vallejo, Benicia and Martinez.
7Q A A.M. Daily —Local Passenger Train via Oak-
•O" land, Niles, Livermore and Stockton, arriving
at Sacramento at 1:40 p.m., and connecting with Atlan-
tic Express. Connects at Niles with Train arriving at
San Jose at 10:30 a.m., and at Gait with train for lone.
9or\ A.M. Daily— Atlantic Express via Oakland and
•Ou Benicia for Sacramento, Colfax, Reno (Vir-
ginia City), Battle Mountain (Austin), Palisade (Eure-
ka), Ogden, Omaha and East. Connects at Davis for
Woodland, and at Woodland, Sundays excepted, for
Williams and Willows. Connects at Sacramento daily
■with the Oregon Express for Marysville, Chico, Red
Bluff and Redding (Stages for Portland, Oregon).
"I f\ AAA.M. Daily— Local Passenger Train via Oak-
I" v" land to Haywards and Niles. ___
3AA P.M. Daily— Local Passenger Train via Oak-
■ w land and Niles, arriving at SanJose at5:25 P.M.
3AA P.M. Daily— Local Passenger Train via Oak-
• "" land for Martinez and Antioch.
4AA P.M. Daily— Arizona Express via Oakland and
,\J\J Martinez for Lathrop (Stockton and Gait) Mer-
ced, Madera (Yosemite and Big Trees), Visalia, Sumner,
Mojave, Newhall (San Buenaventura and Santa Barbara),
Los Angeles, " Santa Monica," Wilmington, Santa Ana
(San Diego), Colton and Yuma (Colorado River Steam-
ers), connecting direct with Daily Trains of the South-
ern Pacific Railroad of Arizona for Maricopa (Stages
for Phoenix and Prescott), and for Casa Grande, 182
miles east from Yuma (Stages for Florence, Tucson and
Tombstone. Sleeping Cars between Oakland, Los An-
geles and Yuma.
Connects, Sundays excepted, at Vallejo Junction for
Vallejo, Napa, St. Helena and Calistoga.
4AA P.M. Sundays excepted— Sacramento Steamer
.YJVJ (from Wash'n St. Wharf), for Beniciaand Land-
ings on the Sacramento River.
4(~\(~IP.M. Daily— Through Third Class Train via
■ v^ \J Oakland, Martinez and Lathrop for Los An-
geles and points in Arizona.
4QA P.M. Sundays excepted— Local Passenger Train
• OIJ via Oakland and Benicia for " Sacramento."
Connects at Davis with Local Train for Woodland and
Knight's Landing, and at Sacramento with the "Vir-
ginia Express " for Reno, Carson and Virginia. Sleeping
Cars Oakland to Carson.
4 0(~i P.M. Daily — Local Passenger Train via Oak-
■Ow land for Haywards, Niles and Livermore.
Public conveyance for Mills Seminary connects at Sem-
nary Park Station with all trains, Sundays excepted.
£C (")(") P.M. Daily— Overland Emigrant Train via
*-*• ^ " Oakland, Benicia and Sacramento for Ogden,
Omaha and East.
Connections for " Vallejo" made at Vallejo Junction
from Trains leaving San Francisco 7:30 A.M., 9.30 A.M.,
3:00 P.M., and 4:00 P.M.
FERRIES AND LOCAL TRAINS.
From "SAW FRANCISCO," Daily.
A. M.
p. 6.10
7.00
7,
8.00
8.30
9.00
9.30
10.00
10.30
11.00
11.30
12.00
p. M.
12.30
1.00
1.30
2.00
3.00
3.
4.00
4.30
5.00
6.30
6.00
6.30
7.00
7.00
8.00
9.00
10.00
11.00
12.00
p. M.
1.30
2.00
"3.00
4.00
5.00
6.00
8.10B*7.00
9.20Ib*8.10
10.30 *1030
B7.00
B9.00
ElO.OO
5k
<<
O
B6.10
7.30|
8.30-
9.30
10.30
11.30
p. M.
12.30
1.00
3.30
4.30
5.30
6.30
7.00
8.10
9.20
10.30
Bll.45
7.
10.00
A. M.
7.30
8.30
, 9.30
3.001 10.30
11.30
p. M.
1.00
3.00
4.00
5.00
6.00
B6.30
7.30
p. M.
3.00
P
A. M.
B6.10
8.00
10.00
12.00
p. M.
1.30
3.30
4.30
5.30
Change Cars
at
West Oakland
To " SAN FRANCISCO," Daily.
a
a
a
8.00
10.00
12.00
P. M.
1.30
3.30
4.30
5.30
8.30
9.30
10.30
1130
p. M.
1.00
3.00
4.00
5.00
6.00
A. M.
7.00
8.00
p. M.
2.30
i.
A. M.
Change Cars 7. 10
at I p. m
WestOaklnd.1 1.25
P.
■^
A. M. I
B 5.10J B8.00
B 5.50 B10.00
6.40|b11.00
7.40| p. 11.
8.40' B6.00
9.40
10.40
11.401
p. M.
12.40
1.25
2.40
4.40
5.40
6.40
7.50
9.00
10.10
OAKLAND.
(Broadway.)
A. M.
A. M.
P. M.
B*5.00
B5.20
12.20
B*5.40
B6.00
12 50
'6.26
6.50
1.20
7.00
7.20
1.50
8.03
7.50
2. SO
9.00
8.25
3.20
10.03
8.50
3.50
11.03
9.20
4.20
12.00
9.50
4.50
p. M.
10.20
5.20
1.00
10.60
6.50
3.00
11.20
6.25
•3.20
11.50
6.50
4.00
8.00
5.00
9.10
6.03
10.20
B*7.20
B'8.30
*10.00
b— Sundays excepted.
•Alameda Passengers change cars at Oakland.
Creek Route.
From SAN FRANCISCO— Daily— B5-A0, b6:30, 7.20, 8:15,
9:15, 10:15, 11:15 A.M. 12:15, 1:15, 2:25, 3:15, 4:15,
6:15, 6.15 P.M.
FROM OAKLAND— Daily— B530, B6:20, 7:10, 8:05, 9:05,
10:05, 11:05 A. M. 12:05, 1:05, 2:15, 3:05, 4:05, 5:05,
6:05 P.M. B— JT
"Official Schedule Time" furnished by Anderson &
Randolph, Jewelers, 101 and 103 Montgomery St., S. F.
T. H. GOODMAN, Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agt.
A. N. Townb, General Superintendent.
Natural beauty surpasses any-
thing -which, can be imparted by
artificial means. PHOSPHATE
SOAP gives health to the skin
simply by removing impurities a^d
eradicating the poisons which gi<e
rise to skin diseases.
Not only tor daily use on the fac9
and hands, but for bathing the
entire body, there is nothing equal
to PHOSPHATE SOAP. It is a
thorough disinfectant and removes
offensive odors of every kind.
Ladies who have injured the skin
by the constant use of cosmetics
may do much to restore their faces
to that beauty which nature alone
can give by constantly using PHOS-
PHATE SOAP.
WINTER ARRANGEMENT.
Commencing Friday, Not. 31st, 1S79,
and until further notice, Passenger Trains will leave
San Francisco, from Passenger Depot on Townsend
street, between Third and Fourth streets, as follows :
8QAA.M, daily for San Jose and Way Stations.
• *-' *-' tg^f Stages for Pescadero (via San Mateo)
connect with this train only.
"I f\ Of\A.M, daily for San Jose, Gilroy, Hollister,
J-V^.OV_/ Tres Pinos, Pajaro, Castroville, Monterey,
Salinas, Soledad and all Way Stations. fg^T At Pa-
jaro, the Santa Cruz R. R. connects with this train for
Aptos, Soquel and Santa Cruz. Bajj?** At Castroville,
change cars for Monterey. ]psg~ Stage connections <
made with this train. (Pescadero Stages via San Mateo
excepted.)
Q Q A p.m. daily (Sundays excepted) for San Jose,
'J"*^" Gilroy, and principal Way Stations.
A O f\ p.m. dailyfor San Jose and Way Stations.
Ci Q(~) p.m.— daily, for Menlo Park and Way Stations.
jgST The Extra Sunday Trains to San Jose and Way
Stations have been discontinued for the winter season.
Second-Class Fare.
Between San Francisco and San Jose §1. 00.
On Freight Trains only, leaving San Francisco at 4:00
a.m. and 10:40 a.m.; San Jose at 5:35 a.m. and 8:30 p.m.1
(daily, Sundays excepted).
Excursion Tickets at Reduced Rates ]
To San Jose and intermediate points sold on Saturdays,
and Sunday mornings, good for return until following
Monday inclusive.
Also, EXCURSION TICKETS to Aptos, Soquel, Santa
Cruz and Monterey, sold on Saturdays ouly— good for
return until the following Monday inclusive.
(jE^™" Principal Ticket Office— Passenger Depot, Town-
send street. Branch Ticket Office — No. 2 New Mont-;
gomery street, Palace Hotel.
A. C BASSETT, Supt. H. R. JUDAH, A. P. &T. A.
SOUTHERN DIVISIONS.
Commencing: Monday, Hay 19th, 1879
{^° Passengers for points on the Southern Divisions
of the road will take the cars of the Central Pacific Rail-
road via OAKLAND, leaving SAN FRANCISCO via Ferry
Landing, Market street, at 4:00 p.m. daily (Arizona Ex-
press Train) , and making close connection at GOSHEN
for Sumner, Mojave, Los Angeles, Wilmington, Ana-
heim, Colton, Colorado River, Yuma, Maricopa and Casa
Grande (182 miles east from Yuma). Nov. 22.
SONOMA VALLEY RAILROAD.
The Steamer "Sonoma3' leaves Wash-
ington-street Wharf daily (Sunday excepted) at 2
p.m., for Norfolk, connecting with cars for the town of
Sonoma and way stations, arriving 6 p.m.; returning,
leaves Sonoma 7 A.M., arriving at San Francisco 11 A.M. \
For further particulars apply at General Office, 426 Mont- ' '
gomery street, or at Washington-street Wharf.
JAMES M. DONAHUE,
Dec. 6. G. P. and T. Agent.
ALASKA COMMERCIAL COMPANY,
No. 310 Sansome Street,
San Francisco,
WHOLESALE JOEJLLJEMS XJV FVJtS*
[September 21.]
NOTICE.
For the very best photographs go to
BRADLEY & RULOFSON'S, in an Jfilevator, 429 5
Montgomery street. Oct. 29. I
For chapped hands the constant
use of PHOSPHATE SOAP wiU
be recommended by all who give
it one fair trial.
If you want a nice article of
Toilet Soap and something that is
beneficial to the skin, buy PHOS-
PHATE SOAP.
Ladies who wish to make the
skin look beautiful and natural
should use PHOSPHATE SOAP.
Manufactured by "Standard Soap Co.,"
204 Sacramento St., San Francisco.
Ask your Druggist for it.
■-',J
Jan. 31, 1SS0.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
13
'The World," the Flesh, and the Devil.
[ Br a Truthful Penman. 1
Wives are beinc looked fur am one the Royal families of Europe for
Prince William of Prussia, eldest eon of the frown Prince of Germany;
attd for the Prince of Orange, heir to the throne of Holland. It ia prob-
able that attempts will l>e made to briug about a marriage between thia
latter Prince and a member of the Hohenzollern family. The state of the
■Accession in Germany renders the early marriage <>f Prince William very
Esirable, he and bis brother and the little sou of Prince Frederick
Charles being the only males of the " new generation."^— Lord Beacons-
field has lately been so repeatedly worried hy threatening letters, that he
haa felt it his duty to place them in the hands of the Chief Constable of
his County, and that, in consequence of the inquiries the Chief Constable
has made, he has deemed it advisable to place almost a cordon of police
round Hughenden. At present, however, no clue has be^n obtained to
the author of the letters. ^^Some estimate maybe formed of the reckless
waste that is the habit at Constantinople from the following fact: Abdul
Medjid insisted that all the ladies of his harem should be covered with
jewels, and that there should always be a fringe of diamonds round their
wide trowsers. When he died, the outstanding bills of the harem
amounted to the modest sum of £25,000,000. — Truth..— ^A new weekly
paper has just made its appearance with the new year, in Dublin, called
the Cause. In externals it rather resembles the Spectator ; in substance
and style it is Pall Mallish. The " cause " is the landlords' cause, and
the first number looks and reads well. -^— Mr. Bright, at Rochdale, the
other day, alluded to the smallness of the American navy. It may in-
terest him to know that this " smallness " does not extend to its cost, al-
though its supplies are voted by the Legislature of a republic and not of
an effete monarchy. The expenditure on that portion alone which in this
benighted country we Bhould call the "effete service," is just three mil-
lions, or considerably more than a tourth of the sum expended on the
whole of ours. Its strength is not more than a seventh ot the navy of
England. ^^Frequenters of picture private views in London have a new
sensation thiB winter. Last season they mobbed beauty: now hideously-
attired unkempt dowdiness provokes the stare. The prize for the new
style seems generally awarded to a rheubarb colored flannel Ulster and a
cart-wheel beaver hat, which pervaded both two recent private views —
London World.— Of course there is a good deal of distress iu the West
of Ireland, and the Duchess of Marlborough is to be commended for her
efforts ; but when we hear of processions of starving men carrying loaves
on sticks, etc., and read the harrowing tales picked up by "special cor-
respondents " in quest of " copy," we must recollect that an idiosyncrasy
of the Irish character is not to do a stroke of work if life can be possibly
sustained idly on chSrity.^^A rising man at Teheran is M. Gregorie-
vitch, First Dragoman to the Russian Ambassador, whose diplomatic
talent is exciting a great deal of notice among his own countrymen. The
Shah, it is said, is wholly under his influence, and he takes advantage of
this to bring about some movements not at all to the advantage of Eng-
land in the East.— — The Duke of Portland was a regular subscriber to a
very large number of newspapers and weekly journals. He had four com-
plete sets supplied regularly to him, one for each of his Scotch houses,
one for Welbeck, and one for Harcourt House. The extent to which he
supported the periodical Press may be judged from the fact that his news-
paper bill was over £1,300 a year. — Vanity V*Vm\^— Theodore Martin has
completed another volume of his Life of the Prince Consort, and is now at
Windsor with the proof sheets for the inspection of the Queen. Every
page of the work passes under her Majesty's eye before it is published,
and the last volume is said to be particularly satisfactory to her Majesty
as well as to the author.— ^It has been determined to hold an Interna-
tional Exhibition at Rome in 1882, an important feature being the recent
applications of science to general industry. -^Lord Beaconsfield's mot
You seem to be in now, my lord," said a visitor, " for all time." " Well,"
said the Premier, " that depends upon the date of the Day of Judgment."
^— In the demand for separation by Madame Encalada against her hus-
band, the love letters put in weighed 342 pounds.— ^The Scotch gentle-
man who presumed he could make diamonds, still maintains that idea,
notwithstanding Mr. Maskelyne (of the British Museum, not Piccadilly)
says that the Scotchman's diamonds are anything but real. He writes:
"I do not despair of convincing Mr. Maskelyne himself of his being, to
Bay the least of it, premature in his conclusions as to the problem of the
orystalization of carbon having been successfully solved, and as it has
been accomplished by means very similar to those which in the concluding
paragraph of his letter he suggests as being possible, I trust the scientific
"World will suspend their judgment until more ample evidence has been
laid before them. — Court Journal.^— The Gaufois states that the second
Commission of Cardinals, to whom was referred Lady Mary Hamilton's
demand for the annulling of her marriage with the Crown Prince of Mo-
naco, on the ground of moral coercion by her mother and by Napoleon III.,
has declared the marriage null. The commission, however, affirms the
legitimacy of the child horn in 1870, and the father's right to take charge
of him.—— Adelina Patti, on her recent arrival at Dresden, was met at
the railway station by a party of her admirers. Their spokesman, a gen-
eral, handed her a beautiful bouquet, and was about to deliver an ad-
dress, when the impressario of the prima donna approached him and said:
S Your Excellency, please postpone the agreeable task of addressing
Madame, for in this draught she may easily catch a dreadful cold in the
head, and every such accident costs me 15,000 marks."— The Pope's
new paper, the Aurora, sells for twenty centesimi, or four cents, and is
printed on whiter paper than any other journal in Italy. The leading
articles are written by men of European reputation, and refer chiefly to
social and political topics connected with religion. The type is very large,
like that of the old Osservatore Romano, the organ under Pius IX.
E. M.Fry. FRY, WATTLES A CO., J.B.Watties.
Slook Broken.
SOS Montgomery Street, S. F., Under the Nevada Bunk.
iW Money to loan on MtlTO UCOOnts. Nov. 8.
0«0. C. HlCKO*.
GEORGE C. HICKOX & CO.,
E. C. McFarlanb.
Clotnniissloii stock Broker* (Nnn Francisco Stock Ex-
J change. No. 412 Montgomery street, San Francisco. May 4.
James H. Grossman.] [H. F. Baker, O.E., Mining Engineer.
GROSSMAN & BAKER,
Mine Brokers, 324 Fine street. San Francisco, California.
Hinlnr I'rnperiies Examined, Surveyed and Keported on ; Ore and Minerals
Assayed or Analyzed ; Sates Negotiated or Capital procured for development. Con-
nections in London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Balti-
more, St. Louis and Chicago. Jan. 17.
GEORGE C. HICKOX & CO.,
Stock Brokers,
Have Removed to No. 412 Montgomery Street. [Jan. 17.
ANDREW BAIRD,
Negotiator of Loans and Commercial Paper,
Broker in Local anil State Securities,
No. 312 California Street San Francisco.
[P. O. Box l,g08.] July 19.
SCHWAB & BREESE,
New Art Gallery, U21 Market street, opposite Palace Hotel.
Oil Painlines, Engravings, Wax aud Artists' Materials.
Kg- ADMISSION FREE. Sept. 13.
^Tnow & CO.,
20 Post street, opposite Mechanics' Institute, Import-
ers and Manufacturers of Pictures, Frames, Mouldings, and Artist's Ma-
Sept. 20.
N'
crials. Established 18.9.
R
W. K. VICKERY,
are Engravings ami Etchings, 13ti Kearny street (Thnrlow
Block, Room 8), San Francisco. Office Hours, from 1 to 5 p.m. Jan. 17.
JULES TAVERNIER'S NEW STUDIO,
728 Montgomery Street. [Jan. 17.
AVERILL MIXED PAINT,
The Best, Most Durable and Beautiful of All Faints.
PREPARED READY FOR VSE,
AND OF ANY SHADE OB COLOR DESIRED.
O. S. ORKICK, General Agent,
Sept. 27. 339 Market at., Opposite Front.
Newton Booth, C. T, Wheeler, Sacramento. | J. T. Glover, W. W. Dodge, S. F
W. W. DODGE & CO.
holesale Grocers, corner Front aud Clay streets, San
Francisco. April 1.
w
CASTLE BROTHERS,
ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAR 1850.
Importers of Teas and East India Goods, Nos. 213 and 215
Front street, San Francisco. Jan. 13.
Francisco Daneri. .;.„. . Henry Casanova.
F. DANERI & CO.,
Dealers in Wines, Liquors and Groceries, nave removed to
Nos. 27 and 29 CALIFOltNIA STREET. Dec. 20.
L.tLNevrton^ NEWTON BROTHERS & CO., MTHewton.
Importers and wholesale dealers in Teas, Foreign Goods and
Groceries, 204 and 206 California street, San Francisco, Cal May 25.
~TABER, HARKER& CO."
IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE OROCEXS,
10S and 110 California St., S. F.
[April 19.]
PROF. JOS. JOSSET,
Gradnate of the University of Paris; Ex. Professor of De
la Mennais' Normal, France ; late of Poiut Loma Seminary, San Diego. Pri-
vate Lessons in the French Language. Residence : Post street, between Powell and
Stockton, next to Red Men's Hall. AL home from 12 to 2 p.m. Private Lessons
given at the residence of the pupil. Dec. 6.
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Gold Medal, Paris, 1S78.
old by all Stationers. Sole Atren t for the 1 n lied States:
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Reduction In Price : Wholesale Price, 50 cents per barrel ;
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Leidtsdorff street, from Clay to Commercial.
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SAN" FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Jan. 31, 1880.
DOINGS AT SACRAMENTO.
[from our own correspondent.]
Last week I told how all things legislative were in a state of confu-
sion. This week that confusion is worse confounded. The Supreme Court
has knocked the bottom out of all the Assembly's work. More than one-
fourth of the whole session has passed away, and nothing — absolutely
nothing — has yet been legally accomplished. No bill has been read in the
Assembly three times at length, and hence, according to the decision of
the Appellate Court, nothing has been made legally effective. Just how
everything is to be undone, and a new start made, are at present among
the uncertainties. Some members see no way out of the difficulty but by
withdrawing all bills that have passed a first reading and by reintroducing
them. Other more daring representatives of the people think the consti-
tutional requirement may be evaded by suspending the rules and declar-
ing all bills " urgent." That power is conferred upon a two-thirds major-
ity vote "in case of urgency." The questions arise, What is "urgency,"
and who are the judges of it? If the members of the Assembly are,
then the difficulty is easily solved in every case in which a two-thirds
vote is procurable. When that is not obtainable, it is perhaps just as well
that the bill should be put back to the point of initiation. All really
useful measures will surely obtain the requisite vote, and in regard to all
others, no harm will come of staying their progress. If that should turn
out to be the solution of the difficulty, little mischief and perhaps some
good may come of what has happened. The deportment of the Judges
during the hearing, and the nature of their decision, are being freely crit-
icized here. It is said that the queries propounded by their Honors re-
sulted in the argument being turned aside from the true issues. It is
claimed that the decision would have been otherwise, if their Honors had
been at all conversant with the technical meaning of parliamentary phrase-
ology. The word " reading" has, by long established usage, come to have
a meaning to parliamentary minds as clear cut and well defined as many
legal phrases have to the minds of lawyers. Deprive laws and the writ-
ten authorities thereupon of the special meaning attachable to technical
phrases, and there would be very little left of either. Their Honors didn't
or wouldn't see this, and hence their decision. It is said that the indica-
tions are that the wordB of the new Constitution will be interpreted, not
in the scholarly Bense, but as the vulgar interpreters of sand-lots would
read them. This is rough, and, let us hope, not true. Whatever may be
the legal merits of the decision in question, it is certain that in future
sessions it will work well in checking hasty legislation.
MAKING MEMBERS WORK.
It may be expected that from this time forth members will settle down
to something like work. There are Bigns that they begin to realize how
much there is to do, and how comparatively little time there is to do it in.
They begin to appreciate, if they do not altogether understand their busi-
ness. A most excellent determination has been arrived at by Republican
members, that will parcel out the work in a way that cannot be shirked
or evaded, and will greatly expedite matters. The three or four leading
committees of both Houses are henceforth to meet in joint session, and
take hold of all legislation to them pertaining with a vim and de-
termination that will brook neither resistance nor delay. The Republi-
cans, having control of both Houses, will, in any event, be held responsi-
ble for what occurs. Realizing that they have taken matters into their
own hands, they are determined that there shall be less fooling and more
work. This is what I suggested last week should be done. It is use-
less to have power and not exercise it. Moreover, there was an urgent
necessity for somebody to take the lead, and be responsible for it. The
party in the majority have rightly assumed that position. Governor
Perkins, in a published interview, has clearly indicated the programme.
First, all legislation necessary to set the courts at work is to be perfected
forthwith. Secondly, the bills necessary for taxation and revenue pur-
poses, and, thirdly, the bills to give effect to local government in the
cities and counties. These things accomplished, members may occupy
all that remains of their time as they please, The G-overnor says that
under no circumstances will he call an extra session. The real effect of
that announcement seems to be greatly misunderstood by the very many
members who have not taken the pains to read and understand the New
Constitution. They say that it may, and very likely will, happen that
when the hundred days have expired, important legislation will be found
,to be in an unfinished condition. Well, admit that, and what then?
Members are not prohibited from going on and finishing it. They may
continue in session as long as they please. All that happens at the end
of the hundred days is that their per diem stops. That's all. Governor
Perkins evidently thinks, as the framers of the Constitution thought,
that one hundred days well and truly employed are sufficient to complete
the business. They have already lost four weeks because of their own
laches. They cannot expect the people to pay for wasted time. A suffi-
cient period has been allowed for the performance of their whole task ; if
they fail to complete it in that period, they may strike work, or go on at
their own expense. If the Governor were to call an extra session, the per
diem would be renewed. Therefore, under no circumstances will he call
an extra seBsion. Who, except a few members elect, will say that he is
wrong ?
WHY ALL SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS MUST GO.
In Sacramento, as in San Francisco, there is an evident disinclination
to believe that any special Commission or Board, now exercising munici-
pal functions, is doing so in plain violation of the Constitution. No one
Beems to want to believe that in San Francisco there are now no legally con-
stituted Police Commissioners, no Board of Health, no New City Hall
Commissioners, no Publiu Library Committee, and no Fire Commission-
ers, Yet such is the fact, which is admitted by lawyers who take the
trouble to examine the Constitution with a view to determine this
particular question. As the matter is of great importance to San Fran-L
cisco, it may be well to recite what the fundamental law says upon the I
subject. Section 12 of Article 11 provides that "the Legislature shallJ
not delegate to any special Commission, private corporation, Company,*
Association or individual any power to make, control, appropriate, super-f
vise or in any way interfere with any county, city, town or municipal irr
provement, money, property or effects, whether held in trust or othei
wise, or to levy taxes or assessments, or perform any municipal function,
whatever." The effect of those words is unmistakable. It is undeniable
that all special Commissions performing " municipal functions" must go. j
The only remaining question is, as to when it was intended their func-
tions should cease. I quote again: " The provisions of all laws inconsiat-L
ent with this Constitution shall cease upon the adoption thereof, except!
that all laws which require legislation to enforce them shall remain in I
full force until the 1st day of July, 1880, unless sooner altered or repealed!
by the Legislature." The question is thus brought down to a narrow |
compass. All special Commissions are abolished, but they remain in ex- 1
istence until the 1st of July next, unless there is some other power au- jj
thorized to perform their functions. Is there any such other power?}
Unquestionably there is. The Constitution, in this respect, is self-opera- f
tive. It provides who shall regulate all municipal affairs. Section 11 of 1
Article 11 has clothed the Board of Supervisors with the power to do|
what is now done by the various special Commissions. It declares that ]
" any county, city, town or township may make and enforce, within its I
limits, all such local, police, sanitary and other regulations as are not in l
conflict with general laws." It ought to have made and enforced, when |
the new Constitution was adopted, all regulations which special Commis-v
sions still make and enforce. It follows a priori that no special munici- 1
pal Commission is in legal existence to-day, and that a large portion of J
your city government is being carried on in plain violation of the funda- >
mental law. The Auditor is auditing and the Treasurer is paying illegal I
claims, which psssibly their bondsmen may be made responsible for.]
The Legislature cannot mend these errors, or legalize what is going on, I
for it is specially prohibited from authorizing special Commissions to per- ]
form "any municipal functions whatever." If an active-minded citizen]
were to take up this matter, he might easily make trouble for somebody.
LAWS RELATING TO THE PRESS.
Several bills affecting the press have been introduced. Grove L; John-
son's Retraction bill is again to the fore. The News Letter supported
it at the last session, and, no doubt, will do so again. It is but the appli-
cation to the press of the code of morals which prevails between gentle-
men. If one man has falsely accused another it is his bounded duty, and
should be a spontaneous and pleasureable act to make the amends honorable
forthwith. The rule, which in honor, is so binding upon private gentle'
men, ought at least to have equal force with the gentlemen of the press.
It has, and for them no retraction law is necessary. But there are skunksii
of the press, not being impelled to do a just act from good conscience,
ought to be forced to do it from fear of the law. There is another,
though lower reason, why the Retraction law would be an advantage. It '
would practically annihilate libel suits. Few men would be found toij
pursue a criminal prosecution if this more speedy and satisfactory remedyli
were at hand.
INTERESTING TO WRITERS.
Another bill relating to the press provides that the full name of the real
writer shall be printed at the foot of every editorial, or original article,
which expresses an opinion, or draws any deduction from alleged facts,
Among actual writers of merit this bill will surely find favor. It is cal-
culated to exalt and dignify their profession, which in very truth is sadlyll
in need of Borne elevating process. The man who writes over hi3 own
signature will write with a due sense of respousibility. If the power is in
him he will do justice to his Bubject, to his employer, to his readers and to
himself. If he has capacity he will soon be known and appreciated, and
in the end he will receive greater financial and social recognition than is at
present vouchsafed to the men who to-day do other men's thinking. Such
a law would do much to take away from the American press the scandal
which attaches to it, that its editorials are flippant and' shallow, and not
always calculated to subserve their tone, their highest, and their best pur-
pose, of soundly educating and rightly directing the public mind. The
pen is mightier than the sword. Yet, while the sword brings rank, sta-
tion, honor and high rewards, he who wields the pen, though he open a
whole storehouse of knowledge and experience to his readers, and be
gifted with rare qualifications not given to one man in ten thousand,
he is nevertheless relegated to a back room, where he is overworked
and underpaid, and when he goes out among his fellows
is most likely to find that he occupies but an undefined and uncertain
social status. The "liberty of the press " ought to include the liberty of
its most valued members to win whatever of name, fame and fortune,
their abilities and experience entitle them to. At present it means any-
thing but that. The leading writer has an extinguisher put over his head,
his person is unknown, and his identity hidden. What would a preacher
say if his name were strictly withheld from his congregation, .and he were
compelled to preach from behind a partition, so that he might be heard
but not seen? What would the generalship of a great soldier amount to
if he were compelled to preserve his identity from his troops, and forced
to issue orders from behind a mask ? In France writers have the advan-
tage of signing their names to their communications, and the system gave
the world Thiers, Gambetta, Cassagnac, and many other great men. The
bill I am alluding to might well be called, "An Act to Emancipate the
Writers for the Press of the State of California." n.
Strikes in England.— Mr. Bevan communicates to the London Times
the following particulars of strikes, during 1879, in the United Kingdom :
In the building trades, 69; in the mining trades, 71; in the iron and metal
trades, 45; in the engineering trades, 13; in the traffic trades, 8; in the
ship-building trades, 13; in the ceramic and glass trades, 10; in the wood
and stone trades, 12; in the clothing trades, 12; in the textile trades, 47;
in the laboring trades, 12; in sundry trades, 15; making in all 327 strikes
in 1879, against 277 in 1878, and 191 in 1877. The late rise in the prices
of commodities has led to strikes for an advance of wages, and the pros-
pects of very active trade in 1880 make it not improbable that there will
be numerous strikes to force an increase of wages.
There is a beautiful fitness in things, as Jones remarked when the
baby sat down in his new beaver.
Jan. 31, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
15
THE ELECTRICIAN.
An Electric Divining Rod.— Still another electric maxv el in reported,
and, strange to say. it <Ws not emanate this time from Menlo Park,
though Mr. E«li<M>n may of course have pre invented it many years ago.
It i- t "thine lewi than an " electric pnwi-ector," or divining rod that is,
electric apparatus whereby paying deposit* «>f gold, silver and copper
i be positively indicated and their exact location pointed out. This is
aorompliithed without the tedious and expensive use of the pick or drill,
or the common appliances of prospecting. By the instrument in question,
Mr. James Phillips, of Central Kails, II. I., is able to trace the lodes or
veins of precious ores through all their varying dips, angles and sinuosi-
ties.
What Next?- An experiment had been made in the Zeelandia estate
(British Guinea) with Gill's process for defecating cane-juice by galvanism.
Tbe experiment can hardly be reported as successful, though it was not so
decided a failure as previous experiments with it have proved. The re-
port of the gentlemen who watched the trial was to the effect that the
invention is not without merit, and that it is capable of being modified
and converted into a valuable system of sugar manufacture. The pres-
ent failure was attributed to defects in the apparatus in which the gal-
ranic battery was placed. This may serve as a hint to our friend
Hackles.
Underground Telegraphs.— The French are about to follow the lead
of the Germans in introducing subterranean lines. M. Cochery, the Min-
ister of Posts and Telegraphs, recently applied to the Government for a
credit of 8,000,000 francs, for the establishment of underground wireB
along some of the principal lines, to take the place of the serial ones, in
«e the latter should be interrupted by the weather or other causes.
Electricity in the Future.— Dr. Werner Siemens, of Berlin, in a
lecture on " Electricity in Service of Life," dwelling on the electric trans-
mission of force, prophesied that " the energy of the solar rays, mani-
fested in currents of air or in falls of water, may by-and-bye, through the
electric current, furnish all necessary heat, and render us independent of
ordinary fuel."
The Electric Light at Sea.— The passengers by the Inman steamer
Vitu of Berlin, during her recent trip to New York, with the electric light
on board, have addressed a note of congratulation to the company. The
experiment of lighting the vessel by electricity has proved highly satis-
factory. Not only was the saloon brilliantly illuminated, but the steer-
age, usually the gloomiest part of the ship, was lighted up in all parts.
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
The company's steamers will sail as follows at 12 HI:
CITY OF TOKIO, March 20th-CITY OF PEKING, Feb. 7th, May 1st— for
YOKOHAMA and HONGKONG.
CITY OF PANAMA, February 4th, for NEW YORK and PANAMA, calling at
MAZATLAN. SAN BLAS. MANZANILLO, ACAPULCO, SAN JOSE DE GUATE-
MALA. LA LIBERTAD and PUNTA ARENAS.
Tiukets to and from Europe by any line for sale at the lowest rates ; also to Ha-
and all West India ports.
ZEALANDIA, Februarv 16th, at 12 o'clock m., or on arrival of the English
mails, for HONOLULU, AUCKLAND and SYDNEY. flO additional is charged for
passace in Upper Saloon.
Round the World Trip, via New Zealand and Australia, S650. Tickets also issued
from San Francisco to New York via New Zealand and Australia.
DAKOTA, January 30th, for VICTORIA, PORT TOWNSEND, SEATTLE, and
TAC'MA, connecting at TACOMA with Northern Pacific Railroad for PORT-
LAND, Oregon, and at Seattle with local steamers for Skaget River and Mines.
Tickets must be purchased before 11 a.m. on day of sailing, at Wharf Office.
For freight or passage apply at the office, cor. First and Brannan streets.
Jan. 31. WILLIAMS, DIMOND & CO., General Agents.
CUNARD LINE.
British and North American Royal Mall Steamships be-
tween NEW YORK and LIVERPOOL, calling atQUEENSTOWN, sailing from
(Jew York EVERY WEDNESDAY.
.April 7.. May 12
8CYTHIA Feb. 11
4BYSSINIA Feb. 18. .March 31.,
iOTHNIA l'eb. 25 April 28
1ALLIA March 3.. April 21
'ARTHIA March 10. April 14
ALGERIA March 17 May
SECLA March 24
CALIFORNIA AND MEXICAN S. S. LINE,
Ij^or Bfazntlau and Gaayinas.»The Steamship "Newbern,"
I? (Wm. Metzger, Master) will leave for the above ports on TUESDAY, Feb.
Id, 1880, at 12 o'clock m., from Folsom-street Wharf. Through Bills of Lading
rill be furnished and none others signed. Freight will be received on Wednesday,
anuary 28th. No Fieight received after Monday, February 2d, at 12 o'clock m.(
.nd Bills of Lading must be accompanied by Custom House and Consular Clearances,
"or freight or passage, apply to J. BERM1NGHAM, Agent,
Jan. 31. No. 10 Market street.
Passage can be secured and all information given on application to
WILLIAMS, DIMOND & CO.,
Jan. 31. 218 California st.
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ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
Ha Silver Mining Company—Location of principal place
of business, San Francisco, California; location of works, Reveille Mining
•iatrict, Nye County, Nevada.— Notice is hereby given, that at a meeting of the
loard of Directors, held on the fifteenth day of January, 18S0, an assessment (No.
J) of Twenty-five Cents per share was levied upon the capital stock of the corpora-
ion, payable immediately in United States gold coin, to the Secretary, at the office
if the Company, Room 7, Safe Deposit Building, 328 Montgomery street, San Fran-
isco, California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall remain unpaid on the seventeenth day
»f February, 1880, will be delinquent, and advertised for sale at public auction ; and
tnless payment is made before, will be sold on TUESDAY, the ninth (9th) day of
larch, 1880, to pay the delinquent assessment, together with costs of advertising
Qd expenses of sale. By order of the Board of Directors.
WM. W. PARRISH, Secretary.
Office— Room 7, Safe Deposit Building, No. S2S Montgomery street, San Francisco,
"*1. Jan. 31.
HIGHEST STOCK QUOTATIONS
For the Week Ending Jan. 30. 1880.
COM TILED Bt OKOROR C. HlCXOX 9t Co., 412 MONTOOMRRV StRRRT.
Name of Mine.
Sat.
Argcnta
•An- es ,
Alpha
•Altu
•Addenda
Bullion.
* Belcher
Best iBelchor ,
Benton ,
Bodie Con
Boston Con ,
"Bechtel Con ,
Buhver Con
Belle Isle ,
Black Hawk
*Belvidere ,
•Booker
*Cons Imperial
•Crown Point
Chollar ,
California
Con. Virginia ,
Caledonia .
Confidence
Con Pacific
Con. Dorado
Day
Dudley
Eureka Con ,
"Exchequer ,
Fairfax ,
Flowery
•Gould & Curry ',
•Gila
Grand Prize
* Hale & Norcross
Julia
Justice ,
Jackson
♦Jupit :r ,
Kentuck
Leviathan
•Lady Bryan
* Lady Washington. . .
♦Mexican
Manhattan
Metallic
Mount Diablo
•Martin White
♦Mammoth
Northern Belle
Noonday
North Noonday
North Bonanza . . . .
Ophir
Overman
Occidental
Potosi
Paradise Valley
Raymond & Ely
Summit
Savage
•Silver Hill
Seg Belcher
Silver King, Arizona .
♦Scorpion
•Sierra Nevada
Tip-Top
Tioga
"Utah
Union Con
•Ward
Wales Con
"Yellow Jacket
MoiCDAT. TUESDAT.
A.U. P.M. A.M. P H
I9i
24S
n!
Wbdmbsdt Tuurbdat. Frl,
P.M. A.M.
18£
12
18J
103
18J
22i
4
441
10J
Assessments are now due on the Stocks above marked thus *
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVALS AND CLEARANCES AT THE PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO, FOR
THE WEEK ENDING JAN. 30, 1880.
ARRIVALS.
DATS.
VESSEL.
WASTER.
where from.
CONSIGNEES.
Jan 25
.. 25
.. 25
Ship Cape St. Vincent.
Prout
Richards . . .
Nisstm
Connolly . . .
Jones
Price
Gunson
Ardrossan,...
Panama
Hongkong
Rodgers, Meyer & Co.
Rodgers, Meyer & Co.
., 26
.. 26
.. 27
St'r City of Panama. . .
Ship Magdala
Williams, Dimond& Co.
Dickson, DeWolf & Co.
.. 27
.. 27
.. 27
Ship Tatterdale
Bark Alpheta
Balfour, Guthrie & Co.
Wm. T. Coleman & Co.
C. L. Taylor & Co.
CLEARANCES.
Jan 24
. 26
VESSEL.
Bktne Discovery
Ship St. John
St'r Alaska
Ship Wandering Jew.
Bark Lilly Grace
Smith ...
S mat ley .
Austin ..,
Tapley...,
Hughes..,
wiierr bound
Honolulu
Cork
Panama
Queenstowu .
Callao
BT WHOM CLRARED.
Williams, Dimond & Co.
H. J. Glenn.
Williams, Dimond & Co.
Parrott & Co.
J. W. Grace.
G. E. BARTON,
Attorney and Counsellor-nt-Law,
€29 EJSAJRNY STREET ROOMS 1 and 2.
[December 20.]
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Jan. 31, 1880.
TREASURES.
The rose, preserved with tender care ;
The perfumed note; the tress of hair —
That speak of boyish folly —
From cosey depths of easy-chair
I scan them all with shrugging air
Of cynic melancholy.
The "'carte de danse;" the crumpled glove,
The netted purse — "with. Polly's love" —
(Confound it! which was Polly?")
The posy ring I gave to Bets,
When softly came the whispered "Yes,"
Which seemed a dream of Heaven.
We turtle-doves were wont to plan
(On something very small per ann.)
A dainty cote in Devon.
Ah, fickle Bess ! she ran away
With Puller, of the Guards, they say.
And died in '57.
A foolscap page of lover's sighs
To one whom I apostrophise
As (* stony-hearted Janet."
I call the damsel cruel — cold,
In threadbare terms about as old
As this decrepit planet.
Ah, well, those self-same halting rhymes
Did duty half a dozen times —
They all had hearts of granite?
'Tis sweet to dream of vanished youth,
Of days long dead and gone — in truth,
A pleasing occupation
Of boyhood's "fitful fever" o'er;
Of follies past — a matter for
Sincere congratulation !
So, dusty relics! with a sigh —
(An epitaph unspoken) — I
Consign you to cremation.
Ah, lips of woman ! — rosy, ripe, —
The amber mouth-piece of my pipe
To me is twice as charming.
When one arrives at fifty odd,
The arrows of the archer god
Have lost their power of harming.
A wounded heart will ache, no doubt ;
But then one finds a twinge of gout
A trifle more alarming !
THE CHILIAN ARMY.
An ex-officer of the German Guard Corps, now a resident in Chili,
sends home to the Berlin Militar- Wochenblatt an interesting account of
the Chilian army. The Chilian soldier is, says the writer, of the Aruca-
nian race, and is a direct descendant of the tribe of Indians which, at the
time of the Spanish conquest of South America, successfully defied the
armies of Spain, and under the leadership of the gallant chiefs Lantaro
and Caupolican preserved the independence of their country. Of middle
stature, sturdy and thick-set, of powerful bodily build, hardened against
fatigue, indifferent to the danger of death, with a light brown or copper-
colored skin, the Chilian soldier bears the stamp of savage bravery. With
his intellectual faculties, however, but slightly or not at all developed,
and with an innate love of personal independence, the Chilian submits
but unwillingly to discipline ; and according to the testimony of Chilian
officers themselves, orders can only be enforced by a frequent and free ap-
plication of the stick. The regular Chilian army only, which before the
outbreak of the present war with Peru numbered less than 2,500 men, can
be considered as a trained and disciplined body, the remainder of the
armed forces of the country consisting altogether of militia and national
guards. The armament of all the troops is, however, excellent. The in-
fantry, organized in regiments of two battalions, the latter 600 strong, is
armed almost exclusively with the Coroblain breechloader (the rifle
adopted also in Belgium, Greece and Brazil}; G,000 men only having re-
ceived very lately Gras rifles manufactured by the Austrian Small-arm
Company at Steyer. The cavalry carry Remington carbines ; while the
field batteries are equipped with Krupp guns. The ammunition is mostly
procured from Europe, but latterly very successful attempts have been
made to manufacture projectiles for the guns in the country.
Here is a Btory which, the narrator naively says, illustrates several
things — the unaffected simplicity of Grant, the democratic equality of
our institutions, and the "cheek" of Young America. A very nice
young gentleman of Washington, who lived in the city during Grant's
Presidential terms, was walking out one day, when he bad occasion to re-
light his cigar. While looking round in quest of a neighbor with a light,
he happened to see, coming down the sidewalk, about to meet him, Pres-
ident Grant, alone, and smoking his inevitable cigar. And what should
Young America, in perplexity, but calmly walk up to the President, and
politely ask him for a light from his cigar ! With perfect politeness, in
return, the President took the cigar from his lips and rendered him the
service he requested, and then the two men passed on, quite as any other
people would, who had been civil to each other in this little street- courtesy.
But, says the story-teller, shades of St. George and the Dragon, think of
a " clerk " stopping the Prince of Wales in Pall Mall, and asking him for
a light ! — Court Circular.
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
Recorded in the City and County of San Francisco, California, for j
the Week ending January 23d, 1880.
Compiled from the Records of the Commercial Agency \ 401 California St. , S. F
Saturday, January 17th.
ORANTOB AND GRANTEE.
DESCRIPTION.
Jas Regan to Patrick FitzsimmonstS E'lis, 215 w Devisadero, 30x137:6 ...,
Wm Boswortb to Jos Leveque JSe Mission, 125 sw 7th, sw 25xS5, bein«
1 in 100-va 2H1 ,
Peter Donahne to Jas L Eoff |Nw 6th ave and D st, n 125x120
Julia Shay to Daniel Mahoney...,
Sampson Tarns io Snnih Henney.
Wm C Aickerly to Ro'it Feige...
£ Marks et al to S O Alexander. .
Lor* 337, 339. Gift Map 1
N Haight, 225 w Scott, e 25x137:6
E Utah, 250 n Yolo, n 50x100
Assigns all property, real and personal
j for benefit of creditors
H Norton et al to H H Haight Water Lot 745 e Spear betw Howard and
| Folsora
2'xll2 •
Sand LSoc'y to D H Schriefer ... Se Natoma, 275 ne 3d, ne 37:6x80
Jos H McClosky to same Same ■.
A WMacphereon to H S &LSocy|Ne Reale, 137:6 se Harrison, se 68:9x
I 137:6; nw corBeale and Harrison, nw
162:6, etc -
S HDwinelle to pame Sw Eddv and Leavth. w 137:6x82:6
John Lyons to Danl Jones 'Sw Garden, 200 nw Bryant, nw 25x75 ..
P Quirk toH S and L Soc'y |Se20th and Shotwell, e 95x95
Jas Shea to City and Co S F Sw San Bruno Rd, 90:6 ae Precita ave,
' w 53:4, w 55:9. etc
MaryASallivan to Hermann HollisjSe Howard, 212:6 ne4th, ne 25xS0, eubjt
^___ I to mortgage $3,000,
pmcE
*1,250
1,250
1
8*5
4,000
1
8,250
2,400,
3,700
3,700
28.700
24.934
2,450
7,492
2,500
5,200
Monday, January 19th.
CLuxetaltoP Av & N U R R ColRiilroad Franchise, etc
Fred E Mason to S.av & Lu Soc ..All int in prop as per liber 792 of Deeds
I page 376
Henry H Meeker to J F Millner. . . |N Jackson 197:6 w Buchanan, w 30x117
Chas Kirstein to F Wm Kanipe...
A B Map aire to Jas Wheeland
Martin Fallon to Patrick Biggins.
Chas Meyer to James Gibb
Jacob Pine to HenryL Nelson....
Wm M Fletcher to Chris Turk
P G Peltrct to P Lyons and wife..
Wm Hollis to Benedict T Norton . .
Geo Huston to Henry Curing
Nw Natoma, 3"S:6 sw 1st, 25x75
W Mission, 185 n 19th, 25xS0
W Florida, 129:6 n Napa, n 85x100
E Fillmore. 25 u Geary, 25x91:3
Market Street gore
N Tyler 30 e Deviso, e 30, n 109. e 30.
W Alabama, 26 n 26, n 25x100, being i:
MB179
E Guerrero, 200 n 13th, 25x80
S 24th. 25 w Vicksbnrs, 25x102:1
$ 100
6
1
3,650
2,*00
1,300
2,250
1
4,150
500
3,500
Geo McWilliams to Peter Dean....|Sundry lots in Harper's Addiiiou | 1,000
Tuesday, January 20th-
Chas C Rohrle to Dennis Roach..
Julia Straus to Augusta Straus....
A Walker to J Murray Matthews..
Michl Conneily to Mich! Keefe....
Micbl Kelly to Timothy L Barker
Ferd Jnch to Ferd Gee
Newton Booth to Morris M Estee
J B Haggin to Hash Kane
Undivided one-sixth of P N blk 281
SBu-h, 185:8 e Fillmore, 31x137:6
Se 23d and Chatianooga, e 32x100... .
E Boyce, 500 n Pt Lobos Ave, n 25x120,
W A 642
Ne6th. 80 nw Mission, nw 26x75
Sp Perry, 225 sw 3d, sw 25x80
Undivided hall" W A blk 474
S Pt Lohoa ave. 57:6 w 2d ave, 25x100..
$1,500
Gilt
2,650.
3001
20.0UO
2,800 i
5
550
Wednesday, January 21st.
Marie Clerc to Savs and Loan Soc
C J Barron to same
Jas S Dyer to same
Wm Hale to same
Savs&Ln Soc to F E Smith
LisetteCbesney to J T Humphreys
Excelsior Hd Asn to R Hochhofler
Robt Feige to Dolores Ramos
M R Beck to Laura A Kilham ....
Robt Barton to Jno T Doyle
A B Grogan to Robt Barton
A H Lissak to Ellen J Levey
A J Bryant to Edwin E McAfee.. .
GusNiebanm to Andrew Russell.
Ne Gough and Greenwich, n 19, ne etc. $4,750
N Hill, 224:6 w Church, 50:11x114 300
N Lombard, 137:6 w Webster, 25x120, n
Lombard, 137:6 e Fillmore, e 55x120. . 1,%
S Geary, 220 w Octavia, 75:6x120 5
Same 9,000
S Clay, 60 w Hyde, w 20x72:6 8"
Lots 1,2, 7, 8, Mk 56, Excelsior Hd .... 1,200
Lots 1, 2, blks 86, Mission View Hd 4,000
S 29th, 50 e Dolores, e 25x114 6
E Sansonie, 66 s California, 23x71:3 35,000
Same 5
E Diamond, 130 s 18th, s 35x125 .... 1
LotB 10 and 7, block 262, S S Homestead
and R R Ass'n 2,547
Ne Bay and Buchanan, e 412:6x137:6- . . I 8.000
Thursday, January 22d.
Jno Pruzzo to Savs and Loan Soc
Amelia E Johnson to N P Johnson
Jno Center et al to D McLennan
Hib Sav & Ln Soc to Chs Crocker
H Barroilhe.t to Chas Crocker
Jno B Lewis to T D Stewart,
Susan Hammond to Peter Kearny
M J Blanchard to I^aac N H:ggins
rst,r ot>a pn,,„i,. c n> ... n ir ;„,..;„
W Dolores, 325:3 n 16th, n 38:10, etc....
N Green, 175:3 w Powell, w 20x137:6...
Sw Hampshire and Butte, 408x200
N Hermann, 164 e Valencia, in MB 14..
McNamara Claim in M B 14
Ne Nevada, 186 n w Harri-on, in MB 9 . .
E Montgomery, 97:6 n Filbert. 20x56:3..
SBush, 137:6 w Webster, 31x137:6
Ci^y and County S F to P Kir win. iN Pine, 81:3 e Gough, 55:3x137:6
T B Valentine to Wm Leviston.. . W East st, 35 s Pacific, 20x76:6 ....
Masonic S and L Bk to C W Smith E cor 11th ave and M at, se 75x100 «ubd
I div lot 84 blk 208 Central Park Hd....
Jno McNuKy to Angelo Berettn...}Nw Sacramento and Steiner, 31:9x103..
Wm Blackwood to Margt J SmithjE Church, 152 n 24th , 25x100
I1.HU.1
3,000
1,000
24,500
1
5
450 '
6.200
2,500
'750
3,000
550
Friday, January 23d.
Thos Denlgan et al to L Gottig
J C Gouldin et al to Same ....
Isaac Wiley to VVm Cpnter....
Wm Center to S H Brown .
Outside Lots
W cor Bryant and Fremont, 137:6x137:6
E Treat ave, 35 s 32d, 30x122:6
Samp
Reuben Morton to Moses HopkinsiSe Market, 150 sw 7th, sw 75x165
J Faubel etal to E Faubel Lot 11, blk 292, O'Neil and Haley Tract
N Clipper, SO w Diamond, 80x114
N Clipper, 160 w Diamond, 80x114
N Washington, 157:6 w Webster, 34x137
Same
W Folsom, 90 n 23d. n 50x122:6...!
Outside Lands in blk 665
Outside Lands in blk 685
Ne 13th ave and J st. Outside Lands. . . .
W Jones, 122:6 s Sutter, s 15, w 137:6, e
n 27:6 etc to commencement
Same
E Cook, 239:4 n Pt i^obos Ave, n 25x120
E Chattanooga, 100 n 22d, n 30x125
Lot in Laurel Hill Cemetery
W Howard, 255:8 s 12th in M B blk 15:
also e cor 5th and Bryant, ne 80x160. .
N Hill, 125 e Guerrero, 50x114
Hannah H Bell to Geo Edwards.
Mary L Ogden to same
Henry M Ames to Adeline H Marsh
Andrew J Marsh 10 same
Chas Marois et al to Jno Center.
Elizth Sproul to Jno H Smith....
Wm Sharon, to Jno H Smyth ....
Sam! Crim to same
MerchExBketal to Thos Young
Thos Young to Susan Crooks
Jno Darby to Demi's Collins
M Caraher to C H Richards
Alfred Fonda to Edwd N Plass . . .
Sara H Gras to Josephine E Bowles
Jemima H Nevins to S W Fuller. .
$2,297
15.206
2,877
2,250
1
Gift
5
5
5
Gift
6,126
500
1
500
3,486
5,000
350
1
6
30.000
2.400
Jan. 31, 1S80.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
17
NOTABILIA.
Iaw:i as white as driven snow ;
Cypress black as e'er was crow ;
Gloves as sweet as damask roses;
Masks for faces and for noses ;
fewls- bracelet, necklace, amber;
Perfume for a lady's chamber ;
THE PEDDLER'S SONG.
Gold quoins and stomachers,
For my lads to give their deard ;
Pine and j-oking-sticks of steel.
What maids lack from head to heel:
Come buy of me, come; come buy .come buy,
Buy, lads, or else your lasses cry.
William Suakspeare.
Professor Proctor declares that the earth is still in its youth. Now
we know why the giddy young thing runs round so much o' nights. But
it needs no Proctor to tell us why Swain's Original Bakery, 213 Sutter
street, is the most fashionable and popular restaurant in San Francisco.
Anybody who h:\s ever been there will tell you that " Swain's " owes its
success to the excellence of its viands, the elegant way in which they are
served, and perhaps as much as anything else, it has come to be regarded,
by one of those subtle fancies which Society takes, as the restaurant to go
to if you want to do the *' proper thing." When real merit and the irre-
sistible whim of fashion combine to give a restaurant this sort of pres-
tige, nothing cau binder its success.
Eve was the first, and we reckon the only woman who did not gather
np her dress in both hands and yell at the sight of a snake. Poor thing !
She not only had no dress to gather up, but she also bad no Mrs. Skid-
more, of 1114 Market street, and consequently no fashionable hat to ar-
range when Adam was coming home from the store to take her to the
matinee. Eden must, indeed, have been a dull place without the famous
Skidinore Millinery Parlors, where it is the delight of our fortunate
San Francisco belles to congregate for the purpose of comparing notes on
the world of fashion, and providing themselves with the most elegant
hats and bonnets to be found in the city.
Scene at a Theater Matinee. — Gentleman {to lady) : " I fear there
will be a rush and we shan't get in." Lady : " Not get in ! What do
you mean ? There are very few matinees where I ever failed to get in,
with perseverance and— this big shawl pin !"
Ladies are prone to think that because Nature has made them beauti-
ful, no artificial aid can render them more bo. This is a great mistake.
There is no loveliness so perfect but what it may be improved on ; and
Madame Rachel's Enamel Bloom is well known as an infallible beautifier.
Young and old, plain and fair, all profit by its use, and whereas other
applications barm the skin and are easily detected, this peerless prepara-
tion gives a perfect complexion without betraying its presence, and with
positive benefit to the skin. Those who have tried it once declare that
they would never again be without it.
"Talk to me not," the housewife said,
" Of cooing doves or sylvan grove ;
I want no taffy of the kind,
I simply want a cooking-stove.
De La Montanya keeps the best ;
Hie to his store on Jackson street,
Buy me a Union Range, and take
The kiss you crave when next we meet."
Here's to lovely woman- the conundrum which, we can't guess, but
which we will never, never give up!
There is a man in Pittsburg who is so thin that a window-glass com-
pany have hired him to cut glass with his elbow-joint. This gentleman
undoubtedly has consumption, or some lung complaint, and therefore his
only hope of salvation lies in drinking the Rock and Rye Cordial, made
by F. & P. J. Oassin, corner of California and Drumin streets. Being
manufactured from pure rock candy and the finest old rye whisky, this
delicious cordial is one of the plcasantest drinks imaginable, and this,
combined with its wonderful medicinal powers, accounts for its great
popularity.
A liar can tire out a fact quicker than any newspaper man living, by
the simple process of harnessing it up to his imagination. But the biggest
liar in creation would find it impossible to tire out the fact that the pho-
tographs made by Bradley & Rulofaon, of 429 Montgomery street, are the
fce^t in the world. His imagination might be never so fervent, but still
xt would prove inadequate to the task of imagining anything more perfect
than the work of this celebrated house.
Remember Hop Bitters never does harm to the smallest child, but
good, always and continually. See notice.
" As mad as a hatterl " And why, sir, I pray,
Are batters especially mad?
*' Because, sir, I k&ow one who gives hats away
Or Bells them at cost—that's as bad.
Ton Ot>n guess at his name - Mr. White— yes, that's so-
They re worn by all swells that you meet
Six hundred and fourteen'a his number, you know,
And Commercial's the name of his street."
"Look not upon the wine when it is red," said somebody or other.
This may be sage enough advice, though personally we do not follow it,
hut Lanasberger's Private Cuvee is not red, and he who not only looks
upon but drinks of its golden fluid is a wiser and a happier man than the
fellow who didn't like red wine. There is no more famous brand in the
market, and it is quite able to take care of itself without our commenda-
tion, but it gives us pleasure to add our testimony to that of thousands of
others, to the effect that Landsberger's Private Cuvee. is the prince of
generous wines.
Napa Soda . Most grateful and refreshing of beverages which the
thirsty have to thank nature for! Thou cooler of " hot coppers! " Thou
soother of troubled digestions! Thou boon of ineffable efficiency! How
shall thy praises be adequately sung, by words which the mortal tongue
can utter, 0 divine Napa Soda!
Housekeepers are advised to call upon Hartshorn & McPhun, 112
Fourth street, near Mission, for all kinds of carpets, oil-cloths, Linoleum
mattings, etc.; also, manufacturers of store and house window shades,
plain or ornamented. Give them a call for first-class work, at the lowest
prices in the city.
GEO. STREET, Agent News Letter, 30 Cornhill, E. C, London.
IN CONSEQUENCE OF SPURIOUS IMITATIONS OF
LEA A I'iKKB N s- sAH'K, which are calculated to deceive
the public, Lea and Perrins have adopted A NEW LABEL, bearing their sig-
nature, thus, " LEA & PERRINS," which is placed on every bottle of WORCESTER-
SHIRE SAUCE, and without which none is genuine.
Ask for LEA & PERRINS' Sauce, and see name on wrapper, label, bottle and stop-
per Wholesale and for export by the proprietors, Worcester ; Crosse & Blackwell,
London, etc., etc., and hy grocers and oilmen throughout the world.
Nov. 16. MESSRS. CROSS & CO., Asrents.San Francisco.
ROWLAND'S
MACASSAR OIL strengthens the Hair and prevents it falling off. The bottles
have a glass stopper, and not a cork.
KALYDOR beautifies the Complexion and eradicates Freckles, Tan, Prickly Heat,
Erupiions, etc.
ODONTO whitens the Teeth, prevents and arrests decay, and gives a pleasing
fragrance to the breath.
E U JS.ONI A is a new and delicate toilet powder.
Ask for ROWLAND'S articles, of 20, Hatton Garden, London, and avoid cheap
imitations. Sold bv Druggists, Bazaars, etc., all over the world. May 3.
M
erticinal Food— Pancreatic Emulsion Is the only true
food in
d lonsuinption and Wasting1 Diseases produced by enfeebled diges-
\_j tion, or hereditary causes.
"Jl/Tedicinal Food--PaiicreaticEmnIsion supplies the special form of
XtJL nutriment, in combination with the digestive agent required, and is there-
fore the
Natnral Food for snch Invalids, restoring strength, weight and appe-
tite, and counteracting the tendency to wasting diseases, etc.
Savory <fe Moore, New Bond-street, London, from whom pamphlets, contain-
ing particulars and the highest Medical Testimonials and recommendations,
may be obtained, gratis, on application, and chemists, etc., everywhere. [July 5.
JOYCE'S SPORTING AMMUNITION.
[ESTABLISHED 1820.]
rrihe attention of Sportsmen is invited to the following
JL Ammunition, of the best quality, now in general use throughout England,
India and the Colonies : Joyce's Treble Waterproof and F 3 Quality Percussion
Caps; Chemically-prepared Cloth and Kelt Gun Wadding; Joyce's Gas-Tight Car-
tridges, for Pin-fire and Central-fire Breech-loading Guns ; Wire Cartridges, for killing
game at long distances, and every description of Sporting Ammunition. Sold by
all gun-makers and dealers in gunpowder.
FREDERICK JOYCE & CO. , Patentees and Manufacturers,
Sept. 20. 57 Upper Thames street, London.
F
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTBACT OF MEAT.
f nest and Cheapest Meat-flavoring; Stock for Soaps, Made
Dishes and Sauces. March 2.
LIEBIG CDMPANY'S EXTB&CT OF MEAT
[sa sacccss and hoon for which Nations should feel grate*
ful. Seo " Medical Press," " Lancet," " British Medical Journal," etc.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
Cantlon-* Gen nine only with fac-simile of Baron Llebigr's
Signature, in blue ink, across Label. "Consumption in England increased ten-
old in ten years." March 2.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
To be had of all Store-keepers, Grocers and Chemists. Sole
Agents for the United States (wholesale only), C. David & Co., 43, Mark Lane,
London, England. March 2.
LANGLEY & MICHAELS,
SUCCESSORS TO
CHARLES LANGLEY & CO.,
Wholesale Druggists,
Importers or Pnre English, French and Germnn Drags,
PATEXT MEDICINES, Etc.,
100 and 102 FRONT STREET,
San Francisco. [Sept. 6.
18
SAN" FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Jan. 31, 1880.
"BIZ.
The month of January has been one of the dullest within our remem-
brance, in nearly all trade departments. Business does not revive, nor
does the " boom," noted last Fall in several lines of traffic, continue, as
was then predicted. It is proper to say that the only article, or line of
merchandise, that in any degree holds its own, as regards the rise in
value of last September and October, is that in Iron, Hardware, Tin
Plate and some few other articles of less note. At the dates above speci-
fied, large lots of Pig Iron sold at §21@23, and the same Iron is to-day
salable at S35@40. Nails maintain the great rise then inaugurated, from
S4@5 50. Tin Plate from $1@2 50 $ box. Pig Lead has vacillated con-
siderably during the year past.
Quicksilver has undergone many rapid fluctuations during the past
six months, and yet prices do not rally either here or in London, as was
fondly looked for at the close of last December. Recent shipments East-
ward, via the Isthmus for Vera Cruz and Tampico, are now to be noted
as a new outlet for us. Formerly Mexico drew her supplies, for these
cities, from London; but now we see that New York orders are sent here
for their supplies, and at the same time letters from New York report ship-
ments thence to London, even in the face of a sharp reported decline
from £8 down to £7 (weak). The News Letter recently printed full de-
tailed statistics for the past two or three years, giving stocks in Hong-
kong, London and elsewhere, showing pretty conclusively that the
world's product of late years was lessening as compaied with the in-
creased consumption of Mercury in the arts, the same resulting from the
low price at which the article has been selling for within the past few
years. So cheap, in fact, that many of our smallest mines were obliged
to shut down works, while another heretofore large-producing Quicksil-
ver mine in this State is very confidently said to have been worked out,
and that no paying ore now remains unworked, but the mine is kept open
for the sake of quieting the minds of foreign stockholders. The present
Spot price is 38c.
Imports during the week have been large and free. These include the
cargo of ship General McLellan, from New York, and Patterdale, from
Liverpool, with general merchandise, British ship Evelyn, from Calcutta,
with 3,000 bales of Jute, for the Oakland Bag factory, besides 2,160 bales
of Grain and other sacks. From Manila we have the Alpheta, with 32,-
800 bags Sugar ; from Honolulu the Eureka, with 4,725 bags ; also the
Ida Schnauer from same, with 6,000 pkgs. Sugar, all for the refinery.
From Costa Rica, per City of Panama, we received 5,212 bags Coffee ;
also, per same steamer, 1,082 bags Rio, etc., via New York. The ship
Antioch has arrived from Hongkong with 5,700 bags Rice, Coffee, Teas,
Spices, etc. In addition to the foregoing arrivals of general merchandise
we have a fleet of Coal-ladened vessels from England and Scotland, be-
sides many colliers with Coal from British Columbia and the coast
mines.
Coffee, Sugar and Rice. — Of the two former staples the market is
motionless, pending the opening of the Spring trade. The price of best
Green Coffee is nominally 18c, with few sales. As for Sugar, prices re-
main the same as for weeks past ; say 9@12c for representative grades.
As regards Rice, the demand for China Mixed is quite active, at an ad-
vance to 45f, perhaps stimulated by the efforts of our Representative,
Davis, to increase the duty thereupon from 2£ to 4c per pound. Should
this be accomplished it would greatly check imports from the Indies and
stimulate the free production thereof from Hawaii under the reciprocity
treaty.
The Coal market continues inactive and prices low for English Steam.
Imports from Sydney seem to be lessening of late, and it may be that
prices will advance ere long, although at present our Mt. Diablo, Nana-
imo and coast supplies keep prices down to bedrock.
Freights and Charters. — Our tonnage supply is increasing. At this
writing we have 24 disengaged vessels in port, of 29,000 registered tons.
Quite a number of Wheat charters have been written during the week at
a great decline in rates ; large American ships taken at 42s. 6d.@45s. to a
direct port, and Britishers Iron at 50@52s. The tendency is downward,
as our stock of Wheat for export is waning. We have now on the berth
19 vessels, of 29,000 registered tons, and these ships are having quick dis-
patch, a number of them being loaded by large farmers who are getting
tired of holding their Wheat upon a falling market.
Flour.— The export demand for China is good, the outgoing steamer
City of Peking has freight engaged for 1.400 tons, and of which Sperry's
Stockton City Mills" supplies 500 tons Shipping Extra at $5 90 per 1961bs.
We quote Superfine at S4 ; Extra do., $4 50; Bakers' and Family Ex-
tras, m 50@6.
Wheat — Exports are free and the demand good at §1 90@2 per ctL for
No. 2 and 1 respectively ; off grades run down to $1 75@1 80. Our
grain fleet now numbers on the ocean 201 vessels since July 1st, with
14,850,000 centals of wheat against same time last year of 191 vessels with
11,870,477 centals.
Barley. — The Lilly Grace has cleared for Callao with 4,186 centals.
We quote Brewing at 95c.@Sl. Feed, 65@75c. per cental.
Hops. — A sale of 35 bales choice Oregon reported at 35c.
Wool. — Pending the arrival of the Spring clip, we have no stock, and
prices are nominal.
Tallow. — There is no movement at present. Price, 5&@7£c for Crude
and Refined.
Hides.— Dry are in good demand at 20c ; Wet Salted, 10c.
Borax.— Holders are firm and prices upward inclined. The Alaska,
for New York, via Panama, carried 63,422 lbs.
Wines and Brandies.— By the Pacific Mail steamship Alaska, for
Panama, we shipped, en route for New York, of Native Wines 74,142 •
gallons, and of Grape Brandy 14,738 gallons. This is the largest single
shipment ever_ made from this port, and goes to show the growing im-
portance of this home product.
How "Satin" was Discovered.— A word about satin, which is just
now in very great demand for ladies' dresses, may be interesting. The
discovery of this particularly brilliant stuff was accidental. Octavio Mai,
a silk weaver, finding business very dull, and not knowing what to invent
to give a new impulse to the trade, was one day pacing to and fro before
his loom. Every time he passed the machine, with no definite object in
view, he pulled little threads from the warp, and put them in his mouth,
which soon after he spat out. Later on be found the little ball of silk on
the floor of his workshop, and was attracted by the brilliant appearance
of the threads. He repeated the experiment, and, by using heat and
certain mucilaginous preparations, succeeded in giving new luster to his
tissues.
BANKS.
THE BANK OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO.
Capital $3,000,000.
WM. AXVORD President.
THOMAS BKOWN, Cashier ] B. 9IVBBAT, Jr., Ass't Cashier
Agents :
New York, Agency of the Bank of Calfornia ; Boston, Tremont National Bank
Chicago, Union National Bank ; St. Louis, Boatman's Saving Bank ; New Zealand,
the Bank of New Zealand ; London, China, Japan, India and Australia, the Oriental
Bank Corporation.
The Bank has Agencies at Virginia City and Gold Hill, and Correspondents in all ■
the principal Mining Districts and Interior Towns of the Pacific Coast.
Letters of Credit issued, availahle in all parts of the world. Draw direct on Lon-
don, Duhlin, Paris, Berlin, Bremen, Hamburg, Frankfort-on-the-Main, Antwerp,
Amsterdam, St. Petersburgh, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Christiana, Locarno, Mel-
bourne, Sydney, Auckland, Hongkong, Shanghai, Yokohama. Nov. 4. j
FIRST NATIONAL GOLD BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Paid up Capital $1,500,000, Gold. President, A. C. Wool-
worth ; Vice-President, D. Callaghan ; Cashier, E. D. Morgan.
Directors : — R. C. Woolworth, D. Callaghan, C. G. Hooker, C. Adolph Low, Peter
Donahue, Isaac Wormser, Edward Martin, James Moffitt, N. Van Bergen.
Correspondents — London : Baring Bros. & Co. Chartered Mercantile Bank of In-
dia, London and China. Dublin : Provincial Bank of Ireland. Hamburg" : Hesse, -•
Neuman&Co. Paris: Hottinguer&Co. NewYork: National Bank of Commerce. Bos-;1
ton : Blackstone National Bank. Chicago : First National Bank. This Bank is pre-
pared to transact a general Banking business. Deposits in Gold, Silver and Currency
received subject to check or on special deposit. Exchange for sale on the principal
cities of the United States, Great Britain, Ireland and the Continent. Commercial
Credits issued available in Europe, Chii.a and Japan. Collections attended to and
prompt returns made at the lowest market rates of Exchange. Jan. 19. 1
BANK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter.— Capital paid np, 91,800,-
000, with power to increase to §10,000,000. Southeast corner California and San-
some streets. Head Office— 28 Cornhill, London. Branches — Portland, Oregon; Vic-
toria, New Westminster and Cariboo, British Columbia.
This Bank transacts a General Banking Business. Accounts opened subject to Check
and Special Deposits received. Commercial Credits granted available in all parts of
the world. Approved Bills discounted and advances made on good collateral security.
Draws direct at current rates upon its Head Office and Branches, and upon its Agents
as follows :
NewYork, Chicago and Canada— Bank of Montreal; Liverpool — North and South
Wales Bank ; Scotland — British Linen Company ; Ireland — Bank of Ireland ; Mex- ]
ico and South America — London Bank of Mexico and South America ; China and .
Japan— Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, and Oriental Bank ; Australia
and New Zealand— Bank of Australasia, Commercial Banking Company of Sydney,
and English, Scottish and Australian Chartered Bank.
May 18. FREDERICK TOWNSEND, Manager, i.
LONDON AND SAN FRANCESCO BANK, LIMITED.
Capital, $5,000,000, of which 83,000,000 is folly paid np as
present capital. Reserve Fund, §360,000. San Francisco Office, 424 Califor-
nia street; London Office, 22 Old Broad street. Manager, ARTHUR SCRIVENER;
Cashier, WILLIAM STEEL. London Bankers, Bank of England and London Joint
Stock Bank ; New York, Drexcl, Morgan & Co. ; Boston, Third National Bank.
This Bank is prepared to transact all kinds of General Banking and Exchange Busi-
ness in London and San Francisco, and between said cities and all parts of the
world. March 30. *
THE NEVADA BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO.
Capital Paid XTp $3,000,000.
Reserve, TT. S. Bonds 3,500,000.
Agency at New York, 62 Wall street.
Agency at Virginia, Nev.
Buys and sells Exchange and Telegraphic Transfers. Issues Commercial and Trav-
elers' Credits. This Bank has special facilities for dealing in Bullion. Nov. 8.
SECURITY SAVINGS BANK.
GUARANTEE CAPITAL, $300,000.
Officers: Vice-President, Jerome Lincoln; Secretary, W.
S. Jones ; Attorney, Sidney V. Smith. Loans made on Real Estate and other
Approved Securities. Office : No. 215 Sansome street, San Francisco. Oct. 14.
THE GERMAN SAVINGS AND LOAN SOCIETY.
Deutsche Spar and I^eibbanls, So 526 €a]ii'orniastreet,San
Francisco. Officers : President, L. GOTTIG. Board of Directors. — Fred.
Roeding, Chas. Kohler, Edw. Kruse, George H. Eggerp, N. Van Bergen, H. L. Simon,
Peter Spreckels, Ign. Steinhart. Secretary, GEO. LETTE; Attorney, JOHN R.
JARBOE. May 18.
THE ANGLO-CAUFORNIAN BANK, LIMITED.
422 California St., San Francisco*
London Office, 3 Angel Conn : New York Agents, J. W. Sel-
igman & Co., 21 Broad street. Authorized Capital Stock, $6,000,000. Will re-
ceive Deposits, open Accounts, make Collections, buy and sell Exchange and Bullion,
loan Money, and issue Letters of Credit available throughout the world.
FRED. F. LOW, IGN. STEINHART, Managers.
P. N. LiLiBNTHAL, Cashier. Sept. IS..
U
Jan. 31, 1880.
CALIFORNIA ADYEIITISEK.
19
LONG AGO, WHEN I WAS A CHILD.
I "it where the rv*** bloom, Mtishinc and fair.
At the loot "f the royal hill, and the air
1-* heavy with fntcranee wild ;
The same sun sinkoth in splendor old,
The Lindens show only a aUtelier mold,
Anil the same sweet clover lay thick on the wold,
Long ago.
When I was a child.
The preen young summer is marvelous joy.
That no thought of the blighting can dim or alloy,
In grottoes with sweet-brier piled ;
But somehow the earth smile is fainter to-day,
No perfume is rare u that fresh mown hay.
And my tired head longs for the shades where it lay,
Long ago.
When I was a child.
Our Spring times are short and our mornings are brief,
And when the noon drinketh the dew from the leaf,
Its beauty is half defiled ;
There is blossoming fullness the dawn never knew,
There's a faith grown clearer, a love more true,
Yet somehow those hours wore a rapturous hue,
Long ago,
When I was a child.
The fame star gleameth all-radiant afar.
And my glad soul seeketh that flashing star,
With a yearning weary and wild ;
And broader and dearer my work doth seem,
As I listen life's music and dream youth's dream ;
Still into the woof runs that golden gleam,
" Long ago,
When I was a child."
Yet it is not mournful that months die fast,
That the tender May buds fall swift in the blast,
Ere our riper days have smiled ;
For the fruitage is fairer than rarest bloom,
The sunniest webs have a threading of gloom,
And I would not barter life's loftier doom,
For the days,
When I was a child.
SMALL CHANGE.
Symptoms become every week more and more apparent that San
Francisco is recovering from its long intoxication of " big money." The
humble cent has at last made its appearance on this coast, through the in-
strumentality of Mr. M. J. Flavin, of the IXL Auction House, and
all sensible people will warmly welcome the little stranger. The long-
sustained pride that nothing le3s than five cents should be legal tender
has thus received its death-blow, and people will now be able to pay just
the value of what they buy without throwing away a number of cents
on every purchase simply out of deference to a stupid custom. It is true
that the use of one cent coins is not yet by any means general ; indeed,
the house we have mentioned is, we believo, alone in the innovation. But
the example being once set, and its expediency proven, others will soon
follow suit. Singularly enough, though the beneficial effect of small
change cannot be doubted, the proprietor of the IXL Auction House
has been persecuted for introducing it by business rivals, and, above all
men in the world, by certain demagogues of the Workingmen's party.
The day is close at hand, however, when Mr. Flavin, as the pioneer in
the " one cent " crusade, will receive his due meed of gratitude.
A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT.
Probably no single firm ever placed before the public a monument to
its own enterprise at the same time so costly and so useful as that which
Colman Bros, have erected in their " Annual Review of the Trade and
Commerce of the Pacific Coast for 1879." It would be impossible for us
to convey by mere words the faintest idea of the labor and ability embod-
ied in this vast compendium of priceless commercial information. There
is no subject in which the man of facts and figures delights that is not ex-
haustively treated. Imports, exports, crops, produce of all kinds, mines,
manufactures, shipping news, banks, and business enterprises of every
sort meet with the fullest attention, the result being an encyclopedia and
work of ready reference, which is indispensable to every business man,
both here and elsewhere. When we consider that all this is a gift made
to the public by a single firm of wholesale clothiers — great and wealthy as
that firm is — we cannot help but admire the business aptitude, persever-
ance, enterprise, and, perhaps above all, success, which has enabled the
house of Colman Bros, to accomplish a feat at once so useful to the peo-
ple and so creditable to its projectors.
Colonel Andrews, the prince of jewelers on the Pacific coast, will
shortly leave this city for the East and Europe. The Colonel expects to
be absent for several months, as it is his intention to combine business
with pleasure, and not hurry himself about either. No man could be
more missed, in both business and social circles, than he will be; but, on
the other hand, no man more richly deserves a prolonged season of
recreationthan he does. With a spirit of enterprise and a superb taste,
possessed in an equal degree by no other man we know, Colonel Andrews
has fitted up a jewelry establishment, which is to San Francisco what
Tiffany's is to New York, or Hunt & RoskelTs to London. People looked
on in admiring wonder, and business rivals declared that such lavish ex-
penditure must result in ruin. But the Colonel knew what he was about.
Not only did his money come back to him, but, if report be true, he is
now among the richest men in the city. His success is an example of
what integrity, pluck and universal popularity can accomplish when com-
bined in one man. We heartily wish the Colonel bon voyage*
J. M. Litchfield & Co., of 417 Montgomery street, enjoy a higher
reputation than any other house in the city for gents' furnishing goods
and custom-made clothing. Their shirts especially are praised by all
who wear them for the excellence of their fit and the durability of their
material.
Homoeopathic Cough and Croup Syrup, 234 Sutter street
HIS BIRTHDAY.
The 16th Inst, was the seventieth birthday ot Frank Soulo."— Daily Press.
Prom mountains with sunlight aglow,
'Midst labor of brain ami of pen,
The winters of three score and ten,
Have come to this truest of men.
A heart that each throb mora endears.
The summers of seventy yean
Keep fresh in:ir a fountain ol tears.
A mind like a diamond nmliniM,
The songs that glfttl Nature baa bymn'd.
May we have till the llfe-eup is brimmed.
San Francisco, January. 18801,
Coino verses as pure as their snow;
Our valleys give chorus below.
Like Bryant, with eye ever bright,
Like Dana's lung life till the night,
0, keep him, thou Father of Light !
In labor of brain and of pen.
May autumns of four score and ten,
Yield fruit from this truest of men.
J. C. Duncan.
[The foregoing verses are published, not to take the world by storm
with their poetic merit, but as the production of one whose distressing
situution makes any verses he can find heart to write a literary curiosity,
and also because the theme is a most worthy one. — Ed. News. Letter,]
DIVIDENDS OP SOME OP OUR LOCAL SECURITIES
FOR THE YEAR 1879 AND JANUARY, 1880.
Insurance Stocks.— Union: Jan., 1879, 4 per cent.; April, 4 percent.;
July, 4 per cent.; October, 3 per cent.; Jan., 1880, 4 per cent.. Fireman's
Fund: Jan., 1879, 7 per cent.; April, 5 per cent.; July, 4 per cent. ; Octo-
ber, 4 per cent.; Jan., 1880, 4 per cent. California: Jan., 1879, 5 per
cent.; April, 4 per cent.; July, 4 per cent.; October, 3 per cent.; Jan.,
1880, 6 per cent.; Home Mutual, I percent, per month, payable monthly;
State Investment, 2 per cent, do.; Commercial, 1 percent, do.; Western,
a new corporation, paid her first dividend of 1 per cent, in January, 1880.
Banks. — Pacific, 2i per cent, per quarter; California, paid her first div-
idend for some time in January, 1880, of 2£ per cent., and will no doubt
continue to pay at the rate of 10 per cent, per annum; First National,
monthly dividends of at the rate of 8 per cent, per annum for the first 9
months of last year — the last quarter ending Dec. 31st at 6 per cent, per
annum on the reduced capital of $1,500,000.
Gas Stocks. — San Francisco Gas Stock, at the rate of 9 per cent, per
annum, payable monthly until this month, when the dividend was re-
duced to the rate of 8 per cent, per annum; Oakland Gas Stock, at the
rate of 25 cents per share per month; Sacramento Gas Stock, at the rate
of 37^ cents per share per quarter.
City Railroads. — North Beach and Mission, 50 cents per share per
month; Omnibus Railroad, 50 cents per share every two months; Sutter
Street Railroad, paid 25 cents per share per month until last month, when
the indebtedness of the road forced their discontinuance; Central Rail-
road, 50 cents per share .every two months.
Miscellaneous. — California Powder Company Stock, 1 per cent, per
month; Giant Powder Company, 1 per cent, per month; Atlantic Giant
Powder Company, A per cent, per month; Gold and Stock Telegraph Co.,
1 per cent, per month; Spring Valley Water Stock, at the rate of 8 per
cent, per annum, payable monthly.
SIGNAL
SERVICE METEOROLOGICAL REPORT,
WEEK
ENDING JA
Hig
N. 29, 1880, SAN ERANCI
SCO, CAX.
hest and. Lowest Xarometei
Frl. 23.
Sat. 24.
Sun 25.
Mon26.
Tue 27.
Wed 28
Thr29
30.181
30.115
30.125
30.022
30.103
30.012
30.076
29.894
29.9«2
29.767
30.002
29.774
30.201
30.002
Maxim
um and Minimum Thertnon
xeter.
57
45
S
53 1 46 1 47
44 3S 40
50
37
48
39
85.3
90.3 |
Mean Daily Humidity .
63.0 | 80.0 | 81.7 |
53.3 |
60.0
N. 1
W. |
Prevailing Wind.
NW. | SE. | NW. |
N. 1
NE.
110
59
Wind — Miles Traveled.
253 | 249 | 122 |
255 |
235
Fair. |
Cloudy. |
Xa
1
State of Weather.
Clear. | Fair. | Fair. |
in/all in Twenty-four Hourt
.16 | .47 | .06 |
Clear. |
Clear.
Total Ra
in Durtn
/ Season beginning J'uly 1,
1 8 70.. 11.53 inches.
H. 3. Williams.
A. Ohesebrough.
¥. H. Dimond,
WILLIAMS, DIMOND & CO.,
Shipping and Commission Merchants,
SIS CALIFORNIA STREET.
— AGENTS FOR
Pacific Mail Steamship Company, Pacific Steam Navigation
Company, The Cunard Royal Mail Steamship Company,
" The California Line of Clippers" from New York
and Boston, and "The Hawaiian Line."
San Francisco, January 31, 1880. [Jan. 31.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Office of the Standard Con. Mining Company, San Fran-
cisco, Cal., Jan. 2d, 1S80.— At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the
above-named Company, held this day, Dividend No. 11, of Fifty Cents per share,
was declared, payable on MONDAY, January 12th, 1880, at the office in thiB city,
or at the Agency of the Nevada Bank of San Francisco, in New York.
WM. WILLIS, Secretary
Office— Room No. 29, Nevada Block, No. 309 Montgomery street, San Francisco,
California. Jan. 31.
REMOVAL.
Samnel Irving, Successor to Anderson A Irving-, I>ealer in
Gentleman's Furnishing Goods, has removed to No. 20tJ KEARNY STREET.
A full line of all descriptions of Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods constant!}' on hand,
at the lowest prices Jan. 31.
MADAME WALDO COHEN,
PIANOFORTE AND SINGING,
507 Hyde Street, San Francisco.
|f Sept. 20.
20
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER.
Jan. 31, 1880.
GREENBACKS AND NATIONAL BANKS IN CONGRESS.
Notwithstanding the shower of financial and monetary bills that
have been brought before Congress since the beginning of the present ses-
sion, we doubt whether much will be done to change the existing state of
things. Both in respect of its indebtedness and its monetary system, the
.United States Government may well congratulate itself. The national
debt has been very largely reduced, and is still in course of reduction ; so
that with a population rapidly increasing in numbers and in wealth the
burden of the debt has become really insignificant. At the same time,
in a Federal republic like the United States, it is well to be rid of all such
incumbrances, so that party government may not have the weapon of a
large national indebtedness to maneuver with in critical political crises,
and may not have the temptation of corruption in connection with its
management. It is almost unnecessary to point out that the credit of the
Government will be stronger in proportion to the ability and willingness
that it shows to pay off its debt, and to the smallness of the amount that
it owes. The United States have shown an example to the world in the
sacrifices they have made to pay off their debt and to consolidate the re-
mainder at lower rates of interest. In the history of the country, per-
haps, nothing has contributed to produce such a favorable opinion through-
out Europe of the stability of our institutions and the good faith of our
people, as the perfectly satisfactory manner in which the national indebt-
edness has been dealt with. Although the present is a long session of
Congress, it is doubtful whether the anxiety and uncertainty attending
the meeting of the Democratic and Republican conventions to nominate
the party candidates for President and Vice-President will not interfere
with any attempts to disturb the existing financial position. It is true
that President Hayes and Secretary Sherman have both recommended
that the legal tender quality should be withdrawn from greenbacks, but
this view has not met with any favorable response from the Re-
publican members of Congress ; on the contrary, their feeling against any
such step has been unmistakably shown. Mr. Sherman's proposal to
suspend the coinage of standard silver dollars has been accorded a simi-
larly cold reception, and the Pacific States may feel thankful that fate is
favoring them, notwithstanding the strong opposition of Secretary Sher-
man and the powerful influence of the adversely interested National
banks.
Senator Bayard, the most prominent candidate for the Democratic
nomination as President, has, however, taken up the views of the Presi-
dent and Secretary Sherman regarding greenbacks, and apparently he is
going to stand or fall on the hard-money platform. At the outset, how-
ever, he has sustained a check in having his bill reported upon adversely
by the Senate Finance Committee, so that he stands at the disadvantage
of coming before the Senate with only a minority report in his favor. In
all probability, Mr. Bayard's bill will come to nought, as there is a mani-
fest unwillingness to disturb what is regarded as a very satisfactory revi-
val of trade, and it is feared that, if the legal-tender function of green-
backs were withdrawn, the National Banks might refuse to take them,
and this would make a run on the Treasury beyond the powers of the
Secretary to meet, because §345,000,000 of demonetized greenbacks would
flow to the Treasury, demanding coin which would not be forthcoming.
It is evident that the silent conflict in the Eastern States is between
greenbacks and National Bank notes, and the banks, recognizing the
weakness of their position, are exerting all their efforts to abolish the
rival paper money, which is a standing menace to them, and to have
National Bank notes substituted instead. If the banks could only suc-
ceed in having their notes made the only legal paper money of the coun-
try, their position would be a very strong one; but we believe that the
tendency of public opinion is toward the abolition of the National Bank
note and the continuance of the greenback. The interests of the gold-
and-silver producers of this coast are more likely to be advanced through
the triumph of the greenback, because the National Bank influence is
very strong throughout the country; and if the banks were triumphant,
they would undoubtedly strain every nerve to have the tide of legislation
flow in their favor. We believe the greenback to be a more defensible
institution, from a national and economic point of view, than the
National Bank note, and there being no large private interest like the
National Banks nursing the greenback system, gold and silver have a
better chance of being liberally dealt with under the latter. Under any
circumstances, large private monopolies are injurious to the national in-
terests, and, in a country where almost every national industry is pro-
tected, the producers of gold and silver are entitled to justice, if not
to protection. "We feel bound to say that, in an industry where such
enormous quantities of machinery are in use, which are rendered much
more costly on account of protective duties, it seems to us as if mine-
owners could make out an unanswerable case for protection or bounty, if
they only gave their minds to the subject. They nave, however, been so
accustomed to act in a happy-go-lucky way that they have done little or
nothing to enlighten the country as to their legitimate claims, or to
justify their position in Congress from the point of view of their own pri-
vate interests. They have shown that reckless magnanimity that leaves
moBt things to chance.
A short time after the present Bishop of Worcester had been ap-
pointed to that see, he had occasion to travel through Banbury by rail.
Being desirous to test, and at the same time encourage, the far-famed in-
dustry of the town, which forms part of his diocese, and as the train only
made a short stop at the station, he beckoned to one of Smith's boys, and
inquired the price of the celebrated cakes. " Threepence each, sir," said
the boy. Handing him sixpence, the Bishop desired him to bring him
one to the carriage, adding, "And with the other threepence you may buy
one for yourself." Young Newspapers shortly returned, complacently
munching his Banbury, and, handing threepence in coppers to the Bishop,
exclaimed: "There was only one left, sir/"— Sporting Times.
OTJR NEW FOREIGN MINISTERS.
The President has at last filled up the vacant foreign missions. Mr.
James Russell Lowell has been nominated for London, a post for which
he will, we imagine, willingly exchange his present one, and would do so
even if it were not positive promotion both in pay and in other ways.
The field of choice for the English mission has been much restricted by
the difficulty of finding any one to take it who, besides possessing the
necessary intellectual and social qualifications, was rich enough to bear
the expense of living in the style which tradition has attached to the
place. _ The President has solved the problem in the best possible manner
by giving it to a man who will illustrate the position without being rich,
and will therefore not be called on for lavish expenditure. Mr. Poster,
the present Minister to Mexico, goes to Russia ; Mr. Fairchild, of Wis-
consin, to Spain, in Mr. Lowell's place. Mr. Philip H. Morgan, of Louis-
iana, who is now said to be practicing law in Egypt, goes to Mexico. The
delay in filling these vacancies has brought out the fact that an Adminis-
tration which is at all desirous of filling diplomatic positions carefully,
finds increasing difficulty in doing so. The use made of many of these
offices of late years has made them much less of a distinction than they
used to be, and Americans of the right kind feel more keenly than they
used to feel the dullness of life in a foreign capital, without a knowledge
of the language or more than official access to its best society, and with-
out recognition by the diplomatic corps as professional brethren. In fact,
considering the changes the telegraph has wrought in the mode of conduct-
ing negotiations with foreign powers, and the impossibility of making
diplomacy a regular calling, it is a question whether the work of all the
existing missions would not be best done by a single Minister, having hiB
headquarters in Paris, free to travel about, and with Consuls-General un-
der him in the various capitals. — The Nation.
THE LATE EDMUND L. GOOLD.
San Francisco has lost one of her brightest intellects and noblest sons
by the sudden death from apoplexy of Edmund L. Goold. The deceased
was a native of New York, aged 61. He came to California in 1854, but was
then already one of the most eminent lawyers of the Louisiana bar, and
during his long residence in this State he followed his chosen profession,
with signal success and distinction. The painful circumstances of his
death are briefly as follows : He and his wife lived at the Grand Hotel.
At one o'clock on Wednesday morning he went to bed apparently in his
usual good health. Shortly after three o'clock Mrs. Goold was awakened
from her slumbers by a tit of coughing from her husband. Finding that
he did not arise, as usual when attacked in a similar manner, she attempted
to arouse him, but getting no response she became frightened and, rushing
to a neighboring room, called a physician. When the doctor reached the
bedside Mr. Goold was dead. The deceased was admired by all who knew
him for his fine abilities and attainments, was respected for his spotless in-
tegrity, and was beloved for his generous and kindly nature. His fertile
brain and all the many mental and material resources he commanded were
always at the service of those who needed his assistance. As a lawyer he
was true to his promise to protect the defenseless, and as a man he was al-
ways ready to respond to all the calls of human sympathy. Nevertheless,
we regret to add that in many instances he met with the grossest ingrati-
tude from those who had best cause to be grateful to him, and onthissub-
ject we shall hereafter have more than a little to say.
THAT FEE BILL.
Senator Satterwhite does not like the adverse criticism which his
Fee bill is eliciting from the press. He says it is a mistaken idea that
the fees are intended for the officials, who are to he paid by fixed salaries,
as. heretofore. The fees are to go into the Treasury. But how much of
them will find their way there ? We venture to predict that not fifty per
cent, will go to the credit of any public fund. That has always been the
result of the fee system, and it always will be. Human nature is human
nature the wide world over. It is impossible to provide checks that will
precisely determine how much has been collected by fees. The official
thief knows that detection is almost impossible, and hence he thieves
without fear and without conscience. The system has been condemned
here and everywhere. It remains, to some extent, in the Sheriff's office,
and what is the result? That office is scrambled for more than the high-
est office in the city, and a nomination and election to it are impossible,
except by the expenditure of large sums of money. Does any man doubt
that the opportunities offered by the fee system is the occasion of all this?
A few years ago an honest Sheriff was elected in this city and county,
and at the end of his first official year it was found that he had paid into
the Treasury twice as much money as any of his predecessors had. There
was a howl got up against him at once by those who had held the office,
and by those who hoped to hold it. He was killing a good thing. Such
are the evils which the fee system produces. To give it a general revival
is to perpetrate an assault upon the experience of all times and places.
THE CALAVERAS GROVE AND THE UNIVERSITY.
A bill now in progress through Congress provides that the differ-
ent groves of big trees in California shall be reserved as public parks.
This is eminently proper. These groves are an ornament to the State,
which, when once destroyed, we Bhall never look upon their like again.
They are ever-increasing objects of attraction to visitors. For every rea-
son they ought to be preserved to the public use forever. It, however,
most unfortunately turns out that the Calaveras grove, which is admit-
tedly the finest of all, has passed beyond the control of the Government,
and that, too, through the acts of the last body in California which ought
to have been a party to such a sacrilege. The Calaveras grove is now the
property of a private individual, and the Regents of the University of
California were the parties who sold it to him. They covered it with a
University Land Grant, and then sold it for a nominal sum. This was
an act of vandalism, or at least of neglect, altogether unworthy of .gentle-
men of esthetic tastes, such as University Regents are supposed to be. It
is no answer that the present holder of the property finds it to his advan-
tage to run a hotel upon the ground, and to keep the grove intact, in or-
der to attract customers. What guarantee is there that the present con-
dition of things will continue ?
Lady (behind counter to cabman): " Pair of gloves? Yes.
your number-?" Cabman: " A hundred and ninety-three."
What is
Pries per Copy. 10 C*nU.
ESTABLISHED JULY. 20. 1856.
I Annual Subscription, tfi.
DEVOTED TO THE LEADING INTERESTS OF CALIFORNIA AND THE PACIFIC COAST.'
Vol. 30.
SAN FEAN0IS00, SATURDAY, FEB. 7, 1880.
No. 30.
PRICES OF LEADING STOCKS AND GOV. BONDS.
San Francisco February G, 1H80.
Stock* and Bonds.
p mm.
Oftl. SUte Bonds, 6's,'57 .
S. P. City &Co. B*ds, Os.'M
8. F. City i* Co. B'ds, 7s . . .
\v. Bonds
Dii[- >nt Street Bonds
Sacramento City Bonds
Stockton City Bonds
Tuba County Bonds
Marysvillc City Bonds
Santa Clara Co. Bonds
Virgr'a & Truckee R. R. Bds,
Nevada Co. N. G. R. R. Bds
Oakland City Bonds.
BASKS.
Bank of California. .
Pacific Bank
First National
l.NSl RA.XCK COMPANIES.
Union (ex div.)
Fireman's Fund (ex div) .
California (ex div)
State Investment
Home Mutual
Bid.
Asked
100
102
Nom.
Nom,
Nom.
Nom.
65
70
BO
85
31
2S
90
95
103
100
100
102
105
107
100
102
95
100
112
115
125
127J
115
120
95
97J
114
116
115
120
108
112
108
105
90
95
Stocks and Bonds.
ISsrfUNCK COMPANIES.
Commercial
Western
RAtLROADL.
C. P. R. R. Stock
C. P. R. K. Bonds
City Railroad
Omnibus R. R
N. B. and Mission R. R. .
Sutter Street R. R
Gearv Street R. R,
Central 11. R. Co
Market Street R. R
Clay Street Hill R. R ...
MISCBLIiAHBOUS.
S. F. Gaslight Co ,
Oakland Gaslight Co
Sacramento GaslightCo
California Powder Co ,
Giant Powder Co ,
Atlantic Giant Powder, . . . ,
Gold and Stock Teleg'h Co
S. V. W. W. Co. 's Stock...
S. V. W. W. Co.'s Bonds . .
70
Nom.
85
109
45
25
21
81J
31
1H
95
150
130
100
86
99
75
Nom.
S7
110
50
27£
68
20
58
45
33
13J
98
ieo
135
120
S6<V
100*
Andrew Baird, 312 California street.
Beerbohm's Telegram. — London and Liverpool, Feb. 6, 1880.—
Floating Cargoes, improving, Continental demand strong; Cargoes on
Passage, quiet; Mark Lane Wheat, steady; No. 2 Spring Off Coast, 49s.
@49s. 6d.; Red Winter Off Coast, 54s.; California Off Coast, 50s. 6d.;
California Just Shipped, 50s.; California Nearly Due, 50s. 6d.; No. 2
Spring for Shipment, 49s. 6d.; Liverpool Spot Wheat, 10s., 10s. 9d., 10s.
7u., lis., quiet ; California Club, No. 1 Standard, lis. 2d.; California
Club, No. 2 Standard, 10s. 8d.; California Club, Western, 10s. lid.; Cali-
fornia Club, White Michigan, lis.; No. 3 Spring, 9s. lld.@10s. 5d.
English Country Markets, slow. French Country Markets, firmer.
Weather in England, frost seems breaking up. N. Y. St. Ex., 83^@8G.
Latest from the Merchant's Exchange.— New York, Feb. 6th,
1880. United States Bonds— 4s, 105& ; 4*s, 108£; 5s, 103$. Sterling Ex-
change, 4 83@4 86. Pacific Mail, 41|. Wheat, 138@144. Western Union,
104i. Hides, 23@24. Oil— Sperm, 106@110. Winter Bleached, 115@123.
Whale Oil,60@61; Winter Bleached, 62^@65. Wool— Spring, fine, 30@
38 ; Burry, 18@22 ; Pulled, 35@45 ; Fall Clips, 20@25 ; Burry, 22@30.
London, Feb. 6th.— Liverpool Wheat Market, 10s. 0d.@10a. 9d.|; Club,
10s. 7d.@lla.; U. S. Bonds, 5's, 106; 4's, 108.V; 4A'a. 111$. Consols, 98 3-16.
Californians Abroad. Jan. 15, 1880.— Paris: Mrs. Birdsali, Miss
Cordrell, Masters Driacoll, Miss Driscoll, Mrs. A. Loftus, Mrs. A. Mas-
sey, Miss F. Massey, Mrs. Mathews, the Misses Mathews, Charles
Mathews. Nice: Chas. Le Gay, Mrs. Charles Le Gay. London: J. C.
Cebrian, Mrs. Cebrian. Geneva: Francis Mathews, Mrs. Mathews, Miss
Mathews. Rome: Mrs. and Miss Starr. Dresden: Mrs. K. E. Boswell,
the Misses Boswell, Mrs. J. and Miss Clark, Mrs. Aurelia Boswell, Mau-
rice Clark. — Continental Gazette, Paris.
American Manufactures in England. — At a dinner given on the 9th
of January, at the Albion, in London, by the Gold and Silver Wire-
Drawers Company, one of the London guilds, a distinguished audience
assembled. Several of the speakers advocated the necessity of technical
education, and Mr. ex-Sheriff Burt mentioned, in the course of his re-
marks, that a chopper and bill-hook recently used at a civic custom before
the Queen's Remembrancer were of American manufacture. He said
that if technical education were more general, these articles would no doubt
be manufactured in England. He advocated the importance of keeping
abreast of the world in all inventions and improvements.
The wife of Sheriff Clark, of Wayne county, New York, had one of
her ribs broken lately by a dress-maker who was engaged to make a fash-
ionable dress for her. The rib or the dress had to give way under the
prodigious pressure of the resolute mantau-maker, and as she had more
pride of profession than care for her customer, it was the frail bone which
suffered. It was a tight-fitting fit disaster, and will serve to prove how
much stronger than the clasp of affection is the squeeze of the dress-
maker of fashion.
GOLD BARS— 8°0@910— Silver Bars— 5@15 i
Dollars, 9&@l0 per cent.
1 cent. disc. Mexican
<3" Exchange on New York. 3-10 $ cent., strong; On London, Bankers
494 ; Commercial, 49£@50d. Paris, sight, 5 francs per dollar. Tele-
grams, 35 per cent. : ■ ___^_
■ Latest price of Sterling, 483£@486.
*5" Price of Money here,
open market, 1@H.
@1 per cent, per month — bank rate.
Demand active.
In the
A Church-Choir Scandal.— We had occasion, some time ago, to
refer to the choir of the French Church. That select and gifted little cir-
cle has, it seems, now been broken, nevermore to chant in harmony
together. The Archbishop, it is said, wrote to the Abbe Robert that the
scandal concerning the organist and soprano did not lend any luster to
the reputation of the Church, and the choir has consequently been dis-
banded, to be replaced by another. Thus it is with sinful human nature.
Even the holiest associations seem powerless against the fascinations of a
charming soprano voice and a skillful touch on the organ. But, really,
those who make a business of ainging to the praise and glory of God ought
to be more careful of outward appearances, at least.
British Life Insurance Offices. — The premiums received by the 108
British Life Insurance Offices amounted, iu 1879, to §65,000,000, and the
total income to $95,000,000. The total expenditure amounted to
$74,000,000, leaving $21,000,000 as the excess of income over expenditure.
The total amount of life insurance policies in force was $2,075,000,000., The
life insurance and annuity fund amounted to $578,000,000, and the paid-
up share capital to $55,000,000. The total amount of money belonging to
these companies advanced on mortgage of real estate within the United
Kingdom was $321,000,000. The total net assets of these companias
amounted to $700,000,000
Electrical Abortions.— Since our intimation last week of the "elec-
trical " rumor of numerous abortions being performed at a certain bathing
establishment in this city, we have been inundated with letters, and
have received several personal requests not to mention names. This we
cannot do, as the disgraceful business seems to have got considerable head-
way, especially among ladies in Oakland and in the Western Addition.
We are devising a method, however, of giving all the inside facts, with
names of many of the successful cases that are considered " references."
Increasing the Force of the Argument. — Last week we lessened
the force of au article on insurance by an error iu figures. We stated
that the risks of the local companies exceeded their paid-up capital thir-
teen times. It should have been thirty-eight times. The risks amount
to over $76,000,000, whilst their capital is but S2,000,000. The correction
of the error adds strength to the argument, that if foreign insurance
companies were driven away the local ones could not possibly afford the
requisite guarantees for the payment of losses.
That $700,000 Steal. — For several weeks we have had parties busily
engaged in getting together the true inwardness of the actual stealing of
$2,000,000 in bonds and other securities by a very prominent lady in this city.
Great as was the amount at stake, her holding the " Tin Box," and other
reasons, caused the rightful owners to pay $700,000 for what rightly be-
longed to them. This much is all we dare say at present, but, with " our
gopher " on the track, you may hope to know who she is and all about it.
The "News Letter" reaches every Assemblyman, Senator, attache"
and official at Sacramento, by all of whom it is attentively read and highly
appreciated. There are, of course, those who do not like it, but they
read it nevertheless. The men of culture like it, as well as read it. They
find in it truths that are worthy of being made a note of. Its truths will
increase in sharpness and personal applicability as the session advances.
J. H. Griffiths, Secretary of the Cumberland Gold and Silver Mining
Company, Yavapai County, Arizona, left for the mine Wednesday, the
4th inst., on a tour of inspection.
There is another scion of royalty getting himself ready for the pistol
of the assassin. The second son of Queen Victoria plays the fiddle. —
| Hawktiie.
Printed and Published by the Proprietor, Frederick Marriott, 607 to 615 Merchant Street, San Francisco, California.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Feb. 7, 1880.
ENGLAND AND THE IRISH DISTRESS.
Bennett's gift to Ireland has proved a bonanza to the newspapers
of America as well as to the suffering Irish. There is not a journalistic
fledgling who does not now sharpen his pencil, grit his teeth, and sifc down
with frenzy-rolling eyes to tell how selfish John Bull sits with his hands in
his well-filled pockets, while America comes to the relief of the starving
Irish. The fact that the English have not remained inactive, but, on the
contrary, have done and are doing everything in their power to relieve the
distress of their brethren, it is not to our purpose to speak of. There are
three points which we wish to call attention to, and to people of ordinary
sense they will go far to explain John Bull's position: First — The reports of
the distress inlreland have been grossly exaggerated, sensational telegrams,
published by American papers to the contrary notwithstanding. Second —
the English understand the people who are now calling for aid far better
than Americans do, and know far better how that aid can be given to the
best advantage of those who need it. Third — The English have no polit-
ical purpose to serve in ostentatiously giving relief. In this country it is
politic and often absolutely necessary for newspapers and public men to
stroke the backs of the Irish, but in England this is not the case. If
England gives, it is from a sense oi duty and humanity. If America
gives, it is because New Ireland may be thereby more easily led by the
nose. No man possessed of any knowledge of the past can accuse Eng-
land of being ungenerous. There is no country — the United States in-
cluded— that has not called upon her in the hour of need, and no such
appeal has ever gone unheeded. It is notorious that England has always
been regarded as the great alms-giver of the world, and it is as unjust as
it is palpably absurd to suppose or assert that she, who is so open-handed
to strangers, would deny ample charity to her own people.
FINANCIAL EVENTS.
The "Nation" of January 29th says: The principal financial
events of the week were (1) the sale, by the syndicate which bought in
November last 250,000 shares of New York Central and Hudson stock
from Mr. W. H. Vanderbilt, of 200,000 shares of the same, at an average
of $133 per share ; the price paid in November was $120 per share. The
whole 250,000 shares were offered here and in London to the highest bid-
ders; the remaining fifth was withdrawn. (2) The consolidation of the
ITnion Pacific, the Kansas Pacific and the Denver Pacific companies into
one, to be known as the Union Pacific Railway Company ; all these
roads now come under the control of Jay Gould, who also controls the
"Wabash system, and appears to be making rapid progress towards the
completion of the transcontinental road, which has always been regarded as
the dream of an ambitious man. (3) The sale by C. P. Huntington of 50,000
shares of Central Pacific stock, with the privilege to the buyers of taking
50,000 shares additional. The buyers are a syndicate of Stock Exchange
people, who have undertaken to popularize the stock in this market. One
of the reasons why Mr. Huntington sells the stock is supposed to be to
get cash with which to extend the Chesapeake and Ohio, and to forward
the construction of the Southern Pacific. In addition to these events
there have been continued negotiations to complete the union of the St.
Louis and San Francisco, and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe roads
in the work of extending their lines to the Pacific coast, under the old At-
lantic and Pacific charter. The Vanderbilt or New York Central inter-
est has given fresh proof during the week of its friendliness for the Erie
by making an arrangement by which the Erie increases its business from
Buffalo as well as its New England business. These important events
have furnished fuel for the speculative fire hi Wall street, and have been
sufficient in their influence on prices to overcome the unfavorable effect of
a bad bank statement."
THE QUARANTINE ARRANGEMENTS.
The inquiry into the quarantine arrangements should result in a com-
plete reform. Dr. McAllister appears to be indefatigable and able in the
performance of his duties, but his hands are completely tied and his ef-
forts frustrated by the absence of the first necessities of quarantine. A
Whitehall boat and four men form a miserable outfit for the exclusion
from this important city of an epidemic which, if once rife, would destroy
many lives and cost many dollars. "While ships arrive with a clean bill of
health all goes well, but on the first occasion when service is required he
is found helplessly unprovided. He depends on the Steamship Company
for the use of a launch, for the miserable hulks to which the unfortunate
crew and passengers have been transferred, for the materials for disinfec-
tion, and for the supervision necessary to carry out the quarantine. The
Company seems only anxious to do their best. Hundreds of pounds of
manganese have been little less than wasted for want of a disinfecting
oven, and, when the Chinese leave their miserable quarters on the Consti
tution, we affirm that there is no guarantee that the contagion will not be
carried in their clothes to every part of the city.
We have already repeatedly pointed out the remedy. The Quarantine
Officer should be provided with a station on Angel Island, or with a hos-
pital ship. The station should be equipped with the best disinfecting
rooms, so that passengers not likely to become subjects of disease may be
released as soon as possible. There should also be a special warehouse
with which suspected merchandise and personal effects may be housed
and disinfected, so that the interference with commerce may be reduced
to a minimum.
In a biographical sketch of Earl Granville, a writer in Truth says of
that statesman : " Lord G-. is fond of playing the Grand Seigneur. It is
a rule of the Foreign Office that no employe" shall accept a foreign decora-
tion— a rule which, indeed, applies to all British subjects. Foreign sover-
eigns accordingly give Englishmen whom they wish to thank snuff-boxes
or other trinkets. Lord Granville wisely thinks these, too, should be de-
clined, and has laid down a very strict rule for himself. When the Shah
was in London he presented Lord G. with his portrait, set in brilliants of
great price. Lord G. withdrew the diamonds and returned them, keep-
ing only the picture. The act was pedantic, if you like, political purism,
and so forth; but long may our statesmen be bigoted on this point."
A FIGHT WITH AN OCTOPUS.
The occupation of a diver is one that offers but little attractions to
those who by temperament have no fancy for exploring the " mysteries of
the deep." It is, however, not so monotonous an employment as might
be imagined ; and divers occasionally meet with exciting adventures while
engaged in their labors. One of these the other day fell to the lot of a
Government diver in Victoria, Mr. Smale, while at work on the bed of
the Moyne River, at Belfast, in that colony, and from the account he
gives of it in the Melbourne Argus it must have been more exciting than
pleasant:
Having thrust his arm into a hole, he found that "it was held by
something ; the action of the water was stirring up the clay, and therefore
I could not see distinctly for a few minutes ; but when it did clear away
I saw to my horror the arm of a large octopus entwined around mine like
a boa- constrictor. Just then he fixed some of his suckersron the hack of
my hand, and the pain was intense. I felt as if my hand was being
pulled to pieces, and the more I tried to take it away the greater the pain
became ; and from past experience I knew this method would be useless ;
but what was I to do lying in this position ? I had the greatest difficulty
in keeping my feet down, as the air rushed along the interior of my dress
and inflated it ; and if my feet had got uppermost I should soon have
become insensible, held in such a position ; and also if I had given the
Bignal to be pulled up, the brute would have held on, and the chances
would have been that I should have had a broken arm. I had a hammer
by me, but could not reach down to use it on the brute. There was a
small iron bar about five feet from me, and with my foot I dragged this
along until I could reach it with my left hand. And now the fight com-
menced ; the more I struck him the tighter he squeezed, until my arm got
quite benumbed ; after a while I found the grip to relax a little, but he
held on till I had almost cut him to pieces, and then he relaxed his hold
from the rock and I pulled him up. I was completely exhausted, having
been in that position for over twenty minutes. I brought the animal up,
or rather a part of it. We laid him out, and he measured over eight feet
across ; and I feel perfectly convinced that this fellow could have held
down five or six men."
CAPT. NATJNTON vs. THE CRIMPS.
We notice that Captain Naunton is again having one of his
periodical fights with his natural enemies, the boarding-house run-
ners and jail birds that infest the lower part of the city, getting
hold of sailors and levying tribute on ship-owners, and Captains in
need of men. Captain Naunton has always been opposed to-
these rascals, and during the past week they have again endeavored to
injure his unblemished record by innuendo, etc., through the adver-
tising columns of one of the dailies. Now, we have known Captain
Naunton for many years, and no more straightforward man ever lived.
The ship-owners and leading consignees, to show their appreciation of his
endeavors in their interest, yesterday issued a card in the Alia, not only
indorsing him, but in the strongest terms expressing their entire confi-
dence in his integrity and ability. The Captain is a genuine Britisher,
and his unceasing efforts to supply men to ships, and seeing that the men
are-able and all that careful ship-owners desire, is the cause of his popu-
larity. We have no doubt that the crimps who are at present hounding
him will be beaten now, as ever before.
A MILLIONAIRE'S BEQUEST TO SAN FRANCISCO.
Henry E. Robinson, an old Californian, recently died at Norfolk,
Conn., leaving an estate valued at 81,500,000, §40,000 of which he be-
queaths this city, to be invested for the relief of destitute women and
children. The deceased came to California from Louisiana in 1849, and
was elected to the first Senate from the Sacramento District, serving dur-
ing the winter of 1849-50 at San Jose, then the capital of the State. He
had drawn a short term, but was re-elected, and in San Jose, as a mem-
ber of the Senate, served up to the winter of 1850-51, and after the re-
moval to Sacramento during the corresponding period in 1851-52. In
mercantile business in Sacramento and in investments in Bear River lands
he accumulated a considerable fortune, and at an early day retired from
active participation in business. He made frequent journeys to Europe
and the East, making at times extended sojourns, but often returned to
California to pass the winter. His will, dated Yonkers, December 10,
1879, nominates as executors, without bonds, B. A. Roberts, of New
York, Augustus T. Post, of New York City, and S. G. Murphy, of San
Francisco.
The Health of the City. — There was an augmentation of the mor-
tality last week — 95 deaths, only 8 of which were of the zymotic clasB.
The principal fatal diseases may be referred to the prevailing cold
weather. There were 18 deaths from phthisis, 7 pneumonia, 3 bronchitis.
And following on the interference with respiration, 6 apoplexy, 7 heart
disease. No case of smallpox has yet occurred beyond those reported from
the crew and passengers of the City of Peking. But, as yet, there is no
certainty that the disease is stopped. The inquiry instituted by the
Board of Health presents a lamentable spectacle of stupidity on the part
of the surgeon in charge of the City of Peking. Although he knew that
smallpox was on board, he apparently took no special care in examining
his patients, and consequently mistook altogether the nature of their dis-
orders. He was in complete ignorance that they had smallpox. He also
forgot to tell Dr. McAllister of their occurrence. They; were, therefore,
allowed to escape on shore. We would seriously advise the Steamship
Company to pay more attention to the qualifications of their medical offi-
cers, and, we may add, pay them better than a third-class engineer.
The Fresh Journalist. — In the line of stupidity, nothing approaches
the performance of the new editor of the new paper, who writes a column
or two of Balutatory, principally devoted to apology for his enterprise.
The new editor usually makes a splendid exhibition of modesty; he dis-
parages himself, and appeals to his readers for forbearance. He is confi-
dent that the public is already penetrating his modest habiliments, and
discovering in him a man of prodigious intellect and unparalleled capacity
for business. But frequently the people take him at his word. That is
why there are so many wrecks on the stormy coast of journalism. — Cin-
cinnati Enquirer.
Rare Recipe for the New Year. — How to turn people's heads.
Come into church late with creaky boots on.—Judy.
Feb. 7, 1880.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
DOINGS AT SACRAMENTO.
[fROU Ol'l OWN (OKKKarONDENT.]
Both Houses have settled down to steady business at lant, and it is
now iMMfliblf '... t'-ll pretty accurate! v li"<* the legislative nun-hine i* likely
In work. The mist of uncertainty that li u prevailed is clearing sway,
roible. The Republican majority aro to
,-.-thor on alt important ooossfona, Kin* Gaaoua is t> nredeter-
* mine si i man an to control tha King, am! one of these two
mrn i- t" r>in the other : so that the wbola thing i* to resolve Itself into s
E man power. That tithe truth, that «ill he manifest enough some
For the present, it may bs, ami doohUsal will be, denied. Occa-
ally there may even t»e presented appc a uesa ol individual indepond-
- euce, but it will only he in appe&ntniv ; for nothing i* more obvious to
hini who looks beneath the surface than thai it has no existence in fact.
The organization that has Seen effected nf both House* is a large ring;
within this ring there are smaller ones, th if RTOW in strength as they de-
crease in sixe, until we at last reach the inner ring, that is stronger than
the rest, ami governs all, from Jhe center all round to the circumference.
THE LEGISLATURE AS IT IS.
He who understands how these rings are constituted will have a pretty
clear appreciation of what this present much-feared Legislature amounts
■I, Let us inquire more particularly concerning them. The larger ring
is the compact Republican majority. That ring is controlled by the next
in toe, which is made up of a band of leading spirits, who control the
caucus. Th:ir ring is, in its turn, manipulated by a third, which consists
of some half dozen members of the joint Judiciary Committees. Those
half dnaen are ruled by two, and of these two one runs the other, when
large matters of policy are to be determined. The one is a capitalist,
representing certain combined capitalists, and the other is his and their
attorney. Thud we reach the pivotal fact that
FELTON AND FOX
Boss this Legislature, and Felton bosses Fox, when the substance rather
than the form of things has to be determined. Charles N. Felton, hailing
from San Mateo, but really from San Francisco, is then the power that
orders the really important "doings at Sacramento." This gentleman, quiet
in his demeanor, persuasive in his conversation, and firm in his purposes,
may not be very widely known by the masses, but in the inner circle in
which capitalists move, perhaps no man is better known or appreciated
for his ability to conceive and his capacity to execute important diplo-
matic undertakings than is "Charley" Felton.
Mr. Felton is rich. How he became so, we need not now stop to
inquire. It is enough for present pnrposes to know that he is reckoned
almost, if not quite, a millionaire. His distinctive reputation is that of a
man who is good at managing, contriving, manipulating, or, to use an ex-
Ereseive phrase of the period, " connubiating." It is said that he acts
is part to perfection, and most certainly he looks it. He ever wears
shout him the air of a man engaged in some transaction of moment that
requires most delicate handling. He is sober in his deportment, and of
great discretion of speech. He is reticent, as a rule, but when he ven-
tures to talk prefers to take you aside, and treat you as if you were the
subject of his special confidences. This is so much a practice with him
that it has grown into a habit. He pursues it, whether the communica-
tion he has to make is important or unimportant, or whether made to a
fellow-millionaire or only to the humblest hanger-on of the Legislature.
He seems to have a constitutional objection to talking in the presence of
a third party. Meet him when and where you will, he has somebody
cornered off, listening to something that appears to need mystery and con-
fidence in the telling. The story goes that he refused his confidences to
Ralston when Mills was present. It is said that Flood once asked him
for a secret in regard to the manipulations in Sierra Nevada, but that he
remained reticent until Mackay left their presence. The other day he
was engaged in whispered communications with Assemblyman Braun-
bart, but was noticed to nudge his companion, and to cease whispering
because May bell was approaching. In like manner, he had most confi-
dential relations with Higgins, in a recess of the lobby, until Gannon
hove in sight Thus it ever is with him. He seems a man heavily laden
with confidences, which he declines to part with, except in individual
and separate parcels. From this mannerism, if from no other cause, he
has come to have the reputation of being a safe man to trust. He knows
he has such a reputation, and, if he does not make much capital of it, he
is greatly misrepresented. He is in the Assembly for that reason. Last
year the^ question arose, in certain influential quarters, as to how the
forthcoming Legislature could be induced to put the new Constitution in
force in a "conservative manner," which, being interpreted from a Con-
servative standpoint, meant how the sting could be taken out of that in-
strument. To undertake to accomplish that was to undertake to do a big
thing. The succeas of the feat interested mining managers, stock opera-
tors, water owners, aud all and sundry the corporations and capitalists of
the State. 'Whether Felton foresaw that he was the man to accomplish
the task, or whether its accomplishment has been put upon him by the
force of circumstances, it would be difficult for any one, not in his confi-
dence, to telL From the fact that he got himself elected from that
pocket-borough of wealth, San Mateo, to the Assembly, in which he is
not at home, not having a taste for speaking in the presence of more than
one person, it may fairly be supposed that there has been considerable of
design in his movements. Certain it is that events are being shaped to
Buit his friends most wonderfully. Already he may be credited with suc-
cess. His is the divinity that shapes the ends of this Legislature, rough
hew them as the members may. Of course he is aided by lieutenants, but
he is the Commander-in-chief. They work the Caucus, and the Judiciary
and Corporations Committees, but only to carry out his wilL Their
hands are seen, but his are felt. 'Cause why! How is it this man has
such strength? The answer is not far off. He is in direct communica-
tion with the great interests outside, that fear adverse legislation. He is
the active, zealous almoner of all the powers that be. Lobbying in the
lobby is well nigh abolished, at least for the present, but it has only
changed base. It has taken possession of the floor of both houses, and is
being practiced by trusty members elected for that express purpose.
Felton lias his lieutenants, the first in importance of whom is
c. N. FOX.
-jMp. Fox has long been known as the astute attorney for Spring Valley.
jjLast session he was at Sacramento as its political manager. He fought
for it in the lobby before committees, and wherever fighting was to bo
done. He was in the lobby in season and out of season. What he did
there it is not necessary to tell, and would be difficult, if it were. An
office was opened within the Capitol, and disbursements were made, but
who made them, and who received them, is not to the purpose at present.
AH that it is necessary to say is that Mr. Fox's name was freely mentioned
in the San Francisco dailies. He was singled out for repeated reference.
He was by them associated with what were called "the great water
]obs,nand though those references were hardly intended to be compli-
mentary, yet, in the end, they have most assuredly been beneficial to
Mr. Fox. They made him conspicuous. They advertised him into a
commanding position as a successful manager of legislation. Their influ-
ence was temporarily disagreeable, for there was a time, a very short
tune, during which it was almost as much as a member's reputation for
political virtue was worth to be seen talking to Spring Valley's attorney.
But those evil influences soon passed away, and now behold the change !
Incorporated capital thought Mr. Fox was just the man that was needed,
procured bis election for a Republican stronghold, made him chairman of
the judiciary, and, in consequence, the most influential member of the
House. The Assembly, up to date, has passed twenty-six bills, of which
number no less than seventeen were introduced by Mr. Fox, or by his col-
league and able assistant, Judge Tyler, and twenty-two were passed upon
by the Judiciary Committee which they control. These figures indicate
power in a very marked sense. No longer is there a cry heard against
this special attorney of a corporation. He is a power in the laud, aye,
the principal law-making power in it. He has not now to fight from tho
lobby the adverse bills of other men, but is in the position best calculated
to give him the power to originate and pass whatever legislation he
pleases, and in very truth, he is intent upon making the most of his op-
portunities. He has a mighty big bill before the House in which there
are millions. It is in the interest of all the water companies of the State.
Spring "Valley and the Oakland Water Works Company join hands and
link themselves in a common interest with the water companies of Los
■Angeles, Santa Barbara, San Mateo and of other places that do not recur
to one's memory at this moment. The bill is introduced by Judge Tyler,
but it is Fox's bill for all that. From no less experienced mind did that
wondrous measure emanate. The skill with which it is made to get
around every obstacle to be found in the New Constitution, is really re-
markable. No more ingenious study could he recommended to the student
of law than that of examining this bill in the light of the fundamental
law, with a view to discover how very neatly every constitutional restric-
tion that was framed for the purpose of embarrassing has been made to
subserve the objects of the author of this bill. The passage of this meas-
ure will be the crowning glory of Mr. Fox's legislative career, but it will
not be the only big thing in which he will be concerned. Each and every,
all and sundry the bills relating to corporations, material interests and
accrued wealth will receive his careful attention, and will be made or
marred, as he may desire, by the Judiciary Committee of which be is
chairman. The News Letter, has always said that it would be found in
the end that capital could protect itself. It can, and it is now doing it.
We neither 2aud nor condemn the methods. We simply describe them.
felton's other lieutenants.
In carrying out his plans on behalf of organized capital, Felton has
other Lieutenants, men placed just where they will do the most, who de-
serve a more extended notice than our space will enable us to give them
at this time. There is Judge G. W. Tyler, in the Assembly, who is doing
a giant's work. The intense energy and force of this gentleman seem to
have free vent in the Legislature. What with drafting bills, attending
committees, and frequent speaking, he has surely enough on hand to sat-
isfy even so irrepressible a man. In the Senate, Grove L. Johnson leads
with all the ability and tact his friends gave him credit for possessing.
Paul Neumann is proving himself a worthy aid. Genial and popular, he
has been able to carry some of the party's burdens with a freedom from
animadversion that would hardly have been accorded to any other Sen-
ator. As chairman of the Election and Qualifications Committee he has
had to do things that were better left undone. To him has attached the
party duty of introducing into California, for the first time, the eight to
seven method of counting out duly elected opponents, and of counting in
party associates who were not elected. Pinder, with his majority of bal-
lots, was ruled out, while Byrnes, admittedlyin the minority, was counted
in. But two friends, instead of two opponents, makes a difference of
four votes. The thing had to be done. The selection of a man to do it
who is without an enemy, and who so well knows how to joke and laugh
himself through a difficulty, was a master-stroke of good policy. It is
just such fitting arrangements as this that show there is forethought, in-
tention and design in the present Republican organization of the Legis-
lature. Dickenson, of San Francisco, is doing well. So, also, is Mr,
Baker, of Santa Clara, a young and aspiring Senator, whose instincts are
on the side of conservatism and vested interests. These gentlemen, how-
ever, as yet belong to the outer ring. There is an inner sanctum, a sort
of holy of holies, to which such untried partisans are not admitted until
they have been many times tried, and never failed to respond with cheer-
ful alacrity to the crack of the party whip. Hittell would be impractica-
ble and kick over the traces, and is therefore allowed to ride his hobby
of amending the codes, so as to tit the new Constitution — a work in which
he is well and ably employed.
The reader may now judge of the Legislative machine for himself. Its
true inwardness is set forth with an exactitude that will, perhaps, be bet-
ter appreciated when the session is at an end. The parties in interest will
then have less desire to hide things. The Republican caucus, controlled
in the manner we have seen, will take care that no harm is done to any
important interest, considerable of an antidote to the poison of the new
Constitution will be supplied, and capital will acquire a much needed con-
fidence. The Workingmen's members will talk much but be permitted to
accomplish nothing. The session will end soon after the allotted period,
aud Legislators will betake themselves to their homes to prepare for the
elections which will take place in November. The Presidential question
will then be . all absorbing. Attention will be drawn away from local
issues, and, as a consequence, capital is safe for over two years to come.
Meanwhile every office holder who is not a "stalwarth" Republican
"mast go." To the victors belong the spoils. The party must be con-
solidated for the next campaign. That's the programme. js.
The Days of Our Youth.— Mamma : " No, Edie, no more. You will
feel uncomfortable." Edie : " Please, Mamma, I don't mind." — Judy.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Feb. 7, 1880.
AN ENGLISH NOVEL.
B"S" AN AMEEICAN" AUTHOR.
Chapter XIII.— The Club.
The Royal Club Rooms, situate on the northeast corner of the Strand
and Oxford street, are the most aristocratic and elegant of their kind to
be found in the whole city of London. They include the entire four
floors of the building, the first floor of which is occupied by a fashionable
gents' furnishing goods store, and are elegantly and expensively furnished
throughout. Here it is that the weary merchant, the hard-worked law-
yer, the brain-racked broker, the aristocratic baronet and the wealthy
duke, find solace and repose after, and at times throughout, the toil and
worry of the day, and interchange of thought and opinion upon the state
of trade, stocks, the money market, and the thousand and one kindred
matters and things that business men ever take comfort and pleasure in
discnssing together during their hours of leisure. Here, over the social
glass and fragrant havana, often accompanied by the click of the billiard
ball or the sharp rustle of the poker deck, the austere demeanor, the
brusque manner and cold, calculating glance of the business man is cast
to one side, and the true inner nature of the members and their friendB
allowed to display itself. "While other social clubs have been organized,
and seemed to flourish for a time and then fail and disband from gradual
lack of support, the Royal Club has held its own steadily, has kept on its
way progressively, and to-day it is the strongest social organization in the
city. The secret of its success, dear reader, will be found upon perusing
Article I. of its Constitution, a copy of which, in gold letters, emblazoned
on ebony, hangs in a conspicuous place over every doorway about the
place. It reads as follows:
" Section 1. — No person shall be eligible for membership of this association who is
not worth, over and above his debts and liabilities, the sum of §1,000,000, U. S.
gold coin."
That tells the whole story in a nutshell, and it is a source of great grati-
fication to a visitor to know that those he sees about him are all mil
lionaires. In fact, an atmosphere and air of wealth, and consequent re-
finement, pervades the place, which is difficult to describe, and which
must be experienced to be duly appreciated.
It is lunch time on the occasion of which we write, and the rooms are
thronged with members and their friends, many of whom are still engaged
in the agreeable duty of replenishing the inner man in the lunch-room,
from which apartment the clatter of dishes, mingled with the fumes of
French cooking, is borne in to the drinking-room, where groups and knots
stand about or loll in easy-chairs. Some have had lunch ; others have
yet that pleasure before them. The former you can tell by the audible
quill toothpicks, or fresh-lighted cigars they hold in their mouths ; the
latter by the appetizers they are mixing and disposing of. All are con-
versing on the current topics of the hour.
The Earl of Thames is standing at a table in the middle of the floor,
getting together the ingredients for a " Bettler" he proposes to compound
for himself and the Judge, he and the latter having just got through
lunch. The Judge is but the Earl's guest on the present occasion, the
state of his finances not as yet showing the 'adequate amount of coin to
entitle him to be a member. He might as well be, the others think, aB
he's there pretty much all the time along with the Earl.
" Seems to me," says the Earl, holding the whisky bottle up to the
light, and looking through it suspiciously, "seems to me somebody's
been putting a considerable-sized hole in this liquor since I was here last."
" Why don't you lock it up ?" asks the Judge.
"Sol do," replies Mr. Thames. "But, pshaw! 'tain't no sort of use.
All them lockers has keys just alike. I thought some of getting a Yale
combination put on mine, but you couldn't keep them fellers out of a
bank safe," and he looks round at the crowd. Then he walks over to his
locker for the bitters. " Blamed if tbey ain't snaked the Angostura, too,"
he says. " Now, that's what I call doggoned mean." No one seems to
notice the remark. "Yes, sir," he continues to the Judge, as he exam-
ines the lock, "the bolt's bin forced. No cocktail for We, Us & Co.,
that's pretty clear."
" Take it atraight," says the Judge, growing impatient. " I don't know
what you got to do, but I got to get back to Court pretty damn quick,"
" Since when ?" asks the Earl, poking a little fun, in his own dry way,
at his Honor. The Judge makes no reply, but takes up the whisky bot-
tle and pours out a good old-fashioned three-finger dose into his tumbler.
" Oh, take some whisky when you're about it," observes the Earl, play-
fully, as he empties the balance of the bottle into his own glass, and then
puts the edge under his nose before quaffing it.
" How?" says his Honor.
"Drink hearty," returns the Earl.
" Well, I'm going," remarks the Judge, setting his glass down.
"Hold on a minute," says Mr. Thames, taking a mouthful of ice
water ; " and I'll walk a couple of blocks or so with you."
As the two depart, the Prince of Connaught enters, and makes straight
for the lunch-room.
" Say, Prince! " calls the Count of Devonshire, who has been having a
loud discussion with Mr. Lord Summersault about something or other.
" We'll leave it to you."
" How ?" demands the Prince, gruffly, with a hungry tone in his voice,
as he halts on his way.
" I'll tell ye," says the Count, with a preparatory clearing of the throat.
" Well, hurry up about it, then," says the Prince. " I'm caving in."
" Well, me and Mr. Summersault here — " (the Prince and Mr. S. ex-
change nods) — " have had a little discussion, and we want you to settle it."
"Well, spit it out, then, and be quick about it," says Mr. Connaught,
making believe to leave them.
" We want to know which is the highest — a Knight or a Duke?" asks
the Count.
" Blamed if I know," replies the Prince, starting to walk on.
While the three have been talking, a District Telegraph messenger has
entered the room with a letter in his hand. Each gentleman he en-
counters takes the letter from him, reads the address, shakes his head and
hands it back. As the Prince moves on, the boy reaches him and offers
him the letter. It is addressed :
' " Mr. Connaught, Present."
But, though the title is missing, the Prince knows it is for him. He pro-
ceeds to tear it open.
" Thirty-five cents," says the boy, staying his arm.
"Next time, bub," answers the Prince.
" Can't play that on this rooster," grins the boy. "Gimme back the
letter."
The Prince sees further parley is useless, so he produces the coin. Then
he opens the letter and reads:
"Come to me. I am dying. Answer. Genevieve."
Expressions of disgust, doubt, resentment, regret, anger, remorse and
fear flash, into the Prince's face, and, in turn, chase each other away, as
he stands holding the letter in his trembling fingers. Then a " forget and
forgive " look comes into his eyes. He says hoarsely to the boy: "Wait,"
and then rushes to the nearest table and scribbles this reply:
" Royal Clur Booms, London, Dec. 31, 187 — .
Friend Evt: Yours of this date to hand and contents noted. Propose making
calls to-morrow, and shall add you to my list. Will drop in early.
Respectfully, A. C, Prince.
To Miss Evy Thames, Present."
" There," he says to the messenger, as he puts the note in his hand.
Then he goes to lunch.
[Continued Next Week.]
TO MINE OWNERS.
THE SYNDICATE MINING ASSOCIATION
Was Organized August 28tb, 1878, for the Purpose of Capitalizing Mining Properties,
Expecting that by Care and Preliminary Expenditure, it would be Able
to Secure and Promote only Dividend- Paying Mines.
The Directors of the Syndicate Wining Ass'n, of Baltimore, 3¥Ld :
Mr. Charles G. Kerr, Lawyer, Baltimore, Md President.
Governor Oden Bowie, ex-Governor of Maryland Vice President.
Mr. Wm. Kmmet Banks, Merchant, Baltimore Treasurer.
Col. Harry McCoy, Baltimore Secretary.
Hon. G. C. Walker Ex-Governor of Virginia.
Hon. Robert T. Banks Ex-Mayor of Baltimore.
Hon. E. J. Henkel, M.C Anne Arundel Co. , Maryland.
James D. Martin Merchant, Washington, D.C.
Hon. John Merryman Ex-State Treasurer, Md.
Hon. M. W. Ransom United States Senator, Weldon, N.C.
E. McMurdy Inspector,
SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE:
Room 26, Cosmopolitan Building, No. 203 Bash Street.
[January 24.J
ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
Hale and Voreross Silver Milling Company. --Location of
principal place of business, San Francisco, California— Location of works,
Virginia Miniug District, Storey County, Nevada.— Notice is hereby given that at a
meeting of the Board of Directors, held on the fourteenth day of January, 1880, an
assessment ( No. 63) of One Dollar per share was levied upon the capital stock of the
Corporation, payable immediately, in U. S. gold coin, to the Secretary, at the office
of the Company, Room No. 58, Nevada Block, northwest corner Pine and Montgom-
ery streets, San Francisco, California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall remain unpaid on the NINETEENTH
day of FEBRUARY, 1880, will be delinquent and advertised for sale at public auc-
tion ; and unless payment is made before, will be sold on THURSDAY, the ELEV-
ENTH day of MARCH, 1880, to pay the delinquent assessment, together with cost of
advertising and expenses of sale. By order of the Board of Directors.
JOEL F. LIGHTNER, Secretary.
Office— Room No. 58, Nevada Block, northwest corner Pine and Montgomery
streets, San Francisco. Jan. 24.
ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
Gila Silver Miniug Coin»any--I<ocat.ion of principal place
of business, San Francisco, California ; location of works, Reveille Mining
District, Nye County, Nevada. — Notiee is hereby given, that at a meeting of the
Board of Directors, held on the fifteenth day of January, 1880, an assessment (No.
6) of Twenty-five Cents per share was levied upon the capital stock of the corpora-
tion, payable immediately in United States gold coin, to the Secretary, at the office
of the Company, Room 7, Safe Deposit Building, 328 Montgomery street, San Fran-
cisco, California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall remain uupaid on the seventeenth day
of February, 1880, will be delinquent, and advertised for sale at public auction ; and
unless payment is made before, will be sold on TUESDAY, the ninth (9th) day o£
March, 1880, to pay the delinquent assessment, together with costs of advertising
and expenses of sale. By order of the Board of Directors.
WM. W. PARRISH, Secretary.
Office — Room 7, Safe Deposit Building, No. 328 Montgomery street, San Francisco,
Cal. Jan. 31. <
^ CO-PARTNERSHIP NOTICE.
We, the undersigned, nave this day formed a co-partner-
Ship under the firm name of SCOFIELD & TE"VIS, for the transaction of
a General Importing, Shipping and Commission business, succeeding to the business
heretofore carried on by F. B. Taylor & Co. D. G. SCOFIELD,
San Francisco, January 2d, 1880. HARRY L. TEVIS.
NOTICE.— Haviner sold to Messrs. Scofield and Tevisthe stock of merchandise,
warehouse, and good-will of the business heretofore carried on under the firm name
of F. B. Taylor & Co., I heartily recommend them to the trade as my successors in
business, and ask for them a continuance of the patronage eo liberally bestowed »n
the old house during the past 28 years. F. B. TAYLOR*
San Francisco, January 2d, 1880. Jan. 10.
GUS. V. DANIELS,
Successor to Thomas & Daniels, of California Paint Com-
pany's House Paintinc Department. House, Sign and Ship Painting, and Pa-
per Hanging. Walls Repaired, Whitened or Tinted any shade or color. All orders
promptly attended to and work guaranteed.
Jan. 17. 27 and 95A STEVENSON STREET, San Francisco.
Fck 7, 1880.
CALIFORNIA ADVKKTISEK.
WIFE AND MOTHER
When sho I 1>rnU\
«■ » lily f«ir —
it her hair ;
0| her U*ftuttful. ;** ift .
1 like patches of summer aides
ii the tlepth of .** sunlit stream,
lVtwetn the lilies that on it gleam !
Up to our home I letl the w»y,
I'n.Ier the low, budding apple-tree houghs;
la lbs pole ted light <>f the dying day.
Til— i llilny anew oar m&rriMEt rows.
"ljOfOj™ afaa whi»|»eretl, "if such sweet bliss
He sin. then dea>th should coine after this,"
"Nay!" I whispered her back ; "for me
Love is sufficient ; let sweet life bet"
So in my home she took her place.
Ruling with wise and grave control ;
All great hopes throve with :» woniVrous grace.
Thanks to her tender and steadfast soul.
There, in the light of those fervent eyes
(Those beautiful bits of cloudlen skies).
Summer and sweetness seemed to dwell
With me and my loved one — all was well!
Thrice did she lay her burden down
At the foot of the cross of Womanhood ;
Thrice did she dip her martyr's crown
l>eep in the sacramental blood.
Fair little children clasped her breast,
Cradled there to a brief, sweet rest,
Ere turning back to the beckoning hand
Stretched to them from the heavenly land.
Then in the tender and wistful eyes
Gathered a shadow of silent pain,
Even as over our mountain skies
Gathers the mist that turns to rain.
"Love," she whispered, "it was my sin
Our children's feet could not enter in
Unto our home — so, to that far away
They call me, dear, and I must obey.
"Love! oh, love!" she sobbed, at my knees,
"My greatest sin was in loving you;
Even their dear, dead eyes could see
All the rest of my life rang true.
All the beauty of summer hours,
Songs of birds and color of flowers,
All the fragrance of dusk wood-ways,
I wove to a selfish hymn of praise."
Low on my hands she bowed her head —
O, the beautiful, long, fair hair,
Sweeping over my breast as she said
Words too sacred to breath elsewhere I
Soft on my forehead her last kiss lay,
Sweet were the greetings she bade me say —
Words whose purport I may not tell,
Save the saddest and last — "Farewell."
So we found her, in robes of white,
Veiled and still, like a lily fair ;
Her calm face turned to the setting light,
The old bride-blossoms about her hair.
Soft on her closed lips the faint light fell,
Sealing up secrets they erst might tell,
Shutting the sob in I yet could hear:
"Still I am with you and love you, dear."
--Mille W. Carpenter.
STATISTICS OF THE AUSTRALASIAN COLONIES, IN-
CLUDING NEW ZEALAND.
The estimated mean population in 1878 of the Australasian Colonies,
including New Zealand, was 2,557,061; the Revenue of 1878, $86,786,580;
the proportion of revenue raised by taxation, $30,464,060; the rate of tax-
ation per head of population, nearly §12; the value of imports in 1878,
$252,729,830; the value of imports per head of population, $98.60; the
value of exports in 1878, $220,983,685; the value of exports per head of
the population, §86.40; the total value of trade, imports and exports,
1473,713,515; the value of total trade per head of the population, $185;
the number of miles of railway open on December 31, 1878, 3,977^; miles
of railway in course of construction on same date, 1,1593 j the number of
miles of telegraph lines open on same date, 25,370J; miles of telegraph
wire open, 40,501; telegraph in course of construction on December 31,
1878— length of lines, 1,229$ miles; length of wire, 1,654| miles; the num
ber of acres under crop in 1878, 6,594,757; the number of horses, 1,009,878 l
the number of cattle, 7,402,659; the number of sheep, 61,066,100; the
number of pigs, 815,110: the public debt on Dec. 31, 1878, $337,532,555:
the amount of indebtedness per head of the population, $129.67. Th«
separate acreage under crop in each colony was : New South Wales
613,642 acres; Victoria, 1,609,278 acres; South Australia, 2,011,319 acres
Queensland, 111,746 acres; Tasmania, 143,797 acres; Western Australia!
51,065 acres; New Zealand, 2,053,910 acres. The estimated population on
December 31, 1878. was : New South Wales, 693,743; Victoria, 879,442:
South Australia, 248,795; Queensland, 210,510; Tasmania, 109,947; West
era Australia, 28,166; New Zealand, 432,519; in all 2,603,122 inhabitants.
The above figures are all taken from official sources.
The first thing a man does, on recovering consciousness, after being
picked out of the debris of a railway accident, amidst the shrieks of the
mangled, is to ask, " Where am I ?" The first thing a woman asks, un-
der precisely similar circumstances, is, " Where are my things?"
Purify the Blood, Cleanse the Stomach and Sweeten the Breath with
Hop Bitters. Read advertisement.
BANKS.
THE BANK OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO.
Capital $3,000,000.
WI. AI.V4IRD l»rc«ldent.
TUONAN BROWN, < ...I.I.t | B. HURRAY, Jr., Anh'I Cashier
Aokxth:
Now York, anna Ol the hank ..f OllfblBla; Boston, Tromont National Bank
Chicago. Onion National Hank : St. Louis, Boatman's Saving Bank ; New Zealand,
|h« Bank • >[ New Zealand ; London, Ohio*, Japan, India and Australia, the Oriental
Bank Corporation.
The Bank has Agencies at Virginia City and Gold Hill, and Correspondents in all
the priii.. i).;il Hmlng District* Mia Interior Towns of the Pacific Coast.
Letters of Credit issued, availahle in all parts of the world. Draw direct on Lon-
don. Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Bremen, Hamburg, Fran kfort-on -the- Main, Antwerp,
Amsterdam, St. Petershurch, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Christiana, Locarno, Mel-
bourne, Sydney, Auckland, Hongkong', Shanghai, Yokohama. Nov. 4,
FIRST NATIONAL GOLD BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Paid ii i> Capital 81,500,000, Oold. President, R. C. Wool-
worth ; Vice-President, D. Callaghan ; Cashier, E. D. Morgan.
Directors :— R. C. Wool worth, D. Callaghan, C. G. Hooker, C. Adolph Low, Peter
Donahue, Isaac Wormser, Edward Martin, James Moffltt, N. Van Bergen.
Correspondents— London : Baring Bros. A Co. Chartered Mercantile Bank of In-
dia, London and China. Duhlin : Provincial Bank of Ireland. Hamburg : Hesse,
Neuman&Co. Paris: Hottinguer&Co. NewYork: National Bank of Commerce. Bos-
ton : Blackstone National Bank. Chicago : First National Bank. This Bank is pre-
pared to transact a general Banking business. Deposits in Gold, Silver and Currency
received subject to check or on special deposit. Exchange for sale on the principal
cities of the United States, Great Britain, Ireland and the Continent. Commercial
Credits issued available in Europe, Chii.a and Japan. Collections attended to and
prompt returns made at the lowest market rates of Exchange. Jan. 19.
BANK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter.— Capital paid up, 81,800,-
000, with power to increase to 510,000,000. Southeast corner California and San-
some streets. Head Office— 28 Cornliill, London. Branches — Portland, Oregon; Vic-
toria, New Westminster and Cariboo, British Columbia.
This Bank transacts a General Banking Business. Accounts opened subject to Check
and Special Deposits received. Commercial Credits granted available in all parts of
the world. Approved Bills discounted and advances made on good collateral security.
Draws direct at current rates upon its Head Office and Branches, and upon its Agents
as follows :
New York, Chicago and Canada— Bank of Montreal ; Liverpool — North and South
Wales Bank ; Scotland— British Linen Company ; Ireland — Bank of Ireland ; Mex-
ico and South America — London Bank of Mexico and South America ; China and
Japan— Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, and Oriental Bank ; Australia
and New Zealand— Bank of Australasia, Commercial Banking Company of Sydney,
and English, Scottish and Australian Chartered Bank.
May 18. FREDERICK TOWNSEND, Manager.
LONDON AND SAN FRANCISCO BANK, LIMITED.
Capital, 85,000,000, of which 83,000^000 is fully paid np as
present capital. Reserve Fund, §300,000. San Francisco Office, 424 Califor-
nia street ; London Office, 22 Old Broad street. Manager, ARTHUR SCRIVENER ;
Cashier, WILLIAM STEEL. London Bankers, Bank of England and London Joint
Stock Bank ; New York, Drexel, Morgan & Co. ; Boston, Third National Bank.
This Bank is prepared to transact all kinds of General Banking and Exchange Busi-
ness in London and San Francisco, and between said cities and all parts of the
world. March 30.
THE NEVADA BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO.
Capital Paid Up $3,000,000.
Reserve, TJ. S. Bonds 3,500,000.
Agency at New York, 63 Wall street.
Agency at Virginia, Nev.
Buys and sells Exchange and Telegraphic Transfers. Issues Commercial and Trav-
elers' Credits. This Bank has special facilities for dealing in Bullion. Nov. 8.
SECURITY SAVINGS BANK.
GUARANTEE CAPITAL, 830O,000.
Officers: Vice-President, Jerome Lincoln; Secretary, W.
S. Jones ; Attorney, Sidney V. Smith. Loans made on Real Estate and other
Approved Securities. Office : No. 215 Sansome street, San Francisco. Oct. 14.
THE GERMAN SAVINGS AND LOAN SOCIETY.
Dentsche Spar and Leihbauk, Ho 526 Californiastreet, San
Francisco. Officers : Presidcut, L. G0TTIG. Board of Directors. — Fred.
Roeding, Chas. Kohler, Edw. Kruse, George H. Eggers, N. Van Bergen, H. L. Simon,
Peter Spreckels, Ign. Stcinhart. Secretary, GEO. LETTE; Attorney, JOHN R.
JARBOE. May IS.
THE ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN BANK, LIMITED.
422 California St., San Francisco.
London Office, 3 Ang-el Court ; New York Agents, J. W. Sel-
igman & Co., 21 Broad street. Authorized Capital Stock, $6,000,000. Will re-
ceive Deposits, open Accounts, make Collections, buy and sell Exchange and Bullion,
loan Money, and issue Letters of Credit available throughout the world.
FRED. F. LOW, IGN. STEINHART, Managers.
P. N. Lilientilal, Cashier. Sept. 13.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Office of the Hiberula Savings and Loan Society, >*. E.
corner Montgomery and Post streets, San Francisco, January 5th, 1880.—
At a regular meeting of the Board of Directors of this Society, held this day, a Div-
idend at the rate of six and a half (6$) per cent, per annum, for the six months end-
ing with December 31st, 1879, was declared on all deposits, payable from and after
this date, free from Federal Tax. [Jan. 10.] EDW. MARTIN, Secretary.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Savings and Loan Society, 619 day street.— For the hair
year ending December 31st, 187'.), a dividend has been declared on all deposits
at the rate of five and one-half (5J) per cent, per annum, free of Federal Tax, and
payable on and after January 15th, 1S80.
Jan. 17. CYRUS W. CARMANY, Cashier.
G. E. BARTON,
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Lav,
629 KEARNY STREET ROOMS 1 and 2.
[December 20.]
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Feb. 7, 1880.
"PLEASURE'S WAND."
"We Obey no Wand Tmt Pleasure's."-- Tom Moore.
Baldwin's Theater. — AUxe is a play that, by reason of its long
hold on the stage, and its position in the repertoire, of all emotional ac-
tresses, has passed out of the range of criticism. Alixe is a good example
of the exaggerated girlish innocence French writers love to depict. It is
one of the best characters of MisB Morris, for it does not depend solely
upon the representation of harrowing emotions, but calls forth all her
mimic abilities. At first she is the young, innocent girl, full of life and
spirit, to whom life is beautiful — a maiden frank in hep ingenuousness,
open-hearted and affectionate. When misery and trouble cast their dark
clouds over the sunshine of her teens, she is hardened and broken-hearted.
She is ruthlessly awakened from the dreams of happiness her young soul
has indulged in, and she finds relief from the terror of this terrible awaken-
ing in the oblivion of death. Clara Morris depicts the different phases
with remarkable skill. It Btamps her as the foremost American actress.
In the colloquial passages, there is nothing to remind one of the stage ; it
is Nature herself. Every inflection of the voice, every little movement
or gesture, is true and natural. She fills in her part with a vast amount
of detail that rounds off and perfects the impersonation. A more delight-
ful bit of acting than her interview with her lover, in the first act, in
which she details, in girlish twaddle, her little secrets, can hardly be
imagined. One can Bee that her heart ia prompting her to her confidences,
and feel the joy she invariably experiences in talking to "him." It is an
admirable exhibition of talent. The only fear that those who have been
able to appreciate Mr. Freeman's capabilities, on the German stage, felt,
as to his English debut, were on account of his possible marked foreign
accent. But it is a re-assuring fact that he has overcome it wonderfully.
He speaks at times in too measured a way, and his tones are occasionally
too guttural, but a few months' practice will do away with these slight
defects, and his full value as an actor will then be appreciated. The suc-
cess of his first appearance is a well deserved one. His " Count de Som-
merive" is a piece of acting of great merit. Irreproachable in make-up
and dress, he is the true gentleman. The dignity, the perfect self-possession
and the hauteur of the nobleman are admirably indicated. Mr. Freeman
can be congratulated upon his favorable debut. As "Henri de Rerdranne"
Mr. O'Neil has but little to do. This character was played in this actor's
usual perfectly satisfactory way. Miss Carey gives a neat bit of acting
as the " Marquise," and looks charming. Miss Thorne seemed on the
first night to be slightly indifferent to anything and everything, but has
since improved and does well. Miss Jean Clara Walters struggled through
the quasi-emotional part of the mother. It is out of her line, and is not
well played. The excellence of the play as a whole is marred by the ef-
forts of Messrs. Bishop and Morrison. These actors are both entrusted
with characters they are not able to properly represent, and, consequently,
they not only fail to make an impression, but also spoils the rest of the
performance. Their conception of their respective characters is so far
removed from what it ought to be that every plausibility is destroyed
when they are on the scene. Miss Morris takes a rest the coming week,
and during that time Mr. Wilhelmj will give a aeries of concerts, with
orchestra. On the off nights the stock company will appear in The Fast
Family.
Bush Street Theater. — The present representations of Pinafore can
hardly be called successful. However admirable it is rendered from a
vocal point of view, it is dramatically very much of a failure. Individu-
ally the different members of the cast do remarkably well, but the en-
sembleiB defective. There is no stage management at all noticeable. Each
and every one moves around on their own responsibility. Effective bits
of business and detail are neglected, or else attempted in a slipshod way.
Everything being sacrificed to the singing, all the fun, the spirit and the
acting is wanting. With the remembrance of the original productions of
this clever satire, it does seem strange to sit through it without seeing a
smile or hearing a laugh among the audience. Even the graceful antics
of the little " Midshipmite " seem flat and stale. The little fellow ap-
pears to have grown out of cuteness. The marines are the most awkward
of awkward squads. The stage setting is an admirable picture, exceeding
in beauty and realism anything of the kind yet shown us. Now for the
pleasant features of this revival. Miss Montague sings "Josephine"
with all the sympathy of manner and sweetness of tone that are the char-
acteristics of her vocalization. The seriousness which pervades her does
not exactly fit the character ; but then this is the " ideal " Pinafore. Miss
Melville, who dresses " Buttercup " a iittle more appropriately than has
yet been seen, sings the music of the score effectively, her lower register
coming into play. She does not do much acting, and persists in her usual
error of interpolating something foreign to the work ; but then this is the
" ideal " Pinafore. Miss Lily Post makes A pretty "Hebe," in a radiant
costume. Mr. Barrows' "Admiral" is a good piece of comedy acting.
"Captain Corcoran" finds a manly representative in Mr. Turner. It is
well sung, the "Fair Moon" being rendered with a very elaborate ca-
denza.. This artist manifests an inclination to continually accelerate
the tempo of his music, which is rather inexplicable. Peakes is a capital
" Dick Deadeye." Effective in acting, he is also able to do full justice to
the music, which contains some fine passages for the bass parts. The few
solos that occur in the tenor's score are sung by Mr. Toedt, in that de-
liciously expressive way that has so charmed all who have listened to him.
This perfect artist sings in such a refined and finished way that he seems
out of place in a Pinafore performance. Toedt sings with a finish of
pathos and sentiment that is rare, and this quality is lost in the part of
"Ralph Rackstraw." The concerted pieces and choruses are badly sung,
from lack of good direction. The tempo is not observed at all. The chef
(Torchestra is led by the singers, instead of giving the beat and keeping
them to it. Taken all in all, it is riot as good a performance aa that of
our amateurs.
Among the passengers leaving this port shortly, on a trip to China
and Japan, is one whose voyage in search of health is accompanied by the
very best wishes of all acquaintances and friends. Mrs. Jos. Austin has en-
deared herself to all those who have had the privilege of her circle. She
has been the leader, the inspiration of a coterie, in which wit, humor and
good fellowship have reigned supreme. The memories of many happy,
joyous evenings will linger in the minds of those who have surrounded
her. To the public she is known as a writer of ease and grace. Her
dramatic criticisms in different journals have always been marked by the
intuitive delicacy of the refined lady, and the knowledge and depth of a
highly educated woman. All who have enjoyed the intimacy of her home
will join in the hearty Bon Voyage that is wished to our dear, good-
hearted Mrs. Austin. M.
The seventh grand Carnival Ball, given by the Italian Mutual
Benevolent Society, will come off at Piatt's Hall on Monday evening.
This ball promises to be, aa it always has been hitherto, one of the great
social events of the year, and its principal feature seems to be attracting
particular attention. This is the famous " Masquerade of Thirty Clowns,"
a musical farce which has never yet failed to prove a charming success.
On this occasion the " Thirty Clowns" is to be played by ladies and gen-
tlemen of the Italian Philo-Dramatic Society, who have kindly volun-
teered, and in such hands it cannot fail to be even better than ever. The
rules to govern the ball are laid down with a view to keep the company
select, and from the opening grand march to the splendid Italian supper
which is to be served, the whole affair promises to be the pleasanteBt and
merriest gathering of the season.
"G" Company will entertain a large party of invited guests at the
California Theater on Mardi Gras night, February 10, 1880. This event
is looked forward to with the greatest interest, as the entertainments of
the renowned Company " G," besides being among the most fashionable
given in this city, are invariably a great success. The Company is what
is called a crack one, and numbers among its members some of the best
" blood " on the coast ; consequently there is a great flutter in the society
dovecotes as to who will be invited and who not, since such an invitation
constitutes a sort of social diploma or passport of unquestionable value.
German Theater. — The performance on Sunday evening consisted of
a character sketch in one act, entitled The Old Postilion, and a concert by
the Wilhelmj Troupe. In the play Mr. Urban gave another evidence of
his talent. The impersonation of the physically senile, but mentally en-
ergetic, old man was an admirable piece of acting. He was well sup-
ported by the company. Wilhelmj was received, as usual, with the most
enthusiastic marks of applause. It is useless to express the words of
praise that his playing call for— it is simply grand. On to-morrow even-
ing Mrs. Fanny Witt, an able and deserving member of the troupe, will
take a benefit.
Ketten Recitals. — The three recitals given by the great pianist, Ket-
ten, at the Calif ornia Theater, were well attended, but not sufficiently so to
encourage the management to continue them through the week. His
programmes included selections from the widest range of music, indicating
a most thorough knowledge of the great composers. This artist will
shortly leave us, leaving behind him the lingering recollection of his won-
derful genius.
That popular place of resort, Woodward's Gardens, offers as usual,
a magnificent "Bill of Fare" for to-day and to-morrow {Saturday and
Sunday). Among other attractions, Miss Lizzie Webster, the serio-comie
vocalist, will make her first appearance before a San Francisco audience,
and a great treat may be expected from Mr. James Webster, the Irish
Comedian.
The Bella Union Theater has been closed by the Sheriff. What will
the 49er from the mountains do, when he pays his annual visit to the city,
without the only place of amusement that he cares to recognize the exist-
ence of?
Chit-Chat. — Irenj;, the new opera Gounod is shortly to produce in Lon-
don, England, derives its title from the Byzantine Empress of the Eighth
Century. Although of obscure birth, yet by her beauty and genius she
attracted the attention of Constantine V., and became the wife of his
heir, Leo. She died in banishment, while earning her livelihood by spin-
ning. On accpuiit of her protection of image worship, she was enrolled
as a saint in the Greek calendar.— —Miss Genevieve Stebbins, a San
Francisco young girl, now of Boston, is giving readings in New York at
the residence of Mrs. T. D. Thompson. Miss S. is mastering the Del-
sartian system of gesture.— —Verdi has just set to music a " Pater " and
an "Ave " to Dante's words. -^—Alfred Tennyson's wife is a composer of
nausic.^^A laborious compiler has discovered that the average life of a
theater is only twenty-two and three-quarters years.—— Sothern gave
S250 to the Belford Relief Fund. Belford is a veteran English actor.—
Genevieve Ward has taken a long lease of a pretty house in London for
herself and relatives. ^^Boucicault's new Irish play is to be called Fag-a-
Beallac, that being his way of spelling the old war-cry, " Faugh-a-Bal-
lagh," or " Clear the Way." Its author says the piece resembles The
Colleen Bawn in the tone of its sentiment, and The Shaughraun in action.
It will be acted first in London next Spring.— Charles G. Pond, the
well-known musician who recently died in this city, spent many years in
perfecting printing-presses, designed to produce choice music at popular
prices, and it is partly due to his efforts that the elaborate works of the
great composers are within the reach of persons of limited means.— Von
Bulow is back again in London.— Weber's birthday was celebrated in
Cassel by the 200th performance of his Der Freischutz. After the opera
there was a festspiel, in which Agatha, Euranthe, Titania and Preciosa
united in laying at the composer's feet their tribute and respect. — Hav-
ing been successful in Madrid as " Mignon," Christine Nilsson is an-
nounced to sing in Norma. -^— In the cast of Edgar Fawcett's A False
Friend, are many names that are familiar to our theater-goers. Messrs.
Stoddart, Ramsay and Polk, and Mmes. Vernon and Wilkins, have ap-
peared before us, and Miss Wilton and Mr. Courtaine are undoubted Cal-
ifornians.^— There promises to be, next week, a dearth of amusements.
It is always so in this city, either a dearth or a plethora.
Queen Victoria receives $5,000 a day, which is a great deal of change
for one sovereign. — Boston Com. Bulletin.
Feb. 7, 1880.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
SPORTING ITEMS.
Rowing. -Tb* Hoyt- Leahy rac^ ha* pmred a onnt««t of sufficient Im-
portance to make mi extonuVtl review in 1 1 1 — llnjf even after the lapse of
rafale, time. In this, *.« in nearly »il pranoin sportiug evente, the
hastily an. I carele*«ly written oommenta of the ih.ily papers wore very in-
. an. I calculnteil t<* do conniilerahla Injury if allowed to paae tin-
Two daye prior to the rue it w u stated in the AUa end copied
irmn that in all the other dallies, that Leahy had *> Mfioualy injured his
boat, by running otm the 4£ns'j cable, that he would have to ptdl in a
■tfange abell, which would seriously affect hit* chances of winniug the
race. We neither know nor can' where that information came from, bat
we do know that it was untrue and circulated bv interested persons to
alter the betting, which was too much in favor of Leahy to suit specu-
lator*. It is true that Leahy scratched the bottom of his shell, but the
scratch was so slight it took less than five minutes to repolish it. The
race itself, in every resjtect except the f;ist time made by Leahy, was a
very poor affair ; in fact, no race at all. As we stated previously, unless
Hoy t was a vastly superior oarsman to Leahy, he stood but a poor chance
when handicapped by the eleven pounds ex tea weight of a boat built on
the model of Noah's ark. Hut in addition to that, Hoyt had not had suf-
ficient practice and proper coaching in the boat he rowed in, and was un-
able to use his undoubted superior strength and endurance to good advan-
tage. Leahy's wonderful time was a surprise to every one, especially to
himself aud friends. It is generally admitted he could have done much
better if he had been pushed. We do not think he would hare done as
well. If lie had been hard pushed for the first two miles he would have
rowed beyond his pace and so winded himself that his record would have
suffered considerably. The best time ever made in a five-mile turn race
was 33 inin. 56£ sea, by Hanlan, in a row over last Fall. He was not
pushed. Had he been, nosuch time would have been made. The conditions of
a closely contested race are very seldom favorable to fast time ; in fact, it
is notorious that men always make better time in training than they do in
their races. Leahey won the rate right from the start by pulling a steady
stroke of 34, while Hoyt dashed away at 45, which soon came down to 40,
further lowered to 38 on the home-stretch. Leahey won by full three-
quarters of a mile, in 34 m. 30 sec The course was along the east shore
of Richmond's Bay, 2\ miles and turn, accurately measured by a mem-
ber of the Government Coast Survey named Turkington, who did bis
work under the supervision of Chas. Yale, the referee, and a representa-
tive of each of the contestants ; bo there is no reason to attempt to ques-
tion the record that Leahey fairly earned. The betting on board the
boats a few minutes before the race ran from 3 to 2 to 2 to 1 on Leahey,
and a few small sums were planted at bigger odds.-^Daily was out prac-
ticing this week in a double scull lapstreak. This looks as if the old
champion intended to take up rowing again, now that Leahey has proved
himself a foeman worthy of his steel, ^— Hoyt'e friends have put up $40
as a forfeit for another match for S500 a side with Leahey, to be rowed
May 1st. ^— A Whitehall Boat race for $250 a side, between J. Engler
and H. Peterson, will come off to-morrow. The course is from Vallejo-
street wharf around Goat Island and return.
- Cocking. — A main of five birds a side, for §50 a match and $150 on the
first battle, was fought at the Three-Mile House, on the San Leandro
road, kept by Joe Dieves. The first fight was the most important of the
main, as it tested the merits of a wonderful Japanese cock that came to
this city on the City of Pekin, consigned to Con. Mooney by the Yoko-
hama Chief of Police. Mooney heeled and handled the birds for his
party. Tom Kelly heeled and handled for Louis Zee and George Tarpy.
Zee matched a 7 lb. 1 oz. Red against the black Japanese bird, which
weighed 7 lbs. The Red got a broken leg the first fly, which settled it,
Mooney winning the first battle in 12A minutes. The second battle
Mooney matched a 4 lb. 3 oz. Black Red against a 4 lb. 1 oz. Black Red
belonging to Zee. Mooney's bird won. Third battle, Mooney's Gray
5 lb. 6 oz. defeated Zee's 5 lb. 8 oz. Red, after a hard fight of 40 minutes,
the Gray getting a wing broken the second fly. An interlude was taken,
during which a "stag" fight for 550 was won handsomely by a black-bot-
tomed cock belonging to Joe Dieves. The fourth battle fell to a Ginger
Red belonging to Zee, Mooney's bird getting struck through the head
after 10 minutes good fighting. The fifth and final fight was also won by
Zee, with a Black Red 5 lb. 4 oz., Mooney's bird giving 2 oz. The party
did not disperse till an early hour Friday morning. Several more matches
are about to be made.
Pedestrianism. — The quarter-mile race for an advertised purse of
$500, between King Hedley and Davis, will come off at the Recreation
Grounds to-morrow. Davis is a hot favorite, but very little betting is
being done. If practice form is any guide, Hedley is not fit to run the
race out, weakening badly on the last 50 yards. The race will, no doubt,
be very close, and, if honestly run, is no gift to either man. We have
taken Davis' practice time at 53J several times, but could never get Hed-
ley down so ^ low by a full second. However, we don't consider that a
very safe guide. Several other matches will come off the same day,
among which is a funny handicap between Pat Lyman and Sam Shear;
Lyman to run 50 yards, carrying a man on his baclc, while Shear runs 100
yards. If Lyman can go his distance in 11^ seconds, he has a dead
sure thing.— —The boys are getting up a benefit for Joe Winrow, the
well-known trainer, previous to his departure for the East, where he goes
to train Mike Donovan for Ms coming tight with Rooke. . Joe is a down-
right honest old sport, well worthy of the assistance of his cotempo-
raries.— Sadie Donley won the female six-day walk at Nevada City;
but, as usual, the score is not reliable. During the walk some running-
races were arranged, in one of which Guerrero proved he had not forgot-
ten his old tricks, by spraining his ankle a few seconds after he had been
backed to win for $200. We regret to hear that his backer neglected to
adequately compensate him for his pain by a counter-irritant in the shape
of a club.
Coursing. — The Pioneer Coursing Club held a meeting last Sunday,
Dr. Sharkey in the chair. J. C. Smith and ex-Senator J. C. Murphy
were unanimously elected members of the Club. The Spring meeting
will be held at Merced, March 10th. The stake is open to all dogs, with
an entrance fee of $5. Nominators will select the judge and slippers. A
communication from the Pacific Coast Club, requesting co-operation, was
ordered received and placed on file. -^— At Livermore, last week, T. Tun-
stead's Minnehaha defeated Lane's Lady Gay, and L. Tevis' Snowflake
defeated J. C. Murphy's California Boy.
Shooting. A pigeon match was shot at Bird's Point, Alameda, last
Sun. lav, between .1. Tallant and T. Tunstead ; the former won with two
birds to spare, killing U out of p» -^— * Juail are still plentiful a short dis-
tance north of Sacramento. <; tod bags were male at San Rafael, last
Sunday, by a party of gentlemen from the city. ^— The deep snow in the
mountains has driven large quantities of game into the Sacramento and
San Joaquin valleys.
BasebalL— The Pacific Base Ball Club has consolidated with the Ath-
letic Club, under the latter's name. President, L. N. David; Vice-
President, H. Hook ; Secretary, J. McKenna ; Treasurer, T. Agnew..
Delegates to the League, A. J. Frits, J. Donovan, and J. W. Jordan. ^—
Leary and Taylor will take a benefit at the Union Grounds to-morrow ;
the game is between the Unions and a picked nine.
Football. — The football clubs are making arrangements for an athletic
tournament, to be held at the close of the season. Prizes will be given
for running, jumping, etc. — There will be a match game at the Recrea-
tion Grounds to-day, between the Wanderer and Oakland Clubs, play to
commence at 2:30 P. m.
Yachting. — The San Francisco Yacht Club held their regular monthly
meeting Thursday evening. Saturday, April 24th, is the day that will
probably be selected for the Spring Regatta.
NUMBER AND VALUE OP SAVINGS-BANKS DEPOSITS.
The following table shows the present number and value of the de-
posits of the Savings Banks of this city:
No, Depositors. Total Deposits
Hibernia S. and L. Society. 19,514 $14,560,086
German S. and L. Society 9,015 9,493,206
San Francisco Savings Union 10,501 9,958,343
Security Savings Bank 1,357 2,211,949
Clay-street Savings Bank 4,368 4,228,346
Humboldt Savings Bank 1,777 1,236,556
California Savings Bank 442 219.276
French Savings Bank 565,607
Franco- American Savings Bank 241 139,892
Odd Fellows' Savings Bank 1,741,704
Totals 47,215 $44,354,965
The rate of interest paid to depositors, for the past half-year, has been
from 5 to 7 per cent., per annum. The total number of depositors in the
above banks six months ago was 50,045, and the total deposits $44,883,430.
BUSH-STREET THEATER.
Charles E. Locke, Proprietor.— Largre and Enthusiastic
Audiences Nightly.
The Ideal Pinafore!
Emelie Melville as Buttercup; Montague as Josephine; Post as Hebe; Theo. J. Toedt
as Ralph Rackstraw; Charles Turner as Captain Corcoran; Henry Peakes as Dick
Deadeye; James Barrows ag Sir Admiral Porter. The real ship, manned by real
sailors, without exception the best representation of PINAFORE, dramatically and
musically, ever produced in England or America. Secure your Seats. Only One
Week More. Feb. 7.
THE BALDWIN THEATER.
Thomas Sfag'ulre. Afaunger; it. M. Eberle, Stage Manager.
Last Performance of the Present Engagement of CLARA MORRIS, this (Sat-
urday) Matinee, when she will appear in her great character of ALIXE, in the
French Play,
Countess de Somerive !
Saturday and Sunday Evenings, February 7th and 8th, A FAST FAMILY. Monday,
February 9th, the World's Greatest Violinist,
Wilhelmj !
Box Sheet now open for the Wilhelmj Concerts. Feb. 7.
REMOVAL.
CUMMINS & O'CONNOR,
Importers of Wines and Liquors,
HATE REMOVED FROM
NO. 505 FKONT STBEET;!TO
238 and 240 MARKET STREET and 7 and 9 PINE STREET,
Between Front and Davis. [Feb. 7.
TRANSATLANTIC FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY,
Of Hamburg.
Capital, 91,500,000, V, 8. Gold Cola. --Losses Paid In Gold
Coin immediately after Adjustment. This Corporation holds contracts of fif-
teen other European Insurance Companies, re-insuring by far the greater part of
every risk, as soon as accepted in our office. The combined subscribed Capital which
our policies therefore offer to the public amounts to §17,287,500, U. S. Gold Coin, of
which §4,403,750 is paid up, besides the always available Reserve Funds.
GEORGE MARCUS & CO., General Agents for Pacific Coast,
FeD- 7_ No. 304 California street.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Office or the Standard Con. mining Company, San Fran-
cisco, Cal., Feb. 2d, 1880.— At a meeting o! the Board of Directors of the
above-named Company, held this day. Dividend No. 12, of Fifty Cents per share,
was declared, payable on THURSDAY, February 12th. 18S0, at the office in this city,
or at the Agency of the Nevada Bank of San Francisco, in New York.
WM. WILLIS, Secretary.
Office— Room No. 29, Nevada Block, No. 309 Montgomery street, San Francisco,
California. F«b- 7-
SPECIAL NOTICE.
Pacific Mail Steamship Company. --New York and Panama
Line. The Splendid Steamer COLIMA will sail FRIDAY. February 20th,
takin" Passengers to NEW YORK, via PANAMA, at the following GREATLY RE-
DUCED RATES : Upper Deck, $S5 ; Saloon, 875 ; Steerage, $35. Apply at Com-
pany's Office, First aud Branuan streets.
Feb. 7. WILLIAMS, DIMOND & CO., General Agents,
WANTED,
be Address of Colin Morrison, a native of Calthnesshire,
Scotland, or any one who can give any information regarding him. will oblige
by communicating with his brother, JOHN MORRISON, Marine Police Office, 16
Robertson street. Gla&row, Scotland, N.B. Feb. 7.
T
8
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Feb. 7, 1880.
PLAIN TALK ABOUT EDISON.
"With regard to Mr. Edison's work on electric lighting, we have every
reason to believe he entered an entirely unknown path in 1878. Since
then he has imbibed the rudiments of hiB electrical education in this di-
rection, but as yet he has not given to the world one single idea, nor in-
vented one single piece of apparatus that has carried us nearer to the gen-
eral use of electricity as a Bource of light. ' So far as we know, there is
not a single piece of electric light apparatus in the world in public use that
comes from Edison. His 1878 experiments ended in failure, his motor was
a failure, his platinum-iridium lamp was a failure, and we do not doubt
but that his " cardboard " lamp will also prove a failure. Be that as it
may, we think we can prove that neither cardboard, nor platinum, nor
any other of his published plans is original. The British Patent Office
contains many secrets, and we shall be surprised if the embryo cardboard
lamp is not among them. We are told that Mr. Edison was led to experi-
ment in this direction by certain results obtained from carbonized cotton.
Mr. C. W. Harrison may be able to state whether more than twelve
months ago the carbonized cotton did not form the principal basis of his
system of flexible carbons. Exhausted globes are not new, and, what is
more, not quite so cheap as the newspapers would have us imagine. We
must credit Mr. Edison with energy and ingenuity, but, as yet, we fail
to see that he has Bolved the problem of the electric light. His devices
have gradually approached nearer and nearer to the best of his competi-
tors, till it may be said he stands on the confines of discovery. His next
departure, if it shows similar progress to previous ones, will probably go a
step toward solving the great question. While, then, gas need not fear
immediate innovation from what has been done, it must recognize that
the electric light is a fact, and submit with a good grace to its advances.
As we have often stated, gas will find new fields of usefulness, even should
it be supplanted in certain places as an illuminant by electricity. Our
objection to the manner in which Mr. Edison's work is made public, is,
we feel, a strong one. More than once have gas stocks suffered from
statements made in telegrams to the daily press, which have ultimately been
found to end in nothing. We warn Mr. Edison that if he values his scien-
tific reputation, if he desires to rank as something more than one who is so
careless as to allow his work to be made a tool in the hands of speculators,
he must take more precautions when allowing his work to be made public.
Any one who reads the history of electrio lighting during the last fifteen
months will be struck with the rash statements that have been attributed
to him. It is essential that the work should be subjected to the most
exhaustive proofs before being put forward as successful — Condensed from
tlte Electrician.
CONSIDER YOURSELF THRASHED.
As a politic concession to the vehement indignation excited through-
out Germany by the scandalous attack upon German women recently
published in the Wiedomosti, of St. Petersburg, the Russian police au-
thorities suspended for three months that journal's privilege of street sale.
It appears that the wrath aroused in Teutonic minds by the article allu-
ded to, which, as will be remembered, stigmatized the matrons and maid-
ens of the Fatherland when of a lively disposition as " prancing cows
crowned with rose wreaths," and insolently asseverated that " they are
not altogether human beings at any time," has brought down upon its au-
thor a very deluge of irate letters from all parts of the German empire.
One of these, which mayserve as a specimen, has been made public by its
recipient, as well as the reply which it elicited from him:
Beklin, Oct. 30. — It is lucky for you, sir, that you reside in a city far
distant from Berlin ; otherwise I would punish you in a highly exemplary
manner for your abominable article upon German women. As, however,
the distance separating us prevents me from so doing, consider yourself
as having been thrashed by me.
B. Nochstetter, 132 Oranienstrasse.
The Russian feuilletonist, however deficient he may be in good taste, is
certainly a very funny person, as the following answer to the above con-
vincingly demonstrates:
Petersburg, Nov. 4.— Honored Sir: At the very moment in which you
raised your cudgel to belabor me, I succeeded in drawing a revolver from
my pocket and in shooting you dead on the spot. I therefore request you
to consider yourself shot. My address is No. 14 Wladimirskaia.
That Scotchmen can make money better than any other nation has
been conceded; not content, they are going into the diamond making line of
business, as at a recent meeting of the Glasgow Philosophical Society,
Mr. James M'Tear, of the St. Hollox Chemical Works, intimated that he
had discovered the way to produce diamonds. He had submitted the re-
sult of his experiments to Professor Tyndall and other scientific gentle-
men in London, as he had pledged himself to let the Royal Society have
the first sight of them. He had obtained crystals of the size of one
thirty-second of an inch, and they had successfully withstood the various
tests to_ which the diamond can be subjected. The only other point to be
ascertained was, whether the crystals would scratch a diamond, or
whether the diamond would scratch them.
The devil-fish has been creating some excitement at Belfast, Vic-
toria. Mr. Smale, the government diver, was working some twenty feet
under water, when his left hand was suddenly seized by a large octopus.
Fortunately he was able to get hold of an iron bar with his right ; but
having to make back-handed strokes it was with much difficulty that he
succeeded in freeing himself from his frightful assailant after a twenty
minutes' struggle. The animal was killed, and measured eight feet. Mr.
Smale described the pain he endured from the action of the suckers as
excruciating.
INSURANCE.
HUTCHINSON & MANN.,
INSURANCE AGENCY.
No. 322 & 324 California Street, San Francisco, Cal.
fire Insurance.
GIRARD of Philadelphia.
HOME of Cohunbus.
NEW ORLEANS ASSOC1AT1 ON
PEOPLES of Newark.
REVEBE
LA OAISSE GENERALB of Paris.
ST. PAUL of St. Paul.
TEUTON1A of New Orleans.
BERLIN-UOLOUNE of Berlin.
.of Boston. |L A CON FIANCE of Paris.
Marine Insurance.
PARIS UNDERWRITING ASSOCIATION of Paris.
LONDON AND PROVINCIAL MARINE INSURANCE CO. .- of London.
Capital Represented $23,000,000.
All Jj088€8 Equitably Adjusted and Promptly Paid.
HOME MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. OF CALIFORNIA.
Priiieijml Office, 1«« California Street, Sail Francisco.
Cash Assets, January 1, 1877, §595,291 ; Liabilities, $5,952 ; Surplus for Policy
Holders, $589,339. J. F. Houghton, President ; L. . L. Baker, "Vice-President ;
Charles R. Story, Secretary. R. H. MAG1LL, H. H. BlGELOW, General Agents.
Directors. — San Francisco — L. L. Baker, John H. Redington, J. F. Houghton,
R. B. Gray, Robert Watt, John Currey, L. L. Baker, W. F. Whittier, C. C. Burr, E.
M. Root, W. H. White, J. L. N. Shepard, W. M. Greenwood. George S. Mann, Cyrus
Wilson, W. T. Ganatt, C. Waterhouse, A. P. Hotaling, A. Block, A. K. P. Harmon,
G. S. JohnBon, W. O. Wilson, A- W. Bowman, H. L. Dodge, Charles R. Story. Ala-
meda County Branch — V. JD. Moody, Chauncy Taylor, A. C. Henry, Robert S. Far-
relly, Joseph B. Marlin, W. B. Hardy, T. B. Simpson. San Diego— A. H. Wilcox.
Sacramento — Mark Hopkins, D, W. Earl, Julius Wetzlar, James Carolau. San Jose —
T. Ellard Beans, B. D. Murphy, A. Pfister, J. H. Dibble, J. S. Carter, Jackson Lewis,
Jacob Rich, John Auzerais, John Balbach. Stockton— H. H. Hewlett, Chas. fielding,
J. D. Peters, A. W. Simpson, H. M. Fanning. MarysvOle— D. E. Knight. Grass
Valley— Win. Watt, T. W. Sigoumey. Portland, Oregon— W. S. Ladd, C. H, Lewis,
P. Wasserman, B Goldsmith, D. Macleay. Virginia City, Nevada — John Gillig, Isaac
L. Requa. March 17.
FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE.-UNION INS. CO. OF S. F.
The California Lloyds.-- -established iii 1861.— Bios. 416 and
418 California street. Cash capital $750,000 in Gold. Assets exceed $1,000,000
Coin. Fair Rates ! Prompt Settlement of Loses ! ! Solid Security ! ! DIRECTORS,
—San Francisco— J. Mora Moss, N, G. Kittle, M. J. O'Connor, R. S. Floyd, MoBes
Heller, Adam Grant, Daniel Meyer, AntoineBorel, Charles Kohler, E. L. Goldstein,
I. Lawrence Pool, A. Weill, Joseph Brandenstein, Charles Damn, James Moffitt,
Benjamin Brewster, L. Cunningham, W. M. Hoag, Nicholas Luning, John Parrott,
L. A Booth, Julius Baum, MylesD. Sweeney, Jas. M. Goewey, Edward Cadwalader
Bartlett Doe, Gustave Touchard, J. H. Baird, J. G. Kittle, George C. Hickox, C. Du-
commun, Wm. Scholle, John Conly, Ig. Steinhart, W. B. Stone, J. O. Eldridge, A.
B. Phipps.
GUSTAVE TOUCHARD, President. N. G. KITTLE, Vice-President.
Chaili.es D. Haven, Secretary. Geo. T. Bohbn, Surveyor. Aug. 31.
THE STATE INVESTMENT AND INSURANCE CO.
FIKfi AM> MARINE.
Clash Assets, 9450,000.— Principal Office, 218 and 220 San.
J Borne street, San Francisco. Officers: — A. J. Bryant, President -r Richard
Iverb, Vice-President ; Charles H. Cusiiing, Secretary ; . H. H. Watson, Marine
Surveyor. Board of Directors : — Peter Donahue, James Irvine, C. D. O'Sullivan,
A Bocqueraz, R. Harrison, A H. Rutherford, R. Bailey, E. W. Corbert, George O.
MeJIulhn, A. J. Bryant, Frank M. Pixley, E Burke, H. H. Watson, Dr. C. F. Buckley
P. J. White, E. M. Root, M. Mayblum, Richard Ivers, John Rosenfeld, Daniel
Callaghan. P. H. Russell, Sacramento. John G. Downey, Los Angeles. Wm.
Hood, Sonoma County. H. W. Seale, Mayfield. Geo. Rutherford, San Jose. Feb. 16.
THE MARINE INSURANCE CO. OF LONDON, ENGLAND.
[ESTABLISHED 1836.}
"Whole Amount of Joint Stock and Guaranteed Capital. .$5,000,000.
Whole Amount of Capital paid up 900,000.
Cash. Assets December 31, 1876 3,710,000.
The undersigned have been duly authorized to issue Policies at current rates on
Freight and Shipments to or from England, Europe, New York, Japan, China, Aus-
tralian Colonies, Sandwich Islands, and Northern Coast Ports. If desired, policies
made payable at port of termination.
WILLIAMS, DIMOND & CO., Agents,
Aug. 10. 218 California street.
THE SWISS MARINE INS. COMPANIES COMBINED.
Switzerland, of Zurich, Capital 5,000,000 francs; Helvetia,
of St. Gall, Capital 10,000,000 francs ; Baloise, of Basle, Capital 5,000,000 francs.
These three Companies are liable jointly and severally for all losses that may be sus-
tained. Losses made payable in all the principal seaports of the world. In the set-
tlement of all claims under an English policy, these Companies will strictly adhere to
the conditions and customs adopted at Lloyds, and submit to English jurisdiction.
June 9. HARRY W. SYZ, Agent, 225 Sansome st„ S. F.
NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL LIFE INSUR. CO. OF BOSTON.
Has transacted tbe business of Life Insurance for nearly
thirty-five years. Its assets amount to over Fourteen Million Dollars. The
law of Massachusetts makes all its Policies nonforfeitable. It is a Purely Mutual Com-
pany, dividing every cent of surplus among Policy-holders. This is the Only Com-
pany on the Pacific Coast governed by the Massachusetts Lapse Law. This company
has complied with the new Insurance Laws of California.
WALLACE EVERSON, General Agent.
_Sept1221] . 328 Montgomery street.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN MARINE INS. CO. OF LIVERPOOL.
A Capital $5,000,000 Agents: Balfour. Gnthrie & Co., No.
Vv 316 California street, San Francisco. Nov. 18.
AGGREGATE ASSETS,
840,647,842.
Imperial Fire Insurance Co., of London Instituted 1803.
London Assurance Corporation, of London
Established by Boyal Charter 1720.
Northern Assurance Corporation, of London Established 1836.
Queen Insurance Company, ofljiverpool Established 1857.
A JOINT POLICY ISSUED BY THE FOUR COMPANIES.
XOJBJERT DICKSOJT, Manager.
W. ZAJfE BOOKEIt, Agent and Attorney.
317 CALIFORNIA STREET, S. P. [Oct. 11.
Feb. 7, 1S80.
CAMTOKNIA ADVERTISER.
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GLEANERS AFTER TIME.
TtM days (hear m I m. Wo turner all th« thuuni tli.it pass,
Th*> rc*r* ha Mli»nt water* ti.»w ; Wo ImrU.r all tho wimltf may blow ;
All wing* that are depart, alas! As niiaan w* up-atore, nm iuts
Aa leaves the winnowing breeze* All trite tbe hurrying Fates bestow;
-trow; Old chfOuiejM <>f feast and xhow.
And -till while yet, full orbed and oil Wftlft of by -gone rune and
slow, rhyme*
m the old horizon climb. Old jt**ta that made old banquets
Old Time iiui-t reap, jm other* tow: g|
We are the gleaners after Time: We ;trv the gleaners after Time !
W« hoard old lore of U.l and lass,
Old tlowers that in old gardens grow.
Old rMOffdl writ on tomb and fanM,
Old tpuOi of arrow head and bow,
Old wrecks of old Worlds1 overthrow.
Old relics of Earth'i primal slime,
All ilrift that wanders to and fro: —
We are the gleaners after Time I
— The Antiquary.
THE ELECTRICIAN.
Telephonic communication has been established among many of
the large plantations, different private parties and Government offices in
Brazil. At Rio do Janeiro, Gower telephones are used for sending mes-
sages between the Senate and the Lower House. ^—Comparative trials
have l>een carried out in Paris between the Jablochkoff candle and the
Wenlerraann lamp, and also the Jablochkoff candle and the lamps of
Lontin and Siemens. The Werdermann was found to be steadiest, and
the Jablochkoff most powerful.— The directors of the Gainsborough
Gas Company have expressed their willingness to sell the works to the
local board of the town for £42,000, with a reservation that the board may
throw up the bargain within a twelvemonth if they feel inclined to place
their trust iu electricity.^^It is suggested that some practical work
should be done by the crews of torpedo vessels in attacking icebergs. Of
course the work would be more exciting than firing at dummies, and the
results could be better estimated. The suggestion mi<rht be extended, and
results of the action of various explosives ascertained. ^^The United
States Lighthouse Board is desirous of making experiments to test the
relative merits of electric lights for their particular service, and an appro-
t nation of $50,000 has been asked for the purpose. Strange to say, the
faited States have no lighthouse fitted with the electric light yet. We
may also add that the same board have asked for $50,000 to supply the
old light ship off Sandy Hook by a new one fitted with a steam fog sig-
nal. ^— The following letter to the editor of the Electrician, and his an-
swer, are of general interest: " Sir— I am suffering under a painful ail-
ment, and have been advised to have recourse to the much reputed power
of electricity. But seeing that magnetic appliances are largely advertised
as producing electric currents, 1 have some misgivings as to the truth of
the latter, and knowing that you are an authority in such matters I ven-
ture to ask if you will kindly inform me if these advertised magnetic
articles do really produce electric currents or any electric effect, and in
what respect they differ from Pulvermacher's galvanic appliances. — Yours,
etc., Arthur J. Lewis, 102a, Mount-street, Grosvenor-square, W., Jan-
uary 1, 1880. [The " magnetic" appliances you refer to (unless they in-
clude some form of magneto-electric machine) produce no current or elec-
tric effect ; although a conductor moving so as to cut the " lines of force "
from any magnet is traversed by a current, the effect of which is to resist
the motion. The galvanic appliances you also mention consist of small
single-fluid voltaic couples, connected in series, and so constructed as to
retain a portion of fluid by capillary attraction. Their electromotive
force is sufficiently high to allow of the transmission of a considerable
current through a high resistance, such as that of various portions of the
human body. — Ed. E^\
IMITATING THE DINGO.
The native youth of Australia, whether in town or bush, are up to
pretty nearly everything, but the latest accomplishment we [Braidwood
Dispatch) have heard of, and which is given as the heading of this para-
graph is, to say the least, rather a novel one. The other evening, not a
hundred miles from town, a youth of some twenty summers, took a stroll
after tea to meet the object of his "nearest and dearest affections " at a
well-known spot, where, on many previous occasions, "soft nonsense "
had been whispered. He was of course, after the orthodox fashion of the
bush, accompanied by a number of hungry dogs, and while awaiting the
arrival of the fair one, and not caring to count the minutes, he amused
himself by imitating the baying of the dingo. He hardly, however, ex-
pected what followed, for he had not indulged in this inharmonious strain
very long, before he was astonished to find that a number of real dingoes,
and half-breed dingoes, had been attracted to the spot. These wild brutes
immediately rushed upon the other dogs, who took to their heels. They
then turntd,their attention to the love-sick swain, and would most assur-
edly have treated him rather roughly, had he not reached a tree, up which
he climbed as nimbly as an opossum, and there had to remain some con-
siderable time, before his assailants, finding they could not reach their
prey, started off to look for tucker in some other direction. The hero of
this adventure declares that in future when he leaves the house at night,
he will do so unattended by any of the canine species, and above all that
he will religiously avoid imitating the howl of the dingo, a performance
which had placed him in such an unpleasant predicament. — Queensland
Agriculturist.
Some people have protested against the fuss which the English make
over their returned heroes nowadays, but had theBe protestants lived in
1815 they would have had more ground for their complaints. Mrs. Stan-
ley, the mother of the Dean, tells us in her journal, just published, how
the mob got hold of Lord Hill (and he only a minor Hon) in the park one
day atareview,and "literally pulled his belt and his coat to pieces. Some
kissed his boots, his sword, his spurs, anything they could touch. They
pulled hair out of his horse's tail ; and one butcher's boy who arrived at
the happiness of shaking his hand, they chaired, exclaiming, 'This is the
man who has shaken hands with Lord Hill !' At last they tore his
sword off by breaking the belt, and then handed it round from one another
to be kissed." And yet there are those who call the English a phlegma-
tic people 1
FRESNO AS A WINE DISTRICT.
Ed. Newsletter Sue Winn I wrote on tbia subject week before last,
it w.ts really In defen ( :t letter 1 addressed to you while a visitor In
the distrlot, and after I bad satisfied myself of its oapabUltlea for yield*
Ing generous winea and raisins, to which might be profitably added the
Santa oorrant and the Sultana vine, I found my published conviction
nailed in question, if not directly and designedly, at least by implication.
Henoemy letter. Since then I nave mads Inquiries at Fresno as to who
the writer is, and what hla business was in that district, and I append the
reply just ai received:
"The reporter of the PoM is a certain Mr. E. R. Garszinski, who,
about the 4th of last December came down here, and, during bis stay
here, was treat od very generously by everybody, as ho pretended to be a
rich man, and wanted to buy land down here for starting a large vine-
yard. _ It appears that the Poal has land in St. Helena, and that E. R.
Uarszinski has stock in it. The object was to run down this part, and so
to turn the emigration to their land." This tells the story. HincilUte
lachrymal
While on the all-important subject to California of vineyards and
wines, I maysay that now, for the first time, an examination is in process
of being carried out, which will place, once for all, the native wines and
the districts whence each was derived in its true position among the wines
and wine districts of the Old World. So far as the investigation of the
comprehensive collection of imported wines has hitherto been conducted,
the results in the case of pure, unbrandied wines is most favorable to
those of California. So far from their being behind in spirit strength, and
what is called body, the advantage will be shown to be in favor of the
pure wines of the State in those particulars. An investigation into the
wines of the world imported into London has been carried on by Mr. J.
B. Keene, the head of the distillation department of the English Cus-
toms, and the following are the results, stated as general averages, for the
red wines, of all the undermentioned countries of Europe. The results
are stated as the quantities per cent, of absolute alcohol, viz. : For all
Italy, the produce of six provinces, 12.4; for the Zollverein, 11.1045; for
the Austrian Empire, 12.0837; for Australia, but only New South Wales
and Victoria, 14.057; for all France, thirty provinces, 12.2548. Average
of twenty-seven samples of French clarets from wood, in bond, 11.3694.
The above are all red wines, commonly called clarets in this country. In
France, however, they are not known, except among the English, by that
name. All the pure California wines which I have yet tested are
superior to them in all the best and most characteristic properties of good
wholesome wine. J. J. Bleasdale, D. D.
San Francisco, February 6, 1880.
DRAWING THE LINE.
An old man who owns a stall in a city market took a notion, a few
days since, to use his spare hours in bettering his education. Procuring
his spelling-book, his face was seen behind it when trade was dull. He
tired, however, of spelling the words to himself, and engaged the services
of a boy about thirteen years of age, having the next stall, to hear his
lessons. Everything passed off all right for two or three days, and then
a storm arose and a climax came. Holding the book in both hands, the
boy observed: " We now come to the word 'welcome.' How do you spell
it?" "Well, sir, I spell it w-e-1-c-u-m." "Not correct." "Kom?"
"No, sir." "Then it's 'k-i-m.'" "No, sir." "Boy, don't you lie to
me," warned the old man. "I guess I'll resign my office," replied the
boy, as he laid the book down ; " I've let you go on and spell ' cat ' with
a k, ' horse ' without an e, * boy * with a double o to it, because you are
old and I didn't want to hurt your feelings. But when you call me a
liar, and don't know even how to spell the word, it's about time for me
to resign." — Castners Monthly.
H. S.Williams.
A. Ohesebrough.
W. H. Dimond.
WILLIAMS, DIMOND <% CO.,
Shipping and Commission Merchants,
318 CALIFORNIA STREET.
AGENTS FOR
Pacific Mail Steamship Company, Pacific Steam Navigation
Company, The Cunard Royal Mail Steamship Company,
" The California Line of Clippers'* from New York
and Boston, and " The Hawaiian Line."
San Francisco, January SI, 1SS0. [Jan. 81.
D. V. B. Henarie. Edward Martin,
E. MARTIN & CO.,
Importers and "Wholesale Dealers in Wines and Liquors.
Proprietors of Miller's Extra OUI Bonrbou and J. F. Cot-
ter Extra Old Bonrbou and Rye Whiskies.
April 5. 408 Front Street, San Francisco*
HIBERNIA BREWERY,
Howard Street, Between Eighth and Ninth.
Dec. 7.] M. NXTNAJf, Proprietor.
BOKER'S BITTERS.
Tbe Undersigned is Sole Agent in California for tbe sale of
the above Celebrated Bitters. He is prepared to deal with Merchants aud
Jobbers on the most reasonable terms. GEORGE MEL,
Jan. 24. 422 California street, San Francisco.
JONAS J. MORRISON,
Lumber Sealer.
ACboice Assortment of Sugar Pine, Sprnee Shelving, Pine
Stepping, Dry Surface Redwood, and a full line of Building Material, always
on hand. Jan. 24.
CALIFORNIA SUGAR REFINERY,
Manufacturers of the Standard Syrup, a superior article
put up iu barrels expressly for home consumption. Also, Extra Heavy Syrup
in barrels for Export. Refined Sugars at lowest market rates. Office, 215 Front
Street, up Btairs. Dec. 21.
R. H. LLOYD,
Attorney-at-Law, Room 13, Nevada Block.
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Feb. 7, 18£0.
LEGISLATIVE WAIFS.
There are a considerable number of little waiftj around the Capitol at
Sacramento, mere orphans, an it were, which no man carets to father.
These little waifs are no more, nor less, than brief stories, that are often
more piquant and interesting than long ones. "Without vouching for their
paternity, we gather a few of these waifs together and give them a fair
Btart on the journey of life. It is said, for instance, that when Tyler
called Eraunhart " the gentleman from Judea " he was not himself unac-
quainted with that country, he having tarried at Jericho until his heard
was grown. Heavens, what a beard ! When the perspiration drops from
it the sight is like nothing so much as that of a lion shaking the dewdrops
from bin mane. At each shake Braunbart is awed into silence, and even
Lie Valle looks scared.— That Mr. Speaker is peculiarly sensitive about
the Committee on Corporations, and does not like to be asked why he ap-
pointed two gentlemen from one county on the Judiciary. That the
ladies say that little I>e Valle would bring his lull value if dressed as a
doll and rtffled away at a fair. He is the exquisite of the Ai-stmbly and
of the Golden Eagle. — 'that May is not happy this session under the
responsibility of being the Executive mouthpiece.,^— That he says the
jealousy of some members is equal to that of most women.* That
young Mr. Beersteeher, the Railroad Commissioner, has any idea of re-
signing now that the Committee on Corporations has reduced his salary
to $3,000 per annum. He himself valued them at $0,000.— That he has
an eye on the main chance.—— That he expects to pick up an heiress in
Marin County, a daughter of a member of the late Constitutional Con-
vention. —That Felton, in the role of a reformer of mine management
and of stock dealing, is esteemed, as he ou^ht to be, a sham. His bills
will have done all they are intended to do when they head other more
, dangerous bills off. That a great stock manipulator should come to Sac-
ramento to pass laws to reform his own proceedings is the biggest joke of
the year. Yet the Chronicle pietends to be taken in by it, and writes up
the mi dieant reformer as if he were a real one and not a pretender.
Surely it knows better. When the Board of Brokers allowed Felton to
sell his seat, it was on the distinct understanding that he would protect
them in the Legislature by all available meanB,— That the contest of
Binder was decided adversely to him at a little dinner party, given
at the Golden Eagle, two hours before the Committee met, at
which the sitting member played host, and at which the Committee's
chairman acted as humorist. —'That the eight to seven principle is now
firmly established as the rule of practice in California. That Enos in
the " Rupert of debate," "the white plumed Henry of Navarre," and
yet is not happy.— That if Swift's charter is to be read three times at
length, it will take three days for each reading, or nine days in all,—"
That there is no chance whatever of its passing. That Baker is the
youngest and handsomest Senator.-^— That Tray lor and Kelly are aware
that silence is golden.— That Boruek's throat is better ever since Dick-
enson left that medicine *»n his desk.— — That everybody misses Creed
Haymond from the Senate, and wishes he had been sent back again. ^— ■
That Sacramento is so much in love with Johnson, that it tried to get him
a colleague of the same name, but failed. Yet it came as near thereto aB
possible. There is only a difference of a t between them. — That Kane
is the noblest work of God — an honest man.^— That acting up to one's
sense of duty is not synonymous with being a wise man or a born Senator.
— ^Tbat the heart of a Kane and the head of a Fox, if found combined
with a " faultless physique," would make a nobler work than Providence
usually produces. '1 hat tbeie is to be a square out tight against the
stock papers. It is said that they fatten on the wrecks of the stock
market, that they are subsidized by mining secretaries to lie, but that the
Bubsidy comes out of the poor stockholder, who are unable to pay their
assessments promptly ; that if mine managers and brokers require " or-
gans, "they should pay for them out of their own fundB. That if stock
gambling is so great an evil that it deserved to be placed under the ban
of the^ Constitution, then all tbe tools and instruments by which the bad
game is played out ought to be put out of the way. That the most dan-
gerous " tools " employed by the stock gamblers are tbe stock papers,
which blow and puff and lie like the "cappers" and "ropers-in" that
they are. -^— That these things are being said by people who, having been
" cinched " themselves, are not good authorities.— That the stock papers
will Burvive, nevertheless, but will probably be made to lose some of their
patronage. Opposing the new Constitution may have its losses as well as
its rewards.^— That the stock papers can stand a little shrinkage. Their
profits being large, they send the ablest correspondents to the Capitol.
—That there is more dining and wining at this session than at any for-
mer one.-— That Grove L. Johnson's dinner to Senators, " without dis-
tinction of party," was the biggest thing of itB kind this session.— That
Hornblower, of the Eagle, is the favorite host with visitors this year.
REPORT OP THE GOVERNOR OP ARIZONA.
Tne second annual report of the Governor of Arizona has just been
forwarded from Washington. It is not of any great length, since, as
Governor Fremont says, tbe changes since his last report are few and the
additional information scanty. But the changes are important and the
information is exact. Governor Fremont speaks in the most sanguine
terms of Arizona's dawning prosperity, and his facts and figures more
tuan bear out the most enthusiastic view that could be taken of the Ter-
ritory s future. The great event of 1879 has been tbe entrance of the
houthern Pacific Railway, which has stretched its line from the Colorado
Kiyer some two hundred miles eastward, baa opened an avenue for popu-
lation, and baa stirred into life the dormant resources of Southern Ari-
zona. Other incipient railroads are hovering on tbe frontier, and what-
ever hoes they may eventually adopt, Arizona must be their gateway.
Ine mineral wealth of the Territory, of course, occupies a large share of
tne governors attention, and it is no exaggeration to say that Ari-
zona w destined to become the center of the richest mineral region
in the world. Agriculture also receives considerable attention, and a
careful perusal of the report will quickly undeceive those who have hith-
erto regarded Arizona as arid and unfruitful. Both Boil and climate seem
admiraoly adapted to farming and planting and fruit-growing purposes,
ana a better grazing country it would be hard to find. The value of the
report lies largely in the fact that nearly all the information it contains is
tne result of its authors personal investigations. Governor Fremont cer-
tainly «eems to have been a never-resting worker in his new field of labor.
±le has already traveled, apparently, over every inch of the country he
governs, and as he is quick to observe, and possesses unrivaled skill in re-
cording his observations, his report is of an especially interesting nature.
We hope next week to give a synopsis of its contents.
A NEW CHARTER FOR OUR CITY.
The new Constitution has made it necessary that San Francisco
shall be provided with an amended charter. This may be made to mean
more than the average reader realizes at first si^ht. It may mean an on-
settling proceBB throughout tbe city, like that which swept over tbe entire
State upon the adoption of the new Constitution. If the present Con-
solidated Act were simply amended in a few particulars, so as to bring it
into accord with the Constitution, the city would get along very well for
the present; indeed we think it would be quite a while before it would
feel imperatively called upon to enter upon tbe troubles, worries and dan-
gers of new-charter making. It is pretty certain that, if the parties who
in the first instance began the movement for a new Constitution, had
their work to do over again, they would leave it undone. They now real-
ize that it would have been better to have made a few amendments, in
the manner provided by law, rather than call a Convention and enter
upon the ocean of troubles with which we are already too familiar. The
lesson taught our people at large, in regard to the dangers of making a
new Constitution, ought to sink deeply into the hearts of the taxpayers
of this city, when it is seriously proposed to sweep away all existing mu-
nicipal laws and begin upon a new charter, the effects, results and aims
and ends of which no man can foresee. To frame a new charter that
shall supersede the piesent Consolidated Act, and all the Amendments
thereto, is a work of magnitude, and of great moment to the city. Itis a
bigger thing than even the framing of a new Constitution for the State
proved to be. Mr. Swift may fairly be credited with a skill in drafting
legal enactments greater than that which is given to the average law-
maker of these times. Yet that gentleman, in his proposed charter, has
found it necessary to employ about ten times as many wordB
as are to be found in the recently adopted State Constitution.
He has, withal, failed to produce a work' that finds favor
at Sacramento. It may be pretty safely predicted that Swift's bill will
not become a law, at this session at least. The whole period of the ses-
sion that now remains would not suffice to enable members to arrive at a
fair comprehension of that measure of most appalling dimensions. It
cannot pass, and therefore we decline to discuss its merits or demerits,
about which a very great deal would need to be said if there were any
practical utility in saying it at this time. The San Francisco delegation
propose to re-enact the present Consolidated Act, with a number of amend-
ments, and to remain content with doing that much until the next ses-
sion, which will meet nine monthB after the close of the present one.
That will give the people of this city breathing time. It will enable them
to take counsel together, and to determine with more care and forethought
than is now possible what ought to be done. There can be no harm come
of a few months1 delay, whereas infinite mischief may result from undue
haste. The amendments proposed by the delegation to tbe Consolidated
Act will need careful watching. There are rumors that certain members,
more cunning than wise, contemplate introducing little "jokers" of their
own, that may be made to interfere very considerably with all the
deputies and smaller officials of the city. If only such amendments are
made as are demanded by the absolute requirements of the Constitution,
then the course marked out by the city'B delegation is the very best one
that can be followed at this time.
REGULATING THINGS.
There are now about seven hundred bills before the Legislature, and
their number is increasing daily. There will be a grand total of at least
a thousand before the session ends. That is a pretty big thing in the
matter of attempted legislation. It is an average of nine bills to every
member elected to either House. Every interest in the State, everything
that is good to see, hear, feel, eat or drink, and almost every act of man's
daily life, is to be regulated by legislative enactment. Land is to beheld,
stocks are to be bought and sold, railways are to be run, telegraphs are to
be operated, ships are to be sailed, newspapers are to be published, men
are to marry and to be prohibited from marrying, the vine is to be culti-
vated or destroyed, wine jb to be manufactured, and these and all other
thingfi that is within the power of man to do are to be done in the man-
ner and form that legislators may dictate. Man's discretion and free will
are to end. Even the lower animals are not to escape. The seals at the
Cliff House are to be exterminated forthwith; the squirrelB are to be
driven out of California as effectually as St. Patrick drove the snakes and
the toads out of Ireland, and all kinds of "wild" game are to be killed
off, in season and out of season. Neither a white man nor a white woman
must marry a mulatto, nor an African, nor a Mongolian. To enumerate
all the things that we must do, and all that we are to leave undone.would
fill every page of the News Letter, from the first page to the last. At bed,
at board, at couchant and levant, man is to be legislated for. He is to
be bom according to a new law, to live by grace of a legal enactment, and
finally to die and be damned by reason of the imprecations forced out of
him in running foul of an Act of Parliament at every turn in his life.
Too much law-making is the curse of this greatly-bedeviled State. What
with a new Constitution, a whole code of new laws, and a promised new
charter for our city, our people are pretty well distracted wrth new legis-
lation. Workinfcrnen are kept agitating, and capital is kept idle, and
this whilst business depression is complained of on every hand. If capi-
tal could be permitted a respite from danger, and if Workingmen would
find some profitable thing to do, and do it with all their might, our State
would soon be in a much more proBperoUB condition. But more elections
and more law-making are ahead. A new Legislature and new city offi-
cers and a new President of the nation are to be elected before the year
ends. If Grant would only become a Dictator, and carry out his
promise to "let us have peace," how much more profitable it would be
for all of ub. But may Heaven Rave us from Buch a disaster! Isn't this
a free Republic, and " the best Government the world ever saw '(' Hur-
rah ! Let the law-making go on.
Everybody here abouta, somehow wants to go to San Quentin, all of
a sudden. There are more secretaries and bookkeepers and captains of
the guard, lieutenants of the yard, sergeants of the towers, corporals of tbe
watch, and privates of the walls, ana gate-keepers, jailers, turnkeys and
flunkeys than would fill up San Quentin, cells and all. Lord ! how we
wish he'd only take them all with him ! What a rejuvenated, regener-
ated, refreshed, physicked and puked people we would be then. Why,
we could change the name of the county, and our next neighbors would
scarce believe we ever belonged to the band.— San Mateo County Journal.
Feb. 7, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVKKTISEH.
11
THE TOWN CRIER.
'H»»r th*> CM»r"- " What (h# 4*t11 art thoaV
* On* th»l "ill pi»j tb« iinii, ni with >oq."
8»*d » fttinit in hi* Uil »• Innir m a (Uil.
bich mad* htm crow boM*r and boltUr."
Bung SmiSklns ni somewhat surprised, but highly elated, when bo
rd a petite Invitation fn-ui old S< r ■ ■..in* t*» come up ami take a
h meant dinner— anil that, loo, when he had spent the very
evening before in il tynf Miss Matilda .lane Scroggins. It is
iw-e-tl--* t«> my that be »».•« promptly on hand. " Matilda .lane," said the
■ .'.li-mnn. wlu-n dinner m over, " did fOO everhearthe phonograph
in active operation!" "No, pa, but 1 ibould 1'ke to,™ answered the
maiden, wh.> wished to humor her parent - scientific weakness. " Well,
my dear, yon shall. I bought one the day befall yesterday. Von will
fiud it under the sofa in the front parlor. I forgot to take it up- stairs
last night, when 1 left you and Smiffkh:s convening on church festivals."
Matilda brought the machine, and the old man wound it up, remarking
that he had set it just before going to bed. The family circle and one or
two of Scroggins' cronies, who happened to In- present, listened with a
great deal of interest a** it slowly revolved, " Thank God ! the old devil's
tone at la*t ! ' exclaimed the phonograph, in tones that sounded amazingly
Bke those of Smiffkins. "1 thought the hateful old thing would Bit up
all night," continued the wonderful invention, in a voice that was unmis-
takably that of Matilda Jane. " Well, my own darling, we'll make up
for lost time. Yum— yum !" ejaculated the revolving cylinder, with a
pronounced Sroitfkins accent. " O, don't, darling! you musn't ! Yum —
yum!'" it proceeded, in the tones of Matilda Jane. After that the instrument
grew incoherent and mixed up, as it'were. A subdued osculatory sound,
mingled with deep-drawn sighs and occasional whispered protests in the
Matilda Jane voice were all that could be distinguished, till it suddenly
blurted out : " Well, I suppose old Scrog. will be coming down stairs
with a club unless I clear out." Another silence broken by yum — yuros,
and then in the softer voice the inexorable cylinder concluded : " There,
you mutt go now. Good— yum — night — yum— yum. I'll make the old
beast ask yon up to dinner to-morrow — yum— yum !" By this time Matilda
Jane bad fainted, and Smiffkin's face Looked like green cheese, but old
..ins gazed upon them grimly, after the fashion of a graven image,
and the rest of the company seemed to be rather amused than otherwise.
Sniitf kins bought a mountain howitzer next day and went East to look
for Edison.
To say that this is a great country is not an original remark, but since
the saying is invariably used to excuse our eccentricity, it is in place when
we wish to exemplify our greatness. No monument erected to the honor
of a self reliant and independent people could ever approach that glori-
ous edifice which we are pleased to call our State Legislature. It is among
the law-givers of our free choice that you will find true indifference to
those rules which, in effete monarchies, are imposed upon " gentlemen."
Gentlemen, forsooth! That is to say, fellows who don't care whether
their language, as representatives of the people, is decent or not! Thank
God, we are above all that. Our representatives are not shackled by des-
potic whims. Nobody thinks the worse of the member from Shirt-tail
County because he invites the member from Bloody Canyon to "settle
the debate outside." It is only a piece of pleasantry when the hon. gent,
from Murderer's Bar expresses a hope that the other hon. gent, from
Slaughter Gulch will " keep his mouth shut." It would be laughably
sycophantic if a herald's trumpet announced the reading of a " Queen's
Speech," but with ub it is truly republican if the chink of double eagles
in the lobby makes music to voting on a Bill. In other and less enlight-
ened lands, it is the bloated aristocracy who make the laws — men too rich
in purse and education to be corruptible. But we are free and "progres-
lional " enough to know that all men are equal— that the impecunious cuss
who takes an office for what he can get out of it is better than the heredi-
tary Dives who is well enough off to keep his honor out of the market.
Yes, we are a great people, and our present State Legislature is an im-
perishable tablet set up to record the fact.
Surgeon Harkin, of the City of Peking, is one of those charming per-
sons who vote memory a bore, and don't care a big, big D. about any-
thing on this terrestrial sphere except their own comfort. What the
deuce did Harkin care whether there was a small-pox case more or less on
board his ship ? If the city's health officers could ferret 'em out, all right.
If not — equally all right. It is true, Harkin took the trouble to assure
Dr. McAllister that there were no more cases of small-pox on the Peking
than the latter officer had been informed of ; and it is equally true that a
few more cases were discovered when the human cargo came to be over-
hauled. But then Harkin says be did not mention these cases because he
"took them for Panama fever," which is conclusive proof of his worth
and ability as a physician. Likewise, though somewhat inconsistently,
he sayB he " forgot all about them." It is a burning shame that such a
jolly good fellow as Harkin should be censured, just because he didn't
care a continental whether such a mild and pleasant epidemic as small-
pox got into a village of some four hundred thousand inhabitants.
He entered the saloon with a hasty stride and abstracted air, as if
some bank would split wide open if he was not there on time to save it
with his mighty intellect. He laid down his short bit with the manner
of a man who had paid any number of long bits over that same counter,
and would just as soon do it again if he felt like it. He poured out four
fingers and a-half of whisky. As the bar-tender was wondering whether
he was a railroad magnate or a Bonanza King in seedy disguise, in walked
a wreck on the ocean of rum, who begged pitifully for a " nip." The bar-
tender was no greenhorn, and couldn't be " played." He refused the
buoimer'B piteous appeal. "Stay, my good fellow," cried the compas-
sionate millionaire. "Do you really need a drink? Then divide with
me. I poured out more than I want." They did divide, and walked out
together to initiate other well-posted barkeepers into the secret of getting
"two for a dime."
It appears that the County of Eldorado is without a duly organized
form of government. 'Cause why ? The County being deeply in debt,
the officials have all resigned, to avoid certain legal consequences. Happy
Eldorado I Most fortunate of Counties! What! without a Board of Su-
pervisors ? Destitute of Mayors, Auditors, Street Superintendents, and
all other abominations ? Why, glorious, golden Eldorado, we will at once
pack up our other shirt and make straight for theel
One Henry E. Robinson, who. at some former period of his life,
seems to have had the proud prtvuem of calling himself a < 'alifomian,
has left $40,000 to Ih- invested fol the benefit of destitute women and
children in s.m Francisco, We admire Robinson's generosity- we like to
SM him remember kindly the eity in whieh he could go on a "buBt " with
leas risk of adverse comment than in any other— but we do not admire
dear old Bobby's business sagacity. He leaves his bequest " in trust to
the Mayor and Common Council of San Francisco, to he by them in-
vested to the best advantage. Fo the beat advantage" is good-- very
good. That means cigar-money for several months to come for the Mayor
and " Common Council." And *' in trust" ! As if there was any one
within the confines of this Golden State worth trusting except the Town
Crier. Robinson, you lived— or, rather, died— behind the times. You
were dreaming of the good old days when the vision of a hempen noose
kept municipal officials on the straight and narrow path. The day of
wholesome Vigilance Committees is long since dead, Robinson, and if
your generously bequeathed $40,000 helps destitute women and children—
unless the wives and families of the trustees are destitute— we will treat
thy shade, O Robinson, at the earliest opportunity.
A vagrant was arrested, the other day, for stealing a copy of the Call.
He relates that, being determined to commit suicide, and finding no drug-
gist who would give him credit for a dose of poison, he conceived the
idea of dying a Blow and painful death by reading the Call's Tuesdaysup-
plement, concerning Tehamastreet "swarees." When discovered, he
seemed to be Suffering greatly, and his pulse was very low, but as he had
only got as far as the middle of the first column, the doctors managed to
resuscitate him. The charge of theft was dismissed, as the larceny was
altogether too awfully petty for the. law to take cognizance of. The Judge
remarked, however, that the " missing link " was no longer missing, since
a creature had been discovered who could Bteal a Call, even with suicidal
intent.
If the possession of unlimited spleen constituted riches, t-oring Pick-
ering, Esq., would knock spots out of the Bonanza Kings in the matter of
wealth. A traveling agent for the Chronicle was arrested a few days ago
at Merced for abusing certain " ladies." The charge was disproven and
dismissed. But Pickering, at "vast expense," as he would say, gets a
telegram about the trifle, and under the heading "Like Master, Like
Man," tries to throw blame on the Chronicle because an obscure employee
of that paper has a difficulty from which he issues triumphant. Picker-
ing's gall will burst some day and poison the balance of his dyed and en-
ameled carcass.
The Supervisors have received some half dozen petitions for the
privilege of establishing stalls for the sale of candy, stationery, cigars,
etc. , in the corridors of the new City Hall. It is humiliating to see free-
born Americans petitioning for a privilege which they ought to know is
theirs by inheritance. What have we built our City Hall for, if not that
its majestic dome shall shelter the humble peanut- vendor and cast its pro-
tecting shadow over the modest apple-woman ? These people have suc-
cessfully housed a swine in the Mayor's sumptuous apartments, and yet
seem to doubt their right to sell stay-laces in the meek and lowly
corridors. I
He was a pretty seedy-looking customer, and it was to be doubted
whether he would pay for his meal anyhow, even though the restaurant
gave sixteen dishes — a " regular dinner " — for fifteen cents. But he had
an eye to "extras," and said he to the Hibernian waiter, after giving his
order : "Bring me some celery and a radish or two, and if you have a
few shrimps " Waiter: "Yis, surr." "Well, you can take away
this bread and bring me a fresh roll, and " Waiter ; "Anything else,
surr?" Well, the tablecloth isn't over clean, and ■" Waiter : "An'
is it a lase of the place ye wull take, surr, fur fifteen cints ?"
There is a squabble in the Assembly as to whether the seals at the
Cliff House should be protected from extermination or not. It is dis-
graceful that there should be two opinions on the subject. Are Sniffkins
and his girl to be robbed of the moon-lit ecstasy of hearing the sea lion's
melodious croak mingle with the wish-wash of the sad sea waves, all be-
cause a lot of beastly Italian fishermen want to make a living ? Is mine
host of the Cliff House to lose the chief attraction of his inn because the
people of San Francisco object to the fish in their bay being exterminated ?
Preposterous !
Miss Mary A. Kelly stands in danger of being turned loose on a suf-
fering community, by virtue of another writ of habeas corpus, and Mark
MacDonald is, in consequence thereof, seriously contemplating a pro-
longed absence from the State. There is a grand growl going on about
capital leaving California for the East. What wonder, when a rabid lu-
natic like Miss K. can get habeas corpuses made to order, and escape
from her cage at a moment's notice. We shall have Woodward's hyenas,
catamounts and tigers applying for a habeas corpus next.
We protest against the State Printer's account being increased by
the custom now in vogue at the Capitol of calling Chinamen " persons in-
eligible to citizenship "—as the phrase runs in every bill. We don't deny
that the term is a nice, juicy, oratorical mouthful. We admit that it looks
" real elegant " in print. But it is not economical, nor, to our thinking,
is it manly. To say " Chinamen " when we mean " Chinamen," would be
both cheaper aud more dignified.
It seems that no law requiring newspaper writers to sign their contri-
butions will be passed this session. For this reason we may expect an
abundant harvest of suicides among the Hector- Stuart-Theresa-Corlett
mob. The signing of their names is to them as water to the stricken
deer, and they rested their last nopes upon a law being passed which
would compel hard-hearted editors to humor them at the risk of disgracing
their sheets.
A Chinaman named Ah Wy was arrested on Tuesday for drawing a
knife upon W. A, Wolff, who pulled his queue. If Ah Wy had slit Mr.
Wolff wide open, from navel to nose, he would have earned the lasting
gratitude of this community. As he failed to kill the cowardly cur, the
Celestial can get no sympathy from ue. Ah Wy didn't he do better?
The State Assembly looks favorably upon a bill, now under its con-
sideration, providing for the abolition of capital punishment. Self-pre-
servation is a primal law, and we can't blame the Assemblymen for
adopting precautionary measures.
12
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Feb. 7, 1880.
Commencing- Sunday, Nov. 16tt>, 1879,
and uotil further notice, Boats and Trains will
leave San Francisco (Washington-st. Wharf) as follows :
3 00 p. m. daily (Sundays included), Steamer
9\JKJ "James M. Donahue " (Washington Street
Wharf) , connecting with Mail and Express Train at Don-
ahue for Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Healdsburg, Cloverdale,
and way stations. Making stage connections at Geyser-
ville for Skaggs' Springs ; at Cloverdale for Dkiah, Lake-
port, Mendocino City, Highland Springs, Bartlett
Springs, Soda Bay and the Geysers.
gj^* Connections made at Fulton on following morn-
ing for Korbel's, Guemenlle and the Redwoods.
(Arrive at San Francisco, week days, 10:10 A.M. ; Sun-
days, 11a.m.
Freight received from 7 a.m. till 2.30 p. m.
daily (except Sundays).
Special Notice.— The Sunday ExcursionTrips are dis
continued until further notice.
Ticket Office : Washington st. Wharf.
A. HUGHES,
Gen. Manager.
PETER J. McGLYNN,
Gen. Pass. & Tkt. Agt.
C- P. K- K.
Overland Ticket Office : Oakland Ferry, foot
of Market street.— Commencing- Sunday,
Jan. 25th, 1880, and until further notice.
Trains and Boats will leave
SAW FRWdStO:
7 0A A.M. Daily— Local Passenger Train via Oak-
•OU land and Benicia to Sacramento. Connects at
Vallejo Junction for Vallejo, Napa {Stages for Sonoma),
St. Helena (White Sulphur Springs) and Calistoga
(Stages for the Geysers) . Connects also at Port Costa
for Martinez, Antioch and " Byron."
Sunday Excursion Tickets, at Reduced Sates, to San
Pablo, Vallejo, Benicia and Martinez.
7 0AA.M. Daily— Local Passenger Train via Oak-
•O" land, Niles, Livermore and Stockton, arriving
at Sacramento at 1:40 p.m., and connecting: with Atlan-
tic Express. Connects at Niles with Train arriving at
San Jose at 10:30 a.m., and at Gait with train for lone.
9 0 f\ A.M Daily— Atlantic Express via Oakland and
.0\J Benicia for Sacramento, Colfax, Reno (Vir-
ginia City), Battle Mountain (Austin), Palisade (Eure-
ka), Ogden, Omaha and East. Connects at Davis for
Woodland, and at Woodland, Sundays excepted, for
Williams and Willows. Connects at Sacramento daily
with the Oregon Express for Marysville, Chieo, Red
Bluff and Redding (Stages for Portland, Oregon).
1 f\ /\/\A.M. Daily— Local Passenger Train via Oak-
A-\Jt\f\J land to Haywards and Niles.
3f\f\ P.M. Daily— Local Passenger Train via Oak-
• "-'U land and Niles, arriving at San Jose at5:25 P.M.
3AA P.M. Daily— Local Passenger Train via Oak-
• \J\J laud for Martinez and Antioch.
4f\f\ P.M. Daily— Arizona Express via Oakland and
•"" Martinez for Lathrop (Stockton and Gait) Mer-
ced, Madera (Yosemite and Big Trees), Visalia, Sumner,
Mojave, Newhall (San Buenaventura and Santa Barbara),
Los Angeles, "Santa Monica," Wilmington, Santa Ana
(San Diego), Colton and Yuma (Colorado River Steam-
ers), connecting direct with Daily Trains of the South-
ern Pacific Railroad of Arizona for Mariuopa (Stages
for Phoenix and Prescott), and for Casa Grande, 1S2
miles east from Yuma (Stages for Florence, Tucson and
Tombstone. Steeping Cars between Oakland, Los An-
geles and Yuma.
Connects, Sundays excepted, at Vallejo Junction for
Vallejo, Napa, St. Helena and Calietoga.
4(\f\ P.M. Sundays excepted— Sacramento Steamer
,\J\J (from Wash'n St. Wharf), for Beniciaand Land-
ings on the Sacramento River.
4AAP.M. Daily— Through Third Class Train via
• w \-/ Oakland, Martinez and Lathrop for Los An-
geles and points in Arizona.
4 0A P.M. Sundays excepted— Local Passenger Train
• t)JJ via Oakland and Benicia for " Sacramento."
Connects at Davis with Local Train tor Woodland and
Knight's Landing, and at Sacramento with the "Vir-
ginia Express" for Reno, Carson and Virginia. Steeping
Cars Oakland to Carson.
4 0AP.M. Daily— Local Passenger Train via Oak-
' O w land for Haywards, Niles and Livermore.
Public conveyance for Mills Seminary connects at Sem
nary Park Station with all trains, Sundays excepted.
£L OO PM' Dotty— Overland Emigrant Train via
^•^V/ Oakland, Beniciaand Sacramento for Ogden,
Omaha and East.
Connections for " Yaltejo" made at Vallejo Junction
from Trains leaving Sau Francisco 7:30 A.M., 9.30 A.M.,
3:00 p.m., and 4:00 p.m.
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Creeb Route.
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6:05 p.m. b— Sundays excepted.
"Official Schedule Time" furnished by Anderson &
Randolpu, Jewelers, 101 and 103 Montgomery St., S. F.
T. H. GOODMAN, Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agt.
A. N. Towns, General Superintendent.
SONOMA VALLEY RAILROAD.
The Steamer "Sonoma" leaves Wasta-
ingtnn-street Wharf daily (Sundays and Fridays
excepted) at 2 p.m., for Norfojk, connecting with cars
for the town of Sonoma and way stations, arriving (i
p.m.; returning, leaves Sonoma 7 a.m. (Saturdays and
Sundays excepted), arriving at San Francisco 11 a.m.
For further particulars apply at General Office, 426 Mont-
gomery street, or at Washington-street Wharf.
PETER J. McGLYNN,
Feh. 7. G. P. and T. Agent.
ALASKA COMMERCIAL COMPANY,
No* 310 Sansome Street,
San Francisco,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN ETTMS.
[September 21.]
NOTICE.
For the very best photographs go to
BRADLEY & RULOFSON'S, in an Elevator, 429
Montgomery street. Oct. 29.
The Kansas Pacific and Denver Pacific
Railroads, which have been able to do nothing
without the co-operation of the Union Pacific,
have finally been consolidated with the latter
corporation, and their stockholders will hence-
forth share equally with the IT. P.'s stock-
holders the latter road's immense profits. It is
a good thing for them, if bad for the people. —
Buffalo (N. Y.) Express.
MINNIE AND WINNIE.
Minnie and Winnie
Slept in a shell.
Sleep, little ladies !
And they slept well,
Pink was the shell within,
Silver without;
Sounds of the great sea
Wandered about.
Sleep, little ladies !
Wake not soon !
Echo on echo
Dies to the moon.
Two bright stars
Peep'd into the shell.
" What are they dreaming of?
Who can tell ?"
Started a green linnet
Out of the croft ;
Wake, little ladies,
The sun is aloft !
— Alfred Tennyson in St. Nicltolas.
A new daily paper, to be called the Gentle-
man's Gazette, will soon be started. The proprie-
tors are two well-known members of the Carlton
Club, one of whom is a Peer, the other having a
seat in the House of Commons. The editor
chosen is a gentleman who has been upwards of
twenty years connected with the London Press,
but has not yet had the principal management of
any paper. The chief features of the new jour-
nal will be, in addition to the usual leaders, sev-
eral columns of social gossip. It will resemble,
in outward appearance, the Pall Mall Gazette,
and will be of the same price. It is said the pro-
prietors have put down £20,000 to start their
new canditate for public favor. The. politics of
the Gentleman's Gazette are to be independent
Conservative, and its motto, "Measures, not
Men."
'WINTER ARRANGEMENT.
Commencing Friday, Nov. 21st, 1S79,
and until further notice, PassengerTrains will leave
San Francisco, from Passenger Depot on Townsend ;
street, between Third and Fourth streets, as follows :
8 0A A.M. daily for San Jose and Way Stations.
.OVJ g/g= Stages for Pescadero (via Sau Mateo) i
connect with this train only.
1 O ^O A-M- aai'v *or San Jose, Gilroy, Hollister,
i.\J»0\J Trea Pinos, Pajaro, Castroville. Monterey,
Salinas, Soledad and all Way Stations. E^T' At Pa- I
jaro, the Santa Cruz R. R. connects with this train for t,
Aptos, Soquel and Santa Cruz. ^" At Castrovillb, '
change cars for Monterey. J3£>~" Stagb connections i,
made with this train. (Pescadero Stages via San Mateo
excepted.)
3Q(\ p.m. daily (Sundays excepted) for San Jose,
• t>" Gilroy, andprincipal Way Stations.
A OA p.m. daily for San Jose and Way Stations.
6.30
P.M.— daily, for Meulo Park and Way Stations.
4Sr" The Extra Sdnday Trains to San Jose and Way
Stations have been discontinued for the winter season.
Second-Class Fare.
Between San Francisco and San Jose $1.00,
On Freight Trains only, leaving San Francisco at 4:00
a.m. and 10:40 am.; San Jose at 5:35 a.m. and fc:30 P.M.
(daily, Sundays excepted).
Excursion Tickets at Reduced Rates
To San Jose and intermediate points sold on Saturdays,
and Sunday mornings, good for return until following
Monday inclusive.
Also, EXCURSION TICKETS to Aptos, Soquel, Santa
Cruz and Monterey, sold on Saturdays only— good for
return until the following Monday inclusive.
%W Principal Ticket Office— Passenger Depot, Town-
send street. Branch Ticket Office— No. 2 New Mont-;
gomery street, Palace Hotel.
A.C.BASSETT,Supt. H. R. JTJDAH, A. P. & T. A.
SOUTHERN DIVISIONS.
Commencing Monday, May 19th, 1879.
t^"* Passengers for points on the Southern Divisions
of the road will take the ears of the Central Pacific Rail-
road via OAKLAND, leaving SAN FRANCISCO via Ferry
Landing, Market street, at 4:00 p.m. daily (Arizona Ex-
press Train), and making close connection at GOSHEN
for Sumner, Mojave, Los Angeles, Wilmington, Ana-
heim, Colton, Colorado River, Yuma, Maricopa and Casa
Grande (182 miles east from Yuma). Nov. 22.
Feb. 7, 1880.
CALIFORNIA ADVEKTISEK.
13
'The World," the Flesh, and the Devil.
[ By » Truthful Penman. 1
There to no reason t*» doubt the truth of the statement, lately current
in society, t.» the effect that the two Bona of the Prince of Wales, now
■ervin>: <>n board the Bacchante, have been induced by some foolish com-
panion to allow themselves each to be tattooed on the nose with an anchor-
emhlem. The Prince and Princess are said to be in despair about the af-
fair ; and all the medical science of London has been consulted as to the
possibility of obliterating the marks. " Boys will be boys," however,
and |>erhaps, after all, an anchor is not an inappropriate symbol for the
future ruler of a maritime Power ; and as the defects and ailments of
Royalty have not unfrequeutly been aped by their admiring subjects, a
day may dawn when, in order toshowthat they are "in the swim, "it will be
fashionable for all the young bltods in the kingdom to be marked with au
anchor.— Says " Atlas," in the World: " I looked in at the Alhambia,
one recent ni^ht, to see an act or two of Hothomago. The spectacle pro-
ceeded as usual, but I could not account for the fact that many of my
neighbors in the stalls kept turning round and gazing at some interesting
object in the private boxes. At last I turned round, too, to see what it
was. The mystery was soon explained. In one of the boxes were three
real Zulu ladies, who bad been brought there by their English importers
to see a French fcerie. I had heard of the arrival of these strange vis-
itors, and knew that I should soon have an opportunity of seeing them at
the Aquarium, where Captain Hobson has arranged for their appearance;
but it struck me as being far more interesting to observe them amid such
novel surroundings as they were then among, and I could not help de-
voting a good deal of my attention and my opera-glasses to them. I have
said they were three in number. They were young girls, apparently not
more than about fifteen, with round, good-natured faces, very flat noses,
but not particularly thick lips. They were evidently not of equal rank,
the one in the center being the chief. She wore a gold fillet round her
head, heavy gold chains upon her neck, and a gold bracelet about two
inches and a half deep upon her arm. She was much darker in color than
her companions, who were of a fine rich copper hue. She had a splendid
row of teeth, which glistened as she smiled in admiration at the spectacle
on the stage. The other two had not much on in the way of jewelry,
contenting themselves with smaller bracelets and less brilliant necklets.
As to the attire of these ladies— well, if being somewhat undressed is to
be fashionable, they were very much in the fashion indeed. The dusky
beauty in the center would have run some habitues of West-end ballrooms
very close in the race for decoltetcei&m. As far as I could see, her only
garment was a robe of rich texture hung over the left shoulder, and
looped under the right arm in classical style. Even this slight protection
would keep slipping off altogether; and as often as the lady's torso was
left bare to the gaze, so often was it carefully covered up by a watchful
gentleman in the rear. The maiden on her left had a shawl, which she
did not use much, preferring to sit with her arms, which were perfectly
free and uncovered, resting on the sill of the box. Her other garment
appeared to be a cloth bound round her waist rather lower down than a
lady's evening corsage usually commences. She was perfectly innocent of
anything in the shape of sleeves, and had a pleasant habit of spitting on
the floor. Between the acts the ladies took wine, merrily clinking their
glasses one against the other ; and the performance appeared to please
them immensely, as they remained up to the end. The interest which
these visitors excited among the audience bade fair at one time to eclipse
the attractions of the stage. After the second act, the occupants of all
the seats that commanded a view of the box rose up and turned round,
leveling a hot fire of lorgnettes at the Zulu maidens. Some ladies in ad-
jacent boxes nearly fell out into the pit in their endeavors to catch a
glimpse of their coffee-colored sisters ; and when they at length went
away, the passage was mobbed in correct English style by a genteel
crowd."— Count d'Osmond, who some time ago drove four-in-hand from
Paris to Vienna, via Ischl, and who created no small stir by the stylish-
ness of his turn-out and its fair occupant — his companion on the box seat
— has arrived in Nice, whither he " tooled " via Styria, North Tyrol, the
Italian Lakes, and the Keviera. Of course he is paying much attention
to the "Trente et Quarante" at Monte Carlo.-^The American colony
in Paris has just been increased by the arrival of a lady who was very
celebrated a quarter of a century ago in the United States, as well as in
France and England, where she seemed at one time as likely to form a
school. In 1855 Miss Hellena Bradford, the lady in question, was the
recognized chief of the " Bloomerists."— The Coffee Palace movement
is spreading. A company, with £15,000 capital, has been formed at Am-
sterdam, and an establishment has recently been opened at a cost of
£3,500. It is proposed to form an association in New York, and the Ca-
nadian Press is vigorously discussing the extension of the movement to
Canada.— —A woman named Weaver has died at Maidstone at the ripe
old age of 105. She was baptized on Sept. 19, 1775. She leaves a daughter
over seventy, and eighty grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Her
husband died ten years ago, aged 100. Her father died aged 103, and her
grandfather 105.^^After a prolonged struggle, of various fortunes, be-
tween her own desires and the advice of her friends, the Empress of the
French has finally settled to go to Zululand to visit the spot where her
son fell. —A very strong feeling has of late arisen in Germany against
the Jews, and in Berlin a regular " Juden-Hetz" is now being organized
against the chosen people by Ober Hof Prediger Stocker and Dr.
Freitschke, who have formed an association called the " Anti-Semiten
Liga," the object of which is to give lectures and to hold meetings to pro-
test against the growing preponderance of the Jews and to devise means
for checking it. ^— The oldest member of her Majesty's Privy Council is
Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe, G.C.B., aged ninety-two; the youngest,
H.K.H. Prince Leopold, aged twenty-seven. The oldest Dnke is the
Duke of Cleveland, aged seventy-seven ; the youngest, the Duke of New-
castle (a minor), aged sixteen. The oldest Marquis is the Marquis of
Donegall, aqed eighty-three ; the youngest] the Marquis Camden (a minor)
Kged eight. The oldest Bar] in the House of Peere is the Karl of Buck-
mghamahlro, iged eighty-nix ■ though the oldest bearer of that title is the
Karl of Cumorey, an [run Peer, aged ninety two; the youngest fa the
Earl Kii>s.-ll (a minor), aged fifteen. The old VJaoount is Lord Stratford
de Redcliffe, aged ninety two; the youngest, Viscount Southwell (a mi-
nor), aged seven. The oldest l'>:ir<<u Is Lord Mostyn, aged eighty-five ;
the youngest. Lord Southampton (a minor), aged thirteen. The oldest
member of the House of Commons in Sir Thomas Bazley, Bart., M.P.
for Manchester, aged eighty-three ; the youngest, Lord Brooke, M.P. for
Last Somerset, aged twenty six.— Who's Who in 1880.— Among the
heroes of the Cabul war must be ranked the drummer boy of the 92nd
Hollanders, who refused to fall out on the march to CabuL As he was
plodding wearily through the sand of the Loger Valley, an officer advised
him to fall out, but the reply came back prompt and stout, " Nae, nae,
I'll nae fa' oot till I've washed my hands i' the Caspian! " The laddie's
geography, it may be, was rather at fault, but his heart was right enough.
— Court Journal.— M. Cazeneuve, the celebrated cook, has just died in
Paris, at the remarkable age of ninety-six. As far back as 1815 he was
chef dc cuisine to General Blucher, to whom he was recommended by the
then Duke d'Angouleme, afterward Charles X. After the Treaty of
Peace, Cazeneuve followed bis master to Berlin, whence he returned to
France in 1825, on the occasion of the King's coronation. He entered the
service of M. de Tallyrand, and soon afterward reached the hight of his
ambition in being attached to the Royal kitchens of the Tuileries. After
the death of Charles X., Cazeneuve served his successor with equal zeal,
and retired from his profession at the Revolution of 1848.-^— The ex-
Empress Eugenie has definitely determined to make her contemplated
pilgrimage to South Africa, She will be accompanied, at her own request,
by Mrs. Campbell, whose husband was killed while serving under Sir
Evelyn Wood in Zululand.— Truth.
A WORKINGMEITS PASQUINADE.
It ia very seldom now that the Romans make use of the old system
of expressing public opinion by means of pasquinades, but the other day
the attention of the people passing along the Via Giulia was arrested by
a writing, attached to the door of the church, entitled La Morte, which
read as follows: "Madame Death — The undersigned poor unemployed
workmen, having learnt that the Charitable Committee of Rome have
undertaken to collect means for helping them, in order that they may
not fall victims to your sister Hunger, beg that you will delay your ar-
rival at their hovels until the intended relief shall have been col-
lected, so that the same may not be entirely useless. The undersigned,
counting upon your well-known courtesy, render you appropriate thanks.
The Poor Unemployed Workmen." There is a wide difference be-
tween the delicate sarcasm conveyed in this appeal to " Madame Death "
and the blood and-thunder threats with which the workingmen of San
Francisco seek to alleviate their distress in hard times. We think, both
in taste and in efficiency, to attract sympathy, the Roman workingmen
have the best of it.
We Americans like to be original in our language, and are frequently
very economical in the use of the letters of the alphabet ; but the newest
improvement in spelling is to be found in the window of a baker's store,
not a hundred miles from our office: Homade Pies.
GEO. STREET, Agent News Letter, 30 Cornhill, E. C, London.
IN CONSEQUENCE OF SPURIOUS IMITATIONS OF
LEA A- PERKINS' SAUCE, which are calculated to deceive
the public, Lea and Perrins have adopted A NEW LABEL, bearing their sig-
nature, thus, " LEA & PERRINS," which is placed on every bottle of WORCESTER-
SHIRE SAUCE, and without which none is genuine.
Ask for LEA & PERRINS' Sauce, and see name on wrapper, label, bottle and stop-
per. Wholesale and for export by the proprietors, Worcester ; Crosse & BlackweH,
London, etc., etc., and by grocers and oilmen throughout the world.
Nov. 16. MESSRS. CROSS & CO., Agents, San Francisco.
ROWLAND'S
MACASSAR OIL strengthens the Hair aud prevents it falling off. The bottles
have a glass stopper, and not a eork.
KALYDOE beautifies the Complexion and eradicates Freckles, Tan, Prickly Heat,
Eruptions, etc.
ODONTO whitens the Teeth, prevents and arrests decay, and gives a pleasing
fragrance to the breath.
ETJKONIA is a new and delicate toilet powder.
Ask for ROWLAND'S articles, of 20, Hatton Garden, London, and avoid cheap
imitations. Sold bv Druggists, Bazaars, etc., all over the world. May 3.
F
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
i nest and Cheapest Meat -flavoring Stock for Sonps, Made
Dishes and Sauces. March 2.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT
[s a success and boon for which Nations should feel .grate-
ful. See " Medical Press," "Lancet," " British Medical Journal," etc
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
Can Hon-- Gen nine only with fae-simile of Baron Liebig-'s
Signature, in blue ink, across Label. " Consumption in England increased ten-
old iu ten years. " March 2.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
To be bad of all Store-keepers, Grocers and Chemists. Sole
Asjents.for the United StateB (wholesale only), C. David & Co., 43, Mark Lane,
London, England. March 2.
LANGLEY & MICHAELS,
SUCCESSORS TO
CHARLES LANGLEY & CO.,
Wholesale Druggists.
Importers of Pare English, Freucb and German JDrn^s.
PATENT MEDICINES, Etc.,
100 and 102 KRONT STREET,
San Francisco. [Sept. 6.
14
SAK FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Feb. 7, 1880.
GOSSIP FROM GOTHAM.
Fifth Avenue Hotel, Jan. 29, 1880,
Editor News Letter: The business boom is once again fully under
way. New York is really very lively, and new enterprises, especially in
the mining line, have never before received so full a share of popular at-
tention. Nearly all the leading papers of the city devote considerable
space to |this comparatively new class of securities, and all the signs of
the times are indicative of a wonderful increase of confidence and inter-
est in the development of the vast mineral resources of the country. A
new mining Exchange is now in process of organization, in which a num-
ber of leading Californians appear to take a very lively interest. The
idea, however, has its opponents, who believe that there are already
plenty of Exchanges, and it is hoped by many financial men that the reg-
ular Stock Exchange (the " big Board " of New York) may, after a while,
deem it advantageous to list the stocks of tne leading mines: a move that
would greatly increase the amount of this class of business. George D.
Roberts has made a large amount of money in Colorado properties, and is
now engaged in the management of several of them. Edward B. Dorsey
is the President of the United States Investment Co., formed for the de-
velopment of dividend paying mines ; and the celebrated Spring Valley
and Cherokee Elat gravel properties have been purchased recently by the
Company for a large sum of money, and are now capitalized at §52,000,000.
Dave C. Ferris is engaged in two or three Colorado mines, that are very
promising properties. One of them, the Silver Cliff, has James K. Keene
for its President. John W. Gashwiler has been very ill, but is now slowly
recovering. His physicians advise him to keep very quiet for some time
to come. Gen. O. H. LaGrange is devoting his time to sundry California
and Nevada operations. A. P. Minear has pleasant offices in the Boreel
Building, and is especially laborious in fostering several Arizona interests.
Harry Logan has permanently located in New York. It is currently ru-
mored among those who know him, that "if he likes the city he will buy
it." Among the recent distinguished arrivals from your side I have no-
ticed John C. Merrill and George M. Pinney. They report the weather
30 deg. below zero in the Rockies, and lots of ice in San Francisco. This
is indeed sad, for California cannot afford to lose the " glorious climate
for which she has so long been noted ! Here the Winter, thus far, ha
been unseasonably warm and pleasant, and we are inclined to believe that
the clerk of the weather has been off on a "tear " somewhere, and has
shifted the cut, by giving San Francisco a dose of what is generally ad-
ministered to New York, and Dice versa.
Your people will remember the oleomargarine fiasco of 1873-74, and it
may be interesting for them to know that the enterprise has not proved a
failure, even though so universally denounced in California. I have been
at some considerable pains to learn the present status of the oleo. busi-
ness, and find that an average of upwards of one million pounds per month
is now being manufactured by the various companies, who have purchased
licenses from the patentees, three-fifths of which is produced and con-
sumed in this city. This enormous product is entirely controlled by
Messrs. H. K. Thurber & Co., who deservedly stand at the head of the
grocery interest of the United States, and I have their assurance that the
demand for "butterine," or oleomargarine butter, is far in excess of the
supply. At the present writing a strong effort i3 being made to annoy
and break up all the dealers in this product j but the great people willhave
it, so the inferior grades of the dairy article are having a very laborious
time in finding purchasers. Large manufactories are successfully in op-
eration in Ohio, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Kentucky, New Jersey,
Michigan, Illinois and Missouri, and you may rely upon it that just as
sure as the noonday sun, you will see, before many months, a rejuvenated
oleomargarine factory in San Francisco, for so profitable an enterprise,
and one calculated to" give so good and cheap an article of dairy food to
the masses, cannot be killed by prejudice, even in California. Theproduct
itself has been brought to such perfection that experts in the article are
often at fault in their endeavors to discover it. West Evans, Frank A
Davis, A L. Fish, and the rest of the victims of Paraf's fraudulent pat-
ents, had better cut these statements out and study them well.
General Grant is now in Cuba and will proceed to Mexico. There are
many stories afloat regarding the significance to be attached to his move-
ments, and it is generally whispered about that he wants to have a look
at the battle ground before the war tocsin is sounded, for third term means
war in the opinion of many, either civil orforeign, and Grantis considered
decidedly favorable to the latter, should such be required, to further his
ambitious desires. More Anon.
EMIGRATION FROM INDIA.
Emigration from India to the colonies has long ago passed from the
stage of interesting experiment to that of accomplished success, and dur-
ing the past year nearly sixteen thousand souls have left British India for
British colonies. It is a common error to Buppose that the " caste " of
Hindoos forbids their crossing the seas, but caste is rapidly losing its
power to forbid anything to the middle and lower classes of India, for
where money is concerned caste traditions are now easily overlooked.
The railway, for instance, is a great destroyer of caste etiquette ; and so
are education, commerce, and, in fact, every phase of civilization. Among
the emigrants from India, therefore, it is not surprising to find that nearly
fourteen thousand of the total number were Hindoos, and of these four-
teen hundred were Brahmins. Another feature of interest in this Indian
emigration is the place which is being taken by the Fiji Islands in Hindoo
estimation. The Chinese have lately been swarming thither in large num-
bers, but they will find in the docile, industrious and thrifty Hindoo, for
such is their character in Trinidad, Jamaica, Mauritius, Natal, Demerara,
and all the other colonies which they affect — a formidable rival in the la-
bor market. — Geneva Continent.
New Music from M. Gray. — "Bric-i-Brac Waltzes," by James B.
Redding. " Canto Nacional," for piano, by Miguel Espinosa.
CRADLE, ALTAR, AND TOMB.
CRADLE.
Gavin— In this city, February 2d, to the wife of John Gavin, a son.
Griffin— In this city, January 24th, to the wife of W. A. Griffin, a daughter.
Gibson — In this city, February lab, to the wife of Thos. Gibson, a daughter.
Joites— In this city, February 1st, to the wife of Horace Jones, twins.
Jones— In this city, February 1st, to the wife of E. W. Jones, a daughter.
Karstens— In this city, February 1st, to the wife of Charles Karstens, a son.
Longonoth— In We3t Oakland, January 31sc, to the wife of J. B. Longonoth, a son.
Lund— In Oakland, February 2d, to ths wife of M. O. Lund, a daughter.
Levy— In Wheatland, January 30th, to the wife of J. Levy, a daughter.
White— In this city, February 2d, to the wife of Wm. F. White, a son.
ALTAR.
Clark-Scott— In Oakland, January 27th, King Clark to Elizabeth Scott.
Klaiber-Schitltz— In this city, January 20th, Frank Klaiber to Franeiska Schultz.
Kelly-Lanq— In this city, February 3d, Michael Kelly to Charlotte Lang.
Neostadt-Sonn«nberg— In this city, February 1st, A. Neustadt to C. Sonnenberg.
Newton-Bruckner — In this city, February 1st, Edward Newton to F. Bruckner.
Sdllivan-Callahan— In this city, February 2d, P. Sullivan to Nellie Callahan.
West-Verson— In this city, January 3lst, Robert B West to Nellie E. Vernon
White-Gaffnby — In this city, February 1st, P. J. White to Annie T. Gaffuey.
WooihMoorb— In this city, November 24th, 1S79, W. F. Wood to Lillie Moore.
Wbekler-Herzoo— In this city, January 23tb, T. A. Wheeler to J. D. Herzog.
TOMB
Amark— In this city, February 1st, Frederick Amark, aged 42 years.
Babcock— In this city, February 4th, Benjamin E. Babcock, aged 56 years. .
Cunningham — In this city, January 31st, John Cunningham, aged 18 years.
Coaklev — Id this city, February 2d. Mrs. Coakley, aged 90 years.
Fair — In Oakland, February 1st, Mrs. George Fair, aged 21 years.
Gracier— In this city, February 4th, Caroline E. Gracier, aged 36 years.
Gorman— In this city, January 31st, Catherine Gorman, aeed 67 years.
Held— In this city, February 1st, Hannah Held, aged 32 years.
McLaughlin— In this city, February4th, Wm. McLaughlin, aged 53 years.
Murtha— In this city, January 3lst, Frank Murtba, aged 23 years.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVALS AND CLEARANCES AT THE PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO, FOR
THE WEEK ENDING FEB. 6, 1880.
ABBIVALS.
Jan 31
Feb 1
Ship Helicon
Bark Santiago
St'r City of Chester.
Sch'r Eustace
MASTER.
Howes
Moffatt...
Coleman .
Boie
where from.
Cardiff
Colombo..,
Victoria . . .
Honolulu.,
consignees.
George S. Theobald & Co.
Balfour, Guthrie & Co.
Williams, Dimond& Co.
J. D. Spreckles.
CLEARANCES.
Jan 31
Feb 2
VESSEL.
MASTER.
WHERE BOUND
Berrude ....
Blake
Metzger. ..
Fouchet....
Connolly . . .
Ship Victoria Nyauza .
Ship French Cherie . . .
Sch'r Cassie Hayward.
Queen stown . .
Honolulu
Bark Jas. A. Wright..
St'r City of Panama. . .
Cork
BY WHOM CLEARED.
J. Pinet.
Falkner. Bell & Co.
Robert Sheehy.
Williams, Dimond & Co.
J. Birmingham.
Falkner, Bell & Co.
Hutchinson & Mann.
Williams, Dimond & Co.
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
The Company's steamers will sail as follows at 13 M:
CITY OF TOKIO, March 20th— CITY OF PEKING, Feb. 7th, May lst-for
YOKOHAMA and HONGKONG.
COLIMA, February 20th, for NEW YORK and PANAMA, calling at ACAPULCO.
SAN JOSE DE GUATEMALA, LALIBERTAD and PUNTA ARENAS.
Tickets to and from Europe by any line for sale at the lowest rates ; also to Ha-
vana and all West India ports.
ZEALANDIA, February 16th, at 12 o'clock M., or on arrival of the English
mails, for HONOLULU, AUCKLAND and SYDNEY. $10 additional is charged for
passage in Upper Saloon.
Round tbe World Trip, via New Zealand and Australia, $650. . Tickets also issued
from San Francisco to New York via New Zealand and Australia.
CITY OF CHESTER, Feb. 10th, for VICTORIA, PORT TOWNSEND, SEATTLE,
and TA.COMA, connecting at TACOMA with Northern Pacific Railroad for PORT-
LAND, Oregon, and at Seattle with local steamers for Skaget River and Mines.
Tickets must be purchased before 11 A.M. on day of sailing, at Wharf Office.
For freight or passage apply at the office, cor. First and Brannan streets.
Feb. 7. WILLIAMS, DIMOND & CO. , General Agents.
FOR PORTLAND AND ASTORIA, OREGON.
The Oreg-on Steamship Company and Pacific Coast Steam-
ship Company will dispatch every five days, for the above ports, one of their
newAl Iron Steamships, viz. : OREGON, GEORGE W. ELDER, and STATE OF
CALIFORNIA.
Sailing Days
Feb. 1, 6, 11, 16, 21. and 26. I March 2, 7, 12, 17, 22, and 27.
At 10 o'cloch A. M.
Connecting at Portland, Oregon, with Steamers and Railroads and their connecting
Stage Liues for all points in Oregon, Washington and Idaho Territories, British
Columbia and Alaska.
K. VAN OTERENDORP, Agent O. 8. S. Co.,
No 210 Battery street, San Francisco.
GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Agents P. C. S. S Co.,
Feb. 7. No. 10 Market street, San Francisco.
REV. J. J. BLEASDALE, D.D.,
ANALYST,
News Letter Office, Cor. Merchant and Montgomery Streets, S. F.
1777
a year and expenses to agents. Outfit Free. Address,
June 7. ] P. O. V1CKERY, Augusta, Maine.
Feb. 7, 1S80.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
15
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION ARRAIGNED.
Editor News Letter Sir In .1 daily paper of the 7th instant, "one
of the School I>iiwt->n«" **i*l that a few word* in favor of the poor School
Director* f<>r a majority of them are |»oor wouU be in order. It is a
>ua fact that under the last Hoard of Kducatton the School Depart-
ment wan extravagantly and expensively- maaafnKJ. but it la also a ooto-
ict that under the management «-f the Hoard of 187<» (set? Munici-
pal Re|»ort "f 1876 r il Department waa ao economically ear-
that nearly 9J00.000 waa tared to the taxpayer* of the city ; yet
that Board did not, without aense or reaaon, cot down the salaries of the
primary- teachers. Dot, Mr. Editor, let roe tell "one of the Directors"
that that Board aaved in the departmentaof furniture and supplies, school
piainp and sites, carpenter shop and incidentals; and althoUKU when
thrw Directors, in December, 1875, took their seats in the Board of Edu-
cation, and found not only an empty treasury, but, besides, a debt of up-
wards of SfiS.OOO, left by ■ previous Board, yet in June, 1877, this same
Board returned to the General Fund of the City Treasury upwards of
ffJ.OCO. aaved by them, not out of the teachers* salary— not from the
salary of poor janitors— but, Mr. Editor, by economical and judicious
dealings in all the different departments of the schools. The Directors
did not deal in lots and properties ; they did not pay $80,000 for lots for
which an honest and upright Director, or any other honest business man,
would not jrive more than one-half thereof.
The Director says: " We have but just begun, and it is not fair that
we should be subjected to hostile criticism." I can answer the Director:
We citizens have a right to criticise their doings, because, if they have
"just bei*un," they have not begun by being just. How long were they
in office before they commenced to deal so justly? Eight days! What
do they know about the schools here ? Do they know even where the
schools are located ? Did they go from school to school and find out its
wants ? Do they know how many good teachers are in the Department,
and how many bad ones? Do they know who are good principals and
who are not? Have they setisfied themselves as to whether principals go
from class to class in their respective schools to give special instructions,
or whether they shut themselves up in their office to read novels or to
dream or sleep? Ask them, Mr. Editor, and T assure you they know as
little of the schools as th# man in the moon, and yet, because they were
foolish enough to pledge themselves to their party to ask no more than S25
per child, they thought to tickle that party by cutting down the salaries
of the primary teachers from 25 to 40 per cent., as per agreement made at
a caucus before they even took their seats in the Board. These wise men
say further: " We shall do nothing to impair the efficiency of the schools.
We expect to improve them." Is this their method of improving schools,
when they say an experienced teacher (and only an experienced teacher is
a success in the lower primary grades) is not worth more than a green
hand, a young teacher just from high or normal school? If they in their
judgment think so. if they think the saving must be in that department,
why not employ Chinamen as educators, and pay them two bitty one day,
me good all the same as Melican man, then they can save of this teacher's
high salary $44.50 per month, and can spend this savings in buying school
lots, etc. "There are many teachers in the Department unfit to be
there," they say. How have they found it out? They have never vis-
ited the schools. Have they found it out by inspiration ? At any rate,
they are not manly enough to say themselves to a bad teacher: " Please
resign ;" but no, they say to the principal of the schools: " You must tell
the Board what teacher you think unfit in your school. You must be
the spy of the Board, and* if there should be any trouble — political trouble
(where is there any teacher without some political friends and political in-
fluence) we can say: How can we help it ? It is none of our doings, it is
the fault of the principal ; he reported so to us, and it is our duty to re-
spect a principal's report.
The Director says, further: "A large number of our best teachers ap-
prove of the Board." This, Mr. Editor, I, for one, will not believe. I
know upward of 500 teachers. I have conversed with hundreds of them;
and although most of them say, if reductions must be made, then deduct
from the salaries of all teachers whose salaries are above $65 or $70 ten
per cent., but do not deduct the salaries of primary teachers from twenty-
five to forty per cent., and from the high-salary teacher only ten percent.
This is an outrage which no teacher approves of, notwithstanding the Di-
rectors' assertion that the best teachers approve their action.
In conclusion, Mr. Editor, allow me to say that, in my belief, the Hon.
Board of Education thought, by such reduction in the primary schools,
that most of the teachers would be forced to resign, and the Committee
of Credentials and Qualification (in 1874, in the time of Owens the Dish-
washer, the name of said Committee was called Nominating Committee)
will have a good harvest in electing the outside ones, as the Director calls
them, in their place. When the teamster place in the School Department
was declared vacant, and one offered himself to do the work for S150 per
month, and was willing to give a good bond for the faithful performance
of the work, yet these saving Directors gave the place to another ( a good
Republican, I suppose) for 8200 per month. Ex.
ANOTHER BOGUS MEETING.
Finding the Eleventh District Court-room rather remote, the score of
depositors of the late Pioneer Bank, who have met there, obtained Char-
ter Oak Hall on last Saturday evening. The hall has generally a small
crowd of loungers near it, who enter the place when the gas is lighted to
see what is being done. In this way a company of some forty persons
was made up. The Chairman of these so-called meetings — a small, with-
ered-up individual, holding about as much bitterness as anutgall— did all
the speaking, in conjunction with his mother-in law, also a depositor.
After the usual bosh to fill up a half column of the Call, the gas was ex-
tinguished. How journals claiming any degree of respectability can pub-
lish these bogus proceedings is a question that decent people are now fre-
quently asking. Mr. Duncan's friends are at work to obtain the balance
of his bail. He will then meet the great body of the depositors to aid
them in every way in his power, and will submit a plan that is already
received by them with much favor. A full exhibit of the losses of the
bank and the condition of the business has been prepared by a Committee
of depositors, aided by an accomplished expert, and will be presented in
due time.
A young lady attending balls and parties should have a female
chaperone until she is able to call some other chap her own. — N. O. Pica-
PHYLLOXERA VASTATRIX AND THE LEGISLATURE.
Editor News Letter- Sin : From time to time, during more than
a y.;ir tin- NlWB I.vttkr has been the vehiclo of valuable information re-
garding the devastating pest of vineyards, especially at present in the
Bonoma valley. Warning after warning has been given by the best in-
formed authorities on the subject, snob as Professor Hilgard, of the State
University, and the undersigned, who has studied its life, history and
ravages both in France and Australia tum-u its first appearance in the
vineyards of France. About eighteen months ago Professor Hilgard, the
Professor of Agriculture in the i>tate University, and myself attended, by
invitation, a meeting of viticulturists at Sonoma, and explained, to the
best of our ability, nil which was then known about this destructive pest.
But, unless what Mr. Adams, of Sonoma, in the Legislature said, noth-
ing appears to have arisen out of that conference. I have had no oppor-
tunity of seeing the details of the measure which he has introduced into
the State Legislature, but, from the newspaper report, it seems to be
crude, and to be little more than a skeleton. Now, since the News Let-
ter has already repeatedly called public attention to this increasing
evil, it is but right that the results of experience in other infected coun-
tries should be brought to aid legislative action now at length being taken
for the common good.
Imprimis, then: the law must reach the root of the evil, or it will be
futile. There is no use in attempting to save an infected vineyard by
aught except submerging the vines for a period of from thirty to forty
days, because it requires that length of time to kill a certain large egg of
the insect, from which is chiefly produced the next year's crop of
phylloxera.
In all cases where irrigation is inapplicable, special legislation is re-
quired. There being no other means certain, or even hopeful, of saving a
vineyard, the next thing to be done is to save the district or the country.
For the progress of destruction, though at present somewhat slower than
in Europe, where it progresses at the rate of from ten to twenty miles a
year, is not less certain.
What is required at present is a stringent law, made practicable and
efficient to prevent the spread of the disease, which should embrace regu-
lations for disallowing the eradication of any infected vines, of compul-
sorily quarantining any infected patches in vineyards, of cutting each
vine-stock at least ten inches below the surface, and immediately apply-
ing to it about a spoonful of a strong, cheap, mineral acid, bo as to kill it
and starve the little creatures by the want of food.
As to compensation for destroying vineyards, and many other matters
affecting legislation upon this industry, which certainly is second to no
other, I intend to return to the subject next week more in detail.
John J. Bleasdale, D. D.
St. John's Presbyterian Church, Post street, between Mason and
Taylor. Rev. Dr. W. A. Scott, Pastor, preaching as usual Sunday at 11
a.m. and 7^ p.m. Sunday School and Bible Class, 9^ A. M. Prayer and
Praise Service, 6& p.m.
E. M.Try. FRY, WATTLES & CO., J.B.Watties.
Stock Brokers*
303 Montgomery Street, S. I'.. Under the Nevada Bank.
%£f~ Money to loan on active accounts. Nov. 8.
Geo. C. Hickox.
GEORGE C. HICKOX & CO.,
£. C. McFarlane.
Clom mission Stock Brokers (San Francisco Stock Ex-
J "change, No. 412 Montgomery street, San Francisco. May 4.
James H. Grossman.] [H. F. Baker, O.E., Mining Engineer,
CROSSMAN & BAKER,
Mine Brokers, 334 Pine street, San Francisco, California.
Mining Properties Examined, Surveyed and Reported on *, Ore and Minerals
Assayed or Analyzed ; Sales Negotiated or Capital procured for development. Con-
nections in London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Balti-
more, St. Louis and Chicago. Jan. 17.
CUMBERLAND MINE,
Yavapai Comity, Arizona. Office: No, 417 California St.,
San Francisco, California. President, GEORGE M. CIPRICO. Secretary, J.
H. GRIFFITHS. Office Hours : 2 P.M. daily. Oct. 11.
REMOVAL.
Samnel Irving', Successor to Anderson A Irving', Beater in
Gentleman's Furnishing Goods, has removed to No. 206 KEARNY STREET.
A full line of all descriptions of Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods constantly on hand,
at the lowest prices Jan. 31.
MADAME WALDO COHEN,
PIANOFORTE AND SINGING,
Sept. 20. 507 Hyde Street, San Francisco.
JOSEPH GILLOTT'S STEEL PENS.
Gold Medal, Paris, 1STS.
old by all Stationers. Sole Agrent for the United States:
MR. HENRY HOE, 91 John street, N. Y. Jan. 5.
s
D. HICKS & CO.,
Bookbinders and Blank Book Manufacturers,
NO. 543 CLAY STKEET.
* Blank Books Ruled, Printed and Bound to Order.
[Nov. 8.
COKE CHEAPEST FUEL.
Reduction in Price : Wholesale Price, 50 cents per barrel ;
Retail Price, 60 cents per barrel, at the works of the SAN FRANCISCO GAS-
LIGHT COMPANY, Howard and First streets, and toot of Second st. Jan. 12.
~EDWARD B0SQUI & CO.,
Printers, Engravers, Lithographers and Bookbinders,
Itcidcsdorff street, from Clay to Commercial.
MME. ZEITSKA'S
French, German ami English Institute for Young- Ladles,
and Kindergarten for Children from 3 to 6 years, 922 Post street
Jan. 17. MME. B. ZEITSKA, Principal.
16
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Feb. 7, 1880.
ANOTHER VIEW OP IRISH DISTRESS.
[Respectfully Dedicated to Charles Stewart Farnell, Member Parliament.']
The broad lands stretch to the swelling tide,
Acre on acre, a noble fee,
Far may you fare ere the hills subside
In the level sand of the Western Sea.
From your path starts whirring the mountain grouse,
Mingling his crow with the snipe's shrill call —
'Tis a grand domain and a noble house
On the wind swept sea-coast of Donegal.
The broad lands stretch to the swelling tide,
Acre on acre, a noble fee ;
But every rood is trussed and tied
In the lawyer's tape of the mortgagee.
When the half year's interest is paid, I wis,
The half year's rental is Bcant and small ;
There's many a property such as this
On the heathery mountains of Donegal.
Famine in Ireland ; the rents unpaid ;
And the landlord muses on what he owes ;
He loves each mountain, each wood, each glade ;
And he almost weeps as he sighs "foreclose."
Must his hale old age from the homestead part ?
Must he see the roof-tree of centuries fall ?
And Jack {the darling wish of his heart)
Will never be member for Donegal.
For the heavy rains have not ceased to pour,
And the west wind bears in the fatal rot ;
And the kelp-crop fails on the barren shore,
And the tuber melts in the garden plot.
The wolf is howling at many a door,
His favorite hunter has left its stall ;
He has done his best, he can do no more
And famine lies heavy on Donegal.
The ghosts of the mortgages he owes
Will not be laid by any rule —
Well, the girls must wear last winter's clothes,
And Tom must go to a cheaper school ;
And Jack had best exchange to the line —
He cant keep pace in that corps at all —
And the table ; well, they must banish wine —
Alas for the glories of Donegal !
And the broad lands stretch to the swelling tide,
Acre on acre, a noble fee j
And faint in the shadows of eventide
The hills mix mistily with the sea,
"That bird is happy," the old man said,
As he heard a curlew's mournful call
That flitted seaward over his head,
"He has no duties in Donegal." G. H. J.
San Francisco, February 6, 1880.
COLORADO MINING NOTES.
The Leadville Herald of 16th inst. says: "The Robert E. Lee mine
has already become famous, not only in the camp of Leadville but through-
out the country. Its production has been the largest in proportion to the
amount of ore mined of any mine in our vicinity, if not in the world.
It cost §60 to take §115,000 out of this mine in twelve hours. It is
stated upon pretty good authority that the owners of the mine declined an
offer of a million dollars for a lease of it for seven days. According to
the weekly circular of CTthoff, Van Zandt & Co., ore and bullion brokers,
the present daily output of ore from the Leadville mines is 693 tons. _ A
correspondent of the Fort Collins Circular says: " We learn from practical
miners that North Park promises to rival anything yet heard of in Colo-
rado, this coming Spring. Already nearly a hundred mines have been lo-
cated, some assaying over 1,000 ounces in silver to the tou, and a large
number assaying as high as $27 and §30 per ton, on the surface. Mill
sites, coal lands and ranches have been taken up in the neighborhood of
the mines, and a town laid off and named Crescent City, which promises
b:g inducements to capitalists this Spring, as well as to mechanics and la-
borers of all kinds. There are, at present, three roads building into
North Park from the flourishing and enterprising town of Fort Collins,
and will probably be ready as soon as the snow has disappeared in time
for Spring immigration. All those desiring to visit North Park next
Summer will do well to stop off at Fort Collins, it being the nearest rail-
mad point." A letter from the Summit Mining District, in Rio Grande
County, states that on January loth there were ten feet of snow on the
level. The altitude is 11,300 feet. Advices from various portions of Col-
orado concur in representing the snow-fall on all the main ranges to have
been, so far, greater than during the entire winter of 1878-9. This will
be a temporary disadvantage in the operation of properties at a distance
from reduction works, and may necessitate a postponement of general
prospecting for some weeks later than usual next Spring ; but it will be an
important aid to placer-mining. Some gulches were not worked last
Summer, for the first time in years, on account of the scarcity of water
— the snow-fall during the previous Winter having been much below the
average. — The Engineering and Mining Journal.
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
Recorded in the City and County of San Francisco, California, for
the Week ending: January 31, 1880.
Compiled from the Records of the Commercial Agency, 401 California St., S.F.
Saturday, January 24th.
GKANTOK AND GRANTEE.
Jno Lander to John Wiederhold . .
Chas H Gwynn to Laura Holmes..
Wm H Worth to C P Hatch
T R E A to W Hollis
Paul Ronsset to Fabian Toplitz .
Bernard Rourke to Ann Cranage
Orlando Fuller to Addie Fuller. .
Alice Kelly to Bridget McCarthy.
Henry Kohn to Charles Kohn ....
Henry Hinkel to Barr Noble
H C Bidwell to P R Ballinger
P R Ballinger to Jno Power
Unknown Owners to H M Nagle.
J G Klumpke to same
DESCRIPTION.
S Vallejo, 92:10>£ e Franklin, 63:7x137:6
N Pine, 114:7 e Laguna, e 22:11x137:6—
W A 197
WEIein Park, 163 n Ridley, n 22x75-
snhject to mortgage
Se. Octavia and Post, e 27:6x110
Se Baker and Fell, e 396:10)2x275
Se Shipley, 150 ew 5tb,sw 25x75
Sw Stanford, 200 nw Townscnd, 25x80 -
100- vara 149
N Cala, 82:6 w Devlaadero, w 27:6x53:1-
W A 500
Lot 15, blk'l3,"Paul Tract Homestead . .
E Webster, 29:11 s Washington, 8 24:5 x
87:6 -.
Blk261 Potrero Nuevo
S of A st, 75 e 26th ave. e 70x125
E 38th ave, 144:11, s Pt Lobos avenue, s
one-half inch, e to a point n to com. .
$4,000
3,000
2.515
5
30,000
500
Gift
1,500
100
4,300
1,123
1,200
Monday, January 26th.
GD Nagle to same
H S Burr to WH Cook..
A Sommer to Harriet G Heywood.
Geo D Frink to Wm H Campbell. .
Chas Rorle to Bernard Conlon....
Geo H Bradahaw to M McCann . . .
J Stapleton to Fran Amer Savs Bk
Wm Kane to Mary A Kane ,
Jno Quinn to Jno Cardinell
City and Conn S F to R Chatham
Savs and Ln Soc to R H Brown..
E 38th ave, 354:2 n of A st, etc
E Wetmore Place, 87:6 s of Washington
25x56
TTnd H sw Kearny and Hinckley, 57:6 x
58:6; ne Montgomery ave, etc
Outside property
Undivided one-sixth block 268 Potrero
Nnevo
Lotl4blk71 RRAveEx Hd
Ne Turk and Brodfrick, n 137:6x137:6.
S22d, 25 e Chattanooga, e 25x106
S Hancock, 315 w Sanchez, w 40x114..
Sundry lots P N 208
Se Broadway and Scott, 8 137:6, etc ...
1
600
Gift
800
1,500
1
Gift
3.675
Tuesday, January 27th.
Jno W Roberts to Cornelius Kelly
Donald McLea to R J Techau ....
Henry Hinkel to Louise F Stahl . .
JnoMaloneyto Dorathea Fritz...
J S Fleury to C L Francfort
G W Lord to Geo Hearst
S of N st, 200 e 21st ave, e 25, 8 78:3. etc
W Spring. 59:6 s California, s 23:6x50—
50 va I41.....1 :
N Washington, 33:6 w Fillmore, 25:6 x
102-W A 350
Se Howard, 200 sw 12th, 25x137:6
Ne Park ave, 243 nw Biannan, 32x75...
Lot 22 blk 11 Flint Tract
$ 100
9,000
5
5,000
1,400
500
Wednesday, January 28th.
Tide Land Comrs to Conrad Staib
Jos Rich to Augast Koeber
Jno D'Arcy to S F Savs Union ....
W Hollis to A H Lochbaum
Jno Furness to O J Preston
Jno Tierney to Mary F Tierney. . .
Same to Jas Tierney
C Vogely to C C Vogely
APratnold to AFEveraon.,
Nw Folsom, 350 sw 5th, sw 25x85
N Eddy, 154:9 w Laguna, 256120
S cor 3d and Perry, se 30x75.
S Post. 118:3 w Webster, 25x137:6
S Oak, 100 e Fillmore, e 40x120
Nw Howard, 150 bw 25x90
Sundry Ontside Lots
Lots 47 and 48, blk 54, City Land Aesn
and property in Alameda County ....
Lot 29 bib 15, City Land Aesn
2,400
5,650
3,000
1
1
Gift
5
Thursday, January 29th.
Camilo Martin to La Soc Francaise
Wm Hollis to Thomas Magee
Walter H Cook to Hiram B Cook.
Geo Morrow to Jas D Halsey.
Jas D Halsey Geo P Morrow ...
Wm B Swain to David Cahn...
J B Lewis to Patk Slevin.....
Mary Redmond to same
Chas H Killy to Wm B Swain.
M A Mortensen to J P Mortensen
Sundry lots in Potrero Nnevo
Se Post and Octavia, e 27:6x110
E Wetraore Place, 87:6 s Washington, s
25x56-50-v 174
Lot 23 blk 643 Pt Lobos Ave Hd Ex
Same
Se Green and Buchanan, e 287:6x137:6—
W A 243
WAlabama, 156 n 24th, n 26x100....
Same
Se Green and Buchanan, 2S7:Gxl37:6.
Sw 3d, 75 se Brannan, se 25x156:8. .
W B Barrington to SavB & Ln Soc N Jersey, 152:9 e Noe, 50x114
$4,940
5
500
500
500
2,000
5
530
5
Gift
260
Friday, January 30th.
Milo Hoadley to W K Van Allen. .
Charlotte O Bouffler to W S Ross.
C Kramer to Mary Moran
Michl Rountree to Thos C Hogan.
Thos Cummins to Patk Cummins.
Ruphael S Calish to R Sutherland.
Jno O'Connor to Henry Hinkel.. .
Jno D Tost to Peter H Campbell..
P Gillesnie to G Largomarsino
Jas O Connor to Thos Fleming...
Harvey Sparks to Conrad Prag. . . .
F M Earwell to S F P Woolen Fac
Nw Lyon and Sacramento, 255:4x137:6.
W Dovisadero, 82:6 s Geary, 27:6x80
E Alameda, 80 8 22d, 24x50
Nw Silver, 300 ne 4th. 22:6x75
Se Mission and 22d, 40x122:6, 8 22d, etc
Nw Minna. 500 sw 3d, 25x70
Ne Clay and Webster, 137:6x275
Sundry lots in Western Addition
E Varreune, 77:6 n Unien, 20x57:6
Ne Eve and Adam, 58x60
Sondry properties near North Point....
Sw Beach and Larking, 137:6x68:9
$ 5
1,900
700
2,200
3,400
17,500
1
1,200
5
80
1,750
Saturday, January 31st.
Hans C Olsen to Joseph Powning
Wm J Turner to Mary J Turner.
Peter Donnelly to Michael Kane..
Merch City La Asn to J J O'Brien
Harriet Gulliver to Jno Breinard.
Jno Gough to N Grange., =.,
J A Cardinell to Fannie E Evans.
T B Kent to Henry Ingrauam. . . .
Henry Ingraham to WJMurdock
S B Husselman to P B Hewlett.
M T Gallagher to E E Eyre
Wm J Babcock to Chas F Webster
W Wainwright toLH Wainwrighl
Parker Merrill to J W Cudworth..
R Hicks to R W Hicks
Ferd Klatt to Maria L A Klatt. . .
A McDonald to Mary McDonald.
Ne Fell and Webster, 27:6x120
Und U e Drnmm, 55 S Pacific, 100x137:6
Ne Folsom and Precita PI, 50x75
OL blka 2S9, 290, 276
S Vallejo, 142:0 w Fillmore, 22:6x187:6..
N Fairmount, 117 e Palmer, 26x125; al-
bo leasehold s Silver. 250 w 3d, 25x80.
S Hancock, 315 w Sanchez, 40x114— M
B 106
Se Howard, 85 ne 2d, 10x165; se Bryant,
116 8W8d, 25x80
Se Bryant, 116 sw 2d, aw 25x80
N 19th, 155 w Sanchez, 25x114
Nw Leavenworth and Sacramento, 137:
6x56
Se Buchanan and Geary, e 137:6x171:10
Lot 157 blk 3, Fairmouut Land Assn
Se Stevenson, 176:6 ne 6th, 50x70—100
vara 223
Sw 2d, 40 se Mission, 30x77:6
N21st, 145 w Howard, 25x95
N Vallejo, 209:6 w Baker, 4Sxr50
$3,700
5,000
5
"400
742
4,000
1
850
600
672
5
100
Gift
1
Kek 7, 1879.
r.W.IFORNIA ADVERTISER.
17
NOTABILIA.
THE PEDDLERS SONG.
Lawn is white m driven snow ;
Gyp""*^ Mack as e'er was crow ;
Glows as sweet as damask roses;
Ma.*k-« for faces ami for noses ;
Mble-braoelet, necklace, amber;
Perfume for a lady's chamber;
Gold i i'i-'iv> and stomachers,
For my lads to give their deara ;
Tins and i«ikitisj-stick8 of steel.
What maids lack from head to heel:
Come buy of me.come; come buy .come buy,
Buy, lads, or else your lasses cry.
William Shaksfearb.
San Francisco probably contains more restaurants than any other
city of its size in the world ; but, alas! how many of these are good res-
taurants? Nut more than two or three at the most, and chief among
these is Swain's Original Bakery, on Sutter street, above Kearny. Of
tiiis restaurant San Francisco may well be proud, for neither in New
York, London or Paris is there <* " house of refreshment " more ably con-
ducted or more pleasant to visit. Nut only are all the delicacies of the
season to be found at Swain's Original Bakery, but innumerable little
*' home dishes," which are never to be obtained in other restaurants, are
always ready there. For instance, Swain's English muffins have had an
enormous sale for years past, and, in spite of every effort, no other house
has been able to successfully imitate them. But, then, the proprietor of
Swain's imported an English baker of renown expressly for the manufac-
ture of his muffins.
Since Martin Luther declared " wine, women and song " to be the
chief joys of life, it has puzzled pious people to account for the great re-
former's recommendation of the first. It has just been discovered, how-
ever, that Martin referred to Landsberger's Private Cuve'e— a wine which
the angels themselves might drink without a blush. A more enjoyable
and grateful wine does not exist, and all other brands are swiftly giving
way before its popularity. The restaurant or bar that cannot supply Pri-
vate Cuve'e to its customers is at once set down as second-class. The de-
mand for it is now so great, however, that only second-class houses can
afford to be without it.
" Faix, there's no gintlemen in this car. Lit me out, kornducther.
All the empty seats are full. The next time I ride in a car, I'll walk, so
I will." — Harper's Weekly.
Sara Bernhardt is going to marry a nobleman — if she can get one.
The only way in which she can get one is to have her photograph taken
by Bradley & Rulofson, of.429 Montgomery street. All the greatest ac-
tresses, beauties and celebrities generally, owe a large share of their pop-
ularity to the portraits which they have had taken at this world-famed
photographic gallery. It is conceded on all sides that Bradley & Rulof-
son have no rivals in any of the great European or Eastern cities, and
the immense scale on which their business is conducted enables them tu
employ a more skillful and expensive staff than does even Sarony, of
New York.
It is said that the man who never smelt powder is the fellow who never
held his nose close to a woman's cheek. The presence of Madame
Rachel's Enamel Bloom could not be detected, however, hy even such a
crucial test as this; nay, it would defy the lips as well as the nose of the
man in question. The effect of Madame Rachel's Enamel Bloom is, in
short, absolutely perfect. It also differs from other preparations for the
face in not injuring the skin, but actually benefitting it. It imparts a
complexion of extreme delicacy, but at the same time renders its wearer
the picture of refined health. No lady who prizes beauty should fail to
use Enamel Bloom.
"Mamma, what are twins made for?" Her precious brother replied,
" So that cannibals may eat philopcenas."
The kind wife who has a smile for her husband when he comes into
the house will not drive him to the saloon to get one. Nor if she has a
Union Range from De La Montanya, of 214 and 216 Jackson street, will
she make her husband cross with a badly-cooked dinner. In like manner
the clergyman, whose church is warmed by one of Chilson's Patent Im-
proved Cone Furnaces, for which De La Montanya is agent, will not see
his congregation frozen out during the service, but will find them per-
fectly willing to sit out a two-hours' sermon without impatience.
It is now conceded that the " pull-back " is an effective moral agent,
because it makes it so extremely difficult for lovely woman to stoop to
folly. We contend, however, that the hats sold by White, of G14 Com-
mercial street, are a still more effective moral agent, because they confer
the priceless boon of self-respect upon the men who wear them. A good
hat is an infallible sign of self-respect, and, what is more, it commands
the respect of others. At White's, only the very best and most stylish
hats are sold.
The waves of a woman1! handkerchief have wrecked many a roan,
but. in our private opinion, Mrs, Skidmon, of 1U4 Market street, in re-
sponsible for disturbance t.. the heart of man more than the aforesaid
waves. The futo and bonnets sent forth from the Millinery Parlors of
tlii* renowned lisni make tli.ir wearers Irresistible, and had the
stronger sex omptire wherever they are seen, The Indies have, unfortu-
nately, name t-> know this, and tin- oonaeqnenoe is, that Mrs. Skidmore's
establishment Is daily thronged with the- moat lovely and fashionable
women in the < ity.
The "Admirable" Crichton was, in his day, accounted proficient in
every art, Bdienoe and language that could be expected of a single human
prodigy; but if lit- had been .-.died upon to make as great a variety of
gloves as those manufactured by Fred H. Hu«by, of 412 Market street,
he would have failed to make the riffle. Not only does Mr. Busby make
gloves and mittens of buckskin, dogskin, calf, kid, cloth and combined
materials, but he is also the Hole manufacturer of the Narragansett Glove,
impervious to water.
A Frenchman, who has recently triven the world his impressions of
England, says that in winter the English suffer greatly from sore throat,
which they regard as a species of I'hircr complaint. He would not have
been able to say the same thing of Americans, because they don't suffer
from sore throat or any similar affections, because they use the celebrated
Rock and Rye, manufactured by F. & P. ,T. Cassin, corner of California
and Drumm streets. This delightful cordial is growing more popular
every day.
A melancholy case of suicide a naughty little boy, having been
threatened with a whipping, immediately hung his head.
A man who said the press was venal, and that it ought to be sup-
pressed, rode four miles through a snow storm to get a paper that called
him a " prominent citizen." We have known men to go farther than that
for a bottle of Napa Soda on the morning after indulging in a spree.
Nothing like it for hot coppers.
Housekeepers are advised to call upon Hartshorn & McPhun, 112
Fourth street, near Mission, for all kinds of carpets, oil-cloths, Linoleum
mattings, etc.; also, manufacturers of store and house window shades,
plain or ornamented. Give them a call for first-class work, at the lowest
prices in the city.
The most fashionable dry-goods store for ladies in this city is, be-
yond question, Sullivan's, 120 Kearny street. The cloaks, dolmans and
exquisite suits on exhibition at thiB vast emporium of fashion are well
worth seeing, even if one has not money enough to buy.
When you feel a cough or bronchial affection creeping on the lungs,
take Ayer's CJierry Pectoral, and cure it before it becomes incurable.
The " Duck Strap," made by Busby, 412 Market street, is the most
convenient arrangement for sportsmen to carry game yet made.
Quiet nerves and Balmy Sleep in Hop Bitters, for sleepless Ladies
and Invalids.
Hallett, Davis & Co.'s Pianos. 13 Sansome street.
Homoeopathic Cough and Croup Syrup, 234 Sutter street.
Household Furniture sold on the installment plan at Gilbert and
Moore's, 219 Bush street.
KEYSTONE CLOTHES WRINGER.
The Best in the World.
Send for Descriptive Circular,
General Agents:
WIESTER A CO.,
New Montgomery Street, S. F.
[January 24.]
BRITISH BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF CAL
Attendance, daily, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., by the under-
signed, to receive subscriptions and donations, and tn furnish all information
relating to the Society. J. P. McCURRIE, Secretary,
Oct. 23. 730 Montgomery street.
WILLIAM P. HUMPHREYS,
Late City and County Surveyor, has removed to No. 629
WASHINGTON STREET, where he will continue to practice his profession.
All Surveys and Estimates guaranteed. Dec. 20.
AGENTS, READ THIS!
We will pay Aleuts a Salary of $100 per month and ex-
penses, or allow a large comiuiNsion, to sell our new aud wonderful
inventions. We mean what we say. Sample Free.
Address SHERMAN & CO., Marshall, Mich.
WM. F. SMITH, M.D.,
Oculist and Aurist, 313 Bush Street.
Aug. 16 ] Office Hours, from IS M. to 3 P.M.
J. A. HUNTER, M.D.,
"\To.331 Sntter street, devotes Special Attention to Catarrh,
X\ Deafness, Bronchitis, Asthma, Consumption, and all ailments of the Throat,
Lungs and Heart. Dec. 27.
REMOVAL.
T nomas Tonus:, Real Estnte Broker, has removed from
No. 424 Montgomery street to the S. E. comer Svtter and Montgomery, over
Cbester*s Dry Goods Store, and opposite the Lick House. Entrance on Sutter
street, No. 39. Jan. 10.
18
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Feb. 7, 1880.
"BIZ.
Renewed attention is being given to the importance of increasing
home manufacture of goods, wares and merchandise upon the Pacific slope.
Already some advance has been made in the "establishment of woolen
mills in this State as well as in Oregon, but these are found to be too small
for the increased and increasing demand of our people, and to this end the
Mission Woolen Mills Consolidated are now erecting a new and very large
woolen mill at Black Point, North Beach, where also Donald McLennan
iB now erecting another large woolen mill, to be called the Golden Gate
Woolen Mill. There is no man in this State that has done bo much to
build up and advance the Wool interest of this coast as has our townsman,
Donald McLennan. Early in the '50ties he built, with (Jol. David S.
Turner and his associates, the Pioneer Woolen Milk at Black Point ; after
this, with the backing up of Wm. C. Ralston and the Bank of California,
he erected the Mission Woolen Mills on Folsom street. Success attending
these two woolen mills, McLennan, with George F. Bragg and associates,
erected a third woolen mill at the Mission, also on Folsom street, where
particular attention was given to the manufacture of knit goods, etc. A
few years later these two Mission mills became consolidated, and have, for
the last few years, been in successful operation manufacturing Cassimeres,
Blankets, Flannels, etc., also knit goods, nnder-garments, etc., of a qual-
ity unequaled by any other known factory, and drawing out orders for
same from France, England and the United States, including large Gov-
ernment orders for Army and Navy Clothing, etc. And now Donald
McLennan sees his way clear to incorporate a new company, to be called
the Golden Gate Woolen Mill, with a capital of §250,000. There are
also in California several other woolen mills, notably one at San Jose,
another at Marysville, Stockton, etc., one or two in Oregon, and yet with
all this we ship of Wool annually to New York, Boston and Phila-
delphia 40,000,000 lbs and upwards. We ought to manufacture on this
coast at least one-half of this surplus. We have a Silk Factory here,
making Ribbons, etc., and is doing well. A Cotton Mill is also much
needed here. Had we one, much Cotton would be raised in our valleys.
We have large Sugar Refineries here in this city, and yet C. A. Low &
Co. are about erecting another, to be called the American Sugar Refining
Company. In the interior of the State we have two or three Sugaries for
the manufacture of Beet Sugar, and efforts are making to increase the
product. We have many Breweries in this city, doing a large and profit-
able business. Distilleries also ; but for the past two or three years the
latter have done little, by reason of the high cost of grain on this coast.
Now they are using up Potatoes for the manufacture of Whisky and Al-
cohol. We have several Soap Factories, notably the Standard Company,
and many others of less note, and yet we import Soap largely from the
East. We have two Candle Factories in the city— the San Francisco and
the Bay — both making a superior Candle, and yet we import many thou-
sand boxes every year from the East. Our Wine and Brandy interests
are being largely expanded and enlarged every year. Last year's product,
6,000,000 gallons. Many thousand cases of Champagne are made in this
city every year, and of superior quality, fully equal to the best French
Wines, and yet costing less money. We have several manufactories here
manufacturing Macaroni, Vermicelli, etc. We have Glass Works mak-
ing white bottles, demijohns, etc., yet we import largely of these from
Europe. We have several large Iron Foundries, for making boilers, etc.,
and a Rolling Mill, and yet we ought to have more. Agricultural Imple-
ments are made here to some extent, also Farm Wagons, Buggies, etc.
More or less Furniture is made here, also Railroad Cars, Carriages, etc.
Harness is made here to a considerable extent, also Boots and Shoes, and
yet we send thousands and tens* of thousands of Hides and Skins and
Leather East, to be made up and manufactured and then sent back to the
Pacific Slope. Cigars by the million are made here every year, and yet
very many are imported that are not as good as our own make.
Beef and Pork-Packing is done here but to a very limited extent,
compelling us to import from Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati, etc., Bacon,
Hams, Lard, etc., in great quantities. We have become self-supporting
on the Butter and Cheese question; and yet, with all our vast facilities,
we go to Omaha and the Territories for Eggs. Of late years, Merry,
Faull & Co., and the Cutting Packing Co., and others, have made a good
beginning in canning and potting meats fur export, and this business has
thus far been a success. As for Salmon-canning, the Pacific Slope now
puts up nearly half-a-million cases annually, and the markets of England
and her colonies draw heavily upon us for the same, while the Atlantic
States' trade for same seems to be rapidly expanding. The business of
drying Codfish on this coast has also become an important interest, and
has about checked supplies of Eastern, which formerly amounted to
many thousand tierces annually. Our subject is not yet exhausted, for
we have in this city half-a-dozen or more large flouring mills, turning out
annually many thousands of bbls of the very best quality known, notably
the Golden Gate, Golden Age, Genesee, National and Capital Mills; the
Starr Mills at Vallejo, the Sperry City Mill3 at Stockton, and still others
at Sau Jose*, Santa Clara, Petaluma, etc. Twenty-tive years ago we im-
ported Flour largely from Chili; now we send her both Flour and Wheat,
and our exports of these Breadstuff staples now amount to several mil-
lions every year. Now, in view of all this, and the steadily-increasing
producing wealth of this Pacific slope, it is reasonable to suppose that
there is a wide field here open for many more manufacturing interests,
and our capitalists would do well to give heed thereto.
Bags and Bagging.— The market is sluggish at present for Grain
Sacks ; price, 10c nominal. Wool Sacks are wanted at 47£@55c, accord-
ing to weight.
Borax. — Supply light and prices tending upwards.
J] Coffee. — The supply has been increased by the arrival of 250 tons from
Ceylon. The market is slack at 16@18e for all Central American grades
of Green.
Coal — We hear of no sales of foreign effecting market rates. Prices
low and nominal.
Metals. — The market is firm for Pig Iron, Tin Plate, Copper, Sydney
Tin, Nails, etc. The late advance well sustained.
Quicksilver. — The market is slack at 40c asked 38c offered.
Rice. — Holders of Mixed China now demand 5c, 4gc asked ; Hawaiian
is firm, 6Jc asked, sales at 6£e.
Sugars. — On the 1st of February the California Sugar Refinery reduced
prices one cent per pound all around, as per price list. Cash prices from
date : No order taken for less than 40 barrels, or equivalent in half bar-
rels or boxes. Syrup, 30 barrels, or equivalent in half barrels or kegs.
Remittance must accompany orders from country. (A.) Pat. Cube Sugar
in bbls, lie; (A) Crushed Sugar, lie; Extra Powdered Sugar, in bbls,
ll£e ; Fine Crushed Sugar, in bbls, lie : Dry Granulated Sugar, in bbls,
10^ ; Extra Granulated Sugar, in bbls, 10J ; Golden C Sugar, in bbls, 9c ;
D Sugar, in bbls or S. I. kegs, 8£c ; Extra C, in bbls, 9£ ; nf bbls, £c more
for all kinds ; boxes, £c more for all kinds.
Syrups. — On the 1st inst. the California Refinery reduced rates 10c.
per gallon, as follows: Syrup, in bbls., 52h ; ditto in hf. bbls., 55 ; ditto
in 5-gallon kegs, 60 ; ditto in tins, 1-gallon each, 70.
Salmon. — There continues to be a good Eastern demand, which pro-
mises to consume all of our stock before the new catch can be marketed ;
price, $1 35@1 45 $ doz. for 1-H>. tins.
Freights and Charters. — Tonnage is accumulating, and Wheat
freights have fallen to 47s. 6d., at which rate five iron ships have been se-
cured for Liverpool. We cannot quote American ships over 45s.
Wheat. — The market lacks life. We quote No. 2 Shipping at $1 85@
SI 90 per ctL; No. 1 Milling, SI 95@S2.
Barley.— There is a fair demand for Feed at 75@80c; Brewing, 95c. @
SI per ctl.
Corn. — Demand good at Sl@l 05 per ctl.
Hops. — Nothing doing ; prices nominal.
AVERILL MIXED PAINT,
The Best, Most Durable and Beautiful of All Paints.
prepared ready jfor vse,
and of aits' shade ob color desired.
Sept. 27.
O. S. OBRICK, General Agent,
329 Marled St., Opposite Front.
C. ADOLPHE LOW & CO,
Commission Merchants,
8A.N FJRANCISCO and NEW YORK.
635s* Agents of American Sugar Refinery, corner of Union and Battery Btreets,
San Francisco, California. Jan. 17.
Newton Booth, C. T. Wheeler, Sacramento. | J. T. Glover, W. W. Dodge, S. F
w. w. dodge & CO.
bolesale Grocers, corner Front and Clay streets, San
Francisco. April 1.
w:
CASTLE BROTHERS,
ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAR 1850.
Importers of Teas and East India Goods, Ncs.213 and 215
Front street, San Francisco. Jan. 13.
L.H. Newton. NEWTON BROTHERS & CO., M. Newton.
Importers and wholesale dealers in Teas, Foreign Goods and
Groceries, 204 and 206 California street, San Franciaco, Cal May 26.
~TABERr HARKER~*TC0.~
IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE GROCERS,
108 and 110 California St., S. F.
r April 19.]
ANDREW BAIRD,
Negotiator of Loans and Commercial Paper,
Broker in Local and State Securities,
No. 312 California Street San Francisco.
[P. O. Sox 1,208.] July 19.
SCHWAB & BREESE,
"Vfew Art Gallery, «34 Market street, opposite Palace Hotel.
Xl Oil Paintings, Engravings, Wax and Artists' Materials.
&g=- ADMISSION FREE. Sept. 13.
SNOW & CO.,
No. 20 Post street, opposite Mechanics' Institute, Import-
ers and Manufacturers of Pictures, Frames, Mouldings, and Artist'B Ma-
crials. Established 1849. Sept. 20.
R
W. K. VICKERY,
are Engravings and Etchings, 126 Kearnystreet (Thnrlow
Block, Room 8), San Francisco. Office Hours, from 1 to 5 P.M. Jan. 17.
JULES TAVERNIER'S NEW STUDIO,
728 Montgomery Street. [Jan. 17.
JOHN JENNINGS
Hooper's South End Warehouses, corner Japan and Town-
send streets, San Francisco. First-class Fire-Proof Brick Building, capacity
10,000 tons. Goods taken from the Dock and the Cars of the C. P. R. R. and S. P.
R. R. free of charge. Storage at Current Rates. Advances and Insurance Effected.
R00FS_
Of Tin or Asphaltnm Repaired. Tin Roofs Painted. Send
orders early to the OLD STAND, No. 819 Market street, opposite Stockton.
Estimates furnished free of charge. [Dec. 6.] H. 6. FISKB.
Kek 7, 1879.
i A IJFORNI A ADVERTISER.
19
THE GROWTH OF LONDON.
No more remarkable picture mottd thi* century than
.At whU-h h iffonled by the mo.!- | Sinoe the rail-
ay* stimulated the atfKretration of the population in en-. a cities, and as-
Irjr during the last quarter of ■ century, London ban advanced not
in the are* it ha* covered, b jn ita value as a town. In
the rateable annual value of the propartl in tli" metropolis was
and a Quarter millions sterling : now it b about £1,000 over twen-
four and a naif million! . jn tin* pound upon this assess-
ment prodncM a little over £100,000; .nil of the rate for this year,
accandinf sixpence in the pound, a fraction over fourpenoe is ab-
merit for the main drainage, the establishment of the
6re brigade, the bridge expenses, and the --iht.iI EmprovemeDte of past
years ; and about twopence is devoted to the current working expenses,
the sewerage and other works, and the establishment charges of the Me-
itan Board of Works. The apportionment by that Board of the
snms it requires from the various parish) - and districts gives the rateable
annual value of each district. Tli-- < ity >>i London is, of course, tirst,
and is valued .it £3,205,067. St. George, Hanover square, oomes next,
with £1,534,495, St. Hary Abbots, Kensington, which has increased in
value more rapidly than any other district, chiefly owing to the impetus
riven t<> the erection of large mansions there immediately after the Exhi-
bition of 1851. is third in value, and stand? at £1,39*5,373. The other par-
ishes valued above one million are— ami in this order— St. Marylebone,
St Pancras, St. Mary, Islington, Lambeth and Paddington. Between
half a million and a million comes in this order : Wandsworth, Hackney,
Camberwell, Poi'lar, St. James, Westminster ; Westminster, and St.
Leonard, Shorediteh. Greenwich is close to the last class, at £495,289 ;
and the adjoining Lewis ham, including Sydenham, as it does, is almost as
rich, £491,026. The number of districts is forty-seven, and the smallest
area is the close of the Collegiate Church of St, Peter, which is rated at
£2.012, and whose proportion to the past expenses of the fire brigade is,
therefore, one guinea. The Temples are not assessed highly — Inner Tem-
ple, £22,193; Middle Temple, £10,929. We doubt very much that the
Benchers would be willing to sell their property upon the basis of such a
valuation. — London and China Express.
, — , st
THE WHEAT HARVEST OF THE WORLD IN 1879.
A full estimate has just been published in the Bulletin des .Holies et
Afatrhts of the wheat yield of all the world as compared with the aver-
age yield. The average production for the whole of Europe is 962,866,150
bushels, while that of 1S79 was only 763,9S7,500 bushels, being a falling
of 198,878,650 bushels. The average yield for other parts of the world is
1,367,887,500 bushels, and for 1879 it was 1,189,487,500 bushels, showing a
decrease of 178,400,000 bushels. The deficiency of the crop for the whole
world is 377,279,150 bushels. The following table is interesting as show-
ing the average yield of wheat in each country as compared with the har-
vest of 1879 ;
Average Yield Yield for 1879
in Bushels. in Bushels.
United States 337,500,000 337,500,000
France 230,172,000 172,125,000
Russia 1S0,000,000 157,500,000
Germany 99,000,000 90,000,000
Spain 94,500,000 78,750,000
Italy 87,550,000 67,500,000
Austria-Hungary 76,500,000 63,000,000
Great Britain 83,500,000 47,500,000
Turkey 34,500,000 29,500,000
Roumania 27,000,000 22,500,000
Belgium 19,150,000 14,650,000
Portugal 6,750,000 5,675,000
Algeria 20,500,000 16,875,000
Canada 13,500,000 13,500,000
Australia 13,500,000 14,650,000
Egypt 13,500,000 11,500,000
Netherlands 4,615,000 3,375,000
Greece 3,500,000 3,375,000
Servia 3,375,000 2,812,500
Denmark 2,250,000 2,250,000
AN ACCIDENT EPIDEMIC.
The Newspapers of yesterday morning ought to have been well satis-
fied with their luck, for it was a perfect bonanza-day of "horrors." To
say nothing of minor murders and killings too numerous to mention, the
shocking record was able to describe three accidents resulting in a whole-
sale loss of human life. One was local, one Eastern, and one foreign. The
local calamity (though probably the sandlot does not regard it as such)
was the burning of eleven Chinamen in a wash-house on Pine street. The
Eastern horror was the burning of nine negroes in a cabin near Columbia,
S. C. The foreign slaughter was accomplished by a railroad collision at
Clichy, in France, from the effects of which eleven persons are already
known to have died. It is not often that death distributes his favors to
the newspaper man with such a lavish hand ; but of late there seems to
have been an epidemic of accidents the whole world over. Like suicides,
these catastrophes seem to fly in flocks, and when the shadow of the
advance-guard once falls upon the earth there is no knowing how many
will follow.
We have received copies of the American Antiquarian, published
by Jameson & Morse, of Chicago, and of the Antiquary, published by El-
Hot Stock, of London, and Bonton of New i York. This is the first num-
ber of the latter, and a very handsome and instructive number it is. We
quote elsewhere the prologue, by Austin Dobson. In historical, ethno-
logical and antiquarian lore, both these publications take the front rank.
San Francisco has heard the call for Elmira's statue of Adam, and
will go her one better by putting up a monument to Eve. If this thing is
to keep on Kalamazoo will raise Cain, in effigy, as soon as she is able. —
New Orleans Picayune.
Krug Champagne.— Private Cuvee, in quarts and pints ; Shield—
Krug — in quarts and pints ; Premiere Qualite, in quarts and pints. For
sale by Hellman Bros. & Co., corner Front and Jackson streets.
HIGHEST STOCK QUOTATIONS
For the Week Ending Fob. 6, 1880.
COMHLID ST URORuR 0. Ml. KOI A IV, UJ MontuuMKRY StrKRT.
Sake, t Mink
Anrvnta
'Andes
Alpha
•AlU
Ail. Inula
'Bullion
'Belcher
■ Best & Belcher
Benton
Bodle Cos
Boston Con
■Bechtel Con
Bulwer Con
'Belle IbIo
Blaek Hawk
♦Bclvidere
'Booker
Cons Imperial
♦Crown Point
Chollar
California
Con. Virginia
'Caledonia
Confidence
Con Pacific
Cnn. Dorado
Da\-
Dudley
Eureka Con
'Exchequer...
Fairfax
Flowery
*Gould & Curry .'.
♦Gila
Grand Prize
* Hale & Norcross
Julia
Justice
Jackson
♦Jupiter
Kentuck
Leviathan
♦Lady Bryan
♦Lady Washington
♦Mexican
Manhattan
Metallic
Mount Diablo
Martin White
♦Mammoth
Northern Belle
Noonday
North Noonday
North Bonanza
Ophir
Overman
Occidental
Potosi
Paradise Valley
* Raymond & Ely
Summit
Savage
♦Silver Hill
Seg Belcher
Silver King, Arizona ..
Scorpion
♦Sierra Nevada
Tip-Top
Tioga
*Utah
Union Con
Ward
Wales Con
* Yellow Jacket
M-.xi.at.
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SERVICE METEOROLOGICAL REPORT,
WEEK
ENDING F]
Hig
EB. 5, 1880, SAN FRANCIS
SCO, CAL.
hest and Lowest Earometei
Frl. 30.
Sat. 31.
Sun. 1.
Mori. 3.
30.420
Tue. 3.
30.432
Wed 4.
Thr 5.
30.362
30.362
30.464
30.375
30.328
30.201
30.307
30.364
29.293
30.325
30.267
30.267
Maxim
urn and Minimum Thermon
teter.
50
62
65 1 62 1 59 1
55 1
58
39
40
42 41 46
Mean Daily Humidity.
« 1
40
63.7
63 |
67.7 | 53.0 | 49.0 |
Prevailing Wind.
61.3 |
75.7
NE. |
NE. |
NE. | N. | SE. |
Wind — Miles Traveled.
NW. |
N.
15S
118 |
112 | 91 | 226 |
State of Weather.
105 |
127
Clear.
Clear. |
Ra
[Clear. | Clear. | Clear. |
infall in Twenty-four Hours
Clear. |
Clear.
Total Ra
'.n Ruritu
r Season beginning July 1,
IS79..U.I
3 inches.
Professor Proctor can cipher out the age of the world and of Jupiter,
and of other stars, but when it comes to figuring out the age of a bur-
lesque star he seems kind of shy and uncertain about saying much on the
subject, and it is suspected he doesn't like to run any risks, or else can't
count so high as the case demands and don't like to own it. — Boston Post.
20
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER.
Feb. 7, 1880.
YOTX KISSED ME.
You kissed me ; my head You kissed me ; my heart
Dropped low on your breast And my breath and my will,
With a feeling of shelter In delirious joy
And infinite rest. For a moment stood still.
While the holy emotions Life had for me then
My tongue dared not speak, No temptations, no charms,
Flashed up in a flame No vision of happiness
From my heart to my cheek, Out of your arms.
Your arms held me fast, And were I this instant
Oh, your arms were so bold. An angel possessed
Heart beat against heart, Of the peace and the joy
On their passionate fold, - That are given the blessed ;
Your glances seemed drawing I would fling my white robes
My soul through my eyes, XJDrepiningly down ;
As the sun draws the mist, I would tear from my forehead
From the sea to the skies. Its beautiful crown,
Your lips clung to mine, To nestle once more
Till I prayed in my bliss, _ . In that haven of rest,
They might never unclasp Your lips upon mine,
From that rapturous kiss. My head on your breast.
You kissed me ; my soul
In a bliss bo divine,
Keeled and swooned like a drunken man,
Foolish with wine.
And I thought 'twere delicious
To die there, if death
Would but come while my lips
Were yet moist with your breath.
If my heart might grow cold,
While your arms clasped me round
In their passionate fold.
And these are the questions
I ask day and night :
Must my lips taste no more
Such exquisite delight ?
Would you care if your breast
Were my shelter as then,
And if you were here
Would you kiss me again 1
ALL ABROAD.
No speech from the throne was ever looked forward to with more
interest, the world over, than that which has just been delivered at St.
Stephens. It is long since so many important interests had to be consid-
ered at one time a3 now affect the British Empire. Zululand, Afghan-
istan, and Ireland, were perhaps leading points of expectation; but, be-
sides these, there were innumerable other topics of less apparent, but of
no less real, importance, upon which the speech was expected to touch.
Of course, everybody who hoped for more than glittering generalities has
been disappointed. It is of necessity the nature of speeches from the
throne that they shall be general and not specific in their tenor. They
are not intended to be a means of laying bare a Government's policy.
They are only meant to be an empty form, and it is the chief aim of those
who concoct them to be non-committal. Nevertheless, since the Queen's
Speech frequently intimates vaguely the wishes of the sovereign, and
foreshadows dimly the policy to be pursued by her Government, it was
hoped that, at the present stirring juncture of Great Britain's affairs, the
royal speech would say something more to the point than is usual iu less
exciting times. As we have said, this hope has not been realized.
The speech touches lightly upon the incompleteness of Turkish reforms;
refers indignantly to the Cabul massacre j alludes complacently to the
virtual acquisition of Zululand ; and speaks with more reserve than seems
necessary of the distress in Ireland.
Perhaps the most significant portion of the Speech is that relating to
Afghanistan. If one can judge from the cautious words used, it looks as
if a native ruler is to be kept on the Afghan throne, but is to be com-
pletely subject to the Indian Government. In short, Afghanistan is fated
to be in future a British dependency. As for Zululand, there is little dis-
guise about the fact that it is annexed.
A British man-of-war has been ordered to La Paz, Lower California
in consequence of late disturbances there, which are regarded as likely to
endanger British subjects. Just what these " disturbances " are we, even
here, close at hand, are unable to state in detail; but England, ever on the
alert to protect her sons, evidently sniffs something in the wind. It would be
fortunate for Americans abroad if our Government were as keen-scented
and solicitous for the protection of its people.
It is true that a war-vessel has been dispatched from this port under
sealed orders, and it is surmised that her destination may be Lower Cal-
ifornia. But this is less satisfactory to Americans than a distinct' an-
nouncement that American interests are to be looked after.
By the way, seeing that
slice that our Government
be well to look sidewise at
of a few hours, remember,
own the State we live and g
the prize. With England,
tory. A wink is as good
Lower California forms a portion of the next
is to cut from the Mexican cake, would it not
England's aggrievance. It was only a question
whether England or the United States should
lory in. It was the fastest ship alone that gained
a quarrel is prone to mean accession of terri-
i a nod to the wise.
Mr. Parnell, in a flimsy and utterly unsubstantiated letter to the New
York Herald, asserts that the Queen of England caused a net loss of
£6,000 for the alleviation of Ireland's distress in 1847, by intimating to
the Sultan of Turkey that he should not contribute more than she in-
tended to. We will not call Mr. Parnell a liar in this connection, because
it would not read well ; but he will excuse us if we express our conviction
that he is one. Queen Victoria has never been found wanting when
weighed in the balance of charity; and munificent as she is in public af-
fairs, in private almsgiving she is well known to be still more open-
handed. It does not lie in a woman like her Majesty to intercept
contributions in aid of even her most ungrateful subjects.
Parnell's ravings are very satisfactorily accounted for by the recent sur-
mise that he has " gone crazy." We have always believed him to be an
insincere and selfish man, greedy of fame, and— if current reports be true
— also greedy of money. But his personal attacks upon the Duchess of
Marlborough — who simply as a great-hearted lady did allshe could to raise
hard cash in Ireland's cause — and upon the managers of the Mansion
House Fund, who, as all the well-informed world knows, had no political
prejudices in their benevolent efforts — these attacks, we say, are enough
to stamp as a lunatic any man who, by birth and associations, should be
at least a conventional gentleman.
James Gordon Bennett's gift of 3100,000 to the Irish Relief Fund is an
example of princely muniBcence that will do as much to aid the " cause "
as Parnell's crusade has done to hurt it. The fact that the bread thus
cast upon the waters will return, with interest— in plain language, that
the gift will act as a gigantic advertisement for the Herald — in nowisejde-
tracts from Mr. Bennett's magnificent generosity.
The Press of this country is endeavoring to make what capital it can
out of the Irish distress, but it rather overdoes the thing. The Irish
peasantry of some districts are in great want, of course, but the want is
only comparatively great. They were never known not to be in want,
and, if provided with a life-competence to-morrow, they would be men-
dicants again in a month.
We will venture to assert that there is at this moment more real want .
and suffering in the north of Scotland than there is in all Ireland. But
we hear not so much as a murmur from Sandy. He is far more proud and
self-reliant than Pat.
The royal wife of Canada's Governor- General has rejoined her husband
after her brief visit to England. The cordial reception she received does
not seem to foreshadow that speedy annexation to the United States
which our papers are so fond of predicting for Canada. The fact is that
the " Kanucks " are true blue yet. We must give them several more
centuries of soft soap and "taffy" before we can gather them into our
fold.
There seems to be a good deal of excitement about Russia's achieve-
ments in making railroads through Central Asia. It is urged that if she
is not met half way by similar enterprises, she will hold all the trumps
in case an Eastern war should break out. We cannot speak positively of
what she has done ; but of this we are sure, that a nation which cannot
have more than half-a-dozen railroads in its European dominions, at a
time when its very life depends upon its becoming somewhat civilized, need
not be feared so far as making improvements in Central Asia is concerned.
The Russian "Socialists" still continue to print their seditious papers,
scatter their "programmes," and paste up their proclamations. They
certainly are a breed hard to exterminate. But, in spite of popular re-
publican opinion, we believe that they will be exterminated — sooner or
later. The " iron heel " is a very crushing instrument, and we may rely
upon it that the present Czar has now made up his mind to never relax
the pressure. Moreover, his son and heir, despite his " liberal " views,
will be still more of a despot when he comes to the throne. It has been
the custom, from time immemorial, for the Czarowitch to be in favor of .
reform until he has donned the regalia. Thus is the Romanoff dynasty
perpetuated.
At the same time, it may be remarked that the Russians whom we
Americans are pleased to call " Socialists " are, as a matter of fact, mere
cold-blooded and cowardly assassins, who will not hesitate to sacrifice
hundreds of innocent lives, if by burning a town or blowing up a palace
they can reach a single victim of their vengeance. The comfort is, that
most of them find employment in the Siberian mines for their pains.
As for the " reforms " that are to be made on the next anniversary of
Alexander's accession to the throne— such as placing Jews and Poles on
an equality with Russians (a poor compliment to the Jews, and Poles) —
such brittle promises may be regarded much in the same light as we have
come to regard the " reforms " of the " unspeakable Turk."
" They inflict terrible punishments in Russia. Adjutant Baronoff, who
was recently found guilty of insulting the Russian Minister of Marine,
has been sentenced to take command of a Russian cruiser in the Pacific."
— Daily Paper. Yes, but then in palliation of this cruelty to Baronoff
it should be remembered that the Russians also inflict very merciful pen-
alties. A child can remember the time when they knouted women to
death, and dark stories occasionally creep westward from the Siberian
mines that give us a very high opinion of Russian humanity.
The Italian Government, through an official organ, denies in toto all hos-
tile, or even unfriendly, feelings toward Austria. Let us wait till Austria
makes her next blunder in European affairs, and finds herself in a " tight
place," then we shall see fair Italia show her hand.
Germany wants England to commit herself by guaranteeing the neu-
trality of Belgium, Switzerland, the North Sea, the Baltic, and Heaven
only knows what else, in case of a Franco-German war. Thus, say the
German papers, might everlasting peace be secured. Fortunately for
England, she was not born yesterday.
Russia and Austria have now followed the example set by Germany,
and have decided to increase their . armament. It will probably be
France's turn next. This, however, does not imply impending war.
When one Power adds to its army, the rest have to follow suit in self-
defence. Nevertheless, the one that sets the example must be regarded by
the others much as the hod-carrier who, by working fast, compels the
whole line to do the same, is regarded by his fellow-laborers.
■When we see a clergyman kissing the male members of the flock
as well as the female, the tobacco- chewing, pipe-smoking, beer-drinking
old sinners, as well as the young and pretty ones, we besrin to believe that
his heart is in his work. — New York Express.
Prle* p«r Copy. 10 C«at»J
ESTABLISHED JULY, 20. 1856.
I Annual Subscription, SS.
DEVOTED TO THE LEADING INTERESTS Or CALIFORNIA AND THE PACIFIC COAST.
Vol. 30.
SAN FEAN0IS00, SATURDAY, FEB. 14, 1880.
No. 31.
PRICES OF LEADING STOCKS AND GOV. BONDS.
San Francisco February 13, 1S80.
Stock* and Bonds.
Bona,
Ort. Stale Bonds, 6*S,'57..
a F. City A Co. B'ds, 6s, '58
8. F. City Sc Co. B'tU, 7s . . .
Monl£*v At. Bunds
Du|*>ni Street Bonds
Bftcraniento City Bonds
8tockU>Ti City Bonds
Yuba County Bonds
Marvsville City Bonds
Sant* Clara Co Bonds
Vinr'a & Truckee R. R. Bds.
MevadaCo. N. G. R. R. Bds
Oakland City Bonds
BANKS.
Bank of Cal if ornia
Pacific Bank
First National
lSSl'RAN'CR COMPANIES.
Union (ex div.)
Fireman's Fund (ex div) .
California (ex div)
State Investment
Home Mutual
Bid.
100
Asked
102 |
Nom.
Nom.
Noru.
Nom.
60
65
SO
85
26
23
90
95
103
106
100
102
105
107
100
102
1IX>
102
11!
115
128
130
115
120
100
103
114
116
115
120
103
112
103
105
90
95
Stocks and Bonds.
IN'Sl-FUSCB COMPANIES.
Commercial
Western
RAILROADS.
C. P. R. R. Stotk ,
C. P. R. K. Bonds
City Railroad
Omnibus R. R
N" B. and Mission R. R. . .
Sutter Street R. R
Geary Street R. R
Central R. R. Co
Market Street R. R
Clay Street Hill R. R....
MISCELLANEOUS.
S. F. Gaslight Co
Oakland Gaslight Co
Sacramento GaslightCo. .
California Powder Co
Giant Powder Co (new stck)
Atlantic Giant Powder, do
Gold and Stock Telejr'h Co
S. V. W. W. Co. 's Stock...
S. V. W. W. Co.'s Bonds . .
70
Nom.
85
109
45
25
66
21
58
43
B2j
31
Hi
96
75
65
100
75
Nom.
87
110
60
27^
68
27
GO
45
23
33
13J
93
80
60
110
89
100
The demand for investment securities continues, and, owing to their
scarcity, tbey command full prices. There is no change in the Money
market, neither are there any symptoms of restored confidence.
Andrew Baird, 312 California street.
THE STOCK MARKET.
There seems to be no immediate release?' from the ruling depres-
sion, for what with hostile legislation, labor agitations and the vexatious
delays in the more important workings on the Comstock, the stock-
dealing public have nothing to do but patiently await the long-expected de-
velopments. The 2,500-foot level of Union will undoubtedly decide the
fate of the North End mines, and, as nothing can be done toward open-
ing that lead until the pumps are in operation at the Union shaft, we
may not expect any information on this point for at least four or five
weeks. At about the same time, similar important operations will take
place in Belcher, Chollar and at other points along the lode, which prom-
ise lively times again on the Comstock. During the past week an im
portant improvement has taken place in the Sierra Nevada winze, at a
point about 35feet*below the 2,400-level, and at this writing the improve-
ment still continues. In Belcher the situation is most encouraging. The
drift on the 3,000-foot level is making rapid headway toward
the ore body discovered on the 2,760-foot level, and yesterday
the drift was discontinued, with low grade ore in the face. The presump-
tion is that the drill will be secretly used to determine the character and
extent of the vein before any further drifting will be done. The report so
industriously circulated, to the effect that the Chollar west drift had
reached the west wall, is without foundation, for at least sixty feet is yet
to be run before the west wall will be found. On account of the extreme
heat and foul air, the drift was stopped early in the week, until another
blower could be set in place for purposes of ventilation. Early next week
the drift will be resumed. Of the outside stocks, the Columbus District
have the call, and considerable activity prevails among these securities.
Northern Belle and Mount Diablo show a heavy advance, though the
known developments do not justify the rise. At the close, the market
showed signs of a further falling off, and business continues dull and in-
active.
Sugar. — There is no notable change in prices of Raw or Refined — say
8@llc for grocery grades, and Cube and Crushed. (A) Pat. Cube Sugar
iu bbls, lie ; (A) Crushed Sugar, lie ; Extra Powdered Sugar, in bbls,
ll^c ; Fine Crushed Sugar, in bbls, lie : Dry Granulated Sugar, in bbls,
10^ ; Extra Granulated Sugar, in bbls, 10.1 f Golden C Sugar, in bbls, 9c ;
D Sugar, in bbls or S. I. kegs, 8^c ; Extra C, in bbls, 9£ ; hf bbls, jc more
for all kinds ; boxes, ic more for all kinds.
Geo. E. Barnes (of the Morning Call), John E. Owens, David H. Re-
gensberger, and a party of experts, left the^ city on the Southern Pacific
Railroad on Wednesday, the 11th, on a visit to the Cumberland Mine,
Martinez District, Yavapai County, Arizona. The secretary of the Com-
pany, J. H. Griffiths, left here for the same place a week ago.
GOLD BARS— 890@910— Silver Bars— 6@15 # cent. disc. Mexican
Dollars, 9^@10 per cent.
O" Exchange on New York. 3-10 #? cent., strong; On London, Bankers
49§ ; Commercial, 49|@50d. Paris, sight, 5 francs per dollar. Tele-
grams, 35 per cent.
■ Latest price of Sterling, 484@4S6£.
*3" Price of Money here, \
open market, 1@1J.
2jl per cent, per month — bank rate.
)emand active.
In the
REPORT OF THE BANK COMMISSIONERS.
The Bank Commissioners of the State of California— Evan J.
Coleman and Robert Watt — have tiled a report of their acts from July
1st to December 31, 1879. The report is very extensive and elaborate,
covering eighty-five pages of legal cap, closely written, and containing
many tabulated statements. The condition of sixty commercial banks
and twenty-three savings banks is reported. Among the latter, the
Farmers' Savings Bank, of Stanislaus County, has wound up its business,
and the French Savings and Loan Society of San Francisco has reorgan-
ized. The five suspended savings banks do not report. The expenses of
the Commissioners tor the second year were $13,400, to meet which an
assessment of 16| cents on each $1,000 of the deposits of each bank
was levied. Total resources of 23 savings banks, $6,016,871 25, of which
$47,699,816 80 is loans on real estate, §2,822,945 26 real estate by fore-
closure, $2,863,648 47 money on hand. Total liabilities, $60,168,711 25,
of which $53,226,618 42 is due depositors, $4,326,144 22 paid-up capital,
$2,260,955 48 reserve fund. Total resources of sixty commercial bauks,
$65,986,707 63, of which $10,569,867 07 is loans on real estate, $5,176,-
518 48 invested in stocks and bonds, $7,323,822 loaned on stocks and bonds,
$13,439,986 09 loaned on personal security, $11,031,993 82 money on hand,
$9,415,661 40 deposited in other banks. Total liabilities, $65,986,707 63,
of which $32,808,824 55 is paid-up capital, $6,525,362 38 reserve fund,
$23,503,683 82 due depositors, $3,148,836 88 other liabilities. Grand total
of the resources of the eighty-three banks, $126,155,418 88. Grand total
of the liabilities, $126,455,418 88.
Beerbohm's Telegram.— London and Liverpool, Feb. 13, 1880.—
Floating Cargoes, rather easier ; Cargoes on Passage, Buyers hold off
for concessions ; Mark Lane Wheat, firm ; No. 2 Spring Off Coast, 52s.
@52s. 6d.; Red Winter Off Coast, 57s.; California Off Coast, 54s.;
California Just Shipped, — ; California Nearly Due, — ; No. 2 Spring
for Shipment, — ; Liverpool Spot Wheat, quiet ; California Club, No.
1 Standard, lis. 5d.; California Club, No. 2 Standard, lis. @ lis. 4d.;
California Club, Western, lis. 3d.; California Club, White Michigan, lis.
4d.; No. 3 Spring, 10s. 3d.@10s. 9d. N. Y. St. Ex., 84@86*.
Latest from the Merchant's Exchange.— New York, Feb. 13th,
1880. United States Bonds— 4s, 106£ ; 4Vs, 108|; 5s, 103£. Sterling Ex-
change, 4 84@4 86£. Pacific Mail, 40. Wheat, 145@142. Western Union,
1041- Hides, 22@22|. Oil— Sperm, 106@110. Winter Bleached, 115@123.
Whale Oil, 55uz»60 ; Winter Bleached, 62@65. Wool— Spring, fine, 30@
38 ; Burrv. 18(5)22 ; Pulled, 35@45 ; Fall Clips, 20@25 ; Burry, 22@30.
London, Feb. 13th. — Liverpool Wheat Market, 10s. 3d.@10s. 9d.|; Club,
10s.9d.@lls. 4d.; U. S. Bonds, 5's, 106; 4's, 109£; 4£'s, 110^. Consols,
98 1-16.
The London Times says: The war vessel which the United States
Navy Department is to be asked by Congress to dispatch with American
contributions, will be received in British waters as freighted not only with
food for Ireland, but with a message of good will from the American to
the English nation.
Auditor John P. Dunn was married on Wednesday to Miss Mahoney,
of Cohoes, New York. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Father
Cullen, in St. John's Church, on Eddy street, in this city. Mr. Dunn
went to Sacramento on Tuesday to meet his expectant bride, his official
duties preventing him taking any longer trip.
New York, February 12th.— The Pacific Mail Company have an-
nounced a reduction of rates to San Francisco for passengers and freight.
After to-day the rates of passage will be $75 for first-class and $35 for
steerage. In opposition, the railroad companies offer the following rates:
First-class, $100 ; second-class, $75 ; third-class, $45.
Messrs. Goodall, Perkins & Co. have just been awarded the con-
veyance of mails through British Columbia by the Dominion Government.
Printed and Published by the Proprietor, Frederick Harriott, 607 to 615 Merchant Street, San Francisco, California.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Feb. 14, 1880.
A VALENTINE.
Dear Public, take this valentine ;
Nor hide that modest face of thine
To see in print thy merits shine.
For thou art steadfast as the wind
That round about the compass veers,
And, as the jungle-tiger, kind
To those whose pleadings greet thy ears.
Thou art as grateful as the snake,
Unselfish art thou as the swine.
Then take, dear, dear, gentle Public, take
This complimentary valentine.
LEGISLATIVE WAIFS.
The. number of little waifs, or unconsidered trifles, that float around
the Capitol, are on the increase as the session advances. Mere orphans,
as it were ; no man fathers them, yet everybody talks about them. These
little facts give considerable insight into the true inwardness of things,
and, consequently, we make no apology for gathering a few of them to-
gether and giving them the benefit of a brief city life. Now that mem-
bers buy their papers, it may be interesting to some to know what they
read. The papers that reach the Capitol are, as nearly as can be ascer-
tained, as follows: Twenty-three Alias, eighteen Calls, thirteen Bulletins,
twenty-five Exaviiners, one hundred and twenty-five Chronicles, and one
hundred and thirty-five News Letters, the latter being read by every mem-
ber and employee. The Bulletin does not reach Sacramento until 9
o'clock at night, and is therefore useless for the purposes of members.
It arrives too late to be generally read on the day of publication, and
next day it is supplanted by the morning papers. -^— That last week's
News Letter, showing the true inwardness of things legislative, created a
great sensation at the capitol, that has not died out yet.— That a sen-
sation which survives a whole week must be esteemed " a palpable hit,"
as theatrical people are wont to say.— —That Charley Eelton has been
going around like mad ever since.^— That it led to a hasty trip to the
Bay. -^— That it cleared the members' throatB when they shouted down
the insidious amendments to Gorley's excellent bill to regulate stock
gambling. — That it is infusing a little reflection and independence into
the quiet country Republican members, who are not just as "stalwarth"
as some people would like them to be. — That said members are begin-
ning to think that occasionally it would be well to have debates take place
iu the House before determining things in the caucus.— —That tbe "Fox-
Tyler water bill is not a subject for a party predetermination.-^— That it
is claimed the following members are working for it like beavers, namely:
Felton, Fox, Finlayson, Tyler, York, May, Brown of Yuba, Carr of Sac-
ramento, Eraser, Pink, Young, Merry, Nelson, Sherbourne, Stanley,
Mulholland, Hardy, Leadbetter, Dimond, Cooper and Coleman.^— That
each of these has sworn to convert two other members, and so secure a
majority of the whole. -^— That there are millions of wrigglers in it.—
That when the right time comes a money Exchange will be opened at
Sacramento.— That the water works companies of San Prancisco, Oak-
land, Los Angeles, Marysville, Santa Barbara and San Mateo will sub-
scribe to the capital stock.-^— That the rising young millionaire, Beer-
stecher, feels like a poor man again Bince his promised salary was cut
down from §6,000 to ©4,000, and that his most urgent inquiry is as to
whether the pay is to date hack to the period of election. He says he
pays "shent per shent " for the money he has had to borrow to help him
along until pay-day comes around. Won't he be in clover when it does !
Pour thousand dollars a year, and the profits from ten cents a mile trav-
eling expenses, will go a mighty long way in beer and saurkraut.^^That
Kalloch and Kearney arrived at the Capitol together, and then separated.
The little K joined theWorkingmen's representatives, while the big K took
kindly to the corporation Republicans. —That Kalloch, in happy converse
with Grove L. Johnson was a sight at which Kearney looked askance.
Grove Baid, during the debate to exclude the Chinese from testifying
against a white man, that " he would sooner believe a Chinaman than
Denis Kearney." Think of it, ye Workingmen, your Mayor happy in
the company of the man who had just said that of your great Denis !
That between Johnson and Kalloch there are common bonds of sympa-
thy in this — that they are both Republicans, and both have grievous com-
plaints against the live paper.— ^That Kearney says there will be 20,000
Workingmen in Sacramento shortly, and that he is " in earnest this
time" in saying that the hanging will commence if things go on as they
are now doing.-^— That everybody laughed, and nobody feared, when he
said so. ^— That he protests it is no joke, but every one thinks it is, and
a very stale one at that.-— That Baker, the handsome young Senator
from Santa Clara, shed tears when he heard of the burning of the State
Normal School in his beloved county.— That no appropriation to
rebuild it is likely to be voted by this LegisIature.^^That May is
incomprehensible in regard to his proposed new Board of Health, and
that the knowing ones think there is a little joker in the incomprehensi-
bility.—That the Governor's Ball was the biggest thing of its kind ever
seen in Sacramento.— —That ex-Governor Irwin is around, and his
presence excites the remark that it is a pity that one who takes so honest
and so great an interest in legislation should have no voice in shaping it.
— —That he thinks the Tuttle Mining and Stock bill, of last session,
should be taken up and passed at this one.— That Felton does not agree
with him, and sneezes, whereat a host of members wipe their noses.—
That the differences between the local and outside Insurance Companies
are to result in a compromise entirely satisfactory to nobody.— That
Speaker Cowdery's lack of ability has been as conspicuous as his folly,
during the week. That he is not the man of <( blood and iron" he thinks
he is. That he will never politically survive the error of giving Corcoran
and Braunhart the opportunity of proving themselves his superiors. ^^
That Tyler is settling down to hard work, with a quietude of demeanor
in happy contrast with his earlier efforts.— —That his Personal Journal-
ism bill is approved byall the really able writers, who are not ashamed to
put their names to their handiwork. ^— That it will elevate the status of
the professional writer.-^— That the Third House begins to show that it
is still a power in the land.— — That it has some surprises in store that
will cause wailing and gnashing of teeth to somebody.-^— That one-third
of the whole Legislature consists of lawyers.— ^That there are six Doc-
tors equally divided between the Senate and Assembly.^— That Del
Valle is proving himself to be a big man in a small parceL He is doing
good, honest work with considerable forensic ability.
■WILL THE STOCK BUSmESS GO TO NEW YORK ?
■ -^
Will the mining stock business go to New York, and, if it does,
what will have caused the removal, and what will be the effect of it ?
These questions are being raised just now, and are worthy of some atten-
tion, especially as what is likely to happen is being attributed to other
than the right causes. Legislation that stops at giving the public honeBt
mine management and a square stock deal will rather have the effect of
keeping the business here than of driving it away, because such legislation
will inspire investors with renewed confidence, and with that once restored
there is no fear but that we shall keep all the mining business here that is
good for us. The rest we can well afford to part with. But that New
York was to become a center for a considerable share of the mining stock
business was inevitable in any event. The Leadville mines are now more
important than those of the Comstock. They found no market on this
coast, but from the first were operated in Chicago, New York and other
Eastern cities. The same was measurably true of the Black Hill mines, '
Then, again, Eastern capital has shown a considerable inclination for in-
vestment in Arizona and New Mexico. The fact, which Californians are
slow to realize, is that mining has assumed proportions that have spread i
themselves over the larger half of this continent. The business of min-
ing for the precious metals is no longer an exclusively Pacific slope enter-
prise. There is now more wealth derived from mining on the other side
of the Sierras than there is on this. It, therefore, became natural and
inevitable that other money centers should reap the advantages of dis-
coveries made nearer to them than to us. The great mines of Colo-
rado are but two days from New York, whilst they are four days away
from us. Valuable mines have been placed on Eastern markets, and their
stock is handled where the mines are owned. These operations, new to
Eastern speculators, have been highly profitable, especially in regard to
the Leadville mines, and as a matter of course the business is growing and
demands all the facilities for its transaction, in the shape of stock boards
and banking advances, which similar business has drawn to itself on this
coast. The wonderful discoveries of silver at Leadville, and not anything
that has happened in California, is responsible for the rise and progress of
the mining business in the East. Some of our local experts, seeing
that a new and most promising field is opening up, are preparing to
occupy some share of it. They understand this special business better
than New Yorkers, and have no fear of holding their own whilst engaged
in it. It may be that in the end a considerable amount of our local mining
Btock will be worked off in New York, but if it is, the result, so far from
being an evil, will be a great advantage to this coast. At present, the
Comstock is paying no dividends, but is swallowing up immense assess-
ments. If New Yorkers will only be kind enough to take our stock off
our hands at a fair price, and then indulge us by paying the cost of fur-
ther explorations, our people will be relieved of burthens that now greatly
oppress them. Eastern money will find its way hither, and in every way
the advantage will be on our side. In the event of a development of im-
portance being made anywhere along the line, we can well trust the spec-
ulators of this coast to avail themselves of their earlier and better knowl-
edge to secure the larger share of any new bonanza. Por the present, the
working of the Comstock is highly unprofitable. It is a loss which our
people can no longer bear. The street is milked dry, homesteads have
been mortgaged, legitimate businesses have been crippled, and hard times
have resulted. We can well afford to unload now, and take the chances
of loading up again should a really valuable strike be made. Who can
truly say that such a process would not be a blessing to this city and
coast ? We fear there is no such good luck in store for ub. The reputa-
tion of California stock gamblers haB reached the East, and New YorkerB
are very likely to fight shy of them. If the game can be put up, as in
years past it has been put up in this city, then it will be a big thing for
those who are on the inside. The playing of the game in New York can-
not hurt us. If the New Yorkers' money, applied to legitimate explora-
tions, should unearth a bonanza, it will be our business to corral the larg-
est possible slice of it. There need be no fear, meanwhile, but that there
will be stocks enough left in this city to go round. If the businesB pros-
pers in New York, it will prosper here in like proportion. We have
everything to gain and nothing to lose by a connection with the Eastern
mining business.
DEFEATING THE PURPOSE INTENDED.
Congressman Davis has submitted a proposition to impose a heavy
duty on rice, in order to cinch the Chinese. That is its avowed purpose.
Strange to say, its real effect would be to make certain Chinamen a pres-
ent of most of the money derived from the duty. That result would come
about in this wise: Rice is being most successfully cultivated in the Ha-
waiian Islands, and the business there is exclusively in the hands of Chi-
nese. It shows great capacity for expansion, the rice crop proving more
certain than that of sugar. Already the product is considerable, and
within two years could be made to overtake the full requirements of this
market. Now, it happens that the United States iB bound by the Ha-
waiian Reciprocity Treaty to permit the products of the Island Kingdom
to enter here duty free. The Chinese-produced rice from Hawaii would
escape the duty, and would therefore practically exclude the competition
of Manila and all other places. The effect would really be to grant a
bonus to the Hawaiian rice-growers, who are all Chinamen, just as the
remission of the sugar duties is a bonus to the sugar-planters. The effect
in the one case would be just what it is in the other. It would stimulate
production. It may be a desirable thing to do, to make John Chinaman
contribute more largely to the cost of government, but it will be neces-
sary to find some other way of doing it than is contained in the proposal
to levy a duty upon all rice not produced by the industrious and most
successful Chinese rice-growera at Hawaii. There is some suspicion that 1
the proposal originated with an interested Ring in this city.
Ingersoll makes a good point when he says the preachers of this
country cost the sum of twelve million dollars per year, but the preachers
make an equally good point when they retort that the lawyers of the
country cost the Bum of seventy million dollars for the same length of
time.
When Mr. McCaulay's New Zealander has got tired of sitting on
the ruins of London Bridge, a few seons hence, he might advantageously
step over to Maine, and spend a few weeks in computing the average
number of legislatures to the square mile. — Puck.
14, 1880.
CALIFORNIA AOYKKTISKR.
THE ROMAUNT OF SIR RONALD.
The ..1,1 bri mt at the Intel
The Uugh rang loud and the wine glowed bright.
And heauterma lady and gallant lord
Vied to nudco it a g*U right ;
Fi>r was not the I,*dy Krniyntmdc
Thi« day boteoUcd to the Lord of Wylde,
Wh-> with low the damsel had vainly sued,
But with gold had bought from the Earl his child ?
Uprose the Earl— brimming cup in hand:
" I drink, brave nobles and high-born dames.
To the endless strength of the holy band
Which to-day unite th two ancient oames !"
With a flash of silver and gold, each cup
W.ls raised to honor the father's toast;
But the Lmly Erinyntrude looked not up
Where she sat as pale as a sheeted ghost.
"■ What ! my daughter," the old Earl cried,
*' Hast not heard what thy father said!''
And she, in a low, calm voice replied:
" The Lord of Wylde I will never wed!
Yon think to sell me as dogs are sold,
But my lore, at least, you shall never sell
To yonder craven for lands aud gold "
(And her scornful glance on the lordling fell).
■* I am a woman, weak and frail,
Curse me, father, or strike me dead,
Bnt curse and blow are of no avail —
The Lord of Wylde I will never wed."
The Earl's eyes fell from the brave young face.
And he wished that this day had never been,
For his dead wife's courage and high-bred grace
Lived again in his daughter's mien.
But the Lord of Wylde took it angrily:
" We will know," he cried, with a lofty sneer,
u Whose bride perchance this proud maid shall be.
The harper they say is oft a seer,
And yonder, amid the hireling crew,
Behold a Bard with white beard and hair —
Come hither, old man, and tell me true,
Who shall wed with this lady fair?"
The Bard rose slowly from where he sat,
And spake from the end of the festal board :
" He who won her heart her fair hand shall get,
And that is Sir Ronald de Clyffe, my lord."
" How ! old dotard 1" the other cried —
And his hand clutched fiercely his weapon's hilt —
"Dar*st thou name her another's bride?
Earl, I suspected thy daughter's guilt ■ "
"Liar!" It was the gray Bard who spoke,
But Bard no more, for the snowy beard
Was cast aside with the minstrel's cloak,
And a Knight in the place of the Sage appeared.
'* Liar and coward ! her heart was mine
Long ere she saw thee ! now draw thy Bword !
I said she was Ronald de Clyffe's — not thine —
And I am Sir Ronald de Clyffe, my lord !"
Ashy pale grew the young lord's face,
And his parting words his true nature told :
" I have no need of the lady's grace ;
Take her, Sir Knight, and I'll keep my gold."
Then the Earl spoke out to his wondering guests :
" From my heart of hearts I thank God for this !
Long have I battled my soul's behests I
My child will drink my next toast, I wis.
I drink, brave nobles and high-born dames —
A toast that the poorest must needs approve —
To the bond that joins two ancient names
With a stronger fetter than gold— true love 1"
San Francisco, February 13, 1880. H.
Foreign Trade in American Sewing Machines.— It is estimated
lat 4,000 skilled artisans are employed in the manufacture of sewing ma-
is in the United States. The export trade to foreign countries
^ reached considerable dimensions, as will be seen from the fol-
>wing figures showing the value of sewing machine sent to the respective
rantries: Germany, $539,000 ; England, $465.000 : Mexico, 8153,000 ;
.UBtralia, $110,000 ; Columbia, $93,000; Cuba, 866,000; France, 341,000 ;
renezuela, $30,000; Brazil, $21,000 ; Argentine, $18,000 ; Scotland, $16,-
M ; Peru, $15,000 ; Central America, $12,000 ; Belgium, $10,000 ; Nova
ootia, $11,000; Hawaii, $8,000; Porto Rico, $9,000; Quebec, $7,000,
ther countries, $29,000. Total, $1,661,000.
OORLEYB STOCK BILL.
A very excellent bill mi introduced Into the Assembly early in the
that was plain in it- lauguage. direct in Iti terms, and most ben-
eficial in it, :liins. It proposed to ■foolish certain of the most glaring dis-
honeetiei practiced in the stock business, lis |hm purposes ;m< suscepti-
ble of a wry clear and brief statement It sought to prevent wash sales,
to nut hii i i'n.1 t.. tl normityof loaning other peoples' stocks to short
and break the market with, and t<> compel brokers to give their customers
a true statement of purchases and sues. These are obviously most
righteous ends. Woman, be he broker, mining operator or stock spec-
ulator, era truly say that these k-rtat evils have not become fit subjects
for prohibitive or curative legislation. Wash sales have always been gross
violations of the rules of the Stork Hoards, whose members have in-
variahly set those rules at defiance. It lies not in the mouth of the
brokers to say that their own rule shall not be clothed with force and vi-
tality. For them to say that would be at once to confess themselves
hypocrites and knaves. It is a cheat to falsify the true market quota-
tions. 1 he brokers know it, and admit it by their rules, and a law to
prevent its taking place, or to punish it severely if it does, is beyond criti-
cism, and ought not to be subjected to it by honest men. Then, again,
the evil of loaning or using customers' stocks to short the market with,
is so obvious a fraud, and has become so gigantic a one, that a measure to
suppress it appeals to the most ordinary instincts of common honesty.
Ihe fellow is a brazen thief who loans or uses what is not his own, in or-
der to break the market to his own great gain, but to the loss and possible
ruin of the customer he ought in duty to protect. The broker gets his
commission, is intrusted with the property of hiB principal, and holds the
same in a fiduciary capacity. To make away with that property for any
purpose, much less to use it for the destruction of the very man who owns
it, is a shameless proceeding, as intolerable as it is indefensible. The re-
maining purpose of the bill was to compel brokers to give their customers
true accounts of purchases and sales. Surely that is a very proper thing
to do. To buy at the lowest quotation of the day, and charge your cus-
tomer the highest, is to rob him of the difference, as certainly as if you
picked his pocket. We have now stated the objects of the Gorley bill to
regulate the purchase and sale of stocks. Those objects, as we have seen,
are in the highest degree commendable. We believe that, at this
time, these remedies, for admitted wrongs, are more essential to
legitimate mining interests than they are to the outside public The
people have been made to withdraw confidence from mining invest-
ments because of the most unparalleled manner in which they have
been defrauded. The greatest essential to the revival of the stock
business and to the further continuance of successful mining, is to regain
the lost confidence of this people. This can never be done unless some
confidence inspiring methods are adopted. What better guarantees for
improved methods is it possible to offer than those that may be put in a
clear-cut and operative law? Promises of better conduct will not satisfy
those who have been too often deceived. Moreover, if you are honest in
your promises why not put them into a binding law? N o broker takes
the mere verbal promise to pay of his customer before buying stocks, or
if he does it once and is deceived he certainly never tries it again. In like
manner the public, for the most part, have quit taking the promises of
the brokers, and ask for guarantees. The request is reasonable. The
sooner it is complied with the sooner the stock market will revive, and
the better it will be for the mining interests of ths coast. It is as true
friends of that great interest that we urge the graceful acceptance of hon-
est conditions that ought never to have been refused. It was as discred-
itable as it was unfortunate that the excellent Tuttle bill of last Bession,
recommended by so safe and conservative a man as ex-Governor Irwin,
was defeated in the manner it was. It is no secret that brokers and mine
operators put up a corruption fund and procured the defeat of a bill that,
if passed at that time, would have spared the stock business from being
put under the ban of the new Constitution, and would have saved it from
the slough of despond into which it has fallen. It iB to be hoped that
wiser councils will prevail at this time, though we regret to say that we
have no hope that they will. It looks just the other way, Mr. Felton is
known to represent the brokers at Sacramento. He is under a distinct
agreement so to do. When he was allowed to sell his seat in the San
Francisco Board it was with the distinct understanding that he would do
as he is now doing. He is opposing the Gorley bill, and will oppose any
bill of a like character. It is claimed that the discovery of a new ore
body will bring in the outside public again, and all would soon be lovely,
and that wash sales, loaning customers' stocks, and supplying false ac-
counts might be practiced as largely as ever. It is said that without these
" perquisites of the business " seats in the Board could not be maintained
at their present prices, and brokers could not pay expenses. A stand is
to be taken against proposed legislation, and the future and a new deal
are to be trusted to do the rest. But this is not the temper which now
prevails at Sacramento, as was shown the other day by the manner in
which the amendments to the Gorley bill were voted "down. It is well
understood that the Tuttle bill of last session, with additions and im-
provements, will be introduced. Mining managers will be compelled by
it to keep nothing from the stockholders which they have a right to know,
and stronger measures than those contained in the Gorley bill will be ap-
plied to stock gambling. If this bill can be defeated it will be by the use
of more powerful reasons than can be supplied by other than golden
arguments.
SNUBBED DISLOYALTY.
Mr. Goldwin Smith, ex-professor of Oxford, ex-laudator of the
American Republic, and now a resident of Toronto, Canada, where he
has settled down as the husband of a rich widow, is to start a monthly
magazine in the capital of Ontario. Mr. Smith, as a writer of nervous
English, is almost unapproachable ; but up to this time, after his many
years residence in Toronto, the ignorant colonists have refused to dance to
his disloyal piping. The possessor of a mere cacoethea, without the power
to play a practical part in the events of the day, will always be a nobody
in transatlantic concerns. And as Mr. Smith's teachings all tend to a dis-
loyal dismemberment of England's colonial Empire, and a fouling of the
nest to which he owes so much, we need not sorrow over his want of sue-
Latest from Use Emerald Isle. —First Unhappy Landlord: "I say,
McCarthy, have you reduced your rents?" Second ditto: " No, but the
tenants have." — Judy.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Feb. 14, 1880.
AN ENGLISH NOVEL.
BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR.
Chapter XIV.— The Reception.
New Year's Day in London ! What a volume is expressed in the five
Bimple words ! What scenes of joyous revelry picture themselves before
the mind's eye; what exquisite feminine toilettes, what troops of gay and
happy young men, what mingling visions of bright glances, winsome
smiles, flashes of brilliant wit, elegant costumes by Worth, dazzling
gems, superb viands and choice wines float and wreath themselves around
the imaginative brain at their mere utterance ! It had come on to snow
tbe night before, and when the good denizens of the grand old city opened
their windows on the following morn, to take in the first breath of the
new-born year, the streets and housetops were covered with one vast
mantle of glittering white. As day advanced, the merry twinkling chimes
of the sleigh bells echoed far and near through the busy thoroughfares of
the aristocratic quarters, as nobbily attired gentlemen in white chokers, kids
and the inevitable " claw-hammer," went their rounds, singly or in parties,
and kept up the old, time-honored custom of New Year's calls. Here
was the stately family carriage, with monogram'd panel, for the nonce
removed from its cumbrous wheels and sit upon runners, bearing within its
cushioned recesses the wealthy and middle-aged banker, while there might
have been seen the aristocratic young Count, Duke, Knight, orother scion of
some noble house, warmly ensconced amid Ms buffalo robes and
afghans, driving his favorite trotter with bell bedecked circingle in an ele-
gant cutter. As if with one common consent, the ladies of London re-
ceived almost without exception, and right well did the gentlemen re-
spond. From early morn till late into the night the stream of callers
flowed on with undiminished vigor.
The Thameses had returned to the city a day or two before New
Year's, and declining, owing to the threatening ill health of their fair
daughter, the arduous duties and multifarious details of housekeeping
had taken up their residence for the Winter in an elegant suite of front
rooms at the Langbam. Several other families of wealth, who also be-
longed to the nobility, had, for one reason or another, done likewise, and
the Lady Genevieve's drooping spirits were much revived by seeing so
many familiar faces in her own station of life when she descended to din-
ner at the table d'hote upon the first day of their arrival. The rich cos-
tumes of the ladies, and the sparkling gems with which their persons
were adorned, acted like a tonic upon the mind of the fair Evy, in token
of which she conveyed a juicy bivalve to her mouth with evident relish,
remarking the while to her ma, who sat next her:
" Why, I feel tolerable better already."
All those who have traveled know but too well the gorgeous scene that
presents itself during meal time at the Langham ; and that nowhere on
earth, with perhaps the exception of the Grand Hotel in Paris, and Tif-
fany's in New York, can so many rare diamonds be viewed at one sitting,
be it breakfast lunch or dinner.
Evy and her ma, the old Countess, are seated in the parlor of their
suit, receiving. At intervals of a few feet from them sit, or stand, ac-
cording to the make of their shirts, half a dozen or more young lady
friends of Evy's, who were classmates with her at the Academy, and
whom she has invited to receive with her. All are arrayed in the latest
style of ball costume, for a full description of which the reader is respect-
fully referred to the " society " column of the next morning's Times.
The dowager Lady of Thames had feared the fatigue of receiving
would be too great for her daughter, and had suggested the banging of a
basket labeled " Sickness in the family," on the door handle without; but
Lady Genevieve wouldn't hear of it.
"Not much !" she exclaimed, giving her train a vigorous kick. "You
can do what you like, ma; but Tm going to receive, or perish in the at-
tempt." Then she recovered her presence of mind, and dropped into a
shaker rocker with a sickly smile.
Dear reader, for reasons best known to herself, and which you will
readily surmise, the beauteous Genevieve was only playing as she was
sick. Ever since the day of her unhappy contretemps with tbe Prince,
nowsome six monthB gone, she made believe she was rapidly falling into a
decline. Her appetite before folks was ethereal in the extreme. People
wondered how life could be sustained on a pickle and a soda cracker twice
a day, but they did not know that Lung, the faithful heathen, could tell
a different tale, for many was the slice of pie, cut of sweet cake or tooth-
some doughnut, he smuggled to her room when all the folks was abed.
Until yesterday (as we have seen) the Prince steadily declined all over-
tures to return and be to her as he had been. All her notes were left un-
answered, all her telegrams ditto. Still she wouldn't give up. It is true,
she didn't care overly much for the Prince. She wouldn't at heart have
given that dry goods clerk's little finger for Mr. Connaught'B entire
princely person. But Evy, though romantic, was a girl who could tell,
without much mental exertion, how many beans made five, and she knew
the Prince was the better match. To be the future Queen of Great Brit-
ain was a prize worth working for. She thought of the levees and recep-
tions she would give when she became the mistress of the Tower of Lon-
don, and the vassals and serfs she would have to obey her slightest wish.
Alphonso De l'Orme, though he could match at a glance the most difficult
shades of mauve and green after the gas was lit, and was something too
simply exquisite in his manner of fitting on a twenty-eight button glove,
had as yet but seventy -five dollars a month. The contrast was disastrous
to him. Though him she fondly, deeply, tenderly loved, she would marry
the Prince in preference, and so she had worried on along through the
Summer and Fall, until finally, upon the last day of the year, she had
gotten him to respond to her. He had promised to call. The new year,
therefore, opened bright and joyous to the fair Genevieve, and she sits
there happy in exchanging social greetings with the concourse of callers
who throng the salon, but impatient that the hour of five o'clock has
been reached and the Prince not yet made his appearance.
" Happy New Year, Miss," says the Count of Devonshire. He had
just come in with a crowd.
" The same to you, sir," replies Evy, gracefully, as she bows without
leaving her seat.
"Let me make you 'quainted with tbe Duke of Kentshire," continues
the Count. Evy nods distantly. " He's one of the gang to-day."
" Most obedient. Miss," says the Duke. " Had many calls ?"
*' Most a thousand, I guess," answers Evy indifferently, as she keeps
her eyes on the door.
"Possible?" questions Mr. Kentshire.
" Take some lunch?" asks Miss Thames.
"Don't mind," responds tbe Duke.
" Sally! " calls Evy to one of her classmates. "You attend to Mr. —
Mr. "
" Kentshire," supplies the Duke.
" Well, go along with her. Shell fix you out all right. I'm sick."
The Duke and Lady Sally go in quest of eggnog to the adjoining room.
Suddenly Evy starts, and sits upright in her chair as she gazes straight be-
fore her. Then her eyelids close, and she falls back in the rocker, while a
sickly pallor o'erspreads her features. She utters no sound, though her
breast heaves violently.
The Prince, in full party dress, is entering the room.
[Continued Next Week.']
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■ uLi i / ■ i p i. i- i i Now tin? lonK lonk' woadar rnds!
F«thf«l fnrod. : t 1,,.. I know. y w,.,,"',„v ,„;„,, friend*.
I alo »„,! •Uto »n, cold » mow; w, „ , ; u.,,(,ni v„„ ,llU ,u,:>,,
An.l v.. »y: - AI-UlLh , ,l„d ! ,„ ^ ,,,, ;„;„,,,,.
1 hw"'- Live :!,,.l loTM vou: lo,t 'tis true,
For tl„. li.-ht that sbinw for you;
see.
friend,! whutth. women l.ve, ^J* friend9 ! But not far
For the lut ileepof the ™»e, y^ f too 8ha„ dwell
b a Lot ,vh,,h I am VJtUng,- ! ,,„ ,oni, K-fore your face,
b a ,-,nm;nt no more Bttiiw.- A ,„(mi..,lt-a wortl, a iittie 8„ace.
I* ;\ cam from which, at last.
Like a liinl my soul has passed
!-'>ve tlie inmate, nut the r.».>iu
A moment1! worth, a little space.
When ye come where I have slept,
Ye will wonder why ye wept;
Ye will know, by true love taught,
Tne wearer not IheRarb— the plume Th fa . „ £ d , u ht
Of the e^-le.not the bars fstara! w ;uvhHe fc are fftin_
That kept h.m from those splendid SllIlslline stiU mil*st foUnw rain .
L iving friendal Be wise, and dry Only not at death —for death,
Btraigbwav every weeping eye ; Now we know is that first breath
What ye lift upon the bier Which our souls draw when we en-
Is not worth a single tear. ter
Tis an empty sea shell— one Life, which is of all life centre.
Out of which the pearl has gone ; t>, „„ „„_,.„■ „i. „„„m„ ,„„Q
rp. » ii • t !_•*»■ *u "t ve certain all seems love,
1 he shell is broken— it lies there: v: "... a t ™ ah„i,'<, rU^.r,^ nunnai
mi i *l ii .i i • . ' Viewed from Allans thmne above!
The pearl the all, the soul ls here. Be to t of heart and come
r.s an earthen jar whose lid BraJve, onward to home ,
Allah sealed, the while it h.d La-U Allah I Allah la!
That treasure of his treasury Q , d- j , Q , , ,
A niind that loved him; let it lie!
Let the shard be earth's once more, He who died at Azan gave
Since the gold is in his store ! This to those who made his grave.
WATER COMPANIES POOLING ISSUES.
The bill introduced by Judge Tyler, in regard to water companies,
Is a cunningly devised scheme, framed most skillfully for the purpose of
engineering around the difficulties provided by the New Constitution.
That instrument provides that the Legislature shall never delegate to any
corporation or individual the power to levy taxes or assessments. That
Bection was a sore blow to the water companies, they having reached the
conclusion that a rate upon property was the only way in which, in these
.times, they could expect to increase their revenue. It was seen that mere
consumers could not afford to pay more than they are now doing. More
money must be had, and how to get it was the absorbing question with
the companies. The conclusion reached, as we have stated, was that a
tax on property should be levied. It was said that Nevada block, Mont-
gomery block, and such like buildings, ought to contribute to the water
company's income, because they were supposed to derive some advantage
in the way of reduced insurance premiums. The argument once admitted
to possess force, it was capable of indefinite application. Every kind of
property throughout the city might be said to be advantaged in the same
way. and therefore liable to be rated. All the merchandise in stores, and
the furniture in dwellings, being safer from fires because of the existence
of a water supply, it was easy to see what lengths the company's reason-
ing might be pushed. If there had been no rights attaching to the city
there would have been some plausibility in the argument. But when the
company, in return for the many advantages conferred upon it, was under
an agreement to supply water free of cost in cases of emergencies, which
the Supreme Court declared fires to be, it was idle to prefer claims for
further compensation. In returu for very substantial and valuable privi-
leges they agreed to do precisely what they are doing, and, in any case,
are entitled to be held to the terms denominated in the bond. The un-
derstanding or agreement is, as it stands, favorable enough to the com-
pany, so that it has no show of right, nor claims on the score of the in-
equitable character of the bargain, to further or other compensation. But
it intends to obtain further contributions nevertheless. It cannot now
constitutionally be authorized to collect them itself. But it means to hire
a pack-horse or mule to carry its burdens. What it cannot do for itself it
can force the Board of Supervisors to do for it. That is one of the prin-
cipal objects of the Tyler bill, which might properly be entitled "a bilr-
to confer eleemosynary aid upon water companies, and to compel cities
and counties to collect it, and pay it over at stated intervals." That is
substantially what the bill means. That is the leading feature of it,
though there are other features that are scarcely less objectionable. It
means a raid upon property of every kind, without any relief to consu-
mers. The law is made general, and so brings to its support the water
companies of Oakland, Santa Barbara, Santa Rosa, Los Angeles, San
Mateo and other places. These companies having pooled their issues will
unite in a strong fight to pass the bill. The signs at Sacramento are that
the whole scheme has been maturely considered, and every care taken that
experience and forethought could suggest. The cry with the companies
is " the bill, the whole bill, and nothing but the bill." There are millions
in it. The people's cry should be to " agitate, agitate, agitate against this
iniquity." We have always advocated an equitable settlement of the wa-
ter question, but this is not an equitable one.
Study of a Hand. — A Western writer thus describes Miss Emma
Abbott's hand: "She is remarkably attentive to details. This is evi-
denced by her long and spatulate fingera. Her hand would be a joy to
the palmister. Its lines are deeply marked. The vital and thoughtful
lines join regularly. The impulse line is wonderfully developed, extend-
ing across the palm, and the sister-impulse line (Girdle of Venus) is well
defined. The mounts of Jupiter, Apollo and Mercury are prominent;
while that ot Saturn ia depressed. The last-named peculiarity indicates
that Abbott is of an easy-going disposition. Her art and assimilation
lines are clearly defined."
Doesn't come a-miss— A boy baby.
BANKS.
THE BANK OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO.
Capital $3,000,000.
WM. AI.VORD President.
THOMAS iiltou > . Cashier | B. MVBBAY, Jr., Ass*t Cashier
Aorntk :
Now York. Agency of the Bank of Calfnrnla ; Boston, Tremont National Bank
UbJaftgo, l nioa Nation*] Bank ; St. Louis, Batman's Saving Bank ; New Zealand,
thfl Bank of New Zealand; London, China, Jajwin, India and Australia, the Oriental
Bank Corporation.
The Bank has Agencies at Virginia City and Gold Hill, and Correspondents in all
the principal Mining Districts and Interior Towns of the Pacific Coast.
Letters of Credit issued, available In all |>arts of the world. Draw direct on Lon-
don, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Bremen, Hamburg, Frankfort-on-the-Main, Antwerp,
Amsterdam. St Peteftbursrh, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Christiana, Locarno, Mel-
bourne, Sydney, Auckland, Hongkong, Shanghai, Yokohama. Nov. 4.
FIRST NATIONAL GOLD BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Paid up Capital 81,800,000, Gold. President, B. C. Wool-
worth ; Vice-President, D. Callaghan ; Cashier, E. D. Morgan.
Dirkctors:— R. C. Woolworth, D. Callaghan, C. G. Hooker, C. Adolph Low, Peter
Donahue, Isaac Wormser, Edward Martin, James Moffltt, N. Van Bergen.
Correspondents— London : Baring Bros. & Co. Chartered Mercantile Bank of In-
dia, London and China. Dublin : Provincial Bank of Ireland. Hamburg : Hease,
Neuman&Co. Paris: Hottinguer&Co. New York: National Bank of Commerce, Bos-
ton : Blackstone National Bank. Chicago : First National Bank. This Bank is pre-
pared to transact a general Banking business. Deposits in Gold, Silver and Currency
received subject to cheek or on special deposit. Exchange for sale on the principal
cities of the United States, Great Britain, Ireland and the Continent. Commercial
Credits issued available in Europe, Chii.a and Japan. Collections attended to and
prompt returns made at the lowest market rates of Exchange. Jan. 19.
BANK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter.— Capital paid Dp, $1,800,-
000, with power to increase to §10,000,000. Southeast corner California and San-
some streets. Head Office— 28 Cornhill, London. Branches — Portland, Oregon; Vic-
toria, New Westminster and Cariboo, British Columbia.
Phis Bank transacts a General Banking Business. Accounts opened subject to Check
and Special Deposits received. Commercial Credits granted available in all parts of
the world. Approved Bills discounted and advances made on good collateral security.
Draws direct at current rates upon its Head Office and Branches, and upon its Agents
as follows :
New York, Chicago and Canada— Bank of Montreal ; Liverpool— North and South
Wales Bank ; Scotland — British Linen Company ; Ireland — Bank of Ireland ; Mex-
ico and South America— London Bank of Mexico and South America ; China and
Japan— Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, and Oriental Bank ; Australia
and New Zealand— Bank of Australasia, Commercial Banking Company of Sydney,
and English, Scottish and Australian Chartered Baok.
May 18. FREDERICK T0WNSEND, Manager.
LONDON AND SAN FRANCISCO BANK, LIMITED.
Capital, ^5,000,000, of which $3,000,000 is fully paid np as
present capital. Reserve Fund, §360,000. San Francisco Office, 424 Califor-
nia street ; London Office, 22 Old Broad street. Manager, ARTHUR SCRIVENER ;
Cashier, WILLIAM STEEL. London Bankers, Bank of England and London Joint
Stock Bank ; New York, Droxel, Morgan & Co. ; Boston, Third National Bank.
This Bank is prepared to transact all kinds of General Banking and Exchange Busi-
ness in London and San Francisco, and between said cities and all parts of the
world. March 30.
THE NEVADA BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO.
Capital Paid TTp $3,000,000.
Reserve, V . S. Bonds 3,500,000.
Agency at New York. 62 Wall street.
Agency at Virginia, Nev.
Buys and sells Exchange and Telegraphic Transfers. Issues Commercial and Trav-
elers' Credits. This Bank has special facilities for dealing in Bullion. Nov. 8.
SECURITY SAVINGS BANK.
GUARANTEE CAPITAL $300,000.
Officers: Vice-President, Jerome Lincoln; Secretary, W.
S. Jones ; Attorney, Sidney V. Smith. Loans made on Real Estate and other
Approved Securities. Office : No. 215 Sansomo street, San Francisco. Oct. 14.
THE GERMAN SAVINGS AND LOAN SOCIETY.
Deutsche Spar mid K.eihbank, No 526 Callforniastreet, San
Francisco. Officers : President, L. GOTTIG. Board of Directors. — Fred.
Roedinpr, Chas. Kohler, Edw. Kruse, George H, Eggerp, N. Van Bergen, H. L. Simon,
Peter Spreckels, Ign. Steinbart. Secretary, GEO. LETTE ; Attorney, JOHN R.
JARBOE. May 13.
THE ANGLQ-CALIFORNIAN BANK, LIMITED.
422 California St., San Francisco.
London Office, 3 Augrel Court ; New York Agents, J. W. Sel*
igman & Co., 21 Broad street. Authorized Capital Stock, SG, 000,000. Will re-
ceive Deposits, open Accounts, make Collections, buy and sell Exchange and Bullion,
loan Money, and issue Letters of Credit available throughout the world.
FRED. F. LOW, IGN. STEINHART, Managers.
P, N. Lilibnthal, Cashier. Sept. 13.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Office of the Hlbernla Savings and Loan Society, N. E.
corner Montgomery and Post streets, San Francisco, January 5th, 1880. —
At a regular meeting of the Board of Directors of this Society, held this day, a Div-
idend at the rate of six and a half (ty) per cent, per annum, for the six months end-
ing with December 31st, 187J>, was declared on all deposits, payable from and after
this date, free from Federal Tax. [Jan. 10.] EDW. MARTIN, Secretary.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Savings and Loan Society, 619 Clay street. --For the half
year ending December 31st, 1S79, a dividend has been declared on all deposits
at the" rate of five and one-half (5J) per cent, per annum, free of Federal Tax, and
pavable on and after January 15th, 1880.
Jan. 17. CYRUS W. CARMANY, Cashier.
G. E. BARTON,
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law.
629 KEAHSTY STREET. ROOMS 1 and 2.
[December 20.]
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Feb. 14, 1880.
"PLEASURE'S WAND."
'"We Obey no "Wand put Pleasure's."— Tom Moore,
Baldwin's Theater. — A more perfect piece of acting than Miss Mor-
tis* " Alixe" can hardly be imagined. An impersonation like this is in
itself sufficient to stamp her as a great actress. There seems to be noth-
ing in gesture or manner forgotten ; no little detail of any sort over-
looked that might go to make the delineation more complete or perfect.
The first act, with its two interviews of "Alixe" with her lover and mother
respectively, is oneofthemost delicate pieceB of comedy acting ever wit-
nessed. The representation of the young girl is simply perfect. It is
something that will bear the closest scrutiny. Little bits of intonation,
or movements of the hands, that in themselves are scarcely noticeable,
will be discovered. It is by just such a completeness of detail that the
perfect picture is evolved. Miss Morris seems to inspire all around her
on the stage, and it can be seen that all the members of the cast are striv-
ing to do their best. O'Neil does remarkably well, particularly in the
first scene. His manner, while listening to "Alixe's" girlish chatter, is
natural, indicating by glance and look of interest how deeply in love he is.
Freeman's impersonation of the Count is admirably assumed. The Two
Orphans formed the bill for a couple of evenings. Next Monday The
Queen's Shilling will be produced. This is said to be a strong and effective
play. This will be played by the stock company. On Monday week
Miss Morris will again appear, after a week's rest. The Soul of an Ac-
tress will then be given. This is a strong play, written by A. C. Gunther
and Edgar Fawcett. It will be superbly mounted.
Bush Street Theater. — The English Opera Troupe has not met with
the success that was anticipated. This is due to no lack of appreciation
by the public, but to defects in the organization of the company. The
opening opera failed to catch the popular taste, and the company, being
without a repertoire, found itself in a fix. The Chimes of Normandy were
hastily produced, without sufficient rehearsing, and Pinafore was revived.
In soloists, baritone excepted, the troupe is rich, but theotherrequirements
are wanting. The chorus is rather indifferent, the leader of the orchestra
is totally incompetent, and there is either no stage-manager at all, or else
too many of them. These last two defects are seriouB enough to make
any operatic performance a failure. It was a managerial mistake to
have endeavored to catch caprioious theater-goers with such an imperfect
organization. Pinafore was given for the last time on Tuesday evening,
Miss Melville and Miss Montague exchanging parts. As "Josephine,"
Miss Melville is at her very best, both vocally and dramatically. It is a
most charming rendition of the gallant Captain's daughter. The " But-
tercup" of Miss Montague was an intelligent performance. The sympa-
thetic qualities of this artist's voice assert themselves all the more by
repeated hearings. It was a pleasure to see at least one "Buttercup"
dressed properly, and Miss Montague deserves thanks for her consistency
in this respect. The Chimes of Normandy formed the bill ihe balance of
the week. For next Monday The Bohemian Girl is announced.
"Wilhelmj. — This great artist has given two matinees, during the week,
at the Bush-street Theater, both of which were largely attended. It
seemed as if, on these occasions, he played better than at any former con-
cert ; that is, the beauties of his playing seemed broader aDd deeper.
The acoustic properties of this theater are far superior to those of the
California Theater, and this naturally increased the effect of Wilhelmj's
glorious tones. In his "Marmion" ouverture, Vogrich proves himself to
be a composer of great promise. It is a beautiful work, decidedly Wag-
nerian in its style, full of rich and wild harmonies. The meagre orchestra
that performed it did not do justice to its merits. Mme. Salvotti saDg in
her usual way, and Miss Gleason, a pupil of the prolific Formes, made
her second debut. She has a little, thin voice, lacking the necessary
strength to fill a theater. She possesses a certain facility of execution
that in time will enable her to cope with all technical difficulties. It is a
good parlor voice. To-morrow evening (Sunday) Wilhelmj will hold his
farewell concert.
The members of "G"Co. can congratulate themselves upon having
been the givers of one of the most elegant entertainments this young city
can boast of. The scene just before the opening of the ball was a mag-
nificent one. The dress circle was filled with ladies in full dress— a per-
fect ■parterre of womanly beauty — arrayed in silks and satins of soft and
delicate lines, with dazzling brilliants, whose prismatic effects danced in
the flood of light, was a sight never to be forgotten. In the lobby stood
the men, whose dark coats gave a frame to the picture that hightened the
effect. All that this town calls its aristocracy graced the festival with its
presence. Our pretty girls and beautiful women, our stately matrons, and
our manly and chivalrous jeunesse doree filled the floor, the auditorium
and the halls. It was in all respects a grand success.
Ketten.— On Monday evening, Feb. 16th, this gifted pianist will take
a farewell benefit. The enthusiasm that this artist has succeeded in ex-
citing, through his marvelous command of the piano, is still alive, and
crowded houses will undoubtedly be a fact. If all those who have been
charmed come, it will be a great testimonial.
Woodward's Gardens. — To-day and to-morrow, engagement extra
ordinary. Frst appearance of Frank A. Gibbons, King of the Air, in his
Slide for Life; W. Bree, the famed banjo soloist; the Roman Brothers.
First performance of the very active pantomime of Jack Robinson and his
Monkey. Never was a more fresh and attractive programme.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. S. Knight are meeting with success in their pro-
fessional trip to Great Britain and Ireland. According to the Belfast
News Letter, a very old namesake of ours, their first appearance in that
town, in their play of Otto, was a flattering ovation.
The Carnival Ball given at Piatt's Hall, last Monday night, by the
Italian Mutual Benevolent Society, was in every way a marked suceess.
Every feature waB complete and enjoyable. The company was select and
numerous, the costumes were rich and varied, the music was excellent,
the supper was a feast for the gods, and the whole affair passed off with-
out a blunder or a cloud to mar the merriment and harmony of the occa-
sion. The "masquerade of the thirty clowns," which had been looked
forward to as a principal feature of the evening, was even more laughable
than had been anticipated. The prizes of the evening were distributed
as follows: Most original character, ladies' first prize — Miss Mary Lark,
California fruit. Second prize, the sun — Mrs. Alfreds. Gentlemen, first
prize, evergreens — Charles B. Newman; second prize, Drum Major — E.
L. Wagner. Best sustained character, ladies' first prize, a hen — Mrs.
Prado; second prize, a poor woman — Mr. Lurretti. Gentlemen, first
prize, a miser — It. Macsuna; Becond prize, Mr. Masuni. Most elegant
costume, first prize, Polish Princess — Mrs. Giusti; second prize, Europe —
Mrs. Briggs. Gentlemen, first prize, Marquis -; — ; second prize, Calabris.
The dramatic entertainment given by the 0. T. H. E. R. Club, on
Tuesday evening last, has been spoken of in the highest terms of praise
by all who attended it. Each feature of the olio which opened the pro-
ceedings was a treat in itself, whether it was the recitation by Mr. E. J.
Chandler, the vocal duet by Miss Ferrer and Mr. Nesfield, or the render-
ing of "Brown, the Tragedian," by Mr. Paul P.Davis. The presenta-
tion of the third act of Othello was particularly good, the acting of Mr.
E. C. Davis as "Othello," Mr. G. P. Webster as "Iago," and Miss Mat-
tie L. Hayes as " Desdemona," being highly commended by all present.
The farce, To Paris and Back for Five Pounds, which followed, was also
very cleverly performed. Dancing was kept up till past midnight.
The many friends of Mr. Frank Johnson, Oakland's embryo trage-
dian, will be pleased to hear of his success in another phase of his thea-
trical aspirations. He has recently turned his attention to dramatic
writing, and has evolved a play, the refusal of which, it is currently re-
ported, Miss Clara Morris is lucky enough to possess. It is a pleasure to
record such evidences of local genius, and a pity that the well known
modesty of the talented young man has kept this fact so Ions: a secret.
German Theater.— Mrs. Fanny Witt's benefit was deservedly well
attended. On next Sunday evening the net proceeds will be contributed
to the fund for the relief of the sufferers by the famine in Silesia.
Chit-Chat. — The fine collection of theatrical portraits at the Garrick
Club, London, has recently received a valuable addition in the water-color
drawings representing the late Chas. Mathews in 116 different characters.
These pictures, which line the lobby leading to the Stranger's room, were
purchased at the Mathews sale, and presented to the Garrick Club by
Robert Walters.^— Miss Sara Bernhardt and Mr. Coquelin have betn
refused permission to act in London the coming Summer.— •Vennie
G. Clancy is to be married.^^Handel's " Deborah " was recently sungin
Berlin, but it was not very successful.-^ After he has got through re-
vising his opera of Le Tribut de Zaviora, Gounod will complete Seloise et
Abelard, which has been in a state of suspense for so many years. After
that he will turn his attention to Henry VIII. , an opera whose libretto is
by Detroyat.^— John T. Raymond has been very ill with pneumonia,
but is now out of danger.^— During the past year ninety new pieces
were produced in Paris, and one hundred and thirteen in London.— —The
commencement of Lent and the Mardi Gras have worked adversely to
large audiences at most of the theaters.
BUSH-STREET THEATER.
Chas. E. Locke, Faoprietor.---Suuday Evening:, February
15th, FAREWELL CONCERT !
Wilhelmj !
PROGRAMME.— Part I.— 1. Overture, "Oberon" (Weber), Orchestra. 2. Aria,
" Ernani " (Verdi), Signora Maria Salvotti. 3. Concerto, new (Raff), Herr August
Wilhelmj. 4. Fantasie, " Roberto," (Vogrich), Mr. Max Vogrich. Part II. —5. Over-
ture, " Mannion," (Vogrich), Orchestra. 6. "Heaven has shed a tear," (Kucken),
Signora Maria Salvotti- 7. Concerto, by request, (Mendelssohn), Herr August Wil-
helmj, 8. Etudes (Heuselt), Mr. Max Vogrich. 9. "Ave Maria," Gounod (Bach),
for Soprano Solo, Violin and Grand Orchestra— Signora Marie Salvotti and Herr
August Wilhelmj. Reserved Seats now on sale at the Theater Box Office.
~ BUSH-STREET~THEATER.~
Charles E. Locke, Proprietor This Saturday Evening?,
February 14th, and SATURDAY MATINEE, the Full Strength of the Cast.
EMILIE MELVILLE ENGLISH OPERA COMPANY ! Continued suceess of the
Chimes of Normandy t
EMILKTSKLVILLE, as Serpolette ; Anuis Montague, as Germaine ; C. H. Turner,
as Grenicheatix ; H. C. Peakes, as Gaspare ; J. O. Barrows, as Bailiff ; H. Vernon,
as Marquis. MONDAY EVENING, February 16th, THE BOHEMIAN GIRL !
[Fe!i. 14.]
THE BALDWIN THEATER.
Thomas Blagnire. Manager; R. M. Eberle, Stage Manager.
Grand Production of the TWO ORPHANS ! This Saturday Matinee, Febru-
ary 14th, and Saturday and Sunday Evenings, with the Strongest Cast ever pre-
sented: Mr. James O'Neill, as Pierre ; Mr. Lewis Morrison, as Jacques ; Mr. C. B.
Bishop, as Pisard ; Mr. C. B. Welles, as Chevalier ; Mr. A. D. Bradley, as the Doc-
tor ; Miss Eleanor Carey, as Henriette ; Miss Louise Beaudet, as Louise ; Miss Jeau
Clara Walters, as Frochard. MONDAY, February 16th, THE QUEEN'S SHILLING!
ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
The Justice Mining* Company. -— Location of Priucipal
Place of Business, San Francisco, California— Location of Works, Gold Hill,
Storey County, Nevada. — Notice is hereby given that at a meeting of the Board of
Directors, held on the 9th day of February, 1880, an assessment (No. 31) of Fifty
Cents per share, was levied upon the capital stock of the Corporation, payable im-
mediately, in United States gold coin, to the Secretary, at the office of the Company,
Room 2, Hayward's Building, 419 California street, San Francisco, California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall remain unpaid on the FIFTEENTH
day of MARCH, 1880, will be delinquent and advertised for sale at public auction ;
and unless payment is made before, will be sold on MONDAY, the FIFTH day of
APRIL, 1880," to pay the delinquent assessment, together with cost of advertising
and expenses of sale. By order of the Board of Directors.
R. E. KELLY, Secretary.
Office— Room 2, Hayward's Building, 419 California street, San Francisco, Cal-
ifornia. Feb. 14.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
The Home Mutual Insurance Company will pay its regular
monthly dividend of One (1) Dollar per share on its capital stock on February
10th, 1880. CHARLES R. STORY, Secretary,
Feb. 14. 406 California street.
Feb. 14, 1380.
CALIFORNIA ADVKRTISKR.
SPORTINC ITEMS.
J.— The pigeon ibooting tournament advertised to take place
I, from iw^Mk-nt ap|M>Arau oea, i-* hardly likely to be a success.
► to but Thursday onlj in h v 1 paid an entrance fee, and an
m U> morr.'w. «ra think the speculator! will be in big luck
! they iret five oat .-t" the fifty entries they anticipated. An inquiry
Bag *|>orUnien an to the reejeon far toe tournament's un-
liseioaM the f.i<-t that there b no oonfidewn placed in Critten-
n, who appears to be the principal manager of the affair.
ooodnot .it the Bogardus match, and hie ugentlemanly treat-
nt "f Qerfaer at the ahont for the VkromieU cap, informing him to un-
d ami erefajfa the aBot in all his oartridgee, are remembered greatly to
disadvantage. Theprincip.il objections, however, are that the tourna-
is oothtngbnt avohxar gate-money affair, gotten op by speculators who
none of a sportsman's qualifications, and that participants arc not
to add to their reputation or purse, as there is some ba7e about the
money, which nuke.- it appear to many persons to be contingent on
mount of profit accruing from the show. "Senator Enos, backed by
_ S. F. T. P. O.C. T. A., has introduced a bill into the Senate to prohibit
the "hooting of pigeons or other birds from traps, on the ground of un-
necessary cruelty. Will no one introduce a bill for tbe prohibition of
leaiagngues like En its, on the ground of unnecessary cruelty to their fel-
' inhere, who are compelled to listen to their speeches? It is useless
le the point, for any one who has education enough to read an ar-
gument, and sense enough to understand what they read, know full well
that it is not more cruel or unnecessary to shoot a bird from a trap than
to tie an ox up in a slaughterhouse and beat in his brains with a pole-axe,
or cut his throat and let him bleed to death. The brain is the center of
feeling, as well as of intelligence, and in proportion to the size of an
animal's brain is the amount of pain it can feel ; so the plea that a pigeon
suffers the same as a human being would under similar circumstances,
is incorrect. Trap-shooting is necessary to teach accurate shootinsr, and
constant practice at it enables sportsmen to go into the field and make
eure of killing every time they fire, and not wound, so that the poor bird
fingers for days or weeks with broken legs or winys. In a match where
500 birds are snot at not one seriously wounded bird will escape, and all
the dead are sold for food, which is a good answer to the charge of unnec-
essary cruelty.-^— It will interest sportsmen to learn that the Southern
Pacific Railroad have issued an order that subsequent to this date sports-
men purchasing local or excursion round trip tickets will be entitled to
free transportation for their dogs on the return trip by showing their re-
turn ticket to baggageman. In addition all guns, fishing tackle, etc., will
be carried free of charge.-^— The London Sporting Times gives the fol-
lowing : " They are thorough in every line, our American cousins, and it
savors of a big thing when Mr. J. Gordon Bennett, of the New York
Herald, is to shoot a pigeon match, fifty birds, twenty-eight yards' rise,
against Mr. Skelbrook, a well-known Hurlingham and Gun Club shot,
for £1,000 a side, early in April next. There is no idea of any interna-
tional rivalry in this, merely a friendly match, and it is to be decided in
Paris, where we doubt not there will be considerable speculation, as the
American colony waxes strong there, and its inhabitants will rally round
their countryman."— — The leading shooting clubs are getting up a grand
pigeon shooting tournament, to take place March 21st. Arrangements
will be made by a committee composed of delegates from the following
clubs : California Pigeon Shooting Club, Gun Club, Cosmopoliton Club
and Oakland Club. As there is a number of good shots in the State who
would like to enter, but are deterred by the certainty that either Lam-
bert, Gerber, Robinson, or Maskey would carry off the principal prizes,
we suggest to the committee that those gentlemen are handicapped in
some way, or else that a special prize is offered for them, and they are
barred out of competing for any other.
Pedestrianism. — The quarter-mile race between King Hedley and F.
E. Davis, that was advertised to be for S250 a side aud to come off at
Fritz & Shear's Recreation Grounds last Sunday, drew a large crowd of
spectators, who were robbed out of their admission money and disap-
pointed of the sport by Hedley's refusal to start. Hedley alleged that he
was sick, but, barring a chalky look about his face and deeply penciled
rings under his eyes, he looked thoroughly healthy. The real reason he
did not start was that he discovered Davis intended to win if he could, in
spite of the arrangement agreed on to let Hedley win an easy race. The
race was a double throw, and Hedley was either sure he could not win, or
was afraid that to beat Davis he must show a faster gait than he cared to.
There was not a cent of stake money up on the race and only $600 in the
pool-box. A match has been made for Hedley and Davis to run a quar-
ter-mile race Sunday, February 22d, Hedley staking $500 to Davis $400.
To induce the public to think that this race is for blood the coin has
actually been put up and no entrance money will be charged to see the
race. We, however, are almost certain that the ra^e is a fixture, put up
to beat the public through the pool-box. So we advise our friends to see
tbe race if they like, but spend no money for whisky on the grounds, and,
above all, shun betting as they would poison.
Rowing. — At a meeting of the P. A. R. A., last Saturday, at which
all the rowing clubs were represented except the Neptune and California
Theater clubs, it was arranged to hold the annual regatta some time in
June. — -By telegraph we learn that the race between Boyd and Elliott
resulted in an easy victory for the former, who won by four lengths in
22 m. 47 sec. The length of the course is 3 miles 760 yards, when Hanlan
defeated Elliott by ten lengths, last Summer, in 21min. 1 sec. ^— Boyd
declines to make a match with Hanlan at present, pleading business.^^
The Hop Bitters Company have put $6,000 in the hands of the publisher
of the Boston Herald for the Hop Bitters professional prize and amateur
medal. -^Boyd and Howden row on the Tyue to-day for £200.^— In
spite of the $40 forfeit up, there does not appear to be much chance of
another race between Leahy and Hoyt, the latter's backers having failed
to put up the second deposit.— ^ Leahy talks of entering for the Hop
Bitters prize.— -Cotsford's backer is in town, ready to put up the money
for a race with Leahy for $1,000 a side.
Swimming. —J. P. Flemming has challenged W. H. Daily to swim a
mile for $100, but, so far as we can ascertain, has not put a cent behind
his challenge. The champion declines to match for less than $1,000 a
aide., which looks to us very like a Bluff to get out of a race he was afraid
of. We hope that, if a match is made, it will be free to all to see, with-
out the least suspicion of being a gate-money affair.
Bicycliug. -W. S. Lawton, Superintendent of the Olympic Club.Jhas
received a OOBUnunfofttion from K.-.-ri and Stanton, the English cham-
pions, requesting him to arrange f->r a bicycle contest of six days' dura-
tion, to take place in this city within six months. Mr. Lawton's reply
was that the only terms u]xm which he would manage such a contest are
that it is open to all for prizes, or a share of the gate money. He wilt
have 00 hand in any contest about which there is the slightest suspicion
of hippodroming. If Mr. Lawton should Ret Dp a nix day bicycle match,
we are sure that the public would accept hia name as an undeniable guar-
antee of good faith.
yachting. — Admiral Con O'Connor, who recently purchased the yacht
J. C. Cousins, haa had her thoroughly overhauled and fitted up in excel*
lent style. Her interior decoration* surpass those of any yacht on the
Coast for comfort and elegance. The J. C. Cousins is one of the few
yachts in California able to go outside the Heads for a cruise. Admiral
O'Connor deserves great credit for the zeal and judgment he has displayed
in advancing yachting interests on this Coast. To him is mainly due the
erection of the Club House at Saucelito, which is one of the handsomest
and most commodious buildings of the kind in the world.
Coursing.— The Pacific Coast Coursing Club will hold their Open
Spring meeting at Merced, February 24th. It is anticipated that over
thirty dogs will run. -— The Pioneer Coursing Club's Spring meeting will
be held at Merced, March lOtb. Sixteen dogs are already entered.
Football. — The Wanderers defeated the Oakland Club at the Recrea-
tion Grounds last Saturday. The same clubs will play this afternoon.--^-*
M. Price, of Kearny street, has received a consignment of Rugby foot-
balls.
A Sport's Trick. — At the Hoyt-Leahey boat-race, old Skeezicks (who
bores the boys with accounts of what he used to do in rowing in his more
youthful days) was loud in his assertions that Hoyt would win. And so
when he offered, just before the start, to bet $200 that he could name the
winner, the Pioneers, who were in force on the Garden City, took his bet
with much alacrity. As soon as the money was put up in safe hands, the
betters called on Skeezicks to name his man. " Oh, hold on awhile,"
Baid he. And, sure enough, he waited until he heard the referee's de-
cision before he named Leahey as the winner, and coolly pocketed the
$400.
THE EIGHT TO SEVEN RULE.
It now seems to be a settled principle that might, and not right —
that partisanship, and not equity, are to determine who is to be counted
out and who counted in to offices of trust, honor and emolument. The
principle has extended from Florida to Oregon, from Maine to Cal-
ifornia, and culminated in that wondrous eight to seven decision of the
highest judicial officers at Washington. We say it has extended to Cal-
ifornia. The Elections and Qualifications Committee of the Senate are
practicing it to perfection. Pinder was ruled out because it was decided
that he had not stated facts that raised a distinct issue. The facts he
stated were, that there had been a false count, and that a true one would
show that he had received a certain stated number of votes, which would
give him a majority over his opponent. That was surely as distinct an
issue as could be raised. The Committee determined that the correct
counting of the ballots was none of their business, that they could not go
behind the returns, and that, too, although the Constitution clothes them
with the power to judge whether any member has been duly elected or
not. The receipt of a minority of the ballots is surely not a due election.
A little circumstance occurred during the argument before the Committee
which shows how little use there is in contesting seats with the majority
against you. It was argued that, if there was any technical defect in a
complaint, it was the practice at law that if the defendant came in and
answered, he waived his right to avail himself of the technicality.
" That is admitted," blandly said the chairman. " Well, then," replied
the contestant, " that is our ca3e here. The other side filed an answer to
our specific allegation. They joined issue, and now we want to deter-
mine the fact." " Oh! " groaned the chairman, and took back his rulingl
He had not been aware that the side he favored had filed an answer.
That was an awkward position for the chairman to be placed in, but not
more awkward than that which the Supreme Judges of Maine occupy.
The Augusta Standard publishes their conflicting opinions in this fashion:
Opinion of 1877. Opinion of 1880.
" It is to be regretted that votes
are lost by the negligence of town
officers, but the obvious remedy is
to choose such as know their duty,
and, knowing it, will perform it."
f Signed.] John Appleton,
C. W. Walton,
W. G. Burrows,
John A. Peters,
Artemus Libbey.
"The representative is not to be
deprived of his right because muni-
cipal officers have neglected their
duty."
[Signed.] John Appleton,
C. W. Walton,
W. G. Burrows,
John A. Peters,
Artemus Libbey.
REVIEW.
The Western Lancet. February. — This journal is again full of sub-
jects of deep professional interest. In an article on physicians' commis-
sions, the editor states truly that the Bystem has always been denounced
by respectable physicians, that the suppression of the practice is desirable,
but that it is doubtful whether this can be effected by legislative enact-
ment. Whether the medical profession needs to be made virtuous by
" Act of Congress " is one not likely to be settled by the dictum of the
Western Lancet, but for ourselves we have good reason for knowing that
the dishonest system of commission extensively prevails, and unless sup-
pressed by the general voice of the profession itself, ought to be denounced
by law. We agree that it is only fair that the druggists should be de-
barred from prescribing over their counters. "The extent to which the
second-rate apothecaries of this city tamper with the health and lives of
ignorant people by counter-prescribing is something astonishing." The
editor states that one of the chief promoters of the bill for denouncing
physicians' commissions was seen to prescribe for a case of diphtheria,
telling the mother that he could give something to cure it, etc. It seems
to us that in this case the folly of the parent is more conspicuous than the
dishonesty of the druggist, and although we should have no objection to
the proposed clause, we are of opinion that the province of legislation is
to denounce and punish rogues rather than to protect fools.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Feb. 14, 1880.
PICTURES OP MEMORY.
Among the beautiful pictures
That hang on memory's wall
Is one of a dim old forest
That seemeth the best of alL
Not for its gnarled oaks olden,
Dark with the mistletoe ;
Not for the violets golden
That Bprinkles the vale below;
Not for the milk-white lilies
He lieth in peace asleep.
Light as the down on the thistle,
Free as the winds that blow,
"We roved there in beautiful summeTs,
The summers of long ago ;
But his feet on the hills grew weary,
And one of the autumn eves
I made for my little brother
A bed of the yellow leaves.
That lean from the fragrant hedge, Sweetly his pale arms folded
Coquetting all day with the sun- My neck in a sweet embrace,
beams, As the light of immortal beauty,
And stealing their golden edge ; Silently covered his face ;
Not for the vines of the upland And when the arrows of sunset
Where the bright red berries rest, Lodged in the tree-tops bright
Not the pinks nor the pale sweet He fell in his saint-like beauty,
cowslip, Asleep by the gates of light.
It Beemeth to me best. Therefore, of all the pictures
I once had a dear little brother That hang on memory's wall,
With eyes that were dark and deep, That one of the dim old forest,
In the lap of that dim old forest Seemeth the best of all
FOR LADIES ONLY.
In anticipation of the wedding of young Hamilton Fish to Miss
Mann, of Troy, a white satin dress is ordered in Paris, which just takes
the " rag off the bush," bar none. It will have the front and side breadths
embroidered with designs in pearls, imitating royal Venetian point lace,
in rare devices of interlaced bars and scrolls, and in jteur de lis and roses
copied from cathedral windows and the trefoil of altar screens. Costly
point d'Alencon is now imitated in bead embroideries, taking their pat-
terns, as most of the lace designs are taken, from the minute traceries of
artists in stone. Mr. Harry Harley, of Oil City fame, attended a fancy
dress affair recently, accompanied by a magnificent -looking young lady,
said to be his niece. They went as Eobin Hood and Maid Marian. His
dress consisted of a bright emerald green tunic, fringed with gold, crossed
by a scarf of light blue cloth, embroidered with silver. From this hung
a bugle horn. The hood and hose were blue and white striped, a garland
of roses surrounded the head ; he carried a bent bow in the hand and a
sheaf of arrows depended from the girdle ; also a sword and dagger, with
richly embossed hilts. Maid Marian had on a blue skirt, worn long be-
neath a white linen tunic, with large loose sleeves fringed with silver.
The girdle of silver fastened with a large bow on the left side ; a net of
gold covered the top of the head ; on this was placed a garland of silver
and blue violets ; the lady's long hair flowed over her exquisite shoulders.
—Dresses short in front being still the mode, the shoemaker's art con-
tinues to be called in by fair customers, anxious to display their feet to
the best advantage. The ever-ready shoemaker has been found equal to
the occasion, and some very pretty things in shoes are worn. Atlas cloth
shoes of all colors, very prettily decorated, and black and bronze leather,
with vamps embroidered with gold, or decked with gold pearls, are find-
ing much favor. These are cut very low, and are known by the name of
" Cinderella" shoes.— —Jewel cases are fastened by a bee which remains
firm in its position until its wings are pressed in a peculiar way. A
curious outcome of the war talk which of late has been prevalent, is the
formation in London of a large number of ladies' ambulance associations,
in which the members are taught how to deal with wounded or injured
people under the auspices of the St. John's Society. These associations
do not profess to be anything more than societies of amateur nurses who
would be ready at any time that they should be required to go to the
scene of fighting, and look after wounded men. It is noteworthy that,
out of every ten of those examined among the male students, two have
generally failed to pass, but that as yet, in London at least, scarcely a
single paper sent in by a lady has been rejected as unworthy a certificate.
—Brother Cannon, the Mormon delegate to Congress, says he is more
afraid of the increase of wealth, fashion and luxurious habits among the
Mormons than he is of persecution. He evidently thinks a dozen wives,
dressed to kill, will prove too much for one man. ' An old fashion that
is very pretty has been revived. It is the lacing of dresses with gold cord
over a white chemisette. -^The little muffs of satin and lace are quite as
valuable to a flirt as a fan, and French women are making energetic use
of them.— The Hoboken minister who kissed his cook was asked to re-
sign. " The minister was not wise," suggests the Oil City Derrick. " He
should have kissed the ladies of his congregation, and his salary would
have been raised."-^ The Princess Louise belts are of white morocco,
wide enough to require three straps and buckles to fasten them. With
the belt is worn the square bag of white leather for purse and handker-
chief. The style is quite an improvement on the belts of white webbing,
which, by theway, are now embroidered for portfolio straps or bell pull3.
—Snake skin, with its dark marking on white ground, is shown for
■ fashionable leather work, bags, note books and purses.— The newest and
most expensive silk Btockings are webs of embroidery, covering the foot
and ankle with a pattern of many colored brocade. The anklets of silver,
with enamel pendants, have hardly made their appearance here in good
society.— Coffee-colored Breton is preferred to the white, and ladies are
dipping their yards of lace and festooning them at the back windows to
dry to make them of the fashionable shade. Coffee for the purpose re-
quires a little sugar to stiffen the lace, but no cream.^— The cuirass
basque, pointed back and front, and the long plain polonaise, with skirts
■ cut away m front, are accepted models of style.-^— Short skirts are now
worn for dancing dresses, and the gentlemen are no longer obliged to wait
for the ladies to sidetrack their trains before they can pass.-^ Woman is
ithe natural friend of man, and all other friendships is feeble or suspicious
compared with it.— The lady who made a dash has since brought her
:husband to a full stop.
j A Sharp Chick.— Lady Examiner: "Tell me, what is an average'"
■ Child: ' Athmg to lay eggs on. Mother says our old hen lays six eg°-s
•a week on an average.3'
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The undersigned have been duly authorized to issue Policies at current rates on
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These three Companies are liable jointly and severally for all losses that may be sus-
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Has transacted tbe business of Life Insurance for nearly
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has eomn'ied with the new Insurance Laws of California.
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HELEN OF TYRE.
What phantom b tMl tint app«*rs
Through tht* purplf mlati >>f the years.
Itself but a mist likr these?
A woman of eload aiul ol tirv :
It i» she ; it i* Helen of Tyre,
The town in the mkbt of the mm!
O Tyre! in thy nowdad itrl
The phantom appears ami retreatA,
Anil the Israelites, that sell
Thy lilies and lions of brass,
Look up as they see her pass.
Ami murmur, "Jezebel IM
Then auother phantom is seen
At her aide in gray mbardine,
With beard that floats to bis waist;
It is Simon Magus, the seer;
He speaks, ami she pauses to hear
The wonts that he utters iu haste.
He says : "From this evil fame,
From this life of sorrow and shame,
I will lift thee and make thee mine !
Thou bast been Queen Candaoe,
And Helen of Troy, ami Bhalt bo
The Intelligence Divine ! "
Oh, sweet as the breath of morn.
To the fallen and forlorn
Are whispered words of praise,
For the famished heart believes
The falsehood that tempts and deceives.
And the promise that betrays.
So she follows from land to land
The wizard's beckoning hand,
As a leaf is blown by the gust,
Till she vanishes into night!
O reader, stoop down and write
With thy fingers in the dust.
0 town, in the midst of the seas,
With thy rafts of cedar trees,
Thy mechandise and thy ships,
Thou, too, art become as naught,
A phantom, a shadow, a thought,
A name upon men's lips.
— Longfellow in February Atlantic.
CAPTURE OP "A SPIRIT."
The subjoined account of an unexpected termination to a Spiritual-
istic sea nee is addressed by Sir G. R. Sitwell and Herr von Buch to the
Times : " Some time ago, being desirous of investigating the truths of so-
called Spiritualism, we were advised by an eminent Spiritualist to attend
the seances held at Great Russell street (British National Association of
Spiritualists). We were assured that the seances conducted at that Asso-
ciation were the most genuine in England, and under strict test condi-
tions. On our first visit, the medium being tied by one of us with great
care, no manifestations followed. At the second visit (Jan. 2) one of us
again tied the medium, but under the directions of the chairman, who is
officially connected with the institution. A " spirit " soon appeared,
which we were told was " Marie," and was represented to be that of a
dead child, twelve years of age. She was dressed in white, her face cov-
ered with a veil, and her arms and feet bare. We were surprised to dis-
tinguish the appearance of a corset under t'ie white robes, and her voice
and general appearance gave us the idea that it was the medium herself,
Mrs. Corner, neeFlorrie Cook. On the third visit, Jan. 9, we were ac-
companied by a friend, Mr. John C. Fell, engineer, and editor of a scien-
tific journal, with his wife. The " spirit Marie " again appeared and ren-
dered our former suspicions almost certain by the audible sound of un-
dressing within the curtain, and by the "unBpiritual" levity of her be-
havior and conversation. One of us by a sudden rush intercepted and
gently held "the spirit," while another dashed into the curtains, and
drawing them aside, displayed the medium's empty chair with the knot
slipped, her dress, stockings and boots, and other discarded garments.
There was sufficient light from a half-obscured candle for the captured
[' spirit " and all the above objects to be plainly Been, which latter were
handed round for inspection and examined by those present. After a few
minutes — to cover the confusion, we presume— the candle was extin-
guished by the official present, and we adjourned to the lower room. All
present, except the officials, one of whom took refuge in abuse, entirely
agreed with us, and thanked us for exposing the deception.
Death of Sister Mary Aloysia.— We regret to announce the death
of Sister Mary Aloysia, who was attached to the academy of Notre Dame,
San Jose. She was conspicuous in her devotion to her religijn, as well as
to the work of educating and training the young. Deceased was born at
Hainhautt, Belgium, March 21st, 1819. She lost her mother early in life,
and was educated at the Convent of Notre Dame at Jumet. She conse-
crated herself to the work of the Church by joining the Order in 1837.
In 1843 she went to Oregon, and engaged in missionary work. There she
remained until 1848, when she came to California and assumed tbe office
in which she has since labored zealously. For forty-three years of her
religious life she toiled in the service of her Divine Lord. May she reap
the glorious reward promised to those " who instruct others unto justice."
— R. I. P. .
Secocoeni's Acknowledgment of Defeat— Secocoeni has made a
statement, of which the following is an exact copy: " I was watching
the fighting from my cave. My people were beaten early in the morning.
They never had a chance. They had no time to make a stand. When
they tried it they were beaten down. The English are notlike the Boers.
The Boers cannot fight. The English do not fear death. Where there is
danger, that is where they will go. Nothing will stop them. I have seen
it with my own eyes. As you have beaten me, you have conquered
everything. I was the only chief in the country. There is no other
black chief will raise an assegai against you now."
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F
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iuestand Cheapest DIeat>flavoringr Stock, for Sonps, Made
Dishes and Sauces.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTEACT OF MEAT
i a snecess and boon far which Nations should feel grate-
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LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
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London, England. March 2.
LANGLEY & MICHAELS,
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PATENT MEDICINES, Etc.,
100 and 103 FRONT STREET,
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BRITISH BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF CAL.
Attendance, daily, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., by the under-
signed, to receive subscriptions and donations, and to furnish all information
relating to the Society.
Oct. 23.
J. P. McCURRIE, Secretary,
730 Montgomery street.
WILLIAM P. HUMPHREYS,
Late City and County Surveyor, has removed to No.
WASHINGTON STREET, where he will continue to practice hia prof
All Surveys and Estimates guaranteed.
629
-- -lession.
Dec. 20.
GUS. V. DANIELS,
Successor to Thomas A Daniels, or California Paint Com-
pany's House Painting Department. House, Sign and Ship Painting, and Pa-
per Hanging. Walls Repaired, Whitened or Tinted any shade or color. All orders
promptly attended to and work guaranteed.
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REMOVAL
Samuel Irving', Successor to Anderson A Irving, Dealer in
Gentleman's Furnishing Goods, has removed to No. 206 KEARNY STREET.
A full line of all descriptions of Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods constantly on hand,
at the lowest prices. Jan. 31.
R. H. LLOYD,
Attorney-at-Law, Room 13. Nevada Block.
10
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Feb. 14, 1880.
RE-INTRODUCTION OF THE TUTTLE MINING BILL.
The Tuttle mining bill of last session is about to be reintroduced,
with the chances strongly in favor of its passage. It has many advan-
t ages over any measure yet propose d. It deals with the whole subject,
and does it in a clear and precise way that leaves nothing to uncertainty.
It was [strongly recommended to the Legislature by Governor Irwin. It
received full consideration at the hands of the last Assembly, and was
passed by it by an overwhelming vote. It seemed to be fairly started on
a safe journey through the Senate, when, all at once, it was estopped by
t he power of money, a fact that will rather add to than detract from the
estimation in which it will now be held. J. W. Pearson, G. M. Pinney,
and mine managers of that ilk, were, of course, opposed to it. Unfor-
tunately, they were joined in their efforts to defeat the bill by men of
whom better things might be expected. ItB principles were so obviously
honest and just that the wonder is that any real well wishers of the great
m ining industry of this coast should have been misled into opposing it.
It provided that all information concerning the working of mines was the
common property of all the shareholders. In that simple truism is con-
tained the essence of mining reform. It is a scandal and a shame that
the men who pay the assessments and own the property should be de-
prived of the most valuable knowledge as to its condition. They have in
the great majority of instances been so deprived, and it is because they
have that the outside public are eschewing mining investments. To win
back the confidence of outside investors is the present necessity of the
mining interest. They can only be won back by Buch assurances as a
good law would afford that their confidence will not again be betrayed,
that for the future there will be open, honest and economical management
at the mines, and fair and square deala at the stock boards. The element
of chance will always enter into mining, and that is perhaps its greatest
charm. It will always have its prizes as well as its blanks. But the
prizes ought to go, and must be made to go, to those to whom they right-
fully belong. The way the game has hitherto been played out gave no
assurance that the people who paid for the explorations necessary to a de-
velopment would obtain the prize when it was won. This is proposed to
be changed by the Tuttle bill, in a way that seemed to be too effective to
suit those interested in maintaining the existing evils. The opposition to
it will now probably furnish the best reasons for its passage. Gorley's
bill is excellent, as far as it goes, but it only deals with certain phases of
stock gambling. Fel ton's bills are Bhams. The Tuttle bill covers the
whole ground, and with a few additions, suggested by recent experiences,
ought to pass. Its effect will be to insure greater certainty to mining in-
v estments, and, doing that, it is a measure calculated to promote the real,
true, and lasting interests of this coast. It will frighten away no capital
m eant to be honestly employed ; on the contrary, it will operate to in-
spire confidence to local and foreign capital invested in our mines.
CLEARING OUT CHINATOWN.
Mayor Kalloch has declared that Chinatown is about to he proclaimed
a nuisance by a "reorganized" Board of Health. What then? What
the Mayor meant is clear enough from the connection in which it was
said. He had just told his audience that the cause of their being unem-
ployed and distressed was the presence of the Chinese. Then, accompa-
nied by hints and innuendos, he told them to burn down no Chinese wash
houses and create no riots until he returned from Sacramento, when, in
some manner, relief would be found in the proclaiming of Chinatown a
nuisance. How is that to give aid to the distressed and work to the un-
employed ? How can it mean to do that, unless it means that the Chinese
are to be driven out, bag and baggage? That is what the Mayor hinted
at, if he did not say it. His words, used in the connection they were,
could have no other interpretation, and that, we are very sure, was the
interpretation put upon them by his applauding hearers. That being so, we
are presented with the extraordinary spectacle of the Chief Magistrate of
the city inciting its lowest and most incendiary elements to acts for which
there is no warrant of law, and the possible outcome of which would be
arson, riot and bloodshed. If Chinatown is a nuisance, within the mean-
ing of the law, let it be so declared, and let the nuisance be abated in the
manner the law provides. The Board of Health has undertaken it before
now, and accomplished it without the aid of a sand-lot mob. Owing to
the small-pox epidemic, every house in Chinatown was entered and fumi-
gated, and otherwise dealt with. Buildings have been torn down at its
command. If the Chinese are too crowded, there is the cubic air ordi-
nance, which has been and can be legally enforced. The remedies to
abate a nuisance are ample. But then the word "nuisance" must only
have attached to it such a meaning as a Board of Health can rightfully
recognize. No doubt, to the Mayor's audience, any place where a China-
man chose to live would be a "nuisance," and should be "cleared out,"
violently or otherwise, by the first crowd that chose to undertake the
business. But if either crowd or Mayor think they can enter upon such
"stalwart" proceedings in this city, they will find themselves greatly
mistaken.
The moat bitter enemies of the Bonanza Kings have never called
them stingy. Their open-handed generosity has too often been made ap-
parent for such an accusation to be possible, and two of them, Flood and
Mackey, have now added one more noble deed to the long list already set
down to their credit, by contributing, the former $25,000 and the latter
§10,000, to the Irish Relief Fund. The gift is as well-timed as it is mu-
nificent, and we may congratulate ourselves on the fact that the Pacific
Coast can claim, not only some of the richest men in the world, hut also
some of the most generous and big-hearted.
THE ENOS ATROCITY.
The Enos Bill, disqualifying Chinamen from giving testimony in
Court against citizens nr persons eligible to citizenship, has been defeated
by an indefinite postponement. It would have been a lasting disgrace to
California had it been otherwise. No good purpose was intended to be
served by the Bill. It was simply devised as a means of protecting those
who would like to rob and murder Chinamen wherever they find them.
A more shameful proposition was never made in the Legislature of a civ-
ilized State, and the language of those who supported it Bhows them to
be totally unfit for the responsible position which they hold as law-
makers. Let us place a specimen or tw-o of these sentiments on record.
Satterwhite said : " If Chinamen do not want to he robbed and murdered
in California, let them Btay in China. He would starve a thousand Chi-
namen to save a white man." Conger "was in favor of unfriendly legis-
lation against the Chinamen in every way, shape and form. He had been
in Kansas when throat- cutting was necessary, and, when the time came,
he was ready to leave his seat and let the throat- cutting begin." Kane
exclaimed in holy horror : " O, that a white man should be consigned to
a cell in San Quentin on the uncorroborated testimony of a man who doeB
not believe in God and cares not for morals !" These are either the
ravings of idiots or the utterances of men destitute of all principle. In
either case it is evident that men holding such ideas would be more in
their proper element at the Sand Lot than at the Capitol. Fortunately
for the honor of the State, there was a sufficient quantity of common-
sense and fair-mindedness in the Senate to blow the Bill sky-high, as its
indefinite postponement by a vote of 23 to 10 bears witness to. Senator
Neumann deserves credit for being the most outspoken champion on the
side of justice. With regard to the author of the Bill, he said a rather
happy thing, to wit : " Holofernes had his Judith, Sisera his Jael, Caesar
his Brutus, Marat his Charlotte Corday, and the Republican Party its
Enos — and it had him bad." He might have added that our Lord had
his Judas Iscariot— but the fact is that the fellow Enos is unworthy to be
compared with the least of these illustrious traitors.
A PROPOSITION TO CURE LAND -MONOPOLY.
Senator West, of Los Angeles, has introduced a bill to cure land-
monopoly, which differs considerably from any proposition heretofore sub-
mitted. It interferes with no present interest, but looks only to the
future. It provides that, on an after the 4th day of July next, it shall be
unlawful for any person to purchase more than 640 acres of agricultural
land, and, if, after that time, any person shall legally come into posses-
sion of a larger quantity, he shall have five years in which to dispose of
the surplus. If, however, he shall not have in that time disposed of the
surplus, it shall be the duty of the Attorney- General to apply to the proper
Court for an order of sale, which, being granted, the Sheriff shall sell the
same, and, after paying expenses, deposit the balance in the State Treas-
ury, subject to the order of the owner of the land sold. Of course, land-
holders would not wait for the forced sale by the Sheriff, but would, dur-
ing the five years of grace allowed them, make sale themselves, upon the
most advantageous terms possible. If the ownership of land is really to
be restricted, as the people of the State as represented in the Constitution
seem to have determined, then that object can hardly be more safely
attained than in the manner proposed by Senator West. His bill inter-
feres with no present owner, and therefore impinges upon no vested inter-
est. It is a fair notice to all future owners, that they must sell all over
640 acres, and ample time is allowed for that purpose. The principle
seems to be finding favor, in all new countries, that land is not to be
deemed a merchantable commodity, which a man has a right to buy as
much of as he has money to pay for. The experience of old countries has
taught nothing more certainly than the evils of land monopoly. Where-
ever one class hold the land, the rich become richer and the poor poorer.
Where the land is widely distributed, there is comparative contentment
and prosperity. West's bill would, within a few years, cure the monopoly
of land that has grown up in this State. Grove Johnson's bill, by a
process of cumulative taxation, would break it up right away.
THE GOVERNMENT OP THIS CITY.
The fact ought not to be lost sight of that the Consolidation Act, and
the various Acts amendatory thereof, under which this city is now gov-
erned, will become, in many respects, null and void on the 1st of July
next. Further legislation must take place. The important question is,
What shape, at this session, shall that legislation take ? The Swift char-
ter may be said to be dead. It is a measure of such vast proportions that
legislators stand affrighted at it. It would create a City Legislature, con-
sisting of two houses, that would quite overshadow the State Legislature.
Whether the scheme be a wise one or not, it is very certain that it cannot
be considered at this session. Moreover, it clothes the Mayor, for the
time being, with powers so great as to constitute him a sort of municipal
dictator. In view of the utterances of Mayor Kalloch during the past
week, it is very certain that conservative citizens will not consent at this
time to make him the monarch of all he surveys, as he would be if the
Swift charter were to be adopted now. There is a proposal before the
Legislature to continue the present Consolidation Act in force, with
amendments necessary to fit the Constitution, until after the next session,
a year hence. That is perhaps the very best thing that can be done.
There is no special need for haste, but many reasons for extreme caution.
An amendment has been introduced requiring a two-thirds vote of the
Board of Supervisors to commit the city to any contract, obligation or
debt. This is an excellent provision, as the Board is now constituted. It
would smash the ring of seven men, and would make it more difficult to
put through certain jobs said to be contemplated. This is as much as can
be accomplished at this session with safety, and it would be well if public
opinion were to crystalize in favor of so much, and no more, being at-
tempted.
The Health of the City. — The public health is, on the whole, satif-
factory. There is no small-pox, and typhoid fever has disappeared. The
mortality from diseases of the respiratory organs continues high. Phthisis,
bronchitis, pneumonia and lung congestion are the chief fatal disorders,
and following on these paralysis and heart disease. Whooping cough is
prevalent among children, and scarlatina in a mild form. The casualties
this week will be greatly augmented by the fatal fire on Pine street.
Is a butcher the best man to hold the stakes in a rowing match ? He
would be a tough man to Bulldose anyhow. Next !
Yeh. 14, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISE!!.
11
THE TOWN CRIER.
"Hwrlbt CTi^r"* "Whu th» d*ri\ «rl thonl"
" On* thai will i>l»y tfcf. J*t>1. »i.* with toa."
" HfM a ■tine in hit Mil »* Ionic a* * fUtl.
Which tu**io hi in crow bolder aiuI bolder."
Here folio wet h a valeuUne for Kalloch, entitled " The Three
Strangers at the Palace :'*
FlR-ST Stras
" It is Kalloch of /•' .' , lbs otranger said,
As he held his nose and turned his head.
Btoond Stramoul
The second stopped on the courtyard stone:
"It's the New York Kalloch," ha cried with ft moan.
The darkey he called brought a quart of cologne.
Thikd Stbanobb.
The thirtl rushed to Smith as he bang'd at the bell :
"It is Kalloch of Kansas — this nearly is li — 11;
Assafcetida quick to diminish the smell !"
We hereby notify Ml persons who have any intention of becoming
candidates for the office of Mayor that one of the most trying ordeals
through which his Honor has to pass during his term of office, is an ar-
ticle which appears in the local papers— sometimes one, sometimes an-
other-in reference to the return of a goat to a boy, by the order of the
Mayor. Mayor Bryant stood it very well, being strong — and the article
appearing both in the Argonaut and Xetcs Letter, divided the sting.
Brother Kalloch had to go to Los Angeles, as we all thought, to recuver
from his injuries ; but, as it has transpired since, real! if to escape from the
aforesaid article — for this time it is in poetic measure, and therefore
harder to bear. As the writer sells it each time as new and original, and
has by this time accumulated a small fortune from the sale of it to unsus
picious editors, we hereby warn all future candidates for the Mayoralty
that this same screed will be revised for each succeeding Mayor, with only
one alteration, which is simply a change of name for the goat.
The Chinese New Year is upon us, with all the terrors of fire-
crackers. Joss-sticks and other instruments of Confucian torture. Cele-
brations of all kinds are simply nuisances to all who have left their
salad days behind. As Chinamen are nothing more than elongated ba-
bies, we do not wonder that they should take delight in such vanitieB;
but what punishment can be too heavy for the white man who, in the
full possession of his normal quantity of brains, deliberately and with
malice aforethought takes part in a Fourth of July procession, or ram-
bles meekly by torchlight through the green lanes of San Francisco.
Apropos of celebration, we note that our fellow-citizens of Hibernian de-
scent have decided to forego flaunting their green ribbons and feathers
on St. Patrick's Day, and to give the money 60 Baved to their starving
countrymen on the " Ould Sod." Well done, Paddy! "Erin go unum
e pluribus bragh."
There is an old and trite saying, " The Devil's children have their
daddy's luck," and never was its truth so exemplified as in the fact that
Elias J. Baldwin has escaped the penitentiary this time. His genial and
merry countenance and urbane manners could not be spared from the
hotel that bears hi3 honored name, and to which that name and the fame
thereunto appertaining gives such a tone of respectability and morality.
Inasmuch as the conviction of a felony is equivalent to divorce, what a
chance the latest Mrs. B. has lost through the ill-placed pity of the jurors,
who prefered bringing in a verdict of N. G. in the face of the testimony,
rather than to send our venerable and virtuous friend "over the water to
Charley" for ten years, and making all his wives grass widows.
Decent people, and those possessing nerves at all sensitive, had better
lay in a stock of chloride of lime, or prepare for removal to another State,
in view of the approaching trial, in which our worthy Mayor represents
the injured party. We hear that the entire career of the saintly Kalloch
is to be laid bare, and that certain parties are, and have been for some time
past, collecting every jot and tittle of evidence at the scenes of his earlier
and later escapades. It is said that the Beecher beastliness will sink into
insignificance beside the Kalloch book of revelations. We respectfully
submit that, this being the case, the trial is likely to breed a pestilence,
and we would humbly suggest that it take place on Goat Island, under
quarantine restrictions.
A bill was recently presented to the Assembly to make the breaking
of political pledges a felony. It failed to pass, on the ground that it
would necessitate enlarging the State Prison to fifteen or twenty times its
present size. Science may some day so fix things that two contiguous
mountains shall have no valley between them ; fishes may learn to speak
in seven languages ; pigs may fly, and Kalloch may become a clean and
virtuous man ; but that any law will ever be able to make officials keep
the pledges they made before election is absurd ; and no one but a snide
poet like Maybell would have ever entertained the idea.
Plenty of married men have been blown up by their wives for stay-
ing out late o' nights, but it has remained for^ John Stokes, of Richmond,
Va., to experience the most practical curtain lecture yet on record ; for
Henrietta, his wife, actually blew him up with gunpowder the other day
for not coming home to the bosom of his family at a seasonable hour.
Henrietta thought to alter John's habits, but as the matter stands, she is
more to be haltered herself. If women could sit on juries, she would be
all serene; but since a jury of males, many of them married, are to pass
on her case, it's all up with Henrietta.
Officer McNamara was recently hauled up before the Police Commis-
sioners on the charge of not having paid his milk bill. He had great dif-
ficulty in clearing himself : but after several days' investigation, and the
production of a score or two of affidavits, finally succeeded in doing so.
Had his offense merely consisted in clubbing some unoffending citizen to
death, or running a dying man into the " black hole," under the impres-
sion that he was drunk, Officer McNamara would not only have been de-
clared innocent in a jiffey, but would probably have been promoted
besides.
A paragraph in the "Call" informs us unctuously that the audience
at the holy caucuses in Mayor Kalloch's Temple, on Fifth street, includ-
ing some fifty Sunday-school children, " came up to the help of the Lord
against the mighty." The Creator of heaven and earth, and all that
therein is, no doubt feels deeply grateful for this kind assistance.
;
What have we people of gtt Prttefooo dODo that the Lord should see
fit to send the Parnell upon us? We are not a particularly good people ;
we have our faults and failings ; but surely, surely this chastisement is out
of all proportion to our sins I we may d.-serve the ten plagues of Egypt;
we may even merit the running sore called Kearney ; but Parnell ! Good
Lord, have mercy upon OS, we beseech Thee ! Will no Abraham arise to
plead fortius Western Sodom? Or. better still, may we not hope that
some patriotic Californian will lay himself out to blow Pamell's train into
everlasting smash ?
The editor of the Hollister Telegraph shot and killed the editor of the
Hollister Enterprise on Thursday last, because the latter protested against
being called a horse-thief. Great Jehosophat I what a trade our under-
takers would drive if the editors of this city were as thin-skinned as the
EnU rprist man, and as sensitive under remonstrance as the Telegraph man !
Horse-thief ! Why, that would be taken as a term of endearment down
here. And our terms of abuse are not copyrighted either. Why can't
these country ^editors profit by a good example and keep up with the
times ?
With great satisfaction the Town Crier learns from the Hongkong
Daily Press that the Emperor of China " sleeps with eight handmaids sit-
ting upon his bed and sixteen underneath it." They evidently know how
to do things in the Orient, and this is a custom that meets with the T. C. '*
unqualified approbation. Eight girls sitting on a fellow's feet all night
might seem a trifle strange at first, but doubtless when one became used
to it it would be pleasant enough. And then just think of having sixteen
virgins to break one's fall in case the bed broke down !
What an agreeable sensation it is to expect a bullet in your thorax
every time your evil fate leads you past a grocery. The playful argu-
mentum ad pistolam is becoming well nigh universal, and bids fair to
supplant all other kinds of logic, and we shall presently look to see "our
boys "playing at revolvers instead of alley taws. It is simply barbarous
and idiotic to allow a whisky-soddened ruffian to carry deadly weapons.
Let the brutes maul each other with their hoofs, and leave more refined
instruments of destruction to their betters.
We have long wanted a sufficiently dignified title for the chief
magistrate of the city, and one that will not insinuate a hidden sarcasm.
" His Honor, the Mayor," is really too severe — there is a sting in it which
must make the Alcalde squirm as if he had sat upon a hornet's nest. As
Lady Teazle says, " Had we not better leave Honor out of the question ?"
However, since the accession of Kalloch to the civic throne, the want is
supplied: " His Reverence, the Mayor," fills the bill.
The total loss suffered by France from her late war with Germany
foots up to 13,939,000,000 francs. Just after the war was concluded, the
News Letter offered to pay off this trifle with a week's profits, and thereby
set France on her feet again, but the self-sufficient Gauls refused the
offer. The extent of the present depression in business is strikingly illus-
trated by the fact that to accomplish the same charitable object would
now consume the News Letter's profits for nearly a whole month. Dull
times ! dull times '
Dr. Rudolph Falk asserts that Adam was born in America, and the
Rev. Joseph Wild concurs in the statement— a wild one, truly. It is a
damn shame to uproot people's settled opinions in this ruthless manner,
by insisting that the New World is in reality the Old, and vice versa. If
Adam was an American citizen, where was paradise ? Probably "on old
Long Island's sea-girt shore," or could it have been on the site of Wash-
ington ; and does the trail of the serpent cling Ao it still ?
Tom Magu ire's praiseworthy endeavor to improve the breed of mu-
sical instruments, by crossing a fiddle with a piano, has, we regret to say,
failed, notwithstanding the piano was|an Upright Grand. William J and
the playful Ketten couldn't hit it together.
"Strange that such difference Bhauld be
'Twixt tweedle dum and tweedle dee."
A Fiddle in a Kettledrum.— A certain Mrs. Silly-one received her
friends, under the distinguished patronage of William J., who draws the
hair of the horse across the bowels of the cat, and puts a big, big J. where
no J. should be, and a crowd of our " best society" felt vastly honored by
the divine man's condescension and affability. Orpheus fiddled to the
stones, but William J. fiddles to the stocks.
Mrs. Crabapple gives a swarry in honor of Sir George Brydges, the
self-dubbed British Baronet. Her daughter Susie, a gushing thing, in-
quires timidly of the old lady thus: " Mamma, may I dance a third time
with Sir George — he's so sweet?" "Well, yes, Susie, since he is Sir
George."
By the 'way, we are given to understand that Sir George's spurious
title was blown upon by no less a person than that great genealogist and
pedigree sharp, Bishop K , of whom a British nobleman once pithily
remarked that " he [the Reverend Father in God] knew every Lord in
creation except the Lord Jesus! "
Parnell, the great Irish land agitator, would like to see an agrarian
insurrection got up in his native country. On wind and religion, we sup-
pose, for truly there are no other " sinews of war " available in that fa-
vored land. We have small faith in potato riots. Beef wins mostly.
"What's the matter with Edison? Why don't he produce his elec-
tric light at once, and not keep backing and filling like a collier in a calm?
Is he playing possum with gas shares ? " Lighten our darkness, we be-
seech thee."
The TJtes are utilized at last. Their big Indian, High Mucca Mucca
Chief Shavens has actually grown and sold in public market a load of pro-
visions, and advises his red brethren to go and do likewise. How are the
mighty fallen!
Clara Morris has conscientious scruples about acting in the Lenten
season. As the audiences at that epoch are apt to be thin, we should im-
agine that the fair Clara's scruples are not wholly unconnected with her
interests.
The dailies report that the State Senate has refused to have a Chap-
lain. From private sources we learn that the true version of the matter
is that no chaplaiu could be found who would have the Senate.
The corpse crop in Oakland is very good this season, and the Cor-
oner is having a good time of it generally.
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Feb. 14, 1880.
Commencing Sunday, Nov. 16th, 1*79.
and until further notice, Boats and Trains will
leave San Francisco (Washington-st. Wharf) as follows
3f|A p. m. daily (Sundays included), Steamer
• V/V-f "James M. Donahue" (Washington Street
Wharf) , connecting with Mail and Express Train at Don-
ahue for Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Healdsburg, Cloverdale,
and way stations. Making stage connections at Geyser-
ville for Skaggs' Springs ; at Cloverdale for Ukiah, Lake-
port, Mendocino City, Highland Springs, Bartlett
Springs, Soda Bay and the Geysers.
6-gtF* Connections made at Fulton on following morn-
ing for Korbel's, Guerneville and the Redwoods.
(Arrive at San Francisco, week days, 10:10 A.M. ; Sun-
days, 11 A.M.
Freight received from 7 a.m. till 2.30 p. m.
daily (except Sundays).
Special Notice.— The Sunday ExcursioriTrips are dis-
continued until further notice.
Ticket Office : Washington st. Wharf.
A. HUGHES,
Gen. Manager.
PETER J. McGLYNN,
Gen. Pass. & Tkt. Agt.
C. P. R. R.
Overland Ticket Office : Oakland Ferry, foot
of Market street. —Commencing- Sunday.
Jan. 25th, 1880, and until further notice.
Trains and Boats will leave
SAN FRANCISCO:
7 9 i~| A.M. Daily— Local Passenger Train via Oak-
• *J Vr land and Benicia to Sacramento. Connects at
Vallejo Junction for Vallejo, Napa (Stages for Sonoma),
St. Helena (White Sulphur Springs) and Calistoga
(Stages for the Geysers). Connects also at Port Costa
lor Martinez, Antioch and " Byron."
Sunday Excursion Tickets, at Reduced Rates,to San
Pablo, Vallejo, Benicia and Martinez.
7 0AA.M, Daily— Local Passenger Train via Oak
•O V land, Niles, Livermore and Stockton, arriving
at Sacramento at 1:40 p.m., and connecting with Atlan-
tic Express. Connects at Niles with Train arriving at
San Jose at 10:30 a.m., and at Gait with train for lone.
9 0 A A.M. Daily— Atlantic Express via Oakland and
• 0\J Benicia lor Sacramento, Colfax, Reno {Vir-
ginia City), Battle Mountain (Austin), Palisade (Eure-
ka), Ogden, Omaha and East. Connects at Davis for
Woodland, and at Woodlanfi, Sundays excepted, for
Williams and Willows. Connects at Sacramento daily
with the Oregon Express for Marysville, Chico, Red
Bluff and Redding (Stages for Portland, Oregon).
1 O OOAM" Datiy— Local Passenger Train via Oak-
J- "• ' * " land to Hay wards and Niles. .
3f\(\ P.M. Daily— Local Passenger Train via Oak-
• Vvf land and Niles, arriving at San Jose at 5:25 p.m.
Q AA P.M. Daily— Local Passenger Train via Oak-
*■*•" V land for Martinez and Antioch.
4f\f\ P.M. Daily— Arizona Express via Oakland and
* \J\J Martinez for Lathrop (Stockton and Gait) Mer-
ced, Madera (Yosemite and Big Trees), Visalia, Sumner,
Mojave, Newhall (San Buenaventura and Santa Barbara),
Los Axgbl.es, "Santa Monica," Wilmington, Santa Ana
(San Diego), Colton and Yuma (Colorado River Steam-
ers),-connecting direct with Daily Trains of the South-
ern Pacific Railroad of Arizona for Maricopa (Stages
for Phoenix and Prescott), and for Casa Grande, 182
miles east from Yuma (Stages for Florence, Tucson and
Tombstone. Sleeping Cars between Oakland, Los An-
geles and Yuma.
Connects, Sundays excepted, at Vallejo Junction for
Vallejo, Napa, St. Helena and Calistoga.
4AA P.M. Sundays excepted— Sacramento Steamer
.VU (from Wash'n St. Wharf), for Beniciaand Land-
ings on the Sacramento River.
4r)r)P.M. Daily— Through Third Class Train via
• " " Oakland, Martinez and Lathrop for Los An-
geles and points in Ariz ina.
4 0 A P.M. Sundays excepted— Local Passenger Train
•"" via Oakland aud Benicia for "Sacramento."
Connects at Davis with Local Train : or Woodland and
Knight's Landing, and at Sacramento with the "Vir-
ginia Express " for Reno, Carsou and Virginia. Sleeping
Cars Oakland to Carson.
4 9f)P.M. Daily— Local Passenger Train via Oat
**y^~f land for Haywards, Niles and Livermore.
Public conveyance for Mills Seminary connects at Sem-
nary Park Station with all trains, Sundays excepted.
t\ C\C\ P-M- Daily— Overland Emigrant Train via
KJ' x~/ " Oakland, Benicia and Sacramento for Ogden,
Omaha and East.
Connections for " Vallejo" made at Vallejo Junction
from Trains leaving San Francisco 7:30 a.m., 9.30 a.m.,
3:00 P.M., and 4:00 P.M.
FERRIES AND LOCAL TRAINS
From " SAN" FRANCISCO," Daily.
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8.00
10.00
12.00
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3.30
4.30
5.30
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B5.40
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8.00
10.00
12.00
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A. M.
p. M.
B5.20
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7.20
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7.50
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5.20
10.50
5.50
11.20
6.25
11.50
6.50
8.00
9.10
10.20
b— Sundays excepted.
♦Alameda Passengers change cars at Oakland,
Creek Route.
From SAN FRANCISCO— Dally— B5-A0, b6:30, 7.20, 8:15,
9:15, 10:15, 11:15 a.m. 12:15, 1:15, 2:25, 3:15, 4:15,
5:15, 6.15 P.M.
From OAKLAND— Daily— B5-.S0, b6:20, 7:10, 8:05, 9:05,
10:05, 11:05 A. M. 12:05, 1:05, 2:15, 3:05, 4:05, 5:05,
6:05 p.m. b— Sundays excepted.
"Official Schedule Time" furnished by Anderson &
Randolph, Jewelers, 101 and 103 Montgomery St., S. F.
T. H. GOODMAN, Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agt.
A. N. Townb, General Superintendent.
SONOMA VALLEY RAILROAD.
Tlio Steamer " Sonoma" leaves Wash-
ington-street Wharf daily (Sundays and Fridays
excepted) at 2 p.m., for Norfolk, connecting with cars
for the town of Sonoma and way stations, arriving 6
p.m.; returning, leaves Sonoma 7 a.m. (Saturdays and
Sundays excepted), arriving at San Francisco 11 a.m.
For further particulars apply at General Office, 426 Mont-
gomery street, or at Washington-street Wharf.
PETER J. McGLYNN,
Feb. 7. Q. P. and T. Agent.
ALASKA COMMERCIAL COMPANY,
No. 310 Sansome Street,
San Francisco,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN FUSS.
[September 21.]
NOTICE.
For the Tery best photographs so to
BRADLEY & RULOFSON'S, in an Elevator, 429
Montgomery street. Oct. 29.
A correspondent remarks on the number of
officers killed in the Zulu and Afghanistan wars.
In the Zulu war there was actually killed forty-
one, died of disease nineteen. In Afghanistan
thirty-three killed, died of disease thirty-nine —
132 in all, an enormous consumption of officer-
life. In the Crimean War, which lasted two
years, there were only ninety officers killed — a
remarkable contrast, seeing the hard fighting
they had.
DOMESTIC GREETING.
As homeward comes the married man,
He's met by wife at door,
With fond embrace and loving kiss
And — *' Baby's throat is sore!
" And did you think to stop at Brown's
And get that marabout
I ordered yesterday? — and, dear,
Fred's boots are all worn out!
"I'm glad you are so early, John,
So much I miss you, dear —
I've a letter from mamma:
She's coming to live here.
" How very glad yon look, dear John,
I knew that you wdtild be —
The flour's out, the butter, and
You must send home some tea.
" That plumber has been here again ;
If you don't pay he'll sue ;
And Mr. Pendergast called
To say your rent was due.
"Fred's trowsers are half cotton, John,
You thought they were all wool —
Oh, that reminds me that your son
Was whipped to-day at school.
"The roof has leaked and spoiled the rugs
Upon the upper hall ;
And Jane must go, the careless thing !
She let the mirror fall
"To-day, as she was moving it
(The largest one, dear John),
Of course it broke ; it also broke
The lamp it fell upon.
"What makes you look so grave, my love?
Take off your things and wipe
Your feet— and only think, to-day
Jane broke your meerschaum pipe.
"Oh, John! that horrid! horrid word!
You do not love me, dear ;
I wish that I — boo-hoo — were dead —
You're crosB as any bear."
— Boston Transcript.
-WINTER ARRANGEMENT.
Comment ins Friday, Nov. 21st, 1879,
and until further notice, Passenger Trains will leave
San Francisco, from Passenger Depot on Townsend
street, between Third and Fourth streets, as follows :
8 0A A.M. daily for San Jose and Way Stations.
.OVJ g^=- stages for Pescadero (via San Mateo)
connect with this train only.
I ("| Ofi a.m. daily for San Jose, Gilroy, Hollister,
J-"'"" Tres Pinos, Pajaro, Castroville, Monterey,
Salinas, Soledad and all Way Stations, g^f3* At Pa-
jaro, the Santa Cruz R. R. connects with this train for
Aptos, Soquel and Santa Cruz. 63T" At Castroville,
change cars for Monterey. B5j?~ Stage connections
made with this train. (Pescadero Stages via San Mateo
excepted.)
3 0A p.m. daily (Sundays excepted) for San Jose,
" *■* " Gilroy, and principal Way Stations.
4.30
p.m. daily for San Jose and Way Stations.
6.30
p.m.— daily,for Menlo Park and Way Stations.
j(j®- The Extra Sunday Trains to San Jose and Way
Stations have been discontinued for the winter season.
Second-Class Fare.
Between San Francisco and San Jose 81,00.
On Freight Trains only, leaving San Francisco at 4:00
A.M. and 10:40 a.m.; San Jose at 5:35 a.m. and 8:30 p.m.
(daily, Sundays excepted).
Excursion Tickets at Reduced Bates
To San Jose and intermediate points sold on Saturdays,
and Sunday mornings, good for return until following
Monday inclusive.
Also, EXCURSION TICKETS to Aptos, Soquel, Santa
Cruz aud Monterey, sold on Saturdays only — good for
return until the following Monday inclusive.
g^°* Principal Ticket Office — Passenger Depot, Town-
send street. Branch Ticket Office— No. 2 New Mont-
gomery street, Palace Hotel.
A. C. BASSETT, Supt. H. B. JUPAH, A. P. &T. A.
SOUTHERN DIVISIONS.
Commencing- Monday, May 19th, 1879.
|5P~ Passengers for points on the Southern Divisions
of the road will take the cars of the Central Pacific Rail-
road via OAKLAND, leaving SAN FRANCISCO via Ferry
Landing, Market street, at 4:00 P.M. daily (Arizona Ex-
press Train) , and making close connection at GOSHEN
for Sumner, Mojave, Los Angeles, Wilmington, Ana-
heim, Colton, Colorado River, Yuma, Maricopa and Casa
Grande (182 miles east from Yuma). Nov. 22.
Pc»». 14, 1870.
CALIFORNIA ADVKKTTSKU.
13
PUN -- DOMESTIC AND IMPORTED.
Sergeant Parry, in illustration n( * case, told the followim; nneo-
Merchant* went to an Eastern Sovereign, and exhibited fur
•vera! very ft i. be king a.lmirvl them, nrul bought them :
ni'T m incrvhnnts a lac of rupMi to parohaM more horses
for him. The king dm day. in a sportive bumor, ordsred the visier to
it ■ li*t i»f all the fools in his dorotnjoaa, Em «li<l so, anil pot his
■ y *■ name at the head of them. The king aakeri why. He replied,
** Because yon intrusted a lac nf rupees to men von don't know, ami who
will new come l>ack." " Ay. but suppose they should come back?"
'* Then I shall erase your name and insert theirs."
A lady with a fatal squint came once to a fashionable artist for her
portrait. He looked at her, and she looked at him, and both were em-
barrasvd. He spoke first : Would your ladyship jK-rmit me," he said,
ke the portrait in profile ! There is a certain shyness about one of
your Ladyships eyes which is as difficult in art as it is fascinating in
nature."
A thick-headed squire, being worsted by Sidney Smith in-an argu-
ment, t.w.k his revenge by exclaiming, " If I had a son who was an idiot,
by Jove, I'd make him a parson." " Very probably," replied Sidney,
P but I see your father was of a different opinion."
Gentlemen, the Queen !— " I love her right weel," said a loyal Scot.
"I love her right and left wheel," said a no less loyal volunteer, deter-
mined not to be outdone. And they wheeled into the nearest refresh-
ment bar.
Lecture a lazy boy as much as you will on the necessity of develop-
ing his muscles, you cannot make sawing wood attractive. He would
rather be captain of a nine in baseball society than to be useful standing
among the blessed.
The Chelsea philosopher says : Why should the most delightful of
colors be associated with so many disagreeable things? We have Blue
Beard, blue bottle, blue books, blue ruin, blue stockings, blue pills and
blue devils.
An impertinent fop made a sport of an old farmer's large nose, mouth,
and chin; but the old farmer silenced him by saying, " Your nose, mouth,
an' chin all had to be made so 'at there 'd be material enough left for your
cheek."
Irate Squire: "Hi! you sir! you're fishing in my river. I demand
what you've caught." Fisherman: "All right, guv'nor. I've caught a
cold, and 'm catching the rheumatics, and you're jolly welcome to 'em
both."
There is a touching beauty in the pale wild rose that grows ty the
dusty wayside, half-choked with thistle-down ; but it is all lost upon the
man who breaks both his back suspender buttons when he stoops to
pluck it.
"Billy Jones," said a bullying urchin to another lad, "next time I
catch you alone, I'll flog you like anything." "Well," replied Bill, "I
ain't often much alone ; I commonly have my legs and my fists with me."
The Weather and the CropB.— Young Farmer: "Nice warm rain
— bring things out o' the ground, won't it ?" Reprehensible Old Widower:
"Don't mention it! I've got two wives there already!"
"De Profundi's. " — Pat (after a sip) "An' which did ye put in first —
the whisky or the wather?" Domestic: " The whisky, av coorse." Pat:
"Ah, thin maybe I'll be coming to't by-'n-bye!"
" The only time I ever enjoyed the music of a drum," said a cynical
old bachelor, " was once when I knew that an enemy across the way had
a baby that he wanted to get to sleep."
A popular conundrum among the anti-Chinese men of California is,
"Why is a Chinaman like a vegetable garden?" The answer is, "Be-
cause he queue cumbers his head."
Ike's last trick was to throw Mrs. Partington's old gaiter in the alley,
and call the old lady down from the third floor to see an alley-gaiter.
" What I'd like to know," said a schoolboy, " is how the mouths of
rivers can be so much larger than their heads."
Riddle-iculoua. — When is the bloater you eat at breakfast like a boat-
race ? — When it is a hard- rowed one — A- ha I
Pantomimical. — Can a transformation scene when placed under the
lime-light be always sub-lime ?
New Setting of an Old Saw {by a Neioly-marricd Man). — An En-
glishman's house is his wife's castle!
A soldier's monument should be on the spot on which he fell. No
fall, no monument.
If a man is in the habit of giving his word to people, how can he be ex-
pected to keep it ?
Can squeezing a person in a crowd be termed a "liberty of the
preBS ?"
When are Flowers out of Breath?— When they are fully blown.
Who was the jovial Scotchman who gave his name to the Merrimac ?
Pillars of the State— Columns of the Press.
According to the " Electrician, "a marvelous discovery has also been
made in America. For a long time the search for gold in its manufac-
tured condition has been a difficult and uncertain task. How many
thousands in Australia and in California contrived to buy land that was
worthless, and labor for nuggets which never came to light, the records of
the gold-fields sufficiently testify. In the future, however, this need,
happily, not occur. An American has, we are told, "invented an elec-
tric divining rod, whereby paying deposits of gold, silver and copper can be
positively indicated, and their exact location pointed out." This being
the case, all the speculator will have to do is to possess himself of one of
these instruments to find silver and gold mines without the slightest
trouble. The sole difficulty which will then remain to be overcome will
be that of persuading investors who have money to spare to join with him
in purchasing the claim and opening the ground. If he succeed in that,
the results, to him at least, will be exceedingly satisfactory. What they
will prove to the investors is quite another question.
Nothing purifies and enriches the blood and destroys all poisons in the
system like Hop Bitters.
E. M. Fry. FRY, WATTLES & CO., J. B. Wattles.
Stock Brokers.
303 Montgomery sim-i. h. F., Vnder the Nevada Bnnk.
^M Money to loan i ante Nov. 8.
Geo. C. Hick ox. £. 0. McFarlani.
GEORGE C. HICKOX & CO.,
tlommlsslon Stock Broken (Han Francisco Stock Ex-
/ i-hange. No. Wl M.mt^nnu-rv street. Sun Francisco. May 4.
James H. Grossman.] (H. F. Baker, O.E., Mining Engineer.
GROSSMAN & BAKER,
Mine Broker*. vi\ Pine street, San Francisco, California.
Mii-iiu- Properties Examined, Surveyed and Reported on ; Ore and Minerals
Assayed or Analysed ; Sales Negotiated or Capital procured for development. Con-
nections in London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, Now York, Boston, Philadelphia, Balti-
more, St. Louis and Chicago. Jan. 17.
"CUMBERLAND7 MINE,
Yavapai Comity, Arizona. Ofliee: No. 417 California St.,
San Francisco, California. President. GEORGE M. CIPRIOO. Secretary, J.
H. GRIFFITHS. Office Hours : 2 p.m. daily. Oct. 11.
TO MINE OWNERS.
THE SYNDICATE MINING ASSOCIATION
Was Organized Atigust 28th, 1878, for the Purpose of Capitalizing Mining Properties,
Expecting that by Care and Preliminary Expenditure, it would he Able
to Secure and Promote only Dividend-Paying Mines.
The Directors of the Syndicate Mining- Ass'n, of Baltimore, Md :
Mr. Charles G. Kerr, Lawyer, Baltimore, Md President.
Governor Oden Bowie, ex-Governor of Maryland Vice President.
Mr. Wm. Emmet Banks, Merchant, Baltimore Treasurer.
Col. Harry McCoy, Baltimore Secretary.
Hon, G. C. Walker... Ex-Governor of Virginia.
Hon. Robert T. Banks Ex -Mayor of Baltimore.
Hon. E. J. Henkel, M.C Anne Arundel Co., Maryland.
James D. Martin Merchant, Washinfrton, D.C.
Hon. John Merryman Ex-State Treasurer, Md.
Hon. M. W. Ransom United States Senator, Weldon, N.C.
E. McMurdy Inspector,
SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE:
Room 26t Cosmopolitan Building, No. 203 Bush Street.
IJannary 24.J
ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
Hale and Norcross silver Mining Company, --Location of
principal place of business, San Francisco, California— Location of works,
Virginia Mining District, Storey County, Nevada.— Notice is hereby given that at a
meeting of the Board of Directors, held on the fourteenth day of January, 1880, an
assessment (No. 63) of One Dollar per share was levied upon the capita] stock of the
Corporation, payable immediately, in U. S. gold coin, to the Secretary, at the office
of the Company, Room No. 58, Nevada Block, northwest corner Pine and Montgom-
ery streets, San Francisco, California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall remain unpaid on the NINETEENTH
day of FEBRUARY, 1830, will be delinquent and advertised for sale at public auc-
tion ; and unless payment is made before, will be sold on THURSDAY, the ELEV-
ENTH day of MARCH, 1880, to pay the delinquent assessment, together with cost of
advertising and expenses of sale. By order of the Board of Directors
JOEL F. LIGHTNER, Secretary.
Office— Room No. 58, Nevada Block, northwest corner Pine and Montgomery
streets. San Francisco. Jan. 24.
ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
Gila Silver Mining Company—Location of principal place
of business, San Francisco, California ; location of works, Reveille Mining
District, Nye County, Nevada.— Notice is hereby given, that at a meeting of the
Board of Directors, held on the fifteenth day of January, 1880, an assessment (No.
6) of Twenty-five Cents per share was levied upon the capital stock of the corpora-
tion, payable immediately in United States gold coin, to the Secretary, at the office
of the Company, Room 7, Safe Deposit Building, 328 Montgomery street, San Fran-
cisco, California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall remain unpaid on the seventeenth day
of February, 1880, will be delinquent, and advertised for sale at public auction ; and
unless payment is made before, will be sold on TUESDAY, the ninth (9th) day of
March, 1880, to pay the delinquent assessment, together with costs of advertising
and expenses of sale. By order of the* Board of Directors.
WM. W. PARRISH, Secretary.
■ Office— Room 7, Safe Deposit Building, No. 328 Montgomery street, San Francisco,
Cal. Jan. 31.
MADAME WALDO COHEN,
PIANOFORTE AND SINGING,
Sept. 20. 507 Hyde Street, San Francisco.
JOSEPH GILLOTT'S STEEL PENS.
Ooid Medal, Paris, 1S7S.
Sold by all Stationers. Sole Agent for the United States:
MR. HENRY HOE, 91 John street, N. Y. Jan. 6.
D. HICKS & CO.,
Bookbinders and Blank Book Manufacturers,
NO. 543 CLAY STREET.
^" Blank Books Ruled, Printed and Bound to Order. [Nov. 8.
COKE CHEAPEST FUEL.
Reduction in Price: Wholesale Price, 50 cents per barrel ;
Retail Price, 60 cents per barrel, at the works of the SAN FRANCISCO GAS-
LIGHT COMPANY, Howard and First streets, and foot of Second st. Jan. 12.
EDWARD BOSQUI & CO.,
Printers, Engravers, Lithographers and Bookbinders,
Leidcsdorff street, from Clay to Commercial.
MME. ZEITSKA'S
French, German anil English Institute for Vonng Ladies,
and Kiudergarten for Children from 3 to 6 years. 922 Post street.
Jan. 17. MME. B ZE1TSKA, Principal.
REV. J. J. BLEASDALE, D.D.,
ANALYST,
News Letter Office, 609 Merchant Street, above Montgomery, S F.
14
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Feb. 14, 1880.
DIES NATAUS.
On this, dear sister, this thy natal day,
Accept a humble tribute from my heart,
Which on the altar of my love I lay,
Although it cannot show how dear thou art.
E'en as I write my eyes are dimmed with tears,
For recollections of my youth and thee
Come softly backward from the far-off years,
Bringing that long ago again to me.
That long ago when life was in its Spring,
And flowers of joy and beauty strewed the way —
Alas ! too soon did sorrow darkly fling
His sombre shadow on our happy day.
Yes, we were happy, sister, hopeful, young,
And all the world seemed beautiful and fair;
Guileless and free our little songs we sung,
And all our little joys and griefs did share.
Our youth is gone ! away the years have flown,
And I have often wandered far from thee ;
And other skies and lands and forms have known,
But still thine image, dear, has followed me.
An aching, longing fills my heart to-day —
I think of thee with joy and happy tears,
And unto heaven most fervently I pray
To give thy precious life still many years.
But far from thee my weary path is laid,
And what seemed love flashed with a struggling gleam,
And many a sacred trust has been betrayed,
Or swept away in disappointment's stream.
Though every radiant star decline in gloom,
And cherished hopes forever from me flee,
Borne thither on affection's faithful plume
My heart, dear sister, will remain with thee.
— D. W. C. Sprague, in Evening Mail.
THE CHINESE PROBLEM.
The Chinese Question, for some time past comparatively dormant,
is once again to the front in its most formidable shape. It may be no-
ticed that this fruitful source of fruitless discussion always comes to the
top at times when the political pot is seething, but drops out of sight
without anything having been accomplished the moment all political pur-
poses have been subserved. Yet the evil caused by the Chinese must be
as great at one time as at another. If they cause poverty among white
people during election campaigns, or while the Legislature is in session,
the effect of their presence must be as harmful at seasons when politics
are stagnant. The fact, then, that all agitation on the subject is reserved
for periods when office-seekers can make capital out of it, seems to show
that the evil is not so great as represented, and plainly points to the real
agitators and their motives. It is, however, of no use to deny that the
Chinese problem is one whose solution should be sought with the most
thoughtful and intelligent consideration, for, until it is solved, it will conj
tinue to be a nuisance, an expense and a constant source of trouble
to us all. He, however, who would examine the question carefully, is
met at the outset by the almost insuperable difficulty that public opinion
is nearly evenly divided as to whether they work a benefit or an injury to
the interests of the Coast. It is true that in point of mere numbers
the preponderance is greatly in favor of the anti-Chinese element, but,
when the quality of the pro-Chinese element — that is to say, its knowl-
edge and the interests which it has at stake — are taken into consideration,
this preponderance is materially diminished. Let us, however, suppose
that all classes are unanimous in wishing to get rid of the Chinese — or,
rather, that all those who wish them to stay are influenced only by their
own selfishness, without regard to the good of the country. It then only
remains to consider what means we shall best employ to relieve ourselves
from the incubus. So far, the anti-Chinese agitators have mainly sought
to accomplish their object by a resort to violence ; and by violence we
mean laws framed with the intention of worrying the Chinese out of the
country, as much as we mean the brickbat and the torch of the hoodlum.
Indeed, we far prefer the open hostility of the Kearneyite to the am-
bushed malice of the anti-Chinese legislator. Nothing is to be gained by
beating about the bush. Either we do want to once and forever get rid
of the Chinese, or we do not. Without regard to our own Rentiments,
and without attempting to argue on the other and perhaps stronger side
of the question, we have accepted, for the nonce, the proposition that " the
Chinese must go." It has been plainly shown in times past, and will be
again if need be, that this community will not allow physical violence to
be used in the premises. It is evident to every sensible man that laws
framed expressly to annoy the Chiuese are not only cowardly and un-
worthy of a self-respecting commonwealth, but are also utterly futile, so
far as getting rid of the Celestials is concerned. The Chinaman is among
ua — admitted by our treaties, by our laws, and in accordance with the es-
sential spirit of our principles and institutions. If we find him astride
our necks, like an " old man of the sea," it is not by burning his wash-
houses, or by pulling his queue on the streets, or by holding indignation
meetings, that we can hope to rid ourselves of his presence. Our remedy
lies in proving ourselves to be his equal in ability and the desirable at-
tributes which he possesses, and this once done, the other advantages
which we possess over him will speedily tip the balance in our favor. It
is a popular point of argument to say that the white man cannot compete
with the Chinaman, because he cannot live so cheaply without degrading
himself. Noboby wants the white man to enter into any competition of
the sort. There are hundreds of manufacturing establishments and thou-
sands of private families in which Chinamen are employed, where the
employer hates the Mongolian race, and would gladly see them out of Cal-
ifornia. But he finds in the despised Mongol the qualities which are
most desirable in the mechanic and the domestic, but which are wanting
in the white man. It is not alone a question of lower wages. It is, to a
far greater extent, a question of industry, sobriety, docility— to say noth-
ing of skill. It might be better for the Caucasian race to employ them,
and them only, with all their faults ; but we cannot expect every man to
be a philanthropist at his own expense. However, as we have said, the
difference in wages would in innumerable instances be more than counter-
balanced by the innate prejudice against Chinese, if the white man only
showed himself the equal of John in other respects. One illustration will
suffice — that of the domestic servant: When Biddy learns to get break-
fast instead of going off to church, to hold her tongue about the affairs
of the family she serves, to keep herself neat in person, to accommodate
herself to the wishes of her employer, to do what she is bade to do with-
out incessant protest, and to cultivate a reasonable amount of intelligence,
then she may be certain of getting work, even if she asks double the
wages of the Chinaman, who already possesses these desirable traits.
THE CHINESE NEW YEAR.
On the second day of the Chinese New Year Colonel Bee received
at the Chinese Consulate no fewer than 450 white visitors, besides a large
delegation of Chinese merchants and dignitaries. A very palatable re-
past was speedily made to look like a famine by such a numerous host ;
but, elaborately as the Colonel's table was furnished, it could scarcely
come up to the following menu of a dinner given to a select party by a
wealthy Chinese merchant of Sacramento street :
Four Large Classical Dishes — Swallows' nests and pigeons' eggs, sharks'
fins with crabs, wild ducks, ducks and cabbage.
Courses served in cups placed before each guest. — Swallows' nests,
sharks' tins, plain mushrooms, vegetables, mushrooms and ducks' feet,
snails' saute'es, pigeons cut in slices, sundry plates.
Four Middle Dishes. — Ham in houey, mashed peas, vegetables, shell-
fish.
Sundry Dishe3. — Cheese of peas and bamboo roots, bamboo roots,
chicken, shell-fish, four dishes of dried fruits, four kinds of Bugared
fruits, four kinds of ripe fruits.
Four Side Dishes.— Fowl and ham, fish and gizzard, tripe and vermi-
celli, duck and pork cutlets.
Dishes placed before each guest. — Almonds and grains of watermelon,
pears, oranges.
Sugared aud Salted Courses, served in cups and placed before each
guest. — Two dishes of salted cakes, one ham broth, one broth composed
of pork, fowl and crabs, two sugared cakes, one cup of lotus fruit, one
cup of almond milk.
Roast and Boiled Dishes. — Sucking pig, roast duck, boiled fowl, boiled
pork.
Side Dishes. — One dish of cake and broth, one dish of pheasant.
Last Course. — Mutton, almond jelly, white cabbage, pork, rice, cups
of green tea.
Considering that the Eastern-European telegrams published by all the
dailies come from a single source, and are couched in precisely the same
words, it is rather funny to see each of these valuable journals persist-
ently claiming the said telegrams as "special" to itself. The lie is not
worth the expense of the type-setting it takes to tell it.
St. John's Presbyterian Church, Post street, between Mason and
Taylor. Rev. Dr. W. A. Scott, Pastor, preaching as usual Sunday at 11
a.m. and 7£ p.m. Sunday School and Bible Class, 9& a. m. Prayer and
Praise Service, 6£ P.M.
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
The Company's steamers will sail as follows at 12 M:
CITY OF TOKIO, March 20th— CITY OF PEKING, May 1st— for YOKO-
HAMA and HONGKONG.
COLIMA, February 20th, for NEW YORK and PANAMA, calling at ACAPULCO,
SAN JOSE £>E GUATEMALA, LA LIBERTAD and PUNTA ARENAS.
Tickets to and from Europe by any Hue for sale at the lowest rate3 ; also to Ha-
vana and all West India ports.
ZEALANDIA, February 16th, at 12 o'clock M., or on arrival of the English
mails, for HONOLULU, AUCKLAND and SYDNEY. $10 additional is charged for
passage in Upper Saloon.
Round the World Trip, via New Zealand and Australia, $650. Tickets also issued
from San Francisco to New York via New Zealand and Australia.
DAKOTA, February 20th, for VICTORIA, PORT TOWNSEND, SEATTLE, and
TACtfMA, connecting at TACOMA with Northern Pacific Railroad for PORT-
LAND, Oregon, and at Seattle with local steamers for Skaget River and Mines.
Tickets must be purchased before 11 a.m. on day of sailing, at Wharf Office.
For freight or passage apply at the office, cor. First and Brannan streets.
Feb. 14. WILLIAMS. DIMOND & CO., General Agents.
FOR PORTLAND AND ASTORIA, OREGON.
The Oregon Steamship Company aud Pacific Coast Steam-
ship Company will dispatch every five davs, for the above ports, one of their
new Al Iron Steamships, viz.: OREGON, GEORGE W. ELDER, and STATE OF
CALIFORNIA.
Sailing Days
Feb. 1, 6, 11, 16, 21, and 86. | Maroh. 2, 7, 12, 17, 22, and 27.
At 10 o'clock. A. M.
Connecting at Portland, Oregon, with Steamers and Railroads and their connecting
Stage Lines for all points in Oregon, Washington aud Idaho Territories, British
Columbia and Alaska.
K. VAN OTERENDORP, Agent O. S. S. Co.,
No 210 Battery street, San Francisco.
GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Agents P. C. S. S. Co.,
Feb. 7. No. 10 Market street, San Francisco.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
Pacific Kail Steamship Company.— New Torb and Panama
liine. The Splendid Steamer COLIMA will sail FRIDAY, February 20th,
taking Passengers to NEW YORK, via PANAMA, at the following GREATLY RE-
DUCED RATES : Upper Deck, $85 ; Saloon, §75 ; Steerage, $35. Apply at Com-
pany's Office, First and Brannan streets.
Feb. 7. WILLIAMS, DIMOND & CO., Gsneral Agents.
Nb. 14, 1880.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
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'The World," the Flesh, and the Devil.
[Br » Truthful Penman.]
His Holiness the Pope, gently be it syllabled, occasionally steals out
of the Vatican, incognito, for a quiet drive through the streets of Rome.
ill be promptly and indignantly denied ; but it is true, nevertbe-
Iw, Who wan in the church of the Gesu iu company with Cardinals
■ 1 ili Pietro t»n Christmas-eve ?^^They tell a good story of W — ,
f Cork landlord. He recently met his tenantry at Coachford, a lonely
hamlet far from civilisation. They told him they were unable to pay the
rent : they wanted abatement and time. " Divel an abatement! " he
cried ; " but I tell you what— I'll allow you a month's delay, and any
mother's son anions you that doesn't square up then will get a bullet
through his head. You've been shooting the landlords long enough ; it's
their turn now.'" As Mr. \V — is a man of his word, and his revolvers
throw straight, those bills are likely to be acquitted in full.—— Mr. Pan-
mure Gordon is having a Pullman cur constructed for himself, to run be-
tween Brighton and London. A first-rate cook is to be attached to it, and
Mr. Gordon contemplates having breakfast, if not dinner, "on board"
daily. For this luxury the railway company is to charge him £1,200 per
annum ; but then he is allowed to carry a certain number of passengers,
and these will, no doubt, combine with him in dividing the expenses. —
Eon don IFbrW.— -The Lord Mayor of London, in a letter of some
length, informs the public of the shape which it is proposed that the
National Monument to Sir Rowland Hill should take. The Mansion
House Committee have wisely resolved to establish a fund which shall
supplement the statutory provision already made for the people employed
in the Postoffice. The Lord Mayor consequently invites the public to co-
operate in establishing a Rowland Hill Benevolent Fund, to which aged
and distressed Postoffice servants, and their widows and orphans, may
look for aid. The cases he names painfully illustrate the need of such
assistance; and the public gratitude to Sir Rowland Hill for the great re-
form he accomplished could scarcely find more beneficent or more grace-
ful expression. No help whatever is given to the widows and orphans of
the Postoffice officials as such, and poorly paid walking postmen, sorters,
and the humbler class of clerks, must have the greatest difficulty in mak-
ing any provision themselves. Such circumstances as those which the
Lord Mayor gives, and which he says are fair samples of numerous dis-
tressing cases, can only be met by such a benevolent fund as the Mansion
House Committee propose. The Lord Mayor's appeal will doubtless evoke
a large response. There is reason to believe that Sir Rowland Hill would
have chosen that a National Memorial to him after his decease should
take some such form as this. It affords the public an oppertunity, more-
over, of giving practical expression to the value they attach to the services
of a very deserving and very useiul class of public officials. The Lord
Mayor, indeed, appeals to the colonies, and to other countries which have
profited by Sir Rowland Hill's work, to co-operate. We trust this well-
timed appeal may result in raising the fund to proportions which will
make a worthy memorial of the founder of the penny postage, and a
worthy expression of thanks fur what the Lord Mayor justly calls " the
boon which has accrued to the nation as a whole and every family in it."-^—
In the course of the excavations now going on in the bed of the Rhone,
near the Coulovreniere, many interesting objects, assigned by archaeol-
ogists to the age of polished stone, have been brought to light, the most
curious of which is a scraper of jade, highly finished, and in a condition
. as perfect as when it left the hands of the workman. The question arises,
and is being warmly discussed by the learned in lacustrine lore, how this
instrument, made of a mineral which exists in a natural state only in
Asia, can have found its way into the Rhone gravel at Geneva. ^— The
two Princes have not been tattooed, either with an anchor, the emblem
of hope, or with the broad arrow, the brand of the convict. In order to
get a " rise " out of Lord Napier of Magdala, and to cause some commo-
tion at home, they had their noses painted — a very different thing from
tattooing, which a little soap and warm w?ter will remove any time.^—
" Paris coachmen," the Shah observes, as if recording the habits of cer-
tain birds or beasts in the forests of Mazandaran, * never have any fixed
honrs of repose. I have not yet seen a coachman that keeps awake when
not actually moving. Whenever his master or the person who has hired
the vehicle croes into a shop or into a house to visit some one, or stops
there a short time, the coachman immediately falls asleep, and sleeps on
again till his master comes out. Every coachman has a newspaper iu his
hand, but before he can begin reading it be is fast asleep. "—The follow-
ing statistics, showing the religious persuasions of non-commissioned offi-
cers and men in the British army, will doubtless be of interest to many
at the present time. Allowing for defects in returns, there are, as nearly
as cau be ascertained, 100,000 men in the army who have declared them-
selves belonging to one or other of the great religious denominations. Of
these, 62,860 are returned as belonging to the Church of England, 7,125
are Presbyterians, 3,080 Wesleyans and other Protestants, and 20,872 are
returned as Roman Catholics. Thus, out of a total of 94,842, rather more
than two-thirds claim to be adherents of the Established Church.—
The last on dit iu the London musical world is that M. Strakosch, the
American impresario, will next season take Drury-lane Theater, and give
a series of Italian operas with a mixed company of American and Euro-
pean artistes. ^^The Hon. Cbas. Francis Adams, Jr., in his book about
railway accidents, says: " If any given person were born upon a railroad
car and remain upon it traveling 500 miles a day all his life, he would,
with average good fortune, be somewhat over eighty years of age before
he would be involved in any accident resulting in his personal injury,
while he would attain the highly respectable age of 930 years before being
killed. "—One of the most active of the Fusion managers in Maine is
said to be Col. Blood, former husband of Victoria Woodhull.^— The
widow of the late ex- President Tyler has petitioned Congress for relief
from the poverty which has overtaken her in old age. The circumstance
that her husband wmt out of the White House poorer than when ho en-
tered it ffu creditable as amirdim; a negative evidence that President
Tyler attended to his public duties more carefully than to his private
business.
THE "CHRONICLE" V& COHEN.
In the proceedings had before the Supreme Court, in which A. A.
Cohen so cmnmeiidably tried to obtain for J. C. Duncan his Constitu-
tional rights, the reporter quotes him as pledging his word " as an officer
of that Court," that " there wa» not ont particle of suspicion that Mr, Dun-
can had appropriated one dollar of the numegqf the bank." He asserted
that, at the last trial, " the defence emphatically offered to go into this
charge, and challenged the prosecution to do so." Again, on another oc-
casion, also before the Supreme ( 'ourt, Mr. Cohen pledged his honor that
" in the whole 700 pages of testimony of the first trial there waB not a
line that could criminate the defendant." Now, Mr. Cohen was no paid
advocate. He did not pledge his word and his honor in any Pickwickian
sense. He was bold and fearless in his assertions, founded upon months
of study of all the evidence, and a long and protracted trial. He dis-
claimed, most distinctly, being the mere lawyer, but said he voluntarily
went into the case without fee or hope of reward, " on behalf of right and
i'ustice, and to succor an oppressed and imprisoned man." We accord to
dr. Cohen the high position taken. We believe every assertion that he
made in regard tothe client he has so generously volunteered to defend.
So unselfish was his zeal that he did not even assume any right as leading
counsel, but, sinking all petty pride, declared himself subordinate to the
young and talented advocate, David McClure, who had been retained by
Mr. Duncan's sons. With these guarantees of his good faith and judg-
ment, every sensible man will feel that Mr. Cohen's declarations were
made with a firm belief in their truth. Yet we see the Chronicle never
missing an opportunity to hunt down and defame the man that their own
counsel declares is guiltless. They indite abusive articles, report the false
accusations of some five or six ignorant and malicious men assembled in
bogus meetings, and, with flaring capitals and head lines, denounce Mr.
Duncan as a " plunderer," " swindler," etc. And here is our point, and
we think his Honor, the Public, will say it is well taken. Mr. Cohen is
the counsel for Chas. De Young for the attempted assassination of Kal-
loch. On Mr. Cohen's talents, reliability, energy and legal ability depend,
in a great measure, the safety of De Young. Yet the Chronicle, by its
course, almost daily attacks the integrity and truth of the counsel who
stands between their chief and the remote possibility of a penitentiary.
Oh, fool, fool ; do you not know that if you could thus undermine and
destroy that integrity, honor and reliability of the man who is to defend
you, you destroy yourself ?
DR. FLATTS REPLY TO INGERSOLL'S ROCHESTER
LECTURE.
Mr. Ingersoll, in his late Rochester lecture against Religion, uttered
three sentences which Dr. Piatt uses as his text: First, " Man made all
the religions ;" second, " The next great thing is to get God out of re-
lisrion ;" and the third, " There will be no religious liberty until man is
himself the source of religion." Upon these three notions of Mr. Inger-
soll, Dr. Piatt makes these points: First — If man made all the religions,
and they are, as Mr. Ingersoll says, " nothing but " infamous lies," then
God has never been in religion, and man has never been out. And, sec-
ond— If "man made all the religions," and they are false, then man,
their inventor, is more false, and totally unfit to be the source of any re-
ligion. Dr. Piatt contends that the falser Mr. Iugersoll makes the reli-
gion which man made, the falser he makes man, the maker. Then, from
Mr. Ingersoll's views, we have had one false religion made by man, and
he proposes that we shall give up that one and let man make another.
This, Dr. Piatt urges, would be preposterous, for the reason that, as man
deceived the world in religion once, it is folly to trust him again. And,
besides, when the gods were dropped out of religion at Rome, Caesar came
to rule in their place ; and, when God was denied in France, terror
reigned, and Napoleon came to rule over the downfall of civilization. The
experiment to get along without religion, though made by man, failed in
Rome ; and the experiment to get along without the religion made by
God, as we say, failed in France. It is therefore folly, in the face of ex-
perience, to attempt to dispense with religion of some sort. If, then,
there must and will be a religion of some sort, shall it be a religion with
its resource in God or in man. If In man, is it a religion at all ?
UNREALIZED HOPES OP 1879.
Prom the following it will be seen how many mercantile argosies have
gone down in England and Wales during last year: Building trades, 2,128 ;
chemists and druggists, 188 ; coal and mining trades, 323 ; corn and cattle
trades, 1,309; drapery and woolen trades, 2,087 ; earthenware and China
trades, 135 ; furniture trades, 380 ; grocery and provision trades, 2.699 ;
hardware and ironmongery trades, 650 ; iron and steel trades, 487 ; jew-
elry and watch trades, 276; leather and coach trades, 1,100 ; merchants
and agents, 698 ; printing and stationery trades, 636; wine and spirit
trades, 1,604 ; miscellaneous, 1,042.
From a comparison of several years' failings we give a total list for the
last 18 years, from Messrs. Kemp's figures, wherein it will be seen that,
bad although 1879 was, it was not so bad as 1869, and considering the ex-
tension of trade and growth of population, we need not be so much sur-
prised at the result of the year just closed : Failures in the year 1867,
15,850; 1868, 15,862; 1869, 16,518; 1870, 8,151; 1871, 8,164; 1872, 8.112;
1873, 9,064; 1874. 9,250; 1875, 9,194; 1876, 10,848; 1877, 11,247; 1878,
13,630; 1879, 15,732.
The total failures in the United States during this period were as fol-
lows: Failures in the year 1870, 3,551; 1871, 2,915; 1872, 4,069; 1873,
5,183 ; 1874, 5,830; 1875, 7,740; 1876, 9,092 ; 1877, 8,822.— Export Mercan-
tile Advertiser.
Paris.— In 1876 the population of Paris amounted to 1,988,800. Ex-
clusive of public establishments, the city contained 74,740 houses or build-
ings, in which there were 367.547 shops, workshops, or other industrial
offices, and 684,962 residential dwellings. The total rent paid is estimated
at 580,000,000 francs, or S116,000,000 ; the sum of 248,000,000 francs, or
$49,000,000, being for the shops and offices, and 332,000,000 francs, or $66,-
400,000, for residences. In circumference the city measures 31,500 metres,
or, taking the military road round the city, 33,300 metres, or rather more
than 20.J English miles.
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Feb. 14, 1880.
BEGINNING AGAIN.
When sometimes our feet grow weary,
On the rugged hills of life —
The path stretched long and dreary
With trial and labor rife —
We pause on the toilsome journey,
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
Recorded in the City and County of San Francisco, California, for
the Week ending February 7, 1880.
Compiled from the Records of the Commercial Agency, 401 California St., S.F.
Monday, February Sd.
Glancing backward in valley and glen,
And sigh with infinite longing
To return and begin again.
Far behind is the dew of the morning,
In all its freshness and light,
And before are doubts and shadows,
And the chill and gloom of the night.
We remember the sunny places
We passed so carelessly then,
And ask, with a passionate longing,
GRANTOR AND GRANTEE. | DESCRIPTION.
PRICE
Abraham Magncs to Eliza Magnes
Moses Meyerfield to Sara Mann..
Frank Caningbam to Frank Marsh
Henry Pierce to Wm H Mead
Geo C Perkins to Jno D Sprecklea
M McLaughlin to Katie Callaghan
Tuesdt
Lot 38 blk 9, Flint Tract Homestead. . . .
$ 1
500
300
38
E Buchanan, 68:9 n O'Farrell, 34:4x137:6
Sw 21st and Howard, 127:6x245
10
1
21,350
1,550
N Filbert, 165 e Webster, 30x120
iy, February 3d.
E Fillmore, 90 n Clay, 37:8x137:6
Se Park ave, 100 ne Cit Hall ave, 25x100
S Green, 275 w Powell, s 137:6, etc
W Parren ave, 75 n Eddy, 25x90
$5,000
To return and begin again.
Ah, vain, indeed, is the asking !
Life's duties preBS all of us on,
XFScherrto Henry Wabmuth ..
Jno H Church to Mary A Church.
R O'Conner toEurique Palacios..
H Dorland to Patk Hogan
7,500
5
800
And who dare shrink from the labor,
Or sigh for the sunshine that's gone ?
S Church Lane, 130:11 w Alemany street
Se O'Parrell and Franklin, s 60x137:6..
NP Smith to Jno G Avrea
2,862
7,000
And, it may be, not far before us
Wait fairer places than then ;
Life's paths may yet lead to still waters,
Though we may not begin again.
Patk Connolly to P Connolly
Patk Biggins to Jno Moreland ...
Geo Mearns to L G Des Roches. . .
li.iO
W Florida, 129:6 n Napa, 85x100
Lot 7 blk 78, University Homestead
1,500
1
500
Wednesday, February 4th.
Mission & 30th st Hd to J H Smith
Jno P Cline to R J Techau .......
Lot 210 block 34
$ 375
Be our paths on the hills of life.
And soon with a radiant dawning
Transfigure the toil and the strife ;
And our Father's hand will lead us
Tenderly upward then ;
In the joy and peace of a fairer world
He'll let us begin again.
1
Nw Pine and Pierce, 87:6x137:6
Se Bryant, 19.5 aw 6th, 30x75; also bw of
5,050
Peter H Campbell to A C Howe. . .
M O Sullivan to Geo H "Weaver..
H Cowell to Amer Sugar Refinery.
Emanuel Steiner to Jno Heim....
R E Rowland to G B Bradford....
Henry Mayer to M J O'Callaghan. .
Tide Ld Comrs to Alfred Barrett..
Jno D Doscber to Patk Cleary. .e.
Patk Cleary to J D Doscher
Tbos Spooner to Andrew Wilson.
Aug J Saulman to Agnes Collins. .
Lovell White to Micbt Dodd
J Jackson, 155:9 w Buchanan, 25:3x127:8
Sundry lots in Western Addition....:..
3,600
1
1
Snb 3 of lot 11, blk 354, Hunter Tract . .
Lot 83, blk 15 and lot 9, blk 2, Mission
and 30th St Hd
800
130
2,300
C3.AWTRAT.TVPc; T^f)1WANOT!
8
The marriage of Garibaldi, which has just been annulled in the
Se Sanchez and 26tb, s 57x30
Lot 11, blk I, RRHd
1,800
Court of Appeal, took place under romantic circumstances, whifh are
3,300
700
more widely known in their general burden than in their detail. Every-
body in Europe is aware how, on the morrow of his wedding with Signora
Kaimondi, he took his departure for Caprera, and never again consented
to see his wife. How the unfortunate affair was brought about only a few
friends remember. It was at the opening of the campaign of 1859. Gar-
ibaldi was scouting the country between Varese and Como, and was about
to give his troops the order to advance, when a handsome young lady on
horseback entered the camp, and requested the favor of an audience.
She was the eldest daughter of the Mareheee Haimondi, by a sister of the
celebrated cantatrice, Signora Ronconi ; and she brought to Garibaldi,
on what seemed to be undoubted authority, the news of a concentration
Thursday, February 5th.
Laurell Hill Cem to L I Mowry. . . .
P Rotisset to City and County S F
E Van Ness, 93:11 n Vallejo, n 25), etc.
$ 25
5
1
S Chnrch Lane, 156:11 w Alemany, etc.
Sw Calaaud Stockton, w 117:6x63:9
Tlios T Crittenden to Jno Pinlay.
JMComerfotd to C P Doe
P F Taylor to Wm F Lauraeister..
C M Smith to C J Wingerter
Henry Gallagher to J H Bolton.. .
Jno O'Connor to Vincent Bellman
Bridget Kcane to Bridget White..
Joshua Gray to W P McAleater.. .
Ernst W Kleresahl to S Kleresahl
55,000
1
50
of Austrian troops, under General Urban, on the Cona route. Garibaldi
profited by the advice, went through the Borgho Vico Pass, and swept
the Austrians past the lake. The young Iris on horseback, however, had
made such on impression on his stout heart that directly after the peace
of Villafranca he proceeded to the Castello Fino, the seat of the Raimondi
family, where he was hailed as the Liberator of Italy by his fair friend
amongst all others ; seeing which, on the same evening he asked her hand
Sw Devisdo and Jackson, 63:9x137:6
3,300
Nw Kentucky and Sierra, 100x75
SNatoma, 235 e 2d. 20x60
Nw Franklin and Francisco, 200x137:6.
S Vale, 151:8 w Guerrero, 51:8x114
3,000
Gift
1,800
Gift
from her father. It may be doubted if even a princess would not have
considered such a proposal from the hero just then highly flattering.
When it is added that the young lady was an illegitimate child, and the
Savs and Ln Socy to Pred Shorckt
Lots 23, 21 blk 26 H A
Gift
Sw Mission and Brook, s 53, w etc
Se Sanchez and Elizabeth, 100x114
1,700
1,350
Marchese an enthusiastic patriot, it will be readily understood with what
pride and joy the latter at once gave his consent. Indeed, he never
Friday, February 6th.
seemed to imagine that his daughter might see the proffered match with
other feelings than himself. He hastened to announce it to the world,
fixed an early day for the marriage. Meanwhile, the girl was silent and
abashed, as if overwhelmed with a sense of the honor that befell her, and
as the day of the ceremony approached she seemed to be unwell, and took
G W Jenkins to Geo L Murdock..
Chas P SeeleytoThoa Farmer
Jas H Mitchell to E E Mitchell ....
Jas F Brennan to David Porter. . .
NeOctaviaand Lombard, 100x46:6
N 17th, 275 e Dolores, 35x115
W Howard, 160 n 19th, 50x122:6
Se Post and Laguna, 25:5x120; also ne
Same also lot 7 b Ik 531 Bay View Hd . . .
$ 700
3.000
5,000
6.082
4,911
to her bed. Numerous friends bad been summoned. The illustrious
WmHale to ThoB H Knight
bridegroom's best man had come on purpose from the end of Italy, and
Patk Kirwin to Lizzie W Moffatt..
Patk Cleary to Jno D Doscher
N Pine, 81:3 e Gonirh, 55:3x137:6
Se Folsom, 175 sw 8th, 25x90
10,000
1
although she complained of general weakness, had evidently no serious
Se 26lh and Sanchez, 57x80
1,550
ailment, the Marchese insisted that on the appointed day she should be
carried to chapel in an arm-chair. She fainted on being brought to the
altar; but the wedding took place none the less, and thus she became the
General's wife. It was on the following morning that Garibaldi left the
castle, on the unhappy girl's confession that she was enceinte. She has
since lived in Switzerland in close retirement.
Saturday, February 7th.
$ 5
425
Peter G Peltret to Patk dimming*
Jno D Doscher to Patrick Cleary.
Geo A Basler to Teresa McGeehen
Thos L Rutherford to AW Scott.
W Alabama, 175 s 26th, 25x100
E San chez, 57 s 26:h , 57x80
1,250
W 13th ave, 100 n J st, 25x120
Ne Poik and Green, e 112:6 n 100 etc . . .
l'.bbb
3,500
1
The Influence of the Weather on Trees.— Sir Robert Christison
read a paper to the Botanical Society of Edinburgh, on January 8th, on
Blk bounded by Stanyan, Waller, Cole
S Waller, 183:2 w Cole, etc
37,500
5
the relative growth of trees in 1879 and 1878. The inclement character
S C Hastings to T L Rutherford..
Edwd P Ohm to A W Scott
A W Scott to Chas Crocker
J C Piercy to D H Whittemore.. . .
O F Vohn Rhein to X Scbatzle . . .
N Skerrett to La Soc Garibaldina.
T W Jackson to Jno J Kenney. . . .
Hih S Si L Soc to Bridget Grady..
Sam 1 Ransom to Ales E Kennedy
A W Scott to A C Whitcomb
of the Summer months of 1879, as compared with 1878, was described by
a reference to the daily maximum temperatures noted in Edinburgh, from
which it appeared that for the six months ending with September the
mean for 1879 was fully five degrees less than for 1778, and the deficiency
of day temperature amounted to nearly ten degrees. Of eleven decidu-
ous trees, exclusive of oaks, that Sir R. Christison measured, the defi-
Se Waller and Stanyan, 375:3, s 100, etc
SwBrannan and 7th, 80x115
5
30,000
1
3,600
S 24th, 140 w San Jose ave, w 35x109. . .
S Broadway, 137:6 w Montgomery, w
3,200
18,000
200
400
5
ciency of growth during 1879, as compared with 1878, was 41 per cent.;
of seventeen evergreens, of the pine tribe, the deficiency was 20 per cent. ;
and of seven oaks the deficiency was 10 per cent. The seven oaks were of
different species, but they all gave results closely agreeing with each other.
Lot 14 blk 310 Pleasant View Hd
W Noe, 144 8 19th, 29x125
E Shotwell, 215 n 22d, 30x122:6
Blk bounded by Stanyan, Kate, Cole etc
17,500
Wm Rollins to Amos Mecartney..
Wm M Pierson to Wm Sinoo
L Peterson to M W E S Peterson.
SW Sacramento and Scott, 87:6x127:8. .
5
5
" De Frohmdis." — Pat (after a sip) : " An' which did ye put in first —
the whisky or the wather ?" Domestic : " The whiskv, av coorse." Pat :
N 24th, 50 w York, 50x104
Gift
2,400
1
" Ah, thin, maybe I'll be coming to 't prisently. " — Punch.
F C Havens to Savs and Loan Soc
Feb. 14, 1880.
CALIFORNIA ADVEHTISKH.
17
NOTAB1UA.
THE PEDDLERS SONG.
Lawn as white as driven mow ;
ink U k'ct «M crow ;
Glove* as sweet as damask rosea ;
Masks for faces and for noses ;
Bu£le-bracelet, necklace, amber;
Perfume for a lady's chamber;
Gold quoins and stomachers,
For my lads to give their dears ;
Pins and poking-sticks of steel.
What maids lack from head to heel:
Come buy of me.come; come buy.comebuy,
Buy, lads, or else your lasses cry.
William Suakspeare.
The pigeon is timid, but no cook can make it quail, nor, for the mat-
ter »>f that, is it possihle for the first chef of Paris to make the cooks at
the Original Swain's Bakery quail, though they can cook quail, or any-
thing else, to perfection. No kitchen, public or private, in San Fran-
cisco, can boast of so accomplished a staff of culinary artists as that of
the Original Swain's Bakery, on Sutter street, above Kearny. This one
feature, however, all important as it is, would not alone have sufficed to
give this celebrated restaurant its wonderful popularity. Dishes must
not only be well cooked, they must also be well served, and that, too, in
pleasant apartments. At the Original Swain's Bakery all these excellen-
cies are combined.
Captain Kentzel thinks that instead of "laugh and grow fat," it
ought to read " grow fat and be laughed at." If the rotund Captain were
to drink Landsberger's Private Cuvee, he would not attach so much value
to the world's sneers, since the influence of that delicious nectar is such
as to make him who drinks it look at all things from a pleasant and char-
itable point of view. Not only is Private Cuvee the pleasantest of wines,
but it has also become the most fashionable. Connoisseurs of unques-
tionable taste have unanimously pronounced their verdict in its favor,
and the world of generous livers now insist upon having Private Cuvee,
and no other brand.
Women wear lingerie now. They used to wear — well, call it under-
clothing.
Tennyson writes five hours a day, which wouldn't seem much from
the point of view of a car-conductor or a dry goods clerk : but when we
consider that he puts in every hour of the five in writing sweet nothings
to a young lady of whom he has lately become enamored, it is a good
deal. The secret of the poet's falling in love is this: the maiden in ques-
tion uses Madame Rachel's Enamel Bloom, and the rapturous things the
Laureate has said about her glorious complexion defy description. Ten-
nyson is not to be blamed, however. Enamel Bloom would make an
archangel fall in love with the cheeks which it adorns.
By the aid of niagic mirrors a thin oyster can be reflected into the
very heart of a church fair stew. There is, however, a way of avoiding
the necessity of any such shadowy flavoring, and that is to use a Union
Range, from De La Montanya, of 214 and 216 Jackson street. So perfect
are these ranges for culinary purposes, that it is impossible for any dish
cooked by them to go amisB. De La Montanya is also agent for the fa-
mous Chilson's Patent Improved Cone Furnaces, the most notable inven-
tion of the century for the purpose of warming theaters, churches, hos-
pitals, or any large building, whether public or private.
Buffalo Bill, in his book, tells of beef cattle so poor that he had to
prop them up to shoot them down.
Gout may be an aristocratic disease, but a boil is really a swell affair.
So, also, is the photographic establishment of Bradley & Rulofson, 429
Montgomery street, for thither it is that the elite of the city wend their
way when they want their counterfeit presentment finished in the highest
style that the photographic art has yet attained. The popularity and
fame of this firm has extended to the uttermost limits of the earth. If
an English Duke, a Chinese Mandarin or an Indian chief visits San Fran-
cisco, the first thing he does is to get his portrait taken at Bradley & Ru-
lofson 's.
"Snatched from the grave " in Ohio does not mean a life saved by
a new patent medicine or by an old doctor. It means exactly what it
says, and follows the funeral. But, in enlightened States like California,
"snatched from the grave " means a case of consumption or lung com-
plaint cured by the use of the celebrated Rock and Rye, manufactured
by F. & P. J. Casein, corner of California and Drumm streets. Besides
being a drink fit for the gods, the curative powers of Rock and Rye are
as wonderful as they are infallible. It is manufactured from pure rock
candy and the finest rye whisky.
Go to Sullivan's, 120 Kearny street, if you would procure the most
stylish cloaks, dolmans, or suits. No other store offers such rich and
fashionable goods at such moderate prices. The vast patronage which
the house enjoys shows that the ladies appreciate this fact.
Take " Ayer's Sarsaparilla " to purify the blood and purge out the
humors, pimples, boils and sores which are merely emblems of the rotten-
ness within.
The man fish will mod be a reality. Hamilton Fish, .Tr., will marry
Mi" Mum, of Tr.. y. N. V., in the early Spring. The young couple are
eomtng Weal to spend their honeymoon, nml the bride has written to
Mr*. Ski.inmre, the oelebtmtad WHBlft of 1111 Market street, to say that
she sxpeeti to visit her Millinery Parlors in order to make purchases for
the ensuing Meson. This looks very much as if the order of all things is
about to be reversed The West need to go to the East for its racing-
stink, wines, and fashions ; now the East comes to the West for these
things,
Nothing is so fatal to the romance of a kiss as to have your girl sneeze
at the very climax of osculation. At the same time, nothing is so fatal
to your chance of getting a kiss, even from a girl with a cold, as failing
to wear one of the stylish hats sold by White, the world -renowned hatter,
of 614 Commercial street. White has no rivals. The stamp of style and
fashion is set upon the headwear from his establishment, and nothing can
rub it out.
Housekeepers are advised to call upon Hartshorn & McPhun, 112
Fourth street, near Mission, for all kinds of carpets, oil-cloths, Linoleum
mattings, etc.; also, manufacturers of store and house window shades,
plain or ornamented. Uive them a call for first-class work, at the lowest
prices in the city.
Fred. H. Busby, 412 Market street, is the sole manufacturer of the
celebrated Narragansett Glove, impervious to water. All other kindB of
gloves and mittens are also made by him in every material known to the
trade.
His parched lips from the goblet quaffed ;
Down his hot throat the liquid flowed. Ah,
What can be a sweeter draught
To thirsty souls than Napa Soda !
No health with inactive liver and urinary organs without Hop Bitters.
See another column.
Every deaf person should try the Audiphone. Call upon H. E.
Mathews, 606 Montgomery street, S. F.
Household Furniture sold on the installment plan at Gilbert and
Moore's, 219 Bush street.
Homoeopathic Cough and Croup Syrup, 234 Sutter street.
Hallett, Davis & Co.'s Pianos. 13 Sansome street.
H. 3. Williams.
/A. Ohesebrough.
"W.xLDimond.
WILLIAMS, D1M0ND & CO.,
Shipping and Commission Merchants,
218 CALIFORNIA STREET.
AGENTS FOR
Pacific Mail Steamship Company, Pacific Steam Navigation
Company, The Canard Royal Mail Steamship Company,
' ' The California Line of Clippers ' ' from New York
and Boston, and "The Hawaiian Line"
San Francisco, January 31, 1SS0. [Jan. 31.
D. V. B. Henarie. Edward Martin.
E. MARTIN & CO.,
Importers and 'Wholesale Dealers in Wines and Liquors.
Proprietors of Miller's Extra Old Bonrbon and J. F. Cut-
ter Extra Old Bourbon and Rye Whiskies.
April 5. 408 Front Street, San Francisco.
REMOVAL.
CUMMINS & O'CONNOR,
Importers of Wines and Liquors,
HAVE REMOVED FROM
NO. 505 FRONT STBEET TO
238 and • II) MARKET STREET and 7 and 9 PINE STREET,
Between Front and Davis. [Feb. 7.
BOKER'S BITTERS.
The Undersigned is Sole Agent in California for the sale of
the above Celebrated Bitters. He is prepared to deal with Merchants and
Jobbers on the most reasonable term's. GEORGE MEL,
Jan. 24. 422 California street, San Francisco.
HIBERNIA BREWERY^
Howard Street, Between Eighth and Ninth.
Dec. 7.] Jtf". NUNA3T, Proprietor. _
JOHN JENNINGS
Hooper's South End Warehouses, corner Japan and Town-
send streets, San Francisco. First-class Fire-Proof Brick Building, capacity
10,000 tons. Goods taken from the Dock and the Cars of the C. P. K. R. and S. P.
R. R. free of charge. Storage at Current Rates. Advances and Insurance Effected.
Newton Booth, C. T. Wheeler, Sacramento. | J. T. Glover, W W. Dodge, S. F
W. W. DODGE & CO.
Wholesale Grocers, corner Front and Clay streets, San
Francisco. April 1.
CASTLE BROTHERS,
ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAR 1850.
Importers of Teas and East India Goods, Sos.213 and 215
Front street, San Francisco. ^ Jan. 13.
L.H.Newton. NEWTON BROTHERS & CO., M. Newton.
Importers and wholesale dealers in Teas, Foreign Goods and
Groceries, 204 and 1!0(J California street, San Francisco, Cal May 25.
TABER7 HARKER &~C0iT"
IMPOBTEBS AJfB ITHOLESAIB OBOCBBS,
10S and 110 California St., S. F.
fAiiril 19.]
ROOFS
Of Tin or Asphalt inn Repaired. Tin Roofs Painted. Send
orders early to the OLD STAND, No. 819 Market street, opposite Stockton.
Estimates furnished free of charge. \Voc. 6.] H. G. FISKE.
18
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Feb. 14> 1880.
"BIZ.
The Breadstuff market has beeu exceedingly active during the week
under review, and prices have appreciated materially under a brisk ship-
ping requirement, so that at the close two cents may he called the ruling
rate for choice cargo parcels. Our Grain fleet for the season now foots up
212 vessels for Europe, dating from July 1st, the beginning of the harvest
year, up to this date : July 1, 1879, 212 vessels, 8,167,254 ctls. Wheat, val-
ued at $15,596,860 ; Bame time 1878, 198 vessels, 7,169.232 ctls. Wheat,
valued at §12,340,016. We have now on the European berth 19 vessels of
27,000 registered tonnage. These ships have, for the most part, secured
their cargoes at prices somewhat under 2 cents, while the freight rate for
British iron ships rules from 45 to 50s, and for American ships, 42s 6d@
45s 5d. Our fleet of diseDgaged ships now numbers 13, of 16,580 tons regis-
ter. Several of them are large carriers, all American register, and for
these there is at present but little demand, and we therefore cannot quote
freight rates to the United Kingdom better than 40@45s as the range.
The active business for the season seems to have closed.
Flour. — The steamship City of Peking, for China and Japan, hence on
the 7th instant, carried the bulk of 13,750 bbls. We quote Superfine at
at $4@4 50 ; Extra do, §4 75@5 ; Shipping Extras, S5^90@6 ; Bakers'
and Family Extras, S6@6 25 # 196 lbs.
Barley. — There has been a good demand for feed kinds during the week
at a slight improvement in price ; now quotable at 75@80c ; Brewing,
85@90c $ cental. Our exports by sea since July 1st aggregate 421,608
centals, against 302,712 centals same time the year previous. Our over-
land shipments for the last five months, 195,841 centals.
Oats. — The market is very slack, the demand entirely local ; price,
SI 15@1 35 $? cental.
Corn.— There is a good local demand, with a slight improvement in
values. We quote White and Yellow at gl@l 15 $ cental.
WooL — The market is entirely bare of stock, and prices altogether
nominal.
Hides.— There has been a decline of 3c $ tb on Dry, and other kinds
in proportion.
Butter and Cheese. — Local supplies are free. We quote choice fresh
Dairy Butter at 25c. Cheese, 14@15c.
Eggs are very abundant and cheap. We quote the arrival of a car-
load from Utah; the express freight 9c $? dozen, and they may be quoted
at 20c; no profit on the venture. Fresh California, 22^@25c.
Tallow. — The market is quiet at 5£c. Refined, 7&c.
Mustard Seed. — The ship Castine, for New York, carried 27,435 lbs.;
price, l@l£c for Brown; White, 3@3£c.
Fruits. — We are now in receipt of free supplies of California Orages, a
carload of which has been sent Eastward, overland. Strawberries and
Tomatoes are now coming in from Los Angeles, and Winter Apples from
Oregon.
General Merchandise. — Business generally is very slack for the sea-
son. The season is backward. We have had the coldest winter weather
experienced here in thirty years. The mountains around us are covered
with snow. Ice has been formed in our street almost every night for
week's past. The roads in the country are almost impassable by reason
of mud and wet, and of course this tends to check the teaming of goods
into distant interior places off the line of the railroads.
The most notable occurrence of the week was the trade sale of Teas at
the Auction Rooms of S. L. Jones & Co., being of the importation of C.
A. Low & Co. The attendance was small, but few of the leading city
buyers present, and bidding very slack ; about 1,500 half chests Japan
paper Teas sold at the uniform price of 38£c.
The O. and O. steamship Gaelic, 25 days from Hongkong, via Yoko-
hama 16 days, arrived on the 11th instant, bringing Government mails,
165 Chinese and 11 cabin passengers, besides 2,787 tons of cargo, consist-
ing in part of Rice, 31,014 pkgs; Teas, 3,538 pkgs ; Silk, 1,068 pkgs ; Oil,
680 pkgs ; Curios, 260 pkgs ; Opium, 307 pkgs ; Spices, 53 pkgs ; Coffee,
763 bags ; Sago, 120 bags, etc.; in all, 47,654 pkgs.
Bags and Bagging.— The market is very quiet at 10c, nominal, for
Grain Sacks. The Gaelic, from Hongkong, brought 1,283 bales Grain
and other sacks.
Coffee. — There is no special inquiry, and prices for Greens rule from
15tol7£c.
CoaL — The arrivals from the North and Pacific Coast mitfes continue
large and free, checking the demand for Sydney and other foreign, and
causing low prices to rule.
Case Goods. — There is a good demand for Salmon at SI 35@1 45 per
dozen. The ship Eildenhope, for Liverpool, carried 10,241 cs Salmon,
and the Castine, for New York, 3,532 cs same.
Metals. — There is a fair demand for Sydney Tin at 24c ; Tin Plate,
S10 50@11 ; Pig Iron is held at S40©45. Copper retains the late ad-
vance ; Iron Pipe, Bar Iron, Pig Lead and Nails, as well as Hardware
generally, maintain the late rise in values.
Quicksilver. — During the week past about 1,000 flasks were taken for
New York at or about 39c, and one carload at 40c, the market closing
quiet within this range.
Rice.- -The market is well supplied with China at 6c for No. 1, Mixed
5c. Sales of 700 bags Hawaiian, ex-ship, at 6§c.
Molasses. — Sales of 100 bbls Hawaiian, ex ship, at 25c.
Salt. — The ship Chas. Cotesworth, from Liverpool, brought 5,700 bags.
At the close the market favors the buyer.
Spices.-— At auction, 8 boxes Singapore Nutmegs sold at 87c; 5 cs Cas-
sia, 19c.
CRADLE, ALTAR, AND TOMB.
CRADLE.
Bates— In this city, February 3d, to the wife of Thomas W. Bates, a daughter.
Bryan— In this city, January 28th, to the wife of J. M. Bryan, a daughter.
Donn— In this city, February 7th, to the wife of M. C. Dunn, a son.
Folks— In this city, January 17th, to the wife of Lancing Folks, a son.
Gibson— In this city, February 1st, to the wife of Alexander Gibson, a daughter.
Krdsb— In this city, February 6th, to the wife of Henry Kruse, a son.
Latz— In this city, February 9tb, to the wife of Benj. Latz, a son.
McCarthy— In this city, February 3d, to the wife of John McCarthy, a daughter.
Mpller— In this city, Jauuary 3lst, to the wife of Louis Muller, a daughter.
Pauli— In this city, February 8th, to the wife of F. A. Pauli, a son.
Rixon— In this city, February 2d, to the wife of Alfred Rixon. a son.
Winter— In this city, February 2d, to the wife of R. Winter, a daughter.
ALTAR.
Bidekoff-Park— In this city, February 3d, August Bidekoff to Mary Ann Park.
Becr-Dwybr— In this city, February 4th, John C. Beck to Lizzie Dwyer.
Berq-Larsen— In this city, February 5th, John Berg to Lena Larsen.
Flier-Schautp— In this city, February 5th, Gustav Flier to Heinericke Schaupp.
Floyd-McLean— In this city, February 5th, Wm. E. Floyd to Marv J. McLean.
Jambs-Rebhan— In this city, February 7th, George A. James to Katy Rebhan.
McKbnzie-Sheppard— In this city, February 8th, J. T. McKenzie to E A. Sheppard.
McMillan-Transue— In this city, February 4tb, Daniel McMillan to R. A. Transue.
McMnRTRrE-STEWART— In this city, February 3d, Eli M. McMurtrie Tillie Stewart.
Samson-Fleischer— In Dixon, February 8th, Martin Samson to Helena Fleischer.
TOMB
Allen— In this city, February 7th, William Allen, aged 35 years.
Aldred— In this city, February 6th, Michael Aldred, aged 36 years.
Counter— In this cit;-, February 5th, Harry T. Counter, aged 29 years.
Darmani — In this city, February 5th, Antonio Darmani, aged 60 years.
Ennis— In this city, February 6th, George Ennis, aged 9 months.
Gtlliard— In this city, February 7th, John Parker~Gi11iard, aged 35 years.
McDonald— In this city, February 5th, Edward McDonald, aged 34 years.
McNamara— In this city, February 4th, Mary McNamara, aged 40 years.
Pixley— In this city, February 7th, Isaac Pixley, aged 92 years.
Sparrow— In this city, February 8th, Albert R." Sparrow, aged 1 year.
Wohltmann— In this city, February 7th, Henry Wbhltmann, aged 58 years.
ALUM BAKING POWDERS.
It 'will be in the memory of many of our readers that, about a year
ago, we engaged an analyst and fitted up a laboratory in order to benefit
the public by an exposure of the class of trade frauds to which our fellow-
citizens are every day exposed, the major portion of which frauds affect
both their pockets and their health. For a time our exposure of trade
frauds was interrupted, but never abandoned : for we believe it to be our
duty as journalists to warn and guide the public to the best of our abil-
ity. Among the many trade frauds affecting whole families which we
have exposed, one of a very flagrant character was the use of alum in
powders sold as a substitute for yeast inmaking bread. Of the whole number
procured at stores in this city, our analyst reported only three as free
from alum— the rest being formed with ammonia Alum as a substitute for
Cream of Tartar— or, rather, pure tartaric acid. Since that time he has
found that one of those three makers keeps two kinds for sale — one pure,
the other made with alum. In a lecture delivered before the American
Chemical Society on January 8th, this year, Dr. Henry A. Mott, Jr.,
discourses at much length, and exhibits the evidence of much industry in
collecting the opinions of eminent medical gentlemen all over the United
States, the whole of which may be summarized in the words of the lec-
turer: That Alum is a poison, and it would be difficult to find a scientific
man, who has properly investigated the subject, who would be willing to
express any other opinion.
Cases of poisoning by alum are stated at length in the reports of medi-
cal societies, and the unhealthiness, to use no stronger term, of alumina
in repeated small quantities is vouched for by the general consent of all
scientific chemists. It is the alumina, whether in a soluble state or not,
which produces the deleterious effects, whether on the delicate mucous
coats of the stomach or on those of the lower bowels. Now, any and all
baking powders containing sulphuric acid must be kept out of the family,
if health is to be maintained and the expense of medical treatment
avoided. We note that the learned lecturer has profusely illustrated his
discourse with narratives of successful experiments with alum, alum-made
bread and alum-made biscuits, which prove conclusively the evil effects of
the ingredient ; but to our mind the proofs would have been far more
affecting and convincing had he taken the thought to carry out his experi-
ments in his own nursery room, if he has one, or that of some near and
affectionate relative of an inquiring disposition. It would be an amusing
if it were not a paiuful record to peruse — the record how he watched from
day to day poor little Jonathan — Aet 7 months — grow paler and paler,
had more cramps and spasms, screamed in his sleep, and let no one near
him have rest night or day, till the experimental proof was complete, and
there remained just enough of vitality to save him from his little grave.
Yet all this is going on at this very day in homes of poor, wealthy San
Francisco ! and no scientist in the house to explain it ; and the villainous
maker and vendor of alum baking powders growing rich all the time upon
the fraud.
In the case of the Royal Baking Powder, we directed our analyst to
make a searching investigation of its constituents, and append the report
which he has furnished :
Laboratory, News Letter Office, )
San Francisco, February 11, 1880. f
Editor News Letter —Sir .- I have analyzed the Royal Baking Pow-
der, and find it perfectly free from alum, or any other deleterious ingredi-
ent whatever. The proportion in which its components exist is accurate ;
the result being, when the carbonic acid is set free, that the fluid, when
the powder is dissolved in water, remains exactly neutral. It is the best
I have yet met with. John J. Bleasdale, D. L\, Analyst.
A" Irishman applied to an overseer in a Tyne shipyard to be put on to
a job. He was informed that he could not comply with his request ; but
as Pat continued to gaze earnestly at an anchor which was lying in the
vicinity, the foreman repeated his reply that there was no work for him,
and advised him to go away. "Devil a bit will I storr, sorr3" replied
Pat, " till I see the man that's going to use that pick !"
Some day the archangel will blat out :
up and be counted !"
' Garcelon ! Garcelon ! stand
Feb. 14, 188i).
CALIFORNIA ADVEKTISK1L
19
A CLFVER DIAMOND SWINDLE.
One of the cleverest diamond robberies of modern times it re-
ported by the Utdtng journali of St Petonban: " About • fortnight
■ Irew up at the door of the tir*t Jeweler in the
RuwsUn Capital. AlifrhUog from the t-Arriagr, an elegantly dressed and
remarkablv pretty young ladv entered tho ■hop, an. I reqneated that some
imrorv« of* brilliant* aii^ht W shown to her. BsTtHU oostly sets were
furthwith submitted f«»r Inspection, anil, aiU-mome hesitation, she selected
arivitre and pendants, valued at ten thousand roubles, and, stating that
she wu the wife of an eminent mad doctor, whose name is a household
word in St Petersburg, requested the proprietor of the establishment to
accompany her homo with the jewels iu order to settle finally with her
husband about their price.
The jeweler packed up his diamonds and got into the carriage with
his fair customer. Presently they arrived at a large house, and were re-
ceived at the portt eoehert by a Suisse in splendid livery, who conducted
them up a brilliantly lighted staircase into a richly furnished drawing-
room, in which the lady begged her comjianion to take a seat, and, jewel-
case in hand, proceeded to summon "her husband." Entering the doc-
tor's consultation-room, in an apparent state of uncontrolable agitation,
the informed the latter that she had brought her unfortunate spouse to
risit him, in the hope that he would undertake to cure him of the strange
monomania under which he had labored for some time past, " My
afflicted husband, " she said, " is a wealthy landed proprietor from A ,
in the Uovernment of Minsk; he is quiet and harmless, but has diamonds
on the brain; he will talk of nothing else, poor fellow ! Will you see him ?
I have left him in the drawing-room, and am much too nervous to be
present while you diagnose his case. Might I, therefore, ask you to ac-
company me to my carriage before you go to him? It will be such a
relief to me to leave him in your care."
Her ingenious device was crowned with complete success. She drove
off with the diamonds ; an interview between the doctor and the jeweler
fully confirmed her statement with respect to the latter's alleged mono-
mania, and resulted in his being placed under bodily restraint, from
which he was only rescued three days later by one of his partners, who
succeeded, with the assistance of the police, in tracking him to Dr.
V f's renowned private lunatic asylum. No trace has as yet been dis-
covered of the gifted lady who accomplished this, in every sense of the
word, " brilliant " coup.
ARIZONA MINERAL AND AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES.
We referred, last week, to the the Governor of Arizona's extremely
interesting report on the Territory. The report is mainly made up from
personal observation, the Great Pathfinder having, it seems, already tra-
veled over every section of the country he governs.
The prevailing impression made by these journeys is that Arizona is a
country of minerals, and that mines of unusual and proved richness are
already known to exist in it. These are its chief resources and the chief
field fur its labor. There are wood and grass and farming lands, but these
do not invite settlement nor attract labor. Theyareina manner dead,
because that which is for them the principle of life, the water, which
would make them available to labor, is wanting ; but the mineral, which
of one kind or other and in greater or less quantity is in every ridge, can
always be bad. And this is available to# labor, because in the beginning
but little work and less capital are required, and for this there is water
enough, and there is always that chance for sudden wealth which gives to
labor here its attraction and excitement. Therefore the foremost idea as-
sociated with the country is mining, as it is .also the foremost idea in the
minds of the people. All else is subsidiary, subordinate, and dependent upon
it; Fremont, nowever, has already suggested the expediency of an examina-
tion around the head of the Gulf of California, with the object of bring-
ing back the Gulf waters to an ancient basin, from which they have re-
ceded for a time unknown, and it is his opinion that, with the change of
climate that would follow the restoration of the waters, there would un-
doubtedly be a change of vegetation over all this region. Date trees and
other varieties of palm might be made to flourish here in a congenial cli-
mate, and many trees and plants of commercial value would replace the
cactus deBert growth. Southward large tracts of land, lying along the
Lower Colorado and the head of the Gulf, are reported to be of strong
fertility, peculiarly well suited to hemp, sugar, cotton and kindred pro-
. ductions. These lands would all be made available.
The Bon Ton Coffee Parlor has just been thrown open to the public
at 236 Montgomery street, by Messrs. A. A. Paul and A. P. Wilson.
From personal observation we are able to state that a neater coffee-room
is not to be found in San Francisco; and, what is perhaps of still greater
consequence than attractive quarters, the coffee and other refreshments
are of unrivaled excellence. The proprietors are thoroughly conversant
with every detail of the business in which they are engaged, and are de-
termined to give satisfaction to their customers. The Bon Ton Coffee
, Parlor promises to speedily become the most popular establishment of the
kind in San Francisco, and we strongly recommend our readers to pay it
a visit at the earliest opportunity.
We wish to call the attention of ourreaders to the Grand Hotel. During
the past two months, this popular house has been thoroughly renovated.
The culinary department has had added to it all the latest improvements
in cooking apparatus. New cooks have been engaged, and under the
present management, and with a first-class French ckef de cuisine, the
Grand Hotel has the best table in town.
No shirts so good as those to be had from J. M. Litchfield & Co.,
417 Montgomery street. Quality,- make and fit are all perfect, and in
this specialty the house is unrivaled in San Francisco. J. M. Litchfield
& Co. are also well known to employ the best fitter on the coast, and for
custom-made clothing are far ahead of all competitors.
Theodore Tilton was to lecture in Parsons, Kansas, and the commit-
tee was at the station to receive him. They stepped up to a long-haired
fentleman, and welcomed him with enthusiasm and much ceremony,
'he long-haired gentleman appeared surprised and said : " I don't know
what you mean by this, but I can remove any wart or bunion in thirty
minutes, without pain, or forfeit my reputation."
In Spite of Obstacles. — A successful banker deserves great credit,
since from the time he commenced business he has constantly been receiv-
ing cheeks.— Fun
SIGNAL SERVICE METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. WEEK
ENDING FEB. 12. 1880. SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
Highest and
l.oterst Barometer.
Frl. 6.
Sat. 7.
80.235
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290S0
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Sain/all in Twenty-four Sours.
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63
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248
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Total Rain During Season beginning July 1, 1879. .12.02 inches
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Assessments are now due on the Stocks above marked thus *
Krug Champagne. — Private Cuvee, in quarts and pints ; Shield —
3£rUg — in quarts and pints ; Premiere Qualite, in quarts and pints. For
sale by Hellman Bros. & Co. , corner Front and Jackson streets.
Garibaldi has added divorce to his other Italian blows struck for
liberty and local self-government.
20
SAN" FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER.
Feb. 14, 1880,
THE PANAMA CANAL.
In the matter of the Panama Canal the combat deepens. De Lesseps
is pushing on his work with a view to forestalling the promoters of canals
on the other routes. Congress is assuming a Bpread-eagle attitude in re-
asserting the Monroe Doctrine, while the French Government assures the
American Government that the action of De Lesseps has no political sig-
nificance whatever, and has no special protection or support from official
France. Colombia is anxious that the French engineer should build his
projected canal, while Nicaragua is hopeful that some American com-
pany, official or otherwise, will construct a canal over the Nicaragua
route. The concessions for the De Lesseps route are in the hands of a
small knot of French ex-officials of the Second Empire, and in spite of
the rebuff which they received in Europe when they offered their sharea,
and which caused the financial scheme to be withdrawn until it could be
presented in a more matured form, they are pressing on the preliminary
workB so as to try to out-distance their competitors and blast the pros-
pects of any rival scheme. If they succeed in this policy they will be re-
warded with the large price which the company agree to pay to these pro-
moters. American public opinion tends to be frequently vacillating and
unreasonable. In this land of sensation, and, above all, of sensational
politics, there are reputatipns to be made by raising new cries, even if
these beget only a momentary interest ; and what more natural than that
the Monroe Doctrine should be revived for purposes of political buncombe
in connection with the Panama Canal. This attitude may
serve the interests for the moment of some political partisans
anxious to turn it to their own personal advantage and that of
their party; but in these days the Monroe Doctrine can hardly be seri-
ously entertained, by thinking persons at least, in any application to the
building of the Panama Canal. *If American capitalists or the American
Government choose to build a canal across the Isthmus, we have no doubt
they can obtain all the concessions for the Nicaragua route at compara-
tively trifling cost. But on what grounds they, while refusing to risk the
necessary capital themselves, raise an outcry that none but Americans
can be permitted to construct such a canal, is altogether beyond our com-
prehension. They seem to have a shrewd opinion that the projected
canal will not pay its expenses, or, at least, pay interest on the outlay ;
and it would appear that the advocates of the Monroe Doctrine have
come to the conclusion that, whoever may build the canal, the Monroe
Doctrine points to the fact that Americans must own and control it. We
do not think that European capitalists will advance money on the bonds
of any canal company, either European or American, because the finan-
cial prospects make it very doubtful if there would be any net income
out of which to pay interest ; and, if they are willing to iuvest money in
any such enterprise, they are 'certain to choose shares as the form of in-
vestment, so that they will have some control of the enterprise. We can
only say, therefore, that we do not think American capitalists will risk
their money in a Panama Canal, and we cannot see where any reasonable
objection can be taken to Frenchmen, or other Europeans, putting their own
money into a canal scheme of their own choice. The American Govern-
ment, if so minded, might build and owa the canal ; but, in the absence
of any such intention, we hail the efforts of De Lesseps as distinctly in
the interests of progress and civilization, and as promising considerable
benefits to the world, if not to the shareholders. The little breeze raised
by the asserters of the Monroe Doctrine will soon blow over, and De Les-
seps will be permitted to pursue his own course in peace, and, in all hu-
man probability, without any effort ever being made to build a rival canal.
THE UNEMPLOYED.
The cry goes forth, that there are a large number of distressed un-
employed in this city. The same cry always does make itself heard about
this time each year. We have no doubt that there are persons unem-
ployed and hard-up, but, in the vast majority of instances, their impecu-
nious condition is very much their own fault. During the latter portion
of the Winter months, farming operations almost cease, and, in conse-
quence, a large number of laborers are temporarily thrown out of work,
who for awhile have to depend upon their own resources. If those re-
sources were duly husbanded during the busy portion of the year, we
should hear DOthing, or next to nothing, of these cries of distress at mid-
winter. But that is just where the trouble comes in. The average Cali-
fernian laborer is a spendthrift. He spends lavishly while he has the
wherewith to spend. He is extravagant during the heydays of Summer,
unmindful that the Winter of his discontent will surely come. It is all
feast or all famine with him. It is, perhaps, astonishing that the experi-
ence of one year does not bring him wisdom in the next. But it does not.
The same thing goes on renewing itself as certain as time rolls round, and
hence there has hardly been a Winter in many years when this cry of dis-
tressed unemployed has not made itself heard with more or less volume.
It is not creditable to the laborers that it does. It shows that they do
iiot save while they may, that as a class they are not provident, and that
when they appeal to others to do that for them which, with a little care-
ful forethought, they could have done for themselves, they betray a lack
of that self-reliance and sturdy manhood which are the best attributes of
a people. When the white laborer thus poses before his fellows every
year, he really, vaunt and boast as he may, confesses his inferiority to
the Chinaman, whom he affects to despise. John lives soberly and econo-
mically, and, as a consequence, is n«t a distressed applicant for public as-
sistance. He lives through dull periods, and, withal, has money to spare.
His wages are said to be less than those of the white laborer, a fact which
increases the credit due him for |being yet able to provide for the rainy
day. The Winters here are so short and so mild that they ought not
really to be any trouble for the average workingman to live through them;
besides, work is not wholly suspended. How very different it is in the
Eastern States and Canada is well known. If half the care were exer-
cised here to provide for Winter that is used there, we should hear little
or nothing of these complaints. It would, however, be well if our City
Fathers would take notice of the fact that, during certain months, labor
is abundant and cheap, and govern themselves accordingly. When men
are wanted in the country, our city government ought to compete as lit-
tle a3 possible for the services of the laborer. A better balancing of the
demand for the workman's services between the city and country would
be an advantage to both, and, at the same time, would be a benefit to
the laborer. Unnecessary street work ought not to be done during har-
vest and seed time. It should be preserved for the idle time that super-
AT,Ti ABROAD.
The victory of the Conservatives, at the recent Liverpool- election,
has a deeper significance than usually attends political struggles. The
representation of Liverpool has latterly been pretty evenly divided be-
tween both the great parties, with perhaps a slight preponderance in fa-
vor of Conservatism ; but Lord Derby's late " flop " made the Liberals
certain of future triumphs in the stronghold of the all-powerful Stanley
family. They are trying to make people believe now that they expected
defeat, and are content with having reduced the Conservative majority ;
but everybody knows that . the result of the election fell like a
death-dealing bombshell into the Liberal camp. Since the Liverpool
vote is largely drawn from classes of loudly-expressed anti-aristocratic
and anti-imperialistic tendencies, it looks as if the brilliant and success-
ful policy of Lord Beaconsfield is beginning to be appreciated by all po-
litical parties on its merits alone. In fine, people are beginning to see
that what the Liberals are pleased to call Jingoism, is in reality but a
spirited assertion of old England's pluck and power.
The correspondents of American journals are extremely horrified at the
executions ordered by General Roberts, in Afghanistan. It is 'not worth
while to dilate upon the heinousness of the crime committed by those who
directed and took part in the Cabul massacre; but for the consolation of
these journals, it might be worth while to place on record a few instances
of our own treatment of redskins guilty of far more venal offences than
that of the Cabulese cowards.
The Chicago Liar has aroused from a long slumber, and is to the front
again with rumors of impending European wars. Nobody denies that
the state of affairs between the great Powers is delicate and critical, but
when the C. L. mysteriously informs us that "all the Legations" have
heard of "large sums " being sent to America for investment by scared
financiers, etc.. then the C. L. simply confirms the truth of our oft re?
peated statement, to the effect that he — the C. L. — is a fooL
Parnell doesn't seem to have hit the right nail on the head. He might
have expected his course to be condemned in England, but he must be
-surprised to find it also condemned in Ireland, in America, and, further-
more, by Denis Kearney himself. Denis and Parnell are alike in not rel-
ishing " competition agitators." The only person, so far, who shows any
signs of admiring Parnell is the Home Ruler, O'Donnell, who, we are told,
shed tears while eulogizing P. in the House of Commons the other day.
The difficulty between Russia and China concerning the Kuldja treaty
has again assumed a threatening aspect. China hesitates to ratify, and,
with China, hesitation is generally tantamount to refusal. The Govern-
ment of the Flowery Land evidently is alive to the fact that Russia can-
not afford to come to blows with China just now.
It is true, probably, that single-handed China would stand a poor
chance against Russia, in the long run, but she would be a formidable
enemy at all times, and at the present juncture it is our belief that Rus-
sia would make very great sacrifices rather than bring the Kuldja matter
to a belligerent issue. In the meantime it is amusing to watch the pro-
gress of negotiations between the Muscovite and Celestial. With them it
is Greek-meet- Greek, so far as subtle diplomacy of the old school is con-
cerned. Both are always well primed with promises, procrastinations
and brag, and in deceit of all kinds they are well matched.
Herat is the latest bone of contention between England and Russia.
By the treaty engagement of 1857, Persia hound herself not to take pos-
session of Herat. England is about to release Persia from that engage-
ment, and practically invited her to acquire Herat without delay. Russia
declares that she has always been in favor of restoring Herat to Persia,
but at the same time comments severely upon England's action in the
premises. This apparent inconsistency is explained by the fact that Rus-
sia is afraid that England will gain two points— first, the friendship of
Persia ; second, the subordination of Herat to British influence. Since
Persia is at present so completely under the thumb of Russia, one would
think that the latter Power would have the best of the new arrangement.
However this may be, Persia, it seems, has already shown her disposition
to lay hold of Herat as speedily as possible. The point of the British
Government's policy seems to be this : Russia has openly said that she
would take Merv if England took Herat. England, by restoring Herat
to Persia, does practically take it, but at the same time avoids giving the
Czar an excuse for taking Merv.
BURNING OF THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.
The destruction, by fire, of the Normal School at San Jose, is a very
serious loss to the State, the building having cost nearly 8300,003, while
the insurance covers only $50,000. The cause of the fire is attributed by
some to a defective chimney, by others to a defective ash-bin, the belief
that it was the work of an incendiary having lost ground. It is more
than probable that if the facts could be got at, the fire would prove to
have resulted from criminal carelessness on the part of those to whose
care the building was intrusted. We know how it is with the fat, lazy
and overpaid janitors of our city schools. In cases of this kind, however,
the blame is never fixed where it belongs, and the suffering public must
always rest content with the statement that "no cause can be assigned
for the fire." The following is the insurance : Imperial of London,
Northern and Queen, S2.500; Phoenix and Home, 32,500; JEtna, S5,000;
Fireman's Fund, $2,500; Liverpool, London aud Globe, 85,000; Califor-
nia Commercial, 85,000; Home Mutual, 85,000 ; Royal and Norwich
Union, 82,500; Phcenix, of Brooklyn, 82,500; California Insurance,
85,000; North American, 85,000; State Investment, S5,000; Connecticut
Insurance Company, S2,500. Total, S50,000.
Chivalry of the Irish Character. — The Marchioness of Ailsa has re-
ceived a threatening letter worded thus: ''Beware when you come to
Mayhole. The ounce of lead or a six-blade knife is your reward. Re-
venge. No. 1 warning." The marchioness has always taken great
interest in the welfare of the working classes in Maybole, and a large
building intended as a free reading-room, erected by her, has only just
been completed.
" Out West" they read it, " Loathe the poor Indian."
Pries par Copy, 10 Cants.:
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Vol. 30.
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No. 32.
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OLD BARS— S90@910— Silver Bars-
Dollars, 9^@10 per cent.
5@15 # cent. disc. Mexican
■ Exchange on New York. 3-10 $? cent., strong; On London, Bankers
49s| ; Commercial, 49|@50d. Paris, sight, 5 francs per dollar. Tele-
grams, | per cent.
■ Latest price of Sterling, 484i@487.
JW Price of Money here, |@1 per cent, per month — bank rate. In the
open market, 1@1£. Demand active.
PRICES OF LEADING STOCKS AND GOV. BONDS.
San Francisco February 20 3 1H80.
Stocks and Bonds.
BONDS.
Cal. State Bonds, 6's,'57 . .
S. F. City & Co. B'ds, 63, '58
S. F. City & Co. B'da, 7s . . .
Montg'y Av. Bonds
Dupunt Street Bonds
Sacramento City Bonds
Stockton City Bonds
Tuba County Bonds
Marysville City Bonds
Santa Clara Co. Bonds
Virg'a & Truckee R. R. Bds.
Nevada Co. N. G. E. R. Bds
Oakland City Bonds .
BANKS.
Bank of California. . .
Pacific Bank
First National
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Union (ex div.)
Fireman's Fund (ex div) ..
California (ex div)
State Investment
Home Mutual
Bid.
Asked
109
102
Nom.
Nom.
Nom.
Nom.
60
65
80
85
26
23
90
95
103
106
100
102
106
107
100
102
100
102
112
115
128
130
115
120
100
103
in
116
115
120
108
112
103
105
90
95
Stocks and Bonds.
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Commercial
Western
RAILROADS.
C. P. R. R. Stock
C. P. R. K. Bonds
City Railroad
Omnibus R. R
N. B. and Mission R. R. .
Sutter Street R. R
Geary Street R. R
Central R. R. Co
Market Street R. R
Clay Street Hill R. R . . .
MISCELLANEOUS.
S. F. Gaslight Co
Oakland Gaslight Co
Sacramento Gaslight Co ... .
California Powder Co
Giant Powder Co (new stck)
Atlantic Giant Powder, do .
Gold and Stock Teleg'h Co.
S. V.W.W. Co. 's Stock.
S. V. W. w. Co.'s Bonds...
70
Nom.
31
Ul
95
75
55
100
SSi
00
75
Nom.
87
110
50
27J
68
27
60
45
33
13J
100
Andrew Baird, 312 California street.
THE HEALTH OF THE CITY.
The mortality has steadily decreased, and at this moment there is lesB
sickness than usual at this time of year. Consumption and pneumonia
are the most fatal diseases. The subjects of heart disease are greatly em-
barrassed by the cold weather, and need greater precautions than other
persons. Whooping-cough continues prevalent, and was last week fatal
to two very young children. The death of Collins, one of the engineers
of the City ofPekin, took place in the Smallpox Hospital on the 7th. He
was removed from the hulk Colorado a few days previously. No case has
yet been discovered in the city. The Chinese steerage passengers were
supplied with new clothing by the Chinese Consul, and, after personal
purification, most have been discharged. A few remain to await the re-
Bult of re vaccination. The large steamship-owners ought to move the
Legislature to make an appropriation for a Quarantine Station, which
would save them thousands of dollars whenever an infected vessel should
again arrive.
The Industrial Population of Prance.— The total population of
France is a little under 37,000,000, divided into 12,000,000 inhabitants of
towns and 25,000,000 inhabitants of the country. Of these there are 210,-
200 persons without known professions, 71,300 vagabonds and mendi-
cants, 2,151,900 stockholders (including 195,000 pensioners of the Govern-
ment), 1,531,400 persons exercising liberal professions or living by them,
3,837,200 persons engaged in trade, transport and^ navigation, or living on
their products; 9,274,500 persons engaged in various industries, or living
by them (6,000,000 in small industries, 3,000,000 in mining and manu-
factures; 18,968,600 persons practicing agriculture, or living by it (of
whom 10,500,000 are proprietors of their land, nearly 6,000,000 are tenant
farmers, and 2,500,000 are agricultural specialists, comprising vine-
growers. _^
To-day, to-morrow and Monday (Washington's Birthday), Wood-
ward's GardenB will be in gala costume. The programme of amusements
is unusually large and varied. Mr. Frank A. Gibbons, King of the Air
by right divine, will continue his wonderful feats.
THE STOCK MARKET.
The market remains dull and unchanged, with scarcely a fractional
variation from one day to another. The recent important improvement
in Ophir and Sierra Nevada would have been sufficient to have created a
genuine excitement at any other time than the present, but under the de-
pressing influences of the times every reported influence falls flat and ex-
ercises but little effect upon the market. At no time within the past
three years has the Comstock looked so favorable, and with return of bet-
ter times commercially we may look for a healthy condition of affairs in
our stock market. Tnere is a fair demand for the stocks of the Columbus
District, but outside of these but little business of any kind is doing. At
the close the market showed a further downward tendency.
The Famine in Upper Silesia. — Upper Silesia seems to be in much
the same condition as the worst parts of Ireland, and is at present suffer-
ing from a very severe famine. The peasantry are in a most degraded
state, and even in ordinary times are continually living on the brink of
starvation. Farm laborers earn about fourteen cents a day in summer
and twelve cents a day in winter, and upon this they can only drag out
the most miserable existence. Subscriptions have been raised all over
Germany to help the sufferers through the winter, and there is no longer
any danger of the people starving. The severity of the present winter has
disclosed an unexpected amount of poverty among the working classes of
Germany as a whole, and the industrial prospect in that empire is a very
gloomy one,
Beerbohm's Telegram.— London and Liverpool, Feb. 20, 1880.—
Floating Cargoes, turn dearer ; Cargoes on Passage, improving; Mark
Lane Wheat, firm ; No. 2 Spring Off Coast, 52s.@52s. 6d.; Red Winter
Off Coast, 56s. 6d; California Off Coast, 53s. 6d.@54s.; California Just
Shipped, 52s.; California Nearly Due, 52s. 6d.; No. 2 Spring for Ship-
ment, — ; Liverpool Spot Wheat, 10s. 6d., lis. 2d., lis. Id., lis. f6d.,
dearer; California Club, No. 1 Standard, lis. 4d.; California Club, No.
2 Standard, lis. 10d.; Western, lis. 3d.; White Michigan, lis. 5d.; No.
3 Spring, 10s. 5d. @10s. lid. ; French Country Markets, very steady, and
in most cases nearer.
Latest from the Merchant's Exchange.— New York, Feb. 20th,
1880. United States Bonds— 4s, 106£ ; 4£s, 109; 5s, 103g. Sterling Ex-
change, 4 84A@4 87. Pacific Mail, 43|. Wheat, 145@150. Western Union,
1104. Hides, 21@22. Oil— Sperm, 106@110. Winter Bleached, 115@123.
Whale Oil, 55<st56 ; Winter Bleached, 60@65. Wool— Spring, fine, 30@
38 ; Burry, 18@22 ; Pulled, 35@45 ; Fall Clips, 20@25 ; Burry, 22@30.
London, Feb. 20th. — Liverpool Wheat Market, 10s. 6d.@lls. 2d.; Club,
10s.ld.@lls.6d.; U.S. Bonds, 5's, 106£; 4's, 109|; 4£'s,110f. Consols, 98^.
Monsieur A. Morel, the versatile gentleman who formerly practiced
lightning changes in this city as face enameler — face destroyer, most peo-
ple called it— in his own name, and as corn-doetor, under the auspices of
Feistel & Gerrard, has gone to practice his quackeries at Los Angeles,
under the name of Mons. Albert. We congratulate San Francisco, but
cannot find it in our heart to congratulate the Orange City.
The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company notify
that there will be a reduction in the rates of passage-money by their
steamers to Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney, commencing with the mail
steamer leaving Southampton on the 19th of February next and Brindisi
on the 1st of March.
General Hutchinson, the well-known insurance man, left here
last Wednesday, on a thirty days' trip to the East. If his friends
there receive him with half the feeling of welcome that his friends here
experience in parting with him, his journey will be a very enjoyable one.
It gives us pleasure to note the return to this city from Japan of Mr.
Ernest Amsdeu, of the firm of G. T. Marsh & Co. The gentleman has
many warm friends here, and his safe return is gladly welcomed on all
sides.
An important article on the project of the Pontoon Dock Deposit-
ing Company, with its explanatory cut, is unavoidably postponed till our
next issue.
Printed and Published by the Proprietor, Frederick Marriott, 607 to 615 Merchant Street, San Francisco, California,
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Feb. 21, 1880.
HINTS FOR "OUR BEST PEOPLE."
Society people are sensitive. They are likewise a very good sort of
people to have about when a " great city " like San Francisco stands in
dire need of recognition from that portion of the world which is known to
civilization. Consequently, it is far from our intention to hurt the feel-
ings of our very far western "nobs" when we venture to propound a
conundrum or two for their consideration. All we ask is, that our mild
inquiries may be answered if they are unjustifiable, and acted upon as
suggestions if they are warranted:
Conundrum No. I.— The Butler.
In the first place, our sense of what is the " correct thing " is offended
in San Francisco by the persons whom our chosen few are pleased to call
"butlers." Now, originally the "butler" was, plainly, the "bottle-man,"
and performed only the glorious duty of looking after what was in the
bottles. In more degenerate days he has been burdened, also, with the
responsibility of looking after the family plate ; but here, so far as what
civilized communities know of him, his duties end. Now, we are ac-
quainted with a lady on Ellis street who keeps two Chinese servants.
These men do all of the work of the house, and one of them she calls her
" butler." Our conundrum in this connection, then, is this: When a San
Francisco household has a single male servant in the establishment, who
blacks boots, answers the door-bell, runs errands, washes windows, drives
the family break-down, waits at table in a seedy claw-hammer, and per-
forms faithfully every imaginable "chore " that a man can perform in the
limited space of twenty-four hours— why, 0 why does this domestic circle
persist in speaking of the poor creature as " our butler "?
Conundrum No. II.— The Footman.
But it isn't the footman we deplore. It's the lack of him. In a land
where hammer-cloths are unknown, we may pardon the absence of wigs
and powder; but surely less conspicuous, and, we may add, more neat,
continuity of footman and coachman might be a good idea, after all.
Fancy a lady, gloved with the most delicate-hued kids, opening her own
carriage-door and trailing her lace flounces over muddy or dusty sidewalk
and marble steps to find out if the visited one is in ! The thing isn't in
good form at all. If. blooded horses and a side-whiskered coachman can
he kept, why cannot a stripling also be paid to open carriage- doors and
mount steps ?
Conundrum No. III. — The Reception.
A reception-day, as understood in informed communitits, means a day
when a lady engages herself to be at home. On that day her friends may
call upon her with the certainty of seeing her. But, at the same time,
they may call upon her on any other day they please, and if she does not
happen to be out tbey will see her with equal certainty and facility. The
society of San Francisco differs in this respect, and probably will until
some missionary from a land where shoddy is at a discount leaves his
tracts among us. Here a lady has what she is pleased to call her "recep-
tion day," and, except at that particular hour, she is as invisible as a
harem beauty. You might drop in for a friendly call, or be going away
to Kingdom Come forever on the next train, but all the same her lady-
ship's Chinese " butler" will inform you that Madame does not receive
to-day, and will shut the door in your face. The inference, of course, is
that my lady is "in the suds," and hasn't her best gown on. If she can't
afford to open her door to the friends whose dress she is criticising
through the window blinds, why the devil doesn't she take in sewing in-
stead of having a "reception day" at all?
Conundrum No. IV.— The Kettledrum.
In England,wherethe conceit was conceived, born and reared, a kettle-
drum means a gathering together of a party of people— forty or fifty at the
utmost — who know each other intimately, and are content to gossip over an
appetizing cup of tea, an hour or two before the evening dinner. The
ladies of San Franciseo don't seem to have grasped the idea. They are
liberal enough, for they issue scores of invitations, and provide a banquet
which would spoil a fellow's appetite for a week, and even go so far as to
encourage dancing. It's all very jolly ; but why do they call the enter-
tainment a " kettledrum ?" That's what gets ua.
Conundrum No. "V,— Children's Rigs.
Poor little devils ! Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of
these ! A child, above all things in this world, should be attired simply.
To see a baby girl loaded down with silks and laces — yea, in this still-
learning land with satins and velvets — does not give us a favorable im-
pression of the mother. It may be only bad taste, but if it does not mean
bad morals in madaine it portends them for mademoiselle. "Why not rig
the babies out in a dress that would preserve their innocence and the
mother's reputation for good taste ?
Conundrum No. VI.— "Want of Tact.
Tact of the best sort is born of good breeding. An ill-bred person
may be " smart," but he or she is cocksure to be destitute of "tact."
Thus it comes about that the smartest of our society dames are often un-
able to do the correct thing where it would be very easy to do it if they
only knew how to. A single illustration in point will serve:
Some months ago Lord Grosvenor was in San Francisco. Wishing to
see some of our domestic interiors, he requested a friend, Mr. R , to
procure him the privilege. The owners of two of the finest houses in
town (Messrs. Crocker and Stanford) were absent, so Mr. R made an
attempt in another direction, and wrote a note to a lady, whose house is
very grand, and asked permission to bring Lord Grosvenor to see it. In
place of enclosing a card of admittance, and impressing, in a gracious
manner, her willingness to accord to Lord Grosvenor this courtesy, the
lady wrote a note of response, saying in substance: " The furniture covers
are off my furniture on Tuesdays ; Tuesday is my reception day, and I
will be pleased to have Lord Grosvenor brought up and introduced to me,
and I will then show him my house! " Lord Grosvenor, not having ex-
pressed .any desire to meet the lady, felt that her suggestion was not in
good taste, and declined to go. Had this lady sent him a card of admit-
tance, she would, no doubt, have seen Lord Grosvenor when he called to
inspect her pictures, etc. A pleasant acquaintance might have followed,
and a mutual agreeable impression. As matters stand, it was equivalent
to this lady saying: " I would like to meet a real live lord. My house is
covered up most of the time, but on Tuesdays we open the shutters, and
then I put on my best gown and see folks, and that will be a good time
for his lordship to call." j
Such hints as these, however, merely skim the surface of our boasted
society. There is an undercurrent of vice which runs deep beneath the
placid surface of ignorance or folly. We have followed the whirlpool,
from the fitting-rooms of demure-looking milliner shops to the lunch-
rooms of Nob Hill, and next week we will suffer a little of our experience
to evaporate. .
MANLY TALK TO THE MOB.
If all our wealthy and prominent citizens were as plucky and manly in
dealing with the mob as Mr. Selby and Gov. Stanford have shown them-
selves to be, the Sand-lot " nostrum of our liberties," as Wellock calls it,
would speedily be broken up or transformed into a gallows. Hear Selby:
'"This Government invites people from all nationalities to come here
and grants them equal privileges, and it also grants me the privilege of
hiring whom I please, which I propose to do, and I deny your right todic-
tate to me whom I shall employ ; but when this country makes laws de-
priving me of that privilege I shall submit."
Gannon then asked : " What about this section of the new Constitu-
tion ?" referring to the provision against corporations employing Chinese.
" I tbink," answered Mr. Selby, "it is unconstitutional and cannot
stand ;" meaning, of course, that it would be in conflict with the Consti-
tution of the United States, and would, therefore, be inoperative.
" Then you dou't believe in State rights ?" queried Gannon.
" Only as a whole," was the reply. Whether the "unemployed" un-
derstood Mr. Selby's true meaning, which was that one State could not
act alone in the premises, is not known ; but in any case that settled it,
and they retired. This, it will be remembered, occurred before the bill
prohibiting corporations from employing Chinese had become a law, and
was spoken to a gang who came bristling with threats to make what was
then a lawless demand.
Governor Stanford's reply to the demands of the mob, which was re-
ceived by the so-called " Committee on Corporations " on the same day
that Mr. Selby was interviewed, will speak for itself:
San Francisco, Cal., February 13, 1S80.
L. J. Gannon and Peter Bell, Committee— Gentlemen: I have received
yours, addressed to the Central Pacific Railroad Company, calling atten-
tion to Section 2 of Article XIX of the Constitution of this State, and
also note your request to discharge the Chinese now employed by this
corporation, and to open a field where the people of our own race can
honestly and honorably earn their daily bread. There are now in the em-
ploy of the Company, within the City and County of San FranciBco,
seven Chinamen. There is also employed by this Company a large num-
ber of white men, many of whom are retained because they have been
heretofore employed by this corporation, but whose services are not, at
this time, really needed. The Company will ever be mindful of the laws
of this State, and will endeavor cheerfully to submit to them as it under-
stands them, or as the Courts may construe them. In the management of
its business it will be governed under the laws of the land, entirely by a
consideration of what it shall deena, in its own judgment, to be the wisest
policy, having due regard for the rights and interests of its stockholders.
Respectfully, Leland Stanford,
We repeat that if all our citizens who value their rights and respect
themselves would speak as these two men have spoken, the gangrene of
Kearneyism would soon disappear from the body politic of this community.
BANCROFT VS. BOWERS.
There are two aides to every question, and in the case of Dr. J.
Milton Bowers, recently accused of stealing books from the store of Ban-
croft & Co., we are disposed to think that this truth has a very strong
application. We do not question the right-meaning of the Court which
has adjudged him guilty. It was merely a question of several witnesses
against one, and the law, like Napoleon's God, is, and rightly must be, on
the side of the strong battalions. What we do think is, that the Court
surrendered itself too entirely to legal forms and requirements; that it
might have introduced a slight dash of equity into its deliberations ; that
it might have taken into consideration the improbability — nay, the ab-
surdity— of a man in the professional and social position of Dr. Bowers
committing the petty crime that has been brought against him. With
the facts, as adduced by witnesses, we do not wish to meddle, though, at
the same time, it cannot be denied that a great deal of the evidence
brought forward by the prosecution is, to say the least, contradictory.
But it must be remembered that this affair is not one of an ordinary na-
ture, and that if there has been any misjudgment and false swearing, or
any malicious prosecution about it, the community, which has hitherto
held Dr. Bowers in such high esteem, must Buffer as well as he. The case
is now on appeal, and we hope, for the benefit of all concerned, that the
decision of Judge Kix will be reversed.
"WHO IS IT?
Has not the "Court Journal," which is responsible for the follow-
ing, made a slight mistake in the name of the interesting family con-
cerned ? —
" There is a rich family of Murphys in San Francisco who were not
long since presented to the Pope, and the scene has been portrayed in an
immense painting by Sipnor Grande, the Roman Academician. The two
Misses Murphy, veiled in the white of a first communion, kneel before
his Holiness, while Mr. and Mrs. Murphy look on, and the members of
the Pope's Court stand around his Holiness. Moreover, this enormous
painting has been framed in a masterpiece of carving and gilding by Sig-
nor Viscogliosi, and by some means or other both frame and picture were
introduced recently into the "presence of Leo XIII., who congratulated
the Murphy family, the distinguished artist, and the carver and gilder
upon the work. The next matter will be to get it to San FranciBco,
where it will certainly be hailed as 'a big thing' in paintings."
Fe»». 31, 1880.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
LEGISLATIVE WAIFS.
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ill p*m into !.»»■*. ——Hut lonxUtivo ingenuity has
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■rilT or Su|H'rvisnrs.^— Tli;it the
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— Th i
tried, it ia an insincere
ir* of Kalhu-h that lie Voting is, in thai respect, being
from others. -^— That the present condition is a dis-
iture, and ought t-> he ended forthwith.^— That the
rrs did not cat iw important a figure before the Senate Committee
rig Oorleyn bill in ohargn as was expected.— -That they sent a liti-
gation, but a small one for all that. ^— That Marye, Boswell
Wakefield were not of the caliber thai the Big Hoard has heretofore
med t«> j-end.^— That it waa a wondrous falling off from
d Tevia and hi* experienced aids, that so neatly gave the quietus to
fottle (.ill of last sessi..n.— That the deputation of this session was
jDCompanied by the golden "persuaders" that were sent last time.-^—
iat the < 'ommittee cared so little for the gentlemen that it was an hour
nl the stated time before a quorum was obtained.—— That the brokers
out that the Chairman is fixed," that Dickinson is all right, and
iat Traylor is a mining secretary. Outsiders will watch the roll call
with interest. It is said that if Gorley's hill does not pass, a worse one
ill. It i* accepted by many of the best brokers, who say it will weed
oat the lame ducks, and will help to iuspire confidence in the business ;
that is why they did not enter an appearance.— -That the real tight will
be seen when the Tattle bill, with its improvements, are under considera-
— That it puts shareholders ou an equal footing with mine mana-
gers, com |h?U the brokers to deal the game squarely, and kills the stock
psjwrs. which are esteemed nothing better than "cappers" and " ropers
m. '^— That the Senate, to please Baker, will pass the appropriation to
rebuild the San Jose Normal Sch- ol, but that it will be defeated in the
ly.— That the question will be the better for the light that will
be thrown upon it between now and the next session, and that, mean-
while, there is no pressing need for the making of more teachers. The
State will get along for a year without any more ; that there are now hun-
dreds more than get employment.— —That Clara Foltz is quite a success
as Assistant Clerk to the Judiciary Committee.— -That, with her win-
some ways, she is winning triumphs every day, and exercises quite an in-
fluence in the direction in which the laws are amended. Fact.^^That
anybody knows or cares what two-thirds of the Committees are about.— —
That being about, at the State's expense, is the object of some of them.
—That the Speaker's Committee on Quarantine, consisting of seven of
the talkers of the House, is the only one whose traveling expenses would
be a wise and economical expenditure of public money. iThat the
Speaker lost his temper and made a mess of his attempt to curb Tyler. ^^
That he would have resigned if the members had not passed the resolu-
tion saying "he did right," when they had already voted that he had
done wrong. -^— That the form rather than the substance pleases some
minds. ^— -That it would be possible to tell some ugly truths as to how
and why several of the important Assembly Committees were constituted
as they are.— That these truths must be told at a fitting season.— »That
Charley Felton is evidently uneasy. ^^That he seldom sits in his seat
five minutes together, but wanders from one house to the other, and from
one lobby to another, finding neither rest nor contentment anywhere. ^—
That his plans are falling thi ough. Things don't go right somehow. Every-
body except Finlayson is "forninst" him. Even Fox vows that his head is
not as level as it ought to be. The lobby says thathe levies assessments on
the powers that be, but does not divide; but then the lobby lies under a
mistake occasionally. ^— That the debris question has brought more peo-
ple to Sacramento than any other.— That it is an honest and square
fight between the owners of overflowed lands, add hydraulic miners.——
That it is an irrepressible conflict, the interests being in conflict and
irreconcilable.— -That ultimately must make storehouses for tbeir debris,
or quit the business. It is only a question of time as to when it would, if
unchecked, ruin the harbor of San Francisco.^— That Louis Kaplan
busily engaged himself in chaperoning the Brokers' Delegation around.
— ^That lobbying against the Gorley bill is the best possible employment
for the Electoral Registrar of San Francisco.— That that is what he
draws his salary for.^— That Governor Perkins may think otherwise and
provide him with a substitute.^— That Boruck gave any valuable hints
to help along the opposition to bill.-— That he wouldn't do such a thing,
it being infra dig. for the Secretary of the Senate to interfere in its legis-
lation.^—-That the local Insurance Companies are likely to be hoist with
their own petard.-^— That a law will surely pass, requiring that the avail-
able assets of all Insurance Companies shall bear a certain stated propor-
tion to their risks. The limit of safety will thus be fixed by law, and be-
yond that point further risks will not be permitted.— That the argu-
ments of General Hutchinson and his confreres before the Senate Com-
mittee, were very able and convincing. ^— That the general bill, to put
little country Gas Companies in the same category with the San Francis-
co company, is an attempt of the latter to make the former help it in its
fights at Sacramento.-^— -That a general law, creating a uniform price for
g;*s at all times and at all places, is absurd. But there is a point to be
made in having the country companies interested in maintaining an influ-
ence over their members.— -That the charter for San Francisco hangs
fire. The one proposed by Swift has been indefinitely postponed, but
what is to be done no one seems to know. It is said that I)avid MeClure
has a charter drafted, that will be offered in a day or two. It is said to
favor existing office- holding interests.-^— That in all legislation referring
to city matters, Senator Enos is likely to exercise the largest share of in-
fluence. He represents the wishes of a majority of the delegation. ■ —
That Kearny has been busy at Sacramento all week.^— That the Bee is
publishing personal descriptions of members, and funny and sarcastic hits
at their sayings and doings, that are quite a success. That the
Record's leaders furnish food for reflection, specially valuable to hasty
legislators.— That the press men at the Capital are on the best of terms
With each other. ^— That those from San Francisco are glad to be so far
away from " the shop."— That if Pickering sa*v how his young men
fraternize with the Chronicle representative, there would be a vacancy on
tile Call's staff forthwith.
"When a boy is bad a woman is generally at the bottom of it
MUST THE EASTERN AND FOREIGN INSURANCE
COMPANIES OO?
A most unwise attempt is being mads to drive Eastern and foreign
Uuurance companln out of the State, The attempt is being mad.- through
the Legislature, whiofa ought to rare for the great mass of the people,
the insurers, rather than for the two or three local companies, which,
for selfish ends, are lacking to procure the p:issage of laws that are inimi-
eal to the public good The cry has gone forth that the Eastern and
foreign companies must go," and various contrivances have been con-
osived with a view to that end. The outside companies are to be made to
pay stamp duties, from which the local ones are to be exempt. Large
money deposits are to be made in the State by the outside companies.
If California makes such a condition, why should not the example be
followed in every State in the Union I It it were, our local companies
would get hurt and squeal. They would be met in other States, in which
they do business, as they seek to meet others here. They would not have
their proposed laws adopted by, Bay Illinois, which would shut them out
of the Chicago business. That being thefaet.it is the hight of impu-
dence to ask for laws against, other States which you would by no means
like to have those States enforce against you. California cannot afford to
go " out of the Union." She is one of a community of States, which,
whatever their difference in politics, have a common interest in trade and
commerce, and in all that pertains thereto. To do them justice, several
of the local companies see that retaliatory legislation elsewhere would do
them more harm than they would derive good from what is proposed
here, and as a consequence are wisely willing to leave well enough alone,
or, in other words, they are quite content to go on under existing laws,
which have sufficed to build up all the companies — local, Eastern and
foreign — and to make the business of insurance the prosperous enterprise
that it very generally is throughout this State and coast. With the local
companies divided, with the Eastern and foreign ones a unit in opposition,
and, above all, with the interests of the assured all one way, the wonder
is there should be a necessity to discuss the possibility of adverse legis-
lation. But there is. The Senate Committee, while not doing all the
evil they were asked to do, have nevertheless reported in favor of doing
enough mischief to seriously affect the insurance business, and to drive a
number of companies out of the State. In the hope that it is not yet too
late to influence the legislatorial judgment we address ourselves to this
subject. If unhappily, we fail in taking that judgment along with us, it
will certainly not be because there is any reasonable doubt about the in-
terests and wishes of insurers.
Almost everybody who owns anything that will burn insures ; there-
fore the interest of insurers is the interest of the great mass of the peo-
ple. Now, what do the insurers think upon this subject? By a species
of electicism they have been able to indicate, in the best possible way,
what their views are. They have had all the companies to choose from,
and which have they chosen ? The gross payment made on fire pre-
miums by the citizens of San Francisco during 1879 was 31,685,000.
That was their total business. How did they choose to divide it ? They
gave to the outside companies $1,344,000 and to the local ones but $340,-
786. Nearly four-fifths of the whole was given to other than local com-
panies. Nothing could possibly more distinctly indicate the wishes of
insurers. That they made choice as they did for sound reasons is easily
demonstrable. They took their business where they found the best guar-
antees for payment in case of loss. The figures indicate the difference in
the value of the guarantees. The local companies have a capital of but
$2,100,000, whilst their risks exceed $76,000,000, or thirty-eight times
their capacity to pay. That is a proportion of capital to risk that is mon-
strously disproportioned, is unsafe and ought to be*remedied. If legisla-
tion is to take place, it ought to be in a very different direction from that
proposed. Indeed, we think that the action of the local companies is a
piece of smart political management, intended to take away attention
from their own shaky and weak condition. They probably foresaw that
their position was so assailable, that it would be assailed, and that the
best way to ward off assaults, except that of paying up more capital, was
to cultivate the prejudice in favor of home industries. At any rate that
is what they did; they became the assailants when they should rightly
have been the assailed.' With assets amounting to but $3,600,000 they
seek to drive away Eastern and foreign companies having assets amount-
ing to $263,711,000. It is now proposed, with an astonishing possibility
of success, to give the local companies more business, to pass laws that
will at least doable their risks, but which exact no increased guarantees
for payment of losses. It ia not enough that they are liable to be called
upon to pay $76,000,000 and have but $2,100,000 capital, but they are to
be specially protected, to be allowed an exemption from taxes, and their
competitors are to be driven away in order that their present alarming
risks may be made more alarming still.
The thing, closely examined, turns out to be as impudent a proposal as
was ever submitted to a confiding people. It is a captivating cry, that of
keeping insurance premiums at home. If the premiums were earned
upon an amount of available capital that was at all adequate to the pr3-
tection of insurers, we should be as glad as our citizens generally would
be to Bee the money all spent where it is earned. But the capital is not
thus adequate, and that is an end to the argument. Our people do not
pay premiums for the mere love of paying them. They pay them in or-
der that they may be xure of an indemnity against loss by fire. When
the chances of being indemnified are so small, the policy is not a real
guarantee against loss, and in so far as it is not, just so far has the in-
surer parted with his money without adequate consideration being given
therefor. After the Chicago fire the outside companies nearly all paid in
full, while nearly all the local ones failed. That experience eannot be
forgotten, and that it is taken to heart by our people is evidenced by the
distribution they make of their iusurance business. As General Hutch-
inson well said, the other evening, before the Senate Committee-. "Our
pe< 'i tie, since the experience of the Chieago and Boston fires, win not give
their business to local companies, beyond a safe and conservative limit."
The question is, what constitutes a safe limit? That being named, it
should be fixed by law, and we believe it will be before this session ends.
A bill aimed at accomplishing that purpose ia to be introduced, and is ob-
viously in the interest of the insured. It ought to pass.
The steamship Ancon, which arrived on Thursday evening from San
Diego and way ports, brought as passenger Sefior Manuel Marquez de
Leon, General of the Army of Reform in Lower California. The Gen-
eral proceeded directly to the Palace HoteL
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AKD
Feb. 21, 1880.
AN ENGLISH NOVEL.
BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR.
Chaptee XV.— The Reconciliation.
gjYes, at long last the eyes of the Lady Genevieve behold the manly
and aristocratic form of his Serene Highness, the Prince of Connaught,
approaching her. He is attired in a black swallow-tail, with vest and
pants to match, while a violet satin neck-tie hangs in a loop knot negli-
gently over his shirt bosom. He walks straight over to where Evy sits,
and though she has planned and thought and dreamt of how their first
meeting would be, now that the ordeal is fairly upon her she is non-
plussed. Through her half-closed lids she Bees him standing before her,
and, nerving herself with one tremendous effort, she opens her eyes and
falters : " Why, Prince !"
" Howdy?" says the Prince, as he carelessly arranges one of his sleeve
buttons that have prevented his shirt cuff showing properly.
" Need you ask ?" sighs Evy, plaintively.
V Well, you look pretty hearty for a dying woman, I'll allow," replies
the Prince.
Genevieve's only answer is to hide her face in her point lace handker-
chief and sob aloud.
Mr. Connaught looks around nervously. He sees the eyes of the room
are upon them.
"Don't make no fuss inhere before folks," he says in an undertone,
while he chews at his chin whiskers in ill-disguised annoyance. " Come
outside into the hall if you want a scene."
The Lady Genevieve rises to obey.
" Had many calls ?" the Prince continues in a loud tone for the others
to hear, as he links his arm into Evy's and leads her to the door.
" About eleven hundred, I guess," replies Evy, taking the cue from him.
" Say, Prince! " calls the Duke of Kentsbire, as he comes from the
inner room where he has been sipping eggnog with the Lady Sally, "is
your mother receiving ? I thought some of calling."
"She is that," answers Mr. Connaught. "She'll be real glad to see
yon."
" Lady Mattie's receiving with her, ain't she ?" queries the Duke.
Evy staggers at the mention of the name, but the Prince holds her up.
" I reckon so," he replied. " There's a whole gang of feminines.
" Guess 111 call," says Mr. Kentsbire, " and take the crowd along."
"Now, Miss," says the Prince, as he and Evy gain a settee in one of
the corridors, beyond the visual reach of prying waiter or spying hell-
boy, and seat themselves upon it. " Now, what you want of me ?"
He knows, of course, but he's playing he doesn't. Evy's only answer
is to fall sobbing on his manly chest.
" Quit, I tell you," he expostulates, drawing back so sudden that Miss
Evy has to straighten up to keep from falling headlong. "I don't want
no cheap theater acting. If I do, I can get it when I want it and pay
for it."
The Lady Genevieve's pride winces, but she thinks of the stakes she is
playing for, and controls herself with the thought of how she'll get back
on him when she's Mrs. Connaught.
" You sent me word you was dying," the Prince goes on, and sneers as
he looks at her. " You look like it, don't you ?"
" Oh, why have you kept away from me all these months ?" Evy bursts
in, unable to restrain the rising tears.
" Why?" exclaims Mr. Connaught. " I like that. Playing you don't
know," and he laughs derisively.
Evy's face wears an expression of marble innocence.
" I don't know nothing about it," she sobs, shaking her head woefully,
preparatory to another fall forward. But the Prince rises abruptly and
discourages the attempt.
" Now look a- here," he says, sternly. " We can settle this business in
due form right away if you'll behave. If you don't, I quit," and he
makes believe to be going.
"Stay!" cries Evy, imploringly. "I'll behave."
" All right," says the Prince, re-seating himself.
"Now tell me," says Miss Thames, " why you went away so sudden-
like that day, and have quit coming up to the house?" The Prince is
silent. " Tell me, can't you ?" Evy continues.
" Gimme a show." The Prince's face relents. " Well," he says, "that
night at the opera you chucked down a note to a fellow who was trying
to mash you."
Genevieve throws up her hands in horror. " I didn't ; no such thing."
" I know better," says the Prince, wagging his head.
" Who says so ?" asks Evy.
" That's all right," replies Mr. Connaught with a con6dent nod.
" Was it Mattie ?"
"That's all right," reiterates the Prince. "I ain't going to give no-
body away."
" Nasty, hateful thing! " cries Evy. " I knew it was her. Just wait.''
" Well, what you going to do about it ?" asks Mr. Connaught, coming
to business. " Got anything to say?"
" I have that," replies Miss Thames, indignantly. " Plenty."
" Well, be quick about it, then," says the Prince, looking at his watch.
" I got a whole stack of calls to make yet."
"Well," says Evy, "you remember that night at the opera you went
away and left me alone in the box ?" The Prince gives an impatient
nod. " Well, while you was away the Judge come in, and we got talk-
ing, among other matters and things, about fellers mashing girls, and
things like that See ?"
Evy pauses to gather together the threads of the narrative she had
learnt by heart.
The Prince nods and says " Ha-ha."
"Well," continues Miss Thames, "he said, just for fun like, he'd
taken a notion to try and see if he couldn't mash Mattie, who was in the
box under us along with your mother."
Light seems to dawn on the Prince, but he only murmurs, " Proceed."
" Well," Evy goes on. "(I wonder," says the Judge, 'could I drop
her a note from here if I wrote one ?' ' I guess so,' says I. ' Well,' says
he, ( but I ain't got no paper or pencil.' I thought I'd help him just for
fun like, so says I, ' I got a pencil ' — the one you loaned me before you
left." The Prince nods. " 'There ain't no paper, though,' says the
Judge. 'Here,' says I, holding up the programme, 'won't this do?'
' That's so,' says he. So I hands him the paper and pencil and he begins
to write. ' Oh, pshaw !' he says, after a minute, ' I ain't no hand at this
business. You write it for me.' So I took the pencil and paper and
wmte what I thought was a real sweet little note from a gentleman to a
lady, and without thinking — I didn't know what possessed me — I wrote
my name at the bottom. I never noticed what I'd done, or remembered
till the note was gone. Then the Judge took the note and dropped it
right into Mattie's lap. Now, what you got to say ?"
"Too thin," replies the Prince, after a subdued whistle.
" How?" demands Miss Thames.
" Taffy," says the Prince, winking one eye.
Evy is inclined to be awful mad, but she sees quiet persuasion is the
best game for her.
" Honest, it ain't," she says.
" Who's going to prove it ?" asks the Prince, coolly buttoning up his
coat.
The Lady Genevieve is quite unprepared for this doubting of her word,
but, as usual, she is equal to the occasion, kind fate lending its aid. In
the distance she spies the Judge engineering her pa along the lobby.
" He'll do it for me, I reckon," she says to herself.
" Wait," she says to the Prince, as she rises quickly, and the next mo-
ment is at the Judge's elbow.
"Come here a minute," she says, out of breath from the run. "I
want you."
" Can't leave the old man alone," says the Judge, in a low tone. " He's
as full as a goat."
" I don't care ; you got to," urges Evy. " It won't take a minute."
His Honor deposits the Earl in a rocker near at hand, and goes with
Miss Thames.
" Want to do me a great favor ?" Evy asks in a whisper, as they make
their way back to the Prince.
" Name it, Miss," replies the Court, gallantly.
" Say ' yes ' to everything I ask yon. Will you ?"
" Why, certainly," replies the Judge, in a disappointed tone. " That
ain't nothing."
" Now, Judge," says Evy, as the Prince rises and meets them. "Didn't
I write a note for you at the opera that night for you to throw down to
Mattie Raleigh ?"
The Judge looks a trifle staggered, and elevates his eyebrows consid-
erable.
" Give it up," he answers, forgetting his promise in his surprise.
" Gimme something easy."
Miss Thames gives him a look that brings him to his senses, as the
Prince turns away with a sniff of disgust and begins putting on his
ulster.
" Course ye did," he explains. " I was only joking just now."
" And didn't you throw the note into her lap in the box below ?" inter-
rogates Miss Thames, frowning and shaping " yes " with her mouth as,
well as she can without speaking it.
" I reckon that's about the size of it," replies his Honor.
A guttural sound from the direction of the Earl, as that nobleman
makes an unsuccessful attempt to get on his feet, warns the Judge to
return.
Then the Prince opens his arms, and the next instant Evy's head is pil-
lowed on his breast.
Faintly from the Judge, looking back, as he disappears within the door-
way with the Earl, comes the gentle murmur : " Yum-yum !"
[Continued Next Week.']
TO MINE OWNERS.
THE SYNDICATE MINING ASSOCIATION
Was Organized August 28th, 1878, for the Purpose of Capitalizing Mining Properties,
Expecting that by Care and Preliminary Expenditure, it would be Able
to Secure and Promote only Dividend-Paying Mines.
The Directors of the Syndicate Mining- Ass'n, of Baltimore, Ttld :
Mr. Charles G. Kerr, Lawyer, Baltimore, Md President.
Governor Oden Bowie, ex -Governor of Maryland Vice-President.
Mr. Wm. Emmet Banks, Merchant, Baltimore Treasurer.
Col. Harry McCoy, Baltimore Secretary.^
Hon. G. C. Walker , Ex-Governor of Virginia.^
Hon. Robert T. Banks Ex-Mayor of Baltimore.
Hon. E. J. Henkel, M.C Anne Arundel Co., Maryland.
James D. Martin Merchant, Washington, D.C.
Hon. John Merryman Ex-State Treasurer, Md.
Hon. M. W. Ransom United States Senator, Weldon, N.C.
E. MeMurdy Inspector.
SAN FBANCISCO OFFICE:
Room 26, Cosmopolitan Building, No. 203 Bush Street.
T January 24.J
BOKER'S BITTERS.
The Undersigned is Sole Ag-eut iii California for the sale of
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JOHN JENNINGS
Hooper's South Eiul Warehouses, corner Japan and Town-
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10,000 tons. Goods taken from the Dock and the Cars of the C. P. R. R. and S. P.
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ek 21, 1880.
CALIFORNIA APVKUTTSKU.
RELIGION ON THE HALF-SHELL
A onnirt; ■ ihoold My, D past,
w.- rv iUv, Like bratd upon the wrmten c«t,
utcwt, just the prey His mother'* prayers com© back at
roea ro for; laat.
In nu'- ' tiAkfttneas, Hi- baut is •oftened.
Mth vhtskr «icnal* of iltstrww He )><-ti<U hi-« laU? repentant heml,
kfiv out on dom and cheeks; oh, 1 treat In1* what thepnMio.Mi onrvsrutl.
And sheds the hrst tears he has shed
A I.nafer. Since ophaned.
\ carinas, plaoa to loaf around "Clew out] This fa no piece for yon."
Ur'« I. .-sen; thi«* i* bal* ground The Sexton^ whisper thrills him
\nii he is stan dint; in the sound through
Of Sabbeth ringing. GOded religion owns each pew
The fashionable crowds pass in So dearly rented.
Podutup their six days loads of sin ; No place for such as be, alas,
Hark! He can hear the choir begin Midst velvet seats and saint-stained
The singing'. gl*88-
L ... . , , ,, „ He is repentant that he has
k creeps within ; on bended knees Kepeuted.
rs the sacred music cease,
ie hears the deathless words of \Vbat matter ! Just across the street
peace — • He knows the welcome he will meet—
" Come, all ye weary." No doubt there's some one there will
[tu-ough sin and shame and wasted treat ;
Tears Or he can purchase.
Its heart grows softer as he hears, He hears the choir take up the hymn.
ife seems, viewed through repent- But now his eyes no tear-drops dim ;
ant tears. The gin-shop is the place for him,
Less dreary. Not churches.
And so the Loafer goes his way,
The Sexton turns to pray,
The perfumed Parson draws his pay
The Book to garble.
He leads his flock to Abram's breast
In silks and furs and broadcloth dressed —
The tramp tramps towards the tramp's last rest,
Morgue marble.
Sin Francisco, February 20, 1880. G. H. J.
AN ENGLISH JUDGE ON FAIR FIGHTING.
It was a sturdy old English Judge, Lord Justice Brett, to wit, who,
t the Lancaster assizes, recently, made the following remarks when pass-
lg the very mild sentence of two months' imprisonment on a young
inner found guilty of the manslaughter of another farmer by killing him
i a 6ght. In commenting upon the fact that the prisoner had hit the
eceased " below the belt," and also upon the practice of unfair fighting
'hich now prevails in Lancashire, the Judge said he had made up bis
lind that if a man fought fairly, although fighting was contrary to the
>w, he would not punish him should an accident result from the fight.
a the present case, not only had the prisoner struck the deceased in the
iomach, but after he was down he had kicked him, which made the of-
;nse ten times worse. It was hard to believe that a *' human Bnglish-
ian" could allow himself to do such a cowardly act, and it made him
he Judge) shudder to find that Englishmen could do such things. He
longht it should be the anxious endeavor and wish of every one in this
mntry to brinsj about a state of things that used to exist in every part
: it. He could recollect in his own time that in no village in England
iat he was aware of, when two men went out to fight upon a quarrel,
ould one fight unfairly, because if he did every one in the village would
:out him. Now it hail come to pass that some Englishmen fought like
>wards and took unfair advantages, and sometimes used the knife. Such
induct was really degrading.
FARNEI.Ii IN CONGRESS.
The action of the United States Congress, in according the privileges
: the floor of the House to Mr. Parnell, was, to say the least, not in
ay good taste. It is well known that Parnell's mission is political, and
is equally well known that bis politics are seditiously hostile to the
overnment of Great Britain. He did not come to this country for the
arpose of obtaining food for starving Ireland (if Ireland is starving), but
•r the purpose of getting dollars out of Americas to aid the rebellioiis
hemes of the contumacious political party which he leads. While
.mericans have shown, in a practical way, their sympathy for the dis-
ess in Erin, they have also expressed, in no ambiguous terms, their con-
impt for and condemnation of the demagogue who seeks to prostitute
larity to bis own selfish and rebellious ends. In the face of this expres-
on of popular opinion, Congress voluntarily lends its sacred forum to an
scrupulous agitator, and solemnly assembles to hear him ventilate his
eason against a friendly Power. John Bull is too well bred to protest
i hotly as be might, but he will probably keep up a " devil of a think-
li" and will smile as he cogitates upon what sort of a row would ensue
the House of Commons were to invite Denis Kearney to take the
peaker's chair, and tell what he knew about the " lecherous" Govern-
ent of the United States.
A PROMISING BABE IN LETTERS.
Newspapers, nowadays, are not much given to complimenting their
intern poraries. The days of journalistic courtesy are dead and gone,
id in their place we have blackguardly feuds, with mud-balls for weapons,
i both sides. In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, praise bestowed by
ie paper upon another simply means that a mutual admiration society
is been established on the you-tickle-me-and-I'll-tickle-you principle.
He Neios Letter, however, has cheek enough to praise a contemporary,
id deliberately assert that it thereby constitutes an exception to the
>ove-asserted rule. We refer to the New York Hour. A better in-
irmed, a more gracefully written, a more cosmopolitan, fair-minded,
ltspoken, and altogether clever weekly journal, we do not know of — and
e know most of them by heart. It combines the solidity and dignity of
news-paper with the sparkle and gossip of a " society " journal. It is as
rave and independent as it is readable and chatty. This looks like a
iff, but it isn't. The News Letter is a quarter of a century old, and the
our hits only reached the sixth number of its first volume. The grand-
other will always gush over a child after her own heart.
AfisntBLi Chambxrs (Twnrn raiBD Session) )
Sa< i:\mim-i, February 16th, 1880. f
Dear News Letter: My dislike to being misrepresented to my con-
stitaents, whose good opinion I hold In high esteem, has overcome my
modesty and dislike of appearing In print. 1 object to being counted
among those who were " working like beavers " for the Tyler Water bill,
as reported in your " Legislative Watt*," Mv opposition to that iniqui-
tous measure will appear manifest when it was on" my motion that the
said bill was indefinitely postponed, killed, squelched and sat upon. (This
latter term is more significant than elegant).
Yours reverently, T. H. Mkiiuy.
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Feb. 21, 1880.
"PLEASURE'S WAND."
"We Obey no Wand but Pleasure's."— TomMoore^^
Baldwin's Theater. — The Queen's Shilling is adapted from the French
play, Le Fils de Famille. It is a most amusing trifle. It creates amuse-
ment and merriment, and puts every one in a good humor. It is not a
roaring farce or a genteel comedy, but occupies an indefinable place be-
tween the two, having touches of both. It is one of those pieces that are
often met with, in which the end justifies the means. The improbabili-
ties, the absurdities, the inconsistencies are all overlooked in the pleasure
derived. The different scenes are humorous in themselves, and are made
more so by clever dialogue, bristling with neat delicacies of repartee and
bits of chaff. In view of all this, an analysis of the plot, its points, its
faults, is unnecessary. It will suffice to say that the first two acts are
both brilliant and clever, but the third stupid and insensate. Acted as
it is by the Baldwin Company, it deserves a long run. Miss Morris's re-
appearance next Monday prevents this, but it will doubtless be revived at
the first opportunity. It is really well-acted by all concerned. Miss
Jeffreys-Lewis is well fitted with the character of the dashing, spirited
Kate. She is rich, vivacious and full of diablerie. As "Mrs. Major Iron-
sides," Miss Walters developed considerable comedy talent. Mr. O'Neill
deserves considerable commendation for his hero. He is the gay insouci-
ant fellow to the life. In his first interview with the heroine, in her dis-
guise of the bar-maid, bis love-making has all the superficial ring of the
true flirt, of the man who is simply amusing himself. But gradually,
with the growth of true affection, he becomes more sincere, more intense
— in fact, the devoted lover. The drunken scene is admirably acted. In
the comparatively unimportant part of " Gambier," the hero's friend,
Mr. "Welles appears to advantage. This actor is an acquisition to the
company. He is always conscientious and effective, has a good stage
presence, and dresses like a gentleman. Mr. Bishop has rarely done any-
thing as well as his "Sam." This satisfactory result is attained by a
toning down of his usual habits of over-acting, and by acostuine and make-
up that diminish the extravagance of his personality. The gem of the
performance is the Colonel of Mr. Bradley. The old soldier, both mar-
tinet and old beau, endeavoring to be both stern and gentle, authoritative
and affectionate, chafing under the restraint his love for " Miss Greville "
imposes upon him, compelled to Buffer the lash of "Mr. Vane's" pitiless
sarcasm and chaff, is a capital dramatic character. Mr. Bradley tills all
its requirements to perfection. A more amusing scene than the
one at the piano, in the second act, in which the Colonel's
vocal attempts are laughed down by the impudence of the
lover, can hardly be imagined. The play is admirably mounted
as regards scenery, but the uniforms are not exact, either in color
or cut. The preceding week closed with a few representations of
The Two Orphans. They were specially noticeable by the admirable way
in which the two poor heroines were impersonated. Tbese characters
have had many representations on the local stage, but never such good
ones. The " Henriette" of Miss Carey was a delicious piece of acting.
In the last act she astonished even her most fervent admirers by the force
and intensity she displayed. Miss Beaudet gave a most pathetic and
heartrending delineation of the unfortunate, blind victim of "La
Frochard." It was a most artistic picture of misery and suffering. On
Monday evening Miss Morris reappears1 in a new play, The Soul of an
Actress. This is written by A. C. Gunther, a former resident of this city.
Theater-goers will remember the production of a play of his, entitled Our
Reporter. Rumor says that Edgar Fawcett, a well-known New York
journalist, has collaborated in this work. It is to be superbly mounted,
great attention being paid to both scenery and costumes.
Bush. Street Theater. — The Bohemian Girl is a favorite opera, and
if well sung will attract good audiences. As given by the Melville Troupe
it is, all in all, a fair performance. The same blemishes that have spoilt
the troupe's work in every production since the opening are noticeable
in this case, but in a lesser degree. There is a total lack of entente between
singers and orchestra. There is no stage direction noticeable, and a want
of finish is apparent about everything that takes place. Miss Melville
makes a charming " Arline " in appearance, and sings the score neatly,
but with her usual tendency to flat the high notes. As the "Gipsy
Queen " Miss Montague appears to advantage. She is a sympathetic
vocalist, and pleases as such, but lacks the dramatic force necessary to be
effective. The introduced song, Cowan's " It Was a Dream," she sings
so sweetly and pathetically* that the bad taste of the interpolation is
somewhat excused. As "Thaddeus," Turner gives the best offort he has
yet made. It is well sung and acted. The " Devilshoof " of Peakes is
in this artist's usual style. He is a capital dramatic singer. Of Mr.
Makin's " Count Aruheim" nothing can be said in praise. It is badly
sung and wretchedly acted. There is a stiff awkwardness about his
gestures and a rough, crude manner about his singing that makes the im-
personation, as a whole, very unsatisfactory. With this week the opera
season closes. Both artistically and pecuniarily it has been a failure.
The causes that have led to this have been sufficiently discussed in these
columns. There has been no lack of appreciation on the part of the
public. The fault has been with the management. It was an incom-
plete company in some of the essentials, and lacked discipline and drill.
On next Monday evening Mr. Sothern appears, supported by his own
company. This clever actor has always been a great favorite here, and
as quite a time has elapsed since his last visit, there is naturally a strong
desire to see him in the theater-going community. This, coupled with the
fact that there are two new pieces in his repertory, ensures a prosperous
season. One of the novelties, Tlie Crushed Tragedian, will constitute the •
opening bill.
Ketten. — The farewell recital of this great pianist was attended by a
large and very enthusiastic audience. The appreciation his playing is
held in by our public can best be evidenced by the fact that there were
three encores demanded in a programme of some eight or nine numbers.
It would seem that this demand at a recital is in bad taste and out of
place. On Monday evening it resulted in the last number being omitted,
the audience leaving the hall en masse at the conclusion of Liszt's arrange--
ment of the "Wedding March." The omitted selection was the "Ra -
koczy March," something all would have fain listened to. Mr. Ketten
leaves for the East to-morrow, bearing the best wishes of our community.
All those who have come into contact with him have been charmed by his
genius, his high art, his amiability, and his delightful bonkommie.
German Theater. — The house was very large last Sunday evening,
and a handsome sum was netted for the Silesian sufferers. Mr. Ketten,
who had kindly volunteered, was warmly applauded. To-morrow eve-
ning the performance will be for the benefit of Miss Fiebach. This little
lady is a most charming soubrette, full of life and spirit, and is conse-
quently a deserved favorite. The compliment of a full house is assured
for this occasion.
Wilhelmj. — This artist's concert, last Sunday evening, was well at-
tended. Being indisposed, he was hardly able to da himself justice. He*
left for Los Angeles on Monday morning, but returned to take part in a
charitable concert last evening, mention pf which will be made next week.<
Chit-Chat. — Rumor asserts that Joaquin Miller is shortly to lead toi
the altar no less a personage than Dr. Kate Stanton, who stumped for
Horace Greeley during the Presidential campaign of 1872.-^— The St.
Louis Globe speaks savagely of Mapleson and his three-dollar opera of
" Her Majesty," in intimating that the charge is two dollars for majesty
and one dollar for opera. — John Brougham has completed the first act
of a three-act drama, to be called Some Rule, or Justice for Ireland.—
Brignoli, while leaving Chicago for St. Louis, fell between two cars, but
was rescued from death by the activity of a hrakeman, who pulled him up
just in time to prevent a shapeless mass from representing the once re-
nowned tenor. -^Campanini will sing in England for the Summer opera
season; in this country next Fall and Winter.^— Maggie Mitchell says
she is not ashamed to tell her age, and that she was born in 1836.^— Miss
Godard, the aeronaut, daughter of the Godard who " ballooned " in this
country about twenty-five years ago, is dead.— —Pauline Leon, a French
actress of celebrity, has died, leaving a large fortune to a daughter, who
cannot he found.^^Tom Thumb is no exception to other celebrities ;
he ages, he cheapens. For the first time in his life, he is up for ten cents.
It used to cost a quarter of a dollar at least to see him. Nevertheless, he
is attracting multitudes, and probably his income is as much as ever ini
the aggregate.-^— A novelty was recently produced at a Paris theater ini
the shape of an adaptation of a Hindostanese drama. —Bertha Mehlig,.
sister to Anna Mehlig, the great pianist, has made her first appearance ini
the same capacity in London, and was very successful.-^— Referring tot
the charge that, in reading before a Western college recently, she wore a
low-necked dress that hurt the Faculty, Mrs. Scott-Siddons becomes thus,
womanly with her pen: "Neither I nor my mode of dressing, I think,l
requires any upholding from Americans at this late day, after so long andi
faithful a friendship has existed between them and me as a woman as
well as an artist; but I do. feel the indelicate manner in which these?
would-be wits are handling the subject, the more so that my natural pro-<
tector is no longer by my side. "-^— The Theatre de la Porte St. Martin,r
Paris, is busy with the rehearsals of Les Etrangleurs de Parts. The mise*
en-scene consists of no fewer than twelve scenes, of which the third*
represents the grand staircase of the Opera on a bal-masque night ; the:
sixth, the Grand Roquette (the Parisian Newgate) at the breakfast hour
of those condemned to death; the eighth, the Seine by night, as seen fromi
the bridge of the Chatelet, with the somber outlines of the Palace of
Justice in the distance ; tenth, the deck of a vessel, with some ingenious
effects ; and the twelfth, the Cour d' Assizes de la Seine, as it at present
exists.— Brignoli has four admirers in St. Louis — the members of the.
Tuning Fork Club. This club is composed of Benedic'ine Monks, Judge:
Jowlers and dyspeptics. Their religion is one time and three motions ini
the key of three flats (concert pitch) andante and fiorture. They eat rare-
beef and drink Budweiser beer, and wear sealskin caps and pale neckties,
and valitudinarious moustaches. They worship Brignoli because
he is an orphan and has lost his voice, says The Kansas City Times.—
Our English exchanges record an extraordinary accident at the Holte:
Theater, Aston, near Birmingham. The stage is lighted by two electrici
lights, and, when the candles are not burning, the two brass connections
used for the purpose of crossing the circuit are hung up over the orches-
tra. Out of curiosity, as is supposed, after the performance was over,
Mr. Bruno, the player of the euphonium, caught hold of the two brass
connections. The man in charge of the electric apparatus warned him,
but it was too late, and the unfortunate musician not only received the
full charge of the powerful battery supplying all the lamps in the'
buildings and (grounds, but was unable, in consequence of the stage can-
dles not being in use, to disengage himself, and so pulled the wire down.
The shock rendered him insensible, and he died forty minutes after it.— »
The Shakespeare Memorial. — Preparations are already being made for
holding in April next a grand series of Shakespearian performances in the
Memorial Buildings, Stratford on-Avon, Eng. The performances will
probably extend over three weeks, and many of the principal artists of
the day will take part in them. Barry Sullivan has already promised to
assist, and has declined to receive any remuneration. Since April last
the erection of the library and picture-gallery has been actively proceeded
with, and in the course of a few months this portion of the Memorial
Buildings will be covered in. The elaborate marble and stone staircase, a
design of which was exhibited by the architects in last year's Royal
Academy, is finished, and is considered a magnificent work of art.^—
The surplus of 12 per cent, recently added to the price of subscriptions
at the Paris Opera has this year produced a sum of 158,000 francs, of
which 145,500 francs have been applied to increasing the salaries of the
staff. The total subscriptions, it may be added, amount to 1,400,000'
francs.— A monument has been erected to the memory of Chopin at the
Church of Sainte Croix, at Yarsovia. It consists of a niche of white
marble, in which is placed a bust of the composer, also in white marble,
and beneath appears this inscription : "Erected to the memory of Fred-
erick Chopin, by his compatriots. He was born at Wolga-Zelazowa the 2d
of March, 1809, and died at Paris the 17th October, 1849."
Fob. 21, 1S80.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
SPORTING ITEMS.
PedMtrfanfam. -By telcffnph we learn the startling news that Wea-
uy an at laat going to Mttle the v.-x.-f question of "uperior-
i «i\ -hiv walk* to taka t>Ure early in Marohi Weston has sunk
it a tramping ground by consent*
iu; t-> walk in San Francisco. We affonl tlii-* much ipace to freely Ad-
vertising the show, simply Itecanse it is one of the undoubted rights of a
fid pedestrian t-» have hi* bntlnesi puffed gratnitonaW ; if it were
r daily |«|ht» would not have social dispatches telegraphed to
them at great their contemplated movements. How nicely it's
done, t-«- "In spite of objection to America. *' How rich! "Weston
voted to aralk in San Francisco,'1 As if he and 0*Loary had not
atudie*! fi>r months am t-» which place would be most easily gulled and put
up the moat coin to see their wretched, played-out hippodromes. Em/land
has virtually repudiated this six-day business, New York and the other
lar.v K.-istern cities are played out, so Weston ** at last consents to walk
in San Francisco." lr. view of the immense amount of money the show
is sure to take in, we suggest to the trustees of the Mechanics' Pavilion,
as the owners of the only available circus lot, to charge at least §5,000 for
a week's rent of that building, unless it should he, as is very likely, that
it was engaged for the walk months ago, ------- King Hedley and Davis run
their quarter-mile race at the Recreation fi rounds to-morrow, weather
permitting. If the race is run out, extraordinary good time may be ex-
pected, as both of the men have showed under 51 in practice.
Swimming. — Last Tuesday W. H. Daily, champion swimmer of Cal-
ifornia, published a card accepting J. P. Fteraming's challenge to swim,
on condition that all the gate receipts went to the winner. Fleraming
has stated his willingness to agree to that proposition, so the match will
probably come off, but as yet no money has been put up and no time
agreed on. In our last issue we expressed a hope that the race might be
something better than a mere gate-money affair. By that it was not in-
tended to deprecate the charging of an entrance fee to see the race, as
certain persons supposed, but an objection to races that are arranged
merely for a division of the gate receipts among the contestants, instead
of what they purport to be, " a test of skill or speed." We were informed
that Flemming's first proposition was to swim for S100 a side and divide
the gate money. On those terms he stood to win in any case, his stake
being put up for him by a gentleman who had no interest in the profits of
the match. If Daily was aware of that fact, our remark that his raising
the stake from $100 to 81,000 looked like a bluff, was undeserved, for he
certainly had a right to evade a match in which his opponent took no
risks of money or reputation while he risked money and reputation, too.
We sincerely hope that, if the match comes off on the terms suggested,
that there will be a large enough attendance of spectators to make a hand-
some purse for the winner.
Coursing. — The Capital Coursing Club had a very enjoyable meeting
at Georgetown, near Sacramento, February 15th. The weather was bright
and clear, the hares plentiful, and the ground in tine condition for run-
ning. The first pair of dogs slipped were Mary Stuart and Spring ; the
latter won. Patsey Bolivar defeated Boss Tweed ; Mollie McCarty beat
Lady Grant ; Emma Lyman beet Black Jack ; Lady Emma beat Kitty ;
and Patsey Bolivar ran an " undecided course" with Mollie McCarty. A
match was made on the grounds, between " nominations," by Jas. Adams
and A. Manning. Messrs. J. Adams and A. Manning were the judges ;
R. 0. Mnllane and J. J. Cadogan, slippers.— —The Pacific Coast Cour-
sing Club will hold their drawing for dogs entered for the open Spring
meeting at 539 California street this evening, when the judges and slippers
for the match will also be selected. The coursing party will leave for
Merced on Tuesday, February 24th. If the weather is fine, that will
afford an excellent opportunity to see a coursing match equal in every re-
spect, except the number of dogs, to the world-famed meetings at Altcar,
where the Waterloo cup is run for, in presence of the largest and most
fashionable gatherings ever assembled to witness out-door sport. -^— The
Pioneer Coursing Club wisely fixed their Spring meeting for a date when
tine weather is almost certain. They will run an extra large number of
dogs this Spring, among which are two recent importations from a cele-
brated English kennel.
Shooting. — The pigeon shooting tournament, advertised to take place
at the Recreation Grounds next Monday, is more than likely to be a
dismal failure. The list of entries closed last Wednesday night. At
that time only ten shooters had put up their entrance fee, which limits
the number of contestants to ten, unless free post-entries are admitted to
help the show boom. In addition to the fact that the tournament pos-
sesses nothing of a sportsmanlike character, being a mere gate-money af-
fair gotten up entirely as a financial speculation, it is an outrage to allow
it to be shot at the Recreation Grounds. We hear, that in spite of an
ordinance forbidding the discharge of firearms within the city limits,
the Board of Supervisors have given permission to the promoters of this
tournament to hold it at the Recreation Grounds, which are far inside the
city limits, and in a comparatively thickly populated district, and adjoining
a well traveled road, where the shooting is liable to cause many serious
accidents by frightening horses. We are willing to admit that if the
Supervisors did give such permission their motives were pure, but that
does not excuse them from a charge of gross indifference to the possible
dangers of indiscriminate shooting at Folsom and Twenty-fifth streets.
In spite of the Supervisoral permission the police would do well to do
their plain duty in this case by arresting any person who fires off a gun
an the grounds.
Boxing. — Pete Lawler, better known a3 " Dublin Pete," and George
Sharp, of Oakland, have signed articles to fight a glove fight, under the
Marquis of Queensberry's rules, for $250 a side. The fight is to come off
in Oakland some time next week. A deposit of $50 each has been put in
the hands of P. Cassidy, of Oakland. Lawler will fight at 135 pounds ;
Sharp, about 10 pounds heavier.
Football. —Last Saturday an exciting game was played between the
Oakland and Wanderer Clubs, at the Recreation Grounds. Both sides
were short of men — the Oakland Club playing 11 against the Wanderers'
12. During the match, which was won by the Oakland Club, two of the
players were rather seriously injured — Roach in the leg and Deane in the
Shoulder.
Krug Champagne. — Private Cuvee, in quarts and pints; Shield —
Krug — in quarts and pints ; Premiere Qualite, in quarts and pints. For
sale by Hellman Bros. & Co., corner Front and Jackson streets.
Mr. Thco. J. Toedt, the popular tenor, returns East in a few days.
During his short stay here he has endured himself to a host of friends
an. I well-wishers. Not only has he Deen appreciated for his talent as a
rocatiat, bat he has enooeedod socially in creating a circle of acquaintances
who will ever remember him as a courteous, amiable gentleman, and a
good fellow in every respect All will unite in wishing him a pleasant
trip and Anf Wiederukrt,
This community is promised a treat in the possible appearance as a
vocalist of Miss Emma Thursby. Negotiations are in progress for a con-
cert season, under Strakosch's management, with the above charming
singer as the star.
GOLD DISCOVERY AT THE CAPE.
To the Editor of the " Mossel Bay Advertiser :"— I was utterly
astonished yesterday, upon hearing that the three little globular vials full
of virgin gold, that were shown me by a gentleman in Cape Town the
other day, who had actually dug the precious metal out of the earth him-
self, had been discovered at the Karatara, near George Town, and within
ten hours' journey of this town ! And I am at a loss to know why, long
ere this, this fact has not been known, declared and published to the
great, world at large, and that the people of this colony seem to be so ut-
terly indifferent to the possession of this hidden wealth, that will
assuredly electrify and astonish the nations, as did the California gold-
fields in 1849.
There are at this moment hundreds of capitalists, explorers and ex-
perts iu San Francisco alone, to say nothing of New York and London,
who, if they had seen what I have, would instantly flock to this beauti-
ful land, and not only — almost as quickly as I am writing this letter —
form a company, but have the machinery started, and practical workmen
and miners on the way to reap the golden harvest, that is sure to be their
reward. Why, Mr. Editor, this beautiful little sea-port town, which is
now almost asleep— at least it is so, as to its belief in its magnificent fu-
ture—would teem with population ; real estate would go up 500 per cent.,
and its merchandise, traffic and commerce increase a thousand fold — while
the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope would be the new El Dorado, to-
ward which the feet of gold-seekers from every clime would turn, Cape
Town become a second Francisco, and the Rip "Van Winkle Dutchmen,
awaking from their twenty years' sleep, will find this neglected and un-
appreciated land " blooming and blossoming as the rose," and one of the
richest on the face of the earth. Up, then ! and let it be developed at
once! Yours, etc., Stephen Massett.
Mossel Bay, South Africa, Dec. 23, 1879.
SAN JOAQUIN CROPS.
The San Joaquin Valley being the principal wheat field in Califor-
nia, same attention has been given, aud much uneasiness felt, as to the
condition of the growing Crops there. There has been the usual cry for
more rain, and it has been freely asserted that the crops on the west side
of the Valley were already a failure. We have just returned from a visit
to the Valley, and we do not share in the doleful anticipations of the
Wheat "Bulls." We feel sanguine that there will be considerably better
crops this year than last. The cold, frosty weather has undoubtedly pre-
vented the growth above ground up to this point, but it is a question iu
our mind whether the growth below ground, the stronger roots obtained,
will not ultimately be of greater advantage to the crops, although there is
always the risk, when the crops are backward, of damage being occa-
sioned by drowth at the end of the sera >n. Owing to the cold and frost
of the past few weeks the soil still retained considerable moisture, and
the rain, which commenced on Wednesday afternoon, and which appeared
to be general throughout the Valley, will, if followed now by a little sun-
shine, make things "jump," and gladden the hearts of the Valley farmers.
THE BALDWIN THEATER.
Thomas Ufag-nlre, Manager; It. 91. Eberle, Stage Manager.
Brilliant Success of the present London Success,
The Queen's Shilling!
Mr. James O'Neill, Mr. A. D. Bradley, Mr. Charles B. Welles, Mr. C. B. Bishop,
Miss Jeffreys-Lewis, Miss Jean Clara Walters, Miss Mollie Reve1. This (Saturday)
Evening, Great Double Bill! THE QUEEN'S SHILLING and TOODLES. ONLY
QUEEN'S SHILLING MATINEE this Afternoon, at 2 p.m. Monday, February 23d,
Re-appearance of CLARA MORRIS, and grand production, for the first time on any
stage, of THE SOUL OF AN ACTRESS. , ^__ Feb. 21.
^BUSH-STREET THEATER.
Charles E. Locke, Proprietor. ---Last Performance of the
EMEUE MELVILLE ENGLISH OPERA COMPANY, this (Saturday) Evening,
February 10th, Offenbach's
Grand Duchess of Gerolstein !
For the Saturday Matinee. THE BOHEMIAN GIKL, pronouueed by crowded and
fashionable audiences to be the best representation of this favorite opera ever wit-
nessed in this city. Sunday Evening— WILHELHJ SACRED CONCERT. Monday
Next— MR. SOTHERN in THE CRUSHED TRAGEDIAN. Reserved Seats now on
sale. Feb. 21.
GREATEST WONDER OF THE AGE.
Suspended Wire Cnshiou Parlor Billiard Table. A new
California invention. Call at No. 28 New Montgomery street. Patent applied
for. Agents wanted. [Feb. 21.] S. R. MATHEWSON & CO.
JOHN G. AYRES,
Stock and Exchange Broker, No. 429 1'allfornla street, San
Francisco, will buy and sell Bonds and Stocks of every kind, and on proper
Collaterals negotiate Loans of various amounts, including those on first-class City
and Country Real Estate, at satisfactory rates. Feb. 21.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Ofliee of the Eureka Consolidated Mining Company, Ne-
vada Block, Room No. 37, San Francisco, Feb. 14, 1SS0.— At a meeting of the
Board of Directors of the above named Company, held this day, a dividend (No. 52)
of Thirty Cents per share was declared, payable on FRIDAY, February 20th, 1SS0.
Transfer Books closed uutil the 21st instant.
Feb. 21. P. JACOBUS. Assistant Secretary.
TO OWNERS OF REAL ESTATE.
Persons owning Beat Estate that has heretofore been as-
sessed in the former owner's name, or inis-spelled, or otherwise mis-de-
scribed, are requested to appear personally, or send their deeds to the Assessor's
Office (New City Hall), and have the proper changes made for the Real Estate Roll
1SS0-81. Immediate attention is necessary, as work on the Roll will commence in a
few davs, after which it will be too late for any alterations.
Feb.' 21. ALEXANDER BADLAM, City and County Assessor.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Feb. 21, 1880.
DRUNK IN THE STREET.
" Drunk, your worship," the officer said :
"Drunk in the street, Sir!" She raised her head.
A lingering trace of the olden grace
Still softened the lines of her woe-worn face.
Unkempt and tangled her rich brown hair ;
Yet with all the furrows and stains of care—
The years of anguish, and sin, and despair —
The child of the city was passing fair.
The ripe, red mouth, with lips compressed —
The rise and fall of the heaving breast —
The nervous fingers, so taper and small,
Crumple the fringe of the tattered shawl,
As she stands in her place at the officer's call.
She seemed good and fair, she seemed tender and sweet,
This fallen woman, found drunk in the street.
Does the hand that once smoothed the ripple and wave
Of that tangled hair lie still in the grave?
Is the mother who pressed those red lips to her own
Deaf to the pain of their smothered moan ?
Has the voice that chimed with the lisping prayer
No accent of hope for the lost one there,
Bearing her burden of shame and despair?
Drunk in the street? — in the gutters found —
From a passionate longing to crush and drown
The soul of the woman she might have been —
To fling off the weight of a fearful dream,
And awake again in the homestead hard by
The wooded mountain that touched the sky;
To linger awhile on the path to school
And catch in the depths of the limped pool,
Under the willow shade, green and cool,
A dimpled face and a laughing eye,
And the pleasant words of the passer-by.
Ye men with sisters and mothers and wives,
Have ye no care for these women's lives ?
Must they starve for the comfort ye never speak ?
Must they ever be erring, and sinful, and weak —
Staggering onward with weary feet,
Stained in the gutters, and drunk in the street?
ELECTRICAL NOTES.
An Electric Light Accident. — A shocking story comes from Bir-
mingham, which shows how careful people ought to be in using the elec-
tric light. It appears that at the Holte Theater a star and grand are
lighted by a number of electric lamps. A M. Bruno, one of the orches-
tra, although warned not to do so, took hold of the brass connections
when the lamps were not in use, and thus received the full force of the
current generated by a powerful battery which supplies all the lights in
the building and grounds. He was unable to disengage himself and pulled
the wire down. When released he was insensible, and though restora-
tives were applied he died in about half an hour.
The Indian and the Telephone. — An amusing application of the
wonders of the telephone as an assistant detective of crime comes to us
from Julian. Several horses were recently stolen in that neighborhood,
and suspicion fell upon a certain Indian as the thief. Some one having
introduced a telephone up there, the same was being exhibited, when it
occurred to the owner of the stolen horses to get the Indian to come in
and hear the " Great Spirit" talk. The Indian took one of the cups, and
was thrilled with astonishment at being apparently so near the Great
Keeper of the happy hunting grounds. After some little time spent in
wonderment, the Indian was solemnly commanded by the Great Spirit
to "give up those stolen horses!" Dropping the cup as if he had been
shot, the Indian immediately confessed to having stolen the horses, and
tremblingly promised if his life was spared he would restore the "cabal-
los " at once, and he did so. — San Diego (Cal.) Union.
The New York Telephone Exchange.— At the Merchant's Tele-
phone Exchange, 198 Broadway, which is controlled by the Gold Stock
Telegraph Company, and employing Edison's carbon telephone, there are
as many as six hundred lines, radiating out to as many subscribers in dif-
ferent parts of the city and suburbs, Brooklyn, Jersey City, Newark and
Orange, and connections are now being made or projected with all the
neighboring towns. These lines comprise 650 miles of wire. New lines
are being erected at the rate of five a day, and it is in contemplation
soon to join the Philadelphia central office with that of New York. From
four to five calls are made daily at the exchange during business hours,
the attendants being provided with a neat hand telephone, combining
transmitter and receiver. — Electrician.
Long Distance Telephoning.— Mr. "W. H. Preece, in a recent lec-
ture in London on sound, speaking of long distance talking by aid of the
telephone, said that Prof. Bell and himself had carried on conversation
through an instrument having a resistance that represented 10,000 miles
of wire ; in fact, it was really a telegraph 10,000 miles long. He said
there was no doubt whatever that if, like Jules Verne's hero, we could go
to the moon and string a wire along that distance, there would not be the
slightest difficulty in maintaining telephonic communication with the
earth. — Scientific American.
Paper Carbon.— M. A. Vassard, on January 17th, writes to the Globe
commenting on Edison's new departure, and in the course of his letter he
says: " Gas proprietors may slumber in perfect quietness as far as Mr.
Edison's new burnt cardboard lamp is concerned,"
INSURANCE.
HUTCHINSON & MANN,
INSTTBAUCE AGENCY.
No. 323 A 324 California Street, Sail Francisco, Cal
Fire Insurance.
ST. PAUL of St. Paul
TEUTONIA of New Orleans
BERLIN-COLOGNE of Berlin
LA CONFIANCE of Pari*
DWELLING HOUSE UNDERWRITER!
of New York
G1RARD of Philadelphia.
HOME of Columbus.
NEW ORLEANS ASSOCIATION
PEOPLES of Newark.
REVERE of Boston.
LA CAISSE GENERALE of Paris.
WATERTOWN of New York.
Marine Insurance.
PARIS UNDERWRITING ASSOCIATION of Parit
LONDON AND PROVINCIAL MARINE INSURANCE CO of London
Capital Represented $23,000,000
All Losses JEquitably Adjusted and Promptly Paid.
W. L. CHALMERS, J. P. CLARK, J. C. STAPLES,
Special Agents and Adjusters.
HOME MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. OF CALIFORNIA.
Principal Office, 40G California Street, San Francisco
Cash Assets, January 1, 1877, §595,291 ; Liabilities, §5,952 ; Surplus for Polic,
Holders, $5&9,339. J. F. Houghton, President; L. L. Baker, Vice-President
Charles R. Story, Secretary. R. H. MAGILL, H. H. BIGELOW, General Agents.
Directors. — San Francisco— -L. L. Baker, John H. Redington, J. F. Houghton1
R. B. Gray, Robert Watt, John Currey, L. L. Baker, W. F.*Whittier, C. C. Burr, E'
M. Root, W. H. White, J. L. N. Shepard, W. M. Greenwood, George S. Mann, Cyra
Wilson, W. T. Garratt, C. Waterhouse, A. P. Hotaling, A. Block, A. K. P. Harmon
G. S. Johnson W. O. Wilson, A W. Bowman, H. L. Dodge, Charles R. Story. Ala1
meda County Branch — V. D. Moody, Chauncy Taylor, A. C. Henry, Robert S. Fai,
relly, Joseph B. Marlin, W. B. Hardy, T. B. Simpson. San Diego — A. H. Wilcox
Sacramento — Mark Hopkins, D. W. Earl, Julius Wetzlar, James Carolan. San Jose-J
T. Ellard Beans, B. D. Murphy, A. Pfister, J. H. Dibble, J. S. Carter, Jackson Lewie1
Jacob Rich, John Auzerais, John Balbach. Stockton — H. H. Hewlett, Chas. Beldinjj
J. D. Peters, A. W. Simpson, H. M. Fanning. Marysville— D. E. Knight. Gras
Valley— Wm. Watt, T. W. Sigourney. Portland, Oregon— W. S. Ladd, C. H. Lewie
P. Wassennan, B Goldsmith, D, Macleay. Virginia City, Nevada — John Gillig.Isaa
L. Requa. March 17.
FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE.--UNION INS. CO. OF S. F.
Tbe California Lloyds.— Established in 1861.— Nos. 416 an*
418 California street. Cash capital §750,000 in Gold. Assets exceed $l,000,Qffl
Coin. Fair Rates ! Prompt Settlement of Loses ! ! Solid Security ! ! DIRECTORS
—San Francisco— J. Mora Moss, N. G. Kittle, M. J. O'Connor, R. S. Floyd, Mose
Heller, Adam Grant, Daniel Meyer, AntoineBorel, Charles Kohler, E. L. Goldstein
I. Lawrence Pool, A. Weill, Joseph Brandenstein, Charles Bauin, James Moffitl
Benjamin Brewster, L. Cunningham, W. M. Hoag, Nicholas Luning, John Parrott
L. A. Booth, Julius Baum, MylesD. Sweeney, J as. M. Goewey, Edward Cadwaladei
Bartlett Doe, Gustave Touchard, J. H. Baird, J. G. Kittle, George C. Hickox, C. Du
commun, Wm. Scholle, John Conly, Ig. Steinhart, W. B. Stone, J. O. Eldridge, A
B. Phipps.
GUSTAVE TOUCHARD, President. N. G. KITTLE, Vice-President.',!
Chari.es D. Haven, Secretary. Geo. T. Bohen, Surveyor. Aug. 31,
THE STATE INVESTMENT AND INSURANCE CO.
TIKE ANB MARINE.
C^ash Assets, £450,000.— Principal Office, 218 and 220 San
j some street, San Francisco. Officers : — A. J. Bryant, President ; Riciiak,
I vers, Vice-President; Charles H. Cusuing, Secretary; H. H. Watson, Marini
Surveyor. Board of Directors : — Peter Donahue, James Irvine, C. D. O'Sullivan
A. Bocqueraz, R. Harrison, A. H. Rutherford, R. Bailey, E. W. Corbert, George 0
McMullin, A. J. Bryant, Frank M. Pixley, E Burke, H. H. Watson, Dr. C. F. Buckley*
P. J. White, E. M. Root, M. Mayblum, Richard Ivers, John Rosenfeld, Danie1
Callaghau. P. H. Russell, Sacramento. John G. Downey, Los Angeles. Wm
Hood, SonomaCounty. H. W. Seale, Mayfield. Geo. Rutherford, San Jose. Feb. 16
THE MARINE INSURANCE CO. OF LONDON, ENGLAND.
{ESTABLISHED 1836.]
Whole Amount of Jo;nt Stock and Guaranteed Capital. $5,000,000
Whole Amount of Capital paid up 900,000/
Cash Assets December 31 , 1876 3,710,000,
The undersigned have been duly authorized to issue Policies at current rates oil
Freight and Shipments to or from England, Europe, New York, Japan, China, Aus
tralian Colonies, Sandwich Islands, and Northern Coast Ports. If desired, policia
made payable at port of termination.
WILLIAMS, DIMOND & CO., Agents, ■
Aug. 10. 218 California Btreet.
~ THE SWISS MARINE INS. COMPANIES COMBINED.
Switzerland, of Zurich, Capital 5,000,000 francs; Helvetia^
of St. Gall, Capital 10,000,000 francs ; Baloise, of Basle, Capital 5,000,000 francs.
These three Companies are liable jointly and severally for all losses that may be su*
tained. Losses made payable in all.the principal seaports of the world. In the set-
tlement of all claims under an English policy, these Companies will strictly adhere tc
the conditions and customs adopted at Lloyds, and submit to English jurisdiction.
June 9. HARRY W. SYZ, Agent, 225 Sansome St., S. F.
NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL LIFE INSUR. CO. OF BOSTON.
Has transacted tbe business of Life Insurance for nearly
thirty-five years. Its assets amount to over Fourteen Million Dollars. The1
law of Massachusetts makes all its Policies nonforfeitable. It is a Purely Mutual Com-
pany, dividing every cent of surplus among Policy-holders. This is the Only Com-
pany on the Pacific Coast governed by the Massachusetts Lapse Law. This company
has como'ied with the new Insurance Laws of California.
WALLACE EVERSON, General Agent.
Sept. 2'i.] 328 Montgomery street.
AGGREGATE ASSETS,"
840,647,942.
Imperial Fire Insurance Co., of London Instituted 1803.
London Assurance Corporation, of London..
Established by Royal Charter 1720.
Northern Assurance Corporation, of London Established 1836.
Queen Insurance Company, of Liverpool Established 1857/
A JOINT POLICY ISSUED BY THE FOUR COMPANIES.
MOBJ8KT DICKSON, Manager.
W. ZA.NE BOOKER, Agent and Attorney.
317 ClI.IFOR.VIi STREET, S. F. [Oct. 11.
Fob. 21, 1880.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISKU.
"QUIPS AND CRANKS AND WANTON WILES."
AN AMKHICAN BKBTGK
Hi-* heart i* all of KtujlHh oak,
EBi trowaera all ol Ktulnh kersey.
He always rows tin- BngUsn stroke.
And yet he came from North New Jersey.
1 1*? docks his horses' Bowing tails.
He drive* an Kn^-li-*h cart, with Buttons;
Hfa U.'.ird is like the Prince of Wales*.
His eyegla»s like the Earl of Mutton's.
His satin scarf is Oxford blue,
And cutaway his English coat is,
And when he sjieaks, 0, English, too,
The difficulty in his throat is.
He calls his cousins' dresses "frocks,"
And rides u|»n an English Dag
To bound*— although the English fox
Is started from a puddin_
J. Ed mond Jones he writes his name ;
And yet, if you'll believe me, sirs, he
Was known as "Jim" Jones when he came
Some years ago from North New Jersey.
— Nellie O. Cone in Scribner's Monthly.
Aurelien Scholl, the well-known Parisian chrontqueur, is making war
upon certain familiar phrases of the dramatic repertory. The following
have been placed under the ban : My poor father ! — keep it from him !
Ruined — aye, ruined ! The rich banker at London to whom I had in-
trusted all my fortune has fled ! Who am I ? Thou woulds't know my
name ? My name is vengeance ! Your father is innocent, I tell you, and
here are the papers which will prove it. Lctst, my child, lost— and all
through me ! But say that you are innocent ; tell me that it is false ?
Do you not see that I am going mad ? Nothing ! Not a word ! She is
silent ! Oh, heaven ! then it is true ! And through all the weary wan-
derings of my exile, your image, Amelia, has ever been present to my
mind. There are those, you know, who are born to love — and to suffer.
Here is the maddening joy of the ball and the festival, but yonder are
mourning, suffering, death ! Somebody tells me that this casket contains
the secret of my birth. Ha ! mister the count, think you then that there
are two kinds of honor — one for people of your class, another for humble
workingmen ? An insurmountable barrier lifts itself between you and
me. I am the daughter of a convict. You should aay the daughter of a
martyr.
A Ian tern- jawed young man stopped at the post-office, last Satur-
day, and yelled out, "Anything for the Wattses :" The polite postmaster
replied, " No, there is not." " Anything for Jane Watts ?" "Nothing.''
"Anything for Ace Watts?" "No." "Anything for Bill Watts?"
" No, sir." " Anything for Tom Watts ?" " No, nothing." " Anything
for 'Fool. Joe ' Watts?" "No, nor Dick Watts, nor Jim Watts, nor
Sweet Watts, nor any other Watts, dead, living, unborn, native, foreign,
civilized or uncivilized, savage or barbarous, male or female, white or
black, frauchised or disfranchised, naturalized or otherwise. No,
there is positively nothing for any of the Wattses, either indi-
vidually, severally, jointly, now and forever, one and inseparable." The
boy looked at the postmaster in astonishment, and said : " Please look if
there is anything for John Thomas Watts?" — Mexico Ledger.
The Bishop of Manchester was lately presiding at an examination of
the Latin class in a ladies' college, where the new-fangled pronunciation
was in vogue, and one of the fair scholars came to the word " vicissim "
(pronounced we-kiss-'im). " What word is that?" said the Bishop. "We-
kiss-'im," my Lord, *'iu turn." "Oh, do you?" replied the Bishop. " I
do not so much wonder now at the fondness of you young ladies for the
new method of pronunciation."
The girl with the sealskin sacque,
She cameled up her bacque ;
She walked on her toes
And turned up her nose
As she stepped into the hacque.
An Oil City Irishman having signed the pledge, was charged soon
after with having drank. " 'Twas me absent-mindedness," said Pat, " an1
a habit I have of talkin' wid meself. I sed to meself, sez I, ' Pat, coom in
an' have a dhrink.' ' No, zer,' sez I, ' I've sworn off.' ' Thin I'll dhrink
alone,' sez I to meself. ' An' I'll wait for ye outside,' sez I. An' whin
meself cum out, faith an' he was dhrunk."
" Yes, mamma, I took three lumps of sugar out of the cupboard,'
says the little girl, contritely. " That was very naughty indeed ; but as
you have confessed it, I will forgive you." "Then give me the other
lump- -I only took two."
" Ma, are you going to give me another piece of pie ?" Ma: " What
do you want to know for?" Jeanette — " Because if you ain't I want to
eat this piece slowly."
Punch's Advice to FameU.— Send a liberal donation to the Duchess
of Marlborough's Relief Fund. Settle in the United States. Become an
American citizen. Stand for the Presidency.
A man stabbed another with a scissors the other day in Brooklyn. It
is always dangerous to interrupt a person who is writing editorials.
Anent recent and numerously-developed clerical scandals:
"Away!" she cried, with accent bold
And looks that were quite sinister ;
"Come near me not, for I've been told
That you, sir, are a minister."
The button on the back of a man's shirt collar probably needs talking
to as much as any other inanimate thing in this world.
One never realizes just how much a pair of skates can benefit a
tailor until one puts them on for the first time.
"Unmanned by the loss of her husband," is the latest style of indi-
cating a widow's grief.
Leap year doesn't amount to much — the men are so coy.
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
Recorded in the City and County of San Francisco. California, for
the Week ending February 16, 1880.
OompiUd from the Records of the Commercial Aaency, 401 California tit., S.F.
Monday, February Oth.
GRANTOR AND GRANTEE.
John Hull to W DUi'ily
Kobt F Morrison to M Hesslon. . .
R B Tumor to hidic
S W liolhuliiy to K BTum.T
Geo R Starr to Norah Madden
J 11 Bolton to M M Sweeney
Calvin Nutting, Jr, to A I Nulling
S J Tattle to J Dunning
J Kohlmoos to P Campc
Uutchings & Co to R S Howland
L L Robinson to N Atkinson
R M Johnson to Geo C Hawley. .
BdTL Comrs to Thos Simpson .
Thus Magucr to J T Magner
DESCRIPTION.
J T Magner to Cath Magner
John Moriarty to Wra O'Brien...
P D Cottle to Ellen K Gould
Lots 72,73,71, Silver Terrace Hil
Bw Chestnut and Fillmore, wli0x9o...
Sume
50-vara lot 6 In blk 341, W A
Lots 12. 13, blk G, R R lid Asbh 2 1
W Mission, 85:9 s 33d. 8 25x125 {
s Tyler, 135 c Scott, e 25 x 137:6-W A
484
Ne Dore, 253 nw Bryant, nw 22 x S5— M
B 44
Nw cor Tehama and 4th, n 25x75, subj't
to mortgage $8,000
Assigns all property lor the benefit of
creditors
I Sundry lots in different homesteads ....
[Lots 37 and 38. blk 40. City Land As'n..
Sw Harriet, 200 se Howard, se 25x73—
I 100-vara2g8
jN Bdway, 12H varas e Mason, e 12)$ va-
ras x 50 varas— 60- v 332
ISarae
IS 23d, 25 e Columbia, e 25x104
|N Bdway, 176:3 w Polk, w 30x32:6...
t SI
5
75
100
2,000
Gift
000
15,000
1
160
1,037
Gift
25
12
Tuesday, February lOlh.
Magsie Rippon to O P Dodge ...,
Morris Lachman toH N Walter..
Wm Bradley toPatk Donnelly...,
Christiana Russ to Henry Russ
WmFCashman to Jas P Pierce..
TT Crittenden to John Finlay....
John R Spring to Geo D Morse. . ,
John Laft'erty to Edw M Mott
John Barbee to Emma Barbee ....
Jas Boylan to John Sullivan. . ... . .
Danl Jones to I B L Brandt. ,
Lot 5 blk 394 Great Park Homestead . .
W Laguna,S7:6 s Bush, 33:4x87:6
Lots 1541 and 1542, Gift Map 4
No Columbia, 275 se Folsom, 12:6x120.
Ne 6th, 175 ee Harrison, 50x160
Same
Lots 9, 10, blk 17, West End Map 2
Nw Louisa, 422:6 ne 4th, ne 20x70
N Union, 73 e Leavth, e 45:6x137:6-50-
vara396 ,
Se Stevenson, 498 bw 7th, sw 27x75
100-vara264
S Elizabeth, 130 c Castro, e 25x114....,
5
500
1,170
2,500
8,500
1,000
10
Gift
2,700
700
Wednesday, February 11th.
Horace Webster to Jos M Maguire
Robl McElroy to Job Warburton
Mary Ellis to Hyman Levison....
City and Co S P to Margt Evans..
Robt S Randall to Jos Whittle ....
Same to same etal
E A Atwood to Robt Mills
S F Cen Park Hd to J T Jennings
W Blackwood to Natl G B & T Co
Same et al to same
Geo L Bradley to same ....
Chas H Burton to same. . . .
Same to same
W Douglass, 260 n 18th, 50x136
LotB in Sunny Vale Homestead
E Brannan. 137:6 n Channel, n 97:6, etc.
Sundry lots in Western Addition
Outside Lands
OutBide Lands
W Clara Ave, 840 n 15th, 56x136
Lot 42, blk 547
iSw 27th and Diamond, 560x228
' S Commercial, 50 w Drnmm, 25x59:9
Nw Pacific and Baker, 50x132:4
S cor Harrison and Fremont, 137:6x137:6
Se Green and Lagnna, subject to mort,
$1,525
250
250
500
250
9,000
5
1,700
10
5
Thursday, February 12th.
L L Robinson to Ellen Bolton
Ellen Bolton to L L Robinson
C Butler to B W Owens
Mary Belt to C J McFadden
C J McFadden to Mary Belt ,
A P Willey to W T Coleman
Theo A Barry to L Gottig
M J McDonald to R H McDonald.
Ralph Lowe to Jas B Randol. . . . ,
Geo Rosewell to Thomas Clifford,
Sundry lots in M B 82
Sw 14th and Dolores, 55x100
Outside Lands
S 18th, 159:3 e Gnerrero, 25x100
S 18th, 134:3 same
Cora 72:6 n Clay, 165 w Taylor etc to beg
S Geary, 68:9 w Leavenworth, 44x137:6,
Nw Pac and Laguna, 68:9x137:6 ,
Se Bryant 275 aw 7th, 137:6x275
N 26th, 86:8 w Capp, w23:4x-5
* 6
5
23
2
2
500
27,048
10,000
8,000
600
Friday, February 13th.
Patk Dunn to George Linn
Wm Morris to Eugene Unsserley.
E Casserley to Alice Williamson..
Belle C Harms to E CHodgdon...
Wm Helmer to Mary Martin
Henry Barroilhet to Simon Jacobs
Odd Fels Cem Asn to M Hoetscher
J H Toothacre to J H Toothaker.
J B Lewis et al to T M Helmer..
Samuel Rainey to Mary Rainey.. .
W J Gunn to same
JnoMcGrath to Jane McDonnell.
Mary J Crego to L W Walker
Orrin Curry to M L de Tarente, . .
S 19th ave, 200 w of M st, 100x100
Sw3d, 33 nw Townsend, nw 7:6x160.-.
Nw Townsend. 80 sw 3d, 25x80
Com at a point on e side alley 100 n 16th
E Powell. 137:6 s Jackson, 20x60
S Tyler, 82:6 w Buchanan, 27:6x137:6. . .
Lot 6, Friends Home Plat
S Pine, 185 E Franklin, e 5x120
E Powell, 137:6 s Jackson, 20x60
S Tyler, 110 w Buchanan, 27:6x137:6....
Same
S 29th, 230 w Church, 25x114
Lot 13, blk 22, Market St Hd
Outside ProperiieB
$2,000
5
1,500
5
2,500
3,025
280
10
5
Gift
3,025
1,200
245
5
Saturday, February 14th.
Pac Com'l Co to Pacific Bank
Mary Ellis to Hyman Levison ....
F Von Ronn to Chas Kirstein
Jos Pierce to Carrie W Crocker. .
Ed Dnrkin to Savs and Loan Soc
Chas V Stuart to Michl Connolly
Jno Hinkel to Chas Hinkel
Henry Hinkel to same
Jas T Boyd to JaB T Boyd Jr . . . .
CD Richards to S APenwell
Jno Harrison to Smith HarriBon^
Leasehold int 50-v 1417, ne Lar & Sutler
Sw 9th and Brannan, sw 235, e to 9th.
S California, 137:6 w Broderick, 27:6x137
Sw Scott and Post, b 37:6x87:6
Se Tehama, 325 sw 5th, 50x80 ,
E York, 6S:9 n Solano, n 6S:9xl35 ....
N Fell , 110 e Octavia, e 27:6x120
Same
Ne Lakle, 142 nw Mission, 25:6x56 ....
E Chattanooga. 100 n 22d, n 30x136....
E Larkin, 112:6 n North Pt St, 25x68:9
$1,000
100
1,400
2,000
4,000
5
1
5
Gift
175
5
Monday, February 16th-
Daniel E Martin to P J Kirby ....
N P Smith to A E Buckingham . . .
Same to same
Bd Tide Ld Comr3 to R Rother. . .
Alice Mngan to Ellen A Cnshing. .
Jno Hinkel to V D Moody
C H Burton to D A MacDonald. . .
Jos McGill to M L McDonald
M L McDonald to D A McDonald.
A Himmelmann to Wm Corcoran. .
A D Macdonald to Jos Moore
Jno Mason to A Forogiuro
Richd Horton to Chas Harriman..
Ed Sweeney to Henry Jesson....
Ne Lafayette, 105 nw Howard, etc
Lot 1455 Lone Mountain Cemetery
Lots 993 and 994 Gift Map 2
Se Folsom, 195 sw 7th, 30x90
Lots 314 to 320, 332 to 380, Gift Map 4 . .
Assignment to Creditors
E Spear, 183:4 s Howard, s 91:8x275....
Same
Undi vided 2-12 same
Und one-half
Sw.Valencia and 20th. 110x31:7
Lote 14 and 15, blk 5, Garden Tract —
Und half n Sac, 100 w Drumm, 15x119:6
W Folsom, 42:3 n 23d, 23:8x80
$1,850
1
1
12
1,500
1
1
600
600
3,003
10
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Feb. 21, 1880.
THE CHINESE WILL NOT GO.
The Sand-lot demagogues have declared that the Chinese must go,
and the Legislature at Sacramento has passed a bill, which has been
signed by Governor Perkins, providing that corporations must not employ
Chinese. This much we might expect from the concourse of political
atoms that have assembled at Sacramento to demonstrate "what legislative
tinkering can be reduced to. The influence of the Workingmen's party
is unmistakable throughout all the proposed legislation, and the crude and
impracticable propositions that have been submitted in the form of bills
are a solemn warning against that excessive over-legislation which the
United States, and particularly California, are showing to be one of the
most marked vices of youthful democracies. But in this matter of waging
petty persecution against the Chinese there is an air of utter insincerity.
It may seem as if some great blow has been struck at the Chinese by
this ill-judged legislation, but in reality it will only be a temporary in-
convenience to a small number of Chinamen. The number employed by
California corporations must be comparatively limited, and it is difficult
to see how any such legislation can be held to be constitutional by the
Supreme Court, seeing that it is an interference with our treaties with
China, and a limitation of that right of free travel, trade and intercourse
which civilized nations have placed in the very foreground of their de-
mands in dealing with semi-barbarous countries. The civilized Powers,
England, France and the United States, forced the Chinese to consent to
foreigners residing and trading in their empire, because they alleged that the
law of nations has made every country of the world open and free to the
natives of all other countries. They appealed to their laws as welcoming
and protecting all nations in their respective countries, and they invited
the Chinese to enter into the comity of nations by coming to England,
France and the United States, and doing whatever their hand or their
brain could find to do. The Chinese have not had to wait very long be-
fore experiencing the actual hollowness of ail these humanitarian preten-
sions. Now that they have entered into this boasted comity of nations, and
began to see what is called civilization at close quarters, they find that civ-
ilization is a mass of semi-barbarous and uneducated men, chiefly Irishmen,
outvoting at the poll the native-born and the intelligent portion of the
community, and then trying to defy by legislation the laws that civilized
governments have hitherto held up for the adoption and imitation of the
world. They see a rabble of foreigners trampling on the rights of na-
tive-born Americans, and excluding the latter frnm office in their own
country, while these demagogues bring civilization and free institutions
into contempt and disgrace. How long native-born Americans and
respectable foreigners will tolerate this social and political anarchy from
which California is now grievously suffering, it would be difficult to pre-
dict ; but it is evident that while other States, such as Kansas, Nebraska
and Minnesota, are making rapid strides toward prosperity, California is
suffering from paralysis, and is gradually falling further and further from
conditions of comfort and prosperity. Demagogism has triumphed and
has brought rain in its train. The Worldngmen have, by combination
and intimidation, gained the control of the Legislature, but in doing so
they have brought down wages from $3 to $1 per day. Until they began
to denounce capitalists and to preach confiscation, wages were higher here
than anywhere else in the United States ; and the action of the Sand-lot
mountebanks during the last three years is the history of the decline of
the State, of falling values of real estate, of diminished credjt for all pur-
poses of business, and of stagnation in all branches of trade.
GAS LEGISLATION..
A bill now before the Legislature proposes to regulate all gas compa-
nies. The same general conditions are to apply equally to companies lo-
cated in small interior towns as to the great corporation that supplies
this city. The excuse for this is that the new Constitution requires that
all legislation shall be general in its operation. But our law-makers
know perfectly well how to get round that requirement when they want
to. The bills that are made applicable only to cities containing over one
hundred thousand inhabitants are quite numerous, and by general con-
sent they appear to be legal and constitutional. Certain it is that the
legal members not only approve, but, in many cases, father them. It is
claimed that the decisiou of the United States Supreme Court in the Illi-
nois elevator case is final on the point that the Courts will hold that legis-
lation is "general in its operation," which is made to apply to all cities
containing over any stated number of inhabitants, although there may be
only one city in the State that contains the number stated. That, it
must be confessed, is a curious way of making an Act that is special to
one city read as if it were general to a great many. The process of rea-
soning by which the legal mind and conscience are satisfied is certainly in-
comprehensible. For the purposes of this article it is sufficient to know
that the distinction is acceptable to constitutional lawyers, and that a
bill applicable to any city containing over one hundred thousand inhabit-
ants is good law. That being so, there is no legal reason why the gas com-
panies of the entire State should be lumped together in one general law,
but there are most excellent commercial reasons why they should not
be. It is a monstrous absurdity to attempt to compel a company in an in-
terior town to supply its small number of customers with gas at the
same rates as are charged by the San Francisco company. The condi-
tions are altogether different. The cost of production of a small quantity
uf gas is much higher per cubic foot than that of a large quantity, and to
that the charges upon the inland carriage of coal has to be added. The
San Francisco company could grow rich at prices that would starve out
most of the small inland companies. *Il is, therefore, an indefensible pro-
ceeding to attempt to legislate for all alike. A wide difference exists, and
will continue, despite the ill-considered bills of inconsiderate law-makers.
TWO BAD AND FOOLISH LAWS.
Tlie Legislature has passed two all-important bills, designed to worry
the Chinese out of California. One of these is also intended as a blow at
corporations, all of which, in the estimation of our legislative dema-
gogues and the mob that elected them, are evils to be uprooted at any
cost. The first bill provides for the removal heyond the city limits, at
the order of the municipal authorities ; the other forbids the employment
of Chinese by corporations. Both laws, if they stand as such, will re-
main as lasting monuments to the ignorance, the bigotry and the folly of
the people of this State. We do not believe that they will stand ; for it
is the opinion of those who should know best that they conflict with the
Constitution of the United States. But even should they prove to be
sound in this respect; we are convinced that they will be practically
worthless in operation. As for making the Chinese dwell apart from the
whites, that will not prevent them from doing the work of whites. As to
the other law, it must be evident to everybody that the Chinese do
not depend for their existence in California upon being em-
ployed by corporations. Of course, it will inconvenience, and perhaps
temporarily distress, those so employed to be suddenly thrown out of
work; but the result will be that those thus distressed will underbid their
employed brethren, and consequently Chinese labor will be cheaper than
ever. Under the rate of wages heretofore existing, low as they are, Chi-
namen can make more in a day than they could in their own country in
a week. They can afford to work for less than they are now getting, and
they will do so, if need be. So far, they have never entered into compe-
tition with each other. If we should make it necessary for them to do so,
God help us all ! The firm attitude taken by our leading manufacturers
and capitalists, other than corporations, as to their right to employ whom
they please, and their determination to employ Chinamen if they please,
is sufficient guarantee that cheap labor will continue to find its market,
in spite of Sand-lot agitation.
THE NATIONAL BANKS.
Senator Jones needs no commendation at our hands — his works speak
for themselves ; but in the forthcoming debate upon the currency ques- .
tion we confidently expect our Nevada Senator to outstrip himself.
When such a conservative Journal as the Railivay World opposes the re-
tirement of greenbacks in favor of National Bank notes, it must be ap- .
parent to outsiders that the schemes of Secretary Sherman are about
played out. The Neios Letter takes some pride in having been the first
newspaper on the Pacific Coast to oppose and explain the Sherman idea.
All along the astute Secretary of the Treasury was merely playing his
little game for the Presidency, and, having served the National Bank
clique well, of course he commands their support. But if there is any
money to be made out of the National Bank, or free money system, we
insist it should be made by Government and not by any clique or ring.
Already the National Banks have cost in the neighborhood of three hun-
dred million dollars, and it is time the waste should be stopped. If this
country requires the three hundred and fifty million of notes now owned
by the banks and guaranteed by the nation, let us then by all means re-
ceive that S350,000,000 direct from Uncle Sam, and not through the me-
dium of banks, to whom we- must pay an immense bonus. The New
England and Middle States now monopolize that bonus, and thereby are
enabled to over-compete with the Western and Pacific States in their in-
dustries. We trust this strong fact will not be lost sight of by Senator
Jones when he speaks upon the subject. No person and no corporation '
should enjoy rights superior to their competitors, else competition is at an
end. The proposition to delegalize legal tender notes is on a par with
that to demonetize silver. Neither can be entertained for a moment upon
any basis at all. Senator Jones, we feel confident, will duly explain all
these intricate questions.
THE BROKERS AT SACRAMENTO.
A deputation of Brokers has been at Sacramento, and had a hearing
before the Senate Committee that has the Gorley bill in charge, which
has passed the Assembly. There are one or two facts connected with
their visit that are peculiar. ' In the first place, the deputation differs, in
its personal make-up, considerably from those which have previously been
sent on a like errand. Mr. Marye is not Mr. Lloyd Tevis by a great
deal. This fact is accounted for because the leading Brokers have ex-
perienced a change of mind. They see that the Gorley bill would not
hurt honest business, that it would have a tendency to crowd weak and
lame Brokers to the wall, where they ought to go, and that, above all, it
would satisfy public expectation, restore confidence in a large measure to
the people. These, they rightly feel, are desirable ends to accomplish at
this juncture, and therefore they wisely abstain from opposing the bill.
But that there are Brokers in a different condition is obvious from their
non-interference in the doings at Sacramento. It is also curious that this
opposition did not develop itself at an early stage of the bill, which was
introduced on one of the first days of the Session. Why wait until now?
The reason is said to be that the Senate Committee is " fixed." It will
be interesting to watch results with a view to see whether that is a fact
or n»t.
GRADING WHEAT.
In an article which recently appeared in our columns, on wheat-ship-
ping from San Francisco, we advocated the adoption here of the grading
system as carried out in the East. Any system at all would be an im-
provement upon our present want of system. Since the date of that arti-
cle, we have been favored, by one of the first mercantile houses in New
York, with some details of the manner of working the grain trade in that
city. The "grades" there, as here, are fixed by the Grain Committee of
the Produce Exchange. The Grain Inspectors compare the wheat arriv-
ing by each railroad car or canal boat with the standard samples, and
assign the grade to each. Of course, there is frequently considerable dif-
ference in the quality of two lots of wheat nominally the same, but in the
average the thing is well done. The wheat being assigned by the inspector
to its grade, is then passed through the elevator, to which are attached
bins for the different grades, and when it is re-transferred to cars or canal
boats, for storage or shipment, each grade is as nearly uniform as possible.
We hope to see this system adopted in San Francisco.
The rainfall of Thursday was .22 of an inch, making for February,
1.43 ; for the season of 1879-80, 12.96 ; as compared with 1878-79, 11.40 ;
and 1877-78, 26.43.
Feb. 21, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISE!;.
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THE TOWN CRIER.
"Hwrihi Cri»r"' "What tho tevU »rt thool"
' Ud« thai will plfcj th» devil, gu with ron."
" H»'d & ittnc In his U>1 u Inn* a* • fHH,
Which m*Je him crow lx>Ul»r and boldtr."
Tbe musical critic of this paper, who is a pule looking, thin, straw-
berry blonde, with Inn;e cancer eyes and a number eleven toot, may think
be knowi nil about William Jay, tbe great violinist, hut that is all fiddle-
ntu-k. The T. C. tints not prop< him for a minute. We've
been to singing school, and ran play Yankee Doodle with one ringer just
U well as he can, nnd with more expn ssion in the second bar, for great
■bonks of coin. So here goes: William Jay, the modern Beethoven of
the Emperor of instruments, plays on a Stradivarius made by Mr. Cre-
mona just three moutbs before the battle of Marathon. Its peculiarity
is that it has four strings and two serpentine cavities in Its stomach, and
is worth four million three hundred and twenty-two dollars and nine
cents. It isn't a bit like a coat, for tbe older it gets the more you can get
for it. It is on record that Uncle Harris advanced four dollars on it one
night whin William Jay was on a bender. When he plavs kinder slow
on it. and pulls the stick up the Btrings like a boy going to school on Mon-
day morning, he makes the fiddle cry worse than a Sand-lotter out of
employment. He fairly begs for something to eat, and the other night,
after finishing Vogrich's "Love's Serenade,19 be found a wealthy Nob
Hill capitalist at the stage door with four pounds of cold ham and a keg
of beer, crying his eyes out and confessing he hod never met with such a
sad case of starvation before. There's where the power of music comes
in. Then look at his " andantes." They are not half as fast as his
"allegros." He never plays " con arco " with his fingers or "pizzicato"
with his fiddlestick. If any one says so, we hurl the lie back into their
false teeth at *7 a set (vide advertisement in another column). What a
beautiful effect he can produce without even touching his violin when he
puts up the beer for the boys after the show ! What silvery tones there
are even in the box office, and as to his "attaque," how masterly it is
when he is hungry. We could write volumes about him at §10 a column,
but who is there here that understands a really good criticism? We
answer, nobody. His "allegretto, tremolo con passione " is not compre-
hended here any more than his "rubato morendo," and no one can deny
it. We may sigh over bis "menuetto con brio largo," and weep over his
"grazioso con amore contabile "—but hold ! William Jay lent us these
words on condition that they should be passed on to the gentlemen who
write alleged criticisms for the dailies in time for to-day's issue, so we must
pack them up at once.
Sothern and Balvini. —During the last engagement of Lord Dun-
dreary Sothern .at the Haymarket Theater, London, the piece of David
Qarrick was on the bills. At the end of the first act Sothern's eager eye
descried Salvini, the great Italian tragedian, in a private box, and, turn-
ing to a friend who stood at the wings, said : " I wish you would go sit
with Salvini and find out what he really thinks of my " Garrick." Be
it understood that Salvini plays a part called "Sullivan," from which
Tom Robertson took his " G-arrick." The friend obeyed, introduced him-
self to the great " Othello," and asked him his opinion of Sothern's act-
ing. Salvini, who was occupied in earnestly gazing at the drunken scene,
so elaborated by Sothern, turned round and said in most choice Italian}:
" I shall not act ' Sullivan ' in London." " And why," queried his friend,
in the purest Lingua Romana. The identical phrase used was, "E
perche ? ' Salvini leant over and whispered mysteriously into amicus' ear.
"Comprendo," said amicus, which in the common is " I'm fly." " Chiusa
la bocca," which in the vulgar is "Shut your mouth," said Salvini.
" Date me un poco di riposo," which the vernacular is, " Give us a rest,"
replied amicus. At supper that evening Sothern inquired airily of amicus
what the great actor had said. Amicus answered curtly that " He told
me that he would not play ' Sullivan ' iu Loudon after seeing your 'Gar-
rick." Sothern's head began to swell like a rapidly inflating balloon, and
he insisted on having the tragedian's very words. '* Well," said amicus,
" since you must know, he said that he could not clown an act like you."
The balloon burst and all the gas escaped.
The T. C. acknowledges the receipt of the following telegram from
the Czar of Russia: St. Petersburg, February 18— 4 p.m. — Dear Boy :
I have been expecting a letter from you daily. What would my chances
be of getting a living in San Francisco? I want to bring the old lady
and the children along, if we can only get away. The Nihilists almost
got away with us this week, but I checkmated them by not coming down
to dinner. Do you think I could get a living with you, if I can escape ?"
Our reply was sensible, manly and courteous, and ran as follows:
" Friend Aleck — Disguise yourself as a gentleman, and come on. If you
can set type, you shall have a sit on the News Letter, and you can fill up
your evenings teaching languages. We are discharging all our Chinese,
and the family could do well taking in washing. If you can save any of
the Crown jewels, we have several reliable Uncles who will advance coin
on them. You'd like the boys here first-rate." If the badly shot-at and
severely conspired-against monarch gets here safely, his arrival shall be
duly announced, and a benefit will probably be arranged for him at
Piatt's Hall.
We have always said that the Workingmen's platform out at the
Sand-lot was not biyh enough, but it's too late now. When it gave way
on Monday and precipitated 150 people four feet into the sand it proved
its good intentions, but that was all. That platform ought to be at least
thirty feet high, so that the rotten rabble which curses capital by day and
night, and curses for the very lust of cursing — the swill of the community
which has sent fifty millions of money out of the State — might when the
platform gave way break their worthless necks and be heard of no more.
Probably the best way to accomplish this end is to see that the Legis-
lature passes a bill that every one who ascends the platform of the Sand-
lot agitators shall have a noose adjusted round his neck attached to a re-
liable gallows. It will then not be necessary to have the whole platform
give way, but merely a well constructed trap, which any sensible man 4
could spring at the proper moment.
As Congress proposes to disfranchise polygamists, the Mormon Legis-
lature has passed a bill permitting women to hold office. It looks from
this as if the gray mare is likely to become the better horse in Utah.
When this comes to pass, we may expect to see polygamy abolished and
poly-andry introduced.
The latest thing in inventions is the " telophote," by means of which
it 11 said to be possible for a person conversing through the telephone to
see the image of the party at the Other end. Our faith in the reality of
this innovation is not absolutely stone-blind, as it were, but we protest
that science is going altogether too far. A man may have affairs of his
own which make delay the most, desirable of things. Doubtless the steam
locomotive mad.- it unpleasant many years ago for husbands who had
been accustomed to plead the excuse of drunken stage-drivers or beastly
roads. Then the telegraph came in (into general use, we mean,) as a
breaker-up <>f domestic happiness. A day or two more or less of spree-
ing made do difference in the unwind days ; but when a battery made
man and woman one at a hundred miles distance it grew hot for hus-
bands. Then came the telephone— accursed instrument— instrument de-
vised by tbe devil for the torture of men who are "detained late in the
office." But now arises in this new invention a fiend who threatens to
make earth a hell. A boy who was prepared to swear he had a cold, or
that the telephone was out of order, could hitherto be hired by the
hour to personate the husband in an altercation with the irate wife, while
the genuine " old man " was attending to other matters. In the present
age of invention even an India-rubber or metallic boy, if properly wound
up, might suffice for the purpose. But when it comes to driving a fel-
low's " image " right home to the other end of the wire the gutta-percha
boy ceases to be useful and science becomes a nuisance.
He was the newly imported funny man on the paper, and he wrote
this fun of his in a crib so close to the foreman's office that he could both
hear and see his own proofs read aloud for correction. On the first night,
when the voice of the foreman's assistant conveyed to him the printed re-
flex of his extreme funniness, he rubbed his hands and chuckled to thiok
that when the climax of the jocular paragraph was reached, the proof-
readers would be choked off by excessive laughter. Now, the foreman in
question was an austere man, whose appreciation of bad jokes had grown
callous by some score of years' martyrdom ; and as for the assistant, he
was an automatic pachyderm, so far as printed humors went. So the
point of our funny friend's jokes came and went, but he waited in vain
for the strangulation by laughter which, in his exultation, he had thought
was in store for the proof-readers ; for the foreman seemed carved from
mahogany as he droned out the most side-splitting witticisms, and the
assistant might as well have been a graven image for all the fun he seemed
to see about it. But the Pelion of chagrin was heaped upon the Ossa of
that commodity when the funny man shortly afterwards distinctly saw a
grin on both the immovable faces as they read the proof of acorn-doctor's
advertisement. Such are the disappointments to which genius is liable.
The new Geary street cable road is evidently destined to be a favor-
ite of fortune. It has only been running for a few days, and already it
has made a magnificent mash— of an Irishman, who, with the character-
istic sagacity of his race, got into the shreeve wheel at the Kearny street
terminus, when he knew there was a fellow a mile or two off who was
likely to start that wheel at any moment. Our other street railroads are
dying with envy and jealousy. It must be now nearly a week since any
of them ground a citizen into mincemeat, and yet here is a mere tyro in
the art of killing enjoying a baptism of blood and intestines, while still
in its cradle, as it were. We predict for the Geary street railroad a great
future, and recommend that it run a branch line through the Sand-lot.
Hard times are indeed upon us. About a month ago a sturdy, blatant
broker shouldered into a cigar store on Montgomery street, and, pulling
out a handful of twenties, shouted urgently: "Here! a cigar!" "Two
bits, three for a half, or a bit ?" queried the salesman. " I didn't ask the
price ; I asked for cigars," blurted the broker in a bass voice, and, seizing
a handful, he dashed down one of the twenties to pay for them, and
rushed out of the sture without waiting for his change. Last week the
same man came meekly to the same store, and timidly depositing a ten-
cent piece on the counter, said in an insinuating whisper : " Give me a
bit cigar, mister ; it's good enough to smoke in the wind." The wind had
changed for him.
People who know John H. Burke by sight (and smell) have been ac-
customed to say that he has registered a vow before the sight of bis Cre-
ator never to clean his teeth, black his boots, change his shirt, brush his
hair, wash his face, or in any other way stoop to personal cleanliness,
until he has " got even" with the bonanza firm. Seeing that Referee
Stuart's decision has given Mr. Bilk — Burke, we mean — a set-back from
which he can never recover, it will soon become necessary to employ
"night-cart" Brown to remove -the gentleman to the bulks, or else bring
the nuisance ordinance into play to make him break his oath.
The " Call " is " strenuously advocating " the enforcement of the Mon-
roe Doctrine in re the Isthmus Canal. Hitherto we have been opposed to
using the M. D., on the ground that we could not back it up ; but the
Call's advocacy changes the aspect of things. We have no guns, or shins,
or army, it is true ; but if Pickering is sincere, and will lend the nation a
few of his editorials to read against the enemy, our cause is sure to be tri-
umphant. By the way, the fate of Sennacherib's army has always been
a mystery. Is it possible that a copy of the Call had been smuggled into
camp on the fatal night ?
In Paris a number of young girls of good appearance are engaged as
lay figures whereon to try mantles, dresses and other articles of female
vanity. One of these models kept company with an impecunious but
talented artist, whose fame was as yet in abeyance. A friend asked her
once : " Julie, since you are so fond of Henri, why don't you get mar-
ried ?" " Ah, mon ami .' times are too hard ; we can't afford it ; but that
doesn't prevent us from looking at the under side of the leaves at Ver-
sailles."
A grand swarry, with the usual trimmings, was given on the 12th to
the playful Ketten and his wife by a leader of society. The company
was very select, nobody under wholesale rank being admitted. Even the
usual quota of dry goods clerks and shirt Btore counterjumpers was
tabooed.
We have seen some very appropriate names in various callings, such
as Leech, apothecary; Lamb, butcher, etc., but the most apt of all is on
Washington street, below Montgomery : J. Hurtcom, boot and shoe-
maker.
If our State legislators were chosen in accordance with their rank
as blackguards the T. C. takes back all he said at the time they were
elected, and confesses that those who voted for them made a grand
success.
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Feb. 21, 1880.
Commencing; Sunday, Nov. 16th, 1879,
and until further notice, Boats and Trains will
leare San Francisco (Washington-et. Wharf) as follows :
3.00
p. m, daily (Sundays included), Steamer
"James M. Donahue " (Washington Street
Wharf) , connecting with Mail and Express Train at Don-
ahue for Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Healdsburg, Cloverdale,
and way stations. Making stage connections at Geyser-
ville for Skaggs' Springs ; at Cloverdale for Ukiah, Lake-
port, Mendocino City, Highland Springs, Bartlett
Springs, Soda Bay and the Geysers.
g^* Connections made at Fulton on following morn-
ing for Korbel's, Guerneville and the Redwoods.
(Arrive at San Francisco, week days, 10:10 a.m. ; Sun-
days, 11 A.M.
Freight received from. 7 a.m. till 2.30 p. m.,
daily (except Sundays).
Special Notice. —The Sunday Excursion Trips are dis-
continued until further notice.
Ticket Office : Washington st. "Wharf.
A. HUGHES,
Gen. Manager.
PETER J. McGLTNN,
Gen. Pass. & Tkt. Agt.
C. P. R. R.
Overland Ticket Office : Oakland Ferry, foot
of Market street. --Commencing- Sunday,
Jan. 25th, 1880, and until further notice.
Trains andJBoatsSwill leave
SAN FRANCISCO:
7 OA A.M. Daily-
-Local Passenger Train via Oak-
land and Benicia to Sacramento. Connects at
Vallejo Junction for Vallejo, Napa (Stages for Sonoma),
St. Helena (White Sulphur Springs) and Calistoga
(Stages for the Geysers). Connects also at Port Costa
for Martinez, Antioch and " Byron."
Sunday Excursion Tickets, at Reduced Rates,to San
Pablo, Vallejo, Benicia and Martinez.
7 Q A A.M. Daily— Loaal Passenger Train via Oak-
•OU land, Niles, Livermore and Stockton, arriving
at Sacramento at 1:40 p.m., and connecting with Atlan-
tic Express. Connects at Niles with Train arriving at
San Jose at 10:30 a.m., and at Gait with train for lone.
9 0f\ A.M. Daily— Atlantic Express via Oakland and
.Ou Benicia for Sacramento, Colfax, Reno (Vir-
ginia City), Battle Mountain (Austin), Palisade (Eure-
ka) Ogden, Omaha and East. Connects at Davis for
Woodland, and at Woodland, Sundays excepted, for
Williams and Willows. Connects at Sacramento daily
with the Oregon Express for Marysville, Chico, Red
Bluff and Redding (Stages for Portland, Oregon).
1 f\ A A A.M. Daily— Local Passeager Train via Oak-
J-U.UU land to Haywards and Niles. ■
3{\f\ P.M. Daily— Local Passenger Train via Oak-
• Wli land and Niles, arriving at San Jose at5:25 p.m.
3AA P.M. Daily— Local Passenger Train via Oak-
»v\/ land for Martinez and Antioch.
4f\f\ P.M. Daily— Arizona Express via Oakland and
■ UU Martinez for Lathrop (Stockton and Gait) Mer-
ced, Madera (Yosemite and Big Trees), Visalia, Sumner,
Mojave, Newhall (San Buenaventura and Santa Barbara),
Los Angeles, " Santa Monica," Wilmington, Santa Aua
(San Diego), Colton and Yuma (Colorado River Steam-
ers), connecting direct with Daily Trains of the South-
ern Pacific Railroad of Arizona for Maricopa (Stages
for Phccnix .And Prescott), and for Casa Grande, 182
miles east from Yuma (Stages for Florence, Tucson and
Tombstone. Sleeping Cars between Oakland, Los An-
geles and Yuma.
Connects, Sundays excepted, at Vallejo Junction for
Vallejo, Napa, St. Helena and Calistoga.
4f\(\ P.M. Sundays excepted— Sacramento Steamer
.UU (from Wash'n St. Wharf), for Beniciaand Land-
ings on the Sacramento River.
4riAP.M. Daily— Through Third Class Train via
• v/V Oakland, Martinez and Lathrop for Los An-
geles andpointsinAriz-ma.
4 0 (\ P.M. Sundays excepted— Local PassengerTrain
■ Ou via Oakland and Benicia for " Sacramento."
Connects at Davis with Local Train lor Woodland and
Knight's Landing, and at Sacramento with the "Vir-
ginia Express" for Reno, Carson and Virginia. Sleeping
Gars Oakland to Carson.
4DAP.M, Daily— Local Passenger Train via Oak
■0" land for Haywards, Niles and Livermore.
Public conveyance for Mills Seminary connects atSem
nary Park Station with all trains, Sundays excepted.
5/~\r^ P.M. Daily— Overland Emigrant Train via
• " V/ Oakland, Benicia and Sacramento for Ogden,
Omaha and East.
Connections for " Vallejo" made at Vallejo Junction
from Trains leaving San Francisco 7:30 a.m., 9.30 a.m.,
3:00 P.M., and 4:00 p.m.
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B 5.50 BlO.OO
Change Cars 7.10
at I p. M.
West Oaklnd. i 1.25
0.40
7.40
8.40
9.40
10.40
11.40
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12.40
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1.00
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OAKLAND.
(Broadway.)
A M.
p. M.
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12 50
6.50
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*Alaraeda Passengers change cars at Oakland.
Creek Route.
From SAN FRANCISCO— ZtaKy— B5:40, b6:30, 7.20, 8:15,
9:15, 10:15, 11:15 A.M. 12:15, 1:15, 2:25, 3:15, 4:15,
5:15, 6.15 p.m.
From OAKLAND— Daily— S5-.30, b6:20, 7:10, 8:05, 9:05,
10:05, 11:05 A. M. 12:05, 1:05, 2:15, 3:05, 4:05, 5:05,
6:05 P.M. B— r~~-
"Official Schedule Time" furnished by Anderson &
Randolph, Jewelers, 101 and 103 Montgomery St., S. F.
T. H. GOODMAN, Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agt.
A. N. Towne, General Superintendent.
SONOMA VALLEY RAILROAD.
The Steamer " Sonoma" leaves Wash-
ington-street Wharf daily (Sundays and Fridays
excepted) at 2 p.m., for Norfolk, connecting with, cars
for the town of Sonoma and way stations, arriving 6
p.m.; returning, leaves Sonoma 7 a.m. (Saturdays and
Sundays excepted), arriving at San Francisco 11 a.m.
For further particulars apply at General Office, 426 Mont-
gomery street, or at Washington -street Wharf.
PETER J.McGLYNN,
Feb. 7. G. P. and T. Agent.
ALASKA COMMERCIAL COMPANY,
No- 310 Sansome Street,
San Francisco,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN FTTES.
[September 21.]
NOTICE.
For the very best photographs go to
BRADLEY & RULOFSON'S, in an Elevator, 429
Montgomery street. Oct. 29.
At Berne, Switzerland, a society whose mem-
bers bind themselves never to salute by taking
off their hats, even were a lady in the case, has
been organized. It is a ridiculous custom in
France to see a gentleman in the street, on a cold
day, keep his hat in his hand while talking to a
lady. The military salute will replace the lift-
ing of the hat. Old French ladies abhor the
English custom of t( shaking hands;" the correct
caper is to extend the hand to be kissed.
[9-HAILiROAD.X?']
WINTER ARRANGEMENT.
Commencing- Friday, Nov. 21st, 1879,
and until further notice, Passenger Trains will leave
San Francisco, from Passenger Depot on Townsend '
street, between Third and Fourth streets, as follows :
8 0Aa.m. daily for San Jose and Way Stations.
■ " ^ 83f Stages for Pescadero (via San Mateo)
connect with this train only. I
1 O QO AM- dailvfor San Jose< Gilroy, Hollister,
-LV/.Ov/ Tres Pinos, Pajaro, Castroville, Monterey, '
Salinas, Soledad and all Way Stations, g^ At Pa-
jaro, the Santa Cruz R. R. connects with this train for
Aptos, Soquel and Santa Cruz. Bp^* At Castroville,
change cars for Monterey. 83^™ Stage connections
made with this train. (Pescadero Stages via San Mateo
excepted.)
Q Qf \ p.m. daily (Sundays excepted) for San Jose, :
<J»*J" Gilroy, and principal Way Stations.
A Q f~\ p.m. daily for San Jose and Way Stations.
(\ ^O P-M,~ daily, for Menlo Park and Way Stations.
US* The Extra Sunday Trains to San Jose and Way
Stations have been discontinued for the winter season.
Second-Class Fare.
Between San Francisco and San Jose SI. 00.
On Freight Trains only, leaving San Francisco at 4:00
a.m. and 10:40 A.M.; San Jose at 5:35 a.m. and S:30 p.m.
(daily, Sundays excepted) .
Excursion Tickets at Rcdnced Rates
To San Jose and intermediate points sold on Saturdays,
and Sunday mornings, good for return until following
MoTiday inclusive.
Also, EXCURSION TICKETS to Aptos, Soquel, Santa
Cruz and Monterey, sold on Saturdays only— good for
return until the following Monday inclusive.
B2g>~ Principal Ticket Office— Passenger Depot, Town-
send street. Branch Ticket Office — No. 2 New Mont-
gomery street, Palace Hotel.
A. C. BASSETT, Supt. H. R. JUDAH, A. P. &T. A. "
SOUTHERN DIVISIONS.
Commencing Monday, May 19th, 1879.
pw~ Passengers for points on the Southern Divisions '
of the road will take the cars of the Central Pacific Rail-
road via OAKLAND, leaving SAN FRANCISCO via Ferry
Landing, Market street, at 4:00 p.m. daily (Arizona Ex-
press Train) , and making close connection at GOSHEN
for Sumner, Mojave, Los Angeles, Wilmington, Ana-
heim, Colton, Colorado River, Ycma, Maricopa and Casa
Grande (182 miles east from Yuma). Nov. 22.
A LIFE'S LOVE.
I loved him in my dawning years —
For years, divinely dim;
My blithest smiles, my saddest tears,
Were evermore for him.
My dreaming when the day began,
The latest thought I had,
"Was still some loving plan
To make my darling glad.
They deemed he lacked the conquering wiles
That other children Wear;
To me his face, in frowns or smiles,
Was never aught but fair.
They said that self was all his goal,
He knew no thought beyond ;
To me, I know, no living soul
Was half so true and fond.
Ah, many a love was mine ere now,
In life's capricious May,
And many a lightly-whispered vow
The breezes blew away.
Yet, looking back on friends betrayed,
And sweethearts left to rue,
My soul can say, " In shine or shade,
At least he found me true. "
In love's eclipse, in friendship's dearth,
In grief and feud and bale,
My heart has learnt the sacred worth
Of one that cannot fail;
And come what must, and come what may,
Nor power, nor praise, nor pelf,
Shall lure my faith from thee to stray,
My sweet, my own — myself.
Stanley brought home from Africa the skulls
of two "Sokos," upon which a chief who enter-
tained him had feasted. Prof. Huxley pro-
nounced their original owners members of a lower
order of the human family, one of the "links"
between man and the ape.
Queen Victoria has a silver casket contain-
ing lockets in which are locks of hair of thirteen
officers who fell at Isandula.
Feb. 21, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISE!*.
13
'The World," the Flesh, and the Devil.
[ By a Truthful Penman. 1
Wnat the Kansas people call their "Deadhead Eden" is located
at Vict trift, DMI Ka&NU City, in thai State. A few years ago, one Sir
George Grant TUted Santas for the purpose of hunting, and so pleased
waa he with bis experience that upon his return to England he tilled the
heads of former SBBOCJwtes full of stories of the glorious country. One of
those associates, Lord LoftOB, and forty other young men of noble fam-
ilies, ware lured thither by the reports. They recently entered Kansas
with ■ Boorish *'f trumpets, and founded the Victoria Colony, where an
alsgaat saloon is now maintained by drafts upon titled fathers on the
other side of the Atlantic. The spirit of boon companionship goes so far
that the barkeepers have standing orders to furnish " drinks free to all
visitors." The folks of the neighborhood appreciate the kindness of the
young noblemen, who spend about $10,000 a year each, and Victoria is
said to be on a never-ending, never-fagging lank. Lord Loftus is the pos-
sessor of large estates in Tipperary, and his professed object in leaving
London was to get away from wild associations. How well he has suc-
ceeded is shown by the Kansas City 2'imes, which remarks that his lord-
ship spent $1,000 for liquors in the bars of that city during a week's visit
last month. The colonists hunt a great deal, but most of their days are
spent in card-playing and their nights in bachelor orgies. — New Orleans
Pati'xrat.^— 'Here is the latest news of the tattoo marks: An eyewitness
who saw the Princes at the Barbadoes tells us that the tracing had then
nearly disappeared. To mark the nose of " middies " with a broad arrow
is a harmless joke often perpetrated. A slight cut is made with a pen-
knife down the nose and two traversal cuts, a little gunpowder is rubbed
in, and the " decoration " is visible for a few weeks or months. This is
what was done to the royal noses. ^—Messrs. Lumley have sold the entire
town of Littleborough, near Rochdale, with a population of 10,000, to a
Yorkshire gentleman.— London ?YuM..-^]VIadamePatti receives a nightly
salary of £'400 (§2,000) for her performances in Paris. Her notary paid
her husband £40,000 to insure his non-interference. This is simply the
story of Giulia G-risi and her husband over again. — London H'ur'fJ.—
A good anecdote is told by " Atlas," which was related to him by Count
Schouvaloff when first that eminent Russian arrived in England. He
was then comparatively obscure and unknown, and he found himself at
dinner one evening beside one of our so-called grandes dames, whose
haughtiness piqued, while it amused, the discerning diplomatist. The
fish disposed of, he hazarded a remark. No answer. Au excellent salade
de Russe made its appearance, and the Count politely asked permission to
recommend one of the delicacies of his country. A blank stare rewarded
this effort. Not to be beaten without a struggle, he ventured upon a third
observation toward the ice. With stupid languor the lady turned, and
yawned slowly, systematically, capaciously, in his face. "Ah, madame,
I feel for you," cried the Count, in a loud voice; "I also have many
teeth stopped with gold." — Court ./bu?*na£.-—— Some of our millionaires
are astonishing everybody at home ai well as abroad by the extravagance
of their entertainments. But none of them have yet equaled the muni-
ficence of the Caliphs of Bagdad. G-abryl, the physician of Haroun-al-
Raschid, entertained his guests in summer in a room cooled by artificial
snow, and in winter in a conservatory warmed with charcoal of perfumed
wood. _ The birds consumed at his dinners had been fed with almonds
and juice of pomegranates. At the birthday festival of the first son of
Caliph Motawakkil, the floors of the palace were carpeted with gold tissue,
embroidered with diamonds, rubies and pearls. Amber and musk were
burning in golden vessels, some of which weighed over a hundred pounds
each. Heaps of gold and silver coins were in different rooms, and the
guests were invited to help themselves. At the conclusion of the festival,
each visitor was presented with a costly garment, embroidered with gold
and ornamented with precious stones. Why not get up something of this
kind in New York ?— New York Hour.— — American vs. English Fe-
male Beauty. — While the beauty of the English girl may endure longer
than that of her American sister, yet American beauty has this sovereign
advantage — that it best bears close observation. The English beauty ap-
pears best at a distance, and grows homely as we approach her ; the typi-
cal American beauty appears more attractive near at hand ; in her case
nearness brings enchantment. The American face bears the microscope
mainly by reason of its delicacy, firmness and mobility of expression —
qualities that are only appreciated on nearness of inspection. The ruddi-
ness or freshness, the health -suggesting and health-sustaining face of the
English girl seem incomparable when partially veiled, or when a few rods
away ; but as she comes nearer these excellent characteristics retreat be-
hind the irregularities of the skin, the thickness of the lips, the size of
the nose ; and the observer is mildly stunned by the disappointment at
not finding the nimble and automatic play of emotion in the eyes and
features without which female beauty must always fall below the line of
supreme authority. The English beauties of national and international
fame, at whose feet the empire of great Britain are now kneeling, are of
the American type, and in that country they would be held simply as of
average rather than exceptional excellence. The attractiveness of Amer-
ican women would appear to be the direct effect of climatic conditions,
since beauty of the most precious sort requires fineness of organization,
delicacy of features, nimbleness, and sprightlineas of expression. The
same influence that makes the American female more handsome also causes
her beauty to decay earlier than in Europe. The Englishwoman is less
beautiful, less delicate and attractive between fifteen and twenty-five, yet
she retains her beauty longer. Women, like plants, need abundant
moisture, else they wither. The rains, the clouds and the storms that en-
robe castles and cathedrals in ivy, and keep the meadows green through-
out the year, bring freshness and color to the face ; so the English matron
of forty-five or fifty is, perhaps, sometimes handsomer as well as healthier
than at fifteen or twenty. — Journal of Science.
H. 3. Williams.
A. Ohesebrongh.
W. H. Dimond.
WILLIAMS, DIM0N0 & CO.,
Shipping nnd Commission Merchants,
21S < \ i.iroitM v s i iti.i: i .
AORNTB FOB
Paoiflo Mall Steamship Company, Paoiflo Steam Navigation
Company. The Canard Royal Mail Steamship Company,
" The California Line of Clippers" from New York
and Boston, and "The Hawaiian Line."
ai, Jmiunrj :S1.1880. [Jon. 31.
C. AD0LPHE LOW & CO.,
Commission Merchants.
SAJT FR.IXCISCO and NEW TOliK.
fcjgT" Agents of American Sugar Refinery, corner of Union and Battery streets,
Ban Francisco, California. jan. 17,
AVERILL MIXED PAINT,
The Best, Most Durable and Beautiful of All Paints.
PREPARED HEADY FOR VSE,
AND OP ANY SHADE OB COLOR DESIRED.
Sept. 27.
O. s. OKKICK, General Agent,
329 Market St., Opposite Front.
REMOVAL.
CUMMINS & O'CONNOR,
Importers of "Wines and Liquors,
HAVE REMOVED FHOM
NO. 505 FRONT STREET TO
238 and 240 MARKET STREET and 7 and 9 FINE STREET,
JBetween Front and Davis. [Feb. 7.
ANDREW BAIRD,
Negotiator of Loans and Commercial Paper,
Broker in Local and State Securities,
No. 318 California Street San Francisco.
[P. O. Box 1,208.] July 19.
TABER, HARKER & CO.,
IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE GROCERS,
10S and 110 California St., S. F.
[April 19.]
MADAME WALDO COHEN,
PIANOFORTE AND SINGING,
Sept. 20. K07 Hyile Street, San Franeiseo.
D. HICKS & CO.,
Bookbinders and Blank Book Manufacturers,
NO. 543 CLAY STREET.
BS?"" Blank Books Ruled, Printed and Bound to Order. [Nov; 8.
G. E. BARTON,
Attorney and Counsollor-at-Law,
629 KEARNY STREET ROOMS 1 anil S.
[December 20.]
EDWARD B0SQUI & CO.,
Printers, Engravers, Lithographers and Bookbinders*
Leidesdorff street, from Clay to Commercial,
REV. J. J. BLEASDALE, D.D.,
ANALYST,
News Letter Office, 609 Merchant Street, above Montgomery , S. F.
WM. F. SMITH, M.D.,
Oculist and Aurist, 313 Bush Street.
Aug. 16 ] Office Hours, from 12 M. to 3 P.M.
JULES TAVERNIER'S NEW STUDIO,
123 Montgomery Street. [Jan- 17.
JONAS J. MORRISON,
Lumber Dealer.
A Choice Assortment oisusur Pine, Spruce Shelving1, Pine
Stepping, Dry Surface Redwood, and a full line of Building Material, always
on hand. Jan. 24.
Nbwton Bootu, C. T. Wheeler, Sacramento. | J. T. Glover, W W. Dodge, S. F
w
W. W. DODGE & CO.
holesale Grocers, corner Front and Clay streets, San
Francisco. April 1.
CASTLE BROTHERS,
ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAR 1850.
Importers of Teas and East India Goods, Kos. 313 and 215
Front street, San Francisco. Jan. 13.
L.E.Newton. NEWTON BROTHERS & CO., M.Newton.
Importers aud wholesale dealers in Teas, Foreign Goods and
Groceries, 204 and liOG California street, San Francisco, Cal May 25.
14
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Feb. 21, 1880.
SATANELLA TO MEPHISTO.
Palace Hotel, San Francisco, Feb. 17th, 1880.
My Dear Mephisto: Shout the glad tidings, and rejoice with me
that the El Dorado of my childish dream is gained, and that my. feet
press these Western shores with no drawback to my joy save the fact that
you were not here to welcome me. I can never forgive you for taking
yourself away just on the eve of my arrival, for I had depended upon
you to " trot me out," and now I must " go it alone." This sounds like
trash, but it's not. Upon entering the city a feeling of disappointment
crept over me, but the more I see of its busy life and activities, its com-
merce and home trade, and then think of its youth, I am constrained to
say with the Queen of Sheba, " The half was not toldnie." Think of me
as located in one of the sky parlors of this immense caravansary, where
it shall be my pleasure to note the outgoings and incomings of the but-
terflies of fashion without their suspecting my Bohemian nature. Thanks
to Uncle Ira, my bank account is such that it will be the sesame to open
the halls of elegance to my restless feet ; and it's a little humiliating to
think that in this nineteenth century, with all its progress and refinement,
a little cash will give one the entree to the best society without a question.
" Through city and town, as you walk up and down, no passport so good
as a dollar or two." It will buy everything, from a woman's smile to a
priest's absolution. But a truce to such reflections! We must take the
world as it is, and I'm resolved to make the most of this, opportunely to
study human nature, as manifested by the " upper ten " adorable inutili-
ties of this city, who have "tea-ed" me until I'm ingloriously and un-
comfortably tight. Tea3 everywhere ; everybody buys them, they are so
cheap. There are not enough days in the calendar to accommodate them,
so they doubled up on us before Lent — two a day. Our friend Mrs.
Severo said " I'm owing everybody calls," but see. my way clear through
a kejbtledrum— then everybody will be in my debt. It is such an easy
way to get even, but not so easy for the impecunious mortals who must
procure elegant toilets and carriages to be presentable ; for if you think
these teas and kettledrums are informal, go-as-you-please affairs, you are
staggering under a mental hallucination. Our pretty little frieud, Mrs.
Irving M. Scott, was a blaze of Oriental grandeur and diamonds at Mrs.
Robt. Graves kettledrum, where all the ladies were as elegantly and con-
spicuously dressed as the light of day would allow. Tea, with white
shoots gathered after the first spring rains, which the mandarins drink
without sugar, cream or lemon, out of small cups inclosed in filagree, for
fear of burning their delicate hands, is a most desirable draught. The ex-
citement it produces is purely intellectual ; and a genuine old-fashioned,
comfortable, come-and-spend-the-afternoon sitting down Tea is the most
enjoyable feature in social life. I wonder the better class of ladies
do not give them in place of these apologies for balls — these
mongrel affairs that are neither one thing nor the other.
The engraved invitations for " Mrs. Robert Barton's Kettledrum, Satur-
day, February 14th, 1880," issued some eight days in advance, was indica-
tive of what the affair would be — elegant and costly. Mrs. Barton's
house is one of the most artistic and unique on this coast. The frescoed
walls and ceilings are a beautiful study, reflecting much credit upon the
taste of the occupants and the skill of the artists. In receiving her
guests, Mrs. Barton was assisted by her charming and winsome mother,
Madame Graves, whose kindly words and smile fell like a benediction
upon all. " Ballenberg," who was so thoroughly cross and metalic at
" March* Gras," because he was banished to the gallery, out of sight and
almost hearing, was supremely happy on this occasion, discoursing the
most soul-inspiring dance music, to which we only listened. Our Lenten
scruples would admit of nothing more, and even that shocked Vashti,
who, when asked to take a little Bouillon during Lent, replied : "No ;
one might as well eat the d — 1 as drink his broth." Among the guests,
I noticed Mrs. A. L. Bancroft and Miss Bancroft, a new, bright and
beautiful star in the social world this Winter; Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Graves, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Swift, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Prescott, Mr.
and Mrs. D. Z. Yost, Mrs. Benedict, Mrs. Barton's sister; Mrs.W. Free-
born and sister, Mrs. Fisher ; Mr. and Mrs. H. S. King, Dr. Bronson's
daughters, Cora and Mabel ; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Scott, Mrs. Irving
Scott, Mrs". Charles Crocker, Mrs. John Hall, nee Perry ; Mrs. William
Burling, Mrs. Edgerton, Mr. and Mrs. George Hickox, Miss Slade, Miss
Carrie Crocker. The gentlemen were not numerous ; somehow they don't
take to these afternoon entertainments, though they always say they
would like to go to parties if they could go home early. I noticed Mr.
Edward Cahill and Mr. J. M. Quay extending the impartial politeness and
attentions that make them so popular. " Six o'clock" came only too soon,
when we were obliged to make our adieux to the genial, gracious little
hostess, who had made us so welcome. Cards are out for the marriage
reception of Miss Addie Moulton, who is to marry Mr. John A. Davis,
Thursday evening, February 26th. I expect to go, and if I see any of
our mutual friends will let you know. It is said that one of the fashionable
ladies of this city, who has spent some time abroad, and is very fond of
French manners and customs, is to give a " Mi Careme" party, which will
be a novelty to look forward to during these weary hours of fasting and
prayer. I see much in this hotel that amuses and interests me. Just now
I am watching Mine. 's cicisbio, who is precisely like all of his class —
" Oiled and curled like an Assyrian bull, smelling of musk and insolence."
Not a single idea in his head that is really his own. Even his figure does
not belong to himself, being a c/tef-d'ceuvre of the united efforts of his
tailor and shirt-maker. I have no doubt there are many closet skeletons
lurking behind the solitaires and smiling faces that trot out on dress pa-
rade when " the eloquent dinner bell rings ;" but we don't see them, so it's
just as well. But we have two visible, walking, eating and drinking
ghosts, that glide up to the table, under a powerful electric light, in a most
mysterious and blood-curdling manner. Poor creatures ! What sin do
you suppose they are guilty of ? After all, I'm afraid I'm not disposed to
stick to my text, and take the world as I find it. But the north wind is
blowing, and that always ruffles Your devoted
Satanella.
THE CROPS OF 1879.
The Agricultural Department has published a comparative table on
the crops produced in 1878 and 1879, together with the prices obtained by
the producers, as follows:
Harvest. 187S. 1879.
Wheat, bushels 420,122,400 448,755,000
Corn, bushels 1,388,218,750 1,544,899,000
Oats, bushels 413,578,560 364,253,600
Eye, bushels 25,842,790 23,640,500
Barley, bushels 42,245,630 40,184,200
Buckwheat, bushels 12,246,820 13,145,650
Cotton, bales 5,216,603 5.020,387
Tobacco, pounds 392,546,700 384,059,659
Hay, tons 39,608,296 35.648,000
Potatoes, bushels 9 124,126,650 181,360,000
Wheat' '. S326,346,424 $499,108,000
Corn 441,153,435 580,250,000
Oats 101,945,830 120.855,000
Rye 13,592,826 15,'505,000
Barley 24,483,315 23,625,300
Buckwheat 6,454,120 7,860,488
Cotton 193,854,611 231,000,000
Tobacco 22,137,427 21,454,591
Hay 285,543,752 325,851,280
Potatoes 73,059,125 78,971.000
Total ^1,488,570,866 $ 1,904,480,659
This increase of some 3415,000,000 in a single year is a most encour-
aging result. But there has also been a gain in other values besides those
of the crops noted above. The statistician of the department, who is re-
ported to be gathering material upon which to base a careful estimate of
the total increase in certain other values during the year just closed, to
include the increased price of real estate and mining property, expresses
the opinion, based upon material already gathered, that it will not fall
below §1,000,000,000.— Scientific American.
NAPOLEON AT THE PLAY.
The Mettemich and Remusat memoirs have revived interest in
Napoleon. Here is a description of the conqueror at Erfurt, in 1807,
when the Comedy Francaise was sent on from France to play before an
audience of kings and princes :
" Facing the stage had been placed two arm-chairs for the two Em-
perors (Napoleon and Alexander), on either side of which were ordinary
chairs for the kings and princes. A roll of drums was heard without.
* It is the Emperor,' ran through the audience. 'You fools,' cried a
French officer angrily to his drummers, 'what are you doing? That is
only a king.' A German sovereign entered ; three others followed him at
a little distance. It was thus without noise or ostentation that the kings
of Saxony, Bavaria and Wurtemberg appeared.
Finally a louder roll of drums was heard. All eyes were directed with
uneasy curiosity toward the entrance. At last he appeared, that most in-
comprehensible man of tbat most inconceivable time. Clad as usual in
the most simple of costumes, he made a very slight bow to the sovereigns
present who had been waiting so long, and took his arm-cbair on the right
of the Emperor of Russia, his stout and not very shapely figure contrast-
ing with the splendid stature of Alexander.
The_ four kings took their seats and the play began — the (Edipus of
Voltaire. Vainly, Talma and Raucourt displayed all their art, exerted
all their talent ; none of us had eye's or attention for the stage. The gen-
darmes at the door of our box, it should be said, spared no effort to com-
plete our defective education, and in the intermissions between the acts
gave us lessons in the etiquette to be observed in the presence of the mas-
ter of the world. 'Put down your opera glass; the Emperor doesn't
want to be stared at,' cried one, and another added, 'Sit straight ; don't
crane your necks ; the Emperor won't have it." The impertinence was
supreme, but we followed the example of the kings and princes before us,
and put up with it."
A METALLIC WATCH-DOG.
That the greatest ingenuity should be displayed in the invention of
machinery to economise manual labor is at once natural and creditable;
but we did not anticipate that the builder of the future would be called
upon to fit a mechanical watch-dog to the street-door, so as to guard the
house he may be required to construct? Yet such, we are assured, will
be the case. The dog, in spite of his fidelity, may still fall the victim of
the poisoned meat thrown to him by the prudent burglar. But, morally
speaking, machinery is incorruptible. It may rust, it may break, but it
cannot be bribed. We can take precautions against wear and tear, but
we cannot guard ourselves with equal certitude against treachery. There
is no knowing what bribery and corruption may not do against us, for
the flesh is weak, even though the flesh be that of a dog. Most persons
are aware that, by introducing a flame of gas into an open tube, whether
of metal or of glass, the tube will sound — in fact, we might easily pro-
duce singing flames. The sound, of course, differs according to the size of
the tube, the force of the flame, etc. Sometimes the sound is like a roar,
at others like a low moan; sometimes high, sometimes low— in fact, the
greatest variety of expressions can be produced, according to circum-
stances. But better than this has been found. There are silent speaking-
tubes; that is to say, tubes that, under ordinary circumstances, do not ut-
ter a sound; but, if a door be opened, a draught is created, then the glass
vibrates, and the most startling noises result. A glass of this description
has been contrived in which, when a jet of gas burns, the sound of a dog
barking is produced, should the street door be opened. Thus may the
house be guarded by a mechanical watch-dog. — Builder.
Persons wishing to sell insurance, bank, or other stocks, cannot do bet-
ter than apply to Mr. John G. Ayres, Stock and Exchange Broker, 429
California street. Both in this line of business and in negotiating loans
on real estate and other adequate collaterals, Mr. Ayers has unusual fa-
cilities not possessed by other brokers. Those who deal with him may
rest assured of honorable treatment, and will save time, trouble and ex-
pense by availing themselves of his business intelligence and experience.
" I'm getting fat," as the tramp said when he was caught stealing lard.
Feb. 21, 1S80.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
15
CRADLE, ALTAR. AND TOMB.
. f M 0 nullify, a daughter.
1 tin Flanagan, a son.
Kerrteon, * daughter.
K. Knoll, a daughter.
i-. a daughter.
( W m. 11 l.vuv»n, a daughter.
1 Win. K Cradle, » Eon,
eon.
CRADLE.
I broary 10th, t
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man- Hth. !•■ I
Lcvu-ln thb city. February 17th. to the mfr a
LVMA.i '-ruarj- l«th. to the vtfei
. 15th. t<- tin
i . February 17th. !■• the wife *>( Patrick MulrooDOj
Oram i tr, February l"lh, to the wife ■■( I* Obarfalder, n daughter.
In thi-* ctty, February 12th. t<« tin- wife >>f Chariot Bwoeney, a son.
lb In ihis i-'ity, Fttbruarj 18th, to the wife oj F. Wcstdahl, a son.
ALTAR.
BisciiBt-Buriox- In Chlco, February 16th, P. T. Bcecher to Ruth Bryson.
La><.ix>n-Linxi>tt in thai city, February isth, Uras. [Angdon to Mary B. Linscott.
Mi exit-Strain — In Sacramento, February 12th, K. II Murriy to Jennie Strain.
OrpuiuimavOooDMAB- In tins city, February 15, II. Oppenhelmer to L. Goodman.
Perrin-Foep— In this city. February 17th, George H. Pen-in to llattie E. Ford.
PvTamaox-Pot'LKox— In this city, February 15th, Andrew Peterson to J. Poulson.
SifcTHtaTMi— In this lily, February 15th, Simon Price to Jennie Silverstine.
\\ oxtacrr— In this eilv, February 16th, H. D. Waguoil to J. Woodruff.
TOMB
Dias— In this city, February 17th, Thomas Dias, aged 61 years.
Eumert — In this eity, February 18th, Meta Krnmert, aged" 57 years and 4 months.
Folet — In this eity. February 17th, Mrs Mary Foley, aged B2 years.
Glasfori*— In this city, February 18th, Norman R. Glasford, aged 19 years.
Heoarty— In this eit; , February 17th, Mrs. Marj Ilcgurty, aged 70 years.
I.vt.Ns — In this eity, February 17th, Denis Lyons, aged 05 years.
HcDoe/tUt— (n this eity, February 17th, Mrs. .lane McDowell, aged 69 years.
Mi;i.i.i s - In tin-* city, February 10th, Joseph Melius, aged 58 years.
Thomas— In Butte county, February 11th, David 0. Thomas, aged 45 years.
WbhlbK— In this eity, February ISth. Josephine Wheeler, aged 7 years.
Wilson -In this eity. February 17th, Mary Ann Wilson, aged 63 years.
Wkin— In this city, February 16th, Susan* E. Wrin, aged 0 years.
AYLESBURY DUCKS, THEIR BREEDING AND MAN-
AGEMENT.
Inquiries are made from time to time about the world-renowned
Aylesbury ducks, their external characteristics, and the method by which
they are raised, in the depth of Winter, by hundreds and thousands for
the London market, by single breeders, between the months of December
and March, both inclusive. An opportunity having offered, we now pre-
sent our readers with exact information on the subject, obtained from a
former resident of that city, who is practically acquainted with all the de-
tails of that pro6table industry. The bird is about the largest of tame
ducks, perfectly white, bill and feet yellow, or very pale brown, breast
broad, and head rather large. They are to be seen occasionally in Clay
Street Market, probably of pure blood, which is of the first importance,
for a reason to be shown further on. They are all hatched by hens, and
as soon as they leave the shell are placed near the tire in some conve-
nient receptacle, such as an old hat, and kept warm, their first food being
hard boiled egg reduced to coarse powder, and supplied for two days at
least ; after which they are reared and fattened on the following mate-
rials : Greaves, hard cakes from the residue of tallow melting, are broken
small and simmered in some old pan or kettle for an hour or two, to ren-
der the mass perfectly soft ; in fact, to nearly jelly, and let go cold. A
portion is then well mixed with barley flour or barley meal, till it feels
moderately dry, when a little sand is sprinkled on it, and served to the
chicks. A small pie-dish is filled up with lumps and bits of any limestone
rock, and as much water as the dish will hold poured into it. One of these
is placed in each pen for drink.
Once every day the birds are allowed to swim for a quarter of an hour,
and no more, and twice or three times a day a handful or two of clean
j straw broken to coarse chaff is thrown into each pen fur a bed. All the
clutches that come out on any one day are placed together, and kept quite
separate from the rest, which is done by dividing the floor of the rearing
room into suitable pens with boards, just high enough to prevent escape.
Of course there is a fire in the room, and the youngest broods are kept
nearest to it, and the others removed farther back as they grow stronger.
Cleanliness and regular feeding are now alone required. Sixty days —
sometimes less— after leaving the shell, the birds are perfectly fat and
full-feathered and sent to market.
Since it is of primary importance to have eggs from November onward,
a portion of the earliest birds are reserved for laying ; and these, in Oc-
tober and afterwards, kept warm, and supplied with warm food, as above,
as are also the hens kept for hatching.
The above comprises every detail of management. Of course, the cli-
mate of California in Winter is far more genial than that of Central Eng-
land, and risks of loss proportionately less. Oue peculiar circumstance,
alluded to above, remains to be noted regarding the purity of blood.
When the birds become partially fledged, if any one in a pen should hap-
pen to have any dark-colored feathers, beyond a very few, which might
be plucked out, the rest will set upon and kill it ; so, in order to save it,
it must be reared apart. This is a well-known fact.
A remarkable discovery has been made by Mr. William Morris,
photographer of Gourock, by which he can photograph underneath
the water at a depth of teu fathoms. Two of the negatives he has se-
cured are remarkably distinct, but the others are rather dim, owing to
defects in the apparatus, but which he will have improved. The camera
is inclosed in a water-tight glass case, suspended by the center and in-
closed in a cover, which is drawn off after the camera — which is fixed on
a loaded tripod — has reached its position. One of the views, taken in the
bay fifty yards west of the yacht Selene, shows a sandy bottom, with a
number of large bowlders covered with seaweed, and an old anchor ; and
in the shade three mooring-cables belonging to small yachts close at
hand. When the weather calms down and the light becomes stronger he
intends to carry out his investigations with improved apparatus, when he
expects to achieve still greater results.
St. John's Presbyterian Church, Post street, between Mason and
Taylor. Rev. Dr. W. A. Scott, Pastor, preaching as usual Sunday at 11
a.m. and 1\ p.m. Sunday School and Bible Class, 9l A. M. Prayer and
Praise Service, 6A p.m.
HIGHEST STOCK QUOTATIONS
For the Week Ending Feb. 20, 1880.
COKFILED BT GeORQR C. HlCEOX ft Co., 412 MONTGOMERY STREET.
Name or Mine.
Argent*
Amies
Alpha
Alia
Addenda
'Bullion
* Belcher
•Best & Belcher
Benton ,
Bndio Con ,
Boston Con
Beehtel Con ,
Bulwer Con ,
"Belle Isle ,
Black Hawk
•Bclvidere ,
♦Booker
Cons Imperial
♦Crown Point
•Chollar
California ,
Con. Virginia ,
*Caledoma ,
Confidence
Con Pacific
Con. Dorado ,
Day ,
♦Dudley ,
Eureka Con ,
•Exchequer ,
Fairfax ,
Flowery
♦Gould & Curry
♦Gila
Grand Prize ,
* Hale & Norcroas
Julia
* Justice
Jackson
♦Jupiter
Kentuck ,
Leviathan ,
♦Lady Bryan ,
Lady Washington
♦Mexican
Manhattan
"Metallic ,
Mount Diablo ,
Martin White
Mammoth
Northern Belle
Noonday
North Noonday
North Bonanza . . . . ,
Ophir
Overman
Occidental ,
♦Potosi
Paradise Valley ,
* Raymond & Ely
Summit
♦Savage ,
♦Silver Hill ,
"Seg Belcher
Silver King, Arizona ..
♦Scorpion
♦Sierra Nevada
Tip-Top
Tioga
Utah
Union Con
Ward
Wales Con,
* Yellow Jacket
MOXDAT. TVRSDAT. WbDNESDT Ttll'RBDAY. FrI.
P.M. A.M. P 11. A.M. P.M. A.M.
15 j
163
222
22i
3
15j
163
I'll
34
Assessments are now due on the Stocks above marked thus *
SIGNAL
SERVICE METEOROLOGICAL REPORT,
WEEK
ENDING FI
Hig
B. 19, 1880, SAN FRANC]
SCO, CAL.
hest and Lowest Barometer
Frl. 13.
Sat. 14.
Sun. 15
lion. 18
Tue 17.
30.343
Wed 18
Thr 19
30.514
30.429
30.203
30.252
30.299
29.590
30.423
30.203
30.051
30.073
30.252
29.927
29.863
Maxim
um and Minimum Thermon
teter.
52
55
55 I 50 1 50 1
62
53
42
43 |
44 | 33 33
Mean Daily Humidity.
43
42
77.3
81.3 |
78.0 | 53.0 | 52.7 |
Prevailing Wind.
78.7 |
81.3
W.
SW. |
W. | NW. | N. |
Wind — Miles Traveled.
SE.
SW.
121
119
110 | 301 | 211 |
State of Weather.
201 |
161
Clear.
1
Clear. |
Ra
1
Fair. | Clear. | Fair. |
infall in Twenty-four Houn
•14 I 1 1
Cloudy.
.58 |
Fair.
Total Ra
' n Durint
/ Season heginning .fitly 1,
1879.. 12.!
16 inches
SPECIAL NOTICE.
Pacific Mall Steamship Company. - »« York nnd Panama
I. inc. The Splendid Steamer COLIMA will sail FRIDAY. February 20th,
taking Passengers to NEW YORK, via PANAMA, at the following GREATLY RE-
DUCED RATES : Upper Deck, $So ; Saloon, $75 ; Steerage, $35. Apply at Com-
pany's Office, First and Brannan streets.
Feb. 7. WILLIAMS, DIMoND & CO., General Agents.
16
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Feb. 21, 1880.
TWO PICTURES.
I.
A maiden in a garden dreaming,
Of fairy prince and halcyon days ;
Her head, with sunny tresses gleaming,
Bowed down beneath dim trellised ways.
A row of sun-flowers bS. a paling,
A wicket left upon the latch,
A summer house, with woodbine trailing,
And ivy creeping o'er the thatch.
A footfall on the garden gravel,
A quickening heart, a whispered word ;
A youth, burnt brown with foreign travel,
Come back to claim a hope deferred.
O happy, happy time of Love's beginning,
Ere ever we can guess that storms are near !
Sunlight glancing, buds unfolding, thrushes singing,
Golden summer of the Soul and of the year !
n.
A garret in a city by-way
A pale sad woman all alone,
A weary wanderer on Life's highway,
Poor and forsaken and unknown.
What need to knit the little stocking,
Or strive again for daily bread ?
"Why set an empty cradle rocking?
The nestling has forever fled !
" Yes, both are gone ; perchance 'tis better ! "
She sighs at length. "Tis better so ! "
Then bends to read a tattered letter.
Or turns to watch the falling snow.
Ah, bitter, bitter time of Sorrow's waking,
Ere even we can dream that hope is near !
Snow is falling, flow'rs are fading, hearts are breaking,
Weary winter of the Soul and of the year !
— Violet Fane.
FOR LADIES ONLY.
Augustine to Augusta. — As yet there are few regular balls ; but I
have been at several evening parties where just as much dancing has
taken place, and as the usual invitation for these kind of social assemblies
plainly state " on dansera," the toilettes are ball dresses in every sense of
the word, and generally well worthy of notice. The great novelty is still
in the art of trimming and decorating, rather than in the shape of the
dresses. The most striking fashion is the pearl and bead embroidery; the
pearls are capital imitations of real Indian, and are generally embroidered
on a ground- work of gauze, which is then used as trimming for the bodice
and epaulettes, and decorates the skirt in the way of flounces, edging
pockets, etc., or draped scarf fashion. There are several kinds of pearls
and beads in vogue in all possible colors ; a transparent pearl in electric
blue, pink straw, and cream^ color is very pretty for ball dresses; these
pearls are mixed with chenille and silk, and are also often intermingled
with fringes. Surah foulard, gaze de Chambery and grenadine are much
in favor for evening costumes, and are favorite materials for combining
with satin, brocades and figured and plain silk. For instance, scarf dra-
pery and ruches in Surah, with pearl embroidery or fringes, is much used
with plain satin and faille, justthe same asgaze de Chambery ; and pear 1
ornaments are fashionable trimmings on figured and damask silks. For
visiting costumes, sealskin dresses and plain and figured velvet are still
very fashionable. Then black satin has become a great favorite ; this
handsome material is often made with waistcoat bodice and high collar
of a different color, or all in black with a guimpe or ruche collar in
foulard, gauze, cre"pe, or lace ; and skirt with gathered and kilted apron
front and square train, or sometimes made with tunic and waistcoat of
striped silk cashmere; the mantle or jacket worn with these dresses is
generally of black satin, trimmed with bead embroidery, or a long jacket
habit-shape, in figured or cut velvet. Another style for black satin
dresses, called the Spanish resille, is to have the skirt and train of
satin with three flounces, and a second skirt draped scarf-shaped, with
border of chenille fringes, and long heading of chenille fishing-net pat-
tern, the bodice being of satin, with half-long sleeves covered with chenille
network ; the chenille is sometimes mixed with blue, and gold beads.
White costumes in Indian cashmere and other fine woollens are also great
favorites for visiting drisses; the trimming is either old lace or silk and
chenille embroidery. The newest style for elegant bonnets is the small
Directoire shape, which is generally made in light-colored satin or plush ;
the larger Bhape, called the Viennese hat, in felt, like the Rubens, is
very much in favor for walking. — Augustine, in London Truth.—
A polite style of female gambling is started in New York City at an
office which issues circulars to " Ladies in the best society, having pro-
perty under their control." It is a rose-tinted appeal to the fair ones
to indulge in the dissipation of " puts" and " calls," and invites them to
the " Ladies' Exchange," which will prove to be that fair exchange which
is no robbery. ^^There are some girls so devoted to style that they would
not join the church that would take them to heaven without an assurance
that an angel could have her robes made by Worth.— —Lydia Thompson
having left the stage, the Syracuse Herald concludes that she is living an
attired life.^^If it is a settled fact that a woman must always have the
last word, about when may a squabble between two women be expected
to end?— —When the folks in France want to know whether an Ameri-
can girl is from the North or South, they look at the size of her shoe. If
it ranges much over two and a half, then they know she does not hail
from Dixie, but most likely from Boston, the land of great understand-
ings.——Alas! no more women over thirty will ever be married in Chi-
cago! The law requires all marriage licenses, with the ages of the con-
tracting parties, to be published in a daily paper — and of course no lady
ever gets over thirty. •—■Winter trappings, in Paris, are extensively made
of rat-skins. ^^ The pretty undulations of hair, produced on the forehead
with quince-seed, are known as "Long Branch waves."- "■Cuffs and ruffs
of silver filagree, in imitation of the Medici style, are worn in England.
— —•Old Garibaldi declares no scheming jade of a woman will ever induce
him to marry again ; but wait until some red-headed widow jumps for
him in leap year.-^— The cock's-comb flower, Scotch heather, and the
pretty blossom of the campanula, are the new floral favorites with the
milliners. The laws of this island are certainly quaint. A man mar-
ries a wife in Scotland. In that country she obtains a divorce from him
and marries again. He crosses the border into England and also remarries.
Then his second wife applies for a decree of nullity of marriage on what
appears to be by law the valid plea that he committed bigamy in marry-
ing her, his Scotce divorce not obtaining in England. If this really turns
out to be right, we have a man legally married to a woman who is mar-
ried— legally married — to another man. That we are not exaggerating,
any one can see by reading the report of an application made the other day
to Sir James Hannen in the case of Harvey (otherwise Farnie) vs. Farnie.
— Vanity Fair.
THE OWNER OF THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE AND HIS
OSTRICH FARM.
Mr. McKellar, who was most kindly hospitable, has an ostrich farm,
but his flock of birds was not very large at the time of our visit, he hav-
ing had bad luck at first in breeding. He owns the actual Cape of Good
Hope and a long stretch of the moorland adjoining, and has thrown a
wire fence right across the peninsula, so as to give his ostriches the run of
a large tract, stretching right down to the cape itself. One old hen os-
trich was a pet about the house, but used to do sad damage in the farm-
yard eating the young goslings, swallowing them like oyster.
It was amusing to go with Mr. McKellar into one of his breeding pad-
dockB ; here a pair of ostriches were brooding on a nest of eggs, dividing,
as usual, the labor between them. The cock was very savage and attack-
ed all intruders, so his master had a long pole with a fork at the end of it,
and when the ostrich ran at the party he caught its neck in the fork. The
ortrich was excessively enraged, but soon had to give in.
A kick from an ostrich is well known as very dangerous. The only
thing to do when attacked without means of defense, Mr. McKellar said,
is to lie flat down and let the bird walk on you till he is tired. I was as-
tonished at the brightness of the- red coloring developed on the front of
the legs of the cock bird during the breeding season. The ornamental
appearance of the bird is greatly enhanced by it.
A narrow but strong and high pen is provided for plucking the birds in.
They are driven into it and held fast. It is found better to pluck the
feathers out than to cut them off. The stumps, if left in, are apt to cause
trouble.
Young ostriches, when first from the egg, have curious horny plates at
the tips of their feathers, like those in the feathers of one of the Indian
jungle fowls, and some other birds not in the least related to one another.
The cape peninsula becomes very narrow towards its termination, and
ends in two capes, Cape Point, on which is the lighthouse, and the Cape
of Good Hope. The Cape of Good Hope itself is a mass of rock,
terminating in perpendicular cliffs toward the sea, but with ledges here
and there, on which numbers of cormorants ( Phalacocorix capensis) nest.
— H. N. Moseley, Challenger Notes.
GEO. STREET, Agent News Letter, 30 Cornhill, E. C, London.
IN CONSEQUENCE OF SPURIOUS IMITATIONS OF
LEA & PERKINS' SAIU'E, which are calculated to deceive
the public, Lea and Perrins have adopted A NEW LABEL, bearing their sig-
nature, thus, " LEA & PERRINS," which is placed on every bottle of WORCESTER-
SHIRE SAUCE, and without which none is genuine.
Ask for LEA & PERRINS' Sauce, and see name on wrapper, label, bottle and stop-
per. Wholesale and for export by the proprietors, Worcester ; Crosse & Blackwell,
London, etc., etc., and by grocers and oilmen throughout the world.
Nov. 16. MESSRS. CROSS & CO., Agents, San Francisco.
ROWLAND'S
MACASSAR OIL strengthens the Hair and prevents it falling off. The bottles
have a glass stopper, and not a cork.
EALYDOE beautifies the Complexion and eradicates Freckles, Tan, Prickly Heat,
Eruptions, etc.
ODONTO whitens the Teeth, prevents and arrests decay, and gives a pleasing
fragrance to the breath.
EUKONIA is a new and delicate toilet powder.
Ask for ROWLAND'S articles, of 20, Hatton Garden, London, and avoid cheap
imitations. Sold bv Druggists, Bazaars, etc., all over the world. May 3.
F
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
inestaud Cheapest Meat-flavoring Stock for Sonps, Made
Dishes and Sauces. March 2.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRA.CT OF MEAT
[s a success and boon for which Nations should feel grate-
ful. See " Medical Press," "Lancet," " British Medical Journal," etc.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF ME&T.
Cant ion— Genuine only with fac-simile of Baron Liebig''s
Signature, in blue ink, across Label. "Consumption in England increased teu-
old in ten years. " March 2.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
To be had of all Store-keepers, Grocers and Chemists. Sole
Agents for the United States (wholesale only), C. David & Co., 43, Mark Lane,
London, England. March 2.
LANGLEY & MICHAELS,
"Wholesale Druggists,
Importers of Pure English, French and Gerniau Drugs,
PATENT MEDICINES, Etc.,
100 and 102 FRONT STBEET,
San Francisco. [Sept. 6.
Feb. 21, 1880.
C \UKOUNIA ADVERTISER.
17
NOTABILIA.
THE PEDDLERS SONG.
Lawn as white as driven BDOW ;
lack as e'er was crow ;
- sweet as damask ruses;
Masks f..r faces and for r
BuKK-'Tacelct, necklace, amber;
Perfume for a lady's chamber;
Gold quoins and stomachers.
For my lads to give their dears ;
Pins and poking-sticks of steel.
What maids lack from head to heel:
Come buy of me.come; come buy,come buy,
Buy, lads, or else your lasses cry.
William Suakspeare.
General Grant was recently asked what was the most satisfactory in-
cident of his tour round the world. The questioner, of course, thought
that the General would mention some royal and flattering reception at a
Eur.-|iean court, but he was mistaken. The great soldier unhesitatingly
replied that the most satisfactory incident of all his travels was being
photographed in San Francisco by Bradley & Rulofson, of 429 Montgom-
ery street. The General herein showed his good judgment, for there is
no other photographic establishment in the world where such marvelously
good work is done.
In London the restaurant keepers announce in flaming posters that
their ice cream is frozen from ice on which the beautiful Mrs. Langtry
has skated and fallen. It is to the use of Madame KacheTs Enamel
Bloom that Mrs. Langtry owes her superb beauty. For a long time her
marvelous complexion was regarded as a natural phenomenon, until she
herself confessed that the Enamel Bloom was the cause of it, adding that
if other ladies would follow her example, they might all become as lovely
as herself. The Enamel Bloom has a beneficial as well as a beautifying
effect upon the skin.
A Connecticut man recently said: "Lend me a dollar. My wife
has left me, and I want to advertise that I am not responsible for her
debts."
It is no sign that a hen meditates evil to her owner simply because
Bhe lays for him. Certainly not ; but when the consumptive does not
drink Rock and Rye it is a sure sign that he does not know what is best
for his complaint. F. & P. J. Cassin, corner of Drumm and California
[Btreets, manufacture this most delicious and invigorating of cordials from
[pure rock candy and the best rye whisky. So universally popular has
Rock and Rye become, that it is rapidly supplanting all other drinks of
the kind, and is said to be making the fortune of the manufacturers.
It ■wouldn't be exactly the thing to call chestnuts eggs because they
fare burred fruit, but to call Union Ranges, sold by De La Montanya, a
household blessing, would be exactly the thing, because no other range is
at the same time so efficient, so convenient and so economical. This is
the testimony of everybody who has tver used them. The same bouse,
Jackson street, below Battery, has the agency for Chilson's Patent Im-
proved Cone Furnaces, now so extensively used throughout the States in
schools, churches and public halls.
The brook, you know, flows on forever. Sometimes it seems as if a
lawsuit was trying to see the brook and go it one better.
A pantomime called " The Yellow Dog and the Little Tin Kettle"
would have a good run, surmises a contemporary. It might be so, but
what we can state for a dead certainty is, that the man who buys his hats
at White's, 614 Commercial street, will have a good run of admiration
and envy from those who buy thair hats elsewhere. White's hats are the
[most stylish, the most durable, and in every way the best to be had in
the city.
"Would it were wine that rocks our boat,"
Said John to Mary, as he rowed her;
"Ah, no," cried she, "I'd rather float
Upon a lake of Napa Soda !"
Housekeepers are advised to call upon Hartshorn & McPhun, 112
Fourth street, near Mission, for all kinds of carpets, oil-cloths, Linoleum
mattings, etc. ; also, manufacturers of store and house window shades,
plain or ornamented. Give them a call for first-class work, at the lowest
prices in the city.
As the days lengthen, the gas companies change their system of
arithmetic.
For gloves and mittens, made with Busby's Patent Welts, which pre-
serve the stitching, go to Fred. H. Busby, sole manufacturer of the fa-
mous Narragansett Glove, impervious to water. 412 Market street.
No remedy in the world ever came into such universal use, or has
so fully won the confidence of mankind, as Ayer^s Cherry Pectoral for the
tcure of CoughB, Colds and Consumption.
If you have a pretty daughter, you will have a brain full of anxiety
and a house full of scented note-paper.
Hop Bitters strengthens, builds up and cures continually, from the
first dose. See another column.
A Poem for the Girls.
Full many n. KM But many a girl
Vv M born to l.)u*h unseen. Wan lw>rn to blush and grin,
And wuta it-* fmgrance And gad about the street
On the desert air; To flirt and stare.
The papers harq boon having a great deal to say lately about Bib-
marck drinking a bottle of brandy daily. It now turn* out that the great
chancellor hast, for two years past, drunk nothing but Landsberger's Pri-
vate Cuv«:e, which lie imports for his own use in great qtumtitiee. He de-
clares that he could n«ver get through the immense amount of work he
does but for the auiatanoe of this pleasant and invigorating wine. Prob-
ably Bismarck's fancy, to a great extent, accounts for the rage for Private
Onvee which has lately astonished the market.
Ladies can send their own materials to Sullivan's, 120 Kearny street,
and have them made up to order, either plain or from the richest Pa-
risian designs,
Weakness and sickness changed to health and strength with Hop
Bitters, always. See another column.
Every deaf person should try the Audiphone. Call upon H. E.
Mathews, 60b" Montgomery street, S. F.
Household Furniture sold on the installment plan at Gilbert and
Moore's, 210 Bush street.
Homoeopathic Cough and Croup Syrup, 234 Sutter street.
Hallett, Davis & Co.'s Pianos. 13 Sansome street.
KEYSTONE CLOTHES WRINGER.
The Best in the 'World.
Send for Descrijttive Circular*
General Agents:
WIEST£R A CO.,
New Montgomery Street, S. F.
[January 24.]
TRANSATLANTIC FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY,
Of Hamburg.
(Capital, $1,500,000, IT. 8. Gold Coia.--Losses Paid ju Gold
J Coin immediately after Adjustment. This Corporation holds contracts of fif-
teen other European Insurance Companies, re-insuring by far the greater part of
every risk, as soon as accepted in our office. The combined subscribed Capital which
our policies therefore offer to the public amounts to $17,287,500, U. S. Gold Coin, of
which §4,403,750 is paid up, besides the always available Reserve Funds.
GEORGE MARCUS & CO., General Agents for Pacific Coast,
Feb. 7. No. 304 California street.
SCHWAB & BREESE,
XT*1" Art Gallery, 024 Market street, opposite Palace Hotel.
Xt Oil Paintings, Engravings, Wax and Artists' Materials.
&£T ADMISSION FREE. Sept. 18.
SNOW & CO.,
\[o. SO Post street, opposite Mechanics' Institute, Import-
j^\ ers and Manufacturers of Pictures, Frames, Mouldings, and Artist's Ma-
crials. Established 1S49. Sept. 20.
R
W. K. VICKERY,
ire Engravings ami Etchings, I2(i Kearny street (Thnrlow
Block, Room S), San Francisco. OHice Hours, from 1 to 5 p.m. Jan. 17.
BRITISH BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF CAL.
Attendance, daily, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., by the under-
signed, to receive subscriptions and donations, and to furnish all information
relating: to the Society. J. P. McCURRIE, Secretary,
Oct. 23. 730 Montgomery street.
WILLIAM P. HUMPHREYS,
Late City and County Surveyor, has removed to No. 639
WASHINGTON STREET, where he will continue to practice his profession.
All Surveys and Estimates guaranteed. Dec. 20.
CALIFORNIA SUGAR REFINERY,
Manufacturers of the Standard Syrup, a superior article
put up iu barrels expressly for home consumption. Also, Extra Heavy Syrup
in barrels for Export. Refined Sugars at lowest market rates. Office, 216 Front
street, up stairs. Dec. 21.
CUMBERLAND MINE,
~V7~avapai County, Arizona. Office: No. 417 California St.,
X San Francisco, California. President, GEORGE M. CIPRICO. Secretary, J.
H. GRIFFITHS. Office Hours : 2 p.m. daily. Oct. 11.
JOSEPH GILLOTT'S STEEL PENS.
Gold Medal, Paris, 1S78.
old by all Stationers. Sole Agent for the United States:
MR. HENRY HOE, 91 John street, N. Y. Jan. 5.
s
COKE CHEAPEST FUEL.
Reduction in Price : Wholesale Price, 50 cents per barrel ;
Retail Price. 60 cents per barrel, at the works of the SAN FRANCISCO GAS-
LIGHT COMPANY, Howard and First streets, and foot of Second st. Jan. 12.
MME. ZETtSKA7^
French, German and English Institute for Young Ladles,
and Kindergarten for Children from 3 to 6 years, 922 Post street.
Jan. 17. MME. B ZEITSKA, Principal.
REMOVAL.
Samuel Irving, Successor to Anderson A Irving, ]>ealer in
Gentleman's Furnishing Goods, has removed to No. 206 KEARNY STREET.
A full line of all descriptions of Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods constantly on hand,
at the lowest prices Jan. 31.
R. H. LLOYD,
Attorney-at- Law, Room 13, Nevada Block.
a year and expenses to agents. Outfit Free. Address,
June 7. ] P. O. VICKERY, Augusta, Maine.
5777
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Feb. 21, 1880.
"BIZ.
Business affairs generally appear to be more demoralized than ever
before in California. The renewed activity upon the Sand-lot, backed
up by Kalloch, Kearney and petticoat Smith, is having its effect in driv
ing away capital from the State, and deterring all investments in manu-
facturing interests generally. Our Board of Supervisors stated, at the
conclusion of one of their late reports upon the labor question, that since
the beginning of this labor agitation, "The Chinese Must Go," $50,000,-
000 taxable funds had been sent out of the State for investment else-
where, and we ourselves heard a prominent capitalist say upon 'Change,
three days since, that it could be shown that not less than $75,000,000
had been sent out of the State within the above period, simply by reason
of loss of confidence in the stability of affairs, caused by the labor agita-
tion. Let us see how the thing works. On Saturday last Governor Per.
kins signed the bill just passed by the State Legislature making it unlaw-
ful for incorporate companies to employ Chinese labor. This law, al-
though clearly unconstitutional under the Federal Government, was im-
mediately operative, and on Monday last the Woolen Mills, in our city,
the Jute Bag Factory, at Oakland, and other incorporations, promptly
discharged all their Mongolian help, and shut up shop — notably the Jute
Factory, the Superintendent thereof telling a Press reporter that it was
idle for them to attempt to carry on the factory, employing 750 Chinese —
three gangs of men, night and day — with white labor, men, boys, women
or girls ; that there was not in all Oakland suitable operatives for the
work required, and that they would sooner see the factory rot than at-
tempt to utilize any other than Chinese ; that the wages demanded for
white labor in California would not permit them to compete with Eastern
cheap labor, or the still cheaper labor of the Calcutta bag factories. And
this evil does not stop here. The Great Western Quicksilver Mining
Company — H. M. Newhall & Co., managing agents — turning out last
year, by Chinese labor, over 7,000- flasks of Quicksilver, have, since the
passage of this law, shut down work and discharged all their Chinese
operatives. Of course, other incorporations must and will do the same
thing, thus greatly reducing our Quicksilver production — not to say more
respecting the cessation of operations in many other mining associations
throughout the State. Ditch, mining and canal companies will, of
course, follow in the wake, and cease work entirely until the legal-
ity, or rather the constitutionality, of the law can be adjudicated by
the Supreme Court of the United States. In this city, several
Boot and Shoe, Clothing and Laundry establishments, will be more or
less embarrassed by the operations of this law, and some cease to work
altogether; others threaten to send East, and have their manufacturing
done in New England, where labor is much cheaper and more easily con-
trolled than with us. All this is brought upon us by the inhuman cry —
"The Chinese must Go!" — and why ? Because they send a large per-
centage of their earnings home to China; that they do not assimilate
with our ways, customs and habits. Do not the Irish, the German and
other foreigners send large sums to Father-land, to help the old folks at
home and to pay the passage money of their kinsmen to " this home of
the oppressed of all nations." We think, if a balance sheet could be
Btruck between the Chinese and Irish, for the past quarter of a century,
it would be found that the latter account is much the larger. But this is
begging the question. It is idle to say that the Chinese have done noth-
ing for the development of the industries of the Pacific slope. Their in-
dustry, thrift and cheap labor has been the foundation-stone of vast and
important industries upon the Pacific slope, and the Chinese are to-day
paying big rents in this city, and doing a vast deal of labor to benefit
both the city and State. Had it not been for the Chinese, not a woolen-
mill would ever have been erected here, and before the Chinese began to
make Cigars, Boots and Shoes^ Clothing, etc., all these were made East,
or imported from foreign countries. There certainly is two sides to this
question, and the whole matter is fast ripening. The majority of these
Sand-lotters and street- paraders are not honest seekers after labor, but
are agitators — Communists not willing to work themselves, nor to let
others work. They are bloodsuckers, spoilers of other men's labors, and
the right hand of Law ought to suppress the utterances of many of these
Sand-lotters, who are at best but blind leaders of the blind.
As regards markets for merchandise there is but little business moving.
Borax is higher. Ceylon Coffee is selling at 20c. This is a new article
with us, and promises to be a great favorite with all consumers of mild
Coffees. Central American Greens, of the new crop, do not as yet meet
ready sale. Sugar is without change in values ; prices same as last week.
Rice is in favor, and Mixed China is the turn dearer. Hawaiian Table
commands 6£@64c. Teas are without notable change. Quicksilver has
been taken for New York to the extent of 1,200 flasks, at 40c, and, by
reason of lessened production, holders now demand 42i@45c. Coal and
Chemicals are without change, but lean in buyers' favor. Hardware,
Nails and Metals generally continue to command the late advance, nota-
bly Tin Plate, Copper, Sydney Tin and Nails.
Domestic Produce. — The export demand for Wheat still continues,
and for the best gilt-edged lots two cents has been paid to top off with,
but this is an exceptionable price for only the cream of the market ;
§1 90@S1 95 tf* ctl is about the range for average export quality. Barley
has been purchased freely during the week, chiefly for feed purposes, at
75 to 85c $ ctl. Corn is in moderate request at S1@§1 15 # ctl. Oats
drag heavily at SI 25@§1 35 $ ctl.
"Wheat exports since July 1, 1879, to date : We have dispatched to
European ports a fleet of 217 vessels, againat 199 vessels for a correspond-
ing period of the year previous, carrying respectively 8,345,500 and 7,-
222,850 ctls Wheat, thus showing an excess the present season of over one
million centals, and uf an increased valuation of $3,500,000. We have
now on the berth 19 vessels, of 27,000 tons register. During the past ten
days some few large American ships were chartered for a direct port at
40s ; but since then freights have run up to 42s fid for wood, 45s for iron.
It is difficult now to say how great a Wheat surplus there yet remains in
the State. Much depends upon the future price bid therefor, as much of
it is hidden away, and will not be brought out of its hiding-place unless
good big prices are paid for it. Dr. Hugh J. Glenn has cleared the ship
Detroit, making the fourth ship loaded by him with his own Wheat crop.
He has yet enough left to load a ship or two more should it be thought de-
sirable. It looks to us as though he made a big mistake last Fall when
he refused upwards of 29c for his entire crop.
ANOTHER BOGUS MEETING OF PIONEER BANK DE-
POSITORS.
Only a score of persons interested in the proceedings met at Charter
Oak Hall on Saturday evening. Some of these stated that they had
" brought several invited guests to make up a showing-." That small em-
bodiment of nut-gall humanity, yclept " Robert Stirling Logan," got off
his usual mixture of ignorance and falsehoods for the Sunday papers.
His few followers have just learned that this short man with the long
name had only $45 in the Bank, and they have become very much dis-
gusted. We shudder at what the consequence would have been had the
fellow lost $100, for with less than half that amount he now fills up the
sensational papers with his rant. Another of the advisory committee en-
gaged in hounding Mr. Duncan has come to grief, being arrested for sell-
ing to butchers premature calves thrown into his refuse carts to be dumped
in the bay as carrion. We are glad to know that Mr. Ahlborn, a respect-
able member of the committee, has left the doubtful company he was in
and joined the great mass of the depositors in opposition to these bogus
gatherings. A complete refutation of the slanderous stories of embezzle-
ment of the money of the Pioneer Bank has just been given by the testi-
mony of the expert employed by Mr. Hyde, the official assignee. He de-
clares that the proofs are conclusive that Willie T. Duncan, the son of
J. C. Duncan, lost one hundred and twelve thousand dollars by the failure.
This sum was placed there by young Duncan in the vain hope of saving
the concern. It was the accumulation of five years' labor as a successful
broker, and was his entire fortune. No better answer could be given to
the ignorant abuse of the father by writers who only follow up the howl-
ings of such as Logan and Stratman.
BOOK REVIEWS.
Camp and Cabin. Sketches of Life and Travel in the West By Ttoasiter W.
Raymond, late U. S. Commissioners of Mining Statistics, editor Engineering
and Mining Journal, etc. New York : Fords, Howard & Hulbert. 188J.
The sketches contained in this pretty little volume are not now given
to the public for the first time, but have appeared in various periodicals
during the last eight or nine years. They record first impressions, how-
ever, and are as fresh to most readers as if they had just been written.
Mr. Raymond is evidently a close observer, and has made the most of his
exceptional advantages for the study of Western life and character,
which he delineates with combined grace and skill. Besides being inter-
esting in subject, the "sketches " are admirably told.
The California Illustrated News, a monthly pictorial, makes its
first appearance without any flourish of trumpets. Nevertheless, it is a
publication of such excellence that it might well have been well excused
for heralding its approaching birth with a great deal more noise and pro-
priety than its modesty has permitted. It abounds in full-page illustra-
tions, most of them by a new process, republished from the Old World
pictorials; and its text, both original and selected, is of the highest order
of merit. As a business venture it ought to succeed, for its handsome
cover is crowded, within and without, with the most succulent of "ad's."
We read on the title-page that Mr. Thomas Gardiner is the outside man-
ager of the California Illustrated News, and this is enough to assure its
financial success; for a man of greater business ability, and one more
popular with all he meets, we do not know.
The Twenty-seventh Annual Report of the President, Treasurer and
Librarian of the Mercantile Library Association is received. As usual,
it is complete and satisfactory. We regret that we have not space to
give our readers the statistics of circulation, which are, after all, how-
ever, perhaps the most interesting. The table of circulation is as follows:
Romance, 55,305 vols., 70.2 percent.; Juveniles, 4,584 vols., 5.8 per cent.;
Travels, 2.69SJ vols, 3.4 per cent.; Biography, 2,710 vols., 3.4 per cent.;
Belles Lettres, 1,411 vols., 1.8 percent.; Science, 3.296vols., 4.2 percent.;
History, 2,292 vols., 3 per cent.; Poetry, 1,477 vols., 1.9 per cent.; Span-
ish, 111 vols., .2 per cent. ; French, 1,703 vols., 2.1 per cent.; German,
1,251 vols., 1.6 per cent.; Religion, 521 vols., .6 per cent.; Italian, 2 vols.;
Miscellaneous, 1,449 vols., 1.8 per cent. Total, 78,811 vols., 100 per cent.
Appleton's Journal, for March, is to hand, and is a capital number.
As usual, it contains few, if any, original contributions, but it loses noth-
ing by this, since the articles are admirably selected from the latest and
best literature of the day.
D. Y. B. Henarie, Edward Martin.
E. MARTIN & CO.,
Importers and "Wholesale Dealers in "Wines and Liquors.
Proprietors of .Miller's Extra Old Bourbon and J. F. Cut-
ter Extra Old Bourbon and Rye Whiskies.
April 5. 408 Front Street, San Francisco.
HIBERNIA BREWERY,
Howard Street, Between Eighth and Ninth.
Dec. 7.] M. NUNAH; Proprietor.
AGENTSrTEAD THIS!
We will pay Agents a salary of $100 per month and ex-
penses, or allow a large commission, to sell our new aud wonderful
inventions. We mean wkat we say. Sample Free.
Address SHERMAN & CO., Marshall, Mich.
J. A. HUNTER, M. D.,
No. 331 Sutter street, devotes Special Attention to Catarrh,
Deafness, Bronchitis, Asthma, Consumption, and all ailments of the Throat,
Lungs and Heart. Dec. 27.
Feb. 21, lg8»).
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
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A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LADIES.
Nellie Eatelle. n«i Ellen Kelly, ud Mia Effle Celeste, »cr
Mary Crump, ;irv two ballet-trirls in Now Y"rk. They fell out About a
d<v, ami hii'l recoure* ton police tnngistrnte in ortler to settle their differ-
^Ma. During the proceedings, the following oomepondence wan read :
M.ry Crump Your dogg is treating my cat shameful. If he ain't
made to stop, I will make him myself. Miss Nki.uk Esi I
Ellen Kt-llv— Your impertinent letter don't deserve an answer from any
Udy. But t give you warn that you will lay your filthy hands on my
dog (*ee dictionery) if you dare. I don't demean myself by putting my
name to this.
Mary Crump— If my lians is filthey I nse soape and water on my nek,
and not powder. I am nott ashamed of my name, if yon are.
Miss Ki.ikx Kki.iv, net Cblestb,
On the case being reported, the reporter received the following letter
from one of the irate ladies :
Mr. Reporter— Falsehood and desete is foreign to me. I despise the
actions of a false friend. Let herr doo and say her worse, meaning no
ct to your papper, I booto to say anything except that I will yet
bee even with one so low as to forgett the f rends of her adversite. Yours
more respectfully, Miss Estelle.
P. S. — Excuse bad riting as my nerves is alpon edge.
Miss Nellie Estelle.
THE EXPENDITURE AND DEBTS OF EUROPE.
In 1865. Germany had a total annual expenditure of $155,000,000, while
in 1871' it had risen to $330,000,000. France has an annual expenditure of
$595,000,000, and Russia $535,000,000, while that of England is §425,000,-
000. The total annual expenditure in all the States of Europe was $1,990,-
000,000 in 1S05, and in 1879 it had risen to $2,925,000,000. England and
Holland have diminished their national debt since 1865, while most of the
countries of Europe have added to theirs. Russia has increased its debt
from $1,040,000,000 in 1805, to $3,000,000,000 in 1879, though France has
the largest national debt of any country in the world. The total
national debts of tbe States of Europe have risen from $13,130,000,000 in
1865, to $21,020,000,000. Of the total annual expenditure of Europe,
amounting to $2,925,000,000, the sum devoted to expenditure on arma-
ments and for warlike purposes is $800,000,000, while in 1865 the sum for
these purposes was only $585,000,000. Russia spent last year, for warlike
purposes, $180,000,000; England, $160,000,000; France, $135,000,000; and
Germany, $105,000,000.
THE LATE DENIS LYONS.
By the death of Mr. Denis Lyons, at his residence in this city on
Tuesday night last, thi3 community lost one of its best known and most
honored members. The deceased was born in Cork, but came to the
United States at an early age, and was in every sense as true-hearted an
American as ever breathed. He came to California early in 1850, and
from then till the day of his death was prominently identified with the
leading interests of his adopted State in his capacity of journalist. Many
of our old citizens will remember the Public Balance established by P. A.
Buckalew and Eugene Casserly, and will therefore remember Mr. Lyons
as manager of that able but short-lived journal. From 1854 to 1858 he
was Assistant County Clerk under Thomas Hayes, and while tilling that
office gained great popularity by his courteous and genial manner. Until
about a year since he was proprietor of the Monitor for the last twenty
years, except from 1861 to 1865. The city has never been called upon to
deplore the loss of a more useful, gifted and respected citizen than Mr.
Lyons, and we sympathize most sincerely with his widow and children in
their great bereavement.
A GRAND SOCIAL EVENT.
On Friday, March 5th, the Club of 1880 will give a Grand Carnival
Masque Ball at Union Hall. This promises to be one of the most select
entertainments of tbe season, since it is an excusively " invitation " affair,
and is under the management of the very cream of our society nobs, as a
glance at the names of the committee on invitations alone will show.
The list of prizes is perhaps the longest, the richest, and the most taste-
ful ever offered in this city. No fewer than six works of art are offered
for the handsomest costumes, and all the other prizes are on a similar
scale of magnificence. The supper, which will be served a la carte, is to
be under the supervision of the Palace and Baldwin chefs. The music
will be supplied by Blum's Orchestra, and will introduce several new ef-
fects, including a brand new waltz. Mr. D. Linden born, the well-known
jeweler, to whose untiring exertions the prospective ball owes, to a great
extent, inception and the perfection of it3 details, is entitled to much
praise and gratitude from those fortunate ones who are to participate in
the festivities.
STEVE MASSETT'S WHEREABOUTS.
I As Steve Massett's innumerable friends in San Francisco will doubt-
less like to hear where he is, and what doing, we print the following brief
[epistle :
Mossel Bay (South Africa), December 26, 1879.
I My Dear News Letter: I have just sent a letter off to the Evening Post,
in which I Baid I had not seen a Californian, or even an American paper
here! but just now a copy of the News Letter was handed me, and I
I learn that it has quite a little circulation of its own here. I am full of a
I new discovery recently made of a gold mine, and send you a sketch in re
jthe affair. I have been most kindly received here, and am next week
lofffor the Diamond Fields, from which place I will send you a "Pipery."
IDo mail me a News Letter to Postoffice Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope,
and I'll be greatly obliged. I am now going to see a farm of ostriches,
and have to hurry; so pardon the brevity of this. Yours ever,
Steve Massett.
" What is hell ?" asked a Lutheran Sunday school teacher of a Lime-
stone street boy in a class last Sabbath. "A shirt with a button off,
tta'am," replied tbe boy. " Explain yourself ; what do you mean, sir?"
demanded the weak-spirited but surprised teacher. " Well, I heard my
pa say to my ma, the other morning, when he put on a shirt with the
neck-button off, ' Well, this is hell.' ""That's all I know about it."
Messrs. S. R Mathewson & Co., of this ,ifv. are exhibiting at 28
Montgomery street their newly patented improved Billiard Table. The
improvement consists in the substitution of wire for the familiar rubber
cushions. The wire is stretched from cornoi to corner of the table, and
iaregulatod to the necessary tension by means of a screw and wrench.
Hie economy and con veniei f th-> invention will be recognised by all,
and if Messrs. Mathewaon can Bueceeafully apply it to full sized tallies, us
they claim they can, those gentlemen will doubtless bo kept fully occu-
pied in supplying tin- demand which will assuredly spring up for their
tables. The cost is bo much below the old style of table that it will now
be within the reach of most housekeepers to have their own billiard table.
MAR INE I NTELLIQE N C E .
ARRIVALS AND CLEARANCES AT THE PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO, FOR
THE WEEK ENDING FEB. 20, 1880.
ARRIVALS.
St'r Colima
Bark Ryevale
Ship Carl Hindric.
Bark Times
Bark Chiclayo ....
Brig Percy Edward
MASTER. WIIBRRFROM.
Searle
Williams .
Dalm ....
Bull
Bollo
Turner...
Panama
Buenos AyreB.
Australia
L« radon
Peru
Tahiti
CONSIGNEES.
Williams, Dimond & Co.
Master.
Master.
Dickson, DeWott & Co.
PaiTott & Co.
Turner & Rundle.
CLEARANCES.
DATE.l VESSED.
MASTER,
WHERE BOUND
BY WHOM CLEARED.
Feb 16
Davis
Schnauer. . .
Chevalier...
Brown ....
Antwerp
Coriiito
Liverpool , . .
H. J. Glenn.
Montealegre & Co.
Williams, Dimond & Co.
Parrott & Co.
.. 16
.. 17
Schr Ida Schnauer
.. 17
B. M.Fry. FRY, WATTLES & CO., J.B.Watties.
Stock Brokers.
303 Montgomery Street, S. F., Under the Nevada Bank.
E^~ Money to loan on active accounts. Nov. 8.
Geo. C. Hickox.
c
GEORGE C. HICKOX & CO.,
E. C. McFarlane.
lommissioii Stock Brokers (San Francisco Stock Ex-
' change, No. 412 Montgomery street, San Francisco. May 4.
James H, Grossman.] [H, F, Baker, O.E., Mining Engineer.
CROSSMAN & BAKER,
Mine Brokers, 324 Pine street, San Francisco, California.
Mining; Properties Examined, Surveyed and Reported on ; Ore and Minerals
Assayed or Analyzed ; Sales Negotiated or Capital procured for development. Con-
nections in London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Balti-
more, St. Louis and Chicago. Jan. 17.
REMOVAL.
GUS. V. DANIELS.
Successor to Thomas A Daniels, of California Paint Com-
pany's House Paintirur Department. House, Sign and Ship Painting, and Pa-
per Hanging. Walls Repaired, Whitened or Tinted any shade or color. All orders
promptly attended to and work guaranteed.
Jan. 17. 419 JACKSON STREET, bet, Montgomery and Sansome ats.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
The Home Mntnal Insurance Company will pay its reg-nlar
monthly dividend of One (1) Dollar per share on its capital stock on February
10th, 18S0. CHARLES R. STORY, Secretary,
Feb. 14. 400 California street.
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
The Company's steamers will sail as follows at 13 M:
CITY OF TOKIO, March 20th— CITY OF PEKING, May 1st— for YOKO-
HAMA and HONGKONG.
COLIMA, February 20th, for NEW YORK and PANAMA, calling at ACAPULCO,
SAN JOSE DE GUATEMALA, LAL1BERTAD and PUNTA ARENAS.
Tiekets to and from Europe by any line for sale at the lowest rates ; also to Ha-
vana and all West India ports.
CITY OF SYDNEY, March 15th, at 12 o'clock M., or on arrival of the English
mails, for HONOLULU, AUCKLAND and SYDNEY. $.10 additional is charged for
passage in Upper Saloon.
Round the World Trip, via New Zealand and Australia, $650. Tickets also issued
from San Francisco to New York via New Zealand and Australia.
DAKOTA, February 20th, for VICTORIA, PORT TOWNSEND, SEATTLE, and
TACOMA, connecting at TACOMA with Northern Pacific Railroad for PORT-
LAND, Oregon, and at Seattle with local steamers for Skaget River and Mines.
Tiekets must be purchased before 11 a.m. on day of sailing, at Wharf Office.
For freight or passage apply at the office, cor. First and Brannan streets.
Feb. 21. WILLIAMS, DIMOND & CO. , General Agents.
FOR PORTLAND AND ASTORIA, OREGON.
The Oregon Steamship Company and Pacific Coast Steam-
ship Company will dispatch every five days, for the above ports, one of their
new Al Iron Steamships, viz.: OREGON, GEORGE W. ELDER, and STATE OF
CALIFORNIA.
Sailing Days
Feb. 1, 6, 11, 16, 21, and 28. I March 2, 7, 12, 17, 22, and 27.
At 10 o'cloch A. 31.
Connecting at Portland, Oregon, with Steamers and Railroads and their connecting
Stage Lines for all points in Oregon, Washington and Idaho Territories, British
Columbia and Alaska.
K. VAN OTERENDORP, Agent O. S. S. Co.,
No. 210 Battery street, San Francisco.
GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Agents P. C. S. S. Co.,
Feb. 7. No. 10 Market street, San Francisco.
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER.
Feb. 21. 1880.
THE BAFFLED CONSPIRATORS.
The referee in the case of the contested O'Brien estate has rendered a
very decided opinion in favor of the executors, and against the nominal
contestant, John H. Burke. The Referee's opinion is as complimentary to
the executors as it is the opposite to the contestant; for the emphatic
manner in which he expresses his conviction that the administration of
the property has been honorable and above board distinctly implies,
what is in fact the case, that the action of the contestant has been un-
necessary and prompted by unworthy motives. The public at large
reached this conclusion loug ago, and we congratulate Referee Win. A.
Stuart on the straightforward course which he has taken throughout. It
is a notorious fact that the whole proceedings were brought about by a
clique of fellows whose chief animus was spite — fellows who would stop
at no meanness which would serve to annoy those against whom their
malice is directed; and it is equally well known that they hoped by this
means [to pry into the private business affairs of those whom they are
seeking to injure. Burke, as everybody knows, is only a dummy set up
by a pack of cowards, who are afraid to hound their game except under
cover. He is described, by those who have seen him haunting the lobby of the
Assembly, as an extremely dirty man in personal appearance and habits,
and. although this has no bearing upon his bonanza suits, it is, in our
eyes, a more unpardonable offense than his willingness to act as scarecrow
to anybody who will hire him. At all events, it is the only sort of criti-
cism which it is worth our while to indulge in concerning him.
Of Burke, therefore — the very miserable and unsuccessful tool —
we have nothing further to say. But who are those who strike from un-
der his armpits? We will name three of them — Holladay, Tre-
hane and Dewey — and we hope the precious trio will excuse
us for dragging their names out of that obscurity in which
they have hitherto found it so convenient to conceal themselves.
The readers of the News Letter are already familiar with
the unsavory record of the chief of these malignant spirits, Squire P.
Dewey. His name and likeness have frequently graced the columns of
this paper, and on each occasion because it was our duty to expose some
fresh obliquity of moral vision of which he had been guilty. His memo-
rable attempt to bleed one of the Bonanza Kings of some §50,000 was
an infamous transaction, which covered him with ignominy at the time
of its exposure, and is not likely to be soon forgotten. Since then the
mere mention of Squire P. Dewey's name in connection with any event
or undertaking is sufficient to damn it in the eyes of decent and hon-
orable people. The other two arch conspirators in the matter of the
O'Brien estate are too insignificant game to fly a hawk at. It may be
hinted, however, that Trehane was formerly known as Vernon Lincoln.
Doubtless he found the use of an alia3 advantageous. It is to be sin-
cerely hoped that the severe rebuke administered by the Referee's just
decision will act as a check upon the vile Bchemes which are constantly
being concocted by fellows like these from motives of revenge or self-
interest. It is a pity that the law does not provide for the speedy and
condign punishment of the scoundrels who indulge in such practices.
But if the law can't or won't punish them, they may rest assured that
we will before we have finished with them.
PERSONAL JOURNALISM.
A bill has been introduced into the Assembly to provide for the
carrying out of the principle of personal journalism. It will find warm
supporters among editorial writers, and unrelenting opposition in other
quarters. A great deal may be said on both sides of the question, and
for the present it may be expected that the opposition will prevail. The
bill is carefully drawn, and, if passed, would effect its object, which is
more than can be said for like proposals that have heretofore been made.
It reads as follows:
"The proprietor or proprietors of every newspapers, magazine, or
other publication, Bhall cause the name of the writer of every editorial
article to be published at the end thereof. For the purposes of this act
an ( editorial article ' shall mean any article making assertions or insinua-
tions as to the conduct or character of any person, or drawing a deduction
from an alleged fact, or expressing opinions, or purporting to give the sen-
timents of either the writer or of the proprietor of the publication in
which his article appears, in regard to any subject or matter whatever.
The ' writer' of an editorial article shall be taken to mean the person who
constructs or puts together the whole or major portion of the words and
sentences of such article. This act shall not apply to the publication of
any bona fide telegraphic news, nor to a report of any public proceeding
unaccompanied by comments, nor to any article that does not come
within the definition of an ' editorial article ' contained herein. Any pro-
prietor of a newspaper, magazine, or other publication, who evades or
violates this act, in any particular, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
A well-known beauty in society occupied a stage-box at a theater
in the Strand some nights ago. Her white furs and diamonds were the
admiration of the house. Shortly after the beauty's departure an attendant
found a star of brilliants in the box, and, like an honest woman, gave the
treasure trove into the hands of the management. No inquiries were
made next day at the theater about the lost star, but ultimately it found
its way into the rightful owner'3 hands. The oddest part of the story re-
mains to be told. The diamonds were false. — The World.
The Admiralty is to be congratulated on its decision to send an iron-
clad turret-ship to Hongkong. The one iron-clad already on the China
station is not sufficient to insure the protection of our immense interests
in the far East. The growth of the Russian naval establishment at Vlad-
ivostock has always been kept in view by the Admiralty. — The World.
COMMENTS ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
For the fifth time Alexander, Czar of all the Russias, has escaped
from what the world is told was an attempt at assassination, and this
time, to make the horror greater, not he alone, but also his family and
illustrious guests, were to be swept out of being along with the imperial
scape-goat. Probably, however, this was owing to the fact that, since
dynamite was the chosen instrument of destruction, and dinner-time the
chosen hour, there was no choice but to blow up the "whole bilin' " of
them — cruet standa included— or none at all. As it turned out, a few in-
offensive soldiers were blown to atoms, and a score, or two maimed for
life, while the bete noir of the Nihilists and his party were left unhurt.
There are many causes assigned for the Czar's missing the regular din-
ner hour, and thus escaping death. Some have it that he was detained
in receiving Prince Hess, whoever he may be; others that he was diseusB-
ing the politics of the Balkan Provinces with Prince Alexander of Bul-
garia; and others, again, that he was prolonging his usual visit to the
apartments of a certain beautiful princess. Whether any one of these
versions is correct or not, the mass of the Russian people will attribute
the Czar's preservation to a ^special act of divine interposition in his be-
half; and so, for the matter of that, will Alexander himself.
As for this Princess with whom the Emperor is by some supposed to
have been when the mine wa3 exploded, it is well known that she is one
of his favorite mistresses. The inspired organs of Prance and Russia
overdo the thing when they put themselves to such pains to assure the
world that this lady's presence in the Palace is " completely sanctioned "
by the Empress. There is not in Europe a more immoral and licentious
man than "Alexander, "the Victorious," though of course the fact is
kept concealed as far as possible, and to his laison with this same Princess
is mainly due the estrangement between him and the Empress, which is
in turn concealed by making the latter out to be a chronic invalid in
constant need of " change of air." The relations between the Russian
and the Austrian Imperial pairs are precisely the same. Neither of the
wives care to witness the open infidelities of their illustrious spouses.
The only difference is that while she of Russia mopes and broods at
foreign watering-places, she of Austria rides merrily with the hounds in
Ireland.
To return to the latest attempt at assassination. If the Czar believes
that it was the work of Nihilists he is about the only riving man who
does. It — and most of those which preceded it — was simply a palace in-
trigue of a more modern order than thoSe of the good old days. The i
throne of Russia has been made empty by murder as often as those of
the Caesars and the Popes, and the murder of an emperor more or less i
would not make much difference. But the object of the conspirators is
different now from what it has hitherto been. In the old days it was a I
struggle for ascendancy between two or more rival parties. It was merely \
removing one despot to make room for another more favorably inclined
towards the successful faction. Nowadays all these factions are united to
face the common danger of the reforms which the Emperor, when left
alone, seemed disposed to make. The loss of despotism means the loss of
everything which the ruling class of aristocrats now enjoys in Russia. .
How, then, was this danger to be averted? By killing the liberal and ;
weak-minded Emperor ? Assuredly not. His son, young, full of vigor, ■
and accredited with being still more in favor of reform than his father,
would be a more difficult subject to handle than the feeble old man who
now holds the scepter. No ; what was good in the Emperor's disposition
must be turned into evil ; the benevolent monarch must be converted :
into a tyrant. Nothing could accomplish this more surely than the popu- i
lar ingratitude which attempted assassination would imply, and the game
has been played to a successful issue. Alexander, never the most cheer-
ful of men, is now a confirmed misanthrope. All hope of reform is gone
so long as he lives, and if he continues in his present frame of mind he
may hope to live forever, so far as being murdered is concerned. Exas-
peration, not intimidation, is the intention of these desperate attempts
not to assassinate the Emperor.
The distress in Ireland is said to be already practically at an end. !
That is to say, the measures of relief taken are now more than adequate
to their object. We have said from the start that the trouble was greatly
exaggerated for political purposes, and this sudden muzzle put upon the
jaws of agitators, who areas yet only in the prelude of their howling-,
concert, makes it look as if we were about right.
A telegram states, on the authority of an Italian newspaper, that Ger-
many has been asked by Austria whether she would oppose Austria in
case the latter should take measures hostile to Italy, and that Germany
answered that she would not. Now, in the first place, it is as unusual aa
it would be undignified for one Power thus to practically ask permission
of another to act in its own interests ; and, in the second place, when in- |
quiries of the kind are made, newspapers are not likely to know it ; at ,
all events, until the " hostilities have begun, continued and ended." If I
snch a statement is worth any attention from the Powers concerned, we I
predict its speedy refutation.
What, in the name of Tophet, does all this talk about the Monroe Doc- 1
trine mean, in connection with the proposed Isthmus canal ? It is all very I
well for a cock to crow defiance from his own dunghill, if he is prepared I
to fight all comers, but he is a very foolish cock who, none too well heeled 1
at any time, proceeds to pare down his spurs at the very moment of crow- 1
ing. This great American nation, through its President and newspapers, I
is now hurling defiance at the effete monarchies by resurrecting that ven- 1
erable corpse, the Monroe Doctrine, and in the same breath is cutting I
down its army and protesting against every naval improvement, on the I
ground of expense. We are, at the present moment, about as fit to en- 1
gage in a war with Prance or England as Patagonia is.
Mayor Kalloch's public baths, at the Metropolitan Hammam, on |
Fifth street, are doing a rushing business. The bathing costumes are
neat, but not gaudy, and the girls seem to take to the ducking business
with a relish. His Reverence the Mayor offioiated lately as Chief Sham-
pooer, and made quite a success. He can put more original sin out of one
in a minute than any of the other operators can in a week. As one ladj
remarked, " He is so magnetic !"
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DEVOTED TO THE LEADING INTERESTS OF CALIFORNIA AND THE PACIFIC COAST.
Vol. 30.
SAN FBAN0IS0O, SATURDAY, FEB. 28, 1880.
No. 33.
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OLD BARS— S90<§910— Silver Bars— 5@15 tfcent. disc. Mexican
Dollars, 9@9J per cent.
■ Exchange on New York. 35-100(oiJ per cent., strong; On London,
Bankers, 494, ; Commercial, 49£@49Jd. Paris, sight, 5 francs per
dollar. Telegrams, 45-100 per cent.
■ Latest price of Sterling, 485@488.
" Price of Money here, ;
open market, 1@1£.
2)1 per cent, per month — bank rate.
)emand active.
In the
PRICES OF LEADING STOCKS AND GOV. BONDS.
San Francisco.
.February 37, 1H80.
Stocks and Bonds.
BONDS.
Gal. Stat* Bonds, 6's,'57 . .
S. F. City Ob Co. B'da, 6s, '58
8. F. City & Co. B'da, 7a ...
Montg'y Av. Bonds
Dupont Street Bonds
Sacramento City Bonds....
Stockton City Bonds
Tuba County Bonds
ferysville City Bonds
Santa Clara Co. Bonds
Brg'a & Truckee R. R. Bda
Nevada C>. N. G. R. R. Bd;
Oakland City Bonds
BANKS.
Bank of California
Pacific Bank
First National
INSURANCE COMPANIES
Union (ex div.)
Fireman's Fund (ex div) . . .
California (ex div) ...
State Investment . . .
Home Mutual
Bid.
Asked
100
102
Norn.
Nom.
Nom.
Nom.
GO
65
80
85
26
28
90
95
103
106
103
105
105
107
100
102
100
102
112
115
125
128
115
120
100
103
112
114
115
120
108
112
103
105
00
95
Stocks and Bonds.
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Commercial
Western
RAILROADS.
C. P. R. R. Stotk
C. P. R. K Bonds
City Railroad
Omnibus R. R
N. B. and Mission R. R. .
Sutter Street R. R
Gearv Street R. R
Central R. K. Co
Market Street R. R
Clay Street Hill R. R...
MISCELLANEOUS.
S. F. Gaslight Co
Oakland Gaslight Co
Sacramento GaslightCo.
California Powder Co
Giant Powder Co (new stck)
Atlantic Giant Powder, do
Gold and Stock Teleg'h Co.
S. V. W, W. Co. 'a Stock..
S. V. W. W. Co.'s Bonds .
70
Nom.
SI
109
45
25
5S
43
6
21
81$
31
Hi
95
73
50
100
87i
101i
75
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84
110
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68
22
82
33
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98
75
55
105
88
103
The business of the week has been but nominal. Gas and Water
Stocks are not so firm, and no advance can be expected pending the ac-
tion of present legislation on these two interests. First-class Bonds are
very Bcarce.
Andrew Baird, 312 California street.
Beerbohm's Telegram.— London and Liverpool, Feb. 27, 1880.—
Floating Cargoes, inactive ; Cargoes on Passage, slow ; Mark Lane
Wheat, quiet ; No. 2 Spring Off Coast, 52s.@52a. 6d.; Red Winter Off
Coast, 51s.; California Off Coast. 54s. 6d.@54s.; California Just Shipped,
52s.; California Nearly Due, 53s. ; No. 2 Spring for Shipment, 51s.
6d.; Liverpool Spot Wheat, 10s. 8d., lis. 4d., lis. 2d., lis. Sd., in-
active; California Club, No. 1 Standard, 11a. 5d.; California Club, No.
2 Standard, lis. Id.; Western, lis. 4d.; White Michigan, lis. 7d.; No.
3 Spring, 10s. 7d.@lls. Id.; English Country Markets, firm. St. Ex.,
85@87£.
Latest from the Merchant's Exchange.— New York, Feb. 27th,
1880. United States Bonds— 4s, 106^; 4£s, 108$; 5s. 103£. Sterling Ex-
change, 4 85@4 88. Pacific Mail, 43£. Wheat, 144@152. Western Union,
115. Hides, 20i'®21. Oil— Sperm, 106@110. Winter Bleached, 115@123.
Whale Oil, 55(^56 ; Winter Bleached, 60@G5. Wool— Spring, fine, 30@
38 ; Burry, 18@22 ; Pulled, 35@45 ; Fall Clips, 20@25 ; Burry, 24@33.
London, Feb. 27th.— Liverpool Wheat Market. 10s. 8d.@lls. 4d. ; Club,
lls.2d.@lls.8d.; U. S. Bonds, 5's, 105£;4's; 109|; 4£'8,110£. Consols, 98^.
The Health of the City. —Infantile deaths are considerably below the
average. The principal causes of death are diseases of the respiratory or-
gans, heart and brain. During the week there have been a number of
sudden deaths. The sewer-gases are now particularly offensive and dan-
genius, particularly in the higher districts. Three deaths from typhoid
fever have been reported this week, and two young children died with symp-
toms of cerebro-spinal meningitis, due to poisoning by sewer-gas. The
cause of death was indorsed by the Coroner.
Personal.— Eugene Castle, of the firm of Castle Brothers, has gone to
Europe for a six months' visit.
THE STOCK MARKET.
Another week of depression and dullness ha3 passed, and the
market shows not the slighest indication of resuscitation, though an occa-
sional support from the inside is rendered in a small way. It is plainly
to be seen that no effort will be exerted by the insiders until the prevail-
ing labor agitations and legislative hostilities are at an end. By that
time operations at the mines will have reached the point where develop-
ments are confidently expected, and this will to a great degree impart a
healthy stimulus to the market, until, at least, the true worth of the
mines are established. At present considerable important work is being
done in Belcher, Union and Sierra Nevada. In the former a winze has
just been started on the ore-streak from the 2760-foot level, which will
scalp the ledge to the 3,000-foot level. This plan of operations is similar
to the course pursued in the development of the Sierra Nevada a year
since, and though unpractical in mining, it serves to facilitate the explora-
tion of the lower levels. A winze is also to be started iu the Union
2400- foot level east, and the shaft has already been started for the same
level. Thus it will be seen that active operations are in progress for the
speedy development of the 2500 level, when the fate of this mine will be
definitely established. Of the outside stocks the Columbia District are
most in favor, though the demand is as yet quite limited. At the close a
slight shading off was noticeable, with very small business transacting.
AN ILLUSTRIOUS VISITOR.
In a day or two we shall have George Augustus Sala among us. His
visit is, in our eyes, a more welcome and notable one than any with which
San Francisco has been honored for many a long year. Sala is a man
whom everybody must admire and envy. His pen is probably the most
facile known to the world of letters. - He is not a Carlyle or a Spenser ;
but if there is nothing very solid, there is certainly nothing " heavy"
about him. His writings have long been the cream on the literary milk
which nurse Newspaper feeds baby Public on. He has written books ;
but, above and beyond these, he has "written for the papers," and for
glowingly-vivid descriptions of great events, his equal does not exist.
The proprietor of this paper, in days long bygone, had the pleasure of
paying George Augustus a salary for some time, in return for his services
on a London journal, called Chat. The employer little thought then
what fruitful sprout he was cultivating. We hope Mr. Sala will gather
favorable impressions of San Francisco, and are sure he is too sensible to
let the Sand-lot cloud dim his vision when he records those impressions.
Bank Commissioner Robert Watt has gone on a trip to bonnie
Scotland, to place his son at school there. His absence from San Fran-
cisco is announced to last some three months, but when a true Scotchman
like our genial friend gets back to the land of his birth, and surrenders
himself to his friends, there is no knowing how long he may be detained.
We give the folks in Scotland fair warning, however, that California can-
not spare Robert Watt for any great length of time.
We accidentally omitted last week to mention the death of Alex-
ander W. Macpherson, at the Noyo river, Mendocino county. Deceased
was a California pioneer of 1849, and had been identified from that period
with the lumber interests of this State. At the time of his death he was
a member of the firm of Macpherson & Wetherbee, No. 14 California
street. He was widely known and universally liked, and his name will
be sadly missed from the rapidly diminishing roll of pioneers.
W. T. Coleman and Lloyd Tevis deny that they know anything of
an alleged meeting at the Palace Hotel, or elsewhere, to consider the
formation of a Vigilance Committee, or, if there was iu fact any such
meeting, who attended it or what was done at it. Mr. Tevis, for
himself, says he is not one to join with any movement to usurp law
and authority.
D. P. Belknap, partner in the well-known legal firm of Winans &
Belknap, was married on Thursday last to Miss Marian Gray, at the
private residence of Bishop Kip. The bar of San Francisco cannot boast
of a more pleasant and accomplished gentleman, both in and out of his
profession, than Mr. Belknap. Bride and bridegroom have our hearty
congratulations.
The best time on record has been made by the steamer Australia,
which left this port on the 24th of last December, and arrived at Sydney
no the 16th of January, thus making the voyage in 24 days, 3 hours and
5 minutes, allowing for all stoppages at way ports.
The annual celebration of the Hebrew festival of Purim is said to
have been celebrated with even more than ordinary success and enjoy-
ment this year.
Printed and Published by the Proprietor, Frederick Harriott, 607 to 616 Merchant Street, San francisco, California.
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SAN FRANCISCO N^WS LETTER AND
Feb. 28, 1880.
DISOBEYING ORDERS.
Across the waiting country side
The long lines stretched away,
The battle-lines too often drawn,
The lines of blue and gray;
And where the meadow land swept down,
Off to the Union right,
The new Nebraska' regiment
Must mate its maiden fight.
Enlisted all as cavaliers,
But doomed to march on foot.
Without the saber and the spurs,
Saddle and horse and boot;
The new Nebraska volunteers —
So runneth their account —
Cursed " red tape" most irreverently,
And prayed they for a mount.
A cloud came in the sunny sky;
Through its dun dust-wreaths burst
A veteran troop of cavalry,
Wisconsin's "Fighting First."
And, where the war-born wave threw off
Its darkly driven spray,
Well to the front, as was his wont,
" Old Skirmish" rode that day.
Up where the rising life tide flowed,
Foam of the dashing wave,
A dust-browned trooper there he rode,
Strong-willed and staunch and brave,
Who, while he watched with practiced eye
The campaign's lagging course,
Had felt the needless curb and check,
And fretted like his horse.
Forward once more his column .bore
To charge, to break the foe ;
But, "Halt that column!"' came once more
To lay his proud hopes low.
That order filled the bitter cup,
Wrath darkened on his brow,
The fire, so long to kindle up,
Was blazing fiercely now.
" Don't give me orders !" sharply back
The answering call he sent,
Then slacked his ready charger's rein,.
A little forward leant.
Each trooper knew the coming strain,
And quick to meet it bent ;
On o'er the shaking battle plain
Thundered the regiment.
O'er all the line along the left
A frightened silence fell ;
But, with a hearty resonance
That rang o'er hill and dell,
Up from the meadow on the right
Rose a wild border yell ;
" Wisconsin, we will stay with you 1
Go for 'em ! Give 'em hell ! "
As torrents from a mountain side
When Winter storms are high
Break nature's chain to reach the plain,
The "Fighting First" went by;
And, like some rocky avalanche
That in the tumult joys,
Broke from their line, the charge to join,
The rough Nebraska boys.
A lawless dash for liberty,
It thrilled each plainsman's soul ;
A foot-race with the cavalry,
Where death might be the goal.
How fared the shattered lines of gray
Let worthier words recount ;
" Old Skirmish" led the fight that day;
Nebraska won a mount.
Virginia City, January, 1880.
Burse.
We understand that the bishopric of Northern China, vacant by the
death of Bishop Russell, will be subdivided into two dioceses, one of
which will be administered by the Rev. A. Moule, and the other by the
Rev. Canon Scott. The Rev. A. Warren, "Vicar of Ightfield, Salop, has
accepted the post of chaplain at Foochow, and will leave shortly for his
new sphere of labor.
THE DUCHESS kOF MARLBOROUGH TO THE WOMEN
OF IRELAND.
[The item that follows has not, so far as we have observed, obtained
circulation on this side of the water. It is a woman's speech to women,
and was spoken by a woman who has done everything in her power to
help a cause which she had truly at heart. In this country the cowardly
calumnies of Parnell have found publicity in every journal. Without
further comment, we leave the reputation of the Duchess in our readers'
hands.— Ed. News Letter]:
" The executive committee of the Duchess of Marlborough's fund met
in Dublin, the other day, her grace presiding. It was announced that the
total amount received up to date was £cJ2,472, of which £10,689 had been
expended, leaving a balance of £21,782 to the credit of the fund. The
Duchess made the following statement: ' I am anxious to tell you why I
asked the ladies of Ireland to help in this work, which some would fancy
that men would have done better, although I do not agree in this. First,
because it is a work of pure charity, and therefore peculiarly our own.
Second, because I believed, and the results prove I was right, that ladies
would be more pursuasive and energetic in collecting money for our fund.
Third, because I thought thus to remove all political difficulties.
As regards this last reason I have not altogether succeeded, and it ap-
pears that even this purest charity is not to escape Mr. Parnell's mis-
representation. But I cannot be surprised that he, who slandered our
gracious Queen, and dared to say her Majesty's purse was shut while her
people were starving, should give utterance to unjust assertions about me,
to the effect that the Government had suggested my efforts, meaning, I
suppose, that his grace and the Chief Secretary sheltered themselves in
some way or other behind the ladies of Ireland. He also stated that
our relief was only given to the rent-paying tenants, whereas no distinc-
tion of any sort has been attempted, and we strive to relieve alike suffer-
ing and distress. I should not allude to this but that I fear it has, as Mr.
Bourke very truly remarked in his letter, somewhat affected our receipts,
but not, I hope, to any great extent; and there is nothing that strikes me
with more admiration than the generosity of the British nation. I have
had innumerable letters, all expressing goodwill and compassion for the
calamities which a series of bad seasons has brought to the West of
Ireland.
You must remember that since I applied to England for aid, other
funds have been started, which makes it more necessary for our local com-
mittees to be very discriminating with those they relieve, and for our
central committees to be very strict in demanding accounts and reports
from the local committees and also here. Resolutions were passed ten-
dering the thanks of the committee to the Lord Mayor of London for
his assistance in raising funds for the alleviation of the distress, and
thanking also all who had contributed ; determining that a sum of £1,000
be Bet apart to assist in the purchase of seed for small fannerB who had
been reduced to extreme poverty; and expressing the opinion that, though
much of the danger of starvation had hitherto been averted, the commit-
tee consider it necessary to make further calls upon the public. — Liverpool
Weekly.
Physicians' Commissions. — Mr. Emlen Fainter has published a
pamphlet in reply to an editorial on this subject in the Western Lancett
opposing the bill for making the practice a misdemeanor. His arguments
point to the implication of Professors of the University of California in
this nefarious practice. As we believe that the percentage system is dis-
countenanced by the majority of respectable physicians, we propose to
present a declaration to this effect for their individual signature, when
the black sheep of the profession will probably be exposed. Public opin-
ion will then effect as much as legal enactment.
A Chinese City of Health. — It is a remarkable fact that the first
attempt to construct a city of health should have been made in China,
and more remarkable still that it should have actually realized the main fea-
tures of the plan proposed by the celebrated hygeist, Dr. B. W. Richardson,
of London, for his model "HygeiopoUs." This modern marvel is called
Wenchow, andis a newly opened port on the east coast of China. It is described
in the Japan Mail by Dr. W. W. Myers, Surgeon to H. B. M. 's consulate
Takow, Formosa, and to H. M. S. Centaur. This gentleman assisted at
the opening of the new port, and the similarity to Dr. Richardson's ideal
of sanitary perfection is close enough to warrant comparison with that
high standard. It seems we may have yet to learn something from the
Chinese.
Dr. Moschzisker Bays that in mince pie there is meat for repentance.
A Cool Burglary — Breaking into an ice house.
MECHANICS' PAVILION.
EIGHTH & MISSION STREETS, S. F.
O'LEARY vs. WESTON.
810,000 M.A.TOH.
6 DAYS "GO-AS-YOU-PLEASE."
• COMMENCING
MONDAY, MARCH 8, 1 A. M
Terminating Saturday, March 13th, 11 P.M.
FIRST -CLASS MUSIC.
ADMISSION FIFTY CENTS.
SEATS S.BSDSTJEJD FOK LADIES FXEE OF CMAMGE.
Feb. 28, 1880.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER,
3
SATANELLA
TO MEPH1STO
Svs ftjjnsnoo, Fab, 87, 1880.
My Pear Mephtsto : I h*ve entirely forgotten what I wrote in my
Ust letter, but recollect that it wan written immediaU'ly after dinner on a
very o>M ami a »ery windy »Uy ; I com lode it was incre*Hhly aiuuaing.
* y»'ir jiil.-nco and proceed. Hut I would excuse anything at pres-
ent, fur I am mollified and melte<l to the v.-ry temper of an old sheep, ;ill
Oningto the fact that I was present at the funeraWervicoa pi-rfnnii^l over
Mr. H'-nri Ketten by the members of the Hibernian Club. Saturday, the
2l*t ->f February, which has so stupefied and harassed my understanding,
40 concealed and electriSed my circulation, so petrified my sensibility, that
I have just intellect enough remaining to Bugseet the impropriety of pro-
claimiiik' thi.-t my unhappy state, s<> tempting to malice ; but I know to
whom I confide the secret, and I know that 1 am safe.
PbOCBAMMF;
Funeral Oration, by Undertaker Bob Rogers, wherein the deceased
and Bohemian Club were promiscuously mixed up and inappropriately
eulogized. Nothing was overlooked ; even the mangled nose, dressed in
bandaline and court plaster, was made conspicuously mortifying to the
corpse and agonizing to those who listened to the recital of its narrow es-
cape from annihilation.
After a space, which the clock announced to be an hour, but which was
marked on the dial-plate of my heart as ten years, the intimate friends uf
deceased had assembled and seated themselves with mournful precision
•nd oyster-like stillness at Puritanical distances from each other. Half
an hour later the corpse, escorted by Undertaker Rogers and suite, filed
slowly through the semicircle of mourners, taking position at the extreme
end of the spacious and hospitable hall.
Part II.
Triumphal procession, headed by Undertaker Rogers and wife, to be
presented to corpse, followed by Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Crocker, Mr. and
Mrs. Pillsbury, Mme. Zeitska and Mi'. Roy, Mr. Hickox and Mrs. Bart-
let, Col. W. H. L. Barnes and Miss Beaudet (of the Baldwin Theater),
who is the prettiest little compound of French vivacity and American beauty
that you can possibly imagine. Mrs. Shillaber, and Sothern, the actor,
whose abundant gray hair was just tantalizingly visible above the corral
of shirt-collar, Mrs. L. L. Baker, Miss Kate Stone, Mrs. H. J. Booth,
and a few more, took a lingering look at the remains, and walked sol-
emnly back to original position, wiping the northeast corner of their
mouths with their handkerchiefs, whispering the while to the uninitiated:
Have you been down? Have you been presented? How natural he
looks! but more like a work of art than a great artist. I overheard the
piquant Mme. D say to her husband: " What's the matter with these
people? Like old Potipher, they "don't appear to be enjoying them-
selves.' They all look so unhappy." Mme. D is evidently accus-
tomed to a society where people who meet under one roof deem it their
pleasure as well as duty to be gracious and cordial to all assembled ; a
Bociety where a "reception" means being received and announced by
master of ceremonies, where all those honored with an invitation are ex-
pected to talk, laugh, walk, dance, sing — anything but sitting up in rows
like " society needles, ready to take a stitch in somebody's character."
But let us return to our lachrymose undertaker, and
Part III. (and Last).
The corpse being horrified by the solemnity of the occasion, and fear-
ing he might be buried alive, " came to," as did " Conn, the Shaughran,"
to dance at his own wake, and addressed the funeral in eight different
languages; then entertained the same with piano-playing, such as was
never heard in America before Ketten came. It was like the revelation
of a new art. In rendering Beethoven's " Ruins of Athens," he not only
catches the composer's meaning, but expresses the ideal of which be
dreamed. In fact, so powerful is Ketten's playing that at times one felt
they were listening to a full orchestra. Then Toedt came on the scene,
with that most alluring and wonderful tenor voice of his, and the wake
was at full blast. Members of the Club gave us tantalizing samplea of
their rich voices. Refreshments were served and enjoyed; scrap-books
and album looked over. The Bohemians have so much that is interesting
in their salons and libraries, not the least of which are the three owls —
Dignity, Cynic and Socrates. I heard a lady say that old Soc made a
desperate effort to get up a flirtation with her by winking his eye and
blowing his nose — naughty bird has been watching his masters. Among
the most distinguished persons present I noticed Lady Dufres Hardy,
Mme. Ketten, Henry George, author of "Progress and Poverty," H. N.
Clement, Mrs. French, poetess; Mrs. McNeal, songstress; Mrs. Thibetts,
Mr. Bradford, the arctic artist; and your friend, tall and slender, all his
lines lengthened like a greyhound of high pedigree, gave us his attention
for a while.
Among the most attractive ladies I noticed Mrs. Charles Talbert, with
her beautiful daughter, Miss Emily; Mrs. Moore, nee Grace Roberts;
Miss Nopie McDougal, who appeared very happy, though He was not
there ; Mrs. Sides, Mrs. B. B. Cutter and Mrs. Ed<rerton,who were mak-
ing themselves very agreeable to the fascinating M. D.; Mrs. Daniel
Cook, nee Colton, the youthful wife of a Nob Hill millionaire, who was
bewilderingly attired in a Worth costume that only a professional Jen-
kins could describe. The woman who could not be happy in that toilet,
surmounted by such diamonds, would be the eighth wonder of the world.
I have now given you something of an idea who was at this affair, and
must leave the remainder to your imagination. I regretted having to
leave early, for I heard that later in the evening people overcame their
fear of the great artist, and the great artist " let himself loose." I ne-
glecUd to say that Medame Savage, with the littlo Savage and another
Intl.- Fellow in brow-bands, held a reaporurible ignition by the door. I
wanted to answer some conundrums thai were propounded by our favor-
it.- paper hist week : but. knowing vour dislike to a long letter, will keep
my Ideas until next week.
I supi>,»s.- yon knew Mrs. Mathews* daughters, who were so much ad-
mired m this hotel for their beauty and oth.^r attractions. Well, on
Thursday, the 19th of February, Mia Clara Mathews was married in
London to Col Stafford", of the militia, in the County of Durham. One
w.-r-k Inter (that was yesterday) Daisy, the youngest and prettiest sister,
was married feoaOapt Alexander. The happy quartette are to spend their
honeymoon in Italy. There isa whispered report that "Addie," another
sister, who was married in this city, went to Europe, came back and got
unmarried, all in the space of three hundred aud sixty-nine days, is now
engaged to a very popular and cultivated gentleman of this city. The
lady went abroad to be present at her sisters' nuptials, but will soon re-
turn to make her George happy.
Late letters from Mr. and Mrs. Bredon, nee Lillie Banks, describe
their luxurious life and home in Peking, and the information that Mr.
Hart, Inspector-General at Peking, aud brother-in-law of Mr. Bredon's,
has been decorated by Queen Victoria with the orders of St. Michael
and bt. George. Ever your devoted Satanella.
The Greek brigands who captured Col. Synje and his wife, want sev-
eral thousand pounds for his ransom. The money, of course, will have to
come out of John Bull's purse (though some stupid people might think
that the Greek Government ought to pay it), and, as there is no choice in
the premises, by all means let J. B. pnngle down. But since wealthy
English travelers have of late years been as fat prizes for Greek ban-
dits as a plump babe would be to an aboriginal Fejee Islander, would it
not be cheaper for the British Government to devote a few prospective
ransoms to the extirpation of these aforesaid banditti? Better put the
whole force of colonial mounted police at the service. of the Greek Gov-
ernment for a year(< and thereby clean the Hellenic Mountains of their
scum, than foot a big bill every month or so for the privilege of keeping
uncut the throat of roving Englishmen. Better still, perhaps, put Greece
in the Beaconsfield game-bag, along with Afghanistan, Zululand and
Cyprus.
Among the most clever and valuable of our exchanges, the Mon-
treal Gazettehw long held a prominent place, for it is always ably edited
and full of information on all live topics. But what pleases and amuses
us most about the Gazette is that journal's conduct under the persecution
of libel suits. It has a fresh one on hand, and, after printing in full the
notice of suit seut by the complainant's lawyer, the editor of the Gazette
proceeds to say that it has writs to the amount of $250,000 in his desk,
brought by those whom the paper has cruelly libeled, but who have never
taken further proceedings. There was one exception, and in that case the
complainant was woefully worsted. The editorial concludes by asserting
that no more will be heard of the present suit either, but dares its " vic-
tim " to battle, nevertheless. If all newspapers were as plucky under
similar circumstances, a stop would be put to the annoyance of being
dragged into litigation by every pot-house politician and rampant fraud
about whom the truth is printed.
S20TH ATSrTSrXJA.L STATEMENT
OF THE
EQUITABLE
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY
OF THE UNITED STATES.
HENEY B. HYDE President.
For tbe Tear Kndlugr December 31, 1870.
Amount of Ledger Assets, January 1, 1879 $34,195,368 53
Less Depreciation in Government Bonda, and Appropriation to meet
any depreciation in other assets...- 296,545 79
$33,898,823 74
INCOME 8,347,080 85
$42,245,903 59
DISBURSEMENTS .
Paid Policv-Holders for Claims by Death, Dividends, Snrrender Val-
ues, Discounted and Ma tared Endowments and Annuities 4,988,871 09
Other Disbursements as per extended statement 1,276,034 88
Net Cash Assets, December 31, 1879 $35.980,997 62
ASSETS.
Bonds and Mortgages $10,475,062 90
Real Estate 8,204,796 02
United States Stocks 5,488.978 89
State, City, and other Stocks authorized by the Laws of the State 6,696,039 53
Loans eeenred by United States and other Stocks 3,673,700 00
Cash and other Ledger Assets as per extended statement 1,442,420 28
$35,980,997 62
Market value of Stocks over Cost - 348.006 17
Accrued Interest, Rents and premiums, as per extended statement. . . 1,037,837 96
TotalAsseta, December 31, 1879 $37,366,841 75
Total Liabilities, including legal reserve for reinsurance of all ex-
isting policies $29,851,434 00
Total Undivided Surpla .$7.515.407 75
Risks Assumed in 1879, $26,502,541 OOl
N. B.— For the details of the above Statement, see the Society's " Circular to
Policy-Holders," and other publications Tor 1880.
JAMES W. ALEXANDER, Vice- President .
SAMUEL BORROWJE, Secretary.
E. W. SCOTT Superintendent of Agencies.
WM. D. GARLAND, Manager,
Feb. 23.] 240 Montgomery Street, San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Feb. 28, 1880.
AN ENGLISH NOVEL.
BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR.
Chapter XVI, —The Bethothal.
Following close upon their reconciliation, recorded in the last chapter,
his Serene Highness the Boyal Prince of Connaught had formally pro-
posed far the fair hand of the Lady Genevieve de Thames, had been ac-
cepted, and the fashionable world of London, while recognizing thfem as
engaged, could not refrain from expressing, as if with one common voice,
the trite commentary: "Most time." This is how it happened:
The Lady Genevieve was sitting in the parlor of their front suite of
rooms at the Langham. She had just returned from dinner in the
dining-room, with her handkerchief full of raisins and soft shell almonds,
and, as she discussed her solitary dessert, she was buried in a deep reverie.
Two subjects afforded her food for thought. She expected the Prince to
propose that night, and she had just been made the recipient of a charm-
ing compliment at the hands of a number of her young gentleman friends
and admirers. Invited that afternoon to a stylish dinner party, for young
folks only, she had concluded to go, but having received, just before the
hour of starting, a tender missive from Mr. Connaught, saying he would
happen in that evening if she was at home, she reconsidered her previous
acceptance and sent a hurried note of excuse to the dinner, pleading that
the unexpected arrival of company would detain her. Her note came to
hand just as the assembled party were seating themselves at the table.
Their disappointment was as sincere as it was universal. A suggestion
that some token of regret be forwarded back to her was seconded unani-
mously (by the gentlemen). But what should it be ? Mr. Lord Sum-
mersault hit it. Picking up the gold emblazoned menu that was placed
in front of Evy*s vacant chair, he cried :
" Let's send her this, with a gentleman's name opposite each dish !
Come, every fellow write his name down for what he would select for her
if she was here !"
With the help of a lead pencil furnished by one of the waiter men, it
was soon done, and the mark of regard dispatched to the beauteous
Genevieve.
" How sweet !" Evy murmurs now and then, as Bhe gazes at the menu
which she holds between her finger and thumb daintily; and she cannot
repress a smile when she thinks what a meal she would have to eat if she
accepted each gentleman's offering.
At length the door opens and the Prince comes softly in. He wears a
look of determination on Jtis face. To-night he would know his fate.
We will pass over the preliminaries, and reach that point when Evy, in
response to his " Wilt thou ?" had answered " I will."
The Prince, after folding Genevieve tenderly in his arms, in which po-
sition he detained her head pillowed on his shirt front for some ten min-
utes or more, then ventured to remark :
" Guess mother'll kick some."
" Not much, she won't," said Evy, knowingly, as she raised her head
to look up at her affianced. "Not when pa shows her the check, I
reckon."
" What check?" asks the Prince innocently.
" Why, the million I'm to have on my morriage morn," says Miss
Thames.
" Is that so ?" remarks Connaught indifferently, while he winks his right
eye over her head, and imitates with his mouth the subdued popping of a
champagne cork.
" Why. certainly," replies Evy. " Didn't you know that ?"
" First'l heard of it," observes the Prince, carelessly, winking his left
eye for a change.
" Pshaw !" says Lady Genevieve, dubiously. " You don t say ?
" Honest," remarks the Prince.
" Well, I guess that settles it, then," says Miss Thames, after a pause.
"I reckon so," concurs Mr. Connaught. "Makes no difference to me,
of course," he adds ; " but the old woman has to be satisfied. See ?"
" Ha, ha," murmurs Evy from among the folds of his Long Branch
scarf. Then a sudden thought flashes upon her, and she lifts her head
with anxiety in her face.
" I never so much as thought of pa till this very minute," she says.
"I'll go right away and tell him. She disengaged herself from the
Prince's detaining arms and went. The Earl didn't appear to take to it
as kind as might be.
" The young man ain't in no business," was his first objection.
"You can make him your private secretary," suggests Evy.
" Don't require one," replies Mr. Thames. " Guess we can fix him out
something to do about the store, for the look of the thing," he adds, re-
flectively, as he inserts the point of his penknife between his lower front
teeth. " He's a pretty gay boy, too, ain't he ?"
"Ain't no worse than the rest of the gang," says Genevieve, plead-
ingly.
So Evy got round her pa by degrees, for she was his pet, and packed
him off straight to the Queen.
Her Royal Highness did kick considerable at first, but the seven figure
check which Evy made the Earl draw and put in his vest pocket before
starting for the Tower, and which he carelesaly wafted to and fro before
the Queen's astonished eyes whenever she raised an objection, soon brought
the old lady to terms, and the business was all fixed up at once.
" 'Tain't that / care a continental, ma'am," said the Earl abruptly, as
he took up his hat preparatory to leaving ; " but Evy seems to be power-
ful stuck after the young man, and I want to please her."
Her Majesty could bluff as good as the Earl any day in the week, but
the sight of the check which the Earl still held carelessly in his fingers
tempered her vehemence some.
" My boy will make her happy, I know," said she ; " but, of course, if
you "
" Oh, that's all right," returned Mr. Thames, drawing in his horns con-
siderable. " A bargain's a bargain. There ain't no back out about me,"
and he put on his hat and was ushered out.
Then summoning Sir Brown, the Queen ordered the assembling of her
body guard.
" Sound 'the Ularum bell!" she commanded in majestic tones. "Let
the kettledrums roll and the trumpets blare! And announce from the
city walls the betrothal of the Prince Connaught of England to the Lady
Genevieve of Thames! We give our consent! "
[Continued Next Week.]
BANKS. J
THE BANK OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO.
. Capital $3,000,000.
WM. ALTORD President.
THOMAS BROWN, Cashier [ B. H1JBRAT, Jr., Ass" t Cashier
Agents :
New York, Agency of the Bank of Calfomia ; Boston, Tremont National Bank
Chicago, Union National Bank ; St. Louis, Boatman's Saving Bank ; New Zealand,
the Bank of New Zealand ; London, China, Japan, India and Australia, the Oriental ]
Bank Corporation.
The Bank has Agencies at Virginia City and Gold Hill, and Correspondents in all
the principal Mining Districts and Interior Towns of the Pacific CoaBt.
Letters of Credit issued, available in all parts of the world. Draw direct on Lon-
don, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Bremen, Hamburg, Frankfort-on-the-Main, Antwerp,
Amsterdam, St. Petersburgh, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Christiana, Locarno, Mel- |
bourne, Sydney, Auckland, Hongkong, Shanghai, Yokohama. Nov. 4.
FIRST NATIONAL GOLD BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Paid np Capital $1,500,000, Gold. President, K. C. Wool-
worth ; Vice-President, D. Callaghan ; Cashier, E. D. Morgan.
Directors :— R. C. Woolworth, D. Callaghan, C. G. Hooker, C. Adolph Low, Peter i
Donahue, Isaac Wormser, Edward Martin, James Moffitt, N. Van Bergen.
Correspondents— London : Baring Bros. & Co. Chartered Mercantile Bank of In-
dia, London and China. Dublin : Provincial Bank of Ireland. Hamburg: Hesse/
Neuman&Co. Paris: Hottinguer&Co. NewYork: National Bank of Commerce. Bos-
ton : Blackstone National Bank. Chicago : First National Bank. This Bank is pre- j
pared to transact a general Banking business. Deposits in Gold, Silver and Currency i
received subject to cheek or on special deposit. Exchange for sale on the principal
cities of the United States, Great Britain, Ireland and the Continent. Commercial '.
Credits issued available iu Europe, ChiLa and Japan. Collections attended to and I
prompt returns made at the lowest market rates of Exchange. Jan. 19.
BANK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter.— -Capital paid np, $1,800,-
000, with power to increase to §10,000,000. Southeast corner California and San-
some streets. Head Office — 28 Cornhill, London. Branches — Portland, Oregon; Vic- ■
toria, New Westminster and Cariboo, British Columbia.
This Bank transacts a General Banking Business. Accounts opened subject to Check ;
and Special Deposits received. Commercial Credits granted available in all parts of I
the world. Approved Bills discounted and advances made on good collateral security.
Draws direct at current rates upon its Head Office and Branches, and upon its Agents
as follows :
NewYork, Chicago and Canada— Bank of Montreal; Liverpool — North and South i
Wales Bank ; Scotland— British Linen Company ; Ireland— Bank of Ireland ; Mex- ]
ico and" South America — London Bank of Mexico and South America ; China and j
Japan— Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, and Oriental Bank ; Australia *
and New Zealand — Bank of Australasia, Commercial Banking Company of Sydney, .
and English, Scottish and Australian Chartered Bank.
May 18. FREDERICK TOWNSEND, Manager.
LONDON AND SAN FRANCISCO BANK, LIMITED.
Capital, $5,000,000, of which $3,000,000 is fully paid np as i
present capital. Reserve Fund, ©360,000. San Francisco Office, 424 Califor-
nia street; London Office, 22 Old Broad street. Manager, ARTHUR SCRIVENER ;
Cashier, WILLIAM STEEL. London Bankers, Bank of England and London Joint i
Stock Bank ; New York, Drexel, Morgan & Co. ; Boston, Third National Bank.
This Bank is prepared to transact all kinds of General Banking and Exchange Busi- I
ness in London and San Francisco, and between said cities and all parts of the I
world. March 30.
THE NEVADA BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO.
Capital Paid TTp $3,000,000.
Reserve, XT. S. Bonds 3,500,000.
Agency at New Tork, 62 Wall street.
Agency at Virginia, Nev.
Buys and sells Exchange and Telegraphic Transfers. Issues Commercial and Trav-
elers' Credits. This Bank has special facilities for dealing in Bullion. Nov. 8.
SECURITY SAVINGS BANK.
GUARANTEE CAPITAL, - $300,000.
Officers: Vice-President. Jerome Lincoln: Secretary, TV.
S. Jones ; Attorney, Sidney V. Smith. Loans made on Real Estate and other
Approved Securities. Office : No. 215 Sansome street, San Francisco. Oct. 14.
THE GERMAN SAVINGS AND LOAN SOCIETY.
Deutsche Spar and Lc in bank, No 526 Califoruiastreet, San i
Francisco. Officers : President, L. GOTTIG. Board o*p Directors.— Fred. -
Roeding, Chas. Kohler, Edw. Kruse, George H. Eggers, N. Van Bergen, H. L. Simon,
Peter Spreckels, Ign. Steiuhart. Secretary, GEO. LETTE; Attorney, JOHN R.
JARBOE. May 18.
THE ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN BANK, LIMITED.
422 California St., San Francisco.
London Office, 3 Ansel Court ; New Tork Agents, J. W. Sel-
igman & Co., 21 Broad street. Authorized Capital Stock, §6,000,000. Will re-
ceive Deposits, open Accounts, make Collections, buy and sell Exchange and Bullion,
loan Money, and issue Letters of Credit available throughout the world.
FRED. F. LOW, IGN. STEINHART, Managers.
' P. N. Lilientual, Cashier. Sept. 13^
BRITISH AND FOREIGN MARINE INS. CO. OF LIVERPOOL.
L lanital $8, 000,090. ---Agents:
J 316 California street, San Francisco.
Balfour, Onthrie A- Co., Wo.
Nov. 18.
Feb. 28, 1880.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER,
THREE KISSES
Thrw, only thre*. ray daHing,
mo, alow,
N"t ion tin' swift and joyous ones
• 1 to know.
Whfii «ra kissed because we loved
each other.
Only to tA-*te love's sweet, [mer
And Uvishe<l on kisses, as the suni-
LkvWmi heat.
But as they kiss whose hearts are
Wrong
When hops and fears are spent:
And there is nothing left to give
except
A sacrament.
First of the three, my darling.
Is sacred unto pain.
We bare hurt each other often,
We shall again. [other
When wo pine because we miss each
And do not understand
How written words are so much
colder
Than either eye or hand.
I km thee, dear, for all such pain
Which we shall give or take
Buried, forgiven, before it comes
For our love's sake.
OP FAREWELL
The second kiss, my darling,
Is full of joy's sweet thrill;
W. have blessed each other always,
We .ilwavs will.
When we reach until we feel each
other
Past all of time and space
When we listen till we hear each
other
In even- place.
The earth is full of messengers,
Which love sends to and fro.
I kiss tliee, dear, for all such joy
Which we shall know.
The last kiss ! oh my darling !
My love I cannot see
Through my tears as I remember
What that may be.
We may die and never see each
other,
Die with no time to give
Any sign that our hearts are faith-
ful,
To die as live.
Token of what they cannot see
Who see our parting breath.
This one last kiss, my darling, seals
The seal nf death.
A SCREED FROM NEW YORK.
Fifth Avenue Hotel, Feb. 18, 1880.
Editor News Letter: Passing down Broadway a day or two ago, we
encountered the familiar form of Mark MacDonald, looming up head and
shoulders above the pigmy elements around him. Across the street was
CoL Jim Grossman, explaining the East ledge theory to Gen. 0. H. La-
Grange, and near by were William M. Lent and George D. Roberts,
quietly discussing the situation. These gentlemen, representative men of
the Pacific Coast, together with many others, have apparently bade a re-
gretful adios to San Francisco, because enterprise and energy in the
Golden State have been allowed to go so completely to destruction through
the workings of your infernal new Constitution. Here in New York these
elements are held in proper appreciation, and the free and enlightened
people are not controlled by any narrow or contracted ideas. Denis
Kearney and his sand-pipers cannot raise in this city a corporal's guard
of a following, and it is simply astonishing to New Yorkers that he so
effectually succeeds in California in so depressing all her material inter-
ests. The " exodus " from your city continues, and the reduction in the
rates for first-class passage, by steamers and railroads, to $75, will, of
course, add fuel to the flame of emigration. In this connection, it is
well for your people who may be looking this way to remember that New
York, and the Eastern cities generally, are not orJen for any "wild cat"
mining swindles, so if they have any Lady Bryan shares, or others of a
similar character, to dispose of, they had better unload them in the
classic shades of " Pauper Alley," and upon their "native soil," before
buying their tickets. Legitimate operations, which can be satisfactorily
demonstrated, always receive a fair hearing, and for these the great metro-
politan cities offer a growing market.
All classes of the people are giving to the Irish cause with open, hearty
and willing hands, and the fund promises to be a large one. In this con-
nection it will be interesting to know how much the ever-liberal Chinese
merchants of Sacramento and Dupont streets will send over to foster the
emaciated carcasses of their natural enemies. Here, of the 3,000 Chi-
nese, they have not been backward in paying out their dollars and dimes
for "the cause," for. be it known to your sand-lot following, they have
largely intermarried with the Irish, and are rearing quite a respectable
number of " Chin-Patricks /" This is a very sweet nut for "Dinis" to
crack.
It is now positively asserted that the new Mining Board will soon be
regularly organized. James R. Keene, George I). Roberts, Wm. M.
Lent, Milton S. Latham and a number of others, whose names at one
time were mentioned only as Calif ornians, are taking a financial interest
in the matter, and your "handsomest man in San Francisco," George D.
Smiley, has contracted to be its Caller, and D. F. Verdenal, of the S. F.
Exchange newspaper, its Secretary. San Francisco must indeed be a dull
and unsatisfactory place of residence, bereft, as she is, of so many repre-
sentative men, and when Haggin & Tevis, and the Bonanza people, and
Stuart Taylor, decide to come, you had better move the News Letter office
and the Palace Hotel over, and shut up your little town until happier
days come again.
General Grant is now in Mexico, where he will be chaperoned by Gen.
Frisbie and the Mexican authorities generally, and will of course receive
every possible honor. It is understood that he has a very comfortable in-
terest in the very rich silver mines of Botopilas, and he may extend his
tour«over as far as that section of the Republic. He is not in any hurry
to return to his own land, and will probably delay his coming until po-
litical necessity compels his presence— and this necessity will be to accept
the Republican nomination for the Presidency. He will be nominated and,
he will be elected. "More Anon."
A fact is recorded from Victoria which shows either that human life
is rated verycheaply in that colony or that dwellers up-country soon dis-
card the sentimentalities and delicate feelings of civilization. A party of
shearers were crossing a branch of the Darling when the boat upset and
one of the number was drowned. Although the water was nowhere more
than seven feet in depth, not one of the survivors troubled themselves to
help their companion, or even to search for his body ; and, indeed, with
such composure did they bear the loss of their friend, that it was two
whole days before they thought it necessary to give notice of the occur-
rence to the police, who, in their turn, duly informed the Coroner. As
the latter official, however, made no sign, the police made their simple
preparations for the night by throwing a rope around the neck of the
corpse and anchoring it in mid-stream, with a view, to use their own ex-
pression, of "keeping it sweet." On the next day, the Coroner still fail-
ing to appear, the offloera towed the body half a mile down the river by
the head, dragged it ashore, placed it in a hole a foot deep between two
sheets of bark, and ooTered it up until tho tenant of the land interfered
and gave the unfortunate deceiwed Christian burial.
In a circus at Paris, Dl, a suddenly crazed young lady ran into the
ring, embraced the clown, and declared that he must become her husband.
The audience said it was the first original joke that they had heard in a
circus ring for more than thirty years.
To restore nerve and brain waste, nothing equals Hop Bitters. Be-
lieve this. See another column.
STATEMENT
OF THE CONDITION AND AFFAIRS
qto THE -
STATE INVESTMENT
AND
INSURANCE COMPANY,
Of San Francisco, in the State of California,
ON THE 31ST DAT OP DECEMBER, A. »., 1870,
And for the year ending on that day, as made to the Insurance Oom-
missioner of the State of California, pursuant to the provisions
of Sections 610 and 611 of the Political Code, condensed as per
blank furnished by the Commissioner :
CAPITAL, 9200,000.
Amonnt of Capital Stock paid up in Cash $200,000 00
„ , „ ASSETS.
Real EBtate owned by Company *i4o 611 68
Loans on Bond and Mortgage ".*..." ..*.".".". 50,686 77
Cash market value of all Stocks and Bonds owned by Company .".". S3,'745 00
Amount of Loans secured by pledge of Bonds, Stocks and other mark-
etable securities as collateral 19 272 77
Cash in Company's Office ...'.'.' .. 7,217 96
Cash in Banks !.....,.! 9184 86
Interest due and accrued on all Stocks and Loans ."."...'..."."." 1,098 85
Interest due and accrued on Bonds and Mortgages 5,593 05
Premiums in due course of Collection 40,333 83
Bills receivable, not Matured, taken for Fire and Marine risks..!..!!.. 17,333 30
Total Assets ,. $375,058 07
LIABILITIES.
Losses Adjusted and Unpaid. $ 8,593 16
Losses in process of Adjustment or in Suspense 3,750 00
Gross Premiums on Fire Risks running one year or less, $170,159 89, re-
insurance fiftj-per cent 85,079 94
Gross Premiums on Fire Risks running more than one year, $6,559 25,
re-insurance pro rata 3,659 85
GroBs Premiums on Marine and Inland Navigation Risks, $776 47, re-
insurance 100 per cent 776 47
Gross Premiums on Marine Time Risks, $31,726 66, re-insurance fifty
per cent 15,863 33
Cash Dividends declared to Stockholders remaining unpaid 810 00
Marine Notes payable , 1,270 45
Total Liabilities $119,803 20
INCOME.
Net Cash actually received for Fire Premiums $167,341 98
Net Cash actually received for Marine Premiums 45,178 19
Bills and Notes received for Premiums, $17,323 30
Received for interest on BondBand Mortgages 2,864 45
Received for interest and dividends on BondB, Stocks, Loana, and from
all other sources 7,012 45
Rents : 11,159 15
Total Income , $233,556 22
EXPENDITURES.
Net amount paid for Fire Losses (including $8,913 16, losses of previous
years) $ 81,578 21
Net amount paid for Marine Losses including $6,725 24, losses of pre-
vious years 43,488 72
Dividend to Stockholders 47,372 00
Paid or allowed for Commission or Brokerage 32,917 55
Paid for Salaries, Fees and other charges for Officers, Clerks, etc 26,300 00
Paid for State, National and Local TaxeB, Rents, Fire, Patrol, Adver-
tising, Printing and all other expenses 21,006 65
Total Expenditures .$252,563 13
Fire. Marine.
Losses incurred during the year $76,514 21 $45,252 48
BISKS AND PREMIUMS.
Net amonnt of RiBks written during
the year
Net amount of Risks expired during
the year
Net amonnt in force December 31,
1ST9
RiskB witten in the State of Cali-
fornia
FIRE RISKS
PREMIUMS
MAR RISES
PREMIUMS
$12,620,836
$187,679 79
$847,107
t 59,612 82
13,211,225
197,792 07
931,009
64,489 65
11,912,270
176,719 14
346,258
32,503 12
11,238,424
157,383 34
847,107
56,619 82
CHAS. H. CTJSHHTG, Secretary.
A. J. BEYAMT, President.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 2d day of February, 1880.
M. M. RHORER, Dy. Ins. Comr.
Office— 218 and 220 Sansorae street, in Company's Building.
[Feb. 28.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Feb. 28, 1880.
"PLEASURE'S WAND."
"We Obey no Wand but Pleasure's."— Jom Moore,
Baldwin's Theater. — The Soul of an Actress is a play with a remark-
ably good melodramatic plot. But the author has crudely and badly
worked the material at hand. The foundation of the intrigue, the pos-
session of the three (ettres de cachet, with the unlimited power they bestow
on the person who holds them, is in itself a strong dramatic suggestion.
To make their use for good or evil dependent upon the varying emotions
of a woman's -heart, loving but unloved, governed alternately by her bet-
ter and worse emotions, swayed now by jealousy and wounded pride, and
then by unsel6shness and resignation, is a forcible and clever idea. In
the hands of a great writer, the possibilities such a plot offers would be bo
utilized that a great play would be the result. Mr. Gunther has treated
his ideas so imperfectly and roughly that the contrary is shown us. He
has not only failed to properly carry out the suggestion itself, but has
also allowed the element of chance to enter into the handling of the plot,
obscuring what would otherwise be a clear, consistent dramatic tale. The
thread of the story is at times lost in an excess of extraneous matter in-
troduced, Heaven knows why. As worked up by Mr. Gunther, the com-
plications of the three all potent scraps of paper are such that, on the
part of the auditor, the most assiduous attention is necessary to prevent
the mind from becoming puzzled, and to keep it au fait as to what is go-
ing on. This lack of clearness is particularly noticeable in the last act.
The points all through are cheaply and unnaturally produced. The most
difficult thing in dramatic writing is said to be to devise easy and natural
exits, and, to judge by Mr. Gunther's efforts in this direction, this must
be true. The expression, "Excuse me, I have business to attend to," is
employed for this purpose at least three times. In the colloquial pass-
ages the language is smooth and natural, if at times slightly common-
place, and even Blangy, but in the monologues, and in the different tragic
or emotional outbursts, there is a lack of depth, meaning and expression.
The characters are mostly vapid and colorless. That of the heroine,
though, is well-conceived, well-drawn and consistently developed. Here
Mr. Gunther has displayed talent and ability. He has evidently spent all
his time and thought on this part of his play. The principal phase of this
character is a struggle between heart and head, culminating in self-sacrifice
of the noblest kind. " Maurice" is a young beau of the period, full of fash-
ionable vices, reckless and brave, handsome and good-hearted. Between
the actress and the young man exists a platonic intimacy of two years'
standing. She is a woman with all the charms and attractions that na-
ture can bestow — a woman at whose feet the world kneels in homage and
adoration. She loveB "Maurice" with all the ardor, the fire of passion.
This love Bhe shows in her every tone, in her every gesture. It is known
to all— he alone knows it not. His years of gaiety, of intrigues, his mis-
tresses, his love-scrapes, have all served him to naught. He fails to see, to
feel this love. He is to marry another, and this rouses the demon in
"Clairon's" heart. But this rage is soon smothered under the purity and
nobility of true and unselfish love— the love that can bear misery and
loneliness, if its object is but happy and contented ; the love that can find
in the brightness of the other'i life the consolation for the darkness of its
own existence. Moved by such sentiments, " Clairon" seeks to help and
succor " Maurice" in his troubles. What bitterness and resentment she
may experience she smothers under the one all-absorbing thought — his
happiness. The emotions that govern her are natural. Such sacrifices
are to be met with daily in our prosaic life. His role is that of a fool, and
it is aggravating to see him ignore and despise such a woman and fall in
love, with the first pretty face that falls in his arms ; but then, hold on !
there would then be no play. En resume, Mr. Gunther, by this effort,
shows a certain aptitude to successful dramatic writing, but as yet it is in
its infancy, and the nourishment of study and experience is necessary.
As to the acting, it is in all respects admirable. Miss Morris plays the
heroine as she doeB everything — superbly. But there is one scenein which
she seems to fall below her own standard of excellence, and that is the
close of the third act. This climax is more tragic than emotional, and is
perhaps out of her peculiar abilities ; but, strange to say, she fails to pre-
sent it with the proper spirit or force. O'Neill has little to do but to
have a good presence, and a certain truth and manliness of expression,
and it is needless to say succeeds in filling these requirements satisfacto-
rily. Mr. Morrison gives some of his very best work as " De Moncreit,"
the evil genius of the play. It is a careful piece of acting. Miss Beau-
det has a rather exaggerated ingenue character to play. She does it re-
markably welL Miss Carey has simply to look pretty, and Bhe does,
cela va sans dire. Mr. Freeman has a good character, and evidences in it
the rapid progress he is making in his new sphere. Aword of commend-
ation is due Miss Revel for a delicious bit of acting as the maid. It
might be suggested that a unanimity of opinion as to the proper pronun-
ciation of the French words in the play would enhance the ensemble. The
costumes are rich and handsome, and the scenery fair. The Bceuic de-
signs are admirable, but are executed in that slip-shod, imperfect way
characteristic of the artist at this theater. As this play will probably
run another week, it will be referred to again. * It has been ascertained,
since the above review was put in type, that the play is an adaptation of
Soubise, a romantic drama written by the elder Dumas. Something of
this sort was surmised from the character of the plot, which is eminently
French in its nature. Mr. Gunther has simply spoilt an otherwise good
play.
Busu Street Theater.— The Crushed Tragedian is not a play to be
analyzed or criticised. It is simply an excuse for Sothern's comicalities.
Originally it must have been a rather nice, pathetic comedy, but that is
something no one cares about now. It is witnessed for the sake of the one
character, for the sake of the laughter that this personage creates, and
that is all. Sothern's " Fitzaltamont " is a most laughable conceit. In
its first few lines the character is a burlesque on a certain school of act-
ing, but this Bpecial idea soon gives way for the general one of fun, of any
thing and at any cost. In make-up, in manner or Bpeech, in fact in every
thing about him, Sothern's Crushed Tragedian is funny, irresistibly funny.
The company is a fair one for a traveling organization. Miss Stewart
gives a nice, girlish picture of the old prompter's daughter, and, as the
old fellow himself, A. Blakely gives an admirable piece of acting. It is a
finely drawn, well-detailed representation of an old man, full of fatherly
affection for his daughter, honest in his intercourse with mankind, proud
of his profession, and just to all. It is rarely that such clear and distinct
enunciation is heard on our stage. The stage setting of the last act de-
serves all sorts of praise. It was a triumph of good taste in the strict
rules of modern decorating art. On Monday Dundreary is to be pro-
duced.
The entertainment to be given at Woodward's Gardens to-day and
to-morrow is of an entirely fresh and novel character. Among the in-
numerable good things, we may mention the first appearance of the
charming prima donna, Miss Julia Winfred; the re-appearance of Miss
Rosa Julien, the marvelous contortionist ; Durand and Castello as the
two Dromios, and the great "take-off" of "Wilhelmj vs. Patti," by
Sally and Jeff De Angelis.
Mr. Max Freeman takes a benefit this (Saturday) evening. This tal-
ented actor is rapidly acquiring on the English stage the appreciation and
popularity he has so deservedly enjoyed on the German. He presents an
attractive programme for this occasion. The greatfplayof Diplomacy,
admirably cast, and as a great draw, Mr. Ketten has generously volun-
teered to play a couple of selections.
German Theater. — Miss Fiebach's benefit was a handsome testi-
monial. The delightful little actress had a part to play well suited to her
talents, and was warmly applauded. She received numerous floral trib-
utes. To-morrow evening the play of Benevolent Women will be pro-
duced.
The Orchestral Union will give their second invitation concert on
Thursday evening, March 4th, at the Metropolitan Temple. The soloists
on this occasion will be Miss Jovita Ferrer, vocalist, Miss Fanny Myers,
pianist. The firBt concert of this organization was such a success that
something of the highest degree of excellence can be expected for this
occasion.
Chit-Chat. — L?ona Moss, the actress, is a niece of Rebecca Hyneman,
the poetess.^^The Atlanta Constitution remarks: " Campanini, the
tenor, had * syncope ' in St. Louis. They do have the funniest names for
mixed drinks in those Western towns. "^^ For one night only, Miss Nina
Varian played Miss Wilton's part in the False Friend, at the Union
Square.— Owing to the pressure of other work, Tom Tailor is perhaps to
withdraw from the editorial chair of Punc/t. Inthatcase, F. C. Burnandwill
be his successor.— Franz Rummel, the pianist, fell recently on the ice
at Providence, and must now cancel all his engagements. "It is said
that Mr. Coquelin, of the Comedie Francaise, will soon forsake the stage
for politics.— The pianist Joseffy's sore finger is still incapacitating him
from playing.— ^It is related of Blind Tom that, when at his Georgia
home, be remains alons with his piano in a building apart from the others,
and plays night and day like a madman. —^Daniel Rochat, Sardou's new
play, of which mention is made below, has proven a failure, having been
terribly hissed.' -The female bonnet monkey at the Cincinnati Zoo
presented her liege lord with a bouncing youngster on February 12th. The
birth of a monkey in captivity is an event of exceedingly rare occurrence,
only three or four instances being known in this country.— -A Paris
journalist complains that the Theater Francais is becoming too commer-
cial, and that, forgetting that it is subsidized by the State, it plays to
make money. He also complains of the length of time devoted to prepa-
rations when apiece is going to be produced or reproduced. For example,
the Cid of Corneille, which was put on the stage five years ago, is about
to be played again, and, though the Comedie Francais ought to be able to
perform this tragedy at a moment's notice, there have already been be-
tween fifty and sixty rehearsals. The ordinary comedians of the Repub-
lic have also been rehearsing Sardou's new piece, Daniel Rochat, for the
last three months, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m". every day.
We understand that the unpleasantness existing between Madam
Horsley and Bishop Wingfield has had an amicable termination, the mat-
ter having been settled by mutual friends. It is not, perhaps, generally
known that Madam Horsley is one of the most accomplished musicians
on this coast. She is the widow of the late Chas. E. Horsley, the well-
known English composer and favorite pupil of Mendelssohn, and learned
from her husband a thorough practical and theoretical knowledge of
music in its broadest sense. Madam Horsley was, for a considerable time,
the musical critic of the New York Herald, and has testimonials from
Benedict, the late Teresa Titiens (whose pupil in singing Madam H. was),
Sims Reeves, etc., who mentions her as one of the best singers of the day.
Madam Horsley wields a facile pen, and is equally at home in Italian,
German and French compositions.
BUSH-STREET THEATER.
Charles E. L,oelte. Proprietor. --The most pronounced finan-
cial and artistic success recorded for years in San Francisco. Volley after vol-
ley of laughter. This (Saturday) Evening, and to-morrow (Sunday), 29th, and Sat-
urday Matinee at 2 o'clock,
Mr. Sothern !
and his Company of Comedians, in Byron's Comedy Drama, called THE CRUSHED
TRAGEDIAN ! In which Mr. Sothern will appear in his powerful characterization of
" De Lacy Fitzaltamont," Tragedian of the Snaggleton Circuit, which, for the past
three years, has heen admitted in America and England to be one of his greatest
and most phenomenal successes. Monday next— OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. MR.
SOTHERN as " Lord Duudreary." During Mr. Sothern's engagement the pro-
gramme will be changed Weekly. Reserved Seats at the Box Office. f Feb. 28.
THE BALDWIN THEATER.
Thomas Magrulre, Maiiajjer: B. St. Eberle, Stage manager.
Reappearance of CLARA MORRIS ! This (Saturday) afternoon the new His-
torical Play,
The Soul of an Actress !
With a most Powerful Cast, including Messrs. James O'Neill, Lewis Morrison, Max
Freeman and John Wilson, Misses Eleanor Carey, Jean Clara Walters, Louise Beau-
det and Mollie Revel, etc. This Saturday Evening, February 28th, Benefit of Mr.
Max Freeman - DIPLOMACY. Mr. Henry Ketten, the celebrated Pianist, has kindly
volunteered. Feb. 28.
Feb. 28, 1880.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
SPORTING ITEMS.
Shooting -A* we predicted, the alleged Grand Pigeon Shooting Tour-
natnent, hrl.l tin iletiance of the Uw) at the Recreation Grounds, last
M.in-Uy, was a very poor affair. In spite of the advertised statement
that plenty ->f binU hail been sevucvii, there wm not near enough plreona
for a k*'*-^! <l*y* HiMirt, but the majority "f th<w furnished wore first >olasa
bir-1-. We ?Ut<M, in our two previous Istqes, that there was a suspicious
ap|>earance about the whole affair ; that it was a mere gate money affair ;
that the payment of the $1,000 advertised for nrues depended, in a preat
■Munra, on the Kate receipts, and that most of the gentlemen sportsmen !
of the State declined t<> enter for it ; a II of which statements were amply
verified by the result. Besides all this, the man Lindgreen, who pulled
the traps, was either a rogue, working in the interest of certain of the
shooters, or utterly incompetent to fill the place. It was notorious that
be frequently signaled which trap he was going to pull by jerking the
ropes in a peculiar manner. He also crippled several of the birds before
putting them in the traps ; in fact, he crippled two so badly that one died
before the trap was pulled, aud the other was unable to fly out of
"bouuds," being retrieved without a shot in it. Eighteen shooters com-
peted, of which number 7 tied on $ birds at 21 yards rise. The ties were
shot off at 3 single birds, 2ii yards rise. Hub Parker winning first prize,
a Parker shot-gun, by a clean score. ■ Black, Tuers, Maskey and Linville
tied .>n two birds. T'he third ties were shot off at 3 birds, 31 yards rise,
which had to be repeated, as all the shooters killed one and missed two.
On the final shoot, Black and Tuers missed, Maskey killed two and Lin-
ville killed one. Black and Tuers then shot off, the former winning.
This decided the match, the prizes being awarded in the following order :
Parker, first prize; Maskey,second; Linville, third; Black, fourth; Tuers,
fifth; and Scnnable, sixth. The total amount of the coin prizes given
was 3190 instead of the 81,000 advertised. A. Young and J. Stack,
lodges; W. Brown, Referee. -^— The Pigeon Shooting Match held at
Redwood City, last Sunday, was in a great measure spoilt by the rain.
The first match was a freeze out for §17 50, under the rules of the California
Club. T. Maskey and C. Robinson each made a clean score of 11, missed
their 12th, killed their 13th and then divided. Hub Parker froze out on
his 11th and G. W. Downey on his 9th. The next match was a freeze
out between W. Simmons. R. Hanley, A. Wicks and W. Hanson. Han-
son won with two kills. E. Eirkenbotler, Robinson, Jackson and Maskey
then shot a three bird match for a purse of S10. Eirkenbotler won. The
day's sport concluded with a freeze out for a pool of $9, which was di-
vided between Dezaldo and Weeks. ^— A pigeon shoot is fixed to come off
at Redwood City to-morrow, open to all, with an entrance fee of $10.
Entries close on the ground the day of the shoot.*— At a team target
shoot held at Shell Mound, last Sunday, the following excellent scores
were made. 40 shots each, 200 yards : Kellogg's Team — Williams, 170 ;
Kellogg, 174; W. Anderson, 165; J. Anderson, 171. Jenkins' Team-
Jenkins, 168; Beaver, 174; McKillican, 172; Carr, 168.— Ducks are
unusually plentiful, around San Francisco especially, and along the line
of the Southern Pacific Railroad, between McMahon station and Mill-
brae, where there is also an abundance of snipe. -^— Dr. Ruth and Capt.
Jack Crawford start next week on an exhibition tour through the United
States, under the management of Ned Colton. Their programme is to
give shooting exhibitions during the afternoon, and a dramatic entertain-
ment of the Frank Frayne-Buffalo Bill kind of an evening. As Ruth is
really a very clever trick shot, and his manager a good business man, the
trip is almost sure to be successful. At any rate, it will give "those
Eastern people " a chance to beat a sample of the much-despised Calif or-
nian shooters.
Coursing. — The open meeting of the Pacific Coast Coursing Club, held
at Merced this week, has so far been a brilliant success. About sixty of
the Club members and their friends went up from San Francisco and their
numbers were greatly swelled by visitors from Merced and the neighbor-
ing towns. On Wednesday morning there was a heavy fog, which de-
layed the sport for some time, the first pair of dogs not being put in the
slips till after ten o'clock. The ground selected by the Club, by the ad-
vice of Sheriff A J. Meaney, of Merced, one of the j udges, about twelve
miles from Merced, was one of the finest coursing grounds we ever saw.
The hares were plentiful enough ; in no case did the company have to
travel over a mile before turning one up. With good ground and plenty
of hares the sport could not be other than excellent ; in fact it was as
good, if not better, than has ever been had in California. Twenty-two
courses were run the first day, of which but four were "no course " or
"undecided." Sixteen hares were killed. Following is the full result of
the meeting : In the first round Charles Fowler's Spirit of the Times beat
Mr. Nabor's Spring ; J. M. Sharkey's Master Joe beat Moses Ford's
Fairy Queen ; A. Midler's Monarch beat J. C. Pennie's Shaughran ; J.
C. Pennie's Controller beat T. Tonnemacher'a Lady Nell ; W. Session's
Ben Torney and Thomas Ford's Hopeful beat J. M. Sharkey's Gold
Finder ; W. D. Berry's Coronoway beat T. Tonnemacher's Flying Dutch-
man ; W. R. Bowen's Bulldozer beat J. J. Bryan's Dash ; J. F. Carroll's
Kitty Clover beat G- Lindauer'B Jump ; P. Diman's Mission Girl beat J.
M. Harkey's Belle ; M. Peterson's Black Jack beat William York's So-
lano ; J. M. Sharkey's Colleen Bawn beat G. Lindauer's American Girl ;
J. Jacoby's Sadie beat Frederick Rose's Czarina. The contest between
Sadie and Czarina was so close that it required two courses to decide it.
On the second ties Charles Fowler's Spirit of the Times beat J. M.
Sharkey's Master Joe ; A. Midler's Monarch beat J. C. Pennie's Con-
troller ; Mark Devlin's Pride of the Canyon beat W. D. Berry's Swin-
dler, and W. D. Berry's Coronaway beat Thomas Ford's Hopeful ; J. F.
Carroll's Kittly Clover beat W. R. Bowen's Bulldozer ; P. Lyman's Mis-
sion Girl beat M. Petersou's Black Jack ; Mrs. Jacoby's Sadie beat J. M.
Sharkey's Colleen Bawn. On the third tie A. Muller's Monarch beat
Charles Fowler's Spirit of the Times ; Mark Devlin's Pride of the Can-
yon beat W. D. Berry's Coronoway ; J. F. Carroll's Kitty Clover beat P.
Lyman's Mission Girl ; Mrs. Jacoby's Sadie ran a bye. On the fourth
tie Monarch beat Pride of the Canyon and Kitty Clover beat Sadie. On
the final tie Kitty Clover beat Monarch, she taking the first prize of $100,
Monarch second prize, $60; Sadie third prize, $30; and Pride of the Can-
yon fourth prize, $25. Match races were now the order of the day.
Spirit of the Times beat Flying Dutchman for $40, Mission Girl beat
Belle of the Valley for $20, and Czarina beat Bulldozer for $20.
Archery. —The following delegates from the different Archery Clubs
m?t last week and formed the Pacific Coast Archery Association : Oak-
land 1W Club, P. a Havens and A W. Havens : Pacific Archery Club,
C <\ Cadman, 11. DarnaalandT. M. Ward; Robin Hood Archery Club,
.T. P. Allen, A. T. Low and W. L Oliver; Capital Bow Club and Sher-
wrood Foresters of Sacramento, <;. W. Left witch ; Merry Foresters, A.
VY. Havens as proxy for Dan, OVonnell. C. C. Cadman was elected
President of ths Association; X. K. White, of Sacramento, First Vice-
President; .1. P. Allen, Second Vice President j H. Darneal, Secretary ;
A. \V. Havens. Treasurer; Dan. OVonnell, F. C. Havens, T. M. Ward,
G. K. Mills, C. C. Cadman, Executive Committee. It was decided to
adopt the rules of the Pacific Archery Club. Admission fee to clubs will
be $5, and $2 per month dues. The Association intend to have two gen-
eral meetings a year for competitions, one in May and one in September,
at which there will be club and open shooting for prizes; team shoots,
four members each, American round. For the champion medal, the
"double York round," and for the ladies' championship, the "double
Columbia round " will be used.
Cock Fighting.— Last week a main of fifteen cocks was arranged be-
tween San Francisco and Sauta Clara, to be fought at the latter place.
When the visitors got their birds on the ground, they found great diffi-
culty in matching, as the Santa Clara cockers wanted all the best of the
weights, and were very backward in putting up their money; rather
shabby treatment, considering they proposed the match and had it fought
on their own ground. After wasting a whole day in fruitless talk, five
cocks were matched. The first battle 'Frisco showed a 4, 6 Black-Red
against a 4, 9£ Ginger. After a severe fight, the Black-Red won. The
second fight the 'Frisco cock a 4, 8 Muff was beaten by the Santa Clara
bird a 4, 11 Pyle. The other three fights were all won by Santa Clara,
who, however, failed to make much money, as they were too poor or too
scared to bet. There was a good attendance.
Fedestrianiam. — We learn by telegraph that " Blower" Brown made
the best score on record, 553 miles, in the six-day mixed race that finished
in London, England, February 2lst. Hazael is credited with 480 miles,
and Day 456 miles, but we must decline to accept any of the scores as
records until vouched for by some first-class English sporting paper, such
as the Sporting Times or the Referee. Brown's performance is made the
more shady by the unusually large gap between him and the next man.
— -Rowell has challenged " Blower " Brown to walk for £1,000 a side.
— ^The long-talked of race between Hedley and Davis took place at the
Recreation Grounds on Thursday — the distance, 440 yards, being covered
by Davis, the winner, in the quick time of 49J seconds. Hedley was "all
out" at the finish, but the winner had plenty of go left in him. The
time has only once been beaten, when Buttery, at Newcastle, England, in
1873, ran a quarter of a mile in 48^ seconds.
Football. — The match between the Wanderers and Oaklands, at the
Recreation Grounds, last Saturday, resulted in an easy victory for the
former with one goal and three trys to nothing. The teams were as fol-
lows: Wanderers— back, Cohen; § back, Nicholson and Peterson; £ back,
Okell and Wallace; forwards, Lucas, WildeB, Burling, Giffen, Minturn,
Blackie and Lawton. Oaklands — back, Sime; £ back, Whitehead and
Oliver; J back, Cadogan and Lachlan; forwards, Wooley, A. Tobin, R.
Tobin, Searle, Johnson, Hull, O'Connor and Murray. Umpires, Belcher
and Deane.
Still Another Bogus Meeting of Pioneer Bank Depositors.— An-
other gathering of Logan, the $45 depositor, and a few others, took place
last Saturday evening. The meeting, when polled, produced eighteen
persons actually interested in the proceedings. Logan, the forty-fiver,
was vulgar and abusive, as usual. The weak, unnecessary and cruel ac-
tion of the Sheriff was faintly applauded by just five persons, evidently
there for that dirty purpose. Then followed a grave Bilence. This was
the result of seven meetings, and a few persons, crying " Shame," left the
hall. A suspicious jingling of coin being heard, Mr. Preston, an intel-
lectual looking young man, said he was tired of being led by the nose by
a fellow who had but $45 in the bank, and was evidently paid by Mr.
Duncan's enemies. Thereupon Logan called Preston a liar, and Preston
replied that Logan was a forty-five dollar liar, and the meeting adjourned.
A card has since been published by the real depositors, denouncing the af-
fair and protesting against it.
The announcement recently made in regard to the French Minister
at Peking has been pubh.<*hed officially. M. Bourse has, for some years,
occupied a post in the la lo-China, China and Japan department of the
MinUtere des Affaires fitrangeres at Paris. He will proceed by the French
mail of April 2d.
Kpig Champagne. — Private Cuvee, in quarts and pints j Shield —
Krug — in quarts and pints ; Premiere Qualite, in quarts and pints. For
sale by Hellman Bros. & Co., corner Front and Jackson streets.
OFFICE HEALTH DEPARTMENT,
San Francisco, Cal., February 24th, 18SO.
Notice. —The Board of Health baviuir declared certain ter-
ritory within the limits of Sau Francisco " a public nuisance," I hereby no-
tify all persons of every nationality living in and surrounded by the conditions which
have caused this action to be taken by the Hon. Board of Health, that after the ex-
friration of thirty (30) days from the publication of this notice, all the power of the
aw will be invoked (and we believe it is sufficient) to empty this ijreat reservoir of
moral, social and physical pollution, which is constantly extending its area and
threatens to eugulf, with its filthiness and immorality, the fairest portion of our
city. The consequences that must result from a continuance of this moral, social
and physical evil are simply too fearful to contemplate, and must be averted at all
hazards. J. L. MEARES, M.D., Health Officer
Feb. 28. ' City and County of San Francisco, Cal.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
Pacific Mall Steamship Company.-- New York and Panama
Line. The Splendid Steamer GRANADA will sail TUESDAY. March 9th,
taking Passengers to NEW YORK, via PANAMA, at the following GREATLY RE-
DUCED RATES : Upper Deck, 385 ; Saloon, $75 ; Steerage, $35. Apply at Office,
corner First and Brannan streets.
Feh. 28. WILLIAMS, D1MOND & CO., General Agents.
REMOVAL.
erclinnts Exchange Bank's Office removed to 320 Sansome
Street, Room 9. [Feb. 28-1 R. G. SNEATH, Vice-President.
M'
8
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Feb. 28, 18S0.
BOTH.
She was the laziest little woman Her person— well, 'twas simply per-
That ever set a mortal crazy j feet,
'Twas marvelous how my erring Matching the graces of her mind ;
spirit To perfect face and form she added
Could be subdued by one so lazy. A keen perception, taste refined.
To monosyllables addicted, But when I challenged her to tell me,
To use all else exceeding loath, "What I knew myself in troth,
Asked which of two things she pre- Whether her wit or beauty charmed
f erred, me,
She only murmured, "Both!" She only murmured "Both!"
It is no paradox to say so :
Her every movement was repose ;
As on a summer day the ocean
Slumbers, the while it ebbs and
flows.
Yet was there latent fire ; her nature
That of the panther, not the Bloth.
I asked her once which Bhe resem-
bled :
She only murmured, "Both!"
Provoked at last at never hitting
This lazy little woman's point,
I scanned her armor, and discov-
ered
Haply therein one open joint,
In careless tone I asked her, knowing
Her word was binding as an oath,
"Shall Jove, or friendship, be be-
tween us?"
She smiled, and murmured, "Both!"
— William Young.
FOR LADIES ONLY.
New calicoes are in small flowered designs. ^^Paisley shawls are
made into dresses in Paris. —Mrs. Hayes's corsage bouquet is always
of pink tea-rosebuds.-^— Colored satin gathered bands are worn half way
up the arm, bracelet fashion.— —Very small visiting cards are once again
in fashion. White broadcloth furniture embroidered in colors is the latest
fashionable agony.-^— CandleB are now UBed to illuminate drawing-rooms
on the occasion of fashionable entertainments.-^— Cendrillion is a new
and lovely gauzy material for ball dresses, richly woven with gold and
silver threads.— The widow who marries a second time is now permit-
ted to hide her blushes under a short bridal veil.— The fashionable ring
finger is now the middle finger, and on it is worn the " Marquise" ring,
which has an oblong or oval setting of precious stones, cameo, intaglio or
enameled design.— Young girls of very fresh and fair complexions are
now wearing necklaces of small rosea, tied with blue ribbons. Rosebuds
hang from the necklace like a sort of fringe.^— Miss Fletcher (of " Kis-
met" ) thinks " 'Tis best to be off with the old love (lace) before we are
on with the new." Having caught another beau, she is about to send
Lord Byron's grandson adrift.-^— Since the death of her son, the unhap-
py Empress Eugenie veils herself as closely as a nun when she appears in
public. When at church she confines herself to the sacristy during ser-
vice.^^The latest rage among the fashionable in way of antique furni-
ture is the desire to possess the old-fashioned spinning wheels with a tuft
of flax for parlor ornaments.— —The large old-fashioned black satin
aprons, embroidered with flowers in silks, are now beginning to be seen
again, and happy are they who have them among old stores of treasures
of by-gone years. Some of the modern copies of these "grandmothers'
aprons," as they are called, are painted instead of worked, and are edged
with black lace. — A dress recently ordered in Paris for the dying Em-
press of Russia cost §5,000. They can't spectre to wear it^^Her Ma-
jesty has not been slow to follow the excellent example which was set by
the Duchess of Marlborough. The latter has been striving bard to popu-
larize the use of Irish poplins, and so revive a trade altogether peculiar
to the sister isle, and one that has been, unfortunately, fast decaying of
late. Very excellent in many respects, poplins are found to be defective
in serviceable qualities as wearing appareL They are, however, admira-
bly adapted for upholstering purposes. And the Duchess did a good thing
for the trade by having Dublin Castle and Blenheim House both com-
pletely furnished with poplinB for window curtains. The Queen has fol-
lowed this up by an order of the same nature for Windsor Palace and Os-
borne. The fashion may now be considered as set in, and it is a fashion
which, unlike most, will serve the interest at once of charity and good
taste. By hanging poplin curtains across our windows we shall not only
keep the cold out of our own houses, but also do something to keep both
cold and hunger out of the homes of Irish artisans. ^^ The biter is some-
times bit, as the following true story will prove: A lady with more beau-
ty than morals was allowed by a notorious West-end dressmaker to run
up a bill to the tune of £1100. One fine day the beauty was offered a
present of £500 by one of the numerous greenhorns who have existed
from time immemorial. A mode of settling her long-standing account at
once suggested itself to the fertile mind of the lady. Hurrying off to the
modiste, she informed her that a gentleman was coming that day to pay
£500 pounds on account, but that she must write on the receipt 'Paid in
full," as the gentleman thought he was paying the whole bill, and might
otherwise refuse to pay anything. The bait took, and a receipt was duly
given as requested. The following day the dressmaker received a polite
message from the lady to say that she intended to transfer her patronage
to another shop. -^— The practice of cleaning gloves with benzoline is
very common, but it is fraught with great danger. The other day a
young English lady at Dinan, in France, who had been so cleaning her
gloves, held her gloved hand near a candle to burn an end of cotton, when
the glove caught fire, and on her instinctively trying to extinguish the
flame with the other, that also took fire. Both hands were so frightfully
burned that amputation would have been necessary ; but the unfortunate
victim expired prior to the operation.— A bracelet slipper is one of the
latest novelties introduced in Paris. The shoe is cut very low in front,
and highup on the instep ; it is fastened with a finely chiseled real gold
bracelet instead of the usual strap. Another expensive novelty in the
same line is the Andalusian boot, made of black satin, with lace ruffles
down the front seam, and fastened with real jewel buttons.
An Iowa man, whose well had caved in, contrived to make the au-
thorities suspect that he had murdered a man and put his body at the
bottom of that well, and he took things easy at the jail while they dug
his well out for him, and furthermore talks of suing the town for false
imprisonment.
INSURANCE.
HUTCHINSON & MANN,
INStTEANCE ASENCY,
322 A 334 California Street, San Francisco, Cal.
Fire Insurance.
GIRAED of Philadelphia.
HOME of Columbus.
NEW ORLEANS ASSOCIATION
PEOPLES of Newark.
ST. PAUL of St. Paul.
TEUTONIA of New Orleans.
BERLIN-COLOGNE of Berlin.
LACONFIANCB of Paris.
REVERE of Boston. DWELLING HOUSE UNDERWRITERS
LA CAISSE GENERALE of Paris. of New York.
WATERTOWN of New York. I
SEarine Insurance.
PARIS UNDERWRITING ASSOCIATION of Paris.
LONDON AND PROVINCIAL MARINE INSURANCE CO of London.
Capital Represented $23,000,000.
All Losses Equitably Adjusted and Promptly Paid.
W. L. CHALffllEBS, J. P. CLARK, J. C. STAPLES,
Special Agents and Adjusters.
HOME MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. OF CALIFORNIA.
Principal Office, 406 California Street, San Francisco.
Cash Assets, January 1, 1877, §095,291 ; Liabilities, $5,952 ; Surplus for Policy
Holders, $589,339. J. F. Houghton, President; L. L. Baker, Vice-President:
Charles R. Story, Secretary. R. H. MAGILL, H. H. B1GELOW, General Agents.
Directors.— San Francisco— L. L. Baker, John H. Redington, J. F. Houghton,
R. B. Gray, Robert Watt, John Currey, L. L. Baker, W. F. Whittier, C. C. Burr, E.
M. Root, W. H. White, J. L. N. Shepard, W. M. Greenwood, George S. Mann, Cyrus
Wilson, W. T. Garratt, C. Waterhouse, A. P. Hotaling, A. Block, A. K. P. Harmon,
G. S. Johnson, W. O. Wilson, A. W. Bowman, H. L. Lodge, Charles R. Story. Ala-
meda County Branch— V. D. Moody, Chauncy Taylor, A. C. Henry, Robert S. Far-
relly, Joseph -B. Marlin, W. B. Hardy, T. B. Simpson. San Diego— A. H. Wilcox.
Sacramento— Mark Hopkins, D. W. Earl, Julius Wetzlar, James Carolan. San Jose—
T. Ellard Beans, B. D. Murphy, A. Pfister, J. H. Dibble, J. S. Carter, Jackson Lewis,
Jacob Rich, John Auzerais, John Balbach. Stockton— H. H. Hewlett, Cbas. fielding,
J. D. Peters, A. W. Simpson, H. M. Fanning. Marysville— D. E. Knight. Grass
Valley— Wm. Watt, T. W. Sigourney. Portland, Oregor^W. S. Ladd, C. H. Lewis,
P. Wasserman, B Goldsmith, D. Macleay. Virginia Citv, Nevada— John Gillig, Isaac
L. Requa, " March 17.
FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE.--UN10N INS. CO. OF S. F.
Tiie California Lloyds.— Established in 1*61. -Non. 416 and
418 California street. Cash capital $750,000 in Gold. Assets exceed §1,000,000
Coin. Fair Rates ! Prompt Settlement of Loses ! ! Solid Security ! ! DIRECTORS.
—San Francisco— J. Mora Moss, N. G. Kittle, M. J. O'Connor, R. S. Floyd, Moses
Heller, Adam Grant, Daniel Meyer, AntoineBorel, Charles Kohler, E. L. Goldstein,
I. Lawrence Pool, A. Weill, Joseph Brandenstein, Charles Baum, James Moffitt,
Benjamin Brewster, L. Cunningham, W. M. Hoag, Nicholas Luning, John Parrott,
L. A. Booth, Julius Baum, Myles D. Sweeney, Jas. M. Goewey, Edward Cadwalader
Bartlett Doe, Gustave Touchard, J. H. Baird, J. G. Kittle, George C. Hickox, C. Du-
commun, Wm. Scholle, John Conly, Ig. Steinhart, W. B. Stone. J. O. Eldridire A.
B. Phipps. 6 '
GUSTAVE TOUCHARD, President. N. G. KITTLE, Vice-President.
Chari.es P. Haven, Secretary. Geo. T. Bohen, Surveyor. Aug 31.
THE STATE INVESTMENT AND INSURANCE CO.
FIKK AND MARINE.
C^lasn Assets, 9450,000. — Principal Office, 218 and 220 San-
j some street, San Francisco. Officers :— A. J. Bryant, President ; Richard
Ivers, Vice-President ; Charles H. Cushinq, Secretary ; H. H. Watbon, Marine
Surveyor. Board of Directors :— Peter Donahue, James Irvine, C D. O'Sullivan,
A. Boequeraz, R. Harrison, A. H. Rutherford, R. Bailey, E. W. Corbert, George O.
McMullin, A. J. Bryant, Frank M. Pixley, E Burke, H. H. Watson, Dr. C. F. Buckley,
P. J. White, E. M. Root, M. Mayblum, Richard Ivers, John Rosenfeld, Daniel
Callaghan. P. H. Russell, Sacramento. John G. Downey, Los Angeles. Wm.
Hood, SonomaCounty. H. W. Sealc, Mayfield. Geo. Rutherford, San Jose. Feb. 16.
AGGREGATE ASSETS,
840,647,942.
Imperial Fire Insurance Co., of London Instituted 1803.
London Assurance Corporation, of London
Established by Royal Charter 1720.
Northern Assurance Corporation, of London Established 1836.
Queen Insurance Company, of Liverpool Established 1857.
A JOINT POLICY ISSUED BY THE FOUR COMPANIES.
MOBERT niCKSOX, Manager.
W. IiAJNE BOOKER, Agent and Attorney.
317 CALIFORNIA STREET, 8. F. [Oct. 11.
NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL LIFE INSUR. CO. OF BOSTON.
Has transacted the business of Life Insurance for nearly
thirty-five years. Its assets amount to over Fourteen Million Dollars. The
law of Massachusetts makes all its Policies nonforfeitable. It is a Purely Mutual Com-
pany, dividing every cent of surplus among Policy-holders. This is the Only Com-
pany on the Pacific Coast governed by the Massachusetts Lapse Law. This company
has comnMed with the new Insurance Laws of California.
WALLACE EVERSON, General Agent.
Sept. 22.] 328 Montgomery street.
THE MARINE INSURANCE CO. OF LONDON, ENGLAND.
[ESTABLISHED 183G.)
Whole Amount of Jomt Stock and Guaranteed Capital.. $5,000, 000.
"Whole Amount of Capital paid up 900,000.
Cash Assets December 31, 1876 , 3,710,000.
The undersigned have been duly authorized to issue Policies at current rates on
Freight and Shipments to or from England, Europe, New York, Japan, China, Aus-
tralian Colonies, Sandwich Islands, and Northern Coast Ports. If desired, policies
made payable at port of termination.
WILLIAMS, DIMOND & CO., Agents,
Aug. 10. 218 California street.
~ THE SWISS MARINE INS. COMPANIES C0MBINEd7^
Switzerland, of Zuricb, Capital 5,000,000 francs; Helvetia,
of St. Gall, Capital 10,000,000 francs ; Baloise, of Basle, Capital 5,000,000 francs.
These three Companies are liable jointly and severally for all losses that may be sus-
tained. Losses made payable in all the principal seaports of the world. In the set-
tlement of all claims under an English policy, these Companies will strictly adhere to
the conditions and customs adopted at Lloyds, and submit to English jurisdiction.
June 9. HARRY W. SYZ, Agent, 225 Sansome St., S. F.
Feb, 28, 1980.
CALIFORNIA ADVKKTISEK.
FLASHES OF FUN AND FANCY.
Economical Expedient fa frurncot of afternoon tea hcaikIaI).
Lrt'lv : "ffii Itfm. Tniifllnrii iliniiiii iintwif Hostess: O,
«r, it wy non. It rai not only a dinner, but a lesson in economy,
iro '•tfbery mtreea, Hid .1 joint ol real 'high/ positively ihigh.
it why should it be high '.'" Hostess: "Bless me,
dnn*t y^ii *•■»■, dear? That was t-> savo having •jimc." - Funnt/ Folks.
Juat as be finished his little serenade, the trnxin came out from be-
himl the cloud, and she, the mother of tin- moon of hi* heart, leaned out
of the window, nii-1 upon him emptied about two gallons of cistern wa-
ter. " After me, the deluge, M he simply and prettily said, and as he
walked briskly away, the plashing aqueous In his light guitar made it
sound as thosjgu he were carrying home n jog.— Burlington ffairkrw.
" Unaatisiactory Arithmetic." Parson: " I wish to complain, Mrs.
Digging, o( the conduct of your daughter at theSunday School to-day; it
was rude in the extreme." Mrs. I>. : " Ah. it's what they taches her at
that theer IJoard schind as dun it ; yesterday she come home, and she
says, 'Mother, thev are a tacbing of me vulgar fraxshuns.' What can
you ex(**x aft^r that, sir *"— Fun.
We don't know whether it is old or not, but we heard a pentleman
ask a lady in a carriage the other day: " Annie, is it proper to say this
'ere, that 'ere ?" " Why. of course not,'' was the reply. " Well," said he,
"I don't know whether it is proper or not, but I feel cold in this ear
from that air."— Philadelphia Item.
The other day a Black Hills stage-driver undertook to horsewhip his
i.-ers into pettinc out and pushing up lull, but the gold-seekers
emptied their revolvers into him a few times, and held a coroner's in-
quest, and found that he died of pneumonia. — Court Journal.
Some One to Blame.— Mistress (to Irish servant girl, who has been
with her a month): "Kate, are you sure you have dusted the parlor this
morning? Why, there is sctually a cobweb left now in the corner." Kate:
" Sure, then, if there is, it is the last servant's cobweb." — Judy.
A writer in Notes and Queries says that there yet remains to be seen
on a pane of glass at Little Moreton Hall, in England, the following dis-
titch, cut with a diamond and dated 1621 : •
Man can noe more knowe woman's mynde by tears,
Than by her shadow judge what clothes shee weares.
Support.— Vicar: "Sorry I never see you at church. Squire. As a
leading man in the parish, you ought to be one of the pillars — Squire:
" Well, at all events, if I'm not a pillar, I'm one of the buttresses — al-
ways to be found outside, you know !" — Punch.
A boisterous, ill-bred fellow in a dispute called his adversary " no
gentleman," " I suppose you think yourself one?" was the reply. " Cer-
tainly I do," answered the bully. "Then," said the other, "I am not
offended that you don't think me one."
A clergyman addressed his female auditors as follows: " Be not proud
that our blessed Lord paid your sex the distinguished honor of appearing
first to a female after His resurrection, for it was only that the glad
tidings might spread the sooner."
A saloon-keeper, having started business in a place where trunks had
been made, asked a friend what he had better do with the old sign
" Trunk Factory," " Oh," said the friend, " just change the T to D, and
it will suit you exactly."
" I was not aware that you knew him," said Tom Smith to an Irish
friend the other day. "Knew him!" said he, in a tone which compre-
hended the knowledge of more than one life. "I knew him when his
father was a boy! "
" Who can say that I am not a good man ?" asked a tramp of a citi-
zen this week. And then he continued: "Who ever saw me break the
blessed Sabbath day, as some men do, by working on it?" — Chicago
Journal.
A Sussex Goliath. — In a country village near Brighton, during a
lesson on the life of King David, a class of girls was asked, " Who
killed the giant?" Whereupon a bonnie Sussex maiden replied, "Jack."
— St. Luke
Little boy of four was sleeping with his brother, when his mother
said: " Why, Tommy, you are lying right in the middle of the bed ; what
will poor Harry do ?" " Well, ma," he replied, " Harry's got both sides."
Did you ever notice the fact— of course you have— that a tramp who
claims he has a trade, but can get no work at it, in the winter is a brick-
maker, and in the summer a lumberman or ice sawyer? — Lockport Union.
" That's what beats me," as the boy said when he saw his father
take the skate strap down from its accustomed nail.
Northerners who have " gone to Florida for the winter " may find it
there, for we have had none here.
Truism from the Farmyard.— A hen is not immortal, and yet her
son never sets. — Judy.
A Russian Proverb on Woman's Rights.— If you be a cock, crow ;
if a hen, lay eggs.
You are not justified in picking an artist's pocket because he has
pictures.
Is a caterpillar to be commended when it turns over a new leaf ? — Fun,
Ernest Doom and Gottnilf Scholz, respectively the editor and the
Erincipal artist of Kladderadatsch, were recently tried and found guilty
y the Royal Landgericht of having insulted Prince Bismarck by certain
caricatures published in two successive numbers of that renowned comic
periodical. The sentence passed was twenty days' imprisonment and a
£10 fine. The particular caricature represents the Chancellor holding in
one hand a plateful of infants respectively labeled "One-Year Estimates,"
"May-Statutes," and "Civil Marriage." With the other hand the
Prince is depicted as conveying to his mouth a babe labeled "Finance
Laws." The inscription appended to this sketch runs as follows : " Saturn
devours his own children, in order to preserve their father to them."
A trial of some interest is about to come on before the Leghorn Assizes.
The editor of a paper, entitled The Atheist, is to be tried for lew divinita
(offense against the Deity). Several distinguished advocates are engaged
for the defense. — Public Opinion.
H.B.Williams.
A. Ohesebrough.
W. H. Dimond.
WILLIAMS, DIMOND & CO.,
Shipping and Commission Merchants,
JIMAI.IIIUtMA STREET.
AGENTS FOR
Pacific Mail Steamship Company, Pacific Steam Navigation
Company, The Cunard Royal Mail Steamship Company,
"The California Line of Clippers" from New York
and Boston, and "The Hawaiian. Line."
Sun Francisco, January 31, 1830. [Jan. 31.
C. ADOLPHE LOW & CO.,
Commission Merchants,
SAN FRANCISCO and NEW YORK.
feslr" Agents of American Sugar Refinery, corner of Uniou and Battery streets,
San Francisco, California. Jan. 17.
AVERILL MIXED PAINT,
The Best, Most Durable and Beautiful of All Paints.
PREPARED READY FOR USE,
AND OF ANY SHADE OR COLOR DESIRED.
Sept. 27.
O. S. OBRICS, General Agent,
329 Market St., Opposite Front.
REMOVAL.
COMMINS & O'CONNOR,
Importers of "Wines and Liquors,
HAVE REMOVED FROM
NO. 505 FRONT STREET TO
338 and 240 MARKET STREET and 7 and 9 PIKE STREET,
Between Front and, Davis. [Feb. 7.
ANDREW BAIRD,
Negotiator of Loans and Commercial Paper,
Broker in Local and State Securities,
No. 312 California Street San Francisco.
[P. O. Sox 1,208.] July 19.
TABER, HARKER & CO.,
IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE OROCERS,
10S and 110 California St., S. F.
rApri] 19.]
MADAME WALDO COHEN,
PIANOFORTE AND SINGING,
Sept. 20. 607 Hyde Street, San Francisco.
D. HICKS & CO.,
Bookbinders and Blank Book Manufacturers,
NO. 543 CLAY STREET.
%£?~ Blank Books Ruled, Printed and Bound to Order. [Nov. 8.
G. E. BARTON,
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Iiaw,
629 KEARNY STREET ROOMS 1 and 2.
[December 20.]
EDWARD BOSQUI & CO.,
Printers, Engravers, Lithographers and Bookbinders,
Jjeidesdorff street, front Clay to Commercial.
REV. J. J. BLEASDALE, D.D.,
ANALYST,
News Letter Office, 609 Merchant Street, above Montgomery, S. F.
WM. F. SMITH, M.D.,
Oculist and Aurist, 313 Bush Street.
Aug. 16 ] Office Hours, from 12 M. to 3 P.M.
JULES TAVERNIER'S NEW STUDIO,
728 Montgomery Street. [Jan. 17.
JONAS J. MORRISON,
Lnmber Sealer.
A Choice Assortment of Sugar Pine, Spruce Shelving-, Pine
Stepping, Dry Surface Redwood, and a full liue of Building Material; always
on hand. Jan. 24.
Nbwton Booth, C. T. Wheeler, Sacramento. | J. T. Glover, W. W. Dodob, S. F
W. W. DODGE & CO.
Wholesale Grocers, corner Front and Clay streets, San
Francisco. April 1.
CASTLE BROTHERS,
ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAH 1850.
Importers of Teas and East India Goods, Sos.213 and 210
Front street, San Francisco. Jan. 13.
L.H.Newton. NEWTON BROTHERS & CO., M. Newton.
Importers and wholesale dealers in Teas, Foreign Goods and
Groceries, 204 and 206 California street, San Francisco, Cal M>jf 2£,
10
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Feb. 28, 1880.
SAN FRANCISCO VS. THE SAND-LOT.
The Sand-lot agitation has gone beyond a joke. It has become a
serious matter, and the sooner we look it gravely and steadfastly in the
face the better for all of us. We have been accustomed — both newspa-
pers and individuals — to treat the agitation as of no importance, as some-
thing to be laughed at, and allowed to run at its own sweet will. In one
sense we were right, for, truly, a more absurd and farcical exhibition than
the Sand-lot has entertained us with never Berved to amuse a good tem-
pered community. But, in another and more pertinent sense, we have
done egregiously wrong; for by our lenient, not to say jocular, way of
looking at an evil which in any other country would have been nipped in
the bud, we have encouraged and advertised a side show which has now
become a nuisance that only force can abate. It is all very well to have
a pet serpent to play with; but to coddle the reptile till it grows strong
enough to strangle you, unless you strangle it, is a dangerous whim to
humor. We dc not mean to imply by this that the so-called Working-
men have actually grown, or are in danger of growing, too strong
for the peaceable and law-abiding portion of the community. On the
contrary, we recognize the fact that they comprise, at the most, but one
and a half per cent, of our population. The peril does not lie in their
actual power, physical or moral, present or prospective. It lies in the
fact that, by tolerating their incendiary, seditious and - bloodthirsty
threats — vapid and meaningless though we know them to be — we convey
the impression, both at home and abroad, that we who put up with these
things are in the minority, and that ruffianism rules the roost in Califor-
nia. Under a mistaken notion of what true liberty consists in, we have
permitted a handful of unprincipled and ignorant men to threaten mur-
der, arson and pillage; to openly defy our laws, and make others to suit
themselves; to insult our State and city authorities, and to slap us all in
the face with impunity. Because we set great value on freedom of speech
we have patiently, aye even smilingly, listened to treasonable
and insolent tiradea which, in any other community, would have
called for swift and severe chastisement. Herein we have made
a very grievous mistake. If we can afford to laugh at the
Sand-lotters, we can not afford to let others laugh at us for doing
so. We may feel never so confident in our ability to protect ourselves
and others entitled to our protection, but if we do not make use of this
ability at a time like the present, we shall not be credited with possessing
it. It cannot be denied that the disgraceful agitation now raging in Cal-
ifornia has depressed business, shaken confidence, driven home capital
away from the State, and kept foreign capital out of it. If, with these
ev ils before our eyes, we still persist in tolerating the nuisance that has
created them, we must not wonder that we are believed to be unable to
take care of our own interests and uphold our own dignity. Acting un-
der this very justifiable belief, the great Eastern journals are now begin-
ning to talk about Federal interference in our behalf. A pretty page that
w ould he in California's history, whereon it was recorded that she was
obliged to call upon the Federal authorities for the maintenance of law
and order within her borders ! But we are convinced that this page wilj
never be written. San Francisco is the center of the trouble, and San
Francisco has on several former occasions proved quite able to take care
of herself. We have no doubt that she will be equal to the emergency
again. But this we would once more impress upon our citizens : The
mere consciousness of power will not save your credit abroad ; you muBt
use your power, and that firmly and promptly. When a party of lawless
vagabonds are buying weapons and threatening the use of dynamite in
our midst, it is high time for vigorous measures to be adopted.
THE GORLEY STOCK BILL.
The Gorley Stock- gambling bill has been reported back to the
Senate with amendments that take the life out of it. Those amendments
ought to be voted down, without a doubt. They were written and offered
by the brokers' delegation, and are not in the public interest. The bill
originally provided that the broker should preserve intact the identical
piece of stock purchased on his customer's behalf. To enable the cus-
tomer to discover whether that was done or not, the broker was compelled
to give him the number of the certificate purchased. The customer could
by that simple process determine whether his Btock had been loaned,
parted with or embezzled. By knowing the number of his certificate, he
knew the identity of his own property, as he had a right to do. It is a
monstrous and absurd thing that a man should pay purchase money and
commissions, and yet be in doubt as to what had really been done with
bis money. In scores of cases money has been paid, but no stock bought
with it. In perhaps a majority of instances the stock purchased has been
loaned to short the market with, and the customer has thus supplied an
instrument for his own destruction. This is a system which, in the past,
has ruined thousands, has caused the public to withdraw their confidence
from the Btock market, and is in every sense unjustifiable. The giving
the number of the certificate, and the obligation to hold it intact, was a
proposal so reasonable and so effective that it is marvelous it could he
opposed by any honest man. Of course, short-selling brokers might be
expected to oppose it, and they have. They desire to still continue a one-
sided game, that has been put under the ban of the Constitution, and is
condemned by public opinion. Their course is the best evidence that the
bill ought to pass. If Senators want to legislate iu the interest of men
who embezzle their customers' stock, and use it to break the market with,
then they will vote for the amendments, for that is the effect they will
have, and it is the one they were intended to have by the men who framed
them.
LEFT FOR THE DECISION OF THE COURTS.
The Constitution of the United States is an instrument which has
no concern for the present Legislature of California. The question
whether a bill does or does not come into conflict with the Federal Con-
stitution is one altogether unworthy to be entertained by our Sacramento
Solons. If a measure is warranted by the destructive charter which we
have meekly accepted as a State Constitution, that is enough for the mem-
bers of our Assembly and Senate. In every case where its consistency
with the national law is concerned, their only remark is: " We are will-
ing to leave all that to the Courts." To say nothing of the expense,
trouble, delays and disturbances which must necessarily result from such
a course of action, is it not absurd that a body of men, supposed to repre-
sent the wishes of an intelligent community, should act in this manner?
Are they making laws which shall govern and regulate a great State —
which shall meet the requirements of live men and women — or have we
sent them to the Capitol to blow off their superfluous gas and trifle with
our time, our money and our patience at their own sweet will? It is
their place to take every pains to see that the laws which thev enact shall
not be inoperative by reason of their antagonism to the national Consti-
tution, Of course, mistakes may occur. Delicate points of State rights,
and the like, are always likely to come up for debate, investigation and
decision. But to continually " run the chances," as our legislators do, is
neither dignified, profitable, nor, indeed, tolerable in any sense. If a
land-grabber says: " I will Bquat on this lot ; if I am kicked off it I am
no worse off than before ; if I can stick to it, so much the better," that
may be a very convenient argument for a land-grabber. But to our mind
it is a very poor position for a State Legislature to take.
CITY CHARTER MAKING.
It is a most unfortunate thing that a necessity exists for tinkering
with the city's charter before the 1st of July next. If we could leave
things as they are, it would be well. We know the ills we have, but not
those we might fly to. We know that we have a Board of Supervisors,
which has constituted itself into a ring, that looks as if it might be an
exceedingly corrupt one. We know that' we have a Mayor whose ways,
at present, are exceedingly uncertain. At one moment he talks as if he
might build better than we expected; at the next he speaks as if he were
a demagogue whose very ability is a menace and a danger. With such a
Mayor and such a Board of Supervisors, it cannot be said that we have a
city government to be greatly enamored of, but, bad as it is, it might be
worse. Condemn it as we may, where are we to look for an improve-
ment ? At this time there is no hope in a popular election. The Legis-
ture is in no mood to take hold of so large a subject. It is practically
impotent for any such purpose. Yet, on the 1st of July next, a large por-
tion of our present city government, such as the Police, Fire and Health
Departments, will cease to exist, unless new legislation takes place.
Something must be done. Mr. Swift's charter has been shelved. Mr.
McClure's has been introduced in a manner that amounts to something
like false pretenses. Before its introduction it was freely stated that it
would do nothing more than re-enact the present Consolidation Act, no
changes being made except such as were absolutely commanded by the
new Constitution. If it had done that, it would have met with general
acceptation. In the belief that it would do no more, it received many
kindly notices, in advance, from press correspondents; but having at last
made its appearance, it is disappointing in the extreme. It doeB every-
thing that it was said it would not do. It disturbs the city government
in all its branches, and is a bill to create a party machine pure and sim-
ple. It cannot pass. If an attempt is made to thrust it down the peo-
ple's throats, by the force of a majority in a party caucus, there will be
a row, and an earnest one. A bill to do only what was expected of Mc-
Clure's charter is still the right proposition, and the only one that is
likely to find favor at this sessicn.
LEGISLATION ON MEDICAL SUBJECTS.
May oell has introduced a bill (No. 281) to amend the health and^quar-
antine regulations. It is proposed to reduce the number of Health In-
spectors from six to four, and to do away with the Assistant Secretary to
the Board of Health. Both alterations are unwise. There is ample work
for six Inspectors, a9 may be seen by reference to the annual health re-
port. The Assistant Secretary is also fully engaged in keeping the medi-
cal returns and preparing the medical reports. The bill imposes further
duties on the Assistant City Physician, an officer already overworked and
grossly underpaid. The quarantine laws are already sufficient; but an
appropriation is greatly needed for the erection of a quarantine hospital,
and the improvement of the quarantine administration. The proposal to
impose a qualification for the practitioners in pharmacy is to be com-
mended. A reasonable length of apprenticeship, together with a proper
examination, should precede the granting of licenses to open drug storea.
The law can scarcely be made retrospective, but the public would soon
learn to discriminate between the ignorant dispenser and those who are
licensed to put up prescriptions. Physicians would then have no reason
for recommending special drug stores. Such a law exists throughout Eu-
rope and in the majority of the Eastern States.
FIRST FRUITS OF AGITATION.
An adjourned meeting of citizens, called under the auspices of the
Chamber of Commerce and the Board of Trade, was held on Thursday
afternoon, in the hall of the Chamber, for the purpose of receiving the
report of the Committee, previously appointed, to obtain information re-
garding the unemployed of this city, and to devise measures for their re-
lief. A. P. Williams presided, and the attendance was very sparse. The
Committee retired to an ante-room and held a short private consultation,
when the Chairman, W. I. Steinhardt, stated that, mainly for the reason
of the light attendance, the Committee had decided to withhold its report.
This plainly shows that the "unemployed" have at length succeeded, by
their outrageous conduct, in destroying the sympathy of those who would
otherwise have been most willing to help them to the best of their ability.
A list of Legislative bills introduced at Sacramento to date has
been received and classified by County Clerk Stuart, at the old City Hall ;
also a list of bills approved by the Governor. During office hours, from
now until the close of the session, information will be given to persona de-
siring it concerning any of these documents.
Mrs. Hayes says she cannot wear her best dress because it is lent.
1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
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THE TOWN CRIER.
"tU*r lb* Crt»rr" "Wh»i iti« <1*»il »rt tbenV
"On* toil will p)»y th# dwTil.st.- with yon."
" HVd • ttinff in his Uil *• lone u • 8»t1.
Which made turn crow bolder and bolder."
He wu an officer of the 8. F. S. P. T. P. O. C. T. A., and as he
; along with hi? n^U- aye on the alert for soma i»oor devil who had
to earn a living for hii family with the help of a broken-down horse, and
meditated on the cruelty to animals which would be prevented by every
finh iK'ddler using a thoroughbred racer attached to a gilt chariot, his eye
caught the billed announcement of a pigeon-match to come off that day.
ught he'd like to we the fun, ami got in free by paralysing the
■US-keeper with the array of letters on his card. As that gatekeeper
marwards remarked, he " thought the chap hail been Sent For Some Fine
tc, etc. The same cabalistic card procured him all the drinks be
wanted without charge, and he wanted *«• many that before long he saw
sis pigeons for every one shot at, and a dozen wounded birds for every
one killed. In fact, he got pigeons in his boots. So he sat down then
and there and wrote out an elaborate list of heartrending statistics,
wherein it appeared that twice the number of pigeons shot at were killed,
and that all those killed were painfully wounded. Having mailed this to
the papers, he went home and settled his stomach with a few live oysters
and a dish of eels that had been skinned alive, baited bis hooks for bis
next day's fishing, loaded a few cartridges lest he should see a cock-robin
by the road, kicked the dog through the wiudow because it fawned upon
him with dirty paws, slapped his wife's face because she said he smelt of
liquor, and lay peacefully down to sleep upon a pillow stuffed with feath-
ers that had been plucked from a living goose.
Great cariosity pervades the Palace Hotel as to the reason of Mr.
Sothern's carrying about with him, enshrined in a decorated cage, a
Thomas cat Whether it be "that kind of cat," or not, we cannot say,
but a cat it is of goodly size. He resides in a palatial dwelling of carven
work, and is clothed in purple and tine linen. He is fed by the hands of
Lord Dundreary himself, and the exact size and quality of the piecesof
meat supplied by the butcher are subjects of grave and all-absorbing in-
terest to his lordship, while the milk which his catship laps is subjected
daily to a lactometer to ensure its purity. We fear that the constant per-
forming of the fatuous " Lord Dundreary " is beginning to tell upon the
mind of the actor — in other words, Sotheru has "Dundreary" on the
brain— and when to that is added the weight of the " Crushed Tra-
gedian," it is no wonder the gray matter should begin to soften. Rats
and cerebral excitement are well known to be connected, but Thomas cats
are a cat beyond, and we fear the gravest results. A low and solemn
whisper pervades, in hushed tones, the corridors of the Palace, to the ef-
fect that the cat is the materialized spirit of "Brother Sam," and the
colored gentlemen who condescend to minister to the wants of their white
brethren are united in affirming that Sothern prays to it night and morn-
ing. One thing is certain : Thomas's portrait, painted in oils, kit-kat
size, hangs at the head of the crushed one's bed, with a votive candle on
each side of it, and that a strong smell of incense pervades the apartment.
A gentleman, not all unknown to local fame and society, recently got
into a little difficulty remotely connected with the too free use of a knife,
and was courteously conducted to one of the neat but not gaudy recep-
tion-rooms which the municipality provides, at the City Hall, for the free
accommodation of those upon whom the law requires such hospitality to
be urgently pressed. The lordly presence of the illustrious guest excited
the curiosity of an Italian gentleman, whose devotion to the contempla-
tion of " the wine when it is red " (this being poetry for tarantula-juice)
had obtained for him also free quarters at the city's expense. "Howly
Sint Pathrick!" exclaimed the countryman of Michael AngeIot> "an1
phat is it they've run yer honor in fur, at all, at all ?" Indignation at
being thus familiarly addressed by a stranger was the great man's first
feeling. He, the apostle of art, culture and fashion to be spoken to in
vulgar and broken English ! But the recollection of one of his latest so-
cial innovations came to bis aid, and, with a stony look of contempt at
Signer Mike Murphy, he turned to the attendant who stood without the —
wellr— bars, and said : " Here, usher -that is, waiter— hie— I mean turn-
key—hie- -put me in a cell where nothing but French is spoken."
Does not the dressmaker who dies from overwork commit suicide?
— Rochester Express. So it would appear to the unbiased mind. — Oswego
Palladium. You should have said " Sew it seams." — Syracuse Herald.
Continue this baste treatment and we'll have your gore. — Boston Post.
Ahem ! There's nothing cruel in you. You're merely puffing each
other.— Washington Republic. To have people putting on frills and floun-
cing about over such wretched puns gives us a stitch in our side and makes
us wish to give them a good dressing. We have no sympathy to waist on
leople who beat about the skirts of a joke in this preposterous fashion.
f they must keep a stoukin' trade of old jokes on hand, they shoed keep
a few new ones to boot. In short, it drawers tears of distress from our
eyes. Of corsets understood that this thing stays right here unless some
body else can slipper 'nother one in. But we guess this bangs the lot, for
nothing can go furbelow it. The truth is, the writer expects to be sacqued
for going this deep into the mysteries, in which case he had better have
drawn a veil over the whole subject. This is ruching it altogether too far,
we frankly confess ; indeed, to collar spade a spade it is all damphoolish-
ness.
It has often been said, and it has generally proved true, that when
republics change their form of government at all they change it to a des-
potism. But when we Yankees turn our political coat we are going to
climb a notch or two higher than an effete monarchy, you bet ! A dele-
gate to the New York Presidential Convention, on Thursday last, pro-
posed as his candidate " that name which stands as the God of Battles —
Ulysses S.Grant." Less enterprising republics may set up a Kaiser,
Czar, King or Dictator when they get tired of sand lots and political cor-
ruption ; but We, the Great American People, won't look at anything
Bhort of a Divinity. Give us a God by all means. We need one.
Tenders are invited by Dictator Kearney for the erection of an orna-
mental gallows on the Sand-lot. Florid Gothic is the style preferred.
After the execution of the bloated scoundrels who presume to be better-
off than their neighbors, the bodies are to be hung in chains opposite the
City Hall. A Parrott's perch is the model of the gibbet, iu view of the
first patient to be operated upon. There can be no doubt that a gallows
is needed, but for whom deponent saith not.
B
(A nig— we mean a black, that i» to say a darkey— beg pardon! an
Ethiopian damn it, why didn't we think of it before ? a colored Bishop —
has just returned from a visit to England. The object of the tinted gen-
th'inan's trip was to raira funds for hi-* church here, and if rumor doesn't
Bb, he baa racoeeded admirably. The benighted Britishers seem to havo
taken him for the King of Dahomey, an escaped slave, a stuffed cannibal,
or some other object of the kind that John Bull delighteth to honor. The
fact that he was merely a dusky parson from the furthest West does not
seem to have penetrated the thick skulls of our worthy cousins. Lord
Mayors feted him, M.i'.'a patronized him, breathless audiences listened, to
him — "spell -bound," of course. The dailies assure us that he was
" feasted even by the nobility." And such is life. A parson might be
as white as the driven snow— to use an original simile— and yet if he
went to England on his merits he couldn't get credit for a cocktail. But
if he only had the luck to be born of an ace-of-spades hue he would find
himself a spoiled darling before he knew it. The only way in which we
can account for it is this : John Bull is a bluff sort of person, and likes
people to show their colors. - He doesn't mind a man being black without
if they are white within; buUhe has learned (perhaps Talmage has taught
him) to fight shy of a fellow who is white without and black internally.
Hence his singular taste in the matter of American parsons.
A gentleman, writing to an evening paper of this city, composes what
he probably thinks a very wise and sagacious letter when he enumerates,
among the objections to the Chinese, their " presence on the sidewalks,"
and the " unpleasant contact " which their riding in street cars involves.
Now we do not hanker after the Chinaman as a very close companion —
enforced or otherwise. But what we are anxio is to know is this : how is
it that a filthy, drunken bummer, or even alaborersweatily-redolent from
his toil, could sit by the side of this gentleman without a word of re-
monstrance, while the sleekest and cleanest] of Bilk-clad Chinese mil-
lionaires could not come within a mile of him without extorting an indig-
nant letter to the Daily Evening Blatherskite? A negro, whose odor is as
fifty to one compared with that of the average Celestial, or a gentleman
from Cork, who had scorned to wash himself since he became a free Amer-
ican citizen six years ago, would be " quite excusable." Acknowledge the
corn, Mr. contributor to the Evening Blatherskite. Pat and Sambo have
a vote — John hasn't. What office are you hunting, anyhow? Tell us,
and we'll help you to get it.
It isn't " the saber of my sire " {Messiah, the young man at the piano,
always persists in singing it) which has just been hung up in the marble
halls of the Pioneer Society ; it is the imperial blade of the late Emperor
Norton I., which, in 1S65, he valorously snaked out of its scabbard (if it
had one) with the commendable object of disemboweling a miscreant who
had presumed to "plague" His Imperial Majesty. We respect the
memory of the Emperor, but really, if the Pioneers go on much longer
at this rate, they will soon have a choice museum of forks which have
been used by the best-kicked bummers of Pauper Alley. There should
be a limit set to " hero-worship," as the Sage of Chelsea calls it, and a
respectable case of fossils like the Pioneers cf California, ought to recognize
the fact. In other words, the most experienced of men may be guilty of
absurdities at odd moments, and it is the T. C.'s painful duty to remind
them of this fact.
A Reverend Doctor of Divinity has been venting a series of Plat- 1-
itudes, lately, at one of our leading churches, by which he strives to prove
that the Christian Church in the Middle Ages was a model of impartial-
ity and liberality, more especially claiming that she was the Mother of
Science! The Reverend Doctor should have inserted the word "step"
before mother, for verily the obligations of Science to Religion are of that
hard and bitter nature which usually distinguishes this family relation.
One thing is certain: if Science was nursed by the monks of old, she was
brought up on the bottle!
The Chinaman finds the rat a delicacy, and our local caricaturists are
fond of depicting John in the act of " chawing" up one of those interest-
ing rodents, all alive and kicking— head, tail, skin, bones, intestines and
all. The joke may be a very cutting one, but why not picture a man
who likes beef with a struggling ox between his teeth ? Or, for the mat-
ter of that, a Singalese who knows the lusciousness of elephant-trunk,
with a full-grown elephant spoiling his digestion ? The malice of the ig-
norant doesn't often concoct a very clever joke anyhow — somehow.
The German bakers are all agog for a law which shall give them Sun-
day for a day of rest. We are not aware that there is any law compelling
them to work on that day. They say their health demands it. Then let
them yield to the demands of their health. The T. 6'., for one, doesn't
want any bread kneaded by unhealthy bakers. But a law for the emer-
gency ! Next we shall have Biddy lobbying a bill that will give her the
right to wear her mistress' best bonnet on Sunday, and support her family
from her employer's kitchen.
"When a Canadian paper refers to Mrs. Lome it calls her 'His
Excellency's Royal spouse.' " — Alta. And when a San Francisco paper
refers to Granny Alta it calls her a doting old fool, whose ill-bred malice
is the fault of her "early bringing-up." Poor old lady ! Auctioneers'
advertisements may be very good pap, but to go through the seven ages
of man (or woman) on such diet doesn't seem helpful to the brain power.
The telegraph tells us that "prominent Republicans are about equally
divided as to whether the Monroe Doctrine applies to the Panama
Canal." Let us hope, for the safety of this great and glorious country,
that the scale will eventually turn in favor of those who opine that the
redoubtable Monroe Doctrine doesn't amount to so much after all. These
effete monarchies are a caution when they get started.
A raw Scotchman from the Highlands was lately taken to Bee Edi-
son's invention factory at Menlo Park. After gazing around in rapt as-
tonishment, he came to the phonograph, and, hearing his own words
ground out like a tune on a barrel-organ, he threw up his bands, exclaim-
ing reverently: "The works of the Lord are wonderful, but the works of
man far surpasses them."
Contributors to the Irish Relief Fund have the satisfaction of know-
ing that they are aiding an excellent cause. We refer to the Papal cause.
While Ireland stands with hat in hand, a mendicant before the world, an
Irish Bishop sends a ship load of Peter's Pence to Leo XIII. Consist-
ency has always been Erin's chief jewel.
Our navy is so old-fashioned that it never uses envelopes and mucilage.
Ships go to sea under sealed orders, just as they did in days of yore. — New
Orleans Pkat/une. Don't you see the reason why? They need all the
mucilage to hold the ships themselves together.
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Feb. 28, 1880.
Commencing Sunday. Hot. 16th, 1S79,
and until further notice, Boats and Trains will
leave San Francisco (Washington-st. Wharf) as follows :
3 00 p. M. daily (Sundays included), Steamer
• \J\J "James M. Donahue " (Washington Street
Wharf), connecting with Mail and Express Train at Don-
ahue for Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Healdshurg, Cloverdale,
and way stations. Making stage connections at Geyser-
ville for Skaggs' Springs ; at Cloverdale for Ukiah, Lake-
port, Mendocino City, Highland Springs, Bartlett
Springs, Soda Bay and the Geysers.
g^"* Connections made at Fulton on following morn-
ing for Korhel*s, Guernerille and the Redwoods.
(Arrive at San Francisco, week days, 10:10 A.M. ; Sun-
days, 11 A.M.
Freight received from 7 a.m.. till 2.30 p. m.
daily (except Sundays).
Special Noticb.— The Sunday, ExcursionTrips are dis-
continued until further notice.
Ticket Office : Washington st. "Wharf.
A. HUGHES,
Gen. Manager.
PETER J. McGLYNN,
Gen. Pass. & Tkt. Agt.
C. P. R. R.
Overland Ticket Office : Oakland Perry, foot
of Market street. —Commencing Sunday,
Jan. 25th, 1880, and until further notice,
Trains.and Boats' will leave
SAW FRANCISCO:
7 0/\ A.M. Daily— Local Passenger Train via Oak-
• O \J land and Benicia to Sacramento. Connects at
Vallejo Junction for Vallejo, Napa (Stages for Sonoma),
St. Helena (White Sulphur Spriucs) and Calistoga
(Stages for the Geysers). Connects also at Port Costa
for Martinez, Antioch and " Byron."
Sunday Excursion Tickets* at Reduced Bates, to San
Pablo, Vallejo, Benicia and Martinez.
7QAAM. Daily— Local Passenger Train via Oak-
•OU land, Niles, Livermore and Stockton, arriving
at Sacramento at 1:40 p.m., and connecting with Atlan-
tic Express. Connects at Niles with Train arriving at
San Jose at 10:30 a.m., and at Gait with train for lone.
9QA A.M Daily— Atlantic Express via Oakland and
_ .Ov Benicia for Sacramento, Colfax, Reno (Vir-
ginia City), Battle Mountain (Austin), Palisade (Eure-
ka), Ogden, Omaha and East. Connects at Davis for
Woodland, and at Woodlarld, Sundays excepted, for
Williams and Willows. Connects at Sacramento daily
with the Oregon Express for Marysville, Uhico, Red
Bluff and Redding (Stages for Portland, Oregon).
T O ArtA-M- Daily— Local Passenger
iv.UU land to Hay wards and Niles.
Local Passeoger Train via Oak-
Local Passenger Train via Oak-
land and Niles, arriving at San Jose at5:25 p.m.
Q QQ P.M. Daily
3f\f\ P.M. Daily— Local Passenger Train via Oak-
• " Vj land for Martinez and Antioch.
A f\f\ P.M. Daily— Arizona Express via Oakland and
tfc.UU Martinez for Lathrop (Stockton and Gait) Mer-
ced, Madera (Yosemite aud Big Trees), Visalia, Sumner,
Mojave, Newhall (San Buenaventura and Santa Barbara),
Los Angeles, "Santa Monica," Wilmington, Santa Ana
(San Diego), Colton aud Yuma (Colorado River Steam-
ers), connecting direct with Daily Trains of the South-
ern Pacific Railroad of Arizona for Maricopa (Stages
for Phoenix aud Prescott), and for Casa Grande, 182
miles east from Yuma (Stages for Florence, Tucson and
Tombstone. Sleeping Cars between Oakland, Los An-
geles and Yuma.
Connects, Sundays excepted, at Vallejo Junction for
Vallejo, Napa, St. Helena and Calistoga.
4f\f\ P.M. Sundays excepted— Sacramento Steamer
.UU (from Wash'u St. Wharf), for Beniciaand Land-
ings on the Sacramento River.
4 00PM- Daily— Through Third Class Train via
• \jyj Oakland, Martinez and Lathrop for Los An-
geles and points in Ariz ma.
A Of\ P.M. Sundays excepted— Local PassengerTrain
"±.Qw via Oakland and Benicia for " Sacramento."
Connects at Davis with Local Train ior Woodland and
Knight's Landing, and at Sacramento with the "Vir-
ginia Express" for Reno, Carson and Virginia. Sleeping
Cars Oakland to Carson.
A OOP.M. Daily— Local Passenger Train via Oak-
^*>0" land for Hay wards, Niles and Livermore.
Public conveyance for Mills Seminary connects atSem-
nary Park Station with all trains, Sundays excepted.
5AH P.M. Daily— Overland Emigrant Train via
• " ^ Oakland, Uenicia aud Sacramento for Ogden,
Omaha and East.
Connections for " Vallejo" made at Vallejo Junction
from Trains leaving San Francisco 7:30 a.m., 9.30 a.m.,
3:00 p.m., and 4:00 P.M.
FERRIES AND LOCAL TRAINS.
From "SAN FRABTCISCO." Dally.
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B
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OAKLAND.
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K
A. M.
P. M.
A. M.
A. M.
B6.10
12.30
7.00
E7.00
7.00
1.00
8.00
B9.00
7.30
1.30
9.00
B10.00
8.00
2.00
10.00
P. M.
8.30
3.00
11.00
B5.00
9.00
3.30
12.00
9.30
4.00
p. M.
10.00
4.30
1.30
10.30
5.00
2.00
11.00
5.30
"3.00
11.30
6.00
4.00
12.00
6.30
5.00
7.00
6.00
8.10
B»7.00
9.20
B«8.10
10.30
"1030
Bll.45
B»1145
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A. M.
B 6.10 7.30
7.30| 10.00
8.30; P. M.
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9.30
3.00
10.30
4.30
11.30
P. M.
12.30
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1.00
3.30
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4.30
ta
5.30
6.30
<
7.00
8.10
A. M.
9.20
7.30
10.30
P. M.
Bll.45
3.00
7.30
8.30
9.30
10.30
11.30
P. M.
1.00
3.00
4.00
5.00
6.00
P
A. M.
E6.10
8.00
10.00
12.00
P. M.
1.30
3.30
4.30
5.30
Change Cars
at
West Oakland
To " Si\ FRANCISCO," Daily.
a5a
Sis
a
8.00
10.00
12.00
P. M.
1.30
3.30
4.30
5.30
B6.30
m
A. M.
B5.40
B6.30
7.30
8.30
9.30
10.30
11.30
p. M.
1.00
3.00
4.00
5.00
6.00
13
7.00
8.00
P. M.
2.30
4.36
A. M.
Change Cars 7.10
at I p. M.
West Oaklnd. i 1.25
P. M.
12.40
1.25
2.40
4.40
5.40
6.40
7.50
9.00
10.10
B-5.00
B»5.40
'6.25
7.00
8.03
9.00
10.03
11.03
12.00
P. M.
1.00
3.00
"3.20
4.00
. 5.00
6.03
B*7.20
B"8.30
1*10.00
FROM
OAKLAND.
(Broadway.)
A M.
P. M.
B5.20
12.20
B6.00
12 50
6.50
1.20
7.20
1.50
7.50
2.50
8.25
3.20
8.50
3.50
9.20
4.20
9.50
4.50
10.20
5.20
10.50
6.50
11.20
6.25
11.50
6.50
8.00
9.10
10.20
B—Sundays excepted.
♦Alameda Passengers change cars at Oakland.
Creels Route.
From SAN FRANCISCO— Dail7j—B5:40, BG:30, 7.20, 8:15,
9:15, 10:15, 11:15 a.m. 12:15, 1:15, 2:25, 3:15, 4:15,
5:15, 6.15 P.M.
From OAKLAND— Daily— B5:ZQ, b6:20, 7:10, 8:05, 9:05,
10:05, 11:05 a. m. 12:05, 1:05, 2:15, 3:05, 4:05, 5:05,
6:05 p.m. b— Sundays excepted.
"Official Schedule Time" furnished by Anderson &
Randolph, Jewelers, 101 and 103 Montgomery St., S. F.
T. H. GOODMAN, Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agt.
A. N. Towns, General Superintendent.
SONOMA VALLEY RAILROAD.
The Steamer"Sonoma" leaves Wash-
ington-street Wharf daily (Sundays and Fridays
excepted) at 2 p.m., for Norfolk, connecting with cars
for the town of Sonoma and way stations, arriving 6
P.M.; returning, leaves Sonoma 7 A.M. (Saturdays and
Sundays excepted), arriving at San Francisco 11 a.m.
For further particulars apply at General Office, 426 Mont-
gomery street, or at Washington-street Wharf.
PETER J. McGLYNN,
Feb. 7. G. P. and T. Agent.
ALASKA COMMERCIAL COMPANY,
No. 310 Sansome Street,
San Francisco,
WHOLESALE J>EAZ,ER8 JJV FURS.
[September 21.]
NOTICE.
For the very best photographs go to
BRADLEY & RULOFSON'S, in an Jfllevator, 429
Montgomery street. Oct. 29.
The largest steamship in the world, except the
Great Eastern, is being built at Barrow-in-Furness
by the Barrow Shipbuilding Company for the At-
lantic service of the Inman line, and is to be na-
med the City of Rome. She will have a total ton-
nage of 8,300 tons, with engines of 8,500 horse-
power, and will be fitted with three funnels and
four masts. She is expected to steam 16 or 17
knots per hour. She is to be built of iron, and
will be the most superb steamship afloat.
^^r^^NORTHERH ;^ J1/(B^r ^jT3I VISION \
gOTlMI]
t|
saMftv^ rai i-.fi oAD.-p> a
WINTER ARRANGEMENT.
Commencing' Friday, Nov. 21st, 1879,
and until further notice, Passenger Trains will leave
San Francisco, from Passenger Depot on Townsend
street, between Third and Fourth streets, as follows :
8 0AA.M. daily for San Jose and Way Stations.
" *^ , EST1 Stages for Pescadero (via San Mateo)
connect with this train only.
1 O ^O AM daily for San Jose, Gilroy, Hollieter,
*-yJ*0\J Tres Pinos, Pajaro, Castroville, -Monterey,
Salinas, Soledad and all Way Stations. gpT' At PA-
JAfto, the Santa Cruz R. R. connects with this train for
Aptos, Soquel and Santa Cruz. gal" At Castroville,
change cars for Monterey. J5i?~ Stage connections
made with this train. (Pescadero Stages via San Mateo
excepted.)
O Qf \ p.m. daily (Sundays excepted) for San Jobo,
*->•"" Gilroy, and principal Way Stations.
A Q(~\ p.m. daily for San Jose and Way Stations.
£i Qf\ P.M.— daily, for Menlo Park and Way Stations.
;&?* The Extra Sdndav Trains to San Jose and Way
Stations have been discontinued for the winter season.
Second-Class Fare.
Between San Francisco and San Jose $1.00.
On Freight Trains only, leaving San Francisco at 4:00
A.M. and 10:40 a.m. ; San Jose at 5:35 a.m. and 8:30 P.M.
(daily, Sundays excepted) .
Excursion Tickets at Reduced Rates
To San Jose and intermediate points sold on Saturdays,
and Sunday mornings, good for return until following
Monday inclusive.
Also, EXCURSION TICKETS to Aptos, Soquel, Santa
Cruz and Monterey, sold on Saturdays only— good for
return until the following Monday inclusive.
E5P~ Principal Ticket Office— Passenger Depot, Town^
send street. Branch Ticket Office — No. 2 New Mont-
gomery street, Palace Hotel.
A. C. BASSETT, Supt. H. R. JUDAH, A. P. &T.A. {
SOUTHERN DIVISIONS.
Commencing Monday, May 19th, 1879.
J^~ Passengers for points on the Southern Divisions'
of the road will take the cars of the Central Pacific Rail-
road via OAKLAND, leaving SAN FRANCISCO via Ferry
Landing, Market street, at 4:00 p.m. daily (Arizona Ex-
press Train), and making close connection at GOSHEN
for Sumner, Mojave, Los Angeles, Wilmington, Ana-
heim, Colton, Colorado River, Yuma, Maiicopa and Casa
Grande (182 miles east from Yuraa). Nov. 22.
"NOT A3 I WILL."
Blindfolded and alone I stand,
With unknown thresholds on each hand,
The darkness deepens as I grope,
Afraid to fear, afraid to hope,
Yet this one thing I learn to know
Each day more surely as I go,
That doors are opened, ways are made,
" Burdens are lifted," or are laid
By some great law unseen and still
Unfathomed purpose to fulfill.
"Not as I will."
Blindfolded and alone I wait ;
Loss seems too bitter, gain too late ;
Too heavy burdens in the load,
And too few helpers on the road ;
And joy is weak, and grief is strong,
And years and days so long, so long ;
Yet this one thing I learn to know
Each day more surely as I go.
That I am glad and good and ill
By changeless laws are ordered still.
"Not as I will."
" Not as I will ; " the sound grows sweet
Each time my lips the words repeat.
" Not as I will ; " the darkness feels
More safe than light when this thought steals
Like whispered voice to calm and bless
All "unrest" and "all loneliness."
"Not as I will ;" because the One
Who loved us first and best has gone
Before us on the road and still
For us must all His love fulfill.
"Not as we will."
An important collateral discovery has been
made with the audiphone, which is a costly con-
trivance, made with india rubber. A professor
in Geneva experimenting with it has found that
a simple piece of " elastic cardboard " (whatever
that may be) has the same effect. Placed against
the teeth it enables the deaf to follow music, and
to distinguish the tones of the human voice.
28, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVKKTISEH.
13
NOTABILIA.
a HE PEDDLERS SONG.
L»wn a« white as driven snow ;
dack as o'er was trow ;
- sweet as damask rosea;
Ma.-k> fur faces and for uoses ;
Burle-hracelet, necklaqe, amber;
Perfume for a lady's chamber;
Gold ■ i ii- tips and stomachers,
For my lads to give their dears ;
Tins and poking-aticks of steel,
What maids lack from head to heel:
Come buy of me.come; come buy.comebuy,
Buy, lads, or else your lasses cry.
William Shaksfeare.
A young man, who was very proud of the fact that he had never
known hiB sweetheart to use any preparation for the face, notwithstand-
ing she had the most lovely complexion imaginable, took occasion one
evening to compliment her on the subject before a party of ladies and
gentlemen. What was his astonishment, and that of everybudy else
present, when the young lady laughed and frankly confessed that she did
use a preparation. Everybody was anxious to know what it could be that
produced such a lovely effect and still was not visible. In reply to their
inquiries, she went up stairs and brought down a bottle of the famoue
Madame Rachel's Enamel Bloom.
The rapid recovery of the Czarina is now attributed to a cause which
had not hitherto been guessed at. Her physicians bad recommended her,
while at Cannes, to drink champagne, and it may be imagined that the
very best French wines were provided for her Majesty's use. Still she
did nut grow better, though the doctors stuck to it that it was wine that
she needed. Finally some anonymous admirer sent the imperial invalid
a box of most delicious wine, which she drank and which speedily re-
stored her health. It was branded " Landsberger's Private Cuvee." Since
then the Russian Court has drank little else.
There are said to be no less than 40,000 Germans in Paris, and a pa-
per is to be started for them. It will confine itself to German news.
There were that many Germans in Paris once before, but the paper which
they started was the cartridge-paper.
Of the young Queen of Spain, it is rumored that she is " as ladies
love to be who love their lords." In view of the approaching event, Al-
fonso has ordered from De La Montanya, of Jackson street, below Bat-
tery, a Union Range to warm the baby's bottle on, and one of Chilson's
Patent Improved Cone Furnaces (for which De La Montanya is agent)
to keep the Escurial warm. The young King says that he had to send
all the way to San Francisco for these indispensable articles, because his
Ministers could not recommend him to any other house so reliable and
well-known as that of De La Montanya.
"Came to his death by being struck on the head with a stone flung
violently by the hand of some person to the jury unknown," was the ver-
dict. He was learning to play the cornet. If he had taken the precau-
tion of wearing a stove-pipe hat made by White, the hatter, of 614 Com-
mercial street, this would never have happened. For Captain Kentzel
himself might sit upon one of White's hats, and it would still resist the
pressure. The hats sold by this house last forever, and are on all sides
acknowledged to be models of stylish head-wear.
" What is the matter with your hand, Mary Ann ?" the fisherman
asked his daughter. And the graceless girl, who had only scalded her
hand with the soup, said " the clam chowder finger nearly off." And her
simple-minded father said be never heard of such s thing.
In these days of low-necks, short sleeves and abbreviated skirts, the
lady most fashionably dressed may be properly said to outstrip her com-
petitors. The same may also be said of the photographic firm of Bradley
& Rulofson, 42i* Montgomery street, for it outstrips every other house in
America or Europe in the richness, finish and artistic merit of its work.
It is also the most fashionable. •
Silver Plated Table "Ware. — The knives, forks and spoons (tea or
table) sent out by the New England Silver Plate Co., of New Haven,
Conn., have always given the best of satisfaction, as they are made of
that purest of metals, steel, plated with pure nickel and silver. Any one
needing a supply ought to write for a circular, or send 85 cents for a sam-
ple set of teaspoons.
Napa Soda is cooling, refreshing, wholesome. As a mineral water of
the purest stripe, it standB unrivaled. It is a drink drawn fresh from the
bosom of beneficent nature, has nothing artificial in its preparation, is a
corrective of intoxicants, nectar for the thirsty, and a good friend to the
■tomach.
Honesty is the best policy in medicine as well as in other things. Ayery9
Sarmparilla is a genuine preparation of that unequaled spring medicine
and blood purifier, decidedly superior to the poor imitations heretofore
in the market. Trial proves it.
Two nice elderly young things talking of pretty Mrs. Mankiller
waltzing with the captain : "How dreadfully her dress is made !" "That
can't be helped. If it were well made it would not tit her." — Judy.
In Winter, when the dismal rain
Comes down in auutfaig Host,
And Wind, that grand old harper, smites
His thunder*narn d pines,
then is the time to drink the Rock and Rye, manufactured by F. and P.
.1 < asain, corner of Drumm and California streets, because it is an infal-
lible cure for the coiiphs, colds ami sore thmnta which are so prevalent at
the above-mentioned season. Hock and Rye, remember.
Housekeepers are advised to call upon Hartshorn & McPhun, 112
Fonrtb street, near Mission, for all kinds of carpets, oil-cloths, Linoleum
mattings, etc.; also, manufacturers of store and house window shades,
plain or ornamented. Give them a call for first-class work, at the lowest
prices in the city.
Go to Fred. H. Busby, 412 Market street, for gloveB. He manufac-
tures them in every style and of all materials, including his celebrated
Narragansett Glove, which is impervious to water.
Why is writiug a letter with a woman an act of devotion ? Because
she geuerally writes on her knees.
Mourning suits are a specialty at Sullivan's, 120 Kearny street. At
this house ladies cau get their own materials made up in any style on
moderate terms.
Every deaf person should try the Audiphone. Call upon H. E.
Mathews, 60(j Montgomery street, S. F.
Tou will never get into much of a stew by eating church- festival
oyster soup.
Household Furniture sold on the installment plan at Gilbert and
Moore's, 219 Bush street.
Fair skin, ro3y cheeks, buoyant spirits and the aweetest breath in Hop
Bitters. See notice.
Homoeopathic Cough and Croup Syrup, 234 Sutter street.
Hallett, Davis & Co,'s Pianos. 13 Sansome street.
GEO. STREET, Agent Netcs Letter, 30 Cornhill, E. C, London.
IN CONSEQUENCE OF SPURIOUS IMITATIONS OF
LEA A I'l iEKi VN SAUCE, which are calculated to deceive
the public, Lea and Perrins have adopted A NEW LABEL, bearing their sig-
nature, thus, " LEA & PERRINS," which is placed on every bottle of WORCESTER-
SHIRE SAUCE, and without which none is genuine.
Ask for LEA & PERRINS' Sauce, and see name on wrapper, label, bottle and stop-
per. Wholesale and for export by the proprietors, Worcester ; Crosse & Blaekwell,
London, etc., etc., and by grocers and oilmen throughout the world.
Nov. 16. MESSRS. CROSS & CO. , Agents, San Francisco.
JOYCE'S SPORTING AMMUNITION.
[ESTABLISHED 1820.]
Tllhe attention of Sportsmen is invited to the following
I Ammunition, nf the best quality, now in general use throughout England,
India and the Colonies : Joyce's Treble Waterproof and F 3 Quality Percussion
Caps; Chemically- prepared Cloth and Felt Gun Wadding; Joyce's Gas-Tight Car-
tridges, for Pin-fire and Central-fire Breech-loading Guns ; Wire Cartridges, for killing
game at long distances, and every description of Sporting Ammunition. Sold by
all gun-makers and dealers in gunpowder.
FREDERICK JOYCE & CO. , Patentees and Manufacturers,
Sept. 20. 57 Upper Thames street, London.
ROWLAND'S
MACASSAR OIL strengthens the Hair and prevents it falling off. The bottles
have a glass stopper, and not a cork.
KALYDOR beautifies the Complexion and eradicates Freckles, Tan, Prickly Heat,
Eruptions, etc.
ODONTO whitens the Teeth, prevents and arrests decay, and gives a pleasing
fragrance to the breath.
EUKONIA is a new and delicate toilet powder.
Ask for ROWLAND'S articles, of 20, Ilatton Garden, London, and avoid cheap
imitations. Sold bv Druggists, Bazaars, etc., all over the world. May 3.
Asthma, and difficult breathing- arising from affections of
the Respiratory Organs, promptly relieved and paroxysms averted by
Datura Tatnla Inhalations, for which purpose the plant is prepared in
all the usual forms for smoking, and also as pastilles and powder for burning
jn a plate or censer. Jn
Asthma and Aualagons Diseases the superior efficacy of this plant,
prepared as above mentioned, has been for the last 40 years recognized by the
Medical Profession and the public in all parts of the world. Prepared only by
Savory A Moore. 143, New Bond-street. Testimonials accompanying each
box of Cigarettes, Cigars and Pastilles. Tins, in the economical form of tobacco,
and also in powder for burning, from 2s. 6d. to 21s. Of chemists, etc., everywhere.
[Juue 21.]
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
inestand Cheapest Heat -flavoring Stock: for Sonps, Made
Dishes and Sauces. March 2.
F
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT
[s a success and boon for which Nations shonld feel grate-
ful. See " Medical Press," " Lancet," " British Medical Journal," etc
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
Cantlon— Oennlne only with fac-simlle of Baron Liebig's
Signature, in blue ink, across Label. "Consumption in England increased ten-
old in ten years." March 2.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
To be had of all Store-fceepers, Grocers and Chemists. Sole
Agents for the United States (wholesale only), C. David & Co., 43, Mark Lane,
London, England. i March 2.
LANGLEY & MICHAELS,
'Wholesale Druggists,
Importers of Pnre English, French antl German Drugs,
PATENT MEDICINES, ETC.,
100 and 102 FRONT STREET,
San Francisco. [Sept, 6.
14
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS .LETTER AND
Feb. 28, 1880.
ANTAGONISTIC VIEWS OF CAPITAL AND LABOR.
We all know what widely differing views there are abroad as to the
conflicting interests of capital and labor. It is becoming the fashion to
say that the conflict is an irrepressible one, that muBt go on until one of
those two powers is triumphant over the other. We deny the statement,
and hasten to denounce it in the interests of the civilization of the age in
which we live. The truth is that there is a close mutuality of interests,
which cannot be severed without serious injury to both. To claim that
capital must in the end put labor under its heel is to argue that a condi-
tion of slave-holding on the one hand and of serfdom on the other are co-
relatively necessary. We believe the statement to be a wretched hetro-
doxy, utterly unworthy of countenance. To say that capital shall be at
the mercy of unreasoning labor is to propound a doctrine, the logical out-
come of which is communism. We have no idea that the extreme advo-
cates on either side intend to reach these conclusions, but the effect of
their arguments, followed out in logical sequence to the end, is to land
them there. It is, therefore, important that the problem of the relation-
ship that each interest properly holds to.wards the other should be clearly,
intelligently and rightly understood. With such an understanding gen-
erally prevailing, the occupation of the agitator and of the demagogue
would be gone, and capital and labor would see that mutual consideration
is necessary, and that any undue encroachment by either on the domain
of the other is an injury to both. That is the result to which education —
rightly so called— would bring us. The sooner, then, that all parties
reach that degree of educated thought, the better it will be for all of us.
This State is just now passing through a passionate feeling upon these sub-
jects that might be worthy of an era of barbarism, but is altogether dis-
creditable at this advanced period of the nineteenth century. Labor is
dictatorial, arbitrary and given to lording it over capital ; whilst Mr.
Moneybags, not being born to riches, and not having been trained to com-
prehend that wealth has its duties as well as its rights, is given to beUeve
that he has come by his gold through some heaven-born gift that exalts
him above the common herd, and leads him to put forth claims as to what
he may do with " his own," that are inadmissible, and which in the end
would be injurious to capital, if they were admitted. It is obvious that
both sides need to pass through a process of education on these subjects.
Some plain truth-telling is essential just now. Let us see what the claims
are which both sides put forward :
Capital.
The capitalist says: " My money
is my own to do what I will with it.
I came by it honestly ; anyhow, I
came by it, and mean to do what I
will with it. It is my right to buy
in the cheapest market and to sell in
the dearest. Labor is but a market-
able commodity, worth only j ust so
much as it will fetch. If Chinamen
work at the lowest rates, no man
has a right to seek to prevent me
employing them. Legislation, look-
ing to that end, is tyranny, and the
use of moral force is but a step from
that physical force which means riot
and bloodshed. The white man
must Bell his labor as low as the
Chinaman, or go under. It is not
my business to care for the working-
man. I brought him not into the
wdrld, and am not responsible as to
how he goes out of it. If he cannot
supply hi3 labor at the price capital
is willing to pay for it, then let him
go idle, and even starve, for it is no
portion of the duty of capital to pay
a premium on his desire to live. If
capital is to pay a subsidy on labor,
over and above what it can be ob-
tained for in the open market, then
it follows that a premium is paid for
it. If I can employ a Chinaman at
fifty cents per day, but am estopped,
and compelled to pay a white man
one hundred cents for the same
amount of work, then I am robbed
of fifty cents. I have to pay that
amount without any consideration
being given therefor. The working-
man becomes a recipient of my
bounty. If I pay the difference will-
ingly, he is the subject of my char-
ity. If it is forced from me, he is
a robber.' It matters not whether I
Buccumb to actual violence or only
to threats. In either case it is ex-
tracted from me against my will,
and becomes an act of spoliation and
larceny. It is the right of every
man to maintain inviolate the pos-
session of that which is his own.
The right to accumulate is inherent
in every man. We take not the
workingman's labor from him by
force. He has the right to sell it,
or to abstain from selling it, as he
pleases, but the capitalist has the
same right to deal with his money
as he pleases. There is no compul-
sion on either side. The laborer gets
the most money he can for his la-
bor, and I get the most labor I can
for my money. We are on a par,
our objects are the same. We are
both striving to do the best we can
with our own. I don't blame the
Labor.
The laborer says that he loves
not work for its own sake, but that
he must needs labor in order to gain
the wherewith to live. lie would
enjoy life without work if he could,
but, as he cannot, he is very willing
to sell his labor for money, or for
money's power to purchase the
things that are essential to life. He
says: " I live not to eat, but I must
eat to live. My necessity may be
as nothing to the capitalist, but it is
my necessity nevertheless. I came
not into the world by any conscious
act of my own; I was not consulted
about it, and now that I am here I
mean to make the best struggle I
can to remain as long as possible.
Life is sweet, and my life is sweeter
to me than anybody else's. Work
is not pleasant, but, disagreeable as
it is, I am willing to do as much
of it as may reasonably be expected
of a man, if, in return, I may but
obtain a fair share of the essentials
to civilized life. I covet no man's
goods. As much of them as I need
I air willing to give a quid pro quo
for, in the shape of labor. I have
nothing else to give, and if I cannot
get them for that then, in or-
der to live, I must have them
anyway. As I may not be strong
enough to take them unaided, I
shall he compelled to unite with my
fellows, and then, for a common as-
sistance, there will be a comm in di-
vision. Call this Communism, if
you will. I quarrel not with names.
It is the thing I am after. It is the
means to live I want, and, as I can
not get it by honest labor, I propose
to get it by a division of the fruits
of God's earth. I take from no man
his dearest possession — namely, life;
and I propose to permit no man to
take away mine. When capitalists
refuse me labor, at a price at which
I can live, then they deny me life
itself, and at that point the highest
instinct of man's nature comes in —
that of self-preservation. Besides,
what better title has the capitalist
to the goods found in his possession
than I have ? With a full belly I
am not given to inquiring too mi-
nutely into questions of title, but
with hard times upon me, and with
starvation staring me and my little
ones in the face, I begin to ask my-
self what better right has that man
to that vast store-house oE bread, so
immeasurably beyond his require-
ments, than I have 1 His case must
be, indeed, an exceptional one if I
cannot find flaws in his title. With
laborer, and, in like manner, he has
no right to censure me, much less
endeavor to coerce me into doing
that which I have no desire to do.
We are both free agents. I have the
same title to my "money that the
workmen has to his labor. If I had
the combined power and will to
force him to work for less than the
market price, and were to do so, I
should be guilty of robbery. Jf he
succeeds in compelling me to pay
more for his labor than I can get the
same amount of work done for by
others, then he robs me. The diffi-
culty is, to my mind, the simplest in
the world. I buy the cheapest la-
bor, which, in most cases, is Chinese
labor. If the white workingman
won't part with his at the same rate,
then he has got to stand aside and
let the Chinaman work. This is a
free country, the home of the op-
pressed of all nations. When Irish-
men first immigrated in large num-
bers to the East, they undersold the
native-born workers in the labor
market, whereat there was a great
cry, but it ran its course, and ran it-
self out. No one would now pro-
pose to exclude the Irish because of
the cheapness of their labor. So it
will be in regard to Chinese labor
in the end. The die is cast. Cheap
labor is here, and here it will re-
main until it gets acclimated, and
becomes as essentially American as
anything our country can boast of.
Race prejudices can never prevail in
a country made up of many races.
We are all directly or indirectly the
result of foreign importations. The
Indians objected, and still object,
to our presence. Still we are here,
and intend to remain. The Indian
refuses to be reconciled to the fact,
and has got to give way whether he
likes it or not. If any portion of
our population are determined to be
equally persistent in their objection
to the coming of the Chinese, they
will have to give way in like man-
ner. The world needs cheap sup-
plies, and it is the destiny of the
great American Republic to supply
them. The cheap labor of the Chi-
naman was all that was wanting to
enable the United States to conquer
the commercial supremacy of the
world. John has arrived when and
where he was most needed. He is
destined to work out the industrial
and commercial salvation of the
United States. He is just the kind
of working machine that capital was
in quest of. America had every
conceivable facility for producing
and manufacturing cheaply except
the all important element of cheap
labor. John came just in the very
nick of time to show us what he
could do. His marvelous usefulness
has been h\\\y demonstrated. Hence-
forth he is an American institution.
He is one of us. He will outlive all
the prejudices of this hour. It is
said that he does the work of white
women. Yes, he washes and cooks,
and sews and stitches, while white
women are only too happy to look
on in preferred idleness. Our Amer-
ican women are not workers. They
prefer husbands who will do their
work for them. Well, I think when
they get over their prejudices
against the Mongolian, they will
get what they want. John will do
the washing, and cooking, and sew-
ing and stitching, and withal will
make enough money to enable him
to marry Irishwomen, or American
ones, either, for the matter of that,
and keep them as decently and as
luxuriously as it will be good for
them to be kept. He is unequaled
as a "bread winner," and, as such,
will become a strong rival for the
affections of Caucasian women. I
tell you I have no patience with the
white laborer. If he won't work
and earn a living for a family, let
him give place to a Chinaman, who
will, when he has " his rights."
capital he has had power, and that
power he has used quite as arbi-
trarily, and with much less excuse,
than I should mine if I were to use
my strong arm to seize upon a por-
tion of his goods. Capital has united
to obtain labor at less than its
value — why should not labor unite i
to procure bread at less than its
value, or at no value at all, for the I
matter of that ? In scores of ways
the capitalist has used the power of
money inequitably, and in violation
of the abstract principles of justice.
He has taken advantage of my
weakness, why may I not take ad-
vantage of his? He had no excuse
but a love of gain for his action,
while I should have the very best
for mine. I should be driven by
that necessity which knows no law.
He became rich in a variety of ways
that encroached upon my rights; he
bought legislators to pass laws to
take money out of my pocket, and
put it into his; he corraled. by his
money, the very land which I and
my kind fought for, and annexed,
and brought under this Govern-
ment, God Almighty made this
earth as the common heritage of all
who are born on its surface, and,
though he put upon us the curse of
labor, he yet ordained that, for the
expenditure of the sweat of our
brows, we should reap the fruits of
the earth. That . highest, earliest
and best of laws has been repealed
and reversed by the power of cold
and hard gold, that is neither warm
to the touch nor capable of being
eaten, and which inherently has but
little value. It happened to be a
scarce metal, and so men used it for
money. To make it so, they created
a law. It was a capitalists' law.
We mean to unmake that law. The
power of money permeates all Gov-
ernmental concerns. The rich is .
made richer, and the poor poorer.
The Government takes the rich I
man's gold, hoards it and looks .
it up, and pays him interest for I
it. Where does it get the in- i
terest from? Why, from custoniB
dues, which are paid principally by ;
the many, who are poor. By lock ;
ing up bo much of the gold as the
rich man chooses to loan, the Gov-
eminent increases the value of that ,
which he prefers to use for the pur- j
poses of trade. Decrease the supply,
and you increase the value. You
create a fictitious price, and you en-
hance the power of money. The
Government's bonds are taken,
locked up and made to exact inter-
est. The Government's currency is
taken mainly by the poor, brings no i
interest, but yet circulates freely,
increasing trade, giving employ-
ment to the workingman, and caus-
ing fruitful blessings to multiply '
and increase. Abolish the rich man's
bonds, issue currency therefor, and \
money, which is strong enough in
any case, will not be made arti-
ficially powerful. When the rich I
man can show that he has come by
what he chooses to call " his own, '
by honest efforts, and through the
just and equitable enforcement of
exact and equal laws, then, and not
until then, may he accuse others of
that which capitplists, and not work-
ingmen, are now guilty, namely, of
robbery and spoliation. Gold is not
true wealth. Labor is. It takes
the raw material as it comes from
mother earth, and adds value— i. e.,
wealth — by every process of labor
through which it is made to pass.
Therefore the world can do without
gold, hut not without labor. Gold
is neither food nor raiment. Labor
produces both. I say, let us have a >
fair day's wage for a fair day's.
work. Let every man who wants it
have as much land as he can culti-
vate with his own hands, and let us
have upright laws, or, if they must
lean at all, let them lean toward
the weak. These things secured, all
else will follow. Above all, "The
Chinese Must Go !"
It is for the reader to judge whether we have not made as fair a state-
28, 1880.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISKK.
15
Um cm* of both ridea an they *rr in the habit of making for
«l Capital bta recently met, in the hall of the Chamber of
Commerce, to cotwider what coiiM t> done ft* dintrmaed labor at thin
Jnrture. A dhoMsian ensued which EnTatvad most «>f the questions in
■ D tabor and capital. It were ctow flattery of those rich
men Sneath and Gibbons particularly to aay that they put their rfwu
CMC as well as we have pre#ented it for them. We believe we have fairly
represented the average views ami the avenge intelligence of the capital-
fat We are very mire that we have done more than justice to the views
ef the average workinjrman. We have said fur htm what, at his best, he
Bid desire to say for himself,
fcring, then, reached a clear understanding of the argument on both
f, what is the outcome? Is truth wholly on one side and error en-
roll the other? Far from it. There is truth and error on both sides.
Thoiik'h it may worn to be true, in a certain very narrow sense, ^ that »
man- capital is his own, to do what he will with, yet it is not true in that
broad, liberal and statesmanlike sense in which the capitalist should deal
with so grave and. to him, so ticklish a question. Capital has its duties
as well as its rights. It owes a grateful requital in many directions. It
is indebted for best protection to organized society. It has, therefore, a
duty to perform toward that organization, which is, to weaken it at no
time, but to lend it strength in hours of weakness. If a large number of
the individuals of that corporate thing called Society arein want and
distress, then the organization is weak and in danger, and it is the duty
which capital owes to society, that, in return for long years of protection
and prosperity, it should do something to strengthen the weak spots in
the fabric t i there is distress in San Francisco it should be relieved ;
sot churlishly, but kindly and gracefully as well-to-do people would them-
selves desire to be assisted were their positions altered. That is the most
obvious duty of capital, and nothing more ueed be said on that part of the
case. The difficulty of the hour being met, there remains the ever recur-
ring questions, which we have permitted capital and labor to put in their
own way. In regard to those questions volumes have been written, and
the end is not yet. To cover the ground in the space of a short news-
paper article is therefore impossible. Yet it may be possible to briefly
tell a few truths. Capital is not independent of labor, nor labor of capi-
tal. The one is dependent upon the other. Capitol cannot be usefully
employed without labor, though labor may be usefully engaged to a limited
extent without capital. As the world of enterprise is constituted, they
are mutually dependent each on the other. He is, therefore, no friend
to either who antagonizes them. They are naturally friends and allies.
Labor earrs interest for capital, and capital gives employment for the
worker. When workingmen are very generally unemployed capital is
pretty sure to be in the same condition. When money is active and inter-
est high the workmen is busy and well paid. He, therefore, is no friend
to his kind who would try to produce irreconcilable differences. Two
passers-by, on a narrow track, if they both insisted on keeping in the
middle, would probably run foul of each other, and both would fall into
the ditch. The yielding of a little space by each would leave room for
both to pass in safety. So is it with capital and labor. If both insist on
abstract rights both come to grief. But mutual forbearance and con-
sideration are advantageous to both. Conciliation and comprom-
ise should be the watchwords to conjure with on both sides.
Abstract rights are easy to formulate, but most difficult to
maintain. That is true in every department of life. It is true in con-
ducting business, in traveling the streets, and it is nowhere more true
than in the family circle. It is most certainly true as between employer
and employed — between capital and labor. Compromise is the spirit of
the age in which we live. To give and take, to bear and forbear, to live
and let live, are all wise rules of conduct that are certainly no less appli-
cable to capital than to labor. If the capitalist and the laborer were to
stand upon the rights which are claimed on behalf of each, chaos and
confusion would be the result. The laborer would be relegated back to
pretty nearly bis primeval condition, and the capitalist's gold would be b; t
as dross in his vaults. The locomotive would rust in the round house,
the telegraph would be silent, steamships would be laid up, and the great
husy world of commerce would cease to move onward, if it were not for
a happy combination and mutuality of interests between capital and
labor. Through an unhappy conjunction of affairs, neither capital nor
labor have been productive of late in this State. Suddenly the Comstock
lode ceased to give forth its accustomed millions, profitable investment for
money became scarce, and interest fell to an abnormally low rate. No
new enterprises were set on foot, and no channels for employment were
opened up. The capitalist sought in vain for profitable investments, and
the laborer lacked work. Instead of looking the difficulty square in the
face, and each yielding something, in order to help the other to tide over
the hard time, they took to mutual recrimination. The workingman be-
came an agitator, and talked agrarianism and communism. He insisted
upon quack remedies that have only increased the original disease. The
capitalist, timid as his wont, buttoned up his pockets, made fast his
money-bags, and withdrew from active business, and most mistakenly
imagined that the complaints of the workingmen were the cause, and not,
as in truth they were and are, the effect of hard times. Both parties have
greviously mistaken their real ills. The sooner they arrive at a correct
diagnosis of their respective ailments, the sooner will the health of the
whole body politic be restored to a sound, vigorous and healthy condition.
Meanwhile, capital sulks and hides itself, and labor talks a communism
that it does not mean. Mutual forbearance and conciliation should now
be in order. A mutual determination to take hold of the great resources
of the State, and develop them into wealth and its attendant prosperity*
would soon revive all hearts, set all hands at work, untie the moneybags,
and make Californians once again proud of their noble State. Where is
the man and what is his name who will do the most to bring about this
happy reapproachment between capital and labor ? Before him lies as
grand an opportunity as was ever offered a public-spirited citizen. In this
good work all may be helpers. They should be. The restoration of con-
fidence in our State, and in every interest in it, should be the inspiring
cry, the refrain of which should be taken up and sung right merrily by
each one of us. H".
St. John's Presbyterian Church, Post street, between Mason and
Taylor. Rev. Dr. W. A. Scott, Pastor, preaching as usual Sunday at 11
A.M. and 7.J p.m. Sunday School and Bible Class, 9£ a. m. Prayer and
Praise Service, 6£ p.m.
The eagle on a ten dollar gold piece is worth two in the bush.
CRADLE, ALTAR. AND TOMB.
CRADLE.
Atrr In this city, rYt.nurv 1Mb, to thf wife n( c. K. Avar, a son.
Bam Inttns.ity. February 21st, to too wife of A.I, Bndt.ason.
DaVIXDORT In this ,-ity, hVt.ni/.rv Mtb, to the wife of J. P. Davenport, ft daughter.
II ar hi* hi this rily. K.tiniiirv Mth, t" thfi wife of D. Harris, a Bon.
LjDBumr— In tins riiy. February 23d, t-> tin wife of A. Lcemann, n son.
Mi HOWTLn -Iii thli enty, February Wth, !•■ the wilt of J. Mnndwyler, a daughter.
Koss - In tins i-ity, Fvtmiim Slut, to tin wif,- of J. P. Ross, n sun."
SroNR-In this city, February 88d, to Um win of Wm. R. Stone, a daughter.
Bksllt— In this .iiy, February 16th, to tho wife of Frank P. Skelly, a daughter.
Vam-hk —hi this city, February 21st, to the wife of H. Vandre, a Bon.
ALTAR.
PiNLAr-STROxo-In this citv, February 22d, David A Dunlap to Sarah E. Strong.
Kirciimann-Hitxtemann- In this city, Fob. 22d, H. Kirchmann to J. Huntemann.
LACiiUANS-BLrM— In this city, February 22d, A. J. Lachroan to Amelia Blum.
Lainf.li-.McCr ath- In this city, January 31st, J. G. Lained to Isabelle McGrath.
Noll- Bit yer— In thiH city, February 24th, JoBeph Nolt to LouiBa Beyer.
STOLZ-FKRNBicn-Iii this city, February 21st. Peter Stolz to Catherine Fcrnbach.
Tittkl-Gracie -In this city, February 92d, Frank C. Tittet to Catherine Oracle.
Urkn-Behlos— In this city, February 21st, Henry Urcn to Mary T. Behlon.
WiKsE-WcESTBFKLD— In this city, February 28d, John Wiese to Mary WueBtefeld.
TOMB
Adams — In this city, February 24th, Mrs. Frances R. Adams, aged 28 years.
Baxter— In this city, February 24tb, Mary Baxter, aged 88 years.
Bowie— In this city, February 23d, Agnes Bowie, aged 13 years.
Brady— In this city, February 23d, Henrietta Brady, aged 41 years.
Corkkry— In this city, February 24th, Charles Corkcry, aged 75 years.
Donnovan— In this city, February 24th, Catharine Donnovan, aged 20 years.
Gaubatz— In this city, February 2Jth, Ann M. Gaubatz, aged 7°. years.
Green — In Honolulu, December 8th, 1871), Hebecca Green, aged 22 years.
McDevitt — In this city, February 24th, John McDevitt, aged 25 years.
Martin— In this city, February 19th, John F. C. Martin, aged 66 years.
O'Louqhlih— In this city, February 23d, Mary O'Loughlin, aged 23 years.
Rich— In this city, February 23d, Adelaide Rich, aged 49 years.
Smith— In this city, February 25th, Mrs. Clizabeth Smith, aged 84 years.
Wrigut— In this city, February 23d, Mrs. M. E. Wright, aged 35 vears.
SIGNAL SEKVICE METEOROLOGICAL REPORT, WEEK
ENDING FEB. 26, 1880, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Highest and JLoioest Barometer.
Fri. 20. Sat. 21. Sun. 22 Mon. 23 Tue 24. Wed 25 Thr26
30.070
29.990
10.070 30.123 30.165 30.272 30.289
29. 970 30. 013 30. 078 30. 165 30.183
Maximum and Minimum Thermometer.
30.176
29.948
50
42
55
54
46
56
43
49 53
45 44
Mean Daily Humidity.
74.7 | 81.0 | 86.0 | 83.7 | 88.7 | 86.3 | 82.0
Prevailing Wind.
SE. | SE. | SE. | W. | W.
Wind—Miles Traveled.
156 | 139 | 93
State of Weather.
Cloudy. | Cloudy. J Fair.
It a in fall in Tuyenty-four Hours.
| .33 | .06 | .04 | .01
I
I
I
Fair. | Cloudy.
I
| Fair. | Fair.
I
Total Main During Season beginning Jfuly 1, 3879. .13.40 inches
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
Tbe Company's steamers will sail as follows at 12 M:
CITY OF TOKIO, March 20th— CITY OF PEKING. May lst^for YOKO-
HAMA and HONGKONG.
GRANADA, March 9th, for PANAMA and NEW YORK, calling at MAZALAN,
SAN BLAS, MANZANILLO and ACAPULCO, connecting at Acapulco with Cora-
S any's Sttamer for all Central American ports— calling at SAN JOSE .DE GUATE
[ALA and LA LIBERTAD to land passengers and mails.
Tickets to and from Europe by any line for sale at the lowest rates ; also to Ha-
vana and all West India ports.
CITY OF SYDNEY, March 15th, at 12 o'clock M., or on arrival of the English
mails, for HONOLULU, AUCKLAND and SYDNEY. $10 additional is charged for
passage in Upper Saloon.
Round the World Trip, via New Zealand and Australia, $650. Tickets also issued
from San Francisco to New York via New Zealand and Australia.
CITY OF CHESTER, March 1st, for VICTORIA, PORT TOWNSEND, SEATTLE,
and TACOMA, connecting at TACOMA with Northern Pacific Railroad for PORT-
LAND,. Oregon, and at Seattle with l"cal steamers for Skaget River and Mines.
Tickets must be purchased before 11 a.m. on day of sailing, at Wharf Office.
For freight or passage apply at the office, cor. First and Brannan streets.
Feb. 28. WILLIAMS, DIMOND & CO.. General Agents.
JOHN JENNINGS
Hooper's South End Warehouses, corner Japan and Town-
send streets, San Francisco. First-class Fire-Proof Brick Building, capacity
10,000 tons. Goods taken from the Dock and the Cars of the C. P. R. R. and S. P.
R. R. free of charge. Storage at Current Rates. Advances and Insurance Effected.
CREATEST WONDER OF THE AGE.
Suspended Wire Cushion Parlor Billiard Table. A new
California invention. Call at No. 28 New Montgomery street. Patent applied
for. Agents wanted. [Feb. 21.] S. R. MATHEWSON & CO.
JOHN G. AYRES,
Stock and Exchange Broker, No. 429 1'allfornia street, San
Francisco, will buy and sell Bonds and Stocks of every kind, and on proper
Collaterals negotiate Loans of various amounts, including those on first-class City
and Country Real Estate, at satisfactory_rates. Feb. 21.
R. H. LLOYD,
Attorney-at-Law, Room 13, Nevada Block.
$777
a year and expenses to agents. Outfit Free. Address,
June 7. ] P. O. V1CKERY, Augusta, Maine.
16
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Feb. 28, 1880.
UPON THE THRESHOIiD.
Once more we stand with half reluctant feet
Upon the threshold of another year ;
That line where Past and Future seem to meet
In stronger contrast than they do elsewhere.
Look back a moment — does the prospect please,
Or does the weary heart but sigh regret?
Can Recollection smile, or, ill at ease
With what is past, wish only to forget ?
Say — canst thou smile when Memory's lingering gaze
Once more recalls the dying year to sight ?
Would'st thou live o'er again those changing days,
Or bid them fade forever into night ?
A solemn question — and the faltering heart
Scarce cares say "Yes," but cannot quite say " No; "
Fhr Jor and Sadness both have played their part
In making up the tale of "long ago."
Here Memory sees the golden sunlight gleam
Across the path of life and shine awhile ;
And now the picture changes like a dream,
And sorrow dims the eyes and kills the smile.
So — it has gone — where all has gone before j
The moaning wind has sung the dead year's dirge ;
Time's waves roll on against the crumbling shore ;
And sinks the wornout barge beneath the surge.
Here ends the chequered page of prose and verse —
Of shapely words and lines writ all awry.
There they must stand for better or for worse ;
So shut the book, and bid the year good-bye !
— Chamber's Journal.
ARRIVAL OF THE AUSTRALIAN MAIL.
The mail steamer "City of Sydney" arrived, with her customary
punctuality, on Tuesday morning, bringing a fair number of passengers,
considering the season of the year. Our exchanges are, as usual, numer-
ous, with the exception of those from Sydney. News likely to be inter-
esting, even to resident Australians, is quite meagre. The old year seems
to have joined the by-gone generations, and the new one entered on its
career in quietude and peace.
Politics in Victoria had not arrived at that condition which could be
called, lively. The Liberals and Conservatives were, when the mail closed,
furbishing up their armor for the coming struggle. Melbourne Punch.
alone seems to be waging war to the knife with caricatures, prose and
verse, and taxiDg the ingenuity of artists to render each new caricature of
the Ministry more offensive than the last. There was a public meeting
held early in January in the Melbourne Town Hall, Sir John O'Shanassy
presiding, to gather subscriptions for tbe relief of the starving poor in
Ireland, which maintains the high reputation of the Australian people for
relieving public distress where it occurs, irrespective of race or creed.
More than $15,000 were received in the hall, one English gentleman, W.
T. Clarke, subscribing fjj>2,500. By telegram, January 15th, we learn that
the sum of £5,000 ($25,000) was forwarded to the Lord Mayor of Dublin
as a first installment of the Irish Relief Fund.
Some years ago Mr. Gilbert produced a comedy called The Wicked
World, which was produced with much success at the Theater Royal,
London. This has been recently parodied by Mr. ^Beckett, and styled
The Sappy Land. "When presented in London at one of the principal
theaters it served as a vehicle for satire on several of the Ministers of the
Crown, who were mercilessly held up to ridicule. It was, however,
promptly stopped by the Lord Chamberlain. In Melbourne it was pro-
posed to follow out the same idea, and to represent on the stage Messrs.
Berry, Woods and W. Collard Smith. But it was XJromptly stopped by
the Government, as far as licensed theaters are concerned. The papers,
in consequence, make merry at the thought that there exists no power to
suppress Punch, so long as he directs his fun and satire at public charac-
ters and keeps well away from attacking private life.
For many years, efforts have been made in New South Wales and Vic-
toria, and great sums of money spent upon plans and apparatus, to insure
the arrival in England of fresh meat by the carcass, but until now with-
out success. The problem, has, however, now been solved, as the follow-
ing demonstrates: A telegram received at Sydney states that the meat
venture by the Strathleven has so far proved a success ; and since the
passage of the Red Sea has been satisfactorily got over, there is very little
doubt as to the entire success of the undertaking, and that in the course
of a very short time fresh meat from Australia will be placed on the
London market.
"I have an infirmity of the eyes," remarked a dismal man to a
well-to-do Pawtucket citizen. '• Won't you just examine this, and see if
I have been cheated ?"' The citizen thus accosted took the article in his
hands and inspected it. It was a book, brand new, and with uncut leaves.
"Would you give two .dollars and a-half for such a book as that?" con-
tinued the man with the defective eye-sight. " Certainly," replied the
citizen. "Is it full of plates and pictures?" "It is," replied the resi-
dent, unhesitatingly. " Is the binding substantial, as well as ornamental?"
" Beautiful ! " was the answer. "And yon are quite sure that you would
give two dollars and a-half for such a noble book as this?" continued the
inquirer. " In a minute," he replied. " Well, then, take it," said the
book-agent. " I have a hundred and fifty more just like it in the express
office. I can change a five. You will not be robbing me." The citizen
took the book, carried it to the Falls, dropped it into the seething caul-
dron of whitening water, entered his house by the back door, and went
up softly to bed.
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
Recorded, in the City and County of San Francisco. California, for
the Week ending February S3, 1880.
Compiledfrom the Mecords of the Commercial Agency, 401 California St. , S. F.
Tuesday, February 17th.
GBANTOK AND GRANTEE.
DESCRIPTION.
Drury Melone to Chas G Hooker.
L Maynard to A N Drown
Same to W F Babcock
A N Drown to same
M F S Hopkins to E W Hopkins. .
F Korchers to Isabella Powers...,
Same to Anna M Borchers
Chas H Harrison to C H Hancock
G L Bradley to Natl Gd Bk & TCo
W J Gnnn toWm Hass et al
E B Robertson to Lucy Robinson.
E Weymar to Harriet M Libbey. . .
Charles L Kemp to Mary R Kemp
C Dorris to Nellie T Maloney. .
Jas Brannon to City and Co of S F
A Van Den Bergh to M McAvoy .
Julia Van den Bergh to same ....
Same to same *
Sw Commercial and Montgom'y, 18&43:6
Nw California and Battery, 70x1 2r:9. . . .
Same
Same
Se Sntter and JoneB, e 40x125
Lots 18 and 39, bik 111, Missn View Hd
West Baker, 1 00 6 Sutter, 25x100
Se Kearny and Chestnut, 114x91:8
Shotwell 185 n 21st, n 130x122:6
N Valley, 151:8 w Church, 25:8x114
S Fulton, 109:9 w Van Ness, 27:6x120..
Sundry Homestead lots
W Leavenworth, 62:6 s Union, s 75 x w
25:6— 50-v 1202..
W Leavenworth, 137:6 n Turk, n 27:6 x
137:6— 50-vara 168
Streets and highways
Undivided 3-5th, s Vallejo, 137:6 e Mont-
gomery, e 36x57:6
Same
Same
5,0
16501
2,0
6CH
m
275 I
Gift!
Gift
6,250 1
Wednesday, February 18th.
Alexander Mann to Sara Mann.. .
J G Klumpke to Chas Harriman..
Peter Dean to Putk Cassiday
Matilda A Hein to Jno Hein
Herman L Levy to M P Minor. . . .
Mark Noon to J B Lewis
Chas C Lyons to Patrick Doyle. . . ,
Hugh Flynn to W C Flint ,
E W Burr to Saml Cowles.
H P Fletcher to Isaac Fletcher. . . .
Wm Alvord to Mary Barden
Caroline Hawes to J Lowney ....
Jno Landers to A P Hotaling
Saml Rea to Jno Graff. ,
Jos Wores to Louise Ullmann..
Lot 39, blk 9, Flint Tract Homestead .
N Sacramanto, 100 w Druram, 25x119:9
N Valley, 130 w Sanchez. 25x114
Sundry lot? throughout city
S Clay, e Gough, 55x127:8, snbj to mortj
Se Sherwood, 220 ne3d,ne 17x65 ,
E Capp, 195 n 26th, 65x115— M B 182, lot
7, blk 325 S SF Hd and R R Assn._ _ .
S 19th, 155 e Sanchez, e 100x114, subject
to mortgage for $1 ,000, and also lots
76, 78, 80, 82 and 84 Holladay Map A. ,
N Vallejo, 82:6 e Gough, n 137:6x171:2,
n Vallejo, n Vallejo, 110:4 w Franklin
n 275, e 110:4 s 207:6, w to com
Se Pine and Broderick, e 23x29
Lot 31, blk 211, O'Neil & Haley Tract .
NeDorc, 229, nw Bryant 24x85
Sundry Outside Lots subject to mortg
for $9,000
Undivided M— 100-v 114
Nw Market, 113:11 ne 14th, 25xl00-also
ne 2d, 137:6 nw Harrison, nw 68:9x125
■ 351
Gif
20,0001
15,000 :
7,000 ■
100 f
900i H
21,000
1
Thursday, February 19th.
2,450
MJMD Bensley to M L Tarente.
C Bartholomew to T F Loughran.
T F Loughran to Mary Loughran.
T B Valentine to S Garrassino. . . .
S Crim to Gus Wacker
The R E Associates to W Hollis. .
M P Minor to Fanny B Minor ....
GeoC Bode to RobtRoxby
Hannah H Bell to Sophronia Bee.
Sundry properties throughout city 1$ 10 II
E Devisdo, 77:8 n Sacto, 25x81:3 1.600-1
Same | Gift!
Lots 9, 10 blk 11 West End Map 2 1
W Alabama, 260 n 24th, n 26x100 1 700 I
S Sutter, 87:6 w Buchanan, w 50x137:6. .1 51
S Clay, 82:6 e Gongh. 55x127:8 I 20.000i
Blk 6. Sunny Vale Hd 14,000i|
W Castro, 54:3 a 15th, s 17:6x120 I C
Friday, February 20th.
L L Robinson to Frank Raymond
Frank Raymond to N Atkinson.. .
Geo Rosewell to Wm W Connor. .
Same to Griffith B Griffiths
Sophronia Bee to Hannah H Bell.
Jos T Burns et al to Jas H Barns.
Jas H Burns to Jos T Burns
Isaiah W Lees to Paul Roussett..
Rodger Hart to Jerry Sheehan....
Bernard H Daly to Celia Mahon. .
Mary A Thomas to J H Thomas..
S F Savs Union to Dan B McNeill
Jno E A Helms to S A McClintock
Eilzth Murray to R Benkelmann..
Bd Tide Ld Comrs to J Lanahan. ,
B Roy et al to Jaunt Thorn
MichlDalton to Geo W Frink....
E Fillmore, 28 n Sacramento, n 75x90:6.
Same
Nw Capp and 26th, w 30x65
N 26th and Capp, w 28:4x65
W Castro, 36:9 a 15th, 17:6x120
Se Battery and Pine, o 62:6x30
Same
S Grove, 40:5 w Scott, w 73:7, s 260, etc.
N Post, 150 w Baker, w 25x137:6
W Dale, 117:6 s Tyler, 20x60
Und 1-Sth, e Mission, 190 e 18th, 30x122
Nw Market, 473 sw Church, nw 116:1, s
20:8, pw 11:3, se 100. ne 25 to com ....
Lots 7, 8, blk 30, lot 25, blk 5, City Land
Association
W R R av, 65 s 8th av, s 131:8, ne 49, ee
to beginning; sub blk 167 O'Neil and
Haley Tract
Se Clarey, 250:1 ne 22:11x75
Lot 194, blk 34 Mission and 30th St Hd.
N Haight, 247.6 w Webster, n 276, w 4,
so ofa point, w 6, s 137:6 e 22 to com.
$ 153
1,000'J
1,150 I
2,1110 ,
1 ,200
6 J
Gift: i
Saturday, February 21st.
CarlC Falleniuset al to Isaac Selig
Henry Harmon to Helen Harmon
Wm Bosworth to MaryMellin
Mary McDonald to Margt FolliB..
J C Duncan to Aitken Montgomery j
J S Aleraany to Robt Newell....
Martin Kedon to Jeremiah Clifford
W Hollis to Real Est & Bldg Aera
Anna G Oopgrift to C J Wingerter
E J Mint urn to Mary O'Connell...
Martha Cahen to La Soc Francaise
Nw Van Ness and Fulton, 120x100:9.
Nw Nil to ma, 200 ne 6th, 25x80
Lot 12 blk 52 Paul Tract Hd
N Vallejo 209:6 w Baker, w 48x150. . .
Lots 45, 47, 48, blk 25 City Land iss'n.j
S Pt Lobos Ave, 65:6 e Masonic Ave, etc
Sw Church and Army, s 50x80
S Sutter, 87:6 w Buchanan, 50x137:6....
Nw Jackson and Webster, 137:0x127:8..
Por lot 12 blk 364 S S F Hd & R R Assn
NFell, 82:6 w Octavia, 25x120
30,501)
if
ll
450
360
750
1
3,750
0,500
185
5,000
Monday, February 23d.
C S Benedict to Chas E Boman.. .
E Hartman to Madeline Hartman.
Jno Mason to Jos Conroy
Paul Rousset to Isaiah W Lees. .
Peter Woll to Edwd Moan
A S Wexel to F Hufschmidt
Gustav Leipnitz to City & Co S F
Cornelius O'Hanlon to P Keane..
Jno Landers to Wm Freeborn ....
Robt Neely to Rienzi Hughes
Geo Edwards to Jno W Fulton....
Same to Cath Turner
Same to D Killeen
WFNclsontoH AlcCormick ....
Lots 11 and 12, blk 13, Flint Tract Hd.. 3 50C
W 1st Ave, 125 n 15th, n 30x100 Gift
Lots 40, 42, 42, blk 22, City Land Aas'n Gift
N Haves, 120 w Lott, n 14:S, sw 239, etc S
N" St Roscb, 192:6 w Wood , e 17:6, etc . . | 2C
S Fell. 107:6 e Buchanan, 27:6x120 | 1,800
Se Valencia, 547:2 s Serpentine Ave, etc 64c
N Clipper, 203:8 e Church, 25:5x114 73E
Sw Market and Church ; sw 205, se etc. 1
Se Howard, 135 sw 3d, 20x80 5,10C
E Chattanooga, 100 s 23d, s 25x117 2,10(
S 24th, 80 w CaBtro, w 25x114 1,5«
8 23d, 32 e Chattanooga, e 22x100 1,80(
Und halt', n Filbert, 30 w Taylor, w 30 x
60, w Taylor, 60 n Filbert, n 22:6x90—
50-v 447 subj to mortgage . 4 20(
Feb. 38, 1880.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
17
■The World," the Flesh, and the Devil.
By a Truthful Penman.]
Miss '" Dudu " Fletcher, author of that clever book Kismet, who »ms
to have been Lady Went worth, is dangerously ill of braiu-fever, and her
feel the greatest anxiety about her. There have been so many
conflicting rumors about the rupture of the engagement with Lord Went-
worth, that a word or two of truth will not come amiss. The wedding
had been fixed to take place in Rome on the last day of the past year.
Everything seemed to be going smoothly, when suddenly (and on Christ-
mas day, too, of all days) Miss Fletcher received a letter from his lord-
ship, absent in England, which must have contained unwelcome intelli-
gence indeed, for the result was that, after reading it, she became uncon-
faottft, and that evening three doctors were in consultation at her bedside.
Sin*-.- that time, with brief intervals, when she appeared somewhat better,
Miss Fletcher has been most seriously ill, and the gravest fears are now
entertained as to her recovery. Among the Americans here, the greatest
sympathy is naturally felt for their gifted young countrywoman, and
Lord Wentworth (whether with reason or not, of course I am unable to
say) is very severely criticised. — ll ficmus," in l^ondon TFoWd.— -Here is
another proof— if such were wanting — that the Irish are fitted to govern
themselves. At Arklow, in Galway, the medical officer of health found
it necessary, in consequence of the state of the water in them, to close
three town pumps. Now, typhoid fever being evidently, like the suffrage,
a right, not a privilege, of freeborn men, this act of almost saxon tyranny
was fiercely resented by the boys of Arklow, who proceeded first to at-
tempt to burn the dastardly doctor in his own house, and then to hold a
brutal constable who interfered under a tar-barrel and " very seriously in-
jure " him. These spirited acts come in well at the present time to show
us that the " yoke of landlordism " has not quite crushed all the manhood
out of Erin's sons.- -" The Chiel" in Vanity fair.— —A gentleman who
has just returned from Berlin, states that the new hotel which is to be
opened in that city during next winter will be something altogether be-
yond what we have in this country. It will contain improvements hith-
erto unthought of, even by our American cousins, and will possess, among
other things, a theater, a palm-garden, and Anglican chapel, a Synagogue,
a Lutheran chapel, rooms veneered with green and yellow marble, a colos-
sal fountain in the courtyard, and too many other things to enumerate
here. It is, however, to be one of the wonders of the continent.— —Mr.
G. A. Sala, who is making a tour through the United States, shortly after
sailing from the shores of Erin, deferentially asked an ancient mariner,
who was swabbing the Cunard steamer Scythia's quarter-deck, what he
thought of the then weather outlook. The reply of the ancient mariner
was oracular in its ambiguity, but still it was much to the point. " Them
as likes a good dinner," quoth he, "had better get it to-day."-^— The
two Empresses of China are the most extravagant women on the face of
the earth. Last year they spent on dress 250,000 taels. The high digni-
taries of the empire have remonstrated with these Imperial ladies, but
without success. The younger of the two Empresses, who has just en-
tered her seventeenth year, has declared to the State Treasurer that she
has literally nothing to wear except a red velvet garment covered with
seed pearls, and that, unless more money is forthcoming, she will decamp
into Tartary and take the Emperor with her. As the Emperor is still an
infant in arms, he has naturally no voice in the matter. The Empress is
an ardent advocate of women's rights, and she will probably have another
aeed pearl dress, even if China becomes bankrupt in consequence.^— "It
is singular that hitherto no speculative exhibitor has thought of bringing
over a batch of Nautch girls ; we now hear that that novelty will be of-
fered Londoners this year.^^It is not often that a clairvoyant comes off
so triumphantly as did a young lady named " Louie," who claims the pos-
session of second sight, did at Nottingham the other day. It appears
that a Mr. William Nicholl, a well-known man on the turf, without abso-
lutely expressing disbelief as to the young lady's powers, declared him-
self sufficiently incredulous to offer Louie a five-pound note provided she
could tell its number and the bank on which it was drawn. The chal-
lenge was instantaneously accepted, the correct number and name of the
bank given without a moment's hesitation, and the note was handed to
the fair artist amid much applause. The lady certainly deserved it.^—
Mr. Ruskin has just said what he considers a good thing about war. It
is this: " You fancy you are sorry for the pain of others. Now, I tell
you just this, that if the usual course of war, instead of unroofing peas-
ants' houses and ravaging peasants' fields, merely broke the china upon
your own drawing room tables, no war in civilized countries would last a
week." — Court Journal. According to an American paper, there is to
be the " biggest show in the world " at New York, in 1883. The modesty
of the Americans is proverbial, and Mr. Secretary Sherman fully sustains
the reputation of his c untrymen in this respect. He told the deputation
that waited upon him to propose that an International Exhibition should
be held in 1883, that the United States could beat the world at every-
thing. In the production of coals and minerals they had no rival ; their
manufactures were more extensive and varied than those of any other
country in the world ; and they had no competitors in agriculture, en-
gineering capability, or scientific knowledge. He further told them that
New York was the "Empire city of the World." It will be very hard
after this if Mr. Sherman loses the Presidential election. — Court Circular.
— ^The French correspondent of the London Morning Advertiser says:
A wine-grower near Cugneaux, in the department of the Haute-Garonue,
on tasting his new wine found it had a most peculiar and unusual flavor.
He had the vat emptied, and found at the bottom of it the corpse of one
of his vintners, who had been missing since last September. The author-
ities have forbidden the sale of this extraordinary wine, but, curiously
enough, they will allow it to be made into brandy. Lovers of French
brandy who object to human alcohol would do well to take to beer for
some time to come.
E. M. Fry.
FRY, WATTLES & CO., J. B. Wattles.
Stock Broken,
SOS Montgomery Ktrrci. N. r., under the Kevncln Bank.
t3f Money to loan on active account*. Nov. 8.
ato. c. Htoiox.
E. C. McFaklake.
GEORGE C. HICKOX & CO.,
CtomnilNslon Ntork Broken x.m rrnnclaco Stock Ex-
J ODAQgO, No. 119 Hontgomerj street, Ban Francisco. May 4.
James H. Grossman.] [H. F. Baker, O.E., Mining Engineer.
CROSSMAN & BAKER,
Mine Broken, sat Pine street, Sn,n Francisco. CMlforntn
Milling Properties Examined, Survival and Reported mi j lire and .Mineral!
Assayed or Analyzed ; Sales Negotiated or Capital procured tor development,
nections in London, Paris. Berlin, Vienna, Now York, Boston, Philadelphia,
i -i ... i ..iii. ii.. i i ii. . ... . '
more, St. Louis and Chicago.
lierals
Con-
Hall.i-
Jan. 17.
REMOVAL.
GUS. V. DANIELS,
Successor to Tnomns * Dnnlels, of Cnlifornla Faint Com-
pany s House Painting Department. House, Sign and Ship Painting, and Pa-
per Hanging. Walls Repaired, Whitened or Tinted any shade or color. All orders
promptly attended to and work guaranteed.
Jin- "■ 410 JACKSON STKKET, bet. Montgomery and Sansome sts.
TRANSATLANTIC FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY"
Of Hamburg.
(Capital, $1,500,000, U. S. ©old Coi-t.-Losses Paid in Gold
J Coin immediately after Adjustment. This Corporation holds contracts of fif-
teen other European Insurance Companies, re-insuring by far the greater part of
every risk, as soon as accepted in our office. The combined subscribed Capitalwhich
our policies therefore offer to the public amounts to §17,287,500, U. S. Gold Coin, of
which §4,403,750 is paid up, besides the always available Reserve Funds.
GEORGE MARCUS & CO., General Agents for Paci6c Coast,
Feb. 7. No. 304 California street.
SCHWAB & BREESE,
New Art Oallery, 024 Market street, opposite Palace Hotel.
Oil Paintings, Engravings, Wax and Artists' Materials.
Eg" ADMISSION FREE. , Sept. 13.
SNOW & CO.,
No. 20 Post street, opposite Mechanics' Institute, Import-
ers and Manufacturers of Pictures, Frames, Mouldings, and Artist's Ma-
criala. Established 1849. Sept. 20.
W. K. VICKERY,
are Engravings ami Etchings, 126 Kearnystreet (Thar low
Block, Room 8), San Francisco. Office Hours, from 1 to 5 P.M. Jan. 17.
R
BRITISH BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF CAL.
Attendance, daily, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., by the under-
signed, to receive subscriptions and donations, and to furnish all information
relating to the Society. J. P. McCURRIE, Secretary,
Oct. 23. 730 Montgomery street.
WILLIAM P. HUMPHREYS,
Late City and County Surveyor, has removed to No. 629
WASHINGTON STREET, where he will continue to practice his profession.
All Surveys and Estimates guaranteed. Dec. 20.
CALIFORNIA SUGAR REFINERY,
Manufacturers of the Standard Syrup, a superior article
put up in barrels expressly for home, consumption. Also, Extra Heavy Syrup
in barrels for Export. Refined Sugars at lowest market rates. Office, 215 Front
street, up stairs. Dec. 21.
CUMBERLAND MINE,
Yavapai County. Arizona. Office: No. 417 California St.,
San Francisco, California. President, GEORGE M. CIPRICO. Secretary, J
H. GRIFFITHS. Office Horns : 2 f..m. daily. Oct. 11.
JOSEPH GILLOTT'S STEEL PENS.
Gold Medal, Paris, 187S.
old by all Stationers. Sole Agent for the United States:
MR. HENRY HOE, 91 John street, N Y. Jan. 5.
s
COKE CHEAPEST FUEL.
Reduction in Price : Wholesale Price, QO cents per harrel ;
Retail Price, 60 cents per barrel, at the works of the SAN FRANCISCO GAS-
LIGHT COMPANY, Howard and First streets, and foot of Second at. Jan. 12.
REMOVAL."
Samuel Irving, Successor to Anderson & Irving, Dealer in
Gentleman's Furnishing Goods, has removed to No 206 KEARNY STREET.
A full line of all descriptions of Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods constantly on hand,
at the lowest prices Jan. 31.
D. V. B. Henarie. ......... „ Edward Martin.
E. MARTIN & CO.,
Importers and "Wholesale Dealers in Wines and Liquors.
Proprietors of Miller's Extra Old Bourbon and J. F. Cut-
ter Extra Old Bourbon and Rye Whiskies.
April 6. 408 Front Street, San Francisco.
HIBERNIA BREWERY,
Howard Street, Between Eighth and Ninth.
Dec. 7] M. NUN JJN, Proprietor.
AGENTS, READ THIS!
We will pay Agents a salary of SlOO per mouth and ex-
penses, or allow a large commission, to sell our new and wonderful
inventions. We mean what we say. Sample Free.
Address SHERMAN & CO., Marshall, Mich.
J. A. HUNTER, M. D.,
No. 331 Sutter street, devotes Special Attention to Catarrh,
Deafness, Bronchitis, Asthma, Consumption, and all ailments of the Throat,
Lungs and Heart. Dec. 27.
18
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
Feb. 28, 1880.
"BIZ.
The month of February has been one of great disappointment to us,
so far as the promised business " boom " at the opening of the year pre-
dicted. The meeting of the Legislature in January, for the purpose of
putting the new State Constitution into working order, has not yet ful-
filled its mission, and the business of our Courts continues to be crippled
on that account. We have also a revival of the Sand-lot Kalloch-Kearney
mission to stir up all the evil passions of men. We have the " Chinese
Must Go " agitation to its fill, and many fear that we are on the verge of
riotous action, in order to drive out the Mongolian element, so obnoxious
to the Workingmen's party. Our citizens are devising ways and means to
alleviate actual suffering among the poor and needy that are deserving of
assistance. Our Supervisors are, under the new Constitution, helpless to
afford needed relief were they disposed to grant it. It is, therefore,
not to be wondered at that capital is timid, and seeks investment else-
where. Our capitalists and well-to-do citizens are not to be brow-beaten
and intimidated by the parading of hundreds of men through our streets,
carrying banners, "The Chinese Must Go." The result of all this com-
motion is to be seen in the city by a general stagnation of trade and
traffic, while in the interior of the State the contrary is to be seen. In
the country everything is blooming and prospering ; crop prospects are
everywhere good, never better, and the country's outlook since the late
heavy rains is all that could be desired. Our Wheat-growers are jubi-
lant. Our Wool-growers were never in better spirits than at this mo-
ment. The Spring Clip of Wool ib now beginning to come forward, and
high prices are confidently predicted.
■Within the past few days we have had a large accession to our tonnage
fleet in port. The arrival of deep-water vessels have been numerous,
thus adding largely to our tonnage supply, and causing Wheat freights to
decline materially. We are now drawing nigh to the heel of the season,
and we are therefore to look for dull times and low freights for Wheat to
the United Kingdom. It would not, at this writing, be safe to quote
freights to a direct port, U. K., better than 40@45 shillings, although,
early in the week, several handy vessels were chartered at higher figures
than those named. At this writing we have a disengaged fleet in port of
22 vessels, registered tonnage 26,353 tons. We have on the berth 17 ves-
sels of 24,000 tons register. Our Wheat fleet, dating from July 1st, now
numbers 223 vessels, against 205 the year previous; and for Wheat car-
goes, 8,602,223 centals, 7,486,157 ctls, respectively— value §16,445,643,
§12,880,115, respectively. When the above 17 vessels have been dis-
patched, a few more will follow, but it will be for the cleaning up of the
surplus crop, preparatory to the incoming of the new. Since our last, Dr.
Hugh J. Glenn has cleared the ship Santa Clara for Queenstown, being
the sixth large ship loaded and dispatched by him the present season — all
his own crop. This he preferred to do rather than accept an offer of
more than 2c, made to him last Fall.
Wheat. — The market exhibits continued strength. At the close No. 1
milling commands S2 per cental, while shippers very willingly pay SI 90
@S1 95 per cental for Standard No. 2.
Flour. — Millers are inclined to exact higher prices for their best ex-
tras. Stockton City Mills for 'China, S6 ; City Extras for local use, S6 25
@§6 50 # 196 lbs ; Superfine rules from S4 to §4 50 ; Extra S. F.,
S4 75@S5.
Barley. — The late heavy rains have checked the active demand for
Feed Grains ; price, 75@80c. There is, however, a good demand for
Brewing at 85@95c $ ctL
Com.— The market is sluggish at SI 05@§1 15 $ ctl.
Oats.— There is but little demand at SI 25@$1 35 $ ctl.
Beans. — The market is sluggish for Bayos at SI 25 ; Whites, SI 15@
SI 35 ^ ctL
WooL — There is a lot of 50 bales Southern Spring Clip upon the mar-
ket ; 35c asked, 30c offered.
Hides.— The market is well stocked with Dry at 17@17£c ; Wet Salted,
8£@9ie.
Tallow. —The demand is fair at 5£@6c for Crude, and for Refined
7i@7£c.
Hops. — Stocks are light, and there is no business doing.
Butter, Cheese and Eggs.— We quote good choice fresh grass Butter
at 2o@27$c. Cheese, new, 12A@14c. Eastern is in light stock at 17 to
18c. Eggs are very plentiful and cheap for this seasou of the year — say
18@20c per dozen.
Honey.— Late reciepts are more liberal. We quote Strained at 8@9c
for Amber and Red ; White, 10@llc ; good to choice Comb, 15 to 18c.
Borax is in light supply and good demand at 8£c for Concentrated and
9£c for Refined, in lots of 10 tons.
Case Goods.— Spot Salmon are held firinlvat SI 30@1 35 per dozen,
and for the Spring catch, SI 20@1 25 offered for forward delivery.
Cement. — Imports of late have been large and free from London and
elsewhere ; prices rule low.
Coffee.— Sales are reported of mild Ceylon's at 18@20c ; Green, from
Central America, 16 to 17c ; O. G. Java, 26e.
Chemicals are in full supply by late arrivals, and prices rule in pur-
chasers' favor.
Coal. — Imports from the North Pacific large and free, causing low
prices to prevail for all kinds.
Metals. — There is very little business doing in Pig Iron or other Irons.
Prices ruling for some months past are only nominally sustained. Our
home consumption is light for Iron these days, and were imports heavy
prices would tumble. Nails keep up to S6@§6 50. Tin Plate retains the
late advance.
Molasses.— The last sales of Hawaiian No. 1, 25c.
Oils.— Pacific Linseed, 95c@Sl # gallon ; Castor, SI 10@S1 15.
Orcbilla. — We note the receipt of an invoice of 1,421 bales, en route for
Liverpool. ,
Quicksilver. — There is very little business doing ; price, 44@45c. The
Great Western Quicksilver Company, employing 200 Chinese and turning
out last year 7,000 flasks, has shut down, by reason of the new law for-
bidding the employment of Mongolians in all incorporated companies.
Rice.— The market for mixed China is firm at S5 15®$5 20 ^ 100 lbs.
Hawaiian Table, S6 15@S6 35.
Sugar. — The imports of the week include three or more cargoes of Ha-
waiian, some 2,500,000 io3. for th« refiners ; sales of 700 pkgs. at 6 to 8ie:
White Refined, ll@ll|c ; Yellow and Golden, 8£@9£c.
Syrups.— The local supply of Golden is free at 52£c in bbls., 55c hf.
bbls., 60c in 5-gallon kegs, 70c in 1-gallon tins.
Teas. — Nothing doing since the last public sale.
Wines and Spirits. — The last Panama steamer carried to the Isth-
mus, en route for New York, of Native Wines, 112,227 gallons, and of
Brandies, 4,619 gallons, the former valued at §58,062, and the latter S9,702.
THE ELECTRICIAN.
A New Electric Candle. — A French inventor, M. Perruche, has pre-
sented a new description of electric candle to the Paris Academy of
Science. The candle consists of three carbons, two being cylindrical and
0.004 metre in diameter, and applied to each other, the third of square
section, 0.005 metre inside, and placed in the angle formed by the first
two. The cylinders are in pivoted brass holders between brass plates
brought together by a spring. The holder of the square carbon is also
capable of oscillation, and the carbon is held by a spring in contact with
the other while no circuit passes, but when the current begins takes its
separate position. It iB regulated by an iron lever and electro-magnet in
circuit.
With characteristic effrontery, the correspondent of the New York
Herald has interviewed M. Dumas, Chancellor of the French Academy ;
M. Niandet-Breguet, the able partner in the well-known firm of Breguet
& Co., electrical mechanicians, Paris; Mr. W. Crookes, our distinguished
chemist; and M. Fontaine, president of the newly-established Syndicat
d'Electricite, in order to worm out of them their opinions of the Edison
lamp, and telegraph the results to America. These reports are, rightly
considered, neither for nor against the new lamp, and in giving a very
reserved reception to the pushing reporter, these gentlemen have done a
service to true science.
A Magnet Capable of lofting Three Tons. — Mr. C. Belly, of In-
dianapolis, has lately made an 800-pound electro-magnet. The two iron
cores are four inches thick by thirty inches long, and slide along a yoke
eighteen inches in length, so as to vary the distance of the poles. The
two coils around the two cores consist of eight layers of insulated No. 6
copper wire, and the terminals are so arranged that the electrical current
may be sent in various ways. Pole extension for diamagnetism is pro-
vided, and the various experiments for which it is adapted are almost
numberless. This magnet was made for Professor Jahn, of one of the
schools in Indianapolis.
WHITE LEAD.
Use ATLANTIC brand, the standard NEW YORK LEAS.
Stipulate for it in all your contracts. So not permit any
other to be employed.
klUr Property-owners are cautioned against the substitu-
tion, by painters, of cheap, lour grade Leads, which, owing
to inferiority, can be bought for considerably less than the
cost of Atlantic brand.
Feb. 28.]
C. T. RAYTJOLDS & CO.,
9 Front Street,
Sole Agents.
CALIFORNIA AND MEXICAN S. S. LINE,
For Mastlaloiia Bay, Cape St. Lucas, Sf azatlan, L.» Paz and
Guaymas. -The Steamship NEWBERN(Wm. Metzger, Master) will leave for
the above ports on WEDNESDAY, March 3d, 1880, at 12 o'clock M., frum Folsom-
street Wharf. Through Bills of Lading- will be furnished and none others signed.
Freight will be received on Friday, February 27th. No Fi eight received after Tues-
day, March 2d, at 12 o'clock M., and Bills of Lading- must be accompanied by Custom
House and Consular Clearances. For freight or passage, apply to
J. BERMINGHAM, Agent,
Feb. 28. No. 10 Market street.
TO OWNERS OF REAL ESTATE.
Persons owning Real Estate that bas heretofore been as-
sessed in the former owner's name, or mis-spelled, or otherwise mis-de-
scribed, are requested to appear personally, or send their deeds to the Assessor's
Office (New City Hall), and have the proper changes made for the Real Estate Roll
1880-81. Immediate attention is necessary, as work on the Roll will commence in s>
few days, after which it will be too late for any alterations.
Feb. 21. ALEXANDER BADLAM, City and County Assessor.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
19
INOERSOLL. 'THE PROPHET OP DESPAIR
Lust Sunday night, at lirace Church. |>r. PUtt replied t.» [DmraolPB
pnvli . iry of Tom I 'fine's birthday. Col. IngerBoll
lid that with Paine *s " name left out, the history nf liberty cannot be
Id And, that Bancroft had
history of liberty and had not mentioned Paine's
joratdl alwi said that " Paine did more to »■ rase the 1 toclara-
bo of I than any other man." l>r. Piatt replied that the
laratlon wm in the need <>f it. and that before Paine
ommc to this country, 1T75, the battles of Lexington, Bunker Hill and
Qaot*c had been fought, General Warren had been killed, Washington
appointed Commander-in-Chief, a Colonial Convention had been called,
ine&tal Congrem assembled and the Revolution faradvannd, and
that George Mason, before the Virginia Convention, had submitted a
'.ion of Rights upon which Jefferson had finally based the Declara-
tion <>f Independence, and that no word, line or principle of that docu-
ment could U- traced to an origin in Paine.
-•11 amid Paine " denied the inspiration of the Bible. That was
hi." crime. He didn't believe the Bible was inspired, and there was not an
intelligent man in the United States who does." Or. Piatt replied that
the majority of the Professors of our < Vlleges do believe in the inspiration,
and *o do the students. To Col. Ingersoll'a remark that "the man who
now regards the Old Testament as. in any sense, a sacred book, is in my
Judgment an intellectual and moral deformity,'' Dr. Piatt asked if all the
tarned Rabbis and learned men of all vocations, who believed in the Old
Testament as a sacred book, were such intellectual and moral deformities?
QoL [ngersoll had said that " the Church had opposed every science from
the first ray of light until now." Dr. Piatt showed that this was utterly
not the case as to the science of architecture, which the Church had
created, nor as to astronomy, formed and perfected by the Christians,
Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, Sycbo Bohe and Newton, and many others,
among whom was a Pope and several Bishops. Nor was it the case with
nearly every other science, particularly the law, the chancery side of
which had been developed by a long line of Episcopal Bishops as Chan-
cellors. Dr. Piatt's statistics and illustrations were full. The sermon
must be read to see how exhaustive Dr. Piatt's argument is on his side.
IMPORTANT SALE OF HOMESTEAD LOTS.
It is a melancholy fact that people who have bought residences in
Oakland, Alameda, and other suburban places which were formerly
thought so desirable, are beginning to get heartily sick of their bargain.
The time wasted in getting to one's city business in the morning, and
home from it at night, is alone sufficient to make these far-away places
objectionable, and when to that is added the extra expense and the repu-
tation for unhealthiness which most of the suburban towns enjoy, we
cannot wonder that San Francisco is reasserting itself as a city of homes.
There never has been, and probably never will be, a better opportunity
for those who wish to buy a home, and at the same time make a profita-
ble investment, than presents itself in a sale of homestead lots at auction,
which is announced to take place on Tuesday evening next, March 2d, at
eight o'clock, at 655 Market street. These lots, 175 in number,
are situated between the Cliff House road and Golden Gate Park, and
Sixth and Tenth avenues. A more desirable location could not be had if
one had the pick of the whole city. It is in near proximity to the Golden
Gate Park, the Cliff House road runs through it, and it is but thirty
minutes' ride from Kearny street by the Geary and California street cars.
The Geary street cars now run to the Park— fare five cents— and the Cal-
ifornia street cars run to First avenue, with a charter through Sixth ave-
nue, one of the main entrances to the Park. The Cliff House road, or
Lobos avenue, is all graded, and is under the control of the Park Com-
missioners, the city paying all expenses thereon. The terms are excep-
tionally easy, being one-third cash and the balance in one and two years,
in equal payments. This is a chance that widerawake people should be
careful not to miss.
NEW RAILWAY LINE TO THE PACIFIC.
New York, February 27th.— The plans of the Boston owners of the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad have hardly begun to be under-
stood. Not contented with the projected extension of their line to San
Francisco, they have succeeded in obtaining from the Mexican Govern-
ment franchises which will give them a control of the Australian, New
Zealand and South and Central American business, and steps have
already been taken to turn these concessions to immediate use. In May
last there was duly incorporated in Boston, under the laws of Massachu-
setts, the Sonora Mail Company, Limited. It will run from Guaymas,
a seaport on the Gulf of California, in a northwardly direction through
the State of Sonora, via Hermosillo and Ures, to the Arizona frontier,
where connection will be made at a point not yet determined upon with
the New Mexican and Southern Pacific branch of the Atchison, Topeka
and Santa F6 Railroad, which is being constructed down the Rio Grande
from Albuquerque, and has reached the Las Vegas route, has been sur-
veyed and a force of men are to begin work within the next six weeks. It
will be between 250 and 260 miles in length. Those interested claim that
this route will be 300 miles shorter than the present route from New
York to San Francisco, and that it will bring Australia and New Zealand
1,000 miles nearer to this city than they now are.
DEATH OF I. C. WOODS, A PIONEER.
We cannot allow the opportunity to pass of paying a parting trib-
ute to the services of Mr. I. C. Woods, who after a long career, identified
principally with California, has passed over to the majority. He arrived
in this city in 1848, at the age of twenty-four, and established the com-
mission firm of Woods & Mason. He was afterwards manager on this
coast of the great express company well known as Adams & Co., which
under his direction was of immense benefit to this State. He also estab-
lished in conjunction with others the overland mail between San Anto-
nio, Texas, and San Diego. In 1861, at the request of General Fremont,
he accepted the position of Commissioner of Transportation on his staff.
He was a native of Bath, Maine, and leaves a wife and daughter and
two grown sons. California has reason to remember him with gratitude.
It is announced semi -officially in Paris that a vote of 10,000,000f.
will be asked of the Chamber for probable outlay in the protectorate of
Tonkin?, according to instructions sent to Admiral Duperre.
The Twentieth Annual Statement <>f bha Equitable Ufa Ansnrsnoa
of the United States ia riven in anothnr column. From it the
reader will be able t<> judge for himself of the flourishing condition of the
company. The surplus ol m Its liabilities is 17.615,408. Thia
is. with one single exception, a larger Rurploa than any other insurance
company in the I nited StAtes can claim, while most tall many milUone
below the figure quoted. There can be no doubt that the Equitable is an
insurance company ->f the very highest rank, but figures are In such cases
more eloquent than words, and these apeak In very plain language in
favor oi the oompany referred to.
The photographic album of prominent persons, business firms, etc.,
in course of publication by Mr. I. \V. Taber, will be out next month.
The enterprise has found great favor with the public, and has been so ex-
tensively patronized that there is but little space left to be occupied.
Those who have not yet secured a place in the work, therefore, had better
do so before it is too late.
A well-fitting shirt is of more importance, so far as comfort is con-
cerned, than a well-made coat. The firm of J. M. Litchfield & Co., 417
Montgomery street, makes a specialty of its Bhirts, and, indeed, in all
sorts of gents' furnishing goods is far ahead of all competitors.
"Speak, my Beloved."— We call attention to this song, which is a
perfect gem of its kind, the melody being original, sprightly and attract-
The Bon Ton Coffee Parlor, 236 Montgomery street, haB a neater
room, gives better coffee, and is already most extensively patronized.
HIGHEST STOCK QUOTATIONS
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20
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER.
Feb. 28. 1880.
LEGISLATIVE WAIFS.
It is said at Sacramento that members will continue in session long
after the per diem ceases.-^— That it ends about the middle of April, but
members may go on and do business as long as they please, if they elect
to do it without pay.— —That it is apparently impossible, at the present
rate of progress, to get through by the end of the per diem days. ^— That
the present Legislature is the slowest on record. ^— That, although it has
been seven weeks in session, it has not yet passed a jury law, the criminal
courts being meanwhile idle, and the Jails full. ^— That this one fact
alone is sufficient to sink both houses in an everlasting abyss of condem-
nation. It is a disgraceful fact.— That David McClure, the astute at-
torney and active political manager, has been most successful in his
efforts on behalf of clients interested in matters before the Legislature.
-^That he has won in every case, and he has been in quite a number.—
That he is the one criminal lawyer who does not care how long the crim-
inal courts remain idle, because meanwhile he has his hands full at Sacra-
mento. One might suppose that the failure to pass a jury law was in hiB
interest, only that David is never interested in jobs. Yet there are those
who say that if he had really wanted the jury law to pass, it would have
passed before this.— That the true inwardness of his charter for the city
is now being understood. It does away with the McCoppin one-twelfth
law, breaks down the numerous checks to evil government that have been
built up with such jealous care from time to time. It hands over the
Fire, Police, Board of Health and all other city departments to party
rule for six years to come. As a charter-maker for machine politicians,
McClure is the greatest success of his day.— That the Republican caucus
at Sacramento is being urged to swallow the charter whole as the " best
means to perpetuate the party."— 'That, put in that form, it is very en-
ticing; but the most level-headed members Bee that if the charter is ob-
noxious to the people, it will destroy the party rather than perpetuate it.
They say they cannot be coerced by King Caucus to support a "stick-at-
nothing policy."-^— That the whole question of charter-making for this
city is in a muddle. Something must be done to meet the requirements
of the new Constitution before the 1st of July next, or the machinery of
much of the city government will stop. Yet the Legislature is in no
mood to undertake so heavy a duty. The thing is palpably beyond any
exhibition of strength members have put forth up to this time. ^— That
it is a big thing to pass a charter for this city. Those prepared by Swift
and McClure are ten times longer than the new Constitution. ^— That
Horace Hawes' Consolidation Act should be amended in the few particu-
lars necessary to meet the requirements of the present fundamental law,
and, with those changes, should be allowed to stand until next session,
That the Gorley bill regulating stock gambling hangs fire in the Senate.
—That the evil amendments made by the Senate Committee, if adopted,
will render the bill nugatory, as in fact they were intended to do.— —That
there are some loud whispers around the Capitol as to the past connections
of members of that committee with stock gambling. It is said that no less
a member than the Chairman was mixed up with the De Frees mine,
that has figured in Court more than once, and an officer of which is at
present under indictment. The ex-President of such a wild-cat is not the
man to preside over a committee sworn to legislate against mining mis-
management and stock gambling in the spirit of the New Constitution.
— ^That the Brokers have all along counted upon him to "fix" any
inimical legislation.^— That he has.— That Dickinson follows his lead
on this subject, and is being inquired about by "the boys," who propose
to tell a little story about him. ^— That as a Mining Secretary, it is only
natural that Senator Traylor should oppose Gorley's bill in its effective
shape. -^— That Marye and Wakefield, and the other small Brokers, have
not returned to Sacramento, being told that if the Gorley bill did not
pass, a worse one would. ^— That there is no life in the Brokers, any-
-That they are asking other people to do for them what they
how.-
ought to do for themselves. They want the Bonanza people to come to
their aid, unmindful that they hired a hall, and applauded Coll Deane
whilst he abused those people. That fact has not been forgotten at head-
quarters, and is cutting some figure in this fight.— —That Felton has long
since given up the fight, and curses the day he had anything to do with
it.— —That he says his connection with it lost him his influence in this
Legislature.^— That he has taken a new departure by dining and wining
the members of the Press. «^— That Sacramento has given birth to a new
Democratic paper this week.-^That its-first number would have been
excellent if it had not lied so abominably about the hospitality of one of
the most generous and disinterested men alive. —That Paul Neumann is
the most popular Republican Senator on the floor.^— That his wit and
humor, and his occasional sarcastic hits, are most effective in debate.
—That he works hard, fears God, and withal keeps his powder dry.— •
That Boruck is bilious and nasty. That his stomach, being out of order,
it is no wonder that his tongue is foul? It is. The " waifs " last week
denied that he had given any " hints to help along the opposition to the
Gorley bill— he wouldn't do such a thing." He now says he didn't give
any 6uch hints, and that is just what the "waifs" said. But he vows
that the " waifs " meant the opposite of what they said, that in fact they
were ironical ; at the bare idea of which he frets and fumes and makes a
fool of himself, and that in the Senate Chamber, in the presence of Sen-
ators, and under the shadow of the President's chair, and of that sugges-
tive old Latin quotation. Boruck wants "the truth told about him at all
times." Great heavens, if it were, what extraordinary "waifs" would
float to the surface, to be sure ! It is true that he liveB by puffin" and
blowing. It is true that he took interest enough in the Gorley bill to at-
tend the Committee the night it was considered. He left the committee
' room and held a private interview with a gentleman outside, who then
entered, and made an answer to an objection which he had not heard
but which Boruck had. The gentleman knew of the objection by intui-
tion, and Boruck didn't post him. Of course not. It is true that Boruck
has interfered in legislation. He wrote an article for his starving sheet,
attacking "independent" members of the Republican party, telling them
coarsely that if they didn't vote first, last and all, the time in accordance
with the behests of the caucus, they would be expelled the party, and
deprived of its patronage,. The MS. of the article was taken to Dr.
May by Boruck before it was published, and exhibited in a significant
manner. The Doctor was at the time exhibiting signs of "independ-
ence," which to Boruck is as a red rag to a mad bull. The paper was
specially sent to other " independents." Yet Boruck's complaint against
the " waifs " is, that they implied that he is interfering in the course of
legislation. They now not only imply-it,: but assert it. It is true that
Boruck got himself elected a member of the legislative caucus, he not'
being a member of either House, and only a servant of members. At'
that caucus he lectured legislators as to their duty to vote early and often,
and always together. It is true that heretofore, as Secretary of the Cen-
tral Committee of his party, he has given great offense to the best speak-
ers that have stumped the State, by attempting to dictate to them how
they shall discuss the issues of the day. They say they will do no more
stumping until there is a change in the secretaryship, as the most promi-
nent men say there will be. There is a difference between cheeky pre-
sumption and honest merit, fact which Boruck does not seem to realize.
There is a little story going round, which might also be truly told. But
Boruck has probably had enough truth told about him this time ; if he
hasn't, there is an immense reserve behind. But, then, is the game worth
the candle ?— That the insurance companies that wanted a monopoly of
the insurance business, when they already have risks which exceed their
paid-up capital thirty-eight times, are sure to be beaten, and it is likely
the tables will be turned upon them, as a bill will fix the proportion of
risks to capital that may hereafter be taken. ^— That a bill is to be in-
troduced to prevent any more Chinese coming, which lawyers say will be
constitutional if passed. It gives to the Board of Health the power to
proclaim any foreign port where small-pox, leprosy, or other infectious'
disease is known to exist, an "infected port," and thereafter every vessel'
arriving from such port shall be placed in quarantine for not less than:
twenty days, whether disease has made its appearance on board or not. ■
A similar power has often been used in other States. ^^That there is not-
an officer of the city government who is not in some way threatened by
proposed laws.-^That, for the matter of that, there is not an interest,
nor even an individual in the State, not threatened in some manner or-
other.— That, when the agony is over, people will breathe easier, only,
unfortunately, the Legislature convenes again in a few months. -^^That
the San Francisco delegation is opposed to McClure's charter by a large
majority.
CHINATOWN A NUISANCE, AND WHAT THEN? I
What is to follow the1 proclaiming of Chinatown a nuisance ? The
Mayor's rough and ready answer is, "Why, it has got to be cleared out, of
course. " But what do those words mean? Are they intended to imply'
that the people who inhabit that portion of the city are deemed a nuisance'
because of their race and their ability to work hard, live soberly, save',
money, and live without complaining during-hard times, and that in con-
sequence they are to be driven out of the city, bag and baggage ? If they-
don't mean all that, then they will prove disappointing to the Mayor's
audience. We hazard but little when we declare that the Sand-lotters
understand the Mayor's words in the sense we have indicated, and in none
other. If any overt act be committed that will make plain the Mayor's
meaning, then trouble will be upon us. The mob will not be permitted to
abate one nuisance by force, and if they attempt it they will speedily find
a second nuisance much more effectively abated. If the proclaiming
Chinatown a nuisance has been done in good faith, and is to be followed
by its abatement in a legal way, then peaceable citizens will offer no ob-
jections. There is no reason why Chinatown should not be kept as'
clean, wholesome and healthy as any other part of the city, and it always
would have been but for the neglect of the city authorities to enforce sani-
tary laws. The Health Officer is now running with the hares, but he has
long been holding with the hounds. He stoops to the rising sun and
chimes in with the clamor of the hour. He is the man, above all others,
who is responsible for the condition of Chinatown. If it is as bad as he
says it is, then he ought to be dismissed forthwith for having tolerated it
so long. His powers were ample, and the Chinese officials have always
been willing and anxious to help him. Look at the case as you will, there
is not a point in it anywhere but makes against Meares. The News Let-
ter has always said that Chinatown ought to be kept in a proper condi-'
tion, and it would have been if an efficient, and not a time-serving Health
Officer, had occupied Dr. Meares' place.
THE JEWS JN GERMANY AND IN CALIFORNIA.
Professor H. von Treitschke, the eminent German historian and
publicist, has engaged in a controversy on the "Jewish Question" in
Germany. He argues that the Jews, who are harmless and even useful
in some countries, are a source of danger to Germany. They are more
numerous there than in other countries of the West. In 1871 there were
in Spain 6,000 Jews; in Italy, 40,000; in France, 45,000; in Great Britain,
45,000; in Germany, 512,000. In 1816 there were in Prussia 124,000
Jews; in 1846 there were 215,000; in 1875 there were nearly 340,000. The
average wealth among them is very high, and the average education still
more conspicuous. It is notorious, the Professor alleges, that quite a
disproportionate number of Jews are members of the learned professions,
and the Press in Germany is almost wholly in their hands. A Jew in
England, France or Italy feels himself an Englishman, Frenchman, or
Italian, while a German Jew feels himself simply a Jew, not a German
at all, and looks on his Teutonic and Christian fellow citizen with aver-
sion and contempt. The Professor then treats of the future of the race,
whether they will found a State of their own or become absorbed in the
countries where their fortunes are at present cast. We think that Cal-
ifornia throws considerable light on the tendencies of the Jews, and
these point unmistakably to their amalgamation with the races amongst
whom they live. The J ews are a power in this city, and they have identi-
fied themselves completely with our institutions. The more progressive
amongst them have very considerably relaxed the exclusiveness of ortho-
dox Judaism, because they see that democratic equality, the benefits of
which they enjoy, is inconsistent with restrictions and barriers, and they
are preparing for the inevitable future of free intercourse and union with
the other members of the American race.
Vanity Fair says : " Among the Americans in Rome is a Mrs. Rich-
ardson, from Philadelphia, who causes much excitement on account of
her great beauty.
W. T. COLEMAN.
MEN WE KNOW
Place 77.
Price par Copy. 10 Casta.]
ESTABLISHED JULY, 20. 1S56.
I Annual Sub«oriptlon, tT>.
*A« r«^©!I@8d
DEVOTED TO THE LEADING INTERESTS OP CALIFORNIA AND THE PACIFIC COAST.
Vol. 30.
8AN FBAN0IS00, SATURDAY, MAEOH 6, 1880.
No. 34.
GOLD BARS— 89O@910— Silveb Bars— 5@15 & cent. disc. Mexican
Dollars, 8J@9 per cent.
E Exchange on New York. J@3-10 per cent., strong ; On London,
Bankers, 49J ; Commercial, 49|@49^i. Paris, sight, 5 francs per
dollar. Telegrams, 3 10@35-100 per cent.
' Latest price of Sterling, 485®488.
"Price of Money here, |@1 per cent, per month — bank rate. In the
open market, 1@1J. Demand active.
PRICES OF LEADING STOCKS AND GOV. BONDS.
San Francisco March S, 1H80.
Stocks and Bonds.
BONDS.
Cal. State Bonds, 6's,'57 .
8. F. City & Co. B'ds. 6s, '53
F. City & Co B'ds,7s ...
Montg'y A v. Bonds
Dupont Street Bonds
Sacramento City Bonds
Stockton City Bonds
Tuba County Bonds
Marysville City Bonds
Santa Clura Co. Bonds ....
Virg'a & Truckee K. R. Bds.
Nevada Co. N. G. R. R. Bds
Oakland City Bonds.
BANKS.
Bank of California. ..
Pacific Bank
first National
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Union (ex div.)..'
Fireman's Fund (ex div) . .
California (ex div)
State Investment
Home Mutual
Bid.
Asked
100
102 1
Nom.
Nom.
Noin.
Nom.
60
65
SO
85
26
28
90
95
103
106
103
105
105
10T
100
102
100
102
112
115
125
123
115
120
100
103
112
114
115
120
108
112
95
100
90
95
Stacks and Bonds.
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Commercial
Western
RAILROADS.
C. P. R. R, Stoi.k
C. P. It. K. Bonds
City Railroad
Omnibus R. R
N. B. and Mission R. R...
Sutter Street R. R
Geary Street R. R
Central R. R. Co
Market Street R. R
Clay Street Hill R. R....
MISCELLANEOUS.
S. F. Gaslight Co
Oakland Gaslight Co
Sacramento Gaslight Co..
California Powder Co
Giant Powder Co (new stck)
Atlantic Giant Powder, do .
Gold and Stock Teleg'h Co.
S. V. W. W. . Co. 's Stock....
S. V. W. W.Co.'s Bonds...
70
Nom.
81
109
45
25
66
20
70
43
31
lli
95
73
60
100
85
101J
75
Nom.
84
110
50
27*
68
22
72*
45
81
33
13*
98
75
55
105
The only item of interest, during the week, has been the advance in
the stock of the Geary Street Railroad, which sold freely at one time at
75. Gas has «old at 80 and Spring Valley Water at 86. All through the
list prices have favored the buyer.
Andrew Baird, 312 California street.
THE STOCK MARKET.
The market for the past week shows a slight improvement in val-
ues, though the extent of business is imperceptibly increased. The re-
ported sale of Mr. Flood's mining interests to Mr. Mackay is officially
cnntirmed, though the genuineness of the transaction is generally disbe-
lieved. In either event, nothing unfavorable can be deduced as bearing
upon the condition of things on the Comstock. On the contrary, the im-
portant operation now going on at the North End, and the undoubted
favorable prospects presented, together with the almost unparalleled low
prices ruling, offer unusual inducement for investment. With the com-
pletion of the pumps at the Union shaft, which will be in full readiness
before the end of the present month, the most active operations will take
place that have ever been witnessed in the history of mining. In the
meantime the New York fever continues to rage, and the grand army of
chipper3 are deserting tbe ranks and emigrating to the new El Dorado.
We venture to predict that in less than ninety days they will be glad to
return, to find themselves too late for the picnic. A material improve-
ment i* noticeable in the Bodie stocks during the past week, with consi-
derable activity prevailing among the lesser priced securities in the vici-
nity of Belvidere, where a recent development of great promise has been
discovered.
Latest from the Merchant's Exchange.— New York, March 5th,
1880. United States Bonds— 4s, 106£; 4k, 107§; 5a. 103J. Sterling Ex-
change, 4 85@4 88. Pacific Mail, 58g. Wheat, 145@150. Western Union,
113|. Hides, 21@21J. Oil— Sperm, 106(<?110. Winter Bleached, 115@123.
Whale Oil, 55@56 ; Winter Bleached, 60@65. Wool— Spring, fine, 33®
40 • Burry, 18@22 ; Pulled, 40@50 ; Fall Clips, 20@25 ; Burry, 24@33.
London, March 5th. — Liverpool Wheat Market, ; Club, ; U. S.
Bonds, 5's, 105g; 4'b, 109f ; 4i's, 110$. Consols, 98.
James Keene has given $10,000 to the Irish Fund. Jim always had
a big heart. It is fortunate for the Irish that he has a big purse, too.
DEPARTURE OF MR. G. A. SALA.
Mr. George A. Sala leaves to-day for the East. It is greatly to be
regretted that he could not have remained longer with us, for it is not
often that our city is flattered by the presence of a visitor at once so dis-
tinguished and so welcome. Mr. and Mrs. Sala express themselves as
very much pleased with San Francisco itself and with the reception they
have met here. It is their present intention to make a brief stay at Salt
Lake City, after which they will proceed to New York, and thence back
to England. Next week we shall present our readers with a portrait of
Mr. Sala, from a photograph taken in this r.ity.
DEATH OP J. K. S. LATHAM.
James K, S. Latham, of the firm of Homer S. King & Co., stock-
brokers, died at his residence, No. 1002 Powell street, at 4 o'clock Thurs-
day afternoon. The deceased, who was born in Vermont, has for many
years been one of our most prominent and respected citizens. Both in
business and social circles he was universally esteemed. For a number of
years he was proiniuently connected with the banking and express busi-
ness of Wells, Fargo & Co., and has held many other equally important
business relations. He leaves a wife, daughter of ex-Supervisor H. L.
King, and two young children.
The Pacific Coast Pontoon Depositing Dock Company.— We beg
to call the attention of capitalists, and others interested in shipping, to
the proposed introduction in this city of Clark & Standfield's new system
of docks, as described in detail in another page. The advantages of the
system are numerous, and as such docks would be much more economical
than those constructed in the ordinary way, it seems to ub that in a port
like this, where there is such a large amount of shipping, both home and
foreign, there is an ample field for the introduction of a system which
promises bo much. Mr. Augustus Lover, the well-known architect, is
acting here for Clark & Standfield, the inventors and patentees, and he
will make all necessary explanations to those who may desire to arrive at
a more thorough understanding of this new system.
The Bush Fund, for the purpose of giving work in Golden Gate Park
to the unemployed, is getting along famously. The largest subscription
so far is that of Governor Stanford, 81,000. The next highest figure is
$500, which comes from S. P. Dewey ; and other citizens, among them
Herman Schussler and J. G. Eastland, have contributed sums of $250
and $100. Charles N. Felton, Assemblyman from San Mateo county,
has subscribed $500; the California- Sugar Company, Win. T. Coleman
and Parrott & Co. have each subscribed $250 ; and U. S. Arnold & Co.,
C. Vandyke Hubbard and Charles E. Brown other considerable amountB.
Mr. Bush deserves the highest credit for his efforts in the cause.
The Health of the City. — The cold weather continues extremely fatal
to consumptives, and the mortality from all forms of lung complaints is
still excessive. The aged feel the changes very acutely, and bronchitis
was never so fatal. Brain disease, apoplexy and paralysis are also in ex-
cess. Otherwise the general health of the community is better than it
has been for some months. We may now confidently hope that the small-
pox brought by the City of Peking has been effectually isolated, and that
no epidemic will occur. .
We have received from New York two letters asking the opinion of
the San Francisco News Letter as to the ability and general fitness of
Milton S. Latham (lately elected President of the new Mining Stock
Board of New York). Mr. Latham will return to us within a week or
ten days. There are important reasons why we shall be able to reply to
these inquiries better then than now.
Important Mining Sale.— It is currently reported upon reliable
authority that the famous Silver King has been sold to George D. Rob-
erts, representing a syndicate of New York capitalists, at the rate of $15
per share. The sale was effected upon a thirty-day bond at that figure.
From all accounts Arizona properties are in great demand in the East.
The Lady Bryan swindle seems to have been quietly shelved. We
should like to know why the Board of Brokers allow this outrageous mat-
ter to go by without a proper investigation. Is the Belvidere stock deal
a bird of the same feather? We shall see.
An important and interesting batch of " Art Jottings" is unavoidably
crowded out of this issue. It will appear next week, however, illustrated
with a number of clever sketches by the best artists in the city.
Printed and Fubliihed by the Proprietor, Frederick Harriott, 607 to 615 Merchant Street, San Francisco, Oallfornia.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
March 6, 1P80.
IMMORALITY IN HIGH PLACES.
It is believed by those who are competent to judge, that in no city
of the world is there more barefaced badness, more unblushing immoral-
ity, than is to he found in San Francisco. This wickedness is not among
the lower classes. In our very highest social circles can be found most
shockingly convincing proofs of the assertion we make above. A great
deal of our present social system is a mushroom outgrowth, springing
from very rotten foundations. Much money is grasped by a few vulgar
hands, and this money seems to be safe protection to those who revel in
all unclean deeds. The News Letter has always been a conservator of pub-
lic morals, and, conscientiously filling this high and responsible position,
it dares speak the truth when others are silent. It has no friends to favor
and no foes to dread. It has long felt an obligation to deal openly with
certain evils that are increasing among us, and the time has come when
silence would be a crime. A few examples will prove the truth of our
position:
In this city live a gentleman and his wife, who hold high seats'in the
social synagogue. The man is prominent in his profession ; the woman
has been a celebrated beauty. Their children have had every advantage
of home and foreign education. This couple have been, not once but
many times, the target of justifiable criticism. The man has been and is
still noted for his amours. Not one love but many have marked his ca-
reer. Once the lady upon whom he placed his fossilized emotional rem-
nants was a young girl of high and honorable lineage|and much personal
beauty. The wife, awakened to jealousy, took steps to get a divorce,
which, if granted, would have ruined the future prospects of the hus-
band. The latter, by some lucky chance (possibly an inspiration of the
devil), came into possession of his wife's love-letters from a certain hand-
some young Army officer, and threatened a counter suit. The result was
silence and ashes where previously there had been loud noise and fierce
flames. This is but one of many like episodes in the lives of these two,
and such episodes are well known to the public ; and in any other coun-
try would consign to Coventry those interested. In San Francisco, Mr.
and Mrs. Blank and the Misses Blank are sought after by every one, and
no entertainment is complete without their presence. Would such people
be tolerated elsewhere ?
We know of a millionaire in our midst, who is the husband of a de-
voted wife and the father of grown children, and yet this solid citizen is
noted for his numerous amours. Accompanied by another man, who is
his "fat shadow," our Croesus finds no higher amusement than a masked
ball, where, ofter due inspection of striped stockings and other charms,
the two decide on a selection, and the adipose shadow marches off and
makes engagements for his master to keep. The master has one of the
finest homes in town, but he also has a little establishment on Sacramento
street, where he passes much of his time in receiving numerous ladies
younger than his youngest daughter. All the world knows this, and yet
all the world Bhuts its eyes to the wickedness that it ought to frown down
and put under foot.
Not many days ago the well-known mistress of a rich man was married.
The wedding ceremonies, the dresses and the presents were elaborately
set forth in the society columns of- a morning paper. Among these pres-
ents was a set of silver from the generous former affinity. All this was
done in the most refreshingly frank manner, and the world wags on as
usual.
Within six months a rich man, of notoriously immoral character, mar-
ried a sweet, lovely girl, well known in society. He still keeps his bach-
elor rooms on Kearny street. For a time " To Let" was ostentatiously
placarded in the windows of these rooms, and the furniture was offered
for sale. Many offers were made, but none were taken. In a few days
the placards were removed, and the man still keeps these rooms. For
what does he retain them? Is "Nob Hill" too contracted an abiding
place for him ?
In one of the finest houses in this city lived a girl whose father is a
member of a rich and well-known firm. This girl went to a woman on
Kearny street to learn embroidery. Up stairs in the same house a young
"Limb of the Law" had his rooms. The girl, in love with our legal lu-
minary, made the embroidery lessons a cloak with which to cover her in-
trigue. She went to the embroidery school daily, and, after taking a few
stitches, would leave her work, go up stairs, and spend an hour or more
with her lover. The result may be imagined. The intrigue was discov-
ered only when the girl found it impossible to hide the consequences of
her indiscretion. She was quickly packed off to New York, and report
says a couple of lively twins will keep her memory green through future
years. During the twelve months of -her absence, this girl manged to
win the affections of her brother's partner, and was so lucky as to hide
her shame by a marriage. Our heroine waB one of the highest of the
high, and her wedding one of the events of the season. Hundreds were
E resent who knew all about her profligate history. If ever she returns
ere, she will be received with open arms by our social magnates !
We have in mind a man well known in business circles who suspected
his wife of having criminal relations with a certain gay young medico.
The husband employed a detective to settle his doubts. Under some con-
venient article of furniture this detective cut a hole in the parlor floor,
and when next the lovers met an unseen third made the "crowd" of
which we have so often been warned. The detective saw and heard
enough to make a first-class divorce suit, and instructions for such suit
were given by the husband to his lawyers. The wife, a bright and ener-
getic woman, saw her danger, sent for a lawyer, put in his hands ample
proof of her husband's infidelity in another direction, and a counter-suit
was threatened.^ The result was a quiet and amiable adjustment. The
husband goes his way, the wife goes hers. Each have their own intrigues,
and yet both are met in all the entertainments given in high society.
Both are sought after and courted despite the fact that every one knows
the circumstances narrated above.
We know of a woman who was for years the well-known mistress of a
rich old man. Disgustingly mean to every other living being, our mil-
lionaire was lavish to prodigality with this creature. Her furs, laces,1^
diamonds and elegant dresses were the talk of the town. Her very toilet
service was of solid silver, and the repoussi work on her pot de ckambre
excited more interest among our society dames than would have been be-
stowed on a fine work of art. This woman 1b one of the vilest of the vile.
Her Cliff House orgies have been unprecedentedly infamous, and her in-
trigueB are numberless. Her lovers are legion, and yet she bullied, bam-
boozled and beguiled her ancient admirer into matrimony. She now |
holds her own bravely, and is quite a model of fashion as she drives along
in her landau, with its prancing steeds and its ermine robes.
In a hotel in this city is a woman who kept a house of prostitution ini
New Orleans, and who was married from it by the really good man whoaal
name she now dishonors. This woman is the moBt arrant liar and most
miserable scandal- monger in existence. Everybody knows her history.
Everybody dreads her vile tongue,' and yet she is received by the best la- 1
dies among us.
Is there any other place in Christendom where such things would be
tolerated? Is it the climate which incites our people to such laxity, such
want of clean perception and moral strength to put down vice, and to
hold it down with the strong arm of justice and righteous indignation ?
It is not too much to say — and we do say it boldly and firmly — that no mat-
ter how bad a man or woman may be, no matter bow viciously profligate
their liveB, let them but be surrounded by the golden nimbus of wealth,
and- they may do as they like, with no fear of reprobation from any one.
Not ten houses in San Francisco would be closed to them. Such things
cannot exist without deadly peril. Moral laws cannot be broken without
Eunisbment. The danger is growing, and the time of reckoning is at
and. It is impossible to touch pitch and escape defilement. " A gown
oft handled seldom looks white." Old profligates will breed young profli-
gates. Those who do not have it " born in the flesh " will have it "bred
in the bone." Young men and maidens cannot escape the contagion,.
Living constantly among men and women who are open adulterers and
harlots, seeing such received and treated with adulation, it is easy to get
over scruples of conscience. The evil spreads, and the days are near
when open shame and dishonor will make their homes in gilded balls.
These are strong words, but not too strong for the occasion. We have
decided to make an effort to stem the tide of corruption, which, un-
stopped, will overwhelm our fairest and best. From week to week we
will do what we can to cleanse the Augean stables. We have in mind
many lives which must be mended. " If our hints are not taken, we will
openly give names, and will not be satisfied till this fair city is purged of
the barefaced insolence which doeB not even seek to hide vices that, in any
other place, would be punished with social ostracism and disgrace.
HOW LONDON DEALS WITH WATER COMPANIES. I
London owns no water works. The great city is divided into half ar
dozen or more districts, each of which is supplied with water from a sub-
urban source and by a district water company. These companies are or-
ganized under a general Water Works Act, which has been in operation
for over thirty years, having been amended and improved as experience
suggested. By those Acts a complete system has been adopted, author-
izing the acquisition of water property by companies, permitting them,
where necessary or desirable, to exercise the right of eminent domain,
and take compulsorily lands or streams for such uses, requiring them to
supply the district as fully as the supply will permit, and in a manner con-
venient and serviceable to the consumer, determining the compensation
to be paid for the supply and on whom the cost shall fall, and regulating
and limiting the revenue which such companies shall derive from the busi-
ness. The system differs from that in operation in San Francisco mainly
in regard to the sources from which the companies are to derive their rev-
enue, and the amount of revenue allowed.
In this city the water company has heretofore been authorized to collect
pay for water only from private consumers, and has been required to sup-
ply water for all other and public uses free. The rates authorized have
been fixed by a Board of Commissioners, made payable monthly, and on
such a scale as to afford the company the necessary revenue from private
consumers to enable a dividend of 8 per cent, per annum to be paid to
shareholders. In London the rates are fixed according to the rentable
value of the dwelling, and the owners of all dwelling houses, whose an-
nual rental is not above S50 (£10), are liable for paymefit of water rates
instead of the occupants thereof.
It is a simple mode of getting a schedule of charges, and as nearly prac-
tically perfect as possible to make it. Here the charge being fixed upon
consumers only, and without regard to the value of the property, has led to
a burdensome taxation upon the non property-holder, and a complete im-
munity to the owner of real estate ; hence dissatisfaction. The London
Bystem is undoubtedly the best and fairest. Water rates are there paya-
ble quarterly in advance. They are required to be so fixed that the profits
to be divided among shareholders shall not exceed ten per cent, per an-
num on the capital. If the clear profits in any year should amount to a
larger sum than to pay such dividend and to make up a deficiency of divi-
dends for previous years, such excess must be invested by the companies
at compound interest as a reserve fund to keep up the ten per cent, divi-
dends allowed. No dividend greater than ten per cent, per annum must
be paid, unless authorized by a special Act, except when a larger dividend
shall be necessary to make up a deficiency of any previous dividends
which shall have fallen Bhort of such ten per cent.
Under the present Constitution of California, Bome modifications of the
existing system of water supply to San Francisco are to be made. The
city, as in the case of London, is to pay for water used, and the Board of
Supervisors are to fix arbitrarily the rates to be charged by the Water
Company. It is not to be agreed upon between the city and the company
as in London, nor are rates required to be so fixed as to secure the com-
pany a certain or limited revenue.
The Supervisors may, so far as the State Constitution is concerned, fix
the rates so as practically to destroy the Spring Valley Company by re-
ducing its revenue to the sum of its expenses, or they may, on the other
hand, permit it to collect sufficient income to pay any extravagant divi-
dend. It is a large power to place in the hands of a Board of Supervi-
sors. Of course the Constitution is formed on the presumption that of-
fice holders are intelligent, just and, honest.
Our municipal authorities are now grappling with the question, and
Bhould deal with it fairly to both parties interested. The Supreme Court
of the United States would never uphold the Constitution of any State
which permitted its legislative bodies to destroy enterprises established
with due sanction of law and operated in conformity therewith.
March 6, 1880.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
8
CHANSONNETTE
[BT H.VRCI'KKITE t. A T M A R . ]
Your eyes have looked a thousand times
Their passion into mine ;
You've raised a «ohlet to my lips
Filled full with sweetest wine-
But oh! your lips have never framed
One word that could my hive have claimed.
What can I do but hide the dart,
And thank you coldly —
From my heart 1
Your hands pressed mine a thousand times,
And thrilled ray inmost soul ;
The touch has told me that my life
Was all in your control-
But oh ! your lips have never prayed
The prayer that Love has ever made;
What can I do hut stand apart
And thank you coldly—
From my heart !
Your eyes are looking deep in mine ;
Your touch it thrills my soul ;
Your lips no longer silent are ;
Your love's beyond control !
Oh joy! your lips have framed tbeir prayer,
My life no longer owns one care —
What can I say ? No more apart,
I love you ! and —
With all my heart !
THE CONDEMNATION OF CHINATOWN.
A more contemptible pantomime was never played before a gaping
crowd of children than that which has been recently presented to the
sober public of San Francisco, entitled "The Condemnation of China-
town." Kalloch, as First Fool, made himself a fine laughing stock.
Meares, as Pantaloon, proved his readiness to take the chestnuts from the
fire to please bis patron. Young Gibbons was weak enough to join the
company as Harlequin. The Board of Health came in as supernumeraries
and property-men, and the Supervisors made a wretched attempt at the
ballet, but seem to have been scared by the giire of the footlights. Even
the Senate caught the fever, as if 30,000 harmless and inoffensive people
could be transferred from one location to another by the wave of a wand,
or the changing of a transformation scene. We have had a succession
of these attacks of spasmodic sanitary energy in regard to Chinatown.
Mayor Kalloch was predisposed to the disease. He is pledged to the plat-
form, "The Chinese Must G-o." The attack was not, therefore, unex-
pected, and was sure to be acute. But, nevertheless, we confess ourselves
puzzled as to the object and intention of the condemnation now pro-
nounced. In the first place. Mayor Kalloch is too astute a politician to
intend the condemnation as an empty threat, made solely for the purpose
of gaining a little temporary popularity from his Sand-lot friends. We
S refer to hope that he is too honest to adopt the habits of the blatant
learney, whose bragging would sit ill upon his shoulders.
Nor can we believe that the authors of this condemnation are influenced
by any motives of philanthropy. It is not urged in the interest of the
Chinese, who are sufficiently satisfied with their location and do not wish
to be disturbed. It is not proposed to remove them to better or more
wholesome quarters. If only the condition of the district were bad
enough to kill them all off, it would be severely let alone. But as the in-
habitants persist, in living on in temperance, sobriety and reasonably good
health, and are likely to continue their competition with white idlers and
drunkards, with every prospect of success, the Mayor and his official
backers would have them driven .forth, if not to the other side of the Pa-
cific, at least half-way. We are reluctantlv obliged to give the Mayor
credit for the belief that the Chinese could thus " be made to go," but
what can we say of Drs. Meares and Gibbon, Jr., and those who have
assisted in this monstrous condemnation ? Drs. Meares and Gibbons
knew well that their proceedings were beyond the law. The power to
redress a special nuisance does not authorize them to denounce a whole
district. Dr. Meares has already experienced the difficulty of shutting
up a single house, and yet he has condemned twelve blocks. Such illegal
and tyrannical action is calculated to bring sanitary authority into pro-
found contempt. Suppose they had been permitted to proceed. The
Chinese would be driven forth, diffusing the evil, now confined to China-
town, throughout the entire city. Millions worth of private property
would be irretrievably destroyed. The city would be saddled with a
multitude of lawsuits, and, in spite of all, the Chinese would remain Chi-
nese, and would labor, eat, drink and lodge exactly as before.
We have uniformly supported the health authorities in their efforts to
improve Chinatown. Much has been done. The district is in a better
condition to-day than it ever was. There is no excessive mortality to
justify any extraordinary sanitary action. We believe the Chinese
authorities are themselves anxious for sanitary improvement, and will give
Dr. Meares and the Board of Health every assistance in the prosecution
of reasonable reforms. But let them bear in mind that this is yet a coun-
try of personal freedom and equal justice, and that the employment of the
Chinese will inevitably be determined bv the law of supply and demand
in spite of State restrictions or the harsh administration of sanitary
law.
The March number of the Western Lancet will prove a treat to those
interested in the healing art. The various original papers are of even
more than usual excellence, and are contributed by some of the most able
members of the profession. "The Relations of Regular Medicine to the
Public," by Dr. G. G. Tyrrell, of Sacramento, "The Therapeutics of
Acute Rheumatism," by Dr. J. H. Stallard, of San Francisco, and an
editorial on "Our Quarantine," are perhaps the most notable features.
SATANELLA TO MEFHISTO.
Palace Hotel, San FBUKJIBOO, March 5, 1880.
My Dear Mephiato: I am further gone than ever in dissipation and its
oonoomitant vices. Lent has not brought me the rest, fasting and prayer
■o neoaaury to some of these good San Francisco people. I have been
engaged n^rly every day since ray arrival, and yet regret to have been
obliged to decline invitations to the "Culters," McNeals and Barteletts.
To make amends, however, I attended the marriage reception of Addie
Moulton and John A. Davis, where the intimate friends of the respective
families were most hospitably and delightfully entertained. A band of
music, a profusion of flowers, and an unlimited supply of champagne and
other goodies, put all assembled in good rapport, and even I could not but
wish that the bright and joyous scene might be indicative of the lives of
Mr. and Mrs. John Davis. The bride looked like a veritable little fairy
in her chaste and simple bridal toilet, while her twin sister, Mrs. Dr.
Warner (I heard a lady say) was even more lovely and attractive than
just one year ago that very day, when Dr. Warner made her his bride.
Mrs. Moulton, mother of the bride, looked o'er young to have two mar-
ried daughters. Among the most distinguished guests were Mrs. P. B.
Cornwall, sister of the groom; Mrs. Dr. Cornwall, of Oakland, Mr. and Mrs.
Geirge Blake; Mr, and Mrs. O. F. Giffin; Mr. Chapman and daugh
ter; Mr. and Mrs. Hemphill; vivacious little Mrs. Moore, nee Cornwall ;
Mrs. Van Wyck; Mrs. J. Prentiss; Mr. Walter Gilmore; Mr. Isaac Mer-
rill; Mrs. Walter Campbell and pretty Mrs. Peck, who kept themselves
surrounded by a circle of admiring listeners. Don't you wish you had
been there ?
But the Art Reception last Tuesday evening was the feature on the
social tapis this week, and those who were present are entitled to the
prayers of all just men and women. I was there. " C. N. Bovee" says
the " first production of art was possibly a club ;" the first artist using
his brains for the first time to devise an efficient instrument for knocking
out his neighbor's. What a blessing it would be if some of the San Fran-
cisco artists would procure such an instrument and knock away. Has the
law no penalty for those who commit such pictures? How my heart went
back to the galleries of Dresden, Munich and the Louvre, where, only a
year ago, we stood together feasting our eyeB upon pictures, to the
production of which an artist's whole life had been devoted. But this is
a fast country, and pictures grow like the cabbages and squashes — out of
all reasonable proportions.
You will be anxious to know who was there. Well, in the main gallery
I met Mr. W. E. Brown and his charming daughter Dolly, who was most
becomingly dressed. Then followed Mr. Tom Madden with Mrs. Capt.
Floyd, whose toilet was the most artistic I have seen since leaving Paris.
Lieut. Putnam and inseparable friend, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Bigelow, P. L.
Beck, Jr., and Miss Julia Sterling, Miss Nettie Hopps, Mr. J. Grant,
who has just returned from Europe. In fact, the upper ten of this city
was well represented, and the artists were out en masse.
I have had a tete-a-tete and sipped tea (the only way really to know or be
known by either man or woman) with Lady and Miss Duffers Hardy, and
two more interesting ladies it has never been my good fortune to meet.
When feeling the warmth of Lady Hardy's genial manners, and listening
to her agreeable and instructive conversation, I can't help wishing that
some of the would-be ladies of the city would take noteB and try to do
likewise. But they won't, or rather can't, for few here have had the ad-
vantages of early education and refinement, and they are too conceited in
their old age to profit by the advantages their present wealth extend to
them. In fact, San Francisco society, taken as an entirety, is like matri-
mony, and California climate, and mining stocks, and painted mules,
must be taken for better or worse, with violent probabilities that the
chances are on the side of the worse. Things do get very much mixed
up, and misapplied and misplaced here. Many of the paupers are " fit
for the princes, the princes fit for something less."
The "Butler Conundrum," propounded in a recent News Letter, re-
minds me of an anecdote told of a fashionable San Francisco belle, whose
father stood behind a second-rate sausage stand. Scene. — Elaborately
furnished parlor in butcher's house, a number of strangers present. Stately
belle joins in the conversation, that has turned upon the locality of of-
fices, and says in a loud tone: " Mamma, mamma, where's papa's office ?"
What wonder that such as she dub their man-of -all -work " butler ;" Nim-
ble Dick would be more appropriate. The footman is a novelty on this
(5bast, and those who have lately come into possession of the article, as
of many other luxuries they have stumbled into, have no idea what use
to put him to, so he is retained as a figure-head, while mi-lady, overcome
by the grandeur of the individual, waits upon herself.
I am your ever devoted Satanella.
Song of the Barkeeper. — "Let us then be up and stirring."
E.M. Pry. FRY, WATTLES & CO., J.B.Watties.
Stock Brokers,
303 BIODtsromery Street, S. F., Under tlie Nevada Bank.
%^~ Money to loan on active accounts. Nov. 8.
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/ change, No. 412 Montgomery street, San Francisco. May 4.
TRANSATLANTIC FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY,
Of Hamburg.
(Capital, 91.500,000, C. 8. Gold Col^.— Losses Paid In Gold
j Coin immediately after Adjustment. This Corporation holds contracts of fif-
teen other European Insurance Companies, re-insuring by far tbe gTeater part of
every risk , as soon as accepted in our office. The combined subscribed Capital which
our policies therefore offer to the public amounts to $17,237,500, U. S. Gold Coin, of
which S4 403,750 is paid up, besides the always available Reserve Funds.
GEORGE MARCUS & CO., General Agents for Pacific Coast,
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Real Estate Brokers, No. 652 Market street, X. E. corner
Kearny. Rents Collected and Houses Let. $1 each. Bad tenants immediately
ejected, S5 each. Houses Let, Loans NeErotiated, Property taken charge of in Xho
absence of owners. Legal Documents Carefully Drawn.
March 6.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
March 6, 1880.
AN ENGLISH NOVEL.
IBY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR.
Chapter XVII. — The Levee.
It is the day of the Queen'8 grand Levee, and all the fashionable world
of London is agog with excitement. The entertainment, given, as it spe-
cially is, in honor of the approaching nuptials of Mr. Connaught and Miss
Thames, elicits more than ordinary attention from society people, and
promises to be one of the most elegant affairs and greatest social successes
of the season. Ever since the invitations were issued, some four weeks
ago, the high-toned dressmakers of the metropolis have had their hands
more than full designing and preparing new and elegant toilettes for the
ladies who proposed attending, and each of the fair sex seemed to be vie-
ing with the other in her efforts to appear, if possible, more distingue and
" real elegant " than ever before.
Of course the Thameses were invited. As they say in Paris (in French),
" Cela va sans dire ;" but being invited didn't mean that they were going.
The Earl couldn't get away from his business, and the Countess was af-
flicted with one of her periodical sick headaches, so Evy bad to go alone.
Luckily, the premonitory symptoms of Mis. Thames' ailment havin;
manifested themselves the day previous, the Lady Genevieve was enable
to secure the attendance of the Prince as her escort. Though Evy was
put out some at not having her ma along with her, she sought consolation
in the thought that she was relieved from the ordeal of appearing before
the elite in a carriage driven by Billy in citizen's dress, that young gentle-
man having positively declined to make a monkey of himself by donning
the nobby coachman*8 suit the Countess, at Evy's instigation, had pro-
vided for him, and exhausted her powers of persuasion in urging him to
wear. Entre nous : that was the cause of the headache.
So the Prince had agreed to call for Evy in a hack at half-past three.
Let us view her as she stands awaiting his arrival. Her toilette is from
the fashionable establishment of Madame Layette, on Holbora street,
and is quite beyond a justifying description. It is a deep gray satin
pouet de soie, with overskirt of ten shades of mauve and Nile green inter-
mixed, and ruchings of blonde velvet embroidered with seed pearls, sur-
mounted by a sleeveless sack cut decolctte with court train and caught in
with knife pleatings of orange satin gros grain and broad straps of scarlet
bombazine, richly garnished with different colored 0oss silk. Her coiffure
is composed of ckevoux naturelle, disposed a la Grecque, with garnitures of
red, white and blue feathers tipped with silver and interspersed with
blush roses. Her ornaments are solitaire diamonds set in gold at intervals
of an eighth of an inch, and that in bands clasp her head, throat, wrists
and fingers. Indeed, did not the strict requirements of fashion forbid
their disslosure when in repose, anklets of the same description would
display themselves encircling the tops of her light blue kid gaiters. But
wait till she and the Prince shall electrify all beholders in the " Glide "
or the "Newport," a little later on, and then the priceless gems which
now are " born to blush unseen" will give token of their whereabouts.
Trust Evy for that. A pair of expensive long gloves, of the same hue as
the gaiter boots, extend above her elbows, and complete the most
recherche and costly, as well as striking and novel, costume du bal pourune
demoiselle ever seen amid the brilliant scenes of aristocratic and wealthy
social life.
Her ma, the old Countess, albeit on the sick list, hovers round, with
her head tied up in a silk handkerchief, adding a pin here or adjusting a
loop there with true maternal interest. Evy is not in the best of tempers
as the hour of twenty minutes of four has been reached, and as yet the
Prince has not arrived.
" Quit, ma !" she exclaims. " You make me sick," and she stamps h£r
foot impatiently. " Go and look out the window and see if that ain't a
hack coming up to the door."
Mrs. Thames obeys silently, but scarcely has she gained the window
when the door is thrown open and in walks the Prince. As he sees Evy
he stops, his face all glowing with tender admiration.
" Oh, no ; guess not!" he exclaims. "Ain't got on all your store
clothes, have you V
"Oh, quit your fooling," replies MissT., as she surveys her noble
fiancee with suppressed resentment in her eye at bis tardy appearance.
"You hadn't ought to talk, with that spike tail coat and lemon kids.
Guess there was a fire somewheres last night," she adds, casting a glance
at the new stovepipe he carried daintily in his hand, as she gathers up
her fan and handkerchief preparatory to departure.
" Better tell the old woman to shut your trunk while you're away,"
observes Mr. Connaught, quizically, as he sees the Countess hiding behind
the window curtains.
"What for?" demands Evy, giving herself dead away.
" So's you won't find no broken-necked rats in it when you get back,"
replies the Prince, moving earefullyto the door.
*' That's all right," says Evy. " Quit your foolishness and come."
As they reach the head of the stairs Mrs. Thames calls after them:
"0, Evy!"
" Well, well ; what is it now ?" calls back the Lady Genevieve.
" You forgot your rubbers," says her ma, holding them up. " You '11
want 'em if you walk home."
"You don't catch this child walking home," replies Evy, with a deci-
siveness in her tone that admonishes the Prince he is in for a double fare.
He thinks of the million check, however, and consoles himself.
They are soon in the hack and whirling away to the Tower of London.
The Prince's Jehu is a splendid reinsman, and passes everything on the
road. Evy's spirits and good humor return to her as she watches the in-
spiriting scene from the window, and when they at length draw up under
the vast portico of the Tower, and the Prince jumps out and helps her to
alight with one hand, while with the other he takes the number of the
hack on a card from the officer who bangs the door after them, she feek
as though she were now (as she will be some day) the mistress of the pala-
tial abode she is about to enter but as a guest. A feeling of tender affec-
tion for the Prince takes possession of her, she forgets the existence of
Alphonso, and, with moistening eyelid and quivering lip, she falters:
"I was real mean to be sassy to you just now. I'm awful sorry."
" Oh, that's all right. That ain't nothing," answers the Prince, kindly.
Then he links his arm into hers, and so they ascend the broad stone
staircase together.
[Continued Next Week.}
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This Bank transacts a General Banking Business. Accounts opened subject to Check
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March 6, 1880.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
FOR LADIES ONLY.
Female Art and Literary Workers in France.— Tho Gazrtte de$
FemmtM ha«nbUun<Hl«orueit)t4-rv?<tiiu- -•t.itisii.-'i as t<< the Dumber of women
in France who have entered the nrti-ti'- and liU-rarv ptof— ions, Tho
lady writers o«f (riven at 1,700, of whom l.ooOare known to be tho au-
thorcMe* of novels or tales for the young, 200 poetesses, anil l'H) oom-
pilvraof etliicatiooal works. Two-thirds of these ladlea were born in the
provinces, and the majority in Brittany, Normandy, ami the sooth of
France. Tho female artists art- more numerous than tin- writers, and era-
brace 2,160 painters who have exhibited in the Salon. The remainder are
thm grouped: Modelers in wax, 754; painters in oil, 602 J miniature
painters, 193; sculptors, 107; (winters of fans and in chalk, -CM.— Bel-
gian «kin dressers are said to have discovered a way of curing rahhit-
•kitis that makes them nndistinguishable from sealskin.— -Bftchaumont,
of the Sport, tells s story of the Cornptesae du Cayla, the last of the/a-
worites. One day she was turning over the leaves of a magnificent illus-
trated edition of the Bible, while Louis the Eighteenth was signing some
State papers. When the King had finished, he asked the fair reader what
she had been doing. " I was making a new acquaintance, sire." "With
Whom?" "With the Bible." "With the Bible! Well, Comtesae, you
must not -*tay at mere acquaintance." The iVmtesse had forgotten the
Incident when she returneil to her room a few hours afterward, and found
on the table of her salon the Bible which she had so much admired in the
klng'fl cabinet. She opened it, and what was her surprise to find that
each engraving was covered with a new bank-note of a thousaud francs.
There were one hundred and fifty engravings in Louis the Eighteenth's
Bible. This was an original way of encouraging the reading of the Bible.
^—Fashion is, if possible, more variable than ever, and in the matter of
jewelry she has completely veered round, like the veritable weathercock
she is. I Dobtrusive ornaments, so long worn, are less popular ; and all
the new jewelry is ponderous, massive, and altogether very obtrusive look-
ing. The modern locket is as large as it is possible to make it, short of
resembling a warming-pan. The new gold and silver chains are the size
of cables.— — At M. Gravy's recent reception a lady wore eighty yards of
old point d'Alencon over a train the color of a peacock's tail: seven dia-
mond porUhonheurs, while the plume of a Marshal of France rose from
a cluster of jewels above her small, proud head.— A curious habit of
English ladies at the theater is noted by a French contemporary. The
fair Englishwoman, so says the Gallic writer, generally wears a large gold
cross at the throat, and this cross is hollow, and is filled with some " pre-
cious cordial," sherry, Madeira or brandy. "Thus fitted, this religious
symbol assumes an unexpected utilitarian aspect, and plays a serious role
in the existence of the ladies of England. It helps them to satisfy their
ingenious instincts of comfort, and allows them to take without scandal
before everybody at a ball or the theater, one of those tonics which it is
said the people of the North need to excite, awaken or stimulate their
Derves. This custom can be observed nightly at the opera, where a charm-
ing young English lady is in the habit of pressing to her lips, at the most
pathetic passages, an enormous gold cross." ^.ud that is what they think
of us in France; they might inquire.-^— "All is not gold that glitters."
This is the most apropos of proverbs just now, for if every one of the
brilliant ornaments that are seen on a lady's toilet, in accordance with the
dictates of the present fashion, were of good alloy, their price would ex-
ceed a king's rausom. Glitter is the mania of the hour — glitter upon
every part of a fashionable woman's toilet, from head-gear to slippers.
Cloth of gold is the imposing name given to a new material which is used
to trim dresses. The collars and cuffs are made of it, and it is introduced
into many other parts of the toilet. Gold bead embroidery is also in much
request, but it only looks well in an artificial light, and too much of it,
even then, is not in good taste. In short, bead work is to be seen upon
every article of dress, and very costly embroideries are made of iridescent
or opal tinted beads ; these beads are very minute, and are strung upon
fine threads ; they are used to outline the flower patterns on velvet or
satin brocade, as the casa may be.— —In Paris fashion has a decided ten-
dency to the style of the French Restoration. The very quaintness of
this style, we are told, has something fascinating about it. Beauty, half
hidden by its enormous poke bonnets and its immense starched ruffles,
seems to acquire more grace and refinement. It triumphs by contrasts.
Elegant muffs are worn of an evening at concerts or the theater. Some
very pretty ones have been noted. One of black satin with Cupids
painted in water-colors over the satin ; on one side a cluster of Guelder
roses fastened with a bow of cardinal satin ; lining of cardinal-red plush.
^—Writes Augustine to Augusta in the London Truth: One of the styles
most in fashion for dinner dresses is decidedly the square cut bodice, with
very short sleeves ; the waistcoat and half- waistcoat, with habit and fancy
buttons, are also much in favor. The habit is often made of a striped
plush, called peluche duchesae ; the basques are long, and sometimes
pointed with lace edging or chenille border. I saw a very handsome cos-
tume of this kind, the habit being of plush in the new brown tint called
capucine, with stripes of old gold color, over a skirt of pale blue satin ;
the short sleeveB were made of Indian muslin and Alencon lace, and the
half -waistcoat was of pale blue satin trimmed with lace and a small bou-
quet of tea roses. The fashionable colors for these dresses just at present
are pink, pale blue, mauve, straw, violet, green, capucine, and black ; the
habit is generally of a darker tint or mixture, for instance, ruby-red
plush. Striped straw is seen with waistcoat and skirt of pink satin,
trimmed with Indian muslin lace, bouquet of roses and violets. Long
gloves, with eight to twelve buttons, sometimes with swan's-down edging,
are worn with these dresses, and more jewelry than formerly is fashiona-
ble on the head and round the neck. Pearls are the most fashionable
necklaces. Walking-dresses are made very much the same as a few weeks
ago, a deal of fur being worn. One of the newest costumes without fur
is the kilted or plaited skirt, with plain tunic, draped toward the back,
the bodice is riding-habit shape, with basques, the favorite colors being
different shades of blue, brown, slate, dark green, and sealskin. For eve-
ning parties and balls the round skirt is generally adopted by young la-
dies, satin, Surah foulard, plain, striped and embroidered grenadine, gauze
and muslin being the materials most in vogue. Bodices are made long
and often quite pointed, or with slashed basques over the skirt, cut out
very high at the sides ; the shape at the neck is en coeur, or square cut,
with guimpe or chemisette of plaited tulle, point Saint-Esprit or muslin.
Quite a number of young ladies wear plain and striped foulard, and mus-
lin very slightly trimmed with scarf drapery and flowers, and the bodices
are cut out half low a la Vierge with tulle or point Saint-Esprit chemis-
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
March 6, 1880.
"PLEASURE'S WAND."
""Wo Obey no Wand but Pleasure's."— Tom Moore.
Baldwin's Theater. — The Soul of an Actress has run through its sec-
ond week to good houses. The players having all become accustomed to
their respective parts and to the action of the play, and, in consequence,
the performances have been very smooth. The excellence of the stock
company is amply proven by this production. On the first few nights the
attention that Miss Morris felt compelled to bestow upon the stage man-
agement, somewhat marred her performance. It was natural, though,
that she should so feel, for a great many of the points and most of the
Btage business are of her suggestion. Now that the play runs by itself,
she can devote herself completely to her own impersonation. It is a won-
derfully good piece of acting, worthy of Clara Morris's great talent. Tbe
struggle in the second act between love and reason, between heart and
head, is admirably depicted. The epilogue, which is rather common-
place, both in meaning and wording, she speaks with such rare elocution-
ary taste, that its lack of depth and beauty is entirely overlooked. The
play is to be returned to Mr. G-unter for revision and re-writing. The
experience of the two weeks will suggest the proper remedies for the mul-
titude of faults with which the drama abounds. As it now stands, the
treatment of the story is very faulty, but there are many good points,
evidencing the possession by Mr. G-unter of strong talent for dramatic
composition. As was stated in last week's isBue, the foundation of this
play is an old romantic one of Dumas', entitled Soubise. An effort to
find a copy of this in the local libraries and bookstores has proved fruit-
less, and it is therefore impossible to compare and discover how much in-
spiration has been drawn from the older work. For next week Miss Mut-
ton and Monsieur Alphonse will he given, In the latter play Mr. Free-
man will have a strong part.
Bush Street Theater. — The popularity of Dundreary has evidently
lost none of its strength. Crowds gather nightly to laugh at the ridicu-
lous sayings and outrageous absurdities of Sothern's abnormal creation.
The jokes, the stories, that convulsed us years ago, seem to have lost none
of their mirth-creating powers. What was once Our American Cousin
has gradually become Dundreary, with a few other figures to stand around,
act as butts for his Lordship's extravagant and idiotic emanations, and
give a raison d'etre for the lifting of the curtain. The absorbtion of char-
acters, plot, etc., of the old comedy has been gradual, and can be traced
from Laura Keene's Theater, New York, in the year I860, to Great Brit-
ain, to and fro between the two continents for years, through Paris in the
Theatre-Italien in 1867, through the two former visits to this city, to this
last production. The secret of this everlasting popularity lies in the fact
that this is one of those shows that amuse withouteffort. It is a relaxation,
a relief. The fun is spontaneous, laughter flows in unthinking ripples, and
the enjoyment is perfect. Edward Lamb's " Asa Trenchard " is a clever*
natural piece of acting, and Blakely's " Binney " is a most amusing bit.
Otherwise the support is rather mediocre. On Monday Brother Sam and
Dundreary Married and Settled will be given.
In speaking of Mr. Gunter's new play, some weeks ago, it was
mentioned in these columns that tbe author had, as collaborateur, Mr.
Edgar Fawcett, a well-known New York journalist. This information
was derived from a New York paper. It was erroneous, as the following
courteous letter will show :
22 West Seventeenth stbeet, >
New York City, February 24, 1880. [
To the Editor of the San Francisco News Letter — Sir : A day or two ago I
was shown a copy of your journal, containing the statement that The
Soul of an Actress, the play which Miss Clara Morris will shortly produce
in your city, is " by Edgar Fawcett and A. C. Gunter." Will you per-
mit me publicly to deny this statement ? As I only saw The Soul of an
Actress several months after its composition, when the author, Mr. Gun-
ter kindly read it to me, you will doubtless admit that my reputed share
in its authorship could not well exist. I like the play exceedingly, and in-
deed consider it a masterpiece of picturesque melodramatic work, abound-
ing in fine situations and touched with episodes of exquisite pathos. But
Mr. Gunter is its sole author, and my own concern in the play is simply
one of deep interest as to its future success. Respectfully, yours,
Edgar Fawcett.
German Theater. — Benevolent Women, produced last Sunday evening,
is a happy comedy, full of wit and humor. It was exceptionally well
acted. For to-morrow evening a most amusing posse is announc«d, Die
Aktienbudiker. This performance will be particularly noticeable by the
reappearance of Mr. Otto Reiffarth, formerly a very popular member of
the local German stage.
The new management of Woodward's Gardens seem to be very suc-
cessful in catering to the public taste for amusements. The Gardens
were never more popular, and, we hope, more profitable than at the pres-
ent time. Everybody says that the entertainment given last Saturday
and Sunday was splendid. We understand that it will be repeated to-
day and to-morrow.
Chit-Chat. — The envy and malignity that follows Buecess has never
been more fully exemplified than in the case of P. S. Gilmore. Since the
successful production of his national anthem, " Columbia,' a score of
irresponsible scribblers have been trying to find some source for Gilmore's
inspiration. Here is the latest : " The angel has been found who inspired
P. S. Gilmore's anthem of ' Columbia.' Many years ago there lived at
Paris a musician named Antony Camotte, who was known as the com-
poser of numerous waltzes, quadrilles and other pieces of a light character.
His Opus 628 was a * Grand Quadrille Historique et Caracteristique,'
which concluded with a ' March du Sacre.' The first eight bars of ' Co-
lumbia' are an exact transcript from this march. "—Edward Strauss,
musical director of the court balls at Vienna, has such a physiognomy
and such a shape that almost everybody in that city call him '* Hand-
some Eddie. "-^— 'Sir Julius Benedict has resigned the conductorship of
the Liverpool Philharmonic Society, a position he has held for thirteen
years.— On the 16th of February the female aoudad at the Cincinnati
Zoo gave birth to twins. It may be well to explain that the aoudad is
tbe ammo waguB wa^eZop/iMs.— Eugene Dejazet, Bon of the renowned ac-
tress, and a composer of operettas, is dead.— —The mother of Florence
Nightingale died recently in England, aged ninety-two.-^— Miss Blanche
Roosevelt, Gilbert & Sullivan's prima donna, met recently with a strange
accident. While asleep, a part of the ceiling of the bedroom fell upon
her, seriously injuring her.— Considerable excitement has been created
in Norway by tbe nomination of the celebrated Norwegian actor, Johannes
Brun, to be a Knight ot the Order of St. Olavus—a decoration which is
only conferred on rare occasions. This is the first time a Norwegian actor
has received this honor, and it is consideied as being an official rebuke to
the prevailing pietistic sentiment against theaters. The gentleman who
recently sued the manager of the Paris Grand Opera for damages, because
he paid admission to see La Favorite, and it was produced in a " cut "
fashion, has been nonsuited, with costs at his expense.^— BesBie Turner
denies that she has settled down as a housekeeper in Brooklyn, N. Y.,
and that she had recently been married.-^— Karl von Holter, the German
dramatic writer and poet, is dead.— ^Charles de laRonnat, formerly Di-
rector of the Paris Grand Opera, has been reappointed to that position.
-^— The first rehearsal of Aida, which is to be brought out at the Paris
Grand Opera on March 12th, took place there on February 15th, under
the direction of Verdi, its composer. ^^Fanny Kemble clings, it is said,
to the ancient dramatic traditions. She was asked lately, by Baroness
Burdett-Coutts, if she had seen Mr. Irving in the part of " Shylock."
" Yes," she said, " I have." "And what do you think of the perform-
ance?" questioned the Baroness. "In my opinion," answered F. K.,
"if Shakespeare could see it he would re-write the part."— ■■—Mile.
Josse, from the Calais Theater, made a profound sensation in Paris a few
nights ago by entering a cage of lions with Bedel, the lion-tamer. She
astonished the animals greatly by reciting in their midst some of Victor
Hugo's verses. -^— The young daughter of George Pendleton is an accom-
plished harpist.— —William A. Croffut, of the New York Tribuue, has
just finished the words of a comic opera, and to Dudley Buck, of Boston,
has been entrusted the duty of furnishing the music. As yet the opera is
without a name, and the subject of it has not been made public— Miss
Rose Cogblan is studying up "Peg Woffington," in Masks and Faces,
which will shortly be given at the Madison Square Theater, with a re-
markable cast, including Dominick Murray as " Triplet," Tom Whiffen
as " Colly Cibber," and Effie Ellsler as "Mabel Vane. "^— The illness of
her mother still keeps Clara Louise Kellogg in Paris. ^^ Von Bulow has
made a complete success of his piano recitala in London.
ART ASSOCIATION.
THE FIFTEENTH. EXHIBITION OF THE
ART ASSOCIATION
IS NOW OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
£--,-:" The Collection comprises .150 examples of the best work of
our local artists. March 6.
THE BALDWIN THEATER.
rjntiomas Magnire, Maungrer; B. M. Eberle, Slage manager.
X This (Saturday) Afternoon, March 6th, at 2 o'clock, GRAND CLARA MORRIS'
MATINEE, and Last Performance of
The Soul of An Actress!
This (Saturday) Evening, March Gth, Benefit of MR. 6. R. CHIPMAN— THE DANI-
CHEF1S and MY NEIGHBOR'S WIFE. Monday, March 8th— CLARA MORRIS in
Miss Mnlton !
BUSH-STREET THEATER.
Charles E. Locke, Proprietor.— Two Hours and a Half of
Irrepressible Laughter ! Every Evening (including Sunday) and at Saturday
Matinee. Second Week of MR. SOTHERN and his Company of Comedians, in
Our American Cousin !
MR. SOTHERN appearing in his world-famous character of LORD DUNDREARY !
Monday Next, March 8th -The "Two Brothers'" Bill, DUNDREARY'S BROTHER
SAM and DUNDREARY MARRIED AND SETTLED. Reserved Seats at the Box
Office one week in advance. March 6.
NOTICE.
If Joseph Sa very, late of Taunton, In the County of Somer-
set, England, and who since kept an hotel in the Sierra Nevada Mountains,
California, and afterwards lived in the State of Virginia, and known by tbe name
of "English Joe," and who waa last heard of in 1868 at San Francisco, will commu-
nicate with MESSRS. TRENCHARD, TRENCHARD & LEIR, Solicitors, Taunton,
Somerset, England, he will hear of something to his advantage. [March 6.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Office of the Standard Con. Mining: Company, San Fran-
cisco, Cal., March 2d, 1880.— At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the
above-named Company, held this day. Dividend No. 13, of Seventy-five Cents per
share, was declared, payable on FRIDAY, March 12th, 1880, at the office in this city,
or at the Agency of the Nevada Bank of San Francisco, in New York.
WM. WILLIS, Secretary.
Office— Room No. 29, Nevada Block, No. 309 Montgomery street, San Francisco,
California. March 0.
JAMES G. STEELE
Tabes pleasure in notifying- his old friends and patrons,
and the public that he has leased and fitted up the store, NO. 635 MARKET
STREET (Palace Hotel Block), wherein he will transact a GENERAL DRUG BUSI-
NESS under the name and title of James G. Steele & Co. To all visitors he
will take pleasure in showing a large and well-assorted stock (collected with great
care in the markets of the Eastern States and Europe), such as pertains to a first-
class Drug Store. March 6,
March 6, 1880.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
SPORTING ITEMS.
Coursing -The reni*rk»b.e succera of the Pacific Coast Coursing
Gh-b's recent meeting at Merced hu gireii the ajwrt a oonildarabl'e posh
to wan 1 it* proper poeitioii »t the head --f Oallfbrnlan Ip <rts. AJtfaongb
the *|>Ien«liii weather, the perfect ground and the quality of the bares had
much tn do with it.-* racoeas, the oraoen ol the Grab Meauo. Mark Dev-
lin, J. C Pennie, C. Fowler and J, J. Bryan are to be congratulate! on
the well deeerred results <»f their Labors, The Bald officers aleo deserve
mentioning in the highest terms of praise. The field stewards, Messrs.
Berry ami Llndaner, did grand service in keening order and selecting pro-
i**r ground t-» course over. The judges — Messrs. It, J. TidmarsD, J,
Power* aim! A. -T. Meany (the clever, genial Sheriff <<f Merced) — gave de-
al! through the stake that were unanimously approved. Although
we fail to set? the advantage or necessity of ran re than one fudge, yet we
are bound to admit that in this instance it worked well. All three judges
•ntlemen well versed in the sport. Had the ease been different, it
is likely their conflicting opinions might have caused fcrouble.«*~The in-
terior coursing clubs are unusually active. The Oroville club has some
•port nearly every week. ■^— The Capital Coursing Club propose to bold a
meeting March 25th, open to all dogs in the State. ^— The Pioneer Cours-
faa Club will hold their spring meeting, as previously announced, at
Merced, March 10th and 11th. The Club and their friends will leave
town on the 4 p.m. boat, Tuesday, March 9th. Tickets for the round
trip, 97.50 ; can be obtained from any member of the Club. The draw-
ing and election of judge, slipper, ami other field officers, will be held at
&W California street, at 8 o'clock this evening, when the attendance of all
members of the Club, and all persons desirous of entering dogs, is parti-
cularly necessary. So far as we can learn, there will be thirty-two or
more entries, which, if filled, will make the largest stake ever run for in
this State. The following dogs are already named as certain to run:
Ruler, Queen Emma, Minnehaha, Lady Gay, Lady Alice, Colleen Bawn,
Monarch, Speculation, Master Joe, Nellie, Bnnwfiake, Spring, Bulldozer,
Tamalpais, Nell, Fleet, California Boy, Brown's Spring, Jemima, Sadie.
and two nominations for Mr. Manning, President of the Capital Coursing
Club. A |»arty of members of the Club and friends intend to stop over
till the following Monday to enjoy a mammoth quail hunt. We advise
other sportsmen to take advantage of the cheap tickets and follow their
example. 'The Waterloo Cup was won by Lord Haddington's dog,
Houeywood ; Plunger second. The Waterloo Plate fell to Debonnaire,
who beat Truthful, and Shepherdess captured the Waterloo Purse. ^—
It speaks well for the good feeling of the Pioneer Club toward the Pa-
cific Coursing Club, that they unanimously voted to send invitations to
all the officers of the latter club to be present at their meeting.
Shooting. — The Pigeon Shooting Tournament, under the auspices of
the leading shooting clubs of California, that we mentioned last week, is
arranged to take place at the Milbrae Shooting Grounds, March 21st.
The entries are limited to 40, with an entrance fee of $20. Entries must
be sent to F. H. Putzman, Jr., Secretary of the Committee, at 340 Pine
street, on or before March 18th. The prize list, which is unusually large,
include : First prize, an elegant silver cup, presented by Messrs. Liddle
& Kaeding, and §200; second prize, $140; third prize, $120; fourth prize,
§100; fifth prize, $75; sixth prize, §50; seventh prize, $40; eighth prize,
$30; ninth prize, §25; tenth prize, §20 ; and several handsome presents
contributed by lovers of the sport. The shooting will be under the rules
of the Cosmopolitan Club, of San Francisco. Fifteen single birds, 21
yards rise ; ties to be shot off at three double rises. As this match is in
the hands of gentlemen who arrange it as a means to promote sport, and
not as a scheme to make money, and the prizes are guaranteed, and not as
in a recent shoot (contingent on the profit of the affair), it is certain to at-
tract all the best shots in the State, and be, in every respect, a grand suc-
cess.—The Willows' Gun Club has arranged a grand pigeon match, to
come off at that place April 13th and 14th, open to all shooters in the
State, with an entrance fee of §15. Entries must be made to W. C. Mur-
dock, President of the Club, on or before April 1st, 1880. Entries limited
to 20, 12 single birds, 21 yards rise. Cosmopolitan Club rules to govern
the match. Cash prizes to the amount of §300, and several handsome
articles, will be given. ^^Delegates from the leading Pigeon Shooting
Clubs of this city met at 410 Pine street, last Wednesday night, to dis-
cuss the action of the S. F. T. P. O. C. T. A. in arresting Jabez Swan
for holding a shooting tournament at the Recreation Grounds. P. S.
Mullin in the Chair, H. C. Cotton Secretary. On motion of Mr. Stack-
pool, it was unanimously agreed that the clubs give their moral and finan-
cial support to the defense of the Swan test case. Letters of support
were received from Sporting Clubs all over the State. ^^Charles Sonn-
tag has offered a prize of §100 to the company of the National Guard
making the highest company score at the annual target practice in May.
He also offers a medal, valued at §100, for the highest individual score
made by any member of a company in the State militia ; the contest for
the medal to take place about the middle of April.
Pedestrianism. — Edward Payson Weston and Daniel O'Leary have
been matched for a six-day contest for §5,000 a side, to commence at the
Mechanics' Pavilion, Monday, March 8th, at 1 a.m. By the terms of the
match the §10,000 are deposited in the hands of Hamilton Busby, the
referee. The scoring and time-keeping are left entirely in the hands of
Joseph Cairn Simpson, a gentleman for many years a leader in Califor-
nia sporting circles. The winner of the match is to receive two-thirds of
the profits, the loser one-third. By giving the charge of the scoring to an
entirely outside and disinterested person, the contestants made a wise
move, that will be a final and conclusive answer to any doubts as to the
genuineness of the affair. The stake is the largest ever walked for in this
or any other country, and so much larger than any possible profit accru-
ing from the match that it is clear gate-money is not the object of the
race. There is a deep-rooted jealousy of long standing between O'Leary
and Weston. Both have won the Astley belt — that pinnacle of a pedes-
trian's ambition— O'Leary twice, Weston once. Both have made the best
scores on record — O'Leary as a square heel-and-toe walker, Weston at a
go-as-you please gait; although the latter's performance has been some-
what eclipsed by an (as yet) unauthenticated record in the recent London
match. Both men have everything to win and everything to lose by the
match, a condition of affairs certain to spur them on to do their utmost,
so that if they are really what tbey are considered, the two best men in
the world, 550 miles will be handsomely beaten. The internal arrange-
ments of the Pavilion, for the convenience and amusement of spectators,
will be far superior to those of any previous matchj and if the work done
J| by the men i* near what we anticipate, the attendance will strain the ca-
pacity "' that immense building to Its utmost. The best possible preoan>
•ions have been taken for the preservation of order, and, as smoking is to
be prohibited, do more enjoyable place for Indies and gentlemen to spend
a few boon could be found. We hope that, in every respect, the match
will be satisfactory, not alone to the visitors and the walkers, but to the
great outside world ol athletic devotees, whose eyes are just now turned
toward San Francisco— the expectant theater of what we confidently an-
ticipate will be the greatest physical feat the world has ever seen. All
the leading Eastern sporting papers yet to hand agree with us in antici-
pating a remarkable record.
Swimming. — At last there is some solid foundation for our hopes of a
race between the Champion and J, P. Fleming, or, as the daily papers, in
their ignorance of sporting laws, call them, " the two champions, as if the
title could belong to more than one person in the same line. The men
and their friends met last Wednesday evening at the " Criterion," and put
up a deposit of §25 a side to swim twenty-four lengths of Wonderlich &
Bryan's Newport Baths for §100 a side, Sunday, March 28th. Mr. K. B.
Cunningham, a leading member of the Neptune Swimming Club, and a
thoroughly honorable gentleman, was elected referee and stake-holder,
with authority to take the gate receipts prior to the race, and personally
hand the entire amount to the winner.
Krug Champagne.— Private Cuvee, in quarts and pints ; Shield —
Krug— in quarts and pints ; Premiere Qualite, in quarts and pints. For
sale by Hellman Bros. & Co., corner Front and Jackson Btreets.
St. John's Presbyterian Church, Post street, between Mason and
Taylor. Rev. Dr. W. A. Scott, Pastor, preaching as usual Sunday at 11
a.m. and 7£ P.M. Sunday School and Bible Class, 9J A. M. Prayer and
Praise Service, 6^ P.M.
It is rumored that Kalloch is likely to resign the Mayoralty shortly,
on the plea of ill-health. " Very badly scared " is the true statement of
his case.
ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
DAY SILVER MINING COMPANY,
Assessment No. 5.
Amount 5 Cents Per Share-
Levied March 2d.
Delinquent April 6th.
Day of Sale May 3d.
J. W. PEW, Secretary.
Office— Room 15, No, 310 Pine street, San Francisco, California. [March 6.
ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
Andes Silver Mining Company.— Location of Principal
Place of Business, San Francisco, California.— Location of Works, Virginia
Mining District, Storey County, Nevada.— Notice is hereby given that at a meeting
of the Board of Directors, held on the twenty-sixth day of February, 1880, an assess-
ment (No. 14) of Twenty-five (25) Cents per share was levied upon the capital stock
of the Corporation, payable immediately, in United States gold coin, to the Secre-
tary, at the oifiee of the Company, Room 2, Nevada Block, 309 Montgomery street,
San Francisco, California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall remain unpaid on the FIRST (1st)
day of APRIL, 18S0, will be delinquent and advertised for sale at public auction ;
and unless payment is made before, will be sold on TUESDAY, the TWENTIETH
(20th) day of APRIL, 1880, to pay the delinquent assessment, together with cost of
advertising- and expenses of sale. By order of the Board of Directors.
BUTLER BURRIS, Secretary.
Office— Room 2, Nevada Block, 309 Montgomery St., San Francisco, Cal. [Mch. 6.
ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
Tbe Justice Mining Company. -— Location of Principal
Place of Business, San Francisco, California.— Location of Works, Gold Hill,
Storey County, Nevada. — Notice is hereby given that at a meeting: of the Board of
Directors, held on the 9th day of February, 1880, an assessment (No. 31) of Fifty
Cents per share, was levied upon the capital stock of the Corporation, payable im-
mediately, in United States gold coin, to the Secretary, at the office of the Company,
Room 2, Hay ward's Building, 419 California street, San Francisco, California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall remain unpaid on the FIFTEENTH
day of MARCH, 1880, will be delinquent and advertised for sale at public auction ;
and unless payment is made before, will be sold on MONDAY, the FIFTH day of
APRIL, 18SS0, to pay the delinquent assessment, together with cost of advertising
and expenses of sale. By order of the Board of Directors.
R. E. KELLY, Secretary.
Office— Room 2, Hayward's Building, 419 California street, San Francisco, Cal-
ifornia. Feb. 14.
— SPECIAL N0TICET"
Pacific Mail Steamship Company .--New York and Panama
Lme —Owing to non-arrival of the Steamer GRANADA, the Steamer CHINA
will tako her berth, and sail TUESDAY, March 9th. All passages booked for GRA-
NADA hold good per Steamer CHINA.
The CHINA is one of the largest and most comfortable Passenger Steamers on the
Coast and her accommodations for Steerage Passengers are unequaled by any
Steamer afloat. WILLIAMS, DIMOND & CO., General Agents,
March 0. Corner First and Brannan streets.
JOSEPH GILLOTT'S STEEL PENS.
Gold. Medal, Paris, 1S7S.
Sold by all Stationers. Sole Agent for the United States:
MR, HENRY HOE, 91 John street, N Y. Jan. 6.
REMOVAL.
Samnel Irvine, Successor to Anderson A Irving', Dealer in
Gentleman's Furnishing Goods, has removed to No. 206 KEARNY STREET.
A full line of all descriptions of Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods constantly on hand,
at the lowest prices JaD- 31-
GREATEST WONDER OF THE AGE.
Suspended Wire Cusbiou Parlor Billiard Table. A new
California invention. Call at No. 28 New Montgomery street. Patent applied
for. Agents wanted. [Feb. 21.] S, B, MATHEWSON & CO.
JOHN G. AYRES,
Stock and Exchange Broker, Ho. 439 California street, San
Francisco, will buy and sell Bonds and Stocks of every kind, and on proper
Collaterals negotiate Loans of various amounts, including those on first-class City
and Country Real Estate, at satisfactory rates. Feb. 21-
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
March 6, 18&0.
THE PACIFIC COAST PONTOON DEPOSITING DOCK COMPANY.
CLARK & STANDFIELD, Inventors and Patentees.
.A.TTG-TTSTCTS T ■ A V3E5H., -A.som.t, S^xx Francisco.
A COMPANY is now in process of formation, entitled as above, with a capital of §600,000, and will be composed of men largely interested in
advancing the development of the shipping prosperity of this Coast. The control, furtherance and establishment of this new economical pro-
cess of docking vessels has been intrusted to Augustus Laver, of this city, the designer of our New City Hall and Law Courts, from whom
the fullest information can be obtained.
The novel and peculiar furm of floating dock, which bears the name of Clark and Standfield as inventors and patentees, has been designed to meet the
special requirements of large and busy ports where a great number of vessels have to be docked, and it has the peculiarity that, with a single dock,
an indefinite number of vessels can be raised and deposited high and dry on fixed stages, the number of vessels being limited only by the length of the
staging provided for their reception. As its cost is less than that of an ordinary dock, and its accommodation unlimited, it is evident that where
there exists sufficient trade, it is capable of earning dividends many times greater than that of any other form of dock, and is therefore specially
suited to meet the requirements of large dock companies and harbor commissioners. The design of this dock, although so novel, is already
widely known.
Captain E. E. Goulaieff, of the Russian Imperial Navy, Aide-de-Camp to the Grand Duke Constantine, etc., has also recently contributed to the
Institution of Naval Architects a paper " On the Construction and Working of the Nicolaieff Dock," which was built by Messrs. Clark, Standfield
& Co. at their works on the Thames, aud afterwards erected at Nicolaieff for the Russian Government. This dock is now in continuous use, and is
giving the greatest possible satisfaction.
The depositing dock differs from all other docks inasmuch as the vessel is not merely raised out of the water, but is deposited bodily on fixed staging
along shore so as to be virtually on dry land. Vessels in any number are placed on this staging, and remain there for as long a time as may be
requisite for cleaning and repairs, and are readily lowered again into the water at an almost nominal cost. One of these docks is thus equivalent in
fower to four, six, or a dozen ordinary graving docks, and, including staging for several vessels, can be provided at less cost than one stone dock,
t has the further advantage of great economy in working, the number of men engaged and the time occupied in docking being much less than
required for pumping out a wet dock ; moreover, the vessel, when docked, is fully exposed to light and air, and is in a position particularly convenient
for painting and repair, and, if rendered indispensable, can discharge and take in her cargo at the same time.
The peculiar feature of the dock consists in the employment of a series of fingers, or pontoons, which project beneath the vessel, and on which
it is raised. [See our illustration.] These fingers are all rigidly connected at one end by a strong vertical side, which is p*ractically au enormous
tubular girder, the whole length of the dock, and which holds each pontoon rigidly in its position, the whole resembling the teeth of a comb. This
girder, or "side," as it is termed, is of such a hight that it is never quite submerged, although the pontoons which are attached to it are submerged
sufficiently to allow the vessel to float over them. It contains the engines, pumps and valves for working the dock.
It is not essential to have depositing stages in the first instance, but the full merit of the dock only comes into play when these are provided.
These stages are quite independent of the dock, and are formed of timber, or iron piles firmly secured in the ground and braced together, forming
a number of narrow piers, on which the vessel rests. These piers are about 5 feet broad, and usually from 10 to 15 feet apart, and the pontoons
carrying the vessel upon them are arranged at corresponding distances, so as to readily float in between the piers. When in this position,
by admitting a little water into the pontoons, the vessel is lowered on to the piers, where it securely rests on keel blocks and bilge blocks in the
usual manuer.
The operation of raising a vessel is very simple. The vessel is first brought over the dock and secured in position by ropes and shores in the usual
manner. Water is pumped out of the dock until it rises, and the vessel bears firmly on the keel blocks. Very broad sliding bilge blocks are then
hauled forward under the bilges of the vessel, so as to form an unusually broad and stable cradle, and the pumping is proceeded with till the vessel
is fully raised.
When the vessel is raised, Bhe is supported on a base 70 feet broad, or double the beam of the vessel itself. In the case of the Nicolaieff Dock,
March 6, 1880.
CALIFORNIA ADVEKTISKH.
* were caused to run backward and forward f ram ]«>rt to starboard ioroa th« dtbh >>f a venncl on the dock. The effect
■t be even perceived bj elan obMrvation, although the vessel, if it bad btaa Boating! would, from th« aama cause, have
ki.it may be remarked that both the side and pontooni are divided into a gfMt many separate wator-
^^B«om|4rtm-';it->. a certain number "t" which an- permanently sealed up so that it is impiinsible to wink the dork either by accident or design. The
■n which the chief weight of the vessel rests Is itranRthened by extra frames and bolkhaade, and. ai the pressure of
lb* » •'■ ' twms i- sometimes equal to 15 lbs. on the nqiiare inch, a perfect framework ol iron is arranged within them, and also
within the aid i withstand the extraordinary pressure. It is in the skillful design of the details of this and other parts of the struc-
ture that the ■ my .-an b*> effected It is important to bew comparisons In mind, and to remember that a stationary and costly dock
dividend in the present day. and proves a moat profitable investment when docking only one vassal at a time, and it is not difficult to
•stim.it*' by this r;iti.< the profits o( a dock whloh oan dock 8 or 10 vessels daily.
The Depositing dock i* constructed in two portions, each of which is a complete dock in itself, and is provided with all necessary engines, pumps,
and other appliance*, so that each half may !*■ used for docking Bmaller vessels, and is, in fact, a Beparate dock. This is a very important feature, as
it must frequently happen in every docking establishment that there are more small vessels to be raised than large ones. Each half of the dock is
aI*-> specially designed t<> raise the other half out of the water without any careening, so that every part of the dock is readily accessible at any time
ining an.! painting. It is scarcely necessary to draw attention to the importance of this advantage, since, by proper attention to painting, such
a dock might he kept in perfect and efficient repair for centuries.
In some special cases when loaded vessels have to be raised, the sliding bilge blocks are enlarged and provided with air-bags or water-bags, made of
India-rubber and canvas, enclosed in a strong cord netting, so that the whole sides of the vessel are supported on cushions as if they were in the
water. In this way vessels with loose grain or similar cargo can be safely docked even when fully loaded, the capstans for mooring or manipulating
the dock being of the best.
In depositing a vessel on the staging, she is raised till her keel is a foot or two higher than the top of the piers, the pontoons of the dock are
flnated in between the piers, and, by admitting water, the vessel is lowered on to the staging, and the dock is drawn out and is ready to receive
another vessel. It is evident that this operation can only be performed when the water is at a certain level, varying a few feet more or less, which
difference can be adjusted by the blocking.
The fixed stages are obviously well suited, not only for repairing vessels, but also for building them. When complete, the vessel can be lowered
into the water at a merely nominal cost, and without the risk of straining which occurs in the ordinary method of launching. Vessels may also be
tontxnifnttif lengthened bit rutting them in tieo when on the stages, and lifting one half away into the required position.
The Depositing dock has a unique aud peculiar advantage in the fact that it can at any time be readily enlarged without extra cost — that is to
say, if a dock of 2.000 or 4,000 tons be constructed in the first instance, aud it be found desirable at any time afterward to enlarge it so as to receive
vessels of 4,000 or 7,000 tons, the cost of the enlarged dock would not be appreciably greater than if it had been originally constructed of the full
size. There are circumstances where capital is, in the first instance, limited, or when the trade of a port has changed its character, in which this
special feature may be found of great advantage.
The time occupied in docking a vessel of the largest size does not exceed two hours, and the lowering occupies about half an hour. Smaller vessels
can be raised, sighted, and lowered again in about one hour and thirty minutes.
The following is a summary of the advantages of the Depositing dock:
1. — With one dock any number of vessels can be docked and deposited high and dry out of water on wooden platforms, in a convenient position for
cleaning and repairs, along the waste sloping shares of a river or wet dock.
2. — The provision of each additional length of staging, at a comparatively nominal cost, affords the same accommodation as an additional dock.
3. — As the dock is used ordinarily for lifting vessels on to the stage, it can be kept at all times ready to receive disabled or other vessels, which can
be at once deposited on a stage and the dock left free for further use ; in this respect it has a great advantage over all other descriptions of graving docks.
4. — A vessel can be placed upon the staging, cut in two, and lengthened by lifting one half farther along the staging by means of the dock.
5. — Vessels can be conveniently built on an even keel on these stages and floated without the slightest strain, avoiding the risk and cost of launch-
ing, and the occupation of the space required for the formation of ordinary slip ways.
6. — These docks, if constructed in the first instance too small for the requirements of trade, can be at any time enlarged to any extent, at the same
rate per ton as the original cost.
As one of these docks, with a sufficient length of staging, can dock eight or ten vessels daily, it is capable of earning, at ordinary rates, at least ten
times as much dividend as an ordinary graving dock.
LETTER FROM ARIZONA.
Prescott, A, T., February 23, 1880.
The millennium for Arizona is now apparently at hand. After an
exceeding drouth of five years, during which time the surface of the earth
resembled more an arid desert than a fine agricultural and grazing coun-
try, we have at last been blessed with copious rains and snows — yes,
snow ; for although Arizona is supposed to be the hottest place on the
face of the earth, and the story of the dead soldier returning for his
blankets, etc., is so often quoted as illustrative of our temperature, still
this winter we at one time had snow to the depth of thirty-seven inches
in Prescott, and in the mountains about Prescott in some places as deep
as thirteen feet by actual measurement. Coasting down the hills of our
town has been a favorite amusement ; not only the juvenile Hassayamper
but even the old fun-loving citizens have been wont to turn out en masse
these bright moonlight nights and make the most of the opportunity.
Considering the novelty of the game to most of the participants, acci-
dents were wonderfully scarce, two only being of sufficient consequence to
be noticed by our local press — viz., that of B. W. Aram, our successful
bankrupt lawyer, in losing one of his front teeth, and young Roberts,
who had his leg broken. Sleighs were in demand at S5 per hour, and
could only be obtained by ordering long before time, while those possess-
ing wagons improvised runners, not beautiful but answering the purpose.
During the past summer, several well-known and reliable mining ex-
perts visited this region, and, after a careful examination, reported favor-
ably on the mines, but, in many instances, discouraged a purchase on the
ground of insufficiency of water, but now our sun kissed land tells an-
other story.
Perhaps the most noted and important sale in this part of the Terri-
tory was consummated last January, that of the Silver Prince mine, in
the Peck Mining District, bonded by Governor Fremont and Charles
Silent, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. After a thorough ex-
amination of the property by Dr. Maynard, of New York, it was pur-
chased by the New York Syndicate for 845,000— S25.000 down and 515,000
in April, but the §15,000 was paid last January, and a clear title of the
mine given to the purchasers. The fact that this is only one of several
valuable mineB taken under consideration by this syndicate, and their
action will be governed by the result of this, cuts a very important figure
for Arizona.
Last week Professor Rossiter W. Raymond, a gentleman standing at
the head of his profession as a mineralogist and expert, arrived in Pres-
cott. He was lately "Chrited States Mineralogist, and at the present time
is the manager of the great iron foundry of Peter Cooper, A. S. Hewitt
& Co. (the leading men of the New York Syndicate). He is considered
quite the equal of Clarence King, and in one of the most celebrated min-
ing cases ever tried in the United StateB Circuit Court at San Francisco
these two famous mining experts were pitted against each other. The
theories of Raymond were triumphant, and the Court bestowed upon
them the highest praise.
Copper has never received much attention until lately ; now every one
is stricken with a copper craze. Veins of copper ore have been found,
carrying as high as 75 per cent., and from three to thirteen feet in width.
One of the largest mines (though probably the ore is not so rich as several
others) is that owned by Richards & Head. The Antelope Copper Com-
pany, recently formed under the supervision of C. C. Bean and owned by
New York men, has probably the richest ore ; a piece brought in last
week and melted at a blacksmith's forge gave 75 per cent, pure copper.
No mills for reduction have yet been erected. Since the raise in the mar-
ket a great deal has been taken out aud shipped in bulk. Col. Bean is
now shipping 1,000 tons to New York. W. A. Rowe is, and has been
for some time, shipping to San Francisco from a mine in Castle Creek
country. The vein is eight feet wide, and carries 47 per cent, of copper.
The cost of shipment to the railroad is $23, and by railroad to San Fran-
cisco $12, per ton. The crude ore sells in San Francisco at $95, thus giv-
ing a good margin.
The Vulture, a 20-stamp mill, has been running successfully on low
grade gold and silver ore, and recently arrangements were made for the
erection of a 100-stamp mill. This stock is quoted in New York at $12
to $15. A new mill is on the way and expected daily for the Turkey
Creek District. The old Luke mill, now owned by the Bradshaw Milling
Company, a San FranciBco corporation {Bowen, Knowles & Co.), started
up again the first of this month, after a complete overhauling for custom
work. It is now working the Silver Prince ore. The mill is situated in
the very center of a mining country. Within a radius of ten miles are a
hundred fair mines. As a custom mill, it ought to give enormous profits
to the owners.
The Peck mine and mill have shut down— a $60,000" judgment and a
foreclosure of a $40,000 mortgage "the cause. The owners of this property
from the first tried to freeze out each other. At no time has the com-
pany been free from law suits ; a most splendid property gone to waste
through greed.
There was a great turn-out on the 4th inst. of the business men of
Prescott, to give Col. Hasen, General Freight Agent of the A. T. & S. F.
R. R., a welcome, and to convey to him an idea of the business of this
part of the country and promise their patronage if the company see fit to
run their road on the 35 parallel, as rumor has it they do. Speeches were
made by Hon. Thomas Fitch, C. 0, Bean and others, and a committee
appointed to meet and confer with the Directors of the A, T. & S. F. R.
R. Co. at Topeka.
Much indignation has existed of late against certain parties incorporated
under the head of the "Arizona Central R. R. Co." The last Legislature
granted a right of way, exemption from taxation for ten years and $400,-
000 in county bonds, to any company that would build a branch line from
Maricopa to Prescott. Work must be commenced within a year, which
was up the 13th inst. February 9th a small body of white men and In-
dians commenced work under the direction of a man dubbed " Superin-
tendent of Instruction," and worked for a few days, thus saving the right.
Since the news of this company's action, a petition has been circulated
and freely signed, asking the Congress of the United States to annul the
action of the Territorial Legislature. The papers of the Territory have
denounced it as a grand swindle, and have not been careful in their lan-
guage against the A. C. R. R. Co. Etc.
CUMBERLAND MINE,
Yavapai County, Arizona. Office: No. 417 California St.,
San Francisco, California. President, GEORGE M. CIPRICO. Secretary, J.
H. GRIFFITHS. Office Hours : 2 p.m. daily. Oct. 11.
COKE CHEAPEST FUEL
Reduction in Price: Wholesale Price, 50 cents per barrel ;
Retail Price. 60 cents per barrel, at the works of the SAN FRANCISCO GAS-
LIGHT COMPANY, Howard and First streets, and foot of Second st. Jan. 12.
10
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
March 6, 1880.
McCLURE'S CHARTER.
The proposed charter for San Francisco, which has been introduced
into the Senate by Mr. Traylor, but of which Mr. David McClure is the
author, is an iniquitous measure, which has attracted to its support every
corrupt element in this city. It cannot be too strongly denounced, nor
too sturdily opposed. We are persuaded that this mischievous measure
will prove to be possessed of great vitality, and will take a great deal of
killing. The job has been most elaborately put up, and will not be easily
defeated. More complete arrangements for forcing on a bad bill were
never effected at Sacramento. It is claimed that it will perpetuate the
Republican party in this city. If it did no more than that, we should
leave to others the task of opposing it ; for we are not a party organ, and
take no stock in party politics, as such. If we were as much concerned
about Republican success as we are about good and economical city gov-
ernment, we should strongly advise our friends of that party that power
is much more likely to be loBt than won by obnoxious machine legislation.
The bill has been introduced under false pretenses. It was announced as
re-enacting the present Consolidation Act, with only such changes as were
necessary to meet the requirements of the new Constitution. A settled
public opinion in favor of that course had grown up, and the author of
the proposed charter, knowing that fact, sought to trim his sails to catch
the popular breeze by announcing that he had done what the people de-
manded— just that and nothing more. Never was there a more deceptive
statement presented to a credulous people. We are sensible of the serious-
ness of the charge, and Bhould hesitate to make it were we not well
assured, upon due deliberation, that it ought to be made. Mr. McClure
is a lawyer of ability, and of great tenacity of purpose. Those qualities
are admirable, and when employed in the practice of his profession, may
very well be sold to the highest bidding client. When he employs them
in the cause of the people, he is bound in honor and good morals to know
no other bidder, but to serve the public at least as loyally as he would a
private client. He Bhould know no other party to the cause but the one
on whose behalf he appears. The ethics of his profession require that
much of him as a lawyer, and certainly his honor as a citizen should de-
mand no less of him in the discharge of his duty toward the com-
monwealth. It is to be regretted that there is the best reason to believe
that thiB capable man did not enter public life in that spirit. Whilst
holding a brief for the public, he has really been all the while actively
engaged on the other side. In an evil hour he became a member of a
nominating convention, as the mouthpiece of some two or three expert
wire-pullers. He succeeded beyond his and their expectations. From
that hour to this he has been more or less constantly in their service.
Since the session began he has been doing their bidding at Sacramento,
and boasts that he has been successful in all that he has undertaken.
ItBeems to have been early determined to make strenuous effort to turn
the city government into a machine, and McClure's charter is the result
of that determination. That it would prove completely effective for its
intended purpose, is beyond question. It was described in advance as a
mere re-enactment of the Consolidation Act, and of the amendments
thereto, and several members of the press were induced to so announce it.
Upon perusal, it turns out to be everything that Horace Hawes' Act is
not. It extends the term of the present office' holders beyond the period
for which they were elected. It destroys all the checks upon the differ-
ent departments thatjlawes was at such pains to build up. It gives the
Auditor a most dangerous and extraordinary power to audit and settle old
claims as he may please. This would seem to be for the benefit of con-
tractors, and to secure their support. It brings back the police into poli-
tics, for that would assuredly be the effect of it. It makes a machine of
every department, and notably of the Fire and Street Departments. It
abolishes McCoppin's one-twelfth law, which has proven, in practice, to
be one of the most effective checks upon extravagance ever invented. It
brings in every job with the seeming purpose of gaining support. It is a
pooling of all the issues of all the parties inimical to the city. It is that
fact which gives it its vitality. The clans are gathering at Sacramento.
Three rooms at the Capitol have been secured as headquarters. Workers
are posted at points where they are expected to do the most good. Cer-
tain of the Workingmen are to be won over by the offer of concessions to
several of their present officeholders, and assessments are to be levied all
round. It already makes progress. The San Francisco delegation, which
laid Swift's charter aside without a word, is fast passing upon McClure's,
making amendments here and there, which are noticeable for the fact
that they nowhere touch the spoils. Tweed's charter was an embodiment
of purity compared with McClure's. If there is a Tweed behind the lat-
ter, as there is Baid to be, then Heaven only knows what will happen.
The thing is conceived in sin and shapen in iniquity, and ought to be
strangled forthwith.
Money is Passing Into the Interior of the United States.— On
• January 1, 1879, the United States Treasury held, exclusive of silver,
§213,432,586; the New York banks held §62,818,800; together, §276,251,-
386. In the course of last year the net gold import was 380,000,000 ; the
home production of gold was §33,000,000, and the addition to the bank-
note circulation was §20,000,000; together, $133,000,000. Adding this
latter item to the amount of money held by the Treasury and the New
York banks, we get a total of §409,251,386. On January 1, 1880, the
Treasury held 8183,693,521, and the New York banks, §61,005,600 ; to-
gether, §244,699,121. Substracting this latter sum from the above total,
we find that the country outside of New York must have absorbed in the
course of last year, in gold, greenbacks and bank-notes, $164,552,265— a
very large amount indeed.
A Good Sunday Dinner.— Oysters ; potage pure*e of chestnuts ; bass
a la polonaise ; braised mutton a la boutgeoise ; spinach ; roast squabs ;
cresse3 and beetroot salad ; punch glace" ; fruit, cheese and coffee. — Gour-
met, in If. Y. Hour.
THE EVILS OF USURY LEGISLATION.
A backward step in legislation is threatened by the UBury bill now
pending in the California Legislature. If there be one subject more than
another which should be sedulously guarded against, it is that of setting
a definite value by law on any commodity. Money, like wheat, oats, tea,
coffee or coal, is dear or cheap according to the supply and demand, and
it would therefore be quite as reasonable to fix a statutory price or value
on those or other articles as on money. The wisdom of this conclusion
has been tested by centuries of trial. Many years ago, the Parliament
of England, after a long, irritating and vexatious experience in the mat-
ter, repealed all the usury acts in force in that country— swept them away
as the darkest blots upon the statute book. Those laws were found to be
bad for the lender, bad for the borrower, damaging and oppressive to the
public, clogs to trade, commerce and general monetary business, and ut-
terly devoid of a redeeming feature. Nothing bearing upon this question
is proved by the National Government, as is generally done by State
Legislatures, fixing the rate of interest to be given on the public debt to
be created. As the custodian and controller of the nation's finances, it is
the duty of Congress to borrow at the lowest possible rate of interest,
just as a private individual does. The credit of the country being super-
latively good, it has been able to obtain all the funds it needed at four
per cent, interest, and now looks to securing money for three and a-half
per cent. If private individuals could offer as satisfactory security, they
could borrow money at as low a rate. Not only is the rate of interest
governed by the supply and demand in the money-market, but it is influ-
enced by the character of the security offered and by a number of other
circumstances.
A little consideration of the subject will demonstrate how unwise and
impolitic it is to attempt to dictate to men how much they shall accept
from others for the temporary use of their money, or to those others how
much they Bball give, and no more, for the loan of money. We advis-
edly say '* attempt to dictate," because dictation in the matter has seldom
been successful. Usury laws have ever been defeated in a variety of
ways, as, despite of all the legislation in the world, men will insist on do-
ing as they please with their own. While, therefore, we have no fear
that Representative Maybell's bill, if it should become an act, would
effectually limit persons to accepting or giving six per cent, for the use of
money, we nevertheless do not want to see the business public subjected
to the annoyance of having to resort to all the old shifts and tricks neces-
sary to avoid the consequences of a piece of pernicious legislation. It is
simply impossible for a legislature or any other body to decide the value
of money to those who require it. While it may not be worth scarcely
anything to those who already have enough or too much of it, and in
whose hands it is lying unproductive, it may be worth ten, twenty, thirty
or more per cent, to others. If a shrewd speculator can clearly see his
way to making thirty per cent, in a venture, be can afford to give high in-
terest for the means necessary to carry out the enterprise. If he can com-
plete it in, say three months, and he borrows money for the purpose at
the rate of ten per cent, per annum, he clears twenty-seven and a half
per cent., the money having cost him two and a half per cent, for a quar-
ter of a year. In Wall street, New York, money frequently commands
one per cent, or more per day, which is several hundreds per cent, per
annum. True, the funds are generally required for speculative pur-
poses. Is the National or a State Government prepared to put down
speculation ? If not, a usury law is a legislative farce. To protect a note
or acceptance a merchant would often be glad to pay a high interest for
the purpose, and so save his credit. Is he to be debarred from doing so,
and to be compelled to allow his credit to be ruined ? A San Francisco
pawnbroker advertises money to be loaned at nearly four per cent, per
month — nearly forty-eight per cent, per annum — and he evidently thinks
he loans his money very cheaply, or he would not so advertise it, and he is
right, for pawnbrokers usually obtain from one hundred to three hundred
per cent, per annum for their money. A law of Missouri enacts that
pawnbrokers shall not charge more than sixty per cent, per annum. That
provision is hourly evaded ; but what is to be said of Mr. Maybell's bill,
which limits interest to six per cent, per annum ? If passed it would
only, without fulfilling its object, give business men a great deal of trouble.
Is no more interest to be charged on poor than on good securities, although
the risk is so very variable ? If so, in order to be consistent, let the
Legislature enact that the same rates of insurance shall be
charged on all classes of ships, on all classes of cargoes, whether
perishable or unperishable ; that the same prices be paid on all grapes,
apples, potatoes, etc., regardless of quality or scarcity. To single out
money as the only commodity which shall bear an invariable value, or,
rather, which shall not rise above six per cent, per annum in value, has
no foundation in reason or business adaptability. It mi£ht as well be
statutorily provided that Castile soap shall not be sold at more than ten
cents a pound, or Californian wine above seventy cents per gallon. There
is no sound logic for excepting money from the sweeping assertion of
Hudibras : "The value of a thing
Is just whatever it will bring."
THAT INSURANCE BILL.
The bill No. 188, to cinch Eastern and foreign insurance companies,
was defeated the other day in the Senate, but the vote was carried to re-
consider, and the measure still hangs fire. Meanwhile it stands as a men-
ace to existing interests. It is on the file, and may be dropped or called
up when least expected. We are very sure that the Senator who has it in
charge would not be guilty of any sharp practice, but those on whose be-
half he is acting may chose to have the bill delayed for improper pur-
poses. Indeed, there is an ugly rumor going around that they have de-
signs which they are not willing to openly avow. The bill ought to be
killed at once. The Senate has declared against it, and that ought to be
its death. It is a most undesirable measure, intended to benefit two or
three local companies that already have risks greatly dispro portioned to
their capital. It is against the best interests of insurers, who, after all,
are the parties entitled to be considered in legislation. They now elect to
do four-fifths of their business with Eastern and foreign companies, be-
cause such companies furnish substantial guarantees for the payment of
losses, which local companies do not. Instead of local companies being
given more business, their present risks, far exceeding the point of safety,
ought to be reduced. The fight has been a stubborn one, great use being
made of the prejudice in favor of local enterprise, but it was seen that
the large capital of insurers was the real local interest involved. The
right has prevailed, the fight is virtually over, and the bill ought to be
dropped from the file.
March 6, 1879.
I
CALIFORNIA ADVKKTlSElt.
11
THE TOWN CRIER.
"HMr tb« Ot\*t tfhtt the *!•»» »rl thou'.*
' On* ibftt will pUj th» d*ffla Hff with job."
" H»'i! « >linc in bin t*i1 »« lone »« • flail.
Which mulf him crow boM*r and bolder."
Mr. Robinson, librarian of the Fr#e Pablle Library, has got himself
into hot water. An assistant librarian, named Ward, has preferred a
charge mraiust him of nut knowing who wrote " Robinson Crusoe." " Van-
ity rair,** etc.. nnd the young ladies "f tbe library join in the chorus by
■Bdemnl* avowing that he (RobinsonJ did stealthily mnd on divers occa-
■Jona peer at them from behind book-oases, desks and other secret am-
We can readily believe that Robinson doesn't know very much,
and we can understand Mr. Ward's laudable ambition to step into his
chief'* ofBcial shoes ; likewise we can appreciate the objection which
kyoung ladies have t« being spied upon when engaged in innocent flirta-
tion- in remote corners. But what gets us Is this : How are the Supervis-
ors, to whom the case is referred, to get in the necessary evidence? As
to Mr. Robinson's book-knowledge, how are they to examine him? Is
there one *>f them who can assert, under oath, if it was Jack Sbeppard or
Lord Macanlaj that wrote the Bible ? They know, of course, that Julius
Csesar was the author of Shakespeare, but we can't expect them to be
posted on literary matters of the abstruse character, which must neces-
sarily be involved in the examination of an expert like our own chosen
librarian. Then, ax to the young ladies who object to being " peeked" at.
How Is the dignified City Father to enter iuto the mysteries of library
love-making? It has long been a notorious fact that our public libraries
are more used for assignation than for reading purposes. It is too bad to
ask the Supervisors to un-handkerchief their honorable noses in such an
Augean stable. Altogether, the difficulties are so great that we think the
easiest way out of the Free Library matter, is to give Mr. Robinson a life
pension, and let his mantle fall upon Ward, if the latter will shut up
once and forever on those terms.
The unique course of training given by the Bodie mothers to their
offspring is bearing fruit at a tine rate. It is not for nothing that the
babes of Bodie are brought up on the powder-flask instead of the lacteal
bottle; that they are spanked with dynamite-loaded slippers, given a
slung-shot for a rattle, and have their iittle stockings filled with bowie-
knives and revolvers when Santa Claus comes round. No ! Train up a
child in the way he shall go, and you bet your life he'll stick to it —
that is, unless he finds some other that suits him better. A touching
illustration of what a good, reliable Bodie bringing-up of this sort will ac-
complish, has just been laid before an admiring public. Roy Clarke, aged
nine, drew a knife last Tuesday on Benny Barlow, aged eight. The brave
Benny, preferring to become President of the United States to being con-
verted into sausage-meat, thereupon whipped out his little six-shooter,
and gave Roy a bullet for himself in the lobe of his right ear. No ar-
rests were made, as Benny claimed to have "let her rip" in self-defense.
This is the sort of boy we want in a great, glorious and progressive coun-
try. Spelling-books and fisticuffs may do well enough for the degenerate
youth of the effete monprchies, but in these United States we want our
boys to know more about hair-triggers and home-thrusts than peg top and
marbles. Bravo, Bodie ! ,
Poor as the T. C. is, and always must be until he stops putting
double eagles in the collection-plate, and subscribing countless shekels to
the Irish fund, yet he would give a trifle to know where the antiquated
dame who writes the Bulletin's editorials picked up her "style" of short
sentences. The French, we know, are given to that sort of thing, and
the latest school of "vigorous writers" have taught us the value of pithi-
ness; but a sentence, to be pithy, must have some true inwardness about
it, and to string a number of such together is the hardest sort of writing.
The feat can't be accomplished by chopping up a chunk of editorial wind
into little chips. Yet here is a specimen of the Bulletin's endeavor in this
direction : " Shall We? It is said that we shall. It is not advisable.
Figures show that we should not. And why should we? It is conclu-
sively proved. That we mustn't. Therefore, wherefore? Consequently.
It may be urged, however. That we should if we shouldn't. But the
Bulletin warns its readers. That the thing is absurd. Henceforward.
Beware. Subscribe for the Bulletin. Amen." Surely a paper which
contains every evening half a dozen editorials of this thoughtful and valu-
able quality is dirt cheap at five cents. But we have forgotten ourselves,
and have inadvertently advertised a formidable rival.
" Puck,*' of New York, is a very clever sheet—well written and better
illustrated. But, with all his cleverness, Puck lacks breeding. We
scolded him for his salaciousness a few months ago, and he retorted with
a well drawn, but, we fear, expensive illustration, representing the News
Letter being committed to the bottomless pit. At the risk of such an-
other martyrdom, we would remind little Pucky that to speak of the
Queen of England as " Mrs. Victoria " isn't at all smart or in good form.
The country newspapers may amuse their bumpkin readers with that sort
of harmless clowmsbness, but it doesn't sit well on a metropolitan sheet
that aspires to wit. Pull yourself together, PuckUng, and try to be a
man — a gentleman, if that is possible.
"Shepherd" Cowley, the American "Squeers," who has just been
sent to the penitentiary for atrociously abusing children committed to his
care, is finding sympathy in certain *' church circles." The T. C.'s respect
for the Church was never overwhelmingly great, and it is not vastly in-
creased by this expressed sympathy with a brute who should have been
sent to the gallows instead of to jail. Still, for the effectual suppression
of our rising generation of hoodlums, a Cowley child-killing machine
would not be a bad thing to import into California. If Bishop Potter
and his clergy should succeed in obtaining Cowley's release, our Super-
visors should put in a bid for him.
(/ A misguided personage, who declared that he was able to bribe a
British Parliament Committee, has read a humble apology before the
House of Commons, and been committed to Newgate into the bargain.
Our Congress would do little else but listen to " humble apologies," and
our jails would not hold the offenders, if such declarations were heeded in
this country. We need not trouble ourselves, however, for though a liar
may be justly punished— as one has been in England — it would be a little
hard to make people apologize for telling the truth, as we should have to
do here in such cases.
J. D. Connolly, the only Justine of the Peace elected from the Work-
ragmen ■ i ticket, is. In his own proper person, making up for what the
community has lost by more of hu kind not being successful. In a jolly
I linns,, row the other day he so far condescended from his judicial
eminence as .to playfully jab another gentleman in the breast with a
knife, and furthermore maintained his stern official character by after-
wards expressing hie regret that he had not killed hie victim. If only the
entire lot of candidates for judicial offices on the Workingmen's ticket
had been elected, businea might be a good deal better now than it is,
especially for the rum-mills, coroners, undertakers, and contractors for
convict labor.
Of course, nobody expects the Geary street cars not to run over peo-
ple. Owing to the plan and construction of the road at both ends, run-
ning over people cannot be avoided. But we contend that when some
poor devil has been mashed Dp because he couldn't get out of the way,
the railroad people ought not to get the papers to say that the victim was
drunk. Yet this is the way they treated an old gentleman who was
nearly killed by one of their dummies the other day. To our own per-
sonal knowledge the old gentleman was perfectly sober. He must have
been surprised and gratified to see it stated next morning that he was
drunk as a boiled owl.
One Professor Faber has invented a " talking machine"— none of
your phonographs, which have to be talked to before they will talk, but
a genuine, self-acting concern, that has only to be wound up to set it
preaching a moral sermon or Bwearing like a politician. It is under-
stood that Kalloch and Kearney are going to give their throats a rest by
importing one of these machines for the Sand-lot. The State Legislature
is also in negotiation with Professor Faber. The great advantage to both
these parties is that the inventor warrants the "talker's" grammar, which
is more than the intending purchasers can do for their own.
When Barry Sullivan, the tragedian, was acting in Melbourne, Aus-
tralia, he was somewhat severely handled by the Herald, a penny paper.
On the other hand, the Argus, a journal which cost threepence, lauded
him to the skies. On one occasion, Sullivan, meeting the critic of the
Herald, Mr. Akhurst, accosted him thus: " Well, Akhurst, I see your
penny rag has been at me again. Never miud, my boy, the Argus, the
leading journal, does me justice." "Yes," says Akhurst, dryly, "two
pence more and up goes the donkey."
Messrs. O'Connor & Sheeny, undertakers and contractors for bury-
ing the indigent dead, are accused of having systematically interred pau-
pers in coffins unvarnished, unlined with muslin, and unpillowed. This
is really too bad. The public, it is true, doesn't care much whether these
poor devils of paupers have any creature comforts in this life, but to send
them into the next without varnish, muslin and a pillow is an outrage on
the feelings of a humane community.
Information comes from British Columbia that Gannon, the would-be
Sand-lot agitator, was known as a loafer and bummer while in Victoria.
We thank our British neighbors for the news, and are able to inform them
in return that Mr. Gannon's record in this city shows him to be a con-
sistent man, and one not prone to change his principles. If the Victo-
rians could see him here, they would recognize him in an instant. He
hasn't changed a particle.
Grant threatens to once more pass through San Francisco before finally
being crowned Emperor at Washington. We bid the great soldier wel-
come, but, really, the sooner his extensive splurge comes to an end and
he is able to take a rest on the imperial throne of the United States, the
better it will be for the weary newspaper men who have so long been com-
pelled to wag their pens to the honor and glory of his wandering majert/.
At the final clean-up of the Kalloch, DeWitt, Moxham & Co.'sHam-
mum and Gospel Mill on Fifth street, the total profits were announced as
!j>100. That's mighty poor pay ; but then, as the old nig said, " it was
mighty poor preach." Still, we should imagine that even in these hard
times five weeks hollering Glory was worth more than $100, if it was only
for the wear and tear of the sky-pilot's throat.
In London Lady Hardy is known and esteemed as a good soul, who is
very kind to Bohemians of both sexes, but as a woman of fashion she is
simply nowhere. How astonished she must be to find herself treated as
an aristocrat, and her humble title passing current as real nobility. Verily
we are a great country, and our appetite for snobbishness is all -devouring.
Oh, Sir George! why were you found out?
The divorce market is very dull. People can't afford to spend
money to get rid of uncongenial partners. A friend of the T. C.'s was
offered half the profits if he could fish out a few couples who wanted a
muss ; but after anxiously interviewing all his married acquaintances he
was fain to relinquish the pleasing hope. We look for better times with
the Spring.
The newspapers are all accusing Mayor Kalloch of being a dirty,
low, lecherous sort of fellow, with as much ardor as if somebody was con-
tradicting them. They are mistaken. Nobody will take exception to re-
marks of that sort. Essentially bad as this community is, it still pre-
serves some slight veneration for the truth.
The T. C. was sitting in a box with one of the brightest stars in the
theatrical firmament at Max Freeman's benefit, when that gentleman
came on as " Baron Stein," in Diplomacy. " Good gracious I-" exclaimed
Stella with a shudder ; " how like Boucicault he is to be sure ! I feel as
if I was going to be cheated ! "
The Sand-lot amateur hangmen are backing down. We look in
vain for the ornamental gallows that was to have decorated that classic
locality. Where are the subscriptions to that praiseworthy object? Mrs.
Dinis had a new bonnet on yesterday at early Mass, however.
Mr. Bush is coming to the front again. He proposes to alleviate the
present distress by putting men to work on Golden Gate Park, but he ob-
jects to Sand-lotters. Well, Bushes on Sand-lots made the Park what it
is, and it is rank ingratitude to go back on them.
John Chinaman, disgusted with not being able to get up a good
sqnare fight with the Sand-lot wiudbag3, is going East. The question of
the day now is: Who will Denis and his fellow dime-collectors find to
wash their dirty linen when John has gone?
Mrs. Smith, the "Joan of Arc of the Sand-lot," says Frank Pixley is
hankering after her favors. We never gave F. P. much credit for good
taste, but Mrs. Smith— Phew !
12
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
March 6, 1880.
Commencing Sunday, Nov. 16th, 1879,
and UDtil further notice, Boats and Trains will
leave San Francisco (Washington-st. Wharf) as follows :
3f\C\ p.m. daily (Sundays included), Steamer
• \J\J "James M. Donahue" (Washington Street
Wharf) , connecting with Mail and Express Train at Don-
ahue for Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Healdsburg, Cloverdale,
and way stations. Making stage connections at Geyser-
ville for Skaggs' Springs ; at Cloverdale for Ukiah, Lake-
port, Mendocino City, Highland Springs, Bartlett
Springs, Soda Bay and the Geysers.
g^jT Connections made at Fulton on following morn-
ing for Korbel's, Uuerneville and the Redwoods.
(Arrive at San Francisco, week days, 10:10 a.m. ; Sun-
days, 11 A.M.
Freight received from 7 a.m. till 2.30 p. m.
daily {except Sundays) .
Special Notice.— The Sunday ExcursionTrips are dis-
continued until further notice.
Ticket Office : Washington st. Wharf.
A. HUGHES,
Gen. Manager.
PETER J. McGLYNN,
Gen. Pass. & Tkt. Agt.
C. P. R. R.
Overland Ticket Office : Oakland Ferry, foot
of Market street. --Commencing' Sunday,
Jan. 25th, 1880, and until further notice.
Trains and Boats will leave
SAN FRANCISCO:
7 0A A.M. Daily— Local Passenger Train via Oak-
• Oi/ ]and and Benicia to Sacramento. Connects at
VtUlejO Junction for Vallejo, Napa (Stages for Sonoma),
St. Helena (White Sulphur Spriners) and Calistoga
(Stages for the Geysers). Connects also at Port Costa
for Martinez, Antioch and " Byron."
Sunday Excursion Tickets, at Reduced Rates, to San
Pablo, Vallejo, Senicia and Martinez.
7QAA.M. Daily— Local Passenger Train via Oak-
•O" land, Niles, Livermore and Stockton, arriving
at Sacramento at 1 :40 p. m. , and connecting with Atlan-
tic Express. Connects at NUes with Train arriving at
San Jose at 10:30 a.m., and at Gait with train for lone.
9 0(\ A.M. Daily— Atlantic Express via Oakland and
• Ov Benicia for Sacramento, Colfax, Reno (Vir-
ginia City), Battle Mountain (Austin), Palisade (Eure-
ka), Ogden, Omaha aud East. Connects at Davis for
Woudland, and at Woodland, Sundays excepted, for
Williams and Willows. Connects at Sacramento daily
with the Oregon Express for Marysville, Chico, Red
Bluff and Redding (Stages for Portland, Oregon).
1 O dlrt^-11- Daily— Local Passenger Train via Oak-
X \J. \J U land to Haywards and Niles.
3r\f\ P.M. Daily— Local Passenger Train via Oak-
.\J\J land and Niles, arriving at San Jose at 5:25 p.m.
3AA P.M. Daily— Local Passenger Train via Oak-
• vv land for Martinez and Antioch.
A r\C\ P.M. Daily— Arizona Express via Oakland and
jt.UU Martinez for Latbrop (Stockton and Gait) Mer-
ced, Madera (Yosemite and Big Trees), Visalia, Sumner,
Mojave,Newhall (San Buenaventura and Santa Barbara),
Los Angeles, "Santa Monica," Wilmington, Santa Ana
(San Diego), Colton and Yuma (Colorado River Steam-
ers), connecting direct with Daily Trains of the South-
ern Pacific Railroad of Arizona for Maricopa (Stages
for Phamix and Prescott), and for Casa Grande, 182
miles east from Yuma (Stages for Florence, Tucson and
Tombstone. Sleeping Cars between Oakland, Los An-
geles and Yuma.
Connects, Sundays excepted, at Vallejo Junction for
Vallejo, Napa, St. Helena and Calistoga.
4AA P.M. Sundays excepted— Sacramento Steamer
• \J\J (from Wash'u St. Wharf), for Beniciaand Land-
ings on the Sacramento River.
4AAP.M. Daily— Through Third Class Train via
• " " Oakland, Martinez and Lathrop for Log An-
geles and points in Ariz ina.
4- ^KC\ P'M* 8una*ays excepted— Local PassengerTrain
"*-Ov/ via Oakland and Benicia for " Sacramento."
Connects at Davis with Local Train lor Woodland and
Knight's Landing, and at Sacramento with the "Vir-
ginia Express" for Reno, Carson and Virginia. Sleeping
Cars Oakland to Carson.
4 0H P.M. Daily— Local Passenger Train via Oak-
•*-*v-' land for Haywards, Niles and Livermore.
Public conveyance for Mills Seminary connects atSem-
nary Park Station with all trains, Sundays excepted.
K A() P.M. Daily— Overland Emigrant Train via
KJ' KJ w Oakland, Benicia and Sacramento for Ogden,
Omaha and East.
Connections for " Vallejo" made at Vallejo Junction
from Trains leaving San Francisco 7:S0 a.m., 9.30 am
3:00 p.m., and 4:00 p.m.
FERRIES AND LOCAL TRAINS.
From "SAN FRANCISCO." Daily.
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1.00
8.00
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7.30
1.30
9.00
B10.00
8.00
2.00
10.00
P. M.
8.30
3.00
11.00
B5.00
9.00
3.30
12.00
9.30
4.00
P. M.
10.00
4.30
1.30
10.30
6.00
2.00
11.00
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11.30
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4.00
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8.10
9.20
10.30
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4.30
7.30
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3.00
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8.30
9.30
10.30
11.30
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3.00
4.00
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10.30
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West Oaklnd. i 1.25
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B 5.50 BlO.OO
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7.40
8.10
9.40
10.40
11.40
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2.40
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5.40
6.40
7.50
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4.00
5.00
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(Broadway.)
A. M.
P. M.
B5.20
12.20
B6.00
12 50
6.50
1.20
7.20
1.50
7.50
2.50
8.25
3.20
8.50
3.50
9.20
4.20
9.50
4.50
10.20
5.20
10.50
5.50
11.20
6.25
11.50
0.50
8.00
9.10
10.20
b— Sundays excepted.
•Alameda Passengers change cars at Oakland.
Creek Route.
From SAN FRANCISCO— Daily— -B5-AQ, e6:30, 7.20, 8:15,
9:15, 10:15, 11:15 a.m. 12:15, 1:15, 2:25, 3:15, 4:15,
5:15, 6.15 p.m. *
From OAKLAND— Daily— 35:30, b6:20, 7:10, 8:05, 9:05,
10:05, 11:05 A. M. 12:05, 1:05, 2:15, 3:05, 4:05, 5:05,
6:05 p.m. b— Sundays excepted.
"Official Schedule Time" furnished by Anderson &
Randolpd, Jewelers, 101 and 103 Montgomery St., S. F.
T. H. GOODMAN, Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agt.
A. N. Towns, General Superintendent.
SONOMA VALLEY RAILROAD.
The Steamer " Sonoma" leaves Wash-
ington-street Wharf daily (Sundays and Fridays
excepted) at 2 p.m., for Norfolk, connecting with cars
for the town of Sonoma and way stations, arriving 0
p.m.; returning, leaves Sonoma 7 A.M. (Saturdays and
Sundays excepted), arriving at San Francisco 11 a.m.
For further particulars apply at General Office, 426 Mont-
gomery street, or at Washington-street Wharf.
PETER J. McGLYNN,
Feb. 7. G. P. and T. Agent.
ALASKA COMMERCIAL COMPANY,
No. 310 Sansoiue Street,
San Francisco,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN FTTJRS.
[September 21.]
NOTICE.
For tlie very best photographs g-o to
BRADLEY & RULOFSON'S, in an Elevator, 429
Montgomery street. Oct. 29.
Gen. Jos. E. Johnston was lately in Ra-
leigh, and a gentleman asked him rather point-
edly why the Southerd Army did not take Wash-
ington after the battle of Manassas. Rising on
his toes, he replied: " There were two reason —
myself and the Potomac River. I had reached
that age that I knew an American soldier could
not ford a river a mile wide and 18 feet deep. "
(Commencing- Friday, Nov. 21st, 1870,
J and until further notice, PassengerTrains will leave
San Francisco, from Passenger Depot on Townsend
street, between Third and Fourth streets, as follows :
Q Q(") a.m. daily for San Jose and Way Stations.
kj.*j\j gg= Stages for Pescadero (via San Mateo)
connect with this train only.
1 A Qf) A.M. daily for San Jose, Gilroy, HolliBter,
J-w.«j\_/ TrcsPinos, Pajaro, Castroville, Monterey,
Salinas, Soledad and all Way Stations, g^f* At Pa-
jaro, the Santa Cruz R. R. connects with this train for
Aptos, Soquel and Santa Cruz. ggf* At Castroville,
change cars for Monterey. gjg?" Stage connections
made with this train. (Pescadero Stages via San Mateo
excepted.)
3.30
p.m. daily (Sundays excepted) for San Jose,
Gilroy, and principal Way Stations.
A QA p.m. daily for San Jose and Way Stations.
6 30 p-u-— aauv>forMenIoParkandWay Stations.
^ jGS- The Extra Sunday Trains to San Jose and Way
Stations have been discontinued for the winter season.
Second- Class Fare.
Between San Francisco and San Jose S1.00.
On Freight Trains only, leaving San Francisco at 4:00
a.m. and 10:40 a.m.; San Jose at 5:35 A.M. and 8:30 P.M.
(daily, Sundays excepted).
Excursion Tickets at Reduced Rates
To San Jose ar.d intermediate points sold on Saturdays,
and Sunday mornings, good for return until following
Monday inclusive.
Also, EXCURSION TICKETS to Aptos, Soquel, Santa
Cruz and Monterey, sold on Saturdays only— good for
return until the following Monday inclusive.
|^?~ Principal Ticket Office— Passenger Depot, Town-
send street. Branch Ticket Office— No. 2 New Mont-
gomery street, Palace Hotel.
A. C. BASSETT, Supt. H. R. JUDAH, A. P. & T. A.
SOUTHERN DIVISIONS.
Commencing Monday, May 19th,
1879.
pe?~ Passengers for points on the Southern Divisions
of the road will take the cars of the Central Pacific Rail-
road via OAKLAND, leaving SAN FRANCISCO via Ferry
Landing, Market street, at 4:00 p.m. daily (Arizona Ex-
press Train) , and making close connection at GOSHEN
for Sumner, Mojave, Los Angeles, Wilmington, Ana-
heim, Colton, Colorado River, Yuma, Maricopa and Casa
Grande (182 miles east from Yuma). Nov. 22.
MY SHIP.
Tell me, sailor, have you seen her,
Bounding o'er the ocean's brine,
Have you passed and did you hail her,
This expected ship of mine ?
Was she battered by the tempest ?
Did her sails seem worse#for wear ?
Or was she a gallant vessel,
Taut, and trim, and gaily fair ?
Do you know aught of her cargo ?
Sailor, can you tell this me.
Is there wealth aboard my vessel,
That is sailing o'er the sea ?
Tell me, sailor, why she tarries,
Why she comes not home to me ?
I have waited long to greet her,
Must my waiting longer be ?
What is this you tell me, sailor ?
You have seen my ship go down?
Seen her shattered and disabled
By the storm-king's mighty frown ?
Do you tell me she was scuttled,
On a rocky, angry shore ?
That her hull and mast were broken ?
And she'll sail the seas no more?
Then, alas ! my hopes most cherished,
Shattered, like ray ship, lie low,
And my fancy-painted visions
All have lost their roseate glow.
— Nicolena.
The editor of the San Jose Mercury says if
he should stop to chase down all the falsehoods
of his contemporary, the Patriot, he would run
his editorial legs off. The solution of this prob-
lem is to find out how a man may run his legs off
when he stops.
In St. Louis everybody is considerate, and a
daily paper therefore remarks, " Two gentlemen
and a lady left for the penitentiary last week."
March 6, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISE!!.
13
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
Recorded 111 the City and County of San Francisco. California, for
the Week ending March 1, 1880.
Oompikdf*omtheJtoc*>r(lsoJ the CVmtiru >\-ial .Igeiiey, 401 California St., S.F.
Tuesday, February 24th.
ORASTOR AMI OIUXTI1.
DESCRIPTION.
Wi llnlllr to Maris C l>ros.r
Bcal r>ule A**oclAte» to same.
CbuKunto V 0 Wegener
P O Wegener to I.om.\ Wegener.
Sinn- to Enellne Outikow eta)...
Same to A tJ Kuw> cl al
Jacob F Story to Chaa R Story
Jdo R Millar to Ja« II Bollard....
Silas I'iscr to Edward llyoms
Jno Kelly to FraDk Kelly
Frank Kelly to Bridget Kelly
K Valencia, S5 a ilst, sB5i90
Same
L'mllvlilril one-eif;hlli cor Harrison and
fitli, sw 375, nw 3%6, ne 120, etc
Qnd 1..M1 siime
lint LKhidi
Tin I l."':i same
S (lav, Sid e Devisadero, e 25j127:8-
W A li.
K II Jdo, 137:6 n Filbert, n 68:9x187:6. . .
Nw II:. v.- ami Franklin, n 1SH20— w
A blk 189
X Green, Ml » llyde, 20x60— 50-va 1300,
subject to mortgage for $250
S Russell, 220 w Hyde, w 20j60-50-va
13S8
(4,585
4,881
5
Gift
5
6
500
1
10
100
100
Wednesday, February 25th.
Saml F Sinclair to Ellen Sinclair .
Jane L Case to Edwin G Case ....
Cbae liorwood lo M F S Hopkine
Jdo Mellon to Eleanor Mellon
Cbns W Lanndon lo Ellen M Ivera
Benrv Gradv to Jno E Co»sgriff. .
Jno D Vanll to F R Smith et al .. .
T W Kav to Leonard M Felker
I. M Felker loT W Ray
Robt R Glrens to Elizth F Ash
Chas O Zachrison lo Wm Moraskj
Ellen P Church to J F Smith
Tax Titles
Lots 23, 24, blk 290, Case Tract
W Pierce, 50 8 O'Farroll, s 25x87:6
Western Addition 430
|Nw Harrison, 400 sw 3d, sw 25x80
Ne 7lli, 103:9 pe Howard, se 56x90
W Chenery, 200 e 30th, s 25x125
Loll, blk 63, Excelsior Hd
E Mason. 33:6 s Greenwich, e 57:6, etc.
E Main, 34:10, s Greenwich, e 57:6, s etc
S Valley. 126 w Church, w 25:8x114
E Franklin, 100 n Tyler, n 2txH3:9
Lots 16, 19, 20,blk9,NoeGardenHd...
Gift
$1,000
3.800
Gilt
5,000
1
500
1
1
260
2.500
1,500
Thursday, February 26th.
Paul Barbieri to Aon M D Burbieri
City and County S F to M Dunn. .
Margt Dunn to City and Conn S F
Jno Evans to same
Ferd Gambs to Adele Keyser
Odd Fels Cem Asn to G Johnson.
Jno Hughes to Pierre PeliSBOn
L R Townsend to Chas D Cashing
Anna V Wakeman to same
Jno F KesBing to J B Kesslng
Jno B Kesslng to Jno R Sims
Hen E Nell lo Lonia F Emilio ...
A C Palmer to Thos H ReynoldB.
Jas L King to Annie McGratb . . .
Thos McAvery to same
Lydia A Diederich to Jno Boyle. .
M Fenninglo O Von Rhein
P H Campbell to Angelina C Howe
W Valencia, 178 8 22sl. 25x90
W Hampshire. 182 8 23d, 52x100
Streets and highways
Same
Lots 19, 20, blk 470, Hudson Garden
and Orchard Tract
Lotl, Pacific Section Plat 1
Ne Nevada, 250 se FolBom, se 25, etc to
beginning — M B 9
Lot 45, blk 496, Bay City Hd
Lot 44, same
Se Howard and 21st, a 97x122:6— subject
to mortgage
Same— M B 65
Nw 14th and Valencia, w 391:6x70
Lot 10, blk 11 . Sunny Vale Hd
N Market, 326:7 sw Van Ness, aw 27:1,
N 127:11, e 22, S112-W A 71
Same
N 5th Ave 200 w L st, w 100x100
S 21th 83 e Guerrero, 25x109—11 A 9
S Jackson 130:6 w Buchanan, 25:3x100,
W A 268
1
1
1
160
1,200
50
50
7,300
2,000
5
4,000
500
1,200
1,900
Friday, February 27th.
James E Damon to R A Galigher.
>Jno Carry to Daniel Mnrpby
Save and Ln Socy to Wi Sinon,
M Gallagher to eame
Wm Sharon to Saroael Crim...
Lot 8, 9, 10, blk 1205, Fellon Tract Hd.. $ 200
S Brosnan, 112 e Guerrero, e 28x82— M
B 26 1,600
Sw Filbert and Hyde, w 137:6, 8 71:6, e
67:6, n 46:6, e 70 n to com— 50-v 1207.. 1
Same 2,450
Outside LandB | 150
Saturday, February 28th.
Daniel McLaren to W R S Foye.
P Giovannini to Martin Buz/.ini.
D J Van Den Bergh to W M Hon;
Julia Van Den Bergh to same..
Eleonore Geiet et al to same...
Julia Van den Bergh to Batne ..
Eleonore Geist et al to same
D J Van den Bergh to same
F P Bwett to Margarethu M Swett
W Hollis to Thos Hobe et al
Same to Tim McCarthy
Simon Sticfvater to Jas Wheeland
Mary Corrigan to La Soc Francaise
Jonas Abrams to same
Patk O'Bryan to Jean M Baraty.
Ne Ellis and Gough.n 120x137:6
W Douglass, 55 n 17th, n 55x45
W Leavenworth, 26 n Sutter, n 20:6x87:
6— being in 50-vara 1179
Same
Undivided 4.5 same
W Leavenworth, 24:4 n Sutter, n 1:7, w
87:6, b 2:7, e 73.4, n etc to com
Undivided 1.5 same
Same
N Clay, 68 w Taylor, w 20x67:6
Sw 21st and Mission, s 45x92:6
W MiBSion, 45 b 21st, 3 15x92:6 same . . .
W Mission , 85 n 19th, n 25xS9
Sw Harrison Ave and Shipley, se 75x25
100-va 270
SO'Farrell, 109 c Van Ness, e 82:6x120
WA61
E Dnpont, 25 n Lombard, n 22:6x6S:9—
50-va 529
$■1,000
500
404
2,023
1,618
262
157
105
Gilt
5
6
5,950
2,700
15,000
2,500
Monday, March 1st.
IRHall to Kate Elliot
Henry Hinkel to Isabella S Markey
Noble H Eaton to Almira Eaton...
L Miller to Herman Hofstetter . . .
Jas Holmes to Jno Hogan
Henry T Scott to JOBGnnn
Wm J Turner to Samuel Bard et al
Jus J McDonnell to A Williamson
Patk Gillespie to L Damosonio
Frank F Taylor to John Riordan .
Henry Casebolt lo Mary Tihbits..
M J O'Callnghan to L O'Callagban
MorriB Colraan to Peter Spreckels
Caesar Meyerstein to same
H Meyerstein to same
Lots 6, 7, 8, blk 128, Superior Hd ...
N Clay, 90 w Webster, 23:10x104
Undiv one-fourth se Montgomery and
Clay, s 59:6x50-50-v 52
Lot 20, blk 307, ns per map in Record-
er's Office
Uud half sw Waller and Scott, s 2s5:6,
w lo Devisadero, n 184:9, n 184:9, e
412:6 to commencement
S Clay, 60 e Franklin, 25x100- W A 89. .
E Drnmm,55s Pacific, 100x137:6
W cor Folsom and 7th, sw 85x80
Com on w line of 50-v 415, 40 ft s from
nw cor, 8 20x60
Blk 428, Outside Lands
S Filbert, 87.6 e Steiner, 25x112:6
1 N Lilly Av uue, 206:0 w Gough, w 22 x
60-W A 146
Ne Tyler and Larkin, n 137:6x137:6
Same
Same
$ 600
5,200
27,750
250
1
3,50»
5
25,000
1,050
2,500
1
1,000
13,500
1
1
Use ATLANTIC brand, the standard NEW YORK LEAD.
Stipulate for It ln all your oontraots. Do not permit any
other to be employed.
^S" Property-owners are cautioned against the substitu-
tion, by painters, of cheap, low grade Leads, which, owing
to inferiority, can be bought for considerably less than the
cost of Atlantic brand.
C. T. RATNOLDS & CO.,
9 Front Street,
Feb- 2S-1 Sole Agents.
REMOVAL.
GUS. V. DANIELS,
Successor to Thomas A- Dnniels, of California Paint Com-
pany's House Painting Department. House, Sign and Ship Painting, and Pa-
per Hanging. Walls Repaired, Whitened or Tinted any shade or color. All orders
promptly attended to and work guaranteed.
Jan. 17. 410 JACKSON STREET, bet. Montgomery and Sansome sts.
SCHWAB & BREESE,
New Art Gallery, «a t Market street, opposite Palace Hotel.
Oil Paintings, Engravings, Wax and Artists' Materials.
feg° ADMISSION FREE. ,_ Sept. 13.
SNOW & CO.,
No. 20 Post street, opposite Mechanics' Institute, Import-
ers and Manufacturers of Pictures, Frames, Mouldings, and Artist's Ma-
criala. Established 1819. Sept. 20.
R
W. K. VICKERY,
are Engravings and Etchings, I2tt Kearny street (Thnrlow
Block, Room 8), San Francisuo. Office Hours, from 1 to 5 p.m. Jan. 17.
BRITISH BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF CAL.
Attendance, daily, froiu 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., by the under-
signed, to receive subscriptions and donations, and to furnish all information
relating to the Society. J. P. McCURRIE, Secretary,
Oct. 23. 730 Montgomery street.
WILLIAM P. HUMPHREYS,
Late City and County Surveyor, has removed to No. 629
WASHINGTON STREET, where he will continue to practice his profession.
All Surveys and Estimates guaranteed. Dec. 20.
J. A. HUNTER, M. D.,
"T^To. 321 Sutter street, devotes Special Attention to Catarrfa,
J^| Deafness, Bronchitis, Asthma, Consumption, and all ailments of the Throat,
Lungs and Heart. Dec. 27.
GEO. STREET, Agent News Letter, 30 Comhill, E. C, London.
IN CONSEQUENCE OF SPURIOUS IMITATIONS OF
LEA A PERKINS' SAUCE, whieu are calculated to deceive
the public, Lea and Pen-ins have adopted A NEW LABEL, bearing their sig-
nature, thus, " LEA & PERKINS," which is placed on every bottle of WORCESTER-
SHIRE SAUCE, and without which none is genuine.
Ask for LEA & PERRINS' Sauce, and see name on wrapper, label, bottle and stop-
per. Wholesale and for export by the proprietors, Worcester ; Crosse & Blackwell,
London, etc., etc., and by grocers and oilmen throughout the world.
Nov. 16. MESSRS. CROSS & CO., Agents, San Francisco.
ROWLAND'S
MACASSAR OIL strengthens the Hair and prevents it f alliog off. The bottles
have a glass stopper, and not a cork.
EALYDOR beautifies the Complexion and eradicates Freckles, Tan, Prickly Heat,
Eruptions, etc.
ODONTO whitens the Teeth, prevents and arrests decay, and gives a pleasing
fragrance to the breath.
EITKONIA is a new and delicate toilet powder.
Ask for KOWLAND'S articles, of 20, Hatton Garden, London, and avoid cheap
imitations. Sold bv Druggists, Bazaars, etc., all overthe world. May 3.
LIEBICr COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
luestantl Cheapest Meat-flavoring Slock for Sonps, Hade
Dishes and Sauces.
F
March 2.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTEACT OF MEAT
[s a success and boon for which Nations should feel grate-
ful. See " Medical Press," " Lancet," " British Medical Journal," etc.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
Caution— Gen nine only with fne-slmile of Baron Uefeig's
Signature, in blue ink, across Label. "Consumption in England increased ten-
old in teu years."
March 2.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
To he bad of all Store-keepers, Grocers and Chemists. Sole
Agents for the United States (wholesale only), C. David & Co. , 43, Mark Lane,
London, England. March 2.
LANGLEY & MICHAELS,
Wholesale Druggists,
Importers of Pure English, French and German Drags,
PATENT MEDICINES, ETC.,
100 and 102 FRONT STBEET,
San Feascisco. [Sept. 6.
14
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
March 6, 1880.
LEGISLATIVE WAIFS.
It is said around the Capitol that the game he£*ins to hang high.*"
The rotten and corrupt schemes are beginning to develop themselves.
That their name is legion.—— That the most rotten and corrupt of them all
is the McClure charter.—— That it hands this city over body and soul to
a corrupt machine for six years to come.—— That the machine by that time
will have so completely fastened itself on the body politic that it will be
as irremovable and as corrupt as was the Tweed regime. That the cor-
rupt charter, passed by the bought Legislature of New York, and worked
so dexterously and so long by the great Boss, was the personification of
purity compared with the alarming powers for evil contained in the Mc-
Clure charter.^— That, nevertheless, it is a proposal that has come to
stay, and will not die, unless it is killed by the hard blow3 of honest men.
^^That the methods by which it is to be put through are now obvious.
In its favor there is the most thorough " lay out " that has ever been wit-
nessed at Sacramento. Rooms numbered 38, 39 and 40 in the Capitol
have been secured as headquarters.— —That McClure presides as the mas-
ter of the ceremonies.— That none but aids and emissaries are admitted,
to whom orders fly thick and fast. -^— That every man is placed where he
will do the most good. —That the chief lobbyists are Senators. ^— That
the business of lobbying has taken a new departure. The old profession-
als, with some few exceptions, are replaced by members on the floor, who
act as if they were elected for that express purpose rather than to serve
the people. -^— That a black list will be made up at the end of the session
and published in every number of the News Letter that appears until
after the next election.-^— That it will show a number of members in the
attitude of having voted for every corrupt proposal and against every
righteous one. — That the list may fittingly be headed Odr Traitors.
-^— That it is absurd to call such men conservatives and dub them guard-
ians of capital. May Heaven defend capital from sruardians who are
only intent on increasing their own little store !— -That fastening upon
capital only to bleed it may be conservative of the bleeder's interest, but
not that of the bled.— That cupping and leeching are the fitting terms
for the present business occupation of not a few men who might be named.
-^—That the members of all the city rings have pooled their issues, and
all of them have their own little sections in the McClure charter.^—
That is what gives it whatever chance it has of passing. Its author
claims votes for it, in certain quarters, on the ground that " it will per-
petuate the reign of the Republican party in the city." It would be
more correct to say that it will destroy the Republican party by perpetu-
ating the machine.^— That the by-play and excitement that are being
gotten up in the Assembly are mere gilded devices to cover ulterior de-
signs. They serve to distract and excite the public outside, and thereby
withdraw attention from the true inwardness of things.— That JTelton,
not proving himself big enough for the place, has dropped out of sight,
and his little pup runs around as if he had lost his master. Charley thinks
the tail of that pup was getting pretentious enough to imagine it could wag
the dog, but then which was the dog and which the tail ?^— That one
dispassionate, but o'er true article, laid Felton out. He seeks resuscita-
tion, and, as a means to an end, has taken to giving dinners to the Press,
but the thing can't be done. It is easier to smash the platter than to
make it whole again. ''Humpty Dumpty sat upon the wall, Humpty
Dumpty had a great fall ; Not all the King's horses nor all the king's
men Could put Humpty Dumpty up again" — the meaning whereof is
apparent in the very obvious application of it.— That Felton's great
forte consisted in the nimbleness with which he made the powers -that-be
shell out. He made them turn out coin as nimbly as an old woman turns
peas out of a pod. ■ That it was placed'where it would do the most
good — to Felton. -^— That Tyler is satisfied to be himself, but says he would
have given §500 to have been Adams for a few minutes, the other day,
when Kearny uttered that threat. Wouldn't there have been fun to
somebody, though it might have been death to Denis?— That many
people have a soft side for Tyler's rough one. An earnest partisan, a
good hater, but a warm friend, if he had less of the fortiter in re, and
more of the suaveter in modo, his ability and wonderful energy would
achieve great things. Dan O'Conuell once said that it was " necessary to
be disagreeable occasionally." Tyler agrees with him, and thinks the oc-
casion should arise as frequently as possible, and never be neglected when
it does. —That Hardy is an inveterate vote dodger, claimed by his party,
but bossed by M. J. Kelly, who says he elected him. He is ready to ex-
claim, "How happy I could be with either were t'other dear charmer
away." But both being there, he ain't happy, and displeases both by
dodging the roll-call. What a mean, shuffling resort to be driven to, to
be sure !^— That it is said that Kaplan pokes his ugly nose into every-
body's business except his own. That he ought to be in San Francisco,
in attendance at his office, instead of which he has been at the Capitol
since the commencement of the Session, doing all sorts of odd chores,
such as chaperoning the brokers around, and working against the Gorley
bill, etc., etc. That the Governor has his eye upon the electoral Regis-
trar's office, and will fill it with some one who will attend to it. ^— That
Tyler means to spring Braunhart's record upon him. It consists of a
chain and pendants, said to have been sold as gold, but which turns out to
be brass. Tyler's unbiased opinion is that its smoothe appearance indi-
cates contact with Braunhart's cheek.— That Gorley is sound as a stock
gambling reformer, but is said to be rotten to the core on the water ques-
tion. Marye says Gorley stuck him for fifteen hundred, and has been a
reformer ever since, which Gorley denies. The truth is said to be at the
bottom of a welL The brokers did not improve their positions .by attrib-
uting improper motives to the author of a good bill. Marye was a mis-
take. If the genial Budd, or the festive Lissak, or even little Schmitt,
had been sent, the result might have been different.— That if Denis
Kearney were to take the trusty members of his party into the close con-
fidence he does Jim Mee and Mike Kelly, his motives would be less liable
to suspicion.— That McCarthy, Kane, Lane, and all the rest, when they
read this waif, will exclaim with one accord, " That's true."^— That the
reports of the Assembly Committees are generally ignored.— ^That the
Railroad Commissioners' bill is a case in point.— — That the revenue bill
is another.-— That the Committees are now known as " Cowdery's fail-
ures."—That the passage of the minority's revenue bill in the Assembly
by 63 to 5 was a sore blow to some people. Its probable adoption by the
Senate is still more surprising. Ic is the only real blow yet directed
against capital, and yet it was supported by so-called conservatives.
There were no occult influences brought to bear, and so their conserva-
tivism oozed out of their fingers' ends.— —That though it involved high
principles, Boruck did no whipping in on the occasion.-^— That if it had
been a bill to take off the head of a Democratic office-holder, he could
have shown you the result of a roll-call days in advance. ^— Th at Boruck
begins to realize that the waifs can tell more truths about him in a single
number than he can live down in a lifetime. The puffed-up vanity of a
strutting turkey cock has somewhat abated in consequence. —That it is
a misfortune that the head of the "live paper" is away, and has left be-
hind instructions to "go slow. "-^— That the Legislature presents a fine
field for live journalism.— That its proceeding were never treated to
weaker editorial reviews, and never stood in need of stronger ones. »^—
That Dr. James Murphy is to be appointed a member of the Board of
Health, vice Dr. Toland, deceased. An excellent appointment.-^— That
R. H. Lloyd visited the Capital to fix it. ^— That Drs. Simpson and
Douglass are at the Capital seeking to preserve an independent and com-
petent Board of Health, in which they are likely to succeed. -^That ex-
pressions of regret at the sudden demise of Dr. Toland are heard on all
hands.— —That the resolution to call the Medical College by his name
will pass unanimously.— That if God, in his mercy, would now only take
old man Gibbons to himself, there would be a fair chance of having one
good medical college instead of two bad ones.-^— That the college should
be affiliated with the University.— —That the course of study should be
for three, or even four years, instead of two, and that a preliminary ma-
triculation examination should be required.— That Alex. Badlam is
around, happy and smiling, and displaying that happy-go-lucky geniality
which gained for him the great vote which he received at the last election.
— ^That the business of his office gives him an interest in the passage of
the Revenue and Taxation bills. — - That Stuart, the County Clerk, is at
the front, looking after the bill to increase the number of his deputies.
He strongly favors the McClure charter. —That great efforts are being
made to get the Republican caucus to pronounce in favor of the charter,
as a party measure. _ It is proposed to take it out of the hands of the
San Francisco delegation, and refer it to the Joint Judiciary Committee,
who are expected to deal more favorably with it. ^— That Tray lor, who
was induced to father it, begins to weaken in his support of it.— That
Sinon and Cuthbert, Workingmen's representatives, are claimed as being
won over to its support." —That more converts are being named. ■■
That strong representations have reached the Governor from the District
Attorney's office, begging His Excellency to use his influence to have a
Jury law passed, and so relieve the County Jail of its pressure of untried
prisoners, who now number 359, and for whom there is hardly standing-
room.— —That about the way in which that Jury law hangs fire there is
some strange mystery. It ought to have passed during the first
week of the session. But, notwithstanding the extraordinary need of it,
nothing is being done. Why? Two reasons are given. It is said that if
the Criminal Courts were set in motion, David McClure would have to
leave to defend prisoners whose cases he has in hand. His party want
him at the CapitoL -^— That the other reason given is that Kalloeh
desires that the present Sheriff shall draw the names of the jury. It is
delieved that the De Young interest is opposed to this. Alex. Campbell
was at the Capitol on Wednesday, and, it is believed, on this business.
—That it is said Charley Felton is taking a deep, but quiet, interest in
this matter, having an old score to pay. It is hinted that he says that, if
anything is brought from Kansas, he has a pamphlet which he paid
Napthaly to write.— That General Williams, A. H. Rose and Colin M.
Boyd are looking after mining debris, overflowed lands and cognate sub-
jects, most important matters, that the Legislature ought to take hold of
with a strong hand.— —That May-hell's Personal Journalism bill has
been reported against by the Committee. The members all thought that
press-writers are opposed to it, whereas all the good ones strongly favor
it.— —That the Tuttle bill, of last session, has been reintroduced, with a
fair chance of passing.-^— That Felton objects to it, because it appoints
an officer to infcrce the law. He says men should be left alone to con-
duct their business as they please. That is the argument a
thief would use when a policeman grabs him by the collar. — ■
That Wilcox, the Mariposa blacksmith, who so rudely shampooed Frank
Somers, is attending to insurance with his usual assurance.-^— That the
Insurance bill is tied up, awaiting somebody to " come down. "-—That
the Gorley stock bill has been put over for a week, in order to give bro-
kers an opportunity to present weightier and more valuable arguments
than those offered by Messrs. Marye and Wakefield.— That in the ab-
sence of such arguments the bill will surely pass.-— -That the weakness
of Speaker Cowdery is so apparent to Mr. Fox that he thinks of moving
the caucus to request him to resign.— That it is an open secret that
Governor Perkins is becoming anxious about the record the Republican
Legislature is likely to make for itself. The Governor is business-like,
high-minded and patriotic, and, if he had his way, his party would be
" strengthened " by better and surer ways than some that have been pro-
posed. He thinks that meriting and winning the confidence of the peo-
ple is better than setting up party machines that will surely prove unpop-
ular. -^That Spring Valley will be left as it desires, which is to be left
alone. It is satisfied with the Board of Supervisors.— —That the Gas
Company desires the same thing. -^— That Flaherty, Cotter and others are
looking after the Fire Department sections in the McClure charter.——
That agent*? of the Police Department are taking care of their interests
in the same measure. That the contractors are expected next week.
-^That it will be the strongest lobby ever seen in Sacramento.^—
That Mohan's guide for members will prove useful.
Kidney and Urinary complaints of all kinds permanently cured
with Hop Bitters. Read advertisement.
James H. Grossman.] [H. F. Baker, O.E., Mining Engineer.
CROSSMAN & BAKER,
Mine Brokers, 324 Pine street, San Francisco, California.
Mining Properties Examined, Surveyed and Reported on ; Ore and Minerals
Assayed or Analyzed ; Sales Negotiated or Capital procured for development. Con-
nections in London, Paris, Berlin, "Vienna, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Balti-
more, St. Louis and Chicago. Jan. 17.
TO OWNERS OF REAL ESTATE.
Persons owning Real Estate thai Bias heretofore been as-
sessed in the former owner's name, or mis-spelled, or otherwise mis-de-
scribed, are requested to appear personally, or send their deeds to the Assessor's
Office (New City Hall), and have the proper changes made for the Real Estate Roll
1880-81. Immediate attention is necessary, as work on the Roll will commence in a
few days, after which it will be too late for any alterations.
Feb. 21. ALEXANDER BADLAM, City and County Assessor.
March 6, 1880.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
15
'The World,1
tBy i
the Flesh, and the Devil.
Truthful Penman.]
The other day a gentleman of the legal profession called at one of
the London branches of the London and fminty Bank, and requested an
interview with one of the junior clerks, a young man little more than of
age. The vuritor said that he bad the pleasure to announce that by the
death of an uncle, and in consequence of the death of several other rela-
ativv*. this young gentleman was heir to a baronetcy. In reply to the
new baronet's very natural inquiry whether the good fortune was con-
fined to maintaining an empty title, he was informed that his income was
at lea^t £10,000 a year, with £50.000 at a Hank upon current account. It
baa since been ascertained that the income is not less than £16,000 a year.
It is needless to say that the new baronet has relinquished his position at
the London and County Bank. — City Press.— Never was skating so
largely indulged in by Londoners as it has been this year. Ladies have
done wonders! Many of them were very clever, performing gyrations
and catting intricate figures with astonishing skill. They seem to stand
the muscular exertion quite as well as the men. On first thoughts, one
would scarcely imagine that this was in the nature of things, but
BVerybody knows that there are few women who can't dance a man off
his feet in a ball-room, and the cases of skating and dancing are perhaps
analogous. The Marquis of Anglesey, like the Earl of Fife, followed
the prevailing fashion among the aristocracy of endowing his successors
by means of insurance. The Earl of Fife must have insured himself for
little less than £400,000 — perhaps for more. The Marquis of Anglesey
had also policies in nearly all the best offices in the kingdom. One office
alone loses £10,000 by his death. It seems that what was invented for
men without wealth is being used by wealth to increase the family store.
Insurance is becoming a luxury of tbe rich. — Court Journal.— —A. jewel
robbery has taken place at Brussels under somewhat extraordinary cir-
cumstances. A young American lady went into a jeweler's shop, and,
representing herself to be the daughter of a well-known American re-
siding in Brussels, obtained diamonds to the amount of 20,000 francs,
with which she disappeared. The interest of the story lies in this, that
the young lady in question is said to be the daughter of a former Amer-
ican Minister at a principal continental court, who has left her father's
house in company with an American Colonel, and is said to have accom-
panied him to Brussels. — Vanity Fair.— At the fortnightly meeting of
the Axminster Board of Guardians, the Rev. R. Matson, late curate of
Membury, Devon, applied for an order to enter the workhouse as a
pauper. He had been curate for thirty years, had never been offered a
living, and had now nothing to depend on. The Guardians thought it a
very hard case, and, as there was no alternative, granted the order.——
Field-Marshal Count von Moltke, replying to a letter requesting him to
use his influence with the Emperor William with a view to a reduction in
the German army, asks, " Who does not share the earnest desire to see
these heavy military burdens relieved which Germany is compelled to
bear ;" and adds that " a happier condition of affairs cannot be attained
until nations have arrived at the conviction that every war, even though
victorious, is a national misfortune. Even the power of the Emperor is
inadequate to bring about this conviction."^— The proprietors of the
Graphic have commissioned most of the leading artists of the day, each
to paint a head typifying his conception of beauty. Among the artists
who contribute are Sir Frederick Leigh ton, P.R.A., Messrs. Alma-Ta-
dema, A.R.A., E. Long, A.R.A., P. H. Calderon, R.A., G. D. Leslie,
R.A., J. J. Tissot, G. Storey, A.R.A., Marcus Stone, A.R.A., Philip
Morris, A.R.A., and others.-^The British female mind is greatly agi-
tated at present concerning the Princess of Wales and her august mother-
in-law. We are told in tbe Daily News, of a recent date, that after the
ceremony of opening Parliament, the Queen "passed out, not stopping,
as on former occasions, to speak to the Princess of Wales, whom she
passed on the way." This, coupled with the fact that the Princess did
not accompany the Prince in his visit to the Queen on her arrival at
Buckingham Palace, has caused an immense amount of buzzing among
fair gossips. " What can be the matter?" say they ; and the question is
the more puzzling because the Princess has such a character for amiabil-
ity that it seems impossible she could offend any one. Young wives who
have to propitiate difficult mothers-in-law are particularly interested.——
An extraordinary discovery has just been made, or is strongly believed to
have been made, by the India Office. The sister of a Bedfordshire bar-
onet, who, being then a young girl of considerable beauty, was lost dur-
ing the Indian Mutiny, has been found in a harem at Mecca. The lady
is now in India, and questions have been sent out to secure evidence of
her identity, which, it is suspected, there may be a desire to conceal.——
At the Skating Rink at Brighton, the other day, appeared the following
notice : " Band plays at four o'clock; and Mrs. Langtry will be present."
— London World.— The home of the Murats, at Bordentown, N. J., is
owned by a loud-voiced widow named Flynn, who lets out rooms to fam-
ilies of pugilistic propensities and limited means. She stables her cow in
the main hall of this former home of princes, and the room in which the
Duchess de Mouchy was born is her kitchen, parlor and bed-room. The
trees under which the lazy and extravagant Prince Lucien Murat swung
all day long in his hammock, when he was not cock-fighting at the corner
tavern, have been felled to the ground, and the tender leaves that shoot
from the decaying trunks furnish food for the lean and hungry goats of
Mrs. Flynn's tenants. This historic mansion is now in the market, and
should be purchased by some one who would care to preserve its anrient
form and drive the cows from the ball and the pigs from the parlors.—
The Murat home is not the only relic of royalty left in Bordentown. The
barber of Joseph Bonaparte still walks the streets. He does not follow
his trade, however, but sells taffy and jews-harps to the rising generation.
Though no longer a barber, he still makes his living out of shavers.—^
The critical audiences of La Scala have carried their hissing propensities
too far. Mile. Albani was singing to them, and suddenly hor voice be-
came husky. Instead of synqtathizing with the unfortunate artist, the
gallant gentlemen fired thurhuMi at her from pit and boxeB. It was
during the mad scene in Luria, but the prima donna gave them a mad
Nona from Albani, for she walked off the stage, and no persuasion of the
management could induce her to ap]>ear before a Milan audience again.
^^In this time of fasting, thero in pertinence in an anecdote told in the
new edition, jdat out in Puis, of the works of Charafort, the great wit of
the last days of the Bourbon rule. The Bishop of L. was at breakfast
when an Abbe came to visit him. The Bishop invited him to eat. The
Abbe refused. The Bishop insisted, and at last the Abbe said : " I have
already breakfasted twice ; and besides, as your Grace may remember, to-
day is a strict fast." — New York Hour.
HIGHEST STOCK QUOTATIONS
For the Week Ending March 5, 1880.
Compiled by Gboiigk C. Hicrox & Co., 412 Montgombry Street.
Name of Mike.
Sat.
Argenta
•Andes
Alpha
Alts
Addenda -
'Bullion
'Belcher
■Best & Belcher
Benton
Bodie Con
Boston Con
BechtelCon
Bulwer Con
•Belle Isle
Black Hawk
Belvidere.,...
•Booker;
Cons Imperial
♦Crown Point
'Chollar
California
Con. Virginia
^Caledonia
Confidence
Con Pacific
Con. Dorado
Day
Dudley
Eureka Con
* Exchequer.
Fairfax
Flowery
*Gould & Curry
•Gila
Grand Prize
* Hale & Norcross
Julia
"Justice
•Jackson
•Jupiter
Ken tuck
♦Leviathan
•Lady Bryan
Lady Washington
♦Mexican
Manhattan
"Metallic
Mount Diahlo
Martin White
•Mammoth
Northern Belle
Noonday
North Noonday
North Bonanza
Ophir
Overman
Occidental
•Potosi
Paradise Valley
* Raymond & Ely
Summit
•Savage ,
♦Silver Hill
Seg Belcher
Silver King, Arizona ..
•Scorpion
♦Sierra Nevada
Tip-Top
Tioga
Utah
Union Con
Ward
Wales Con
"Yellow Jacket
Monday. Tuesday. Wbdnrsd t Thursday. Fri
A.M. P.M. A.M.
16$
23i
|
12J
153
15}
16|
'if
223
6l
36]
Assessments are now due on tbe Stocks above marked thus *
D. V. B. Henarie. Edward Martin.
E. MARTIN & CO.,
Importers and 'Wholesale Sealers in Wines and Liquors.
Proprietors of Miller's Extra Old Bourbon and J. F. Cut-
ter Extra Old Bonrbou and Rye Whiskies.
April 5. 408 Front Street, San Francisco.
HIBERNIA BREWERY,
Howard Street, Between Eighth and Ninth.
Dec. 7] M. NTWAJt, Proprietor.
CALIFORNIA SUGAR REFINERY,
Manufacturers of the Standard Syrup, a superior article
put up in barrels expressly for home consumption. Also. Extra Heavy Syrup
in barrels for Export. Refined Sugars at lowest market rates. Office, 215 Front
street, up stairs. Dec. 21.
16
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
March 6, 1880.
"DOLCE FAR NIENTE."
So now, my love, what matter when we die
And leave this world of sorrow-faring men ?
Wielders of sword, and drivers of the pen,
Who fret and fume and strive, I know not why,
Since all my life is turned to holiday.
Here will I rest me, lying in the shade,
And smile to see men toiling in the sun,
The end achieved, the promised guerdon won,
Deep drinking of the draught for which I prayed
Whilst all the world seems turned to holiday.
Death would he pleasant so, should no sharp pain
Curdle the blood or agonize the mind,
So, hearts united, and so, arms entwined,
We two could fade out from this mortal train
Who find scant space for making holiday.
You say 'tis no man's mission to lie bo,
Watching the sunlight sifting through green boughs ;
You tell of men who breathed heroic vows,
Smote, or were smitten, and were glad to go,
And knew no time for love or holiday.
"Up and away!" you say, "from scenes like these,
Where languid nights succeed the listless days,
Seek out some poor man's good, some good man's praise ;
Nor lie, like Samson, at Delilah's knees,
Making all life to seem like a holiday."
Ah, this from thee, Delilah, this from thee !
Who taught the shepherd to forsake his flocks ?
Who stole his heart, and sheared away his locks?
No good man now shall speak good word of me,
So let all life seem love and holiday !
— World, London.
TRADE FRAUDS.
From time to time we have, during the last twelve months, appar-
ently interrupted our prosecution of those trade frauds which, in the
necessaries of every-day life, affect the entire population. As publicists,
we deem it an important portion of our public duty to warn our readers
against the systematic and shameless frauds practiced upon them by those
with whom they deal. But while we do this we do not lose sight of the
fact that, in many instances, the retail dealer is not aware that the whole-
sale house, or the jobber, is the real culprit. Still, he must often know,
when a job lot is offered at a price much below that of the market, there
is something wrong, and he is willing to take the consequences. Hitherto
the News Letter has abstained from recommending or mentioning the
names of firms or individuals whose articles, after being analyzed, were
found fairly merchantable and wholesome — deeming it sufficient to warn
off from those whose names and addresses were given, as vendors of arti-
cles which were either entirely bad, or at least dangerous to the
consumers.
We have, however, resolved in future to publish, as often as our analyst
shall report, the results of his analysis, not only the names of the fraudu-
lent and unscrupulous dealers, but also of those whose articles he shall
find good and wholesome. He has examined, for example, partly for his
own information, over seventy samples of milk, the greater portion by
far of which would he condemned as fraudulent in any city where a pub-
lic analytic officer was employed by the general or local government.
The names of the dairies, and the date when obtained, as well as the re-
sults of examination, are on record. And if these have not as yet been
made public, it is not owing to want of wish on our part, but because his
desire is to ascertain the facts fully whether such an indispensable article
as milk might vary to an appreciable extent with seasons, or whether sys-
tematic adulteration was the practice. To the class of diluters and adul-
terators of milk, then, who derange the proper amount of its necessary
nutritive properties, especially its cream, and either-- decrease by water or
increase by skim-milk its less digestive elements, especially in the case of
babes and weak persons, we hold out a salutary warning, because in hardly
any article of daily consumption is the public so completely at the mercy
of, the source of supply. Kecent public reports from Chicago and other
large cities of the Union inform us that the sophistication of milk reached
a climax some time ago, and, what is most important, that their respective
departments of health are actively proceeding criminally against the
adulterators of milk. But, after all, milk is only one article of extensive
consumption. Alum in bread and alum baking powders are second only
to it in proportion to the mischief, possible and actual, which it effects in
the household and the. nursery.
BOOK REVIEWS.
The "Japan Directory," for 1880, has just been issued from the of-
fice of the Japan Gazette, at Yokohama. Though modestly called a " Di-
rectory,'' it is-, in reality an exhaustive encyclopedia of information, and
reminds one of the " almanacs " which are annually published in Europe.
As a record of the residents, consuls, officials, banks, mercantile firms,
governmental departments, societies, etc., etc., of Japan, it is an invalu-
able work for all having an interest in the Mikado's Empire, as well as
for those actually living there. The Directory does great credit to its
publishers, but we could only expect this of anything emanating from the
office of such an influential, clever and business-like journal as the Japan
Gazette.
The Nevada Monthly for February— this being its first number— has
just made its appearance. It purports to be "a book of reference and
information for free distribution, devoted to the mining and agricultural
interests of the State," aud it fully comes up to its expressed intention.
Its statistics are full and useful, and as a set-off to its heavier contents, it
contains a clever original sketch by Dan de Quille, entitled "A Dant-
ziger's Kevenge."
H. B. Williams,
A. Ohesebrough,
"W. H. Dimond.
WILLIAMS, DIMOND & CO.,
Shipping and Commission Merchants,
218 CALIFORNIA STREET.
AGENTS FOR
Pacific Mail Steamship Company, Pacific Steam Navigation
Company, The Canard Royal Mail Steamship Company,
"The California Line of Clippers" from New York
and Boston, and "The Hawaiian Line."
San Francisco, January 31, 1880. [Jan. 81.
C. ADOLPHE LOW & CO.,
Commission Merchants*
SAW FRANCISCO and NEW YORK.
6^1=* Agents of American Sugar Refinery, corner of Unioa and Battery streets,
San Francisco, California. Jan. 17.
AVERILL MIXED PAINT,
The Best, Most Durable and Beautiful of All, Paints.
PREPACKED READY FOR USE,
AND OF ANY SHADE OB COLOK DESIRED.
Sept. 27.
O. 8. OBKICK, General Agent,
339 Market St., Opposite Front.
REMOVAL.
COMMINS & O'CONNOR,
Importers of "Wines and Liquors,
HAVE REMOVED FROM
NO. 505 PSONI STREET TO
23S and 240 MARKET STREET and 7 and 9 PINE STREET,
Between Front and l>avis. [Feb. 7.
ANDREW DAIRD,
Negotiator of Loans and Commercial Paper,
Broker In Local and State Securities,
No. 318 California Street San Francisco.
[P. O. Box 1,208.1 J* !»■
TABER, HARKER & CO.,
IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE GROCERS,
10S aud 110 California St., S. F.
[April 19.)
MADAME WALDO COHEN,
PIANOFORTE AND SINGING,
Sept. 20. 607 FLyde Street, San Francisco.
D. HICKS & CO.,
Bookbinders and Blank Book Manufacturers,
NO. 543 CLAY STREET.
pW° Blank Books Ruled, Printed and Bound to Order. [Nov. 8.
G. E. BARTON,
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law,
629 KFJATiNT STREET ROOMS 1 and 2.
[December 20.]
EDWARD BOSQUI & CO.,
Printers, Fugs-avers, Lithographers aud Bookbinders,
Xeidesdorff street, from Clay to Commercial.
REV. J. J. BLEASDALE, D.D.,
ANALYST,
News Letter Office. 609 Merchant Street, above Montgomery, S. F.
WM. F. SMITH, M.D.,
Oculist and Anrist, 313 Bush Street..
Aug. 16] Office Boars, from 13 M. to 3 P.M.
JULES TAVERNIER'S NEW STUDIO,
728 Montgomery Street.
[Jan. 17.
JONAS J. MORRISON,
Lumber Dealer.
A Choice Assortment of Sug-ar Pine, Spruce Shelving, Pine
Stepping-, Dry Surface Redwood, and a full line of Building- Material, always
on hand. , Jan. 24.
Newton Booth, C. T. Wheeler, Sacramento. | J. T. Glover, W. W. Dodge, S. F
W1
W. W. DODGE & CO.
holesale Grocers, corner Front and Clay streets, San
Francisco. April 1.
CASTLE BROTHERS,
ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAR 1850.
Importers of Teas and East India Goods, Res. 213 and 215
Front street, San Francisco. Jan . 13.
L.E.Newton. NEWTON BROTHERS & CO., M.Newton.
Importers and wholesale dealers in Teas, Foreign Goods and
Groceries, 204 and 206 California street, San Francisco, Cal May 25.
Msrch 6, 1880.
CALIFORNIA ADVEKTISKH.
17
NOTABILIA.
THE
LftWn as white as driven snow ;
- Mack as e'er was crow ;
Gloves as sweet as damask rosea;
Masks for faces and for noses ;
Bujrle-hracelet, necklace, amber;
Perfume for a lady's chamber;
PEDDLERS SONG.
Gold quoips and stomachers,
For my lads to give their dears ;
Pins and poktng-s ticks of steel.
What maids lack from head to heel:
Come buy of me.come; come buy, come buy,
Buy, lads, or else your lasses cry.
William Suakspeare.
Judge Hilton intends to present a beautiful park of several hundred
acres to Saratoga. This will make the place a more popular resort of
'wealth and beauty than ever, and the druggists there are consequently
laying in an extra stock of Madame Rachel's Enamel Bloom. For
wherever beauty is, there must the Enamel Bloom be also. It is a sine
qua non with the belles of the present day. They have learned its power
of giving a "lorioua complexion and its beneficial effect on the skin, and
they can't do without it. And why should they, when it can be obtained
everywhere at such a triBing cost ?
A traveler, writing from Florence, says that "in Russia you see the
cold, but in Italy you feel it." We Californians also feel the cold more,
probably, than the Esquimaux, and experience more of its ill effects.
Our only refuge against the consumption and colds consequently preva-
lent is Rock and Rye, the well-known cordial, manufactured by F. & P.
J. Cassin, corner of Drumm and California streets. It is a preventive as
well as a cure, and is the most delicious and invigorating drink imagina-
ble. Its sole constituents are the best rye whisky and pure rock candy.
"When the old man unexpectedly opened the door and intruded on
his daughter and her beau, she hastily sprang for the sofa, and, having
read of the pedestrian contests, ingeniously remarked that she wouldn't
claim that " lap."
Tha Italians will send a man-of-war from Venice in May, with 900
contributions to the Melbourne Exposition, says a New York journal.
We learn from other sources that the vessel will touch at San Francisco
on its way for the purpose of taking ou board a number of De La Mon-
tanya's Union Ranges, which have obtained such celebrity in America,
and also a lot of Chilson's Patent Improved Cone Furnaces, for which
De La Montanya has the sole agency on this Coast. The furnaces are to
be used for heating the vast exhibition buildings.
Tennyson, like a patient fisherman, spends hours over a single line.
An ode to Landsberger's Private Cuvee is said to be the task on which he
is now engaged. He could not have chosen a better theme or one more
fraught with inspiration, for a nobler wine than Landsberger's Private
Cuvee is not to be found in the market. To the dinner table it brings
merriment and zest ; to the sick-room it brings health and strength. In
short, it is a sound, pure and delicious wine. Hence its popularity.
There are no snakes in Iceland, and so when an Icelander has the
jim-jams he has to imagine that he sees a mastodon waving an illumin-
ated trunk, or seven dreadful polar bears approaching him with open
jaws from seven different directions.
George Augustus Sala, the renowned journalist, author and lecturer,
who is now honoring San Francisco with a brief visit, has already had
his photograph taken at Bradley & Rulofson's, 429 Montgomery street.
In so doing, he has only followed in the wake of all other illustrious
comers to thiB city. Bradley & Rulofson's gallery, like Yosemite and the
Big Trees, is one of the lions that must be visited by those who are re-
solved to " do " California thoroughly.
While gentlemen rarely bet money on an election, the most high-
souled among them will not hesitate to wager a new hat. Consequently,
White, the renowned hatter of 614 Commercial street, is enlarging his
store in view of the approaching Presidential election. He knows that
those who win hats always get the very best in the market, and he knows,
therefore, that they will all go to him. Such is the reward of always
keeping the best — and only the best.
A Troy clergyman has been presented with a sword. It is a handy
weapon for liberal clergymen to have about the house to- cut the wires off
champagne corks and open oysters with.
Drink Napa Soda if you value your health and comfort. No min-
eral water ever approached it for purity, efficiency and refreshing quali-
ties. It keeps the brain clear, gives tone to the stomach, cools and regu-
lates the entire system, and is withal the prince of beverages for thirsty
souls.
Housekeepers are advised to call upon Hartshorn & McPhun, 112
Fourth street, near Mission, for all kinds of carpets, oil-cloths, Linoleum
mattings, etc.; also, manufacturers of store and house window shades,
plain or ornamented. Give them a call for first-class work, at the lowest
prices in the city.
Sour stomach, sick headache and dizziness, Hop Bitters cures with a
few doses. See another column.
The time-honored muffin-bell has at last been suppressed by law in
London, and all true cockneys art) disconsolate. How fortunate it is that
we lira in • [roe country. There is no danger of our wmiprontmig a* a nui-
sance tin1 nnitlin l.fllrs who congregate at the Original SwainV Bakery,
on Batter above Kearny, t" partake of the toothsome English muffin.
If your hair fs coming out, or turning gray, do not murmur over a
misfortune you ott to easily avert. Awr'» ffiaV Vigor will remove the
cause of your grief by restoring your hair to its natural color, and there-
with your good looks and good nature.
Cloaks and suits of the very latest styles are to be had at Sullivan's,
120 Kearny street, at more reasonable rates than anywhere else.
Every deaf person should try the Audiphone. Call upon H. E.
Mathews, 606 Montgomery street, S. P.
Household Furniture sold on the installment plan at Gilbert and
Moore's, 219 Bush street.
Fair skin, rosy cheeks, buoyant spirits and the sweetest breath in Hop
Bitters. See notice.
Homoeopathic Cough and Croup Syrup, 234 Sutter street.
Hallett, Davis & Co.'s Pianos. 13 Sansome Btreot.
SOTH ANNUAL STATEMENT
OF THE
EQUITABLE
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY
OF THE UNITED STATES.
HENRY B. HYDE President.
For the Year Eudiug December 31, IS79.
Amount of Ledger Assets, January 1, 1879 $34,195,368 63
Less Depreciation in Government Bonds, and Appropriation to meet
any depreciation in other asBete 296,545 79
$33,898,822 74
INCOME 8,347,080 85
DISBTJ RSEMENTS .
$42,245,903 59
Paid Policy-Holders for Claims by Death, Dividends, Surrender Val-
ues, Discounted and Matured Endowments and Annuities 4,988,871 09
Other Disbursements as per extended statement 1,276,034 88
Net Cash Assets, December 31, 1879 $35,930,997 62
ASSETS
Bonds and MortgaRes $10,475,062 90
Real Estate 8,204,796 02
United States Stocks 5,488.978 89
State, City, and other Stocks authorized by the Laws of the State 6,696,039 53
Loans secured by United States and other Stocks 3,673,700 00
Cash and other Ledger Assets as per extended statement 1,442,420 28
$35,980,997 62
Market valne or Stocks over Cost 348,006 17
Accrued Interest, Rents and premiums, as per extended statement. . . 1,037,837 96
Total Assets, December 31, 1879 $37,366,841 75
Total Liabilities, including legal reserve for reinsurance of all ex-
isting policies : $29,851,434 00
Total Undivided Surpls $7,515,407 75
Bisks Assumed in 1879, $36,502,541 00.
N. B.— For the details of the above Statement, see the Society's " Circular to
Policy-Holders," and other publications for 1880.
JAMES W. ALEXANDER, Vice-President.
SAMUEL BORROWE, Secretary.
E. W. SCOTT Superintendent of Agencies.
Feb. 28.]
WM. D. GARLAND, Manager,
240 Montgomery Street, San Francisco.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
Pacific Mail Steamship Coinpauy..-New York ami Panama
Line. The Splendid Steamer GRANADA will sail TUESDAY. March 9th,
taking Passengers to NEW YORK, via PANAMA, at the following GREATLY RE-
DUCED RATES : Upper Deck, SS5 ; Saloon, $75 ; Steerage, $35. Apply at Office,
corner First and Branuan streets.
Feb. 28. WILLIAMS, D1MOND & CO., General Agents.
REMOVAL.
er chants Exchange Bank's Office removed to 330 Sansome
Street, Room 9 [Feb. 28 1 R. G. SNEATH, Vice-President.
M
ST 7 7 a yearHUdexPeuse9toaScnt9. On I fit Free
Address,
P. O. V1CKERY, AufiTista, Maine.
18
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
March 6, 1880.
BIZ.
The lull in business circles appears to be universal — not confined to
any particular department of traffic. The Building interest suffers very
materially, by reason of the senseless agitation of the Sand-lots. Archi-
tects, who have of late been employed by capitalists and others to draw
plans and specifications for a large number of valuable buildings, report a
cessation of their labors for the present, by reason of the above agitation;
thus throwing out of employment many mechanics and laboring men who
would otherwise be profitably employed as hod-carriers, carpenters, ma-
sons, etc. We thus see how it is that so little building is going on at
present in our city and suburbs. Those desiring to improve their pro-
perty, in erecting fine and costly stores and dwellings, are actually in-
timidated and are afraid to make the needful investments, and will wait
for a more propitious season. This, too, at a time when money is very
plentiful, and at a lower rate of interest than ever before known in Cali-
fornia. There are, in fact, millions of idle money in this State — in Sav-
ings Banks, Loan Societies, etc. This, too, in face of the many millions
that have been sent to New York and elsewhere within the past few
months for business purposes, or invested in Government bonds at 4 per
cent. This state of our Finances is something truly remarkable when
contrasted with our past history of but thirty years, when 2 and even 4
per cent, per month was not infrequently paid, and compounded monthly
at that. Legal interest in California is now 7 per cent, per annum, while
call loans upon gilt-edged securities, in large sums, can^ now very readily
be obtained at 3| per cent, per annum.
As regards Merchandise Marts, we have but little of general in-
terest to remark. During the week an effort was made to sell at public
auction a few thousand cases of Petroleum Oil, 110 deg. fire test, but,
strange to say, only sample lot3 were sold at 15@16c, in faucet cans. The
fact is, that this Earth Oil business is pretty effectually corralled by the
Standard Oil Co., they having subsidized the leading trunk railroad lines
of the United States, and thus have secured the inside track of the trade
of the country at large — in fact, have driven out of existence many large
Coal Oil factories.
Tobacco. — An important public offering of Connecticut Leaf, Wrap-
pers and Fillers, was made this week at S. L. Jones & Co.'s Auction
House — terms liberal. The attendance was large, but the bidding was
very slow and unsatisfactory. The Chinese Cigar-makers, like those of
the White labor fraternity, were unwilling bidders. The result was that
the sale was forced at 5@10c per lb., whereas the offering ought to have
commanded at least 15@25c. Some of the . large Hebrew Cigar-makers
present remarked that it was the most unsatisfactory Tobacco sale they
ever attended.
Rice. — Imports this week include 1,546 bags Hawaiian, per Norman
Castle, from Honolulu. This choice table Bice may be quoted at 6£c.
At auction, 1,000 mats of mixed China was offered, but only 50 mats
sold, at 85 07^ $ 100 lbs.
Sugar. — We have now to note the arrival of the schooner Ada May,
from Hilo, with 1,246 pkgs Hawaiian. The Norman Castle, from Hono-
lulu, with 3,261 bags same. The Highflyer, from same, had 900 bags
Sugar, all for the Refiners. The schooner Rebecca, from La Libertad,
had 2,072 bags Sugar for the American Sugar Refinery^ There is no
change to be noted in the price of Befined Sugar. Whites, ll@ll£c ;
Yellow and Golden, 8£@9£c.
Bags, — The market is very strong for Burlaps. Standard Grain Sacks,
22x36, for May-June delivery, sell freely at 10|@10&c. Large holders and
importers appear to be very sanguine that prices ere long will be higher,
and before harvest command 12£c.
Coal. — The market is copiously supplied with cargoes from British Co-
lumbia and the North Coast, selling at low prices. Cargoes of Wallsend
for prompt shipment from Great Britain are said to have been concluded
at S7 25@7 50.
Metals.— The spot market is at present very quiet at nominal quota-
tions, being those resulting from the boom of last Fall. Our foundrymen
are carrying heavy stocks of Pig Iron, bought at low prices, while the
present consumption is light. It is said that No. 1 Glengarnock has been
sold to arrive at $34, and Eglington at $32. There is at present a fair de-
mand for Tin Plate, Sydney Tin, etc., Bar and Sheet Iron, Iron Pipe,
Copper, etc. All command the late advance in jobbing lots.
Quicksilver. — The market is very languid, with no export inquiry.
The price to-day, 43c. Beceipts for the week, 1,661 flasks.
Freights and Charters.— Grain charters for the United Kingdom to a
direct port have dropped fairly to 40s. In fact, one British ship has been
secured at 39s 6d. We have at this writing upwards of 21,000 tons disen-
gaged vessels in port, and on the berth 21,800 tons register. We do not
see any hope for an improvement in Grain freights the present season, too
many Guano ships and other vessels seeking having lately dropped in upon
U3, and to an extent far beyond our Wheat supplies. Therefore some ships
here and others to arrive will have to wait over for the new crop.
Breadstuff. —The O. and O. steamship Gaelic, hence for Hongkong,
carried upward of 13,000 bbls. of Flour. We quote Sperry's Stockton
City Mills' Shipping Extra at §6. For city trade, Extras rule from §6 up
to $6 50 # bbL; Superfine, §4@4 50 ; Extra Superfine, S5@5 50 per 196
pounds.
■Wheat. — The ship Ocean King has sailed for Antwerp with 73,502
ctls. of Wheat, valued at §148,600. For the season, dating from July 1st
to date, our European Grain fleet now numbers 230 vessels, against 208
vessels for a corresponding period of the year previous. This fleet carried
of Wheat, 8,899,527 ctls., value, 817,030,463 ; 7,641,514 ctls., value, $13,-
150,200, respectively. The spot market for Wheat is strong, and for
strictly No. Gilt Edged Milling, 2c has been paid ; also for Callao, 2,500
ctls. ditto were taken at the same price. For No. 2 Standard Shipping,
§1 90@1 95 $ ctl. is a fair quotation.
Beans.— There is some inquiry for Whites at §1 50 $ ctl.
Barley. — The market continues languid at low prices, say for Feed, 80
@85c ; Brewing, 90 to 95c $ ctl.
Oats.— The supply is free and the market sluggish at SI 25@$1 35 $
ctl.
Corn. — There is but a limited inquiry for White and Yellow, at $1 10
@S1 15 $ ctl.
Tallow. — The market is quiet at 5|@5fc.
Hides. — There is more tone to the market for Dry, at 17£c.
Wool. — The Spring clip is now arriving very sparingly, but prices are
not yet established.
Hops. — There is no demand, and with a light stock prices are nominal.
Butter, Cheese and Eggs. —Fresh dairy supplies are liberal. Boll
Butter sells at 25@27£c ; new Cheese, 13@14c ; Eggs are very plentiful at
17 to 18c # dozen.
SIGNAL
SERVICE METEOROLOGICAL BEPOBT.
WEEK
ENDING J£fl
Bin
BCH 4, 1880, SAN FRANC
ISCO, CAL.
host anal I*owest Barometer
Fri. 37.
30.029
Sat. 28.
Sun. 29
Hon. 1.
Tue. S.
Wed 3.
Thr 4.
30.202
30.244
30.159
30.017
29.974
30.261
29.955
30.029
30.152
30.008
29.946
29.810
29.974
JXCaxvmum and Minimum Thermometer.
58
58
58 52 52
52
50
45
43 |
44 45 45
Mean Daily Humidity.
44
39
66.S
60.7 |
79.7 | 88.0 | 71.0 I
Prevailing Wind.
75.3 |
67.3
N. |
W. |
W. | SW. | W. |
Wind — Miles Traveled.
SW. |
W.
-
-
124 | 205 | 239 |
State of Weather.
236 |
231
Clear.
Clear.
Clear. | Fair. | Fair. |
Fair. |
Clear.
Rainfall in Twenty-four Houn
.
1
1 | .09 1
.68
Total Haiit During Season beginning Jiily X,
1879. .14.07 inches.
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
Tbe Company's steamers will sail as follows at 12 HI:
CITY OF TOKIO, March 20th-CITY OF PEKING, May lst-for YOKO-
HAMA and HONGKONG.
CHINA, March 9th, for PANAMA and NEW YORK, calling at MAZALAN,
SAN BLAS, MANZANILLO and ACAPULCO, connecting at Acapulco with Com-
pany's Steamer for all Central American ports— calling: at bAN JOSE JDE GUATE-
MALA and LA LIBERTAD to land passengers and mails.
Tickets to and from Europe by any line for sale at the lowest rates ; also to Ha-
vana and all West India ports.
CITY OF SYDNEY, March 15th, at 12 o'clock m., or on arrival of the English
mails, for HONOLULU, AUCKLAND and SYDNEY. $10 additional is charged for
passage in Upper Saloon.
Round the World Trip, via New Zealand and Australia, $650. Tickets also issued
from San Francisco to New York via New Zealand and Australia.
DAKOTA, March 10th, for VICTORIA, PORT TOWNSEND, SEATTLE, and TA-
COMA, connecting at TACOMA with Northern Pacific Railroad for PORTLAND,
Oregon, and at Seattle with local steamers for Skaget River and Mines.
Tickets must be purchased before 11 a.m. on day of bailing, at Wharf Office.
For freight or passage apply at the office, cor. First and Brannan streets.
March 6. WILLIAMS, D1MOND & CO., General Agents.
FOR PORTLAND AND ASTORIA, OREGON.
The Oregon Steamship Company and Pacific Coast Steam-
ship Company will dispatch every five days, for the above ports, one of their
new Al Iron Steamships, viz. : OREGON, GEORGE W. ELDER, and STATE OF
CALIFORNIA.
Sailing Days
March£2, 7, 12, 17, 22. and 27. I April 1, 6, 11, 16, 21. and 26-
A.t XO o'clock A. M.
Connecting at Portland, Oregon, with Steamers and Railroads and their connecting
Stage Lines for all points in Oregon, Washington and Idaho Territories, British
Columbia and Alaska.
K. VAN OTERENDORP, Agent O. S. S. Co.,
No. 210 Battery street, San Francisco.
GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Agents P. C. S. S. Co.,
March 6. No. 10 Market street, San Francisco. ,
OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP CO.,
For Japan and China, leave wharf, corner First and Bran-
nan streets, at noon, for YOKOHAMA AND HONGKONG, connecting at
Yokohama with Steamers for Shanghai.
GAELIC December 6th, February 28th.
BELGIC January 17th, April 10th.
Cabin Plans on exhibition and Passage Tickets for sale at No. 2 New Montgomery
For Freight, apply to GEORGE H. RICE, Freight Agent, at the Pacific Mail Steam-
ship Company's Wharf, or No. 218 California street.
T. H. GOODMAN, General Passenger Agent.
LELAND STANFORD, President. Nov. 1.
CUNARD LINE.
British ami North American Royal Mail Steamships be-
tween NEW YORK and LIVERPOOL, calling atQUEENSTOWN, Bailing from
New York EVERY WEDNESDAY.
SCYTHIA Feb. 11 April 7. .May 12
ABYSSINIA Feb. 18.. March 31
BOTHNIA Feb. 25 April S8
GALLIA March 3.. April 21
PARTHIA March 10.. April 14
ALGERIA March 17 May 5
HECLA March 24
Passage can be secured and all information given on application to
WILLIAMS, DIMOND & CO.,
Jan. 31. 218 California St.
March 6, 188a
CALIFORNIA ADVEKTISKK.
19
REEFING TOPS AIM.
A moment ■ I Alone
One ttrain QVODpj«d I mav call my own.
I »ee hi* critic <••■ '-oat.
Who Mrrad two 'moods " years before tho mast."
I know that For ho*'* art h»i made Irs* hard
The teaman's lalmr by the doable yard.
But 'tww of old, tli.' nautical belief,
It'e threefold creed -"to hand, t<> at<?er. to rft/."
Then of this ami. ut dnotrine hear a lay.
Sum; bf a landsman, once of Butzard's Bay.
And if noine phriwe should ear* marine offend,
I got my learning from "The Seaman's Friend."
Three handspike rap-* on the forward hatch,
A hoarse voice shouts down the fn 'castle dim,
Startling the Bleeping starboard watch
Out of their bunas, their clothes Ut snatch,
With little thought of life or limb.
" All hands on deck ! D'ye hear the news,
Keef topsails all— 'tis the old man's word,
Tumble up, never mind jackets or shoes."
Xcv. r a man would dare refuse,
When that stirring cry is heard.
The weather shrouds are like iron bars.
The leeward backstays curving out,
Like steely spear points gleam the stars
From the black sky flecked with feathery bars,
By the storm -wind swerved about.
Across the bows, like a sheeted ghost,
Quivers a luminous cloud of spray,
Flooding the forward deck and most
Of the waist ; then, like a charging host,
It rolls to leeward away.
"Mizzen topsail, clew up and furl;
Clew up your main course now with a will ! "
The wheel goes cown with a sudden whirl ;
"Ease her, ease her, the good old girl —
Don't let your head sails fill ! "
"Ease off lee braces, round in on the weather ;
Ease your halyards,— clew down, clew down ;
Haul out your reef-tackles, now together."
Like an angry bull against bis tether,
Heave the folds of the topsails brown.
"Haul taut your buntlines, cheerily, now."
The gale swoops down with a fiercer shriek,
Shock after shock on the weather bow
Thunders the head-sea, and below
The throbbing timbers groan and creak.
The topsail yards are down on the caps,
Her head lies up in the eye of the blast ;
The bellying sails, with sudden slaps,
Swell out and angrily collapse,
Shaking the head of the springing mast.
Wilder and heavier comes the gale
Out of the heart of the Northern Sea,
And the phosphorescent gleamings pale
Surge up awash of our monkey-rail
Along our down pressed lee.
"Lay aloft ! lay aloft ! boys, and reef;
Don't let my starbolines be last,"
Cries from the deck the sturdy chief ;
" Twill take a man of muscle and beef
To get those earrings passed."
Into the rigging with a shout
Our second and third mates foremost spring,
Crackles the ice on the ratlines stout,
As the leaders on the yards lay out,
And the foot-ropes sway and Bwing.
On the weather end of the jumping yard,
One hand on the lift and one beneath.
Grasping the cringle, and tugging hard,
Black Dan, our third mate, grim and scarred,
Clutches the earring for life or death.
11 Light up to windward," cries the mate,
As he rides the surging yard-arm end,
And into our work we threw our weight,
Every man bound to emulate,
The rush of the gale, and the seas wild send.
"Haul out to leeward," comes at last,
With a cheery ring from the fore and main ;
"Knot your reef-points, and knot them fast,"
Weather and lee are the earrings passed,
And over the yard we bend and strain,
11 Lay down now, all, and now with a will,
Swing on your topsail halyards, and sway ;
Ease your braces, and let her till,
There s an hour below of the mid-watch still,
Haul taut your bowlines — well all — belay! "
Walter Mitchell.
Flood Sella Out to Mackay. — An important change has taken place
in the bonanza firm. Mr. Flood has sold out all his interest in the Com-
atock to Mr. Mackay for the sum of $5,000,000. It is understood that
Mr. Flood intends to devote himself to his banking businesBj while Mr.
Mackay, a resident of Virginia City, in acquiring this larger interest in
the Comstock, will have more reason for increasing his efforts toward the
development of the mines.
CRADLE, ALTAR, AND TOMB.
CRADLE.
Doitai,AH In thin cHjr, Fobnurj Mlh, l-> the wlfo of Will J Douglas, a daughter.
In this - itv. Fabruarj nth, t.i thr wife .>f c w Fisher, » daughter.
ixsos in thla city, tfar h M. to lha «if,- of L. Qoodmanson, a daughter.
Hnsi In tiits dtr, ,to thi wtfi -»( Oh, Basse, a daughter.
Mm vis In thlsclty, February JTUl, to tho wifo of William Melvln, a son.
Prams In this dtjr, r. brusrj ttth, to khs irift of 11. Pfeiffcr, a son.
Rods -In thla dty, March 1st, to the wlfo of Qoorgs F. Kodc, a daughter.
Sob « [n this dty, February HHh, to the wife of N. J Schon, a daughter.
Sciirikr— In this city, March 1st, to lot wife ol A Sohefer, a son.
[n this city, February 89th, to the wife of Dr. A. L. Sobey, a bob.
THOMPSON— In this city, February 23d, to tho wife of A. V. Thompson, a daughter.
ALTAR.
DAVis-Mm LTox— In this dtp. February 90th, John A. Davis to Addie Moulton.
BbAVOHaflD-MAVLPAM— Id this city, February 23d. E. Bhvnchard to M. A. Mn.u1fn.ir.
CluBBK-Browk -In this dty, February 88th, Fred. H. Classen to Dora J. Brown.
Ddhbton-Poi -In Ben Andreas, February 26th, Thuums Dunnton to Sarah Poe.
QORDON-KBaire— In UarysvUIe. February 26th, Frank Gordon to Katie Kerns.
Kkocb-Portsh— In this dty, February 28th, Valentine Knoch to Marian Porter.
Mo»Ka-MAi:«nwsKY— In this city. IVbruarv 20th, Maurice Moses to H. Mockowsky.
Sbmplf.-Bkioos — Near Modesto, February 22d, Jas (J. Sample to Ore. B. Brigga.
SiLBKRHORN-BBAsoRK-In Redwood Valley, Feb. 22d, C. H. Silberhorn to P. Beasore.
ToNt-TtlORPE-In Lodi, February 19th, George Toni to Belle Thorpe.
Vibrmkt-Bdmky— In this city, February 2Sth, Conrad Viereckt to Kniilie Bumky.
WirBRs-ScOTT— In this city, March 1st, William O. Waters to Minnie Scott.
TOMB
Alpkn— In this city, February 29th, Harm Alpen, aged 46 years and 2 months.
Buqbbb— In Oakland, February 28th, Mrs. Ellen R. Bugbee.
Chapman— In this city, March 1st, Mary Chapman, aged 67 year.
Clayton— In this city, Mary E. Clayton, aged 21 years.
CuttittTiE — in this city, February 20th, Mary B. Christie, aged 27 years.
Duoan— In this city, March 2d, Ellen Dugan, aged 77 years.
Dermot— In this city, March 1st, Eugene Dormot, aged 48 years.
Farnswoiitii— In this city, March 1st, John D. Farnsworth, aged 62 yeara.
Healy— In this city, March 2d, Mary Hcaly, aged 40 years.
Melody— In this city, February 28th, Bridget Melody, aged 40 years.
O'fiiLEY— In this city, February 28th, Mrs. Ann O'Rlley, aged 80 years.
Pohley— rn this city, February 29th, Margaret Pohloy, aged 30 year.
Reynolds— In this city, February 27th, Mary A. T. Reynolds, aged 22 years.
Throcrmorton — In this city, March 1st, Samu-1 Throckmorton, aged 37 years.
Watson— In Brooklyn, Cal., February 29th, Emma Pearl Watson, aged 29 yeara.
A NOTABLE LAND SALE.
Between the Cliff House Road and Golden Gate Park, Sixth and
Tenth avenues, lies a tract of land which just now is attracting consid-
erable attention, owing to the fact that it is being sold, by auction, in 175
homestead lots. Anybody possessing the slightest knowledge of the city
as it now stands, and having an idea of its system of growth, will at once
see the desirability of such a location. It combines the advantages of a
town and suburban residence, with none of the drawbacks of either.
The close proximity of the tract to the Park and the Cliff House road is
in itself a most enviable advantage. It was painful to see the crowds
that hustled and jammed each other last Saturday and Sunday for places
on the Geary-street cars in order to get to the Park. Presidents in the
tract in question will be spared all that, for they have the Park close at
their gates. On the other hand, the Geary-street and California-street
cable roads put the business within thirty minutes pleasant ride of
Kearny street at an expense of five cents. Besides this, the property is
so certain to appreciate in value that to buy it is a splendid speculation.
This being the case, it is no wonder that the first day of the sale — Tues-
day last — was quite an exciting event, and was attended with results
highly satisfactory to both buyers and sellers. Since then many persons
have called at the office to try and get lots at the same figure that they
went for at auction, but were told that no more would be sold till the
next auction-day. This will be on Tuesday next, March 9th, when the
remainder of the property will be disposed of by Maurice Dore & Co., at
410 Pine street. It may be years before Buch another opportunity offers
itself to those who want homesteads.
Night-Caps. — A well-known London doctor writes as follows to a
morning paper, in reply to an American physician, who, in order to in-
duce sleep, recommends half a tumbler or a tumbler full of one of the
lighter French red wines, either Claret or Burgundy, before going to bed :
" I am quite willing to allow that Buch a ' night-cap,' should it effect the
desired end, is better than any drug or chemical, and yet is not without
objection. I have beeu in the habit of using for some time, as a soporific,
a most admirable and successful 'night-cap,' against which no objection
can be raised, and which in a large number of cases effects the desired
end. Immediately before getting into bed, or, better still, when in bed,
take a breakfast cup of hot beef tea — that made from half a teaspoonful
of Liebig's Extract (Liebig Company's Extract of Meat) I find to be the
best. This soothes and settles the stomach, allays brain excitement, and
induces sleep." — Morning Poat,
Jas. G. Steele & Co. have opened as druggists and chemists, at 635
Market street. Besides the usual stock carried by the trade, the firm
makes a specialty of California medicinal plants. The large and com-
plete collection of these which they have on hand is the result of two
years of labor on the part of Mr. Steele, who has long made Pacific-coast
drugs one of his principal studies. Mr. Steele counts his friends by the
legion in San Francisco, and all will be glad to hear of his new opening.
We would call attention to a very beautiful piece of photographic
work in the shape of an interior view of the recent great Toy Exposition
at the Mechanics' Pavilion. Mr. M. J. Flavin, to whose daring spirit
and keen appreciation of "business" the public was indebted for this most
charming and novel of public exhibitions, will doubtless be gratified to
see the work of bis hand, pocket and brain so ably preserved by the pho-
tographer's subtle art.
The editor of a Kentucky paper had a call from 200 masked men, who
requested him to publish their warning against the horse-thieves of the
country. Without pondering the editor said that, although it was against
his rule to publish anonymous communications, he thought he could make
an exception in this instance.
The Bon Ton Coffee Parlor, 236 Montgomery street, has neater
quarters and better coffee than can be found anywhere else in town.
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER.
March 6, 1880.
THE HEN-PECKED MAN.
[ The following clever verses were written by Mr. Andrew Crosse,
known as the " Philosopher of Broomfield," and were published about
1825, in a little periodical owned by one Pragg, and edited by the late
Sergeant Cox and his cousin Trenchard. They are, in their way, quite a
literary curio. — Ed. News Letter.]
Of all the slaves whose rueful face To him a madman 's passing wise,
The night illumination,
The mole endowed with piercing eyes,
The Devil is salvation!
To him, but what must be his wife ?
Ah! not his half ! his whole !
E'er frown'd on land or water,
Doom'd to anticipate disgrace,
Perplexities or slaughter, —
Of all the motley tribes of earth,
Or fixture, or voratic
Whose lord has scourged them from His substance, artery and life,
their birth,
Negro or Asiatic ;
Of all the insects that may creep
Beneath a stone or faggot,
From hungry fowl secure to sleep.
Grub, centipede, or maggot,
Of such as these, or any worse,
Ground by a tyrant's rule,
His sweet tormenting soul!
His eye-watcher, to keep his heart
Unsinged by other fair,
His crabstiek, by the wholesome
smart
Unholy thoughts to scare.
His phial, to bottle him from sin,
His cord to check his flight,
None stoop to such a damning curse To let him out, or pull him in,
As does the hen-pecked fool.
A shadow, tail, or dangling shred,
As e'er in tatters hung,
Who vascillates in constant dread
Of talons or of tongue,
As Bchool-boy reins his kite.
His walking thunder-cloud, to frown
Defiance on each stranger,
With ceaseless din his voice to drown
And growl impending danger.
Compared to him the cloud is firm, Now leech, to tap his wanton blood,
The spider's web a cable, Now icicle to freeze him:
An antelope the creeping worm, — Now blast, to roll him in the mud,
Acknowledged truth, a fable J Now blistering smart to tease him.
To him, the mist 's a ridge of rock, A clapper sent to toll his knell,
Heav'n's bow an iron span, From earthly dross divert him,
The smoke a tow'r defying shock, To make his home a little hell,
A ghost an alderman. So that no change can hurt him.
The wretch, condemned for crime to swing,
May more of pity find,
Than this bespattered paper thing,
Which drives before the wind. A. 0.
DOINGS AT SACRAMENTO.
[prom odb own correspondent.]
Disraeli said in his youth that which remains true to this day,
namely, that nothing serves political ends as well as a good cry. A happy
phrase, the more meaningless the better, if it but takes with the popular
imagination, is as good as a fortune to a political party. Many such
phrases axe coined, but only few are chosen by the people. For weeks
past attempts have been made here by a minority of the party that is in
the majority to conjure with a word. It has been paraded in private, has
been trumpeted in debate, but has undoubtedly been made most use of in
caucus. It is the shibboleth by, which men of independent thought and
action are sought to be coerced into following their would-be leaders.
Stalwart is the word. At its sound men are to sacrifice their individual
convictions, their pledges to their constituents, and even their country's
good, if the party whip be cracked in the interests of Stalwartism. In
the party sense, the word is made to mean that members shall be strong
to do wrong — to be robust when party interests, real or imaginary, seem
to require that members should defy cutside opinions. The man who
hesitates to follow a majority of the caucus, who feels some qualms of
conscience at voting contrary to his convictions, is described as " weak-
kneed/' and therefore is not a Stalwart, The party machine hurls the
phrase at him, challenges him to live up to its requirements, and threat-
ens him with expulsion and loss of public preBtige, patronage and prefer-
ment, if he does not yield a cheerful obedience. Stalwartism, then, is
the cry of the hour. Stalworth, indeed, are the efforts that are being
put forth to elevate the word into great significance. The most strenu-
ous efforts in that behalf fall flat and indicate failure. Can it be that thi3
arises from some sense lurking in members' minds as to the original deri-
vation and meaning of the word. It is pure Anglo-Saxon, and that is
another reason, perhaps, why it meets with a doubtful reception in a
house in which Celtic names abound. Stmlwordtk was the original Saxon,
which, slightly modernized, became Stealweard, and then finally Stal-
worth, though it is also written, and invariably so for American papers,
Stalwart. Its original form is only too indicative of its true meaning.
Literally it means power to steal everything worth stealing. Great
heavens ! what a word for a party cry ! But hold ! May it not be ex-
ceedingly appropriate ? Aye, verily, is it. Those who use it, in the con-
nection in which it is invariably employed, are surely more
frank than they are aware of. Their meaning is precisely that
which the word imports. They desire that the party behests
for more offices and more plunder should be obeyed. They are
the victors, and to them belong the spoils. The man who will not vote in
caucus to decapitate an honest official of Democratic proclivities, or' to re-
move Bank Commissioners, or to favor McClure's machine charter, is not
Stalwart ; or, in other words, he will not steal that which is worth steal-
ing. After this clear exposition of the meaning of the word, if those who
use it continue to like it, why, then, every man to his taste, as the old
woman said when she kissed the cow. They are welcome to it. But
what needs a protest is the thing meant. The caucus may be a party
necessity occasionally, but when its powers are invoked in aid of every
plundering legislative scheme, then it is a public nuisance as well as a
party injury. If the caucus is ruled by a ring, then those who are not in
that ring ought to vote against it, in caucus and out of it. He is the
truest friend to his party who does that. Happily the Republican party
has such friends, hence the failure of the caucus' behests, and hence the
very free demand for Stalwartism. The Secretary of the party's State
Central Committee is a specimen Stalwart. He writes bullying articles,
and shakes them in independent members' faces. He gets himself admit-
ted to caucus meetings of members of both houses, he not being a member
of either, and lays on the party whip as rudely as would a professional
wagoner on a stubborn mule. In this case, there are signs that the mule
means to buck: and kick the driver into the ditch. Resentments have
been born of this cry for Stalwartism. The caucus machine is failing, es-
pecially in its influence upon members of the Assembly, and those who
are strong and robust to do right are refusingtheir aid to steal everything
worth stealing. This anti-stalwart feeling is not yet very general, but it
bids fair to grow apace. It is just about to be put to a Bevere test. The
McClure charter, to steal everything worth stealing in San Francisco, the
Stalwarts would like to make a caucus measure of. They have been indus-
triously at work for some time past, seeking to promote that end. That
they are not over-confident of success is apparent from the fact that they
are trying to make influence with members outside their own party.
Stalwartism is rampant in the Senate, but has had the brakes put on it in
the Assembly. Happily, in its bad sense, it has no place in the Guberna-
torial office. Governor Perkins believes in loyalty to his party, but he
also believes in fidelity to public interests. If the strong common sense
of the head of the State can save his party from the injury being done it
by Stalwartism, Governor Perkins is just the man to save it.
So much for this hasty screed. The "Doings at Sacramento" thiB week
will be found more copiously illustrated under the head of "Legislative
Waifs." N.
A PAIR OF DANGEROUS SWINDLERS.
We have so long made it our special business to expose frauds, that
nearly every variety of swindle has at one time or another come under
notice in these columns, and we have ceased to be surprised at any iniquity,
however ingenious. It now becomes our duty to call attention to a
fraud, or rather a brace of frauds, whose little game is about as dangerous
to the business public as any dodge we have yet encountered. The
frauds we refer to are H. T, Helmbold and his brother Albert. Thanks
tu an unprecedented amount of advertising, Helmbold's Buchu has become
a pretty well-known article, and doubtless the public gives Helmbold
great credit for his enterprise in thus pushing the commodity. Nearly
every newspaper in the United States has inserted a column advertise-
ment for the firm for six months or a year, the terms being that it should
be paid for at the end of each quarter or month. In every case that we
have heard of the order has been a deliberate swindle. No payment has
been made, and attempts to collect have revealed the system upon which
the fraud is carried out. Both H. T. Helmbold and his brother Albert
are financially rotten, but by playing into each other's hands and endors-
ing each other's bills they have long managed to deceive their creditors.
The fact is that there is about as much chance of getting a cent out of
one as out of the other, and there is no living show with either. More
than this, H. F. Helmbold is reported to be deranged and Albert to be
a hopeless drunkard. No stronger testimony as to their status is needed
than that borne by the official report of agents employed to collect from
them, to-wit : "All claims now received against them (many in the last
two months) we immediately returned as utterly worthless. They (the
Helmbolds) are not worth one cent in this world, with slight hope in the
world to come." We waru the public, and newspapers especially, against
this pair of Jerry Diddlers, and if any neglect our warning they will
suffer by their own fault.
SAND-LOT RULE AT AN END.
The Sand-lot gourd has wilted, has gone down out of sight as quickly
as that which sheltered Jonah sprang up between the prophet and the
sun. For months ravings of blood and fire have echoecf from the "nos-
trum of our liberties " — ravings ludicrous enough to listen to or read
about, but none the less disastrous to the business and social interests of
San Francisco. It would, indeed, be difficult to exaggerate the evils
which the Sand-lot has brought upon us. Trade has been paralyzed,
capital driven away, confidence in California shaken to its foundations,
and foreign respect for our State utterly destroyed. This sort of mild
grievance the people of San Francisco seemed, until recently, likely to sit
down under with a humility which astonished the world. The time when
this cum muni ty could assert itself against the mob — even when that mob
had a corrupt administration at the back — is within the memory of men
still young. Hence the surprise excited by our apparent apathy while a
handful of miserable rascals were howling ruin at our gates.
Let it be confessed that we have been too tolerant ; that we have for-
borne when forbearance Bhould have ceased to be a virtue. But let this
fact also be recognized : A sign has been given that the patience of the
people of San Francisco is exhausted, and at that sign the Sand-lot bub-
ble has collapsed like a pricked bladder.
It is not necessary for us to enter into particulars as to how the wolf has
been tamed. When the people of a great city are obliged to rely upon
themselves rather than upon their established institutions for protection
from mob-rule, little good would result from dilating upon so discredita-
ble a fact. This, however, we are not afraid to say : The mob of 1880
has learned that the spirit of '51 and '56 was not dead, but sleeping ; they
have learned that the sleeper is at last aroused, and, with more prudence
than we gave them credit for possessing, they have seen the wisdom of
getting back into their holes, and drawing the holes in after them.
The city owes its restored safety and dignity to the determined action
of a few men. Chief among these is one who, from the earliest days of
San Francisco's youth, has repeatedly been first in the breech when the
safety of the community has been threatened. Not on one occasion, but
on many, he has constituted himself the champion of the people's right
to oppose force to force when their interests were menaced or assailed.
To him the people have been accustomed to look for guidance and advice
in their hour of perplexity, and they have never looked in vain. This
man is W. T. Coleman, to whom, far more than to any other, belongs the
credit of having taken the Sand-lot wolves by the ears and scared the
howling pack into silence. As we have already said, it is unnecessary to
dwell upon the means by which he brought about this result. Suffice it to
say that the method was the same as that which has been found to work
so well under his direction in bygone days, though, fortunately, on this
occasion matters were not brought to an active issue. It was sufficient
for the mob to know that " Coleman was moving." They knew at once
what that meant, from Kalloch down to the most obscure hanger-on of
the Sand-lot. It only remains to be said that the city has been saved
from direct and indirect damages amounting to millions of dollars, by
the action of Wm. T. Coleman ; and in order that the people of San
Francisco and elsewhere may be made familiar with the face of so
valuable a citizen, we intend to give a portrait of that gentleman with
our issue of March 20th next.
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DEVOTED TO THE LEADING INTERESTS OF CALIFORNIA AND THE PACIFIC COAST.
Vol. 30.
SAN FSAN0IS0O, SATUKDAY, MARCH 13, 1880.
No. 35.
G
OLD BARS— S90@910— Silver Bars— 5@15 tf cent. disc. Mexican
Dollars, 8@§i per cent.
r Exchange on New York. £@3-10 per cent., ; On London, Bank-
era, 49J ; Commercial, 49.fi. Paris, sight, 5 francs per dollar. Tele-
grams, 3-10(q-35-100 per cent.
"Price of Money here, ?@1 per cent, per month — bank rate. In the
open market, 1@1£. Demand light.
PRICES OF LEADING STOCKS AND GOV. BONDS.
San Francisco March 1?, 1X80.
Stocks and Bonds.
n ISTDB.
Gal. Stale Bonds. G's/.'iT .
S. ¥. City A Co. B'ds. lis,
S. P. City & Co B*ds,7s ...
Monti; "> Av. Bunds . . .
Dupont .Street Bonds .
Sacramento City Bonds....
Stockton City Bonds ...
Yuba County Bonds —
Marysville City Bonds..
Santa Clara Co. Bonds.
Virg'a & Truckee R. R. Bds.
Nevada Co. N\ G. P. R. Bds
Oakland City Bonds.,
BANKS.
Bank of California. . .
Pacific Bank
First National
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Union (ex div.)
Fireman's Fund (ex div) .
California (ex div,)
State Investment
Home Mutual
ma.
AsktU
100
102
Nom.
Nom.
Nom
Nolo.
t>0
65
80
85
26
23
90
95
103
106
103
105
105
107
100
102
100
102
112
115
129
130
115
120
100
103
112
113
115
120
110
112
85
90
90
95
Stocks and Bonds.
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Commercial
Western
RAILROADS.
C. P. R. R. SUK.k
C. P. R. K. Bonds
City Railroad
Omnibus R. R
N. B. and Mission R. R...
Sutter Street R. R
Geary Street, R. R
Central R. R. Co
Market Street R. R
Clay Street Hill R. R . . . .
MISCELLANEOUS.
S. F. Gaslight Co
Oakland Gaslight Co
Sacramento GasliehtCo..
California Powder Co
Giant Powder Co (new stck)
Atlantic Giant Powder, do
Gold and Stock Teleg-'h Co
S. V.W.W. Co. *s Stock...
S. V. W. W.Co.'s Bonds..
70
Nom.
81
110
45
25
63
20
75
43
75
Nom.
82
11 L
' 50
27£
70
22
SO
45
23
80*
33
13J
98
75
55
100
With the exception of the stock of the Bank of California, sales of
which have been made at 130, and Geary Street R. K.( which has sold at
77^, the rest of the market has been very heavy, and prices have favored
the buyer.
Andrew Baird, 312 California street.
THE STOCK MARKET.
The slight reaction which set in at the commencement of the week
was of very short duration, and had the effect of bringing out consider-
able stock from the outsiders, who seem to be ready to discount any im-
provement in the market. From the depleted condition of the portfolios
in brokers' offices, it would seem that the public are pretty well out of
stocks. If the past can serve as a criterion, this condition of things usu-
ally precedes a rise, and we should not be surprised to witness a genuine
boom before long. The pumps at the Union shaft will certainly be com-
pleted during the present month, and soon thereafter we confidently look
for considerable activity in this section of the lode. Belcher is fast sliding
down the scale under the unloading operations of the insiders, while the
appearance of the winze does not promise well for the 3,000-foot level.
Of the outside stocks, Belvidere, of the Bodie district, and the Columbus
Btocks are well sustained. At the close the market showed no perceptible
improvement.
Beerbohm'a Telegram. — London and Liverpool, March 12, 1880.—
Floating Cargoes, upward tendency; Cargoes on Passage, buyers and sellers
apart; Mark Lane Wheat, firmer ; No. 2 Spring Off Coast, 53s. 6d.@54s. ;
Red Winter Off Coast, 56s. 6d.@57s.; California Off Coast, 53s. 6d.@54s.;
California Just Shipped, 50s.; California Nearly Due, 52s.; No. 2 Spring
for Shipment, 51s,@51s. 6d.; Liverpool Spot Wheat, improving; Cali-
fornia Club, No. 1 Standard, lis. 3d.; California Club, No. 2 Standard,
lis. lid.; Western, lis. Id.; White Michigan, lis. 6d.j No. 3 Spring, 10s.
6d.@lls. Id.; No. 2 Red Winter for Shipment, 53s. 6d.@54s.; English
Country Markets, firm.
Latest from the Merchant's Exchange.— New York, March 12th,
1880. United States Bonds— is, 106g; 4As, 107*; 5s. 103J. Sterling Ex-
change, 4 85£@4 88*. Pacific Mail, 43§. Wheat, 140@145. Western Union,
llli Hides, 21@21£. Oil— Sperm, 106"@110. Winter Bleached, 115@123.
Whale Oil, 55@56; Winter Bleached, G0f&,65. Wool— Spring, fine, 33®
40 ; Burry. 18@22 ; Pulled, 40@50 ; Fall Clips, 20@25 ; Burry, 24@33.
London, March 12th.— Liverpool Wheat Market, 10s. 6d.@lls.; Club,
10s. Ud.@lla. 3d.; U. S. Bonds, 5's, 105$; 4's, 109; 4$'a, 110. Consols, 97^.
The Electric Light. — Experiments are in progress at the North Shore
Mills, Liverpool, under the direction of Mr. Ward, engineer of the Brit-
ish Electric Light Company, with the Andre" incandescent lamp, which is
said to possess several special advantages. The light is contained in a
globe hermetically sealed, and as the carbon rods are thus protected from
contact with the air, they are not subject to combustion, or the combus-
tion is so slow as to be almost imperceptible. The lamp is simple and ef-
fective. It is self-adjusting, devoid of mechanical appliances, and, as the
carbon points are not consumed, it will remain illuminated for an indefi-
nite length of time. The avoidance of any renewal of the carbon points
is an obvious advantage, as is the fact that the new system admits of a
complete subdivision of the current of electricity.
Wm. F. Babcock, Esq., senior partner in the old-established house
of Parrott & Co., and President of the Chamber of Commerce, will de-
part on Tuesday next, the 16th instant, per steamer City of Sydney, on a
short visit to the Hawaiian Islands. He will be accompanied by his
daughter. Mr. Babcock has large interests at the islands, being asso-
ciated with Claus Spreckels and other capitalists in sugar and rice planta-
tions, irrigating canals, etc.
The Health of tlie City.— It is early for the reappearance of typhoid
fever in the mortality list. One death was registered last, and three this
week. The principal causes of death are phthisis, pneumonia, congestion
of the lungs, cancer, heart disease and infantile convulsions, bronchitis,
apoplexy, paralysis and brain disease. The variations of temperature
are unusually great, and special precautions are required to avoid catarrh
and its consequences.
It is important for the public convenience that the removal of Wil-
liams, Dimond & Co. to Union Block, at the Junction of Market and
Pine streets, should be kept in mind. The vast and constantly increas-
ing business of the great corporation which they so ably represent, namely,
the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, has rendered it imperative that
they should seek larger and more commodious quarters.
We are pleased to welcome the return of Mr. Edward Jackson,
the correspondent of the London Times, who has been absent in Europe
for the past few months. We trust that Mr. Jackson will be able to give
a favorable report of our present condition in this State, though appear-
ances, we must admit, are by no means to our credit at the present mo-
ment.
David Porter, the well-known importer of foreign wines and spirits,
did a very generous and handsome thing to our friend George Augustus
Sala, by sending to him a case of the celebrated Glenlivat Whisky direct
from Scotland ; while Dr. Bleasdale followed suit by a liberal supply of
Gen. Naglee'a Brandy from the vineyard at San Jose.
We 'wish to call attention to the striking articles upon "Immoral-
ity in High Places," which are now being published in this paper. These
articles are written by a prominent lawyer, whose profession and whose
high social position give him the opportunity to come at facts, which he
handles in so masterly a manner.
The Pacific Coast Pontoon Depositing Dock Company, the
prospectus of which Mr. Augustus Laver, the well-known architect, is
agent, will appear again next week, it having been unavoidably crowded
out of this issue.
In the British House of Commons, Thursday, the Chancellor of
the Exchequer introduced the budget, showing that the revenues this
year yield £2,191,000 less than estimated, leaving a deficit of £3,356,000.
Governor Stanford and a party of three or four invited guests left by
the special President's car, on Wednesday afternoon, on a tour of inspec-
tion to the Arizona end of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
De Lesseps parsed through St. Louis on Thursday, en route to San
Francisco, where he will make a brief stay, and then return to New York
and sail for England on the 31st instant.
No fewer than 1,055 emigrants, paying a fare of only $35 a head, left
by the C. P. R. R. for the East last Monday and Tuesday. This number
included three carloads of Chinamen.
Among the list of Americans lately registered in Rome, we notice
the names of Mrs. P. A. Espina and Hugh P. Gallagher, of San Fran-
Printed and Published by the Proprietor, FreCerick Marriott, 607 to 616 Merchant Street, San Francisco, California.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
March 13, 1S80.
GEORGE AUGUSTUS SAtrA.
To do justice to a character Bketcb of the distinguished gentleman
whose portrait we present to our readers this week, Would require the fa-
cile and brilliant pen of Mr. Sala himself. To write his biography would
require the biggest sort of volume instead of a newspaper column.
Therefore we must content ourselves with the barest outline of the man
and his career. His face our artist has accurately delineated, though, of
course, a picture in mere black and white must alwayB fall short of the
living reality. Of Mr. Sala this is particularly true. One must talk to
him and hear him talk (and what an incomparable conversationalist he
is !) before he can appreciate by the dark, flashing eyes and mobile fea-
tures the intellectual power of the man before him. The writer met Mr.
Sala during his stay here under exceptionally favorable circumstances.
Not as an "interviewer," but in a family circle, where throughout a
long and most enjoyable evening all restraint was thrown off — for was not
the distinguished guest under the roof-tree of his "literary father?"
Thus it comes about that many of the biographical facts given below
have rarely — some, perhaps, never — found their way into print hitherto.
George Augustus Sala was born in London in 1820. He was the son of
an Italian gentleman and English lady of West Indian parentage, who
subsequently, as Madame Sala, became distinguished as a vocalist. He
was educated at the College Bourbon, Paris, having for class-mates Alex-
ander Dumas the younger and the two sons of Casimir Delavigne. "With
a view to adopting art as a profession he studied under Karl Schiller, a
celebrated miniature painter, George Cruikshank and Henry Atkin, the
last a famous delineator of horses. Young Sala was an artist of all work
— a scene painter at the Princess' Theater, London, a draughtsman on
wood, an etcher, engraver and lithographer. His first literary essay was
made in the Family Herald, in November, 1845, in the shape of what he
himself modestly calls a " crude little story." He adds, however, that he
was then so unsophisticated as not to even ask for payment from that
periodical. He has got bravely over all that now, though, as the propri-
etors of the Daily Telegraph know, to the tune of several thousand
pounds per annum. The first hard dollars he earned with his pen were
paid to him by the present proprietor of the San Francisco News Letter,
who then owned a weekly London periodical called Chat, published at
304 Strand ;|price, one halfpenny. Sala's first contribution to Chat was
a burlesque poem, called "The Battle of Monte Christo." This was in
1848. Subsequently he became editor of Chat, and so continued until
1850. In that year he returned to his old love— art— his principal achieve-
ment at the time being the decoration of the staircase at " Sayer's Sym-
posium," at Kensington, with a series of grotesque frescoes. In 1852-3
he nearly lost his eyesight through the labor attendant on engraving on
Bteel plates an immense panorama of the Duke of Wellington's
funeral, and thenceforward determined to devote himself exclusively to
literature. Already, in 1851, he had made his mark in an article called
" The Key of the Street, contributed anonymously to Dickens' Household
Words, to which periodical he remained a constant contributor for six
years. In 1857, at the conclusion of the Crimean War, he went, at the
instance of Charles Dickens, to St. Petersburg; and the fruits of his ob-
servations in Russia took the form of a series of papers published in
Houseliold Words, called "A Journey Due North." In 1857 he pub-
lished, in the Illustrated Times, a novel called "The Baddington Peerage,"
and soon afterwards became one of the editors, of the Welcome Guest, for
which he "wrote his well-known series of papers, "Twice Round the
Clock." Prom the end of 3:857 the life of Sala must be identified with
that of the Daily Telegraph newspaper, to which, in the year last men-
tioned, he began to contribute, and with which he has been connected
ever since as a writer of editorials, art criticisms and literary reviews,
and as a "special correspondent" in most parts of the world. In the lat-
ter capacity he has repeatedly visited Italy, Spain, Germany, Holland
and Belgium. In 1863 he was war correspondent for the Telegraph in the
United States. In 1864 he accompanied Napoleon III. to Algiers. He
was at the battle of Custozza in 1866; at the surrender of Venice, at the
siege of Puebla in Mexico. He was again special correspondent at the
seat of the Franco-Prussian war. In 1877 he went to the conference at
Constantinople. To his writings when thus traveling amid stirring scenes
abroad, Mr. Sala owes perhaps the most brilliant portion of his fame, but
let it not be thought that these have been his only labor. Of " leading
articles," or, as we call them, editorials — and each of these in English
journals is equal to an elaborate essa3r — he computes that he has written
at least 6,000; of books, he has published twenty-five; the amount of
miscellaneous literary work he has done is simply incalculable. This is
the record of an industrious and useful life; but Mr. Sala has reaped the
reward of his labors. He has gathered fame and money; he is the lucky
husband of a wife whom we, and all who have met her, believe to be the
most amiable and charming of women, and — most extraordinary good
luck of all ! — he has actually seen San Francisco and escaped from it
without, so far as we know, getting his pocket picked.
KEARNEY AND CLAUS SPRECKELS.
The arreat of Denis Kearney, on sundry charges of uttering incend-
iary language and -threats to murder, is an improvement upon the sys-
tem hitherto followed of letting him do as he pleases without molestation.
We doubt, however, whether much will be accomplished by the measure,
since in such cases it seems that the meshes of the hiw are a few sizes too
large to hold fish. His cowardly attack upon the conduct of Mr. Claus
Spreckels, a citizen of the very highest repute in this community, is more
practically punished and rebuked by the resolutions immediately adopted
by that gentleman's employe's, who, to the number of several hundred,
express their esteem for Mr. Spreckels, and denounce Kearney as an en-
emy of the Workingmen's party.
A FOREIGN VIEW OF OUR SITUATION.
It i3 always interesting to see ourselves as others see us. It may
also be instructive at the present juncture. This is why we reprint the
following from the London and China Express, a journal which reflects
and disperses English opinion throughout the world :
" At San Francisco Mr. Kearney has again been amusing himself with
getting up an anti-Chinese movement. This time the Mayor joined in
the gatherings and incendiary addresses. As was to be expected, hostile
demonstrations were made by the unemployed workingmen, and a very
uneasy feeling was created. As a matter of fact, the proceedings were to
some extent orderly, and no breach of the peace was committed. But it
is very evident that a great effort was made to force the Legislature into
passing the bill prohibiting corporations from employing Chinese. Mat-
ters have, indeed, come to a pass when a Mayor takes the side of the
rowdies, and states that a part of the town over which he may well be
supposed to have jurisdiction is to be declared a public nuisance. It doeB
not speak well for his capabilities as a municipal officer, nor for his zeal as
a public servant. Advanced as the United States are said to be in the
matter of universal suffrage, the example afforded of the power of mob-
ocracy is by no means taking. It seems as if an agitator in the West is
able at any moment to cause an amount of trouble to the Government,
which may be termed as disgraceful to a civilized nation. The slow-
going, old-fashioned nations of Europe have cause to be thankful that the
same opportunities do not exist in them for seditious action on the part of
demagogues, and may well rest contented with a far less go-ahead organ-
ization. No one can for a single moment believe that the Legislature of
the country will be coerced into passing an unfair bill by a small rowdy
population, in a town which, though of some importance, cannot claim to
rank with the older States. Equality, the ruline motto of the United
States, is imperiled, and it is only surprising that such men as Kearney
have for so long been allowed to trouble the atmosphere and jeopardize
the prosperity of San Francisco. Has the power of the Government of
the United States fallen so low that it is unable to stop the proceedings
of a handful of men imbued with an unseemly hatred against a race
whose virtues of sobriety and industry have put to shame their own vices
of drunkenness and idleness ? The action of the rowdies of San Fran-
cisco stands unparalleled almost, and it is time, for the good name of the
United States, that such violent demonstrations were put a stop to. If
there is a grievance against the Chinese, let it be properly represented,
and no doubt redress will be obtained. But so long as the high-handed,
threatening policy is pursued, it cannot seriously be thought that any ac-
tion will be taken by the Government of the United States to grant a de-
mand based on injustice and brought forward by violence."
FOREIGN ENCLOSURES TO THE "NEWS LETTER."
A man named William Cassidy ha3 been executed at Manchester
for the murder of his wife. The murder was of a most diabolical charac-
ter. The culprit poured paraffin oil on the bed on which his wife slept, and
then set fire to it. Since his condemnation he has confidently expected
that he would be reprieved, and numerously signed memorials were sent
to the Home Office in his favor. The Home Secretary instituted further
inquiries into the case, and upon them he declined to interfere with the
sentence. The culprit exhibited great weakness when he found that he
must suffer the extreme penalty of the law, and to the end he denied bis
guilt. The execution was strictly private, representatives of the press
being even excluded.
Professor Nordenskjold has presented to the King of Sweden a re-
port on the discovery of the Northwestern Passage, entitled " Sur la Pos-
sibility de la Navigation Commerciale dans la mer Glaciale de Sibe'rie."
The conclusions he arrives at are these : It is perfectly practicable to es-
tablish regular navigation between the North Cape aud the mouths of the
Ob and Yenisei rivers. A vast quantity of corn will thus admit of being
exported from the Ob and Yenisei provinces, and agricultural machinery
be cheaply sent to the very heart of Siberia. As regards regular naviga-
tion between the mouth of the. Lena, its practicability may be considered
extremely probable. To form a communication between the mouth of
the Lena and Europe will be only possible by devoting two successive
Summers to the journey and return journey. The Russians look upon
the discovery of these important facts as the beginning of a new agricul-
tural and commercial era for Siberia.
In connection with the recently-established Nipon (Japan) Institute,
it is proposed to have meetings of ladies and gentlemen interested in the
art, literature, etc., of the Japanese. The Royal Asiatic Society and the
Society of Arts have granted permission to hold these meetings at their
rooms. Meetings will also be arranged in other localities. The Secretary
requests that papers and particulars for subjects of discussion be sent in
early, to be laid before the committee. The co-operation of those who
take an interest in Japan is invited. Dr. Richardson, F.R.S., F.S.A.,
presided at a lecture by Mr. C. Pfoundes on the "Social, Domestic
and Sanitary Habits of the People of ' Old Japan,'" at the hall of the
Society of Arts, on the 26th Feb., at 4:30 p.m. A number of native
drawings, etc., illustrating the subject, were exhibited on the occasion.
A friend in China informs us that they were astonished to find the
new Russian flagship superior to the Iron Duke in tonnage, in horse-
power, in armor, in the number of her crew, and in weight of metal.
The guns are 600-pounders, are protected by 12 inches of armor, and her
crew number 650 men. It appears singular that no remarks have been
made in the papers on the arrival of this formidable vessel.
Captain Webb, the Channel swimmer, has undertaken to swim sixty
consecutive hours — viz., for three days and two nights. He will be al-
lowed to leave the water for not more than thirty minutes in each twenty-
four hours. The attempt will be made under the most favorable circum-
stances possible — viz., sea water of summer temperature, and in London
early in March.
There has been a shocking occurrence at "Wednesbury. A woman
placed her child in the cradle before the kitchen fire whilst she went to
the canal for water. Upon returning she found that fire had fallen into
the cradle, and that the child had been roasted alive, and was beyond
recognition, the flesh being burnt off its bones.
An Italian Priest and philologist, Bernardino Peyron, has discovered
in the binding of a Greek manuscript from the ancient library of St.
Ambrose, on Mount Athos, two fragments of St. Paul's Epistles in the
Greek text. Similar fragments at Pans have long been highly valued.
March 13, 1880.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
3
THOUGHTS IN GLOOM.
[ BY R. KFMP I'HII.r.]
Let other poets play with rhyme
In the hriyht hours of summer time,
When ram bloom and skylark*, sing,
And lakes and rivers gtntoning
Reflect the moon, the stars, and sun —
When earth seems past and heaven begun.
In such a time the rhymester's pen
But mocks the beauty of the glen ;
Faintly and sickly in ifea dreams
Makes sad burlesque of Nature's themes ;
Blocking, by a discordant tone.
The grandest order earth has known.
For me, a r*net more profound,
Whom gloom and stifling airs surround,
The nobler aim — to beautify
Earth with either sun or sky.
Or breath of flowers, or song of birds,
To lend their charm to brainless worcU.
In spite of chills that senilis clog,
I'll sing the teaching of a fog.
The fog, that settles like a veil
O'er faces care worn, wan and pale ;
That says : "You have not loved the light,
Nor treasured truth, nor practiced right."
That enters at the rich man's door,
Reminding him that he is poor
If heaven withdraws its healing rays ;
And telling him in future daya
To help the humble in their need
By kindly word, by noble deed.
That dims the cheek of painted shame,
Treats poverty and wealth the same,
Conceals the rags the poor man wears,
Makes sparkling diamonds dull as tears,
And says that "Light and shade must fall
With equal justice over all."
When the bright sun again appears
Will the same teaching reach our ears,
Saying that light and shade must fall
With equal justice over all?*'
SATANELLA. TO MEPHISTO.
Palace Hotel, San Francisco, March 12, 1880.
My Dear Mephisto : I owe you a letter, I suppose, and what then ?
That may be many a woman's case, as well as mine; and there may be
apologies. I suppose, and why3 and wherefores, of which you and I and
the world know nothing. The supply of tea on this coast is exhausted,
and we are thirstily and anxiously waiting to know if Denis Kearney
will allow any more to be imported. Denis does not like to see so much
money going to/oreiVjn/heathens, and by the time you return the incendi-
ary ■Communist-producing Sand-lots will be converted into emerald-
green tea-gardens, cultivated by the noble unemployed, who will each be
supplied with an easy chair, sun-umbrella and orange-wood toothpick.
The wedding, Monday evening last, of Miss Camilla Branger and Mr.
Manuel Montealegre was a brilliant affair. The Church of Notre Dame
was elaborately decorated for the event. But it is not one of those ro-
mantic churches we took such delight in abroad — no pointed arches or
columns hung with ivy, or moonbeams shining through trefoils of ruined
rose-windows; no chapel with slender, fluted columns, or arches pierced
above to admit the light. The building is modern, and does not offer a
single secret corner wherein a legend could lodge. All the lines
are straight and severe, and the religiosity which seeks to uphold Chris-
tianity for picturesque and poetic reasons will find nothing worthy of its
descriptions. But on this occasion the altar was made to look like an en-
chanted tropical garden. Tall palms towered over smaller ones; 200 wax
tapers lent their quivering and becoming light, and when the bridal party
stood in this atmosphere of ectasy and incense, under the arch of roses,
that was surmounted by the letters C. B. and M. M. in gas jets,
I thought I had never seen so much concentrated beauty. The lovely
bride was attired in a dress forming a handsome combination of brocade
and plain satin of the richest texture, with a vail of white tulle fastened
with flounces; the bridesmaids in white silk and most bewitching little
white silk caps. The couple were attended by their paie its.
After the conclusion of the beautiful marriage service, a few invited
guests repaired to the residence of the father of the bride, where a sump-
tuous entertainment was served. The presents were numerous and superb.
Among the guests, I noticed representatives from the best French and
Spanish families of the city, with a sprinkling of Americans.
In these days of steam and telegram,
Midst all the hurry and bustle and strife,
The de'il, as you know, upon most things in life,
Sets his own unmistakable monogram,
And so busy is he in this hotel that I wonder he has time for any outside
work. We have a character hash every day for dinner, wherein the sins
of commission (there are none of omission) of our neighbors are most
daintily served, with condemnation aauce and ostracizing condiments.
And, strange to say, the most expert cicisiniers in this department are
those who have their own little private dough-dish that, with ostrich-like
cunning, they protect by diverting the enemy in an opposite and innocent
direction. I fancy you can guess whom I refer to, and it's not worth
while to spend time writing names.
I passed your friend Mrs. B in the hall this afternoon, most expen-
sively attired, but not at all " nobby." However, the taste she lacks in
dress she makes up for in the selection of horsos and a carriage that are
the envy of every lady in the city. Sometimes Mr. B drives, while
a precious little black- and -tan occupies the entire seat by his side, while
the tiger behind devotes his cast-iron energies to a strap that is attached
to the animal's neck. This delicate attention is most touching— one that
would gladden the heart of "Berg." But somehow I could not repress
the wish that some of the "under dogs in the fight," that are thirsting
and sighing for a sniff of fresh air and sight of green trees, might be al-
lowed ;i similar privilege.
It ia said that the elegant Mr. H has renewed his vows to the in -
different and captivating Mia 0 ■. At the same time, he is rather
dangerously in [ova with Mrs. . So is .Tack .
The testimonial concert tendered to Mr. tXenry Ketten, last Wednesday
afternoon, was an ovation. The culture, wit, beauty and wealth of San
Fram isco turned out en tfUUK, I noticed Mrs. Dan Cook and her sister,
Mrs. C. Thornton ; Miss Woods, of thin hotel ; the Misses Corbet; Mrs.
Fred Gibbs and Miss Emily Torbert; Mrs. William Wood, Mrs. Patrick,
Mra, Cole and (laughters, Mrs. Hager, wife of the Judge, who objects to
having his little daughter wear expensive toilets, but she .wears them all
the same. Your devoted Satanella,
THE MINING SITUATION IN BODIB.
The mining outlook is very encouraging ; in truth, it was never more
so than at the present time. The late fall of snow was more of an ad-
vantage than a disadvantage. Ample preparations had been made at all
the mines for it to come, so its coming did not interrupt operations at all.
It is not to be denied that a sort of depression exists here, but it is de-
pression of the financial sort. There is a very hopeful feeling among both
mining and business men, and the prevailing sentiment is one of in-
creased confidence in the richness and permanency of the district. Late
developments have been fully up to expectations, which has occasioned a
stiffening up of the backbones of operators heavily interested in Bodie
holdings. It is true that Bodie stocks are low, and have been for the
last three months ranging downward, but this is not due to lack of con-
fidence in the mines, or a disposition to avoid them. The cause may be
set down partly as being due to the present depressed and unsettled con-
dition of the stock market, and partly to the general fear of hostile legis-
lation at the hands of the Legislature. — Bodie Standard.
It is a favorite argument in this country (it has been little, if at all,
brought forward in England) that the main object of Lord Beaconsfield's
foreign policy has been to "divert attention from home reforms." Com-
ment on such a dastardly accusation is hardly necessary. To effect con-
quest and compel influence abroad, a Minister must have confidence and
support at home. He could not have these unless his domestic policy
pleased the people at home. That Lord Beaconsfield has pleased the Eng-
lish people has been apparent for several years past, and will be still more
so when the next general election is a fait accompli.
ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
Belvitlere Mi iilnst Company. --Location of Principal Place
of Business, San Francisco, California. — Location of Works, Bodie Mining-
District, Mono county, California.— Notice is hereby given, that at a meeting1 of
the Board of Directors, held on the fourth day of March, 1880, an assessment (No. 6)
of Fifty Cents per share was levied upon the capital stock of the Corporation, pay-
able immediately, in U. S. gold coin, to the Secretary, at the office of the Company,
Room 26, Cosmopolitan Hotel Building, 203 Bush street, San Francisco, Cal.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall remain unpaid on the SIXTH day of
April, 1880, will be delinquent and advertised for sale at public auction ; and unless
payment is made before, will be sold on SATURDAY, the FIRST day of May, 1880,
to pay the delinquent assessment, together with cost of advertising and expenses of
sale. By order of the Board of Directors.
C. VAN DYCK HUBBARD, Secretary.
Office— Room 26, Cosmopolitan Hotel Building, 203 Bush street, San Francisco,
Cal ifor nia. March 13.
FOR SALE,
Furnished, in Menlo Park*
A small, bnt very attractive country residence, of 6 1-4
acres, on Ravenswood Avenue, opposite Hon. Milton S. Latham's property,
running- through to Oak Avenue, opposite Michael Castle, Esq., tastefully laid out,
with beautiful lawns, plants, and a variety of fruit trees, shade trees, etc.
^T" For particulars, apply to THOMAS DAT,
March 13. 122 Sutter Street, San Francisco.
R0EDERER CHAMPAGNE.
'Vrotice.—The Trade and the Public are informed tbat we
-Ll receive the genuine LOUIS ROEDERER CARTE BLANCHE CHAMPAGNE,
direct from Mr. Louis Roederer, Reims, over his signature and Consular Invoice.
Each case is marked upon the side, "Macondray & Co., San Francisco," and each
bottle bears the label, "Macondray & Co., Sole Agents for the Pacific Coast."
March 13. MACONDRAY & CO., Sole Agentsfor the Pacific Coast.
REMOVAL.
WILLIAMS, DIMOND & CO.
HAVE REMOVED TO
UNION BLOCK,
JUNCTION MARKET A.ND PINE STREETS.
[Mch.13.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Tbe HomeMutnal Insurance Company will pay Its regular
monthly dividend of One (1) Dollar per share on its capital stock on March
10th, 1880. CHARLES R. STORY. Secretary,
March 13. 406 California street.
SCHWAB & BREESE,
New Art Oallery, «24 market street, opposite Palace Hotel.
Oil Paintings, Engravings, Wax and Artists' Materials.
e^ ADMISSION FREE. Sept. 13.
SNOW & CO.,
"VT"o. 20 Post street, opposite Mechanics* Institute, Import*
.1^1 ers and Manufacturers of Pictures, Frames, Mouldiugs, and Artist's Ma-
erials. Established 1S19. Sept- 20.
J. A. HUNTER, M. D.,
o. 331 Sutterstrcet, devotes Special Attention to Catarrh,
Deafness, Bronchitis, Asthma, Consumption, and all ailments of the Throat,
Lungs and Heart. Dec. 27.
G. E. BARTON,
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law,
639 KEAENY STREET EOOJIS 1 and 2.
[December 20.]
N
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
March 13, 1880.
AN ENGLISH NOVEL.
BY AN" AMERICAN AUTHOR.
Chapter XVIII.— The Presentation.
The Lady Genevieve's feelings, as, with the Prince's arm gracefully
and tenderly linked into hers, she entered the grand salon of the Tower,
can be better imagined than described. The gay throng of richly attired
ladies and brilliantly accoutred gentlemen, for many of the latter be-
longed to the military, and were therefore in uniform dress ; the gorgeous
furniture, the picturesque floral decorations, the many articles of vertu
and bric-a-brac with which the apartment was on all sides decorated and
adorned, the rumbling roar of human voices — each of itself would have
stunned and bewildered her did she not reflect that all would yet be hers,
and that he who was to beBtow them upon her was now at her side, her
devoted lover and Blave. Why, then, should she falter, though she knew
all eyes were centered upon her, some with curiosity, a few with genuine
interest, but most, alas ! with envious hatred ? But what cared she, the
future Queen of the whole Growd? .She could afford to disdain them, one
and all, for even were she not the Prince's affianced, she was as good,
every bit, as any of them, and could hold her head as high as the best in
in the country.
** Ain't my pa an Earl, I'd like to know ?" she would ask herself when-
ever a spiteful glance met her eye, and so ward off, on the shield of con-
scious superiority, each malignant shaft.
The Queen is standing at the far end of the room receiving her guests.
She is dressed up in her full robes of state, and is surrounded by a bevy
of gay courtiers, and flanked on either side by her Body Guard, under
the faithful Sir Brown. The latter has, by common consent, installed
himself as the master of the ceremonies, and spying the Prince and Evy
as they enter, he makes straight for them.
" Your most obedient, Miss," he says, bowing low, as he salutes Miss
Thames with his drawn s'word. " Let me conduct you to her Royal Ma-
jesty," and he puts his hand through her arm.
" Not if I know it, sir," replies Mr. Connaught, with anger kindling in
his eye, and refusing to leave go of her other arm. " I guess I can attend
to this matter myself. I had ought to know how, oughtn't I ? Hey ?"
Sir Brown smothers the retort that rises to his lips in deference to the
presence of ladies, true knight that he is, and returns to the side of his
lady and Queen.
"You know mother, don't you ?" the Prince asks, as they push their
way through the crowd and take up their places in the line.
"I guess so," replies Evy. "I ain't met her but a couple of times,
though. You'd better make me 'quainted over again."
" It's the rule to be introduced every time," the Prince answers senten-
tiously ; "but I reckon she'll know you when she sees you along with
me." Then they find themselves standing in front of Victoria P.
" How are you, dear ?" says the Queen, smiling kindly, as she puts out
her hand without waiting for the formal introduction.
" Fine," replies Evy, shaking her future ma's hand as warmly as a due
regard for the safety of her gloves will permit. "How's yourself?"
" Can't complain," answers her Royal Highness. "I'm getting pretty-
tired, though, of this hand-shaking business, and standing round like this
for two or three hours ain't what it 's made out to be," and she heaves a
royal sigh.
" Why don't you set down ?" asks the Lady Genevieve.
" Ain't a seat to be found," says Victoria. " I've had Mr. Brown here
on the hunt for one, but he can't "
" Why, there!" interrupts Miss Genevieve, glancing up at the throne,
which occupies a raised dais at the back, and to which a flight of marble
steps lead.
" Oh, I'm sick of sitting on that," replies the Queen. " Makes me feel
like I was up in a balloon. "
" Is that so ?" inquires Evy, reflectively. " Does it make you sick
louking down at the folks ?" and she thinks of what is before her when
her day comes.
But the impatient pressure from behind puts an end to further parley
and drives them ahead. With a graceful wave of her hand Evy says:
" We'll see you again, I guess." The Queen bows and smiles graciously,
and Evy and Mr. Connaught give way to those who follow. Then they
rush off to the dancing-room adjoining, where the first person they en-
counter is Sir Blackstone. He is carelessly watching the dancers from
the doorway, with an empty dance card between his fingers, and as Evy
comes up he addresses her:
" May I have the honor — the extreme honor — ah "
" Engaged," says Evy, without looking at him.
" Ah, so I've heard — ha-ha! " replies the Baronet. " But what say you
to the next one ?" he asks, looking down at his programme. But when
he looks up again Evy and the Prince are gone. Yes, there they are, the ob-
served of all observers, exemplifying the true poetry of motion as they
step through the figures of the " Glide." As they whirl round the room,
reversing here and backstepping there, their lips move in earnest converse.
" I thought," Evy is saying, as she leans her head on the Prince's shoul-
der, happy in the conviction that the anklets are now spreading them-
selves ; "I thought you and old man Blackstone had a muss."
" I don't know what you call a muss," answers the Prince. " He came
up to me one day on the street, after that day down to your house."
" 0, don't speak of that day," shivers Evy, yet not forgetting to kick
out her foot as the Prince gives a quick reverse out of the way of some-
body. " Well, he began to chin considerable," continues Mr. Connaught,
"so I just went down into my pocket for my police whistle and blew it,
and you had just ought to have seen the way he scooted when he saw the
officer's star coming up the street on the jump. It was gay, I tell you."
" I wisht I'd seen it," says Evy.
"I wisht you had," replies the Prince. "You would have been awful
tickled. "
"I would that,"laughs Miss Thames.
" So he always makes believe he don't see me now," says the Prince.
" He's a bilk."
" That's what I think," concurs Miss Evy.
But it was Boon time to go, and, indeed, while Lady Genevieve was
changing her boots in the dressing room, and putting a Berlin wool Nu-
bia round her head, the band of muBic played " Home, Sweet Home," so
they got out of the house "just in time to avoid being insulted," as Evy re-
marked to the Prince on their way back. It so happened the Prince's
hack had gone away with another load when they came out, so, sooner
than wait, the Lady Genevieve said she'd go home in the cars. So, by
the cars they went, just reaching the hotel as dinner was going in.
Then they got into the elevator, and ascended to the floor on which the
Thames' suit were situate, and there, outside the parlor door, they bade
each other a long and affectionate farewell till the morrow.
{Continued Next Week.]
BANKS.
ii
THE BANK OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO.
Capital $3,000,000.
WM. ALTORD President.
TlfOKAS BKOWX, Cashier I B. 311'RRAY, Jr., Ass't Cashier
Agents :
New York, Agency of the Bank of Calfornia ; Boston, Tremont National Bank
Chicago, Union National Bank ; St. Louis, Boatman's Saving Bank ; New Zealand,
the Bank of New Zealand; London, China, Japan, India and Australia, the Oriental
Bank Corporation.
The Bank has Agencies at Virginia City and Gold Hill, and Correspondents in all
the principal Mining Districts and Interior Towns of the Pacific Coast.
Letters of Credit issued, available in all parts of the world. Draw direct on Lon-
don, Duhlin, Paris, Berlin, Bremen, Hamburg, Frankfort-on-the-Main, Antwerp,
Amsterdam, St. Petersburgh, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Christiana, Locarno, Mel-
bourne, Sydney, Auckland, Hongkong, Shanghai, Yokohama. Nov. 4.
FIRST NATIONAL GOLD BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO, CAL
Paid up Capital $1,500,000. Gold. President, R. C. Wool-
worth ; Vice-President, D. Callaghan ; Cashier, E. D. Morgan.
Directors :— R. C. Woolworth, D. Callaghan, C. G. Hooker, C. Adolph Low, Peter
Donahue, Isaac Wormser, Edward Martin, James Moffitt, N. Van Bergen.
Correspondents— London : Baring Bros. & Co. Chartered Mercantile Bank of In-
dia, London and China. Dublin : Provincial Bank of Ireland. Hamburg- : Hesse,
Neuman&Co. Paris: Hottinguer&Co. New York: National Bank of Commerce. Bos-
ton : Blackstone National Bank. Chicago : First National Bank. This Bank is pre-
pared to transact a general Banking business. Deposits in Gold, Silver and Currency
received subject to check or on special deposit. Exchange for sale on the principal
cities of the United States, Great Britain, Ireland and the Continent. Commercial
Credits issued available in Europe, Chii.a and Japan. Collections attended to and
prompt returns made at the lowest market rates of Exchange. Jan. 19.
-
;
BANK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter.— Capital paid up, 81*800,-
000, with power to increase to $10,000,000. Southeast corner California and San-
some streets. Head Office— 28 Cornhill, London. Branches— Portland, Oregon; Vic-
toria, New Westminster and Cariboo, British Columbia.
Phis Bank transacts a General Banking Business. Accounts opened subject to Check
and Special Deposits received. Commercial Credits granted available in all parts of
the world. Approved Bills discounted and advances made on good collateral security.
Draws direct at current rates upon its Head Office and Branches, and upon its Agenta
as follows :
New York, Chicago and Canada — Bank of Montreal; Liverpool — North and South
Wales Bank ; Scotland — British Linen Company ; Ireland — Bank of Ireland ; Mex-
ico and South America — London Bank of Mexico and South America ; China and
Japan— Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, and Oriental Bank ; Australia
and New Zealand— Bank of Australasia, Commercial Banking Company of Sydney,
and English, Scottish and Australian Chartered Bank.
May 13. FREDERICK TOWNSEND, Manager.
LONDON AND SAN FRANCISCO BANK, LIMITED.
Capital, $5,000,000, of which $3,000,000 is fully paid up as
present capital. Reserve Fund, §300,000. San Francisco Office, 424 Califor-
nia street ; London Office, 22 Old Broad street. Manager, ARTHUR SCRIVENER ;
Cashier, WILLIAM STEEL. London Bankers, Bank of England and London Joint
Stock Bank ; New York,, Drexel, Morgan & Co. ; Boston, Third National Bank.
This Bank is prepared to transact all kinds of General Banking and Exchange Busi-
ness in London and San Francisco, and between said cities and all parts of the
world. March 30.
THE NEVADA BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO.
Capital Paid "Up $3,000,000.
Beserve, XT. S. Bonds 3,500,000.
Agency at New York. 62 Wall street.
A.gency at Virginia, Nev.
Buys and sells Exchange and Telegraphic Transfers. Issues Commercial and Trav-
elers' Credits. This Bank has special facilities for dealing in Bullion. Nov. 8.
GUARANTEE
SECURITY SAVINGS BANK.
CAPITAL,
$300,000.
Officers: Vice-President, Jerome Lincoln ; Secretary, W,
S. Jones; Attorney, Sidney V. Smith. Loans made on Real Estate and other!
Approved Securities. Office : No. 215 Sansome street, San Francisco. Oct. 14.
THE GERMAN SAVINGS AND LOAN SOCIETY.
Deutsche Spar und Leihbauk, No 536 Californiastreet, San
Francisco. Officers : President, L. GOTTIG. Board of Directors.— Fred, ►
Roeding, Chas. Kohler, Edw. Erase, George H. Eggers, N. Van Bergen, H. L. Simon,
Peter Spreckels, Ign. Steinhart. Secretary, GEO. LETTE ; Attorney, JOHN B.
JARBOE. May 18.
THE ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN BANK, LIMITED.
422 California St., San Francisco.
London Office, 3 Angel Court; Sew York Ageuts, J. W. Sel-
igman & Co., 21 Broad street. Authorized Capital Stock, $6,000,000. Will re-
ceive Deposits, open Accounts, make Collections, buy and sell Exchange and Bullion,
loan Money, and issue Letters of Credit available throughout the world.
FRED. F. LOW, IGN. STEINHART, Managers.
P. N. Lilientiial, Cashier. Sept. 13. J
March 13, 1880.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISED .
THE FACE AGAINST THE PANE.
bel. darling Mabel.
Knee against the pane,
■ tin1 night.
in the rain ;
.1 she hear* the <■ i ttiM screech,
d the breakers on the beach
■ .in. making nmnn,
d the willow tree is blown
and fn<, t-i and fro,
1 it looks like some old crone,
ading out there all alone,
B her woe.
lile Mabel, darling Mabel,
th face a?mn*t the pane,
•k> out uj>on the ni_rht.
"fce beacon in the rain.
the table, Miden Mabel,
d keep the cabin warm,
or little fisher lover
OUt there in the storm ;
dyour father— yon are weeping —
Mabel, darling Mabel,
•et the supper table,
d put the tea a-st earning.
Old Song.
Your lover's heart is brave.
Hi- boat i" staunch and ttffht,
And TOOT father knows the reefs
That keep the water white.
But Mabel, darling Mabel,
With face against the pane,
Looka out upon the night,
At the beacon in the rain.
See the lightning how it glares,
Ami the wonder how it rolls,
An'l in the hillings of the storm,
The solemn church bell tolls ;
But no sexton sways the bell —
In that belfry old and high;
Unseen fingers toll the knell.
As the wind goes tearing by.
Hark ! how it tolls, for the souls
Of the sailors on the sea.
God pity them, God pity them,
Wherever they may be ;
God pity wives and sweethearts
Who wait, and wait in vain,
And pity little Mabel
With her face against the pane.
IMMORALITY
PLACES.
IN HIGH
No. 2.
Sorely this is " a mad world, my masters." Since publishing our re-
rks under the above heading, we have had a curious experience. At
Palace Hotel, we are informed, there has been much howling and
ring of hair because we dared (as was supposed) mention a certain high
I mighty dame who resides in that mammoth caravansary, and about
>m, as the original of our little sketch, there could be no sort of ques-
i, because the description fitted to a dot. Hardly had we recovered
a the shock of this announcement, when a gentleman came rushing
> our sanctum to inform us that the big brother of a lady at the Occi-
tal was polishing up his war club preparatory to making jelly of us,
having dared write so true an account of his sister and her early life in
r Orleans that no one could fail to see where our shaft was directed.
were not quite through drilling a corps of type-setters, proof readers
muscular clerks into an army of defence against the brother and his
club, when a young man from the Grand came speeding iuto our of-
his head shining like a glow-worm on a summer night, his red beard
ring in the breeze as he drew us gently aside and said, in the most lu-
irious accents: " How could you write this about Mrs. ? Why,
never was in New Orleans in her life. It was in St. Louis, and since
a she has led a perfectly square life. Pray let up on her, and do not
any more in that direction."
II day Monday and Tuesday the racket went on. One gentleman took
0 task gently for the want of accuracy. He assured us that it was not
(fcof silver, but a diamond necklace, that the generous "former affin-
"gave to his discarded sweetheart. And so through the whole of our
larks. For each paragraph of our article at least three different peo-
came to us and complained that injustice had been done to them or
1 "sisters, cousins and aunts." All agreed there was some little
idation for the accusations made, but that the facts were grossly over-
ed. The comical part of the whole situation lies in the fact that in no
case did there come to us the parties we really had in view. All of which
letructive to the reflecting mind, and carries a moral which we might
lorate had we time to do so. Suffice it that our few remarks have
•ed this town deeply, and has satisfied us and our readers that we
a correct in our diagnosis of certain moral sores, and that it would
answer to lift the roof tops and look into many high-toned establish-
es in our young city. One of the most suggestive facts in this con-
tion is the apathy which seems to prevail as to the past record of
iy shining lights among us. If a man or a woman has truly repented
b errors, we would be the last to hold them down. We respect sack-
h and ashes —we do not even elevate our eyebrows at serge or camel's
r — but we have no faith in repentance covered by silk or velvet
nkled with pearls and diamonds. A saturnine grin steals over our
ntenance as we hear of such people as Mrs. giving a masque ball,
vhich she invites women and girls who should not be seen in sush cora-
y. We all know Mrs. has a very spotted reputation. We all
iw Bhe was for years kept mistress both in Europe and America, but
has, by active enterprise, squirmed herself into society. One look at
i. woman should warn all right-thinking people to avoid her. Her
ree, vulgar face — her still more coarse, vulgar figure — her dress, cut
below the rubicon of decency at one end, and far above it at the other,
wing an amplitude of bust and limb anything but enticing, would be
lossihle in a person fit to associate with gentlewomen. But Mrs.
18 balls, lunches and dinners, and, with a glib tongue quick to flatter
fawn, she goes everywhere. It is not ill-nature to call attention to
h cases. It is right and proper. If Mrs. , on marrying arespect-
) man, had come here to live a quiet, decent life, we would never call
ntion to her. But she does nothing of the sort. She defies criticism,
shows herself at all times and all places. She is even the laughing
)k of those who are not too proud to dance when she pipes, and who
mean enough to go home and ridicule the very person who has euter-
led them. To a calm thinker, without prejudice, this would seem the
ht of degradation on both sides. A stranger, brought up in an older
lization and under a more conservative moral system, would doubt
existence of such cases in our midst. But they do exist. And every-
who reads this will, in their hearts, say : " The News Letter is right ;
h things are among us, to our shame and discredit be it said." We do
like to mention individual cases. It is not pleasant to apply the lash
ihrinking shoulders, even if those shoulders aie marked with a convict's
nd. We do not desire to make public individual crimes, but we are
ermined to do all in our power to regulate some evils that are growing
Ong us, and that, if allowed to go on, will develop into cancers too
p-seated for removal.
W"e know that there is nothing on earth equal to Hop Bitters as a
lily medicine. Read advertisement.
THE DISSOLUTION OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT.
The long-expected event, that has been hanging over the House of
Commons for more than a y-ar, has at last been removed from the domain
of uncertainty and been redaoed to definite dates. The present House
will be dissolved on the 23d of this month, and, after the election of 652
Members, the new House of Commons will meet on May 1st. Mr. Glad-
stone dissolved the last Parliament on January 24th, 1874, and the result
was that his considerable majority was changed iuto such a minority that
he and his colleagues imninlintely resigned, and Mr. Gladstone himself
retired from the leadership of the Liberal Party. The present House of
Commons entered, on February 5th last, on its seventh session, and there
has been much discussion as to whether it is not contrary to the British
Constitution, as established by precedents, to permit any Parliament to
run its allotted length of seven years. It was tnought that Lord Beacons-
field was going to continue the Parliament to the full legal limit, notwith-
standing the grave reasons against such a course, among them that
whereas now England is at peace, in February, 1881, it might be involved
in war, making a general election very embarrassing. But the dissolution
fixed for the 23d instant shows that Lord Beaconsfield has no intention of
departing from the constitutional precedents on the subject.
'I he present House of Commons consists of 652 members, the former
number of 658 having been reduced by the disfranchisement of boroughs
for corrupt practices, thus cutting off six members. It was, however, the
intention of the Government to allocate the six seats so as to bring the
number up to*658, but the forthcoming general election has caused this
proposal for the moment to be abandoned. England and Wales are repre-
sented in Parliament by 299 Conservatives supporting the Government
of Lord Beaconsfield, and 190 Liberals; Scotland by 20 Conservatives and
40 Liberals; and Ireland by 38 Conservatives and 65 Liberals; giving in
all 357 Conservatives and 295 Liberals. This gives the Conservatives a
clear majority of 62, and, as the Irish Home Rulers counted as Liberals
have not given the Liberal Party their continuous support, the majority
voting with the Government have generally been greater than 62.
In attempting to cast the horoscope of the next Parliament, we be-
lieve _ that the Conservatives will not be so numerous as they
are in the present House, although there is no reason to
expect that they will cease to be the majority. After more
than six years of unbroken power, the Conservative Government
have to contend against the desire for change which is written, often in
hard lines, in the history of every political party, whether in monarchical
or republican countries. The restless nations of modern times get tired
of any set of men, however talented, if they are in power for long periods,
and this, conjointly with the acknowledged fact that the devotion of the
Government to foreign affairs has caused domestic legislation to lie in a
very backward state, will undoubtedly tell against them at the forthcom-
ing election. The main issue that will be placed before the country is as
to whether or not what has been called the policy of " Imperialism " is to
be accepted by the constituencies as the future policy of England. There
will be numerous minor issues, but this has been the distinguishing fea-
ture of more than six years of rule ; it has been singled out by the Con-
servative leaders as the great merit of their administration, and it is evi-
dent that upon this broad question the Conservatives will take their
stand. By the middle of April a sufficient number of elections will have
taken place to show what the result will be, and the 1st of May will
witness the reading of the Queen's Speech and the assembling of the new
Parliament.
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AKD
March 13, 1880
"PLEASURE'S WAND."
"We Obey no Wand but Pleasure's. "—Tom Moore.
Bush Street Theater. — Laughter is more than the mere expression of
amusement, merriment or satisfaction. It is indicative of a movement of
our better feelings. It is a relaxation, both mental and physical, from
the cares and worry, the ills and pains of tedious and struggling exist-
ence. It evidences a good heart and an easy conscience, at least for the
time being. It comes naturally and easily to the good people. Some one
has said, " That man is a bad roan who has not within him the power of a
hearty laugh," and it is a very true saying. All this is suggested by the
performance of Sam, at the Bush Street Theater. What if it is a most
idiotic piece of dramatic writing, stupid in plot, outrageously so in dia-
logue, idealizing in its climax swindling and Jeremy Diddling ? What if
■it has all these faults? It has one great cardinal virtue that excuses all
of them. It is funny — gloriously so. One's risibilities are suddenly at-
tacked from some unexpected quarter in an unforeseen way, and an un-
thinking but complete capitulation is the result. Even if the after-taste
of the performance is one of weariness, its duration has been a source of
unalloyed pleasure. These remarks are applicable to all entertainments
of this nature. Tnis accounts for the success of these whimsical conceits,
Hobbies, The Troubadours, The Tourists, and more of that ilk. In the
case of Mr. Sothern there is the additional and all-potent attraction of
true artistic talent. His assumptions of character are always marked
by a true grasping of the peculiarities indicated and possibilities offered.
There is something irresistibly ludicrous about his manner, intonation and
facial expression. The support, except in a few cases, is of a very medi-
ocre character. Mr. W. Blakely is a good actor in old men parts. There
is a pleasing naturalness and unction about his action, but it is spoilt by
annoying mannerisms of speech. A too strongly marked British accent
of a vulgar order is supplemented by a pedantic distinctness of enuncia-
tion and painful slowness of utterance. To an American audience these
are grievous faults. Miss Julia Stewart is a sweet little actress, who is
rapidly becoming a strong favorite. There is a certain charming softness
about her that is quite captivating. She has that air of naivete and help-
lessness that is so characteristic of little women and so delightful to men.
The audiences have been large and applause has been of a plentiful nature.
As Pope has said, " The laughers are a majority."
Baldwin's Theater.— Taken as a whole, Jttaymonde (Sardou's Mon-
sieur Alphonse), as given at this theater, is a most agreeable piece of act-
ing. The seven characters that constitute the dramatis personceare in the
best of handB. It is a performance of merit in its completeness. On the
first night the production was marred by a want of knowledge of the
lines, in one or two of the performers, and by inexcusable stage waits.
With all due respect to the star's great talent, which naturally entitles
her to consideration in minor matters, such liberties with the audience
should not be tolerated. The excuse offered is the actress' unfortunate
physical condition. The pity and sympathy of the public is hers as a
suffering woman, but for the actress no such feeling can exist to excuse
shortcomings. It is a question of admission paid, for which value should
be received. Much of the defects hinted at could be remedied by a
stronger exercise of authority and discipline on the part of the stage
manager, and were not so noticeable on subsequent evenings. The medi-
ocrity of the scenic artist was again strongly evidenced in this play. In
the first act the stage represents a room opening out on the ocean, with
an interminable vista of water. As set, the house appears to be located
at the foot of some Niagara, the angry flood pouring down from the
heavens, and dammed up by a small parapet. The last act is one of the
most beautiful sets ever seen in this city. It is not a scenic affair, but an
actual realization of decorative and bric-a-brac ideas. The walls are pa-
pered with the most elegant of modern papers; the frieze is rich in bril-
liancy, and the dado is solid and striking in its style. The furniture is
slightly incongruous in color, but this can easily be remedied. In this
gorgeous frame the action of the play is developed and culminates. The
story is well known, and needs no detail. It is worked up in Sardou's
inimitable way. It's only fault is in the ridiculous precocity and impos-
sible maturity of the little nine-year-old girl. That the peculiar circum-
stances surrounding her should have made the child older in thought and
expression is to be understood, but hardly to the extent portrayed. Not
only does she utter maxims of philosophy, but she also hears and under-
stands complex questions of morality. As a picture of girlhood, it is re-
pulsive, for it is drawn in lines of cunning and painted in colors of deceit.
The mental misery of "Raymonde" is one that appeals to all. She is a
good woman, virtuous and true. The fault of her early life was one due
to ignorance and inexperience. Alone in the world, without shelter, she
was an easy victim. To see that fault stare her in the face amidst her
happiness awakens for her all the good feelings in one's nature, and it is no
sickly sentimentality, but a true and noble sympathy, that fills every heart.
The character of the " Commander" is a well-drawn and natural one.
His action in recognizing the illegitimate offspring of his wife is not a
strained effect of moral heroism. It is a natural result of the man's no-
bility of heart, of his unselfish affection for " Kaymonde," and of the
possession, on bis part, of an enlightened mind free from the prejudices
and restraints of society's abnormal regulations. As " Kavmonde," Miss
Morris gives an admirable piece of acting. The wonderful manner in
which she delineates mental suffering finds full play in this comedy. The
earnestness of her sorrow, the depth of her misery, the broken voice,
choked with sobs, the nervousness of her movements, the pitiful heart-
rending tones of her appeals for mercy, are all so wonderfully done that
it seems a picture of genuine, actual grief and penitence, and not a mere
assumption, a mere show of simulated emotion. Although the " Mme.
Guichard " of Miss Carey is an amusing and sparkling piece of acting,
bright and jolly in its semi-humorous features, it is hardly the creation of
the author. The vulgarity, the coarseness, indicating innate ill breeding
derived from low origin, are merely alluded to, and are totally lost.
This is due to the fact that Miss Carey, in appearance and manner,
entirely opposite to any such characteristics. The part of " Adrienn1
has already been played by little Ida Aubrey. It is a most inteUigi
performance. The pretty girl is natural and easy in speech, and grace
in gesture, though she has some mannerisms in the way she holds 1
head and moves it. O'Neill's part is an easy one. It simply calls
dignity, calm self-possession and a certain sententious tone of conver
tion. It will suffice to say that he filled these requirements to the lett
The "Remy" of Jennings is a capital piece of eccentric character, a
is done in this clever actor's usual clear style. Barrows' " Dieudonne*
a fair bit of low comedy. In the principal figure of "Monsieur Octav
Freeman appeared to great advantage. It is truly the incarnate idea
the author. In make-up, in manner and speech, it is the cold-blood
indifferent, unscrupulous seducer, contemptible in bis vanity, despica
in the want of all good impulses, of all conscience. The pallor of
dissipated man, the insincerity of tone in his words, indicative of shallt
ness and deceit, are all admirably conceived and executed. Theaudien'
have been fair, but not as large as the merits of the play deserve.
A most deserving case for the theatrical profession to assist hi
usual liberal way, is now presented in Mrs. E. G. Cotton, a most estiij
ble lady. Coupled with the tragic death of her beloved husband, wh
deprives her of all means of support, is the unfortunate confiagratior
the Grand Central Hotel, by which she lost all her earthly possessio,
Sympathy has been showered upon her, but something more substau
is necessary. A benefit should at once be organized, and we suggest t
to Mr. Locke as the proper person to head the movement. It is reall'
case that appeals to the generously disposed.
Ketten. — One of the most agreeable musical entertainments evergv
in this city was the farewell appearance of the great pianist, Ketfe
Assisted by Herold's Orchestra, he played several selections in his w
derful way. If p ssible, he surpassed his former grand performances
the piano. Mrs. Tippet sang several numbers, in that truly artistic v
that she possesses. A number of the Loring Club were present, and si
a couple of numbers in good form. The attendance was large.
We recommend those who wish to spend to-day or to-morrow w
real enjoyment to go to Woodward's Gardens. A galaxy of new stars)
to make their first appearance, among them the Razillias, a trio of
tremely lofty kickers. Everybody will be there. Take your wife i
children to see the fun.
Orchestral Union. — The concert of this strong amateur organiza)
last week was a success. The rapid progress it is making is a flattei
evidence of a strong musical taste community, and all lovers of mt
should foster and encourage the Union in a substantial way.
Chit-Chat. — Sardou's latest, Daniel Rochat, was hissed off the stagi
the Comedie Francaise. The acting, though, is said to have been so
thing admirable. The honors were carried off by Miss Bartet, a I
face. As a tribute to her triumph, she was, early last week, unanimot
elected a societaire, without the customary probation of one year.-^^;
elina Patti has come to the cwnclusion that she cannot sing more E
twice a week without severe fatigue.-^—" Fritz" Emmet is going to p
in Russia !— -Connors and Kelly, American song and dance perform?
who have been very successful in London, are now appearing in Pa
France.^— John T. Raymond appears in London, at the Gaiety The*
at the close of the present season.— —Arthur Sullivan is to return to E1
land at the close of April, having accepted the conductorship of the Le'
Musical Festival.^— President Hayes and wife entertained Signor Oi'
panini at the White House on the night of February 26th. The Siff
sang songs, and was honored by an autograph letter of thanks from-
distinguished host. — — The operatic company supporting AdelinaPsffb
the Gaite". Paris, is so poor that the performances have beeu atrocious, i
it is said that the season will hereafter consist of concerts.^— Maoa
Bertrand, of Paris, sometimes allows an aspiring young drama'
to read him a new play, and, during the ordeal, asks if the reader is ce
The young dramatist assenting, Manager Bertrand rings for the serva
" Madeleine,*' says he, " put three manuscripts on the fire." This Ma1
leine does by taking three at random from an over-full drawer. Mana
Bertrand is spared the rest of the infliction. —The prospects for
operatic season this 3ummer have vanished. Both Strakosch and Ma]
son were negotiating to come, but the agitated times have nature
frightened them off.' —The Baldwin folding curtain is beginning to 1<
shabby. Stains, dust and tears are visible. Look to it, Mr. Stage-M
ager.— When next you attend a performance at the Grand Opera Hoi)
look in the right-hand corner of the act-drop, and try to find the Indu
legs. This is a conundrum!— The owners of -the Metropolitan Tern
have finally been moved by popular clamor and total lack of lessees
modify the insufficient means of exit formerly existing. An entirely d
entrance has been built. The stairs are wide, comfortable and commt
ous, and all danger of panic and los3 of life is now avoided. It
pleasure to record the fact that this beautiful hall is once more resto
to public use.— —Commodore Nutt and troupe are stranded at Modes
— M. A. Kennedy has gone to Los Angeles to meet his Juvenile Pi
fore party. This troupe has been doing good business in all the south'
towns.— To hear Joseph Jefferson talk of life, and the things, pU
and people he has seen, is said to be better than reading a good novel <
book of travel. He has a pleasant voice, a gentle manner, never neeG
word that does not come at his will, and paints for the mind's eye as i
istically as he does for the natural eye with his pencil and brush. He
numbers of pleasant songs, with which he accompanies himself on
piano, that are the delight of children as well as grown-up people. I
hearty laughter of the little folks at hearing him sing "Brother Joh
and " The Three Sailors of Bristol City " is just as much enjoyed by h
self as by them, so genuinely fond is he of children.— Blanche Corn
the vocalist, recently obtained a divorce from William Singer. Thetw
had been different ever since 1878.*^— The Chevalier Henry Wikoff
rived here from England on the 29th ult,, his main object being to bl
out his new book, "Reminiscences of an Idler," in which he will c
about Grisi, Fanny Elssler, and other notabilities of a well-nigh forgot
era.
We are told by dancers that the " Liverpool lurch " and the "I
ton swing " are no longer the fashion, having been replaced by
*; Brighton grip " and the " Southsea cuddle." — London Truth.
Patent-medicine baseball clubs are all the rage. The Gin Bit
would like to meet the Vermifuge Nine.
irch 13, 1880.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
SPORTING ITEMS.
tc
Pioneer dab t-H.k place at
r l'Uh ani 1 1' v.Ixt WM ^11 that could
wm rery enjoyable. The
- iad Davidson, i '.formed tbeir arduoiu dotiee
i, :* 1 1 . 1 a- uo one cwiled at the judges' decisions,
il tli.it Elm ever been
The following is a full rvturo of tin* courses : In the
V. S. W.kmU' Su-if bo:\t .T. OlUnuoH'a Fly, S. BurtcheU'a
rin beat J. M. Sharker's Muster Joe, .1. M. Sharkey a Nellie boat J.
Murphv-t California Bov. A. S. WnooV Kittie ran a bye, l>r. J. I..
narob beet R. Warwiok'i Fleet, P. K. Jaoobyla badie beat
Harphy's Mav Murphy, J. Gallagher's Tamalpaiw beat William
» Jemima, \V. 1>. Berry*s Coronaway beat J. Franklin's Lady
W. Ryan's Flying Dutchman ran b bye, F. K as' Cxarina beat
Tun-* team's MimulKiba beat J. ( '. Smith's Laura
ght, .'. C. Murphy's JColleen Bawn ran n bye, W. W. Lane's Lady
•rue Hmi's Huiiinkt. Second ties— Susie beat Marin, Kittie
Monarch beat Sadie, Ooronawav beat Tamalpais, Czarina
Flvinj Dutchman, Minnehaha beat Colleen Bawn, Lady Gay ran a
Thin! ties -Kittie beat Susie. Monarch beat Coronaway, Czarina
Lady Gay, Minnehaha ran a bye. Fourth ties— Monarch beat Kit-
Minnehaha beat < 'sarin a. Final tie— Monarch beat Minnehaha,
•by winning the tirst prize ; Minnehaha second, Kittie third, and
ina fourth. A consolation stake for beaten dogs was won by May
■pby, Kittie Wing second.
edestriamsnL — As we _•■> to press too early to give the complete
Dp to date, of the O'Leary-Weston walk, we will defer the entire
rd till a future issue. So far the match lias been conducted in a first-
i manner, and, although the work done has not been remarkably good,
it must be remembered that the men are not walking for a record,
CO beat each other. The scoring is accurate and honest ; the Bcorers
selected by parties entirely outside of any interest in the match.
of them are personally known to us, and, so far as it is possible to
■h for any man's integrity, we can vouch for them. The internal ar-
ements of the Pavilion are excellent, the ventilation being good and
order being kept. An unusual attendance being expected to-night,
ial arrangements will be made to accommodate it. The handicaps
fl Olympic Club, held at the Recreation Grounds last Saturday, were
successful. The 100 yards handicap in heats fell to G. M. Robinson,
IJrds winning second and third heats. 220 yards handicap — First heat,
Iff. Haley, scratch 1 ; H. N. Wallace, 10 yards, 2. Second heat : E.
Ummons, 10 yards. 1; J. T. Belcher, scratch 2. Final heat : J. T.
her, scratch 1; R. S. Haley, 2, Won by a yard in 23^ seconds. T.
lynti. starter; D. Germaine, timer; H. B. Havens, J. Townsend and
V. Leonard, Judges.— —There will be another similar meeting next
rday week, open to all amateurs, at 120 and 440 yards.
iball. — The following arrangements have been made by the Cali-
a Baseball League (late Pacific Baseball League) for the coming sea-
sixty games to be played, apportioned as follows : The Athletics, 16
es on Sundays ; the Bay Citys, 14 games on Saturdays ; the Knicker-
ers. 15 games on Sundays ; the San Franciscos, 15 games on Satur-
. Reports were read from the several League Clubs, naming- their
irs, as follows : San Francisco— Curran, Taylor, Mast, Foran, J.
b, Hamilton. H. Smith, Kirnan, McCawber. Knickerbockers — J.
tney, C. Whitney, Angus, Corpstein, Barnie, Bailey, Willigrod, Do-
Smith. Bay City— John Leary, C. A. McVey, A. F. Daniels, Fred.
is, Taylor, Farrell, J. Sweeney, H. R. Preble, Charles Stewart.
etic— J. T. Galvin, Thomas J. Carey, Cliff Carroll, Jeremiah Denny,
Sweeney. J. McDonald, James McPhileraeny, and one other not
named. Uniforms : Knickerbockers — Chocolate gray, with red
;ings, belt and trimmings. Bay Citys — White gray, blue stockings,
and facings. San Franciscos — White Flannel, brown stockings,
and trimmings. Athletics — Green belts and trimmings, uniform not
elected. The Beason will open at the Recreation Grounds to-morrow
a game between the Knickerbockers and San Franciscos. The price
mission to championship games is fixed at 25 cents for adults and
;nts for children.
"rimming. — The result of the Daily-Fleming match is as hard to
■mine to-day as it was when the match was made. Both men seem confi-
of success, though it is generally noticed that Daily is doing nothing to
■ve it. So far he has taken no exercise or made any attempt to re-
the weight it is absolutely necessary for him to take off. He has not
taken regular walks and sleep, but loafs around town and lives in a
irregular manner. Perhaps he thinks that the race is his without au
t. If he does, he differs from many well posted persons, who think
it is a hard race for him, eveu if he is in the best of condition. On
other hand, bis opponent has got into splendid fix already by hard
: and regular diet ; he takes a swim every day, and has greatly im-
ed on any previous form. In our opinion he can beat any work pre-
aly done by the champion, but it is just possible that the latter has a
i in reserve. There is not much betting on the match yet, and we
ider it good policy not to put the pot on till a few days before the
when the chances will be easier to determine.
Swing. — About the only important business in local circles at pres-
m the tapis, is the enlargement of the Pioneer Rowing Club's boat
ie to double its present size, and the extension of their membership
to 100. At the last meeting ten new members were accepted. The
crew for the June regatta will be P. Slattery, R. Lyne, J. Sullivan
M. Crowley, unless they are beaten in the meantime.^— It seems to
great pity that the Neptune Club, with their fine material and exce'-
opportunities for practice, do not make an effort to get a crew ready
he coming regatta. —The Dolphin Club have now two crews doing
lar work.
ie Countess of Caithness, at her recent fancy dress ball at Nice,
; three millions of francs' worth of jewels as Catharine of Aragon.
son, the Duke of Pomar, had also a superabundance of treasures,
Icuies, cameos, gold clasps chisseled exquisitely, a wreath of golden
el as a crown, a garland of flowers across his voluminous chest, and
lals on his bare feet. A young Roman of the decline of the Empire,
every adjunct that effeminate luxury could heap on, such was the
utne of the Duke of Pomar.
SWELL ACTRESSES.
The elegant tollettea wm by the loading actiaom In U Nabob at
the Vaudeville add mncfa bo the general brilliancy of the scenic effeot.
Of these sumptuous dresses there are ten that merit special mention. One
of these la • walking-dress, worn by Mine. Selene Monnier, as the Baron-
ess Bemerlingtie, in the third act It consists of a long trained skirt
and oorsaon of pale blue silk, the back of the skirt looped in graceful
drapery. The front is ornamented with broad bands of passementerie of
chenille, some two shades darker than the drees, and interwoven with
silver beads. These hands each terminate in a point near the hem, and
are met by small >•■ r< re, lined with pale blue satin. The corsage is made
with a rounded point in front, and is trimmed with a deep pointed collar
and wide cuffs of chenille passementerie. The hat is of pale blue, trimmed
with plumes of the same sha.h*. The other dress ifl the elegant black cos-
tume worn by Mile. Blanche Pierson in the scene representing the open*
ing day of the Salon. A cuirass corsage formed of minute jet bugles is
worn over an elaborately-draped skirt of black voile de rdujieusc, all tlrn
draperies being edged with wide jet fringe. A head scarf to correspond
is attached to the right shoulder, and falls behind, mingling with the
draperies of the train. A black Gainsborough hat, with a bird of Para-
dine placed beneath the brim, and long black gloves, complete the toi-
lette, which would have been remarkably becoming to the blonde beauty
of Mile. Pierson had it not been for the unfortunate juxtaposition of the
yellow bird with her fair hair. Very elegant, too, is the pink satin ball-
dress, with brocaded front, worn by Mile. Lamore in the scene of the
servants' dinner-party. — Court Journal,
De Witt Talmage has taken up the cause of hungry Ireland, and
urges it upi>n the attention of tbe Americans. Here is an extract from a
sermon preached in Brooklyn Tabernacle by this eminent divine : "O!
Protestants and Catholics of America, I implore you, forgetting all eccle-
siastical distinction, and disregarding the orange and the green, to put
your shoulders and hearts together for the relief of famishing Ireland.
This day I twine the shamrock round the cross. By the empty bread-
tray of the Irish cabin, by the exhausted sack of meal, by the blasted
harvest, by the blanched cheeks of women and children crying for help,
I implore you not only to be generous, but to be quick." Mr. Talmage,
who is an adept at pulpit-tumbling, may know how people are to put
their hearts and shoulders together. But he evidently knows so little of
the subject on which he talks so fluently, as to imagine that no Irish cabin
is complete without a bread-tray.
The manager of one of the London theaters has resolved upon a some-
what curious way of increasing his receipts at the same time that he
keeps on good terms with his patrons. He has issued a number of books
of orders both to them and to the editors of newspapers, each order being
accompanied by a note to the effect that it cannot be used without pay-
ment at the doors of 2s. 6d. For this sum the holder is entitled to a seat
in the stalls for which he would otherwise have to pay 10s. Supposing
the performance to be fairly good, he thus sees it at a comparatively low
rate of pay; supposing it to be worth nothing at all, he does not lose, and
the manager at the same time gets at least something for the seat which
the order-holder has.
The Carnival Masked Ball, given last Friday night of last week by
the Club of 1880 in Union Hall, was one of the greatest social successes
of the season. The arrangements were perfect, the decorations beauti-
ful, the supper sumptuous and the company select, numerous and richly
costumed, The prizes, which were as numerous as they were valuable,
were distributed with great justice and discrimination. Mr. D. Linden-
born, who acted as an excellent Floor Manager, and to whose munificence
and untiring efforts the Bali owed its existence, deserves the gratitude of
all who were present.
Birds are becoming common in the salons of our belles mondaines. As
in the days of the Empress Josephine, in every boudoir which makes
any pretense to elegance you will find on the plush table, among bibelots
and nick-nacks of all kinds, an ivory or tortoiseshell cage, with two
love-birds in it. The luxury in which these little parrots live is absurd.
They eat out of gilded cups and drink from Bohemian crystal. Every
morning the floor of the cage is strewn with shavings of scented woods,
and between the bars of the cage are placed rare exotic plants.
The writer of the "Week," in the Calcutta Englishman, gives the
following "gems" from the recent university examination papers :
" -killed his material father." "Commerce flourished with viru-
lence." " None but men of fearful habits are the true statics of a na-
tion." "A nation of some interest will he sure to give a deep sigh as to
the whereabouts of the thermometrical effects of the man in this." " Na-
tional archives which was at one time the gate of the holy city."
A scientific article discusses "What Eyes Are For." It's easy.
Eyes, great, bright, sparkling eyes, are for the purpose of fooling a fellow
into marrying a girl who has a mother and three older sisters, with ever
ready hearts and guiding hands to boss your household.— New Haven Reg-
ister.
BUSH-STREET THEATER.
Chnrles E. Locke, Proprietor.— Third Week and Overwhelm-
ing Success of the Comedy Season. Every Night during the Week (including
Sunday), and Saturday Matinee,
Mr. Sothern and His Company of Comedians!
Mr Sothern in two of his greatest characterizations at each performance. To com-
mence with the three-act Comedy entitled DUNDREARY'S BROTHER SAM. Fol-
lowed by Mr. Sothern's original farce, DUNDREARY MARRIED AND SETTLED.
Lord Dundre.iry (married to Georgitia), MR. SOTHERN. hi Preparation— DAVID
G AURIC K, HOME, and THE HORNET'S NEST. Reserved Seats a* the Box Office
one week in advance. March IS.
THE BALDWIN THEATER.
Thomas Magalre, Manager; K. St. Eberle, Stage Manager.
This (Saturday) Afternoon, March 13th, Last Clara Morris Matinee — Last Per-
formance of RAYMONDE, and Positively Last Appearance of
Clara Morris !
This (Saturday) Evening— Complimentary Benefit of MR. HARRY PEAKES. The
charming English Opera. MARTHA. Sunday Evening— THE TWO ORPHANS.
Monday— THK TWO ROSES. In Preparation— FRENCH FLATS. March 13.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
March 13, 1880.
"The World," the Flesh, and the Devil.
[By a Truthful Penman.]
"Who was the eminent journalist, who, returning, or rather trying to
return home in the marvelous black fog on the opening night at the new
Haymarket Theater, offered himself to a policeman in Trafalgar-square,
as " positively the man who committed the Burton-crescent murder ; no
mistake this time "? He was, we are told, a nervous creature, and had
conceived this happy thought as yielding a last chance of finding his way
somewhere, and being taken care of till Monday Morning. No luck,
however. " Won't do! " replied the intelligent officer. " You're the fif-
teenth to-night."—— King Alfonso made his appearance in public at 3:45
A.M. on the twenty-eighth of November, 1858, on a gold platter and with-
out any trappings of purple and fine linen. Such, at least, was the tes-
timony furnished to the Czar by Prince Michael Galitzyn, then Prussian
Ambassador at the Court of Queen Isabella. His Excellency wrote as
follows: " On the twenty-eighth of November, 1S58, 1 was awakened sud-
denly at 3 o'clock in the morning by a royal halberdier, who brought me
an invitation to betake myself without delay to the royal palace, in order
to be present at the delivery of her Majesty the Queen. Within half an
hour I entered her Majesty's private cabinet, where I found numerous
grandees and ministers already assembled. A few minutes later the doors
of the cabinet were thrown open, and the King consort, Don Francisque
d'AssiBi, entered the room, bearing upon a golden salver the new-born in-
fant, Don Alfonso, stark naked. Thus all present were enabled to assure
themselves that an heir to the throne had really come into the world. —
Paris Figaro.— Count Ferdinand de Lesseps is seventy-four years old,
robust and tine-looking, of medium hight, with short, white hair, iron-
gray mustache, close cropped, sparkling brown eyes and florid face. His
manner is nearer like that of a man twenty-four years old than a person
half a century older. The Countess de Lesseps is about thirty-two years
old, a brunette, with pleasing features and a charming ease and grace of
manner. She is the daughter of M. de Bragard, a judge in the Island of
Mauritius, where she was born. She married the Count de Lesseps on
his return from Palestine, in 1869. They have seven children, of whom
two are twins. The three youngsters with them are of a decidedly lively
disposition, and, with their novel fashion of bare legs, have created quite
a sensation already at the Windsor. — N. Y. Sun.-^— "The Tichbome
Claimant " is engaged on his autobiography pending his expected release.
He has been offered £3,500 for the book. He has been engaged on it for
the last five years. Those who have seen it say that it is not a happy
literary effort, and it is too largely interspersed with poetic effusions of a
religious character. He has lost 116 pounds since the day he was sen-
tenced.^^ Mr. G-ustave Dore is exhibiting in Paris a very original plaster
cast representing the rescue of Angelica. Her deliverer, mounted on his
hippogriff, is connected with the lower portion of the group only by the
long spear that transfixes the monster's body. Nothing so bold has ever
yet been attempted in statuary. — -Patti is enjoying the substantial de-
lights of the drawing-room. For a single song to her guests a Parisian
Baroness pays the diva 15,000 francs. — -The Queen has decided to start
for Germany about March 25th.— Dumas, the novelist, is very proud of
his daughter Colette, who has just entered society.— — Monsignor Capel,
rumor says, has been suspended for two years on grave charges. ^— Gam-
betta loves to smoke almost as much as Gen. Grant, but the physicians
tell him to abandon the weed or lose his magnificent voice.^— Carlyle
sees no one but Mr. Froude and Mr. Lecky, and is physically extremely
feeble, but his mind is as vigorous as ever, except an occasional lapse of
memory.— Sara Bernhardt reached a theater at eleven o'clock, amid the
indignation of the audience, at a charitable performance, having tarried
at a dinner.— — Mr. William H. Vanderbilt has 831,500,000 where its se-
curity is unquestionable, United States bonds to that amount being regis-
tered in the names of members of his family.— Dean Stanley's charge
that Carlyle's signature to the protest against the Bonaparte monument
was a forgery is refuted by the latter's niece, who signed it at Carlyle's
request for him. ^— Mr. Farini's Friendly Zulus have had their numbers
augmented at the Westminster Aquarium by three young dusky African
females, of the respective ages of twenty-three, eighteen and sixteen, who
are described as Cetewayo's daughters, and bear the musical names of
Unolala (sleepy), Unomadloza (from a suffering mother), and TJno/endaba
(sweet as honey). We were till now under the impression that the ex-
King of Zululand, though very much married, was altogether childless.
There was, however, a Zulu custom of adoption, by which chiefs' daugh-
ters were brought to and left with the King, and considered his children.
In this sense, perhaps, these young ladies may be daughters of Cetewayo.
Not deficient in natural grace, they can scarcely be called regal in appear-
ance. Beside the stalwart men they look undersized. They have rather
finely shaped limbs, and, without being particularly lovely, are bright-
eyed and evidently intelligent, and by no means shy. The combined
troupe exhibit several native customs, including dancing, singing, fighting
a marriage ceremony, and throwing the assegai. Mr. Farini's next im-
portation will be a company of Afghans. — Public Opinion.
French Wine in America.— It will interest California wine-pro-
ducers to know that the consumption of French wines is increasing in the
United States. The importations during last year were as follows:
Galls, in Cask. Cases. Total Galls.
Bordeaux wines 775,589 85,336 988,878
Cette* 635,480
Burgundy 10,460 3,254 19,808
Champagne 159,261
Of these latter, 49,312 cases were exported by Mumm & Co., 26,786 by
Heidsieck, 17,171 by Poederer, 7,245 by Pommery, and 6,511 by Moet
and Chandon.
INSURANCE.
HUTCHINSON & MANN,
INSURANCE ASENOT,
No. 332 <fr 334 California Street, San Francisco, Cal.
GIEARD of Philadelphia.
HOME of Columbus,
NEW ORLEANS ASSOCIATION
PEOPLES of Newark
Fire Insurance.
ST. PAUL of St. Paul.
TEUTON! A of New Orleauj.
BERLIN-COLOGNE of Berlin.
LA CONFIANCE ■ of Paris.
KEVERE of Boston. | DWELLING HOUSE UNDERWRITERS
LA CAISSE GENERALS of Paris, i of New York
W ATERTOWN of New York. I
Marine Insurance.
PARIS UNDERWRITING ASSOCIATION of Paris
LONDON AND PROVINCIAL MARINE INSURANCE CO of London!
Capital Represented $23, 000, COO.
All Losses Equitably Adjusted and Promptly Paid.
W. L. CHALMERS, J. P. CLARK, J. C. STAPLES,
Special Agents and Adjusters.
HOME MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. OF CALIFORNIA.
Principal Office, 406 California Street, Sim Francisco.
Cash Assets, January 1, 1877, $595,291 ; Liabilities, $5,952 ; Surplus for Policy
Holders, $589,339. J. F. Houghton, President ; L. L. Baker, Vice-President '
Charles R. Story, Secretary. R. H. MAGILL, H. H. BIGELOW, General Agents. '
Directors. — San Francisco— L. L. Baker, John H. Redington, J. F. Houghton
R. E. Gray, Robert Watt, John Currey, L. L. Baker, W. F. Whittier, C. C. Burr, E*.
M. Root, W. H. White, J. L. N. Shepard, W. M. Greenwood, George S. Mann, Cyrus
Wilson, W. T. Garratt, C. Waterhouse, A. P. Hotaling, A. Block, A. K. P. Harmon,
G. S. Johnson, AV. O. Wilson, A. W. Bowman, H. L. Bodge, Charles R. Story. Ala-
meda County Branch— V. D. Moody, Chauncy Taylor, A. C. Henry, Robert S. Far-
relly, Joseph B. Marlin, W. B. Hardy, T. B. Simpson, San Diego— A. H. Wilcox.
Sacramento — Mark Hopkins, D. W. Earl, Julius Wetzlar, James Carolan. San Jose—
T. Ellard Beans, B. D. Murphy, A. Poster, J. H. Dibble, J. S. Carter, Jackson Lewis,
Jacob Rich, John Auzerais, Johu Balbach. Stockton— H. H. Hewlett, Chas. Belding,
J. D. Peters, A. W. Simpson, H. M. Fanning. Marysville— D. E. Knight. Grass
Valley— Wm. Watt, T. W. Sigourney. Portland, Oregon— W. S. Ladd, C. H. Lewis.
P. Wasserman, B Goldsmith, D. Macleay. Virginia Citv, Nevada — John GilUg, Isaac
L. Requa. ' March 17.
FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE-UNION INS. CO. OF S. F.
The California Lloyds. ---Established in 1861.— Noh. 416 and
418 California street. Cash Capital, §750,000 in Gold Coin. Fair Rates!
Prompt Settlement of Loses!! Solid Security ! ! DIRECTORS. —San Fran-
cisco—J. Mora Moss, N. G. Kittle, M. J. O'Connor, R. S. Floyd, Moses Heller,!
Adam Grant, Daniel Meyer, Antoine Borel, Charles Kohler, E. L. Goldstein,
I. Lawrence Pool, A. Weill, Joseph Brandenstein, Charles Bauiu, James Mottitt,
Benjamin Brewster, L. Cunningham, W. M. Hoag, Nicholas Luning, John Parrott,
L. A. Booth, Julius Baum, Myles D. Sweeney, Jag. M. Goewey, Edward Cad walader
Bartlett Doe, Gustave Touchard, J. H. Baird, J. G. Kittle, George C. Hickox, C. Du4
commun, Wm. Seholle, John Conly, Ig. Steinbart, W. B. Stone, J. O. Eldridge, A,
B. Phipps.
GUSTAVE TOUCHARD, President. N. G. KITTLE, Vice-President, t
Chari.es D. Haven, Secretary. Geo. T. Bohen, Surveyor. Aug. 31, i
THE STATE INVESTMENT AND INSURANCE CO.
I'IKE AM> MARINE.
Clash Assets, $450,000.— Principal Office, 218 and 220 San.
J some street, San Francisco. Officers : — A. J. Bryant, President ; Riciiaei
Ivers, Vice-President ; Charles H. Cusuing, Secretary ; H. H. Watson, Marine
Surveyor. Board of Directors :— Peter Donahue, James Irvine, C. D. O'SuIlivan*
A. Bocqueraz, R. Harrison, A. H. Rutherford, R. Bailey, E. W. Corbert, George 0:
McMullin, A. J. Bryant, Frank M. Pixley, E Burke, H. H. Watson, Dr. C. F. Buckley!
P. J. White, E. M. Root, M. Mayblum, Richard Ivers, John Rosenfeld, Daniel
Callaghan. P. H. Russell, Sacramento. John G. Downey, Los Angeles. Wml
Hood, SonomaCounty. H. W. Seale. Mayfield. Geo. Rutherford, San Jose. Feb. 16
AGGREGATE ASSETS,
840,647,942.
Imperial Fire Insurance Co. , of London Instituted 1808.'
London Assurance Corporation, of London .M,
Established by Eoyal Charter 1720
Northern Assurance Corporation, of London Established 1836.
Queen Insurance Company, of Liverpool Established 1857.'
A JOINT POLICY ISSUED BY THE FOUR COMPANIES.
ROBERT DICKSON, Manage*,
W. ZANE BOOKER, Agent ana Attorney.
317 CALIFORNIA STREET, S. T. [Oct. 11,
NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL LIFE 1NSUR. CO. OF BOSTON.
Has transacted tbe business of Iiife Insurance for nearlj
thirty-five years. Its assets amount to over Fourteen Million Dollars. Th>
law of Massachusetts makes all its Policies nonforfeitable. It is a Purely Mutual Com
pany, dividing every cent of surplus among Polic3r-holders. This is the Only Con*
pany on the Pacific Coast governed by the Massachusetts Lapse Law. This compan;
has comn'ied with the new Insurance Laws of California.
WALLACE EVERSON, General Agent.
Sept. 22J 328 Montgomery street.
THE MARINE INSURANCE GO. OF LONDON, ENGLAND.
[ESTABLISHED 1S36.]
Whole Amount of Jo'nt Stock and Guaranteed Capital- .$5,000,000
Whole Amount of Capital paid up 900,000
Cash Assets December 31 , 1876 3,710,000|
The undersigned have been duly authorized to issue Policies at current rates o
Freight and Shipments to or from England, Europe, New York, Japan, China, Aui
tralian Colonies, Sandwich Islands, and Northern Coast Ports. If desired, policie
made payable at port of termination,
WILLIAMS, D1MOND & CO., Agents,
Aug. 10. 218 California street, j
~ THE SWISS MARINE INS. COMPANIES COMBINED.
Switzerland, of Zurich, Capital 5,000,000 francs; Helve tin
of St. Gall, Capital 10,000,000 francs ; Baloise, of Basle, Capital 5,000,000 frano
These three Companies are liable jointly and severally for all losses that may be su
tained. Losses made payable in all the principal seaports of the world. In" the se
tlement of all claims under an English policy, these Companies willstrictly adhere •
the conditions and customs adopted at Lloyds, and submit to English jurisdiction.
June 9. HARRY W. SYZ, Agent, 225 Sansome St., S. F. ,
March 13, 1880.
CAMKORNIA ADVERTISER,
9
FUGITIVES OF FUN AND FANCY.
When
Br fc>m-- ri'i«v tit«tuH \u A farrwrll ti u"in(t
B%on'' • ■»■
. rut was that * " And hli 'Uuk'lit- r. thinks it |wU
v ^nation
^■M yon think it a delusion, (if that «-»m>! like osculation,
TiVn y«".i onm« t-» the conclusion ttion,
That it must have been the cut That it mutt have been the cat.
When nt midnight Nmnda ■pmUing,
Like the note <»f mma on* ndling,
And ii voice in anguish calling,
Make y.-nr heart go ;>it .» pal
Y.'u'rv sure itV burglar* breaking
In v.mr door, an'l you lie quaking
And iMTering and shaking,
Whan it "iily is \h
" Ay. Tell me That "—What .In •* the billet donx ? What check did
counter si^n ! Who ever saw a hoo.1 wink ? Who ever saw a pia iron ?
What dues -,v plant? Why did the thunderbolt! Who ever heard a
'1? Why did the dew drop? Where does a clockwork? What
did plow share? Who ever saw a wheel w right ? For whom did penny
weight? Whom did tin foil? What did brandy smash? What did
■rasa plot ': What was it crape shot ! What did the pick pocket? Whom
did the goose berry? Is it a joke that Jim cracks?
Extract from a remarkably sharp boy's composition on tobacco: " The
habit of using tobacco is very bad: in fact, my Third Reader says it is
ftisguating. Even tangs won't use tobacco. But that's because they ain't
Ting. No one likes tobacco the first time. And if hogs would
only stick to it a little while, there wouldn't be no more said about their
refusing the filthy stuff." — Puck.
"Too Bad! "-The Xew Cook: "Well, I declare! Here I've been
and give' six guineas for a new dress to keep up the respectability of the
'ouse, and here's Missis, in a dowdy thirty shillin' 'ulstrer,' a-coming'
from that there ' Ladies' Co-operative Economical Millingery Associa-
tion ! '" — Punch.
Mark Twain says that the difference between him and George Wash-
ington is that G. W. couldn't lie, while he, M. T., can lie, but wont. Mark
•ays, further, that lying "is bad— lying is very bad. I think that for a
man to tell a be when he cannot make anything by it is very wrong."
At a brilliant bal masque, my charmer I met,
Ah, me!
The memory of moments, I'll never forget,
When she
Darted love-glances from optics of blue—
This pretty, voluptuous, languishing Lu —
Dainty her foot fall and natty her shoe,
Her prattle ao piquant, her manner so true
And free.
We sat down to supper, and ate by the card,
When she
Observed that round dances she'd learned to regard
As the
Best sauce for square meals. Then the way
She launched into oysters (stew, broil and patee"),
And washed down with claret, billed " Pontet-Canet,"
Made me tremble for all I had borrowed that day —
Viz. : a V.
— Erratic Enrique in New York News.
The Main Chance— and Why Not ?— Fancy Statloneress's Daugh-
ter: " Oh, ma! What a sweet valentine he has sent me! Wherever shall
I keep it ?" Ma: "Keep it ? Nonsense! Put it in the winder! " — Judy.
The Lemon-aid.— Jones: "Two lemons a day! Monstrous! These
doctors always overdo it! A small piece of lemon, well soaked in. hot
water and sugar, .and anything else you like, is all you want."
A Kentucky Man undertook to rescue a book-agent from drowning,
but an inscrutable Providence not only prevented, but drowned the mis-
guided wretch himself. — New Haven Register.
The Telephone is only about two years old, but some of the jokes
about it sound as though they were ragged when the pyramids were
young. —Burlington Hawkey e.
Lady (who wants to sit down, to little girl in possession of coveted
chair): " Will you sit in my lap, darling?" Darling: "Sank you— I've
dot a chair ! "
Mr. Punch's Notice of Motion (as soon as possible)—" To ask Mr.
Parnell how much he would take to stop where he is ?" — Punch.
The New Orleans Picayune tropically remarks : " The palmy days
of a boy's life are those in which he gets properly spanked by his mother."
A member for Birmingham's favorite adage:— Always look on the
Bright side of things. — Fun.
Astronomical Contingencies.— "If a body meet a body coming
through the sky."
Toast and Sentiment for Irish Absentees.— The land we live out
of. — Punch.
HERMAPHRODITE SALMON.
Ed. " News Letter :" In Clay Street Market, Merchant street side, I
inspected and handled a perfect specimen of hermaphrodite salmon. The
liver, roes and milts were quite healthy. The roes were, as usual, at-
tached below the liver and fully developed. Both milts were somewhat
smaller than in the male fish, but large, healthy, white, and somewhat
oval in form. The blood-vessels were well displayed. Is it a monstros-
ity ? The fishermen and the fish-dressers had never seen anything like it
before. Professor Jordan, United States Fish Commissioner, received it
as a present from the owner for transmission to Washington. Surely, in
the interest of science, it ought to be photographed before leaving the
city. j. j. b.
San Francisco, March 5th. •
E.M. Fry. FRY, WATTLES & CO., J.B.Watties.
Stock Brokers,
MS Montgomery Mr«-«-t. s. I\. I'nilrr the Xcvodn Bank.
fci^ Money to loan on active account*. Nor. 8.
Jamea H. Grossman.] IH. F. Baker, O.E., Mining Engineer.
GROSSMAN Sl BAKER,
\|,m" Br«krm,:tj| Pine street, San Francisco, California.
-A-'-i. Mining Properties Examined, Surrered and Reported on* <>re an J Minerals
i or Analysed ; Sales v pllal procured t<<r development. Con-
lo London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, Now York, Boston, Philadelphia, Balti-
more, .St. Lmm mid Chii Jan. 17.
Quo. C. HnsOZ. E. C. MoFarlanb.
GEORGE C. HICKOX & CO.,
/ ' I««iuii Slock Brokers iSnn Frnnclsco Stock El-
^-^ change. No. 412 BfoDtgomerj Btroet, Ban EYanctaoo. May 4.
H.B.Williams. A. Ohesebrough. ¥. H. Dimond.
WILLIAMS, DIMOND & CO.,
Shipping and Commission Merchants.
UNION BUILDING, JUNCTION MARKET AND PINE STS.
AGENTS FOR
Pacific Mail Steamship Company, Pacific Steam Navigation
Company, The Cunard Royal Mail Steamship Company.
"The California Line of Clippers" from New York
and Boston, and "The Hawaiian Line."
San Francisco, January 31, 1880. [Jan. 31.
C. ADOLPHE LOW & CO.,
Commission Merchants,
SAN FRANCISCO and NEW YORK.
KiT* Agents of American Sugar Refinery, corner of Union and Battery streets,
San Francisco, California. Jan. 17.
AVERILL MIXED PAINT,
The Best, Most Durable and Beautiful of All Faints.
PREPARED READY FOR USE,
AND OF ANY SHADE OR COLOR DESIRED.
O. S. ORKICE, General Agent,
Sept. 27. 329 Marhet St., Opposite Front.
REMOVAL.
COMMINS & O'CONNOR,
Importers of Wines and Liquors,
HAVE REMOVED FROM
NO. 505 FRONT STREET TO
238 and 340 MARKET STREET and 7 and 9 PINE STREET,
Between Front and Davis. [Feb. 7.
ANDREW BAIRD,
Negotiator of Loans and Commercial Paper,
Broker in Local and State Securities,
No. 312 California Street San Francisco.
[P. O. Box 1,208.1 July 19.
TABER, HARKER & CO.,
IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE GROCERS,
108 and 110 California St., S. F.
rApril 19,]
JONAS J. MORRISON,
Lumber Dealer.
A Choice Assortment ofSngar Pine, Sprace Shelving:, Pine
Stepping, Dry Surface Redwood, and a full line of Building Material, always
on hand. Jan. 24.
Nbwton Booth, C. T. Wheeler, Sacramento. | J. T. Glover, W. W. Dodgb, S. F
W. W. DODGE & CO.
Wholesale Grocers, corner Front and Clay streets, San
Francisco. April 1.
CASTLE BROTHERS,
ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAR 1850.
Importers of Teas and East India Goods, Nos.213 and 215
Front street, San Francisco. Jan. 13.
L.H.Newton. NEWTON BROTHERS & CO., M.Newton.
Importers and wholesale dealers in Teas, Foreign Goods and
Groceries, 204 and 206 California street, San Francisco, Cal May 25.
D. HICKS & CO.,
Bookbinders and Blank Book Manufacturers,
NO. 543 CLAY STREET.
pj^° Blank Books Ruled, Printed and Bound to Order. [Nov. 8.
EDWARD BOSQUI & CO.,
Printers, Engravers, Lit hog rap hers and Bookbinders,
JLeidesdorff street, from Clay to Commercial.
JULES TAVERNIER'S NEW STUDIO,
728 Montgomery Street.
[Jon. 17.
12
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
March 13, 1880.
AGITATING THE AGITATORS.
There can be no doubt that San Francisco and her citizens are in a
very critical position. Both have a great deal at stake, both have suf-
fered a great deal lately, and both are a great deal to blame for their own
injury. We refer, of course, to the Sand-lot agitation as the cause. The
city (naturally we mean the city authorities) should hare, above all, acted
with dignity and firmness in the first place. It had it in its power to nip
the agitation in its bud. But what did the city do ? It arrested a few
then incipient agitators ; was scared out of its boots by the remonstrances
of a venal and self-serving daily press against the shackling of free speech,
and, trembling at the sound of goose- clacking on all sides, loosed its grip
on the vermin, which it ought to have then and there shaken to death.
The time had not yet come when the citizens could properly take hold of
the matter. But time and time again golden opportunities were offered
for the city to do so. " Incendiary language" (which in itself should
cause the machinery of the law to move rapidly) is an utterly inadequate
term to express the utterances of the Sand-lot, even at that early date.
But the law and the authorities were stolid. Free speech must not be in-
terfered with. God help them in their nursery interpretation of that very
excellent shibboleth, in its way, " free speech I" Then came the citizens'
turn. The bullying and blackguarding of corporations and wealthy
men was no longer strong meat enough for the ravenous maws
of the Sand-lot. The delectable mob of idlers, malcontents,
tramps and cut-throats, there in solemn conclave assembled, no
longer hesitated to wade (in their spoken imagination) up to their
chins in gore, if their demands were not acceded to. They threat-
ened to blow up the city with dynamite; they named prominent mer-
chants whom they would hang; they pa&sed an ever-empty hat round
among them, and spat oaths into it to erect a gallows for the execution of
their betters. Then— since the law seemed helplessly paralyzed, and the
police and militia either over-awed or over-bribed— then was the citizens'
opportunity. What did the citizens do? Because they knew that all
these threats came from a pack of cowardly whelps who never were
known to make their word good, these wise citizens of ours sat and gig-
gled over the newspaper accounts and — did nothing. Next, there came a
time (a time which the News Letter and a few others predicted long ago)
when capital began to leave the State, when the wheels of industry came
to a standstill, when the sneers of the whole world were directed against
a community which — onceso well able to take care of itself — had degene-
rated into a poor puppet in the hands of a paltry mob. It is no wonder,
then, that a prominent Eastern journal should say of San Francisco:
"The curses of its hoodlumism have come home to roost. The coward-
ice of its respectability has brought dishonor upon American civilization."
But, though such was the stage of our affairs a few days ago, it is so no
longer. At length our people have come to recognize the fact, that though
our pestilent Sand-lotters cannot, and dare not, do us any matetial harm,
yet the fact of our tolerating their insolence lays us open to the charge of
being unable to take care of ourselves. An organized committee has been
formed. It is called the " Citizens' Protective Union." We should pre-
fer to call it by a plainer, a more historic, and a more suggestive name.
But, after all, the title doesn't matter much. The spirit of the organiza-
tion is the same as that of '51 and '55. It even has many of the same
men in its ranks as leaders, and it has younger blood in abundance to
back it up. We appreciate, of course, the low estimate which must be
formed of a city which has to appeal to the spirit of its citizens to defend
itself against apathy, if not corruption, of its laws. But is not the ques-
tion as it stands reduced to a choice between two evils ? Shall we rule
the mob or let the mob rule and ruin us ? We, for our part, choose the
former alternative. Therefore, we hope that the Vig — we mean Citizens'
Protective Union —will do its work ; not by the mere terrorism of num-
bers, but by prompt and severe action that shall give our troubled city
peace for all time to come.
SHARON EXPLAINS.
Senator Sharon on Thursday last presented to the Senate a petition
of two citizens of Nevada praying for a reduction of duty on certain
kind3 of paper and chemicals used in printing. The petitioners are editors
of a journal published in Eureka. Thp Senator took this opportunity to
make the following remarks, which will be read with great satisfaction
by all his friends : " When I was elected to a seat in this body I supposed
that all around me was financially smooth and clear. Just atter my elec-
tion I found that an associate and friend had involved myself to the ex-
tent of millions of dollars. It was a question with me whether I should
then continue in the Senate or resign. I confidently expected to arrange
my affairs immediately and be continually present. That pleasure and
duty were denied me. I would have been proud to have participated
more in your deliberations. I know that there has been private and pub-
lic comment upon my absence. Nothing but the vital necessities of the
occasion and the large complications in which I was involved could have
kept me away. I know as well as any Senator in this body my duty and
its privilege. I know my duty to my State and my country, and nothing
but these great difficulties could keep me from performing that duty.
I wish to say one word more. These complications may again call me
away for three or four weeks, and I ask the kind indulgence of the Sen-
ate on account of my absence. I have said all the time that should my
constituents demand my resignation it is in their hands." Senator Sharon
says he intends to stare homeward next Saturday evening, and that he
will return to Washington by the middle of April
KALLOCH'S PROCLAMATION.
The insolent proclamation that has just been made by the fellow
who, to our eternal disgrace, is entitled to call himself Mayor of San
Francisco, is a slap in the face from a dirty hand which we richly deserve.
It is our own fault that a mountebank preacher-politician, with a record
as unsavory in morals as it is disgusting in every other human aspect,
has been set over us. If we had possessed sense enough not to be swung
round by the nose to every point of the compass by party, aye, and mere
personal, influences, the present state of affairs had never been. Kal-
loch's so-called Proclamation has been published by every paper in town;
by some of them with a broad, black border round it. Nevertheless, as
a most effectual means of giving the significance of this border its full
weight, and bringing what we hope is its meaning to a final result, we
reprint the document, as follows:
" I deem it my duty to the city over whose welfare I have been called to preside,
and to the public at large, which is being infamously deceived by incendiary mis-
representations as to our situation, to declare, in the most emphatic and public
manner, that there is not, and never has been, the slightest reason to apprehend
any disturbance, riot or lawlessness whatever from the working classes of San Fran-
cisco. If trouble comes to us, it will not come from them. The most inexcusable
arid outrageous means are being used by designing men to goad them into riotous
demonstrations, but they will fail. They are — as they have proven themselves to be
under the most trying provocations — the law-abiding and peace-preserving portion
of our population. I vouch to the world for them that they will so continue. And
I further declare, however people abroad may be imposed upon, the people of the
city see through all the transparent humbuggery of military interference, police in-
crease and inflammatory circulars, and will wait their constitutional day of judg-
ment to peaceably, but effectively, consign their authors to a political infamy and
oblivion which they most richly deserve. I. S. KALLOCH, Mayor."
Now, here is a fellow who for months has listened to the gory threats of
his party, and who himself, only a few days ago, held forth to the Sand-
lot mob in an equally incendiary strain, telling the public through an offi-
cial document (God help us !) that " there is not and never has been the
slightest reason to apprehend any disturbance, riot or lawlessness what-
ever from the working classes of San Francisco." We presume he means
by " the working classes" his own supporters, though he would have done
them better justice by saying " bummers and loafers." There is nothing
to be gained by mincing the matter. Kalloch is a bad man. Every decent
man and woman is ashamed of him in his position as Mayor. With his
private record — filthy though it is reported on high authority to be— we
have nothing to do. His record as Chief Magistrate of our city deeply
concerns us. And before that record we are only too anxious to hide our
diminished heads.
OUR PRESS ON THE PRESENT TROUBLE.
Newspapers, at such a crisis as we have now on hand, have a greater
power for good or evil than at any other time. People who ordinarily
could not find leisure to look at anything in print, now greedily devour
every atom of news on the " situation." It follows, therefore, that every-
body of any consequeuce has more or less" formed an idea of the attitude
of our local Press in the premises. There will be no harm, however, in
giving our readers an opportunity of comparing our opinion with their
own. Out of Heaven knows how many, there are only four daily papers
in the city whose say-so has any weight. These are the Alta, the Bulletin,
the Call and the Chronicle — and pity it is tbat a better should not have
arisen long ere this to relieve the three last of what little influence they
do possess. As for the Alta, its course has been from the first straight-
forward and manly. It has announced its text, and stuck to it. To its
solid influence the present reaction against the mob is very largely due.
We call upon our merchants, one and all, to support in future
this old and well established daily sheet. The Chnmich is just
now raving on the right side. But every one knows why it does
so. Perhaps its dignity would be better conserved in the public
regard if it took the other tack. The Call's course is naturally
that of a sniveling coward. Nothing else could be expected. Even at
such a crisis as the present it cannot get off the fence— off two or three
fences, we should say. It doesn't want to offend the richer classes, and
it has a mortal dread of losing the patronage which Biddy and Pat confer
in the shape of " small ads." But it would sooner sacrifice itself on both
altars than not get its "pound of flesh " out of the De Youngs. Hence
the Judas kisses which, at the risk of everything, it bestows upon that
chaste model, Mr. Kalloch. The Bulletin, being handcuffed to the Call
by partnership interests, finds itself in an awkward position. Being
" eminently respectable," in the strictest Pecksniffian sense of the phrase,
it hates to knuckle down to the mob. But, then, the Call's "pound of
flesh " is also its own — if it can get it — and, therefore, Kalloch, if not
supported, must not be abused. Hence the imbecile neutrality of the
Bulletin. The lot of them, except the Alta, are unscrupulous, time-
serving and faithless, .and are no more fit to direct public opinion than
a hyena would be to take a Bible-class.
THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT AND IRISH DISTRESS.
We see in the press of this country a tendency "to misrepresent the
action of the British Government in providing for Irish distress. It is
tried to be made out that the British Government have entirely ne-
glected Ireland, and that America has done by its subscriptions what
Great Britain refused to do. The explanations of Sir Stafford Northcote
in the House of Commons show that since last September the state of the
Irish peasantry and farmers has been a cause of continuous solicitude and
watchfulness to the authorities. They authorized the relaxation of the
labor test, and practically instructed the local officials in the districts
threatened with famine, that the people must be maintained at all haz-
ards. They authorized exceptional loans for improvements on lands, the
money payable at once without waiting for the completion of the neces-
sary legal forms, and they are now applying to Parliament for an indem-
nity for doing these illegal acts. There is a great responsibility thrown
upon the Government not to be so lavish in their distribution of money
or food as to cause persons to crowd in from other countries, as it is very
easy to demoralize a community of poor people by making the trade of
pauperism pay better than the pursuit of labor. We read very painful
accounts of suffering in various districts, but there is no proof that the
distress is not being satisfactorily dealt with at all points. There are
painful scenes of misery and want in all countries as well as in Ireland,
and there is no doubt that the agencies at work to meet the exigencies of
Irish distress are quite adequate to the purpose, although America may
well, take credit for its share in the good work of helping the poorer Irish.
rch 13, 1880.
CALIFORNIA AOVKKTISEH.
11
THE TOWN CRIER.
"Ami ih* Ottot Whal lha 4#»lt art ihon.'
"On* thai will pit* th» dm). MX with »oo."
" lla'd • attcc in hi* Uil m mof *■ • flail.
Which roa*l» him crow bolder and boldar."
There fa such a thing . tt An instance In point will il-
luitrate our manning! Mr. .wealthy Front -street merchant
A.-r, ami i.« blessed in the possession of an only dnnghter- a
. ntveii summers, or thereabouts, with cheeks whose
londe Wan catchers and switches have
aural root in Ibt ootids enveloping her uunado-ahaped bead She
* bllt WS au-
y at fraudulent representations : that is, harm — b
bet "mashes end she connte them by donna is Gus
Prettyboy. .i youth with seventy-five Hollars a month in an insurne f-
d ulstered, high collared , square ton hatted youth, who depletes
with cigarettes thai do not bite the tongue, at the
:■■ rate of a pack a day. Euphemia (such is the maiden's name),
. love* the voung man madly. NW-11, the other night Gus
hadn't seen his girl for thirty-six hours, so bethought he'd happen in as
pawns passing, and bring her a ten cent bunch of violets with a tissue
paper pink in the middle. He donned his ulster, hat and collar, and
went. With happy anticipations bubbling in his heart, he was shown
into the parlor. But there eat papa as solid as a rock, puzzling over one
of Deacon Fitch's bewilderers in the Bhape of an editorial, and it was
therefore no wonder that his greeting to the youth was of a nature to re-
call the vivid lights of the Aurora BoreaUs, the departure of the Jean-
md the second act of the Two orphans. But Gus didn't care for
long as he had the bewitching smile of his love to unpolarize the
atmosphere. Seated aide by side, one at each end of the sofa, about a
half face to the left of papa." they talked of this and that and the other,
and longed for some kind interposition of fate or nature that would call
the old gentleman, if only temporarily, from the room. At length, thanks
to the Deacon's fossilized style of expression, papa found a clearing up of
one sentence he had been digging at for the last half hour would necessi-
tate a consultation of his "Dictionary of Obsolete Words." The book
was in the library. He glanced at the doves on the sofa. Everything
looked satisfactory, and, without explanation, he rose and went in quest
of the volume. Now, not having the gift of second sight, we are nut in
a position to specify with exactitude the precise nature of what occurred
in that room during the old man's absence of just four minutes and thirty-
two seconds. Suffice it to say that, when he got back, Euphemia was
anxiously looking under the hearth rug for a car ticket she had dropped
the morning before, and Gus was frantically endeavoring to ascertain, by
observation from the window, where the tire was, though no alarm had
yet greeted the ears of anybody but himself. The old gentleman is no
fool, and albeit his intellect is gradually becoming impaired by a constant
reading of the Bulletin editorials, he knows the constituent concomitants
of five beans. With heavy heart and restless eye, Gus now stands where
he used to sit while he fills out the policy blanks ; Euphemia, with a
month's interdiction of matinees, languishes over the banishment of her
adorer ; a bloodhound lies chained to the front gate with the severed back
stnp of Gus's ulster for bait, and Papa has had his library moved into
the parlor. All of which has come simply from overdoing it.
Up at a twenty-eight bay windowed boarding-house on Sutter street
there has lately been foisted on a suffering community of boarders a social
incubus, in the form of a self-constituted " funny man"— a noisome crea-
ture, who, for downright ability to nauseate, seems to be sui generis. In
the 'language of little Tommy Guttle, whose former stowing capacity at
his regular three square meals a day has been sadly diminished by the in-
truder: " As a first-class nuisance, the Chinese quarter isn't a patch on
him." His plavful antics and sallies of wit display themselves only at
meal-time, and from the peculiar nature and suggestive quality of his fun,
and his success in turning people from their food, it has been strongly
suspected the landlady lets him board free, or allows him a marked re-
duction. Having him whistle to the sausages, and ask in a deep tone as
the corn-bread is passed around: "Got any corns on your toes?" has
been borne with Spartan forbearance. It was thought he would wear
himself out— that inattention would kill him. Not so. On last Wed-
nesday morning the climax was reached. It was at breakfast, and, after
helping himself to the hash, he laid down his fork and remarked: "How
coarse°this bash is. The China boy's teeth must be getting loose." In
accordance with Judge Lake's late opinion, his case will be laid tefore
the next Grand Jury.
To the " Great Artists " and "Literary Celebrities" who come to
this Coast from time to time, and have a "reception" immediately shied
at them by the Bohemian Club, how refreshing it must be to discover
what mistaken opinions they have heretofore entertained as regards the
peculiar nature and distinctive qualities ot the genus Bohemian. It was
worth while coming to San Francisco if only to find out what erroneously
cramped ideas prevail in London, Paris, Vienna, Berlin, etc., in that re-
spect. We should rather think so. Why, a Bohemian, man alive, is just
like anybody else. The only difference is that he usually stands behind
a counter selling shirts and neckties, gloves and underwear, stockings and
ribbons, silks and laces, in the day-time, except when he can slip away at
12 o'clock for his twenty-five cent lunch at the "Club." Sometimes he is
a lawyer, sometimes a doctor or a broker, often a dentist. But that
doesn't alter ft. It's the coming to lunch at the Club that establishes his
status, and if that can't make hira a Bohemian, we'd like to know what
can. Pshaw ! they're behind the age in Europe.
Things having come to a hitch owing to the conflict of opinion between
Judge Lake and Mr. Hall as to the power of the Board of Health to
abate Chinatown as a nuisance, we would respectfully suggest two ways
out of the distressing dilemma. First, let the Board of health sail in and
abate Burke forthwith ; and then let bis backers make a test case of him.
The chief difficulty, we admit, would be "to define his limits.' But if
the authorities can squelch him, on the legal and mathematical axiom
that the greater contains the less, getting rid of Chinatown would be
child's play. Besides, if Burke was gone, nobody would mind China-
town, and that wound end the matter. Second, get Burke to go unto
Chinatown and live there. By this means an illustration of the paradox
of the less containing the greater would be effected, and Chinatown would
then abate itself in self defense.
We had hoped that the fan | urn,™ which had it* birth
and fostering at the Author*' Carnival la-t |Ootober, had about .lied oat
and given its hut expiring kink when that aggregate aasortineut of kid-
gloved young swells, "Company G," gmva it* Doudeecript Fandango on
AfaroH On i.<. a> usual, when our esplratfoni are in favor of 9ai%t»populit
we have been doomed to disappointment. A congregation "f young men
doing businaa [for their employers) OS Kearney, Market and Sixth
whoea time hangs heavy on their bands after 8 o'clock in the eve-
ning, have formed an association bearing the mysterious appellation of
the " * Hub of 1880," its ostensible purpose being to give mask balls. The
real intent of the organisation, as displayed at its recent opening effort,
is to afford to ex-participanta in the lata Authors' Carnival a yearly op-
portunity of airing their cheap finery, and exhibiting their tights, feath-
ers, pasteboard shields and tin sword's to admiring hoodlums as they alight
from the street ears. Those two weeks at the Pavilion last Fall were not
enough for the mock kings, prinoes and courtiers, nor for the decofcttc and
skirt-reefed Bower-girls, Blaioefl and statue*, though a respectable portion
of our citizens thought it lasted about a fortnight longer than it ought ;
so this club has sprung inlo existence to keep the abomination alive. Its
entertainments, it is said, are to be exclusive in the extreme, the commit-
tee declaring that applications for tickets must be sent in a year or so in
advance. Well, well ; we are inclined to believe it after the first voucher
given last week, notwithstanding the fact that Dolly Adams didn't get a
prize. But, of course, the line must be drawn somewhere.
Mr. Shillelegh, of the Mission, took a bobtail car, the other afternoon,
in front of the Parker House, tn return to the bosom of his family. De-
positing his nickel in the box, he seated himself near the door, and, draw-
ing from his pocket Surenne's Conversations en Francais, proceeded to
fortify himself against the interrogatories in that foreign tongue which
usually greeted him upon his arrival chez ltd. By the time the car reached
Sixth and Market streets it was crowded to its utmost capacity, while,
with commendable zeal, yet not without great mental exertion, owing to
a certain atmosphere which pervaded his brain, he had been committing
this phrase to memory: " Non, non. Je ne suis pas rempli aujourd'hui,
ma chere." He had just got a satisfactory hang of the thing, when a man
swung himself onto the back step, and, sliding back the door with a bang,
entered the car. He was a quiet, inoffensive-looking man enough, but of
a social demeanor and conversational habit ; and, as with a smiling sigh
at the crowded condition of the vehicle he grasped the hand-strap in
front of where Mr. S. sat, he hazarded to that gentleman the following
harmless remark: " Full, as usual." There was a sudden commotion in
that car. None of the passengers recollect exactly how it happened, but
there are indistinct visions related of a case-knife flashing in the air, and
a human body flying headlong through the doorway. It is needless to add
that conversation was carried on in whispers for the balance of the trip,
and that the quiet, inoffensive man of social demeanor and conversational
habit will in future eliminate from his observations to strangers every-
thing that partakes of an ambiguous character.
With the somewhat unexpected arrival in our harbor of the Lan-
cashire Witch (and owner) the " English Lord" fever has, notwithstand-
ing the recent sad experiences with "Sir George," broken out afresh
among our society leaders of the Occidental and Mission. In fact, several
dray-loads of invites to breakfasts, luncheons, teas, kettledrums, dinners,
etc., accompanied by the cards of the fair entertainers, have been dumped
in the courtyard of the Palace, and await the perusal of the — this time—
simon pure baronet when he sees fit to come on shore. The aftertaste of
"Sir George" has lingered so long upon the sensitive social palate that
the chance of its removal by a labial application to a veritable epidermis,
has been hailed with a delight heretofore unprecedented in the annals of
our nouveau elite.
A distingue ladv of our present society— save the mark!— who has
" traveled considerable " since the stock boom of 74, and who has lately
returned from her fourth trip to " the other side," is, we are requested to
state, ever ready and willing to impart to the uninitiated and those de-
sirous of knowing what's what, her observations and experiences of " how
they do in Europe. Among other bits of information, she brings back
the intelligence that full dress for dinner has gone out of fashion among
the aristocracy of England, and that English ladies of rank are quite as
fond of decorating their persons with diamonds and jewelry at breakfast
as — well, those of other nationalities. She Btopped two weeks at the
Langham, and, of course, knows.all about it. Give her a call.
If the ringing of bells can prevent accidents on street railroads,
then surely ought the Geary street line to have an immunity from danger
as endless as its cable. The other afternoon an unhappy fate compelling
us to ride from Kearny street to the corner of Leavenworth, curiosity
prompted us to count the taps. During the trip of six blocks the dummy
bell clanged, and was answered by the car, just exactly three thousand
seven hundred and eighty-nine times. Now, all this bell ringing may be
a necessary precaution in the anxious minds of the managers, but if we
lived along that line, we freely confess we would sooner have any number
of helpless old men and children run over and smashed up every five
minutes. '
" Baby Mine" has been rather a prominent feature at the Baldwin
Theater matinees lately. On last Saturday, during one of Miss Morris's
most intense scenes, a wail was heard to proceed from the Balcony circle,
strongly resembling the long-drawn note of the oboe in the orchestra.
Miss Morris paused and listened. The wail was repeated, and the ac-
tress was evidently put out thereby. Out rushes Mr. Harriot, and, seiz-
ing Maguire by the button, exclaims: " Maguire, you must engage "
" iko, no ;" quoth the manager, affrighted, " no more of your sixty dollar
salaries for me." " Hear me out," replies Harriott ; " you must engage a
wet nurse for the hungry babies, that's all."
Scene: A salon in the suburbs. Time, half-past three p.m. Business,
a ladies' lunch party (called a kettledrum to make it "toney," you know).
Unexpected return of the man of the house by a Woodward's bobtail.
Sudden consternation of the hostess and guests, and immediate removal
from the table of all the case-knives. Tableau. Curtain.
The Sons of Crispin are on the rampage. They hold " Tappertit "
meetings with closed doors, and shout lustily for Chinese gor-r-r re. We
trust that on the day of battle, their traditional esprit de corps will not be
found wanting, and that they will prove " there is nothin like leather."
The 'wine interests of California are exciting a good deal of atten-
tion in England— only rivaled by the tehine interests of Ireland.
12
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
March 13, 1880.
Commencing; Sunday, Nov. 16th, 1879,
and until further notice, Boats and Trains will
leave San Francisco (Washington-st. Wharf) as follows :
3f\ f\ p. m. daily (Sundays included) , Steamer
• \J\J "James M. Donahue" (Washington Street
Wharf) , connecting with Mail and Express Train at Don-
ahue for Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Healdshurg, Cloverdale,
and way stations. Making stage connections at Geyser-
ville for Skaggs" Springs ; at Cloverdale for Ukiah, Lake-
port, Mendociuo City, Highland Springs, Uartlett
Springs, Soda Bay and the Geysers.
g-^i Connections made at Fulton on following morn-
ing for Korbel's, Guerneville and the Redwoods.
(Arrive at San Francisco, week days, 10:10 a.m. ; Sun-
days, 11 A.M.
Freight received from 7 a.m. till 2.30 p. m.,
daily {except Sundays) .
Special Notice.— The Sunday Excursion Trips are dis-
continued until further notice.
Ticket Office : "Washington st. "Wharf.
A. HUGHES,
Gen. Manager.
PETER J. McGLYNN,
Gen. Pass. & Tkt. Agt.
C. P. R. R.
Overland Ticket Office : Oakland Ferry, foot
of Market street. —Commencing: Sunday.
Jan. 25th, 1880, and until further notice.
Trains and Boats will leave
SAN FRANCISCO:
7 0A A.M. Daily— Local Passenger Train via Oak-
• Ol7 land and Benicia to Sacramento. Connects at
Yallejo Junction for Vailejo, Napa (Stages for Sonoma),
St. Helena (White Sulphur Sprintrs) and Calistoga
(Stages for the Geysers). Connects also at Port Costa
for Martinez, Antioch and " Byron."
Sunday Excursion Tickets, at Reduced Bates, to San
PablOy Yallejo, Benicia and Martinez. __
1 QfkA.BI. Daily -Local Passenger Train via Oak-
* »Ov land, Niles, Livermore and Stockton, arriving
at Sacramento at 1:40 p.m., and connecting with Atlan-
tic Express. Connects at Niles with Train arriving at
San Jose at 10:30 a.m., and at Gait with train for lone,
9QH A-M Daily— Atlantic Express via Oakland and
.*j\J Benicia for Sacramento, Colfax, Reno (Vir-
ginia City), Battle Mountain (Austin), Palisade (Eure-
ka), Ogden, Omaha and East. Connects at Davis for
Woodland, and at Woodland, Sundays excepted, for
Williams and Willows. Connects at Sacramento daily
with the Oregon Express for Marysville, Chico, Red
Bluff and Redding (Stages for Portland, Oregon).
1 C\ ilrtA-M- Daily— Local Passeoger Train via Oak-
1U.UU land to Havwards and Niles.
3f\{\ P.M. Daily— Local Passenger Train via Oak-
iUu land and Niles, arriving at San Jose at5:25 p.m.
3i\i\ P.M. Daily— Local Passenger Train via Oak-
• \J vf land for Martinez and Antioch.
4f\f\ P.M. Daily— Arizona Express via Oakland and
• l/U Martiuez for Latbrop (Stockton and Gait) Mer-
ced, Madera (Yosemite and Big Trees), Visalia, Sumner,
Mojave, Newhall (San Buenaventura and Santa Barbara),
LosAsqeles, " Santa Monica," Wilmington, Santa Ana
(San Diego), Colton and Yuma (Colorado River Steam-
ers), connecting direct with Daily Trains of the South-
ern Pacific Railroad of Arizona for Maricopa (Stages
for Phoenix and Prescott), and for Casa Grande, 182
miles east from Yuma (Stages for Florence, Tucson and
Tombstone. Sleeping Cars between Oakland, Los An-
geles and Yuma. „ „ . ,
Connects, Sundays excepted, at Yallejo Junction for
Vallejo, Napa, St. Helena and Calistoga.
4C\f\ P.M. Sundays excepted— Sacramento Steamer
.UU (from SVash'u St. Wharf), for Beniciaand Land-
ings on the Sacramento River.
4AAP.M. Daily— Through Third Class Train via
. \J yj Oakland, Martinez and Lathrop for Los An-
geles and points in Arizjna.
4 0f\ P.M. Sundays excepted— Local Passenger Train
• OV/ via Oakland and Benicia for " Sacramento."
Connects at Davis with Local Train i or Woodland and
Knight's Landing, and at Sacramento with the "Vir-
ginia Express" for Reno, Carson and Virginia. Sleeping
Cars Oakland to Carson.
4 0f) P.M. Daily— Local Passenger Train via Oak-
• OVy land for Haywards, Niles and Livermore.
Public conveyance for Mills Seminary connects atSem-
nary Park Station with all trains, Sundays excepted.
5AA P.M. Daily— Overland Emigrant Train via
•"" Oakland, Benicia and Sacramento for Ogden,
Omaha aud East.
Connection s for " Vallyo" made at Yallejo Junction
from Trains leaving San Francisco 7:30 a.m., 9.30 a.m.,
3:00 P.M., and 4:00 p.m.
FERRIES AND LOCAL TRAINS.
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♦Alameda Passengers change cars at Oakland.
Creefc Route.
From SAN FRANCISCO— Daily— x5:40, B6:30, 7.20, 8:15,
9:15, 10:15, 11:15 A.M. 12:15, 1:15, 2:25, 3:15, 4:15,
5:15, 6.15 P.M.
From OAKLAND— Daily— *5:30, B6:20, 7:10, 8:05, 9:05,
10:05, 11:05 A. M. 12:05, 1:05, 2:15, 3:05, 4:05, 5:05,
6:05 p.m. b— Sundays excepted.
"Official Schedule Time" furnished by Anderson &
Randolph, Jewelers, 101 and 103 Montgomery St., S. F.
T. H. GOODMAN, Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agt.
A. N. Towne, General Superintendent.
SONOMA VALLEY RAILROAD.
The SU'iimer ••Soiiomii" leaves Wash-
ingtnu-street Wharf daily (Sundays and Fridays
excepted) at 2 p.m., for Norfolk, connecting with cars
for the town of Sonoma and way stations, arriving 6
p.m.; returning, leaves Sonoma 7 a.m. (Saturdays and
Sundays excepted), arriving at San Francisco 11 a.m.
For further particulars apply at General Office, 426 Mont-
gomery street, or at Washington -street Wharf.
PETER J. McGLYNN,
Feb. 7. - G. P. and T. Agent.
ALASKA COMMERCIAL COMPANY,
No- 310 Sansome Street,
San Francibco,
WHOZESAXE DEAXEJRS IX FURS.
[September 21.]
NOTICE.
For the very best photographs g-o to
BRADLEY & RULOFSON'S, in an Elevator, 429
Montgomery street, Oct. 29.
The "Congregationalist " repeats the story
which Gen. W. N. Armstrong tells of a pious
colored brother, loud in exhortation but exceed-
ingly shaky in morals, who was remonstrated
with by his employer for various breaches of law
and order that brought scandal on the establish-
ment. "Yes, boss," said the culprit, "I own
squarup; I's done broke ebery one ob de c'mand-
ments; but, bress de Lord, I'se nebber lost my
'ligion ! "
Commencing Friday, Nov. 21st, 1879,
and until further notice, Passenger Trains will leave
San Francisco, from Passenger Depot on Townsend
street, between Third and Fourth streets, as follows :
8 0H A.M. daily for San Jose and Way Stations,
*0\J g^5=* Stages for Pescadero (via San Mateo)
connect with this train only.
"I r\ OfJ a.m. daily for San Jose, Gilroy, Hollister,
-LV7.0V7 Tres Pinos, Pajaro, Castroville, Monterey,
Salinas, Soledad and all Way Stations, gp^ At Pa-
jaro, the Santa Cruz R. R. connects with this train for
Aptos, Soquel and Santa Cruz. . ^^ At Castroville,
change cars for Monterey. S3P™ Stage connections
made with this train. (Pescadero Stages via San Mateo v
excepted.)
O OZ"\ p.m. daily (Sundays excepted) for San Joflte,
*J«t> V7 Gilroy, and principal Way Stations.
A Q/~\ p.m. dailyfor San Jose and Way Stations.
Ci Q f\ p.m.— daily, for Menlo Park and Way Stations.
.GSr The Extra Sunday Trains to San Jose and Way
Stations have been discontinued for the winter season.
Second-Class Fare.
Between San Francisco and San Jose $1.00.
On Freight Trains only, leaving San Francisco at 4:00
a.m. aud 10:40 A.M.; San Jose at 5:35 a.m. and 8:30 p.m.
(daily, Sundays excepted) .
Excursion Tickets at Reduced Rates
To San Jose and intermediate points sold on Saturdays,
and Sunday mornings, good for return until following
Monday inclusive.
Also, EXCURSION TICKETS to Aptos, Soquel, Santa
Cruz and Monterey, sold on Saturdays only— good for
return until the following Monday inclusive.
JEsT" Principal Ticket Office— Passenger Depot, Town-
send street. Branch Ticket Office— No. 2 New Mont-
gomery street, Palace Hotel.
A. C. BASSETT, Supt. H. R. JUDAH, A. P. & T. A.
SOUTHERN DIVISIONS.
Commencing Monday, May 19th, 1879.
tF^°" Passengers for points on the Southern Divisions
of the road will take the cars of the Central Pacific Rail-
road via OAKLAND, leaving SAN FRANCISCO via Ferry
Landing, Market street, at 4:00 p.m. daily (Arizona Ex-
press Train), and making close connection at GOSHEN
for Sumner, Mojave, Los Angeles, Wilmington, Ana-
heim, Colton, Colorado River, Yuma, Maricopa and Casa
Grande (182 miles east from Yuma). Nov. 22.
THE IMAGE IN THE NIGHT.
I see a maideu in the night,
Beside a parapet of gold ;
Her face is patient, calm and white,
Her eyes are large, and black, and bold,
A wondrous beauty sad and sweet,
As moonlight swathing clouds that meet.
Long years I've seen this maiden stand,
With glances ever fixed on me;
She moves not either arm or hand,
And at her feet there seems to be
A river, prankt with flowerets, wide
Upon whose breast no shadows ride.
She stirs not, but is ever still
As saint in some stained window seen,
"When sunbeam all its features fill
With an unwavering diamond sheen:
But there are changes in her eyes,
Like throbs of stars in midnight skies.
Only to me her form appears —
In darkness I can see her best ;
Sometimes I fancy there are tears
As white as pearls upon her breast,
That she has shed because I'm here,
And she's in heaven — ah, happy there !
It is the image of a maid
I loved on earth long, long ago ;
Whose memory in my heart is laid,
There buried — buried sweet and low:
She'll watch me till my life is o'er,
Say, what can love, true love, do more?
The life of a Wisconsin woman was saved by
a locket around her neck, the ball of a tramp
tired at her striking it and glancing off. Its no
use representing to your wife that an old stove
cover fastened to a string around the neck will
cover more space and shed a bullet just as well.
The coldest of cold weather in Dekota is de-
scribed by a Philadelphia paper as having even
frost-bitten the ears of a red-headed girl.
March 13, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
13
BY THE RIVER.
[BT II . - I ' 1 1 1 s o » • ]
laogh and "Una' throng)) Ml their d»y»,
badawa fall scram their way,
wintry yearn *\ng UOW,
are always gray ;
The stivnk- h.-.irt bttta the weak heart down
In Ufa*! ainaU'atiiation:
The roth! and bad nrv all so near.
The rich man's pall, the |K>or roan** bier,
The wanton's Uugb, the orphan's tear.
They >' in.- in swift rofartJOB.
The tide run-* high, the tide runs low,
The year* go f:u-t, the day* go slow;
For dm I can not how it Mams,
So long as I oan dream my dreams.
The good man thinks th:it he is good,
The bad man knows that he is bad,
Sleek well-fed virtue lift* his eyas,
And thinks that vice is sad, so sad,
The oue hates with a goodly hate
To call the other brother ;
But, pet-adventure, it may l»e
A startling, yet divine decree,
When truths, made manifest, shall he
Change places with the other.
There are those in their sunless lives
With Sunday faces frown on youth,
And freeze the sympathetic glance
From bights of dull mistaken truth,
And love and passion know them not,
For these they call sedition.
A baby's smiles cease as they fling
Their glances on so frail a thing,
And look askance to 6nd the ring,
Ta disarm foul suspicion.
The tide runs high, the tide runs low,
The years go fast, the days go slow ;
For me I care not how it seems,
So long as I can dream my dreams.
Ah, friend, you say that life is short,
To vie with men is much the best;
I care not if the world stands still,
Nor if the sun dawns in the west ;
But midst the reeds upon the shore
I hear the babbling river saying
This dirge of fate, ""Too late! too late!"
O idle life, O empty heart,
Unused to bear, unskilled in praying.
EARLY FOOTPRINTS OF CIVILIZATION IN CALI-
FORNIA.
Mission Dolores, Sonoma, Monterey, and so many others scattered
along the Pacific Slope for many hundreds of miles, will soon be no more
than the mere name of a thing which has passed away, like those venera-
ble men who established them, and the uncivilized tribes which they
gathered around them to impart to them the elements of Christian civili-
zation. The taste shown in the selection of these abodes, and the dis-
crimination displayed in the selection of soil and climate, testify to the
judgment of the old Padres. Their savage converts, who came by whole
tribes, required food, especially flesh meat. When, after more than half
a century of uniform progress had been made, and the young men had
become almost civilized, the Spanish Government disbanded the religious
orders throughout their dominions ; and when the Mexican became mas-
ter of the country he continued the spoliation, till finally the American
squatter came and plundered as it suited his interest ; till little has been
left beyond remnants of adobe walls, ruined vineyards and a few ancient
fruit trees. In a few instances, where the walls, notwithstanding long
exposure to the elements, were susceptible of repair, they have been con-
verted into drinking dens and dance rooms. And this is one phase of
modern civilization! Where a century ago the self-denying religious, with
their pupils, prayed, labored and learned to subdue uncultivated nature,
now the white blackguard brawls, curses and shoots his fellows. It is
needless to carry the contrast further.
Mission San Jose, one of the earliest, has now escaped some portion of
the general ill-fate ; and, under the pious care of the Archbishop, and
the taste, skill and energy of the present incumbent, Father Kaiser, pre-
mises in a year or two to resume a shadow, at least, of its former beauty
and fertility. The remnant of the venerable old vines has been saved ;
so have the huge olive and pear trees, as well as a considerable part of the
ancient walls ; while the rest of vineyard and orchard land is in process
of being replanted. Thus this old footprint will not be obliterated for a
while. Within so short a distance of San Francisco, with railway con-
venience to within a short and pleasant walk, the Mission will surely ere
long become a favorite resort of health and rural enjoyment for the
wealthy citizens. The land is fertile indeed, the water supply abundant,
the town surrounded on every side by vineyards and wheat lands, while
the chalk and limestone picturesque foot-hills are already green with
Spring grass to their summits. Here Nature has done much, and man
has added to it ; but when we come to walk through the modern village
of Mission San Jose, what a spectacle of drinking dens, called saloons,
brawling, cursing and shooting, utterly unrestrained ; the one policeman
a tinsmith, the living caricature of the office he holds.
The Chinese Question at Peking and Washington. —It is an-
nounced at last that the Chinese question is to be dealt with in a legiti-
mate way. Mr. Seward, our Minister at Peking, has intimated to Mr.
Evarts that the Chinese Government are willing to revise the Burlingame
Treaty, with a view to the restriction of emigration. This is the only
way in which our Government can act with any justice or dignity, and
now that the question has been properly raised at Peking, we have no
doubt a satisfactory arrangement will be arrived at.
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
Recorded in the City and County of San Francisco, California, for
tho Week ending March 6, 1880.
I from the foc*>rth of the Commercial Afjency, 401 California St. , S. F.
Tuesday. March 2d.
GRANTOR AN It OIUHTII.
i.-nW Frliik to Mnrv Yonnp....
Minnie Alta el a] to Han
M 1'olmnu to « *
Jno BrickeU to Ada F sfmuson...
Jas Simpson to same
Jas McMalion to Mury McKay....
Peter Dean to Collins c Smith...,
George B Banke to M Hopkins....
Delavan Hong to same
Lylveater Wegener to It Linducr. .
DBscinr-rioN.
S H Thompson to N II OldB..
Talk Toner to Ellen Toner. . . ,
jniitiB Jacobs to Wendell Boston .
J \V Spcyer to Samuel Crim
Jno Pfor to Allie Fallerrius ,
C F D Hastings to A Dohrmann..
Julia V Louut to Bame.tr-
Lot 13. blk Ml, O'Nell and Haley Tract
3e Bteveneon, 476 rw 3d, nw -jnxTO
Be Tohama, 887:6 no lib, nc 36x80
N Bolter 187:6 w Jones, e 10x1.176
: 0x197:6
\ California. 166 w DuvlHndoro, 27:6 x
187:6 W AGOO
N Valley, 80fl w Sanchez, 36x114
W Jones, 68:0 n Post, n fiH:!i.\137:6-50-
vam 1088
Same
N Uiissla 100 e London, e 50x100; sab
lots, blk 10, Excelsior Hd
Nw K R Ave, M in* 3Klh Ave, ue 50x123:
10; sub lot 3 blk 58
Lots 28 and 29, blk 20, University M'd
Survey
N* Ilaii:lit.l50w Scott, w 50x137:6
W Kearny old line, 114:7 n California,
w 72:G, n 22:11, w 65, n 08:9, e 187:6, 8
91:8 to commencement
N Fell, 65 w Gough, n 120x27:6
Und ?i n Washington, 190ol)avi8, 20x60
Same
• 1
1,800
5,000
lfi,000
5
350
26,000
500
500
1
3,200
14,500
2,350
750
Wednesday, March 3d.
Thoa M J Dehon to Jno Carroll...
Daniel Rogers etal to W Hardiman
Sol Hcydeni'eldt to Eliztli Henry..
Wm Dunphy to Noah F Flood....
J C Weir to Leong Nam Yune
Hung On to Bame ,
Chung Hoon to same..
Commencing 200 ft 8 15lh and 125 w of
Sharon, a 9 x w 125— M B 96
S\v Haight and Steiuer, w 415:6x275....
N Filbert, 87:6 w Stockton, 25x93:6
Sundry City and HomeBtead Lots
Com 30 It c from se cor of brick building
on bc corner Jackson and Wash'n,
Uitdtee3x80
Same; also, e Dupont, 40 a Wash'n, a 18
xSl:!0- 60-vara 52
S Jackson, 147:3 e Dupont, 18:7x80-50-
vara 60 |10,000
$ 3
25,000
1
837
1
10,000
Thursday, March 4th.
Ohas A Bayly to City and co S F.
Jno Million to same
F C Weber to Chas Klinschraidt.
Danl E Martin to Peter Gray
"Wm Denvir to Cath Denvir
TREAtoW Hollia
S H Bradlee to S H Bradlee Jr....
Jane Verdon to Mary J Verdou
Wm HMead to Chas F Webster..
C F Webster to Jane E Peck
Jno H Edwards to J Spottiswood.
City and County S F to C A Bay'y
Sarah A Davenport to Abner Doble
Erwin Davis to Leland Stanford..
W Hollia to LGottig
TRE A to same
L Gottig to Jno G Friedrich
J D McLennan to Mary McLennan
Geo H Parker to Jas K Taylor. . . .
D A Tintetnann to H McCormick.
Streets and highways
Same
Lot 52, blk 181, Central Park Hd :..'.'.
Lot 6, blk 307, Case Tract
W Castro, 137:8 u 18th, n &l;8xl25.., ...
Property as described in mortgage dated
Nov 13 78 recorded in Liber 584 of
Mortgages page 60 j
W Hollie, 75 n Ellis, n 50x90
N Fell, 112:6 w Webster, 95x137:6 ...
E Buchanan. 68:9 n O'Farrell, n 34:4 x
137:6— W A 230
Se Buchanan and Geary, e 1 37:6x206:3. .
N Washington, 178 w Van Ness, 27:6 x
126:8- W A 91
E "Valencia, 85 a 26th, s 85;10, etc
N Jackson, 137:6 w Laguna, 137:6x128:8
subject to mortg for $7,500
Ne California and Powell, n 115:6x57.. .
W Valencia, 136 s 21et, 8 25x!lO— MB 74
Same
Same
E Octavia, 110 n Geary, n 27:6x110
Lots 1,2.47, 48, block 291, O'Neil and
Haley Tract
Sundry lots in "Western Addition
i
500
450
Gift
500
1,000
100
2,000
35,000
13,500
1,000
1
1,950
1,650
Gift
1,000
1,400
Friday, March 5th.
Carlos F Glein to Marearetha Glein
Mary El lid to M Minton
Tboe J Morae to Annie K Bot6ford
PB Spear to Jno P Jackson...
H Smith to Mart ha C Holland ....
Nathl Holland to Holland Smith.
Christopher Ward to Jos "Ward. .
Cbaa Smith to Mas S and L Bank
J S Lutz toA H Townsend
A H Townsend to N Atkinson....
Austin E Smith to Geo I Wbelan. .
Peter McCann to GeoWBaight..
S Fell, 85 w Steiner, w 80, 8 137:6, e etc
Sw 16tb and De Haro, s 50, w 100 etc-
PN 165
W Carlos,' 37:6 a O'Farrell, s 40x57:6-
50-vara 954
S Post, 237:6 e Webster, 710x137:6; also
property in Alameda
Lots 10 to 19, blk 711, Tide Land
Same
Sundry lots to Gift Map 3
S Erie, 123:11 e Mission, e 104:4x115....
S 20th, 305 e Sanchez, 50x111
Same
All bis estate in San Francisco
Und half lot 39. blk 83; also nnd hall lot
21, blk 40, Butcher Tract
3,950
650
5
1
300
9,540
10
50
2.S00
Saturday, March 6th.
Jno Carroll toTM J Dehon
C H Harrison to Margt Summers. .
Wm Ede to Fred Meyer
Cornelius Buckley to Jno Lycett..
Tbos Knight to Jas Badger
Robt L:ddle to Clara A Liddle....
W J Gunn to Wm Haas etal
M O'Brien to Tbos Walsh
Geo "W Haight to Mary E Pearson
M Reese to Daniel Giovannini
D B Franklin to Henry A Voea
Jno Bays to "Wm Kaiser
Jno Bays to same
Wm Haletoearoe
M H Power to H K Develrv
D McCJnskey to Fredk W Kearn.
Nancy C Noyes to Hib S & Ln Soc
Susie C Fisher et al to same
E D Donnelly to Sarah Donnelly..
Wm Hughes to Hib S & L Socy.. .
Commencing 210:4 s 15th and 125 w Sba
ron, w 125 to Sanchez x s 15— M B 96
E Dupont, 70s Francisco, 22:6x70 ..
E Howard, 240 n 19th, n 30x122:6....
S 21st, 100 w Chattanooga, w ar>x78 .
Sw Laguna and Ellis, w 77:6x50
E Avery, 32 sPost,25x94
N Valley, 151:8 W Chnrch, 25x114...
Ne 1st, 275 se Folsom, Be 22:6x68:6..
Undivided half of lot 39, blk SJ, Batch-
er Tract
Nw Pacific and Virginia Place, 137:6x40
W Cook, 200 n Pt Lobos Ave, n 50x120 ;
Lots 14 and 15, blk 642, Pt Lobos Ave
Homestead
N O'Farrell, 101:2 w Lacuna, 36:4x94:6.
Same
Same
E Hvde, 87:6nTork,n 25x87:6 I
W Fair Oaks, 213:6 8 22d, 8 30x117:6....
Se"Franklin and Austin, s 25x7-4
'Sw Geary and Leavenworth, w 68:9 x
68:9— 50-v 1174
Nw Jones and Filbert, w 100x50-v 444...
E Devisadero, 30 s Bost, s 107:6, n evt...
Gift
2200
1,100
10
Gift
275
3,250
600
1,800
1
5.
5,000.
873.
2;fl00
10,649,
Gift
1,000
14
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
March 13, 1880.
CRADLE, ALTAR, AND TOMB.
CRADLE.
Rerq— In thia citv, March 6th, to the wife of Alfred Berg, a daughter.
Gladdinq— In Oakland, March 5th, to the wife of Thomas O. Gladding;, a daughter.
Liebenberq— In this city, February 6th, to the wife of H. Liebenberg-, a daughter.
Lutzen— In this city, March 9th, to the wife of Oscar A. Lutzen, a son.
Louohran— In this city, March 8th, to the wife of Thomas Loughran, a son.
MBRftiLit-In this city, March Gth, to the wife of A. H. Merrill, a daughter.
Meagher— In this city, February 14th, to the wife of James F. Meagher, a daughter.
Preston— In this cit", March 9th, to the wife of John Preston, a son.
Smith— In this city, March 6th, to the wife of Henry F. Smith, a daughter.
Sullivan— In this city, March 9th, to the- wife of Atnory Sullivan, a son.
Wright— In this city, March 9th, to the wife of G. M. Wright, a daughter.
Zabaldano— In this city, March 3d, to the wife of A. Zabaldano, a daughter.
ALTAR.
Alban-Harlow— In this city, March 5th, Edwin G. Alban to Mrs. Kate Harlow.
BowaiAN-HENNiNQ-In Forest Hill, March 2d, S. Bowman to Annie Henuing.
Balling -Reiter— In this city, March 9th, F. A. Balling to Anna Reiter. _
GORMAN-CRAGAN-In this city, March 4th, John Gorman to Catherine Cragan.
Loewenstein-Geistlich— In this city, March 8th, H. Loewenstein to Rachel Geistlicb.
Mo ntealeq re-Bran ger— In this city, March 8th, M. Montealegre to C Branger.
Wildenradt-Jacobsen— In this city, March 6th, H. Wildenradt to Dora Jacobsen.
TOMB.
Ballhouse— In this city, March 6th. Catherine Ballhouse, aged 54 years.
Bowyer— In this city, March 6th, Thomas J. Bowyer, aged 40 years.
Cotton— In Alameda, March 4th, Edward G. Cotton, aged 33 years.
Carlisle— In this city, March 7th, Mary J. Carlisle.
Donahue— In this city, March 7th, Mary A. C. Donahue, aged 45 years.
Fox— In this city, March 6th, Maggie Fox, aged 32 years.
Goulettr— In this city, March 8th, Alfred J. Goulette, aared 26 years.
Greenougii— In this city, March 10th, Mary E. Greenough, aged 58 years.
Haley— In this city, March 7th, Samuel E. Haley, aged 22 years.
Munholland— In this city, March Sth, John Munholland, aged 57 years.
Mitchell— In this city, March 10th, Mattie L. Mitchell, aged 15 years.
Sheehan — In this city, March 7th, Michael Sheehan, aged 44 years.
Urioste— In this city, March 10th, Juana A. V. de yrioste, aged 66 years.
Wells — In this city, March 9th, Laura Wells.
ART JOTTINGS.
The collection of paintings in the fifteenth exhibition of the Art
Association must be considered inferior to that of the last, held just a
year ago. The same artists contribute, except Tojetti, Yelland, Sears
and Woodman ; but their efforts, without exception, are far less satisfac-
tory— if, indeed, there are any works in the collection which can be said
to have called forth any particular effort from their authors. They all ap-
pear more like ordinary studio work than exhibition pictures. Of course,
there are a few exceptions, notably among the younger members of the
profession.
Of Mr. Thomas Hill's exhibit, the most prominent work is " The
Salmon Festival." It is good in an indicative sense only ; in fact, it is a
huge sketch, and nothing more. That there is consummate skill dis-
played in the harmonious massing of so many figures, there is not a doubt;
but the sloppy manner of its execution renders it scenic and vulgar when
considered as a work of art. Everything in the picture seems steeped in
the same monotonous color, which, if ever seen in nature, should not be
transferred to canvas, except as a curiosity in color.
Mr. Hill's other pictures are in the style of which he is master, and are
quite up to his average in effect, if not in careful detail.
It is evident that for some time past Mr. Hill's mantle as an eminent
landscape painter has not set easily upon him. He seems, from his later
exhibits, to be going back to his original intent, that of a figure painter.
Whether he can succeed or not is a problem ; but a painter who has han-
dled landscapepainting in his broad manner for well nigh a quarter of a
century will tfnd it difficult to attain to a front rank as a figure painter.
Diiectly opposite Mr. Hill's ambitious effort is a large picture by Julian
Rix — " Austin Creek," No. 71. The canvas is large, but it is a very
small picture for all that. We have seen more art and less error in a
picture one-tenth the size. The foliage is massed solidly in the middle of
the picture ; not a gleam of light through any part of it can be seen ; the
eye tries in vain to delineate a solitary bough against the lurid sky, which
the artist has made into an impossible gray as it approaches the top of
his picture ; green foliage against a clear sky renders it intensely blue,
never gray. The Bluggish remnant of " Austin Creek " may, in its opaque
greenness, be true to nature, but it is anything but pleasing to contemplate
that the campers in the distance should be compelled to pitch their tent
beside such waters. The next picture under notice will be Hahn's " Log-
ging Camp," No. 72. It is essentially a cattle piece, the landscape being
accessory, and for which but little can be said ; but whoever saw six yoke
of oxen in draught executed better — from any point of view — than these.
Hahn is good at figures, but excels in animal painting, notably in horses
and neat cattle.
One of the most popular of cattle-painters in this country is the Dus-
seldorf painter, Frsd. Voltz, who has never produced anything which ap-
proaches this last effort of Hahn'B. There certainly is no painter living
who can excel the cattle-painting in this picture. Not only is the draw-
ing and texture perfect, but the different expression to be seen in the
faces of each are absolutely perfect. Note that of the two leaders as they
contemplate John, while leading the way with his bucket, and then that
of the second pair — they are quite content with their lot, to follow their
leader. See how naturally the artist has given the step of the off-ox of
the third yoke. We can almost see them move.
Of all the excellent things Hahn has given us, this excels them.
It is safe to say that such a work would not remain twenty-four hours on
view in any exhibition east of or in New York without a purchaser. The
artist has at Snow's a picture of the same size. It is good, but
excelled by this one. His other exhibition is a figure-piece, "The
Examination," No. 18. It, too, is an excellent picture, most true to na-
ture, full of good drawing and color.
Mr. Strong gives us in No. 75 what he calls a portrait. It is to be
hoped, for the sake of the subject, that it is intended as a caricature, for
such it really is. The artist has outraged all rules of anatomy. A sub-
ject having such a bust could not possibly be so deficient elsewhere. As
portrayed, the hand could not come within a foot of the knee;
and, in color, who ever saw an emerald-green trimming placed upon car
dinal red except in a caricature ?
Mr. Edwin Deakin is represented by three works. No. 64 is undoubt-
edly far better than anythinghe has before exhibited, and is a good picture;
and so is his 67, " Souvenir de Cluny." Although a little hard and la-
bored, the view is most natural, if we except the gate to the right, which
does not exist in our recollection. Had the snow, the birds and the figure
been omitted, it would have been a much better picture than it is.
We fail to see anything good or characteristic in his Mt. Blanc, No. 65.
It partakes too much of the mannerism of the artist before going abroad.
Just above— skyed— is a sweet little portrait of Dot {No. 68), by Be-
noni Irwin, now in Paris. The many portrait painters of this city, whose
works are on exhibition near by, can, if they are capable, study this little
picture with profit ; for a more execrable lot of trash was never before on
view, with two exceptions, viz : Shaw's portrait of Mr. Justice Field and
Miss Foster's of Mrs. Beck. Miss Foster is — or has lately been— a pupil
at the School of Design, and but for the unfortunate color of some of the
drapery, her picture would put to shame nearly all the portraits exhibited
by the so-called professionals.
Brookes has a group of four fruit and flower pieces, which for literal
transcripts of nature — and that is what Brooks aims at— cannot fail to
please the most fastidious ; for they are finished with microscopical fidel-
ity, which appears to better advantage upon the vases and other similar
objects than upon the fruit and flowers, for the reason that these
objests are, in a certain sense, mechanical, but fruit and flowers are
not, and can be treated differently to great advantage. Near by we find
a small flower subject, " Violets," by A. L. Sweetland (No. 46). Its sim-
plicity, freedom and crispiness must commend it to all.
Mr. Jules Tavernier has not done himself justice in his exhibit, "Eagle's
Nest," No. 40. There is nothing bad in it — there never is in anything
this talented artist turns from his easel in the line of legitimate art— but
it is weak for Tavernier, and, in a measure, unpoetical, a quality usually
abounding in his work. A number of figures are in the picture, but only
one is represented except as accessories, and that one seems to have been
painted with as little trouble as possible. The long expanse of plain
seems to us not to be rendered iu the most happy manner. It is un-
natural in color ; too much light green pervades it, which weakens the
picture and brings it too near, and yet it is so far from the foreground.
We must liken it to Hill's Indian picture ; it indicates the ability of the
painter to do something far better. We are glad to again welcome as an
exhibitor our old friend, Wandesforde, and it is well that he has omitted
to exhibit any of his more pretentious efforts in the way of large land-
scapes. A little group of pansies, No. 78, is very nice, and, so far, it is
the only picture to which is attached the magic sold. His " Monterey,"
No. 37, and "Cottage," No. 35, are also good, and remind us of the choice
little bits of water color this artist used to paint twenty years ago.
SIGNAL SERVICE METEOROLOGICAL REPORT, WEEK
ENDING MARCH 11, 1880, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Highest and Lowest Barometer*
).267
1.193
Sun. 7.
Mon. 8.
30.913
30.014
Tue 9.
30.114
30.021
Wed 10
30.088
30.004
29.995
29.802
53
40
N.
183
Clear.
I
Maximum and Minimum Thermometer.
56 | 55 I 57 I , 65 I 06
43 44 45 47 46
Mean Daily Xfztmidity.
79.7 1 89.3 j 46.3 | 42.3 \ 53.0
Prevailing Wind.
W. | W. | NW. | N. | W.
Wind — Miles Traveled.
124 [ 120 | 253 | 533 | 69 | 93
State of Weather.
Clear. ] Fair. | Clear. | Clear. | Clear. | Clear.
Rainfall in Twenty-four Sours.
i i i ii
57
47
| SW.
Total Rain During Season beginning July 1, 3879.- 14.07 inches.
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CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
15
LEGISLATIVE WAIFa
It Is sold around the Capitol th*t the four week!) that romiun of thfi
will prov« in- n " trying" than all the weeks that have ROD6 be-
Ion .— —That thcvwill b« bring in mote wn*** than one.— Thftt many
abated in tb« Committoaw, nn»l are about ready to
tie !>hell that has hidden them bom public view, and that they
will make a vtrogvl* t<> lite. Thai it will try member*1 perspicacity tn
fintl them out. atiii will try their powers of endurance to tight them to the
bitter end. It will also try their poUtfoal virtue to resist, the many
blandishments that will l>e held out in their support.—— That the dan-
nrooa period in the session has undoubtedly arrived, when it behooves
members, the press and the public fen pay the price of honest Legis-
sternal vigilance. "-~Tbst tin- MeClure (-'barter is the biggest
tiling yet conceived. It enlists the active, untiring support of every in-
inimical to the city, which is abundantly proven by the scenes
around the ('apitoi. We attend the meetings of the San Francisco dete-
ntion, and what do w._- 6nd! The Workingmen's representatives, finding
it hopeless to amend the measure to an extent to make it acceptable,
have abandoned the attempt, and agreed to report that it be indefinitely
postponed. The minority intend to report in favor of its passage, with
amendments, and are working on those amendments with an industry
worthy of a better cause. They labor by day aud by night, on Sunday
as well as on week day, and have more than once continued into the small
hours of the morning. Last Sunday, for instance, they had a session un-
til lunch-time, and then at a private residence they could have been found at
work up to three o'clock in the morning. Now, that is most marvelous
industry, considering the many other duties legislators have to perform.
^— That the amendments that are being made are not in the interest of
the public.^— That the sections relating to each department of the City
Government are being carefully watched over by doubtful parties, whose
wishes appear to be all-powerful. We take a peep into one of the secret
sessions of the minority, and who do we find there? Mr. Ewald is there,
guarding the interests of the schools. Flaherty, Gough and others are
attending to the Fire Department. Gannon is looking after police inter-
ests, and after the Charter generally. Numerous contractors are paying
due attention to street matters. The County Clerk's office is repre-
sented. When Stuart cannot be there himself, a trusty deputy is sent;
and so on through the whole list. All these interests are working for
the Charter like beavers. They are all in frequent communication with
MeClure, who seems to be their attorney. He admits that he is paid,
and that he is only acting as an attorney in the matter. Can it, by any
stretch of the imagination, be supposed that a Charter so prepared will
be in the interests of the city, and not in those of the parties who are
paying to have it "fixed ?"-^— That MeClure offers to wager that the
Charter will pass both houses, and be approved by the Governor inside
of thirty days.— That the men who have formed the combination in its
favor will prove hard to beat— — That the " Waifs" erred when they
made it appear that the McCoppin one-twelfth section is not in the bill.
It is. There are quite enough other good sections out of the bill, that
ought to be in it. To pass it, would be to fly from the ills we have into
the arms of a Boss Tweed, whom it would not be difficult to name. -^— That
the Boss is an able man, whose grasp upon things in general is already
considerable.— That Traylor, Neumann, Dickenson et als., are the
legislative sponsors for the bill. That they are for it, for political pur-
poses, while the men behind the scenes are for it for private ends.—
That the claim that Cuthbert and Sinon, of the Workingmen's party,
would support it, turns out to have been made without sufficient cause.
They will oppose it first, last and all the time. So will the whole of that
party. Adams and other Republicans are against it. Strange to say, a
few unknown Democrats are claimed to be for it. -^— That the Senators,
whose interest in it amounts to a passion, say they will vote against the
bills of every Senator who opposes it. That such intimations are
boomerangs that return to hurt those who hurl them. ^— That it is not
good for the public interest that every legislator should introduce bills.
He becomes so interested in what he introduces that he seeks support at
the price of his refraining from opposing the iniquitous measures of other
men.— That Honest Jim Adams, for instance, voted for York's
Quackery bill, which his soul loathed. But he did it to get
York's vote for his Vinicultural bill.— — That Grove Johnson
feels restraints of the same kind.—— That this is the way in
which the practice of log-rolling grows. Help me to roll my log and I
will help you to roll yours. Vote for my bill and I will vote for yours.
^— It is said that quite a number of the Workingmen's party are enter-
ing into understandings of this kind with country Republicans.-^— That
the Stalwarts, who favor the MeClure Charter, are making offers to log-
roll.-^— That a host of bills will pass during the last few days of the ses-
sion by that process.— That a few honest obstructives about that time
will have it in their power to do much good.— That Tyler may be
counted on to be one of them.— That Tyler, by irrepressible energy, has
overcome all antagonism, and now leads his party, having fairly distanced
his colleague, Fox. Even the Speaker has become most complacent,
Braunhart has quit, and Maybell coaxes. The gentleman from Alameda
bids fair to leave the Legislature at the end of the session with the respect
of even his opponents. There is no place where alertness and practical
ability come out so far ahead as in a Legislature. -^— That when the Judge
from Alameda mixes a little more suaveter in modo with his superabund-
ance of fortiter in re the waifs will nominate him for United States
Senator, but not before.^— That the discordant elements in the Assembly
have come into harmony, and are likely to proceed for the future with
that forbearance so essential to every deliberative body.— «That the
Speaker has had most difficult and trying duties to execute the manner of
his performance, of which it is easier to criticise than improve upon. <
That Fox confesses that he was out of temper when he proposed to
carry his grievances into the caucus, and is now repentant, and if he re-
mains so to the end of the session may be forgiven. ^— That McDade is
the phrase maker of the Assembly, and not a bad fellow ; he means well
and always votes according to his promises. — That Steve Maybell, as a
debater, is a success. He wins friends by taking defeats in good part,
and there is a sympathy in the manner and matter of his speeches that
often makes votes from the ranks of his opponents.— That McCarthy
is showing considerable legal and debating power that ought to stand
his party in good stead.— -That Del Valle, as a leading Democrat, has
shown admirable tact from a party point of view, and true patriotism
from a public standpoint. —That the Assembly is a much more inde-
pendent and honest body than the Senate— That the brokers, insurance
men, M<< Hare's < 'h »rt.>r supporters, and all other corrupt elements, direct
their attention to the Senate, and to far with considerable niieeens.^—
1 hat Bears, the < !hairman of tin- Senate Committee on ( knporations, is a
weak man in a strong place, and i« not the right man in the right place.
^— That a Legislative record might b« prepared for him that would put
even the Devil totha blush. The ruling he gave years ago, by which he
made a night scsvjon mean a second Legislative day, and by which ruling
a millstone of debt was bang around the necks of this people, might be
resurrected with telling effect just now.— That he is in the job to defeat
the Gorley hill.— That nothing else could be expected of the ex-
President of the De Freree Company, an officer of which is now under
indictment, —That the roll call in the Senate on the amendments to
the Gorley bill will furnish a sure guide as to who are our traitors.-^—
That they most he published weekly in a black list until the next election
is over. -^— That it is said that those who oppose the bill forget their oaths
to support the Constitution.^— That the first slight glimmer of dignity
and debating ability exhibited by the Senate was that made manifest dur-
ing the consideration of the revenue and taxation bills.— —That the im-
mortal twenty-one will bo remembered when " the charge of the five hun-
dred" will be forgotten.— That it is difficult to tell when double taxa-
tion comes in and when it goes out. It always has existed as the excep-
tion to the rule, and it always will, until some one secures a patent for a
Legislative machine, that shall work so perfectly that there shall never be
an exception to any rule.— That Bornck increases his unhappiness daily.
His latest difficulty is a rebuff from the Governor. Boruck wanted badly,
for some reason best known to himself, to get into the Regency of the
University uf California. That select body is composed of Uni-
versity men, or, at least of distinguished men. Boruck would
there be manifestly out of place ; but that is whpt he is
generally. With his usual bombastic effrontery, he asked the Gov-
ernor to appoint him to a vacancy which he is said to have brought about.
The Governor did not promise. Boruck insisted, and hinted at his power
to make and unmake. The Governor grew frankly bold, and intimated
that the party had pushed Boruck quite as far as, for its interests, he
ought to be pushed ; and, moreover, there were gentlemen and scholars in
the party who would do it credit as University Regents. Boruck became
impertinent, as his wont, and was told that his absence was more desira-
ble than his presence. He retired, chagrined and out of temper, to his
desk. Shortly a discrepancy in his journal was discovered by a member,
who asked that it might be corrected, whereat this irate servant of Sena
tors threw down his pencil and retired from his post. For a time it
seemed probable that his successor would be appointed. Finally Boruck
cooled down and apologized privately to Senators, and was fool enough to
tell the cause of his excitement. He did not tell it, however, as it ought
to have been told, and the result is that there are now two versions afloat.
The generally accepted one is that which is given herein. The party gen-
erally will consider this difficulty the best evidence that Governor Perkins
has yet given us that he fully understands the men around him. He is
on the right track. Dodge, of the Mint, fell into a like difficulty with
Boruck, but survived it, and is now strong and respected for his action.
— —That it was too bad of Braunhart to drink several baskets of Wet-
more's wine, and then vote against his bill. ^— That Charley didn't de-
serve such treatment, except, perhaps, for hurling that word " viticul-
ture" at members' heads, as being the right word, and not " viniculture."
—That the little bill ought to pass anyhow. Members have had their
fun out of it, and ought now to do a little for the great vine-growing in-
terests of the State. The State should now do something for it, as it will
hereafter do big things for the State. -^That Charley Felton has come
down so completely from his high estate, has failed so signally in his pur-
poses, and withal is so complacent and good-tempered, that one does now
not feel like saying aught but good about him. ^— That every member of
the Workingmen's party has congratulated the writer of the " Waifs"
upon having bluntly told Denis Kearney last week that they would have
more confidence in him if he had less to do with Jim Mee and Mike
Kelly. There is a world of meaning in the phrase. With Kelly for a
capper and Mee for a broker, who might not grow fat and sleek, and wax
rich ?— — That Badlam is not the only man who could tell just how much
it takes to "fix" them, if he chose. —That M. J. Kelly still hangs around
the Capitol, and vaguely suggests what he can get his friend Kearney to
do.*^— That he elected Hardy as a Republican against a Workingman,
and now Hardy dodges the roll-call. ■■ That he won't do it any more,
thanks to the " Waifs."— ^That when the News Letter arrives, every
member, the Speaker included, may be seen reading it, and for a time all
other business is practically suspended.^— That every member says that
all the statements in it are true — except the one about himself.— That
York, of Santa Clara, is a spiritualist, woman's suffrage, free-love lec-
turer, who is constantly calling God to witness the truth of his statements,
although he believes there is no God. He was just the man to introduce
a bill to repeal the laws against quackery. A quack in every department
of life, there is no wonder that he sympathizes with his kind. -^— That he
utterly failed to quack ! quack ! quack ! his bill through. May heaven
forgive Santa Clara for sending such a man to the Legislature ! Amen.
REMOVAL.
GUS. V. DANIELS,
S accessor to Thomas A Daniels, or California Paint Com-
pany's House Painting Department. House, Sign and Ship Painting, and Pa-
per Hanging. Walls Repaired, Whitened or Tinted any shade or color. All orders
promptly attended to and work guaranteed.
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PROF. JOS. JOSSET,
Graduate of the University of Paris; Ex. Professor or De
la Mennais' Normal, France ; late of Point Loma Seminary, San Diego. Pri-
vate Lessons in the French Language. Residence : Post street, between Powell and
Stockton, next to Red Men's Hall. At home from 12 to 2 p.m. Private Lessons
given at the residence of the pupil. Dec. 6.
WILLIAM P. HUMPHREYS,
Late City and County Surveyor, has removed to Wo. 639
WASHINGTON STREET, where he will continue to practice his profession.
All Surveys aud Estimates guaranteed. Dec- 20.
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QUICKSILVER.
or sale— In lots to suit, by Thomas Bell A Co., No. 305
Sansome street, over Bank of California. Nov. 16.
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
March 13. 1880.
FOR LADIES ONLY.
I observed at a ball the other night some of the professional beauties
wore Backs. Aglets, alias bangles for the ankles, are now openly dis-
played for sale in the shop-windows, as well as in some cases on the femi-
nine extremities. What next? I should not be surprised to see nose-
rings introduced ; and if this would permit of married ladies being led by
the nose by their husbands more thau at present, the fashion would have
some practical advantage. Not a few men wear bangles on their arms
nowadays ; and a member of the Orleans Club at Twickenham gets well
laughed at for his vanity in showing his bangles by baring his arm when
playing lawn-tennis. — Atlas, in London World.— —A quantity of false hair
will be worn at the forthcoming Drawing-rooms, owing to the Queen's
express command that three plumes shall spring conspicuously from the
heads of all the ladies who are to approach her. As it is impossible to
plant these in the closely-braided hair which the better taste of the times
has generally adopted, every lady ambitious of appearing at Buckingham
Palace has set her hairdresser to work to match her tresses.^— Athletic
sports for ladies — jumping at conclusions ; running through a book — skip-
ping moral chapters.^— It is related of Mrs. Bonanza Mackey in Paris
that a Spaniard whom she had never seen came to her for money to buy
his betrothed her weddiDg jewels. He wanted §60,000, but he didn't get
it. An Englishwoman wanted §100,000 to pay off a mortgage on some
property in the north of England. " It would be but as a drop in the
ocean to you ; it is only twenty-thousand pounds," said this modest beg-
gar. She, too, failed to connect. — •iV. Y. Republic— —A. Western girl
the other day succeeded in getting a marriage-license with the name of
the proposed husband left blank, which is the way she keeps her lamps
trimmed for leap-year.^^According to Madame de Remusat, the Em-
press Josephine was both vain and extravagant. We read in Madame de
Pv.'s Memoirs that Josephine rose at nine o'clock. Her toilet was elabo-
rate ; it occupied the attention of six or eight women ; one portion of it
was conducted in strict secrecy ; it had reference to making up and paint-
ing her body. This done, she had her hair dressed, wearing a long peig-
noir with fine laces. Her chemises and petticoats were embroidered and
trimmed with lace. She changed her linen thrice a day, and never wore
her stockings twice. When her hair had been dressed they brought her
huge hampers of dresses, shawls and bonnets, that she might make her
choice for the day, wearing in summer muslins or percales, lavishly em-
broidered and ornamented, and in winter, velvet or stuffs. In the fore-
noon she always wore hats with feathers or flowers, and wrapped herself
closely. No other woman could drape herself in a shawl with such grace,
and Napoleon was wont, finding they hid too much of her shoulders, to
tear them off and as likely as not to throw them in the fire, when she
would ring for another one. One shawl more or less made little differ-
ence when she had some hundreds, costing from 8,000 to 12,000 francs,
which she used for bed quilts and dog-blankets. Rarely did she wear the
same evening dress twice, and the slightest excuse in the way of dinner or
a ball sufficed for the purchase of a new head-dress or costume. The
dressmakers always had something "on the stocks " for her— frequently
lace dresses ranging in value from $8,000 to §20,000. She never gave any-
thing away, nor would she allow anything to be sold or made over. She
never opened a book, never took up a pen, never occupied or amused her-
self with any kind of work, did not care for the play, never went out
walking, unless at Malmaison, and yefc never was bored. Her fondness
for dress and luxury did not cease with her downfall, but in her retire-
ment at Malmaison she led precisely the same life, decked herself out su-
perbly to dine alone, and on the last morning of her life had a particular
becoming robe de chambre handed her because she expected avisit from the
Czar, and expired all covered with ribbons and pink satin. -^— We are
always hearing of the London beauties, but the following description,
from the Washington Post, of these ladies, as transferred on canvas to the
Capital, will be interesting : In the red parlor of the Eiggs House there
can be seen, on the invitation of the artist, portraits in crayon of four
celebrated women, for the grace, the beauty, the physical fascination of
the "professional belles " of England have been arrested by the pencil
and brought over in canvass to call forth the criticism and the admiration
here which the living originals have so widely provoked in Great Britaiu.
Mrs. Langtry, Mrs. Price, the Countess of Dudley and the Countess of
Lonsdale are the subjects of the artist's pencil. The drawing is vigorous
and effective, yet light and graceful. The works referred to are by Mr.
William A. Duncan, of New York, and are drawings from photographs
of the ladies named. On viewing the face of the most talked of, Mrs.
Langtry, the Jersey lily, there is a feeling of disappointment which
deepens with the gaze. There is nothing in the features or the manner
to justify the rapture of the London world over her famous charms. One
can meet, any sunny afternoon, on Pennsylvania avenue, a score of faces
far prettier. She is sitting in quiet, contemplative mood, in the open air,
gazing upon the dove that is bound to her wrist by a golden chain. The
crinkled waves of blonde hair ripple down upon a low smooth forehead
aud fall back to the base of the ne^k, where it is tied in a not ungraceful
knot. The atmosphere around her is that of her native isle, translucent,
warm, shimmering the light into subdued waves. The dress is of some
quiet shade of white, seemingly a complete triumph of the modiste's art,
it? effect really produced by the lightest, most delicate strokes of the pen-
cil. The face is rounded, fresh, childlike, quiet and gentle, the prettiness
and pettiness of the spoiled fjirl, which a whim or a wish could ruffle
into petulence. In a phrase, Psyche, after that stolen glance at Eros,
thinking only of the lamp stain on the linen. Far different is the face of
the Countess of Lonsdale. Here the artist shows the effects produced
solely of a beautiful form and face, with the accessories of black velvet
and white lace. The countenance is joyous yet quiet. A subdued eager-
ness trembles on ripe, full lips, and gleams, half in shadow, in the bright
eyes. The pose of the figure is very graceful. The background is of that
neutral shading which suggests warmth. The flesh is perfect, and you
forget to notice the want of color. One hand rests upon a lace handker-
chief, whose realistic look strikes the critical gaze with admiration. The
face of the Countess is a high type of the refined German, Saxon in stock,
but English so long that the Boeotian element has long since been dissi-
pated. A far different face is that of the Countess of Dudley, and the
skill of the artist has varied this effect of the drawing admirably. It is a
strong, brilliant face, haughty and cold, the Norman type. The trans-
parency of the complexion, the freshness of flesh, is remarkable in the
absence of all color. The black lace of the bodice, relieved by the del-
icate touches of white, is a fine bit of drawing, and the clear atmosphere
effects are very good._ The fourth portrait is the most beautiful face of
the four, and really, in its counterfeit presentment, the only one justify-
ing the enthusiasm created by the " professional beauties." It is that of
Mrs. Price. Here the skill of the artist's pencil is more vividly displayed
than in either of the others. The lady is wrapped in furs, whose fidelity
to nature is marvelously close and perfect. She is standing outdoors on
a winter's day. The cold, gray tint of the atmosphere, the dead but
glistening white of the snow, harmonize with the furs of the lady and the
general tone of the whole, producing a feeling of exquisite satisfaction in
the gazer. The face is very beautiful, an air of calm, serene repose dis-
tinguishing her pose. The eyes, the lips, the perfect contour of the face,
the exquisitely chiseled nose, the beautiful chin, all lovely in themselves,
are informed and irradiated with the light of a calm, steady soul. Upon
her face is the dreary tenderness of perfected womanhood— the inward
smile of happy maternity.
ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
DAT SILVER MINING COMPANY.
Assessment J^o. 5.
Amount 5 Cents Per Share.
Levied - March 2d.
Delinquent April 6th.
Say of Sale May 3d.
J. W. PEW, Secretary.
Office— Room 15, No. 310 Pine street, San Francisco, California. [March 6.
ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
Andes Silver Mining- Company.— Location of Principal
Place of Business, San Francisco, California. — Location of Works, Virginia
Mining District, Storey County, Nevada.— Notice is hereby given that at a meeting
of the Board of Directors, held on the twenty-sixth day of February, 1880, an assess-
ment (No. 14) of Twenty-five (25) Cents per share was levied upon the capital stock
of the Corporation, payable immediately, in United States gold coin, to the Secre-
tary, at the office of the Company, Room 2, Nevada Block, 309 Montgomery street,
San Francisco, California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall remain unpaid on the FIRST (1st)
day of APB.IL, 18S0, will be delinquent and advertised for sale at public auction ;
and unless payment is made before, will be sold on TUESDAY, the TWENTIETH
(20th) day of APRIL, 1S30, to pay the delinquent assessment, together with cost of
advertising- and expenses of sale. By order of the Board of Directors.
BUTLER BURRIS, Secretary.
Office— Room 2, Nevada Block, 309 Montgomery st. , San Francisco, Cal. [Mch. 6.
ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
The Justice Mining Company. — Location of Principal
Place of Business, San Francisco, California.— Location of Works, Gold Hill,
Storey County, Nevada. — Notice is hereby given that at a meeting of the Board of
Directors, held on the 9th day of February, 1880, an. assessment (No. 31) of Fifty
Cents per share, was levied upon the capital stock of the Corporation, payable im-
mediately, in United States gold coin, to the Secretary, at the office of the Company,
Room 2, Hayward's Building, 419 California street, San Francisco, California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall remain unpaid on the FIFTEENTH
day of MARCH, 1830, will he delinquent and advertised for sale at public auction ;
and unless payment is made before, will be sold on MONDAY, the J^IFTH day of
APRIL, 1880, to pay the delinquent assessment, together with cost of advertising
and expenses of sale. By order of the Board of Directors.
R. E. KELLY, Secretary.
Office— Room 2, Hayward's Building, 419 California street, San Francisco, Cal-
ifornia. Feb. 14.
JOSEPH GILLOTT'S STEEL PENS.
Gold Medal, Paris, 187 8.
Sold by all Stationers. Sole Agrent for tbe United States:
MB. HENRY HOE, 91 John street, tf. Y. Jan. 5.
JAMES G. STEELE
Takes pleasure in notifying' his old friends and patrons,
and the public that be has leased and fitted up the store, NO. 635 MARKET
STREET (Palace Hotel Block), wherein he will transact a GENERAL DRUG BUSI-
NESS under the name and title of James G. Steele & Co. To all visitors he
will take pleasure in showing a large and well-assorted stock (collected with great
care in the markets of the Eastern States and Europe), such as pertains to a first-
class Drug Store. March 6.
TO OWNERS OF REAL ESTATE.
Persons owning' Real Estate tbat has heretofore been as-
sessed in the former owner's name, or mis-spelled, or otherwise mis-de-
scribed, are requested to appear personally, or send their deeds to the Assessor's
Office (New City Hall), and have the proper changes made for the Real Estate Roll
1830-81. Immediate attention is necessary, as work on the Roll will commence in a
few days, after which it will be too late for any alterations.
Feb. 21. ALEXANDER BADLAM, City and County Assessor.
CUMBERLAND MINE,
Yavapai County, Arizona. Office: BTo. 417 California St.,
San Francisco, California. President, GEORGE M. CIPRICO. Secretary, 3.
H. GRIFFITHS. Office Hours : 2 p.m. daily. Oct. 11.
COKE CHEAPEST FUEL.
Reduction in Price : Wholesale Price, 50 cents per barrel :
Retail Price, 60 cents per barrel, at the works of the SAN FRANCISCO GAS-
LIGHT COMPANY, Howard and First streets, and foot of Second st. Jan. 12.
"removal.
Merchants Exchange Ban k"s Office removed to 320 Kansome
Street, Room 9 [Feb. 28 1 R. G. SKEATH, Vice-President.
CALIFORNIA SUGAR REFINERY,
Manufacturers of the Standard Syrup, a superior article
put up in barrels expressly for home consumption. Also, Extra Heavy Syrup
in barrels for Export. Refined Sugars at lowest market rates. Office, 215 Front
street, up stairs. Dec. 21.
March 13, 1880.
CALIFORNIA ADVKKTISKK.
17
NOTABILIA.
THE PEDDLERS SONG.
Lawn as white as driven snow ;
Cypress black as e'er was crow ;
Gloves as sweet as damask p isea ;
Masks for faces and for noses ;
Buple- bracelet, necklace, amber ;
Perfume for a lady's chamber ;
Bold quitii'3 and stomachers.
For my lads to give their dears ;
Pins and poklng-sticks of steel.
What maids lack from head to heel:
Come buy of me.come; como buy.comebuy,
Buy, lads, or else your lasses cry.
William Suakspeare.
It will be remembered that Capt. Fred Burnaby, by incidentally
praising Cockle's Pills in his famous book, "A Ride to Khiva," gave such
a valuable advertisement that the grateful proprietor of the medicine of-
fered him a gift of many hundred pounds. De Lesseps, of interoceanic
canal fame, has just performed a similar service for a San Francisco
house. "To ward off the deadly miasma of the Isthmus," he writes to
bis Government in a recent report, " I know of nothing so effectual as a
cordial called Rock and Rye, manufactured by Messieurs F. & P. J.
Cassin, corner of Drumm and California streets, San Francisco."
Mrs. Hayes, besides being the "first lady in the land," is also one of
the best housewives. Her dinners, though never very elaborate, are cel-
ebrated for being most exquisitely cooked. It is related that a lady
friend, who bad vainly endeavored to discover the secret of Mrs. Hayes'
success, finally asked the latter to unfold the mystery. The answer was
very simple : " I always use in my kitchen," said the President's wife,
"a Union Range from De La Montauya, of San Francisco, Jackson
street, below Battery. You should get one." It is needless to say that
the lady followed this advice with the deserved result.
Most Texas towns have only one physician, and when be hears tbat
any one is terribly sick, he goes and gets howling drunk and kicks over
stoves and breaks up furniture and gets run in by the police. He knows
the sick man's friends will pay his fine to get him out.
It is said that the Zulu ladies, who have been creating such a sensation
in London lately, have already made remarkable progress in adopting
civilized customB. Their scanty dress at first caused considerable sensa-
tion, but now tbey wear clothes as stylish as the best in the land. One of
them outdid the others recently by appearing with a beautifully fair com-
plexion. It transpired that the Duchess of Sutherland, with whom she
is a great favorite, had presented her with some of Madame Rachel's
Enamel Bloom. The preparation that could accomplish such results has
since become all the rage in London.
She leaned lovingly upon his arm as they came from the matinee,
and looked sweetly up into his face. " What is it, darling — a sealskin
sack?" he asked. But he had missed the right interpretation of that
pleading, tender look. " No, my adored one," she replied, softly; " take
me, O, take me to the Original Swain's Bakery, on Sutter Btreet, above
Kearny, that we may there in sweet concert sip the divine coffee and nib-
ble the etherial ice-cream." And they went.
He who Mrs. to take a kiss
Has Mr. thing he should not Miss.
There is, perhaps, no line of business the proper management of
which requires so much delicacy and tact as that of the photographer.
His success depends almost as much upon his politeness and attention to
customers as upon the excellence of his work. Herein, to a great extent,
lies the remarkable success achieved through so many years by the famous
firm of Bradley & Rulofson, 429 Montgumery street. The courtesy and
tact shown in that establishment are proverbial.
Another naughty preacher and another frisky Elizabeth have been
scandalizing the pious New Yorkers by their wicked goings-on. It is
painful to see so much immorality among the clergy. Some consolation
can, however, be drawn from the fact that White, of 614 Commercial
street, still is ahead of all other hatters in town. We should allow noth-
ing to trouble us while we know where to get a first-class hat. White's is
the place, and don't you forget it.
A frying pan once used by Robert Burns is tenderly preserved in the
museum at Ayer. When the poet was alive, he found difficulty in obtain-
ing meat to put into it.
"How is it," asked one gentleman of another, "that, though you
frequent drinking saloons as frequently as any one I know, yet you never
act < r look the worse for what you take, but, on the contrary, grow more
healthy and fresh-looking everyday?" "Because I drink nothing but
Napa Soda," was the simple but conclusive reply.
"They cure!" What cure? Aycr's Cherry Pectoral for a Cough,
A>jcr's Pills for purgative purposes, and Ai/er's Sarsaparilla for complaints
that require an alterative medicine.
The Bon Ton Coffee Parlor, 23fi Montgomery street, has neater
quarters and better coffee than can be found anywhere else in town.
It Is said that thaCsar Would rather 1m? Charley IWs than himself.
mi ! It if* to K> fearod that he will nhortly become a raving ma-
niac. Hi- bftcomea Don and mon acosntrio every day. For instance, as
to his table, he will oat none but certain iIimIr'w of his own choosing, and
drink no wine but (hm variety. That is Landsberger'n Private Cuvee.
So far as the winr is oonoeniM, however, he seems to have all his wits
about him, for he could not have made a better choice.
Housekeepers are advised to call upon Hartshorn & McPhun, 112
Fourth street, near Mission, for all kinds of carpets, oil-cloths, Linoleum
mattings, stcj also, manufacturers of store anil house window Bhades,
plain or ornamented, (live them a call for first-class work, at the lowest
prices in the city.
Every deaf person should try the Audiphone. Call upon H. E.
Mathews, 606 Montgomery street, S. F.
Household Furniture sold on the installment plan at Gilbert and
Moore's, 219 Bush street.
Hop Bitters purifies the blood, and removes all pimples and eruptions.
See other column.
Homoeopathic Cough and Croup Syrup, 234 Sutter street.
GEO. STREET, Agent ITc.ws Letter, 30 Cornhill, E. C, Zondon.
JOYCE'S SPORTING AMMUNITION.
[ESTABLISHED 1820.]
rgllic attention of Sportsmen is invited to the following-
M Ammunition, of the best quality, now in general use throughout England,
India and the Colonies : Joyce's Treble Waterproof and P 3 Quality Percussion
Caps ; Chemically-prepared Cloth and Felt Gun Wadding- ; Joyce's Gas-Tight Car-
tridges, for Pin-fire and Central-Arc Breech -loading Guns ; Wire Cartridges, for killing
game at long distances, and every description of Sporting Ammunition. Sold by
all gun-makers and dealers in gunpowder.
i?Di?r»E'i>rrii.J irwnv
Sept. 20.
FREDERICK JOYCE & CO. , Patentees and Manufacturers,
67 Upper Thames street, London.
IN CONSEQUENCE OF SPURIOUS IMITATIONS OF
LEA «fc PERKINS' sake, which are calculated to deceive
the public, Lea and Perrins have adopted A NEW LABEL, bearing their sig-
nature, thus, " LEA & PERKINS," which is placed on every bottle of WORCESTER-
SHIRE SAUCE, and without which none is genuine.
Ask for LEA & PERRINS' Sauce, and see name on wrapper, label, bottle and stop-
per. Wholesale and for export by the proprietors, Worcester ; Crosse & Blackwell,
London, etc. , etc. , and by grocers and oilmen throughout the world.
Nov. 16. MESSRS. CROSS & CO., Agents, San Francisco.
ROWLAND'S
MACASSAR OIL strengthens the Hair and prevents it falling off. The bottles
have a glass stopper, and not a cork.
XAI/YDOK, beautifies the Complexion and eradicates FreckleB, Tan, Prickly Heat,
Eruptions, etc.
ODONTO whitens the Teeth, prevents and arrests decay, and gives a pleasing
fragrance to the breath.
EUKONIA is a new and delicate toilet powder.
Ask for ROWLAND'S articles, of 20, Hatton Garden, London, and avoid cheap
imitations. Sold bv Druggists, Bazaars, etc., all over the world. May 3.
M
O
edicinal Food—Pancreatic Emulsion Is the only true
food in
lousuiiiption and Wasting Diseases produced by enfeebled diges-
tion, or hereditary causes.
"jV/feflicinal Food--Pancreatic Emulsion supplies the special form of
_Uj_ nutriment, in combination with the digestive atrent required, and is there-
fore the
Natural Food for snch Invalids, restoring strength, weight and appe-
tite-, and counteracting the tendency to wasting diseases, etc.
Savory Jk Moore, New Bond-street, London, from whom pamphlets, contain-
ing particulars and the highest Medical Testimonials and recommendations,
may be obtained, gratis, on application, and chemists, etc., everywhere. [July 5.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
inestand Cheapest Meat-flavoring' Stock for Soups, Made
F
Dishes and Sauces.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MFAT
[m a success and boon for which Nations should feel grate-
ful. See " Medical Press," "Lancet," " British Medical Journal," etc.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF ME4T.
Caution—Genuine only with fac-simile of Baron Uebig-'s
Signature, in blue ink, acros3 Label. "Consumption in England increased ten-
old in ten years." March 2.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
To be had of all Store-keepers, Grocers and Chemists. Sole
Agents for the United States (wholesale only), C. David & Co., 43, Mark Lane,
London, England. March 2.
LANGLEY & MICHAELS,
"Wholesale Druggists,
Importers of Pnre English, French and German Drags,
PATENT MEDICINES, Etc.,
100 and 10S FRONT STREET,
San Francisco. [Sept. 6.
D. V. B. Henarie, Edward Martin.
E. MARTIN & CO.,
Importers and Wholesale Dealers in Wines and Liquors.
Proprietors of Miller's Extra Old Bonrbon and J. F. Cot-
ter Extra Old Bourbon and Rye Whiskies.
April 5. 40S Front Street, San Francisco.
HI3ERNIA BREWERY,
Howard Street, Between Eighth and Ninth.
Dec. 7] M. yzrXAJT, Proprietor.
(3JJ777 a year and expenses to agents. OulfltFree. Address,
*jp * I * June?.] P.O. V1CKERY, Augusta, Maine.
18
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
March 13, 1880.
BIZ.'
Imports of general merchandise during the week have been large
and free, embracing no less than four cargoes of Sugar from the Sand-
wich Islands, chiefly refining grades, for the California Refinery. The
ship Thomas Bell, from Manila, to William Carr, with 35,000 bags Sugar
for same refinery. Of Coffee we are in receipt of 13,000 bags Central
American, per Granada. Of Teas the City of Tokio brought 1,885 pkgs.
Out Spot Markets for these three staple articles seems to be more
than usually depressed, notably that of Coffee, the demand for which is
confined chiefly to local wants. No Eastern orders yet here for Prime
Central American Greens for Sfc. Louis or Chicago that are at all tempt-
ing to importers, prices altogether too low for business. The best parcels
of prime Green are held at 17£c, and from that down to 15c for new crop.
As for Sugars, prices for Refined were advanced £c per pound on the 4th
inst., now ll@llic.
The French bark Francois Joseph, from Bordeaux, brought awell-
assorted cargo of French goods, consisting of Oils, Wines, etc. The mar-
ket for these goods is rather slow, at low prices. The Pacific Mail
Steamship City of Tokio, from Hongkong, brought us of Rice, 39,000
mats, the price of which rules from 5c to 6c, according to quality. Sup-
plies of Hawaiian Rice seem to be waning, enabling holders to advance
price therefor to 6-^@6|c.
Coal. — Imports from the north coast, as well as from British Columbia,
are large, and these, with very liberal receipts of Steam Coals from our
own Mt. Diablo mines, are the cause of very low prices ruling, and checks
in a good degree imporcs from the Australian Colonies. It is reported that
several cargoes of West Hartley, to arrive next summer, have recently
been contracted for at S7 25@7 50 delivered, but at date these rates could
not be obtained. Anthracite Coal is in limited request at low figures.
Borax. — The market is very strong at the late rise in price, say 10@
12c. The China, for Panama, carried en route for New York 21,000 Tbs.
Quicksilver. — There is scarcely any demand, and the few buyers for
export will not offer over 40c. Some shipments are making upon owners'
account. Receipts for the week, 911 flasks. Exports since January 1st
for the past two years to date stand thuB : 1879—9,503 flasks, valued at
©295,350 ; 1880—4,456 flasks, valued at $138,471 ; decrease this year, 5,047
flasks, valued at §156,879. The production has been lessened of late by
the stoppage of the Great Western Company.
Bags and Bagging. — The market is very strong and prices are uppish.
Sales to some extent for May and June delivery at 10£@llc ; spot lots,
10|c for 22x36 Standard Grain Sacks. Arrivals of late from Calcutta
have been large and free, causing considerable stock accumulation, but it
is claimed by those interested that higher prices are sure to rule ere long.
The Oakland Jute Factory, for the manufacture of Bags, that shut down
March 4th, under the new Constitution, forbiddding State incorporations
from employing Chinese workmen, has nnw disincorporated, and will soon
resume work making Wool and Grain Sacks by the employment of Chi-
nese as heretofore, say 400 to 500 Mongolians.
Lumber.— The market is unsettled. The combination of dealers to
keep up prices, made a few months ago, does not hold water, and prices
are now " cut " to suit buyers.
Metals.— The market has in some degree lost its buoyancy for Pig
Iron. Sales to arrive of No. 1 Glengarnock made at §34 ; Eglington, S32 ;
probably §30 is all that now could be obtained. Tin Plate is also in buy-
ers' favor, and so also of other goods in the line.
Fig Lead. — The Pacific Mail steamship China, for Panama, carried,
en route for New York, 2,827 bars Richmond Co. Lead, 390,000 lbs,
valued at S25.000.
"Wines. — It is said that the bark Stella, 600 tons register, has been
chartered by Otto Esche to load 80,000 galls. Red and White Wine (Cali-
fornia) for Geimany, all of the vintage of 1879. The China, hence the
9th inst. for Panama, carried, en route for New York, 94,168 galls. Cali-
fornia Wine valued at $47,636. The Fr. bark Francois Joseph, from Bor-
deaux, brought us 2,959 Champagne and 19,679 French Claret, etc.
Freights and Charters. — We have had a very unlooked-for, and, may
we not add, an entirely uncalled-for break in the freight market during
the week, caused by the charter of the ship L. Schepp for Wheat to Liv-
erpool at 35s. This is a terrible decline in Wheat freights, and altogether
unexpected by ship owners and their agents. We have now iu port a
fleet of 19 vessels disengaged, of 21,500 tons register ; and on the berth,
loading, 15 vessels, of 19,500 tons register.
Breadstuffs. — Our crop prospects are brilliant. Our grain fleet, dating
from the beginning of the harvest year— July 1st — to date, now numbers
and compares as follows with the year preceding:
Vessels. Wheat, ctls. Value.
July 1, 1879 234 9,117,533 $17,457,237
July 1, 1878 211 7,782,698 13,395,150
The present price of shipping Wheat is $1 85@1 95 per cental, with a
good demand at $1 87i.
Flour. — The market continues without notable change. Our total ex-
ports since July 1st to date, 1879-80, 320,557 bbls ; 1878-79. 349,208 bbls.
Our exports to China and Central American ports continue liberal. We
quote Sperry's Stockton City Mills Shipping Extra, $6 ; Common Super-
fine, $4 ; Extra Superfine, $4 50(5)5. Golden Gate, Genessee and Na-
tional Mills Extra, with Starr's Vallejo City Mills, sell from S6@6 50 ^
196 lbs, all in cloth.
Barley. — The market is sluggish for all grades, stocks large and crop
prospects brilliant. We quote Brewing at 90@85c ; Feed, 80@85e $ ctl.
Oats.— Free supplies are at hand from the North ; market dull at SI 25
to SI 35 $ ctl.
Corn.— Stocks liberal, and the market dull at SI 05@1 15 $ ctl.
Beans.— Supplies are free, and the market dull at SI 50(5)§1 60 for
Y/hite ; Bayos, $1 30 # ctl.
Hops. — There is no demand ; stock light and prices nominal.
WooL — The Spring Clip arrives sparingly ; prices not yet established.
Hide3.— A good demand for Dry at 17|c ; Wet Salted, 9@9ic.
Tallow.— In fair request at 5J@6e ; Refined, 7£e.
Butter, Cheese and Eggs.— Fresh Butter, 25@27£c ; New Cheese,
13@14c ; Fresh Eggs, 20c # doz.
WHILES IiEAD.
Use ATLANTIC brand, the standard NEW YORK LEAD.
Stipulate for it in all your contracts. Do not permit any
other to he employed.
CSrJ Property-owners are cautioned against the substitu-
tion, hy painters, of cheap, low grade Leads, which, owing
to inferiority, can he bought for considerably less than the
cost of Atlantic brand.
C. T. RAYNOLDS & CO.,
9 Front Street,
Feb. 28.] Sole Agents.
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
The Company's steamers will sail as follows at 13 IU:
CITY OF TOKJO, March 20th— CITY OF PEKING, May lst-for YOKO-
HAMA and HONGKONG.
GRANADA, March 19th, for PANAMA and NEW YORK, calling at ACAPULCO,
SAN JOSE DE GUATEMALA, LA. LIBERTAD and PUNTA ARENAS.
Fare to New York, $139.
Tickets to and from Europe by any line for sale at the lowest rates ; also to Ha-
vana and all West India porta.
CITY OF SYDNEY, March 16th, at 12 o'clock M., or on arrival of the English
mails, for HONOLULU, AUCKLAND and SYDNEY. $10 additional is charged for
pansajje in Upper Saloon.
Round the World Trip, via New Zealand and Australia, S650. Tickets also issued
from San Francisco to New York via New Zealand and Australia.
CITY OF CHESTER. March 20th, for VICTORIA, PORT TOWNSEND, SEATTLE,
and TACOMA, connecting at TACOMA with Northern Pacific Railroad for PORT-
LAND, Oregon, and at Seattle with local steamers for Skaget River and Mines.
Tickets must be purchased before 11 a.m. on day of sailing, at Wharf Office.
For freight or passage apply at the office, cor. First and Erannan streets.
March 13. WILLIAMS, DIMOND & CO., General Agents.
FOR PORTLAND AND ASTORIA, OREGON.
The Oregon Steamship Company and PaciGc Coast Steam-
ship Company will dispatch every five days, for the above ports, one of their
new Al Iron Steamships, viz.: OREGON, GEORGE W. ELDER, and STATE OF
CALIFORNIA.
Sailing Days
March 2, 7. 12, 17, 22, and 27- I April 1, 6, 11, 16, 21, and 26-
At 10 o'clock A.. M.
Connecting at Portland, Oregon, with Steamers and Railroads and their connecting
Stage Liues for all points in Oregon, Washington and Idaho Territories, British
Columbia and Alaska.
K. YAN OTERENDORP, Agent O. S. S. Co.,
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March 6. No. 10 Market street, San Francisco.
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Cabin Plans on exhibition and Passage Tickets for sale at No. 2 New Montgomery
street.
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Attendance, daily* from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., by the nnder-
signed, to receive subscriptions and donations, and to furnish all information
relating to the Society. J. P. McCURRIE, Secretary,
Oct. 23. 7S0 Montgomery street.
March 13, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVKKTISEK.
io
BOOK REVIEW.
Th* Inter-Oce^nlc Canal and the Monro* Doctrine. N>« Tortt: C. 1'.
l*UUi*n> * Suns. Nik I ! irbounie h Co. 1880.
This »ni>nvinini€ vnlunn' »»f U8 pigM twftt <rf the OOBDtDVrdal import-
ance of the Intor ( Veanic Canal, an«l the liis»t»»ry of MUM of the schemes
for bulMing it: ol the author tnd .-ruin of tin- Monroe doctrine; of the
general fonfarn policy Of the United State*; <<f colonization and provin-
•MM consider d in relation Io tho interests of the united
: and advocates that the Vnit. A States should control the canal,
body of fact» are very well brought under r* view in the volume,
think that the whole spirit of the book tends towards an applica-
tion ol the Monn>e doctrine, which is beyond its scope. If Colombia or
a*, two independent Governments, choose to build a canal or to
arrant with capitalists for its construction, what have the United States
t to in such an act ? Surely either of then States is competent to
make such an exercise of its sovereign powers. If the United States
chonae to construct and own a canal, every facility will be accorded to
them. The objection that in time of war it might be in unfriendly hands
may be met by the remark that the strongest Power will take possession
of it, or will blockade it, if necessary, without regard to who owns it.
Messrs. Houghton Sc Osgood, of Boston, have in hand a beautiful
new illustrated edition of Longfellow's poems. The book is bein<* issued
in subscription numbers, and is really a magnificent work. Our talented
young artist, Julian Rix, has just finished one of the illustrations for this
edition. The subject of his picture is the second verse of the " Boy and
the Brook," and very admirably has Rix carried out the idea of the poem.
For this purpose he has cleverly adapted a sketch of Mt. Adams. We
have seldom seen such broad, free handling in so small a space. "The
new snow on the old " is exactly rendered— the tree drawing, the effect of
the distant, massive, grand old mountain, the management of light and
the transparent, purling brook, with its reflections and its shining, water-
worn pebbles, are beyond criticism. Rix may feel highly honored in thus
being selected to represent California in such a notable collection of art-
istic genius.
It is reported that great alarm exists among the Tarantches of Kuldja
at the supposed approaching surrender of the province to China, and that
thev contemplate sending a deputation to St. Petersburg to remonstrate
against the cession. The semi-official press of St. Petersberg insinuates
that the Kuldja Treaty is not ratified because of English machinations ;
that the Chinese troops gathered in considerable numbers on the frontiers
of Kuldja are largely supplied with English arms and officers ; and that
this will provoke troubles as soon as the Merv Expedition begins.
It having been stated in the China and Indian papers that the Chi
nese Government had made overtures to Colonel Gordon, who has just
returned from Egypt, we are in a position to contradict the announce-
ment. The leader of the " Ever victorious troops" will not renew his
connection with either country.
These be nice distinctions: Louis XIV. shoes, says a French paper,
go to mass ; shoes embroidered with steel beads go to the theater ; sky
blue slippers adorned with white beads dance like mad, and pink slippers
wrought with silver— well, they are good to drop when somebody will
care to pick them up.
St. John's Presbyterian Church, Post street, between Mason and
Taylor. Rev. Dr. W. A. Scott, Pastor, preaching as usual Sunday at 11
A.M. and 7£ p.m. Sunday School and Bible Class, 9-i A. M. Prayer and
Praise Service, 6£ p.m. Communion of the Lords Supper at the close of
the morning service. .
Gentlemen requiring the very best of shirts and underclothing will go
to J. M. Litchfield & Co,'s, 417 Montgomery street, if they are wise.
No other gents' furnishing establishment will give equal satisfaction.
Custom-made clothing is also a specialty with this firm, and their fitter is
the best in the city.
Krupp has invented a needle-gun warranted to kill 200 men per min-
ute. In case the American Association of Amateur Poets carries out its
expressed intention of holding a convention in Chicago next summer, Mr.
Krupp's business will receive a boom. — Toledo Commercial.
Spain gives a Minister Plenipotentiary $6,000 per year, while a favor-
ite bull-fighter receives $30,000 ; but then we'd rather plenipotensh for
that country for a dollar a day and board than fight bulls at any price. —
Modem Argo.
M. Paul de Cassagnacs life of the late Prince Imperial will be
published simultaneously in English, French and German. The Empress
has not been consulted about it.
The Boston Post says Buffalo Bill discourages round dances. It
means to say that Bison William snatched an Indian bald-headed for in-
dulging in a round war-dance.
Mr. Mechi says that he estimates the loss to the farmers in 1879 at
£100,000,000. Mr. Thomas Scott, on the other hand, puts it at £150,-
000,000.
It is estimated that the Austrian Empress' visit to Ireland, the
journeys to and fro, and concurrent expenses, will cost her upwards of
£30,000.
English girls never wear short dresses to let pretty feet be exposed to
view. Perhaps, though, if wearing short dresses would accomplish that
result they'd do it.
The best and most thoughtful newspapers now allow contributors to
the waste-baskets to write on both sides of the sheet.— Atlanta Constitu-
A poetical dairyman has discovered that cows with dreamy eyes are
the best milkers.
Satin breakfast caps with fur brims are worn in Paris.
HIGHEST STOCK QUOTATIONS
For tho Week Ending March 12. 18SO.
ConriLKit bt Okoikir 0. Efickox * Do., Ill -Mom-uhmkrv Strict.
Namkof Mink.
Argents
'Andes
Alpha
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Addenda
'Bullion
'Belcher
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Benton
Bodio Con
Boston Con
Bechtel Con
Buhvcr Con .... ,
•Belle Isle
Black Hawk ....
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Exchequer
Fairfax
Flowery . .■
Gould & Carry
Gila
Grand Prize
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* Julia!
"Justice
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Kentuck
♦Leviathan
Lady Bryan
Lady Washington
Mexican,
Manhattan
"Metallic
Mount Diablo
Martin White
•Mammoth
Northern Belle
Noonday
North Noonday
North Bonanza
Ophir
Overman . . .•
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Summit
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Tip-Top
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MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVALS AND CLEARANCES AT THE PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO, FOR
THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 11, 1880.
ARRIVALS.
DATE.
VESSEL.
MASTER.
WHERE FROM.
CONSIGNEES.
Mch 6
Yokohama . . .
Williams, Dimond & Co.
.. fl
Miller
Degener & Co.
.. 6
Gruzelier...
Wm. Carr.
.. 6
Bark Lobo
'fait
Cardiff
Balfour, Guthrie & Co.
.. 6
Bark Francois Joseph.
Mane
Pascal, Duhedat & Co.
.. 7
Honolulu
J. C. Merrill & Co.
.. 7
Bark Homewood
Hongkong....
Balfour. Guthrie & Co.
7
Bark Henry Buck
Newcastle
Geo J. Theobald & Co.
Honolulu
Welch & Co.
.. 8
St'r Lancashire Witch.
Edlefsen
Yokohama . . .
.. 8
Bark Cyane
Williams, Dimond & Co.
Cavarly
Panama
CLEARANCES.
DATE.
VESSEL.
MASTER. WHERE BOUND
BT WHOM CLEARED.
Mch 6
Bark Lady Lampson . .
Seabury |Panama
Welch & Co.
Ship Jas. Nesmeth
Robert Sheehy.
Dickson, DeWolf & Co.
.. 11
A new magazine, called the Bystander, is about to appear in London.
20
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER.
March 13, 1880.
COMMENTS ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
Lord BeaconsGeld'a announcement that Parliament will be dis-
solved about the 23d of March seems to have created a great deal more
excitement and surprise than is necessary. The dissolution is strictly in
accordance with precedent, and at the present juncture was to be expected
with more confidence than ever.
There is no uncertain ring about the Premier's letter to the Duke of
Marlborough. It is characterized by the cool daring and consciousness of
rightful power, for which its illustrious writer has ever been distin-
guished. There is no back-down about it. Many people expected that
Lord Beaconsfield, weary of being abused for his aggressive foreign
policy by Liberals, and ranted at by Home Rulers for his desire to pre-
serve the integrity of the United Kingdom, would abate somewhat his
haughty assertion of Old England's right to be heard in European politics,
and throw a little oil on the troubled waters of IriBh agitation. But not
a bit of it. He boldly declares that the main issues of his party in the
coming campaign will be the maintenance of England's influence abroad,
and of her inseparable union with Ireland, at home. This is consistent
with his course throughout, and he could not gain a surer hold upon the
admiration and support of Englishmen than by thus showing that the
political tenets he has hitherto field he will not abandon through any fear
of losing the confidence or approval of the people.
Nor need he have any fear, as the approaching general election will
very conclusively prove. The Conservative party, under its leader's di-
rection, has undoubtedly restored to England the prestige and influence
to which her inherent power justly entitles her, but which had been
weakened by the namby-pamby and vacillating policy of the present
Premier's predecessor. The people of England understand this, and it is
our firm belief that even those who rave most wildly against jingoism
would regard with apprehension the restoration of the very party with
which they are so vociferously affiliated. In any case, we predict that 20
to 1 on the reinstallraent of the Conservatives would be a very safe bet.
The manifesto of the Liberal leader is of a very different order from
that of Lord Beaconsfield. It is indefinite, temporizing, and in no sense
satisfactory. Lord Hartington is too shrewd a statesman not to know
that Beaconsfield's foreign policy is first to the taste of Englishmen.
Doubtless he wishes he could claim it for his own, and doubtless he would
like at least to promise that a Liberal administration would religiously
adopt, cherish and pursue it. Since, however, he and his party have for
years systematically abused that policy as ruinous, he is prevented from
taking this very desirable attitude. The most he can promise, and has
promised, is that the edifice reared by the Conservatives shall not be torn
down by the Liberals. This is rather a humiliating position for. a great
party to take. What is wrong is wrong, and should be righted. If, as
the Liberals have all along declared, Cyprus, Afghanistan, Zululand, and
all other recent acquisitions, are injurious to the interests of Great Brit-
ain, surely they cannot be consistently retained by those who hold such
convictions. If England has been fooled and dishonored by the Treaty
of Berlin, that instrument ought to be torn up when those who think get
into power. But — " No! " say the Liberals, only give us office, and we
pledge you our word that all these evils shall be unremedied by us."
Somewhat different is the attitude of the Liberals toward the Home.
Rule question. Herein they declare that the Government has taken the
wind out of their sails. In short, that they always have and always will
be opposed to the demands of the Home Rulers. In this connection we
have received the following communication from an intelligent English
gentlemen, who is well known as an able writer on such topics, both here
and in his own country. It is needless to add that he is Liberal :
" Lord Beaconsfield, in his letter to the Duke of Marlborough, Lord Lieutenant
of Ireland, announcing: that the main issues of the Conservative Party in the gen-
eral election will be against Home Rule and in vindication of the Government's
foreign policy, has made a mistake in proposing to make Home Kale a leading issue.
Already it has called forth the fierce hostility of Irish members, and Lord Harting-
ton, the leader of the Liberal Party in the House of Commons, has issued his address,
in which he asserts that he knows of no party that is in favor of the decomposition
of the British Empire. On the question of foreign policy, the Conservatives and
Liberals are distinctly at issue, but they are not so on Home Rule. The Irish voters
in all the larger towns in England and Scotland will, in consequence of this action of
Lord Beaconsfield, doubtless vote against the Conservatives."
Our only comment on this is, that if the Liberals have been opposed to
Home Rule they certainly have not been very ardent in pressing their op-
position. How often has the Government received their support against
the Obstructionists ? How often have they stood shoulder to shoulder
with the Administration against the agitation which they now pretend to
abhor ? Neutral they may have been occasionally, but active against
Home Rule never. Our correspondent says that in consequence of Lord
Beaconsfield's stand against Home Rule " the Irish voters in all the larger
towns of England and Scotland will doubtless vote against the Conserva-
tives." For whom, then, will they vote? If the Liberals are sincere, to
vote for them would be, if not exactly leaping out of the frying-pan into
the fire, at least leaping out of one frying-pan into another. But it looks
as if the Liberals are not sincere, and the Home Rulers probably know
this.
As to the Irish distress there is little new to be said. Some accounts
say it is relieved, some that is alleviated, some that it is worse than ever.
One thing, however, we have to say about it. This is, that it is detesta-
bly bad taste for the Press of this country to crow so loudly over Amer-
ican contributions. Have we given to relieve distress, or have we given
merely in order to be able to brag about the giving ? As for the talk
about the English people having contributed less than we have, that is
merely the crowing of newly-born journalistic babes. For the instruc-
tion of these sucklings, we would inform them that it is the English Gov-
ernment and not the English people that has to come forward in such a
crisis. The English Government has come forward, and it is with its con-
tributions alone that our own voluntary gifts can be justly compared.
Such a comparison, however, would not suit the noble American Eagle.
THE "THUNDERER'' ON THE CHINESE.
Speaking of our anti-Chinese agitation the London Times says :
"This is the most determined move that has yet been made against the
Chinese immigration. It remains to be- seen whether the yellow race
can be permanently repelled by Mr. Denis Kearney, Mayor Kalloch, and
their followers. Chinamen have pioneered for themselves a track from
their over-peopled land into the New World. Mob violence and the
jealousy of labor may only temporarily prevail to block the way. This is
the moral of ancient Chinese history. The experience of late years has
proved that Chinese nature is as vigorous as ever ; it seems as incapable
of being stopped peremptorily in its determined course as a column of
migratory ants on the march. Our Shanghai correspondent draws at-
tention once more to the surprising political revival of the Chinese Em-
pire. Twenty years ago there were confident prophecies that the enor-
mous mass was falling to pieces by its own unwieldy weight. Rebel-
lion desolated the richest districts. European Powers dictated terms of
peace at Canton and Peking. The creed of Confucius was unsettled by a
foreign religion which yet was not admitted as a substitute. The hun-
dreds of millions of Chinamen had lost faith, not in their own infallibil-
ity, but in the infallibility of their rulers. Use made them tolerant of
the presence and presumptuousness of strangers ; and Colonel Gordon re-
lieved them from the terror of the Taepings. Then the Central Power
began gradually to recover itself. Provinces which had thrown off sub-
jection either were reduced by force or were intimidated into allegiance.
The progress was not uninterrupted.
The present retrieval by China of its past condition of anarchy and ad-
versity is the work of the native Chinese spirit and the native Chinese
system. A generation since the'invasion of the empire by a flood of new
ideas, inventions and customs had stunned and confused the Chinese
mind. A medley of Confucianism and Christianity resulted in the im-
posture of the Taeping leader, Tien-teh. Stolid Tartar arrogance, allying
itself with the suspicious exclusiveness of Chinese officialism, provoked
wars with Europeans. The nation was amazed at discovering the mili-
tary incompetence of its rulers, whose only title was the sword. A kind
of electric shock benumbed for a time the Chinese intellect. Foreign ob-
servers thought it paralysis and a warning of dissolution. The shock at
length exhausted its force. It is seen that only the surface of Chinese life
was ruffled. Beneath is the same solid mass as ever, living its own life,
having its own ends and objects, moving on its own lines. Four hundred
and fifty millions of human beings constitute the most cohesive and
united nation in the world.
It is the burden of the charge against Chinese immigration into Califor-
nia and Australia that the Chinaman never puts off his nationality.
These imagined citizens of the world never lose their identity. The mo-
ment the purpose of their expatriation i3 attained3 hey fall back without
an effort into their old places. They are slaves of ustom and precedent;
yet custom and precedent never stand in the way of their striking a good
bargain or earning their livelihood by hard work. Judged by their
usages, they might seem to be the least practical, while in most of theic
acts they prove themselves the most practical of beings. That the re-
newed prosperity of China is the consequence of renewed vitality in the
Chinese national system may excite a feeling of dejection in those well-
meaning persons who have hoped to replace the old system by something
better. Englishmen at large will rejoice that China shows signs of regen-
erating itself on the old lines. The possibility of so vast an empire fall-
ing to pieces opens up vistas of chaos and infinite ruin which appal the
imagination. On the other hand, its continued and even increased cohe-
sion may be found in no way incompatible with the absorption of useful
European ideas and discoveries."
ARIZONA ITEMS.
A Camp Apache letter states that the snow-fall there is greater
than any known in years before. Between Showlow and Apache the
snow is two feet deep. Prospects for crops are good. Tha Latter Day
Saints are still coming into the country.
The Silver Prince Mining Company have just concluded the pur-
chase of the Black Warrior, Tuscumbia and Tuscarora mines, at prices
which have not yet been made public. It is the intention of the com-
pany to erect, immediately, at the Black Warrior mine, a 10-stamp mill
to run only on rich ore, of which there is a great abundance in the mine3
purchased. The sale of these mines to this energetic company is the
dawning of that era of prosperity in Northern Arizona, the coming of
which we have all felt. To G-ov. Fremont and Judge Silent are largely
due the thanks and goodwill of the community for the untiring energy,
zeal and ability with which they have assisted the sale of this property,
and directed the attention of mining capital to the matchless wealth of
Northern Arizona.
We learn that Secretary Gosper, during his recent visit to San
Francisco, met the Eastern gentlemen who are associated with him in the
enterprise for the erection of reduction works at Prescott. At a thorough
discussion of the subject, it was determined to increase the amount of
money devoted to this purpose to three times the sum originally desig-
nated, so that the entire amount to be expended will be about ©75,000.
This sum will give to Prescott reduction works of the most complete char-
acter in the Territory, and of a kind to insure economical and close work-
ing of every class of ore peculiar to this section. — Arizona Miner.
In these days when Mrs. Pork, Mrs. Yeast and Mrs. Fuseloil are
fabricating and filching mottoes and escutcheons, what should prevent
the Smith family from adopting: "E Pluribus Unum?" — Puck.
The concession to the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance
Company for the Luzon (Manila) Hongkong cable has been finally ad-
justed, the royal order granting the necessary modifications having been
signed at Madrid on January 26th. The Calabria, belonging to the Con-
struction Company, is to sail early next week with the cable, and land
the necessary stores for establishing the line from Hongkong to Cape Bo-
linao for the account of the Eastern Extension Australasia and China
Telegraph Company. It is anticipated that the work of laying it will be
completed within the month of May, or three months in advance of the
contract time, which does not expire until August.
"What a rosy little game is this appointing of female copying clerks
by the members of the august Board of Supervisors! We understand
that the patronage is parceled off, so many girls to each Super. No won-
der they are called City Fathers! P. S. — How many lady copyists does
his Reverence, the Mayor, appoint?
Prio* p«r Copy. 10 C»nt».
ESTABLISHED JULY, 20. 18S6.
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DEVOTED TO THE LEADING INTERESTS OF CALIFORNIA AND THE PACIFIC COAST.
Vol. 30.
SAN FRAN0IS00, SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1880.
No. 36.
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OLD BARS— S90@910— Silver Bars— 5@ 15 tf cent. disc. Mexican
Dollars, S(qS\ per cent.
" Exchange on New York,
ers, 49^ ; Commercial, 49^d.
grams, 3-10 per cent.
"Price of Money here, \
open market, 1@1£.
per cent., ; On London, Bank-
Paris, sight, 5 francs per dollar. Tele-
5}1 per cent, per month — bank rate. In the
)emand light.
t Latest price of Sterling, 485J@488£.
PRICES OF LEADING STOCKS AND GOV. BONDS.
San Francisco March 19 , 1HSO.
Stocks and Bonds.
BONDS.
Cal. State Bonds,6'8,'57 .
S. F. City & Co. B'tU. 6s, '58
8. F. City & Co. B'ds, 7s . . .
Mmit^'v Av. Bonds
Dupont Street Bmids
Sacramento City Bonds —
Stockton City Bonds
Yuba County B> inds
Marvsville City Bunds
Kola Clara Co, Bonds
Bnra & Truckee H. R. Bds,
Nevada Co. N. G. P. R. Bds1
Oakland City Bonds . .
BANKS
Bank of California. . .
Pacific Bank
First National
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Union (ex div.)
Fireman's Fund (ex div) . . .
California (ex div)
State Investment
Home Mutual
Bid.
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102
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Nora.
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65
so
85
26
28
90
95
103
106
103
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102
112
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130
115
120
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110
112
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INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Commercial
Western
82
111
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RAILROADS.
C. P. R. R. Stock
C. P. R. K Bonds
City Railroad
Omnibus R. R
N. B. and Mission R. R.
Sutter Street R. R
Geary Street R.R
Central R. R. Co
Market Street R. R....
Clay Street Hill R. R . .
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S. F. Gaslight Co
Oakland Gaslight Co. . .
Sacramento GaslightCo
California Powder Co..
Giant Powder Co (new stck)
Atlantic Giant Powder, do
Gold and Stock Teleg'h Co
S. V. W. W. Co. 's Stock...
S. V. W. W.Co.'s Bonds..
Andrew Baird, 312 California street.
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A GOOD APPOINTMENT.
We are glad to notice that Captain Marcus Harloe has been ap-
pointed Chief Wharfinger by the Harbor Commission. A better choice
could not have been made. Captain Harloe is the oldest sea Captain on
the coast, and has for thirty years sailed vessels out of San Francisco, in
eluding passenger-ships for Holliday & Brenham, the Pacific Mail Steam-
ship Company, and (.TOodaH'& Perkins. In 1S65 he was elected Harbor
Master of San Francisco, and served with great ability in that responsi-
ble position till the close of 1866. Captain Harloe is from San Luis
Obispo county, where he has a vast sheep and cattle ranch. We congratu-
late both him and the people on his new appointment.
The Health of the City. — The health of the community is, on the
whole, favorable. The mortality from consumption and pneumonia is
still high. Measles and whooping cough are prevalent among children,
and one or two are registered every week. There have already been seven
casualties and two suicides this week, and for some weeks past a great
number of persons have died of cancer. Considerable improvements have
been made in the sanitary condition of Chinatown, but the proposal of
wholesale condemnation has been given up. 'The authorities are now
urged to increase the prison accommodation, in order to enforce the cubic
space ordinance. But the Board of Health did not attempt to say how
many additional prisons would be necessary.
Latest from the Merchant's Exchange.— New York, March 19th,
1880. United States Bonds— 4s, 106*; 4$s, 107i; 5s. 102J. Sterling Ex-
change, 4 89. Pacific Mail, 40£. Wheat, 140@148. Western Union,
107^. Hides, 21@21J. Oil— Sperm, "106@ 110. Winter Bleached, 115@123.
Whale Oil, 55(§|56 ; "Winter Bleached, 60@65. Wool— Spring, fine, 33@
40 ; Burry, 20@25 ; Pulled, 40@50 ; Fall Clips, 24@33 ; Burry, 18@22.
London, March 19. — Liverpool Wheat Market, lis. 5d.@lls. 10d.; Club,
lis. 3d.@lls. 7d.; U. S. Bonds, 5's, 105; 4a, 108£; 4i's, 110£. Consols,
98 1-16@3-10.
A portrait and full biographical sketch of Mr. W. T. Coleman will be
presented with the News Letter next week.
Beerbohm's Telegram. —London and Liverpool, March 19, 1880.—
Floating Cargoes, quiet but steady ; Cargoes on Passage, rather easier ;
Mark Lane Wheat, steady; No. 2 Spring Off Coast, 53s.@53s. 6d.;
Red Winter Off Coast, 57s.; California Off Coast, 54s.; California Just
Shipped, 50s.; California Nearly Due, 53s.; No. 2 Spring for Shipment,
51s. 6d.; Liverpool Spot Wheat, quiet ; California Club, No. 1 Standard,
lis. 7d.; California Club, No. 2 Standard, lis. 3d.; Western, lis. 5d.;
White Michigan, lis. 10d.; No. 3 Spring, 10s. 10d.@lls. 4d.; No. 2 Red
Winter for Shipment, 53s. 6d.@54s.; New York Sterling Exchange,
85\@89; market inactive.
The sudden death of Mrs. H. Belloc is one of the saddest events
we have ever had to record. At the time of her marriage, the prospects
of her future were bright and brilliant. Domestic differences, the nature
of which is private, not public property, led to a separation. If, as it
seems at present, Mrs. Belloc met her death at her own hands, the causes
that led her to this rash end are buried with her, and we respect the
privacy of the grave. To Mr. Belloc, and the lady's afflicted relatives,
we tender our deepest sympathy.
Many American citizens expressed considerable surprise at seeing
the National flag floating over the new City Hall last Wednesday, in
honor of St. Patrick's Day. There was no need for surprise, however.
The flag, we are told, was hoisted by express command of the Mayor, and
it would have been a great deal more astonishing if any measure adopted
by that functionary were otherwise than in bad taste.
A very notable addition to the Bush Fund has been made by Mr.
Jas. R. Keene, in the substantial shape of §2,500. This is* the largest
sum by far that any one person has as yet contributed. It comes from a
purse that has never been found shut when its contents could help a good
cause. We are glad to see that, though big-hearted Jim Keene has left
us, he has not forgotten his old love.
At the President's reception and the Zamacona ball, Mrs.
John Jacob Astor, Jr. wore diamonds valued at 8800,000. The earrings
were solitaires, worth S50.000 each, and a diamond chain, worn diagonally
across the corsage, was made up of 500 stones, worth a thousand dollars
each. Even at the White House the prudent lady had two detectives
keeping guard over her.
One or two unimportant changes have been made in the time
table of the C. P. R. R,, to take effect from to-day, March 20th. These
changes, which we have learned too late for insertion in the time table,
relate to the daily 4 p. M. Arizona express, which henceforward will con-
nect with Tombstone, Gruaymas, and El Paso, by stage.
Rome, March 17th. -^-It is alleged that the Pope, having learned
that several Catholic dignitaries in England had indulged in violent lan-
guage against the British Government and supported the Irish movement,
has expressed his disapproval of their conduct and dispatched letters of
remonstrance to them. •
We are happy to state that the building of the Pontoon Dock, de-
scribed and illustrated in the late numbers of the News Letter, bids fair to
be soon commenced, the project having received the earnest approval and
encouragement of many of our leading capitalists, whose names will ap-
pear in an early issue of this paper.
We have received the first number of a new Denver weekly journal,
entitled the Jnter-Occan. Both as to appearance and contents this new-
born journalistic babe possesses extraordinary merit. Lack of space pro-
hibits a more lengthy notice this week, but we shall take occasion to refer
to the Inter-Ocean again.
A breach of promise suit is about to agitate certain circles. The
snowy hair of the would-be bride, and the venerable appearance of the
gay Lothario, will make an impressive appearance in Court, and the de-
velopments promise to be rich and racy to the last degree.
Ex-Mayor McCoppin leaves by the City of Sydney to-day for the
Sandwich Islands, where he has important business interests. We wish
Mr. McCoppin bon voyage, with a safe and speedy return.
Theodore Shillaber, who pleaded guilty to a charge of battery on
Clint. Winters, was on Thursday sentenced by the Police Judge to pay a
fine of §300, which was paid. _^___
Another interesting article on " Immorality in High Places " (No. 3}
is too late for this issue. It will startle the natives next week.
Printed and Published by the Proprietor, Frederick Marriott, 607 to 616 Merchant Street, San Francisco, California.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
March 20, 1880.
■i'M M ROUT OP THE "JUSTICE" RING.
The community is to be congratulated upon the fact that the conspir-
acies known as "The Justice Mining Company vs. Schultz and "Von
Bargen" has been knocked on the head by the recently rendered decision
of Referee James T. Boyd. A grosser outrage upon the public senBe
of what is right and fair than this same suit was never brought into the
Courts of the United States, and had the result been other than in favor
of the defendants, no one in California could feel that his reputation and
property were secure from the machinations of unscrupulous men. All
intelligent and well informed people are already so familiar with the chief
particulars of this now famous suit that a detailed recapitulation of them
would be superfluous. Nevertheless, there are a few inside facts which
the public will be interested in learning.
For instance, it may not be generally known that the pretentious title
of the plaintiff, namely, " The Justice Mining Company," simply meant
E. J. Baldwin and a clique of kindred soreheads. A greater mistake
could not be made than to suppose that the suit was really brought by
the " company" against two of its most able officers, the fact being that
it was merely a malicious and hoggish attempt on the part of Baldwin
and his myrmidons to annoy and injure those officers, under cover of the
law. Of course, the conspirators had control of the mine's affairs, but
how did they obtain that control ? Certainly not in an upright, honora-
ble way, or in accordance with the code which governs the transactions of
square-dealing business men.
Messrs. Schultz and Von Bargen relinquished their control of the Jus-
tice mine on the understanding that their acknowledged indebtedness to
the Company should be canceled by the transfer of certain milling and
mining property. Had those with whom they made this transaction in
good faith adhered to their contract, all would have been well. But no
sooner had the majority of the stock thus fallen into the hands of the
Baldwin ring, than the contemptible part of the business began. Firmly
believing that they now had Mr. Schultz " in a hole," destitute of money
and friends, the cowardly crew of envious soreheads trumped up a series
of baseless and vindictive claims, and employed the mine's money to in-
stitute a suit which they must have known from the first to be hopeless.
It must be a source of great satisfaction to the stockholders to feel that
they have been saddled with the costs of an expensive litigation simply
that the malice of the Baldwin ring might be gratified.
The result of the silly and discreditable prosecution {persecution would
be a more accurate term) to which Messrs. Schultz and Von Bargen were
thus subjected our "readers already know. Before an J incorruptible and
upright judge truth and justice are bound to prevail. Such a judge was
found in Referee James T. Boyd, whose exhaustive and able decision has
just been laid before the public. "We regret that we have not space to
publish that decision in extenso, for a more thorough and masterly hand-
ling of the whole case could not be desired. Every inch of the ground is
gone over, every point is well taken, and every opinion formed, whether it
relates to law or to fact, is supported with a lucid reasoning and power-
ful logic that leave no room for cavil, misunderstanding, or argument.
As everybody knows, the effect of this notable decision is the complete
exoneration of Messrs. Schultz and Von Bargen and the utter rout of their
shameless enemies. No intelligent and unprejudiced person ever
doubted that this result was inevitable, but it must be
a, double satisfaction to Mr. Schultz to know that his in-
tegrity has been thus elaborately vindicated at the expense of
those who would have cast a stain upon his reputation to serve their pri-
vate ends. Although Mr. Schultz's management of the Justice mine is
well known to have been as honorable as it was successful, the charges
made against him with such brazen impudence must have done him more
or less injury, had he not been afforded an opportunity to openly refute
them. It is at the very hands of those who sought to injure him that he
has received this opportunity, and in our opinion he ought to be deeply
grateful to the Baldwin ring for the service that 'their suit has rendered
him.
It only remains to be said that the entire community is well pleased
with the way in which this memorable suit has terminated. The manner
in which' it was conducted, on the part of the defendants, by Gen. W. H.
L. Barnes, has added greatly to that gentleman's already brilliant renown
as a lawyer, while, as for the manner in which Referee Boyd has dealt
with the case, we can only say that it has filled the entire bar of San
Francisco with surprise and delight.
But it is not alone in financial matters that the yelping pack of Mr.
Schultz's persecutors have tried to injure him. With the most devilish
and persistent malignity they have invaded his domestic circle and en-
deavored in various ways to stir up discord between him and his wife.
Women in the guise of fortune-tellers would often call on his wife, and
by asserting that their supernatural powers enabled them to warn her of
her husband's guilt, showed plainly that their only object was to cause
that estimable lady unhappiness. In whose employ these women were,
we do not pretend to say. On one occasion an attorney employed by the
plaintiffs in the case used the vilest language about Mr. Schultz in the
presence of that gentleman's wife, and concluded by declaring that he
would send him to the State Prison. In short, no stoue was left unturned
by these vindictive people in their endeavors to destroy the business pros-
pects ot their victim, and to blight his domestic happiness.
'•MEN WE KNOW,"
Ferdinand De Iiesseps.
San Francisco has ere now been visited by many distinguished per-
sonages, hut probably never has a more remarkable man been among ub
than he whoBe portrait we to-day present to our readers— Count Ferdi-
nand De Lesseps. Of his early history little need be said here. Though
a trained diplomat, of great experience and marked ability, his career in
the profession of his earlier years has been completely overshadowed by
his marvelous achievements as an engineer. The honors that have been
Bhowered upon him by his own and other leading governments need not
be recapitulated. It is of the apostle, designer and, we trust, the pros-
pective executor of the vast project which brings him among us to-day,
that we would devote our attention. A man of immense mental and
physical resources, a great engineer, possessed of marvelous tenacity of
purpose, he has conquered inconceivable difficulties, changed the course
of half the commerce of the world, and placed the whole human race un-
der obligations to him, and he is here to-day, at seventy-five years of age,
unwearied by thousands of miles of land journey, strong of body, vigor-
ous of mind, cheerful of spirit, ready for another enterprise greater even
than the one he has already accomplished, the successful execution of
which might well satisfy the ambition of one man, standing, as it does,
the greatest monument of indomitable purpose that the century can boast
of. But the will of the great man does not flag, his genius is by no means
worn out, his spirit is no less buoyant than when, under many and sore
discouragements, he turned the first sod of the Suez Canal. His experi-
ence is greater, his judgment is riper, and his capacity to proportion
means to ends has increased, and, above all, he enjoys that eclat which
comes of success. His mission is inconceivably important to the Pacific
Coast. It means that the time is at hand when we shall no longer be an
isolated portion of the globe. It means that we shall, ere long, be brought
into close connection with the commercial entrepots of the world. It
means that San Francisco shall be hastened on toward her sure and cer-
tain destiny of becoming -one of the greatest commercial ports of the
earth. The man, and his mission, are transcend an tly great, and worthy
of all the thoughtful attention and consideration our people can bestow
upon them. We heartily recommend both to every attentive reader.
The News Letter has always taken a far-reaching view of the advantage-
ous position which San Francisco occupies on the map of the world. We
have always predicted that, what Venice was in ancient times, and what
Liverpool is in modern ones, that, and more, San Francisco will be in the
not far distant future. With 400,000,000 of future customers in China,
with 200,000,000 in India, with near neighbors in the island continent or-
Australia, and of New Zealand and the isles of the Pacific, and with a
back country to draw from, extending on this side of the Rocky Moun-
tains from the northern boundary of British Columbia to the
southern limit of Mexico, and with a coast-line as a tributary,
extending from Alaska to Cape Horn, the future of San
Francisco, as the one great port of the Pacific, it is impos-
sible for human imagination to set bounds to. In the times not far
away, our children and our children's children will read with amazement
of the little faith we of this day placed in the grand location on God's
earth which we were privileged to occupy. We are persuaded that we
shall live in our times to marvel at our want of foresight. It is astound-
ing that there should be, even for a single moment, a want of confidence
in a land so singularly fortunate in its soil, climate, productions and ad-
mirable position as a great highway of commerce. The ardent argonauts
of '49 and '50, who came to search for gold, never in their wildest imagin-
ings dreamt of the great things which we of to-day can see are in store
for California. Yet there is croaking and complainings abroad in the
land, as if we were called upon to make bricks without straw for some
imaginary task-masters. We talk as if we were the degenerate descend-
ants of an enfeebled race. Favored beyond other people, we weep and
wail and gnash our teeth, as if our lot had been cast in the depths of hell,
rather than in the fairest, most bountiful and most favorably located por-
tion of a grand universe. We may seem to have traveled away from our
original purpose of noticing De Lesseps and his great project, but we sub-
mit that his mission here at this time is, to thoughtful minds, a curious
and instructive commentary upon the want of faith in our future which
locally prevails. Here is an experienced and gifted citizen of the world,
perceiving our many advantages, who comes backed by the financial con-
fidence of more than one nation, and proposes to change the surface of
our continent, to make a waterway through it from ocean to ocean, and
by that means to constitute us a real, active, live member of the Great
Republic of universal commerce. Such a proposition, coming from such
a source, ought to put to shame our local littleness. For the sake of our
manhood and of our self-respect, let us put aside onr beggarly reproaches
of each other, at least during the visit of our large-minded and truly cos-
mopolitan visitor. Every true Califomian ought to feel a glow of pride
in contemplating the greatness and utility of the enterprise that is now
submitted by so competent an authority. We welcome Ferdinand De
Lesseps, and rejoice at his mission. The News Letter is proud to have
been one of the earliest advocates of this great project.
MUSCOVITE AND MONGOL.
The hostile attitude of China and Russia grows daily more and
more threatening. According to the Herald's St. Petersburg correspond-
ent Russia will decline to communicate with the new Chinese Ambassador
until his Government has ratified the Livadia treaty ; and I am also
informed that the Chinese have already made inroads into Russian
territory. The imbroglio grows daily more complicated. The St. Peters-
burg Press stands 3&hast at the sudden energy of a nation whose terri-
tory had come to be considered the natural prey of Russia. It is cha-
grined by the unusual civilities that are now being exchanged between
the Hongkong and Canton Governments, by the unexpected change of
front on the part of the English settlers in China with respect to Gov-
ernor Hennessy's pro-China policy, and by the friendly sentiments con-
stantly expressed by Li Hung Chang toward the administration of Lord
Beaconsfield. It finds significance in the attention which is now directed
to the defences of Shanghai, where Gatling guns are being introduced and
volunteers drilled, and the scattered residences of foreigners collected into
a well-armed center. There is, indeed, no part of China from which
grave news is not daily brought to trouble the ministry of the Czar, and
to induce the belief that the course of Russian encroachments in Central
Asia is at last to suffer a serious check.
.March 20, 1880.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER,
8
THE "OTHER SIDE ON OUR "IMMORALITIES"
EUS FuiUBOO, Muivh 18, 1880.
De.u Newt Letter : Mw in old friend say a hw wordi of moon*
I pepen upon "Inmon.lity in Btgfa
It is k Imct that then i< perfect .in<l awful truth in evi-ry word "f
Cmr powerful ami •corching errajgnmenta. It i* tnio that we all on
entil) th« pen and ink portrait.-., but, fp b •WH poorible that
itirred thin town, ami that roOM sinful man or
woman may, by fear of exposure, W kept in the narrow ami straight path,
whrrv honor would have little power to hold them. What if some people
•re naughty ami not over nice, does i' to any extent mend matters to put
■uch in the pillory of public opinion and |>«-lt them with hard words?
1 that a few may be shocked and frightened into decent behavior,
have yon Dot, on the other hand, done as much harm M Rood ? Will not
people, whom lipped in the mire, are in
elevated p* wit iocs, be used .*< a justification to those who are below them,
and who yet have the same ba«e inclinations? And then, too, have you
not sent out to the world a very erroneous idea of San Francisco women ?
The .Veins J^ttT goes east and west, and north and south. Europe, Asia,
and Africa, North and South America, and many islands of the oceans,
aee an occasional copy of your rosy-covered budget of wisdom and mis-
chief, and to them what will we seem ? How much injustice is thus done
y«u may not perhaps have considered, llu-ht here in San Francisco are
many brave and noble women, whose lives are clear as crystal, white as
snow, firm as adamant. There are women among us whose daily walk is
like the p.ith of a Sister of Charity as she passes through the wards of a
hospital, turning to the ritrht and the left, binding up wounds, fanning
fever-heated brows, or saying prayers for the dying. In the hands of such
women we might almost expect all common earthly flowers to change into
the heavenly roses of St. Elizabeth. There are others, sorely compassed
about by stern necessities of the soul, that might tempt an angel into sin
—women who wear diamonds and silk attire, and yet whose real lives are
daily gospels of self abnegation and devotion to principle. It would be
well, as you say, "to lift the roof-tops of a few high-toned houses in this
young city," so that we might see the holy sights and happy homes that
would be an antidote to the shameless histories you give. And this is no
fancy, or romance. It would be possible to give you names and resi-
dences of women in the upper walks who are models of all feminine good-
ness. Take, for instance, Mrs. K . This lady is the daughter of a
well-known minister, a man who of all others truly fills the description
aet out in the words "a man of God.1' His daughter married twenty
years ago a wealthy business man. Since then her life has been beautiful
in every way. She has eight children, who have been covered with
mother love as a brooding hen covers her chicks. In these children, anil
in her large house, Mrs. K: has no light charge, but her hand and
heart never seem weary. Sick people and sad people — wherever death,
and poverty, and sorrow, have found a resting place, there her kindness
has penetrated, there her voice is heard. Her life has been one of active
benevolence, and many will call her "blessed."
Another woman, whose life is a strong and brave one, is Mrs. P .
Married to a man of immense fortune, this lady might have been for-
given if the world and its temptations had ensnared her. Highly edu-
cated, handsome, living in the (then) finest house in town, Mrs. P
was for a time devoted to society and fashion. Then came little children,
and with them the divine mother love, which smothered all ignoble am-
bitions, and this lady, who might have ruled the social world, bravely laid
down her scepter, and devoted herself to the training and education of
her children. In other directions, too, there are notable women among
us. Who does not revere and admire Mrs. N ? In all the world there
is no braver, stronger, sweeter soul than finds its home in this woman's
heart. With a fine intellect highly cultivated, acute in observation, just
in judgment, with clear moral perceptions, great sincerity, admirable self-
command, much executive force and with high administrative ability,
Mrs. N ■ is the gentlest, kindest creature on earth. She is a luminous
example of what a woman can be as mother, wife and friend. Her life,
in its rounded symmetry, is harmonious in every way. To many a Buf-
fering soul, in hours of weakness and depression, has her strong sympathy
been a light in the darkness. Many a weary day and many a restless
night has been rendered bearable by her thoughtful upholding, so quietly
given that an outside observer would never have known either the need
or the help.
There are two women who no longer live in San Francisco, and yet
whose characters were formed and matured here, and who, though
absent, are still Californians. One of these is Mrs. W. T. S , and
the other is Mrs. J. R. K . Is there anywhere a life more noble
than Mrs. S 's? Surrounded by adulation and subserviance, that
almost always dwarfs and stunts those in high position, Mrs. S has
kept herself singularly simple in manner and word. She is in the world,
but not of it. With as fine an intellect as was ever possessed by woman,
she is as unaffected as a little child, and yet no one comes into her pres-
ence who does not recognize instantly her dignity and mental power. She
never flinches from what work the Master has put before her. If all the
good work of her noble life were made into a ladder, it would reach from
here to the stars. If there is a woman whose life is perfect, it is hers.
She is an example of all that is high and pure and lovable.
Mrs. J. K. K is another pearl of goodness. Few know her well,
but those few appreciate her so highly that they esteem it an honor to be
classed among her friends. It is hard, in a few words, to do justice to
this gentle lady. Her life is "clear as amber, sweet as musk." Pos-
sessed of millions, she is not in the least tainted by worldly pride. She
has a deep, rare wisdom that enables her to know the hollowness of social
life, and she shares very little with it. With a good mind, highly culti-
vated and richly stored, Mrs. K is so gentle and so retiring that only
those who know her well appreciate her. This lady, too, is a most de-
voted wife and mother, and after this the loveliest trait in her character
is its tender sympathy and charity, which never allows her to close her
ears to the cry of suffering. Her heart is so sympathetically responsive
that she seems always to give some of herself added to the more substan-
tial bounty which is never lacking. She always suggests those lines of
Lowell :
" Not what ye give, but what ye share,
For the gift, without the giver, is bare —
Who giveth himself with his alms feeds three :
_ Himself, his suffering neighbor, and Me."
How happy is the husband of such a wife !
And what stron- signs of htr lovely influence Mrs. K is constantly
showing in the 'thousand* and tens of thousand* he constantly gives in
chanty. \\ ith such women as these in our highest places, and with dog-
ens mm re, for mention «.f whom we have DO space, we can rest content
and feel that, although there may be although there it— infinite wicked -
m a and horrible depravity side by side with this goodness, still the per-
fect purity, the lofty Btrength of such characters as we have tried to de-
iff be felt, and, perhaps, the beet way to use this mighty influence
Ineea IB to put it forward thus, where all women and all men can
admire and try to copy the noble lives wo have mentioned. m.
A rumor was recently started that Mrs. Lewis, the fashionable
nwdt*t<-, was going East. The report was simply the invention of envi-
ous people. Mrs. Lewis never had any idea of deserting the splendid
business conne< taon and patronage which she now enjoys. Fair business
rivalry is one thing; false rumors, concocted for the purpose of injuring
a victorious competitor, are quite another. Because Mrs. Lewis has built
up a reputation for being the best dressmaker in town ; because she has,
by first-class work and fair-dealing, secured the good-will of ladies, who
appreciate such qualities— these are no good reasons why less able and
fortunate competitors should seek to misrepresent her intentions. Mrs.
Lewis will stay with us, arid for a very cogent reason : the ladies of San
r rancisco could not spare her at any price.
Every lover of Oriental bric-a-brac knows the " Japanese Art Re-
pository," which Geo. T. Marsh & Co. have so long held under the Pal-
ace Hotel. By the steamer Gaelic the firm has just received an extensive
new stock of curiosities, antiquities and genuine art objects, collected by
their agents from the islands of Japan, Loo Choo, the Corea, and other
regions of the Orient. Experts say that this importation offers a more
varied and unique assortment of curiosities than has ever before been
seen m San Francisco. A visit to the " Repository " is a treat that will
amply repay all those who find enjoyment in beholding things that are
rare, strange and beautiful.
We have repeatedly called attention to the splendid condition of
the Equitable Life Assurance Society, which has a surplus of more than
seven and a half millions of d dlars over its assets. The detailed statis-
tics of the Equitable are interesting and instructive in the highest degree,
and show what great results may be accomplished by an intelligent and
upright system of business. For instance, the new business of the Society
for 1879 amounted to no less than S26.502.541. The Manager is Wm. D.
Garland, whose offices are at 240 Montgomery street.
" ? ^"eor£e •" "he said, with an air of extreme weariness ; " do let up
on this horrid Frenchman and his dreadful interoceanic canal ! " " But
what shall I talk about, then ?" asked her indignant sweetness. " Why,
the alimentary canal, of course," was the reply. "We needn't go to
Panama to feed that. Here we are at the corner of Kearny and Sutter ;
twenty steps will take us to The Original Swain's Bakery. Do you love
me, George?" He proved it by taking her there.
Mme. Skidmore will have a grand Spring opening of fashionable mil-
linery at her Parlors, 1114 Market street, next Tuesday and Wednesday.
Our expert on these matters has been admitted to a private view of the
goods, and reports that such an exquisite collection of stylish head-gear
has never before been offered to the ladies of San Francisco. Mme. Skid-
more's taste and experience are well known to our city belles, and the
extensive patronage which she enjoys among the elite bear testimony to
her merit and enterprise.
Mrs. J. Coughlan, 919 Market street, San Francisco, will have her
Grand Opening on next Tuesday, March 23d, and following days. La-
dies will avoid the disappointment that usually results from purchasing
an article with which they are not entirely satisfied, by waiting to see
the extensive assortment purchased in New York this Spring by Mrs.
Coughlan herself. No trouble to show goods.
PACIFIC DEPARTMENT
LONDON AND LANCASHIRE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
OF LIVERPOOL.
Capital... $7,500,000
Cash Assets 1,709,976
Cash Assets in United States 775 ,003
15AMOIK. GUTHRIE A CO., General Agents,
March 20. 316 California Street, San Francisco,
THOM *LS PRICE'S
ASSAY OFFICE AND CHEMICAL LABORATORY,
524 Sacramento Street, San Francisco.
Deposits of Bullion received, melted Into bars, and returns
made in from twenty-four to forty-eight hours.
Bullion can be forwarded to this office from any part of the interior by express,
and returns made in the same manner.
Careful Analysis made of Ores, Metal, Soils, Waters, Industrial Products, etc.
Mines examined and reported upon. Consultations on Chemical and Metallurgical
questions. March 20.
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
Office of the Eureka Consolidated M i ulnar Company, Ne-
vada Block, Room No. 37, San Francisco, March 15, 1880.— At a meeting of the
Board of Directors of the above-named Company, held this day, a dividend (No. 53)
of Thirtv Cents per share was declared, payable on SATURDAY, March 20th, 1880.
Transfer Books closed until the 22d instant.
March 20. P. JACOBUS, Assistant Secretary.
ZEITSKA INSTITUTE,
NO. 922 POST STREET.
D'ext Term Will Commence XONDAY, March 29, 1880.
MarJi 20] MICE. B. ZEITSKA. Principal.
QUICKSILVER
IiTor Sale in Lots to Salt, by JIViKME DOBE, Agent for tbe
Guadalupe Miue, 410 PINE STREET. March 20.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
March 20, 1880.
AN ENGLISH NOVEL.
BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR.
Chapter XIX.— The "Wedding.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl of Thames wiU be pleased to have your company at tlie
WEDDING RECEPTION
of their daughter Genevieve, on the occasion of her marriage to the Prince of
Connaught, Tuesday Evening, March lQth.
P.S. V.P. Booms 1.731 to 1.746, Langham Hotel.
Such was the timely hint, printed in gold letters, on six hy nine gilt-
edged cards, which prompted the assembling of London's elite in the
Thames' Parlors at the Langham on the evening of which we write.
Only the intimate friends of both families had been invited to the cer-
emony, which had taken place an hour ago in the main parlor of the
hotel, and now the young groom and his happy bride stand beneath a
canopy of the rarest exotics, interspersed with stuffed love birdB,£reeeiv-
ing the congratulations of their friends and acquaintances. On each side
string away the fourteen bridesmaids and groomsmen, while the numerous
ushers are as attentive to the requirements of the occasion as if they fol-
lowed the business for a living instead of being but the immediate per-
sonal friends of the groom, and drawn, for the nonce, from the more ar-
duous duties of the counting-house. The bridal robe of the fair Gene-
vieve (or Mrs. Connaught, as we must henceforth designate her,) baffles
description, and is admitted by all to be the ne plus ultra of a feminine
toilette. Each of the bridesmaids wears a set of solitaire diamonds, the
present of the groom, and, as though to equalize matters, and avoid any-
thing calculated to break the harmony of the joyous occasion, the shirt
bosom of each of the groomsmen bears a decoration from the hand of the
fair bride, in the shape of a cluster diamond pin. The bride's ornaments,
like her toilette, are too numerous to mention. Being every one of them
wedding presents, with graceful regard for the feelings of the donors, she
has put them all on, so that no one shall feel that his or her offering ,ha3
been slighted in favor of a costlier article of adornment. The result is
novel and picturesque. The simple oxydized silver locket mingles in
pleasing harmony with the diamond and sapphire pendant upon her heav-
ing breast, and the dime bedecked bangle encircles her slender wrists in
charming unison with the gold monogramed medalion set in rubies and
brilliants of the purest water. There is nothing mean about Evy. Her
motto is to give them alia show, and on the present occasion she follows
it to the letter. But do not imagine, dear jeader, that what she wears
constitute all the presents. Just step into the adjoining room and inspect
the contents of the ranges of show cases that line the walls, and be unde-
ceived. There you will see a Bight unmatchahle except in the safe of some
wealthy and high-toned pawnbroker. We will name a few. An entire
set of gold household utensils, including breakfast, lunch and dinner
services, and dressing and toilette articles from the groom's mother, the
Queen, and a/ac simile set in silver from the mother of the bride, Mrs.
Thames. Mrs. T. had intended hers should be gold, too, but .she had
been warned in time it would be bad taste to duplicate the present of her
Sovereign, so she reluctantly condescended to select the cheaper metal.
We must not forget the Earl's check for the million, certified by the bank
and conspicuously placed in a blue velvet frame over the mantel-piece.
But let these suffice. The mind of the reader can picture the other con-
tents of those show cases. The Queen, who has been promenading with
the Judge through the rooms, signifies her desire to say good-bye to the
young couple before she takes her departure, and so the assemblage make
way for her to approach the bower where they stand.
"Thought I'd wish you good night before I left," says her Royal
Majesty to Evy.
"Oh, what's your hurry?" asks Miss Genevieve. "It's early yet," and
she consults her watch to make sure.
" I know that," replies Victoria E, " I got a watch myself. But I have
a whole stack of things to do to-morrow, besides having to write my
speech for the first day of the session." Then she has a whispered con-
versation with her boy.
"Reckon you must be pretty tired, standing there so long, Mr?. Con-
naught," ventures the Judge to Lady Evy to fill up the hiatus.
" Oh, I ain't kicking," replies Mrs. Connaught. " Only happens once
in your life, I guess."
"That's so. I see you ain't calculating on no divorce yet awhile.
Ain't natural you should," and he laughs out at his questionable wit,
while Evy gives him a glance of scorn and then looks lovingly up at her
" hubby."
Then the Queen says good-night, and the Judge goes to see her to her
carriage, as Sir Brown is in the lunch-room or somewheres, and her Royal
Highness don't like to disturb him.
" Say, look here," says Evy to the Prince, as she finds they are left
alone for a minute while the Queen makes her way out. " Say, I thought
I'd be a PrinceBS when I married you, and here is everybody calling of
roe ' Mrs. Connaught.' How's that? Ain't I a Princess now?"
"Blamed if J know. Why didn't you speak out before, and I'd a
asked mother. She'd know, I guess," replied the Prince.
Presently the folks commenced to dance, and as everybody had now of-
fered their congratulations, the Prince suggested that a better time
couldn't be picked for tbem to slip away.
"I'm agreeable," acquiesces Evy. " Let's wait till mother ain't look-
ing. If she sees me going she'll cry like all possessed. Say, Judge !" she
calls to his honor, who at that moment re-enters the room. "Ask ma to
go to lunch."
" I'm there, every time," replies his honor, and he forthwith carries
the old Countess away to the lunch-room.
" Now I guess we can risk it," says Evy, as Bhe gathers up her skirts,
and the next moment she and the Prince are clear of the door and well
on their way to their own suit of apartments on the floor above. Evy
couldn't make up her mind before she was married whether she would go
to housekeeping afterwards or board, so until she could arrive at a satis-
factory determination on that point, the Prince had suggested that sooner
than delay the marriage till she did, they should take an elegant suit of
rooms at the hotel, and decide what was best to be done at their leisure.
They reach the elevator and get in, but scarcely are the doors closed
when they know from the babel of voices that their desertion has been
discovered. As the elevator speeds upwards, a sound, as of the dumping
of a wagon load of bricks against the casing at their" feet, strikes upon
their ears, and they know it is the parting volley of the hoot and shoe
brigade, the doorways of the retired guests of the hotel having supplied
the ammunition.
[Concluded Next Week.~\
BANKS.
THE BANK OF CALIFORNIA, SAN' FRANCISCO.
Capital $3,000,000.
WM.ALTORD President.
THOMAS BROWN, Cashier | B. 9IUBBAT, Jr., Ass'i Cashier
Agents :
New York, Agency of the Bank of Calforaia ; Boston, Tremont National Bank
Chicago, Union National Bank ; St. Louis, Boatman's Saving Bank ; New Zealand,
the Bank of New Zealand; London, China, Japan, India and Australia, the Oriental
Bank Corporation.
The Bank has Agencies at Virginia City and Gold Hill, and Correspondents in all
the principal Mining Districts and Interior Towns of the Pacific Coast.
Letters of Credit issued, available in all parts of the world. Draw direct on Lon-
don, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Bremen, Hamburg, Frankiort^on-the-Main, Antwerp,
Amsterdam, St. Petersburgh, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Christiana, Locarno, Mel-
bourne, Sydney, Auckland, Hongkong, Shanghai, Yokohama. Nov. 4.
FIRST NATIONAL GOLD BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Paid up Capital $1,500,000, Gold. President, R. C. Wool-
worth ; Vice-President, D. Callaghan ; Cashier, E. D. Morgan.
Directors :— R. C. Woolworth, D. Callaghan, C. G. Hooker, C. Adolph Low, Peter
Donahue, Isaac Wormser, Edward Martin, James Moffitt, N. Van Berg-en.
Correspondents— London : Baring Bros. & Co. Chartered Mercantile Bank of In-
dia, London and China. Dublin : Provincial Bank of Ireland. Hamburg : Hesse
Neuman&Co. Paris: Hottmguer& Co. New York: National Bank of Commerce. Bos-
ton : Blackstone National Bank. Chicago : First National Bank. This Bank is pre-
pared to transact a general Banking business. Deposits in Gold, Silver and Currency
received subject to check or on special deposit. • Exchange for sale on the principal
cities of the United States, Great Britain, Ireland and the Continent. Commercial
Credits issued available in Europe, ChiLa and Japan. Collections attended to and
prompt returns made at the lowest market rates of Exchange. Jan. 19.
BANK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter.— Capital paid up, £1,800,-
000, with power to increase to 510,000,000. Southeast corner California and San-
somestreets. Head Office— 28 Comhill, London. Branches— Portland, Oregon1 Vic-
toria, New Westminster and Cariboo, British Columbia.
This Bank transacts a General Banking Business. Accounts opened subject to Check
and Special Deposits received. Commercial Credits granted available in all parts of
the world. Approved Bills discounted and advances made on good collateral security-
Draws direct at current rates upon its Head Office and Branches, and upon its Agents
as follows :
New York, Chicago and Canada— Bank of Montreal; Liverpool— North and South
Wales Bank ; Scotland— British Linen Company ; Ireland— Bank of Ireland ; Mex- i
ico and South America— London Bank of Mexico and South America ; China and
Japan— Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, and Oriental Bank ; Australia
and New Zealand — Bank of Australasia, Commercial Banking Company of Sydney
and English, Scottish and Australian Chartered Bank.
May IS. FREDERICK TOWNSEND, Manager.
LONDON AND SAN FRANCISCO BANK, LIMITED.
Capital, 85,000,000, of which 83,000,000 is fully paid up as
present capital. Reserve Fund, $360,000. San Francisco Office, 424 Califor-
nia street ; London Office, 22 Old Broad street. Manager, ARTHUR SCRIVENER ;
Cashier, WILLIAM STEEL. London Bankers, Bank of England and London Joint
Stock Bank ; New York, Drexel, Morgan & Co. ; Boston, Third National Bank.
This Bank is prepared to transact all kinds of General Banking and Exchange Busi-
ness in London and San Francisco, and between said cities and all parts of the
world. ^ March 30.
THE NEVADA BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO.
Capital Paid TJp $3,000,000.
Reserve, U. S. Bonds 3,500,000.
Agency at Xew Torit, 62 Wall street.
Agency at Virginia, Nev.
Buys and sells Exchange and Telegraphic Transfers. Issues Commercial and Trav-
elers' Credits. This Bank has special facilities for dealing in Bullion. Nov. 8.
SECURITY SAVINGS BANK.
GUARANTEE CAPITAL, 9300,000.
Officers: Vice-President, Jerome Lincoln: Secretary, W.
S. Jones ; Attorney, Sidney V. Smith. Loans made on Real Estate and other
Approved Securities. Office : No. 215 Sansome street, San Francisco. Oct. 14.
THE GERMAN SAVINGS AND LOAN SOCIETY.
Deutsche Spar and Xjeihbanh, No 526 Californiastreet, San
Francisco. Officers : President, L. GOTTIG. Board of Directors.— Fred.
Roeding, Chas. Kohler, Edw. Kruse, George H. Eggerp, N. Van Bergen, H. L. Simon,
Peter Spreckels, Ign. Steinhart. Secretary, GEO. LETTE : Attorney, JOHN R.
JARBOE. May 18.
THE ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN BANK, LIMITED.
422 California St., San Francisco.
London Office, 3 Aug el Court. ; New York Ag-ents, J. W. Bel-
igman & Co., 21 Broad street Authorized Capital Stock, S6.000.000. Will re-
ceive Deposits, open Accounts, make Collections, buy and sell Exchange and Bullion,
loan Money, and issue Letters of Credit available throughout the world.
FRED. F. LOW, IGN. STEINHART, Managers.
P. N. Liliesthal, Cashier. Sept. 13.
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PLATE 78.
March 20, 1880.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
FAIXEN FLOWERa
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bCD lie wan k'"H<\
A itrone »rm rtilufcm, a wi.lo uil furled
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One of the henw of the wurM
Ftawghl t-> oooquw, th«n fought to fail,
And f.-Il down ilain In bfa Mood-stained mail,
And over his form UkOV Itept ;
His cause was lost ami his banner furled ;
I only a woman wept.
One of the ringers among manVinrt
Sang honlhuj gongs from tt o'erwrought heart;
But ere men listened the grass and wind
Were witting tin- not among Uko a wave ;
And now of hi- fame that will ne'er depart
He has never board in his grave.
One of the women who only love.
Loved and grieved and faded away —
Ah me ! are these gone to the God above,
What more of each can I nay?
They are human flowers that flower and fall,
This is the song and the end of them all.
— Arthur (yShauphnesay, in Athenaeum.
A PROPHECY FULFILLED.
The following article appeared in the News Letter just after the New
Constitution had been adopted, and at a time when the dailies which had
violently opposed that instrument were eating their own words. We kept
the ground we had originally taken, and, though a brighter era seems now
about to dawn for this community, we contend that our prophecy has al-
ready been fulfilled :
" We said that the new-fangled organic law was the work of would-be
communists ; we said that it was conceived in a lawless spirit, and em-
bodied ideas which were diametrically opposed to progress and prosperity;
we Aaid that its adoption would work irreparable injury to the State ;
and, by all that is manly, we stick to our text. Shall a paper expend its
thought, its intelligence and its opportunities of observatiou in warning
the people, whose servant it is— or ought to* be— of a great impending
danger ; shall it publish cartoons, as we in common with other sheets
on our side have done, showing in the warmest colors what must inev-
itably result from its advice when neglected ; and then, when that advice
it neglected, shall it at once eat its own words because "the majority"
has rejected them ? What we said last week is no less true to-day than
it was then. The adoption of the New Constitution will shake— nay, it
will destroy— what little confidence there was in us abroad. It will be
accepted as final proof of what has long been suspected — that California
is ruled by the mob, and. unless she recovers herself, must be eventually
ruled by the mob. At home the effect will be still worse. Capital will
stand from under. It will not load its coin on ships and freight trains and
take a bee-line for other regions to-day or to-morrow, but it will seek in-
vestments which will not leave it at the mercy of the Sand-lot. Real es-
tate will decrease in value. Mining industries will collapse and vanish ;
bankers will be harder than ever before ; merchants will confine their
business within the narrowest limits possible ; where fifty great buildings
have risen to adorn our city during the past five years, not five will be
built during the next decade. A day or two before the election a prom-
inent merchant informed us that a Bremen bank had telegraphed orders
to its agent to sell certain stock which it held here. The agent replied
that such a sale would involve a great sacrifice of interest and commission.
"Sell at all hazards," was the answer. If this was done when the New
Constitution was an improbable impossibility, what will be done now
that it is an accomplished reality? Next, as to the remedy : The dailies
find their only hope in the next Legislature, which, they say, if properly
selected, will check, moderate and mitigate whatever trifling indiscretions
may happen to be embodied in the New Constitution. We see no need
for such half-hearted work. If the fundamental law of a State is bad, no
tinkering will make it better. Instead of helping the Communists out of
their scrape, it will be better for us all to give them the full swing of their
folly. They have made their bed ; let them lie in it. It is true that we,
too, must lie for a time in the bed of their making, but the discomfort
will end in its being effectually re-made. Before the next Legislature is
elected, a strong reaction will doubtless have set in. Even the sneaks
will by that time have begun to see and fear the result of their folly. It
will then, in all probability, be possible to cauterize, by legislation, many
of the plague sores that the New Constitution has opened. But what
would be gained by doing so? If the Constitution— the foundation of a
3tate — is rotten, no by-laws, no superstructure can make it sound. When
this glorious sovereignty begins to drop to pi&ces, sneaks, Communists
and greedy Grangers will be the first to supplicate for a change. The cure
we propose is severe, but there are desperate diseases which need des-
perate remedies, and our mob-malady is one of them."
A gentleman, recently returned from India, settled in a neighboring
town, and scandalized the rural and pious inhabitants by driving a pair of
horses tandem to church. Remonstrances were of no avail on the part of
his fellow-parishioners, and at last the pastor sent for the owner of the
team, to add his protests to those of his flock. The gentleman thought
this an unwarrantable interference with his business, and he said he saw
no more harm in driving his horses in the way which he had adopted than
in driving them abreast. " Hold on," said the minister, " and I will con-
vince you that you are in error. When I go into the pulpit, and put ray
hands reverently together for prayer, the congregation is hushed into
silence; but if I should put my hand to my nose, with fingers extended,
and add to this elongation with the other hand, there would be an uproar
instantly." The gentleman acknowledged the force of the illustration,
and, with- a regard for the external fitness of things, drove to church the
next Sunday in a manner which did not cause scandal or attract unneces-
sary attention.— Sporting Times, London.
Hop Bitters is a preventive and cure for Ague ; it is your own fault if
you have it. See notice.
INSURANCE.
HUTCHINSON A MANN,
INSURANCE AGENCY.
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UKKLIN COLOGNE if Berlin.
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WATEBTOWB in™ Y..rk.|
Marine Insurance.
PAWS UNDERWRmNO ASSOCIATION of PariB
LONDON AMI PROVINCIAL MARINE INSURANCE 00 '.....of London'.
Capital Represented $23,000,000.
All I ^ Equitably Adjusted and cVomptfy 1'aid.
W. L. CHALMERS, J. P. CLARK, J. C. STAPLES,
Special Agents and Adjusters.
HOME MUTUAL INSURANCE^. OF CALIFORNIA.
Principal Office, 408 < nil l omln Mlrcct, San Francisco.
Cash Assets. January l. 1877, K89.S81 ; Liabilities, S5.0S2 ; Surplus for Policy
Holders, S'..s;),339. J. F. Houghton, President ; L. L. liaker, Vice-President;
Charles R. Stury. Secretary. R. H. MAG1LL, II. II UIUELOW, General Agents.
DlRBOroBS.— San Francisco— L. L. Baker, John H. Redinston, J. F. Houghton,
R. B. Cray. Robert Watt, John Currey, L. L. Baker, W. F. Whittier, C. C. Burr, E.
M. Root, W. II. White, J. L. N. Shcnard, W. M. Greenwood. George S. Mann, Cyrus
Wilson, W. T. Gamut. C. Waterhousc, A. P. Hotaling, A. Block, A. K. P. Harmon,
G, S. Johnson, W. O. Wilson, A. W. Bowman, H. L. Dodge, Charles R. Story. Ala-
meda County Branch— V. D. Moody. Chauncy Taylor, A. C. Henry, Robert S. Far-
relly, Joseph B. Marlin, W. B. Hardy. T. B, Simpson. San Diego— A. H. Wilcox.
Sacramento— Mark Hopkins, D. W. Earl, Julius Wotzlar, James Carolan. San Jose—
T. Ellard Beans, B. D. Murphy, A. PBstcr, J. H. Dibble, J. S. Carter, Jackson Lewis,
Jacob Rich, John Auzerais, John Balbach. Stockton— H. H. Hewlett, Chas. Belding,
J. D. Peters, A. W. Simpson, H. M. Fanning. Marysville— D. E. Knight. Grass
Valley— Wm. Watt, T. W. sigourney. Portland, Oregot\— W. S. Ladd, C. H. LewiB,
P. Wassennan, B Goldsioth.-D. Macleay. Virginia Citv, Nevada— John Gillig, Isaac
L. Requa. " March 17.
FIRE ANO MARINE INSURANCE.--UNION INS. CO. OF S. F.
Tbe California Lloyds. — Established In 1861 Nos. 416 and
418 California street. Cash Capital, 8750,000 in Gold Coin. Fair Rates !
Prompt Settlement of Loses!! Solid Security ! ! DIRECTORS. —San Fran-
cisco—J. Mora Moss, N. G. Kittle, M. J. O'Connor, R. S. Floyd, Moses Heller,
Adam Grant, Daniel Meyer, Antoine Borel, Charles Kohler, E. L. Goldstein,
I. Lawrence Pool, A. Weill, Joseph Brandenstein, Charles Bauin, James Moflitt,
Benjamin Brewster, L. Cunningham, W. M. Hoag, Nicholas Luning, John Parrott,
L. A. Booth, Julius Bauni, Myles D. Sweeney, Jas. M. Goewey, Edward Cadwalader
Bartlett Doe, Gustave Touchard, J. H. Baird, J. G. Kittle, George C. Hickox, C. Du-
commun, Wm. Scholle, John Conly, Ig. Steinhart, W. B. Stone, J. O. Eldridge, A.
B. Phipps.
GUSTAVE TOUCHARD, President. N. G. KITTLE, Vice-President.
Chart.kb D. Haven. Secretary. Geo. T. Bqhen, Surveyor. Aug. 31.
THE STATE INVESTMENT AND INSURANCE CO.
riKE AND MARINE.
Clash Assets, 9450,000.— Principal Office, 218 and 220 San-
j some street, San Francisco. Officers : — A. J. Bryant, President ; Richard
Ivbrs, Vice-President ; Charles H. Cusiiing, Secretary ; H. H. Watson, Marine
Surveyor. Board op Directors :— Peter Donahue, James Irvine, C. D. O'Sullivan,
A. Bocqueraz, R. Harrison, A. H. Rutherford, R. Bailey, E. W. Corbert, George O.
McMullin, A. J. Bryant, Frank M. Pixley, E Burke, H. H. Watson, Dr. C. F. Buckley,
P. J. White, E. M. Root, M. Maybluin, Richard IverB, John Rosenfeld, Daniel
Callaghan. P. H. Russell, Sacramento. John G. Downey, Los Angeles. Wm.
Hood, Sonoma County. H. W. Seale. Mayfield. Geo. Rutherford, San Jose. Feb. 16.
AGGREGATE ASSETS,
840,647,942.
Imperial Fire Insurance Co. , of London Instituted 1803.
London Assurance Corporation, of London
Established by Royal Charter 1720.
Northern Assurance Corporation, of London Established 1836.
Queen Insurance Company, of Liverpool Established 1857.
A JOINT POLICY ISSUED BY THE FOUR COMPANIES.
ROBERT DICKSON, Manager.
W. LANE BOOKER, Agent and. Attorney.
317 CALIFORNIA STREET, S. F. [Oct. 11.
NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL LIFE INSUR. CO. OF BOSTON.
Has transacted the bnsiuess of Life Insurance for nearly
thirty-five years. Its assets amount to over Fourteen Million Dollars. The
law of Massachusetts makes all its Policies nonforfeitable. It is a Purely Mutual Com-
pany, dividing every cent of surplus among Policy-holders. This is the Only Com-
pany on the Pacific Coast governed by the Massachusetts Lapse Law. This company
has comr']ied with the new Insurance Laws of California.
WALLACE EVERSON, General Agent.
Sept. 22J 328 Montgomery street.
THE MARINE INSURANCE CO. OF LONDON, ENGLAND.
{ESTABLISHED 1836.]
Whole Amount of Joint Stock and Guaranteed Capital. $5,000,000.
Whole Amount of Capital paid up 900,000.
Cash Assets December 3 1 , 1876 3,710,000.
The undersigned have been duly authorized to issue Policies at current rates on
Freight and Shipments to or from England, Europe, New York, Japan, China, Aus-
tralian Colonies, Sandwich Islands, aud Northern Coast Ports. If desired, policies
made payable at port of termination.
WILLIAMS, DIMOND & CO., Agents,
Aug. 10. 218 California street-
THE SWISS MARINE INS. GOMPANIES COMBINED,
Switzerland, of Zurich, Capital 5,000,000 francs; Helvetia,
of St. Gall, Capital 10,000,000 francs ; Baloise, of Basle, Capital 5,000,000 francs.
These three Companies are liable jointly and severally for all losses that may be sus-
tained. Losses made payable in all the principal seaports of the world. In the set-
tlement of all claims under an English policy, these Companies will strictly adhere to
the conditions and customs adopted at Lloyds, and submit to English jurisdiction.
June 9. HARRY W. SYZ, Agent, 225 Sansome St., S. F.
SAK FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
March 20, 1880.
"PLEASURE'S WAND."
1 "We Obey no "Wand bat Pleasure's."— Tom Moore.
Bush Street Theater.— Although Sothern's "David Garrick" is
still a meritorious piece of acting, it has lost in artistic excellence. There
is a lack of spirit noticeable, an air of indifference or ennui' perceptible,
that detracts from the completeness of the impersonation, and leaves in
the auditor a vague feeling of dissatisfaction, coupled with regrets. The
great scene of simulated intoxication has been elaborated and padded
out, with a wealth of minutus and detail, and is still a great piece of
acting. It is the serious scenes, the bits of emotion, that have deteriorated
in excellence. The actor's voice has lost much of its resonance ; it is
hard and monotonous in sound, and this detracts from the depth^and
meaning of the sentiments expressed. The indistinctness of speech and
exaggerated lowering of voice, attributable to the loss of flexibility, ren-
ders the lines at times entirely inaudible to the audience. And withal,
Sothern still possesses his power of pathos, which, even if not the best
known side of his talents, is to the critical observer the most agreeable.
The scene in which " Garrick," with the unselfishness of true love and
the honor of true manliness, sacrifices passion and adoration and returns
the child to her loving father. As a bit of pathetic acting this is some-
thing remarkable. In Miss Stewart Sothern finds fair support. This lit-
tle actress is too declamatory in tone, and at times slightly artificial in
gesture, but she is intelligent and conscientious, and brimful of womanli-
ness. Mr. Blakely spoils what might otherwise be a fair performance by
such outrageous mannerisms of intonation and pronunciation that one s
ears fairly ache. The minor part of " Mr. Jones " is entrusted to a Mr.
Percy Compton. It is rendered by him with such outrageous exaggera-
tion that it i3 a matter of wonderment Sothern does not interfere and
squelch the ridiculous performance. The rest of the support is fair.
Commendation is due to Messrs. Braggington and Harwood for their
clever make-up. They are perfect Hogarthian characters. Home was
produced last evening and will be reviewed in next issue.
Baldwin's Theater. — The performances this week cMl for no special
mention, the produced novelties being brought in the latter part, too late
for review. The Two Orphans was a good performance, particularly no-
ticeable by the meritorious assumption of " Henriette" by Miss Carey,
and the really admirable piece of pathetic acting on the part of Miss
Beaudet. This little lady is a delightful little actress, and undoubtedly
has a bright future on the stage. Manager Maguire's benefit was a great
success. The theater was crowded to its utmost capacity. CamiUe was
played by Miss Clara Morris in her great way, and the support was of
the highest order. " Armand Duval" is one of O'Neill's best efforts.
Mention of The Two Rotes is reserved.
Still another "great bill"' is out for the entertainment at "Wood-
ward's Gardens to-day and to-morrow. The new management seems de-
termined to give the public something novel and good: The " leg-mania
diabolique" will, of course, astonish people again, but fresh features will
abound- Miss Rose Julian, among other attractions, will create wonder
and admiration by her astounding feats as a contortionist.
H. C. Peakes' benefit, last Saturday evening, was hardly as well at-
tended as the beneficiary's talent deserves. The performance of Martha
was a good one as fax as the principals were concerned. Miss Montague
excited a good deal of enthusisasm by the delicious, sympathetic way in
which she sang "The Last Rose of Summer."
The first dramatic entertainment of the Saratoga Dramatic Club
will be given next Saturday evening, March 27th, at Saratoga HalL 814
Geary street.
Chit-Chat. — Paola Marie's family of pets has been augmented by the
addition of a monkey, whose ears the songstress has decorated with a pair
of three hundred dollar diamonds. This monkey also appears upon the
stage in the opera of Camarg.— Pat Booney has lost his infant child.
—"Commenting upon a recent performance of Traviata, in Paris, one of
the papers complains that the supposed luxurious table of " Violetta "
was furnished with nothing more than " four oranges, three biscuits, and
a lobster. "-^Gilbert & Sullivan have divided S5,000 a week as their
profits in Fifth Avenue Theater, New York. — Edwin Booth appears in
New York, March 24th, as " Hamlet. "— Adelaide Neilson's receipts for
two weeks at the Globe Theater, Boston, are announced as having been
§21^775. Boston originally stigmatized Neilson as a mere "photograph
actress," and for seven years she let " The Hub" severely alone.-^Von
Bulow has been appointed chief director of the Ducal orchestra at Min-
ingen.— —Neilson dined with Longfellow on the 29th ult. — - A mischiev-
ous parody on Daniel Rochat has been produced at the Theater des Nou-
veautis, Paris. Dr. Carver, the American marksman, appears in it, his
chief duty being to kill the hero as he would smash a glass balL— — Gil-
bert & Sullivan left for England, March 3d. ■ ^Yagner contemplates a
trip to Spain. ■ ■ Dumas' La Princesie Georges will soon be produced at
the Theater Erancais.-^— John Gilbert, the veteran actor, is mourning
the loss of an only sister. ^—Genial Harry Edwards is a shining light of
the "Lamb's Club.'"— Fairy Rebecca has been abandoned as the title of
the new play W. S. Gilbert is writing for Sothern. —Light opera is
again to be produced at the Bush Street Theater. The Royal Middy,
or, perhaps, The Little Duke, are on the tapis.
David. — The Theantropics, a society of free thinkers, have had King
David on trial, and, at their request, Rabbi Bettleheim and Rev. Dr.
Piatt appeared to defend the Scriptures. Dr. Piatt denounced David as
an adulterer and murderer, having fur Bathsheba what some free thinkers
call an affinity, but which has no other name than wicked adultery. The
murder of Uriah followed as a consequence. This was hard on David.
He said that David's punishment ever followed his sins. David was a
great sinner, a great penitent, and a great sufferer. Let all take
warning.
CRADLE, ALTAR, AND TOMB.
CRADLE.
Besder— In this city, March 10th, to the wife of Thomas L. Bender, a son.
Colmax — In this city, March 14th, to the wife of M. Colman, a son.
Cole — In this city, March 14th, to the wife of M. Cole, a daughter.
Fltsn— In this city, March 16th, to the wife of W. E. Flynu, a son.
Gr>*DLACH— In this city, March 16th, to the wife of Jacob F. Guudlach. a son.
Johssok— In this city, March 17th, to the wife of N. P. Johnson, a daughter.
Leonhardt— In this city, March i3tb, to tbe wife of P. Leonhardt, a son.
McLachlas— In this city, March 14th, to the wife of Thos. M. McLacblan, a son.
McCrRDV— Id this city, March 15th, to the wife of John B. McCurdy, a daughter.
Searight— In this city, March 3d, to the wife of W P.'Searight, a daughter.
Torresce— In this city, March 17th, to the wife of J. S. Torrence, a daughter.
"Voqel— In this city, March 15th, to the wife of B. Yogel, a son.
ALTAR-
Charles-Hctchtssos'— In this city, March 14th, R. L. Charles to Minnie Hutchinson.
Dickiksos-Bowmak— In this city, 'March 16th, R- E. Dickinson to Eliza E. Bowman.
Fkldmax.v-Exdeis— In this city* March 14th, John D. Feldman to Elizabeth Endris.
Kaskell-Laskt — In this city, March 14th, Charles Kaskell to Esther Lasky.
Levy-Blocb— In this city, March 7th, Lewis Levy to Pauline Bloch.
Peacock-Ridgeway— In this city, March 14th, Wro. P. Peacock to R. S Ridgeway.
Prigge-Hellhaxk— In this city, March 12th, Henry Prigge to WDhelniineHellmann.
Sellixg-Hess— In this city, March 14th, Ben. SelliDg to Tillie Hess.
TOMB
Freuxd — In this city, March 16th, Franklin P. Freund, aged 21 years and 1 month.
Gillespie — Id this city. March 15th, Horace N. Gillespie, aged 40 years.
Herscm — Id this city, March 15th, Zaehariah K. Hersum, aged 51 years.
Hasmver— In this city, March 13tb, Katie Hanniver, aged 20 years and 2 months.
Kammas— Id this city, March 14th, Christina Kamman, aged 30 years.
Keith— In this city, March 13th, Sarah A. Keith, aged.6S years.
Lobbe — Id this city, March 14th, Theodore F. Lohse, aged 52 years.
Petseb — In this city, March 16th, Abraham Peyser, aged 27 years and 9 months.
Rxsh — In this city, March 16tb, Emma Augusta Rush, aged 31 years.
Sandersox— In this city, March 14th, Mrs. E. K- Sanderson, aged 80 years.
Smith— In this city, March 16th, Mrs. Elizabeth K. Smith, aged 38 years.
Sylvester— In this city, March — , H. Sylvester, aged 78 years.
HONEST MINING, AND SQUARE STOCK DEALING.
Honest mine management, and square stock dealing in the Stock
Exchanges, are what the public demand before they will again give their
confidence to Pine street, where it has so often been misplaced. But
those very just demands, it appears, are not to be conceded. Tbe brokers
visited Sacramento and caused a narrow majority of Senators to defeat as
righteous and as much needed a bill as was ever presented to the consid-
eration of honest men. Some three or four men were fooled into voting
against it. The rest were knaves, who deserve the blistering scorn of
every well-wisher of our State. If there be power in righteous indigna-
tion, we venture the prediction that we will hand down the names of some
of them to everlasting infamy. The Gorley bill required that the broker
should, within a reasonable time, supply his customer with the number
of the certificate of stock bought on his behalf. Sorely that is just and
proper. Why should not a man know his property in stock, as well as in
everything else ? It was said that to do that would take too many clerks.
Bosh. The thing is done in London, the greatest stock mart in all the
world. But the proposition had to be defeated for all that. Then the
bill provided that wash sales should be prohibited. Both Boards have
a rule against the practice. Why should they object to a law in accord-
ance with their own rule ? Why, indeed ! They know why. They
know that almost every member disgracefully and fraudulently vio-
lates that rule. Then last, but not least, the bill provided that
no broker should loan, use or hypothecate his customer's stock.
That was intended to prevent the broker from using his customer's stock to
break the market with. The evils of short sales, of other people's
property, are too obvious to need describing. Yet that very essential
provision was defeated, and then the friends of the bill abandoned it in
despair. Every man of them, who voted against so obviously righteous a
provision, manifestly voted to perpetuate thievery and roguery. Nay
more, they swore to execute the new Constitution as they find it. That
instrument provides that tbe Legislature shall prohibit or regulate stock-
gambling. It further provides that short sales are forever prohibited,
and leaves the Legislature to provide a penalty. Yet some twenty-one
Senators were found refusing to do things which the Constitution, and
their oaths under it, required they should do. Is not the logical conclu-
sion this — that they committed perjury, as surely as if they went on the
stand and swore falsely ? If that is not their position before this people,
then we do not knnw what a logical deduction is. There is yet redemp-
tion left for these men. The Tuttle bill, of last session, which was cor-
ruptly defeated, is again in the Assembly; it will pass that house without
a doubt. If it is defeated in the Senate, we shall have some truths to
tell that will shake the Legislature from its center all round to its circum-
ference. We know whereof we speak.
Camilla TJrso, during her tour in Australia, has displayed a mana-
gerial acuteness and peculiar fitness for the " show " business worthy of
the great Barnum himself. It is said that when fiddling didn't pay she
turned the versatility of her company to account by exhibiting little
Sauret as Tom Thumb.
BUSH-STREET THEATER.
Charles E. tocke. Proprietor. ..Last week but one Of Mr,
Sothern and His Company of Comedians! This Saturday Matinee and
Night and Sunday Night, production of Robertson's sterling Comedy called HOME !
Col. John White. Mr. Sothern. To conclude with the eccenaric Comedy, A REG-
ULAR FIX. Hugh de Bras, Mr Sothern. Mr. Sothern in both pieces. Positively
Last Week of Mr. Sothern, commencing- MONDAY, March 22d, and production of
Byron's new Comedy, called A HORNET'S NEST! In Two Buzzes and a Stinger.
Seats secured one week in advance. March 20.
THE BALDWIN THEATER.
Thomas Mag-uire, Manager: It. M. Eberle, Stage Manager,
This (Saturday) Evening, March 20tb, First Production of tbe Most Success-
ful Comedy of the Day,
The Two Roses!
As played at the Vaudeville Theater, London, over 500 nights. A very powerful cast
by the\Teat Baldwin Company, including Messrs. James O'Neill, Lewis Morrison, .!.
W. Jennings, C. B. Bishop and A. D. Bradlev, Misses Jeffreys-Lewis, Eleanor Carey,
Jean Clara Walters, etc. FIRSTTWO ROSES MATINEE to day at 2 P.M. In Active
Preparation- FRENCH FLATS. March -20.
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Much 20, 1880.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
SPORTINC ITEMS.
Pedestrian tun. A r»cr, ur* Wafattar, " i* a \r\.\\ of ipeed i
i >t>t*rminr tbfirrcarxvtivc menu." Wcbat«r might h*»ble
evidently n."t well
in ra*tt*r* ftp] rml and six-day go-as -yon -pleaso"
rftcwa in particular. If he h:i«I bid h>- would bftTC pat It <»n record that a
race w atri.il of l»nun», bat1 who *h.ill make the
in nut ■ •! it. At I "ist that i« what many paopla m laying about
Iba O'l i match. It is true that UXeary walked 616 milea
and Waaton only 4'.ii -av«ry one Acknowledges the honesty and correct'
i it «re bave met boUtves that 490 miles.
m do. That ho himself does not beliftTe it in proven
f.vct that he i+ trying t<> get up another met of the same kind with
.-, with the difference th »f the next one ia tn he for $10,000 a side
ted that his wife had mortgaged
perty to find the $5,000 stake for the last race. If that is true,
a race wjw honest, Waaton is hardly in a position to buck himself
<**> more. But if, as many people believe, there was over §200,-
<n the result in New York, ami about as much more in the other
buye Eastern cities, and Weston got a big share of that for throwing the
why he ha.* enough and to ipare for a stake in another race. It
m if that were the true inwardness of the match. O'Leary put
up his coin and walked to win it. Weston also put up coin, which he
walked to lose, and thereby win a much larger sum in bets. Weston gives
as a reason for his poor performance that he was suffering from an en-
largement of the liver, that m.i le every step an agonizing torture to him,
and warned him long before the conclusion of the match that he had no
chance to win. Suppose that is true, it does not put him in any better
light. There was not enough gate money in the race to induce a man
like Weston to keep on the track and suffer agonizing torture. If he was
really sick he should have given up the match and not kept on till the
last moment, allowing people to bet on a sick man who had no chance to
win. ^—O'Leary went East on Thursday, so there is not much chance of
another match between him and Weston in this city. Weston may back
himself to beat his record, the walk to come off in this city within a few
weeks. — There is a hippodrome cal'ed a six-day go-as-you-please now on
at the Mechanics* Pavilion. Tickets of admission have been freely distri-
bute 1 around the city, but the pasteboard seems not to have the desired
effect, the attendance being very slim. Another way of trying to attract
public attention is in the scoring, any quantity of miles being marked up,
so that we should not be at all surprised to see the record read 700 miles
for the first man at the end of six days. It is just such exhibitions as
this that drags sporting into the mire. The same managers have the au-
dacity to announce another six-day female match, to come off in April.
Shooting.— We call the attention of our readers to the following ex-
tracts from the California Game Laws : *' Chapter I. — Violation of the
laws for the Preservation of Game and Fish (with all amendments
adopted in 1878}. Section 626. — Every person who, in the counties of
San Bernardino or Los Angeles, between the 1st day of April of any year
and the 1st day of August of the same ye:tr, or who, in any other of the
counties of this State, except the counties of Lassen, Plumas and Sierra,
between the 15th day of March and the 15th day of September in each
year, hunts, pursues, takes, kills or destroys quail, partridge or grouse,
mallard, wood or Summer duck, red-head gadwell or gray duck, or blue-
winged teal, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Every person who at any time
takes, gathers or destroys the eggs of any mallard, wood or Summer duck,
red-head, teal, gadwell or gray duck, or any other species of wild duck, is
guilty of a misdemeanor. Every person who shall have any of the afore-
said game in his possession at a time when it is unlawful to kill the game,
is guilty of a misdemeanor. Section 627. — Every person who, in the
counties of Lassen, Plumas or Sierra, between the 15th day of March and
the 15th day of August in each year, takes, kills or destroys quail, part-
ridges or grouse, or who in either of such counties, between the 15th day
of March and the 15th day of August in each year, takes, kills or
destroys mallard, wood, teal, spoonbill or any kind of broad-bill ducks, is
guilty of a misdemeanor."^— We learn from Mr. Murdoch, President of
the Willows Shooting Club, that the entries for the Grand Pigeon Shoot-
ing Tournament, which will be held at that place April 13th and 14th,
are nearly full. ^— The pigeon-shooting tournament under the auspices of
the leading shooting-clubs of this city, comes off at Millbrae to-morrow.
The forty entries, which closed last Tuesday, include Gerber, C. Robin-
son, F. Maskey, J. W. Kennedy, Frank Coombs, F. Bassford, J. W.
Downey, Schnable, J. Villegas, Hub Parker and all the best-known
shots in the State. The Committee have secured plenty of birds, and, if
the weather is 6ne, the tournament will be a grand success.
Swimming. — Our well-meant advice to W. H. Daily, in last week's
issue, to pay a little more attention to training, has so far been entirely
disregarded by that gentleman. We used the expression "loafed" to
convey the idea that Daily did no work, and not as an intimation that he
was anything but a respectable member of society, as he chose to inter-
pret it. Perhaps it would have been nearer the mark to say that he is
far too lazy or careless to take the exercise necessary to put him in good
condition. Of course that is bis affair, but many of his well wishers feel
sorry to see him throw away his chance of winning by holding his oppo-
nent too cheap. Had Daily taken proper training — which it is now too
late for him to attempt — it is morally certain he could easily beat Flem-
ing, as he perhaps will do without training at all. He, however, chose to
take the chances of Fleming being a worse man than he is generally
thought to be, and may possibly reap the fruits of his neglect by
loss of money and reputation. Fleming has trained, if anything, too
hard, a common fault with ambitious young athletes who have no com-
petent person to advise them, but will no doubt make a splendid race, the
result of which is looked forward to with the greatest interest.
Coursing. — A number of our leading coursing men are desirous of get-
ing up a State coursing meeting, to take place early in April. The pop-
ular idea is for a sixteen-dog stake, open to all, with an entrance fee of
$10 ; a sixteen-dog stake for dogs that have never won a prize, with an
entrance fee of $5, and a stake for all dogs that have never run in a
match, entrance fee $5. We suggest that a general meeting be held next
week to arrange preliminaries and to select grounds to run over.^— The
Capital Coursing Club will have an open meeting at Sacramento March
28th ; entrance fee So. Entries are respectfully solicited from all Clubs
in the State.
Base-b.'UI- The opentna same of th»> aaajon, between the Knicker-
bocker and Ban Fran i\ the Recreation Grounds, last Sunday,
was largely attended The Cniokerboefcer nine played remarkably well
oonaidertng that it was a first public performance together. J. Whitney
and Dolan. pit. her and tttohtr. are nnutually brilliant, thongfa after sea.
tag Nolan it Is hard to please by even Hnt-olase work. The SanEVan-
oiseo Club played Bd. Williamson, of the Ghtoagos,as catcher, and Andy
PierOT, of the I'nions, :»t second base, The regular nine, as now organ*
very weak, some of the players, e*[n*ei:»llv If. Smith, short stop,
and Kiernan, right field, are not tit as yet to take rank with professional
ball players. The Knickerbockers won easily; More, 4 to 2, J. Denny,
of the Athletic Club, acted as Umpire. The Athletics and Bay Cities
will play the second game of the series at the Recreation Grounds to-
morrow.
Fishing. —As will be seen by the following extract from the game laws
of thifl State, the fishing season will soon open ; in fact, anglers have very
little time to lose in purchasing new tackle and getting their old in order
if they wish to be ready for the first chance : "Sec, 033. — Every person
who takes, catches, or kills any speckled trout, brook or salmon trout, or
any variety of trout, between the first day of November and the first day
of April in the following year la guilty of a misdemeanor."
Cricket. — A movement is on foot to organize a Cricket Association for
the Pacific Coast. There is lots of first-class material here, that only
needs practice and intelligent management to put the game on its proper
footing. Persons desirous of joining can send their names to the rooms
of the British Benevolent Society, Montgomery street, San Francisco.
ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
ORO MINING COMPANY,
Bodie, Mono County, California.
Assessment No. 4 16 Cents Per Share.
Delinquent in Office March 22, ,1880
Day of Sale April 12, 1880.
WILLIAM STUART, Secretory.
Office— Room 12, No. 320 Sansome street, San Francisco, Cal. [March 20.
ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
DAY SILVER JOINING COMPANY.
Assessment No. 6 .
Amount 16 Cents Per Share .
Levied March 1 2th.
Delinquent April 1 5th.
-Day of Sale May 10th.
J. W. PEW, Secretary.
Office — Room 15, No. 310 Pine street, San Francisco, California. [March 20.
ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
Belvidere Mi »i ng Company. --Location of Principal Place
of Business, San Francisco, California. — Location of Works, Bodie Mining
District, Mono county, California.— Notice is hereby given, that at a meeting of
the Board of Directors, held on the fourth day of March, 1880, an assessment (No. 6)
of Fifty Cents per share was levied upon the capital stock of the Corporation, pay-
able immediately, in U. S. gold coin, to the Secretary, at the office of the Company,
Room 26, Cosmopolitan Hotel Building, 203 Bush Btreet.San Francisco, Cal.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall remain unpaid on the SIXTH day of
April, 1880, will be delinquent and advertised for sale at public auction ; and unless
payment is made before, will be sold on SATURDAY, the FIRST day of May, 1880,
to pay the delinquent assessment, together with cost of advertising and expenses of
sale. By order of the Board of Directors.
C. VAN DYCK HUBBARD, Secretary.
Office— Room 20, Cosmopolitan Hotel Building, 203 Bush street, San Francisco,
California. March 13.
ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
Andes Silver Mining Company. — Location of Principal
Place of Business, San Francisco, California.— Location of Works, Virginia
Mining District, Storey Comity, Nevada.— Notice is hereby given that at a meeting
of the Board of Directors, held on the twenty-sixth day of February, 1880, an assess-
ment (No. 14) of Twenty-five (25) Cents per share was levied upon the capital stock
of the Corporation, payable immediately, in United States gold ctfn, to the Secre-
tary, at the office of the Company, Room 2, Nevada Block, 309 Montgomery street,
Saii Francisco, California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall remain unpaid on the FIRST (1st)
day of APRIL, 1880, will be delinquent and advertised for sale at public auction ;
and unless payment is made before, will be sold on TUESDAY, the TWENTIETH
(20th) day of APRIL, 18S0, to pay the delinquent assessment, together with cost of
advertising and expenses of sale. By order of the Board of Directors.
BUTLER BURRIS, Secretary.
Office— Room 2, Nevada Block, 309 Montgomery st., San Francisco, Cal. [Mch. 6.
ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
Tbe Justice Mining Company. — Location of Principal
Place of Business, San Francisco, California.— Location of Works, Gold Hill,
Storey County, Nevada. —Notice is hereby given that at a meeting of the Board of
Directors, held on the 9th day of February, 1880, an assessment (No. 31) of Fifty
Cents per share, was levied upon the capital stock of the Corporation, payable im-
mediately, in United States gold coin, to the Secretary, at the office of the Company,
Room 2, Hayward's Building, 419 California street, San Francisco, California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall remain unpaid on the FIFTEENTH
day of MARCH, 1880, will be delinquent and advertised for sale at public auction ;
and unless payment is made before, will be sold on MONDAY, the FIFTH day of
APRIL, 1880," to pay the delinquent assessment, together with cost of advertising
and expenses of sale. By order of tbe Board of Directors.
R. E. KELLY, Secretary.
Office— Room 2, Hayward's Building, 419 California street, San Francisco, Cal-
ifornia. Feb. 14. _
DIVIDEND NOTICE.
The Home Mataal Insnrance Company will pay Its regular
monthly dividend of One (1) Dollar per share on its capital stock on March
10th, 1880. CHARLES R. STORY, Secretary,
March 13. 40fi California street.
JOSEPH GILLOTT'S STEEL PENS.
Gold Medal, Paris, 1878.
old by nil Stationers. Sole Agent for the United States:
MR. HENRY HOE, 91 John street, N. T. Jan. 5.
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
March 20, 1880.
THE PACIFIC COAST PONTOON DEPOSITING DOCK
CLARK & STANDFIELD, Inventors and Patentees.
-A."CTG-TT£;T"0'£& Xo^-T7"E2^5_, Agent, San Francisco.
A COMPANY is now in process of formation, entitled as above, with a capital of §600,000, and will be composed of men largely interested in
advancing the development of the shipping prosperity of this Coast. The control, furtherance and establishment of this new economical pro-
cess of docking vessels has been intrusted to Augustus Laver, of this city, the designer of our New City Hall and Law Courts, from whom
the fullest information can be obtained.
The novel and peculiar form of floating dock, which bears the name of Clark and Standfield as inventors and patentees, has been designed to meet the
special requirements of large and busy ports where a great number of vessels have to be docked, and it has the peculiarity that, with a single dock,
an indefinite number of vessels can be raised and deposited high and dry on fixed stages, the number of vessels being limited only by the length of the
staging provided for their reception. As its cost is less than that of an ordinary dock, and its accommodation unlimited, it is evident that where
there exists sufficient trade, it is capable of earning dividends many times greater than that of any other form of dock, and is therefore specially
suited to meet the requirements of large dock companies and harbor commissioners. The design of this dock, although so novel, is already
widely known.
Captain E. E. Goulaieff, of the Russian Imperial Navy, Aide-de-Camp to the Grand Duke Constantine, etc., has also recently contributed to the
Institution of Naval Architects a paper " On the Construction and Working of the Nicolaieff Dock," which was built by Messrs. Clark, Standfield
& Co. at their works on the Thames, and afterwards erected at Nicolaieff for the Russian Government. This dock is now in continuous use, and is
giving the greatest possible satisfaction.
The depositing dock differs from all other docks inasmuch as the vessel is not merely raised out of the water, hut is deposited bodily on fixed staging
along shore so as to be virtually on dry land. Vessels in any number are placed on this staging, and remain there for as long a time as may be
requisite for cleaning and repairs, and are readily lowered again into the water at an almost nominal cost. One of these docks is thus equivalent in
power to four, six, or a dozen ordinary graving docks, and, including staging for several vessels, can be provided at less cost than one stone dock.
It has the further advantage of great economy in working, the number of men engaged and the time occupied in docking being much less than
required for pumping out a wee dock ; moreover, the vessel, when docked, is fully exposed to light and air, and is in a position particularly convenient
for painting and repair, and, if rendered indispensable, can discharge and take in her cargo at the same time.
The peculiar feature of the dock consists in the employment of a series of fingers, or pontoons, which project beneath the vessel, and on which
it is raised. [See our illustration.] These fingers are all rigidly connected at one end by a strong vertical side, which is practically au enormous
tubular girder, the whole length of the dock, and which holds each pontoon rigidly in its position, the whole resembling the teeth of a comb. This
girder, or " side," as it is termed, is of such a hight that it is never quite submerged, although the pontoons which are attached to it are submerged
sufficiently to allow the vessel to float over them. It contains the engines, pumps and valves fur working the dock.
It is not essential to have depositing stages in the first instance, but the full merit of the dock only comes into play when these are provided.
* These stages are quite; independent of the dock, and are formed of timber, or iron piles firmly secured in the ground and braced together, forming
a number of narrow piers, on which the vessel rests. These piers are about 5 feet broad, and usually from 10 to 15 feet apart, and the pontoons
carrying the vessel upon them are arranged at corresponding distances, so as to readily float in between the piers. When in this position,
by admitting a little water into the pontoons, the vessel is lowered on to the piers, where it securely rests on keel blocks and bilge blocks in the
usual manner.
The operation of raising a vessel is very simple. The vessel is first brought over the dock and secured in position by ropes and shores in the usual
manner. Water is pumped out of the dock until it rises, and the vessel bears firmly on the keel blocks. Very broad sliding bilge blocks are then
hauled forward under the bilges of the vessel, so as to form an unusually broad and stable cradle, and the pumping is proceeded with till the vessel
is fully raised.
When the vessel is raised, she is supported on a base 70 feet broad, or double the beam of the vessel itself. In the case of the Nicolaieff Dock,
March 20, 1880.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
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-' >ur hnn<lrv<l *aili>rs wer« cauaed tn run backward and forflranl from i>ort to aUrboar.I MroM the ileck of a vessel on the dock. The effect
Id rolling th* dock cnuM not bo even perceived by close observation, although the vessel, if it had been floating, would, from the samo cause, have
■
As retfsrds tht? ir>>n structure >»f these docks, it may bo remarked that both the side and pontoona an divided into a great many Rnparate water-
Sht compartments, a certain number of which arc permanently sealed up so that it is Imp mibte to rink the -lock either by aooident or design. The
e portion of the pontoona on which the chief weight of the veaael rests is strengthened by extra Frame! and bulkheads, and, as the pressure of
the water on the submerged pontoons is sometimes equal to 16 the. on the square inch, ;i perfect framework of iron is arranged within them, and also
within the side, to enable both !■• withstand the extraordinary pressure. It is in the skillful design of the details of this and other parts of the struc-
ture that the aomy can be effected. It is important to bear comparisons in mind, and to remember that a stationary and costly dock
yields a good dividend in the present day. and proves a most profitable investment when docking only ono vessel at a time, and it is not difficult to
by this ratio the profits of a dock which can dock S or 10 vessels daily.
The Depositing dock is constructed in two portions, each of which is a complete dock in itself, and is provided with all necessary engines, pumps,
and other Appliances, so that each half may be used for docking smaller vessels, and is, in fact, a separate dock. This is a very important feature, as
it must frequently happen in every docking establishment that there are more small vessels to be raised than targe ones. Each half of the dock is
als" specially designed to raise the other half out of the water without any careening, so that every part of the dock is readily accessible at any time
for cleaning and painting. It is scarcely necessary to draw attention to the importance of this advantage, since, by proper attention to painting, such
a dock might t>e kept in perfect and efficient repair for centuries.
In some speci «1 cases when loaded vessels have to be raised, the sliding bilge blocks are enlarged and provided with air-bags or water-bags, made of
india-rubber and canvas, enclosed in a strong cord netting, so that the whole sides of the vessel are supported on cushions as if they were in the
wat'T. In this way vessels with loose grain or similar cargo can be safely docked even when fully loaded, the capstans for mooring or manipulating
the dock being of the best.
In depositing a vessel on the staging, she is raised till her keel is a foot or two higher than the top of the piers, the pontoons of the dock are
floated in between the piers, and, by admitting water, the vessel is lowered on to the staging, and the dock is drawn out and is ready to receive
another vessel. It is evident that this operation can only be performed when the water is at a certain level, varying a few feet more or less, which
difference can be adjusted by the blocking.
The tixed stages are obviously well suited, not only for repairing vessels, but also for building them. When complete, the vessel can be lowered
into the water at a merely nominal cost, and without the risk of straining which occurs in the ordinary method of launching. Vessels map also be
■ thj lengthened 6v cutting them in two when on the stages, and lifting one half away into the required position.
The Depositing dock has a unique and peculiar advaptage in the fact that it can at any time be readily enlarged without extra cost — that is to
say, if a dock of 2,000 or 4,000 tons be constructed in the first instance, and it be found desirable at any time afterward to enlarge it so as to receive
vessels of 4,000 or 7,000 tons, the cost of the enlarged dock wonld not be appreciably greater than if it had been originally constructed of the full
size. There are circumstances where capital is, in the first instance, limited, or when the trade of a port has changed its character, in which this
special feature may be found of great advantage.
The time occupied in docking a vessel of the largest size does not exceed two hours, and the lowering occupies about half an hour. Smaller vessels
can be raised, sighted, and lowered again in about one hour and thirty minutes.
The following is a summary of the advantages of the Depositing dock:
1. — With one dock any number of vessels can be docked and deposited high and dry out of water on wooden platforms, in a convenient position for
cleaning and repairs, along the waste sloping shores of a river or wet dock.
SL— The provision of each additional length of staging, at a comparatively nominal cost, affords the same accommodation as an additional dock.
3. — As the dock is used ordinarily for lifting vessels on to the stage, it can be kept at all times ready to receive disabled or other vessels, which can
be at once deposited on a stage and the dock left free for further use ; in this respect it has a great advantage over all other descriptions of graving docks,
4. — A vessel can be placed upon the staging, cut in two, and lengthened by lifting one half farther along the staging by means of the dock.
5. — Vessels can be conveniently built on an even keel on these stages and floated without the slightest strain, avoiding the risk and cost of launch-
ing, and the occupation of the space required for the formation of ordinary slip ways.
6. — These docks, if constructed in the first instance too small for the requirements of trade, can be at any time enlarged to any extent, at the same
rate per ton as the original cost.
As one of these docks, with a sufficient length of staging, can dock eight or ten vessels daily, it is capable of earning, at ordinary rates, at least ten
times as much dividend as an ordinary graving dock.
TIRED OUT.
He does well who does his best ;
Is he weary ? let him rest.
Brothers ! I have done my best,
I am weary — let me rest.
After toiling oft in vain,
Baffled, yet to struggle fain ;
After toiliog long to gain
Little good with mickle pain,
Let me rest. But lay me low,
Where the hedgeside roses blow ;
Where the little daises grow,
Where the winds a-Maying go ;
Where the footpath rustics plod,
Where the breeze-bowed poplars nod;
Where the old woods worship God,
Where His pencil paints the sod ;
Where the wedded throstle sings,
Where the young bird tries his wings;
Where the waitings plover swings,
Near the runlet's rushing springs ;
Where, at times, the tempest's roar,
Shaking distant sea and shore,
Still will rave old Barnesdale o'er,
To be heard by me no more!
There, beneath the breezy West,
Tired and thankful, let me rest,
Like a child that sleepeth best
On its mother's gentle breast.
TWO SHIPS.
There are two ships at present in San Francisco Bay, one discharg-
ing a cargo of wine, mostly that called claret, from a French port, and
not far from her another ship taking on board a cargo of California white
wine, stated to amount to 150,000 gallons, of which one house, Gundlach's,
sends 50,000, mostly if not entirely grown at Sonoma, for a port in Ger-
many. We understand that the order sent to Gundlach & Co. was for
100,000 gallons. This tells a pleasant tale for the growers of white wine
at Sonoma. Germany has escaped the visitation of phylloxera so far ;
and we ask, why have the German wine merchants come into our market ?
And the reply to hand is that for the last two vintages the seasons were
not favorable for the production of the average amount of spirit and body,
so the wine treaters send all this distance for our produce to improve their
own. Surely no greater guarantee of the natural goodness of our white
wirieB can possibly be offered. The renowned growths of the Rhine are
familiar as household words over the length and breadth of the globe,
and certainly the German merchants would not risk their reputation if
they were not satisfied already about the intrinsic value of our light white
wines. But the odd thing is that only foreigners drink the produce of our
vineyards, while the Americans proper will have, at five times the price,
the coopered wines of Europe, watered, fortified and mixed. To any un-
prejudiced mind the comparison of California wines in bulk with im-
ported wines in bulk is in favor of the former. And now that there is so
much complaining about the Chinese sending a portion of their hard earn-
ings to their own country, might it not be worth while to think a little
about the amount of money sent to France, which never returns, to sup-
ply a worse article than we produce at our own doors. Mr. Chotteau is
no doubt a very clever and patriotic gentleman, and loves France and
French interests like a tr,ue Frenchman : and perhaps we owe it to Amer-
ican Providence, in the persons of Messrs. Haraszthy, Wetmore, and a
few others, that we have for the present escaped being shown up to the
world by his intriguing as mercantile blockheads, instead of the smart
business men we claim to be considered.
TRANSATLANTIC FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY,
Of Hamburg.
Capital, $1,500,000, TT. S. Gold Cola.--X<osses Paid In Gold
Coin immediately after Adjustment. This Corporation holds contracts of fif-
teen other European Insurance Companies, re-insuring by far the greater part of
every risk, as soon as accepted in our office. The combined subscribed Capital which
our policies therefore offer to the public amounts to $17,287,500, TJ. S. Gold Coin, of
Which §4,403,750 is paid up, besides the always available Reserve Funds.
GEORGE MARCUS &. CO., General Agents for Pacific Coast,
Feb. 7. No. 304 California street.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN MARINE INS. CD. OF LIVERPOOL
Capital $5,000,000. — Agents: Balfour, Guthrie 4fc Co., Mo.
\j 316 California street, San Francisco. Nov. 18.
■A wise paragrapher remarks : " A man who declared himself to
be intoxicated with music was considered air-tight."
Pickles are best when they sour on one another.
ROEDERER CHAMPAGNE.
~TVJ~otlce.»The Trade ami the Public are Informed that we
-^ receive the genuine LOUI9 ROEDERER CARTE BLANCHE CHAMPAGNE,
direct from Mr. Louis Roederer, Reims, over his signature and Consular Invoice.
Each case is marked upon the side, "Macondray & Co., San Francisco," aud each
bottle bears the label, " Macondray & Co. , Sole Agents for the Pacific Coast. "
March 13. MACONDRAY & CO., Sole Agentsfor the Pacific Coast.
GREATEST WONDER OF THE AGE.
Suspended Wire Cushion. Parlor Billiard Table. A new
California invention. Call at No. 28 New Montgomery street. Patent applied
for. Agents wanted. [Feb. 21.] S. R. MATHEWSON & CO.
JOHN G. AYRES,
Stock and Exchange Broker, Bio. 429 California street, San
Francisco, will buy and sell Bonds and Stocks of every kind, and on proper
Collaterals negotiate Loans of various amounts, including those on first-clasa City
and Country Real Estate, at satisfactory rates. Feb. 21.
REMOVAL.
WILLIAMS, BIMOND & CO.
HAVE REMOVED TO
UNION BLOCK,
JUNCTION MARKET A.NJO PINE STREETS.
[Men. 13.
MADAME WALDO COHEN,
PIANOFORTE AND SINGING,
Sept. 20.
fi07 Hyde Street, San Francisco.
WM. F. SMITH, M.D.,
Oculist and Aurist, 313 Bush Street.
Auy. 16 ]
Office Hours, from ISM. to 3 P.M.
REMOVAL.
er chants Exchange Bank's Office removed to 320 Sansome
Street, Room 9. [Feb. 2d. 1 R, G. SNEATH, Vice-President.
M
R. H. LLOYD,
Attorney-at-Law, Room 13, Nevada Block.
10
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTEK AND
March 20, 1880.
JUSTICE AT LAST.
Judge Ria: has rendered a righteous decision against Denis Kearney.
He has given the convicted defendant the full benefit of the law. In
other words, for "utterances calculated to provoke a breach of the peace,"
San Francisco's Old Man of the Sea has been sentenced in the Police
Court to undergo imprisonment in the House of Correction for six months
and to also pay a fine of §1,000, Since then the latest but not the least
exuberant of Sand-lot sprouts, Gannon, has also been found guilty as
charged, by a jury that only needed five minutes to reach that conclu-
sion. This is the kind of treatment that should have been administered
t o the social lepers who have with impunity been so meekly permitted to
in feet the whole community and its interests for two or three years past.
But the cure comes better late than never, and Judge Bix is justly en-
title d to full credit as the great healer of San Francisco's nearly fatal
malady. It is argued in certain quarters — though argument emanating
from such a source and at such a crisis is hardly worth serious considera-
tion— thai, it is not the offense, but the man, that has brought about this
e xtreme sentence ; in other words, that if anybody but Kearney had used
Kearney's words, the punishment would not have been so severe. Upon
the face of it, such a position could only be taken by a child or by a Sand-
lot partisan. Kearney, though a born ass and blatant blackguard per se,
is not a common offender. The daily newspapers — both those which for-
m erly opposed and now are supporting him, and those which have fol-
io wed the opposite course — have reported and puffed him up to a "bad
e minence," from which he has been able to do and has done incalculable
harm. It may be very proper for Judge Rix to say that he does not
p unish Kearney "for his offenses of the past two years," but it is the
sense of this community that the rascal ought lo be punished for those
very grievous offenses ; and with all due deference to the conscientious
b cruples of the Court, our gratitude for the sentence imposed could only
have been greater if the penalty could have been made still heavier.
Kearney has appealed to the Superior Court from the judgment of the
Police Court. It remains to be seen what action the Superior Court will
take in the premises. We do not presume to suggest, much less to dic-
tate, what that action should be. But we know what common justice to
the interests of California demands, and we know what the respectable
and responsible portion of our population expects. Having full confidence
in the integrity of our Superior Court judiciary, it only remains for us to
congratulate Denis upon at least six months' retirement to the seclusion
of the House of Correction. It is unnecessary to conceal the fact that
the hand of the "Protective Union" is visible here. We do not say that
this potent factor in current events has had anything to do with the de-
cision of Judge Rix. On the contrary, we know that it has not. But
we do not fear to assert that the assurance of being upheld by a long-
suffering community, brought at last to bay, has made it easier for an
upright Judge to do his duty, where otherwise the task would have been
exceedingly difficult. It is far better that legitimate force should lift
from our shoulders the incubus that has so long weighed us down, than
th at discredit should be brought upon California by a resort to more vio-
lent measures. It is only a few days since the latter course seemed una-
v oidable. We may heartily congratulate ourselves that Judge Rix has
led the way to an easier solution of our troubles. That he will be sup-
ported by the higher Courts, there is no doubt in the minds of reasonable
men.
NORMAL SCHOOLS.
Normal schools, so called, are officially as well as popularly under-
stood to be institutions in which young people of education eDter, in order
to receive a training that shall specially 6t them to become teachers. In
young States, where really efficient teachers are scarce, it has hitherto
been thought a justifiable interference with the rights of labor for the
State to step in and increase the number of workers in this particular
field. If this interference is ever justifiable, in regard to which much
may be said on both sides, it is very certain that the presence of two facts
are necessary to render it so. In the first place, there should be a need
for more teachers, and, in the second, the institution should be bona Jlcte
devoted to the accomplishment of its mission. California is understood
to have nearly one thousand teachers, with certificates of competency,
who, nevertheless, cannot find employment. There is, therefore, no ne-
cessity at present to make any more, and, indeed, it would be cruel to
add to this class of unemployed. The State does a great wrong when it
artificially increases the supply of a kind of labor for which it can find
no employment. Then again the institution, if needed at all — which we
deny— should be devoted to its mission. Now, it is a fact that some nine-
tenths of the persons trained in the Normal School at San Jose were the
children of wealthy or well-to-do residents in Santa Clara county, and
that few, if any, became teachers. The institution, in short, was a sort
of High School for the benefit of the county. In no true sense did it fill
the bill as a State institution. It might have been a proper school for
the county to support ; but as a so-called State Normal School, its exist-
ence was indefensible, and, having been burnt down, there can be no
just ground for its being rebuilt by the State. Yet it is not only to be re-
built at great cost, but three other counties are to be voted State bene-
ficiares in a like manner. We have made the subject clear. The whole
matter has been put dispassionately. If these log-rolling schemes go
through, they will be swindles upon the State Treasury, and one result
will be a bad financial showing for this administration.
"WELLS, FARGO & CO.
Certain red tape officials have prepared a report recommending that
Wells, Fargo & Co. be restrained from carrying letters, though the
United States postage thereon be fully paid. We do not believe that
anything of the kind can be done, and we are very certain it ought not to
be done if it can be. There is no law to prevent a private individual
or a corporation carrying letters, if only the United States postage is
paid. There is no such law now, and we do not believe there can be one
in the future. The Government may have a right to a postage it has not
earned, but, that conceded, its rights stop there. Individual liberty of
action requires that every person should be entitled to have his letters
carried by any private method that may be advantageous to him. The
fmhlic good requires that the Government should have a monopoly of col-
ecting the legal postage. When it gets that its interest ceases, and it
has, of right, no further concern in the action of individuals. Its inter-
ests being protected, it should leave others to protect what they consider
their interests. The fact should be borne in mind that it is not a ques-
tion of payment of postage. The right to collect that is, and always has
been, conceded to the Government, and the payment has always been
duly made. But if, in addition to that payment, the public are willing,
as they show they are, to pay an additional fee for advantages the Gov-
ernment du not supply, whose business is it to interfere? Nobody is
wronged, but everybody is benefited. The company is satisfied with the
patronage it enjoys. The public are manifestly satisfied, or they
would not elect to voluntarily pay the additional fee, and, in the
end, even the Government are greatly advantaged. Mining
camps, villages and towns are built up, and become places of
importance, contributing not only to the postal revenue, hut to
every other branch of the revenue of the nation. The company carries
letters to places where there are no poBtal facilities, and by paying the
postage tcTeven such places they contribute money to the revenue, which
the Government is not in a position to earn for itself. The Express com-
panies have been a boon, incalculable, to the whole Pacific Coast. They
■ were a necessity, and grew up with the country. They have performed
services that the Government were in no position to perform. They are
continuing them still, and will be required to do so for long years to
come. It would be little short of a calamity to many outlying portions
of the coast, if Express facilities were cut off. The service required, es-
pecially among the camps in the mountains, is altogether exceptional.
No mail service has ever adequately discharged such service, and will
hardly be likely to do so hereafter. Government has not been in the
habit of letting contracts for carrying mails a hundred miles or more, in
order to reach a solitary mining camp, where the service must be per-
formed in Winter by following a trail, often on snow-shoes. The Gov-
ernment gets its full revenue for services it does not, and cannot perform,
and therewith it should be setisfied, and even rejoice that thousands of
miles of service is performed, toward which it contributes nothing. The
report of the Commission is conceived in error, and ought to be ignored.
It will be time enough for the Government to interfere when our people
complain that they are paying two fees for a single service. They do not
so complain, and there is no more popular or convenient institution on
this coast than that of the Express Co. of Wells, Eargo & Co.
The engagement is announced of Mr. George T. Marsh to Miss Lucy
Whiteside, only daughter of the late Col. Whiteside, in social circles.
CANT BE DONE.
Governor Perkins has received a deputation of not very representa-
tive men who very badly wanted him to veto the revenue bill. They
were hardly courteous to the Governor, and positively insolent to such
legislators as Senator Zuck and Assemblyman Hartson, who are certainly
men far above the average. We sympathized with the well -sustained
efforts to amend the bill, when it was before the Legislature, but having
passed both houses, and it being a question whether we should have that
bill or no revenue, we are entirely with the Governor, and are satisfied
that' no course was left to him but to sign the bill. As he well pointed
out, only eight months have to elapse before the people will have to elect
a new Legislature. If by that time it is found that the tax on savings
bank deposits works injuriously to the depositors, as it assuredly will,
then there will, as a certainty, he a majority in favor of the amendment
of the law. No great harm can arise in the mean time, and an experi-
ence, that will be valuable to some foolish people, will be gained. Small
depositors voted for the new Constitution ; when they come to realize how
the instructions of that instrument has caused them to be taxed, they will
feel where the shoe pinches, and at last learn the folly of their ways.
They ought to learn that lesson. It will do them good. The Governor
did right, and only fulfilled his sworn duty when he refused to stand in
the way of the passage of a bill that is in accordance with the behests of
the Constitution. It came to him from the representatives of the people,
and is in accordance with the people's Constitution, and nothing was left
for him to do but to acquiesce. His tact in getting rid of some bearish
men was admirable. We shall await the payment of the tax on savings
bank deposits with interest.
RECEPTION OF COUNT FERDINAND DE LESSEPS.
The arrival of the Count de Lesseps has been quite an event in our
community. He reached the city on Wednesday, and was received by
the French Consul and some of the leading Erench residents, as well as
by the prominent officers of the Board of Trade and Chamber
of Commerce. Mr. Alvord, of the Bank of California, and Gen-
eral McDowell, invited him to avail himself of the courtesies of
the Pacific Club, and in every way his reception has been creditable to
our city, and must have been most gratifying to the distinguished Erench
engineer. His stay will be very brief, and therefore he has been
fully occupied since his arrival. On Thursday be addressed a
meeting of the members of the Board of Trade, to whom
he explained his views regarding the Inter-Oceanic Canal at great
length. He maintained that the Panama route, which he has selected for
his canal, is superior to the Nicaragua route, on the very important
ground that the former will be a tide-level canal, whereas the Nicaragua
route would require twenty-one locks. He offered other objections to the
latter route, that the country is subject to volcanic action, and that the
length of the Nicaragua route is about four times that of the Panama
route. We do not expect that M. de Lesseps will receive much encour-
agementin this city, though he has had a very courteous welcome, because
the various railroad and steamboat companies interested have not yek
made up their minds as to how the canal will affect their interests.
March 20, 1?80.
CALIFORNIA ADVEHTISKK.
11
THE TOWN CRIER.
"!U»r lb* Marl" "Wh»i th« d«T»1 art ttaooV
'Urn* th*t will pl»j it>« Jtiil.iu- with iron."
" lU'd * tunc in hl> («il ta Ion« a* * 8*1 1,
Which mad* him cruw bolder and bolder."
"My Prince of Micks,'' remarked Judge Kix,
kit not for worn menace ;
If sentenoi itioks, yonYt In .•» fix.
As sure m your name's Dennis."
" I am, am I ? Yes, in my eye,"
EUpHwd the sand lot fury,
" Appeal I'll try, and then, why, my
Sheriff will draw the jury/
"Not quits so quick, my rampant Mick,"
Rix answered : tht ire's a flaw
In Harbour's trick : appeal wuu't stick,
Except on points of law,"
When you see a man come down town nowadays, with an expression
of sublime ecstasy on bis countenance, a glance of disdainful triumph in
hi.-* eye, and a smile of self-conscious superiority over his fellow-men, as
displayed by some recently achieved victory, playing about the corners of
bis mouth; when he immediately stands Roederer for the boys, and sets
up two-bit cigars for the crowd; when he draws a handful of glistening
twenties from his pocket, and, unasked, chucks them over to you, with
the remark: '* Pay me when you like;" when he takes you to the Dia-
mond Palace window and asks you meauingly to choose what you like
beet; when he writes you out unsolicited orders for a new suit or a hat;
when he inquires affectionately how you'd like to go to Europe, if he puts
up the coiu; when he seems to regard the usual duties of his office and
business as t«o insignificant and unimportant to engage his time or atten-
tion; when, in fact, he has the general air of an Alexander, a Hannibal, a
Cesar or a Napoleon flushed with victory so great as to render all mun-
dane things seem pigmies to his giant intellect — and combined with the
charitable good will of George Peabody, and the generosity of Jim Ben-
nett—do not think he has made a sudden million in stocks, has discovered
a diamond mine in his back yard, or won a lawsuit of ten years' standing;
that his wife has just presented him with twins; that a gold mine he is
interested in has been advantageously placed in New York; that some
distant relative has just died, leaving him a bank account at Rothschilds,
a foreign title, a castle on the Rhine, a chateau in Lombardy, a brown-
Btone front in New York, a palace on Nob Hill, or a cottage at Newport;
or that letters that morning received have apprised him of the registra-
tion, by some unknown benefactor, of a million in U. S. bonds in his
name — do not think that any of the great occurrences in life, usually sup-
?osed to bring untold joy to the heart of man, has happened to him.
rou will be wrong if yon do. " What, then, can it be?" you will ask.
Step aside and we will tell you. He has done the boss puzzle.
Jones is w hat might be called " muchly married." "We do not mean
that his wife exactly outweighs him physically, but mentally, morally
and psychologically she is the boss. Therefore it was that Smith was
surprised at finding him at the Pavilion ou Saturday night, at the end of
the Weston -O'Leary walking match, skipping about like a blue jay and
jingling five golden twenties between his palms. " Hello, Jones," said
Smith, " where'd you get the coin ?" " Won it." said Jones, and he cut a
fleeful caper. " D d lucky you did," observed Smith, who had beard of
Irs. Jones' peculiarities, " or the old woman would kick at your bein' here
now." "She kick!" exclaimed Jones. "Why, she put up the job.
Yes, sir ; my wife gave me the point I won the money on." " Get out !"
said Smith ; " what are you givin' me ?" " Honest, she did," asseverated
JoneB. "I'll tell you how it happened. The night before last she woke
me up and said she'd dreamed that O'Leary had won the walking match.
* Go to sleep,' said I, ' and don't talk nonsense. Everybody knows Wes-
ton's only laying low till the last.' ' I don't care,' Baid she ; ' that's what
I dreamed.' Well, last night she woke me up again and said she'd had
the same dream, and she wouldn't let me go to sleep again till I prom-
ise^ I'd bet something on O'Leary. Well, when I came down town this
morning there was Brown at the Chronicle board looking at the score.
* Weston looks pretty sick, don't he V said I. * I'll bet you a hundred
dollars to seventy-five he wins the match,' said Brown. ' It's a whack,'
Baid I. ' Put up or shut up.' So we got Billy Green to hold the stakes
and all agreed to meet out here to-night, which we did, and here's the
coin. Billy just handed it to me. Guess I'll have to divy with the old
woman." Smith looked at Jones. He had been backing Weston, and
was thinking how he could get even. "Say, Jones," said he, after a
minute ; "there's going to be another go-as-you-please next week. Just
before the end would you mind lending me your wife for a while ?"
A Sunday contemporary, with its usual elaboration of details and
accustomed indifference to facts, has revamped a short article that ap-
- peared several weeks ago in the N. L., about Lord Grosvenor and his
snub to one of our society tuft-hunters, and gives it as a startling piece of
news. It puts Lord G. in a wrong light altogether. What he wished to
Bee was the interior of one of our Nob Hill palaces as it would appear
when the family was out — not a mission curiosity shop. It would indeed
be strange that a man who has viewed the wonders of all the great public
museums of the world, as well as every private collection of rarities worth
Beeing in Europe, should hanker after a sight of a heterogeneous conglom-
eration of cracked Delph, plaster of Paris images, and mock bronzes,
which the fair proprietress thereof, in the simplicity of her heart, denom-
inates brie a brae. It is certainly not likely, and the accusation is as in-
sulting to his intelligence as a man and a traveler, as it is false in fact.
The "A. J. " is the last agony in the social club line. The unripe cal-
lowlings whose infantile breath has fanned the thing into a premature ex-
istence, and who fondly imagined their adopted title would be as mys-
terious as the Sphinx, gave themselves dead away when, in the exuber-
ance of their innocent spirits, they published their list of officers. With
the exception of the " honoraries," whose apron strings will no doubt have
to be lengthened a yard or two when the club gives a taffy pulling, a
glance at the list will show that "A. J." means nothing more nor less
than " All Juveniles." Kitchee-Kitchee, tendej lambkins, pink and white
kids ; after you have had your bowl of bread and milk, and a refreshing
sleep in your truckle beds, take another try, if your mamas will let you,
and see if you can't do better than that.
His Reverence the Mayor diversifies his magisterial functions by an
■nal " haik back" to his niinisU'rial ditto. At present he is deliv-
ering a OOniM of lecturer .-very Sun. lav evening at the Hainuiam on Fifth
street. The rabjsets to be treated of are: 1st. "The Wandering Jew
and his Religion, illustrated by the carver of Salmi Morse, author of the
Mfljf and editor of the Wa*p; 3d "Ignatius Loyola and the
Jesuits," with some remarks touching continence in the clergy, aided by
some Incident! in the lif.- of the Reverend the Mayor himself ; 3d. "Con-
fucius and the Chinese Religion," with a commentary upon the text,
"The Chinese Must Go." in which Ids Reverence the Mayor makes it
very hot for the moon-faced Mongolians; 4th. '* Mahomet and his Re-
ligion," with a lively description of the linuri peopled Heaven to which
good Mayors po when they die ; 5th. " John Calvin and the Presbyterian
Religion, ' with a new and improved version of the-Story of Servetua, hys
martyrdom, in which his Reverence burns up all and every one who dares
to Jitter in opinion, in humble imitation of the great Geneva reformer's little
drama, Playing inth Fire; 6th. "John Wesley and Methodism," with a
few chaste observations on Love Feasts and the Kiss of Peace ; 7th, and
last, "Jesus Christ and his Religion," showing that as a priest of the
meek nnd lowly one, whose motto was " Peace on earth and good will
toward men." It is eminently suitable and edifying to rush into the
muddy vortex of communism; to assist at treasonable meetings; to coun-
sel bloodshed and anarchy; to call other men's mothers naughty names,
and to raise Hob generally in the name of the Lord. We trust that the
holy man's teachings may fructify to the building up in the faith of his
disciples, and conduce to a truly Christian spirit of tolerance and broth-
erly love to all the human race, barring the Chinese.
The power of amplification in descriptive writing is, perhaps, more
an acquired science than a natural gift. Terseness of expression, on the
other hand, coupled with an epigrammatic style, is less an art than a
happy, inborn faculty that enables one to say what one meanB without
waste of words. It is seldom, however, that a writer has command over
both methods of diction to such a degree as that possessed by Algernon
C. Swinburne. He shines alike, also, in poetry and prose. In the former
he is chary of words to the extent of almost unbecoming simplicity, and
states his meaning with a directness and indifference to " vailing" that
presses his poems to the verge of indelicacy. Indeed, they are all more
or less regarded as being, to say the least, slightly "off color." But in
his prose he is the reverse. To illustrate: In his late novel, "A Year's
Letters," we are told that the wife of Lord Cheyne died from "a plethora
of conjugal virtue on the part of her husband." Now, if the story had
been told in verse, he would have explained the ailment in one word.
But Swinburne knows what he is about, and though his meanings are
ever the same, by adapting his mode of expression to the requirements of
each case, he gets his prose read where his poetry would be tabooed.
Sharp fellow, Swinburne.
It is a well-known fact in " society " that mon mari rather frowns
down on the " toney efforts of his better half at entertaining on her own
novel and improved plan, and that he seldom, if ever, is present at any of
the Parisian " Apres-AJidis." The other day he did happen to come home
rather earlier than his wont, and in a more presentable condition than
usual ; and not knowing what else to do with himself, he sauntered negli-
gently into the salon to see what was going on. He didn't know a soul,
and the sharer of his joys being at the further end of the room, he placed
his hand in his breast and walked the floor with scowling brow. Pre-
sently he stopped short, and, with an unwarning yell, called out : " Sah !
Sah ! Sah! Sah! There! Now let up!" "Mon cher / mon cherf"
cried Madame, hurrying down the room to him. " Qu'estque e'est? What
is it, dear? Etes vous malade? Are you sick?" "No, I ain't," he ground
out between his teeth. " I'm only obliging your guests," and he glowered
at them grimly. " Ever since I came in the room they've been every one
of them telling me to say : ' Sah ' — and I've said it. I guess they
don't want any more." " C'est c«," acquiesced Madame in an undertone,
which, luckily, he didn't hear ; and then she led him from the room.
In the cause of a suffering portion of our fellow-men, we ask, in all
seriousness, cannot something quick and decisive be done to squelch at
once and forever the etiquette instructor of the Sunday Chronicle? It is
not that the creature's drivel is ever read through, for the contents of no
human stomach could possibly be anchored with sufficient security to
warrant the attempt of infringing the limit of three lines. It is not that
mustard and water, wine of antimony, and all the recognized upward
evacuants known to medical science have been dropped from physicians'
prescriptions in favor of the " Ladies' " column, to the injury of the drug
trade. It is not that the society leaders of Brannan street and the city
front, or the belles and beaux of Yankee Jim's and Shirt-tail Canon, feel
insulted that their knowledge of the amenities of social life should be thus
indirectly impugned. It is not for any of these reasons that we desire
the prompt extermination of this running sore ; but it is that our bowels
of compassion are moved in behalf of the unfortunate compositors whose
weekly penance it is to set up the sickening droolings of this literary
stomach-pump.
People who delight in the " horrifying" drama, of which Clara Morris
is now the accepted leading exponent, will be glad to hear that this tal-
ented actress has added a fifth act to the Sphinx, which, for blood-curdling
reality, must be acknowledged to be the boss. The supplemental act is in
one scene, and represents a post mortem examination of the body of
" Blanche de Chelles," its object being to ascertain, presumably in the
cause of medical science, and exhibit to the audience for their edification
the effect upon the entire human system, pathologically and anatomically
considered, of the ring-poison self-administered by " Blanche" in the
present final act. Of course, mechanical agencies of a deceptive charac-
ter will have to be employed, but the whole business will be made as
horribly realistic as the admitted genius of the lady can make it. After
the repose which the gifted artist has been in search of, seemingly with-
out success, since her first appearance on the stage, and which, it appears,
she has at last a hope of obtaining by a pleasure trip to Arizona, the
Sphinx, with its new last act, wdl be produced at Baldwin's.
We may expect soon to hear of any number of "dead ducks"
among the Frisco brokers who have recently made New York their future
home, seeing that Drake DeKay has appeared among them already.
England is much exercised as to the propriety of a widower's marry-
ing his deceased wife's sister. No one seems to hanker after marrying
his deceased wife's mother.
12
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
March 20, 1880.
3.00
Commencing; Sunday, Not. 16th, 1879,
and uDtil further notice, Boats and Trains will
leave San Francisco (Washington-st. Wharf) as follows :
p. m. daily (Sundays included), Steamer
James M. Donahue" (Washington Street
Wharf), connecting with Mail and Express Train at Don-
ahue for Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Healdsburg, Cloverdale,
and way stations. Making stage connections at Geyser-
ville for Skaggs' Springs ; at Cloverdale for Ukiah, Lake-
port, Mendocino City, Highland Springs, Bartlett
Springs, Soda Bay and the Geysers.
g^* Connections made at Fulton on following morn-
ing for Korhel's, Guerneville and the Redwoods.
(Arrive at San Francisco, week days, 10:10 A.M. ; Sun-
days, 11 A.M.
Freight received £rom7 a.m. till 2.30 p. m.
daily (except Sundays).
Special Notice.— The Sunday Excursion Trips are dis-
continued until further notice.
Ticket Office : Washington st. "Wharf.
A. HUGHES,
Gen. Manager.
PETER J. McGLYNN,
Gen. Pass. & Tkt. Agt.
C. P. R. R.
Overland Ticket Office : Oakland Ferry, foot
of Market street. --Commencing Sunday,
Jan. 25th, 1880, and until further notice.
Trains and Boats will leave
SAN FRANCISCO:
7QA A.M. Daily— Local Passenger Train via Oak-
• 0 1/ land and Benicia to Sacramento. Connects at
VallejO Junction for Vallejo, Napa (Stages for Sonoma),
St. Helena (White Sulphur Springs) and Calistoga
(Stages for the Geysers). Connects also at Port Costa
for Martinez, Antioch and " Byron."
Sunday Excursion Tickets, at Reduced Bates,to San
Pablo, Vallejo, Benicia and Martinez.
7QAA.M. Daily— Local Passenger Train via Oak-
•OU land, Niles, Livermore and Stockton, arriving
at Sacramento at 1:40 p.m., and connecting with Atlan-
tic Express. Connects at Niles with Train arriving at
San Jose at 10:30 a.m., and at Gait with train for lone.
9QA A.M. Daily— Atlantic Express via Oakland and
• OU Benicia for Sacramento, Colfax, Reno {Vir-
ginia City), Battle Mountain (Austin), Palisade (Eure-
ka), Ogden, Omaha and East. Connects at Davis for
Woodland, and at Woodland, Sundays excepted, for
Williams and Willows. Connects at Sacramento daily
with the Oregon Express for Marysville, Chico, Red
Bluff and Redding (Stages for Portland, Oregon).
-i f\ AAA.M. Daily— Local Passenger Train via Oak-
lUlrU land to Haywards and Niles.
3f\f\ P.M. Daily— Local Passenger Train via Oak-
• \)\) land and Niles, arriving at SanJose at5:25 P.M.
3AA P.M. Daily— Local Passenger Train via Oak-
• \J \J land for Martinez and Aotioch.
4f\f\ P.M. Daily— Arizona Express via Oakland and
• " v Martinez for Lathrop (Stockton and Gait) Mer-
ced, Madera (Yosemite and Big Trees), Visalia, Sumner,
Mojave, Newhall (San Buenaventura and Santa Barbara),
Los Angeles, "Santa Monica," Wilmington, Santa Ana
(San Diego), Colton and Yuma (Colorado River Steam-
ers), connecting direct with Daily Trains of the South-
ern Pacific Railroad of Arizona for Maricopa (Stages
for Phccnix and Prescott), and for Casa Grande, 182
miles east from Yuma (Stages for Florence, Tucson and
Tombstone. Sleeping Gars between Oakland, Los An-
geles and Yuma.
Connects, Sundays excepted, at Vallejo Junction for
Yallejo, Napa, St. Helena and Calistoga.
A OH piI- Sundays excepted— Sacramento Steamer
T.UU (from Wash'u St. Wnarf), for Benicia and Land-
ings on the Sacramento River.
4(~kr\P.M. Daily— Through Third Class Train via
• V/ \J Oakland, Martinez and Lathrop for Los An-
geles and points in Arizjna.
4 0 A P.M. Sundays excepted— Local Passenger Train
• «J*J via Oakland and Benicia for " Sacramento."
Connects at Davis with Local Train or Woodland and
Knijrht's Landing, and at Sacramento with the "Vir-
ginia Express" for Reno, Carsou and Virginia. Sleeping
Cars Oakland to Carson.
4 9rjP.M, Daily— Local Passenger Train via Oat
• O" land for Haywards, Niles and Livermore.
Public conveyance for Mills Seminary connects at Sem
nary Park Station with all trains, Sundays excepted.
5AH P.M. Daily— Overland Emigrant Train via
• yj\J Oakland, Benicia aud Sacramento for Ogden,
Omaha and East.
Connections for " Vallejo" made at Yallejo Junction
from Trains leaving San Francisco 7:30 a.m., 9.30 A.M
3:00 p.m., and 4:00 p.m.
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♦Alameda Passengers change cars at-Oakland.
Creek Route.
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9:15, 10:15, 11:15 A.M. 12:15, 1:15, 2:25, 3:15, 4:15,
5:15, 6.15 P.M.
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10:05, 11:05 A. M. 12:05, 1:05, 2:15, 3:05, 4:05, 5:05,
6:05 p.m. b— Sundays excepted.
"Official Scbedule Time" furnished by Anderson &
Randolph, Jewelers, 101 and 103 Montgomery St., S. F.
T. H. GOODMAN, Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agt.
A. N. Towns, General Superintendent.
SONOMA VALLEY RAILROAD.
Tne Steamer "Sonoma" leaves Wash-
ingtnn-street Wharf daily (Sundays and Fridays
excepted) at 2 p.m., for Norfolk, connecting with cars
for the town of Sonoma and way station^, arriving 6
p.m.; returning, leaves Sonoma 7 a.m. (Saturdays and
Sundays excepted), arriving at San Francisco 11 a.m.
For further particulars apply at General Office, 426 Mont-
gomery street, or at Washington-street Wharf.
PETER J. McGLYNN,
Feb. 7. G. P. and T. Agent.
ALASKA COMMERCIAL COMPANY,
No. 310 Sansome Street*
San Francisco,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN FURS.
[September 21.]
NOTICE.
BTVtr the very best photographs go to
1 BRADLEY & RTJLOFSON'S, in an Elevator, 429
Montgomery street.
Oct. 29.
The SuZtan of Turkey has done a wonderful
and a very peculiar thing for Sultan. He has
ordered his second son, Mehmed Selim, and
Abdul Aziz's second son, Mehmed Schevket, to
enter the ranks as privates. The ceremony of
their joining the first regiment of Foot Guards
was solemnized in the presence of the Minister
of War and the Sultan's private secretary. The
latter, in addressing the troops, drew special at-
tention to the importance of the event, and dwelt
upon the Sovereign's affection for the defenders
of the faith.
(^omniencing Friday, Nov. 21st, 1879,
j and until further notice, PassengerTrains will leave
San Francisco, from Passenger Depot on Townsend
street, between Third and Fourth streets, as follows :
8 0A A.M. daily for San Jose and Way Stations.
• " ^ Sir* Stages for Pescadero (via Sau Mateo)
connect with this train only.
1 A Of) a.m. daily for San Jose, Gilroy, Hollister,
-*- V-/.OV7 Tres Pinos, Pajaro, Castroville, Monterey,
Salinas, Soledad and all Way Stations. EST* At Pa-
jaro, the Santa Cruz R. R. connects with this train for
Aptos, Soquel and Santa Cruz. 63F1 At Castroville,
change cars for Monterey. B^~ Stage connections
made with this train. (Pescadero Stages via San Mateo
excepted.)
O Qf ) p.m. dally (Sundays excepted) for San Jose,
v»t>\_/ Gilroy, and principal Way Stations.
A Q C\ p.m. daily for San Jose and Way Stations.
6.30
p.m.— daily, for Menlo Park and Way Stations.
$&• The Extra Sunday Trains to San Jose and Way
Stations have been discontinued for the winter season.
Second-Class Fare.
Between San Francisco and San Jose SI. 00.
On Freight Trains only, leaving San Francisco at 4:00
a.m. and 10:40 A.M.; San Jose at 5:35 a.m. and 8:30 p.m.
(daily, Sundays excepted).
Excursion Tickets at Reduced Rates
To San Jose and intermediate points sold on Saturdays,
and Sunday mornings, good for return until following
Monday inclusive.
Also, EXCURSION TICKETS to Aptos, Soquel, Santa
Cruz and Monterey, sold on Saturdays only— good for
return until the following Monday inclusive.
E^~ Principal Ticket Office— Passenger Depot, Town-
send street. Branch Ticket Office— No. 2 New Mont-
gomery street, Palace Hotel.
A. C. BASSETT, S»pt. H. R. JUDAH, A. P. & T. A.
SOUTHERN DIVISION'S.
Commencing Monday, May 19th., 1879.
f^*" Passengers for points on the Southern Divisions
of the road will take the cars of the Central Pacific Rail-
road via OAKLAND, leaving SAN FRANCISCO via Ferry
Landing, Market street, at 4:00 p.m. daily (Arizona Ex-
press Train) , and making close connection at GOSHEN
for Sumner, Mojave, Los Angeles, Wilmington, Ana-
heim, Colton, Colorado River, Yuma, Maricopa and Casa
Grande (1S2 miles east from Yuma). Nov. 22.
HAIL AND FAREWELL.
He takes her head between his hands:
He looks down straight into her eyes,
As through the gates of longed-for lands
The pilgrim looks before he dies ;
And sees what was before surmise
Take life, more beautiful than dreams.
Under the blue, untroubled skies,
Beside serenely -flowing streams.
For him, that one full look redeems
The foregone raptures of past years —
Sweeter than ever to him seems
The face he looks upon through tears ;
Fairer, though pale with pain and cares,
Striving to smile through all on him,
Till some quick thought darts unawares,
And anguish smites and makes it dim,
As if in some unheard-of whim
The sun should top the blushing east,
Then sink behind th' horizons' rim,
Like guest that flies the waiting feast.
When that supreme sweet moment ceased
Drear looked the day that lay before ;
But they had glimpsed the sun at least,
And knew the light true loving wore.
— March Idppincott's,
Lord Cloncurry is taking up the role of an
improving landlord with great energy on his
Irish estates. About the neighborhood of Straf-
fan he has taken between eight and nine thou-
sand acres into his hands ; and as this chiefly re-
presents pasture, the amount of money invested
in cattle and live stock is immense. His bill for
oil-cake exceeds £4,000 a year. A few such spir-
ited and daring men would soon change the face
of Ireland, where the great feeling is dread of
speculation. Money is hoarded instead of being
put out to the best advantage. No wonder the
result is that the talent laid up in the napkin is
taken away altogether. Farming in no country
in the world can he carried on without some
speculation. Money must be laid out before-
hand, and this is the one thing which the Irish-
man dislikes.
March 20, 1880.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER .
13
'The World," the Flesh, and the Devil.
[By a Truthful Penman.]
The crazy 'woman calling herself Countesa of Derwentwater, whose
death baa lately I eeD reported, contrived to give a marvelous amount <>f
trouble by asstrtinfi claims, which were utterly devoid of foundation, to
the estates of the Karl of Derwentwater, confiscated for his participation
in the Pretender's nttenipt. The estates, which were in Northumber-
land, were made over for the support of the Hospital for Seamen, at
Greenwich, and a few years ago were worth as much as $300,000 a year.
The Admiralty found the management of so large a property trouble-
some, more especially in view of the "Countess's*1 proceedings, and
within a few years the bulk of it has been sold. Probably now it would
fetch "_>5 per cent. less. The reason why the crazy claimant contrived to
cause bo much trouble was that the tenantry were in many cases de-
scended from those who had held under the l>er went waters, and cher-
ished a romantic attachment for the Redcliffe family.— —A Muscovite
letter carrier, last July, stole a registered money parcel containing several
thousand roubles, and two days later resigned his appointment, retiring
into private life with the resolve to have a good time upon the proceeds
of bis felonious achievement. By and by the theft was discovered and
traced to him. His arrest followed, and stock to the value of 7,600
roubles was found in his possession. Like a prudent man he had invested
his booty in good securities. About three weeks ago his trial came off
before a common jury at St. Petersburg. He acknowledged his crime,
and pleaded in extenuation that his salary had been an absurdly small
one, and that he had been for a long- time past penetrated by the ambi-
tion really to enjoy life, if only for a single day. He had taken the
money unconsciously ; and, finding it in his pocket, had spent part of it
in realizing his long cherished dream. This plea made so favorable an
impression upon the jurymen impaneled to try his case that they acquit-
ted him unanimously without leaving the box.-^— There is a fellow in
Paris who says he would not mind living forever, on condition that he
should always be between thirty-five and forty, and have ten thousand a
year. At a public concert, the other day, the Duke of Edinburgh
asked a gentleman, who a few minutes before had been introduced as the
*' greatest musician in the world," the following question : " Can you tell
me how it is that there is no horn-player to be found sure in the high
notes, except one man I had on board the Galatea?" "I can," said the
musician. *'Howso?" " Because on board ship the man always prac-
tices on the high C." Tableau. ^— The Transvaal, it appears, has a pop-
ulation of 500,000, of whom about 50,000 are white. Of these at least
45,000 are Boers, the English and other Europeans not being more than
5,000. Dr. W. H. Russell, who knows the country and the people, is
strongly opposed to the annexation policy, which he does not think was
required. To maintain the Transvaal as a Crown colony will, in his view,
cost a large sum of money annually, and it will have the effect of keep-
ing the Boers in a Btate of chronic discontent and sedition. With a terri-
tory as large as France, the future of the Transvaal should be kept con-
stantly in mind.' Russia, in all matters connected with finance, is rot-
ten to the core. The St. Petersburg correspondent of a German paper
states that the commission appointed for the purpose of cutting down un-
necessary expenses will prove just as powerless for improvement as the
Tax Commission and the Odessa Commission of Inquiry, which found
that the commissariat frauds it had to examine implicated personages too
mighty to be reached. Mr. Wallace gives indications to the same effect
in his book or. Russia. The Imperial Family itself is said not to have
the slightest notion of saving, and, as an instance of the extravagance of
the Czar and Czarina, we are referred to the presents given by the Impe-
rial pair to the Prince of Bulgaria — 1,000,000 roubles and a fleet —just
after the war had added a milliard and a half to the National Debt.^— •
M. Victor Hugo will be seventy-eight years old on the 26th of this month,
and about the same time he will publish his two new books, "Religions
et Religions " and " Toute la Lyre." The poet is hale and vigorous.—
Prince Leopold, of Great Britain, is to be decorated, it is reported, with
the title of "Duke of Kent. "^—Ex-Secretary Bone's will was offered
for probate. It makes small bequests to a large number of public institu-
tions, and leaves §10,000 to General Grant.— —London Truth says : "It
is no secret that Princess Louise returned to Canada with great reluctance.
She complains of her utter isolation there. The Princess will pay an-
other visit to England in the Autumn."^— The German papers publish
the following figures concerning the newspapers and periodicals in exist-
ence : In Germany there ars 3,778; in Austria, 1,200; in England, 2,509;
in France, 2,000; in Italy, 1,226; in Russia, 500. Altogether there are in
Europe 13,600 newspapers and periodicals. In Asia there are 388; in Af-
rica, 50; in America, 9,129; and in Australia, 100. The number for the
whole world is 23,290.— —London has what is called the " Black Mu-
seum, " instituted by the police authorities. It is a spacious hall which
contains all the implements of crime, the revolvers, razors, daggers, jim-
mies, and other tools of the burglar's trade. There is a sale every three
years, and the young Sophomore cracksmen can go there and fit theui-
Belves out with all the appliances of the profession at less than half price,
and they do it.
Advertisings Artful Aid. — Time was when America was pre-
eminently the land of advertisers; but the following extract from the Boer-
sen Zeitung completely eclipses any Yankee effort: "Twins are come to
me for the third time. This time a boy and a girl. I entreat my friends
and patrons to support me stoutly. Excellent butter, well worth its
price. Similarly, sausage and cheese. Berlin, 2 February, 1880." We
hope the announcement has met with the .success it deserved, for few
tradesmen could give better evidence of being " family" purveyors.
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
Recorded in the City and County of San Francisco. California, for
the Week ending March 13, 1880.
OompUedJrom the Record* of the Commercial Agency % 401 California ft., S. F.
Monday, March 8th.
GRANTOR AND GRANTBE.
Tbos Green to Stephen L O'Toole
T K Hurt to Catherine Kennedy ..
J Lemmernan toG si V & O B R R
3 H Hangln to same
3 3 Felt to .las T Mclnnle ....'....
Samuel Patck to J Werlhrirmr.. .
G B Bradford to A Montgomery
M Reese to S C Hastings. ...
E L Sullivan to Jane Button
Ilcnry Pierce to J \V Ring
ChaB 0 Lyons to Patrick Doyle. . .
Hugh Flynn to W C Flint
E W Barr to Saml Cowles
H P Fletcher to Isaac Fletcher....
Wm Alvord to Mary Barden
Caroline Hawes to J Lowney ....
Jno Landers to A P Hotaling. . . .
Saml Rea to Jno Graff.
Jos Wores to Louise Ullmann....
nESCRIFTION.
E ai?t live, 160:4 9 B et, s 45:8. e 120, etc
Nw Xntonm, 300 bw 71 h, sw 95x75
N Pt I.otuiP, .77:1. w 1st ave, 25x100
N Pt Lohos, 88:6 w 1st ave, 25x100
s M:h, 160 w Guerrero, 85x135
s OTarrell, 45:6 o Larkin, 33x90
Lots 40, -17,48, nut SSCIty Land Assn..
Bounded e by Clay, e by water front, n
by a line, 187:6 n from Clay, etc
Portion Outride Lota
E Stockton, 86 s Francisco, 25x77:6 ....
E Capp, 1<»5 n 26th, 05x115— M B 182, lot
7, blk 325 S S F Hd and R R Assn.
S 19th, 166 e Sanchez, e 100x114, subject
to mortgage Tor $1 ,000, aud also lots
70, 78, 80, 82 and 84 Holladay Map A. .
N Vallcio, 82:«eGough, n 137:6x171:2,
n ValleJO, n Vallejo, 110:4 w Franklin
n275, e 110:4 s 207:6, w to com
Se Pine and Broderick, e 23x29
Lot 81, blk 211, O'Neil & Haley Tract .
Ne Dore, 229, nw Bryant 24x85
Sundry Outside Lots subject to mortg
for $9,000
Undivided 3<£— 100-v 114
Nw Market, 113:11 ne 14th, 25xl00-also
ne 2d, 137:6 nw Harrison, nw 68:9x125
PRICE
Gift
1
650
550
1,000
4,800
50
40,000
5
1,300
15.000
7,000
100
900
21,000
1
Tuesday, March 9th.
Jno Carey to Annie McGrath . . . . .
W H Patterson to Wm A Boole...
Henry A Voss to Jacob Gillig
J Sweeney to Cal Sav and Ln Soc,
Fr Amer Sav Bk to F K Bechtel. .
Robt Christy to M L Bensley ,
Fred Mason to Florence Mason...
Chas Smith to Wm Leviston
Jas L Taylor to D B Franklin....
Jno C Wilson to Jno A Hobart
N Market, 326:7 sw Van Ness, ew etc . .
Sundry lots through Western Addition
W Cook, 225 n Pt Lobos ave, 25x120 . . .
9 cor Stevenson and Annie, se 46x57:6.
Ne Turk and Broderick, 137:6x137:6—
W A
W Connecticut, 500 s Santa Clara, 20 x
300-PN235 ,
Ne Ohio and Tulare, n 100x50— Tide Ld
Outside Lots
Ne Boyce & Pt Lobos Ave, e 53:4x100. .
E Jessie 130 n 20th, n 25x75 MB 67. ...
$6,615
5,000
300
7,807
6,625
Gift
500
5
2,950
Wednesday, March 10th.
B C Genereaux to PK Genereaux
Jas Ellis to Jno H M Buneman.. .
Alice Bonner to Alice Bonner
Cal B&LSocyto John Patten....
Dan! Sweet to Jno R Sims
Jas O'Hare to Jno M Riley
Bridget Bren del to M O'Brien
Jas G Carson to Sarah E Russell..
Bebrend Joost to Gus G Hurlbert.
Michael Kelly to Fredk Meinke Jr
Pierce Julien to L Greget
W Webster, 114:6 s Fulton, 23x82:6....
Lot 2 blk 11, Market St Homestead
All int in property described in liber
917 of deedB puge 314
E 2d ave, 50 n Camp, n 30x120— M B 39
Se Howard and 21st, 97x122:6
Sw 01 h, 175seBrannan, se 25x80
W York, 116 n 23d, n 26x100
Lots 39 and 40, blk 12, Flint Tract Hd. .
Lot 27, blk 641, Pt Lobos Ave Hd
Lot 8, blk 47, City Land Association.. .
Ne line, 100-v 4, Lagoon Survey distant
65:6 nw from e cor thereof nw etc....
Gift
600
1
1
200
1,750
1,150
5
1,000
5
5,000
Thursday, March llth.
Maurice Dore to Daniel E Martin.
A E Kenedy to Isabella Patterson
Henry C Swain to Emelie Glass..
D Marziola to Alice Fallenius
C C Fellenius ts D Marziola
L S Macondray to D Louderback. .
A A Louderback to D Louderback
Geo W Lynch to S J Hnrdy
Wm Cosbie to Carlos Warden... .
FT White to Maitie H White.. ..
Hib Sav and L Socy to W J B Joy
Jno J O'Brien to Patk Kirwin
Same to same
Same to same
Franco Amer Sav Bk to A Brand.,
H Dutard to Dennis Mugan
Dennis Mugan to H Dutard.
F F Taylor to Cath M Day..,
N cor Bryant and 10th, ne 80x85
EShot\vell,215n22, n 30x122:6
N Sutter, 42:3 w Baker, 42:3x37:6 . . .
S Park lane, u 212. sw 2d, ew 22x98.
N Fell, 55 w Gough, 2s:6xl20
Com 105 w Stockton and 132:6 s Jack-
son, b 5 x w 32:6
E Virginia, 112:6 s Jackson, s 25x76. . . .
S Clinton Park, 235 w Guerrero, 25x75.
Se Howard, 180 ne 3d, ne 25x80
Lot 24 blk 52, RRAveHd
Sw Nevada, 203 sn Foleom, se 28, etc .
Se Pt Lobos Ave and 9th Ave, e 57:6, s
1W), e 02:6, etc
S\v% St and 0th Ave, 100x32:6
Nw B St and 6th ave, n 100x32:6
E SVansome, 54 s Green, s 83:6x137:6
N Turk, 137:6 w Larkin, w 43:9x120— W
A 7: e Dodge, 57;6 s Turk, s 40x50
Same .-
Sw 35th Ave and J street, 110x100
* 5
2,125
1
5
7,000
5
400
3,800
6,000
2
re-rec
1,035
465
475
1
5
7,088
150
Friday, March 12th.
Annie O'Brien et al to J O'Brien. .
Andrew Lockhead to Chaa Goger.
Ella E Haugh to E O Wilkinson..
E O Wilkinson to Emma Gas-man
M Dougherty et al to Hyam Joseph
Abraham Brokaw to Jas Ambrose
B Sargent to Mary E Butterworth.
FCHavenBto W Sharon
Se Cementina, 203:9 sw 4th, sw 23:9x80
100-vara 143
Nw 17th and Douglas, 110x45
E Chattanooga. 208 n 22d, 26x125
Same
S Tyler, 215 w Leavenworth, 20x57:6—
50-varal245
Se 25 ft of lot. blk 21, Fairmonnt
W Sausome, 45:10 s Sacramento, s 16:6
x 75— Band w 203
N Geary, 183:4 e Stockton, e 22:11x120—
50-vara 755
Gift
400
5
1,620
6,746
150
Saturday, March 13th. *
An eagle on a ten-dollar gold piece is worth five hundred in the air.
Wm Dunphj at al to A J Shrader.
Jno Center to Antony Fasanian. . .
Wm H Knight to Enoch L Crnzer.
W J Shaw to Jno Center
J J O'Brien to S Cochrane
H L Nelson to CD Hoyt
N K Masten to E C MaBten
Michl Hart to Thomas Hognn
J J O'Brien to G H Davidson et al
Same to A E Bnckingham
Same to same
Geo W Frink et al to Geo Horton
Alexander Mann to Sara Mann..
J G Klumpke to Chas Harriman.
Peter Deau to Patk Cassiday
Matilda A Heiu to Jno Hein ,
Sundry lots in Butcher Tract
Se Treat ave and 22d, e 137:6x35
Lot 886, Gift Map 2
Sundry Poirero lots and blocks
E Sth ave, 325 s A street, R 25x120
E Dolores, 61 s 23d, n 61x117:6
Lots 19, 20, blk 2, Flint Tract Hd
Ne Dore, 140 se Bryant, se 25x85
E 9th ave, 150 s Pt Lobos, e 120x25
W 7th ave, 100 s A st, 25x120
E7lh ave, 100 s A st, 25x120
Lots 8 and 10th, blk 2 Johnston Tract. ,
Lot 39, blk 9, Flint Tract Homestead . .
N Sacramanto, 100 w Dramm, 25x119:9
N Valley. 130 w Sanchez. 25x114
Sundry lots throughout city
J 124
1,000
75
73,000
105
150
800
1,400
180
140
142
1,125
Gift
5
350
Gift
14
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
March 20, 1880.
LEGISLATIVE WAIFS.
That the thieves and money changers have this session shrunk
abashed from the corridors of the Capitol, and have had to ply
their callings under cover, and "with many disguises. ^^ That the
worst band of them are located across the street. —That the contrast
between this session and last, is remarkable.— —That then Spring Valley
sent a bag of money, and almost openly conducted a money exchange
business in a room on the basement floor of the Capitol. -^Then again,
§60,000 were sent to defeat the Tuttle bill " to encourage mining and
regulate stock dealing." An office was taken in the Capitol, and the
money was disbursed, or half of it was, for the story goes that the dis-
burser corralled the other half, claiming that lending his name and social
status to cover such a business, was worth 50 per cent, of all that was
put up. Aye, verily, was it. The man who holds social status, in order
to sell it in secret for such purposes, is the lowest of the low, and too low
to clean the boots of the humblest working man now in the Legislature.
^— That there is as corrupt an element in this Legislature as in any pre-
vious one, but it is principally confined to the Senate, and in consequence
of the improved atmosphere of the Capitol, is compelled to do its corrupt-
ing across the way in private, where it is difficult for criticism to enter.
—That if anybody has doubts as to who is who, in the Senate, let him
take the late vote on the Gorley stock bill, and he will have a guide as
sure as Holy writ, with the exception that, perhaps, three Senators were
fooled.— That the first on the list is Baker, the youngest member of
the Senate, who comes from Santa Clara, and is called " Miss Nancy
Baker," because of his effeminate ways, and because of his generally being
found where petticoats do most abound. He is so much of a ladies' man,
that bless their dear hearts, they would only feel too happy to kiss the
tips of those finger nails that he is so frequently engaged iD fixing. Out
upon the petted, and the petters ! There is softheaded ness all round.
Baker then, unknowing and unknown in the political world, went around
among Senators, before the session began, and had the face to personally
solicit votes for a position that of right belonged to an older member.
The astute fellows with job3 to put through saw their chance at once.
Said they, " let us humor this weak-headed fop, and he will be ours ever
afterwards." They did. They made him President pro tem. of the Sen-
ate, and the cunning old fox, who is permanent President, knows how to
• humor him. During the evening session, when the ladies are out in great
force, youDg Baker is invariably called to the chair, in which he poseB
in a manner wonderful to behold. He gets himself up for the occa-
sion, and it is said spends an hour before the looking-glass in making
preparations. He is vain, and the old 'uns know it, hence he is petted
and spoilt. He avows that he means to se^k nomination for Congress.
Meanwhile flattery for his vanity and hopes for future reward constitute
his price. There now, he^has heard the truth about himself, probably for
the first time in his life. If he keeps on hearing it for twenty years it
may make him a man about that time. If it does, he will then, and ouly
then, realize how much he is indebted to the waifs. ^— That Watson is
another Senator, the effect oi whose vote is to perpetuate all the evils
so well known to attend on stock gambling. He holds his seat at the
mercy of those who know a certain fact. Let it now be publicly known
for the first time, so that his secret need no longer be a possible cause
of private menace to him. The Senate is at all times the judge of the
qualifications of its own members. Watson is not qualified in this : that
he was not a citizen of the district he represents for the length of period
required by law. The proof of this is ready at a moment's notice. Mr.
President, there is a stranger in the Senate. What will you do about it ?
The fact is now the common property of both sides, which is better than
that it should be a power in the hands of one side.^^That Sears, the
Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, is another member opposed
to a square deal in stock matters. Of course he is. It would be wonder-
ful if he wasn't. He was put at the head of that Committee for the very
reason that he is not that kind of a reformer. He knows how it is him-
self. He has dealt the game, and when he opposes a bill against that game
it is prima facie evidence that it is effective for the purpose for which it
was drawn. He is no chicken, that he isn't. He has been in the Legis-
lature before. He once, being in the chair, ruled that a night session wai
an extra Legislative day, and by that ruling fastened on this State its
Greatest loa<l of debt, for which interest is still going on. Sears is on the
inside. Ex-President of the De Freres mine, he knows how assessments
are levied, how deals, based on lying reports, are made, and he knows why
an official of that company is now awaiting his trial on a criminal in-
dictment. Bah ! It is idle to talk of the evils of Kearneyism when we
see such a man complacently holding the balances in which public rights
and corporate wrongs are to be weighed.— That Dickenson and New-
man are also against a square stock deal. If they have favored any other
reform during the session the journals do not Bhow it. Of these two men
it is difficult to speak in the short space of a waif. Their doings
at Sacramento demand the employment of such strong words
that proofs would necessarily have to be an accompaniment, and
the supplying of them would involve a long article. Having said so
much, such an article is a necessity, and it shall be supplied in good time.
In reference to one, if not both of these men, one is constrained to say
that a newspaper man should have no private acquaintances, unless in-
deed his judgment is infallible enough to enable him to predetermine that
the acquaintance he is making will never place himself in a position, where
to fail to criticise him would be to fail to perform a duty. What C. N.
Felton tried to be in the Assembly, that these men are in the Senate;
and as to the how and the why, the truth will have to be told, offend
whom it naay.^— That Traylor is with their party, but not of it.
Naturally he opposes all legislation to regulate stock- dealing, and in all
probability he came to the Legislature for that express purpose. Draw-
ing large salaries from mines, the controllers of which have benefitted
time and again, by the swindling stock deals that have so long prevailed,
he could not, as the world goes, be expected to act otherwise than as he
has. He is a kindly gentleman, warm-hearted toward those whom he
likes, and altogether a very desirable friend, but a very undesirable legis-
lator, for all that. He is out of place in the Senate, and knows, and only
too keenly feels that he is. He has been imposed upon by designing men
more than once, and has been led to take charge of measures he would
never have touched if he had understood them. He avows his intention
of resigning, and made up his mind, when he came down this week, not
to return again; but the men who have hitherto used this well-meaning
and most kindly disposed gentleman will most probably exercise enough
influence over him to keep him in his seat until the end of the session.
If he would only be a little less trusting and gullible, he would find that
some of the people around him at the Capitol are in truth wolves in
sheep's clothing. The whole crowd that support the McClure Charter
are such, and might well excite the suspicions of a head of cabbage.—
That G-rove Johnson also voted against a square Btock deal — a courageous
man, who yet on this occasion had not the courage of his opinions. At
heart he was in favor of Gor ley's bill, as he was, last session,
in favor of Tuttle's. But he had bills he wanted to pass,
and did not want to antagonize Senators so bitter on this
subject as were Sears, Neumann, Dickenson, et als. He was
willing to help to do great harm, in order that he might himself
be assisted to do some good. This is a poor excuse to make for a friend,
but it is the only one available. Then the mischief of it is that his vote
counts double, inasmuch as he has a colleague who always says, " Ditto
to Mr. Burke." Where Johnson leads there Johnston follows. They
both represent Sacramento. There is only the difference of a t between
them, and it couldn't be avoided or there wouldn't have been that much
difference. -^— Davis connnbiates with the party "over the way," and
that sufficiently accounts for him.— —That Zuck is an honest man, and
a better-looking one than his colleague, for which reason he gives way to
him occasionally in order not to hurt his vanity. This is perhaps the
best reason that can be given for Zuck's " falling down" on the stock bilL
——That Kane proved himself the exception to the rule of the Working-
men's party. Well, poor devil ! if he was got at, and got something, he
needed it ; so let him pass. These are among the men whose names must
be printed until the next election, so that their constituents may know
them and treat them as they deserve.— That no Senator challenges the
admiration of honest men more than Satterwhite. Able in debate, of
Bound judgment and honest instincts, he surely has an enviable future in
store.— —That Enos is proving a success beyond expectation.— That
Conger does well, and would do better if occasionally he did not say little
things that make one doubtful of what he may do next.-^— That the
sketches of Senators that appear in the Post— long, ungrammatical, ful-
some and nonsensical — are written by a parson who wants to write him-
self into a place.— That his adulation of Boruck came just at the wrong
time. 'Tis useless to bow to the setting sun. ^— That the Tuttle bill of
last session is a long time before the Assembly Committee on Mines, and
will stay there as long as it is let alone. Go after it, Braunhart ! If the
committee were not a combination of fool and knave, it might be in
structed to inquire into the corrupt means by which that bill was de-
feated last session. The names and figures can be given, and as felony is
not outlawed for three years, some big fellows might be brought to trial
even yet.— That Del Valle has introduced a bill to protect the people
from the importation by sea of small-pox, leprosy, Asiatic cholera, or any
infectious or contagious disease, that means a great deal more than is yet
understood.— That sound constitutional lawyers say that it is capable
of being operated in such a way as to exclude the Chinese most effectu-
ally, and that, too, in a way that the Federal Courts cannot interfere
with. If it accomplishes that much, in the face of the many failures
that have taken place, it will certainly be a triumph in law-making. It
is in the hands of a most competent member.— -That the McClure
charter hangs in the balance. All the corrupt elements favor it,
and its passage through the Senate is possible, but it is highly
probable that it will be speedily put to death in the Assem-
bly.—— That Sinon's gas bill has a nigger in it. It ostensibly seeks to
prevent discrimination in the price of gas, but what it really does is to
enable a little company to supply a few thickly inhabited blocks cheaply,
and compel the old company to supply distant and thinly populated sub-
urbs at the same price, or else submit to blackmail and buy the little
company out, which is the real object of the bill. It has reached the
Senate, and ought to be killed.^— That a bill ought to be passed to de-
clare that the money ubtained by fortune tellers, mediums and astrolo-
gers is obtained by ,( false pretenses," and consequently an offense at law.
Such a law prevails in England and other countries.— That the debris
question is sorely in need of settlement.— That the Chronicle's criticisms
upon legislation this session do not amount to much. Cause why? Char-
ley is away, and there is a tail trying to wag a dog.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVALS AND CLEARANCES AT THE PORT OP SAN FRANCISCO, FOR
THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 18, 1880.
ARRIVALS.
MASTER. WHERE FROM.
CONSIGNEES.
M'h 13 St'r City of Chester. . . Poleman Victoria Williams, Dimond & Co.
CLEARANCES.
DATE.
VESSEL.
M'h 13lSch'r Twilight
.. 13|Sch'rN.L. Drew
.. 14 Bark J. W. Seaver...
.. in Ship Alex. Yeats... .
.. 16 Bark Antioeh,
. . 17lSch'r Martha W.Tuf t .
MASTER.
Whitney..
Wendt....
Melander .
Dunham .
Weeks . . .
Johnson...
WUERE BOUND
Honolulu. . .
Hilo
Hilo
Queenstown
S. J. deGuat'u.
Kahalui . . .
BY WnOM CLEARED,
Williams, Dinioud & Co.
J. D. Spreckles.
Jones & Co.
Starr & Co.
B. Von Ammon.
J. D. Spreckles.
J. A. HUNTER, M. D.,
TVfo. 321 Salter street, devotes Special Attention to Catarrh,
131 Deafness, Bronchitis, Asthma, Consumption, and all ailments of the Throat,
Lungs and Heart. Dec. 27.
March 20, 1880.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER
15
ART JOTTlNOa
the fpw mwiWwfaxu world on rtow at the Pine •treet gallery
«*<) Mr. K»ith'* exhibit of four uual] pictoum They *re ex-
[n that poetical <}ttKlit v not Jtlwaya found
Keith ever painted
^^^H|M mtuh true artist hi* \->. 21, " Sumlny Morning."
^^Hfaft t°° nuh alVvether, and adjoining Mr. Hill's larye ami fiery
iMy well. Another painting, which ti
Mr Hill- (Na 85), i* a rtew ol " Mount Shasta," l>\ Mrs.
btoa, an mnatrur of thi.<* citv, ami formerly a pupil of the
.n. The piiiurv i* a very large one, and there are profee*
unoog ua who could not ftketcD from nature a subject
5ch as thi«. and place it u|>on canvas :i* succeswfully. The production of
snch a work, unaideil, by an amateur gives evidence of great talent, which,
led with industry and properly cui. led, cannot fail of a good re-
■ult. to accomplish which amateur* shotdd ever aim to paint in a style
of their «>w i), particularly when that of their guide or tutor is itself ama-
teurish or absolutely vicious. Mount Shasta, in this picture, is rendered
with i,-reat fidelity. It gives the beholder an excellent idea of its gran-
, quality not always met with in works of this character.
Mr. Fermin Bmivy has three genre* works in the exhibition. They be-
token much painstaking on the part of the painter, and, while there is
■i>d In each of the three, there is much that is very bad. This is
particularly the case with his 29. A landscape may simply be sketched
into a hack-ground as on accessory to such a picture. It may be but
an indication of a certain view, but it must be consistent in drawing, per-
spective and color— qualities quite absent in the picture under review.
ne can suppose for a moment that so near a view of the Rock of
tor would present to the eye the little slate-colored knoll Mr.
Bouvy has given us. The picture has the appearance of having been
painted from a badly executed illustration from some journal or book — it
give- one no idea of nature. The texture, too, of this part of the picture
in sadly at fault ; nor is there any atmosphere in it to aid the
beholder that it is twelve miles or so to the opposite shore of Morocco ;
and then we would ask Mr. Bouvy of what material that brick-red dress
is made, in his 27. It represents no textile fabric, either in color or
quality; and such immense hands as he has given his monks seem to be
contrary to the natural supposition that members of that and similar
orders have very small hands. And when we come to the figures, they,
too, give unmistakable evidence of not having been painted from living
models. They partake too freely of the character visible in the retouched
?botograph — in truth, Mr. Bouvy's works are but drawings retouched.
hey even do not possess the true quality works of this pretension should.
The painter who can originate such pictures ought to be, and he gener-
ally is, able to execute them better.
Near by we find Mr. Kunath's " Remembrance," No. 31. Now here is
quality, in color especially. This is not saying that we approve of all we
see in Mr. Kunath's picture, for we do not. It cannot be doubted that a
mistake has been made either in the position in which the likeness is held,
or the eyes of the subject ; but this may be considered an artistic license,
just as the rendering of so horrible a looking woman as is the subject of
his "Good Morning," No. 5. There is nice painting in the right arm, a
little indifferent drawing in the left hand, and much that is beautiful in
the accessory painting. One of the late pupils of the school, Miss Rey,
has on view two examples of her work, Nos. 9 and 10. The water in No.
9 is capitally rendered, nor are the rocks bad, although indifferent.
Miss Nellie Hopps, another ex-pupil, has two very pleasing pictures on
exhibition. This artist inclines more to careful finish than formerly, to
the, we think, detriment of her work.
Mr. Denny's " On the Verge," No. 55, is in his best manner.
We can hardly say as much of Mr. Coulter's No. 69. It covers an im-
mense area of canvas, but there is very little to it, after all, which would
not look much better in a smaller space. In a better vein are his two
smaller exhibits, Nos. 62 and 63.
Mr. Shaw's portrait of Judge Field is without doubt the better of his
two examples, and is a good specimen of careful portraiture, but in the
one below it an error haB crept in in the bad drawing of the hands.
Miss Williams exhibits a portrait — No. 30 — which has the same fault;
but, besides this, it is far from being a good picture. Miss Williams
should stay by her flower painting and let portraits alone.
Easter.— Until quite a recent period very little attention was paid by
the general public to any of the religious holidays, not even Christmas-
tide. Nowadays, however, nearly all of them are observed in some way,
by everybody. One of the most unique ways of remembering one's
friends at such seasons is that of giving the beautiful card seen in nearly
all the art emporiums. Messrs. L. Prang & Co., of Boston, are taking a
leading position — indeed, they have no rivals here or elsewhere — as cater-
ers to the public taste in the matter of decorated cards for holiday sea-
sons. At the last Christmss season they excelled all competitors, and
now, at this joyous Easter season, their productions are better than ever
before, and entirely new. Snow & Co., the art dealers on Post street,
have a most complete stock of these goods just received from the pub-
lishers. Some of the finer sorts were exhausaed after .the first day's sale,
But duplicate orders have been forwarded, and will be at hand early the
coming week. |
OUR COMMERCE "WITH SAMOA.
San Francisco is one of the chief outlets for supplying the Pacific
islands. Its chief rivals are Auckland and Sydney in the southern hemis-
phere. The rivalry between the three go-ahead cities named is of a
friendly character, each having some advantages over the other. Speak-
ing of our own city, we notice that the Spring trade has already opened
with the Samoan group. The Sea Waif sailed from this port a short time
ago with a full assorted cargo, and on Sunday last the Lctitia took a full
cargo of lumber. The Pannonia, now en route from Humboldt, is
chartered for Apia, and the schooner Undine, already due from Samoa,
will take a return cargo. The group of islands named give us in return
some cocoannts and oil, but our business there is supposed to be done on
a cash basis. Apia is a central point and supplies the line islands, the
Friendly Islands, and smaller groups. The amount of goods that enters
the little capital every year is astonishing. Now that the civil war is over
in Samoa we may look for a more prosperous season than the last.
So the Good Shepherd Cowley is making shoes on Blackwell's
Island. He used to peg at the bodies, but now he pegs at the soles.
RECIPROCITY CONDEMNED BY THE HOUSE OF
COMMONa
Mr. Wheelhouse. M. P. for Ltadt, moved in the House of Cnmmoni,
on February 18th, to obtain » select committee to inquire into what he
called i" OUT mteiD Of onesided, so-called, free trade, in the hope that
hi nugntobtafn acceptance for "redproctty f that is, the imposition of
customs duties on imports of a similar amount to the customs duties lev-
ied on the same article* by the exporting country. Mr. Bourke, the
Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, opposed the motion on behalf of the
Government in a very able nod convincing speech, and the result wns that
on the division Mr. Wheelhonn had only six supporters, the number of
opposing votes reaching seventy-five. The principles of free trade were
amply vindicated in the course of the debate, and reciprocity received
BUCh an ignominiouB miwrwj that it will hardly dare to raise its head
again, ami more particularly afl trade is rapidly reviving in England,
making people more contented with their lot, and less inclined to look to
governmental agencies for remedies for bad times. This action of the
House of Commons shows how utterly irrevocable the policy of free
trade is in England, and the six voters for reciprocity only demonstrate
the hopelessness of any attempt even to modify the free-trade system.
Use ATLANTIC brand, the standard NEW YORK LEAD.
Stipulate for it in all your contracts. Do not permit any
other to be employed.
&-ZT Property-owners are cautioned against the substitu-
tion, by painters, of cheap, low grade Leads, which, owing
to inferiority, can be bought for considerably less than the
cost of Atlantic brand.
C. T. RAYNOLDS & CO.,
9 Front Street,
Feb. 28.] Sole Agents.
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
The Company's steamers will sail as follows at 12 M:
CITY OF TOKIO, March 20th-CITY OF PEKING, May 1st— for YOKO-
HAMA and HONGKONG.
GRANADA, March 20th, for PANAMA and NEW YORK, calling at ACAPULCO,
SAN JOSE DE GUATEMALA, LA LIBERTAD and PUNTA ARENAS.
Pare to New York— Cabin, $139; Steerage, $65.
Tickets to and from Europe by any line for sale at the lowest rates ; also to Ha-
vana and all West India ports.
CITY OF SYDNEY, March 20th, at 12 o'clock M., for HONOLULU, AUCKLAND
and SYDNEY. To be followed by Steamship AUSTRALIA, sailing- positively on
SATURDAY, April 10th, at noon, or immediately upon receipt of English mails.
$10 additional charged for passage in Upper Saloon.
Round the World Trip, via New Zealand and Australia, §650. Tickets also issued
from San Francisco to New York via New Zealand and Australia.
CITY OF CHESTER. March 20th, for VICTORIA, PORT TOWNSEND, SEATTLE,
and TACOMA, connecting at TACOMA with Northern Pacific Railroad for PORT-
LAND, Oregon, and at Seattle with local steamers for Skaget River and Mines.
Tickets must be purchased before 11 a.m. on day of sailing, at Wharf Office.
For freight or passage apply at the office, cor. First and Brannan streets.
March 20. WILLIAMS, DIMOND & CO. , General Agents.
FOR PORTLAND AND ASTORIA, OREGON.
The Oregon Steamship Company anil Pacific Coast Steam-
ship Company will dispatch every five days, for the above ports, one of their
new Al Iron Steamships, viz.: OREGON, GEORGE W. ELDER, and STATE OF
CALIFORNIA.
Sailing: Bays
Maxell 2, 7, 12, 17. 22, and 27. I April 1, 6, 11, 16, 21, and 26.
At tO o'clock A.. M.
Connecting at Portland, Oregon, with Steamers and Railroads and their connecting
Stage Liues for all points in Oregon, Washington and Idaho Territories, British
Columbia and Alaska.
K. VAN OTERENDORP, Agent 0. S. S. Co.,
No 210 Battery street, San Francisco.
GOODALL, PERKINS & CO., Agents P. C. S. S. Co.,
March 6. No. 10 Market street, San Francisco.
OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL STEAMSHIP CO.,
For Japan and China, leave wharf, corner First and Bran-
nan streets, at noon, for YOKOHAMA AND HONGKONG, connecting at
Yokohama with Steamers for Shanghai.
GAELIC December 6th, February 2Sth.
BELG1C January 17th, April 10th.
Cabin Plans on exhibition and Passage Tickets for sale at No. 2 New Montgomery
For Freight, apply to GEORGE H. RICE, Freight Agent, at the Pacific Mail Steam-
ship Company's Wharf, or No. 218 California street.
T. H. GOODMAN, General Passenger A*ent.
LELAND STANFORD, President. Nov. 1.
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
Special Notice. ---The followiugr Steamers will sail on
SATURDAY, March 20th, at 12 M. : CITY OF TOKIO, for Yokohama and
Hongkong: CITY OF SYDNEY, for Honolulu. Auckland and Svdnev; GRANADA,
for Panama and New York; CITY OF CHESTER, for Victoria. B. C, and Puget
Sound Ports. WILLIAMS, DIMOND & CO.,
March 20. General Agents.
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SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
March 20, 1880.
FLASHES OP FUN AND FANCY.
During the recent Liverpool election, the doors of each polling-booth
were made the scene of an attempt to work the ticket system — a device to
ascertain how the voters had polled. To this end a ticket was Riven to
each elector, and this ticket he was expected to hand on his return to the
man at the door who represented the party for which he had voted. It
so happened that a costermonger drove up to one of the booths. That
costermonger's donkey was gaily decorated with Lord Ramsay's colors,
with a plentiful bedizenment of Home Rule green. The man who stood
sentinel for Lord Ramsay's party smiled approval, and mentally counted
the coBter as one more for his lordship. But judge of his surprise andbe-
puzzlement when he beheld, with his own eyes, the coster return and put
his ticket in the hands of Mr. Whitley's guardian of the gate. Sure that
there was some mistake, he stepped forward to explain that he had given
the ticket to the wrong man. "No, I've not," said the coster: "I've
voted for Whitley." "But your donkey's in our colors. " "Hum," re-
plied the coster; he's an ass— I'm aConservative !" — London Sporting Times,
Vin Legialatif.
We gave him sherry with the soup,
He drank and made no sign ;
He was a Congressman of note
That we had asked to dine.
We passed the sauterne with the fish,
He sipped — not drained the glass ;
And next we served Chateau Lafite —
He let the bottle pass.
What could we do with man like this ?
We tried the iced champagne —
Mumm's Extra Dry — a drink to stir
His democratic brain.
He drank and said, "These wines, no doubt,
Are perfect of their kind;
But whisky — to my simpler taste —
Is worth them all combined."
A snort time since, a distinguished man of letters was taken by a
friend to the house of a lady who is of a literary turn of mind, and who
had gathered together a most select party to meet the eminent writer.
But his eminence turned out to be particularly shy, and scarcely opened
his mouth the whole evening. Some days after, the friend was calling on
bis late hostess. • " Next time," said she, " you bring me an interesting
book, be sure to have the leaves cut."
The Western lady who read in a newspaper that baking powder
was a good thing thought she'd bake some, and her old man on arriving
where the cabin had stood said he wouldn't mind the affair so much if
she'd let the dog out before blowing herself and the property to glory in
that style.
A tramp found a woman alone in a Vermont farm-house, and threat-
ened to kill her if she did not give him five cents. " Well, here it is,"
she said, showing the coin, "but I guess I'll shoot it to you," and she
dropped it into the barrel of a shotgun. The fellow did not wait to
take it.
The cable informs us that " Tekke Turcomans at Dashberdi menace
the line betwixt Chatte and Tchikislar." We have been tremblingly
anticipating this news for months. War is a terrible thing. It develops
hard feelings and harder names. — Norvistown Herald.
Feed my Iambs," the Master said ;
But Cowley never crammed them.
It was himself this shepherd fed;
As for the lambs— he lammed them. — Puck.
A short Italian prayer which is not without wisdom : " I pray that
I may never be married. But if I marry I pray that I may not be de-
ceived. But if I am deceived I pray that I may not know it. But if I
know it I pray that I may be able to laugh at the whole affair.
The only bad thing about a burglar alarm is the fact that it gives
the burglar a chance to run before you can open a window and give him
fatherly advice. — Ex.
Party in New York. — Miss Mankiller: "Isn't it quite too awful that
Mr. Holworthy's arm is so deformed — he is such a handsome fellow other-
wise?" Mr. Batter (Yale): " O, he isn't deformed — only the 'Harvard
swing,' you know." — Harvard Lampoon.
In a breach of promise case, in Ohio, the man was proved so mean
that the jury decided that the girl should pay him $500 for not marry-
ing her.
Horse running away at the rate of a mile a minute. " It's all right,
Maria; we'll reach the river soon, and he'll have to stop then, sure." — Puck.
A man should have a fortune who thinks of marrying a ballet dancer,
because it is next to impossible to keep her in clothes.
A Virginia paper says that the ancestral dodge is played out, and that
every man must be his own grandfather.
Many of the Washington bachelors who dance look as if they were
hired to do it and were doubtful of being paid.
When the cold weather is upon us, the man who is not grateful with a
grate full is an ungrateful great fool.
A woman the other day named her first child "Pinafore." What,
never ? Well, hard .
Last News from Russia— The merciful Nihilists have allowed the
Czar to grow one day older.
"Standing Bear," said an old lady, "how dreadful ! I suppose the
Indian agents have stolen all his clothes."
It must have been slippery weather when the prodigal son returned, as
it is recorded that the old man " fell on his neck."
Cats have no fixed political belief. They're usually on the fence.
By the measurements in the Book of Revelation there is only room
enough in Heaven for 297,000,000,000,000 persons.
"The father of twins," says the Cleveland Voice, "is a botanical
curiosity — a double poppy, as it were."
The fuel of the future— Brimstone.
E.M. Fry. FRY, WATTLES & CO., J. B. Wattles,
Stock Brokers.
303 Montgomery Street, S. F., Under ttae Nevada Bank.
J5F" Money to loan on active accounts. Nov. 8.
James H, Grossman.] [H. P. Baker, 0.E,, Mining Engineer.
GROSSMAN & BAKER,
Tlyjiue Brokers, 324 Pine street, San Francisco, California.
J.TA Mining: Properties Examined, Surveyed and Reported on ; Ore and Minerals
Assayed or Analyzed ; Sales Negotiated or Capital procured for development. Con-
nections in London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Balti-
more, St. Louis and Chicago. Jan. 17.
Geo. C. Hiokox. e. C. McFaj&lahb.
GEORGE C. HICK0X & CO.,
4 Commission Stock Brokers (San Francisco Stock Ex-
^-^ change, No. 412 Montgomery street, San FranciHeo. May 4.
H. B. Williams.
A. Ohesebrough.
¥, H. Dimond.
WILLIAMS, DIMOND & CO.,
Shipping and Commission Merchants,
UNION BUILDING, JUNCTION MABEET AND PINE STS.
AGENTS FOR
Pacific Mail Steamship Company, Pacific Steam Navigation
Company, The Cunard Royal Mail Steamship Company,
" The California Line of Clippers" from New York
and Boston, and "The Hawaiian Line."
San Francisco, January 31, 1880. [Jan. 31.
C.
AD0LPHE LOW & CO.,
Commission Merchants,
SAX FRANCISCO and NEW YORK,
ggf" Agents of American Sugar Refinery, corner ot Union and Battery streets,
San Francisco, California. Jan. 17.
AVERILL MIXED PAINT,
The Best, Most Durable and Beautiful of All Faints.
PREPARED READY FOR USE,
AND OF MT SHADE OK COLOR DESIHED.
O. S. OKKII'K. General Agent,
320 Market St., Opposite Front.
Sept. 27.
ANDREW BAIRD,
Negotiator of Loans and Commercial Paper,
Broker in Local and State Securities,
No. 312 California Street San Francisco.
[P. O. Sox 1,308.] July 19.
TABER, HARKER & CO.,
IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE GROCERS,
10S and 110 California St., S. F.
fApril 19.]
JONAS J. MORRISON,
Lumber Dealer.
A Choice Assortment of Sugar Pine, Sprueo Shelving*,, Pine
Stepping, Dry Surface Redwood, and a full line of Building Material, always
on hand. Jan. 24.
Newton Booth, C. T. Wheeler, Sacramento. | J. T. Glover, W. W. Dodoe, S. F
W
W. W. DODGE & CO.
holesale Grocers, corner Front and Clay streets, San
Francisco. April 1,
CASTLE BROTHERS,
ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAR 1850.
Importers of Teas and East India Goods, Res. 213 and S15 !
Front street, San Francisco. Jan. 13.
L.E.Newton. NEWTON BROTHERS & CO., M. Newton.
Importers and wholesale dealers in Teas, Foreign Goods and
Groceries, 204 and "206 California street, San Francisco, Cal May 25. .
D. HICKS & CO.,
Bookbinders and Blank Book Manufacturers,
NO. 543 CLAY STREET.
t^~ Blank Books Med, Printed and Bound to Order. [Nov. 8.
EDWARD B0SQUI & CO.,
Printers, Engravers, Lithographers and Bookbinders,
Leidesdorff street, from Clay to Commercial.
D, V. B. Henarie. Edward Martin.
E. MARTIN & CO.,
Importers and 'Wholesale Dealers in Wines and Liquors.
Proprietors of Milter's Extra Old Bonrbon and J. F. Cot-
ter Extra Old Bourbon ami Rye Whiskies.
April 5. 408 Front Street, San Francisco.
HIBERNIA BREWERY,
Howard Street, Between Eighth and Ninth.
Dec. 7.) M. NUNAN, Proprietor.
JULES TAVERNIER'S NEW STUDIO,
723 Montgomery Street.
[Jan. 17.
March 20, 1880.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER
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NOTABILIA.
Lawn as white as driven mow ;
■ess black as e'er was crow ;
es as sweet as damask ruses
ts for faces and for noses ;
bracelet, necklace, amber;
Perfume for a lady's chamber;
THE PEDDLERS SONG.
Gold quoips and stomachers.
For my lads to give their dears ;
Pins and poking-sticks of steel.
What maids lack from head to heel:
O imfl buy of me.come; come buy .come buy,
Buy, lads, or else your lasses cry.
William Suakspbare.
There can be no questioning the fact that the American Eagle is a
Ironderfu] fowl. Wherever his scream is heard you can safely bet that
a of the roost. We are led to indulge in this little piece of self-
congratulation by the fact that the national bird has just won another
victory over the emblematic menagerie of heraldic monsters of the Old
World. Everybody knows that, if there is one thing upon which French
manufacturers pride themselves more than another, it is their cigarettes.
The Russians, the Germans, and even the pipe-smoking English, think
they can do something considerable in this direction, too. Americans,
therefore, may chuckle a trifle to learn that, at the Sydney Exhibition,
the Commissioners awarded the first prize for cigarettes to the famous
brand of Vanity Fair, manufactured by the well-known Rochester firm of
W. S. Kimball" & Co. The result has been a grand boom in the Vanity
Fair variety in all parts of the world.
If you're fond of a glass of rich wine,
That will make you wise, witty and gay,
Fill your cup with the nectar divine
Called Landsberger's Private Cuvee.
It is good for the young and the old,
It is good for the brave and the fair,
The world doth no other wine hold
That with Private Cuve*e can compare.
Matter of TaBte. — Conductor (putting his head inside) — "Only room
for one inside. Which shall we have?" Stout old gentleman— " The
little one !" Nice young gentleman—*' The pretty one."— Punch.
An inquisitive reporter, who boarded the train to interview M. de
Le3seps, inquired of that illustrious gentleman which of the California
lions he Expected to see first ; whether it would be Yosemite Valley, Nob
Hill, Denis Kearny, Ike Kalloch, or the Big Trees. The great canalist
smiled at the inquiry, and replied that, so far as he could learn, there was
only one thing to be done first— though all the other shows might be seen
afterwards. He expressed some surprise at the reporter's ignorance of
this fact, and added that until he had been photographed at Bradley &
Rulofson's, 429 Montgomery street, nothing else could receive his at-
tention.
It looks very much as if Russia and China are going to war. How the
struggle will end nobody can. tell, but there is one thing which may be as-
serted without fear of successful contradiction, to wit : that the popular-
ity of De La Montanya's Union Ranges will not be imperiled by the
Muscovite-Mongolian imbroglio. We are also in a position to state that
no matter what may be the result of the war, De La Montanya will re-
tain the agency of Chilson's Patent Improved Cone Furnaces, a number
of which may now be seen at his establishment on Jackson street, below
Battery.
A Californian's matrimonial advertisement winds up as follows :
"Fortune no object, but should require the gal's relations to deposit $1,-
500 with me as a security for her good behavior."
Vicomte Ferdinand de Lesseps was seen walking briskly along
Kearny street, yesterday, with such a pleased and satisfied expression on
his face that all who saw him supposed his canal projects had suddenly
taken a very favorable turn. Upon inquiry it transpired that the great
engineer had just bought a new hat from White, of 614 Commercial
street, and was ho tickled with his purchase that his delight was visible to
every eye. All White's customers feel that way.
Housekeepers are advised to call upon Hartshorn & McPhun, 112
Fourth street, near Mission, for all kinds of carpets, oil-cloths. Linoleum
mattings, etc.; also, manufacturers of store and house window shades,
plain or ornamented. Give them a call for first-class work, at the lowest
prices in the city.
" Pinafore -' has been translated into Russian. " What, neverovitch-
ski?" "Well, hardly everoffskovitch."
There is no beverage so delicious and healthful to drink as Napa
Soda. California may well be proud of this famous mineral water, which,
whether taken in its natural state, made into a lemonade, or flavored with
a dash of " the ardent," always affords a truly nectareons draught.
Purge out the morbid humors of the blood by a dose or two of Ayer's
Pills, and you will have clearer heads as well as bodies.
Ho fell sick at a dinnerparty, bill he wan a Congressman, and they
tried t«i tickle hJa patota With IIWI w.irt of liquor from lagor to cham-
>arofl they tried Bourbon -knowing him to be a Dem-
ocrat bot he wouldn't hurt it. Thou a chum of hit, who knew his hab-
iu, produced ■ botUs Labeled Rook and Bjo. and that retched him. " I
am (-onMimptiv.-." q« murmured through his parched lips, "but, thank
Qod, 1'. .V 1\ J, Ousln continue to manufacture this precious cordial at
the oorner "f Drnmm and i Wlfornla streets :" All people with lung and
ohosl complaints should follow tho example of this eminent statesman.
American papers are poking » «reat deal of fun at the Princess
Louisa since the Canadian vloe rogml Court issued certain decrees about
the bight and depth :it which drWOM should be worn about the neck and
adjacent regions. The Canadian Ladles, however, are unanimous in say-
ing that though their American cousins regard the decollete edict as "low,"
tin y don't care how much Eotosr it goes that is, wo long as they are able
to buy Madame Rachel's Enamel ttloom wherewith to make face, neck
and shoulders look lovely.
The Bon Ton Coffee Parlor, 23G Montgomery street, has neater
quarters and better coffee than can be found anywhere else in town.
Take Hop Bitters three times a day, and you will have no Doctor
bills to pay. See notice.
Household Furniture sold on the installment plan at Gilbert and
Moore's, 219 Bush street.
Homoeopathic Cough and Croup Syrup, 234 Sutter street.
GEO. STREET, Agent News Letter, 30 Comhill, E. C, London,
IN CONSEQUENCE OF SPURIOUS IMITATIONS OF
LEA A I'i KK I > is- SAUCE, which are calculated to deceive
the public, Lea and Perrina have adopted A NEW LABEL, bearing their sig-
nature, thus, " LEA & PERKINS," which is placed on every bottle of WORCESTER-
SHIRE SAUCE, and without which none is genuine.
Ask for LEA & PERRINS' Sauce, and see name on wrapper, label, bottle and stop-
per. Wholesale and for export by the proprietors, Worcester ; Crosse & Blackwell,
London, etc., etc., aud by grocers and oilmen throughout the world.
Nov. 16. MESSRS. CROSS & CO., Agents, San Francisco.
ROWLAND'S
MACASSAR OITj strengthens the Hair and prevents it falling off. The bottles
have a glass stopper, and not a cork.
KALYDOR beautifies the Complexion and eradicates Freckles, Tan, Prickly Heat,
Eruptions,, etc.
ODONTO whitens the Teeth, prevents and arrests decay, and gives a pleasing
fragrance to the breath.
ETJKONIA is a new and delicate toilet powder.
Ask for ROWLAND'S articles, of 20, Hatton Garden, London, and avoid cheap
imitations. Sold bv Druggists, Bazaars, etc., all over the world. May 3.
F
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
Inest aud Cheapest Meat -flavoring Stock for Soups, Made
Dishes and Sauces. March 2.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT
[s a success and boon for which Nations should feel grate-
ful. See " Medical Press," " Lancet," " British Medical Journal," etc.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT-
l^laution-- Genuine only with fac-siinile oi Baron Liebig-'s
Vy Signature, in blue ink, across Label. "Consumption in England increased ten-
old in ten years." March 2.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT.
To be had of all Store-keepers, Grocers and Chemists. Sole
Agents for the United States (wholesale only), C. David & Co., 43, Mark Lane,
London, England. March 2!
LANGLEY & MICHAELS,
■Wholesale Druggists,
Importers of Pure Knglish, French aud German Drugs,
PATENT MEDICINES, ETC.,
100 and 102 FRONT STREET,
Saw Francisco. [Sept. 6.
PROF. JDS. JOSSET,
Graduate of the University of Paris; Ex. Professor of De
la Mennais' Normal, France ; late of Poiut Lorna Seminary, San Diego. Pri-
vate Lessons in the French Language. Residence : Post street, between Powell and
Stockton, next to Red Men's Hall. At homo from 12 to 2 p.m. Private Lessons
given at the residence of the pupil. Dec. 6.
WILLIAM P. HUMPHREYS,
Late City and County Surveyor, has removed to No. 629
WASHINGTON STREET, where he will continue to practice his profession.
All Surveys and Estimates guaranteed. Dec. 20.
CUMBERLAND MINE,
Viivanii County, Arizona*. Office: No. 417 California St.,
X San Franciscu, California. President, GEORGE M. CIPRICO. Secretary, J.
II. GRIFFITHS. Office Houra : 2 p.m. daily. Oct. 11.
COKE CHEAPEST FUEL.
Reduction in Price : Wholesale Price, 50 cents per barrel :
Retail Price. 00 cents per barrel, at the works ot the SAN FRANCISCO GAS-
LIGHT COMPANY, Howard and First streets, and foot ot Second St.
Jan. 12.
CALIFORNIA SUGAR REFINERY,
Manufacturers of the Standard Syrup, a superior article
put up in barrels expressly for home consumption. Also, Extra Heavy Syrup
in barrels for Export. Refined Sugars at lowest market rates. Office, 215 Front
street, up stairs. Dec. 21.
QUICKSILVER.
For sale— In lots to suit, by Thomas Bell A Co., No. 305
Sansorae street, over Bank of California. Nov. 16.
£» 7 77a year aud expenses to agents. Outfit Free. Address,
nP* ' ' June 7.] P. O.V1CKERY, Augusta, Maine%
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SAK FRANCISCO 1STEWS LETTER AND
March 20, 1880.
"BIZ.
For the space of nearly thirty years we have daily traveled the
streets of San Francisco, and we must confess that never before have we
seen business, in all its several departments and ramifications, so dull and
unsatisfactory as it is at the prosent writing. Is it our new Constitution?
Is it our Legislature? Is it our City Government? The lax administra-
tion of law? or what is it occasions this very general depression? Our
coffers are full to repletion of the precious metals — never so plentiful as
at present. Our banks, and capitalists have large surplus money which
they would gladly loan upon gilt-edged securities, were it required, but
there does not seem to be any demand for money. Interest rates are
lower than ever before upon this coast. We have just marketed the larg-
est crops of grain, "Wool, Hops, etc., ever before garnered upon the Pa-
cific slope, and have obtained high and remunerative prices for them all.
Our out-put of Borax, Quicksilver, etc., has been remunerative. Our
mines have yielded profusely of the precious metals; and yet with all this
developed wealth, trade and traffic are hampered. City improvements
are few and unimportant. We find a smaller number of building erec-
tions going up than ever before in our remembrance. Architects tell us
that they are idle— few plans or specifications called for. Real estate is
slow of sale, and few transactions of this nature to record. Our manu-
factories seem to be hampered by the operations of the new Constitution.
In fact, everything seems to be at a standstill.
Our export trade is fair, consisting largely of Flour, Wheat, etc.
Imports are also free, consisting largely of Coffee, Sugar, Rice, etc.—
and yet, with all this show of business, but few important sales of Mer-
chandise are brought to our notice. There is no disposition abroad among
merchants to speculate in any article of merchandise. Invoices of goods
are cut up and jobbed out at piecemeal. The country is flooded with
Runners, Drummers, etc. Every town and village settlement upon the
Pacific slope is visited by these emissaries of trade. They come across
the country from Hew York, Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati, etc., repre-
senting all departments of trade and manufacturers — Boots and Shoe
traders from New England, Tobacco and Cigar manufacturers from Ohio,
Virginia, etc.; Provision- dealers from Porkopolis, Candle-manufacturers
from various cities East; and so it is that we of the Pacific are hampered
with the officiousness of the Yankee peddler trespassing upon the do-
main which of right belongs to us Californiaus. And this is not all we
have to encounter. There are here monopolies of water, ga3, oils, etc. —
nothing seems to be free. A tribute must be paid to all consumers.
Now, what is the remedy? We need rest from the Sand-lot agitators-
then will come repose, unless the new Constitution and bad legislation
Bhould block the wheels by double taxation and the driving out of foreign
Insurance Companies. Let us have peace !
Lumber.— Last week we asserted that some needy Receivers were
taking advantage of the stagnation in trade to cut rates that were fixed
by an° Association of Mill men and Lumber dealers controlling the pro-
duction of this important interst at mill posts at Puget Sound, Burrard
Inlet, Redwoods, etc. We are assured by those interested that they are
not aware of any traitors in the camp, and that if any cutting under in
cargo prices has been done, the knowledge thereof is unknown to them,
and they have desired us to make the correction, which we do most cheer-
fully, and therefore fall back upon schedule rates for all kinds of Lumber.
The purchase is recorded by Telegraph of the two magnificent steam-
ers of the Pacific Mail line— City of Tokio and City of Peking (running
hence in the China and Japan line), by the Occidental and Oriental line,
now covering the same route by the British steamships Belgic, Gaelic,
and Oceanic. These five splendid steamers will in future run in the O.
and 0. line, thus usurping the Pacific M. S. S. Co. over this particular
route, and thus enabling the 0. and O. Company to make closer connec-
tions with the Central Pacific Railroad— in fact, make one connecting
line from China and Japan to the Atlantic, being to a great extent the
same owners.
The Pacific Mail steamship City of Sydney was found to be on
fire in the hold, last Sunday evening, as she lay at the wharf. The
steamer suffered much damage from water and fire, entailing a delay in
the time of her sailing of four days, in order to make needful repairs.
Her cargo of Salmon, etc., for the Colonies was not injured, being aft,
but the Honolulu cargo, in the forehead compartments, was all destroyed.
Fortunately the fire broke out before getting out to sea. It is said to
have originated from oil clothing — spontaneous combustion. The dam-
age to vessel and cargo will probably ajnount to §50,000, which was cov-
ered by insurance. The agents of the line, Williams, Dimond & Co., are
deserving of all praise for the zeal and activity displayed during this try-
ing ordeal, while they return thanks to Chief Scannell and the Eire De-
partment for services rendered. The steamer is announced to sail this
day for Sydney, via Honolulu, carrying a large number of passengers,
Government mails, etc. Among the passengers booked for the voyage to
Honolulu we note those of William E. Babcock, President of the Cham-
ber of Commerce, Sir Clans Spreckels, of the California Sugar Refinery,
and Hon. Frank MeCoppin, all en route to Honolulu. Henry Ketten
and suite are also passengers for the Colonies.
Freights and Charters. — There has been another break in the freight
market during the week, the British ship Enterprise having been char-
tered to load Wheat for Liverpool at 34s 6d. Other vessels have also
been secured for the same service at 35@37s Gd. The ship America is to
load Wheat to Cork for owners' account. We have now fifteen vessels
in port disengaged, of 16,700 tons register, and on the berth fifteen vessels,
of 19,629 tons register.
Quicksilver. — The market is devoid of animation. Sales of 500 flasks
for export during the week at 39@39£c— now held at 40c. Receipts for
the week, 958 flasks.
Total exports from January 1st to date 5,359 flasks.
Same time last year 9,603 - "
Decrease in 1880 4,244 flasks.
Our export stock is light, and some of the largest receivers are not sell-
ing at current rates. The latest London quotation is given at £6 15s #
bottle.
Borax. — Stock is small ; receipts light and market firm at 10@llc for
concentrated and refined. The ship Charles Cotesworth, for Liverpool,
carries 101,545 lbs.
Salmon. — The City of Sydney, for Sydney, carries 2,600 cases. The
last sale, to close out stocks, was of 500 cs, 1-lb tins, at $1 37£ $ dozen.
Coffee. — The market is very dull for all descriptions, and prices more
or less nominal, say 15@17c for Central American greens; O. C Java,
26c ; Ceylon, 18@20c.
Sugar.— Stocks are liberal and the demand fair. Prices steady at
9@ll£c for all grades of Refined.
Syrups. — The price of California Golden has been advanced 10c ^ gall
during the week — now 62£c in bbls, 65c in bf bbls, 70c 5-gallon kegs, 80c
in tins of 1 gall.
Rice. — The market is poorly supplied with Hawaiian Table ; price,
6|@7c. China mixed is plentiful at 5c ; No, 1 China, 6c ; No. 2 do.
5£@5§c.
Coal. — There is very little doing in foreign. No arrivals of Austra-
lian. Low prices rule for all kinds.
Domestic Produce.— The market for Flour has shaded off a little.
The ship Chs. Cotesworth, for Liverpool, carries 55,200 qrs Vallejo Starr
Mills Extra; price, $6. The City of Tokio, for Honolulu, carries 1,400
tons, of which 550 tons are Sperry's Stockton City Mills; price, $5 85 $
196 lbs. Other Extras can be bought for S5 75@6; Superfine, $4@4 50.
Wheat. — The market exhibits a good degree of strength at §1 85@
$1 95 per cental for good shipping lots — the latter rate for No. 1 Standard
Milling. Our Wheat fleet for the season now numbers 239 vessels, car-
rying 9,326,283 centals, valued at S17,859,308 ; same time in 1879, 213 ves-
sels, with 7,874,782 centals, valued at S13,549,656. The grand total of
Flour and Wheat shipments from July 1st to March 17th for two years
stands thus :
Flour, bbls. Wheat, ctls.
1879-80 322,585 9,511,579
1878-79 361,242 7,965,989
Our crop prospects at this writing are very brilliant. The cold,
frosty weather has kept back vegetation and enabled the Wheat to take
strong root, and now, since the rains of the past few days, everything
seems to spring forward vigorously. The Grape and Fruits generally are
alike promising, and everything now betokens a year of great prosperity
upon the Pacific Slope.
Wool, — The Spring clip is now coming in very sparingly. About 250
bales San Joaquin light fleece sold in lots at 30, 32A@35c. The demand
active.
Barley. — The market, under the influence of a cold, dry and back-
ward Spring, has of late become quite active, with free sales of Brewing
at 92£@95c ; Feed, 82i@85c # ctl.
Oats.— There is no life to the market. Small sales at SI 15@$1 30 #
ctl.
Corn. — The receipts have been heavy and the market dull at SI 05@
SI 12£ tf ctl.
Hops.— The stock is light and the market dull at 30@35c fo#good to
choice.
Hides.— The market for Dry is firm at 17@18c.
Tallow. — The demand is light at 5|@6c ; Refined, 7£c.
Butter, Cheese and Eggs.— Supplies are liberal. Fresh Roll But-
ter, 25@27ic; new Cheese, 13@14c; Eggs, 20@21c.
FOR SALE,
Furnished, in Menlo Park,
A small, bnt very attractive country residence, of 6 1-4
acres, on Ravenswood Avenue, opposite Hon . Milton S. Latham's property,
running through to Oak Grove Avenue, opposite Michael Castle, Esq., tastefully laid
out, with beautiful lawns, plants, and a variety of fruit trees, shade trees, etc.
K3^~ For particulars, apply to THOMAS DAY,
March 13. 123 Sutter Street, San Francisco.
c.
[Established Jan., 1870.]
C0SGR0VE & CO.,
Real Estate Brokers, No. 652 Market street, X. E. corner
Kearny. Rents Collected and Houses Let, Si each. Bad tenants immediately
ejected, $5 each. Houses Let, Loans Negotiated, Property taken charge of in the
absence of owners. Legal Documents Carefully Drawn. March 6.
JAMES G. STEELE
Takes pleasure in notifying: his old friends and patrons,
and the public that he has leased and fitted up the store, NO. 635 MARKET
STREET (Palace Hotel Block), wherein he will transact a GENERAL DRUG BUSI-
NESS under the name and title of James G. Steele & Co. To all visitors he
will take pleasure in showing a large and well-assorted stock (collected with great
care in the markets of the Eastern States and Europe), such as pertains to a first-
class Drug Store. March 6.
BRITISH BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF CAL.
Attendance, daily, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., by the under-
signed, to receive subscriptions and donations, and to furnish all information
relating to the Society. J. P. McCURRIE, Secretary,
Oct. 23. 730 Montgomery street.
SNOW & CO.,
No. 30 Post street, opposite Mechanics' Institute, Import-
ers and Manufacturers of Pictures, Frames, Mouldings, and Artist's Ma-
crials. Established 1819. Sept. 20.
March 20, 1879.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
19
HOW SAN FRANCISCO SHOULD DEAL WITH THE
"WATER COMPANY.
Week before last w<> *h->wM what i* tbe I.<<ndon system of buying and
collect iiwr water r»U'$, Lo-wit : Campaata there are authorized to charge
rate* that shall enable them to pay ten |*r cent, dividend upon capital,
and to collect the wine from the owners of property. In Sun Francisco
the rat**, as fixed by a Board of OommfaioilWl, permit only eight i>er
cent dtridenda, and this has to l>e collected from occupants or consumers.
Under the new Constitution the Saperrieon are required to fix water
rates. They are not directed upon whom to place them, n»-r are they re-
stricted as to the rates to be allowed. With this subject the Board is
Bow wrestling. A Rood deal of investigation of the subject has been in-
telligently made, evidently with the object of a fair and equitable solu-
tion. In these days of rabid hostility to corporate enterprise it is re-
freshing to witness anything like intelligence taking the place of dema-
goguism. While the eubject is under consideration the News Letter is
ready to step to the front and throw its wisdom and good sense into the
scale and help solve the problem. We believe the Spring Valley Com-
pany to be one of the organizations of our California history which is en-
titled to most just and liberal consideration. It was established at a
time when it required courage and faith in the future of Sap Francisco
to put it in operation. When the Act of 1858 was enacted, authorizing
water companies to be organized to furnish cities with that indispensable
necessity of life, the future of this city was by no means free from un-
certainty. At that very date the Fraser river fever threatened to depopu-
late this new and youthful hamlet, and to locate elsewhere the future
great emporium of the Pacific coast. Undaunted by the temporary ex-
odus of thousands of our citizens, the Company, which to-day adequately
supplies our necessities, devoted its capital and its forethought to
meet the wants of a city of a million people. It expended vast amounts
of money in securing by purchase such tracts of land as could be con-
verted into great reservoirs for the storage of water which was flowing
waste to the sea. It built great dams, at the cost of millions, by which
water, otherwise useless, could be made available. It utilized, as author-
ized by law, what would otherwise have been valueless, and it has laid
down, from a distance of thirty miles, two long aqueducts and a network
of pipes whereby this city is to-day as well provided with water for daily
consumption and for protection against conflagration as any city in the
world. It deserves encouragement and support, not hostility. How
shall these be rendered with fairness to its patrons is now the question in
the hands of the authorities. We know of no more just method than that
which, in London, experience of many years has proved to be satisfactory.
Place the charge for the benefit afforded upon those who receive it. To
the extent that property is protected against fires, let property pay. In
proportion as the city is a consumer, let the city be a paying customer.
For so much as inhabited dwellings require, let the real estate be charged.
This is the only equitable method that can be adopted. It has not a sin-
gle element of injustice. In fact, no other system can be free from injus-
tice to some one. The Company is indispensable to the city. It is a part
of its prosperity. It must not only provide for present, but also for
future demands. As the city grows, so must the works of the Water
Company be extended. To cripple it by hostile legislation and by oppos-
ing antagonisms, is for the belly to fight against the members. We all
want plenty of water. Even the sand lot needs it.
A CARD. -TO THE PUBLIC.
"We, the undersigned, Piano and Music dealers of San Francisco, have
known Mr. A. M. Benham as Agent for the sale of Pianos made by J. P.
Hale, of New York, since his residence in California, and during his em-
ployment by Sherman & Hyde, and have entire confidence in his business
integrity and honesty.
We believe the suit commenced by Sherman & Hyde against Mr. Ben-
ham instigated by malice and to have no foundation in fact. (Signed),
Chas. S. Eaton, Matthias Gray, T. M. Antisell & Co. , Woodworth,
Schell & Co., Blackmar & Co., Kohler & Chase, Wm. G. Badger, L. K.
Hammer, Wm. Thos. Sharp, C. K. Hall.
March 18, 1880.
M. de Lessepa visited Taber's photographic parlors last Thursday and
Bat for his portrait. Yesterday his daughter and two members of his
suite were photographed at the same establishment. Somehow Mr.
Taber seems to be getting the lion's share of this sort of illustrious pa-
tronage nowadays. The superb quality^ of the work which he and his
assistants produce is meeting with universal appreciation, as it very
properly should. One of the chief characteristics of Mr. Taber's gallery
is the extreme care which is bestowed upon every picture taken. No
favoritism is ever shown in this respect. All are served alike, and we
will venture to assert the portrait of the humblest customer would not re-
ceive a jot less attention than that of the distinguished engineer.
George T. Marsh & Co., the popular firm owning the Japanese Art
Repository in this city, recently opened a branch house in Portland, Ore-
gon, which met with great success. We are sorry to learn, that by a fire
which occurred last Saturday, their new establishment has suffered serious
loss. The grit and enterprise of the young men composing the firm have
brought them into such esteem that a very wide circle of friends will de-
plore their misfortune.
Ad excellent map has just been published of the Como Lode, Pal-
myra, and Indian Spring mining districts, Lyon County, Nevada. It is
compiled from the latest authentic data, by William Rose, mining and
mechanical engineer, on a scale of 1,000 feet to an inch.
HIGHEST STOCK QUOTATIONS
For the Wook Ending March 19, 1880.
COMNLKD BT GEORGE C. IltCKOX A Co.. 412 MOXTOOURRT SlRKICT.
Naur op Mink.
Sat.
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'Belle Isle
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Booker
Cons Imperial
Crown Point
"Chollar
California
Con. Virginia
'Caledonia
Confidence
•Con Pacific
Con. Dorado
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Dudley
Eureka Con
Exchequer
Fairfax
Flowery
Gould & Curry
Gila
Grand Prize
Hale & Norcross
Julia
"Justice
♦Jackson
Jupiter
Ken tuck
♦Leviathan
Lady Bryan
Lady Washington
Mexican
Manhattan
* Metallic
Mount Diablo
Martin White
•Mammoth
Northern Belle
Noonday
North Noonday
North Bonanza
Ophir
Overman
*Occidental
♦Potosi
Paradise Valley
"Raymond & Ely
Sum mil
♦Savage
Silver Hill
Seg Belcher
Silver King, Arizona . .
Scorpion
•Sierra Nevada
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Tioga
Utah
Union Con
Ward
Wales Con
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Assessments are now due on the Stocks above marked thus *
SIGNAL
SERVICE METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
WEEK
ENDING MA
Hig
aCH 18, 1880, SAN FRAN
3ISCO, CAL.
hest and Lowest Harometei
Fri. 12.
Sat. 13
Sun. 14
Mon. IS
Tue. 16
Wed 17
30.130
Thrl8
30.086
30.142
30.147
30.0S4
30.032
30.282
29.362
30.020
30.028
30.020
29.918
29.918
30.130
Maxim
um and Minimum Thermon
leter.
54
52
55 I 54 1 53 I
53
53
43
40
41 42 42
Mean Daily Humidity .
43
43
27.3
40.7
31.7 | 70.3 | 71.0 |
Prevailing Wind.
82.7 |
76.7
N.
NW. |
N. | SB. | W. |
Wind--Miles Traveled.
NW. |
W.
302
421
417 | 195 | 172 |
State of Weather.
183 |
217
Clear.
Clear.
Clear. | Pair. | Fair. |
Fair. |
Clear.
It a
infall in Twenty-four Hours
.33
1879. .14.
Total Jta
in Hurin
7 Season beginning July 1,
5 inches.
Madame B. Zeitska 'announces that the next term at the Zeitska
Institute will commence Monday, March 22.1. The advantages offered
by this famous educational establishment are so great that we would ad-
vise all who have the welfare of their girls at heart to send them there at
the beginning of the term, in order that their course may be complete.
20
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTEB.
March* 20, 1880.
THE DANCE IN THE KITCHEN.
Oh, that winter afternoon,
Such a merry, merry tune
As the jolly, fat tea-kettle chose its singing to begin !
"Twas the lilting " Scottish air,
And it seemed, I do declare,
As though bagpipe played by fairy was forever, joining in.
Then the bagpipe ceased to play,
And another tune straightway
Sang the kettle, louder, louder, till its vaice grew, very big ;
And the feet of laughing girls
(Girls with shamrock in their curls)
You could almost hear a-keeping time to that- old Irish jig.
Darling, smiling, cunning Bess
Grasped with tiny hands her dress,
And a pretty courtesy making, while the kettle made a bow,
"I'll your partner be," said she;
"Forward, backward, one, two, three ; ".
And pussy cried, " Bravo! my dears," in one ^lmense me-ow,
And they danced right merrily
Till 'twas nearly time for tea.
The kettle tilting this way and then that way— 0 what fun!
And its hat bobbed up and down
On its moist and steamy crown,
With a clatter falling off at last, and then the dance was done.
— Harper's Young People.
THE "NEWS LETTER" AS A POLITICAL PROPHET.
The Newa Letter is not given to vaunting itself, as is the fashion
with the dailies. Yet, for a good purpose, it is about to claim that which
is justly its due. The verification of its predictions in the past is good
reason for having confidence in its predictions of the present. In regard
to the exciting political eveots of the past two years, it has never failed
to prophesy with remarkable exactitude, and if it now proposes to estab-
lish the fact, it only does so for the good purpose of inspiring confi-
dence in its utterances of to-day. Two years ago there was a proposal
before the Legislature to call a Convention to frame a new Constitution.
It hung fire. There was no outside demand for it, yet a few crotchet-
mongers, of the W. J. Shaw type, were urging action. We protested
against the movement with our usual force. We said, among other things,
that :
"The bill to provide for calling a Constitutional Convention ia now in the Senate.
No one wants it, no one takes any interest in it, yet both parties shrink from the
responsibility of giving it its quietus. We have got alons very well with the pres-
ent Constitution for a quarter of a century, and the people are making no demands
for a change. Under the existing fundamental law, a vast body of legal decisions
have been given, and we know just where we stand. Why wipe this out, and unset-
tle all things? What really important change do we need? If there be adefect that
requires an early remedy— and we know of none, that particular defect can be sin-
gled out and dealt with as the Constitution provides. To add amendments, as
changing circumstances maj' demaud, is the way to deal with Constitutional ques-
tions. It is a vaiu imagination that would let go the good we have, and fly to ills
that we know not of. Moreover this is no time to undertake the serious task of tin-
kering with our Constitution. The political firmament is overcast. There is a cloud
which, though no larger than a man's hand, may yet bring up a storm. Bones has
carried Alameda, and Kearney mav Icarry this city, and even the State, and then we
may have a Constitution the evil effectsof which would surely'he beyond all compu-
tation. We are safe as we are. Let us leave well alone."
In the light of to-day, theprophetic character of those utterances will
not be questioned. That it would have been well for the State if they
had been attended to is now only too well known to all of us. Then
there was a time, now a little over two years ago, when the Sand-lots
were not a political power, and when'Kearney was content with the ob-
scurity of a piece club. In an evil hour he attracted the attention of the
Chronicle and Call, and soon they vied with each other in manufacturing
speeches for him. that he never delivered, and in attributing" qualities of
leadership to him that he never possessed. ~ They| made him. "In very
truth, he is worthy of them and they of him. He is a fair exemplifica-
tion of the kind of a man the dailies can make. When they first began
to notice him we' said :
"Why will not' the Chronicle and' Call 1st this Iow-browed-blatherskite severely
alone? The: best utterances of our best men find noplace in those papers," whilst
this foul-mouthed utterer of threats and blasphemy is reported, even to his filthiest
profanity. Why is this so? The Chronicle thinks it can build him up to be a power
among the Irish, and that it can then use him to take away the Call's subscribers
and small advertisers. The Call, fearing that the Chronicle may succeed, out-
Herods Herod, or, in other words, outbfds the Chronicle in its efforts to retain the
favor of Kearney. Gentlemen, ye kno\V not what ye do! You are building up a
power that may in time turn' and rend ye both." .
That precise thing came about. Kearney denounced Pickering from
every stump in the State, and is credited with takine away many sub-
scribers. When Kearney had served the Chronicle's turn he was thrown
overboard and attacked. The power that made him vainly supposed it
could unmake him. But that tnrned out to be a mistake, as might very
well have been foreseen. The Call, rejoicing in the quarrel, took the low
fellow, that had so abused its proprietor, to its arms* and hasbeen bol-
stering him up ever since. We say now, as we said then, that if Kearney
were left as severely alone as if he had no existence, he would drop out of
sight in a very short time. And we say that it would be a wise thing,
and a legitimate thing, for the Citizen's Committee to do to intimate, as
the principal advertisers of the city, that they will withdraw their pa-
tronage from any paper that in any manner advertises Kearney. That
potential method, earnestly meant, would extinguish Kearney so quietly,
yet so effectively, that we should begin to wonder that anybody ever con-
cerned themselves about him. To our way of thinking that course would
be infinitely more effective than getting up prosecutions, that in the end
will likely fail, or, if they do not, will make a martyr of the fellow. No
cause, however foolish) was ever yet blotted out by making martyrs of
its. adherents; On the contrary, that is just the means by which many
foolish causes have gained -a permanent hold on life. This is no new
view of ours, for we have expressed it before. When Kearney was being
arrested on one charge after another we predicted what the result would
be. We said :
"-This arresting of Kearney, Wellock and Knight, this snatching of speakers from
platforms during excited meetings, this beating of people about their heads on tbe
open streets, is all ill-considered business, strongly calculated to defeat its ends. It
will create sympathy for, and bring support to, a most wretched cause. The prose-
cutions will fail, and if you want the rabble, who are now being beaten, to elect the
successors of the men whoare beating them, you-are taking just the methods that
will surely lead to that end. The political foresight of the powers that be surpasseth
our understanding."
At the risk of being somewhat misunderstood, we ventured to predict
that the course being pursued by the opponents to the New Constitution
was the one most calculated to cause its adoption. We said :
" The truth is that this fight is not being made in a way that commends itself to
men who have had any experience of public affairs. Issues are beincr fought for
that ought to have been abandoned at the outset, and the large issues that would
really influence small farmers and householders are being ignored, and defeat awaits
our friends in consequence. There are good grounds of opposition to this proposed
New Constitution, aud there are bad ones. The bad ones are being relied upon and
the good ones ignored. Strong appeals might be made to the majority, who have
something. The people who' have absolutely nothing are happily a minority in
numbers, as well as in influence. The small farmers, the householders, the depos-
itors in savings banks— these are the men that will carry this election. They would
carry it the right way, too, if the right issues had from the first been put before
them : if they were shown, as they might be, that double taxation is provided for,
that credits are to be taxed, that the homes they occupy and the' money they owe
will both contribute to the revenue, that this system of taxation will bear hardest
upon the man of moderate means, that it will alarm capital, cause a want of confi-
dence in our institutions, that the evil effects abroad will react upon business at
home, and that a long and dull period will assuredly follow, during which the pos-
sessor of a home and a family will suffer the most— if the fight had commenced on-
these and other similar grounds that are available, the victory would as certainly be
ours as that the election day will come round. But the fight has been put up in an-
other way, and that is not a winning way. It is said of the conservative party of Eng-
land that it always knows when the last hour has arrived beyond which the mainte-
nance of an e*isting institution is no longer possible, and, knowing that hour, it al-
ways saves itself by gracefully yielding in time. This lesson has yet to be learnt by
our local conservatives. They would maintain things that are no longer maintain-
able. It would, for instance, be good for the State that the grasp of land monopoly
should be loosened a little. Mine management wants a dash of honesty thrown into .
it. The stock deals should be on the square. These are admitted evils. Yet the
men interested in them are permitted to come to the front, to put up their money,
hire claquers, and to make the fight generally. The people see this, and will deter-
mine that it is safe to vote against such people, and thev will only learn their error
when it is too late. There are things in the New Constitution that will bring disas-
ter to the very men who will carry it, and if the fight be made from this out on de-
fensible issues, it may be won yet, but the day is far' spent, and we are not saved.
A word to the wise should suffice."
It is easy to be wise after the event, but those words were written be-
fore it, and are as true as if they were written to-day. The News Letter
stands upon its record. As its thoughtful and reflective articles have
been safe guides in the past, we think we are entitled to claim increased
attention and consideration for them in the future. One serious article
in these columns has more food for reflection and more wise counsel in it
than is usually found in the average daily in a month. For proof we
point to our record.
IMPORTANT DISCOVERT".
A discovery of considerable value has been introduced to the Society
of Arts, in the shape of a new metallic compound which promises to be
of much utility in the arts. It is a sulphur sulphide, and is probably
composed of iron pyrites and sulphur, with more or less impurity — a fer-
ric thiate, as a chemist would describe it. This new compound was dis-
covered by Mr. J. B. Spence, and has the following remarkable properties:
It melts at the low temperature of 320 deg. Fahrenheit, takes a sharp im-
pression when cast, as it contracts on cooling", and is practically unaf-
fected by acids. It has already been used with success as a substitute for
lead in making the joints of gas and water mains, will probably soon be
in use for printing and stereotyping purposes, and will, no doubt, take the
place of bronze in works of art. Taking its bulk into consideration, the
new compoiind is about quarter the price of lead ; so that it is remarka-
bly cheap, and, as we believe it will soon be supplied in unlimited quanti-
ties, it has a very wide field of usefulness; for, besides the purposes above
indicated, it will be found of great value in chemical works, in food-pre-
serving establishments, and in the laboratory.
A LUDICROUS ANACHRONISM.
Our Loudon correspondent writes as follows: High Church people
here are making a grand joke of a recent judgment of Dr. Tristram. The
Rev. Matthew Woodward, of Folkestone, Kent, applied for a faculty to
insert a window of painted glas3 representing a fourteenth-century priest
saying mass. The ornament was objected to by some pious parishion-
ers, and the learned Dr. Tristram refused the faculty, unless Mr. Wood-
ward would put his priest in a surplice instead of a chasuble ! If the case
had not been duty chronicled among the law reports, no one could have
believed such a judgment possible. You might as well insist on clothing
the picture of St. Paul in a long coat and chimney-pot hat, as vesting a
medieval priest in a surplice, and at mass, too ! How Evangelical scru-
ples could be satisfied by such a travesty, is not explained. ■
The Los Angeles "Herald" says: Mr. Brown, a banker of Denver,
Colorado, has just returned from a visit of six or seven weeks' duration
in Arizona. He has been thoroughly over the Tombstone district in "that
time, and he has no hesitation in saying that the Territory is but in the
infancy of what will prove to be a splendid treasure development. The
mines of the Tombstone are solid and substantial, Mr. Brown thinks,
and quite equal to anything heretofore discovered on the continent, at
equvivalent depths. There is nothing in common between the Lead-
ville mines and anything yet discovered in Arizona, but Leadville itself
is a mineral monstrosity. Mr. Brown thinks id by no means unlikely
that the story of the Comstock lode may be repeated in' our neighboring
Territory.
St. John's- Presbyterian Church, Post street, between Mason and
Taylor. Rev. Dr. W. A. Scott, Pastor, preaching as usual Sunday at 11
a.m. and 7i p.m. Sunday School and Bible Class, 9^ A. M. Prayer and
Praise Service, 61 p.m. At the beginning of the morning service, chil-
dren may be presented for baptism.
Because a burlesque actress has crooked limbs and will not show
them it. does not, follow that she is really better than her short-skirted
sisters.
Roses were worth from forty to fifty cents apiece in New York during
the social "boom."
Prlo* per Copx, 10 Canto.)
ESTABLISHED JULY, 20. 1S56.
I Annual Subscription, t&.
WTYOfl
DEVOTED TO THE LEADING INTERESTS OF CALIFORNIA AND THE PACIFIC COAST.
Vol. 30.
SAN FBAK0IS00, SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1880.
No. 37.
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OLD BARS— 890@910— Silver Bars
Dollars, 8J<2|9 per cent. disc.
-5@15 ^ cent. cUbc Mexican
■ Exchange on New York,
ers, 494, ; Commercial, 49|d.
grama, 310 per cent.
I per cent., ; On London, Bank-
Paris, sight, 5 francs per dollar. Tele-
■ Price of Money here, f@l per cent, per month — bank rate.
open market, 1@1^. Demand light.
" Latest price of Sterling, 48G@4S9.
In the
PRICES OF LEADING STOCKS AND GOV. BONDS.
San Francisco March 26, 1S80.
Stocks and Bonds.
BONDS.
Cal. State Bonds, 6's,'57 —
S. F. City & Co. B'ds, 6s, '58
S. F. City & Co. B'ds, 7s . . .
Mont^'v A v. Bonds
Dupont Street Bonds
Sacramento City Bonds... .
Stockton City Bonds
Tuba County Bonds
Marys ville City Bond3
Santa Clara Co. Bonds
Virg-'a & Truckee R. R. Bds.
Nevada Co. N, G. E. R.Bds
Oakland City Bonds .......
BANKS.
Bank of California
Pacific Bank
First National
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Union (ex div.)
Fireman's Fund (ex div) . .
California (ex div)
State Investment
Home Mutual
Bid.
Asked
100
102
Nom.
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Notn.
Nom.
60
65
80
85
26
28
90
95
103
106
103
105
105
107
101
103
101
103
112
115
129
130
115
120
103
106
112
113
115
120
110
112
90
100
90
95
Stocks and Bonds.
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Commercial
Western
RAILROADS.
C. P. R. R. Stock
C. P. R. K. Bonds
City Railroad
Omnibus R. R
N. B. aDd Mission R. R. .
Sutter Street R. R
Geary Street R. R
Central R. R. Co
Market Street R. R
Clay Street Hill R. R...
MISCELLANEOUS.
S. F. Gaslight Co
Oakland Gaslight Co ... .
Sacramento GaslightCo.
California Powder Co....
Giant Powder Co (new stck)
Atlantic Giant Powder, do ,
Gold and Stock Teleg'h Co
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S. V. W. W.Co.'s Bonds..
70
Nom.
82
111
45
25
78
43
6
21
79
314
114
95
75
50
95
87
103
75
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84
113
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80
45
32£
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98
78
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874
105
Considering the dullness in general business, a fair amount of local se-
curities have changed hands during the week. Spring Valley Water
Stock is in demand at the close, while Gas Stocks have been depressed
even at our quotations.
Andrew Baird, 312 California street.
A TICKET TO BE SUPPORTED.
The ticket presented by the Citizens' Protective Union, to be voted
for at the special election next Tuesday, is one which should be sup-
Eorted by every man who has his own and San Francisco's interests at
eart. It is composed of men who are responsible, able, and of irre-
proachable character. Better could not have been chosen for the all-im-
portant task they are nominated to perform, namely : the formulating of
a new city charter, a charter under which San Francisco may be, justly
and economically governed. To allow this duty to devolve upon irre-
sponsible, incompetent or corrupt men would be a suicidal step on the
part of the community. If the Citizens' ticket is elected, as we are con-
vinced will be the case, all danger will be averted, and the people may rest
assured that the new charter will be framed in the interest of all classes.
It is not alone business men and tax-payers whose welfare is concerned.
The poorest man in San Francisco to-day would assuredly suffer if a bad
charter were foisted upon the city. It therefore behooves all, whatever
their rank and station, to elect the fifteen Freeholders nominated by the
Council of 200. That the Citizens' ticket is in no sense a political machine
is evident from the fact that it consists of an equal number of Democrats
and Republicans, with one Independent. It is needless to eulogize the
gentlemen nominated. Their names alone, which appear in another col-
umn, are sufficient evidence of their fitness. It is enough to say that
they are all good men and true, and in all sincerity we recommend their
election to the citizens of San Francisco. We may add here that Mr. M.
M, Estee's name has been substituted on the ticket for that of Irving M.
Scott, on account of the latter gentleman's absence in China.
Quicksilver. — The market is sluggish at 39@40c. Receipts for the
week, 1,033 flasks. Exports since January 1st, 10,404 flasks; same time
last year, 7,081. Decrease in 1880, 3,323 flasks. The City of Sydney, for
Australia, had 165 flasks; City of Tokio, for China, carried 1,722 flasks.
Overland shipments in February, 149,050 lbs., gross.
LETTER FROM H. BELLOC.
San Francisco, 25th March,fcL880.
Mr. F. Marriott, City— Dear Sir : In justice to you and your paper,
I take pleasure in stating that I never paid you, directly or indirectly,
any money to stop the publication of any article relating to my private
affairs. Yours truly, Hte. Belloc
524 Montgomery.
AN UNJUST DISMISSAL.
At a meeting of the Board of Health, held last Tuesday, Mr. T. J.
Shackleford, Secretary of the Health Department, was dismissed on the
ground that political pressure compelled the Board to give his place to
another. The following resolution was presented by Mayor Kalloch and
promptly adopted : " Resolved, That Mr.' Thomas J. Shackleford has per-
formed his duties as Secretary of the Health Department with exemplary
ability and satisfaction. We regret that political necessity, and that
alone, removes him from our counsels." The adoption of this resolution,
however, does not excuse the Board for committing an act of gross injus-
tice in turning out a competent and faithful officer to gratify political
greed.
A striking peculiarity of the present Winter in Switzerland and other
parts of the Continent, has been that, while the cold was intense in the
valleys, a mildness of temperature approaching to warmth was experi-
enced high up among the mountains. Six adventurous climbers who re-
cently scaled the Hochmatt, which overlooks the valley of Bellegarde,
found anemones — which they would perhaps prize as highly as the edel-
weiss— in sunny places on the southern elope. On that side the mountain
was free from snow, and the view extended to the horizon uninterrupted
by a single cloud.
Our Relations 'with China.— The paragraph printed elsewhere in
this issue on the above subject was in type before the arrival of the definite
appointment of Mr. James B. Angell, of Michigan, as Minister at Peking,
and of Mr. John F. Swift and Mr. W. H. Trescott as Commissioners to
negotiate a new treaty with China. It is said that the Chinese officials
" trifled" with Mr. Seward, and that the new men will easily negotiate a
treaty. In our opinion the new Minister and the two Commissioners will
fail exactly as Mr. Seward has failed, unless it be a treaty by ironclads.
Prescott, Arizona, March 16th, 1880.— Extract from a private
letter from. Governor J. C. Fremont: "We are getting along here
steadily with our work, and I think I am justified in saying that success
is assured. With a few months' more work, we shall be enabled to see
the end. I am going to New York in a few days, and shall go direct.
Returning, I shall pass by San Francisco, and have the pleasure of seeing
you. Mrs. Fremont is still in New York."
The Health of the City. — Consumption, pneumonia, lung diseases
and bronchitis continue to be the principal causes of death, and, conse-
quent on impaired respiratory functions, apoplexy, brain disease and heart
disease. Measles and whooping cough are epidemic. One death from
the former and two from the latter have occurred this week. There have
been three deaths from diphtheria and one from typhoid fever.
General Hutchinson returned from the East yesterday, and stopped
at Sacramento. Two other notable Californians — namely, G. G. Gari-
boldi, the artist, and Col. Andrews, of Diamond Palace fame— returned to
this city by the same train; the former from Europe, the latter from the
East.
From China and Japan. — The O. and O. steamship JBelgic arrived on
the night of the 25th, bringing for cargo to this city rice, 52,041 mats;
tea, 2,993 pkgs.; oil, 2,350 pkgs.; coffee, 250 bags. To go East, overland:
Teas, 5,450 pkgs.; silk, 814; curios, 381; merchandise, 539.
Will the Chronicle rise and explain why it is as dumb as an oyster in
regard to the most important measure, so far as the interests of this city
are concerned, that has ever been introduced into the Legislature, namely
the McClure Charter?
Our usual news from the New York Merchants' Exchange are not
forthcoming to-day, on account of the wires being down.
From Baltimore.— The ship Challenger, to W. T. Coleman & Co.,
brings 2,052 tons Cumberland coal.
Printed and Published by the Proprietor, Frederick Marriott, 607 to 615 Merchant Street, San Francisco, California,
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
March 27, 1880.
DRIVEN TO DEATH.
On Wednesday last the editor of this paper called upon General
Seawell, the father of the late Mrs. Belloc. No more melancholy spec-
tacle was ever presented than the sight of this venerable, grief-stricken
old gentleman. He seemed perfectly crushed under the double weight of
distress at his only daughter's horrible death, and strong indignation at
the manner in which she has been treated.
Mrs. Belloc's youth and beauty, her griefs, her wrongs, her misfor-
tunes, her good deeds and her faults are buried in her grave at Lone
Mountain. She ha3 taken the highest degree in that great school of hu-
man agony in which, sooner or later, we all must graduate. What we
can say will do her no good. " Alter Life's fitful fever, she sleeps well"
She has passed from the judgment of her fellow mortals, and has taken
her place before the bar of Infinite Justice and Infinite Love. The words
we write can be of no service to her, but we have a duty to the living.
Mrs. Belloc's old father feels that terrible wrong has been done to his
child. He says her character has been aspersed without cause, and that
she was driven to her death by her husband's brutality. He desires that
the world should know the true history of her life.
General Seawell says when Mrs. Belloc was 18 months old, her mother
died. To use his own pathetic words : "Ever since that time my little
girl has been the mainstay of my existence. I never turned her over to
servants, and she grew up right in my arms. In peace and in war, in
garrison, and when on lonely marches through the Indian country, I al-
ways had her with me. She was a lovely, beautiful child, and she grew
to be a lovely, beautiful woman. Until after her marriage no girl ever
was more dutiful or more gentle and affectionate. My daughter married
Mr. Belloc with my consent, but without my approval. I did not approve
of the engagement, but, seeing that she was devotedly attached to him, I
gave a reluctant consent, and they were married. They left at once for
Paris, and I did not again see my daughter until their return, nearly a
year later, when I went to live with them. I soon found he was treating
her badly in many ways. I mean in ways that were enough to keep her
unhappy, and at the same time were not enough to give me a right to in-
terfere. Troubled and distressed at her unhappiness, powerless to help
her, I refused to live with them, and left the house. The petty means by
which he insulted and annoyed her were numberless. For instance, he
would boast to her of bis numerous mistresses, and would compare her
with them. Once he told her that he did not love her, that he never had
loved but one woman, and this was one of his mistresses with whom he
had traveled, passing her off as his wife. He taunted my daughter with
the fact that she, his lawful wife, was not the first to bear the title. Af-
ter my leaving the house, matters went from bad to worse. In June,
1879, Belloc was very abusive to his wife. He frequently informed her
that he was tired of her, that he meant to get a divorce, etc. Among the
most intimate friends of the Belloes was Mr. " , a gentleman of highest
character and unblemished reputation. Mrs. Belloc confided her troubles
to this gentleman, and had several conversations with him on the subject.
This attracted her husband's attention and aroused his jealousy, or, what
is more likely, suggested to him a possible means by which to procure a
divorce. Filled with this miserable thought, Belloc put spies on his wife.
Her own servants, male and female, were paid to watch her and to report
her words and deeds. Her notes and letters were opened, read and then
re-sealed. During Mrs. Belloc's last interview with Mr. , who was
about to leave for Europe, there was a detective hidden under the parlor
floor with, a hole cut under a sofa, so he might see and hear all that passed.
This detective reported to Mr. Belloc that, while Mrs. Belloc used very
harsh language in speaking of her husband, she had said not one word nor
had there been a single act to warrant any suspicion of criminality be-
tween Mr. and Mrs. Belloc. This was on Sunday, and Mrs. Belloc
never afterwards saw Mr. , who left for Europe the following
Wednesday."
Mr. Belloc, in his sworn testimony given before the Coroner's jury on
Tuesday last, says: " I wanted a divorce, but my lawyers told me I had
no cause for one." On Monday, the day after Mr. Belloc's detective had
told him there was no evidence of criminality on the part of Mrs. Belloc,
after his lawyer bad assured him there was no ground for a divorce, he,
as he testifies before the Coroner, without the mother's knowledge or con-
sent, took the child and left for Europe. He gave the poor lady no chance
to even kiss her little one good-bye. At the very time Belloc was treat-
ing his wife in this disgraceful manner, taking away her child and trying
to manufacture evidence to ruin her, he was keeping a mistress on Mason
street, and was suilty himself of the very crime he sought to fix
on his wife. When he took away the child, he gave not
the slightest notice to the mother. For days this most ill-used and un-
fortunate mother was without knowledge even of where the child had
crone. Almost distracted with agony at this separation from her child,
crushed to the earth by unmerited aspersions on her character, deserted
by her summer friends, General Seawell says Mrs. Belloc then made
threats to kill herself. He made every effort to comfort her, and told
her his life should be devoted to her vindication and restoration of her
child.
General Barnes and Mrs. Simpson came forward nobly and gave her
moral support and assistance. In telling this part of the sad history, the
old General, with broken voice and eyes full of unshed tears, said: "I
wish you to know that my obligations to these two loyal friends are be-
yond words. General Barnes took the deepest interest in the mat-
ter. He gave it much time and attention, and did everything in his
power to serve her. He was as kind to us as if he had been my son, and
his strong good sense was as much of a help as was his earnest sympathy.
Mrs. Simpson is the bravest woman I know, and the truest friend. She
was the only woman who stood by my daughter through all her trouble.
Despite the unjust and cruel stories in circulation, she took my dear child
by the band, and from that moment her kind heart and clear judgment
were the greatest comfort and help to Mrs. Belloc."
After Belloc left here in June last, Mrs. Belloc went to live with Gen-
eral Seawell at the house of Madame Fleury. Here she led the life of a
recluse. Deprived of her child, there were times when the poor mother
was almost wild with grief and agony of the separation. Not even a pic-
ture of the child was sent her. Mr. Belloc sent a picture of the Httle lad
to a friend here, but none to the deserted, heart-broken mother. With
great kindness, this friend (Mr. Barroilhet) gave the picture to Mrs. Bel-
loc, and at various times sent her little notes giving what he could glean ;
about the child. It was this picture of which Mr. Barnes tells the piti-
ful story: " She took her child's picture, kissed it, rocking it in her arms
[her poor, empty arms!] as if it were a living thing." How frightful this
was, and how dreadful her agony, as with tears streaming from her eyes
she said to her friend: " I am starving for my child." Under such press-
ure, is it any wonder the ill-used lady took chloral to deaden her pain
and give her "the dreamless sleep which distress forbade her getting in any
other way ? For eight months this torture was continued.
In January last Belloc returned to California without the child, and at
once went to see his wife. Since then he has visited her two or three
times every week, remaining several hours alone with her at each visit.
It Beems too infamous to believe, but it is a fact that during these visits
Belloc renewed his marital relations with his wife. She frequently told
her father that she had every hope of seeing her child. On the day pre-
vious to her death, with great emotion and distress she informed her
father that she had renewed her wifely relations with Belloc — that in an
interview with him an hour previously he had told her he would not take
her to Paris, and that he would shortly leave for that place without her.
Nor would he give her any hope of ever again seeing the child. She
told her father chat when, in this last interview, she asked Belloc why he
did not wish to take her with him, he said he did not intend to have her
in Paris with him, and when she requested him to let her go on and re-
main in London or some other place near Paris, so she could easily get to
the child in case it were ill, he absolutely refused, and then she knew
he never meant her to leave here, and this was her death-blow. When
Mrs. Belloc told her father of her renewed relations with'Belloc, it greatly
distressed him, seeing which she said: "Father, I am so sorry I told you,
for I see how it distresses you." Her father having said, " He is a scoun-
drel," she replied: "Yes, be is a scoundrel, but I would submit to any-
thing in order to see my baby. After we had resumed our relations as
husband and wife, Mr. Belloc promised me I should go back to my child.
To-day he tells me he may go back to Paris in a week, and that I shall
not go. Nor does he give me any hope for the future." Can there be im-
agined anything more brutal than this conduct ? Knowing that the town
was ringing with lies concerning the separation in June, aware that Mrs.
Belloc was, by his own words and actions, branded as a dissolute woman
and a discarded wife, in secret this apology for a man renews his marital
relations, condones thereby any possible previous offense, and at the last
moment throws her off and repudiates her entirely. Belloc, in his testi-
mony before the Coroner, swears that he did not do this last, but Mrs.
Belloc's father and her lady friends swear that the deceased told them
exactly what has been stated. The story, as narrated by Mrs. Belloc,
was given with such mournfully pathetic distress, and the details are so
minute, that no one can doubt her truth.
In his testimony before the Coroner, Mr. Belloc says: "I did not tell
her at first that I would let her go to the child. I told her in January
that I would send her some time. I did not fix a definite time." Mr.
Belloc here distinctly states that he did not till January tell Mrs. Belloc
she should go to her child. General Seawell has in possession, and we
have seen, a letter dated August 2d, from Belloc to his wife, in which
he says: " I will return to California late in the Fall, and in the early
Spring you shall go to your child." He swears that on the day previous
to her death, and on leaving her after the stormy interview which dis-
tressed her so much, he kissed his wife. A lady who saw the parting
states that this is false. She says: "As Belloc left his wife he had the
face of a demon, and seemed in great rage." Mr. Belloc's testimony is
remarkable in another point of view. He says^ " I told her I had fixed
it with the News Letter— that I had suppressed it," etc. Mr. Rogers
swears that Mrs. Belloc told him her husband had paid Sl,200 or §1,500
to "suppress" this publication. Mr. Belloc's. letter, published in our
issue of to-day, will satisfy our readers that he did nothing of the sort.
The circumstances were these:
A party came to us with an article which it was desired we should pub-
lish. This article reflected much more severely on Belloc than on his
wife. It gave full points of his dissolute life, mentioned his dishonorable
conduct to Miss Longstreth, to whom he was once engaged, and was full
of details most disgraceful to him. We had thought of publishing this
article, but were restrained from doing so by the exertions of two per-
sons, a gentleman and a lady highly esteemed by us, and friends of Mr.
and Mrs. Belloc. The gentleman in question asked us to let the matter
drop as a favor to him. The lady to whom we allude, a life-long friend
of Mrs. Belloc, and the one on whom she leaned in all her troubles, made
an eloquent appeal to us in behalf of her unfortunate friend ; explained
to us that we would crush an already sorely stricken woman, and pointed
out that any such publicity would perhaps make impossible a reconcilia-
tion between the husband and wife. Upon these representations, and for
these reasons only, we gave a full assurance that not one word on the sub-
ject would then or ever be said in the News Letter. We returned the arti-
cle to the person who wrote it, and that person declared an intention to
send it to a New York paper. There the matter rested so far as we are
concerned.
Mr. Belloc's testimony at the inquest was worded in a very curious
way. He makes statements under oath that other persons more credible
because less interested, entirely disprove. Mrs. Belloc tells Mr. Rogers
of an assertion made by Belloc that is utterly false. Belloc's conduct in
secretly renewing his relations with his wife and still allowing her to be
held up to the contempt of the town, is too base for any clean mind to
contemplate. There is something awful, too, in the cold-blooded manner
of his speaking of Mrs. Belloc before the Coroner's jury. No matter what
March 27, 1880.
CALIFORNIA AOYEKTISEK.
r faults and foltiM, anv deoent mm wonld oovar hist wife's m-araary and
>uM uphold and defend her when she- was silent in d -ath M 1 unable to
yak one word io her own behalf. Tlit-* hmhand, however, dm no such
nwlicai-y. H" speaks rd hi- dead wife as bein„* indifferent to the separa-
i from her child. He say* " I save (A< van pi everything she desired,"
-peiks of "her vices" in the in wt heartless manner. The whole
thine i« one of the moat disgraceful and painful stories of man's tyranny
and "f woman's misery. Fnmi what i* here stated— and every fact is put
Forward iust as ivceived from General Seawall— it will not be difficult to
see how Sir*, ltelloc was driven to her .-rr/c. Lone, weary months of
ncntal torture and hope deferred came to a climax on Wednesday after-
soon, and in less than twenty-four hoara she ml quietly among the dead
at the Morgue. We do not envy Mr. Belloc as he stands before this
community. We do not envy any one who onllfl him relative or friend.
In the years of a hmij experience in many land* and among many people,
have never known or heard of so despicable a character as this man
proved himself to be. Let us hope, for humanity's sake, that he is alone
in his cowardly baseness. We think the public will agree with us, and we
"11 dismiss the subject by calling attention to Mr. Barnes' most chivalric
defense of the dead lady, when he said: " 1 waa her legal adviser. At her
father's request I carefully examined all the facts of the case, and I can
ly that she waa utterly without blame toward her husband."
Mrs. Bblloo's Last Letter.
March 18th. — A friend has written to me that an article — I suppose
the one you mentioned the other day— is to be published in the New
York Sua. He says Mr. Marriott knows who the writer is, but will not
tell him. I think it right to advise you of this fact.
1 write this from the Palace Hotel. If you wish to see me about what
my friend wrote, and he said still more on another subject which I do not
care to put here, call at five o'clock to-day, or to-morrow at any hour you
like. I go from here to see a Father, and will not be home till five o'clock.
In haste, Marie.
P. S. — I asked lny lady friend at the Grand, if she had also heard of
what my friend had written? She said she had, but assured me I need
have no sort of apprehension about it. I have just left her rooms. Pray
do not think I have mentioned to any one what you told me the other
day. Marie.
THE BONDS OP THE SHERIFF, TAX COLLECTOR
AND TREASURER— A SHAMEFfJL TRAFFIC.
One of the daily journals refers at some length to the mode by
which Desmond and others of the Sand-lot officials have procured their
bonds. Promises of office are scattered broadcast, and a ravenous set of
men, seeking positions, scour the city to procure bond3 for their princi-
pals. There is no one too lowly to escape their importunity. Poor wid-
ows, with a two-thousand-dollar cottage, retired elderly men, with a
homestead and a few lots of land, a corner grocery keeper — any one, in
fact, who can take oath to having something above the amount exempt
from execution. In some cases larger sums are sought with shameless
audacity, and a bold statement that it is to secure to Jones, Brown or
Robinson a deputyship ! And so these official bonds, conceived in iniquity,
bring forth appointments totally unfit to be made. In the Tax Collector's
and Treasurer's offices men have stood behind the desks who conld not add
np a simple column of figures. In the Sheriff's department are persons
wholly disqualified by their antecedents for the places assigned them. The
corridors of the County Jail resound with their profanity, and the tax-
payers wonder when the end will come as they view their style of living.
Now, where and how would the city obtain redress on bonds of this char-
acter from any malfeasance in office, Can it be expected that half a
hundred suits against widows, aged men, small property-holders, corner
grocery keepers and ward politicians wilt avail for the recovery of even
one-fifth of the money that these bonds pretend to represent ? No busi-
ness man would ever assert that even that small proportion could be se-
cured. We know of a name on the bond of one of these men to which
810,000 is attached. And yet the note of this prince of bailsmen could
not be discounted in any bank in this city for $100. He is liable to ar-
rest for perjury at this moment. We do not wonder that his signature is
not found in the long list of wise people who have left Shaber to form
new combinations and appoint new clerks who have yet to learn their
multiplication table. Alas for the great city of San Francisco ! How
has the mighty fallen ! Yes, fallen, but only for a time. The sober sec-
ond thought of the people is coming to the rescue, and the next charter
election will see the end of misrule and the scandalous traffic in bonds.
THE S. P. R. R. REACHES TUCSON.
The completion of the S. P. R. R. to Tucson was celebrated at that
place last Saturday with great enthusiasm. At 11 a.m. Charles Crocker,
James Gamble and a party of other gentlemen arrived at Tucson by
special train, and were greeted by at least a thousand citizens. Thirty-
eight guns were fired. The military band was in attendance. W. S. Oury
delivered an address of welcome, and Estevan Ochoa presented a silver
spike, inscribed with the following: "Made from the first bullion from the
Toughnut mine, and presented by the Tombstone Mill and Mining Com-
pany, in commemoration of the completion of the Southern Pacific Rail-
road to Tucson, March 20, 1S80. Last spike." Mr. Crocker answered by
a speech, which was greeted with cheers. The festivities concluded with a
banquet and a balL
The " Old Judge " brand of cigarettes has long been a favorite with
smokers, and by its popularity has, of course, hindered the sale of cer-
tain other brands of a greatly inferior quality, but for which the same
price is charged. Some time ago the parties owning these inferior brands
Bought to undermine the reputation of the " Old Judge" cigarettes, by
starting a report that they owed their seductive and pleasant flavor to
the presence of opium. In proof of their assertion they pointed to the
fact that the more one smokes " Old Judge " cigarettes the more one likes
them, and attributed this effect to the influence of the drug mentioned.
Such an absurd statement, of course, had no weight with the public. We
learn, however, that many people, prompted by curiosity, have submitted
"Old Judge" to close analysis, and the testimony of all these is, that
this famous brand owes its excellence simply to the superior quality of
the tobacco and paper used in its manufacture.
"MEN WE KNOW."
Willlnm T. Coleman,
The News Letter has never added to its gallery of "Men We
Kn>w " the portrait of one whose name is more familiar to, or is held in
jjreater respect by, the people of San Francisco than that of William T.
C,>1. -mm. En common with most old OaUfornfons, hia life has been an
eventful one, but, unlike that of many of his early companions, his career
has been crowned with the most eminent success. It is not, however, to
his position as an upright, enterprising and prosperous merchant that Mr.
Coleman chiefly owes the prominent and, in some respects, peculiar place
which he occupies iu the affections and esteem of his fellow-citizens.
Though to his business enterprise and ever open purse San Francisco is
indebted for much of her prosperity, yet it is his action in the time of
her peril rather than his commercial energy in her peaceful days that has
brought him most conspicuously before the people of San Francisco.
Wm. T. Coleman was born at Cynthiana, Ky., February 29, 1824. His
father, a lawyer of eminence and a public man of great influence in that
State, died in 1833, leaving four children, of whom William was the
eldest. Up to the age of fifteen he worked on the farm of his grandfather,
and contributed his earnings to the support of the family, his father hav-
ing lost the greater part of his fortune before his death. Although young
Coleman's opportunities for educating himself had been scanty, yet at the
early age of fifteen he was engaged as civil engineer on an Illinois rail-
road, then building. A year later he went to St. Louis, and for the next
three years was clerk with a lumber firm there. Having saved a little
money to further his education, he then entered the University of St.
Louis, where he remained until about twenty, devoting himself mainly
to scientific and commercial studies. Too great application having seri-
ously impaired his health, he now made a tour through several of the
States and Territories. Returning to St. Louis with restored health, he
again became a clerk for the space of two years.
When the gold fever broke out in 1849, Mr. Coleman caught the mal-
ady, and in the Spring of that year set out from St. Louis as captain of
a company of emigrants to make the journey to California overland. At
Salt Lake the party disbanded, and Coleman, with a brother, came on
alone. _ He reached Sacramento City early in August, 1849, having trav-
eled with pack-animals from Salt Lake City in twenty-jne days. After
remaining some months at Sacramento, where, by shrewd trading in cattle
and town lots, he amassed a snug sum of money, he went to Placerville,
and there began his commercial life in California by opening a general
country store. At the beginning of '50 he came to San Francisco, leaving
his brother to close out the establishment at Placerville, and started in
the shipping business on the east side of Sansome street, near Jackson.
_ From this time on it is unnecessary to follow Mr. Coleman's commer-
cial career in detaiL Suffice it to say that, in spite of losses by fire and
other reverses incidental to trade, his business steadily and rapidly in-
creased. It should be mentioned that in 1852 he began business in New
York, and in 1856 increased his shipping interest by starting a regular
line of vessels between that port and San Francisco, thus making his en-
terprise and energy felt on both sides of the continent at once.
We referred above to the important role which Mr. Coleman was called
upon to play during San Francisco's troublous days. The reader is, of
course, aware that we alluded to his share iu the doings of the Vigilance
Committees of '51 and '56. How all-important that share was everybody
knows. At the very beginning of that momentous era — when the robbery
at the drygoods store of Jansen & Co. and the brutal assault on Mr, Jansen
had wrought the people up to such a pitch of fury that mob law and an-
archy seemed inevitable— it was W. T. Coleman who, by his wise and cool
counsels, turned a wild and desperate mob into an organized body of men
determined upon justice, and reduced chaos to order. This was the be-
ginning of the Committee of '51, and all through the session of that body
the young originator of it remained one of its most prominent and ener-
getic members. The people of San Francisco did not forget this, and
when the troubles broke out in a larger and more dangerous scale in '56, it
was only natural that the respectable and outraged portion of the com-
munity should look to Mr. Coleman for deliverance. But though willing
to bear his share in the struggle of right against wrong as before, he was
reluctant to assume the responsibility of leading, and it was not until the
members of the old Committee had again and again insisted that he and
he alone was the man to reorganize that body and act as its President
that he at length reluctantly consented. But when once he did put his
shoulder to the wheel it was a very short time before the machine moved
and did its work. How that work was done it is unnecessary to relate
here, for who is there that is not familiar with the history of that notable
epoch? This may be said, however, so effectually did the Committee of
'56 crush out the lawlessness and abuse of justice which in those times
threatened to destroy San Francisco, that its name is a terror to the crim-
inal classes to this day, and disorders of the nature which then prevailed
have never since arisen. It is true that San Francisco has not enjoyed
undisturbed quiet from '56 until now. On the contrary, the community
has been profoundly agitated and its prosperity seriously endangered on
more than one occasion. But the issues, as we have said, have been of an
entirely different order from those which called the old Vigilance Com-
mittees into being.
Of course it was unavoidable that rumor should prominently connect
Mr. Coleman's name with the present agitation and the measures which
our respectable citizens have taken to suppress it. Whether his hand has
been felt in the matter we are unable to state — certain it is that it has
not been seen. However this may be, we may all be sure of one thing,
namely, that if a crisis should come when Sau Francisco needed the ser-
vices of Wm. T. Coleman, we should find him at his post as in the old
days. We may be perfectly content to rely upon his own judgment as to
when that crisis has arrived.
Such, then, is the citizen whose portrait we to-day present to our read-
ers as that of a man whom we are proud to know. It is the portrait of a
brave, resolute and energetic, but withal genial and warm-hearted man ;
of an honorable, enterprising and prosperous merchant, and of a citizen
who is an honor to the community for which he has done so much.
Health — the poor man's riches, the rich man's bliss — is found in Acer's
Medicines, after a fruitless search among other remedies. A word to the
wise is sufficient.
A little Hop Bitters saves big Doctor bills, long sickness, suffering
and perhaps death. See notice.
SAN FRANCISCO NEWS LETTER AND
March 27, 1880.
AN ENGLISH NOVEL.
BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR..
Chapteb XX. — The Divorce.
In keeping with the universally accepted ideas supposed to govern all
writers of romance, our story should have ended with that termination of
all that is blissful in life— that climax to every maiden's hopes — that
" consummation so devoutly to be wished " — the Wedding. Fain would
we have there laid down our pen and put the cork in our ink-bottle, but,
as a truthful chronicler of the fashionable career of our hero and heroine,
we are compelled by the stern requirements of fate to carry them one
step further. We would that we could have closed their history upon
their marriage, and thus left them happy, but we cannot. Happily, how-
ever, there is not much more to tell. For the first few months of the
married life of, the Lady Genevieve de Thames and the Prince of Con-
naught, things seemed to go on all right. Never was seen such a loving
pair in the annals of matrimony. The honeymoon, passed at the Springs,
whither they departed the morning after their nuptials, went by without
a ruffle, and they returned to the city to issue cards for weekly receptions
to continue for a month longer. Unable to come to a definite conclu-
sion as to what they should ultimately do — go to housekeeping or board
at some fashionable boarding-house — they Btill continued on at the Lang-
ham. At first, things went on well enough, but soon the mistake of a
young couple living a gay hotel life was but too apparent. Evy was
too lovely and fascinating not to immediately become the central
figure of a throng of adulating admirers. Ere long she was the belle of
the hotel, and as she gained in popularity with the otber sex, she pro-
portionately lost caste with her own. She consequently began to be
talked about. Whispers reached the ears of Mr. Connaught, and things
were noticed by others who thought he must live with his eyes shut. But
he heeded not. Why ? He was going his way. By degrees he had been
falling into his old bachelor habits. One night he didn't come home to
dinner, and Evy had to accept his excuse of being kept by press of busi-
ness at the office, after which he had taken a hurried lunch at a quiet
restaurant where he had met a friend, with whom he had stayed down
town for a game or two of billiards. She couldn't make a fuss, because
that same afternoon she had been for a buggy ride to the park with the
Count of Devonshire. After that, matters grew gradually worse with the
Prince. One night it was the Lodge, another a political meeting, and so
forth and so on, until his nightly presence at home before the " wee sma'
hours " became of rare occurrence. At last one night he didn't come
home at all, and refused point blank, when next he made his appearance,
to render any account of himself. Then Evy got scared. She consulted
her ma, and the old woman employed a detective to shadow him. The
result was enough to satisfy them that all was not as it ought to be. Then
there was a muss. It so happened that the Prince, though appearing not
to notice how things were going when he was at the hotel, had engaged
the services of an officer to apprise him of what went on when he wasn't
there, and, among other things, he had thus come into possession of a
couple of intercepted notes to and from Alphonse De l'Orme. He was,
therefore, in a position to bluff when the storm broke. 0, I tell you they
had it hot and heavy.
" I might have known how it would be," cried Evy, " soon as you got
the check."
The Prince silently picked his nails with the end of his quill toothpick,
with an expression of aggravating indifference.
" Guess that's all you married me for," Evy went on.
" You're right there," muttered Mr. Connaught in an undertone.
" Well, what you going to do about it," demanded Evy.
" Ain't going to do nothing," replies the Prince. "Guess vou can do
it all."
" What do you mean ?" cried Evy, half- defiantly.
"Nothing ; only I guess you ain't got no right to squeal," returned her
liege lord.
"Ain't I?"
*' No, you ain't."
"I'd like to know the reason if I ain't," cried Evy.
" That's all right, I know," retorted the Prince.
" Oh, I don't scare worth a cent," said Lady Genevieve.
"Glad of it," replied Mr. Connaught; "got no desire to scare you.
Well, I must be going," and he took out a cigar and lighted it."
"Coming home to dinner?" asked Evy in a trembling tone. She
wanted to know before she answered Alphonse's last missive.
" Guess not," said the Prince. " Got an engagement."
As he opened the door Evy threw herself upon the sofa in a paroxysm
of sobs. As thedoor closed she raised herself upon her elbow, and as the
Prince's descending footsteps upon the stairway greeted her ears, she rose
and Beated herself at her escritoire. After this, matters got worse and
worse. The two mothers-in-law— Mrs. Thames and the Queen— had a
conference, but all to no purpose. If anything, it did more harm than
good, for words passed between the two old ladies that resulted in a marked
coolness between them ever after. At length the climax was reached on
both sides, so Evy was smart enough to know the one who took the ini-
tiative would stand the best show. She therefore at once retained the le-
gal services of Sir Blackstone as her attorney, and instructed him to sue
for a divorce on the ground of "incompatibility of temper." That shut
the door on any counter charges the Prince might set up, had she based
the suit on any graver cause. The chief fight, however, was as to who
should have the balance of the million check. The Prince retained all
the legal talent of London, but he might have spared himself the trouble.
The case was tried before Judge Skeesicks, and Evy had received a gentle
hint of how it would " go " before she had even tiled her complaint, prov-
ing the old adage that " there's nothing like having a friend at Court."
It iB true there was a jury, but Sir Blackstone's eloquence got away with
them, and the Judge's charge was all one way. Without leaving their
seats, they brought in a verdict for the plaintiff, and then there was noth-
ing to do but for the Judge to render judgment. He formally dissolved
the bonds of wedlock between Evy and the Prince, and decreed that she
was entitled to whatever was left of the* million dollar check. There was
much applause in Court when the decision was announced, and the Queen,
who was present throughout the entire proceedings, took her departure in
high dudgeon, leaning on the Prince's arm. Evy was thus restored to her
maiden name, was free to marry again, and was the happy possessor of
about four hundred and sixty thousand dollars. The Prince had done
pretty well to reduce it to that in a few months, but as the Judge, in his
decision, remarked, Evy "might consider herself particular lucky that
he'd left a cent." She was therefore independent, and, refusing to return
to her parents, she continued on, as she had been, at the Langham.
There we will leave her. Some think she will marry again, after the
"period of mourning " is over, as the Judge designates it. But who?
The Judge has fond aspirations in that quarter himself. Ditto Mr.
Blackstone. They have both ever been her admirers, and now the inde-
pendent possession of a fortune lends her an additional charm in their
eyes. They are, however, but two of hundreds who look in the same di-
rection. Of them all, knowing the fair Evy perhaps better than any one
else, we will bet on Alphonse de l'Orme. But time alone will show.
^ [The End.']
ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
ORO MINING COMPANY,
Bodie, Mono County, California.
Assessment No. 4 15 Cents Peri
Delinquent in Office Marclt32, 1880.
Day of Sale April 12, 1880.
WILLIAM STUART, Secretary.
Office— Room 12, No. 320 Sansome street, San Francisco, Cal. [March 20.
ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
DAY SILVER MINING COMPANY.
Assessment "No. 6.
Amount 15 Cents Per Share.
Levied March 13th.
Delinquent April 15th.
Day of Sale May 10th.
J. W. PEW, Secretary.
Office— Room 15, No. 310 Pine street, San Francisco, California. [March 20.
ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
Andes Silver Mining- Company .--- Location of Principal
Place of Business, San Francisco, California.— Location of Works, Virginia
Mining: District, Storey County, Nevada.— Notice is hereby given that at a meeting
of the Board of Directors, held on the twenty-sixth day of February, 1880, an assess-
ment (No. 14) of Twenty-five (25) Cents per share was levied upon the capital stock
of the Corporation, payable immediately, in United States gold coin, to the Secre-
tary, at the office of the Company, Boom 2, Nevada Block, 309 Montgomery street,
San Francisco, California.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall remain unpaid on the FIRST (1st)
day of APRIL, 1880, will be delinquent and advertised for sale at public auction ;
and unless payment is made before, will be sold on TUESDAY, the TWENTIETH
(20th) day of APRIL, 1880, to pay the delinquent assessment, together with cost of
advertising and expenses of- sale. By order of the Board of Directors.
,. _ „ BUTLER BURRIS, Secretary.
Office— Room 2, Nevada Block, 300 Montgomery st., San Francisco, Cal. [Mch. 6.
ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
Belvidere Mining- Company .--Location of Principal Place
of Business, San Francisco, California. — Location of Works, Bodie Mining
District, Mono county, California.— Notice is hereby given, that at a meeting of
the Board of Directors, held on the fourth day of March, 1880, an assessment (No. 6)
of Fifty Cents per share was levied upon the capital stock of the Corporation, pay-
able immediately, in U. S. gold coin, to the Secretary, at the office of the Company,
Room 26, Cosmopolitan Hotel Building, 203 Bush street, San Francisco, Cal.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall remain unpaid on the SIXTH day of
April, 1880, will be delinquent and advertised for sale at public auction ; and unless
pavment i8 made before, will he sold on SATURDAY, the FIRST day of May, 1880,
to pay the delinquent assessment, together with cost of advertising and expenses of
sale. By order of the Board of Directors.
C. VAN DYCK HUBBARD, Secretary.
Office— Room 26, Cosmopolitan Hotel Building, 203 Bush street, San Francisco,
California. March 13.
THOM 4S PRICE'S
ASSAY OFFICE AND CHEMICAL LABORATORY,
524 Sacramento Street, San Francisco.
Deposits of Bullion received, melted into bars, and returns
made in from twenty-four to forty-eight hours.
Bullion can be forwarded to this office from any part of the interior by express,
and returns made in the same manner.
Careful Analysis made of Ores, Metal, Soils, Waters, Industrial Products, etc.
Mines examined and reported upon. Consultations on Chemical and Metallurgical
questions. March 20.
FOR SALE,
Furnished, in Menlo Park,
A small, but very attractive country residence, of 6 1-4
acres, on Ravenswood Avenue, opposite Hon. Milton S. Latham's property,
running through to Oak Grove Avenue, opposite Michael Castle, Esq. , tastefully laid
out, with beautiful lawns, plants, and a variety of fruit trees, shade trees, etc.
JSP™ For particulars, apply to THOMAS DAY,
March 13. 133 Sutter Street, San Francisco.
JOSEPH GILLOTT'S STEEL PENS.
Gold Medal, Paris, 1878.
old_by_all Stationers. Sole Agrent for the United States:
S
MR. HENRY HOE, 91 John street, N. Y.
March 27, 1880.
CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER.
FLASHES OF FUN AND FANCY.
The Count do Lcsseps was cruelly neglected while in New York. It
he wm entertAinetl by toe Lottie Club and the lights of the Mer-
cantile Community, an>l that Mrs. P&ran Steveos, as mother-in-law to a
*hi»weti her well-trained, nay, almost |mih— loilil hospitality, by
cai't'iriru- him for a dinner, while the Honorable Mrs, Bijyelow was not
late diplomatically successful. Hut, and it cauaee us poignant grief to ask
toe question, where was Mr. Cynu Andre Field all this time? Why
didn't he get Count Ferdinand's legs under his festive mahogany? Is it
Cum Me that Pean Stanley, the Andre Statue and the Duke of Argyle
to caused Mr. Field to look upon M. de Lesson as very small potatoes?
Or perhaps Mr. Field is in mourning for the attempted assassination
of the Ciar and General Melikoff, or the tattooing of the Prince of
Wales's sons* noses, and did not feel inclined, under the melancholy cir-
eumaLances, to indulge in any extravagant outbursts of sociability — but
we suppose Mr. Field will have recovered by the time his Spring ship-
nenU of nobility arrive.
The practice in the varieties theaters of firing girls out of cannon
might l>e utilised by the Navy and War Departments. The girls are not
hurt by being shot into the air, but rather seem to enjoy the fun. The
ladies who frequent the lobbies and committee rooms of Congress for pur-
poses more or less commendable could be used in target practice and fired
through an expanded hoop-skirt head-first In case of a foreign war their
use would be invaluable. Just fancy the effect of a broadside of good-
looking American girls hurled pell mell into a British frigate manned by
gallant British tars, who are traditionally addicted to black eyes, whether
gained in a shindy on shore or worn by lovely lasses. Our country is now
overflowing with a superabundance of everything, and while supplying
England with beef, wheat, beer and canvas-back ducks, we can easily
afford to shoot away some of our beauty. — N. Y. Republic.
The " London Truth " says the Princess Louise returned to Canada
with great reluctance, and that she complains of her utter isolation there.
And no doubt it is her own fault. She doesn't make herself sociable.
Why doesn't she run across the street and borrow Mrs. Fitzjones's sauer-
kraut cutter, and call in next door and request the loan of the pattern of
Mrs. O'Smith's new polonaise, and invite her neighbors in some evening
to assist her to sew carpet-rags or help her piece a quilt ? Or she might
take up the carpet in the drawing-room and invite the young people in to
have a Leap Year dance. — NoiTistown Herald.
Getting Out of a Difficulty.— Customer: "Dear me, Mr. Puddifoot,
why, your fourpenny pork pies are but a very little larger than those at
twopence!" Puddifoot: "That's quite true, and I often hear the same
remark. I see how it is, I shall have to make them twopenny pies
smaller." — Judy.
'Water your cows thoroughly and you will have a large yield of milk,"
Bays an agricultural authority. If it is a good rule, it will work the other
way, "Milk your cows thoroughly, and you will have a large yield of
water." We'll leave it with the milkmen to decide. — Dairyman's Adviser.
No one knows who invented the fashion of turning down the corner
of a visiting card, but the fashion of turning down the corner of the
street was first thought of by the man who owed to an approaching cred-
itor a long-standing bill.
A Red-dy Answer. — "Very Red-haired Passenger: "I say, Guard,
why on earth don't the train go on? Guard: "Good gracious, sir! put
your head in ; how can you expect it to go on while that danger signal is
out." — Fun.
Chicago has a harrowing divorce case — " Plows vs. Plows." Opinions
are divided, share and share alike. — New York News. Hence the furrows
of care. — New Haven Register.
" Sheep plagued me, your Honor, and I lambed her," said the pris-
oner. " Well, veal give you thirty days. Morality is at steak!" replied
the police justice.
Apothecary: "You want this prescription filled, sir, I understand."
Patrick: " Divil a bit of it, surr ! It's the bottle I wud have filled." —
Medical Advertiser.
When a mule has lost his bashfulness and has learned to stand half
an hour without raising his aft hoofs, he is advertised by circus men as a
trick mule.
A witness in court was asked if a party to the suit was a truthful
man. "No," he answered, "he'd rather lie at sixty days than tell the
truth for cash."
The people of Algiers are a simple, holiday-loving people, and when
they want a Dey off they just put poison in the coffee of their ruler.
A poet should never mourn over the loss of a kiss when there is so
much of the raw material lying around loose. — Hackensack Republican.
Why could not the habits of the mosquito have been given to the
trout ? Think of the " bites " a man could get then.
A man once asked of echo, "What shall I do if my wife drinks liquor?"
and the unfeeling nymph replied, " lick her."
Love may kindle a flame, but the cook will find kerosene a more rapid
transit to celestial glory. — Meriden Recorder.
The most difficult thing to raise on the farm is the hired man who
sleeps in the kitchen loft.
"I think I'll take something," as the thief said when he mixed in
the crowd.
American Railroad Earnings Increasing.— The traffic returns of
American railroads, during January, testify that the activity and pros-
perity of trade are still increasing. The forty-two lines which publish
their earnings for the month show an augmentation compared with Janu-
ary of last year of $2,715,092, being an advance upon the gross earnings
of nearly 27 per cent. In the forty-two cases, again, there are only four
instances of a decrease, three of them being trifling, while many of the
increases are very large, one actually exceeding $500,000. It must be
borne in mind that, in January last year, trade was already highly pros-
perous. There had been two magnificent harvests, for the produce of
which there was a very large demand in Europe.
Truth is a greater stranger than fiction.
BANKS.
THE BANK OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO.
Capital $3,000,000.
WM. ALVORD PreHlilent.
THOMAS BROWN, Cashier | B. HURRAY, Jr., A»»t tnslilcr
Aoknth :
Now \„rk, ARoncy of tho Bank ol Calfonilo; Boston, Trcmont National Bank
Uncago Union National Bank ; St. Louis, Boatman's Saving Bank ; New Zealand,
the Bank of New Zealand ; London, China, Japan, India and Australia, the Oriental
Bank CorjKtration.
Tho Bank has Agoncies at Virginia Citv and Gold Hill, and Correspondents in all
tho principal Mining Districts and Interior Towns of the Pacific Coast. »
Letters of Credit issued, available in all parts of the world. Draw direct on Lon-
don, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Bremen. Hamburg, Frankfort-on-the-Main, Antwerp,
Amsterdam, St. Peteraburgh, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Christiana, Locarno, Mel-
bourne, Sydney, Auckland, Hongkong, Shanghai, Yokohama. Nov. 4.
FIRST NATIONAL GOLD BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO, CAL
Paid np Capital 81,500,000, Gold. President, B. C. Wool-
worth ; Vice-President, D. Caliagban ; Cashier, E. D. Morgan.
Directors :— R. C. Woolworth, D. Callaghan, C. G. Hooker, C. Adolph Low, Peter
Donahue, Isaac Wormser, Edward Martin, James Moffltt, N. Van Bergen. '
Correspondents— London : Baring Bros. & Co. Chartered Mercantile Bank of In-
dia, London and China. Dublin : Provincial Bank of Ireland. Hamburg : Hesse,
Neuman &Co. Paris: Hottinguer&Co. NewYork: National Bank of Commerce. Bos-
ton : Blackstone National Bank. Chicago : First National Bank. This Bank is pre-
pared to transact a general Banking business. Deposits in Gold, Silver and Currency
received subject to check or on special deposit. Exchange for sale on the principal
cities of the United States, Great Britain, Ireland and the Continent. Commercial
Credits issued available in Europe, Chh.a and Japan. Collections attended to and*
prompt returns made at the lowest market rates of Exchange. Jan. 19.
BANK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter. — Capital paid up, $1,800,-
000, with power to increase to 510,000,000. Southeast corner California and San-
some streets. Head Office— 23 Cornhill, London. Branches— Portland, Oregon; Vic-
toria, New Westminster and Carihoo, British Columbia.
ITiis Bank transacts a General Banking Business. Accounts opened subject to Check
and Special Deposits received. Commercial Credits granted available in all parts of
the world. Approved Bills discounted and advances made on good collateral security.
Draws direct at current rates upon its Head Office and Branches, and upon its Agents
as follows :
NewYork, Chicago and Canada— Bank of Montreal; Liverpool— North and South
Wales Bank ; Scotland— British Linen Company ; Ireland— Bank of Ireland ; Mex-
ico and South America— London Bank of Mexico and South America ; China and
Japan— Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, and Oriental Bank ; Australia
and New Zealand— Bank of Australasia, Commercial Banking Company of Sydney,
and English, Scottish and Australian Chartered Bank.
May 18. FREDERICK TOWNSEND, Manager.
LONDON AND SAN FRANCISCO BANK, LIMITED.
Capital, 85,000,000, of which 83,000,000 is folly paid up as
present capital. Reserve Fund, §360,000. San Francisco Office, 424 Califor-
nia street ; London Office, 22 Old Broad street. Manager, ARTHUR SCRIVENER ;
Cashier, WILLIAM STEEL. London Bankers, Bank of England and London Joint
Stock Bank ; New York, Drexel, Morgan & Co. ; Boston, Third National Bank.
This Bank is prepared to transact all kinds of General Banking and Exchange Busi-
ness in London and San Francisco, and between said cities and all parts of the
world. March 30.
THE NEVADA BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO.
Capital Paid Up $3,000,000.
Reserve, TJ. S. Bonds 3,500,000.
Agency at New York. 63 Wall street.
Agency at Virginia, Nev.
Buys and sells Exchange and Telegraphic Transfers. Issues Commercial and Trav-
elers' Credits. This Bank has special facilities for dealing in Bullion. Nov. 8.
THE ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN BANK, LIMITED.
422 California St., San Francisco.
London Office, 3 Aug-el Conrt ; New York Agents, J. W . 8 el -
igman & Co., 21 Broad street. Authorized Capital Stock, 36,000,000. Will re-
ceive Deposits, open Accounts, make Collections, buy and sell Exchange and Bullion,
loan Money, and issue Letters of Credit available throughout the world.
FRED. F. LOW, IGN. STEINHART, Managers.
P. N. Lilibnthai, Cashier. Sept. 13.
SECURITY SAVINGS BANK.
GUARANTEE CAPITAL, £300,000.
Officers: Vice-President, Jerome Lincoln ; Secretary, W.
S. Jones ; Attorney, Sidney V. Smith. Loans made on Real Estate and other
Approved Securities. Office : No. 215 Sansome street, San Francisco. Oct. 14.
THE GERMAN SAVINGS AND LOAN SOCIETY.
Deutsche Spar mid Leihbank, No 526 Callfornlastreet, San
Francisco. Officers : President, L. GOTTIG. Board of Directors.— Fred.
Roeding, Chas. Kohler, Edw. Kruse, George H. Eggerp, N. Van Bergen, H. L. Simon,
Peter Spreckels, Ign. Steinhart. Secretary, GEO. LETTE ; Attorney, JOHN R.
JARBOE. May 18.
PROF. JOS. JOSSET,
Graduate of the University of Paris; Ex. Professor of De
la Mennais' Normal, France ; late of Poiut Loma Seminary, San Diego. Pri-
vate Lessons in the French Language. Residence : Post street, between Powell and
Stockton, next to Red Men's Hall. At home from 12 to 2 p.m. Private Lessons
given at the residence of the pupil. Dec. 6.
WILLIAM P. HUMPHREYS,
Late City and Connty Surveyor, has removed to > 
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